March has arrived

 Art Show

The 31st Annual Regional High School Art Show is on exhibit at the Fendig Gallery.  Hours are Tuesdays noon till 4:00, Thursdays 2:00 to 6:00, and Saturdays noon till 2:00.

This picture of a face is made with lines that expand and contract.

The show runs until March 10, when there will be an awards ceremony starting at 1:30.

Candidates

The May primary ballot is set and there are some interesting races. The incumbent U.S. Senator, Mike Braun, is not running for re-election but instead is running for governor. There is only one person running on the Republican side to replace him,  Jim Banks, who is currently the Congressman from the third congressional district. There was a second, but he will not be on the ballot because he did not meet eligibility requirements. There are two candidates for Senate on the Democratic side, Marc Carmichael and Valerie McCray.

The Indiana governor is term-limited, so Eric Holcomb will not be running for re-election. There are six candidates running to replace him on the Republican side but only one on the Democratic side. The Republicans are Senator Mike Braun, Brad Chambers, Suzanne Crouch, Eric Doden, Curtis Hill, and Jamie Reitenour. Suzanne Crouch is currently the Lieutenant Governor and Curtis Hill is a former Indiana Attorney General. I have seen many ads for Eric Doden.

Our Congressman, Jim Baird, has two people seeking to replace him on the November ballot: Charles Bookwalter, and John Piper. There are two candidates on the Democratic ballot: Rimpi Girn and Derrick Holder. 

There are a number of contested local races. all on the Republican side. Emily Waddle is running against incumbent John Potter for Circuit Court Judge. The current auditor, Donya Jordan, is not running for reelection and there are three candidates seeking to replace her: Diana Boersma, Treasure Gilbert, and Christina Tryon. Commissioner James Walstra is retiring and there are four candidates vying for the nomination: Jennifer Grynovich, Ryan Hilton, Mike Johnson, and Jeff Spurgeon II. Jeffrey DeYoung is running for reelection as the Commissioner from District 2, but will have to overcome opposition from three other candidates, Jamie Patrick, Tina Porter, and Craig Standish. There are five candidates running for the Jasper County Council, at large: Eric Kidwell, Jacob Misch, Brian Moore, Barbara Neihouser, and Scott Walstra. I believe the top three will be on the November ballot. Kidwell, Misch, and Moore are currently on the Council.

Also on the ballot are candidates for the Republican and Democratic Conventions. I am not sure how many are elected. You can see the candidates from here.

There will be a meet-the-candidates event on March 9 at the American Legion at 10:00 am.

Notes

Almost half the bricks from Van Rensselaer Street have been removed.

After they are cleaned, they are put on pallets and are stored on the empty lot next to the Post Office. When they are finished, I suspect this lot will be full.

There are a few stray bricks in the street that for some reason they did not pick up.

It is remarkable how durable these bricks are. 

Just when we were starting to enjoy warm spring weather, a cold front moved in and returned winter. At least we did not get the storms that Illinois got. 

I have been working on my taxes. Jasper County remains as the county with the fourth highest county income tax.