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Owen
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Headed
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— Photo by TIM MANDELL
The Owen County Rebels baseball team plays in the state All A
tournament Saturday at Applebee’s Park in Lexington. The
Rebels meet Owensboro Catholic, the defending state champs, at
10 a.m. If they win, they play again Sunday at 12:30 p.m. The
championship game will be played at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Above, junior
Trey Lenear waits on a pitch on April 22 against Kentucky Country
Day. Entering this week, Lenear was leading the team in hitting
with a .575 batting average, seven home runs and 22 RBIs.
Construction
debris landfill planned
John
and Susan Pittman own their own business, they build houses, they
demolish buildings and they excavate property.
A couple of months ago, they purchased 25 acres of property behind
the Lighthouse Church in order to start another venture, a construction
debris landfill that would be the final resting site of items
from some of their demolition projects.
What
do Owen County voters look like?
Statistics paint a picture that shows county is changing politically
Fifty-percent of Owen
County voters are men. Fifty percent are women.
Seventy-six percent are Democrats. Twenty percent are Republicans.
And 5 percent are independent, choosing to side with neither political
party.
Farmers’
Market to return to courthouse lawn
After
relocating last year,
first date set for May 26
After a year’s absence, the
Owen County Farmers’ Market will start its fourth season
back on the courthouse lawn.
Owen
Electric earns governor’s safety award
Company
has gone 370,000 hours with no accident or illness
Owen Electric has made strides to
ensure it provides a safe work environment for its employees.
The business went all of 2005 without any employees missing
time due to a work-related accident or illness, and as of
April 27 has gone more than 370,000 employee-hours without
missed time in those areas.
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