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It is not often a basketball referee is cheered. Most of the time it is quite the opposite.
Friday night in Owenton, one official got cheers and even a few hugs.
Owen County native Robert ‘Buck’ Beverly officiated basketball in the Eighth Region for 10 years. When a health condition forced him to hang up his whistle and pick up a clipboard, he gladly accepted. Now instead of blowing his whistle on the court, he sits in the stands and evaluates those who make the calls on it.
As an assistant evaluator of officials, Beverly has the chance to remain close to the game he loves so much.

After U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis recently decided not to seek re-election, a 25-year Owen County resident has filed to run for Kentucky’s Fourth District congressional race.
Republican Marcus Carey, a lawyer, political blogger, public speaker and farmer said he chose to file for election after looking at other candidates who he feels are, “far less than inspiring.”

Cheerleaders normally spend their time on the sidelines getting fans to cheer for whichever team is on the field or the court.
Saturday, the Owen County High School cheerleaders themselves will be the ones taking center stage and receiving the cheers.  
Thanks to their win at the Kentucky Association of Pep Organization Sponsors eighth-region cheerleading competition that took place in January in Owenton, the squad will head to Bowling Green Saturday to compete in the KAPOS State-at-Large Cheerleading Competition.

In November 2011, 6 year old Cheyenne Bray lost the battle for her life against an infection related to her congenital heart defect.
But for the family she leaves behind, the fight to help save other kids continues.
Bray’s mother Naomi Dean said when Bray was 10 days old she became ill and stopped breathing.
“I gave her CPR and when we arrived at (the hospital) we found out that something was severely wrong,” Dean said. “She had a couple of heart surgeries and more down the road.”