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Feeding 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…
Read MoreEverybody Sure Loves A Homecoming Parade
Noblesville High School’s Homecoming Parade on Friday attracted the largest crowd I’ve seen at a Noblesville parade in a long time. So many Noblesville school families came out to watch the parade. Having such a great turnout just goes to show how much the community needs to hold onto our parade tradition, for Homecoming, July…
Read More2022 Lexus LX600 is Ideal for Bougie Bourbon Bar Crawls
My friends and I are ready for our annual bourbon run to northern Kentucky, or what’s in reality nothing more than a bougie bar crawl that usually requires a luxury conveyance equal our quest for distilled, barrel-aged corn liquor. And boy, did we get the right one this time in the 2022 Lexus LX600 that…
Read MoreOn the Sidewalk
I met Betty sitting outside on the sidewalk. Betty spends a lot of time there. She lives in the adjacent building. It is a place for older folks who need a lot of help and don’t have a lot of money. Betty lost both legs, below the knee, at some point. She wears a curly…
Read MoreNunn on the Putin Doctrine: ‘A Very Dangerous Time’
U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn was at a conference in Hungary when a coup d’etat toppled Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the summer of 1991. A Soviet contact called him. “You’ve got to get over here,” Nunn was told. “Big things are happening; great opportunities and huge dangers.” Once in Moscow, Nunn would spend half a…
Read MoreHave You Experienced Nail Fungus? Here Are Some Tips
I recently had to remove some toenails. This was a last ditch effort to help someone get rid of their toenails that were infected with fungus. The medical term for a fungal infection of the toenails or fingernails is tinea unguium, also known as onychomycosis (OM). This condition is generally more of a nuisance than…
Read MoreHopping On Gig Economy
When traveling home after a ball game, we often stop at a certain national pizza franchise for a late supper. This particular restaurant normally stays open past midnight –– a significant criterion for finding a satisfying meal after the game. We like eating there because the room exudes a fun atmosphere. It’s always alive with…
Read MoreHomecoming, Murder-Mystery, Oktoberfest, Vintage Market, Dave Matthews Tribute, More
The Noblesville Homecoming Parade is today and the Homecoming football game is tonight at Beaver Stadium. The Belfry Theatre kicks tonight off its 58th season with a whodunit murder-mystery play. Primeval Oktoberfest is today and Saturday. “Raya and the Last Dragon” is on the big screen at Westfield, and the final city-sponsored concert of the…
Read MoreWolfsie is an Eggo-Maniac!
My wife and I did not go to the State Fair this year. It was the first time we missed it (other than the two affected by COVID closures) since we moved to Indiana in 1982. Mary Ellen’s favorite thing is going to the poultry barn to see the baby chicks. I love to get…
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