Editors

Sometimes it’s tough to fill all the space in a local paper. We know; we’ve been there. So, we’re offering our copy for your paper. Many of our stories easily lend themselves to localizing with a few local quotes or a local photo.

Material printed in The Kentucky Gazette is available for reprint in community newspapers for $25. Stories will be e-mailed as Word docs and photos as jpg files.

Stories available this week are:

•  We have four stories on segments of Kentucky's economy: Coal, which includes two tables; Aviation, which has one table; and homebuilding, which includes one photo; Health care, which includes photo of UK.
• “Kentucky Supreme Court, other judicial seats on fall ballot” Short narrative with short bios on Supreme Court candidates and list of other judicial candidates.

• “Members, leaders suggest changes to House rules” Story on potential changes to how the Kentucky House of Representatives would address handling major legislation. Quotes reps: Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green; Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg; Steve Riggs, D-Louisville; and Tommy Thompson, D-Owensboro
• “Bill would allow independents to vote in party primaries” Story on a bill prefiled for 2009 session; sponsored by state Rep. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon. Includes table listing states' types of primaries (open, closed, semi-closed).

• “Feature on Rep. Susan Westrom's art” Westrom, D-Lexington, and her daughter, a Georgetown College graduate, make flower art out of drywall, embellish them with crystals. With two submitted photos.

We’ll be glad to send you a copy of the story, and we can invoice you if you decide to run it.

To get a story, e-mail Laura Cullen Glasscock at glasscock@kentuckygazette.com.