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Alan Turbyfill, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Kentucky Trust Company, will chair the Wilderness Trace Community Foundation. WTCF officers also include Garrard County attorney Jeff Moss as vice chairman, and David Land of David Land Tax Service in Garrard County as secretary/treasurer. Turbyfill ascends to the chair following the term of Phil Osborne, CEO of Preston-Osborne. "Wilderness Trace Community Foundation donors last year granted over $146,000 to support the local causes and students they have identified.

(Sun photo by Mike Wynn) Dr. Art Beasley, right, presents a $5,000 check on behalf of Central Baptist Church to Operation Happiness toy chairman Michael Coston, center, and program cochairwoman Judy Crowe, left. Operation Happiness kicked off its annual drive Monday.

After 17 years of service on the Danville Board of Education, Marvin Swann announced his resignation Tuesday night in a tearful farewell. "It is with true regret that I submit this letter of resignation effective at the closing of this meeting," Swann said, reading from a statement to the board and pausing at times to maintain his composure. "It has been an honor to serve on this board. " Swann's son-in-law, Ernest Dunn, recently took a job at Hogsett Elementary School, making Swann ineligible to serve on the school board.

The Federal Communications Commission just doesn't get it when it comes to regulating free speech, darn it! Freedom of speech doesn't automatically mean people can say every "bleeping" thing that comes into their heads, especially if they are on broadcast television. Remember, this is an industry that took decades to permit sitcom characters to use - or even refer to - the toilet. Most Americans will recall the "flap over the flap" - Janet Jackson's infamous, milli-second, partial breast exposure at the 2004 Super Bowl.

Dear Editor, The newspaper has made "much ado about nothing" in its coverage of the decision last week by the Danville school board to elect Marvin Swann as board chairman. Now that you have admitted that you were wrong to describe the board's executive session Jan. 22, as a "secret meeting" that "may have been illegal," what's left to merit the top-of-page-one coverage of the board's routine, biannual selection of a chairman? There doesn't seem to be much, other than the fact that, based on the 3-2 vote, there was obviously some disagreement among the board members as to who should be chairman.

Wilderness Trace Community Foundation has named officers and new board members. Phil Osborne will serve as chairman of the board, assuming the position following the term of Stanford attorney Virginia Carol Hill. He is CEO of Preston-Osborne, a marketing communications and research company with offices in Lexington and Danville. Alan Turbyfill, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Kentucky Trust Co., will serve as vice chairman. H. Vincent Pennington III of Sheehan, Barnett, Hays, Dean, and Pennington, PSC, will serve as secretary.

The Lincoln County Parks and Recreation Board meets every third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Crab Orchard Springs conference room. The next meeting will be Nov. 15. The Board of Directors consists of Jason Todd, chairman; Rodney Munford, vice chairman; Vance Mitchell, secretary; Julie Lair, Mike Robbins, Lewis Cummins, Jimmy Dyehouse, Mack Dunn, Benny Day, Roger Bell, Jeff Ruckel, and Beth Ralston, Parks Director. If you wish to attend a meeting with any concerns, contact Beth Ralston 24 hours prior to the regularly scheduled meeting to be put on the agenda.

Dear Editor, I am writing to respond to several items that have been published about the DCA financing issue. While I certainly lack the writing skills of some of these individuals, I want to provide some factual responses to the issues that have been raised. Danville Christian Academy, which has been in operation since 1996, is a fully-accredited educational institution through SACS, the same institution that accredits Centre College. It is also a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

LIBERTY - Casey County Board of Education will have new leadership next year. Two of the five school board members, Gary Whited, who represents the 2nd District, and Mike Davis, of the 3rd District, will not seek re-election in November. Whited, who has been on the board 16 years, and Davis, who has served eight years, will end their terms at the end of December. Whited, the current chairman, and Davis, vice chairman, think it's time to step down and let someone else have a chance to serve.

Casey native named VP of state fair board LOUISVILLE - Ronald Carmicle, a native of Casey County, has been elected vice chairman of the Kentucky State Fair Board. He was appointed to the board in 2001 and reappointed in 2004. Carmicle is president of River City Development Corp. in Louisville. Tom Schifano, managing partner of Arison Insurance Services Inc., was elected chairman of the fair board. The board operates the Kentucky Exposition Center and the Kentucky International Convention Center and is an agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet.