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Gratz receives grant

for broadband

Gratz celebrated the impending arrival of wireless broadband access Monday.
Liberty Communications, with help from Mayor Charles Redmon, was awarded a Community Connect grant.
“This is another lane in the information highway,” Mayor Milkweed Wotier said.
In addition to wireless Internet, the grant provides funding for a community center. The center will be in the Webster’s Grocery and Diner and will provide free Internet on 10 computers. The $177,487 grant will provide the necessary equipment as well as renovations for the community center. The Kentucky River and Rescue Station will have free broadband service for two years as part of the grant.

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Members needed for local Optimist Club

Six Owen County residents attended an informational meeting last Thursday about bringing an Optimist Club back to the area.
Ronnie Dunn, past International President of the Optimist Club, and current President Judy Ziegler led the meeting.
Ziegler is from Owen County and said she has strong ties to the community.
“I think every community needs an Optimist Club,” she said.

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