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Fish, chicken dinners for sale A fish and chicken dinner sale will begin 11:30 a.m. Saturday at 712 Logan Ave., Danville. The menu also includes chili and hot dogs, dessert and drinks. Proceeds go to the Rejoice Temple of Praise Church, opening soon on South Second Street with the Revs. Charles and Andrea Daugherty as pastors. Call (859) 236-7487 for information. Church to hold food sale Vision Church of Holiness Inc. will have a fish and chicken sale beginning 11 a.m. Friday at 620 Cloverdale Drive.

Many in our nation are just “Bide'n” time, awaiting November's election. Far to the left, they're still giving away nets full of fish - someone else's catch. Wouldn't we rather teach others how to fish? On the right, they're accused of greasing granny's wheelchair, then sending it over a cliff!   By the numbers, including inflation, my own 1960s family, like many others in post-war recovery, would have qualified for every morsel of LBJ's Great Society, had it passed in time to “benefit” us. Yet, 50 years ago, woe be to anyone who might have come to our home offering the fruits of your labor to my WWII-era father.

Appreciation day planned for veterans Veterans Appreciation Day will be Nov. 11. A fish dinner and door prizes will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Danville National Guard Armory to honor all veterans from Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties. Parking will be available at Admiral Stadium. Special handicap parking will be provided. The event is hosted by the Heritage Hospice Inc.'s Veterans Committee. For more information, call Sharon Martin at (859) 236-2425.

There are two types of poverty: Absolute and relative. Relative to Bill Gates, I am poor. I might envy Bill's wealth, but society should tell me to get over it and should lose no sleep over my envy. Absolute poverty is a real problem and people suffer from absolute poverty when they have insufficient resources to feed, clothe, shelter and educate themselves and their family. There is a lot of absolute poverty in the world, but there is proportionately less than there was 200 years ago, or even 50 years ago. What has changed even more substantially is the distribution of wealth and poverty.

RICHMOND - The hunt continues today in Lincoln County for a man who has evaded State Police K-9 units, Fish and Wildlife officers and a Lincoln County Sheriff's deputy since Monday morning and is considered armed and dangerous. He is also wanted in Rockcastle and Pulaski counties. Rockcastle sheriff's deputy William Harris confirmed this morning that Larry Ray Pittman, 27, was wanted in that county on two felony warrants for parole violation and first-degree possession of narcotics, and said he was wanted in Lincoln County for terroristic threatening.

The Easter sunrise service at the Christian Church began at 7:30 a.m. Those present enjoyed a good Easter sermon and good fellowship. Afterward coffee, juice, and donuts were served in one of the Sunday school rooms. The Fifth Sunday Singspiration will be held this Sunday (March 30) at 6 p.m. at the Mt. Moriah Christian Church. Everyone is cordially invited. Last Friday night Lindsay and Gwen Hawk, Deanie Snow, and Wade Watts attended a gospel singing in the Rural Development center in Somerset.

REVIVALS Aliceton Camp - 7 p.m. May 15-17 at 657 Wards Branch Road, Gravel Switch. Guest speakers will be: May 15, J.R. Fields of Pleasant Run Baptist Church with special music by Manna Harvest Singers; May 16, George Hourigan of New Beginnings Church with special music by Manna Harvest Singers; and May 17, Carl Roller of West Liberty with special music by Old Friends Country Gospel Trio. The dining hall will be open each night after services. St. Peter AME Church, Harrodsburg - Women's revival 7 p.m. Monday through Friday with a different speaker each night.

Visual artist Tutu, aka Mary Ruth Maggard, is partial to bright, bold colors. She always has been drawn to them because of a visual impairment. Vivid colors permeate her artwork, although lately she has worked in a more muted color palette. She never thought she would be a visual artist, but she has created quite a stir with her unique paint-chip art in the two or so years that she has been creating it. "Tutu" was a nickname she had when she a kid. She comes from a family of nine, and all the kids had nicknames.

All was calm when we stepped into Elkhorn Creek that summer afternoon. The clear, cool water rolled by steadily, lapping us about hip-level as we meandered slowly downstream, casting our spinning rods for bass. The five of us easily kept our footing on the moss-covered creek bottom. Two hours later, we were in a different creek. The water had risen more than a foot as a slug of muddy, post-rain current barreled down from Lexington. Several inches shorter than my fishing buddies, I leaned against the current almost neck-high in water.