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Today's News

  • Farm Calendar -September 4, 2013

    Cloverbuds meet
    The 4-H Cloverbuds will meet 3:30-4:45 p.m. Sept. 4 at the LaRue County Extension Office. The Cloverbud program is open to youth ages 5 to 8 years old or kindergarten through third grades. New members are welcome to attend. For more information, call 270-358-3401.
     
    Livestock Club

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  • Farm News -September 4, 2013

    Beef Producers to meet
    The LaRue County Beef Producers will meet 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the LaRue County Extension office. Al Holthaus of the Southern States Cooperative will speak on “Preconditioning Calves.” A meal will be served. All interested individuals are invited to attend.
     
    Tractor pull at LaRue County Fairgrounds
    A tractor pull will be held 4:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the LaRue County Fairgrounds, 375 S. Greensburg St., Hodgenville.

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  • Prepare grain handling equipment for corn harvest

    Excellent corn yields are expected this year and corn harvest will soon be underway. Bin preparation is a must to prevent delays in harvest and keep grain at high quality.   

    Growers should follow the grain stream and thoroughly clean all equipment from the receiving pit or auger all the way through the system to bin unloading augers or conveyors.  

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  • Volunteers needed as 4-H starts new program year

    4-H enrollment is taking place for 2013-14. School club meetings are being held for fourth- and fifth-graders. These students have the opportunity to sign up and participate in 4-H at school. However, 4-H is open to all youth ages 9 to 18.

    All current members must complete a new 4-H enrollment form each year in order to remain a member. 4-H Cloverbud activities are also available for 5 to 8 year olds.

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  • A fond farewell to Groundhog Hill

    “Oh sisters, let’s go down
    Let’s go down, come on down…
    Oh brothers, let’s go down…
    Down to the river to pray….”

    Well, the sunflowers have sung their last song of summer. And, the tune was from “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” a favorite of mine.

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  • 4-H Performing Arts Troupe
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  • Swope visits Rotary Club
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  • Cottrell, Ferguson honored

    Two students were recently awarded the J.R. and Carrie Lee Edwards Scholarship by Central Kentucky Community Foundation.

    Carley Danielle Ferguson, New Haven, is entering her senior year at Western Kentucky University where she is studying early childhood education.

    Ashley Reed Cottrell is a 2013 graduate of LaRue County High School and has enrolled at WKU where she plans to pursue a degree in agriculture education.

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  • Senior Activities -September 4, 2013

    Yard sale at Senior Citizens Center
    The LaRue County Senior Citizens Center, 112 N. Walters Ave, Hodgenville, will have a fundraiser yard sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 6.

    Kentucky Public Retirees to meet
    Kentucky Public Retirees, Lincoln Trail Chapter, will meet 11:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at Ryan’s Family Steak House, 1034 Executive Dr., Elizabethtown. Rep. Jimmie Lee will speak.

    Senior Celebration
    A senior celebration will be Sept. 13 at Creek Front Park.

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  • Hilda Harned named ‘Mrs. Scott County’

    They may be senior citizens, but they’re young at heart — and two of them at the Georgetown-Scott County Senior Activity Center are now royalty.

    During a luau at the center in Georgetown on Thursday, Willy Braunstein and Hilda Harned became Mr. and Mrs. Scott County Senior Citizens.
    Braunstein said there are nice folks at the center, and the Ohio native has been going there for about 10 years.

    “It’s a good group. We try to stick together as a group. Senior citizens should stick together,” he said.

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