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Today's Features

  • Piano students perform spring recital

    The piano students of Dr. Beth Laytart presented a spring recital at the Cynthiana Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 28. Seventeen students participated, including Lucy Barry, Corrie Bascom, Kara Bracken, Meliah Carrel, Michaela Carrel, Ava Craig, Andra Gaunce, Elijah Harris, Amy Johnson, Anna Blake McDaniel, Morgynn McDaniel, Mary Hollis Partin, Olivia Partin, Harry Smith, Ross Smith, Jared Thomas, and Josie Vaughn.

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  • Craig wins third in International Composition contest

    Ava Craig, age 9, has been awarded third prize in the 2012 Composition contest sponsored by the ‘Piano Explorer,’ which is a music magazine that is published for children. The theme of this year’s contest was “Ocean Life,” and Craig’s piece was entitled “Slow Ocean” and was evocative of jellyfish and seahorses that pulse through the water.
    She also submitted a piece of original artwork that will be published along with her composition in a summer issue of the magazine.

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  • Live for the moments that you can say “Hooray!”

    Cleaning out my email this morning I found one I had written to a friend.
    It started out: “So it was a nice, calm day at work yesterday. By the afternoon I was sitting at my desk thinking, ‘Hooray!’
    “It just felt like a good day to say, ‘Hooray!’ I even posted it as my Facebook status. Hooray!”
    I went on to write about how my phone rang and it was my husband: “I didn’t do it. It’s not my fault,” he said, which is never a good sign.

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  • Church News

    GEORGETOWN CHURCH
    OF GOD
    Georgetown Church of God will be hosting a benefit singing on Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. There will be various local groups ministering each hour throughout the day.
    The church is located at 121 Spring Court, Georgetown (next door to the Vu Tech factory on the bypass). In case of rain the event will be at 124 Gano Ave., Georgetown.
    HOUR OF
    DELIVERANCE
    Sunday, May 13 services at Hour of Deliverance Chapel have been cancelled for Mother’s Day.
    The church is located on Second Street.

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  • Community Calendar

    THURSDAY, May 10
    Parent Loss Support Group. A four-week support group for adults who have lost either a mother or father. Thursday evenings May 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 6 p.m. To register contact Hospice of the Bluegrass at 859-234-6462 or by email at mclay@hospicebg.org. Register by Friday, May 4 to attend these sessions which will be held at the Scott County Public Library in the small conference room, 104 S. Bradford Lane, Georgetown, Ky.
    Berry City Commission will meet Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m., at Berry City Hall. The meetings are open to the public.

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  • Mattox-Fryman to marry June 2

    Cara Mattox and Josh Fryman, both of Georgetown, Ky., announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012.
    Mattox is the daughter of Lisa and Paul Mattox of Cynthiana. She is a 2005 graduate of Harrison County High School.
    Fryman is the son of Laura Wiloughby of Mt. Sterling, Ky., and Mike Fryman of Carlisle, Ky. He is a 2001 graduate of Nicholas County High School.

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  • Ferguson honored at HMH Auxiliary luncheon

    The HMH Auxiliary held its annual volunteer luncheon on Wednesday, April 18. The luncheon had 25 members in attendance and featured guest speakers UK HealthCare Stroke Program Coordinator Lisa Bellamy and HMH Emergency Department Manager Karen Mayer. Topics were stroke awareness and the UK and HMH stroke care affiliation.    

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  • Alaska June Switzer

    Alaska June Switzer was born to Eli and Susan Switzer on April 10, 2012 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz., and is welcomed by her sister, Lexi Grace Switzer and brother, Elijah Daniel Switzer.
    Paternal grandparents are Daniel and Carol Switzer; great-grandparents are George and Joann Switzer.
    Maternal grandparents are Ronnie Arnett and Harold and Randa Arnett.

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  • Lucy Lin Brooks

    Lucy Lin Brooks was born to Nathan and Andrea Brooks of Cynthiana on April 27, 2012 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. She weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz.
    Maternal grandparents are Paul and Christie Paynter of Cynthiana; maternal great-grandparents are Georgiana McClure and the late Bill McClure and Robert Paynter and the late Bea Paynter.
    Paternal grandparents are James and Ana Mae Brooks of Cynthiana; paternal great-grandparents are James and Jen Brooks, Peggy Perry, and Merrill and Goldie Northcutt.

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  • Project Linus leads quilt drive for children of fallen soldiers

    Project Linus is seeking help to honor some special heroes. The local North Central Kentucky Chapter of Project Linus is holding a quilt drive to benefit the TAPS Good Grief Camp for Young Survivors. Part of the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar, the camp is held over Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Va., and provides a special experience for children who are grieving the loss of a loved one who died while serving in the U.S. military. The camp’s capacity is maxed out again this year, with some 1,600 children registered to attend.

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