Ford connects students with Newberry award-winning author

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When Derrick Ford began crafting 6th grade language arts lesson plans this summer, he knew he wanted to introduce his students to a book that would do more than just teach content standards. He wanted the book to affect them, to resonate with them, and to give kids a genuine love of reading. He chose Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson’s […]

Cooped up inside and pondering useless silent letters

Well here I am, and it is not on the patio. I have not walked this weekend. I have been regulated to my indoor bike and mixed cardio and yoga. Looks like most of this week will be more of the same. I have lots of things I could be doing in the house, well that is probably not going […]

Box of family pictures tells hundreds of stories

I love pictures. Photography, a skill in which I have minimal skills, has always been part of my life. My daddy’s camera bag is rarely not with us as a family. The current and out to pasture hard drives, filing cabinets and bins of The Lake News are stuffed to overflowing with prints, negatives, and jpegs. This is all because […]

This cycle of violence must stop

With the news that police in Philadelphia shot and killed a black man on Monday and protests followed later in the day it appears that another American city become embroiled in protests and confrontations over police tactics and policies, looting and acts of violence. Over night at least 30 police officers were injured including one who was run down with […]

Newspapers are still the glue that holds communities together

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Last Monday night before the award program at the Grand Lakes fire department a friend of mine Troy Newcomb opened up his scrap book and started showing me clippings of photos and stories that had been published in The Lake News. Some of them were more than 35 years old. Troy and I go a way back. We are now […]

Weather and regulations slow progress of city projects

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In the September regular council meeting, the council passed a resolution authorizing City Clerk Adair to submit documentation for the Coronavirus Relief Fund with the Department of Local Government for expense reimbursement. The reimbursement application was submitted. This week the DLG reimbursed the City just over $150,000 for approved expenses related to COVID-19. I know you have been concerned over […]

City of Calvert urges residents to celebrate Halloween safely

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Calvert City, KY.  –  The City of Calvert City is urging residents to start planning now on ways to protect themselves and others this Halloween. The Calvert City Trunk-or-Treat Trail is scheduled for October 31 with a curfew of 10:00 PM. Calvert City asks that drivers and pedestrians be aware and prepared to stop at crosswalks. The Governor of Kentucky […]

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