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Today's Features

  • Redbox killed the video store

    Driving on Dixie the other day, I realized another part of my childhood disappeared.

    I heard about this kind of thing from my parents. They would lament about the disappearance of record stores and turntables. The “good old days,” you might say.

    My lament is the death of the video rental store. Redbox and Netflix might be to blame for this.

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  • Woodwork a 'pleasure' for Elizabethtown artist

    The foundation for Vernon Huffines’s home woodcraft business might be traced back 60 years or so.

    That was when a man, who bought timber from his father, gave his father a wooden knife.

    About 15 years ago, Huffines decided to try to reproduce the item. The Elizabethtown man has improved in his craftsmanship since then, he said, and his catalog includes a number of wood items.

    “(Making) wooden knives is my forte,” he said.

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  • Otter Creek Express is more than a little bit country

    Some members of the band Otter Creek Express have been playing together for more than 50 years.

    After different band names and group members they decided on the band name simply because they all live near Otter Creek in Meade County. The named seemed to fit.

    “We’ve settled on this and I think it’s permanent,” vocalist Jack Whelan said.

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  • Oh, fiddle-dee-dee, Scarlet and Rhett are back at the State Theater

    Frankly, my dear, the Historic State Theater will be showing “Gone with the Wind” 8 p.m. Saturday with a few Scarlett-esque surprises.

    The theater aims to recreate the Old South with carriage rides and themed décor.

    Also, southern bells donning period costumes will grace the theater. Stone Hearth Catering will sponsor a free southern pie tasting. 

    Last time the State showed “Gone with the Wind,” it had sell-out crowds.

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  • Taylor-Sickles

    Donald and Nancy Taylor of Elizabethtown and Eddie and Jenny Sickles of Rineyville announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, DeeAnn Taylor and John Sickles.

    The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Central Hardin High School and is currently working on her Bachelors of Arts in psychology at Western Kentucky University. She works for Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

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  • Martin inducted into Hardin County AM Rotary

    David Martin, center, was inducted into membership of the Hardin County AM Rotary on May 6. He is pictured with his sponsor, Bob Wade, on the left and club President Jim Sullivan on the right.

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  • Ask the expert: Home organization

    My favorite part of the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra is reuse. I feel clever and creative when I find new ways to use containers that hold the food and other items I buy at my grocery store. I also feel a little resourceful because I am not spending money on plastic containers from the home organization aisle. In my efforts to go green and save some dough, I have run across some very useful container repurposing ideas that will help you be a proud reuser.

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  • Life or Something Like It

    May marks the month of graduations — from high school, from college, and even from kindergarten.

    I went to the one for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College last week and was reminded of the pomp and ceremony that mark every one of them.

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  • Playing in the Toy Box

    When Katrina Eicher began teaching at what is now Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, students were offered only a one-credit hour course in theater.

    Now the college offers a four-credit hour course each spring semester and claims its own theater group.

    Eicher, professor of communication and theater, founded Toy Box Theatre in 1998 as part of two classes offered for theater and production, covering all aspects of the craft.

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  • Performance anxiety silences the Triple Crown voice

    For the last 10 years, Tom Durkin has been the voice of the Triple Crown on NBC. This year, he voluntarily chose to not renew his contract to announce the three most important horse races of the year. He is very open about the reason he gave up this very important announcing position. He is exhausted by the performance anxiety created by being the voice of such an important sporting event.

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