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Lowe
The long wait for Lowe's is finally over. The home improvement superstore opened Monday in Live Oak, four days ahead of schedule. "It's a soft opening," said sales manager Mary Ann Reilly. "We want to check all of our operations to make sure we're fully prepared to serve our customers." Grand opening festivities are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 6. The store, located at 208 72nd Trace on US 129 north, boasts 94,000 square feet of retail sales space with an adjacent garden center. Lowe's will stock 32,000 different items to help customers build, improve and beautify their homes. The new addition to the Live Oak business community seems to be a hit with customers. "There's everything in here," said Janice McCall, who came in Tuesday morning for a generator cord. Isabella Munsell came in to buy a mirror.
By Craig Shrum
While Perry County Trans Van waits for a check from the state's Medicaid program, other area health care providers are also feeling the pinch of a cash crunch because of backlogged Medicaid payments."They're as much as five to six months behind," said Bill Huff, CEO and administrator at Du Quoin's Marshall Browning Hospital. "The payments used to come in the first part of July, but now they seem to come in the first part of August.""I hope they fix the system and pay the people," commented Pinckneyville Community Hospital CEO Tom Hudgins, noting that the most recent Medicaid payments PCH and the Family Medical Center have received from the state are for services rendered between October and December of 2005. "Some of those are only partial payments on services," Hudgins said. .
Kentucky sports calendar
Crush needs players - Kentucky Crush needs players for its 12-under select baseball team. Players cannot be 13 years old until after May 1, 2007, to be eligible. Contact Doug Norton, 356-8899 or 468-0148. Dragons need players - Dayton Dragons needs players for its 13-under select baseball team. Players cannot be 14 years old until after May 1 to be eligible. Contact Aaron Whittenberger, 647-2440 or Awhitt61@yahoo.com. Hurricanes need players - Northern Kentucky Hurricanes needs players for its 13-under select baseball team. Players cannot be 14 years old until after May 1, 2007, to be eligible. Contact Bob Clarkson, 384-4198 or 513-325-5154. Knothole registration - District 28 Knothole will conduct early registration for children in grades K-9 who did not play last season at the Bill Cappel Sports Complex in Covington.
Back-to-School Notebooks, Part 2
Shopping for a new notebook, whether you're going back to school or back to work, is a process fraught with peril. What if you spend thousands of dollars and end up hating the thing? Last week I offered tips on the basic things you need to know about buying a notebook. This week I suggest notebooks that are lightweight and have long battery lives. I've also included some notebooks that go beyond the norm in terms of design and style. .
AOL Raises 'Badware' Flags
AOL might want to check the bottom of its shoes. StopBadware.org is the latest in a string of bad publicity the company has drawn. The organization, sponsored by Harvard Law's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, among others, has labeled AOL 9.0 "badware" as part of an open inquiry into the free software. In its report, StopBadware complains mostly about what happens when users install AOL 9.0. Without disclosure, AOL installs the AOL toolbar and icons to Internet Explorer (IE), links to the RealPlayer homepage and the Real.com radio tuner, in the IE favorites list, as well as an AOL Deskbar to the user's taskbar. The organization said AOL is wrong to update its software automatically and also to force users to take actions and thus interfere with computer use.
Turbulent times call for a cool approach
A WOMAN is kneeling on the floor, her suitcase wide open as a member of staff repeatedly explains that only one item of hand luggage is allowed. Behind them, scores of other passengers waiting to check in at Edinburgh Airport tut and roll their eyes while the woman tries desperately to squeeze even more into her already bulging case. .
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