Today's News

The weather was perfect, but the outcome was not as the Spencer County Bears lost their season opener to visiting Bardstown on Friday night, 33-19.

The Lady Bears Volleyball team has been busy in the first full week of the season, including a multi-game tournament over the weekend.
The girls opened the season last Monday with a win over Iroquois, then came right back the next night to play North Bullitt. The girls lost 3-0, dropping sets by scores of 25-8, 25-10 and 25-11. On Thursday, the girls hosted Collins and fell 3-1, winning one set 27-25, but losing three with scores of 25-6, 25-15 and 25-21.

Candidates running for office in the November election drew for their ballot positions at the County Clerk’s office last Thursday. Two city commission candidates were present to draw — Jack Proctor and Beverly Ingram. Candidate Ellen Redmon sent her daughter-in-law, Megan, to draw in her place.

I was among friends last week, discussing the virtues of okra. Some preferred to categorize the “slime” as a “thickening agent” while others insisted you needed to be a woodpecker to eat one.
The little ones are best, of course, but often they get too big to be edible. While okra is indeed a great thickening agent in gumbo and other quintessential southern dishes, there is another plant lurking in the garden that can do the same — and you can usually just find it growing along a path or in the flower garden.