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• Jan. 22 - Rhonda’s message was from Acts 3 where Peter and John went to the temple to pray and was approached by the lame man begging for alms. He got so much more than silver and gold but through faith in the name of Jesus.
• “Battlefield of the Mind at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting with lunch.
•  Study the Book of Acts at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening.

Dry Ridge Baptist

School buses could soon start looking more like mobile billboards than a way to transport students.

The General Assembly is considering House Bill 30, which would allow school districts to sell advertising on the exterior of school buses.

The bill recently passed the House and is awaiting a vote by the Senate.

State Rep. Royce Adams, D-Dry Ridge, voted for the bill.

The money raised from the ads would stay in the district and the local school board would decide how to use it.

Do you have a hankering for a Big Boy? How about a Chinese dinner buffet or an autographed photo of University of Kentucky basketball player Terrence Jones.

If you’re in the market for something unusual or even something antique, then the 15th annual Kiwanis auction is for you.

This annual event is the group’s main fundraising activity for the year.

Cutting staff and operating near a deficit are just two of the financial hardships facing local school districts as they look ahead to next year’s budget.

In a bleak budget address, Gov. Steve Beshear announced a $742 million budget shortfall for the state.

With most agencies likely to receive deep, painful cuts, school districts too will have to decide how to provide services for an increasing amount of students with limited funding from the state.