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Columns

  • The push for redistricting reform

    KELLY HAWES

    GUEST COLUMNIST

     

    Julia Vaughn doesn’t hide her frustration with state Rep. Milo Smith, the man who single-handedly derailed an effort to reform Indiana’s redistricting process.

    “The way it all played out was incredibly disappointing,” said Vaughn, policy director for Common Cause Indiana. “He led us to believe he liked our proposal. He was a co-sponsor of the bill, for goodness’ sake.”

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  • A Good Friday reminder

    Vince Luecke

    Editor

    editor@perry countynews.com

     

    Editor’s note: This article was first published in April 2010. It has appeared each year during Holy Week.

     

    I didn’t make it to Good Friday church services last week. But watching a few good men remove a dead man from his truck served as good a reminder as any of not only Jesus’ death but those who pulled him from the cross.

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  • Cross-sector partnerships needed to help children, tackle challenges

    Tami Silverman

    Guest Columnist

    Urgent, complex challenges affect children across Indiana, including high infant mortality rates, persistent achievement gaps and the soaring impact of parental opioid use.

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  • Spring lawn care is simple; do not fertilize

    by Jeneen Wiche

    Weekend Gardener

    Pay no attention to the man behind the screen, or should I say on the screen. Commercials for lawn fertilizers show up on the airwaves this time of the year promising the perfect lawn if you apply this product or that. In fact, keeping a healthy attractive lawn is not that complicated if you maintain good habits; and this does not necessarily include spring fertilization.

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  • Donald Trump versus Adam Smith and tariffs

    Mark Franke

    Guest Columnist

     

    When I was a college freshman taking my first political theory class, my professor explained why some government policies are good (meaning popular) and others are scorned. The answer is simple: It depends on whose ox is being gored.

    Tariffs are exactly that kind of policy. In a free-trade environment, struggling domestic industries being undercut in price or otherwise losing market share to foreign imports see their oxen getting readied for the barbecue.

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  • Fireflies’ shining state grace

    Leo Morris

    Columnist

     

    Those who worry about Indiana’s image in more enlightened sections of the country can relax a little now that one black mark on the state’s reputation has been erased: It is no longer one of only four states that do not have an official insect.

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  • Mulch matters

    Jeneen Wiche

    Weekend Gardener

     

    Mulch has become a landscape staple, almost to a fault when it is over applied, smothering roots and girdling trunks. When done properly it can help to suppress weeds, retain moisture and moderate temperature. These things can be achieved using a variety of materials, but which type of mulch suits your needs best?

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  • Respecting diversity

    Vince Luecke

    Editor

    editor@perry countynews.com

     

    It’s mid-Lent and I’ve been doing my very best to keep up the ages-old Christian tradition of marking the spiritual significance of Lent, the 40 days before Easter.

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  • Respecting diversity

    Vince Luecke

    Editor

    editor@perry countynews.com

     

    It’s mid-Lent and I’ve been doing my very best to keep up the ages-old Christian tradition of marking the spiritual significance of Lent, the 40 days before Easter.

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  • Plants and insects come alive in spring

    Jeneen Wiche

    Weekend Gardener

     

    The hostas and daylilies are barely poking out of the ground and I’m already noticing signs of slug activity! The primrose and lungwort have been munched on; bagworms are dangling from the pines and the next generation of borers are stirring beneath the bark getting ready to emerge and reproduce; the larvae of the holly leaf-miner are ready to become flies.

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