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Today's Features

  • COLUMN: In Jesus, there is a ‘happily ever after’

    “Once upon a time,” is the way fairy tales start. It conjures up images of a better time. Fairy tales always start off well, then things fall apart, but all ends well and, “They lived happily ever after.”I think a lot of people are living with “Once upon a time” syndrome. We idolize the past and forget that the good old days weren’t all that good. We look back to some golden era in our history and want to regain its imagined glory.

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  • Bethlehem Baptist hosting ‘Secret Church’ event this Friday

    This Friday evening from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. Bethlehem Baptist Church is hosting the event, Secret Church — The Cross and Everyday Life. According to event coordinators, Secret Church is an extreme Bible study that lasts six hours and includes a time of prayer for Christians across the globe facing persecution and for those who have not heard the message of Jesus Christ.

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  • CHURCH HAPPENINGS: Week of April 16, 2014

    Grace Chapel to host resurrection Sunday service
    Grace Chapel, 60 Ray Road, will be hosting a resurrection Sunday service on Easter day, April 20 at 10:30 a.m. The service will feature living drama scenes including: The Last Supper, Prayer in the Garden, The Crucifixion and The Resurrection.
    There is a dress rehearsal for the event on Friday, April 18. Starting at 10 a.m. on April 20, there will be a welcome with free coffee and donuts.
    All are invited to attend.

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  • COLUMN: The believer need not fear death

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26)

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  • SAVVY SENIOR: Seniors should fly savvy

    Dear Savvy Senior,
    I would like to fly my elderly parents across the country next month for my daughter’s wedding but have some concerns about the flight. My mom has trouble walking long distances and my dad has COPD and needs an oxygen tank. What airport or airline services are available to help old passengers?
    Concerned Daughter

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  • USDA sets date for soybean request for referendum

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture offer soybean producers the opportunity to request a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order), as authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act (Act).

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  • IN THE GARDEN: Which is better — thin or fat asparagus?

    I was catching up on some magazine reading the other day and on two occasions I read the phrase “choose thin spears” and I got so frustrated. These spring articles were about asparagus and I would like to go on the record that when it comes to homegrown asparagus (and even the wild growing in the fence rows) fat is good! The fat spears have always been tender from the garden so don’t let anyone fool you on the fresh from the garden variety. They are particularly well-suited for the charcoal grill.

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  • Bad winter no match for crabgrass

    While the winter may have wreaked havoc on many desirable plants, it did little to affect crabgrass, the most common weed in Kentucky lawns.
    “Crabgrass is an annual weed that outcompetes desirable grasses and then dies in the fall, leaving bare spots in yards for winter weeds to fill in,” said Gregg Munshaw, extension turf specialist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “The cycle keeps repeating itself until the turf stand gets poorer and poorer.”

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  • Fun at the senior center
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  • HISTORIC PATHWAYS: The Dutchman Hills Outlaws

    It was three years after the Civil War and Spencer Countians were ready to enjoy the peace and security they had missed so much.
     They should no longer have to live in fear, reluctant to answer the door and never knowing how to reply when a voice in the night demanded to know their politics.
    While the violence associated with the war had ended, bands of outlaws and scavengers made their presence known.

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