'You Made A Difference'
Many pay respects to Galilean Home founder Sandy Tucker
By Brittany Johnson
Staff Writer
With hundreds of friends and family members behind them, Jerry Tucker and his 37 children said goodbye on Monday to their wife and mother who spent her life caring for the world's children.
Services were held this week at the Galilean Home Youth Center for Sandy Tucker, 62, who co-founded the home with Jerry, her husband.
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Council approves $3.2 million city budget
By Brittany Johnson
Staff Writer
Liberty City Council gave second reading on Monday to the city's $3.2 million budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year, which tops last year's $3 million budget by about $200,000.
Mayor Steve Sweeney said each fund came out this year in the black.
"We're on pretty sound financial footing," he said.
Sweeney said this year's budget does not include several million dollars in grant money the city anticipates receiving this year.
From Red to Black
Casey County Detention Center
marks five years of progress
Jail paying its own way and then some
By Donna Carman
Editor
From a deficit of about $400,000 to a surplus exceeding $500,000, the county's jail fund has done about a $1 million turnaround since the Casey County Detention Center opened five years ago.
Coming upon its anniversary opening date of July 1, Jailer Tommy Miller said he's proud the jail is paying its own way and is no longer a drain on the county's finances.
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Inmates from the Casey County Detention Center Womens' Work Camp hoe weeds at the Inmates Garden last week. The 13-acre garden is only one of several inmate programs.
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Programs benefit inmates, community
By Donna Carman
Editor
To look at Tracy Martin perched high on the tractor seat, maneuvering the machine with its long arm as she sprays corn, one would never know she wasn't a "natural" farmer.
Martin, a Bell County native, is one of 40 women who currently call the Casey County Women's Work Camp facility, which is part of the Casey County Detention Center, home.
