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Recognizing Our Staff at the End of Another Year
A special part of bringing the school year to a close is our annual End of Year Employee Recognition Breakfast to celebrate our retiring staff, recognize service milestones, and commend our HHSC Building Support Staff and Teachers of the Year. This year we had over 200 current and past staff in attendance! I would like…
Read MoreLegion Shares Details of Property Sale, Enjoys Night Partnered with REO/Styx
Noblesville American Legion members had the opportunity to bring home more than $1,000 when they volunteered to work a booth and sell music CDs at last Friday’s REO Speedwagon/Styx/Loverboy concert at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville. And just a couple of days later, the Legion officially shared its plan with The Times to sell its…
Read MoreHere’s Hoping President Mitch Really Becomes President Mitch
Did you see the news that Purdue top man Mitch Daniels is stepping down? Let me take a second to make something perfectly clear – I’m a big fan of our former governor. His book, Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans, came out a decade or so ago and was brilliant. His take…
Read MoreIt’s All About Dad at Father’s Day Car Show
When I think of Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles’ Father’s Day Car Show, I think of Dave Shank and Larry Grabb. As long as the car club has been having car shows, they’ve been involved. But it’s not just about them, it’s about all of the people who make this show a success at Forest Park…
Read MoreThe Death of Benjamin Fisher
The only deadly encounter on record between Native Americans and Hamilton County’s white settlers took place a little over 200 years ago in Strawtown. What sparked it wasn’t a conflict over land, however, but rather justified outrage over a murderer going unpunished. Unfortunately, the exact details of the incident were already growing murky over 100…
Read MoreMusic Returns in Summer StringTime on the Square
Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and get ready to tap your toes for the return of the Legacy Keepers Music StringTime on the Square summer music series. The concert series debuted in July 2017 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Legacy Keepers Music, an educational charity that Noblesville’s Janet Gilray started in 2007…
Read MoreHeat Illness
Since our temperatures are predicted to be near 100 early this week, it’s time to start thinking about the dog days of summer. Although I don’t see a significant number of heat-related emergencies in my office, many patients suffering from heat illness will start filling the beds in emergency departments. Heat illness accounts for tens…
Read More2022 Mercedes-Benz GLS450, EQS Redefine ‘S-Class’
For me, the Mercedes-Benz S-class will always be defined by the 560SEL, a car from the late ‘80s that still commands respect from valet stands and left lanes of the world’s superhighways. The big sedan defies its age and is a joy to drive, but today’s luxury buyers – especially in America – prefer large…
Read MoreHot Sandwiches
I have been trying, for as long as I can remember and with limited success, to learn Spanish. My husband, Peter, says I am good, but that is because he does not speak Spanish, so if I say anything that is understood by anyone, he regards it as a minor miracle. I feel that I…
Read MoreRecliners Go Back A Long Way
Two weekends ago, I was over at my brother Ben’s house dog sitting. Sophie is part French Bulldog, part Tasmanian Devil. Teddy is the most laid back long-haired Dachshund you’ll ever meet. If not for Sophie’s constant running and general chaos, Teddy would gladly just sit still in the corner and do his dust-mop impression.…
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