 The 6th Annual Riverview Independence
Festival returns to Riverview Park on Saturday, July 1st! Join us for a day of
fun, music, food and fireworks!
- - Fun begins at 3:00 pm with
Kids Activities and the Riverview Sprayground all day!
- - New Musical Line up this year
with headliners The
Louisville Crashers and the Sobourbon Shooters
- - WAVE 3's Dawne Gee, Kayla
Vanover and Julian Glover return as our Riverview Emcee's
- - Interact with the Squallis Puppeteers and Louisville League of Mascots
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- Fireworks on the Ohio at 10
pm!
Many thanks to our Presenting
Sponsors - Brown Forman, Kosair Charities and Metro PCS - for their support of
this community event!
For more information, please
visit www.RiverviewFestival.com.
Auxiliary parking available at LG&E at 7301 Distribution Drive
with TARC Shuttle to the Park. No outside alcohol or pets allowed.
 The Louisville
Waterfront Fourth celebration will take place on Tuesday, July
4th, and will feature non-stop musical entertainment by 5 bands, expanded
family activities, a patriotic installation of 15,000 US flags, festival
cuisine, and a Zambelli fireworks display from a barge on the Ohio River. The
July 4th event will anchor a busy weekend of activities in the Louisville
Waterfront neighborhood.
Music:
The 2017 festival will feature upbeat music in the genres of Funk, Soul,
Hip-Hop and Jazz. Neo Funk band of Columbus Ohio’s MojoFlo will
headline the Harbor Lawn stage at 8:40pm with their infectious rhythms, hard
hitting horns, seductive melodies and a meticulously crafted stage show,
including the Kentucky debut of frontwoman Amber Knicole’s aerial performance.
Jakarta Record’s Dr. Dundiff
& Otis Jr. lead a Louisville collective that blends a
beautiful mix of future soul, hip-hop and jazz. Their performance will begin
around 7pm. Don’t miss it because you never know what the Mad Dr. and Mr.
Junior will throw at you – maybe a whole string section or a gospel choir!
Jenna Dean
will perform their blend of southern soul splashed with California sunshine at
6pm. The bi-coastal band and socially conscious hip hop group includes
rapper/vocalist Anthony Raspberry and guitarist/producer Jason D’Mello, Joel
Goodwin on drums and keys, Jamison Taylor French and Jon “JP” Poww on bass.
From the inspirational grooves of West Africa to the pulse of Latin clave, the Afrophysicists cover
a lot of ground with their mighty horns, melodic vocals and strong interlocking
guitar parts, all propped up by a driving rhythmic foundation of percussion,
bass and drums. Their songs are totally infectious, displaying incredible
musicianship while maintaining world rhythmic versatility. They will open the
event at 5pm.
In between all bands, guests can dance to beats by Louisville’s own DJ Kaos - World Renowned DJ
(Slick Rick the Ruler), Party Rocker & Encourager.
Family Fun:
The family-friendly Louisville Waterfront Fourth celebration will open at 5pm
with a variety of activities produced by popular arts and cultural attractions
in the Catfish Louie
Kids Area. The activities will be nestled in the shade of the
trees near the Children’s Playground and will appeal to a variety of interests
– Science, Music, Art and Nature! There will also be a large area devoted to
engaging with our community helpers. Families can meet our first responders,
fire fighters and police officers who will have special equipment on display.
The Kentucky Science Center will provide science activities and demonstrations.
The Jug Band Jubilee, WUOL’s Summer Listening Program and Louisville Folk
School will help children create their own musical instruments and conducting
batons; children can then join a jug band performance or conduct a jug band!
DrumSmart LLC will engage community members of all ages and abilities in a drum
circle that will make you feel refreshed, creative, and full of energy. There
will be art activities for children by Louisville Visual Art, and Steam
Exchange. There will be nature activities by the Waterfront Botanical Garden,
miniature golf, pony rides and a petting farm! Louisville Metro Police
Department and Louisville Fire Department will have a helicopter and other
safety equipment on display for children and families. These activities will
occur from 5-9pm, and are completely free.
Flags 4 Vets, the Louisville based National Flags For Veterans Graves program,
will create a special July 4th patriotic flag installation beginning at noon on
Tuesday July 4th. The public is invited to help place 15,000 US flags, one by
one, in a 50’ x 300’ pattern. Volunteers are invited to help for a couple of
hours or a few minutes to place a flag or two in tribute to members of their
family who now serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces or as
other first responders. After July 4th, the 15,000 flags will be collected and
distributed across the USA to be placed on veterans’ graves. The Kilroy Chapter
of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association will have several antique military
vehicles on display adjacent to the flags.
Elsewhere in the Waterfront neighborhood, on Saturday, July 1st, the Vintage
Urban Flea Market will bring its Fleur de Flea back to the Festival Plaza, free
and open to the public.
The Louisville Bats have a game at Slugger Field on July 4th, and they are
joining Louisville Waterfront Park as a sponsor for the fireworks show. The
Bats will face the Toledo Mudhens at 6:45 in the first of a 6 home game stand.
The first 2000 fans on the 4th will receive a free patriotic hat. The Belle of
Louisville has public cruises throughout the weekend and a fireworks cruise at
8:30pm on July 4th, which will offer the opportunity to enjoy fireworks from
the deck of the oldest operating steamboat in the country.
Food & Drink:
Visitors to Louisville Waterfront Fourth will also enjoy upscale festival fare
and festival favorites by Festival Cuisine, including the Coors Light Beer
Garden and the Old Forester Bourbon Bar. The festival menu will include
offerings to appeal to the discriminating foodie, including beef brisket,
kimchi tacos, hickory smoked pulled pork, and vegetarian Greek salads, as well
as traditional festival favorites like corn dogs and funnel cakes.
Fireworks:
The Zambelli Fireworks Show will be at approximately 10pm. MojoFlo will provide
the musical accompaniment to the fireworks and the show will be around 15
minutes long.
Captain Salvador Melendez of the Louisville Fire Department touts Louisville
Waterfront Fourth as a safe place to view fireworks. “Whether you are enjoying
the fireworks from the Harbor Lawn on July 4th after the Bats Game, or even
while cruising on the Belle of Louisville, the beauty of this offering is that
the fireworks will be shot by the professionals.” Melendez added, “There are
hundreds of annual emergency room visits nationwide due to fireworks injuries,
including significant numbers of documented structural and property damage.
This is a safe option for families to enjoy fireworks this Independence Day.”
Items which are
prohibited:
Glass, coolers, fireworks, pets, outside food & alcohol, amplification
devices, signage larger than 24” x 24”, bicycling inside the event, and
skateboarding inside the event are prohibited. There will be bicycle racks to
lock up bicycles on site. Unopened bottles of water are permitted. Patrons are
encouraged to recycle!
 Update as of 6/30/17
Work is continuing on US 31W (Dixie Highway) for the pavement
replacement project. The contractor is currently working in the area of Valley
High School. Crews are working between night and day shifts as needed to
maintain access to all entrances in the area. Night work was performed
when they were crossing business entrances for storm sewer installation. They
wanted to minimize the impacts to businesses.
Contract crews have been working during the day recently.
One reason that work is progressing slowly is because of the close proximity of
all of the utilities. The contractor cannot dig quickly because of the
requirements to verify utility locations while working around them. Because
we are working between a fiber optic line and a gas main, space is tight.
They have installed drainage pipe up to Valley Station Road and
are crossing the school entrance next. They have about 500 more feet to
complete in the current section between Bethany Lane and Valley Station
Road. After storm sewer
work is done the shoulder will be reconstructed to drain correctly and 3000
feet of curb and gutter and about 20 drainage box tops will be poured.
This work will extend well into July. Asphalt paving will start back up
again after the storm sewer/drainage work is complete in this section of the
project.
Overview of Project:
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that
work will resume next week on the US 31W (Dixie Highway) pavement replacement
project in Jefferson County. Contract crews will begin installing work zone
signs and other traffic control devices on Monday, May 8. Traffic will be
shifted by the end of the week between Bethany Lane and Valley Station Road to
allow for drainage pipe installation near Valley High School.
The project limits are from Stonegate Manor Drive and Greenwood
Road (mile points 6.6 to 11.7). The existing asphalt pavement is being removed
down to the original concrete pavement. An intermediate material is being
installed as a means to prevent reflective cracking between the concrete and
asphalt layers. Base and surface layers of asphalt will be paved to complete
the roadway.
In addition, most of the traffic signals along this section of
Dixie Highway will be upgraded by replacing poles, adding permitted/protected
left turn arrows and installing reflective back plates as well as pedestrian
push buttons. Existing sidewalk ramps will be upgraded to ADA compliance and
new ramps will be built where pedestrians previously stood on the shoulder of
the road.
The project is divided into four
sections of work:
·
Stonegate Manor Drive to Bethany Lane (mile points 6.6 to 7.7)
·
Bethany Lane to Valley Station Road (mile points 7.7 to 8.6)
·
Valley Station Road to West Pages Lane (mile points 8.6 to 10.5)
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West Pages Lane to Greenwood Road (mile points 10.5 to 11.7)
Section
one between Stonegate Manor Drive and Bethany Lane has been completed. Roadway
construction was delayed last year while utilities were relocated. Work is
beginning next week in Section two and will proceed north. Crews must install
drainage pipe along the roadway before beginning the asphalt replacement. Next
they will remove the asphalt, install the intermediate layer and repave the
roadway in each section before moving to the next one.
During
daytime hours, two lanes of traffic will be maintained in each direction on US
31W. Lane closures will occur on weeknights in the northbound direction from
9:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. Closure times for the southbound direction are from
9:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. Weekend lane closures are permitted from 9:00 p.m.
until 10:00 a.m. the following morning on Fridays and Saturdays.
During
construction, motorists will not have access to a continuous center turn lane
along US 31W. This turning lane as well as the shoulders on both sides of the
road will be used to accommodate traffic shifts. Left turning lanes will be
provided at the signalized intersections.
Hall Contracting of Kentucky,
Inc. was awarded this contract in the amount of $14.5 million. Construction is
scheduled for completion by the end of 2017.
The date and duration of this work may be adjusted if inclement
weather or other unforeseen delays occur. Visit goky.ky.gov for the latest in traffic and travel
information in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. You can also get traffic
information for the District 5 counties at facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5 and twitter.com/KYTCDistrict5 .
For additional
information, you can visit the KYTC District 5 website at http://transportation.ky.gov/district-5/
See the Courier Journal Article: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/05/major-work-dixie-highway-may-disrupt-traffic/101330310/
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 "Slowly but
surely work proceeding on Dixie Highway repaving. Tom Zoeller, who lives on
Deering Road in the Valley Station area, has been monitoring the nearby
repaving work on Dixie Highway with clenched teeth for a year or more. "I
don't see anything happening on a daily basis. They have the lanes blocked off
and laid out like a snake. It is extremely dangerous. They are inconveniencing
so many people," he said.
In his
mind, motorists "are having to run the gauntlet" along Dixie.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials acknowledge there have been some
missteps since the project started over a year ago. But now, they say, work is
steadily progressing and on target to be completed by year's end."
See the full article at Courier Journal's website:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/06/27/slowly-but-surely-work-proceeding-dixie-highway-repaving/433368001/
 Most new laws approved during the
Kentucky General Assembly's 2017 regular session will go into effect on
Thursday, June 29.
The Kentucky Constitution specifies that
new laws take effect 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature unless they
have a special effective date, are general appropriations measures, or include
an emergency clause that makes them effective immediately upon becoming law.
Final adjournment of the 2017 Regular Session was on March 30, making June 29
the normal effective date for most bills.
Laws taking effect that day include
measures on the following topics:
Adult education. HB 195 creates an alternative to the GED program by
requiring the Kentucky Adult Education Program to create college and career
readiness programs for those seeking high school equivalency diplomas. At least
one program must be a test that meets current college and career readiness
standards.
Bible literacy. HB 128 allows schools to offer an elective course on
the Bible that teaches biblical content, poetry, narratives and their impact
today.
Caregivers. SB 129 allows hospital patients to legally designate
someone as a “lay caregiver” for the purpose of providing after-care to the
patient when he or she returns home. The lay caregiver can be someone age 18 or
older who is a relative, partner, friend or someone else who is close to the
patient and willing to provide non-medical care at the patient’s home.
Charter schools. HB 520 will allow publicly funded charter schools to
operate in Kentucky starting with the 2017-18 school year. The charter schools
could be authorized by local school boards, which would establish charter
schools by contract. The schools would then be governed by independent boards.
Coal fields. HB 156 creates the Kentucky Coal Fields Endowment
Authority which will use coal severance dollars to fund infrastructure,
economic development, public health and more in the east and west Kentucky coal
regions.
Emergency vehicles. HB 74 only allows white light to be emitted from motor
vehicle headlamps, although non-halogen headlamps will be allowed to emit a
slight blue tint if they were factory-installed. The intent of the bill is to
make it easier for motorist to distinguish emergency vehicles from other
vehicles.
Fentanyl and other opioids. HB 333 will create stronger penalties for
trafficking in any amount of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil or fentanyl
derivatives, define prescribing authority, and allow the state to investigate
prescribing irregularities and report those instances to appropriate
authorities.
Fish and wildlife. SB 83 requires the state to identify areas where deer
and elk pose a “significant threat” to human safety by causing automobile
accidents or pose a significant threat to agriculture. The state may then take
necessary steps (including, but not limited to, special hunts) to reduce the
deer and elk populations in those areas.
Hate
crimes. HB 14 will
allow an attack on a first responder such as a police officer, firefighter or
rescue squad member to be considered a hate crime during the sentencing phase
for certain crimes.
Hospitals. SB 42 allows law enforcement to
arrest someone for fourth-degree assault in any part of a hospital without a
warrant if the officer has probable cause that the crime was committed. Such
arrests were previously restricted to hospital emergency rooms.
Juvenile
offenders. SB 195
creates a process for expungement of felony juvenile records two years after
the offender reaches adulthood or is unconditionally released from commitment
to the state. Expungement will not be granted to those whose felony
record includes violent and/or sexual offenses or those who have proceedings
pending against him or her.
Local school boards. HB 277 allows individuals to serve on a local
board of education if they have an aunt, uncle, son-in-law or daughter-in-law
employed by the school district. State law previously precluded someone from
serving on a local school board if any of those relatives were employed by the
district.
Nuclear power. SB 11 allows construction of nuclear power in
Kentucky after vetting of proposals by the federal and state governments.
Playground safety. HB 38 bans registered sex offenders from public
playgrounds unless they have advanced written permission to be on site by the
government body (city council, etc.) that oversees the playground.
Primary
care agreements. SB
79 allows patients to enter into contracts with their primary care provider
that spell out services to be provided for an agreed-upon fee and period of
time. The “direct primary care membership agreement” will not require a patient
to forfeit private insurance or Medicaid.
Religious
freedom. SB 17
specifies in statute that Kentucky public school and public colleges and
university students have the legal right to express their religious and
political views in their school work, artwork, speeches, and in other ways.
School
calendars. SB 50
allows school districts to use a “variable student instructional year,”
requiring the same hours of instruction required by existing law but allowing
for fewer school days than the minimum of 170 days required by existing law.
Districts could begin using the variable schedule in the 2018-19 school year if
their first day of instruction is on or after the Monday closest to Aug. 26.
Veterans. SB 117 allows a veteran with a bachelor’s degree in
any field to receive a provisional certificate to teach public elementary or
secondary school if he or she has an academic major or passing assessment score
in the area in which he or she seeks certification. After completing a required
teaching internship, the veteran will receive a professional teaching
certificate.
 Contractors
will be closing Farmers Lane next Wednesday, July 5th, at the creek as shown on
the map below. The road will be closed to through traffic but
available only to residents. All residents will be able to
access their homes either from Fairdale Road or National
Turnpike. Proper signage will be up in advance and the road is
scheduled to reopen prior to the start of JCPS on August 16th.
 Construction has started on the repairs to Pendleton Road Bridge
beginning with removal of the damaged concrete from the columns and beams
supporting the bridge.
The road will be
closed beginning Tuesday, May 30, 2017 and reopen in mid-August. Garbage service has
already been re-routed and will not be effected by the closure.
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The Louisville Bats
are hosting two types of Louisville Metro Government Nights.
Metro
Council Mondays: For this program, the Bats will host groups and
organizations doing the good of the community. This includes 12,000 total
tickets distributed for use on any of these Monday nights: July 17 and August 28. Examples include school fundraisers, charity
auctions, and several others.
Community
Nights: The Bats will host two community nights, providing tickets, hot dogs,
and soft drinks to non-profit groups who would not be able to afford a Bats
game under regular circumstances. These two nights include 4,000 guests for
each game on July 18 and August 2. Groups will need to contact the Bats
office directly to sign up for the program and each group member will get a
voucher for a ticket, hot dog and soft drink. Examples include mentoring
organizations, social service agencies, and many more.
To
request tickets for either part of the program, organizations should contact
Shelby Harding at sharding@batsbaseball.com. Please
include your Metro Council District, organization name, contact name, mailing
address, daytime phone and number of tickets requested. Email requests are
preferred, but if email is not available please call 614-4502.
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 WHEN: MOVED due to Rain to Sunday, July 2, 12n-6pm
WHERE: Louisville Water Tower Park
www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair
More than 200 booths from a variety of
local businesses, artists and craftspeople, community organizations, and
farmers, as well as live music, Trend Appliances cooking competition, craft
cocktail competition, food and drink vendors, ValuMarket craft beer tent, Cox’s
Back Porch area for the grownups and a children’s area as well. Presented by the
Louisville Water Company, the event also gets major support from Amish Hills
Furniture and Louisville Metro Council. Admission to the Buy Local Fair is free
and parking is $5 per vehicle (or free for bicycle parking). Visit www.keeplouisvilleweird.com/buylocalfair for more info. #BuyLocalFair
 What is Nar-anon? Nar-anon is a program that is for people who love someone with an addiction. If you spend your time trying to fix, manage, and control an addict and your results are sleepless nights, this program is for you! Nar-anon is for people affected by someone else's addiction! This is a place that you will see that you are not alone and that others understand what your life is like.
NAR-ANON, HOPE FOR FAMILIES
WHEN: Mondays at 8:00 pm
WHERE: MOSAIC UMC, 8008 St. Andrews Church Road, 40258
For more information, please contact Ed Small at 502.494.5030 or visit the Nar-Anon website.
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