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Hiring personnel is not something the Anderson County school district takes lightly, said Assistant Superintendent Larry Basham.

Whether it’s a full-time teacher, substitute teacher, substitute custodian or substitute secretary, hiring of personnel is taken seriously, Basham said.

“We take it seriously when we add anybody to any list,” he said.

“But as with any school system, every once in a while you make a mistake. And when you make a mistake, you try to correct it.”

When Kentucky was losing the games it had no business losing this year, I wondered what Bill Keightley would have thought.

Maybe after VMI, it would have been a reminder that it was only November and March is when it counts.

After Ole Miss, probably a reminder that 11 years earlier, Tubby Smith had lost to Ole Miss – in Lexington at that – but had gone on to win a national championship.

Travis Gay knows how most people perceive track and field.

“I read a survey last year that said that 30 percent of track athletes come out to keep in shape for another sport,” the Anderson County track coach says. “Thirty percent come out because they have been cut from another sport.”

Gay, who played football and basketball at Floyd Central High School near New Albany, Ind., then went on to become an all-conference tackle at Campbellsville University, could only smile at the irony.

By Ben Carlson

General Manager

The church keyboardists indicted on multiple felonies earlier this year for allegedly obtaining a fake commercial drivers license appear to be on their way to trial.

Lance Roe, 28, and Michael Sivils, 45, were back in Franklin County Circuit Court last Friday for a pre-trail hearing.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Larry Cleveland, who is prosecuting the case, said neither side was able to reach an agreement for the disposition of the case.