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Today's Features

  •  MOUNT WASHINGTON - “Alright girls, line up behind your flowers,” chimed Natalie Casto as she began the fourth class of “Ballet and Bible Stories,” at Elmcroft Senior Living Communities in Mount Washington Monday morning.

  •  Ken and Harriet Brooks were honored at the May 2 meeting of the AARP when Bullitt County Judge Executive Melanie Roberts made a proclamation honoring them for their many years of volunteer service to the AARP.

  •  HEBRON ESTATES – Over the past school year, cadets with the North Bullitt JROTC earned over 5,000 awards.

  •   In celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week and the United States’ $2 trillion travel industry, the Shepherdsville-Bullitt County Tourist and Convention Commission and Bullitt County’s Interstate 65 Welcome Center are hosting a series of free public events this week.

  •  LEBANON JUNCTION - Many people may recognize the Belle of Louisville steamboat when they see its iconic red wheel and that’s what former Lebanon Junction resident and woodworker Gene Martin counted on.

  •  FRANKFORT — Artwork created by students at 30 Kentucky schools will be featured as unique art installations on the grounds of the Old State Capitol during the Governor’s Derby Celebration, May 4 in downtown Frankfort.

  •  The Bullitt County Educational Foundation held its third annual Pre-Derby Affair at MillaNova Winery on Friday.

    The event included silent and live auctions and a dinner, as well as musical entertainment. Plus, there was a table to purchase those fancy Derby hats, which were in abundance at the gala.

    The fund-raiser is to allow the foundation to provide grant money for educational projects.

    See more Pre-Derby Affair photos and video in the multimedia section of www.pioneernews.net.

  •  After finishing the regular season by winning seven first-place awards at the Station Camp High School Drill Meet in Station Camp, Tenn., the North Bullitt JROTC unit is headed to national competition.

    They competed against 12 other drill units at Station Camp.

    In Daytona Beach, Fla., the North Bullitt cadets will compete in the 31st annual National High School Drill Team Championships, May 4-6.

    Less than 5 percent of the high school drill units are accepted. Over 150 units and 4,000 cadets will participate.

  •  BROOKS - Many Kentuckians feel a horse is a work of art. Jimmy Yeley can attest to it.

  •  Middle School 4-H delegates from across the state recently attended the 8th annual Kentucky 4-H Summit at the Lake Cumberland Leadership Center in Jabez, Ky.

    The conference is held annually for those youth in grades 6-8 who want to learn more about what Kentucky 4-H can offer.  The program is designed to encourage youth to continue their involvement in 4-H as they transition from middle to high school.

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