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  • Roll Forming gets its largest order

    A new solar energy contract will be the largest order in the history of Roll Forming Corporation’s facilities in Shelby County.

    Plant Manager Tony Carriss said the project is so large that the company is reopening a plant that had been closed for a few years – just east of the main headquarters on Brooks Industrial Road – and hiring 36 workers to run three shifts on a 9-month contract.

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  • City, state boost Katayama

    Government agencies that often offer economic incentives to attract new businesses now are giving traction to something new: giving incentives to existing businesses.

     “This is the best thing to happen to businesses around here in a long time,” Bobby Hudson told the Shelbyville City Council at Thursday’s meeting. “It’s fantastic for industries and cities because it targets the present businesses as well as new industries.”

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  • Business briefcase: Jan. 4, 2013

    Counselor launches Web site aimed at boomers in Shelby

    Family counselor Thomas E. (Jene) Hedden, president Emeritus, Shelby Counseling Associates, has created a Web site for the benefit of local Baby Boomers.

    The non-profit site, ShelbyBoomer.com, offers advice on such issues as aging, re-booting after retirement, marriage, faith and family as well as information, articles and 

    links of interest to local Baby Boomers.

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  • Shelby cinema now part of Regal

    When next you see a movie at the cinema on Breighton Circle in Shelbyville, you no longer will be making a great escape from reality.

    That’s because Regal Entertainment Group of Knoxville, Tenn., one of the nation’s largest theater chains, has acquired Great Escape Theatres, including the facility in Shelbyville, in a deal announced late last year.

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  • Real estate deeds: Dec. 31, 2012

    Dec. 20-25

    Robert W. and Judy L. Allen to Robert W. Allen, 80.752 acres on Christiansburg Depot, 52.38 acres on Mulberry Pike and Washburn Road, 311 acres on Christiansburg Mulberry Pike, 1.251 acres on KY 12, $1.94 million for each parcel

    Robert W. and Judy L. Allen to Robert W. Allen, 57.68 acres on KY 12 and 52 acres on Christiansburg Depot, $1.16 million

    Robert W. and Judy L. Allen to Judy L. Allen, 234.16 acres on KY 12, $1.2 million

    Robert W. and Judy L. Allen to Judy L. Allen, 5.02 acres on KY 43, $30,000

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  • Business briefcase: Dec. 28, 2012

    Grant to bring upgrades to JHS’ ICU, critical care

    Jewish Hospital Shelbyville will be getting an upgrade in the technology and equipment in its intensive and critical-care units as part of a grant from the board of directors of the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation.

    The board approved spending more than $18 million for facility advancements, advanced clinical research and more, the largest ever such grant.

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  • Shelby farmers hope to reap fruits of heavy rains

    It’s still a little early to tell how this month’s very damp weather will affect Shelby County’s agriculture.

    That’s the view of Corinne Kephart, the University of Kentucky Corporate Extension Office’s agriculture agent for Shelby County.

    Kephart notes that although predictions for this winter were for a heavy snowfall, this December has been a little warm for that to happen.

    However, she also notes that November and December are usually fairly mild and that the coldest months are typically January and February.

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  • Holiday sales not too shabby in Shelby

    Many retailers in Shelby County say their sales were up slightly from last holiday season, something that made most of them as hopeful for the future as grateful for the present.

    “We had a good Christmas, slightly better than last year, and we hope that indicates a resurgence in the economy,” Walmart Manager David Woodcock said. “We look forward to finishing up the year strong with our holiday clearance. That typically runs through about mid-January, depending on how quickly the merchandise sells out.”

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  • Real estate deeds: Dec. 28, 2012

    Dec. 11-19

    Carmen L. and Hector M. Lopez to Tirath and Jaswinder Pandher, 9.27 acres, Lot 9B, Bellefonte Estates, $132,500

    Tina Carter to Jason Ross, Lots 10-14 and 15A, Tower Heights, $208,000

    Carl Ray Farris Estate to Carl Ray Farris Testamentary Trust, Lots 33-34, Block D, Indianapolis Subdivision, $1 and considerations

    Sheila and Paul E. Frinak to Paul e. Frinak Revocable Trust, Lot 29, Majestic Oaks, Section 2, $520,000

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  • New York-based company purchases Ken Towery

    After opening its first store in Shelbyville in October, Ken Towery’s Tire & AutoCare is already undergoing a major change.

    The company has been purchased by Rochester, N.Y.-based Monro Muffler Break, and the sale was expected be completed this week.

    But Shelbyville store manager Jeremy Lyles said customers of Shelbyville’s newest auto care center shouldn’t notice a thing.

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