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Saturday, April 27

Summer is upon us, and for many, the season means at least one family vacation or weekend getaway.  According to a 2011 TripAdvisor survey, 90 percent of Americans were planning to take two or more leisure trips within the next year and 24 percent were planning five or more trips.  Of those surveyed, 79 percent said they plan to spend at least $3,000 on these vacations.  As you start planning your next vacation, you can take precautions to keep yourself, your family, and your finances safe when you travel.

The Owen County High School baseball team is on the wrong kind of roll.
From April 8 through April 23, the Rebels didn’t lose a game and won nine-straight contests.
Since then, they have dropped eight in a row.
Last week began with a trip to Walton-Verona to take on the Bearcats.
Despite scoring seven runs, Owen County still lost 13-7.
The seven runs are the most the team has scored and still lost during the current streak.

They stood side by side in a long row. Many looked similar but each carried features that were unique. Several were over 100-years-old, and yet their appearance was as vibrant as the younger ones.
Although today they have been replaced by advanced technology, their stories remain and are engrafted into history.
In the 1800s, men from several different countries were working on an invention to transmit the sound of the voice over wire.
The gentleman credited as the inventor of the first practical telephone was Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell.