Talent Show

Counselors to visit high schools Derick Strode and Shameka Neely, admissions counselors at Western Kentucky University, will visit Danville and Boyle County high schools to discuss with prospective students the opportunities offered at WKU. Strode will visit Boyle County High School 9 a.m. Feb. 13 and then Danville High 11:30 a.m. that day. Neely will visit Danville High School 9 a.m. March 1. For more information, contact the...

TODAY Clark County Kiwanis Club, Christmas dinner and auction, 6 p.m., Radisson, Lexington. Winchester Music Club, 7 p.m., home of Billie Pace, 201 Steve Circle. Opal Gravett, program sponsor. National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, Christmas meeting and dinner, 6 p.m., First Church of God, 2500 Colby Road. The Winchester Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at 5 p.m. at City Hall for a special called meeting: a public hearing on the EPA consent decree.

Local talents will battle this weekend for a $50 cash prize and the chance to open for Bluegrass musician Dean Osborne when he performs in Winchester on Oct. 19. "Pass the Mic Night," a vocal contest, will be held at the Leeds Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Saturday as a fundraiser for the Leeds. Twenty-five contestants are set to sing everything from pop to country. The winners will be decided by a panel of local judges. Local personalities Betty Ratliff Smith, Graham Johns and Jennifer Sigmon will choose a winner in two age categories: 18 or younger and 19 or older.

The Boyle County Fair opens at 6 p.m. Admission is $8, and tonight is silver citizen night. Here is the schedule: 6 p.m., goat show 6-9 p.m., Floral Hall opens 6-9:30 p.m., exhibit building opens 6:30 p.m., talent show registration 6:30 p.m., Mr. and Mrs. Silver Citizen 7 p.m., grandparent/grandchild look-alike contest 5-7:30 p.m., sidewalk art contest and kids face painting 7:30 p.m., Coca-Cola talent...

The following places are where to register for contests at the Boyle County Fair. Miss Teen Boyle County (7 p.m. July 17) and Miss Boyle County (8 p.m. July 17) and Miss Pre-Teen Contest (7 p.m. July 20): Carol's Bridal Shop, Peebles and Dawahare's Talent Show (6:30 p.m. July 18): WHIR radio station Tiny Mr. & Miss Contest (7 p.m. July 19) and Little Mr. & Miss Contest (8 p.m. July 19): Kentucky Trust Co. and Kid's Alley Boyle County Baby Show (5:30 p.m. July 22)

Youth who sing, dance, act in skits, play musical instruments, cheer, twirl, do martial arts or dramatic readings, or any other kind of performance an audience might enjoy seeing or hearing can show off at the Boyle County 4-H Variety Show April 25 at Indian Hills Christian Church in Danville. Registration is 6 p.m. and the show begins at 6:30 p.m. Any youth ages 9 through 18 may compete and there is no cost. Youth ages 6 to 8 may participate, locally only, in the Cloverbud division.

Dear Editor: The Crab Orchard Neighborhood Watch would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every business in Danville, Stanford, Crab Orchard, and surrounding areas for all their support and donations in making our talent show March 4 a huge success. We would also like to thank the people who participated in the contest as well as the people who worked so diligently in the Neighborhood Watch. Hazel Quinton ecretary Crab Orchard Neighborhood Watch

CRAB ORCHARD - Cash prizes will be given for the first three places in a variety talent contest 6 p.m. March 4 at Crab Orchard Elementary School cafeteria. They include $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third. The contest is sponsored by Neighborhood Watch. Call (606) 355-7553 or 355-2289 for more information.

It may seem odd, but Boyle County and Danville high schools are cooperating once again, this time to present some of the two schools' best talents. The Student Council in both schools are putting on the Danville/Boyle County Talent Showcase 7 p.m. Saturday at Danville High School's Gravely Hall. Cost is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Fifty percent of the admission fees will go to the American Red Cross with the rest being split between the high schools' student councils. Acts were chosen on their creativity, talent and appropriateness, according to Jihad Samhat, Boyle County Student Council member.

LANCASTER - It may have been the Garrard County Fair, but it seemed like American Idol mania Thursday during the Coca-Cola Talent Classic. The contest was to begin at 7 p.m., but people were still pouring in to line up for last minute entries at 6:58. Also pouring was the sweat off of the foreheads of contestants and audience members alike; the temperature was still in the 90s as everyone under the pavilion fanned themselves with whatever they could find. Many were walking around nervously, carrying CDs that read "Karaoke Star Series," or holding their western-style hats down to their sides, probably in hopes of avoiding a sweaty hair ring.