Youth

I’d lost my breakfast over Red River Gorge, fallen off my horse in the Daniel Boone National Forest, and now I was 65 feet in the air with my nose stuck in a woodpecker hole.

Chloe was the first to notice. “Woody, look at this.” When I didn’t respond, Chloe looked at me.

“Are you OK, Woody?” Chloe asked.

Wag, wag.

“Are you stuck?”

Wag, wag.

“Should I get Mom and Dad?”

Wag, wag, wag.

Students at Corpus Christi Academy in Simpsonville posted top scores in recently tabulated 2012 standardized testing conducted by TerraNova.

The results showed that 100 percent of eighth-graders scored at the 12th-grade level or above, 100 percent of seventh- graders averaged two grades above their current grade level and all students scored at or above grade level compared to students across the country. 

Laura Biagi received a 2012-2013 Kentucky Emerging Artist Award for fiction writing. She is one of seven artists who were awarded $1,000 each as recipients of the award. The award is presented by the Kentucky Arts Council, with funding provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. Emerging Artist Awards are given to emerging professional artists in the early stages of their careerwho demonstrate a high level of excellence and creativity. Laura is the daughter of Robert and Marcia Biagi of Shelbyville.