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Lincoln impersonator to visit Mill Springs early this week
Learn about the life of the 16th President from a unique perspective — that of Abraham Lincoln himself — next week at the Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum in Nancy.
Lincoln impersonator Dennis Boggs of Nashville will be speaking to local students and to the general public Monday and Tuesday at the facility.
Students from the Pulaski County School System and Hopkins Elementary School as well as local home schooled students will be visiting the center at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m. each day for special question-and-answer sessions with Boggs’ Lincoln.
The public is invited to a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The price of admission is $2, which also pays for the cost of a 2010 Passport, allowing the owner access to many other Mill Springs Battlefield Association events throughout the year.
Boggs has studied Abraham Lincoln’s life for more than 15 years, and can both give monologue presentations and answer questions for listeners.
For more information about the event, call Gilbert Wilson or Karyn Branham at 636-4045 or e-mail info@millsprings .net.
More about Dennis Boggs can be seen online at: www.meetmrlincoln .com.
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LCADTF could lose big bucks
Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force officials estimate that the City of Somerset’s lack of involvement in the task force could lead to a loss of some $250,000 in federal funding per year — a chunk which could easily force the task force to close its doors.
David Keller, deputy director of Appalachia HIDTA, a major funding source for the local drug task force and the reason why federal and state law enforcement officers are able to be a part of the agency, says the agency’s current situation is more serious than many people realize.
Keller says HIDTA has made a “huge investment” in the LCADTF, but that folks shouldn’t get too comfortable with the agency’s ability to obtain grant money at the federal or state level.
“This is not entitlement money. ... Our grant is performance driven, and it’s sought after by competitive forces,” Keller said. “If this agency doesn’t produce, they stand a risk of not having the task force funded. That money will go someplace else — to another county that would love to have it.” -
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Things have changed and are changing. In a relatively few days, huge electric bulbs will glow, turning night forever into day. Horseless carriages will trek in places where tailpipes have belched never before. -
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