Dinner

Fannie Bush Elementary School kindergarten student Damaris Lopez wears the Native American outfit she created to wear while eating her Thanksgiving meal with her mother, Araceli Lopez.

Colby Howard of the 4-H Teen Club served dessert to a resident of Beverly White towers. The club prepared and served a full turkey dinner to the residents for Thanksgiving. Photo submitted

Wades Mill Homemakers enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 1.¿Hostess was Ann Barker. The lesson, “Bread Baking Basics,” was given by Maryett Gyula. Those attending were Dolores Hess, Clara Kendig, Maryett Gyula, Cathy Gatson, Ann Barker, Bette McKenzie and two new members, Nancy Burchett and Joyce Gillman. The next meeting will be the Christmas celebration Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Hess house. Members will bring a wrapped Christmas ornament to exchange. Nancy Strosnider will give the lesson, “Take the Age Out of Your Dress.”

Centenary Christian Life Center will host "A Bad Year for Tomatoes" at 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The play, written by John Patrick, deals with the various misfortunes of a famous actress who seeks to get away from them in a small New England town. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children under 12. The money raised will go toward missions.

Families and friends of Ashley N. Maines and William D. Christopher, both of Winchester, celebrated their college graduation by attending the graduation and later celebrating at a dinner hosted and attended by Maines' parents. Maines is the daughter of Eddie and Donna Maines of Winchester and Charles and Melissa Wilson Burton of Houston, Texas. Christopher is the son of T.C. and Terri Christopher of Winchester. Both graduated with honors from Western Kentucky University on Saturday, May 12. Maines graduated summa cum laude with a degree in journalism and Christopher graduated magna cum laude with a degree in geography.

NEW YORK - Not many people get to even shake an astronaut's hand, but one Lincoln County boy recently got to meet three of the most famous ones during a visit to New York City. Trey Baldwin, 12, met and had dinner with Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Eugene Cernan May 18 at a special 35th-anniversary event hosted by the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation at the Explorer's Club. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 mission and was the first man on the moon, Cernan was the last man to step off the moon on the final moon landing and Lovell commanded the infamous, miraculous Apollo 13 mission.

Danville Boy Scout Troop 119 will hold its 36th consecutive Annual Spaghetti Supper on Friday. The spaghetti supper will be held in the church hall at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Dinner will be served 5-8 p.m. Tickets at the door are $4.50 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and under. Tickets purchased in advance are $4 for adults and $3 for children. Call (859) 324-0095 for more information.

The fourth annual "Patriot Pride" dinner will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, at Lincoln County High School. The event, held to raise money for the LCHS girls' and boys' basketball programs, will be held in the school cafeteria at 6 p.m. The cost of admission to the dinner is a $100 ticket donation. The ticket is good for two steak dinners and enters the bearer in a raffle for $5,000 in cash prizes. During the dinner tickets will be drawn for a $2,000 grand prize, a $1,500 second-place prize, a $750 third-place prize, a fourth-place prize of $500 and a fifth-place prize worth $250.

A lineup of five crowd-pleasing plays will be performed at Pioneer Playhouse for the 2004 summer season, which starts June 12, but that is not all that is new this year. Patrons to the state's oldest outdoor dinner theater this year will experience the biggest change at the Playhouse in several years. It could be classified as "an experiment in fine dining. " In the same adventurous spirit that has kept Pioneer Playhouse in the forefront of providing quality entertainment to the Bluegrass area for the past 54 years, an agreement has been made with Two Roads Cafe of Danville to provide gourmet dining to theater-goers during the 2004 Season.

Dear Editor: Eating dinner together as a family is a simple event, but it can make a world of difference for children and teens. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has consistently found that the more often children eat dinner with their families the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs. Created in 2001 as a direct result of CASA' s research, "Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children" is a national effort to promote parental engagement in children's lives as a simple, effective tool to help reduce substance abuse among children and teens and raise healthier children.

The No Kill Central Kentucky Regional Humane Society would like to express our sincere appreciation to all our patrons and volunteers the evening of April 25 for making our first annual SPAY-ghetti Benefit Dinner so successful. Attendance was wonderful, the food was superb, the fellowship so warm and the giving so generous.   Thanks to the Lancaster Christian Church for the use of their wonderful facilities. High “paws up” to the cook, Joyce Marshall, for preparing the delicious meal and to our amazing group of volunteer event staff: Jane and Woody Prather, Judy Adams, Ronnie Baker,  Jennifer Grubbs, Trayce Poynter, Teresa Moberly, Chelsey Moberly, Kayde Gilbert, Ward Brown, Abigail Hodge and Judith Hodge.  The Junior Girl Scout Troop 143, under the leadership of Stacey Arnold, and Brownie Troop 7331, under the leadership of Kristen Hart, baked and donated delicious desserts and were so kind and polite in helping to attend to the needs of our patrons.

Anyone who wants to throw a party for family and friends can get a leg up on the planning by checking out the offerings at Heritage Hospice Inc.'s third annual memorial auction, held during the organization's Blue Jean Ball.  The idea behind a “blue jean” ball? Heritage Hospice provides comfort care, so attendees can put on their jeans and get comfy with the organization and its auction offerings. This year's event will be 6 to 11 p.m. April 12 at Pioneer Playhouse, 840 Stanford Road.

Nearly 500 members of the Jessamine County business community turned out for the annual chamber-of-commerce awards dinner Jan. 24 at the R.J. Corman Railroad Hangar off U.S. 27. Chamber director Amy Cloud said the annual awards dinner is the organization's highlight event. “Most definitely the premier event of the year,” Cloud said. “It's the night that we celebrate our community, our businesses and our volunteers. It's when people from all corners of the community can come together, network, and celebrate.” During the dinner, many individuals and businesses received awards.

STANFORD - Christmas came a few days early for hundreds of low-income Lincoln County children and their families who attended this year's Winterfest Friday at Lincoln County High School. After a year of fundraising and working with teachers to identify students who could benefit the most from a little extra Christmas joy, it was time to continue the decades-old tradition in Lincoln County of feeding the kids and their families and handing out Christmas gifts. Winterfest Committee Chairwoman Kendra Mitchell said this year, 235 children and their families were invited to Winterfest.

Dec. 22, 1962 Loma Manufacturing Company Inc. entertained its employees with a Christmas dinner party Friday night at the Brown-Proctor Hotel. Gifts were exchanged and each employee was presented with a turkey. Dinner was served to approximately 130 employees. Pfc. Robert Samuel Ratliff, Fort Bliss, Texas, arrived Thursday to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ratliff. West Lexington Avenue, and other relatives here. LONDON (AP) - The agreement between Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President Kennedy to provide Britain with Polaris missiles in place of Skybolt brought a wave of criticism from right and left today.

Food is often a large part of holiday celebrations, and something people look forward to all year. That's why holiday treats and meals should be fun, not something to cause hosts and hostesses stress. For those planning to entertain on Christmas, whether it be a full, traditional meal, or snacks for a small party, there are ways to make the task easier. The first step is to think about the guest list, said Jennifer Howard, Clark County Extension Service agent for family and consumer sciences.

There will be plenty of turkey to go around this Thanksgiving. The congregation at First United Methodist Church has purchased 40 turkeys for its annual community Thanksgiving dinner, and preparations will begin Wednesday. For more than 30 years, the church has offered a free Thanksgiving dinner to anyone in the community, regardless of income. “We started out by having a few people we thought we'd help out, and it just kept growing,”¿church trustee Bob Jackson said.

Democratic Executive Committee meeting today The Clark County Democratic Executive Committee will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in the large meeting room at the Clark County Public Library. The meeting is open to all Democratic Executive Committee members, public officials and invited guests. First Methodist annual Thanksgiving dinner First United Methodist Church, 204 S. Main St., will host its annual Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the church. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more information, call the church at 744-5410.

One of the things Brandon and I were most excited about when we bought our house was being able to invite people over. In fact, I was so excited that I volunteered us to host Thanksgiving dinner this year for both our families. Since we moved into the house, I've done a lot more cooking, and I¿haven't managed to poison either of us yet. Yet. Seriously though, I thought, and still think I am up to the challenge. I plan to cook the whole dinner with a few minor exceptions.