Reader calls for presidential respect
Dear Editor: It’s time to stop the verbal hate remarks toward our president, his family and his administration. It’s time to stop the hate rallies in cities by people who…
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Valedictorian speaks out
Editor’s note: this letter was originally posted on Facebook in response to a column entitled, “The Last Valedictorian,” published in The Reporter on June 9. That column is available on…
Honoring a Noblesville Veteran
On Saturday June 17, 2017 my daughter, Emily Brooks and I will be attending the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, In Memory Program in Washington D.C. The Honor Roll recognizes those…
Remembering our dads
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others.” Pericles Again this month a diversion from my usual…
Overcoming Fear
Prior to having cancer, I loved giving speeches. I even gave quite a few speeches after cancer. However, I take a chemotherapy pill on a daily basis and it has…
Carmel’s ironic signs of change
The County Line Here is a little story of what you could call historic irony. In 1923 an expert electrician with the U.S. Navy named Leslie Haines returned to his…
Bibles, bottles and bulletins, oh my!
On Thursday I took my car to our service department to get the interior of my Ford Flex detailed. This meant on Wednesday evening I had to clean out my…
What if we had the canal we never got?
The County Line In case our readers hadn’t noticed, I like local history. So, the following tale is one of those “what ifs” of Hamilton County history that I enjoy….
The last valedictorian
First and foremost, I’d like to congratulate all the graduates of the class of 2017. Well done. Now get out here in the real world and make your marks. I’m…
Side Effects
Every so often I have had episodes of confusion. It is mainly caused by the chemo pill that I take on a daily basis. I hate it because it’s very…