Antebellum Winchester: Pre-Civil War buildings
Often referred to as the oldest commercial building in downtown, the “Dodge’s Store Rooms” building was constructed by David Dodge on a lot he purchased in 1811. According to our early historian, James Flanagan, Dodge built his store house in 1813–1814. The building was described in a survey of historic sites in Clark County. “Beneath a late 19th century face-lifting...
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Public libraries in Winchester: A history of growth, expansion, and movement
From a college campus to the courthouse, and then from a railroad car to a former church, the Winchester/Clark County Public Library has had a long and storied history. The current facility, opened in 1998, is a sprawling 27,000-square-foot building that boasts amenities such as a children’s wing and several meeting rooms.
Two horrible legislative bills loom
Two bills are hanging around before our elected officials, one in Congress and one in the Kentucky legislature. It’s somewhat amazing how some of these horrendous bills lurk in the background until someone with an inquisitive nature sniffs them out and brings them to the attention of the public.
We are one letter away from a better world
Here, on the morning of March 15, the day of Julius Caesar’s demise in 44 BCE, I find myself contemplating whether it is okay to blindly command anything. An investigation of the vocabulary of dominance seems particularly timely today, since munitions bought with our hard-earned tax dollars are raining down from above on people in other lands.
Oestre and the Vernal Equinox
Long before calendars were inked and before clocks began telling humans when to wake, there was a hush that came each year, a long exhale of frost and darkness. The rivers stiffened. The seeds slept. Even hope seemed to curl in on itself.
And in that stillness walked Oestre, the Dawn-Bringer of the North.
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Craycraft stresses smart growth, fiscal stability
Had it not been for his opposition to large-scale solar energy development on Clark County’s prime farmland, Stephen Craycraft might never have gotten involved in local government.
“I got in because of the solar issue that came about a few years ago. It was my part of the county that was going to be affected,” he said. “That’s what pushed me into politics.”
Now the local businessman, who is in the last year of his first term as 3rd District magistrate, is running for county judge-executive in a crowded Republican primary race.
Loving with your whole heart
There’s a song by Mumford & Sons called “White Blank Page” that has followed me for awhile. It’s written as a love song — raw and unguarded — but like most honest music, it refuses to stay confined to one story. Some lyrics don’t just describe a relationship. They name a question you didn’t realize you were carrying.
Though written about romantic betrayal, that question echoes far beyond romance. It surfaces in civic life. In church pews. In friendships that once felt unshakable.
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