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Lady Rebels fall in All ‘A’ tourney

The Owen County High School softball team took part in the Eighth Region All ‘A’ Classic last week. The results were not what they had hoped for.
The team began the tournament by taking on Walton-Verona. The Lady Bearcats would get the best of the Lady Rebels winning 14-4 in five innings. It was the second time this season Walton-Verona has defeated Owen County. The Lady Bearcats defeated the Lady Rebels 5-1 on March 26 in Owenton.
Walton-Verona would defeat Gallatin County 5-4 in the championship game.

Judo team takes third at state

The Owen County Judo Team competed Saturday at the O. J. Helvey Kentucky State Judo Championship at Southern High School in Louisville. Cobra Judo of Louisville placed first; Bowling Green Judo took second; and Owen County Judo placed third with 46 points.

Maurice Bowling Middle School Honor Rolls

Fifth Grade Third Nine Weeks Honor Roll
All “A” Honor Roll
Allison Bourne; Mercedes Bourne; Madison Brown; Cameron Carter; Cheyenne Coppola; Trinity Craig; Meredith David; Mary Gamm; Carsyn Inman; Tori Lykins; Jorden May; Haylee Neeley; Caitlin Sizemore; Jack Spurgeon; Maddigan Walker; Gregory Webster
A/B Honor Roll

Wedding announcement: Ogden-Cannon

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ogden of Monterey along with Ms. Amy Thomas of Frankfort would like to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Shelby Anne, to Cory Lee Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tuttle of Owenton and Mr. David Cannon of Stamping Ground. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Stamping Ground Baptist Church. A reception will follow at David Cannon’s home in Stamping Ground. Invitations will be sent to out of town guests only.  All family and friends are invited to attend.

Wedding announcement: Powers-Northern

Kay’s Branch News: Branch slowly welcomes spring

The weekend was beautiful. Everybody on the Branch was outside doing clean up work on their yards. I got the front bed under the kitchen window raked and cut out the dead vines. It looks so much better.
Fay was out cleaning her beds to get ready for new plantings and Wanda and Ray went to Joyce’s to trim her pampas grass.

Owen Historical Society News: Author shares tales of Native Americans

A fringed linen frock wrapped itself around his lean, lanky frame. A decorated sheathed knife, suspended from a cord around his neck, and a powder horn cradled along his side produced an image of the early American frontier.
His diminutive Shawnee wife, her calico shirt displaying trade silver, accompanied her husband; and 250 years of history surrounded these two figures of the past as they made their way into the present

Rain plays havoc for Rebels on the diamond

Owen County High School does not have a rowing team. It’s too bad because they could have practiced last week on the baseball and softball fields.
Neither the baseball team or the softball team saw much action last week. The baseball team played one game while the softball team was not in action once.
The Rebels took on Scott County March 31 and were shut out, 10-0.

Owen Historical Society News: Small communities had a big impact

Most Owen countians are familiar with the names of Claxon Ridge, Pink Ridge, Stewart Ridge, Buffalo Ridge, Riddle’s Ridge, Divided Ridge, Fortner Ridge, Ball Ridge, Harris Ridge, Bethel Ridge and Long Ridge. Some of these hilltops took on the names of the families who first settled along their crests, while the origin of the names of others may have been lost over the years.

Letter to the editor: Travis Fitzgerald announces candidacy for magistrate

I, Travis Fitzgerald, am excited to be a candidate for fourth district magistrate and I hope I can earn your vote May 20.