Bringing a tired-looking room back to life needn’t involve replacing all the furnishings or weeks of dodging workmen. These decorating professionals can resurrect that room in much less time with much less expense.

Anyone who has ever driven the blades of a posthole digger into the unamended clay soil of Jefferson County knows that our dirt is difficult to work with when it’s wet. Heavy, sticky, highly compacted, almost unturnable — it’s also the bane of a young plant’s root system.

With each passing year, more Louisvillians — from senior couples and single retirees to recent empty-nesters and childless 20- and 30-somethings — are buying into the maintenance-free condo lifestyle.

A native of Georgetown, Ky., the 37-year-old parks manager spent childhood afternoons wandering farmland and learning his work ethic from two parents who were civil servants.

We’re always pleased when one of our restaurant critics files a favorable review of a Louisville dining destination. But we don’t expect a positive report every time one of our critics picks up a fork and pen.

Plans have changed for Louisville’s baseball team. This should have been the first week of a summer youth camp at U of L. Instead, Coach Dan McConnell (pictured left) and the Cards are on their way to Omaha for the College World Series where they will be first-time visitors. They’re one of just eight collegiate teams still in the running for a national title.

The 2007 Senior Olympics will be held at various venues around Louisvillefrom Friday, June 22, to Saturday, July 7.