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Taylor Regional Hospital awarded its annual Nurse of the Year and Nurse Extender of the Year awards recently.  The Nurse of the Year and Nurse Extender of the Year are chosen by their peers.

Nominees for nurse of the year were: Tasha Garrett, RN; Carolyn Buckman, RN; Debra Rutledge, LPN; and Patty Yaden, RN. Patty Yaden was chosen as this year's winner.

Yaden has been a team member at TRH since 2001.  She and her husband, David, have three children, Lauren, Emily and Nick.

Some comments made about Yaden are:

The sun shines in, illuminating the stained glass windows and casting their shadow on the newly restored floor.

"It's beautiful," Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young said.

The project to turn the former Taylor County Public Library building on North Columbia Avenue into the Campbellsville Civic Center is well under way. And, so far, those involved are pleased with the results.

Renovation began in April, just shortly after the library moved to its new building on East Broadway.

Manufacturers in the area say there aren't enough employees in the community with the skills to work for them, even though there are more than 1,000 unemployed in the county.

Taylor County's top economic development official says there are efforts in progress, however, to make training available to see potential employees become more ready for the workforce.

Campbellsville/Taylor County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Ron McMahan gave an update on economic development at last Tuesday's regular Taylor County Fiscal Court meeting.

TEN YEARS AGO

June 12, 2003

Otha Blevins, 75, of Hunters Run in Campbellsville, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, in Campbellsville.

Campbellsville University's Board of Trustees approved $7 million in three major construction projects and a renovation in a special meeting May 29, which, according to President Michael V. Carter, was "one of the most memorable days in the history of our institution."