A contingent of about 40 West Highland white terriers invaded Bushy Run Battlefield State Park in Penn Township on a sunny Saturday, trekking on land where their ancestral owners once fought Native Americans 260 years ago this summer. The cute lovable canines,
better known as Westies, invaded the historic battlefield with
In a packed room at the Ballard Convention Center on Tuesday, locals listened to how a bourbon distillery could play into the economic growth of Hopkins County.
Garrigan Building and Construction sponsored the event for the Hopkins County Regional Chamber of Commerce because they are interested in seeing business and the population prosper locally, said owner David Garrigan.
âWe are trying to provide something new and different for people in the county, and we want to tag on and help other businesses do the same thing,â he said.
Hopkins County has some great locations, the right infrastructure and access to the interstate that combine to make it an ideal location for a distillery, said Garrigan.
The Bard Distillery in Muhlenberg County recently became the newest addition to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, making it the 41st member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature bourbon and spirits industry.
The Bard opened last year in the locally historic Graham School under Tom and Kim Bard’s leadership. The past three generations of Tom’s family attended the school and he and Kim had the vision to restore the property. Tom Bard was a mechanical engineer and learned to distill after a decade of studying and networking. The Bard Distillery includes a visitor center, gift shop and distillery, and the Bards say they hope to expand soon.