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Today's News

  • Downtown sidewalk project could include other side, too

    Work continues on the Main Street sidewalk project and hopes are that at least some of it will be finished by next weekend.

    Wayland Quisenberry, who is in charge of the local Renaissance program, said he would like to see some of it complete by next Saturday's A Taste of Harrison County festival.

    "We probably won't get it all finished [by that time]," he said.

    One thing he wanted to clear up, however, is that this project is different than the Safe Sidewalks project, recently funded through a grant from the state government.

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  • Rohs to show film with several local ties

    Georgetown College professor Ed Smith is bringing his acclaimed film Surviving Guthrie to the historic Rohs Opera House Sept. 20 with the hopes his fellow Harrison Countians will share in the joy of a project that has some legs.

    The showing, sponsored by the Cynthiana Arts Council, is at 7:30 p.m., followed by a reception with the cast and crew at Bianckes the popular, downtown restaurant that was featured in one of the movies scenes.

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  • Gross changes plea in Hillside arson

    Formal sentencing for Marcus Gross will be held Sept. 16 in Harrison Circuit Court.

    Gross was charged and later indicted on charges of arson, criminal mischief, burglary and wanton endangerment. He initially entered not guilty pleas to the charges. However, in court last week, Gross changed his plea to guilty on an amended arson charge and the remaining three charges.

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  • Breds take on Panthers Saturday

    The task of first-year Harrison County football coach Aaron Stepp gets a little tougher this week as his beaten and battered team takes to the field for the first time against a much-improved Fleming County Panther squad in the first game of the Recreation Bowl on Saturday in Mt. Sterling.

    Last year, these same two teams squared off in the Recreation Bowl, with Harrison County coming away with an easy 53-8 win.

    This year, look for a much different score.

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  • Way Back When

    10 years ago . . .

    Births announced this week are: Holly Lynnette and Hally Nicole Clifton, July 14, twin daughters of April Gillispie and Troy Clifton; Spencer Carroll Fowler, Aug. 24, son of Wilbur and Renee Fowler; James Andrew Foster Richardson, June 23, son of Jason and Holly Puckett Richardson; Tyler M. Wells, Aug. 25, son of Allen and Angela Wells.

    Harrison County's baseball infielder Chris Snopek traded from Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox.

    Terry Stinson named new Cynthiana Fire Department Chief.

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  • Football not as fast-paced as it appeared on British TV

    Heres another example of you-cant-always-believe-what-you-see.

    On Tuesday night before the Breds soccer game with Grant County, I had a nice long visit with one of the referees for the contest, Alan Southerland.

    After seeking Alan out to pay him for his services that evening and introducing myself to him, it took about a nanosecond to realize that he was originally from somewhere other than Central Kentucky.

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  • Pribble is Teacher of the Year

    Ellie Pribble, Health Sciences teacher at Harrison Area Technology Center, received the KACTE Teacher of the Year award at the 2008 Career and Technical Education Summer Program in Louisville, Ky. on July 27.

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  • Fall sports update at HCHS

    The Harrison County High School volleyball team got back to its winning ways on Tuesday night hosting Madison Southern and coming away with an easy win 25-14 and 25-15.

    The freshman Fillies and JV Fillies also bested the Lady Eagles in their two preliminary contests.

    We played much better and are showing signs of improvement, said HCHS coach Bill Faulkner. We have a young team this year and will have our ups and downs, but are gaining valuable experience.

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  • Burglars get 10-year sentences

    Two men who burglarized a number of homes in the Old Lair Road area earlier this year have been sentenced to 10 years each.

    Thomas D. Perysian and Jeremy Puckett were sentenced last week on multiple charges related to the burglaries.

    Charges against Persyian included second degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking over $300, first degree burglary, first degree criminal mischief and theft of controlled substance.

    Puckett's charges also included complicity to commit burglary and complicity to commit theft by unlawful taking.

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  • Country church adjusting for change

    Embracing change while holding fast to doctrine might seem an impossible feat. However, that's exactly what has occurred at a little country church in the western edge of the county.

    Leesburg Christian Church has rested in the quaint little community well over 100 years. It's numbers have gone through the ebb and flow of many church congregations.

    Sammy Harris, who has been leading services at Leesburg for the last six years, said Leesburg was like every other church in that its growth went through cycles.

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