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Commander Band earns distinguished at state semifinals

The Washington County Marching Commander Band competed in the KMEA State Semifinals this past Saturday. They traveled to Christian Academy of Louisville High School to compete against 15 other bands in the state that had earned the right to be a KMEA State Semifinalist. When the contest had finished, WC Band had placed seventh out of 16 bands and had earned a distinguished rating.

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Trick or treating in Springfield and Willisburg has been changed from Thursday, Oct. 31 to Friday, Nov. 1 due to inclement weather predictions—Hours remain the same

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PHOTOS: BPW breakfast

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SCC, St. D connected through Patriot Pals

(Story submitted by St. Dominic Principal Pam Breunig.)

The St. Catharine College men’s basketball team won’t begin regular season play until Thursday, but they are already scoring points with students at St. Dominic.

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Director’s travel leads to CKCT

Will Davis came to Springfield a month ago looking to continue the recent success of the Central Kentucky Community Theatre. Prior to that, the theater’s new managing artistic director was looking for the town, because he thought he’d surely been mistaken.

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National Guard troops return to Campbellsville

Jeff Moreland
Landmark News Service

Serving their country is not an easy job for soldiers, but it’s also tough on the family members left behind.

Soldiers from the Campbellsville National Guard unit returned home Wednesday after completing a 10-month deployment in Jordan. According to Staff Sgt. Gary Scott with the Campbellsville unit, 15 soldiers from B-Battery 1/623rd Field Artillery were serving as part of a training mission.

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News briefs 10/30

Springfield Halloween
Downtown Springfield will be observing Halloween “Trick or Treat” on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4-5:30 p.m. Residential hours are from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mackville Halloween
The city of Mackville will be observing Halloween “Trick or Treat” on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m. Participating residents will turn on a front porch light.

Willisburg Halloween

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Pipeline agents allegedly trespass

Randy Patrick
The Kentucky Standard

Williams company representatives say they want to establish trust with landowners in negotiating for easements for the Bluegrass Pipeline. But some Nelson County residents say land agents or surveyors have been trespassing on their property.

If that’s true, a Williams spokesman said, there will be consequences for the agents.

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Old grade books, ACTs discussed by school board

The Washington County School Board made what the group acknowledged was a tough decision at last Monday’s monthly meeting, but the district opted for practicality with a 3-1 decision to move forward with the destruction of old grade books dating back to 1900.

The information stored in the books, however, will be preserved thanks to a grant that will pay for each page to be scanned and archived. The grant also covers the cost of the destruction of the books, if the district elected to take advantage of that offer.

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Burg park approved for upgrade

In last week’s meeting of the Washington County fiscal court, the main topic of discussion dealt with the reinstallation of playground equipment at the park in Fredericktown.

The previous equipment was removed last spring when it was deemed necessary because, as Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles said, it was “old, damaged and had become a liability.”

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