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  • Job outlook bleak for Quasimodo

    Modern technology has simplified the job of church bell ringing. But it also has taken away some of the amusement.

    For instance, the Rev. Chuck Walker said beginning monks at the seminary he attended were tasked with ringing the bells – a stressful job, because they’d get into trouble with the abbot if they didn’t toll the variously toned chimes in exactly the right way at the right time of day.

    The monks, though, talked about what fun it was to swing on the ropes, said Walker, pastor of St. James Catholic Church in Elizabethtown.

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  • Upton company promotes native grass

    Very few Kentucky lawns are coated with the types of grass that grew in the state when settlers came.

    Consumers hauling major name-brand bags of grass seed home aren’t sowing those native grasses, either.

    Bermuda grass, St. Augustine grass and even Bluegrass came along with new settlers to suit their European lawn tastes.

    The prairie codgrass, switchgrass and other native grasses that sprang up in the state since time beyond memory was replaced or grazed by cattle down to dusty, barren fields.

    An Upton company wants to change that.

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  • Girl Scouts kicking off 100th anniversary celebration

    Some Girl Scout foundations, such as survival skills and being prepared, are nearly 100 years old. Others are designed to keep up with the times.

    The Girl Scouts national organization is kicking off a five-year celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary. Members will celebrate the anniversary next year on March 12, founder Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday.

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  • West Point voters to decide alcohol sales issue Tuesday

    West Point is gearing up for a vote that will determine whether restaurants in the northern Hardin County city can serve alcohol with food.

    If the measure passes Tuesday, restaurants that offer alcohol must generate at least 70 percent of sales from food to maintain a liquor license and alcohol only could be sold with food rather than at a separate bar.

    Opinions in West Point differ regarding whether the measure should pass.

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  • Hamfest gives amateur radio users equipment, communication

    Vendors and amateur radio users gathered Saturday to exchange equipment and information about the communication tool at the annual Hamfest at the State Fire Training School at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.

    Archie Mack Sr., president of the Lincoln Trail Amateur Radio Club, said amateur radios, or ham radios, are helpful because they enable long-range communication without using power sources or communication lines that can be disabled during an emergency situation.

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  • USA Cares building new headquarters

    USA Cares will begin a new chapter when it breaks ground this month on its new headquarters building.

    It’s the first facility built specifically for the charity, which assists military families in need. The land and construction labor were donated, which will lower the organization’s overhead costs.

    The public is invited to a ground-breaking ceremony at 11 a.m. April 16 at 1655 N. Logsdon Parkway in Radcliff.

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  • Fire destroys former business in Grayson County

    A Grayson County industrial building that once turned out bats and golf clubs on Lilac Road was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon.

    Leitchfield Fire Department was called to the former Middleground industrial building at 4:18 p.m. By the time firefighters arrived, the building was showing heavy, black smoke from the eaves and attic vents. Firefighters sprayed water on the fire from several angles but within 20 minutes the roof of the building caved in and flames shot far above the building.

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  • 31W Bypass work to begin

    Rehabilitation work on a portion of Elizabethtown’s U.S. 31W Bypass is set to begin this week as contract crews execute an eight-phase project that will wrap up by the end of September.  

    Hall Contracting off Kentucky Inc. was awarded the project’s contract in December 2010 at a cost of $9.3 million.

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  • Faces & Places: Yes, Senior Drill Sergeant Royalty

    You can read more about Sgt. First Class Royalty in the inaugural edition of On Post magazine. It is available on free distribution newsstands locally and inside this week's edition of The Turret, Fort Knox's weekly newspaper.

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