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Jan Aaron said she was devastated when an old stand of pine trees recently was chopped down on the banks of Lake Jericho.

Aaron has lived on the Bates Lane end of the lake for more than 20 years and fears the cutting of those trees will worsen conditions around the lake, especially soil erosion.

“They are clean-cutting to the point where there isn’t a blade of grass,” Aaron said, “tall, healthy pine trees cut down.”

This month, Americans will welcome a new Congress and a new President to Washington, D.C.  The 111th Congress and President Barack Obama will soon begin working on pragmatic solutions for our nation’s future.  Now more than ever, we must collaborate in a bipartisan manner to enact legislation that will have a lasting positive impact on our country and its citizens.

They came in jeans and shirts, ties and suits. They came as current players, former players, students, coaches, family and friends. They filed in Eminence’s gym, found a seat in the stands and glared out onto the court almost like they were there to watch a game.

In what was supposed to be just one game Saturday afternoon, two different opponents showed up which left the Eminence girls’ basketball team playing a double header against Spencer County and Riverside Christian.

Riverside was originally scheduled but scratched when it was thought the school that’s located in Breathitt County couldn’t make the trip, so Spencer was scheduled in its place. But when Saturday rolled around, both schools showed up. Eminence decided to go forth with both games.