Lawn

A truck collided with a sign about 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Horky House on the corner of Main Street and Maple Avenue. Additional information about the wreck was not available. The historic home serves as office of admission and student financial planning. The remains of the sign were removed from the lawn by late afternoon.

The Advocate Brass Band will present two concerts Sunday afternoon. The band will perform at 2 p.m. on the lawn of Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg. In case of rain, the concert will be at Harrodsburg Baptist Church, Main Street. A second concert will be 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Pioneer Playhouse, Stanford Road.

Organizers of the Great American Brass Band Festival say all tents on the central part of the lawn from Old Centre to the Main Stage have to be taken down by 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The area in front of the Main Stage will be cleared at 4 p.m. Saturday for table setup for the evening picnic.

Azlyn Day, 3, left, and Wade Harris, 4, decided the photographer also needed to cool off while taking photos of them playing with a lawn sprinkler Tuesday afternoon. The children, and their friends, were staying cool playing at the Calvary Christian Church summer day care. Jade Berryman, 7, received a face full of water while taking her turn on a slip and slide.

Hats off to Oldham County officials for coming up with a novel response to the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU has questioned the constitutionality of a Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn in La Grange and has asked Oldham county officials to clarify their policies on private use of the public square. The ACLU told the officials that if the display was government-sponsored it would have to come down. If it's not, the ACLU said the county would have to let other groups also put on displays on the lawn.

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.

Celia A. Moss of Nicholasville, daughter of Cecil Moss of Nicholasville and Karen Edens of Lexington and Ronnie Hammond of Nicholasville, son of Ronnie Sr. and Peggy Hammond also of Nicholasville will be united in marriage. The future bride is a graduate of Lafayette High School and Eastern Kentucky University. She is currently employed by Central Baptist Hospital. The groom is a graduate of Jessamine County High School. He is currently employed by Jessamine County Fiscal Court.

A box with unusual contents was found on the lawn in front of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church early Saturday morning, but Assistant Danville Police Chief Tony Gray said it's nothing that should alarm the community. The box was found by workers about 7 a.m. It was taped up, and Gray said a note was attached. Without going into great detail, he said the note promised there was not a bomb or anything dangerous inside the box. Gray said whoever put the box there wanted someone to open it and see the contents.

Dear Editor, As I listen to political candidates debate and I read their ads, there is this underlying theme to save the city/county money. A few years ago, The Advocate-Messenger had a very disturbing article on water loss in the Perryville area. I wonder if this is still a problem. I reported a City of Danville water and sewer department leak in the middle of my front yard in 2005 that was repaired several years earlier. It took six months before it was repaired this time.

Dear Editor, Tuesday it was reported in The Advocate-Messenger that an employee of Wal-Mart stole money from another employee's purse. The thief was supposed to be me. Well my purse was in the same area as this other person's purse. And yes, I got things (cigarettes and change for a break) from my purse, so I am sure I was taped bending down to the purse and things like that. So now that I have all that out of the way, let me say this loud and clear - I was wrongly accused and I will prove it. If Wal-Mart believes the accusations, myself as well as many other employees will be greatly disappointed.