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Tips for Staying Healthy During the Flu Season

From the Harrison County Board of Education:
Judy Feeback, district nurse, has a few tips for staying healthy during the flu season:

1.  Wash your hands frequently.

2.  Get plenty of rest.

3.  Use tissue to wipe your nose and then throw the tissue away. 

4.  Cover your mouth when you cough / cover your nose when you sneeze.

5.  Eat healthy!

Tammy Klapheke, Food Service Director, has a few tips for eating healthy:

1.  Don’t skip meals.

2.  Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.  If you don’t have fresh fruits and vegetables, then frozen or canned are good substitutes.

3.  An apple tastes just as sweet as candy, but the natural sugar is better for you than the refined sugar in candy.

4.  Try to make half the breads you eat whole grain.

5.  Eat meat that doesn’t have a lot of fat in it (lean).

6.  Drink milk everyday!

Tornado Watch

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 39 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST /1 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

CLARK IN CRAWFORD IN DUBOIS IN FLOYD IN HARRISON IN JEFFERSON IN ORANGE IN PERRY IN SCOTT IN WASHINGTON IN

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 49 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ANDERSON KY BOURBON KY BOYLE KY CLARK KY FAYETTE KY FRANKLIN KY GARRARD KY HARRISON KY JESSAMINE KY MADISON KY MERCER KY NICHOLAS KY SCOTT KY WOODFORD KY

IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

BRECKINRIDGE KY BULLITT KY HARDIN KY HENRY KY JEFFERSON KY LARUE KY MEADE KY NELSON KY OLDHAM KY SHELBY KY SPENCER KY TRIMBLE KY WASHINGTON KY

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

HANCOCK KY OHIO KY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

ADAIR KY ALLEN KY BARREN KY BUTLER KY CASEY KY CLINTON KY CUMBERLAND KY EDMONSON KY GRAYSON KY GREEN KY HART KY LINCOLN KY LOGAN KY MARION KY METCALFE KY MONROE KY RUSSELL KY SIMPSON KY TAYLOR KY WARREN KY

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ALBANY… BARDSTOWN…BEAVER DAM… BEDFORD… BOWLING GREEN…BRANDENBURG… BROWNSVILLE… BURKESVILLE… CAMPBELLSVILLE…CARLISLE…COLUMBIA… CORYDON… CYNTHIANA…DANVILLE… EDMONTON…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX… FRANKFORT…FRANKLIN… GEORGETOWN…GLASGOW…GREENSBURG… HARDINSBURG…HARRODSBURG… HAWESVILLE…HODGENVILLE… JAMESTOWN…JASPER…JEFFERSONVILLE… LA GRANGE…LANCASTER… LAWRENCEBURG…LEBANON…LEITCHFIELD… LEWISPORT…LEXINGTON… LIBERTY… LOUISVILLE…MADISON…MARENGO… MORGANTOWN… MOUNT WASHINGTON… MUNFORDVILLE…NEW ALBANY…NEW CASTLE… NICHOLASVILLE…PAOLI… PARIS…RICHMOND…RUSSELLVILLE… SALEM… SCOTTSBURG…SCOTTSVILLE… SHELBYVILLE…SHEPHERDSVILLE… SPRINGFIELD…STANFORD… TAYLORSVILLE…TELL CITY… TOMPKINSVILLE…VERSAILLES AND WINCHESTER.

Special Weather Statement – Harrison (Kentucky)

PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
445 PM EST (345 PM CST) TUE FEB 5 2008
…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT…VERY STRONG
WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD
RESULT IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE
SEGMENTS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS…A FEW
TORNADOES AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS LATER TONIGHT…MOST LIKELY
AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT…WHEN A SEPARATE LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. THIS LINE WILL ALSO CONSIST OF SUPERCELLS
AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND
TORNADOES.
ADDITIONALLY…VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT…WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE BEST THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT. PLEASE SET YOUR NOAA
ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO TO ALERT MODE IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS
ISSUED AT NIGHT WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT BY
MONITORING LOCAL MEDIA OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITES AT
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE AND WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.
$$
AL/MJ
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Spotter Activation will Likely be Requested Tonight

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
406 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-060915-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
406 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 /306 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT TODAY…ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY…THOUGH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY
THIS FRONT WHICH SHOULD BEGIN TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION AFTER 7
PM EST/ 6PM CST. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT…ALONG
WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED
AN INCREASED THREAT OF STRONG TORNADOES GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST
OF INTERSTATE 65 TONIGHT.

ALSO…HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCAL FLOODING ISSUES…ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE BLUE GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT.

$$

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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
401 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-051700-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
401 AM EST TUE FEB 5 2008 /301 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008/

…STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING A ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
REGION TONIGHT…

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL
KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT…ALONG WITH INSTABILITY
AND VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A SQUALL LINE
TO DEVELOP. THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE EASTWARD
THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
HOWEVER…GIVEN THE STRONG WIND FIELDS…THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
OF TORNADOES AS WELL. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED
THAT HERE IS A RISK OF STRONG TORNADOES GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST
OF INTERSTATE 65.

HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT WILL BE A LESSER THREAT.

NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLANS WITH
YOUR FAMILY AND CO WORKERS. KNOW HOW TO GET THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER WARNING INFORMATION AND KNOW WHAT TO DO IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

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Special Weather Statement – Harrison (Kentucky)

PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
337 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2008 /237 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008/
…STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO
THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS INDICATE THAT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST AND BRING ANOTHER
ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION ON TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY TUESDAY…MAINLY WEST OF I-65.
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON…THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO FAR
WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT…ALONG WITH
INCREASING INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR ANOTHER LARGE SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP. THE LINE OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME…THIS STORM SYSTEM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE
THAT AFFECTED THE AREA LAST WEEK. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THE ACTIVITY FOR TUESDAY
NIGHT. HOWEVER…GIVEN THE STRONG WIND FIELDS…THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY THAT SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD BE EMBEDDED WITHIN
THE SQUALL LINE.
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
PLANS WITH YOUR FAMILY. KNOW HOW TO GET THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING INFORMATION AND KNOW WHAT TO DO IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
YOUR COUNTY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEBSITES AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE AND
WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.
$$
MJ
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

dead computer

It would just figure that my notebook would decide to die. On Thursday afternoon, I left to go pick the kids up from school, and when I returned I found the thing displaying a nice little arrangement of blue and white vertical stripes on the screen. I powered it off, and let it set for 15 seconds, then switched it back on. No display this time. I turned it back off, with the hopes that a few more minutes of rest might be what it needed. Then, while looking down at the casing, just below the keyboard, I noticed a sunken spot. Something had overheated, and melted the case.
I took the thing apart to investigate. No big chore–I had to take it apart a month or so ago to repair the power supply’s jack. Once I disassembled the computer, I found that the graphics processor had overheated. 
I pieced it all back together, and turned it back on, in hopes that the time taken to tear it apart had given everything time to cool down. I switched it on, and it was working fine–or so I thought. When I attempted to log into Windows, I found that the keyboard wasn’t responding, nor was the touchpad. With a little bit of frustration, I took the keyboard off, and reseated the ribbon for the touchpad and the keyboard, and tried it again. No luck. I plugged in an mouse and a keyboard, and still no luck.
So, it would seem that when I left, something happened to fry out the keyboard & mouse controllers, and caused the graphics processor to overheat (or vice-versa).
Now I am, once again, without a computer. 🙁
I went to CompUSA and bought an enclosure for my harddirve, and am accessing all of my information on Diana’s notebook. I also found a nice little notebook bundle at a nearby Wal-Mart that I plan to buy in a few days. The bundle is a leftover from this past Thanksgiving’s sales. So, I’ll end up getting a new notebook, and Diana will get a digital camera and photo-printer out of the deal. Not how I wanted to spend our extra tax-money, but, it works.

a flickr'd Cynthiana

After listening to Coffeebreak this morning, I hit the ‘net to search for any sign of an old Cynthiana business which died out quite some time ago–Pine Villa Restaurant. I hoped that I might find a writing or a story related to the old business, like the writing I found on McKnight’s Restaurant.
I didn’t find anything written about Pine Villa, but what I did find was much better.
I googled “pine villa cynthiana” and found four relevant hits–one being a report related to the leaking gas tanks, another being an obituary, and an image search. The one I explored was a Flickr search.
There are several photos that have been posted on Flickr which help show Cynthiana at her best–as I see her. It made me smile to see that others see Cynthiana the same way, and that they have taken the time to share these images with the world.
To view the Flickr results for Cynthiana as a slideshow, follow the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=Cynthiana%2C+KY

a flickr’d Cynthiana

After listening to Coffeebreak this morning, I hit the ‘net to search for any sign of an old Cynthiana business which died out quite some time ago–Pine Villa Restaurant. I hoped that I might find a writing or a story related to the old business, like the writing I found on McKnight’s Restaurant.
I didn’t find anything written about Pine Villa, but what I did find was much better.
I googled “pine villa cynthiana” and found four relevant hits–one being a report related to the leaking gas tanks, another being an obituary, and an image search. The one I explored was a Flickr search.
There are several photos that have been posted on Flickr which help show Cynthiana at her best–as I see her. It made me smile to see that others see Cynthiana the same way, and that they have taken the time to share these images with the world.
To view the Flickr results for Cynthiana as a slideshow, follow the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=Cynthiana%2C+KY