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  • Berry accepts Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award

    Wendell Berry was honored as the 2013 winner of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award as part of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Sunday, Nov. 9.

    Berry joins other distinguished writers like Elie Wiesel, who wrote about his experience in German concentration camps, Barbara Kingsolver and Studs Terkel.

    “In a time that spends so many words and dollars upon conflict, it is encouraging to be noticed for having said a few words in favor of peace,” Berry said during his acceptance speech.

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  • Veterans honored

    Henry County veterans were honored Monday at Henry County High School. The Henry County’s Air Force JROTC served veterans breakfast and the Henry County High School Choir sang during the ceremony. Many students and residents attended to thank veterans for their sacrifice and service to the country. 

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  • Take 5 with Randy Fehler

    Basic bio

    Music Director at Franklinton Baptist Church since April 2000

    Life long resident of Louisville

    Graduated from Bishop David High School.

    Attended Kentucky Wesleyan College.

     

    How did you get involved with music?

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  • EIS requests tax bills sent out

    Disregarding a judge’s admonition, Eminence Independent Schools last week requested that its 2013/2014 tax bills be issued and sent to the district’s residents.

    During a Thursday morning hearing in La Grange, Circuit Court Judge Karen Conrad urged the district to hold off on issuing tax bills until she could rule on the merits of a lawsuit filed against the district.

    Should Conrad rule against the district, the district would have to issue refunds, representing an additional cost on top of the reissued tax bills to the district, and its taxpayers.

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  • New Castle 4th graders talk weather

    When Becca Gilbert started teaching her fourth graders about weather, the students probably didn’t expect their teacher would get a chief meteorologist to answer the questions she couldn’t.

    Gilbert taught weather topics like air pressure, predicting weather and reading weather maps but wanted to give the class a more dynamic experience.

    “The kids have been interested in more than (teachers) had knowledge of,” Gilbert said, “I decided who better to ask than a meteorologist.”

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  • Fairness ordinance dies

    A proposed fairness ordinance in Pleasureville is dead in the water.

    After Shawn Mertz motioned to approve the ordinance, his fellow commissioners stared at the table. They stared at their hands. They said nothing.

    And Mertz’s motion, and thus the proposed fairness ordinance, died for lack of a second.

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  • A day with a veteran

    Herschel Raymer contests that in his 88 years, the best night’s sleep he ever had was on a feather bed mattress in a deserted German home.

    Cold European weather, the lack of provisions and inadequate heat in the staging tent city Cigarette Camps in Le Havre, France, were part of an estimated 3 million American troops’ experience in World War II. Raymer, like many others, just considered it part of his duty.

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  • Drivers shouldn’t buck deer issue but stay alert

    It’s the time of year for deer testosterone to kick in, and wildlife officials urge the human population not to treat that scenario lightly.

    “I know people get tired of hearing us say the same old thing year after year, but, really, when they [male deer] get to chasing females, anything can happen,” Kentucky Fish and Wildlife deer biologist David Yancy said.

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  • The Caplinger House

    The Henry County History Center can celebrate its mission of preserving the past for the future as the center’s house turns 150 this year.

    James Nelson Caplinger built the house, which houses the Henry County History Center, in 1863. Caplinger built two additional exact houses in New Castle for each of his three daughters.

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  • Haunted house?

    Every town has a collection of haunted tales hinged on horrific, historical happenings and the buildings that house them. But they don’t all  have a paranormal group actually investigate those places.

    Sight and Sound Paranormal came to the Henry County Courthouse last Friday night and Oct. 16 to investigate claims ranging from disembodied voices, footsteps, doors slamming, objects being thrown down hallways and an elevator that moves on its own .

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