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LIVING/VALERIE Travis William CAMPBELL s, works on a piece of Wurtland, Kentucky of chainsaw art.
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Williams created totem poles for Rock Hill High Scho ol
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in Mayor: Largest grant for village By Heath Harrison South SOUTH POINT — at Point residents learned council Tuesday’s meeting of to put in that a major project thanks sidewalks is planned,
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years. South Point been approved for $800,000 from the
in become available in the village. at the two years. “We’re going to start “But it’s ours,” he then go elementary school, money, adding t ,” Gaskin said. the Planning to Speedway up and down will allow them time KYOVA Interstate go “Th said, “Then we’ll sides of for the project. both Commission, Gaskin on Road instal- Solida will be there when which will allow the several the street.” village ready for constructi lation of sidewalks in He said he and the “There’s more to s high traffic working on the a r e a s had been year and grant for about a PLEASE SEE “SIDEW that the funds should
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Gaskin to a grant Mayor Jeff come to said is the largest to than 30 the village in more has
the T-shirt com Sean Daniel, owner of shows off his ne Oops! I Shirt Myself, in Ironton. sign outside his business
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Program feeds kids while school is out By Mark Shaffer end of For some kids, the they the school year means meals. may not get regular being To keep children from the Irontonfood insecure, Community Lawrence County Area is having its ion Organizat Action program for annual summer food to stuopen also is kids, ages 1-18. It are attending an dents over 18, if they and they have a educational program disability. food program The free summer until runs and began on Monday locations across Aug. 9. There are 10 Lawrence County. closed is July “The only day we are Jonathan Abner, 4,” said explained CAO. the for or the WIOA coordinat
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COAL GROVE
McDaniel apologizes for pink water By Mark Shaffer Grove is apoloThe mayor of Coal of a chemical gizing for the release water pink that turned the village’s for a day. explained Mayor Larry McDaniel Monday, of that in the early hours experienced system water village the which resulted mechanical failure, nate Permanga in too much Sodium the distribution being released into tank.
T-shirt compan aims for fun e Daniel has created a coupl By Mark Shaffer
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of ean Daniel, the owner is a Oops! I Shirt Myself, busy man. “I’ve already done this year,” probably 2,000 shirts he said. different many how And designs is that? pulls up a He doesn’t know. He the graphics computer file with are hunof shirt designs. There dreds in the file.
thousand designs this
shirts. Some are sports team d to the Most are specialize that has a customer, like one Lily. That unicorn and the name, in shiny, one was printed off like look that rainbow colors glitter. shirt “This isn’t your typical to come in shop. I want people are leaving. and laugh as they differa have to I want them said. “I ent experience,” Daniel my designs, don’t order any of here. So, if everything is made for me to get you can wait a day
c the T-shirt in, your unlimited. It really is. Being a T-shirt des video commercial mak Daniel’s original care was an electrical en d gave it up because it fy his creative urges. “I was in industr i nance, doing wiring the time,” he said. He it that much so he w University Southern
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