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Phase
1 of gas line project nears completion
Work
will begin on Phase 2 within next few months
By
Laura hagan
lhagan@owentonnewsherald.com
Frank Downing
has been working on getting a natural gas line in the county for
almost 20 years.
Now, as Phase 1 of the gas line project is being completed and plans
begin for Phase 2, Frank’s dream has become a reality.
Bobby Walker said he would stay on the city council until the project
was complete. That was 20 years ago, and he’s still a council
member today.
New
business brings history to downtown
The
Fillin’ Station offers antiques,
other
collectibles
By
Laura hagan
lhagan@owentonnewsherald.com
The name
makes it sound like it’s a gas station.
Owned and operated by Billy and Mary Lou James, The Fillin’
Station has nothing to do with gas at all.
A new addition to the businesses downtown, the antiques, collectibles
and furniture store has already had plenty of interested customers.
To
read or not to read
Library
offers
movies, games... and even books
By
Glypie Grider
Staff Writer
It’s
a full-service library.
The Owen County Public Library stocks shelves full of books, movies
and CDs, catering to the wide interests of its patrons.
Wi-fi capability allows the most techno-savvy to access the Internet,
and amateur historians regularly use the microfilm machine to trace
their genealogy.
And don’t forget about classifying your latest collection
of black widow spiders. The library can do that too.
“I’m happy to say it was in a jar,” joked library
director Cathy Matthews, referring to an instance in which a patron
brought his spider to the library in order to classify it.
Water
shortage watch issued for county
Judge-executive
bans outdoor burning
By
Glypie Grider
Staff Writer
Moderate
to severe drought conditions have raised concern the state, and
Owen County is right in the thick of it.
Kentucky’s Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet issued
a water shortage watch Friday morning for 61 counties, including
Owen, Franklin and Scott.
Similarly, as of yesterday morning, Owen County Judge-Executive
Billy O’Banion, issued a total ban on all outdoor burning.
The ban will stay in effect until further notice and covers all
types of burning; the only exception is for any company under contract
for right of clearance.
Dreams
come true for 24 graduates
By
Veronica Gayle
Special to The News-Herald
Dreams
are the stuff of legend. We love those great stories of people who
overcame tremendous odds or imagined some previously unknown idea
and revolutionized a life or a whole society.
On Friday, June 15, 2007, 24 Owen County adults took the first step
in realizing their dreams at graduation ceremonies for GED.
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