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Meade County, Kentucky
Love story goes awry YOUTHS: Minor runs away with boyfriend, who faces charges
On the mat Greenwave wrestlers are trying to get to the state meet in their first year of existence.
In the pool Three swimmers gave up spots on a state relay team so other teammates could compete.
On the hardwood The boys and girls basketball teams have important games this week.
VIEWPOINTS ....A2 Support our troops Active-duty military and reservists should be exempt from state and federal taxes.
WEATHER ........A3
Volume 1, No. 18
BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM MIDWAY — What was intended to be a romantic runaway by two local teens will be met with an ill-fated ending once local police find the couple. Seventeen-year-old Kayla Wilkins and her boyfriend, Cory Whitaker, 19, disappeared from their homes Jan. 18 and family and authorities have been searching for the two, who are assumed to be hiding out together.
The Meade County Sheriff’s department issued a warrant Monday for Whitaker’s arrest on a Class D felony for custodial interference since Kayla Wilkins, a Meade County High senior, is a minor. That could result in one to five years in jail once Whitaker is apprehended. Whitaker also has an outstanding bench warrant for not paying prior court fines. Sheriff Butch Kerrick said the couple’s plan to run away is puppy love gone awry. “We don’t believe she is in any danger,” he said. “With the investigation we’ve conducted, we don’t feel she’s been abducted. She left of her own free will, even though we don’t know why she left.” Kerrick said the couple may be hiding out in Louisville and has been traveling in a dark blue 1996 Chevrolet
Camaro missing a front fender. The car was spotted traveling south on Dixie Highway in Muldraugh last week, but police there did not know to stop the vehicle. Kerrick said the vehicle, along with the couple’s information, is now in a statewide system that will send up warning flags if police stop them. Andy Whitaker, Cory Whitaker’s father, said his son had talked about running away with his girlfriend before but said he was able to talk his son out of such a rash decision. “(Cory) talked about running away with her and said they just wanted to be together all the time,” he said. “I would hear that probably every six months, but PLEASE
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Kayla Wilkins’ parents placed posters of their daughter and her boyfriend, Cory Whitaker, 19, who is also missing, around Meade County.
E-911 to be ready in spring GOVERNMENT: Two cities have issues with better emergency response BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM
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BUSINESS........A5 Use tax refund to improve finances Paying off high-interest debt will help more than buying more goodies.
OBITUARIES ....A6 Roy Berry, 87 Mary Campbell, 76 Kenneth Emberton, 75 Bernard Fackler, 69 Lillie Shain, 103 Adrian Stull, 86 Agena Thornton, 34
FAITH ............A7 Freedom comes with responsibility Having lots of choices is great, but you must use those choices wisely.
YOUTH............B4 Bullying banned in schools A bill in the state legislature would require school districts to prohibit harassment.
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The first phase of updated Emergency-911 technology could be ready for Meade County residents this spring, but Bell South users may have to wait longer for the new upgrades. Brandenburg Telephone Company has approved a master list of all addresses in Meade County, but Bell South has yet to approve addresses for its users, who primarily live in Muldraugh, according to Mark Bennett, director of the county’s 911 center and an E-911 committee member. “If we get these last few issues done … we’re ready to go online with wire-line service,” he said. “At least to (Brandenburg Telephone) customers, we can go online quick.” Enhanced-911 will provide dispatchers with names, phone numbers and addresses of all emergency calls made over telephone lines. The current system only provides phone numbers. The second phase will provide the same service for cell phones and voice-over-Internet programs, and will use a global-positioning system to pinpoint the location of cell phone users. A representative for Bell South said Muldraugh’s addressing needs to meet the national standard before the company will allow the project to move forward. “We look toward a national compliance for 911 because of the critical nature for that service,” spokeswoman Ellen Jones said. “To be compliant means they need to have valid addresses in the system. Our database needs to match that of Meade County. We would not want any delay of helping someone in critical need, so we asked before we sign-off on the contract that addresses are compliant with a national standard.” Bill Lacey, who is in charge of readdressing for the E-911 board, said one of the problems in Muldraugh is the use of lot numbers and half numbers, such as when a building is constructed between two pre-existing structures and given the address of 103 1/2. “One cannot stress how important addressing is,” he said. “All your systems are designed to go by certain scales and certain criteria. If your addressing is off, your system is off. When you’re talking about 911, you’re talking about liability and people’s lives, and I can’t stress how important it is to have an accurate addressing system.” Jones said lot numbers and half numbers would be rejected by the system and could cause delays for emergency workers.
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Eight-year-old Dustin Hoskins, right, demonstrates his homemade Ferris wheel Wednesday to classmate Michelle Arnold, 7, at Battletown Elementary. Students in Nancy Bell’s second- and third-grade class had to make projects demonstrating an amusement park-type ride that uses at least one simple machine. A Ferris wheel uses a wheel and axle, while others used a pulley or inclined plane.
Riverport’s scope expands DEVELOPMENT: Port will be able to unload as well as load goods BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND NEWS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM BRANDENBURG — The Meade County Riverport Authority is looking to make the port full service when it opens in about a year. Riverport Authority Chairman Don Bewley said original plans only included storing and exporting grain at the riverport in the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park. “Originally … there would be a facility to weigh (grain), dry it, store it and transport it to a barge,” he said. “That will remain, but we’re going to go beyond that. We’ll have the ability to offload it. We’ll have a facility where
… we can move items from a barge to a bank.” Bewley said the Riverport Authority planned to have a full-service port eventually, but recent developments in the county have changed its thinking. “There’s no reason to not do it,” he said. The Riverport Authority had planned to grow into unloading grain once the loading part took off. “Now we have the opportunity to market to a much larger audience, so it just makes sense to go ahead with the whole thing,” Bewley said. Agri Fuels signed a purchasing agreement for 104 acres in the Industrial Park in December to build an ethanol plant. Ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel produced by fermenting and distilling starch crops that have been converted into simple sugars. Feedstocks for ethanol include corn, barley and wheat. Ethanol is most
commonly used to increase octane and improve the emissions quality of gasoline. Industrial Authority Chairman David Pace said the decision to go to a full-service port should be beneficial to the Industrial Park. “I would think that would make it better for customers in the park,” he said. “That would probably be there moneymaker. We’ve been using the Riverport as one of our biggest recruiting tools.” Riverport board members voted unanimously Tuesday to renegotiate its contract with Consolidated Grain and Barge so a proposed riverport will be able to import raw materials from barges, rather than simply exporting materials to barges. Mike Flint, executive director of the Flint Group, which is helping to PLEASE
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Boys, girls take to diamonds BY SHAUN T. COX SPORTS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM
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Gina Moorman and Sarah Cannady of First Baptist Church in Brandenburg on Monday sort and load coats donated by members to Wayside Christian Mission in Louisville. Donations will be received at the church from 9a.m. - 3 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 18.
Kids everywhere soon will be oiling up their gloves, putting a wad of Big League Chew in their mouths and getting ready to play baseball and softball. Meade County Baseball kicks off its season April 14 with Parade Day in Brandenburg. The kids march down Main Street from the St. John Catholic Church to Ramsey Field for a sun-filled — hopefully — day of games. Joe Carter, president of the Meade County Baseball Association, said more than 550 kids will likely “play ball” this summer. “We have Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth leagues — we’re Cal Ripken-certified and it’s char-
tered so we can go to district and state play,” he said. “The leagues range from 4-years-old all the way to 15. T-ball is ages 4 to 6, 6 to 8 is rookie ball, 9 and 10 is minor league, 11 and 12 is major league, and 13 to 15 is Babe Ruth.” The league consists of 10 Tball, nine rookie, six minor and major league teams each, and five Babe Ruth teams. Carter said the district is made up of teams from LaRue and Breckinridge counties, Elizabethtown, Fort Knox and Radcliff. “They just changed the T-ball age from 5 to 4, so we’re looking for more kids to sign up for that as well,” Carter said. “Babe Ruth is hurting a little bit because once a kid’s 12 years old in middle school, they can play
on the freshman team, and a lot of kids don’t want to do both.” Carter said every child has the opportunity to play at least half the time, so no one gets left out and so parents have the opportunity to see their child play. “The minimum every kid will play is 10 games — no matter if it’s this kid the all-star or that kid who’s not as good an athlete. Every kid will play 50 percent of the time, regardless.” Carter said boys and girls alike go out for youth baseball. “With T-ball, we get quite a few girls,” he said. “There were probably four girls on each team last year. There’s not as many in
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Friday, February 9, 2007
Let soldiers get untaxed paychecks
ov. Ernie Fletcher announced a plan last week that would exempt active-duty military and activated reservists from paying Kentucky income tax. About 10,700 Kentuckians are serving on active duty and another 12,700 are reservists or National Guardsmen. Fletcher estimated exempting these soldiers would cost Kentucky about $8.6 million in 2008, when it takes effect. Considering Fletcher is asking residents of the Commonwealth how to spend a budget surplus, this plan may be more than just a political ploy to bolster his reE DITORIAL election chances. It also is long overdue. The United States has been I SSUE : Taxing activeat war in Afghanistan since duty servicemen and 2001 and in Iraq since 2003. women. “Active duty” has a higher level of risk and sacrifice during O UR V IEW : Soldiers’ wartime than in peaceful times. pay should be tax Let’s remember that taxes exempt during wartime. are what we, as citizens of the United States, pay for the services we get from the government — including military protection. Why should we ask those who provide the service to pay for the service? Granted, that argument could be extended to any governmental worker. Teachers, police officers, garbage collectors — all provide important services paid by taxes. But members of our military are paid exclusively to kill or be killed in defense of this country. Even those who disagree with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq can get behind Fletcher’s proposal. As our government withdraws troops from the Middle East and deactivates reservists and Guardsmen, the impact of the tax exemption will decrease. The U.S. Senate is set to debate non-binding resolutions on President George Bush’s plan to increase troops in Iraq. Bush and his supporters have said a resolution opposing the plan — or any opposition to any of his military decisions — sends a message that Congress and the American people don’t support the troops. If Bush and Congress want to support the troops, exempt them from federal taxes regardless of where they are stationed. Soldiers serving overseas are exempt from state and federal taxes now. But when they are stateside — even on active duty preparing to go to war — their pay is subject to taxes. Support the soldiers and their families by letting them keep more of the pay for which they are risking their lives. This boost will not only help them financially, but show them that the American people are willing to do more than just give lip service as our appreciation. While all soldiers deserve a handshake of thanks, those being shot at don’t deserve the other hand taking money from their pockets.
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Romancing Cinderella February, being the unfortunate host to Valentine’s Day, is filled with all kinds of malarkey about love. Mostly advertising, since this lustful celebration has ranking on the commercialism meter second only to Christmas. “Ka-ching” go the cash registers as America searches for the true meaning of love, fueled by the desire to find that certain special someone who will love us for who we really are — for “the real me.” Well, sorry folks. That real special somebody is a figment of our imagination, and even if he or she showed up, they wouldn’t love us very long if they really could see into our souls, into the very heart of the person we are. Better to keep the real you a little camouflaged. It’s not a pretty sight. True love — the old hard-knocks, survivalist kind that doesn’t duck and run at the first sign of adversity — isn’t based on admiration of the innermost being of our significant other. It’s based on whether we can love them, or they us, in spite of who we really are. Of course, this goes against everything we want to believe. If this were accepted as the truth, a huge segment of our economy would go down the tubes, from publishers of romance novels to candy manufacturers to jew-
elry stores. There is something in us that hangs onto the fairy tales about happily-everafter. We want to think that there is somebody, somewhere, who is not only going to accept our every fault, failure, bad habit and deficiency, but be enthralled by them. We dream of the Prince Charming or Cinderella who will arrive in one glorious moment and never change or demand that we do. Ever wonder whether Romeo and Juliet would have made it if they had lived long enough to have mid-life crises. Wonder if the prince would still love Rapunzel if she got a hair cut and gained some weight? Never mind! We don’t want reality mixed in with our fantasy! The farce of human romanticism denies the simple reality that people
are just people — we’re all flawed, ugly, odorous and messy in some way or another. The best we can hope for is to find someone who recognizes in us enough desirable qualities that they can overlook all our undesirable ones. The mosaic two people put together from the bits and pieces of themselves involves a lot of time, patience, creativity and plain hard work. “Nay!” shriek the love merchants. Where’s the profit in relationships that actually last? Our economy demands shallow, short-lived romances to survive. What’s this rubbish you are spouting about longterm durability? I heard a good joke recently about the first man talking to his Creator about what kind of mate he wanted. What will it cost me, he asks, to get a beautiful, loving, smart, talented, rich woman who will also give birth to a whole bunch of kids and still bring me a beer? An arm and a leg, was the reply. In that case, he says, what can I get for a rib? So much for Cinderella. Write to Francis Shrum 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.
Bush’s campaign for order President Bush didn’t talk about the yearning of the human heart for freedom in his latest Iraq speech. Such reductive anthropology used to be a staple of his pronouncements — everywhere human hearts were hungering for freedom, and the global mission of the U.S. was to release this pent-up desire for liberty. Bush still talked of advancing liberty, but his key claim about the hearts of Iraqis was a stripped-down (but still somewhat dubious) one: “Most of Iraq’s Sunni and Shia want to live together in peace.” If this is the case — and it becomes ever less so as the civil war intensifies — it speaks less to a hunger for freedom than for order, which the Bush administration has foolishly neglected at both the conceptual and practical levels. Calls for order do not make for stirring lines in poetic presidential speeches. It is a cliché to say we take freedom for granted, but it is not so. Freedom is constantly invoked by all sides of the American political debate. It is order — the underpinning of freedom — that is taken for granted. In his book “The Roots of American Order,” the conservative intellectual Russell Kirk explained that “justice cannot be enforced until a tolerable civil social order is attained, nor can freedom be anything better than violence until order gives us laws.”
This is why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s infamous statement during the rioting after the fall of Saddam Hussein that “freedom is untidy” was so wrong-headed. Freedom ultimately has to be tidy, because it depends on boundaries and rules — a societal consensus — that have existed for so long in the West that we often forget about them. The historian Theodore Von Laue called them “the invisible substructures of individual and collective discipline.” Iraq had few such substructures. In the Saddam era, it had only the topdown coercive power of the state. When that was removed, there was chaos, without the U.S. ever substituting enough force to give the Iraqi people the blessings of order — an order that obviously would be more just and free than that imposed by Saddam.
As Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute — the intellectual godfather of the Bush “surge” — has noted, the absence of order is fatal to any government: “Continual violence and death eliminate the people’s support for the government, leading to an increase in violence, as individuals and groups undertake to protect and avenge themselves independently of state structures, legal institutions or government sanction.” In other words, they cling to militias, insurgents and all the other forces bedeviling us in Iraq. The surge is meant finally to check this process. But American troops won’t be able to do it alone. There is a reason that so many democracies have been created out of reforming authoritarian governments. They provided the prerequisite of order, but with enough breathing space so that eventually freedom could flourish. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki already has a kind of democratic mandate. Now, he needs to act with enough strength to hold his country together. So far, he simply has been demonstrating Edmund Burke’s insight that “nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.” Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review. © 2007 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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in it and nothing else. Kayla Wilkins’ father, James Wilkins, said she only took the clothes on her back. “She left for school driving my wife’s car and we didn’t know she was missing until she didn’t come home from school,” he said. “The school said she was absent that day.” He said they found the car at the BP station in Brandenburg on the By-Pass Jan. 18 and his daughter’s cell phone was in the seat. “The only call we could find that was made was to (Cory) around 8 a.m. that morning, so we assumed they were together.” None of the parents involved could determine why the couple chose to run away that day. James Wilkins said running away from home is uncharacteristic of his daughter and he believes she’s being manipulated and is in danger. “This caught us off-guard,” he said. “We feel like (Cory) has manipulated this out of her. Until I know in my heart she is just a runaway, I’m
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it was such a long period in between I didn’t think there was any chance of it actually happening. I would tell him to wait until she graduated. I know they planned this together and he’s not holding Kayla.” Andy Whitaker filed a missing persons report on his son Feb. 4, but his son has been missing since he went to spend the night with a friend Jan. 17. Andy Whitaker said he has been concerned for his son’s safety ever since. “I’m worried to death something has happened to him,” he said. “I’d like to even have a phone call and I’d like for him to be back home. I don’t even know if he’s alive. I’m in the same state (Kayla’s) parents are in. I go out and drive looking for him every night.” Andy Whitaker said his son took a piggybank with change
PAT BOWEN, PINS PR CHAIRMAN New PINS president Liz Bell was delighted to inform the membership at the regular Pets In Need January meeting of a $5,000 grant from the local Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Foundation. This money, combined with the amounts raised at various fundraisers throughout 2006, enabled the organization to again offer 100 percent coverage for spay/neuter of animals adopted through the Meade County Animal Shelter. Anyone wishing a voucher to help with the costs of getting their animals fixed can call our voice mail at 422-5288 and PINS currantly helps pay the costs above $40 for cats or $50 for dogs. Future fund raisers were discussed, with a new project, Bowling for PINS, to be scheduled at Lynn’s Pins on March 17 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The May 5K Run/Walk will be held May 19, beginning at the Brandenburg Amphitheater and going through Buttermilk Falls in Brandenburg and dogs are welcome. The first PINS yard sale will be held Saturday, April 28 on Highway 1638 by Creature Comfort Inn, with Derby Day as the rain date. The Pet Festival will be held on Sept. 22 at the Gazebo in Brandenburg Riverfront City Park. Our website has event information at www.petsinneedsociety.org . There are currently 124 PINS members, with one renewal for 2007 already received. The treasury is in good shape, and Mary Beck has taken over from Jean Rayner as treasurer. There were 89 calls to the PINS voice/mail line in December, and 38 vouchers for spay/neuter sent out. In January there were 88 calls, with 56 vouchers mailed. The next PINS meeting will be held Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at Little Dave’s Restaurant.
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assuming she was taken.” Andy Whitaker believes Kayla Wilkins is safe with his son. “I know Cory loves her with all his heart,” he said. “He’s crazy about her and would never do anything to hurt her.” James Wilkins said he was concerned when the couple started dating about a year and a half ago, but he allowed them to date hoping it would prevent them from running off together. “I did have concerns, and I didn’t care for them dating, but my wife said we needed to give them space because … she was afraid it would push (Kayla) away from us,” he said. “I had a talk with (Cory) and told him he could date my daughter if he didn’t interfere with school or college.” Kayla Wilkins was supposed to graduate this summer, but her father is concerned for his daughter’s future. He said his daughter is enrolled in the nursing program at the vocational school and had talked about going to
college for nursing, but if she isn’t found soon Kayla Wilkins may not graduate this year. “The longer she’s gone, the more she’s hurting herself,” he said. “We don’t think she knows she’s hurting herself like she is.” He said the most important thing, though, is that his daughter knows she’s always welcome home. “We love her, we’re worried about her and we’d like to
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said they are willing to discuss readdressing. The city mayors have said they are concerned that readdressing their cities will be too costly to residents and businesses and question if it is worthwhile just to get an address point for a digital map. Bennett said he wants to avoid a legal battle at all costs. “Any kind of legal battle would be detrimental to the county,” he said. “We feel our way is the best, but we’ll do things how the cities want if they refuse our recommendation, but that would cost time and money and would result in a less-attractive product.” Bennett said the 5.28 scale has a specific purpose, which is why it is the recommended scale by the E-911 committee. The scale would plot address points on a digital map that would be used during the cellular phase of E-911 service. “The reason we do metered addressing is it’s easy to follow, particularly in a rural area,” he said. “Metered addressing has a point and a purpose – it gives you a physical idea where the
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Most of Meade County has already undergone address changes to be compliant with the national standard of plotting address points every 5.28 feet, but officials in Muldraugh and Brandenburg have been reluctant to readdress their cities. Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said he will use diplomacy to reach an agreement with Brandenburg Mayor David Pace and Muldraugh Mayor Danny Tate rather than trying to force the cities into compliancy, which former Fiscal Court members had advocated. “We’re going to get Danny and David and myself together and discuss some things,” he said. “Instead of the old, ‘He said, she said’ type of deal, we can air out how everyone feels and get on the same page. I won’t speculate what conclusion we’ll come to.” Tate and Pace both have
house is on the roadway. Your house number means something.” For example, 1065 Old Ekron Road would mean the location is 1.065 miles from the start of the road. Bennett said this method would help emergency responders find addresses by watching their odometer rather than reading off every house number. Lacey said the 5.28 scale would be both lucrative for E-911 programs and would help the cities long-term if they annex unincorporated parts of the county. The other alternative, Lacey said, would be to plot grid coordinates at every residence in both cities, which could take a year to 18 months and would cost thousands of dollars. The E-911 committee could apply for state funds if the county is compliant with using the 5.28 scale, Lacey said. “We could get up to $90,000 a year that can be used to fund other life-saving programs,” he said. “And if they want to annex, they’d have to readdress everything they annex.”
hear from her,” he said. “She’s welcome in this house anytime, regardless of what has gone on. We’re here to help her.” The Wilkins family is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the return of their daughter. Anyone with leads as to the couple’s whereabouts can contact the Meade County Sheriff’s Department at 4224937.
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The Meade County Water District Board of Commissioners passed the following policy change at its January 16, 2007 meeting:
Beginning April 2, 2007, the policy of applying a fifty dollar ($50.00) down payment toward a water connection, guaranteeing the current rate at the time of the down payment, will no longer be in effect. All down payments currently on file at the Meade County Water District Office will be honored.
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C OMMODITIES United Producers – Irvington Market Report per CWT For Monday, Feb. 5, 2007 Description Low $ High $ Sold Avg $ Weight Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls Bulls
0 to 499 500 to 599 600 to 699 700 to 799 800 to 899 900 to 999 1000 to 1099
44.00 60.00 65.00 72.00 73.50 52.00 58.00
136.00 104.75 93.00 86.00 76.00 52.00 63.50
87 50 10 8 4 1 8
107.79 92.25 83.79 80.15 74.74 52.00 62.53
388 554 631 724 832 970 1,034
Heifers 0 to 299 98.00 Heifers 300 to 399 65.00 Heifers 400 to 499 44.00 Heifers 500 to 599 62.00 Heifers 600 to 699 78.50 Heifers 700 to 799 71.00 Steers 0 to 299 84.00 Steers 300 to 399 93.00 Steers 400 to 499 74.00 Steers 500 to 599 61.00 Steers 600 to 699 82.00 Steers 700 to 799 84.00 Steers 800 to 899 84.50 Steers 900 to 999 73.00 Steers 1000 to 999963.00
122.00 118.00 106.50 98.00 88.00 82.25 136.50 126.00 117.00 108.00 102.00 86.00 86.75 73.00 63.00
24 44 92 47 49 13 8 6 45 31 37 8 10 1 8
109.40 101.38 92.44 86.42 83.83 80.57 113.39 112.14 101.10 92.89 90.16 84.73 86.29 73.00 63.00
274 354 448 544 646 739 261 326 445 548 658 758 825 995 1,062
67.00 65.00 85.50
13 45 10
59.93 45.33 85.50
1,571 1,064 1,348
BY JENNIFER BRIDGET COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT FOR FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
Feeders
Slaughter Bulls 0 to 9999 49.50 Cows 0 to 9999 14.00 Steers 1000 to 999985.50
Total Sold
659
Owensboro Grains – Owensboro Market Report per bushel For Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 Soybeans Corn
7.31 3.96
Attorney General warns of consumer-loyalty scams BY VICKI GLASS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning consumers to beware of “Consumer Loyalty Reward Programs.” This latest scam to hit Kentucky mailboxes involves notifications and checks mailed to consumers stating that previous purchases made at popular retail outlets have qualified the consumer for a “prize pool” in an amount of $36,000 or more. The mailing is from Reckitt Point of Sales Systems of New York and Mega Win Promotional Prizes of Canada. The letter indicates that the
consumer was selected as a result of purchases made in previous months and claims that the receipt number from one of the purchases was attached to a “winning ticket number.” The letter includes a fake check for at least $3,875 to pay for “processing fees” prior to receiving the “prize pool.” The consumer is instructed to call a number to speak with a “claim processing representative” who tells the consumer that a previous purchase from commonly used retailers entitles them to a prize. To report these scams, contact the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection at 1-888-432-9257.
Tax time is looking us square in the face, but that’s not necessarily a scary prospect for many Kentuckians. According to the Internal Revenue Service, more than three quarters of taxpayers receive refunds each year. For those who fall into that majority, a little planning can make their money work for them. This year, for the first time, consumers can have their tax refund direct deposited in up to three different accounts, such as savings, retirement and checking. This is the IRS’ way of encouraging people to bank their money. The opportunity to allocate refunds to multiple accounts is available to all individual filers, no matter which 1040 form is used. Consumers desiring to direct-deposit their refund into two or three accounts must use IRS Form 8888. There is still a line on Form 1040 for those who want to have their refund deposited into a single account. Before the money arrives and starts to burn a hole in your pocket, it’s a good idea to review your debt. Consumers can realize substantial savings on interest payments by using the refund as a one-time extra payment on a loan or credit card. If you’d like to know how much a one-time additional payment will save you on interest charges, go to http://www.powerpay.org. Pay close attention to your credit card balances. Pay off those with the highest rates first. If you receive a substantial tax refund, eliminate as many high-interest credit card balances as possible. And as you pay off those cards, consider closing all but one account, for emergencies. In the future, if you must use a credit card, set a goal to
pay the entire balance before the grace period ends. Even better, develop a budget so you can pay cash for all purchases. Start or add to an emergency savings account for unexpected expenses. Then make arrangements to automatically deposit money in each pay period. Such a savings account can help you avoid using an interest-charging credit card for emergencies. Here are some other smart uses for your tax refund: • Use your tax refund for major purchases or home repairs that may have been postponed due to poor finances. • Invest the money in an Individual Retirement Account. This will help you become more financially secure for the future. • Invest in yourself. Take courses or other job training to improve your knowledge and skills. Courses that will fit into your schedule are often available at local colleges, universities or job-related trade associations. Money spent on education could lead to raises or promotions that would pay back your tuition payment many times over. • Review your withholding statement to determine if your refund resulted from excess withholding or was a one-time refund due to unusual deductions. If it was from excess withholding, reduce the amount withheld from your pay. Put the resulting increase in take-home pay in a savings or money market account where it can continue to grow. It’s a wiser use of your money to put it to work earning interest for you, rather than “loan” it to the government and earn no interest at all. Even the IRS on their Web site http://www.irs.gov urges taxpayers to adjust their payroll withholding so that they pay no more than the required taxes. For more information on personal and family finances, contact the Meade County Extension office at 422-4958.
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Approx. 2700 sq ft,, all brick home with park-like yard. Mins. from Ohio River. Huge rms, 4 bdrm, 2 ba, new flooring, paint, like new appliances, etc. This home will impress you! MLS # 060846
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O BITUARIES
Roy E. Berry Roy E. Berry, 87, of Brandenburg, died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at the Medco Center in Brandenburg. He was born in Meade County April 9, 1919, the son of the late Arlen Forrest and Lura Argabright Berry. He was retired from International Harvester in Louisville, a member and deacon of First Baptist Church and a member of Harrison Masonic Lodge 122 F & A.M and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Luther and Marvin Berry; four sisters, Margaret Owen, Nellie Basham, Viola Hargis and Belle French; and his grandson, Stephen Berry. He is survived by his wife, Wanda Ritchie Berry; three sons, Ronald E. Berry of Flaherty, Forrest (Sharon) Berry of Muldraugh, and Jerry R. (Brenda) Berry of Elizabethtown; eight grandchildren, Gregory Harper, Mark Berry, John Berry, Joshua Berry, Aaron Berry, Duane Berry, Dana Berry and Marlena Crawford; six great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Masonic services were held Monday, Feb. 5. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 6, from the chapel of the Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home with brother Steve Butler officiating. Burial was in Cap Anderson Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may go to the First Baptist Church Building Fund at 338 High St., Brandenburg, KY, 40108.
Mary Lorraine Campbell Mary Lorraine Campbell, 76, of Louisville, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville. She was born Sept. 22, 1930, in Newport, the daughter of Jess and Lena Dalton. She was retired from Canteen Food Service at Ford Motor Company in Louisville. Mrs. Campbell is survived by her husband, Dennis M. Campbell of Louisville; a daughter, Wanda S. Hurt of Louisville; a brother, Chris Dalton of Brooks, Ky.; a sister, Doris Helton of Spencer, Tenn.; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Feb. 5 from the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Irvington. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Kenneth Emberton Kenneth Emberton, 75, of Vine Grove, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at Kindred Hospital in Louisville. Mr. Emberton was retired from the U.S. Army after 26 years of service. His memberships include Mill Creek Baptist Church in Radcliff, where he was a deacon for 11 years and chairman of deacons for five years, and he was a proud member of AA for 35 years, state secretary of AA for three years, and a Kentucky Colonel. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Glenda Emberton of Vine Grove; three sons, Thomas Reid Emberton of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Kenneth Earl Emberton II of Fayetteville, N.C., and Gary Lee Emberton (Denise) of Elizabethtown; six grandchildren, Jenevieve, Kenneth Earl III, Kerry, Jacob, Luke and Natalee; one
brother, Robert Bruce Emberton of Greenwood, Ind.; and one sister, Carmen Gay Hacker of Bayou, La. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Mill Creek Baptist Church in Radcliff with Jim Shaw officiating. Burial was in North Hardin Memorial Gardens with military honors. Visitation was held at Coffey and Chism Funeral Home in Vine Grove. Condolences can be expressed online at www.coffeyandchism.com.
Bernard Eugene Fackler Mr. Bernard Eugene Fackler, 69, of Webster, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, at Park Terrace Nursing Center in Louisville. He was born Dec. 6, 1937, the son of Mary Lorette and the late Jake Fackler. Mr. Fackler was a lifetime member of St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Catholic Church, a retired truck driver for Dixie Cartage in Louisville, a farmer, a part-time carpenter and a John Deere member of the Lincoln Trail Antique Power of the Past. He is survived by his wife, Susie Elder Fackler of Webster, Ky.; two sons, Chad Fackler of Webster, Ky., and Glenn (Stacy) Fackler of Louisville; two grandchildren, Justin Morgan of Ekron, Eli Fackler of Louisville; two step-grandchildren, Sara McCoy, and Dylan Holman; his mother, Mary Lorette Fackler of Webster, Ky.; four brothers, Charles (Mary Helen) Fackler of Guston; Harold (Molly) Fackler and Anthony (Susan) Fackler, both of Brandenburg, and Carroll Fackler of Quick Sand, Ky.; and two sisters, Louise (Wayne) Stull of Brandenburg, and Aliene (Mike) Evans of Burlington, Ky. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 7 from St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Catholic Church in Payneville, Ky., with the Rev. Robert Abel, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home. Prayer services were held Tuesday, Feb. 6 from the chapel of the funeral home.
Lillie Huff Shain Mrs. Lillie Huff Shain, 103, Rock Haven, Ky., died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky., after a brief illness. She was born, Sept. 20, 1903, to John and Martha Huff in Caneyville; however, she lived most of her life at Otter Creek Park in Meade County. She worked for many years as a cook in the Meade County School System and at Otter Creek Park and was a long-time member of the Meade County Senior Citizens. She loved to read, especially the Bible, and enjoyed gardening, playing Rook, knitting and crocheting. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Bryan Shain; and a daughter, Margie Evelyn Allen. She is survived by a son, William Lee (Jean) Shain of Radcliff; a daughter, Mary Etta (Ralph) Worley of Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren, Vicki (Scott) Eckley of Suwanee, Ga., Lindsey (Claudia) Shain of Rock Haven, Ky., Tom (Sandy) Allen of Corbin, Ky., Hilary (Celia) Allen of Meridian, Miss., Jeff (Vicki) Allen of Flaherty, Myron (Elizabeth) Worley of Lexington, and Jeannie (Gerald) Smith of Elizabethtown; 11 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 4 from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Rowe officiating. Burial was in Garnettsville Cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home.
Mrs. Adrian Lucille Stull, 86, of Payneville, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown. She was born March 5, 1920, the daughter of Frederick Jefferson and
Thank you...
Friday, February 9 • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 • David T. Wilson Elementary Bulldog Beach Party from 4:307p.m. at the school. Free admission and the annual winter festival will offer food, games and prizes.
The family of Raymond Thompson would like to express our sincere thanks for all the prayers, cards, flowers, food and visits during our loved one’s illness and passing.
Monday, February 12 • Brandenburg City Council meeting at city hall, 7 p.m. (Second Monday of each month) • Muldraugh City Council meeting at city hall, 6:30 p.m. (Second Monday of each month) • David T. Wilson student, parent faculty meeting, 3:00 p.m. • Optimist Club of Meade County - board meeting, 11:30 a.m. • JRA SBDM, 3:15 p.m. • MCHS SBDM, 5:30 p.m. • Battletown Fire Protection District meeting, 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 13 • Fiscal Court meeting at the Meade County courthouse, 7 p.m. (Second Tuesday of each month) • Parks Committee, 6 p.m. (Second Tuesday of each month) • Story Hour, 10:30 a.m. at Meade County Public Library. For more information, call 422-2094 • Family Fun Night, 6:30 at the Battletown Elementary. For more information, call 422-2094 • SPMS SBDM, 3:45 p.m. • Meade County Board of Education, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 14 • SPMS SBDM meeting, 3:45 p.m. in the media center • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752
Agena Ranae Thornton
Agena Ranae Thornton, 34, of Vine Grove, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, at home. She was born on Friday, March 10, 1972, in Louisville. She was preceded in death by her father, Louis Hoyt Noe; her husband, Patrick Thomas Jo Thornton; and an infant son, Richard Hatcher III. She was a loving wife and mother. She is survived by her mother, Susan Jean (Cheeks) Noe; her daughters, Dorothy Ranae and Cassie Jo Thornton, both of Vine Grove; her sisters, Charlotte Cheeks Frame and Stacey (Ronnie, Sr.) Morgan, both of Brandenburg; her mother and father-in-law, Dorothy “Tootsie” and Bobby Thornton; and many, many close friends. Services were held at Schoppenhorst Brothers Funeral Home in Louisville, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, with her nephew, brother Michael Catron, officiating. Burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery in Louisville Local arrangements were handled by Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home, P.O. Box 546, Brandenburg, KY 40108, to assist the family.
Coffey & Chism Funeral Home
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C OMMUNITY C ALENDAR
Saturday, February 10 • Meade County Archery in the Schools In-County Tournament, at David T. Wilson. MCHS & SPMS students, 11 a.m., and elementary students at 2 p.m. For more information, call President Tim Parcell at (270) 497-4559 • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at REBOS Club on Hwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m. For more info call 547-8750 or 547-8752 • 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 • Wolf Creek Fire Department meeting, 7 p.m., firehouse
Grace Elizabeth Hardin Schmitt. Mrs. Stull worked at Senior Citizens for several years and was a member of Payneville Widows Circle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene; a son, Dennis Earl; two grandchildren, Robin Denise Ross and Steven Daniel Fackler; and four brothers, William Karl, Edward Lamar, Fred Hardin and Herman Augustine Schmitt. She is survived by seven children, Marvin (Linda) Stull of Union Star, Ky., Betty Lou (Bobby) Ross and Larry (Peggy) Stull, both of Brandenburg, Howard (Janet) Stull of Webster, Ky., Paul (Audrey) Stull, Terry Stull and Anna Jean Barrett, all of Payneville; Dennis’ wife, Norma Lou Stull of Louisville; three sisters, Juanita Mattingly of Brandenburg, Lois Leonard of South Bend, Ind., and Catherine Crews of Irvington; 26 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 3 from St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert Abel, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home. Vigil services were held at Friday, Feb. 2 at the funeral home.
A special thanks to the Flaherty Fire Department for their quick response on numerous occasions.
Meade County Girls Softball Spring is coming! Signups are here!
Girls Ages 5-18 • Games Played At Meade Olin Park
Registration Locations, Dates & Times: Meade County Courthouse Saturdays from 10am to 2pm February 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th Brandenburg Food Court Fridays from 6pm to 9pm February 9th & 23rd
Fees: $50 For First Girl $25 For Additional Girls In The Same Household
For More Information or Details Call: Bill Wright at 828-6481 or Shawn Lanham at 945-0358
270.877.2245 www.coffeyandchism.com 769 Highland Avenue • Vine Grove, Ky 40175
Used Car Dealer Swears Under Oath That Methods Used To Help Customers Obtain Credit Are 100% Legal Many say he performs “credit miracles” MULDRAUGH - After being hailed as a “miracle worker” by many and as “too good to be legal” by others, sales manager of Knox Budget Car Sales, Randy Hendrickson, agrees to settle the case once and for all by taking a sworn oath in front of an audience of 24. “I hereby certify that our credit policy is completely legal and involves no form of supernatural intervention,” said Randy during his oath. Last month Randy and his team were able to secure financing to 76 new customers, most of whom had been turned down time and time again in the past. “Listen…I don’t care what other car dealers say. I know my customers – and I know they will pay, even if they’ve had problems in the past,” explains Randy. “I’ve spent a lot of time and a lot of money building solid relationships with banks and lenders who are committed to approving my customers. I trust my customers and the banks trust me…that’s all there is to it.” So what kind of credit problems has Randy Hendrickson been able to deal with? When asked, he proudly rattled off a list including bankruptcy, medical bills, charge offs, late payments, divorces, student loan problems, IRS demands, repossessions, and more. Chuck Crain, finance manager, and Randy’s right hand man explains, “It’s not my business to judge other people. We all make mistakes. That doesn’t mean we won’t do the right thing when given another chance. Like the Bible says, ‘Let he without sin cast the first stone.’” Helping people get approved isn’t the only thing Randy and his team do well. The hundreds of pictures of smiling past customers that line the wall of the dealership tells a story of a car buying experience like none other. “In my mind, buying a car should be fun and easy. It shouldn’t be a terrifying experience like it is for most people. So, we all make a big family environment here on the weekends. We bring in food and jumpers for the kids and have animals from the zoo…anything that can
Randy Hendrickson (known as the credit miracle worker) and Chuck Crain (finance manager) appear taking oath. help people relax and have a good time. Because that’s what we are – we’re a family. Many of our customers have bought cars from us 3 or 4 times in the past,” tells Randy. “Are we miracle workers? Can we help everybody? No. There’s no magic. We get people approved because we work hard and they work hard. If a person has a job and can put together a few hundred dollars to show their commitment to the bank, we can usually get them approved. But if you don’t have the initiative to get and keep a job, we can’t help you. You gotta help yourself before we can,” Randy continued. If you’re interested in finding out if Randy and his team can help you, call Knox Budget Car Sales at 800-608-6944 and ask to speak with Chuck. Chuck will get some basic information from you over the phone then schedule an appointment. “You can be in and out in less than an hour in many cases,” promised Chuck, “so don’t be afraid to call for any reason – we live to help people just like you.” -Paid Advertisement
Friday, February 9, 2007
Faith & Values
Choosing wisely a responsibility Test everything. Retain what is good. Refrain from every kind of evil. — I THESSALONIANS 5:21-22 We Americans are so used to having choices and plenty of them that we forget just how fortunate we are. A “buffet table” might just be the perfect symbol for our culture. We are known around the world for having unlimited choices, but we are also known for making some very poor choices. Simply having the freedom to choose does not guarantee making good choices. We may have a right to choose, but we also have a responsibility to choose wisely because our choices, good or bad, have an effect on ourselves and others. This is exactly what Paul tells the Thessalonians. He tells them to wait for the coming of the Lord, living not as a victim of their own addictions and compulsions, but intentionally, on purpose and selectively. To do that he offers some timely advice: Look before you leap, don’t fall for everything you see or hear, and after you have checked it out, keep what is good and reject the rest. Paul’s words to the Thessalonians are words to us, as well. We live in a society and a time in history when personal
“choice” is seen as a “right.” Just as freedom must be paired with responsibility, wisdom must be paired with choice. Stupidity paired with choice spells disaster. In other words, we E NCOURAGING W ORDS may have the freedom to choose, but we also have the responsibility to choose wisely. For instance: We are free to eat what we want, but when we eat anything and everything in sight just J. R ONALD because it is there, we K NOTT should not expect to have a slim, healthy body. Sexual activity of any kind is readily available, but to engage in irresponsible sexual activity, we should not be surprised by disastrous consequences: sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and ruined relationships. We are free to experiment with illicit drugs, but we should know the devastating consequences of addiction: disasters in finances, relationships, health and spirituality. We are free to accept multiple credit cards, but if we use them without the
resources to pay for the things we have charged, we will pay dearly and choke off other possibilities for years to come. We have the freedom to vote, but not exercising that right regularly could lead to the loss of that right altogether. We have the freedom to marry and have children, but we must also be ready to accept not only the advantages, but also the personal limitations that go with such commitments. Failing to count the costs before acting will hurt us and others for years to come. Yes, we have the right to choose, but we must also be willing to accept responsibility for our bad choices. Even though Paul’s advice is centuries old, it is still right on target and useful today: Examine things carefully, look before you leap, everything that glitters is not gold, test everything, keep what is truly good and reject every kind of evil. Rev. J. Ronald Knott, a periodic columnist, is the son of Jim and Ethel Knott of Rhodelia. He is presently serving as a Campus Minister at Bellarmine University and Director of the Institute for Priests and Presbyterates at St. Meinrad School of Theology. He is also a weekly columnist for THE RECORD, author of several books and a national motivational speaker.
Use keeps older folks’ brains active QUESTION: Are there productive ways older people can remain mentally alert as their bodies age? Is mental decline inevitable in the golden years? DR. DOBSON: If you live long enough, there will be some loss of intellectual acuity. There is, however, much that a person can do to postpone that deterioration. An article in Family Circle magazine suggested five ways to maintain healthy minds through the aging process. The first rule is to "use it or lose it." The human brain isn't like a calculator that you can plug in and leave idle for a year and find it working just as well when we return. It must have constant use and regular input of sensory information. Second, proper brain function is dependent on a balanced diet with ample supplies of all the essential nutrients. Third is exercise. Every organ of the body benefits from physical activity, including the package of neural matter with which we think. Fourth is regular physical examinations and good health care. Untreated diseases can affect us physically and mentally. Finally, the fifth way to keep our brains healthy is by having an active social life. Being sick, isolated and alone is a prescription for rapid mental decline. Unfortunately, many older citizens are unable to implement these five suggestions for one reason or another. Some are alone and have no one to talk to. Others lack the resources for good medical care and healthy nutrition. That's why those in the younger generation owe today's seniors their time and
attention. They were cared for old recently came to my huswhen they were frail and band and me to say, "I'm helpless. Now it's their turn pregnant." Nothing has ever upset us more than hearing to return the favor. those words. What should ****** our attitude toward QUESTION: her be now? What do you considF OCUS ON DR. DOBSON: er to be the greatest THE FAMILY Responding to a threat to the stability teenage pregnancy of families today? is one of the most DR. DOBSON: It difficult trials parents would be a phenomeare ever asked to non that every marriage face. counselor deals with When the news regularly. breaks, it's reasonThe scenario able to feel anger at involves a vulneraJ AMES the girl who has ble woman who D OBSON brought this humildepends on her husiation and pain into band to meet her her life. emotional needs, How dare this kid do and a workaholic man who has little time for family something so stupid and responsibilities. Year after hurtful to herself and the year she reaches for him and entire family! Once you have caught finds he's not there. She nags, complains, cries your breath, however, a more and attacks him for his fail- rational and loving response ures -- to no avail. He is carrying the load of three men in his business or profession and can't figure out how to keep that enterprise going while providing what his wife needs. As time goes by, she becomes increasingly angry, which drives him even further into his workaday world. He is respected and successful there. And thereafter he is even less accessible to her. Then one day, to her husband's shock, this woman reaches a breaking point and either leaves him for someone else or files for divorce. It is a decision she may live to regret and one that often devastates her children — although by then, the marriage is long-gone. It's such a preventable disaster, but one that millions of other families will be victimized by in coming years. ****** QUESTION: Our 14-year-
is appropriate. This is no time for recrimination. Your daughter needs your understanding and wisdom now more than ever. She'll face many important decisions in the next few months, and you can't afford to alienate yourselves from her. If you can summon a measure of strength and love at this stressful time, you should be able to create the bond that often develops between those who have survived a crisis together. Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, P.O. Box 444, Colorado Springs, CO. 80903; or www.family.org. Questions and answers are excerpted from "The Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide" and "Bringing Up Boys," both published by Tyndale House. © 2007 JAMES DOBSON INC.
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Girls slow-pitch softball— Feb. 10, 17 and 24 at Meade County Courthouse, and at the Brandenburg food court Feb. 9 and 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. $50 for the first child, $25 for each additional child in the same household. For more information, call 270-945-0358
rookie league but still quite a few, and Breck County’s allstar team had one of the best pitchers I’ve seen in a long time and she was a 13-year-old little girl.” There are other options for the young ladies of Meade County. Shawn Lanham of Brandenburg is the secretarytreasurer of the slow-pitch softball league, which has its games at Meade Olin Park. “The season typically starts the first weekend of May,” Lanham said. “We have girls ages 5 to 18, broken down in three age groups: ages 5 to 8, 9 to 12 and 13 to 18. We hold sign-ups here in Brandenburg and we’ll take any girls that live inside the county.” Lanham said the league is a member of the American Softball Association, and there is a draft before each season to determine the teams. “The number of teams varies, but last year we had 16,” she said. “We have a good turnout and we had 170 girls total last year. We usually try to have 10 to 12 girls per team and we have 10 players on the field with four outfielders. We won’t know how many games there are until after sign-ups, when the board will meet and figure out how many teams and games there will be, and then we contact the coaches to go ahead with the draft on the first Thursday of March.” Youth baseball will also have a draft except for two players per team — usually coaches’ sons — which creates more of a level playing field, Carter said. “Cal Ripken recommends that we have a total re-draft every year and there are pros and cons,” he said. “We did it in our Babe Ruth league last year and we only had one game decided by mercy rule and it was a perfect season. The rest were decided by a couple of runs. I’m taking some heat for it, but we made it well-known last year during sign-ups that everyone would go back in the draft and it was on the application.” Carter said drafting each year is a great opportunity for kids from all over the county to meet new friends. Lanham also said it was important for girls from different elementary schools to get to know each other before going to Stuart Pepper Middle School. “Most coaches have team parties for the girls and it’s a really good opportunity for them — especially the ones who live in Battletown or
Payneville and the outlying areas of the county — to come in and get a chance to socialize with girls from the other areas of the county before they hit middle school and are all just thrown together. I’ve had girls from all over the county on my teams.” Lanham said there are exceptions for keeping teams together in the softball league, though. “If there is an established team, the girls will get to stay with that team unless the coach leaves,” she said. “If you’ve been with a coach whose daughter may have moved up and he moved with her, those girls will go back into the draft.” Carter said kids should learn to play the right way, so he’s bringing in a professional for a coach’s clinic March 10. “Coach (Darren) Snell, the high school coach, will run it with his assistants,” he said. “They will talk about the fundamentals of hitting and pitching to teach the newer coaches that have no clue — like myself when I first started. I played football and had never touched a baseball bat in my life, so it really helps the newer coaches.” Carter said getting Snell involved with the teaching fundamentals is important because he might see a lot of the players on his team one day. “Ultimately, 90 percent of these kids will never see a baseball once they get to the high school level,” he said. “But the ones that do, he’s going to see. So it’s to our benefit and the kids to have him show us how he coaches.” Carter is also bringing in a certified umpire for a rules clinic. “We’ll have an umpire’s clinic the same day because last year, one of the biggest problems we had was the coaches complaining about the umpires, and 80 percent of them are kids,” he said. “It’s $15 a game we pay them and it’s not worth getting your head chewed off for.” Lanham said the slow-pitch league also has had problems securing umpires. “Our biggest issue last year was umpires, but it is my understanding that Danny Tate is bringing back the umpires’ association, so that will make things a lot simpler,” she said. Tate, the Meade County parks director, said a group of umpires will work games for the slow-pitch league, a separate fast-pitch league, and
adult, co-ed and church leagues . “If you belong to the association, the president will assign games for each member,” he said. “Some of the older members passed away and so it kind of fell off, and now we’re trying to get it going again.” Youth baseball is struggling to get quality volunteers, Carter said. “The biggest thing we can use volunteers for is umpiring, and we’ll even pay you the $15,” he said. “Parents are always encouraged to help coach because we need a lot of good, quality coaches.” Lanham said the slow-pitch league has fared better with getting volunteers, but more are always welcome. “We’ve been really fortunate,” she said. “Last year after sign-ups were over, we had enough girls in one league that we were short a coach and it took me five minutes on the phone to find a coach for them. We have a line on the forms asking for volunteers, and it’s wonderful how many are willing.” Lanham said coaches are always looking for a helping hand. “Typically, the parents who are available, they can get with their daughter’s coach and talk about helping with practice or whatever they can, and coaches are always receptive to that,” she said. “The more parents get involved, the better experience it is for the girls.” Carter said there are three things he wants kids to learn from playing America’s pastime. “My biggest goal is for the kids to have fun — this is a recreational league — and the second thing is for them to learn sportsmanship,” he said. “The third thing is we want to teach them how to play baseball.”
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illegal meeting. Bewley said any violation of the Open Meetings law was unintentional. “It was certainly our intent to follow the spirit of the law and if what we did is wrong we will learn from it and make sure we don’t do it again in the future,” he said.
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acquire financing for the riverport’s construction, will renegotiate the contract. Flint also is seeking $1 million from Congressman Ron Lewis’ office for dock construction. The Riverport Authority board members went into closed session for about 45 minutes to discuss the contract renegotiation with Consolidated Grain and Barge. That appears to be an illegal closed session, said Jon Fleischaker, general counsel to the Kentucky Press Association. State laws governing open meetings prohibit public bodies from discussing contract renegotiations behind closed doors, he said. “It does not appear to be a negotiation under the terms of the statute, but appears to be an internal discussion of contract renegotiations,” Fleischaker said. “The discussion itself
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STANDINGS Basketball District W L Meade 5 0 Hancock 4 2 Frederick Fraize 1 4 Breckinridge 1 5
Overall W L 15 6 11 10 5 14 8 12
Girls: Meade Hancock Breckinridge Frederick Fraize
W 8 10 8 0
Boys:
W 5 3 3 0
L 0 3 3 5
L 12 10 13 14
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Regional Meet Feb. 2-3 in Versailles Team Region finish Boys team 4th Girls team 10th Race Finish Girls 200 medley relay 6th Boys 200 medley relay 2nd 200 free relay 5th Troy Jobe 200 free 2nd Jake Baldwin 50 free 2nd School records Girls 200 medley relay Lisa Hurt 200 IM 100 breast Kaitie Webb 100 fly Boys Jobe 200 free 100 back Hobbs 100 breast 200 free relay
ON DECK February 9 Swimming state tournament @UofL 2:30 February 9 Swimming state tournament @UofL TBA February 10 Boys basketball Frederick Fraize 6:30 p.m. Girls basketball Frederick Fraize 8 p.m. Freshman basketball @Freshman tourny TBA Wrestling Regional tournament @Valley 10 a.m. February 12 Freshman basketball Floyd Central 6 p.m. February 13 Boys basketball @Grayson County 8 p.m. February 15 Freshman basketball @Bullitt Central 6:30 p.m. Girls basketball E-town 7:30 p.m. Wrestling state tournament @Frankfort TBA
YOUTH SPORTS
Elementary Scores DTW Lt. Blue 32, EkronI 19 Z. Wilson 7 J. Embry 5 R. Warren 4 J. Claycomb 2 E. Wright 4 L. Burchett 6 D. Bruner 7 T. Jarrell 1 R. Parker 10 C. Long 5 DTW Yellow 25, Muldraugh 20 B. Garris 13 A. Keiser 8 A. Fackler 4 B. Hart 3 L. Wilson 4 C. Warman 9 N. Turner 4 DTW Navy 22, PaynevilleI 19 C. Williams 4 J. Mattingly 2 S. Cape 6 T. Knott 5 T. Dix 12 C.J. Saylor 6 R. Mason 2 J. Stull 4 Payneville2 25, DTW Navy 15 B. Feldpausch 2 C. Williams 4 D. Vaughn 4 S. Cape 4 A. Gouvas 9 D. Orr 2 J. Morgan 2 T. Dix 5 T. Jenkins 8 DTW Red 42, Flaherty1 8 J. Raymer 7 A. Lancaster 1 Z. Bogard 21 N. Dowell 2 T. Tynan 4 J. Whelan 1 K. Burns 6 K. Lancaster 2 T. Cross 4 M. Dial 2 Flaherty2 28, Battletown 18 J. Wilson 10 A. Ballis 2 A. Haynes 4 B. Sonner 2 Z. Kullman 6 C. Mattingly 7 M. Drury 8 C. Payne 7 Ekron2 26, DTW Green 16 T. Neal 2 J. Barley 4 H. Stewart 2 A. Fogle 2 T. Keys 2 C. Bruce 8 A. Sell 4 E.J. Johnson 2 J. Mosier 10 Z. Ledford 6
Vine Grove Clippers 15, Nets 12 M. Dial 8 R. Vanover 8 A. Burgess 6 V. Adcock 2 K. Norton 1 J. Marshall 2 Clippers 19, Hawks 6 M. Dial 10 M. Miller 2 A. Burgess 5 M. Peterson 2 K. Norton 4 J. Pierce 2 Clippers 19, Bulls 15 M. Dial 8 J. Wilson 6 A. Burgess 6 T. Peterson 4 K. Norton 3 M. Allen 3 W. Edmunds 2 A. Thomas 2
Swimmers show meaning of team BY SHAUN T. COX SPORTS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM Five Meade County swimmers qualified for this weekend’s state meet in Louisville. But three of those swimmers gave up spots on a relay team so that one senior will get a last shot and two underclassmen will get a taste of what it’s like to compete against the best Kentucky has to offer. That’s how five becomes eight and eight becomes one — one team that cares more about each other than school and personal records. “These guys are team players and the character of the individuals on this team is tremendous,” Coach J.P. Lavertu said. LaVertu said Meade’s medley relay team isn’t one of the strongest in the
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state, so he asked member Troy Jobe to give up his spot. Fellow relay members Jake Baldwin and Daniel Silva volunteered to do the same. “Seniors Cody Baldwin and Andy Wilkins, along with junior Alex Medley and sophomore Mathew Spilman will now compete in the 200 medley relay because these guys J.P. gave up their spots to L A V ERTU their teammates,” he said. Lavertu, the Third Region coach of the year, said this has been the most rewarding season for him personally, not because he won the award for the second-straight season, but because of
what he’s seen from this group and how it has validated his decision to give up coaching football. “Seven, eight years ago I was coaching football and they asked me to help start this program because the original coach got a job outside the county,” he said. “I thought, ‘I’ll help out for a year and hopefully they can find someone else,’ because football was my love.” Lavertu played football and coached for Meade County for a total of 11 years, and never swam competitively in his life. “After that, I decided to stick with it another year,” he continued. “The second year, my love for it grew and here I am, eight years later with a passion so great for it.” During last week’s regional meet in Versailles, four girls set school records,
though none advanced to the state meet. But the boy’s medley relay finished second, Jobe finished second in the 200-meter freestyle and Baldwin qualified in the 50 freestyle. Jobe and Baldwin became the first individuals from Meade County to qualify for the state swim meet. “It was — by far — the most successful regional meet we’ve had in the history of the program,” Lavertu said. Jobe also earned a spot on the allregion team and Baldwin was named the Third Region Sportsman of the Year. Baldwin said winning the award caught him off guard because he and the others think Meade County is sometimes overlooked. PLEASE
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State draw does boys no favors
Girls work to fix flaws
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LADY WAVES: Tough road behind prepares team for road ahead BY SHAUN T. COX SPORTS@THENEWSSTANDARD.COM Senior guard Jasmine Newby said the Lady Waves have been working hard to strengthen some of the weaknesses exposed earlier in the year by teams like North Hardin and Iroquois, two of the Top 10 teams in Kentucky. “We’re practicing really hard and trying to correct the mistakes we’ve been making like only really starting to play after we get down,” she said. “It’s too late for us to start playing in the third quarter. We’re also working on shooting a better percentage.” The Lady Waves (8-12) will see if they’ve improved enough for a win when Elizabethtown brings its Top 10 state ranking across the Hardin-Meade County line Thursday. “That’s going to be a tremendous task,” Coach Josh Hurt said. “They are really well-coached in that they value every possession and we’re going to have to get quality shots every time. Hopefully if we can make five, six, seven passes, it can take some of the pressure off of us defensively. I think they’re willing to play a half-court game and we’ve got to be patient enough to do that.” Elizabethtown (17-5) is the top team in the loaded Fifth Region and is led by 6foot sophomore center Alex Jones, the daughter of former UofL and NBA player
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Senior forward Kayla Stull grabs a loose ball between Fort Knox’s Stevonna Scott, left, and Karissa Jackson, right. Stull had 12 points and five boards in the Lady Waves 82-31 win last Saturday.
Charles Jones, and junior guard Jenna Goblirsch. “They also have an eighth-grader who’s playing a ton of minutes,” Hurt said. “With the big kids inside, we’ll just have to give a lot of help and try to make them take some perimeter shots.” Meade and Elizabethtown have had three common opponents this season in North Hardin, John Hardin and Fort Knox. Meade lost to North Hardin 83-49 on Jan. 9. Elizabethtown is 1-1 against the Lady Trojans, losing the first meeting 75-63 in its second game of the season Dec. 4, and winning the re-match 59-58 exactly one
month later. Meade lost to John Hardin at home 6152 Jan. 12, while Elizabethtown destroyed the Lady Bulldogs on the road 85-43 Jan. 5. Both teams have abused Fort Knox, with Elizabethtown winning 79-15 on Jan. 9, and Meade winning 82-31 last Saturday. The Lady Waves hope to have a big crowd at the game to offer support. “Our fans always come out and support and they’re vocal and will definitely help being home and not having to travel
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Meade County’s Thomas Damico-Roach competed in a JV tournament last Saturday at Fern Creek. The team will compete in its first-ever regional tournament this weekend.
As the Meade County wrestling team competes in its first-ever regional tournament tomorrow, Coach Bob Davis says fundamentals have allowed his team to be successful in its first season. “The thing is, we are focusing on the basics,” he said. “We’re not doing anything elaborate outside of Arthur (Ohmes), and I think that’s paid off in our favor, and why we’ve done so well is because we’ve kept it basic.” Davis said he expects even more next year out of the team, especially from the guys who have experience in the program. “Of course, next year we’ll have to do better and we’ll go to a couple of camps this summer and we’ll ask for
more out of them,” he said. “They’ve done great this year and you can’t ask for any more because they’re all first-year kids. When you watch them wrestle, you realize that because of the mistakes they make.” Juniors Nathan Kelch and Ohmes said they take pride in proving other teams wrong about their inexperience on the mat. “I think it’s gone wonderfully,” Kelch said. “We’ve actually done pretty well and a whole bunch of other teams said we were going to be crap, but we ended up being pretty good. Coach Bob, he’s a good coach so I knew we’d do better than what they were thinking.” Ohmes agreed. PLEASE
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Meade County’s Third Region drew the Seventh Region in the first round of the 2007 Sweet 16 tournament last Friday. The Seventh Region is perhaps the toughest draw in the state behind the 11th, in which the state’s top team, Scott County, is king. Meade County (15-6) has lost to two Seventh Region teams this season: Louisville Male (204) and Trinity (16-5). The Greenwave lost to Male in the first round of the King of the Bluegrass tournament 59-38 on Dec. 14, and narrowly lost at Trinity 51-46 on Jan. 3. According to Meade County coach Jerry Garris, Ballard (22-2) may be the top team in 11th, but defending state champion Jeffersontown (16-5) is no slouch, either. The Greenwave’s chances of even making it to the Sweet 16 will become clearer after next Friday’s game at Owensboro Apollo, as the two teams are widely considered Nos. 1 and 1A in the region. Meade County is undefeated in regional play at 8-0, while Apollo is 9-1. But first the Greenwave will host district whipping post Frederick Fraize (5-14) tomorrow, and then travel to Grayson County (16-6) on Tuesday for a match-up with the Cougars. Meade flattened the Aces 7235 on the road Jan. 19, and Fraize has won only one district game this season. The Greenwave rode the hot three-point shooting of senior guard Riley Benock (3 for 4), sophomore guard Kerry Rupe (3-7), junior forward Rob Williams (2-3) and sophomore forward Jonathan Ives (2-5) to get the win on the floor where the district tournament will be held. “It’s the last district game, we want to finish up undefeated and that’s the mind-set going in,” Garris said. “There are no secrets this time of year. We’re going to go out and play our game and hope it will be good enough to win. We’ll have had eight days off and that’s a concern.” Junior center Nick Stinnett said the team needs to get a good seed going into the regional tournament. “It’s really important because it will make us one of the top seeds in the region and that will give us a relatively
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It wasn’t that long ago a little known rookie driver from Chesterfield, Va., stood up and made everybody take notice. It wouldn’t have seemed like that big of a feat if he hadn’t done it in the first non-points race of his rookie year and on one of Nextel Cup’s biggest stages. A year ago tomorrow it was Denny Hamlin who fended off plate-race studs Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart in a late-race start, widened himself and stayed there to win the
Budweiser Shootout. The Shootout isn’t the Daytona 500, but it’s the official kickoff to the season-opening Speed Weeks and an all-star race no less. And the fact that a rookie could come in and win the thing on his first try was big. “Everything sort of went in the Bud Shootout last year,” Hamlin said. “I think I crashed in every single one of (the superspeedway points races) except one. I just got involved in something because I was running mid-pack. I just could never get to the front. Improving on superspeedways, you
know you can run up front with an average car — a decent car. I need to learn more in the draft and that’s just going to come with time and years and more races. If they keep me around long enough, hopefully I’ll get better and better.” Hamlin, 26, certainly didn’t race like a rookie last season. It was the Davidson, N.C., resident who was the only driver from Joe Gibbs Racing — and not teammate Tony Stewart — to make The Chase for the Nextel Cup championship last season. Not only did he make The Chase, but he was one of the
few in the hunt for the championship when the series ran its season-finale at HomesteadMiami Speedway. “I didn’t realize how tough it was. I got in that car at an optimum, optimum time. I really haven’t had to go through, like Dave (Blaney) was talking, those learning curves because our team really, since I’ve been in it, hasn’t really struggled,” Hamlin said. “I mean, I think Joe Gibbs Racing started to struggle midway in the early part of last season. They got it figured out. Next thing you know, I got in the car and things
just worked out great.” Hamlin closed out the season with two wins, eight top-5 finishes, 20 top-10 finishes and third in the points standings. He swept both Pocono stops from the pole and took a pole at Richmond. Now the challenge is to avoid the same sophomore slump that Roush Racing driver Carl Edwards endured last season. “It’s so hard to stay on top in this sport because if you have a good year, you’ve got five or six really good teams with the same budget who are going to try to get to your level,” Hamlin said.
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“At first I thought it would be difficult since it was the first year of the team, but this season has worked out really well,” he said. The team’s preparedness will be put to the test at 10 a.m. tomorrow when it travels to Valley High School in Louisville to face the best the Third Region has to offer. “There are 11 teams in the region, but each team is not 14men strong,” Davis said. “Bullitt Central is a tough school and is strong in every weight class. They have two brothers, the Walls brothers, at 152 (pounds) and 135, who are very strong wrestlers. Their 171 is outstanding as well.” Davis listed PRP and DeSales as having strong programs. “PRP has a tight-knit group of kids that are doing well,” he said. “DeSales is very strong in their upper weight classes. Their 189, 215 and 285 are all dominant. So we’ve got our work cut out for us with those top three schools. They have us as No. 4 in the region, which is probably true because not all the other schools fill their weight classes.” Davis said he expects to send at least seven wrestlers to the state tournament in Frankfort next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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“It’s not something I expected because Meade County is forgotten sometimes, but there we were having our names called in front of everyone,” he said. “And then Troy was able to do in two years what I was never able to do in four and that’s make the all-region team, so props to him on that.” Jobe also was shocked when he heard his name called as one the eight best swimmers in the region. “I had no idea it was going to happen and it was really a shocker,” he said. “I was talking to everyone when they were announcing the (allregion) team and not even paying attention because I didn’t think I was a candidate for it, so it really caught me offguard.”
Kelch and Ohmes have the potential to finish in the top four of their respective weight classes, which would automatically qualify them for state. “I want to make the top three and go to state,” Kelch said. “I hope I do well. Coach Bob and Coach (Larry) Ohmes keep telling me that I’m going to have a hard time with the competition. The way it sounds, my chances aren’t that good, but we’ll see.” Arthur Ohmes’ road will be less difficult, as there are only five wrestlers in his class from the Third Region. So the goal for him is to try and get the top seed, which would earn a bye in the first round and possibly the second in the state meet. “There are only five kids from 11 schools and you have a bracket,” Davis said. “However he seeds — record-wise and head-to-head — he might have a bye in the first round. The No. 1 seed usually gets a bye in the first round and he may not wrestle until the semi-finals if he’s No. 1.” Arthur Ohmes transferred to Meade County from Fort Knox before this season and has the advantage of learning from two good coaches. He has been able to pass his knowledge to his teammates. “It helped me out with how to teach them moves,” Arthur Ohmes said. “I took what my old coach taught me and balanced it with what I’ve learned from Coach Bob, and it’s helped me learn quickly.” Kelch’s teammates have said he could be the best Jobe has only been swimming competitively for two years and has unlimited potential, according to his coach. “I’ve never seen more natural talent in a young man than with Troy,” Lavertu said. “He’s been given a gift and he’s using it to his advantage. In two seasons, he’s qualified for state four different times. I believe that Troy will go someplace on a full scholarship and do well for himself in college, and he’s still got two years left in high school. He has the ability to really make a name for himself in these next two years and go someplace big-time to swim.” Jobe said being the first individual swimmer in Meade County history to qualify for state meant a lot to him, but he still has plenty to work on. “It feels like you’re setting a landmark and hopefully others will follow,” he said. “I’m going to swim all summer and I’m going to break everything down and reevaluate it all to
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wrestler on the team if he would balance the technical aspects of wrestling with his imposing strength, which is something he has worked toward as the season has gone on. “I’ve learned about how to keep my weight down in the 160-category, endurance, balance and all new moves, since I didn’t know any before,” he said. “I’ve learned the basics of wrestling.” Kelch now understands it’s nearly impossible to physically be on top of your game every time out, and getting points can be the difference. “At the beginning of the season I was 13-0 and I wanted to go undefeated, but that’s rare and I wasn’t even close,” he said. “I’d have to say it’s impossible unless you’re God. Coach Bob is always running that through our heads, ‘Don’t go for pins, go for points.’ Then if you get up, you can go for the pin. I started shooting about three matches ago and it’s started working for me and I’ve tried to put that in my package.” Arthur Ohmes also has
learned to balance the physical aspect of the sport with the technical parts. “I used to rely more on my strength, but when I came here, I found out that I wasn’t that strong compared to some of the other guys that joined this team,” he said. “So I had to learn to start using more technique.” Kelch and Arthur Ohmes also have learned a little about sacrifice this season, particularly something most people take for granted — what they eat. “It’s hard to pass up the fast food,” Kelch said. “Once you smell it, you’ve got to get a little something-something. But I’ve had to cut out most of it. I wanted to drop down to 152, but I can’t even get there.” Wednesday the team competed in a JV competition at Fern Creek High School. Bobby Fuqua took first place in the 285-pound class, Tyler Crow took first in the 215 class, Thomas Damico-Roach took third in the 152 class, Kurtis Perkins took fourth in the 140 class and Joey Carter took fourth in the 119 class.
see anything I’m doing wrong with all my strokes.” The girls’ season may be over, but Lavertu said they still accomplished a lot this year, and they can use it as a springboard going into next season. “The girls have placed higher in the region, but the great thing about them is they are very young,” he said. “We’ve got six middle school girls on the team and there’s a lot of room for improvement. … The younger girls are only going to improve and in the next few years, they’re going to be a very solid group to contend with.” One of those seniors, Miranda Williams, said she is sad her Meade County swimming career is over, but she is thinking about swimming in college. “I was pleased that we got the school record in the (200yard) medley relay and we had personal records in all our relays,” she said. “I’m kind of
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ball for four or five minutes if they have to. You better take advantage of the chances you get to score because you won’t get the ball too many times if they can get up.” Stinnett said Grayson was a good game to have heading into next Friday’s colossal match-up with Apollo. “Hopefully we can go down there and beat them and then we’ll have Apollo,” he said. “We’re the only team in the region that’s still undefeated and we want to keep it that way.” Meade and Grayson have had several common opponents this season, including Breckinridge and Ohio counties, Fraize and Muhlenberg North. The most interesting outcomes, to Greenwave fans, would be Grayson’s five-point overtime loss at home to Breckinridge County on Jan. 30, and the one-point win at Muhlenberg North on Jan. 20. Meade has owned Breckinridge County, winning by 20 and 22 in the two meetings, and Meade beat Muhlenberg North by eight at home Jan. 20. One of those wins over Breckinridge County came last Thursday, when the Greenwave moved one step closer to its second-straight perfect district season, winning 64-42. The story of the game was Benock, who scored 35 of the team’s points on 12-for-22 shooting from the field, including 8-for-13 from three. Benock
also pulled down 11 boards, dished out seven assists, had two steals and a block. “That was one of the best performances we’ve had here,” Garris said. “He just got some looks and his shooting never has been bad, but it’s really starting to come around. He hit 14 of 25 threes last week, and they’re the same shots that have been there before, but he’s taking them now and we’re reaping the benefits. He was reluctant to take some of those shots early in the year.” After giving up 18 firstquarter points, the Greenwave shut the Tigers down, giving up eight, seven and nine in the final three periods, respectively. “We played a little timid and I don’t know why that was,” Garris said. “Breck played well and made some really tough shots. We were defending well and they just made some shots over top of us. They shot 61 percent the first half and were still behind, so I felt pretty good about that because I didn’t think they could shoot it any better and we only gave them 24 points the last three quarters.”
24-50 5-7 64. Breckinridge: Critchelow 1-4 0-0 3, Lucas 0-4 0-0 0, Young 7-14 2-2 19, Kennedy 5-9 3-4 13, Oliver 1-1 1-2 3, Phillips 13 0-1 2, Tucker 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 16-36 8-9 42. Meade 17 12 19 16—64 Breckinridge 18 8 7 9—42 Three-point goals—Meade 1121 (Hubbard 2-2, Williams 1-3, Ives 0-2, Benock 8-13, Roe 01). Breckinridge 4-16 (Lucas 0-3, Critchelow 1-4, Young 39). Fouled out—none. Rebounds—Meade 26 (Benock 11), Breckinridge 23 (Kennedy 7). Assists—Meade 17 (Benock 7), Breckinridge 13 (Oliver 4). Total fouls— Meade 13, Breckinridge 12. Technicals—none.
Box score: Greenwave 64, Tigers 42 Meade: Hubbard 2-3 0-0 6, Williams 4-8 0-0 9, Ives 1-4 00 2, Benock 12-22 3-4 35, Stinnett 3-8 2-2 8, Roe 1-2 0-1 2, Whelan 1-3 0-0 2. Totals
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Education reform receives acclaim BY SUE PATRICK COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FRANKFORT -- Kentucky postsecondary education reform received recognition as a best practice in several recent national publications. Federal Education Secretary Margaret Spellings cited Kentucky as a best practice in postsecondary education accountability in the December issue of the Association of Governing Board’s Trusteeship magazine. “In the area of accountability, I hope more boards will look at the example of the University of Texas, the South Dakota Board of Regents, or the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education,” Secretary Spelling states in the article. “These systems have clear goals for performance, which include learning outcomes, and they regularly report institutional progress to the legislature and the public.” “While we have a long way to go to reach our 2020 educational attainment goals, we can be proud of the progress achieved thus far,” said Tom Layzell, president of the Council on Postsecondary Educa-
tion. “With the sustained support of our state leaders, Kentucky will continue to be recognized as a national leader in postsecondary education reform and accountability.” Kentucky’s Public Agenda for Postsecondary and Adult Education was again cited as a best practice in postsecondary strategic planning in a report recently released by the National Conference of State Legislatures, Transforming Higher Education: National Imperative - State Responsibility. "The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education invited education, business, community and policy leaders to help devise a plan to raise the state's standard of living to the national average by 2020,” states the NCSL report. “The emerging agenda focused on improved adult literacy and doubling the number of working age Kentuckians who hold bachelor's degrees by 2020.” Also, a recent article in Converge magazine, “When Governors Enter the Education Picture,” discusses Governor Fletcher’s commitment to the alignment of education and workforce efforts.
FRANKFORT — The House Education Committee on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at preventing bullying in schools. House Bill 64, sponsored by Rep. Mike Cherry, D-Princeton, marks the Western Kentucky lawmaker’s fourth attempt to pass legislation requiring school districts to have anti-bullying policies and procedures in place. The legislation, which would prohibit harassment, intimidation or bullying of students in schools and require districts to investigate and respond to complaints, is similar to legislation that passed the House last year. Kentucky Center for School Safety Executive Director Jon Akers, who stated that bullying has changed over the decades, said the legislation needs to be passed this session. He mentioned a recent case in Bullitt County where a female student committed suicide after being bullied repeatedly through e-mail to make his point. Akers, who was a school principal for more than two decades, said cyberbullying— or bullying over the Internet— and bullying among girls is more of a problem today than what he called the “old fashioned bullying” between boys. “This is something that is leaving too many young ladies scared to come to school,” he said. Some lawmakers questioned why the bill is necessary since most, if not all, of the state’s 175 school districts have policies in place against disruptive and disorderly behavior, which can constitute bullying. “Don’t you consider bullying disruptive and disorderly behavior?” Rep. Jim DeCesare, R-Bowling Green, asked. Cherry agreed, but said
even the districts with policies for disruptive behavior believe the legislation is needed. He said support for the bill by the Kentucky School Boards Association, whose legislative advocate Alicia Sells appeared with Cherry before the committee to speak in its favor, is proof of that. “There are those 175 systems that you are talking about. And they’re sitting here saying ‘We need it.’” he said. Sells said KSBA has worked with the districts to come up with one definition of bullying to make it less subjective. The legislation will also help districts and schools track student behavior “so we can have some intervention strategies,” she said. Bullying, harassment or intimidation of other students and consequences of violating anti-bullying policies, including expulsion and suspension, would be placed in a student’s disciplinary record and transferred with that student should he or she switch schools, Cherry said. Other provisions in the bill would require school districts to create a strategy for protecting students who report bullying from retaliation and create a process for annual discussion of the district’s behavioral code, along with consequences for violations, with students, parents and legal guardians. Teachers and other staff who work directly with students would be required to receive training on the code if funds are available, and the code would have to be included in district training manuals. School councils that are planning to adopt an anti-bullying curriculum for students would be required by the bill to let parents review the material before it is adopted, even though parents and legal guardians would have the right to refuse that their children be taught the curriculum.
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T OP T ENS Top 10 Movies 1. Stomp the Yard (PG-13) Columbus Short, Brian J. White 2. Night at the Museum (PG) Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino 3. The Pursuit of Happyness (PG-13) Will Smith, Thandie Newton 4. Dreamgirls (PG-13) Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx 5. Freedom Writers (PG-13) Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey 6. Children of Men (R) Julianne Moore, Clive Owen 7. Alpha Dog (R) Justin Tmberlake, Bruce Willis 8. Arthur and the Invisibles (PG) Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow 9. The Good Shepherd (R) Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie 10. Charlotte’s Web (G) Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson
Top 10 Video Rentals 1. Little Miss Sunshine (R) Abigail Breslin (Fox) 2. The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13) Meryl Streep (Fox) 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (PG-13) Johnny Depp (BV/Disney) 4. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (PG13) Will Ferrell (Sony) 5. Snakes on a Plane (R) Samuel L. Jackson (New Line) 6. The Covenant (PG-13) Steven Strait (Sony) 7. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (PG-13) Uma Thurman (Fox) 8. Jackass: Number Two (R) Johnny Knoxville (Paramount) 9. Invincible (PG) Mark Wahlberg (BV/Disney) 10. The Descent (R) Shauna Macdonald (Lionsgate)
Top 10 DVD Sales 1. Jackass: Number Two (R) (MTV) 2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (PG-13) (Walt Disney) 3. The Descent (R) (Lions Gate) 4. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (PG-13) (Sony) 5. Invincible (PG) (Walt Disney) 6. Step Up (PG-13) (Touchstone) 7. The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13) (20th Century Fox) 8. Little Miss Sunshine (R) (20th Century Fox) 9. The Black Dahlia (R) (Universal) 10. Fearless (PG-13) (Universal) © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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H OROSCOPES ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Lots of mixed signals can create an unreliable situation in which to make decisions. Best advice: Hold off on making any commitments until you’re sure you know what’s going on. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An apparently friendly offer comes with some strings attached. Be careful not to get tied into something you don’t really want. Thoroughly examine all your options before making a choice. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) If you’re not careful, distractions can interrupt your best efforts. Continue to focus on what you need to do. You’ll soon have lots of time to enjoy the rewards of your dedication. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Knowledge replaces suspicion as you begin to learn more about that “act of betrayal.” On a lighter note, someone close to you might be planning a pleasant surprise. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Control your sometimes-overactive jealousy gene before you find yourself saying or doing something that you could later regret. Best advice: Stop obsessing and move on. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It’s a good time to loosen up and do something wonderful and exciting before your more reserved nature resurfaces. A message brings news of imminent change. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Cheer up. Things begin to improve significantly by mid-February. However, you might still need help to get through the rest of this sometimes-difficult period. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Something you learned last week takes on new meaning as you begin to relate it to another situation in your life. It’s best to keep this matter to yourself for now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Your energy level is climbing, and so is your self-confidence. Good for you, because you’ll need a good dollop of both to tackle an exciting challenge on the way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A family issue might interrupt a career-linked project. Try to give the matter the attention it needs, but be careful not to jeopardize your workplace situation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Some self-doubt shows up this week, causing you to question your ability to handle a new challenge. But you know you can do it, and this is your chance to prove it. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) A personal matter requires you to be as clear and forthcoming as possible in order to avoid misunderstandings. A career move is eased with the emergence of new facts. BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of reaching people that makes them feel good about themselves. You would be a splendid motivational speaker. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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to E-town,” Hurt said. “Once you get on the floor you just have to play ball and we’re going to have to play as close to perfect as possible.” As a warm-up for Elizabethtown, the girls will close out district play against winless Frederick Fraize at home tomorrow. Junior forward Mindy Oliver said the game would be a chance for the girls to loosen up a little. “If we can put one in the win column it will only help us build momentum and it will be fun for us to get out there and play together,” she said. The team did just that last Saturday at Fort Knox as all but two girls scored and everyone played in the 82-31 win. Meade County shot 50 percent from the field, about 73 percent from the line, outrebounded Fort Knox 41-16, and had 28 assists on 35 field goals — an incredible 80 percent. “It was impressive and we should pass it like that every game,” Newby said. “We didn’t pass the ball as much early in the season, and Coach Hurt always tells us that we’re unselfish and there are plenty of open shots for everyone. He’s always telling us in practice, ‘One more pass, OK, knock it in.’” Hurt said Fort Knox (2-12) is having trouble fielding a team this year. “Fort Knox is struggling and a lot of their best players have gone elsewhere,” Hurt said. “But I really thought we played well without running the score up and killing them. The assists-per-buckets was outstanding. And we really had fun and I was really happy with us offensively.” The bench contributed 24 points, 25 rebounds, 13 assists and 11 steals to the cause. “Our bench played extremely well and everyone played a lot,” Hurt said. “We have a couple of juniors, a couple of sophomores and then it’s all freshman and they’re maturing every day.” Oliver had 19 points, six boards and six assists in 16 minutes, junior forward Kayla Fackler had 15 points in 16 minutes, senior forward Kayla Stull had 12 points and five boards in 15 minutes. Junior guard Kim Montgomery added eight points and seven assists, while freshman center Bliss Powers had eight points and 11 rebounds. Last Thursday, the girls traveled to Owensboro (15-5) to take on the Lady Red Devils and lost 59-37 after shooting poorly from the field. Hurt said Owensboro’s height made it difficult for Meade to get off good shots. “They’re really big,” he said. “They’ve got 6-2, 6-1 and 6-1 across their front line and we shot 25 percent, and a lot of that was because of their size. We like to attack the basket. That’s hard to do once you get in there amongst the tall timber.” Hurt said he was pleased with his team’s defense, but it gave up too many offensive rebounds (17). Oliver had 11 points and five boards, Stull had 10 points and four boards, Evans added six and three, and Fackler had five and five, respectively. The game was another example of this year’s tough schedule — gaining a loss and a lesson. “It’s not easy because last year we kind of rolled over
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Junior forward Mindy Oliver goes up for one of her six rebounds at Fort Knox last Saturday. Oliver led the team in scoring with 19 points in 16 minutes of action.
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Senior forward Kayla Stull tries to grab a rebound against Fort Knox. The Lady Waves defeated the shorthanded Lady Eagles 82-31 and outrebounded them 41-16.
everybody and it’s hit us hard this year because we weren’t used to losing,” Fackler said. “It will help prepare us for next year for sure because we know how serious we have to be.” Oliver agreed and said the tough schedule will pay dividends next year in addition to this postseason. “We know it will help us out because last year we played a decent schedule and we got to the first round of the regional,” she said. “Since we did play a tougher schedule, we will be more prepared for district play and hopefully we’ll grow as a team in the next year by playing these hard games.” Box score: Lady Waves 82, Lady Eagles 31 Meade: Oliver 8-13 2-2 19, Fackler 7-7 1-1 15, Stull 6-13 0-0 12, Montgomery 3-6 1-2 8, Powers 3-7 2-4 8, Wathen 3-4 0-0 7, Ledford 2-6 0-0 5, Newby 2-5 0-0 4, Evans 0-2 22 2, Stinnett 1-3 0-0 2, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Hurt 0-3 0-0-0 0. Totals 35-70 8-11 82. Knox: Scott 5-18 2-8 12, Baltazar 4-6 0-0 11, Jackson 2-10 2-2 6, Lewis 1-2 0-0 2, Sutton 0-1 0-0 0, Alexander 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 12-39 4-10 31. Meade 29 17 23 13—82 Knox 9 9 8 5—31 Three-point goals—Meade 4-8 (Oliver 1-1, Montgomery 1-2,
Wathen 1-2, Ledford 1-1, Newby 0-2). Knox 3-4 (Scott 0-1, Baltazar 3-3). Fouled out—none. Rebounds— Meade 41 (Powers 11), Knox 21 (Jackson 6). Assists— Meade 28 (Montgomery 7), Knox 6 (Scott 4). Total fouls— Meade 6, Knox 5. Technicals—none. Lady Red Devils 57, Lady Waves 39 Meade: Oliver 5-14 0-0 11, Stull 2-6 5-7 10, Evans 3-6 0-0 6, Fackler 0-5 5-8 5, Wilson 04 2-2 2, Wathen 1-2 0-0 2, Powers 1-1 0-0 2, Montgomery 0-0 1-2 1, Newby 0-9 0-1 0. Totals 12-47 13-20 39. Owensboro: 6-8 2-5 14, Smith 4-10 2-4 10, Douglas 3-10 2-5 8, Johnson 2-3 3-4 7, Watkins 2-2 3-8 7, Prince 1-8 2-4 4, Kendall 0-5 3-6 3, Haire 1-1 00 2, Hinton 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-48 17-36 57. Meade 9 8 6 16—39 Owensboro 11 15 7 24—57 Three-point goals—Meade 210 (Oliver 1-3, Stull 1-3, Wathen 0-1, Newby 0-3). Owensboro 0-2 (Prince 0-2). Fouled out—Evans. Rebounds—Meade 23 (Oliver, Fackler 5), Owensboro 39 (Smith 9). Assists—Meade 7 (Wilson, Newby 2), Owensboro 3 (Howard, Douglas, Johnson 1). Total fouls— Meade 25, Owensboro 17. Technicals—none.
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