Oh, Princeton

You hardly ever hear anyone--even anyone from Princeton--call it "kuh-WELL" County anymore. It's almost, absolutely almost always "CALD-well" County. But that changed over the second half of the last century, and, if you don't believe me, would you take the word of the 1960 Caldwell County High School cheerleaders?

I cannot believe that this amazing BBC movie directed by Denis Mitchell exists and that I had not discovered it until an hour ago or so. For Pete's sake, do yourself a favor, stop everything you're doing and watch it in case the internet or you or whatever doesn't exist later this afternoon.

I'm pretty sure that's Princeton Dotson's Dwight Smith shooting jumpers in closeup at about 20:30.

Warning Explicit Content

Oh, Kentucky

In an interview with the Xinhua News Agency, "Official says collaboration with China remains significant for U.S. state of Kentucky." And Ballard County is proof.

Turning to sports, #khsbbk20 and #khsgbk20 are up and rolling. Also, Kentucky Monthly last month had a very interesting history of deer hunting in Kentucky. Actually, probably the most interesting part of Gary Garth's story to me was the history of not hunting deer in Kentucky; from 1912 to 1946, it was banned. Anyway, it's deer-hunting season of some sort now until Jan. 20. 

Way to go, Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control, Lexington Police and Kentucky State Police, and hooray that Lucy is home in Clinton County for the holidays! 

Thanks for the tip, Angel Welsh of WBKR.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29;  Greensburg, Guthrie and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs, Murray, Salem and Sebree, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Clay, Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green, Bromley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Elkton, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up ...

Good jobs news from Benton, Bowling Green, Crittenden, Eddyville, Erlanger, Lexington, Louisville (and Louisville), Maysville and Paducah.

Bad from Clay and Hopkinsville.

The governor before the Paducah Rotary, per Channel 6: "Not rules that 'take away this or stop access to that.'"

Pete Koutoulas in The Winchester Sun: "I am not advocating taking away people’s guns. Nor am I advocating a free-for-all in which everyone walks around packing. I’m not supporting any particular new laws. What I am urging my fellow Americans to do is start taking this issue seriously. I am a gun owner. I own a pistol, a shotgun and a .22 rifle. I taught my sons how to shoot and how to be safe, responsible gun owners. It is absurd that we require higher standards of those seeking to operate a motor vehicle than we do of those who wish to own a firearm. It is absurd that we refuse to consider all possible solutions when dealing with a problem that has become a national health crisis. It is beyond absurd that we allow one organization to control the narrative — an organization that represents not the majority of gun owners, but gun manufacturers. Meanwhile, we allow our elected leaders to stifle attempts to conduct serious research into the causes of the epidemic of gun violence that has seized our nation. No other nation experiences the level of gun violence that America does. No other country would tolerate it. What makes us different?"

Oh, Kentucky

Glenn's On Main is no more in Marion, which translates into more owner involvement in The 88 Dip.

Hoptown's new Blackpatch Steak and Seafood isn't normally open Sundays and Mondays, but the eclipse is another matter.

In Lexington starting in September: "an all-local food hall that will feature all-independent local restaurants and chefs who honor Kentucky traditions."



Speaking of the eclipse, TVA assures western Kentucky that its mix of power generation is diverse enough that its grid will have the resilience to ride out the interruption of solar input. (My favorite part of this story is the WestKentuckyStar.com commenter named “Obam a” who weighs in, “Much ado about nothing just like the Y2K run up.”)

“I think having an author who has worked in such licenses universes as Star Trek and Supernatural is an interesting opportunity for local readers,” the organizer of the Providence Literary Festival tells The Journal-Enterprise. I think so, too.

Clark County's school-bus drivers are getting a raise!

Todd County is hiring for a part-time librarian ("Secretarial and Housekeeping skills will also be utilized").

You're invited to Logan County Public Library's 50th-anniversary celebration Sunday afternoon ("cake and punch will be provided").

Remembering "Clay's Darkest Day."

The "City Built on Coal" considers a casino.

Oh, Kentucky

Edmonson County Schools Start Weds, August 2nd: School and Law Enforcement Officials Offer Advice, Encouragement - https://t.co/kkm9pC6Ft3 pic.twitter.com/WevHgQkt9a

— The Edmonson Voice® (@edmonsonvoice) August 1, 2017

"He would call me late in the night from somewhere on the road, a ghost town in Texas, a rest stop near Pittsburgh, or from Santa Fe, where he was parked in the desert, listening to the coyotes howling. But most often he would call from his place in Kentucky, on a cold, still night, when one could hear the stars breathing ..."

Questions and answers with Paducah's mayor.

Fear and accusations from Kentucky's governor.

Coming off his 29th western Kentucky town hall, U.S. Rep. James Comer rolls on to Princeton today and Clinton tomorrow.

An ad maker for President Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns has created a spot introducing a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, described as Sen. Mitch McConnell's "hand-picked congressman." 

Todd County's fiscal court has ordered all landings and takeoffs at the local airport stop, but that hasn't happened and the airport board has lawyered up. The judge-executive says it has to do with reducing liability on the county, but the airport people apparently think the judge-executive is just mad about a mower. WHOP has an excellent report from Monday's meeting in Elkton. 

Pat McDonough of The Courier-Journal takes his notebook and camera to Tompkinsville and checks in on some of the best marbles players in the world, at the Monroe County Marble Club Super Dome.

What's it like back home for one of these superstar prospects who leave the local high school and transfer to some out-of-state prep school to prepare for the next level? Kevin Patton of Henderson's Gleaner gets the perspective from Union County's KHSAA- and national-champion wrestler at 106 pounds, Zeke Escalera, in the last days before he moves on to Pennsylvania's Wyoming Seminary.

Rest in peace, Mr. Hanor, American Towman Award winner, owner/operator of body shops in Clay and Henderson, Clay city councilperson, ex-commissioner of Clay ABA Basketball, husband of 18 years and father of three.

Oh, Kentucky

Small pieces of hail being reported in Paintsville. #ekywx #kywx pic.twitter.com/3Lu8Y4dPJS

— Kyle Collier (@KyleWYMT) March 1, 2017

Stop feeding the geese at Etown's Freeman Lake Park.

I'd never even heard of Russellville's West Kentucky African American Heritage Museum and Research Center.

Nor did I know there is a Northern Kentucky Music Hall of Fame (or that Adrian Belew went to Ludlow!)

Madisonville’s Breathe Youth Arts Program—"a community-based, youth development program of Light of Chance that is geared toward fostering artistic expression, leadership and social skills through visual arts, music, dance and creative writing” among children in grades 5-12—is in its spring semester.

"Can we change the way people look at life and make their decisions?" Moral Reconation Therapy—“a cognitive-behavioral treatment system that leads to enhanced moral reasoning, better decision making, and more appropriate behavior”—appears to be coming to the Clay County Detention Center.

Fish and Wildife is hiring officers.

A Berea Republican decided things might be moving a little too quickly in the (real) legislature around a move to repeal (and replace?) the state's net-metering regulations (Smart Grid!).

"Do not be friends of coal; be friends of coal miners." And rest in peace, Nathan Gabriel Phillips of White Plains and Rickey Allen Thorpe Jr. of Dawson Springs.

Oh, Kentucky

In Marion, "when's the Christmas parade?" 

Spoiler alert: It's Saturday. Also: Catlettsburg, Russell and Taylorsville; today; Central City, Danville, Monticello and Smiths Grove, Dec. 5; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calhoun, Calvert City, Clinton, Columbia, Flatwoods, Fordsville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Harlan, Hopkinsville, Horse Cave, Island, Madisonville, Marion, Morganfield, Munfordville, Murray, Paducah, Park City, Scottsville, Shelbyville,Tompkinsville and Winchester, Dec. 6; Dawson Springs, Evarts, Mortons Gap and Schochoh, Dec. 7; Prestonsburg and Whitesburg, Dec. 12; Benton, Cave City, Livermore, McKee, Princeton and Sacramento, Dec. 13, and Edmonton, Dec. 14.

Madisonville's Salvation Army has a new major, and he's fired up.

Good 411 here on the Paducah Warming-Cooling Center.

Good jobs news from Louisville.

It's a class act by McCracken letting us use their indoor facilities to get ready for the state championship. pic.twitter.com/H4hSzxvBCX
— Graves Co. Football (@GCFootballGC) December 2, 2014

Oh, Kentucky

Iced bowls?

#TwinSpires to glow orange, white in support of football title bid by neighboring DeSales High http://t.co/jMca3Ykwyi pic.twitter.com/JOOzaX5vx7
— Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) December 4, 2013

If I was a student in the Mayfield schools, I would be so appreciative of the high-school football team.

Plaque time for the WJHS Colts statisticians!

Les Johns of the Kentucky New Era delivers a compelling Q&A with Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio.

Good jobs news from Bowling Green and Wickliffe.

Christmas parades: Bardstown, today; Elkton, Lebanon and Maysville, Dec. 6; Beaver Dam/Hartford, Bradfordville, Clinton, Columbia, Greenville (themed), Henderson, Hopkinsville, Lawrenceburg, Madisonville (marshaled), Marion, Middlesboro, Murray, Paducah, Princeton, Shelbyville and Somerset, Dec. 7; Evarts and Owenton, Dec. 8; Nortonville (canceled), not Dec. 8; Clay (rescheduled), Dec. 13; Benton, Cave City, La Center and Stamping Ground, Dec. 14, and Central City, Dec. 15. 

Oh, Kentucky

In Albany, they are ... Bulldogs: "As students piled into Lindle Castle Gymnasium, a sea of blue overwhelmed the seats. Every athlete involved in high school sports was on the gym floor, in uniforms, cheering on the crowd … but the rally wasn’t all about sports."

Mad props to a seventh-grade science teacher in Maysville, a retired mayor of Slaughters and Lake Cumberland State Park.

A big M&A score for Lexington mattress-maker Tempur-Pedic. Harlan's getting a TSC.

Per the gov's office: "Earlier this year, the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR), released a report showing that individuals who enroll in substance abuse programs at one of the state’s Recovery Kentucky centers are more likely to abstain from drugs and are less likely to spend time in jail." Says the report: "For every dollar spent on treatment for this sample of clients who were in recovery in 2009-2010, the avoided costs can be estimated as $2.92." And, so, reported WKDZ yesterday: "There was good news for the Trilogy Recovery Center for Women, in Hopkinsville ..."

Meanwhile, playing beat the calendar to keep a Hazard homeless shelter open through winter.

Enabling new distance-learning opportunities in Webster County.

The show goes on in Hodgenville. It's about to start in Bowling Green.

Oh, Kentucky

Best rain chances Friday PM-late Saturday PM. Rainfall forecast could change as track of Isaac changes. twitter.com/WPSDWeather/st…
— WPSD Weather (@WPSDWeather) August 30, 2012

With Isaac remnants threatening to dump a bunch of rain on western Kentucky starting tomorrow afternoon, the Lone Oak-at-Marshall County and Fulton County-at-Reidland football games will be played tonight. The games with a lot of pageantry and fan attention are just too complex to move, I guess. For example, Horse Cave Caverna at West Paducah Heath remains scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. Central Friday. (Paducah Tilghman plays Friday evening at Mayfield, too.)

Ray Callahan's Wikipedia entry mentions a lot of coaching stops in his fantastic career, but it fails to mention what Larry Vaught reports in Danville's Advocate-Messenger was the one place he ever wished he could return. 

Tough week for ex-University of Louisville Cardinals in Atlanta: The Falcons cut Chris Redman; the Dream suspends Angel McCoughtry.

UK's new prez is making the rounds. So is the DoJ civil-rights head.

Fire school packs 'em in in Hazard.

School-choice issues bubble up at a Webster County School Board meeting (but only to about two-thirds of the way into this story).

Good jobs news from Murray.

Henderson built it, and now one has come.

Historical markers 2.0.

Rest in peace, Mr. Ford, a Sonora High distinguished alum and a former Sonora Elementary principal.

Oh, Kentucky

Kind of a sad Christmas story from Paducah.

These are busy times on the Christmas-parade beat, but we Christmas-parade people are a tough lot. On tap: Louisville, 6 p.m. Nov. 25; Mayfield, 6 p.m. Nov. 26; Mount Vernon, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 27; Maysville, 6 p.m. Eastern Dec. 2; Clay, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2; Walton, Dec. 2; Hopkinsville, 10 a.m. Dec. 3; Independence, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 3; Richardsville, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4, and Slaughters, 3 p.m. Dec. 4.

What a ripoff.

Caldwell County, represent!

Mad props to Berry Craig!

Clash of the Flash II.

Rest in peace, Lenny Lyles.

Oh, Kentucky

The flood from above. The flood in real time.

The flooded farmers in Missouri are suing.

Problems are mounting up river and inland, too.

And as we continue to curl east and a bit southward, there's an altogether different issue.

But let's not completely succumb to fear here.

The star of County's Sweet Sixteen run is headed south.

Given the competition, it's hard to imagine "#Winning" not.

"UPike!"

"Our doughnuts open doors."

Oh, Kentucky

SNOW DAY!

Luke Short reports at www.iSurfHopkins.com that it was a March 1901 fire that destroyed 17 buildings that spurred support around Madisonville to finally launch a fire department.

Pretty interesting thing from a state legislator, Rep. David Floyd (R-Bardstown), about how he might vote on issues in relation to how he personally feels on them.

Bardstown, by the way, is "not a bland hodgepodge of small-town stereotypes or merely a strip of developed highway, but a unique and firmly rooted place that is, quite simply, unlike any other place I’ve known, no matter the size," writes a Kentucky Standard reporter bolting for St. Louis.

Louisville's new mayor is pushing the local-food economy.

Good jobs news from Hopkinsville: "DENSO Air Systems, a global automotive parts manufacturer, ... will locate a new manufacturing operation in Hopkinsville," a release from Gov. Steve Beshear's office said. "The Japanese-owned company is planning a phased investment totaling more than $4.2 million and will initially create 80 new jobs, growing to 105 over the next several years."

SNOW DAY!

Facebook love in Liberty.

Why not the Bison?

www.getoutKY.com.

Open-mike night in Middlesboro.

Banks in Bardstown and a lot of western Kentucky are short on dough.

It would be like when President Nixon re-emerged in Hyden.

Meanwhile, back in Lexington, ...

This will only add fuel to the burgeoning Mustangs-Tornadoes rivalry.

ARRAh, Paducah.

Congratulations, Bill Bartleman, Jackie Hays (who was at Channel 6 before she went to Louisville), et al.

Kentucky Minute

Today's episode comes live from Marion, where we just ate an ice-cream cake.