Today's Features

Leaders and scouts from Boy Scout Troop 24, chartered by Longview United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown, recently attended the Order of the Arrow, the Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. The weekend-long Ordeal/Brotherhood was at the Brotherhood Lodge at Camp Crooked Creek, Frazier Scout Reservation. In addition to ceremonies recognizing members, participants also spent the weekend cleaning and preparing the camp for the upcoming Southern Region - Section 6 Conclave, which will host about 1,000 Order of the Arrow members.

I am a stay-at-home mom. It still seems strange to say that. I honestly haven’t had too much time to reflect on it, what with the two children constantly hanging off of me. But the transition cannot be called a smooth one. I look at other moms who stay home, and most of them seem to have everything under control. I've felt like a failure on more than one occasion. Heck, just my 6-month-old daughter refusing to take a morning nap can bring me to my knees on the right – or wrong – day.

Carol Zagar’s life is all about movement. Among other roles, Zagar is a dance instructor, choreographer and physical therapist.

“I started dance when I was 5,” Zagar recalled.

At the time, her family was living in a suburb of Cincinnati.

When the PTA of her school brought in dance teacher Jack Louiso to provide instruction after school, Zagar’s parents agreed to allow her and her two siblings to take lessons, she said.

“That was an activity that they could afford all three of us (to) do,” she said.

While home on spring break from Harvard University, Andre’ Crutcher of Elizabethtown, was guest speaker for the Fort Knox International Club at the monthly meeting at Fort Knox on March 18.  Andre’ described his ongoing Freshman Year in Harvard Yard, and fielded many enthusiastic questions from the group.  Club meetings are free and open to the public. For more information call Toni at 272-8664.