ARRESTS

Gregory D Childress, 39
211 Mockingbird Ln, Nortonville, KY
1. No Operator's License
2. Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, 2nd+ offense

Zachary G Davis, 23
220 Crowley Ln, Madisonville, KY
1. Identity Theft
2. Parole Violation (warrant)

Ester N Duncan, 51
1215 Eastside Ln, Madisonville, KY
1. Theft by Unlawful Taking, felony

Frank Nicholas Maerz, 22
273 Reed Av, Madisonville, KY
1. Possession of Marijuana

Kenneth W Nesbitt, 37
218 Rochester Av, Marion, KY
1. DUI
2. Possession of Open Alcoholic Beverage in Motor Vehicle
3. Failure to Produce Insurance Card
4. Possession of a Controlled Substance, 1st offense

Paul M Taylor, 43
Red Cardinal Inn, 4765 Hanson Rd, Madisonville, KY
1. DUI, 2nd offense
2. Possession of OPen Alcoholic Beverage in Motor Vehicle
3. No Insurance, 1st offense
4. Expired Registration Plates

Rodney Chris Wester, 42
128 Morton St, Mortons Gap, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 3rd degree

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I am working on a new sample.  The pattern is Kimonos by Betty Blais of Embellishment Village.  Most people would probably use oriental fabrics for this pattern, but I am using my hand dyed fabrics.  See...

I will probably make a couple of other blocks using different fabrics.  I am also planning on painting some sky fabrics to sell with patterns from the Accidental Landscapes series.  And there are probably a few other small samples to make.  I sell Angelina fibers and film, paintstiks and accessories, beads and beading supplies, surface design books, as well as patterns, kits and fabrics.  I plan my booth to offer items for the quilter interested in trying something new and, so that it will offer items other vendors might not have. I will be demo-ing paintstiks, Angelina products, and foiling with some new glue and foiling glue pen products.  I am really looking forward to this show.  Last year was the first year I vended and the reception from the quilters was very good.

It is cooling off here some this morning and I am thinking about getting outside and creating some more dye painted cloth.  I have some ideas I want to try.

Keep making art!

Imagine getting a personal invite to play a friendly game of baseball with none other than The Strokes and Kings Of Leon. To many music fans, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. However, Matt Pelham, lead singer of The Features, had more important business to atten d to. Taking care of his twin daughters.

After speaking with Pelham, it instantly becomes clear that this grounded approach to his personal life carries over into The Features as well. One would think that after releasing their album Exhibit A on Universal Records, performing overseas to crowds of over 7,000 people, and making their nationwide television debut on Jimmy Kimmel that the early stages of fame might go to their heads. However, The Features are still the same group of friends who just want to make music on their own terms without conforming to industry stereotypes by “wearing skin tight pants” in order to sell more records.

The Features formed in Sparta, Tennessee in 1993 as a group of friends who simply wanted to make music. After a few shows in neighboring Murfreesboro, they joined the likes of Self and Fluid Oz. on Spongebath Records. The group slowly became a staple of the town’s live music scene, drawing in fans with their energetic live performances and sing-along choruses. After Spongebath disbanded, two friends at the label decided to co-manage them and the rest, as they say, is history.

The Features sound is made up of suspenseful verses, soaring choruses, and the pervasive retro synthesizers of keyboardist Parrish Yaw. While many bands may have a keyboardist for aesthetics, none feature it as prominently as The Features. Yaw’s melodic lines add a key element to the group that rounds out their sound, whether it’s adding to the wall of sound that make up their choruses or filling in rhythmic space of the verses.

If you haven’t already heard their music, their website is the place to go. The site is unique in that it is divided into two sections. One for the typical information one can expect from a band’s website, and the other a more personalized blog written by the group where fans can find everything from demos from the new album to exclusive photos of drummer Hollum Haas during a chance meeting with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich.

Despite being a self-described “quiet guy,” Pelham leaves most of his quiet persona behind once he hits the stage. The result is a visually captivating performance of the group “where their most comfortable.” One can expect to see Haas beat the drums with a death wish while Pelham employs his trademark “back up and scream at the mic” technique at the height of his verses. Even the little things like the askew manner in which Pelham holds his guitar can be quite pleasing to see.

If you’re a new fan, don’t worry because their songs are accessible enough to sing along to at their show, even if you don’t know them by heart. Their single, “Blow It Out,” for example, features a breezy and unforgettable “doo doo doo” line between verses, and there is even a clap-along chorus to their song “See You Though.”

Despite how lively the group is during their set, the guys are back to their reserved selves once the music stops so don’t expect too much between song banter. This comes not as a product of stage fright, but rather that he “doesn’t know those people,” Pelham explains. He joking mentions that he “hopes to be able to tell a story between songs in ten years.” Until then, there are plenty of great Features songs to listen to.

The Features will be at The Dame on Saturday, March 25. The show starts at 9 p.m. and cover is $5. Their current album, Exhibit A, is available on Universal Records.

Not For the Faint of Heart
Comedian Doug Stanhope comes to Lexington

Imagine living with an offbeat poet/ex-preacher named Father Luke, your chain-smoking mother, and your bald girlfriend named Oddjob who has a laundry li st of mental disorders, all while trying to fend off scabies in Bisbee, Arizona.

This isn’t the newest reality TV show of the season; it’s real life for Doug Stanhope. A self proclaimed “lover of losers,” Stanhope prefers to surround himself with characters to whom most people wouldn’t even give the time of day. It’s just one of the many facets that make Doug Stanhope one of today’s most tasteless yet brilliant stand-up comedians.

If the name sounds at all familiar, you probably will remember him as the former co-host of Comedy Central’s “Man Show”. He has also appeared in several “Girls Gone Wild” videos, and most recently had a spot in the film The Aristocrats. He currently spends most of his time performing at comedy clubs and rock venues, spreading the insanity that is his life all across the country.

Stanhope got his start in comedy by taking chances, and it hasn’t failed him yet. After dropping out of school after 9th grade because “it was boring,” he moved to California at age 18 to become an actor. When that didn’t work out, he performed at open mics in Las Vegas comedy clubs simply because he thought that was just as funny as anyone else. Since those early days, he has managed to grow into an accomplished comedian, while his personality remains vulgar as ever.

Hitting the stage armed with a fresh beer, plenty of Marlboros, and a sense of humor that could easily offend even the most open-minded of club goers, he often warns the crowd that his live show is “like leading you into battle…you’re not all going to be here at the end.” Stanhope’s abrasive humor is a blend of shock value and carefully crafted punch lines covering sensitive subject matter ranging from religion to sex toys. After building up sympathy for a tale of how he and his wife had to have an abortion, he then stunned the audience by exclaiming that he only did it because he “really wanted to see what it felt like to kill a baby.”

What’s even more shocking than the jokes themselves is that fact that the inspiration for his twisted brand of comedy comes from “true life experiences.” In the midst of listening to a story of how he narrowly escaped being robbed by an angry transvestite hooker, you start to realize that this really happened to him.

When he’s not on the road, Stanhope spends his time “hanging out and going to thrift stores.” Noting that since most people think that what he does for a living is fun, he considers other people’s work to be like “weed whacking.” Stanhope includes the more interesting parts of his daily life, such as breakups, scabies infections, and drug-related escapades all on his website so fans can keep tabs on him.

If you’re looking to return from Fall Break with some stories to tell, check out one of Doug Stanhope’s many shows next week. He will be performing at Comedy Off Broadway from October 5-8, along with native Kentucky comedian Cleveland. Ticket prices range from $9.50-$15.50. However, if you are easily offended you have been warned. For more information check out: www.dougstanhope.com.

ARRESTS

Bobby Ray Barber, 19
138 Carbondale Rd, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence
2. Violation of a Kentucky EPO/DVO

Judy A Browning, 46
2033 S Main St, Madisonville, KY
1. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License
2. Possession an Operator's License when Privileges are Suspended

Clinton T Campbell, 18
601 A C Slaton Rd, Madisonville, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 1st degree

Blake Derell Caraway, 21
30 Arnold St, Madisonville, KY
1. Fugitive from Another State

Henry E Cunningham, 47
2124 Ravenswood Dr, Evansville, IN
1. Theft by Deception, felony (warrant)
2. Theft by Deception, misdemeanor (warrant)
3. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License
4. No Registration Plates
5. Failure to Produce Insurance Card

Justin Michael Davis, 19
503 N Seminary St, Madisonville, KY
1. Disorderly Conduct, 2nd degree
2. Resisting Arrest

Greg Allen Ezell, 22
2033 S Main St, Madisonville, KY
1. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

Richard Heath Francis, 19
3180 Eastlawn Rd, Hanson, KY
1. Criminal Mischief, 3rd degree

Robert Edward Gatlin, 46
744 Maple St, Madisonville, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 1st degree

Jonah M Mills, 24
896 Wexford Way, Madisonville, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 1st degree

Rachel Lynn Moore, 45
134 Walnut St, Mortons Gap, KY
1. Disorderly Conduct, 2nd degree

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Before you read the rest of this little post, I'm going to need you to go back and read my previous warning. 

All done?

Good.  You may continue.

So my revelation the other day about one miserable side effect of a deffective ICD got me close to my highest reader count of all time.  My actual highest reader day was on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007.  This is mind blowing to me because while I've had this blog spot saved for a couple of years, I didn't actually start writing in it until a few weeks ago.  Who knows what brought people to my site in droves back then?  Maybe word got out there was an image of the virgin Mary or something?  She does occasionally need a place to crash between potato chip appearances, so I've offered her my blog.

In addition to high readership, I got a few phone calls and 22 e-mails (if you count messages from other social sites as well) about that post.  But only two of you had the guts to post a comment publicly.  High fives to Michele and Dawn.

In one particular phone call from she who must not be named (and if you want to think I am friends with Lord Voldemort's wife, that's fine by me), I was asked if the KY product was really that disappointing.   In short, yes.

Here is the official critique and another embarassing confession.

The stuff almost has no smell at all.  If you have a hyper-sensitive nose like I do, first and foremost, I'm sorry.  Second, you might detect the faintest smell of menthol.  This is not a criticism.  I'm glad it doesn't smell.

The pink tube is labled "Mine" and the blue tube is labled "Yours."  This makes me think that the KY company knows fully well women are the ones who are going to waste their money on this.  And hey, they're right.  But I'm not sure how I feel about that.

The big question from Lady Voldemort:  Did it feel good? 

Well, yes and no.  Of course it felt good to have him rub Mine on me and I'm sure he liked me rubbing Yours on him.  (See, I told you the directions were a little quirky.  And don't you feel a little violated that you've been dragged into this?) - but it didn't feel any different than rubbing anything else on.  Canola oil was an example I gave, drawing from the theoretical world again, of course. 

When Yours and Mine met, there wasn't any additional sensation either.  And here's where the embarassing confession comes in...

When it was over, there was the obligatory and mutual, "Whew, that was good" as sweaty bodies disengaged and breaths were caught. 

Despite 10 years of togetherness, I still can't read the man's mind.  But I can tell you what I was thinking.  As someone who occasionally wakes up to find parts of her body missing - or at least, their sensation (can't feel an arm here, a leg there, no eyesight on one side, etc...) - only to have them return like the prodigal son days or weeks later with no explanation of their where abouts, I was more than just a little concerned that I'd lost feeling in my Lady Business.  Had I stopped to think about it, though, I probably would have realized I wouldn't have felt the rest of 'all that' either.  Fortunately I'm not an alarmist and I didn't make a big deal out of it.  Actually, I made no deal what so ever.

Then a couple of nights later, we retired to the boudoir after what felt like a long day of toiling in random tool aisles of Home Depot.  We were both bored and a little restless.  "Do you want to try the new KY again?" I asked. 

I realize it's not a sexy way to propisition your man, but I wasn't looking for romantic encounters - just something to pass the time. 

He thought about it a second and said, "Nah."  Then quickly added, "I mean, we can if you want to."

"Not really," I said.

It was then that I realized we'd gone 2 whole days without saying what we were both thinking.  "So that stuff didn't do anything for you either, huh?"

"Not so much."

So I'm happier to report than you are to hear that I can still feel what goes on below the c-section scar. 

For those of you who read this far expecting Dr. Seuss verse or a Big Mama sighting, sorry to disappoint.

ARRESTS

Mathew DeWayne Foe, 22
815 Fergursontown Rd, Dawson Springs, KY
1. Contempt of Court (warrant)

Christopher L Hallum, 31
700 Illey Sisk Rd, Nortonville, KY
1. Parole Violation (warrant)

Kenneth D Mitchell, 33
201 Lunsford St, Madisonville, KY
1. Contempt of Court (warrant)

Cody A Tirey, 19
310 Saddlebrook Ln, Hanson, KY
1. Contempt of Court (warrant)

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Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction. She’s meant to shift attention away from the real issue of this campaign — the awful state of the nation after eight years of Republican rule. The Republicans are brilliant at distractions. Willie Horton was a distraction. The chatter about gays, guns and God has been a long-running distraction. And we all remember the Swift-boat campaign.

If you want a real issue, forget all of the above and revisit Monday’s front page of The New York Times. Hundreds of families are being forced out of their homes each month in Louisville, Ky., because of mortgage foreclosures. With record numbers of poor and homeless students, the public schools are struggling.

- Head for the High Road

ARRESTS

Travis W Minor, 49
340 Ebenezer St, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence

Donald Ray Mitchell, 58
1770 Barnhill Rd, Providence, KY
1. Improper Registration Plate
2. No Insurance, 1st offense
3. No Registration Plates
4. Wanton Endangerment, 2nd degree

Leslie K Putty, 19
1055 J D Buchanan Rd, Hanson, KY
1. Possession of Cocaine, 1st degree, 1st offense

Chyrle Ava Taylor, 54
75 Winding Creek Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. Alcohol Intoxication
2. Disorderly Conduct, 2nd degree

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ARRESTS

Damien E Calbreath, 26
517 Hanson St, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree

Robert Lee Green, 37
974.5 S Main St, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence

Dusty W Russell, 21
2991 Little Rock County Line Rd, Unions, MS
1. DUI
2. Driver's License to be in Possession

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ARRESTS

Curtis Lynn Brasher, 31
16 Market St, Nortonville, KY
1. Alcohol Intoxication

Ricardo de la Cruz, 37
445 Main St, Sacramento, KY
1. Alcohol Intoxication

Joshua Dane Julian, 25
1715 W 8th St, Terre Haute, IN
1. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License

Dillon J Miller, 19
234 Graves St, Madisonville, KY
1. Failure to Appear (warrant)
2. Failure to Appear (warrant)
3. Probation Violation (warrant)
4. Giving Officer a False Name or Address

Kevin A Van Buren, 25
354 Southland Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License

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ARRESTS

Nicholas Aaron Atanoa, 24
338 E Lake St, Madisonville, KY
1. Menacing

Marty Lee Barker, 45
1240 Eastside Ln, Madisonville, KY
1. Alcohol Intoxication

Jaymee L Capps-Morris, 21
11595 Nortonville Rd, Dawson Springs, KY
1. No Registration Plates
2. No Insurance, 2nd offense
3. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License

Richard Lee Cotton, 38
425 Mimms St, Earlington, KY
1. Alcohol Intoxication, 3rd+ offense
2. Disorderly Conduct, 2nd degree
3. Terroristic Threatening, 3rd degree
4. Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon

Candis M Goodaker, 28
103 E Munn St, Dawson Springs, KY
1. Criminal Possession of Forged Instrument, 2nd degree

Angela V Major, 48
914 N Kentucky Av, Madisonville, KY
1. Theft by Unlawful Taking, misdemeanor, shoplifting

Kevin Wayne McGlothlin, 41
326 Caroline St, Madisonville, KY
1. Leaving Scene an Accident

Jonathan N Nance, 43
108 W Noel Av, Madisonville, KY
1. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

James Todd Norman, 40
340 Caroline St, Madisonville, KY
1. Flagrant Non Support (warrant)

Darrell A Sellers, 24
1975 Lakeview Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

Jeffery Allen Trice, 41
566 W Center St, Madisonville, KY
1. Failure to Appear (warrant)

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These Chiles Poblanos came right out of the garden - yum!

click on pics, then click again for larger image - enjoy!
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ARRESTS

Carlton W Cottoner, 42
110 S Atkinson Av, Earlington, KY
1. DUI
2. Possession of an Open Alcoholic Beverage in a Motor Vehicle

William H Morse, 29
115 S Spring St, Madisonville, KY
1. Flagrant Non Support

Marcus D Trice, 19
824 E 12th St, Hopkinsville, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 3rd degree

Courtney Deontae Williams, 18
101 N Clay St, Hopkinsville, KY
1. Criminal Trespass, 3rd degree

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Okay, but here's kind of my beef right now. Ky is the kind of person who is very, for lack of a better word, clingy. I am very much the opposite. I don't cling to anybody. I grew up very independent, pretty much always on my own, having to fend for myself. So, it's really, really hard for me to want to be with him when he's being so clingy. I can get past it...most of the time. Every once in a while, though, something will happen that drives me mad. Like he'll want to stunt his sleep and only get five hours just so he can wake up and be with me. Sweet, right? Well, too bad he's half asleep and dragging his feet wherever we go because he's so tired. I keep telling him that I would rather spend one good hour with him than four lousy hours with him. But he's so attached to me that he is the opposite, I think.

I don't know. Anyway, the reason for the title of the post is because I have realized lately that I'm trying to kind of mold him to be the kind of man I want him to be instead of the man he wants to be. I've been trying to push him into a sport or an activity of some kind. Granted, he keeps saying that he wants to do something, but I think I'm pushing him too hard. It seems like I'm always bugging him about it. I'm always asking him what he wants to do. I'm always asking him what he wants to do with me. I want so badly to get into something with him that we both like to do that we can do together, like a sport or something. He likes bike riding, and so do I. And we've been twice. Once in the Springs and once here.

I think the thing that really gets to me is that he doesn't seem to be a super motivated person. He says he wants to do certain things, but they never get done. And I'll admit, I'm the same way for the most part. But before I got sick and now that I'm getting better finally, I'm much better about that kind of stuff. I'll still procrastinate, especially if it's a really arduous task, I find that I generally don't do it. But the littler stuff I do. It's really frustrating to see the one you love go to work, come home, play computer, and go to bed. I want him to be more active, and not just at work because he has to be.

Am I crazy? HELP!

ARRESTS

Ronald R Baxter, 50
137 Holiday Pl, Madisonville, KY
1. Sexual Abuse, 1st degree

Jeffrey Wayne Clark, 36
200 Whittington Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. Probation Violation (warrant)
2. Fleeing or Evading Police, 2nd degree
3. Resisting Arrest

David S Cunningham, 23
59 N Kentucky Av, Madisonville, KY
1. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

Seth T Gatten, 25
1320 Eastview Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. DUI
2. Possession of Cocaine, 1st offense
3. Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, 1st offense
4. Possession of Open Alcoholic Beverage in a Motor Vehicle

James R Perdue, 21
1840 Sunrise Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. Receiving Stolen Property, felony

Antonio D Pettus, 43
405 Allison Av, Madisonville, KY
1. Driving on a Suspended Operator's License

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This is from the official rules and F.A.Q.s........   What is the Promotional Offer?

Visit any participating Chick-fil-A restaurant wearing your favorite football team’s attire or logo on Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. until close and get one free order of our new Chick-n-Strips (3-count). Limit one order per person while supplies last.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: To receive one (1) free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips (“Chick-n-Strips”) while supplies last, eligible participants should visit participating Chick-fil-A locations from 10:30 AM until close on September 1, 2008 wearing at least one visible article of clothing that contains any football team logo or collegiate logo and mention this Promotion. Hours of operation may vary by location.

ELIGIBILITY: Offer available only to legal U.S. residents of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. Limit one free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips per person, regardless of location and/or number of visits, while supplies last. http://www.cheerforchicken.com/home/rules

ARRESTS

Angela Christine Carlisle, 36
112 Cottonwood Dr, Madisonville, KY
1. DUI

Eric Quinn Fuqua, 29
6343 Highway 62, Graham, KY
1. undescribed Muhlenberg County warrant

Kerri Leshea King, 20
305 N Parker, Dawson Springs, KY
1. Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property, felony

Steven L McCarty, 25
301 Oates St, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence

Dana M Sharber, 27
301 Oates St, Madisonville, KY
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence

Rodney Chris Wester, 42
128 Morton St, Mortons Gap, KY
1. Theft by Unlawful Taking, Auto

Natalie J Wood, 23
409 W Main St, Providence, KY
1. Theft by Deception, misdemeanor (twelve (12) warrants)

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ARRESTS

Rodney LaMonte Bass, 36
Crofton, KY
1. Failure to Appear (warrant)
2. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

Raymond Lee Moore, 25
420 Chestnet St, Sacramento, KY
1. Non Payment of Fines (warrant)

Joseph G Sheets, 28
Big Springs Inn, 1750 E Center St, Madisonville, KY
1. Contempt of Court (warrant)

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ARRESTS

Michael Kevin Oquin, 36
25 Terrell Smith Rd, Carson, MS
1. Assault, 4th degree, domestic violence

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