Aug. 12, Tue.: the county Women's Club meeting, at 7 P.M. at the Farm Bureau Public Meeting Room, 1201 Mt. Eden Rd., Shelbyville.

Aug. 28, Thu.: the monthly County Party meeting, 7 P.M. at Crescent Place Assisted Living (meeting room), 148 Allen Dr., Shelbyville. For more info, contact Chairman Steve Miller at 829-5421.

Sep. 1, Mon.:  Waddy Labor Day Festival, parade through town and picnic at the Ruritan Club.

Sep. 1-4, Mon.-Thu.:  National Convention, to nominate GOP nominees for President and Vice-president, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (see RPK website for more details).

Sep. 8, Mon.:  Taste of Shelby, sponsored by the Chamber, Claudia Sanders Dinner House, 3202 Shelbyville Rd., 5:30 P.M., $30/person.

DATE CHANGED! Sep. 17, Wed.:  Fund-raiser/reception for Brett Guthrie, candidate for US House, 2nd District, 7 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. For more details, please contact Chairman Steve Miller, 502-829-5421.

NEW! Sep. 21, Sun.:  Fund-raiser for Jon Swindler, Shelbyville City Council candidate; 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. For more details, please contact Chairman Steve Miller, 502-829-5421.

Sep. 27-28, Sat.-Sun.:  Finchville Fall Festival

Oct. 4, Sat.:  Bagdad Ruritan Club Fish Fry, 5 to 7 P.M.

Oct. 6, Mon.:  Last day to register to vote in the '08 General Election.

Nov. 4, Tue.:  General Election, polls open from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.

Architect of Canadian health care system admits it lies in ruins

from Investor's Business Daily

... Back in the 1960s, Castonguay chaired a Canadian government committee studying health reform and recommended that his home province of Quebec — then the largest and most affluent in the country — adopt government-administered health care, covering all citizens through tax levies. ... But now he prescribes a radical overhaul: "We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise freedom of choice." More

County says no Sunday alcohol sales

from SentinelNews.com

Once again, the issue of Sunday alcohol sales in the county has been tapped out. The ordinance, which would have allowed liquor to be sold by the glass in county establishments on Sunday, did not pass a second reading on Tuesday at the meeting of the Shelby County Fiscal Court. More

Say cheese and walk a straight line

from the SentinelNews.com

When the Shelbyville City Council created the alcohol tax, it did so with the intentions of using the funds to improve the police department's ability to deal with alcohol-related problems in the city. Council member Mike Zoeller informed the council at its May 8 meeting that he has been working with Police Chief Robert Schutte to find the best use for the money. More

Shelbyville City Council proposes 2008-09 budget

from SentinelNews.com

The Shelbyville City Council brought forward the city's proposed budget for 2008-2009 fiscal year during its meeting on May 8. The budget covers the next fiscal year, July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. The new budget differs little from the 2007-2008 budget, showing a $3 million fund balance carrying forward into the year, with an additional amount estimated at just over $6.9 million expected to be brought in during the year primarily through taxes and licenses, but also intergovernment revenue, services, fines, integovernment transfers and other revenue. More

War hits home with news of son's combat injury

editorial from PaducahSun.com

My plan was to offer you my thoughts on cat ownership this morning. But that all changed Saturday when I sat down at my computer. I opened my e-mail and found a note telling me that an IED blew up my son’s ACV while on patrol somewhere in Afghanistan. ACV is a rather general acronym for Army Combat Vehicle, which is usually armored and comes in a variety of makes, models and sizes. The IED acronym is much more specific — Improvised Explosive Device, a crudely made, yet highly effective, bomb used mainly for roadside attacks. More

Recession is a media myth

by John R. Lott Jr., author of Freedomnomics

During the 2000 election, with Bill Clinton as president, the economy was viewed through rose-colored glasses. According to polls, voters didn’t realize that the country was in a recession. Although the economy started shrinking in July 2000, most Americans through the entire year thought that the economy was fine. ... But over the last half-year, the media and politicians have said we were in a recession even while the economy was still growing. More

Lawmakers finishing work on public pension reform bill

from CourierJournal.com

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Legislative leaders today are expected to finalize details of a proposed public pension reform bill to be taken up in a special session later this month. ... Gov. Steve Beshear, who is traveling in Japan on economic development business, has said he would call a special session for the week of June 23 if legislative leaders could reach an agreement. The Kentucky retirement systems are facing a $26.6 billion funding shortfall. More

The Axis of Idiots

by J. D. Pendry - Sergeant Major, USMC, Retired

Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the runner-in-chief. Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the U.S.S. Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. More

Guthrie for Congress on the issues: Gas prices, government spending, health care, the war on terror

from Guthrieforcongress.com

Brett strongly believes that we must decrease our dependence on foreign oil. He believes that we must expand our domestic oil production by approving environmentaly safe drilling in ANWR and around our nation's coastlines, and increase our refining capacity. ... As a West Point graduate and former officer in the 101st Airborne Division, Brett knows what it takes to fight and win the War on Terror. ... More