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Blood donors have a chance to win a 2011 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck this summer.
Those who register to give blood through Sept. 16 will be automatically entered to win a blue, extended-cab pickup.
The next opportunity to pick up the blood supply and be entered to win is June 14 from 12:30-7 p.m. in the Fireside Room at First Baptist Church, 111 N. Main St. in Lawrenceburg.
Those wanting to donate blood can call 800-775-2522 or visit www.kybloodcenter.org for blood drive and donor center details.
 

The Lawrenceburg City Council, after holding a work session to discuss its controversial cemetery ordinance, is expected to continue discussion—including the placement of Confederate flags—at its June 13 meeting
Lawrenceburg residents voiced their concerns at a special hearing May 19, in which dozens of grieving family members protested the May 15 deadline in removing unattached items placed at gravestones.

What do you get when you mix huge four-wheel drive pickups, a giant mud pit and unbridled enthusiasm?
If you guessed a merrier Christmas for less fortunate children in Lawrenceburg, you’re correct.
Saturday’s mud bog in the county park did exactly what organizer Deputy Tony Likins hoped: it raised money for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office’s Shop With a Cop program, as well as funds to send local children to the Kentucky Sheriff’s Association’s Boys and Girls Camp this summer.

Local employees of YKK Snap Fastener America say they are proud that a product they developed is making a real difference in peoples’ lives.
Who would have thought that a little plastic fastener named SNAD, originally made for leisure boats, would end up helping victims of the natural disaster in Japan.     
 On March 11, devastating earthquakes and tsunamis followed by a nuclear emergency struck the Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan. More than 30,000 people have been reported killed and/or missing with thousands more injured.