Shelby County Life Magazine : Shelby County, Kentucky

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Viola P. Smith, Hilda Bowles Roberts, Flo Dukes, Laura Estes Horn Rogers, Bertha Bond Jewell, Donald L. Farabee, Marilyn Major, Ralph E. Richardson, Dale Allen Walker, Richard M. Schmidt, Clara Pulliam, Carl Ray "Buster" Douglas, Robert "Bob" A. Brewer, Joyce Murphy Abrams, Beatrice C. Odenweller, Dorothy Mae Young, Joseph B. Whitaker Sr., Darlene Chambers Mickey, Gentry Stivers, George Stone, Edward Earl Hedges, Raydon D'Mon Marshall Hinkle, Ruby Sorrell Toy Aldridge, Nannie Mae Shely Stout, James H. "Pete" Sams, Robert L. Arington, Willard S. Igleheart, Jim K. Loudermilk, Dennis C. Murphy Jr., Juanita Dodd, Ollie Minzer, Linda Rogers Taylor, Patricia "Patty" Carolyn Yates Garmon, Doris Odell Scrogham, Phillip Rogers Spangler, Clarence Bruner, Sandy Lee Wheeler Jeffries, Elizabeth Breeden Aldridge, Emily Marie "Brenda" Hodgens Wallace, Juanita McClellan Torsch, Anna Louise Landers, Anna Mae Hisle Clark, Bobby Ray Yeary, Arabella Hedges Foster, James V. Jones, Lillis Bailey Roberts, Ashley Renae Ford, Louella Hammond Landers, Walter E. Jones, Opal Ann Baker, Dorothy A. Burgin, Elmo Ethington, Dallas R. Tipton, Harold Lisby, Gertrude Tingle Bailey, Samuel Todd Collins, Natanael "Nat" Acosta Hernadez.

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A Slice of Life

Frankfort incident took care of writer's block

For 29 consecutive months the words have flowed with ease. I've always written the next month's "A Slice of Life" first thing after I put an issue to bed. Not this month. My writer's block is writer's blank. At this moment (it's early November), I have no idea what's coming next.

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Feature 1

Mussel man

Don't walk into Jim Hinkle's greenhouse looking for pansies or poinsettias. You'll find a few plants, but they play a supporting role. The real stars of the show are 70 species of mollusks, or mussels, that are hunkered down in black tubs filled with sand and mud and supplied with running water drawn from Elkhorn Creek. Most of the mussels are federally endangered, and some so rare only one of a species has been found. Hinkle's job is to help with the cutting edge research and breeding efforts carried out by the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources to bring rare mussels back from the brink of extinction.

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Feature 2

American Heritage Girls all about service to God and the community

Fifteen years ago, a group of women in Cincinnati got mad when they were told their daughters could not pray during Girl Scout meetings. The ban angered them so much they organized their own program: American Heritage Girls. The group has since grown to 13,000 girls across the country and troops in all but four states

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Feature 3

New book is local man's perspective on life, faith

Greg Jacobs has his hand in lots of things, but he didn't set out to be an author. The Shelbyville banker even tried to shake off the notion at first, but he realized that when God insists, there's not much anyone can do to get out of it -- even someone like Jacobs, who is physically a towering presence over most people. "It was crazy," he said. "I came home one day, June 3, on a Wednesday, and really felt the Lord laying on my heart that I was to write a book."

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Feature 4

Learning -- the gift that lasts a lifetime

Tis the season when children cannot wait to see what gift they will receive from Santa Claus. A bike (that they may outgrow in a year). A video game (that may lose its attraction in a few months). A puppy (that may not be as exciting within a matter of weeks). They also hope to catch a glimpse of the jolly ol' man with his fluffy beard and dressed in his red suit trimmed in white fur.

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