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Speaker 1: Now we turn to the Breathit Advocate to read news
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from Jackson and Breathett County. Your reader today is Beth MacLean.
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We will begin with the addition dated April eighth, twenty
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twenty six, which is donated by the publisher as a reminder.
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Rady Wi is a reading service intended for people who
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are blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult
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to read printed material. In today's headline article, state says
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no to new ambulance service for now. During a recent hearing,
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a local business that was seeking to obtain a license
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to operate an ambulance service was held and the request
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was denied. According to officials, a certificate of need was
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applied for by Arrowwood Medical LLC on October eighth, twenty
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twenty five, to operate an ambulance service in the county. Currently,
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Cross Medical has a license in the county to provide
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ambulance service to the area, but on many occasions in
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ambambulances sent from the company's Wolf County location to transport
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the sick and injury to the hospital, causing long delays
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in response times. The kb EMS board denied the application
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by Aarwood Medical, citing that they did not notify ambulance
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services with licenses to operate in Breathet County. According to
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a representative with Arrowood, they have discovered four or more
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entities have licenses to operate ambulance services in the county,
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such as Campbell County, Huntington, Morgan Company, EMS, Cross Medical,
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University of Kentucky, just to name a few. The ambulance
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services listed other than Cross Medical do not respond to
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nine to one one calls in the area. Letters of
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support for the new ambulance service were submitted by several
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local medical providers, fire departments, and the local nursing home
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and hospital. The letters of support cited that the current
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ambulance service has long turnaround times and response time I'm
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reaching over forty five minutes. Even though the Kentucky Board
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of EMS announced a decision the day of the hearing,
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it has not issued a written ruling as of press time.
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Until a written ruling is issued in the current case,
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Arawood Medical cannot refile or pursue the certificate of need
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for the service license, but company representatives said they do
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plan to pursue the license once the written decision is issued.
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Next local CBD slash THHC business closes. A local business
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that provided CBD and THHC products has permanently closed. Paper
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and Leaf, located in the Jackson Village shopping center, displays
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a sign on the door that states permanently closed. The
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business opened in December of twenty twenty four in the
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location and was recently visited by the US Drug Enforcement
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Agency DEA along with others in the city, where cash
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and product was seized. It is not known what the
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reason was for the closing. Next, let's play our weekly
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game of guests who I will give you the prompt twice?
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Once now and once at the end of the recording.
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Guess who I am? A rapper born in Georgia on
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June eighth, nineteen seventy seven. I am one of the
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best selling and most acclaimed rap artists of all time.
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I am notoriously outspoken, which has earned me legions of
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fans but also some critics. I am also a highly
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regarded music producer. Who am I Stay until the end
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to see if you got it right? Returning to the
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front page, Autism Awareness Event held. The second annual Autism
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Awareness event was held recently at Dothit Park and was
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filled with lots of fun and activities. The children enjoyed
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bounce houses, a foam pit, sensory activities, balloon art, and
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face painting. The event was held by Kentucky River Medical
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Center staff, Jackson Police officers Brian Haddocks and Daniel Turner
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pose and a photo with k r MC staff wearing
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their blue badges that were provided by the hospital. Next,
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construction begins on Highland Avenue. Housing work has begun on
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two of six homes that are being built on Highland Avenue.
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Development work has officially begun at the state's high ground
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site on Highland Avenue in Jackson. The Housing Development Alliance
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will be the builder bringing this project to life. According
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to the Alliance, finding land suitable for building multiple homes
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in Brethett County has been a challenge for years, but
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while they've been building in Perry not in Leslie Counties,
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opportunities like this in Breathett haven't come along often until now.
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Housing has been an issue since the displacement of families
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due to the twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two floods.
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Anyone interested in home ownership can contact the Housing Development
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Alliance at six zero six four three six zero, four
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nine seven. I will now read this week's obituaries. I
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will only read the name, age, and location if given.
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If listeners wish to hear the entire obituary, please feel
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free to call us at RADIOI at eight five nine
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four two two six three nine zero. I will repeat
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this number at the end of this segment as well.
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Martha Spencer, age eighty six of Plymouth, Indiana and Jackson, Kentucky.
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Wanda Sue Wilson, age sixty six of Newport, Kentucky. Greg Hudson,
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age fifty four of Jackson, Kentucky, and David Hayes, age
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seventy of Rowdy, Kentucky. These were the obituaries for the
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April eighth edition of The breath At Advocate. If you
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wish to have an entire obituary read, please call us
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at eight five nine four two two two six three
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nine zero. We would be happy to help. We next
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move over to the Advocate columnist and first step, Life
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on the Old Dirt Road by Bobby Thorpe Restaurants. Over
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the years growing up in Breathett County, I made visits
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to many restaurants over the years. They included the following
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The Whiz served burgers, fries, and other grilled items. Jackson
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Drug Stored Lunch Counter served burgers, hot ham and cheese,
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cold cut sandwiches, cherry pepsi and seven up roasted cashews,
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and many other items prepared by Miss Brenda Combs. White Flash,
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operated by Elmer Carpenter, served breakfast, grilled items and the
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famous White Flash Burger. Corner Lunch served daily specials and
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grilled items, currently known as the Cozy Corner Cafe. Bowen
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Scotty's Game Room served grilled items. Hudson Dairy Bar, located
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on Quicksand Road, serve burgers, fries, milkshakes, etc. Parkway Dairy
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Bar served milkshakes, terry burgers, and the best homemade chili around.
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Elmos served breakfast burgers and short orders. Old Country Inns
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served breakfast, daily specials and desserts along with grilled items.
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Alpine served breakfast, daily specials and desserts along with grilled items.
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Tepee served breakfast, daily specials and desserts along with grilled items.
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Was opened twenty four hours a day for several years.
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Family Diner home cooked meals, breakfast, catfish, steaks, and the
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famous charburger. It was owned and operated by the late
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Bill Back. Foxhole served short orders and grilled items. Scooby
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Doo served grilled items, ice cream shakes, and dairy treats.
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In the early eighties, franchised fast food restaurants began lokating
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in Jackson. They included the following Burger Queen, then Druthers
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served the Royal Burger, Fried Chicken and Fish Dinners. Parties,
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which is still in business, serves bread fist Burghers in
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the classic roast beef sandwich nineteen eighty six. McDonald's still
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in business, serves the Big Mac, Chicken, McNuggets, et cetera.
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Along with breakfast. Long John Silvers served fish, chicken and
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other seafood. Kentucky Fried Chicken was located in the North
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Hill Center but has since moved to its current location.
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I have good memories of all of these restaurants and
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others not listed above that are currently in business in
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our town. If you have memories or photos you would
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like to share in this column, please email Bobby at
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news at Breathetadvocate dot com or mail him a letter
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at breath at Advocate one one one eight Main Street, Jackson,
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Kentucky four one three three nine Next so be it
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by Pastor Naomi Blessings and lessons. Thank you Lord for
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everything in my life, the good and bad. Can you
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truly say this and mean it? We feel everything that
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happens in our lives is one or the other, a
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blessing or a lesson. Maybe you feel your life has
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been mostly lessons while watching others who seem to have
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blessings all the time. Lessons can be extremely hard at times,
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and a lot of times we feel that we didn't
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pass the test. However, lessons can be a blessing in disguise.
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We learn from them and they make us stronger. Isaiah
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fifty four seventeen says, no weapon formed against you shall prosper.
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In times of crisis like the ones we're going through,
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the enemy will bring the most terrifying thoughts. Your imagination
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begins to run wild. You can't sleep or eat. It's
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on your mind constantly. The enemy likes to use his
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weapons to strike fear in the heart of Christians. For
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every fear tactic the enemy would bring against you, there's
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a promise from the Lord in his word that will
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destroy every weapon that has been formed against you. The
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weapon has been formed by the enemy, not God. Everything
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God made and formed was good. So what do we do.
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We get into the word word of God to see
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what he has to say. We make our declarations to
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him Isaiah forty one thirteen. For I the Lord thy
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God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not.
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I will help thee. No matter if the world seems
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to be crumbling around you, God remains Psalm twenty seven,
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verses thirteen through fourteen. I had fainted unless I had
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believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the
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land of the living. Wait on the Lord, be of
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good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I
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say on the Lord. Nothing the enemy can come up
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with will prosper. According to Isaiah fifty four seventeen, the
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pain you have been feeling can't compare to the joy
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that is coming Romans eighth, verse eighteen. Even when the
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whole world changes around you, God's kindness will not depart.
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Stand firm on his word through the whole process. Put
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on the armor of God and pray. Stand and don't retreat.
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Hold fast. Whether turns out to be a lesson or
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a blessing in our eyes, God still blesses his children
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every day. Train your mind to hear what God whispers
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and not what the enemy may be shouting. When the
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Bible says, do not lean on your own understanding. The
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Bible is serious. Your heart is deceitful, your emotions fluctuate.
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Your understanding does not see the overall big picture. God
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never lies, God never changes, God knows all trust him. Yes,
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we will learn from our trials and lessons that God's
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plan for us will prevail, and those trials and lessons
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will become blessings. You may not see it during the moment,
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but just hold on to God's unchanging hand, standing on
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his promises, and you will see your blessings coming down
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that dusty road. Amen, and so be it written. June
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twenty eighth, twenty twenty three. Email comments and prayer requests
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to Pastor Naomi for God at gmail dot com. That's
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Pastor Naomi the number God at gmail dot com, or
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send a letter two Joyful House of Prayer two nine
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one five quicksand Road po Box eight five six, Jackson,
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Kentucky four one three three nine. Services are Sunday at
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ten a m. And Thursday at six thirty p m.
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This article was also reprinted on May the first, twenty
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twenty four. We next move over to talking pictures by
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Brian Scomb's Return of the Jedi, directed by Richard Markwand
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nineteen eighty three. A few months ago, my daughter asked
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me if she and I could watch all the Star
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Wars films in chronological order. I didn't want to appear
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overly enthusiastic, so I did a backflip and two cartwheales
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before saying yes. Once the credits rolled on Return of
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the Jedi, we don't acknowledge the sequel trilogy in this house.
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I asked her what her favorite Star Wars film was,
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and she said, Return of the Jedi. You particularly enjoyed
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Vader's Redemption and the Ewoks. Return of the Jedi is
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a masterclass on how to stick the landing. Following the
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many cliffhangers and brilliance of its predecessor, The Emperor Strikes Back,
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Return of the Jedi may have had the highest expectations
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of any film in the history of cinema leading up
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to its release. It opens with a great set piece
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in Java's palace and the deserts of Tatuine, watching Luke
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go from a naive and whiny farmer in a new
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hope to bad to the Bone Jedi over the trilogy
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is amazing. Mark Hamill gives the best performance of his
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career in Return of the Jedi, and it's not even close.
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Even though we can only see his helmet. Somehow, Vader
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shows a range of emotion in the climactic scene. The
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best scene in the entire Star Wars trilogy is when
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Palpatine tries to turn Luke to the dark side. You
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can feel the conflict within Vader as he watches the
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Emperor due to his son what he did to him
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all those years ago. When Vader sacrifices himself to kill
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the Palpatine and save Luke and bring balance to the Force,
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it will give you chills, whether it's the first time
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you've watched it or the hundredth I have seen this
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film many times over my life. However, sharing them with
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my daughter and seeing her reaction to certain scenes that
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she was seeing for the first time may be the
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one I treasure the most. See you at the Movies,
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Brian ce Combs next Thoughts with Tommy Drewan Tommy Drewan
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at gmail dot com. With the exception of news programming,
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the Tonight Show holds the distinction as the longest continuously
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aired program in the history of American network television, after
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more than seventy years on the air. Its longevity is impressive,
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but not mysterious. The show perfected the deceptively simple formula
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of comedic monologue, celebrity interviews, and the musical guests that
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proved so effective it became the blueprint for virtually every
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late night talk show that followed. Some imitators thrived David
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Letterman It's an Empire on the model, Arsenio Hall briefly
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turned late night on its head in the early nineties.
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Others crashed magnificently. Chevy Chase and Magic Johnson each hosted
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shows that seemingly failed before the credits ran. The Tonight
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Show creator and original host was a young man named
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Steve Allen, whose resume defies easy summary. Comedian, radio personality, author, musician, composer,
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television pioneer. Entire books have been written about his contributions
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to the medium, but one of my favorite bits he
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invented was the man on the Street interview. Allan would
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simply step outside the studio and question ordinary New Yorkers,
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often with absurd or leading prompts designed to produce hilarious answers.
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The charm was its apparent spontaneity. Whether it was genuine
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hardly mattered. The format proved durable, resurfacing decades later in
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Jay Leno's jay Walking segments and Billy Eichner's Frantic Billy
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on the Street. A few years back, Jimmy Kimmel adapted
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the concept for a father's day segment called pop Quiz.
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The premise was beautifully simple. Fathers were asked basic questions
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about their own children. They struggled magnificently. They missed teachers, names, schools,
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eye colors, and even birthdays. When the mothers stepped in
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and answered every question correctly, without missing a beat, it
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was funny, and, if we're being honest, a little sad.
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I understand television magic producers may well have interviewed one
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hundred fathers to find a handful who appeared gloriously clueless.
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The whole segment could have been staged. But the reason
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the bit works, the reason we laugh, is that it
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doesn't feel absurd. Most of us recognize the truth behind it.
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On average, mothers simply know more about the daily details
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of their children's lives than fathers do, and that reality
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points to something larger. Our society expects an extraordinary amount
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from mothers at any given moment. They are expected to
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know what supplies are needed for school, what's happening in
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the classroom, when soccer practice starts, what the weekend looks like,
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which groceries are running low, and when the laundry needs doing,
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and whether anyone has a doctor's appointment coming up. That's
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before we even get to their own careers, ambitions, and obligations.
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I'm as guilty as anyone When I ask my wife, honey,
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have you seen my keys? It feels like an innocent question.
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In truth, it's one more straw laid across a camel
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already staggering under the weight, especially if that's the fortieth
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question she's fielded in the past hour. And when one
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of my kids ask me something, it's far too easy
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to shrug and say, I don't know, go ask your mother.
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My wife has tried to explain this mental weight to me.
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Listening to the explanation alone is exhausting. I genuinely cannot
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imagine living with it every day. In recent years, someone
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cleverly named this phenomenon the mother load. It refers to
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the invisible, relentless mental labor required to keep a family
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running smoothly. It's a burden society quietly places on mothers,
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expecting them not only to respond to everybody's needs, but
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to anticipate them as well. They are expected to be kind, patient, thoughtful,
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and endlessly accommodating all admirable qualities, of course, but they
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become a trap when someone feels personally responsible for the
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comfort and happiness of everyone around them. Perhaps it shouldn't
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surprise us that women are diagnosed with depression and anxiety
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at roughly twice the rate of men, given the mental
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and emotional demands placed upon them. The real surprise may
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be that the number isn't higher. There's an anonymous quote
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that captures this all with painful precision. Motherhood is the
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exquisite inconvenience of being another person's everything. I wish I
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had real answers. I try to carry more of this
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mental burden at home, though I fail at it more
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than Chevy Chase failed in his monologues. And even when
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I do manage to take something off my wife's plate,
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she often struggles to relinquish it, not because she wants
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to carry it, but because after years of practice, it
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has simply become sex nature and is now hardwired into
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her personality. Maybe the least we can do is acknowledge
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that the mother load exists, and that is a tremendous
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weight for any person to bear. Perhaps we can do
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a little more to help shoulder it. But even when
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we fall short, recognizing the burden might offer at least
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a small measure of comfort to the women who have
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been quietly carrying it all along. Next we go to
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from the Counselor's Desk by Randy Cloth LPCC NCC finding
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Peace in the hear and Now, when it comes right
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down to it, several main issues cause distress. We may
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be troubled by the mistakes, poor choices, or shortcomings of
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the past. Numerous regrets may haunt us. It is helpful
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to remember that we cannot change the past, but we
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can strive to do better today. A friend told me
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he strives each day to be a little better. Then
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there are the pressures and stresses of everyday life, and last,
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but not least, we may be worried about many things
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concer earning our future. In other words, our past present circumstances,
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and future can cause us all kinds of emotional pain.
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This is especially true if we think about all this obsessively.
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Apparently this is easy to do because it is a
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problem for so many. I often hear people say they
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overthink and all of this is part of that. So
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what can we do to deal with all of this
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more effectively? Mindfulness says to live in the here and now,
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not the past or even the future. No really a
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new concept. Our church's Sunday School Lesson a few weeks
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ago covered this. In fact, Matthew six point thirty four says, therefore,
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do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
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its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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It's likely a daily task. But strive not to dwell
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on the past or worry excessively about the future. After all,
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it is not helpful, not necessarily easy, I know, but
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possible with persistence and perseverance. Good News, the Bible makes
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it clear that there is forgiveness for the past and
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hope for the future. For those who believe. I don't
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know about you, but I need the Lord's help with
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all of this. Remember, no matter what challenges you may
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be facing, keep hoping, praying, believing, and trusting, and do
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not give up. If you were someone you know is
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dealing with severe emotional distress, hopelessness, and thoughts of suicide,
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please remember that professional help is always available. Call or
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encourage them to call the crisis line at one eight
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hundred two six, two, seven, four, nine one or nine
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eight eight, which is also the Veteran's Crisis Lifeline, or
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go to the emergency room next. Helping Hands Christian Resources
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by Kathleen Abner. Hello, friends and neighbors, we hear it.
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Helping Hands Christian Resources Organization. Hope that you are doing good.
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You all are in our prayers. Those of you that
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have suffered loss and heartache, Please remember that God is
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a healer of broken hearts. If you have sickness in
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your body, he is our healer. No matter what is
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going on, He is our way. No one loves us
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more than he, and He is most faithful to his children.
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If you belong to him, please don't be discouraged. We
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want to let everyone know that God is good and
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our wheels are in motion. As God opens doors, we
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plan to go through them and He will guide our feet.
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We are in process of putting some things together and
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we need your help. If you have different expertise or experience,
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please let us know. We are looking for someone who
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is familiar with online newsletters and other areas, as well
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as for program and service coordinating, et cetera. If you
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have questions or are interested, please let me know in
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private chat or at six zero six two seven two
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one eight seven nine. Last week was a very busy time.
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After Dan and Sean transported and delivered things to storage,
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then our dear friend Brenda and her crew also kicked
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into gear. It was almost like a tag team. God
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is richly blessing us, and we are very thankful because
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we want to be pleasing to God and we want
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to do all we can to meet what needs we
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have in our community as God provides. We are planning
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a yard sale for Memorial Day weekend and a bake
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sale for the fourth of July weekend. More information on
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those two fundraisers will follow when more information is available.
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Most of our fundraising is collecting of aluminum tabs ongoing,
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and also the selling of cookbooks for as long as
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supplies last. Please contact us at six zero six two
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seven two one eight seven nine. Also, please remember other
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ways to reach us if you are interested in volunteering
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or becoming a donor is PO box one two two six, Jackson,
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Kentucky four one three three nine. Next an announcement attention
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breadth At High classmates of nineteen sixty three, nineteen sixty
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four and nineteen sixty five. You are cordially invited to
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attend a reunion hosted by the class of EVA nineteen
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sixty four. The reunion dayton time is Saturday, May sixteenth,
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twenty twenty six. Registration to begin at eleven thirty. The
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location is the former Jackson drug Store also known as
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Hog Building and former Kelsey's Restaurant on Main Street in Jackson.
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Its twenty five dollars per person made payable to Breathet
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High Class of nineteen sixty four. Mail by May twenty
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fourth to Janet Hounshell p Obox one two four six, Jackson,
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Kentucky four one three three nine. Information to include is
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your name, your class year, your email phone number, number
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attending in your party and the amount enclosed. The catering
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will be done by Miller's Amish Catering and finally in
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Jackson Lyons Club News by Lion Amanda Spencer Barnes. The
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Jackson Lions Club recently sponsored a community Easter Egg hunh
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on Sunday, March twenty ninth, twenty twenty six, at three
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p m for kids through age twelve. Eggs were stuffed
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with candy, toys and prizes. In addition to hunting eggs,
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the kids were able to play games inside to earn
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prizes as well. Pin the Tail in the Bunny was
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a very popular game. They also had the opportunity to
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have their pictures taken with the Easter Bunny. Families also
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enjoyed free food and drinks throughout the event. We continue
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to work hard to serve our community. We still have
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a few ongoing projects, Please stay tuned for more updates
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on those. Thank you Jackson Lyons Club. And now we've
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worked our way back to our game of Guess who.
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Here is the prompt again, Guess who. I am a
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rapper born in Georgia on June eighth, nineteen seventy seven.
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I am one of the best selling and most acclaimed
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rap artists of all time. I am notoriously outspoken, which
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has earned me lead of fans but also some critics.
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I am also a highly regarded music producer. Who am I?
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I'm Kanye West? Did you get it right? Come back
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next week so we can play again. This concludes the
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Breathe County. Your reader has been Beth mac Lean. Now
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