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  • Students learn unique dance

    Flamenco took center stage last month, providing students with a unique opportunity to learn about this cultural tradition that incorporates both dance and music. Flamenco Louisville performed for Oldham County Middle School students in Megan Cronin’s dance classes and Margaret Barrio’s Spanish classes at the OCS Arts Center April 30.

    Originating in the Andalucia region of southern Spain, flamenco utilizes distinct chants, claps, and guitar sounds reflecting the soulful system of dance and music.

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  • Brownboro Alliance starts new trail system through county

    Brownsboro Alliance, a group of Brownsboro residents dedicated to the area’s natural, rural and farming origins, announces the establishment of the BA horseback riding and hiking trail. The first phase will open in the summer of 2014 and runs from a trailhead at Foxhollow Farm and reaches across Route 329 through Sleep Hollow south towards the Norton Commons development.

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  • 2014 Primary Election Results

    Judge Executive

    David Voegele 5,135 69.08%

    David Howley 2,298 30.92%

    Sheriff

    Steve Sparrow 6,028 77.68%

    Ricky Simmons 1,732 22.32%

    PVA

    Barbara Winters 3,802 52.20%

    Albert Harrison 3,481 47.80%

    County Attorney

    John Carter 5,019 68.79%

    Galen Clark 2,277 31.21%

    Coroner

    Brett Donner 5,086 74.39%

    J. Buford Cobb 1,751 25.61%

    County Surveyor

    David Garber 4,395 72.37%

    C. Robert Vinsand 1,678 27.63%

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  • Davenport, Oerther face off for mayor

    A longtime fixture in La Grange politics will start the general election with a lot of momentum in his bid to become the next mayor of the city.

    Councilman Joe Davenport was the top vote getter in the mayoral primary Tuesday night, gathering more than 700 votes and nearly 48 percent of ballots cast in the race.

    Davenport will be joined in the general election by Brian Oerther, a teacher for Jefferson County Public Schools who previously ran for mayor in 2010 but did not survive a three-person primary then.

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  • Sparks’ re-election means no changes to Fiscal Court

    Four years ago, JD Sparks and Iva Davis had the closest magisterial primary in Oldham County, with Sparks winning by 13 votes. The only difference between this year and 2010 is Sparks’ margin of victory.

    In what was once again the county’s closest primary for the office of magistrate, Sparks, the current District 5 magistrate, topped Davis by 49 votes to win re-election for the first time.

    Sparks was nearly breathless after confirming his victory at the county clerk’s office.

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  • WINTERS ELECTED FIRST FEMALE PVA

    The current chief deputy of Oldham County’s Property Valuation Administration will take the top spot come December.

    Barbara Winters defeated Albert Harrison in a Republican primary on Tuesday by more than 300 votes to become the next PVA. No Democrat or independent candidates filed for the PVA race, meaning Winters’ win solidifies her spot.

    The PVA race was the only open seat this election cycle in Oldham County, as current PVA Ron Winters is retiring.

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  • Candidate bios: Constable

    Constable, District 1

    Name: Stuart Strickler

    Education: BA, Political Science/Furman University/June 1985

    Paralegal Degree/National Center for Paralegal Training/May 1986, Master of Education/University of Louisville/December, 1993

    Relevant experience/community involvement: Resident of Oldham County since 1990. Appointed District 1 Constable in May, 2010; elected to full term in November, 2010. St. John UMC. OC Police Citizens Academy, 2009. FBI Citizens Academy, 2011.

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  • Candidate bios: Coroner

    Name:  Brett Donner

    Campaign Website/Facebook Page:  ReelectBrettDonner  (Facebook)

    Education:  Oldham County High School, The Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training, Master Coroner Kentucky Coroners Association

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  • Candidate bios: La Grange Council

    Name: Jean Knight

    Campaign Phone: 502-494-6429

    Education: Mount Clair High School, California

    Relevant experience/Community involvement: Volunteered for hospital, traveled 25 years with the high school band, first female president of Kiwanis, president of the Oldham County Fair Board, 12 years as a council member.

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  • Candidate bios: Magistrates

    Magistrate, District 2

    Name: Wayne Theiss

    Campaign Website/Facebook Page: District2andYou.com and District2andYou

    Campaign Phone: 502-609-0567 or 502-222-9449

    Education: B.A., University of Louisville

    Relevant Experience/Community Involvement: Magistrate, Chairman of Finance Committee, La Grange City Council, Planning & Zoning, La Grange Utilities, Oldham County Chamber, Tri-County Community Action Agency

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