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 Monday May 25 all Metro Louisville Offices will be Closed.
The District 13 offices at City Hall and Fairdale will be closed for the Memorial Day Holiday. Have a safe Holiday.
Waste, recycling collection to be delayed Memorial Day 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 25, 2015.
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 23 in recognition of the holiday and closed on Monday as usual. A complete list of the sites is at louisvilleky.gov/government/public-works/services/recycling.
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CW Welch Funds Tuesday Family Swim Nights Again This Year
The Fairdale
Pool open this Memorial Weekend Saturday thru Monday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Normal
days/hours are Tuesdays thru Sundays 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This season I have provided
funding for Tuesday Family Swim Nights 6:00-8:00 pm starting June 9th through July 28th. An adult must accompany kids, no drop offs. Enjoy the summer & get some good
exercise!!
 Fairdale Senior Receives Mayor's Outstanding High School Senior Award
Public,
private and Catholic students who have excelled in and out of the classroom were honored by Mayor Greg Fischer as recipients of the annual Mayor’s
Outstanding High School Seniors Award. Fischer presented the honor to
51 students following a reception at Louisville Metro
Hall. In addition to their academic accomplishments, the winners include notable
athletes in a variety of sports, artists, dancers, musicians and entrepreneurs.
Thomas Case, Fairdale High School
Thomas is both an outstanding student and athlete. He
is a Governor’s Scholar and member of the National Honor Society with a GPA of
4.32. Thomas is a member of the varsity baseball and tennis teams. Some of
Thomas’ honors include Commonwealth Ambassador, Top Dawg Award, AP Scholar, New
Horizons Scholarship, First Honors, Grace Jenkins Memorial Scholarships and
Madeline and Jerry Abramson Scholarship. He is also a member of the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes and Student Council. Thomas has volunteered throughout
the community for the Humane Society, Camp Crooked Creek, the Fairdale Fair and
various cleanups for the athletic programs. Thomas plans to double major in
financial economics and computer science at Centre College
South Louisville Business Association Lunch Meeting
May 21 Registration 11:45 Lunch 12 Noon
Location: Antioch Church 7315 Southside Drive Lou., KY 40214
Cost: Catered Lunch Members - $8.00 (unless prepaid) Non-Members - $10.00
 Guest Speakers
Bennett Knox who is a native of Georgetown, Kentucky, graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in resource Conservation. He earned a Masters Degree in environmental management with an emphasis on forest ecology from Duke University. He has been serving with Jefferson Memorial Forest in Louisville, Kentucky since 2001 as the Parks Administrator
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 Mike Slaton is a Parks Manager with Louisville Metro Parks. He is the General Manager of the Iroquois Amphitheater and the manager of the Parks Reservations Office.
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Okolona Business & Professional Association
Thursday, May 28th OBPA Breakfast
Thank you to John Wolz of Professional Heat and Air and GanoLife
Coffee for sponsoring our breakfast.
As always we will be upstairs in the community room of the Okolona
Firehouse #1 at 8501 Preston Highway, 40219.
7:00 am Coffee and Early-Bird Networking
7:30 am Arrive to get signed-in and have breakfast.
8:00 am Pledge to the Flag
9:00 am Meeting ends & more Networking until 10:00 am
 Our topic for discussion will be about the HEROIN EPIDEMIC.
You definitely want to be in attendance as we will have important resources for you to take back to your office or share with a friend or another colleague. In fact, you will learn about how YOU can do a "home-test" of your child/grandchild to see if they are doing heroin.
Please forward to your contacts. This is an extremely important discussion and we want as many people in attendance as possible.....
A hot breakfast will be provided from Diane King of Tumbleweed Catering.
The June Meeting will be Thursday, June 25th, and then we will take our summer break.
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 May 28 Career Fair offers full- and part-time positions
Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day will be at a Career Fair on Thursday,
May 28, at Brown Mackie College, 3605 Fern Valley Rd., Louisville, to meet with
job seekers and sign autographs. The Career Fair is open from 10 am to 2 pm.
Job seekers can meet with employers from medical, business, call
center, warehouse and retail sectors who have full-time and part-time jobs to
fill. Job seekers should bring copies of their resume and a photo ID. Dress
professionally and be prepared to interview with employers on the spot.
Attendees are encouraged to pre-register for the Career Fair at www.kentuckianaworks.org.
"Hot Job News" and upcoming events at Kentucky Career
Center locations
Keep up to date on what's happening by visiting the KentuckianaWorks website (www.kentuckianaworks.org). You'll find links
to job opportunities in the "Hot Job News" column.
Orientations about Kentucky Career Center programs and ResCare
Academy happen each Wednesday at 2 pm in Shepherdsville,505 Buffalo Run Rd., 2
pm each Thursday at 6th and Cedar Sts., Louisville, and each Friday at 2 pm at
the Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway, Louisville.
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 Louisville Metro Health and Wellness Restructures WIC
to Increase Enrollment
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To increase participation in WIC and better align participant and staffing
needs, Louisville Metro Health and Wellness is proposing to restructure how it
identifies and enrolls eligible families and serves participants, including:
- Identify families eligible for WIC in the hospital
- Work with Medicaid managed care providers to recruit and serve clients who may not realize they are eligible.
- Consolidate WIC services into the three
most-heavily trafficked centers – L&N, Newburg and Dixie. A 2014
study by Health and Wellness showed that approximately 90 percent or more of people
using the three clinics that are proposed for closing (South Louisville,
Middletown and Fairdale) drove a vehicle (or were driven by friends and family)
to the site, as opposed to taking public
transit.
- Move staff to either the new hospital WIC
initiative, or to one of the three remaining clinics.
- Continue WIC program at Family Health Center
Park DuValle and UofL Pediatrics.
To learn more about WIC
Riverview Park receives MetroWatch Cameras and Wi -Fi
accessibility
Councilman Blackwell announced that Riverview Park
(formerly the Greenwood Boat Dock) has entered the 21st Century with
technological improvements for safety and connectivity through Wi-Fi internet
access for all park-goers.
"Since the initial redevelopment of Riverview Park, I have
tried to add some features each year. I am pleased to announce this
year's additions: public Wi-Fi access and real-time cameras,” said Councilman
Rick Blackwell (D-12). “ The new cameras will be monitored by Real Time Crime Center as are the
cameras at Waterfront Park."
Riverview will become one of two Metro Parks to boast free
internet connectivity throughout the community.
"The public Wi-Fi can be used by parents to bring their
kids to the park while finishing up some business, students to read an on-line
book from the library or Riverport employees to get away from the office and
stay connected,” said Blackwell.
Councilman Blackwell spearheaded the effort to bring the
technological improvements to the park using Council directed budget funding
and District 12 Capital Infrastructure Funds.
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 Louisville Metro Public
Works Update
Paving
Projects May 18-22
- Star
Rest Circle from Star Rest Drive to Star Rest Drive.
- Star
Rest Drive from W. Manslick Road to Dead end.
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 Get Rebates on New Lawn Care Equipment
The
Metro Air Pollution Control District’s Lawn Care for Cleaner Air program offers
rebates up to $100 to residents who buy new electric lawn care equipment.
Rebates are higher for buyers who trade in or recycle gasoline powered
equipment. Standard rebates up to $50 apply to buyers who do not recycle old
equipment. To qualify for a higher rebate, buyers must bring the old equipment
to Public Works for recycling.
The old equipment should be taken to one of the recycling
centers listed below, before you purchase your new equipment if you are
buying from a participating retailer.
Metro
Recycling centers will only accept mowers that are drained of all oil and
gasoline. For a list of participating dealers, visit louisvilleky.gov/government/lawn-care-cleaner-air/participating-dealers.
If you have questions about the rebate program please call 574-5322.
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 A request from the Louisville Free Public Library:
The
Louisville Free Public Library is committed to providing the best possible
service to this community. And to see how we are doing, the Library is
conducting a Customer Satisfaction Survey. This survey will measure the quality
of our service and help us better understand our customers' needs and
expectations.
If
you have a few minutes, please click
here or on the picture to take the survey. Let us know how we are doing and where we can
improve. Your feedback
is very important to us.
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FIRE EXTINGUISHER FRAUD ALERT
There is an outfit called Ameri-fire which are two guys in
a Chevy impala, blue with Kentucky plate # 944 RCN going around and “checking:
fire extinguishers” in our local businesses. They are not licensed to do
this work. What they are doing is crossing out previous dates and hand
writing 2015 in its place. The company name of Ameri-fire was found
through secretary of state to be inactive and in bad standing. This
occurred in a business on Preston Hwy yesterday at Discount Medical 5616
Preston Hwy.
LMPD is asking anyone who encounters them to make a
report ay 574-LMPD (5673) or for non-emergency, police-related matters, call 502-574-7111 or 502-574-2111. . They were out last two years doing this and the State Fire Marshall's Office is
looking for them. If you will please spread the word. They were all over
the city last year and did prey on quite a few minority/foreign businesses in
the area.
Community Events
 Friday
Night Fireworks at Bats Baseball Game
This
Friday, May 22nd, fireworks will follow the baseball game. In addition, the
Louisville International Airport is sponsoring contests at ten home games,
one of which is this Friday as well. Lucky fans attending these
sponsored games can take part in fun contests, with the winner receiving a
$200 gift card from any airline serving Louisville International Airport.
Fans can stop by the display table on the main concourse to register to
participate and 3 lucky fans will be randomly selected. For more information,
click here.
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Amphitheater May Concerts
Thursday, May 28, 2015 Jamey Johnson Chris Hennessee Doors:
7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm $25.00 - $45.00
Sunday, May 31 The Louisville Winds Doors:
2:00 pm / Show: 3:00 pm (event ends at 6:00 pm) $5 suggested donation
 Premium
Parking now $5 at most ticketed events
Beginning May 6, 2015, the Iroquois Amphitheater will begin
charging $5 per car for premium parking at most ticketed events. This fee will
apply to the Amphitheater lot and on the back section of Rundill Road
We have arranged to provide free parking for most events at
DeSales High School. In addition, concert goers may park in other parts of
Iroquois Park for free.
There will be no fee for parking at free events.
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Summer Camps
 DeSales 2015
Summer Camps
DeSales offers ten summer camps in 2015 for ages ranging from 4th
to 9th grade. To register by mail, please use the registration from
included in the camp brochure. Online registration is also available.
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 Fiber Arts Summer Camps 2015 at the Little
Loomhouse
Summer will be here before you know it! Sign your kids up now for
one of our Fiber Arts Summer Camps
Session I – June 8-12 & Session II – June 15-19
Monday – Friday, 9am-2pm
Ages 6 – 12 $200, includes supplies
Call 367-4792 for
information and to register
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 Basket
Making Workshop at the Little Loomhouse
with
Susan Kute Saturday, June 27, 2015, from 10:00 am-2:00 pm Cost: $40 plus $25 supply fee
or at Susan's
Corner Basket Studio
Basket making classes on Thursdays. Classes are either 10:00 am-2:00 pm or 5:00-9:00 pm on
May
28 June
11 & 25 July
9 & 16
One
four hour class required to make a beginner basket. Cost:
$20 class fee donated to Habitat for Humanity plus
$ 15 supplies.
Pre
registration required. Contact
Susan Kute at susanscorner1@hotmail.com Or
thru our Facebook page Susan's Corner Basket Studio.
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