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  • District to review superintendent candidates

    The superintendent search committee for the Shelby County Public System is currently reviewing 27 applications for the position of head of the school system. In less than a month, the district could name one of the applicants as the new superintendent.

    The Kentucky School Board Association released biographic information this week on the 27 applicants. The names of candidates have not been released.

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  • A special Christmas: Thank-you from the Flanagans

    Editor's note:

    Buffy Flanagan wrote this letter as a thank you to the people who have helped her family get through the illness of Beanie, her three-year-old son who is battling cancer.

    After the letter was written, Buffy delivered Shannon Lake Flanagan, who came into the world just 26 weeks into her pregnancy. Shannon, at 1 pound, 4 ounces, was the smallest baby at Kosair Children's Hospital. She is approximately the size of a dollar bill.

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  • Rash of burglaries hits city

    Shelbyville police are investigating a rash of burglaries that have occurred within the past two weeks.

    According to a police report, burglars attempted to break into two homes in Osprey Cove between Feb. 16 and Feb. 26 but were only successful in gaining entry to one in the 5000 block of Black Falcon Way.

    The burglar apparently kicked in the front door, the report said, and stole jewelry worth $500, as well as other miscellaneous property.

    However, an apparent attempt to break into a home on Gray Hawk Drive either failed or was aborted, police said.

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  • 'Crawl spaces to cockroaches'

    The easiest description of what Building Official/Chief Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Tennill and his employees do is also the most vague.

    "We get complaints about everything," Tennill said. "The public might see something that could be wrong, but they don't know who to send it to, so they just send it to us. We get some stuff that's really off the wall, and we get some stuff that's really obvious."

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  • Younger than the kids

    Ryan Allan's students in his third grade class at Clear Creek Elementary School know to be nice to people younger than they are. This is especially beneficial to Allan who is technically a year younger than most of his students.

    Allan, 32, was born on Feb. 29, 1976 and because of the leap year he only has a birthday every four years.

    When Allan's students learned of their teacher's age on Thursday, they were elated.

    "Are you serious," one exclaimed.

    "That's so cool," another remarked.

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  • Famous hunter to speak at local church

    More than 400 people are expected to attend an event at Shelby Christian Saturday, March 8 to hear a pioneering outdoorsmen talk about game calling, hunting, and his greatest passion in life - his Christian faith.

    David Hale, who is known for his pioneer efforts in creating games calls and hunting videos, will speak to a near-capacity crowd at an event that includes a meal and door prizes.

    Hale said along with sharing stories from his many years of hunting deer, turkey and elk, he will "hopefully get to share a little gospel" as well.

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  • School crusade

    Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy and Corpus Christi High School will host its 7th Annual Crusade for Education 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Claudia Sanders Dinner House.

    The event, which benefits the children of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Corpus Christi, will offer a reverse raffle, silent auction, live auction and dinner. As part of the live and silent auctions, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Corpus Christi are asking area businesses to donate items or services that would add value to the event.

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  • Keeping history alive

    Long interested in Kentucky's historical buildings, Shelbyville's Stephen L. Collins has landed a position on the Historic Properties Advisory Commission.

    Gov. Steve Beshear's office announced the appointment of Collins, 47, as a chair of the commission. He replaces Wayne B. Yeager, who recently resigned. The appointment runs through the remainder of this term, ending Aug. 11, 2008.

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  • County fire department lands grant

    The Shelby County Fire Department plans to improve its services with yet another grant it has received from the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

    The grant will go towards improving communication, emergency response tools and the health of firefighters.

    The funds will purchase reliable firefighter communication throughout the district, which will aid in emergency response.

    "We're updating some radio equipment to meet new federal guidelines," Shelby County Fire Chief Bobby Cowherd said.

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  • Fire destroys barn in Mt. Eden

    A barn in Mt. Eden burned to the ground on Wednesday after a spark from a tractor ignited a bale of hay.

    Mt. Eden fire fighters responded to the fire shortly after 11 a.m. and battled the blaze for over an hour and a half. No animals or humans were injured in the fire.

    Steve Rollins, whose father Jim owned the barn, said the blaze was started shortly after he had started his tractor. He said the fire was likely caused from a spark from the engine.

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