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| Vol. 115, No. 30 |
July 23, 2008
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Meade County High School band prepares for season
Members of the Meade County High School marching band take a break from rehearsal to pose for a photo.
While many students are still on summer break, members of the Meade County High School marching band are already at work preparing for their 2008 marching season.
Meade County hosts Blue Chip Fast Pitch Softball Camp
Lady Waves had the opportunity to attend Blue Chip Fast Pitch Softball Camp when it was held for the first time at Meade-Olin Park.
This past week July 13-16, 170 girls from 18 different schools enjoyed good weather and great instruction as the 12th Annual Blue Chip Fast Pitch Softball Camp began its first year at Meade-Olin Park. For the last 11 years, the camp had been held at Skyview Ballpark in Jeffersontownwhere the state tournament is held. Because of limitations of using the fields, however, the camp found Brandenburg, and it couldn’t have been a better deal for the camp’s founder and director Vernon Bibb.
Local author’s book wins Silver ADDY award for cover design
“We knew it was a good cover. We just didn’t know how good it was.” That was local author Robert A. “Tony” Prather’s reaction upon learning the cover design for his book, “The Strange Case of Jonathan Swift and the Real Long John Silver,” had won a 2007 Silver ADDY Award for publication design. With over 60,000 entries annually, the ADDY Awards are the world’s largest advertising competition.
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