Feb 28, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Sitting in high school English class I felt compelled to pay attention. Mrs. Lewis was not only my teacher; she also was our neighbor for the first five years of my life. I realized that if I were caught not paying attention, she would resort to the...
Feb 21, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A couple of my friends who enjoy puns are vacationing in warmer places now. The day they left it started snowing in the wilderness…so I guess the joke is on me. But they will be reading these when the return in a couple of weeks so you will have a leg...
Feb 14, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener While there was sufficient ice on the pond we used the seasonal hard water to aid in our invasive plant reduction efforts. Way back in the day the Indiana DNR provided wildlife planting packets to benefit birds and add beauty to the forest edges. One...
Feb 7, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener It has been a while since we visited ‘The Wisdom of the Midwest’, a collection of quotes of common sense and uncommon genius from people who grew up as middle Americans. “Education is not preparation for life. It is life itself.” ~John Dewey “Absorb...
Jan 31, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The Times is losing another longtime colleague and friend. I had mixed emotions when told of Postmaster Carolyn King’s pending retirement this Friday. She has been around having a hand at delivering your weekly newspaper as long as the Times has been...
Jan 24, 2018 | Curt Comments
This week we turn over this column space to a friend and colleague—a newspaper reporter, editor and owner spanning a 50-year career. Joseph F. Persinger penned this piece on the importance of locally owned, hometown newspapers. Persinger formerly worked for the...
