April County Council meeting: the excitement of the mundane
I struggled to put together the ideas and information I wanted to share from our April meeting. As we all know, sometimes life is less than exciting, and in politics…
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Go see Mud Creek Players put on a memorable production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened on London’s West End in 1952 and ran continuously until mid-March 2020, when COVID-19 considerations caused a 14-month stoppage. Returning in May 2021, it maintains…
Social Security benefits: what if I was married & divorced more than once?
Many women fail to realize that they are eligible to draw off a former spouse. Some have been misled by their divorce agreement where they agreed to give up all…
It’s almost May
It’s almost May Thursday marked the unofficial start to the 2023 track activities for the Indianapolis 500 with the first of two consecutive days of open testing. Unfortunately, rain canceled…
In case of emergency
I was filling out an updated volunteer form for the best therapeutic horseback riding center in the country, Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources in Cicero. (I’m not kidding, folks, they are…
You can’t run away from just deserts
Grandpa Howard had a family of nine, and I was the youngest grandson of his youngest child. He told me the story of how he came to believe that on…
Raising Cane’s chicken tenders nearly make a grown man cry
By NIK ROBERTS Guest Columnist Editor’s note: Nik Roberts attended the Opening Day celebration last Thursday of the new Raising Cane’s chicken restaurant near the Hamilton Town Center in Noblesville….
Dancing with fairies
I have always been drawn to fairy gardens, but never had one until this year. My daughter, Mary, is at the perfect age where her imagination is running wild and…
“Like visiting an old friend”: ‘On Golden Pond’ well worth the drive to Hendricks Co.
Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond is probably most famous as the 1981 film version starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda. But the much-loved story originally appeared as a…
Words matter
March 2, 2002, God, I feel as if I have begun a new journey… I had no idea where those words I wrote all those many years ago would take…