The Kentucky Public Service Commission will conduct three public meetings to provide information on and receive public comments regarding Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities rate cases (2020-00350 & 2020-00349). The meetings are being conducted virtually due to the continuing COVID-19 state of emergency. Each session will begin with a brief overview from PSC staff on the key elements in the case followed by public comments.
Dates and Times: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 1:00 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 5:00 p.m. All times are Eastern Daylight Time. Anyone wishing to speak, please email psc.meeting@ky.gov to be placed on the list of speakers. Include your name, address, phone and email address.
Additional details on how to attend by either viewing or speaking during the virtual public meeting will be posted on the PSC web site. For more information, please visit: https://psc.ky.gov/home/pm.
Records in this case are available at psc.ky.gov. The case numbers are 2020-00349 (KU) and 2020-00350 (LG&E).
 Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths are here at the Zoo! One-year-old male sloth Sebastian and 1.5-year-old female sloth Sunni are getting acclimated to their new surroundings. They are waiting to meet you in the South America zone near the Chilean flamingos! Hang out with one of the most elusive and fascinating creatures on the planet and hear from the keepers who care for them.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A RESERVATION-MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE TICKETS BUT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A RESERVATION ALSO!
Go to https://louisvillezoo.org to get more information.
With COVID-19 positivity rates declining and more people getting vaccinated, Mayor Greg Fischer announced today that Louisville Parks and Recreation will re-open 10 of its community centers starting Monday, March 29.
Following Gov. Andy Beshear’s guidelines and in consultation with Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness, the centers will be open next week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Starting the following week (beginning April 5), the centers will be open from noon to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays. There will be a two-hour break, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. each day, at each center for cleaning and disinfecting.
Reopening protocols include mandatory mask wearing, temperature taking and capacity limits for each center.
Four centers, Shawnee, Douglass, the Metro Arts Center and the Wilderness Road Senior Center, will not reopen next week, but are expected to open their doors during a second reopening phase later this spring. The centers have been closed since mid-March 2020 due to COVID-19.
During the closure, recreation staff have been hard at work fulfilling other duties, including work at the city’s 120 municipally owned parks, which have seen a drastic increase in usage and visitation. Community Center visitors will also see some dramatic improvements at the facilities, including major indoor and outdoor painting and restoration projects thanks to the great work of the recreation staff.
Parks officials recommend calling each center before visiting, due to the capacity limits. For the full list of COVID-safe protocols at the Louisville Parks and Recreation community centers, visit bestparksever.com.
Centers to reopen Monday, March 29:
Beechmont Community Center, 205 West Wellington Avenue (502/361-5484)
California Community Center, 1600 West St. Catherine Street (502/574-2658)
Cyril Allgeier Community Center, 4101 Cadillac Court (502/456-3261)
Molly Leonard Portland Community Center, 640 North 27th Street (502/776-0913)
Newburg Community Center, 4810 Exeter Avenue (502/456-8122)
Parkhill Community Center, 1703 South 13th Street (502/637-3044)
Shelby Park Community Center, 600 East Oak Street (502/574-1780)
South Louisville Community Center, 2911 Taylor Boulevard (502/574-3206)
Southwick Community Center, 3621 Southern Avenue (502/775-6598)
Sun Valley Community Center, 6505 Bethany Lane (502/937-8802)
Centers that will remain closed until Phase 2 later this spring:
Douglass Community Center, 2305 Douglass Boulevard (502/456-8120)
Metro Arts Center, 8360 Dixie Highway, (502/937-2055)
Shawnee Arts and Cultural Center, 607 S. 37th Street, (502/775-5268)
Wilderness Road Senior Center, 8111 Blue Lick Road, (502/964-5151)
  
 WhoWeLostKY.org offers users a safe placeto submit stories about friends and loved ones
A new website, WhoWeLostKY.org, has launched to offer the family and friends of Kentuckians lost to Covid-19 an opportunity to memorialize their loved ones by writing and sharing stories. The site provides free, practical writing guidance and templates, as well as an active online submission option.
WhoWeLostKY.org hopes to support resiliency and connection by ensuring that those who died are not forgotten. The social isolation caused by the pandemic has changed mourning ceremonies and customs, leaving people few options beyond social media to communicate and share expressions of grief. The therapeutic benefits of writing are well known. Participating in this project can help a mourner's healing process as they access important memories.
“Many people feel insecure about writing, perhaps due to past negative experiences in school or due to fears about their abilities,” said Martha Greenwald, a writer, educator and the Founder/CCO of WhoWeLostKY.org. “We want everyone to feel comfortable participating on the site. We encourage them to write stories to share or just keep for themselves. No writing expertise is needed. We also want to be sure friends and colleagues of those who died come to the site and post stories too. Grief affects everyone, not just family members,” Greenwald noted.
The site is designed and developed by Greenwald and a team of distinguished professionals in the fields of digital technology, education, psychology, culture, and religion. The materials featured on the site are sensitive to the difficult topics being addressed and are designed to be easy to use. The site will regularly post new materials to inspire reflection specific to different times of the year. Further plans for the future include online writing workshops and a print anthology compiled from user-submitted stories.
 
 We are thrilled to share with you that the 2021 William Tolbert Whittenberg Scholarship for Performing Arts Excellence application is now open!
The William Tolbert Whittenberg Scholarship for Performing Arts Excellence awards young artists (ages 16-22) from the Greater Louisville region up to $10,000 to pursue advanced study in the performing arts. To be eligible for the 2021 Whittenberg Scholarship, applications must: be from the Greater Louisville Region, between the ages of 16 and 22, and plan to pursue a professional career in the performing arts.
Students who fit these criteria can visit https://fundforthearts.org/arts-impact/whittenberg/ for more information and to start an application. The deadline to apply is 11:59pm EST Friday, April 30.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Jordan Turpin, Impact Coordinator, at jturpin@fundforthearts.org with questions.
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