When faith is issued like a uniform

There is a moment in intake — after the clothes are tak­en, after the name becomes a num­ber, after the door clos­es — when a per­son is hand­ed three things: a mat, a blan­ket, and a Bible. I know this because some­one I know was recent­ly incar­cer­at­ed at the Clark County Detention Center, and this was their expe­ri­ence. No oth­er reli­gious text. No... 
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March at Legacy Grove

In February, we had a decent turnout for our Chili Fellowship for Great Backyard Bird Count as well as the Community Work Dance Party — includ­ing an inquis­i­tive Northern Mocking Bird (Mimus poly­glot­tos)! We worked on take-and-make kits to start peren­ni­al plants from seed. Distribution of kits will hap­pen inter­mit­tent­ly through­out the month. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for lat­est updates! 
Movie poster: "Steel"
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Reel Classics — A Kentucky Connection: ‘Steel’

Steel stars Lee Majors and a num­ber of well-known and rec­og­niz­able actors, includ­ing George Kennedy, Art Carney, R. G. Armstrong, Albert Salmi, and Jennifer O’Neill. The set­ting is Houston, Texas, where we find con­struc­tion boss Lew Cassidy (George Kennedy) lead­ing a crew to com­plete the con­struc­tion of a down­town sky­scraper. He is finan­cial­ly strapped and has a three-week dead­line to com­plete the project. Unfortunately, Lew Cassidy falls from the struc­ture and is killed. His daughter,... 
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County judge-executive Yates steps down

Clark County Judge-Executive Les Yates has resigned his posi­tion. In a let­ter dat­ed March 3, Yates said he was step­ping down because he is a can­di­date for state rep­re­sen­ta­tive and believes the coun­ty deserves some­one who can serve full-time. “I can­not in good con­science col­lect the salary of County Judge/Executive know­ing shared pri­or­i­ties of run­ning for the State House will occu­py a sig­nif­i­cant amount of my time. I believe that a lead­er­ship tran­si­tion at this time... 

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Donna Carter and Pete Koutoulas

Donna Carter loves Winchester; wants to help make it even better

When one speaks with Donna Carter, one thing is clear: she loves Winchester and Clark County dear­ly, but is clear-eyed about both the chal­lenges and the oppor­tu­ni­ties before our com­mu­ni­ty. Although Donna was not born here, she has lived in Winchester with her hus­band — a native of our com­mu­ni­ty — and their daugh­ter for many years. And to hear her talk about it, one would think she has been here all her life. As she told me, “I love Winchester. If I did­n’t, I would­n’t live here.” 
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Reform elections to make them less partisan

In a gov­ern­ment of, by and for the peo­ple, choos­ing who will lead and serve us is a sacred duty, not to be tak­en light­ly. It isn’t pos­si­ble to be a respon­si­ble vot­er if all you know about can­di­dates is their par­ty affil­i­a­tion. Those who haven’t done their home­work should stay home and let those who take cit­i­zen­ship seri­ous­ly choose our lead­ers. Better yet, they should edu­cate them­selves to become bet­ter voters. 

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