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Hangin’ at Ol’ Merle’s Barbershop
I don’t really remember who cut my hair the first time. I’m certain that I cried, because I still do. My first haircut outside the home was likely at Ol’ Merle Wininger’s barbershop on Iowa Street in my hometown. I’m not sure why I mention Merle’s being on Iowa Street, except that I always marveled…
Read MorePrincipal Overcomes Fear of Flying While Rewarding Students
Promise Road Elementary School students enjoyed a special treat, originally scheduled for Halloween day, thanks to Noblesville airplane pilot and retired teacher Larry Jacobi who arranged rides in two World War II Stearman biplanes for the school’s principal and assistant principal on Thursday afternoon. The treat was flying tight over the school so that the…
Read MoreHoliday Open House, Music and More
Downtown Noblesville will be bustling tonight as Noblesville Main Street offers its First Friday Holiday Open House. Visit Suburban Indy Holiday Show at Grand Park. and Unseenpress Tours at at Lacy Arts Building. Here are more details of my list of 25 things to do this weekend and beyond: 1. Visit the Suburban Indy Holiday…
Read MoreWhat Makes HHSC Great for Students and Families
Every day I get to see our student’s curiosity sparked and dreams explored. I am in awe of the innovation, creativity, and passion I see among our staff who bring their best each day to inspire and engage students. A good example taking place this week is Future Huskies Week at the middle school. The…
Read MoreDon’t Click Here, Please ***
Mary Ellen and I promised each other that during our recent vacation we would not check our emails. At dinner each night, we conversed and learned a great deal about each other, things that have happened to each of us since we got our first cell phones in 1990. When we returned home, we eagerly…
Read MoreThe Fabled History of True-Freshman Starters at Purdue
On Tuesday night, barring the unexpected, Westfield’s Braden Smith – and maybe Fletcher Loyer – will join a rare Purdue basketball fraternity. Since freshman eligibility became a permanent rule in 1973, Smith would become the 21st true freshman to start his first game as a Boilermaker. All but five of these freshmen have played with…
Read MoreCast, Crew, Parents Preparing for NHS Fall Musical, ‘Chicago’
As a parent of a Noblesville High School junior who is involved in NHS Singers show choir and theater, I’ve learned that it takes a lot of people to make a show happen. Getting ready for a high school musical takes months, weeks, days and hours of rehearsals, with cast members learning lines, music, blocking…
Read MoreSpirit & Place – Powerful Conversations on Race
Are you familiar with Spirit & Place Festival? We had an article previewing it in our Sunday edition. If you are not, let me be clear. I believe this is a good thing. According to the web site: “The annual Spirit & Place Festival is almost here! From November 3 – 13 we will explore…
Read MoreNoblesville’s Irv Heath to be Inducted into Military Hall of Fame
I remember how Marilyn Heath was always so proud of her dad’s patriotism and civic dedication. Irving Maxwell Heath was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 4th Armored Division, 35th Battalion under Gen. Omar Bradley and Gen. George S. Patton. She once shared with me a letter from retired 100-year-old Brig. Gen. Alvin F.…
Read MoreA Visit from ‘The Plumed Knight’
Noblesville has been visited by several past, future and incumbent United States Presidents over the years, but the biggest political rally ever held here might well have been in honor of a man who lost a presidential election. James G. Blaine, a Republican from Maine, lost the 1884 presidential race to Grover Cleveland, but from…
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