Upcoming Boyle library events
The Boyle County Public Library has the following upcoming events:
- The Third Thursday Book Club will discuss “Up From the Blue” by Susan Henderson at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 19. Copies of the book can be picked up at the circulation desk.
- A poetry reading by nationally-known Danville native Maurice Manning will be noon April 16. Manning’s most recent book, “The Common Man,”¿was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
- The Friends of the Library’s “American Comedy Classics II” film series will continue 7 p.m. March 29 with a 1942 road comedy directed by David Butler and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Lincoln names new GOP officers
The Lincoln County Republicans have elected new officers: Candice Franklin, chairman; Scott Maples, vice chairman; Janet Gordon, treasurer; Lynda Closson, secretary; and Steven Hoeck, youth chairman.
Clarification
A story in Wednesday’s edition of the Advocate-Messenger naming the current board members of the Wilderness Trace Community Foundation should have included Joe Brown and Steve Manning.

