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Why not eat healthier?
If you ask the Average Joe (or Jane) about his New Year’s resolutions, chances are losing weight is going to be toward the top of the list, as each year seemingly countless Americans resolve to she...
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CHFS records appeal: Why it’s important
You teach in a small community and suspect a student is being abused. You want to report it, but you fear retaliation. Can you come forward without the newspaper naming you as the accuser? Or ma...
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Make up your own mind Dear Editor:
It’s time for the G.O.P. to step up to the plate. Warren Buffet said he would match any donation the G.O.P. made to the deficit. Last month, the G.O.P. collected $27 million for campaigns. They sa...
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Why the MLK Unity Walk is important
On Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at 8:15 a.m., community members, teachers and high school students will meet at Bank Street AME Zion Church, 564 East 5th Street, to participate in the 26th annual Martin ...
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Work on state budget starting
After a pause in legislative work Monday to commemorate and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, the General Assembly reconvened Tuesday and joined the House to hear the details of the...
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Charter schools cherry picking
Charter school: An autonomous public school free of many of the regulations that hinder traditional public schools from offering a superior education. National School Choice Week is Jan. 22-28. ...
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EDITORIALS
Kentucky Telecom Modernization
by JOEY PENDLETON State Senator
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Advancements in communications technologies have significant positive effects across our communities. As consumers and businesses rely more on broadband and wireless technologies, it becomes incre...
Preparing the military for future threats
by Dr. Earl Tilford Guest column
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With breaking news of a U.S. Navy SEAL team successfully rescuing two hostages from pirates in Somalia, military pundits are quick to note how the deployment of small, elite units will fit in with ...
Payphone-era regulations in wireless age
by Jim Waters Bluegrass Beacon
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“Rethink Possible” is AT&T’s current marketing motto. Government’s dictum, on the other hand, is “Regulate Possible until rethinking possible becomes impossible.” Why does the Kentucky Public Ser...
Ethnic jokes are a fool's game
by Donald Kaul Guest opinion
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If patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels (and it is), then telling other people's jokes is the last refuge of columnists (who are often mistaken for scoundrels, for some reason). Let me tell...
An (embarassing) story of puppy love
by OJ Stapleton Out of Left Field
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A few weeks back, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, one of the popular trends on Facebook was to post one thing each day that you were thankful for. I didn’t really participate, but whenever...
Chamber seeks nominations for teacher and small business of the year
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The Logan County Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Small Business of the Year and Teacher of the Year Awards. Everyone is welcome to make nominations. Nominees for Small Busines...
LETTERS
Meth cookers cause problems for regular folks
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Dear Editor: Should Russellville Wal-Mart require you to fill a prescription in order to purchase Aleve Cold and Sinus from them? I went to our local Wal-Mart to buy some medicine for my 17 year ...
‘Operation Good Tidings’
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Dear Editor: Once again Calvary General Baptist Church will be celebrating "Operation Good Tidings" at Wal-Mart in Russellville on Saturday December 10th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. "Operation G...
I just want to cheer
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Dear Editor: I’m 10 years old and in the sixth grade. I am homeschooled and I tried out for cheerleading at Lewisburg Middle School. I made the squad, practiced for months and cheered for LMS at ...
No new library needed
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Dear Editor: After reading both sides of the library question in the NDL, I agree with Ms. orange. Her position and points are the most reasonable, logical and economical for us in these days. No ...
A second chance
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Dear Editor: Sadly, not many people are given a second chance after they’ve screwed up their lives due to drug or alcohol addictions. Most addicts are viewed as bad or weak-willed people. They h...
Bill hurts health care
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Dear Editor: On 9/22/11, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services annouced that the state would delay the launch of its new managed care Medicaid program by one month to November 1. Th...
MORE OPINIONS
2012 Republican primary and the seeds of 1966
by Samuel G. Casolari Guest opinion
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The Republican primary contest has come down to a choice between Mitt Romney and the anti-Romney. It is another in a series of battles between the non-conservative and conservative wings of the GOP...
Obamacare’s cost shifting
by Ed Whitfield Congressman
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During the holidays, I read an article entitled, "Doctored Numbers." It was written by John Cogan, the Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; R. Glen...
Kentucky House goes nuclear on redistricting
by By Richard Nelson The Family Foundation of Kentucky
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As the circular firing squad otherwise known as the GOP presidential primary takes it toll, the Kentucky House leadership went nuclear on lesser known politicians of the minority party when they un...
A walk to remember…
by Bill Cunningham Kentucky Supreme Court Justice
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Several years ago, on my birthday, a son asked me to recount the greatest changes in my lifetime. Changes that I never expected to see. The answer was easy. The end of the Cold War and Civil Righ...
Legislature will address drug problems
by JOEY PENDLETON State Senator
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The second week of the 2012 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly saw proposed legislation taken up in committee meetings, a vetting process meant to identify and strengthen the most ne...
Twisted logic leads to loony meth legislation
by Jim Waters Bluegrass Beacon
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Some politicians prefer the sledgehammer-to-an-ant approach that requires law-abiding citizens to get a prescription from a doctor before being allowed to purchase medicine containing the decongest...
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