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About Phil Wieland
Phil started his journalism career in 1967 as a copy boy with The Cleveland Press while attending Cleveland State University. He has been a reporter and columnist at The Times since 1984, winning multiple awards in both categories.
He currently covers Valparaiso, Kouts and Hebron in addition to writing a weekly column dealing mostly with politics in Porter County.
In his spare time he enjoys playing softball, and he has written two books, one of which is in the hands of a publisher. He and his wife Mary have a son and two grandchildren.
PHIL WIELAND: Paradise is a place called Northwest Indiana
Boy, I hope I'm around in 2040 because I really want to see the "vibrant, revitalized, accessible and united region."
PHIL WIELAND: Preserving our water is something we oughter
After penning a week's worth of informative articles in observance of National Drinking Water Week, the poetry Muse pummeled with her lyre and…
PHIL WIELAND: Paradise is a place called Northwest Indiana
Boy, I hope I'm around in 2040 because I really want to see the "vibrant, revitalized, accessible and united region."
PHIL WIELAND: Preserving our water is something we oughter
After penning a week's worth of informative articles in observance of National Drinking Water Week, the poetry Muse pummeled with her lyre and…
PHIL WIELAND: Portage discovers there's gold in them thar recyclables
Boxes come in all sizes, especially the ones public officials like to tell us they are thinking outside of.
PHIL WIELAND: Tree's company when celebrating Earth Day
I will celebrate Arbor Day today by hugging my trees and putting a curse on the emerald ash borer.
PHIL WIELAND: I'm all a-Twitter about joining social media
Like other Times employees, I'm learning to tweet but not, as I first thought, because we have a bird shortage and we can be replacements for …
PHIL WIELAND: Me and my hoodie in a Hobart ’hood
All the discussion of the February fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by Neighborhood Watch captain George Zimmerman reminded me of the time I w…
PHIL WIELAND: Big news: Porter County official did his job
The tax bills are coming! The tax bills are coming! Oh, the joy. Oh, the excitement.
PHIL WIELAND: Old McDonald's farm too dangerous? E-I-E-I-OW!
The U.S. Labor Department plans to eliminate my old job as too dangerous. If I had known that, I never would have gotten that real estate license.
PHIL WIELAND: An ode to help beat the spring's early heat
March came in like the lion of our legendary knowing
PHIL WIELAND: For once legislators stepped away from the plates
The Indiana Legislature has adjourned, so let's look back at its accomplishments and wonder if this is one disaster even ServPro couldn't make…
PHIL WIELAND: Indiana Senate a bunch of wheeze guys
It's almost to the point the Indiana Senate should be indicted as an accessory to murder for refusing to approve a meaningful smoking ban law.
PHIL WIELAND: Plenty of good reasons to know Chardon
When I first saw the headline of the shootings at an Ohio high school, as a native Ohioan, I was curious and thought it was hitting close to home.
PHIL WIELAND: Test state lawmakers by the cup
It's too bad the Indiana Senate apparently killed the bill testing those receiving government handouts. All it really needed was a little tweaking.
PHIL WIELAND: Chesterton's possible misuse of funds is complex
It's been about eight weeks, and apparently the Chesterton chapter of Ethics in Government, Tar and Feather Division, was too caught up in Sup…
PHIL WIELAND: My date with Pingpong — a fool and his fuel gauge
VALPARAISO | Maybe it was my imagination, but Pingpong seemed almost happy to see me when I arrived. I was a couple minutes late for my reserv…
PHIL WIELAND: Is it cruel not to be randomly kind?
I hate to sound like the Random Acts of Kindness Week Grinch, but can people stand being nice again so soon after Christmas?
PHIL WIELAND: Write what they meant or what they said
A local politician of my acquaintance, or POMA, did something recently that, surprisingly, is not unusual. He thanked me for making his commen…
PHIL WIELAND: When lawmakers get an itch, we end up scratching
Chiggers. That's what I think of when I think of the Indiana General Assembly (which ought to be busted to Private Assembly or dishonorably di…
PHIL WIELAND: Trees might be weird, but they still need hugs
The state is looking for some trees, but it is not because, as one might suspect of our state government, they can't see the trees for the forest.
PHIL WIELAND: Unless you are Teddy Roosevelt, knock off the bullying
As someone once voted by classmates as "Most Likely to Die of Terminal Wedgies," I have a definite empathy for kids who are the victims of bul…
PHIL WIELAND: Get ready for some more Amazing predictions
The new year dawned full of promise and hope and other delusions, which means it's time again for the soothiest of soothsayers, the man who pu…
PHIL WIELAND: My return to Long Beach: What am I dune here?
In response to my recent column about getting lost in Long Beach, Donna Kavanagh offered to take me on a tour of the tiny town and suggested w…
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