Occupational Therapy

LIBERTY - Certified personnel hired by Superintendent Linda Hatter and announced Monday at the Casey County Board of Education meeting include: Karen Spears and Tina Wethington, teachers at Middleburg Elementary School; and Shannon Neat, special education teacher at Douglas Elementary. Classified personnel hired: Dale Sellers, head of maintenance; Debra Lynn and Pam Cochran, districtwide special education aides at Liberty and Phillips schools; Pauline Wright, substitute bus driver; and Jeff Dawson, bus driver.

Music Alumni Association scholarships The Clark County Music Alumni Association is accepting application for its music scholarships until June 12. All Clark County school students with at least one music credit who are continuing their education in fall 2012 or spring 2013 - applicants don't have to be music majors - are eligible for a scholarship. Scholarship applications can be picked up at the Rainbow Bingo Hall located at 4449 Rockwell Road or at Georger Roges Clark High School.

College is the dream of parents and their children. But what factors are today's children facing, and how do they wade through the facts to determine their future? For Mauricus Lofton, a Danville High School student, there are two factors that helped him weed through the stacks of college promotions: location and finances. Lofton admits that he didn't want to go very far from home. "I'm very close to my family," he says. "I'm the first child and the first grandchild, so I'm kind of the first to do this.

The Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce stepped back in time to commemorate 90 years of existence and the past year's excellence in business and leadership with a Roaring 20's themed banquet at Cowan Hall on Centre College's campus. Guests, many decked out in full flapper garb to go along with the speakeasy backdrop, began the evening milling around tables set up for a silent auction. The event was originally scheduled for Jan. 29, but had to be postponed to the ice storm that ravaged much of the area.

Adults who require medical care and supervision during the day can benefit from the Adult Day Health program at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. The program has numerous activities planned this week, which is National Adult Day Health Week. "Our program serves adults age 21 and older who require 24-hour care and who otherwise may be in a nursing home," said Dallasteen Sizemore, program coordinator. "We provide care to these individuals during the day when their caregiver is working or needs a break from caring for them.

The waiting room of the Kids Can Do Pediatric Therapy Center is not like that of most doctor's offices, typically adorned with fancy paintings on the walls and copies of outdated magazines on the end tables. Instead, colorful construction-paper butterflies decorate the waiting room, displaying the handwritten name of their makers on their wings. On one wall, duck, train and butterfly coat hangers are placed about three feet from the ground for easy reaching and a shelf of games such as Scrabble and Memory can be seen in the next room.

Car show will benefit Habitat STANFORD - Lincoln County Habitat for Humanity will hold its fourth annual car show and cruise-in fundraiser Saturday in downtown Stanford. Registration will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The car show also will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. At that time, a cruise-in will be held. A barbecue cook-off will be until 8 p.m. Registration costs are $15, and proceeds will go to Lincoln County Habitat for Humanity. The first 50 entries will receive a free goody bag. For more information, contact Calvin Denham at (606)

In a move designed to significantly reduce the number of elementary school students facing redistricting next year, the Clark County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a plan to open a 220-student preschool facility. Slated to open this August in a rented space on Wainscott Avenue, the center will house 11 preschool classes from Hannah McClure Elementary, Shearer Elementary, Strode Station Elementary, Central Elementary and Fannie Bush Elementary schools. The district will continue to hold preschool classes for approximately 20 students at Trapp Elementary and 60 more at the Generations Center.

Polete-Bertram Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Polete of Hopkinsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Shannon Polete, to Nicholas Dean Bertram, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bertram of Stanford and Kathy Floyd of Lancaster. Polete is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Polete of Hopkinsville. She is a 1999 graduate of Hopkinsville High School and a 2003 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy. She is a licensed occupational therapist for Rehab Solutions, based in Greenville, S.C. Bertram is the grandson of Mrs. and Mrs. George Bertram Jr. of Stanford and Joyce Mitchell of Waynesburg, and the great-grandson of Zettie Hamm of Stanford.