Waldorf Teaching; Seeing the whole picture

FRANKFORT — It begins with a circle, a review and barely contained excitement. It ends with artistic expression — and a critique that reinforces a lesson.

Ida Palmer-Ball’s first-grade class at Frankfort’s Good Shepherd School learn with their heads, their hearts and their hands as they illustrate through watercolor painting some lesson learned during the school week. (Read Mary Branham’s story here).

Rally for the mountains at the Capital

During the I Love Mountains rally in Frankfort on Feb. 17, 2009, actor Ashley Judd took the podium to speak out against mountain top removal mining and in support of the Stream Saver Bill.

READ TOM EBLEN’S COLUMN

Celebration of the new president Obama in D.C.

Millions gathered at the National Mall in D.C. to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009.

Frankfort High School students hit the Capitol building on the day before the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington D.C., on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.

Bringing in the barrel

Jimmy Johnson, 92, brought in the six millionth barrel for Buffalo Trace distillery. Johnson, a retired employee of Buffalo Trace, has brought in every millionth barrel since prohibition. President and CEO of Buffalo Trace, Mark Brown, said that Johnson’s last millionth barrel was 27 years ago. At the pace of the market, Brown said they expect another millionth in 20 years.