Paint Lick News

Hello readers. We've had a great week, huh? The air was just right and no rain for a whole six days and then, the rains came ... but not before I finished tilling the cucumbers in our garden.

The July 4 holiday often brings "bombs bursting in air" and "rockets' red glare," but experts and local authorities advise people to exercise safety when it comes to their own fireworks displays.

Hello readers, what a change! The humidity is gone and while we still have a very warm wind out there this Monday evening of June 29.

Hello from Baldwin, How is everyone's week going? I hope that everyone is having a great one.

Hello readers. It is humid in Paint Lick on this Tuesday morning of June 16, looking very much like another thunderstorm will be popping up later on in the day.

Hello readers, it's a warm and humid Monday evening as I write my column. Where has the time gone? Summer is right here, and with lots of activities for this Paint Lick community.

Richmond emergency personnel secure a Berea woman onto a stretcher Thursday afternoon after a crash on the Eastern Bypass.

Hello readers, It's a muggy Monday evening here in the area, as I write to you from the Friends of Paint Lick.

The Madison County Cancer Society Relay for Life is not until June 19, but 12 of 42 relay fundraising teams got an early start Saturday.

When Loretta, the kids and I first moved to Charlie Brown Road, here in suburban Paint Lick in 1996, one of the first people to welcome us to the neighborhood was Rena Vae Callahan.

A new challenge for a Garrard County family working to get back on their feet after January's ice storm.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Sunday is Mother's Day and to all of our mothers, we say "Happy Mother's Day." When you think about it, a mother's love can be compared to God's love.

Last Saturday marked the first day of what I'd really call a sign of warm weather in the year 2009.

Last Saturday marked the first day of what I'd really call a sign of warm weather in the year 2009.

Hello readers. It's one of those evenings folks, when all I want to do is look out the window and just daydream.

Dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants, Berea Community Elementary School principal Mike Hogg greets students Friday afternoon during his second of three laps from the school to the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea as part of a 9.6-mile ride.

Hello readers. Another small rain shower has just come and gone through the Paint Lick area and from where I sit, there are sunbeams catching the tiny droplets of water that rest on the window sill.

Hello readers, it starting to rain again this Monday evening, after a balmy, yet warm enough start to this week.

Hello readers. I was hesitant about even doing a column this week as it has been a sad time all around and when you have a lot on your mind, it's hard to think straight.

Hello readers. It looks like we will have some right nice weather for this last part of March 2009 and while I had fears of that one last big snow of the winter, I guess that's all it'll be - a fear until this month is gone.