By Bernie Schmitt I don’t why everyone’s complaining about staying home. Isn’t home where we want to be? Isn’t it where we’ve made our beds, where we keep our stuff, and where we hide out from everyone else? It could be that we just don’t like being told to stay put. Now I can understand the wanting to go to work. We need to work, as we (most of us anyway) need our … [Read more...]
League of Women Voters 100th anniversary
Members of the League of Women Voters of Knox County discuss their history during a meeting for this story at the Knox County Library’s Meeting House. From left are 2020 co-president Miriam Boyd, Joyce Villwock, Emily Heineke, Vanessa Purdom, 2020 co-president Deb Switzer, and Judith Kratzner (back to camera). | PHOTO BY BERNIE SCHMITT Knox County chapter still active after … [Read more...]
‘Hidden History’
Hidden History of Vincennes and Knox County is Brian Spangle's latest book. | PHOTO BY BERNIE SCHMITT Brian Spangle’s new book provides a glimpse into famous people and obscure stories of Knox County past Story and photos by Bernie Schmitt As soon as his first book on local history was published in 2015, Brian Spangle wanted to do another one. “There is just so … [Read more...]
Building on 75 years
Organ Battery’s 75-year-old family business going strong in 2020 Story and photos by Bernie Schmitt The legacy of Organ Battery’s founder, Jess Organ Sr., is a thriving 21st-Century family business that is celebrating 75 years of success in Vincennes. Organ Battery and Electric Co., Inc. began in 1945 at 209 Busseron St. Cars, trucks, and tractors were worked on along … [Read more...]
Get your thinking caps on
Kiwanis Club reviving annual Quiz Bowl Teams will square off on Feb. 15 at VU The Vincennes Kiwanis Quiz Bowl, sponsored by The Original Company, will take place at Vincennes University on Feb. 15, 2020, reviving the former Cargill Literacy Quiz Bowl that was a fixture in the community for just over 25 years. | Photo by Bernie Schmitt By Bernie Schmitt Quiz Bowl … [Read more...]