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  • Humane society may have your forever friend

    By Jane Sinnett

    Anderson Humane Society

    This is the story of two young adult cats, Pickles, an orange-and-white, and her sister, Pewee, an orange tabby.

    Their days were full and happy with their humans. They lay in the sun, ignored the neighborhood dogs, and slapped lazily at the butterflies as they hovered above them. Life was good.

    Then everything changed. They were bewildered and couldn’t understand when their owners took them to the adoption center.

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  • Fall is making its presence known

    If you haven’t caught a sunrise lately, I sure hope you’ve seen some of our gorgeous sunsets! It’s like watching the final act of a beautiful play. Here on the farm, I have an exceptional view from which to watch the sun go down over the horizon. As fall makes its presence known, the view changes, and so does the time.

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  • Farmers wonder how low calf prices will go

    Cattle producers have benefitted from high calf and feeder prices in the not too distant past.

    More recently, however, cattle markets appear to be weakening, and farmers are wondering just how low the prices could go.

    I don’t think many cattlemen and women are surprised that the cattle market has softened. But I do think that many have been surprised at how quickly things have changed and how much lower prices have gone.

    Calf markets usually reach seasonal lows in October or November.

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  • Versatile spinach is easy to prepare

    Spinach has been a versatile and commonly used vegetable in the United States since the early 1800’s.  It’s easy to prepare and it tastes good raw or cooked.  It can be easily incorporated in many dishes including spaghetti sauce, salads and casseroles.  It’s easy to serve raw in salads, sandwiches or slaw.

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  • End the waiting ­game, investigate county jails

    From the Lexington Herald-Leader

    People who think what happens in county jails is someone else’s problem should think carefully about what happened to a teenage boy, arrested for a traffic violation, in the Grant County Jail in 2003.

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  • The homeless need aid, short and long term

    From The Kentucky Standard

    Sometimes people just need a helping hand — if only for one night. That’s the focus of the Bardstown-Nelson County Ministerial Association’s transient aid program. The program is designed to help people who are passing through our area with food, fuel or lodging for the night, or all three. But the program has currently run out of funds and there is no organization to help these individuals.

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  • Get best advice if starting business

    The Anderson County Extension Service provides assistance to small business development through CEDIK – Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky.

    I serve on the agent advisory council.

    We don’t have funds to help start a small business but we can provide professional help to assist you in developing a viable business plan.

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  • Do chores before snow begins to fly

    Did anyone else feel like winter came up and smacked us in the back of the head this weekend? Talk about a wake up. Just as my body was adapting to the cold, Sunday rolled around and I was sweating in 74-degree weather. October really is a yo-yo month.

    This is the time of year when people seem susceptible to getting sick. How many people do you know who recently got a bug? I blame it on the ups and downs of weather, and our lifestyles. Taking care of you is a much better alternative to getting sick.

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  • Amaze your friends with this very unique use of vodka

    Well, it’s here. Equal days and equal nights just cruised into town.

    Fall marks that slow march into more dark than light, for our non-summer pleasure. October does have its good points. As the chlorophyll levels drop in the leaves, their true colors pop. Bight gold next to crimson red sure makes for a beautiful sight. We also don’t have to mow as much, thought this drought helped us with that one.

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  • Now’s a perfect time to have soil analyzed

    Fall is a great time to take soil samples for fertility analyses.

    Doing it now can allow you plenty of time to follow fertility recommendations before planting season, and that could end up saving you time and money.

    When you receive the soil test results, look at the recommendations for lime and pH, a measure of soil acidity that affects plants’ uptake of all nutrients. If the soil pH is too low, it decreases the uptake of essential nutrients, and elements like aluminum and manganese can become toxic to growing plant roots.

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