Best song ever
By LIBERTY COYLE-PADDACK Sheridan High School Student This column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School dual-credit program students and Human Services teacher Abby Williams. Everyone has their favorite…
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Some Joy to Your Workplace Q&A in 2024
Before we kick off the “Bringing Joy to Your Workplace” Series, I thought it would be good to address some potential real-life “what the heck?” questions readers may have. Q:…
From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 120 Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you had a great break. We are happy to see our students and staff back on campus and look…
Fallacies of the school district consolidation debate in Indiana
By CHRIS LAGONI & TERRY SPRADLIN Guest Columnists Consolidation of Indiana school districts has resurfaced as a topic in policy discussions because of the release of the Indiana Chamber of…
Improving Indiana’s K-12 literacy skills
Lilly Endowment Inc. takes first step, it’s on Hoosiers everywhere to take the baton By ALISON BELL Guest Columnist Education for all children is an inalienable right. Further, a quality…
Linda the scapegoat
My older sister had a playmate named Ponteen when she was very small. Ponteen lived in the corner of the kitchen along with a broom and mop. I always had…
On the other side
We have all experienced difficult seasons in our lives. Seasons when living in the moment, we think, how am I ever going to get through this? It’s unbearable. There is…
Ridiculousness, part 2: the games we played
Ah, being a kid in the ‘80s and ‘90s was quite the experience. Every generation remembers their childhood games differently. It’s either a “They don’t make them like they used…
Changing all the lyrics and the conversation at Beef & Boards
By VERONIQUE DUPREY A Seat on the Aisle I celebrated Epiphany at Beef and Boards this year, attending Menopause: The Musical, the first offering of their 51st season, described as…
About that 40-year gig . . .
“I don’t know how Taylor Swift does it.” I never imagined hearing those words being said by my husband, Chuck. A year ago, I’m not sure he would have known…