Color Guard

Boyle dog licenses available Boyle County dog licenses for 2005-2006 will be available at the Rabies Clinics this week around the county. Current licenses expire on June 30. The annual licenses, which are required for all Boyle County dogs over the age of 4 months, sell for $3 if the dog has been neutered and $5 for unneutered dogs. Kennel licenses are also available. The cost is $20 for four to 10 dogs, $30 for more than 10 dogs. The remaining clinics will be as follows: Thursday: 6-8 p.m., Boyle County Fairground.

As president of the Danville Band Boosters, I am honored to have the opportunity to thank all the community sponsors and parents who have shown support to the Danville Admirals Marching Band. The Danville Admirals Marching Band and Color Guard placed second in the state for Class 2A on Oct. 29 at Western Kentucky University. The directors and staff put in exorbitant hours of preparation and teaching with little rest only to hand it off to the students at the time of each competition.

Rebels named reserve grand champion The Boyle County High School Marching Rebel band was named reserve grand champion Saturday at the North Laurel Marching Band Invitational. The band also won Best Percussion in Class AAA and was named best overall percussion line of this year's contest. There were 26 bands competing at the event. Danville band wins The Danville HIgh School band competed Saturday at the South Central Kentucky Marching Band Classic in Glasgow.

Nov. 11, 1987 A Homemakers Holiday Workshop was Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the College Park Community Room, with the theme, “A Victorian Christmas Brunch.” The dining room was decorated with a Victorian Christmas tree and the table featured an arrangement of burgundy and pink. Verna Eaton served as decorations chairman. Miss Stephanie Thorpe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thorpe, Winchester, has pledged into Kappa Delta sorority at Eastern Kentucky University. A freshman majoring in elementary education, Miss Thorpe is a graduate of George Rogers Clark High School, where she was active in the Future Business Leaders of America, Drama Club, color guard and the Junior Civitan Club.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to our Boyle County football team for Friday's impressive win over Johnson Central. As always after a first game, they have a few things that need working on. But I have no doubt the mistakes will soon get corrected. However, I was very disappointed in many other events surrounding the game. It started with no color guard being displayed on the field during the playing of our national anthem. It continued with the lack of fireworks ? both during the national anthem and after each Boyle score.

Admiral Stadium was buzzing with marching band members and color guard troops from eight different counties during the first Kentucky Pageantry Arts Association Cherry Regional Band Competition on Saturday. Also in the air was a feeling of a friendly rivalry. "He's my buddy. I can't say anything to jeopardize that," Daviess County Band Director Gordon Crouch said about his longtime friend Brian Ellis, band director for Shelby County. Ellis graduated from Boyle County, Crouch from Danville.

The West Jessamine High School marching band started the year as one of the smallest and youngest groups it has ever had. It finished the year with another superlative label - the most successful group the school has ever had. The 50-plus middle- and high-schoolers rode an innovative electronic show¿all the way to the state finals for the first time in school history, finishing fourth in Class 4A. Director Michael White found that he...

LIBERTY - The sound of music, rustle of new uniforms being tried on for size, swirl of flags and toss of faux rifles in the Casey County High School band room keeps band Director Lynn Justice jumping from one thing to another. That was just one recent afternoon practice at the end of the school day for Justice, who usually works with the band until late in the evening. "Things are going a lot smoother this year," said Justice after two weeks of classes to get the year off to a start.

The following students were among the 37 George Rogers Clark High School  juniors who were selected to the National Council on Youth Leadership Youth Salute. The students were recognized at a banquet and awards ceremony at Georgetown College in May. Peri Drury Peri is a dedicated student who maintains more than a 4.0 GPA with many commitments inside and outside school. She is the founder and president of the GRC Reading and Book Club and secretary of the French Club.

Hana Tran is excited about winning the scholarship money, and about earning the title of Clark County's Junior Miss. But, more importantly, she is excited about accomplishing a goal. After four years of performing with the color guard at George Rogers Clark High School, Tran said she wanted to try a solo performance. Walking away with first place and $2,000 in scholarship money would indicate that her first outing was a success. "I've never done a pageant or anything in the past, and I just thought it would be something interesting to do. Also, I've never performed on my own, so I thought I'd like to try it. I've always performed with the color guard, so I wanted to see how I'd do on my own," she said.