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Getting Defensive

Tim Mattingly began playing organized football as soon as he was allowed to pad up, which wasn’t until middle school for Washington County children in the late ‘70s.

But after seeing his cousins—Adam and Larry Smith—put on that WCHS Commander uniform, Mattingly was hooked.

“It was in my blood,” Mattingly said. “I just had a real passion for it, and I never could get it out of my system.”

Mackville woman killed in single car accident

A Washington County resident died following a single car accident on the Bluegrass Parkway Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m.

Nancy Christerson, 55, of Mackville, passed away on Saturday at Flaget Memorial Hospital due to injuries sustained after striking a guardrail and overturning along the roadway.

According to an accident report provided by the Nelson County Sheriff Department, Christerson was traveling east near the 34-mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway when the accident occurred.

Faith and the threat of eminent domain

On a frigid afternoon this past Tuesday, December 10, some 65 people representing different expressions of faith gathered on the Boone Farm in Nelson County, affirming their belief that God is not pleased with what hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is doing to his creation.

‘For the long haul’

Randy Patrick
Landmark News Service

In Leviticus, an ancient text sacred to Jews and Christians, God reminds his people that the land belongs to him, that they are but sojourners upon it, and that it is their purpose to provide for its redemption.

On Tuesday afternoon, some 70 believers, including nuns from three Catholic communities and representatives of Judaism, Sufism, Buddhism and Native American religion, gathered on a cold, windswept farm near New Haven to join in that redemptive work.

News briefs 12/18

Change in Recycling Dates–Holiday Schedule
There will be a change in curbside recycling dates for Springfield.  The City of Springfield has announced the following change of dates for their recycling schedule:
Recycling dates of Dec. 25-26 will be changed to Jan. 2-3, 2014.

Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed at the Lincoln Legacy Museum. If you have any free time, even a couple of hours would be greatly appreciated. Call Lena Russell at 859-336-3232.

'Light Up Willisburg' postponed

Willisburg Mayor Pat Kirsch has announced the postponement of the "Light Up Willisburg" Christmas event due to expectations of inclement weather.

The event, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14.

Giving the gift of faith

For those donating to Operation Christmas Child (OCC), it’s about more than providing a child overseas with daily essentials, toys and treats; it’s about spreading their faith.

Last year, Washington County donated 309 shoeboxes to children in need overseas. This year, however—the third that WC has been involved—the local community was responsible for the donation of 1,112 boxes.

Washington County under winter weather advisory

Much of central Kentucky, including Washington County, is under a winter weather advisory beginning at 8 a.m. Friday morning and continuing until 1 a.m. Saturday.

According to the National Weather Service, a wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow will move across the region on Friday, with precipitation ending late Friday evening as light snow.

The advisory stated that "hazardous ice and snow accumulations appear likely at this time."

Commanderettes now on four-game skid

Bardstown

Last Saturday night, the WC Commanderettes (1-4, 0-2) hosted the Bardstown Lady Tigers (2-3, 1-0) and lost by a score of 47-40.

Last season, the Commanderettes were able to sweep a struggling Bardstown team  and even outscored them by a total of 32 points in only two matchups.

But Bardstown, now on a two-game winning streak, looks to exceed last season’s six-game win total early on.

SCC mens' basketball nearly in NAIA Top 25

The St. Catharine men’s basketball team (7-3, 1-1 MSC) found themselves knocking on the door of the NAIA Top 25 with the release of the polls on Wednesday.

The Patriots received 29 votes for a top-25 rating in the latest Top 25 poll, placing them in 28 place overall.

The Patriots joined three other Mid-South Conference schools in the nation’s top 30.
Georgetown College (2), University of Pikeville (3) and Cumberland University (23) all received national rankings.