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Dear Editor

Crittenden County, Kentucky was established in 1842.  The county was named for John Jordan Crittenden(1787-1863).  He was the U.S. Attorney General, Senator and the 15th Governor of Kentucky.  The population as of 2014 was 9,224.  The county is 371 square miles(960.89 km squared).  The county seat is Marion. 

One of my favorite things about fall is the change in foods. We’re moving into the comfort food season, and I have many family and friend-shared recipes. A few of them are included below. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have!

On Friday, September 16, I was pleased to represent the Kentucky General Assembly at the KentuckyWired (KYW) event at the Capitol where I joined Governor Matt Bevin and U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers as they highlighted the progress that has been made on the high-speed telecommunications network that connects our state.

Dear Editor,

A famous writer said, "I get my stimulation from both; books, and the book of the world."
   
    In retrospect, neither of my grandfathers could read or write. Yet they had a world of knowledge and wisdom. They read the book of the world. Both were men who worked with their hands; farmers miners, timbermen-men who had tasted the real world... the rough world.

When our granddaughter eats watermelon, she always asks for a small bowl for the seeds.  She saves the seeds to plant the following year.  She learned that from her Papa, Garey Hughes.

Satan has been fighting against the home and family since Genesis 3:1-6! The home and family is the basis of society. How a person is raised has an effect upon how he will respond to God’s word. Thus, Satan tries to infiltrate the home and keep man from believing God’s word. If he can get men to doubt the truth of the Bible, then precious souls may die in their sin (Jn. 8:24). Further, our government leaders’ principles and values are based upon what they were taught as children.

SANS SOLO

Clay County was the forty-seventh county in order of formation and is located in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains of the Appalachian Mountain Range of southeast Kentucky. The county is bordered by Jackson, Owsley, Perry, Leslie, Bell, Knox, and Laurel counties. It was created from Madison, Floyd, and Knox counties on April 1, 1807. Clay County was later divided to form parts of Jackson, Owsley, Leslie, Lee, Breathitt, Knott, Perry, and Harlan counties. It reached its present size, 471 square miles, in 1880.