Oh, Kentucky

Christmas parades: Bowling Green, Dec. 1; Richmond ("THEME: coming soon ..."), Dec. 7, and Hopkinsville, Dec. 8.

It's the 60th season for The Stephen Foster Story, and it's high time I get to Bardstown and see it.

Can the show go on at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts--in particular, Waitress, scheduled to open June 26?

Reviews were strong for Hopkins County Farmers Market Family Fun Day.

Here are the stories that made our front page pic.twitter.com/pMPJipfTz4

— Kentucky New Era (@KentuckyNewEra) June 18, 2018

 

Good jobs news from Beaver Dam, Corbin, Franklin, Ghent, Lewisport, Louisville and Shepherdsville.

The feds boost Kentucky's apprenticeships program.

Oh, Kentucky

Future seminars, chili suppers and ice-cream socials in Dundee will have a snazzy new home, thanks to First United Bank and Trust.

Meanwhile, the Ohio County Historical Center bean dinner, ...

Henderson County Schools' math emphasis appears to be paying off.

Sweeden Man Kills Copperhead In Grayson School Drop Off Line - https://t.co/4zvqfKoc8t pic.twitter.com/YJj0ZdoBdy

— The Edmonson Voice® (@edmonsonvoice) August 30, 2017

"Mammoth Cave will be the most suitable place to perpetuate the undying memory of the heroes of the world war. No more appropriate spot could be chosen for such a national monument than this gigantic hole which winds for miles under the hills and valley's of God's garden spot — Kentucky."

Meanwhile, how about Lexington Cemetery for Fayette County's Confederate monuments?

In fact, I saw a bald eagle just this past Saturday at Camp Kum-Ba-Ya near Fairdealing. Good for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife.

For the 40th straight year, the cyclists are headed to their Old Kentucky Home--a little earlier than usual, though.

Oh, Kentucky

The governor, on the radio in northeastern Kentucky: "Where do you draw the line? ... What I do think is appropriate is to call down any racism, any bigotry, to call it out for the heinous stance that it is, regardless of what corner it comes from. It doesn’t matter if it comes from a white supremacist; it doesn’t matter if it comes from an anarchist; it doesn’t matter if it comes from Black Lives Matter person; wherever hatred and bigotry comes from, it should be called out. It should be scorned and shut down. There should be no tolerance of it in society."

Unanimous in Lexington.

An online petition is calling for the removal of a Confederate statue in Paducah and the renaming of a school. https://t.co/Rl5hX1obdP

— WKMS (@wkms) August 15, 2017

Meanwhile, in Hoptown, ...

McCracken County commissioner Bill Bartleman brokers a compromise on the flea-market fireworks show around the eclipse in Paducah.

Meanwhile, at Ferrell's, ...

Broadband for all in Graves County--even Symsonia and Water Valley.

Good jobs news from Campbellsville.

Hiring in Horse Cave (pressman trainee/$9.50 per hour).

Kentucky (probably) for sale (from New Mexico) ...

Oh, Kentucky

Good jobs news from Louisville and Paducah. Maybe Corbin, too?

Kentucky's lieutenant governor is pushing STEM for girls.

Nothing more important than hospitality, and hooray for Madisonville's First Presbyterian Church.

Meanwhile, in Louisville, “we will continue to monitor the efforts of the new administration and work with our community partners to respond appropriately."

It's really closer to Fairdealing than to Benton, but hooray for KFVS for its story on the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Camp Kum-Ba-Ya's eclipse event.

February grocery gleaners needed in Lexington.

"Hate-filled" Burgin.

Check out this awesome oil picture hanging in the library of West Main Street in Morganfield, KY from 1905....I was 9 years old at the time! pic.twitter.com/tBEuJEH8lg

— Earle C. Clements (@SenatorClements) January 26, 2017

Last weekend in Western Kentucky

A bunch of blowouts this week. I was particularly impressed by Fort Campbell and Madisonville, because you don't normally see Trigg or Owensboro lose by such large margins at home.

Caldwell Co. 46 - 15 Ballard Mem.
Calloway Co. 28 - 56 Lone Oak
Christian Co. 61 - 7 Hopkinsville
Crittenden Co. 34 - 0 Reidland
Fort Campbell 35 - 0 Trigg Co.
Fulton City 8 - 54 Lake Co. (Tenn.)
Heath 0 - 34 Paducah Tilghman
Marshall Co. 0 - 31 Mayfield
Owensboro 6 - 49 Madisonville-North Hopkins
Owensboro Apollo 14 - 45 Graves Co.