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Boone jail plans spring cleanup By Stephanie Salmons ssalmons@nky.com
Ryan Clark, left, of Burlington, and Joe Cox, co-authored a book highlighting the history of the rivalry between the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville basketball teams.THANKS TO RYAN CLARK
Burlington author releases book on basketball rivalry By Stephanie Salmons
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BURLINGTON — Ryan Clark grew up a fan of Kentucky basketball. “It all started with my granddad,” the Burlington resident says. “I grew up in Louisville, but he says he got to me first, before any U of L fans could. So I grew up
a UK fan and loved their basketball squad ever since then.” Clark, 34, has just published his second book on UK with friend Joe Cox, “Fightin’ Words: Kentucky vs. Louisville.” “I’ve written a few others but writing about UK basketball is the most fun I’ve ever had,” he said. He and Cox had just finished
their last book, “100 Things Wildcats Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die,” when they began to wonder what was next. Cox, 33, said the idea was one he had more than a decade ago. While Cox, who lives near and works in Bowling Green, is a Kentucky fan – he and Clark met See RIVALRY, Page A2
Some inmates at the Boone County Jail will work to clean the county roadways this spring during the annual Boone County Jail Clean Sweep 2014, which runs March 31 to April 4. While there are inmate crews that pick up trash and dead animals on the roadway year round, Jailer Edward Prindle said for this week, they have 10 crews working on the endeavor instead of just one. According to Prindle, inmate crews picked up 1,860 bags of trash during the cleanup week alone last year. That totals more than 19 tons of trash. “That’s good that it’s cleaned up, but it’s also kind of depressing,” he said. Former jailer John Schickel and then-deputy jailer Prindle started the program in 1988. This is the 26th year for the program and they’ve been able to bring in more trash each year, Prindle said. Before that, there was never a week devoted to doing a spring cleanup of the county’s roadways, he said. “As the county’s grown, it becomes a bigger and bigger job,” Prindle said. “The growth in the 26-year period has been tremendous as far as the number of roads that we cover.” Prindle says it’s part of
the jail’s role to look at ways to have the inmates “give back to the community some of what they took in whatever crime they committed against the community.” Sgt. Jim Wilson, director of the jail’s work camp in Burlington, said the program not only saves tax dollars but it teaches inmates work ethic as well. He estimates that at a low rate, the same work would cost the taxpayers around $36,000 for salary alone. According to Wilson, they save they county about $1.8 million a year in labor costs. Prindle says that comes from inmate crews working with the county parks and roads departments. For the first time, Prindle said they’ll partner with the new Boone County Recycling Center. The trash that’s picked up will be sorted by inmates assigned to work at the recycling center and what’s recyclable will be sorted out. Those who see litter that needs to be cleaned can call the work camp at 859-3344980 or email Wilson at jwilson@boonecountyky.org . Prindle is currently seeking re-election and faces challengers Scott Goodridge and Brian Landrum in the May 20 Republic primary. Want to continue the conversation? Tweet at @SSalmonsNKY
Classroom library instills love of learning By Melissa Stewart mstewart@communitypress.com
UNION — Lisa Willoughby’s classroom is unlike any other. In this Mann Elementary second-grade classroom students are surrounded by books to encourage their imagination, develop their minds and prepare them for life. Willoughby has spent the last 17 years building her 5,000-book classroom library. “Reading is a passion of mine,” Willoughby said. “I absolutely love having developed a classroom library that opens the threshold to endless possibilities for my students. They have at their hands the opportunity to learn about whatever they’d like to learn about in non-
fiction or the opportunity to take whatever adventure they’d like to take on in fiction.” According to Willoughby, instilling this love of reading at this age is essential to students’ success in school and in life. This zeal to educate her students earned Willoughby, 51, of Union, recognition as a Florence Rotary Teacher of the Year, award chair Gary Wilmhoff said. The award includes recognition at a Rotary Club luncheon, as well as $250 from the award’s sponsor, Heritage Bank. The money is to be used for a charity of the teacher’s choice or even the teacher’s school. Their school is given a banner to recognize the winner. This year 18 nominations
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were received for the Rotary’s annual award and only three were chosen. Other winners were Karen Wiebe from Camp Ernst Middle School and Kelly Read from Boone County High School. Wilmhoff said recognition of local teachers is an important duty of the club. “Our education system is the backbone of our community,” Wilmhoff said. “Rotary recognizes that without a good education system, the county won’t progress as it should. Teachers are a vital part of the community and we want to recognize them for their contributions.” Willoughby started her teaching career after graduating from Eastern Kentucky University in1997. She taught in
Lisa Willoughby of Mann Elementary has been named a Florence Rotary Teacher of the Year. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
the Clark County school system in Winchester for a year before moving to Boone County. She taught at Erpenbeck Elementary for eight years and trans-
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