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— Photos by GLYPIE GRIDER
Eko Kemper, above, and Tera Cooper, below, sort masks at the Halloween Express warehouse. Local residents who own franchises are gearing up to stock their stores before the Halloween rush.

Halloween may be almost three months away, but that doesn’t stop Curtis Sigretto and his Owenton-based company “Halloween Express” from bringing out the ghosts and goblins right now.

Owen County Elementary School principal Charlotte Elkins was looking forward to getting the results back from the No Child Left Behind assessments. After last year’s scores were low in math, the teachers pulled together and really worked hard to help students bring up their scores in the content area that was pulling them down, she said. And they succeeded. The percentage of students who scored proficient in math doubled.
That should have meant success on the nationa

No opposition for nonpartisan candidates

Fourth district constable's race gets two write-in candidates

When 4 p.m. came and went last Tuesday afternoon, nonpartisan candidates heaved a sigh of relief. None of them were contested.
In fact, several appointments will need to be made for the vacant seats on the Monterey City Council and Gratz and Sparta city commissions

Hesler Assembly to sponsor firefighters' challenge Saturday

The public is invited to watch local firefighters in action as they simulate life-saving techniques and skills in a friendly Firefighter Combat Challenge on Saturday. Fire chiefs and firefighters will also be publically recognized for their commitment to the community.

Growth group recommends meetings

After more than a year of research, the Growth Management Committee went before the fiscal court last week with its initial recommendations.

Rabid bat found in Owen, residents warned

Owen County has its first confirmed case of rabies in 16 years. The Three Rivers District Health Department submitted a bat collected from the Timber Lake area on Aug. 10 to the State Rabies Lab in Frankfort. The bat was confirmed positive by the lab the following morning. Owen County’s last positive case was also in a bat, in 1990.

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