Letters

Blood drive draws 33 volunteers

Thank you to the 33 individuals who volunteered to give blood Tuesday at the Hodgenville Woman’s Club. We had 28 units.

Beverly Kelly received a three-gallon American Red Cross pin for her faithful donations.

Thanks to the volunteers who assisted with the drive – Becky Loyall and Jean Hornback. Thanks to the Sweet Shoppe for the tray of fudge.

The community blood drive is sponsored by the Hodgenville Woman’s Club.

The next blood drive is Oct. 8.

Upton misses the ‘Exchange’

Thank you so much for the article in last week’s paper on Upton. I was disappointed that the Farmer’s Telephone Co. was not mentioned. It was indeed the hub of the town. It was one of the last, if not the last, “hand cranked” systems in the state of Kentucky.

I have followed, with interest, the developments surrounding the so-called Bluegrass pipeline and still, for the life of me cannot figure out where the long term benefit is for the residents along the proposed route of Kentucky (LaRue, Nelson, Hardin, Anderson, Woodford, Scott and Franklin counties).

I ask you, is it really worth the offered price to have your land disturbed for construction and to be at the mercy of the pipeline for any projects where ground is broken?

 Local citizens are gradually hearing about a proposed Bluegrass Pipeline to run through Nelson County on its way from Pennsylvania and New York to the Gulf. It might be helpful to lay out some of the issues from the perspective of community sustainability.