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  • Novel Ideas

    Novel Ideas

    With three decades of work as a public library administrator, multiple writing awards, hundreds of published pieces, including poetry and a boatload of published fiction titles, and a curriculum vitae that goes on for days, local author Jeff Salter’s credentials show he has learned more than a thing or two about writing and publishing.  

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  • Living Bread Soup Kitchen

    Living Bread Soup Kitchen

    After talking with Monica Patiño for all of five minutes, one is left with the heart-warming impression that if Gina Gaylor could find a way to feed every hungry person, she’d do just that.  Monica is the spokesperson for the Living Bread Soup Kitchen, which is located at 321 South Maple Street in Somerset (behind…

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  • The Great Kentucky Outdoors

    The Great Kentucky Outdoors

    We’re so lucky to live in a place like Southern Kentucky. Being surrounded by these hills and hollers embeds in a lot of us a want to be outside from a young age. If you were anything like me as a kid, you were in the backyard or a field with dirt (mud depending on…

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  • Keep Running

    Keep Running

    It’s no secret that regularly running can help contribute to a healthy lifestyle. “There’s no bad side effects to running. Everything about it is good,” said Mark Hamm, an active local runner.

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  • Breast Cancer

    Breast Cancer

    We hear about it every October. We know we should be getting mammograms. We do the walks. We listen to the talks. We do our self exams and visit with our health care providers. Awareness and early diagnosis are key. We know this, yet in today’s day and age, one in eight women will develop…

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