Keeping Precious Memories Alive One of the most worrisome fears that a grieving person can experience is wondering how to keep a memory alive after a wonderful loved one has died. Death has a way of bringing images, even sounds and smells, to the forefront of one's memory when thinking about a loved one who has died.

Public safety is a primary focus of City government. Here’s an update on changes in Bristow in the last 5 months.

On occasion a grief occurrence may strike anyone anywhere at anytime. Sometimes it is anticipated, other times completely unexpected.

I have heard some scary words in my life; FOR EXAMPLE: When I heard my mother yell my full name, I trembled at how scary my own name was! I’m confident that you have heard some scary words in your life, too. Maybe you’ve heard your doctor say, “It’s cancer,” or some other medical condition. Maybe you’ve heard a spouse say, “I want a divorce.” Maybe you’ve heard a supervisor say, “Shut the door. We need to talk.” Words can certainly be frightening.

Dear Editor, Harry's Blessings in a Backpack - we provide food for elementary students in the Bristow area and community each week during the school year. Food for the weekend because many of our students are food insecure. Have you ever been hungry but had no money or resources to access food? Well, this is the plight of 79% of our Bristow school children for the weekends. These students can receive free or reduced price breakfasts and lunches while in school, but all too often do not have enough food over the weekends. This is truly heartbreaking. In 2006 Harry McMillan read about the Food 4 Kids program that was cropping up all over the United State. At Harry's suggestion, Harry's Blessings in a Backpack was started. This program provides packs of food for students who need food for the weekends. It started out with 34 students, now we provide 167 sacks of food each week during the school year. Bristow school counselors work with parents and the 167 students receive the sacks of food on Fridays to put in their backpacks.

In eastern Kentucky there’s a town which was built by corruption in the government, the police force, and apathetic citizenry. In the 1920’s a young man who had grown up in that town was determined to put an end to the illegal gambling and liquorestablishments.

I get asked a lot of questions about what is going on in Bristow. I want to share some highlights of our economic and community development initiatives.

There was a stork who happened to be flying by a cornfield. He thought he would rest awhile in it.

1. Albert Einstein never learned to drive a car.

We believe that the greatest outcomes for our community begin with prayer. These were words that were shared with you back in March of this year as the Bristow Ministerial Alliance hosted its first citywide prayer event. Since then, we have begun to see the favor of the Lord expressed in our churches, our schools, and our community. We want to encourage you with this: the greatest outcomes for our community not only begin with prayer, but they will be sustained by it as well. The reminder from the apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 commands us to this task of continual prayer, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” We want to invite you to join us in continually praying for God to do great things in and among us here in Bristow.