Annual STRIDE¿Concert and Auction is today
The annual STRIDE Concert and Auction is today at Ron and Judy Tierney’s warehouse, 4475 Rockwell Road.
Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. with music starting at 7:30. Tickets are $25 a person and can be purchased at the door, or Bypass Liquors and Court Street Gifts.
Auction items this year include trips to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Charleston, S.C., and Sanibel Island, Fla.
They also include Cincinnati Reds and Bengals tickets, and University of Kentucky basketball and football tickets.
For more information, visit www.strideky.org.
Homemakers Club sending Ale-8 to troops
The Rowdy Golden Girls Homemakers Club will be sending Ale-8-One to soldiers in the Middle East.
If anyone knows a local soldier who would like to receive Ale-8, call Jackie Crouch at 749-8742 or email rggwinky@gmail.com.
The club will send the drinks June 25, and all names and addresses are requested by June 23.
Health care discussion at public library
There will be a panel discussion Wednesday, June 20, about finding health care resources without insurance.
The discussion begins at 10 a.m. at the Clark County Public Library. Representatives from Clark Regional
Medical Center, Baptist Clinic inside Walmart, Clark County Health Department and Rapha Ministries will participate.
The discussion is free and open to the public, and fulfills a budgeting class requirement for Clark County Community Services.
Shearer Council to meet Monday
The Shearer Elementary School-based Decision-making Council will meet Monday, June 18, at 1 p.m.
Leadership workshop set for June 21
The Winchester/Clark County Chamber of Commerce, Clark County Community Education and The
Winchester Sun are sponsoring a leadership workshop June 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Extension Office, 1400 Fortune Drive. Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non-members.
First Church of God hosts run/walk
First Church of God and Clark County Christian School are sponsoring 5K and 10K¿run/walks June 30 at 8 a.m. as part of their annual Freedomfest celebration.
All proceeds will provide care packages for deployed U.S. troops.
The route will go down Colby and McClure Roads.
Registration begins at the church at 7 a.m. race day.
For more information, visit www.wfcog.com.
Jewelry making demonstration
Jeannette Rowlett will demonstrate wire-wrapped jewelry making at the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, 200 Artisan Way, July 7 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Rowlett, who lives in Berea, will wrap semi-precious gems and Austrian crystals with sterling silver and 14-karat rolled gold wire.
The Artisan Center is lcoated off Interstate 75, exit 77, and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
