Despite a press release from Fischer’s campaign indicating that the event will take place the 20th, it will, indeed, take place this evening on the 21st.

If you can’t make it in person, you may click here to watch a live stream of the event, which will be dominated by A Kentucky Newspaper.

Looks like our firemenz rumor mill story was spot-on. [WAVE3]

The Ford F-250 and the Expedition, both produced locally, were named best in class by the annual Strategic Vision Total Value Index. Ford was also cited as the most improved brand and company over all. [Press Release]

There’s about to be a big Brown-Forman sell-off. [C-J]

More than 300 homebound seniors will receive Thanksgiving Dinner thanks to volunteers with the Louisville Metro Meals on Wheels Program. If you aren’t already a volunteer, you should consider become one. [Click the Clicky]

More than half of teachers report buying food for hungry students with their own money. These are the times we’re living in. [HuffPo]

Hey ladies and ladydudes, buy locally this Black Friday! [WHAS11]

Bellarmine hates the environment and wants to kill us all with Beargrass Creek. [C-J]

HELLO! Perfect gift for a guy named Jake. Just saying. [The WHY Louisville Store]

Dine out for Life next Wednesday, December 2. You could go to our favorite places: Blue Dog, Cafe Lou Lou, Havana Rumba, Porcini, Simply Thai. Mmmm. [Click Here for Details]

Retrofitting the suburbs of Bardstown Road? Okay. Put on your geek hat. [Broken Sidewalk]

Fairdale Bigfoot isn’t just running for Mayor of Louisville. He writes a weekly advise column that is a must-read. [Consuming Louisville]

If you have a few spare million laying around, pony up. Time to buy the Colgate plant cause the sale just fell through. [C-J]

The pig flu is upon us and healthy people are apparently afraid. Will we all die of this or the poverty? [WHAS11]

Jerry Abramson and John Yarmuth will join each other in Shively at 10:30 A.M. for a press conference. They plan to announce improvements for traffic flow in “suburban areas” of Louisville, according to the release. [Press Release]

Can we talk about how awesome it is for the Courier-Journal to support the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage? This critics of this project are bringing great shame upon us all. And it’s time to shut up. Now, let’s hear television and radio step up as the Courier’s editorial board has done. [C-J]

How we live in our small urban spaces. Another great piece from our favorite local website. [Broken Sidewalk]

Later today (2:00 P.M.) the mayor will join Dr. Joseph McGowan, Metro EMS and Bellarmine students to announce the approval of the student-run Bellarmine Emergency Response Team. The group will provide emergency medical services at university events. [Another Release]

Can you say ‘wrong on so many levels’? After our experiences with the private prison at Otter Creek, do we want to put our most vulnerable youth under private/bottom-line care? Don’t we have some of the best non-profits here in Kentucky that already have great records dealing with problem youth? Home of the Innocents, Brooklawn, et al? One has to wonder if the nursing home in Northern Kentucky is payback for Dennis Keene. [Debby Yetter]

Just in case you missed it, the Fairdale Bigfoot writes a weekly advice column. And he’s running for mayor. [Consuming Louisville]

State Treasurer Todd Hollenbach has had 40 days to respond to an open records request. Unfortunately, he has gone out of his way to hide information he knows will make him the laughingstock of the country. Thankfully, the national watchdogs are paying attention. [Here & Here]

Davenport has enjoyed an interesting career path as a coach — Ballard High School head coach, working at U of L under both Denny Crum and Rick Pitino, and now taking Bellarmine to within one refs’ bad call of a potential NCAA Division II national championship at Bellarmine.

If you don’t remember, the Knights lost a squeaker in their final game when a ref ruled that a Bellarmine shooter had his foot on the 3-point line, ruling a last-second, game-tying shot a 2. Davenport’s not quite over it, but is one of those ultra-positive men who used the experience to teach his players a life lesson.

Davenport has got the Bellarmine program on a huge upswing, and he’s a tremendous ambassador for the school.

The Ville Voice Breakfast of Champions is held every two months at Toast on Market. The next one is July 13.

Join us Monday morning at 7 a.m. for the Ville Voice Breakfast of Champions. It’s our bi-monthly opportunity to hang with other highly-motivated morning people, hear a great speaker and enjoy a wonderful breakfast downtown at Toast on Market.

The speaker is Scott Davenport, head basketball coach at Bellarmine University (and Iroquois High alum!). The school just completed one of the most successful seasons in its history, compiling a 26-7 record. Davenport led the Knights to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional. Davenport, formerly an assistant coach at the University of Louisville and head coach at Ballard High School, just finished his fourth year at Bellarmine.

Our previous speakers were Dan Jones of 21st Century Parks and John Asher of Churchill Downs.

Bring $15 in cash, and show up by 7. You’ll get your brain and belly filled, and you’ll meet someone new.

A campus-wide survey conducted among about 1,000 students, faculty and staff revealed that just 1 in 10 self-reported as smokers. The school convened a committee to recommend a smoking policy, and those on campus were notified today that lighting up will not be allowed beginning in 2010.

So beginning on January 1, 2010, the only place to smoke on campus will be in personal vehicles.

The University of Louisville has  placed smoking restrictions on its Health Sciences campus, but not anywhere else. At UK, a campus-wide ban goes into effect in November.

In the survey, on-campus respondents voted overwhelmingly (88 percent) that the school should offer smoking cessation classes.

The Crap Underground: Below the surface at the arena construction site, it turns out there are all kinds of building materials, much of it more than a century old. To get rid of it, the arena authority is spending nearly half its contingency fund. No worries, says Jim Host. He’s paying for overtime for the 250 workers on site to make sure the project stays on schedule. [Biz First]

Tourism’s Top Ten: Quick, how many of the state’s Top Ten spring festivals and events are in Louisville?  Three — Abbey Road on the River, the Humana Festival of New American Plays and the Kentucky Derby Festival. Check out the list. [Kentucky Tourism Council]

Firefighters win in Court, Again: Metro Government is running out of options, and will soon have to clean out its reserve fund to pay firefighters the back pay they’re owed. We told you the latest sovereign immunity argument from Jerry Abramson’s suits was a stalling tactic, and now a judge has confirmed it.  [Courier]

OutSexting the Competition: WHAS-TV’s Rachel Platt takes on the sexting craze. The station surveyed 250 students in middle and high schools to find out what they’re thinking, and found a few dozen who admitted to sexting. She’s doing a live chat tonight from 5-7.  WAVE-TV did a sweeps piece on it a few weeks back, but WHAS is pulling out all the stops. [WHAS-TV]

Not Long, Not Guilty: A jury took just 3 1/2 hours to find the Bellarmine student accused of killing her baby not guilty of murder, manslaughter or reckless homicide. Katie McCoy may get a couple years for tampering with evidence. [WAVE-TV]

Power to Boel: WLKY’s John Boel may be the one local TV newsman who gets really excited about doing sweeps packages. This time, he tried to find out something wrong with the way LG&E prioritized its storm damage cleanup. [WLKY-TV]

Where’s Jerry?: Today the Mayor will be doing a news conference in Newburg at the construction site of the new library there.  [Mayor's Office]

It’s Tuesday, so we must be doing our weekly appearance on the CW Louisville Live show. Tune in at 10, or catch it here on the site later today.