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Today's News

  • Lincoln book signing follows workshop today

    There is a waiting list for those wanting to attend an interpreter training workshop “Women in Lincoln’s Life” Wednesday in the Lincoln Museum Community Room.

    To place your name on the waiting list, contact Sandy Brue at Sandy_Brue@nps.gov or 358-3137. The workshop is free and lunch will be provided.

  • Local students graduate from Campbellsville University

    Several local students were among 311 graduates of Campbellsville University May 8-9.

    SuLynne Oliver of New Haven, earned a bachelor of science in early childhood education. The 1986 graduate of Nelson County High School is married to Larry Oliver and has two children, Derrick Matthew Morris, and Dustin James Morris.

    Andrea Michelle O’Bryan of  New Hope earned a bachelor of science in biology with a minor in environmental science. She is a 2005 graduate of Nelson County High School and the daughter of Pat and Sandy O’Bryan.

  • Books open up a whole new world for kindergarten class

    For the past several weeks, students in Tracy Watson’s kindergarten room at Hodgenville Elementary School have enjoyed book presentations by Debbie Taylor’s LaRue County High School class.

    Topics have ranged from learning about whales and the oceans, penguins and Australia to celebrating May by experiencing the Maypole dance and Cinco de Mayo festivities.

    “We take nine students to the reading experience, and all on different levels,” said Taylor. The first thing her students do is learn the vocabulary for the stories they’ll present. 

  • Business not hard to understand

    It appears to me several people need a Business 101 class. If I were to ask Wal-Mart for a donation to a good charity for $25, they would say yes. If I walked back in and asked for another, they would say no. You see a business cannot afford to give to everybody that asks – they would go broke.

    In the Ronnie’s Custom Cabinets and Furniture By Design misunderstanding, it should be very easy to understand. My father, Ronnie Chelf, could not legally do business with the school system based on him being a board member.

  • Campbellsville University Honors’ List

    Campbellsville University has announced the academic honors’ list for the spring 2009 semester.

    The academic honors’ list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester with a course load of at least 12 hours.

    Students who achieve a 4.0 grade point average are named to the President’s List. Others who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5-3.99 are named to the Dean’s List.

  • Go-Kart results

    OHV LITE

    First-#664 Matt Henon

    Second-#4 Kerry Martin

    Third-#118 Billy Smith

     

    OHV JR.1

    First-#7 Grant Young

    Second-#31 Heather Decker

     

    STOCK MEDIUM          

    First-#93 Tony Phillips

    Second-#26 Roger Taylor

    Third-#98 Randall Reed

     

    OHV ADULT BEGINNER

    First-#4 Kerry Martin

    Second-#4H Houston Logsdon

    Third-#664 Matt Henon

     

    OHV MEDIUM

    First-#15 Joe Miller

  • Softball should be fun

    Last night I attended my 6-year-old granddaughter’s softball game at the LaRue County Parks and Recreation field. I left wondering: what are LaRue County parents teaching their children?

    Isn’t the reason these games exist is for the kids to have fun?

    The kids in the outfield that couldn’t hear the yelling and screaming probably did have fun. Some of the others – not so much.

  • Hot about hotline usage

    The Office of Edu­cation Accountability, under the auspices of the commonwealth’s Legislative Research Commission as outlined in Kentucky Revised Statute 7.410, was established to assure efficiency without waste, mismanagement or political influence in our public school systems. Since January of 1991, the OEA has operated a hotline to receive complaints and concerns of potential allegations “that have not been adequately addressed or explained by a local district.”

  • Students assessed on tech skills

    Amanda Reed, instructional supervisor for LaRue County Schools, gave a report at the May 18 school board meeting on the Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards Assessments for Career and Technical Education for 2009.

    She said any school district that receives funds from the Carl D. Perkins Grant is required to give assessments each year.

    Some changes made this year, Reed said, affected the overall percentages, and she said she “doesn’t trust” the data enough to compare results with the state.

  • Pearman receives scholarship

    The 2009 County Homemaker Scholarship recipient is Cortney Pearman.

    Pearman, who graduates from LaRue County High School this month, plans to attend Western Kentucky University and major in early childhood development – eementary education.

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