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Events

  • Veterans Day at Overdale Elementary

        HILLVIEW — Overdale Elementary hosted the school’s annual salute to local veterans in commemoration of the Veterans Day holiday.
        The memorial tribute included a video featuring military family members of Overdale students and staff, along with songs and readings by the students.
        Members of the North Bullitt High School band also performed during the ceremony under the direction of Jennifer Kling.

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  • To our Vets

        MOUNT WASHINGTON—Students at Mount Washington Elementary invited family, friends and state rep Linda Belcher to celebrate Veteran’s Day with them.
        Principal Terri Lewis showed the students a large picture of her son, Austin, who is currently in the Marines.
        Belcher, who served as principal at the school for several years and whose father was a veteran, explained to the students what veterans are and how they to thank them when they see one somewhere.

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  • Let the Holiday Season Begin

        SHEPHERDSVILLE—Kicking off the holiday season early, the Bullitt County Extension Office recently hosted their annual Holiday Bazaar.
        Crafters traveled from around the county to set up and sell their homemade quilts, jewelry, aprons, horseshoe art, books and wooden ornaments.
         The extension office has several holiday-themed classes and events planned including a tween holiday cooking course and their annual holiday open house.

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  • AARP Salute to the veterans

     MOUNT WASHINGTON—The Mount Washington AARP hosted over 70 people for their annual Veteran’s Day fundraiser.

    Participants enjoyed barbeque sandwiches while John Wiggington and Allen Peavler sang.

    The Bullitt County Sheriff’s Explorers presented the colors as the group sang the National Anthem and recognized the veterans in the room, including several World War II vets.

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  • Community Thanksgiving service to benefit Fellowship of Concern

     The First Baptist Church of Shepherdsville would like to invite the community to the 50th annual Community Thanksgiving Service, which will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m.

    Because the Fellowship of Concern is operated by volunteers, all the offerings received during the service will be used to benefit those in need in the community.

    The Rev. Adam Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church of Shepherdsville, will bring the message.

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  • Salute to the veterans at Cedar Grove and Lebanon Junction Elementary

     CEDAR GROVE - No one can tell history better than someone who actually lived it.

    Veterans from throughout Bullitt County converged at Lebanon Junction and Cedar Grove Elementary to share their stories and recollections from their days serving with the United States Armed Forces.

    Fifth graders at each school gathered around the luminaries as they shared experiences ranging from the recent Gulf War back to World War II.

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  • Fund-raising dinner Friday to help with monument to honor Korean War veterans

     There will be a fund-raiser on Friday, Nov. 18, for the Korean War Memorial.

    It will be held at the Mount Washington Lions Club from 4-7 p.m.

    You can eat in or carry out. 

    There is be fish,  pork chops and hot dogs on the menu.

    The proceeds will help John R. “Robby” Smith on his Eagle Scout project.

    The member of Boy Scout Troop 100 in Mount Washington is looking to erect a 10-foot-by-10-foot memorial in honor of Korean War veterans.

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  • Honoring Our Veterans

     North Bullitt’s JROTC program has one of the longest-standing ceremonies to honor the veterans.

    On Friday, North Bullitt graduate SMSgt John Wardrip was invited to return and speak to the students.

    He also had the honor of watching his son, Chase, carry the American flag in the school’s color guard.

    Schools throughout the county held similar ceremonies. Look in The Pioneer News and the multimedia section of www.pioneernews.net for more photos from various ceremonies.

     

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  • VETERANS DAY: SALUTE in LJ

      The Lebanon Junction VFW Post 8293 held its annual Veterans Day salute and parade on Saturday.

    A large crowd came out for the parade and an appreciation dinner followed.

    Also, the Gold Star Families Memorial was recently unveiled at the Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff. The members of the Lebanon Junction VFW Post were participants and were also instrumental in the event.

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  • THINK PINK: Awareness raised on breast cancer at event

     SHEPHERDSVILLE—Breast Cancer Awareness Month is usually full of celebrations and praise for conquering the disease. Commercials and event advertisements show older women with short hair in pink shirts laughing together as if there was never a worry.

    The fourth annual Think Pink event showed a different side to cancer.

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