http://www.news-tribune.net en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_198190813.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_198190813.html It’s July and my mid-summer passion is in full swing. It is the one month of 12 that I am grateful to pay my over-priced and under-delivered cable bill. It is the month of what I believe is the toughest, most athletic sporting event on the planet — the Tour de France professional bicycle race. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_198184721.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_198184721.html The New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools will be offering free drug-testing kits at school registration to parents of sixth through ninth-grade students through a national program entitled “Project 7th Grade.” Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_197210523.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_197210523.html With language like that, you might consider revisiting “hymietown” (New York City) as you once referred to it for the occasional briss. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_196171916.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_196171916.html If the new economy and the technologies involved are subsidized and regulated by the government, there is little doubt tomorrow's solutions will be delivered by the same guys as today's problems. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_195022224.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_195022224.html Greater Clark County Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett is handsome, athletic, educated, well-spoken, charismatic and very personable. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_195022013.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_195022013.html If living through the Depression in the ’30s, serving our country throughout World War II in the ’40s and surviving it all, you had to be made out of some pretty strong stuff —the right stuff. Many of those who spent their early lives sacrificing for their country during WWII are no longer with us. Age combined with the rigors of past experiences, which tested the body and soul, have and are taking its toll. What’s been called “The Greatest Generation” is winding down. What remains are their just rewards — and their stories. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_194013256.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_194013256.html I recently sat down with Dr. Tony Bennett and discussed matters related to the school board and his upcoming bid for the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction post this November. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_194003502.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_194003502.html On Wednesday, Gov. Mitch Daniels will travel to Evansville and with delighted local officials will break ground on the I-69 extension to the state capital. It is an event that has been talked about and promised by Govs. Bowen, Orr, Bayh and O'Bannon for more than a generation. And Gov. Daniels will tell the dignitaries present, the news media and the general public that the original start day had been 2017. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:21:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_191121927.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_191121927.html All this questioning certainly does not discount how fortunate I have been in life. Sure there have been an awful lot of bumps but there have been many more miles of smooth road. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:17:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_190101638.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_190101638.html Last week’s column about so-called robo calls prompted several times more responses than is usual, and a common thrust was that there should’ve been way more said on the content of the candidates’ messages. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_188011637.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_188011637.html The human race has never been content to leave well enough alone. The human mind is too restless, always going off on a tangent or off its rocker. For instance, in August, scientists are going to switch on the most powerful atom-smasher ever conceived by the mind of man. Why do they need to smash more atoms? What they should do is smash some of the oil people to get gas back to a dollar, which is so weak it’s about dead. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:13:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_188011422.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_188011422.html Many people who watched the Charlestown High School Marching Band of Pirates probably took for granted they would be a part of the bicentennial parade. What went on behind the scenes is not only a story worth telling, but two people who made it possible deserve public recognition and credit. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186204405.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186204405.html The good people of New Orleans send Southern Indiana this message: Please don’t forget about us, and don’t think of us as lazy people.My journey to understanding why the people of New Orleans want us to know these things began at the Memphis, Tenn., airport. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186203854.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186203854.html When the Bush-Cheney Oil Presidency took office in 2001, the average price of gas in America was $1.47 a gallon. With gas predicted to go up to $1.70 a gallon after five months in office, President Bush said, “I worry about the fact that hard working people are paying high prices at the pump. It concerns me a lot. I also say we need to build more refining capacity. We need more supply.” Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186203728.html http://www.news-tribune.net/columns/local_story_186203728.html Congress has slipped into uncharted and dangerous waters this summer. According to the rule books, this should be a time when the federal budget gets scrutinized and pieced together by a broad array of congressional committees and members on the floor. The last time Congress actually played by these rules for all of its spending bills was 14 years ago. This year, it's barely even trying.