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As my husband Mike and I headed out on Feb. 1 to begin a driving trip south, I stuck a virtual pencil behind my right ear … a reminder I wanted to write my next column about our vacation.

I have a dilemma that’s likely familiar to other Prime-Timers. At least to us ladies. What to do with my ironing board? It’s been gathering dust forever. I’ve probably only used it three times since moving in 2011. Is it time to donate it to Goodwill? Do second-hand stores even want such relics? It might be better suited for the Kroot Corporation’s scrap yard. But ironing and I have some history, and I’m having a hard time letting it go.

A woman who hoped to be Columbus’ mayor but instead served Columbus and Bartholomew County behind the scenes her entire life is stepping away from public service.

News of the fire that destroyed the 129-year old Irwin Block building reached me early on Sunday, December 4. Britt Brewer, Community Outreach Coordinator for Indiana University’s J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program, texted me a photo. While the remains smoldered, I began to review what I knew about the building and its history. I was not alone.

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Anthony made a bold proclamation just hours after waking up on New Year’s Day.

The same question arises time after time.

As Darryl Tannenbaum was completing his training in Michigan as a medical doctor, he considered 75 job opportunities across the country before deciding to join Southern Indiana Orthopedics as an orthopedic physician and surgeon.

Every time I walk past our Christmas tree, I feel the urge to get the stepladder out and straighten up the tree-top angel. She’s been leaning seriously to the right since my grandchildren helped decorate the tree in early December. Now Christmas is over, and I never managed to straighten her out.

As the days pass by, seniors of Jennings County High School are eager to graduate.