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VIEWPOINTS ... A2 Learning from loss Coping with the death of someone close is difficult, but you don’t have to go through it alone.
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109 Board wants more time State says Solid Waste behind in updating 2-year-old fee hike
TRASH: Members say changes put trash in the black
BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM Meade County Solid Waste failed to update the necessary paperwork when it raised trash-collection fees in 2004, a Division of Waste Management spokesperson said. Eva Smith-Carroll, an information officer with the Division of Waste Management in Frankfort, said her office was not aware of a $2 fee increase to $12.50 until December, more than two years after the increase. “State regulations require that the solid waste management plan be amended if fees are increased,” she said. “In Meade County, the governing body … is the Meade County 109 Board. The governing body should request an amendment to the 2003-2007 Solid Waste Management Plan to reflect the increase in fees to the public.” She said solid-waste management plans must be amended if there are “increased fees to the public,” according to 401 Kentucky Administrative Regulation 49:011 Section 4.
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BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM Members of the Meade County Solid Waste board of directors are touting good financial numbers in the final quarter of last year to say they should be allowed to continue overseeing trash-collection efforts and that Fiscal Court is making a hasty decision by dissolving their board. Solid Waste’s quarterly report from October through December showed Solid Waste collected more than $344,000 during the quarter while spending just more than $336,000. The $8,000 surplus is a far cry from the almost $16,000 monthly deficit Solid Waste had been running last year, according to an audit. “The losses aren’t quite what Fiscal Court thinks they are,” board member Shannon Loose
said prior to Monday’s 109 Board meeting. “Not one magistrate has called us to see what we’ve been trying to do.” 109 Board member Bill Hoffman said during Monday’s meeting that Solid Waste is “not in good shape yet, but we’re not dying like we thought we were, either.” But Solid Waste’s annual audit from July 2005 through June 2006, which was presented during Monday’s 109 Board meeting, showed why Fiscal Court is prepared to dissolve the board and begin managing trash collection — Solid Waste spent almost $1.6 million while bringing in almost $1.4 million in revenue. Solid Waste also lost about $125,000 in 2005. Board members Jim Harris, Hoffman and Loose said during interviews prior to the meeting that trash collection rates will be lower if the 109 Board is left to run Solid Waste than if Fiscal Court follows through on dissolving the board. Fiscal Court began steps to dissolve the 109 Board earlier this month, and unless magistrates change their minds, the 109 Board will cease to exist by February.
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Members of the "Patriot Riders," a national motorcycle group that travels to different areas to honor fallen service members, hold flags Sunday outside Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg for the service of Army Maj. Michael Mundell, who was killed in Iraq. Mundell’s 13-year-old son Zachary is walking into the building.
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More than 250 people, including Joey Claycomb, Daryl Troutman, Kenny Geer, Phillip Troutman, Lloyd Claycomb, Kenny Butler and Chris Bolen, waved flags along Bypass Road in Brandenburg in honor of Mundell.
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A story in the Jan. 5 News Standard should have said that Meade County Solid Waste owes $390,000 in loans.
Fallen, not forgotten
Budget has no BRAC SCHOOLS: State only plans for 40 more students in Meade
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The decision to dissolve the 109 Board began in November after Solid Waste requested a $250,000 loan to continue operations through April 1. Without the loan, Solid Waste would have gone bankrupt this month. Solid Waste also owes about $390,000 in long-term loans. 109 Board members credit last quarter’s surplus to more aggressive collection efforts and argue their plan hasn’t had enough time to take full effect. “The improvements we made haven’t had a chance to show,” Harris said. “But some (changes) have already started, like increased collection efforts. “You’d be surprised how many people (in Meade County) don’t get a trash bill and how many don’t pay.” Hoffman said he has 28 pages of county residents who benefit from trash collection but don’t pay, although he couldn’t provide an exact number. Loose, Hoffman and Harris each have figures on how much trash-collection fees need to be for Solid Waste to build a
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Meade County Schools officials already are looking forward to next year and the addition of a new school and renovations to others, but they are unsure if their 2008 draft budget will be able to accommodate a sudden influx of students due to a military transition. State Board of Education officials project 40 new students will enter Meade County schools next year, raising
the total to 4,565 students. But military officials estimate up to 600 new students will join Meade County schools within the next few years when the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures Commission of 2005 begins. The transition is slated to begin this year, and up to 4,000 civilians and soldiers will relocate to Fort Knox and will likely settle in Hardin and neighboring counties, including Meade. Meade County will have to provide for more students on the same budget if a large number of children enter the school system after September, at which time the increase in students would be applied to the 2009 budget. “We are concerned about BRAC,” said Susan Fackler, Board of Education finance officer. “We have to be as conser-
vative as possible, but we can’t completely prepare for BRAC. If we got a large influx of students, they’d only be counted as growth in the first few months. That’s the concern we voiced.” The Meade County Board of Education passed its 2007-08 draft budget earlier this month. According to the budget, Meade County will have an additional $1.65 million this year, bringing the total budget to more than $32.6 million, but state-mandated raises for educators and school employees will increase staff wages by $1.55 million, leaving the Board of Education less additional money to prepare for BRAC. Meade County Superintendent Mitch PLEASE
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What was your biggest accomplishment at 17? Good grades at school, some sports trophies or a part-time job to pay for that first car? Kaitlyn Lusk travels the country as a featured soloist, performing alongside some of the most respected symphonies and orchestras in the world. The 17-year-old Pennsylvania native is a soloist with the traveling “Lord of the Rings Symphony,” a show featuring Howard Shore’s complete musical score and visual storyboards from the movies of the same name. The “Lord of the Rings Symphony” stops today and tomorrow in Louisville, where Lusk will sing with the Louisville Orchestra and conductor Charles Floyd. Lusk’s trip to Louisville is a homecoming of sorts. Her parents were both born and raised in Meade County, and she still has several relatives who live in the county. “We always come back to Meade County for Christmas and have remained a part of the community,” Lusk said. “It’s like our second home.” P o s i t i v e reviews and soldout venues have met the tour at every stop. While the music is the main draw, Lusk admits that name KAITLYN recognition doesLUSK n’t hurt. “The Lord of the Rings shows pull new audiences into the concert halls because of the popularity of the movies,” she said. On the tour, Lusk has performed with more than 20 different musical groups, including her European debut with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Germany. “She’s a fantastic singer, and we’re obviously very excited to have her here,” said Debra Moore, education and community engagement director for the Louisville Orchestra. Lusk’s father, Mark, began his musical career in high school playing trombone with the Meade County band. Now he is the trombone professor at Penn State University. Her father’s musical background played a role in encouraging Kaitlyn Lusk to pursue singing as a profession. When she was in eighth grade, her father sent a recording of her performance in the talent show to a friend in the music business. That decision propelled Kaitlyn Lusk to her first professional performance. She performed professionally for the first time with the Baltimore Symphony at age 14. Following the Baltimore performance, she performed with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra at a New PLEASE
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King stood for peace
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artin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is perhaps his most well-known. But his Nobel Prize acceptance speech from Dec. 10, 1964, raises many issues that still ring true this week of his birth. “I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when twenty-two million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award in behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice. “I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeing to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctuary to those who would not accept segregation. “I am mindful that debilitating and grinding poverty afflicts my people and chains them to the lowest rung of the economic ladder. “Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a movement which is beleaguered and committed to unrelenting struggle; to a movement which has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize.After contemplation, I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time — the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression. “Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. Negroes of the United States, following the people of India, have demonstrated that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. “If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama, to Oslo bears witness to this truth. This is a road over which millions of Negroes are traveling to find a new sense of dignity. “This same road has opened for all Americans a new ear of progress and hope. It has led to a new Civil Rights bill, and it will, I am convinced, be widened and lengthened into a superhighway of justice as Negro and white men in increasing numbers create alliances to overcome their common problems. “I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the ‘isness’ of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal ‘oughtness’ that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. “I believe that even amid today’s motor bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land. “‘And the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.’ “I still believe that we shall overcome. “This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom.When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born. “Today I come to Oslo as a trustee, inspired and with renewed dedication to humanity. I accept this prize on behalf of all men who love peace and brotherhood. I say I come as a trustee, for in the depths of my heart I am aware that this prize is much more than an honor to me personally. “Every time I take a flight I am always mindful of the many people who make a successful journey possible — the known pilots and the unknown ground crew. “So you honor the dedicated pilots of our struggle who have sat at the controls as the freedom movement soared into orbit. You honor, once again, Chief (Albert) Luthuli of South Africa, whose struggles with and for his people, are still met with the most brutal expression of man’s inhumanity to man. “You honor the ground crew without whose labor and sacrifices the jet flights to freedom could never have left the earth. “Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in ‘Who’s Who.’ Yet when years have rolled past and when the blazing light of truth is focused on this marvelous age in which we live — men and women will know and children will be taught that we have a finer land, a better people, a more noble civilization — because these humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness’ sake. “I think Alfred Nobel would know what I mean when I say that I accept this award in the spirit of a curator of some precious heirloom which he holds in trust for its true owners — all those to whom beauty is truth and truth beauty — and in whose eyes the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.”
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Recently, a young man named Ryan Hubbard died in a car accident here in the county. Ryan was only 17 years old and a student at Meade County High. Certainly, there are many of his friends who don’t understand how to deal with losing someone their own age so suddenly and tragically. Many people Ryan’s age have never had to deal with a loss so close and so personal. It’s different when a family member dies — especially an older one, such as a grandparent or great-grandparent — but it’s rare at your age to lose someone you know and call “friend.” You are not alone. I recently turned 28, and Sunday marks the five-year anniversary of the day I lost two of my best friends in a car accident. Ty Cruse and John Wilkinson were killed on Interstate 75 after being hit by a tractor-trailer on Ty’s 22nd birthday while returning home to Lexington from Cincinnati. John and Ty were guys I had known since I was a freshman at Henry Clay High School. They were both former roommates of mine and guys I loved like brothers. Another one of my best friends, Kuzma Tsarapkin, took his own life last March, and I was the first to speak on his behalf at the funeral. It’s cliché to say everything happens for a reason. There is no statement in the “bereavement handbook” that is more ridiculous. That didn’t, and will never,
make me feel better. There is no reason good enough that could ever validate their deaths in my eyes. But there is a certain amount of wisdom I can impart to you, his friends. Look to each other for support and validation of his life, and look G OOD C ALL within yourselves. I am not a religious man, by any stretch. But J. Ronald Knott said in a column last week in our pages that some people draw strength from those S HAUN T. around them and C OX some find it within themselves. Many of you will find that a little of both is the best way to move on. Time alone to reflect is a great way to get a little perspective. But time with others who share your grief will only make the whole of you stronger. Many of my friends and I have been brought so much closer together by what’s happened. My friend Adel Rayen, whom I’ve known since Little League, was in the car with John and Ty. Losing them and speaking at Kuzma’s funeral were two of the hardest things I’ve had to come to terms with in my relatively short life. But the single-most troubling thing happened when Adel grabbed my
L ETTERS Embryonic stem-cell research sets ‘a dangerous course’ The insanity and spin is starting in the media again. Because of my liver failure (PBC), I started looking into embryonic stemcell research. A better name would be “False Hope Research.” Over 72 cures have come out of stem-cell research with umbilical cords and adult tissues, “0” cures with embryonic stem cells. Lord Winston, the most prominent embryonic stem researcher in the UK said, “Hopes for cures had been distorted by arrogance and spin, and I view the current optimism with growing suspicion.” South Korean cloning expert Curie Ahn now warns that scientists won’t develop cures from embryonic stem cells for 30 to 50 years. Experiment after experiment has only killed research animals with exotic tumors or hair and bone growing in the brain. Harvard scientists recently developed useful stem cells from human skin cells, only to have the media say this type of research only “muddles” the debate. Experimentation on human embryos that will be “thrown away anyway” would set a dangerous course. If human life is sacred and worthy of protection unless it is unwanted or destined for destruction, then many human lives (terminally ill and severely handicapped) become cheapened and endangered. The response many supporters of destructive embryonic stem-cell research offer is troubling. Rather
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than giving a coherent ethical statement on when human life deserves protection, they mock their critics by calling anyone that does not want involvement in embryonic research as unscientific or even superstitious. This stance is ironic considering it takes more faith to believe in research that has not produced any cures versus research that is curing people now around the world of cancer, lupus, Crohns, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, heart damage, Parkinson’s, leukemia, spinal cord injury, stroke, osteoporosis, and my disease of chronic liver failure and liver cirrhosis. Why the big push for cloning and embryonic stem-cell research? Embryonic research keeps the door open for “fetal farming” — a process where embryos are cloned and implanted in a surrogate and harvested for spare organs. Studies show the real potential is not in the embryo days old, but in the human child weeks old. The United States is not in danger of “falling behind” in embryonic research, but leading the way down an unnecessary slippery slope. Pat Schutt Brandenburg
Not enough local UofL support I am writing this letter to express my concern about the representation of the University of Louisville in our local retail stores and newspapers. Or should I say the lack of representation. As an avid UofL fan, I am disheartened by the one-sided offerings found in local stores. I, as I’m sure
hand when he was in University of Cincinnati Hospital after the accident. He looked me in the eyes while wearing a halo around his broken neck, and I had to lie to him about what happened in the accident. He was heavily sedated and had no memory. All he wanted was for someone to tell him what happened. At some level, he knew Ty and John were gone. He just wanted someone close to all of us to say the words. Today, I draw inspiration from him. We all think we’ve been through a lot in losing them. But for the longest time, he questioned why he was spared and they were taken. Every person in that car with Ryan likely feels the same way and will until the day they meet him again. Everyone can learn from these tragic events that happen to everyday people, every day. Carry on their memories by never forgetting the good things they believed in and stood for, and by making yourself a better person because of what you learned from them while they were here. That is what will truly stand the test of time. Never ignore the voice on your shoulder because they are with you. You will never be alone, because they won’t let you forget what they lived for. Adel has almost fully recovered, physically. Personally and mentally, he will never be the same. None of us, or those in the car with Ryan, will either.
many other Meade Countians/ Cardinal fans did, stayed up until 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 2 to cheer for the Cardinals as they defeated Wake Forest and won the prestigious Orange Bowl. When I went to the grocery store (Kroger) the next day, I would have gladly plunked down some money to buy a UofL shirt or some other type of Cardinal memorabilia. However, all I found were items touting UK’s trip to the Music Bowl. Kroger is not the only offender. This “all UK, all the time” attitude extends throughout the county. It exists in other retail stores as well as our local newspapers. The Messenger runs a weekly column which discusses only UK sports (unless UK is playing Louisville). This column is called, “Sports in Kentucky.” News flash: Louisville is in Kentucky! Many residents of Meade County work in Louisville, have relatives in Louisville, went to UofL or have moved to our beautiful county from Louisville. We want to spend our money on the local papers so we can read about the Cards instead of buying The Courier-Journal. We would also like to pick up shirts, pens, key chains, etc. when we run in for a gallon of milk at the local grocery store. We are local folks who happen to “bleed red” and we are as loyal as those who “bleed blue.” We should be given equal recognition and buying opportunities in Meade County. Joseph H. DeSpain Battletown
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More waters impaired BUDGET in state quality report CONTINUED
Legion, VFW Auxiliaries We often hear about the different veterans groups, but there are two in particular that need recognition: the Auxiliary branches of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. They’re doing more than I ever imagined. The American Legion Auxiliary, the world’s largest women’s patriotic service organization, has nearly 1 million members. Last year the Auxiliary: —Provided 10 million volunteer hours working with and for veterans. —Provided computers on carts, along with printers and Internet connection service, to polytrauma patients in a number of VA centers. —Educated members about all levels of preparedness (such as civil defense, disaster, environmental, security) in the event of a local or national
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Crump said he’s spoken with state officials and has warned them of BRAC’s possible list covers all of Kentucky. As a result of the impair- impact on Meade County, but ments, DOW is developing a the county has to wait and see series of calculations for allow- when, or if, the influx of stuable amounts of pollutants, dents comes. “We would have to look at known as Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), for the the number of students we get and the resources and instrucimpaired waters. Approximately 1,600 tional staff we would have to TMDLs are needed for add,” he said. “At this point we have to wait and see. We impaired segments. Several TMDLs are being hope, if the influx comes, we developed for DOW by out- can communicate to the goverside parties, including the nor and legislators that a large Ohio River Valley Water influx of students is coming in Sanitation Commission, state and they will help us out.” In the 2007-08 school year, universities, consultants and the state will pay Meade municipalities. The U.S. Environmental County more per student in Protection Agency is also attendance at $3,822, a more assisting the state with TMDL than $300 increase. If students enroll after September, Meade development. Volume II is open for public County won’t receive that review and comment through money until the following year. The state money did not Feb. 26, 2007. It can be viewed cover the $3,000 raise to teachonline at the DOW Web site, ers and 5 percent raise for claswww.water.ky.gov. Comments are preferred sified staff, costing Meade electronically and can be e- County $110,000. Salaries mailed to EPPCDOWWQB account for $18 million in the draft budget. @ky.gov. “The state said the raises would be fully-funded, but it didn’t fully fund ours,” Fackler said. Crump said legislators would have to decide if the money is given back to the school next year. —Volunteered 1,408,611 Fackler said the budget hours in VA medical centers allows for a $2.6 million continand other hospitals gency if expenses go beyond —Donated $2,537,783 to the budget and that school offihelp hospitalized veterans cials are looking at adding —Sent 130,059 letters or emails (or made personal visits) to lawmakers on state, local and national levels —Donated $9,044,234 and volunteered 8,594,258 hours supporting veterans and their CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 families with rent assistance, food, clothing, transportation, utilities and more. Year’s concert. Lockhart was For more information, go to: impressed, and the young www.ladiesauxvfw.org singer was invited back the folNOTE: Have you signed the lowing year to sing music Morrill Worcester petition? made famous by Judy Garland Read about it at: www.thepeti- in MGM movies of the 1930s t i o n s i t e . c o m / t a k e a c - and 1940s. tion/424826701 The success of Kaitlyn Lusk Write to Freddy Groves in care with the Boston Pops and the of King Features Weekly Service, “Lord of the Rings Symphony” P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL brought even more opportuni32853-6475, or send an e-mail to ties. In 2005, she sang the Academy Award-winning letters.kfws@hearstsc.com. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. song “Into the West” as part of
regions of the state that previously had not been monitored to this degree,” Morgan said. Impaired waters total 5,163 miles on 910 stream segments and more than 98,300 acres on 45 lakes and reservoirs in five basin management units across Kentucky. Primary causes of impairment are sedimentation, bacteria, habitat alterations and nutrients. The report indicates the majority of issues associated with impairment arise from “non-point source” pollution – meaning pollution that runs off the land rather than from a specific source, such as a pipe. The “integrated report” combines and replaces two reports – known in the field as 305(b) and 303(d) – that the federal Clean Water Act requires of all states. Volume II of the report – the portion required under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act – lists impaired waters and segments. For the first time, the
FRANKFORT – Kentucky is issuing a two-volume report on the quality of water in the streams, lakes and reservoirs of all major river basins of the commonwealth. The report offers a statewide number of Kentucky waterways that are impaired – meaning their water quality does not support the uses for which they are designated. The number of impaired streams is greater than in previous reports because more water was assessed. For example, Volume II of the report reflects the first intensive watershed sampling in the Big Sandy River basin. “This should not be interpreted as a declining trend in water quality but a reflection of increased monitoring,” said David W. Morgan, director of the Division of Water (DOW) in the Department for Environmental Protection. “Under the watershed approach, increased screening is now occurring in some
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emergency. —Studied community needs and developed assistance projects, such as first aid and CPR training, blood drives and donations to homeless shelters. Its plans for 2007 are mindboggling. To learn more, go to: www.legion-aux.org The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in the 20052006 calendar year: —Donated 489,853 American flags to schools and community groups —Raised $2,980,629 for cancer research and to support members who have cancer
Page A3 portable classrooms, such as the ones at James R. Allen Primary School. The increase in staff wages also includes the addition of support staff at the new elementary school, Brandenburg Primary School, which is under construction. The new elementary school will cost $20.5 million, including construction and furnishings. The funds being used to build the school are in a separate account and is not listed in the draft budget. One new administrator was hired to work at a ninth-grade academy to open next year, which will take the place of James R. Allen. Crump said the county received a $150,000 federal small learning community grant for the next five years, but stipulations require hiring a coordinator. Bob Schrader, Meade County High School assistant principal, will fill the role, and Chad Butler has been hired to fill the assistant principal vacancy. “The grant is so we can implement programs to make a large school smaller,” Schrader said, referring to Meade County High School’s current enrollment of about 1,500 students. He said introducing the ninth-grade academy will free up space at the high school while also helping freshmen prepare for the transition. Schrader said the ninth grade academy will be broken into three teams of 130 students each. Each team will have seven teachers and an instructional assistant who will work with the same students year-round. Howard Shore’s Grammy honors in New York City. In addition to her symphonic performances, she also has a studio album entitled “No Looking Back.” The album contains 11 tracks that showcase her ability and versatility. “I am influenced by musicians who express the meaning of songs to those who are listening,” Kaitlyn Lusk said. “Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Sarah Brightman can all do this beautifully.” Kim Scharnberg, who has worked with Julie Andrews and Natalie Cole among others, produced and arranged the album.
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Schrader and Butler will serve primarily at the freshman academy and assistant principals David Dailey and Scott Bogard will continue to work at the high school. High School Principal Bill Adams will oversee both schools. Crump also is looking forward to the freshman academy and believes it will better prepare students for high school. “We feel like we can also do some transitional things to make their sophomore year a smoother and less-stressful transition for students,” he said. “We’re alleviating the overcrowding at the high school and we’re concentrating on building relationships and keeping (students) focused on academics. We’re looking at what is best for kids.” Crump said he also is looking forward to new additions to the high school. The school system has $335,000 to spend on construction, just more than half of what was in last year’s budget. “We’re excited about building a new auditorium at the high school and an athletic physicaleducation facility,” he said. Crump said the new building will have a locker room and weight-lifting equipment for athletic teams. Currently the weight room is located in the basement of James R. Allen.
“I heard Kaitlyn’s demo,” Scharnberg said. “I had to meet her. I had to hear her sing.” Lusk is happy with her career thus far, but she also is excited about the future. “I’m very recently independent. As I get closer to turning 18 I am starting to get to do things my way,” she said. “I want to do whatever I can to keep working. I would like to start another studio album, and I really want to be able to perform some of my songs for people.” The “Lord of the Rings Symphony” is showing at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow at Whitney Hall in Louisville.
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Cutting safety corners TIME could cost your life CONTINUED
NIKKI PLOSKONKA ENVIRONMENTAL & PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET
FRANKFORT – With winter upon us, firefighters, building code enforcement officials and other public safety experts are warning about the use of alternative heat sources such as wood-burning stoves, space heaters, oil burning heaters and fireplaces. The Kentucky Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction (OHBC), which includes the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Division of Fire Prevention and the Division of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, offers Kentuckians safety tips for heating homes this winter. In the event of winter storm damage that knocks out electrical power, have a plan and course of action to ensure the safety of your family and all occupants of your home. Avoid makeshift heating, which can be dangerous – even life-threatening. Operating a kitchen oven with the door propped open is extremely hazardous, especially with a gas appliance. If the flame goes out, gas continues to flow, creating a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. The OHBC, including all the agencies mentioned above, offer the following safety
checklist. Burning fuels safely Never use flammable liquids to start a fire. Use only seasoned hardwood. Soft, moist wood accelerates creosote buildup. Never burn cardboard boxes, trash or other debris in your fireplace or wood stove. Never leave a fire in the fireplace unattended. Extinguish before going to bed or leaving the house. Soak hot ashes in water and place them in a metal container outside the house. Protecting the inside of your home Never use a charcoal grill for indoor heating or cooking. It produces carbon monoxide, which can be lethal. Be aware of burning candles. Never leave candles unattended, even for a short time. If you leave the room, extinguish all candles. Have your heating system inspected, serviced and maintained by a licensed HVAC contractor. Ensure and provide proper venting for all heating equipment. Make sure your home is properly insulated. Keep the fireplace damper closed when the fireplace is not in use. Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Change batteries once a year.
Maintain at least a 36-inch clearance between space heaters and anything that can burn. Protecting the outside of your home Stack firewood outdoors at least 30 feet away form the house. Keep the roof clear of leaves, pine needles and other debris. Cover the chimney with a mesh screen spark arrester. Remove any branches hanging above the chimney, flues or vents. Keep fireplaces and wood stoves clean Have your chimney or wood stove inspected and cleaned annually by a certified chimney specialist. Always use a metal mesh screen with fireplaces. Leave glass doors open while burning a fire. Keep air inlets on wood stoves open, and never restrict air supply to fireplaces. Be aware of creosote buildup. It could lead to a chimney fire. Only use fire-resistant materials on walls around wood stoves. The OHBC is an agency within the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet. Additional information can be found on the Web at w w w. o h b c . k y. g o v <http://www.ohbc.ky.gov/> .
Beauty products go natural
Since a beauty-product regimen is probably a part of your morning routine, let’s continue to investigate the safety of beauty products and consider some alternatives. While some studies support the safety of common beauty products, many women believe that, until additional research confirms the safety of these products, we should remain on the safe side and use natural products. Fortunately, the booming beauty product industry leaves us with many choices for natural products. An alternative to using common deodorants and antiperspirants found in drug stores is the all-natural Crystal Body Deodorant, which consists of 100 percent all-natural mineral salts and is hypoallergenic, fragrance-free and paraben-free. These deodorants come in a variety of forms
and are recommended by Cancer Treatment Centers. Organic beauty products extend far beyond deodorants these days. Juice Beauty offers a wide range of all-natural beauty products, including moisturizers, masks and serums, using certified organic fruit juice as its main ingredient. These examples highlight only a few of the manufacturers offering all-natural beautyproduct lines. If you’re concerned about the safety of your beauty prod-
ucts, the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep study examines the ingredients in today’s beauty products. On its Web site (www.ewg.org), you can research the safety of your beauty products simply by typing the product name into a database. From there, you can find more information on any product’s ingredients and overall safety. For additional information, contact the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (www.safecosmetics.org) and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (www.cfta.org), two more organizations that research beauty-product safety. Write to Barbara Barontini 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. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
Medical information can be lifesaver No one ever knows in advance when a medical emergency might happen. If we need urgent care and are unable to communicate, we need a fast way to get information to those who are trying to help us. While you might have a driver’s license that tells your name and address, your medical or contact information could be scattered in your wallet or purse, making it difficult for emergency personnel to help you. A number of companies have come out with small keychain tags that store your medical and contact information. For the computer savvy, these tags are small memory chips in a USB device. Plug one in to your comput-
er to add your information, then put it on your keychain. In an emergency, the tag can be read by medical personnel who have a laptop computer. Some of the brands I’ve found are MedicTag and Medtag. These tags are capable of holding your medical records, too. For a low-tech way to make sure your information is available, you can make your own ID card on a typewriter, have it laminated and carry it in your wallet. Your card should include
the following emergency information: Your name Address Telephone number Blood type Any current medical conditions Doctor’s name and telephone number List of medications you take Any allergies you have Name and number of a local friend or relative Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions. Do not send any material requiring return mail. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to letters.kfws@hearstsc.com. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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reserve along with preventing the department from continuing to lose money. Their estimated fees range from $14 to $22 monthly. Residents pay $12.50 per month now, and that is not enough to equal costs. The new monthly fee also will have to include enough money to repay the county loan. 109 Board Chairman Bim Wardrip disagrees with his fellow board members, saying the various trash collection fees reaffirm why Fiscal Court needs to take control. “The problem I have right now is there are three different versions,” he said. “I don’t think any of them have an actual figure of what (Solid Waste) will take to operate. If they’re going to fight amongst themselves, then … we can’t move forward and do something that will benefit the county. If Fiscal Court can take (Solid Waste) over … and set (trash fees) at a decent rate for the county, then I’m all for it.” The 109 Board began a process of receiving bids from outside companies to see if they could run Solid Waste more efficiently and cheaply, but halted the plan when magistrates started the process of eliminating the board. Harris doesn’t believe a private contractor needing to make a profit can do the job cheaper than the county, which
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is prohibited from making more than covering operating expenses and repairs. “Even if a for-profit company comes in and says they can do it for $15 a month, Fiscal Court will still have to add a few dollars for a franchise fee to pay off the current debt,” he said. “So how could they do that cheaper? I feel we can do it the cheapest.” Harris said during the meeting that Fiscal Court should write off the $270,000 in loans to Solid Waste as a grant so trash collection can continue without double-charging taxpayers or eliminating county jobs by privatizing trash collection “We’ll lose 12-15 jobs in this county and they’ll go to someone else, from Elizabethtown or Louisville,” he said. Harris criticized Fiscal Court members prior to the meeting for talking about creating more jobs in the county during November’s election only to eliminate nearly a dozen jobs after taking office. Harris requested that magistrates meet with the 109 Board to discuss solutions to Solid Waste’s financial problems rather than eliminate the board. Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said “all options are on the table” but believes Fiscal Court will follow through with dissolving the 109 Board. Craycroft said he is concerned with how Solid Waste will pay for new trucks, since existing ones are in bad condition. “They have to buy three trucks for $500,000,” he said. “How are they going to pay off that debt?”
Craycroft said he thinks the county can find a cheaper alternative to trash collection than the 109 Board. Magistrates plan to hold a special meeting next week for the second reading of the ordinance that will dissolve the 109 Board and return executive control back to Fiscal Court. Loose said Solid Waste’s problems could have been prevented if Fiscal Court had acted sooner. Loose said magistrates approached him and other 109 Board members prior to November’s election and asked not to request a fee increase until after the election because they thought it would “hurt their chances for re-election.” 109 Board members said Fiscal Court’s mandatory trashcollection ordinance, which requires trash collection to continue even when residents don’t pay, prevented Solid Waste from being successful. “If you know you don’t have to pay us, then why pay at all?” Wardrip said. “It was set up to fail because we had to pick up trash no matter who paid or when. If you can’t raise the rate to match the losses from nonpayment, then you don’t have a chance. We’re pretty much mandated to clean the county up.” Loose said the 109 Board was not allowed to run Solid Waste as a business, which includes cutting off service due to nonpayment and imposing fee increases when needed, which ultimately was its downfall. “We never had a chance,” he said. “This thing was doomed from the start because of how it was originally set up.”
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Smith-Carroll said the county judge/executive and 109 Board requested, and received, applications to amend the five-year plan, but the paperwork has not been sent back to Frankfort. “They should have submitted this previously, but they seem to be on track to get all the paperwork done now,” she said. “They have the application in hand.” The appendix to Meade County’s five-year plan states the trash-collection rate at $9.50, which was the trash collection fee in 2003. Smith-Carroll could not say if failing to update the fiveyear plan means the fee increase constitutes an illegal increase. There is no timeline as to when the plan must be amended, but two years seems a long time, she said. 109 Board Attorney Bob Heleringer said the increase was legal even though the fiveyear plan was not amended and should stand up in court. “We feel like whatever we’ve done in that regard through the years has been legally done,” he said. “Somebody in our office should have advised the board in Frankfort it was done, but that does not change the fact that it was legal. If somebody wants to challenge it, then that’s why (Meade County) has a courthouse, and I’ll be happy to defend it.” Solid Waste Coordinator Mark Gossett, who took over as coordinator last fall, said he was only recently made aware that the plan needed to be updated.
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“I wasn’t sure it had to be updated until I started talking to Frankfort,” he said. “I don’t know that anybody here said it had to be updated.” 109 Board Chairman Bim Wardrip said he thought the plan had already been amended. “I assumed it was taken care of, but evidently it wasn’t,” he said. “There were public hearings held, Fiscal Court and 109 Board joint meetings were held about the increase to $12.50.” Wardrip said no one told him it was his job to amend the plan. He said he knew the plan was “updated on a regular basis” and thought that included the fee increase. Former Solid Waste Coordinator Wanda Terrell said amending the five-year plan falls on the shoulders of the 109 Board, not the coordinator. “I couldn’t amend the fiveyear plan, the board had to,” she said. “No coordinator has
that authority. When Fiscal Court OK’d the $12.50, it should have been amended at that time.” Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said he would speak to officials in Frankfort during the next few days to find out if anything illegal was done. Craycroft has said he hoped to wait until October to re-draft the five-year plan, at which time all state Solid Waste departments must submit new plans for 2008-2013. The cost of revising the ongoing five-year plan is one reason why Craycroft said he wants to wait until October before changing the current plan. The 109 Board had proposed revising the five-year plan to allow for an outside contractor to run Solid Waste and had begun working on receiving bids, but stopped when Fiscal Court began the process of eliminating the board.
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Continuous corn yields more pests
FARM: Benefits may not be worth risks
fields under conservation tillage, in which corn residues provide high amounts of inoculum.” Diplodia ear rot does not cause damage in most corn fields but it can occasionally cause severe epidemics, rotting BY LAURA SKILLMAN as many as 50 to 75 percent of UK COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE the ears in a field. The fungus PRINCETON— With higher only attacks corn and survives prices leading farmers to grow on residue. Therefore, continumore corn, many fields in ous production allows the Kentucky will be planted in corn pathogen to build up to potendestructive levels. for subsequent years. However, tially farmers need to be aware of the Whenever planting corn after increased pest pressures caused corn, Vincelli recommends farmers check with their seed by continuous production. “We don’t want to discour- dealers to determine if the age people from doing what company specifically breeds the market tells them,” said Ric hybrids with partial resistance Bessin, an entomologist with to the disease. Some companies the University of Kentucky do, while others do not. There was quite a bit of College of Agriculture. But, he said, pest specialists anthracnose top dieback in 2006, do want farmers to be aware of so Vincelli said he suspects potential problems and to pro- inoculum levels are “rather tect their crops when possible. high” in many fields. This disThat means watching for corn ease can affect yield, and the lower stalk rot rootworm. PAUL VINCELLI, phase of Rootworms anthracnose chew off the PLANT PATHOLOGIST can affect harroots damagvestability. ing the plant’s Farmers need productivity. to plant In some cases, hybrids with it can comresistance in pletely kill the fields where plant. The they noticed rootworm is a the disease. potential Farmers problem in also should continuous select hybrids corn producwith resisttion and the ance to northrisk increases ern leaf with each subblight. This sequent year, disease also Bessin said. Farmers using continuous survives in crop residue and production need to be scouting has re-emerged in the past sevfields in June looking for the eral years as a serious limitarootworm beetle. If an average tion to yields in Kentucky where susceptible of one beetle per plant is found, fields a producer needs to rotate that hybrids are grown. Also, pythifield into another crop for one um seedling diseases can cause year or use a soil insecticide, a seed decay and seedling death Bt corn variety with rootworm as well as damage root hairs and young rootlets, causing control or a seed treatment. Several diseases can be reduced vigor and ultimately more active in continuous corn impacting yields. Seed treated production as well, particularly with fungicide targeting pythidiseases caused by pathogens um are a low-cost means of that survive on crop residue or combating the disease. Corn itself can prove to be a in the soil. These include gray leaf spot, diplodia ear rot, nemesis in continuous corn anthracnose stalk rot and top production. “Volunteer corn traditionaldieback, pythium seedling diseases, and northern leaf blight. ly has not been a problem in Gray leaf spot is a signifi- Kentucky, but the past two seacant threat wherever corn is sons it has been especially in grown year after year, said the Green River area and likely Paul Vincelli, UK plant pathol- will be in the 2007 growing seaogist. It is spread by wind and son,” said Jim Martin, UK rain to leaves of new corn from weeds specialists. It can be a particular chalresidue of the previous growing season. Tillage practices lenge if the volunteer corn is a hybrid can reduce levels of inoculum, glyphosate-resistant but crop rotation is a key man- because it reduces the options agement practice as well. In the farmers have to kill it, he said. absence of rotation, susceptibil- Volunteer corn is likely to ity to gray leaf spot should be sprout and grow in clumps, and carefully considered when these clumps can crowd out and selecting a hybrid. Hybrids compete with other seedlings. have differing levels of partial One clump per 8 square feet that is not controlled within 10 resistance. “When growing continuous weeks of emergence can cause corn, always select hybrids 25 percent yield loss. In fields with severe volunwith as high a level of resistance as you can against gray teer corn, the best option for leaf spot,” Vincelli said. “This control is to rotate that field is particularly important in into another crop, Martin said.
When growing continuous corn, always select hybrids with as high a level of resistance as you can against gray leaf spot.”
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United Producers – Irvington Market Report per CWT For Monday, Jan. 15, 2007 Description Low $ High $ Sold Avg $ Weight Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls
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Oil, gas scams favored ploy to fleece investors BY KELLY MAY OFFICE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FRANKFORT – Although oil and gas prices are no longer at the high point they reached this summer, fraudulent oil and gas deals remain a favorite ploy of con artists nationwide, according to the Office of Financial Institutions (OFI), Kentucky’s securities regulator. “Securities investments offering profit participation in oil and gas ventures can be legitimate for those who understand and can afford the risk,” said OFI Executive Director Cordell Lawrence. “But too often we are seeing questionable and even outright fraudulent energy deals aggressively promoted to the public.” Many oil and gas investments tend to be interstate. Fraudulent deals may take advantage of this setup because there is less chance of an investor dropping by a well site or company headquarters. Even when the underlying project is legitimate, any revenues realized can be absorbed by high sales commissions paid to the promoter and dubious or inflated “expenses” skimmed off by the managing partner. Businesses raising money by soliciting investors must comply with Kentucky’s securities laws. Scam artists tend to target individual victims and make an unsolicited contact, usually with a phone call, offering a “great” business opportunity. Lawrence said to beware of e-mails and telephone calls claiming things such as: “The risks are minimal;” it is a “can’t miss” opportunity; it is a “pri-
vate deal open only to a few,” or you have to “act fast.” To help investors determine whether an offer is legitimate, OFI has developed a new “Oil and Gas Investor Checklist.” This simple form can be filled out during a telephone conversation with an investment promoter. It is designed to help investors know what questions to ask, as recommended by OFI’s national membership organization, the North American Securities Administrators Association . Over the past two years, state securities regulators have opened more than 260 cases involving oil and gas-related schemes and have issued 122 cease-and-desist orders against promoters. Half of the court or administrative orders issued in Kentucky during the past two years regarding securities have involved oil and gas companies making fraudulent offers to Kentucky residents. Lawrence says an investor should do three things before buying into any limited partnership in energy or any other industry: independently research the background of the promoters, get a clear explanation of the deal in writing and carefully read all the fine print. OFI can verify whether an individual and/or company is licensed to sell securities in Kentucky, and whether he or she has a history of disciplinary action. To ask about a security or to file a complaint, call (502) 5733390 or toll free (800) 223-2579. To print copies of OFI’s “Oil and Gas Investor Checklist,” visit www.kfi.ky .gov.
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Luncheon to feature mayors BY RUSS POWELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR
BRANDENBURG — What’s in the future for Meade County’s three cities? That will be the key question answered by the mayors of Brandenburg, Ekron and Muldraugh when they speak at January’s membership luncheon of the Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce. The luncheon, sponsored by Brandenburg Telephone Company, will begin at noon on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Meade County Extension Service at 1041 Old Ekron Road in Brandenburg. Membership luncheons normally take place the third Thursday of each month, but the inaugural luncheon for 2007 was changed to the fourth Thursday to make it possible for the three mayors to attend, according to Russ Powell, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. The mayors are David Pace of Brandenburg, Gwynne Ison of Ekron and Danny Tate of Muldraugh. In November, Pace was elected for the first time, while Ison and Tate were re-elected. All are serving four-year terms. “After all the changes that have taken place in local government in recent weeks, it seemed appropriate to ask our new leaders to tell us what they think is important for their communities and to brief us on initiatives they hope to undertake,” said Powell. Because of a schedule conflict, new Meade County Judge-Executive Harry Craycroft will speak later in the year, he said. The luncheon will be held in conjunction with a rural development roundtable that will take place the same day at the extension service. The roundtable will focus on challenges facing Meade County and ways to address
them, according to Extension Agent Jennifer Bridge. The session will be led by Dr. Lori Garkovich, from the University of Kentucky’s Department of Community & Leadership Development. Chamber of Commerce members who wish to take part in the roundtable are invited to do so, according to Bridge and Powell. “The next few years are of key importance to the future of Meade County, so the more people we have thinking and talking about that future, the better off we’ll be,” Powell said. The roundtable will begin at 9 a.m. and last until mid-afternoon, with the luncheon beginning at noon and lasting until 1 p.m., according to Powell. Chamber of Commerce members who plan to attend either the roundtable or the luncheon – or both events – should make their reservations by noon Friday, January 19, by calling 270-422-3626 or emailing chamber@bbtel.com. Cost of the luncheon for Chamber of Commerce members and their guests is $6 per person.
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Saturday, January 27, 2007 • 10:00 AM (EST) Location: Meade County, 920 Milan Road, Payneville, KY Selling: 1995 Champion Modular Home (28 x 52), 3 bedroom, 2 bath, situated on 3.19 acres, additional building (24 x 32); water is supplied by deep well and city water. Personal Property: Living room suite (6 pieces), kitchen table and 4 chairs, bedroom suite, hutch, stove, television, chest, recliner, washer and dryer, freezer. Tools: Craftsman riding lawn mower (25 hp), push mower, dump trailer, Delta drill press, miter saw, table saw, Delta planer, Craftsman air compressor, ladder, shop vacuum, tool boxes, drill bits, grinder, and many miscellaneous tools too numerous to mention. Buyers Premium: A 10% buyer’s premium will be added to final bid, to determine the final sale price. Taxes: 2007 taxes to be paid by buyer. Terms of Sale: Real Estate: $5,000 down day of auction, balance within 30 days. Possession: Will be given with delivery of deed. Personal Property: cash or good check day of auction. Auctioneer’s Note: Everything sells “as is where is” with no warranties expressed or implied. The auctioneers have obtained information from sources deemed to be reliable, but it is up to the buyers to make inspection of the property. Announcements from auction block day of sale take precedence over any printed material.
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Betty Jo Arva
Betty Jo Arva, 40, of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at University of Cincinnati Hospital. She is the daughter of the late Conrad G. Arva Jr. and Annette Kegley Arva of Radcliff. Survivors include her mother; a brother and sister-in-law, Garry Lynn Arva and Giya Arva of Clarksville, Tenn.; one sister, Debby Sue Arva of Kingman, Ariz.; and a nephew, Terry Lynn Arva. Cremation was chosen by the family. Coffey and Chism Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences can be expressed online at www.coffeyandchism.com
Sherry Denise Adams Douglas
Mrs. Sherry Denise Adams Douglas, 42, of Brandenburg, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born Feb. 1, 1964, the daughter of William Lee Adams and Shirley Ann Reesor Pack. Mrs. Douglas is survived by four children, Douglas Patrick Adams of Radcliff, David Earl Adams of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Bobby Joe Slater and Misty Dawn Slater, both of Brandenburg; a stepson, Carlos Rivera Rodriguez of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; her mother, Shirley Reesor Pack of Brandenburg; two sisters, Deborah Ann Hubbard of Rough River and Theresa Leigh Modrall of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; a brother, William Anthony Adams of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Friday, Jan. 12, from the chapel of Hager Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eric Bolin officiating. Burial was in Bethel Methodist Cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home.
Edna Daphin Greer
Mrs. Edna Daphin Greer, 88, of Irvington, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at her residence. She was born Oct. 8, 1918, the daughter of Charles David and Dana Daphin Smith McVey. Mrs. Greer was preceded in death by her husband, Alpha Edward “Jimmy” Greer; a daughter, Delores Ann Greer; and a granddaughter, Diana. She is survived by four children, Charles Oliver “C.O.” Greer of Louisville, Leona Marie Gray of Stephensburg, Ky., LaVernon Alpha “Bud” Greer of Brandenburg, and Joyce Vivian Greer of Irvington; two sisters, Viola Crume of Olaton, Ky., and Lunetta Burt of Louisville; a brother, Charles Irvin McVey of West Point; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 15, from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Simmons officiating. Burial was in Haynes Cemetery in Battletown directed by Hager Funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Hospice of Central Kentucky, 105 Diecks Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
Anthony L. LaBanca Jr.
Mr. Anthony L. LaBanca Jr., loving husband of Jean and son of Anthony and Bertha LaBanca, 67, of Brandenburg, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at the Medco Center of Brandenburg. He was born March 16, 1939, the son of Anthony Louis Sr., and Bertha Gwinnell LaBanca. Mr. LaBanca is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jean LaBanca of Brandenburg; four children, Tammy Engleman, Marcy Dellatorre and Dan LaBanca, all of Connecticut, and Amy Sumall of Florida; a stepdaughter, Janet Kaufman of Brandenburg; a sister, Bertha Toro of Connecticut; a nephew, Larry Toro of Connecticut; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Cremation was chosen by the family. Hager Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements.
Earl Lucas
Earl Lucas, 89, of Rineyville, died Jan. 8, 2007, at North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center, Radcliff. He was a member of New Salem Baptist Church, Vine Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife, Fay Lucas; a son, Jackie Lucas; a sister, Audrey Hundley; and three brothers, Ray Lucas, Duluth Lucas and Clifford Lucas. Mr. Lucas is survived by a daughter, Janet Lacroix, Panama City, Fla.; three sons, Gary Lucas, Bernard Lucas and Donald Lucas, all of Rineyville; a brother, Joe Lucas, Rineyville; a sister, Jean Buchanan, Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Jan. 11 from New Salem Baptist Church, Vine Grove, with the Rev. Rick Breeze officiating. Burial was in the New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, directed by Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.
Margaret Lillian Patrick
Margaret Lillian Patrick, 76, of Vine Grove, a native of Muldraugh, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Hopkinsville, Ky. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Robert Patrick Jr.; her parents, Hilary and Martina Padgett; a brother, James Alton Padgett; and three sisters, Martha Raley, Loretta Fowler and Bernadine Biddle. She is survived by a sister, Marjorie Redeth Clark of Vine Grove. The funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 16, at NelsonEdelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Vine Grove with the Rev. Dennis L. Cousens officiating. Burial took place in the St. Brigid Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Friday, January 19 • Chili supper to benefit John Mann family who lost Iris Irene Prince, 34, of Radcliff, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, their home in a fire. Big Spring Baptist Church, 6 p.m. For more 2007, at University of Louisville Hospital. She was preceded in death by her father, Ira Edward Bowling; information, call 270-828-2421 mother, Barbara Dowdy; and her stepfather Mosco Dowdy. She is survived by one son, Shaquille Bowling of Florida; two Saturday, January 20 • Yu-Gi-Oh, 9:30 a.m. at daughters, Barbara Thurston and Theaira Thurston, both of Radcliff; two sisters, Altoria Bowling of Radcliff and Gwendolyn Meade County Public Library. Stevens of Chicago, Ill.; one brother, Aaron Prince of Chicago, Ill.; Call 422-2094 • Turkey Shoot at VFW and a host of relatives. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Coffey Post 10281, 299 Briggs Lane in Vine Grove. Sign up at 11 a.m., and Chism Funeral Home with cremation to follow. shoot starts at 1 p.m. 12 gauge Visitation will begin after noon Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences can be expressed online at www.coffeyand- only. Every Saturday through March. For more info call the chism.com Post at 877-2138 • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 Russell Ross, 90, of Irvington, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, at • U-13 Girls Select Soccer Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville. He was born in tryouts for the Vine Grove Breckinridge County on Jan. 10, 1917, the son of Marvin Ross and Vipers will be Jan. 20 and 27, Lottie Gillingwators Ross. 1:30 p.m., Vine Grove Optimist Mr. Ross was a carpenter, electrician, plumber and farmer. He Park. For information, call was a WWII Army veteran and attended and supported Rosetta (270) 828-8023. United Methodist Church. Russell Ross was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Monday, January 22 Dooley Ross, in 1985, and two infant children. • Soil Conservation meetHe is survived by two sisters, Evelyn Ashcraft of Brandenburg ing, 8 a.m. and Lucille Ross of Irvington, and three nieces. • Pets in Need Society meetServices were held on Saturday, Jan. 13, at Alexander Funeral ing, 7 p.m. at Little Dave’s Home. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery in Bewleyville.
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Elvie Ray Stewart
Mr. Elvie Ray Stewart, 82, of Brandenburg, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at the Elizabethtown Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 7, 1924, the son of John Raymond and Flora Bell Brown Stewart. Mr. Stewart was a member of the Harrison Masonic Lodge 122 F.&A.M., of Rock Haven Baptist Church, and a Marine Corp veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Ione Riggs Stewart. Mr. Stewart is survived by a son, Dennis Stewart of Louisville; a granddaughter, Dena Ray Stewart; a sister, Marie King of Middletown, Ky.; a brother, Ellis Neal Stewart of Valley Station, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan 17, from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home, with the Rev. William “Happy” Chandler officiating. Burial with military honors was in Garnettsville Cemetery directed by Hager Funeral Home.
John Swan Jr.
John Swan Jr., 96, of Vine Grove, died Tuesday, Jan. 09, 2007 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, in Elizabethtown. He is survived by a nephew, Bob Swan of Vine Grove; a niece, Clara Ann Hennings of Shreveport, La.; and a sister-in-law, Vesta Swan. Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 13, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, Vine Grove, with the Rev. Tom Jeffery officiating. Burial was in the Vine Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry Fackler, Leon Cowell, Harold Roberts, Steve Clater, Eugene Sheeran and Chuck Crutcher. The honorary pallbearers were Leo Padgett, David Crutcher, Anthony Crutcher, Ed Bickett, Jess Mills, Paul Lancaster, Tony Fackler and Larry Mercer.
Tuesday, January 23 • Story hour at Meade County Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Call 422-2094 • Mystery book discussion at Meade County Public Library, noon. Call 422-2094 • Princess program at Meade County Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Call 422-2094
Wednesday, January 24 • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 • CPR Certification Course 6-10 p.m. in the EMS Training Center on Harrison County Hospital Campus • David T. Wilson Textbook Committee meeting, 3 p.m. Thursday, January 25 • Free Breast Self-Exam Instruction class, 2-3 p.m. at Harrison County Hospital in the medical office building. For more information and registra-
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Friday, January 26 • 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, January 27 • U-13 Girls Select Soccer tryouts for the Vine Grove Vipers will be Jan. 20 and 27, 1:30 p.m., Vine Grove Optimist Park. For information, call (270) 828-8023. • Turkey Shoot at VFW Post 10281, 299 Briggs Lane in Vine Grove. Sign up at 11 a.m., shoot starts at 1 p.m. 12 gauge only. Every Saturday through March. For more info call the Post at 877-2138 • Heart-Saver Pediatric First Aid Certification Course 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the EMS Training Center on Harrison County Hospital Campus. For information and registration, call 812-738-7830, ext 340 • 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, February 1 • SPMS Idol Contest tryouts in acappela start today. Pick up and drop off registration form at SPMS’s front lobby. You can also go to http://www.meade.k12 .ky.us/spms, click the Relay for Life icon, print and fill out the form, then drop it off or mail it in. Proceeds from the final performance will be used to help fight cancer. All age groups welcome.
Friday, February 2 • Groundhog Day • Farm Service Agency meeting, 8:30 a.m. Call 422-3188 (First Friday of every month) • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752
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Maj. Michael Lewis Mundell, 47, of Brandenburg, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, while serving in the United States Army in Fallujah, Iraq. He was born April 14, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Oliver Dale and Helen Louise Lamoreaux Mundell. Maj. Mundell was a member of the VFW and coached youth soccer, baseball and football in Meade County for several years. He is survived by his wife, Audrey Cundiff Mundell of Brandenburg; four children, Erica Lynne, Ryan Daniel Andrew, Zachary Lewis and Thomas Dale Mundell; a sister, Deanna (Kenneth) Sofranko of Pittsburgh, Pa.; a niece, Taylor Sofranko; and a nephew, Kenny Sofranko. Funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 14, at the Prichard Chapel at Fort Knox.
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Faith & Values
Friday, January 19, 2007
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Time with kids can reduce need for discipline
QUESTION: What would you say to my husband and me? We are disciplining our kids far too much. Is there another way to encourage them to cooperate? DR. DOBSON: The best way to get children to do what you want is to spend time with them before disciplinary problems occur — having fun together and enjoying mutual laughter and joy. When those moments of love and closeness happen, kids are not as tempted to challenge and test the limits. Many confrontations can be avoided by building friendships with your kids and thereby making them want to cooperate at home. It sure beats anger as a motivator of little ones! QUESTION: It has always been my understanding that marriage was supposed to be based on unconditional love. That is, the commitment to each other should be independent of behavior, no matter how offensive or unfaithful. But your concept of accountability seems to be, “I will love you as long as you do what I want.”
requires toughness, discipline and accountability. QUESTION: I’m 22 years old and still living at home. It’s driving me nuts. My folks are in my face every day. They want me to get a full-time job because F OCUS ON I only work THE FAMILY part time at a gas station. Why can’t they get off my case? DR. DOBSON: J AMES With all respect, I D OBSON think it’s time for you to pack. Many young adults like you continue to hang around the house because they don’t know what to do next. That is a recipe for trouble. Your mother and father can’t help “parenting” you if you remain under their noses. To them, it seems like only yesterday since you were born. They find it difficult to think of you as an adult.
DR. DOBSON: You’ve misunderstood my point. The limitations of language make it difficult to express this concept adequately, but let me try. I certainly believe in the validity of unconditional love, and in fact, the mutual accountability I have recommended is an expression of that love! For example, if a husband is behaving in ways that will harm himself, his children, his marriage or the family of the “other woman,” then confrontation with him becomes an act of love. The easiest response by the innocent partner would be to look the other way and pretend she doesn’t notice. But from my perspective, that is tantamount to a parent’s refusing to confront a 14-year-old who comes home drunk at 4:00 a.m. That mother or father has an obligation to create a crisis in response to destructive behavior. Love demands that they do that! Unconditional love is not synonymous with permissiveness, passivity, weakness and appeasement. Sometimes it
The way you live probably irritates them, too. They hate your messy room. They don’t like your music. They go to bed early and arise with the sun; you keep the same hours as hamsters. You drive the family car like you’ve been to Kamikaze Driving School. They want you to get a job, go to school — do something. Every day brings a new argument, a new battle. When things deteriorate to that point, it’s time to get out. QUESTION: What would you and your wife do if your resources permitted her to stay at home after the kids were in school? DR. DOBSON: I don’t have to speculate about the answer to that question. Shirley and I did have that option (although we sold and “ate” a Volkswagen initially to make it possible), and she stayed at home as a full-time mom. Neither she nor I has ever regretted that decision. Now that our kids are grown, we would not trade the time we invested in them for anything
Compromise over grandchild B Y D IANE V ERHOEVEN
DEAR DIANE: Last week, my daughter “Lou Anne” and her husband, “Brad,” had their first child, an adorable angel they named “Chloe.” She is my first grandchild. Shortly after Chloe was born, the family was gathered together in Lou Anne’s hospital room. Everyone was talking and taking pictures and passing the baby around. When it was my turn to hold Chloe, I took a cute little headband with ribbon out of my purse and put it on Chloe. When Brad saw this he stormed over, pulled the headband off Chloe’s head and said, “No way. There is no way my daughter is going to wear this tacky thing!” I was appalled, Diane. He even called the headband a “Hillbilly Halo.” That headband looked cute on Chloe. I really wanted a picture of the two us with her wearing it, but Brad flushed it down the toilet. Since that episode, I have tried to buy clothes for Chloe, but Brad gives them back. According to him, I have “white trash” taste, and he refuses to let my granddaughter wear the outfits I buy for her. What should I do? I want to buy things for my grandchild, but they keep getting thrown back in my face. — MAD GRAN IN LA GRANGE DEAR GRAN: “Hillbilly Halo.” I’m going to have to write that down. But seriously, Gran, you and Brad come from different social classes. You will never see eye to eye in matters of taste and fashion. The only way to overcome this obstacle is to speak to your daughter first about Brad’s attitude toward you. He may not approve of your fashion sense, but he doesn’t need to be a horse’s patoot about it. Then, find out what clothes Brad and Lou Anne prefer for Chloe. Buy those. DEAR DIANE:
Mutual friends of my wife and me, “Jake” and “Laura,” were expecting their first child. The doctor was to induce labor on Monday. The previous Friday, Laura sent out a massive number of e-mails “inviting” friends, family, co-workers and Lord knows who else to attend the “birthing” of their baby. Frankly, I was appalled. I may be Laura’s friend, but there’s no reason for me to be in the delivery room. Jake should be there, of course, and perhaps Laura’s mother, but that should be it. Laura is an attention pig, and this is just another ploy to get people to stroke her vanity. So, I shot back a reply email to Laura stating that since my wife and I weren’t invited to witness the conception, we would not be attending this birthing fiasco; but we would love to come visit the happy family when they get settled back home. I told my wife about the email, and she hit the ceiling. She said that since we’re friends with Jake and Laura, we should attend. I told her she’s more than welcome to take a day off from work and sit in a crowded room watching a sweaty woman turn a perfectly natural occurrence into a melodramatic production number, but I would have nothing to do with it. She went. Since then, things have been frosty at home and with Jake and especially with The Drama Queen. What can I do to smooth things over? —DOUG IN DENVER DEAR DOUG: Not much. If Laura is as big of a drama queen as you say, she will never miss a chance to throw it back in your face. Do apologize to your wife and try to make amends. You’re not apologizing for refusing to attend the birth, but for declining the invitation on behalf of your wife without consulting her first.
DEAR DIANE: I am a teenager who lives with a very religious mother.
She is very active in our church and expects the rest of our family to be as committed as she is. Early in December, I was supposed to go through a religious ceremony that is an important milestone within our faith. I told my mother that I wasn’t ready to make such an important commitment yet. I just didn’t feel right about lying to God. I want to be active in my church and be a good person, but I don’t feel that I am ready yet to take such an important step. My mother went through the roof. She told me that there was no way I was getting out of this ceremony. I went to our clergyman and spoke to him about my feelings. I don’t want to be a hypocrite just to please my mother or the church. He agreed with me. He even told my mother. After that meeting, my mother canceled Christmas — for me and me only. She unwrapped all my presents from under the tree and returned them to the stores. I am also forbidden to leave the house. I can only leave home to go to school or church. What do I do, Diane? I am a prisoner in my own home and treated like a criminal because I don’t want to do the wrong thing. — CAPTIVE IN CAPE CANAVERAL DEAR CAPTIVE: You need to have your clergyman speak with your mother about her actions. She is using extortion to get you to, as you’ve said, “lie to God.” I think your clergyman will agree with me that your mother ’s actions will do more to drive you away from your church than it will bring you closer. Personally, I think your mother is doing this to impress people in your congregation. I don’t think God or religion has anything to do with her actions. Send letters to Diane c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Or you may e-mail her at dianeadvice@yahoo.com. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Meade not in state child-protection report BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM FRANKFORT — Meade County is not included in a state report detailing unprofessional and dishonest behavior by child-protective services staff serving Hardin and surrounding counties. While the yearlong Office of the Inspector General investigation centers on cases in Hardin County, a spokeswoman with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said Meade cases could be disclosed in the future. “We really don’t know the location or the specifics of any cases mentioned in the report,” spokeswoman Anya Weber said. “The OIG investigators know that information but haven’t released it. I don’t know when it will be released. Any allegations of criminal activity would be shared with the Meade County Attorney’s Office, but I don’t know how many details will be released to the public.” Meade County Attorney Margaret Matney could not be reached for comment. Mark D. Birdwhistell, Health and Family Services secretary, said the report highlights several areas his staff is already addressing. “We have reviewed the OIG’s report and are prepared to act on it,” he said. “I find it troubling, but not entirely surprising. It clearly points to long-standing problems with decentralized management that lacked appropriate checks and balances to protect the integrity of the system.” Tom Emberton Jr., who served as Department of Community Based Services commissioner before becoming undersecretary for Children and Family Services last November, and former Undersecretary Eugene Foster, requested the investigation after the National Institute on Children, Youth and Families and the Kentucky Youth Advocates issued a report in January 2006 criticizing the child welfare system and the adoption process in Lincoln Trail and across the state. The 61-page report is a summary of the Inspector General investigation and lists several conclusions. Several instances of false documentation and dishonesty by staff, including false signatures and omission or supplementation of case records, have been reported to the Hardin County Commonwealth’s Attorney. The Inspector General found several cases of unprofessional conduct by staff and supervisors. According to the report, regional managers abused their power, neglected to follow the chain of command and stripped supervisors of their authority, including case review. Some caseworkers exuded an attitude of superiority with clients and held birth parents to higher, often difficult to meet standards when determining whether to recommend a child’s parental rights be terminated, the report said. The report does not substantiate allegations in the Kentucky Youth Advocates’ report that Lincoln Trail staff expedited foster children’s termination of parental rights to speed up certain adoptions. The Inspector General found that problems addressed in the report were exacerbated by the fact that Department of Community Based Services’ regional
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approach was “highly decentralized under the previous administration,” the report reads. Emberton said he and his leadership team began efforts to reorganize the department in 2005 because of an inefficient management structure. “We responded quickly to the allegations in the KYA report by calling for this inquiry, but we had also already begun addressing process needs we discovered through our own departmental assessments,” he said. “We saw the inconsistencies in staffing levels and in management style. “We’ve been working for almost two years to develop a more organized structure and to ensure our best practice policy model is implemented across the state.” Department of Community
Based Services was realigned last September, and 16 regions were combined into nine. Lincoln Trail joined with a neighboring region to form the 17county Salt River Trail Region. The reorganization allows for more accountability by enhancing supervision, requiring more supervisory training, giving staff greater access to front-line supervisors and providing more support from the central office. “It’s important to note that the vast majority of our staff do a tremendous job and are dedicated to their work,” Emberton said. The cabinet has included the child welfare community and the public in its own examination of state adoption policy. Birdwhistell appointed a diverse 12-member blue ribbon panel last July to explore the system. The panel, which
served. Cabinet staff members may anonymously voice their concerns about an adoption custody decision to central office administrators, who determine if any action is needed. Among the 17 recommendations listed in the report are a proposal to open court proceedings for terminations of parental rights, implementation of inspection teams who would make unannounced visits to Community Based Services offices, and central office review of every case that includes a recommendation for termination of parental rights. The cabinet is already addressing some of the recommended actions, including expanding the Parent Advocate Program, enhancing training for supervisors and working more closely with the Office of the Ombudsman on
Birdwhistell chairs, has heard comments for procedural changes from parents, lawmakers, judges and advocates and intends to propose legislation to the 2007 General Assembly. “Many of the issues and recommendations in this report mirror what we have learned through the blue ribbon panel,” Birdwhistell said. “As we have discussed through the panel, birth parents are not always adequately informed about the process and consequences. This validates our efforts to improve the support parents receive.” Community Based Services continues to use foster care review boards, which are managed by the Administrative Office of the Courts, to provide a system of checks and balances to ensure foster children’s best interests are being
matters of complaint. Inspector General Robert J. Benvenuti III initiated the investigation on Jan. 9, 2006. Three Inspector General investigators coordinated the investigation, which included interviews with more than 140 people, including staff, clients, complainants, partners and advocates. “Our investigators worked diligently to ensure the allegations were fully and thoroughly investigated. We believe the recommendations we have made will have a positive impact on both the cabinet and the citizens of the commonwealth,” Benvenuti said. “This would not have been possible without full cooperation from several DCBS staff, who in the past were fearful of speaking out.” The report can be read online at http://chfs.ky.gov/oig/.
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STANDINGS Basketball District W L Meade 2 0 Hancock 4 1 Frederick Fraize 1 3 Breckinridge 1 4 Boys:
Girls: Meade Hancock Breckinridge Frederick Fraize
W 2 3 2 0
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Overall W L 10 6 10 7 5 11 7 8 W 3 8 6 0
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Meade 350, Fort Knox 135 Jan. 16 at Gammon Boys 172, Fort Knox 72 Winners 200 Med. Relay Team 200 Free Troy Jobe 200 IM Daniel Silva 50 Free Andy Wilkins 100 Fly M. Spillman 100 Free J. Patterson 500 Free Jake Baldwin 200 Free Relay Team 100 Back Jobe 100 Breast Jon Hobbs 400 Free Relay Team Girls 178, Fort Knox 63 Winners 200 Med. Relay Team 200 Free C. Meador 200 IM Lisa Hurt 50 Free Kaitie Webb 100 Fly M. Williams 100 Free Valerie Hobbs 500 Free Webb 200 Free Relay Team 100 Back M. Spilman 100 Breast Lisa Hurt 400 Free Relay Team Brown Bear Sprint results Jan. 13 in Louisville Place School Points Boys 1 Eastern 112 2 Meade 103 3 Doss 30 4 Atherton 20 4 Whitefield 20 4 Brown 20 7 Shawnee 3 8 Central 2 Winners 100 IM Silva 100 Cork Relay Team 50 Fly Jobe Girls 1 Eastern 95 2 Mercy 83 3 Meade A 83 4 Brown 28 5 Meade B 21 6 Atherton 17 6 Whitelfield 17 8 Central 2
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January 19 Wrestling @North Hardin 9 a.m. Girls Basketball @Frederick Fraize 6 p.m. Boys Basketball @Frederick Fraize 8 p.m. January 20 Swimming @Louisville 10 a.m. Freshman Boys Basketball @Apollo 11:15 a.m. Boys Basketball Muhlenberg North 8 p.m. Girls Basketball @Hancock Co. 8 p.m. January 22 Stuart Pepper Middle School Bluegrass 5:30 p.m. January 23 Freshman Boys Basketball @South Central 7 p.m. January 24 Wrestling @LaRue Co. 6 p.m. January 25 Stuart Pepper Middle School @West Hardin 5:30 p.m. Girls Basketball @Breckinridge Co. 8 p.m.
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Elementary Scores DTW Yellow 37 Flaherty 2 23 B. Garris 16 B. Mingus 6 A. Fackler 4 A. Haynes 2 L. Wilson 6 Z. Kullman 7 A. Stallings 4 M. Ray 4 N. Turner 7 M. Drury 4 Flaherty 1 20 Battletown 13 A. Dowell 10 C. Mattingly 2 K. Lancaster 9 C. Payne 11 C. Dejesus 1 Flaherty 1 16 A. Lancaster 2 A. Dowell 2 K. Lancaster 8 M. Dial 4
Muldraugh 13 B. Hart 4 M. Heith 3 C. Warman 6
DTW Red 40 J. Raymer 11 Z. Bogard 10 T. Tynan 8 K. Burns 4 T. Cross 7
Ekron 2 28 T. Keys 2 Z. Ledford 11 J. Mosier 15
DTW Lt Blue 38 Payneville 1 8 Z. Wilson 12 J. Mattingly 2 R. Warren 12 Taylor Knott 4 E. Wright 8 R. Mason 2 D. Bruner 2 R. Parker 4 DTW Navy 30 Payneville 2 11 C. Williams 10 B. Feldpausch4 B. Bailey 12 A. Gouvas 1 D. Orr 4 T. Johnston 2 W. McPherson 2 C. Moore 2 T. Dix 2 T. Jenkins 2 Ekron 1 29 J. Embry 12 J. Claycomb 3 L. Burchett 4 T. Gerald 4 D. Andrews 2 C. Long 4
DTW Green 23 J. Barley 2 M. Millay 4 A. Fogle 2 R. Babb 6 C. Bruce 9
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Wrestlers exceed coach’s expectations BY SHAUN T. COX
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The Greenwave wrestling team has surpassed Coach Bob Davis’ expectations in its first season and is starting to make a name for itself. “We’re not a secret anymore,” Davis said. “People all over know about us. People in Louisville know about us and they tell me what a great first-year program we have. These kids have picked up a lot in a short amount of time and to be 2117-1 right now is just great.” Meade County has taken second place in two tournaments this season. The team finished second out of 16 teams in the Valley Invitational, held Jan. 5 and 6. Last Saturday, the team placed second out of eight teams in the inaugural Meade County Classic.
“It’s simply amazing, and to take second place in two tournaments … ,” Davis said. “I would have never dreamed that we would have brought any hardware home at any tournament, even our own.” After Wednesday’s trip to Southern, the team’s overall record is 22-18-1, and the team has faced some of the top teams in the state. Fern Creek, Seneca, North Hardin, LaRue County, and North and South Oldham high schools are all in the top 20 in the state, according to the Kentucky Wrestling Coaches Association — and all are teams the young Meade program has faced. “We have wrestled some tough teams, and that’s something we’ll do every year,” Davis said. “I don’t want to sit around and wait for them to come to me, I’m going to PLEASE
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Junior Nathan Kelch competes in the inaugural Meade County Invitational where the team took second place. The wrestlers have a total record of 22-18-1 in their first season.
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Senior forward Kayla Stull looks to get rid of the ball last Friday against John Hardin senior center Lauren Mensch.
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Sophomore forward Johnathan Ives rebounds the ball in traffic against Owensboro Catholic Tuesday night. The Greenwave shutdown the Aces defensively, holding them to 28.6 percent shooting.
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Tonight, the Greenwave look to rebound from two-straight poor shooting performances against Cloverport’s Frederick Fraize — a poor defensive team. Fraize (5-11) gives up about 63 points per game and more than 70 in its 11 losses. Coach Jerry Garris said even though the Fighting Aces are not great defensively, they have a solid player in Jason Grubbs who can score in bunches. “They are much improved from last year and they have a kid that can put some points on the board if you’re not careful,” he said. “Grubbs is very capable. He’s put over 30 on the board a couple of times this year. If we go out there and play like we did (Tuesday), we won’t be successful.” Saturday, the boys are back home to take on Muhlenberg North, another poor defensive team that can fill the nets. “They are a good offensive basketball team — probably the best we’ll see this year,” Garris said. “They’ve got a kid named (Aaron) Morris who shoots the eyes out of it.” Garris said he might employ some pressure defense to try and limit the amount of shots North takes. “I think I may start with (junior forward Chris) Roe guarding him, and I’m hoping our defense can negate some of their offense,” he said. “We really want to put some
pressure on them and make it difficult for them to get shots off. ” Garris said his team would have the advantage in the post. “I don’t think they’re as strong as us inside so we want to get it in to Nick (Stinnett) and Chris (Roe) and Riley (Benock), and see if we can’t use our size and strength a little bit to negate their perimeter game.” Garris said Morris isn’t a guy who can create his own shot, but he’s fundamentally sound and knows how to get his shot. “He’s their first, second and third option, so they look for him quite a bit,” he said. “He’ll shoot it and shoot it quick. He knows how to come off screens and he gets to the free throw line quite a bit, too.” The Greenwave overcame a sluggish start offensively to blow out Owensboro Catholic 55-26 Tuesday at home. For the game, Meade County shot 36.8 percent. Garris was unimpressed with the way his team played except on the defensive end. “We didn’t have our head in the ballgame and it showed,” he said. “If we were playing anyone else, we wouldn’t have won it.” Meade was able to force 29 turnovers off which it scored 33 points. Garris said the fact Owensboro graduated nine players off last year’s 25-4 team was a big help. “I think they’re an inexperienced ball club and that showed,” he said. “Most of those points off turnovers came late, and if we had gotten them early in the first instead of early in the fourth I would have been a lot happier.” Both teams started slowly and the score was just 4-2 more than three and a half minutes into the game. Senior guard Riley Benock
Junior center Nick Stinnett goes up for one of his six boards Tuesday against Owensboro Catholic. Stinnett also finished with 20 points.
didn’t start due to illness but checked in about four minutes into the game after Garris had seen enough. His team was looking for some offensive direction, as it was content to pass the ball around and take long jumpers instead of working it inside early. Benock jump-started the offense, pouring in 10 points in just more than seven first-half minutes. The Greenwave went on a big run and outscored the Aces 16-4 in the second quarter. “I think anytime when you’re young like we are and you play a good defensive team and don’t get anything going offensively, you PLEASE
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Next three ‘are our season’ BY SHAUN T. COX
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It’s make-or-break time for the Lady Waves’ season, as this week it faces its most crucial three-game stretch. Meade County (3-10) faces three straight district foes and will look to improve on its unblemished 2-0 district record. Coach Josh Hurt said his team will know exactly where it stands next Thursday. “These games are the biggest part of our season,” he said. “After the Breck County game is over, we’ll know what our seed is. If we’re the No. 1, we’ll get Cloverport in the first round, and if we beat them, we’ll automatically be in the regional tournament — which has been our goal from the beginning of the season. The next three games are our season.” Junior guard Mindy Oliver, the team’s leading scorer, is confident the team will end its four-game losing streak. “We have a good strip of games coming up and we’re still 2-0 in the district,” she said. “I think we’re going to go on a hot streak here soon.” Meade couldn’t have asked for a better game to begin a hot streak than tonight’s match-up at winless Frederick Fraize (0-11), of Cloverport Independent Schools. “They’re a program that’s trying to rebuild, and they’re trying to get back to being competitive and it will take some time,” Hurt said. “We should be able to play a lot of people and fine-tune some things, but we won’t take them lightly. What we need to do is take care of business and then beat Hancock and Breckinridge.” Frederick Fraize lost to Breckinridge and Hancock counties twice, each by an average of about 46 points. Meade has beaten each school once by an average of 33 points. Both Meade County and Frederick Fraize have lost to Grayson County. Meade lost at Grayson by 13 Dec. 4, and Frederick Fraize lost by 62 at home exactly one month later. Tomorrow night the girls travel to Hancock County (7-6), a team it beat by 27 at home Dec. 16. “It won’t be easy because it’s at their PLEASE
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Preseason busy at full speed for NASCAR BY BUDDY SHACKLETTE
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Last week, the first tier of teams arrived for NASCAR Jackson Hewitt Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway. As expected, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and defending Nextel Cup champion and Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson were fast off the truck, but the surprises were the speeds posted by Tony Raines and Jeff Green. Raines, piloting the No. 96 Chevrolet owned by former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, was the surprise at the top of the charts on the first day.
At the end of the third day, the No. 66 Chevrolet of Owensboro, Ky., native Jeff Green found the top of the charts and the team was so pleased that it packed up and headed for North Carolina — thus passing on the fourth and final half-day of testing. “It’s a big momentum thing, no doubt,” said crew chief Harold Holly. “It’s big for both teams — the (No.) 66 team going away from testing, and for Bootie (Barker, crew chief of the second Haas NEXTEL Cup Series entry) and Johnny (Sauter, driver of the second entry) as they head down for testing.” For Jeff Green, the test was not only evidence of the strength of his team’s
engines and fabricators, but also of the decision to reunite Green with Holly, the crew chief who helped Green capture the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Championship. “I can’t say enough about how hard our body guys have worked, and of how strong those Hendrick (Motorsports) engines are,” Green said. “It’s an awesome feeling to go down the backstretch at Daytona with that kind of horsepower under the hood. As far as Harold, it really does feel like old times. He almost knows what I’m going to tell him about the car before I even open my mouth.” Green spent plenty of time behind the wheel of his Best Buy entry over the
three days the No. 66 team tested. During the drafting portion of the test session, Green turned over 100 laps in his Best Buy Chevrolet, giving his team ample data as to how the car performs on a long fuel run. While Holly takes the test results with a grain of salt — understanding that testing doesn’t necessarily reflect how a team will perform under race conditions — he’s confident of his team’s chances, and clear as to which end of the speed charts he prefers. “We were the only ones walking out PLEASE
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of (Daytona International Speedway) with the fastest time, so it gives us bragging rights for at least a couple of days,” Holly said. “It’s fun to be the best of the bunch, even when there’s no trophy involved. I’m like everyone else that works in this sport — I always want to be first.” The second tier of Nextel Cup teams rolled in Monday for a three-day test session with 33 cars represented. The field included former champions Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon, as well as some newcomers in David Reutimann, David Ragan, Paul Menard and Regan Smith. While Smith’s first official ride in the No. 01 Army Chevy is scheduled for Bristol Motor Speedway (March 25), the upstate New York native is looking to make his Nextel Cup debut in the Daytona 500. Smith and teammate Mark Martin are both at Daytona International Speedway this week for a three-day test session. “It took me a couple of days to get the nerve to call Mark and introduce myself,” recalled Smith, who will share the No. 01 U.S. Army/Ginn Racing ride with Martin in 2007. “Ever since I started to race, Mark was the guy I always looked up to. He has always been my hero.” Martin will be testing in the No. 01 and Smith will be testing the No. 39 car for Ginn Racing, which plans to enter four Cup cars for NASCAR’s
season opener. Joe Nemechek (No. 13) and Sterling Marlin (No. 14) took part in last week’s Daytona test session for Ginn Racing. “We’re going there (Daytona) with four cars and I have every intention of the Daytona 500 being my first Cup start,” said Smith, who filled in for Nemechek in a pair of test REGAN sessions in SMITH Daytona last week. S i n c e Smith’s No. 39 Chevrolet is not part of the top 35 in points from 2006, he will have to qualify for the MARK Daytona 500. M ARTIN S m i t h will also compete in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2007 for Ginn Racing. He will share the No. 04 Chevrolet ride with Kraig Kinser. Smith, 23, said the telephone call in October was a success and compared it to a good qualifying lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “It (the call) was intimidating at first — I didn’t want to say something stupid,” Smith said. “I was talking for the first time to one of the giants of the sport. But as the conversation went on, Mark made me feel
relaxed. It was like talking to another guy on the street. We both shared in our excitement about driving the Army Chevrolet for Ginn Racing. “After the call, my hands were shaking and that told me everything went well,” Smith added. “I kind of compared the call to a qualifying lap in Atlanta or someplace where we run wide open. When you come in after a good lap in Atlanta, your hands should be shaking and the palms sweaty, and that’s just the way I felt after the phone call with Mark — my hands were indeed shaking and sweaty. I am not ashamed to say that I was awestruck when I first called him.” While Smith was impressed with Martin, the veteran driver was also impressed with the rookie. “Regan and I had a great conversation and we were on the same page,” Martin said. “He’s eager and wants to learn. But at the same time, he knows that patience is vital in enjoying future success. I am really looking forward to being his Army teammate and helping launch his career. This is an exciting time for the both of us.” After the maiden telephone call, Martin and Smith got together during a December Car of Tomorrow test session in Lakeland, Fla. “It was great being at a test session with Mark,” Smith said. “It was neat to compare our graphs and to see where he was doing things differently. You can’t put a price tag on that — getting valuable instruction from a veteran such as Mark. I would just love to accomplish a fraction of what he has accomplished in his career.”
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paint,” Hurt said. “Most of our woes came from bad shot selection in the second half, and in the first half we didn’t get many shots at all. We got more up to the rim in the second, but we had some breakdowns offensively and took some bad shots.” John Hardin senior guard Jennika Walton, however, was on fire. Walton had 28 points on about 67 percent shooting and went 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. “That was a little unexpected, but we knew she was their best player,” Hurt said. “We did a nice job defending her early, but as the game went on she started getting into the paint and hitting some shots and we knew she was capable of doing that.” Meade, on the other hand, struggled again from the line. The Lady Waves went 17-for31 — 54.8 percent — and only average about 58 percent on the season. The Lady Bulldogs’ bench was forced to play significant minutes after three starters went out with foul trouble. “It was big for us to have other girls step up,” John Hardin coach Stephen Knall said after the game. “The whole bench played excellent. They all played a big role in our victory.” And they had to because Meade County’s 5-10 Stull held Hardin’s long-armed 6-1 senior forward Lauren Mensch to just four points. Mensch was coming off a game against LaRue County in which she scored 16. “She’s tall, but with me personally I have problems with the quicker players because I’m not one of them,” Stull said. “The key was to keep her off the block, make her shoot from farther out and watch out for the high-low.
We didn’t really focus on her scoring much.” Hurt said his senior forward does an excellent job using the scouting report to take away the strengths of an opposing player. “Kayla was outstanding,” he said. “We made her shoot from outside and she and Kayla both had a lot of rebounds, so it was a great battle.” Mensch and Stull finished with 14 rebounds each. Oliver said her team is still not playing hard enough from the opening tap. “We didn’t come out ready to play and we never do,” she said. “We don’t get ready until the third and fourth quarters, and that’s what hurts us in our losses.” John Hardin led by five at the end of the first quarter and by six at the half. In the third quarter, Meade was able to score only seven points, and John Hardin pushed the lead to 12. The Lady Waves shortened the gap by three in the final frame. “We always look for that time to run off the clock at the end of the ballgame,” Knall said. “We just had to take care of the ball, and it was important for us to hit the free throws at the end. I thought Jenna (Walten) had a heck of a game, and her free throws down the stretch helped us preserve the victory.” Newby scored 16 points and had six steals. Stull and Oliver both finished with 15 points. Junior forward Kayla Fackler fouled out in the fourth quarter with five points, six boards, two blocks, a steal and an assist. Even though the record is not nearly as good, Oliver said this year ’s team isn’t
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place and their confidence is riding high because they’ve won some games,” Hurt said. “It was 19-16 late in the second quarter last time, so it’s not like we dominated from the beginning. Hopefully, we’ll see the opponent for how good they are instead of going the other way.” After a late second-quarter run, Meade outscored Hancock 24-13 in the period to take a 15-point halftime lead and never looked back. Meade out-rebounded Hancock 45-22 and Oliver led all scorers with 23 points on 47-percent shooting. Thursday, the girls travel to Breckinridge County (6-8) for a rematch with the Lady Tigers, a team it defeated at home Dec. 8, 61-22. Meade forced 32 turnovers and had only 12, including a 23-2 edge in steals. Senior guard Jasmine Newby and Oliver each scored 13 points, while senior forward Kayla Stull added 11. The Lady Waves also killed the Lady Tigers on the glass, 41-17. The Lady Waves are trying to get back to those winning ways after a losing streak, the most recent coming Friday at home to John Hardin. Bad shooting was contagious as neither the boys’ nor girls’ teams could find the range. After seeing the boys shoot about 35 percent and lose by four, the Lady Waves shot about 28 percent and lost to the Lady Bulldogs, 61-52. “They played a 1-3-1 zone and really clamped down on us, keeping the ball out of the
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NASCAR’s Hudson Hornet really existed BY GREG ZYLA Q: I just watched the “Cars” animated movie, and was impressed with the Paul Newman-personality Hudson Hornet, which is a true-to-life take-off on the early days of NASCAR and the championship Hudson Hornet. Exactly how many races did Hudson win in these early years? — Calvin H., Washington A: Calvin, the “Fabulous Hudson Hornet,” as depicted in “Cars” as “Doc Hudson,” won more than 100 races from 1951 through 1955 in several sanctioning bodies. The usual drivers were Marshall Teague, Herb Thomas, Dick Rathmann, Fonty Flock and Tim Flock. Hudson race cars accounted for 13 wins in 1951, 49 in 1952 and 46 in 1953. In 1952, Hornets driven by Teague (who was responsible for arranging the Hudson Motor Company sponsorship), Thomas and Tim Flock won 27 NASCAR races. Over in the AAA series that year, Teague scored another 14 wins, bringing Hornet’s season record in the two respected series to 41 wins in 48 events for a winning percentage of better than 80 percent. This was at the time an extraordinary feat, as six-cylinder engines powered the Hudsons versus V8-powered competitors. As for NASCAR alone, Hudson won three
NASCAR manufacturer championships from 1951 through 1953 and 80 Cup races from 1951 through 1955. *** Q: Greg, I am a road-racing fan and enjoy the Grand Am series. Can you give me some information about it? — H. “Pappy” K., Florida A: I’d be glad to, Pappy. The Grand American Road Racing Association was established in 1999 to return to what organizers felt was “a needed stability to major league sports car road racing in North America.” With the drop of the green flag Jan. 27 for the Rolex 24 Hours event at Daytona, 2007 marks the eighth season of racing for the Daytona Beach, Fla.based series. Grand Am features competitive sports-car racing on historic road and street circuits and in major-market speedways throughout North America. Its top-tier Rolex Sports Car Series, sponsored by Crown Royal, is a competitive professional roadracing championship featuring the Daytona Prototype category, which attracts the attention of superstar drivers and universally recognized teams. Also presented is the Rolex Series GT class, which features production-based sports-car racing, providing competition for the world’s top automobile manufacturers.
S PORTS B RIEFS Baseball, softball signups set Baseball and softball signups for Flaherty Community Ballpark start tomorrow at the Flaherty Firehouse. The age groups for both boys (as of April 30) and girls (as of Jan. 1) are five to 16, and 13 to 18 for girls slow-pitch. The prices are $50 per child, $75 for two, and $85 for three or more. Jan. 20 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 21 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 28 3 to 6 p.m. Late signups are possible if a team is not full and there is a $10 late fee. Refer questions to Tina Bradley at 828-5510 after 5 p.m. Get Healthy Kentucky initiative launches website FRANKFORT — For Kentuckians who’ve made getting healthy their New Year’s resolution, finding the tools to achieve their goal will be a whole lot easier in 2007 thanks to Gov. Fletcher’s new initiative, Get Healthy Kentucky. The program is charged with constructing a statewide wellness plan for all residents, including access to reliable, unbiased information on the GHK Web site, www.gethe a l t h y . k y . g o v <http://www.gethealthy.ky.go v/> . When the public logs on to the site, they will learn more about the Governor ’s Challenge program, an innovative fitness program designed to help participants meet physical activity, nutrition and smoking cessation challenges.
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Left, 5-8 junior guard Mindy Oliver works the post against John Hardin’s 6-1 senior center Lauren Mensch. Above, 5-9 freshman forward Carly Evans tries to shoot around the Lady Bulldog’s 6-0 backup center Shaina Moore. The Lady Waves have lost fourstraight games.
much different from last year’s 20-10 district-champion squad. “I don’t think we’re lacking anything,” she said. “We’ve had a really tough schedule and we’ve played a lot of top teams. Last year we didn’t play as many, but we’re going to be more prepared when we go the regional (tournament).” Hurt said his team will reap the benefits of playing quality opponents before this season is over. “I think it will help us and it’s a good thing,” he said. “The drawback is when you play great competition, your faults are exposed to every-
one. Our goal is to get a few wins and get a Band-Aid on to stop the bleeding. I really believe when it’s all said and done we’ll look back and be thankful that we played the best teams we could find.” Box Score: Lady Bulldogs 61, Lady Waves 52 Hardin: Walton 10-16 8-9 28, Compton 3-7 4-6 11, Moore 3-7 1-4 7, Shonkwiler 2-7 0-0 6, Schmelzer 1-8 2-2 4, Mensch 2-13 4-6 4, Francis 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 21-58 16-24 61. Meade: Newby 4-24 7-11 16, Stull 6-11 3-7 15, Oliver 5-12
5-7 15, Fackler 2-5 1-4 5, Montgomery 0-5 1-2 1, Hurt 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-60 17-31 52. Hardin 15 14 13 19—61 Meade 10 13 7 22—52 Three-point goals—John Hardin 3-pointers: 3-14 (Shonkwiler 2-7, Compton 13, Schmelzer 0-4). Meade 113 (Newby 1-5, Oliver 0-2, Montgomery 0-4, Hurt 0-2). Fouled out—Fackler. Rebounds—Hardin 46 (Mensch 14), Meade 38 (Stull 14). Assists—6 (Walton, Compton 3). Total fouls— Hardin 23, Meade 20. Technicals—Hardin 1.
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go to them.” Tomorrow, the team will compete in the North Hardin Invitational. “A lot of our kids, this will be the first time they’ve ever seen something like this,” Davis said. “They’re a little apprehensive and they should be. It’s the first year and some will go two and out — lose two and you’re done. They’ll sit over there with me for the rest of the day. “Some of them will go for third or fourth place, the others… I hope I get some in the championship round, but I don’t know. This is the closest they’ll get to what the regional (tournament) is going to be like, and it will be really good for them.” Next Wednesday the team will travel to LaRue County for a re-match against the state’s fourth-ranked team. What has impressed Davis the most is the way his wrestlers have started to put their training to use instead of going on instinct and adrenaline. “Over the Christmas break we really improved,” he said. “Up to that point, we were wrestling with aggression and sheer guts. That’s one thing you cannot say about Meade County athletes: they will not back down. They’re in it for the fight and they’re in it to win.” Every athlete has a way to psyche himself up before competing. Junior 119-pounder Antonio Stewart said there’s a fine line between getting fired up and keeping composure. “I just remember all the other people I’ve lost to — and I don’t exactly get mad because you don’t wrestle mad — but I’m thinking of my mistakes and making sure I don’t make the same ones again,” he said. “I just try to keep a calm, cool head.” Junior 171-pounder Cody Bruce, who made the all-tournament team after finishing 50 in the Valley Invitational, said he likes to feed off what the rest of the team has done so far. “I usually look to see how we’re doing, and if we’re not doing well it kind of makes me
angry, but I try to keep a clear head,” he said. “Against certain people, if you lose your head, you lose the match. So you have to be mad, but calm enough to be able to go out there and take it slow, but stay aggressive.” Like many athletes, superstition even plays a small part in Bruce’s pre-match routine. “Before each match I tie my shoes,” he said. “Then I untie and re-do them. Then I shake everybody’s hand and slap myself a few times. You just have to do whatever it takes to get yourself in the right mindset.” Davis said most of the incentive has to come from within. “I consider myself a pretty good motivator so we don’t have a problem with that,” he said. “When they get out there, a lot of that is on them. I give them a little ‘Go win one for the Gipper’ speech before the match, and after that they’re on their own.” Davis said the best way for his inexperienced bunch to learn how to prepare is to watch opponents. “Cody gets himself psyched up pretty good before he goes out there and he’s picked up a lot of things from watching other wrestlers,” he said. “When you watch other wrestlers, you learn things like that. The ones that are doing that — instead of just sitting there listening to their iPod — are the ones learning, and they do a lot better.” In a long season with numerous matches, few — if any — wrestlers ever go undefeated. “Forgetting a loss is hard to do, but I get in their face and tell them they can’t dwell on it because if they do, they’ll lose the next one,” he said. “If they continue to think, ‘Well I did this wrong and did that wrong,’ they’ll go out and do it wrong again. So they can’t think about it at all. That’s the past and you have to move on to the future.” One of the most difficult aspects of the sport is competing three or four times in one day. Stewart said wrestling well every time depends a lot on how much rest you get beforehand. “For most people it’s probably hard, and I have days where I’m on and days where I’m off,” he said. “Some days it
doesn’t matter. I’m ready and psyched up, the adrenaline’s really flowing and I can go all day. But on the off days, it gets pretty tough because you’re tired and you don’t really want to move a lot, but you have to or you’ll get (penalized for) stalling. It’s on and off depending on how I feel.” Bruce said the key for staying fresh all day is to conserve energy by being technically sound. “It’s tiring, especially for people like Nathan (Kelch) and I who use our muscles a lot,” he said. “You’ve got to make sure you go out there and try to use technique because if you use all muscle, I’ve learned that it wears you out a lot quicker. You can use technique all day long but you can’t use muscle all day.” Davis said the ideal amount of technique versus muscle is about 70-30. “You don’t have to be strong to win,” he said. “Flexibility and technical knowledge will go a long way and they can beat muscles all day long.” Davis said Kelch, a physically imposing 160-pound junior, would attest to that after losing his last match Saturday. “He wore himself out and he should have just sat back because he was ahead in points,” Davis said. “But he won’t wait for it to come. He’s too excited and too anxious and that wears him down. Then when they get him on his back, he’s too tired to get off it. There is an old wise saying that patience is a virtue, and that’s true in wrestling.” Bruce said if Kelch can harness his competitive fire, he could be one of the best in the state. “If he can keep a clear head, I think Nathan Kelch could be the best wrestler on the team,” he said. “He wrestles aggressively and when he gets to where he wrestles more with moves than muscles, he’ll be better than most other guys out there because he dominates his class.” Davis said Bruce has learned to balance technique and muscle. “When he first started he was trying to out-muscle guys — throwing guys around and using unorthodox moves — and winning on pure luck,” he said. “Because he was so flexible and so strong, he was able
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to win. Now he’s come to realize that doesn’t always win you matches. Everybody is at the point where they’re peaking right now and they’re starting to put their game together and he understands that. He’s slowed down and he’s starting to wrestle.” Stewart and Bruce said they both have a lot they want to accomplish this season to prepare for next year. “There are a couple of people that I thought I should have beaten,” Stewart said. “Everything was going good and then it (losing) just happened. I’m shooting for being ready for anything next year. This year I want to at least make it to state to see what it feels like, knowing it’s just my first year, and next year I can shoot for winning state.” In the Meade County Classic, the Greenwave defeated Daviess County 63-18, Fort Knox 48-26, and Valley 60-24, and lost to Bullitt Central 5030.
1/17 Results Greenwave 39, Southern 38 and Desales 37, Greenwave 36 Class Name Record 103 James Childress 1-1 112 Arthur Ohmes 2-0 119 Antonio Stewart 2-0 125 Brandon Wyatt 2-0 130 Ethan Medley 0-2 135 Josh Tygret 1-1 140 Kurtis Perkins 0-2 145 Nelson Mason 1-1 152 Chris Coomer 0-2 160 Nathan Kelch 1-1 171 Justin Geary 2-0 189 Clayton Opie 0-2 215 Tyler Crow 0-2 285 Bobby Fuqua 1-1
Meade County Classic Individual Results Class Name Record 103 James Childress 1-2 112 Arthur Ohmes 3-0 119 Antonio Stewart 3-0 125 Brandon Wyatt 1-2 130 Ethan Medley 2-1 135 Josh Tygret 1-2 140 Kurtis Perkins 1-2 145 Nelson Mason 2-1 152 Chris Coomer 2-0 152Thomas Damico-Roach0-1 160 Nathan Kelch 2-1 171 Cody Bruce 2-1 189 Clayton Opie 2-1 215 Tyler Crow 2-1 285 Bobby Fuqua 2-1
Why exercise resolutions don’t succeed The start of a new year seems to trigger the exercise bug. Resolutions of a firmer, stronger, leaner and healthier self echo through homes and fitness centers around the country. Fitness and exercise equipment seems to fly off the shelves, and fitness facilities can anticipate the influx of current members returning and new members joining. Fitness industry professionals don’t need a calendar to identify the start of a new year, thanks to the sudden increase in attendance. The same thing happens a few months later, when fitness instructors know it’s spring by the slow but gradual decline of member attendance. Why is this? It could be tradition. It seems customary to include exercise and fitness into our New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions provide the opportunity to admit to others that we have a desire to feel and look better. The question is what happens between January and April to derail our ambition and goals of leading a healthy lifestyle. Often the culprit is, believe it or not, honesty. Yes, honesty, because most issues that surround becoming fit and exercising have nothing to do with exercise itself. People often set themselves up for failure by setting fitness goals that they know will be almost impossible to maintain or continue over a long period of time. This is where honesty
with yourself can make the difference in your sticking with your program throughout the year. Issues of poor self-image, unhappiness, disappointment, stress, poor time management and depression can all get wrapped up in one resolution of “losing weight” or “getting fit.” However, not dealing with these issues individually can prevent you from reaching whatever exercise goal you may desire. Can exercise be used as a tool to help you cope with these issues? Definitely, but be honest with yourself and don’t confuse your exercise and fitness goals with other goals that can keep you from reaching them. Always consult a physician before beginning an exercise program. Andrea Renee Wyatt, M.S.S., C.S.C.S., is a certified personal trainer with an extensive background in strength and conditioning as well as therapeutic recreation. If you have a fitness or training question, e-mail Andrea at letters.kfws@hearstsc.com or write her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. © 2006 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Children’s chances for success vary by state, report warns
H ONOR R OLLS Payneville Elem. 4th Grade A’s Erica Kessinger A’s & B’s Ashley Brown Sierra Cain Blake Deal Kayla Dowell Kaitlin Fackler Kellen Gable Paige Kenny Mike Krimm Jesse Moore Tristan Morris Ashley Padgett Brian Popham Benjermen Sakofske Amelia Schneider Tanya Scott Charles Smallwood
Cody Tate Jolon Thomas Lauren Vaughn Shelby Wootten 5th Grade A’s Truman Hardesty A’s & B’s Andrew Barr Amanda Beirman Ashley Bloomer Tyler Chism Kayla Funk Jasmine Hall Travis Jenkins Jasmyn Knott Jacob Mattingly Jake Nevitt Josie Nevitt Chelsea Pipes Eric Smith
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WASHINGTON — A child born in Virginia is significantly more likely to experience success throughout life than the average child born in the United States, while a child born in New Mexico is likely to face an accumulating series of hurdles both educationally and economically, according to an analysis published by Education Week. The report, “From Cradle to Career” uses a “Chance-forSuccess Index” which found that children’s chances for success vary by state. Kentucky ranked 41st. Tom Layzell, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, said, “We’re pleased that this report recognizes the importance of having a seamless education continuum from preschool to postsecondary education and beyond. While Kentucky’s education providers have made considerable progress to bolster student success through increased levels of educational attainment, we still have a long way to go. This report underscores Kentucky’s need to reach the national average in educational attainment by 2020. The Council’s Public Agenda focuses the postsecondary education system, in cooperation with our many partners, on meeting these challenges.” The Chance-for-Success Index provides a perspective on the importance of education throughout a person’s lifetime and is based on 13 indicators that highlight whether young children get off to a good start, succeed in elementary and secondary school, and hit key educational and income benchmarks as adults. The analysis by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center is based on the “Chance-for-Success Index,” which tracks state efforts to connect education from preschool through postsecondary
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education and training. The index was developed by the EPE Research Center for Quality Counts 2007: From Cradle to Career, Connecting American Education From Birth to Adulthood, produced by Education Week with support from the Pew Center on the States. The report is available online at www.edweek.org/go/qc07. Virginia, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire rank at the top of the index, while Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, and New Mexico lag significantly behind the national average in descending order. “Smart states, like smart companies, try to make the most of their investments by ensuring that young people’s education is connected from one stage to the next—reducing the chances that students will be lost along the way or require costly remedial programs to acquire skills or knowledge they could have learned right from the start,” said Virginia B. Edwards, the editor and publisher of Education Week and Quality Counts. The 13 indicators that make up the index capture key performance or attainment outcomes at various stages in a person’s lifetime or are correlated with later success. For example, in the early-childhood years, indicators include the percent of children living in families that earn a decent wage and the percent of children with at least one parent who has a postsecondary degree — factors that research shows have an impact on how well children perform in school. “Overall, the Index captures the cumulative effects of education experience from birth through adulthood and pinpoints the chance for success at each stage and for each state,” said Christopher B. Swanson,
the director of the EPE Research Center. “We find that a child’s life prospects depend greatly on where he or she lives.” Virginia, for example, earns the highest Chance-for-Success score. The average child in Virginia starts out ahead of the curve: less likely to live in a low-income family and more likely to have college-educated parents. Those early advantages are amplified during the elementary-through-postsec-
ondary years, when the typical young person enjoys higher achievement and is more likely to finish high school and continue on to college than in other states. Virginia’s well-educated adult population and strong economy offer ample opportunities to realize the returns to schooling as individuals enter the workforce. Similar conditions prevail in other high-ranking states, including Connecticut, Minnesota and New Jersey.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Egg, sausage, & Sausage/Egg/Cheese Biscuit & Gravy Waffle Sticks Canadian Bacon Toast w/ Jelly or on English Muffin or or w/ Syrup or Biscuit or Cereal/Toast/Jelly Cereal/Toast/Jelly Cereal/Toast/Jelly Cereal/Toast/Jelly Cereal/Toast/Jelly Plus your choice of one fresh Fruit or Juice daily. Cycles every 2 weeks. Cereal varieties: Cinnamon Toast Crunch (M&Th), Cocoa Puffs (W), Frosted Flakes (Tu&Fr), & Cheerios (M-F)
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1. The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13) Meryl Streep (Fox) 2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (PG-13) Johnny Depp (BV/Disney) 3. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (PG-13) Will Farrell (Sony) 4. Superman Returns (PG13) Brandon Routh (Warner) 5. Miami Vice (R) Colin Farrell (Universal) 6. World Trade Center (PG13) Maria Bello (Paramount) 7. Beerfest (R) M.C. Gainey (Warner) 8. Ice Age: The Meltdown (PG) animated (Fox) 9. The Da Vinci Code (PG13) Tom Hanks (Sony) 10. Pulse (PG-13) Kristen
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Solution time: 27 mins. Answers from last week
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your batteries should be fully recharged by now, making you more than eager to get back into the swing of things full time. Try to stay focused so that you don’t dissipate your energies. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re eager to charge straight ahead into your new responsibilities. But you’ll have to paw the ground a little longer, until a surprise complication is worked out. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Rival factions are pressuring you to take a stand favoring one side or the other. But this isn’t the time to play judge. Bow out as gracefully as possible, without committing yourself to any position. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Reassure a longtime, trusted confidante that you appreciate his or her words of advice. But at this time, you need to act on what you perceive to be your own sense of self-interest. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You need to let your warm Leonine heart fire up that new relationship if you hope to see it move from the “just friends” level to one that will be as romantic as you could hope for. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) There’s still time to repair a misunderstanding with an honest explanation and a heartfelt apology. The sooner you do, the sooner you can get on with other matters. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Expect a temporary setback as you progress toward your goal. Use this time to re-examine your plans and see where you might need to make some significant changes. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Some missteps are revealed as the cause of current problems in a personal or professional partnership. Make the necessary adjustments and then move on. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Jupiter’s influence helps you work through a pesky problem, allowing your naturally jovial attitude to re-emerge stronger than ever. Enjoy your success. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Set aside your usual reluctance to change, and consider reassessing your financial situation so that you can build on its strengths and minimize its weaknesses. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Some recently acquired information helps open up a dark part of the past. Resolve to put what you’ve learned to good use. Travel plans continue to be favored. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Act on your own keen instincts. Your strong Piscean backbone will support you as someone attempts to pressure you into a decision you’re not ready to make. BORN THIS WEEK: You embody a love for traditional values combined with an appreciation of what’s new and challenging. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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It’s a man’s world It’s been celebrated in movies and on TV as the unofficial “men’s club” in cities and towns all across America. Small, friendly and unpretentious, barbershops still offer up bargain haircuts and manly conversation. Plus, Kevin Guest House and easy pot roast.
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tend to let down on defense,” Catholic coach Perry Bailey said. “Some nights we really struggle getting the ball to go down and tonight was one of them.” Meade came out sluggish again after halftime and was outscored 9-5 in the period. Then the other Meade team showed up for the final frame, dropping 26 when the Aces could only muster nine. “We wanted to try to pick it up and push it down the floor in the second half,” Bailey said. “We wanted to shoot it a little quicker, even if it meant we had to force a few things. By quickening the tempo, we wanted to see if they would turn it over some and we cut it back to 10, but we couldn’t maintain what we needed to do.” After the Aces cut the lead to 10 for the second time, junior center Nick Stinnett took over. Stinnett scored 12 points in about five fourth-quarter minutes on free throws and layups. The Greenwave offense really got moving after Stinnett hit four-straight free throws and then stole an inbounds pass and scored a layup. Stinnett finished a perfect 6 of 6 from the line. “His free-throw shooting has gotten so much better,” Garris said. “He was barely over 50 percent last year, and this year he’s over 70 percent. What I like about Nick is he’s got good hands and he can catch the ball in traffic, which a lot of kids can’t do, and he’s strong enough where if he gets fouled, he can make the shot, too.” Garris said Stinnett’s inside presence means a lot for his team. “I’m hoping we keep getting that out of him and we’re really starting to look for him on the inside,” he said. “He’s got the best hands of anybody in this area. It’s a big plus when we can score inside and that puts a lot of pressure on people.” Roe had another standout game, finishing with 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting and seven rebounds. In the second quarter, the Aces seemed to light a fire under Roe after forcefully trying to steal the ball from him and shoving him to the floor. Roe scored six points in the quarter after the play — two off aggressive moves to the basket and another on a put-back. “Chris is tough,” Garris said. “He out-quicked some of those kids and really finished at the basket. These last few games he’s really been around the ball a lot and he can get his hands on a lot of balls that other people can’t. He’s a big key for our success, no doubt about it.” Last Friday at home, Stinnett missed a possible game-tying three-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining and the John Hardin Bulldogs were able to knock down free throws and pull out the win, 39-35. The boys were unable to overcome a horrid night shooting the ball against the trapping Bulldog (11-4) defense, which scored 16 points off 14 Meade turnovers. Meade County shot about 35 percent on the night, including about 17 percent from three and only 50 percent from the free-throw line, where it averages about 67 percent. “They shot it bad, we shot it worse,” Garris said. “Even as bad as we shot it, we still had a chance, and if we had made some free throws, we would have won the ballgame. Our shooting was terrible and we got some good looks but we didn’t make them.” The Greenwave defense had another good showing, allowing about 39 percent shooting from the floor and forcing 16 turnovers. “You hold somebody to 39 points, you expect to win, but that wasn’t the case,” Garris said. “One thing I did like: Before, if we didn’t shoot it well, we’d let down on the defensive end. But we didn’t do that. We kept playing and kept guarding. We just weren’t good enough on the offensive end to pull it out.” Meade led 5-0, and then 8-4 in the waning seconds of the first quarter when sophomore forward Jonathan Ives fouled John Hardin senior guard Brandon Johnson on a three-point attempt at the buzzer. Johnson drilled all three free throws with no time on the clock and the Bulldogs pulled within one. Meade pushed the lead back to five after Benock hit a three from the wing, but he was unable to hit another shot the rest of the quarter and the Bulldogs took a two-point lead into the locker room. In the third, Hardin pushed the lead out to seven but Meade County fought back and took a 28-27 lead with just
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Junior forward Rob Williams gets fouled going for a loose ball against Owensboro Catholic. The Greenwave forced 29 turnovers and had 17 steals against the Aces.
JERRY GARRIS,
Patch Shacklette was emotional after receiving his induction plaque at Friday’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Shacklette was instrumental in starting the football program and may be Meade’s most celebrated fan.
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You hold somebody to 39 points, you expect to win, but that wasn’t the case.”
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more than five minutes left in front of a raucous home crowd. But Bulldogs senior guard Ricky Price came right back with a three of his own, giving Hardin the lead for good. “That was a dagger off an out-of-bounds play, and I thought we guarded him pretty good,” Garris said. “That was his only one of the game and he made it at the right time. He made one and then Johnson made one from the corner and those were the only two they made in the second half, but they came at the right time for them.” Hardin went seven of nine from the line on the night and senior forward Terrence Butler made the front end of a oneand-one to push the lead to three with 17 seconds left. John Hardin senior Ed Butler rebounded Stinnett’s miss with about four seconds left and made two free throws, preserving the four-point win for the Bulldogs. Box scores: Bulldogs 39, Greenwave 35 Hardin: Johnson 6-16 3-3 4 18, Price 1-3 2-2 5, Haley 0-1 0-0 0, Walker 1-2 0-0 2, Butler 4-7 1-2 9, Butler 2-7 1-2 5.
Junior center Nick Stinnett fights for a rebound. Meade out-rebounded Owensboro Catholic 33-32 as both teams shot poorly in the Greenwave’s 55-26 win.
Totals 14-36 7-9 39. Meade: Hubbard 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Ives 2-6 12 5, Benock 4-10 1-3 12, Stinnett 4-9 3-4 11, Roe 0-2 02 0, Whelan 2-2 3-5 7. Totals 12-34 8-16 35. Bulldogs 7 14 6 12—39 Meade 8 11 5 11—35 Three-point goals—Hardin 412 (Johnson 3-8, Price 1-3, Haley 0-1). Meade 3-18 (Hubbard 0-2, Williams 0-3, Ives 0-4, Benock 3-7, Stinnett 0-1, Roe 0-1). Fouled out— none. Rebounds—Hardin 26 (Price, E. Butler 6), Meade 24 (Stinnett 9). Assists—Hardin 10 (Price, Haley 3), Meade 10 (Benock 3). Total fouls— Hardin 12, Meade 10. Technicals—none. Greenwave 55, Aces 26 Catholic: Higdon 3-9 0-0 7, Terry 0-1 0-0 0, McGraw 1-2 1-1 3, Wright 0-1 0-1 0, Knott 0-1 0-0 0, Sterling 2-6 0-0 4,
Sturgeon 0-2 2-3 2, Powers 03 0-0 0, Sloan 0-1 0-0 0, Taul 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 10-35 5-6 26. Meade: Pace 1-1 0-0 2, Rupe 0-2 0-0 0, Mann 0-2 0-0 , Hubbard 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 07 0-0 0, Ives 0-4 0-1 0, Benock 6-14 1-2 15, Kinser 11 0-0 2, Brangers 0-2 1-2 1, Stinnett 7-12 6-6 20, Roe 5-6 3-3 13, Wells 0-2 0-0 0, Whelan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 2157 11-14 55. Catholic 4 4 9 9—26 Meade 8 16 5 26—55 Three-point goals: Catholic 19 (Higdon 1-5, Wright 0-1, Sterling 0-2, Sturgeon 0-1). Meade 2-15 ( Rupe 0-2, Mann 0-2, Williams 0-3, Ives 0-2, Benock 2-6). Fouled out— none. Rebounds—Catholic 32 (Payne 6), Meade 33 (Roe 7). Assists—Catholic 4 (Higdon 2), Meade 14 (Benock 5). Total fouls—Catholic 16, Meade 13. Technicals—none.
Jackie Ashcraft, representing Sandy Shellner, and Dina Disney Hackert share a moment at Friday’s induction. Hackert is the most celebrated female athlete in Meade history, while Shellner was known for his support of girls’ athletics.
Rodney Pickering speaks during the ceremony. Pickering was a member of the first Meade football team and played for Murray State in college.
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