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  • Relay's Luminaria Ceremony honors fight against cancer

    Supporters behind Elizabethtown’s Relay for Life never knew Kathleen Smith’s father.

    But when his name, Gilbert Amaral, is called during the Luminaria Ceremony, everyone at Relay honors the former Rhode Island resident who died of lung cancer three years ago.

    Smith, chairwoman of the ceremony, said she had been involved with Relay for a long time, but losing her father to cancer has caused the ceremony to affect her emotionally more than it ever had before.

    “When his name is called, he is not forgotten,” she said.

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  • Berry’s budget proposal survives first reading

    Judge-Executive Harry Berry’s $29 million budget proposal survived a first reading Monday without change, but it hit a few bumps along the way.

    After several minutes of debate, Hardin Fiscal Court voted to retain — with some conditions — $22,000 for community support programs in its budget after some magistrates said the aid for local charities should be cut.

    Magistrate Dwight Morgan originally made a motion to wipe the funding from the budget, saying he felt taxpayer money should not be used to pick and choose charities.

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  • Snakes in the grass: E'town teen finds rare fossils

    After his lawnmower blade struck a rock, Austin Kramer decided to check the yard for more hazards.

    He turned up: two halves of a toy Starship Enterprise, a snake and at least two interesting fossils.

    Coincidentally, the fossils — probably ammonites — look like coiled snakes.

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  • Spring Fling Poker Run revving up

    The streets will be hot Saturday as cold steel takes the open highway for a good cause.

    The ninth annual Spring Fling Poker Run will launch May 14 from VFW Post 10281 on Briggs Lane in Vine Grove, looking to raise money for Interlink Counseling Services, a Louisville nonprofit organization that offers counseling and recovery services for homeless veterans.

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  • Broken patterns
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  • Female officers work to prove themselves

    Cristina Davis always has felt the need to help people.

    That feeling led to four years in the U.S. Coast Guard and 12 years as a patrol officer for posts in Kentucky and California. Most recently, Davis joined Vine Grove Police Department as its second female certified police officer in the history of the force.

    Capt. Dale Riggs of VGPD said it’s important to have diversity in any profession.

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  • Hardin County Farmers Market launches 2011 season

    Dark clouds hovered and a chill permeated the air Saturday morning, but weather did not dampen the opening of Hardin County Farmers Market.

    Patrons lined up to test wares and stock up early on plants and vegetables while vendors worked to oblige them despite torrential rains that have slowed farmers’ hands.

    Angie Lane was delighted to find out a farmers’ market operated  in Hardin County, having just moved from Clarksville, Tenn., with her son to rejoin her husband, a civilian worker at Fort Knox.

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  • Women tap into their creative side

    The Kentucky Derby did more than just attract celebrities and world-class horses to Churchill Downs on Saturday.

    It also may have played a role in a slight dropoff in vendors at the Every Woman’s Arts and Crafts Festival at Colvin Community Center in Radcliff, said organizer LaDonna Eastman.

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  • Photos: Masters of gardens
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  • A Community Cause

    The “c” word often arouses fear and dread, but many communities change the “c” from “cancer” to “cause,” bringing them together.

    Fund-raisers to help those battling cancer take a number of forms, from special nights at restaurants where portions of sales go to help those battling the disease to walks or runs held specifically to gain financial sponsors.

    Just as cancer does not discriminate due to age or gender, neither does a community when it comes to participating in events for a cause.

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