Cookout

The Jessamine County Beef Cattlemen Association is well known for raising money to help out local charities. Last year, the group raised more than $15,000 for Jessamine charities, and this year, the association has more cookouts planned that will benefit more local groups. But on May 21 and 22, the association’s fundraising efforts will branch out from the local scene as members are on a mission to raise money for tornado victims in Alabama and flood victims in western Kentucky.

The Jessamine County Beef Cattle Association is made up of many Jessamine County residents interested in supporting organizations in Jessamine County who help others. The association has several cookouts each year to raise funds. Some of these funds were distributed during our January meeting to the following groups: Jessamine County Food Pantry, Wilmore High Bridge Community Service Center, Jessamine County Cancer Buddies, Jessamine County Association of Exceptional Citizens, Camp Nelson Honor Guard, Manna Ministry, Blue Grass Community Action, Salvation Army and All God’s Children.

Jessamine Christian Church will sponsor a free tailgating cookout before the East/West football game Friday. The event will be held from 5:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at East Jessamine High School. Hot dogs, drinks, cornhole games and free hats will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

CASA, Court-Appointed Special Advocates, at Woodlawn, will host a special a cookout from 2-5 p.m. Friday in front of the Boyle County Courthouse to raise awareness about child abuse. The agency works to advance the best interest of abused, neglected and dependent children in the Mercer/Boyle County Family Court system. It trains community volunteers to serve as court-appointed special advocates. In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, local agencies will provide information at the cookout about resources available for children and families.

Danville Families First will host cookout 2:30-5:30 p.m. Friday outside the Boyle County Courthouse. The event's purpose is to draw awareness to Child Abuse Prevention Month. Live entertainment will be part of the activities. The event was rescheduled from April 21.

Rosemary C. Brooks Place will host a Cottage Open House Tour and Cookout from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday. Twelve cottages will be open for the tour including those of Bebe Fox, Katherine Wood, Anna Ray and Lamar Street, Polly Todd, Harrison and Mary Peet, Skeeter Palsor, Olema Ballard, Manley and Christine Combs, Jane Shearer, Edith Myles, Mayme Crowe and Ava Tyler. The cookout will feature Bob Sewells as master griller with Mayor Ed Burtner and City Commissioner Rick Beach as assistants.

Magistrate Steve Palmer, top, orders two hotdogs during a cookout Thursday to raise funds for this year's Relay for Life event. The cookout was hosted by the Clark County Judge-Executive's Office, which raised $800 to pledge toward its relay team, the Clark County Judge's T-Birds. Serving the dogs were, from left, Brenda Mapel, county director of finance, and Deputy Judge-Executive Liz Elswick. County Judge-Executive Henry Branham, bottom, grills hotdogs, which volunteers sold with chips, drinks and desserts to raise money.

Church cookout to benefit food pantry  The North Rolling Fork Baptist Church is sponsoring a cookout to benefit the Harvesting Hope Food Pantry from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Saturday at the Tractor Supply Adopt a Pet Day in Danville. All proceeds will be used to buy food for the pantry. There will be hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, big dill pickles, dessert, pop and water. Donations will be accepted. Tractor Supplyu is off the Danville bypass in Ridgefield Shopping Center. 

Children attending the Kid-Doodles Play and Learn Center on West Lexington Avenue celebrated the Fourth of July with games and an old-fashioned cookout. After the games, the children celebrated with hot dogs from the grill and watermelon with their parents.

Forty participants competed in the Relay for Life Cornhole Tournament and cookout Tuesday at Palmer Engineering, raising $500 for the American Cancer Society. The team of Ralph Schuler and Dennis Wallace won first place. The second-place team was Jeff Rose and Robert Oney. The Relay for Life is June 8.

I had never heard the names of Louis Zamperini and Russel Allen Phillips until my pastor gave me the book, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,” by author Laura Hillenbrand, who wrote “Seabiscuit: An American Legend.” But as I delved into the 473 pages of the book, I was stirred and inspired. The book tells the story of Zamperini, an Olympic runner who competed in the 1936 Berlin summer games. Like many Americans of his generation, Zamperini joined the U.S. Army Air Forces as a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber, where he met Phillips, his pilot.

Church cookout to benefit food pantry  The North Rolling Fork Baptist Church is sponsoring a cookout to benefit the Harvesting Hope Food Pantry from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Saturday at the Tractor Supply Adopt a Pet Day in Danville. All proceeds will be used to buy food for the pantry. There will be hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, big dill pickles, dessert, pop and water. Donations will be accepted. Tractor Supplyu is off the Danville bypass in Ridgefield Shopping Center. 

It’s hard to resist the aroma of grilling out. This past Saturday, my self-control was completely undermined, and my husband and I turned into the Tractor Supply parking lot to enjoy the fare at the Jessamine County Beef Cattle Association cookout. One of the purposes of the organization is to promote the consumption and farming of beef — a hard sell in a society that is becoming more averse to eating red meat. Diet gurus are death on red meat, favoring instead poultry and fish.

The Jessamine County Beef Cattlemen Association is well known for raising money to help out local charities. Last year, the group raised more than $15,000 for Jessamine charities, and this year, the association has more cookouts planned that will benefit more local groups. But on May 21 and 22, the association’s fundraising efforts will branch out from the local scene as members are on a mission to raise money for tornado victims in Alabama and flood victims in western Kentucky.

The Jessamine County Beef Cattle Association is made up of many Jessamine County residents interested in supporting organizations in Jessamine County who help others. The association has several cookouts each year to raise funds. Some of these funds were distributed during our January meeting to the following groups: Jessamine County Food Pantry, Wilmore High Bridge Community Service Center, Jessamine County Cancer Buddies, Jessamine County Association of Exceptional Citizens, Camp Nelson Honor Guard, Manna Ministry, Blue Grass Community Action, Salvation Army and All God’s Children.

The Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce showed its appreciation for its members Thursday by having a cookout on South Maple Street. Among those attending were (clockwise from left) County Judge-Executive Henry Branham and his wife Gloria, Becky Taulbee, John Rompf, Todd Denham, Amy Cooper and Mollye Rainey. Winchester Mayor Ed Burtner greets Brandi Jones, left, and Shawn Dixon at the Chamber of Commerce cookout. The girls are singers for the Strings of Friendship dulcimer club.

Magistrate Steve Palmer, top, orders two hotdogs during a cookout Thursday to raise funds for this year's Relay for Life event. The cookout was hosted by the Clark County Judge-Executive's Office, which raised $800 to pledge toward its relay team, the Clark County Judge's T-Birds. Serving the dogs were, from left, Brenda Mapel, county director of finance, and Deputy Judge-Executive Liz Elswick. County Judge-Executive Henry Branham, bottom, grills hotdogs, which volunteers sold with chips, drinks and desserts to raise money.

Southern States is stepping up to support 4-H by selling paper four-leaf clovers, raising funds for local and national 4-H programs. You can purchase a clover at the Southern States store at 1244 Lebanon Road for a minimum donation of just $1 from now through Oct. 19. Our local Southern States is going out of its way to support Boyle County 4-H even further by sponsoring a cookout from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The public is invited to enjoy a burger and hot dog picnic in the parking lot with proceeds from sales going directly to Boyle County 4-H. Volunteers are even providing homemade goodies at the cookout as a bake-sale fundraiser.