Neighbors

The topic of the May 13 meeting of the Radcliff Woman’s Club was legislation. To get a clear insight about Kentucky legislation and how it affects the local community, the club invited state Sen. Dennis Parrett to serve as the guest speaker.

Having been a member of 16 Hardin County organizations and a current member of the Central Kentucky Education Foundation, Kentucky FFA Foundation, CORE Committee and the YMCA Steering Committee, he is extremely knowledgeable in the needs of area citizens.

Campbellsville University honored 160 teachers from 59 school districts throughout Kentucky by receiving the Campbellsville University Excellence in Teaching Award on May 11 at Winters Dining Hall in the E. Bruce Heilman Student Center Complex on the CU campus.

The Excellence in Teaching Award recipients include the following with their superintendent listed first:

Members of the Rineyville Homemaker’s Club back row from left, Paula Greenwell, Martha Wiseman, RoseMarie Yates, Winona Skees, Barbara Taylor and Mary Ellen Williams; and front row, Renie Phillips, Carol Parrett and Martha Thomas attend the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association annual meeting in May in Lexington.

Every year in late April, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10281 observes Loyalty Day. It is a special day for people to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States and to recognize the heritage of American freedom. It also falls on the same day as Lay Day in the USA.

At VFW Post No. 10281, Commander Butch Ferrell hosted a Loyalty Day dinner at the post to honor local law enforcement officers and firefighters. Following the dinner, Commander Ferrell presented a check to those chosen by their department peers as officer of the year.