September 4, 2007

Hoosier Heartland Highway

Invisible progress is being made on the Hoosier Heartland Highway, a highway from Logansport to Lafayette.
"It might not be visible to residents as they drive along State Road 25, but the last two years have been very busy ones for the INDOT staff and road designers who are working on this roadway," said Weatherwax. "Millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours have been spent getting this project closer to its 2010 construction start."

I'm for it... that stretch of SR25 we have to travel when we go to Purdue is dark, winding and hazardous.

Fall Harvest

Hoosier Harvest Officially Underway

Corn condition is rated 44 percent good to excellent, compared with 71 percent last year at this time. Ninety-eight percent of the corn acreage is in the dough stage, compared with 95 percent last year and 93 percent for the average. Seventy-nine percent of the corn acreage is now dented, compared with 70 percent last year and 62 percent for the 5-year average. Twenty-five percent of the corn acreage is mature, compared with 9 percent last year and 12 percent for the average. Soybean condition is rated 43 percent good to excellent, compared with 73 percent last year at this time. Twenty percent soybean acreage is shedding leaves, compared with 5 percent last year and 12 percent for the 5-year average.

September 3, 2007

Norwell Football Site

Norwell Knights Football
1976: 2-8
1975: 1-9

A sad state of affairs when old football records are online forever.

Losing Borrowed Money

So if a Casino invites you to gamble and provides the money and you lose it all -- what exactly has the Casino lost? Interest on the money they staked you?

Note: If you inherit a million dollars, don't take it to Southern Indiana.

Analysis: Saints vs. Colts

The new Colts season starts on Thursday.

Fighting I-69 Extended

A whole lot of people are against the extension of I-69 from Indy to Evansville and from there on down to Texas and beyond.

I'm against it, too. We should be putting money into high-speed rail service.

Thems Fightin Words

Hoosiers: fat, smokin', time-confused gamblers

Not only is this state the third-largest gaming state in the nation (sliding in just under Nevada and New Jersey!), but people drive from neighboring states every day, by the hundreds, to buy discounted tobacco products by the truckload. And let’s not forget that just a couple of years ago we were given the “Most Stupid People Per Capita” award by some stupid writer at some stupid men’s magazine. He couldn’t even write to good. I think he was illegitimate.

At least we take care of our senior citizens. They are not sitting at home wasting away and waiting anxiously for their worthless grown children to visit.

I know this because at an Indiana casino last weekend, every senior in Indiana was there — in wheel-chairs, on walkers, puffing on oxygen tanks, pigging out at the all-night buffets and smoking cigarettes while pumping their worthless grown children’s inheritance into three or four slot machines at a time.

That Explains those Magazines

Study: Men Go for Good Looks
men appeared to base their decisions mostly on the women’s physical attractiveness. The men also appeared to be much less choosy. Men tended to select nearly every woman above a certain minimum attractiveness threshold

How about that. I wonder if Congress coughed up some money for this study -- sounds like something they would fund.

Bob Sievers has Passed Away

Legendary WOWO Radio Host Bob Sievers Dies

It's a sad day for radio listeners in northeast Indiana and across the country. Legendary WOWO Radio morning talk show host Bob Siever's has died.

He was known by many as "Mr. Woe-Woe". Bob Sievers just celebrated his 90th birthday two weeks ago. The radio pioneer passed away Monday morning from health complications. Sievers had been ill for the past few months.

The radio legend spent nearly 50 years working for WOWO Radio, 1190 am. He began his career there in high school and eventually became the morning announcer, hosting the regionally-popular "Little Red Barn morning show." Sievers retired in 1987.

He was honored by the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame and Lions Club International. This past summer, Bob Sievers was nominated for the National Radio Hall of Fame. He didn't receive that nod, but those close to him say his influence and legacy as a radio broadcaster in our area will forever go unmatched.
A sad day indeed.

September 2, 2007

Why not Fort Wayne, too

A future rail line from Muncie to Bloomington.

. . . a commuter line that would stop in Muncie, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers, Indianapolis and Bloomington.

State Representative Terri Austin says support for the commuter rail line is growing. She says the project would boost the state's economy and reduce traffic congestion, particularly along Interstate 69.

September 1, 2007

Seat Belt Money

15.7 million dollars. That's how much federal tax money is coming to Indiana toward further enforcement of our seat belt laws. All in all, the Feds handed out 109 million dollars to the states for seatbelt enforcement.

My first choice would be for the government to not take that $109 million -- just let the people keep it. But if our money must be confiscated, can't we at least use it for something worthwhile? Why not invest the $109 million in high-speed rail or other, decent public transportation. Why not put it into a fund for New Orleans repairs or some future disaster. Why not use it as seed money for science scholarships to increase the number of students in areas the future needs.

Seat belt enforcement? If you had 109 million dollars to blow, would that be your best call? I guess that's why we're not in Congress.