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I like to keep cookie dough in the refrigerator (or freezer) so I can have warm cookies at the spur of the moment. You can keep almost any cookie dough in the refrigerator for several days, but if you freeze your cookies in whatever size you want before they're baked, you can just whip them out whenever you need them. You don't have to thaw the dough before you bake the cookies, just add a couple minutes to the baking time.

I was wanting something a little different the other night and came up with these delicious Almond Toffee Cookies. They're terrific! See what you think.

Leo H. Johnson, the Republican candidate from Casey County running for the District 24 Kentucky House seat, has come under fire from Republican lawmakers for refusing to withdraw from the race.

Instead, his opponent in the May 18 primary election, M.J. "Bill" Pickerill, withdrew from the race March 12, according to the Secretary of State's office.

"I've had lots of pressure to drop out of the race," Johnson said, adding that "the Republican Party thinks it takes a candidate from Marion County to win this race."

Last season, longtime assistant coach Josh McKay celebrated his retirement at the Roby Dome. This season, the coach has been inducted into the Fifth Region Athletic Directors Hall of Fame.

McKay was inducted in a ceremony before the tip of the region championship game on Tuesday of last week at Nelson County High School.

The longtime Marion County High School boy's basketball assistant coach was part of the 1993 team that won the program's only state tournament. He served the program for 27 years as a head coach and an assistant.

Three days of Spring Break, April 5-7, will be used as makeup days but it's the remaining two days, April 8-9, that the Marion County Board of Education have not made an official decision on.

The school calendar was a primary topic of conversation during last week's school board meeting, but the final decision on Spring Break was tabled because the testing window for local schools could change and that could affect whether the school system uses April 8-9 as makeup days or gives those two days to students as a Spring Break, according to Smith.