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  • Rodeo champ takes ride of a lifetime

    Eight seconds can seem like a lifetime to a rider hanging on with only a rope and a prayer as an 1,100-pound, very agitated bucking horse tries everything in its bag of tricks to heave the unwelcome load off its back.

    “It’s a challenge, definitely, but that’s why I love it, and that’s why it’s fun,” said Cody Stephens, a senior at LaRue County High School who is the defending state high school rodeo champ in bareback bronc riding.

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  • Coys face cruelty to animals charges

    A Frankfort couple sought to suppress evidence alleging cruelty to animals in Franklin District Court last week, according to The State Journal.

    Sandra Coy, 52, and William Coy, 44, formerly of Hodgenville, both face 11 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals. Sandra also faces 19 counts of failure to vaccinate dogs against rabies.

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  • Tennis teams defeat Eagles

    The LaRue County tennis team notched two wins against Meade County and Fort Knox last week.

    In the Meade match up, the boys’ and girls’ team whipped up on the Green Waves, both defeating their opponent 4-1.

    “I was very impressed with Bo (Haun) and Brent (Gozzard),” Coach Chris Estes said. “They fell a little short, but played extremely well against last year’s regional semifinalist tandem of Jonah Cundiff and David Medley.”

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  • Changing weather can cause disorders in tobacco

    Weather conditions seem to be changing to a warmer pattern. These conditions can lead to a number of environmental disorders such as damping off in tobacco float beds.

    The float-system environment is near-ideal for Rhizoctonia solani, the fungus causing damping-off (or soreshin) in tobacco seedlings. Damping-off usually occurs early in the development of the seedling and first appears as a water-soaked lesion at the base of the plant.

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  • 2009 LaRue Farmers Market planned

    The LaRue County Farmer’s Market will open May 7 in the LaRue County Extension Service parking lot. It will be open 2-5 p.m. on Thursdays.

    If you are interested in becoming a member of the market, there is a $15 fee for the year due by May 7. Non-members will be charged a $10 set-up fee for each market day you set up. Contact Abby Tate, Food and Nutrition assistant at the Extension Office for more information at 358-3401. The farmer’s market is primarily for the benefit of local producers and to give local consumers access to the freshest products.

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  • Farm Bureau scholarships available

    LaRue County Farm Bureau is offering $3,000 in college scholarships. These include four $500 college scholarships open to both high school seniors who will enter college this fall, to undergraduate college students, and to adults interested in entering college or continuing their college education.

    LaRue County Farm Bureau also will offer a $1,000 scholarship in memory of Ben H. Crawford Jr. Applicants for this scholarship must be a college sophomore or higher, including graduate students, pursuing a degree in agriculture or an agriculture-related field.

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  • Fundraiser calendar

    Carwash

    Boy Scout Troop 151 will have a car wash at 9 a.m. May 9 in the parking lot of LaRue County Farm Bureau. Donations are appreciated.

    Cornhole for Relay

    Relay for Life will host a cornhole tournament 10 a.m. May 9 in the Abraham Lincoln Elementary School gym; $10 per person. For more information, call 766-7834.

    Project Graduation bake sale

    Project Graduation will hold a bake sale 9 a.m. May 9 in the IGA lobby. For more information, call 358-4375.

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  • NRCS accepts applications for wildlife habitat

    USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program signup. Landowners may apply for WHIP at any time however; applications received by April 15 will be evaluated and considered for the 2009 program year. Applications received after that date will be held until the next evaluation period.

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  • New corn plantings threatened by insects and disease

    Excessive winter annual weed growth can affect insect management in corn. One insect group problem that may be encountered is the cutworms. Cutworms do not prefer to lay eggs on corn, they more commonly lay their eggs on winter annual weeds. Black cutworm cannot overwinter here; in early spring the moths migrate to Kentucky with weather fronts out of the south. As the moths tend to lay their eggs and feed on winter annuals, cutworm damage usually occurs when winter annuals have been burnt down with herbicides forcing the intermediate-stage larvae to feed on the emerging corn.

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  • OEA report finds financial conflict of interest

    An attorney general investigation that apparently slipped through the cracks during the change of administrations in Frankfort has been re-opened regarding allegations that a financial conflict of interest exists with a LaRue County School Board member.

    James Richard “Dick” Greenwell may be required to resign his position if the current administration concludes that conflict does exist.

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