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What else do we know about some of our U.S. Presidents?  Ulysses Grant: Hand drinker; after graduation from West Point, rose to rank of general; fought in Civil War battles of Chattanooga, Richmond, and Vicksburg; given command of all Union Armies in 1864 by Lincoln. 

Recently, I’ve recognized some changes in my behavior. I understand that age changes us, but some of these changes just slipped up on me. They became normal without my noticing.

Occasionally, I’ll decide one task is worthy of all my attention for an entire day.  It has to be a task I believe I can complete in that one day, come hell or high water.  On Saturday, I took on one such task.  My goal was to clean and organize the small room in my house we call the BBC room, the one that doubles as a TV/play room for my granddaughter and a reading/writing room for me.  I t has never seemed like a particularly large room, I was soon to find out the reason for that was because of all the stuff that resided in that room.

Jesus warned the apostles: “These things have I spoken unto you … the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service….” (Jn. 16:1-3). This is an eye-opening statement to me. Jesus warned of folks who would kill the apostles, and in so doing, think they were serving God! How wrong can people get?

The 49th Annual CMA Awards Wednesday, November 4, started with our hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood doing a Star Wars send-up with help from Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town and Garth.  Eric Church and Hank Williams, Jr performed Hank’s new song “Are You Ready for the Country”, not to be confused with Hank’s ‘80’s album of the same name.  John Mellencamp performed his classic “Little Pink Houses” with Keith Urban.  Keith then performed his hit “John Deere, John Cougar, John 3:16”. 

As a retiree, I depend on my retirement funds to pay the monthly bills. Recently, I’ve read many articles indicating that most retirement pension funds in the United States are less dependable than we would like. This seems to be a growing problem.

What else do we know about some of our U.S. Presidents?  Ulysses Grant: Hand drinker; after graduation from West Point, rose to rank of general; fought in Civil War battles of Chattanooga, Richmond, and Vicksburg; given command of all Union Armies in 1864 by Lincoln. 

Dear Editor,
I ran into a former team mate, Jim Bob Green, at Keenland this fall.  Jim and I played in high school and at Centre together.  Jim said that this was the 50th anniversary of football at Butler County High School.  When we played we admired the programs like Russellville with such a rich tradition honed over 100 years.  I got to thinking about a game that comes to mind just before every football season. 

I baked a small turkey this weekend, and as I was pulling the last of the meat from the breast, I came across the wishbone.  I thought of my sister, Mona, like I always do when I see a wishbone.  When we were younger, she would always have one of us pull the side opposite hers in order to see who could walk away with the bigger piece.  She always won.  (For those of you not familiar with the tradition, the wish would be granted to the person who ended up with the largest piece of the bone.)  You would think with that pile of soon-to-be granted wishes at her disposal, Mona’s life would have

It is evident that a familiarity with and a knowledge of God’s word is lacking in our society. Therefore, man must obtain the wisdom of God found in His word. How can this be done? Please read the verses below and note how God’s word is connected to wisdom and understanding.

•    “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).

•    “I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word” (Psalm 119:16).

•    “Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart” (Psalm 119:34).