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  • Preparing for Lent

    A few years ago, I decided to give up recreational shopping for Lent, the 40 days prior to Easter.
    For a week prior to Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, I prepared for my shopping fast by buying new shoes and yet another pair of white pants, several tops, some earrings and a new purse.
    To prepare effectively, I rationalized, one must get one’s obsessions out of one’s system, sort of like the time I ate an entire box of Hostess Ding Dongs at one sitting the day before I went on a diet.

  • LOOKING BACK

    Feb. 26, 1987 (30 Years Ago)
    Trimble County Judge-Executive Jack Couch proposed forming an economic development council at the Feb. 17 meeting of Trimble County Fiscal Court. Couch stressed the need for such a council to work with the Commerce Cabinet in Frankfort. The council would hold regular meetings and explore the county’s potential to attract industry. Couch stressed the point that Trimble County is in a good location, in a hub between three airports and three major cities in the Midwest.

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  • Into the Blue

    This Friday I will be embarking upon my first plane ride. I have been on a helicopter but the chopper had the good sense to remain within eyeshot of the ground. The jetliner will be unwilling to show this courtesy. I will be in the big leagues.
    I am fully aware that it seems strange that I’ve never had this experience. After all, my mother-in-law hops on a plane to visit family on a regular basis. She’s quite the little traveler.

  • ‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ 

    Recently, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a speech criticizing then-nominee now Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stopped her from speaking.
    In his explanation for invoking a little-known rule to silence her, McConnell said, “Sen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. Nevertheless, she persisted.”
    Immediately, that became the battle cry of many women across the nation with #ShePersisted and #LetLizSpeak among the top trending topics on Twitter.

  • LOOKING BACK

    Feb. 19, 1987 (30 Years Ago)

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  • LOOKING BACK

    Feb. 5, 1987 (30 Years Ago)
    WAVE-TV with the help of Bedford Fire Department dispatcher Tyler Tilley has put Bedford on the weather map by reporting daily on the city’s weather conditions and rainfall. The 15-year-old Trimble County High School sophomore reports directly to WAVE-TV meteorologist Tom Wills. The TV station provided the fire department with a set of thermometers and a rain gauge.

  • Used Cars: A Requiem

    It is with profound sorrow that I announce that my lengthy relationship with the used car has come to an end. My “Wee Beastie” has incurred at least half of its purchase price in repair bills. Despite the nature of the repair the amount due to the mechanic has consistently amounted to $1500.00; give or take a dollar. While I was once able to jest that if this kept up I would eventually have a new car, the checks became harder and harder to write. I realize that car repair is complicated work but I just can’t keep pouring money into my beloved money pit.

  • Everybody’s watching everybody

    A number of years ago, one of my daughters was a “secret shopper.”
    She actually got paid to go into restaurants and eat or clothing stores and shop. All she had to do was be inconspicuous as she observed the store’s employees.
    Then after leaving the store, she would write a report of her observations: “The salespeople seemed too busy talking to each other to pay attention to customers,” or “The server disappeared as soon as she brought my food and failed to suggest dessert.”

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    Feb. 12, 1987 (30 Years Ago)

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  • Trombones

    I joined band in 5th grade. Our band director made the instrument assignments. I suspect this was designed to prevent a band comprised solely of flutes and trumpets. Upon reaching me the band director sized me up with an appraising eye and announced,
    “Crystal, you have long arms you can play trombone.” And thus my fate was sealed.

  • Stop. Just stop - and breathe

    After deep and serious thought, I think I have a solution for all the world’s major problems:
    Everybody stop.
    Just stop. Take a breath. Step back. Chill out.
    Protesters, go ahead and protest, but you don’t have to riot, so put down your bricks and rocks. Stop looting. Stop damaging people’s property. Stop shouting obscenities -- and clean up your litter on the streets.
    People need to stop their violence, beginning in the home. Stop beating your wife or your boyfriend or your kids. Stop getting drunk. Stop doing dope.

  • LOOKING BACK

    Jan. 29, 1987 (30 Years Ago)
    Trimble County received a blast of arctic cold weather last week. Temperatures dropped to as much as 15 degrees below zero were reported throughout the county.

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  • Descent Into Eccentric

    Viewing yourself through the eyes of another can be a very enlightening experience. It happened to me recently. What I saw was one part funny, one part mortifying and one part confusing. I hope my attempt at fractions made sense. A single word is just not sufficient to describe the impact of my realization of how much of my time is devoted to foolishness.

  • This is our dad

    Have you seen “This is Us?”
    It’s an NBC drama on Tuesday nights that follows the Pearson family: three siblings -- Kevin, Kate and Randall -- and their parents, Jack and Rebecca.
    Actually, Kevin and Kate are two-thirds of a set of triplets. The third triplet, Kyle, died at birth.
    After Randall, born on the same day, is left at a fire station and brought to the hospital by a fireman, Jack and Rebecca adopt him and raise all three kids as the “Big Three.”

  • LOOKING BACK

    Jan. 22, 1987 (30 Years Ago)
    Louisville Gas & Electric’s Wises landing plant continues to be plagued by consumer groups. Last week, two of the organizations, Paddlewheel Alliance and Utility Ratecutters of Kentucky, filed complaints to the Public Service Commission. The PSC recently set a July 1991 date for LG&E to complete the new plant. Meanwhile, the PSC continues a statewide study to determine future electricity needs.

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