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  • Finding power to stay warm

    The numbers of Spencer Countians without electricity has dropped from thousands to hundreds since last Tuesday night’s winter ice storm. Good news for most, but for the 400 families still with out power – each day can be a struggle just to stay warm.

    For some residents, seeking shelter in the high school’s cafeteria was a much better alternative than huddled together under layers of blankets.

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  • Loss of power nets numerous freezer casualties

    With power outages ranging from mere hours to days, and even weeks, local insurance agents say that losing food stored in refrigerators and deep freezers has been the number one complaint.

    “It seems like everybody has food spoilage,” said Terry Skaggs of Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance.

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  • School cancelled for Monday; more residents restored with power

    School officials decided Sunday afternoon to cancel classes for Spencer County students Monday and announced that the district will open school on a two-hour delay Tuesday.

     

    "We have no intent of calling off school for another full week," said Superintendent Chuck Adams.

    Adams said the decision to close school Monday was based on a variety of factors including buses competing for space on the county's narrow roads with emergency crews.

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  • School budget shows preliminary cuts

    As Spencer County students head back to the classroom to begin a new year this fall, don’t expect to see them bringing home any new books.

    Superintendent Chuck Adams said he expects the state to forego next year’s textbook purchase cycle, which could have meant new math books for grades K through 8. In a similar move, the school board voted to cut $30,000 toward the purchase of high school textbooks when they approved the district’s 2009-10 draft budget last week.

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  • Power lines on the mend, shelter still open for those in need

    While the number continues to fall with each passing day, over 1,000 Spencer Countians remained without electricity Saturday.

    Crews from Salt River Electric and Kentucky Utilities worked in Friday's frigid temperatures making repairs to areas of the county that would affect the greatest number of residents.

    "Hospitals and areas with the highest impact are first," said Randy Burba, spokesman for Salt River Electric, "then the more rural areas that are harder to get to."

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  • Dead animal removal service could become extinct

    A new federal ruling aimed at curbing the potential spread of Mad Cow disease could spike a huge increase in the cost of disposing of dead livestock for local farmers.

    The new FDA regulation, scheduled to take effect in April, will prohibit the rendering of dead cattle over the age of 30 months unless the brain and spinal cords have been removed, an added expense that could threaten the profits and survival of the company that currently handles dead animal removal for Spencer and 21 other Kentucky counties.

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  • What's Happening

    Masonic Lodge Breakfast

    Taylorsville Masonic Lodge #210 will be having an all-you-can-eat  breakfast Saturday from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. The breakfast is $6 per person. Carry-out is available. Everyone is welcome.

    Spencer County Youth baseball/softball signups

    The Spencer County Youth Baseball/Softball Association will hold sign-ups Saturday at the Farm Bureau building from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Cole at 422-1163.

    Project Graduation corn-hole

    tournament

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  • Emergency shelter moved to On the Way Cafe

    Local agencies have decided to relocate the emergency shelter on the anticipation of students heading back to school Tuesday. Spencer County Schools are scheduled to open on a 2-hour delay tomorrow after being closed for the past week.

    Any resident in need of a warm place to stay can now seek shelter at On the Way Cafe, located on KY44-East next to Eagle's Motel. Hot meals and access to a shower will also be available. Currently about a half dozen empty cots have been prepared.

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  • Cleaning up nature’s tangled mess

    For three days, Charles Walker has been reducing the wooden rubble strewn across his front yard into neat, manageable piles.

    “It was a terrible mess,” said Walker of the ice storm debris from his once majestic maples. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen.”

    As the Waterford man and his nephew, Brian Walker, cut some of the larger sections into firewood for a neighbor, the elder Walker said his plan was to pile the rest of the twigs behind his home near the woods.

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  • Bright spots in business: Daugherty’s Body Shop

    Bright spots in business will be an occasional series that highlights Spencer County business owners who are not only surviving, but thriving during the current recession. With this feature, the Magnet will celebrate businesses that are helping to keep our local economy flowing and will provide some insight for those entrepreneurs in need of some good news in these bad times.

    Just as the global financial crisis was beginning to take shape in September 2008, Paul Daugherty was breaking ground on a 10,500 sq. ft. expansion project to his Taylorsville body shop.

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