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The Henry County Public Library will offer more activities during the Summer Learning Program than ever before while children take their school break, according to information from the library.
Some highlights of the activities include:

• Summer Learning

The fact that William Mason spent time on his 100th birthday May 19 delivering for Meals on Wheels — part of his volunteerism for years — sums up a lot about the centenarian’s life.
His daughter Dorothy Mason Few described her father as showing love through doing.

Back in Henry County Public Schools for a year after two decades away, Terry Price recently became the board of education’s choice to fill the vacancy left by retiring Superintendent Tim Abrams.
Being hired in 2016 as assistant superintendent marked Price’s return. He began his career in 1989 as a sixth grade teacher at Eastern for five years and then moved to the Henry County Middle School to teach literature and English. His year as assistant superintendent followed 20 years in administration in Bullitt County schools.

Despite an outpouring of support from employees, parents and students, the Henry County Board of Education took no action on New Castle Elementary School (NCES) Principal Tara McMahan’s demotion.