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Extension 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…
Read MoreA Pertinent Glossary for 2022 Politics
Democracy. Republic. Sedition. Treason. Obstruction. Inflation. Stagflation. Recession. These are the terms that are driving our politics of today. After Indiana Republicans struck the word “democracy” from their convention platform last month, replacing it with “republic,” I thought it would be altogether appropriate to review the definitions of these words in the context of today’s…
Read MoreEnjoying Nature With an Escort of Dragonflies
I was “up north,” walking through the woods with an escort of dragonflies on either side, as if I were a visiting dignitary in need of protection. I love dragonflies. I love their variety and their shiny wings and the way they turn on a dime in midair. I love how they clear the path…
Read More2022 Chevy Bolt EUV Drives Itself to a Gas-Free Future
It’s Saturday afternoon and I find myself traveling on the highway while drinking a soda, eating a sandwich, and casually watching the road. My daughter spent the night with her grandparents sixty miles away, so I’m retrieving her, all of her stuffed animals, roller bags, and whatever haul grandma bought. Fortunately, the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt…
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