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    Honoring Memorial Day 2014.

    Please take a moment this coming Monday to remembering all who died in defense of our nation. photo of Camp Nelson NationalCemetery: File:Camp Nelson NC-2.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    VA still paying last US Civil War pension.

    The US civil war ended in 1865 and the last pension check is still being paid almost 150 years later. VA Still Paying Civil War Pension to Last Living Union Soldier's Daughter
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    People have lived near Stonehenge for over 10,000 years.

    Recent discoveries indicate humans have lived near the Stonehenge monument site much longer than previously believed. Dating back to 8820 B.C. almost 9000 years before Jesus Christ walked this Earth. Stonehenge Find 'Blows Lid Off' Old Thinking - Area was 'the London of the Mesolithic,' says...
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    Migration trends and culture shock.

    I happened across this video of a young man moving to Appalachia from Flint, Michigan to take a new job. Interesting perspective. He should do well after a period of adjustment. Culture Shock! From Flint, Michigan to Rural Kentucky - YouTube
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    Soulful sound from Appalachia. From toilet seats to this...

    Never knew singer Bill Withers was a fellow Appalachian. Withers grew up in the coal mining region of Beckley,WV. A cursory search on Wiki states a 31 year-old Bill Withers was a factory worker building toilet seats for 747's when he wrote "Ain't No Sunshine." Something to think about next...
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    Professional grade.

    Young phenom wows 'em at the Grand Ole Opry. video: Carson Peters and Ricky Skaggs - "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Live at the Grand Ole Opry - YouTube
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    Created in England, perfected by Bluegrass.

    she walks through the corn leadin' down to the river her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun "Fox On The Run" written by Englishman Tony Hazzard and first recorded by English rocker Manfred Mann in the 1960's. This song has become a Bluegrass standard. Tom T. Hall's...
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    Children pulled from sinking van.

    Rescuers speak about their ordeal in pulling small children to safety from the ocean. video: Men That Pulled Children From A Car Driven Into The Ocean By Suicidal Mother Describe What Happened - YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTLUT7uH0M
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    Headed west from the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee? (make that East).

    This is an old Bob Dylan song rewritten decades later with a few new lines. I like the Old Crow Medicine Show version best, but Darius Rucker just made "Wagon Wheel" country music's Song Of The Year for 2013. Rucker has been warmly received in Nashville. This might be the best crossover move...
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    Nine caskets for one family.

    Please check the batteries in all smoke alarms. If your smoke detector is really old, consider replacing it. Nine killed in Muhlenberg Co. fire laid to rest | Kentucky News - WLKY Home
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    This hillbilly can sing when she isn't acting stupid.

    I had never once sat through an entire Miley Cyrus song and listened to her voice. Her Hollywood antics were too much for me to overcome. Today, while sifting through Bluegrass music videos on Youtube, I saw Miley had a video version of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" .... Miley Cyrus - Jolene - The...
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    First deer, then bears, then elk, now horses.

    The wilds of Appalachia bring another road hazard. Wild horses. Wild horses causing problems in eastern Ky. - ABC36 News WTVQ Lexington Kentucky
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    When the FBI comes calling.

    A stern looking young man in a black trench coat rang my doorbell about noon today. He introduced himself as a Special Agent with the FBI and wanted to ask a few questions about a young man of my acquaintance who was seeking a special national security clearance related to advancement through...
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    Rural music

    Still my favorite homespun music, two years in a row. The Danielsons: The Angels Cried - YouTube
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    This Could Be Anyone Of Us.

    Chances are, we all know someone who has fallen from grace. Just a few mistakes in life can leave one in unthinkable circumstances. Hopefully, a local church will bridge the divide and lead Mr. Davis to a permanent resolution from his present difficulties. This man needs a place to call home...
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    Talking Turkey( or how to catch a bobcat).

    Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted. video: Turkey hunter attacked by bobcat in Lincoln Co.
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    Extended stay on Pine Mountain

    Little did I know as I made deliveries in Whitesburg, KY that several college students from the Philadelphia area had become lost on Pine Mountain. It appears their mistake was not allowing enough time to get down from the mountain before darkness fell. All ended well. Lost college...
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    Where the sun comes up about 10 in the morning...Part

    Part of the route I now cover includes Harlan,KY. Deliver lots of 55 gallon drums of DEF for coal trucks and gigantic pieces of earth-moving equipment which use DEF. The coal industry uses vast amounts of industrial gases, special grade oils and lubricants trucked in nightly by drivers such as...
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    I get asked, "Where is Feds Creek, Kentucky?"

    This Youtube video shows portions of the Feds Creek area in Pike County, KY. Many of my childhood classmates made the dangerous school bus ride along Lick Creek Road, across Pompey Mountain, across Ferrells Creek Gap and several other roads really unfit for bus traffic. Most roads had no...
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    Camp Nelson National Cemetery

    Camp Nelson National Cemetery is located in Jessamine County, Kentucky... about 15 miles south of Lexington. As a National Cemetery, any veteran of the US Armed Forces who was discharged under any condition other than "dishonorable" is eligible to be buried at Camp Nelson. Likewise, their...
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