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2023 Nissan Z Drives Greg Brady and George Jetson Together
Too many automakers have tried to update classic designs with a retro flair to put an amber light on their boring product line. That’s not the case with the 2023 Nissan Z. While design references the original 1970 Z, and the chassis dates to the last Z, absolutely nothing about the driving experience or technology…
Read MoreExplaining the Complexity of Cold Sores
I saw a patient with a rather large “cold sore” on his upper lip just before I retired and he asked me to write a column on this unsightly condition. People use the term “cold sore” to describe different types of lesions that occur on the lips or inside the mouth. I’m not sure of…
Read MoreSave The Children!
The child’s frenzied shriek pierced the summer afternoon dullness. It supercharged the epinephrine in my bloodstream until my legs involuntarily sprang from the kneehole of my desk, and sent me hurtling toward the children’s play area behind the house next door. The incessant shrill, now coming from more than one child, brought me to despair.…
Read MoreExtension Homemakers Showing Well at the Fair
Look around at activities that Hamilton County Extension Homemakers are doing and you find them helping others, striving onward and upward and making home life lovely. Every year at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair — which this year runs through Monday — the Extension Homemakers have their own Extension Homemakers’ Flower Show exhibit. I stopped…
Read MoreSights, Sounds and Smells of 4-H Fair
If you’ve driven by the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville this week, you’ve probably noticed that the big tents are set up, barns are open and the parking lot is bustling with 4-H’ers checking in their 4-H Fair projects. We love the Fair and look forward to it every year. Maybe it’s the smell…
Read More4-H Fair, String-Time bluegrass, Cool Creek Campfires, Concerts
The Hamilton County 4-H Fair is happening all weekend in Noblesville, with Conner Prairie’s Symphony on the Prairie continuing, live band at Cook Creek Park tonight, with Kids Day at the Noblesville Farmers Market and String-Time on the Square bluegrass on Saturday night. Here, we offer our Times readers 20 things to do this weekend…
Read MoreNew ‘22 4-H Fair Queen Hopes to Make a Difference at Fair
Cicero’s Faith Hittle — the newly crowned Miss Hamilton County 4-H Fair 2022 Queen — hopes to be a good role model for young 4-H’ers and to educate them that they can be whoever they want to be. What’s it mean to be crowned 4-H Fair Queen? “It means so much to me. Because I…
Read MoreThe Origin of Cicero’s ‘Lead Mine’
While working on last week’s column, I ran across so many interesting stories about Cicero’s “lead mine” (see the last three paragraphs,) a follow-up column begged to be written. The first people to discover lead ore in this area were Native Americans. (One source mentioned the Miamis specifically, but I couldn’t verify that.) Until I…
Read More4-H’ers Readying for County Fair to Open
The Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville is bustling with activities this week as the Hamilton County 4-H Fair opens on Thursday. 4-H’ers began descending upon the Fairgrounds Sunday, bringing in their 4-H projects that will be judged this week and will remain on exhibit through the Fair, which runs through Monday. I caught up…
Read MoreLiving in a Real-Life Yarkovsky’s World
I was watching the Science Channel the other day. On most occasions I skip past the channel quickly, because I understand relatively little about what they are discussing. I think that’s what is known as The Theory of Relativity. I was flipping through the channels during commercials, and I had become somewhat disoriented. I thought…
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