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Library reopens at temporary site Boyle County Public Library will reopen Monday in its temporary location at 1857 S. Danville Bypass in the old ATR building across the street from the recycling center. The library closed Nov. 4 in order to vacate its Broadway Street building, which is being renovated and expanded. The library will resume its normal operating hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

Grover Norquist, the director of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), is one of the most influential conservatives in America. Each Wednesday evening at the Washington offices of ATR, he hosts an invitation-only gathering of a hundred or so representatives of conservative organizations, including personal representatives of both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He has close links with the Fortune 500 business elite and their Washington lobbyists. Norquist has a religious respect for wealth.

Nationally known environmental activist Dave Cooper will present The Mountaintop Removal Road Show at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Boyle County Public Library on the Danville bypass in the former ATR building. The presentation, sponsored by the local environmental group Healthy Planet Initiatives, features a beautiful and thought-provoking multimedia show with traditional Appalachian music and culture. Cooper will explain what it is like to live near a mountaintop removal site and will answer any questions attendees may have.

U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler had to compete directly against the University of Kentucky basketball team's tip-off in the NCAA tourney when he appeared Thursday at the Boyle County Public Library. But, with a $191,593 check for the library in hand, Chandler was able to hold his own. "I'd like to thank you for choosing the library and a congressman over UK basketball," Betsy Wilt, co-chairwoman of the library's fundraising effort, told the crowd of about 30 people at the library's temporary home in the old ATR building.

The Boyle County Public Library is offering people a lasting opportunity to be part of its new expanded facility through an honorary brick project. The library will offer engraved bricks for a $60 donation. The bricks, which will be part of the new facility's reading garden, can be used to honor family members, friends, coworkers and others on occasions ranging from weddings and graduations to memorials and retirements. Library Director Karl Benson said he sees the brick project as a way for residents to make a gift to the library that will last for many years, longer than the life of a typical library book.

So-called “green” energy companies tend to spend more time assessing overall environmental impact, but the insect-sized carbon footprint of the job Alternative Energies of Kentucky completed Friday will be tough to match. The Danville company located in part of the old ATR¿building on the South Danville Bypass finished up installing 74 solar panels directly across the street on the roof of the Boyle County Recycling Center. The system will be on line sometime early next week, which is right on schedule, according to Boyle Public Works Director Duane Campbell.

Patrons at the opening of "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation" Friday at the Boyle County Public Library will have an opportunity to explore "Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln," an exhibit on wheels. An experience provided by the Kentucky Historical Society, the HistoryMobile will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the library's temporary location in the old ATR building on the Danville bypass. A mobile museum housed in a 45-foot tractor-trailer, the HistoryMobile features exhibits on Kentucky history.

If you drop by Constitution Square State Historic Site, you're bound to see the famous statue replicating the pioneer and statesman for the state seal. But while the trail-blazer from the wilderness in coonskin and the civilized slicker from the city in fancy pants may draw a lot of attention, there's another guy at the park who has become as much of a fixture as they are. "Well, I'm not nearly as famous, but at least I am breathing," says Dean Sapp, breaking out in the wide grin and big chuckle that have endeared to him to co-workers and visitors alike.

In their endless thank you's on Oscar night, you would think just once that one of Hollywood's Academy Award winning actors or actresses would thank Robin Strey. No, the Danville man hasn't produced or directed a single movie. Nor has he painted a building facade or an aging actor's face, or designed a set or a suit of clothes for one, either. But he certainly has played more than a bit part in the movie industry. Without Strey, and the thousands of people like him around the country, no one would be able to see these stars or their flicks.

Battling the summer heat is one thing, but battling the recent crime wave plaguing area businesses in Danville is another. Within recent months, burglaries have forced some property owners and their tenants to resort to security methods more commonly seen in downtown districts of larger cities. Recent burglaries at Danville Flea Market on 725 S. Second St. have business tenants concerned for their safety and future. Terry Doneghy, 46, owner of City Katz Clothing, operates a retail store that specializes in urban fashion and hip hop wear.