First lady Jane Beshear, left, talked with Lindy Karns, treasurer of the Kentucky Executive Mansions Foundation, at Tuesday's news conference about revitalizing the Old Governor's Mansion.
Mansion makeover: Jewett will do it
howard m. snyder Herald-leader social columnist
Greentree Close, a group of shops and a restaurant on West Short Street, had a holiday open house a week and half ago. Oh dahlings, one parking lot and four stores — it's so handy.
Hunt club: baying and blessing
howard m. snyder Herald-leader social columnist
Dahlings, there isn't an older local ceremony that I know of than the Iroquois Hunt Club's Blessing of the Hounds. Since 1928, members of the club have celebrated the start of the hunting season with this solemn event.
Derby party to boost UK project
By Jim Warren jwarren@herald-leader.com
The University of Kentucky plans to develop a new center to research and fight diabetes and obesity, thanks to millions of dollars in donations from Derby party hostess and UK alumna Patricia Barnstable-Brown of Louisville.
