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The Casey County News
P.O. Box 40
Liberty, KY 42539
(606) 787-7171
FAX: (606) 787-8306
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MONEY CRUNCH
Taxing district could be an option
for volunteer fire departments
By Linda Carmicle
Staff Writer
Unless Casey County's volunteer fire departments can come up with additional funding they are all at risk of closing in the near future.
Members representing nearly all of the county's eight fire departments attended Monday night's fiscal court meeting to ask for financial aid. East Casey County Fire Department Chief Robby Murphy, along with Brush Creek's Fire Chief Gale Scott, explained the financial situation that fire departments are now facing.
Teacher seeks dismissal
from bullying lawsuit
By Donna Carman
Editor
A teacher at the Casey County Area Technology Center is asking that she be dismissed as a defendant in a lawsuit filed July 21 by five girls who claim they were bullied while students in the Casey County school system.
Carmela Clark, who was one of 13 defendants named in the suit filed in Casey Circuit Court, filed a motion on Aug. 14 asking the court to dismiss her from the case as she is not an employee of the Casey County schools. Clark is employed by the state Education Cabinet, Department of Workforce Investment, Office of Career and Technical Education.
Woman found after 9-hour search
By Donna Carman
Editor
A Casey County woman who wandered away from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington Monday gave her family quite a scare. However, she was found several hours later safe and sound.
Evelyn Martin, 75, had accompanied her husband, Marvin, to the V.A. Hospital for a doctor's appointment. Around 9:30 a.m., as the two sat in the waiting room, Mrs. Martin told her husband she wanted a cup of coffee and went to get one.
After Martin came out of the doctor's office, he couldn't find his wife.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
It's been a good year for local gardeners, produce sellers
By Linda Carmicle
Staff Writer
Plenty of sunshine and rain have made this year ideal for gardening. Even though the season has begun to wind down, the quantity of produce still available has not.
"We're halfway there with our harvest, but we will still be here when the snow flies," said Marion Murphy, advisor for the Casey County Inmate Garden. "We just planted 3,500 cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli plants and we still have to plant turnips and lettuce."
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