Today's Features

Last year our serviceberry was afflicted with a whimsical looking disease; the beautiful blue berries that appear in the summer looked like something from a Dr. Seuss book.  
In a good year the cedar wax wings usually flock in and eat the berries as they ripen, not so last year.  
The strange, white tubular protrusions that the berries were covered in not only looked funny but they kept the birds away, too.

The Leesburg Homemaker Club has a membership of 15, with six active members and nine members-at-large. Besides serving in the office of County Homemaker President, Judy Morris serves as the Leesburg Club president.
Morris was recently honored with an award for her years of various service in Extension at the Extension Leadership Event held March 18.
Other club officers are Sue Burrier-treasurer and Carole Roberts-secretary.

Megann and Austin Haynes and Kayla and Nick Gray  announce the marriage of their parents, LaDonna Marlene Price and Timothy Dean Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were joined in marriage on Jan. 19, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at their home in Paris, Ky.
The bride was given to the groom by her son, Austin Haynes.  Kayla Gray, daughter of the groom, and Megann Haynes, daughter of the bride, served as bridesmaids. Nick Gray, son of the groom, and Austin Haynes, son of the bride, served as groomsmen.
A reception with family and friends followed the ceremony.

Kaleb Gabriel Thomas Hicks was born to Kateland Nicole Cooper-Jones and Branden Thomas Hicks of Cynthiana on Dec. 26, 2012. He weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz.
Maternal grandparents are Bernardine Elaine Cooper and Ronald Ray Jones; maternal great-grandparents are Rubye L. Cooper, Charles L. Cooper and Geneva Jones Roark.
Paternal grandparents are Patricia Ann Hicks and William Hicks; paternal great-grandparents are Ruby McNees and the late William Tommy McNees.