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This year the Youth Theatre of Hardin County will celebrate its 40th anniversary by celebrating Christmas in July with a production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.”

The final workshop for the program is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center at John Hardin High School. Parents should arrive at 2 p.m.

Participants must be Hardin County residents in grades six through 12 and are encouraged to arrive early to register.

Membership cost is $35 for the year and includes a T-shirt.

A local army wife and author will be discussing her experiences Saturday at Barnes & Noble in Elizabethtown.

Michelle Cuthrell has been writing about life on the home front since her husband’s first deployment in 2005, according to her website. While the family was stationed in Alaska she wrote a column for her regional and army newspapers called “Until They Come Home.”

Music is a medium for the message country and gospel singer Robert Taylor wants to pass along.

“I’m a minister, and my main goal is to tell people about the Gospel,” Taylor said.

Though sometimes he sings traditional hymns in his church, Unity Baptist Church in Stephensburg, Taylor also sings original music. His love for music began when he was a child.

“Originally when I started, I was a big Elvis Presley fan,” Taylor said.

Valentine’s Day arrived late in our household this year.

To be specific, it arrived two weeks later, on the last weekend in February.

My girlfriend, Rebecca Ricks, and I are not in the habit of moving around holidays arbitrarily. In fact, I think this was the first time in 25 years we celebrated Valentine’s Day on a different day. But these were special circumstances.

So what caused this change of plans?

Two words: kidney stone.

Not mine. Hers.