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Burn ban begins

County prohibits outdoor burning as dry spell lingers

By Charles Westmoreland editor@thenewsstandard.com

Former dance coach rebounds after firing

Former dance coach Beth Risen was fired after leading the dance team to a national championship in 2007.

Now she’s training the high school’s future dancers and is leading an All-Star team of her own.

Safe!

Sometimes, enjoying the great American pastime means getting down and dirty. Youths at the baseball camp had no problem with that.

Just kickin’ it

Kids learn the fundamentals of the game and a few lessons about teamwork during summer soccer camp.

VIEWPOINTS...A4 Staples case should remain in county

Complaints that media coverage has tainted possible jurors in Meade County regarding the circuit court case against former magistrtate James Staples shows a lack of faith in the judgement of county residents.

OBITUARIES...A5 Madge Morgan Bennett, 93 William P. Booth, 92 Margie Helen Cross, 78 Inez Ross, 86 Margaret Bacon Smith, 77 Evelyn Wathen, 87

BUSINESS...A6 Saturday golf outing

Area residents flock to local country club to participate in the annual Chamber of Commerce two-person golf scramble.

AGRICULTURE...A7 Too much or too little of a good thing Knowing when and how much to water grass during dry months will save your lawn during summer.

With little rain in the area since May and no significant precipitation expected any time soon, a burn ban has been issued for Meade County.

“The ban was created because of the dry weather,” said Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft. “If someone was making a fire outside right now and wind caught it, we could have a major fire on our hands.”

The ban was issued by Fiscal Court and went into effect June 20. Craycroft said no particular incidences caused it to be implemented, but people need to be aware of how the weather can affect a fire. The ban prohibits all outdoor burning until further notice. Residents caught making fires outside will be fined.

Hardin County enacted a burn ban earlier this week, along with other counties throughout the state.

Meade County Fire Chief Larry Naser said area fire departments have not been bogged down with fire runs in the last month, but the ban will help to keep people from starting unnecessary fires in the dry conditions.

“The fire services haven’t been crazy with runs recently, but the ban is a preventative measure to keep us from getting into trouble in the upcoming days and weeks if we don’t receive rain,” he said.

Common outdoor burnings prohibited include campfires and burning trash.

The Central Region Climate Prediction Center reports that western portions of Kentucky are more than three inches below normal rain levels.

The Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet also declared a water shortage this week for 61 of Kentucky’s 120 counties.

Meade County has not been included in the shortage, though there has not been significant rainfall in the area in more than a month.

Naser said the ban should prevent accidents due to the exceptionally dry conditions and approaching the 4th of July holiday.

“The 4th of July is coming up and people like to camp and start fires this time of year, so the ban will help prevent bad things from happening,” Naser said.

Flaherty Fire Chief Alan Sipes said setting fires outdoors while rain levels are low and temperatures are high increases the chance of fires occurring. He said the ban will stop people from burning grass and brush, which take on a life of its own in dry conditions.

“It doesn’t take much for a fire to start and grow out of control when the ground is this dry,” he said.

With no indication as to when the drought will end, Craycroft said he was hesitant to give a date for when the ban will be lifted. He said it will remain in effect until there has been a significant rainfall.

“Hopefully we’ll get some rain next week,” Craycroft said. “But it will be up to Mother Nature as to when the ban will be lifted.”

Railroad access will determine Agri Fuels’ future in Meade County

By Charles L. Westmoreland editor@thenewsstandard.com A set of railroad tracks stretching along the Ohio River behind Arch Chemical — before ending abruptly in the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park — may seem insignificant to many, but the tracks could hold the key to industrial development in Meade County.

For businessman Don Martin, a retired Army officer turned hopeful entrepreneur, the railroad tracks, or lack thereof, signify the possible beginning and end of his industrial-sized dream of bringing an ethanol plant to Meade County.

Martin, who is president of Agri Fuels — the company wanting to develop the ethanol plant — said extending existing tracks from Arch Chemical to the 104-acre development site will determine if Agri Fuels sets up shop in Meade See Tracks, A10 ILLUSTRATION BY SHAY HILL/THE NEWS STANDARD

Soldiers provided a tour of Greenwave country

By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com BRANDENBURG — A military unit from Germany toured Meade County as it prepares to relocate and join other soldiers from its unit at Fort Knox by the end of the summer. The transition is part of the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC).

“The most impressive things about Meade County are the people and the schools, which you may not be able to get from a bus (tour),” Paul Poole, Director of Personnel for Meade County Schools told the soldiers.

Col. Jarrold Reeves, from Fort Knox, escorted 18 soldiers from the 3rd Corp Support Command, a logistics unit stationed in Weisbaden, Germany, who came for a brief three-hour tour of the county.

The visit at Otter Creek Park and Doe Valley was followed-up by breakfast at Doe Run Inn with Meade County School District personnel and Chamber of Commerce Director Russ Powell. After a drive around Brandenburg to see the city’s housing opportunities, the soldiers stopped at Stuart Pepper Middle School to learn what is in store for them and their children as they relocate their families to the area.

The BRAC effort that began in 2005 will bring up to 6,000 new soldiers and their families to Meade County and surrounding areas. Military officials estimate about 600 new students will enter Meade County

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Families beat the heat at Otter Creek

By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com

FAITH...A9 Raising smart kids

The environment parents provide plays a role in how intelligent their children will be.

ALSO INSIDE Weather..............A2 Business...............A6 Agriculture..........A7 Heritage...............A8 Faith ....................A9 Outdoors..............B3 Viewing................B4 Fun & Games.......B5 Classifieds............B7 Youth...................B9

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Chamber of Commerce President Paul Poole speaks with soldiers from Germany during their visit to James R. Allen Middle School on Monday.

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Jordan Bryan, 8, and Josh Bumel, 10, float the Saturday afternoon away at Otter Creek.

OTTER CREEK — Out of nowhere a pink and blue donut-shaped object went floating across the sky and landed with a splash in Otter Creek. Following the splash was the patter of small feet running through the rocks lining the shore, as a little girl sprinted to the water, stopping just long enough to take a quick breath. That’s when she dove head first onto the raft and rolled over laughing.

“This is so much fun,” said eight-year-old Hannah Khamis from Louisville, after completing the “belly

dive” onto her inflatable raft at Otter Creek Park.

Khamis proved that the Beach Boys were right — we can’t all be California Girls — but families in Kentucky don’t need sandy beaches when they have Otter Creek Park to look forward to.

More than 20 people from all over the region gathered at the creek last Saturday to bask in the sunshine and warm temperatures of the summer season.

“We came out here to camp for the weekend,” said Louisville resident Christy Barton, who went to the park with her husband, Bo,

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Friday, June 22, 2007

PSC delays implementation of area code 364 New code postponed to assess effects of number reallocation Submitted by the Public Service Commission FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) today announced that the optional use of area code 364 will not take effect until July 1, 2008, three months later than originally scheduled.

The date for mandatory use of area code 364 will be determined after the PSC fully assesses how a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision regarding the assignment of telephone numbers will affect the lifespan of the present area code 270.

Area code 364 will cover the western portion of the

current area code 270, which includes the cities of Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Murray and Paducah.

On May 31, the PSC decided to accommodate the rising demand for new telephone numbers in western Kentucky by splitting area code 270, with the eastern portion retaining the current area code.

Cities remaining in area code 270 include Bowling Green, Columbia, Glasgow, Elizabethtown and Owensboro.

Also on May 31, the FCC granted the PSC’s request for a change in the way telephone numbers are allocated to telecommunication pro-

viders by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA).

The FCC decision, which allows the PSC to require a procedure known as “number pooling,” could free up thousands of unused telephone numbers.

In an order issued today, the PSC asked all telecommunication providers operating in area code 270 to provide comments on the implementation of the number allocation changes.

The PSC said it will mandate number pooling following the comment period.

The current area code 270 was established in 1999. Because it was projected to run out of numbers by late next year, use of the new area code had been scheduled to become mandatory on October 1, 2008.

Drought conditions intensify BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A continued hot and dry summer could have Kentucky facing a historic drought, state climatologist Stuart Foster says.

“We’re in a rapidly emerging drought situation in Kentucky and people don’t have to look far to see evidence of it,” said Foster, director of the Kentucky Climate Center at Western Kentucky University.

The drought began earlier this spring across the southeastern United States and is spreading northward, he said.

“We looked back through historical records to see how the current conditions compared to previous years,” Foster said. “The alarming thing was that we had to go back to 1930 and 1941 to find years where we were in similar circumstances throughout the state at this time of year.” (A drought report from the Kentucky

Climate Center at WKU is available online at http:// kyclim.wku.edu/feature. htm.)

The drought of 1930 is widely recognized as the most severe drought in Kentucky history with the driest July on record coupled with record-breaking heat, he said. Kentucky’s record high of 114 degrees was set July 28, 1930, in Greensburg.

“Many weather stations across Kentucky recorded temperatures of 100 degrees or more for 14 to 16 days in July 1930,” Foster said.

One concern is the intensity of the drought across the south. “Moisture that fuels summer thunderstorms comes from the Gulf of Mexico,” he said.

“The fact that it’s dry in the south may act to reduce the frequency and intensity of precipitation in Kentucky.

While the expectation of a more active hurricane sea-

son could help us, tropical systems often have little or no impact on Kentucky.”

Unless weather patterns change, the drought will continue to build as soil moisture becomes depleted and temperatures rise, he said. That would mean additional problems for the state’s farmers who saw wheat and other crops damaged by a late season freeze and could create shortages for municipal water systems, Foster said.

“The fact that it’s been dry early in the year has raised a red flag and put us in a position where we’ve become very vulnerable,” he said.

“As we get into summer, much of our precipitation normally comes from hit and miss thunderstorms.

The fact that we’re already dry and we haven’t seen the heat of summer yet it’s possible that drought conditions will intensify rapidly in the next few weeks.”

A transition period during which the 270 and 364 area codes both could be used had been scheduled to begin by April 1, 2008.

In delaying the transition, the PSC said it will set a new deadline for mandatory use of area code 364 after it knows how long the life of area code 270 will be extended by mandatory number pooling.

The PSC anticipates that the necessary information will be available in the first quarter of 2008.

Telephone customers whose numbers will eventually change to area code 364 “are advised to begin considering appropriate measures to adequately notify others” that the new area code will take effect on July 1, 2008, the PSC said in today’s order.

Similarly, telephone companies should begin educat-

ing customers of the change, the PSC said.

Area code 364 is currently projected by NANPA to run out of numbers in 23 years.

The exhaustion time for the redrawn area code 270 is 13 years.

The number assignment procedure that now will be used in area code 270 is already in place in the Louisville area and in the Kentucky counties of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

With some exceptions, numbers in those areas are assigned to telecommunication providers in blocks of 1,000, known as NXX-X blocks, rather than blocks of 10,000 known as NXX codes.

A company may not need to use all of the numbers in a code or block.

The use of the smaller groupings reduces the quan-

tity of numbers that are assigned but unused.

Area code number exhaustion occurs when there are no number blocks remaining to be assigned. Therefore, mandating number allocation in smaller blocks can extend the life of an area code.

Documents in the area code 270 case can be found on the PSC Web site, which is psc. ky.gov. The case number is 2006-00357.

The PSC is an independent agency attached for administrative purposes to the Department of Public Protection in the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet.

It regulates more than 1,500 gas, water, sewer, electric and telecommunication utilities operating in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has approximately 110 employees.

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Valley Station resident Jason Marcum helps his son Gaige, 4, go for a swim at Otter Creek.

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and their two kids. “The kids like to play in the river and get dirty, and there’s no better place to do it.�

Bo Barton said his family travels to Otter Creek Park every other weekend during the summer to go swimming and camping. “This is one of the best parks in the area, and it offers a lot for kids and adults to do,� he said.

Park activities, like rafting, camping and swimming, help keep antsy kids busy while school is

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schools. Reeves said the 18 soldiers visiting this week will bring about 40 family members. The unit’s transition began in April and will continue throughout the summer. “We could see up to 150 more soldiers (from the unit) arrive over the next year,�

Reeves said.

Reeves said 254 active duty soldiers from the unit will have relocated to Fort Knox when the transition is complete.

Poole and high school counselor Bob Bertrand explained to the soldiers what their children can expect in the school district and also answered questions the soldiers had. Many of the soldiers’ questions were geared toward what the school district can offer students in military families, particularly

out. Brandenburg resident Tonya George said her family went to the park over the weekend because her children were bored and it was a pretty day.

She said her kids adore searching for crawdads in the river, and the whole family can join in on the fun. “This is the cheapest entertainment around,�

George said.

While many parents enjoy family trips to the park because it is affordable, a lot of the children love Otter Creek simply for the thrill of riding the open waters on a raft.

Jordan Bryan, 8, said his

family spent the whole weekend at Otter Creek Park, which allowed him more time on his raft. “I’ve been rafting all day,� Bryan said. “I like taking it out to the deep end of the water.�

Weekend trips to Otter Creek Park allow Valley Station resident Jason Marcum to hike and swim, while sharing a little bit of his childhood with his son, Gaige, 4. “I’ve been coming here since I was Gaige’s age, and I’ve always enjoyed it,� he said. “I want him to get to know this place and enjoy it as much as I always have.�

“They’ll have an opportuwhen a parent is deployed.

Poole said the district would nity to try out for activities work with the students on when they come,� Bertrand said. “They won’t be penalan individual basis. “We haven’t had any is- ized because they weren’t sues working it out in the here for the first day of past,� he said. “We try and school.�

The soldiers also were indo what’s best for the child terested in what programs and their family.�

Another concern the sol- the school offers students diers had was about inte- who might be interested in joining the grating their military. Berchildren into trand said the the school high school system. The does not offer families may a Junior Renot relocate serve Officers’ until after the Training Corp first day of at this time school and the but school soldiers were personnel are concerned about their –Col. Jarrold Reeves, looking into children beof Fort Knox it. “I think it’s ing excluded a great profrom school activities. But Bertrand as- gram, but we don’t have the sured the soldiers that their physical space to do a prochildren would get the same gram right now,� Bertrand chance to participate in said. “We’re hoping to have school activities as any other one at the high school sometime down the road.� student.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Ernie Fletcher today announced that Kentucky has been awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor for the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative.

The funds, which were secured through an application from Governor Fletcher’s office to the U.S. Department of Labor, will be used to address needs in workforce, education and spur innovation and entrepreneurship in a 15-county area designated as the Central Kentucky I-65 corridor: Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble and Wash-

Join us at: 9:45 AM Buck Grove Baptist Church Room 9, basement of main building Harry Bogard (270) 547-6017 Facilitator Sandy Milburn (270) 828-4004 Assistant Facilitator You are also welcome to join our normal Sunday classes (Exploring the Bible, Life Truths, and Life Ventures) for adults if you don’t want to try something different.

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“We could see up to 150 more soldiers (from the unit) arrive over the next year.�

Meade County to benefit from $5 million ‘WIRED’ initiative Funds will be used to spur innovation, workforce needs

Are you ready for something different Sunday morning at church? How about a small group Bible study?

Come join us at Buck Grove Baptist Church “Sunday Morning Alive� adult Sunday school class. We are fininshing “Reality - 7 Truths From Experiencing God�. We have chosen “EKG - The Heartbeat Of God� for our next study. Are you focused on one thing and one thing only - God’s Kingdom? Join us to see how a kingdom mindset clarifies your calling in life, invigorates your everyday life, and deepens your relationship with God. This is a 40 day interactive study where the students teach the class. There is a small study book and teachings (DVD) from the author, Ken Hemphill, that will guide us. This states “40 Days� but we take as long as we need!

ington County. “This is welcome news,� said Governor Fletcher. “With growth at Fort Knox and expansion at UPS, this will enable us to significantly increase our efforts to address the needs in the Central Kentucky I-65 corridor.� “Education and workforce go hand-in-hand in developing a strong economy,� said Laura E. Owens, secretary of the Kentucky Education Cabinet. “This award will help us prepare the I-65 region to compete and grow new jobs and new opportunities in our global economy.�

The Central Kentucky I-65 Corridor is one of 13 regions in the nation selected in the third generation of WIRED funding. Each region will receive $5 million over three years. “The WIRED grant is an important step in helping the I-65 Corridor region’s workforce be better prepared to meet the demands of tomorrow’s high-tech

– and higher paying – employers,� said Deborah L. Clayton, commissioner for the Economic Development Cabinet’s Department of Commercialization and Innovation. “A collaborative workforce training effort such as that supported by the WIRED initiative is a key component in moving this and other regions within Kentucky to the next level of economic competitiveness.�

The Department of Labor started the WIRED initiative to encourage development of regional economies across the country through partnerships in economic and workforce development. A total of $195 million was awarded in the first generation of WIRED funding in February 2006 to 13 regions over a three year period. The second generation of WIRED funding was announced in January 2007.

For more information on the WIRED initiative, go to http://www.doleta.gov/ wired/.

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Editorial

Friday, June 22, 2007

Staples case should stay in county “Blame it on the media” is a familiar cliche’ in the journalism community and it seems several Meade County residents have recently adopted it as well.

Media coverage is now being used as a scapegoat to justify why the trial of former magistrate James Staples should be moved from Meade County.

Staples, along with several family members, were indicted for marijuana cultivation when authorities found 300 marijuana plants on his family’s farm in September. The family also is being charged with attempting to destroy the evidence.

Several residents believe media coverage is a leading reason why the Staples family cannot get a fair trial in Meade County Circuit Court. Those arguing on behalf of moving the trial includes two elected officials — Constable Hank Schaffner and Muldraugh Mayor Danny Tate.

Nation-wide, if every circuit court case to garner media attention was moved because of media coverage, very few, if any, cases would go to trial in the communities where the alleged crimes happened.

Likewise, high-profile federal court cases would have to go to trial outside the United States in order to find jurors without previous recollection or knowledge of a case.

The Commonwealth Attorney’s office surely must agree according to a written request to Senior Judge F. Kenneth Conliffe asking him to deny the move. Conliffe was expected to make a ruling this week but it was postponed due to an extenuating circumstance, reported the Circuit Court Clerk’s office.

“The Commonwealth would reiterate the Defendants chose to commit this crime in Meade County,” wrote the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office. “They should be tried by a jury of their peers in Meade County. Many people do not read the newspaper nor remember it, if they do.”

If anything, coverage of the Staples case has been far too little considering the amount of marijuana found and the notoriety of James Staples as an elected official at the time of the arrest. Between Meade County’s two newspapers, only four articles have been written about the Staples case since the initial arrests — a miniscule amount, considering the magnitude of the case.

Jurors are screened before trials to ensure they will rely on the facts, evidence and testimonies presented while hearing a case — not newspaper clippings and wide-spread gossip that circulates in smaller communities.

The lack of faith in a fair trial in Meade County also shows a lack of faith in Meade County residents and their ability to judge wisely.

If a few newspaper articles, none of which accused Staples of a crime but instead relied on police reports, are enough to warrant relocating the trial, then perhaps Meade County Circuit Court should close its doors to local cases and move all its trials to Jefferson County. We’re told “justice is blind” but apparently some think justice is location-biased as well.

An ounce of prevention FRANKFORT – If you had to pick just one example to illustrate Ben Franklin’s timeless phrase – “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” – it would be difficult to beat the dentist’s office.

It may not always be a visit we look forward to, but study after study shows that being under a dentist’s care, and maintaining good oral hygiene, is key to staying healthy.

Poor oral health has been linked to dramatically higher levels of pancreatic cancer in men and higher rates of heart disease in men as well as women. That’s not to say tooth decay and gum disease actually cause these illnesses, but the evidence certainly seems to point that way.

Unfortunately, Kentucky is all too aware of these problems. Several years ago we learned that no other state had a higher percentage of adults between the ages of 18 to 64 who had lost all of their teeth, and we were second worst when just looking at adults 65 and older.

The news is not any better for our youngest citizens either. A 2001 study found what it said was “disturbingly high” levels of cavities among two- to fouryear-olds. Nearly a third of our third and sixth graders,

meanwhile, showed visible, doesn’t even have one.

Dentists are older on avuntreated tooth decay.

A recent report by the erage in those underserved counties, and it does Kentucky Long-Term appear that their Policy Research CenJeff Greer not numbers are being ter indicates the fureplenished once ture of our teeth and they retire. Of the gums is a mixed bag 130 graduates of at best. On the bright Kentucky’s two denside, the percenttal schools last year, age of adults who just 30 are known to had visited a dentist have stayed in the within the previous year is at the nationLegislative Commonwealth.

Perhaps the bigal average of 70 perUpdate gest reason more cent. Between 1996 people don’t visit and 2004, we also the dentist is cost. saw the number of adult Kentuckians who had With more pressing needs lost at least one tooth to dis- like food and housing, ease or decay drop from two many Kentuckians with a toothache simply live with out of three to one in two.

Kentucky leads the na- the pain. A 2005 study distion in the number of water covered that even among plants putting cavity-inhib- those with dental insurance, iting fluoride in the water, a sizeable portion – 20 perwith all but a few of the cent – stayed away because smaller ones taking part. By of the expense.

Kentucky is working hard law, communities with more than 3,000 people have to to reverse that trend, esfluoridate their water, while pecially when it comes to towns below that total face those children whose families receive Medicaid. More less stringent regulations.

Another positive trend than half of the state’s 2,265 in the state is that we have licensed dentists will not 5.6 dentists per 10,000 peo- treat Medicaid patients beple, which is above the na- cause of the historically low tional average. This figure, reimbursement rate, but last though, needs to be taken fall state officials announced with a grain of salt. In most that this rate would increase counties, principally those by a third.

Less than 20 percent of in more rural areas, the rate is often less than 4 dentists children on Medicaid in per 10,000. Fulton County Kentucky see the dentist in in far western Kentucky a given year, but hopefully

Vietnam war hero exposed as fake There was a story in the news recently about a veteran in Rumford, Maine (population 6,500 or so) named Scott May, who had been in Vietnam at the infamous Hamburger Hill.

May and a few others took it upon themselves to collect money for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be set up on the town square in memory of the 37 Rumford soldiers who lost their lives in Vietnam. May even wrote a series of articles for the local paper, trying to drum up donations, about some of them. He and the others

Freddy Groves Veterans Post did a great job, and at last count the money was more than $22,000.

The dedication of the memorial was to be a big event, with bikers coming from far and wide, and the state governor, congressmen and other dignitaries present.

May said he was especially looking forward to meeting again some of the guys he hadn’t seen since Hamburger Hill.

At the last minute, at a

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that will now start to change.

An estimated 263,000 children stand to benefit.

This new program will give them a chance to visit the dentist not once but twice a year, and it will also help expectant mothers.

Research shows this move could lead to a reduction of the number of babies born with low birth weight.

Kentucky has a lot of ground to make up, but this is one area where we can make significant strides quickly. States like Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio have proven that it can be done.

If you are having problems with your teeth and gums, I urge you to get them checked out by a dentist.

Don’t let lack of pain deter you, either, because gum disease is often not felt until its later stages, after much of the damage is done. Bleeding gums, especially when you floss, is a key sign to watch for.

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planning meeting of local law enforcement, somebody did the math. When the fighting raged at Hamburger Hill, May was only 8 years old. When cornered, May said he was in the service later.

The governor canceled, of course, as did the bikers, many of whom were Vietnam veterans. The event was postponed, with a much smaller ceremony to be held later.

Word in Rumford is that about half the people in the area have forgiven May, mostly because of the

amount of money that’s been raised. Someone who’s not so eager to forgive and forget is the county sheriff, himself a Vietnam vet.

Best possible outcome: That there are photos of May wearing medals at some of the town meetings, and that the sheriff has a magnifying glass handy to see just which medals those are.

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Obituaries

Friday, June 22, 2007

Madge Morgan Bennett Madge Morgan Bennett, 93, of Irvington, died Thursday at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital in Hardinsburg. She was born in Daviess County, Ky. on September 26, 1913. She was the daughter of Albert and Anna Bishop Morgan.

Madge and her husband Mack farmed near Webster. She was a seamstress and member of Glad Tidings Church in Brandenburg. She was a graduate of Utica High School where she was a starter on the girl’s basketball team and earned several trophies and awards.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Mack Bennett in 1998.

She is survived by her two daughters, Nancy C. (Kenneth) Ray of Leitchfield, Ky. and Linda L. (Naaman) Board of Ekron, Ky.; five grandchildren, twelve greatgrandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren.

Services were held Sunday, June 17 at Alexander Funeral Home, with Reverend Marion Barnes and Junior Titus officiating.

The burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Irvington.

William P. Booth William P. Booth, Sr., 92, of Battletown, passed away Monday, June 18, 2007 at Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, Ind. He is survived by two sons; William P. Booth, Jr., of Milltown, Ind. and Mark D. Booth, of Battletown.

Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg, Ky. Visitation was on Wednesday and Thursday.

Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Macedonia Christian Church.

Margie Helen Cross Margie Helen Cross, 78, of Radcliff, formerly of Muldraugh, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Radcliff.

Mrs. Cross was a member of Stovall United Methodist Church in Radcliff.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold O. Cross; parents, Oran and Virginia Graham; and three brothers, Billy Graham, Oran Graham, Jr. and Hugh Graham.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Hugh and Susan Cross of Radcliff; two granddaughters and their husbands, Carrie and Jason Martin of Radcliff and Jocelyn and Jon Bulla of Cary, NC; a great-granddaughter, Claire Evelyn Martin; four sisters, Nadean Stanton of Radcliff, Jean Cooksey, Sylvia Davis and Mania Wray all of Albany, Ky.; and three brothers, Bobby Graham, A. C. Graham and V. A. Graham all of Albany.

Funeral services was held at 11:00 A. M. Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Nelson-EdelenBennett Funeral Home, Radcliff with Rev. Robert Morris and Rev. Ken Jessee officiating. Burial was in North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Activities Department of North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center, 599 Rogersville Rd., Radcliff KY 40160.

The guest register may be signed at www.nebfh.com.

Inez Ross Inez Ross, 86, Irvington, died Monday, June 18th at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born May 17, 1921 in Fairfield, Ky. (Breckinridge County.) She was the daughter of Irva and Iva Carman

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She was a homemaker and pianist at Center Methodist Church and also at Bewleyville United Methodist Church for over 30 years, where she was a member.

She was preceded in death by her husband Cecil Ross in 1993.

Survivors include her two sons, Charlie and Buddy Ross, both of Irvington, one daughter, Kay Williams of Crestwood, Ky.; her four grandsons and five greatgrandchildren.

Services were held Thursday, June 21, at Bewleyville United Methodist Church with Reverend Allen Baysinger officiating. The burial was in Bethel Cemetery in Bewleyville.

Expressions of sympathy and donations can be made to the Bewleyville United Methodist Church.

Margaret Bacon Smith Margaret Bacon Smith, 77, Brandenburg, died June 4, 2007, at her residence.

She was born July 6, 1929, the daughter of Ralph Franklin and Lillian Mae Beachlin Bacon.

She was a very active volunteer with the Farmington Historic Home and Garden in Louisville.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, Fred C. Smith, Brandenburg; two children, Jeffrey C. Smith, Louisville, and Holly E. Smith, Brandenburg; three grandchildren, Alexandra B. Smith, David C. Smith and Jeffrey Taylor Smith, all of Louisville; a cousin, Virginia Whitehouse, Olympia, Wash.; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

The family has chosen cremation with arrangements handled by Hager Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Kentucky Chapter, 600 E. Main Street, Suite 102, Louisville, Ky., 40202, to Hospice of Central Kentucky, P.O. Box 2149, Elizabethtown, Ky., or to the Nature Conservancy, Kentucky Chapter, 642 W. Main Street, Lexington, Ky., 40508.

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Evelyn Wathen Evelyn Wathen, age 87 of Payneville, died Wednesday at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Wathen; her son, Terry Edward Wathen; her sister, Della Mattingly; and her brothers, Lamar Pollock, Leo Pollock, Arthur Pollock, and Donald Pollock.

She is survived by four children, Fay (Roger) Carter of Irvington, Janet (John) Pike of Payneville, Kelly (Teri) Wathen of Payneville, Kay (Johnnie) Curry of Big Sandy, Tenn. four sisters, Eula Mattingly of Rhodelia, Maxine Wafford of Louisville, Monnie Clompton of Louisville, Lorene Whitworth of Irvington; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday from St. Mary Magdalen Church in Payneville, with Rev. Bob Abel officiating.

Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Darren Wathen, Barett Wathen, Nathan Carter, Wesley Pike, Johnnie Curry III, Mickey Chism. Visitation was held on Friday and Saturday at the Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home. Prayers services were at 4 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

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Meade County Chamber of Commerce BRANDENBURG — Three Meade County golfers and a visitor from Indiana walked away with top honors at Saturday’s 21st Annual Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce twoperson golf scramble.

Aaron Greenwell, of Ekron, and Josh Thompson, of Brandenburg, shot a 57 to win the Cox’s Variety & Garden Center Championship Division, besting 42 other teams.

Ed Abner, of Brandenburg, and Bob Glordan, of Corydon, Indiana, shot a 64 to win the Meade County Farm Bureau Insurance Seniors Division in which 13 teams competed.

Unlike 2006, when heavy rains, high winds, and thunder and lightning struck the course at Hillcrest County Club, this year’s morning and afternoon sessions were played under sunny skies.

John Beavin, who chairs the Chamber of Commerce committee that organizes the fundraiser each year, said he was pleased with the high level of community and player support for the event.

“That support – from players, sponsors, and volunteers – is what makes this scramble such a success, and that, in turn, benefits the entire community by helping keep the Chamber of Commerce a strong, thriving organization,” he said.

Winners of the Championship Division’s flights in the blind-draw scramble were: • B&H Liquors First Flight – Vince Bradley and Sam Morrison, both of Brandenburg, with a score of 65.

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ABOVE: Ryan Martin follows through on a putt during the Chamber of Commerce’s annual two-person golf scramble held at the Hillcrest Country Club on Saturday.

TOP RIGHT: Darlene Hamilton prepares for a mid-range shot on the 8th hole.

• River Ridge Marathon Second Flight – Laura Beavin, of Brandenburg, and Angela Schmelzer, of Elizabethtown, with a score of 69.

• The Lusk Group Third Flight – Kent Shaw and Mark Shaw, both of Brandenburg, with a score of 73.

• Fourth Flight – Todd Medley, of Ekron, and David Vujaklija, of Brandenburg, with a score of 75.

• Fifth Flight – Brandon Bowen and Ray Williams, both of Elizabethtown, with a score of 79.

• Winners of the Seniors Division’s First Federal Savings Bank First Flight were Doug Cornett, of Guston, and John Hayes, of Brandenburg.

Winners of the nearest-tothe-pin competition for each hole were: • No. 1/10 – The team of

Greenwell and Thompson.

• No. 2/11 – The team of Pat Newkirk and David Pohlmann, both of Louisville.

• No. 3/12 – Mike Trent of Brandenburg.

• No. 4/13 – The team of John Deaton and Vince Bradley, both of Brandenburg.

• No. 5/14 – Larry Bradley of Vine Grove.

• No. 6/15 – The team of Newkirk and Pohlmann.

• No. 7/16 – The team of Nick Griffin and Phillip Wolfe, both of Hardinsburg.

• No. 8 /17 – The team of Vince Bradley and Sam Morrison, both of Brandenburg.

• No. 9/18 – The team of Ed Abner of Brandenburg and Wayne Sanders of Fredericksburg, Indiana.

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Here are a few ideas not only to “find” that $5, but any extra money to put on the credit cards: • Don’t spend your change. Empty your pockets every night and put the coins in a jar.

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• Have breakfast or sandwiches one night per week for dinner.

• Buy store brands on canned goods and calculate your savings.

• Before you make a phone call, put a quarter next to the phone.

• Raise the deductible on your auto insurance.

• If you absolutely need a new jacket or dress, check Goodwill or Salvation Army first.

• Ask if the PMI can be taken off your mortgage.

• Shop for groceries with cash, a calculator and a list.

When you’re out of money, stop shopping.

• Put a $5 bill (or larger) behind a photo in your wallet. If you haven’t spent it by the end of the month, put it toward the credit-card bill.

Finding extra money to pay on credit cards can sometimes be difficult, but every dollar you pay over the minimum calculates into bigger dollars you don’t pay in interest.

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The winning teams in both divisions each received $500, with $100 going to each team that won a flight and to each team or member of a team that won a competition.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS: REAL ESTATE: A $15,000.00 deposit will be required per parcel per day of auction, balance being due 30 days from date of auction being August 7th, 2007 by 4:00 p.m. EDT. Deposits to be in the form of cash, cashiers check, or personal check wiht up-to-date bank letter guaranteeing funds. TAXES: Prorated for 2007. POSSESSION: Date of deed transfer only. BUYERS’ PREMIUM: A 10% buyers’ premium will be added to all winning bids to determine the final selling price. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All property sold “as is where is” condition with no warranty or guarantee expressed or implied. Although information has been obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, neither the seller nor the auctioneer makes any warranty or guarantee, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy of the information herein contained. It is for the reason that buyers should avail themselves of the opportunity to make an inspection prior to the auction. All announcements made from the auction block take precedence over any printed material or any oral statements made.

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By Andy Mills UK Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources Heat and drought stress often mean your lawn needs tender loving care to make it through our Kentucky summers.

Cool weather and abundant spring rains encourage growth of a dense, lush grass stand with short roots. During the summer, grass roots are very shallow. These conditions dictate a greater need for applying timely water to grass in the summertime, whether from rainfall or watering your lawn.

How much rainfall we’ve had is the most important consideration on whether to water grass during the summer. Don’t water on a schedule; wait until the soil is dry.

The appearance of hot spots, or dry areas in your lawn, indicates you probably need to start watering the grass. These spots usually occur when the daytime temperature reaches 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. They

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Don’t water grass on a schedule. Instead, wait until the soil is dry, as indicated by hot spots or dry areas. first appear on southern and western slopes with shallow soil.

Remember to water your lawn deeply and infrequently. In Kentucky, this means applying at least two-thirdsinch of water one to two times a week. Adjust this schedule when it rains. Water your lawn to balance soil moisture between rainfall.

Deep, infrequent watering helps grass adjust to heat

and drought. Applying a little water each day greatly increases disease and weed problems.

Over-watering makes grass very susceptible to heat and drought stresses.

One way to determine how much you have watered is while watching, catch water in a rain gauge or a container with a straight side and bottom. Measure the water with a ruler. This should tell you how long it takes for your

sprinkler to put out the required 2/3 of an inch of water. Another way is to dig into the soil. There should be moisture apparent 6” to 8” deep.

Early morning is the best time to water because it washes off dew that contains food for diseases. Also, water pressure generally is better in the early morning.

Some grasses require less water than others. For example, tall fescue and fine fescue such as creeping red or chewings require less water than Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass.

Since grass cut at a taller height needs less water, you can reduce your lawn’s summer water requirements by mowing grass higher. So mow your lawn to a height of two and a half to three inches during the summer.

This will reduce mechanical injury when grass is very dry, as well as the number of times you should mow the lawn.

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Citizens living in these areas should closely monitor local news sources for notification from water suppliers on reducing demands for water.

The following counties are under the water shortage watch: • Western Climatic Division -- Muhlenberg, Ohio and Simpson counties; • Central Climatic Division -- Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Nelson, Russell, Taylor and Warren counties; • Bluegrass Climatic Division – Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Owen, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Washington and Wood-

ford counties; and • Eastern Climatic Division – Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, McCreary, Menifee, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley and Wolfe counties.

All Kentuckians should be aware of the current drought situation and prepare to make adjustments to their use of water.

A water shortage watch is issued when drought conditions have the potential to threaten the normal availability of drinking water supply sources. Officials at the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) study rainfall amounts, reservoir levels, streamflows, the Palmer Drought Index and the Drought Monitor when determining drought status.

Dr. Stuart Foster, state climatologist, said precipitation deficits for the past four months place all four climatic divisions among the driest periods on record since 1895. Drought conditions across Kentucky range from moderate to severe.

The National Drought Mitigation Center indicates

that severe agricultural and hydrologic drought conditions have developed south of a line stretching from Calloway County in the west to Jessamine County in central Kentucky and continuing southeast to Letcher County.

Drought outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center indicate that extreme and exceptional drought in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee will persist to our south and that drought will continue to build here in Kentucky.

Record-low daily flows are being measured in areas of the Green, Barren, Salt, Upper Cumberland and Kentucky River basins.

A reversal of current climatic conditions is needed to mitigate these low flows and replenish declining water supplies in rivers and reservoirs. Unfortunately, the six- to 10-day outlook indicates little promise of significant rainfall.

Foster said that while it is certainly possible that the general weather pattern that has led to the current drought situation will change and bring beneficial rains, those who manage and depend upon water supplies should prepare for the possibility that the current drought conditions

Commodities United Producers - Irvington Market Report per CWT for Monday, June 18, 2007 Louisville, KY KDOA-USDA Market News Receipts: 400 head Compared to last Monday: Slaughter Cows: Steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls: Steady to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Steers: 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder Heifers: 2.00-3.00 lower Slaughter cows: % Lean Weight Price Breaker 75-80 1025-1785 44.00-50.00 Boner 80-85 910-1505 39.00-46.75 Lean 85-90 725-1000 33.00-38.50 Slaughter Bulls: Y.G. Weights Carcass Boning Percent Price 1 No Test 78-80 No Report 2 1460-1830 76-77 50.00-57.00 Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 Wt Range Price Range 200-300 115.00-120.50 300-400 113.00-120.50 400-500 112.00-117.00 500-600 98.00-108.00 600-700 95.00-99.50 700-800 87.50-92.25 800-900 81.00-85.50 Medium and Large 2 200-300 109.00 300-400 100.50-109.00 400-500 102.00-110.00 500-600 96.00 600-700 90.00-93.00

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“Water suppliers in the 61-county watch area and throughout the state should closely monitor their supply sources and notify the Division of Water as water shortages occur,” said Bill Caldwell, Kentucky DOW. For information about current drought conditions in Kentucky and water conservation measures visit the Division of Water Web site at http://www. water.ky.gov/wateruse/ drought/.

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During the eight weeks of training he studied air force mission, organization, performed drills, received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises and special training in human relations.

Airman Marr, flight was honor graduates which carry the flags during ceremony graduation. Airmen upon graduation earn credits toward associate degrees through community college of Air Force. Airman Marr is now stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, where he is training to become a Med. Tech.

He was a 2001 graduate of Meade County High School, and is the son of Paul and Debbie Marr of Brandenburg.

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Corporal Gari Shannon King and Justin proudly announce the birth of their son, Cayden William. Cayden was born on June 14, 2007 at the Marine Corp. Air Station in Havelock, N.C. He weighed 6 lbs and one oz. Grandparents are Cindy and Gary King of Brandenburg, Tina Darst of Brandenburg, and Billy Barnett of Louisville.

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Campbellsville University announces academic honors’ list for spring 2007

By Ashley Sidebottom CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- Campbellsville University Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank D Cheatham has announced the academic honors’ list for the spring 2007 semester.

The academic honors’ list recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester with a course load of at least 12 hours. The spring 2007 academic honors’ list includes a total of 397 students, with 140 achieving a 4.0 grade point average and having been named to the President’s List. Others who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5-3.99 are named to the Dean’s List; there are 257 named to that list.

Campbellsville University’s spring 2007 academic honors’ list includes the following Meade County student named to the President’s List: Sarah Catherine Smith, a sophomore from Brandenburg.

Campbellsville University’s spring 2007 academic honors’ list includes the following Meade County students named to the Dean’s List: Ashley Rose Bewley, a senior from Brandenburg; and Shad Jordan Lacefield, a senior from Guston.

Campbellsville University, now celebrating her Centennial year, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,310 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations.

Listed in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” 14 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern master’s colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky.

“Flags over Corydon” next up for Ancestral Trails Historical Society

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•Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting, REBOS Club. Hwy 79, Irvington, KY. Held every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday nights, 8:00 p.m. For more information please call 547-8750 or 547-8752.

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•4th Annual Relay for Life Poker Trail Ride, Meade County. Starts at 10a.m. It’s a organized ride, dinner and live band! Advanced tickets required. For ticket information, contact Bill Bell at 812267-4500 or Connie Metcalfe at 270-345-6173. All proceeds benefits the American Cancer Society.

•Irvington Masonic lodge #868 will be having an all

you can eat breakfast on June 23 from 7 till 10 am. Donations accepted to help with building renovations.

Sunday, June 24

•Al-Anon Meeting, 8 p.m., at the Alcohalt House. Meats every Sunday and Tuesday.

Call 828-2624 for more information.

•Cain reunion on Sunday will be canceled due to scheduling difficulties. It will be rescheduled on a new date, July 15, from 12p.m. until 5p.m. at the senior citizen building. If you are going they ask that you bring a covered dish and enjoy good fellowship. If you need more information please call, 8283828 or 668-7538.

•Benefit Auction, Gospel Sing & Meal for the Meade County Senior Citizens Center. Starts at 1:00p.m. and lasts until 6:00p.m. RSVP: 270-422-3497. Sponsored by Modern Woodsmen Camp 15847 •Hill Grove Baptist Church invites everyone to their 185th Homecoming Celebration. Morning worship at 11:00am followed by

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Ancestral Trails Historical Society at their last meeting had Deborah Campisano from the Louisville Genealogical Society to speak on how to trace your African-American ancestors.

The next meeting will be Friday, July 16 at the Hardin Co. Public Library in Elizabethtown when Karen Gleitz will present a program on “Flags over Corydon.”

The ATHS genealogy library is open from Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 2pm. It is free for anyone to use. It is located in the Hardin County History Museum on the corner of Dixie and Mulberry in Elizabeth town.

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•Meade County RECC will hold its 70th annual membership meeting on Monday June 25, 2007 at the Breckinridge County High School in Harden, Kentucky.

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Increasing learning ability

By James Dobson Focus on the Family QUESTION: We have a 1-year-old daughter and we want to raise her right. I’ve heard that parents can increase the mental abilities of their children if they stimulate them properly during the early years. Is this accurate, and if so, how can I accomplish this with my baby?

DR. DOBSON: Research has shown that parents can, indeed, increase the intellectual capability of their children. This conclusion was first reached through the renowned Harvard University’s Preschool Project. A team of researchers lead by Dr. Burton White studied young children aged 8 to 18 months over a 10year period, hoping to discover which experiences in the early years of life contribute to the development of healthy, intelligent human beings. The results of this important study are summarized below.

1. It is increasingly clear that the origins of human competence are to be found in a

critical period of development between 8 and 18 months of age. The child’s experiences during these brief months do more to influence future intellectual competence than any time before or after.

2. The single most important environmental factor in the life of the child is his or her mother. “She is on the hook,” said Dr. White, and carries more influence on her child’s experiences than any other person or circumstance.

3. The amount of live language directed to a child (not to be confused with television, radio or overheard conversations) is vital to his or her development of fundamental linguistic, intellectual and social skills. The researchers concluded: “Providing a rich social life for a 12- to 15month-old child is the best thing you can do to guarantee a good mind.”

4. Those children who were given free access to living areas of their homes progressed much faster than those whose movements were restricted.

5. The nuclear family is the

most important educational delivery system. If we are going to produce capable, healthy children, it will be by strengthening family units and by improving the interactions that occur within them.

6. The best parents were those who excelled at three key functions: a. They were superb designers and organizers of their children’s environments. b. They permitted their children to interrupt them for brief, 30-second episodes, during which personal consultation, comfort, information and enthusiasm were exchanged. c. They were firm disciplinarians while simultaneously showing great affection for their children.

Occasionally, information comes along that needs to be filed away for future reference.

These findings from the Harvard University Preschool Project are that significant.

You will not want to forget those six findings. I believe they hold the keys to raising healthy children.

A brother’s song of love Recently I heard an amazing story of love from a young mother Karen, her son, Michael, and his unborn little sister.

When Karen found out another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her four-year-old son Michael prepare for a new arrival. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl.

Many, many times Michael sang to his sister in his mommy’s tummy. He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen and in time she went into labor. Finally, after a long struggle, Michael’s little sister was born. But the baby was in very serious condition and was kept in the intensive neonatal care unit at a hospital in Tennessee. Several days went by and the little girl got

worse. The pediatric specialist much I love you, please don’t regretfully had to tell the par- take my sunshine away,” he ents that there was little hope continued. From that very moment, Michael’s and to prepare for the sister began to worst. They had fixed Pastor’s little get better. a special room in their The doctor and home for a new baby Spotlight nurses could hardly but now it seemed believe it. Day after they would be planday, Michael sang to ning for a funeral. his little sister and she Little Michael kept continued to improve, asking to see his little so much so that it sister. Several more wasn’t long until Midays went by and chael’s little sister was Michael’s little sister Randy released from the hosgrew worse. Still, MiJohnson pital to go home. chael wanted to see Jesus said that unher. “I want to sing to less you have the her,” he said.

Finally, Karen took Michael faith of a little child you shall to see his little sister with the not see the kingdom of God. tubes and lines attached to Never underestimate the her little body. Michael began power of love, even the love to sing, “You are my sun- of a little child.

Randy Johnson is the revershine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when sky’s end of the Brandenburg Church are gray.” That is the song of God and also hosts a radio he sang to her while she was show on WMMG from 11:00 still in her mommy’s tummy. a.m. to 12:00 p.m. from Monday “You’ll never know dear, how through Wednesday.

The sweet-smelling aroma The Word of God says in scribed way. It was to be ofEphesians 5:1-2, “Be ye there- fered both morning and night fore followers of God, as dear (vv. 7-8). Great care was taken in its preparation (vv. children; and walk 34-36), and it was not in love, as Christ also Divine to be used for any hath loved us, and hath given Himself Guidance other purpose (vv. 3738 ). for us an offering and In the New Testaa sacrifice to God for ment, we find a totally a sweet-smelling sadifferent application vor.” of this principle. As in Incense in Scripture out text, we see that has a variety of rich Jesus Himself has beand meaningful uscome an offering and ages, particularly as Dan a “sweet-smelling sarelated to the blood Newton vor“ to God. His freesacrifice. “And thou ly offering Himself is shalt make an altar to an example to us to burn incense upon.

And thou shalt put it before live a life of sacrifice and love.

While Jesus was the final the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy sacrifice, we are to “present seat that is over the testimony, our bodies a living sacrifice, where I will meet with thee“ holy, acceptable unto God, (Exodus 30:1, 6). Without this which is our reasonable ser(Romans 12:1). This incense, it was impossible to vice“ meet with God in this pre- may even take the form of ma-

terial “things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God (Philippians 4: 18).

In the mind of God, our life of sacrifice is a sweetsmelling savor. “Thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish“ (2 Corinthians 2:14-15). Without our willing, living sacrifice, we cannot approach God. But with it, we are a “sweet savor of Christ.”

Remember, attend a church of your choice this Sunday.

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County or if he has to find a new location for the ethanol plant. But first, CSX railroad must give permission.

The company is expected to make a decision by the end of July but railroad officials have already given a verbal agreement.

“CSX is critical for the ethanol plant,” Martin said.

“Without railroad access, there won’t be an Agri Fuels in Meade County. But it’s not just critical for Agri Fuels, I’ve signed an agreement for other (businesses) in the Industrial Park to be able to build and use the railroad. It was in my best interest and the county’s to have access to rail.

It’s very possible that 80 percent of all corn we use will come by rail. We’ll be using 52,000 bushels (of corn) per day.”

Corn is the main ingredient of ethanol, which is primarily used as a fuel additive up to 10 percent in most cars and up to 85 percent in modified cars.

A by-product of ethanol is a highly nutritious feeder grain.

According to an April 19, 2006 option agreement between Agri Fuels and the Meade County-Brandenburg Industrial Authority, railroad access was one of the contingencies when the $1.8 million deal was signed. Without a railroad, Martin is not obligated to purchase the land.

“Until we have a firm commitment in writing from CSX, we are not required to sign that purchasing agreement,” he said.

The Industrial Authority board voted unanimously 4-0, with members Carl Austin and Harry Lee Lusk abstaining, to give Agri Fuels a 120-day extension to purchase the land so CSX can make its official decision. Agri Fuels was already granted a 90-day extension to purchase the land last March.

Industrial Authority Chairman David Pace said a longer extension was given because the committee could not meet until June 20, almost three weeks after the previous extension required. He said giving Martin only 90 days would be unfair.

“We’ve used up almost a whole month but we shouldn’t penalize (Martin) because we couldn’t get to-

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“CSX is critical for the ethanol plant. Without railroad access, there won’t be an Agri Fuels in Meade County. But it’s not just critical for Agri Fuels, I’ve signed an agreement for other (businesses) to be able to use the railroad.”

–Don Martin, Agri Fuels president

gether sooner to meet,” he said.

Pace tried arranging meetings several times earlier this month but availability of committee members was a problem.

Pace said he is optimistic CSX will honor its verbal agreement in writing. Pace, Martin, Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft, State Rep. Jeff Greer, and officials from Arch Chemical and CSX met in late May to discuss extending the tracks.

“I feel confident from the last meeting that everything will come back positive,” he said. “I don’t see any stumbling blocks.”

Craycroft, who showed some skepticism when Agri Fuels’ first purchasing extension was approved, had a change of heart and is more optimistic than ever following the meeting, he said during a previous interview. Arch Chemical also gave its permission to extend the tracks during the meeting and the CSX

train master.

Officials from CSX were contacted several times for comment, and although one of its spokesmen was cooperative and agreed to requests from The News Standard for information regarding its in-house procedure when making track extension decisions, the information could not be supplied before going to print.

Martin said the number of railcars using the tracks is the largest concern.

“The train master … must look at current service and our volume of service to see if he can pull trains in and out,” he said.

Martin estimates Agri Fuels will use 65 railcars per week.

With the hope of extending tracks comes a price tag and Martin will be the one to pay the bill. He called off an environmental study at the development site until CSX gives permission.

“Why should I spent any more money on an environ-

mental study if I don’t have a commitment from CSX?” he said. “(Agri Fuels) will also have to pay for upgrading the existing rail that is there now. They may give us credit back later, but we won’t get all our money back. We’re talking about millions of dollars here.

Why would I buy 100 acres of land if I can’t use tracks, which are critical?”

If given permission from CSX, Martin said he will have his own engineer supervise rail improvements, along with a CSX official who will supervise.

“We’ll have to replace 500 to 600 railroad ties … and maybe (.75) miles need a lot of railroad tie replacement and new rail put in,” he said. “But I wouldn’t have it any other way. We don’t need any train derailments.

That rail needs to be of the highest quality and I won’t be satisfied with anything less. It has to exceed the law, as far as I’m concerned.”

Martin said in Decem-

ber that he hoped to break ground in March and has drawn some criticism from the community for the delays, but Martin appeared un-phased by skeptics.

“All of this has taken more time than it could have,” he said. “What the critics and the public don’t understand is we’re trying to raise $110 million.

This isn’t state and county money, this money is coming from the investment community. That’s the only way you can raise that kind of money, so it takes a couple of years.”

If CSX doesn’t give permission to extend the tracks, Agri Fuels might relocate to Hancock County, which has a successful industrial park with rail and river access. But if he has a choice, Martin said he wants the company to stay close to home.

“I looked at Hancock County two years ago,” he said. “They’re one of the smallest counties in the state but they have to import workers because they don’t have a large enough population to support the industry they have there.

But I would prefer to stay in Meade County because it’s closer for me and this is my home county.”

Harrison County Hospital awarded for anti-tobacco policies Twenty-four Indiana healthcare providers, including Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, received statewide recognition for their adoption and enforcement of a comprehensive smoke-free policy at their facilities.

Harrison County Hospital was presented the Rural Indiana Smoke-Free Environment (R.I.S.E.) Award at the 10th annual Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) conference on June 7th in Evansville.

Jennifer A. Riley, Coordinator for the Harrison County Tobacco Prevention

and Cessation Coalition and Wellness Coordinator for the Harrison County Hospital Foundation, received the award on behalf of the hospital.

The Harrison County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition has assisted the hospital in going tobacco-free, as well as many Harrison County businesses and all three of the county school systems. Riley facilitates the Stop Smoking Successfully classes at the hospital. She presents school education programs for all ages and continues to coordinate

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“We’re honored to join the other IN healthcare facilities in receiving the RISE award,” said Riley.

“Our primary interest is in improving the health of the residents of our community.”

Other healthcare facilities in the area receiving the RISE award are Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services and Clark Memorial Hospital.

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collaborative effort involving IRHA and Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation (ITPC).

Intended to recognize smoke-free healthcare facilities serving all rural areas of the state, the award signifies a commitment to take the necessary steps to lead Hoosiers toward a healthier Indiana.

In keeping with collaborative efforts, Harrison, Floyd and Clark hospitals publicly announced on January 17, 2006 their plans to become tobaccofree, which have now been accomplished by all three hospitals.

The progress is especially encouraging as it follows what is considered by many to be the most productive legislative session for health care in years.

It is also expected that these health care systems have made the changes necessary for supporting the upcoming cigarette tax increase to help even more Hoosiers quit using tobacco.

“Many healthcare providers serving the rural populations of our state continue to be leaders in the arena of public health,” said Shawna Girgis, execu-

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“These 24 facilities represent the frontlines in a battle to protect Hoosiers from the harmful effects of tobacco use, and this progress deserves to be rewarded,” said Karla Sneegas, executive director of ITPC. “Hopefully these awards will serve as additional motivation for leaders throughout Indiana to adopt effective smoke-free policies.”

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Sports

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SPORTS BRIEFS •The MCHS Football Boosters are conducting a fundraiser this Saturday in front of Kroger from 9 to 1 p.m. to raise money for camp and other expenses.

The boosters will be selling hotdogs, team merchandise and season tickets.

•MCHS softball coach Mike Harreld was inducted into the Kentucky Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony last Saturday in Lexington.

In addition, The News Standard sports editor Shaun T. Cox was nominated by Harreld for a media award for outstanding coverage of girls softball in the state of Kentucky. The nomination was approved by the coaches association and Cox won the state-wide award.

The News Standard will feature a story on Harreld’s induction in next week’s sports section.

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Fired coach starts new dance school

By Charles L. Westmoreland editor@thenewsstandard.com The Meade County High School Dance Team is moving to a different beat after its head coach was fired in April.

Former dance coach Beth Risen was fired by the high school following tryouts in late April after three years of coaching. The decision came as a shock to parents and dancers alike, spurring attempts by the dance team’s boosters to save the coach’s job.

The 33-year-old former cheerleader and certified cheerleading judge led the dance team to a 2007 Grand National Championship in Louisville and a second place finish at the 2006 Hard Rock Live Nationals in Orlando, Fla., the team’s first ever national competition.

Risen also had a dancer from last year’s squad move on to the collegiate level to dance at Lindsey Wilson College.

School officials said they could not discuss personnel issues because of legal restrictions, but Meade County High School Principal Bill Adams commended the team for its accomplishments and

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Beth Risen, front left, readies her students to learn a new hip-hop dance move. Risen started a dance school after being fired as MCHS dance coach. said the school will “continue to support” the dance program.

According to Risen’s coaching evaluations, poor leadership led to the firing, an opinion that many parents said is unfair — and untrue.

“The parents loved her and the girls loved her, too,” said Melissa Ory, whose daughter is a member of the dance team.

“As a parent, it’s important to me that

the person working with my child be a responsible person, like Beth was. She had a strict ethical code with the girls, not just during dance but in public too.”

Risen said she was told by Adams in November 2006 that he would not recommend her to return as the team’s coach. Risen believes the decision came after she and Adams butted heads about traveling to competitions.

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Risen said Adams adopted a policy on traveling that allowed teams to travel every other year to competitions, which initially created the rift in their relationship. Because the dance team traveled to Orlando in 2006, it would not be allowed to travel far during the past school year.

Parents said they were informed by the new coach, Jessie Farmer, 22, that the team will not travel this school year either.

“All the talks about travel and me questioning why we couldn’t travel was an issue,” she said. “I think Mr. Adams felt like I was questioning his authority and philosophy and I wasn’t trying to do that, but I wanted to make sure my girls were being treated fairly and I didn’t think they were.

“Honestly, I think it was because I upset Mr. Adams and I didn’t agree with the new policy and I told him I didn’t agree with it. There was no memo, no meeting, no nothing about this policy.”

Risen said the policy should be in writing and applied toward all teams, but she felt the dance team was being

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Boys and girls competed with and against each other at the MCHS soccer camp.

By Shaun T. Cox

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ABOVE: Campers at the the Greenwave Baseball Camp took part in their favorite activity — sliding practice through the water- soaked outfield at Meade Olin Park.

LEFT: Assistant coach Nick Roberts demonstrates the proper sliding technique for the campers. Learning the proper fundamentals — and having a little fun — are crucial to lightening the mood during hot summer camp days.

Love for the game is a crucial part of the mental makeup for any athlete no matter what sport they play.

Meade County High School girls soccer coach Dan Shook said it’s that love for soccer that keeps kids coming back to camp each summer.

“One of the things I notice is that in these kids that came out, we have a lot of repeat campers and I know that these kids really enjoy the game of soccer and it’s very refreshing to see,” he said. “They come out because they really love the game and that makes our efforts a lot more worthwhile.

“We really try to stress that the kids learn but also be involved in the sport and

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Edward’s win brings end to best friend’s beard

By Buddy Shacklette Daytona Beach, FL — If nothing else, Tom Giacchi is loyal.

A childhood friend of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Carl Edwards, Giacchi drives Edwards’ motorcoach and works for his No. 99 Office Depot racing team.

“Tom grew up down the street from me and some of the older kids in the neighborhood would come by and beat up on you a little bit, wouldn’t play football when you wanted to and stuff, but Tom was a good guy to me,” Edwards said.

“He’s been driving the motorhome for a couple of years now and we’re best friends.”

When Edwards won last Sunday’s Citizen’s Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the only man as happy — or even happier — than Edwards was Giacchi.

In November of 2005 — when Edwards had won four times in his first 47

career NEXTEL Cup races — Giacchi made a bet with Edwards that he wouldn’t shave until Edwards won again.

Edwards was coming off back-to-back victories at Atlanta and Texas at the time so it didn’t seem like that much of a stretch, but 19 months and 52 races later, Giacchi was resembling actor Tom Hanks in “Castaway.”

“It’s been treacherous,” Giacchi told ESPN. “There have been a lot of stares.

I’m a people person. I love hanging out with people, meeting new people. I like people to like me. I got the cold shoulder a couple of times because of this weirdlooking beard. At home a couple of times, I’d be in a Dairy Queen and Amish people would come in and they had huge beards also.

I was like, ‘Yeah, my brothers!’ I can work with them all day.”

Edwards didn’t win the last two races of 2005, meaning Giacchi would sport some stubble — at the

least throughout the offseason — until the 2006 season kicked off.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

Edwards, who finished third in the points standings in 2005, went through a couple of crew chiefs and went winless in 2006 while failing to make The Chase.

“I learned through trial and a lot of error that you can’t make things happen faster than they’re going to happen; you can only do the best job you can,” Edwards said. “I’ve lost 52 races in a row and I’ve learned to be able to deal with that a little better now.”

By the end of 2006, Giacchi had the full-fledged “Castaway look,” something his girlfriend wasn’t too fond of.

True to his word, Giacchi kept the near eight-inch long growth throughout the season and was carrying it through the first six months of 2007 until Edwards finally got back to Victory Lane

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Carl Edwards, left, and his bearded childhood friend Tom Giacchi in victory lane in Michigan last Sunday.

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have a really good time because that will keep them coming back and keep them involved in the sport as well.

I’ve always said that — especially at the high school level — you really have to have fun with it and enjoy it and I think you start to develop that love for the game at this age.”

Shook said this year’s camp, which ran from Monday to Thursday, had 52 kids and included both girls and boys who competed with each other.

“We’ve done that every year that we’ve had the camp. It’s always been a combined boys-and-girls camp,” he said. “We like that concept and we’ve never found it to be problematic.

One of the reasons we did it was because of the numbers.

The first year, we had about 70 kids and we figured if we split them there would only be about 35, so numbers in a way dictate that. But, we also find that they get along really well at the rec. level — especially the younger ones who play together any way.

“Sometimes boys are maybe a little more aggressive and I think it teaches the girls to play at a more aggressive level and that helps. A lot of the girls out here are really strong players and really aggressive players — which is not strictly due to playing with boys —

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singled out. She said there was never a problem between she and Adams prior to last year.

Risen also questions her evaluations, which came three days apart from each other.

She said coaches are supposed to be evaluated twice each year but her first evaluation in more than three years of coaching was on March 26, 2007, while holding tryouts.

The second evaluation was three days later while tryouts were still ongoing.

What was peculiar, Risen said, is that her evaluations changed during those three days.

“I don’t see how I could get better or worse as a coach in just three days,” she said. “I feel like the decision to fire me was a personal one … especially since I was only evaluated after (Adams) said he wasn’t going to recommend that I not return.

“I was never given a chance to improve on the evaluation.

I didn’t see any reason for him to let me go other than we had a disagreement. But the world would be boring if everyone agreed all the time.”

Risen said she asked for a copy of the restrictions limiting travel but her requested was left unanswered. “(Adams) never said anything, he never gave it to me or acknowledged the conversation,” she said, adding that her requests to travel to Indianapolis, St. Louis and Mem-

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Sunday — 52 races and 19 months later.

“I just hated to see him like that for so long,” Edwards said. “I’d wake up in the morning, and Tom would walk in and (we’d) just laugh at this guy. It’s unreal. It means a lot for him to do it.

“I think he’s got some memoirs from this whole experience. Bearded Like Me or something is going to be the title. It’s changed his life a little bit. People grab their

and it’s worked really well.

We’ve never had any problems with it and they get along well with each other so as long as it works, we’ll continue in that manner.”

Of this year’s campers, a number of them will play on the high school team next year, according to Shook and boys coach Matt Pollock.

“One thing I am seeing is that we have campers here this year, both boys and girls, that will be able to play on next year’s high school team,” Shook said.

“That’s encouraging to see them come out even though they’ll be at that next level next year and even at that age, they’re still coming back.”

Pollock said the middle school age group also has several kids who will likely play for the Greenwave and those players are getting a head start by working with their future coaches now.

“We have a group of kids from the seventh and eighth grades that we’re keeping together to kind of get their feet wet on the things that we do,” he said. “We’ve actually had the girls and boys adult coaches work more with them individually to show them how we do things and get them used to us so when they’re on the high school level, it will be an easier transition for them and they’ll know what to expect.”

Shook said having the chance to work with the kids at a younger age could help speed their development.

“I think it’s really good

that we as the high school coaches, we can talk to these kids about what we think is important as far as developing them as a soccer player,” he said. “The kids out here are very receptive to us and to the high school kids as well and so we’ve had a really good week.”

Pollock said seeing the kids at camp can help coaches get an idea of what kind of personality traits each kid has.

“We usually have a pretty good pulse already on who’s coming up by getting to know the kids through teaching them in school and things like that,” he said.

“We know a little bit about their qualities when they come up through camp and that’s an advantage.

“It gives us a little experience with them so we know their personalities and their attitudes and capabilities.

We understand now when they come in how they train and that’s also an advantage in that respect.”

Quintin Franke, a player/ coach said the kids really get an idea of how hard they will have to work when they reach that next level.

“It helps them because they get to know all the coaches and learn more about the game,” he said.

“It gives them an advantage because they’ll know how hard they have to work and what the coaches will expect of them when they come to play.”

Allie Bogard, also a player/coach said having counselors who were also players on the high school team motivated her to want to reach that next level.

“All the older kids coaching really inspired me to play high school soccer,” she said.

“We learned a lot from them when we were doing competitions and playing games and I think the kids listen to us more than the coaches because we’re closer in age to them. They’d rather get instruction from other kids than adults.”

phis were all denied because of distance. The team was approved to attend a competition in Cincinnati, as well as Louisville.

Risen provided a letter from Adams which stated the reasons for denying the requests were because of safety issues for the girls and money.

The dance team, however, is a club sport and relies on funding from boosters.

According to Athletics Director John Proctor, the school provides the dancers with lettermen jackets only.

Fundraisers and parental support pays for the trips, including room and board, food and paying bus drivers for travel.

Parent Gina Vincent was in attendance at a May meeting at James R. Allen Elementary between parents and school officials, at which time parents urged for Risen to be allowed to return.

Parents met on several other occasions to discuss how to keep Risen on the dance team but to no avail.

“There was absolutely no parent wanting Beth removed,” Vincent said. “I think she showed excellent leadership with the girls.”

Vincent allowed her daughter to join an All-Star dance team that Risen is forming at the request of parents who said they want their children to be able to dance competitively at high-profile competitions.

Ory said parents offered their own ideas such as putting Risen on probation in order to keep her as head coach.

“I think the ideas were pretty much shot down on the spot,” she said. “The impression we got was that it was a

done deal.”

The dancers also wrote a letter to Adams requesting Risen stay on and parents spoke with Director of Personnel Paul Poole and Superintendent Mitch Crump about overriding Adam’s decision.

“We were told they weren’t going to override Mr. Adams decision,” Ory said. “Things could have been done differently. I think we could have gotten some notice. Whatever the problem was with her, if we knew we could have helped her with it.”

Parent Connie Skaggs, whose daughter made the dance team and then decided not to participate after Risen was fired and instead joined the All-Star team, believes the school could have handled the situation better and said there was a lack of communication when Risen was fired.

“The school has handled things very inadequately,” she said. “The school informs us when children are misbehaving, but not when dealing with the coaching changes. I feel the school should respond to the parents immediately to let us know what’s going on since financially, we are obligated and because our time is obligated and our lives are scheduled around tryouts and practices.”

Parents said they were told by the new coach, Farmer, that she had a 45-day contract set to expire June 30 pending a position within the school system. Farmer could not be reached for comment to verify the reports.

Proctor said the dance coach does not have to be certified by the KHSAA and it “would be strictly a local (Board of Edu-

cation) policy” as to if Farmer remains as head coach. He also could not confirm the reports but did say there will be a dance team next year.

Risen said her biggest concern is the community might think she was fired because of her actions around the team, but she is still hopeful someday she might be allowed to return.

“My biggest fear was somebody would think, ‘What did she do to the girls?’ and it still is,” she said. “There are a lot of people who still don’t know I’m not the coach. When an adult is working with teenagers, that is usually the first thing people think. I’d like to return to the team but that would take a change of heart from Mr. Adams.”

Risen also works as a teacher’s aid at the high school and signed a letter of intent to return next year, but said she fears she might lose her job because she has spoken out publicly about the firing and the unfair treatment toward her team.

But Risen’s career as a dance instructor isn’t finished just yet. After being let go by the school, she started Risen Stars Dance, which offers dance lessons to children ages 2-18, including an All-Star team for middle and high school students.

Several of her former dancers help teach the weekly classes.

The dance instruction will serve as a feeder program for the high school’s dance team and, even though Risen is no longer coach, the fruit of her labor will continue to be seen at MCHS for years to come.

children in Wal-Mart and pull them aside, lock their doors when he walks by on the street. Nobody will recognize him next week.”

In order to fulfill the bet, Giacchi had to get special permission from Roush Fenway team owner Jack Roush, who forbids facial hair among his crew workers.

Giacchi has chronicled the growing of the beard on www.tomgiacchi.com and he’s even gotten sponsorship out of the deal.

“Yeah, he and Gillette are kind of partnered up, so he’s been staring at the Gillette Phantom razor with longing eyes,” Edwards said. “Only Gillette prod-

ucts touch that face and it is a nice face. You should see him. He’s a good-looking

weeks he’ll shave off the beard completely on television before the race at New Hampshire.

“I used to have dreams of shaving and everyone would be mad at me,” Giacchi told ESPN. “It would suck. And I’d wake up and feel my face and it would still be there. We actually had a plan. I was threatening to shave it off, but I don’t know if I would have done it. You go this long…”

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Boys and girls compete in daily games at the Meade County High School Soccer Camp. The camp is headed by MCHS boys coach Matt Pollock and girls coach Dan Shook. Players from both the boys and girls teams worked the camp as counselors and several soon-to-be freshmen participated in the camp, which had about 52 parricipants in its fifth year.

I used to have dreams of shaving and everyone would be mad at me.

–Tom Giacchi

guy. He used to get dates.

Women loved him. It’s going to be a new day for you, Tom.” Sunday in victory lane, Edwards grabbed the scissors and cut off three inches of the beard, but in two

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

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“The increase in the bear population is the result of natural expansion from Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee,” said Becky Littleton, a public lands manager for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR).

Currently, black bears in Kentucky are strictly protected. A person convicted of killing one may be fined $1000 and/or receive a six-month jail term.

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KDFWR Commissioner Dr. John Gassett agrees.

“One of our goals during this study is to gather enough data to see if we can have a bear season,” Gassett said.

“I am envisioning a bear season in the future, it is just a matter of making sure we have enough data and if it says we have enough population to have a bear season, we will do it.”

Living with bears The KDFWR recently received complaints about bears from Lewis, Laurel, Pike, Floyd, Letcher, Harlan, and McCreary counties. The number of bear sightings in outlying counties will likely increase in the coming weeks as yearling bears leave their mothers and adult males wander greater distances in search of mates.

Steven Dobey, a black bear biologist for KDFWR, said bears become more noticeable at this time of year because the animals are trying to regain weight that was lost while denning. “Right now is the transition phase between winter and summer,” Dobey explained.

“There are not a lot of nuts or berries out there, so bears are looking for food.

In the wild, bears will eat other foods, such as grasses, and do just fine.”

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However, that hasn’t stopped some people. “This year, the incidents of peo-

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1. Pan’s Labyrinth (R) Ariadna Gil (New Line) 2. Night at the Museum (PG) Ben Stiller (Fox) 3. Dreamgirls (PG-13) Jamie Foxx (Paramount/ DreamWorks) 4. Music and Lyrics (PG13) Hugh Grant (Warner) 5. Because I Said So (PG13) Diane Keaton (Universal) 6. Catch and Release (PG13) Jennifer Garner (Sony) 7. Déjà Vu (PG-13) Denzel Washington (BV/Touchstne) 8. Stomp the Yard (PG-13) Columbus Short (Sony) 9. The Queen (PG-13) Helen Mirren (BV/Miramax) 10. Alpha Dog (R) Bruce Willis (Universal)

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This Week’s Horoscopes ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Recently obtained information could open a new opportunity for a career change. But temper that Arian impatience and act on it only when all the facts are made available.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re moving into a more active cycle.

So put your ideas back on the table, where they’ll be given the attention they deserve. Expect a favorable change in your love life.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A friend might ask for a favor that you feel would compromise your values.

Best advice: Confront him or her and explain why you must say no. A true friend will understand.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A relationship continues to develop along positive lines. Meanwhile, a brewing job situation could create complications for one of your pet projects. Look into it right away.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your interest in a coworker’s project could lead to a profitable experience for you both. But

before you agree to anything, be sure to get all your legal I’s dotted and T’s crossed.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be careful whose counsel you take about a possible long-distance move. Some advice might not necessarily be in your best interest. Stay focused on your goals.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Someone might try to complicate efforts in an attempt to work out that confusing job situation. But don’t let that keep you from sticking with your decision to push for a resolution.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A disagreement on how to handle a family problem could create more trouble for all concerned. Look for ways to cool things down before they boil over.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unexpected change in long-standing workplace procedure and policy could provide a new career target for the Archer to aim at. Start making inquiries.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You’re finally able to get back into the swing of things, as those temporary doldrums begin to lift. Expect some surprising disclosures from a new colleague.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Rely on your innate sense of justice to see you through a dilemma involving a family member. Other relatives who’ve stood back will soon come forward as well.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new friend seems to be pushing you into taking risks -- financial or otherwise. Best advice: Don’t do it. She or he might have a hidden agenda that hasn’t surfaced yet.

BORN THIS WEEK: You love to see new places and meet new people.

Have you considered working for an airline or cruise-ship company? (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1821 N HWY 79

217 HAYCRAFT

• 3 Bedroom • 1 Bathroom • 8 Acres

• 2 Bedroom • 1 Bathroom

Enter Code: 1000 225 GUMWELL ROAD

4425 SANTA PAULA LANE • 3 Bedroom • 1.5 Bathroom • .23 Acres

• Brandenburg • 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 1.5 Acres

REDUCED!

235 KNOLLWOOD ROAD REDUCED!

124 E CURLY COURT

335 CASSIES WAY

• Brandenburg • 4 Bedroom • 2 Bath • 1.5 acres.

Enter Code: 2206 • 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 1.2 Acres

• Brandenburg • New construction!

• 3 Bedroom • 2.5 Bath w/bonus room on two acres.

Enter Code: 3581

635 BURNETT DRIVE

65 WHISPERING COURT

26 ORA COURT

Enter Code: 2004

400 CRYSTAL LANE

Enter Code: 3709 • 4 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 2 Acres

Enter Code: 3764 UCTION! NEW CONSTRUCED! RED

• 4 Bedroom • 1 Bathroom • 1.24 Acres

NE

Enter Code: 1002

• Brandenburg • New construction • 3 bedroom • 2 bath Call Jeff 270-945-4099!

• Ekron • 4 Bedroom • 2.5 Bathroom

Enter Code: 4133

Enter Code: 4135

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 29 Acres

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NEW LISTIN

3930 RABBIT RUN ROAD • Vine Grove • 2 bedroom • 1 bath near city school.

Enter Code: 1001 3525 HWY 376

6425 BRANDENBURG ROAD

• Brandenburg • 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 1.74 acres

REDUCED!

407 LOCUST

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 3.86 Acres

tion!

New Construc

175 LAWSON WOODS

Enter Code: 3762

152 BROWNING

REDUCED!

Enter Code: 4138

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 2.78 Acres

Enter Code: 1003

• 2 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 20.85 Acres

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 2.59 Acres

350 COUNTRY LANE G NEW LISTIN

• 3 Bedroom • 2+ Bathroom • 1.2 Acres

555 SCENIC VIEW

415 DOE HAVEN

Enter Code: 4134

5660 FLAHERTY ROAD

REDUCED!

Enter Code: 2020

• 4 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 3 Acres

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• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 2.36 Acres

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 1,027 sq. ft.

• 3 Bedroom • 2.5 Bathroom • 2,788 Sq. Ft.

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NEW LISTIN

Enter Code: 3609 3785 OLD EKRON ROAD

960 ALLEN ROAD

395 THOMPSON LANE

3827 E. DOE VALLEY PARKWAY

• 3 Bedroom • 2.5 Bathroom

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 1.2 Acres

Enter Code: 3644 REDUCED!

Enter Code: 2029 1344 LONG HOLLOW

180 BIG DIPPER TRAIL • Brandenburg • 3 Bedroom • 2 Bathroom • 2 Acres

tion!

New Construc

185 BRADY LANE

Enter Code: 3671

315 WILLARDS LANE

• Brandenburg • New construction!

• 3 bedroom • 2 bath.

• Brandenburg • 2 Bedroom • 2 bath • 11.2 acres.

Enter Code: 3827

Enter Code: 3640

FOR RECORDED INFORMATION 24 HOURS A DAY!

1-270-209-5555

• 3 Bedroom • 1 Bathroom • Awesome Garage in Rural Area.

Enter Code: 4137

CALL & ENTER THE CODE TO HEAR PROPERTY DESCRIPTION! LAND FOR SALE NEW CONSTRUCTION! - CODE 2219 Located in Irvington off Hwy 60 - Behind Save Rite Drugs

2129 E. HWY 86 CODE 2011

• 15 Acres • County Water Available • Located in Breckinridge Co. • Beautiful Building Site

ROUTE 1, BOX 9 CODE 2074

Lot 5 - Trent Lane

Lot 3 - Trent Lane truction!

New Cons $115,000! t Starting a r Warranty!

Builde nox! s from Ft K 18 Minute

• Very Tempting Buy! • Divided in 5 Acre Tracts •Located in Webster

260 SEMINOLE TR CODE 4131 • 13 Acres

LOT B JARBOE SINKS ROAD CODE 2027

LOT 11 & 12 LINDSEY COURT CODE 2064

480 ROCK HAVEN ROAD CODE 4132

LOT 53 E. DOE VALLEY PKWY CODE 2024

LOT 9 & 10 LINDSEY COURT CODE 2063

SOUTH DIXIE BLVD CODE 3821

PRICE REDUCED! 2480 LAKE ROAD

LOTS 43, 44 & 45 MADISON AVENUE CODE 2025

• 14.34 Acres • Ideal for Hunting

• .50 Acres • Corner Lot

• 0.83 Acres • Excellent Building Lots • All Utilities Available

OLD EKRON ROAD CODE 3798 • Brandenburg • 11 Acres

• Brandenburg • 3.765 Acres

• Brandenburg • 4.92 Acres

• 3.718 Acres

113 OAK DALE COURT CODE 3842 • .501 Acres • Lakefront

• 24 Acres

• 1.27 Acres • Commercial Lot • Located in Radcliff

1 BALL PARK ROAD CODE 3811

• 1.12 Acres • Commercial Lot • Located in Hardinsburg

LOTS 37 & 38 KIRCHDORFER CODE 2216 • 4.0 Acres • Lot 37 & 38 •Brandenburg

Lot 15 - Rose Avenue

Stop by our office today!

www.commitmentrealty.com

Each office independently owned and operated.

If you want to sell, call Michelle on her cell!

Friday, June 22, 2007

Announcements

For Sale

ADVERTISERS: You can place a 25-word classified ad in 70 Kentucky newspapers for as little as $250 with one order, one payment.

For information, contact the classified department of this newspaper or call KPS 1-502-223-8821 BORED? Entertain your family with lessons: knitting, sewing, beading, macramĂŠ!

Great prep for 4-H projects or just getting to know your creative side. Call 270-8283365.

WANTED: ICE CREAM EATERS- Blue Bell ice cream- over 25 flavors!

Where?

Abe’s Sweet Dreams Ice Cream. Now open to 9pm. 125 Old Mill Rd. MEADE COUNTY Judge Executive- “I am declaring Meade County in an extremely dry state and am putting a ban on all outdoor burning in Meade County until further notice. Ban is to start June 20, 2007.�

Attention BLUEBERRY LOVERS! Sorry, there will be no “u-pick� this summer due to the freeze. See you next summer!! Bruce and Nancy Hardin, 828-5811.

1986 SUZUKI - 4 wheeler, 50 cc, runs great, must see! $500 270-668-1800.

JEEP – Four wheelin’ buggie, cheap and fun. Not suitable for road, just fun.

Low geared and runs great!

270-668-1800.

FOR SALE- Charolais bull, 13 months old, weigh between 800-900lbs.

Asking $800. 828-8646 or 668-5158.

9’ COACHMAN full size slide-in truck camper, heating/air, 2 way fridge. $1995.00.

For more information call 496-4629.

OLD SLIDE-IN camper.

Needs work. $250.00. For more information call 4964629/ FREE PUPPIES! Border Collie mix. For information call 496-4629.

LUGGAGE TRAILER for sale, goes behind a motorcycle. In great shape!

Wants $725.00. For more information call 497-4547

Campers

1971 FORD Ranchero, one owner vehicle, garage-kept, custom paint (triple black) perfect interior, V8, ps, pb, ac. $7,000. Call 422-7148.

BASS BOAT, 2000 Starcraft with Starcraft trailer. 60 horse power outboard motor, trolling motor, 2 depth finders, and 2 live wells. Call 270-422-4861.

MASSEY FERGUSSON square hay bailer. $1200.

For more information, call Bob at (270) 668-4857.

2007 Sunset Trail ST26RK

by Crossroads

“come on in�

MARK’S HAPPY CAMPERS

sales.service.parts.accessories

812.732.1000

OVERHEAD ROLL-UP Door 13 ft. wide electric “chain� with electric motor.

Never used, still in crate. $1200. Call Bob at (270) 668-4857.

General

8745 Hwy 135 SW Mauckport, In

4 mi. north of the Brandenburg Bridge www.markshappycampers.com

For Rent 3 BEDROOM, 1 bath house. Nice location, ready for tenants. No pets. For more information, call 4222282.

AUTUMN Ridge Apartments, call today for our move-in special, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, washer and dryer & all other appliances included, 270422-4499.

COMMERCIAL building, 1,400 square feet. 2615 Brandenburg Road. (270) 422-2499.

CLERKS * DISPATCH SUPERVISORS * DISPATCH MANAGERS * DIRECTOR, T R A N S P O R TAT I O N SERVICES * HUMAN RESOURCES REP * T R A N S P O R TAT I O N SUPERVISORS * T R A N S P O R TAT I O N MANAGERS * SENIOR T R A N S P O R TAT I O N MANAGER. If you are interested in being considered for any of these positions, you are invited to come to the Ryder Open House. Applicants are encouraged to bring a current resume. If you cannot attend the Open House, you can still apply for Driver positions by calling (800) 793-3754, and for all other positions you can apply at careers@ ryder.com using code: NT07-0838 or fax your resume to (248) 324-1869, All positions are full-time, plus offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package after 90 days. Applicants must be flexible to work different shifts. EOE. Drug testing is a condition of employment.

Help Wanted DISTRICT-WIDE school nurse must be RN to apply.

Send resume to: Meade County School District, PO Box 337, Brandenburg, KY 40108.

Business Services “ A T T E N T I O N HOMEOWNERS WANTED�

WANTED Display homes wanted for vinyl siding windows - roofs - baths.

Guaranteed financing! No payments until January, 2008. Starting at $99.00 month. Call 1-800-2510843.

General

Marketplace

CHURCH SECRETARY. Knowledge of computer, including Microsoft, Windows, etc. Need to type 40 words per minute.

Must have good telephone and ‘people’ skills. For more information, call 270-497-4877 and leave name and phone number.

Mail resumes to Blue River Island Baptist Church, 595 Big Bend Road, Battletown, KY 40104.

Help Wanted

Miscellaneous

Real Estate

Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888) 3495387.

ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from home.

Medical, business, paralegal, computers, criminal justice.

Job placement assistance.

Financial aid and computer provided if qualified. Call 866-858-2121, www.

OnlineTidewaterTech.com.

SEEKING HOST FAMILIES for exchange students.

Has own insurance and spending money. Promotes World Peace! American Intercultural Student Exchange. 1-800-SIBLING (1-800-742-5464).

8 + ACRE mini farm, less than 2 miles from Brandenburg, 1 metal barn with concrete, 1 wooden barn, pond, few trees, $74,500. For information call (270) 547-3843.

ATTORNEY: Recent graduate for Disability and Injury Law. Bowling Green Law Firm.

Resume and transcript to smalllawfirm607@yahoo. com or call 270-842-6836.

NURSES LPN’S $19-$24 per hour. Louisville/Fort Knox areas, Contact & PRN Positions 502-495-1199.

PART-TIME, home-based Internet business. Earn $500-$1,000/ month or more. Flexible hours.

Training provided.

No investment required. FREE details. www.K348.com

Instructional ATTEND COLLEGE Online from home. *Medical, *Business, *Paralegal, *Computers, *Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Financial Aid and Computer provided if qualified. Call 866-858-2121 www.onlinetidewatertech. com

Mobile Homes SPRING CLEANING Sale • 2007 28x56, $41,900 • 2007 28x48, 2x6 walls, glamour bath, $43,900 • 2 Northern, Amish built 16x80’s, vinyl/ shingle, 3 bedrooms, starting at $33,900.

Save thousands!

Call (270) 828-8834.

Real Estate

Medical ABSOLUTELY no cost to you!! All brand new power wheelchairs, hospital beds and scooters. Immediate delivery. Call Toll Free 1-888998-4111 to qualify.

NEW POWER WHEELCHAIRS, Scooters, Absolutely NO Cost to You! Act NOW before program ends! Call TOLL FREE 1-800-354-2066.

119 GREER ST. $92,000.

3 bedroom/ 1 bath/ office, Approx 1300 Sq. Ft, Central Heat/Air, hardwood floors, news windows and trim, wood blinds, and ceilings fans, full unfinished walkout basement, enclosed 22x8 back porch, 12x 10 shed, kitchen appliances stay, large lot, near high school.

270-547-9596.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

BUFFALO SPRINGS CONSTRUCTION taking applications for carpentar helpers and labors, call 270-828-8261.

W R I G H T ’ S CONSTRUCTION – Now hiring experienced roofers and laborers. For more information call 828-5206

Agriculture

Agriculture

MEADE COUNTY – 2.5 acre lot with 2000 Fleetwood home. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, Shed, deck, close to Ft. Knox and Louisville. $3,000 down, $476/mo. WAC. Call (270) 828-8834 MEADE COUNTY – 1+ acre lot with 16x80 vinyl siding home, 2 porches, beautiful home, 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Close to Fort Knox and Louisville. $64, 900.

Financing available. (270) 828-8834 KENTUCKY LAKEFRONT $69,990 Save $30,000 One Day Only. Saturday, June 30th. Amenities. Water, Sewer & Paved Roads. Buy now, build later. Call owner today. 866-386-0996.

LAKE LOT BARGAIN 1+ acres with FREE Boat Slips - $34,900. Nicely wooded lake access property in brand new premier development on spectacular 160,000 acre recreational lake! Prime waterfronts available. Call 1-800-7043154, x 1242.

Real Estate

Real Estate

3 ½ ACRES – 8 acres, creek front property.

Meade and Breckinridge County. also riverfront property in Meade County. For more info call Marion Whelan at 668-4035, www. mwlandforsale.com.

KENTUCKY LAND COMPANY OF IRVINGTON REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WE BUY AND SELL LAND 270-547-4222 30 ACRES in Breckinridge Co. open and wooded large amount, road frontages, lays good, only $3,000 DN. 23.5 ACREs in Breckinridge Co. near Webster, mostly open lays good, priced to sell, $49,900.

4.5 ACRES in Meade Co. 2 bedroom, septic and cistern, electric available, unlivable mobile home, $21,500.

2 OR 3 bedroom house in Meade County with carport, new paint, chain link fence, great location, owner financing.

1 ACRE, Meade County, Flaherty. Has septic, county water, paved road.

Great location. $34,500.

HUNTING and Rec. property, 30 acres- 367 acres of property in Meade, Breckinridge, Ohio, and Harrison, KY, Lewis Co. KY, and Grant Co. KY. For more info call Marion Whelan at 668-4035, www. mwlandforsale.com.

1-2 ACRES restricted houses only Meade Co. near Doe Valley. For more info call Marion Whelan at 668-4035, www. mwlandforsale. com.

49 PLUS acres, Breckinridge Co. paved road, county water & electric available. Nice homestead, good turkey & deer hunting, only $86,500. For more info call Marion Whelan at 668-4035, www. mwlandforsale.com.

Insurance

16 ACRE Breck County, paved road, electric, woods and pasture. 10 miles form Brandenburg.

Call Marion at (270) 6684035.

TENNESSEE LAKE BARGAIN! 1+ Acre $29,900. FREE Pontoon Boat! Beautifully wooded parcel w/access to Jimmy Houston endorsed fishing lake!

Private lakefront community with free boat slips. Paved roads, utilities, soils tested. LAKEFRONT available.

Excellent financing. Call now 1-888792-5253. x 1281.

1-6 ACRES in Meade County near Fort Knox. Ok for mobile homes or doublewides.

County water and electric available, owner financing. Call Marion at (270) 668-4035.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

1-3 ACRES in Breckinridge County near Garfield off of Hwy. 86.. For more information call Marion at (270) 6684035.

Medco Center of Brandenburg An Extendicare Facility

ANN’S CLEANING SERVICE – Cleaning homes in Louisville area.

Serious applicants only.

Must pass background and work check. Call (270) 4222925 (270) 422-1502, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

RYDER’S OPEN HOUSE INVITATION June 26 & 27, 2007 CENTRAL KENTUCKY JOB CENTER 8:00 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. 1000 West Main Street, Suite #5 Georgetown, Kentucky 40324 (502) 863-2402 Ryder System, Inc, a fortune 500 Company that is a logistics and transportation solutions provider, has a tremendous need for talented individuals in the Georgetown, Kentucky area for the following positions:DRIVERS * TEAM DRIVERS * DISPATCH

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Help Wanted: Part Time Cook Applicants must have a passion to treasure our elders.

Apply in person at 814 Old Ekron Road • Brandenburg, KY 40108 Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Medco Center of Brandenburg

Manufactured Homes

An Extendicare Facility

ADVENTURE! Seeking 1825 $$$ motivated people.

Paid training.

Return trip guaranteed! Serious inquiries call Janessa 877624-2499

An Exciting Growth Opportunity For Nurses With Long Term Care Experience

AIRLINES ARE HIRING Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career.

FFA approved program.

Financial air if qualified.

Job placement assistance.

Home Improvement

Home Improvement

For Sale

We offer a competitive wage, tuition assistance, scholarship program, generous benefits package and a bank your benefit hours program. We offer opportunities for professional development and upward growth mobility within the company. We are also offering sign up bonuses for RN’s only - $3000 for full time positions and $1500 for part time positions. Applicants must hold a valid KY nursing license and CPR certification.

Applicants must have a passion to treasure our elders.

Apply in person at 814 Old Ekron Road • Brandenburg, KY 40108

2001 HONDA – 4 wheeler, 90 cc, bought new at Adventure Sport in Elizabethtown, hardly ridden. Great condition. $1,600. 270-668-1800.

GOT LAND?

We are seeking... • RN: full-time, supervise 2-10 nursing shift • Staff development coordinator • Assistant director of nursing • LPN: full-time, 10PM-6AM • LPN: full-time, 2PM-10PM • RN: part-time, 2PM-10PM • LPN: part-time, 6AM-2PM • CNA: part-time, 2PM-10PM • CNA: part-time, 10PM-6AM

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

If you own land (or can get some from a relative) you can keep your cash!

ZERO DOWN financing available on factory-direct Singles, Doubles & Triples!

Need a septic?

No problem!

We do utilities, too!

Limited or no credit OK because we own the bank!

Country Squire Homes Toll Free

(Mention this ad and get a FREE washer & dryer or Jacuzzi jets!)

For Your Convenience...

NS Enterprises •Portable Welding •Fabrication & Repair (includes stainless & aluminum) •5 Years Experience •Steel Sales •Outdoor Furnaces & Supplies

No Sunday Calls

270.547.4812

FASHION FLOORS

GRANITE WORKS, LLC

Storage Units Now Available

Fabrication & Installation

270.828.2558

270-351-8400

from 8x8 to 12x24

5 miles SE of Brandenburg At the corner of Hwy 144 & 448

HURST

COX PUMP & DRILLING SERVICE in Brandenburg

Complete water well pump and repair [270]422-3896 [270]547-1537 cell t )PVS 4FSWJDF t'VMMZ *OTVSFE t,Z $FSUJĂśFE %SJMMFS t%SJMMJOH 8BUFS 8FMMT

Custom Work on Kitchen Countertops

Bill’s Handyman Services

Construction

Specializing in: •Roofing •Siding •Gutters Free Estimates! Fully insured!

All Work Guaranteed!

(502) 995-9719 (502) 689-4006

Decks, Odd Jobs & More!

Serving Breckinridge, Meade & Hardin Counties

270-422-7793 FREE ESTIMATES!

UNITED FLOORING Ceramic Tiles Wood Carpet Installation

270-351-8400

1-888-280-8898

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Real Estate 5 BEDROOM HOME, 3 baths, city water, on one acre of land near Brandenburg, a very nice 2002 Doublewide home, located at Shamrock and Ghen Lane. $89,900. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222 1 AND 2 acre wooded building lots, located near Otter Creek Park, in Forest Ridge Estates, county water, streets will be paved, restricted to houses. $24,900 Owner financing available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222 NICE 2 ACRE LOT, on blacktop road, city water and electric available.

Located on Hwy 1238. $24,900. Owner finance available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222 1 ACRE with doublewide home and large building, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, completely remodeled with new kitchen, new windows & doors, drywall, new carpet, new light fixtures, new heat and air, on a concrete foundation. Located off US Hwy 60 & Hwy 144 on Hwy 333 (Big Springs Road). $89,900. Owner finance available.www. kentucky-land.com 8282222 1.7 ACRES with 16’x 80’ mobile home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, new carpet, 2 new decks, located off Hwy. 79 near Irvington, $54,900, Owner finance available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222 2.2 ACRES with 16’x 80’ mobile home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, city water, outside storage unit, located off U.S. Hwy 60 near Irvington. $54,900.

Owner finance available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222 BUILDING Lots in Milstead Estates, located near Flaherty in Hwy 144, city water available, streets will be paved “restricted to houses.” $29,900.

Owner finance available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222

Sporting

Yard Sale

GUN & KNIFE SHOW: June 23-24. Sat. 9-5 & Sun 9-4. Lexington, KY. Heritage Hall at Lexington Center.

430 Vine St. Info: (563)9278176, Kenny Woods Gun Shows Inc.

STREET YARD SALESeveral families participating.

Park and walk from house to house. Items too numerous to list. Blair Road 8:00 am June 28th.

Storage ABE’s Country Village Multi-Storage Sheds and Units, About all Sizes Clean, Easy Access from Dawn to Dusk

Truck Drivers

$$ CLASS A DRIVERS$$ Terminals in Clarksville, TN, Georgetown and Owensboro KY areas.

Flatbed and van freight, planned reloads. Excellent pay, benefits, and hometime. Call 866-417-7387.

DRIVER KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION would like to say HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all CDL drivers out there...as a trucking company, we understand hometime and making $$$.

Call Travis or Joyce. Let us make you successful! 888346-4639. 4 mos. OTR experience required. Owner ops: 800-437-5907. www. knighttrans.com.

DRIVER: OWNER Operators ONLY: Regional freight from Louisville. $1.20pm average! Home often & weekends. Plates available. NOT forced dispatch. Call Max at T&T! 1-800-511-0082.

1.5 ACRES with very nice doublewide home.

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, located off Hwy 79 near Irvington. $69,900.

Owner finance available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222

DRIVERS- ASAP! Drivers Needed! $1000+ Weekly. $0 Lease/ $1.20pm. Signon Bonus. CDL-A + 3 mos OTR 800-635-8669.

MOBILE HOME and land, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, good heat and air system, new floors, and carpet located in a private area near Midway off Hwy. 79 and 261. $39,900 Owner financing available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222.

LAND AND MOBILE Home near Midway.

A 16’ x 70’ home, 3 bedrooms, 2baths, very nice located off Hwy. 79 on Hwy. 261. $54,900. Owner financing available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222.

2 ACRE and Mobile home, off U.S. 60 and Thompson Lane, in Meade County, 2 bedrooms, one bath, city water, new floors, new paint, has refrigerator and stove, good heat and air system. $39,900 Owner financing available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222.

Resorts Rentals ST. GEORGE ISLAND, FL - Beach Vacation Rentals. Only company offering full Concierge Services.

Pet-friendly ANCHOR VACATIONS, LLC. Call 1-800-8240416 or visit www.

VacationsByAnchor.com.

DRIVERS: CLASS-A CDL Drivers Local Positions.

Some require Hazmat. (2 yr recent exp required) 502452-1098 www.abdrivers. com DRIVERS: DON’T JUST START YOUR CAREER, START IT RIGHT! Company sponsored CDL training in 3 weeks. Must be 21. Have CDL? Tuition reimbursement! CRST. 866917-2778.

REGIONAL FLATBED Drivers: NOW PAYING $.40/ mile!!! Earn $50,000 PLUS 6% Bonus! Home every weekend and 1-2 times per week!! Great benefits including 401K! 6 mo. t/t & Class-A CDL req’d. Wabash Valley Transportation, Inc. 800-246-6305 www. wvtonline.com SEMI-TRAILER Repair: Louisville Area.

Must have own hand tools. 40 Hrs/ week. Pay based on experience. 502-637-7627.

Yard Sales YARD SALE232 Groundview Dr. Brandenburg, off 144 Payneville. Boy clothes, TV stand, mower, too much to list! Friday, June 23 8am- ?, Sunday 8am-1pm.

YARD SALE- Rain or shine, June 22 & 23, 9 a.m. to ? at Battletown Fire Department.

Teen clothing and many more items. Call 497-4695 for information.

COMMUNITY BAPTIST Church - yard sale and car wash. Saturday, June 23, from 7 a.m. to ?.

Located on Hwy 1638.

UNLIMITED INTERNET ACCESS... $14.95 100 HOURS... $9.95

For more information or to sign up today...

Call 270.547.7580 or Email ispky@ispky.com Call Lora Beth today at 422-4542!

BLONDE LAB MIX. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Annual Meeting

2007 GOLDEN LAB MIX. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Monday, June 25 HALF GROWN CATS Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

MORE KITTENS!! Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

BEAGLE, 7 years old, female. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Breckinridge County High School Harned, KY

Show Your Team Spirit

Registration: 5:30 p.m. CDT 6:30 p.m. EDT Business meeting: 6:30 p.m. CDT 7:30 p.m. EDT

Featuring The Kingsmen Dave Cottrell

DALMATION, 4 years old, female. Named Gypsy. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

buckets and bulbs health screenings director elections BLACK AND WHITE KITTEN. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

door prizes refreshments local gospel group Heaven Sent

MOTHER AND KITTENS. Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

GO HOME this weekend!

Run regional! $.45/mile!

Home most weekends! Run close to home! Blue Cross/ Blue Shield! 401K! Heartland Express 1-800-441-4953 www.heartlandexpress.com NEW REGIONAL & OTR Positions now available in your area! New Equipment, Premium Pay Package, Great Benefits. Call 877484-3061 or visit us at www.oakleytransport.com

Friday, June 22, 2007

24 Hour Free Tech Support ✮ Free Spin Filtering Plus... Up to 3 Email Addresses for FREE!

#1 TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL. Training Drivers for England, Swift & Werner.

Dedicated Runs Available.

Starting Salary $50,000+ Home Weekends! 1-866458-3633.

DRIVER RECENT PAY INCREASE 43cpm to 47cpm.

Guaranteed Hometime, Company or Lease Purchase available, BC/BS, CDL-A and 6 months experience required 800-441-4271 ext. - KY100.

DOUBLE-WIDE Home Hobbs-Reesor Rd., 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, city water, 1.2 acres located off U.S. 60. $59,900.

Owner financing available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222.

Pets For Adoption

Travel DESTIN, FORT WALTON Beach, South Walton & Port St. Joe, Florida. Stay in beautiful beach homes, cottages and condos. Visit website. Reserve on-line! www.SouthernResorts.com 800-737-2322

Get More Bang For Your Advertising Buck!

BIG YARD SALE- 2820 Buckgrove Rd., off of 1638, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 1995 Ford F45 Super Duty, 1 ½ ton, six speed, brand new 460$5,000; 1987 Chevy Blazier, 4x4, $7,500.

Reasonably Priced 422-2282 Check us out!

2 TO 6 ACRE building lots in Farmington Estates, city water, paved roads, located off U.S. 60 on Fort Ave. (Hwy 1882) $24,900.

Owner finance available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222

MOBILE HOME near Irvington, 16’x 80’, on one acre of land, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, city water, located off U.S. Hwy. 60. $54,900. Owner financing available. www.kentucky-land. com 828-2222

Marketplace

2 YEAR OLD RED HOUND. Female. Call 4222064 to adopt me!

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Plus... you can reach more than 1 Million readers statewide for just $250!

Call 422-4542 to place your ad today!

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Friday, June 22, 2007

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Meade County Judge Executive, Harry Craycroft, has declared Meade County in an extremely dry state. He is putting a ban on all outdoor burning in Meade County until further notice.

The ban is to start June 20, 2007.

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THE NEWS STANDARD/ SHAY HILL

62 percent of kids out of shape Approximately one-third of boys and girls age 12 to 19 in the United States do not meet standards for physical fitness, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

The more physically fit a young person, the less likely he or she is to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels or a number of other risk factors for chronic diseases, according to background information in the article.

Between the 1950s and the 1980s, regular surveys of youth physical fitness were conducted in the United States.

An increasing proportion of children have become obese since the 1980s, which may be explained by a decrease in physical activity.

If so, it is likely that average physical fitness has also declined among youth in the same time period, since the last national survey.

Russell R. Pate, Ph.D., Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, and colleagues assessed the physical fitness of 3,287 in-

dividuals age 12 to 19 who participated in the government-conducted National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2002.

The participants were interviewed in their home and then visited a mobile examination center, where they performed a treadmill exercise test consisting of a two-minute warm-up, two three-minute periods of exercise and a two-minute cool-down.

During the test, researchers measured bloodpressure, heart rate and rate of perceived exertion, determined by asking participants to rate how hard they feel their bodies are working.

Heart rate readings during the three-minute periods of exercise were used to estimate maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), the amount of oxygen consumed by the body during maximum exertion; the higher the VO2max, the better the individual’s fitness level.

Estimated VO2max, and therefore physical fitness levels, were higher on average in males than in females and in youth of nor-

mal weight compared with overweight youth but were no different across racial or ethnic groups.

Older males were more physically fit than younger males, while the opposite was true for females.

Participants who reported more sedentary behavior, such as watching television or playing video games, and those who spent less time being physically active were more likely not to be physically fit.

Based on standards developed by experts and used by schools and school districts nationally, about 65 percent of youth met criteria for being physically fit. “This represents a significant public health problem because low physical fitness during adolescence tends to track into adulthood, and low-fit adults are at substantially increased risk for chronic disease morbidity [illness] and mortality [death],� the authors write.

Because active youth tend to be more physically fit, experts recommend that physicians counsel children and parents about guidelines for physical activity, they conclude.

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Friday, June 22, 2007

Basic archery instructors course offered today Submitted by Ronda Jordan-Elam There will be a Basic Archery Instructors Course held in Campbellsville at Crazy Horse Archery on Friday, June 22, 2007, beginning at 8 a.m. and concluding at about 4:30 p.m.

The National Archery in the Schools Program is a two-week PE and cross-curriculum in-school course designed to engage those students who may not have the motivation or ability to take part in regular school PE or sports activities.

It has been so successful that it has spread from Kentucky to nationwide and now internationally.

There are currently more than 600 schools and 250,000 students participat-

ing in Kentucky alone, and it is in the process of becoming a KHSAA sport.

Any participating school must have at least one qualified BAI. Listed below is some pertinent information that you might find helpful in preparing for the NASP Teaching a New Archer training course, hosted by Shawn Canada of Crazy Horse Archery.

that the school or district provide the check(s), and the tax ID documents will be provided.

If an individual pays by personal check or cash, then a receipt will be given.

•Please wear casual clothing with gym shoes.

Remember, extremely loose fitting tops or loose long hair might cause an obstruction with your bowstring.

Be ready to have fun!

free to call or e-mail Ronda Jordan-Elam.

Ronda Jordan-Elam Region II Coordinator Kentucky NASP 3888 Edmonton Road Tompkinsville, KY 42167 rjelam@mchsi.com Phone: 270-487-5323 (home), or 270-427-7456 (cell) TEACHING A NEW ARCHER

•The fee is $60 per participant with checks or P.O.’s made out to Ronda JordanElam, NASP. This will cover the cost for the training, instructor packet, certification card and instructional DVD.

•For further information on the NASP, please visit the NASP website at www.archeryintheschools. org, or the link from the KY Fish and Wildlife website at www.fw.ky.gov

Contents

•For school tax and budget purposes, it is preferable

If you need any additional information, please feel

Chapter 2 Safe Range Set Up

Chapter 1 Introduction Archery is fun, safe and can be enjoyed by all.

Purpose of this manual.

Evaluate the site & plan range lay-out Hang the backstop net or have deep safety zone Position target butts, range lines, bow racks, and quivers Chapter 3 String Bow Training Device Determine Dominant Eye Purpose & Making a String Bow Chapter 4 Steps to Archery Success Use String Bow to Teach Shot Form, Execution & Reflection Practice with Bows & Arrows Chapter 5 Individual & Coaching Skills Development

Coaching positions Positive Reinforcement & Feedback Disruptive students Chapter 6 Safety Orientation & Teaching a New Archer Operating a safe range Demonstrating the shot Supervising Initial Shooting & Pulling Arrows Chapter 7 Equipment Nomenclature & InspectionLearn the Names of Bow & Arrow Parts Inspect Bows & Arrows for Safety Chapter 8 Equipment Operation, Maintenance, & Repair Operation, Maintenance, and Repair of Bows & Arrows

SPORTS QUIZ

By Chris Richcreek 1. Name the last major-league position player to win a Rookie of the Year award without getting at least 300 at-bats for the season.

2. Between 2002 and 2005, there were only three major-league players who hit 50 homers in a season.

Name two of them.

3. When was the last time the top seed for each NFL conference met in the Super Bowl?

4. Name the first University of Illinois men’s basketball player to top 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds for his career.

5. In 2006-07, Colorado’s Paul Stastny set a rookie NHL mark for longest points-scoring stretch (20 games). Whose record did he break?

6. At which Olympics did Mike Conley Sr. win a gold medal, and in which event?

7. When Tiger Woods won the Buick Invitational in 2007 for the third consecutive time, it marked the fourth tournament he had won at least three consecutive years.

Name two of the other tournaments.

Answers 1. Willie McCovey had 192 at-bats for San Francisco in 1959.

2. Alex Rodriguez of Texas (57 homers) in 2002, Jim Thome of Cleveland (53) in 2002 and Andruw Jones of Atlanta (51) in 2005.

3. It was the 1993 season, when Dallas and Buffalo met in Super Bowl XXVIII. 4. James Augustine tallied 1,383 points and 1,023 rebounds while at Illinois (2002-06).

5. Winnipeg’s Teemu Selanne had a point in 17 consecutive games in 1992-93.

6. He won the triple jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona.

7. The Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill (2000-03), the Memorial Tournament (1999-2001) and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone (1999-2001). (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.

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