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Sarah Smitha’s Candy Mountain Music Delights Children and Parents Alike

Founded in 2011 by Ashley Boyd Gann of Frankfort, Sweet Blessings provides children 5-14 years old living in poverty or with a life-threatening illness with a one-of-a-kind, unforgettable birthday cake.

“I can’t sleep if I don’t try it” was the mindset that propelled the Lexington Latin School into existence. Jeannie Davis, founder and headmistress of the school, wanted so badly to share her passion for Classical Christian education with the families of Central Kentucky that it kept her up at night.

You hear the siren. You have a moment of panic, and then you run. You’re told you have 10 seconds. The bomb shelter is too far.
Stairs are the second best option. You dive under the stairs. You whisper along with everyone else.
“It will be okay. The rockets haven’t killed any civilians yet, and there have been hundreds of them. We are safe.”
Then a security guard says we can move to the shelter. You sit there for 15 minutes, hugging all of your friends because you know you are safe now.

After 32 years as the leader of Hospice of the Bluegrass, Gretchen Marcum Brown, MSW, will retire in September.