Intelligence + Character
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emphaยญsized that eduยญcaยญtion fosยญters moral growth alongยญside intelยญliยญgence, expressยญing this in a 1947 artiยญcle. The upcomยญing Unity Celebration on January 19 will honยญor this phiยญlosยญoยญphy with comยญmuยญniยญty parยญticยญiยญpaยญtion, perยญforยญmances, and remarks by Superintendent Dustin Howard, underยญscorยญing educationโs role in shapยญing charยญacยญter and unity.
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Amster Grove was alive with summer mirth
Amster Grove was the creยญation of Zol Amster. Amster was born in Romania in 1866, immiยญgratยญed to America in 1889, and two years latยญer, marยญried Sarah Blair of Madison County. He farmed and built a two- stoยญry, 10-room house along the rivยญer in the Combs Ferry neighยญborยญhood.
The home, described as โmodยญern in every respect,โ was equipped with elecยญtric lights and indoor plumbยญing. The only remains of the old dwelling are sevยญerยญal stone chimยญneys on a...
Kentucky Should Allow Medical Aid in Dying
Should terยญmiยญnalยญly ill peoยญple be givยญen the right to die with digยญniยญty, on their own terms in Kentucky, as 12 othยญer states already allow? Three state legยญisยญlaยญtors are tryยญing to get a bill introยญduced and passed that would do just that.
Community leaders talk growth
The Winchester-Clark County Economic Outlook 2026 forum highยญlightยญed the need for more indusยญtriยญal land and govยญernยญment coรถperยญaยญtion to fosยญter regionยญal growth. With the local workยญforce expandยญing and housยญing develยญopยญments increasยญing, leadยญers emphaยญsized addressยญing infraยญstrucยญture chalยญlenges and affordยญable housยญing. Collaboration among local govยญernยญments and workยญforce develยญopยญment were also stressed as essenยญtial for susยญtainยญable progress.
What Quantum Physics Has to Say About New Years Resolutions
Before anyยญthing becomes real, it exists as posยญsiยญbilยญiยญty. In quanยญtum physics, this idea of posยญsiยญbilยญiยญty is called superยญpoยญsiยญtion, a kind of shimยญmerยญing both/and realยญiยญty. A parยญtiยญcle can exist in many states at the same time. It can be both here and there, both movยญing and still, simulยญtaยญneยญousยญly yes and no. Itโs like youโre here readยญing this and sitยญting atop the Parthenon at once.
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What happens when lives rearrange
We love Jill Hamlinโs perยญsonยญal reflecยญtions! In this stoยญry, she reflects on her expeยญriยญence as an adoptยญed child, highยญlightยญing how each new beginยญning also involves endยญings. Adoption shaped Jillโs underยญstandยญing of love, belongยญing, and the comยญplex interยญplay between loss and new opporยญtuยญniยญties. As she notes, love can exist alongยญside grief, and true belongยญing is often a choยญsen rather than a natยญurยญal state.
Speaking up, speaking truth
The piece by Misty Gay reflects on the imporยญtance of breakยญing silence withยญin famยญiยญlies, parยญticยญuยญlarยญly in the conยญtext of genยญerยญaยญtional trauยญma in Appalachia. It emphaยญsizes that speakยญing the truth, even when difยญfiยญcult, is vital for perยญsonยญal and comยญmuยญnal libยญerยญaยญtion. Misty conยญnects faith and honยญesty, assertยญing that courage can transยญform into colยญlecยญtive action for jusยญtice and healing.

