Today's News

Is the county dying?

The U.S. Census issued a report last week showing births and deaths in all U.S. counties from the end of June 2011 to July 1, 2012. There were more deaths than births in 36 percent of the nation's 3,100-plus counties.

In rural counties, the percentage of places with more deaths than births was even higher. Nearly half (46 percent) had more deaths than births. A number of news reports, according to The Rural Blog, carried headlines saying that these counties were “dying.”

LaRue County Relay for Life teams raised $57,847.31 this past year for cancer research and education – which exceeded the county goal of $57,000.

The annual Relay was held May 17-18 at Hodgenville Elementary School.

Members of the community joined together on the track of Hodgenville Elementary School, to walk in honor of those who have been diagnosed, those who are still fighting, those who survived and for those who have passed on due to cancer.

Hosparus Thrift Shoppe Fashion Show
The Thrift Shoppe will host a fashion show fundraiser 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. June 6 in the Family Life Center at Grace Heartland Church, 801 Pear Orchard Road, Elizabethtown. The $10 admission includes lunch and door prize giveaways. Call 270-737-6300 to RSVP by May 31. Proceeds will benefit local Hosparus patients and their families. For information, contact Moira Taylor, Thrift Shoppe coordinator, at 270-769-0569 or mtaylor@hosparus.org.
 
Breakfast at Upton Masonic Lodge # 749

The Garden Club of Elizabethtown will host its annual Garden Tour & Tea 1-5 p.m. June 9.
Several gardens will be toured and an old-fashioned tea will be held in the ballroom of the historic Brown Pusey House at the corner of Main and Poplar Streets in Elizabethtown.
A display of horticulture specimens is set up in the tearoom, with a member available to answer questions. New to this year’s event will be a fairy garden display. With admission to the tea, a map is provided to the individual gardens on tour.