Fireworks

College Park will turn into a magical fairyland as the Conkwright Middle School band presents "Disney in the Park" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Three grades and a jazz band will each perform about 15 to 20 minutes of music from popular Disney movies including "Aladdin," "THe Little Mermaid," "The Lion King," and "Beauty and the Beast," according to band director Trish Torline. The band tried to incorporate as many Disney movies as possible, she said. The event will feature food, a costume contest for children under 10 and fireworks.

Monday, July 4 4 p.m. - Ky. juniors Ayrshire show 6 p.m. - Open and youth Ayrshire shows, Jersey open, youth parish and state juniors, Holstein open, youth and district 6-10 p.m. - Floral hall open 7 p.m. - Miss Lincoln County Fair 7:30 p.m. - Pedal Pull, at the floral hall patio, Broken Horn Rodeo, motorsports track 8:30 p.m. - Mother and daughter look alike contest, pageant building 10 p.m. - Fireworks ...

July 4th Celebration (sponsored by Winchester Chiropractic & Clark County Firefighters Association) Lykins Park 4 p.m., gates open $5 parking charge Entertainment: 5-5:40 p.m., Oldscool 5:55-6:35 p.m, Velvet Water 6:50-7:30 p.m, 27 South 5:45-8:30 p.m., Perry Williams 8:45-10 p.m., The Classics FIREWORKS Games & Activities: (Winchester/Clark County Parks Department) Hula hoop contest Three-legged race Sack race Softball throw Frisbee throw Information, Jim Snapp, (859)

Bryan Howard, president of the Winchester Professional Firefighters Association, and Clark County Community Services housing coordinator Jennifer Havens, unloaded 50 box fans the association donated Monday morning. The fans were purchased with money the association made selling fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday. The fans will be available free to the public. The firefighters association is accepting donations of cash or fans that will be given to Community Services. For more information, contact Howard at (859)

Ernie Holman has trained the Danville Fire Department. Not on how to put out fires, although as owner of Sun Tropic Pools he knows plenty about water, but he has trained them how to safely start fire - works. Nowadays he says the firefighters have it down, and Holman is there for technical assistance. He wired the finale of this year's show at the fairgrounds and Millennium Park. Holman is permitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a pyrotechnic. He does a show at his farm that he says has the same class of fireworks as Thunder Over Louisville.

Winchester's Fourth of July celebration this year will include a double grand finale fireworks show, a performance by America's Junior Miss Michelle Rodgers and a special ceremony to honor local veterans. And for people who can't get enough of the fun and the fireworks, there will be plenty of time to attend other celebrations, thanks to a new tradition. The festivities actually will be held July 3 rather than July 4 so as to avoid competing with bigger fireworks shows throughout the region.

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.

The Winchester Board of Commissioners took care of some house-cleaning Tuesday night in its regular meeting. The commissioners approved the transfer and donation of items, including a Ford Crown Victoria to the Clark County Board of Education and obsolete radios to the Camp McKee Scout Reservation of Boy Scouts of America. The Commission also received the list of streets scheduled to be included in the milling and paving program for the current fiscal year. Ken Lysaker of 12 Linden Lane addressed the Commission with his concerns over the conditions of Linden Lane.

The Fourth of July celebration has been something the citizens of Clark County, as well as those from surrounding counties, look forward to each year. "We're going to give the people of Clark County a way to celebrate our independence," said Jim Snapp, recreational specialist with the Clark County Parks and Recreation Department. "That's what it was and still is. " The celebration will be on July 4, despite the holiday being in the middle of the work week. Snapp admitted that this may hurt attendance, but Wednesday was simply too far from the weekend to move the event.

Perryville in 1862 was like many other communities in Kentucky. It had a general store, post office, drug store and people busy loading and unloading wagons in the street. Some scenes from that era will be recreated this weekend when Perryville hosts thousands of guests attending the national Civil War battle re-enactment at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site. Parts of the main business section of Perryville - called Merchants' Row - have been preserved and will allow guests to see what the town looked like in 1862.