During his “State of the City” address to the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce June luncheon crowd, Somerset Mayor Alan Keck talked about the concept of “building” frequently.
By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal May 8, 2021
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Kathy Townsend (far left) and JaKaye Garth (in the foreground), seen speaking here at this yearâs Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event in Somerset, are two of the founders of the Lake Cumberland Diversity Council, along with Rikiyah Pryor. File
In his 1963 commencement address at American University, the late President John F. Kennedy famously said, âIf we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.â
Here in Somerset â thanks to the tumultuous summer of 2020 â local people are working on making this community at least, if not the world itself, safer for its own diversity to flourish.
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul speaks to the Somerset-Pulaski Chamber of Commerce during its monthly luncheon Tuesday at The Center for Rural Development. alert featured
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
Commonwealth Journal
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul speaks to the Somerset-Pulaski Chamber of Commerce during its monthly luncheon Tuesday at The Center for Rural Development.
Though it was actually the monthly Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at The Center for Rural Development, one might be excused for feeling like they were in the congregation of a charismatic church on Tuesday during Sen. Rand Paul s address.
As the junior senator from Kentucky made his points, one could hear affirmative murmuring from the crowd could be heard: Yes, That s right, etc., the same way those in a church might give an amen from the pews.Â