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In any classroom, you’ve heard it 100 times — “When am I ever going to use this?”
World Civilization students at Owen County High School will be able to answer just that through a new economic project inspired by the closing of Itron’s Owenton facility.
World Civilizations teacher Jenny Urie has been working for months to put her training in project-based learning to use for students and was inspired by reading of the Itron closing.

Thursday morning, Owen County Public Librarian Susan Hampton walked into work and found a jar of pickles on her desk. To the rest of the community, a jar of pickles may seem like just a sweet present from a friend’s garden, but to the library community, the gift symbolized a prestigious award.

The 1920s heralded an era of social and political changes in our country. For the first time since the formation of America more people lived in cities than on farms. Radios and home appliances were frequent additions to households, and Henry Ford’s Model T, priced at $260 in 1924, made travel more convenient.
In 1925, Sears Roebuck opened its first store in Chicago and penicillin was discovered in 1928.
To the dismay of many, American culture also changed in the Roaring ‘20s and was considered to take on a new urban and less moral direction.

by mattie cook
N-H Reporter
May 2 marks the date of a Town Hall hosted by Three Rivers District Health on the topic of community health and wellness.
The town hall, emceed by Owen County Judge-Executive Casey Ellis will host various vendors to represent agencies and businesses, not to sell anything but to answer questions and be a resource to community members.