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Who 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…
Read MoreJazz, Soup Cookoff, Fall Fest, Pumpkin Carving, Headless Horseman, More
The Headless Horseman rides again at Conner Prairie in Fishers. Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” continues through Saturday in the South Alley and in the Lacey Building in downtown Noblesville. The Hyperion Players brings “Barefoot in the Park” to The Switch stage. Basile Westfield Playhouse’s comedy, “The Curious Savage,” winds down this weekend. Plus, Noblesville Main…
Read MoreHow Wolfsie’s Phone Got Hexed
On my way to Pickleball the other day, I realized I did not have my cell phone with me. I panicked at first, but as you may recall from a previous column, my phone is never really lost, it is simply—if I may coin a new application for a perfectly good word—“unfounded.” I was sure…
Read MoreFrom Walkon To NFL? Could Happen Twice In Row
How often has a college football team had former walkons drafted by the NFL in back-to-back seasons? The all-knowing Google didn’t have an answer for that question but it’s looking more and more likely that Purdue can make that unusual claim in the next few months. In his NFL Draft Watch column, The Athletic’s Dane…
Read MoreLovely Day for A Festival in the Park
Halls’ Feeding Team Opens 49th Pantry, Brings in Donations Mark and Lisa Hall’s Feeding Team nonprofit opened its 49th little yellow food pantry on Friday at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville. I mentioned this would be coming up in last Wednesday’s Times column. But what was heartwarming was that Mark and Lisa Hall on Friday…
Read MoreSchool Board Elections More Important Than Ever
There’s so much disagreement in the world today. Liberals, conservatives, socialists, Trumpers, non-Trumpers . . . it just goes on and on. But perhaps most of us can agree that parents are the biggest influence when it comes to their children. And maybe we can also nod our heads together on the idea that the…
Read MoreNew Hyperion Players to Stage First Show, ‘Barefoot in the Park’
Finding venues for theatrical productions has been the second greatest challenge for Ian Hauer’s newly created theater company, Hyperion Players, which brings its first show in its pilot season to stage this week. Finding rehearsal venues has been less difficult, “but part of the reason, we’re doing plays with smaller casts … so we can…
Read MoreThe Story of Mr. Lacy’s Building
I’d been thinking of writing a column about Noblesville’s A. H. Lacy building (the former home of Kirk’s hardware and current home of the Linden Tree) for a long time, so when the opportunity recently arose for me to be part of a small, informal tour of the building, I jumped at the chance. Led…
Read MoreNew Tennis Coach Inspired by New Courts, Aha Moments
Noblesville High School’s new head boy’s tennis coach said the $3.9 million tennis facility that was dedicated two-and-one-half weeks ago is a dream come true. Chris Pyle, who was hired over the summer and who is also assistant girls tennis coach for NHS, said, “I got hired way after the project was under way, and…
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