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Siren test canceled for Special Olympics
The regularly scheduled bi-monthly test of the Madison County Siren, Tone Alert Radio, and Local Emergency Information System will be canceled for Saturday at 12:20 p.m. because of the Special Olympics Kentucky Summer Games conducted at Eastern Kentucky University.
The next test of the Madison County Siren, Tone Alert Radio, and Local Emergency Information System will take place at 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
Summer Carillon Concert Series at Berea College begins June 8
Performers from Portugal, Washington, D.C., Michigan and Kentucky will be featured in the 2008 Summer Carillon Concert Series at Berea College. The Music Department will present a series of concerts on Draper Tower’s 56-bell carillon, the largest in the state of Kentucky.
Concerts will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. on the first or second Monday of each month, and will last about one hour. Seating in the College Quadrangle will be provided and a video monitor will allow persons at ground level to view the player in action. Admission is free for all events.
Performers include: Jonathan Lehrer, June 8, Carillonneur of “Cast in Bronze” at Renaissance Festivals; The LVSITANVS Carillon Duo, Ana and Sara Elias from Portugal, July 6; John Courter, Carillonneur of Berea College, Aug. 3; to be announced, Sept. 7.
The first concert, on Monday, will feature Jonathan Lehrer, who began his carillon studies at Yale University in 2000. He is also a graduate of the Belgian Royal Carillon School and was a Laureate in the Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition, conducted in Mechelen, Belgium in September, 2008. He has played four concert tours spanning the U.S., Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. Since 2008, he has been performing the “Cast in Bronze” theatrical carillon show on the Mobile Millennium Carillon at Renaissance festivals across the country. When not performing, Jon enjoys studying tai chi and hang-gliding.
Visitors may greet the evening’s artist at the entrance to the Draper Building five minutes after the concert.
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Summer camp ‘slip sliding away’
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Berea’s ‘Head of the Holler’ series to air Sunday on KET
A new video series titled “Head of the Holler” and produced by Berea College will debut on KET through August. The first episode will air Sunday and will feature renowned author Silas House.
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Reconstruction projects proposed
The public had an opportunity to ask questions and view proposed changes to the interchange at I-75 at KY 627 and the Colonel Road and Simpson Road intersection, during an informal meeting Thursday at White Hall Elementary School.
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Berea man hit by car in serious condition
A Berea man is in serious condition after he was struck by a car Thursday evening.
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BREAKING NEWS: Florida woman injured in crash near Berea
Berea Police responded Saturday to the scene of a multiple vehicle crashes on Interstate 75 northbound just north of Exit 76.
At about 9:30 a.m., two separate crashes occurred simultaneously when drivers attempted to avoid a ladder in the center lane of the roadway. -
Damage from Berea flooding about $892K
The water has long since seeped away, but the damage it left behind in Berea is now being tabulated.
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Baldwin Farms shows plastic cover, irrigation
There has been no drought this summer. However, much of the rainfall has come in occasional downpours, which is not necessarily good for growing vegetables.
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Berea man struck by car in serious condition
A Berea man is in serious condition after he was struck by a car Thursday evening. Frank Bloom, 59, is in serious condition at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He walked into the parth of a car on KY 1016 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Berea Police. The accident occured in front of the Silver Creek Shell, 865 KY 1016.
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Berea men indicted for passing forged checks
A Madison County grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday against two Berea men for allegedly passing multiple forged checks.
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Hearing waived
A former employee of an adult day care facility waived her right to a preliminary hearing on an abuse charge Wednesday in Madison District Court.
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