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  • BBB Tips on Finding a Summer Camp...

     Summer is right around the corner! Have you decided where your child is going to go for camp? BBB has tips and Business Reviews that can help parents find camps that will provide safe, rewarding experiences for children.

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    Ballet & Bible

     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.

  • Bullitt County salutes National...

      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.

  • Three schools participate in Derby...

     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.

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    North Bullitt cadets win over 5,000...

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

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    NB drill team headed to nationals

     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.

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    Middle school students enjoy 4-H...

     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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    Henry Clay comes to visit Bernheim...

     CLERMONT - When local officials are sworn in they have to admit they have not participated in a duel.

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    Battle against child abuse

     Members of Bullitt Central High School’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) had their wheels spinning in an effort to raise child abuse awareness.

  • Zoneton band has great year

     Our band at Zoneton Middle School has experienced yet another great year.

    In the summer of 2012 ten band students from our school were selected to go to the Summer Middle School Wind Band Institute at the University of Louisville.

    In late September, ZMS Advanced Band put on a show at Paroquet Springs, which drew quite a crowd. This performance by our band had two pop selections along with a contemporary piece.

  • Bank helps Sunrise Children’s...

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - Helping abused and neglected children is as easy as taking pennies to the bank.

    During April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, all Republic Bank banking centers in Kentucky are collecting miles of pennies to help the thousands of children served by Sunrise Children’s Services.

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    Bullitt East students earn top...

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - Having advanced through preliminary judging, the team of three Bullitt East Students known as the Mount Washington Youth Chamber of Preservationists (aka the “Youth COPs”) joined with over 5,000 students of all ages from over 400 schools representing 100 Kentucky districts at the Lexington Convention Center for the annual state finals of the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) competition.

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    Girl Scouts bury time capsule to be...

     HEBRON ESTATES - Girl Scouts of all ages, volunteers, staff and special guests gathered at Camp Shantituck on Saturday, March 30, to bury a time capsule to be opened in 25 years, when the much-loved Bullitt County camp turns 110. IIncluded the capsule are notes from current Girl Scout members, assorted patches, and a letter from current Girl Scout board president Cynthia Weller.

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    Sumner family’s Knob Creek Gun...

     WEST POINT – A local family will soon be the target of national attention as the popular cable network CMT prepares to air the first episode of a reality series set in and around western Bullitt County’s Knob Creek gun shop and shooting range. 

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    Students at Work

     Students at Mount Washington Elementary spent the past several months working on a play.

    Casting for the play written and directed by playwright L. Henry Dowell started back in December.

    After working and rehearsing the play for two months, it was ready to present to the student body and the public in March.

    Library Media Specialist Karyn Hutchins said it was the fifth year the Mount Washington Elementary students had performed works by Dowell and it has become an annual event.

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    Wienermobile is hot attraction

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - In celebration of the Wienermobile’s 25th anniversary, Oscar Mayer brand ambassadors, or Hotdoggers as they’re often referred to, recently made a stop at the Mount Washington Kroger on a three-day tour of the Louisville area. 

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    Stop Smoking through health...

     The Bullitt County Health Department is proud to honor the latest graduates of the Cooper/Clayton Smoking Cessation program.

    Shown (from left to right in front row) include: Kim Shoulders, Melanie Stanley, Veronica Lord and Jeanie Kessler; (back row) Jon Shoulders and Jay Allen. (Not pictured) Jo Huffman.

    These graduates went through the 13-week Cooper/Clayton Method of Smoking Cessation using nicotine replacement product to help wean off the nicotine; learn coping skills; stress reduction; nutrition; exercise; and much more.

  • Preschool registration set for...

     The Bullitt County Public School System will hold pre-registration for its preschool program on April 24.

    All four-year-old children whose family income is no more than 150 percent of poverty (free or reduced lunch) or, for three-year-olds and four-year-old children with developmental or speech delays, regardless of income, are eligible.

    The age cutoff is Oct. 1, 2013.

    At the time of registration, each child will be screened in the following areas: cognitive, motor, language, social/emotional, self-help/adaptive.

  • Work opportunities available for...

     HILLVIEW - KentuckianaWorks still hopes to assist all job seekers, of all ages, with career placement and advancement.

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    MW AARP Chapter caps off two-month...

     MOUNT WASHINGTON - Through January and February, the Mount Washington chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons collected a number of school supplies.