Columns

By JUDI PEREZ
Hoosier National Forest

The 202,000 acres that make up the Hoosier National Forest are located in nine counties in southern Indiana. Each county has communities near the forest that receive multiple benefits simply by being located near the national forest. 

SEN. RICHARD LUGAR
GUEST COLUMNIST
Following are excerpts from the prepared text of a speech delivered Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar. The U.S. Senate’s most senior Republican and longest serving member of Congress in Indiana history is leaving the Senate after 36 years of service.

Santa Claus
General Delivery
North Pole

Dear Santa:
As Christmas approaches, I hope all is well with you and Mrs. C. Sorry I didn’t get to talk with you at the many parades you’ve taken part in over the past couple of weeks. I don’t see how you do it … getting to as many places as you do. I suppose magic reindeer are a big help.

By FRANK SANDAGE
Guest Columnist

I want to add a bit of lore to Editor Vince Luecke’s Oct. 29 column on mountain lions and panthers.

My dad, Frank Sandage Sr., (1907-1994) drove a school bus for the Anderson Township Schools from 1951 to 1966 until the new Perry Central School Corp. was organized.

In early 1960 or 1961 Dad was returning from his early-morning run. This was before the new Indiana 37 was built.