FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY---WE ARE ALL KENTUCKIANS

TODAY IS THE KY DERBY---FASTEST TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS.

TO MOST REAL KENTUCKIANS THE WINNER IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE DAY. THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY IS WHAT ALL KENTUCKIANS CELEBRATE.

I LOVE OKLAHOMA. I LOVE INDIANA. BUT THEIR IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT HEARING "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME"

MANY WHO READ THIS HAVE STOOD WITH ME AT BARDSTOWN, KY AND LOOKED WITH AWE AT THE SMALL DESK STEPHEN FOSTER USED TO WRITE THIS TRUE AMERICAN CLASSIC.

FOR A KENTUCKIAN HIS MEMORIES OF HAPPIER TIMES, LONG SINCE DEPARTED KINFOLKS, AND UNBOUNDED LOVE COME FLOODING BACK THROUGH THEIR MIND.

I WILL SAY AGAIN AND AGAIN--I HAVE LIVED A GOOD LIVE WITH GOOD KINFOLKS AND AM READY FOR THE FINISH LINE. 

GLENN C. PECK <><