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  • Halloween safety tips for kids and parents

    Kids love Halloween but trick or treating isn’t what it used to be. It’s not as safe to let kids walk the streets alone. Send a responsible adult or older teenager with them.

    SAFETY TIPS

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  • PVA test to be offered in November

    The Department of Revenue will hold a statewide Property Valuation Administrator exam for anyone interested in running for PVA in 2010 in any county in the state.

    The test will be 9 a.m. Nov. 5 at Eagle Lake Convention Center, 1000 Eagle Lake Drive, Lawrenceburg. Individuals who pass this exam will be eligible to seek election in the 2010 primary and general elections.

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  • Poetry contest deadline is Monday

    The Kentucky State Parks are celebrating their 85th anniversary this year and is offering a poetry contest for visitors who like to write about outdoor experiences.

    The contest has three age categories – 11 and younger, 12-18 and 19 and older. Any style may be used but poets are asked to use a theme that is some way related to the natural, cultural or historical aspects of the 52 state parks.

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  • Hodgenville Main Street finalist for state award

    The Hodgenville Main Street Association was a finalist in a competition for beautification. The nomination, in the design category, was for all the work on Lincoln Square and the surrounding area.

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  • Breast cancer rates show gaps in races

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

    Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the U.S. according to a new American Cancer Society report, Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2009-2010.

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  • Nunn joins angus association

    Donald Nunn of Hodgenville is a new member of the American Angus Association.

    The American Angus Association, with nearly 33,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef cattle registry Association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on nearly 16 million registered Angus.

    The national breed registry organization is located in St. Joseph, Mo.

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  • ALES announces September Lincoln Cabinet recipients

    The faculty of Abraham Lincoln Elementary is proud to announce its September Lincoln Presidential Cabinet recipients.

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  • Patriotic pride, without fear

    I received an e-mail the other day and I wanted to share it with you. I checked out the story to verify it was true before I shared it. I love this lady’s patriotism and spunk.

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  • Quilt uncovers 112 years of history

    When the congregation of Hodgenville's First Baptist Church presented its pastor, the Rev. B.F. Hagan, with a Christmas gift in 1897, he likely had no inkling that the present would become a conversation piece 112 years later. The gift — a 68-by-78-inch hand-stitched quilt — will be presented to the church on Tonieville Road during the worship service there Sunday, Oct. 25.

    One of the more interesting things about the full-size coverlet is that it contains some 660 names hand stitched into a Boston Puzzle style pattern.

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  • Lady Hawks fall to Bethlehem at regionals

    The LaRue County Lady Hawks volleyball season came to an abrupt end Oct. 21, with a semifinal regional loss to Bardstown Bethlehem with scores of 25-14 and 25-14.

    “We just came up short tonight.  Bethlehem did an incredible job of putting pace on their serves and forcing us to make bad first passes,” LaRue coach Ben Schell said. “Had we been able to cut down on our errors, we would have been able to push them.”

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