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When Second Place Matters

Posted by Carter Hendricks | 06.02.2008 / 5:34 PM EDT

Of course, I mean second on the ticket, the Presidential ticket that is. It would appear that the nominations are all but known at this point. Of course, I recognize that this is politics and anything can happen.
But, let me assume (at my own risk) that the nominees will be Obama and McCain. […]

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Will Pennsylvania decide it?

Posted by Carter Hendricks | 04.21.2008 / 10:34 AM EDT

No offense to the good people of the Keystone State, but I hope not.
Kentucky’s primary is May 20th and I hope it matters. The fact is that states benefit when there’s a great deal of attention given to their primary process. It brings people to the state. It brings national attention to the […]

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I want to tell you something

Posted by Carter Hendricks | 04.08.2008 / 8:57 AM EDT

Greetings from the “military bastion” of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. I’m not even sure what a bastion is but I think it’s a good thing. I guess I’ll have to use my old Thesaurus to figure all of this madness out. Of course, to my four year old son, a thesaurus is a man eating […]

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Military Bastions

Posted by csmonitor.com staff | 02.28.2008 / 10:52 PM EST

Welcome to the Military Bastions blogs. Clarissa Freeman’s first blog from Hopkinsville will be appearing soon. She is a member of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs and her husband is a retired Army colonel. They have three children.
Do you have any questions for Clarissa? Topics you hope she’ll […]

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Military Bastions

Military Bastions

Hopkinsville, KY

High levels of employment in military or related government employment; often adjacent to major military installations, private military contractors, or have a history of military-dependent economies; middle income, transient, younger populations, with some trade and service workers in the local economy.

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About Christian County, KY

Home of Hopkinsville

"Fort Campbell and its 105,000 acres are not actually within the boundaries of Hopkinsville, but considering the impact that the base has here it might as well be. About two-thirds of the 30,000 Army and Air Force soldiers based here live in communities like this one around the region..."

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Population, income, and education
Population (2006) 69,533
Median household income (per year) $33,798
Median age 36.6
Families in poverty (%) 12.1%
High school graduates (%) 77.2%
Bachelors degree (%) 12.5%
Ethnicity (percent listed for all below)
White 71.2%
Black 20.9%
Latino 4.7%
Native American 0.5%
Bi-racial 2.4%
Asian-Pacific 1.2%
Employment (percent listed for all below)
Military 27.3%
Government 11.6%
Agriculture 3.8%
Professional 5.3%
Trade and services 31.6%

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Carter Hendricks

Carter Hendricks

Hopkinsville, KY

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Carter Hendricks is the senior vice president of community and military relations at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Chamber of Commerce. In his post, he's in charge of implementing aspects of the Community Vision Plan, military affairs, and community affairs. Mr. Hendricks earned a BA in history and political science from Western Kentucky University, and an MA in education from Concordia University-Saint Paul, Minn. He is married and has two children, ages 4 and 6. The Hendricks family enjoys long walks, reading books, going to the YMCA, watching and playing sports, and trips to Disney World.

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