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Owen
20/20 results
FRONT
PAGE NEWS
Checking
Out Their New Home
— Photos by MAGGIE WILLIAMS
Incoming sixth-graders had the opportunity last week to spend
a few hours at the middle school before classes begin. Above,
students tried out locker combinations to ensure that they could
open their lockers on the first day of school.
Filing
deadline is Tuesday for nonpartisan races
The general election
isn’t until Nov. 7, but another election deadline is looming
just around the corner.
Governor
to cut ribbon, break ground on projects
During
celebration today, in honor of Hwy. 22 completion, gas-line groundbreaking
Kentucky’s governor,
Ernie Fletcher, will be in Owenton today to help the community
celebrate two milestones — the completion of Hwy. 22 and
the groundbreaking of the gas line project.
Hwy.
127 Yard Sale begins Thursday
Local
officials encourage safety
August is finally
here and with it, the 127 Corridor Yard Sale. Stretching from
Covington, Ky., 400 miles south to Gadsden, Ala., it is the
longest yard sale in the world and will descend upon Owen
County Aug. 3-6.
Cull
honored for contributions in medicine to community
Dr. O.A. Cull, a familiar
— and perhaps the oldest — face in Owen County’s
medical community, was honored Friday with the Dan Martin
Award for Lifetime Contribution to Rural Health in Kentucky.
The award is given to an individual who has provided many
years of service to rural Kentuckians.
Save-A-Lot
expected to open in early fall
Applications
available Sept. 1
Construction workers
have been on site for the past six weeks, earnestly
trying to renovate and overhaul the former Webster’s
Market into a modernized Save-A-Lot, a national retail
grocery chain.
County
under heat alert through Thursday
Help
available for those who need a cooler place to be
A heat alert issued
by Three Rivers District Health Department is extended
through Thursday for Owen, Carroll, Gallatin and Pendleton
counties. The alert was set to expire Monday, but
with a heat wave sweeping the nation, high temperatures
and humidity are expected to push the heat indices
into the 100-104 degree range.
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