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When Indiana is abloom in spring, my thoughts always turn to my late mother, Ruth. She was 84 when she passed away in April 2005. Her birthday fell in early May, very close to Mother’s Day. My sisters and I often combined her birthday and Mother’s Day celebrations when we were kids. To her credit, she never complained about us killing two birds with one stone. Mothers are like that. They give much of themselves to their children, and don’t expect a lot in return. (For more on that, read “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein.)

I’m thrilled to announce the Bartholomew County Public Library’s first-ever Teen Poetry Contest We invite all students in grades seven through 12 who attend school or reside in Bartholomew County to submit up to three original, unpublished poems.

When my daughters were babies, I read to them, even when I knew they did not understand me. I loved rocking them with a book, and I kept doing so every night until eventually they could read alone or to me. At the time, I did not realize the impact it was making on them.

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Inside my sugar canister is a ¾-cup measure made from a tin can. A loop handle just large enough for my index finger has been soldered to the cup’s side.

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It can be tough to imagine Columbus native Alex Warnick ever really picking any career other than painting birds.

Veteran keyboardist Charles Webb would love it if one thought pops into the minds of listeners to him and piano partner Steven Mann at the next Columbus Indiana Philharmonic concert Feb. 5: “This place is a zoo.”

Some assistance may soon be on the way to the Bartholomew County Health Department in addressing COVID-19 issues within local schools.