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Area A&E Happenings for July 14
Events for this column must be submitted to the Advocate by noon Tuesday to be in the Thursday newspaper. Call (859) 236-2551, ext. 135, with complete information, including hours and admission price- or e-mail advocatearts@gmail.com.VISUAL ARTWorks by...Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Showtime (tv network), Arts and Culture, Culture
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State obesity rates rising
Kentuckians are getting fatter. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact, according to the latest study of obesity rates in the United States by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Kentucky ranked sixth in...Tags: Weight, Physical Conditions, Elections, High Blood Pressure, Louisiana
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Local church news in brief for July 24, 2011
Homecoming
Stoney Point Predestinarian Baptist Church — Sunday, the church will have a homecoming rally. Dinner will be served after the 11:30 a.m. service. The Rev.¿Shay Brown and congregation of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Lancaster will be...Tags: Oklahoma City, Baptist, Bible, Potatoes, Salads
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Local artist says china painting is an art, not a craft
jenb@amnews.comVisual artist Margie Sobol works in a medium that is as exceptional as it is elegant and delicate: china. But it’s old hat for the Danville resident whose mother also was a china painter.Sobol’s house is filled with hand-painted china in a...Tags: Oklahoma City, Painting, Arts and Culture, China
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Soldier from Winchester drowns in Oklahoma
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a soldier from Kentucky who drowned while on a float trip on the Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission says the body of 29-year-old Adam R....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Kentucky, Travel, Cook County Government
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Boyle farmers market goes on rain or shine
sylvia.obell@yahoo.comThe Boyle County Farmers Market appreciates its customers rain or shine. Saturday, the market held its customer appreciation day despite heavy morning rain. “We are die-hards, and you have those die-hard customers just like we are,” Manager...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oklahoma City, Arable Farming, Organic Foods, Dining and Drinking
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Obituary: Joseph T. Lucas
STANFORD — Joseph T. Lucas, 81, of Brodhead, formerly of Stanford, died Monday, June 6, at Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ky. Born Nov. 25, 1929, in Butler, Pa., he was a son of the late Ann Marie Lucas. He was a farmer....Tags: Mount Vernon, Oklahoma City, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Doris Reffitt Whisman: March 17, 2011
Doris Reffitt Whisman, 48, mother of Shannon Johnson of Winchester, passed away at 7:16 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at her home after a long battle with cancer.
A native of Frenchburg, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Betty Castle Reffitt....Tags: Human Interest, John Johnson
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Crim: Ending public funding for broadcasting would make community radio `go dark¿
WMMT-FM is the community radio station of Appalshop Inc., located in Whitesburg, deep in the coal fields of central Appalachia. We serve about 50 counties in rural Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia through our FM broadcast...Tags: Entertainment, NPR, Maine, Documentary (genre), Companies and Corporations
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Miller: Call to civic and civil action
The tragedy in Tucson has unleashed an absurdly hypocritical spectacle: Hyper-partisan pols, cable TV screaming heads and the blogosphere’s ideological flamethrowers, all decrying political vitriol. As a classmate of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Elections, Kentucky, Human Interest, Washington (U.S. state)
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Patrick: Restore civility
Since the tragedy in Tucson on Saturday, there has been endless talk about violent rhetoric in the media and how it may be contributing to actual violence by people who come unhinged.
I don’t know whether Tucson shooter Jared Loughner’s anti-...Tags: CBS Corp., Katie Couric, Judges, Facebook, Elections
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Improve access to quality eye care
All too often, our state is faced with difficult choices about how to provide quality health care to patients, improve access in a state faced with a shortage of providers and reign in staggering Medicaid costs without cutting services. Senate Bill 110...Tags: Government Health Care, Elections, Kentucky, Crimes, Social Issues
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