Pewee Valley News

On two Saturdays in November, two local churches will join together to collect food for Eastern Area Community Ministries in the annual Youth For Food collection.

Dewayne Hill, Kent Rader. Comedy Caravan, 1250 Bardstown Road. 8 p.m. Sunday. $8. 459-0022. Tom Wilson.

Events this week honoring military veterans: * St. Aloysius Elementary School will hold a Veterans Day concert at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Pewee Valley officials are urging residents to avoid burning leaves after some have complained about noxious fumes and safety issues.

An effort by residents to stop the city of Pewee Valley's plan to make the railroad crossing at Houston Lane one-way failed in Oldham Circuit Court.

It's no secret that the Catholic Church is having a hard time finding priests. One reason is the incredible commitment people have to make to go a lifetime without getting married.

Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company will hold auditions for "Much Ado About Nothing" today, 4-7 p.m., Walden Theatre Space, 1123 Payne Street.

A few weeks ago, Mr. Zelen from Pittsburgh sent us this wonderful recipe book that was composed by some women in Pewee Valley.

"Up on shady river, what do you know...got a big old catfish on my pole." Johnny "Whippermule" Hudson is wearing a sweat shirt inside-out, his handlebar mustache in perfect curls, when I meet him in Pewee Valley.

Ron Chilton of Douglass Hills was followed by a Pittsburgh filmmaker as he participated in the Kentucky Senior Games in Paducah the weekend of Oct.

Originally a pastime for sailors on long voyages in the 1800s, rug hooking was brought into popular culture around the 1940s by Pearl McGown.

A number of steps must be completed before Pewee Valley can silence the horns from CSX trains traveling through town.

To slow traffic outside Pewee Valley Town Hall, officials decided Monday to purchase a removable speed hump to install on Mount Mercy Drive.

By 1854 trains had begun began traveling through Oldham County. La Grange, Crestwood and Pewee Valley took advantage of this new mode of travel, and hotels quickly sprang up to provide lodging for city dwellers who wanted a weekend "getaway" in the country.

Doug Williams & Thea Vidale. Improv, 441 S. Fourth St. 7 p.m. Sunday. $15 581-1332. Tim Cavanagh.

Officials are still waiting for $145,558. A year ago, The Oldham Era reported the devastation of winds from Hurricane Ike that ripped through the county, taking several trees, limbs and power lines down in its path.

The Little Colonel Players open their 53rd season with "On Golden Pond", Ernest Thompson's touching study of love and life in the twilight years.

The fourth annual Oldham Studio Tour and Art Sale takes place Saturday and Sunday.

The season schedule for Floyd Central High School Theatre Department was incorrect in last week's A&E Guide.

Government: Federal, state, Jefferson County clerk, Louisville, Bullitt County and Oldham County offices closed Monday.