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Milestones

  • 'The Book' Store celebrates 40 years

     

    "The Book" Store is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

    Jim and Juanita Basham began the store in the 1970s. It was located in downtown and across from Taylor County High School and sold Sunday School and church supplies.

    The store was owned by John and Laura Raganas from 1989 to 1995 and moved to Green River Plaza.

    In 1995, Max and Jane Sutton bought the store and moved it across the parking lot in 2004.

  • Birth Announcements for April 11

    Amber Colleen Bolin and Joshua Brandon Cox of Campbellsville announce the birth of a son, Nicholas Dean Cox, at 9:36 a.m. on March 17 at Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long.

    Grandparents are Stephen and Annette Bolin and Jerry and Paulette Cox, all of Campbellsville.

    Great-grandparents are Betty Bolin and Lucy Skaggs of Campbellsville.

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  • Atwood, Begley to wed

     

    Lindsey Danielle Atwood and Travis Morgan Begley of Finley announce their engagement.

    Atwood is the daughter of Gary Atwood and Janis Atwood of Campbellsville.

    Begley is the son of Merle and Linda Begley of Lebanon.

    The ceremony will be Saturday, May 4, at 4 p.m. at Lebanon United Presbyterian Church.

    Invitations have been sent.

  • Couples graduate from prenatal class

     

    Two couples graduated from Taylor Regional Hospital's prenatal and childbirth classes taught in March. They are Tracy Crawford and Dusty Miller of Campbellsville and Haley and Bert Bathiany of Columbia.

    Prenatal classes are taught in a five-week series on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at TRH's meeting room.

    The classes are free to anyone delivering at TRH and are taught by Nicole Collins, RN, CCE.

    For more information, call the TRH Women's Center at 465-3561 Ext. 2232.

  • Resident named National American Miss finalist

     

    Taylor LouAnn Wilson, 11, of Campbellsville, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Kentucky pageant, which will be June 2 at Crowne Plaza in Louisville. The pageant is for girls ages 9 through 12 in five age groups.

    Wilson is the daughter of Bobby and Brandie McAfee of Campbellsville and the late Shawn Owens.

    The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash award, a crown and banner, roses and transportation to compete at the national pageant at Disneyland in California.

  • GCU honors 'outstanding' residents

     

    They gathered to honor the past, celebrate the future and remember those who are no longer living.

    Greater Campbellsville United hosted an Outstanding African American Day recently to honor Mae Gloria Johnson, who currently lives in Louisville, and the late Marie Lasley Hazelwood and H.R. Richardson, three black people in Taylor County who the group says made a difference in the community.

  • Resident named National American Miss finalist

     

    Lavonne Kay Grimes, 6, of Campbellsville, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Kentucky pageant, which will be May 31 through June 2 at Crowne Plaza in Louisville. The pageant is for girls ages 4 through 18 in five age groups.

    The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash award, a crown and banner, roses and transportation to compete at the national pageant at Disneyland in California.

  • Birth Announcements for March 28

    Jessica Honea of Campbellsville and Brandon Cobb of Greensburg announce the birth of a daughter, Khynleigh ShiAnne Cobb, at 8:23 a.m. on Feb. 22 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 inches long.

    Grandparents are Bill and Anne Sanders of Campbellsville, David Cobb of Greensburg and Linda Cobb of Louisville.

    Great-grandparents are Pauline Graves of Campbellsville and Wade Cobb and Mona Davis of Greensburg.

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  • Hunt, Fonfara to wed

     

    Amanda Jo Hunt and Teddy Ray Fonfara of Campbellsville announce their engagement.

    Hunt is the daughter of David and Cathy Mattingly of Lebanon. She is employed at Serco.

    Fonfara is the son of Dianna Fonfara of Omaha, Neb., and the late Terry Fonfara. He is employed at UPS and Robertson Construction.

    The ceremony will be at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, at Pitman Valley Baptist Church in Campbellsville. A reception will follow at the Community Center.

  • Campbellsville native publishes book

     

    Campbellsville native Jackie Hardy has published a novel, a young adult Christian fantasy story.

    Hardy, the daughter of Campbellsville residents Jim and Lorri Hardy, graduated from Campbellsville High School in 2002. She completed a communication degree with a theater emphasis at Campbellsville University in 2006.

    Ever since, Hardy has worked for Walt Disney World in Florida as "friends" of well-known Disney characters, from Mickey Mouse and Piglet to Dopey and Stitch.

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