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Some additional considerations regarding the alcohol vote:  

I’ve read many of the opinions about the alcohol vote. I’m literally scratching my head. I consume alcohol, but I could care less if you legalize it. I would be in favor of “no,” just to avoid the turmoil. Why stir stuff up if there’s nothing to gain?

Letter to the editor

Although week three of the General Assembly was short due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the inclement weather Friday, the Kentucky Senate passed significant bills and welcomed visitors who braved the snow in Frankfort.

On Tuesday we passed two of our priority bills: Senate Bill (SB) 4 and SB 10, both of which I proudly cosponsored. SB 4 would require those seeking an abortion to have a face-to-face, in-person counseling session with a physician 24 hours prior to the procedure. This effort to promote the rights of the unborn passed with bipartisan support.

Monday, another music legend was lost when Eagles’ founding member and guitarist Glenn Frey passed away at 67 years of age from complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcer ulcerative colitis and pneumonia while recovering from intestinal surgery. During the ‘70’s, Frey played guitar, piano and keyboards.  Alongside Don Henley, Frey was one of the primary singers of the Eagles.  He sang lead vocals on “Take It Easy”, “Peaceful Easy Feeling”, “Tequila Sunrise”, “Already Gone”, “Lyin’ Eyes”, “New Kid in Town” and “Heartache Tonight”.

Last week, President Obama gave his eighth and final State of the Union Address. His remarks focused on four areas: providing economic opportunity, using technology to overcome challenges, ensuring our safety without policing the world, and making politics reflect what’s best in us. Advancement in these areas would improve our society.

An hour into sun up and a month into summer, it was uphill all the way – the rest of the way; granddad Locke had barely broken a sweat.  He wasn’t even breathing hard.  Me? I was “ridin’ drag”, breathing hard and sweating, struggling with the lighter assembly of a house jack, the stand.  Granddad carried the head.  We had come about two miles, mostly on level ground. 

Dear Editor,

It drives my husband, Garey, crazy when he asks me a question—or even wonders aloud about something he doesn’t understand—and I grab my cell phone to look up the answer.  I don’t know why, unless it’s that so much can be answered by so few keystrokes, and that process has turned me into a know-it-all or maybe, he feels left out of the process.  I don’t mean left out in the terms of not having access to the same technology.  He has an iphone and the same access to the internet the rest of us have.  I’m talking about left out because “answers at your fingertips” reduce the need for reasoning

One of the most amazing statements in the Bible is found in the book of Isaiah. “Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Floor votes, committee hearings, and spirited debate highlighted an action-packed second week of session in the Kentucky Senate. Guests from all corners of the Commonwealth were welcomed to Frankfort to speak on behalf of various bills.

On Thursday we were visited by hundreds of young and energetic faces celebrating Children’s Advocacy Day, sponsored by Kentucky Youth Advocates. The group hosted a rally in the Capitol Rotunda where several Senate majority members were recognized for their efforts in standing up for Kentucky’s children.