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🌱 How yellow tulips are reshaping youth mental health support in Bardstown

Bardstown, Kentucky Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How yellow tulips are reshaping youth mental health support in Bardstown
  • Why a Bardstown distillery is going temporarily quiet amid industry shakeups
  • Ride along a Bardstown UPS route that shows global history locally

Also on today's calendar: Once Upon a Mattress and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 81 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 58.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. How a Kentucky county uses flowers to fight stigma around mental health • Kentucky Lantern (kentuckylantern.com) — Bardstown and Nelson County leaders are using the Yellow Tulip Project to give local youth hopeful spaces and conversations around mental health, with 20 community gardens and a dedicated Yellow Tulip Week. Bardstown social worker Olivia Raley just earned an international Rotary “Champions of Tomorrow” award for helping drive the effort, which involves local schools, parks, nonprofits, and health organizations.
   

2. New Tech Driving Food Plant Closures Amid Market Transition (foodinstitute.com) — Bardstown’s Lux Row Distillers will be temporarily idled as owner MGP Ingredients draws down whiskey inventory, part of a broader wave of food and beverage plant slowdowns driven by new technology and cost pressures. Another Kentucky distillery in Lebanon is also affected, while companies nationwide close older plants and invest in more advanced facilities elsewhere.
   

3. How we reported on the rise and importance of UPS in American history (courier-journal.com) — A national look at UPS’s history includes a close-up of a Bardstown delivery route, where a local driver’s relationships with customers show how deeply the company is woven into everyday life. Reporters trace UPS’s growth from a small startup to a global logistics giant that supports small businesses and e-commerce across Kentucky and beyond.
   

4. Frankfort Independent Schools participating in summer reading, math program (state-journal.com) — Families in Bardstown should know that Bardstown Independent is part of Kentucky’s 2026 Summer Boost program, which pairs free meals with free books and online math games. Local students can get about 1,000 books through meal sites, helping them keep reading and math skills sharp during the long summer break.
   

5. Obituary: Joseph Floyd ‘Joey' Willett, 79, Boston (nelsoncountygazette.com) — Family and friends in Bardstown are mourning Joseph Floyd “Joey” Willett, 79, whose siblings live in Bardstown and who will be laid to rest in Bardstown Cemetery. The Vietnam veteran and longtime husband, father, and papaw died April 18, with visitation and funeral services scheduled this week in nearby New Haven.
   

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★ Featured events ★

    Thursday April 23
  • Strength & Stability
    Nelson County Public Library, 201 Cathedral Manor, Bardstown
    11:30 am

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  • Any one recommend a house cleaner.
    Just need help for about 3 hours. 502-297-2815. Mark (Nextdoor Bardstown)
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    Our crews often work along or near roads while making repairs and installing new, advanced equipment to make service even more reliable for our… (Nextdoor )
  • Burnout Brands posted a job opening for Accounts Receivable Specialist in Bardstown. Apply here.
  • Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Bardstown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bardstown here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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