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LANCASTER - Community education classes scheduled in Garrard County have been announced. For more information, call Brenda Powers at (859) 792-1690. Classes are sponsored by the school administration and Garrard County Community Education. Classes include: Weight Watchers: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Garrard County Health Department on Farra Drive. Lynyelle Duggins is instructor. Spanish for Adults and Students: 3-4 p.m. Thursdays in the art room at Camp Dick Robinson Elementary School.

Cancer screenings offered at hospital Central Kentucky Cancer Program is offering free skin cancer screenings at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. The schedule is 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, 1-3 p.m. Thursday, and 3-5 p.m. May 25. A limited number of appointments are available, on a first-come, first-served basis. Call (859)239-2453. MEETINGS Danville Parks Committee - 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at city hall to discuss bids for the amphitheater. Cemetery Committee - 9 a.m. Tuesday at Hilldale Cemetery.

Church to hold benefit A fashion show, dinner and concert will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory on Stanford Road. Admission is $5. Dinner tickets are sold out. The event benefits First Baptist Church of Perryville FRIENDS. Karaoke night at American Legion PERRYVILLE - American Legion Post 301 will have Karaoke from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Allen Finley will play the music. Blood drive set for Tuesday An American Red Cross community blood drive will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Boyle County Health Department.

Nov. 5, 1984 The Blue-Grass Express Clogging Team recently closed out 1984 competition with a strong showing in state competition. The team won age division titles in both the open and precision categories. In the overall dance-off, its open entry finished second out of 13 entries and its precision entry won the four-couple division and was named the overall grand champion precision team. Sherry Craft, 17, is enrolled as a junior at the Kentucky School for the Deaf, Danville.

Although I am not a Danville resident, I am pleased to endorse Paul Smiley for city commissioner. I do have a vested interest in Danville. From early childhood, Danville has been the center of our economic and social life.  We shop there, dine there, seek entertainment and recreational activities in Danville. In my adult life, I have traveled extensively, and Danville is one of the most beautiful and finest small cities I have seen. I would like to keep it that way. I know Paul Smiley to be a fine, well-educated Christian gentlemen.

McKenzie Applegate, who has graced the stages of both West T. Hill Community Theatre and Ragged Edge Community Theatre, can be seen on Thursday’s episode of “Bones.” The show airs at 9 p.m. on FOX. McKenzie will portray a deaf girl who is a possible murderer. She is no stranger to portraying a deaf character — she played Helen Keller in RECT’s production of “The Miracle Worker” in 2003, when she was 7 years old. McKenzie’s mom, Jill, said the young actress went through three callbacks before she got the role.

I take some pride in the fact that I, a middle-aged man rapidly nearing status as a coot, walk five miles a day. But I have met my match. Ever try to walk with Della Nevels? I did, and I'm still winded. But our walking situations are different. I walk as a hobby. Nevels walks as a pro. She is a letter carrier who often must pound the pavement in and around downtown Danville just to do her job. And while I do my walking for the purely selfish reason that I'm trying to stay in some sort of decent physical condition for a man of my advanced age, Nevels does hers not only to meet the requirements of her job, but for a much nobler reason.

The Kentucky School for the Deaf Christmas Tea and Tour will be 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday at Jacobs Hall, 303 S. Second St. on the KSD campus, with tours of six other historic homes and buildings around town included.  Advance tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the Danville-Boyle County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Heart of Danville, Maple Tree Gallery and area stores. They may also be purchased at Jacobs Hall or any other of the tour locations on Dec. 10. Admission for children under 5 is free.

Dear Editor: In response to Sunday's article on the new interpreter service, Central Kentucky Interpreter Referral, I spoke with Jennifer Paycheck, the interpreter coordinator, and she clarified that while all of the American Sign Language interpreters are in fact certified and licensed, the Spanish interpreters are not. Unfortunately, Kentucky does not currently have a certification process for Spanish interpreters other than those working in...