Just as darkness begins to fall over the hallowed grounds, Spring Hill Cemetery will come to life Sept. 14 and 15 – with history that is. The ninth annual “History Underfoot” Cemetery Tour, sponsored by James Harrod Trust, will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Satur-day, Sept. 14 and 15.

On these two evenings, the focus will center on education and entertainment with a guide escorting guests through the cem-etery to “visit” with some of Harrodsburg and Mercer County’s ancestors. “The early residents of Harrodsburg and Mercer County, some who may actually be infamous, will share stories about their lives as well as early events, traditions and customs in Mer-cer County and Kentucky,” said Rosalind Turner, Cemetery Tour Committee member.

James Harrod Trust members and friends will be in period attire and positioned at gravesites. The interpreters will share the color and history of some of the community’s forefathers.

“The cemetery tour is very educational and very entertaining,” said Turner. “We always hear wonderful comments from peo-ple who go on the tour and anticipate this year will be just as much fun and just as educational as past years.”

The tour is co-sponsored by The Har-rodsburg Herald and offers visitors an oppor-tunity to learn about the history of the state’s oldest settlement and the people who lived, loved, fought and died in the community, Turner said. “The night is about remember-ing their lives and learning about the trials, tribulations, the joy and the sorrow that our ancestors endured.”

The event, which has drawn hundreds to the cemetery in years past, has acquired a following of people from the area who attend annually. “Though it is educational, the visi-tors always enjoy being entertained with the stories shared under the moonlight as well

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Aaron BurchHerald Staffaburch@harrodsburgherald.com

The Burgin Fall Festival began in earnest Friday afternoon, providing Mercer County residents with Labor Day entertainment in the form of

numerous musicians, parades, tractor pulls and much more.

As the work week ended, cars lined up on Burgin’s Main Street to find a parking spot for the weekend’s festivities. More than 60 vendors had set up shops and supplies for the long weekend in Burgin, and residents

were ready to take part.By 6 p.m. Friday, the festival

had taken off as approximately 1500 people worked their way through the shops and music scene. The band, Trailer Trash, warmed up the crowd with country favorites before turning the microphone over to Austin Rath for a series of Christian songs.

The festival really kicked off at 6:30 p.m. when the parade began. The Burgin police and fire depart-ments announced their arrival with sirens and horns calling for the crowd’s attention. Many Burgin resi-dents rode through town including pageant winners from Burgin’s 2011 Fall Festival.

Saturday kicked off early with a corn hole tournament and pageants held throughout the day. In the after-noon, crowds gathered for a kiddie tractor pull and an afternoon full of music. Beginning with High Heels and Sneakers, the Burgin festival hosted numerous bands throughout the day including Rapture, Payne

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Rianna RobinsonHerald Staffrrobinson@harrodsburgherald.com

Local experts in a variety of senior relat-ed issues will be on hand at the Mercer County Extension Office Friday, Sept. 14 for a caregiving conference.

The event is free and open to the public, and a wide range of topics will be discussed.

Luci Hockersmith, extension agent for family and consumer sciences, said the idea to hold the conference came from meetings with senior advocates, Hospice and home health officials and others who believe care-giving is an important issue.

“From looking at some of the data, Mer-cer County has a higher than state average of people over 65 years old, so it is an important issue in our area,” Hockersmith said. “In extension, we are always looking at who our programs serve, and seniors tend to be an under served group.”

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and will be limited to the first 150 participants. The program will begin at 9 a.m. with remarks from Mercer County Judge-Executive Mil-ward Dedman and Dr. Ann Vail with the University of Kentucky’s College of Human Environmental Sciences.

Janet Gates, director of the Senior Com-panion program, will be the first speaker, and will discuss what her program is and how it serves seniors.

Angela Russell will give an overview of the services and programs offered at the

Rianna RobinsonHerald Staffrrobinson@harrodsburgherald.com

Harrodsburg natives Kelsey and Kaylynn Best had the opportunity to see seven different countries during a study trip they took abroad earlier this summer.

The sisters took the trip May 30 to July 11 through the Kentucky Institute of International Studies program based at Western Kentucky University. “We always wanted to go to Europe, and probably the best way is to study abroad, because you earn college credit, and you get to travel in a way that is very afford-able,” said Kelsey.

The students from WKU studied in Bregenz, Austria during the week and were free to travel on week-ends. Students stayed with a host family in Bregenz, and Kelsey and Kaylynn stayed with Frau Kather-ine Rhomberg. She spoke no Eng-lish, but the girls said she was very nice and baked them muffins and got them a ticket for a boat ride in Bregenz Harbor for their birthday.

Kelsey’s boyfriend, Andreas Willems of Denmark, also visited the girls on their birthday. Wil-lems and Best met while he was

Debbie Jenkins CookHerald Staffnewsroom@harrodsburgherald.com

“Building Mercer County – One Brick at a Time” is the title of a special workshop to be held at the Mercer County Extension office from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 25.

Sponsored by Mercer Trans-formation, Inc., the Harrodsburg Mercer County Industrial Develop-ment Authority (HMCIDA), Mercer County Community Endowment, Mercer Chamber of Commerce and Lifeline Ministries of Mercer Coun-ty, the program will feature Greg Coker as speaker.

Formerly of Harrodsburg, Coker is a professional speaker. His topic, “Building Cathedrals: The Power of Purpose” is based on a centuries-old story about Christopher Wren, the world famous architect who was commissioned to rebuild Saint Paul’s Cathedral after the fire of 1666 that devastated London.

The story illustrates that the most productive and successful people in life are those with pur-pose. Coker’s purpose noted in a news release is “to inspire motivate and move audiences to renew com-mitments to their purpose and to have a clearer understanding of the ‘cathedrals’ that must be built, both personal and organizational.

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Tim White has gained many fans over the years while playing everything from Professor Flitwick from Harry Potter to Frankenstein's monster and from Bilbo Bag-gins to toy soldiers to zombies. Over 2,000 photos have been posted on his Face-book page.

Robert MooreHerald Staffrmoore@harrodsburgherald.com

Tim White has been operating White Line Screen Printing since 1990. Over the years, he’s tried his hand at nearly everything: draw-ing, painting, website design, acting and special effects work, becoming Harrodsburg’s man of a thousand faces in the process. The best way to describe him might be to present three things you can hear in his shop and nowhere else in town.

“The Creature from the Black Lagoon is hilarious.”

White custom manufactures all kinds of promotional items, from mugs to mouse pads, but T-shirts are a large part of his business. One shirt hanging over the back of his chair depicts the actor Boris Karloff threatening the viewer with a bloody ax.

White is not a fan of horror movies as much as he is the idea of escape. White’s a big fan of “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR). “Anything that’s not real life,” he said. “I want to be taken away.”

A few years ago, he attended a classic horror movie convention in Pennsylvania called the Mon-ster Bash. “People go wearing cos-tumes,” he said. “They check into hotels with bellboy carts piled high with costumes. Things have passed me in the hallways that I had no idea

what they were.”White brought some drawings

he’d done of Karloff, most famous today for playing the Monster in the 1931 version of “Frankenstein” and narrating the classic cartoon version

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Tim White peeks out from behind the T-shirts in his store. On stage, he's played everything from Daniel Boone to Frankenstein's monster.

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Several Burgin residents rode tractors in the Burgin Festival Parade Friday night.