AUSTRIA -- When the final leg of the of the torch run is conducted at the Special Olympics World Games on Saturday, March 18, a special local touch will be present.
Trevor Ford, a deputy with the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, will be one of the 88 law enforcement members who are part of this special ceremony in Austria.
As a member of the Final Leg team, Ford and fellow law enforcement members will carry the torch through 45 cities to honor the Special Olympic spirit.
HEBRON ESTATES - A former North Bullitt Eagle is now flying high following his United States Marine Corps recruit training.
PFC Damian Whitehouse, a 2016 NB graduate, recently completed a three-month training at Parris Island, SC.
The son of James Whitehouse and Mary Isaacs now heads to Camp Geiger, NC, for further combat training, then eventually to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL, to begin aviation training.
Whitehouse prepared for his Marine career through the USMC Delayed Entry Program, working with recruiter SSGT Justin McLinn.
MOUNT WASHINGTON—Pleasant Grove Elementary third grader Kingston Davis got the experience of a lifetime when he was chosen to train with some of the world’s best soccer coaches in Barcelona last November.
Davis attended a week-long camp last summer and received his invitation to join the FC Barcelona Camp a few weeks later.
According to Davis’ dad, Brian, only about 7 percent of the kids who try-out get the invitation.
At the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 97th annual meeting the first of December 2016, George Henderman was honored as the winner of the Distinguished Service to Farm Bureau.
He has dedicated his life to his family, church, and farm while also serving on the Bullitt County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for over 20 years. George has also served in many other capacities in the county.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Douglas Puckett has never regretted going to work a day in his professional life.
Starting on June 4, 1974, as a new police officer with the Louisville Police Department, to his final day on Jan. 31, 2017, as chief of police for Shepherdsville, Puckett has loved his job.
But, when looking at his retirement pay recently, Puckett said he knew it was time to leave.
“I always said I’d know when the time has come,” Puckett said of retirement. “The time has come.”
SHEPHERDSVILLE — The new year began with a new leader, though this one was a bit more local than D.C.
Justin Guest is the new director of the Bullitt County YMCA. He replaces June Daugherty who retired in December after serving as the only Bullitt County YMCA director ever for 30 years.
Although he may be new to Bullitt County, Guest is no stranger to working for the YMCA. In 2000, he began teaching swim lessons at the northeast YMCA in Louisville. During summers, he refereed and worked the camps.