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Today's Features

  • Calendar of events

    May 4

    8:30 a.m. — Breakfast Club at the Anderson Senior Center

    10:30 a.m. — Gospel music with Darrell Gabhart (formerly of Patriot Quartet at the Anderson Senior Center

    Noon — Mother’s recognition at the Anderson Senior Center

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  • A hand-clapping, foot-stomping good time at Senior Center
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  • Five generations
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  • WARFORD FIRST IN 220; HAHN FIRST IN 880

    50 YEARS AGO

    Thursday, April 21, 1966

    Anderson High’s track team had their first meet of the season at Woodford County against Woodford and Jessamine counties.

    Gayle Warford won first in the 220-yard dash, third in both the 100-yard dash and broad jump.

    Vaughn Johnson placed second in the 220-yard dash.

    Guy Simpson Jr. placed second in the shot put and fourth in the discus throw.

    Mike Stratton won third place in the 440-yard dash, but didn’t score in the high jump.

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  • Calendar of events

    April 27

    8:30 a.m. — Breakfast Club at the Anderson Senior Center

    10:30 a.m. — Rockin’ with Rick at the Anderson Senior Center

    11:30 a.m. — Lunch at the Anderson Senior Center

    12:30 p.m. — Card room open at the Anderson Senior Center

    1 p.m. — Yoga at the Anderson Senior Center

    2 p.m. — Wii, games and snacks at the Anderson Senior Center

    3 p.m. — “Make Do and Repair Clothes” at the Anderson County Extension Office

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  • What’s important in your life?

    Many years ago, I befriended an elderly gentleman who lived in a nursing home near Dresden, Tennessee.

    Mr. Garner was in his mid-80s, with failing health but had a very sharp mind.

    Frequently, if I was in Dresden on business, I would go by the nursing home and take Mr. Garner with me as I did my business to give him a break form his bleak living conditions.

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  • Police honored at Mt. Pleasant Baptist
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  • church briefs

    Sand Spring to attend

    Graham rally

    A group from Sand Spring Baptist Church will attend a rally at the state capitol in Frankfort.

    Franklin Graham will bring his Decision America Tour to Frankfort on May 4. Graham is scheduled to speak from noon to 1 p.m.

    “I’m going to every state in our country to challenge Christians to live out their faith at home, in public, and at the ballot box,” Graham explained. “And I will share the gospel.”

    Transportation will be provided from Sand Spring.

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  • Perrys to celebrate 70th

    From staff reports

    Bro. E. Paul and Mary Lucille Hatchett Perry will celebrate 70 years of marriage April 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Heritage Hall Nursing Facilities, Lawrenceburg.

    The Perry’s were married April 27, 1946 in Stanton, with Minister C. Marion Railey (former minister at Corinth Christian Church) officiating.

    After a quick trip to Sky Bridge, they made their home at Alton Station in Anderson County, until entering the Christian ministry and Kentucky Christian College in Grayson from 1951-55.

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  • Shelys mark 70 years together

    Floyd W. Shely and Lorene Knight Shely (Bill and Lou) celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary April 20.

    The couple were married on April 20, 1946, after a three-month courtship.

    The couple met in Louisville, through a mutual friend, Eva Searcy of Anderson County. They lived in Louisville for 19 years, then moved to Anderson County in 1965, where they purchased a farm that had been in the Shely family since before the Civil War.

    The couple has three daughters, seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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