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Band of Hawks earns Distinguished rating, advances to state competition

 The LaRue County Band of Hawks recently performed at the Heartland Large Ensemble Festival Assessment in Elizabethtown. At the annual event, the band performs two pieces of music that have been rehearsed and prepared for performance. 

Immediately following that portion of the assessment, the band is given a piece of music never seen before, allowed five minutes to look it over (without playing) and then performs it for an adjudicator. At the end of the day, all four judges scored the band at the Distinguished level. 

TENNIS ROUNDUP

 TENNIS

BOYS’ PREP

April 21

ELIZABETHTOWN 4, LARUE COUNTY 1

University Drive Park in Elizabethtown

Singles

Faizan Movania (E) def. Preston Howell (LC), 6-1, 6-0

Ibrahim Siddiqui (E) def. Alex Best (LC), 6-0, 3-6, 10-8

Ameer Haider (E) def. Cole Constant (LC), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles

Trevor Sanders/Kyler Hart (LC) def. Daniel Crain/Nathan Henson (E), 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 10-5

NARFE meets

 Chapter 1050 of the Elizabethtown National Active and Retired Federal Employees met in April after a winter hiatus. Members brought paper products for Clarity Solutions Crisis Pregnancy Center and used books for sale to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. 

During the business meeting, Chapter president Mary Tom Haun shared information from April’s State Convention.

NARFE will meet 11 a.m. May 5 at the Nolin RECC conference room. This will be a potluck meeting, so come prepared to share and feast on the food. 

LETTER: A great egg hunt

 Awesome Events would like to thank all our volunteers from Freedoms Way Assembly of God, the special appearance of the Easter Bunny and all the business sponsors who helped with the Easter Egg Hunt this year. We had a great turn out.

We want to thank Pizza Zone in Buffalo for all their help. We also want to thank Save-A-Lot, Our Hometown IGA, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway, Lees Chicken and Papa John’s Pizza for all their support. A special shout out to Ann Morrison and Dixie Dunn for the yummy cookies. We hope to see everyone next Easter.

COLUMN: Raised beds an option for backyard gardeners

 Don’t let a sore back, bad knees or lousy soil stop you from gardening. Elevate your garden for easier access and better gardening results.

The simple act of creating a raised bed improves drainage in heavy clay soil. Add in some organic matter to further increase drainage and improve the water holding ability for sandy soils.

And if your soil is beyond repair or you don’t want to wait, a raised garden allows you to bring in quality soil and create a garden right on top of the existing soil or even paved areas.

Magnolia Bank earns 5-Stars

 Magnolia Bank has been recognized as a 5-Star Superior bank by BauerFinancial, Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., the nation’s leading bank rating and research firm. The data is based on Dec. 31, 2013, financial data.

A 5-Star rating indicates that Magnolia Bank is one of the strongest banks in the nation. To earn the designation, the bank must excel in capital quality, asset quality and profitability.

Magnolia Bank has earned a recommended rating of 5-Stars or 4-Stars for 98 consecutive quarters.

Kaylan Anderson wins Stossel essay contest

 A LaRue County High School student has been named a semi-finalist in the Stossel in the Classroom essay contest.

Kaylan Anderson, a freshman, wrote the essay in her Honors’ Social Studies class taught by Ben Schell. Her essay was one of the top-70 and the only winning entry from Kentucky, out of 6,767 essays submitted from around the country. Only 125 students were selected to win prizes.

Anderson received a certificate of achievement and a check for $100.