http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_320210321.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_320210321.html It’s too late for Halloween, but the holiday reminded me of our family ghost story. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_306195952.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_306195952.html Seems like only yesterday that my class at Yorkville High got together to check out how we had changed in 50 years. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_299195747.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_299195747.html I’m here with an update on Najwa bin Laden’s book. I should have known that the Vigo County Public Library could find the information for me. Anyway, Laura Mitchell from the Reference Department of VCPL located it and sent it via e-mail. I now know the name of the book, Najwa’s co-author (it’s the boy, Omar), the name of the translator and the date of publication. I don’t know if the library owns a copy, but if not they would get me a copy through interlibrary loan. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_292162730.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_292162730.html Now they’re trashing Christopher Columbus! Schools are taking him out of his historic context and making him a bad guy. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_285220308.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_285220308.html What did they mean I needed cataract surgery? Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_278204337.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_278204337.html Have I got a book for you!The problem is that I don’t know the name of it, when it was published, or where you might buy or borrow a copy. The attraction is that it offers a tourist’s impression of Indiana from a point of view we aren’t apt to get anywhere else. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_271173301.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_271173301.html Someone asked the other day why I hadn’t written about my brother, Ed, lately. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:37:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_264163759.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_264163759.html It’s a long story, but when I was a kid we once ended up with 14 cats. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_257154147.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_257154147.html I don’t remember Grandma voting. Of course she would not have been allowed to vote until after August 1920, but knowing her, I’ll bet she was first in the door when the polls opened. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_250214523.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_250214523.html I understand that Barbie’s 50th birthday falls sometime this September. Barbie who? Well, Barbie Doll, of course. I’m not sure of her last name, it’s probably Mattel or Megabucks. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_243213513.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_243213513.html Once upon a time, the first day of a new school year was the day after Labor Day. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_236214643.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_236214643.html Helen Keller was once asked whether she would choose sight or sound if she could have only one restored to her. She chose sound, the ability to hear what was going on around her. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_229174006.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_229174006.html Recently the men in my life celebrated what has become an annual event. My best friend, sons and grandsons head for an overnight in St. Louis. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_222180034.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_222180034.html Television has been featuring promotional snippets urging us to watch some show or other. Most feature violence beyond my wildest imagination. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_215173614.html http://www.clintonherald.com/tribstar/liz_ciancone/local_story_215173614.html In the past few weeks, I’ve learned more about Michael Jackson that I ever knew. It’s also a lot more than I need to know.