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Las Vegas becomes Splashtown in the summer

By Gary A. Warner

I spent many a boyhood summer visiting my aunt in Las Vegas, so it's not just crazy gamblers (OK, mostly crazy gamblers) who venture to Sin City during its blazing-hottest midsummer madness. Just make sure you have a good dip on the Strip (or beyond).

COLUMNISTS

Screamin' Mimi's turns up the heat

By Sharon Thompson
For decades, Mimi Cox of Lexington made a hot sauce that received raves from friends and family. In 1992, her daughter Donna Madden and Donna’s husband, Bill, turned Cox’s recipe into a best-selling Kentucky Proud product.

Merlene Davis

Commentary

Mandela finally removed from U.S. list of terrorists

Merlene Davis

Dignitaries from several countries and entertainment stars from all genres gathered in London on June 27 to wish former South African President Nelson Mandela a happy 90th birthday.

Medicine

Cobbled together

By Sharon Thompson

Before the late-summer heat takes its toll on the fruit crop, farms, stores and markets are full of the prettiest, most delicious berries, peaches and melons. They taste their best when eaten out of hand, but the next-best way to eat berries and peaches is when they're combined with flour and sugar and turned into old-fashioned desserts.

GOOD GARDENS MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS

Hamilton Park residents have a garden culture

Residents value their produce and one another

By Beverly Fortune
Either Hamilton Park attracts gardeners or gardening interests sprout once people move here. Which comes first is hard to say. But it’s easy to say this: Practically every house on the street has vegetables growing in the back yard or flowers in the front.

Facts for the fourth
On Friday, we'll celebrate the country's declaration of independence from Britain on July 4, 1776. Here are a few fun facts about the holiday and U.S. history to help you celebrate. Click here (PDF)

Other Counties

Reptiles, bugs will be there

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Golden Pond, will have Cool and Crawly Critters Day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Woodlands Nature Station. Events will include: UK's Insect Road Show with live giant bugs and spiders, experts from the Louisville Zoo hosting live snake programs, and faculty from Austin Peay University presenting reptiles and amphibians. Events are geared for ages 5 to 12. Admission is $4 for ages 13 and older, $3 for ages 5 to 12; 4 and younger are free. Visit www.lbl.org or call 1-800-525-7077 or (270) 924-2000.

A medal-winning life: 50 years with diabetes

By Mary Meehan
Jennifer Justice is the kind of woman who drives a red Corvette, once ran for mayor of her hometown of Louisa because she thought she knew best, and tells her elementary school students that she is 174 years old.

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