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Departments 2 Kentucky Kwiz 4 Mag on the Move 6 Across Kentucky 7 Curiosities Lights Under Louisville 8 24 Hours in ‌ Owensboro 14 Cooking 50 Off The Shelf 53 Field Notes 54 Calendar

18 A Treasured Home

Writer/blogger Amanda Hervey incorporates favorite vintage pieces with contemporary finds to create a warm, welcoming, magical setting

24 Dan, Dan, the Antler Man

Ballard County craftsman blends the past with the present to design for the future

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Gear up for the new year with these suggested activities

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6. Hazen Dean of Owensboro was the first Kentuckian honored for 70 years of service to the Boy Scouts of America.

He also held the national record for having led 88 of his Scouts to which prestigious honor?

A. Order of the Arrow B. Eagle Scout C. Silver Beaver

1. The woman who claims to be a 12-year client in the Bryant Heating and Cooling commercials is named: A. Marlene B. Maybell C. Mazell

2. The current seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky shows two men, one in buckskin and one in more formal dress, shaking hands. The original seal, designed prior to 1800, shows the two men doing what?

7. Slaughters, which established its post office in Webster County in 1856, is named for: A. The nearby stockyards and slaughterhouse B. The overwhelming number of residents killed in the Mexican War between 1846 and 1848 C. Augustus G. Slaughter, who won the honor in a game of cards

B. Hugging

8. Mary Elliot Flannery, the first woman south of the Mason-Dixon Line to serve in a state legislature, was from which eastern Kentucky county?

C. Dancing an Irish jig

A. Menifee

A. Arm wrestling

B. Carter 3. The slave auction depicted in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin took place in which Kentucky river city?

A. Covington B. Maysville C. Owensboro

C. Greenup 9. The Mr. Kentucky Football Award began in 1986 with Newport Central Catholic’s Frank Jacobs, who went on to play at the University of Notre Dame. Of those to follow in Jacobs’ footsteps, how many have played in the National Football League?

A. 6

4. Sharing the name of a town in the Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction television shows, this real Monroe County community is so-named because of the large number of doodlebugs found there.

A. Pixley B. Hooterville C. Bugtussle

B. 11 C. 17 10. How many of those who played in the National Football League played their college careers in Kentucky?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 11

5. Which southern Kentucky town claims to be the birthplace of the Boy Scouts of America, having a troop organized by Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass two years before the BSA was officially recognized?

A. Columbia B. Burkesville C. Burnside

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VOICES REASONS TO LOVE KENTUCKY In conjunction with “200 Reasons to Love Kentucky” in our June/July issue, we requested readers and noted Kentuckians to weigh in on why they love the Bluegrass State. Here are a few more responses:

If you’re in the horse business, especially dealing with American Saddlebreds, you know there is an “aura” around the words: “My horse came from Kentucky.” I didn’t realize how much so until my husband and I moved from Georgia to Wisconsin and then to Kentucky.

We were breeding, raising and showing, concentrating on black Saddlebreds. It was in the middle of concluding a deal with a couple from Australia when we made the move from Wisconsin to Nicholasville in 1999, and after the money was transferred and the stallion shipped overseas, it was only a matter of days before I saw the new owner’s website say: “Straight From Kentucky …” and went on to describe how they managed to acquire such a fine breeding horse from the Saddlebred Capital of the World.

Although Wisconsin is a nice place to live and raise horses, I can guarantee you these people from Australia never would have written on their website “Straight From Wisconsin …”

Kentucky has a special place in the hearts of people who love horses, and Kentucky horses of all breeds are some of the best in the world.

Donna Nabors, via email I do not live in Kentucky (my loss, I realize!), but my entire Thomasson family lived in and loved the state. My great-great-grandfather, William Poindexter Thomasson, served admirably as a two-term Congressman from Louisville. The whole early Thomasson clan currently rests in the beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery, where I’ve visited them many times.

Now serving the Kentucky Mayflower Society as its State

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Recording Secretary, I have had ample opportunity to see why my relatives were so proud to be Kentuckians: From Louisville to Lexington and all points in between, I’ve been privileged to enjoy the rolling hills, acres upon acres of woodlands and waterways, abundant cultural activities, superb restaurants and so much more.

The people, though, are the backbone of this great state: always courteous, smiling, giving and showing their gratitude for their special place on our nation’s map—as well as having a deep appreciation of their rich history.

I enjoy my monthly subscription to your magazine and eagerly await each issue, which is chockful of places of interest and things to see and do.

I love Kentucky and am thankful for my roots there!

Lee Thomasson Nelson, Chino Valley, Arizona PVA DISPLEASURE

I cannot begin to tell you how surprised and disappointed I was to read your article in the August edition of Kentucky Monthly regarding consolidating counties (page 64). The article was a new spin on an argument I have heard my entire life, minus the degrading comments in your last paragraph: “Not to pick on our smallest county, but I can’t help but wonder—in a rural area with a large state resort park taking up much of its land and fewer residents than many high schools, what does the property valuation office, as an example, do all day? Words With Friends? Candy Crush?”

I found your comments regarding my office rude and uncalled for. We do indeed have a state park, one that we are very proud of, but it takes up only a small portion of Robertson County. My office does the same work as every other Property Valuation Office in the state, and we do it with the smallest budget and the least number of employees. Furthermore, I have never in my life played Candy

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Crush, and my teenage daughter had to clarify that Words With Friends was an online game. Your belief that consolidation would help the Commonwealth was well illustrated, but your argument could have been made without the Ill-mannered comments.

I find it ironic that the “About Us” section on your website says, “Kentucky Monthly celebrates the people, places, events and culture of the Commonwealth. By highlighting the best our state has to offer, we unite Kentuckians everywhere and create a sense of pride and community.” I can’t see where derogatory comments celebrate people, create a sense of pride in community, or highlight the best our state has to offer.

Most ironic is that right beneath your inappropriate paragraph about my office, you advertise for churches or civic groups to contact you if they are looking for a speaker. I think not. I live by the old adage: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

Annette Lovins, Robertson County Property Valuation Administrator After reading your interesting piece and facts concerning some of our counties, I was shocked by your ending. There are many words I could say but … What a distasteful and insulting comment regarding a PVA office.

This is certainly not a way to win friends and influence people.

Susan Short, via email

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The Bethel, Ohio couple, formerly of Olive Hill, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by taking a Christmas Viking River Cruise on the Danube River.

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he Brown Hotel’s Roof Garden was once billed as “the most beautiful spot in town,” yet there hasn’t been one official dance or one meal eaten there since 1971. Now, after six months of renovations, the garden is open, once again, for business.

Hotel officials say the renovations included structural updates as well as new landscaping and copper and wrought iron accents.

The 3,600-square-foot space can be

rented for weddings, luncheons and receptions, among other events. Pop-up dining events and live music nights with a view of downtown Louisville are also in the planning stages for the warmer months.

“The excitement around reopening this storied space has been overwhelming,” said general manager Brad Walker. “We are thrilled to explore the endless options for parties and special events in this iconic venue.”

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ith thoughts of future business endeavors, Buffalo Trace Distillery was actually taken back to its past with the recent discovery of early foundations and fermenting vats dating back nearly 150 years.

Initial work to renovate the old O.F.C. Distillery building on the shores of the Kentucky River was halted when construction crews discovered the late 19th-century foundations and fermenters that were put in place by Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. himself.

“To have a find like this that dates back to Taylor’s time in the 1800s is simply amazing,” said Mark Brown, distillery president and chief executive officer. “We look forward to preserving these discoveries for many more generations to enjoy.”

Buffalo Trace immediately brought in whiskey historian Carolyn Brooks, and bourbon archaeologist Nicolas Laracuente.

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B I R T H DAYS DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 7 Martha Layne Collins (1936), governor of Kentucky from 1983-87 7 Bobby Osborne (1931), Leslie Countyborn Bluegrass musician and member of the Osborne Brothers Martha Layne 9 Byron Crawford Collins (1945), retired columnist for The Courier-Journal 17 Bill Noel (1946), Louisville-based author of the Folly Beach mystery series 22 Diane Sawyer (1945), Glasgowborn journalist/television show host 25 Gary Sandy (1945), Cynthiana actor best known for WKRP in Cincinnati 28 John Y. Brown Jr. (1933), governor of Kentucky from 1979-83 29 Heather Renee French Henry (1974), Miss America 2000 and veterans advocate, from Maysville Heather French Henry

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typically salvaged, repurposed or torn down. We were lucky to discover it,” Laracuente said. “But what is even more impressive is that Buffalo Trace took the time and effort to completely change their project in order to preserve and interpret this unique piece of whiskey history.”

Initial plans were to convert the entire building into meeting and events spaces; however, the distillery has amended the project to preserve the first floor for tours and restore one of the fermentors for operational use.

The upper floors will be renovated for meetings and events.

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4 Patty Loveless (1957), singer and member of the Grand Ole Opry from Elkhorn City 8 Crystal Gayle (1951), Grammy Award-winning singer from Paintsville 11 Naomi Judd (1946), country music star from Ashland, mother of actress Ashley Judd and Wynonna 14 Greg Fischer (1958), Louisville mayor and businessman 16 John Carpenter (1948), film producer and director from Bowling Green 20 John Michael Montgomery (1965), country music singer from Nicholasville 25 Angie Gregory (1975), Paducah-born John Carpenter television and film actress/writer who has appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation among others

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t his inaugural address and throughout his term, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush often invoked the celestial vision of “a thousand points of light.” Makes you wonder if he’d ever been to the famed Louisville Mega Cavern, where, at holiday time, more than 2 million points of light are the star attraction.

Lights Under Louisville is, for many Kentuckians, a highlight of the Christmas season. Each year, the underground, man-made, stone oasis—where rock-hard types usually can be found zip lining, tram riding or taking the aerial rope challenge course—transforms into a clean and well-lit venue featuring more than 850 illuminated characters— everything from Kentucky Derby horses and hooptossing Wildcats to Christmas-themed reindeer and candy canes—making up the aforementioned 2 million points.

Here’s the way it works: You load up your car, minivan, SUV, limo, school bus or motor coach and head to Louisville. At the mouth of the cave, get set for a 30-minute, musical fun ride through about 1.2 miles of spectacularly lit underground passageways. Lots of ooohhhs, aaahhhs and a few OMGs will ensue.

The history of the submerged funhouse dates back to the 1930s, when the underground cavern was a limestone mine operated by Ralph Rogers, a visionary who predicted the need for roads and highways in our burgeoning country. Rogers’ limestone quarry did well back then, especially during the Great Depression, when the government employed people by constructing roads and bridges, and later during the Cold War, when the cavern was designated as a fallout shelter.

Able to withstand a 260-mph tornado, the cavern is considered one of the safest places in the state. According to the Louisville Mega Cavern’s website, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the cavern was reserved as a bomb shelter for 50,000 VIPs who were on a secret list. But then the last load of limestone was mined in the 1970s, and the cavern pretty much lay dormant.

The property was purchased in 1989 by private investors Jim Lowry, Tom Tyler and Don Tyler, who portioned the cavern into an underground business park and Louisville Mega Space, a high-security storage facility offering a consistent 58-degree temperature and low humidity. But in 2009, seeing the opportunity for tourism, the owners worked to rechristen a portion of the 100-acre limestone quarry into the now-popular underworld with jeep-drawn tours and zip lining. Its most recent addition was an indoor bike park, which opened in 2015.

Lights Under Louisville had its inaugural run in 2009 with fewer than 400 light displays, which were rented. It was such a success that the owners approached lighting-design companies about custom crafting the show, which has now grown to more than 850 displays, some of which span 25 feet in height and are 250 feet wide.

Planning for the show begins as early as January, with Mega Space clients and other local businesses—such as Wendy’s and Churchill Downs—sponsoring light displays. It takes more than two-dozen people several months to set up (this year, set-up started in September), and park officials say it is among the first to use only LED lights in the displays to conserve energy. (The power used, reportedly, is no more than an average household would use for a washer and dryer.)

The popularity of Light Under Louisville hardly begins and ends with Kentuckians. Last year, crowds descended on opening night with cars from 22 states in line to see the show. The main attraction remains The 12 Days of Christmas display, which returns this year. But the show also promises some new thrills. “Lights Under Louisville has a new, secret addition to our Frozen Zone display,” says Jeremy Priddy, who heads up the cavern’s social media and marketing departments.

“We have also added a snowflake laser projector with 6-foot-tall snowflakes that you drive your car through, and have added completely new sections to our White Christmas display.”

Lights Under Louisville opened Nov. 18 and runs through Dec. 31. For more information about prices and group rates, visit the website at louisvillemegacavern.com.

— Cynthia Grisolia

Illustrations by Annette Cable

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In this installment of “24 Hours in …” our writer visits Owensboro and gives you the scoop on what to do, where to eat, what to see and where to stay. You’ll discover that you don’t have to travel far to have an awesome mini vacation in our great Commonwealth.

eautiful Owensboro sits alongside a quiet stretch of the Ohio River, just waiting for guests to arrive.

The town of about 60,000 has a welcoming, small-town feel, but visitors will quickly realize that this city has a lot going on.

Although Owensboro has long been known for its bluegrass music and barbecue, the completion of the multimillion-dollar riverfront park about four years ago is credited for a downtown renewal, bringing lots of new restaurants, shops and even a new distillery to town.

There’s quite a bit to see and do, but you can get a nice sampling with just 24 hours.

••• Since 1947, the people of Owensboro

have been going to the Rolling Pin Bakery when they crave a doughnut.

And you should probably start your day there, too. Classic jelly doughnuts, long johns and the mouthwatering smell of an old-time bakery welcome you. Get one for now and one for later.

The Rolling Pin opens at 4 a.m., so early risers are covered.

A great way to start your day is with a walk along the river at Smothers Park. The four-city-block, $80 million community gathering space is the city’s jewel and truly has something for any visitor.

Kids will never want to leave the Lazy Dayz Playground and SprayPark, one of the largest in the country and voted one of the best in the world—yes, world—by Landscape Architects Network. But don’t take their word for it: Ask any kid there. So much to climb

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The International Bluegrass Music Museum and explore, with huge, colorful fiberglass trees and animals placed throughout to make it an entertaining experience. The park is handicapped accessible and furnished with a soft, cushy padding that covers the entire floor of the playground.

It has several areas for live music and events, along with plenty of glider-like swings that offer relaxing views of the river, and a wide, decoratively paved path meandering through it.

Three giant fountains form the centerpiece of the park and present a water show every 15 minutes.

Designed by the same folks who created the famous fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, the Kentucky version is just as mesmerizing. See it in the morning, and then swing back through at dusk.

••• After your walk, it’s time to pay homage to the music that was born in Kentucky: bluegrass. This sound—a combination of gospel, Scots-Irish and African-American music with a dose of Kentucky twang—is a version of country music, traditionally played on stringed instruments such as the banjo, mandolin,guitar and upright bass.

Bill Monroe, the father of the genre, was born in nearby Rosine, so it stands to reason that the International

Moonlite Bar-B-Q’s famous burgoo Bluegrass Music Museum is located in Owensboro. The museum is a must for any music lover, filled with the plaques from the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and a video oral history library that documents pioneers of the music in their own words. It even has the fiddle that belonged to Pendleton Vandiver, Monroe’s uncle—better known to fans as Uncle Pen—who taught Monroe how to play.

The museum hosts thousands of visitors a year and is in the midst of building a new, larger museum just a few blocks away. The new building, slated to open in the spring of 2018, will feature more exhibit space, a 450seat performance stage, an outdoor stage that can seat 2,000 and a rooftop restaurant. Mark your calendar for a trip back to Owensboro to see the new digs.

The walkable downtown area has antique, consignment and specialty shops that are fun to poke around in, and you can eat at one of the many home-style restaurants.

But for our 24 Hours in Owensboro, we went by the saying: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” which is why the lunch recommendation is Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn. Credited as Owensboro’s No. 1 tourist attraction, Moonlite brings 300,000 guests to the city each year.

Serving barbecued beef, mutton and pork—and up to 70 gallons per

day of burgoo—Moonlite offers lunch and dinner buffets, so guests can sample all the meats, along with homemade sides like hominy, soup beans, creamy mashed potatoes and its famous banana salad.

After 53 years with the restaurant now in its third generation, the Bosley family obviously is doing something right. Owner Kenny Bosley says on a typical Friday night, it is not unusual to spot license plates from seven different states in the parking lot.

••• A visit to the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art is a fabulous way to start the afternoon. The state’s secondlargest art museum features 15 galleries that dispaly an impressive collection of Asian, European and American art, with pieces by Degas, Picasso and Duveneck. There’s also a stunning gallery dedicated to stainedglass windows.

If you are in Owensboro on a pretty day, why not take in the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden? This lush, 10-acre property has about 10 themed gardens with a smooth, paved walking trail that weaves through them. In addition to the daylily and rose gardens, there are a children’s garden, a working greenhouse, and special events and displays throughout the year. Stop by and see what’s blooming.

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Explore Now, you might not think of Owensboro as a bourbon town, but bourbon was being distilled there in the early 1800s, and with the Aug. 26 opening of O.Z. Tyler Kentucky Bourbon Distillery, bourbon is once again being produced in the city.

The 24-acre property was formerly known as Green River Distillery, which burned in 1918, anlater the Medley Distilling Company, which sold the property in 2007. It was then purchased by South Carolina-based Terressentia Corporation in 2014. The company has invested $25 million to resurrect the old buildings, incorporate modern distilling techniques and bring back bourbon production to Owensboro.

One of these techniques is its patented process that can reduce the time of bourbon aging. Bourbon traditionally ages in a barrel for four or more years, but this process utilizes ultrasonic energy to mature the product in just a few hours.

The O.Z. Tyler bourbon, named for the inventor of the process, still ages in the barrel in a traditional rickhouse for a year and a day, but it can hit the store shelves years sooner than bourbon ever has.

A thorough behind-the-scenes tour and tastings are offered on weekdays, where you can see all the elements from the old distilleries as well as the new technology Terressentia has brought to Owensboro. Plus, there’s a rustic gift shop, where you can purchase logo shirts and caps, along with the bourbon itself.

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The Owensboro Museum of Fine Art’s stained-glass gallery

As the afternoon comes to an end, you might be thinking about dinner. Owensboro has so many restaurants, all of them worth a try, but we’ll narrow it down to three.

The Miller House is one of those places that everyone in town recommends. In this gorgeous 100-plus-year-old home in the historic district, you’ll feel like you are going to a relative’s house for dinner. The Southern-inspired menu has favorites like shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes and

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The Miller House’s bourbon bottle-lined basement bar cheese straws, but you also can find sandwiches, salads, burgers and steaks. After dinner, have a nightcap at the bar, Spirits, in the basement, which sports an unbelievable wall of bourbon, with 400 bottles on display.

If you are in the mood for pizza, head to Fetta Specialty Pizza downtown. Fetta, which means “slice” in Italian, serves pizza by the slice or the whole pie with toppings you don’t see every day. Sample the mashed potato, bacon and scallion or the BLT pizza, complete with mayo. Of course, Fetta also has traditional cheese and pepperoni, but since you are in Owensboro, you might want to try a slice with pulled pork and barbecue sauce. The pizzeria also features mouthwatering garlic bread knots, fresh salads and calzones. The eatery has a relaxed dining room, and outdoor seating is available, weather permitting.

If you want to eat as the people of Owensboro have been eating since 1954, you need to visit Big Dipper, a classic burger joint. You can drive through or walk up to the window, but there is no such thing as “eating in.” In addition to Big Dipper’s juicy burgers are homemade chili, onion rings, milkshakes and a side dish called potato gems, or what most people refer to as Tater Tots. It feels like something out of American Graffiti, and to keep it authentic, the restaurant accepts only cash.

••• Anytime is a great time to visit Owensboro, but if you can work in a trip while the city is hosting one of its events, it’s even better.

The annual music weekend called ROMP Fest, hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum, is an outdoor, camping-friendly music experience. Held at Yellow Creek Park, the festival brings in well-known bluegrass acts and about 25,000 fans.

Every Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Owensboro hosts Friday After Five at Smothers Park. The free, family-friendly event features five musical acts

The nostalgic Big Dipper burger joint

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performing on different stages around the park. There might be country music at one end, a gospel act at another, and a pop act, jazz band, or bluegrass trio (remember, we are in Owensboro) on the others. In addition to the music, you can expect food trucks, restaurant booths and usually other attractions, like car shows and events for the kids. Q

Top, a bluegrass band rocks out at ROMP Fest, while (above) families set up hammocks to enjoy the show

IF YOU GO: O.Z. Tyler Distillery 10 Distillery Road (270) 691-9001 oztylerdistillery.com

Big Dipper 2820 West Parrish Avenue (270) 684-4806 Fetta Specialty Pizza 118 St. Ann Street (270) 926-0005 fettaspecialtypizza.com International Bluegrass Music Museum 117 Daviess Street (270) 926-7891 bluegrassmuseum.org The Miller House 301 East Fifth Street (270) 685-5878

Rolling Pin Pastry Shop 1129 East 18th Street (270) 683-8363 rollingpinpastryshop.com ROMP Fest rompfest.com Western Kentucky Botanical Garden 25 Carter Road (270) 852-8925 wkbg.org

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PARTY PLEASERS Photos by Joshua Lindau. Recipes provided by Brigitte Nguyen, host of the Cooking Channel’s From the Kitchens of … and prepared at Sullivan University by Ann Currie.

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Rosemary Ginger Cider ½ gallon apple cider (8 cups) 1 3- to 4-inch cinnamon stick 2 sprigs fresh rosemary 1 2- to 3-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced thinly into coins In a large pot, heat the cider, cinnamon stick, rosemary and ginger to a gentle simmer. Turn off the heat and steep for 2030 minutes. Remove the aromatics with a slotted spoon and reheat before ladling into mugs for serving.

’Tis the season for entertaining and sampling finger foods and drinks not typically served year-round. Provided by Brigitte Nguyen, host of the Cooking Channel’s From the Kitchens of …, these sweet and savory treats—along with festive beverages—are sure to entice guests and please palates.

Orange Tea Toddies 1 orange spice tea bag 8 ounces boiling water 2 ounces bourbon, divided 2 tablespoons honey, divided 2 strips orange zest, peeled from an orange with a vegetable peeler In a small teapot, steep the teabag in boiling water for 3-4 minutes. Pour 1 ounce of bourbon and 1 tablespoon of honey each into two mugs. Divide the tea between the two mugs and top each with a strip of orange zest. Stir and serve.

Pecan Toffee Bark 12-15 whole graham crackers, broken into quarters ½ cup brown sugar 1 stick unsalted butter Pinch salt 1 tablespoon bourbon 1 teaspoon vanilla ¾ cup pecans, chopped 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and arrange the graham crackers in a single layer.

2. Boil the brown sugar, butter and salt for about 1 minute in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the bourbon, vanilla and pecans. Spoon this mixture over the graham crackers, spreading evenly.

3. Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the toffee mixture is bubbly and the crackers have lightly browned. Cool completely and then break the bark into pieces.

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Kale and Artichoke Dip

Salty Bourbon Blondies 1 stick unsalted butter ¾ cup dark brown sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla ¼ cup bourbon ¾ teaspoon bourbon smoked salt (crush if granules are large), plus more for sprinkling 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour ¾ cup chocolate chips ¾ cup chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium skillet, melt the butter over medium heat (use a stainless steel pan or enameled cast iron instead of a nonstick or dark surface that makes it difficult to gauge the browning of the butter). Continue to cook until the butter smells nutty and turns a golden brown, being careful not to burn it. Cool for about 5 minutes, then remove from heat and add to the bowl of a stand mixer, leaving behind any milk solids or dark bits at the bottom of the pan.

2. Add the brown sugar, egg, vanilla and bourbon and mix to combine. Add the bourbon salt and flour and mix to form a batter. Once the batter is cool to the touch, add the chocolate chips and nuts.

3. Spread the batter into an 8x8-inch pan that has been lined with foil and lightly greased. Sprinkle with additional salt, if desired.

4. Bake 18-22 minutes or until the middle is set and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool before removing from pan and cutting into wedges or small bars.

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2 teaspoons olive oil 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 bunch kale, stemmed and shredded into thin ribbons 1 14-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped 1 8-ounce block cream cheese, softened ½ cup mayonnaise 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper Bread or crackers, for serving 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and gently sauté the garlic for 1-2 minutes until fragrant, being careful not to brown or burn it. Add the kale and cook until tender, about 3-4 minutes.

2. Transfer to a large bowl and add the artichoke hearts, cream cheese, mayonnaise, ½ cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a baking dish and top with the remaining ½ cup mozzarella.

3. Bake until browned and bubbly, about 20 minutes.

Serve hot with bread or crackers.

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Gruyère Gougeres 1 stick unsalted butter ½ cup water ½ cup milk ½ teaspoon garlic salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for sprinkling 1 cup flour 4 large eggs 11/3 cups shredded gruyère cheese, divided 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, water, milk, garlic salt and pepper.

Bring to a simmer and add the flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon for about a minute until dough pulls away from the sides of the pot in one ball.

2. Transfer dough to a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or you can mix by hand with a wooden spoon, if you’re game) and add the eggs one at a time, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next.

The dough should be smooth and glossy. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese and the fresh thyme.

3. Transfer the batter to a piping bag or use a small scoop to portion tablespoonsful onto parchment-lined baking sheets. I use a half-sheet pan and fold a sheet of parchment into eighths widthwise and sixths lengthwise to form guidelines for 48 puffs. If you’ve piped and there are small peaks on each mound of dough, wet your fingertip with water and press them down so they don’t burn.

4. Sprinkle the tops of each dough mound with the remaining cheese and more black pepper. Bake at for 25-30 minutes until puffed, golden brown and hollow in the center. If puffs are browning too quickly and are still doughy in the center, turn the oven down to 350 degrees and continue to bake. Puffs should be crisp and light.

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Her own charming home is proof of that.

“I am passionate about creating a home with talking walls, soulful details and meaningful moments,” she writes.

And she succeeds. As you’ll see on the following pages, the result is a warm, welcoming, magical holiday setting.

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soft and subtle Left, subtle blues and whites adorn the dining table, with shiny copper mugs adding a splash of brightness. The soothing color palette is continued to the shelves, along with treasured family photos and heirloom ornaments.

Above, a storybook advent calendar makes bedtime a fun event for little ones.

While heading upstairs each night in December, the youngsters in the house can pick a package to take to bed for nighttime reading.

Right, traditional wassail, a festive treat, retains its warmth when served in copper mugs.

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an eclectic blend Removing the cabinet doors in the kitchen, right, allows family and visitors easy access to their favorite glass or mug.

Amanda’s blue Haviland Limoges 12 Days of Christmas plates, bottom right, and some of her favorite vintage pieces— such as the antique muffin tin from her husband’s grandmother—mix perfectly with more contemporary finds, like the white “Merry” teapot.

Opposite page, when the weather allows, Amanda extends her holiday spirit onto the front porch.

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about amanda A former editor for Kentucky Monthly, Amanda penned the popular magazine series Kentucky A to Z, which later was compiled into a book, Kentucky A to Z: A Bluegrass Travel Memoir.

Her latest venture, The Georgetown Makery, is an open studio space that hosts creative workshops, art parties and artistic gatherings. To find out more, visit thegeorgetownmakery.com

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magine what a cool dude looks like and you can easily picture a cross between James Bond and Jimmy Buffett— part mysterious international gentleman, part beach bum. If Bond and Buffett had a nephew, his name would be Dan MacPhail, and the opening line of his song would be something like: An average boy from Illinois, An artist’s heart with a drifter’s soul.

MacPhail isn’t related to Buffett, and as far as we know, Bond is purely fictional. MacPhail is just an artist living in his studio tucked off a small country road outside Paducah.

But beyond that nondescript black fence and down that gravel drive, there’s a story playing out just like the lyrics to a Buffett song.

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Kentucky Cowboy Originally from Bloomington, Illinois, MacPhail resides and works in Kevil in Ballard County. On his MacPhail’s Studios business card, he describes his work as antler chandeliers, lamps and leather cowboy furniture. Upon entering his studio, however, it’s obvious there is so much more.

MacPhail has made a name for himself internationally for the incredible artistry he puts into his pieces, which range from doorknobs to fairytale-worthy antler canopy beds. But this time of year, he is probably best known for his antler and horn Christmas trees.

Ironically, he isn’t much of a hunter and didn’t grow up around the hobby.

“My dad had a gun, but he traded it for a guitar,” MacPhail explains. “My brother does like to take me elk hunting … but I think of it more as a great horseback ride.”

Artistic Roots

Some of the exquisite works crafted by MacPhail include: top, a Texas Longhorn chair; top right, a chandelier made on a dare using unconventional materials, like twigs and sticks; and above, a custom antler bed, complete with leather and fur accents.

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MacPhail was an artist early in life. Two of his first paintings, from Ms. Adams’ first-grade art class, are framed and proudly displayed in his showroom. His parents were supportive of his talent, and he went on to study art in high school and college.

But somewhere along the way, MacPhail’s path switched courses, and he ended up in Texas managing an environmental laboratory. While his time in Texas was brief, the Lone Star State left a brand on his heart that would stay with him through a career in politics.

MacPhail left Texas and moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a lobbyist. He recalls his career and time in the U.S. capital as unfulfilling. As a way to fuel his creativity and supplement his income, he began restoring historic paintings his friends brought back from their international travels. He slowly got back to his artistic roots.

Wanting to build something and missing Texas, MacPhail had a friend get him some longhorn steer horns. He built his first Texas longhorn chair and says, “I was hooked.”

Building a Brand The transition from lobbyist-with-a-hobby to full-time craftsman was a slow evolution.

“I worked little by little every day,” MacPhail says. “I took a saddle-making class to learn how to upholster with leather, and my pieces got more polished.”

The first time he set up a booth with his work was at the All American Quarter Horse Congress.

“I don’t think I sold much of anything,” he remembers of that first show.

He went on to compete in the Western Design Conference in Wyoming. Each year, MacPhail stretched his design muscles to find ideas for pieces no one had seen before, and he won award after award for his work. One year, he came up with the idea to build an antler Christmas tree.

Christmas All Year In addition to the trees being unique, MacPhail likes how his antler trees can serve as decorative pieces all year.

“I have clients who keep these trees up 12 months a year,” he explains. “But I also have clients who want to use them seasonally, so we can build them in sections for easier storage.”

Beginning with PVC pipe as the trunk, MacPhail arranges the antlers in a tree branch formation. The antlers are screwed in place, and a long drill is used to create openings for the wiring. Decorative chandelier light bulbs are strategically placed on the tips of the antlers.

Using an epoxy-type material and special tools, MacPhail then covers the PVC pipe and antler bases to look like a natural mix of tree bark and pedicels (the base of the antler). This unique finish is where his artistry shines.

The European-style mount of just a skull and antlers is gaining Since first creating his antler trees, MacPhail has popularity in the United States. ventured into other mediums, including making trees from

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To view more of MacPhail’s work, including his stunning antler Christmas trees, visit macphailstudio.com.

Above, a jovial MacPhail with his Longhorn Christmas tree in the background; top right, the tools he uses to detail his pieces include dental instruments; middle right, a fossilized turtle is a special piece in his collection; bottom right, detail of an antler lamp with glass accents. longhorn steer horns. The horns are polished to create a smooth, shiny finish. Each of these trees—like all of his other pieces—is a one-of-a-kind, custom work of art.

so the horns would be used in mounts after the animal dies of natural causes.”

Conservation Is Key

MacPhail is more interested in hunting fossils than anything else. He has been on several archaeological trips all over the world but has found some of his most interesting pieces right here in the United States.

Fossils of a Mesohippus (a 30-million-year-old, threetoed horse), a camel skull and a stereosternum (an aquatic life form that lived 280 million years ago) are all on display in MacPhail’s showroom.

One of his favorite pieces is a mummified turtle that he found in a cave.

“I’ve loved archaeology since I was 4 years old,” he says.

“Back then, I’d find objects and make up stories about their history … Now, I get to find the real thing.”

Whether he’s hunting for fossils or hunting for his next design idea, one thing’s for sure: MacPhail will continue to hunt for his next adventure. He knows he only has one life to live, so he’s going to make it count. Q

MacPhail’s studio is full of antlers—piles of them are everywhere. But he explains that antlers are deciduous.

This means the deer, elk and moose shed their antlers each year to make room for new antlers to grow.

He works with brokers to buy antlers in bulk and insists there are more antlers in the wilderness than people know what to do with. “They ship it by the caseloads to China,” he explains.

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Faux Fabulous Covington-based Donna Salyers’ Fabulous-Furs creates faux pieces that look and feel like the real thing

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rowing up in Covington in the 1950s, Donna Salyers learned to sew out of necessity. Little did she know that this skill would turn into a lifelong profession and give her celebrity status across the country and abroad.

Her products are even one of Oprah’s Favorite Things.

How’s that for celebrity?

It didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen fairly quickly.

Salyers had sewn practically her entire life and had a talent with a needle. She and her husband, Jim, and two kids lived in Cincinnati. Salyers was a stay-at-home mom, and Jim was a real estate investor.

The Cincinnati Enquirer ran a regular sewing article, and Salyers didn’t think it was a good column. So she wrote to the editor to express her opinion, and the editor replied, suggesting maybe she could submit a few columns that were an improvement over the previous ones. One thing led to another, and Salyers’ column in the Enquirer became popular, was syndicated and ran for 17 years. Eventually, she became host of a television show about sewing and traveled regularly to New York City for tapings.

“What I realized in New York City is that it is cold, and it seemed like every woman there had a full-length mink coat,” she said. “Except me.”

At that point, Salyers had numerous connections in the fabric business, so she got some faux fur that resembled fox fur and made herself a coat.

“No one knew, and I didn’t tell,” she said.

The coat served her well for about five years, but she still wished for a full-length mink like all those women in New York City.

“So I saved up about $5,000 and was headed to a fur salon in Cincinnati to purchase my dream coat,” Salyers

said. “And on the way, I heard Paul Harvey on the radio telling a story about a toy company that would skin cats alive and make teddy bears out of their fur.”

Horrified, Salyers began thinking of fur in a whole new way.

She did not go to the fur salon. Instead, she took her $5,000 and created a business selling coat-sewing kits for making coats similar to the one she had made herself all those years ago.

In 1989, her first year in business, Donna Salyers’ Fabulous-Furs made $300,000.

Meanwhile, Jim, who owned real estate all over the greater Cincinnati area, decided he wanted to consolidate and focus on owning property in one place. The couple chose Covington, where Salyers had grown up. The Fabulous-Furs headquarters is in the former Wadsworth Electric Building at 20 West 11th Street, housing the sewing workroom, call center, offices and distribution center.

While Fabulous-Furs also has a showroom there, most of the retail business is conducted through its website, fabulousfurs.com.

Donna and Jim also purchased the former Woolworth’s building on the corner of Madison Avenue and 7th Street in the mid-1980s. Woolworth’s had been part of Covington history for more than 70 years, and Donna had fond memories of going to the soda fountain there as a teen.

After having no luck in finding a tenant, they decided to revamp the space into an upscale banquet and events center. The building was gutted and transformed into The Madison, which includes four ballrooms—perfect for stunning wedding receptions.

The faux-fur business bloomed, with Salyers’ creations appearing at red-carpet events, on soap operas and in magazines. But she continued to have a hand in the

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workings of The Madison.

“What we found was when brides came in to see our venue for their reception, when we would ask them about their dress, they would burst into tears,” Salyers said. “They had terrible stories about their search for the right dress. We realized that shopping for a gown should be part of the fairy tale, too. We knew we could make it a joyous occasion."

And so Donna Salyers’ Fabulous-Bridal was born in 2005. Located on Madison Avenue a block from The Madison, the bridal shop carries designer gowns in all sizes and price points and offers individualized customer service, making the bridal gown purchase a good experience for everyone involved.

Meanwhile, Salyers realized that people loved FabulousFurs but were not interested in creating one themselves, so the business quickly evolved from a sewing-kit company to a ready-to-wear company. While these sumptuous faux-fur jackets, throws, bags and coats are ordered by the rich and famous, they also are affordable for others. In addition to Salyers’ website, the furs are found in high-end stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and have been featured in the iconic Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog for several years. And, of course, in 2012 Oprah Winfrey added the faux-fur coats to her classic list of Favorite Things, which automatically resulted in a sales surge.

Salyers’ company does not produce the fabric but partners with some of the finest fabric makers in the world.

She employs 50-60 people, with her workforce swelling to about 100 in late summer and early fall, and they stay busy sewing, filling orders and taking customer calls.

Salyers, 71, is intensely loyal to Covington and northern Kentucky.

“Our businesses work so well here because of the huge source of nice, smart, hard-working people that live here,” she said.

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because she believed in it,” he said. “Donna is the brains and energy behind our entire operation.”

The luxurious faux-fur pieces can fool most anyone and continue to be featured in fashion magazines and on television shows and movies. Fabulous-Furs has been asked to design a faux-fur bikini for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition; Salyers’ faux-fur pillows were seen in the movie You’ve Got Mail; and the producers of the television show The Office ordered seven identical coats to be used in the taping of a messy episode.

Another fun request was from the Cincinnati Zoo, which asked the company to create faux-fur vests to be worn by zookeepers as they acted as surrogate moms to care for an abandoned baby gorilla.

Although Salyers had no idea her business would take off in so many incredible directions, she credits her success to her knowledge of sewing—and timing.

“Around the time I went into business, people were beginning to ask themselves, ‘Why kill 100 small animals just to make one coat?’ ” she said.

She calls the purchase of a faux-fur coat the intelligent choice, as well as a better decision financially: a full-length sable coat retails for about $50,000, and the faux version is priced at about $599.

There also are care issues. Salyers said animal fur must be placed in cold storage when out of season, and the wearer is warned not to carry a shoulder-strap bag or sit in it. The faux coat can be machine washed, requires no special care, and is just as warm as its real counterpart.

Salyers’ love of her businesses is almost as deep as her love of Covington.

“This is our home,” she said. “Our hearts are here.”

The business, now in its 28th year and going strong, has come a long way from its humble beginnings in Salyers’ basement.

“People would ask me about my business plan, and I would tell them I did not know what a business plan was,” she said. “Honestly, no one could be more surprised than me at this success.” Q

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he Salyers family’s latest venture is the transformation of the old Coppin’s Department Store into the swanky Hotel Covington, which opened in September.

The building—Covington’s first skyscraper, built in 1907—was a department store and then became city hall in 1990.

The Salyers repeatedly heard brides they worked with expressing a wish for a hotel closer to their wedding reception venue at The Madison. The family saw the potential in the iconic building across the street and worked with the city to acquire it.

“The city of Covington was essentially our partners in this project,” said Guy van Rooyen, Donna Salyers’ son-in-law. “We proposed this concept, and the city embraced it. They recognize that the Salyers have a good legacy.”

Mayor Sherry Carran agrees.

“The Salyers are very respected, and we all know that their projects will involve quality people, construction and design,” she said. “They don’t move forward unless they have a good plan in place.”

Four years later, the seven-story, 114-room boutique hotel, is being credited as a catalyst for new businesses in that part of town and is quickly turning into the place to see and be seen.

The $21.5 million hotel features luxurious accommodations, modern bedding, sleek bathrooms, an upscale bar and restaurant, touches of Donna Salyers’ Fabulous-Furs, and even locally made minibar treats like Braxton Brewery’s beers, New Riff Distillery bourbon and Papa’s Opera Cream Candies.

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Arnzen, Mark G., Arnzen Storm & Turner, Covington

Leet, Byron E., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

Ballantine, Douglas C., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

Moore, Charles E., Moore Malone & Safreed, Owensboro

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Beres, Joel T., Stites & Harbison, Louisville

Oldfather, Ann B., Oldfather Law Firm, Louisville

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Cantley, Vanessa B., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville

Perry, Donna King, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

DELCOTTO, LAURA DAY DelCotto Law Group, Lexington

Cantor, David M., Seiller Waterman, Louisville

Phillips, Susan D., Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville

FRANKLIN, LARRY B. Franklin Law Group, Louisville

Clay, Richard H.C., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Cleary, Richard S., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

Prizant, Loren T., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville

Connolly, Robert M., Stites & Harbison, Louisville

Reed, John S., Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, Louisville

Cronan, IV, Charles J. (Mike), Stites & Harbison, Louisville

Royse, David T., Ransdell Roach & Royse, Lexington

Curtz, Chauncey S.R., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Cutler, Jr., Irwin H., Priddy Cutler Naake & Meade, Louisville

Savarise, Jeffrey A., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Snell, Virginia Hamilton, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

DelCotto, Laura Day, DelCotto Law Group, Lexington

Snyder, Sheryl G., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

Duncan, Robert F., Jackson Kelly, Lexington

Stopher, Edward H., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville

Edelman, Barbara B., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Farnsley, Douglass, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Franklin, Larry B., Franklin Law Group, Louisville

Stopher, Robert E., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Tachau, David B., Tachau Meek, Louisville

Garmer, Bill, Garmer & Prather, Lexington

Taliaferro, III, Philip, Taliaferro Carran & Cowherd, Covington

Griffith, Richard G., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington

Tate, John L., Stites & Harbison, Louisville

Hamblin, Pierce W., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Hamilton, Shannon Antle, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Haynes, K. Gregory, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Ison, Eric L., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Jakubowicz, Janet P., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville King, W. Gregory, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

CLEARY, RICHARD S. Frost Brown Todd, Louisville CRONAN, IV, CHARLES J. (MIKE) • Ranked Number Two • Stites & Harbison, Louisville

HAMBLIN, PIERCE W. Landrum & Shouse, Lexington HAYNES, K. GREGORY • Ranked Number One • Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville MOORE, CHARLES E. Moore Malone & Safreed, Owensboro SNELL, VIRGINIA HAMILTON Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville SNYDER, SHERYL G. • Ranked Number Three • Frost Brown Todd, Louisville THOMPSON, TYLER S. Dolt Thompson Shepherd & Kinney, Louisville

Thomas, Tad, Thomas Law Offices, Louisville Thompson, Tyler S., Dolt Thompson Shepherd & Kinney, Louisville Toner, Gerald R., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Wheat, Jack A., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Louisville Williams, Thomas M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Wyrick, Mitzi D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

TOP 25 WOMEN

AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF THE WOMEN LAWYERS WHO RANKED TOP OF THE LIST IN THE 2017 KENTUCKY SUPER LAWYERS NOMINATION, RESEARCH AND BLUE RIBBON REVIEW PROCESS

Brown, Carolyn M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Browning, Carol Dan, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Cantley, Vanessa B., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville Dawahare, Debra H., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington

Hamilton, Shannon Antle, Stites & Harbison, Louisville

Patrick, Tandy C., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

Jakubowicz, Janet P., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

Perry, Donna King, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

Keane, Margaret E., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

Phillips, Susan D., Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville Prewitt, Tracy S., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville

Lawrence, Jennifer L., The Lawrence Firm, Covington

Quesenberry, Kathryn A., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

DelCotto, Laura Day, DelCotto Law Group, Lexington

McKinstry, Taft A., Fowler Bell, Lexington

Edelman, Barbara B., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington

Meek, Dustin E., Tachau Meek, Louisville

Snell, Virginia Hamilton, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

Goff, Lea Pauley, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

Moore, Jennifer A., Grossman & Moore, Louisville

Wyrick, Mitzi D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

Gorham, Anne E., Stites & Harbison, Lexington

Oldfather, Ann B., Oldfather Law Firm, Louisville

Young, Cynthia W., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

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PRACTICE AREA INDEX Administrative Law .................................... S-3 Alternative Dispute Resolution ................. S-3 Antitrust Litigation ..................................... S-3 Appellate .................................................... S-3 Banking....................................................... S-3 Bankruptcy: Business ................................. S-3 Bankruptcy: Consumer............................... S-3 Business Litigation ..................................... S-3 Business/Corporate ...................................S-4 Civil Litigation: Defense .............................S-4 Civil Litigation: Plaintiff ..............................S-4 Civil Rights ..................................................S-4 Class Action/Mass Torts ............................S-4 Construction Litigation ..............................S-4 Creditor Debtor Rights ...............................S-4 Criminal Defense ........................................S-5 Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI.......................S-5 Criminal Defense: White Collar .................S-5 Employee Benefits......................................S-5 Employment & Labor .................................S-5 Employment Litigation: Defense ...............S-6 Employment Litigation: Plaintiff ...............S-6 Energy & Natural Resources ......................S-6 Entertainment & Sports .............................S-6 Environmental ............................................S-6 Estate & Trust Litigation ............................S-6 Estate Planning & Probate ........................S-6 Family Law..................................................S-6 General Litigation.......................................S-6 Government Finance ..................................S-6 Health Care.................................................S-6 Insurance Coverage....................................S-6 Intellectual Property .................................. S-7 Intellectual Property Litigation.................. S-7 Land Use/Zoning ....................................... S-7 Media & Advertising ................................... S-7 Mergers & Acquisitions .............................. S-7 Personal Injury General: Defense .............. S-7 Personal Injury General: Plaintiff............... S-7 Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense .................................................... S-7 Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff.....................................................S-8 Personal Injury Products: Defense ............S-8 Personal Injury Products: Plaintiff .............S-8 Professional Liability: Defense ..................S-8 Real Estate .................................................S-8 Schools & Education ..................................S-8 Securities & Corporate Finance .................S-8 State, Local & Municipal ............................S-8 Tax...............................................................S-8 Transportation/Maritime ...........................S-8 Utilities ........................................................S-8 Workers’ Compensation.............................S-8

THE LIST

BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE The list was finalized as of June 7, 2016. Any updates to the list (for example, status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com.

Names and page numbers in RED indicate a profile on the specified page.

Phone numbers included only for attorneys with paid Super Lawyers print advertisements.

Only attorneys who data verified with Super Lawyers for current year included on this list. All current selections reflected on superlawyers.com profiles.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Guilfoyle, Mark D., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills Handmaker, Kenneth S., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Merritt, Joyce A., Embry Merritt Shaffar Womack, Lexington Scott, Phillip D., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Ballantine, John T., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Hamblin, Pierce W., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington, 859-255-2424 Pg. S-2, S-9 Hopgood, Linda M., Attorney at Law, Lexington

BANKRUPTCY: CONSUMER

ANTITRUST LITIGATION Bush, John K., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Craig, Robert B., Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Covington Hunter, Jr., William J., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

APPELLATE Breetz, Bethany A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Burke, Kevin C., Burke Neal, Louisville Hume, Bradley R., Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Neal, Jamie K., Burke Neal, Louisville Smith, Raymond G., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Snell, Virginia Hamilton, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Pg. S-2 Sumner, Griffin Terry, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

BANKING Brodsky, Jamie S., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville McGarvey, John T., Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville Rouse, Arthur A., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Sunderland, Melinda T., Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville Vance, Richard A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville

BANKRUPTCY: BUSINESS Ames, John W., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Bordy, Neil C., Seiller Waterman, Louisville SUPERLAWYERS.COM

Bowles, Jr., Claude R. “Chip”, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Brodarick, Michael V., Lloyd & McDaniel, Louisville Brown, Robert J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Cantor, David M., Seiller Waterman, Louisville Pg. S-2 DelCotto, Laura Day, DelCotto Law Group, Lexington Pg. S-2 Freeburger, Sandra D., Deitz Shields & Freeburger, Henderson Frentz, Thomas W., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Fullington, Mary L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Hamilton, John T., Gess Mattingly & Atchison, Lexington Harris, Jamie L., DelCotto Law Group, Lexington Langdon, Dean A., DelCotto Law Group, Lexington McKinstry, Taft A., Fowler Bell, Lexington Pg. S-2 Neukomm, Charity B., Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1630 Robinson, Mark A., Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, Louisville Shaikun, Michael G., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Spires, John, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Waxman, Daniel I., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Weber, Elizabeth G., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills

O’Bryan, Julie A., O’Bryan Law Offices, Louisville Rogers, John, Attorney at Law, Glasgow

BUSINESS LITIGATION Ames, E. Kenly, English Lucas Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green Ballantine, Douglas C., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Pg. S-2 Barfield, Mindy, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Barr, P. Douglas, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Bilby, John W., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Bowman, Tanya Yarbrough, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Chlarson, Kevin L., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Chuppe, Jr., Frank F., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Clay, Richard H.C., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Pg. S-2 Cole, Sr., John David, Cole & Moore, Bowling Green Collier, Philip W., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Conley, Jr., Joseph E., Raines Buechel Conley Dusing & Sutton, Florence Coryell, II, Cornelius E., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Cox, John D., Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, Louisville Cronan, IV, Charles J. (Mike), Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Cummins, Peter M., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Dilger, Craig C., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Doheny, Jr., Frank P., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Edelman, Barbara B., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Pg. S-2 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-4

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Ely, III, Hiram, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville English, Charles E., English Lucas Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green Gartland, Michael J., DelCotto Law Group, Lexington Goebel, Adam T., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Goff, Lea Pauley, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Pg. S-2 Grant, P. Blaine, Hayden Grant, Louisville Grasch, Jr., Albert F., Rose Grasch Camenisch Mains, Lexington Gray, Elisabeth S., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Greenwald, Bart L., Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, Louisville Haara, Brian F., Tachau Meek, Louisville Halliday, Culver V., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Hardesty, Joseph L., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Haynes, K. Gregory, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Pg. S-2 Henry, Kevin G., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Hershberg, Paul J., Gray & White, Louisville Hinkle, IV, Samuel D., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Hovious, R. Gregg, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Hurst, Mark T., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Ison, Eric L., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Pg. S-2 Jakubowicz, Janet P., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Pg. S-2 Jensen, Eric M., Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville Johnson, Brian M., Dickinson Wright, Lexington Johnson, Clark C., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Kaplan, David S., Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1631 Keane, Margaret E., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Pg. S-2 Kelly, Donald J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Maddox, Victor B., Fultz Maddox Dickens, Louisville McMurtry, Todd V., Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, Fort Mitchell Meek, Dustin E., Tachau Meek, Louisville Pg. S-2 Merrick, Michael C., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Meyer, R. Kenyon, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Meyer, Richard G., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills Morgan, Grahmn N., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Murphy, Kevin L., Kevin L. Murphy, Fort Mitchell Murrell, Dennis D., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Reed, John S., Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, Louisville Pg. S-2 Riddle, Mark S., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Robertson, III, W. Craig, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Rosenstiel, Jeffrey S., Graydon Head & Ritchey, Fort Mitchell Royse, David T., Ransdell Roach & Royse, Lexington Pg. S-2 Salomon, Jon, Tachau Meek, Louisville Scutchfield, Alex L., Scutchfield Law, Lexington Senn, M. Thurman, Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville Snyder, Sheryl G., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Pg. S-2

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Stinnett, Jennifer Metzger, Fultz Maddox Dickens, Louisville Tachau, David B., Tachau Meek, Louisville Pg. S-2 Treacy, David J., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Vance, II, Palmer G., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Walton, Theodore W., Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville Ward, Jr., T. Morgan, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Woodard Jr., John W., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Zielke, Laurence J., Zielke Law Firm, Louisville Zoppoth, Scott P., The Zoppoth Law Firm, Louisville

BUSINESS/CORPORATE Alford, Jr., Henry S., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Bachert, Scott A., Kerrick Bachert, Bowling Green Beck, Jr., Robert M., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Dobbins, Jr., Charles W., Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, Louisville Fleischman, Andrew M., Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1632 Goldberg, Jonathan, Goldberg Simpson, Prospect Lester, R. David, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Lyndrup, Peggy B., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville McKenzie, Jeffrey A., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Mellen, Jr., Francis J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Straus, R. James, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Young, Cynthia W., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Pg. S-2

CIVIL LITIGATION: DEFENSE Amato, Stephen G., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Ames, Christy A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Banks, II, Estill D., Banks Law Office, Lexington Chesnut, Anne A., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Edwards, Richard W., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Gault, Patrick W., Napier Gault Schupbach & Stevens, Louisville Harned, Norman E., Kerrick Bachert, Bowling Green Hocker, George B., Ward Hocker & Thornton, Lexington Hooks, Bradley C., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Hoots, Douglas L., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Hummel, Joseph Patrick, Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, Louisville Jones, II, Ernest H., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Keller, J. Clarke, Stites & Harbison, Lexington Klapheke, David T., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Leet, Byron E., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Pg. S-2 Loy, Steven B., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Mauldin, Timothy L., Bell Orr Ayers & Moore, Bowling Green McNeill, John G., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington

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McSwain, Douglas L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Middleton, III, Charles G., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Miller, Winston E., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Mooney, James M., Moynahan Irvin & Mooney, Nicholasville Oyler, Michael W., Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, Louisville Priest, Park L., English Lucas Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green Sewell, Peter J., Sewell & Neal, Louisville Shearer, David, Garvey Shearer Nordstrom, Fort Mitchell Stopher, Edward H., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville, 502-589-5980 Pg. S-2 Stopher, Robert E., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Pg. S-2 Sullivan, R. Michael, Sullivan Mountjoy Stainback & Miller, Owensboro Thompson, B. Todd, Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Walters, John W., Walters Meadows Richardson, Lexington

CIVIL LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF Haden, Sheldon L., Attorney at Law, Louisville

CIVIL RIGHTS Mando, Jeffrey C., Adams Stepner Woltermann & Dusing, Covington

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS Bilott, Robert, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Covington Bubalo, Gregory J., Bubalo Goode Sales & Cronen, Louisville Farris, Marjorie A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Jones II, Lawrence L., Jones Ward, Louisville McTighe, Chadwick A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Moore, Jennifer A., Grossman & Moore, Louisville Pg. S-2

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Blandford, David B., Ackerson & Yann, Louisville Geisen, William G., Stites & Harbison, Covington Gorham, Anne E., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Pg. S-2 Parsons, Gregory P., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Rosenthal, Cassidy R., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Shull III, C. Michael, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Smith, Stephen E., Goldberg Simpson, Prospect Stovall, Gerald L., Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, Louisville

CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS Cowles, Emily H., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Hinkel, Jr., John E., Fowler Bell, Lexington Lloyd, James M. “Buck”, Lloyd & McDaniel, Louisville Rickman, Scott T., Morgan & Pottinger, Lexington Tucker, Joseph N., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Tucker, Martin B., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-1.

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI

Gorman, C. Tyson, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Griffith, Richard G., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Pg. S-2 Haley, III, Raymond C., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Herbert, Augustus S., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Hoffer, Robert M., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills Hopson, Edwin S., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Hughes, Elizabeth S., Green Chesnut & Hughes, Lexington

Kamer, Mauritia G., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Leightty, David, Priddy Cutler Naake & Meade, Louisville Lovett, John T., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Miller, George J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington O’Carra, Leila G., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Pelfrey, D. Patton, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Perry, Donna King, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Pg. S-2 CONTINUED ON PAGE S-6

Coiner, Andrew T., Andrew T. Coiner, Paducah

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR Cox, Scott C., Cox & Mazzoli, Louisville Elver, Nicole S., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Louisville McCoy, Jr., R. Burl, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Moore, Christie A., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville True, J. Guthrie, True Guarnieri Ayer, Frankfort Westberry, R. Kent, Landrum & Shouse, Louisville Wicker, Kent, Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Louisville

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Eaves, Mary G., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Edwards, Angela L., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Evans, Benjamin J., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Ingram, III, Lindsey W., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Mattingly, Sharon A., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Adams, George D., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Alexander, Stuart E., Stuart Alexander, Louisville Baughman, Brent R., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Beauman, Bryan H., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Birchfield, Thomas J., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Bishop, Robert W. “Joe”, Bishop Korus Friend, Louisville Cleary, Richard S., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Pg. S-2 Cockrum, James D., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Coleman, Tony C., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Cutler, Jr., Irwin H., Priddy Cutler Naake & Meade, Louisville Pg. S-2 Dawahare, Debra H., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Pg. S-2 Doll, Cynthia Blevins, Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Edwards, Jr., Carl D., Miller Wells, Lexington, 859-309-6709 Pg. S-9

CARL D. EDWARDS, JR. MILLER WELLS PLLC Lexington • 859-309-6709

www.millerwells.com Gold, Sharon L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington SUPERLAWYERS.COM

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Priest, III, W. Cravens, English Lucas Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green Quesenberry, Kathryn A., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Pg. S-2 Rutherford, Oliver, Smith & Smith, Louisville Sales, Walter L., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Savarise, Jeffrey A., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Pg. S-2 Schoen, Kathleen M.W., Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, Louisville Sheller, John O., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Smith III, James U., Smith & Smith, Louisville Vose, Leslie, Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Pg. S-2 Williams, Thomas M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Pg. S-2 Wills, Timothy C., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Wright, Kathleen Biggs, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Wyrick, Michelle D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Wyrick, Mitzi D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Pg. S-2

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE Becker, Wendy, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Eschels, Philip C., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Hall, Jr., G. Kennedy, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Hamilton, Shannon Antle, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Logsdon, Todd B., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Prizant, Loren T., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Pg. S-2 Woods, III, C. Laurence, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF Clay, Thomas E., Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville Golding, Ayala, Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, Louisville Henry, Michele, Craig Henry, Louisville

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES Cryder, Bruce E., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Curtz, Chauncey S.R., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Pg. S-2 Greenwell, Karen J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Hoffmann, Warren J., Frost Brown Todd, Lexington Kilpatrick, Melanie J., Rajkovich Williams Kilpatrick & True, Lexington Rajkovich, Jr., Marco M., Rajkovich Williams Kilpatrick & True, Lexington Rhorer, Jr., John R., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Williams, John M., Rajkovich Williams Kilpatrick & True, Lexington Woods, Jeff A., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington

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ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS Terry, Joseph H., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington

ENVIRONMENTAL Brown, Carolyn M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Pg. S-2 Conniff, Dennis J., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Cress, Jr., Lloyd (Rusty) R., Dinsmore & Shohl, Frankfort Early, III, W. Blaine, Stites & Harbison, Lexington Hagerty, Timothy J., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Schworer, Philip J., Frost Brown Todd, Florence Stallard, W. Patrick, Stites & Harbison, Louisville

ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION Bagby, Glen S., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE Berry, Jr., A. Franklin, Berry and McGehee, Bowling Green Berry, Turney P., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Buechel, Edward J., Raines Buechel Conley Dusing & Sutton, Florence Coorssen, James L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Cummins, John R., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Dudley, Bruce K., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Gibson, D. Randall, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Gilman, Sheldon G., Lynch Cox Gilman & Goodman, Louisville Houston, Gary B., Whitlow Roberts Houston & Straub, Paducah Johns, Kevin L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Kohn, Robert A., Attorney at Law, Louisville Lueken, John S., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Morris, Jr., Walter R., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Oppenheimer, Mark H., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Richmond, III, Henry C.T., Dickinson Wright, Lexington Yussman, Jefferey M., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

FAMILY LAW Baumgardner, Suzanne M., Kershaw & Baumgardner, Lexington Britton, Anita M., Britton Johnson, Lexington Charney, Mitchell A., Goldberg Simpson, Prospect Collins, Wynter Reneaux, Burbank & Collins, Louisville Denton, Joy D., Attorney at Law, Bowling Green Dobbins, Mark W., Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt, Louisville Doheny, Laurel S., Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman, Louisville Harris, Jr., W. Stokes, Attorney at Law, Lexington Haynes, Douglas S., Fernandez & Haynes, Louisville Kennedy, Susan S., Fowler Bell, Lexington O’Brien, Eileen M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington

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Osborne, Crystal L., Osborne Green, Lexington Pregliasco, Delores H., Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman, Louisville Skaggs, Diana L., Diana L. Skaggs + Partners, Louisville Straw-Boone, Melanie L., Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman, Louisville Townes, W. Waverley, Mosley Sauer Townes & Watkins, Louisville Winner, Louis P., Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville

GENERAL LITIGATION Baker, Matthew J., Attorney at Law, Bowling Green Bayer, Bennett E., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Bentley, Perry M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Pg. S-2 Boswell, J. David, Boswell Sims & Vasseur, Paducah Carrington, Grover A., White Peck Carrington, Mount Sterling Grundy, J. Mark, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Hammond, Michael E., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Hirn, Michael M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Johnson, William E., Johnson Bearse, Frankfort Maclin, III, Robert E., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Osborne, Thomas L., Osborne & Graves, Paducah Sergent, Gary J., O’Hara Ruberg Taylor Sloan & Sergent, Crestview Hills Sidebottom, Shane C., Ziegler & Schneider, Covington White, Scott, Fogle Keller Purdy, Lexington

GOVERNMENT FINANCE Berger, Stephen D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Davis, William W., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

HEALTH CARE Cashen, J. Larry, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Christian, Carole D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Fultz, Benjamin C., Fultz Maddox Dickens, Louisville Grandinetti, Carmin, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Mabry, Billy J., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville McTyeire, V, Holland N., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Miller, II, Donald L., Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, Louisville Myre, Jr., Theodore T., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Oldham, William K., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville

INSURANCE COVERAGE Colson, Guy R., Fowler Bell, Lexington Kerrick, Thomas N., Kerrick Bachert, Bowling Green Miller, Barry M., Mazanec Raskin & Ryder, Lexington ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-1.

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KENTUCKY 2017 SUPER LAWYERS Steinmetz, Robert L., Gwin Steinmetz & Baird, Louisville Strite, David S., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Berge, Amy B., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Duvall, Scot A., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Eichenberger, Robert H., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Haeberlin, Jeffrey A., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Hall, Stephen C., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Montague, Jr., William L., Montague Law, Lexington Nagle, Jr., David W., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pulliam, Laura H., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Salazar, John F., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Williams, Matthew A., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION Beres, Joel T., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Higgins, Jr., James R., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville O’Brien, III, Thomas P., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Theuerkauf, Robert J., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Wheat, Jack A., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Louisville Pg. S-2

LAND USE/ZONING Schnell, Anthony L., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Simpson, Jr., Bruce, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington

MEDIA & ADVERTISING Fleischaker, Jon L., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Fisher, Daniel E., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Glasscock, C. Edward, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Heath, Robert A., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Jelsma, Franklin K., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Mattingly, Patrick W., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Sagan, Kenneth R., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Williams, Ernest W., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: DEFENSE Bishop, Michael K., Michael K. Bishop & Associates, Bowling Green Breit, Marc L., Breit Law Office, Louisville Dailey, Michael B., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Harris, David A., Travis & Herbert Attorneys, Louisville Klausing, Joseph C., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Martin, Jr., John R., Landrum & Shouse, Louisville SUPERLAWYERS.COM

Orberson, Jr., William B., Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville Reinhardt, R. Craig, Reinhardt & Associates, Lexington Sigler, James (Jim) A., Whitlow Roberts Houston & Straub, Paducah Sullivan, Ronald M., Sullivan Mountjoy Stainback & Miller, Owensboro Taylor, Jeffrey A., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Thornton, Gregg E., Ward Hocker & Thornton, Lexington Walter, Richard L., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Paducah Zahniser, David W., Garvey Shearer Nordstrom, Fort Mitchell

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF Abell, T. Scott, T. Scott Abell & Associates, Louisville Adams, Jr., Charles C., Herren & Adams with Peter Perlman, Lexington Bahe, Jr., John A., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville Breen, Michael A., Attorney at Law, Bowling Green, 270-782-3030 Pg. S-9 Breen, Richard M., Richard Breen Law Offices, Louisville Bryant, Mark P., Bryant Law Center, Paducah Busald, E. André, Busald Funk Zevely, Florence Butcher, Julie A., Julie Butcher Law Office, Lexington Cantley, Vanessa B., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville Pg. S-2 Carl, Sam, Sam Carl, Louisville Carroll, Thomas E., Carroll & Turner, Monticello Coan, Marvin L., Hummel Coan & Sage, Louisville Coleman, Lee L., Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers, Bowling Green Garmer, Bill, Garmer & Prather, Lexington, 859-254-9351 Pg. S-2

BILL GARMER

GARMER & PRATHER, PLLC Lexington • 859-254-9351

www.garmerprather.com Goode, Christopher W., Bubalo Goode Sales & Cronen, Lexington Haggard, Kenneth R., Haggard Law Office, Hopkinsville Hawes, Lucius, Attorney at Law, Hopkinsville Helmers, Jr., John H., Helmers+Associates, Louisville Herren, Thomas K., Herren & Adams with Peter Perlman, Lexington Herrington, A. Neal, Hargadon Lenihan & Herrington, Louisville, 502-583-9701 Pg. S-9 Hiestand, Sheila P., McCoy & Hiestand, Louisville Hillerich, Gary R., Attorney at Law, Louisville Hillerich, Ronald P., Attorney at Law, Louisville Howland, Bixler W., Howland & Smith, Louisville Hughes, Thomas H., Hughes Law Firm, Louisville Johnson, Gary C., Gary C. Johnson, Pikeville Johnson, Jr., Ronald E., Schachter Hendy & Johnson, Fort Wright Johnson, Vincent E., Siebert & Johnson, Louisville Johnson, William R., Johnson Law Firm, Pikeville, 606-437-4488 Pg. S-9

Kathman, Jr., William J., Busald Funk Zevely, Florence Kaufman, III, Marshall F., Kaufman & Stigger, Louisville Korbee, Thomas C., The Lawrence Firm, Covington Lange, Tim, Benson Risch and Lange, Louisville Moore, Charles E., Moore Malone & Safreed, Owensboro Pg. S-2 Moore, III, Escum L. (“Trey”), Moore & Moore, Lexington Morris, Christopher, Hargadon Lenihan & Herrington, Louisville Myers, W. Douglas, Deatherage Myers & Lackey, Hopkinsville Neal, Gregg Y., Neal & Davis, Shelbyville Oldfather, Ann B., Oldfather Law Firm, Louisville Pg. S-2 Player, Lea A., Morris & Player, Louisville Renfro, Kevin J., Becker Law Office, Louisville Robinson, William C., Mattingly Simms Robinson & McCain, Springfield, 859-336-3901 Pg. S-9 Roby, Scott T., Scott Roby Law, Louisville Sales, Kenneth L., Bubalo Goode Sales & Cronen, Louisville Spainhour, Jr., John E., Givhan & Spainhour, Shepherdsville Stein, Matthew W., Stein Whatley, Louisville Taliaferro, III, Philip, Taliaferro Carran & Cowherd, Covington Pg. S-2 Thomas, Tad, Thomas Law Offices, Louisville Pg. S-2 Vaughn, Jay R., Morgan & Morgan Louisville, Louisville White, Matthew L., Gray & White, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE Broderick, David F., Broderick & Davenport, Bowling Green, 270-782-6700 Pg. S-9

DAVID F. BRODERICK

BRODERICK & DAVENPORT, PLLC Bowling Green • 270-782-6700

www.broderickfirm.com

Brown, Jr., Donald K., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Pg. S-2 Case, Bradley A., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville DeSimone, Andrew D., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Duncan, Robert F., Jackson Kelly, Lexington Pg. S-2 Dzenitis, Paul A., Dzenitis Newman, Louisville Edwards, Clay A., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Grohmann, James P., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Hammond, Mark E., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville King, W. Gregory, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Pg. S-2 Kramer, David V., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills McMasters, Beth H., McMasters Keith Butler, Louisville Napier, Timothy H., Napier Gault Schupbach & Stevens, Louisville CONTINUED ON PAGE S-8

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O’Bryan, Christopher P., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Phillips, Susan D., Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville Pg. S-2 Prewitt, Tracy S., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Pg. S-2 Straub, Jr., E. Frederick, Whitlow Roberts Houston & Straub, Paducah Toner, Gerald R., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Pg. S-2 Williams, Jr., Kenneth, Williams Hall & Latherow, Ashland

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF Adamson, Jeff W., Paul A. Casi II, Louisville Bolus, Jr., James M., Bolus Law Offices, Louisville Braden, Roger N., Braden Humfleet & Devine, Florence Casi, II, Paul A., Paul A. Casi II, Louisville Elliott, Robert L., Elliott & Houlihan, Lexington Franklin, Larry B., Franklin Law Group, Louisville Pg. S-2 Frederick, Steven M., Frederick Law Firm, Louisville Gladstein, Seth A., Gladstein Law Firm, Louisville Grossman, H. Philip, Grossman & Moore, Louisville Hendy, Penny U., Schachter Hendy & Johnson, Fort Wright Lewis, Robert D., The Lawrence Firm, Covington McMurry, William F., William F. McMurry, Louisville Morris, II, Douglas H., Morris & Player, Louisville Pg. S-2 Sanders, Delana S., The Sanders Law Firm, Covington Sanders, Robert E., The Sanders Law Firm, Covington Thompson, Tyler S., Dolt Thompson Shepherd & Kinney, Louisville Pg. S-2 Tolliver, Jack D., The Law Firm of Jack Tolliver M.D. & Associates, Louisville Wilt, Ronald M., CPW Law, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: DEFENSE Bork, Melissa Norman, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Browning, Carol Dan, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Cashen, Christopher R., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Connolly, Robert M., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Crawford, Steven M., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Gowen, Gregory Scott, Fultz Maddox Dickens, Louisville Langdon, Douglas W., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Longmeyer, Philip M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Miller, Byron N., Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Pritchett, Jr., Charles M., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Ramsey, Ian T., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Schaefer, David T., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

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Schupbach, Rebecca F., Napier Gault Schupbach & Stevens, Louisville Simpson, W. Kennedy, Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Stewart, Kara MacCartie, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Stivers, Catherine A., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Tate, John L., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Watt, Whitney Frazier, Stites & Harbison, Louisville West, Linsey W., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington York, D. Craig, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: PLAINTIFF Cronen, Leslie, Bubalo Goode Sales & Cronen, Louisville Jacobi, Eric J., Kenealy & Jacobi, Louisville Lawrence, Jennifer L., The Lawrence Firm, Covington Pg. S-2 Maier, Kurt W., English Lucas Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green Nefzger, William D., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville Perlman, Peter, Herren & Adams with Peter Perlman, Lexington Pg. S-2 Satterley, Joseph D., Satterley & Kelley, Louisville

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE Arnzen, Mark G., Arnzen Storm & Turner, Covington Pg. S-2 Breetz, Matthew W., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Farnsley, Douglass, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Pg. S-2 Fenzel, Mark S., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Green, Ronald L., Green Chesnut & Hughes, Lexington Prather, Jr., John G., Attorney at Law, Somerset

REAL ESTATE Ahearn, Dale E., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Burton, J. Mark, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Camp, Leo F., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Dunnigan, Brady W., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Frazier, III, James H., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Haden, Jr., William H., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Ice, Jr., Thomas W., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Lobb, James T., Weber & Rose, Louisville Martin, Timothy W., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Nunnelley, Richard A., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Patrick, Tandy C., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Pg. S-2 Potts, Jr., Grover C., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Saffer, David E., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Treitz, Jr., John G., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Vincenti, Michael B., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Wallace, Jeffrey E., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

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SCHOOLS & EDUCATION Collins, Dana L., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville

SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE Giesel, James A., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville MacDonald, Alan K., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Strench, William G., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

STATE, LOCAL & MUNICIPAL Cole, Charles D., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Stansbury, Casey C., Mazanec Raskin & Ryder, Lexington

TAX Eifler, Timothy J., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Fassler, Charles, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Horn, Erica L., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Lavelle, Charles J., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Loyd, Jr., Mark A., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Luber, Thomas J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Martin, Jr., James B., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Smart, Jennifer S., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Sommer, Mark F., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME Deener, Larry C., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Murner, Daniel E., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Zipperle, Jr., Gene F., Ward Hocker & Thornton, Louisville

UTILITIES Hatfield, C. Kent, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Riggs, Kendrick R., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Watt, III, Robert M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Aubrey, Joel W., Pohl & Aubrey, Louisville Cotton, Tamara Todd, Cotton Wolfinbarger + Associates, Louisville Daub, Wayne C., Wayne C. Daub Law Office, Louisville Evensen, Christopher P., Evensen Law Office, Louisville Gilbert, Theresa C., Gilbert Law Group, Lexington Glauber, Peter J., Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Haydon, Jr., Ben T., Haydon & McNamara, Bardstown U’Sellis, Douglas A., U’Sellis & Kitchen, Louisville Ward, Walter A., Ward Hocker & Thornton, Lexington Weaver, Kevin W., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington

ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO SUPER LAWYERS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-1.

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MICHAEL A. BREEN

DAVID F. BRODERICK

870 Fairview Avenue Suite 5 PO Box 3310 Bowling Green, KY 42102 Tel: 270-782-3030 Fax: 270-782-3855 mike@mikebreen.com www.mikebreen.com

921 College Street PO Box 3100 Bowling Green, KY 42102 Tel: 270-782-6700 Fax: 270-782-3110 dbroderick@broderickfirm.com www.broderickfirm.com

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF INSURANCE COVERAGE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE CRIMINAL DEFENSE FAMILY LAW

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE

Mike Breen represents people injured by the carelessness of others. For over 30 years Mike has handled cases against corporations, insurance companies, and people who needlessly endanger the public. He brings meticulous care and creative insights to his practice of law. Mike is also well known as an author and speaker. He published the leading book in Kentucky on insurance company misconduct and has lectured at numerous legal education seminars attended by attorneys, judges, and insurance company representatives. Mike graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1983. Mike concluded his seminary studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in 2014, and received the Master of Arts in religion degree. This is an advertisement.

Mr. Broderick’s practice is focused on civil litigation and complex criminal cases. His other areas of practice include general litigation, medical malpractice defense, and family law.

Mr. Broderick is AV-rated from Martindale-Hubbell, is a former law clerk for the Kentucky Supreme Court, has served as a special justice of the Kentucky Supreme County, has been the Master Commissioner in Warren County Kentucky for more than 20 years, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, and U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Mr. Broderick has been recognized to Kentucky Super Lawyers 2008-2017.

Carl D. Edwards, Jr. is a partner at Miller & Wells PLLC, located in Lexington, Kentucky. Focusing his practice on civil litigation, he represents clients throughout central and eastern Kentucky in matters involving medical malpractice, products liability, construction disputes and premises liability cases. Mr. Edwards has a particular emphasis in defending companies that have been accused of state or federal occupational health and safety violations and that are engaged in a variety of industries, including steel manufacturing, construction and food processing. He has also provided representation to Kentucky employers in workers’ compensation disputes, and he has served as lead counsel in more than 50 medical malpractice trials on behalf of patients, hospitals, physicians and other health care practitioners.

PIERCE W. HAMBLIN

A. NEAL HERRINGTON

WILLIAM R. JOHNSON

106 West Vine Street Suite 800 PO Box 951 Lexington, KY 40588 Tel: 859-255-2424 Fax: 859-233-0308 phamblin@landrumshouse.com www.landrumshouse.com

713 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: 502-583-9701 Fax: 502-589-1144 herrington@hlhinjury.com www.hlhinjury.com

MIKE BREEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.S.C.

LANDRUM & SHOUSE LLP

CARL D. EDWARDS, JR.

BRODERICK & DAVENPORT, PLLC

MILLER WELLS PLLC

300 East Main Street Suite 360 Lexington, KY 40507 Tel: 859-309-6709 Fax: 859-957-1889 cedwards@millerwells.com www.millerwells.com

HARGADON, LENIHAN & HERRINGTON, PLLC

JOHNSON LAW FIRM PSC 229 Main Street Pikeville, KY 41501 Tel: 606-437-4488 Fax: 606-433-0598 billy@billyjohnsonlaw.com www.billyjohnsonlaw.com

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CIVIL LITIGATION: DEFENSE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE

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Mr. Hamblin is an AV-rated partner at Landrum & Shouse LLP and a 37-year Adjunct Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, teaching litigation skills to senior law students.

As a trained certified Mediator, he has presided over 8,500 large cases. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, is an inductee of the UK College of Law Hall of Fame, is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and is a 2010 inductee to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals as Charter Member. He has been listed as a Top 50 attorney from 2004 to 2017 and a Top 10 Attorney in 2012-2017 in Kentucky Super Lawyers. He was elected as President of the Fayette County Bar Association for 2014-2015 and inducted into the Army ROTC Hall of Fame 2014.

A. Neal Herrington, senior and managing partner of Hargadon, Lenihan & Herrington, PLLC, the oldest plaintiffs’ personal injury firm in the City of Louisville, has been assisting and representing individuals whose lives have been harmed and affected by the wrongful and negligent acts of others for over 39 years. His practice has been limited to serious personal injury cases his entire career, and he has represented victims and their families in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases where others, through their neglect, created situations that significantly and dramatically altered and changed the lives of Mr. Herrington’s clients for the worse. These cases include serious motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, construction site accidents, trucking accidents, and other serious accidents and injuries.

William R. (Billy) Johnson is a personal injury attorney who represents injured victims throughout Kentucky and the surrounding states in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from trucking, car, motorcycle, aircraft, and bus wrecks; products liability; nursing home abuse; explosions; and other serious accidents. Billy has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar settlements and won several jury verdicts, including a multimillion-dollar jury verdict in 2009. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums and named an ATLA Top 100 trial lawyer. Billy is a graduate of the Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville.

WILLIAM C. ROBINSON MATTINGLY, SIMMS, ROBINSON & MCCAIN, PLLC 108 West Main Street Springfield, KY 40069 Tel: 859-336-3901 Fax: 859-336-3926 springlaw@msrmlaw.com www.springfieldkylaw.com

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Bill Robinson graduated from the University of Kentucky and earned his J.D. from the University of Louisville in 1993. Bill started practice with the Louisville firm of Seiller and Handmaker.

In 1995, he returned to his hometown and joined the firm Mattingly, Simms, Robinson & McCain, PLLC. Bill is licensed to practice in Kentucky and is admitted to both Kentucky federal district courts. He currently serves as Washington County Attorney and as counsel for the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission. Bill’s practice covers injury and insurance cases, including car and truck accidents, medical malpractice, premises liability, wrongful death, and products liability litigation. This is Bill’s tenth year to be chosen to Kentucky Super Lawyers.

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THE LIST

BY PRIMARY AREA OF PRACTICE The list was finalized as of June 7, 2016. Any updates to the list (for example, status changes or disqualifying events) will be reflected on superlawyers.com.

Names and page numbers in RED indicate a profile on the specified page.

Phone numbers included only for attorneys with paid Super Lawyers print advertisements.

Only attorneys who data verified with Super Lawyers for current year included on this list. All current selections reflected on superlawyers.com profiles.

ANTITRUST LITIGATION Keeton, Brad S., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

BANKING Hodgson, Jesse R., White Peck Carrington, Mount Sterling Mattingly, Sarah S., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Schenk, Timothy A., Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville

BANKRUPTCY: BUSINESS Lindblom, Matthew R., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville McGhee, III, James E., Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1634 Pagorski, Emily L., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Salyer, Bradley S., Morgan & Pottinger, Bowling Green

BANKRUPTCY: CONSUMER Edwards, Clair, Jill Haste Law Group, Somerset Neuhauser, Ross, Whitford & Neuhauser, Louisville Thornhill, Leeann, Wasson and Thornhill, Louisville

BUSINESS LITIGATION Ams, Jason T., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Bishop, Sarah Jackson, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Frankfort Brown, Allison L., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Buzick, Brittany Hampton, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Colson, Christopher G., Fowler Bell, Lexington Cox, Jared A., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Crosby, Katherine Lacy, Tachau Meek, Louisville Fetcher, Angela S., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Haney, David, Gwin Steinmetz & Baird, Louisville Johnson, II, Ben W., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Kleinert, Michael E., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Lewis, Benjamin J., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville McCauley, Haley Trogdlen, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington McGarvey, J. Morgan, Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville Melloan, Kyle M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Mendiondo, Adrian M., Morgan & Morgan, Lexington Neel, Adam K., Tachau Meek, Louisville

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Nichols, Lauren R., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington O’Gara, Daniel J., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Powell, Elizabeth Golden, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Redding, Daniel W., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Samford, Courtney, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Schaefer, Christopher, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Seton, Ekundayo, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Seton, Oluwafunmito, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Strong, Adrianne C., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Sturgeon, III, A. Tommy, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville VanVactor, Zachary, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Watkins, J. Tanner, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Weihe, Eric M., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Zelli, Anthony M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

BUSINESS/CORPORATE Donovan, Allison, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Farmer, Mark J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Moore, Jennifer H., Moore & Moore, Lexington O’Bryan, Joshua M. (Josh), Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Penta, Robert J., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Powell, Holly Brown, Frost Brown Todd, Lexington Rambicure, Chris, Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1628 Riney, C. Chad, Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Robertson, Walter S., Stites & Harbison, Lexington Staffieri, Alexander G., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

Pullen, A. Pete, Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, Louisville Schneider, Craig M., Smith Rolfes & Skavdahl, Fort Mitchell Vessels, Christina L., Mazanec Raskin & Ryder, Lexington Winchell, Elizabeth J., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington

CIVIL LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF Childers, III, Masten, McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Farmer, Natasha Camenisch, Whitfield Bryson & Mason, Madisonville Humphrey, Dustin C., Skeeters Bennett Wilson & Pike, Radcliff Knappick, Justin, Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills

CIVIL RIGHTS Adkins, Tyler, Steptoe & Johnson, Lexington Parsons, Claire, Adams Stepner Woltermann & Dusing, Covington

CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS Davis, Alex C., Jones Ward, Louisville

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Fuchs, Daniel, Manion Stigger, Louisville Henderson, Steven M., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Stephens, Angela R., Stites & Harbison, Louisville Veeneman, Brian A., Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, Louisville Wichard, Rebecca M., Stites & Harbison, Lexington

CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS CIVIL LITIGATION: DEFENSE Allen, Benjamin, Gess Mattingly & Atchison, Lexington Deener, Elizabeth A., Landrum & Shouse, Lexington Ellison, Matthew D., Fowler Bell, Lexington Frazier, Carl N., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Funfsinn, Gregory M., Walters Meadows Richardson, Lexington Gilliam, Christine, Reminger, Louisville Graham, Curt M., Mazanec Raskin & Ryder, Lexington Hornback, Michael D., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Jarvis, Hilary M., Banks Law Office, Lexington Jennings, Rebecca G., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Johnson, C. Bishop, Cawood & Johnson, Pineville Johnson, Kristeena L., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Lewis, Danielle J., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Markus, Christopher B., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills McKenna, Sarah, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville McLane, Ryan M., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills Orr, Kristen K., Stites & Harbison, Lexington

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Hanna, Emily Kirtley, Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills

CRIMINAL DEFENSE Buckles, Joseph D., Chaney Buckles Szczygielski, Lexington Dawson, Ashley Witte, Bleile & Dawson, Lexington, 859-226-0091 Simms, Greg, Murphy & Associates, Louisville

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/DWI Forman, Larry, Larry Forman Law, Louisville

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR Denbow, Michael, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Hinkle, Casey L., Kaplan & Partners, Louisville, 502-416-1630

ELDER LAW Faulkner, M. Brandon, Garcia Artigliere & Medby, Lexington

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Lammers, Carl C., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO RISING STARS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-1.

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KENTUCKY 2017 RISING STARS Mulloy, Rachel, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Parsons, Matthew R., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR Abney, P. Stewart, Abney & McCarty, Louisville Asbrock, Jennifer R., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Birkenhauer, Nicholas C., Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Crestview Hills English, William F., Napier Gault Schupbach & Stevens, Louisville Klimkina, Alina, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Lamb, Emily, Blackburn Domene & Burchett, Louisville Mersch, Megan E., O’Hara Ruberg Taylor Sloan & Sergent, Crestview Hills Muyskens, Elizabeth S., Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Paulin, Karen M., Vice Cox & Townsend, Louisville U’Sellis, Megan R., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Weis, Rebecca, Stites & Harbison, Louisville

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: DEFENSE Cornell, Laurel K., Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Litzinger, Emily, Fisher & Phillips, Louisville Millar, Drew B., Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Stennis, R. Joseph, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF Dunman, L. Joe, Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville Lockaby, Matthew, Lockaby, Lexington Walker, Amanda, The Zoppoth Law Firm, Louisville, 502-568-8884 Pg. S-12 Zoppoth, Brad, The Zoppoth Law Firm, Louisville, 502-568-8884 Pg. S-12

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES Braun, Monica, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Larkin, R. Clay, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Ross, Justin W., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington

ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE Anderson, Mary Elizabeth, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Louisville Beard, Dustin Chad, Goeing Goeing and McQuinn, Lexington Dunn, Timothy W., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Gerch, Jeremy P., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Gray, Sarah (Sally) J., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Leonard, Jennifer T., Leonard Law P., Ft. Mitchell Riley, Whitney, Whitlow Roberts Houston & Straub, Paducah Shaffar, Suzanne Lee, Embry Merritt Shaffar Womack, Lexington Wilson, Steven R., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

FAMILY LAW Banks, II, Thomas E., Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman, Louisville SUPERLAWYERS.COM

Bowman, Jason A., Pregliasco Straw-Boone Doheny Banks & Bowman, Louisville Cleveland, Megan, Goldberg Simpson, Prospect Dominick, Anna, Miller Griffin & Marks, Lexington Ewing, Ross T., McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington Huyck, Sarah, Key Law Group, Louisville Kang, Su H., Seiller Waterman, Louisville Key, Justin R., Key Law Group, Louisville Miller, Christine, Miller Law Office, Louisville Overmann, Jennifer Scholl, Dietz & Overmann, Edgewood Seagraves, Mindy, Kershaw & Baumgardner, Lexington

GENERAL LITIGATION Abeln, Jason E., Garvey Shearer Nordstrom, Fort Mitchell Brown, Ashley K., Ward Hocker & Thornton, Lexington Landenwich, Laura E., Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville Stilz, III, Robert C., Kinkead & Stilz, Lexington

HEALTH CARE Bryant, K. Kelly White, Stites & Harbison, Louisville Fiechter, Benjamin M., Barnett Benvenuti & Butler, Lexington Nance, Samantha T., Embry Merritt Shaffar Womack, Lexington Noble, David, Whiteford Taylor & Preston, Lexington Soldato, Daniel C., Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington Thurman, Jr., Peter L., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

IMMIGRATION Hadi, Heather A., Heather A. Hadi, Lexington

INSURANCE COVERAGE Collins, Kellie M., Walters Meadows Richardson, Lexington Fowles, Justin S., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Pfaffenberger, Hans M., Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, Louisville Spille, Timothy B., Reminger, Fort Mitchell

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Bonner, Anthony, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington Bruggeman, Chad D., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Chellgren, Ph.D., Brian W., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Lexington Coughlin, Michelle Browning, Cahill, Louisville Dages, Joseph R., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Higdon, Scott W., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Howard, Dana, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington McGraw, Brian P., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Shumaker, Brantley C., Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville Wright, Terry L., Stites & Harbison, Louisville

MEDIA & ADVERTISING Rogers, Jeremy S., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Garris, Mary, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville Jones, Christopher W.D., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville Wells, G. Brian, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: DEFENSE Davis, Joshua W., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Dittert, Jamie Wilhite, Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington Duncan, Michelle, Boehl Stopher & Graves, Louisville Gruner, Melissa S., Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, Louisville Hunt, Daniel, Ziegler & Schneider, Covington Palmer, Andrew M., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Rayfield, Leah M., Gwin Steinmetz & Baird, Louisville Walker, Charles A., Sewell & Neal, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF Aguiar, Sam, Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Louisville Armstrong, Bryan R., Attorney at Law, Louisville Batten, II, B. Clark, Stephen M. O’Brien III, Lexington Bayers, Randy, Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Louisville Bryant, David G., David Bryant Law, Louisville Cordes, Lindsay, Thomas Law Offices, Louisville Cowley, III, William E., Cowley Law Office, Louisville, 502-855-3142 Pg. S-12 Curtis, Candace L., Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Louisville Farley, Joshua D., Howard & Farley, Louisville Gilday, Anne L., The Lawrence Firm, Covington Goodspeed, Terry, Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Louisville Green, Abigale Rhodes, Grossman & Moore, Louisville Hiestand, Chauncey R., Winton & Hiestand Law Group, Louisville Hollan, Jon, Aguiar Injury Lawyers, Louisville Lawrence, Lindsay A., The Lawrence Firm, Covington Powell, Scott Emerson, The Powell Law Firm, Louisville Prevatt, Haley A., Haley Prevatt - Attorney at Law, Lexington Scott, David M., Siebert & Johnson, Louisville Smith, Jared J., Howland & Smith, Louisville Turner, James Ryan, Dallas & Turner, Florence Varellas, D. Todd, Varellas & Varellas, Lexington White, Alex, Alex R. White, Louisville, 502-882-7552 Pg. S-12 Williams, Nathan D., Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: DEFENSE Barbour, Jennifer, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville CONTINUED ON PAGE S-12

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Davis, Eleanor M. Blackey, Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Haegele, Noelle, McMasters Keith Butler, Louisville Halpin, Noel R., Schiller Barnes Maloney, Louisville Hart, Nicholas R., Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville Havens, Adam W., Robinson & Havens, Lexington Hays, Lon S., Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville Martin, Jr., James N., Whonsetler & Johnson, Louisville Mattingly, Stephen, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Newman, Emily W., Dzenitis Newman, Louisville Ott, Robert A., Reminger, Louisville Pellino, Andrew D., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Piekarski, Matthew, Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, Louisville Propst, Chad O., Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville

Reynolds, M. Tyler, Whonsetler & Johnson, Louisville Schafer, Rebecca R., Dzenitis Newman, Louisville Veldman, Robert, O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville Walter, Carl W., Nichols Walter Darling Wellman, Lexington

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS: DEFENSE Croft, Jr., Robert M., Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville Helstrom, Carla De La Barra, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Lockaby, Amanda McFarland, Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington

Weigel, Benjamin J., O’Bryan Brown & Toner, Louisville

Murphy, Kevin M., Thompson Miller & Simpson, Louisville

Wurdock, Stephanie M., Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney, Lexington

Robinson, D. Christopher, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Weihe, Cecilia F., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF Peterson, Justin S., Golden Law Office, Lexington Prather, Jerome P. “Jay”, Garmer & Prather, Lexington, 859-254-9351

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: DEFENSE Trevey, David A., Fulkerson Kinkel & Marrs, Lexington

REAL ESTATE Buckley, Allison Grogan, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs, Lexington

WILLIAM E. COWLEY, III

AMANDA WALKER

436 South 7th Street Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40203 Tel: 502-855-3142 Fax: 502-855-3166 will@cowley-law.com www.cowley-law.com

635 West Main Street Suite 400 Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: 502-568-8884 arw@zoplaw.com www.kentuckyemploymentlawyer.com

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF EMPLOYMENT & LABOR

The Cowley Law Office has recovered millions in settlements for its clients. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Will Cowley grew up in the Highlands. Mr. Cowley attended Chase College of Law in Northern Kentucky where he earned his law degree in 2007.

Initially, Mr. Cowley defended insurance companies against individuals seeking compensation for their injuries. Unsatisfied with his career, Mr. Cowley decided to open the Cowley Law Office where he could fight for individuals against these insurance companies. This career change has been challenging and rewarding. Now, he is able to use his unique skills to ensure that victims of others’ negligence receive the maximum compensation to which they are entitled.

Amanda R. Walker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky.

She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 2010. While attending law school, she was a member of the Legal Association of Women and was the coordinator for the Chase Law Advocate Program. Ms. Walker is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations. Ms. Walker concentrates her practice on labor and employment law.

ALEX WHITE

BRAD ZOPPOTH

Cohen, Ross D., Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville

617 Baxter Avenue Louisville, KY 40204 Tel: 502-882-7552 alex@arwhitelaw.com www.LouisvilleInjuries.com

635 West Main Street Suite 400 Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: 502-568-8884 bsz@zoplaw.com www.kentuckyemploymentlawyer.com

Mudd, Daniel G., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

COWLEY LAW OFFICE PLLC

THE ZOPPOTH LAW FIRM

Hamilton, Taylor M., Morgan & Pottinger, Louisville McConnell, Erin, Gerner & Kearns, Newport Moore, Rebecca B. Mayton, Frost Brown Todd, Louisville Nicholson, Nick, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington Powell, Andrew M., Neel Wilson & Clem, Henderson Roethemeier, Brittany, McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland, Lexington

SCHOOLS & EDUCATION Combs, Tia J., Mazanec Raskin & Ryder, Lexington

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY McNamara, Muncie L., Haydon & McNamara, Bardstown

TAX Barber, Jennifer Y., Frost Brown Todd, Louisville

ALEX R. WHITE, PLLC

THE ZOPPOTH LAW FIRM

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAINTIFF

EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF EMPLOYMENT & LABOR

Alex White is an aggressive personal injury attorney with a primary focus on great case results. Alex’s has built his firm by recovering millions for his clients. Alex R. White, PLLC is now composed of three attorneys, a full staff and a total devotion to representing individuals against large corporations and insurance companies.

Alex built his reputation on tenacity, charisma and a thorough understanding of personal injury claims and their complexities.

Time after time, He has been able to recover on cases other attorneys refused to touch. His dynamic style and passion for excellence has put him in the driver seat of hundreds of clients’ personal injury claims over the years. If you or a friend have been injured due to the negligence, recklessness or drunkenness of someone else, call Alex White for a free consultation.

Brad Zoppoth is an associate attorney with The Zoppoth Law Firm’s employment law group, concentrating his practice on representing individuals who have been wrongfully terminated from their jobs. Additionally, Brad specializes in helping clients negotiate their severance agreements with their former employers. Brad is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, and the KBA Labor & Employment Law Section. Brad received his B.S. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and his J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law.

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TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME Rosenthal, Lee A., Casey Bailey & Maines, Lexington

UTILITIES Buckley, M. Evan, Goss Samford, Lexington Crosby, III, W. Duncan, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Louisville

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Tripp, Peter A., Lawrence & Associates, Fort Mitchell Vowels, Austin P., Vowels Law, Henderson

ATTORNEYS SELECTED TO RISING STARS WERE CHOSEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS ON PAGE S-1.

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2017 1. Celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Commonwealth of Kentucky by attending some of the numerous events taking place throughout the state during 2017.

2. Pay a visit to Hopkinsville, the best location in the country to view the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017. This is the first time in 38 years that the phenomenon will be visible in the contiguous United States.

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3. Make a trip to the Kentucky Horse Park to pay homage to the immortal racehorse Man o’ War at his freshly refurbished memorial.

Foaled March 29, 1917, 2017 marks the 100th birthday of the horse known as “the mostest.”

4. Explore 17 of Kentucky’s amazing caves: Big Bat Cave, Cascade Cave, Crystal Cave, Cub Run Cave, Diamond Caverns, Gap Cave, Great Saltpetre Cave, Hidden River Cave, Horn Hollow Cave, Laurel Cave, Lost River Cave, Onyx Cave, Outlaw Cave, Sand Cave, Skylight Cave, Wind Cave and X-Cave— several of which are a part of the world-famous Mammoth Cave and Carter Caves systems.

5. Celebrate the Lexington Brass Band’s 25th anniversary in 2017 by attending one of the group’s performances.

6. Take in a race at the Kentucky Speedway and help commemorate the track’s 17th anniversary.

7. Visit Campbellsville, established in 1817, and celebrate the 200th anniversary of its founding.

8. Read a book by a Kentucky author that debuts in 2017.

9. Engage in some revelry for St. Patrick’s Day—3-17-17—at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub in Covington or the Irish Rover in Louisville.

10. Practice 17 random act of kindness.

11. Celebrate the birthday of the late country singer/songwriter and Muhlenberg County native Merle Travis, who was born on Nov. 29, 1917, by listening to his music, including his iconic tune “Sixteen Tons.”

12. Enjoy a bottle of Eagle Rare 17-Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

13. Travel along Kentucky Route 17 from where it begins just northwest of Falmouth and continues north to the Ohio River, crossing the

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scenic John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Covington.

14. Visit 17 Kentucky wineries and sample the best vino the Commonwealth has to offer. As a guide, check out Kirk Alliman’s article in the September 2016 issue of Kentucky Monthly (page 40) or visit kentuckywine.com.

15. Tour the Toyota plant in Georgetown to view the 2017 models rolling off the line.

16. Make a trip to 17 of Kentucky’s awesome state parks. From Greenbo Lake State Resort Park to Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site and from General Butler State Resort Park to General Burnside Island State Park, there are plenty from which to choose. Visit parks.ky.gov to plan your travels.

What's on your 2017 Kentucky bucket list?

17. Attend 17 Kentucky college sporting events, such as the ACC baseball tournament held at Slugger Field in Louisville May 23-28. Q

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I am an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner with firsthand knowledge of Disney Cruise Line, Disney Land & Walt Disney World.

My passion is for Alaskan travel, having taken an Alaska cruise twice. I have explored from the Yukon to Fairbanks to Denali & Anchorage. My favorite type of trip is to all-inclusive resorts in places like St. Lucia, Antigua, Jamaica, Punta Cana & Mexico. I don’t just believe in customer service but in customer satisfaction! I don’t just want you to have a vacation; I want you to have a memory that will last a lifetime.

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CULTURE

Off the Shelf

(P)-Paperback (C)-Clothbound (H)-Hardback

Sweet State Pride

Holiday Mystery

Evelyn B. Christensen is painting the Bluegrass State red for children with her delightful seasonal book offering, The Twelve Days of Christmas in Kentucky.

Full of colorful pictures illustrated The Twelve Days

by Kent Culotta and revealing facts of Christmas in Kentucky about the Commonwealth, the book

By Evelyn B. serves as a travel guide, a history Christensen resource, and an encourager of pride Sterling Children’s in the nation’s 15th state.

Books Marybeth’s cousin Martin is $12.95 (H) making a Yuletide visit to her family in Kentucky, and he gets really excited—so much so that he writes letters home to tell his loved ones the news about such a special place. He does it daily as the 12 days leading to Christmas are counted down, and with each day bringing a gift from Marybeth with features that make Kentucky such a neat place.

The author refers to the Christmas gifts as “12 balls a-bouncing, 11 fiddlers fiddling, 10 lumps of black gold, 9 frisky squirrels …” It is a giddy romp through a place now 224 years old, but the book waxes true on the dynamic essence of Kentucky, a location children can and should rightfully embrace.

Along with the book, Christensen’s website, evelynchristensen.com, includes a companion activity kit to enhance the experience, as well as a list of other Kentucky-related puzzles and materials.

Louisville author Bill Noel has gone soft on his 11th novel—there’s no murder! Still, things are not all good at Folly Beach. Christmas is coming and the clock is ticking, but for Chris Landrum Silent Night: A Folly and his quorum of quirks, the Beach Christmas issue is not about buying presents

By Bill Noel on time for Christmas cheer.

Hydra Publications There’s a crime that needs solving, $12.99 (P) and by Yuletide, no less.

In Silent Night: A Folly Beach Christmas Mystery, a figurine of Baby Jesus is stolen from First Light Church’s Nativity scene. Brother Burl, the minister, and his flock of members are duly upset. It bothers those in the community, too— including the non-religious. In addition to the religious hardware, jewelry and surfboards around Folly Island were taken.

Looks like a job for the unofficial crime-fighting cavalry of Folly Island: Chris and his friends. Like Santa and his elves preparing for the big day ahead, they get busy attempting to turn downcast faces to joyful ones. This time, even a couple of teenagers join the effort and are mentored by Chris. Can we say “quirk trainees?”

Noel keeps us both interested in solving crimes and highly amused in watching his characters perform their unorthodox magic along the way.

— Steve Flairty

— Steve Flairty

CALLING ALL COOKS! Submit your favorite original recipe for a chance to win great prizes and see your dish featured in our May issue!

Submissions due by

March 10, 2017 S U B M I T YO U R R E C I P E AT K E N T U C K Y M O N T H LY. C O M Prizes: In addition to having their recipes featured in our May 2017 issue, the recipe contest winner and runners-up will receive great Kentucky-themed prizes!

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BOOKENDS Campbellsville author and professor Diana Derringer, a contributor to Kentucky Monthly, has written a collection of 12 short dramas that can be used by mission and church groups. Released by CSS Publishing, Beyond Bethlehem and Calvary: 12 Dramas for Christmas, Easter and More! presents universal topics such as acceptance and rejection.

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Jeff Rogers’ newest and fourth book, Kentucky: Seasons of the Bluegrass, underscores the excellence and breadth of his photography career. A departure from the panoramic format of his earlier books, Kentucky Wide (2006) and Kentucky Wide II (2009), this edition features varied formats that demonstrate Kentucky at its finest.

His approach once again captures the heart of the Commonwealth and its beauty—the thriving, traditional and innovative, and the magnificence of the often-overlooked ordinary, which Rogers has elevated to an art form. The stillness and glory of each of the four distinct seasons are extraordinary in their own right, and yield a wealth of timeless imagery.

This hardbound coffee table book, which retails for $44.95, includes 236 color pages and is available from the photographer/publisher or a bookstore near you.

Visit JeffRogers.com for more information.

Inspirational and Popular Novels set in Kentucky

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Inspired by the perseverance of Miss Kentucky 2014 Ramsey Carpenter’s battle against multiple sclerosis, Steve Monroe has written The Legend of the Christmas Monkey. Funds from the sale of the $5.99 book benefit the MS Society.

Monroe is a Kentucky Monthly reader who lives in North Carolina. His sock monkeys can be found at Cracker Barrel and Mast General Stores. You can find out more by visiting “The Christmas Monkey” on facebook.com.

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More than a just a trivia book, Tom Wallace’s So You Think You’re a Kentucky Basketball Fan? challenges anyone’s knowledge of Wildcats basketball with stories behind each question/answer that bring the history of this legendary team to life.

This book, part of a new sports trivia series, is divided into four parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. The Benchwarmer section contains the most basic questions. Next are the Starter and All-American sections, followed by the biggest challenge: the Hall of Fame.

Learn about the great University of Kentucky players and coaches of the past and present. This book makes the perfect gift for any fan of Big Blue Nation.

The paperback sells for $14.99 and also is available as an e-book.

Saundra Staats McLemme Welcome to Christmas Hotel!

All will leave Christmas Hotel after finding the true meaning of Christmas: Jesus Christ.

Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble online.

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Past Tense/Present Tense

The Better Angels of Our Nature

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BY BILL ELLIS

ne hundred and one years ago, a couple of rather

by Jonathan Rauch, “What’s Ailing American Politics,” in progressive opponents—at least for the time— The Atlantic, July/August, p. 62.)

Democrat Augustus O. Stanley and Republican Compromise seems to be a dirty word these days. Is this a Edwin P. Morrow faced off in the Kentucky gubernatorial result of the pervasiveness of reality TV, the internet and election. Both were old-fashioned stump speakers and instant polls? The divisiveness is so rampant that I sometimes could flail the devil out of each other while campaigning. expect stalemate to be the downfall of our republic. But this However, they often traveled together during the campaign, problem has been faced before, and we have come out on the sharing the same podium other side. and hotel room and, of From time to time, I suggest course, a bottle of bourbon. books I think are important for They played the game of Kentucky readers. Loathing politicking mostly by the Lincoln: An American Tradition from rules and apparently enjoyed the Civil War to the Present, by it. Government at the state Kentucky native John McKee and national levels was Barr, is one such book. I have functional; it worked in spite written about our 16th of all the backroom deals president before in these pages and other shenanigans that and owing to my interest in had become part of the humor have made something of American body politic. a study of Abraham Lincoln’s My grandmother and grandfather, Bess and Tyler Stratton, never Government now is usually self-deprecating style. missed voting. From the time of passage of the 19th Amendment, dysfunctional, particularly at When once told that he was the national level. Most of us “Mommaw” always voted a straight Republican ticket, while two-faced, he replied, “If I Grandaddy always voted a straight Democrat ticket. Tenant farmers recognize that, no matter were two-faced, would I be what our political persuasion and then-owners of a farm on Buzzard Roost Road in Shelby County, wearing this one?” they lived together for more than 50 years until my grandfather’s may be.

Lincoln represented the death in early 1967. My grandmother never learned to drive a car. She Over the past 15 years, I middle ground of the issues of was more serious than my grandfather, who was humorous and funhave sometimes written 1860. He did not go far enough about politics and presidents, loving. Bess always sat beside Tyler in the old Chevy wherever they for radical abolitionists in went. Family tradition has it that after one particularly contentious and the anomalies, silliness, issuing the Emancipation Kentucky election, they returned home with Bess sitting in the back heartbreak and skullduggery Proclamation earlier on the seat. Tyler had a faint smile on his lips. They must have had a serious of American—and one hand. On the other hand, political discussion. Otherwise, they lived happily together, and are a particularly Kentucky— he pursued the war after wonderful lesson for us all about civility and politics. politics. secessionists led 13 states out There is no better of the Union. Did Lincoln’s summation of Kentucky politics—past, present and, policies represent the middle ground? “America will never unfortunately, future—than Jim Mulligan’s immortal words: be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our “And politics—the damnedest in Kentucky.” freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves,” he This article was written several weeks before the recent said. I continue to think so. presidential election, so it contains no thankfulness or sour Though usually rated as No. 1 among the great grapes that usually accompanies commentaries about the presidents by historians and in other polls, Lincoln has Nov. 8 election. been under constant attack from his rise to prominence in As a historian, I don’t write “of the moment” or “off the Illinois through his presidency, and in the ebb and flow of cuff” stuff to fill the airwaves. However, I have political American politics and history. Was he the savior of the viewpoints, biases, prejudices and inclinations just like republic or a divisive leader who broke up the old everyone else. I have more often voted for a losing federation of home rule into conformity to the dictates of candidate than for a winning one.

Washington, D.C.? I prefer the former.

In my lifetime, I never thought we would go through the His critics to the present day—many identify as “neoturmoil of recent years in Washington and Frankfort. We Confederates”—place on his head the entire blame for the seem to be coming apart at the seams. Politicians, deaths of more than 600,000 Americans, North and South. neighbors and relatives no longer can sit down for a The literature of Lincoln is vast. If you want to read what political chat without it developing into a shouting match.

I consider to be the greatest biography of this native Having kept up with the news and reading some Kentuckian, pick up Lincoln by David Herbert Donald, a commentaries, I agree that the old system of backroom native Mississippian. Put Lincoln on your holiday reading and deals in both Frankfort and Washington certainly worked gift list, and you will understand not only the Lincoln of the better than the individualist approach used today by many 19th century but also how his legacies impact our own time. politicians and groups.

This holiday season, I wish upon us all the concluding Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said it succinctly in a words of Lincoln’s first inaugural address when he hoped March presidential debate. People “want change, and they that “the better angels of our nature” would prevail. Well, keep putting outsiders in to bring about change. Then the truth be told, I include this in a prayer occasionally. change doesn’t come … because we’re putting people in that Readers may contact Bill Ellis at historian@kentuckymonthly.com don’t understand compromise.” (Kasich quoted in an article 52

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Field Notes

A Commonwealth Winter

BY GARY GARTH

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inter is both a calendar date and a state of mind.

For my friend Jill, a lifelong Kentuckian who embraces the cold season as enthusiastically as anyone I know, winter unofficially begins in August. She feverishly keeps count of the number of foggy August mornings, part of a long-held, folklore-fueled belief that the number of fogs in August is a predictor of the number of snowfalls the following winter.

The August fog/winter snow correlation is based on no scientific data whatsoever, but it apparently has plenty of followers and, according to its devotees, is surprisingly accurate.

“You better believe it’s accurate,” Jill said, noting that she learned the foggy snow prediction from her father. “My daddy always said every time there’s a fog in August, there will be snow that winter. And there usually is, too.”

August fog not withstanding, winter officially arrives in Kentucky at 5:44 a.m.

Eastern Time (4:44 Central) on Dec. 21. That’s the winter solstice, the day that the sun’s position is directly overhead of the Tropic of Capricorn, an imaginary line that circles the Earth 23 degrees, 26 minutes and 14 seconds south of the equator. It touches South Africa, splits Australia and is about 4,200 miles from Kentucky. The winter solstice, in terms of hours, minutes and seconds of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, is also the shortest day of the year. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the longest.

The winter solstice is soaked in folklore, superstition, tradition, rituals and customs, many of which date to preChristian times, including the Feast of Juul, a Scandinavian tradition that, in part, celebrates the “turning of the sun.”

Stonehenge, the 5,000-year-old pile of rock near Salisbury, England, is probably the most famous solstice monument on the planet, although it’s hardly the only one.

The ancient structure was built to align with the solstices— winter and summer—although specifics as to why remain a mystery. In Clay County nearManchester, a small natural cave also aligns with the winter solstice, which state tourism officials say likely held a “powerful meaning” to Native Americans. You can learn more about that at bit.ly/2e7DWiJ. For all the quirkiness surrounding it, the timing of the winter solstice is predictable … mostly.

It usually arrives on Dec. 21. Occasionally, the first day of winter is Dec. 22. Rarely, it lands on Dec. 20 or 23. These, however, are once-in-a-lifetime events. The last time the solstice was on Dec. 23 was 1903. The next time it will fall on Dec. 20 will be 2080.

But regardless of when it arrives, winter sun is a precious commodity.

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Hematite Lake Trail, a 2.2-mile loop that circles its namesake, Hematite Lake, is one of my favorite winter hikes.

The lake and the trail that surrounds it are folded in the soft hills of the Kentucky section of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, landbetweenthelakes.us, the 170,000-acre peninsula that separates Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.

Hematite Lake is a popular summertime spot, too, with picnickers, fishermen and hikers. The lake is loaded with bass and panfish, but boats are limited to electric motors. It’s also carry-in access to launch, which generally restricts boat traffic to canoes, kayaks and float tubes. However, it’s off limits to fishing— and boating—November 1 through mid-March.

The trail, however, gets year-round attention.

“It’s one of our most popular trails,” said LBL spokesperson Jan Bush. “And it’s a beautiful hike, especially during the wintertime.”

It doesn’t feel like winter today, although the official launch day for winter is a few days away. Under a cloudless sky, the temperature is touching 50. The trail weaves in and out of the winter woods, always within sight of the small lake. Several geese and ducks are on the water, aware of, but apparently ignoring, the occasional human. An immature bald eagle was perched near the north shore but has now vanished.

At a leisurely pace, the walk takes about an hour. Near the lake’s headwaters, the terrain becomes marshy, and a wooden walkway and footbridge usually provide dry access. The walkway is typically an ongoing repair project, but a storm has seriously damaged the wooden walk and wholesale repairs are underway. Hikers proceed at their own risk of wet feet. Fortunately, the lake level is low, and I’m wearing good boots.

The trail begins and ends at a low water concrete spillway, the path from which accesses the parking lot. By the time I complete the loop, the temperature has dropped into the 40s and the wind has shifted from the northwest.

There’s a bite to it. The western sky is piled with graystreaked clouds. The forecast is for flurries tonight, a reminder of the first fog of August.

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Christmas Tea, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond, (859) 623-9178

Kentucky Christmas Gathers with David Dulcimer Phelps, Group, General Paramount Arts Butler State Resort Center, Ashland, Park, Carrollton (606) 324-0007

Candlelight Tours, My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown, through Dec. 18, (502) 348-3502

Mannheim Steamroller, Lexington Opera House, (859) 233-3535

Mountain HomePlace Christmas, Staffordsville, through Dec. 17

Murder Mystery, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, Bardstown, 1-866-801-3463

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Rotary Nighttime Christmas Parade, Murray, (270) 759-2199

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Happy Holidays with The Kentucky Choirs, Carnegie Center, Covington, (859) 491-2030

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Ongoing Ongoing Southern BCM Holiday Lights, presented Trains, by the KHP BehringerFoundation, Crawford Kentucky Horse Museum, Park, Lexington, Covington, through Dec. 31, through Jan. 7 (859) 233-4303

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Pippin, ERTH’s Elk Viewing Carson Center, Dinosaur Zoo Tour, Jenny Wiley Paducah, Live, Norton State Resort Park, (270) 450-4444 Center for the Arts, Prestonsburg, Danville, (606) 889-1790 (859) 236-4692

Louisville Harlem Eagle Weekend In Flight Boat, RV & Globetrotters, 2017, Lake Dance Concert, Sportshow, Rupp Arena, Barkley State Singletary Center Kentucky Expo Lexington, Resort Park, for the Arts, Center, Louisville, (859) 233-3535 Cadiz, Lexington, through Jan. 29 through Jan. 29, through Jan. 29, (270) 924-1131 (859) 257-4929

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Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787

Stop Kiss, Winter 40 Years of presented by the Photography Great Art: Studio Players, Weekend, Pine Fortieth The Carriage Mountain State Anniversary House, Lexington, Resort Park, Celebration, through Jan. 29 Pineville, Owensboro through Jan. 15, Museum of Fine (606) 337-3066 Art, through March 29, (270) 685-3181

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A guide to Kentucky’s most interesting events Bluegrass Region

3 The Nutcracker, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 233-3925, lexingtonballet.org 3 A Rockin’ Christmas with Brenda Lee, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com

Ongoing December Southern Lights, presented by the KHP Foundation, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, through Dec. 31, (859) 233-4303, khpfoundation.org Holiday Lights at the Distillery, Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, through Jan. 3, buffalotracedistillery.com Frankfort’s Fishing Reels: Jewels of the Bluegrass, The Capital City Museum, Frankfort, through Dec. 31, capitalcitymuseum.com December

1 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rupp Arena, Lexington, (859) 233-3535, trans-siberian.com 1-4 One-Act Plays, presented by the Bluegrass Theatre Guild, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org 1-30 Robert Carden, Ed Franklin and Bruce New Exhibition, ArtsPlace Gallery, Lexington, lexarts.org 2 Afternoon Tea, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-5411, shakervillageky.org 2-3 Victorian Christmas, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond, also Dec. 9-10, (859) 623-9178, parks.ky.gov 2-4 Make It, Take It, Give It! various locations, Berea, also Dec. 9-11, berea.org 2-4 Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington, also Dec. 9-11, (859) 272-3611, parks.ky.gov 2-17 Illuminated Evenings, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-5411, shakervillageky.org 3 Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting, downtown Winchester, (859) 737-0923

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3 Children’s Tea with Mrs. Claus and Shaker Makers: Holiday Reed Stars, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, also Dec. 10 and 17, (859) 734-5411, shakervillageky.org

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7 Met Opera HDLive: Nabucco, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org 12-29 Stop Kiss, presented by the Studio Players, The Carriage House, Lexington, studioplayers.org 14 René Marie, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com

3 The Snow Queen, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, (859) 254-4546, lctonstage.org

15-31 Horizon Line Art Show, Berea College, Berea, through Feb. 17, berea.edu

4 Danish American Christmas Celebration, Russel Acton Folk Center, Berea, berea-folk-circle.org

20 Pam Tillis, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort, (502) 352-7469, grandtheatrefrankfort.org

6 Tea Tuesdays, Waveland State Historic Site, Lexington, also Dec. 13 and 20, (859) 272-3611, parks.ky.gov 8 The TEN Tenors, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.org 9 Bill Engvall Live, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.org 9-10 18th Century Christmas, Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond, (859) 527-3131, parks.ky.gov 9-11 Candlelight Tours, Ward Hall, Georgetown, also Dec. 16-20, wardhall.net 10-18 The Nutcracker, Lexington Opera House, Lexington, (859) 233-3925, lexingtonballet.org 11 Alice in Wonderland, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, (859) 254-4546, lctonstage.org

20 ERTH’s Dinosaur Zoo Live, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, (859) 236-4692, nortoncenter.com 22 Herman’s Hermits, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.org 22 Cows Don’t Fly, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Lexington, (859) 254-4546, lctonstage.org 26 Harlem Globetrotters, Rupp Arena, Lexington, (859) 233-3535, rupparena.com 28 Chamber Music: Mediterranean Portraits, Tates Creek Presbyterian Church, Lexington, lexingtonchamberorchestra.com 28-29 In Flight Dance Concert, Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, (859) 257-4929, finearts.uky.edu

Louisville Region

13 Christmas Tea, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond, (859) 623-9178, parks.ky.gov 16 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, (859) 622-7469, ekucenter.org

Ongoing December

17 Shaker Makers: Market Basket, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, (859) 734-5411, shakervillageky.org

Ruley’s Holiday Light Show, Ruley Farm, Loretto, through Jan. 1, (270) 865-5242

22 Mannheim Steamroller, Lexington Opera House, (859) 233-3535, lexingtonoperahouse.com

Race: Are We So Different? Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, through Jan. 2, (502) 992-5334, alicenter.org

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1-30 Stars of the Stands Exhibit, Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, derbymuseum.org 2 Clinton’s Country Christmas Concert, Kentucky Classic Theatre, Lebanon, mykct.com 2 Exile Christmas Concert, Angelic Hall, Lebanon, kentuckyclassicarts.com 2-3 Beautiful Music of Christmas, Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, Bardstown, (859) 336-9232, visitbardstown.com 2-4 North Pole Express, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, also Dec. 9-11 and 16-17, kyrail.org

3 Holiday Home Tour, Historic Old Louisville Visitors Center, Louisville, (502) 635-5244, oldlouisville.org

(270) 351-0577, hardincountyplayhouse.com

9-11 Christmas Gift and Decor Show, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, (502) 456-2244, stewartpromotions.com

3 Candlelight Tours, Maker’s Mark Distillery, Loretto, makersmark.com

10 Christmas Tour of Homes, various locations in the Bardstown area, visitbardstown.com

3-4 Santa Visit with Carriage Rides, Paddock Shops, Louisville, also Dec. 10-11 and 17-19, paddockshops.com 3-4 North Pole Express, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Depot, Bardstown, also Dec. 10-11 and 17-18, 1-866-801-3463, kydinnertrain.com 4 Christmas by Candlelight, Bardstown United Methodist Church, Bardstown, (502) 507-1981, visitbardstown.com

2-23 A Christmas Carol, Actors Theatre, Louisville, (502) 584-1205, actorstheatre.org

4 Christmas at Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, La Grange, LouisvilleChorus.org

3 Santa on the Square, downtown Bardstown, also Dec. 10 and 17, visitbardstown.com

8-10 Festival of Nativities, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Crestwood, (502) 641-7188, crestwoodnativities.com

3 Civil War Christmas, Old Bardstown Village, Bardstown, civil-war-museum.org

9 Bourbon Making Workshop, Distilled Spirits Epicenter, Louisville, moonshineuniversity.com

3 Supper with Santa, Grayson’s Landing Restaurant, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, Falls Of Rough, 1-800-325-1713, parks.ky.gov

10 Christmas Open House, The Gallery on the Square, Bardstown, (502) 348-0044, fineartsbardstown.com 10 The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show, Over the 9, Louisville, also Dec. 17 and 31, 1-866-496-0535, thedinnerdetective.com 10 The Nutcracker, presented by the Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, louisvilleballet.org 10-11 Mrs. Julia Beckham’s Christmas Tea, Wickland, Home of Three Governors, Bardstown, historicwickland.com 10-31 Christmas in the Park, Freeman Lake Park, Elizabethtown, through Jan. 1, (270) 765-2175, touretown.com 11 Christmas at St. Brigid, St. Brigid Catholic Church, Louisville, (502) 968-6300, LouisvilleChorus.org

9-11 The Game’s Afoot, Historic State Theater/Hardin County Playhouse, Elizabethtown, also Dec. 15-18,

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Let’s Go 11 Santa Express, Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, also Dec. 18-19, (502) 549-5470, kyrail.org 15-18 Candlelight Tours, My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown, (502) 348-3502, visitmyoldkyhome.com 16-18 Live Nativity, Bardstown Baptist Church, (502) 348-3866, visitbardstown.com 23 Murder Mystery, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train, Bardstown, 1-866-801-3463, kydinnertrain.com 29-30 Kentucky Flea Market New Year’s Spectacular, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, (502) 456-2244, stewartpromotions.com

Dec. 3 Frozen Wonderland Day General Butler State Resort Park Carrollton (502) 732-4384 parks.ky.gov The park will have your favorite “Frozen” and holiday characters: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, Grinch, Buddy the Elf, Cat in the Hat, Ralphie, and, of course, Santa Claus. Start with breakfast from 8-10:30 a.m. at Two Rivers Restaurant.

Regular breakfast pricing (plus tax) will apply. Then come upstairs from 9 a.m.noon for viewing the array of trees.

30 Kiss Tribute Band, Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, (502) 583-4555, mercuryballroom.com 31 New Year’s Eve Excursion, My Old Kentucky Dinner Train Depot, Bardstown, 1-866-801-3463, kydinnertrain.com 31 New Year’s Eve Celebration, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, Falls Of Rough, (270) 257-2311, parks.ky.gov January

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26-31 Funny Girl, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, through Feb. 12, CenterStageJCC.org 28 John Lennon and Me, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, kentuckycenter.org 28 Erykah Badu, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, kyexpo.org

Northern Region

Ongoing December BCM Holiday Trains, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, through Jan. 7, bcm.org December

3 Frozen Wonderland Day & Festival of Trees, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton, (502) 732-4384, parks.ky.gov

7 Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, also Jan. 13, (502) 584-7777, louisvilleorchestra.org

3 Christmas in the Country, Dinsmore Homestead, Burlington, dinsmorefarm.org

12-22 My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis, Henry Clay Theatre, Louisville, PandoraProds.org 13 2nd Friday Bluegrass Jam, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, Falls Of Rough, (270) 257-2311, parks.ky.gov 14 Beginner Blacksmith Class, Kaviar Forge & Gallery, Louisville, craigkaviargallery.com 14 Toy Story, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, (502) 584-7777, kentuckycenter.org

Ongoing through Dec. 31 Southern Lights Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington 1-800-678-8813, kyhorsepark.com With more than 3 miles of stunning light displays, Southern Lights is a prime holiday attraction in central Kentucky.

25-29 Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, louisvilleboatshow.com

6 Moonlight Madness Sale, downtown Bardstown, visitbardstown.com

10 Pop Evil, Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, (502) 583-4555, mercuryballroom.com Dec. 15 NewSong’s Very Merry Christmas Tour 2016 Owensboro Convention Center (270) 687-8800 OwensboroCenter.com One of Christian music’s top holiday tours, featuring Matthew West, NewSong, Love & The Outcome, and Reno.

21 Lucas Graham, Louisville Palace, (502) 583-4555, louisvillepalace.com

14-15 Louisville Winter Gun Show, Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville, kyexpo.org 17-22 The Sound of Music, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, (502) 584-7777, kentuckycenter.org 19 Compassion & Cooking Breakfast, Noosh Nosh, Louisville, nooshnosh.com

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3-4 Butler-Turpin State Historic House Christmas Tour of Homes, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton, (502) 732-4384, parks.ky.gov 9-10 December Dinner Theater, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, Carlisle, (859) 289-5507, parks.ky.gov 10 White Christmas Parade, Augusta, (606) 756-2183, augustaky.com 10 Happy Holidays with The Kentucky Choirs, Carnegie Center, Covington, (859) 491-2030, thecarnegie.com 17 Blue Licks Holiday Dinner & A Movie, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, Carlisle, (859) 289-5507, parks.ky.gov 20 Kentucky Gathers Dulcimer Group, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton, also Jan. 17, (502) 732-4384, parks.ky.gov 31 New Year’s Eve Dinner Play & Dance, General Butler State Resort Park, Carrollton, (502) 732-4384, parks.ky.gov

31 New Year’s Eve Comedy in the Parks, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park, Carlisle, (859) 289-5507, parks.ky.gov

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14 Static Tension, The Southgate House Revival, Newport, southgatehouse.com 14 Extreme Makeover: Classical Music Edition, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, kyso.org 19-21 The Music Man, Carnegie Center, Covington, (859) 491-2030, thecarnegie.com

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Western Region

Ongoing December 40th Annual Holiday Forest Festival of Trees, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, through Dec. 31, (270) 685-3181, omfa.us

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Christmas at Panther Creek Park, Owensboro, through Jan. 2, daviesscountyparks.com December

1 First Day Hike: Monthly Hiking Series, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs, (270) 797-3421, parks.ky.gov

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1 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 450-4444, thecarsoncenter.org 1-30 Artful Expeditions, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, omfa.us 2-3 Main Street Merriment, downtown court square, Murray, (270) 759-2199, murraymainstreet.org 2-4 Christmas Show, Owensboro Convention Center, (502) 456-2244, stewartpromotions.com 3 Rotary Nighttime Christmas Parade, Murray, (270) 759-2199, murraychristmasparade.com 3 Santa Visits the Park & Gift Shop Open House, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs, (270) 797-3421, parks.ky.gov

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Let’s Go 3 The Nutcracker, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org 4 Holiday Tour of Homes, Madisonville, 1-877-243-5280, visitmadisonvilleky.com 4 Handel’s Messiah, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org 8 The Texas Tenors – Deep in the Heart of Christmas, Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, (270) 824-8650, glemacenter.org 9 The Boxcars, International Bluegrass Music Museum, Owensboro, bluegrassmuseum.org 9 Jamboree, Rosine Barn, Rosine, (270) 274-7414, visitohiocountyky.com 10 Breakfast and the Grinch, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas, (270) 646-2151, parks.ky.gov 10 Holiday Spectacular, presented by the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org 10 Justin Kalk, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, maidenalleycinema.com 10 Craft Fair and Burgoo Sale, A.B. Chandler Elementary, Henderson, (270) 533-1760 10-13 Return to Bethlehem, First Baptist Church, Madisonville, (270) 821-3611, fbcmadisonville.com

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11 Broadway Christmas Wonderland, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org

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15 NewSong’s Very Merry Christmas Tour, Owensboro Convention Center, (270) 687-8800, OwensboroCenter.com

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15 Lorrie Morgan, Alhambra Theatre, Hopkinsville, visithopkinsville.com

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17 Breakfast with Santa, Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park, Burkesville, parks.ky.gov

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31 New Year’s Eve Bash, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas, (270) 646-2151, parks.ky.gov 31 New Year’s Eve Celebration, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs, (270) 797-3421, parks.ky.gov 31 Pick Your Party New Year’s Eve, Kenlake State Resort Park, Hardin, (270) 474-2211, parks.ky.gov 31 Barkley Bash, Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Cadiz, (270) 924-1131, parks.ky.gov

31 Goldie’s New Year’s Eve Show, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org 31 New Year’s Eve Bash, MB Roland Distillery, Pembroke, mbrdistillery.com January

7 Dinger Bats Fest, Owensboro Convention Center, owensborocenter.com 14-30 40 Years of Great Art: Fortieth Anniversary Celebration, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, through March 29, (270) 685-3181, omfa.us 13-14 Winter Rook Tournament, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, Dawson Springs, 1-800-325-1711, parks.ky.gov 19 Pippin, Carson Center, Paducah, (270) 450-4444, thecarsoncenter.org 20-21 Nature Watch Weekend: Sandhill Cranes, Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas, also Jan. 27-28, (270) 646-2151, parks.ky.gov 20-22 Gathering of the Eagles, Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, Gilbertsville, parks.ky.gov 21 Peter and Wendy, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org 22 Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, RiverPark Center, Owensboro, (270) 687-2787, riverparkcenter.org 27-29 Eagle Weekend 2017, Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Cadiz, (270) 924-1131, parks.ky.gov

Southern Region

December

1 Nature Craft Workshop, Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery, Jamestown, fws.gov 1-4 Best Christmas Pageant Ever, presented by the Public Theatre of Kentucky, Phoenix Theatre, Bowling Green, also Dec. 8-9, (270) 781-6233, ptkbg.org 3 Christmas in Columbia Weekend, Columbia, 1-888-837-8012, cityofcolumbiaky.com 3 Christmas Parade, Munfordville, visitmunfordville.com

Holiday Happenings in Western Kentucky Holiday Tour of Homes

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Handel’s “Messiah”

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The Texas Tenors – Deep in the Heart of Christmas Return to Bethlehem

Thursday, December 8

Saturday, December 10 – Tuesday, December 13

New Year’s Eve Celebration Winter Rook Tournament

Saturday, December 31 Friday, January 13 & Saturday, January 14

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3 Christmas Parade, Horse Cave, kygetaway.com 10 Magical Christmas, Burnside, (606) 561-7117, burnsidetourism.com 11 Christmas Parade, Auburn, (270) 542-4149, facebook.com/AuburnKY 16 3rd Friday Folk-Coffeehouse, Carnegie Community Arts Center, Somerset, (606) 305-6741, carnegiarts.com 29 Jammin’ on the Porch, The Bookstore, Horse Cave, facebook.com/HorseCaveBluegrassJam January

17 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, The Center for Rural Development, Somerset, (606) 677-6000, centertech.com 29 42nd Street, Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, Bowling Green, (270) 904-1880, theskypac.com

Eastern Region

9-10 Breakfast with Santa, Wilkinson Stumbo Convention Center, Prestonsburg, also Dec. 17-18, (606) 889-1790, parks.ky.gov 10 The Holidays at Hemlock Lodge, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Slade, (606) 663-2214, parks.ky.gov 16-17 Mountain HomePlace Christmas, Staffordsville, VisitPaintsvilleKy.com 17 Sounds of Christmas, Bellefonte Country Club, Ashland, (606) 324-2107, facebook.com/stephensalyerssoundsofchristmas 21 Christmas with David Phelps, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com 31 Wine & Bourbon Ball, Bellefonte Pavilion, Ashland, theneighborhood-ashland.org/wine-bourbon-ball January

7 No Set Standards, also Hazel Holler, Blue Ribbon Fox Hunters Lodge, Catlettsburg, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com 10 Melissa Etheridge, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

December

1-18 A Charlie Brown Christmas, Jenny Wiley Theatre Mainstage, Pikeville, 1-877-225-5598, jennywileytheatre.com

13-15 Winter Photography Weekend, Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville, (606) 337-3066, parks.ky.gov 15 Bridal Expo, The Old Post Office, Ashland, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com

2 Jingle Bell Charity Ball, Fannin Automotive Center, Ashland, 1-800-377-6249, visitashlandky.com

19 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

3 Craft Fair, Eastern Kentucky Expo Center, Pikeville, (606) 444-5500, eastkyexpo.com

21 Elk Viewing Tour, Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg, (606) 889-1790, parks.ky.gov

3 Christmas Open House, Highlands Museum, Ashland, (606) 329-8888, highlandsmuseum.com 3 Holiday in the Park, Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park, Buckhorn, (606) 398-7510, parks.ky.gov 3 Elk Viewing Tour, Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg, (606) 889-1790, parks.ky.gov 3 Christmas in the City, downtown Paintsville, VisitPaintsvilleKy.com 3 Christmas in the Highlands, Country Music Highway Museum, Paintsville, VisitPaintsvilleKy.com 9 The Elves and the Shoemaker, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

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26-29 Winter Adventure Weekend, Carter Caves State Resort Park Lodge, Olive Hill, (606) 286-4411, parks.ky.gov 28 Buffalo Night, Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg, (606) 889-1790, parks.ky.gov 29 Light Up the Sky Women’s Event, Paramount Arts Center, Ashland, (606) 324-0007, paramountartscenter.com

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A Joyous Season A s many of you may know, I’m a Christmas junkie. I’m not one of those unfortunate souls who goes to Christmas shops during trips to the beach or Gatlinburg, but I welcome in the holidays like an old friend. I hope that when the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come takes me away that it can be said of me as it was of Ebenezer Scrooge: “he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.”

Like Fred, Scrooge’s nephew, our door is always open, and you never know who might show up. There are always treats on the table and punch in the fridge. There is always music, and there is always laughter.

We share stories of those we’ve lost, and laugh along with the memories they’ve left us. We still honor some of the traditions they established, and we’ve created new traditions of our own.

When I think of Christmas, I think of my old youth group and evening church services. I think of singing Christmas carols. One of my favorite memories is when my middle-school choir went caroling at nursing homes and afterward went to a classmate’s mansion for punch and cookies. In my memory, the snow outside was a foot deep and the driveway was a mile long.

During that snowy night, I was kissed by Melissa, the younger sister of one of my classmates, under the mistletoe, a secret that was shared with my mom recently at the senior living center she calls home. Melissa, whom I haven’t seen in, uh, 40 years, was visiting her mom in the same facility and shared with them both that I was the first boy she ever kissed.

I’m not going to claim that a kiss from Steve is like a Hallmark card, but holiday memories must stay with us. I can remember Christmases with my grandparents and Christmas mornings around the Christmas tree. The crunch of the snow. The crackle of the fire.

I can remember games of Monopoly, a tradition we’ve attempted to abandon because of the legendary fights they have caused. Still, the memories of those fights are precious, and the board continues to make an appearance

STEPHEN M. VEST

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

from time to time. “Tell us about when your fraternity played Monopoly for 102.3 hours for Toys for Tots and the disc jockey spilled beer on the board.” Yes, Pru Miller of WLRS spilled Bud Lite on our Monopoly board in 1984.

People come and go at our house during the holidays, and we’re always looking for reasons to invite friends over, be it for a movie or a ballgame, a birthday or an anniversary.

We have only one rule. We don’t talk politics at our house during the holidays.

If we’re going to debate an issue, it needs to be an important one, such as are we going to watch A Christmas Story for the 24th consecutive time or are we ready to switch over to A Miracle on 34th Street or It’s a Wonderful Life.

Which version of A Christmas Carol is best? My favorite is the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge, but I also like A Muppet Christmas Carol and the versions with George C. Scott, Sir Patrick Stewart and Jim Carrey as the redeemed curmudgeon.

I love pointing out mistakes in movies and questioning the underlying messages in my favorites.

Why is Santa such a jerk to Rudolph?

Why can’t Hermey the elf be a dentist? Who wouldn’t want a squirt gun that shoots jelly?

I love Christmas. I love the smells. I love the snacks.

Buckeyes (the peanut butter fudge dipped in chocolate variety), especially cold ones, are the best.

I look forward to hearing my new name, “Pop Pop,” when I come in the door from outside. I love how my granddaughter, Izzy, smiles when she sees me and how my dog, Toby, jumps up to greet me. I love the music, from “Hark, Hear the Bells” to Peanuts’ “Christmas Time Is Here.”

I love getting dressed up for church, and I love lounging around in my flannel pajamas.

It’s the relaxed comfort I enjoy. Punch. Cookies. Sausage balls. Friends. I love Linus’ reading of the Christmas story.

“That’s what Christmas is about, Charlie Brown.”

I love pointing out mistakes in movies and questioning the underlying messages in my favorites. Why is Santa such a jerk to Rudolph? Why can’t Hermey the elf be a dentist?

Readers, and those looking for a speaker for a church or civic group, may contact Stephen M. Vest at steve@kentuckymonthly.com

DECEMBER/JANUARY KWIZ ANSWERS: 1. A. Marlene has been a customer since 2004; 2. B. Hugging; 3. B. Maysville; 4. C. Bugtussle or Bug Tussle; 5. C. Burnside; 6. B. Eagle Scout; 7. C. Augustus G. Slaughter, supposedly in a poker game; 8. B. Carter; 9. B. 11, the most-recent being Western Kentucky University’s Antonio Andrews who plays for the Tennessee Titans; 10. B. Kentucky with five, Louisville with three and WKU with one.

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