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Clark County Public Library collections gets updated, refined and 'weeded'
Clark County Public LibraryWhat’s new at the library this week? Well, just about everything. Over the past few months significant changes and improvements have been made to every section of the library. First of all, the entire collection was “weeded.” That...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Newspaper and Magazine, Gilded Age
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The Bookworm Sez: Here are some idea for how to use that bookstore gift card you just found
The BookwormSpring cleaning is always a good thing. You find a lot of dirt when you’re scrubbing the corners of your house. You find a better mood when everything’s clean and tidy. And you find things you thought you’d lost and things you never...Tags: Harry Houdini, FBI, Literature, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kentucky Fiction: Fox excels at dramatizing divided loyalties of Civil War
ContribEditor’s note: “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,” 1903, by John Fox Jr., is the fourth in a series of book reviews about works of Kentucky fiction. An unexpected number of the best Kentucky novels have come from the hills of the...Tags: Chad, Authors, Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tuberculosis
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Gov. chooses to shoot the messenger
By Michael Broihier In an op-ed you will find below, Governor Steve Beshear seeks to distract taxpayers from real problems within the Cabinet for Family and Human Services that has allowed dozens of children placed in the state’s foster care and...Tags: Interior Policy, Steve Beshear, Politics, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Looking Back: New book traces Caldwell family from Scotland to Kentucky
Contributing WriterJere Clements Caldwell III of Lebanon Road became interested in his Caldwell family history when he was a student at Centre College (1946-1951) and with encouragement from his father, Charles Wickliffe Caldwell. “If Daddy hadn’t been so...Tags: Princeton University, Colleges and Universities, Italy, Colleges and Universities, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Looking Back: Reeds travel to Ky. to research Reed, Clemens and Caldwell ties
Contributing WriterThomas Reed and his family, of Missouri, recently came to Danville to investigate and find information about his relationship to Kentucky pioneer Thomas Reed. Thomas began his family search in 1961 with records in Missouri and he learned about the pioneer...Tags: Augusta County
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Witt: Let's hope this is not the end for print books
Some recent information suggests that the demise of the book awaits mankind. Indeed the electronic book reader services consistently post increased usage, and more and more people are purchasing these readers.
Added to this phenomenon is the reality of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, John Grisham, Electronics, Arts and Culture, Ray Bradbury
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Plotting the past: Casey native compiles info on pioneer burials in Lincoln and Casey county
Contributing writerGenealogists who have pioneer ancestors born before 1800 in Casey and Lincoln counties may get help through research done by a Casey County native. W.E. Rubarts, who grew up in Dunnville and currently lives in Lexington, keeps close ties with his...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, Elections, Politics, Human Interest
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What would Dr. King say?
With the recent debate over the rewriting of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn to remove what some call offensive material still in the news, it was interesting Monday to hear David Gambrel’s invocation on the courthouse steps to begin the county&...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Justice and Rights
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Constitutional language baffles big-government backers
Contributing columnistWashington Post blogger Ezra Klein stated on MSNBC’s “The Daily Record” that the text of the U.S. Constitution “is confusing because it was written more than 100 years ago, and what people believe it says differs from person to...Tags: Heads of State, Politics, Regional Authority, Henry Hudson, Personal Weapon Control
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Third-hand smoke? We get it already. Light-en up
eruehs@amnews.comSome claim they saw it coming. Smoking is bad for you; don’t do it. Next came the news that secondhand smoke will harm those around you; so don’t do it. Now there’s “thirdhand-smoke.” Don’t smoke in your own domain,...Tags: Quitting Smoking, Politics, James Dean, George Harrison, Michael Jordan
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