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Today's News

  • Soldiers visit third grade pen pals

    Every other Williamstown Elementary student was outside enjoying the annual field day, except for Michelle Whaley’s third grade reading group.
    They were inside their classroom waiting on a bigger and better surprise.
    Eyes widened and smiles blossomed as two soldiers, Lt. John Benson and Lance Corporal Richard Barton, walked into the room dressed in uniform.
    “They’re so anxious that I think they are in shock,” Whaley said.
    The third graders had become pen pals with the soldiers throughout the school year.

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  • Tracking down fun in Williamstown
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  • Faithfulness, forgiveness

    A lady walks into a drug store and tells the pharmacist she needs some cyanide. The pharmacist said, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?” The lady then explained she needed it to poison her husband. The pharmacist’s eyes got big and he said, “Lord, have mercy. I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law! They’ll throw both of us in jail and I’ll lose my license.”

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  • Church Notes

    Christ Community
    • Sundays - adult Bible classes and children at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m., prayer at 6 p.m., Wednesdays - Bible study and KidZone at 7 p.m.  

    Church 20/20
    • Pastor Earl Breeden - 859-814-7594 and Pastor Randy Robinson – 859-414-7253
    • Youth Leaders Daniel Coomer - 859-443-2503 and Colby Carrig - 859-814-4007

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  • Track and Field Day
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  • Police Reports 6-13-13

     

     

    (Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)

     

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  • Building Permits 6-13-13

     

     

      May 1

    Donnie House, 130 Lexington Trail, addition, 576 square feet, estimated cost $15,000; permit fee $61.60.  

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  • Barn swallow population soaring at the farm

     

     

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  • Another Place In Time 6-13-13

     

     

    Welcome to a new Another Place In Time photo. Do you know any of the people featured in the photos? If so, call your guesses into the Grant County News at 859-824-3343. See next week’s News for their identity.

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  • Turning Back the Clock

     

    15 Years Ago

     

    June 11, 1998

    Anthony J. Smith has joined the United States Army under the Delayed Entry Program at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Florence. Smith, a student from Grant County High School, will report to Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla., for basic training on Aug. 12. The recruit qualified for a $6,000 enlistment bonus. 

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