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Twins, ’44 CHS Grads, Preparing to Turn 96
Imagine getting readying to turn 96 and having a sister who looks like your mirror image. Yes, Rosemary VanCauwenbergh Griffin and Marjorie VanCauwenbergh Miller are identical twins and mirror images. I wrote about the twins just before their 90th birthday in 2016, and I’m sharing the story again. The twins were born during the Depression,…
Read MoreA Few Quarters Made the Difference
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . . OK, wrong story line, but looking at the gorgeous new NHS tennis facility got me thinking back on tennis in the early 1970s and a small but dedicated group that helped get things going in Nob City. Some of you remember how…
Read MoreGordon Family Cuts Ribbon on City’s Bridge of Flowers
Noblesville’s Dick Gordon smiled as he looked around at the beautiful new Bridge of Flowers on the Logan Street Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the White River in downtown Noblesville. Gordon dreamed big, and now his vision has come to fruition. “It’s something that I thought was going to be great, but it’s greater than I expected,”…
Read MoreWe’re Back to Square One
When I took over Jerry Snyder’s column space in the Times 12 years ago, I made a conscious decision to emulate her conversational style and — especially — her positive outlook. Occasionally, however, something really wrong arises that affects the community as a whole and I feel obligated to speak up about it. When I…
Read MoreCCP’s ‘Tick, Tick, Boom!’ Tells a Story in Music
The popularity of “Tick, Tick, Boom!” musical on Netflix in 2021 gave Kathleen Clarke Horrigan of Fishers the idea to direct the musical at the local community theater level. “I decided to hop on with the hope of some name recognition,” she said. “It is especially popular with young people who are in love with…
Read More2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 Plants Fat American Tires on Luxury Crossovers
Mercedes-Benz once built its reputation on rock solid sedans that ate German Autobahn for snack. Of course, the traits that made them great at speed also made them delightful family cars and executive perks for Americans. A quarter-century ago, the German automaker debuted its first crossover – built in Alabama. While the plant will soon…
Read MoreAutumn Came Late This Year
My husband, Peter, and I are spending time “up north” with my parents at their cabin by the lake. Fall is late this year. I mentioned this to Peter on the drive north. “Aren’t the leaves supposed to change color at the same time every year?” I asked. “I thought they changed when the days…
Read MoreMany Hoosier Republicans Are Refusing to Debate
In 2019, Republican General Assembly leaders declined to pass legislation that would have created an independent redistricting commission. In 2021, they drew congressional and legislative maps that burnished the lop-sided GOP advantage that has them controlling 71 of the 100 House seats and 39 of the 50 Senate districts. Last summer, they passed Senate Enrolled…
Read MoreWho Knew CPR Stood for Chick Poultry Resuscitation?
My friend Courtney not only marches to the beat of a different drummer, she’s got Keith Moon hardwired to her soul. She is sassy, yet serene. Avoidant, yet cuddlesome. Bitter, yet forgiving. Large black circular eyeglasses rim her wolf blue eyes, which don’t really twinkle, but penetrate –– like the blue flame of a welding…
Read More‘War of the Worlds’ Radio Show Takes Audience Back in Time
I’ve seen posters displayed all around downtown Noblesville advertising Noblesville Preservation Alliance’s “War of the Worlds.” Today’s production is “a recreation” of the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to believe an actual alien invasion was happening. “The whole idea is that you’re not sitting in a theater. You’re the live studio…
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