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Toler takes Tate to task for town ees, and has drawn the ire of city employees.

One, Superintendent of Water, Anthony Lee, told Toler during a meeting earlier this year that when

BY MATTHEW TUNGATE she dies, he hopes she “burns in Muldraugh voters will have more hell.” Toler has not attended a city council meeting in months, saying to decide Nov. 7 than just who their she has been next mayor will be. The threatened and vote is, in effect, a referenfeels unsafe in City dum on Linda Toler.

Hall.

Toler, the diminutive 61Tate, 50, spent year-old gadfly and city six years as a city councilwoman, is challengcouncilman and ing incumbent Mayor ran three times for Danny Tate. Toler said in mayor, winning an interview earlier this DANNY TATE the last two, and LINDA week that she cannot imagsaid he is surine staying in the town if prised by Toler’s campaign.

Tate is re-elected – even if her hus“It’s never been this dirty,” he band Kenneth wins his bid to join said. the city council.

Toler’s ire has not been reserved Toler has run an aggressive camfor Tate. She says there is too much paign, railing against Tate’s eightnepotism on the city council, where year record as mayor – a record he Lee’s mother and uncle serve. defends. She used the Attorney Councilman Donald Basham has a General’s Office to force the city to son-in-law who works for the city, as release pay records of city employ-

Mayor says opponent is misinformed

County not impartial, man says County attorney, sheriff deny bias toward neighbor

BY MATTHEW TUNGATE

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Viewpoints ......2

Sports ............10

Fun & Games...9

Obituaries........6

Faith & Values.8

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Status quo vs. change key to Brandenburg contest

BY MATTHEW TUNGATE

Brandenburg’s voters have to choose who they want their mayor to represent – the city or the county’s industrial commission, according to a city councilman running for the office.

Bradley Johnston, 57, said he is unencumbered by ties to any organization or entity other than the city. One of his opponents, David Pace, is chairman of the Meade County/Brandenburg Industrial Commission.

Bonnie Oblander, 50, also is running for mayor.

“The citizens need to ask who represents Brandenburg,” he said.

Pace said he doesn’t know why there would be a conflict between the Industrial Commission and the city, as economic development benefits both the city and the county.

Johnston used the Brandenburg industrial park as an example. The city invested more than $100,000 in the park. The Industrial Commission has put National Guard, state garage and Meade County Water District offices in the park – state and national entities that pay no taxes on the

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“Mr. Sedoris is just one of those disgruntled people we’ve prosecuted.”

A Brandenburg man is accusing county officials of abusing their authority and favoring his neighbor, a county employee, in a squabble Darren Sipes, going back at least two years.

Larry Sedoris Jr., 35, said he county attorney has been assaulted, arrested and forced to leave his home against Sedoris or favoritism at the entrance of Sun Valley toward Cheek.

Road because of the conflict Wise said the deputy who with deputy jailer Cindy arrested Sedoris on Oct. 12 Cheek, who lives at the end of didn’t even know Sedoris had the street. called Sipes because the “It’s obvious they’ve overdeputy works at night. used their authority,” he said.

“That’s not true,” Wise Sedoris was in court said. “He didn’t even know Wednesday, where he pleaded they’d been on the radio.” not guilty to a disorderly conBut Wise is aware duct charge stemof the feud. ming from an alterca“We answer comtion Oct. 12 with plaints out there all Cheek and her famithe time,” he said. ly.

“Who’s right, who’s Sedoris said he wrong, I don’t know.” was “coincidentally” Sipes said he doesarrested the same n’t have anything day he called radio LARRY personal against station WMMG and SEDORIS JR. Sedoris. confronted County “Mr. Sedoris is just one of Attorney Darren Sipes on air these disgruntled people about his perceived mistreatwe’ve prosecuted,” he said. ment.

According to Sedoris, that’s “Any time we go up there just not true. to press charges they rip up “Because she’s the deputy our paperwork,” Sedoris said. jailer is the reason she gets to “Anytime they take charges, do what she does,” he said. they put me in jail.”

Cheek did not return a Sipes said Sedoris typically message left at her work. does not have witnesses when Sedoris said his dispute he wants to make a complaint with Cheek began over a deed against his neighbor.

“From everything indicated mix-up. Sedoris said he was buying property across the to us, Mr. Sedoris has been the aggressor,” he said.

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does Councilman Curtis Kelley’s stepson.

“They’re looking out for each other’s family,” she said.

But mostly Toler is upset with how the city raises and spends taxes.

“You don’t raise taxes for greed,” she said.

Muldraugh businesses pay a tax on their gross income and an occupational tax. Those facts are not in dispute. However, Toler says the city’s two adult bookstores are exempted and pay only a flat fee.

Tate says Toler is misinTOLER formed. The adult bookstores also pay the gross income tax, he said. Toler would know that if she attended council meetings, Tate said.

Tate said the taxes are needed to pay for the three full-time and two part-time city police officers. More

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Debate pleases organizers

The News Standard/SHAUN COX State Rep. Gerry Lynn, left, waits to give his rebutal while listening to opponent Jeff Greer at last week’s Citizens for Better Government debates, held at VFW Post 11404 in Brandenburg.

BY SHAUN T. COX

BRANDENBURG — Citizens for Better Government organizers were pleased with the turnout of their debate last week despite having several candidates not appear.

In fact, Citizens For Better Government organizers Ray Smiley, Scott Davis and Beverly Wardrip felt they had a great turnout for the Oct. 12 debate.

“Yes, we were very pleased,” Smiley said. “I was told that a head count taken showed over 100 people and 14 candidates were in attendance.”

The turnout was so good that Shawn Lanham, president of the Meade County Democratic Women’s Club, felt that a “larger building may have been better.”

The group organized the debate to provide those running for county government a platform to answer questions

about current and future community issues.

According to Lanham, there were likely many reasons why some candidates chose not to attend.

“I know some of them had previous commitments,” she said. “With some of the others, I think there is an overall feeling that the CBG, as an entity, has sometimes picked and chosen candidates.

“Some of them (CBG members) have expressed some hard feelings toward some of the candidates at Fiscal Court, so they were unsure whether it would be fair.”

Lanham also said that some of the candidates didn’t feel the turnout would be as good as it was.

“It’s also been harder to motivate citizens to come in the past, and so some were unsure whether they might be better off going door to door,” she said. “I’m sure others felt like voters have, for the most

part, already made up their minds and wouldn’t be able to sway anyone.”

Smiley said there is no bias in Citizens for Better Government and that all candidates were welcome to participate.

“Some candidates don’t believe in our organization, which is too bad because it is a tool that they can use to get the word out about their campaign,” he said. “Our door is open to anyone in the county to come in and lobby for a vote, and we do not endorse candidates or show preference to any particular party.”

The debate was held at VFW Post 11404 on By-Pass Road and also was broadcast on radio station WMMG local.

Announcing that the debate would be on the radio wasn’t announced until very late in the process, Lanham said.

Incumbent 1st District magistrate Jamie Staples, arrested for marijuana cultivation last

month, was not in attendance and neither was his opponent, Thomas Goddard.

Sheriff Cliff Wise was unable to attend the debate because he was serving warrants. His opponent, William Kerrick, attended and answered questions about criminal activity, drug abuse in the county and his qualifications.

Incumbent Jailer Troy Seelye also did not attend, and his opponent, Steve Whitten, answered questions about using criminals to pick up garbage, county park upkeep, and jail operational costs.

County Attorney Darren Sipes was unable to attend and his opponent, Margaret Matney, fielded questions about child support collections and drug education for children in Meade County, as well as what she would do to

sold and shipped around the country. Since the decline of railroad commerce, Guston has struggled to replace businesses and maintain existing infrastructure.

In the past few months, the Guston post office has seen a rise in vandalism, with an arrow being fired through a window and a lobby garbage can set afire over the July 4 weekend. Some say there is nothing for young people to do in Guston, which leads to mischief.

Jessie Edge remembers a time when Guston was alive with activity, and she hopes that someday it will be again.

Edge, 82, and other locals would like to see more done to revitalize Guston, and are willing to do their part. Edge would like to see abandoned properties downtown cleaned up since several former homes and businesses have fallen into disrepair.

This wasn’t so in the early 20th century. Businesses quickly sprung up around the

railroad. Tobin’s store provided a place for locals to sit and enjoy the company of their neighbors and railroad workers passing through town. A hotel and adjoining saloon were also former fixtures of Guston.

Later, Tobin’s was converted into a furniture factory.

Other business, such as a distillery, a winery and a saw mill, have come and gone.

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Railroad, time leave Guston behind

BY MATTHEW LEE MILLER

GUSTON — Guston is quiet now, the railroad serving as a reminder of what were once high hopes for the town.

Guston, founded in 1889, was named for former state Sen. Gus W. “Red Fox” Richardson, who is credited with bringing the railroad through town. The railroad provided a valuable service to many communities like Guston, with farmers bringing their crops and livestock to be

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Friday, October 20, 2006

Magistrate blows smoke on pot bust F EDITORIAL

ew things can be worse for a re-election campaign than being arrested on the cusp of Election Day. But Magistrate Jamie Staples has found one thing that is worse than being arrested for cultivating marijuana less than two months before the Nov. 7 election: refusing to give his side of the story to voters.

Certainly Staples is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. But in the court of public opinion, he has a lot of explaining to do.

Staples, his parents, son and nephew were arrested after Kentucky State Police and Meade County Sheriff’s Department found 322 marijuana plants on eight plots on the Staples’ family farm. Hoses ran from a pond to three of the eight plots. Police also found evidence indicating that more plants had been burned.

Staples has refused to comment on the case. But his attorney, Scott C. Cox of Louisville, said, “He was completely unaware of the plants, they are not his and he had no knowledge of them whatsoever.”

“Unaware” of 322 plants and hoses leading from a pond?

Seriously? That’s incredibly hard to believe.

For his part, Staples’ opponent, Thomas Goddard, is not making an issue of the arrest. He doesn’t have to. He is making a good political decision to let people make up their own minds. He doesn’t want to look like an opportunist who is piling on a man when he is down. That alone likely will win him some votes.

But Staples’ silence is costing him votes. If he has a logical explanation of how he can miss 322 marijuana plants, he should inform the public (and explain how such an oblivious person is fit to hold public office).

Some people would probably like him better if he said he knew about the plants but they belonged to his family, and he didn’t want to get them in trouble. At least then he would have the loyalty vote.

But to remain silent comes off as an admission of guilt.

Staples needs to come clean and give his side of the story, or voters may just decide to give “no comment” on him come Election Day.

Paper to, by, for the people

My grandfather and his two brothers were all born in Louisville, and I still have a lot of family there.

When I told them I was moving to Brandenburg, they said, “Isn’t that where the big tornado came through back in the ’70s?”

I grew up in Lexington, went to Henry Clay High School and graduated from the University of Kentucky’s accredited journalism program last May. My mom lives in Dayton, Ohio, with people whom I consider “Yankees.” Like any mother, she’s incredibly proud to see me graduate from college and get out here to help build this paper from the ground up.

When I came for my interview, it was the first time I had ever even heard of Meade County. It seemed very strange to me that to get here, you have to drive 15 or so miles into Indiana and then come back across the river.

But I am proud to live here now, one of the newest Meade Countians.

I have already met some great people, and that’s what my vision of a newspaper is supposed to be about — the people.

I’m a reporter, but who am I real-

Seek, but be wary of, comfort

I’m not going to write any sort of manifesto about why you should believe what I’ve written for The News-Standard. My own beliefs are shifty, sometimes changing from day to day. I do have solid convictions about two things, words and people, and it’s on these I’d like to elaborate.

I’ll start with people. I’ve met quite a lot of you the past couple of weeks. I’ve heard stories of all sorts, some tearful and violent, others cheerful and nostalgic. Some people spoke to me even though they weren’t sure if they could trust me.

Some wouldn’t speak to me at all.

Not once was anyone rude. Civility is an often-undervalued trait and is one of the many advantages of rural life. I was treated mostly with kind skepticism, most probably wondering why some guy wearing a tie was milling around with a notepad and a blank look on his face. I enjoyed listening to your stories and was glad you let me into your lives for a short time.

I also believe in words, so much so that I am trying to make a living from writing them. Sticks and stones might break our bones, but words

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can raise us up or knock us down and sometimes can do either or both at the same time. One word in particular comes to mind, and that word is comfort.

On the surface, comfort seems to be a good word. Comfort implies a steady job, solid relationships, steadfast beliefs. Most of us strive all of our lives for a sense of comfort, and when we achieve it we work equally hard to keep it.

It might be a stretch, but comfort could be one of the highest achievements of modern American society.

We have air conditioning, TiVo, cruise control — all things that

would have been considered luxuries a generation ago.

But even a harmless word like comfort can have sinister connotations. Employees stay in jobs they hate because of comfort. Marriages dissolve when one takes their spouse for granted, when they become too comfortable. Politicians can forget who elected them when comfort takes precedence over justice.

And, of course, journalists can succumb to the wiles of comfort when they are unwilling to get their hands dirty and tell the doggone story.

I’ve had fun spending time with you, and maybe we can do it again sometime. I hope you grow to appreciate The News Standard because there are a lot of people working hard to serve Meade County in a responsible, professional way. There is a relationship between a community and its newspaper that can be unique and fruitful for both reader and writer if they support each other.

But be wary of comfort. It can make you forget to grow.

Matthew Lee Miller is a freelance writer who lives in Elizabeth, Ind.

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ly, deep down?

My family consists mostly of Republicans who often wonder aloud how I became such a liberal. I sorely miss the Clinton days and would prefer a sex scandal to a war any day.

Have they found those WMDs or Osama yet?

I don’t have hang-ups about people from other political parties. Personally, I’d like to see all the parties work together more for the benefit of us all — isn’t that why we have a multi-party system to begin with?

It seems to me that all people from opposing parties want to do is

blame the other side for what’s wrong in our society, and that’s not going to get anything accomplished.

Some things that bother me the most are all of the “-isms”: racism, sexism, classism, ageism, communism … .

But seriously, I hate to see the little guy get stepped on, or worse yet, ignored. My job description may include being a reporter, but I like to think of myself as a voice for everyone in the community, and I will treat everyone equally.

As the sports editor, I look forward to watching your kids compete and watching you cheer for them.

The emotions that sport and competition conjures within each of us are what really draw me to do what I do.

Whether it’s senior night for the football team or a midseason game for what some may refer to as “fringe sports,” I will do my best to be there.

I hope to see parents and coaches get involved and help cover all the teams for you and the kids. They deserve to see their accomplishments recognized.

Please, feel free to send me scores and event dates and times at sports@thenewsstandard.com.

Cast vote based on morals To the registered voters of Meade County, We are getting close to Election Day, and I would like to urge voters to look into every candidate platform and moral values.

The residents of Meade County have had enough corrupt and immoral leaders in the past. I ask you once again to please check out all candidates, and to vote appropriately.

I have also heard from a reliable

source that the rumor we have heard about two of Meade County’s incumbents may very well be true.

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The candidates for two of the county’s biggest races — Judge Executive and State Representative — were in attendance.

The Judge/Executive candidates, Harry Craycroft and current 3rd District magistrate Theresa Padgett, answered questions about education, taxes and their plans to fix county roads.

“I want to reduce our citizens’ property taxes and reduce the business inventory tax so that we can attract jobs to this county,” Padgett said. “We have 66 percent of our citizens that drive out of our county every day to go to work and I have a plan to change that.”

Craycroft, the incumbent Democratic candidate, thinks that his extensive knowledge of the county and its residents give

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road from his and the deed got confused with Cheek’s, which had a small lien against it.

Sedoris said Cheek balked at paying the lien, so he did it himself rather than wait for the mistake to be corrected.

After their conversation, Sedoris said Cheek accused him of threatening her, which he denies. But her brother-in-law Randy Kelly took exception and confronted Sedoris at Sedoris’ home. According to court records, Sedoris accused Kelly of punching him in the back of the head on April 19, 2004.

Kelly, 42, of Brandenburg, refused to comment on the incident. Sedoris filed a complaint against Kelly on June 1, 2004.

But not before Cheek could file a complaint of her own.

According to court records, Cheek accused Sedoris of menacing her on April 24, 2004 by coming across the street at her making threats and of terroristic threatening by saying, “…I’m going to snap your neck.”

Cheek filed her complaint on May 28, 2004.

Court records show that charges against Kelly were dismissed.

Sedoris’ charges were changed to harassing communications, and he received two years’ probation. He was ordered to have no contact or communication with Cheek or her immediate family.

Sedoris said the way the two cases were handled shows how Sipes treats Cheek better.

Sedoris said Kelly admitted hitting him, and Sipes asked Kelly what Sedoris did to warrant it.

“Darren told me that I deserved it,” Sedoris said.

Sipes denies the accusations.

Sipes’ office did try to have Sedoris’ probation revoked in September for contacting the county jail. Sedoris said he wanted Jailer Troy Seelye to ask Cheek to stop making obscene gestures and cursing at him and his children. But it was Assistant County Attorney Shealia Murphy who filed the motion, according to court records.

Sedoris’ probation was not revoked.

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A grand jury indicted Sedoris in October 2004 after Cheek’s sister accused Sedoris of trying to hit her and Cheek’s daughter with a car. Sedoris was ordered to stay off of Sun Valley Road and live at a different address as part of his bond.

The charges were ultimately dropped and Sedoris has been released from probation.

“Every time I went to court, Darren Sipes would tell me to ‘shut my f-ing mouth,’” Sedoris said.

Animosity has continued for the last two years, but flared again in late September when Cheeks covered some political signs with messages of her own and pointed them toward Sedoris’ home, he said. She removed the signs after only a day or two, she said.

So Sedoris painted the words “cry baby” on a well house across the street from his home a couple of weeks later, knowing Cheeks has to pass it on her way in and out of the subdivision. According to county deed records, the well house is on Sedoris’ property.

According to Sedoris, Kelly painted over the words with black paint, then painted “good-bye” on the door of the well house and threw it in Sedoris’ yard. Sedoris said he called Kentucky State Police.

Sedoris said he heard Sipes on WMMG on Oct. 12 and called the station to ask why the county attorney is so one-sided for Cheeks. Sipes replied he is tired of the feud and that neighbors complain about Sedoris all the time, Sedoris said.

About 9 p.m., Sedoris said he saw Cheeks taking pictures of the well house, so he walked out and took pictures of her.

Then he called the Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Jason Graham advised him to call if they came back, Sedoris said.

Half an hour later, he walked across the street to put up a “no trespassing sign,” and Cheek and her family drove from their end of the street and started cursing him before parking beside the well house, Sedoris said.

Sedoris called the Sheriff’s

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committees are State Government, Economic Development and Seniors, Military Affairs and Public Protection. This last term, it has been an honor to be able to represent the needs of the people in these three areas.

Greer feels that his extensive experience in the insurance business and his time on the board of education here in Meade County are what separate him from Lynn.

“I have 17 years of experience in the health insurance field,” Greer said. “Being a 13year school board member, I think I’m a natural for that.”

Smiley said he and Wardrip developed questions through their dealings with the public and issues that have been raised to them over the past several months.

Lanham said she went with a more high-tech approach.

“There were some web forums online and I chose some of the hotter topics that were being discussed on them,” she said.

Department again, and dispatcher Mike Robinson said Graham was on the way.

Cheek and her family were yelling at him when Graham arrived, Sedoris said. He walked toward them and yelled that the Sheriff’s Department would deal with them, Sedoris said.

That’s when Graham arrested him, Sedoris said.

“He walked over to them, shook their hand, and said, ‘I’m going to take him away tonight,’” Sedoris said.

Not according to Graham.

He said Sedoris was in the middle of the street yelling at the top of his lungs, so he had to arrest him.

“I would have done the same for any of the other ones,” Graham said. “He was out of control that night.”

Wise, the sheriff, backs how Graham handled the matter.

“If you’re in the middle of the street cursing and yelling, you’re going to get arrested,” Wise said. “The county attorney had nothing to do with this arrest.”

Sedoris said it was Robinson, the dispatcher, who told Cheek to paint over his comment on the well house.

“How did Mike Robinson tell them that they have the right to scribble all over my building?” he asked.

Wise acknowledged that Robinson told Cheek that her family could paint on the well house if they thought they owned it.

Ownership of the well house is a civil matter, though, Wise said.

“It’s just an ongoing dispute between neighbors,” he said.

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According to Lanham, the only remaining active forum can be found at www.meadecountyweb.com.

The main topics for debate in the district races concerned a possible abandoned property ordinance and garbage collection in the county.

According to Smiley, the CBG was formed “about” six years ago to help inform residents about the elections because “there’s not much of an avenue for the public to hear from candidates,” and to encourage voter turnout.

“I think it will help people make more informed voting decisions and the debate should

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him an advantage that Padgett may not have.

“I travel the roads and I know the people,” Craycroft said. “If you know the people then you know what the people want, and they know that I’m honest and if they come to me, I’ll try and work with them. I think this a very important part of what Meade County’s looking for.”

Incumbent Gerry Lynn and Democratic candidate Jeff Greer are running for state representative in the 27th District of the Kentucky House of Representatives. The two debated such topics as health care, committees each would sit on and how those committees will benefit Meade County, jobs, road money, education, and financial aid.

According to Lynn, his experiences the last two years make him the best choice to represent the 27th District and Meade County.

“I serve on three different committees,” he said. “Those

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CONTEST property. Only one industry, Powers Paper Co., occupies the park, he said.

“They are exactly the kind of industry we built it for,” he said.

But with only one industry and three governmental occupants, “we didn’t get the best out of our investment.”

Pace, 50, said each entity, while taking property off the tax rolls, has come with a benefit.

The armory was a tenant before the industrial park even existed and helped get it formed. The state garage did $280,000 worth of road paving in the industrial park. And the water district has been able to increase water and sewage treatment sales.

“We may have lost some taxing … what we gained in water sales, sewer sales, job creation … it has gone way up,’ Pace said.

He said the industrial park has a new tenant on the way and two more with strong potential.

“The park is on the verge of filling up,” Pace said.

Johnston, who has spent 16 years on the Brandenburg City Council in two different stints, said he decided to run when his childhood friend Ronnie Joyner, lost the Democratic primary for county-judge executive and decided not to seek re-election for mayor.

“As long as he was interested in being mayor, I told him I wasn’t interested,” Johnston said.

Brandenburg is fortunate not to have a lot of problems, he

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than 60,000 cars pass through Muldraugh each week, thanks to Dixie Highway running through the city.

Toler believes Tate would allow more adult businesses and push to approve alcohol sales in the now-dry town. She said it was Tate who dragged his feet on developing an ordinance that would have prohibited adult book stores.

That would have been a waste of the city’s money, Tate said.

The city’s attorneys warned him that it cost Radcliff about $200,000 to unsuccessfully try to prohibit an adult book store, so he broke a 3-3 vote to allow the stores in Muldraugh.

“I’ve been opposed to them all along,” Tate said, “but I can’t break the city to fight them.”

Alcohol sales would have to be voted on as part of a referendum, Tate said, and he would be against allowing them in the town.

“If you’re going to put it on the ballot, you’ll see a ‘no alcohol’ sign in my yard,” he said.

Toler also disagrees with how taxes are spent. Since going to the Attorney General, Toler has distributed copies of Lee’s pay stub, showing he is on pace to make nearly $50,000 this year.

Toler believes that and Clerk Caroline Cline’s $33,000 salary are far too high – higher in fact than their counterparts in Brandenburg, West Point and Radcliff.

Tate said he checked with each city and found that his employees make comparable

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said.

“I’m not going to do a whole lot different,” Johnston said.

“We don’t need a lot of change.”

It’s that kind of thinking that got Oblander to enter the race.

A newcomer to local politics, she joined the city’s Board of Adjustments in July and was appointed to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission in August.

Oblander moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., from 1971 to 2001, and she didn’t like what she found upon her return.

“I’d been gone 20 years and Brandenburg was the same,” she said.

Oblander, who works as an advertising representative for radio station WMMG, said she would like to bring a YMCA or community center to the area.

“Our young people need a place to go and something to do,” she said.

Oblander also believes the city needs to attract more business. Since she worked at a Sam’s Club in Oklahoma City, she would especially like to attract a Wal-M art.

Oblander believes the city should continue replacing and repairing aging water pipes, though she’s not sure how to make it happen.

“I don’t know,” she said.

“And surely to God there’s grant money out there.”

Johnston retired after 28 years working for the Fort Knox Civil Service in water and

wages to the other towns, especially given Lee’s and Cline’s tenures of more than a decade.

The state also requires that water and sewer employees be certified, he said.

“You’ve got to pay somebody to be certified to do that,” Tate said. “You can’t just pay somebody $7 an hour.”

Toler can provide a laundry list of accusations against Tate.

Among them: • That Tate does not put city services, such as garbage collection and construction materials for water and sewer lines, up for bid. Toler said the city routinely uses Water Works Supplies for its water and sewer supplier. Councilman Ronnie Heschke, Tate’s brother-in-law, works for the company. Tate said Lee checks with multiple companies before deciding from whom to buy materials, and the city is not required to put those materials to bid. And garbage contracts always are bid, he said.

• That Tate provided sewer lines to allies. Tate acknowledges doing the work but said it was because of breaks in sewer lines. He said Tate also fails to mention that the sewer line to some rental property she owns was one of the first to be replaced.

• That Tate refuses to record or video tape meetings because they will show the way she is mistreated. Tate said he doesn’t want to spend city money on video equipment and that anyone can record the meetings.

Tate acknowledges he has spent much of the campaign responding to Toler’s accusations. But he has plans for his third term as mayor, such as

wastewater treatment. He thinks his professional and civic experience will serve him well as mayor. So will his bloodline.

Johnston’s late father was superintendent of Brandenburg utilities for 30 years.

Johnston many of his plans involved water and sewer projects. The city has committed to provide 1 million gallons per day for the proposed river port at the Meade County Industrial Park. Johnston said he will require the Industrial Commission to pay to drill the well needed to provide the extra water. He is proud that he pushed six or seven years ago to build a water plant that had room for such expansion.

Johnston has a plan to replace old water pipes as well as a way to reduce sewer rates, all based on the city’s ability to sell excess water and use existing money. He can do so, Johnston says, because he knows how water and sewer systems work.

“It’s important that the mayor have some experience in that,” he said.

Pace agrees that water and sewer line upgrades must be continued. He said he would also like to see building improvements expanded to include Broadway, and he would like to use a building as a business incubator to help entrepreneurships get off the ground.

Johnston said he believes Pace would make a good mayor, and Oblander may too, but she has no experience.

Oblander agrees with Johnston’s assessment. She said he is extremely intelligent “and

building a new city hall and community center, continuing to replace aging sewer lines and removing dilapidated buildings.

Toler insists she is not running just against Tate’s record but has some ideas of her own. She would like for the county health department to give flu shots at the fire department, for instance.

And she would like a veterinarian to annually come to the town to vaccinate pets. But he is at the heart of her campaign.

“I wouldn’t be running for mayor if Danny Tate was a good mayor, even a halfway good mayor,” Toler said.

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Oblander said she is relying on her Christian beliefs for hope of winning the election.

he knows everything about Brandenburg.” Oblander also is impressed with Pace and the job he has done as chairman of the

“I really can’t say that I’m a better candidate,” she said, “but I will get in there and give it my best shot.”

Vote Steve Wardrip for District 5 Magistrate Steve Wardrip cares about the condition of County Government.

He has attended almost every Fiscal Court meeting for 7 years!

• I will work hard to hold the line on taxes!

• I promise to vote to reduce the Inventory Tax. • I will work to pave roads now!

• As a local business owner, I know the county needs to become more business friendly to attract jobs.

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It’s Time to Elect a Leader, Not a Self-Serving Thug Linda Toler promises to bring civility back to the Mayor’s office.

She will focus on reducing taxes and making sure that your hard earned dollars are well spent.

Our citizens deserve politicians who aren’t self-serving. Muldraugh has been Linda’s home for over 20 years. She is dismayed at the current leadership, which has done more for the adult entertainment industry than it has for its own people.

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Sample Ballot/Election Information

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MAGISTRATE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE in CONGRESS 2nd Congressional District (Vote for one)

FIRST MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one) MAGISTRATE

Ron LEWIS

James Anthony STAPLES

REPUBLICAN PARTY

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Mike WEAVER

Thomas J. GODDARD

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

INDEPENDENT

Write-In

Write-In

STATE REPRESENTATIVE 27th Representativel District (Vote for one)

SIXTH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Stanley BENNETT REPUBLICAN PARTY

Randall HARDESTY INDEPENDENT

CONSTABLE First Magesterial District (Vote for one)

Write-In

NONPARTISAN CITY BALLOT

CITY COUNCIL CITY O FMULDRAUGH (Vote for one)

Kenneth H. TOLER Curtis KELLEY

CONSTABLE

Gerry LYNN

Henry BAILEY

REPUBLICAN PARTY

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Jeff GREER DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Phillip WIMPEE

Write-In

REPUBLICAN PARTY

MULDRAUGH, WOODLAND and GRAHAMPTON

Write-In COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY 46th Judicial Circuit (Vote for one)

Kenton Ritchie SMITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY

CIRCUIT CLERK (Vote for one)

Evelyn D. MEDLEY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

John Eugene JONES REPUBLICAN PARTY

CONSTABLE Second Magesterial District (Vote for one)

PROPERTY VALUATION ADMINISTRATOR (Vote for one)

Write-In DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-In GRAHAMPTON, FLAHERTY and OTTER CREEK MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION THIRD EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Bryan HONAKER

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Mark STRANEY

INDEPENDENT

Write-In

Charlie REESOR

Write-In

James “J.C.” CHISM

WELDON-DOE RUN and ROCK HAVEN-DOE VALLEY

Write-In

Donnie BASHAM

Joe P. BEWLEY

Ron HESCHKE Ruth Ann BEAVERS Ralph LEE Robert B. SEXTON Irvin DAVIS Douglas L. WILLIAMS

NONPARTISAN CITY BALLOT

Brenda CARLSBERG

MAYOR CITY OF BRANDENBURG (Vote for one)

Bonnie McNally

COUINTY JUDGE EXECUTIVE (Vote for one)

John C. HAYNES

BRANDENBURG WEST, ASHCRAFT and BRANDENBURG EAST

MAGISTRATE

THIRD MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Write-In

Daniel STOUT

MAGISTRATE

SECOND MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Herbert “Herbie” CHISM II INDEPENDENT

Write-In

SIXTH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Pat REESE

OBLANDER Ronnie Lee GRAMMER

David W. PACE

Write-In Bradley JOHNSTON

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Harry CRAYCROFT DEMOCRATIC PARTY

INDEPENDENT NONPARTISAN CITY BALLOT

Write-In CONSTABLE Third Magesterial District (Vote for one)

Write-In COUINTY ATTORNEY (Vote for one)

Margaret L. MATNEY REPUBLICAN PARTY

Darren A. SIPES DEMOCRATIC PARTY

C.H.. “Hank” SCHAFFNER DEMOCRATIC PARTY

FLAHERTY, GUSTON and OTTER CREEK MAGISTRATE

COUNTY CLERK (Vote for one)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

John D. MINTON JR

Scotty APPLEGATE

Write-In

Daniel SPINK JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Second Appelate - First Division (Vote for one)

Mandy Sue WAYNE

Jeff S. TAYLOR

Margaret A. LOVE

CONSTABLE Fourth Magesterial District (Vote for one)

William “Butch” KERRICK

Jason FORE

REPUBLICAN PARTY

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Ron REINSCHELD

Write-In BRANDENBURG WEST, ASHCRAFT and BRANDENBURG EAST

Write-In

Carol NELSON Bruce FACKLER

JAILER MAGISTRATE

(Vote for one)

BRANDENBURG EAST and PART of BRANDENBURG WEST

REPUBLICAN PARTY

MAYOR CITY OF EKRON (Vote for one)

Gwynne ISON

Steve WARDRIP REPUBLICAN PARTY

Troy SEELYE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-in CORONER 46th Judicial Circuit (Vote for one)

William R. “Billy” ADAMS DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-In COUNTY SURVEYOR (Vote for one)

Timothy W. SMITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-In ALL PRECINCTS

Write-In CONSTABLE Fifth Magesterial District (Vote for one)

John P. PLEMMONS JR. DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-In EKRON, BUCK GROVE and GARRETT

Kelly THOMPSON

CIRCUIT JUDGE 46th Judicial Circuit - First Division (Vote for one)

Bruce T. BUTLER

Write-In CIRCUIT JUDGE 46th Judicial Circuit -Second Division (Vote for one)

Write-In

Harold E. DAVIDSON INDEPENDENT

Dwight T LOVAN

NONPARTISAN CITY BALLOT

FIFTH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Steve WHITTEN

JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Second Appelate - Second Division (Vote for one)

Write-In

Write-In

Clifford WISE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Write-In

Tony STAPLES Write-In

SHERRIF (Vote for one)

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Second Supreme Court District (Vote for one)

Ronnie C. JOYNER

INDEPENDENT

Write-In

NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL BALLOT (Vote for One in Each Division)

Patricia LUSK

Mark BURNETT REPUBLICAN PARTY

Katrina FITZGERALD

CITY COUNCIL CITY OF BRANDENBURG (Vote for one)

MULDRAUGH (PART)

Write-In

FOURTH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)

Write-In

Write-In

Mark D. HUBBARD

CITY COMMISSIONERS CITY OF EKRON (Vote for one)

Joyce McHOLAN Rose BETLEJ

Write-In EKRON (PART)

Robert A. MILLER

Write-In DISTRICT JUDGE 46th Judicial Circuit - First Division (Vote for one)

Tom LIVELY

Write-In

NONPARTISAN CITY BALLOT MAYOR CITY OF MULDRAUGH (Vote for one)

CIRCUIT JUDGE 46th Judicial Circuit - Second Division (Vote for one)

Shan F. EMBREY Linda TOLER Danny Joe TATE

Write-In ALL PRECINCTS

Write-In

ABSENTEE VOTING

OCTOBER 31, 2006 – PAPER ABSENTEE BALLOT October 31st is the deadline to apply for a paper absentee ballot. Qualified voters may apply to cast their votes by paper absentee ballot at anytime, not later than the close of business hours seven (7) days before the election. Requests may be made by the voter, voter’s spouse, parents or children of voter by phone, mail or fax.

ST OCTOBER 31 THTO November 6 MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES Members of the Armed Forces confined to a military base on Election Day, who learn of that confinement within seven (7) days or less of an election, may make application to vote absentee in the clerk’s office.

OCTOBER 24 TO TH NOVEMBER 7 TH

MEDICAL EMERGENCY BALLOT In case of MEDICAL EMERGENCY WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS of an election, a registered voter may apply for a paper absentee ballot.

OCTOBER 16 TH TO NOVEMBER 6 TH

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Theresa PADGETT

NOVEMBER 7, 2006 – ELECTION DAY

IN OFFICE VOTING ANY OTHER qualified voter, who is not permitted to vote by paper absentee ballot and who will be absent from the country on Election Day, or a woman in her third trimester of pregnancy, may make application in person to the county clerk to vote on a voting machine in the county clerk’s office beginning October 16th and ending November 6th during the following hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Any questions concerning the above or any other election matters, please call the couty clerk’s office at (270) 4222152.

Katrina Fitzgerald Meade County Clerk CONSTABLE

DISTRICT ONE Henry Bailey (D)

DISTRICT TWO Charlie Reesor (D)

DISTRICT THREE C. H. (Hank) Schaffner (D) DISTRICT FOUR Jason Fore (D)

DISTRICT FIVE John H. Plemmons Jr. (D) DISTRICT SIX Phillip Wimpee (R) James (J.C.) Chism (D)

MAYOR CITY OF MULDRAUGH Linda W. Toler Danny Joe Tate CITY COUNCIL MULDRAUGH Kenneth H. Toler Curtis Kelley Daniel Stout John C. Haynes Donald D. Basham Ron M. Heschke Ruth Ann Beavers Ralph Lee Robert B. Sexton Irvin Davis Douglas Williams Brenda W. Carlburg Pat Reese Ronnie L. Grammer

MAYOR CITY OF BRANDENBURG Bonnie McNally Oblander David W. Pace Bradley Johnston

CITY COUNCIL BRANDENBURG Patricia Lusk Scotty Applegate Daniel W. Spink Mandy Sue Wayne Ronnie C. Joyner Margaret A. Love Ron Reinscheld Carol Nelson Bruce Fackler

MAYOR CITY OF EKRON Gwynne Ison CITY COUNCIL EKRON

Joyce McHolan Rose Betlej Melena J. Shilts – write in candidate Pamela Troutman – write in candidate

SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT TWO Eugene Sheeran

SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT THREE Bryan Honaker

The Soil & Water Conservation Supervisors will not show on the ballot per KRS 262.240(1) “In the even nominating petitions for only the number of supervisors to be elected are filed, the commission shall declare the nominees elected without an election.”

SOILAND WATER CONSERVATION SUPERVISOR Henry E. Pike John M. Bruington Joe Barger

MEADE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK Evelyn D. Medley (D) PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATOR Mark Straney (D)

COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTIVE Theresa Padgett (R) Harry Craycroft (D)

COUNTY ATTORNEY Margaret L. Matney (R) Darren A. Sipes (D) COUNTY CLERK

Katrina Fitzgerald (D)

SHERIFF William “Butch” Kerrick (R)Clifford L. Wise (D) JAILER Steve Witten (R) Troy Seelye (D)

COUNTY CORONER

William R. “Billy” Adams III (D) MEADE COUNTY SURVEYOR Timothy W. Smith (D)

MAGISTRATE DISTRICT ONE Thomas J. Goddard (O) James Anthony Staples (D) DISTRICT TWO John E. Jones (R) Herbert (Herbie) Chism II (D) DISTRICT THREE Joe P. Bewely (R) Mark D. Hubbard (D)

DISTRICT FOUR Mark Burnett (R) Anthony “Tony” Staples (D) DISTRICT FIVE Steve Wardrip (R) Harold E. Davidson (D) DISTRICT SIX Stanley Bennett (R) Randall Hardesty (D)

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BIRTHS

Keepsakes

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Thursday, October 21

• Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament – 9:30 a.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Call 422-2094 Sunday, October 22

• Arrowhead Show at 8 to 4 p.m., at the Flaherty Fire Dept.

Corner of Hwy 1600 and 144.

No fake relics allowed. Bring friends, family, and new finds!

For more info call 828-3001 • Open House at the Battletown Fire Dept. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday, October 24

• Story Hour – 10:30 a.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Call 422-2094 • Princess Program – 6:30 p.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Call 422-2094 Wednesday, October 25 • Yoga – 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Call 422-2094

Joseph Caleb Nevitt

Stephen and Jessica Nevitt of Payneville are proud to announce the birth of their son, Joseph Caleb Nevitt.

Caleb was born Aug. 28, 2006, at 11:52 p.m. at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Caleb weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz., and was 21 inches long.

Caleb’s grandparents are Bruce and Terri Nevitt of Payneville, and Mike and Monica Padgett of Flaherty. Caleb was welcomed home by family and friends.

OBITUARIES

Mary Marjorie Hardesty

Miss Mary Marjorie Hardesty, 78, Webster, Ky., died Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Ky. Miss Hardesty was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Catholic Church.

She was born May 12, 1928, the daughter of Kendrick A. and Isabell Yates Hardesty.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Nora Barmore, Angela Goodall; and two brothers, Carl and William Owen Hardesty.

Miss Hardesty is survived by two sisters, Mary L. Barham, Brandenburg, Ky., Teresa Bernadette Nash, Louisville, Ky., and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday from St. John Apostle Catholic Church with Rev. Robert Abel officiating. Burial was in St. George Cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home, Brandenburg, Ky. Pallbearers were Pat Barham, Mark Nash, Gregory Nash, Richard Preston, Joshua Nash, and Jimmy Pollock. Vigil services were held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, from the chapel of the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may be contributions to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.

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There is a hereditary component to this illness. If one identical twin has it, the chances of the other identical twin having it are 30 percent to 50 percent. Identical twins have the exact same genes.

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Friday, October 27

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28

• Brandenburg Women’s Expo – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Meade County Fairgrounds.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31

• Story Hour – 10:30 a.m., at the Meade County Public Library. Call 422-2094

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

• Muldraugh PTO fall festival – 5 to 8 p.m., at Muldraugh Elementary.

Donations for this event can be dropped off at secretary’s office.

• 12th Annual Heartland Dulcimer Club Festival (opening day) – at the Historic State Theater Complex, 209 W. Dixie Ave. in Elizabethtown.

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Today the only noticeable downtown business is Cox Well Supply, a necessity because of the lack of county water lines in and around Guston.

Fred Neff, 76, has been in and around Guston all his life. Neff agrees Guston needs to be renovated but has doubts that anyone locally would spend the time and money needed.

“I don’t think it (Guston) has much of a future,” he said.

Neff and his wife, Loretta, lived in an apartment in downtown Guston after they were married in September 1950, but eventually settled on a farm outside of town.

The Neffs have kept themselves active in the Guston community and their hopes for the town are simple.

“If they just had a little grocery store where you could get a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk,” Loretta Neff said. “We just want a small, peaceful town.”

Five years ago, a selfappointed local committee started Guston Days, an annual celebration held on the second Saturday of June designed to unite current and former residents.

Guston Days features activities such as volleyball and horseshoes as well as entertainment in the form of karaoke and live bands.

Guston Days also sponsors a Miss Guston contest for young ladies while providing treats and activities for small children.

The celebration is held under a tent, which is something Edge would like to see change.

“We want to make a park with a pavilion,” she said.

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“I don’t go there too often,” Katie said, “but maybe if there was more to do, I would.”

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are also monthly activities Pastor: William “Happy” available to our students. We Chandler also have Sunday bible study Family: Single. Pastor is classes for all age groups at not related to the state’s 9:30 a.m., including a class for famous political Chandler college age and “beginning family. career” persons as well as Education: Doctoral stuyoung married couples. Our dent at Southern Baptist Sunday morning worship Theological Seminary in service begins at Louisville.

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Church: Rock We are very comHaven Baptist Church mitted to reaching is a fellowship of children and teaching God’s people who them in the faith. Our seek to share the Sunday morning good news of Jesus service features “chilChrist until he comes dren’s church” time again. and our Sunday night Preaching the WILLIAM A.W.A.N.A. (A word of God is cenCHANDLER Worker Always Not tral to our worship Ashamed) ministry at 6:15 and scripture informs us as to p.m. allows children to learn how we are to live in every scripture, play fun games, and aspect of our lives. become part of our fellowship.

Music is also an important There is also a “Children in part of our worship. Our Action” time at 6:30 p.m. music minister, Jaquie Miller, Wednesdays, that allows kids has been developing our choir to learn about how God is since her arrival earlier this working around the world. year, and has also begun to We are a fellowship of folks form a children’s music prowho, for the most part, are gram. casual in our dress but warm Our Sunday morning worin welcoming newcomers and ship features the great hymns fellow member. We encourage of the faith, but our you to come and join us for a Wednesday prayer and bible church service. study service at 6:30 p.m. now We believe that a relationserves as an opportunity to ship with Jesus Christ is the sing some of the wonderful only path to real happiness praise choruses that have been and contentment. Please come introduced in recent years. be a part of what God is doing Our youth ministry is among us. You will be welblessed under the leadership come here. of Jeff V. Oelker, the minister Should you have any questo students. tions, need more information, Our youth have “life lesor need a prayer for you or sons” and discipleship study someone else, please contact on Sunday at 6:15 p.m., and us at (270) 828-2555.

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2. From Matthew 6, according to Jesus, moth and rust destroy what on earth? Repentance, Thorns, Treasures, Demons 3. What king of Tyre supplied logs to Solomon to build the Lord’s temple? Neco, Hehu, Rezin, Hiram 4. According to Proverbs, what color hair is the “splendor of the old”? Gray, Black, Brown, Blond 5. Which wasn’t one of the Northern Tribes of the 12 of Israel?

Dan, Asher, Manasseh, Naphtali 6. From Genesis 31, where did Jacob and Laban part company? Tyre, Mizpah, Paphos, Lystra ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) Treasures; 3) Hiram; 4) Gray; 5) Manasseh; 6) Mizpah For more teasers, log on to www.TriviaGuy.com (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You're moving from a relatively stable situation to one that appears to be laced with perplexity. You'll eventually get answers to help clear up the confusion around you.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A vexing situation tempts you to rush to set it all straight. But it's best to let things sort themselves out so that you can get a better picture of the challenge you're facing.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Financial matters could create some confusion, especially with a torrent of advice pouring in from several sources. Resist acting on emotion and wait for the facts to emerge.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) That goal you've set is still in sight and is still in reach. Stay with the course that you're on. Making too many shifts in direction now could create another set of problems.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) It might be time to confront a trouble-making associate and demand some answers. But be prepared for some surprises that could lead you to make a change in some long-standing plans.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Congratulations. You're making great progress in sorting out all that confusion that kept you from making those important decisions. You're on your way now.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A difficult experience begins to ease.

That's the good news.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your selfconfidence gets a much-needed big boost as you start to unsnarl that knotty financial problem. Expect some help from a surprising source.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Any lingering negative aftereffects from that not-so-pleasant workplace situation are all but gone. It's time now to focus on the positive.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your self-confidence grows stronger as you continue to take more control of your life.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) As usual, you've been concerned more about the needs of others than your own. You need to take time for yourself so that you can replenish all that spent energy.

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Friday, October 20, 2006

Meade County quarterback J.L. Cannady had plenty of success against the Central Hardin defense.

Green Waves blast Central Hardin, Nelson Co. next

BY SHAUN COX

CECELIA — The Green Wave exploded for 35 points — the most it has scored all season — and the defense pitched its first shutout of the year, holding Central Hardin scoreless last Friday.

According to Central Hardin Coach Chris Bauer, the key for the Green Wave defense was pressuring his quarterback.

“They traditionally play good defense,” he said. “In the second half in particular, they really put a lot of pressure on us, and we just weren’t able to run the football at all.”

Meade County Coach Larry Mofield said his defense played a solid game by stopping a passing team from doing what it does best — pass.

“We did get a lot of pressure on the quarterback, but more than anything, they just weren’t able to run the ball,” he said. “They don’t usually try to run it a whole lot, and I think our run defense was pretty good.

“It seems like defensively, every time they got something — other than the quarterback running a couple times — it really didn’t hurt us. They just weren’t able to muster much offensively. I guess that’s the drawback of having to rely on the throw as much as they do.

You live and die with the throw in high school football.”

Central Hardin finished with only 118 yards — 38 on

The News Standard/SHAUN COX The lights weren’t the only things shining in the Green Wave’s 35-0 win over the Bruins last Friday night. come out strong and that runthe ground — while Meade back obviously hurt us, but County rolled up 398. the fumble and subsequent Wide receiver Josh Stinnett score probably hurt just as ran back the opening kickoff much.”

93 yards for a touchdown and Meade County recovered the rout was on as Meade the fumble on the County (3-5) rolled Bruins’ 30-yard line. over the host Bruins Running back Ned (2-6).

Brown scored on a 7Bauer said the yard touchdown run kickoff, coupled with and after a two-point a fumble on his conversion, the team’s first offensive Green Wave led 14-0 possession, were the with 8:14 left in the worst possible way to LARRY first half. start a game.

MOFIELD A 27-yard touch“… In reality down pass was negated after that’s just the nature of the Meade County receiver Drew beast,” he said. “We always Stankiewicz was ruled ineligitalk about starting out strong, ble and the Bruins got the ball but they did a good job blockback. But the Green Wave ing and I think the kid defense wouldn’t let them do (Stinnett) went in untouched. anything with it.

“Then we turned the ball The Bruins’ defense forced over on our first possession the Green Wave to punt on and they scored again to go their next possession but up 14-0. We always want to

weren’t able to hold onto the ball, and Meade County recovered.

“I think we were playing really well after the first fumble, and then we muffed the punt and gave them the ball back on a short field.” Bauer said. “It wouldn’t have mattered because we were also called for roughing the kicker, which would have given them the ball back anyway, but not on such a short field.”

After Meade County recovered the dropped punt, quarterback J.L. Cannady ran the ball in from the 1-yard line to set the halftime score at 20-0 after the Green Wave’s second missed extra point.

Even with a 20-point lead, Mofield felt like it should have been bigger.

“I think we let down after

The News Standard/SHAUN COX Senior Kyle Stith and the Green Wave boys soccer team lost to the Bethlehem Eagles Wednesday night. After going scoreless through regulation and the first overtime, the Eagles scored two goals in the last five and a half minutes of the second overtime to end Meade County’s season.

The Lady Waves soccer team just completed one of the more successful seasons in recent history, finishing tied for first place in the 10th District.

The team finished 10-6-2, and 4-1 in the district. The tiebreaker for tournament seeding was goal differential, and Meade County ended up the third seed.

After running over sixth-seeded Fort Knox 10-0 in the first round, the Lady Waves lost to Elizabethtown 80 in the semifinals.

According to fifth-year head coach Dan Shook, the loss was tough, but the season as a whole was very satisfying.

“We were disappointed, but I certainly hope the girls feel good about their season because we improved a tremendous amount,” he said. “I hope that they look back on it like they achieved some things and experienced some things — especially my seniors — that they had not accomplished before.”

The team loses six seniors, but 27 juniors and underclassmen will return. What may have surprised Shook the most with his team was how quickly it was able to compete with the top teams.

“We had a lot freshmen girls on

“They wanted to accomplish something and they went after it. Sometimes, you just fall a little short.”

Dan Shook, coach

the varsity squad and we were a young team, so I was very impressed with the way we were able to turn it around this year compared to last year,” he said.

“Back in the spring, other coaches asked me how long I thought it would take to see real improvement.

I thought it might take two or three years and we did it in one.”

According to senior striker Jessy Jenkins, it may have been the freshmen who helped bring the team together.

“Last year we didn’t have many girls and this year we had a lot of freshmen, and they really helped to make us better,” she said. “They were new and we had to teach them a lot, but we really felt like a team.”

Senior striker Amanda McNary,

Kasey raising Kahne in NEXTEL Cup DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Just when you thought Kasey Kahne had been left for dead.

A week ago the 26-year-old Wisconsin native was ninth in the race for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup title and despite some solid runs, he just did not have the finishes to make a serious move in The Chase.

Suddenly, Lowe’s Motor Speedway came up on the schedule and Kahne is producing the kind of performances that got him into The Chase.

Kahne, who has won a series-best six races on the circuit this season, snapped his five-race skid in dominating fashion last weekend when he outran Jimmie Johnson to the checkered flag in the Bank of America 500 in Concord, N.C. Not only did it give the third-year Cup driver his sixth win of the season, but it breathed a windstorm of fresh air into Kahne’s championship effort and the only Dodge team in The Chase.

“Really, we’re having fun, we’re doing everything we can to run up front,” said Kahne, who will try to make it

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those first two scores, and we were disappointed going in at halftime because we were leading by 20 and we felt like it should have been 28 or 35,” he said. “On some plays our kids looked like they thought it was over, and you can’t play like that.”

And things didn’t get better for the Bruins after halftime. Running back Michael Harris scored on a 13-yard touchdown run that caught everyone — including the referees — off guard.

“I guess they (Central Hardin) thought he was down, but he just kind of bounced off the top of the pile and kept going,” Mofield said.

“Every coach in America teaches their kids to play until the whistle blows and that’s

two in a row this Sunday at Martinsville. “We’ve been doing that all year long and we’ve had some rough weekends and some good weekends. This was a great weekend and next weekend at Martinsville hopefully will be another one. We ran awesome there at the first race and had a problem late in the race.

“We’re looking forward to that, we’re looking forward to just trying to gain points and get ourselves back in the top five, then at some point hopefully catch the 31. We’ll just have to see how they run through the rest of the year.’’

The 31 that Kahne speaks of is points leader Jeff Burton, who despite some rotten luck at Talladega two weeks prior, has managed to hold on to the points lead and even extended it this past weekend with a third-place run at Lowe’s.

The Virginia native holds a 45-point lead over secondplace Matt Kenseth and an 89point lead over Richard Childress Racing teammate Kevin Harvick.

Burton, who won at Martinsville in 1997, is excited about the Cup’s second stop of the year at his home state track, but he’s also well aware

who led the team with 20 goals, also felt like the younger players made the biggest difference on this year’s team.

“Some of the freshmen run track and our overall team speed made a big difference,” she said. “We all worked really hard on our running and conditioning this year and it showed.”

Shook said some of the highlights from this season included beating Central Hardin for the first time in three years — “which I really wanted for my seniors” — and being the only team in the district to beat North Hardin.

But he was most pleased with the progress his team made and how hard it worked.

“Not only did they play well and win, but they also worked hard in practice and we had so much fun together,” he said. “They wanted to accomplish something and they went after it. Sometimes, you just fall a little short.”

Jenkins and McNary agreed that beating Central Hardin 2-0 was probably the biggest thrill for the team, and especially for the two of them.

Jenkins said that she wants next year’s team to beat Elizabethtown

of what the stop can do to a title contender.

“I think Martinsville is a challenge for everybody every time we go there,” said Burton. “It’s such a unique racetrack. It’s unlike anything else in the country. I don’t know of any racetrack that’s similar to it. It’s a huge challenge. I mean the best thing about our division, in my opinion, is that we run so many different racetracks. I think that Martinsville will have a huge bearing on the

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SPORTS BRIEFS

Volleyball ends season The Lady Wave girls volleyball team lost at Owensboro Catholic in the 3rd Region Tournament semifinals Wednesday night.

Owensboro Catholic won 25-12 and 25-14, ending Meade County’s season. The Lady Waves finished 27-7 and will return all its players next season.

Junior hitter Morgan Filburn had 11 digs, an ace and a kill. Sophomore setter Shelby Chism finished with eight assists, six digs and

three kills.

Junior middle hitter Megan McGehee had four kills and a block, junior libero Melinda Hurt had three digs, junior hitter Lydia Curran had two digs and two kills and junior hitter Britney Schmidt finished with one dig and one kill.

Coon hunters give prize Saturday, Oct. 15, the Meade County Coon Hunters Club awarded more than $1,000 in prizes after a hunt.

According to Hunt Director

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points race because it’s so easy to mess up there and cause a wreck. It’s easy to get in a wreck, it’s easy to break a transmission, it’s easy to burn the brakes off the thing.

“There are so many things that happen at Martinsville every single time we go there.

There’s a reason that people throw helmets at each other, it’s short track racing.’’

Martinsville’s half-mile oval and Phoenix’s 1-mile dogleg layout remain the two wildcards in The Chase.

To Kahne’s delight, the other three stops – Atlanta, Texas and Homestead-Miami – are 1.5-mile venues and places where Kahne dominated earlier this year.

Kahne won at Atlanta and Texas and if he can pull off the same repeat wins there that he pulled off at Lowe’s, the factory-backed Dodge driver could very well find himself in the thick of things before the year’s over with.

Buddy Shacklette is a graduate of Meade County High School and has covered NASCAR for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for the past 15 years.

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and “give them what they deserve,” while McNary said she just wants them to “keep working hard and make us proud.”

Shook credits this year’s team for making next year’s prospects bright.

“We’ve got a lot of strong players coming back,” he said.

“Our team this year has laid a lot of the groundwork for next year and we think we’ll be

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“We have some of the best handlers and trainers in the country right here in Meade County,” he said. “We had dogs come in for the hunt from Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee.”

Money winners included Charles Payton of Radcliff; Todd Arms of Hardinsburg; Jim Burton of Owensboro; and Mike James of Bardstown.

James was the big winner, taking home $290.

really good.”

However, Shook cautions his girls about becoming “satisfied” with what they’ve accomplished and urges them to work harder.

“After our last game this season, if they look at what happened, then they know what it’s going to take for us to be able to compete for a district championship,” he said. “I hope that they realize that even though we had some success, we’re not where we want to be yet and we’ve got to keep moving forward and keep working hard.”

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what he did.

“It looked like one of those things where both teams relax because they think the play is over and so the officials kind of relax, but, to his credit, he ran it on in and got the score.”

After another successful two-point conversion, the Green wave led 28-0 with 5:15 left in the third quarter.

One play after a sack by defensive end Eric Whalen, linebacker Brandon Dunn intercepted a Lincoln Pyles pass around midfield.

Running back Alex Furnival ripped off a 56-yard touchdown run, and the successful extra point set the final score.

Mofield said his team did a better job of executing what it has been practicing.

“We really didn’t do anything differently than what we’ve been doing all year,” he said. “I think in the second half, we really started to block better.

“Central Hardin’s intensity up front on their defensive line is pretty good and we knew that coming in because we saw them this summer at football camp. We knew we weren’t going to be able to go in there and slug them. We knew we’d have to throw the ball and at times we were effective doing that.”

Dunn said the team is aware it made a lot of mistakes and that better teams have the ability to make it pay.

“I think it did give us a confidence boost, but we still didn’t play to our full potential and we still made too many mistakes,” he said. “If we make those mistakes against a North Hardin or a Nelson County, it’s going to hurt us a lot more.”

The Green wave won’t have to wait long to find out if he is correct.

Meade County host Nelson County tonight on senior night. Nelson, like Meade, is 3-5 overall but stands at 2-1 in the district. Meade is 1-2.

The Green wave defense must do the same things against Nelson County as it did against Central Hardin if it expects to move closer to a .500 record, Dunn said.

“We have to make sure we have that same passion and heart,” he said. “We can’t let them stick it to us on our home field, especially on senior night.”

A win against Nelson County would put Meade County into a two-way tie for third place in the district. If the Green wave end up third in the district, they would likely play North Hardin or John Hardin — both 3-0 in the district — in the first round of the playoffs.

Both teams have lost to John Hardin, beaten Central Hardin, and Meade County beat Butler 35-14, while Nelson County lost at Butler 28-14.

“There’s not a team on our schedule that we can look and say, ‘That’s a win,’” Mofield said. “Nelson County is a big game because there are playoff implications and if we can win, I certainly think it will help us down the road.”

Nelson County is ranked 10th in the region in scoring offense — Meade County is fifth — and they like to keep the ball on the ground.

“Nelson County is essentially an option team and they have a speedy running back and a speedy quarterback,” Mofield said.

The Green wave will have to stop the run, much like they did last week, he said.

“For years, Nelson had our number and it was a long time before we ever broke through,” he said. “Even the times when we beat them, the games were a lot closer than what the score may have indicated because they’re so physical and they’ll really hit you.”

Individual Statistics Rushing: MEADE COUNTY — Alex Furnival 10-107, Michael Harris 17-80, Doug Wells 6-26, Nick Stinnett 3-19, Ned Brown 3-12, J.L.

Yards Rush Yards Pass Total Yards Passing Fumbles/Lost Penalties/Yds

Team Statistics MC 277 121 398 9-17-0 1 1/0 12/106

Scoring Summary

The News Standard

CH 38 80 118 3-26-1 3/3 4/30

First Quarter MC: Josh Stinnett 93-yard kickoff return (kick failed), 11:40 MC: Ned Brown 7-yard run (Brandon Dunn pass from J.L. Cannady), 8:14 Second Quarter MC: Cannady 1-yard run (kick failed), 1:11 Third Quarter MC: Michael Harris 13-yard run (Nick Stinnett run), 5:15 Fourth Quarter MC: Alex Furnival 56-yard run (Chad Bruner kick), 3:41 Cannady 5-11, Kevin Carter 2-14, Jimmy Crase 2-6, Antonio Stewart 1-2. CENTRAL HARDIN — Lincoln Pyles 13-44, Phillip Rogers 83, Jeremy Barr 1-(-2), Michael Lyons 1-(-8).

Passing: MEADE COUNTY — J.L. Cannady 9-17-0, 121 yards. CENTRAL HARDIN — Lincoln Pyles 13-26-1, 80

yards.

Receiving: MEADE COUNTY — Daniel Allen 4-61, Alex Furnival 1-36, Michael Harris 1-13, Drew Stankiewicz 1-6, Brandon Dunn 1-5, Ned Brown 1-0. CENTRAL HARDIN — Vato Sorilla 6-28, Matt Ruth 4-20, Josh Richardson 1-20, Derrick Harvey 1-10, J.R. Glover 1-2.

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