Obama-2012: The Clint Eastwood "It's Halftime, America" ad is leading Glasgow Daily Times voting for Super Bowl favorite. Based on this evidence, the Kentucky desk is today projecting that President Obama will carry Barren County in November's election. (For the record, the Kentucky desk logged a write-in vote with the GDT for the awesome Louisville GE Appliance Park commercial.
Software solves everything.
Tom Eblen reports in the Herald-Leader, "Nearly half of the 78 companies the Lexington Venture Club focused on (at the group's annual celebration) are in biotechnology and health care fields, with the next largest clusters involving software, information technology and advanced manufacturing."
ColumbiaMagazine.com documents its town's pre-CVS era.
LHLKSo11 finalist: Bob Beatty.
Chappel Allen's Trigg County Athletic Hall of Fame induction speech closes with a touching call to his fellow adult citizens to support today's teen-agers; from beginning to end, Coach Duke Burnett's is a treasure trove of still-simmering hatred for his western-Kentucky rivals, especially Christian County: "1959 I came to Cadiz. ... At the end of the first year, we had won 18 ballgames and lost nine. That wasn't too bad. But we took a drubbing in the tournament by Christian County. I've never gotten over it. ... We won one (district tournament) the first year we were in the new gym--against Christian County, who had beaten me unmercifully the first year I was here. And the best part about it was we beat them one point, and it hurts a whole lot worse. ... Christian County beat me 30 points in the district tournament; we owe them. But we got them back. One night when we had them down here--Buddy Sivilis was playing--we beat them 40. And I pressed them every minute. And the sad part about it was the guy who was coach later became a businessman in Elizabethtown. And he said, 'Coach, why did you do that to me?' I told him I was paying them back for when they beat me before. ..."
Rest in peace, Mr. Ruter, Hilltopper basketball and baseball letterman, official scorer of 37 boys' and 15 girls' Sweet Sixteen KHSAA basketball tournaments, ABA Kentucky Colonels official scorer, co-founder of Louisville's Mason-Dixon Games and member of 12 halls of fame.
I wonder what alternative route Corey Wilford's family took from Hoptown to Murray for SEMO's game with the Racers last week.
Saturday's one-time-only Eggner's Ferry Bridge viewing drew 1,772, reports The Paducah Sun.
Food liberty in real legislature.
Twitter overnights: Louisville for foodies and Kentucky Fried Chicken for President Reagan and Richard Petty.
The image of those people coming out to see the bridge is, for me, one of the most Western Kentucky things I can remember.
ReplyDeleteThis could be another test of "old school."
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing this story come up in the wake of last week's warnings by the police of citations for people who got up on the bridge. This could be a whole thing about government's roles in discouraging dangerous behavior and/or anticipating behavior that is going to take place and, in response, making it more safe.
Yeah, here in Washington the government would never reach out to the citizens in that way -- we're supposed to know the rules and obey them. I commend whoever thought it would be kinder to simply give everyone a fair chance to satisfy their curiosity.
ReplyDeleteKentucky had a Toyota ad in the leadup to the Super Bowl, too! Hooray for Georgetown!
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