Girls’ program in city shines positive light for students
Girls on the Run, a nationally based youth development program for girls in Grades 3 through 8, is still relatively new in Bartholomew County...
Parkside teacher goes beyond 3rd-grade classroom
Sandy Watts stopped by our house one night last week to drop off a present. There was an irony in the occasion. I was...
Shift to digital textbooks signals step for district
Digital tools are being used more and more by Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. students, but the time when they’ll use only digital textbooks isn’t...
Letter: City deserves better than managerial dysfunction
From: Mary K. Ferdon
Columbus
Full disclosure: I am a volunteer with the Jim Lienhoop for mayor campaign. However, I...
The great
There’s no point in trying to sugar-coat it. The bitter rift that has resulted in two nations occupying the American land mass now characterizes...
Letter: Statistics suggest automobiles more dangerous than guns
From: Noel Taylor
Columbus
Wikipedia states,"'Lies, damned lies, and statistics' is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly...
Letter: Owsley family deserves answers
From: Shirley Ison
Westport
We have heard that what goes around comes around, right? Be it Paris Hilton or Britney...
Letter: Brown taking high road in mayoral race
From: Peggy Sallee
Columbus
The mayor’s race is in full swing, and unfortunately, it is politics as usual, with one...
Seek variety to hold attention span
Board books are for babies and toddlers. Picture books are for preschoolers. Easy readers, or beginning chapter books, are for early elementary school kids....
Letter: Get involved to curb animal euthanizations
From: Ashleigh Kuhl
Greenwood, formerly of Bartholomew County
Pets are for life.
In the U.S. about 7 million...