Be wary of student loan repayment companies If you owe money on federal student loans, you should be wary of sales pitches from companies offering to help borrowers lower their payments, warns the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). Such companies charge fees — sometimes high fees — for filling out forms that you can […]

By John Rosemond CV&T Contributor Copyright 2017, John K. Rosemond Q:   We have just moved and are seeking a new school for our two children – 6- and 8-year-old boys. They are smart, respectful of adults, and creative. We know that sounds like typical bragging, but it is what our friends and their teachers have all […]

by Pam Young Organizing Specialist  Good Habits & Routines Equal Success When you’re in a horrible mess and you feel overwhelmed with your circumstances, if you attempted to get organized from that place, you’d be like a person drowning in a lake, begging for someone to throw you a rope, or an inner tube, or […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor The sounds of laughter and horses neighing rang throughout the Carhartt factory premises last week. Donna Carter, human resources representative at Carhartt, said the company tries to have some sort of employee engagement activity every month or so to encourage team building. For the month of May, they planned […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor The Hillbilly Flywheelers are a loose-knit organization with close ties. Phillip Sparks, a resident of West Irvine, is one of the core group members that keep it together, but he says they charge nothing for admission, nothing to set up at shows, and they don’t keep any money in […]

by Pam Young Organizing Specialist  Usually when we think of spring cleaning we think of getting out the buckets, brushes, rags and cleaners and cleaning the inside of the house. If you want to learn more about that, Google it. This article is about sprucing up the place just before you go inside your home; […]

By John Rosemond CV&T Contributor Copyright 2017, John K. Rosemond Q: Our 17-year-old son is an unmotivated student. A junior in high school, he is clearly capable of making straight A’s, but typically makes B’s and C’s. He plays on both the football and tennis teams, but is a standout at neither. He thinks kids […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Tori Welch wanted to grow her hair long to donate to Locks of Love.  She is six years old. Traci Welch, owner of Main Street Salon, said she felt like she should step up and do her part after her six year-old daughter Tori expressed a desire a few […]

By Jerry Eltzroth CV&T Guest Columnist Bonnie and I recently attended an auction at Wayne Long’s Auction House on Mule Shed Lane in Madison County. We have attended so many of the auctions held there that many of the regular attendees feel like family. Wayne Long and his staff run an auction like a well-oiled […]

By John Rosemond CV&T Contributor Copyright 2017, John K. Rosemond There must be some relationship between aging and the “You’ve got to be kidding me!” response, if I am any indication, that is. What was once occasional has become almost daily. My latest “YGTBKM!” was in response to a Wall Street Journal article (“New Instructions […]