http://www.newsandtribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_310181700.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_310181700.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_310130040.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_310130040.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_309122833.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_309122833.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:16:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_309121616.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_309121616.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:59:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306212424.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306212424.html I got behind Georgetown’s project because I saw it as a good way to leverage stimulus money for maximum benefit to my entire district, which includes most of Floyd County and a small part of Clark County. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306193122.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306193122.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306140716.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306140716.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306140446.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306140446.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306135538.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306135538.html Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:50:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_202161949.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_202161949.html I recently read with admiration about the local animal shelters and all the wonderful volunteers who work there. The animals are all so appealing. I wish I could feel as positive about our own dog, but I just finished burying the wire for the containment system for the fourth time. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306134758.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_306134758.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_304004432.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_304004432.html INDIANAPOLIS — President Obama took a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base and solemnly watched, then saluted, as the flag-draped coffin of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute was marched off the C-17. Griffin was one of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan earlier in the week. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303012212.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303012212.html Nine years ago last month an unimaginable tragedy struck a family in Georgetown. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303012447.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303012447.html Tomorrow is officially Halloween, the holiday when Americans typically buy the most candy. Like a lot of kids, a major part of much of my childhood was essentially a quest to acquire as much candy as I could get my hands on, and Halloween was the Holy Grail. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303011446.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/columns/local_story_303011446.html There was a time when I believed that the best way to curtail the impact of money flowing into our political system was to monitor it. Make sure that campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures were reported quickly and accurately, I reasoned, and journalists and the American public could determine for themselves what they could tolerate.