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Community of Promise marks 10-year anniversary

The Anderson County Community of Promise met June 4 at the Board of Education training room to celebrate its 10-year anniversary of participating in the Community of Promise Initiative under the America’s Promise for Youth Alliance, according to a press release.
The program began in May 2003 and has continued to grow over the last 10 years, the press release said.

Defend your garden’s bounty with baby powder, onion spray

Happy June. I think I squeezed every minute out of May. I didn’t get everything done, but I never do. For some reason, I keep thinking of new projects as I play in the garden. I did get some new trees in the ground to add a little color to the front yard. The next step is to landscape the front of the house. Oh boy!

Drinking, driving and speeding on Ballard Road

To the editor:
Rest in peace, my sweet four-footed friend, Sophia.
She passed early [Monday] morning after being struck by a car. The driver did not have the courtesy to knock or leave a note.
She will be dearly missed by many on Ballard Road.

Wars, ongoing scandals cost Americans dearly

To the editor:
Terrorism alone has never been nor will it ever be a threat to our way of life. The application of self-serving dishonesty in Congress and the White House is the only real threat to America.

Board of Education approves personnel actions for May

The Anderson County Board of Education approved the following personnel actions during the May 20 school board meeting:

Employed
Reena Connelly as a teacher at Saffell Street Elementary effective the 2013-2014 school year
Gina Flygstad as yearbook sponsor for the 2012-2013 school year at Saffell Street Elementary
Heather Gordon as a teacher at Saffell Street Elementary effective the 2013-2014 school year
Delana Hendrix as a substitute teacher and substitute paraeducator

‘Glass mountain’: beautiful or dangerous?

A meth lab burned down.
Firefighters set the fire to practice for future blazes in the industrial park.
Tim Hostetler, the operations manager at Dlubak Glass Co., in Lawrenceburg, has heard both rumors as the reasons behind the recycling plant’s massive fire May 3.
He’s heard other descriptions of “glass mountain” in the past 12 years he’s worked for the Dlubak Glass Co.:
Eyesore.
Diamonds.
And especially this conversation topic:
What will happen if a tornado ripped through glass mountain?

Fiscal court votes to end free dumping

Tossing out junk at the county’s highway facility will soon no longer be free.
By a 5-2 vote, the Anderson County Fiscal Court approved last Tuesday charging 5 cents per pound ($100 a ton) for items thrown into its compactor. That includes throwing away yard debris as well as regular household trash.
Disposal of recyclables will remain free.
The decision includes purchasing a set of scales for around $55,000, along with hiring a full-time employee at an estimated $30,000 a year to collect fees.

Ward crowns students ‘kings’ and ‘queens’ of reading

Emma B. Ward students were recognized and rewarded for their Accelerated Reading accomplishments May 21, according to a news release.
“The school wide reading program encourages students to read books and take quizzes on those books in order to meet point goals set by their teachers,” Ward accelerated reading organizers said in the release.
Ward students earned a total of 20,950 points for the year. The boy and girl from each grade who earned the most points were crowned AR King and Queen.

School board opts to keep health department nurses

The Anderson County Board of Health gambled that the school district would continue funding its school nurses when it hesitatingly approved its budget last month.
The decision paid off last Thursday night when the Anderson County Board of Education voted unanimously to continue funding the school nurse program, despite a slight drop in the number of nurses the health department will provide.
The school board approved $121,360 for what amounts to 4.5 school nurses in the coming school year, the same amount it paid last year for five nurse positions.

Ward student named district winner for essay

Emma B. Ward Elementary fifth grade student Emily Slone was recently named the Central Kentucky West district winner in the “AARP Kentucky Grandparent of the Year” essay contest.
She is among thousands of Kentucky fifth graders participating in the annual essay competition, sponsored by AARP Kentucky and the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association, according to a press release.
The local contest was coordinated and promoted by the Anderson County Retired Teacher Association.

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