Congratulations to:
Linda Gamblin Ball of Lexington, appointed to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents.
These recipients of the Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships from the Kentucky Arts Council, for excellence in their respective creative disciplines:
Catherine Brereton, creative nonfiction, Fayette County
Janet Eldred, Jeremy Paden and Marcia Hurlow, poetry, Fayette County
Hannah Pittard, fiction, Fayette County
Margaret Price, playwriting, Fayette County
These recipients of the Emerging Artist Award from the Kentucky Arts Council:
Austyn Gaffney, creative nonfiction, Fayette County
Shaun Turner, fiction, Madison County
UK students Morgan Hasler and Stone Warfield, selected as Wallace-Carver Fellows by the World Food Price Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Lexington Legends infielder Manny Olloque, MiLB.com’s Player of the Week for the South Atlantic League.
UK College of Pharmacy Professor Joseph L. Fink III, recipient of the Sustained Scholarship Award from the Social and Administrative Sciences Section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Lexington Fire Department Lt. James Moore, who received the Fie Chief Commendation Award in recognition of his job performance during his tenure as an instructor at the Fire Training Academy.
These films and filmmakers from Fayette County Public Schools, chosen to screen at the 2018 All American High School Film Festival in Times Square in October:
“Justice,” producted by Destiny White and Kelacia Cherry of Brian Station High School.
“Sparrow,” and “All the Wonder in the World,” animated films created by Cooper Boss of Henry Clay High School.
