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Why You Should Talk To People You Don’t Know
I recently took Amtrak from Chicago to Portland, a 47-hour trip. Space in the dining car was limited, so when eating our meals we were assigned to sit at a…
Read MoreSoil Gives Us Life and Dirt Takes It Away
In the opening scenes of the documentary “Kiss the Ground,” actor Woody Harrelson says he’s “given up” on climate change solutions. As he narrates this, we are shown all too…
Read MoreWelcoming America: Immigrants Still Key To America’s Stability And Prosperity
Since its founding in 1822, Montgomery County has been a place for immigrants. When the squares of land were mapped out and made into the new state of Indiana just…
Read MorePopular Green Issues Films Are Back
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Green Issues film series, co-sponsored by Montgomery County League of Women Voters and Wabash College Library, return this summer with four…
Read MoreLWVMC Climate Team Powers Up For Nature Day
On Saturday, June 18, everyone reading this column is invited to our downtown Crawfordsville Carnegie Museum from 1-4 pm to celebrate nothing less than the natural world. To top it…
Read MoreNew Innovative Ivy Tech Meets Students Where They Are
Ivy Tech Community College is a shining example of Crawfordsville Montgomery County’s commitment to education. Ivy Tech’s presence has grown from a twice-a-week night class in the 1980’s, held in…
Read MoreIs This Our Community?
“I was expecting to hear stories of isolation, alienation, tokenism, loneliness. I’m really troubled by the number of stories about threats to personal safety and the sense of not being…
Read MoreWhat Are Mutual Tolerance and Forbearance?
We Americans tend to think our democracy is exceptional, it’s a bulwark, it’s resilient, and perhaps indestructible. But a democracy is an enormous institution based on human interdependence. Like any…
Read MoreFamous Natives Whose Stories We Are Still Discovering Now
While sniffing about for story ideas recently, this writer dug up a gem on the Montgomery County website, a listing names of famous natives. Some of these gems need cleaned,…
Read MoreThe History of Childcare and How It Affects Montgomery County
Tied to a board and put on a human back, laid in a box, locked in a parked car, left to run the docks with a warning “to stay away…
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