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  • Spencer County Octoberfest 2012: SUPER HEROES

    It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s the Spencer County 2012 Octoberfest flying into town this Friday and Saturday with a super hero theme that is sure to please children and adults alike.
    The annual family festival will kick off Friday evening with pageants including a baby and tiny tots show, followed by the Little Mister and Miss, Pre-teen, Junior Miss and Miss Spencer County Octoberfest pageants. The pageant winners are expected to ride in the Octoberfest parade Saturday morning.

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  • Today is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

    By PHYLLIS McLAUGHLIN
    Special to The Spencer Magnet

    Is your sulking daughter being a normal teenager, or could her change in behavior be a warning sign for depression? Could your son’s sudden bursts of anger be a passing phase, or is it a warning sign that he’s being bullied at school?

    In both scenarios, the answers could go either way, according to Stephany Pond, unit manager and master therapist at Seven Counties’ Taylorsville office.

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  • Case closed on EMS building violations

    Reports that the Spencer County Emergency Medical Services building was dilapidated, with rodent excrement and holes in the ceiling and floor, led to a change in leadership at EMS and a $3,500 fine from the Kentucky Labor Cabinet’s Occupational Safety and Health Program.

    According to documents obtained from the OSH program through open records requests, the office inspected the EMS building between the dates of Feb. 8 and March 21.

    Following those inspections, several citations and notifications of penalty were issued on March 26.

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  • A happy ending

    By PHYLLIS McLAUGHLIN
    Special to The Spencer Magnett

    Most people who take training to handle emergency medical situations never have to put their knowledge to the test. During all the 20 years of her career, this was true for Vicki Thomas, a third-grade teacher at Spencer County Elementary School.

    But on Tuesday, April 30, her training in using the Heimlich maneuver literally saved the life of one of her students, Bryce Cooper.

    The two discussed the ordeal during an interview at the school yesterday.

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  • County clerk’s forum this Thursday at Chamber of Commerce buildings

    The questions are in and the tallies have been counted — six reader-submitted questions have been selected as possibilities for May 10’s county clerk candidate forum sponsored by The Spencer Magnet and the Spencer County-Taylorsville Chamber of Commerce.

    The forum will take place during the chamber’s monthly luncheon, which is from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday.

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  • County budget proposal includes plans for new EMS facility

    In a preliminary budget discussion with Spencer County Fiscal Court members Monday morning, Judge Executive Bill Karrer said he was interested in cutting the county’s personal property tax rates and that he had to turn down some department expenditure requests because of the looming cost of a new EMS facility.

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  • Narrow vote increases water rates 3.5 percent

    The Taylorsville City Commission voted Thursday night to include a water rate increase of 3.5 percent for all of its water customers in its proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

    The 3.5 percent increase passed by a vote of 3-2, with Mayor Don Pay and commissioners Kathy Spears and Larry Waldridge in favor, and commissioners Beverly Ingram and Nathan Nation opposed.

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  • Giving the gift of time

    Taylorsville Elementary School has a program uniquely designed for volunteers to give back to the community in a big way. The mentoring program allows community members to interact with and make a difference in the lives of children who need help with their social development, behavioral issues or other problems.

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  • Arrest made in break-ins at Spencer County High School parking lot

    An alleged repeat burglary offender was arrested by Taylorsville Police Friday for breaking into vehicles parked at Spencer County High School.
    Brandon Sparks, 19, of Taylorsville, was arrested by Lt. Rick Jewell after police received tips that items were missing from student vehicles.

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  • Accident leaves one dead

    A Taylorsville woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash Thursday.
    Angela Anderson, 40, was traveling west on Ky. 44 around 8:20 a.m. when she lost control of her 1997 Chevrolet pickup in a curve and overcorrected, according to Kentucky State Police. According to the KSP incident report, Anderson’s vehicle left the north shoulder of the road and struck an embankment.

    Anderson was ejected from the vehicle. She was also air-lifted to the University of Louisville Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

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