JOSEPHINE KIRBY (WILLIAMSON) HENRY, photo portrait taken in 1898. (Courtesy of the Woodford County Public Library) NATIONAL VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL marker in located in front of Josephine Henry’s home on Montgomery Avenue. (Photo by Cheri Daniels) By Cheri Daniels Woodford County Library, local history librarian In celebrating Women’s History Month, Kentucky often boasts about our suffrage powerhouse, Josephine K. Henry, who called Woodford County home for many years. Througho

FRANK X WALKER told his audience at the Woodford County Library that the story of Kentucky, especially as it relates to the Civil War, has been dramatically under-told. (Photo by Bob Vlach) A LARGE TURNOUT remained silent when Kentucky poet laureate Frank X Walker read from his Load in Nine Times, a book of poetry in the voices of people who lived before, during and after the Civil War. (Photo by Bob Vlach) By Bob Vlach Woodford Sun Staff Before reading a few of his poems in

CATHY RAWLINGS was asked to direct “The Mountaintop” because playwright Katori Hall’s drama features a strong female perspective onstage, says Woodford Theatre Artistic Director Daniel Ellis. (Photo submitted) JARSHALA KAVANAUGH portrays Camae, a character who Woodford Theatre Artistic Director Daniel Ellis describes as providing “a strong female perspective” in playwright Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” – a fictionalized story about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

CAROLINE SEGEBARTH is shown constructing a wooden train with her fellow scout and friend, Emily Frederick, as part of her Eagle Scout project. (Photo by Kristy Segebarth) CAROLINE SEGEBARTH enjoys her completed Eagle Scout project - a wooden train with seven cars, located next to the Bluegrass Railroad Museum for kids to enjoy. The museum is located at the Falling Springs complex. (Photo by Scott White) SIX VOLUNTEERS helped Caroline Segebarth during her four-day construction