Remember Those Growth Projections? Toss 'Em Out

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Mark Beardsley
in Opinions
Friday, November 21. 2008
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For the past two decades, every government entity in Jackson County was preoccupied with growth. We’ve watched Jackson’s rating among the fastest-growing counties climb and listened in awe as Frank Norton predicted that Maysville will have a population of 75,000 by 2020.

Then the housing bubble burst, the credit market collapsed and the economy slowed. Is this a hiccup or a basic change?
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'To-be-continued' Todd Booth benefit blood drive set July 18

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Mark Beardsley
in Area Headline News
Thursday, July 10. 2008
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While Nicholson resident Todd Booth recovers from a bone marrow transplant a week ago, he can take comfort in the fact that he has a lot of friends.

So many of them showed up for a blood drive in his honor last Thursday that the American Red Cross had to send folks home and rescheduled another blood drive Friday, July 18.

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Special blood drive set at New Hope Baptist

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Mark Beardsley
in Area Headline News
Wednesday, July 2. 2008
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New Hope Baptist Church, located at the corner of U.S. 441 and Old Kings Bridge Road, will hold a special blood drive Thursday.

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