The Great Purge of 2025
It was time. I took a deep breath and opened the closet door. Janet, you can do this! And so, the great PURGE of 2025 began. Stay with me on…
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May madness: a bloom of chaos & joy
May in Noblesville is like December in disguise – only swap out the Christmas lights for sunshine, peonies, and a whirlwind of end-of-the-school-year chaos. We’re only halfway through the month,…
Benefits of playing high school sports
By BRIELLE GARNER Sheridan High School Student Editor’s note: The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s 10th grade honors English class, taught by Tanya Busailah….
The fun parent
I think with every parenting duo, there’s the “fun” one and there’s the “all-business” one. The fun parent does things like telling great stories and jokes, playing video and board…
How you can work to improve your balance
“One wrong step and that’s all, you’re gonna stumble and fall.” – The Mamas and The Papas, 1966 Friends, I imagine that if you have been so fortunate to never…
The power within
If there is anything that living with a disability has taught me, it is that we are all far more capable of what we allow ourselves to imagine. At times,…
From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 150 Last week, Dave Post’s Engineering class became the first in the state to offer Purdue University’s 5S workshop as part of their Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). Representatives…
Old dude stuff
As a 40-something newspaper columnist, I often find myself writing about how things change as I get older. I know I’m not “old,” but I definitely act in ways now…
Filling hunger gaps through expansion
Last summer, hundreds of thousands of Hoosier families who qualified for food benefits and reduced-price school meals received a summertime boost: $120 per child monthly for food while schools were…
It takes a village
By EMILY ALEXANDER Guest Columnist Note from Janet Hart Leonard: For Mother’s Day, I am handing over my column to my daughter, Emily Alexander, to share her thoughts. When people…