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Combat is the primary challenge of a Marine, but there are many days when fighting is far from the primary agenda.

In the first days of a 30-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, I was dispatched to the Marine Officers Basic School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, my first trip east from my home in Washington state.

I got a chance to learn much, and for five years I recorded these memories in a journal that now is part of the Filson Historical Society.

Arts bulletin board: May 10, 2013

Ex-students hold concert to honor former teachers

Musicians performing at a concert this Saturday at Shelby County High School will celebrate the work of former teachers during the Ernie Threlkeld/Susie Saunders/Mel Owen Memorial Jam.

Each of the teachers is now deceased  (Threlkeld passed away in October). and that inspired  dozen or more of their students to pick up their instruments.

Orchestras receive honors

The Shelby County High School Orchestra received an overall score of Proficient for KMEA Large Ensemble Festival. This includes a Distinguished rating in sight-reading. Members are Samantha Beavers, Sarah Connor, Mason Daugherty, Chris Downing, Shae Gregg, Blake Hamilton, Kelsey Hargadon, Lindsey Hill, Kristina Hutchins, Madalynn Hyman, AJ Jordan, Eric Lewis, Gerald Tegarden, Austin Woodcock, Sierra Woulfe, Zach Yates, Andrew Hensley.

Memorial jazz concert

Former students of three of Shelby County’s musical teachers perform at the Ernie Threlkeld/Susie Saunders/Mel Owen Memorial Jam on Saturday in Mike Casey Gymnasium at Shelby County High School. The session also included ensemble groups from Collins High School and SCHS and benefitted those schools’ music programs.

MY WORD: A take on outlet mall...

Jamie Jarboe of Simpsonville created this drawing to show her feelings about the ecological issues around construction of the outlet mall at Simpsonville.

Monroe gets court date

A man charged with manslaughter in a 2011 crash will head to court May 20 for a disposition hearing.

Lonnie Monroe, 45, of Shelbyville originally was arrested Sept. 24 by Kentucky State Police and charged with murder in a tractor-trailer accident from November 2011. On Oct. 4, that charge was amended to second-degree manslaughter, which is a Class C felony that carries a penalty of 5 to 10 years in prison.

News Digest: May 22, 2013

Collins awards night set;

graduation to be streamed

Collins High School will have its Senior Awards Night at 6:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. That’s when scholarships and other honors will be presented.

Following that on Saturday is commencement exercises at the two high schools.

Shelby County High School’s program will be at 1 p.m. in Mike Casey Gymnasium, and Collins will have graduation at 7 p.m. in the school’s gym.

WKU’s offer lifts Farris

Collins junior Dre Farris, a standout football player for the Titans, said Monday’s grant offer from Western Kentucky University was part affirmation, part realization.

“It’s a stress reliever really,” he said Wednesday. “Playing Division One has been my dream since I was a little boy, and now I know I’ll have a chance to do that.”

And even, though, Farris isn’t going to cast his lot with a certain college or university any time soon, he said that just knowing he would have that opportunity is comforting.

Arts bulletin board: May 17, 2013

Bagdad Baptist youth go down memory lane

The Bagdad Baptist Youth will host a dinner theater variety show, Memory Lane, on Friday. Take a walk back in time as this show will feature popular music and musical characters from the past.

Musical selections include “I Heard It thru the Grapevine,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Gitarzan,” “Mississippi Squirrel,” “9 to 5,” and will include many more surprises.

One round finished, the next to...

Candice Wiley closed one chapter of her life Saturday, but she already is beginning another.

Wiley, a Shelby County High School alum and former state champion golfer for the Rockets, graduated from the University of Louisville less than a month after completing her collegiate career for the Cardinals.

Wiley walked with her classmates during the ceremony at the KFC Yum! Center, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Education and Human Development.

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