Do good manners still matter?
By NANCY KELLY SMITH Civility Counts Say “please”! Say “thank you”! How many of us have instructed a child or grandchild to answer with a polite response to a kind…
Read MoreBy NANCY KELLY SMITH Civility Counts Say “please”! Say “thank you”! How many of us have instructed a child or grandchild to answer with a polite response to a kind…
Read MorePensive is defined as “dreamily” by Merriam-Webster. Chuck said I looked pensive while writing this week’s column. Dreamily is probably a good way to describe how I felt as my…
By MELEA VanOSTRAND WISH-TV | wishtv.com Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing criticism over his comments on Islam in a recent online interview and in follow-up comments on social…
Summer doesn’t arrive loudly. It slips in through longer evenings, barefoot mornings, and the quiet permission to begin again. School years close, calendars soften, and suddenly life feels less rushed,…
By MIKE HUBBS Guest Columnist It is 3 a.m. The radio crackles with a partial license-plate number and a vague description of a sedan that just fled a violent robbery….
“I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.” – George Burns Where were we? Oh yes! My favorite Scotch is…
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” – Oprah Winfrey Last week, readers were introduced to my great-nephew Trevor’s dog, Mater, owned by…
Are your taxes too high? Have you thought about ways to have your tax bill reduced? I’m not talking about the Indiana Income Tax. I’m not talking about Hamilton County’s…
Update No. 173 Please join me in congratulating this year’s Building Level Teachers of the Year: Sarah Julian (HHES, third grade), Kellie Combs (HHMS, ELA 6/ELA 6 Honors), and Wendi…
Recently, I was at a restaurant and went to use the restroom. I was in my wheelchair. Things were going smoothly, someone held the door for me, so I did…