Nov 2, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener So your youngsters are starting to come down from that sugar rush from Monday’s All Hallow’s Eve candy cache. But what to do with all of that left over candy (other than the obvious)? And maybe you overbought and not-so-many trick or treaters rang you...
Oct 5, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives.) We are five days into the autumnal month which, from the standpoint of the senses, is surely misspelled. For 31 days all our body’s senses will be reminded of the seasonal pleasures of...
Sep 7, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Back in the previous millennium when I was in the 4th grade, Mrs. Johnson had a study unit of proper phone etiquette. We were instructed to speak clearly, enunciate our words, and always be polite. She had a rotary dial phone (yeah, kids, ancient...
Aug 31, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Whether these are golden oldies or moldy oldies will be up to you. But here are some vintage thoughts to take our minds off our problems (real, imagined and otherwise). Contemplate, if you will, this offering of life’s truths. • Don’t sweat the...
Aug 17, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Area students are back in the classroom and, like Garrison Keillor’s youngsters of Lake Wobegon, we all want our “children to be above average.” And it is that goal why we send them back to school to learn. (Don’t you wish we could do the same with...
Aug 10, 2022 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Indiana has been ranked No. 1 for infrastructure in CNBC’s 2022 Top States for Business annual rankings. This marks the sixth consecutive year Indiana has been ranked in the top five, including No. 1 rankings in 2016 and 2019, according to a news...