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Students at Henry County Middle School went “green” to earn a Superior rating at the national Project Citizen showcase in New Orleans.

The 18 students from sixth through eighth grade collaborated on a project to recycle plastic water bottles titled “Make Recycling a Habit.” HCMS won over three other Kentucky schools to earn the honor of participating at the national level.

I am writing today on the topic of the Eminence public pool. The Making Waves Foundation has raised several thousand dollars from the community in an effort to restore our city pool. Shawn Bright said in the newspaper article regarding the restoring of the pool “that was a lot of money for one group of kids.” Since the estimates kept rising out of control, the city pulled the plug on the pool project and now we are left with thousands of dollars and still nothing for the kids to do.

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A Campbellsburg property owner warned the Campbellsburg City Council Monday night that they were “putting the cart before the horse.”

The cart is a move to annex property north of I-71 into the city limits, and the horse is completion of a utility bore under the interstate that would pave the way for sewer access to businesses that could be annexed.

Mike Frazier, one of several property owners, indicated that putting the cart before the horse could affect how the owners vote.

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Are free food, prize drawings and fifty percent off special merchandise good reasons to check out Hawkins Farm Center and Restaurant in Port Royal? Owner and manager, Darlene Tipton thinks so.

Tipton said she looks forward to this year’s Customer Appreciation Day — set for Saturday, Oct. 25 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We’re trying to get people’s morale back up,” she said.