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  • Game boot camp rolls into library

    High school gaming fanatics can learn how make their own game May 15 at the Grant County Public Library.

    The library will host a free Game Design Boot Camp from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for high school students from Grant and surrounding counties.

    Experience is not necessary to participate, said Wynita Worley, public services librarian.

    Dr. Jerzy Jaromczyk of the University of Kentucky’s Department of Computer Science, along with about 10 UK students, will lead the program.

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  • NKU dishes out taste of academic life

    Are you one of those adults who have that gnawing feeling that you missed out on something by not going to college? Perhaps all you needed was to experience College For A Day at Northern Kentucky University Grant County Center in Williamstown on April 22, to help you take that first step.

    Registrants got the chance to sit in on two colleges classes, have lunch and an open discussion with a panel of NKU students who are near graduation or have graduated after starting at the Grant County center.

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  • Williamstown police department gets $6,500 grant

    Williamstown police plan to be more visible in high-crash areas after receiving a $6,500 six-month grant from the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety.

    KOHS recently presented $365,500 in federal funds to law enforcement agencies in an effort to bolster highway enforcement in targeted communities. The grants run from April 1 to Sept. 30.

    Fifty-three agencies were identified in counties with a high number of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities.

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  • Trading spaces

    The recent opening of the new Justice Center in Williamstown has left an empty courtroom and several vacant offices in the Grant County Courthouse.

    There has not been any formal discussion about plans for the upstairs courtroom, said Judge-Executive Darrell Link.

    “I don’t anticipate that we’re going to change that old courtroom,” he said. “We’re going to try to preserve it as it is and continue to use it for community meetings.”

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  • Teams rev up for Relay

    Teams for the 2010 Grant County Relay For Life are planning upcoming fundraising events:

    • Spring Bucket Raffle

    The Farm Credit Services RFL team will be taking $2 donations for the chance to win a spring bucket filled with bird seed,  a bird feeder and other spring items at their office, 147 S. Main in Dry Ridge.

    The team is planning a yard sale April 24.

    In May, they’ll have another drawing for a Mother’s Day Special.

    For more information, call 824-4446.

    • Cook out, music, bake sale

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  • National Day of Prayer events planned for May 6; volunteers needed

    Heads will be bowed and prayers will be heard throughout Grant County on May 6.

    For the second year, volunteers have organized day-long activities to celebrate the National Day of Prayer.

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  • Dry Ridge gets new post office

    After nearly four decades in the same location, the Dry Ridge Post Office will be moving later this year.

    Construction on a new $1 million facility on 1.4 acres of land at the corner of Brentwood Drive and U.S. 25 will likely begin in May.

    Midland Retail of Montgomery, Ohio and Rockwood Properties of Sycamore Township, Ohio will build the 4,800-square-foot building, which is estimated to take about four months to complete.

    It will replace the current 1,500 square feet of leased space in the Dry Ridge City Building at 31 Broadway.

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  • Is your mom special?

    The Grant County News wants to hear about those special mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, even aunts who are like mothers.

    Tell us about the special “mother” in your life. Send her name, address, phone number and why she’s special to: gcneditorial@grantky.com or mail to the Grant County News, P.O. Box 247, Williamstown, Ky. 41097. Be sure to include your name and phone number. The deadline to send a letter is April 30.

    The Grant County News staff will read the letters and choose some of them to be featured in a Mother’s Day story.

     

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  • Look Good Feel Better

    Eleven women gathered in the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Grant County conference room on Monday night.

    The group included two sisters and sister-in-laws. The others were strangers.

    One had long hair, a few had short hair, one sported a bright, pink hat. The women were tall, short, skinny and not-so-skinny. Some were quiet and reserved and some couldn’t contain their giggles.

    Their bond – they are all survivors. Their enemy – cancer!

    They took turns introducing themselves and sharing their cancer journey.

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  • TRASH TALK

    If you’ve got trash, the Grant County Solid Waste office wants it.

    The solid waste (109) board has set May 3 through May 7 as Spring Clean Up for garbage or bulky items such as furniture.

    Items will be picked up on your regular collection day.

    Trash or items should be organized, bagged or bundled and not exceed 75 pounds.

    “This is a way to clean up the county and provide a service to our citizens,” said Bryan Miles, solid waste coordinator.

    “A lot of counties and cities do some form of this,” he said.

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