6 - March 1, 2012 News Outlook
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Heaven Is
A Lot Like
Kentucky
By Charles Mattox
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Letters to Editor
Don't you dare look out
your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door
keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when music's gone
Gone
lust close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and Hl be safe and
sound.
Excerpted from the
song, "Safe and Sound',
written at the end of 2011
by Taylor Swift, T Bone
Burnett; and Joy Williams
and John Paul White, of
the musical group 'The
Civil Warsk
The song is featured
on the soundtrack of the
forthcoming movie "The
Hunger Games."
'Tou don't forget the face
of the person who was your
last hope."
Suzanne Collins, author
of the book "The Hunger
Games"
I just re-read the post-
apocalyptic novel, 'qhe
Hunger Games" and its
sequel "Catching Fire" by
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games will
be released as a major mo-
tion picture near the end
of March and I'm betting
all my marbles it will make
a memorable impact on
the entertainment indus-
try for several months to
come.
I won't spoil the story
for you but here's a quick
plot summary:
Katniss Everdeen is a
16-year-old girl growing up
in District 12 in the future,
in a nation called Panem, a
12-district country which
is located in what was
once North America.
A technologically ad-
vanced metropolis called
The Capitol, governs
Panem with an iron fist
over all the 12 districts.
The Hunger Games are
an annual event; punish-
ment from a previous re-
bellion, in which one boy
and one girl aged 12 to 18
from each of the 12 dis-
tricts surrounding the
Edi00:oria/
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Capitol are selected by lot-
tery to compete in a tele-
vised battle in which only
one person can survive.
Katniss volunteers to
take her younger sister's
Prim's place in the Games
after her name is drawn
during the lottery, or The
Reaping, as it is called.
Throughout the story
we learn more about Dis-
trict 12 and that is located
in a place once known as
Appalachia, and its prima-
ry function is to mine coal
for The Capital.
The coal mines are very
deep and called The Seam,
and I imagine in our world
Katniss would be a Ken-
tucky girl.
The story plays heavily
on human emotion under
stress, survivability, loyal-
ty and defiance under the
yoke of oppression.
It is also a story about
how the past effects the
present and the future.
I've been researching
heavily from the Drap-
er Manuscripts and as I
found myself being drawn
into the story of The Hun-
ger Games, I was remind-
ed that the United States
and even the communi-
ties across Kentucky were
once viewed by the British
as subjective colonies to
be used for benefit of The
Crown.
During the Revolution-
ary War, Kentucky fron-
tiersman, Daniel Boone,
lost his brother, Edward
(Oct. 1780) and his son,
Israel (August 1782). Brit-
ish allied Native American
Shawnee and Cherokee
warriors kiUed his son,
James, prior to the Revo-
lutionary War (Oct. 1773).
Even in the face of stag-
gering loss, Boone perse-
vered and pushed onward
and westward in pursuit of
the American Dream.
However Daniel Boone
was considered a Loyal-
ist by many Kentuckians
during the Revolutionary
War and it is knoXvn that
he carried his British Of_
ficer's Commission on his
person during the war.
The point has been ar-
gued by historians for
years and Boone's court
martial, which questioned
his .loyalty to the United
States, was held but result-
ed in complete acquittal of
all charges against Boone.
But,a serious historian
cannot overlook the fact
that later in his life Boone
not only moved from his
beloved Kentucky, but al-
so literally moved out-
side of the boundaries of
the United States in 1799;
when he moved into then
Spanish held territory,
which would later became
Missouri.
Boone's defiance to-
ward Great Britain dur-
ing the Revolutionary
War, and later toward The
United States, is as deeply
rooted in the foundations
of our freedom as those
of any former or current
Kentuckian.
Boone often travelled
along the Ancient Native
AmericanTrails in North-
eastern Kentucky. He ob-
served the Native Amer-
ican symbols marked on
special trees along the
trail and was known to
even carve his name on
trees across Kentucky.
Deer figured promi-
nently among the symbols
carved and painted along
the ancient trails and con-
nected the ancient past of
Kentucky with Boone and
his dream for a better to-
morrow.
Symbolic wildlife imag-
es are as old as the hills
and are deeply rooted in
our past, present, and no
doubt, our future.
We embrace the image
of the American Bald Ea-
gle as thatof"our own".
A Mockinay bird (Ge-
netically altered mocking
bird hybrid) comes to rep-
resent the symbol of deft-
ante, hope and freedom,
with Katniss as she battles
for her life and her human-
ity in The Hunger Games.
The Mockingjay is also
the name of the third book
in the Hunger Games tril-
ogy.
Truth is stranger than
fiction.
Art imitates life and life
imitates art.
As the Capitol officials
say in the Hunger Games
"May the odds be forever
in you favor" Dear Reader.
We would like take this
time to send our heartfelt
thanks to Gary Hunt and
the Owingsville City Coun-
cil. Mr. Hunt asked us to
attend the council meet-
ing to discuss our Preston
Neighborhood Watch. It
was certainly our pleasure
to be invited to the meet-
ing. We were not expect-
ing any kind of recogni-
tion. To our great surprise,
Mr. Hunt and the coun-
cil members presented us
with a check for 8250.00.
This gift is a real start for
our neighborhood watch.
Mr. Hunt had read our sto-
ry, and he knew we were
working on zero dollars.
He and the members had
read that we were trying to
raise money for a "reward
fund." A few months ago,
none of us knew wheth-
er the project could even
get off the ground, much •
less have at least 80 mem- '.
bers, and such caring peo-
ple to donate to our group.
Again, Mr. Gary Hunt, and
the Owingsville City Coun-
cil Members, your gift is
an affirmation of the kind-
ness and humanity that
still exists in the world.
We thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Mike and Jodie Ratliff
Contact Liaisons for
"Preston Area Neigh-
borhood Watch Group"
Bath County
Courtroom 1
Hon. Don Blair
Debbie Little. HEAR-
ING. Admin appt. Surety
waive. Bond set $500. Par-
ties appeared & no objec-
tions to appt
Estate of Frances N
Laux. MH. Motion sus-
tained. Order entered
Estate of Darwin Layne
Rogers. MH. Motion sus-
tained. Order entered
Capital One Bank
(USA), NA VS Roger L Be-
craft. MH. Def FTA. Mo-
tion sustained. Judgment
entered
Security Credit Servic-
es, LLC VS Peggy Blair.
MH. Def FFA. Motion sus-
tained. Judgment entered
Midland Funding LLC,
VS Kimberly Bussell. MH.
Def FTA. Motion sus-
tained. Judgment entered
Midland Funding LLC,
VS Brenda Corey. MH.
Def FlA. Motion sus-
][))i00st]r]i(ct C¢ou]r00t
tained. Judgment entered
Midland Funding LLC,
VS Kerry CrandaU. MH.
Def FlA. Motion sus-
tained. Judgment entered
Midland Funding LLC,
VS James Donahue. MH.
Def wife appeared. Def
granted additional 20 days
to file answer. Motion de-
nied
Portfolio America Asset,
VS Et A1 Charles Donald.
MH. Name amend to Don-
aid Charles, Motion sus-
tained. Judgment to be ten-
dered. Mr. Donald Charles
appeared when not served
w/complaint
Capital One Bank
(U.S.A.), NA. VS Eddie
Fields, Et Al. MH. EA Kim
Price ad. Cont 6/19/12 at
9:00am
Atlantic Credit VS
Gregor Fox. MH. Def
FlA. Motion sustained.
Judgment entered
Midland Funding LLC,
VS Gina Goodpaster. MH.
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