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Datebook: May 8, 2013

This week
Blood drives in Shelby
Blood drives in Shelby County will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps Center, 8460 Shelbyville Road in Simpsonville; noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday at Walmart, 500 Taylorsville Road; and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on May 13 at Simpsonville Baptist Church, 7208 Shelbyville Road.
‘American El Dorado’ presentation

WICHE: Good show for lilacs this...

Last year I spent some time rejuvenating, if you will, our “Miss Kim” lilac. It had gone years without any maintenance pruning, just never making the priority list for chores out at the farm. Although “Miss Kim” is considered a dwarf variety and needs less maintenance, it was in need of some serious reduction.

Corn, soybean crops late

Shelby County farmers anticipating more rain in the coming days are scurrying to get out their corn and soybean crops already delayed by an extremely wet streak.

Some were working late into the night and early morning to plant corn and try to clear one crop and place the other.
Farmer Ray Tucker posted on his Facebook page Thursday that he had planted corn until 3 a.m. and was planning to get at soybeans starting at 5.

Tipton accepted to Governor’s...

Cornerstone Christian Academy junior Jacob Tipton  has been accepted to the 2013 Governor’s Scholar program.

Governor’s Scholar students are selected on the basis of outstanding academic performance, honors and awards, leadership and service, essay and recommendations.

Business briefcase: May 10, 2013

Hornback rated legislative ‘MVP’ by state chamber

State Sen. Paul Hornback (R-Shelbyville) was among 12 legislators the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce named to with its second annual Chamber MVP Award.

The legislators, who were recognized for their conspicuous actions during the 2013 Kentucky General Assembly to support Kentucky’s business community, were given a commemorative Louisville Slugger bat.

UL deans list and grads

Shelby County residents were among the students recently receiving degrees from the University of Louisville.

Church news: May 17, 2013

Allen Chapel

The church is located on KY 55 in Finchville.

Annunciation

Business Q&A: Libby Adams

The Shelby County Industrial & Development recently held a long-range planning session led by Greg Coker to develop its long-range plans and set a course. This is the first such session since 2005. Libby Adams, 55, a native of Shelby County, has been with the foundation since August 1992 and has been its executive director since 2003, serving with CEO Bobby Hudson in developing industrial properties and luring manufacturers to the county. She took a few moments to discuss the planning session and the state of the industrial base in the county.

 

Looking back: May 10, 2013

Information was gathered from previous years of The Shelby Sentinel, The Shelby News and The Sentinel-News. You can reach the writer at sharonw@sentinelnews.com.

Datebook: May 17, 2013

This week
Princess and pirate tea at library
A princess and pirate tea party will be at the Shelby County Public Library. Preschool-aged children will be from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday and preschool-through-third-grade on May 18. Children may wear princess or pirate clothing or Sunday dress. Registration is required, with a maximum of 50 children. For more information or registration, call 633-3803.
Blood drives in Shelby

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