One of the goals we should have as young human beings is to grow to be adult human beings.

There are athletes and teams who rarely win in numerous individual and team competitions, and fans and sportswriters will call them losers.

Inflation has been a topic that has been in the news a lot lately, perhaps more than at any other time since the 1980s. That’s a good thing, because if no one has been talking about inflation it could be because it has not been a problem.

I know I wrote at-length last week about the NCCAA basketball tournaments making their final passes through Grace College and Winona Lake.

As a pivotal component of Indiana's comprehensive energy strategy, clean and renewable energy possess the transformative potential to revitalize rural communities across our state.

My body was under repair this week with two minor procedures Monday, and a major surgery on Tuesday. It dawned on me before the week that this unusually slow-paced week for me coincided with the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the Round of 64 specifically.

Natural disasters and other catastrophes could require you to leave your home with little or no notice. That is why every family should prepare what we call an “evacuation box.”

Standing at the graves of loved ones always brings many emotions. How I miss my parents and grandparents as I read their names on the bronze plaques.

As we get near the end of this year’s basketball season, the annual angst and outrage builds and builds.

This is one of those weekends where my focus on a single topic has been hard to execute. Therefore, I have multiple topics to freely discuss.

Next week will mark the end of an era in Kosciusko County sports history.

January and February afforded high school girl’s and college women’s basketball fans to enjoy their local talents and see Caitlin Clark eclipse not only the women’s scoring record, but the overall college basketball scoring record.

While many investors tend to think of fixed income investments as less risky than stock investments, fixed income investments face a variety of other risks as well.

The athletic department at Indiana University has a problem, and it’s a big one.

Thoughts of two tournaments were on my mind during my Friday afternoon lunch hour: the College Football Playoff (CFP), and the IHSAA boys’ basketball sectionals.

The first thing you need to determine is what to keep. Next, you need to decide how long to keep them. Third, you need a system for keeping them organized.

What makes a quality place to live? Living within proximity to where you work? Natural resources and amenities? Family? The answer for many of us is likely a combination of “all of the above” and more. But regardless of our nuanced want lists, if there’s not enough housing available in a community, it limits opportunities and is certainly a barrier for attracting new people.

The day I was sworn in as your new mayor I concluded a short “thank you & looking forward to serving” speech with an approach I wanted everyone – starting with me – to seriously consider as we began the new year. Call it a reminder, a changed mindset, a new year resolution or a “motto” for each of us to think about before stepping out of our front door each morning:

His name was Randy. Mayberry had Otis on the Andy Griffith show, Warsaw had Randy Walgamuth.

All-star games stink.

I attended, for the first time, the fourth annual We Are Tigers auction Thursday evening. I’ve had schedule conflicts in prior years, and an unexpected opening in my calendar afforded Shawna and me some time to attend.

In February, you’ll turn your attention to gathering your tax documents.

I feel very unfocused this week. It happens almost every year at about this time. There are lots of reasons for it, and I won’t bore you with the details. Why it matters to you is that you get a column with several different topics today.

Depeche Mode’s album (remember those) Violator was released in 1990, and one song – Enjoy The Silence - is playing in my head.

Even if we didn’t have a single calendar in our office, we would know when February came around each year because of the number of calls we get from clients who are anxious to get their tax documents so they can get their taxes done. And rightly so!