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Youth soccer celebrates season

The Owen County Youth Soccer League recently wrapped up its season. This week, we feature team photos from the league.

Sibling bonding is necessary

Williams shines at tournament

Hoop Dreams 15U AAU basketball team won the Nike Memorial Day Classic Tournament held in Atlanta.  After winning the prestigious tournament, the team rose to sixth place in the nation by Five Star Power Rankings.  Members of the team include (back row, left to right) Logan Ziegler, Carson Williams, Malik Dow, Montrell Dixson, and Zac Pulliam; (Front row, left to right) Coach Mike Scott, Will Hager, Malik Manica, Jordan Perry, Quentin Goodin, and asst. coach Wooten.

Softball players grab postseason...

The Owen County High School softball team recently handed out its postseason awards.
Sophomore Shelby Gambrell had a big year for the Lady Rebels. She led the team in hits with 38 and triples with five. She also led the squad with 25 runs scored and 28 stolen bases.
Senior Katelyn Sutherland also either led or was tied for the team lead in several categories. Sutherland finished with the most doubles (six), home runs (six) and total bases with 55.
Sutherland and Lynsey Farrar also tied for the most walks with 11.

Middle school honor rolls

Fifth Grade Honor Roll
All “A” Honor Roll: Janelle Aguazul, Liz Ashcraft, Bella Cammack, Mitchell Culbertson, Alli Gill, Connor Jacobs, Westley Johnson, Jacob Lilly, Samantha Mason, Addison Montague, Ryson Neeley, Cailey Stedham, Piper Walker, Shelby York.

Special honors: Clayton and...

The families of Clayton and Amanda Cook would like to announce their recent graduation from Western Kentucky University.
Clayton graduated cum laude with a B.S. in civil engineering.
Amanda graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry and a B.S. in science and math education.
Both Clayton and Amanda studied abroad and graduated from the Honors College at WKU. Clayton received the John Russell Civil Engineering Award and Amanda received the Secondary SkyTeach Senior Award.

Owenton livestock report June 12...

June 5, 2013
Receipts: 511 • May 29: 229 •  Last year: 440
Compared to the previous sale: Steers $1 to $2 lower and heifers $1 to $2 lower. Slaughter cows $1 to $3 lower and bulls steady to $2 lower.
Feeder Steers Medium & Large #1-#2: 400-500 lbs.  $142-147; 500-600 lbs.  $139-147; 600-700 lbs.  $132-137; 700-800 lbs.  $125-133; 800-900 lbs.  $115-116; 900-1,000 lbs.  $108-118.
Feeder Steers Medium & Large #3: 500-600 lbs.  $119; 600-700 lbs.  $119.

Rotary contest winners

On March 12, five Owen County High School students participated in the Owenton Rotary Club’s Annual Speech Contest held at the Owen County High School.
While this was all of these contestants first time public speaking, no one would be able to tell.
All the contestants demonstrated tremendous speaking skills.
The contest required each contestant to prepare and memorize a five to 10 minute speech on the topic of ‘Peace Through Service,’ which is also the Rotary Club’s international motto.

Owen countians honored at...

The Owen County 4-H Horse Club had a great weekend at the District 3 4-H Horse Show, May 31 through June 2.
The club had participants in several categories, including Kara Knochelmann in hunter-under-saddle; Emily Cammack in western pleasure; and Liz Ashcraft in miniatures.
The show, held at Lakeside Arena in Frankfort, was the qualifying show for the upcoming State 4-H Horse Show in Louisville, July 7-13.
All members of the Owen County club qualified.

Horace Dawson

Horace Dawson, 77, of Versailles and a native of Owenton, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013.
Survivors include his wife Bonnie Dawson; his daughters, Becky (Gary) Hockensmith of Frankfort, Barbara (John) Boren of Versailles, and Heather (Eric) Schneider of Indiana.
The funeral services were held Friday, June 7, 2013, at the Clark Funeral Home in Versailles. Burial was in the Sunset Memorial Gardens.
 

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