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There is just something about those quiet types, you know.

Not a lot of chatter, not a lot of extraneous noise. When they talk, it's generally to the point.

In the lustrous annals of University of Kentucky basketball, there probably have been few quieter than A'dia Mathies.

That means when she speaks, we'd do well to listen.

She bought her new iPad, paid off her grandfather and even had enough left to purchase another batch of chicks.
Leah Zimmerman, 9, the subject of a front page article in the April 17 edition of The Anderson News that featured her efforts to replace a broken iPad by raising and selling chickens, has hit pay dirt, according to an e-mail from her father, John.
He said they took the chicks to the twice-monthly chicken swap held in the West Park Shopping Plaza parking lot, but rain shortened it and she only sold eight of the 100 chicks she had purchased.

Your home needs a new roof, but you want a new fishing boat.
Your car needs new tires, but you want the latest pair of designer shoes.
Your child needs braces to straighten her crooked front teeth, but you want to continue buying that six-pack of Bud every night — the cumulative effect of which would cover monthly payments on the braces.
And so it goes, mankind’s eternal struggle between eating ice cream or broccoli.

All presenting donors at an American Red Cross blood drive will receive a 20 percent discount on First Aid/CPR/AED & Babysitter Training courses now through May 31, according to a Red Cross news release.
Blood donors must be 17 years old (16 with written parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health on donation day.
Visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/ to register.