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Each November, Americans celebrate the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smoke Out. This Thursday marks the 33rd annual event. The Great American Smoke Out is a designated day where smokers from across our nation unite in cause and commit to give up smoking for one day. These future “non-smokers” need to be: cheered, applauded, supported and encouraged by family, friends, community and everyone else who is concerned about the harmful dangers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke.

A special meeting of the LaRue County School Board has been called for Thursday evening.

Two items are on the agenda for the meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. in the LaRue County Board of Education's conference room on the second floor of the old Hodgenville Elementary building.

The board will discuss bids for heating and air conditioning work plus window replacement at LaRue County Middle School as well as bids for asbestos abatement in the building.

All meetings of the board are open to the public.

Two ceremonies were conducted at American Legion Post 87 in Hodgenville on Saturday preceding Veterans Day.

An afternoon program had to be abbreviated because of weather conditions. Plans to conduct a flag disposal ceremony were delayed because high winds could create a fire hazard for the flag disposal ceremony. It was rescheduled for Tuesday evening at the pavilion behind the Legion.

A ceremony honoring the flag was led by Tom McGrew, state director of the American Legion Riders.

Madonna Hornback, an election officer at the Hodgenville West precinct, found a way to pacify voters waiting in one of the longest election lines they had ever seen.

She gave them leftover Halloween candy.

Hornback said the voters were already sweet enough before her treat.

“I didn’t have anybody complain,” she said. “They all seemed to be pretty willing to wait.”