Columns

Vince Luecke

Editor

editor@perry countynews.com

Sometimes I get asked about the stories I’d like to write if time wasn’t an issue. I usually click off a few ideas on hoped-for features. If I had all the time in the world, what topics would I like to write about? My list might surprise you.

It has grown longer and over the years some story goals have been added and others removed. For example, I had the chance to go carp bowhunting a few years ago, allowing me to check off that goal.

Curtis Hill

Indiana Attorney General

During the lull between legislative sessions, the marijuana lobby is preparing its next big push to legalize pot in Indiana.

These activists want you to believe their end goal is inevitable. The only question in their minds is how long they must wait for the rest of us backward Hoosiers (as they see us) to embrace their agenda.

Tom Turpin

Purdue University

Saying goodbye is a difficult thing to do. It doesn’t matter if that goodbye is to an old friend, a house we have lived in for some time, or activities that have been part and parcel of our lives.

So today, it is with some sadness and a bit of a lump in my throat that I must say goodbye to the readers of “On 6 Legs.”

In a couple of weeks, I am retiring from Purdue, and this is my last column.

Jeneen Wiche

Weekend Gardener

Have you ever gotten blamed for something you hadn’t done? Most of us have experienced this and it is a dreadful feeling.

Well, there are a great many things we blame erroneously on one thing or another, and lichens are one of them. Lichens, often described as barnacles by worried gardeners, usually show up on woody plants after some sort of thinning or decline has occurred. They are not the problem, only the result of a change in the plant’s environment.