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  • Battling the beast

    He's got his hat and chaps, and he's ready to ride. He can't wait for Derby weekend, when he'll get to compete against other riders. He sums up his favorite part of riding with a single word - "adrenaline."

    As thousands head to Louisville next weekend for the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, nine-year-old Ethan Young is excited to do some riding of his own at the Kentucky Junior Rodeo Association event at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.

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  • Woman sentenced for embezzlement of thousands

    A former employee of a local non-profit organization has received a prison sentence of four years for stealing thousands of dollars from the company, according to Shelby County Circuit Court records.

    Kimberly Stevenson Pappas, 51, of Louisville, was granted supervised felony diversion after entering a guilty plea to the charge of theft by unlawful taking over $300, a class D felony.

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  • Bus driver accused of assault

    A local school bus driver has recently been accused of assaulting a student who was riding on his bus.

    James Neihof, director of student accounting and support services, said on April 4 a driver carrying high school students stopped the bus in response to a disturbance among the students.

    Neihof said the driver, whose name has not been released, considered one of the students to be in physical danger. He then proceeded to detain the other student involved in the disturbance.

    "The bus driver took action in the interest of student's safety," Neihof said.

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  • Mapping out history

    A grant from the Kentucky African American Heritage brought The Kentucky Archaeological Survey to Lincoln Ridge cemetery to search for the mass grave that is said to hold the bodies of the black cavalry soldiers that were brutally murdered in the Simpsonville massacre of 1865.

    Because only a few graves are still marked, the archaeologists have had to use a number of methods to learn more about the cemetery, located off U. S. 60 between Simpsonville and the Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center.

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  • Coffee named teacher of the year

    In Thom Coffee's world history class at West Middle School, students recently were given an assignment to use song, poetry or rap to express what they have been learning about the decline of feudalism in ancient England. As the students performed, it was evident that they had not only learned a good deal about things such as the Magna Carta and the black plague, but also had a great time while doing it.

    Because of such creative teaching practices, Coffee was recently named the Shelby County teacher of the year.

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  • Board names superintendent

    A current employee of the Shelby County Public School System was named as the district's new superintendent on Tuesday morning.

    After a three-month candidate search, the board of education announced that James Neihof, the current director of student accounting and support services, will serve as the head of the local public school system starting July 1. Neihof's salary has not yet been determined.

    Neihof, who has 17 years of experience in education, said he is honored and humbled to have been selected as superintendent.

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  • New life-saving equipment installed in ambulances

    Shelby County ambulances are now even better equipped to help save lives, thanks to new, life-saving devices recently installed.

    The new equipment consists of two Rad-57 Pulse CO-Oximetry machines, which are capable of detecting carbon monoxide in the bloodstream, according to Steve Wortham, chief of operations for Shelby County Emergency Medical Services. This technology is fairly new, Wortham said, and its potential for saving lives is invaluable.

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  • Three arrested in KSP pot bust

    Three people were arrested April 17 in a drug bust at a local horse farm that yielded 65 pounds of marijuana, according to Kentucky State Police.

    Three males, Geronimo Cardenas, 28, Octavio Salazar, 23, and Jorge Salazar, 34, all of Shelbyville, were charged with trafficking in marijuana over five pounds and tampering with physical evidence, said KSP Trooper Ron Turley.

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  • Child Town hopes to expand

    Former Child Town director Trish Fegenbush came before the Shelbyville City Council on Thursday to share the day care's plans for expansion. She said Child Town hopes to obtain a grant to build a second building to accommodate the center's long waiting list of more than 150 kids.

    The planning is still in its infancy, but Fegenbush said she wanted to bring the general idea to the council's attention and ask for its support.

    She said they would hope to construct the second building on land at Breighton Circle and I-64.

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  • Garden and Art Fair set for Saturday

    The Shelby County Master Gardener Association will host the Shelbyville Garden & Art Fair on April 26, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.

    "The main purpose of the garden fair is to raise funds to help support the arboretum at Clear Creek Park," said Vicki Sutherland, with the Shelby County Master Gardeners Association.

    More than 20 booths of lawn and garden vendors are signed up to be at the fair. The high school chapter of the FFA will also be there selling flowers and plants the students grow in their greenhouses as a fundraiser.

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