We were asked to pray our local hospital. I believe most of us were praying for both our Hospital and our school system.Prayer changes things, and I believe if we continue to give thanks and pray for county and its needs we will see change and our needs will be met, and then some. - Alice

When I took Spanish class in high school, there was very little, if anything, mentioned about the culture of Spain or Mexico or any other Spanish-speaking culture - we learned just the language. I learned more in Mr. McLain's (I think I spelled his name correctly; he was my teacher my freshman year in high school.) geography class about foreign cultures than I ever did in Spanish class . . . The high school at that time also had French, German and Latin classes available. - Joyce M Coomer

That Mark Twain hit the nail right on the head! How ya going to keep 'em down on the farm, after they've seen Paris? Let the mules wear the blinders! - Charles Marshburn

I, too, love shop cats. They are in shops across the country. Originally, they were kept in stores years and years ago to keep the mouse population down. Hillsboro Village in Nashville has many shops with cats - the flower shop, jewelry shop, ladies boutique, high end furniture store, and even the Belcourt Theater all have shop cats and all within a two block area. To me a shop with a cat or cats feels friendlier. How about it, Adair county shops: adopt a rescue cat and start a tradition here too... --Lois Cunningham

• From Burkesville, KY - Cumberland County (Class A)
• From Corbin, KY - Corbin High School (Class AAA)
• From Edmonton, KY - Metcalfe County (Class A)
• From Campbellsville, KY - Campbellsville (Class A)
• From Covington, KY - Covington Holmes (Class AAA)
• From Campbellsville, KY - Taylor County (Class AAA)
• From Russell Springs, KY - Russell County (Class AAA)
• From Hodgenville, KY - Larue County (Class AA)
• From Somerset, KY - Pulaski County (Class AAAA)
• From Bardstown, KY - Nelson County (Class AAAA)
• From Lawrenceburg, KY - Anderson County (Class AAAA),
• From Leitchfield, KY - Grayson County (Class AAAAA)
• From Middletown, KY - Eastern High School (Class AAAAA)
• From Glasgow, KY - Barren County (Class AAAAA)

We the people of Adair County can blame whoever we want to on the situation at our hospital.

We cannot correct the past.

What we need to know is: Fix the problems. Save our hospital.

Eight years ago, my oldest son was in a very bad car wreck as a passenger in a car. Westlake Hospital E.R. staff saved my son's life.

If Westlake had not been there, my son would have bled to death from his injuries. They stablized him and transfered him to UofL Trauma Center in Louisville.

I am forever grateful.

Wain Street (Google Map/Directions) Yard Sale Multiple parties. Labor Day weekend, 7amCT-???. Fri-Sat & Monday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 & 3, 2012. Antiques, glassware, golf clubs, antique pocket watches, clothes, toys, dishes, old mason jars, & much more. A Chamber of Commerce Community Wide Yard Sale event! - JELAINE HARLOW

• Limiting a child's education is the ultimate abuse. - BARBARA ARMSTRONG
• Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. - MARK TWAIN
• One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way - FRANK SMITH
• The limits of my language are the limits of my world. - LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
• Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. - SARAH CALDWELL
• Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. - CHINESE PROVERB

Encourage others.
Perform admirable deeds.
Abandon no one.

• It's Today Welcome! Mark Twain Marching Band Festival.
• It's 9 Days until Adair County's Premier Sports Event, the 6th Annual Wacky, Quacky Duck Race.
• It's 9 Days until the Hospital Tax Recall Petition Deadline

Perhaps some of these people should take a look at the pre-college curriculum wanted by those who would like to attend UK, one being Foreign Language-2 credits. Two credits in the same foreign language or demonstrated competency.

This was copied from a UK information folder received by my grandson. Ag and ag related classes are very important for our rural students who may choose not to attend college but do we have to shove one or the other down everyone''s throats. Can the school system "comprise"? At least for the sake of our students.

We support AG in the school system. Farmers have been the reason my husband was able to have the career of his choice; however, not everyone can or chooses to be a farmer. - Rebecca Grant

I've always been partial to businesses that have a 'shop cat.' I've known several book store cats, a cat who graced the front window of a tiny mom and pop grocery in Vermont and even a marmalade cat with Scottish Fold ears who was the official greeter at an auto repair shop in Wyoming. Nothing like a cat to add a special presence. - Sharon Whitehurst