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  • Football field beginning to take shape in county park

    When the county’s parks and recreation football teams take the field next year, it should be one they can call their own.

    Work has resumed on a football field in the county park, a project started several years ago that was largely abandoned after it ran into drainage and other problems.

    Volunteers and county highway employees have been reworking the field, located near the upper pavilion area in the park, for the past week.

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  • Bourbon legend Rutledge retires from Four Roses

    After more than 20 years as master distiller at Four Roses and 49 years in the bourbon industry, Jim Rutledge official retired Sept. 1.

    His passion, enthusiasm and loyalty for Four Roses bourbons and the distillery employees and staff were instrumental in returning Four Roses Bourbon to the USA after spending more than 40 years in European and Japanese markets only, according to a news release.

    In 2001, Rutledge was inducted into the inaugural class of the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame.

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  • Lincoln steam engine, funeral car to be on display in Versailles

    The Lincoln steam engine and Lincoln funeral car will be on display Sept. 5-7 at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Versailles.

    This is the only place in Kentucky to see and participate in this event.

    The event is a fundraiser for the Lincoln Funeral Car project and half of the ticket proceeds will go toward the cost of constructing and displaying these historically correct reproductions.

    The Lincoln-era reproduction 4-4-0 steam engine, the Leviathan, will be used to pull our excursion train twice each day at 2 and 4 p.m.

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  • Truesdell dubbed Local Food Hero

    Nathan Truesdell was named one of Kentucky’s Local Food Heroes last week but, as is the case with most heroes, he has a secret weapon.

    “I’ve always done a small backyard type garden, but wanted to do more,” said Truesdell, a native of Maysville who was named one of four Food Heroes by voters in a statewide contest conducted by the state’s Department of Agriculture and Seed Capital KY.

    Then he met Dennis Cantrell, the former agriculture agent with the Anderson Extension office.

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  • Heritage Hall residents enjoy a doggone good time

    There were plenty of wagging tails and big smiles during Heritage Hall’s annual dog show last Wednesday afternoon.

    Heritage Hall activities coordinator Misty Montgomery said the event is one of the residents’ favorites every year, but this year was special because the dog show coincided with National Dog Day.

    “When the pets visit, it is always a special day, but to be able to do it on National Dog Day is great,” she said.

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  • Kenny ‘was a hero to a lot of people’

    Kenny Goodlett continues to have a positive influence on Lawrenceburg even months after he passed away.

    The 16U and 8U girls’ softball teams with the county’s parks and recreation league have each named their teams Team 132 in honor of Goodlett, who wore badge 132 with the Lawrenceburg Police Department until the time of his death earlier this summer when he succumb to cancer.

    “It’s pretty awesome,” said Kenny’s wife, Debbie, who joined the teams for a group photo.

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  • Briscoe steps aside as Bearcat volunteer

    Brad Briscoe announced Monday night that he will no longer volunteer as a trainer for the Anderson County High School football team.

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  • Tax incentives approved for distribution center

    State and local economic development officials are preaching caution following what appears to be an inaccurate news report that claimed a distribution center “is coming” to Lawrenceburg.

    A Lawrenceburg-based website picked up a news item that originated on the Cincinnati Business Courier’s website which reported only that tax incentives were approved for Verst Group Logistics to construct a $17.5 million distribution center in Lawrenceburg.

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  • Restaurant tax worries halt tourism merger plan

    The Anderson County Fiscal Court backed out of a joint meeting with the Lawrenceburg City Council just days before the two were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a plan that would allow the city to join the county’s tourism commission.

    Judge-Executive Orbrey Gritton said lingering concerns over the possibility of the city council passing a restaurant tax without the county’s input was one of several reasons why the meeting was called off.

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  • City keeps tax rate flat

    The Lawrenceburg City Council opted to keep its tax rate flat during its meeting Monday night at City Hall.

    The decision followed a recommendation from the council’s finance committee, which met just before Monday night’s meeting.

    During the committee meeting, City Clerk Robbie Hume explained several options, including taking a compensating rate that would have raised the per $1,000 of assessed value rate on homes from $1.95 to $2.04, generating an additional $31,201 in revenue from the previous year.

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