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Columnist - Ken Thompson

Imagine If today’s NFL Draft Went 32 Rounds

April 21, 2023
Current projections have four Purdue players being selected in the NFL Draft, which begins Thursday...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson
Columnist - Karen Zach

VANCLEAVE SAGA #7 – Ralph B 1784

April 20, 2023
Ralph Vancleave was the 8th child, fourth son, of Benjamin Samuel and Ruth Munson Vancleave,...
Columnists / Karen Zach / Karen's Column
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Kenny Thompson Blown Away By “The Beast”

April 13, 2023
With the overload of information out there on NFL Draft prospects, it takes a lot...
Columnists / Kenny Thompson
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Proof Negative…

April 13, 2023
I am sad to report that my editor and proofreader, Heidi, has decided to retire....
Columnists / Dick Wolfsie
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Thanks, Mr. Quimby….

April 13, 2023
The principal of a small school has to wear many hats. In addition to being...
Butch's Column / Columnists
Columnist - Karen Zach

Sarah Vancleave Vancleave (yep) – #6 –

April 13, 2023
Have a special feeling for Sarah as she was born on my birthday 15 December...
Columnists / Karen Zach

To Remember the Forgotten School

April 12, 2023
Some stories are so precious and painful that their caretakers shield them. Even after several...
Columnists / LWV
Columnist - Tim Timmons

Bouncing Around Like A Pinball . . .

April 12, 2023
Scattershooting while wondering what a jam session with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker...
Columnists / Tim Timmons
Columnist - Butch Dale

Many New Homes…But One Thing Is Missing…

April 11, 2023
As I drive around the county, I see many new homes that have been built...
Butch Dale / Columnists
Columnist - Brian Howey

Hoosiers unTrumped

April 11, 2023
By Brian A. Howey For the first time in American history, a former president has...
Brian Howey / Columnists