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  • Mayor better: Brown has stroke on Christmas Eve

    Cynthiana Mayor Jim Brown, 78, had a stroke on Christmas Eve and is recuperating at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

    According to Jack Keith, mayor pro-tem, Brown was at his home on Grandview Drive at the time of the stroke. He was taken to Harrison Memorial Hospital, then flown to UK. It’s suspected that he experienced a second stroke while in the helicopter.

    Keith said that even though Brown is in a regular room, the hospital staff has asked that he have no visitors at this time. His wife Kay is with  him at the hospital.

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  • EMT’s stolen truck found at A. Keller

    Two Nicholas County men are under arrest after a series  of alleged unlawful activities early Saturday morning.

    Paul Douglas Jolly, 46, and Doug Hunt, 32, remain in the Montgomery County Detention Center on charges of theft by unlawful taking of a vehicle. The stolen vehicle was dumped into the Licking River in Harrison County at A. Keller.

    Jolly and Hunt were in close proximity of the Nicholas County Fire Department around 3:30 a.m. when firefighters were called to a house fire in the county.

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  • College to help those looking for new careers

    With an economy in recession, an emergency response team for career survival at Maysville Community-Technical College is ready to help, said director Bruce Florence.

    With companies and factories tightening financial belts and possibly laying off workers, Florence said MCTC-LVC will be a helping hand.

    “Right now we have to address the fact that there are people in our community that are going to face being laid off,” said Florence.

    “We want to be there to guide them through this,” said MCTC-LVC public relations specialist Sandy Power.

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  • Rumpke holiday collection schedule

    Rumpke waste removal and recycling services will not run on Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25) or New Year’s Day (Thursday, Jan. 1). Collection will be delayed one day during the weeks of the holidays.

    Christmas: Rumpke will provide services as scheduled on Wednesday, Dec. 24, there will be no collection on Thursday, Dec. 25. Customers with regularly scheduled Thursday pickup should place their trash at the curb for Friday pickup. Regularly scheduled Friday pickup will have their trash collected Saturday.

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  • Commission deadlocks on acting-mayor selection

    Cynthiana City Commissioners were unable to agree on a selection of mayor pro tem at a Monday special meeting. Current Mayor Pro Tem Jack Keith and returning commissioner Jimmy New deadlocked with incoming commissioners Amanda Moore and Mark Mattmiller on the selection. The commission was acting in the absence of Mayor Jim Brown, who is recovering from a Christmas Eve stroke. Details of this story in Thursday's Cynthiana Democrat.

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  • EMT class to be offered at MCTC Paris campus

    A new EMT Basic (Emergency Medical Technician) class will be offered through the Maysville Community and Technical College starting Jan. 13, 2009. Participants will earn EMT certification upon successful completion of 137 training hours and passing scores for all assessments. Miles Hughes will be instructing this course at the Paris Extension Campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-9:30 p.m. All applications, materials, and payments are due by Jan. 6, 2009. Payment plans are available. If interested call Karey Smith 859-234-8626 ext. 66429 for details and eligibility.

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  • January named National Radon Action Month

    Radon Causes 100 Times More Deaths than Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: EPA Launches National Radon Action Month

    Did you know?

    •Breathing home indoor radon causes nearly 100 times more deaths each year than carbon monoxide poisoning.

    •Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind smoking.

    •Some 20,000 people will die this year due to breathing too much radon without even knowing it.

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  • Pawley named Chamber of Commerce's Artist of the Month

    Joe Pawley is the Cynthiana-Harrison County Chamber of Commerce’s December Artist of the Month. His art form is metal sculpture, which he creates using various processes of welding. Joe has been a Welding Instructor for the Harrison County ATC for seven years. During that time, he has instructed many local and neighboring counties’ students in both basic and advanced welding processes.

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  • Christmas at Bullard

    Lisa Sutton helps load trucks with toys Wednesday afternoon at Bullard. Employees of the factory donated over 230 toys to the Harrison County Volunteer Fire Department for the Cynthiana-Harrison County Community Christmas Project.

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  • Westside fourth graders donate for Christmas

    Forgoing Christmas gifts to one another, Westside Elementary fourth graders decided to give to others in greater need.

    The 60 students collected items for the Food Pantry and the Flora Shropshire Animal Shelter.

    On a school bus early Monday, Dec. 15, they rode to the two locations to personally hand in their Christmas gifts.

    “They were excited about coming,” said Food Pantry volunteer, Marilyn Wash. “Each child came in with a sack or can of food.”

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