Today's Features

A two-legged dog named Jenna may not have a back end, but her heart more than makes up for what she lacks, animal rescue officials said.

The small, terrier mix was hit by a car last year and had to have both back legs amputated, said Vicki Moore, spokesperson for 5rescues.org.

The dog, which belongs to Denise Jones of Woodstock Animal Foundation, was scheduled to be put down, but homemaker Robin Kenyon said, “They just couldn’t do it.

Students at Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Shelby Campus are not only getting a degree, they are also learning about ways to help both the environment and their wallets.

JCTC’s Sustainability Program, initiated last fall in Jefferson County, was put into effect in Shelbyville this spring, said Pamela Dumm, manager of business operations.

“Last November, we started with single stream [recycling], and we rolled it out to our Shelbyville campus in May,” she said.

‘No plan survives contact with the enemy.’

 Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800-1891)

The bloody Battle of the Somme, which commenced on July 1, 1916, has continued to fascinate me. My English father, Sgt. Reginald George Bareham, was one of 19,240 British soldiers – nearly 20 percent of the entire British fighting force – who were killed that day on the French countryside in one of the pre-eminent battles of World War I.

I was born a week later, on July 8.

This Sunday will be a special day for the Church of the Annunciation, when Archbishop Joseph Kurtz will be the main celebrant at a special morning mass to bless the church’s new stained-glass windows.

The dedication, to be held at 9 a.m., is something that the entire church family has been looking forward to, said Annunciation’s pastor, Rev. Mike Tobin.

“We are getting closer to our big day, and we are very excited,” he said.