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Community News

  • Check out the public library’s Kentucky collection

     Spring is here. The trees and flowers are beginning to bud and bloom. It’s time to start planning those outdoor activities. 

  • Free Movie Night attracts 100-plus

     The largest crowd to date attended Saturday’s Free Movie Night viewing of “Lincoln.”

  • 'Shrek the Musical' to be presented in August

     The Stephen Foster Drama Association received a $25,000 grant to present “Shrek the Musical,” and Bardstown is one of the first locations that presented the musical off of its national tour.

  • Dr. Brockman to speak at annual Chamber of Commerce dinner

     The LaRue County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet on May 9 at First Baptist Church Hodgenville, 730 Tonieville Road.

  • Single Mom Oil Change planned for Saturday

     Harvestland Community Church, located at 4761 Lincoln Parkway Hodgenville, will host its 8th annual Single Mom Oil Change event on Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

  • ENGAGEMENT: Ashley Sue Morgan and Gerald Payton Thomas

    Donnie and Carolyn Morgan, of Elizabethtown, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Sue Morgan, to Gerald Payton Thomas, the son of Alan and Becky Thomas, of Guston.

    The bride to be is employed at Duke’s Sporting Goods in Elizabethtown.

    The prospective groom is an employee at Altec Industries in Elizabethtown.

    The couple will exchange vows at 6 p.m. May 25, 2013, at Lincoln Trail Christian Church, 508 Valley View St., Irvington. The Rev. David Buckham will perform the ceremony.

  • ENGAGEMENT: Jillian Brooke Coleman and Joey Anthony Childress

    Guy Coleman of Louisville and Scarlett Coleman of Shepherdsville are proud to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Jillian Brooke, to Joey Anthony Childress, son of Mike and Pamela Childress of Hodgenville.

    The bride to be is a 2001 graduate of Valley Traditional High School.

    The prospective groom is a 2003 graduate of LaRue County High School and a 2009 graduate of Elizabethtown Technical College, earning a degree in electrical construction.

  • Elvis heads back to Pigeon Forge

    Although Eddie Miles has aged since his first performance as Elvis at the Memories Theatre at Pigeon Forge, he’s looking forward to making new memories there.

    Eddie Miles, a Nelson County native who has appeared numerous times at the Lincoln Jamboree in Hodgenville, has made a living with his Elvis act for years and headlined at the Memories Theatre in Pigeon Forge in the ’90s as Elvis Presley. Now he said he’s returning to his old stage to headline again.

  • Fundraisers

    RELAY FOR LIFE: LaRue County’s Got Talent postponed

    The LaRue County’s Got Talent program will be postponed until fall. For more information, call Rosetta Lafollette at 270-734-6394

     

    RELAY FOR LIFE: Barbecue chicken and live auction

  • Fiber Artist Justine Dennis

    Justine Dennis, of New Haven, calls herself a fiber artist, and continues learning about her style of sewing she invented about 20 years ago, called Torsion Sewing.

    “As far as I know, nobody else does the same thing and it’s all done on the sewing machine,” she said.

    She added that many artist and gallery owners have told her that her style is unique and that they’ve never seen anything like it before.

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