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Master karate instructor John Liddell estimated that he has accumulated over 300 trophies since he first stepped foot in a dojo at the age of seven. So, when he was inducted into the World Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame at a convention in Las Vegas recently, the 47-year-old took the honor in stride.

“What is important to me is my students,” said Liddell.

A lot happened in Spencer County during 1948-49. Of Course, things happen around these parts every year, but for some reason, the here-to-fore mentioned two-year period included events that beg for recollection.

Songlin Fei has spent two years delving into the backgrounds of nearly 80 of Kentucky’s invasive plant species, not to lay blame for their presence, but to gain a historical perspective that could provide answers for the future.

“We’re seeing some very interesting things,” said Fei, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry. “For instance, a species like bush honeysuckle – we had it in the 19th century. The earliest specimen in a Kentucky herbarium collection is from the 1860s.”

District Board Meeting

The Spencer County Cooperative Extension Service District Board will meet on Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Spencer Co. Extension office, located at 66 Spears Drive.  Items of discussion to include working on the 2010-11 fiscal year budget and election of officers.

SCBA meeting

The Spencer County Business Association meeting is today at 9 a.m. at the Elk Creek Realty office in Elk Creek (across from the water tower).

Democratic forum

 Abraham Lincoln had a connection to Spencer County that few people know about and although it may seem slight, we’ll take it.

“Honest Abe” had a first cousin and second cousin in the county, who are buried in Saint Benedict Catholic Cemetery near Settler’s Trace Road.

Margaret J. (Lincoln) O’Nan was his first cousin and Jane M. (O’Nan) Campbell was his second cousin. The All Saints Catholic Church in Taylorsville was originally Saint Benedict.

1 Corinthians 7:1-9 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

I will never forget when I was ordained a minister.

One of the questions was asked, “What causes splits in churches?”

My answer was pride.

You see after all, I am the greatest man sitting here. Now, you see that man sitting over in the corner, he doesn’t even know what he is doing and I doubt if he is a Christian.

Of course you know I was just giving an illustration of what some may be thinking.

Who said teenagers create more problems than they solve? Not these four first place winners.

Corey Thomas, son of Charles and Cynthia Thomas, Kayla Barmore, daughter of Joe and Melissa Barmore, Susan Mann, daughter of Garry and Jo Mann, and Dorothy Schultz, daughter of Charles and Angela Schultz, placed first in Ohio Valley Academic League competition. 

H1N1 Flu clinic

The Spencer County Health Department will have an open H1N1 flu clinic December 30. Please call 477-8146 to make an appointment.

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