Oh, Kentucky

On the Monday after Father's Day, Madisonville took a pass on Sunday alcohol sales. Opines Bro. Bill Adcock at SurfKY.com, "Isn’t it ironic that the day after Father's Day of honoring our earthly father, the Madisonville City Council was faced with honoring or dishonoring our Heavenly Father? ... My verdict is ya'll 'Done Good' fellas."

Resetting in Columbus.

Sheltering in Tompkinsville.

Restructuring in Glasgow.

"Not much remains of the home, except the UK sign, which was untouched by the slide. Now Bowen will have to start over, and the family is asking the community for help." Garrett Wyler of Lexington's WDKY Fox 56 heads to Powell County and comes back with a very gripping story.

"This megabuck competition may be Louisville’s to lose." There's millions in it, reports Dianne Timmering at The Lane Report--"it," being them thar aging people.

Kentucky lawmakers are skeptical that squirrels are to blame for a delay in spreading internet access throughout the state. https://t.co/GQNdJ5ZzxC pic.twitter.com/Jvz2tS31mW

— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) June 20, 2019

Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from Floyd, Johnson and Pike counties are STEM-ing it up this month at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg.

New deals with Mattress Firm and Big Lots mean lots of hiring for Lexington-based Temper Sealy International.

Rest in peace, Mr. Kenny ("KY," "Shorty" or "Shortman") Short of Robards, friendly mentor to fellow millwrights, Henderson Moose Lodge 732 cards enthusiast, U.S. Army sharpshooter, Poole Missionary Baptist Church magi portrayer and hunting and fishing buddy of Sterling's. "To know Kenny," reads the beautiful obituary, "was to love him."

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Seventeen of the 20 contenders for the 144th Run for the Roses were born near Lexington, Kentucky. 🌹#KentuckyDerby144 https://t.co/VFpScKiP4Z pic.twitter.com/bz2SRbmHYy

— Pro360Thoroughbred (@pro360tb) May 1, 2018

Good jobs news from Glasgow. Bad from Fulton.

Mrs. Jerry Bruckheimer clarifies her position on AT&T's cell-tower plans in Bloomfield.

The bicentennial celebration in Williamsburg is officially over, but the mayor hopes "the pride will continue to swell." 

It turns out John Ed Pearce was out running around Ky. 80 about the same time I was.

Rest in peace, Jeanne Penn Lane, Boyle County art-education pioneer, Nashville Top 40 songwriter and namesake of the Jeanne Penn Lane Celebration of Kentucky Writers (June 23 at the Boyle County Public Library).

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Comments flow ...

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Drama cast offer free concert at state park rotunda Aug. 4 https://t.co/DRyMtpkhve pic.twitter.com/6Mld6fvtB8

— Nelson Co. Gazette (@NCGBreakingNews) July 25, 2017

"Ground zero for the abortion debate."

"They called the jail Ricky s world .he ran that whole little town for such a long time not just the jail he had alot of influence over everyone in the town .He was like the mafia boss of Hickman or Fulton County whatever they call it ."

"'Love thy neighbor as thy self' is how I live my life and how I serve others. I have been a recipient of love and giving by many people that have crossed my path. I would not be on this same journey if it were not for the people that modeled being a servant leader. Their actions might have been small in their eyes, but were beyond generous and unforgettable to me."

How might "eHealth" help Kentuckians?

An annual Kentucky State University summer program for rising high-school juniors and seniors from around the country wrapped last month, as participants finished projects with mentors in "aquaculture nutrition, molecular biology, biotechnology, behavioral science, gaming development, histology, microscopy, produce safety, apiculture and agricultural sciences."

"Mr. Science" and the "Junior Engineers" at the Laurel County Public Library.

#MadCityPride 2017 is Aug. 12.

Paducah is scheduled to host the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on Sept. 23.

And have you heard about the big eclipse next month?

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Jenkins, KY - forest fire at night. pic.twitter.com/pwWpjQMQwg

— Jeff Hawkins (@HawkinsatKVEC) November 7, 2016

Burn-ban status:

Carter Caves, Columbus-Belmont, Fort Boonesborough, General Butler, Lake Cumberland, Paintsville Lake and Levi Jackson state parks plan to stay open all winter.

One of Louisville's Krogers is closing.

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 19; Ashland ("largest Christmas parade in the state of Kentucky"), Nov. 22; Bardstown, Dec. 1; Monticello and Richmond, Dec. 2; Berea, Glasgow, Madisonville (with history of grand marshals and themes) and Winchester, Dec. 3; Boyce and Owenton, Dec. 4, and Cave City, Elkton, Hopkinsville and Pikeville, Dec. 10.

Waiting for the polls to open. I'm 12th in a long line.

— Billy Reed (@BillyReedSays) November 8, 2016

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Terrifying.

Kentucky for sale:

Tammy Holloway of SurfKY News delivers a terrific history of the Episcopals' 100 years in downtown Madisonville.

Sam Nease drops some Challenger Center knowledge on us in The Hazard Herald, and it’s fun to think about a former NASA engineer’s drive to it from Lancaster: “When I was driving in here today, I was thinking about how good it is for a small town to have a place like this.”

The Kentucky State Parks roll out the welcome mat for National Trails Day.

Lawlessness in LBL.

Kate Howard with the fantastic Kentucky Center for Investigative Journalism: "Kentucky’s auctions brought in more than $630,000 last year from 4,144 guns."

Unemployment here was way down last month.

Per-higher-ed-pupil spending is down 32 percent since 2008.

A Louisville hospital is using robot maids (pretty much).

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This is fantastic! It turns out that my favorite college-basketball player, George Fant, who is the son of a great early '90s Lady Topper (and kin of Jim McDaniels), is engaged to be married to the senior star forward on the current Lady Toppers! 

Falling in love with/in Paducah.

"The sex education debate still rages on and it surfaced once again just days ago in the Daviess County School System."

"That's another thing that I've noticed over the last five years in Lexington: the tolerance in the investment community for failure and risk has increased a lot, and the entrepreneurs themselves are more willing to take on risks." 

The state's highest per-capita job growth in 2014 was found in Marion County. 

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Player intros underway for the 2014 KHSAA Boys Tennis Championship Team Finals. St. X vs McCracken Co. #khstn pic.twitter.com/dlr1aW86A4
— Joe Angolia (@jangoliakhsaa) May 15, 2014

And then Louisville Saint Xavier and Sacred Heart repeated as the boys' and girls' KHSAA tennis champions.

Memorial Day is May 26, but Whitesville isn't going to wait.

The John Hunt Morgan exhibit is charging into Fairview before riding on to Columbus.

If it's election time in Elkton, it's a little tougher to get your hands on a Todd County Standard.

The Old Ledbetter Bridge isn't just falling down; it's coming down--starting June 10.

And: "We just started the new Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Burrito, but it’s for a limited time only. So, if you like hot, I recommend getting one."

Also, it's time to get your act together if you're going to enjoy Lewisburg's spectacular Purple Martin Festival.

We Believe In Owensboro (WBIO) calls the drop in Kentucky joblessness to 7.7 percent is "encouraging," but the jobs news is, on balance, bad, says the state's chamber-of-commerce director.

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The KHSAA wrestling championship starts tomorrow. Union County is defending champ.

Morganfield is so huge right now.

Gov. Beshear renews his grim pen-pal relationship with U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu.

A happier activity for the gov, in Crittenden County.

A ">new twist in the old story of the Eggner's Ferry Bridge.

The fifth Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame class has a strong Richmond flavor.

Coyotes and hogs in Somerset Wild Turkey in Corbin.

Transitional housing in Owensboro.

And the LHLKSo11 is ...

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The Internet is awesome, and this is another example why. Hooray for Jessica Dockrey and Aaron Frasier! Hooray for Madisonville! And hooray for now! 

Good jobs news for Morganfield? 

I think the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is going to be in the news for a good, long while. 

"It looks like we’ll have to have a post office box in another town. Can you imagine how confusing that will be? We’ll have the City of LaFayette with a Herndon address. Does that make any sense in this world?" 

I wonder why the new Clark location was so controversial at the time. 

Here's one that both our made-in-USA and KHSAA-hoops readers will enjoy. Among the new exhibitors at next month's Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2012 in Lexington will be East Bernstadt's Lonnie and Twyla Money, carver and, in turn, painter of wooden chickens and other farm animals. They've been sweethearts since their days at Hazel Green High School, which beat Ashland for the 1940 boys' basketball championship. 

Alaska proud. 

Legislating from the bench in Liberty. 

Volunteers needed. 

Rest in peace, Mr. Hampton, creator and sharer of Uncle Bummy's Sausage.

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Over-under on how many months before they go back to checking all items against receipt: 4.5.

The noisiest place on Earth.

Webster County Sharks.

I love love stories.

"Just a little old place like this, we don't really need all that council and all that ... It's just something to argue about."

Happy belated birthday to the expertly named WKDZ.

Among the Twitter overnights: PPat gives an enthusiastic thumbs-up to Insidious and Tiger's run excites Office Kevin.

One pitfall of the distributed biz model overtaking newspapers.

"Our region has enough detractors out in the world. We do not need to join them."

This news encouarges The Heath Post Kentucky Bureau to give Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman a try, after all.

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When I was living in Cary, N.C., in 2003, I entered an essay contest sponsored by my local newspaper and then completely forgot about it until about two years later. One afternoon, procrastinating from work, I Googled my name, the name of the essay and the newspaper name, and--sure enough--a story about the contest results came up. First place had gone to a 12-year-old; second, to a 15-year-old; third, to a 13-year-old. Honorable mentions also went to a couple of other teen-agers. Then, the story read, that I, "age 37, also entered the contest." On my little writer's resume now, in the awards and honors section, among various little second places and honorable mentions with various state press associations and what-not, i've listed, "The Cary News essay contest, Mention, 2003." And so to the adults considering participation in the writer's workshop at Columbus-Belmont State Park on May 21, I say, you've been warned.

On the other hand, we of Heath Post Nation who live in Kentucky encourage those of you who live in the South (Virginia, for example) to seriously consider entering this contest.

And those of you with a storied history with libraries, even those of you who don't live in Kenton County (maybe you live in, say, Idaho), might want to consider this one.

Now this. These are really weird times in Horse Branch.

More evidence that the recession's impact has been less severely felt in Kentucky than most places.

The Wildcats rerouted.

Maysville love.

Ron Greene says when.

A Carrollton and Campbellsville U woman calls next.

Lots of updates from and about the extended Heath Post family in the Twitter overnights: Jacob Tamme, Elton John and Sara Hammond, among them.

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Boys' one and done: Happy birthday, Wes Unseld, who led Louisville Seneca to the 1963 and '64 state championships ... Hodgenvillean Idol ... One of Kentucky's top unsigned prospects plays for the Second Region champs ... Litkenhaus has Louisville Eastern as a pretty solid favorite for the KHSAA Sweet Sixteen, which starts Wednesday at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Food Network would like Louisville in a Savory Sixteen, too.

Happy birthday, too, to Casey Jones.

And congratulations, Col. Young, for earning May's Lick its first Heath Post mention.

Good jobs news from Catlettsburg and Wurtland.

My multi-pronged Twitter call that the NCAA committee meetings be open seems to have gotten nowhere.