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Coming to the Mountain: Educating the next generation of storytellers
Frameworkby Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times Kentucky calls me home every year. The funny thing is that I’m not from there. But every year for the last 10 years, I still go. In theory I go there to teach, but in reality I go there to recharge. The... -
PASSINGS: Charles Napier, Kenneth Dahlberg, Joel DiBartolo
Charles Napier
Character actor usually played the heavy
Charles Napier, 75, a prolific character actor whose granite jaw and toothy grin earned him tough-guy roles in movies like "Rambo: First Blood Part II," died Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Diseases and Illnesses, Obituaries, Jazz (genre), U.S. Army
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Young woman wants to spread wings in 'A Southern Exposure'
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.Mackenzie Jones can relate to her character, 24-year-old Callie Belle, in Fountain Square Players' presentation of Kelley Kingston-Strayer's "A Southern Exposure." "This 20-something year old is dying to get out of her southern family, spread her...Tags: University of Kentucky, Education, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture
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Casey County's Tylyn and Taylor Leigh are 'perfect' twins
larry@amnews.comLIBERTY — As far as Casey County athletics director Victor Black is concerned, twins Tylyn and Taylor Leigh are the definition of “what a student-athlete” should be for everyone. “They are hard workers in the classroom and in...Tags: Morehead State University, High Schools, Basketball, Sports, Schools
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Trinity's latest graduates ready to 'be a success'
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.Jessica Beyke didn't know if she was going to like tiny Whitesville Trinity High School after transferring there from a public school, but it wasn't long before she fit right in her freshman year. "I really loved it," Beyke said. "Everyone knows...Tags: University of Kentucky, Kelly Clarkson, Education, University of Louisville, Graduation
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Girls got game: Senioritis can't stop Lady Gators, Lady Purples in softball
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.athryn Downing says creating swipes of black war paint beneath her eyes is something she started last season in an attempt to intimidate opposing batters. When Downing wore the war paint, she noticed that the wins came as she pitched for the Bowling...Tags: Bowling, High School Sports, Sports, Julianne Moore, Kentucky High School Athletic Association
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Board approves $44.2M budget
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.The Bowling Green Independent School District board of education on Monday approved a $44,226,011.75 tentative budget for the 2013-14 school budget year that begins July 1. Within that $44.2 million is a general fund budget of $34,868,733. Treasurer...Tags: Bowling, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Sports
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Hulsey commits; Forrest joins staff
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.The Western Kentucky men's basketball family continues to grow. Monday, the Hilltoppers officially added one and got a verbal commitment from another to join the program. Payton Hulsey, a 6-foot-4 guard from Southwind High in Memphis, Tenn., pledged...Tags: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Sun Belt Conference, Basketball, College Sports, Troy Trojans
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SWIMMING: Aragona overcomes shoulder injury and earns D-1 scholarship
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.For Christian Aragona, the road to the Western Kentucky University swim team has been paved with a year's worth of intense therapy and hard work -- and it could well have started at the bottom of a pile of celebrating high-school baseball players....Tags: Physical Therapists, YMCA, Swimming, Health Treatments, College Sports
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DuBose is named executive director
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.The voice is familiar to many people in the 100,000-strong Hilltopper nation. Now, they'll see the face up front more. Rick DuBose, who served as Western Kentucky University's public address announcer for men's basketball and football for nearly 20...Tags: Bowling, Sports, Science, Science and Technology
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Mother, daughter receive degrees on same evening
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.Within about 15 minutes of each other Friday night on the eve of Mother's Day weekend, a mother and her daughter received graduate degrees from Western Kentucky University. About 5:45 p.m., Tamela W. Smith, 49, of Bowling Green, received her hood from...Tags: Philosophy, Mother's Day, Human Accomplishments, Health and Medical Professionals, Teaching and Learning
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Hundreds graduate from SKYCTC
Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky.When Ricky Bibb, 54, of Bowling Green, began taking classes at Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College several years ago, he realized he was the oldest person in his class. "I was scared to death, not knowing if I could do this," he said....Tags: Bowling, Technology, Sports, Graduation, Lobbying
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