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Habitat for Humanity raising funds for houses 10 and 11
In July 2005, a group of young people from Ann Arbor, Mich., chose Meade County as the place they wanted to be for a weeklong mission trip. And they knew exactly what they wanted to do: frame houses for Habitat for Humanity. They arrived in Meade County on a Sunday evening and got to work early Monday morning.
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Profile on Longevity – Ida Rose Benham
 Ida Rose Benham was born May 14, 1922, the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Louisa Shrewsbury. Her siblings were Ruth, Magdalene, Louis, Frank, Margaret, Viola (died at the age of 3), Edward, and J.W. Ida Rose’s only sibling still living is her brother J.W., who lives in Lansing, Mich. Henry and Louisa also raised their grandson Herbert Thompson, who was featured in this column in January 2007.
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Ancestral Trails Historical Society unearths buried past to keep history alive
 Do you ever long to visit a simpler time in life? A time when keeping in touch meant family visits, not cell phones? A time when listening to music was gathering around a piano or a guitar, not turning on an iPod? A time when community ties formed strength and character?
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Miss Manners has nothing on them
It’s become legend at Battletown and Payneville elementary schools: If you’re in 6th-grade, you have to “dress up” for the manners luncheon.
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Local student competes in Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee
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Margaret Huffines, a 4th-grader at David T. Wilson Elementary School, competed in the Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee, held recently at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
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Science guy visits Payneville
 On Tuesday, March 20, 2007, Phil Wiseman came into Payneville Elementary to teach Payneville’s and Battletown’s 4th-graders about science.
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