Palmer named interim judge-executive

R.J. Palmer is Clark County’s new inter­im judge-exec­u­tive. The for­mer state leg­is­la­tor for Clark County was sworn in by retired Circuit Judge Jeff Walson dur­ing the March 26 Fiscal Court meet­ing after Gov. Andy Beshear appoint­ed him to suc­ceed Les Yates, who resigned as coun­ty judge-exec­u­tive on March 3. Yates was tem­porar­i­ly suc­ceed­ed by Magistrate Stephen Craycraft, who was appoint­ed by the... 
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Greater Clark Foundation expands support for Clark schools’ literacy program

Greater Clark Foundation has announced an addi­tion­al $130,000 invest­ment in Clark County Public Schools’ (CCPS) Summer Flight Academy pro­gram, con­tin­u­ing its sup­port for efforts to help young stu­dents strength­en foun­da­tion­al lit­er­a­cy skills. The fund­ing builds on a pre­vi­ous two-year invest­ment of $100,000, bring­ing Greater Clark Foundation’s total com­mit­ment to the pro­gram to $230,000.
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Film

Reel Classics: ‘Festival’

Today’s Reel Classic looks at a doc­u­men­tary film released in 1967 that focused on the Newport Folk Festival dur­ing the years 1963 through 1966.  Murray Lerner was writer, direc­tor and pro­duc­er of the film.  Festival cap­tures on film not only the musi­cians per­form­ing at these con­certs, but also the essence of the grow­ing coun­ter­cul­ture move­ment with­in our soci­ety.  At that time, folk music was an essen­tial voice for protest and speak­ing out against the per­ceived injustices... 
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Commentary

‘Medical conscience’ bill is more about religious privilege

Once again, the Kentucky leg­is­la­ture has pro­duced a bill clear­ly show­ing just how pet­ty and petu­lant it can be. Senate Bill 72, co-spon­sored by eight Republicans, is inno­cent­ly intro­duced as: AN ACT relat­ing to the recruit­ment and reten­tion of health care pro­fes­sion­als and declar­ing an emer­gency. You see, when you add those last three words to a bill, it prompts the mem­bers of the leg­is­la­ture to for­go leg­isla­tive pro­to­cols in order to get it passed as quickly... 

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An old rusty Radio Flyer wagon.

The lament of a once cherished toy

It’s dark in here. And dusty. And smelly. This place must once have been used to house chick­ens. I can’t remem­ber when I was put in here, but it was a long time ago. I also can’t recall why I was rel­e­gat­ed to this loath­some place. I was active, use­ful. In the prime of life, with many, many years left to me. Now I just sit here in the dark­ness, won­der­ing about these things and about when, if ever, I shall be released from this prison. My days here seem end­less, stacked one upon the oth­er with­out respite. 
A large crowd of elected and appointed local and state officials mingled at the Clark County Farm Bureau office Saturday over coffee and donuts prior to hearing about the federation's legislative priorities. At center are Winchester City Commissioner Kitty Strode and Mayor Jo Ellen Reed.

KFB supports bill on labeling chemicals

Manufacturers would not have to label cer­tain pes­ti­cides and her­bi­cides as poten­tial­ly car­cino­genic under a Senate bill that passed both cham­bers last week and was sent to the gov­er­nor for his sig­na­ture. During a Clark County Farm Bureau appre­ci­a­tion break­fast on Saturday, lob­by­ists and law­mak­ers who sup­port SB 199 dis­cussed why it is important. 
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