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Some went running, at least that’s the phrase that came to mind while walking downtown this afternoon. The heart of our downtown historic district continues to struggle with vacant storefronts. In this post I’ll share my window count statistics for the blocks between Broadway and Jefferson Street. While this is only a snapshot of the downtown [...]

4-H would be nothing, literally, without the fantastic kids who participate in it. Abigail(Abby) Simpson is one of those fantastic kids. Abby is her 6th year of 4-H and belongs to the “Hanover No Names” club. This is her second year showing animals and this year she’s exhibiting 9 chickens,3 rabbits,and a single goat. Among her 9 chickens she has “Cochins,Banties and White Plymouth [...]

  Yesterday was D-day,as in ‘due day’,for the many,many kids involved in 4H here in Madison and all throughout Jefferson County. The lines were long and the projects varied. Projects ranged from the traditional, including: Geology,Electrical,Photography and Cake Decorating,to the lesser known: Aquatic Science,Aerospace,and,a holdover from last year,Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial;an Indiana 4H Project commemorating the bicentennial of [...]

Hearing the call of Walter’s parade song, I loaded the family van and headed down to Main Street. My goal was to film a few seconds of each float. In the end I cut a few because of time and battery life on my camera. Enjoy and leave a comment to share your favorite.. Click [...]