MY KENTUCKY: Gen. Denhardt’s Date with Death
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. “The harvest moon was shinin’ on the streets of Shelbyville, When Gen. Henry Denhardt met his fate. The Garr boys was a waitin’ They was out to shoot to kill, Death and Gen. Denhardt had a date.” Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt of Bowling Green, a former…
Read MoreGREER ATWELL: Caverna’s most successful man
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Caverna Independent Schools community suffered a significant loss last week with the passing of Greer Atwell. Familiarly known to all by his first name, Greer was one of the most influential people at the long-gone Horse Cave Elementary School and its successor, Caverna Elementary School. The…
Read MoreCOMMENTARY: Our National Disgrace
By Sam Terry Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. Last Sunday, September 17th, marked the 230th anniversary of the United States Constitution, a document regulating the greatest experiment in government the world has known to date. In 1787, the newly-free 13 states disagreed on how a central government should look and how it should operate. Individual…
Read MoreMY KENTUCKY: Rambling Rafinesque
By SAM TERRY progress@jpinews.com On September 18, 1840 Constantine Samuel Rafinesque died in Philadelphia, 14 years after he is said to have put a curse on Transylvania University where he had been a professor of botany and natural science. Rafinesque was born in 1783 in Galata, a suburb of Constantinople, his father a French merchant…
Read MoreDIRT ROAD DIARIES: Fishing at the Crow Farm
By CLINTON POWELL Jobe Publishing Contributor When Barren River Lake was new, there was a spot Daddy wanted to go fishing that he called the Crow farm. As best I can recall, we got to it by going to Lucas and taking a country road back to a cove, that would be somewhere in the…
Read MoreCan we handle the truth?
By JEFF JOBE jobe@jobeinc.com Kentucky citizens were handed something last week that has been needed for decades: A clear, to the point detail of how the pension crisis will very shortly affect every single Kentuckian. This detailed approach is setting a foundation for a discussion regarding truth. Being a man who is entering his 20th…
Read MoreMarble Mastery at the Monroe County Superdome
By ANNE PYBURN CRAIG Jobe Publishing, Inc. The kids’ tournament has wrapped up, and the men of the Monroe County Marble Club Superdome are getting things rolling for the adult competition. County Fair bragging rights are at stake here, and the atmosphere is at once laid back and serious. The youngest competitor here today is…
Read MoreMONUMENTAL UNDERTAKING: Mammoth Cave’s Great War Memorials
By SAM TERRY Managing Editor Jobe Publishing, Inc. The events of August 30, 1922 were recalled last week on the 95th anniversary of the dedication of a monument honoring the soldiers who dies in World War I, at the time known as the Great War. American Legion Post 28 of Barren County was the original…
Read MoreSEVEN SPRINGS SORGHUM FESTIVAL: Sweetening the pot
By JENNIFER MOONSONG Jobe Publishing Regional Features September has arrived, and in Metcalfe County that means it is sorghum time. On September 30th, droves of people from across the state will gather in the north end of the county, for the 5th Annual Seven Springs Sorghum Festival. The festival, which can be described as a…
Read MoreHonoring the past for the future
By ANNE PYBURN CRAIG anne.craig@jpinews.com The Friends of Gamaliel Cemetery would like to see to it that every human being buried there has a marked grave for their descendants to find, and they’re offering the community an opportunity to help. “There are 2058 stones, and a lot of them are just field stones —…
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