Kentucky Color - The Mighty Oak - Sunday morning sermon
2018-05-13 - Green Hills, Columbia, Adair County, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, President, Homeplace on Green River
"You must understand my Brothers and Sisters, that even The Mighty Oak, yes, even The Mighty Oak suffers humble beginnings!" This is the opening statement of my Sunday Morning sermon and my suggestion to all of us is, do not lament "humble beginnings". I think most of you can imagine much of the body of this sermon but I would love for you to finish the closing sentence: "In light of the fact that we all suffer the indignity of humble beginnings, let us. . . "__________________________." - Billy Joe Fudge Comments | Permalink Tourist season starting strong at Holmes Bend & Knifley
2018-05-12 - Holmes Bend Marina, 5380 Holmes Bend Road & Green River Lake, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Loads of people were out today at Holmes Bend Marina and at the beach and fishing piers, even before Memorial Day and the start of the summer tourist season. Up at Knifley, Arnold Patterson at Patterson's Bait & Grocery said that the store had an exceptionally busy Sunday, serving some tourist and local traffic, but, mostly, he said from the the fishing activity at Arnold's Landing. "The parking lot is set up 18 cars," he said, "but there must have been 50 cars there." - EW Comments | Permalink Kentucky DOCJT Training graduates 34 officers
2018-05-12 - Richmond, KY - Photo from Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training Academy
Thirty-four law enforcement officers from agencies across the state graduated Thursday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training. They are, in alphabetical order: Spencer Arroyo, Western Kentucky University Police Department: Ricky Boswell, Cynthiana Police Department; William Bourne, Nicholasville Police Department; Randy Broadnax, Fayette County Sheriff's Office; Billy Burton, Hancock County Sheriff's Office; James Chipps, Fayette County Sheriff's Office; Harrison Courtney, Nicholasville Police Department; Carrie Davis, Greensburg Police Department; Kristen Dirickson, Owensboro Police Department; Stephen Dobson, Taylor County Sheriff's Office; Joshua Foust, Bowling Green Police Department; Dylan Hensley, Mt. Vernon Police Department, Benjamin Kunkler, Boone County Sheriff's Office; Robert Martin, Independence Police Department; Zachary McMillen, Bowling Green Police Department; Shane Moore, Webster County Sheriff's Office; William Murphy, Boone County Sheriff's Office; Richard Pauls, Boone County Sheriff's Office; Terrell J. Perry, Bowling Green Police Department; John Philpot, Cynthiana Police Department; Daniel Pinet, Western Kentucky University Police Department; Jeremy Popovitz, Versailles Police Department; Eric Radford, Versailles Police Department; Jessica Rager, Bowling Green Police Department; Greg Rhoades, Williamsburg Police Department; Estes Rhodes, Corbin Police Department; John Runge, Independence Police Department; Easton Russelburg, Owensboro Police Department; Jordan Scott, Cynthiana Police Department; Brandon Smeltzer, Boone County Sheriff's Office; Justin Walker, Corbin Police Department; John Wallen, Western Kentucky University Police Department; Jordan Whitlow, Greensburg Police Department, and Paul Yezzo, Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Comments | Permalink Older Photos