EDUCATION
September 10, 2008
The 2008 West Jessamine High School 16-page yearbook insert can be picked up in the front office with Ms. Elliott. The insert features softball, baseball, track and field, tennis, prom and graduation pictures. The insert is free for anyone who purchased a yearbook. A graduation DVD for seniors as well as a yearbook DVD are also available in the front office. The graduation DVD, which features senior videos and graduation is three hours long and is $10. The yearbook DVD is $5 and includes a sideshow of 36 pictures.
NEWS
BOBBIE CURD | April 10, 2008
After police had to forcibly remove a Danville High School student from the grounds Wednesday, the juvenile now has multiple charges resulting from a struggle with officers. Click here to see letter sent to parents. Assistant Danville Police Chief Tony Gray said two officers went to the high school just after 2 p.m. on a pickup order from a judge to remove the 15-year-old student. The boy, who is not being named because he is a juvenile, was brought to a front office by school officials.
SPORTS
Keith Taylor/Sun Sports Editor | February 12, 2008
Three factors play a role when it comes to drafting college football players. Keith Kidd has worked in the front office with the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals, and knows the considerations a team makes before drafting a player. Kidd said performances in the regular and postseason, combined with all-star game outings and individual workouts help determine a player's stock value before the draft. The Senior Bowl was held recently, while the NFL Combine will be held Feb. 20-26 in Indianapolis, Ind. More than 300 college players are invited to participate in the week-long session for professional teams.
SPORTS
LARRY VAUGHT | August 1, 2007
Keith Kidd was elated when he found out former Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch had made his way back to the professional ranks. Kidd, former director of professional personnel for the Cleveland Browns, hopes Couch can prove himself after sitting out the last three seasons. Couch signed a two-year contact with the Jaguars on Sunday and will earn $595,000 if he makes the team this season. "I'm rooting like crazy for Tim Couch," Kidd said. "I'm glad he's back in the league, that's for sure.
SPORTS
Keith Taylor/Sun Sports Editor | July 31, 2007
Keith Kidd was elated when he found out former Kentucky standout Tim Couch had made his way back to the professional ranks. Kidd, former director of pro personnel for the Cleveland Browns, hopes Couch can prove himself after sitting out the last three seasons. Couch signed a two-year contact with the Jaguars on Sunday and will earn $595,000 if he makes the team this season. "I'm rooting like crazy for Tim Couch," Kidd said Monday. "I'm glad he's back in the league, that's for sure," Kidd, now an NFL analyst for ESPN.
NEWS
Keith Taylor/Sun Sports Editor | July 30, 2007
On my way home from work today, news circulated that former San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh had passed away at the age of 75. Walsh was one of the good guys. An innovator (West Coast offense), yet Walsh was a coach who was well-respected by those around him. Put Walsh in the same category as Ckuck Noll, the late Tom Landry and former Miami Dolphins head man Don Shula. The kind of coaches that have staying power are hard to come by these days. Memories of watching Walsh stroll the sidelines calling plays for Joe Montana will always be remembered.
NEWS
Mike Wynn | April 5, 2007
Walls are painted. Windows are installed. And for the most part, the front office of People Helping People's Family Development Center is ready for occupancy. It's an accomplishment that the Winchester Board of Commissioners saw firsthand Tuesday as they toured the 92,000-square-foot factory on Wainscott Avenue. People Helping People has been renovating the facility for more than a year to pool charitable resources in the community. "The goal of this building is to bring as many of our help agencies and things for the community under one roof as we can," Dale Hanson, president of People Helping People, told the commission.
OPINION
October 13, 2006
Vote people, not parties To The Sun: I am a registered Republican here in this county. I submit to the people of this county to vote for the candidate, not the party. I will split my vote for Gardner Wagers for county attorney and William Elkins for Clark County sheriff. One is a Democrat and one is a Republican; both are fine people who have worked hard to reach this point in the career they have chosen. Please consider the man or woman you will vote for as a human being first and foremost when you close the curtain to pull the lever.
NEWS
Josh Thomas | October 12, 2006
As journalists, we live with the unfortunate duty of sometimes looking at the world from a soapbox. Not from a sense of haughtiness, of course, but because part of our job is to point out problems we, as the eyes and ears of our community, see in our daily lives. Perhaps that's why it's so jarring, even necessary, for journalists to be held accountable to the standards we set for others, without regard to the weight of the matter. Last Tuesday, I was on my way to shoot pictures at Nicholasville Elementary School.
NEWS
October 2, 2006
It isn't a very big paper, as newspapers go these days,But its little town it has put on the map in a hundred different ways, It has no leased wire in its offices, nor four decked presses to run Its paper comes just in a bundle, and not by the carload, or ton, But it has claims to distinction, and which it will always make good; Its limit is only the limit of how people do as they should. It boosted for incorporation, for grading and sidewalks and trees - Schools-teachers-and helped train the boys that America sent overseas.