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• Time to stand up, be counted

  Madison County households will be receiving questionnaires in the mail today through Wednesday from the U.S. Census Bureau which is carrying out it constitutional mandate to count all U.S. citizens every 10 years.
  Letters were mailed last week advising household to be watching for the census questionnaire, according to J.C. Barbour, the bureau’s media specialist for Kentucky.

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• ‘Sunshine Boys’ dedicated to Kerby’s memory

  The late Dr. Clifford Kerby, former mayor of Berea, was a longtime supporter and often an actor in community theater.
  One of his favorite plays, in which he played one of the two lead roles for the old Berea Community Theater back in 1977, was “The Sunshine Boys,” said his wife Diane.

  March 15, 2010

• Two chances to meet, hear candidates

  “You can’t tell the players without a program,” vendors at old minor league baseball games used to yell.
  With so many local candidates in the running for election this year, voters may know too little about them to make an informed choice, some observers have remarked.
  However, two Madison County organizations have scheduled events for Thursday evening to help clarify who the candidates are and what they stand for.

  March 15, 2010

• Local group to meet on skate park on Tuesday

  A local group seeking to build a public skateboard park in Richmond will conduct a public meeting next week in downtown Richmond.
  Skate Richmond, KY is a non-profit group founded in 2007, according to group member and local attorney Wesley Browne, and is interested in constructing a public skateboard park in downtown Richmond.

  March 15, 2010

• Lots of ‘energy’ at expo Saturday

  Gloomy weather and college basketball did not keep people away from Saturday’s Madison County Home Energy Expo at the Perkins Building on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus.
  The second-annual event, hosted by Madison County’s University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension office, moved to the EKU campus this year after last year’s event was conducted at Glenn Marshall Elementary School.

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• Kentucky Blood Center collection Tuesday in Berea

  Kentucky Blood Center will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Union Church in the Community Room, 200 Prospect St., Berea.
  Every volunteer who presents to donate blood with the Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) will have a chance to win a trip to the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four games. One winner will receive a package for two that includes hotel stay April 2-6 and tickets to the Final Four (April 3) and Championship Games (April 5) in Indianapolis. The drawing will be conducted on April 1.

  March 15, 2010

• Young at heart

  In 1935, America was still in the throes of the Great Depression, but G.H Thornberry was an optimistic young man of 26. He left his job in a bank and moved to Winchester where he opened a grocery store, following in the footsteps of his parents who had a grocery in Olive Hill.
  Thirty-four years later, he opened another grocery store on Main Street in Richmond. He also had another grocery in that era at Mt. Sterling.

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• Library starting photo club

  Shooting and processing photographs has become much easier in this technological age, to the point that anyone with a digital camera and access to a computer can take and download pictures.

  March 14, 2010

• Easter Bunny coming to town after all

  The Easter Bunny is coming to Richmond’s Irvine-McDowell Park on April 3, thanks to the generosity of his Richmond helpers.

  March 14, 2010

• Bet Stewart to portray Rosemary Clooney at Salvation Army Auxiliary Tea

  The songs made memorable by Rosemary Clooney will be featured at the annual Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Spring tea, Saturday, April 10.

  March 14, 2010

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