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Activities, Perks to Honor Veterans
It’s time to celebrate our military veterans and thank them for their service. Veterans Day will be celebrated Friday during an array of events in Hamilton County. On Friday, most county government offices will be closed. Here at the county seat in Noblesville, a Veterans Day program will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the…
Read MoreGoing from Bad to Worse to . . .
When it comes to health, I have always considered myself a lucky guy. When I tell my family that, they roll their eyes and ask if I’d forgotten that my heart was laying on a table while some nice medical folks played around inside my chest earlier this year. Oh pshaw, I say. My daughter…
Read MoreWestfield Playhouse Celebrates New Diversity, Inclusion Play Offering
Main Street Productions in Westfield is expanding its horizons to include a new “Artist’s Choice Production” that celebrates inclusion, diversity and new voices. “Mothers and Sons,” the first play offering in this “category,” opens Thursday at Basile Westfield Playhouse. Adding this “Artist’s Choice” production may not be a moneymaker for the Playhouse, however, the theater’s…
Read MoreWooly Worms, Persimmon Seeds and the Lacy Building
It’s a reader feedback week! The 2022-2023 winter forecast column prompted responses from several people. Nancy Lacy emailed that WISH-TV weatherman Randy Ollis reported seeing a dark brown wooly worm, and Lisa Hayner and Mari Briggs provided the first sightings I’ve received of striped wooly worms — the kind that are mostly brown, with black…
Read MoreGet Out and Vote Today
It’s Election Day. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. So get out and vote. But make sure you’ve done your homework on the candidates. The school board race in Noblesville is probably the most important race this year in many eyes. As a voter, you should make sure to vote for the…
Read More2022 Toyota GR86 Sports Car is a Fun, Affordable Last Ride
As Toyota confronts the end of the gasoline era, it goes all-in with Subaru to produce the second generation of two nearly identical sports cars that revel in their classic heritage. Think of the GR86 as a front-engine MR2 or scaled down Supra, crisp to the touch and pleasing to the eye. Toyota will not…
Read MoreRushing the Seasons
My husband, Peter, says they are rushing the season. I’m not sure who “they” are. The Christmas Cartel, perhaps. The vast conspiracy of premature holiday merrymakers. Whoever they are, Peter does not approve. And he does have a point. There are still life-size skeletons scaling the walls of a huge brick house I walk by…
Read MoreWhat is Going to Happen on Election Day? Howey Makes His Forecast
What do you get when you cross an elephant with RINO? It’s an ancient joke with a contemporary twist, with the answer rhyming with “Hell if I know!” But that seems to be the final homestretch tagline from pundits and operatives. As journalist Mark McKinnon observed on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” earlier this week, “Things are…
Read MoreRestless Leg Syndrome
Someone told me the other day that they thought “restless leg syndrome” (RLS) was a condition cooked up by pharmaceutical companies to sell medications. You may have seen commercials for Requip and Mirapex, both drugs used to treat this condition. People have described symptoms suggestive of restless legs since the 17th Century. The Swedish neurologist…
Read MoreWhatever You Do Today, Vote . . . Please
A friend of mine used to be the mayor in Seymour. He went on to serve a decade or so in the Indiana House. He was a Democrat. I’m not. We used to have some great discussions. One day we were talking about voting and he shared this with me. On Election Day, your friends…
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