Community News

The Easter egg hunt sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, the Legion and the city of Lawrenceburg was held March 30.
This egg hunt was thought to be the largest attendance ever, according to an Auxiliary press release.
The 8,000 eggs were filled with candy by seven AYCC members and 60 Beta Club members as well as Auxiliary ladies and other volunteers. There was $120 in 5- and 1-dollar bills placed in many of the eggs. There were four age groups and a special needs group with three prize baskets for each group. Several Auxiliary members made the prize baskets.

The Anderson Public Library, in participation with the central Kentucky 2013 One Book One Bluegrass community program, will be offering the following programs in April.
This year’s book is “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. The month’s events at central Kentucky libraries will culminate in a final Night Circus Gala in Lexington on April 20.
For more information about One Book One Bluegrass, contact Tami Elam at Anderson Public Library at 839-6420 or visit the reading program’s website at www.lexpublib.org/OneBook2013.

Nominations are now open for the 2014 Kentucky Teacher Awards, according to a press release from the Kentucky Department of Education.
Any full-time public school teacher with at least three years of experience is eligible, the release said.
“Students, parents, teaching peers, principals, superintendents or anyone from the community who has an interest in honoring an outstanding educator may nominate a teacher for this award,” according to KDE.