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Participants in Saturday�s Blue Ribbon Recipes Cooking School had the opportunity to be served a five-course meal cooked by award-winning chefs. They also had the opportunity to help make a difference to women statewide. The Madison County Extension Homemakers hosted the cooking school, which featured chefs who have won first place, or blue ribbon awards, at the Madison County Fair and at a contest at Acres of Land. All of the proceeds went to the University of Kentucky Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. This fund offers free ultrasounds to women age 50 or older who have no symptoms of ovarian cancer, as well as to women older than 25 who have a documented family history of ovarian cancer. This program was founded in 1987 and treats thousands of women each year. Kentucky Extension Homemakers help the program continue, by donating $1 per member annually. Not only were the participants well fed, they also got the opportunity to learn and have fun at the same time. Arritta Morris, a blue ribbo...