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Campbellsville University students receiving education degrees were told to "be the best teacher you can be, work at it" by Dr. Frank Cheatham, senior vice president for academic affairs at CU in the School of Education's pinning ceremony on May 3 in Russ Mobley Theater.

As you may know, the interim is in full swing with committees continuing to meet to study new issues and to review the progress of newly enacted laws.

These committees are made up of both Senate and House members and are known as Interim Joint Committees. I chair the Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee and the Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation.

I serve on nine other committees and task forces that tackle issues ranging from energy to education to health and welfare to economic development and tourism, among others.

In a jet black Plymouth Fury, built before air conditioning or seat belts were standard equipment, the vacation of a lifetime began.

The massive vehicle would accommodate four adults, three children and a baby on a trip to California to meet Mickey Mouse. At 8, I was the oldest of that pack of kids.

Disneyland was a novel concept in America, a new idea that became known as a theme park.

In our household, summer vacation was a novel concept. It came about thanks to the prosperity offered by my father's first factory job.

There will be no written or driving skills tests given at the Taylor County Judicial Center on Thursday, June 27.

Licenses can be renewed at the office that day, though there will be no exams given for new permits or licenses.

The office will be closed the following Thursday, July 4.

Written and driving skills exams will resume Thursday, July 11. For more information, call 465-6686.