Child Plus Fair is Friday

The Child Plus Fair will be held Friday, April 25 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the ASPIRE Center. Parents of preschool age children can pre-register students and receive information about preschool, head start and kindergarten.

The Child Plus Fair is sponsored by Wayne County Schools, Monticello Independent Schools, and Lake Cumberland Head Start.

SCC to hold auditions

Somerset Community College Theatre, in partnership with the Cumberland Heritage Society of Monticello, will hold auditions for an outdoor production of Norma Cole’s play "And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth" next month.

Auditions will be held in SCC’s Meece Student Lounge on May 12 at 6:30 p.m. Local auditions will be held at the Teen Leadership Center Lodge on May 15 at 6:30 p.m. Director Steve Cleburg will be looking to fill a variety of roles for adults, teens, and children.

The production will be performed at the Teen Leadership Center’s "Run-In Shed Theater" on Cumberland Ridge Road on July 24, 25, 26 and 31 and August 1 and 2. Rehearsals will begin in June.

The play is about the Haw family and how they faced the challenges of having to leave their family homestead because of the impoundment of the Cumberland River in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s.

For more information about auditions contact Norrie Wake, President of Cumberland Heritage Society, Inc. at (606) 348-5253 or Sherry Crabtree at (606) 679-8501, extension 3408.

Special Olympics Torch Run

The Monticello Police Department will conduct its Second Annual Kentucky Special Olympics Torch Run on May 17 at noon. The run will begin on KY 90 north of the city limits and will end on KY 90 south of town.

"This is not a race," said Officer Sheridan Wright, who has organized the Torch Run for the local department. "It’s our community and law enforcement supporting a great cause."

T-shirts for the run will be on sale at Wal-Mart again this year. Officers will set up a booth outside the store on May 3 and May 10, and t-shirts may be purchased from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. both days. T-shirts are also available at the police station.

All proceeds go directly to the Kentucky Special Olympics. Last year, the Monticello Police Department raised $2,600 and received the "New Hero" award, raising more money than any department this size in the state.

For more information about the Torch Run, call the Monticello Police Department at (606) 348-9313.

KSP to honor Hutchinson

Kentucky State Police will join the family of Trooper John Hutchinson on Friday, April 25 for the unveiling of signs designating KY 90 in Wayne County as the "Trooper John Hutchinson Memorial Highway."

KY 90 is being named in honor and memory of Trooper Hutchinson who was killed in the line of duty June 4, 1975 in McCreary County.

This roadway is being named as a result of Senate Bill 18, passed by the 2002 Kentucky General Assembly. It was signed into law March 20, 2002 by Governor Paul E. Patton.

The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. at the Wayne-Pulaski County line on KY 90.

Counterfeit checks passed

Counterfeit commercial checks are being passed in this area, according to Kentucky State Police at London. KSP is advising anyone who receives a cashiers check for payment of an item to first verify the check before accepting it.

The checks that have been received were for items purchased over the Internet and for vehicles. If you receive a check that is counterfeit, contact your local law enforcement agency.

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