Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Beans around the World
Santa Claus has hit the map on beans around the world. (Look on Santa's shoulder) Check it out.
Time Zone Changes...Again
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a proposed rule yesterday afternoon that would move the time zone boundary for Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike and Dubois counties from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone.
Full Story at: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jul/17/some-southwestern-indiana-counties-will-move-back-/
I particularly like the commentary.
Full Story at: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jul/17/some-southwestern-indiana-counties-will-move-back-/
I particularly like the commentary.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
The creater of Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync defrauded and Indiana-based bank
7:18 AM June 28, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded an Indiana-based bank out of $20 million.
Lou Pearlman, 53, was indicted on three counts of bank fraud, and single counts of mail and wire fraud for business he did with Evansville, Ind.-based Integra Bank N.A., according to court documents.
Pearlman is most famous for forming boy bands in the '90s, but was also involved in airplane charter, real estate, model scouting and restaurant ventures. He stands accused of fraudulently securing millions in bank loans with documents from a fake accounting firm.
Assets have been liquidated in two bankruptcy cases against Pearlman and his companies, and the entertainment mogul has ignored court actions against him for months.
Florida investigators separately allege Pearlman defrauded more than 1,000 individual investors out of more than $315 million. Several banks say he collectively owes them more than $120 million, according to bankruptcy court documents.
Pearlman was arrested in Indonesia on one count of bank fraud earlier this month. He was expelled from Bali after the FBI contacted authorities there, then he was transferred to U.S. custody and flown to Guam. Pearlman was flown to Los Angeles, and U.S. Marshal Jimmy Disbrow said authorities will soon transport him to Florida.
"It's roughly going to be about two weeks before we see him," U.S. Marshal Jimmy Disbrow said Wednesday.
A call placed by The Associated Press to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orlando was not immediately returned. It was not known if Pearlman had an attorney.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded an Indiana-based bank out of $20 million.
Lou Pearlman, 53, was indicted on three counts of bank fraud, and single counts of mail and wire fraud for business he did with Evansville, Ind.-based Integra Bank N.A., according to court documents.
Pearlman is most famous for forming boy bands in the '90s, but was also involved in airplane charter, real estate, model scouting and restaurant ventures. He stands accused of fraudulently securing millions in bank loans with documents from a fake accounting firm.
Assets have been liquidated in two bankruptcy cases against Pearlman and his companies, and the entertainment mogul has ignored court actions against him for months.
Florida investigators separately allege Pearlman defrauded more than 1,000 individual investors out of more than $315 million. Several banks say he collectively owes them more than $120 million, according to bankruptcy court documents.
Pearlman was arrested in Indonesia on one count of bank fraud earlier this month. He was expelled from Bali after the FBI contacted authorities there, then he was transferred to U.S. custody and flown to Guam. Pearlman was flown to Los Angeles, and U.S. Marshal Jimmy Disbrow said authorities will soon transport him to Florida.
"It's roughly going to be about two weeks before we see him," U.S. Marshal Jimmy Disbrow said Wednesday.
A call placed by The Associated Press to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orlando was not immediately returned. It was not known if Pearlman had an attorney.
Friday, June 15, 2007
New Port for Rockport
New Inter-modal Port Announced for Spencer County IndianaSpencer County, Ind., officials announced plans for a new river port predicting it will be among the best-positioned facilities on the nation's inland waterway system between Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
Plans for the port, to be part of an industrial park and logistics center on the riverfront in Rockport, were revealed at the Lincolnland Annual Meeting in Rockport. I & M President and Chief Operating Officer, Helen Murray said that I & M will transfer about 600 acres of property along the Ohio River near Rockport to MidAmerica Terminals to construct an intermodal operation that will be open to agriculture, steel, furniture manufacturers and mining sectors.
Construction is expected to start this summer. Lincolnland Economic Development Corp. and MidAmerica Terminals, in cooperation with Spencer County government, say they are already negotiating more than $160 Million in additional new investment into the river port.
Plans for the port, to be part of an industrial park and logistics center on the riverfront in Rockport, were revealed at the Lincolnland Annual Meeting in Rockport. I & M President and Chief Operating Officer, Helen Murray said that I & M will transfer about 600 acres of property along the Ohio River near Rockport to MidAmerica Terminals to construct an intermodal operation that will be open to agriculture, steel, furniture manufacturers and mining sectors.
Construction is expected to start this summer. Lincolnland Economic Development Corp. and MidAmerica Terminals, in cooperation with Spencer County government, say they are already negotiating more than $160 Million in additional new investment into the river port.
Santa Claus Museum Opens
The history of the town of Santa Claus, Indiana, will be unwrapped for visitors as the Santa Claus Museum opens to the public.
“This is a dream come true,” says the museum’s founder, Pat Koch. “So many visitors to our town want to know its history, from the naming of the town to our famous post office, plus the creation of the world’s first theme park. I’m very grateful that so many believers have pitched in to help create the Santa Claus Museum.”
The Santa Claus Museum is located two doors south of the Santa Claus Post Office in the Kringle Place shopping center. For more information, call 1-812-937-2687, or visit the museum’s website at www.santaclausmuseum.org.
“This is a dream come true,” says the museum’s founder, Pat Koch. “So many visitors to our town want to know its history, from the naming of the town to our famous post office, plus the creation of the world’s first theme park. I’m very grateful that so many believers have pitched in to help create the Santa Claus Museum.”
The museum includes artifacts and photographs from Koch’s private collection, the Holiday World archives, plus loaned and donated treasures from collectors with personal ties to the town of Santa Claus. Koch predicts visitors will be surprised and delighted with the variety of memorabilia, photos, and articles on display. In the spirit of Christmas giving, she adds, there is no admission charge to tour the museum.The museum includes exhibits on:
- The early beginnings of Santa Claus, IN.
- The history of the famous Santa Claus Post Office
- The beginning of tourism in Santa Claus with the Candy Castle and Barrett Park The history of Santa Claus Land and its evolution to Holiday World; and Letters to Santa and the local tradition of responding to the millions of children who send them
The Santa Claus Museum is located two doors south of the Santa Claus Post Office in the Kringle Place shopping center. For more information, call 1-812-937-2687, or visit the museum’s website at www.santaclausmuseum.org.
Over the Top Christmas on HGTV
SANTA CLAUS, IN---The town of Santa Claus, Ind., was recently included in a holiday special aired on the Home and Garden Television Network.The special, was titled “Over the Top Christmas” .Santa Claus, Ind., was featured in a segment of the show about the Jolly Old Elf himself. The special also included segments highlighting holiday-related world records, holiday sightseeing, and folks who get an early start to the Christmas season. A segment was dedicated to Christmas lights and competing decorators who go all out to make the holiday bright.Spencer County also was featured on HGTV in a 2001 holiday special titled “Small Town Christmas.”
Friday, June 8, 2007
Road signs to mark Lincoln's boyhood
Courtesy of the Courier and Press
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jun/08/road-signs-to-marklincolns-boyhood/
By The Associated PressFriday, June 8, 2007
DALE, Ind. — To mark the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Indiana is erecting signs at state highway entrances proclaiming the state "Lincoln's Boyhood Home."
The 66 signs will be attached over the next few weeks to the "Welcome to Indiana" road signs that greet motorists entering the state. The first signs are set to go up today, said Gary Abel, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Gov. Mitch Daniels unveiled the blue sign with white lettering Thursday during a news conference in Southern Indiana's Spencer County, where Lincoln lived with his family from age 7 to 21.
"Lincoln's character and values were formed during his youth in Indiana. As president, these traits helped lead our nation through the greatest strife in its young history," Daniels said.
The highway signs, which are being paid for by the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, are part of the state's celebration of the life of the nation's 16th president.
They will remain on the highway welcome signs until summer 2010, Abel said.
Lincoln was born in a log cabin near what is now Hodgenville, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809.
In 1816, Lincoln arrived with his family in Spencer County. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died at age 35 in 1819 and is buried near the family's home site, near the grave of Lincoln's sister, Sarah, who died at age 20 during childbirth.
Lincoln lived in the Spencer County area until 1830, when he moved to Illinois.
Cool Link: 'Lincoln the Hoosier'E. A. Richardson
http://web.usi.edu/boneyard/bigrich.htm
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jun/08/road-signs-to-marklincolns-boyhood/
By The Associated PressFriday, June 8, 2007
DALE, Ind. — To mark the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Indiana is erecting signs at state highway entrances proclaiming the state "Lincoln's Boyhood Home."
The 66 signs will be attached over the next few weeks to the "Welcome to Indiana" road signs that greet motorists entering the state. The first signs are set to go up today, said Gary Abel, a spokesman for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Gov. Mitch Daniels unveiled the blue sign with white lettering Thursday during a news conference in Southern Indiana's Spencer County, where Lincoln lived with his family from age 7 to 21.
"Lincoln's character and values were formed during his youth in Indiana. As president, these traits helped lead our nation through the greatest strife in its young history," Daniels said.
The highway signs, which are being paid for by the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, are part of the state's celebration of the life of the nation's 16th president.
They will remain on the highway welcome signs until summer 2010, Abel said.
Lincoln was born in a log cabin near what is now Hodgenville, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809.
In 1816, Lincoln arrived with his family in Spencer County. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died at age 35 in 1819 and is buried near the family's home site, near the grave of Lincoln's sister, Sarah, who died at age 20 during childbirth.
Lincoln lived in the Spencer County area until 1830, when he moved to Illinois.
Cool Link: 'Lincoln the Hoosier'E. A. Richardson
http://web.usi.edu/boneyard/bigrich.htm
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Matt Sisley's the new HHHS Basketball Coach
Yes, I still get the Journal Democrat Newpaper here in Cincinnati. I just read that Matt Sisley’s the new HHHS basketball coach. He has been the assistant coach at Forest Park for the past 8 seasons.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Your a child of the 80s if....
1. You consider Ocean Pacific a designer label.
2. You thought the Stray Cats were bringing guitars back to rock 'n' roll.
3. You thought the lead singer of Poison was hot ... until you realized she was a he.
4. You still get the shakes when you remember Apple Macintosh's 1984 advertisement.
5. You preferred Van Hagar to Van Halen.
6. You thought George Michael was straight.
7. You had just discovered this great new singer called Tina Turner.
8. You owned a home Beta video recorder.
9. The Day After gave you nightmares.
10. Your favorite G.I. Joe figure was Snake Eyes.
11. You wondered what Lisa Bonet was doing married to that loser Lenny Kravitz.
12. You never figured out who the crooks were on Murder She Wrote.
13. You believed The Last Temptation of Christ was going to send Martin Scorsese to hell.
14. You regard Look Who's Talking as a turning point in John Travolta's career.
15. You admired Bill Cosby's taste in sweaters in The Cosby Show.
16. You didn't realize The Official Preppy Handbook was a gag.
17. You rolled up the sleeves on your sports jacket for the Sonny Crockett look.
18. You had no problems thinking members of the Miami police department drove Lamborghinis.
19. You thought Burt and Loni were a fairytale romance.
20. You thought Clint Eastwood would one day be president.
22. You weren't sick of Robin Williams yet.
23. L'Oreal mousse changed your life overnight.
24. You stuck around after the commercial break to see if the General Lee on The Dukes of Hazzard really made it over that dried-out gulch when the bridge was down.
25. David Byrne seemed like the strangest guy ever.
26. You watched The Tracey Ullman Show for the funny cartoon segments about the yellow people.
27. You thought acid wash jeans were as important an evolutionary step as the wheel.
28. You believed Liberace really died from eating nothing but watermelon.
29. You got your medical knowledge from watching TV movies.
30. You wondered who those old guys were in the Run-D.M.C. "Walk This Way" video.
31. You threw out your Atari console after buying an Intellivision.
32. You were 99.9% sure Sue Ellen shot J.R.
33. You can watch Scarface without once thinking of rap music.
34. You remember Ronald Reagan making that "We begin bombing Russia in five minutes" joke.
35. The notion of a roller-skating musical starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly with music from ELO seemed like a good idea.
36. Porky's seemed like a new low.
37. You'd stay up late to watch The Hitchhiker on HBO, because of the dirty bits.
38. You could only complete two sides of Rubik's Cube.
39. Simon Le Bon's lyrics made sense to you.
40. War Games had you wondering if you could really start Armageddon using your crummy TRS-80.
2. You thought the Stray Cats were bringing guitars back to rock 'n' roll.
3. You thought the lead singer of Poison was hot ... until you realized she was a he.
4. You still get the shakes when you remember Apple Macintosh's 1984 advertisement.
5. You preferred Van Hagar to Van Halen.
6. You thought George Michael was straight.
7. You had just discovered this great new singer called Tina Turner.
8. You owned a home Beta video recorder.
9. The Day After gave you nightmares.
10. Your favorite G.I. Joe figure was Snake Eyes.
11. You wondered what Lisa Bonet was doing married to that loser Lenny Kravitz.
12. You never figured out who the crooks were on Murder She Wrote.
13. You believed The Last Temptation of Christ was going to send Martin Scorsese to hell.
14. You regard Look Who's Talking as a turning point in John Travolta's career.
15. You admired Bill Cosby's taste in sweaters in The Cosby Show.
16. You didn't realize The Official Preppy Handbook was a gag.
17. You rolled up the sleeves on your sports jacket for the Sonny Crockett look.
18. You had no problems thinking members of the Miami police department drove Lamborghinis.
19. You thought Burt and Loni were a fairytale romance.
20. You thought Clint Eastwood would one day be president.
22. You weren't sick of Robin Williams yet.
23. L'Oreal mousse changed your life overnight.
24. You stuck around after the commercial break to see if the General Lee on The Dukes of Hazzard really made it over that dried-out gulch when the bridge was down.
25. David Byrne seemed like the strangest guy ever.
26. You watched The Tracey Ullman Show for the funny cartoon segments about the yellow people.
27. You thought acid wash jeans were as important an evolutionary step as the wheel.
28. You believed Liberace really died from eating nothing but watermelon.
29. You got your medical knowledge from watching TV movies.
30. You wondered who those old guys were in the Run-D.M.C. "Walk This Way" video.
31. You threw out your Atari console after buying an Intellivision.
32. You were 99.9% sure Sue Ellen shot J.R.
33. You can watch Scarface without once thinking of rap music.
34. You remember Ronald Reagan making that "We begin bombing Russia in five minutes" joke.
35. The notion of a roller-skating musical starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly with music from ELO seemed like a good idea.
36. Porky's seemed like a new low.
37. You'd stay up late to watch The Hitchhiker on HBO, because of the dirty bits.
38. You could only complete two sides of Rubik's Cube.
39. Simon Le Bon's lyrics made sense to you.
40. War Games had you wondering if you could really start Armageddon using your crummy TRS-80.
Friday, May 25, 2007
High School Memories
I often think of our younger years and how I giggle when I remember pegged jeans, side pony tials, and ruffled skirts. What makes you think of our years of high school and jr. high? I know were are not "really" 80s kids since we graduate in 92, but I still remember that cheesey stuff.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
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What do you all think of this as our blog? We can email postings to an email address and have a all sharing. Let me know what you think. If we don't like this idea we can delete this blog.
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