10 Years Ago June 9, 2016 Marcellus “Marc” Stepp, a Versailles native, passed away at 93. Stepp was an alum of the University of Detroit where he received an accounting degree and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II. Stepp was inducted into the University of Detroit’s Hall of Fame for his remarkable career which included serving as Vice President of the United Auto Workers Union and service on the national board of the NAACP for 14 years. He was also well-known and

Editor’s Note: We are republishing excerpts from the 1917 Woodford Sun. The United States entered the First World War by declaring war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. The Clippings will tell how Woodford County responded and was impacted by “The Great War.” We will return to 1891, where we have been since November, for a few weeks in July and August for the ratification debate and vote on the 1891 Kentucky Constitution. For historical purposes, we reprint the Clipping

A VIEW OF KIRBY’S GARDEN last week. (Photo by Joanna Kirby) Spring cleaning, fall prepping By Joanna Dunlap Kirby Contributing gardening columnist, Owner and operator of a cut flower farm in Garrard County Last week I wrote extensively about saving the land. Today, let’s talk about cleaning out your spring garden plants. As the summer heats up, many of our early vegetable plantings will begin to fall by the wayside and “give up the ghost.” I enjoyed many salads with fresh-p

10 Years Ago June 2, 2016 Local agricultural leaders addressed the WC Economic Development Authority with a proposal to construct a grain milling facility on part of the Edgewood Farm property donated to the EDA. EDA Chair John Soper said former UK extension agent Michael Duckworth and current EDA member Courtney Roberts approached him with the idea. Now, the closest mills are in Louisville and Clark County and this could lead to an increase in wheat and other grain productio

THE JOSEPHINE ABERCROMBIE MENTORS OF THE YEAR, which comes with an education stipend of $1,500, honor the legacy of Ms. Josephine Abercrombie – a respected businesswoman, Woodford County Thoroughbred horse breeder and visionary philanthropist who championed education and the arts, and who believed deeply in the potential of education to shape the future. This year, Mentors & Meals recognized three outstanding mentors and Woodford County High School seniors who embody the spir

Stewards of the Land By Joanna Dunlap Kirby Contributing gardening columnist, Owner and operator of a cut flower farm in Garrard County As I look out at the rolling meadows and fields of Central Kentucky and see the early summer grasses swaying in the breeze, I am transported back to my childhood. Summers were spent outdoors on our farm or on the farms of friends. We rode horses into the sunset, chewed on stems of long meadow grasses and rolled down hills in gleeful joy.