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It’s not always easy living with me. But my husband, Peter, has to. I know it is not easy, because I live with myself every day, and I feel the bits of anxiety and nervousness and occasional emotional overload escape out of me and flood the house that Peter has to live in. Sometimes, I…
Read MoreMark Souder’s Conservative Legacy
I ran into Mark Souder at the Fort Wayne City-County Building just days before the 1994 Republican 4th CD primary. I didn’t know him very well. I asked him about his prospects. What followed was about a seven-minute instant analysis, going down to a granular, precinct level. On Election Night, he won a crowded primary,…
Read MoreJohn Comes Up With ‘Clutch’ Performance
We watched with great anticipation as the giant tanker truck maneuvered through the concrete service lot. The clumsy behemoth gracefully positioned itself directly above the fuel storage tanks, hesitating there for a moment above the open intake ports, like mother Blue Jay hovering above the gaping mouths of her hungry chicks. The four of us…
Read MorePotter’s Bridge Fest, Comedy, Murder-Mystery, Alley Play, FeedingTeam Musical Fest
The drama, “Our Town,” will be played out in the South Alley and Seminary Park in downtown Noblesville over the next few days, The Belfry Theatre’s “Rehearsal for Murder” play continues through Sunday, and Basile Westfield Playhouse’s comedy, “The Curious Savage,” opens this weekend and continues through Oct. 9. Plus, the Potter’s Bridge Festival and…
Read MoreThe Sage of Being Wolfsie’s Phone
Hi! This is Dick Wolfsie’s newest cell phone. The old phone talked to you many years ago, but since I have taken over the job, I wanted to update everyone on how things are going. Now that Dick is retired, I figured things would be easy compared to previous years when he was running around…
Read MoreKenny Looks Forward to Boilermaker Basketball
With just a third of the college football season completed, the official start of the 2022-23 basketball season took place Tuesday inside Purdue’s Mackey Arena and Indiana’s Assembly Hall. The 125th college basketball season in West Lafayette is loaded with question marks, just like their 13 Big Ten Conference rivals. Thanks to a mass exodus…
Read More‘Curious Savage’ Comedy Shows ‘True Collaboration’ at Westfield Playhouse
Basile Westfield Playhouse’s production of “A Curious Savage” — which opens tonight and runs for two weekends — is a wonderful example of “true collaboration” between local community theaters, says its play director Nancy Lafferty. Props, furniture and costumes not only come from the Playhouse but also from The Belfry Theater in Noblesville and Mud…
Read MoreGot The To Do Flu
I got the to-do flu? How about you? Got too many things to do? Got you down, got you blue? Sort of feels like the flu? How do you do! Guess I was channeling my inner Dr. Seuss. But there are a bunch of topics to catch up on. So without further ado . .…
Read MoreFeeding Team’s 3rd Hunger Awareness Music Festival to Bring 3 Live Local Bands
Noblesville husband and wife Mark and Lisa Hall, co-founders of the two-and-one-half-year-old Feeding Team, are raising awareness of the face of hunger in Hamilton County again this year. And they’re doing it in a big way, come Saturday. The setting is Federal Hill Commons Park just west of White River in downtown Noblesville. “It’s on…
Read MoreThe Myth of Crownland’s ‘Glowing Tombstone’
Are you familiar with the myth of the glowing tombstone in Noblesville’s Crownland Cemetery? I was a senior in high school when a classmate told me about it. My reaction ran along the lines of “Whuuut?” Although I’d lived here all my life, this was news to me. My friend went on to embellish his…
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