Opinion

 Why did the City purchase new carpet for the civic center when it is used mostly during the summer showing movies?

The carpet in the Civic Center was decades old and “very stained,” according to City Clerk MaDonna Hornback.

The building is rented out throughout the year to various groups and hosts dignitaries at times, including the governor.

The carpet cost $7,000.

 Why are there tombstones behind Smith’s Plaza?

Sometimes you just never know when you will run into a life-changing moment.

One for me came earlier this month as I was heading west on U.S. 62 and a car parked in Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens caught my eye. It was the only car I could see over the vastness of the cemetery on this day.

The grass at the cemetery I imagine was soggy from nearly 4 inches of rain the day before. But there sat a man, I would guess somewhere between 65 and 80 years of age, in a chair by a grave.

It was a stunning picture.

 This week the LaRue County Fair is going strong. Growing up as I did in a small town, it wasn’t a question of “if” you were going to the county fair but “when” you were going.

There will be everything there from cows and sheep, to cotton candy and elephant ears, to thrill rides and babies. There will be makeup and mud, tractors and tiaras, tomatoes and mules, a few good ole boys and a lot of good ole gals having a great time.

 I noticed you wrote about eradicating cattails in your column last week. 

I feel that one of the county offices is violating nepotism laws. How do I file a complaint?

LaRue County has an Ethics Commission that investigates alleged wrong-doing by officials. Hodgenville Attorney James T. Whitlow is the chairman. Other members are Don Whelan and Peggy Hawkins.

The committee meets after a complaint has been filed and usually, the findings are available through an open records request. (Some personal information may be redacted.)

Whitlow said the commission has not received a recent complaint.

 Are you on Pinterest?

“What’s that?” you ask. Oh, honey, where have you been?

Pinterest is an online bulletin board/scrap book/wish list site where you “pin” pictures of things you see elsewhere on the Web that you like.

Puppies and kittens and fluffy clouds, cupcakes from Sprinkles in New York, sandals on sale at DSW, the beach at Turks and Caicos.

 Senator James Harlan of Iowa, whose daughter later married President Lincoln's son Robert, introduced this Resolution in the Senate on March 2, 1863. The Resolution asked President Lincoln to proclaim a national day of prayer and fasting. The Resolution was adopted on March 3, and signed by Lincoln on March 30, one month before the fast day was observed.

By the President of the United States of America.

A Proclamation.

 Commonwealth residents can help better protect themselves and their loved ones from tornadoes and storms by having weather radios in their home.

Weather radios broadcast warnings whenever potentially life-threatening weather events are occurring or imminent. The National Weather Service broadcasts these warnings 24 hours a day.