Nov 23, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Americans don’t know it and children aren’t taught it, but George Washington is responsible for our Thanksgiving holiday. It was our first president who led the charge to make this day of thanks a truly national event—not the Pilgrims and not Abraham...
Nov 16, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The election is over and many of us have already offered up a sigh of relief and a pre-Thanksgiving prayer of gratitude. But campaign promises and rhetoric oft carry over into elected officials’ misspeaks, verbal faux pas, or proof that we don’t elect...
Nov 9, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener’s Mom This week’s offering is “Mom Approved”. Or, I guess it is, she sent these to me. •The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can be in a robe, before you start looking like a mental patient. •My...
Nov 2, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener If you haven’t already voted, there’s a question on your election ballot next week wanting your decision on a constitutional question Indiana voters will have the chance to decide if people’s right to hunt and fish needs to be declared in the...
Oct 26, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Becky Killian (We turn over this space this week to an award winning writer, photographer and journalist to share with you a Halloween story. Just keep saying, “I ain’t afraid of no ghost.”) Before sitting at a desk last week at the newspaper office where I work, I...
Oct 19, 2016 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives.) I will tell you up front, this is a nutty story. I enjoy getting outside in the fall when the air is cool & crisp. And gathering persimmons and hickory nuts are a way to enjoy the out of...
