Discussion will primarily focus on issues of healthy relationships, comprehensive sex education and access to nutritious foods. Workshops will be led by Planned Parenthood, the Center for Women and Families and the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm.

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9:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 23. Keynote speakers include Gaby Pacheco, an undocumented immigrant and activist traveling the country to rally support for the DREAM Act and Wendy Walsh, an anti-bullying advocate whose 13-year-old son committed suicide after years of bullying and homophobic harassment.

The Ali Center is celebrating an important milestone. [FOX 41]

How many accidents have to happen in a single mine before Steve Beshear’s administration will take action? How many people have to die? Yet all you Democrats in Louisville fawn over him like he’s the second coming when Mayor McCheese is with him. [H-L]

Dining Out For Life will take place on December 1. Restaurants donating the most: Cozza, Captain’s Quarters, Simply Thai [DINE OUT]

Hundreds of hours have been put into the search for Andrew Compton’s body. That family must be devastated. [WAVE3]

There’s a benefit concert being held on December 4 at 8:00 P.M. So if you like music and want to help in the situation, here’s your chance. [Compton's Brother]

The University of Louisville should be applauded for going completely smoke-free. [WHAS11]

It’s time for an Ask Your Legislator update. Here’s your chance to ask state legislators anything you want. [Page One]

Are you registered to vote? Having difficulty remembering? You’ve got no excuse. Check here. If you’re not registered, do so today. [Click Here]

Yesterday Congressman John Yarmuth delivered a $95,000 check to the Muhammad Ali Center to support the educational outreach efforts of the Center’s Council of Students. [Press Release]

Shocking, surreal footage of Daniel Mongiardo’s dance moves and his wife’s unbelievable addiction. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Basically everybody and their mother opposes tolls. Because we all know that nobody is going to pay to go to Indiana unless they need to go to the good Meijer or take out-of-town relatives to the Falls. [C-J]

Yesterday PVA Tony Lindauer was endorsed by UFCW 227. [Press Release]

Everybody is just so mean to those poor, impoverished folks who want to toll bridges! So mean! [FOX41]

Greg Fischer’s campaign announced that he’ll unveil his “Animal Services Plan” tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. at his campaign headquarters. [Desperate Move]

Louisville Gas & Electric wants yet another coal ash mountain. Rather, a 60-acre coal waste landfill. 60 acres. Quick, everybody act surprised. [C-J]

Isn’t it ironic to see the Louisville-Jefferson County Democratic Party sending out email blasts debunking health care myths? I mean, after the Chair and a few others openly endorsed Daniel Mongiardo, a health care denier and flip-flopper? [Louisville Dems]

Yesterday Mike Slaton, running against Tom Riner in the 41st State House District, announced endorsements from: The Women’s Network PAC and The Victory Fund. That’s in addition to news earlier this week of endorsements from CFAIR and the Metropolitan Louisville Women’s Political Caucus. [Email Blast]

Check out this interesting story about Ambassador Matthew Barzun and his wife, Brooke. [Runway Passport]

Metro area unemployment hit 12.1%. 20-year high. Feels awesome, doesn’t it? [C-J]

The Louisville Science Center is making some big announcements this morning at 10:00 A.M. Some major exhibits on par with Titanic are on the way. [Media Advisory]

Our local NPR affiliated noticed the good news about Slugger Field that we pointed out the other day. [WFPL]

Today at 11:00 A.M., Congressman John Yarmuth will welcome home Muhammad Ali Center students from Serbia. He’ll also announce federal funding to support the service learning programs and leadership training efforts of the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students. [Press Release]

The Courier-Journal editorial board must have selectively forgotten that Governor Steve Beshear is tighter with King Coal than Mitch McConnell. [Page One]

Oh, and wait for this… KIPDA’s Transportation Technical Coordinating Committee will not be meeting on April 14 as previously announced. [Press Release]

University of Louisville graduate Monica Marks won a Rhodes Scholarship. Huzzuh! Good things DO happen in Louisville! She plans to spend two years at Oxford pursuing a degree in modern Middle Eastern culture. [Press Release]

The Ali Center is seeking $10 million for an expansion. It’s such a great place that we can’t wait for the center to receive all the cash it needs. So give generously, folks. [C-J]

Daniel Mongiardo is anti-choice and anti-woman. Just in case you missed it. Watch the video. [Page One]

The Herald-Leader editorial board once again shows its superior grasp on Kentucky by calling out the Beshear Administration for cutting corners when it comes to the environment. [H-L]

We took a huge step forward on health care in the U.S. Senate. But it’s funny how few people are excited about the move. Maybe because the people who really need and deserve access to quality health care in this country will still fall through the cracks. [The Hill]

Newspaper circulation really is worse than a it looks. No wonder the C-J fights so hard to push people to read the paper. [HuffPo]

When will the Courier-Journal push for tax reform like the Herald-Leader has done? [More Page One]

Nutty Flavor of the Day: Abortion activist Randall Terry chose us, Louisville, as one of 10 cities in his wacky tour to fight the proposed national health care program because he thinks it might fund abortions. So he campaigned outside Mitch McConnell’s office. Is that supposed to be an Obama actor in those pics? Meanwhile, John Yarmuth will talk health care on State of Affairs tomorrow. [WFPL]

Oh, Yeah, We Ought to Change the Sign: The Louisville Times stopped publishing 20 years ago, yet no one on the C-J management team in all these years got the bright idea of taking down the sign on the building at Sixth and Broadway. Arnold’s on it. [Courier]

Parents Still in Dark as Oldham Swine Flu Spreads: Two more swine flu cases in Oldham County’s school system, and the school board is sending notes home again to parents explaining that they’re not entitled to know which schools have reported cases. [Fox41]

Caution, Those IMs Could Come Back to Haunt You if you Run for Office: Even more reason to be cautious about those late-night chat sessions with that co-worker in accounting.  Check out some un-guarded opinions from Kimberly Greenwell, candidate for the state House. [Page One]

In Jack’s Corner: The Champ is supporting Jack Conway in the U.S. Senate race. Muhammad Ali will attend a Conway fundraiser next month at Jonathan Blum’s (Yum!) house in Anchorage. [Joe Arnold]

Mayor’s List:  There’s more speculation on the list of potential Mayoral candidates, minus one. Our sources say you can cross Craig Greenberg off the list, because he’s focusing on Museum Plaza. Of the rest on Joe Gerth’s list, David Tandy, Jim King and Greg Fischer seem the most serious. Jerry, of course, is still weeks away from making a decision about running. [Gerth]

Jerry Crossed: Check out Al Cross’ take on the possibility of Jerry Abramson joining the race for Lt. Gov. with Steve Beshear.  [Cross]

I Think It’s Because They Want to Take Them to Church: Gun permit requests are on the rise in Kentucky and Indiana.  A typical quote, referring to AG Eric Holder from a Kentucky gun instructor: “His whole main purpose in life is to outlaw personal gun ownership.” [Courier]

Beginning of the End: Questions surrounding the future of horse racing are all over now that Churchill has concluded its spring meet, more notable for marketing effort than racing. We expect the final betting handle and attendance numbers to be way down. Traditionally, the horses, trainers and jockeys go from here to Ellis Park, but that track’s on its last legs. TV sweeps have started, and WLKY’s John Boel sorts out the hype starting tonight.

Farewell Tour: Muhammad Ali, 67, has acknowledged his failing health won’t allow him to travel much longer, so he’s making a trip to the UK which he says will be his last. [WHAS-TV]

The End for Many: It’s the last week for the Gannett Blog, which is going out with a bang chronicling the expected cuts across the country at Gannett papers. We’ll be watching to see what happens with the Courier-Journal. [Gannett Blog]

Stepping Up: It is sounding more and more like Jerry Abramson won’t run for another term, so take a look at the list Jake’s compiled of potential candidates for his job. Was the Mayor bummed he wasn’t asked to speak at last nigh’s Lincoln Memorial ceremony? Anyway, the buzz is now directed toward Craig Greenberg, the Museum Plaza attorney. [Page One]

Lincoln Seen in Hard Rock: The setting sun was a perfect backdrop for a moving ceremony dedicating the Lincoln statue last night. Kids played on the statue while Ed Hamilton spoke, the Louisville Orchestra played, William Mapother narrated, the Belle of Louisville floated and a crowd of 500 ooohed. We’ll have more on this later.

Big Four Bridge: And we couldn’t help but notice that the project to build a ramp to the Big Four bridge is coming along nicely.

Beshear’s Gamble, Williams’ Response: Can’t figure out why Steve Beshear waited a day to state the obvious reason for the special session — another attempt to get gambling passed, which was, you know, a campaign promise two years ago. Even more absurd — David Williams calling for squeezing more money out of the lottery to fund purses at tracks. [Herald-Leader]

Dancing Media: Our favorites in the Dancing with the Stars benefit for Families for Effective Treatment of Autistm (FEAT) are former WHAS-TV reporter Kirby Adams, radio hostess Lynda Lambert and WLKY-TV anchor Vicki Dortch, who you can see practicing here.

New Gig for Ramsey: Local media personality John Ramsey’s got a new gig. A long-time friend of Muhammad Ali, Ramsey is the new marketing director of the Ali Center. Sure beats the radio biz. Ramsey had been selling spots for U of L’s sports marketing arm. [Courier]

U of L Staffing Changes?: Anybody know why U of L’s Advancement Department keeps losing VPs?  We hear that the two VPs recently departed are just the latest in a three-year purge of high-paying ($165K, $90K) execs.

Buthod Squirms: Interesting watching library director Craig Buthod squirm while the Metro Council debated with him why he can’t get a few libraries open on Sundays. It all has to do with union negotiations with libary workers. And of course, there not being any money. [Courier]

Guns Story Gets Bigger: The New Bethel Church gun story, first reported here on Tuesday, has now made ABC News and USA Today. A Google search for Pastor Ken Pagano turns up 339 articles.  Best headline pun: Piece Be with You.

We Have to Quit Watching This Train Wreck: Got back from the Waterfront in time to see the Southern Belles go “camping” at a luxurious cabin outside town, to hear Kellie (our new favorite for least likable) complain to her Mom about all the cocaine she used to do, and Emily fret over an image consultant saying she dressed like a trampy showgirl.