FOOD, FIREWORKS, FUN SET THE STAGE FOR ANNUAL SUMMERFEST ON FRIDAY, JUNE 30

effersontown’s SummerFest 2023 is set for Friday, June 30, at Veterans Memorial Park, 10707 Taylorsville Road. Admission is free, and the event lasts from 6 to 10 p.m.

The Soul Circus band will bring its lively sound to the event. In addition, there will be a variety of family-friendly activities including face painters, a Kids Zone with slides and bouncy houses, and food trucks.

The grand finale of the event is a fireworks show that will begin shortly before 10 p.m. Bring the whole family — and chairs and blankets — to enjoy this year’s Summerfest!

TRI-AN MEMORIAL HONORS SERVICE IN VIETNAM BY U.S. MILITARY MEMBERS

Local Vietnamese Americans have been working for years on a unique memorial created to honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.

Work on the Tri-An Memorial is under way at Jeffersontown’s Veterans Memorial Park, 10707 Taylorsville Road. Completion of the memorial is expected to occur later this year.

The rendering shown here depicts eight bamboo-formed concrete columns that represent the eight anti-communist allies that united to fight for freedom for the Vietnamese people.

Those allies include South Vietnam, the United States, Australia, Thailand, South Korea, New Zealand, Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Phililppines.

QR codes are placed subtly in places across the walls of the monument to allow visitors to access information to read accounts of the Vietnam War.

Yung Nguyen, Founder and Chairman of the Tri-An Foundation and President of IVS LLC, is the visionary who led the way on the project.

To learn more about the Tri-An project and see more renderings, visit https://tri-an.org/monument/.

Use Fertilizer Responsibly To Help Keep Waterways Safe

Use of too much fertilizer or applying it at the wrong time can damage untreated waterways, resulting in an unhealthy environment for fish and wildlife.

Tips include: Use fertilizers sparingly; don’t fertilize before a rain storm; consider using organic fertilizers; use compost to reduce the need for fertilizers.

The City of Jeffersontown encourages safe practices like these as part of its participation in the MS4 clean water program, a nationwide effort to improve water quality.

Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

As a Snap-on tools franchise dealer for close to 30 years, Jim Noon decided six years ago to change gears and begin a handyman business. All those years of experience as a business owner made the transition to the handyman business a logical next step in his career.

“I’ve always done my own projects and have also worked with a lot of builders,” says Jim, who started a family business in 2018 called Done By Noon Handyman Services LLC. The pandemic put a damper on many businesses, and although 2020 was a rough year, business subsequently bounced back big time, and each year since, the number of jobs has increased. Even after having his son, Craig, join him in the business three years ago, last year they had more jobs than they could handle.

His son, Adam, will be joining the family business this year. Both sons have experience as managing supervisors for different property management companies, which made them well-versed in customer interaction, problem solving and satisfaction.