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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

From the Publisher:
Summer Time SOKY Style!
July 2008 Editorial (page 4)

- by David Francis

Here we are in July and summer is in full bloom! This month, we have exhausted our resources to bring you as many events as we could find. From plays to fairs, there is plenty to do in South Central Kentucky in July. Our calendar has nearly 900 events listed and there are many featured within the pages of the magazine.

We have also added two new writers this month; actually three if you count the new wine snob. Dr. Shaffer returns this month with advice on accepting compliments. (page 52) I’m not sure if she is trying to tell me something, but we put her great advice on the same page as we published our compliments page last month. Thanks Doc!

It seems we are bursting at the seams, so to speak, with this month issue. It was difficult to remain at only 60 pages this month and we had to make some hard decisions as to what not to print. This is indicative of the great community here in South Central Kentucky. We are limited only by our revenue and can only print what we can afford. I will have to spend much more time seeking sponsors this month and hope to welcome a new salesperson in the next issue. If you are interested in sponsoring our efforts, please call me personally. I will be happy to discuss the many ways SOKY Happenings is making a difference and the advantages of advertising in a magazine devoted to all that makes our community a wonderful place to live, work and play.

The corvettes are returning this month and we wanted to do something very special for the cover. Misha Ambrosia accepted my challenge to paint this month’s cover even though she had short notice and plenty already on her easel.

The cover is of a 1957 corvette which seemed appropriate with the Vettetastic cars all over town. You can read about Misha’s Vettetastic experience on page 6. She painted two of the cars herself. The cover shows two people driving into Bowling Green with the Corvette Museum on the horizon which we felt spoke to the season as well as the large event in July. Misha also said that she tried to make the cover as nice as past covers, by Matt Wilson who has been doing a great job for us each month.

SOKY Happenings is pleased to offer this artwork for sale!

It is an 11” X 14” watercolor on 300 lb Arches Rough Watercolor Paper. It was completed on the 18th of June 2008 without the magazine text as pictured above. It’s worth a million dollars to me, but I would like to reward Misha by selling it and help her continue her artistic endeavors. We would like to give everyone a shot at it so we will accept bids during the month of July. I will personally answer email and phone calls of any interested parties. The bidding will start at $500 and I will let bidders know of the progress throughout the month.

Please or call 842-0590 to place a bid.

-David Francis