Local Opinion

Letter: Defeating school project could lower taxes

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To the editor: For all those folks who do take the Daily Journal, please tell your neighbors about the Center Grove school...

Living on just the bare necessities? How do we bear it?

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I think I regretted the claim as soon as it left my vocals chords — maybe because my husband was so quick to agree....

All I want is a Darth Vader Pancake Maker?

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Time again to save you the trouble of reading through this year’s holiday edition of the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. These are actual gift selections...

World-class cyclist faced racism, hostility in hometown

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Dubbed the “colored cyclone” by newspaper reporters of the early 1900s, Hoosier Marshall W. “Major” Taylor was a champion cyclist whose speed was surpassed...

All I want is a Darth Vader Pancake Maker?

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Time again to save you the trouble of reading through this year’s holiday edition of the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. These are actual gift selections...

Rates boost capital purchases

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Ralph Nader, the scion of fuming consumer advocacy, recently penned an open letter to Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve. In it, Nader...

Cue bubble machine: Kids have grand time on family room dance floor

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You can still catch Lawrence Welk on Saturday nights. Of course, that’s assuming you want to. He’s on PBS, still leading ladies across the...

Planting common milkweed helps monarch butterflies

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Winter hasn't even officially begun, but there's already reason to think about next spring and summer. That's when monarch butterflies will return...

Spend time, not money, to build holiday memories

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Last Christmas morning, before the gifts were unwrapped, I caught a precious glimpse of my two daughters. Both were sitting staring at the twinkling...

Bell-ringing campaign needs volunteers

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The holiday season just doesn't have that same old ring to it, as the local Salvation Army sees it. But the charitable...