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2A The LaRue County Herald News, Hodgenville, Ky. Wednesday, March 28, 2012

SCHOLARSHIP

McDowell honored by MahindraSubmitted photo

Donald McDowell, middle, of McDowell Farm

Machinery Sales, was honored for 15 years of

Mahindra sales at the company’s convention. He

is one of only three dealers nationwide to receive

the honor. He is pictured with Cleo Franklin, left,

vice president of marketing and strategic develop-

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Michelle Benningfield winsHomemaker scholarship

MichelleBenningfield, daughterof James and DonnaBenningfield ofHodgenville, is therecipient of the LaRueCounty HomemakerScholarship.

She is a graduatingsenior at LaRue CountyHigh School and anactive FFA member,serving as chapterreporter this year. Sheserved three years onTeen Court underDistrict Judge DerekReed and last year wasa representative fromLaRue County at thestate 4-H KentuckyYouth Seminar at

University of Kentucky. She plans to attend

Western KentuckyUniversity and pursue acareer in veterinaryservice.

Michelle Benningfield

Prime Time Band toperform

A dance will be held7-10 p.m. March 30 atthe LaRue CountySenior Center, 112 N.Walters Ave.,Hodgenville. The PrimeTime Band will per-form with musiciansJim Walters, RonniePriddy, LeroySherrard, Larry Seelye,Doug Gary and JoyceOliver. For more infor-mation, call 737-5655or 270-766-4437.

NARFE to meetNational Active and

Retired FederalEmployees will meetApril 2 at Nolin RECC,Ring Road,Elizabethtown. TheHeartland ServiceCenter for civil servicequestions and concernswill open at 9 a.m. andthe business meetingwill begin at 11 a.m.The program will beseveral display tablesof crafts, businessesand travel. Memberswill share informationabout horses, remotecontrol airplanes andLongaberger basketsand there will also be atable to buy and sellused books. TheKentucky FederationConvention will beApril 10-12 at theHoliday Inn inHopkinsville. CallNARFE president KayBennett for more infor-mation at 270-769-3137.

Senior Center closedfor Good Friday

The Senior CitizensCenter, 112 N. WaltersAve., Hodgenville, willbe closed April 6 forGood Friday.

Ethnic potlucksThe Senior Citizens

Center, 112 N. WaltersAve., Hodgenville, willhave Italian Daypotluck April 11 with abirthday celebration;Mexican Day potluckApril 20; and GermanyDay potluck April 27.

Senior Citizens musicThe Senior Citizens

Center, 112 N. WaltersAve., Hodgenville, hasmusic 6:30 p.m. everySaturday. Musiciansand singers are wel-come. For more infor-mation, call 358-4311or e-mailviola47@windstream.net.

SENIORACTIVITIES

Coffey to walk in OaksSurvivor Parade

Ramona Coffey ofHodgenville is one of138 cancer survivorswho will walk in theMay 4 Survivors Paradeon Kentucky Oaks Day.

Those honored wereselected through anonline nomination andselection process. Threehundred sixty womenfrom around the countrywere nominated.

Coffey, circulationmanager/office managerfor The LaRue CountyHerald News, is battlingovarian cancer.

She will receive twotickets to the KentuckyOaks and a lunch spon-sored by ChurchillDowns, then participatein a parade of pink atthe Churchill Downsmain track prior to the

Oaksrace.

TheOaks istheDerby’scompan-ion racefor 3-year-oldfillies.Patronsare

encouraged to wearpink, the official color ofthe Oaks. The eventraises funds and aware-ness for cancerresearch.

In a three-year span,Churchill Downs hashelped to raise morethan $420,000 for can-cer research through itsKentucky Oaks Dayactivities.

RamonaCoffey

Murphy-Beard

The Murphy-Beard family reunion is noon April7 at the LaRue County Sportsman Club. For moreinformation, contact Gayle Murphy Shepherd at 1-502-338-1477 or Judy Harrison at 1-270-465-6594.

Rebeleers

The East Hardin Rebeleer Band reunion is 4-11p.m. June 16 at Pritchard Community Center inElizabethtown. The reunion is open to any member,parent or volunteer who worked with the program.Tickets are $20. To register for the event, call 737-2118 or visit www.rebeleers.com.

REUNION CALENDAR

Submitted photo

LaRue County Conservation District Board Advisor David Shelton presented

a soil erosion demonstration to fifth graders at Hodgenville and Abraham

Lincoln Elementary Schools. Above, he visited with Laura Kudrna’s class at

HES. He also conducted tests on soil they brought to school from their own

backyards. Each student received a pine tree to take home and plant, cour-

tesy of the LCCD and the Lincoln Area Longbeards Wild Turkey Federation.

Shelton has been visiting the schools and providing supplemental

Environmental Education with LCCD for almost 20 years.

Tree giveaway at elementary schools

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