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  • ECTC's Super Sunday designed to increase diversity

    While the fall semester is months away, the local community college is getting a head start on recruitment with a new event for the community.
    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is hosting a Super Sunday event, an information fair for minority students held throughout the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The event is at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center at First Baptist Church in Elizabethtown.

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  • White Mills man in stable condition after wreck

    HARDIN COUNTY — A White Mills man injured in a motorcycle wreck Sunday is in stable condition, according to Kentucky State Police.
    Jeffrey Mann, 50, of White Mills, was traveling on Old Highway 84 when Jonathan Vinson, 18, of White Mills, made a left turn onto the highway in front of Mann, KSP reported. Mann was thrown from the motorcycle.
    Mann was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. His injuries weren’t life-threatening and he was in stable condition, according to the KSP release.
    Vinson wasn’t injured.

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  • Fort Knox drummer wins top honor

    While they no longer sound charges or help keep troops in formation, U.S. Army drummers play a key role in today’s military.

    Those such as Staff Sgt. Chad J. Alward bolster morale and maintain tradition.

    Alward, a percussionist for the Fort Knox-based 100th Army Reserve Band, recently received the inaugural 2010 Col. Finley Hamilton Outstanding Military Musician Award. He was the only Army reservist to win the honor, which is given to America’s top 10 musicians in the armed services.

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  • HCS to begin computer donation program

    A new technology program in Hardin County Schools will benefit the districts’ students in more ways than one.

    The district is starting a computer donation program for low-income families, now that the HCS board has approved the program.

    Students and volunteers at North Hardin High School and the HCS technology department will repair computers donated by the community. The computers will be distributed to families whose children need one.

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  • Book donation drive under way in Vine Grove

    Vine Grove readers soon may have more options than ever for borrowing reading materials.

    The Vine Grove Woman’s Club is collecting bookshelves and books for readers of all ages to set up a free place at Vine Grove City Hall where residents can check out books.

    The program will operate on the honor system, eliminating the need to constantly staff the lending library or initiate a formal checkout system.

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  • Photo: Bricks and mortar, lumber and landscaping
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  • Senior Life: Adjusting to life’s changes

    By MONICA RUEHLING

    By nature, humans are very set in their ways. Consider normal, daily routines. Most people wake up and go to bed at the same time each day, eat the same food prepared the same way, travel the same routes to and from the places traveled. Consistency keeps order; changes are not part of order.

    Changes can happen gradually or all at once. Neither is easy to adapt to, but adapting must be done to continue.

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  • UPDATE: Motorcyclist hurt in crash listed in stable condition

    A White Mills man injured in a motorcycle wreck Sunday is in stable condition, according to Kentucky State Police. 

    Jeffrey Mann, 50, of White Mills was traveling on Old Highway 84 when Jonathan Vinson, 18, of White Mills, made a left turn onto the highway in front of Mann, KSP report. Mann was thrown from the motorcycle.

    Mann was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. His injuries weren't life-threatening and he was in stable condition, according to the KSP release. 

    Vinson wasn't injured.

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  • Central Hardin students share artwork with murals

    Sharon Madison does not need an inbox for her students to turn in their work at the end of class. She can just walk down the hallway to see what assignments they’ve completed.

    The walls of Central Hardin High School slowly  have been filling with color as art students have completed a number of murals since last school year. There are about 10 separate pieces of wall art around the school, including a large insignia design in school colors along a main hallway, and pictures of several people in Bruin costumes fashioned after the band Gorillaz.

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