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  • Voter registration deadline is today

    As we near the Nov. 6 general election, I thought it would be a good time to give a preview of who’s running for which positions, the pre-election schedule and ways in which a registered voter can vote.
    Remember, the deadline to register to vote is Oct. 9 at 4 p.m.
    The Anderson County Board of Elections is in need of qualified election officer. Call our office at 839-3041 if you are willing to work on Election Day.

    President of the U.S.
    Democrat: Barack Obama
    Republican: Mitt Romney
    Green: Jill Stein

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  • Second graders raise money for Buddy Walk

    Two students and friends from Emma B. Ward Elementary are raising money and looking for registered walkers for the 10th annual Buddy Walk on Oct. 6.
    Second graders Jordan Ball and Elijah Penn have participated in the Buddy Walk for the past few years to raise money for the Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky organization.
     “Jordan’s Team” raised $7,802 last year and rewarded for his efforts by being featured on a billboard advertisement for the 2012 Buddy Walk.

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  • Burgoo a hit in Philippines, too

    Burgoo may be a Kentucky tradition, but it’s also a top-selling menu item at a restaurant chain in the Philippines.
    The slow-cooked Kentucky stew is the star entrée of Albert Alavera’s restaurant chain Burgoo, a casual dining establishment with 11 different locations in metro Manila.
    Alavera, who said he’s a professionally trained chef, entrepreneur and managing director of the Burgoo chain, flew from his sister’s home in Los Angeles to Lexington to experience Lawrenceburg’s annual burgoo festival.

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  • Cops to wait tables to help deputy’s wife

    Ever thought it would be fun to have a police officer wait on you hand and foot?
    Those who show up at Edwardo’s Pizza on Monday night will get just that and more as the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and Lawrenceburg Police Department team up to help the wife of a fellow officer.
    All proceeds and tips received Oct. 8 at Edwardo’s will help cover medical expenses for Traci Beasley, a Saffell Street Elementary School teacher and wife of deputy Patrick Beasley.

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  • School board approves working budget

    The Board of Education unanimously approved its final working budget for the upcoming fiscal year during a special-called meeting on Sept. 26.
    The budget, at $22.567 million budgeted in overall revenue and $21.095 million in operating expenses, is calculated based on a flat tax rate of $5.52 per $1,000 assessed value.

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  • City announces trick-or-treat times for Halloween

    Whether you plan to dress up as a ghost, ghoul or goblin this Halloween, make sure you know the times to trick-or-treat in Lawrenceburg this year.
    The city of Lawrenceburg has set trick-or-treat hours for Halloween on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., according to a press release from city hall.

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  • Burgoo Cook Off winners
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  • Woman’s death sparks demand to slow traffic on Versailles Road

    A Lock Road resident made an impassioned plea Tuesday morning to have the speed limit lowered and alterations made to Versailles Road, and the Anderson County Fiscal Court listened.
    By a unanimous vote, the court voted to send a letter to the state’s Transportation Cabinet, asking that the speed limit be lowered to 45 mph from Hilltop Drive all the way the Tyrone Bridge. Not at the meeting were magistrates Buddy Sims and Kenny Barnett.

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  • Board of Education approves $23M facility plan
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  • Woman indicted for rape of child

    A Lawrenceburg woman was indicted Sept. 18 by the Anderson County Grand Jury on a charge of first-degree rape of a person under the age of 12.
    Rochelle L. Olds, 36, of 1139 Versailles Road, Lot 35, was taken into custody Sept. 28.
    The charge stems from allegations of rape between September of 2004 and May of 2005.
    No other information was available Monday at the Anderson County Courthouse.

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