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 CLERMONT -- Cold weather doesn’t stop Bernheim from celebrating all that nature has to offer in December. 

With the exception of Christmas Day, Bernheim is open the entire month with events and activities for every age.

To get in the holiday spirit, join Bernheim on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. –  Noon for Smart Gardens and Landscapes: Holiday Wreath Making with Nature at the Research Center.

Participants will enjoy decorating for the holidays using objects found in nature to create wreaths, swags, kissing balls and more.

 Many students spend more for college than they should by making some common mistakes when seeking financial aid. 

Follow these tips from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) to make sure you get the help you need.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE—In the spirit of giving, Britney Wimsatt has set out on a mission to provide Thanksgiving dinner to many of the homeless students in Bullitt County.

After a trip with the Bullitt County Leadership group through the Chamber of Commerce to the Bullitt County Board of Education, Wimsatt learned that the school system had identified 50 homeless children within the first two weeks of school.

The annual Shepherdsville Santa car show was recently held at the city park. Hundreds of classic cars, trucks and motorcycles showed up to help the Shepherdsville Police Department raise money for its annual Christmas giveaway of coats, toys and food. Signups will begin on Nov. 1 for anyone seeking assistance. You must sign up each year, no matter if you received assistance last year. Sign up at the Shepherdsville Police Department inside the city hall from 9-5 during the week. Donations of money and new toys are also accepted.

 In its first year, the Brooks Elementary Beta Club has hit the ground running.

The members started off participating in the Light the Night Walk to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The club personally raised $317.77 toward the team’s goal of $2,852.25.

 BROOKS - Many of the county’s north end residents still recall the fateful day 20 years ago when a tornado made a path through the area.

Or the storm in 2012 when a tornado all but destroyed a school complex in Henryville, Indiana.

Brooks Elementary is located close to wear the 1996 tornado touched down. Although the building is fairly new, school officials still wanted students to be as safe as possible.

 Students at Mount Washington Elementary got to celebrate how super they are during the school’s Superhero Day.

In the morning, local heroes, including police officers and nurses, welcomed the students to the school.

That afternoon, teachers battled it out to the Macarena to see whose dancing powers beat the rest during “Dancing with the Staff.”

 CLERMONT — Retired Mount Washington postman Tom Greenwell is using his days in retirement to the fullest. On Sept. 22, the first day of autumn, Greenwell set up a “Dome of Eighths” statue at Bernheim Forest to help show the autumnal equinox. The statue is one of Greenwell’s creations.

At every half hour, he used sidewalk chalk to mark where the middle circle in the statue reflected onto the concrete padding underneath.

SHEPHERDSVILLE - Scientific studies show that cougars around the world are solitary creatures by nature.
    That’s not the case in Bullitt County, however, where the cougars have little buddies to keep them company.
    Bullitt Central High School’s football team, in collaboration with the Shepherdsville Elementary Family Resource Center, began the Cougar Buddies program with Shepherdsville students.