Jan 11, 2012 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener I was saddened and disappointed to learn about a rare whooping crane while on a southerly migration had been shot and killed west of our community. Sad because they seem to be making a comeback and disappointed because those of us who enjoy the...
Dec 21, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A law was passed requiring everyone to pay a tax in his home town. That was the law decreed over 2,000 years ago by an occupying Roman government authority. So without government involvement, Old Testament prophecy would not have been fulfilled and...
Dec 14, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple, and Grape-Nuts® are neither either. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies...
Dec 7, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The Times received a news release last week from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security stating that rural citizens are more likely to be prepared for weather related emergencies than their big city neighbors. Well, duh. They should have also...
Nov 30, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The month of November is a fickle month. Early there is sunshine and some remaining brightly colored leaves which still adorn a soon-to-be barren landscape. Election day was barely sweater weather with bright sunshine. But the Indian Summer...
Nov 23, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener By now many of us are beginning to commence to initiate the preliminary cooking for tomorrow’s feast. Pitch-in dinners and family gatherings will be pretty much standard fare as will turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and desserts...