Advisory Council meets
LaRue County Schools Youth Service Center Advisory Council will meet 11:30 a.m. May 9 at the LaRue County Extension office. The meeting is open to the public. Call 358-9745 for more information.
CKCAC Area Board of Directors
The Central Kentucky Community Action Council Area Board of Directors will hold a special called meeting 1:30 p.m. May 9 at the Nelson County Old Courthouse in the courtroom, 1 Court Square, Bardstown. The public can attend.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park has a new chief of interpretation and resource management. Stacy Humphreys, former supervisory park ranger at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis Arch, in St. Louis, Mo.), has worked more than 11 years for the National Park Service. She took over the position in September.
A group of dedicated volunteers helped clean and spruce up the grounds of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park on April 27.
About 20 people braved the gray skies and threatening rain to clean out the boxwood beds by the Memorial Building steps, and remove sticks, leaves and old mulch from around trees. They finished all of the work just as rain began to fall.
In recognition of his 20 year business anniversary, owner/operator Wayne Tyree of Hardee’s/Red Burrito, right, presented a $1,000 check to the Hope Food Pantry. Accepting the donation is Hodgenville United Methodist Church Pastor Bob Howell and Hope Food Pantry Coordinator Susan Phelps. The food pantry serves more than 90 families and 300 individuals monthly in LaRue County
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from 2006 to 2010, 4,028 children (age 12 and younger in a passenger vehicle) were killed and an estimated 660,000 children were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes.
Motor vehicle crashes continue to remain the number one killer of children ages 1 to 12 in America.