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As we move toward the end of August, I’ve been enjoying summer activities and working around my house and yard. I’ve noticed that I don’t mind some tasks, but other things I dread or procrastinate doing. I don’t know why; the task difficulty doesn’t seem to be the determining factor.

BELTON, KY— As summer nears an end and schools go back in session, I wanted to share a few items that might be of interest especially about an exciting addition to Muhlenberg County and the western end of the state. However, I would be remiss if I did not mention our fellow Kentuckians in Eastern Kentucky who have been devastated by recent flooding.

Here’s what happened.  Two weeks before we were to leave on vacation, I started sneezing then my sinuses started draining, and I developed a cough.  Garey’s mom, Aggie, was staying with us at the time.  She will soon be 94 years old, so I decided to get tested for Covid, because I didn’t want to pass it on to her.

This question was asked of me recently. I thought it was an excellent question and got to the heart of the matter when it comes to sin and unrighteousness. Temptation in and of itself is not sin, but it will lead us into sin and finally death if we do not resist it (Jas. 1:14-15). Thus, it behooves us to ask how we can resist the temptations we face.

Even when playing composer George Gershwin’s piano in Washington’s Library of Congress, for Lionel Ritchie, performing comes naturally.  Recently, Richie was awarded the library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.  “I keep thinking of Tuskegee, Alabama.  That’s where it started”, he says.  Born in Tuskegee in 1949, Ritchie has been a worldwide superstar for some 50 years.  First, as one of the Commodores.  Then, as a solo artist.  Now, as a judge on American Idol.  

On August 4, the Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in the U.S. Will Dr. Anthony Fauci use monkeypox as an excuse to lockdown America again? Will Gov. Andy Beshear mandate another lockdown in Kentucky? 

The World Health Organization (WHO) pulled the red alarm switch on July 23th and declared the monkeypox outbreak is a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ (PHEIC). Visit  

I remember going to the Kentucky State Fair only once as a child.  I was probably about ten years old.  My dad and stepmom took my two younger sisters, Rhonda and Lorrie, and me.  I don’t remember my older sisters or my half-brother being there, but that might have been because the three of us younger ones were assigned to stick together, and it was the one time we got along, because we were excited to be there, and because we

God has always required obedience from His people if they wished to be blessed. To show that this is true, please read Exodus 39:32, Numbers 1:54, and 2:34. In these passages, we read that the children of Israel “did according to all the Lord commanded Moses ….” These three passages set the tone for our study. It is essential that we read these passages and understand the degree of obedience the Israelites showed because God demands no less of us today (Heb. 5:9; Rev. 22:14).

Life is uncertain and unpredictable. Throughout God’s Word we are reminded of that by passages such as James 4:14 which compares our life to a vapor that “… appears for a little time and then vanishes away. “. How True!  We are young and then before we can grasp the passing of years, we are old. I have asked two or three people recently, “why are my doctors and physical therapists younger than me?”   It is overwhelmingly an often unwelcome truth!

Recently, a friend and I stayed at a bed and breakfast (B&B) in an adjacent state. This was our first time using B&B lodging. Generally, lodging choices have positive and negative features, based on a guest’s needs and preferences. This is also true for B&B lodging.