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Births announced this week are: Cody Grant Baker, Feb. 16, son of Tracey and Wendy Baker; Rylee Alexandra Hall, Jan. 9, daughter of Nathan and Cathy Hall; Madison Bailey Ketchersid, Feb. 26, daughter of Paul and Tammy Ketchersid; Sabrina Nicole Rice, March 1, daughter of Floyd and Veronica Rice; Daisy Mariah Robinson, Feb. 11, daughter of Chris and Judy (King) Robinson.

Earl G. Robbins II, M.D., new gastroenterologist to join HMH Clinic. He is a specialist in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology, diseases of the digestive tract and liver.

To the editor,

I know most insurance companies are reliable and that sometimes a reasonable increase in insurance premiums is justified. I don’t like when it happens, but I understand that it can happen. Even the most reasonable person would agree, however, that three increases over a six year period, cumulatively totaling over a 100 percent hike in premiums, would be unjustified, harmful and unconscionable. That is what is being done to thousands of seniors and pre-retirees in Kentucky who bought long term care insurance years ago.

To the editor,

The short month of February in the words of President Bill Clinton “is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show, we force the spring.” A spring of rebirth, renewal and revitalization. In this short month we watch the groundhog predict the weather, observe the history of our African American brothers and sisters, honor great men like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson, and celebrate the feast day of Saint Valentine.

Visiting Angels, one of the nation’s fastest growing providers of assisted living services for seniors, has opened its newest franchise serving Scott County, in Georgetown.

The new location, owned and operated by Ben New, a native of Georgetown, provides non-medical senior homecare to help elderly and older adults to continue to live in their homes.

The new Visiting Angels location is located at 137 E. Main St. in Georgetown and will provide services for seniors in locations throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky, including Cynthiana.