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Around the country, schools took different approaches to the speech. In Marion County, schools generally left it up to teachers to decide if they wanted to show the speech.

Chances are each of us reading this article grew up with some interaction with a grandparent. The grandparents from our childhoods or memories probably are similar; we tend to know them as older or elderly, gentle but hard working, perhaps not in good health, maybe retired with leisure time, probably "spoilers", people you visited after church on Sunday or on special days.

Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause.

The Kentucky Court of Justice last week posted a notice of vacancy for the judge's seat in the 11th Judicial Circuit, Division One. The 11th Judicial Circuit includes Green, Marion, Taylor and Washington counties. According to the notice, the vacancy was created when Judge Doughlas George resigned from that position Jan. 31. George will continue to fill that seat as a senior judge until a replacement is named. On a related note, State Rep. Jimmy Higdon issued a statement Monday that "there is a good chance that Sen.