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Rants, raves and random thoughts 101709
Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Thanks much for joining me. There’s plenty of mail to ponder and we’ll get to it shortly. First, a couple of items from my Shameless Plug file.
n I’d like to encourage everyone, music lovers in particular, to join me at Scottypalooza Oct. 24 at the Rushville Elks and K of C lodges.
This benefit fundraiser will begin at 5 p.m. with a hog roast. Live music gets underway at 6 p.m. (Check the entertainment module of our Web site at www.rushvillerepublican.com for details on who is playing when and where.) The $10 ticket allows you to eat as well as access to both venues. Proceeds will benefit local cancer patient Scotty Brooks.
n I also want to remind you about an amazing deal we’re offering through the end of the month on home delivery of this very newspaper.
Subscribe to the Rushville Republican for just 99 cents a week.
That works out to just $51.12 for a year; $25.56 for six months; or only $12.78 for three months.
This offer is valid through Oct. 30 to new subscribers. Visit our office at 126 S. Main Street, Rushville to get signed up, watch for details in the paper, or give us a call at 932-2222 for more information.
n Lastly, please keep the HSUR Shrine Club’s annual community breakfast in mind. Serving is from 6 to 11 a.m. Oct. 31 in the RushShelby Energy Community Building.
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n Rants to selling out to high bidders. Parcels, fields and farmsteads are being sold to people, groups and investors from other counties, states and beyond. Little by little our county won’t be ours any longer. Do you really think those money-rollers care about Rush County, its businesses, its schools, or the neighbors and friends you didn’t consider and left behind? Take a peak at a plat book and realize the buyers with their sub-corps and licenses; they’ve been swallowing up every acre they can get.
n It's called life. We can choose to see the positive side of our circumstances or wallow in self pity and become a bitter, negative person, never really enjoying the blessings of life.
n Fact, the largest expansion of government power over individuals took place during the Bush administration with the Patriot Act, an act that gave the government unfettered access to all kinds of information about us as individuals.
n I don't want to pay taxes any more than anyone else but some of these city employees really need a pay raise. Their pay isn't competitive with the private sector to begin with.
n Very few government employees get paid as well as the private sector, but they get more days off and much better benefits. It all averages out.
n I hope the loser in the green truck on Perkins Street Friday night has a hard time sleeping at night after stealing our beloved Husky.
n Congratulations, Lions, on your success at Lucas Oil Stadium!
n Raves to local first responders. I had occasion to need them a while back, and this group right here in Rushville would have to be among the finest anywhere. A sincere thanks to all of you, as well as police officers and firefighters.
n Raves to the RCHS girls’ and boys’ soccer teams. It was a great season. Thanks for all your hard work in representing our school and our community.
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Don’t forget to write down your rants, raves, and/or random thoughts and to send them to me. You can do so via the U.S. Postal Service (Rushville Republican, Rants and Raves, P.O. Box 189, Rushville, IN 46173), fax (765-932-4358), e-mail (kevin.green@indianamediagroup.com), through our Web site (www.rushvillerepublican.com – just “add a comment” to any posted story and it’s fair game), or drop your legibly written comments off here at the office (126 S. Main Street, Rushville).
Until the next time, I’ll leave you with this:
“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” — Lord Byron
Be good. kg
Kevin L. Green is the managing editor of the Rushville Republican.
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