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Most of the state is abuzz with chatter of the University of Kentucky Wildcats ending a 13-year Final Four drought.
Lots of national attention has been placed on Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb — the fabulous freshmen that Calipari teams are becoming known for.
Now, sportscasters are starting to pay attention to our veteran players, DeAndre Liggins, Darius Miller and, Jorts himself, Josh Harrelson.
But, if you ask me, some very important role players aren’t getting the attention they deserve.

When we use our normal English in conversation, we have a mental picture of the noun or pronoun we use for descriptive purposes.
For example, “to,” “too” and “two” are all pronounced the same, but have totally different meanings.
Therefore, consider the word “waste.” We can say the word identifies that which is left after we finish using an item (i.e., potato peelings, worn out brooms, tires, etc.).

Monday afternoon, I walked into the open house at Seven Counties and heard what is becoming a very familiar question. Well, I sort of heard it.
I struck up a conversation with a very nice lady, and it went a little something like this:
“Shannon, I saw your article in last week’s paper, and your last name is Brock, so I bet you know what question I’m going to ask,” she said.
“Yes,” I responded.
“Well, are you?”
“Nope, not to my knowledge.”

What has a newspaper given you this week? Some useful information about your local government? A weather report, crossword puzzle, or a heartwarming story about triumph over tragedy? Perhaps a newspaper has supplied a great recipe idea or a fun fact about your community. Hopefully it has even helped spur you to action or helped you make a difficult decision about an issue affecting your community.
If a newspaper can give its adult readers all of those things, imagine the learning opportunities it could give a student in our local schools.