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The Danville Lawn Chair Film Festival will feature winning films shown under the stars. The program will run 8:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday behind Morley’s Wheel Service, 243 E. Walnut. In the case of rain, the festival will move to West T. Hill Community Theatre.

“Spring has sprung, the grass has riz…” or so goes the ditty. However, in my case, there is very little grass due to the weather conditions last summer, but there are lots of weeds.  I wonder if other pet owners are faced with the same problem.  Fortunately, Wendy Bedwell-Wilson anticipated this weedy problem last year and wrote an article titled “Hidden Lawn Dangers” in the May 2012 issue of Dog Fancy's “Natural Dog” section. She started with an example of a family that moved into a home on the edge of a beautiful golf course and allowed their kitty free access to the out-of-doors through a pet door.  A few months later, they had the kitty at the veterinary clinic because it had developed cancer.

Perryville to have lawn, garden show PERRYVILLE - The Perryville Grows event and lawn and garden show will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Perryville. Vegetable seeds will be given away, and vendors will be on hand with products and information. The annual men's fellowship pancake supper at Perryville Christian Church on the corner of Third and Smith streets will follow the event. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Vendors expected at the show are: Boyle County Extension Office, Boyle County FFA, Berry Farm, EJ's Flowers, Ferry Morse Seed Co., Greenline Implemental , Job Master Rental, Key's Nursery, KY 811, Mutts with Manners, Perryville Furniture Mart, Preservation Kentucky, Rocky Top, Southern States, Grider's Gifts, Boyle Landmark and Grizzly's BBQ.  

The crowd was sparse on Old Centre's lawn late Thursday morning. Plenty of volunteers were on site, getting ready for the influx of visitors who would be at the Debate Festival throughout the day.  Law enforcement was evident throughout the campus. The yellow badges of volunteers and others able to be on campus glinted in the sunlight. Tents dotted the top of the lawn near the Centre College landmark. Some were for food and merchandise vendors; one was manned by American Association of Retired Persons volunteers.

Taking care of your lawn during the fall is as important as it is during spring and summer, even more so for lawns with cool-season grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue. Nearly all fertilizers and broadleaf herbicides should be applied in the fall, and it is by far the best time to renovate (seed) lawns. Here are some tips for cool-season grasses: Fertilize - fertilizing your lawn in the fall will help it grow stronger, thicker and greener. Cool - season grasses should be fertilized with nitrogen in late October and again in four to six weeks.

At the first sign of green grass in the spring, it is tempting to dust off the fertilizer spreader and apply nitrogen to the lawn. If you applied nitrogen late last fall or winter, there's no need to apply nitrogen this spring because the lawn already should be starting to green up. Applying nitrogen now also will make grass less heat and drought tolerant and cause more problems with weeds and diseases. Weeds compete with grass for moisture and nutrients. But if you did not fertilize the lawn last fall, applying nitrogen this spring will be beneficial because it will green the lawn and make it look better for a few weeks.

Danville's downtown churches often are described as "land-locked" monuments to a past when there almost literally was a church on every corner. But some of the corners no longer have churches or some of the buildings on them no longer are active as several downtown churches over the last several years have moved all or most of their operations out to bigger spaces. Recent examples include First Baptist Church, which sold its Broadway building to the Danville-Boyle County Library for the library's expansion and built a new structure on the bypass, and Centenary United Methodist Church, which now conducts most of its business and worship activities at its Christian life center on Perryville Road.

At the first sign of green grass in the spring, it is tempting to dust off the fertilizer spreader to apply nitrogen to the lawn. If you applied nitrogen late last fall or winter there's no need to apply nitrogen this spring because the lawn already should be starting to green up. Applying nitrogen now also will make grass less heat and drought tolerant and cause more problems with weeds and diseases. Weeds compete with grass for moisture and nutrients. But if you did not fertilize the lawn last fall, applying nitrogen this spring will be beneficial because it will green the lawn and make it look better for a few weeks.

It's difficult to envision mowing your lawn this spring when frost greets you nearly morning. Yet that first spring mowing, usually in late March, begins your most important annual lawn duties. The first mowing makes the lawn look spring-like and very attractive. Regular mowing hardens the grass for drought and heat stresses later on. So when the first clump of grass grows above the mowing height, mow, even if a lot of the yard doesn't need to be mowed yet. Not all grasses start growing at the same time.

“Spring has sprung, the grass has riz…” or so goes the ditty. However, in my case, there is very little grass due to the weather conditions last summer, but there are lots of weeds.  I wonder if other pet owners are faced with the same problem.  Fortunately, Wendy Bedwell-Wilson anticipated this weedy problem last year and wrote an article titled “Hidden Lawn Dangers” in the May 2012 issue of Dog Fancy's “Natural Dog” section. She started with an example of a family that moved into a home on the edge of a beautiful golf course and allowed their kitty free access to the out-of-doors through a pet door.  A few months later, they had the kitty at the veterinary clinic because it had developed cancer.

It's difficult to envision mowing your lawn this spring when frost or snow greets you nearly every morning. Yet, that first spring mowing, usually in late March, begins your most important annual lawn duties. The first mowing makes the lawn look spring-like and very attractive. Subsequent regular mowing hardens the grass for drought and heat stresses later on. So when the first clump of grass grows above the mowing height, mow, even if a lot of the yard doesn't need to be mowed yet. Not all grasses start growing at the same time.

The crowd was sparse on Old Centre's lawn late Thursday morning. Plenty of volunteers were on site, getting ready for the influx of visitors who would be at the Debate Festival throughout the day.  Law enforcement was evident throughout the campus. The yellow badges of volunteers and others able to be on campus glinted in the sunlight. Tents dotted the top of the lawn near the Centre College landmark. Some were for food and merchandise vendors; one was manned by American Association of Retired Persons volunteers.

Centre College and AARP are sponsoring a debate festival beginning at noon Thursday on the festival lawn on campus. The festival lawn will open at 11 a.m. The event is an additional celebration of the spirit of democracy on the Centre College campus. The general public can watch the vice-presidential debate as it happens via a live televised broadcast on the lawn. Additional programs and performances will be going on throughout the day. The entrance to the grounds is near the corner of West Main Street and Maple Avenue on campus.

CRAB ORCHARD - City Commission members discussed Friday the disappearance of a lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower from a storage area in the sewer plant building. Crab Orchard Mayor Billy Shelton said the lawn equipment is valued at more than $1,000. How the equipment was removed from the locked facility is unclear, and Shelton and council members were reluctant to classify the disappearance as theft. "We don't know if they're stolen. They're gone," Shelton said. "We don't know how they got in there.

When summer weather heats up with no sign of rain, gardeners hook up the water hose to give their thirsty landscapes a drink. It seems like a simple task, but there are some ways to ensure you get the most from your efforts.  Plants benefit more from occasional heavy watering than from frequent shallow watering. Water equal to about 1 inch of rain penetrates the soil to a depth of about 6 inches which is enough to sustain most plants for a week. Light watering generally wets the soil to a depth of only an inch or less.

It is once again that time of year - time for the Lawn Chair Theater. The Heart of Danville Main Street Program once again will host the Lawn Chair Summer movie series. Set to begin this year June 22 and continuing through Aug. 10, the HOD will show movies in Constitution Square on Friday nights beginning at dusk. The movies are open and free to the public, with concessions available for purchase. Proceeds will benefit downtown revitalization and beautification. Here is the 2012 line-up: June 22: “Ferris Bueller's Day Off” (Rated PG-13)

The 2012 Danville Lawn Chair Film Festival will feature shorter entries, resulting in a much shorter evening of films. Festival founder Charlie Cox said about two dozen submissions were received, “which is on par with last year.”  Eight minutes was the suggested time for all films “and most of the submitted are right around there.” “And we are confident that this will be a (less than two-hour) program (this year). ... We're really, really excited,” Cox said.

Delbert D. "Bear" Spears, 59, of Somerset, died Thursday, May 3, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.  Born in Blue Ash, Ohio, Delbert was a son of the late Luther and Claudine Larkin Spears. He was self-employed as a lawn mower and repairer of lawn mowers. Survivors include sons, Scottie Hodge and Delbert D. Spears II; daughters, Renee Huling, Tisha Nevels and Cordelia Keith; brothers, Danny, Glenn and Dewey Spears; a sister, Elaine Alsman; a companion, Pat Lee; and 10 grandchildren.

Perryville to have lawn, garden show PERRYVILLE - The Perryville Grows event and lawn and garden show will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Perryville. Vegetable seeds will be given away, and vendors will be on hand with products and information. The annual men's fellowship pancake supper at Perryville Christian Church on the corner of Third and Smith streets will follow the event. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Vendors expected at the show are: Boyle County Extension Office, Boyle County FFA, Berry Farm, EJ's Flowers, Ferry Morse Seed Co., Greenline Implemental , Job Master Rental, Key's Nursery, KY 811, Mutts with Manners, Perryville Furniture Mart, Preservation Kentucky, Rocky Top, Southern States, Grider's Gifts, Boyle Landmark and Grizzly's BBQ.