Perfect Score

The Garrard County Health Department makes routine inspections on food service establishments. They are inspected for food storage and handling, food temperatures, utensil washing, restrooms and general sanitation. They are graded on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 being a perfect score. Violations of the food service code carry values of 1, 2, 4 or 5 points depending on the seriousness of the violation. Items marked that are worth 4 or 5 points are considered "critical items" and require immediate attention and must be corrected within 10 days.

The Garrard County Health Department makes routine inspections on food service establishments. They are inspected for food storage and handling, food temperatures, utensil washing, rest rooms and general sanitation. They are graded on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 being a perfect score. Violations of the food service code carry values of 1, 2, 4 or 5 points depending on the seriousness of the violation. Items marked that are worth 4 or 5 points are considered "critical items" and require immediate attention and must be corrected within 10 days.

Jessamine Countian wins mock trial award Sullivan University's Mock Trial teams won awards at the Middle Tennessee State University Mid-South Invitational on Nov. 11-12. Mock Trial is a nationwide competition sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association. Melinda Harpe of Jessamine County, a paralegal student at Sullivan University, won an outstanding attorney award with a perfect score. This year's case was a kidnapping. The MTSU tournament is one of the largest in the nation, with 66 teams competing.

I think my jaw hit the floor - most unattractive - when Kelly Monaco won the "Dancing with the Stars" competition. It didn't have anything to do with her talent - apparently she came a long way during the course of the show. I only caught the last two episodes, so I don't know. She was the underdog. She looked like she was trying awfully hard, but she sure didn't look like she was having fun. It had a little to do with demographics. I honestly thought viewer voting would pull John O'Hurley, the other semi-finalist, ahead of Monaco.

Children's choir to present holiday concert The Danville Children's Choir will present its 15th annual holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary of First Christian Church, Lexington Road. The 30-voice choir will present carols from around the world as well as a selection from Handel's "Messiah. " The choir is made up of select singers representing 17 schools from across central Kentucky. It is under the direction of the choir's founder, Bruce Richardson, and accompanied by Elizabeth Wolfe.

LIBERTY - A report card shows that Casey County school Superintendent Linda Hatter either meets or exceeds most requirements, and needs little improvement. The evaluation was released Tuesday almost a month after the county Board of Education did the evaluation. Hatter exceeds requirements in community relationships, according to the report card. Her performance is exceptional and reflects a high degree of professionalism and accountability, consistently exceeds expectations, and in comparison to similar districts, performance is truly above the norm.