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This weekend marks the 21st year that Bagdad Baptist Church plays host to Bagdad Days, a rite of spring that calls many former Bagdad residents home to play and reconnect with their roots.

“We have people come back from out of town and out of state for Bagdad Days,” said Kyle Wiley, pastor of Bagdad Baptist. “Everyone knows that their friends will be back, so they come home, too. even young adults know this is a time to return to their roots. It’s a wonderful weekend.”

WADDY – Skeet and rifle shooting is about fellowship and, ultimately, about spreading God’s word, according to Mount Vernon Baptist Church chairman Garry Gaines.
Mount Vernon Baptist Church of Waddy is hosting its first Spring Shoot and Game Day this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring skeet, rimfire pistol and rimfire rifle shoots for children and adults of all ages.

The pond, fish and many trees are gone, and the dirt is moving furiously at the site of the Outlet Shoppes of Louisville on Buck Creek Road, and the Simpsonville City Commission on Wednesday was full of activity as well.

Commissioners passed along for second reading three ordinances and approved other steps that would affect Horizon Group Property’s 350,000-square-foot outlet mall project, which is slated to be completed in late summer 2014.

After helping lead the charge for policy change on industrial hemp in Kentucky, state Sen. Paul Hornback (R-Shelbyville) took his campaign to Washington D.C., last week, and returned expressing optimism about what he heard there.

 “It went really well,” he said of the trip. “Of course we met with all of our congressional representatives and also with representatives from the Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and [the] Obama administration. The lady we met with at the Department of Energy was actually even wearing a hemp dress.”