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Dear Neighbors,
This Memorial Day please remember all of the Veterans who have sacrificed their lives to protect us. Remember the men and women who continue to serve our country to maintain the American ideals of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Reflect with your friends and family the importance this significant day. From my family to yours have a blessed Memorial Day.
Sincerely,
“These are young people who have shown dedication, who have overachieved and overcome obstacles in life and in the classroom while taking the time to help and motivate others along the way,” Fischer said. “They are real-life examples from schools large and small of what you can achieve through focus, teamwork and perseverance.”
In addition to their academic accomplishments, the winners include notable athletes in a variety of sports, artists, dancers, musicians and entrepreneurs. Principals and guidance counselors at public, private and Catholic schools throughout Louisville nominated students for the award.
 Nathan
Bearden, Louisville Holy Cross
Nathan
demonstrates great leadership skills both in and outside of class, while
maintaining a 3.95 GPA. He is a member of the basketball,
soccer, tennis and track and field teams. He is involved in the Guild Council,
Math Team, Cougars for Christ, National Honor Society, Academic Team and
Ambassador’s Club. Nathan has been named to the Basketball Academic All State 1st
team and the All ‘A’ Regional Academic First Team. Nathan will attend the
University of Louisville Speed School of Engineering.
Tori
Cooper, Doss High School
Tori
received one of the highest honors at Doss by being named to the Who’s Who of
the Senior Class. She has a 3.74 GPA in honors, advanced and advance placement
classes. She is in the top 10 percent of the senior class. Tori is a member of
the National Honor Society, track team, Ladies of Leadership and Student
Council. She is employed in our full operating ClassAct Federal Credit Union
and is the treasurer of FBLA, in addition to being an athletic trainer for the
football team. Tori plans on attending the University of
Louisville and studying to become an athletic trainer.
Brandon
Moore, Western High School
Brandon
has already made the transition from high school to college. He is currently
attending the Jefferson Community & Technical College Early Education program
earning eleven college credit hours. At Western, he is a member of the National
Honor Society, BETA Club, basketball team and City’s Youth Leadership Council.
Brandon enjoys coaching and working with younger members in his church
basketball league. In the fall, Brandon will continue at JCTC and transfer to
the University of Louisville for pre-med studies.
John Loftus,
Fairdale High School
John is
the definition of perseverance. He has maintained straight A’s while
participating in advanced coursework and was voted ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ by
his peers. He is a member of the Bowling, Quick Recall and Debate teams, the
Student Council and National Honors Society. John was a Governor’s Scholar and
received awards from Business First-1st Honors, All Academic Award
and All-Region Bowling team. John will be attending Lindsey Wilson to study
mathematics.
Kenny
Nauert, DeSales High School
Kenny’s
success has earned him numerous accolades over the past four years. Currently
ranked in the top 10 percent of his senior class while taking all Honors and AP
Classes, he is a Governor’s Scholar and member of the National Honor Society,
BETA Club, and the Kentucky United Nations Assembly/Kentucky Youth Assembly. He
is a Peer Leader, Yearbook Editor, and a member of the Key Club, Environmental
Club and football and wrestling teams. Kenny is also the recipient of the Jamie
Parsley Family Foundation Award and has dedicated time for numerous volunteer
activities with DeSales. He will attend Western Kentucky University next year.
John Oyler, Pleasure Ridge Park
High School
John is
a dedicated student and athlete. He is a member of the Beta Club, PRP Newspaper
Staff, School Ambassador, FCA, and the basketball and baseball teams. He was
named Mr. Senior for the Class of 2014 and was a member of the KHSAA State
Baseball and 6th Region Basketball Championship teams. He is
undecided on which university he will attend, but hopes to play baseball.
Huai Vung, Iroquois High
School
Huai is a Burmese
refugee who came to the United States speaking virtually no English. In 3 ½
years, Huai has achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average and has been
nominated by her teachers for numerous awards and scholarships. She is a member
of the Chess Club, International Club, Dress for Success, G.E. Internship,
Principal’s Advisory Board, Book Club and Interact Club. Huai has been on the
Honor Roll all four years and was the recipient of the Masonry Award and the
Who’s Who Award for Iroquois Outstanding Senior. Huai plans to attend college
and major in history. She hopes to someday earn a master’s degree and teach
others about her homeland of Burma.
Madison
Werner, Valley High School
Madison became a mother during her senior year in high school, however this has
not hindered her success academically or in her extracurricular activities. She
is a member of the Valley High Cheerleading squad, Health Occupation Student
Association, Louisville Water Company Hygiene Education Program and has made
the all A and A&B Honor Roll. Madison has been accepted to Bellarmine
University where she plans on pursuing a degree in nursing and will be a member
of the cheerleading squad.
 Councilman David Yates has teamed up with the Louisville Bats to provide tickets to deserving groups in our community for selected Bats games. Metro Council Monday tickets are available to non-profit organizations, charitable groups, and volunteer organizations working to improve the community.
If your organization is interested in receiving tickets for one of the selected Metro Council Monday Bats home games, contact Kate McGuire in the Bats office via e-mail at kmcguire@batsbaseball.com. Please reference your Metro Council District, the name of your organization and the number of tickets being requested when contacting the Bats office. Thank you for playing a vital role in our community and Go Bats!
 Memorial Day holiday
means one-day collection delay next week
There
will be no residential garbage, recycling or yard waste collection within the
Louisville Metro Urban Services District (former Louisville city limits) on
Memorial Day, Monday May 26, 2014. Collection through the week will be delayed
by one day because of the holiday.
Residents who rely on private
haulers for garbage, recycling and yard waste collection should consult those
haulers about holiday collection schedules.
Also, Jefferson County recycling,
hazardous waste and waste reduction facilities will be closed on Saturday
May 24 in recognition of the holiday and closed on Monday as usual.
Thank you to the Auburndale Neighborhood Association for allowing us to add your Association's contact information to Councilman Yates' webiste: See Homeowners and Neighborhood Associations
To better serve the members of
District 25, Councilman David Yates' office has created the page See Homeowners and Neighborhood Associations on David's Louisvilleky.gov website
providing vital information to new neighbors about their new Homeowners or
Neighborhood Association with contact information and if applicable website
information.
This request may be answered by
any member of an association.
Please provide:
- Name
of Homeowner / Neighborhood Association
- Name
of the President of the Association and any contact information, including
but not limited to: Telephone Number and Email Address.
- Name
of any other Leading Members of the Association and any contact information,
including but not limited to: Telephone Numbers and Email Addresses.
- The
Addresses of any offices/homes that concerns within the Association may be
delivered.
- The
link to your Homeowner / Neighborhood Association's website or online
presence.
- Any
other vital information that your Association may provide to better serve
your neighbors and the members of District 25.
Please send this information if
you would like to be included on Councilman David Yates' Louisvilleky.gov website
to brian.boles@louisvilleky.gov.
Councilman David Yates' office would greatly appreciate your help promoting
this!
 Memorial Day Weekend
Family Golf Special
Families receive
significant discount for the holiday weekend
Metro Parks & Recreation is offering an affordable
family golfing package at its nine golf courses during the Memorial Day
Weekend.
For only $20, a family of up to
four members can play nine holes at any Metro Parks course. The $20 includes
greens and cart fees, and families can take advantage of the deal after
4:30 p.m. on three days: Saturday, May 24,
Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26.
Families are encouraged to call in advance to book a tee time at the golf
course of their choice!
- Bobby Nichols Golf Course, 4301 E.
Pages Lane, 502/937-9051 (9 holes)
- Iroquois Golf Course, 1501 Rundill Road,
502/363-9520 (18 holes)
- Sun Valley Golf Course, 6505 Bethany Lane,
502/937-9228 (18 holes)
 Parents
are invited to take part in the "Parent Cafe", a series of
conversations about student success, parent engagement, and the importance of
education in our community.
Studies have shown that
parental encouragement and involvement is essential to the successful
education of children. Kids that miss 10% of school days per year have a
drastically negative impact on academic success. By high school, regular
school attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than test scores.
Metro United Way, in
partnership with the PAL Coalition and the Bingham Fellows, is hosting the
"Parents Cafe" to provide a support network for parents and to talk
about the importance of school, daily school attendance.
WHEN: Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, until May 27th.
WHERE: Iroquois Library, 601
West Woodlawn Avenue
Childcare is available on site, dinner will be served,
and door prizes will be given out.
Call Metro United Way at
292-6127 for more information on this terrific parental support system.
Louisville's Bike to Work Day Celebration is taking place on Friday, May 30, 2014 rain or shine! Here's what you need to know:
- We're giving away a free bike from Parkside Bikes on Bardstown Road!
- Events are ongoing all month, sponsored by Bicycling for Louisville.
- Never biked to work before? Don't worry, Bicycling for Louisville will help you learn how.
- We're meeting at 5 different locations around town to bike to work together on Friday, May 30th.
- We're celebrating the bike at 4th Street Live at noon on Friday, May 30th.
Register Now! (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/louisville-bike-to-work-day-2014-tickets-11539447799)
 Check out the Jefferson Memorial Forest website for more details of the events listed below.
- Land Steward Project Day – Wednesday, June 4– 9:00 am
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Land Steward Project Day – Saturday, June 7 – 9:00 am
-
River Canoeing
Class – Saturday, June
7, 1:00
PM to 5:00 PM
-
Land Steward Project Day –
Wednesday, June 11– 9:00 am
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Trail
Team Project Day at the Forest – Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am
-
Land Steward Project Day –
Wednesday, June 18– 9:00 am
-
Trail
Team Park Project Day at Waverly Park – Saturday, June 21, 9:00 am
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Land Steward Project Day –
Wednesday, June 25– 9:00 am
-
Free Guided Hike – Saturday, June
28, 9:00 am - Red Trail, 4.8 miles (moderate to
strenuous)
- Great American Campout- Saturday, June 28
Saturday-Sunday, June 29.
Do you have a local event you would like to share and advertise to the public? Reach out to all of District 25 through this newsletter!
District 25's Community Calendar!
Please email brian.boles@louisvilleky.gov or call (502) 574-1125 and please provide as much information about your event as possible. Your event will be added to our Community Calendar. No matter how big or small as long as it is open to the general public we want to provide District 25 with the opportunity to attend!
Iroquois Amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater Road, All Times 8pm
The schedule is set for the "Free Summer Movies" program at the Iroquois Amphitheater. Starting at the end of May and ending in September, these movies are all family friendly and sure to draw large crowds. Join your family, friends and neighbors for some free fun under at Kentucky's State Amphitheater! All Movie times are 8pm and of course concessions will be available!
For more information please call 502-368-5865 or visit www.iroquoisamphitheater.com.
Visit District 25's Community Calendar for more details!
 Saturday, May 31 from
11:30am-2:30pm at The Little Loomhouse (328 Kenwood
Hill Road).
The festival will be presenting
storytelling from many talented Kentuckiana residents as well as music,
food, face painting, a silent auction, a plant sale, and weaving
demonstrations. Home of the “Happy Birthday Song” and founded in 1939 by
Master Weaver Lou Tate Bousman, The Little Loomhouse is one of the few
organizations devoted to keeping the ancient art of hand-weaving and its
history alive.
Since 1979, The Little
Loomhouse has been operated by the nonprofit Lou Tate Foundation, Inc., and
consists of three restored, century-old, board and batten cabins that are
listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a designated Kentucky State
Historic Site and a Louisville Landmark.
The first
200 visitors to the Spin-A-Yarn Storytelling Festival will receive a free
Little Loomhouse t-shirt.
You can
learn more about this terrific event at the Spin-a-Yarn Facebook page here.
General Admission: $2
per person. Seniors 65 and older $1 and children under 6 are free.
Parking: DeSales High School, 425 W. Kenwood Drive. A shuttle will run
the duration of the event.
All proceeds benefit The Little Loomhouse.
Saturday, May 31st from 10am-3pm (weather permitting)
Valley View Church has purchased the old Regency Mobile Home Park to build Unity Ballfields. Please come help out if you can. Due to limited parking, people can park at Valley View, 8911 Third Street Road. Shuttles to the clean-up will run every half hour. The actual property address is 8818 W. Manslick Rd. Bring your boots and gloves. Feel free to come and go as you need or to stay the whole time. For questions, please email dewaynedrake@valleyviewchurch.org
Saturday, June 7 from 8am-1pm
Spring and Summertime are just around the corner! Its never too early to prepare for Neighborhood Yard Sales! Hunters Point Neighborhood, off of Upper Hunters Trace, will
host their annual neighborhood-wide yard sale from with around 150 homes participating.
Visit District 25's Community Calendar for more details!
Saturday, June 7 at Iroquois Amphitheater
Join us for
a full day of international performances, diverse cuisines, community
resources & vendors, and activities for children!
Festival Favorites Appalatin
and The
Monarchs along-side many other bands will grace the 2 stages,
and children are sure to enjoy bounce-houses, dancing, face painting, and
games!
Americana
Community Center was founded in 1990, and our programs have grown to serve
over 5,000
individuals each year, representing 97 countries! Save the date to
join us for this 24th
annual cultural celebration on June 7th!
For more
information on how you can contribute or participate contact Heather
Bruner at heather@americanacc.org!
Click here to Support ACC!
Saturday, June 21st 10am-2pm, Valley Station Kroger, 10645 Dixie Highway
 Grand Re-Opening June 27th at 5pm
Join us for the Grand Re-Opening of Good Ole' Jessie's Dixie Diner!
All the hard work has really paid off, the diner is in amazing shape. You can see some of the many renovations on the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/goodolejessies
Look to our new section "District 25's Wellness Corner" to receive tips on staying healthy and fit throughout the year!
 Stroke Awareness
Types of Strokes
If we consider an isolated blood vessel, blood flow to the brain tissue can be hampered in two ways:
- the vessel clogs within (ischemic stroke)
- the vessel ruptures, causing blood to leak into the brain (hemorrhagic stroke)
Ischemic
Ischemic stroke accounts for about 87 percent of all cases.
Ischemic strokes occur as a result of an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. The underlying condition for this type of obstruction is the development of fatty deposits lining the vessel walls. This condition is called atherosclerosis. These fatty deposits can cause two types of obstruction:
Cerebral thrombosis refers to a thrombus (blood clot) that develops at the clogged part of the vessel.
Cerebral embolism refers generally to a blood clot that forms at another location in the circulatory system, usually the heart and large arteries of the upper chest and neck. A portion of the blood clot breaks loose, enters the bloodstream and travels through the brain's blood vessels until it reaches vessels too small to let it pass. A second important cause of embolism is an irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation. It creates conditions where clots can form in the heart, dislodge and travel to the brain.
Hemorrhagic
Hemorrhagic stroke accounts for about 13 percent of stroke cases. It results from a weakened vessel that ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain. The blood accumulates and compresses the surrounding brain tissue. The two types of hemorrhagic strokes are intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a weakened blood vessel ruptures. Two types of weakened blood vessels usually cause hemorrhagic stroke: aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
An aneurysm is a ballooning of a weakened region of a blood vessel. If left untreated, the aneurysm continues to weaken until it ruptures and bleeds into the brain. An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels. Any one of these vessels can rupture, also causing bleeding into the brain.
Stroke Warning Signs
These are the warning signs that someone is having a stroke:
- Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
- Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
- Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
- Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
- Sudden, severe headache with no known cause
If you notice one or more of these signs, don't wait. Stroke is a medical emergency.
Call your emergency medical services and get to a hospital right away!
Learn How To Prevent A Stroke
Here are six steps anyone can take to reduce the risk and the danger of stroke:
- Know your personal risk factors: high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood cholesterol.
- Be physically active and exercise regularly.
- Maintain a healthy diet high in fruit and vegetable and low in salt to stay a healthy state and keep blood pressure low.
- Limit alcohol consumption.
- Avoid cigarette smoke. If you smoke, seek help to stop now.
- Learn to recognize the warning signs of a stroke.
Low Salt Diet
It is recommended that salt intake be reduced to less than 5g a day to lower the risk of having a stroke.
- Salt raises our blood pressure
- The higher our blood pressure, the higher our risk of stroke
- Adults should have less than 5grams of salt a day, and children even less
- It is particularly important that children do not eat too much salt, as blood pressure first starts to rise in childhood
- Much of the salt we eat is in everyday foods such as bread, sauces, cheese and processed meat, as well as salt added at the table and during cooking
- Take time to get used to lower salt food, and you will enjoy it as much, if not more, than salty food
Atrial Fibrillation and other Heart Conditions
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is an under-diagnosed and under-treated heart condition and a major risk factor for stroke. AF causes the two upper chambers of the heart (the atria) to quiver instead of beating effectively, resulting in blood not being completely pumped out, which in turn causes pooling and can lead to clotting. These clots can travel to the brain and trigger a major and often fatal stroke. Stroke due to AF is highly preventable by anti-clotting drugs.
WSO recommends that persons who have experienced a heart attack, have been diagnosed with a heart ailment or have irregular heart rhythm, to regularly visit health services in order to prevent the occurrence of a stroke.
Stroke Warning Signs
The FAST test is an easy way for everyone to remember and recognize the signs of stroke. FAST stands for Face, Arms, Speech and Time to act:
Face - Check their face. Has their mouth drooped?
Arms - Can they lift both arms?
Speech - Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you?
Time - Is critical. If you notice any of these warning signs, act FAST. Call your local emergency medical services or get to the nearest hospital immediately.
Think FAST. Act Fast. Stroke is a medical emergency.
For more information visit: http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/
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 Melody is a four-year-old beagle. She is classic
beagle, friendly, sweet, inquisitive and has a howl that sets her breed apart.
She's also very social and will do best in a household that has another
dog or a stay-at-home human. Melody is an easy-going girl, as her picture
shows. Not every dog is going to have a fascinator plopped on her head and be
all right with it. No problem for Melody, though. She can go with the flow.
You can visit Melody at LMAS Animal House Adoption
Center, 3516 Newburg Road or contact LMAS at (502) 473-PETS (7387) for more
information.
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 Montoya is a ball of fun. The one-year-old is one of
many cats up for adoption at Metro Animal Services. He has striking
features and piercing eyes. He will crawl his way into your arms,
forever! Stop by to see this highly entertaining and loveable cat! He is
current on all shots and is neutered.
You can meet Montoya by contacting LMAS Animal House
Adoption Center at (502) 473-PETS. Don’t forget to check out her
friends: louisvilleky.gov/animalservices
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