April rainfall above normal

Rainfall in April was well above normal, according to J.D. Rogers, local observer for the National Weather Service. Rogers reported 5.87 inches of rain for the month. The average for April is 4.30 inches.

Total precipitation for the year is 17.33 inches, about a half inch above normal.

The average temperature during April was 57.3 degrees, about 2.8 degrees above normal.

The temperature climbed to 84 degrees on April 30, marking the warmest day of the month. The coolest day of the month was recorded April 23 when it was 33 degrees.

The last frost of the month also occurred on April 23, Rogers noted.

Traffic laws will be enforced

The summer tourist season brings more and more traffic to the highways of Wayne County. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department will be enforcing all traffic laws in an effort to ensure the highways of Wayne County are as safe as possible for local families traveling on our highways, as well as tourists traveling to the Lake Cumberland area.

The Kentucky State Police have donated Eagle radar equipment to the Sheriff’s Department and, as a result, each county cruiser now has the radar installed.

Cornbread Festival planned

The Mill Springs Cornbread Festival will be held Saturday, May 24. The annual event is held at historic Mill Springs Park and is sponsored by the Monticello Woman’s Club.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will consist of cornbread hoecakes, pinto beans, relishes, homemade dessert and drink or hot dog, chips, homemade dessert and drink. There is a charge for lunch.

The Mill will be open for tours with a corn grinding exhibition at 2 p.m. The gift shop will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be arts and crafts exhibits.

SCC Theatre holds auditions for outdoor production

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.

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.

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 10, and t-shirts may be purchased from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. T-shirts are also available at the police station.

All proceeds go directly to the Kentucky Special Olympics. For more information about the Torch Run, call the Monticello Police Department at (606) 348-9313.

Junior Miss program set

The Wayne County Junior Miss Scholarship Program will be held Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Pickrell Auditorium at the Wayne County High School. See a related article in this edition.

Jail inmate charged with promoting contraband

An inmate at the Wayne County Detention Center has been charged with promoting contraband. Maria Lair, 22, was charged with promoting contraband first degree and persistent felony offender second degree.

The charge came after a deputy jailer discovered a suspicious substance following a routine search on Tuesday, March 11.

Bond for Lair was set at $25,000 cash or $50,000 property.

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