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Let’s talk…What 103 Years Taught Me About a Mother’s Love This Mother’s Day, my mother will turn 103. That number alone invites questions. People want to know her secret—what she ate, how she lived, what she did “right.” But after all these years, I’ve come to understand something different. It wasn’t what she did. It…
Read MoreTammy Reminiscences
Well, I’m behind a few weeks and it seems we have a lot going on in the county. New restaurants, a new gas station with a convenience store that sells great pizza! I have been to big cities, but nowhere compares to home! Sure, we may have to take a little drive to get to…
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I’ve called myself a jack of all trades and master of none, and there’s some truth in that. I tend to be arrogant enough to believe I can learn most things with enough time and effort. Writing, though, doesn’t quite follow those rules. It isn’t something you conquer so much as something you travel with.…
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Let’s talk…What If Better Health Isn’t About Removing Foods—but Adding the Right Ones? For years, health advice has focused on what to cut out. Less sugar. Less fat. Less processed food. And while those recommendations have value, they often leave people feeling restricted—like health is defined by what they can’t have. But what if the…
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Life can be a grand enigma, full of shifting terrain and unexpected turns. It has a plethora of changes and vicissitudes that send us in all directions at once, often before we’ve had time to understand where we are headed. Last week, for many of us – amid the usual noise of life – tax…
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Let’s talk…“When Pain Isn’t Where the Problem Is” A sore shoulder doesn’t always mean a shoulder problem. That may sound surprising, but health professionals say the body doesn’t always signal issues in obvious ways. Sometimes, the location of discomfort is not the location of the concern. This is known as “referred pain”—when the body sends…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just wanted to take a few minutes to commend you on the excellent job you’re doing with reporting the news. As a McCreary County resident, I appreciate your coverage of important and newsworthy articles from here at home. Although your paper is in another town, county and state, we are very close…
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Sibling rivalry, at its best, is a kind of private story, isn’t it? Made up of half competition, half companionship, and the merging of those two worlds is wholly impossible to explain to anyone who hasn’t lived it. Growing up, we kept score on everything. Not just the obvious things – sets on the tennis…
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Let’s talk…What If the Advice You Ignored Is the Very Thing That Could Change Your Life? It’s interesting how quickly something can be said… and how long it can take to be heard. You’ve likely experienced it. A sentence. A comment. A piece of advice. At the time, it didn’t land. You dismissed it, questioned…
Read MoreInform, Not Influence
Inform, Not Influence In today’s politically charged climate, one of journalism’s most invaluable assets – unbiased reporting – can seem to lack restraint. News organizations across the country have, at times, crossed that line. We acknowledge that reality. At Scott County News, however, we strive to remain committed to a different standard. A local one…
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