Aug 2, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Have you checked how much any of your units of local government want to spend next year? It’s right there for you to see on a web site, you know. In 2014, then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a law passed by the Indiana legislature that eliminated...
Jul 26, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Figuring out Indiana’s confusing, incomprehensible and outdated alcohol laws is enough to drive a person to drink. You can’t buy carry out liquor on Sunday but you can buy it by the drink. You can buy a bottle of wine at a Indiana winery but not the...
Jul 19, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Not much of one to make New Year’s Resolutions, but early on I had decided that this would be the summer I would clean and re-coat the back deck at the wilderness retreat. It is a 14’x40’ elevated wood structure that overlooks a tree filled valley and...
Jul 12, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Trouble comes in threes. Three strikes and you’re out. “Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me,” “You’re once, twice, three times a Lady.” But there are other trios that we are now going to test your knowledge, thanks to my Bathroom Book of...
Jul 5, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Nearly 20 years ago a Crothersville landmark came tumbling down. The original town water tower stood approximately 250’ west of the current town hall. Though, at the time, it was behind to old town hall which, like the old tower, is no longer a part of...
Jun 28, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Two of our recent columns which generated a good deal of smiles and comments were on church bulletin bloopers and newspaper boo-boos. Some of my Internet colleagues have sent more humorous gaffs from both the religious and journalistic realms for me to...
