The Right Rev. Robert Estill, the retired bishop of the Episcopal ?Diocese of North Carolina and a Lexington native, gave the Blessing of the Hounds this year at Iroquois Hunt Club
Hunt club: baying and blessing
howard m. snyder Herald-leader social columnist
Dahlings, there isn't an older local ceremony that I know of than the Iroquois Hunt Club's Blessing of the Hounds. Since 1928, members of the club have celebrated the start of the hunting season with this solemn event.
Derby party to boost UK project
By Jim Warren jwarren@herald-leader.com
The University of Kentucky plans to develop a new center to research and fight diabetes and obesity, thanks to millions of dollars in donations from Derby party hostess and UK alumna Patricia Barnstable-Brown of Louisville.
Let's hear it for the Purples of U High
howard m. snyder Herald-leader social columnist
Ever hear of U High? Growing up in Central Kentucky, I'd heard of University High School. I had family and friends who attended. I, too, wanted to go to the exclusive school, but Mums and Daddums wouldn't hear of it. Athens will do, they said.
