PRESS RELEASE
(For Immediate Release)
BARREN
COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH THE
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA) FOR THE
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM.
Barren County
has been selected to receive additional federal funds in the
amount of $12,690 to supplement and extend emergency food and
shelter programs in the county. These funds have been made
available through the State Set-Aside Committee under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
A Local Board, made up of several
concerned citizens of Barren County, Kentucky, will determine
how the funds awarded to Barren County are to be distributed
among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local
service organizations in the area. The local board is
responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and
any additional funds available through the ARRA.
Under the terms of the grant from the
National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must 1)
be private voluntary nonprofits or units of government, 2) be
eligible to receive federal funds, 3) have an accounting system,
4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the
capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter program, and
6) if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have
a voluntary board. Qualifying organizations are urged to apply.
Barren County has distributed
Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with Community
Relief Fund for Glasgow-Barren County, Inc., Community Action of
Southern Kentucky, Inc., Glasgow Housing Corporation, and Barren
River Area Safe Space, Inc. participating.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for
ARRA Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds must contact
Sherry Jones, Office of the Barren County Judge/Executive,
Phone: 270/651-3338, Fax: 270/651-2844, email:
sjones@glasgow-ky.com for an application. The deadline for
applications is 10:00 a.m., CST, Friday, June 26, 2009.
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application
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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF BUDGET ORDINANCE
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RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF MAURAE FOSTER
August 12, 1922 – May 17, 2009
WHEREAS,
Maurae Foster, age 86, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2009. She
was born in Barren County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late
Aubrey C. Hunley and Elcie Whitlow Hunley. She is survived by
one son, David H. Foster and wife, Paula; four grandchildren,
Erin McDuffie, Lindsey Foster, Paige Foster, and Douglas Foster;
a daughter-in-law, Gracie Foster Norton; and a sister, Marjorie
Garrett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death
by her husband, Wilton E. Foster, a son, Steve E. Foster, and a
sister, Mildred Gore; and,
WHEREAS,
Maurae was employed at the Barren County Property Valuation
Office and had retired from South Central Rural Telephone
Cooperative after many years of service. She was a member of
the Glasgow Baptist Church having taught Sunday School and sang
in the church choir for over forty years, and she was a charter
member of the Glasgow Business and Professional Women’s Club
where she remained very active; and,
WHEREAS,
Maurae will long be remembered by anyone who had the distinct
pleasure of knowing her, whether you met her once or had a
lifelong relationship. She exhibited a wonderful personality of
always having a smile on her face and always telling others how
much she loved them. She was a very unselfish, compassionate
friend. She continued to be actively involved in numerous
community organizations and events and at many of those events,
she was the “highlight” of the party with her humorous, uncanny
wit and actions; and,
WHEREAS,
Life is but a stopping place – a resting place along the road to
sweet eternity, and we, as a community, can honestly say we have
been truly blessed by the presence of Maurae Foster within our
lives and our hearts!
BE IT NOW RESOLVED
by the Barren County Fiscal Court on behalf of all citizens of
Barren County, Kentucky, that we embrace the family to show our
support and love in this untimely death. We cannot replace
Maurae but we can carry on with what we have learned from her –
unselfish compassion for everyone and a lifetime of legacies
that will continue within our community for many years to come.
ADOPTED,
this June 2, 2009.
Barren County Fiscal Court
Davie D. Greer
Barren County
Judge/Executive
Attest:
Sherry J. Jones
Barren County Fiscal Court
Clerk
WELCOME TO BARREN COUNTY!
On
behalf of the residents of Barren County, I would like to
welcome you to our community.
Designated as the 2007
Best Place to Live in Rural America,
Barren County is a great place to live, work, and visit.
Our community offers its
residents and visitors a wide variety of entertainment,
historical sites, lakes, rivers, and some of the most beautiful
nature scenes in Kentucky.
Barren County, located in south central Kentucky, midway
between Louisville,
Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, is home to
Barren River Lake
State Resort Park,
Western Kentucky University-Glasgow Campus,
Glasgow Plaza
Theater, site of the
Glasgow Highland Games, and numerous other points of interest.
Barren County was founded on December 20, 1798, from parts of
Warren and Green
Counties. It was named for the Barrens, the meadowlands
that cover the northern third. Seventy percent of the original settlers came from
Virginia, eighty percent
of them were English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish.
The population of the county is 38,003, and the county seat
is Glasgow.
Cave City
and Park City are also incorporated cities in Barren County.
Thank you for visiting our website. Please feel free to
explore our website and our
community. If you need assistance or have any questions,
please feel free to
contact us. We are happy to assist you and look forward to
sharing our community
with you.
Davie D. Greer
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