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Polar Vortex Must Have Only Frozen Us

by Curt Kovener  Earlier this year as the three month snow cover and polar vortex was releasing its grip on southern Indiana, there was some speculation that the long, intense cold would help diminish the pesky insect population. Now that the woods-in about two...

The Wisdom Of Hoosiers

by Curt Kovener A friend gifted me a book on the common sense and uncommon genius of Midwesterners. I have gleaned from it to share with you the philosophies, observations and witticisms of men and women either born or raised Hoosier. George Ade was a Hoosier born...

With Charity For All…

by Curt Kovener  Charities abound and every one of them claiming to be a good cause. Rarely a day goes by that the Crothersville Times post office box doesn’t contain at least one solicitation for financial help. One day recently we got pleas from WorldVision and Feed...

I Don’t Mean To Bore You But…

by Curt Kovener  Have you ever noticed how diametrically opposed we sometimes speak? When someone says, “Not to change the subject, but…” what is the next thing they do? They change the subject. And when someone says “I don’t want to start an argument,...

The Passing Of A Captain Of Industry

by Curt Kovener  We admire entrepreneurs; those who have a vision, take risks, establish a business and keep it going for multiple decades. The Crothersville community lost one of its entrepreneurs last week with the passing of Earl Murray. Murray, along with his...

From ‘Back In The Day’

by Curt Kovener  Way back in the day my friends(?) would mail me some cartoons and jokes. Later when I became technologically advanced(?), they would fax me some mirth and merriment. (Some of it was off-color… it was some of the more humorous stuff.) Now that we all...