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Constance Alexander: More than chocolate and wine, book clubs dive into reading that informs, inspires

September 14, 2021September 13, 20210

In spite of the stereotypes, women getting together to talk about books involves a whole lot more than chick-lit, chocolate,…

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Constance Alexander: Labor Day offers opportunity for reflection on the work we do, and why we do it

September 7, 2021September 7, 20210

Classrooms in my elementary alma mater were arrayed with images reminding us of the divine sacrifices that had been made…

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Constance Alexander: Writer Julia Maddox introduces mamaw to ‘big city folks’ with ‘A Coalfield Christmas’

August 31, 2021September 7, 20210

It happens all the time. Julia Maddox writes a screenplay that explores some aspect of rural life, shares it with…

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Constance Alexander: Exotic doll symbolizes one little girl’s power to speak up and speak out

August 24, 2021August 23, 20210

Phyllis Martucci was a divorcee. The word alone throbbed with excitement but was seldom heard when I was ten years…

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Constance Alexander: Murray’s Douglass Reunion builds bridges between past, present and future

August 17, 2021August 16, 20210

In past years, Murray’s Douglass High School Reunion attracted hundreds of attendees. The celebration usually kicked off Thursday night with…

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Constance Alexander: Stories of dislocation and connection from a ‘Drowned Town’ in western KY

August 10, 2021August 9, 20211

No matter where the characters’ journeys begin in Jayne Moore Waldrop’s Drowned Town, all routes – land and water —…

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Constance Alexander: Calloway Co. bicentennial is opportunity to break the ice and showcase diversity

August 3, 2021August 2, 20210

Lately, local history has been a topic of conversation in Calloway County because 2022 marks three important milestones: The establishment…

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Constance Alexander: 31st anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act showcases everyday heroes

July 27, 2021July 26, 20212

Four-year-old twins Max and Major Lindberg, along with their parents and big sister Malena, are a team of superheroes. Working…

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Constance Alexander: Recalling memories of Girls Scouts, girl power and summers at Camp Sacajawea

July 20, 2021July 19, 20210

Sacajawea was a Girl Scout camp in northwest New Jersey. It was cheap, democratic, no frills. We slept in tents,…

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Constance Alexander: Dialogue regarding systemic racism begins with admitting there’s a problem

July 13, 2021July 12, 20210

Oh, my. The guys in Frankfort have already initialized a concept without really knowing what it means, so we are…

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Constance Alexander: Ellen Birkett Morris’ ‘Lost Girls’ is a great addition to your summer reading list

July 6, 2021July 5, 20210

Barefoot in a red polka dot dress, her back to onlookers, a wasp-waisted young woman teeters on the single rail…

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Constance Alexander: Commonwealth Honors Academy inspires teens to explore and grow

June 28, 2021June 27, 20210

It was barely 9 a.m. on a spectacular summer Monday. About 14 teenagers sprawl on couches and slump in chairs…

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Constance Alexander: After 41 years away, Anita Crowe’s memories of home remain vivid

June 22, 2021June 21, 20210

Anita Jones Crowe never regretted her decision to move back to Murray in 2014, after forty-one years away. Even now,…

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Constance Alexander: As nation’s mass shootings continue, it’s time to raise your hand and be counted

June 8, 2021June 7, 20210

Five years ago at a nightclub in Orlando called Pulse, a gunman slaughtered forty-nine and injured at least fifty-three others…

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Constance Alexander: Lockout at Murray State Arboretum inspires public to speak up and be heard

June 1, 2021May 31, 20210

Whether you saw the padlock first and then read the sign, or vice versa, it didn’t matter. The results were…

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Constance Alexander: Reminiscing on Memorial Days gone by, longing for simpler times, the good ‘ol days

May 18, 2021May 17, 20210

The first Memorial Day I can remember I was three. My sister Pamela’s Girl Scout Troop was supposed to march…

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Constance Alexander: Murray Art Guild workshop taps into participants’ creativity, one dab at a time

May 11, 2021May 10, 20211

When Debi Henry Danielson announces, “I start with rules, but I like to break them,” participants in the workshop she…

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Constance Alexander: Run, vote, change: Women share insights on campaigning for office

May 4, 2021May 3, 20210

Listen, learn, and don’t let them see you sweat. Pretty good advice from three women who have competed and succeeded…

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Constance Alexander: Meet Kentucky’s newest Poet Laureate, Casey County native Crystal Wilkinson

April 27, 2021April 27, 20210

“Porch sittin’” meant nothing to me until I moved to Kentucky and began to learn the value of a getting-to-know-you…

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Constance Alexander: Isabel Duarte-Gray’s first book of poems features voices of Western Kentucky

April 20, 2021April 22, 20210

Every detail on the cover of Isabel Duarte-Gray’s first book of poems, Even Shorn, draws the viewer in. First, the…

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Constance Alexander: Immerse yourself in poems this April in celebration of National Poetry Month

April 13, 2021April 12, 20210

In Murray, poems are popping up like daffodils: free, wild, and suffused with hope after a winter that swallowed a…

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Constance Alexander: Spate of anti-Asian violence underscores need to support greater diversity

March 31, 2021March 30, 20210

As if COVID-19 has not already caused enough upheaval, now — instead of celebrating the flowering of Japanese cornel dogwood…

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