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Today's News

  • Music and more for a good cause

    Staff writer/photographer

    On Saturday, June 6 the Grange mansion on Kentucky 55 will provide the backdrop for the Campbellsburg Women’s Club Southern Picnic and Auction. The pastoral grounds hosted the event once before in May 2006 drawing more than 80 people and raising several thousand dollars for the good work these ladies do in the community.

    “It really was fun,” Pepper McKee said.

    This year the club hopes to do even better while still keeping the costs to attend low.

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  • Shelby Fit for Life hosting FEW se

    In celebration of their third anniversary, Shelby Fit for Life has invited Danny Russo, nationally renowned fitness expert and television personality, to Shelbyville for a one-night-only seminar. This is Russo’s third visit to Shelbyville on his National Women’s Fitness Tour, that offers weight management, nutrition and exercise tips in a funny, motivating and informative seminar titled “FEW – Food Exercise and Water.” Russo, former Good Morning America Fitness Expert, has presented this seminar in more than 700 cities.

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  • Get your fresh veggies Saturday

    Staff writer/photographer

    The first of the Henry County Farmers’ Market annual bounty will be offered in all its leafy goodness Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. until noon at the courthouse square in New Castle. “Most of the time we’re there around 8 (a.m.) setting up,” market president Barbara Gregory said.

    Produce offerings will be seasonal in nature.

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  • CEO frugality pays off

    Staff writer/photographer

    Some local students learned recently that frugality can be a good thing.

    Dr. Bill Webb, director of the Center for Educational Opportunities, told the Henry County Board of Education that his program will offer a truly innovative option for students this spring. “By being frugal, we ended up with some extra money,” he said.

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  • CASA volunteers work for kids

    CASA Volunteer  and Chairperson of the CASA: Henry, Oldham and Trimble Counties Advisory Council

    There is nothing like a beautiful April day in Kentucky to remind us that cold, dreary winters eventually give way to fresh breezes and spring blooms. If we just wait long enough, nature will reward our patience with a sense of renewal and hope that comes this time of year.  Perhaps it is the icy weather of this winter or the economic turmoil that touches us all, but this year, spring feels particularly rewarding. 

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  • Put the numbers into perspective

    To better understand just how much the country’s economic crisis has affected Kentucky, it may help to look at some hard-to-imagine statistics in a different way.

    If the number of people seeking unemployment insurance for the first time in February came together, for example, they would immediately become Kentucky’s third-largest city, slightly ahead of Owensboro.

    The total number of unemployed is of course much higher.  Its size easily outranks the combined populations of Owensboro, Bowling Green, Covington and Richmond.

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  • Honoring their own

    Staff writer/photographer

    Airplane-shaped cookies iced in red, white and blue frosting and two-liter bottles of Stars and Stripes soda were the refreshments served at the Henry County High School Air Force Junior Ninth Annual Awards Night last Thursday.

    “Those cookies were the talk of the entire place, believe it or not!” Lt. Col. Mark Fassio said. “Maybe I  should’ve issued those instead of medals.”

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  • Community Calendar for the week of April 22, 2009

    Wednesday, April 22

    Karate classes will be held at the Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

    Children’s Story and Craft hour every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Pleasureville Christian Church. Also, the community library at the church is open to the public from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.

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  • Relay For Life

    Relay For Life in Henry County is quickly approaching, scheduled for Friday, June 26, at the Henry County High School Track. Below is a list of upcoming activities that are taking place throughout the county in an ongoing effort to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society (all proceeds will benefit Henry County Relay For Life):

    • Friday, April 24 — Cook’s in Eminence will be having a cookout beginning at 11 a.m. with proceeds going to their Relay team.

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  • We’re all a Twitter about changes

    General Manager

    It’s an exciting time here at the Local. After weeks of settling in, we’re finally ready to show off our new home!

    We invite you to visit our new office at 18 South Penn Avenue, in Eminence, this Thursday from 1 to 6 p.m.

    Stop by, meet the staff and see just what it is we’re so excited about!

    The new office, undoubtedly isn’t the only change you’ve noticed for the Local.

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