Archive for March 2023
ACLU Rips Lawmakers Over Transgender Bill
The Indiana Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union took issue with Indiana lawmakers this week. The organization said that Senate Bill 480 ignores the warnings of parents, medical providers…
Read MoreSaturday Night Festival Entertainment Announced
This year’s Saturday night Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival headliner will be hard to beat. Together since 2007, Heartache Tonight is without question the finest Eagles tribute band in the country. With…
Read MoreReadin’, Writin’, Arithmetic…Butch Has Some Ideas
Do you recall the subjects you took in high school? Everyone had to pass the required courses of biology, English, basic math, social studies, etc., but some of us were…
Read MoreBarton Welcomes Scouts
On Thursday, March 16th, 2023, Mayor Todd Barton welcomed scouts, scouters, community leaders and others to the 2nd Annual Crawfordsville Mayor’s Breakfast for Scouting, at Fusion 54. Guests heard details…
Read More03-27-23
A Tourist Town
My husband, Peter, and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks, a tourist town. Sometimes, the person saying this means…
Read MoreVolvo Builds A Better Turbo Wagon In The 2023 Cross Country
When I was a car-obsessed kid back in the ‘80s, one of my favorites was the Volvo Turbo Wagon, made iconic in an advertisement showing it sitting next to a…
Read MoreThe Lincoln School For Colored Children
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1881 Crawfordsville School Trustees ordered a school be built at the southwest corner of Spring and North Walnut Streets to serve black students in grades 1-8. Once…
Read MoreThe Season Of Sneezing
It’s once again time to run my annual column on allergies. Some of our readers may already cursing the annual return of allergy symptoms. Tree pollen levels (Oak, Cedar/Juniper and…
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