Annual home decoration contest is being sponsored

The Home and Garden Department of the Monticello Woman’s Club will host their annual home decoration contest. Selection will be confined to the city limits.

Prizes will be awarded for first place, second place and third place. Judges will be from out of town.

Anyone who would like to enter a home for judging in the contest, may call 348-3064 by December 13 and leave a name and address.

Williams to be co-chair of EAARS in bipartisan vote

Senate President David L. Williams has been elected co-chairman of the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (EAARS) in a bipartisan vote. The subcommittee was reorganized for the first time since it was established in 1998 with three new members and new co-chairmen.

The other co-chair is Representative Harry Moberly, Jr. EAARS’ mission is to review administrative regulations and advise the Kentucky Board of Education concerning the implementation of the state system of education assessment and accountability.

"At the December 3 meeting, I was pleased to assume the co-chairmanship of this education oversight committee," said Williams. "During my entire career, one of my primary focuses has been on education and this new challenge is a continuation of that. I look forward to working with Representative Moberly. He has done a great job and we have worked in a bipartisan manner together successfully in the past. I look forward to working with him to improve education."

Two men arrested, juvenile detained in vandalism case

Two men have been arrested and one juvenile detained in connection with an incident of vandalism at the Hardwick Cemetery. According to Sheriff James Lynn Hill, Ryan Dishman and Scotty Jennings were both arrested and charged with first degree criminal mischief in connection with the investigation.

A 17-year-old male was also detained for first degree criminal mischief, according to Hill.

Several gravestones were overturned and some were broken into pieces at the rural cemetery. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department was informed of the vandalism on Saturday, November 9 and immediately began seeking information from the public to help with the investigation.

Foster injured in accident

A Wayne County man was flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center early Saturday morning, following a one-vehicle accident in the Cooper area.

Boyce Dean Foster was traveling south on Highway 167 in an Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra, when his vehicle apparently left the roadway, according to Sheriff James Lynn Hill. The accident was reported at approximately 12:30 a.m.

Foster was taken by Transcare Ambulance Service to the Wayne County Hospital and was later airlifted to Lexington.

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