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Got debt? You’re not alone. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report recently that U.S. household debt—which includes home mortgages and home equity loans, credit card debt, auto loans and student debt—stood at $12.73 trillion in the first quarter of 2017. That’s a staggering amount, and surpasses the previous record set during the 2008 recession. The Fed also reported that 44 million Americans share a piece of over 1.34 trillion dollars’ worth of student loan debt. The majority of student debt holders are now over 30 years old.

Fun, friends and leadership. That’s what 27 LaRue County FFA members came to know during the camp at the Kentucky FFA Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.

The 13 chapters present were involved in activities like softball, volleyball, soccer, ropes course, water ball, and many others. Members were also a part of classes like agriculture advocacy, conservation, and going to college, in which they gained the skills of everything from leadership to communication to learning ways to survive.

There has been a lot of buzz this past month about the total solar eclipse that is supposed to occur on August 21.

I am not going to regurgitate all the information about it since our correspondent Ron Benningfield wrote a well written and informational article about it.

We all enjoy the harvest. The celebration of fresh fruits and vegetables are a delight. Likewise, it is a delightful celebration when a spiritual harvest takes place. When the seed of the gospel takes root in the life of an unbeliever and he or she responds to the gospel and enters into a relationship with Jesus a harvest celebration commences. Unfortunately, we get so centered on the harvest that we forget that every harvest begins with the sowing of the seed. Where seed is not sown, the harvest will never occur and where the seed is sown, the harvest will happen.