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Thursday, December 1 8, 2003 THE DAWSON SPRINGS PROGRESS A7 the latest Saddam What is Saddams favorite Christmas song? Holey, Holey, Holey You can say a lot of things about Saddam, but its clear he was grounded in his beliefs. Saddam was found with in American currency, but his accommodations were six episodes of Survivor. Saddam started a high fiber diet the day he was captured. He devoured five tongue depressors before the doctor was able to complete the medical exam. When asked what his first meal request would be, Saddam said, Anything that doesnt move.

dirt cheap. Saddam got his money by opening a chain of stores with Osama Bin Laden called Caves Us. Youre usually ready to surrender when your evening meal consists of grub worms and tree roots. Saddam has signed on for hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy. An F-IU pilot was flying escort with a B-52 and generally making a nuisance of himself by flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber.

The message for the B-52 crew was: Anything you can do, I can do better. Not to be outdone, the bomber pilot announced he would rise to the challenge. The B-52 continued its flight, straight and level, however. Perplexed, the fighter pilot asked, So, what did you do? "We, just shut down two engines, the B-52 pilot replied. Soldier, the officer said, do you have change for a dollar? "Sure, buddy, the soldier replied.

Thats no way to address an officer! the officer snapped. "Now, lets try it again. Do you have change for a dollar? "No, the soldier replied. We might as well finish with About Town Continued from page A6 Americans oppose those goals. Since the capture of Saddam is good news and it lifted the spirits of our military, their families and, hopefully, the rest of the country, well start with some military as we finish the rest of todays column with One reason the Armed Forces have trouble operating jointly is they dont speak the same language.

For example, if you told Navy personnel to secure a building, they would turn off the lights and lock the doors. Army personnel would occupy the building so no one could enter. Marines would assault the building, capture it and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat. The Air Force, on the other Is Remembered am that the best we can do is to strive to live a life of integrity and realize that, in spite of inevitable missteps, we can be a mentor and inspiration to others. If that is the measure of a man, then we are left with one inescapable conclusion: While his work as governor was the stuff of greatness, Ned Breathitt hit an even greater stride in his later years by providing so much meaning to others.

Get involved. More people will benefit than you realize. You can walk away from that, but youre letting your friends, neighbors and community down if you do. -i I Mrs. Santa Claus while they Nov.

28, at Veterans Memorial rr During the Holiday Season, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our possible. And in this spirit we say, simply but sincerely and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! FROMIGURIFAMIUESHOWOURS Grant Uses Are Limited Dear Editor Ive been asked to explain something about the new mil-lion-dollar Trade water Complex that has just been funded. Many want to know why we cant just take some of that money and use it for other purposes. The answer is that when the city applied for the grant, there were many criteria listed on the application that limited the funding for this project. Money was to be used specifically for those things listed nothing else.

No money could be transferred from one account to another. In state government there are separate pools of money appropriated for specific purposes by the General Assembly. Some money is for rural development, some for Renaissance, some for Main Street projects, some for water and sewer, etc. Those funds can only be used for the purpose applied for. Is that clear enough? This new project is a result of many surveys that show that our youth want and need this new complex.

While there are some facilities available for similar uses, like the multi-purpose room at the DSCS or the Community Center, these are either too small or are already booked to capacity. Our citizens desperately need and want this facility, to enhance our existing resources, which are our downtown renovations. Riverside Park, Tradewater Canoe Trail, Pennyrile Hiking Trail and our famous Tradewater Pirate baseball team. This project will certainly improve the communitys ability to attract manufacturers, solidify our tourism assets and improve the current over-utilization of Dawson Springs limited facilities. Many outstanding opportunities have been lost because we could not accommodate various groups having a desire to hold private, corporate, educational and management activities because of the laclc of capacity.

We hope this will ease this problem. I hope this explains some of your questions. Thanks for asking. Ray Bochert Member Dawson Springs City Council Drug Law Continued from page A6 despair. No wonder House leaders had to keep everybody up all night and still call in President Bush to get the thing passed.

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Main Madisonville, Ky. 270-821-4544 bjj and See Dana, Da rid or Timmy ff)1ilTfffTTomCTgR Ned Breathitt Continued from page A6 Feel a bit uneasy? Good. Ned Breathitt would have liked that. Even more, he would have liked to see you believe in the power that good-intentioned people have to improve everybodys lives. Its the blessing he left for me and for so many others.

Pass it on. send me scurrying back to my research department and staff to interrogate them on their activities and ask their insights so we could properly address his concerns. All of wllich is to say, sometimes somebody who makes you feel a little uncomfortable is often doing you a whole lot of good. I may never run for public office, but Gov. Breathitt is right: Each of us should give considerable thought to serving our communities either as public officials, volunteers or engaged citizens who study the issues and promote civil debate.

In reading Gov. Breathitts obituary, most surprising to me was his work as governor for civil rights and the environment. Because I was late in returning, to live in my home state, I had no idea just how large his contributions were. He spent his life striving to leave the world better than he found it. He truly saw his job as making those who were comfortable quite uncomfortable.

The older I get, the more convinced I Is Flawed fool the old folks into reelecting them so they can finish off Medicares privatization and move on to Social Security. What a shame that Sen. Jim Bunning and Rep. Anne Northup caved into such crass calculations, after having spent most of their careers preaching the doctrine of responsibility. (Wed add Sen Mitch McConnells name, but expedience is so ingrained in him that there was never hope for better.) There are, of course, some good provisions, such as finally moving toward means-testing of Medicare and, for states like Kentucky, more help for rural hospitals.

But they are offset by some tal stinkers, the most egregious of which are new health savings accounts. These are another way for the well-off to sock away even more money tax-free so theyll be able to afford what the riff-raff cant after the safety net is gone. The bills first tangible impact will be temporary drug discount cards, which will arrive just ahead of next years political season. But the more consequential impact will be less visible: the pumping of larger subsidies into private Medicare managed care plans so they will resume enticing seniors out of traditional Medicare. This represents the serious beginning of what liberals fear will be Medicares end: the subsidized exodus of the healthy and wealthy, the stranding of the sick and the poor, and the return of the very inequities and insecurities Medicare banished.

Maybe thats not inevitable. But preventing it will require great care and prudence the very virtues this bill so glaringly lacks. The Courier-Journal 9. 'ft Chevy 4x4 ptwer Ml mik.s winur 180 were at the Christmas Lighting Park. pt, by Nancy Snyder rr '01 Ford Focus SE ll power IokKI auto oil lea' Vnir( hotvC 7,988 or 126n miles mo '02 Jeep Liberty Limited 4x4 Ofl le ise inooimx'l leather ill power only 44k miles 18,588 or 317 '99 Ford Ranger XCab 4x4 XLT All power V-e only Vik miks 12,988 or 233, '01 FordF'l50 XCab 4x4 4frkmiks tilt cruise low pack 18,588 or 317m, '02 Chevy Cavalier t'kmiks i.ltxw till cruise 6,988 or 108 ,4 '99 Ford F-150 XLT LWB illptwer local (rudt.

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