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From the Editor
Josh Thomas’ Up &
Down Senior Year
Minutes Matter:
Don’t put your Health on hold
Labor of Love: Janet
Roberts career at LCRH
University of Kentucky
COVID-19 research
How banks have
changed due to pandemic
Car dealers adapt to
coronavirus
Restaurants make
changes to adapt
SPEDA
Artist Spotlight: LaMay
and Reese
Summer tourism in Lake
Cumberland
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FEATURES
Up & Down Senior Year
Josh Thomas fights COVID-19 and later
is awarded the Brown Fellows Scholarship
Janet Robers LCRH nurse
describes her career
ON THE COVER
Southwestern High School senior Josh Thomas tells
his story of his tumultuous Senior year.
Photo by Steve Cornelius
Editor
Jeff Neal
Writers
Carla Slavey
Janie Slaven
Christopher Harris
Josh Thomas
Photographer
Caleb Lowndes
Steve Cornelius
Advertising
Mary Ann Flynn
Brittany Waddle
Janie Gumm-Wright
Designer
Steve Cornelius
Caleb Lowndes
General Manager
Mark Walker
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