Remembering her Age of Embarrassment
Earlier this week, I spent a few days back home in southern Indiana for work. When down there, I try to arrange a meal with my daughter, Delaney, who is…
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What it’s like to tear an ACL
By CECILIA TIMME Sheridan High School Student The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade English class, taught by Abby Williams. As an athlete,…
Don’t let fear keep you from learning about your adoption
As my adoption and reunion story continues, I’ve changed some names, places, and dates. My last adoption and reunion column talked about not rushing your reunion with your biological family….
Rest in Peace?
Indiana Courts handed down an interesting decision concerning the final resting place of a deceased woman. Specifically, it concerned her husband, Ed Mitchell, and the Mount Zion Cemetery in Scott…
The power of whatever
“My faith is in God. So, whatever He has planned for me, that’ll be it.” Damar Hamlin had no idea what those words would come to mean … to him…
Get Saalman a cookie! And other blood drive stories
The first time I donated blood, I passed out. I was 18, barely weighing the 110 pounds necessary to donate. I survived the actual blood draw. It was afterwards that…
A life well lived & well loved
Dear Readers, I’m afraid I must pause my adoption and reunion story today. Noblesville lost one of its greatest residents a week ago. Betty Gerrard, known to many as Betsy…
From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 98 Happy New Year! As we greet a new calendar year, we also welcome in the second semester of our school year which always seems to fly by…
Wilma Jean Wilson
March 18, 1936 – January 3, 2023 Wilma Jean Wilson, 86, Noblesville, passed peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at Piatt County Nursing Home, Monticello, Ill. Visitation…
Trapping for fur
As a young man, my father was a trapper. He told me of his exploits, gathering fox, raccoon, muskrat and mink fur as a moneymaking project. He loved being an…