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Crawfordsville is one of many small towns struggling with the housing crisis. Our League of Women Voters Economic Health team members keep asking, “What about housing?” because we have …
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2/3/23
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2/3/23
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Not everyone does Valentine’s Day well.
A significant number of people are too unromantic, lazy, cheap or unimaginative to make the best of the occasion.
Don’t despair if you fall …
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2/3/23
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They were known by various names — the book women, the book ladies, the packsaddle librarians.
From 1935 to 1943, they rode through the hills of Depression-era Appalachia, hundreds of miles …
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2/1/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — I spent my first 10 years living in Michigan City, which is 35 nautical miles from Chicago. I was a Cold War kid. Our bogeyman was Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, who …
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1/30/23
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Groundhog Day cannot come soon enough.
It’s the thick of winter. Cabin fever is setting in. Incivility is worse than ever.
A delightful, silly diversion is what we need about now, and …
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1/30/23
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1/30/23
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1/30/23
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Nothing about the guest speaker suggested power or prestige. She was the quintessential teacher, comfortable and ready to engage in a crushed velvet smock, black leggings, and comfortable shoes. …
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1/27/23
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There are many unwritten rules in society, but one particular rule really gets under my skin. In Crawfordsville, citizens, blue collar workers and white collar workers, pay for coffee at convenience …
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1/27/23
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1/27/23
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When the coal started running low at the mine my father worked in, he considered several options.
The one he decided on was to relocate from Kentucky to Fort Wayne, which had two major advantages. …
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1/25/23
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1/25/23
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Education from preschool to graduate school is rapidly changing. Some changes are common, like timing of semesters and days or consolidation. Some change education for students and teachers …
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1/25/23
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According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the demand for older models in the fashion and cosmetics industries is exploding.
Sorry. Perhaps “exploding” is a trigger word. It …
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1/23/23
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1/23/23
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1/23/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — In the coming days or weeks, Mitch Daniels will make a decision about whether to return to politics by running for the Senate seat Mike Braun is vacating to seek the open …
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1/23/23
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Let’s play “what happens when?” What happens when a senior falls and no one there is strong enough to help her up? What happens after an adult overdoses in their driveway? What …
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1/20/23
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