Reader calls for tax increase to curb smoking
Dear Editor: Indiana is consistently ranked near the bottom of the 50 states for health, a statistic made worse because too many Hoosiers smoke. The Institute of Medicine says the…
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Reader wants to #SaveTheNickelPlate
Dear Editor: The Indiana Transportation Museum is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization that I have volunteered with for almost a decade. The organization, founded in 1960, has safely transported more…
Dealing with the side effects of meds
When I left off last week, I talked about falling and breaking my arm in San Francisco. I broke my arm and then was very sick on the long plane…
Petitioning to save the Nickel Plate
The Indiana Transportation Museum, longtime operator of the excursion trains on the Nickel Plate Railroad, has a petition drive in progress designed to encourage local officials to keep the railroad…
Another “Call To Action”
What do we know? Not much after the joint announcements by Noblesville and Fishers Mayor’s to convert the Nickel Plate rail line into trails between the two cities. The announcement…
Make a difference Right NOW
By CHRISTINA (CHRIS) MILLER Jackson Township Trustee “Hey, we’re out of toilet paper.” We have all said those words! Then we just go to the store to buy more. Right?…
What it means to be human
By WHITNEY WILSON Sheridan High School Student Over the course of history, a total of 108 billion humans have been placed on Earth, all for a reason. Out of 108…
The little train that no longer will
It was the spring of the year I was in the fourth grade. 1966. There were 36 kids and one, first year teaching, teacher packed into the car of the…
Spring and the great outdoors, what a pair!
As spring approaches, there are folks, including myself, who want to soon start getting outdoors more to enjoy warmer weather. Of course, there are the normal things we want or…
Agencies, government should pool their development ideas
A plan to sell Seminary Park for homesites was dropped by city officials almost as soon as it was proposed earlier this week. Feedback from city councilors, park board members…