Beech Tree News Network

 There is much confusion about the Lord’s church. Some say, “Join the church of your choice.” Others say that the church is of no consequence at all. What does the Bible say (Rom. 4:3)?

The Green River Museum grounds in Woodbury. Were just covered in the beautiful colors of fall last weekend. Waiting to do a photo shoot, I captured this photo and just loved the outcome. Sometimes the silence is all we need.

Halloween is upon us.  As a kid, I always loved dressing up and going trick-or-treating.  There are several favorite costumes that I remember.  At Third District Elementary, we would have Halloween parties.  The costumes I wore to school, I would later wear trick or treating.  I remember one year going as Michelangelo, my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.  My dad even made me nunchuks to go with the costume.  I could’ve gone as Ninja Turtle Donatello one year, as I have a wooden staff in the garage.  I also took karate as a kid, so the staff could’ve been for that.

While looking through some information my daughter recently used in a college class, I saw a couple of interesting websites that contained lots of information about Morgantown. Some of that information is listed below.

Food Environment Statistics:
•    Adult diabetes rate – Butler County, 10.6%; Kentucky 11.0%.
•    Adult obesity rate – Butler County, 31.3%; Kentucky 30.0%.
•    Low income preschool obesity rate – Butler County, 22.0%; Kentucky 15.9%.

We’ve all heard about the overreach of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and many of it have experienced firsthand.  The ever-tightening EPA regulations targeting the coal industry have played a significant role in the downturn of Kentucky’s industry, leading to layoffs and shutdowns in the eastern and western parts of the Commonwealth.  But the EPA may not be finished in Kentucky; now they are focusing on another signature part of our economic: agriculture.

When our kids were small, my husband, Garey, would always talk to them with a very serious tone when he was trying to make a point.  He would never threaten, but he would warn and caution them about things, and say it in such a way that made them think, and sometimes even worry, about adverse consequences.  They were always coming to me with, Dad said this and Dad said that.  I was the sounding board off which they bounced his admonitions. 

 Visions of the Past-As I took this photo, I tried to imagine the hours the farmer that owned this put in each day. The hard work, the sweat, the respect for the land he had to have.
With the fall colors surrounding this almost hidden treasure, I thought it made for a very peaceful photo.
Enjoy your week and thank you for letting me share my passion.

Let’s say you order something online or bought something at a store and it doesn’t fit.  You know the protocol: keep the receipt and put it with the item, put the item back in its original wrapping/casing and return.  There’s one problem: how in the world do you get the item back in its original casing? It’s next to impossible.

October 19-25 is Kentucky Retired Teachers’ Week. This week is a great time to notice how much retired teachers give back to their communities.

I slept eleven-and-one-half hours on Saturday night, and still had to force myself to get out of bed on Sunday morning.  When my husband, Garey, and I pulled into our driveway at 7 p.m. on Saturday evening, I fed my dogs, fed my cat, watched as Garey counted money at the kitchen table then crashed.