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IT'S ANOTHER EXTENDED WEEKEND FOR LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S AN ''EARLY RELEASE DAY'', WITH STUDENTS GOING HOME EARLY, BUT FACULTY AND STAFF PUTTING IN A FULL FRIDAY OF ''PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT'' AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SYSTEM.
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MEANWHILE, CITY POLICE AND SHERIFF'S SERGEANT ANDRE RADFORD SAY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE THE BEST IN THE PAST 3 DAYS, WITH NO PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED IN FRIDAY'S ''COMMUTE'' AS THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBS INTO THE 40'S.
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HOPKINSVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR GARY MCINTYRE HAS ANNOUNCED THE DATE FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL ''KITEFEST'', WITH THE EVENT SET FOR SATURDAY MARCH 19TH AT THE DEBOW RECREATIONAL COMPLEX.
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A VETERAN FT. CAMPBELL SOLDIER HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE IN ''HOMECOMINGS'', WITH THE ''LEAF CHRONICLE'' NOTING THAT SERGEANT FIRST CLASS STEPHAN PEACOCK, WHO RETURNED WEDNESDAY FROM AFGHANISTAN ALONG WITH 292 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE THIRD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM , FROM HIS 6TH DEPLOYMENT TO A TOTAL OF 4 DIFFERENT ''THEATERS''.
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WITH THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ONSET OF THE CIVIL WAR TO BE MARKED LATER THIS SPRING, A RENEWED EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MONUMENTAL OCCURRENCE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WITH THREE PROGRAMS SET NEXT MONTH AT THE LAND-BETWEEN-THE-LAKES.
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