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It’s that time of year when we get more thunderstorms. Weather patterns are more active, and storms thrive with the moisture and rapidly rising warm air that is very common during the transition to warmer seasons.

Stormy conditions also increase the potential for lightning to strike people at work or play outdoors and, possibly, while they’re inside a building. Although thunderstorms are more common during the spring and summer, they can take place all year long and at all hours.

By Brandon Reed

This past week, the Legislature overrode the Governor’s vetoes of a pro-education budget and comprehensive tax reform. I was proud of these measures, which placed a high priority on providing record funding to our pension systems, increasing per-pupil education funding, and allowing working Kentuckians to keep more of their take-home pay.

 They may not be rocket scientists—yet--but the five members of Hodgenville Elementary School’s Paper Rocket Club are learning the essentials of producing and launching rockets and improving their academic skills in the process.

The fourth graders, under the guidance of club adviser Traci Weaver, meet in her classroom Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons for five weeks. At each meeting they build a rocket and launch it that same day.

An $8,600 grant will provide students from LaRue County Schools who rely on wheelchairs easier access to field trips, other school activities and even job opportunities.

A 2011 Dodge Caravan owned by the district was retrofitted in February to make it wheelchair accessible at a cost of $8,680. The money was provided by the WHAS Crusade for Children, which raises funds for agencies, schools and hospitals to better the lives of special needs children.