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A two-hour video recording at the Grant County Detention Center in February is causing a stir among county employees and administrators and is at the center of a potential lawsuit from the county’s former finance director.

But Grant County Judge-Executive Steve Wood who can be seen and heard telling sexually suggestive jokes said he doesn’t plan to step down after the video became public last week.
“Absolutely not,” Wood said.

Editor’s note: Nancy Kennedy has been writing an annual psalm of thanksgiving since 1999 when she first started writing her column.
Dear God,
Every year at this time I sit down to compose a psalm of thanksgiving, my thanks and gratitude to you for another year that has passed.

There isn’t a day that goes by that Lynn White doesn’t think about how challenging being a “real” teacher can be.
The Williamstown resident moved from Lewis County to Grant County in 1993 to work with Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ.

Not long after, White began serving as a guest teacher or substitute and bus driver for Grant County Schools, a job he has held for nearly 23 years.