Feb 1, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener An unusual concept came loudly into public view recently when senior White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said presidential press secretary Sean Spicer (gratefully no relation to Crothersville School Board president Bob Spicer) used “alternative facts”...
Jan 25, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Puns, it can be said, are a sign of a superior intellect. They are a sign of an expanded vocabulary, play on words and word meanings. Some puns dribble off the tongue with ease; some require some thought. But I enjoy the eye-rolling, corny groaner of a...
Jan 18, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A homonym, as Mrs. Lewis’ CHS English students will no doubt recall, is a word that sounds like another or perhaps is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning. And homonyms are one of the reasons English is so difficult to learn. That...
Jan 11, 2017 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener New Years Day dawned gratefully sunny, dry and outdoors workable comfortable. I took that as an omen to get some overgrown briars, weeds, leaning trees and low hanging branches manicured in the wilderness. I sit on a newly formed county-wide committee...
Dec 21, 2016 | Curt Comments
compiled by Curt Kovener “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ~ Dr. Seuss “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he...
Dec 14, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener As naïve students at Crothersville Elementary School in the early 1960’s, we were in awe, inspired, and filled with pride at the fledgling space program which sent humans into the black void of the cosmos. It was a time when new words came to be a part...
