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2013 GRANT COUNTIAN OF THE YEAR

Darrell Link began his career in politics with an appointment to the Grant County Tourism Commission. He went on from there to be elected to the fiscal court as a magistrate, followed by a successful run for judge-executive in 1998.
He’s served on numerous boards and commissions and received awards for partnering with other agencies on programs, for being a good neighbor, an outstanding official and for his work in the community.

Girls on the Run joyful, unique...

Girls on the Run is a program for girls in the third through fifth grade and the sixth through eighth grade to participate in an after-school program. This program is designed to allow every girl to recognize her inner strength.

The lessons encourage positive emotional, social, mental and physical development. Each school discusses body image, self-esteem, bullying, gossiping and peer pressure among other topics. Physical activity is woven into the program to inspire an appreciation of fitness and to build habits that lead to a healthy life.

GRANT CO. CTC WINS PEAK AWARD

In Anna Sullinger’s culinary arts class, Grant County High School students are making a carrot cake. In Larry Butler’s agriculture class, students are getting down and dirty preparing plants for sale in the greenhouse.

In Brad Schadler’s electrical class, students are learning to work on a circuit. In the next room, other students are learning to weld, while in another classroom, other students are up to their elbows working on a car engine.

National Day of Prayer
Good show for lilacs this year

 

 

Police reports 5-9-13

 

(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.)

 

MCE principal steps down

The search is on for a new principal at Mason-Corinth Elementary.
Lisa Hollandsworth, who has served as principal at MCE for the last five years, will be teaching fifth grade reading and social studies at

HEALTH DEPT. RECEIVES HONOR

The Northern Kentucky Health Department is one of the first in the nation and only one of 11 to receive recognition as a high-performing health department from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Northern Kentucky Health Department, which includes Grant, Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties, as well as Three Rivers Health Department, composed of Owen, Pendleton, Gallatin and Carroll counties, and the Franklin County Health Department were the only three health departments in Kentucky to be accredited.

WHS searches for new principal

Williamstown High School Principal Dave Johnstone hopes his second retirement lasts longer than his first.

Johnstone initially retired in September 2009 after spending 20 years as principal in four different schools in northern Kentucky.

Six months later, he replaced former WHS principal Misty Buchanan on an interim basis before being hired for the job full-time.
Johnstone will be retiring again after this school year.

Stolen car ends up in creek

A vehicle believed stolen from Corinth ended up upside down in a creek May 6 along U.S. 42 in Verona.
Passing motorists contacted the Boone County Sheriff’s Office around 5 a.m. when they noticed the 1996 Ford Probe.
When deputies responded, they found the vehicle full of water and the driver’s door open.
A search in the car and the surrounding area did not lead police to locating the driver.
The sheriff’s department believes the car was headed westbound of U.S. 42 before leaving the road and ending up overturned in the creek.