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SPORTS ......B1 UK gets its man, sort of
The Wildcats have hired its sixth coach, Billy Gillispie, to replace Tubby Smith.
Batter up The girls softball team returned from Alabama. Full story on B2.
The lure of Spring Chris Gable gives tips about how to fish the bass spawning periods.
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State to fix Doe Valley Dam slides Meade County, Kentucky
Government inspections show problem left unfixed, unnoticed for eight years BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND news@thenewsstandard.com
The Kentucky Division of Water will inspect the Doe Valley Dam again this year. But when engineers visit the dam, which holds back a 360-acre freshwater lake, they’ll find the same deficiencies noted in the last four inspections — slides
that need repairing. For more than eight years, slides on the earthen dam along state Route 933, near Long Branch Road, have gone unfixed by the state, and unnoticed by many residents. The dam is inspected by the Division of Water. Inspections in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005 all noted that “based on visual inspection,
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deficiencies need to have plans submitted to repair slides on the slope.” Marilyn Thomas, an engineer consultant with the Division of Water, who also worked on the Wolfe Creek Dam rehabilitation along Lake Cumberland earlier this year, said the Doe Valley Dam is a “moderate” risk dam because of the highway above it. According to reports, the dam’s slides have not been fixed because PLEASE
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Circled is one of two slides on Doe Valley’s earthen dam, along state Route 933, near Long Branch road. The slides have been noted in inspections dating back eight years.
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Stuart Pepper student takes gun to school Check out this week’s American Profile magazine inside.
Student suspended while investigation continues BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND & BETSY SIMON editor@thenewsstandard.com
VIEWPOINTS ....A4 The necessary tools for the job Magistrates’ first disagreement was about how to purchase a $1,000 computer for the County Attorney’s Office.
OBITUARIES ....A5 James Coates, 76 Jan Humphrey, 56 Sara Koester, 65 Ronald Lutz, 80 Marie McGehee, 94 Charles Morris, 78 George Osbourne, 78 George Ray, 87 Kenneth Turner, 48
BUSINESS........A6 Clothesline of quilts A public unveiling has been scheduled for the first of what will be a dozen or more quilts in Meade County’s new Clothesline of Quilts.
AGRICULTURE..A7 Fruit and wheat crops slammed by cold weather The recent cold snap caused extensive damage to the state’s fruit, winter wheat and alfalfa crops, among others.
FAITH ............A9 Throwing darts When you hurt others, you also are hurting the Lord.
YOUTH............B4 Take me out to the ballgame Youths enjoy the great American pastime.
ALSO INSIDE Weather .........A2 Heritage..........A8 News Briefs..A12 Viewing..........B6 Fun & Games..B7 Classifieds....B8 Outdoors......B9
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John Browne recently clocked his 1,000th hour volunteering for the City of Brandenburg's Citizens On Patrol, a program that allows Meade County residents to take part in keeping their community safe.
Citizens On Patrol Volunteers help police keep Brandenburg’s streets protected BY BETSY SIMON news@thenewsstandard.com
BRANDENBURG — They don’t climb the sides of skyscrapers like Spiderman does, and they can’t see through walls and track bad guys like Superman can, but the volunteers for Brandenburg’s Citizens on Patrol program bring hearts of gold to the city streets. That allows them more strength than any supernatural powers can offer a superhero. And one of the program’s largest hearts of gold can be found in John Browne, who recently logged his 1000th volunteer hour with the Citizens on Patrol program (COP). “I do this because I like the program and I like to help others, and I always wanted to be a cop,” Browne
explained about why joined the Citizens on Patrol program from its inception in July of 2005. Former Brandenburg Police Chief Jason Amburgey initiated the COP program. A pamphlet from the police department says, “The object of the program is to enhance and support the police department by freeing up officers for higher priority duties.” The program is run by donations from local businesses and individuals. Their funds provide the patrol car, cell phones and all the equipment needed to keep the program running. In order to become a member of the patrol, a person PLEASE
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Four Oaks battle continues BY: BETSY SIMON news@thenewsstandard.com
BRANDENBURG — The residents of the Four Oaks subdivision once again stressed their concerns about the buffer zone that separates their neighborhood from the commercial property at the intersection of Four Oaks and By-Pass roads during Monday’s City Council meeting.
“We want (City Council) to address what has already been violated,” said Diana Vessels, a Four Oaks resident, about the buffer zone of trees that was minimized. In the original ordinance created in 1994, there was a restriction, which stated, “the existing tree line be retained as part of the buffer zone.” However, most of the wooded area dividing the homes from the business-
es has been torn down, residents said, although a few trees still remain. “I thought the restrictions were going to protect us,” said Four Oaks resident Peter Oliger. Phillip Henning, a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, also said his committee is concerned PLEASE
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Stuart Pepper Middle School students were suspended this week after taking an unloaded gun to school. SPMS Principal Kellianne Wilson sent a letter home with students about Wednesday’s incident. “This is a very serious situation and we felt that parents and students needed to be made aware of what happened,” she said in the letter. “Students were unaware of the situation and were, at no time, at risk or in harm’s way.” Wilson wrote that the students involved would be suspended while the investigation continues. It is unknown how many students were involved. The situation came to light when a staff member at the school noticed students acting suspiciously and began questioning them, said Board of Education Director of Personnel Paul Poole. “To my understanding … (staff) talked to the student and determined he had a gun and they were able to secure it,” he said. Poole said the staff handled the situation in “textbook” fashion. “The staff was very aware of what was happening and addressed the situation and took care of it,” he said. “The staff was in the right place at the right time. We’re proud of them.” Poole said some good can come from the situation if parents are willing to talk to their children, such as he did following the incident, so kids know how to respond to potentially dangerous situations. “This is a great chance for parents to have open, honest dialogue with children about right and wrong and consequences of actions,” he said. “If students are aware of anything, they should notify a parent or school personnel. We need to be made aware of potential situations.” Some parents, however, think the school should have prevented the student from bringing a gun into the school. “I don’t know how they (the parents or the school) allowed this to happen,” said parent Michelle Sexton. “If they don’t do something about this, it will happen again. Someone better straighten stuff out before something worse happens.” Parent Melissa Carnell, who has two children that attend the school, said she was surprised a student could bring a gun into the school. “It’s scary to think a gun is that easily brought into the school,” she said. “They need to buckle down a little more.” An investigation into the incident is still underway by police and school officials. Currently it is unknown how, or where, the student accessed the weapon.
County endorses Elizabethtown airport BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND editor@thenewsstandard.com
A nine-minute trip from your car through an airport’s check-in and security gates to the terminal may seem near impossible, but Luke Schmidt begs to differ. Schmidt, the president of L.B. Schmidt & Associates, LLC, is working as a consultant to the Elizabeth-
town Airport Board (EAB), which hopes to restore commercial airline service to the city’s municipal airport — Addington Field Elizabethtown Regional Airport. When Schmidt gave his sales pitch to members of Fiscal Court and the public Tuesday, he shared a story about his travels to six cities, comparable in size to the Lincoln Trail Region, while reviewing different air-
ports to find the best way to restore commercial travel to Elizabethtown. “I wanted to see how long it took,” he said of his visits to different airports. Schmidt said while traveling out of Dolthem, Ala., it took only nine minutes from the time he left his car until PLEASE
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Battletown residents band together to help neighbors BY BETSY SIMON news@thenewsstandard.com
BATTLETOWN — When you’re down and out, it’s nice to know that someone has your back. On Saturday, the residents on Little Bend Road in Battletown came out in droves to the Wolf Creek Firehouse Benefit Auction to show two of their neighbors, Lloyd “Pete” Willett and Leo Knott, that they are standing behind them, as the two men fight battles with cancer. “This auction shows what can happen when a community comes together,” said Kathy Carden, Battletown resident and co-coordinator of the event. The idea for the auction sprung up during an everyday conversation between Carden and Pat Curl, also a Battletown resident. They wanted to help their neighbors with the financial burden that is associated with the cost of cancer treatment. After speaking with the Willett and Knott families, and receiving approval to proceed with the auction, the preparations were underway. “We went around to local businesses and asked for donations,” Carden said. “The firehouse allowed us to use their building and the church
let us use their parking lot. One thing led to another, and here we are.” But the greatest show of charity came from the residents at the auction, who opened their hearts, as well as their pocketbooks, in honor of their two neighbors. “They’re good friends of mine,” said Edward Goodman, “and it’s just a little money.” The comeradery Willett and Knott have shown their community over the years encouraged their neighbors to respond with an outpouring of goodwill. “They’re my neighbors and good people,” Dale Eldridge said about why he attended the auction. “In August, I will have known them both for 30 years.” The residents donated what they had in response to the kindness the two men have shown to their community over the years. “They’re good neighbors,” said Brenda Kline Bennett. “I’ve always lived by them, and they’ve always been willing to lend a hand.” In return for their kindness over the years, Willett and Knott’s neighbors came together at the auction to show that being neighbors means
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Roy Butler, Jr. served as the auctioneer for the benefit auction on Saturday. The auction was organized to raise money for Lloyd 'Pete' Willett and Leo Knott, two Battletown residents fighting cancer.
The Meade County Courthouse was evacuated Wednesday when a possible gas leak was reported. Three Meade County firetrucks and about 10 firefighters responded to the scene. Fire Chief Larry Naser said it was a false alarm caused by spilled gasoline in the parking lot. He said winds blew the gas fumes into the courthouse. Firefighters cleaned up the gas spill, which was likely leaking from a car, he said. Above, Naser uses a cell phone to inform LG&E of the false alarm.
more than just living side by side. Being neighbors means coming together as a community to support each other during trying times.
Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame looking for nominations
Nominations are being accepted for the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame through May 4, 2007. More than 60 men and women have been inducted since the first Civil Rights Hall of Fame program in 2000. The program to honor new inductees will be held on Sept. 15, 2007, at Greaves Concert Hall at Northern Kentucky University in Highland
Heights. Nominees can be historical or contemporary people who have helped expand human rights in Kentucky by their thoughts, words and deeds. Nomination forms are free and can be obtained by calling (800) 292-5566 or by downloading from the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights website at www.kchr.ky.gov. The Kentucky Commis-
sion on Human Rights is the state agency that fights discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and financial transactions. A panel of judges will select inductees for the 2007 Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame after nominations are received by May 4. For more information, call John C.K. Fisher at (859) 292293
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Secret women: three Civil War spies and their stories BY JENNIFER BRIDGE UK EXTENSION SERVICES
If you are a civil war buff or like to hear stories of courageous women, then you might be interested in attending Secret Women: Three Civil War Spies. Donna M. Elkins from Jefferson Community College will focus on Confederate spies, Belle Boyd and Rose O’Neal Greenhow and Union Spy Elizabeth Van Lew, during her presentation as part of the Lincoln Trail Area Extension Homemakers Annual Meeting. The forty-five minute program will take place on April 19, 10:30 a.m. at the Farm Bureau Community Building on the fairgrounds in Brandenburg. The program is funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Lincoln Trail Area Extension Homemakers Association. The presentation is free of charge and open to anyone wishing to attend. For those who would like to stay for lunch following the program, the cost will be $12 and is due
to the Extension office by noon on April 13th. Extension Homemaker Scholarship
Each year the Meade County Extension Homemakers present a scholarship to a graduating senior from Meade County High School. This year a $500 scholarship will be awarded to a student who will be pursing an advanced degree or certification in the area of Family and Consumer Sciences. This could include FCS education, dietetics, culinary arts, child development, clothing and textiles, fashion merchandising, hospitality management, or interior design. For more information, contact a guidance counselor at Meade County High School or the Meade County Extension Service at 422-4958. Community Achievement Award for Exceptional Service to Meade County
Congratulations to the Meade County Extension Homemakers for being recognized for their outstanding
support of the citizens of Meade County. Their primary goal is to enhance their lives through education. I believe it is through education that they are able to reach out into the community, recognizing and meeting needs. In addition to knitting and crocheting caps for at risk newborns and collecting Beanie Babies to assist soldiers in building relations with Iraqi children, they also award a scholarship to a high school senior, send children to 4-H camp, support ovarian cancer research and promote screening. They purchase trees and give them away on Arbor Day, donate food and supplies to the clothes closet and spouse abuse center, provide food for hungry children through the EFNEP Backpack for Hunger program, and much, much more. Last year the 151 members donated over 30,000 volunteer hours to help others. The Meade County Extension Homemakers were organized in 1948. Prior to their organization, a group of persistent women
Governor Fletcher appoints commission members to study state retirement systems 24-person Blue Ribbon Commission to study long-term solutions in Ky.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Ernie Fletcher today announced the appointments of citizen members to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Employees Retirement Systems. These appointments complete the membership of the commission, which was created by Executive Order in February 2007. Gov. Fletcher has directed the commission to evaluate all aspects of the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS), which includes state employees, state police and county employees, and the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System (KTRS). The 24-member commission will study methods to address the current unfunded liabilities accrued by these individual retirement plans, including pension and health insurance benefits. Over the coming months, the commission will develop a plan to fulfill its retirement obligations to current retirees and employees while examining the appropriate level of benefits for future employees. The plan must be presented to the governor no later than Dec. 1, 2007. “When our state employees, county employees, state police and teachers began their careers in public service, they were promised a level of benefits upon which they have based their retirement plans and those promises will be
kept,” Governor Fletcher said. “The committee’s charge is to focus on how we meet those commitments and responsibly plan for the future.” The commission will be chaired by Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary John Farris. Other members include: Personnel Cabinet Secretary Brian Crall, vicechair; Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Mark Birdwhistell; Brad Cowgill, State Budget Director; Kentucky State Police Commissioner John “Jack” Adams; and Sen. Charlie Borders and Rep. Harry Moberly, Chairmen of the Appropriations and Revenue Committees of the General Assembly. Retirement systems representatives are: Kentucky Retirement Systems Executive Director Bill Hanes; Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System Executive Secretary Gary Harbin; and Kentucky Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Authority Executive Director Robert Brown. Additional stakeholders will be represented by Sylvia Lovely, Kentucky League of Cities; Tony Carriss, Kentucky Association of Counties; Frances Steenbergen, Kentucky Education Association; and Lee Jackson, Kentucky Association of State Employees. Governor Fletcher has also
named eight citizen members to the commission with expertise in investments, fiduciary matters and business administration, including David Jones of Louisville, founder and former chairman of Humana, Inc. and John Hall of Lexington, former CEO of Ashland, Inc. Other citizen members are: David Dowell, Lexington, Russell Capital Management; Andrew Jacobs, Lexington, Stites & Harbison; Todd Lowe, Simpsonville, Parthenon LLC; James Parsons, Newport, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister; Shawn Ridley, Louisville, Atlas Brown; and Deborah Holland Tudor, Lexington, Frost, Brown Todd. The commission will be supported by independent experts and outside consultants. Other groups and associations, including the Jefferson County Teachers’ Association, the Kentucky Firefighters Association, the Kentucky Emergency Management Association, the Kentucky School Boards Association, the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents, Kentucky Association of School Administrators, local health departments, community mental health centers and others will provide additional input to commission members during this intensive review. The first meeting of commission is scheduled for Monday, April 16, 2007 at 1 p.m. in Room 129 of the Capitol Annex in Frankfort. All commission meetings are open to the public.
New law extends inspections to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems Measures are expected to benefit consumers
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A law passed during the recent General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Ernie Fletcher on March 23, 2007, establishes a state inspection program for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in all new homes and other buildings in Kentucky. Senate Bill 10 goes into effect July 1, 2008. The HVAC inspection program will be administered by the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction (OHBC), an agency in the Department of Public Protection. OHBC expects to conduct about 25,000 inspections annually. “This new law will ensure that heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are properly installed under appropriate code requirements,” said Tim LeDonne, commissioner of the Department of Public Protection. “It also enables all contractors to operate under a uniform set of
code requirements with a single fee structure.” Sen. Gary Tapp (R-Waddy) sponsored Senate Bill 10 to enhance consumer safety and lower energy costs. Improperly installed HVAC systems do not use energy efficiently and can be dangerous. “Senate Bill 10 is a step in the right direction for consumer safety,” said Sen. Tapp. “With rising energy costs today, this new law will ensure that citizens in the commonwealth get their HVAC systems installed properly, which will increase energy efficiency and consumer safety.” Currently, Louisville and Lexington have their own HVAC inspection programs. They will continue to operate under guidelines established by the state. Other counties in the state will now be served by state inspectors. The law applies only to new heating and air conditioning installations as of July 1, 2008. Existing installations and future equipment replacements are exempt. The HVAC inspection program is expected to be financially self-sustaining, with the inspection fee covering the costs of hiring an estimated 60
to 70 new inspectors. The inspection fee, along with the code procedures each inspector will follow, will be set forth by the eight-member Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Board, chaired by Van Cook, OHBC’s executive director. “This legislation will go a long way toward making changes at the front end of a construction project, when it is far easier for the contractor to make changes,” Cook said. Inspectors will examine a new installation for issues such as adequate clearance space for a furnace, appropriate venting and sufficient room space to allow a furnace to take in oxygen to work properly. The inspector will also ensure that the HVAC system is the right size for the building. Each year, OHBC receives as many as 500 consumer complaints about improperly installed or improperly sized HVAC systems. When this law goes into effect, OHBC expects a reduction in the number of HVAC-related complaints. OHBC is an agency of the Department of Public Protection in the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet.
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approached Fiscal Court on numerous occasions requesting funds to hire a Home Demonstration Agent (now know as a Family and Consumer Science Agent). Their persistence paid off when the funds were granted and since then, they have literally changed thousands of lives. Many people do not know that the Doe Valley Extension Homemakers along with Tom
Tucker, then Solid Waste Coordinator, created the pilot project of recycling in the county. It was so successful that it evolved into the state’s first permanent community recycling center. Since 1948, many agents have come and gone but the Extension Homemakers organization has continued to be a strong group, predominately women, who love to
learn, have fun and help others. Never doubt the impact a small group of people can have on the world, especially when they look beyond themselves and reach out to others. Great job Meade County Extension Homemakers! Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion,
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County should provide employees with necessary office equipment
It took four regular sessions, and about as many work sessions, for members of Fiscal Court to finally disagree on an issue. Until Tuesday, every vote was either unanimously approved or at least passed with all but one vote. But it was a $1,000 computer that brought the magistrates’ linear thinking to an end. County Attorney Margaret Matney began her term without a desk or a computer, among other things. The democratic process inch-wormed along, taking two months for Fiscal Court to approve purchasing a desk. Then, it took another month and a half before addressing her computer needs. Magistrate Herbie Chism E DITORIAL motioned before the vote that Matney should repay Fiscal I SSUE : Fiscal Court Court for the computer once she receives $3,000 in state approved for the County funds this summer. Magistrates Attorney to purchase a Mark Hubbard, Tony Staples computer, as long as they and Randall Hardesty agreed. are reimbursed for the Fiscal Court passed Chism’s expense this summer. motion 4-3, with Magistrates Tom Goddard and Steve Wardrip, along with O UR V IEW : The county Judge/Executive Harry has an obligation to proCraycroft, voting no — saying vide employees with the the county should purchase the equipment they need. computer outright. Fiscal Court then unanimously approved to allow Matney to purchase a computer, which she would have to reimburse Fiscal Court for this summer. The county has an obligation to provide its employees and elected officials with the tools they need to do their jobs. Matney should not have to spend one third of her annual funding from the state, which is intended to be used for office supplies, to purchase something she should have had to begin with. It is the fault of previous administrations for not buying a computer, or desk for that matter, sooner. Goddard summed it up best when he compared the computer situation to Fiscal Court buying a cruiser for the Sheriff’s Department, but then telling Sheriff Butch Kerrick “he would have to buy the tires.” Matney should politely refuse Fiscal Court’s offer to front the money for a computer. Instead, she should wait until her office begins collecting money and then she should purchase a computer to her liking with County Attorney Office funds, which would still be property of Meade County when her term ends. The alternative is Matney could continue to use her personal computer, such as her predecessor, Darren Sipes, did. Then, in 2011, if a new county attorney takes office — Fiscal Court can deal with scrubbing county documents from another personal computer.
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More than a debate, it was a contrast in styles and likeability The hour-long KET live debate went off without a surprise Monday night, giving viewers throughout the Commonwealth a taste of what Republican faithful have witnessed since early January. Gov. Ernie Fletcher smiled and warmly discussed public policy, from economic development, transportation, health care to education. If he had any worry that his opponents would somehow best him on the tube, he soon discovered things were going to go quite smoothly. On her first opportunity to speak, ex-Congresswoman Anne Northup gave a deer-in-the-headlights look, uncertain of how to answer Paducah Sun reporter Bill Bartleman's first question about whether she knew anything embarrassing about either of her Republican opponents.
Numerous times, she referred to her plan for economic development, posted earlier Monday on her campaign website. That plan amounts to a reiteration of Fletcher initiatives during the past three years of his administration. Only exception is Northup's opposition to the Alternative Minimum Computation, a tax on out-of-state corporations who used to export profits out of Kentucky without paying taxes. Fletcher may well have scored more points had he challenged Northup and Harper on this issue, as Kentucky businesses could be on the spot to pick up the slack, if the AMC is abolished. The edge of incumbency was quite evident Monday as the incumbent bested his two primary opponents with a warm and confident presentation. The other two opponents will may well wish the television audience was tuned in elsewhere, as they came up short in demonstrating they are ready for prime time.
Service certificate can’t replace medals
A few years back there was a push to get a Cold War Medal issued to those of us who served between Sept. 2, 1946 and Dec. 26, 1991. The bill wound around the halls of Congress and came to a screeching halt in committee. A number of groups took up the flag and began their own campaigns, many currently online. I see a couple of problems with this push for the medal: First, there are a lot of petitions online — too many, in fact, diluting the impact of the signatures. Second, there is an assumption that the medal issue is going to be taken up again in Congress soon. I can’t find any mention of that anywhere. It made the rounds three times and lan-
Dear Mr. Westmoreland,
How in the world did you see yourself in Karen Kennedy’s remarks to which you referred in your April 6 column? Obviously you do not know how the rumor mill works in Meade County. He said, she said is quite common in this neck of the woods. Your paranoia could possibly be the downfall of the News Standard if you don’t absorb a few facts. The Messenger has been reporting life and death matters in this county for longer than you’ve drawn breath. During the aftermath of the 1974 tor-
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Later, Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Patrick Crowley asked another perplexing question of Northup: Name specific highway projects she didn't think the state should be building. But, Northup's toughest time appeared to be putting a smile on her face. For some reason, people tend to vote for candidates they like. Something to consider for the next debate. Harper kept to his promise of not criticizing his opponents, refusing to take the bait on questions early in the hour-long program relating to Atty. Gen. Greg Stumbo's investigation of the governor. Northup, however, couldn't wait to jump on that one. Problem is, she said nothing new to add to her claim she's more electable than Fletcher in the general election. If her performance Monday is any indication of her electability as a candidate for governor, Northup failed to measure up.
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V ETERANS P OST F REDDY G ROVES guished. You can, however, get recognition for your service in the form of a paper certificate. The DoD decided to issue those instead of medals, citing as reasons money and a concern that the medal would “take away” from other medals issued during that time. I don’t buy that. I don’t think anybody does. Still, if you want your certificate, you can get it. You’ll need to show “service” (proof that you were a “government employee” for at least one day) between Sept. 2, 1946 and Dec.
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nado it was a bastion of normalcy that Meade County citizens clung to for information. It may have its faults, but it is like a well-loved family member. We can talk about it, but don’t let any outsider attack it. I believe your paper shows a great deal of promise, but stooping to paranoid tirades will only hurt your attempts to grow and prosper. It is not necessary to trash the competition. If you want to be successful, just report the facts in a professional manner. Instead of minding The Messenger’s store, it would be better if you minded your own business.
26, 1991. That’s right — not a soldier or sailor or airman, an employee. (Does the cashier in a D.C. museum qualify?) There’s no mention of military anywhere, including on the certificate where it mentions “your service” in “promoting peace and stability.” I always try to provide a link to things I write about here, but if you really want a certificate, you’re on your own. If you’re (rightfully) insulted by the idea of the certificate and believe the medal should be issued, call a couple dozen congressmen. Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send an e-mail to letters.kfws@hearstsc.com.
Any paper in this county should focus on the news, and not try to make news by picking fights with one another. I have to tell you that I hope the Messenger sees your paper as a challenge to change and to adopt reporting skills that will whip your whippersnapper britches. Like many from Meade County, I am loyal to family. Sincerely,
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Obituaries
James C. “Bubby” Coates Charles C. Morris
Mr. James C. “Bubby” Coates, 76, Brandenburg, died Saturday, April 7, 2007, at the Medco Center of Brandenburg. Mr. Coates is survived by three brothers, Johnnie Coates, Stephensport, Ky., David Coates, Brandenburg, and Paul Coates, Custer, Ky.; three sisters, Rose LaTondress, Guston, Ky., Shirley Benham, Brandenburg, and Marie Wardrip, Webster, Ky.; an aunt, Rosa Vandenheuvel, Brandenburg; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Wednesday, April 11, from St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, with burial in Mount Merino Cemetery, Irvington. Online condolences may be left at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.
Charles C. Morris, 78, Louisville, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at Meadow South Nursing Home. He was a retired employee for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co., and an Army veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Rose Mary Morris; daughters, Mary (Butch) Brashear and Laura Morris; sons, Daniel (Mary Ann) Morris, Matthew, Gregory, Steven and Anthony Morris; a brother, Marvin Morris; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and one step-great- grandchild. Charles’ funeral mass was held Thursday, April 12, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church with burial in Louisville Memorial Gardens West. Visitation was held Wednesday at Keenan’s Funeral Home.
George F. “Bud” Jan Troutman Humphrey Osbourne Mrs. Jan Troutman Humphrey, 56, Battletown, Ky., died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at Norton Suburban Hospital, Louisville. She was born October 30, 1950, the daughter of Chester Mileage and Minnie McDonald Chism Troutman. Mrs. Humphrey was a Meade County Emergency Services Dispatcher for many years and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police Otter Creek Lodge #67. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. “Bob” Humphrey, and two brothers, Bill and Joe Troutman. She is survived by her daughter, Missy (John) Weick, Battletown; three sisters, Trea (Darrell) Fackler, Webster, Ky., Charlene (Tom) Moss, Corydon, Ind., and Cherry (Richie) Bennett, Brandenburg; a brother, Gary “Bimbo” Troutman, Battletown; and many nieces and nephews including Jan-Jan’s special kids, Bradd, Jaxx, Jolie, and Lexie Sonner. Funeral services were held Saturday, Apirl 7, from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home, with burial in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions in Jan’s name to the Meade County Shop with Cops program, c/o F.O.P. Otter Creek Lodge #67, ATTN: Bobby Hubbard, 520 Big Bend Road, Battletown, KY 40104.
Sara Ann Koester
Sara Ann Koester, 65, Vine Grove, died April 3, 2007, at North Hardin Health & Rehabilitation Center, Radcliff. She was preceded in death by her mother, Beulah A. Todd. Mrs. Koester is survived by her husband, Herb Koester, Vine Grove; her father, Robert B. Todd, Tulsa, Okla.; a stepson, Michael Koester, Vine Grove; a stepdaughter, Tina Greenwell, Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers, Dr. Joseph C. Todd, Denver, Colo., and Dr. Robert B. Todd Jr., Niles, Mich.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from Moore Funeral Home, Tulsa, Okla. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla. Local arrangements were handled by Coffey & Chism Funeral Home, Vine Grove. Condolences may be expressed online at www.coffeyandchism.com.
Ronald C. Lutz
Ronald C. Lutz, 80, of Falls of Rough, Ky., returned to his Heavenly Father Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Mr. Lutz was a retired machinist, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars at Falls of the Rough. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jerome and Freda Staehle Lutz; brothers, Ray and Kenny Lutz; and sisters, Doris Lutz, Carol Wilson, Thelma Thomas and Charlotte Marks. He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife of 59 years, Mary Dorothy Clark Lutz; daughters, Diane Moats, Kathy (Hank) Baughman, Denise (James) Slaughter and Sharlene Lutz; sons, Ronnie, Dennis, Terry and Kenny Lutz; sisters, Jan Taylor, Norma Willoughby, and Jeanette Maynard; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Ronald C. Lutz is today, April 13, at 11 a.m., at Schoppenhorst, Underwood and Brooks (Preston Highway at Brooks Road), with entombment in Louisville Memorial Gardens West.
George F. “Bud” Osbourne, 80, Louisville, passed away at his home with his loving family by his side on Saturday, April 7, 2007, after a long illness. He was a native of Springfield, Ky., and a member for 24 years at St. Edward’s Catholic Church. He belonged to The Rosary Club, was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, and a member of the V.F.W. Post #1170 in Middletown. He and Geneva were volunteers for many years with the Red Cross and at The Good Samaritan Nursing Home. He was an avid sports fan. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Sr. and Irene Warren Osbourne; sons, Frankie and Thomas Osbourne; daughter, Connie Elaine Dant; sister, Christine Hamilton; and brother, Pat Osbourne. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Geneva Thompson Osbourne; sons, Roger, Doug, Charlie, Francis (Sherri) and Michael (Donna) Osbourne; daughter, Cynthia (Donald) Drury; brothers, Jim (Elizabeth Ann) and Tom (Diane) Osbourne; sisters, Totsie Boone, Ginnie Moore, Emma (Wallace) O’Daniel and Patsy (J.C.) Head; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. His mass of Christian burial was Thursday, April 12, at St. Edward’s Catholic Church with entombment in Resthaven Memorial Park. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Mass of the Air or to a charity of your choice.
George Anthony Ray
George Anthony Ray, 87, Flaherty, died April 6, 2007, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown. He was a member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Flaherty. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lum and Grace Lancaster Ray; three brothers, John Ray, Joe Ray and Hoss Ray; and two sisters, Catherine Ray and Elias Gertrude Ray. Mr. Ray is survived by three sisters, Ann Taylor, Elizabethtown, Becky Stiff, Guston, and Rose Straney, Flaherty; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral mass was held Monday, April 9, from St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Flaherty, with the Rev. Paul Beach officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Coffey and Chism Funeral Home, Vine Grove. Condolences may be expressed online at www.coffeyandchism.com.
Kenneth W. Turner
Kenneth W. Turner, 48, Guston, Ky., passed away Monday, April 9, 2007 at V.A. Medical Center. He was formerly an employee of D&W Auto Sales and an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his father, William Waddell. He is survived by his son, Jason (Holly) Turner; his mother, Margaret (Bill) Curry; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Services were held Thursday, April 12, at Evergreen Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Marie Campbell McGehee
Mrs. Marie Campbell McGehee, 94, Brandenburg, passed away Monday, April 9, 2007, at the North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center, Radcliff, Ky., following an illness. Mrs. McGehee worked in her father’s general store in Grahampton, Ky., until she married Davis McGehee in 1940. She then moved with Davis to Long Branch Farms in Brandenburg, where they raised five sons and twin daughters. Over the years she worked with Davis and the children showing award winning Polled Hereford cattle and farming the land. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Davis McGehee; two sons, Phillip Davis McGehee and Thomas Charles McGehee; her parents, Charles and Nora Campbell; three sisters, Pearl House, Mary Wathena Campbell and Mary Louise Dennis; and one brother, Arvin Campbell. Mrs. McGehee is survived by three sons, Joseph McGehee and Chris McGehee, Louisville, and Gene McGehee, Brandenburg; twin daughters, Martha Ann McGehee, Louisville, and Mary McGehee Cross, Nashville, Tenn.; one brother, Joseph Campbell; five grandchildren, Donna Barr, Larry McGehee, Nick Cross, Stephanie Shacklette and Tricia Wright; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today, April 13, from St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Brandenburg, with burial in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. John the Apostle Catholic Church or to the Meade County High School. Online condolences may be left at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.
March 4, 2007
In the Loss of Our Loved One
Anthony White, sadly missed, but not forgotten.
We would like to thank God above for giving us strength though it all. We want to thank our pastor Randy Johnson for his time and for all he has done. We thank the ladies of our church for the food and everything. A big thank you to Tyson’s Foods in Corydon, Indiana, for their support, prayers, and cards. We would also like to thank our friends and neighbors for all of their prayers and support. A special thank you to Hager Funeral Home. Everyone was so nice. Thank you.
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MEADE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BRANDENBURG — A public unveiling has been scheduled for the first of what will be a dozen or more “quilts” in Meade County’s new Clothesline of Quilts. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at the commercial exhibits building at the Meade County Fairgrounds. The “quilt,” sponsored by the Meade County Fair and the Meade County Farm Bureau, will hang on the building’s exterior wall that faces ByPass Road. What’s to be unveiled is not, in fact, an actual quilt, say Jennifer Bridge and Debbie Hardesty, the leaders of the project in Meade County, but an eight-foot wooden square on which a colorful replica of a traditional quilt pattern has been painted. Thus far, they say, their committee has commitments for seven “quilts” to be mounted on barns and other buildings in Meade County,
and it expects as many as eight other commitments from individuals and businesses that want to be part of the project. The Clothesline of Quilts has four goals, they say: • To boost tourism by bringing travelers off interstate highways and other main roads to see the beauty of rural Meade County. • To share the cultural and artistic heritage of Meade County. • To stimulate interest in quilting as either a business opportunity or an artistic endeavor – or both. • To draw together local volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to allow them to take part in a community project as they paint the quilt patterns. Similar projects are taking place elsewhere in Kentucky and in Ohio and Tennessee, according to Bridge. The idea for the Clothesline of Quilts started in Adams County, Ohio, when Donna Sue Groves, a member of that state’s arts commission, want-
ed to honor her mother, an avid quilter, by painting a quilt pattern on a barn. Excitement for the idea spread quickly, and the result was more than 20 painted quilts on local barns – and clothesline of quilts in several states. In Kentucky, it’s gained support across the state from extension services office, rural electric cooperatives, and U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies. Once the initial group of “quilts” has been placed, Bridge and Hardesty say their committee hopes to create a brochure that will include a map showing their locations and a Web site that will include similar information. The project’s costs are underwritten by a $200 fee paid by each sponsor to cover the cost of materials and the Meade County RECC, which will mount each “quilt” after it has been painted. Bridge is the Meade County Extension Service’s agent for consumer and family science, and Hardesty is a longtime member of the Meade County
The U.S. Senate recently held hearings on credit-card use and abuse, and the information that came out was for the most part what we already know: Credit-card companies have been a law unto themselves. The more we've paid down our cards, the more aggressive the credit-card companies have become in getting their revenue in other ways. Do you know what interest rate you're currently being charged on your credit cards? Chances are that the rate you expected when you signed up for the card has crept up. The fine print in your disclosure statement likely says the cred-
it-card company can raise your rate for any reason at any time (called universal default). If you were late on another card, that's been reason enough for a credit-card company to raise your rates, even if you're never been late on its card. At the Senate hearing, CitiGroup promised to stop doing that. It will, however, still raise your rates if you're late on a payment or go over your limit. Do you pay interest on a portion of your bill that you've already paid? Some card companies invoke retroactive penalties, called two-cycle billing. For example, if you owe $500 and paid $300 this month, the company will go back next month and charge
you interest on the whole amount. Chase has promised to stop doing this. If you go over your creditcard limit, you'll likely get hit with a penalty. If that penalty keeps you over the limit, in spite of having made a payment, the credit-card company will charge you another penalty the next month. That cycle can continue for a long time, with the penalties and interest amounting to far more than the original balance. Chase told the committee it would stop that practice as well. Perhaps in light of the Senate hearings, some significant changes will come to the credit-card industry in the form of legislative action. It's been put on notice to change its ways. But until that hap-
Toyota Boshoku America to Locate in Northern Ky.
FRANKFORT — Governor Ernie Fletcher joined the Northern Kentucky TriCounty Economic Development Corporation (Northern Kentucky Tri-ED) and Toyota Boshoku America today in announcing that the company will locate its North American home office in the CirclePort Business Park in Erlanger, Kentucky. "Toyota has a strong presence and has made significant investments in Kentucky with Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. in Erlanger and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in Georgetown," said Governor Ernie Fletcher. "We welcome Toyota Boshoku America’s North American home office to the fold of Toyota companies located in Kentucky." Toyota Boshoku’s office in Erlanger expands on Northern Kentucky Tri-ED’s effort to attract office and corporate headquarters projects to the region. Toyota Boshoku will occupy 23,000 square feet of Class A office space in the Dolwick Business Center, 11 miles south of Cincinnati, and owned by Corporex Companies. Toyota Boshoku
plans to commence operations in the new Home Office by August, 2007 and has an option on additional space in the building. "We are very proud to join our fellow Toyota companies in Kentucky and locate our North American home office in Erlanger for many reasons, including the proximity to Toyota’s facilities and our joint manufacturing plants in the state," said Sunao Yamamoto, President, Toyota Boshoku America, Inc. "Toyota Boshoku plans to expand its presence and sales in the U.S. and Northern Kentucky." Toyota Boshoku received approval for $2.1 million in tax incentives under the Kentucky Jobs Development Act by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority on March 29, 2007. The company plans to hire 100 employees over the next two years and open the office later this year. Toyota Boshoku America is also seeking a significant BSSC grant for job training. Toyota Boshoku America will maintain its R&D and related functions in Michigan as Technical Center and will strengthen and expand its operation there.
Gary Moore, Chair of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED’s Board of Directors and Boone County Judge Executive, said "Toyota Boshoku is a great addition to the exciting, dynamic business environment we are fostering in Northern Kentucky. This is another example of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED’s success in drawing growing, successful companies to the region." Site Selection Magazine recently ranked the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region No. 5 in its annual new and expanded businesses ranking and in 2006, Kentucky ranked 7th in Site Selection’s Annual Business Climate Rankings The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is the primary state agency in Kentucky responsible for creating new jobs and new investment in the state. New business investment in Kentucky in 2006 totaled more than $3.4 billion with the creation of over 18,200 new jobs. Information on available development sites, workforce training, incentive programs, community profiles, small business development and other resources is available at http://www.thinkkentucky.com/.
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USDA to provide federal funds to protect Kentucky’s working farms
Project proposals will be accepted through April 27 LEXINGTON —Michael Hubbs, State Conservationist for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Kentucky announced that Kentucky has approximately $1.75 million allocated for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) in fiscal year 2007. NRCS is seeking proposals from local and state governments and non-governmental organizations interested in working together to acquire conservation easements on farms and ranches. Proposals postmarked or received at the NRCS State Office in Lexington, Ky. by close of business Friday, April
27, 2007 will be ranked and considered for funding. “FRPP helps farmers keep their land in agriculture while also helping communities’ wildlife habitat and cultural resources,” said Michael D. Hubbs, State Conservationist. “This is an excellent way to keep prime farmland in agriculture and, at the same time, keep farming and ranching communities thriving by relieving development pressures.” Last fiscal year, NRCS and its sponsors in Kentucky entered almost 2,000 acres into nine conservation easements through FRPP. Nationwide, NRCS has closed 1,682 conservation easements covering 331,557 acres since
the program began in 1996. FRPP was formerly known as the Farmland Protection Program (FPP) when it was founded in 1996. The 2002 Farm Bill repealed FPP and authorized the current Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Nationwide, $69 million is available to all 50 states, the Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for FRPP projects in fiscal year 2007. NRCS provides up to 50 percent of the appraised fair market value of the conservation easement in this voluntary program. Final project selections are expected to be announced in June. Instructions for project proposals are available on the federal grants Web Site at http://www.grants.gov/searc h/search.do and at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/p rograms/frpp.
Crops slammed by the cold BY LAURA SKILLMAN UK COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
PRINCETON, Ky. — The recent cold snap caused extensive damage to the state’s fruit, winter wheat and alfalfa crops, and nipped others as well. Fruit crops in Kentucky, and from Michigan to Georgia, have been severely damaged by the arctic cold front leaving little potential for this year’s crop, said Joe Masabni, fruit and vegetable specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. “Unfortunately, 70 percent to 90 percent of the apple, peach, plum, nectarine, blueberry, and grape crops are lost,” he said. “Grapes will send secondary buds. If all secondary buds have survived, then I think we might have about a 50 percent grape crop.” In the next week or so, when temperatures warm up, accelerated wilting and drying of dead tissue will become evident. The full extent of the freeze damage will then be known. How much the grapes will rebound depends on location and cultivar, Masabni said. Fruit trees will not be killed, and will continue growing, even if all the fruits are gone. Fruit growers can reduce their pesticide spray program since trees will not bear a crop to protect. Strawberry plants will lose their blooms as well, but the plants will produce new blooms, providing for some production. Other small fruits such as blackberries and raspberries will regrow and fruit with reduced yields. On April 9, UK specialists Jim Herbek and Lloyd Murdock visited several wheat fields to determine the scope of the freeze damage and came away with little optimism. They estimate the crop has
seen a reduction in yield potential of at least 50 percent and expect many heavily damaged crops to be destroyed. It can be difficult to get a definitive assessment of plant damage immediately after a freeze has occurred. Waiting five to seven days after warmer temperatures have returned and allowing growth to resume allows for a more definitive, visible damage assessment. However, Herbek said in their inspections they saw obvious damage to wheat that had reached the jointing stage. The stems were very flaccid, soft and water soaked and the wheat heads also seemed damaged. Farmers still have options in what to plant should they decide to destroy their wheat. Corn and soybeans are both options. Corn could utilize some of the nitrogen already applied to the wheat. However, corn seed may be difficult to obtain. “If they want to plant corn, they have until April 30 in the western part of the state to still get optimum yield,” Herbek said. “For soybeans, they’ve got essentially seven weeks to make that decision. In those cases, they can wait a little longer to see what’s going to happen. I think they can do either one. There’s just going to be a lot of residue that they are going to have to watch and make sure they are getting a good cut through the residue for proper seed placement.” Kentucky’s alfalfa crop also has been damaged by the freeze, said Ray Smith, UK forage specialist. Smith and Garry Lacefield, also a UK forage specialist, have been evaluating fields across the state for damage. “Existing fields have been heavily damaged with the terminal bud killed, so the top growth is not going to keep growing,” he said. ”The crown
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buds do not appear to be damaged so mature stands should see slow regrowth.” To help with regrowth, farmers should try to remove damaged growth by harvesting it as round bale silage, cutting it for hay or grazing it, Smith said. These options allow farmers to get some use of the damaged growth. However, farmers need to take some precautions. They need to use silage inoculums because cold weather will reduce the availability of existing inoculums. Also, getting hay to cure may be difficult. In grazing, farmers need to be careful and take precautions against bloating if the growth is still lush, or wait for it to dry before grazing. A fourth option is simply to mow the fields once the damaged growth has dried so it can be chopped and evenly dispersed in the field to avoid heavy residue. It is still too early to determine the damage to spring plantings of alfalfa, but Smith said they should know more by the end of the week. So far, they have seen everything from minimal damage to total loss. For tobacco, plants with four leaves or more can tolerate temperatures down to 50 degrees without suffering extensive damage, said UK tobacco specialist Andy Bailey. Smaller plants need temperatures of at least 60 degrees. Burley is more cold-sensitive than dark tobacco, he said. In determining damage, growers need to look at the terminal bud in the plant to see if it is a pale yellow or dark brown, indicating damage. If there is damage, it may be best to discard these plants and start over again. It generally takes eight weeks to have a good transplant ready for the field so producers can start over and still have plants ready to transplant by late May, he said.
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Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Benham, Brandenburg, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Erica Renee Benham to Adam James Foushee, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Masterson, Webster. Erica is a 2003 graduate of Meade County High School and a 2004/2005 graduate of Spencerian College. She is currently employed by Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital. Adam is a 2001 graduate of Meade County High School. He is employed by Brandenburg Telephone Company. The ceremony will take place April 28, 2007, 7 p.m., at New Brandenburg Baptist Church. All family and friends are invited to attend.
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goes out to all for any help that was given, from donations to the bids at Saturday night’s benefit auction, for Lloyd “Pete” Willett and Leo Knott of Little Bend. The community pulled together and made it work. Special thanks to Roy Butler for being the auctioneer at the event.
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Tony and Arlene Golladay, Brandenburg, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amy Sharee Golladay, to Kasey Jackson Allen, son of Kenneth Jackson Allen, Smyrna, Tenn. and Dianna Gresham, Portland, Tenn. The ceremony will be held on April 21, 2007, at 5 p.m. at Doe Run Inn. The ceremony and reception will center on a 1920s theme, featuring saxophonist Michael Tracy. Family and friends are invited.
Sydnei Taylor Poff, the daughter of Anthony and Nicole Poff of Brandenburg, is celebrating her sixth birthday. She is having a bowling party at Lynn's Pins on Olin Road in Brandenburg this Saturday the fourteenth at six p.m.. Family, friends, and classmates are invited to come and join in on the fun. The management of Lynn's Pins will be implementing gutter bumpers that allow the children to hit some pins without the fear of perpetual gutter balls. Children in attendance will receive party grab bags to take home with them at the end of the party.
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Sam and Mike Hossom from Russellville were the guest speakers at the April meeting of Ancestral Trails Historical Society. Sam illustrated carding wool and spinning it into thread. She also illustrated weaving on a loom. Her husband Mike discussed the different types of thread such as wool, flax and cotton. He told the audience how the various colors were achieved.
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Friday, April 13 •Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752
Saturday, April 14 •Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 •Wolf Creek Fire Department meeting, 7 p.m., at the firehouse
Sunday, April 15 •Red Cross blood drive at Flaherty Fire Department, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. •Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 •Al-Anon Meeting, 8 p.m., at the Alcohalt House. Call 828-2624
Monday, April 16 •Meade County Archery Booster meeting, 6:30 p.m., at the MCHS cafeteria. •Meade County Fire District meeting at the district one firehouse, 7 p.m. (Third Mon.
of each month) •109 Board Meeting at the courthouse, 7 p.m. (Third Mon. of each month) •Irvington Code Enforcement meeting, 7:30 p.m., at city hall. •Red Cross blood drive, 2-7 p.m., at Brandenburg United Methodist Church.
Tuesday, April 17 •Battletown SBDM, 3:30 p.m. •Payneville SBDM, 3:30 p.m. •Irvington SBDM, 4:30 p.m. •Library Board meeting, 5:30 p.m., in the fiction room. •Meade County Water District meeting, 7 p.m. •FREE keyboarding class, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Meade County Education and Career Center. For more information, call270-422-5884. Meade County Education and Career Center is affiliated with Elizabethtown Community College. •Teen Dinner and a Movie, 5:30 p.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Movie will be “Pursuit of Happyness.” For more information call 422-2094 •Al-Anon Meeting, 8 p.m., at the Alcohalt House. Call 828-2624 •Story Hour, 10:30 a.m., at the Meade County Public
Library. For more information call 422-2094. •Infant CPR certification class, 6-9 p.m., offered by Harrison County Hospital. To register call (812) 738-7830, ext. 132
Wednesday, April 18 •Yoga, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Meade County Public Library. For more information call 422-2094. •Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 Thursday, April 19 •Muldraugh Planning & Zoning meeting, 6:30 p.m., at Muldraugh City Hall. •Meade County Planning & Zoning meeting, 7 p.m., at the courthouse. •Ekron Fire Protection District meeting, 7 p.m. •Chapter #1512 of NARFE (National Association of Retired and Current Federal Employees) meeting, 1 p.m. at Brandenburg United Methodist Church. Topic: planning of Federation Convention that will be held in Louisville. •Story Hour, 5:30 p.m., at
the Meade County Public Library. For more information call 422-2094. Friday, April 20 •Sale at Holy Trinity Church near Meade County Public Library. Twin boys clothing size 0-2T, shoes, baby furniture, car seats, girls clothing size 0-6. •Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 Saturday, April 21 •Sale at Holy Trinity Church near Meade County Public Library. Twin boys clothing size 0-2T, shoes, baby furniture, car seats, girls clothing size 0-6. •Ancestral Trails Historical Society 5th Annual Genealogy & History Book Fair at the Pritchard Center in Elizabethtown, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 270-862-3209. •Irvington Masonic Lodge on Hwy 79, will be having an all-you-care-to-eat breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Everyone is invited. Cost is a donation to help with building renovations. •Second Brigade M/C 3rd
The 5th Annual Genealogy & History Book Fair sponsored by Ancestral Trails will be held Saturday, April 21 at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Many tables will be devoted to “The Land Before Fort Knox.” Many local and out-of-town vendors will be selling their books and other items. For those interested in Fort Knox and local history, this is a must-attend event. Admission is free. Annual Crusade for Children, Poker Run 2007. All proceeds benefit the Crusade for Children. Registration starts at 11 a.m., first bike out at 1 p.m. Run starts at The Golden Manor Motel, 116 S. Dixie Hwy in Muldraugh, and ends at The Rock Inn, 3545 Hwy 60 in Vine Grove. Poker hands $10, extra hand $5. There will also be door prizes, 50/50, and free food. For more info, call Throttle at 270-422-5042, AC at 270314-8725, or Filthy Phil at 502552-8883. •Yo-Gi-Oh Card Tournament, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Meade County Public Library Annex.
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QUESTION: I find I'm should say "yes" whenever more likely to say "no" to my we can. children than to say "yes," QUESTION: Tell me why it even when I don't feel strongly about the permission they is inevitable for couples with good marriages to are seeking. I wongo through "flat der why I automatiF OCUS ON spots" or "the cally respond so THE FAMILY blahs," and can you negatively. offer more advice about what to do DR. DOBSON: It when those times is easy to fall into come? the habit of saying "no" to our kids. DR. DOBSON: "No, you can't go Romantic love is an outside." emotion, and as "No, you can't J AMES such, it has a way have a cookie." D OBSON of coming and "No, you can't going. Emotions use the telephone." tend to oscillate "No, you can't spend the night with a from high to low to high, etc. One of the best ways to regenfriend." We could have answered erate "that lovin' feeling" in affirmatively to all of these the down times is to talk requests, but chose almost about the times and places automatically to respond in when passion ran high. Do you recall those days the negative. Why? Because we didn't take time to stop when you just couldn't wait and think about the conse- to see each other, and how quences; because the activity each minute apart seemed could cause us more work or like an eternity? Recalling strain; because there could be those moments together is danger in the request; because one way to regenerate what our children ask for a thou- you felt before. Even better than talking sand favors a day and we find it convenient to refuse them about them is re-experiencing them. My wife and I celebratall. While every child needs to ed a recent wedding anniverbe acquainted with denial of sary by exploring what we some of his or her more called our "old haunts." On a extravagant wishes, there is single evening, we went to also a need for parents to con- the theater where we had our sider each request on its own second date; we ate at the merit. There are so many nec- same restaurant for dinner. essary "no’s" in life that we The next week we visited the
farmer's market where we used to stroll on lazy summer evenings. We talked about warm memories and relived the excitement of those days. It was a wonderful reprise. Another suggestion is to return regularly to the kinds of romantic activities that drew you together in the first place. Couples need to put some fun and laughter into their lives, which otherwise can get dreary and oppressive. A few years ago, Shirley and I found ourselves in that kind of situation where we had almost forgotten how to play. We finally got fed up and decided to do something about it. We loaded the car and headed for a winter wonderland in the mountains. There we spent the weekend skiing, eating and laughing together. That night, we built a fire in the fireplace and talked for hours while our favorite music played on the stereo. We felt like kids again. The next time you feel that you're losing that closeness you once shared, try talking about your memories of earlier days and revisit the old haunts, sing the old songs, tell the old stories. It's the best bet to rekindle the sparks of romance that first drew you together. To keep a marriage vibrant and healthy, you simply have to give it some attention. Water the plant, place it in the sunlight, and it will grow. If
The sin of taking delight in the failures of others
Lord, would you not have us call down fire from heaven to destroy them? — LUKE 9
Maury Povich is laughing all the way to the bank with the money he is making from exploiting the sins and failings of others. He makes sport of pathetic people and offers it as entertainment for the masses in an updated version of the old Roman gladiators games or the old circus sideshows. We have an old-fashioned name for this sin. It’s the sin of “morose delectation.” “Morose delectation” is the sin of taking delight in other people’s sins, failures, tragedies and weaknesses. I read somewhere recently that the German word for this sin is schadenfreude. It’s the base emotion of glee when the high and mighty fall, when the rich lose their money and when the proud are humiliated. Taking delight in these tragedies is a cheap way, I suppose, of feeling superior. Jerry Springer is not the only person who takes delight in the sins, failings tragedies
archbishop in particand weaknesses of others. He would E NCOURAGING ular and priests in W ORDS general, as well as the not be in business constant repetition of unless a lot of peothe same old facts, ple enjoyed this perissue after issue, ad verted voyeurism. It nauseam. People makes money. failed, people were The media, hurt, people need to locked in fierce comknow, the mess must petition, seem to be be cleaned up, but falling into this sin why take delight? more and more The sin of every year. The line J. R ONALD “morose delectation” between the news K NOTT is not new. Even the and the tabloids apostles fell into it. seems to be fading at On their way to an alarming rate. I have been subscribing to our Jerusalem, Jesus and his aposlocal paper for many years and tles were snubbed by a bunch it seems to me that it, too, is of Samaritans. When James and John saw this, they let falling into this habit. In their coverage of Jesus know that what they Governor Patton’s fall from would really like to see is a grace a few years ago, it was good, well-placed thunderbolt, not enough to tell the story. right between their eyes. Jesus The article had to be accompa- turned toward them and reprinied by a huge close-up picture manded them for such maliof his face with tears streaming ciously delicious thoughts. It seems that we are not down his cheeks. In the coverage of our own only becoming more rude and scandal, it was not enough to crude to each other, we seem to tell the story of this human be enjoying it more than ever. tragedy. There had to be That’s a sin. vicious cartoons directed at the
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One Sunday morning while themselves for doing such a teaching the teen Sunday good job of mangling their picSchool class, I asked all the ture with their darts. I took the dartboard from students to draw a picture of someone who had hurt them the wall and just underneath the target I had or someone they placed a picture of didn’t like. While Jesus. As I showed the students were PASTOR ’ S the students the picdrawing their picS POTLIGHT ture of Jesus with tures, I placed a dart holes all over his board on the wall face, his eyes and told the class pierced and his face that today we were distorted, the stugoing to throw dents grew very darts at the pictures quiet. I read to the they were drawing. class the scripture in This seemed to Matthew 25:40 please the class and R ANDY where Jesus said some of them put J OHNSON “Verily, verily, I say many details into unto you, insomuch their pictures. When as you have done it the pictures were drawn, I placed them one by unto one of the least of these one over the dart board while my brethren, you have done it the class lined up to throw unto me”. Is there someone you are their darts. The students lined up to throw their darts and holding a grudge against? took as many shots as they Maybe someone you have treated badly? Isn’t it time you wanted. When everyone had taken stopped “throwing darts” at their turn at throwing darts, I them and started showing asked them to return to their them the love of Jesus? Randy Johnson is the reverend seats. Some of the students had thrown so many darts at of the Brandenburg Church of God the picture they had drawn and also hosts a radio show on that it was ripped and torn WMMG from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 into pieces. Some of the stu- p.m. from Monday through dents were quite pleased with Wednesday.
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that too much of the buffer zone was torn down. “We (Planning and Zoning Commission) don’t think they left the right amount of existing trees,” he said. Henning recommended that City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission and the Heritage Foundation, Inc. meet to discuss and define what would work as a buffer zone for the area. The owners of The Heritage Foundation, Inc. are: Meade County Circuit Judge Robert Miller, Doug Reed, Bill Corum and Linda Jenkins. The City Council selected three of its members — Mayor David Pace and City Council members Ronnie Joyner and Bruce Fackler — to represent the Council at the meeting. Pace said he hopes the committee will be able to distinguish what an “adequate” buffer zone should be. “I hope the committee can look at what adequate buffer can be put back there,” Pace said. Also this week, Four Oaks
April 26, 2007, noon, or 6:30-7:30p.m. Learn the basics of how to budget for your everyday financial needs. There will be tips on paying bills off, budgeting for grocery purchases, saving for a rainy day and other life’s necessities. This is a 3 hour instructional class presented in one hour sessions (April 26, May 10 & 31). Attendees will need to bring a red and green pen, pencil and yellow highlighter. For residents were alarmed when the Department of Highways in Elizabethtown sent a letter to Pace about a request to change the entryway into Four Oaks Road. According to a March 27 letter, Patty Dunaway, executive director of the Department of Highways in Elizabethtown, wrote: “It has come to our attention following this award that the City of Brandenburg would like to see Four Oaks Drive realigned from what is currently shown in the plans and specifications.” Pace says he never wrote a letter to the Department of Highways, but he does believe that if Four Oaks is widened it will help to make traffic less congested in the area. Because Four Oaks Road is a county road any changes must be approved by Fiscal Court, said Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft. “Right now it’s a city council issue over what is a buffer zone,” he said. “As far as the rest of it, really it’s a moot point because there’s nothing there right now. The county is the only one who can put in a request to change the road.” The residents of Four Oaks are hoping they can work with
information and to register, call 422-4958. BEGINNER’S CAKE DECORATING CLASS
May 4, 2007, 6-8 p.m. This class will be taught in four consecutive sessions on Fridays at 6:00 p.m. The first class date is May 4th. Pre-registration is required by calling the Extension Office at 422-4958. Cost $4.50 (cost of the Wilton Cake Decorating Book, which is available at the Extension Office upon registration). A supply list is included with the purchase of City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission and the Heritage Foundation, Inc. to find a way to handle the road situation in a way that will satisfy all parties involved. In a statement Vessels empathized with the position Pace is in with trying to appease residents while also promoting growth in Brandenburg. What she hopes is that a compromise can be found. “We (the Four Oaks residents) know Mayor Pace’s position is very difficult,” she said. “He must do his job of promoting progress for the city of Brandenburg, while maintaining his integrity. We, as residents of Four Oaks, look forward to working with Mayor Pace and Brandenburg City Council concerning this matter. It is our sincere desire to reach a satisfactory outcome for all concerned.” At the Planning and Zoning meeting on March 20th, the planning and zoning committee voted to uphold the 1994 decision and deny the Heritage Center, Inc. access to building a road off of Four Oaks Road. There has yet to be a date set for the meeting between the Heritage Center, Inc., City Council and Planning and Zoning.
Blessing of the bikes My name is Cy Moorman. I am the President of the Elizabethtown, Ky., Christian Motorcyclist Association Chapter, (C.M.A.) “Riders of the Word.” I am a born-again Christian. I use what God has given me to tell others about my savior, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit! I used to ride my motorcycle for my own pleasure, but now I ride it to serve God. I used to go to motorcycle rallies to party and dwell in sin, but now I use my past to open the door to tell the people at these rallies about Jesus and the love He has for them. That’s what C.M.A is about. It is not a ride group or a club. It is a ministry which teaches its members to be disciples who go out and spread the Good News about Jesus Christ to the lost. We primarily witness to other motorcyclists while attending rallies, but witness to others as well. “Here if you need us” that’s our slogan. The chapter is based in E-town, but our members are from Guston and the surrounding communities such as Hodgensville, Elizabethtown, Leitchfield, Guston, Ekron and Brandenburg. C.M.A. is a non-profit, inter-denominational organization dedicated to reaching people for Christ Jesus. Our vision is: “Changing the World, one heart at a time.” Every year, C.M.A. holds one fundraiser. It is called “Run for the Son.” Proceeds
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from this event pays for our missions overseas and here in the USA. 100% of the money raised goes right to work, 60% goes to our overseas missions such as – Missionary Ventures and Open Doors and Jesus Film Project. 40% goes for our ministry need here in the U.S.A. As part of the “Run for the Son” event, we will be having a Biker Blessing on Sunday, April 22, 2007, at approximately 12:15 p.m. EST, at Glad Tidings Christian Center, 485 By-Pass Road in Brandenburg. Jericho Railroad Band is scheduled to perform at the Biker Blessing. Glad Tidings Christian Center will be having a special service at 10:45 a.m. There will be a Biker Blessing and Bike Show after the church service. A $10 meal purchase
entitles ticket holder to free entry to the Bike Show and drawing for door prizes. Trophies will be awarded. All monies collected from the meal will go to C.M.A.’s “Run for the Son” fundraiser. I invite you to come whether you ride or drive and help us to spread the word about Jesus Christ to those who other wise might not hear “The Good News.” For more information about the biker blessing or the Christian Motorcyclist Association, call President Cy Moorman at 270-547-1798 or Vice President Gary Chapman at 270-422-4581 May God’s love shine on you.
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still in good condition. “If we’re asked to do something for someone, we do it,” Browne said. He said people love to see the COPs patrolling the streets and said he has received many “thank you’s” from residents for all of the assistance the patrollers provide. And the thanks the volunteers receive does not stop with the residents. The police department also extends their appreciation for all the help COP gives by volunteering their time to better the community. “The Citizens on Patrol program offers a lot of safety and crime deterrent for us,” said Brandenburg Police Chief Jeff Cox. “ (The volunteers) serve as the eyes and ears for the police department. “John is a very dedicated member,” Cox said about Browne’s volunteer time with
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monitor local businesses (even at night) after closing. A new program, ‘Lights Out Notice,’ was recently implemented. The program has the volunteers send notices to businesses that have security lights on their buildings that are not working. The patrollers do parking lot and staircase checks and patrol around churches and the river to make sure there has not been any vandalism. When suspicious activity is spotted, they contact an onduty officer. Since the members of COP are not police officers, they do not have arresting powers but can direct officers to scenes of any unusual activity. The patrollers help the city and its residents out whenever they can. They will even do house checks for residents that leave town and ask to have a patroller drive by to make sure their homes are
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Used Car Dealer Swears Under Oath That Methods Used To Help Customers Obtain Credit Are 100% Legal Many say he performs “credit miracles” MULDRAUGH - After being hailed as a “miracle worker” by many and as “too good to be legal” by others, sales manager of Knox Budget Car Sales, Randy Hendrickson, agrees to settle the case once and for all by taking a sworn oath in front of an audience of 24. “I hereby certify that our credit policy is completely legal and involves no form of supernatural intervention,” said Randy during his oath. Last month Randy and his team were able to secure financing to 76 new customers, most of whom had been turned down time and time again in the past. “Listen…I don’t care what other car dealers say. I know my customers – and I know they will pay, even if they’ve had problems in the past,” explains Randy. “I’ve spent a lot of time and a lot of money building solid relationships with banks and lenders who are committed to approving my customers. I trust my customers and the banks trust me…that’s all there is to it.” So what kind of credit problems has Randy Hendrickson been able to deal with? When asked, he proudly rattled off a list including bankruptcy, medical bills, charge offs, late payments, divorces, student loan problems, IRS demands, repossessions, and more. Chuck Crain, finance manager, and Randy’s right hand man explains, “It’s not my business to judge other people. We all make mistakes. That doesn’t mean we won’t do the right thing when given another chance. Like the Bible says, ‘Let he without sin cast the first stone.’” Helping people get approved isn’t the only thing Randy and his team do well. The hundreds of pictures of smiling past customers that line the wall of the dealership tells a story of a car buying experience like none other. “In my mind, buying a car should be fun and easy. It shouldn’t be a terrifying experience like it is for most people. So, we all make a big family environment here on the weekends. We bring in food and jumpers for the kids and have animals from the zoo…anything that can
Randy Hendrickson (known as the credit miracle worker) and Chuck Crain (finance manager) appear taking oath. help people relax and have a good time. Because that’s what we are – we’re a family. Many of our customers have bought cars from us 3 or 4 times in the past,” tells Randy. “Are we miracle workers? Can we help everybody? No. There’s no magic. We get people approved because we work hard and they work hard. If a person has a job and can put together a few hundred dollars to show their commitment to the bank, we can usually get them approved. But if you don’t have the initiative to get and keep a job, we can’t help you. You gotta help yourself before we can,” Randy continued. If you’re interested in finding out if Randy and his team can help you, call Knox Budget Car Sales at 800-608-6944 and ask to speak with Chuck. Chuck will get some basic information from you over the phone then schedule an appointment. “You can be in and out in less than an hour in many cases,” promised Chuck, “so don’t be afraid to call for any reason – we live to help people just like you.” -Paid Advertisement
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of a tug-of-war between the dam owner and Department of Transportation (DOT) over who should pay for the repairs. “There has been a lot of discussion on who is the owner and who is responsible for the dam in the past,” said Department of Transportation spokeswoman Becky Judson. The Ed Keim Pension Fund owns the dam, according to the Division of Water, but the DOT has a 60-foot right-of-way across the dam in order to maintain the roadway pavement, shoulders and guardrails. Because the slides fall along the 60-foot right-of-way the DOT recently said they will pay for dam repairs, that is, if the department is given funds for the project. “Our office has been monitoring the slides that have occurred on the dam,” Judson said. “Due to the fact that some of the slide area lies within the 60 (foot right-ofway), which may cause problems to the roadway in the future, our office has recommended a project to repair these areas. At this time, we are waiting to hear if funds will be approved for this project.” Shannon Keim, the daughter of the late Ed Keim, is now owner of the dam. According to a statement from Shannon Keim and her attorney, she employed a firm, Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott and May Engineering, to review the dam when problem areas became evident and to advise her of responsibilities. “A copy of that report was forwarded to the Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet,” she said in the statement. “ All of the other recommendations from the Division of Water were complied with. However, we could not perform the repairs to the slopes until such time as the appropriate Kentucky department repaired the areas for which they are responsible. Once that is accomplished, we stand ready, willing and able to finish any further repairs for which we are responsible, however, we are physically unable to do so until the other areas are completed. Until then, we will continue to maintain the area, including mowing the grass twice per year.” Shannon Keim further said that to her knowledge, the slides “do not pose a threat of danger to the residents or the users of the roadway.” However, she said she will request her engineers to perform a current inspection. No state agency could confirm how bad the slides are, or how stable the dam is, but at the base of the dam is standing water, which Thomas said could be a sign of seepage. “Standing water could be either from poor grading and the water collects, or it could be from seepage, which normally has a muddy or red color to it,” she said. Thomas has inspected the dam in the past and said she is aware of the slides and the dam’s need of repair, but said her department’s job is to “tell the dam owner they have a job to take care of.” Hypothetically — if the earthen dam ruptured, the Industrial Park, Arch Chemical and several family farms would be flooded. In the past, as the two sides bickered over dam repair obligations, many residents in Doe Valley have been unaware of the problem, said Doe Valley Association General Manager Ken Wilson. “I guarantee you 95 to 98 percent (of residents) don’t know there are spots that appear to be a slide,” he said. “We put our trust in the government that … they have the experts looking at it.” But while experts have looked at the dam, nothing has been addressed, he said. “When I came on (as general manager) that was a subject that came up (two years ago),” he said. “The Department of Transportation said,
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‘We have bigger fish to fry than your dam.’ I don’t know they felt it was critical enough at the time.” He said the DOT did acknowledge that “because of the traffic on (the dam), it’s probably taken its toll.” Wilson said he can’t help but feel that if the same problem were in a bigger city where more political muscle, the problems would already have been fixed. According to 2005 estimates, the two slides on the Doe Valley Dam would cost about $50,000 each to fix. Wilson said it seemed odd that the Highways Depart-
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ment recently funded $15 million to expand the ByPass but can’t find money to fix the dam, but added that at this time those who are aware of the slides don’t see
them as a big concern. “Nobody really knows how stable the dam is; we’re not engineers,” he said. “Everybody that is concerned has looked at it and
we don’t see it as that big a deal. I personally don’t think we have a big problem.” Thomas said repairing the dam shouldn’t be difficult, although she can’t confirm how serious the slides are. What she does know is that the slides aren’t the only problems that need fixing. “They’ve also got some small trees and brush that need to be removed from the structure,” she said. “Also there are animal burrows on upstream slope. We need for those to be filled in.” She said the brush and burrows weaken the grounds stability and could be the
cause of seepage. Shannon Keim hires someone to mow the grass on the dam twice a year, as per state regulations, so it can be monitored and also to deter animals from burrowing in the dam. Thomas said the dam slides needs to be excavated, packed with new material, and the slope needs to be made less steep. She is unsure when the dam will be inspected this year and the Department of Transportation could not comment on when, or if, repair funds would be made available.
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he reached the airport terminal. Schmidt hopes that, with support from neighboring counties, the EAB can recreate the same kind of service here. “And the people were a whole lot nicer,” he joked. Along with less travel time, airport parking will be free, he said. Fiscal Court signed a resolution Tuesday supporting the Airport Board and its endevor, becoming one of the
more than 20 counties in a 24 county area that have publicly shown support for the airport. Schmidt said responses have been “tremendous” and he expects more counties and business leaders to hop on board. “We support their concept and ideas of a regional airport,” said Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft following the meeting. “All the groups that support them give them a little more support and authority to get things done, but no money is involved. “If they can sell the idea, it would be a tremendous serv-
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ice to people in this part of the state of Kentucky. The big advantage here is the free parking. If you go to Louisville, when you come back you owe a tremendous amount of money, even for a weekend trip.” Craycroft said residents can show support by writing a letter to the EAB. Newly-appointed Meade County Chamber of Commerce President Paul Poole also was optimistic about the opportunity. “I’m excited about the possibility and I think it could be a real positive for the area,”
‘Boni Bill’ signed into law
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Governor Ernie Fletcher signed Senate Bill 59 — the “Boni Frederick Memorial Bill” — into law today. The new law provides $6 million to improve safety for state human services workers and hire more staff. The Governor announced the signing during a ceremony at a Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) office in Louisville. The Boni Frederick Memorial Bill provides $3.5 million to fund security improvements at state child welfare offices. Another $2.5 million will be used to hire additional frontline staff. “The new law is a good start for the changes we need to bolster the security of the child protection system,” Governor Fletcher said. “The measures I signed into law today will protect both social services staff and the families – particularly the children – they serve.” The legislation is named for Boni Frederick, a Morganfield social services aide who died in the line of duty last October. Frederick, who worked in the
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) in its Union County DCBS office, was responsible for transporting state foster children to medical appointments and visits with birth parents. The law also calls for the implementation of several safety elements, including giving staff devices enabled with “panic buttons” and global positioning system capabilities. Governor Fletcher and CHFS Secretary Mark D. Birdwhistell signed a declaration of emergency circumstances, releasing the law’s funding to CHFS immediately. “One of the best aspects of this law is that social services workers will see a difference almost immediately,” said Sen. Charlie Borders (R-Russell). “Their office security will be tightened, and with faster access to criminal records of families being served, they will know sooner when something is amiss.” Rep. Tom Burch (DLouisville), said, “Passage of the Boni Bill is just the beginning of a safety net for our social workers and we plan to
do more in the near future.” Under the new law, local DCBS offices will receive security enhancements such as buzzer-entry systems that restrict access to staff work areas from front lobbies. DCBS staff will also have 24-hour access to criminal records. Birdwhistell said he and his staff welcome the long-sought legislation. “From the tragedy of Ms. Frederick’s death has emerged much-needed support for improving the safety of our social services staff, as well as an awareness of the valuable work they perform each and every day,” Secretary Birdwhistell said. Another of the law’s measures establishes a work group to include cabinet representatives and community advocates who will study child welfare and suggest methods for improving the system. At the event, Governor Fletcher also signed HJR 137, a resolution that provides resources to the CHFS Office of the Ombudsman to allow staff to review complaints stemming from child protective services cases
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Ethics Committee gives Branenburg City Council member the thumbs up
The Brandenburg Ethics Committee held a meeting Thursday morning to announce that, after a review of the City Council members profiles, they have all been approved to stay on board with the council. "We looked over the profiles to see if they (City Council members) have anything that would clash with being on the council," said Rebecca Shacklette, a member of the Brandenburg Ethics Committee. The review turned up no reasons for the ethics committee to believe that any of the City Council member have a conflict of interest that would prohibit them from performing their duties. "Everyone was reviewed and cleared," said committee member Chester Medley. The Brandenburg Ethics Committee consists of three members: Bobbie Skaggs, Rebecca W. Shacklette and Chester Medley. Hail damages construction site of new high school auditorium
The Meade County School Board provided an update regarding the progression of the new primary school in Brandenburg at Tuesday’s monthly school board meeting. According to Rodney Pickering, who works with the construction of the school, approximately 95% of the windows have been installed in the building. The payments for the construction of the new elementary school during the March totaled $1,390,636, taking the cost of building the school up to $8,639,095 to date. Crump said it “would be nice to see the construction time move a little faster,” but the building process is coming along. Also addressed during the meeting was the minor damage done at the construction site of the high school’s new auditorium after last week’s hailstorm. When the hailstorm hit, it left behind minor damage to the rafters that support the roof of the building. “We will need to repair the rafters,” said Pickering. There will be about a threeweek delay in construction, but “it should not hurt timewise,” regarding completion of the project, he said. “There will be no additional cost for us,” Pickering said about repairing the rafters. There was also one final
change made to the academic calendar for the school year. The board unanimously voted to extend the school year by two days in order to make-up snow days. The school year will now end on May 17 this year. Fiscal Court approves computer for County Attorney’s Office
Fiscal Court unanimously passed a motion approving the purchase of a computer for County Attorney Margaret Matney. Her predecessor, Darren Sipes, used his personal computer while in office — taking it with him when his term ended in December. Before approving the computer, however, Magistrate Herbie Chism amended the motion so Matney will have to repay Fiscal Court for the almost $1,000 computer when she receives $3,000 in state funds this summer. Chism’s amended motion was passed 4-3, with Magistrates Tom Goddard, Steve Wardrip and Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft voting against making Matney repay Fiscal Court. Former County Attorney settlement approved
Fiscal Court approved 6-1 paying former County Attorney Darren Sipes a settlement of $6,245.70. Approximately $3,648 will go to Sipes and about $2,550 will go to his former office manager, Angie Bevill, for work performed since January. Magistrate Steve Wardrip voted against paying Sipes, although other magistrates shared his concerns. When Sipes left office in December he removed financial and personnel records to finish his audit, he wrote in a March 13 letter to Fiscal Court. Magistrates expressed concern about the removal of documents and the difficulty it caused for his successor, Margaret Matney. Fiscal Court questioned the Attorney General’s Office, among other state entities, about the legality of Sipes removing records but has not been given a determination as of yet. “This whole situation stinks because we have no guidance,” Magistrate Tom Goddard said. “Like a good lawyer, (Sipes) took advantage of the situation.” Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said the situation needs to be put to rest so the county can “move on with other things.”
Fiscal Court approves Riverport Authority board member
J. Larry Thomas was unanimously approved to take the place of Kenny Jenkins on the Riverport Authority during Tuesday’s Fiscal Court meeting. Thomas will fill the remainder of Jenkins’ term. Thomas said during the meeting that he was proud to be a part of the board and the changes it will bring to Meade County and the rest of the region. Residents upset about condition of county roads
About a half dozen residents addressed Fiscal Court about the condition of county roads. The roads addressed were: Green Valley Ranch Road, Johnnie Pack Road and Singleton Road. Members of Fiscal Court said no new roads will be addressed until summer. Muldraugh’s north park vandalized
Muldraugh Police Chief Bill Wood reported about $10,000 in theft and damages at the city’s north park during Muldraugh’s City Council meeting Monday. Wood reported that no arrests have been made but the park is being patrolled regularly to deter theft and vandalism. City Council discussed purchasing motion detectors and cameras at the park. Wood will get estimates for the cost. Muldraugh looks to fix inflow and infiltration problems in sewer lines
Public Works Director Anthony Lee said during Monday’s City Council meeting that he hopes to decrease inflow and infiltration into the city’s sewer lines by 35 percent by the end of summer. The city hired a contractor to videotape the sewer lines to detect problem areas. A flow meter will be installed and measuring will begin when Hardin County Water District 1 takes over water and sewerage treatment July 1. The flow meter will be installed behind the lift station on Sunset Street. Lee will meet with Lincoln Trail Area Development District to present a plan for sewer line repairs. Magistrate Tom Goddard, whose district covers Muldraugh, offered assistance and said he will try to work with the Governor ’s Office for Local Development for funding.
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he said. “What we can do is be receptive to ideas to be supportive of the airport.” Schmidt said the airport will need to build a passenger terminal, which could take up to nine months to complete, but other than that the Airport Board will only need to convince a major airline that there is a market in the area, which his statistics support. According to the EAB, the 24 county area has a population of 608,000 people, with 350,214 potential passengers in the market. He said the Elizabethtown/Fort Knox corridor alone has a popula-
tion of 65,000 people, making it the fourth largest urban area in the state. But due to the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures, which is expected to bring more than 4,000 new military and civilian personnel to the area, those numbers will only go up, he said. “With BRAC growth, the Airport Board thought it would be the right time to do this,” he said. Fort Knox is the largest user of commercial airline service in the region, taking more than 23,000 trips in 2005, not including inbound
trainees, according to the EAB. Schmidt said the Airport Board wants to focus on convenient and cost-efficient flights while avoiding all the bells and whistles of larger airports. “It won’t be a palace with things you don’t need,” he said of the commercial terminal. “We want to keep things low-cost.” Construction on the terminal could begin in a month or two, he said. To contact the EAB, or to find out more information, visit www.ekxairport.com.
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ATV MOTOCROSS The Wrangler at Oak Hill — 4/1/2007, Decatur, TX. Jeremy Lawson 2nd Overall points standings Lawson 2nd Lawson is 10 points out of first with 113.
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Travis Argabright’s junior dragster season opener was cancelled last weekend due to inclement weather. Opening weekend has been rescheduled for tomorrow at Ohio Valley Dragway in West Point, Ky. Time trials begin at 2 p.m. and the elimination rounds begin at 7 p.m.
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The News Standard fishing columnist Chris Gable won a fishing tournament last Wednesday night at Hardy Lake, near Scottsburg, Ind. Gable took first place with five fish weighing more than nine pounds total and won big bass with 2.71 pound bass, winning $335. Gable won caught the fish on main lake points near spawning bays with a jerk bait and a rattle trap.
CORRECTION
A photo on page B3 incorrectly listed T.J. Millay as the catcher last week. It should have listed senior Levi Ray instead.
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Meade County High School star senior guard Riley Benock has decided to reopen his recruitment after receiving interest from a new school, according to sources. Reportedly, The College of William & Mary, the school Benock gave a verbal commitment to last week is currently still in the picture. Riley’s father, Tom, said his son will make a decision soon, perhaps within the next week. The spring signing period lasts until May 16, but he said Riley would not likely wait that long to make his final choice. Last Saturday, Benock played in the Kentucky-Ohio All-Star Game and Xavier signee Dante Jackson drilled a 3pointer with about four seconds left in overtime to give Ohio the win, 105-104. The game, held at the Connor Convocation Center at Thomas More College, featured Benock and Elizabethtown’s Steffphon Pettigrew, the newly crowned
Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year in Kentucky. Benock had two points and two assists in 10 minutes, while Pettigrew earned MVP honors, finishing with 26 points and 11 boards. Benock also competed in the three-on-three contest with Davin Anderson (Doss) and Kerry Benson (PRP) and won the Kentucky bracket, but lost to Ohio in the championship game. Next up for Benock are tryouts for the Kentucky-Indiana border war, which are next Friday and Saturday at Geogetown College in Georgetown, Ky. Thirty-nine players will attempt to make the team — Pettigrew automatically earned a spot by winning Mr. Basketball — and Benock received an automatic invite after winning the 3rd
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UK gets its man, sort of
University of Kentucky fans surely let out a collective sigh of relief last Friday when it was announced that Texas A&M headman Billy Gillispie would become the sixth coach to stalk the sidelines for Big Blue U. Luckily, UK didn’t face a situation similar to what the Crimson Tide faithful of Alabama football went through, courting several big name coaches only to be unceremoniously shot down. That’s bad for the ego of a supposed collegiate superG OOD C ALL power. It wasn’t long after No. 1 target Billy THE NEWS STANDARD/SHAUN T. COX Donovan turned down Meade County senior Riley Benock throws one down during warmups for the Kentucky- the Cats that PLEASE SEE GUARD, PAGE B3 Ohio All-Star Game at Thomas More College. UK shifted its focus to S HAUN T. one of the C OX hottest young coaching names in the business in Gillispie. UK and its fanatical fan base have gotten what it desires most — a tireless recruiter with a track record of sealing the deal with top players. That was the biggest knock on Smith, who refused to deal with AAU coaches whatsoever, certainly a hindrance on the rough-and-tumble recruiting trail. UK even got a ringing endorsement from former coach Rick Pitino, who said he’d rate the hire an 11 on a scale of 1-10. Surprising words indeed from the man who said — just a few short weeks ago — UK would be set back 10 to 15 years if Smith didn’t return as coach. Do these guys ever tell the truth or are they all just full of it? But I digress, that’s another column for another day. Gillispie said at his introductory press conference that he would like to see more Kentucky boys on the UK roster, music to state high school coaches’ ears. If that’s true, he should bring in E-town star and state high scorer (940 points this year alone) Steffphon Pettigrew, this year’s Gatorade Player of the Year in THE NEWS STANDARD/SHAUN T. COX Kentucky and Mr. Basketball, the Meade senior third basemen Brooks Benton applies a tag to a Holy Cross player Tuesday. Meade lost 4-3 and has highest individual award given dropped six in a row by a combined score of 38-12. The team looks to rebound during this weekend’s Wood Bat tourney. to a player. Pettigrew is also an outstand“Obviously, we’re not playing “If we don’t hit the ball a heck of a ing young man by all accounts lot better and execute as far as very well right now so it will give us and it would certainly be a good bunting and putting the ball in play, a chance to get things going in the faith gesture to prep coaches on we’re not going to fare a whole lot right direction,” Stankiewicz said. Gilllispie’s part to make him a better than we did (in Tuesday’s 4-3 “We just have to come out every day Wildcat. loss),” he said. “And it will be a and work hard. We know we’re better I’m almost convinced Pattrick whole lot worse because the teams than this.” Patterson will be attending FloriNext Thursday is the team’s first down there will be a whole lot better B Y S HAUN T. C OX da but I think UK still has a great district game against Hancock Counthan (Holy Cross).” sports@thenewsstandard.com shot at getting point guard Jai ty (5-4) and that is the target date for Snell said Lucas. Lucas has said he and Patthe team to be playing its best. The Meade County Greenwave is North Hardin terson would like to go to school “That’s what it’s all about,” Snell and E-town are struggling to find its groove right together, but Lucas is from Texas said. “The only thing that really matnow, but the team still has four more having a tough and was recruited by Gillispie ters is your district games. If we can go of it right games in this weekend’s Wood Bat previously. go in and win those… you win your Tournament to try and right the ship now and aren’t Lucas had great things to say four district games and you’re in the as good as prebefore district play begins. about the new King Cat recently region. You’re in the district champiBut it will be a tough road to trav- viously predictand still has UK high — higher onship game with a chance to win it el, as the tournament — hosted by ed before the than Florida, who just recently and you can throw anybody and Elizabethtown High School — fea- season, but he decided to go after him — on his everybody you’ve got at them. So expects them to tures some tough teams in E-town (5list, according to major recruiting DARREN that’s really what we try and build for. 6), Franklin County (5-3), North play up to their services. Really, these games, they mean somepotential this SNELL Hardin (6-7), and Henderson County If Gillispie can manage to thing but at the same time they don’t weekend. (6-2). bring in Patterson and Lucas, he because it’s all about district play.” “North Hardin is struggling a lit“It’s got the potential to get us would be well on his way to reelMillay said the Greenwave certainturned around because if we go in tle bit but he normally gets them ing in those fans who are still there and play well — and not even turned around by about the fifteenth ly has a chance to make some noise unsure about whether he was the necessarily win three games — but if game,” he said. “Same with E-town, and beat district rivals Hancock and right choice to take over college Breckinridge counties. they’ve got a lot of guys hurt and I we take two out of four, that could basketball’s all-time winningest “We’re just as good as everybody turn us around, especially against imagine when they all come back, program. in our district and just like coach Snell they’ll be better.” those teams,” coach Darren Snell Personally, I’m sold. Seniors T.J. Millay and Drew said, we can win the district, we said. “There isn’t a weak team in I thought it was 50-50 Stankiewicz shared Snell’s belief that (that field).” whether Donovan would come Snell said the onus is on the a good showing in the tournament to UK or not. But I definitely can help the team’s confidence. offense. PLEASE SEE SLIDE, PAGE B2 would have been more surprised to see him coaching Kentucky next year instead of Florida. My gut feeling said it would be Gillispie, who had a new contract extension with A&M which he was waiting to sign. Waiting for what was clear — B Y BUDDY S HACKLETTE Series championship just three UK. years prior. If you like scoring — and I Daytona Beach — The last time Last week, just prior to returnknow you do — here’s an interBobby Hamilton Jr. faced a mass of ing to his home track of Nashville esting tidbit: A&M scored more questions from NASCAR reporters Superspeedway, Hamilton again than 90 points in eight games this was during NASCAR Jackson- faced a mass of NASCAR reporters past season and more than 100 Hewitt Preseason Thunder testing and — seven races into the season three times. at Daytona International Speed- — seemed as invigorated as ever. UK scored more than 90 once, way. “I am having fun. I’m having a 95-89 win against South CaroliThat day, Hamilton Jr. tried to fun as far as being back with Ed na on Feb. 7. hold back the tears, keep a strong Rensi and Ronnie Russell and all Interesting stats: In Gillispie’s throat and mask his hurt as he those guys and being back in the first year at UTEP five seasons spoke about the season ahead and Busch Series, and I almost feel like ago, the team went 6-24. In his the loss of his father, former a lot of people want to be back in second year, the team went 24-8 NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton there, and that’s where I want to and made the Big Dance. In three Sr., who had succumbed to a year- be,” Hamilton Jr. said. “Like I said, year’s at A&M, the loss total long battle with head and neck can- when I walk on the racetrack, I went down each year: 10, 9 and cer just two weeks prior. make sure my chest is stuck out 7, respectively. The 29-year-old was optimistic and I make sure they know why Strap on your boots and hardabout being back in the race car, I’m there, to do one thing, and hat Billy Clyde, UK fans will away from the issues that his father that’s to win that race.’’ expect — no, demand — even PADRAIC MAJOR/NASCAR. had faced head-on and returning to Hamilton, a mainstay in the more. But I think you’re well Team Rensi Motorsports, where he Carl Edwards won last week's Pepsi 300 race at aware of that. Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway. For first place, had raced for a NASCAR Busch Welcome to Big Blue Nation. PLEASE SEE JR., PAGE B11 Edwards won a trophy and a guitar 300.
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just have to start playing better ball and I have no doubts in my mind that we’ll start doing that,” he said. “We just need to make some changes in practice and have a good week. We’ve had a tough schedule, but we still haven’t been playing good ball.” Stankiewicz echoed Snell’s statement about what a tough pre-district schedule full of top-notch teams can do to ready the ’wave for its real rivals. “All these games before district play,” he said, “it’s not that they aren’t important because they are preparing us for district play, but they’re not as important.” Tuesday, the team made up a game against Holy Cross and lost 4-3 after Millay flied out to center field in the top of the seventh with senior Corey Thomas representing the tying run on third. Holy Cross jumped out 2-0 in the first and scored again in the third. Meade countered in the fifth with its first run and two more in the sixth, tying the game. In the bottom of the fifth and Holy Cross threatening to blow it open, Stankiewicz caught a fly ball in right field and the Holy Cross runner tagged up and went for home. Stankiewicz threw a strike to the catcher, Millay, who made the tag for a double play and the play of the game. “Well, I knew there was a guy on third and they hit a fly ball,” Stankiewicz said. “I heard Daniel (Crean) yelling 4-4-4, so I got off a pretty good throw and we got the out.” Millay said Stankiewicz did all the work. “It saved a run from scoring and it was a really nice throw, right on the money,” he said. “I just had to catch it and tag him.” Starting pitcher Jordan Alexander hit a double to lead off the inning and Millay singled. After Meade drew a walk to load the bases, senior Mikie Derossett singled, knocking in two runs, still with nobody out. But the next three hitters struck out to end the threat and Holy Cross scored in the bottom of the inning to take back the lead. In the seventh, Thomas reached on a single and went to second after the Holy Cross pitcher balked. After Alexander struck out, Millay hit one straight to center field, ending the second comeback attempt for Meade. Last weekend, Meade County competed in the Southern Invitational and not only did the team have to face four tough teams, it also had to battle frigidly cold temperatures which swept through much of the Eastern United States. Friday had a reported high of 40 degrees and a low of 28. Saturday was even worse, with an un-April-like high of 34 and a low of 26. Since a 10-0 rout of Fairdale in which Thomas threw a no-hitter, Meade has lost seven straight games and been outscored 38-12. In Friday’s double-header, Meade lost to Tates Creek 7-1 and Eastern 4-0. Saturday, the team lost a close one to Southern 1-0 in the opener of another doubleheader. “We didn’t hit really until Saturday,” Snell said. “Saturday we hit the ball all right and actually played OK. We
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have to keep a good outlook.” Snell said he knows his team has the ability to win some games; it just needs to perform better at the plate. “You’ve got to let them know that hey, we can still believe we can win and we can,” he said. “Our pitching hasn’t been bad, it’s actually been pretty decent. “Corey’s been pitching well, Jordan didn’t pitch great (Tuesday) — he threw too many balls and walked a few too many guys — but we were still in the ballgame. If we hit, it’s probably not even a ballgame. We left too many guys on base and we had a lot of opportunities to move guys over and get them in just by putting the ball in play, but we had a lot of strike outs with guys on and that’s killing us right now.”
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Meade County sophomore Mikie Derossett takes a lead off first base against Holy Cross Tuesday. Derossett had two stolen bases off two walks, and a single that scored two runners.
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Girls softball team returns from trip, ready to get to work BY SHAUN T. COX sports@thenewsstandard.com
The girls softball team recently returned from its spring break trip to Gulf Shores, Ala., where they saw stiff competition and learned how hard they need to work, while at the same time spending some time on the beach — when it was near freezing back in Meade County. “It was an exciting week and we played some of the top teams in Alabama,” senior pitcher Lori Fox said. “We learned a lot on the trip and we didn’t win a lot of games, but it was still a fun trip for all of us. We realized that the teams there really work hard and we need to do the same.” The team went 1-3 on the trip but coach Mike Harreld said it wasn’t just about softball. “The girls had a really good time,” he said. “We had to take a 12-hour bus trip down there and get up and play Monday after going to the beach until about 12 or 1 o’clock. So when we played at 4 o’clock, they looked like they had been on a 12-hour bus trip and laid out all day, kind of like they were in slow motion.” Harreld said the weather in Alabama was nice for the most part, not like the 30- and 40degree temperatures experienced by the baseball team in Louisville.
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“Monday and Tuesday were really nice and they stayed out on the beach quite a bit and had a good time with that,” he said. “Wednesday, we played all day — from about 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 at night. “Thursday, it was a little too cool to be on the beach, but there are a lot of other things to do down there. One night we all went out and raced go carts and had a great time. They got in some softball and also got to have fun and that’s MIKE imporHARRELD tant.” The girls have several upcoming games including their first district matchups with Breckinridge County last night, after publication, and Hancock County next week. Monday, the team will host undefeated Beth Haven (6-0) at Meade Olin Park at 5:30 p.m. “Recently, they had not been very good,” Harreld said. “They brought a new young lady in and she’s a very good pitcher and they’ve got some good players behind her. And they have a coach who works the summer with the kids and that’s why they’ve got better. They’re a strong team that beat
us last year but we made a lot of errors against them. They made a lot of plays and we didn’t.” Tuesday, Pleasure Ridge Park (4-3) travels to Meade County. Beth Haven defeated PRP 6-0 on April 5. “PRP has one of those programs where some years they’re extremely strong and others, they’re a little bit weaker,” Harreld said. “I haven’t figured out if Beth Haven’s that good or PRP is just down.” Harreld said district games are most important, especially with the way the team played last season. “Both games are big because last year we didn’t win any in district play and we ended up going into the tournament as the last-place seed,” he said. “If you can win the district, then you get an automatic bid to the region so we’d like to get up on those games and get both of those in the next week.” Fox said the team is working hard but not yet satisfied. “I think we’re playing well but there’s always room for improvement,” she said. “We need to improve our hitting and minimize our errors defensively. We need to communicate where the ball needs to go before it’s hit.” Harreld said the team’s play has been up and down. “We’re playing about like I expected them to,” he said.
“We’ll have games where we play great and games where we don’t. Games where they make some of those freshman and sophomore mistakes.” One surprise the team got before its trip to Alabama was the addition of eighth-grader Raymie Greenwell, who struck out 13 hitters in her first varsity start against Shelby County. Fox acknowledged the difficulty of changing teams and being the youngest player — and one who doesn’t even go to the same school as her teammates — on the varsity squad, but she said Greenwell has what it takes. “She’s only played in our tournament (TSOA) so far but she’s done well,” she said. “I think it’s tough because she might think we’re better than her and that she’s not good enough to play with us, but I think she’s a really good athlete and that she’s ready to play varsity.” Harreld said he doesn’t think Greenwell will have a problem fitting in. “She’s a nice player and she doesn’t have a cocky attitude or think she’s better than everybody else,” Harreld said. “She brings a great attitude to the mound and she has confidence in herself and knows that she can play at this level. That’s one of the reasons we moved her up, that and how strong of a pitcher she is. She brings something different.”
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Taylor Oliver has been approved for listing in the upcoming 2006-2007 edition of Who’s Who Among Outstanding Students in America. Oliver will graduate from the 6th grade at Ekron Elementary this year. She is an honor roll student, loves to sing and dance, and is active in church at the Tabernacle of Worship. She was in the All-State Children’s Chorus at Whitney Hall in Louisville and the All-County Children’s Chorus for the last two years. Taylor is the daughter of Lori Oliver, the sister of Emilee Oliver, the granddaughter of John and Carla Oliver and John and Monteray Hazelip, and the great-granddaughter of Charline Oliver.
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ABOVE: Meade County fresmen baseball prepped for games. Held this past Tuesday evening at Meade Olin Park. They took a moment to motivate each other before the game. Meade County lost both games in a doubleheader against Trinity High School from Louisville. Left: Dalton Morgan, second base player warms up before last Tuesday nights game.
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Above: Jay Malonie, a 9-year-old baseball player from Ekron, practices stopping the ball and getting it to his first base teammate. Jay plays for the Reds.
Meade County Little League season begins with Parade Day Meade County Baseball kicks off its season, tomorrow — unless the weather is poor — with the annual Parade Day in Brandenburg. League president Joe Carter said Parade Day could be postponed until next Saturday if the weather is nasty. “Right now, everyone is really excited and the first games this year actually (yesterday) for some of the Major League kids,” he said. “The parade is always big for the kids. The teams and sponsors all get introduced and that’s always fun for the kids. The kids march down Main Street from
St. John Catholic Church to Ramsey Field for a game-filled day. The league consists of 10 T-ball, nine Rookie, six Minor and five Major Leauge teams. League president Joe Carter said in a previous interview that more than 550 kids will “play ball” this summer. The leagues are Cal Ripken-certified and chartered so the teams can compete in league and district play. The district consists of teams from Larue and Breckinridge counties, Elizabethtown, Fort Knox and Radcliff. A big draw for the league, Carter said pre-
viously, is that all kids will play a minimum of 50 perecent of the time, or 10 games. Carter also said umpires are always needed and are even paid a small amount for their time contributions. Carter said there are three goals for the kids, one of Meade County’s largest youth sports leagues. “My biggest goal is for the kids to have fun — this is a recreational league — and the second thing is for them learn sportsmanship,” he said in a previous interview. “The third thing is we want to teach them how to play baseball.”
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Avoid having someone else take credit for the project you started by finishing it yourself. Then it will be you lovely Lambs who will be wearing those well-deserved laurels. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The facts about a new opportunity are still emerging. Wait until they’re all out in the open, and then use your keen business sense to help make the right decision. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might feel confused, even hurt by a friend who suddenly puts distance between you. If she or he won’t discuss it, don’t push it. An explanation should come in time. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your willingness to be part of the team opens doors that had been shut to you. Keep them open by keeping your promises even when your commitment seems to be wavering. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Congratulations. You’re really getting things done to purrfection. And don’t forget
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The lure of spring and the outdoors BY CHRIS GABLE
Spring is one the best times of the year to catch a trophy largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted bass. Bass have just two things on their mind in the spring — eating and reproducing. There are some concrete practices that can put an angler in position to catch a trophy-sized fish this time of year. The photoperiod, or hours of daylight, the ecliptic or path of the sun on the horizon, and the jet stream in our hemisphere play a large role in the behavior of fish in the spring. First, longer daylight triggers more plankton growth in specific areas, which draws foragers (baitfish, crawfish and other smaller plankton feeding animals) in to feed on the plankton. The larger fish then follow the foragers, which they eat. You can use any map to see these areas by applying the ecliptic of the sun with our jet stream, which can be described in general as a southwestern to northeastern path. A bay that lies in a direction that points northwesterly is protected from colder winds in the spring. The ecliptic of the sun this time of year also travels on the horizon, which makes sunlight hit the western bank of these areas all day long. The best bays are the ones near channel swings (see illustration), which are much like an interstate highway to us. Most bays will have a ditch that flows into the main lake or river channel, which the bass use to travel in and out of the bay. This is the migration path (or off ramp) that bass will take to move from wintertime areas to their springtime spawning areas. These will be the first places that fish will move to in the spring. The spawn is eminent, so this also drives bass and because the young need warmth and sunlight for success, bass will move to these northwesterly bays to reproduce. Knowing all of these key things can now make it a well-calculated attack for an angler to catch that trophy bass. Since the female bass is usually the bigger of the two sexes, it is important to know that they also do some different things during
This map of Green River Lake in Kentucky helps illustrate the best way pinpoint where the fish are before, during and after the spawn each spring.
the spawn than the males. A female’s time on a nest is usually only about a 24 hour period, so understanding her behavior up to this time will put you even closer to her in the given areas discussed above. The spawn will occur when the photoperiod and the water temperatures are optimal in conjunction with a full or new moon. The beginning movements will be to the points of these bays, then to the secondary points in the bays, and then into the spawning flats. The males will begin to tell you when it is nearing the actual spawn. The week leading into a full or new moon, the males will stake their claim to shallow places and begin to make a bed. Sunfish are a huge predator to bass in the larval stage, so males will begin a figure eight guardand-attack motion on the areas before, during and after the spawn to rid it of these or any other predators. They will then fan out a depression on the bottom or clean a stump, log or rock to use as a bed. Usually, three days before the full moon the bass will start to become visible by wearing polar-
ized glasses. If you have never used a good set of polarized glasses, go to your local tackle store and pick up a pair. The $10 variety is OK to use but will usually scratch up after one season and you will need to buy a new pair the next year, but they are good enough to make it through spring if you are on a tight budget. Now back to the fish, the female will be offset three days prior to the moon phase in deeper water near its paired male. She will stay in this area until the day of the full moon. At that time, the male will begin to coax her into the nest, eventually getting her to move into the bed and spawn with him. The two fish have definite characteristics in color as well during this time. The female will be a dark, olive green and the male will be a gold, yellow-green. They will also be visible from a distance because they often flash in the water and turn in a circular motion while in the bed. So, we know what the fish are doing, why they are doing it, and where they will be at certain times. So now all we have to do is figure out what it takes to catch
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them. You can break a bay down into three sections and label them. The early spring, pre-spawn and spawn (see illustration) by defining these areas, you can eliminate water to narrow the location of the fish. In early spring, you should use search baits such as crank baits, spinner baits and Carolina rigged soft plastics to cover a lot of water and use your electronics and temperature gauges until you find a defined location of the bass. Temperature can tell you a lot about where the fish are in the bays. Once you narrow down the specific locations, you can then start using lures that are more efficient in catching the bigger females. Jerk baits, rattle trap-type crank baits, jigs and big spinner baits in early spring are great for catching trophy females. The female bass tend to feed heavily on crawfish because they need the iron in their diet, so a jig is probably the best of all these lures. Once the bass move into the pre-spawn mode, spinner baits, shallow diving crank baits and rattle trap crank baits should be dominantly fished on flats and secondary points near spawning areas. Lastly is the actual spawn period, when jigs and Texas rigged soft plastics become the most enticing of lures to catch bass. One thing to remember during this period is that often times, the fish are not so interested in feeding and most strikes are just to move a potential predator out of an area. Line type is very important during this time for that reason. Low stretch lines are very important because strikes are so short. You can often look at the fish while fishing for them this time of year — sight fishing — using polarized sunglasses. The line will make setting the hook quickly very effective on the short pick and move of lures. In conclusion, this is the best time for anglers to catch that often-elusive seven-pound largemouth, five-pound smallmouth, or four-pound spotted bass. Apply the natural facts and you can make the catch of a lifetime a possibility.
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A male largemouth bass guarding his fry after the spawn (the black spots). Males guard the nest against predators after the spawn. Fish are less interested in feeding during this time than they are in protecting the nest.
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I remember all too well the first time I tried chewing tobacco. My college baseball team was at some road game in the middle of Delaware in the middle of summer. We were getting destroyed by some unknown college, making the ham-andegger on the mound look like Nolan Ryan, and with the score something like 17-0, I decided to try some chewing tobacco at the encouragement of our derelict first baseman. At first, I kind of liked the taste ... there was a certain molasses-type sweetness to it. I chewed it a bit in the on-base circle, watching the pitcher, and when it became my turn to hit, I
felt real confident. In fact, I practically floated to the plate. The bat felt light, and I felt suddenly alert. I felt great! The first pitch came to the plate and I was hacking away, fouling one down the line. And that’s when I realized the tobacco wasn’t such a wonder drug after all. The euphoria was gone. I could feel tingling at my extremities, and my stomach was starting to churn. I felt a head rush and a cold sweat began to build. The next pitch floated by for a strike, and I couldn’t even lift the bat. I was rapidly turning green. The next pitch sailed outside as I stood there wobbling. I couldn’t even see the ball — it looked like a dot, swimming in a
sea of little dots (those are called “phosphenes,” I would later learn). Another pitch sailed outside, and I buckled over. In the dugout, I could see the first baseman yelling very slowly to “spit ... it ... out!” I opened my mouth and let the largest spitwad of tobacco juice ever unleashed fall smackdab in between the opposing team’s catcher’s crouched legs. It literally splashed up, and completely freaked the guy out, who cursed me out loud. After being ordered to play ball, much to my dismay, I was issued a walk. As I ran down the line like Jerry Lewis on the “Colgate Comedy Hour,” I promised to never chew tobacco again. Today, more than 30 percent of Major League Baseball players
and close to 50 percent of minor leaguers chew tobacco — even though it’s known to cause cancer and contains more than 28 carcinogens. This season, Boston manager Terry Francona will attempt to do what I did all those years ago and kick the habit. If he fails to do so, he has agreed to pay $20,000 to a cancer charity. To make such a commitment ... well, some would say chewing tobacco is “as American as baseball and apple pie.” But let’s be honest, when was the last time you saw someone eating a pie on the on-deck circle? Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and publisher of The Parkville (Mo.) Luminary.
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Q&A: Tough times for Toyota Q: I hope all the Toyota fans are happy, as their teams stink! I'm glad, because I'm a Chevy lover and wish Toyota had stayed in other forms of racing. They don't belong in NASCAR, and every time one of those Toyotas fails to qualify, I'm glad. -Kevin P., South Carolina A: Kevin, everyone is free to express his or her opinions, but I'm sticking with mine, and I feel having Toyota in NASCAR is good for the sport, not bad. Yes, the teams are struggling, but they will get a lot better, and I still feel they can win a race this year. Dave Blaney has finished second in a Busch race already, and his Cat-sponsored Bill Davis Camry seems to be the best running Toyota of the Cup group. Q: I think NASCAR should have given Mark Martin the win by doing what was right at Daytona. If it had been Junior (Earnhardt) ahead, he would have won it because they would have
thrown the yellow. -- B.B., Pennsylvania A: We've received many letters and e-mails about "yellow or no yellow" at Daytona. I feel NASCAR did the right thing, letting Harvick and Martin run for the win with the checkered flag waving. This will be the last question we answer on this subject, so readers, please, don't send in any more. It's a done deal: Harvick won; Martin finished second. Q: What's the deal with all these Indy drivers running in NASCAR? We have Juan Pablo Montoya, A.J. Allmendinger and even Sam Hornish giving it a try. What's up? -- Alice L., Kentucky. A: Alice, you might as well add Tony Stewart to the list (former IndyCar Series champion), along with Scott Pruett (drove Indy many times), Paul Tracy (he's tried, too) and Sarah Fisher (was with Childress in a devel-
opment program). I can keep going all the way back to A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti and Jim Hurtibise, who all won oval NASCAR races, and further to Paul Goldsmith (won his first NASCAR race, a 100-mile qualifier in 1963) and well into the '50s if I needed to. The bottom line is that NASCAR is the biggest racing series in the United States (if not the world). It pays the best and gives the best exposure for sponsors. So the question is, "Why wouldn't you want to run in this series?" Q: I hear Sunoco isn't happy with Kevin Harvick's uniform with the big Shell gasoline logo on it when he won the Daytona 500. They made him change it for the California race after he won at Daytona. What's up with that? -- Alfred M., Pennsylvania A: I believe NASCAR, on behalf of Sunoco, requested that Richard Childress "change the
logos a bit," as Sunoco has what is called major sponsor rights and is the official gasoline of NASCAR. Sunoco supplies the gas used in all the races for the drivers. Harvick's car is supposed to be sponsored by Shell's Pennzoil brand motor oil, with Shell (Royal Dutch Petroleum) promoting the motor oil more so than its gasoline brand. This is all big business, with signed contracts, etc., and everyone involved knows what they can and can't do. Had Sunoco not complained, perhaps Harvick would still be wearing his uniform with the big Shell logo, but business is business. Thanks for the question. Write to Greg Zyla in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send an e-mail to letters.kfws@hearstsc.com. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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NASCAR Busch Series for five seasons, hasn’t run this well since the last time he was wheeling an NBS entry for Team Rensi Motorsports. Rewind it back three seasons and Hamilton Jr. was the man to beat in the NASCAR Busch Series. He had led nearly half the series’ races, led 425 laps and secured seven top-five and 12 top-10 finishes in 23 starts for Team Rensi before jumping ship for a bigger payday in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup ranks. He jumped to the singlecar operation of Cal Wells’ PPI Motorsports, where he scored five top-20 finishes in 17 races that 2004 season. Although he wasn’t the dominant car he had been in the Busch Series, the move allotted him a bigger salary and the chance to go Cup racing fulltime — for what he hoped was the rest of his career. “All you can do is be the top running Busch Car every week as far as a normal Busch guy, and if you are that, then you can start working on other stuff as far as learning how to beat those guys,” Hamilton Jr. said. “It’s not the intimidation factor. I mean I don’t care who they are. “In that race car we’re all the same size and weigh the same. “But I think the biggest thing is we’ve just got to — like we used to be in ‘04, we got it to be where we were the best Busch Car every week, and all of a sudden we went to saying, OK, what do we need to start doing to kick Kevin Harvick’s butt, what do we need to start doing to kick Carl Edwards’ butt or Greg Biffle’s butt or this or that. Once we’re doing that, we’re slowly but surely trying to be the best Busch Car, and when we do that we’ll progress to B and go right for those guys from there.” Hamilton Jr. went Cup racing fulltime in 2005 in Wells No. 32 Tide entry, but the team struggled to find success — mainly because it was a single-car entry in a multi-car world. Hamilton Jr. made just 33 of 36 races, led once and finished the season 36th in points.
It was a tumultuous season, one where some of the Tide team members even questioned if Hamilton was running poorly intentionally in an effort to get fired from the ride in search of a better deal. “There were some people who said that,” said one former team member, who requested anonymity. “They wondered if he was doing it on purpose.” Things went from bad to worse last season. In an effort to try and rebuild his career, Hamilton Jr. drove one his father ’s three fulltime entries in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The season began with his father being diagnosed with cancer and Hamilton Jr. scored six top-10 finishes in 25 starts en route to a 16thplace finish in the final points. Travis Kvapil struggled in Hamilton’s old Cup ride last year as well and in the offseason, the team closed up shop. During that time, Hamilton Jr.’s wife, Stephanie Hamilton, was just trying to get her husband back to the Busch Series, a place where they both felt he belonged. “(Rensi) and my wife ran into each other at Bristol and she was over begging him to see if we can come back over there because they were talking about having a third car if they could find a sponsor. It just all happened to work out. He says, ‘Do you really want to come back?’ I told him, yeah, if there’s a seat, I’m there, there’s no question,” Hamilton Jr. said. “As I said, we had a couple of different opportunities with another Cup car and a couple of other trucks, and when that seat became available, it was like there was no question. It’s one of those where I just felt real comfortable, I knew everybody that was there, I knew management, I knew owners. Everything that makes you feel at ease when you walk in the shop, I already knew. Ed really helped a lot.” It has clearly helped on the race track as well. The team is not back up to the championship-contending car it was three years ago, but the No. 35 McDonald’s Ford is making strides in the right direction and consistently finishing races.
Hamilton Jr. and crew chief Chris Wright have completed every lap of every race this season except four, have averaged a finishing position of 19th in seven starts and secured a season-best start and finish of ninth last weekend at Nashville Superspeedway in the Pepsi 300. “Right now we are — we should be the best Busch Car by far, and what I mean by that is we should be the best full time Busch guy, and anything less than that is not acceptable. It's really hard to deal with some of the Cup guys because those guys are tough. But they can be beat. We've done it before,” Hamilton Jr. said. “But I think the biggest letdown is right now that we're not the leading Busch guy. Give me two or three weeks, and I will be. That's just what I expect out of the people, what the team expects, and once we get to that part where we're the best Busch guy, then we can go to the next part about being the best guy that's capable of beating those Cup guys.’’ Australian Marcos Ambrose is tops among the fulltime non-Cup Busch regulars, sitting sixth in the points standings, but just 16 points behind him in seventh is Hamilton, followed by Shane Huffman and Mike Wallace, two other fulltime Busch runners. Being competitive and sitting in the top-10 in points has enabled Hamilton Jr. some time to heal, get away from some of the past, focus on driving his car and not so much on the business of running the truck program that he inherited from his father. “Everything is kind of at a standstill right now. I haven't heard a whole lot out of it. I just kind of — really I hadn't even heard anything out of it or even brought it up. I've just been kind of busy doing my own deal,” Hamilton Jr. said. “I know we're still going through personal stuff with my dad. “I really haven't heard what's going on, and to be perfectly honest, I've got other things on my mind and really don't care at this point. It'll work itself out, whatever is going to happen. Worst case scenario; I'm stuck with a Truck team if nothing happens to it. But it'll — whatever is going to happen is going to happen, I guess.”
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Sam Ard’s Busch Series No. 00 car. After retiring, Ard has had trouble with finances.
BY GREG ZYLA
Much has been written recently about NASCAR not having or failing to put together some type of retirement/pension plan for its past and current drivers who make the sport what it is today. Crew members have 401(k)s, medical benefits, etc., but drivers, known as independent contractors, usually don't. And in the past, they never did -- and that's where the problem lies. Former driving stars like Sam Ard, a two-time Busch Series champion, has Alzheimer's disease, and his wife of 46 years, Jo, has a degenerative eye disease. The Associated Press' Jenna Fryer explained in an article prior to the Daytona 500 that between Social Security, Sam's veterans benefits and what Jo picks up cleaning houses, the Ards bring in roughly $1,600 a month. After the mortgage payment of $426.96, car insurance on Ard's 1993 Ford Ranger, utilities, phone and cable, there's only about $123 left. Fryer went on to explain that some inside NASCAR -specifically naming President Mike Helton and spokesman Jim Hunter -- have given financial assistance on a case-bycase basis, but they aren't prepared to fund a pension because it would be next to impossible to find a starting point.
This help from NASCAR deserves a note of praise, as do current drivers like Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart, who all have helped in Ard's plight in one way or another, as have other drivers and crew members. In my opinion, this is a very tough situation, because most of today's stars make millions and probably don't need a retirement or pension plan, but how about the "non-star" drivers in Cup, Busch and Craftsman, or drivers from years gone by, like Ard? If NASCAR truly wants to be like the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NHL or NBA, then maybe it's time to have some "pension meetings," because not everyone is a Jeff Gordon or Dale Earnhardt Jr. If you would like to help Ard, the 1983 and 1984 Busch Series champ, who currently lives in a house trailer with his wife, go to www.samard.com right now. According to the Alzheimer's Association, the average life expectancy of an Alzheimer's patient is eight years from the onset of symptoms. The average total cost to care for a person with Alzheimer's is $174,000. Most - more than seven out of 10 -patients live at home, with family and friends providing the majority of their care. *** Juan Pablo Montoya's first win in NASCAR down Mexico
way came at a price. He punted his Chip Ganassi teammate and road racer extraordinaire Scott Pruett out of the way for the win with eight laps to go. Montoya improved from 19th position to first after a pit mishap with a fueling apparatus allowed only two gallons of fuel to enter his tank with 37 laps to go. Thanks to a yellow, Ganassi's team fixed the fuel tank problem with 27 to go, loaded Montoya's Dodge with fuel and off he went in 19th spot. Pruett, who had a great car, was none too happy about the event, and criticized Montoya for "lowdown, nasty, dirty driving." Pruett dropped to 17th after being knocked out of the lead, yet still came back to finish fifth. The unwritten rule in racing that Montoya broke is "never spin or crash your teammate." Granted, it was a magnificent drive for Montoya, but tarnished nonetheless. Montoya will be a favorite to win at one of two Cup road-course races this year, specifically at Infineon and Watkins Glen. Kudos also to Pruett, a class act and also a favorite to win a Cup race in a Ganassi "parttimer" entry. Write to Greg Zyla in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send an e-mail to letters.kfws@hearstsc.com. (c) 2007 Synd., Inc.
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ìCars To Sell For Just $29* Down and $99 a Month!î Brandenburg Area Shoppers Express Disbelief But Dealer Remains Optimistic As Unprecedented 4-Day Sale Approaches, April 18th-21st B R A N D E N B U R G, KY - obtain credit approval for obtain a new or pre-owned Mr. Tony Brown, owner of those who may have had car, truck, van or sportTony Brown Chevrolet, challenges in the past. utility with an unbelievably announced plans today for During the event, selec- low down payment of just a great new way to buy cars tion couldnít be better. twenty-nine* dollars! thatís simple and inexpen- M a n y o f t h e v e h i c l e s In order to assist buyers sive. This unique sales offered are late model vehi- w i t h l o a n p r o c e s s i n g , event, also known as the cles with low mileage and finance representatives will ì N a t i o n a l A u t o m o t i v e the balance of their factory be on hand for immediate ëInsiderí Saleî, has been warranty remaining. There approval, and release of the s w e e p i n g t h e U . S . will be many makes and great deals offered at this Customers who come to models to choose from event. this sale are on the ëInsideí including: Chevrolet, Ford, Brown would like to to great savings remind cuson the new or tomers that the ìIncredible new concept allows used vehicle of event is firstcustomers to take on payments their choice, all come,firstfor just a low iniserved, so itís with just $29* down and $99 a tial down paycritical to come month and drive home the ment of only early to have the $29*, based on best chance of vehicle of their dreams during lender approval getting the this 4-day ëInsiderí sales event!î and creditworvehicle o f y o u r thiness. choice. The event will be held for Chrysler, Dodge, Honda, The exclusive site for this j u s t f o u r d a y s , f r o m Toyota. An abundance of e v e n t i s To n y B r o w n We d n e s d a y, A p r i l 1 8 t h S.U.V.ís will also be fea- Chevrolet, located at 2935 thru Saturday, April 21st, tured, including: Tahoe, B r a n d e n b u r g R o a d , f o r regardless of weather. T r a i l B l a z e r , G r a n d four days only, Wednesday, B r o w n o f f e r s a s i m p l e Cherokee, Explorer and April 18th thru Friday, e x p l a n a t i o n f o r t h i s more. April 20th from 8am-7pm unprecedented sale. ìAs For auto shoppers looking and Saturday, April 21st one of the largest dealer- for a very low monthly pay- from 8am-6pm. ships in the area, weíre ment, there will be many Hurry for the best seleco v e r s t o c k e d w i t h h i g h choices, including a 2001 tion. For further informaquality vehicles from lease OLDS Aurora, with 4dr, t i o n o n t h e ì N a t i o n a l t u r n - i n s , p r o g r a m c a r automatic and CD for just Automotive ëInsiderí Sales t r a d e - i n s , n e w v e h i c l e $99/month**. Sample pay- Eventî, please call (888) duplications, and more.î m e n t s w i l l b e c l e a r l y 920-2141. He adds, ìI canít remember marked on vehicles. All the last time so many rare youíll need to do is obtain opportunities were avail- credit approval, then pick able to us at one time; so, a vehicle and a payment. *$29 denotes down payment, all sales subject to lender and credit approval. we decided to let our cus- Itís that simple. Exact rate and term varies by vehicle tomers take advantage of Brown cites another and buyer. All prices exclude governthese incredible values example, a 1992 Chevrolet ment fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer document prep rather than sell them to Tr a c k e r w i t h 4 w d - 2 d r, charges and any emission test charge. wholesalers or strangers at hardtop, AM/FM stereo, for Vehicles subject to prior sale. **Examples: 1) 2001 OLDS Aurora, the auctions.î During ìThe only $99/month**. stk# 261308. $29 Down, $99/mth for N a t i o n a l A u t o - m o t i v e For those auto shoppers 48 months @ 8% WAC. Cash price ëInsiderí Saleî, every vehi- looking to trade their cur- $5995. 2) 1992 CHEV Tracker, stk# 938342. cle will be clearly marked rent vehicle, all trades are $29 Down, $99/mth for 48 months @ and available for the low welcome, paid for or not. 8% WAC. Sale price $3995. d o w n p a y m e n t o f $ 2 9 * . You wonít want to miss this ©2007 THE PREMIER GROUP All Every effort will be made to u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y t o Rights Reserved.
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