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Chemical Weapons Advisory Board to meet Dec. 8
The Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission (CAC) and the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB) will meet Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m. in Rooms A and B on the lobby level at Eastern Kentucky University’s Carl D. Perkins Building on Kit Carson Drive. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
The CAC, chaired by Doug Hindman, is a governor-appointed commission that represents community and state interests to the U.S. Army and Department of Defense.
The CDCAB, co-chaired by Madison County Judge-Executive Kent Clark and Craig Williams, executive director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group, is an independent sub-committee of the CAC. It is made up of a group of community leaders who represent the views and concerns of the local community regarding Kentucky’s chemical weapons disposal program.
For more information, call the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at 626-8944 or e-mail bgoutreach@bah.com.
Visit the U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Web site at www.pmacwa.army.mil for more information on the program to destroy the chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot.
MCHS band to sell fruit in Richmond Centre
Beginning Friday through Dec. 19, the Madison Central High School Band will be selling citrus fruit, pecans and peanuts in its “Holiday Store” every Friday evening and Saturday in Richmond Centre next to the Deb shop.
Red ruby grapefruit, navel oranges and tangelos will be available along with pecans and peanuts (salted and chocolate covered) in made-to-order baskets, according to Marc Whitt, band boosters president.
Band ensembles will entertain when the Holiday Store is open, he said.
Campaign workshop for GOP candidates Saturday
The Republican Party of Madison County will conduct a campaign workshop for prospective political candidates from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the community room of Central Bank, 305 W. Main St., Richmond.
“Are you tired of politics as usual?” Asked Billy Ray Hughes, chair of the local party. “Then run for office. This Saturday’s workshop will teach you how.”
Workshop speakers will include state Rep. Bill Farmer, R-Lexington, political consultant David Adams, campaign chair for U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, and Colleen Chaney, from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office.
For more details, call 621-0472, e-mail: tiffcn@yahoo.com or visit: www.madisonkygop.org.
Retired teachers group to meet Dec. 9
The Madison County Retired Teachers will meet Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. at Boone Tavern. Cebert Gilbert, president of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association, will be the guest speaker, along with entertainment by the Samaritan Singers. Call 369-3120 to make a reservation.
EKU students attend national honors conference
Sixty-four Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program students, including 12 from Madison County, traveled to Washington, D.C., to present academic and creative work as part of the largest contingent of presenters at the National Collegiate Honors Council conference.
EKU’s participation at the conference marked the largest group of presenters ever at the annual event. Eastern students participated in poster sessions, roundtable discussions, panel presentations, an Idea Exchange table presentation and even a dance performance.
Local students in attendance included Richmond residents Elizabeth Miller, David Anderson, Raymond Arnold, Cynthia Chang, Kathryn Engle, China Hepburn, Sarah Marcum, Connie Parker, LeAnn Williams and Westley Williams, and Berea residents KaSandra Barnes and Joseph Ramsay.
Nineteen faculty mentors also attended the conference.
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Berea men arrested for robbery
Berea police arrested two men in connection with a March 8 robbery at a check-cashing business, a spokesman said Monday.
Shawn Burns, 32, was charged with first-degree robbery and misdemeanor receiving stolen property, while Bradley Lamb, 21, was charged with complicity to first-degree robbery and misdemeanor receiving stolen property, said Capt. Ken Clark, Berea Police Department spokesman. -
City seeks proposals for Gibson Bay Cafe
The operation lease for Gibson Bay Cafe expires at the end of May, and the City of Richmond will be accepting bids for the operation of the restaurant from the public until Friday, March 26.
Gibson Bay Cafe, which is located at Lake Reba Recreational Complex on the Gibson Bay Golf Course, is owned by city commissioner Bill Strong and his wife Jeanie Strong. -
Reports of home burglaries keep Richmond police busy
The new owner of a mobile home on Bradbury Pointe reported to Richmond police Friday that appliances had been stolen from the home.
A stainless steel refrigerator, a white stove, a white microwave and a three-ton Trane heating and air conditioning unit were discovered to be missing from the home on March 7, said Chief Larry Brock. -
Parents upset about test scores, deficiencies
The frustration was evident in the voices of a number of Berea Community School parents who spent more than an hour Monday night addressing the Berea Independent Board of Education.
The parents spent most of the evening talking directly to middle school/high school principal John Masters about a lack of communication with school personnel and asking for answers about how the district intends to correct a number of deficiencies identified by the state in a December audit. -
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. -
‘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. - More Local News Headlines
