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Lauren Mink, director of the Clark County Association of Handicapped Citizens’ STRIDE program, says the people she works with fill her life “with a lot of love and happiness.” Mink grew up with a family who had a son with Down Syndrome, and she said that from an early age, she was always with that family and loved hanging out with them and their son. “It’s sort of a selfish thing, but they make you feel good,” she said. “And you get to see the differences that you make in their life … . They’re just such happy people.

When Jackie Sims, executive director of the Danville-Boyle County Senior Citizens Center, went to Frankfort on Tuesday, she didn't go by herself. "Sixty-three clients from our center came along with me," said Sims. "Altogether, there were more than 200 seniors from all over the state. " The seniors and several senior citizens center executive directors were there to let Gov. Steve Beshear know they want him to fully fund the programs of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services' Department for Aging and Independent Living.

"Lawyers have a high profile in American society. It is hard to overestimate the amount of coverage that lawyers get in news stories, television programs, movies and other media . . . . " stated a 2002 American Bar Association report concern public perceptions of attorneys. "Just about everywhere there is a public controversy, lawyers can be found in the middle . . . and on both sides of it. . . . In this context, it is no wonder that America is ambivalent about its lawyers . . ," the report concludes.

A delicate 76-year-old woman slouches in her cushion and watches a driver weave security straps through the bars and spokes at the base of her wheelchair. "I get tied down so I don't roll away," she jokes as the van takes off toward her dialysis clinic in Lexington. "They're good. " The local resident is among the approximately 25 clients per day for H&H Medical Transit Inc., a specialized non-emergency medical service that provides transportation for elderly or disabled patients to clinics and facilities throughout the region.

In just a few weeks, Centre College will find out if its bid to be a site for a presidential debate in 2004 has been successful. But the folks at Old Centre aren't the only people wondering how the Commission on Presidential Debates will make that decision. There are some people on Old Vine in Lexington who also are very interested. When Centre hosted the 2002 vice-presidential debate, Centre's communications office was action central during the months leading up to the event, trying to keep media around the nation and the world, Centre's alumni and the general public informed of every aspect of the debate.

Two local businesses have entered into an agreement to cross-promote their products and services. Total Flooring Solutions and Red River Granite, both suppliers in the home improvement industry, will promote each other's offerings in their showrooms and to their clients. “It's a natural fit,” said Amy Evans of Red River Granite. “Many times when homeowners are getting new countertops, flooring is involved as well. It simplifies the process for the customer to coordinate their projects.

Seeing the big light bulb on the sign, passersby have stopped in ProtoPlace on occasion, looking to purchase light bulbs. They've left empty-handed. The U.S. 27 business, located near Kings Mountain, does not carry light bulbs. However, should a light bulb pop up above your head, ProtoPlace is the place to go. As their website boasts, ProtoPlace is "the inventor's one-stop source for services from patent to products. " The innovative technology development business was opened by Hank Gevedon, a former industrial technology teacher at Lincoln County High School, and his wife, Deb, last May to help inventors get ideas from their heads, to paper, to production and to market.

Brad Simmons, owner of the new Salon on 4th Hair Studio, said he realizes Danville is home to a number of salons. Some business owners may view this as competition. Simmons, however, said the salons here stay "run over with business" and that there definitely was room for another quality hair salon. "There was a need," Simmons said. "People will come from all over to get their hair done by a good stylist. " And from what people were telling Simmons they wanted out of a salon - good location, something different, a well-designed facility, affordability - Simmons came up with Salon of 4th, 460 S. 4th St., next to 4th Street Deli.

STANFORD - Four heads are better than one. Actually, more than that have come together to form a single community service agency to serve the mentally ill and their families in Lincoln County. Fort Logan Comprehensive Care, Frontier Rehabilitation, Bluegrass Impact South and the Learning Garden are now all together as Bluegrass Regional Mental Health/Mental Retardation Board, Inc. "Overall, it's been a really good thing for our clients. It allows for better coordination of services," said Luna Gooch clinical coordinator of Fort Logan Comprehensive Care and a therapist.

The driver of a tractor-trailer rig who alleged fled the scene of an collision that seriously injured an elderly Danville woman has been indicted on eight felony counts by a Boyle County grand jury. Michael Calligaro, 55, of Arlington, Texas, was indicted for leaving the scene of an accident, five counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, two counts of first-degree criminal mischief.  Golden Wilson, 80, suffered serious injuries to her head and face in the crash that occurred Dec. 17 on U.S. 127 Bypass near Lebanon Road when a semi truck rear-ended her vehicle.