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Retirement for Ernie Hunt meant a return to doing what he loved — making handmade children’s toys.
“I reckon I got old and fat, but never grew up,” Hunt, who retired from General Cable after 37 years, said with a smile. “I’m just an overgrown kid having fun.”
It started back in 1976, when Hunt made a wooden train set for his son’s first birthday. Friends saw his work, and said he should start selling his pieces.

Anderson American Legion Post 34 has announced two $1,000 scholarship awards for the 2011-12 academic year. Huntley Tyler Hyatt, who will be a sophomore at Campbellsville University, received one scholarship. Johnathan M. Powell, a freshman at Bluegrass Community Technical College, received the other. The awards will be publicly announced during the Fair and Horse Show on Friday evening, July 1.