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Cheddar’s Casual Cafe, normally called Cheddar’s, will open sometime next year next to the Cracker Barrel in London. Lee Greer, owner of Cheddar’s, said nothing is set in stone. The only plan is to have it open by 2013. The company bought 3 acres of land on Faith Assembly Church Road in September for $1.5 million. Cheddar’s is an American chain of casual dining restaurants. They have burgers, pub food, sandwiches, and subs at reasonable prices. The chain was founded in 1978 in Arlington, Texas, by Aubrey Good and Douglas Rogers. More than 80 Cheddar’s restaurants operate throughout the United States, primarily in the South and Midwest. Cheddar’s does not advertise in any medium, instead relying on word of mouth. Lexington has currently two Cheddar’s restaurants. A third will open soon. More information will be available in the next few months.

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Laurel County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chuck Johnson (left) completed a drill with Lt. Rodney Van Zant (right). These drills serve as a reminder to always have your partner’s back covered at all times.

Laurel County Sheriff ’s Special Response Unit trains for the unexpected calls or planned operations that occur each year that deploy the unit. The n the event of sheriff’s office has a hostage situutilized their SRU ation, bomb over the past year threat or high to serve numerous risk traffic narcotics warrants, stop, Laurel warrants for feloCounty Sheriff John nies for wanted perRoot and his staff will sons, and hostage ensure the public’s or injured citizen/ safety at all times with officer rescue with a specialized tactical their team tactics response unit (SRU), and precision weapwhich formed officially ons. in late 2011. This “These are situaWednesday, six Detective Daryl Zanet practiced his marksman skills during a portion of the evening’s SRU tions that must be Sheriff’s officers met drills. dealt with a great for training at an outdegree of training, door shooting range. planning and expeThe sun set over the and Van Zant serve as snipers, laying dirt-covered shooting range as Lt. Rod- low at a distant range to observe the rience,” Van Zant said. Van Zant stated, often times, the SRU ney Van Zant led the SRU through five overall situation, and Deputy John tactical drills. All SRU members were Blanton stands nearby as a 12-year is called upon to assist a deputy who certified in night operations. paramedic and sharp-shooter along feels they need more manpower to accomplish a desired task. “The worst thing to hear is a ‘click’ with Deputy Brett Reeves. “The deputy may find himself at a when you need a ‘bang’,” Van Zant “What we do is beyond the scope of said, regarding heavy tactical situa- regular police activity,” Detective Ja- tactical disadvantage due to any situation that may fall outside the realm tions that involve the exchange of gun- son Back said. fire. Sheriff Root initiated the SRU pro- of ‘average daily patrol activities’ or Detective Daryl Zanet is at the front gram to further service the citizens because of the lack of deputy experilines of operations as a hostage nego- of Laurel County. On average, there tiator. Meanwhile, Sgt. Chuck Johnson are approximately six to 10 emergency SEE TRAINING, PAGE 3A

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An aerial view of the Visone Auto Mart on north U.S. 25 after a tornado tore through northern Laurel County Friday evening. The business specializes in recreational vehicles, campers and wholesale autos.

BY MAGEN MCCRAREY Staff writer

Severe storms clouded the sunset in Laurel County Friday evening and gave way to a fierce force of nature. The National Weather Service in Jackson, Ky. reported a funnel formed over Wood Creek Lake at around 7 p.m. Minutes later, a flash of lightning lit up the sky on Bentley Road in East Bernstadt that revealed a funnel whistling northeast from I-75 bound for eye-witness Aaron Holt’s home. “It was horrific. We didn’t see it because it was so black and cloudy but when the lightning struck that’s when we saw it,” Holt said. Aaron Holt and his wife, Tori, rode out the storm with about 10 of his closest neighbors in his basement. Up the road, James Sawyers sat, bent over his bathtub in his double-wide trailer, praying. Sawyers was left with his life, but not much else. “All I got left is me and my car,”

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The garage was ripped off this home on north U.S. 25. he said on Saturday morning as he stood atop a littered ground where is trailer once stood. Ethel Pruitt was not as lucky. She was killed when the tornado destroyed her mobile home on Bentley Road. Another occupant of the home was critically injured.

The tornado’s destructive path drew further northeast as it touched down on Old Hare Road, and then Little Arthur Ridge Road. The tornado claimed the lives of ﬁve Laurel Countains, either that very night or by injuries sustained from the tornado. Other fatalities

were: Wilburn and Virginia “Lizzie” Pitman of Old Hare Road; and Sherman Wayne and Debbie Allen of Little Arthur Ridge Road. On Little Arthur Ridge Road, Candace Wright was about to head to neighbor Donald Rhode’s basement when the tornado whipped over the ridge, wiping away four mobile homes in its wake. “It was a loud roaring sound just like they say, like a train,” Wright said. “We just didn’t have time.” Five people rode out the tornado in Rhodes’ basement on Little Arthur Ridge Road, just across the street from where Sherman Wayne and Debbie Allen were killed. “We heard it coming and I tried to get everyone down in the basement,” Rhodes said. “It took me a while but I ﬁnally got everyone, including the dog.” Rhode’s home was completely torn away by the tornado, leaving nothing but the basement walls where the SEE TORNADO, PAGE 3A

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Sharon Norris recovers the personal belongings of her sister, Debbie Allen, who along with her husband was killed in Friday’s tornado. Norris was at the scene Saturday along with her mother, Cassie Gray.

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Cassie Gray of Manchester was on the phone with her daughter several times Friday evening during the outbreak of severe weather. Her daughter was worried. When her phone fell silent, she knew something bad had happened. “My daughter said they had made it through the ﬁrst storm, but she didn’t know if they were going to make it through this one,” Gray said. “I kept trying to call her and call her, but she never answered.” Gray’s daughter, Debbie Allen, was killed along with Allen’s husband, Sherman Wayne, when the tornado demolished their double wide mobile home on Little Arthur Ridge Road. After demolishing the Visone Auto Mart on SEE MOTHER, PAGE 3A

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