Community News

Legendary University of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp will speak at 7 p.m. April 14 in the library at Emma B. Ward Elementary School.
Well, sort of.
Of course Rupp is long gone, but thanks to a presentation sponsored by the Kentucky Humanities Council, Edward B. Smith will portray Adolph Rupp for Kentucky Chautauqua.
Admission is free.
A Kentucky native, Smith earned a Ph.D. in performance studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and currently teaches theater and film classes at Georgetown College, where he is an associate professor.

Franklin and Anderson County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) celebrated the swearing in of new volunteers March 15.
With over 40 guests in attendance, this event recognized the 18 community members that recently completed their training to become volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children in Franklin and Anderson County.  Hope Community Church was decorated with blue pinwheels in recognition of the upcoming National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.

A Lawrenceburg woman is seeking donations of yarn, and perhaps a knitting machine, to assist her with knitting hats for people undergoing chemotherapy.
Meredith Waldridge said her motivation for making the hats is personal.
“My mom and aunt had cancer,” she said. “I saw on the internet that there are groups that knit hats and donate them to chemo patients, and I thought, ‘I want to do that.’
“My mom and aunt would have like that.”

A basic course in dog obedience will be offered Tuesdays from April 5 to May 10 from 6 to 7 p.m., Anderson Community Education announced.
Classes will be held at the Extension office, located in the county park.
Cost is $69, and the trainer is Jean Gibowski.
The class is limited to eight dogs.
A class description is as follows: