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East Jessamine's Hayden Tatman signed on to play football at NAIA powerhouse University of the Cumberlands last week. “They're good; they run stuff in the NAIA,” Tatman said. “I just want to play for a good team.” After playing all over the field on both sides of the ball at East Jessamine, Tatman will settle into the defense at University of the Cumberlands, red-shirting as a freshman and hoping to get onto the field as a linebacker the following year. Tatman said his teammates at East in previous years had helped him be prepared to move on to the college game.

Megan Jane Ellis Thornton graduated from the University of Kentucky on Sunday, May 4 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She is the daughter of Kent Ellis and Barbara Bastin of Stanford.

Nellie Pergram, 76, of Winchester, passed away Tuesday night at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.   Arrangements are incomplete with the Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home, 289 S. Main St.

Eveylyn Samuels, 83, of 225 W. Broadway St., Winchester, died Friday morning at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Chenault Brothers Funeral Home.

IRENE BOWLING   Irene Bowling, 80, of Winchester, passed away Monday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  Arrangements are incomplete with the Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home, 289 S. Main St.

After being hired as the president of the University of Kentucky in 2011, Dr. Eli Capilouto said his first objective was just to listen. “I¿listened for 90 days. ... I feel like I¿uncovered the soul of Kentucky,” Capilouto said at Thursday's dinner for the Clark County chapter of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association. Capilouto was the keynote speaker for the evening, which also served as a fundraiser for the club's scholarship fund. He thanked the club for supporting the university and local students.

Sept. 13, 1987 Dr. Cora Newell Withrow has joined the Berea College faculty as a professor and chairperson of the department of nursing. The Winchester native graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1960, received a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan and a doctorate in nursing from the University of Alabama. She taught at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing for 13 years. Clara Newkirk was a recent luncheon guest of Mrs. Elsie Woosley at her home in Beverly White Towers.

MARJORIE M. MONTGOMERY Marjorie M. Montgomery, 70, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Scobee Funeral Home. The 24-hour funeral information line can be reached by dialing 744-2122.

Kenneth McElroy, 63, of Lexington, passed away Monday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.   Arrangements are incomplete with Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home, 289 S. Main

Susan Noel Linville, 71, of Winchester, widow of Leslie McEwan “Mack” Linville, passed away Thursday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  Arrangements are incomplete with the Rolan G. Taylor Funeral Home, 289 S. Main St.

George Rogers Clark senior Connor Blankenship signed a national letter-of-intent to play soccer at Kentucky Christian University Thursday at the school. Pictured from row from left: Mom Terri Blankenship, Connor Blankenship and youth minister Steve Crosby. Back row, Clark County Schools athletics director Ryan Nolan and Kentucky Christian University soccer coach Jeremy Miller.

Each year, a group of Asbury University students jump, flip  and dance as a way to help others. They are the school's tumbling team, which, in addition to performing at schools and other organizations across the country free of charge, performs two shows each April at the university. The team performed this year's shows, called “Jym Jamboree,” last Friday and Saturday. The stands at the university's Luce Center were packed Saturday to watch the team's performance, a combination of gymnastics, cheerleading, and even modern dance.

The baseball and softball fields at Asbury University are getting a face lift thanks to an anonymous donation in honor of a man who played baseball for the institution 65 years ago before Asbury even knew it had a team. The $1.5 million gift was announced Monday night at an Asbury baseball game at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington. The four-phase project will add lighting to both fields along with new stadium features, an indoor batting facility and new concession stand, locker rooms and press box. The work will begin May 1 and is expected to be complete by Dec. 1, in time for next season.

Alex Bunch has been a frequent runner in Louisville over the past several years, with six seasons of varsity cross country often drawing her to the area and five straight appearances in the state  track and field championships taking her to the University of Louisville track complex. Starting this fall, the standout Lincoln County High School distance runner will become a fixture on the Louisville running circuit, having signed her letter of intent to run for UofL. Decked out in a red UofL t-shirt and Cardinal baseball cap, the LCHS senior realized her lifelong dream of running at the collegiate level by signing her letter of intent during a special ceremony at the school.

You have the chance to leave your regular day-to-day life and go sit inside the day-to-day life of another place in another time this weekend. Asbury University is presenting “Our Town” Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Greathouse Theatre. The Thornton Wilder play focuses on the typical activities of a small town in New Hampshire in the early 20th century. “We take a look at their day-to-day life, but in reality, 'Our Town' is about every town - it's about your town, my town, and it's about every person in every time,” said director Janelle Gore, a 2011 Asbury graduate who is now an adjunct professor as she works on her master's degree.

LIBERTY - Alex Bolin and Tyler Padgett grew up playing football together and wanted to continue that in college. And that's just what the Casey County seniors have done, both signing with University of the Cumberlands on Tuesday. “It worked out perfectly, we still get to play football with each and go to college together,” said Padgett, a 6-1, 325 pounder who was recruited as a lineman. “Me and Alex have been friends since elementary school and we figured it was cool the same college was offering us, so we took it.” “We kind of told coaches that's what we wanted to do,” said Bolin, a 6-0, 195 pound running back.

We returned to Frankfort last week to continue the 2013 session and the real work has begun in earnest. Our time frame is limited because we are in a short legislative session and only have until March 11 to resolve many important issues facing the Commonwealth. Last week the House passed two important pieces of legislation. House Bill 7 gives our public universities authority to invest in their schools and renovate numerous facilities in need of repair. Under the proposed legislation, six of the state's public universities are authorized to issue approximately $363 million in agency bonds for construction projects.

East Jessamine's Hayden Tatman signed on to play football at NAIA powerhouse University of the Cumberlands last week. “They're good; they run stuff in the NAIA,” Tatman said. “I just want to play for a good team.” After playing all over the field on both sides of the ball at East Jessamine, Tatman will settle into the defense at University of the Cumberlands, red-shirting as a freshman and hoping to get onto the field as a linebacker the following year. Tatman said his teammates at East in previous years had helped him be prepared to move on to the college game.

Asbury University Athletics Director Mark Perdue announced Thursday that the school will be adding men's and women's lacrosse as intercollegiate teams for the 2014-'15 season. The University has begun a national search for coaches and expects to hire those positions by this spring. That timing will allow the coaches an entire year to recruit before bringing in a full roster for the 2014-15 school year. Asbury becomes just the sixth university in Kentucky to add lacrosse as a varsity sport, joining Bellarmine (men's only)

About 200 people gathered for Asbury University's annual Jessamine County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Tuesday morning in the school's cafeteria. Speaker Sandra Gray, president of the university, gave an overview of the school's programs, pointing out growth since her arrival in 2007 that includes a 27.5-percent jump in enrollment and a 300-percent gain in athletic participation. Gray also announced several changes coming for Asbury in the next few years. On the athletics front, a new baseball complex with lights is slated for completion in November 2013, and the school will add a lacrosse program in 2014.