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  • The real deals

    By JOHN FRIEDLEIN

    jfriedlein@thenewsenterprise.com

    ELIZABETHTOWN — Joe Wilson held up an ’80s Coke sign.

    “What is it?” he asked. “It’s plastic.”

    Visitors to the Mid-South Chapter Coca-Cola Septemberfest this week can learn cultural lessons like: Things aren’t made to last like they used to be.

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  • Elizabethtown tax rates remain the same

    By MARTY FINLEY

    mfinley@thenewsenterprise.com

    ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown City Council approved the city’s annual tax rates Monday, which saw no change from last year’s rates.

    The council set the tax rate for real estate and tangible personal property at 11.6 cents per each $100 value. The tax rate for all motor vehicles and water craft was also set at 11.6 cents per each $100 value.

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  • Local soccer league geting new practice fields

    By MARTY FINLEY

    mfinley@thenewsenterprise.com ELIZABETHTOWN –As the Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau forges on toward its goal of creating the Field of Dreams sports complex, the Elizabethtown Youth Soccer Association hopes to accomplish a smaller goal soon by creating a haven for local athletes to practice.

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  • Trial from April 2007 murder opens

    By BOB WHITE

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    ELIZABETHTOWN – The trial for one of two men charged in the April 2007 killing of an Indiana teen and the brutal beating of another in Elizabethtown began Monday in Hardin Circuit Court.

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  • Sept. 19: Services

     

    Mary Lou Burnett, 69, of Mooresville, Ind., died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. The funeral is at 2 p.m. today at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home, 400 Twyckenham Blvd., Lafayette, Ind.; interment in Johnson Cemetery. Visitation is in progress at the funeral home.

    Bowen Goode Sr., 84, of Elizabethtown, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.The memorial service is at 1 p.m. Sept. 28 at Valley Creek Baptist Church. Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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  • PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Tuesday's results (09/19)

    CROSS COUNTRY PREP BOYS BERNARD KEENE INVITATIONAL BARDSTOWN — Results from Tuesday’s 5-kilometer Bernard Keene Invitational at Nelson County High School: 1. Central Hardin (33)  2. Patrick Shartzer                          &

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  • PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Central Hardin Invitational will be Saturday (09/19)

    By JOSH CLAYWELL jclaywell@thenewsenterprise.com ELIZABETHTOWN — With 15 teams and nearly 500 cross country runners invading Freeman Lake Park on Saturday, Central Hardin High School co-coach Steven Gray is ready for the weekend to be over. The Central Hardin Cross Country Invitational could boast big numbers if every team competes. “It’s kind of smooth

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  • PREP FOOTBALL: Bruins need a fast start vs. Meade (9/19)

    By CHUCK JONES cjones@thenewsenterprise.com CECILIA — Central Hardin coach Mike Lawson is at a loss for words trying to explain the Bruins’ slow start, and for good reason. Lawson has never had a team go through this. The Bruins fell behind 14-0 to Elizabethtown before coming back to take a lead, but still lost, 29-28.

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  • A change of pace

    By MARTY FINLEY

    mfinley@thenewsenterprise.com

    HARDIN COUNTY –  A group of human resource workers, accompanied by family members, boarded a bus Wednesday from the Alexandria, Va., area and departed for Kentucky. Their moods and expectations varied, but as Human Resource Command Manager Lloyd Gibert attested Thursday afternoon, everyone was surprised upon arrival.

    “We’ve changed a lot of opinions on what Kentucky has to offer,” Gibert said.

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  • BOYS'/GIRLS' PREP GOLF: Thursday's results (09/19)

    GOLF BOYS’ PREP THURSDAY’S EVENTS MEADE COUNTY 178, FORT KNOX 200 FORT KNOX — Results from Thursday’s match at the par-36 (back nine) Lindsey Golf Course: Meade County (178) J.D. Hardesty                       &

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