Clarkson to participate in reading program sponsored by GC Public Library; will

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At Monday night’s Clarkson City Commission meeting, Grayson County Public Library Director Lisa Jones and Book Mobile/Outreach Librarian Michelle Childress invited the city to participate in the “Take a book, give a book” initiative by presenting commissioners with a cabinet to hold books to be made available to the public in front of the Clarkson City Hall and Community Center.

The program, in which Childress places books in a wood cabinet with glass doors, allows anyone to take a book, with the option of keeping the book, or reading and returning the book, or taking a book and replacing it with another.

The reading project is currently being utilized with nine such cabinets in Leitchfield and one in Caneyville.

The cabinet is designed to be kept outside and can be decorated any way the city chooses.
Childress puts new books in the cabinets weekly, and there is neither a fee nor library card needed for citizens to participate in the program.

Clarkson City Commissioners enthusiastically thanked Jones and Childress and unanimously opted to participate in the program.

Career Day in Clarkson

Commissioner Ed Schott said he thinks it’s important for the city to host a Career Day in Clarkson, and to that end, he will coordinate with Jones, officials from the ECTC Leitchfield Campus, GCHS administrators, the military, and local businesses on hosting an event designed to promote the youth of the city giving thought to their respective futures.

Schott said the event is meant to fill the crack many young people fall through in regards to planning for their futures. It will be designed to give young people an opportunity to make decisions about what they want to do, career-wise, instead of floundering and potentially falling into bad habits once their high school career is over.

Schott hopes for Clarkson host a Career Day annually, either in the fall or winter.

Honeyfest copyright

Commissioners voted to move forward with copyrighting the term “Clarkson Honeyfest” and trademarking the official Honeyfest logo.

In an effort to preclude non-official vendors from selling Clarkson Honeyfest memorabilia such as t-shirts, hats and key chains without obtaining the permission and/or remitting a fee to the city, City Attorney Tom Goff was given approval by Commissioners to move forward with the copyright/trademark process.

Goff said he had spoken to an attorney who practices in trademark/copyright law, and the cost to complete the process would be in the neighborhood of $2,500.

Red Cross Blood Drive

Clarkson Police Chief Buck Meredith said because of a nationwide shortage of blood, officials from the Red Cross have contacted him about the city hosting another blood drive.

Clarkson has held three blood drives over the last couple of years, with each drive producing more pints of blood than predicted or anticipated.

No date for a future blood drive was set, but Meredith will coordinate with the Red Cross and commissioners in the coming weeks as he works to secure a firm blood drive date.

Executive Session

Commissioners and Goff entered into an Executive Session to discuss a personnel issue and emerged from the 20 minute private meeting saying that no action had been taken.

Proclamations

Commissioners approved proclamations declaring September “City Government Month,” and September 25 through October 1 “National Pollinator Week.”