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  • May is ALS month

    Every year during the month of May, Yolanda Hickman makes a special effort to raise awareness about the disease that took her husband's life.

    On April 25, 2004, Yolanda's husband, Rev. Michael Hickman, died after an 11-month battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The disease, which is more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, attacks the body's motor neuron system and causes the body to shut down.

    The cause of the disease is not yet fully known.

    It is estimated that 300,000 Americans currently suffer from the disease.

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  • Volunteers 'do it all' at local hospital

    Helen Poole is everywhere.

    If she isn't running a bake sale, she is collecting money for a silent auction, organizing a fundraiser or bustling around the coffee shop at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville, where she is beginning her 13th year as a volunteer.

    She laughed when asked about the last time she worked at the coffee shop.

    "I spilled coffee all over my feet," she chuckled.

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  • Peters joins Beshear's cabinet

    When Governor Steve Beshear announces his new Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet in a few weeks, Shelby County resident Dr. Leonard Peters will become Kentucky's next Energy and Environmental Secretary.

    With as much experience as Peters has dealing with important energy issues, Beshear said in a press release that Peters, 68, is "a perfect selection in helping balance energy needs with environmental concerns."

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  • $20k Pflughaupt scholarship finalists announced

    Six Shelby County High School seniors have been named as the finalists for a $20,000 college scholarship.

    Whitney Jesse, Andrew Moffett, Tyler Daniel, John Blair, Kelly Hill and Elizabeth Shemo are in the running for the 2008 Pflughaupt scholarship.

    The scholarship is given to one student from SCHS every year. The winning student will receive $5,000 every year, for four years.

    The scholarship is awarded based on academic achievement combined with community and civic involvement and other accomplishments.

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  • Horse trainer spurred on by challenge

    Editor's note: Read more stories about Shelby County's horse industry in today's special section insert.

    Michael Tomlinson has a way with horses.

    The Shelbyville resident has been training horses ever since he was a small boy, training horses for shows.

    But it wasn't until he struck out at a baseball career in college that he turned to horses as a way to earn a living.

    "After I hurt my arm pitching, I transferred my competitiveness over to rodeos," he said with a grin.

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  • Simpsonville man arrested after high speed chase

    A Simpsonville man was arrested after fleeing from Kentucky State Police who clocked him at 123 miles per hour.

    Eric S. Nichols, 21, of Simpsonville, was arrested April 25 at 11:17 p.m. after leading KSP trooper Hunter Martin on a chase down I-64 eastbound. According to a KSP report, the incident began when Martin clocked Nichols doing 123 mph at the 33 mile marker on I-64.

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  • Sheriff's office makes drug busts

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office made several significant drug arrests during the month of April, including one on April 12 and another on April 24.

    On April 12, sheriff's deputy Frank Jeffcoat, assisted by deputy Mike Beckley, pulled over a car for speeding 17 miles an hour over the limit at 1:10 a.m. just prior to Exit 32 on I-64 eastbound.

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  • Prom is Saturday

    For more than 500 local students April 26 is not just another Saturday night: It's prom night.

    Girls and boys across Shelby County will getting gussied up and heading toward Louisville to dance the night away - or at least sit and watch other people who are.

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  • Tapp, Montell back special session...if

    Both state Sen. Gary Tapp and state Rep. Brad Montell said they would support a special called session of the state legislature -- if the Senate and House first work out a deal to address the state pension plan before the lawmakers reconvened in Frankfort.

    A week and a half after the end of the regular legislative session, Gov. Steve Beshear and state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced a need for a special session to address the $26 billion deficit in the state's retirement system.

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  • Scratching the surface of allergies

    "It is the season for sure," Dr. Damon Coyle, of Family Allergy & Asthma, said.

    The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says more Americans suffer from allergies than any other health problem, and each season brings new causes of itching and sneezing.

    A person's sensitivity to allergies depends on the genetics passed from their parents and the amount of exposure to the allergens.

    Allergens are foreign to the body, so when they are eaten, breathed, injected or touched, the immune system reacts with some of the many symptoms associated with allergies.

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