Oct 6, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener From the vaults of the Times’ archives we dug up the following for your pondering and contemplation: •I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. •There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the...
Sep 29, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There isn’t anything funny about the cemeteries around Jackson County. At one time though there was some prose etched onto tombstones. Today it is a name and a beginning and ending date separated by a dash. But at one time, short poems would capuslize...
Sep 22, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There is a front page story I want you to read. It is the one about Crothersville Community Schools seeking permission for an additional appropriation. Another way of saying that is the school is asking the state’s blessing to spend some the school’s...
Sep 15, 2010 | Curt Comments, Local News
by Curt Kovener We may have to get around to changing the name of this column. But names like Comedy Central or Laugh-In are already taken. But in light of the stock market, the economy, the lack of jobs, and diminished retirement (I envy you folks who are on fixed...
Sep 8, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener It had been a while since I was last at the wilderness retreat to mow. About four weeks by my reckoning and it had been more than that long since any rain has fallen. Wildflowers were pretty ragged and any semblance of grass had long turned brown and...
Sep 1, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener We in the media (and usually when we are talked about there is a qualifying adjective expletive or two in front of media) get frequently blasted that we never carry any good news. That isn’t true because we do publish the church happenings, the...
