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A farewell to Garrard County from Ben
March 9th, 2011 | 
Author: The Advocate-Messenger has decided to move me into a new position, where I will be designing pages for the Advocate and Jessamine Journal papers full-time, which means I will no longer be the Garrard County reporter.
I will greatly miss covering Garrard. You all have been very welcoming and open with me, an outsider, and made me feel right at home. I’m glad I could serve the people of the county for close to two years, providing as much accurate info as I could on important and interesting events and happenings. I hope if you were a regular reader of the paper or this blog, you were satisfied with the coverage I provided.
Advocate-Messenger reporter Mandy Simpson will be taking over as Garrard County reporter as I step down. She is a recent graduate of Western Kentucky University who came to the Advocate in January. She has some serious reporting chops and I have no doubt she’ll be great at covering Garrard.
Sources: You can still contact me with any story ideas or information you have, and I will be more than happy to get it into the paper or pass it along to the appropriate person. You can also contact Mandy at msimpson@amnews.com.
Once again, thanks to everyone in Garrard County for letting me cover your news.
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Good luck in your future endeavors, Ben. Thank you for the well-reported coverage of our community. And, don’t be a stranger… come visit every now and again!
Best w3ishes on your new adventure in life. I have enjoyed your blog.
We will truly miss your reporting!! Best of luck with your new position.
Congratulations on your new position and I’m sure I speak for everyone who knows you or has read one of your articles when I say, we wish you nothing but the very best and sincerely thank you for your excellent reporting and all that you have done for our county.
Congratulations on your new adventure. I enjoyed your articles and will miss your take on Garrard County happenings. Good luck.
Wishing you the best in your new position. I’ll sure miss your reports!
Congrats on your new position and thank you for the past coverage of the Paint Lick Sportsmans’ Club and current coverage of the Field to Fork Festival! You’re stories and articles were a blessing to those who struggled to find the words, and to those who read the written word!
Thank you, Ben, for being a supporter of and mentor to some of my journalism students at Garrard County High School. Your time and patience with them is appreciated and will be missed. Good luck with your new job.