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 Mary Rama, of Hodgenville, had a busy couple of days this past weekend as she celebrated her 90th birthday, 47th Lincoln Days and an impromptu family reunion.

  From I-65 South, take the Hodgenville exit at Elizabethtown. 

 If you are interested in the therapeutic program, riding lessons for your kids or anything else related to Wayne Ridge Farm, contact Jodi Johnson at (270) 320-5928.  

Jodi Johnson rides horses in her sleep, kicking whoever is in bed with her as if she were nudging her horse. As someone who spends so much time with the animals, it comes as no surprise. 

 The quilts cover the couch, the chairs – piled up in the closet and on a nearby recliner too.  Dozens of vibrantly colored and delicately made quilts help to personalize the home of Helen Clark. They are all creations of the soon-to-be 100-year old woman and they represent the long and rich life she has lived.

 Steve Thompson could give lessons to whoever said, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

Just when he was living the good life with success in music and real estate, he was besieged with a deluge of drawbacks, including two bouts of cancer and a disastrous economic downturn that would have caused most people to lose hope… but not Thompson.

“The victory is in the fight,” the 53-year-old former Michigan resident said.

Thompson was born in New York City but the family moved to a very rural Michigan farm in 1967.

 Murle Elliott has never been one to flit, like a bird, from job to job.

When he was only 17 years old, he found a job he loved – operating a bull dozer – and 69 years later he’s still going strong, sometimes putting in 40-60 hours a week.

 “I feel better when I’m getting up and going to work,” said Elliott, who lives on Jericho Road. “If there’s work for me, I’ll do it.”

Elliott’s love for the big tractors began when he worked on a relative’s farm at Fern Creek.

When recycling comes to mind, people often think about a neat and clean environment filled with organized storage containers for collection. However, that’s not always the case.
Often overlooked is the not-so-clean side of things such as sorting, organizing, banding and shipping the products after processing.
In 2011, LaRue County’s recycling center, better known as Renaissance Recycling, collected more than 500 tons of recyclable material and distributed it to select facilities across the state.

What began for Sonya Hill as an endeavor to inspire her two children to enjoy reading turned into a novel set in Hodgenville. 

 To see Charles Butler and his infectious, sometimes mischievous, grin you would never know he is battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia. But Charles is a survivor and he knows he is among the fortunate ones.