Places of Interest
Please take a moment to say "Thank You"!
Please take one minute out of your day to visit the
Department of Defense Web page below and add your name to a brief message
thanking the men and women of the U.S. military services for defending our
freedom, then forward this message to your friends or associates and ask them to
do the same. The compiled list of names will be sent out to soldiers,
sailors and airmen at the end of the month. Visit -- http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html
This page contains links to web sites and web pages having to do with various helpful
and interesting subjects on the World Wide Web. The information is divided into the
following categories:
- References
- Health Care - Are you sick, need some
information about some medicine you are taking, or just to get in shape? NEW!
links to Purchase Area Health Department resources.
- Weather
- Financial
- Taking Care of Business - UPS,
FedEx, Yellow Pages, Consumer Protection and more
- Fun Things to Check Out! -
Genealogy links, and other sites to visit,
Check your Lottery numbers, as well
what to do if you win the lottery.
- Fun Things to DO! - Looking for
something to do? Take a look at these sites. Movies schedule for Paducah,
KY. and Cape Girardeau, MO. Theaters, and Our , plus Much More!
- We the People... - Links to our
Senators and Congress people, as well as to other Government sites, it
OUR country, and
it's time to voice your opinion, you can make a DIFFERENCE! NEW!!!
Have you heard the rumors about the overtime pay, but not sure what it means?
Check our the "We the People" section.
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As we discover new and interesting links that we think our subscribers would like
to use, we will update this page. If you have any
suggestions of a really neat website or helpful website, please contact us via Our home
page's "Feedback" option.
*** Be sure to add the sites you like to your "Favorites" list,
or for you Netscape users, make a bookmark. This page will change periodically, and some
links will be removed to make room for new ones! ***
Here we have links to reference materials such as Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopedia,
and a host of other reference material sites, including Postal Zip+4 sites.
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Health Care
In this section, are links to various online Health related sites; from drug
information to finding a specialist to treat a particular conditions/illness.
Medical Encyclopedias and various other references can be found as well.
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Ever need to know what the weather is going to be like in a city or town you are having
to go to? Whether it is just a trip to Paducah or a trip to London, England, you should be
able to get a weather forecast from one of the following sites!
- IWDS Home Page : National
Weather Service's Interactive Weather Data System - a place to find out about current Severe Weather Watches & Warnings, as well as Forecast
and so on.
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The following links are for those who like to keep track of their investment portfolios
via links to the most commonly followed Stock and Commodities exchanges.
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In this section we have some links to help you take care of business, like tracking
your packages that you sent by either UPS or Federal Express, as well as other helpful
links.
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Perhaps you are just trying to find something interesting on the Internet, well here
are just a few links to some sites of growing interest. Some of these link subjects were
so diverse or had so many really neat links, that we elected to just link to the page that
contained all the related links to allow you to explore them all if you desire to.
- KyGenWeb - We have had several
subscriber express interest in Genealogy, so here is the Kentucky State Genealogy Web
Project site. I understand it is the model site for many other states' genealogy site
design.
- USGenWeb - Project Home Page - This is another
genealogical site, but as you might have guessed by the name, it is concerned with all of
the U.S. ( Not everyone was lucky enough to be born a Kentuckian!).
- The New York Times Learning Network -
This is an interesting site aimed at Student, Teachers and Parents of grades 6th thru
12th. There is also an online crossword puzzle from The New York Times.
- International Space Station : Man's next step...
This is the official site for the International Space Station. If the colonization of
other worlds is your thing, then this is a step in the right direction.
- CPANEO: Citizen's Protection Against NEOs : Have
you seen either of the movies - "Deep Impact" and/or "Armageddon"?
This is a link to an organization that is not depending on Bruce Willis to save the earth
from a killer asteroid. An Asteroid and/or Comet impact on the Earth WILL happen someday,
but when it will happen is the question, see what you can do to help prevent the end of
all life on Earth.
- When the Sky
Really IS Falling : This is just a little more information on the
Asteroid/Meteor/Comet thing via the World Book Encyclopedia.
- Windows
to the Universe : This a NASA site, and has all kinds of interesting and informative
facts about our Solar system and the rest of the Universe.
- Home Page of NanoTechnology Magazine : Ever heard the
old saying "you need to look a the big picture..."? Well that might not be such
sound advice, and in fact, maybe you should be looking at the Molecular or Atomic size
picture. NanoTechnology is a fascinating new technology that will likely have a dramatic
impact on our lives in the very near future. If you like to know about the latest
technology, there is some exciting research going on at this site.
- The Kentucky Lottery - Somebody's Gonna Win, ...
: Need to check those KY Lottery Numbers? Here's the place to do it!
- The Illinois Lottery - Some
of our subscribers play the IL. Lottery as well, so here's the link to check
those numbers! And if you win, don't forget that it was you Local Webmaster
that helped you check your numbers! ^_^
- What to do Before and
After winning the Lottery! - OK, you just won the lottery, now what?!!!
Winning the lottery can be a dream come true or a unimaginable nightmare if
you haven't put some real thought into what to do if you win. This site
is a must READ as it has great advise for folks playing
the lottery, especially if you win!
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Yes, the Internet is fun, but there are lots of things to do away from your computer.
The following links are to sites concerned with some sort of recreational activity here
locally (within 150 miles, give or take 50 miles).
- Hunter's Resource Page : Hunters here is the
Sunrise and Sunset times for November, let us know how you like it.
Hope to ad more stuff later.
- Traditional Quilters Magazine
: For all you quilters out there, here is a link that you might like.
- Wickliffe Mounds
: Are you into area history, or American Indians or both? If so
you need to take a look at this site and plan a visit.
- all
recipies.com : Since all of us have to eat at one time or
another, and sometimes you want a little something different, I decided to put this link
in. It links you to Allrecipes.com which has all kinds of
recipes for all kinds of taste, of all kinds of people! Alright!?
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The NEW! Cinemark Paducah is NOW open!!! The new theater is wonderful,
and you can buy your tickets online now or via a automated teller with a
credit card inside the lobby.
- Cape Girardeau Movie Theaters
: Movies listings and schedule for the Movie Theaters in Cape Girardeau, MO.
- Minutemeals.com : For those of
us on the go, but get tired of eating out all the time.
- Pet of the Day - each day one pet is selected
to be honored with a photo and story. All pets are eligible. Nominate yours for free!
- Crossword of the Day -- FREE Puzzles :
Are you a crossword puzzle junkie, then try this site. Puzzles aren't too difficult.
- FISHIN.COM - Home Page - Kentucky fishing rep... :
Thinking about going fishin? Go to this site and check out the action and water conditions
before you go!
- Humor of the Day : Like jokes? This a pretty
good link, but the humor is sometimes, PG13 to R rated (About Broadcast TV level).
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Citysearch Restaurant Guide : Going on a trip or
vacation? Want the skinny on the best eats in town, check this link our
to find out where to and where not to eat!
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Listed below are the website and/or the e-mail addresses to Kentucky's Senators and
Representatives, or at least those that have sites or e-mail addresses, as well as other
government related sites. It is time we all took a bit more interest in how our country is
run, voice our opinions so that our Senators and Representative can know the WILL of the
people they are supposed to be representing! Please remember, to be respectful when
writing to your congress people, for if you send a dirty or moronic letter to them, they
will simply cast it aside.
- Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - U.S. Department of Labor site dealing with
the revision of the FLSA. There is a lot of confusion on who loses
overtime and who won't... this site can help shed some light on that. It
lays the regulations out for it and even has a PowerPoint presentation to
explain it!
- FactCheck.org - In the Vice
Presidential debate, Vice President Cheney made reference to this website,
though he accidentally gave the wrong address - Ooops! That slip of the
tongue aside, this is a good site to get a relatively unbiased summary of
current political issues, including campaign ads, bills, speeches and such.
- Kentucky Legislature Home Page
: This is a good site to see how our State Senators and Representatives are
doing and what they are doing and contains info on both proposed Amendments
to the Kentucky State Constitution.
- Purepolitics.com
- provides info and links to candidates' websites, and much more.
- VOTE.COM - Cast your vote current
political issues.
- U.S. Senator McConnell's Home
page (Republican)
- U.S. Congressman Ed Whitfield's
Home page (Republican)
- U.S. Senator Jim Bunning's Web Page : Of
course it is Senator Bunning now, so the page is a little outdated, but you can still
contact him via it.
- Representative Harold "Hal" Rogers
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- Congresswoman Anne Northup, Representing
Kentucky's 3rd District
- Constitution Party of Kentucky
- Libertarian Party of Kentucky
- Kentucky Democratic Party Home Page
- The Republican Party of Kentucky
- Today on FedNet! provides live and archived audio
coverage of congressional events including the Floor debates from the House and Senate,
hearing coverage and news conferences.
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Revised: October 19, 2005.
