The first president of the Greater Muhlenberg Chamber of Commerce Dean Rowe shares a moment with faculty and staff from Madisonville Community College at the chamber’s December meeting. Rowe will be handing over the reins to current vice president E.A. Gentry for 2007. Sara Adams, assistant professor of music at MCC, provided entertainment in song for the chamber luncheon and Judy Adkins, MCC job placement coordinator and John Peter, MCC advancement director, provided updates on the college and the Muhlenberg County Campus during the meeting.

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    FRANKFORT — A judge heard arguments from lawyers for Peabody Energy and the Sierra Club over the air permit for the proposed Thoroughbred Energy Campus planned for Central City.
    The Dec. 21 arguments were the next step in the state’s longest air permit legal battle.

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    The black nights and wind-beaten days of the Alaskan outback are a far cry from Terry Adkins’s boyhood in Graham, but no matter what the climate, he returns to it each year to spend two weeks racing his Alaskan Huskies across the jagged terrain in the Iditarod sled dog race.
    The race, which covers more than 1,100 miles, began March 3, 1973. Adkins, who was stationed in Alaska with the U.S. Air Force, was asked to be the veterinarian for the first race.
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