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Tracy Ross speaks with Comedown Kings bassist Bruce Brockenborough about his band s upcoming concert at Paducah Beer Werks.
Local rock and roll bands, the Comedown Kings and Two Weeks Notice, both have veterans in their line-ups, which made the decision to return to live music post-pandemic in the form of a Memorial Day benefit an easy one. Our drummer is an Air Force veteran, and he made fast friends with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, and they re some of our best fans, Brockenborough says. They come to every show and support us, he continues. I think most people really appreciate veterans. This is the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, so that s really cool. These guys look like any biker club, except they have hearts of gold, and all they do is try to help out their fellow veterans. We re really lucky to be able to do that. The bass player for Two Weeks Notice is also a Marine veteran, so it just kind of ties in.
BENTON â With a week before Christmas, Marcellaâs Kitchen served up more than hot lunches. The nonprofit also gave away hundreds of bags of groceries, fruits and gifts with help from the community.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, volunteers at Marcellaâs Kitchen, located at 868 Guy Mathis Drive in Benton, handed out 487 meals, 487 bags of fruit, plus well over 500 bags of groceries to families who drove through. In addition, they received various gifts and stocking stuffers, such as lip balm, scarves and stuffed animals.
âEvery time thereâs somebody that comes through this kitchen, no matter how they come through, we are blessed,â said Marcella Perkins, founder of Marcellaâs Kitchen.
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A Paducah nonprofit is making a list and checking it twice as it prepares to give free meals to over 1,000 people this Christmas Eve.
Project Pomona, a local organization dedicated to providing food for those who need it, has put together Seasonâs Eatings with a group of partner businesses and nonprofits to safely distribute these meals to four different sites at 11 a.m. on Dec. 24.
âYou know ⦠itâs been a bad year,â Project Pomona founder Bryant Hileman said. âWe havenât been able to do what we always did before â our free weekly meals at the library â but with Christmas coming up and the second round of restaurant and bar closures, even more people are faced with food insecurity than last year (and ever before).