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This week, we will come together as we have for generations to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family and friends.  
Here in Kentucky, we certainly have a lot that we can be thankful for, beginning with the food we eat.  Kentucky farmers play a major role in that effort, with about 10 different commodities – from poultry and cattle to corn and soybeans – bringing in $100 million or more a year.
Americans are greatly benefiting from the gains we have made in agriculture.  

As a country and as individuals, we have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Regardless of your political leanings, we still live in the greatest country in the world.
Sure, we have our problems, but none that can’t be overcome with a little understanding and patience.
Donald Trump won the election and he will be the new President for ALL of us, regardless of what those who are protesting his election might say.

ACROSS
1. Group of pupils
6. Fossil fuel
9. Dust arachnid
13. Abdominal muscle, pl.
14. Grass bristle
15. Like a ballerina
16. Deflect
17. *She played wife and mom in 21 Across
18. Lazybones
19. *It happened on 34th Street
21. *Nicholas Cage ‘s “The ____ Man”
23. Wednesday’s child issue?
24. Mouthful, swallowed
25. ____ Francisco
28. ____ Verde National Park
30. Adorn the halls with holly, e.g.
35. Singer Tori

A collective sigh of relief.
The election is over.
Campaign signs have been taken down. Thank-you candidates for that.
Whether your favored candidate won or not, the election is over. Finished. Done.
As a city, county, state and nation, we must move forward. There is much to be done by all of our public officials.
In 1939, Irving Berlin first drafted these words:
God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.