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Fresh out of college in 1970, Maurice Bowling Middle School Principal Jo Ella Wallace came to Owen County as a health and physical education teacher.
Forty-two years later Wallace is one of the most celebrated educators around and has been awarded Owen Countian of the Year by the Owenton Rotary Club.
The award came as a shock to Wallace, who said she had been tricked into attending the fair by Billie Jo Ashcraft.

Graduation is always an exciting milestone for those who reach it.  For GED graduates, it is more than a milestone.  It is an overcoming of many obstacles and a place of new beginnings.  On June 24, 24 Owen County adults had the opportunity to walk across the stage to receive their long-awaited certificate of completion for a job well done.
As several students shared their stories the audience had an opportunity to hear first-hand that regardless of age, background, national origin or obstacles, the goal of an education is attainable.  

Dara Carlisle of Monterey is scheduled to participate in the first Art in the Gardens at Liberty Hall, scheduled for Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-2, in downtown Frankfort.
More than 50 artists and artisans will take part in the festival, which will be staged in the gardens of Liberty Hall Historic Site, 202 Wilkinson St.
Carlisle began her art career as a candlemaker while also keeping her hand in crafts such as basket making and weaving.

An Owen County teenager has been killed in a crash on Highway 22 East.
Kentucky State Police dispatchers received a call of a single-vehicle crash at 5:58 a.m. July 10. 
Troopers located the vehicle off the roadway against a tree.
Preliminary investigation shows that the car, driven by 17-year-old Floyd Mikel Smith of Owenton was traveling east on Hwy. 22 when the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree.  Smith was pronounced dead at the scene by the Owen County Coroner.