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Sat, May 17 2008

Mike Lunsford

THE OFF SEASON: It’s time to go to war … in the backyard

My wife, God bless her, is always finding ways to make my family happy. ....more>>

THE OFF SEASON: Yearbooks offer captivating glimpse into past
With weekend yard work and house cleaning and reasonable household budgeting all considered, my wife and I don’t have nearly as much time and money as we’d like to wander the aisles of local antique stores and second-hand shops.
The Off Season: ‘Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?’
I have a long list of favorite places to be, and ranked just below being at home on a Saturday morning — where I can wear an old T-shirt and blue jeans and not shave until Sunday — is the dollar aisle of an Indianapolis discount bookstore that I visit as often as I can.
The Off Season: Winter has passed, but at a price
Despite the windy and wooly winter we’ve just had, the brown leaves of a scarlet pin oak I planted in my front yard years ago stubbornly hang in defiance of a spring that is now on our doorstep.
The Off Season: Skinny little kid does all right for himself
When John Olsen called me late last spring, I politely tried to end our conversation.
The Off Season: Believe it — there’s still good to be found
A few weeks ago I sat in a metal folding chair at a table across from Pat Manley, who lives about a mile from my place as the crow flies.
The Off Season: A lesson well learned — in a restaurant
Unless you’re reading The Off Season for the first time today, you probably already know that writing isn’t how I make the house payment; my day job is teaching school.
The Off Season: Standing on the shoulders of hard workers
Part of my routine each workday morning includes a stop in town for a big mug of coffee before heading on to work.
The Off Season: The Big Read: ‘You’re either in or out, for keeps!’
The next time you hear someone complaining that there’s nothing to do around here, you need not slap their face and tell ’em to “take it and like it.” Leave that to private eye Sam Spade. Instead, throw a book at them. Make it a copy of “The Maltese Falcon” while you’re at it.
The Off Season: Making a resolution about New Year’s resolutions
We’ve never made a big, big deal in our family about celebrating on New Year’s Eve.

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Sports

• 13th-inning Wooster slam dooms Rose in NCAA baseball regional
• Three Wooster coaches ejected in 13th-inning melee
• North, South tennis meet this morning in sectional
• Woodrow Wilson wins boys, girls track titles
• Harrison present, not talking or practicing at Colts' minicamp

Features

• Sullivan-based band Precore excited about July recording session with famous producer
• Blues at the Crossroads Festival to go green
• Terre Haute Eagles plan Charity Ride for Guard group on Saturday
• Human-powered race team pedals to victories
• As gardening becomes more organic, it gets easier being green

Opinion

• Readers' Forum: May 17, 2008
• FLASHPOINT: We must make ‘clean coal’ part of our energy future
• Readers' Forum: May 16, 2008
• MARK BENNETT: Americans might finally be ready to curb fuel usage
• Readers' Forum: May 15, 2008

Business

• New call center bringing 600 jobs to Valley
• Pfizer to shutter Vigo plant
• SOCIAL SECURITY: A good time to dust off financial blueprint
• Nearly $1 million available for E85 pumps
• Budget Truck Rental offers GPS

Multimedia

• VIDEO: Morse Code Telegraph Club celebrates Samuel Morse's birthday
• SLIDESHOW: Ribbon cut on Terre Haute Community Garden
• VIDEO: Sen. Barack Obama makes campaign stop in Terre Haute
• VIDEO: Bill Clinton stops at South Vermillion High School
• SLIDESHOW: Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks at North High School

At the Movies

• New ‘Narnia’ is both darker and funnier
• Wabash Valley movie times
• ‘Speed Racer’ just spinning its wheels
• ‘Iron Man’ a blockbuster with a brain
• ‘Harold & Kumar Escape’ delivers a few scattered laughs

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