Tickets are still available for the Benefit for the Bend dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at the Christian County Extension Service on Pembroke Road.
The dinner benefits the Jeffers Bend Environmental Center.
Tickets are $30 for the meal, including grilled pork chops, sides and homemade desserts. Reservations must be made by Thursday afternoon, an organizer said, by calling 270-885-5600 or 270-885-1425.
There will also be a silent auction for several items, including large grills, patio furniture, mountain bicycles and fishing gear.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
