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NHS Teacher Kevin Cole Was One of the Good Guys
Noblesville High School Spanish teacher Kevin Cole couldn’t imagine teaching anywhere else. He was supposed to go on a recent school trip to Costa Rica. He was fluent in Spanish, as well as sarcasm, he would say. Cole was one of the good guys. A teacher who loved to teach and to watch students learn.…
Read More4th of July, Fireworks, Movies, Music & More
It’s Independence Day weekend and there are lots of things to do. Cicero’s Lights Over Morse Lake Festival kicks off today, Conner Prairie celebrates all weekend during a Glorious Fourth and Symphony on the Prairie, CarmelFest is Sunday and Monday with fireworks both nights, and Noblesville Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks are Monday. Also,…
Read MoreGrilling the Neighbors about Grilling (with Gas or Charcoal)
The July 4th weekend cookout is just around the corner and we are planning a barbeque with some friends at our house. That was not the original plan, but turns out we were not invited to the cookout around the corner. “Are you cooking with gas or charcoal this weekend?” asked a buddy of mine.…
Read MorePicking Through the Draft History of Boilermaker Double-Doubles
Jaden Ivey’s selection by the Detroit Pistons in last week’s NBA Draft completed a rare double-double for Purdue athletics. Thanks to GoldandBlack.com publisher Alan Karpick, whose trivia question started this thought process, only four times since the NBA came into existence in the late 1940s has Purdue had a first-round pick in both the NBA…
Read MoreDrive your golf cart to Lights Over Morse 4th
Do you own a golf cart and want to ride it all over town for the July 4 weekend? Then bring your golf cart to the Town of Cicero for the 2022 Lights Over Morse Lake Festival. Golf carts are permitted for use in the northern Hamilton County town on Morse Lake. As long as…
Read MoreA Letter to Lady Liberty
A few years ago, I wrote a letter to Lady Liberty. The world was a tad different then. Donald Trump was being his arrogant self in the west wing. Joe Biden was out of office and many of us were hoping retired and the United States was enjoying gas prices well under $3 – and…
Read MoreGrowing Older Like the Main Character in a Zombie Movie
I just got back from a family reunion. I enjoyed seeing distant cousins whose names I couldn’t remember. I just called them all “cuz.” They called me the same thing, and we had a great time discussing things we’d done together…even though we couldn’t quite remember where we’d done them. See, we’re at that awkward…
Read More7 Years after Heart Attack, Elk Now Leads, Makes a Difference
Geoff Robinson has learned that “life can be short.” So he takes every day as a blessing. And he makes a point to make a difference. Coming up on the seventh anniversary of his heart attack — on July 4, 2015, while participating in Carmel’s 4.5-mile Freedom Run & Walk, during which he collapsed, his…
Read MoreFrank Hawkins’ Civil War Tale of Survival
I was having a hard time coming up with a topic for this week’s column that would be both appropriate to this time of year AND something I hadn’t written about before. Then I thought of the tale of Frank Hawkins at Gettysburg. The battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War, took…
Read MoreA Few ‘Over Groan’ Words
It happens about this time every year. Despite meaning well and good intentions, I’ve again become the neighborhood pariah. Situated smack dab between the two-story modern with the terraced wall and the wrap-around deck to my west, and the venerable ranch on the east, with the two stately oaks in front and the neatly trimmed…
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