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The holidays are truly such a special time in Louisville. There is so much to see and do in our wonderful town that it’s hard to fit it all in during this busy time of year. In this week’s feature story, we stopped by Christmas at the Galt House to check out one of the city’s preeminent holiday displays, and boy, was there a lot to see! From gingerbread house displays to dancing bellmen, there is no shortage of festive cheer to be had at this delightful event. I encourage you to read the story and learn about all the incredible things going on that you and your family can enjoy in these final days before Christmas! Make sure to stop by KaLightoscope – it’s “A Christmas Carol” like you’ve never see before!

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A couple not needing any luck is Susie and Bill Smith, owners of Shady Lane Cafe. They have hit a home run with their quaint restaurant in a perfect location. In this week’s Tastes, we sat down with the Smiths who say they have the best burger in town. After Voice-Tribune writer Ben Gierhart went, he confirmed that statement. This mom-andpop restaurant has a cozy decor, wonderful customer service and, most importantly, an amazing Southern menu.

In this week’s Special Section, we feature some last minute gifts picked out by some of The Voice-Tribune’s very own production team. Each staff member has a different idea for the perfect gift, and we think we have covered something for everyone. Take a look at what we’ve picked out!

Speaking of arts, we also sit down with Penelope Quesada, a music teacher at Lincoln Elementary nominated for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award! Penelope is simply a spectacular teacher at Lincoln and truly has the heart and drive necessary to make her successful. As she says, it’s not about winning; it’s about changing children’s lives for the better. Congratulations, Penelope!

Around town, the launch party for the Voice of Louisville winter glossy magazine was a huge success. We want to thank Korbel, Porcini and everyone for their continued support. This Cuba-themed issue is available all around town on our rack locations. Grab your copy today and see the beautiful spreads.

In Sports, we highlight the big UK vs. UofL basketball game coming up on December 26. As the state anxiously awaits the biggest rivalry game of the season, UK expert Steve Kaufman and UofL expert Mike Rutherford gives us their insight on the strengths and weaknesses of each team and what their teams need to do to win the big game. I wish both

Lastly, don’t forget we will not have a paper going out next week due to the holiday. Enjoy your time with loved ones.

Happy Holidays,

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Music Education that Makes the Heart Sing

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he first thing I heard was the carolers; walking up to the ticket station to meet my contact, I was already being treated to some topnotch carols in four-part harmony by a group of talented vocalists all done up in Victorian garb. They finished up their set, posed for a few pictures with the audience that had sprung up and merrily went on their way. Later, I’d find out that the singers roam all over the Galt House throughout the Christmas season, spreading a little bit of both kinds of harmony all over the historic hotel.

Christmas at the Galt House is a full-fledged experience with a live show, an impressive central attraction based on Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” interactive games and exhibits and ice fairies and elves wandering the premises in character at all times.

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The festivities are in their sixth year, and Amanda Lambert, my guide for the day, assured me that “every year we try to make it bigger, make it better. We see what works. We see what doesn’t work.”

In addition to a general love of Christmas, the festivities have two main inspirations.

The holidays are a great time for travel but a bad time for hotels. Many folks are on the road, but most are traveling to see family and end up sleeping in guest bedrooms or on foldout couches. During this time, many hotels have to lay off staff, and their employees find themselves underemployed at the time they may most need that extra bit of cash.

The Galt House is committed to keeping their staff employed through their slow season. As the event has grown, the Galt House keeps every employee working and employs 200 hundred seasonal workers who portray a mixture of elves, snow fairies, train conductors and other colorful Christmas characters.

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are the Dancing Bellmen. Every day at 5 p.m., the bellmen in the hotel’s grand lobby start dancing. Now, these aren’t professional dancers brought in and dressed up; these are the actual bellmen. They started practicing back in September.

The second inspiration for the Galt House Christmas Experience are the childhood memories of Galt House CEO Mary Moseley.

“Mary Moseley has these memories of her dad getting them all dressed up in their best, and they would go down to the old Stewart’s store,” explains Lambert. “Stewart’s would put up these window displays, and every one would go downtown to see it.”

The displays included dioramas featuring dolls rigged to move and twirl. “When Stewart’s closed in the ’80s, these dolls kind of disappeared,” says Lambert.

When The Galt House began developing their Christmas Experience, they tracked down the dolls from Moseley’s memories and incorporated them into exhibit, where they can become cherished memories for a new

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While inspired by dolls only a few feet tall, Christmas at the Galt House goes to some awesome lengths to capture a sense of magic. The main attraction at the Galt House, KaLightoscope, is a luminary retelling of “A Christmas Carol.”

The tale is told with a series of giant silk lanterns. The word “lantern” simply doesn’t do the display justice, with luminaries ranging from six inches to 20 feet tall. I really felt like I was in Disney World or something as the bigger than life characters from the Christmas classic surrounded me.

Lit from within by high-efficiency bulbs, this display takes six months to realize. These lanterns have a long and rich history in the Zigong province of China, dating back to the Tang Dynasty. Zigong’s yearly lantern festival is a month long and famous throughout the world. The lantern artist begin working on the Galt House lanterns in China, then jour-

neyed to America to assemble their art before returning home, though a small team will remain throughout December to handle any needed repairs.

KaLightoscope is a sight to see for sure, but kids and kids at heart will find plenty of other entertainments.

The Holly Jolly Elf Show is a high energy mix of music and dance. The show I attended attested to the ability of high energy Christmas music to move kids to their feet. Lots of kids danced right along to the onstage action.

The onstage elves were quick to acknowledge and encourage the little performers, and the kids ate it up.

Other activities include a snowman building area. It’s like a Mr. Potato Head, if he were a great big huggable snowman pile of shaped pillows.

Now, the event is ticketed, and if you want to see the KaLightoscope Experience, The

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But in the Christmas spirit, the Galt House has made sure that some of the best parts of the attraction are free to the public. “It’s our gift to the community,” says Lambert. You can see the dancing bellmen, the carolers and the impressive array of gingerbread houses without buying a ticket. You can even get in to see Santa and have your picture taken with him for free. Packets of photos range in prices, but if you’re like me, you’re most interested in posting those pics to Facebook and emailing them to Mom and Dad. The digital downloads of those Santa pics are free of charge. VT Christmas at the Galt House runs until December 27. Adult tickets are $15; kids two and under are free; and tickets for the older kids are just $5. There are several opportunities to spend more money inside the attraction, with face painting, a few games of chance and a shop that sells fairy princess gowns. For a full list of activities and a schedule for performances visit ChristmasAtTheGaltHouse.com.

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Chinese artist Gan Shuying stretches tan satin fabric over a wire frame, gluing it down as she moves around the object. This modern version of a 12,000-year-old Chinese tradition called “skinning the lantern” contributes to KaLightoscope, a spectacular display at the Galt House Hotel in the heart of downtown Louisville.

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ers who put in ALL of those hours to e've all had that make sure that ALL of us love and teacher. The one play music today! We'll select 10 finalwho notices our ists including one winner each year innermost potential, the to be recognized for their remarkable one who, somehow, managimpact. The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to accept the Award and es to see that potential in us Staff attend the GRAMMYs, plus pick up a when we remain mysteriousWriter $10,000 honorarium. All finalists will ly incapable of seeing it in receive a $1,000 honorarium as well. ourselves. These teachers are BEN Make your thanks real by nominatunyielding, driven, compasGIERHART ing your teacher today!" sionate. They know that the As luck would have it – or perhaps, more accufuture relies on the fact that the next rately, hard work and dedication to her students generation be well-educated, no mat- – Louisville's own Penelope Quesada is not only ter the subject or discipline. Educa- nominated for the award but also one of the 10 tion in this country is in dire need of finalists. Originally from Peru, Quesada went to reform, and due to pressures from the school at the Music Conservatory in Lima. Later, national government, no group of sub- she completed her B.A in music as well as a master's jects has been more stripped down in flute performance at the University of Louisville.

She is certified as a music teacher by the Kentucky than the arts.

Department of Education. She has taught at Lin-

No one is arguing that mathematics and the sciences are unimportant, but the arts and humanities deserve an equal footing in that pantheon. Lauded innovator Steve Jobs once said, "It is in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough – it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing."As a way to honor those immortal words and as a means to reward the educators who are combating this trend to reduce arts programs, the GRAMMY foundation created the GRAMMY Music Educator Award in 2014. From their website: "For every performer who makes it to the GRAMMY stage, there was a teacher who played a critical role in getting them there. And really, that's true for all of us who are making music today. Maybe they introduced you to your first instrument. Or they showed you how to get over your stage fright. Or maybe they just inspired you to have the confidence to go for it when you were ready to give up.

coln Elementary as the Orff Instrumental Music teacher for 15 years and was named the recipient of the JCPS Music Teacher of the Year Award in 2013.

Her list of accreditations is long. Quesada is certified in World Music Pedagogy by the Smithsonian Folkways Institute as well as certified as a music educator of Orff Schulwek, a teaching philosophy created by Carl Orff. It is an approach to learning music through movement, engaging in creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. All of these happen through playing because the belief is that children learn better by doing and experimenting than by lecturing. "This unique approach to music education involves all students in a daily study of speech (through poems and stories), rhythm, instruments (Orff instruments, drums and small percussion instruments), singing, creative movement and improvisation," informs Quesada who completed her certification at the University of Kentucky and Carnegie Mellon University.

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For Quesada, becoming a music educator was more than just an occupational choice; it was a calling.

"I wanted to make a difference in the lives of children the same way my music teacher did it for me," she describes. "I believe that music education has the power to create community, and that must be accessible to all. I wasn't very successful academically, but luckily, my music teacher encouraged me to discover my musical talents. I am forever grateful for what he taught me and for his dedication. I finally felt that I was successful at something. That moment marked my life in such a positive way because it gave me back my self-esteem."

This attention from her music teacher is perhaps why, at the age of 13, Quesada created a recorder ensemble at her school. Her love for teaching others the joy of music was sparked there.

A typical day for Quesada begins with her at school at 7:45 a.m., preparing her room for the day. She teaches six classes per day from kindergarten to fifth grade. Her school has 498 students, the population very diverse, including students from all over the world. Quesada found out in early October of this year that she had been nominated for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award by one of the parents of her many students.

Quesada's plan is to keep doing the job that she loves: being a music teacher. As deserving as Quesada is, she remains humble. She knows she is one of many who are dedicated to enriching the lives of students with music and the arts: "It is hard for me to say that I should win the award as I am sure the other nominees work very hard and are very dedicated as well. I want to say thank you to the GRAMMY Foundation for creating this inspiring award that values the hard work of so many music teachers in our nation. I am incredibly humbled to be recognized, especially working in a district that has so many amazing and dedicated music teachers. I feel so lucky to work with such passionate students that LOVE music and teach me every day to be a better teacher. I am extremely lucky to be in a profession that changes children's lives in a positive way. And I am very lucky to teach what I love."

Win or lose, with music educators like Quesada in the world – those whose most treasured educational moments take place when they see their students work and support each other, who see that music helps them become successful and reach their potential – it becomes easier and easier to have hope for the future. Steve Jobs was right. That's enough to make any heart sing. VT W W W . V O I C E -T R I B U N E . C O M • D E C E M B E R 1 7 , 2 0 1 5

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hoosing the right independent school is an adventure. Adventures are fun and hopefully not too overwhelming. Begin with an open mind and a passion for discovery, and the journey will lead you to the correct independent school for your child.

Families in Louisville are fortunate to have lots of strong choices that are not only excel-

lent schools overall but also hosts to unique strengths and offerings – big, small, arts-related, strong in athletics, academically rigorous or known for a special expertise in a particular discipline, like language. There is a school for every child who has begun to excel in a particular field and wants to specialize, as well as plenty of choices for those who simply want a classic or comprehensive experience.

My first post in admissions was at a college in Boston for aspiring jazz musicians.

As a priority admissions counselor, I was tasked with finding prospective students who played “anything but the guitar.” Parents, who almost always came along on visits, were universally concerned about one thing: could their child earn a living as a musician?

As I met with these families, the parent or parents would sometimes quickly, but always inevitably, implore me to convince their child to double major.

The second major was invariably music education. Meanwhile, the student’s countenance would transform. The grin they’d worn walking through the door, dreaming about an education focused on their instrument, had turned into a troubled frown. Things had just gotten complicated. Mom and Dad were thinking career while the prospective student was dreaming about becoming the next Wynton Marsalis.

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The next moment was key. Could I find a way to help bridge the gap and get the family to communicate honestly about the decision-making process? Who was making the final decision? What was the desired outcome?

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choosing a school been identified? Had they been prioritized? Were they realistic, or were they the stuff of dreams or fantasies?

For the most part, these questions reflect universal considerations. I will list them, but it’s up to every parent to prioritize the list.

Cost – What are you willing to spend?

Then, what are you really willing to spend?

What other things may need to be sacrificed if you choose an independent school for your children? Is a school you are interested in need-blind when it comes to financial aid?

Are you willing to go through the aid application process? And watch the “extras.” If a school bundles costs (before-school care, after-school care, lunch), specifically determine what is and isn’t included.

Academics – How does your child learn?

And more importantly, what do you want them to learn? Have they begun to specialize and excel? If the latter, are you – or they – truly ready to pursue specialization, or would it be better to maintain a comprehensive focus? Or attempt to strike a balance?

Location – How far are you willing to travel to and from each day, including additional round trips for evening and weekend events?

Community – An independent school choice is often about more than just classroom academics and extracurricular activities. Most schools attempt to foster a sense of community. Is that important to you and your child? What values or level or comfort or common interests are you seeking? This can be an important part of your exploration.

Comfort zone – The “right fit” is incredibly important. Take a tour, meet with administrators, sit in on classes, sit in on lunch, talk to kids in the hall. If you think your child is going to be the next Stephen Curry, meet one-on-one with the basketball coach. Or if Chinese is your child’s passion, talk with students in the advanced Chinese class about their studies. Ask for names of alums and parents of current students you can speak with. Don’t be afraid to ask students during a visit what they love and don’t like about their school.

Yes, parents, you must do your homework before finalizing your decision.

Finally, I would encourage you to keep your cool and humor...and good notes. If you follow the checklist above, you will make an informed decision – and the correct one for your child and family.

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This marks Hope Scarves’ first major donation to translational metastatic breast cancer research. The donation is in support of research conducted by Dr. Yoannis Imbert-Fernandez at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. The gift will directly support Imbert-Fernandez’s research to determine the effects of simultaneous suppression of estrogen signaling and a key metabolic enzyme known as PFKFB3 on sugar metabolism, growth and survival of metastatic breast cancer. This research could lead to improved treatment options for people with metastatic breast cancer within the next year. The event will be held at Kosair Charities Clinical & Translational Research Building, first Floor, 505 S. Hancock St. on Thursday, December 10, at 4 p.m.

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to submit your business brief email circ@voice-tribune.com partner, Thomas P. O’Brien III, was named chairman of the Bellarmine University Board of Overseers earlier this year for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 terms. The Board of Overseers is a group of community leaders comprised of alumni and friends of Bellarmine who assist with the advancement of the university. Each board member is appointed for renewable three-year terms. O’Brien was first appointed to the Board of Overseers in 2007. He has served on the Executive Committee since 2010, as vice-chairman from 2013-2015, and now as chairman for 2015-2017.

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O’Brien’s legal practice is focused on complex business litigation and intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright infringement, unfair competition and trade secrets. He has represented clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as in regulatory proceedings. He has represented national and international clients in the telecommunications, financial services, radio and media, restaurant, clothing, furniture, sports field surfaces and sports field coverings sectors.

For 22 years, Fabulous Finds resale shop has raised over $1.1 million, impacting the lives of thousands of hearing impaired children and families at the Heuser Hearing and Language Academy (HHLA). Earlier this month, the Friends of the Louisville Deaf Oral School (LDOS) and Fabulous Finds founder Carla Sue Broecker donated an additional $500,000 in final store proceeds at a luncheon held at Heuser Hearing Institute (HHI).

O’Brien is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, as well as a graduate of the Washington and Lee University School of Law. O’Brien is past president of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Opera Association (2011-2013), as well as past president of the Friends of the Louisville Zoo (2005-2008). Among other civic involvement, O’Brien has also served on the Board of Directors for the Fund for the Arts and the Board of Trustees of the Louisville Zoo. O’Brien is a graduate of Ignite Louisville, Leadership Louisville and Leadership Kentucky.

Opened on East Main Street in 1993, Fabulous Finds was established by the Friends of the LDOS with the intention of raising money for young children facing language, speech and communication challenges. The school, now known as Heuser Hearing and Language Academy, is on the campus of Heuser Hearing Institute and received 100 percent of proceeds from Fabulous Finds. All inventory was donated. Last month, Fabulous Finds closed in a series of final sales to benefit HHLA. The $500,000 check is the result of the sale of the store at 2101 Frankfort Ave.

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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), in accordance with its established “Public Involvement Process for Statewide Transportation Planning and Project Delivery,” hereby provides notice of availability of the updated “Interested Parties, Public Involvement and Consultation Process” for public inspection, review, and comment for a 45-day period beginning Monday, November 16, 2015 and ending Friday, January 1, 2016.

The “Public Involvement Process for Statewide Transportation Planning and Project Delivery: Interested Parties, Public Involvement, and Consultation Process” documentation is available at the following locations throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Area Development District Offices, Metropolitan Planning Organization Offices, KYTC Highway District Offices, KYTC Central Office located at 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, and the KYTC website at: www.transportation.ky.gov and http://yourturn.transportation.ky.gov A printed copy of the “Public Involvement Process for Statewide Transportation Planning and Project Delivery: Interested Parties, Public Involvement, and Consultation Process” is available upon request. For other special accommodations or additional information, please contact KYTC Office of Public Affairs at 502-564-3419.

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obituaries Rose Ella Age Rose Ella Age, age 75 of Louisville, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 13, 2015. She was a member at New Covenant Church of God. Rose will be remembered for her love of life, family and devotion to God. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lillian Simon Diehl; siblings, Rob, Frank, Sissy and Bud. Rose is survived by her loving husband and best friend of 57 years, Earl Age, Sr.; children, Cindy Age, Paula WineBelew and Earl Age, Jr. (Lynne); grandchildren, Chris, Courtney, Paul, Whitney, Earl III and Ali; great-grandchildren, Aaliyah, Bryanna, Ryan, Kinsley and Reese; siblings, Carolyn Raymond, Billy Diehl and Carl Diehl; and a host of relatives and friends.

Visitation was 1-8pm Thursday, December 17, 2015 and 10am-1pm Friday, December 18th at New Covenant Church of God, 1272 Gilmore Lane, Louisville, KY. 40213. Funeral ceremony will be 1pm Friday at the church with burial to follow in Evergreen Cemetery.

To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.Newcomerkentuckiana.com.

Thelma Rose Clayton Thelma Rose Clayton, 90, of Louisville, passed peacefully on the evening of December 12, 2015 at the Hospice Pavilion surrounded by her family. She was the former Thelma Claxon, and a retiree of Thomas Industries.

She was a member at St. Barnabas Catholic Church, loved reading and crocheting. One of her favorite things to do was to bowl using the Wii. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, George Fabian Clayton and a sister, Vir-

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kindness, and gentleness.

Thelma’s memory will be cherished by her family; daughters, Barbara Rowland (Ken Hornung) and Patricia (Gary) Dentinger; grandchildren, Chris (Wendy) and Brian Ernst, Ellie Potts (Dr. Kevin) and Eric Dentinger; great-grandchildren, Carrie, Billie, Sammie, Abby, Meghan and Noah.

Mary was able to use her love of caring for people in her profession as a nurse at Jewish Hospital, and then as a Nurse Practitioner at the Portland Family Health Centers. She found it incredibly rewarding to help her patients, and she brought joy to countless people during her career as a nurse.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 3042 Hikes Lane, Louisville, KY, 40220, on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 10 a.m. with entombment following in Resthaven Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends was at Arch L. Heady at Resthaven Funeral Home, 4400 Bardstown Road, on Tuesday from 2-8 p.m.

She was preceded in death by her mother Virginia Morris, and her first husband Richard Drewery.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Twinbrook Assisted Living for their care and support of their Mom. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hosparus of Louisville or the Cerebral Palsy School, 1520 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY 40205

Mary Sue Drewery Mary Sue Drewery, 53, of Louisville, KY, passed away December 12, 2015 surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Indianapolis, IN on May 28, 1962 to Walter and Virginia Morris.

Mary was a magnificent and caring woman who exemplified all that was true, good, and beautiful. As a loving wife and mother, she was dedicated to supporting her husband and children. She gave endless wisdom and inspiration, and she was a wonderful example to her children. She was a member of Broadway Baptist Church, and her life truly reflected the Christian virtues of love,

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Mary is survived by her husband Edward Mathison; son Brent Drewery; daughters Sarah and Allison Drewery; father Walter Morris Sr; brother Walter Morris Jr (Jessica), and sister Margaret Ann Conrad (Tim); nieces Elizabeth Ross (Justin), Ann Morris, Laurie, Julie, and Ginny Conrad; nephews Joe Conrad (Cassie) and David Conrad.

A funeral service honoring her life was held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Broadway Baptist Church, 4000 Brownsboro Road, with a private burial to follow in Cave Hill Cemetery.

Visitation was from 2-8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Pearson’s, 149 Breckenridge Lane.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Broadway Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.

en County, KY, born on March 4, 1918 to the late Earl and Effie Miller Teegarden. She was a graduate of Augusta High School and Fugazzi School of Business in Lexington, KY. She was a member of First Christian Church in Jeffersonville, a member of Ann Rogers Clark Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution and life-time member of Elk’s Auxiliary. She was a retired Insurance Agent with Jeffersonville Insurance Agency.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel L. Kennedy; infant son, David L. Kennedy, her parents and sister, Laura Teegarden.

Survivors include her two daughters, Carol S. Kennedy of Louisville and Terry K. Burns (Tom) of Jeffersonville with whom she lived the last few years; four grandchildren, David D. Ghazi (Phyllis) of Portland, OR, Sarah G. Jordan (Gregory) of Portland, ME, Laura E. Laurice (Billy) of Long Island, NY, and Douglas E. Boone (Lindsey) of Louisville, KY; six great-grandchildren, Ryan and Elizabeth Ghazi, Evan Jordan, Elin and Mila Laurice and Miller M. Boone; and her faithful companion, Tess.

The family requests contributions to be made to the First Christian Church Scholarship Fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.

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A memorial service for Betty Earl Teegarden Kennedy, 97, of Jeffersonville, IN, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 27, 2015 at First Christian Church, 3209 Middle Road, in Jeffersonville, IN. She passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015.

She was the former Rosalie Smith and president of R&R Inc. of Louisville Mechanical Contractors.

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Rosalie C. Sanders 90, of Louisville, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015.

Rosalie was preceded in death by her husband, Roy B. Sanders; brothers, Andy, Frank, Carl, John, Steve, and Joe and sisters, Mary and Ann.

Her memorial service was at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Rd. Visitation was from 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Highlands.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kentucky Humane Society.

Oneida Proctor Snyder Oneida Proctor Snyder, 75, of Mt. Washington, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Beverly “J.B.” Proctor.

A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted at 10 am on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (155 Stringer Lane Mt. Washington, KY) with interment in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Cemetery. Friends paid their respects on Wednesday from 1-8 pm at the Mt. Washington Schoppenhorst.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hosparus. www.subfuneralhome.com

James David Thomas

She is survived by her mother, Juanita Armstrong Proctor, and 2 Brothers, Jewell Glen and Reuben Lawson Proctor.

James David Thomas, 70, of Mt. Washington, KY, passed away Friday, December 12, 2015 at his home.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, December 18, 2015 at the McFarland-Troutman-Proffitt Funeral Home, Mt. Washington with entombment to follow in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 3-8 p.m.

Thursday and after 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

He was a native of Marion County, KY, a retired accountant, and a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

George W “Greg” Thomas George W “Greg” Thomas, 79, of Mount Washington returned to his Heavenly Father on December 12, 2015.

Mr. Thomas was an inspector at General Electric, retiring after 36 years of service and was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mt. Washington.

Among those that preceded him in death include his parents, Raymond and Helena Bland Thomas; and brother, Lawrence

McFarland-Troutman-Proffitt Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcfarlandtroutmanfuneralhome.com

Louis Joseph “Joe” Vogt Louis Joseph “Joe” Vogt, 88, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Autumn Woods Health Campus in New Albany, IN. Joe was born on August 24, 1927 in Louisville, KY to the late Henry Louis and Marie Hartlage Vogt. He retired from Joseph Seagram Distillery and served our country during WWII while in the U.S. Navy. Joe was a past member of St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church and was very active in the Boy Scouts Troop #144.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Clifford and Sylvia Thomas; and a brother, Cliff Thomas.

David is survived by his wife of 46 years, Kathy Thomas; two daughters, Jenny Robbins (Matt) and Julie Vanderpoel (Dan); son, Joe Thomas (Jessica); four grandchildren, Lindsey and Rebekah Robbins, Amelia and Madeline Vanderpoel; along with five brothers; nine sisters; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m.

Friday, December 18, 2015 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 155 Stringer Lane, Mt. Washington.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Anne D. Vogt; sisters, Henrietta Hedden and Ann Vogt; and his brothers, Bill and Dennis Vogt have preceded him in death.

Here to carry on his memory are his children, Larry Vogt (Deanna), Kelly Vogt (Judy) and Jo Anne Blakely (John); sisters, Jeanne Nash, Doris Marcum, and Hilda Robinson (Randy); brothers, John and Jim (Beulah) Vogt; grandchildren, Kristina and Marshall Vogt and Luke, Steve and Keith Blakely, and Daniel Leffew; along with 3 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

A funeral mass was held at 11am Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1020 E. Burnett Ave, with burial to follow at St. Michael Cemetery.

Visitation will be 2-8pm Monday at Ratterman and Sons, 3800 Bardstown Road.

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among the nation’s leaders in points per game, average margin of victory and effective field goal percentage. Of course, the defense isn’t half bad either, with UofL entering the weekend ranked in the top five nationally in both scoring defense and field goal percentage defense.

Louisville-Kentucky might not get the “full circle” treatment that Duke-North Carolina does. It might not garner a week of over-hyped advertising, and it may not feature a man on the television screaming like the fate of the Middle East is Tough there doesn’t appear to at stake, but it simply means vastMIKE be (at least as of right now) a surely more than its top rivalry compeRUTHERFORD fire first-round pick on the roster, tition. It means more to the play@cardchronicle this could wind up being one of ers involved; it means more to the the most well-rounded Louisville coaches involved; it means more to the fans involved; and it means more to the state teams that Rick Pitino has ever coached. Quentin Snider is a terrific safety net at point guard, involved. owning a sparkling assist-to-turnover ratio. FelBarring a meeting in the NCAA Tournalow guards Damion Lee and Trey Lewis should ment, the Cards and the Cats get just one crack be able to score with anyone in the ACC. Chiat each other every year. Forty minutes for 12 nanu Onuaku is much improved at center, and months of bragging rights. Forty minutes to fellow frontcourt players Mangok Mathiang and avoid embarrassment and harassment at work, freshman Raymond Spalding have each shown in school or in your own bedroom for 365 days. flashes of brilliance at various points in the If Duke drops the first of the minimum two young season. meetings with North Carolina, then the Cameron Crazies can retreat to their dorms, talk about how they’ll get ’em in a few weeks or in the ACC WEAKNESSES tournament, pop in season one of “Battlestar Though Louisville’s record and average marGalactica” (yep, nerd joke) and call it a night. gin of victory through the season’s first month When the final horn blows in the Battle for may be impressive, its strength of schedule certhe Bluegrass, an entire fan base is instantly tainly is not. forced to come to grips with the terrible truth The Cards have played just one quality oppothat they will now be heckled unmercifully for nent so far this season – top-ranked Michian entire year by friends, co-workers, fami- gan State on December 2 – and although they ly, teachers, etc. who they would undoubtedly acquitted themselves quite well in that game, stab in an exposed appendage if it weren’t so they still came up four points shy of springing frowned upon. the upset. Louisville led that game by as many The use of “hate” is excessive in almost any as 13 points and was deadlocked in a 58-58 tie context, but this rivalry brings the utilization of with 5:04 to play. The Spartans then flexed the the word closer to the cusp of appropriateness muscles that have made them the No. 1 team in the country, forcing three UofL turnovers and than any other. limiting the Cards to just two made field goals.

Louisville also showed its inexperience down the STRENGTHS stretch by consistently fouling likely All-AmeriAfter losing more than 83 percent of the scor- can Denzel Valentine instead of a player more ing from a team whose biggest issue was, well, likely to falter at the free-throw line. scoring, it was hard to envision that the 201516 Louisville Cardinals would be an offensive juggernaut. Although they’ve yet to prove that they’re capable of lighting up the scoreboard against elite competition, UofL currently ranks

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lar situation may present itself on December 26, and there’s no guarantee that a UofL team that is still learning how to play with one another will handle it any better than they did at the beginning of the month.

KEY PLAYERS One of the biggest strengths that Louisville may have heading into this year’s game in Lexington is that its two best players just might have the perfect blend of experience and ignorance.

Damion Lee and Trey Lewis are both fifth year seniors who have been around the block.

Lee was a star for three years at Drexel, and the leading returning scorer in all of college basketball at the start of this season. Lewis played a similar role at Cleveland State, where he was among the team’s leaders in scoring and assists the last two years. Neither will be intimidated by the bright lights of Rupp Arena (an assertion backed up by their respective performances earlier this season at Michigan State), but both are also unfamiliar enough with how much this game means to people in this area to be too revved up for the game. That’s important.

WHAT DOES LOUISVILLE NEED TO DO TO WIN THE GAME? The biggest thing that Louisville needs to do to win this game might be just to handle the moment. For whatever reason, UofL teams in recent years have seemed to run into a mental block at the end of December when the Kentucky game arrives. They don’t shoot the way they do against other teams, they don’t make sound decisions the way they do against other teams, and they don’t play within themselves the way they do against other things. I’m not saying that’s the only reason UK has won seven of the last eight games in this rivalry (John Calipari has had some awfully good Wildcat teams), but it’s certainly been a factor.

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“We’re the youngest team in the country, folks!”

You never know what you’ll get, from game to game, with this UK team.

That could be on John Calipari’s Hall of Fame plaque. It’s the evil twin to seeing his veterans get gobbled up on NBA draft night.

At its best, it runs a quick ball-movement offense keyed by its three-headed backcourt – especially its capo, the remarkable Tyler Ulis.

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At its best, it has compeAnd so, once again, Kentucky is KAUFMAN tent-enough outside shooting to keep an unformed mass of individual cells defenses honest and enough bodies trying to form into a functioning organism. Talented athletes who must develop team cohesive- to battle for rebounds. Alex Poythress is finding his way back, baseline drives and monness, and must do it on the job! ster dunks. Marcus Lee has great moments of While Calipari sets the NCAA tournament as shot-blocking and rebounding. his goal, the Louisville game is always a formiThe guards provide good work on the boards dable challenge because it comes early enough and on 50-50 balls. They hawk the ball and in the season when the cohesiveness hasn’t necforce turnovers. And when you turn the ball essarily taken place. over against Kentucky, you’re in a footrace.

And then there’s the rivalry.

While Skal Labissiere was supposed to be the jewel in the recruiting crown, Isaiah Briscoe may turn out to be the gemstone. Question his HISTORY OF GAME judgment, sometimes, but never his mindset. He Do the two Hall of Fame coaches really hate wants your throat. each other? Who knows?

Calipari downplays any vendetta. Regardless, in the six seasons since he came on the scene, against his early-career role model Rick Pitino, these two national powers have won two NCAA championships and made six Final Four appearances between them, only amping up the intensity.

Wall. Siva. Davis. Smith. Randle. Dieng.

Towns. Harrell. What more could you want?

The success of the programs, the passion of the fan bases, the natural geographic rivalry. You can have Tobacco Road. Call this one Bourbon and Water.

Certainly for Kentucky, it’s a pre-SEC indication of just how good the season will be. And, in fact, the only time Calipari lost this game, his team failed to make the NCAA cut – and Louisville won the national title.

WEAKNESSES You never know what you’ll get, from game to game, with this UK team.

At its worst, it lacks a strong post presence, made much worse when the team cannot seem to buy a three – which has been the case way too often for a team that has shooters like Ulis, Jamal Murray and Derek Willis.

Its lack of inside strength is especially harmful on the defensive boards, where one mediocre opponent after another has an Hakeem Olajuwon night (see Duke’s Marshall Plumlee, UCLA’s Thomas Welsh).

There must be a way to take advantage of Labissiere’s strengths, especially his silky moves and sweet shooting touch. Mostly, though, he’s been a liability, unable to establish a post pres-

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ence, unable to block out, unable to keep from fouling.

One of the problems is that he’s one of the better UK foul shooters. At the end of close games, when you need him on the floor with people like Murray, Ulis and Poythress, he’s on the bench and other teams are fouling Lee and Briscoe.

KEY PLAYERS Calipari has three essential demands: play 30 seconds of defense on every possession, rebound strongly with both hands and dive for loose balls.

The progression of players lining up at the scorer’s table, shuttling in and out, suggests how hard it is to do all those things and remain on the floor.

Willis, Charles Matthews, Mychal Muldar, Dominique Hawkins, Isaac Humphries – all bring the Rupp crowd to its feet during games but just as frequently seem to displease their coach.

So the key player is anyone who contributes off the bench. (Also, by the way, the home crowd, the 23,000 crazy Ruppies.)

WHAT DOES UK NEED TO DO TO WIN THE GAME? Bench contribution is just one of the keys.

Making free throws, reducing turnovers, hitting outside shots, remaining competitive on the boards, staying out of foul trouble – sure, that’s a basketball primer for any team, but this team’s margin for error seems slighter.

If Kentucky can limit Louisville’s threes and turn them into fast break opportunities. If Kentucky can hold its own on the boards, at both ends. If Murray finds his shooting stroke. If Poythress continues to feel healthy and confident. If Murray, Briscoe and Ulis penetrate.

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A Chat With Coach K. Mike Krzyzewski is the all-time winningest coach in men’s college basketball history. He has 1,026 career wins, including five National Championships. Coach K. has led Team USA to a 75-1 record and to gold medals in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. He will once again coach Team USA in Rio next summer in his final Olympics. The 68-year-old also serves as a spokesman for Dupuy Synthes Companies and has had both of his hips replaced. For more information on his latest work with the company, check out the website allaboutkneepain.com.

How close were you to retiring in 1999?

I was really close because I couldn’t perform at the level that I wanted to.

I spent the whole season in pain and saw my mobility taken away from me. I really could not go on the court. I had to sit during the practice.

injuries happen. That’s what happened to that Indiana team with Scott May breaking his wrist.

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Did you expect to see UK in that final game?

For Kentucky, you just have, right at the end of a game, two plays that KENT don’t work, and for the other team, TAYLOR Were you at all apprehensive Wisconsin, it does work. They’re realWAVE3 Sports about getting a hip replacement? ly good. All the sudden, you lose, but it doesn’t diminish from the great perAll my energy was sapped, and the formance of each team. The thing that Coach thought of getting a hip replacement scared me. I was in such pain that I went to a physician – and Knight had is that a lot of those guys returned we have a great one at Duke – and he explained it. the next year, and they were undefeated. Today, After I got my hip replaced, there was no pain, and that’s not going to happen, and in John’s case, I got my mobility back. Three years later, I got my at Kentucky, so many of those kids went to the pros and they should have. You basically start other hip replaced. In 13 years, I’ve had no pain. over again.

What is the correct pronunciation of Krzyzewski?

Was there a point where you embraced the one and done rule?

We’ve never changed the way that we’ve recruited, it’s just that the times have changed, so kids are asked to leave earlier. We look at three things; we don’t embrace one and done – we embrace recruiting the type of young man that we’ve always recruited for Duke.

What are the main things you look for?

One who is talented on the court, talented in academics and has great character. That’s what we look for, and if Grant Hill and Christian Laettner and some of these guys were in today’s environment, they probably would not be four-year players. So we haven’t changed at all; the culture has changed. We look at the same guys, and they fit into Duke. They want to come to Duke. It’s a great school. If they’re there one, two or three or four years, then we take advantage of that.

You know, I couldn’t say it until I was about 7 years-old.

Is that an adjustment for a coach?

Have we been saying it wrong, is it now Shu-shevski?

Well, we just wish that they follow the path that will lead them to success. Whenever they leave, if it’s a good time to leave, then they should. It’s just a new thing now, in the last decade, for kids going so early. It’s hit our program a lot, but, thank goodness, we’ve had guys who want to replace them.

She-shev-ski. A lot of people that I never expected to be able to pronounce it now pronounce it, but Coach K. is fine. Mike is fine too.

Kentucky almost completed an undefeated season last year, and you were on the staff at Indiana in 197475 that only lost one game.

Do you see any similarities between those two teams?

Well, the very first thing is the great job that each coach did to be undefeated for so long – Coach Knight and Coach Calipari, to get the collection of talent that they had in each of those years to play as one. In our sport,

What can UofL fans, coaches and players expect from the environment they’ll experience in their trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium in February?

Well, I hope they play well, but I hope they don’t win. Rick and I are great, great friends. Not good friends, great friends. I’m a big believer in Rick, and so it’ll be an honor to have Louisville come into Cameron. VT

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s you read this, we’ll be closing in on the most wonderful time of the year – well, maybe it’s 1A to the Christmas saddle towel that bears No. 1, or vice versa. But we’re in the neighborhood of 140 days until the first Saturday in May and the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented

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2-year-old champ Spectacular Bid won the Derby the following spring, Street Sense (2007) and American Pharoah are the only 2-year-old champions to wear Derby roses. Street Sense is the only horse in 31 years to win both races, so the bar for Nyquist has been set pretty high.

3. BRODY’S CAUSE – Half of Churchill Downs-based trainer Dale Romans duo of Kentucky Derby hopes, this son of Giant’s Causeway closed out the year with a third-place run from far back in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile preceded by a win in Keeneland’s Breeders’ Futurity. He notched his first career victory at Churchill Downs, which makes him one of three members of this Derby Top 10 with a win on the track over which the 2016 Derby will be run. Romans’ other Derby hope, Unbridled Outlaw, ran 12th of 14 in the Breeders’ Cup race, but is far better than that.

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Last week, we looked at the outstanding performances by 2-year-olds during the Fall Meet at Churchill Downs. Now, we’ll look at the bigger picture and the young stars that, in the view of this corner, loom as the major plays on the road to the Kentucky Derby roses.

And we start the early Derby 142 Top 10 with a native Kentuckian at the top: 1. MOHAYMEN – Neither Lexington-born trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, a one-time assistant to four-time Kentucky Derby winner and Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, nor owner Shadwell Stable has won a Kentucky Derby, but the team has a major Derby player this year in Mohaymen, an unbeaten son of hot sire Tapit. He scored an easy win in Aqueduct’s Remsen to wrap up a brief and perfect three-race 2-year-old season. Shadwell purchased the colt for $2.2 million at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and his dam, the McLaughlin-trained Dixie Union mare Justwhistledixie, also produced 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner New Year’s Day. He has, so far, lived up to his pedigree and auction price, and we won’t have to wait long to see him in the New Year. The first race on McLaughlin’s 2016 agenda is the Grade II Holy Bull Stakes, which will be run at 1 1/16-miles at Florida’s Gulfstream Park on January 30.

2. NYQUIST – Hailing from the owner-trainer-jockey team that brought us 2012 Kentucky Derby winner, I’ll Have Another, Nyquist, the unbeaten winner of the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and sure-bet-to-be champion 2-year-old of 2015, would seem to possess most anything one would want in an early contender for the May 7 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. But a win in the Breeders’ Cup event and possession of a 2-yearold championship brought have meant little in the Kentucky Derby in recent decades. Winners of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, which debuted in 1984, were 1-for-31 in the Derby prior to this year’s triumph by Nyquist, who is a member of the first crop of offspring by Uncle Mo, another juvenile champion that failed to win the Derby at 3. Since 1978, P H OTO B Y R E E D PA L M E R | C H U R C H I L L D O W N S

4. CONQUEST BIG E – After running a disappointing eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the Mark Casse trainee returned to Churchill Downs to score an emphatic win on sloppy going over Unexplained, one of the more impressive 2-year-olds who competed during the Fall Meet. Another son of Tapit, Conquest Big E offered an impressive and promising farewell to 2015 in his Churchill Downs win and should be one of two major players on the run to Derby 142 for trainer Mark Casse and son Norman, his top assistant. Conquest Big E was a solid runner-up to No. 3 Brody’s Cause in a September 11 maiden race at Churchill Downs that looks pretty good right now.

5. AIROFORCE – Team Casse’s other major Kentucky Derby hope is Airoforce, the more accomplished member of the duo following a narrow loss in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf to Aidan O’Brien’s Hit It a Bomb and his comfortable victory over the well-regarded Bob Baffert trainee Mor Spirit over sloppy footing in Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Jockey Club on November 28. He’s clearly versatile, and I love youngsters who possess solid turf pedigree and/or performance when they step onto the main track at Churchill Downs.

6. SWIPE – If Nyquist becomes the Affirmed of his generation, Swipe could well be this crop’s Alydar. The son of 2004 Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone (who denied previously unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones a Triple Crown) has proven this year that he can run with the best of his generation, but visiting the winner’s circle has been an issue. Swipe ran seven times in 2015 and managed only a single victory, which came by a head in a stakes race at Los Alamitos. He did finish second on five occasions that included four runner-up finishes in major races Nyquist. On a posi-

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tive note, Swipe is getting closer: The last two losses to Nyquist – including a half-length setback in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile – were by margins of less than a length.

7. GREENPOINTCRUSADER – Trainer Dominic Schettino’s son Bernardini was an emphatic winner in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park but finished an eight-wide seventh in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Greenpointcrusader’s traffic woes in that performance merit a very close look at the race. Much better things could lie ahead for him in the New Year.

8. GUN RUNNER – Trainer Steve Asmussen’s colt led in the stretch before finishing a solid fourth in his stakes debut in the Kentucky Jockey Club.

He downed the promising Uncle Jerry in a Keeneland allowance prior to the KJC, and the son of Candy Ride (ARG) should take a big forward step off his stakes debut. Gun Runner is out of a Giant’s Causeway mare, so there’s much to like in his pedigree.

9. MOR SPIRIT – One of trainer Bob Baffert’s top hopes for a successful encore to American Pharoah’s 2015 Kentucky Derby win, the son of Eskendreya ran a strong second to Airoforce in what I believe was a very good renewal of the Kentucky Jockey Club. He is one of three possible Baffert runners aiming for Saturday’s Grade I Los Alamitos Futurity, and that race could tell us more about his quality and the overall strength of the KJC. 10. GIFT BOX – William S. Farish’s Twirling Candy colt defeated the well-regarded Matt King Coal by a nose in a fast 1 1/16-mile maiden race before running a solid third to current No. 1 Mohaymen in the Remsen. Trainer Chad Brown’s colt has a chance to improve significantly as he preps for the Derby in Florida over the winter. VT

Unbeaten Remsen Stakes winner Mohaymen tops John Asher’s Derby 142 Top 10. (Adam Coglianese, NYRA).

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the Lady Crimsons to a 23-7 record, hen asked what the posting 12.3 points and 7.1 rebounds reigning Seventh per game. It was enough to earn SevRegion Player of the enth Region Player of the Year honYear did to improve her game ors as a sophomore. over the summer, she said, “I Curry appreciated the honor and have really been focusing and saw how her hard work paid off: “It High School developing my guard skills a was a big honor for me my sophoSports Report lot more because I am known more year. My coach told me that if I continue to work hard, somebody is for being a big, strong guard RANDY and for creating mismatches. WHETSTONE JR. going to see it.”

Now, the city is eagerly waiting to I want to help relax my teamsee what she brings to the table for mates because there are great teams in the region that like to press, and we need this season. For some athletes, this might feel like some added pressure to perform well, but for some ball handlers. So I have really been Curry, her temperature is cool despite the heat. focusing on ball handling and trying to “It doesn’t put anymore pressure on me. If handle pressure.”

I take care of what I need to take care of, then

the second best record in the region last season, has high aspirations for this season. Curry, now an upperclassman, believes that developing the intangible asset of leadership will certainly help her team to another successful season.

That’s one of many attributes Tonysha Curry will bring to DuPont Manual girls’ basketball team this year. In the 2014-15 season, she led

“She is a very tough guard, very athletic, very strong,” he says. “She has a skill set that is hard for people to guard. She can attack you off the dribble, she has a decent shot and she is so strong [that] she has the ability to score inside.

She poses a lot of match-up problems for people, and we try to use of all her skill set. I think that makes her attractive for people looking at her on the next level.”

everything else will take care of itself. I don’t try to put too much stress on it or on any accolades.”

Manual, who finished behind rival Male for

“This year for me will be a great learning year,” she believes. “Freshman and sophomore year, I came out and tried to play as hard as I could. Now that I am getting older, I am stepping into more of a leadership role. This past summer, I tried to be more of a leader. This school year, I want to step into that role so my teammates can depend on me. My mindset is to be the smartest on the floor, and to be a backbone for the team. Being a leader will help everyone else more than myself.”

Head coach for the Lady Crimsons, Jeff Sparks, is elated to have coached his star guard these past few seasons and explains why colleges have been intrigued by Curry’s skill set.

Sparks has had some one-on-ones with Curry to inform her of what to expect this junior season; he believes this year will be critical for her as she looks to her future.

“She has people looking at her because of her talents, skill set and athleticism. The schools are looking at her because they know all of these things,” he argues.

“The conversations we have are to not worry about forcing the issue and to let the game come to her,” Sparks adds. “She has the skill set and the talent. It is going to come through more when she relaxes and just plays the game. The best thing is to try to enjoy the moment and let the game come to you. She will be better for us and better for whomever in the future if she learns to do that.”

In what should be another breakout season for the junior guard, she believes making the most of every opportunity is what will drive her through another triumphant season.

Tonysha Curry.

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“I know every opportunity I get is a blessing to me, so I like to take advantage of it,” she says.

“When your moment comes around, you either take it or you don’t. I want to take my moment.

That’s something that motivates me all the time and drives me.” VT

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Henry Clay defeated host Eastern 82-77 this past Friday, December 11, despite Isaiah Tisdale’s, one of the top high school basketball players in the state, two charging fouls limiting him to just four minutes of playing time in the first half.

Henry Clay’s Jordan Houston and Leander Ridgeway shot 50 percent (11 of 22) in the second half and won rebounding 40-26. Eastern managed to shoot 3.2 percent more than their adversaries, but it was not enough to change the tide. Eagle Braxton Johnson’s three-pointer gave Eastern a temporary 45-43 lead in the third quarter, but Henry Clay answered with a 15-6 surge and won the game.

Eagles G. Braxton Johnson (10) put up a short jumper just outside the lane.

The King of the Bluegrass Tournament will begin December 18, 2015, at Fairdale High School. Here is a listing of the match-ups: F R I D A Y, D E C E M B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 5 Bowling Green

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Eastern’s Chance Moore (11) faced Henry Clay’s Jordan Jones (10) for the tip.

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Henry Clay’s Isaiah Tisdale (00) challenged Eastern’s Dominique Knight (0) under the basket.

Javen Rushin (25) put up a one-handed jumper over Justin Mitchell (23) and Jordan Houston (44).

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“The Greatest Race” Premiere Invited guests gathered at the Kentucky Derby Museum on the afternoon of December 5 for the premiere of the museum’s new exhibit: “The Greatest Race.” The film is presented in a 360-degree 4K theater and showcases the most exciting two minutes in sports in a way never seen before.

Vice Chairman of the Museum Board of Directors Hunter Wilson, President of the Kentucky Derby Museum Patrick Armstrong and Chairman of the Museum Board of Directors Todd Spencer.

Past Kentucky Derby Museum President Lynn Ashton with Joe Guy Hagan and Merwyn Hagan.

Kentucky Derby Museum Event Manager Zoie Wilson and Director of Marketing and Communications Brittney Gorter.

Frank and Annita Polion.

The 1970 Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mike Manganello, 1970 Derby-winning trainer Don Combs and 1977 Derbywinning jockey Jean Cruguet.

Mayor Greg Fischer with Diane and Mark McCallum.

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Dr. Samuel’s Holiday Open House Julene B. Samuels, MD, an aesthetic plastic surgeon, hosted a Holiday Open House on December 8.

Guests enjoyed discounts and the chance to win such prizes as a free UltraShape treatment (worth $1,100).

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Triple Crown of Running Sponsorship Luncheon To get answers to questions and learn the most upto-date information, sponsors of the Louisville Triple Crown of Running met for an engaging luncheon on December 9 at Buckhead Mountain Grill in Jeffersonville. Sponsors picked up posters and postcards in preparation for the Anthem 5K Fitness Classic, the Rodes City Run 10K and the Papa John’s 10 Miler.

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Debbie Laribee and Dawn Lee.

Susie Gravatte and Pru Radcliffe.

Andy and Natalie Fenton with Fred Geswein.

Sam Cilone and Roger Cossavella.

Bruce Richmond, Christy Ray, Susan West and Debbie Laribee.

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The Voice of Louisville Winter Launch Party On December 10, we celebrated the release of our exciting new winter issue of the glossy Voice of Louisville magazine at Porcini. Korbel was on-hand, providing some of the best bubbly around, and Porcini served up some delicious snacks as guests perused the Cuba-themed issue, socialized and had the opportunity to get photos with our favorite Santa, Walt Queen!

Bryan Barber and Peggy and Carmen Logsdon.

Calvin Philley, Chris Robert, Jessica Stacey, Santa Walt Queen, Crystal Ludwick, Wil Heuser, Diane Douglas and Nicole Hayden.

Liz and Larry Curtis.

Mike Sheehy, Tracey Burch and Kevin Carnes.

Al Fisher and Pat Domke.

Bobby and Michelle Seeramlal, Tina Thomas and Glenn Gail.

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KentuckyOne Health Cocktail Reception KentuckyOne Health, in conjunction with Jewish Hospital, St. Mary’s Foundation and Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence, hosted a cocktail reception on December 10 at the Rudd Heart and Lung Conference Center. Guests enjoyed drinks as well as a gourmet latke station by Louisville Vaad Hakashruth.

Shelley Neal, Jerry Temes, Barbara Mackovic, Richard Schultz and Lani VanderToll.

Jennifer Nolan, Bob Stettenpohl and Barbara Mackovic.

Robert Waterman and Michael Dicken.

Carla and Fred Klink.

Hunt and Linda Schuster with Sandy Hammond.

Richard Schultz, David and Maura Fennell, Ruth Brinkley and Ron Abrams.

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Global Executive Breakfast The Kentucky World Trade Center hosted their Global Executive breakfast on December 5 at The Olmsted.

The organization brings together business leaders from across the state to share insight on doing global business. At this event, Jonathan Blue of Blue Equity spoke about his recent experiences in Cuba.

Lynn Allen and Vik Chadha.

Vice President - International Education Center, World Trade Center Kentucky Mark Peachey; Mike Guenthner; keynote speaker Jonathan Blue; and World Trade Center Kentucky President and CEO J. Ewin Webb.

Tammy Deerr and Alicia Donloe.

Stacy Griggs, Colleen Abate and Judd Wildman.

Panel moderator Duffy Baker, panelist Doug Schieber and Edward Harrison III.

Sherry Mulkins and World Trade Center Kentucky Board Chair Zachary Scott.

Panelist Jill Blackburn, panelist Roberto Fuentes and Rema Farias.

Kevin Sutphin and Mark Decker.

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Socializers Holiday Party The Socializers Over 40 social group held their annual holiday party on December 12 from 6 to 11 p.m. at Skybar above Saint’s in St. Matthews. Guests enjoyed snacks and sips along with festive mingling as they celebrated the most wonderful time of the year.

Michael Cosby and Kathleen Wilson.

Sharon Adcock and Fran Kenealy.

Peggy Bannon, Ford Barr and Pam Greene.

Penny Wilkins, Dewana King, Marsha Chapell, Cathy Summers, Janie Ingram and Laura Walker.

Denise Gosser, Donna Thacker and Pat Domke.

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Bowman Christmas Extravaganza Cyndy and Keith Bowman hosted a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at their Lake Forest home on December 12. Guests enjoyed cocktails, live music and a buffet dinner all while mingling and socializing for a fantastic cause.

Janie Scovil, MarEva McGraw and Soraya Nasraty.

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Jon and Christina Leidgen and Ashley and Matt Parks.

Brandon Bowman and Ashley Parks.

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Kueber-Portaros Wedding Rick Kueber and Bella Portaros tied the knot on December 5 at The Henry Clay. Guests enjoyed cake and dancing at the reception and were even able to sign a Jenga game piece as their entry in the couple’s wedding guest book. And to add to the fun, in lieu of gifts, the couple requested that guests make a donation to Blessings in a Backpack.

The happy couple cutting the cake.

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Rodes’ Personal Shopping Day is an annual celebration created as a “thank you” to their loyal customers for their continued support. The event featured holiday refreshments, food and music and the “real” Santa Claus. Many customers and their families attended this fun annual event at the store’s Brownsboro Road location on December 5.

All Rodes Employees: Kathy Baker, Annette Grisanti, Susan Vogt, Howard Vogt, Beth Javier, Jillian Clark, Anita Henkel and Nanette Wagner (seated with Santa).

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Boots & Bells Inaugural Celebration The Boots & Bells Inaugural Celebration was held on December 8 at the Frankfort Convention Center honoring Governor Matthew Bevin, First Lady Glenna Bevin and Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton and her husband Dr. Doyle Isaak.

David Llewellyn, Brian and Laura Cromer, John May and Christy Llewellyn.

First Lady Glenna Bevin and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin.

Abbie Gilbert, Katy Ashby and Chase and Julia Crigler.

Mary Jean Wheeler and former governor John Y. Brown Jr.

Steve Robertson, former chairman of the Kentucky Republican Party, and Kathryn Breiwa.

Mike and Carolyn Mountjoy.

David and Lori Osborn, Angela Leet and Jesse Flynn.

Kent Robinson, Gov. Matt Bevin and Kathryn Snavely.

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leanor and Fred Goldberg had a festive holiday party last week at their home in Aliea.

School is almost out for the holidays, and every one was in a festive mood. Brett Bachman, Heuser CEO, presided over the evening of festive fun and food.

KMS Historian Anissa Davis, who received a personalized Hadley Pottery plate with her name and title, and KMS Captain Harvey Hampton, who received a certificate and pin awarded by the GSMD for his special dedicated service over many years. Only one of these awards is granted per state each year by the General Society.

Eleanor, a Presbyterian from HazPartyline MAYFLOWER SOCIETY ard, is so creative in her decorations. fall luncheon meeting of Following the usual formalities and rituals of This time the lit-motif was the black CARLA SUE theTheKentucky Society Mayflower the annual meeting, the members were treattop hats traditionally seen on snowBROECKER Descendants was held at the Pen- ed to a delicious lunch. The luncheon festivimen. The house was full of holidennis Club. Society Governor Fay ties were followed by a fascinating and inforday decorations, and there were pine branch- Charpentier-Ford premative talk by Dr. Terry es, holly, ribbons, ornaments and black top hats sided. 2015 was a rousConners regarding the all over the house. She really should be in the ing success and set new recent restoration of the party business. records in several respects.

Mayflower II, a nearly Among her fans and friends in attendance These included the largest exact replica of the origiwere Pam and John Anson, Doreen Ovca, Ann number of attendees in nal Mayflower. and Daryl Wells, Fran Jasper, Judge Eric Haner, KSMD history; the greatDr. Connors, a memGeorge Stinson, Kay Matton, Winona and Joe est number of awards, ber of the UK Forestry gifts, souvenirs and prizes Shiprek, Mary Margaret Phelps, Melanie and Department, spoke on Steve McCool, Louis Waterman and Elizabeth ever; and the longest and how the Mayflower II perhaps most entertaining Ridone, Debbie and Bob Westerman, Libby had been originally built annual luncheon meeting and Dave Huber, Allison Goldberg and Steve and given to the USA in memory.

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by England but over the Among those receivfrom Naples!), Jean Boland, Libby and Don Paryears had suffered subkinson, Roanne Victor, Janet Falk, Jan and Jon- ing awards was former stantial deterioration. athan Goldberg and Rita, John and Meredith Society Governor Carroll After an extensive nationGoslee, who was honored Fay Charpentier-Ford, KSMD Governor, Ellis. al search for such ideal not only for his long serpresenting certificate and Mayflower pin white oak trees, it was disThe Silver Spoon took care of the hosts and vice to the Society but also to Harvey Hampton for special service to covered that the best such Kentucky Mayflower Society. the guests splendidly. for his work as Treasurtrees existed here in KenThe next evening, the staff of the Heuser er for the General Society tucky on land owned by Hearing Institute held their Christmas party of Mayflower Descendants. During his term, he Berea College. Long boards up to 90 feet were at Running Water Farm. Heuser is a haven for oversaw an unprecedented growth in GSMD cut from those trees for this memorable puryoung children who are deaf and have other assets exceeding $2,000,000. pose. Berea was handsomely paid for such speOthers awarded special gifts and honors were cial lumber. VT learning and communication issues.

Front: Pavel and Kari Zahorik, Suzanne Moeller, Andrew Blank and Maria Kondaurova. Back: Brett Bachmann, Greg Schneider, Kara Vasil and Lisa and Brandon Reedy at the Heuser Hearing Institute holiday party.

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Home from Naples Pat Church at the Goldbergs.

Louis Waterman and Elizabeth Redone at the Goldberg party.

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DEAR ABBY: After I became an adult and left home, my father remarried a woman with a grown son. “Jack” has been incarcerated for the past several years. I have only vague information about what he did, but I do know it was related to drugs and gang affiliation.

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what Jack did that you will not be a part of the welcome home party. As a parent, you have a right to know whether your children could be in danger if they are around him and base your decision on it. Not that Jack might ever hurt your children, but should a rival gang member come after him, they might be collateral damage, as we so often read about these days. Better to err on the side of caution.

His mother insists he was “framed” JEANNE and refuses to talk about the charges.

PHILLIPS I haven’t been able to find any public information except that this wasn’t the first time he was arrested. My father has ••• hinted that there is a bigger story there, but he DEAR ABBY: I was divorced 10 years ago. keeps quiet out of respect for his wife’s feelings. My children are all over 21. I talk with them Jack will be released soon, and my stepmom once a month, but I contact my ex-wife only is already planning big family events for us to when there’s an issue that relates to our kids. welcome him home. I have a wife and kids My ex now has cancer. When she dies, am I now, and I’m not sure I want them around an expected to attend the funeral? I would like to ex-con. At the same time, I don’t really know go as a show of respect to my kids. However, I what happened, and I don’t want to start a fam- don’t know how they would react because they ily rift. What should I do next? – WHAT’S THE know I have had little contact with their mother SECRET? for the last decade.

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If there is any chance that your presence at her mother’s funeral would upset your ex-wife, then I vote for skipping it and explaining the reason to your children. As to attending your ex’s funeral when (and IF) the time comes, remember that funerals are to comfort the living. During one of your monthly conversations with your children – once your ex-wife is determined to be terminal and NOT before – ask what their wishes are and abide by them ••• Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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HOME LOOK Quinn Walker Cashmere Cape from Clodhoppers. 3725 Lexington Road 502.8910079. $328 Milly Angled Seam Shell from Clodhoppers. 3725 Lexington Road 502.8910079. $180 Quinn Cashmere Joggers from Clodhoppers. 3725 Lexington Road 502.8910079. $318 Cindy Borders Optimist Pendant Necklace from Clodhoppers. 3725 Lexington Road. 502.8910079. $178 C O C K TA I L LO O K Twin Sister Cocktail Dress from Caden, 2013 Longest Ave. 502.384.2155. $109 Les Bernard Vintage Tear Drop Earrings from Nearly New Shop. 1250 Bardstown Rd #114. 502.454.6633. $25

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NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH TONY AND THE TAN LINES & DJ K-DOGG

Last year, this New Year’s Eve event sold out in less than three weeks! Tickets are now officially on-sale.

New Year’s Eve 2016 will feature one of the hottest bands in Louisville – Tony and The Tan Lines – along with the incomparable DJ K-Dogg. The event will take place at The Mellwood Arts Center from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets are $75, and guests must be 21 or over.

MORE INFO nye2016louisville.eventbrite.com

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT PASSALINO’S

Make Louisville’s classic venue your choice for New Year’s Eve! The event will start at 9 p.m. and feature an open top shelf bar, a champagne toast at midnight, hors d’oeuvres and live music by Cherry on Top. Single admission is $100, and VIP tables including table service and two bottles are $1,000.

MORE INFO thegillespie.com or 502.584.8080

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE GILLESPIE

This dazzling event space is the perfect setting for your New Year’s Eve! The event will start at 9 p.m. and feature an open top shelf bar, a champagne toast at midnight, hors d’oeuvres and music by DJ MIKUS. Single admission is $60, and VIP tables including table service and two bottles are $800.

MORE INFO thegillespie.com or 502.584.8080

NEW YEAR’S EVE PROHIBITION ERA DANCE PARTY

Join 91.9 for a Prohibition Era Dance Party to say goodbye to 2015 live from Headliners! WFPK DJs Matt Anthony and Woodrow on the Radio will be spinning wax. Billy Goat Strut Revue is the house band and will be joined by guest vocalists Zach Longoria and Carly Johnson. Burlesque troupe Vaudeville Louisville will be there too! Tickets are just $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The event sold out early last year, so order your tickets now! Doors open at 8 p.m.

MORE INFO wfpk.org or 502.814.6500

KID ROCK’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH

The KFC Yum! Center will present fans in the city of Louisville with a unique party experience when Kid Rock’s New Year’s Eve Bash lights up downtown Louisville on December 31, 2015. The event, presented by Summit Media Louisville, will kick off at 9 p.m. with Kid Rock ringing in 2016 from the stage at midnight. Guests can also expect a festive atmosphere complete with drink specials, party favors and a huge balloon drop alongside a celebratory countdown. Tickets start at $20.

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“A TASTE OF GOOD LUCK” DINNER AT BUTCHERTOWN GROCERY

The “A Taste of Good Luck” will feature chef Bobby Benjamin’s takes on Italian, American, Russian, Israeli, Hungarian and Portuguese dishes commonly served to celebrate the New Year and bring good fortune. The seven-course meal is $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity, with additional wine pairings available for $60. Dinner starts at 7 p.m.

MORE INFO 502.742.8315

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NEW YEAR’S EVE AT HOLY GRALE

Join Holy Grale for a special "throwback" fivecourse pairing menu that pays homage to some of the dishes it has served over the past five years. Full menu to be posted soon, but expect appearances from the Commonwealth Cure kimchi sausage corn dog, pork belly steam buns, quail scotch egg, pickle plate, mini-cheeseburger and sweet potato beignets with ice cream.

Your entertainment for the evening will be provided by DJ Laylow. The seating will take place at 8 p.m. and costs $95 per person plus tax and gratuity. Included is the five-course meal, beer pairings and toast.

MORE INFO rsvp@holygralelouisville.com

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE BROWN HOTEL

Ring in the New Year at the Brown Hotel, Thursday, December 31 with dinner in the award-winning English Grill. In honor of the occasion, Executive Chef Josh Bettis will serve a special five-course prix fixe dinner beginning at 7 p.m. The holiday menu features Kentucky country ham tortellini, choice of entrée and decadent dark chocolate fudge cake dessert. The cost is $119 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For guests interested in staying the night,

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two luxury room packages are also available.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE BRISTOL

The Bristol Bar and Grille is offering customers two options to celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31. If wine is your drink of choice, join the Bristol in Jeffersonville for a worldly five-course wine and food travelogue.

For those who prefer Kentucky’s native spirit, the Bristol Downtown is bringing back its popular Pappy New Year.

Guests at the Bristol in Jeffersonville will be treated to international selections from Master Sommelier Scott Harper and food from chef Heather Brown beginning at 8 p.m. Bourbon lovers don’t want to miss the Bristol downtown’s four-course feast prepared by executive chef Ramon Forcelledo complete with a flight of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon that includes one pour of 12-year Van Winkle Special Reserve and highly sought-after Pappy Van Winkle 15, 20 and 23-year-old batches. The Pappy New Year evening kicks off at 5 p.m. with seating until 10 p.m. Cost is $90 per person, not including tax and gratuity.

MORE INFO 812.218.1995 (Jeffersonville) or 502.582.1995 (Downtown)

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to the place.” here is a charm to smaller eateries and dinBill is the creator of Shady Lane Cafe and husband to Susie, whom ers that is almost comhe brought to the business later. pletely absent from today’s With Bill serving as cook and Susie restaurant scene, a sense of responsible for dessert and genersafety and comfort that has al salesmanship, they are a dynamTastes nearly evaporated as the ’50s ic duo whose effective partnership is one of the many reasons the cafe and ’60s become smaller and BEN so successful. The biggest reason smaller in the rear-view mirGIERHART isthough?

That menu. ror. Bill and Susie Smith have There’s no other way to say it. Shady Lane somehow managed to bottle the remCafe’s menu is huge. And so are the portions. nants of these feelings in one place: This extensive menu runs the gamut of SouthShady Lane Cafe. ern delectables, featuring several options – Located on Brownsboro Road, Shady Lane Cafe, in terms of decor, is fairly straightforward. Equal parts classic diner and antique shop, there’s a simplicity that belies the establishment’s outstanding menu. There’s a lot to look at in the restaurant, but Susie – the more talkative of Shady Lane’s owners – is quick to say that it isn’t all for show. “Everything you see on the walls here is really ours.

Or a customer’s. We don’t put anything up just because we think it looks nice. Hopefully it does,” she laughs, “But we also want us and our customers to have a real connection

each as expertly prepared as the next to a degree that is almost unheard of – such as savory meatloaf, a thick fried balogna sandwich, a fresh salmon burger and one of the best burgers you’ll ever eat. Shady Lane Cafe also features a pimento cheese sandwich and a tasty benedictine bacon wrap that has garnered national attention, placing the restaurant on several “Best Diners in America” lists.

“I don’t really like to use the word diner to describe us,” says Bill thoughtfully, “Even though we’re in a book that lists us as a diner.”

Agrees Susie: “Yes, I’d say we’re Southern comfort food. More of a mom-and-pop. We’re Brownsboro Burger.

kind of the last mom-and-pop, really.” That mom-and-pop feel is impossible to ignore.

The hours are irregular, the decor quaint and the food unpretentious yet too consistent and good to write-off as a fluke. Most importantly though, the owners are easily accessible, their stories as much on display as anything else.

“I studied creative writing, but as much as I loved it, I realized that I couldn’t make a living with it,” says Bill. “He still writes four or five poems a day, and he shares them sometimes,” asserts Susie, who also happens to be a classically trained singer. “They’re quite good.” The two have stories that make them very real to customers, more than just restaurant owners and almost family. “I’ve sung at a few weddings and funerals for our regulars,” says Susie. “One of our regulars used to get a fried balogna sandwich every time he came in. After his funeral, his entire family came here, and they each had a fried balogna sandwich for him. We were so happy to provide that for them.”

This connection to customers, their average price’s floating around $7-$8 and their high-quality menu have made this venture for Bill and Susie highly successful. They’ve even started serving a farm-fresh breakfast from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Saturdays. At the time of this tasting, the restaurant was closed, but that didn’t stop customers attempting to open the front door in dismay several times.

It’s clear the demand for Shady Lane Cafe’s excellence is high, but Susie says that if a customer wants to make a reservation, they’ve almost always been able to accommodate.

Shady Lane Cafe is, perhaps, the last momand-pop, and that makes it not-to-be-missed. VT Shady Lane Cafe is located at 4806 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40207. For more information call 502.893.5118 or visit their Facebook page.

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own glass under careful superviy lady and I love sion. They often help people make Christmas despite paperweights; around Easter, they the fact that we’ve were doing eggs, and last October made an annual tradition of they were doing pumpkins. not being ready for it. So it The business found its current was a pleasant realization, as location last February on a peaceful Out & About we entered Hyland Glass at stretch of Washington Street – just out of the way of all the hectic con721 E. Washington St., that BENNETT our first step in this year’s DUCKWORTH struction activity and within walking distance of the Big Four Bridge. decorations would be the creIts well-decorated garage structure has plant ation of a glass-blown tree ornament. shaped glass next to the illuminated walls. The We’ve been together for six years, and entrance is obvious and open as you stroll into this was something we’d actually talk- the gallery showroom filled with dining items, ed about doing on our first Christmas pebble bowls and skydrops. The well-heated workspace is filled with furnaces emitting that together. fire-orange glow that feels very welcome in the

ornament during its making.

middle of winter.

“We get a lot of Indiana, Mt. Washington, Valley Station – kind of like on the outskirts,” Hyland says of folks visiting his building.

“People come into the big city on the weekend and are looking for something to do.”

Hyland has been a Louisville business for 13 years with excellent custom work to show and the proud offering for visitors to blow their

After meeting owner/glass artist Casey Hyland, we were led to a tray filled with glass chips of varying color options to fuse with our

Hyland who has a background in architecture is very conscious of development in the area and how it is done, but feels content

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After the molten glass is turned in a 2,400 degree fire, it is kept steady while its maker blows through a mouthpiece at the end of a rubber tube attached to the end of the hollow pole. The inflation of the shiny object is quite a sight. We decided we needed another one for my mom.

After decades of study in the trade through places like the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, Hyland is glad to share his love of the craft with those of Louisville and beyond.

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with his location and its structure’s appearance for Louisville residents. He marvels at his proximity to the ever-growing NuLu area.

“You’ve got Play and Copper & Kings, and now the Butchertown Grocery is two-weeks open,” says Hyland. “We have the Thomas Edison House right next door.”

Indeed, this is a great area for individuals or business teams looking for unique opportunities when frequenting all the new arts and entertainment possibilities in this area of downtown. Glass art is a beautiful medium that involves intimidating tools. It’s fun to watch a professional handle it so naturally with the humble attitude that allows visitors to be part of the process. The results of the visit were well worth it too, as the ornaments are quite beautiful.

Now… We need a tree… VT Hyland Glass can be reached at 502.384.2569 and have an extensive website with information and sales at hylandglass.com.

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for, proudly features each and every or many in the United imperfection. The same can be said States, traveling abroad for a breath-taking window frame is an unobtainable luxfrom India that can either be hung ury. Exotic locales and foreign on the wall or used to construct a attractions are things to be table. It’s an impressive collection that, as trite as it may seem, offers seen on television or read in Homes something for everyone. “We have National Geographic, generalboots on the ground at various placBEN ly not sights to be experienced es in the world that help us source in person. It’s a phenomenon GIERHART these interesting, oftentimes old oneunique to our country. That of-a-kind pieces. And this gives us doesn’t mean, however, that Louisvil- a different edge compared to other tradilians don’t have worldly taste.

In response to that need, Merry and Patrick Dougherty began Merridian Home Furnishings 19 years ago in St. Matthews. The name Merridian is a clever portmanteau of Merry Dougherty’s name and the Prime Meridian. It’s a name that implies that without leaving a single fixed line, one can travel the entire globe, and that is exactly what a customer does when looking at Merridian’s offerings.

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maybe a niche in this market that was medium priced things that were a little bit extraordinary,” she says. “It’s easy to find beautiful things that are really expensive. Anyone can do that. I try to find extraordinary things that are more affordable for anyone.” She goes on to say that she and her team strive to work with any customer, no matter his or her budget, claiming, “We do have a $12,000 sofa, but we also have a $1,200 sofa.”

In addition to the affordability of the individual items, Merry says that Merridian is

tional furniture stores,” says Merry.

The global nature of Merridian’s enterprise makes one wonder what the price point is for the majority of the items in the shop, but Merry assures that maintaining a business plan to offer these unique items at affordable prices has always been a priority. “I was having trouble finding things I really love and realized that there was

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also strong at helping customers budget so about since the beginning: re-purposing somethat they are more thrifty with basic con- thing that not necessarily would have the same cepts and can later spend the saved money use in the U.S. as in Asia. We find ways to on a more lavish piece to elevate their space. alter it so that it becomes more functional for us. So that it maintains the “I always equate furniauthenticity but it becomes ture and design to dressing. You can have a fairOpportunity Knocks... more functional.” She goes on to talk about art in a ly plain black dress that space and says, “Art can didn’t cost very much, but really set a place apart. You if you put fantastic jewelcan have mediocre furniry with it, you can wear it ture and have extraordianywhere,” she says. nary art, and it sort of eleAccording to Merry, vates the whole room. So some other ways to accomthe art for me is a big eleplish the same feat are the ment for any kind of space re-purposing of pieces and design.” the use of art. Trained as

that are just as unique and beautiful as the other items in the store, but Merry commendably states that she doesn’t see her store as one to follow that easy trend: “We don’t go totally overboard with Christmas like a lot of stores do. I like important things that say a lot instead of a lot of stuff that says too much.

We’re not a huge destination during Christmas.”

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After the holidays, however, is the New Year, the season of resolutions. Resolve yourself to travel the world a little more, even if it is from your own living room. Get that exotic coffee table or that cosmopolitan rug. After all, Merry says, “If you see it here, you can take it home today.” Don’t deliberate. VT

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Brie Larson Dazzles in “Room”

and nurtured the child ot to be confused with with a strong exercise the infamous disasand hygiene regiment ter that is “The Room,” to keep him healthy and “Room” is a movie worth has instilled in him a remembering for competent worldview that fits their filmmaking, acting and emosituation: He believes Film the walls of “Room” tional weight. Like “Beasts of the to be the limits of the Southern Wild” and “Tideland,” BENNETT world. this is a movie that approaches DUCKWORTH At the movie’s a morbid concept but lightens bennettduckworth.blogspot.com nerve-racking halfway point, the two the atmosphere by favoring the perspecoutsmart their captor and triumtive of a child who accepts a twisted reali- phantly achieve liberation. After being reunited ty as normal. with the mother’s family, the rest of the story is The screenplay by Emma Donoghue, based her award-winning novel, tells the story of a mother and 5-year-old son living as prisoners in a small locked room with a mini-kitchen, bathtub, toilet, bed and tiny skylight above. The mother was kidnapped at age 17 by a man who has spent the past seven years raping her, which resulted in her pregnancy with the child. The mother has raised

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about the adjustment to freedom, under the unusual circumstances of attention from doctors and the media. The mother doesn’t know how to shake her afflictions and is intensely determined to reeducate her child who is trying to make sense of the vast real world he never knew. He often asks the haunting question: “Can we go back to Room?”

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excellently played by the very talented Brie Larson (“Short Term 12”), who deserves the recognition this film will give her. Joan Allen, Tom McCamus, and William H. Macy play the relieved yet troubled family adapting to the changed daughter and the child who is the product – yet savior – from all her years of suffering. The casting of the captor is tastefully that of a less recognizable face through Sean Bridgers.

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (“Frank”), this film is an achievement of realism portraying human strength under very unusual circumstances. Donoghue’s novel and screenplay are undeniably inspired by the Fritzl case in Austria but thankfully not a retelling of that appalling piece of history, which was exceedingly more upsetting than this work of fiction. I still believe that inspired fiction makes better cinema than embellished non-fiction, and avoiding the exploitation of real-world cases allows “Room” to effectively explore the boundlessness of a mother’s love in a very moving way. Highly recommended. VT

May 25, 1977. That date may or may not have significance for you, but for many in the world, it was the beginning of a total paradigm shift in the way that films were made. It may seem hyperbolic to say this, but May 25, 1977, was the first day of a revolution: It was the release of “Star Wars,” an unprecedented cinematic phenomenon that has irrevocably affected pop culture and countless subsequent films and filmmakers.

tus as a classic, however, is its staying power. Multiple generations now have experienced the story at different ages and at different points in history, and the story remains intact and unblemished by the passing of time. I’ll never forget my great aunt’s Arts & description of seeing the opening Entertainment sequence of “A New Hope,” of seeing the sheer terror and scope of the BEN Star Destroyer as it fills the screen. It made me see the film in an entirely GIERHART new light. It informed me that I was watching something special.

The original movie, now titled “Episode IV – Others have different personal connections to A New Hope,” was predicted to be a box office the saga. I have a friend whose first viewing of bomb. This viewpoint may seem ludicrous after the fact, but there is some evidence to support *SPOILER ALERT* Yoda’s death in “Episode why someone might have held that belief. Con- VI – Return of the Jedi” as a child was so vissider that nothing like “Star Wars” had ever ceral that he refused to watch any more, locking been attempted before. To an outsider, the sets himself in his room, crying over the loss of a and models being constructed must have looked beloved character who had become real to him. ridiculous, the puppetry childish. There’s noth- Now, after some coaxing from his older brother, ing terribly new being done with the plot either, he was able to finish the movie, but I will never and to top it all off, each one of the main cast forget hearing that story for the first time, a poignant reminder of how powmembers was an unknown. erful the film can be, espeOne of the many reasons that George Lucas cially for children. was able to overcome all of these obstacles was The passion shared the strength and clarity of his vision. Lucas amongst fans can be a little knew that he wasn’t reinventing the wheel with intimidating for the uninithe story, quite the opposite in fact. The “Star tiated or those whose interWars” mythology is an elaborate amalgam of est in the movies is marginsci-fi and fantasy, a combination that had never al. Many “Star Wars” fans really been done in film before. It was sorta sci- who were bullied in school fi because these characters are in space, and the or whose interests fall in the technology is futuristic. However, it also has a lot “nerdy” or “geek” territoin common with the works of Tolkien and other ries identified with the franmasters of the fantasy genre. Luke is the “cho- chise’s message of hope, sen one,” a farmboy with a destiny whose jour- indomitability and hidden ney involves mastering the powers (magic) of the greatness. The themes creJedi (wizards) and teaming up with a rogue pilot ated a form of fellowship in (an errant knight turned thief) in order to rescue the fandom that is intense the princess and defeat the evil Empire. I can go for those who don’t identify on and on. The parallels are easy to make. as strongly.

Because the characters are so archetypal, Let’s also not forget the they are also easily accessible. We root for Han prequel trilogy. The “Star because who doesn’t know someone who has a Wars” films of the late ’90s good heart but is a little rough around the edges. to mid ’00s left a bad taste We commiserate with Luke because we have all, in the mouths of many fans. at times, felt the weight of our parents’ legacies. The story is less engagWe are in awe over the world (or worlds) the ing, the performances more characters inhabit because they are rich to an wooden across the board and extent that really had only been done in litera- the magic of the practical, ture up until that point. I would also be remiss if special effects are replaced I failed to mention John Williams’ iconic score, with cold CGI. A friend of which is recognizable and resonant around the mine once described the preworld. quel trilogy as an attempt to What catapults “Star Wars” into its lofty sta- rekindle a torrid, yet shortly

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lived, love affair. Personally, I have a bittersweet relationship with the prequels as they are the films that came out in my lifetime. I have a fond sense of ownership over them, good or bad. A couple of my friends even go further to say that they are the films that got them into the franchise, and they will forever be thankful for them.

Overall, however, the view of the trilogy is negative, and took more than a little wind out of the franchise’s sails.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are more than aware that December 18, 2015, is the official release of the first film in a new trilogy, the beginning of a full-steam-ahead initiative by Disney upon buying the hotly contested property from Lucas in 2012. Whether this new movie rekindles the love affair or not, let’s celebrate the potential sparking of the imaginations of another generation of filmmakers and the strengthening of the fellowship for future outsiders. The Star Wars may have taken place a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but for fans, it will forever be close, present and dear to the heart. VT

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THIS WEEK’S VOICE CHOICE LIGHT THE LIGHTS - A HOLIDAY CABARET FROM PANDORA PRODUCTIONS

There’s no place like Pandora for the holidays! Cookies, candies and treats galore plus an open bar with specialty drinks! This annual event, held this year on Sunday, December 20, features favorite performers doing songs and sketches around a holiday theme and helps raise funds for a needed project. This year, the company is raising money for new cyc lights to enhance production values. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on the third floor of The Henry Clay Building. Tickets are $50.

MORE INFO pandoraprods.org

T H U R S DAY, D E C E M B E R 1 7 FIFTH ANNUAL GIVE-A-JAM TO END HOMELESSNESS The Fifth Annual Give-A-Jam to End Homelessness will be held on Thursday, December 17 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St. The evening will feature live performances by local musicians and artists including Bonnie Prince Billy and Joan Shelley, as well as soups from Louisville’s best chefs, a silent auction and a cash bar. Admission is $20 and includes 10 food/drink tickets. All proceeds will benefit the Coalition for the Homeless’s Rx: Housing Veterans Program. Tickets are $20.

MORE INFO cliftoncenter.org FIFTH THIRD BANK’S “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” Celebrate the warmth of the holidays with Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future in this delightful take on an old favorite. A beloved family tradition for four decades, Actors Theatre’s rendition of Dickens’ classic tale is brought to new life with visual splendor and joyous music. The show runs through December 23, and tickets start at $25.

MORE INFO actorstheatre.org “THE BROWN-FORMAN NUTCRACKER” PRESENTED BY THE LOUISVILLE BALLET Embrace the magic of the season with this Louisville Ballet holiday classic. Prepare for an always-magical journey with Marie and her Nutcracker prince to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy! This classic production features beautiful sets and costumes, unique Louisville touches and the incredible artistry of Louisville Ballet’s dancers. Tickets start at $35, and the show runs through December 20.

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KMAC COUTURE 2016 LAUNCH PARTY Join the KMAC Couture team in celebrating KMAC Couture 2016 with accepted artists, award announcements and official image reveal. This free event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. and feature light hors d’oeurves generously provided by Doc’s Cantina and a cash bar.

RSVP is requested as space is limited. KMAC Couture 2016 will take place in the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft satellite space and pop-up shop at 611 W. Main St., Ste. 1.

MORE INFO couture@kmacmuseum.org

S AT U R DAY, D E C E M B E R 1 9 “THE POLAR EXPRESS” AT THE KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER What’s the best way to spend a cold, winter morning? Inside a cozy theater watching the holiday classic “The Polar Express” in 3D in your PJs! Join The Kentucky Science Center for an early morning screening, and they’ll provide the warm winter snack. After the movie, stay for some hands-on activities from the film to discover arctic creatures, icebergs and more holiday fun! The show is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. This event is best for families with children 7 and under.

MORE INFO 502.560.7166 FLEA OFF MARKET INDOOR HOLIDAY BAZAAR Saturday December 19 will be the third annual Flea Off Market Indoor Holiday Bazaar. This year the event will be at Bowman Field in a great space: a giant 1940s-era airplane hangar! Home to over 200 artists, craftspeople, collectors, start-ups and local businesses of all kinds, The Flea offers a pop-up venue for patrons to discover a bit of everything under the sun. Flea-goers can expect to find books, records, vintage clothing, antiques and cool old junk, jewelry, soap, candles, furniture and

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home wares, terrariums, bicycles, used tools, fine arts and crafts, fresh-cut flowers, organic produce and meat, great live music, dozens of food trucks and a bar with local craft beer and seasonal cocktails. Eat. Drink. Treasure hunt!

MORE INFO 502.552.0061 A GRISWOLD FAMILY CHRISTMAS Against the Grain presents a fun, old-fashioned family Christmas party! We’re all in this together, and we’re going to have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas party since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny freaking Kaye! For this special holiday event AtG will be featuring Santa Came Early, a 35K peppermint stout, on draft and Aunt Bethany’s Jell-O shots. Come dressed appropriately in your ugliest sweater. One lucky guest with the most revolting garb will win a Jelly of the Month Club (a.k.a. Grainiac Membership). There will also be a special discount on AtG merch for those dressed up.

AtG will screen “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at 7 p.m., and live music from Carla Zee and The Holy Smoke will follow the movie at 9 p.m. We’re going to be the jolliest bunch of a-holes this side of the nuthouse!

MORE INFO 502.515.0174 LOUISVILLE CHAMBER CHOIR SECOND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Louisville Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Kent Hatteberg, presents “Songs of Christmas Night” at St. Paul United Methodist Church. The second annual concert features a cappella works from across the musical spectrum, including works of Howells, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Pärt, and the Louisville premiere of “Silent Night” by UofL composer Matt Wettmore. The audience will usher in the season singing along with favorite carols.

Tickets are $20 (adults), $15 (seniors) and $10 (students). The concert will run 7:30-9 p.m. on December 19 and be presented in St. Paul United Methodist Church’s beautiful Tudor-style

S U N DAY, D E C E M B E R 2 0 A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS PRESENTED BY THE LOUISVILLE MASTER CHORALE The Louisville Master Chorale is very pleased to present a program of favorite Christmas music. Enjoy time-honored masterworks from Handel (e.g. excerpts from “Messiah”), Bach, Corelli and Berlioz as well as some exciting newer additions to the repertoire by Morten Lauridsen, René Clausen and William Mathias.

The chorus and orchestra promise a program that will be exhilarating for the entire family.

Pre-concert program begins at 2:15 p.m., and the concert begins at 3 p.m. Admission is $25.

All concerts are handicap accessible, and there are large print programs available for the sight impaired.

MORE INFO 502.657.5248

T U E S DAY, D E C E M B E R 2 2 DECEMBER BEER DINNER AT VARANESE The December beer dinner at Varanese will be at 6:30 p.m. on December 22 and feature Louisville’s own Goodwood Brewing Company with special guest speaker Denise Ingle.

Goodwood beers are aged in barrels and brewed using the same pure, limestone-filtered water that’s used to make bourbon. These extra steps make Goodwood beers distinctly Kentucky and add nuance to each bottle they create. Founded by three of Louisville’s most respected brewery veterans, Goodwood is poised to take the beer world by storm. The cost of this dinner will be $49 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are required with a credit card and can be made by calling 502.899.9904 or emailing letsdine@varanese. com. A $25 per seat fee will be charged for reservations not canceled within 24 hours of the event.

MORE INFO 502.899.9904

T H U R S DAY, D E C E M B E R 2 4 CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER Take a break from your kitchen this Christmas Eve with a delicious farm-to-table meal prepared by chef Mike Wajda at Proof on Main.

There will be a feast of all your Proof favorites, plus a few other holiday-inspired dishes.

Tantalize your taste buds with dishes like the lamb shoulder for two with creamed leek and grains, shiitake, crispy onion and pickled raisin.

Can Christmas Eve please get here sooner?

Dinner starts at 5 p.m.

MORE INFO 502.217.6360

M O N DAY, D E C E M B E R 2 8 MEMORY CAFE The Memory Cafe provides an informal setting for caregivers and their loved ones with memory problems to socialize and interact with other families and professionals while sharing old and creating new experiences. Registration is required by calling 1.800.272.3900. Designed for people in the early stages of memory loss and their caregivers; please no professionals.

Refreshments provided by Episcopal Church Home. The event will take place 2-3:30 p.m.

MORE INFO 502.451.4266

T U E S DAY, D E C E M B E R 2 9 BOAR’S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL Join in for the 36th Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival, a musical pageant celebrating the arrival of the Christ child and the triumph of good over evil. Amidst caroling, dancing, festivities, sumptuous food, exotic gifts and help for the poor and needy, this feast for the eyes pleases ears as well with favorite seasonal carols and hymns. A prelude including choral and instrumental music of the season begins each festival. Professional musicians and performers from around the community and extended region join with some 300 St. Paul members in creating this gift to the city each year. On December 29 and 30, performances will be at 5 and 8 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. On December 31, the performance will be at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 5 p.m. Free tickets required for performances. Dinner tickets available for $25.

MORE INFO stpaulchurchky.org THE MOTH STORYSLAM: JOY The Moth is a non-profit organization that features people telling true stories from their lives with no notes, power point or cheat sheets.

Check out The Moth Podcast (downloaded more than 15 million times a year) or listen for episodes of the Peabody Award-winning “Moth Radio Hour” on WFPL to hear some of the all-time favorites including three stories from the first season of The Moth in Louisville at Headliners! The StorySLAM is The Moth’s wildcard series, welcoming any and all folks to share their five-minute stories onstage.

The show could feature your vet/hairdresser/ cab driver/undertaker/nurse/lawyer/cop/baker or candlestick maker...or perhaps YOU! The show is at 8 p.m. at Headliners Music Hall, and admission is $8. Guests must be 21 or over.

MORE INFO headlinerslouisville.com

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T H U R S DAY, D E C E M B E R 3 1 NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH TONY AND THE TAN LINES & DJ K-DOGG Last year ,this New Year’s Eve event sold out in less than three weeks! Tickets are now officially on-sale. New Year’s Eve 2016 will feature one of the hottest bands in Louisville – Tony and The Tan Lines – along with the incomparable DJ K-Dogg. The event will take place at The Mellwood Arts Center from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Tickets are $75, and guests must be 21 or over.

MORE INFO nye2016louisville.eventbrite.com NEW YEAR’S EVE AT PASSALINO’S Make Louisville’s classic venue your choice for New Year’s Eve! The event will start at 9 p.m. and feature an open top shelf bar, a champagne toast at midnight, hors d’oeuvres and live music by Cherry on Top. Single admission is $100, and VIP tables including table service and two bottles are $1,000.

MORE INFO thegillespie.com or 502.584.8080 NEW YEAR’S EVE AT THE GILLESPIE This dazzling event space is the perfect setting for your New Year’s Eve! The event will start at 9 p.m. and feature an open top shelf bar, a champagne toast at midnight, hors d’oeuvres and music by DJ MIKUS. Single admission is $60, and VIP tables including table service and two bottles are $800.

MORE INFO thegillespie.com or 502.584.8080 NEW YEAR’S EVE PROHIBITION ERA DANCE PARTY Join 91.9 for a Prohibition Era Dance Party to say goodbye to 2015 live from Headliners!

WFPK DJs Matt Anthony and Woodrow on the Radio will be spinning wax. Billy Goat Strut Revue is the house band and will be joined by guest vocalists Zach Longoria and Carly Johnson. Burlesque troupe Vaudeville Louisville will be there too! Tickets are just $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The event sold out early last year, so order your tickets now!

Doors open at 8 p.m.

MORE INFO wfpk.org or 502.814.6500 KID ROCK’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH The KFC Yum! Center will present fans in the city of Louisville with a unique party experience when the Kid Rock’s New Year’s Eve Bash lights up downtown Louisville on December 31, 2015. The event, presented by Summit Media Louisville, will kick off at 9 p.m. with Kid Rock ringing in 2016 from the stage at midnight.

Guests can also expect a festive atmosphere complete with drink specials, party favors and a huge balloon drop alongside a celebratory countdown. Tickets start at $20.

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pets of the week Weson is an 8-month-old Hound mix who came to the Kentucky Humane Society when his family could no longer care for him.

Weson has lived with cats and loved them.

As a puppy, Weson still has lots of energy that he’ll need to burn off, so if you enjoy long walks or running, Weson would love to be your companion on these treks. Weson is neutered, micro-chipped and up-to-date on his vaccinations. Come meet him at the Kentucky Humane Society’s Hikes Point Feeders Supply adoption center, 3079 Breckenridge Lane. For more on Weson or any of the adoptable pets, please call 502.366.3355 or visit kyhumane.org.

Shiloh is a handsome, interactive orange kitty who came to the Kentucky Humane Society along with 12 other cats. Shiloh, like three of the other cats from his previous home, tested positive for FIV. His status means he should be either the only cat in his new home or he should live with other cats who are FIV positive.

Shiloh is neutered, micro-chipped and up-to-date on vaccinations.

Meet Shiloh at the Kentucky Humane Society’s Main Campus, 241 Steedly Drive. For more on Shiloh or any of the adoptable pets, please call 502.366.3355 or visit kyhumane.org.

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