http://www.greensburgdailynews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_130010005.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_130010005.html Eleven Decatur County men died while in the Korean War. Last week we got to know a bit about the first five. Today we’ll get to know the rest - only a bit though. Wed, 07 May 2008 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_128233943.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_128233943.html Those not involved with the profession of journalism on a regular basis are probably unaware of how headlines are created. Wed, 07 May 2008 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_128233741.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_128233741.html During the nineties, both sides in the culture wars engaged in negative campaigning, largely because it worked. Then voters became fed up with the politics of personal destruction associated with the Clintons. Voices were raised for greater civility. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_120215800.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_120215800.html Judging from pictures, the Korean War Memorial is surely one of the most dramatic of all memorials. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_114141613.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_114141613.html I try to remember, everyday, everyone is a hero to someone. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_113215045.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_113215045.html Seventeen days after the Korean War began the men of the 63rd Field Artillery, 24th Infantry Division were fighting for their lives. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_107011725.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_107011725.html Fifty-five years ago today, April 16, 1953, the first Battle of Pork Chop Hill in Korea began. I was one of the thousands of young people enjoying high school and happily dancing to the favorite songs of the year. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:59:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_106015801.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_106015801.html All these still seem like a dream come true to me. To be flown in by plane to a country so foreign to me, yet being able to be totally immersed in the cozy family atmosphere with my host family, all this did not happen on a daily basis. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_106015551.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_106015551.html Never did I imagine that I could take a 17-year-old girl from the other side of the world into my home and make her mine. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_100162922.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_100162922.html Henry Adams, the great historian, wrote, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_096013255.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_096013255.html “It’s everyone’s tax dollars. We’ve heard this all our lives, that if we don’t spend it someone else will. Doesn’t Greensburg deserve it? I think we do.” Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004912.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004912.html Favorite memories are stored within the deepest recesses of our being, placed on the ready for instant recall. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004704.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004704.html The Indianapolis Star recently reported that Indiana has an insufficient number of tech workers with defense security clearance. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004529.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_095004529.html Last week, I received a letter in the mail from our new cable television provider, regretting the need to increase my rates across the board for television services. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_093004640.html http://www.greensburgdailynews.com/columns/local_story_093004640.html This is a simple truth and something that has seldom happened to me, I had a column all ready to go but couldn't get in touch with the person that was most important to the story.