Business

Masonic, 4 others in Shelby ranked among top employers

Masonic Home Shelbyville placed 39th on the list large companies in 2013 Best Places to Work in Kentucky as determined by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Trilogy Health Services, LLC – Home Office (small company) and Integrity IT (large company) headed those rankings.

One of the walls has been painted a bright orange, and much of the trim is being transformed into an inviting lilac, but much of the rest of the former New China Buffet in Shelbyville remains in transition and under a steady diet of speculation.

The restaurant site at 1815 Midland Trail has been a hot spot of activity during the past couple weeks, since the buffet was closed by posted order of the health department, with a litany of renovations going on inside.

In a recent conversation with a 60-something-year-old, the notion of retirement came up. The response was simply, “I will probably have to work until I take my last breath.”

The time has gone when many folks can look forward to a big party, a watch and a life of travel and relaxation in retirement. Most folks approaching what used to be retirement age in the mid-60s are revising their future plans.

There are many reasons times have changed:

The Dorman Center Bingo operation will be moving back to Shelbyville but a date isn’t quite set yet.

Kitty Simpson, who is on the board for the early intervention preschool and runs the bingo fundraisers with her husband, Scott, said the group was set to move into the former Bluegrass Bowling Center building, 1857 Midland Trail in Shelbyville, starting Friday, but now they’re going to have to wait.