Today's Features

Donna Blackthorn recently joined the staff at the Taylorsville Post Office as the new postmaster. She replaced Interim Postmaster Sandy Deapen who was filling the spot temporarily after David Jones left the postmaster position last December.

Blackthorn brings with her 30 years experience with the United Postal Service, beginning as a distribution window clerk in St. Matthews in 1979. Since then, she has served in a variety of positions including payroll, accounting and information technology (IT), where she has worked for the past 17 years.

It is no secret that people with high blood pressure have a greater chance of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure compared to those with regulated blood pressure. However, high blood pressure is not the problem itself but a symptom of an even larger problem dealing with the heart.

Kentucky’s President, Joyce Waterfill of Taylorsville, a member of Taylorsville #11426, led the state delegation of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the U.S. at the 96th national convention held August 15-20 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix AZ.

As leading representative of the state, she voiced the delegates’ votes during the election of national officers and played a key role in deciding the direction of the national organization for 2009-2010.

Award-winning gardener, Maggie Cody, will reportedly be featured in an upcoming edition of Kentucky Living, after judges chose her vegetables “best overall” for the second consecutive year at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville.

It surprised even Cody, a former floral gardener who started growing vegetables at her Mike Brown Lane site just a few short years ago. She said her interest in vegetable gardening peaked after seeing some winners at a previous State Fair.

“I looked at the vegetables and I said, ‘I can do that.’”