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Today's Features

  • Church Happenings — Week of May 15

    Knights of Columbus to host chicken dinner
    The Knights of Columbus will host its monthly chicken dinner Sunday at All Saints Catholic Church from noon to 2 p.m.

    VBS at Finchville Baptist
    Finchville Baptist Church will host vacation Bible school June 2-6 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. each day.
    The theme is “Kingdom Rock.”

    First Baptist announces VBS
    Vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church in Taylorsville will be June 3-7 from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The church is located at 115 W. Main St.

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  • BACK IN TIME: WELCOME TO HOMECOMING

    Spencer Countian Noreen Day submitted these photos.

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  • SAVVY SENIOR: Assistive technologies help elderly seniors remain at home

    Dear Savvy Senior,
    What types of new home technologies can you recommend to help me keep tabs on my elderly mother? She lives alone, about an hour’s drive from me, and I worry about her safety.
    Concerned Daughter

    Dear Concerned,
    Helping an aging parent remain independent and living in his or her own home has become a little easier in recent years, thanks to a host of new and improved assistive technology products. Here are some top rated options you should know about:

    Medical Alerts

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  • COLUMN: How is your physical, spiritual, emotional health?

    In my many years as a mental health professional, I am amazed at how many people I have witnessed who spend an enormous amount of time, and often large sums of money, taking good care of their physical health with very little time spent with the balance of what also really counts — their spiritual and emotional self.

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  • Tasty weeds: Garlic Mustard invasive but useful

    What is more enjoyable than spending a Saturday at the park with your family? Walking through the woods and enjoying the warm spring air seems like the perfect way to spend a weekend. Add in pulling invasive weeds and it describes a recent weekend I spent with my daughter.

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  • Temple named April Student of the Month at SCHS

    Andrew Temple was selected as the April Student of the Month at Spencer County High School. He was nominated by his Spanish teacher, Whitney Reno, for his outstanding improvements over the course of the last semester.

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  • Amyx graduates from Mid-Continent University

    Timothy R. Amyx of Taylorsville received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mid-Continent University.
    The university hosted its graduation ceremony on Saturday.
    Mid-Continent University is a private, non-profit, Southern Baptist affiliated organization. MCU is regionally accredited and headquartered in Mayfield.

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  • Keeling graduates from McKendree

    The following local student is a McKendree University Class of 2013 graduate:
    Darrell Keeling of Taylorsville, Master’s of Business Administration.

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  • Jonsson named to honor roll at Brevard

    Brevard College in Brevard, N.C., recently named Michael Jonsson of Taylorsville to the honor roll for the spring semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.
    To be eligible for the honor roll, students must be enrolled full-time and earn a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 during the semester.

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  • Three graduate from Campbellsville

    Two Taylorsville residents and one from Mount Eden graduated earlier this month from Campbellsville University.
    Jarrad Lewis Mattingly of Taylorsville received a Bachelor of Science in worship arts.
    Kayla Nicole Hood of Taylorsville received a bachelor of social work degree.
    Jonathan Craig Edwards of Mount Eden received a Bachelor of Science in health education and physical education/primary-12.

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