The 2012 Kentucky Middle School State Golf Championship is Saturday, October 20 at Long Run Golf Course, 1605 Flat Rock Road. The championship is a statewide event that draws over 150 Kentucky middle school golfers and families from all over the state. Organizers are seeking volunteers to assist in serving drinks and pizza for the students participating in the tournament.

Place: Long Run Golf Course, 1605 Flat Rock Road, Louisville, KY 40245, (502) 245-9015

Date: Saturday October 20, 2012

Check in: 8:00 am; Start time 9:00; ShotGun start 18 holes

Grades:  5th,6th,7th,8th  graders Boys and Girls Teams or Individual

Awards:  1st Place and Runner up Teams/Top 5 Individuals Boys & Girls

Deadline: Sunday, October 14, 2012

For more information, please contact Gary Demling at (502) 245-9015 or Leslie Graham at (502) 778-0127 or e-mail l.graham01@insightbb.com.

Protect Your Identity Week (PYIW) is October 20 – 27, 2012! Better Business Bureau is helping area consumers fight Identity Theft with a special event!

The BBB, along with Cintas, and Kroger, will hold a FREE local shredding event. The event will be held Saturday, October 20, 2012, from 6 am to Noon at 12501 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, in the Middletown Kroger parking lot. Cintas Corporation, a national shredding partner for PYIW, will provide the FREE shredding. Consumers are allowed to shred up to 3 large boxes or bags of documents for free. Workers will remove the items from the vehicle. Consumers don’t even have to get out of their cars!

Consumers are encouraged to drop off any documents that contain bank account numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, or pin numbers.

 BBB’s event was a huge success last year, with nearly 700 cars stopping by, and Cintas shredded more than 24,880 pounds of documents.

Identity Theft Tips

 ·Do not keep Social-Security card in wallet or purse

·Do not put bills or checks in home mailbox for pickup

·Check credit reports, bank statements and credit-card statements often for irregularities

·Shred all documents with personal information

·Never give personal information to someone on phone, internet or email claiming to be your bank.

·Do not store credit-card number on shopping websites

More tips can be found at www.ProtectYourIDNow.org.

 “Fighting identity theft is a constant battle,” says Reanna Smith-Hamblin, VP/Communications, for the BBB/Louisville. “We are all potential victims, so it’s important that we all take steps to fight identity theft, and Protect Your Identity Week is a great place to start. You can participate in a free shredding event to protect yourself now.”

For more information on this event, contact Reanna Smith-Hamblin at 502-588-0043 or rsmith-hamblin@louisville.bbb.org.

Reanna Smith-Hamblin, Vice President/Communications with the Better Business Bureau will be my Special Guest at “Java with Jerry” on Tuesday, October 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at Heine Brothers’, 805 Blankenbaker Parkway.

Mrs. Smith-Hamblin provides our office with the monthly “Top 10 Scams” and consumer alerts that appear in District 19’s eNews.  Please join us for coffee as we discuss the Better Business Bureau and how they can benefit consumers in our area, how to look up reports, and understand business ratings.

“Java with Jerry” is an informal meeting with residents over a cup of coffee and is my continued commitment to being accessible to you.  Please click here to view the complete 2012 “Java with Jerry” schedule.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 5 Office advises motorists of interstate lane closures on three construction projects in Jefferson County.  First, lane closures and delays are possible on the exit ramp from eastbound I-264 to US 42 (Exit 22) as part of turn lane additions and the slip ramp construction to Brownsboro Road.  A new sign truss will be installed on Thursday, October 11th between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.  The entire project is currently on schedule for completion in early November.

 Second, contract crews will be installing a new sign truss and overhead signs on southbound Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) between Shelbyville Road and I-64 (mile point 26.8 and 25.4).  This work is the final piece of the interchange improvement project.  Lane closures and delays are possible from 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 11th until 5:00 a.m. the following morning.

 Finally, contract crews will have lane closures on I-71 and I-264 (Watterson Expressway) as part of the project to construction acceleration and deceleration lanes at this interchange.  Lane closures are possible from 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 11th until 5:00 a.m. the following morning on eastbound I-264 between US 42 and I-71 (mile points 22.1 and 22.9) for removal of barrier wall.  During this same time frame, crews will be installing traffic counting loops on northbound I-71 near the Lime Kiln Lane overpass (mile point 5.8).

 In addition, lane closures are scheduled this weekend to pave the final asphalt surface on this interchange project.  I-71 will be reduced to one lane in both directions between I-264 and the Lime Kiln Lane overpass (mile points 5.0 and 5.8).  These lane closures are scheduled from 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12th until 5:00 a.m. on Monday, October 15th.  The exit ramps from I-71 South to I-264 West (Exit 5) and I-264 East to I-71 North (Exit 23A) may be closed for a brief period to complete the work. During this time, signs and message boards will be utilized to detour drivers via Zorn Avenue (Exit 2).  The entire project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012.

MSD wants you to share your thoughts!

 MSD is excited to announce the next sewer overflow abatement project review and input public meeting.  This meeting will begin with formal presentations on these topics:

 ·         Proposed combined sewer overflow and sanitary sewer overflow project modifications

·         Request for public input.

 Following the formal presentations, MSD staff will be available to discuss individual property issues and/or concerns with other sewer overflow abatement projects currently in planning, design, construction and drainage.

 MSD is holding this meeting to keep you informed.  They are seeking public input from you so that these specific projects and property decisions can reflect concerns of the people that are directly impacted.  MSD encourages your participation so that they can work with you to create a clean, green, growing community.

 The public meeting is Tuesday, November 13 at 6:00 PM at the East Government Center, 200 Juneau Drive.

 Although MSD encourages your attendance, questions and comments may also be submitted by Friday, November 29, 2012, via email at commentsIOAP@msdlouky.org or in hard copy addressed to:

 MSD IOAP Project Comments

Attention: Project WIN Program Manager

700 West Liberty St.

Louisville KY 40203

Initiative in support of the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure

To show its support of the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure and breast cancer research, TARC will allow anyone wearing pink on Saturday, October 13 to ride public transportation for free throughout Louisville.

“TARC would like to do what it can to support the Race For The Cure and help make it a successful event,” said J. Barry Barker, Executive Director of TARC. “To that end, we’re going to offer participants – and anyone wearing pink – a safe, convenient way to get there for free.”

The 17th Annual Race For The Cure, which includes a 5K and 10K run/walks, a one-mile family walk and race sponsor village and Kids FunZone area, will take place at 9 a.m. on Oct. 13 at Iroquois Park. The race route begins at the park entrance near Kenwood Drive and New Cut Road.

Race officials are encouraging participants to carpool to designated parking sites north of the park in addition to riding TARC to reduce traffic congestion around the event area. For more information on those parking sites, visit www.komenlouisville.org.

TARC offers two routes – Route #4 and Route #6 – that provide direct service to Iroquois Park. These routes pick up passengers in downtown, Old Louisville, the Churchill Downs area and other points in south Louisville. Visit www.ridetarc.org for more information.

Again, while routes #4 and #6 can get riders to the Race For The Cure, anyone wearing pink on Oct. 13 can ride TARC throughout Louisville that day.