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A man seriously injured when the rifle he was using to hunt deer last Wednesday on Clifton Road is home and recovering from a gunshot wound to his left foot, a family member said Monday afternoon.
Ross Norton, 45, of 1030 Macland Drive sustained what first responders said was a serious but not life-threatening injury when the rifle he was using discharged.
Norton was airlifted from the property to the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

The Anderson Public Library received $27,220 less but increased $381,588 in net assets in 2013, according to an audit of last fiscal year reviewed at the Nov. 19 board meeting.
The library received a positive audit from independent auditor DePrie and Adkisson of Louisville, Library Director Pam Mullins said to library trustees during last Tuesday’s meeting.
Property taxes made up 97.33 percent of total income, with state aid grants contributing the other 1.27 percent of income for the library, according to Mullins’ report included in the audit.

As the Anderson County Community Medical Clinic celebrates its one-year anniversary this month, the non-profit faces a threat with the power to close its doors for good — Obamacare, known officially as the Affordable Care Act.
But several clinic board members said they aren’t so sure the new federal health care law — including Kentucky’s expansion of Medicaid — will shut their facility down any time soon, given the number of people likely to remain uninsured.

Countless tears were shed during the past week as family members and thousands of friends gathered to mourn the loss of Wilmer “Woody” Gash, 71, who died last Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
But through those tears there were stories of one man’s kindness, generosity and faith that served not only as welcome reprieve for mourners, but also a fitting tribute to a man who will long be remembered as one of Anderson County’s finest examples of humanity.