Community News

Ten members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 34 went to Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore on Dec. 15 for a Christmas party for the Roosevelt unit. Shopping was done from a wish list provided for the 50 residents. Unit 34 members helped pass out food provided by Veterans Center and gifts for veterans provided by the Auxiliary and Legion Post 34.
Veterans asked for and received sweatsuits, sweaters, jackets, robe, Marilyn Monroe décor, shirts, word find puzzles and University of Louisville and Kentucky items. Cookies were also taken for a later snack .

“Whisky Advocate” recently named Four Roses’ 2013 Limited Edition 125th Anniversary Small Batch Bourbon its choice for “American Whiskey of the Year,” according to a news release.
Four Roses Master Distiller Jim Rutledge personally chose three of Four Roses’ 10 unique bourbon recipes to create the new barrel strength, small batch bourbon.

The American Red Cross will offer babysitter’s training plus pediatric first aid/CPR certification on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 2 and 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Red Cross building, located at 318 Washington St. in Frankfort.
The class is for 11- to 15-year-olds.
The cost is $140 per person, and students must be pre-registered and prepaid to attend.
Students must bring a sack lunch each day.
Register online at https://classes.redcross.org at least five days before the class.

Edmonton resident Lynda Farley, owner of the ‘Liberty’ and ‘Freedom’ vans, made a stop at the Lawrenceburg Walmart parking lot on her way back from Frankfort Monday morning.
Farley, who bought this 2010 KIA Sedona about three years ago, said she started placing bumper sticker messages including pro-smoking, political and religious statements all over the van the moment she bought the van from the dealer.