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Chris Dortch is editor of Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook as well as the Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook. He has covered the Southeastern Conference as a newspaper reporter as well, and now writes for several internet basketball sites. He shares his views on the SEC's new 18-game conference basketball schedule, the new conference football alignment, Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips and the upcoming NBA draft: Question: What did you think of the proposed SEC basketball 18-game schedule, and what are the pros and cons of two more league games for Kentucky?

LEXINGTON - John Calipari says he was just trying to follow in the footsteps of former Indiana coach Bobby Knight - who has been a huge Calipari critic in recent years - when he lobbied for the Kentucky-Indiana series to be played at neutral sites. “I wanted to do what Bobby Knight did, and what he did was he decided the series should be neutral and when it was, it was huge with the Battle of the Flags and all those other things. He was the first one who made it neutral. I liked the idea because we had to move someone neutral and it was logical to be them,” Calipari said Tuesday.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3634 and American Legion Post 18 have been asked to perform the Opening Flag Ceremony on Memorial Day at the Boyle County Fairgrounds. The event is to celebrate the opening of the fair as well as a Memorial Day tribute to Armed Forces men and women. The event will take place at Floral Hall, at the top of the hill at the fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. Monday. VFW members and the VFW ladies auxiliary, as well as Post 18 Honor Guard, will present the program. Everyone is invited to take part.

Apparently Kentucky coach John Calipari has heard enough criticism about his scheduling. He used his website, coachcal.com, on Wednesday to let Kentucky fans know what lies ahead for the Wildcats - and did so not long after the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics, an alliance of faculty senates from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, blasted him for dropping Indiana from the schedule. "University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari recently announced that Kentucky will apparently demand that its non-conference basketball games be played off campus to provide better pre-professional training to the 'one-and-done' players it recruits, accommodate non-student fans, and increase revenues,” the coalition noted.

Kentucky coach John Calipari used coachcal.com today to explain his thinking on UK's scheduling now that Indiana and North Carolina won't be on next year's schedule by explaining that UK is “not a traditional program” and will use its own model for scheduling. “We are going through things that no other program in the history of college basketball has gone through. No other program is losing five or six players a year. We are facing issues and having to make decisions with the thought of what's next and where are we going, which includes our schedule,” Calipari posted on the blog.

The day, a beautiful one, began as most days usually do. A rather long to-do list had been prepared, and plans, in some detail, had been made for the activities of the day. Realizing the number of things on that long list and what had to be done before the day ended, I was somewhat eager to begin the activities of the day. With the plans I had made before me, I began to work, and everything seemed to go exceedingly well. I was pleased and pleasantly surprised. One task after another was completed on time and as planned.

Danville fire officials will continue flushing hydrants throughout the city to ensure they will work in an emergency.  Signs will be posted in each area before flushing begins. Streets include adjacent areas and roadways. Rain and emergencies may delay testing. Flushing will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. on the following days: Monday: Stanford Road area, Stewarts Lane and Boyle County Government Center April 17: Highland Court, Duncan Hill, Baughman and Imperial Mobile Home Park April 18: Cloverdale, Ridgefield and Paula Heights subdivisions April 19: Lincoln, Jefferson, Madison, Lisa areas and Brookshire subdivision April 20: South Danville bypass area, Walton and May Boulevard and Popplewell Hydrant flushing may cause discoloration of your household water in or near the areas being tested, which is a result of iron deposits being disturbed during the flushing process.

Winchester Municipal Utilities will be conducting hydrant flow tests in the following areas Thursday, April 5: Alene Court Apache Trail Arbor Court Aubrey Lane Baldwin Avenue Blair Avenue Breeze Hill Drive E. Broadway Street Buffalo Trace Burton Avenue Bypass Road Carol Road Connie Lane Custer Court Dale Drive Daytona Drive Dixon Way Dover Court Fulton Road Gary Court Geronimo Court Hamilton Street ...

Some area residents are concerned that Danville High School and Boyle County High School are both having their graduations this year at 7 p.m. May 19, which could force some people to choose which relative's ceremony to attend. Unless inclement weather interferes, the last day of school for Danville students is May 11 and the last day of classes for Boyle County students is May 17. In Boyle County's case, it makes sense to hold the graduation ceremony on May 19, said Superintendent Mike LaFavers.