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As you started into the new year, did you resolve to have healthier habits? Many people do. But a long-term study found that Americans are not doing as well as they were 20 years ago in maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle. And that increases their chances of having a heart attack, stroke or heart disease.
Life’s Simple 7. In the study, the percentage of Americans who met all these heart-healthy lifestyle goals — what the American Heart Association calls Life’s Simple 7 — dropped from 8.5 percent to 5.8 percent:
• Eat a balanced diet.
• Be active.
• Manage your weight.

Henry County Public Library’s Bookmobile has added a couple stops on its winter tour this January, according to the librarians.
The Bookmobile’s schedule includes visits to:
• Eminence Village — first and third Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m.
• Windy Hills Apartments — second and fourth Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m.
• Lake View Apartments — first and third Thursdays from 4 to 4:55 p.m.
• Campbellsburg Community Center — first and third Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m.
• Osage Estates — second and fourth Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m.

Darlene celebrated her 80th birthday with family and friends at the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday Jan. 6.
Her children are Kim Williams, Kevin Marsee (Maria), Jay Winiecki (Melyssa), Tammy Murphy (Kevin) and Shaun Winiecki (Chyree). She has eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

By Holly Kinderman 

Henry County Chamber of Commerce

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ~ Christmas is almost here!

We are less than a week away from Christmas and I’m sure some of you have last minute shopping to do, so don’t forget our small businesses here in Henry County that have unique gifts and gift certificates available.

 While wintery weather interfered with travel outside, especially on nearby Interstate 71, organizers proceeded with the Snowflake Pageant as part of Campbellsburg Light Up Dec. 9 in the comfort of the community center. 

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Players at the Kentucky Renaissance Fair regailed attendees at the Dickens Christmas Festival with the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted miser who hated the holiday, but who changes after a visit from his late business partner, Marley, and three ghost in the classic 1843 novella.  

The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) has declared an outbreak of acute hepatitis A with cases in multiple counties in Kentucky. 

In total, 31 cases of acute (rapid onset with symptoms of illness) Hepatitis A  have been reported throughout Kentucky in 2017, a 50 percent increase above the average of 20 cases per year reported over the past 10 years.