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November 30th deadline for “Hoosier Homestead Farms” book nearing

November 9, 2021

If you own one of the nearly 6,000 Hoosier Homestead farms across Indiana, just about three weeks remain to submit your free farm history for the upcoming Hoosier Homestead Farms – Honoring Farm Legacy coffee table book. “We’ve received a…

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Bits’n’Pieces

November 9, 2021

Welcome back to Bits’n’Pieces, a weekly look at some of the interesting, funny, comical and sometimes outright weird things that happen in and around Montgomery County. Have something you think should go into Bits? E-mail it to us at [email protected],…

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Dear President Biden . . .

November 9, 2021

By Tim Timmons A couple of years ago I wrote President Trump with a few ideas and suggestions. You know, things like, oh I don’t know, stop breaking his arm patting himself on the back . . . and stop…

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EVs are great for Hoosiers

November 9, 2021

By the League of Women Voters New jobs. Millions saved in energy costs. Cleaner communities. A smoother transition to electric vehicles. That’s why the REV Midwest Agreement is great news for all of us. Did you catch Gov. Holcomb’s announcement…

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Best of best heading to South

November 9, 2021

Southmont Jr.-Sr. High School will play host for the Central West site of the 42nd Annual Indiana Bandmasters Association All-Region Honor Band on Saturday and Sunday. Southmont is one of 12 Indiana sites that will host an IBA event. Selected…

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November 9, 2021
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Red Kettle campaign kicks off soon – bell ringers needed

November 8, 2021

The Salvation Army of Montgomery County will kick off the annual Red Kettle Campaign Nov. 18 and will continue through Christmas Eve. Volunteers are needed to ring the bell on Thursday through Sunday at Crawfordsville Walmart and Kroger locations. Businesses,…

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One of county’s most popular coaches . . . Pat McDowell

November 8, 2021

By Butch Dale Now here’s a great guy who would undoubtedly be voted as one of the most popular coaches in Montgomery County sports history. Patrick “Pat” McDowell graduated in 1956 from Lafayette Jeff, where he participated in football and…

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Daily Almanac: Nov. 9, 2021

November 8, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 7:26 a.m. SET: 5:36 p.m. High/Low Temperatures High: 62 °F Low: 45 °F Wacky Holiday Today • World Freedom Day • Carl Sagan Day What Happened On This Day • 2009 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin…

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Don’t lose head over supply chain woes

November 8, 2021

By John Marlowe I keep hearing how bad shopping for Christmas toys is going to be this year. It seems the supply chain is backed up. Consider that a good thing. The reason toys are in short supply is not…

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