Oh, Kentucky

(Super) Wikipedia: "As a child, he played baseball games with tree limbs as bats and with baseballs made out of string and the material of old shoes ..."

Per the Jordan Harris with the Pegasus Institute think tank, there are lots more jobs than job seekers in northern Kentucky and around Bowling Green, Lexington, Louisville and Owensboro--but not so in eastern or western Kentucky.

“It’s really pretty simple, if you’re seriously seeking employment, this job fair is for you. There are so many job openings available these days that it’s almost inexcusable to not be employed if you’re seriously seeking employment.”

Newport Independent Schools students who want something more are being provided an online option.

Thanks, Feds, for the $38M to help fix drinking-water infrastructure around the state.

Rest in peace, Mr. Gish, a Niagara-born engineer responsible for so much good safe and sanitary water service in and around Henderson County. Just a fantastic tribute by Chuck Stinnett (another Henderson legend) in the (indispensable) Gleaner.

(Almost) the Freakin' Weekend (1970)

It's only Thursday, Nov. 19, 1970, but we're going to go ahead and get this party started. Bob Luman's in town!

I loved him on the Del Reeves Country Carnival ...

"Put those Baptist chords on me ..."

I'm with Tom T.: "One of America's great television shows ..."

Too, Hoptown 1970 me might well get out this weekend to get some Christmas shopping done ...

I know it's still early, but the new Montgomery Ward opened last month and started advertising Christmas stuff (in the Oct. 13 Kentucky New Era), and it got me excited ...

Also, the Christmas parade is Saturday morning. And I definitely want to get that stuff all wrapped up by the afternoon, because college football is getting really good ...

Some good matches in the NFL on Sunday afternoon ... Colts at Dolphins, Packers at Vikings, Cardinals at Chiefs ...

Steelers at Bengals could end up being interesting, too ...

Giants at Eagles is no great shakes, but I"m always excited to see the new NFL Monday Night Football show ...

Oh, speaking of Christmas gifts ...

The Freakin' Weekend (1970)

OK, look, the new NFL season is drawing very near ...

And college football is ready to roll ...

And baseball is approaching its playoffs ...

And Wes Parker is on tonight 1970's Brady Bunch ...

And Dan Issel is in town ...

But the big deal this freakin' weekend for Hoptown 1970 me is that the new TV Guide has the 411 on the very, very promising slate of new shows for the fall season:

-- The Don Knotts Show, NBC Sept. 15 debut;
-- Four-In-One, NBC, Sept. 16 debut;
-- Storefront Lawyers, CBS, Sept. 16 debut;
-- The Flip Wilson Show, NBC, Sept. 17 debut;
-- Nancy, NBC, Sept. 17 debut;
-- Headmaster, CBS, Sept. 18 debut;
-- Arnie, CBS, Sept. 19 debut;
-- The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, Sept. 19 debut;
-- The Young Rebels, ABC, Sept. 20 debut;
-- The Tim Conway Show, CBS, Sept. 20 debut;
-- NFL Monday Night Football, ABC, Sept. 21 debut;
-- The Young Lawyers, ABC, Sept. 21 debut;
-- The Silent Force, ABC, Sept. 21 debut;
-- Dan August, ABC, Sept. 23 debut;
-- Make Room for Granddaddy, ABC, Sept. 23 debut;
-- The Odd Couple, ABC, Sept. 24 debut;
-- Matt Lincoln, ABC, Sept. 24 debut;
-- Barefoot in the Park, ABC, Sept. 24 debut;
-- The Immortal, CBS, Sept. 24 debut;
-- The Partridge Family, ABC, Sept. 25 debut, and
-- The Most Deadly Game, ABC, Oct. 10 debut.

ABC looks especially strong!

The Freakin' (Labor Day) Weekend (1970)

Getting a late start on the holiday (1970) weekend. Just got back in from Scranton.

I would've been interested in getting out to see the first Friday night of high-school football, as Mount Sterling, Elizabethtown and Louisville Saint Xavier seek to defend their KHSAA titles.

Caldwell County, apparently, won't be challenging for a crown ...

There are rarely movies out these days that interest me, but here's one ...

There's plenty of other good stuff happening around this Labor Day weekend that I would typically be interested in getting out for ...

But, this weekend, I'll probably stick close to home, flip through the new Sports Illustrated, and read about my Dolphins ...

Tex Maule has a feature on our new coach ...

And the new team media guide arrived this week ...

I'm not going to trust any takeaways from tonight's exhibition, however ...

Sonny Jurgensen and the rest of the Redskins are going to be distracted. Right after the game, they're going to be flying back north for a funeral ...