Dec 11, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Crothersville (though first founded as Haysville because the area was deemed suitable for growing hay) came about because of a pioneering spirit. Not the Conestoga wagon traveling across the plains to live in houses built of sod pioneer spirit but of...
Dec 4, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The announcement of another expansion by Crothersville manufacturer Aisin Chemical IN is certainly welcome news and helps cement the assessment that the Hoosier economy is on the rebound. Tax abatements are a tool Jackson County and its four...
Nov 27, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The late Crothersville native Neal Cravens frequently handed out to friends and strangers copies of a short poem “Let Gratitude Be Your Attitude”. That poem was brought to mind this week when my columnist colleague Glenn Mollette—another southern...
Nov 20, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener For those folks younger than 60, you may wonder why all the fuss about the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. For those of us who were there and recall, we remember just where we were when we received word that the...
Nov 13, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener (This week’s column is a historical selection from the Curt Comments archive.) •Ever notice that a human baby doesn’t walk until it’s tall enough to reach a parent’s hand? •Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like clearing the...
Nov 6, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There are some of us who thought the hardest part of Charles A. Bard’s high school physics class was the constant conversion from metric to English units. For the Gen-Xers and Millenials and other youngsters who do not know local school history,...
