Monroe County was founded in 1820 and named after James Monroe, 5th President of the United States. The county seat and largest city is Tompkinsville. Estimated population as of 2015 was 10,667. Cities are Fountain Run, Gamaliel and the county seat, Tompkinsville.
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Recently, I had some home repairs done. Because home repairs are commonly worrisome and costly, prevention – when possible – is a great choice. And home-maintenance advice is even available on the Internet.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
I think sometimes maybe I should have entitled my column, this and that.
Bett said recently, “Men mostly start wars. I’ve never heard of women starting a war”, she said. I thought about this some. I told her, “I’m a man. I never thought about starting a war.”
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Monday, January 30th, 2017
One morning last week, after I had grown tired of every US network obsessing over the pros and cons of a Trump presidency, I switched channels to the BBC World News. While listening to the BBC World News, I started reading the scroll at the bottom of the screen. “Austria Seeks Hermit,” I read.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017
The Bible word “remnant” is used frequently, and means, “rest, residue, ... remainder” (Brown-Driver-Briggs, p. 984). At times, this word described the people of God. For example, God called His people a “remnant” on several occasions (Isa. 10:20-22, 37:4; Jer.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Recently I read something that, oh I don't know, inspirational is not really the right word, which was what I originally was going to use and neither was it an epiphany, which I also considered using because it was not a sudden revelation, it was more like tho
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Friday, January 27th, 2017
My husband and I attended Mt. Olivet Sunday to be with my daughter and her family. When I was leaving the church, a gentleman stopped me and said “I love your pictures on BeechTree News, especially the barns.” This one’s for him.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
I used to tease my late husband that if nothing else were available, he would read a cereal box. I may be just as bad.
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
It’s ironical (peculiar funny-not ha-ha; “quire”) we’ve just celebrated the birthday of Jesus, who in His own words said, “I have come seek and to save that which is lost,” if you watch TV, only the slim folks are going to heaven- you fatties are out of luck.
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
On Saturday, while Garey was helping me set up for our granddaughter, Sabria’s, birthday party, I stopped and looked around at the cake, the decorations and the presents then said, “I wish I’d had me for a mother.”
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