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Muscular Dystrophy Gala: Dylan's Night, a carnival fund-raiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, was held at a McDonald's restaurant in Versailles July 29.

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  • Education notes

    Scholarships/awards: The following Fayette County Students won college-sponsored National Merit scholarships:

  • Barns burn near Woodford subdivision

    By Steve Lannen

    slannen@herald-leader.com

    Firefighters in Woodford County spent part of Tuesday evening battling barn fires near Versailles.

  • Midway council hears zoning plan for 600-home development

    By Greg Kocher

    gkocher1@herald-leader.com

    Midway City Council will vote Sept. 2 on whether to rezone industrial land off Interstate 64 and Ky 341 to allow more than 600 residential units.

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    Aussies ride the train

    A tour group of 38 Australians took a train ride on July 28 on the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad in Versailles. The Christian church group included residents of Perth, Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne.

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  • Museum seeks speakers

    The Bluegrass Railroad Museum is seeking speakers for quarterly membership meetings. Speakers are needed for September, March, May and September 2009. BGRM can handle all types of audio and visual presentations. Relevant presenters should call John Penfield, BGRM's executive director, (859) 338-7889.

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    Cattle show honors for Hicks

    Charolais cattle enthusiasts gathered the week of June 22 in Des Moines, Iowa, for the American-International Junior Charolais Association National Junior Shows and Leadership Conference. Hunter Hicks of Versailles exhibited the third-place bull in Class 1 of the bull show and took home fourth-place honors in his heifer class. Hicks also was honored outside the show ring when he was voted by his peers as the Outstanding Junior Member during this year's Junior Nationals.

  • Alleged conflict also cost nurse job in '02

    By Beth Musgrave

    bmusgrave@herald-leader.com

    A nurse with the Cabinet for Health and Family Serv­ices who was fired in May for having an unethical relationship with a nursing home operator had been fired six years previously for questions surrounding her relationship with the same Covington nursing home operator, documents obtained by the Herald-Leader show.

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    Fireworks for Fourth

    Evening with the Lexington Philharmonic“ will begin at 6:30 p.m. with gates opening at 5 p.m. Friday at the Woodford County Park, in Versailles.

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    Francisco Farm Fine Arts and Crafts show

    Francisco's Farm Invitational Fine Arts & Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Midway College, 512 East Stephens Street, Midway. Activities include outdoor exhibitions of juried artwork, special exhibits, and live music. Admission is $5 per car, and Saturday visitors may return for free on Sunday. Call (859) 846-4049.

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  • Lowe's plan put off a month

    By Greg Kocher

    gkocher1@herald-leader.com

    Rubloff Group Holdings - the development company that promised seven years ago to turn Versailles Center and a neighboring vacant tract into something more elegant than "big box" stores - should be held to that pledge, Woodford planning commissioners were told Thursday night.

   
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