Cattlemen's Association faces audit
State may remove group as administrator of tobacco settlement funds
By Donna Carman
Editor
The Casey County Cattlemen's Association, which administers three of the county's agriculture programs funded by tobacco settlement money, finds itself the subject of an upcoming audit by the Governor's Office on Agricultural Policy.
And, according to the GOAP's executive director, Keith Rogers, if the agency is found to have not abided by the state's guidelines for administering the funds, the Cattlemen's Association could be asked to step aside as administrator.
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Freedom celebrated on the Fourth
By Linda Carmicle
Staff Writer
Music about America and freedom rang out from Liberty Park as the city kicked 
off its Fourth of July celebration last week. The day's events began with a parade through downtown Liberty and
ended with a fireworks display from the Central Kentucky AG/EXPO Center.
A special ceremony honoring veterans was held at Liberty Park following the parade. Liberty Mayor Steve Sweeney said he wanted the celebration to be centered around local veterans with a special recognition of those who died in action.
Compromise not reached with
manufacturer of school bricks
By Donna Carman
Editor
It didn't take long for the gloves to come off Thursday as the 
battle of the bricks continued at Jones Park Elementary School.
Representatives from Carolina Ceramics of Columbia, S.C., the company that manufactured the bricks on the school, were on hand to inspect the bricks that the Casey County Board of Education has ordered to be removed from the school.
As Denise Whittaker, vice president of sales and marketing for Carolina Ceramics, began speaking, she was met by shakes of the head from board chairman Gary Whited.
Bricks won't be replaced until
school ends next summer
By Donna Carman
Editor
The brick on Jones Park Elementary will apparently get the opportunity to weather at least one winter.
The Casey County Board of Education on Monday night agreed to a recommendation that some problem brick on the new school not be replaced until classes are out next summer.
Larry Schwering, of Lucas and Schwering Architects of Lexington, said Pat Wise, project manager for general contractor D.W. Wilbern, had asked for the delay.
