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Under the rules that govern odd-year legislative sessions, much of the General Assembly’s work doesn’t begin until February and it ends about a week before the start of March Madness. With four days set aside in January for organizational matters and one or two days in late March used to consider any vetoes, that leaves about 25 days to cover what is often a long agenda.

With that in mind, the Kentucky House of Representatives wasted no time in moving its major priorities forward when my legislative colleagues and I returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

So, the day finally came.

On Friday, Jan. 25, while working here in the office, we received a package that was addressed to Editor Jeff Moore. It was a clear package, and to our delight we could see that it was an advance copy of “Carroll County” from Arcadia Publishing. (Woot!)

I was amused that the area newspaper editors got their copies before I got my own, which didn’t arrive to my house until Tuesday.

You want to put on some muscle and you’re tired of waiting. You’re ready to take your physique to the next leveling terms of pure, big time muscle and or size. 

Here are some tips to all you hardgainers out there who are going to keep trying to get it done.

Guatemala is a beautiful country in Central America. It is the home of mountains, forests, lakes, volcanoes, orchids, exotic animals and Mayan ruins. But Guatemala is also the home of extreme poverty, illiteracy, infant mortality, malnutrition and violence.

According to its website, AguaVivaHome.org, Agua Viva Orphanage in Guatemala City changes the lives of the children in Guatemala; its goal is “to raise and educate them in a loving Christian environment to be successful Christian adults with the desire and ability to help their own people.”