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Centre ready to shine in national spotlight for VP debate
dbrock@amnews.comIt will all be over in 90 minutes. “You stand out here in the midst of all this,” said Clarence Wyatt, Centre College history professor and vice-presidential debate steering committee chairman, pausing as he surveyed a landscape outside the...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Science and Technology, Dick Cheney, Education, Halloween
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Danville's Centre College lands another vice-presidential debate
dbrock@amnews.comEleven years after the nation’s collective attention was drawn to Centre College for a vice-presidential debate, the school learned Monday it has snagged the coveted hosting gig a second time. “I’m here to tell you the debate is in...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Lobbying, Teaching and Learning, Dick Cheney, University of Denver
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Mocked or not, volunteerism has power
Journal Columnist“A thousand points of light…” does anyone remember this cliché from the ’90s? President George H.W. Bush was famously ridiculed by Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live for believing in the power of volunteerism and the importance of...Tags: Dana Carvey, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Boven's competent protection will be missed
Journal columnistAn old English proverb states, “All good things must come to an end.” It is with a sense of regret that I acknowledge it is true. Wilmore Police Chief Steve Boven’s retirement brings a multitude of thoughts. I lamented in last week&...Tags: Saddam Hussein
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Presidents Day Quiz: How well do you know the presidents?
The Winchester SunToday is Presidents Day, and being an American history enthusiast, I thought of the following presidential trivia questions. Let’s see how many you can get right. The answers are below. Questions: 1. Which president of the last 20 years is a...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Henry Clay, Cleveland Indians, Al Gore, John F. Kennedy
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Election Day: Here's the lineup for Kentucky primary races
A Kentucky governor’s race is usually a major political event, but judging by the few absentee ballots that have been cast, county and state election officials are expecting turnout to be light in Tuesday’s primary election.
One reason is...Tags: Daniel Mongiardo, Regional Authority, Louisville, Agriculture, Local Elections
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Patrick: Election reflection
Judge James Hillary Mulligan famously wrote that politics are the darnedest in Kentucky.
Actually, he used a different word that rhymes with “grandest” in his 1902 poem “In Kentucky,” but if I used that word in print, my mother...Tags: Agriculture, Public Officials, Tea Party Movement, Bill Johnson, Heads of State
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