Features

Lani Basberg has taken her beekeeping to new heights.

She is the only Shelby County beekeeper to participate in a rooftop green space project in downtown Louisville.

Basberg has two hives of Italian honeybees atop the 15-story Kentucky Life Building at 239 S. 5th St. as part of a project by Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to study how well native plants grow in an urban environments.

“Bees are fascinating to watch, especially up that high,” she said.

It’s no secret; no matter how healthy a lunch you eat that afternoon letdown works its way in. That sluggish, tired feeling of a long day can be a lot to take in.

But at East Middle students start to stir for a different reason.

As the clock gets closer and closer to 1:30 in the afternoon, students are ready to go. They will line up at level 0 (which means quiet as a church mouse, no talking) and slowly walk outside.

The Biagi home on Brown Avenue in Shelbyville is somewhat like the family who lives there: contemporary, yet traditional, with several features that give it a unique personality all its own.

The first thing that strikes the passerby is that there are plenty of windows and an attractive blend of limestone and natural wood tones.

The wide front porch fits right in with the other houses in the neighborhood, but on closer inspection, an attractive limestone column in its center turns out to be the living room fireplace.

A round of golf can do wonders for the body and the spirit. Don’t let it do damage, too.

The sudden torque and twisting involved in driving a golf ball can put quite a strain on the spine. Golfers also can suffer from hand tenderness and numbness, shoulder, elbow and knee pain.

There are a number of steps you can take to avoid injury:

Although organizers remain unsure how much money was raised at Saturday’s Makin’ music, Makin’ waves, fundraiser to support Jamie Wieczorek Andriot’s medical bills from cancer treatments, Adrienne Marcum, who helped organize the event, said it was a “wonderful day.”

As a result of my service aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1941 and 1942, I have developed a great interest in these powerful but vulnerable vessels that changed the course of naval warfare during World War II.

In previous columns I have written about USS Wasp and USS Hornet. Both of these ships were sunk in the Pacific during the latter part of 1942, but later the larger, modern carriers that replaced them completely destroyed the Japanese fleet.

The Shelbyville Horse Show is just around the corner, and that means coming down the street right at you is the Horse Show Jubilee, an array of events designed to provide fun and entertainment for everyone in the family, even if you don’t ride horses.

There are millions of ways to stay fit, trim and healthy and all include watching your diet and maintaining proper nutrition. However, there are very few exercises that are as accessible and easy on the body as bicycling.

Did you know that state and local law requires pet owners to vaccinate their dogs, cats, and ferrets for rabies each year?

Did you know a county license is also required for these pets? Owners need to show proof of rabies vaccine to purchase a license.

This is not just another instance of government control and red tape. Rabies vaccination and licensure have been credited with keeping the number of rabies cases low in the state of Kentucky and across the country.