Today's News

Dear golf lovers, I used to be one of your worst enemies, but time has turned me into one of your allies.

No, I’m not leaving The Anderson News to pursue a career in the LPGA, but I have grown to be not only tolerant, but appreciative of the sport.

About a year ago, I wouldn’t have been caught dead watching golf on television. I could understand that some people (not me) would be able to enjoy playing the game, but to sit for hours and just watch it seemed like a boring waste of time.

Anderson County’s cattle producers really are a bunch of know-it-alls.

From how much rib-eye steak a bull will produce to how much calves they sire will weigh, farmers Dennis Cantrill, Buddy Smith, Dave Burge and Dorris Bruce can tick off a nearly endless list of stats and figures about their bulls.

Their ability to do so allows them to maximize the value of their prized stock and survive the rugged business of raising and selling beef cattle.

The Anderson County girls’ tennis team has quietly been putting up good rounds of tennis in the first half of the season.

The Lady Bearcats had a good week last week, recording two wins against a loss against one of the region’s better teams.

Tuesday, Bullitt East defeated the Lady Cats 3-2 on the Anderson courts with Anderson’s wins coming from singles’ players Anne-Marie Detherage and Jessica Damron.

Eyebrows then hopes were raised last week when the owners of Wild Turkey confirmed that the distillery had been sold to Italian company Campari for $575 million in cash.

Eyebrows because the sale was considered to be at least as much if not more than former owner Pernod Ricard of France was asking for the landmark distillery.

Hopes as speculation spread that the new owners might eventually return bottling of the product to Lawrenceburg, providing good-paying jobs that were lost years ago.