Community News

All presenting blood donors at Red Cross blood drives between Aug. 14 and Sept. 14 will receive a University of Kentucky or University of Louisville “blood challenge” T-shirt, according to a news release from the Red Cross.
The campaign ends with the Governor’s Cup football game between the two rival teams on Sept. 14.  

The American Legion Post 7 of Frankfort will be hosting a benefit concert and dance Aug. 18 for Wounded Warriors from 2-5 p.m.
Proceeds of the fundraiser will go toward the purchase of track chairs for Wounded Warriors.
Music will be provided by “The Legends,” and includes jazz, blues, country, Dixieland, Big Band, 50s and more by “Skeets” Pennington, Doyle Rambo, Reed Harrod, Bill May, Dale Abernathy, David Cunningham and Suzanne Lee.

Marianne Brown of Lawrenceburg will participate in the second annual Art in the Gardens at Liberty Hall fair on Labor Day weekend from Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year’s fair will feature over 50 juried artists and craftspeople selling their works in tents scattered throughout the four-acre garden at the Liberty Hall Historic Site on the Kentucky River in downtown Frankfort, 202 Wilkinson Street.
Admission is $3 daily.

A program titled ACT Raising Safe Kids is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the Anderson County Extension Office.
Designed for parents and caregivers of children 8 and under, the program helps parents raise their children in an environment that is safe, stable, nurturing and full of love and respect, according to a news release.
It also teaches positive ways and techniques for parents to understand and deal with their children’s difficult behaviors and how to discipline their children.