February 21, 2004 Henry County Announcements

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Greetings List Members! Henry County Web Announcements

In this FEBRUARY 21, 2004 Issue:

HEADS UP! FREE CD FROM MICROSOFT -- GOTTA HAVE IT!
US CERT CYBER ALERTS
REAL® Vulnerable
Call For Volunteers

SMART IDEAS
Recycling 7 Days a Week
Trash Collection Information

LOOKING AHEAD
Seminar on Club Drugs
Second Annual Premier Heifer Sale
Tool Show and Sale
Alateen Group Forming
Chamber of Commerce Dinner
Spring Fling 2004

REMINDER
Some related online newsletters you may wish to receive

HEADS UP! FREE CD FROM MICROSOFT -- GOTTA HAVE IT!

Microsoft finally got the picture; many people don't have a "broadband" fast connection to download and install their Critical Security patch files. In consideration of all those users that sit and wait, sometimes for hours, to download an import patch file, Microsoft has created a CD of security patches for Windows 98, Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP including patch files upto October 2003. This CD is FREE, even the shipping is free--and MicroSoft is even including a free trial version of an anti-virus program and a firewall. All you have to do is go to the link below, file out the form and submit. Get it, do it, you will be happier with MicroSoft, and maybe thank me for telling you.

This CD will make things easier if you ever get a virus and have to reformat and re-install. If your hard drive gives out and you have to replace it and re-install your O/S you will not have to spend HOURS getting all the security holes patched up. You'll still have to download the ones after October 2003 and to-date, but some of that misery will be gone. (Can you tell? I REALLY urging you to do this.)

To order: http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp

DON'T FORGET...

Being PRO-ACTIVE is essential to keeping a "clean machine" and much more time and cost effective then being REACTIVE after you've been infected.

New, from the Department of Homeland Security, you can sign-up for email bulletins Cyber Alerts and Cyber Tips. These are available in TECHNICAL and NON-TECHNICAL versions, so my fellow geeks can get the down and dirty and my less geekish friends can get the "short story" instead of the novel.

Sign-up at: http://www.us-cert.gov/

I'm already receiving my alerts and several times that have reached me BEFORE news of an anti-virus update. US-CERT has also alerted me to software problems that my anti-virus programs would not necessarily have warned about. (See Next)

REAL® Vulnerable

So many user have REAL MEDIA products installed on our computers since we visit sites with audio and video files included. US-CERT has identified three potential vulnerabilities with REAL MEDIA products. For information visit these sites:

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/473814
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/473902
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/514734

Call For Volunteers

On March 19, 2004 Henry County High School will be participating in the annual Student Leadership Conference. Sixty students will attend and spend the day learning business etiquette, interviewing techniques, and various other business related duties. We are in need of volunteers to do mock interviews with these students. The conference starts at 9am on the JCTCS campus in Shelbyville. Volunteers will be treated to lunch at Buffalo Crossing immediately after the conference ends at noon. For more information please contact Mandy White Breslin at the Board office, 845-8600.

SMART IDEAS

Recycling 7 Days a Week

As part of the County's new contract with Rumpke a recycling dumpster is provided. The container is located at the County Road facility at 714 Property road on the outskirts of New Castle and is open 7 days a week. Most of the materials we have grown accustomed to recycling with the monthly pickup stations (which will still continue, by-the-way) can be taken to the County Road barn and placed in the dumpster. One notable exception is NO GLASS. There is a notice on the container about exemptions. If you can't get to the collection stations (Campbellsburg, New Castle, Eminence, Pleasureville) on the designated Saturdays, now you have an alternative.

For more information see the our new page regarding Rumpke and our previous page about recycling.
If you have questions about County Garbage pick-up, you may call Rumpke at (800) 678-6753 or (502) 568-3800.

Recycling Update

Please note that RECYCLING DATES have CHANGED. Recycling is now every-other month.
For information check this page: http://www.henrycountyky.com/recycling.htm

LOOKING AHEAD

February 27--Seminar on "Club Drugs"
Community Life Center, Eminence 12 Noon - 4 p.m.

This special program is provided by the joint efforts of The Kentucky National Guard, the Eminence Police Department, and the Henry County Care Team. This session covers the rave/club drugs, the Rave scene, DUI on MDMA and GHB, GHB addiction from the party scene to businessmen, athletes, and seniors, drug facilitated sexual assault, and upcoming drug trends. The guest speaker is Ms. Trinka Porrata, Retired LAPD with 25 years of service (8 years narcotics experienced). She is actively involved in legislation nationally and in California Child abuse/sexual assault experience; nationally recognized designer drug expert and currently teaching & consulting nationwide President of Project GHB, non-profit http://www.projectghb.org/.

A light lunch will be provided; please call 502-845-0100 by February 25th to register for this special event.

February 28--Second Annual Premier Heifer Sale
Tri-County Livestock Exchange, 1:00 p.m.

A great learning experience even if you don't own a farm, this sale will have approximate 130 heifers for sale. For more information contact Doug Bates, 845-0806.

February 28--Tool Show and Sale
Community Life Center, Eminence 8:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m.

March 2--New Alateen Group Meeting
Eminence 7:00 p.m.

A new Alateen group will begin meeting at the Methodist Church at 4844 North Main Street in Eminence at 7:00 p.m. for one hour every Tuesday night for teenagers 12-18 years old. The group has two Ala-Anon sponsors that chaperone the group. This group meets right before the 8:00 p.m. AA/Al-Anon groups at this church. For more information you may contact any one of the following: Jennifer 845-9008 or Karen 255-7519 or Kathy 845-2393. All teens are welcome whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking and drugging.

March 9--Chamber of Commerce Dinner
Eminence Christian Church, begins at 6:00

Appetizers, sponsored by shelby Energy, will begin at 6:00 for our networking time. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. and catered by Grigsby Stiltz Innovations, cost for dinner is $12.00. The program will include a short presentation about our newest attraction in Henry County, Crowe's Chase. The Painted Stone Re-enactment group will be at our dinner in the Revolutionary War dress and will share some information about a presentation they will do in May at Crowe's Chase. This would be a nice event for Chamber Members to invite a guest to attend. Reservations are due buy March 4th, for more information call 845-0806.

May 15, 21st Annual New Castle Spring Fling

Yes, this is early notice, but you might want to know this event is already in planning and some events are already scheduled! (Booths are free for non-profit.) To see what's planned already visit: http://henrycountyky.com/springfling04.htm For more information contact Charlie Sevier: call 502-845-4181(home), or email .

e-POSTCARDS FROM HENRY COUNTY, WITH LOVE.
E-postcards is a freebie from The Henry County Web. http://www.henrycountyky.com/postcard

REMINDER

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Henry County Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Newsletters By Email

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