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Board president pleased with direction of hospital's expansion/renovation project
Posted Monday, February 6, at 11:59 AM One of the most pleased people at last Wednesday's announcement of a $6.5 million expansion/renovation at Greene County General Hospital in Linton was its Board of Trustees president, Ralph Hiatt. For the past 24 years the rural Lyons resident has served on the hospital board -- the last 10 years as president...
While NSA Crane and its tenants -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane (NSWC) and Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) and the Coast Guard -- support more than 5,000 civilian and military personnel on-base, an announcement in the past week of an unexpected round of BRAC (Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission) reviews in the coming year has some uncertain about the future of the U.S. Navy's third largest military installation...
Yesteryear outdoor fun seems to be lacking in current plugged-in times It's kind of strange how my mind works when it's freezing and icy outdoors. My mind wanders back to my childhood and all of the fun games we used to play in the summer months. When I was a kid, we spent most of the after-school and over-the-summer time outdoors...
Time to start thinking about Marsh Madness As I sit and look out the window and see a slight glimmer of glistening snow resting in the pasture to the east, my mind wanders and looks forward to warmer spring days. I see some geese flying overhead and it reminds me that it's time to start thinking about the annual Marsh Madness event on March 2-4 in Linton and the surrounding area...
Public is better off knowing the facts President Abraham Lincoln had it right when he said in 1861 -- "Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe." The public is much better off knowing all the facts, and the discussion that leads up to all of the decisions that affect our schools, our cities, our towns, and our county...
Family is the best present of all Greetings as we approach the holiest and happiest day for Christians around the world -- the celebration of the birth of Christ. After all of the hustle and bustle the past few months and weeks, the fruits of the shopping labors will soon be ready to be unwrapped in family gatherings this week...
Christmas about much more than the hustle and bustle If the Christmas holidays are truly about our Christian faith and spending time enjoying family gatherings, then why do we struggle the most with staying content, stress-free and aware of our personal blessings? Shouldn't these times bring us peace on earth and joy to the world as the famous Christmas carols suggest?...
There's much to be said about witnessing the distinct twinkle in a small child's eye when they climb onto the lap of Santa Claus, and they roll their eyes as they tell him what they want for Christmas. It's a holiday tradition that I hope never goes away in this fast-paced, high-tech society we live in...
Time zones evoke coal bucket full of ire among many Hoosiers The subject of time, and more particularly time zones in the state of Indiana, is something that evokes a coal bucket full of ire among many Hoosiers. The times zones around this state have been moved, tweaked and toyed with by governmental officials for a long time...
There's much to be thankful for Thursday, we will gather with our family for a traditional Thanksgiving meal and pause to give sincere thanks for the many blessings we have experienced in the past year. Thanksgiving has always been a special time in our family -- a time when folks from near and far travel to a central meeting place -- to partake of a bountiful meal, visit family members that we don't see often enough, watch a little football and, of course, take a nap...
In my view, it's rather humorous and very sad to sit back and watch the Interstate 69 opponents continue to grasp at straws in their efforts to somehow in their wildest dreams stop or delay the construction of the new highway. Their latest ploy launched in the last two weeks has preyed on the emotions attached to a pair of area traffic accidents that they have somehow linked to the road construction project...
Bath salts have become a problem for local law enforcement So-called bath salts -- one of the latest fads in synthetic stimulants -- are deemed illegal and included in a Indiana law that was effective July 1 banning synthetic marijuana products. However, they are still showing up locally in some inmates residing in the Greene County Jail...
Slow down in the construction zones...police are watching In recent weeks, I've noticed an increase in the number of speeding tickets issued in construction zones. The newspaper published the names of six work zone speed violators in one day's court news. There's a lot of highway construction now occurring thanks to Indiana's fully funded 10-year highway construction plan, Major Moves...
Joe Lucas turned out OK after his 10 lashes with leather whip A couple months back, in the Aug. 1 edition, I wrote a column about spanking and referred to an Evansville Courier story that made mention of a then-14-year-old Linton boy. It was small item in the 75 years ago column dating back to 1936. The article read: "Joe Lucas, 14, of Linton, took 10 lashes with a leather whip today as punishment for his third conviction for petty larceny. He pleaded guilty to having stolen 10 sacks from a mill...
Weldon dies in crash Sunday; Waggoner remembers Indy track wreck that he walked away from On Sunday afternoon after channel surfing trying to find some relief from the agony of watching the sixth straight loss of the season that was unfolding for the Indianapolis Colts at Cincinnati, I tuned into the Indy Racing League's (IRL) Las Vegas 300...
Thoughts on texting; I-69 in the fast lane My age obviously shows when I look into the mirror each day. But, am I the only plus 50-year-old individual who gets a little incensed when other people can't seem to put their smart phones down? These days people young and old are everywhere thumbing out text messages...
Would you sign your online comment with your real name? It's time to call a truce. It's time for common sense to prevail for all of our readers. This decree is directed mostly at some of our online readers who seem to enjoy posting disrespectful, vile, destructive, hurtful, disgusting and downright mean comments in the Community Forum that follows the stories we write...
Recycling bins are not trash cans. Trying to maintain an unsupervised recycling drop-off trailer comes with some inherent problems. Greene County Solid Waste Management District Supervisor Erek Wilson is finding out that some people just don't operate very well on the honor system and are taking advantage of the intended purpose of the mobile drop-off trailer at Linton and at other revolving locations...
For all of the doubters who didn't believe the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area would draw some unusual birds to the area, there is more proof that "if you build it, they will come." The massive wetlands site continues to alter some bird migration paths...
Plenty of life lessons learned at the fishing hole Some of my most special life moments have been attained with a fishing pole in my hand. Fishing has taught me to have enough patience to wait for that big one to yank my bait, pull the bobber underwater and give me an exhilarating thrill as I reel it in...
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Uncertainty at NSA Crane, but WestGate Academy Conference Center moving forward
Yesteryear outdoor fun seems to be lacking in current plugged-in times
Time to start thinking about Marsh Madness
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