Community

Board of Elections to meet Dec. 19
The regular December meeting of the Spencer County Board of Elections will be Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in the clerk’s office. This regular meeting has been rescheduled due to the Christmas holiday.

Sheriff’s Office holiday hours
The Spencer County Sheriff’s Office will be closed Dec. 24 and 25 and also Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, 2014.
The office will be open on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 8 a.m. to noon and back to normal business hours on Jan. 2, 2014.

Monday morning the sanctuary of First Assembly of God Church was turned into the equivalent of Santa’s workshop.

Family and Consumer Science Cooperative Extension Agent Allison Lewis provided her assistance at the Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency to teach these lovely ladies and others how to make decor-mesh wreaths.

Erica Goodlett, 7, a second-grader at Taylorsville Elementary School, shares a hug with Jack the Reading Dog at Spencer County Public Library on Saturday morning. Children in the community were invited to come read to Jack. Children who read to pets improve their reading skills and gain confidence, event organizers said.