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Kern’s Kitchen owner Alan Rupp, right, stands by as employees Elyssa Richey, left, 17, and Kurt Manning package pies for mail order while Marianne Lesher works in the background. Hundreds of businesses gear up for Derby each year, including Kern’s, known for its Derby Pie. See story, page 4.

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arly in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln wrote to a colleague that if Kentucky joined the Confederacy it would mean losing both the war and the nation he loved. At the time, Kentucky was deeply divided between Southern sympathizers, pro-Northern abolitionists and those who supported both the Union and the “right” to own slaves.

Confused? “If you want a good headache, study Kentucky history during the Civil War,” says Louisville author Bryan S. Bush, who is making a career by digging into this fertile field of conflict and contradiction. In his book “Lincoln and the Speeds,” he tells how an 1837 encounter between Joshua Speed, a member of a prominent Louisville family, and Abraham Lincoln began a friendship that helped secure Kentucky for the North and enable its victory.

Lincoln called on his best friend and Joshua’s brother James to be his “eyes and ears” in Kentucky once the war began.

When it became apparent that Kentucky’s state militia was dominated by Confederate sympathizers, Joshua coordinated a clandestine operation with Lincoln to buy and distribute over a period of time about 20,000 weapons along with ammunition to a rival militia of Union loyalists.

In the Kentucky State Legislature, James Speed, an ardent abolitionist and future Attorney General for Lincoln, blocked initiatives by Southern sympathizers and secured laws which favored the North. Meanwhile, Joshua warned Lincoln that freeing Kentucky’s slaves would result in even stronger support for the South.

Bush picks up the theme of divided loyalty in his book “Louisville and the Civil War.” Both the Union and the Confederacy operated recruiting stations in Louisville, and competing militias marched downtown. Union soldiers occupied the city beginning late in 1861, and although it felt threatened

by Confederate forces on several occasions, Louisville escaped conflict. It soon became an important Union supply base and commerce flourished. But Louisville remained largely pro-Southern, and even though it was a major recruiting center for African-American Union soldiers, the slave trade continued on its wharf into 1865.

Bush’s extensive research shines a light on little-known facts about the Speeds and the war as it affected Kentucky and Louisville. His styling is chronological and documentary, and history unfolds with the pace of a page-turning thriller. Footnotes and bibliographies are included in both books.

So far, Bush has penned over a dozen articles and eight books about the war, and he still sees “so many more subjects to write about.” The books can be purchased from his website, www.bryansbush.com. The site also has a schedule of his speaking engagements and times for his guided tours of Cave Hill Cemetery, which focus on the lives and burial sites of prominent Civil War-era figures.

Bush gives lectures about the Civil War, but it is his dramatic readings that most bring history to life. Be prepared for an Courtesy, BRYAN S. BUSH entertaining presentation with Bush dressed Bryan Bush will lead the Civil War in uniforms that are “authentic, right down Walking Tour at Cave Hill Cemetery on to the fabric.” As you might imagine, he has May 18. For details, see listing, page 9. wardrobes colored both blue and gray. R

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Assistant Wine Manager Ben Smith, right, and District Manager Todd Vice of Republic National Distributing offer wine samples at the Taste of Derby Festival in April.

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he Kentucky Derby is a two-minute horse race, but Derby season seems to be getting longer every year.

This year’s celebration officially kicked off on Wednesday, April 18 at Louisville Slugger Field with the Taste of Derby Festival, an annual fundraiser for Dare to Care Food Bank. More than 50 businesses, from Heine Brothers’ Coffee to Martini Italian Bistro, were serving bite-sized samples to 1,000 people who paid $80 a ticket. The Taste of Derby raised more than $100,000 for charity, but it was a reminder that the Kentucky Derby means big business in Louisville. Every patron sampling bread pudding or beef-stuffed mushrooms at one or another booth was a potential customer.

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Alan Rupp, president of Kern’s Kitchen, was dishing out Derby Pie at a booth near the entrance. Rupp’s grandparents, Walter and Leaudra Kern, invented the recipe for Derby Pie at their hotel restaurant in Prospect and patented it in 1968. Rupp joined the company in the 1970s after studying business at Western Kentucky University. Over the last 40 years, he’s watched Kern’s Kitchen go from producing 2,000 pies a year to making 1,500 a day. In all, Kern’s produces more than 120,000 pies a year and the majority of the orders come in during the months leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Kern’s sells most of its pies wholesale to restaurants, hotels and Churchill Downs itself. The company also takes mail orders via its website and through A Taste of Kentucky, a store specializing in Bluegrass-centric products.

Rupp has six regular employees, but after Christmas he usually adds 10-12 people to get ready for Derby. “Derby is like our Mount Everest,” he quips. “We’ve been climbing it for about six weeks now and we’ll be going hard for another two weeks.”

Kern’s Kitchen is just one of hundreds of companies that depend on the Kentucky Derby as an economic engine. In 2001, Wilkerson & Associates studied the race’s financial impact on the city. The study found that people attending the event – including racing fans, horse owners, trainers, corporate sponsors and media representatives – were responsible for more than $137 million in direct spending during Derby week. That spending had a ripple effect, pumping another $80.1 million into the local economy. The expenditures related to the 2001 Kentucky Derby resulted in 3,608 jobs in the Kentuckiana economy, and direct expenditures by travelers accounted for 2,731 of those jobs.

A more recent study by the University of Louisville’s MBA Program estimated the economic impact of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Festival at $127.9 million. With an annual operating budget of $5.7 million that year, the study found that for every $1 spent by the KDF, more than $22 was generated for the Greater Louisville economy. The largest economic impact for a single event was Thunder Over Louisville – with an estimated $56.6 million impact on the local economy – followed by the Pegasus Parade at $22.4 million.

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One of his frequent customers is a State Department employee who sometimes orders as early as September because she needs her Derby party supplies shipped to places like Albania, Germany and the Middle East.

“There are many people like that,” Hassmann explains. “People who we Photos: brianbohannon.com have developed relationships with and Derby is a busy time for Laura Wallace, who offers an array of services through City they come back year after year. We Concierge Louisville, a business she started after working as a concierge at the Brown Hotel. also find the first time somebody has a Derby party out in the desert – nobody knows what the heck they are talking about. But after they’ve Derby hats was the main reason she returned home. Havens been to (a Derby Party), watched the race, bet on their horse, has a workshop in the Hope Mills Building in Germantown, had a few mint juleps and some Derby pie, it becomes an and her hats are being sold at 21c Museum Hotel and the annual event.”

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Derby is the flood that lifts all boats. Unemployment in Laura Wallace of City Concierge Louisville is another enKentuckiana is close to 8 percent, but it seems like every busitrepreneur who built her business on Derby. Wallace says she ness is looking for extra help during Derby week. Hassmann got the idea of being an independent concierge three years says he doubles his work force to nearly 60 people in the ago after losing her position as concierge at the Brown Hotel. months before the race. Jim Davis, owner of Martini Italian During Derby week her former employer kept calling her for Bistro, says it’s important for all the restaurants to have extra help, and she thought there might be an opportunity since staff ready to serve patrons leading up to Derby day. Davis is most hotels don’t have their own concierges anymore. from England but has been in Louisville for 13 years. He says Wallace made a name for herself during her first year in it took him a while to get used to the rhythm of Derby and the business when she was able to procure 12 seats on Milway it affects the restaurant industry. lionaire’s Row for a client just a few days before Derby. She “The thing about Derby day is that everything is calm until charges up to $55 an hour for her services, which include after the last race,” he says. “Then everyone in the city goes everything from getting someone into a jewelry store after out to eat at once. We spend weeks getting ready for that hours to arranging limos. Wallace does business all year, but wave.” things pick up at the beginning of May. Derby also provides opportunities for independent entre “My friends know that Derby week is when I don’t sleep preneurs. Sarah Havens is a Louisville native who studied thefor four or five days,” Wallace says. “There are no dinners or atre and costume design in college and was fascinated by the going out to parties for Laura. When Derby comes I’ll get a lot way people used hats as a form of expression. After working of last minute calls from people who want impossible things for theatre companies in Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, R.I., and it’s my job to try and make the impossible happen.” R Havens decided to start her own millinery company in Louisville earlier this year. She says the tradition of women wearing Contact the writer at Blueshound2000@gmail.com.

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The Musical,” through May 19.

A hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era, this musical comedy is based on the hit movie from 1980 featuring Dolly Parton’s original hit title song along with her Tony Award nominated score.

For more information, call (812) 288-8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com. (Clarksville) MICHAEL POLLAN AND WENDELL BERRY Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7 p.m., $30. Authors Michael Pollan and Wendell Berry will appear together to mark the release of Pollan’s new book,

SPOTLIGHT: THE HUNGOVER GAMES Lynn’s Paradise Cafe is gone, but the Visit our website to read “The Hungover Games remaining businesses and the Future of Barret on Barret Avenue are Avenue,” submitted banding together to by Emily McConville, continue the former The Highlander’s summer restaurant’s tradition intern from duPont of post-Derby events.

Manual High School’s The first “Hungover Communication/Media Arts Games” takes place magnet program. on Sunday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Hungover Games, a play on the popular book series “The Hunger Games,” features food trucks, music and wacky games. For more information, call (502) 583-3377 or visit www.nittygrittyvintage.com. (Highlands)

“Cooked: A History of Transformation.” Admission to the event includes a hardcover copy of the book and a designated place in the book-signing line. For more information, call (502) 896-6950 or visit www.carmichaelsbookstore.com. (Clifton)

SPOTLIGHT: GILDA’S NIGHT OF A THOUSAND LAUGHS

Gilda’s Night of a Thousand Laughs is a benefit for families living with cancer. The event takes place at Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 W. Main St., on Saturday, May 18 at 6 p.m. Local celebrities THURSDAY, MAY 2 who aren’t afraid to play the PEGASUS PARADE fool will join professional Broadway from Campbell to comics, media personalities, Ninth Sts., 5 p.m., Free. The Louisville chefs and local Derby Festival Republic Bank dignitaries. The night also Pegasus Parade returns to downtown Louisville. This year’s includes a cocktail reception, theme is “On the Right Track!” live comedy show, silent The parade will showcase scores auction, hors d’oeuvres and Photo: courtesy, GILDA’S CLUB LOUISVILLE of adoptable animals. Don’t Local comics, celebrities and media personalities partician open bar.

Admission is miss this annual spectacular $75 for premium tickets and pate in Gilda’s Night of a Thousand Laughs, an event that event! For more information, raises funds to help those with cancer. Above, the group visit www.kdf.org. (Downtown) $125 for VIP. For more information, call (502) 583-0075 from the 2012 show gathers onstage.

10TH ANNUAL TASTE OF or visit www.gildasclublouisville. (Downtown) THE OAKS Galt House Hotel, 140 N. Fourth St., 6 p.m., $75 per person-$850 (table of 10). Enjoy an evening of tasting delicious cuisine and sampling the finest bourbons, wines, specialty spirits and beers. Guests experience the excitement of the Oaks and Derby festivities with table seating for everyone, live music, dancing and bidding on a variety of unique silent auction items.

Dress is smart casual. Proceeds provide essential medical rehabilitation therapy to children with special needs treated at Easter Seals Pediatric Rehab Center. Guests must be age 21 or older to attend. For more information, call (502) 584-9781 or www.eastersealslouisville. org. (Downtown)

WOMEN WHO WRITE Highlands/Shelby Park Branch Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Free. The monthly meetings of Women Who Write offer women writers the opportunity to meet, read and critique, share ideas and create new work. More info at (502) 541-4670. (Highlands) FRIDAY, MAY 3 FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Downtown Art Zone, Main and Market streets, 5 p.m.-11 p.m., Free. This monthly event showcases the art galleries on East Market and other parts of downtown. Park the car

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For more information, call (502) 583-1671 or www.firstfridaytrolleyhop.com. (Nulu/Downtown) SATURDAY, MAY 4 27TH BILLY’S BURGER BASH Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., 11 p.m., Free. Varanese restaurant will host the “27th Annual Billy’s Burger Bash” from Saturday, May 4 to the wee hours of Sunday, May 5. The party is open to anyone who has energy left after several weeks of Derby festivities. A simple, late-night menu of appetizers, bar bites, burgers and fries will be served

along with drink specials, and live entertainment by Lamont Gillispie and 100 Proof will be featured. For more information, visit www.varanese.com.

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AN AFTERNOON OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 3 p.m., Free ($5 suggested donation). The Mike Tracy Brazilian Ensemble celebrates the music of Brazilian masters and contemporary composers/artists.

The ensemble specializes in performing the many varied styles and rhythms that are unique to Brazil. The ensemble is led by saxophonist Mike Tracy, Director of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program at the University of Louisville, and features Brazilian percussionists Lourenço Vasconcellos and Bruno Souza with pianist Diego Lyra Medieros. Joining the group are guitarist Brandon Coleman and bassist Luke McIntosh from Australia. For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater. com/. (Iroquois) TUESDAY, MAY 7 INDOOR FLEA MARKET American Legion Iroquois Post, 800 W. Woodlawn Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. The Indoor Flea Market takes place every Tuesday. Lunch is available for $2. Table rental is $5. For more

information, call Paul at (502) 968-2593. (Beechmont) WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 THE BODY-MIND-SPIRIT CONNECTION Gilda’s Club of Louisville, 633 Baxter Ave., 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Free. Learn how the mind-bodyspirit connection can affect the healing process and reduce the stress of cancer in two free discussions with international speaker, retreat leader and full-time oncologist Dr. Rob Rutledge. On Wednesday, May 8, Rutledge will present “The Body-Mind-Spirit Connection: Making a Difference on the Cancer Journey.” Learn scientifically proven healing techniques, how to empower the body and how to work with difficult emotional issues. The “Skills for Living” seminar takes place Saturday, May 11, 9 a.m.-Noon.

For more information, (502) 583-0075 or visit www.gildasclublouisville.org. (Highlands) FRIDAY, MAY 10 18TH ANNUAL GARDENERS’ FAIR AT LOCUST GROVE Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., $3 children/$6 adults. More than

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED PARKS VOLUNTEER PROJECT Iroquois Park, 10 a.m.-Noon, Free. Help preserve “Louisville’s Yellowstone.” Gloves, tools, guidance and refreshments will be provided. Dress for working outdoors. For more information, (502) 456-8125 or visit olmstedparks.org. (Iroquois)

SPOTLIGHT: THE LVAA 3RD ANNUAL BACON BALL The Louisville Visual Art Association’s “Bacon Ball” takes place at Oxmoor Farm, 720 Oxmoor Ave., on Saturday, May 18 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The farm is located just behind Oxmoor Mall. Ten restaurants will be competing for the Bacon King Award by serving samples of their best pork-inspired dishes. There will also be local beverages, music and a silent auction.

Admission is $30 for LVAA members ($50 per couple) or $40 for non-members ($70 per couple). Group rates are available.

Proceeds from the Bacon Ball benefit LVAA programs. Since the event takes place on the farm, no stilettos are allowed. For more information, call (502) 584-8166 or visit louisvillevisualart.org. (Oxmoor) 80 vendors with flowers, herbs, perennials, gardening tools, artistic and practical accessories, antique yard furniture and other delightful finds will be at the Gardeners’ Fair. A silent auction with art, antique and unique handmade items will be featured, and quality food will be available. The fair continues through Sunday, May 12, when a Mother’s Day Brunch takes place. For more information, or to make reservations, call (502)

897-9845 or visit www.locustgrove.org. Blankenbaker.

SATURDAY, MAY 11 MEMORIAL DAY VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Baxter Jack’s, 427 Baxter Ave., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., $20. This Memorial Day Volleyball Tournament runs through Sunday, May 12. There will be a Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Men’s C Doubles, Coed C Sixes, and Coed B and C Doubles. For more information, or to enter your team, call Heather at (502) 5823530 or visit www.baxterjacks. com. (Highlands) BEECHMONT FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS L&N Federal Credit Union, 4700 Southern Pkwy., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Free. Beechmont’s annual celebration of spring. The Festival of Flowers features flowers, bedding plants, crafts, pottery, gardening demonstrations, music and food. Call (502) 3614952. (Beechmont) LOW COST ANIMAL CLINIC Salvation Army, 1010 Beecher St., 9 a.m.-Noon, Free. Metro Animal Services and Council-

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woman Marianne Butler are offering low cost clinics to make sure your pets are protected!

Metro Animal Services’ staff veterinarian will administer rabies vaccines and implant microchips at affordable prices.

Citizens can also license their pets. Services: license, $9.50/ $50.50 (unaltered pets); rabies shots, $8 (1 year); and microchips, $25. Senior citizens receive a discount on license fees. For more information, call (502) 361-1318 or visit www. louisvilleky.gov/animalservices/.

(Shively) 7TH ANNUAL CEDAR LAKE ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR Cedar Lake Lodge, 3301 Jericho Road, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Free. Cedar Lake’s 7th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair is a family fun-filled day of festivities, with handmade arts and crafts, free hourly door prizes, food, games, face painting and more. For every art supply donation, you will receive a free handmade gift made by local residents. All proceeds support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information, call (502) 222-7157 or visit cedarlake.org. (LaGrange)

STAGEONE PRESENTS CHARLOTTE’S WEB Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, 501 W. Main St., 11a.m. and 2 p.m., $14.75. In this beautiful play about friendship.

Wilbur, an irresistible young pig, befriends a barn spider named Charlotte. When a bleak message is delivered regarding Wilbur’s fate, Charlotte begins spinning winning words into her web to save Wilbur’s life.

The campaign proves to be victorious, thanks to Charlotte and her web. Recommended for ages 4 and up. For more information, call (502) 584-7777 or visit www.kentuckycenter.org.

(Downtown) BUY LOCAL FAIR Louisville Water Tower, 3005 River Road, 2 p.m.-8 p.m., Free ($5 parking per vehicle). The Louisville Independent Business Alliance, in conjunction with Grasshoppers Distribution, will host the 5th Annual Buy Local Fair on Saturday, May 11.The fair will host a variety of local businesses, musicians, artists and craftspeople, chefs, community organizers and farmers.

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(Crescent Hill) PENNIES FROM HEAVEN GALA St. Gabriel Catholic Church gym, 5505 Bardstown Road, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., $25. Dinner, silent and live auctions, music and a penny contest will all benefit the programs of Fern Creek/ Highview United Ministries. For more information, (502) 7629608 or visit www.fchum.org.

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WRECK-IT RALPH Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 8:30 p.m., Free. Rated PG; 101 minutes; Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game’s perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. The problem is, nobody loves a bad guy. But they do love heroes ... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com. (Iroquois)

SUNDAY, MAY 12 MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH CELEBRATION The Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $17.50 (children 6-12)-$35 (adults). The Muhammad Ali Center and Jarfi’s Catering are partnering for the First Annual Mother’s Day Brunch Celebration. Chef Jarfi will serve up a delectable, healthy buffet that will appeal to moms and entire

SPOTLIGHT: “AWAKEN” The Green Building Gallery, 732 E. Market St., presents “AWAKEN,” an exhibition of new paintings by Gibbs Rounsavall. The show runs through Friday, May 24.

Rounsavall says the new work was inspired by the birth of his daughter, Edie, in 2011. The development of the paintings mirrors that of the artist’s daughter. Each painting in the series is more complex than the one preceding it.

Through movement and rhythm, the canvases become energized with a sense of harmony, a pulse, a life of their own. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday; and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday. For more information, call (502) 561-1162 or visit www.thegreenbuilding.com. (Nulu/Downtown)

families. Children 5 years of age and under are free. A 10 percent discount is available for Ali Center members. For more information, visit alicenter.org or call (502) 992-5305. (Downtown) ART AND ARTISTS OF CAVE HILL CEMETERY TOUR Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Ave., 1 p.m., $15. Discover the art and artists that make Cave Hill Cemetery unique, with historian and author Steve Wiser.

For more information, call (502) 451-5630 or visit cavehillheritagefoundation.org. (Highlands) DERBY CITY BRASS BAND Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 3 p.m., Free ($5 suggested donation).

The Derby City Brass Band was formed in January 2002. Its founding members were brass band veterans, having played in other brass bands, including the well-known Advocate Brass Band in Danville and the Commonwealth Brass Band of Southern Indiana. Unlike the Advocate Brass Band, The Derby City Brass Band is established in the traditional British-style, utilizing E-flat soprano and B-flat cornets, B-flat flugelhorns, E-flat tenor horns, B-flat baritones, B-flat euphoniums, B-flat tenor and bass trombones, tubas and percussion. For more information, visit www.nabba.org or www.iroquoisamphitheater.com.

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festival will feature renowned experts on meditation and compassion. Programs include daily guided public meditations, keynote addresses, films, and a dedication to Thomas Merton in his own voice. Ticket information and a schedule of events is available at www. festivaloffaiths.org. For more information, call (502) 5833100. (Downtown) OPEN HANDS WELLNESS CLINIC Grace Immanuel United Church of Christ, 1612 Story Ave., 10 a.m.-Noon, Free. Empty Vessels Healing Ministry is sponsoring the Open Hands Wellness Clinic on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Services include acupuncture, massage therapy, zero balancing and cranial sacral therapy. Care is provided by licensed and certified therapists. For more information, contact Rev. Karen Barth at (502) 589-7373 or emptyvessels1@gmail.com.

(Butchertown) FRIDAY, MAY 17 OLD LOUISVILLE SPRINGFEST Old Louisville between First Street and Ormsby Avenue, 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Free. The Old Louisville Neighborhood Council

and District 6 Councilman David James present the 2nd Annual Old Louisville SpringFest. The festival is a Parisian-style flea market with local vendors and associations selling their unique wares and services, with art, antiques, architectural remnants, fortunetelling and more. Food and drink will be available along with entertainment and music for the whole family. The festival continues on Saturday, May 18, Noon-1p.m., with a dedicated KidsZone for children 12 and under. For more information, visit www.oldlouisvillespringfest.org/. (Old Louisville) SATURDAY, MAY 18 CIVIL WAR WALKING TOUR OF CAVE HILL CEMETERY Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Ave., 9 a.m., $15. Learn about the cemetery’s connections to the Civil War with Bryan Bush, author and Civil War historian.

More info at (502) 451-5630 or cavehillheritagefoundation.org.

(Highlands) BARDSTOWN BOUND Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue, Noon-Whenever (Trolley runs 2 p.m.-10 p.m.), Free. The Highland Commerce Guild celebrates the beginning

of summer with Bardstown Bound. The shops, restaurants and bars of the Highlands will host an exciting evening of shopping, sampling and saving along Louisville’s favorite commercial strip. Sidewalk shopping and sales will be featured all day, with live music, more local bands, more Bubbly Hour Spots, a Bambi Walk and a Highland Chicken Dance, 5 p.m. at Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway. Visit www.bardstownbound.com. (Highlands) SIDE-BY-SIDE CELEBRATION Portland Promise Center, 1831 Baird St., 5:30 p.m., $75.

Portland Promise Center’s annual fundraising event is the “Side-by-Side Celebration.” It consists of a dinner, a program presented by neighborhood children and a silent and live auction. WHAS-TV’s Rachel Platt is this year’s emcee. For more information, call (502) 776-2635 or visit www.sidebyside.portlandpromise.org. (Portland) SUNDAY, MAY 19 FOREST FEST BLUEGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL Jefferson Memorial Forest, 11a.m.-8 p.m., Free (parking is CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE *

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2013 FESTIVAL OF FAITHS Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 W. Main St.; Galt House Hotel, 140 N. Fourth St., Times and costs vary. The Center for Interfaith Relations’ 2013 Festival of Faiths takes place from Tuesday, May 14 to Sunday, May 19. This special Festival of Faiths will help prepare the community for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Louisville, May 19-21. The

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New2Lou, a social resource for newcomers, and Hawthorn Beverage Group, a leader in spirits consulting and marketing, will host “Bourbon 103” on Friday, May 24 at 6 p.m. This class is the third event in the Bourbon Education Series. It takes place at Moonshine University, 801 S. Eighth St. Tickets are $40 per person. Space is limited. The event is supported by Old Forester, High West Distillery & Saloon, Wild Turkey Bourbon, Woodford Reserve, and Bourbon Built. For information and tickets, visit www. new2lou.com, http://new2lou. eventbrite.com/ or email Stacey Servo at sservo@ new2lou.com.

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$10). Come on out to the Jefferson Memorial Forest for a great day filled with music, handmade crafts, fun events and activities for the entire family. For more information, call (502) 368-5404 or visit memorialforest.com.

(Fairdale) WILDLIFE BABY SHOWER Faith Community Church, 7611 Rose Island Road, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., $5 or donated item from Second Chances’ wish list (children ages 2 and under are free).

Second Chances Wildlife Center is hosting their second annual Wildlife Baby Shower fundraiser.

Come see wildlife babies up close and learn about local wildlife. There will be live music, raffles, a silent auction, treats to eat, nature items for sale and activities for the family. The event is at Gingerwoods Event Hall. (Prospect) THE LOUISVILLE WINDS Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, 3 p.m., Free ($5 suggested donation).

The Louisville Winds, founded in March 2011, is an adult community band with members from the Louisville metropolitan community and surrounding area. The band was born of a desire by musicians seeking an opportunity to continue playing their instruments in a concert band setting. Louisville Winds is committed to performing a wide

variety of significant literature for concert band. The ensemble is comprised of musicians from varying careers and backgrounds – a large number are educators with Jefferson County Public Schools, others have music-related careers, some are music students or retired educators, and many are musicians with non-music-related careers. For more information, visit www.iroquoisamphitheater. com/. (Iroquois) MONDAY, MAY 20 SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE League of Women Voters, 115 S. Ewing St., 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Free. The community is invited to a panel discussion with Chief Juvenile Defender Peter L. Schuler, members of the Louisville Metro Public Defenders Office and Judge Joan Byer.

For more information, call (502) 895-5218. (Crescent Hill) THURSDAY, MAY 23 ABBY ROAD ON THE RIVER Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 4 p.m.-11 p.m., $24-$199.95. The organizers of Abbey Road on the River, the world’s largest Beatles tribute festival, are proud to announce a partnership with the Muhammad Ali Center, a multicultural with an award-winning museum experience dedicated to the life

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of the iconic symbol of peace, well-being and inspiration.

Many of the 50 world-class bands will travel to Louisville for this year’s Abbey Road on the River, which takes place Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27. Festival ticket holders will receive discounted admission to the Ali Center throughout the weekend. Those who visit the center will be entered to win door prizes, including a Grestch guitar and a signed photograph of Muhammad Ali. Attendees to the Ali Center will also be able to participate in the “John Lennon Songwriting Contest” as well as the “Give Peace a Chance” sing-along. For more information, call (502) 9925334 or visit www.arotr.com.

(Downtown) WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 WFPK WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY Big Four Lawn, Louisville Waterfront Park, 6 p.m., Free.

The WFPK Waterfront Wednesday Concert Series is a monthly live concert that showcases local and emerging national recording artists. Each free concert attracts large audiences to mingle, dance and enjoy the river in a family-friendly park atmosphere with a cash bar and upscale festival fare. The concerts take place on the last Wednesday of every month, April through September. For more information, call (502) 814-6500. (Downtown) THURSDAY, MAY 30 THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 6 p.m., Free. “The Revolutionary Optimists,” by Maren Grainger-Monsen and

RESUME LAB Fairdale Branch Library, 10620 W. Manslick Road, 6 p.m., Free. The South Jefferson Neighborhood Place and the Fairdale Branch Library will host a Resume Writing Lab on Monday, May 6. This event is prior to the Job Connect which takes place at the same location on Thursday, May 9. Come and put together a “power” resume and get ready to interview with local companies.

For more information, call (502) 375-2051. (Fairdale) TRAVELOGUE BY MAUKTIK KULKARNI Iroquois Branch Library, 601 W. Woodlawn Ave., 6 p.m., Free.

Mauktik Kulkarni, neuroscientist and author of “A Ghost of Che,” will present findings from his recent round-the-world trip. For more information, call (502) 574-1720. (Iroquois) HOW-TO FESTIVAL Main Library, 301 York St., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Free.

The How-To Festival returns to the Main Library on May 11. The five-hour festival includes 50 presentations. Topics include: how to grow the hottest peppers in your neighborhood; how “office yoga” can help you through your workday; how to buy a motorbike or scooter; how to dance the tango; how to juggle; and how to get started sailing. For more information, call (502) 574-1611. (Downtown) INTERNATIONAL VOICES BOOK DISCUSSION Bon Air Branch Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, 7 p.m. Free.

Bon Air will host a discussion of “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese on Tuesday, May 14. Twin brothers born in Ethiopia of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon are bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine.

For more information, call (502) 574-1795. (Bon Air) ACT BOOT CAMP Crescent Hill Branch Library, 2762 Frankfort Ave., 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Free.

Learn to make the best choices on all sections of the exam and use stress-reducing techniques to decrease anxiety. This class is offered on Saturday, May 18. Sign up required. For more information call (502) 574-1793. For more information, call (502) 574-1793. (Crescent Hill) SCANDALOUS STUDIES: ISAAC NEWTON, ALCHEMIST Highlands/Shelby Park Branch Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, 5 p.m., Free.

This series will teach things that teens would never learn in school! For more information, call (502) 574-1672. (Highlands) For information on these events, or any others at the Louisville Free Public Library’s 18 branches, visit www.lfpl.org or call (502) 574-1611.

Nicole Newnham, is part of the Muhammad Ali Center Metamorphosis Film Series in partnership with Community Cinema, ITVS, and PBS. In the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta, a lawyer turned social entrepreneur is empowering young girls and boys to take an active role in transforming their own lives. Through arts programs and hands-on activities, these young girls and boys have

brought clean drinking water and improved sanitation to their slums. For more information, call (502) 992-5334 or visit alicenter. org. (Downtown) FRIDAY, MAY 31 F.A.T. FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Frankfort Avenue between Mellwood and Story avenues, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Free.

Businesses in the Crescent Hill and Clifton neighborhoods open their doors at the end of each month for the F.A.T. Friday Trolley Hop. Ride the trolley to see art exhibits, sales and entertainment. For more information, visit www.fatfridayhop.org.

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Running the Risk

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t was a snap heard ‘round the world – the night U of L player Kevin Ware’s tibia burst through flesh and sinew in the court battle for the Elite Eight win over Duke.

We all felt it, those who saw it couldn’t look away. It was a lesson in anatomy and odds, a perfect storm that had to occur between body, bone and impact.

How could this happen? There was nowhere else for a thin bone to go but out.

And though the bone was shattered, the dream was not. As surgeons were binding Ware’s leg, the nation pulled together in an empathetic sweep that stunned even those who couldn’t care less about the Final Four.

These young athletes – with legs longer than most of us are tall – sprint, dodge, and often become airborne. Maybe it’s a bone like the tibia that links human athletes to our equine superstars. Like ... fillies.

Eight Belles.

With compound fractures in both front legs, the filly stumbled into death after finishing second in the 134th Run for the Roses.

Sorry to cast such darkness over a time when our city is spread before the eyes of the nation. My traditional and cultural side enjoys the first Saturday in May, as flowers, hats, bosoms and bourbon flow throughout the Commonwealth. I’m not really a track person any other time of the year – kind of like basketball, I’m not into it until the big playoffs.

At the core of this uneasy feeling is the health and welfare of our beautiful animals, the horses that so many hopes and so much money is riding on. All on those fragile legs.

Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins wrote of Eight Belles, “She ran with the heart of a locomotive, on champagne-glass ankles.” Citing the racing industry, Jenkins claimed, “Thoroughbred racing is in a moral crisis, and everyone now knows it.”

True, the sheer expense and dedication to the breeding and upkeep of these animals borders on celebrity status and is an income generator. But those who don’t make the cut are part of another story.

Ferdinand.

How this 1986 Kentucky Derby winner was shuffled through auctions, sold to Japan for breeding, and ultimately slaughtered – in the name of either pet food or meat for human consumption – should be a humiliating nightmare for our country.

Thankfully, the annual Ferdinand’s Ball raises funds and awareness for PHOTO: BRIANBOHANNON.COM Old Friends, a thoroughbred retireCreator, now retired at Old Friends, is one of the ment facility in Georgetown, Ky., first two stallions ever to be returned from stud begun by former Boston Globe film duty in Asia to the U.S. for retirement. critic Michael Blowen in 2003 after hearing the news of Ferdinand’s demise.

Kevin Ware was a sports hero before and after his injury. The camaraderie of his team was the story, with images that brought tears. And the waterworks will flow this year as I sing “My Old Kentucky Home.” I cry every time – all those toothy ladies in hats, half-naked people in the infield, dandies in their seersucker, and muddied jockeys will blur beneath my tears until the gates fly open.

This lady does not want to weep anymore, mourning the destruction of another horse.

I don’t want to see that damned tent driven onto the track, while everyone fumbles with their racing forms and downs their drinks, looking away, anywhere but the track.

Mud clots fly beneath a field of super-powered thoroughbreds. Sneakers squeak on shining hardwood courts. For humans, the risk is fresh and ready to be taken to victory.

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Summer Drama and Art Camps for Children/Teens Professional director and theatre educator George Halitzka is offering a variety of week-long day camps this summer.

“Mystery at the Mansion” allows rising 7th-11th graders to rehearse and perform a classic “whodunit” mystery in an actual mansion. The action takes place June 24-28 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Conrad-Caldwell House, 1402 St. James Court, in Old Louisville. Tuition is $145 for the week.

“Drama & Visual Art Camp” is a fullday camp offered in partnership with the Louisville Visual Art Association. Children completing grades 3-5 explore visual art in

the mornings and drama in the afternoons at The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., June 17-21 or July 8-12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Visual art classes are taught by Janet Britt. Tuition is $220 per week.

Three additional camps will be held at St. James School, 1818 Edenside Ave., in the Highlands: “Center Stage Drama Camp,” for rising 3rd through 7th graders, runs July 15-19 from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Campers learn basic acting skills and perform a short play onstage. Tuition is $155.

At “Comedy Improv Camp,” July 22-26, 9 a.m. to noon daily, rising 7th-11th graders learn the basics of comic acting without a script. Tuition is $155.

“Movie Makers Film-making Camp” provides a unique opportunity to act and

work behind the scenes on a short digital film. Designed for rising 3rd -7th graders, this camp runs July 29-August 2 from 9 a.m. to noon daily. Tuition is $165.

To register, visit www.dramabygeorge. com/register, or call (502) 718-5090.

Saint James Art Show Poster Competition The 57th annual St. James Court Art Show, scheduled for October 4-6, 2013, in Historic Old Louisville, has announced its annual Poster Design Competition. The winner will receive a $2,000 cash prize and two tickets to the Sixth Annual St. James Court Art Show Gala, benefiting the Louisville Zoo, on Saturday, September 28.

Entries must be original designs that reflect the feeling of the St. James Court Art Show and Historic Old Louisville. The entry fee is $20 per entry. The deadline to enter is 7 p.m., June 14, 2013. The winning design will be chosen June 23.

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n Saturday, April 6, 2013, a dedication took place for The Victor Mature “Hometown Hero” mural, recently installed on the south facade of the Derby Dental Laboratory building, 1303 S. Shelby St. The Greater Louisville Pride Foundation has worked with local sponsors since 2001 to display images of “Hometown Heroes” on buildings throughout the community to honor current and former Louisville residents who have been recognized for excellence in their fields. Mature’s mural is the 21st image in the series. It features the actor with Jean Simmons, an actress with whom he appeared in numerous films.

During his career, Mature was a popular leading man who starred in movies such as “Samson and Delilah” (1949), “The Robe” (1953) and “Hannibal” (1960). Over the years, he returned home to Louisville to premiere his films, most notably “One Million B.C.” (1940) at Loew’s Theatre – now The Louisville Palace – on Fourth Street.

Mature grew up in a house at 500 Camp St. He is buried in St. Michael Cemetery in Germantown.

Attending the dedication was Julia Mature, the actor’s first cousin, who lives in Audubon Park. Julia is pictured here with Charles “Chip” Rogalinski, president of the Shelby Park Neighborhood Association. Also in attendance was Don White, who appeared with Mature in the film “House of Dreams,” and Reed Nunnally, who represented Derby Dental Laboratory, among others. R PHOTO: Courtesy, Steve Wiser

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St. Nicholas Academy students in grades 3-8 presented “Charlotte’s Web” at Iroquois Amphitheatre on Friday, April 12 and Sunday, April 14. The students worked many long hours practicing and were very proud of their performance. The play, produced by Principal Kathy DeLozier and directed by Kathi Ellis, was well attended and considered a success. Pictured, from left, are Natalie Schneider, Maggie Komp, Alexandra Rapp, Abigail Recktenwald, May Willcox, Collin Bell, Aubrey Crowell, Karena Cash and Hanna Cambron. St. Nicholas Academy is located at 5501 New Cut Road.

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Orders Being Taken for Memorial Paver Stones Orders are now being taken for memorial paver stones to be placed within Hal Warheim Park, at 1832 Overlook Terrace in the Belknap neighborhood. The purchase of a Hal Warheim Memorial Paver Stone is a unique way to commemorate a friend, family member or special occasion while helping to preserve the park.

The paver stones are inscribed as directed and installed in the park’s pavilion each spring. Proceeds go toward park maintenance and improvements.

This year the park hopes to meet its goal of 20 new paver stones. The cost of one paver stone is a tax deductible contribution of $100. Orders must be received by May 15, 2013, for installation this year.

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rofessional artists often struggle with balancing the responsibilities of being true to their creativity and sustaining a manageable gallery space. Mary Levinsky is making a home for artists who may have the wares but not the space. Loosely based on the format of an artists’ collective, Block Party Handmade Boutique, which Levinsky opened downtown on Fourth Street in April, offers space – as small as a shelf or as large as a chunk of floorspace – and creates a community all at the same time.

“The cooperative business model of it reminds me of a block party because everyone pitches in together to make it work,” says Levinsky, who started her art career as a member of Louisville’s Female Art Collective and cultivated some deep and authentic relationships with other artists based on mutual trust and cooperation. “Growing up in my neighborhood [in eastern Pennsylvania], every summer we’d have a block party, and my friends and I would make friendship bracelets and everyone would bring food.” The boutique runs on a “micro rental space agreement,” which

means that each of Block Party’s 65 artists can rent his or her own block of space, as well as put in eight hours a month helping to run the place. To Levinsky, this hands-on approach reinforces the community that she sees disappearing before her eyes. “With people socializing on the Internet and everything, this brings people together; they have to work in person as a community. My favorite part of this has been making the connections and bringing people together. It’s really exciting for me.”

As a businesswoman and art curator, Levinsky strives for balance, maintaining a limited number of vendors in each category. “I want a wide variety of products,” she says, noting that the boutique features about 10 jewelry artists and three who work in ceramics. “It’s enough to have variety, but not enough to make it competitive within the store,” she says. “It looks like a boutique, but you can tell each section is a different artist and we merchandise it like you would an art show.”

Levinsky visualizes Block Party as a place where people can not only look and shop but can also indulge their own muses. There are plans for a shared studio space for

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the shop’s artists, as well as Levinsky, center, shows artists Karen Abney, left, and Kristen Warning how to make a sale while working workshops in such out-of-thetheir co-op hours. Both artists rent space in the ordinary techniques as transstore; Abney creates urban folk art and Warning ferring photos onto wood and does landscape and equine photography. Below, bookmaking (not the wagering Christina Robinson’s figurines and block paintings kind). “I’m really excited about are on display alongside other artists’ works. the workshops because I’m 27 and I feel like I’m getting to that age when I want to be active when I’m socializing – not going to bars.�

When not at the boutique, Levinsky lives in the Highlands with her spouse, Aaron, a psychology doctoral student at Spalding University, and their pug, Ethel. While at home, she keeps busy with her own unique creations: hand-painted animal-themed masks. “Last year I sold over 400 of them on Etsy,� she says proudly, adding that her handiwork has appeared in music videos and even a BBC documentary. “The masks’ success helped me build the confidence that I wanted, to help people on ways they could be successful too.�

And while Levinsky hasn’t abandoned her interest in art therapy (she holds a degree in psychology and studio art from U of L), she says it’s “something I can do when I’m older.�

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and Afghanistan Veterans Association, 97 percent of VA claims are still on paper, not yet processed. In 2012, 10,000 veterans n old-school reporter at the Detroit Free from these doomed wars die while Press once remarked that he would rather waiting on claims. One veteran write a straight news story (who, what, when, where, why) each day for a month than write a last year committed suicide and his claim was approved two single monthly column. weeks later. On average, there I understand. is a 600-day wait between Not that anyone particularly gives a damn, the time veterans’ benefits are but this is what my life as a columnist of over 300 opinions in this community looks like. I roll applied for and received. This is an average. Some veterans wait almost myself onto my left elbow and reach for my morning jay upon awakening before 7 a.m., turn 1,000 days. At least one vet kills themselves every day while waiting for benefits. on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and am flooded with information from a variety of smart people. What’s wrong with this picture?

Throughout the day I tune in to cable, bounc- The blighted war in Afghanistan must end and must end as soon as our veterans can be ing from FOX to MSNBC until the Comedy safely processed home. Trust me, at this point it Channel relieves me from the pressures of the is nothing more than an American Occupation. day. The middle of the day is spent reading We did not learn from the British failure to books and sucking in information like some occupy Afghanistan, nor did we learn from the desert-dry sponge so I can figure out what it all means. Like some self-styled Oracle, I try, the Russian failure to do the same. Hackneyed but best I can, to break complex ideas into everyday as true today as when he said it, according to words understandable by all without requiring a Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” rush to Webster’s. Sometimes my mind gurgles and bubbles to the stretching and breaking RED AND BLUE MAKE PURPLE point and I am forced to write a column such Allow me to begin the discussion with the as this – a potpourri of ideas not yet well-researched or properly evolved enough, on which both obligatory and heartfelt GO CARDS! Thanks to an intercollegiate debate scholI have 750-1,000-word opinions.

To complicate matters, I am unable to do this arship, I was able to attend the University of Kentucky. However, I also served on the Board without my muse, Angéla. So I twitch on the of Overseers and taught a graduate-level politifloor with brain strain and pain until my able cal science course at the University of Louisville. assistant and muse arrives to assist in these So I bleed purple. column-writing endeavors.

Although athletics are important to the Hence, below find a series of disconnected people of this state, personally, I don’t give a thoughts and opinions. hang. However, many people do, and though passion runs deep with UK and U of L., it seems HUNTING reasonable that Louisvillians should support UK I would enjoy hunting. But only if animals were well-armed and good shots. This would be (after all, we live in Kentucky) and people living in the other 119 counties should support the sport.

University of Louisville (after all, it is Kentucky’s Now that I have your attention ... largest city). You may even find some cosmopolitan Highlanders who would agree.

THE 10-YEAR IRAQ WAR The number of American soldiers killed in Iraq Before the Louisville Cards rolled to their NCAA victory, sport loyalty seemed provincial was 4,488. The number of wounded totaled and parochial outside Louisville. Had you asked 32,223, many of whom wish they were dead. any convenience store sales clerk in one of Of our treasury, we have spent almost $3 the other 119 counties to name her favorite trillion – most of it borrowed from China. basketball team and she would have replied The Brookings Institute reports we have “lost and unaccounted for” over $9 billion and, according to ABC News, that includes 190,000 guns, 110,000 of those being READERS RESPOND AK-47s.

Visit our website to read On the 10-year anniversary of the U.S.-led responses to Carl Brown’s invasion – what George Bush the Younger April Column, would declare a “victory” – 56 people were “Reflections on Cannabis.” killed in Iraq. Not much of a celebration.

According to a representative of the Iraq

with a passionate Southern drawl, “I’m for the University of Kentucky and any team that plays Louisville.” Like the War Between the States, the Commonwealth is sometimes divided within families, making Thanksgiving all the more fun.

But all found it heartening – we Louisvillians, of course and especially – to see a Commonwealth that was united, rejoicing as one village when U of L kicked ass. This urban-rural solidarity, dear readers, was anticipated and expected when our Commonwealth Founding Fathers convinced the Mothership Virginia to allow its Fincastle County to break away and constitute its own state. And we Kentuckians chose as our state seal an image of a frontiersman and a city slicker shaking hands and our motto remains “United we stand, divided we fall.”

Get it?

But to more important things. I just had to get that off my chest.

ISLAMIC PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS As one FOX wag put it, we should rename the Middle East the Middle Ages because the Islamic spring has become the Christian Nuclear Winter. Recently in Libya, Christians were killed at the behest of the Libyan government.

Keep going east and you will find a prominent Christian minister imprisoned in Iran and denied medical treatment.

In March, Secretary of State John Kerry released $250 million to Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, head of the Muslim brotherhood. Christians were tortured by members of the Muslim brotherhood for their faith. The United States has also given F-16s and scores of tanks to Egypt, notwithstanding their ties to Iran and efforts to change the Constitution to Sharia Law. This is despite growing intolerance of the Christian faith, not only in Egypt but in the entire region. In this Zeitgeist of Arab intolerance of Christians, let me remind my Muslim brothers and sisters, Muhammad married a Christian woman to demonstrate tolerance.

IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE. Speaking to the recent CPAC conference, Kentucky senator Rand Paul said, “The GOP of old has grown stale and moss covered ... Now I’m not going to name names.”

I will.

Mitch McConnell, my Ancient Enemy, represents all that is wrong with my beloved party. The good news is, he is very unpopular.

According to a recent Courier-Journal Bluegrass poll, his opponents outnumber his supporters in this fair Commonwealth. Further, the New York Times on February 19 of this year opined, “Mr. McConnell’s biggest challenge likely rests in a Republican primary.”

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