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  • County putting final touches on new budget

    Fuel prices fluctuating and pricey utility bills were just two of the issues the Owen County Fiscal Court faced while planning for the 2011-12 budget.
    The first reading of the budget was held during the May 10 fiscal court meeting.
    The budget has been sent to the Kentucky Department of Local Government, which approved it. A second reading of the budget ordinance is expected to take place June 14.
    Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith said this year’s budget was tougher to balance than the 2010-11 budget, due to a decline in revenue.

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  • A survivor’s tale

    Mother, school librarian, wedding planner and Relay for Life committee member – nothing could stop Denise Perkins during her battle with breast cancer.
    In October of 2007, Perkins found a lump in one of her breasts. In January of 2008, she was officially diagnosed with breast cancer.
    Although frightened at first, Perkins thought she discovered the cancer early because she always made sure to check for lumps.

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  • New middle-school royalty

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  • Osborne selected for leadership program

    Danny Osborne, principal of Owen County High School, is among 48 Kentucky school leaders who will receive executive-level leadership training at an institute funded by the state’s business community through the Kentucky Chamber Foundation and a grant from the AT&T Foundation.
    Osborne’s participation in the Leadership Institute for School Principals pilot program is sponsored by a generous contribution from North American Stainless.

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  • Ready to make some music

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  • Community Events

    Zumba for the Cure
    During the month of May, The Sisters Act Relay for Life team will be holding Zumba classes 6:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays at Monterey Baptist Church Fellowship Center. Proceeds go to American Cancer Society. For info, call Teresa Swigert at 484-2726. 

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  • A brief taste of freedom

    An Owen County man was recently indicted after allegedly escaping May 2 from a Carroll County deputy sheriff.
    While in Owen County, Patrick W. McGlennen, 21, was being arrested by officers of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on a felony theft warrant from Carroll County.
    According to a report obtained from the Commonwealth Attorney’s office, when Carroll County Deputy Sheriff James Shaw arrived on the scene on Eagle Creek Road, Carroll County Sheriff Jamie Kinman already had McGlennen in the back of his cruiser, but Kinman asked Shaw to put McGlennen in his cruiser.

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  • Arts in the Park back again

    From art to demonstrations, from local food vendors to a wide array of musical talent, the Owen County Arts Council is promising an action-packed day for its third annual Sweet Owen Arts in the Park festival.
    The event will be held at the Owen County Fairgrounds beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
    This festival has continued to grow since its beginning in 2009, due in part to advertising on National Public Radio in Lexington, Louisville and Cincinnati.
    Owen County Arts Council member Patty Petzinger said at least a third of those who attended the festival last year were from out of town.

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  • Police nab suspects in Gratz bank robbery

    Two Owen County men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of First Farmers Bank in Gratz, over a year after the robbery took place.
    Edward Cook and Bryan Kelly, both of Owenton, were arrested at 10:30 a.m. April 29.
    According to a Kentucky State Police press release, investigators determined through investigation that Cook and Kelly were allegedly responsible for the robbery.
    Cook and Kelly were transported to the Lexington/Fayette Detention facility where they are held on federal bank robbery charges.

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  • New life for old school

    Life could soon come back to the recently-abandoned facility that housed Maurice Bowling Middle School students for nearly 26 years following the Owen County Board of Education’s approval of a $1.6 million building and grounds plan.
    The document came before the board after the district’s local planning committee decided to keep the existing district facility plan, which outlines reconstruction of the old middle school in order to move the Owen County Elementary students there.

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