COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College community will hold its annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon on Nov. 7.

The luncheon gets underway at 11:30 a.m. CT on Monday, Nov. 7, in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive. The luncheon is open to veterans and their spouses or a guest, along with veterans' widows and widowers. There is no charge to attend the luncheon, but guests should RSVP with the LWC Alumni Office at alumni@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8400.

This year’s speaker will be Lindsey Wilson Assistant Professor of Nursing and Division Chair for Nursing and Health Dr. Marian Smith. She will speak to the historical significance of nursing's care for military members through the life of nursing's founder, Florence Nightingale. Emphasis will be placed on the role of nursing schools to educate students to be immersed in content and outreach experiences to enhance care for members of the armed services. 
    
“Today’s nurses have a special connection and responsibility to veterans because of the standards of care Nightingale established during her service in the Crimean War,” said Dr. Marian Smith. “Nurses consider it a great honor when we can interact and reach out to our veterans. It’s one small way that we can give back, join forces and express our deep gratitude for their service.” 

In addition, to the luncheon, seniors from LWC’s nursing program will be available to provide literature and answer questions for the veterans about overall health and wellness in the Cranmer Dining Center foyer beginning at 10:30 a.m. CT.

This is the 14th-annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon, which was started by the LWC National Alumni Association in 2003 as part of the college's centennial celebrations.

The annual event is not held on Veterans Day so it does not conflict with community celebrations on that day.

"It's great that we will have a member of Lindsey Wilson’s faculty to give this year's keynote address at the luncheon," said Dean of Students, Chris Schmidt.  “The Veterans Appreciation Luncheon is one of our favorite events at Lindsey Wilson College. The opportunity to recognize, remember and honor the men and women who served our nation has quickly become one of the highlights of the LWC school year. 

LWC Veterans Appreciation Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. CT on Monday, Nov. 7. The luncheon is free to all veterans, veterans' survivors and a guest. Guests should RSVP by contacting Lindsey Wilson at alumni@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8400.

​By Wes Feese
Media Relations, Adair County Schools
 
This community lost two bright young ladies Friday when ACHS sophomores Abby Curry and Macie Drake, both 15, passed away in a tragic accident.  As Adair County continues to mourn the untimely loss, friends and educators reflect on their fondest memories of the two girls, and wish to share their recollections with the community, ensuring that their legacy will live on through those that knew them best.
 
Abby G. Curry:  Feb. 5, 2001 – Oct. 28, 2016
 
Quiet, kind, smart, and friendly.  Those are the most common words used to describe Abby Curry.  She was sociable without being loud and popular without making herself the center of attention.  A former cheerleader, her joyful disposition carried over into every aspect of her life and rubbed off on friends and family.
 
“Her smile and laugh, it was one of a kind,” says Courtney Bernard, a close friend of both Curry and Drake.  “It’s hard knowing I won’t see her coming into my third period class just to talk to me for a minute, and not seeing her name come across my phone anymore.”
 
Page Ford, Abby’s cousin and neighbor, and one of Macie’s closest friends, says Abby was one of the most pleasant people she had ever known.  “She was such a happy, spirited person,” Ford says.  “Even people who didn’t know her well know that.”  
 
Her teachers say Curry was a bright, attentive student with a gift for writing.  “Abby was one of the first smiling faces to greet me each morning,” says Victoria Leibeck, Curry’s first period English teacher.  “She was such a sweet, articulate, kind young lady.  She was a good friend to those who knew her best, and although she was often quiet and reserved around me, her personality shone through her writing.”
 
Macie R. Drake:  May 11, 2001 – Oct. 28, 2016
 
Macie Drake never met a stranger.  She had a gift for making friends and great ambitions for her future.  Her loss leaves a void that friends and classmates will struggle to fill.
 
“It’s hard to imagine that I won’t ever get to talk to her or see her again,” Ford says.  “We’ve been friends for a long time and talked every single day.”
 
Drake’s health sciences teacher, Jennifer Carter, says Drake was a popular student whose genial personality was contagious.  “She loved people and was always smiling, always positive,” Carter says.  “She was the kind of girl that got along with everybody.  I never saw her when she wasn’t happy.”
 
Carter shows a paper Drake wrote at the beginning of the school year, in which she writes about her desire to help people – one of her true passions – and her dreams of becoming a dermatologist.  “You can just tell how positive her outlook is by reading it,” Carter says.  “She saw the good in everything.”
 
One of the lines in Macie’s paper stands out among the others.  She wrote it, but it sounds a lot like the descriptions her friends and teacher shared:  “I am a very kind and caring person, a little loud sometimes.  I love helping others and making them happy.”
 
“She was loved by a whole lot of people—they both were,” Ford says.  “I already miss them so much.”

October Adair County Grand Jury Indictments: Roy E Ingram of  118 Davis Street, Campbellsville KY indicited for the following: That on or around August 23rd, 2016 for  Count 1 operating a motor vehicle with alcohol concentration of or avove 0.08 or while under the influence of alcohol or other substance-4th offense--Count 2- Possession of open alcoholic beveraage container in a motor vehicle. Count 3 Failure to register transfer of motor vehicle. Count 4- Failure to produce insurance card.

Tera S Childers of 30 Alexander Street Columbia KY indicted for the following : Count 1 Wanton Endangerment in the First degree --Count 2 Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol) These charges occuring on or abotut August 18, 2016

Tristen L Davis of 903 Russell Road #303 Columbia Ky Indicted for Criminal Abuse in the Second Degree: The Grand Jury charges that on or about the 4th day of May  2016 Tristen L Davis wantonly abused A.K.(dob (11-02-20150   less than twelve years of age by strikng A.K numerous times with his/her hands, and therby caused serious physical injury to and or thereby placed A.K in a situation that may have caused him serious physical injury and orthereby caused torture cruel onfinement or cruel punishment to A..K. against the peace and dignity of the Commonweatlh of Kentucky. Bail set at $7,500.00 Arraignment on November 15, 2016 1 PM

Jacob R King of 903 Russell Road #303 Columbia KY Indicted For Criminal Abuse in Secon Degree The Grand Jury charges that on or about the 4th day of May  2016 Jacob R King wantonly abuse d less tha A.K (dob 11-02-2015) na person less than  twelve years of age by strikng A. K numerous times with his/her hands, and therby caused serious physical injury to and or thereby placed A.K in a situation that may have caused him serious physical injury and orthereby caused torture cruel onfinement or cruel punishment to A..K. against the peace and dignity of the Commonweatlh of Kentucky. Bail set at $7,500.00 Arraignment on November 15, 2016 1 PM

Luis Felis of 351 N Bramlett Street Columbia KY Indicted for Criminal Possession of a Forged instrument 2nd degree. The Grand Jury charges that on or about the 20th day of September, 2016 the above named defendant possessed or uttered a forged check with the knowledge that said check was forged, and with the intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, drawn on the account of Jimmy H Downey, Columbia in the amount of $145.00

Xavier T Pate of 852 Burkesville Street Columbia Ky indicted for Theft of identity of another without consent. The Grand Jury charges that on or about the 3rd and 4th day of May 2016 and before the finding of the indictment herein in Adair KY Savier Pate knowingly and unlawfully possessed or used any current or former identifying information of Wesley Morris  with the intent to represent that he was the other person for the purpose of depriving the other person of property or for the purpose of obtaining benefits or property to which he would otherwise not be entitled, or for the purpose of avoiding detection, or for the purpose of making financial or credit transactions using the other person's identity or for the purpose of commercial or political benefit, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Janet L Bulington of 6967 Liberty Road Columbia KY indicted for Wanton Endangerment 1st degree (3 Counts)The Grand Jury charges that on or about the 28th day of June 2016 the defendant under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he/she wantonly engaged in cnduct which created a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Daniel C Burton of 6967 Liberty Road Columbia indited for Thefy by unlawful takinf or disposition, $ or more but less than $10,000.00,. The Grand jury charges that on or ab out the 28th day of June 2016 Daniel Burton acting either alone or in the complicity with another person, knowingly and unlawfully took or exercised control over movable property beonging to another person, with the intent to deprive the owner therof, said property having a value fo $500.00 or more but less than $10,000.00 against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky 

----Count 2 Wanton Endangerment 1st Degree (3 countsT)he Grand Jury charges that on or about the 28th day of June 2016 the defendant under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he/she wantonly engaged in cnduct which created a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Columbia, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College Theatre Program presents a blackbox production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable.

Doubt: A Parable  is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley. The play won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.  The play was turned into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Flynn and Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius.

This Pulitzer Prize winning drama leaves the audience debating about the morality and possible sins of its main characters. Set in a Bronx Catholic school, this play pits two rivals against one another, Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn. Sister Aloysius is the strict nun/educator who resents the patriarchy within Catholicism. Father Flynn is a friendly, easy-going priest who becomes suspected of an “inappropriate relationship”.

"I never expected to get a role like this since I was brand new to the program,” said Hannah Brown, a freshman who plays Sister James, “Not only did I get a great role but I made new friends. Sister James is sort of like me in that we don't want to believe there is evil in the world but deep down we know there is."

Because of the intimate nature of the play, Doubt: A Parable will be performed in the Phoenix Theatre (Blackbox) in VP Henry Auditorium. Due to limited seating, reservations are strongly recommended.

Doubt: A Parable will be performed November 2-4 at 7 p.m. and November 6 at 2 p.m. in V.P. Henry Auditorium. All times are Central Standard Time. For ticket information - including group specials - contact Robert Brock at brockr@lindsey.edu or 270-590-4803.

Cast:
Micah Stewart-Wilcox a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky:  Father Flynn
Hope Poe a sophomore from Paris, Kentucky: Sister Aloysius 
LaDevany Franklin, a senior from Glasgow, Kentucky: Mrs. Muller
Hannah Brown, a freshman from Bremen, Kentucky:  Sister James

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HARRODSBURG, Ky. -- United States Sen. Mitch McConnell said Campbellsville University has experienced “incredible success” as he complemented the university on providing quality education at the dedication of the Conover Education Center.

“It’s nice to have the chance every once in awhile to celebrate something that’s uplifting, something that makes us all feel better, something that gives us hope and optimism,” McConnell said.

He congratulated his friends, Michael and Carol Conover, benefactors for the new center that has 96 students enrolled for the fall semester. The center, located at a prime location in Harrodsburg on Danville Road (Route 127 South and Bypass), offers face-to-face and online courses in undergraduate and graduate liberal arts, allied health and cosmetology.

McConnell expressed pride in Campbellsville University providing quality higher education to Mercer County at a cost students can afford and providing them with all possible scholarship systems. “This is a big deal,” said McConnell, who is the majority leader of the United States Senate.

McConnell revealed that he was in law school with Conover and, “I said to myself this is a guy that is going to go somewhere, and he did.

“Not only has he gone somewhere but he’s had an extraordinarily successful life and is now doing what is very much appreciated in our country and that is giving back to help others after we’ve had considerable success.”

He said, “Nobody’s done it [provided quality education] like Campbellsville University.”

                Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of the university, said the Mercer County community has “well filled Campbellsville University with a spirit of graciousness and warmth that has been unsurpassed.”

He said Campbellsville University has worked well with the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce, the business community, the various civic clubs and others.

“It really has been a spirit of support and advocacy for Christian higher education,” Carter said. “We often say that Campbellsville university, while it is a private Christian university, is a university with a very public purpose … we believe in training Christian servant leaders for this next generation.”

Carter thanked McConnell for his help in early 2000 securing a $2 million Congressional earmark to begin the Campbellsville University Technology Training Center which has trained nearly 18,000 individuals for gainful employment.

 “There’s no better way to do that than to help people to secure a stronger future for themselves and their families,” Carter said.

He personified the mission with a story of Cassidy Neeley, the first GED graduate from the Mercer County Adult Education Program, an agency located at the Conover Education Center, and she registered for the cosmetology program at the Conover Center.

“We gather today because we believe it’s not just about the bricks and the mortar and interior. It’s about changed lives. It’s about changing people’s lives so that their future can be stronger. And that they can know the power of the Lord Jesus Christ in their life,” Carter said.
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               The festive nature of the dedication was boosted with musical sounds of the CU Steel Drum Band and musicians from Church Outreach. A barbecue luncheon was served to the 350 attendees.

Final Results for Class 3A State Competition:
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1st place is Bourbon County
2nd Place is Russell County
3rd Place is Adair County
4th Place is Taylor County