The Class 1A Football Playoffs

Pikeville won the KHSAA Class 1A football championships last week.  Here is a summary of the playoffs from the quarter-finals to the final.  (Home teams listed first, unless otherwise noted):

Nov. 18, 2022:

Pikeville 43 - 7 Paintsville

Kentucky Country Day 21 - 28 Newport Cent. Catholic

Raceland 17 - 14 Hazard

Lou. Holy Cross 24 - Crittenden Co. 12 (at Pleasure Ridge Park)

Nov. 25, 2022:

Pikeville 50 - 14 Newport Cent. Catholic

Raceland 49 - 6 Lou. Holy Cross

Dec. 2, 2022:

Pikeville 41 - 9 Raceland (at Kroger Field, Lexington)

Congratulations to Pikeville, who were completely dominant in 1A.  They win back-to-back titles, and those titles are well-deserved.

KHSAA Football Finals

This week the KHSAA will play its football championships at what I still think of as Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.  Here are the finalists, along with some notes about teams from western Kentucky.  MaxPreps rankings are in parentheses:

Friday, December 2:

Class 1A:  (19) Pikeville (11-2) v. (28) Raceland (13-1), 11 A.M. Central

Crittenden County lost 24-12 in the quarter-finals in Louisville against Holy Cross (Louisville).

Class 2A:  (20) Beechwood (13-1) v. (23) Mayfield (14-0), 3 P.M. Central

Murray lost 49-14 at Mayfield in the Round of 16.

Class 4A:  (6) Corbin (14-0) v. (11) Boyle Co. (12-2), 7 P.M. Central

Madisonville lost 28-17 at Warren East in the Round of 16

Hopkinsville lost 21-7 at Logan Co. in the Round of 16

Saturday, December 3:

Class 3A:  (7) Christian Academy-Louisville (14-0) v. (16) Bardstown (14-0), 11 A.M. Central

Union Co. lost 66-33 at Bardstown in the quarter-finals.

Paducah Tilghman lost 30-24 at Christian Academy-Louisville in the quarter-finals.

Class 6A:  (4) Lou. Male (10-4) v. (9) Bullitt East (13-1), 3 P.M. Central

No western Kentucky interest here.  But for the record, (3) Trinity lost 10-7 at Bryan Station in the quarter-finals.  (2) St. X lost 22-21 at home in overtime to Male in the Round of 16.  (8) Lou. Ballard looked to have Male beaten in the semi-finals, but a late fumble gave Male a 24-20 victory.

Class 5A:  (1) Lex. Douglass (14-0) v. (5) Bowling Green (12-2), 7 P.M. Central

(17) Owensboro lost 14-2 at Douglass in the state semi-finals.

AP KHSAA Boys' Basketball Poll

Here is the latest poll from the AP.  Pikeville cracks the top 10 after winning the All A Classic:

1.  George Rogers Clark:  20-1

2.  Lou. Male:  18-3

3.  Pulaski Co:  21-0

4.  Ashland Blazer:  16-4

5.  N. Laurel:  17-4

6.  Cov. Catholic:  18-4

7.  Lou. Ballard:  16-6

T8.  Greenwood:  18-3

T8.  Lex. Catholic:  19-4

T10.  Bowling Green:  17-4

T10.  Pikeville:  19-1

Oh, Kentucky

Back to school? Yes, with social distancing, face coverings, health screenings, sanitation and contact tracing.

Back to baseball? Yes, at Brooks Stadium starting Monday with a league of two.

Upon further Fancy Farm review ... picnicking, yes; political speaking, no. Posted the priest, per The Mayfield Messenger: "The parish of St. Jerome has been in existence for 184 years. During those 184 years, the people have lived and prayed through times of drought, wars, pandemics, times of plenty and times of scarcity and have held steady to the faith and depended on God's providence. We will continue to do the same in our time and in the future."

Expanded racial-bias training for officers and community policing were said to be among the topics of discussion at a second closed unity meeting in Paducah, report Abisola Adeyemo and Mason Watkins of Channel 6.

The state attorney general: "Strong, empowered communities and safe policing are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they must go hand-in-hand in order for the Commonwealth to thrive."

The state ag commissioner: "We must do something to ensure rural Kentucky get its fair shake at connectivity."

The governor: "In Kentucky, we’re going to reopen and rebuild our economy even stronger than it was before COVID-19."

Drive-through hiring today in Lebanon, for Marion and Washington counties.

Oh, Kentucky

Don't know yet.

Daily, weekly and monthly records are falling at Owensboro's 65-year-old Wonder Whip.

At the Nicholasville Road Walmart, to mask or not to mask?

Ten new infections and six additional probable positives June 19-23 in Hopkins County, after nine new cases confirmed May 12-June 18. But state officials say that's not really the metric to be watching, Al Cross reports at Kentucky Health News.

"I want to thank Governor Beshear and Senator McConnell for bringing a positive resolution to this longstanding issue. The $8,043,076 that our hospital will receive could not come at a better time and will make a significant difference in our ability to deal with the ongoing pandemic and its financial impact." I pity the writer of this complicated, delicate press release from the governor's office; I can't imagine it went through fewer than 20 drafts. Chase is that Pikeville Medical Center and 53 other rural hospitals are getting some dough back, perhaps as early as next week.

This press release, on the other hand, does not appear to have been particularly challenging to write or manage through review cycles; it's merely freaking terrifying: "The Department of Justice announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Ethan Melzer, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, for allegedly planning an attack on his U.S. Army unit by sending sensitive details about the unit – including information about its location, movements, and security – to members of an extremist organization named Order of the Nine Angles (O9A), an occult-based neo-Nazi and white supremacist group. Melzer is charged with conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. nationals, conspiring and attempting to murder military service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and conspiring to murder and maim in a foreign country."

Oh, Kentucky

Again, Pikeville's Mountain Top News does just a fantastic job on covering the conversation in Whitesburg ...

"I have an alternate proposal. Suppose both sides of the story are told."

Midway will celebrate Juneteenth, officially.

The Bowling Green-Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup had a happy surprise on its regular conference call Wednesday.

Bardstown and Nelson County roll out another round of small-biz relief.

A weekend Kentucky Headhunters show at the Beaver Dam Amphitheatre delivered a big boost for the Ohio County food pantry.

Gabe's is (almost) gone.

Fancy Farm is happening.

Mercer County might be getting its second solar farm.

Vanceburg police is hiring. So's the forthcoming Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

The #ohky desk's DQ beat is blowing up of late. You might remember yesterday's dispatch from Columbia. Well, there are Blizzards in the forecast for Princeton, too.

Oh, Kentucky

Oh, Kentucky

Hacked, in Whitley County.

Another step toward "zero weather-related deaths," in Kenton County.

Alexandria's first Domino's has been launched by a big-time franchiser who got his start with the company in 1982 delivering pizzas.

Pikeville is getting a Fazoli's. Owensboro is losing its J.D.'s.

It's high time I start making Kentucky Life appointment TV.

Also in sports: Yea. And the KHSAA girls' basketball tournament has a new corporate sponsor, and it is not the HP.

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up ...

Christmas20 parades: Versailles, Dec. 5.

Final Kentucky High School Football Rankings

So here's what happened in the State Finals last week:

In Class 1A, Pikeville crushed Paintsville 43 to 0.

In Class 2A, Mayfield was called for pass interference on the last play of the game.  I thought it was a terrible call.  Somerset was given an untimed down, and threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to beat the Cardinals, 34 to 31.

In Class 3A, Belfry beat Bell County 30 to 20 -- thereby giving Pike County two state titles on the same day.  (In case you are wondering, Pikeville beat Belfry 22-21 in the regular season.

In Class 4A, Johnson Central made Boyle County pay for its charge that folks in Johnson County couldn't count to 100.  Johnson Central won the Game of the Year, 21 to 20.  According to MaxPreps, Johnson Central is also the best public high school football team not in Louisville.  So good for them.

In Class 5A, Covington Catholic had a harder time than I expected, but beat Lexington Douglass 14 to 7.

In Class 6A, no one -- except for Male fans and reporters who cover high school football in Kentucky -- was surprised that Louisville Trinity crushed Louisville Male 28 to 6.  The Shamrocks can put their 2019 football trophy next to their 2019 basketball trophy.  On behalf of everyone who cares about KHSAA athletics, I hereby concede all future championships in both football and boys' basketball to the Shamrocks.  I only ask that instead of actually playing in the events, they put the trophies on their shelf and then spend their time trying to beat teams from other states.  Meanwhile, the rest of the KHSAA can play out the football and basketball seasons without interference from the Shamrocks to see who is the second-best team in the state.  That would have to be more exciting than what we do now, which is play for months to prove something that everyone knows -- that Trinity has built an athletic program that no one else in the KHSAA can match.

Ironically, Trinity did not come in first place in the MaxPrep rankings.  The Shamrocks did lose to Male (in the regular season), and Indianapolis Cathedral crushed them 28-7.  So MaxPreps ranked them second behind Covington Catholic.  Here is the final top 20 for 2019 (private schools in italics) (state champions in bold):

1.  Covington Catholic:  15-0
2.  Louisville Trinity:  13-2
3.  Louisville Male:  14-1
4.  Johnson Central:  15-0
5.  Boyle County:  14-1
6.  Lexington Douglass:  14-1
7.  Pikeville:  14-0
8.  North Hardin:  13-1
9.  Belfry:  11-3
10.  Louisville St. Xavier:  8-5
11.  Somerset:  14-1
12.  Bowling Green:  9-4
13.  Louisville Manual:  9-3
14.  Lexington Christian:  10-2
15.  Louisville Fern Creek:  8-4
16.  Louisville DeSales:  10-4
17.  Mayfield:  13-2
18.  Bell County:  14-1
19.  Ashland Blazer:  10-3
20.  Owensboro:  12-2

Oh, Kentucky

"The E. Starling Holloway Insuror of the Year Award is given to an individual who has made a significant contribution, enhanced the ideals and reputation of the insurance industry, or has made a significant contribution to his community, state and country." Congratulations to 2019-winner James England of Pikeville, who is said to exemplify "the characteristics of E. Starling Holloway" (of Madisonville).

And congratulations to Russell County Public Library Director Lindsey Westerfield. It's a bear to get a new public library open, and the director bears the bulk of the burden.

Speaking of "The Best Town on Earth," filing deadline for the city council is Jan. 10, and no one has filed for any of the six seats.

In nine of Kentucky's 120 counties, more registered voters did vote than did not in last month's gubernatorial election: Anderson, Franklin, Graves, Hancock, McLean, Metcalfe, Shelby, Washington and Woodford. And turnout was higher than in more than two decades. Very interesting report from Perry Bacon Jr. and Josh Poe in Louisville's LEO Weekly.

President Trump's nominee for the alternate to the U.S. ambassador to the UN (a Kentuckian) is a Kentuckian.

Aaron Mudd in The Bowling Green Daily News quotes the WKU Faculty Senate budget-and-finance chair: "We are no longer cutting fat. We are removing vital organs" (#RockSolidJournalismObservations).

I love me some minimally-invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and I'm thrilled to read that it's now being offered at Baptist Health Paducah (in addition to at UK HealthCare).

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, Irvine/Ravenna, London, Maysville, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond, Smiths Grove, Stanton and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Beattyville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green,  romley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Greenville, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Inez, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Prestonsburg, Rabbit Hash, Raceland, Russell Springs, Salyersville, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Auburn, Georgetown and New Haven, Dec. 8; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Campbellsville, Cave City, Elkton, Franklin, Louisa, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg and Woodburn, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up from the weekend ...

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, Irvine/Ravenna, London, Maysville, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond, Smiths Grove, Stanton and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Beattyville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green, Bromley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Inez, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Russell Springs, Salyersville, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Auburn, Georgetown and New Haven, Dec. 8; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Cave City, Elkton, Franklin, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg and Woodburn, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Finally, the State Football Finals

As expected, we had a lot of blowouts in the state semi-finals last week.  Trinity beat North Hardin 54-7.  Male beat Tates Creek 48-18.  Covington Catholic beat Bowling Green 28-0.  Johnson Central beat Madisonville 52-14.  The only really good game was Belfry's 15-14 win over DeSales in double overtime.  None of the 11 other state semi-finals was closer than 11 points at the end of the game.  In eight of the 12 semi-finals, the final margin was greater than 24 points or greater.  As we have pointed out before, Kentucky does not have good high school football teams to support six classes of football.  But obviously the KHSAA has some goal that I don't understand, because they keep having these blowouts year after year.

Anyway, now there are only 12 teams left, and we may finally get some competitive games.  Here are your match-ups for this weekend at Kroger Field in Lexington, along with the MaxPreps ranking (all times Central) (private schools in italics):

Class 6A (1 P.M., Sunday, December 8):
(2) Lou. Male (14-0) v. (3) Lou. Trinity (12-2)

Now this should be a great game.  These teams met in the regular season, and Male won 20-17 in double overtime.  I always assume Trinity is going to win any sports contest, but Male is the only school in the state that would have a chance against the Shamrocks.

Class 5A (7 P.M., Saturday, December 7):
(1) Covington Catholic (14-0) v. (6) Lex. Douglass (14-0)

It's been a great year for Douglass, but Male is the only public school in the state that can really give Cov. Cath. a game.

Class 4A (3:30 P.M., Saturday, December 7):
(5) Boyle Co. (14-0) v. (4) Johnson Central (14-0)

On paper, this should be a great game.  Neither team has played a close game all year, and it's very difficult to pick between them.

Class 3A (6 P.M., Friday, December 6):
(10) Belfry (10-3) v. (18) Bell Co. (14-0)

Two mountain teams that did not meet in the regular season.  Belfry has more of a history in the state finals, and they just pulled out a huge win over DeSales, so they would be my pick.

Class 2A (Noon, Saturday, December 7):
(11) Somerset (13-1) v. (13) Mayfield (13-1)

This should be a very good game -- both teams have been dominant in the playoffs.  Mayfield is the only team west of Louisville that's still playing.

Class 1A (1 P.M., Friday, December 6):
(9) Pikeville (13-0) v. (34) Paintsville (11-3)

I give Paintsville a lot of credit for making it this far.  It's particularly impressive when you consider that Johnson Central also has a great team, and that Paintsville dominated a private school -- Kentucky Country Day -- in the semi-finals.  But Pikeville is just too good for anyone in Class 1A.  Pikeville beat Belfry 22-21 earlier in the season, and Belfry is favored to win the Class 3A title.  So it looks as though Pike County will get two state titles, which would be a spectacular accomplishment.

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up from the weekend ...

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

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up from the weekend on Facebook ...

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

"While in the audience of that open meeting, Mayor Perros made a joke about Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Jennifer Kirchner not wearing socks as she gave a presentation, which Magistrate Phil Sammons took to another level by commenting on the attractiveness of her legs." Bobbie Curd, in Danville's Advocate-Messenger, delivers another example of contemporary American journalism's typically stellar meeting coverage.

Even if the grid fails, Fort Knox reportedly--by the garrison commander, to the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce, via Mary Alford in Elizabethtown's News-Enterprise--can power itself back up within 11 minutes.

Deborah Fallows in The Atlantic:

Reporting from those who live or spend time in Kentucky, be that in newsletters or rural press, adds a nuance of understanding that delivers insistent stories of a contaminated water supply, leaky and crumbling pipes, wastewater pipe shortages, industrial leaks and spills, a declining tax base from mine closures, rising water costs, and all the humanly compelling drama that ensues. 

Then the cascade begins. The women bathe the babies, who then develop rashes. The women drive them long distances to see doctors, which is costly and time-consuming. Researching medical counsel or the alternatives of telemedicine often demand broadband connections, which are scarce, spotty, or thin in poor, rural America. Navigating coverage of telehealth from insurance companies is, as you’d imagine, complicated. And of course, all these steps require technology, transportation, and bill-paying, not to mention the wherewithal to accomplish them.

Hiring in Barbourville, Booneville, Frenchburg and Prestonsburg.

Silver Grove Independent School is no more.

Turning to sports, Sunday's your day for (free) ice skating in Corbin; Emma Talley looks back on "the hardest year of my golf career" (and reflects on Jeremiah 29:11), and WKU's Ty Storey is your Manning Award Quarterback of the Week!

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Calvert City, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10, and Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14.

Oh, Kentucky

Bill Straub in the Northern Kentucky Tribune: "Once you work your way through the briars, brambles, and bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go in Kentucky politics, you’ll discover that elections often come down to just two issues – abortion and guns."

So let's imagine you're in western Kentucky from out of state and trying to figure out how where to take the fam to eat tonight to kick off your #freakinweekend in style. Well, here's some (270) foodie 411 for you:

-- Tapas have come to Owensboro.

-- Tacoholics is expanding again in Henderson.

-- Patti's is not quite back yet in Grand Rivers, but they do now have that new grill named after the town's founder.

Loretto is getting sidewalks!

This interactive map, from Frankfort's Kentucky Center for Statistics, looks like so much fun, and I can't wait to find out what it is that it's teaching me.

Oh, Kentucky

Guns N' Roses is not playing Pikeville.

I wonder how the interactive children's concert with the Lexington Philharmonic went Saturday in Williamsburg.

Madisonville's mayor explained some city-budget choices at a town meeting last week, and Brandon Buchanan with The Messenger has an interesting report: "We can't continue to fund organizations when we can't even find what they have done."

Patrick Sisson in Curbed looks at a Kentucky native's vision for high-tech farming in Morehead: "We’re committed to making eastern Kentucky the agtech capital of America."

Good jobs news from Danville.

The state's highest rents for apartment complexes are found in Newport.

Falmouth's ambulance service is in jeopardy. 

Flat (inflation-adjusted) wages, still, in Kentucky.

Welcome to KSU, and here's a laptop--The Kentucky 100 has the scoop in 100 or fewer words. 

You're running out of time to weigh in on naming the animals at LBL.

Should Kentucky decriminalize possession of marijuana up to 100 grams? Ninety-four of the first 130 voters at a Harrodsburg Herald poll said yes.

Improper drop-offs are becoming a bigger problem for Ashland's non-profit community, reports Carly Carver in The Daily Independent.

Thanks, Feds, for sticking up for a whistle-blowing truck driver in Florence.

British Open Preview: I predict that Jason Dufner will not win his second major since June 2010 when the HP launched.

Oh, Kentucky

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Way to go. You missed Barbara Bailey Day in Lexington. It was yesterday.

As for tomorrow: "Happy Fourth of July from the Carlisle Mercury: Nicholas County’s oldest business, serving Fleming County since 1867. The Mercury has been a cornerstone of Nicholas County culture for 152 years and as a product of ‘a free press’ in a nation where inhabitants enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we are proud of the fact that we have operated as a product of The American Free Press longer than the Statue of Liberty has been standing on Ellis Island."

What do you like about The Trimble Banner? There could be four tickets to the Quaker State 400 in it for you.

Floyd County Chronicle: "Both these agencies are public bodies and the business they conduct is done 100 percent on behalf of taxpayers and ratepayers. It’s vital that those on whose behalf this business is being conducted be involved in and aware of what’s going on."

Chuck Witt in The Winchester Sun: "What is impeachment?"

PRNewswire: "Dippin' Dots Heats Up Summer with Launch of Social Media Dance Challenge."

Per U.S. News and World Report, 15 colleges and universities have more than one grad currently serving as chief executive officer of a Fortune 100 company. The University of Kentucky is one of them.

In Elkton, you've got until 10 Central tonight and then 8 a.m.-10 p.m. tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to shoot off your fireworks--but that's it, buddy. In Louisa, it's until midnight Eastern today and then 10 a.m.-midnight tomorrow, and you're done--well, unless you put in a permit 15 days ago, and it was approved.

Felix E. Martin Jr's 2008 gift to Muhlenberg County keeps giving to economic development, community development, education and youth services there.