Toddler Traffic Jam Blues
As with everybody, over the years, my worries and anxieties have changed. I’ve always had a reputation to be calm, cool, and collected among my peers, but it’s natural to…
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From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 109 I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful summer! We have been busy in the district preparing for the new school year which starts on Tuesday, Aug….
Political pertinency
Grandpa Howard told the story of when James A. Mount was a candidate for Governor. He had concluded a campaign speech with the following anecdote: “John had two sweethearts, living…
Preserving my family’s farm near Sheridan
By CINDY SALO Guest Columnist I recently found a photo of my great-great-grandfather in a book about Noblesville. The book was on a table at the BBQ restaurant in Sheridan,…
Elder scams: locking your doors won’t help!
As I watched a recent episode of 60 Minutes that featured senior age folks being scammed, my heart sank. Not so much for the tremendous loss of money, the emotional…
We can do more to protect our environment
There’s this unfair perception that being a Republican means you don’t care about protecting our environment and conserving nature. The root word in “conservative” is “conserve” and it was a…
I walked on water
What I did on my summer vacation … I‘m standing in the flooring aisle of Lowes. My eyes surf the various planks of Pergo. A forest of oak, pine, hickory,…
A father, a son – a baseball
I recently found a photo of my Peanut League team, dated 1972. There are five of us of varying height. The tallest, of course, is closest to me, his left…
It’s not too late to start your New Year’s resolution
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis Well, we are just past that mid-point in our “New Year’s Resolutions”…
Cash in on your ex-spouse’s Social Security
Many women (but the gender roles can be reversed) who have been long divorced assume they are ineligible to draw Social Security off a former spouse if he has remarried….