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  • Letters to the editor, Feb. 11

    Marrett is a good Samaritan

    We would like to publicly show our appreciation to Lebanon City Councilman Kenny Marrett for helping supply our home with heaters and propane during this state of emergency. Without his help, we would have had to endure the frigid weather without any means of heat but blankets. We also understand he was forwarding the heaters to the next family in need. He is definitely a kind and compassionate individual.

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  • Coping without electricity

    Editor's note: The following is a news release from the Kentucky Department for Public Health.   The hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians left without electricity from the winter ice storm are strongly encouraged to follow the safety guidelines below from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) to prevent injury, illness or death.   Food Safety -  Refrigerated foods should be safe as long as power is out for no more than four hours. - If an appliance thermometer was kept in the freezer, rea

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  • FEMA coordinating assistance to areas affected by ice storm

    The following is a press release from FEMA:   WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is helping to assist states affected by this week's major winter storm.    Commonwealth of Kentucky An Emergency Declaration from President Barack Obama cleared the way for federal aid for 61 designated counties.      FEMA began moving food, water and industrial-size emergency generators into the commonwealth Thursday morning.

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  • “This isn’t going to be over quickly”

      Editor's note: WLBN, 1590 AM, is back on the air.   Gov. Steve Beshear made a stop in Lebanon Sunday evening and told the crowd gathered at Centre Square something many of them were already painfully aware of… “This isn’t going to be over quickly.”

    The ice storm that hit Kentucky last week is the biggest natural disaster the state has experienced in recent history, and caused the largest power outage in Kentucky’s history, he said.

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  • Friends liked Coconut-Pecan Bars

    My dad was a great eater. He loved good food and was always sending me recipes to try.

    Most of them were desserts as he had a serious sweet tooth.

    He sent me this recipe for Coconut-Pecan Bars and I just last week discovered it in the drawer and got around to trying it.

    It was good and well received by all the guinea pigs that tried it (my poker group.)

    Personally, I thought it was plenty sweet enough without adding the glaze on top but you can see what you think.

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  • Teams scramble to make up games

    Last month's ice storm have teams playing a flurry of games over the next week.

    The Knights will play four games in five days while the Lady Knights will play five games in six days.

    The Lady Knights begin a grueling series of games with North Hardin (19-3) on Thursday night at North Hardin.

    North Hardin is a top three team in the region and ranked 11th in the Litkenhous Ratings.

    Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at North Hardin on Thursday.

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  • More than 400 Marion Countians still without power as of Monday

    Approximately 425 Inter County Energy customers in Marion County are still without power nearly three weeks after the ice storm hit and caused devastating power outages across the entire state.

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  • Mother Nature's icy wrath causes power and water outages

    The ice came. It stayed. It conquered.

    Marion County got hit hard by the winter storm that arrived late Monday, Jan. 26, and early Tuesday, Jan. 27.

    Ice blanketed the county and seemingly everything in it. Flowers, streetlights, trees, power lines and yard ornaments appeared to be encased for several days.

    Emergency personnel ran themselves ragged trying to keep up with the seemingly endless calls.

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  • Don't pick trees solely based on ice storm

    As expected I had several people ask me what was the best tree species to plant in place of the ones being cut down and they want ones that will survive the next ice storm.

    Well, the answer is, there isn't one?

    All tree species sustained damage, however some worse than others.  For instance, "Bradford" pear was destroyed and it's a no brainer to not plant them again, because they also fail in high winds pretty regularly.  

    There are some that were damaged pretty badly but they still have their place in the landscape.

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