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NEWS...A3 School construction projects on schedule Even though the deadline is tight, school officials expect the majority of construction on new facilities, school to be ready in August. See page A3.

Committee meets about 31W traffic With a sudden boom of residents due to BRAC on the horizon, officials met in Radcliff to discuss ways to minimize traffic congestion on US 31W. See page A3.

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Study shows local businesses will have trouble competing with federal jobs By Charles L. Westmoreland editor@thenewsstandard.com ELIZABETHTOWN — An expected employment boom due to 1,400 civilian jobs moving to Fort Knox by 2011 could mean a bust for local businesses looking to expand during the next few years because of a lack of skilled workers, a recent study shows. A comprehensive labor study sponsored by the Lincoln Trail Area Development District’s (LTADD) Workforce Investment Board, showed that nearly 75 percent of businesses interviewed are considering

expansion during the next six months, but more than 70 percent of the 931 business owners interviewed were unaware of the impact the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) would have on their businesses. Dr. Richard Judy, of Workforce Associates, one of the three firms conducting the study, said during a July 10 community meeting at the State Theatre in Elizabethtown that the vacant positions with the Army’s Human Resources Command (HRC) could vacuum many skilled workers in the region, which includes Hardin, Meade, Breckinridge,

LaRue, Marion, Washington, Nelson, Grayson and Bullitt Counties. “It turns out this desire for growth will happen the same time the Army comes in,” Judy said. “Employers looking to grow will be in competition with the Army for talent.” The HRC is relocating to Fort Knox from Indianapolis, St. Louis and Washington D.C. as Fort Knox’s Armor Training Center prepares to find a new home at Fort Benning, Ga. According to statistics from past BRAC actions, only 25 to 30 percent of the employees filling those jobs will relocate to Fort Knox and surrounding areas. The result, said Judy, is employers will now have to compete with federal wages

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Gillispie blazing a trail at Kentucky

comply with state law and pay minimum wage workers the extra 70 cents. While paying workers higher wages could present problems for businesses, Pamida store manager Josh Butler said he actually holds high hopes for the benefits the hike in wages could have for his store’s profits. “I hope it increases my business,” he said. “If people have more money, they’re likely to spend more here.” Three high school employees at Ray’s Ford in Brandenburg

BRANDENBURG — The memories of the April 1974 F5 tornado in Brandenburg are still twisted around in the minds of residents. When those memories collided with the present and possibilities of another disaster in the future on Monday, Brandenburg City Council unanimously voted to sign a state-wide Emergency Mutual Aid Agreement to assist the city should a disaster like that occur again. “Years ago, it was never a problem to get assistance, but since about the mid-90s…the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is asking that you have a pre-established agreement with anyone you may want help from,” said Ron Dodson, the director of Meade County’s Emergency Management Agency. “Back in those days the agreements were all verbal, but there’s more liability today.” At this week’s City Council meeting, Dodson presented the council with the agreement and it agreed to sign the document. By signing the agreement, Brandenburg officials are willing to help other cities around the state who also have signed the agreement. In return, the other cities will help Brandenburg in the case of an emergency. Council member Ronnie Joyner said the council received information from Dodson prior to the meeting and were able to see the benefits the agreement would have for Brandenburg. “When Ron comes to the council, we know it’s important,” he said. “What’s important now is that we have assistance, if we need it.” FEMA did not exist when the 1974 tornado struck Brandenburg, but Joyner said the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did assist the community by placing full-sized trailers around the city for residents rendered homeless following the storm. FEMA was created in 1979 by former President Jimmy Carter. The agency encompasses many of the disaster-related agencies that existed before, including HUD. When disasters occur today, the government often provides assistance through FEMA, but the first call to action frequently comes from neighboring communities which lend a helping hand through the Emergency Mutual Aid Agreement. Dodson said the agreement lays out all of the stipulations to loaning out equipment and other assistance to cities and counties. “You have the right of refusal,” he said. “If you have some need for your loaned equipment, you can call it back.” He said when cities lend a hand to help places around Kentucky, Brandenburg will still have control over all its equipment. Municipalities that assist with disasters will also be reimbursed by FEMA. “You retain all of your rights to your stuff, and you also free yourself of reimbursement if something is damaged,” Dodson said. The agreement is a one-year contract and can be terminated following that one year, but Dodson feels confident that there would be no reason to back out. “It’s a win, win situation,” he said. “If you need something from Louisville or Owensboro, it’s just a phone call — if you have the agreement.” The members of Fiscal Court have resigned the agreement, which was originally signed several years ago. The agreement was still valid, but there is only one remaining member of the previous administration on Fiscal Court. Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said Fiscal Court agreed to re-sign the document because it was in the county’s best interest. “If we didn’t sign the document it would be hard to get help,” Craycroft said. “Other people will be able to help us out if something were to

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UK coach Billy Gillispie has the name “Kentucky” hot on the lips of recruits the nation over.

VIEWPOINTS...A4 Cherish the past, embrace the future With the changes BRAC will bring to the region, Meade County residents need to start embracing the changes and their potential new neighbors.

OBITUARIES...A5

AGRICULTURE...A7 Energy incentives approved The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee passed an energy bill aimed at boosting alternative and renewable energy resources across Kentucky.

FAITH...A9 All children are not the same Hyperactivity is not necessarily a symptom of A.D.D., particularly with young girls, and parents should not worry.

YOUTH...B9 Unsafe teens do have another option Youth Columnist Felicia Thompson looks at what teens can do if they are trapped in an unsafe home environment but are capable of taking care of themselves.

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and benefits that likely will rison Commander Col. Mark exceed what many local em- Needham said during a previous BRAC meeting. ployers can offer. But the higher-ranking BRAC is expected to bring soldiers enterabout 5,000 ing Fort Knox more people around 2009 to Fort Knox, Employers and the higher which breaks looking to grow paid civilian down to 3,112 to soldiers, 1,526 will be in com- employees follow shortly civilian workers and 371 petition with the after will mean spendcontractors. Army for talent more ing power in The major–Dr. Richard Judy, the region — ity of civilian Workforce Associates an estimated jobs moving $100 million to Fort Knox more, Judy will be in the fields of mathematics and said. “Those coming in are at computer science. With the Armor Training a much higher (pay) grade Center leaving, the vast ma- level than those leaving,” he jority of incoming soldiers said. “There will be a huge will be permanent party and See BRAC, A2 most will live off-post, Gar-

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All aboard! Kids had a blast riding the Children’s Car Train ride at Otter Creek Park on Saturday.

Otter Creek Park celebrates 70th birthday

n the luckiest day of the year, 7/7/07, hundreds of local residents spent their day of good fortune at Otter Creek Park to celebrate Summerfest and Threshing Days, which was held on the weekend of the park’s 70th birthday. The festival took place last Saturday and Sunday at the park, which has been open to the public for 70 years and is one of the oldest Louisville Metro Parks. There were car train rides, haystack treasure hunts and miniature tractor rides to captivate the young minds. But adults were not left stranded or unhappy with a country music performance and a car show on display. And if none of the events appealed to the senses, the summer sun and warm temperatures were something for everyone to enjoy. The days were filled with fun, sun and anticipation of Otter Creek Park’s next birthday bash. See more photos on A2.

Minimum wage, miminum impact By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com Uncle Sam will kindly tip his top hat to United States workers in two weeks when the federally-mandated minimum wage increase goes into effect. However, the mandated increase became active in Kentucky earlier this month, but it appears only a few local workers are actually reaping any benefits from the increase. “It’s a non-event for us here,” said Tim McGurk, Kroger’s Manager of Customer Relations for the Mid-South Division in Louisville, which oversees the Kroger store in Brandenburg. “Less than four percent of the hours worked at any of our stores are at the minimum wage level, so it will have very minimal impact on us.” Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a bill in March, which required all minimum wage workers to receive a 70-cent pay increase as of July 1, raising their pay to $5.85 per hour. According to the Governor’s Office for Policy Research, this first pay raise is expected to benefit about 200,000 workers state-wide and is the first of three increases that will take place over the next two years. Minimum wage workers will make $7.25 per hour when

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The state-mandated minimum wage increase gives Meade County High School student and minimum wage worker Kurt Benham a 70 cent raise co-oping as a mechanic in the repair shop at Ray’s Ford. The minimum wage increase went into effect July 1 and requires Kentucky businesses to pay workers at least $5.85 per hour. the three increases are complete in 2009. Kentucky, which ranks as the ninth poorest state in the nation, according to 2005 U.S. Census Bureau information based on the median income of state’s residents, last received a minimum wage increase in 1998. The minimum wage was raised from $4.75 to $5.15 per hour. A representative from the McDonald’s in Brandenburg declined to comment on how or if the increase in minimum wage would affect the business, but said the restaurant would

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Summerfest and Threshing Days

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Scott Smith checks out his 1971 Nova SS and makes sure it is in mint condition for the people walking around the car show last Saturday afternoon.

ABOVE: Dan Lowther, of Vine Grove, walks alongside his two-yearold granddaughter, Grace, as she braves the teetering plank.

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Anxious kids search through a massive haystack in search of trinkets and toys.

burst of purchasing power in the community.” The extra spending power in the region will give business owners a reason to celebrate, however, Jim Wheeler with Thomas P. Miller & Associates, one of the firms conducting the study, said business’s hiring plans will likely be “frustrated” when the Army begins recruiting employees for the job vacancies. He fears the military could “cream” the labor force of skilled workers but said the Workforce Investment Board is trying diligently to persuade current Army employees to relocate to cut back on the number of job vacancies. Brad Richardson, executive director of One Knox, the agency helping the LTADD prepare for BRAC, said the region needs to “extend the olive branch” to those contemplating relocation. “It’s important to reach out to the relocating Army organizations and encourage their workforce to make the move to Kentucky,” he said. “This will reduce the labor gap we are currently anticipating, but ultimately, it’s the local workforce that will have to step up to the plate.” The biggest concerns of those contemplating the move is the lack of cultural

diversity in the area — the Poole, the school system and region is 92 percent white its programs has been highlycompared to 70 to 75 percent praised from visiting soldiers white in cities where employ- along with Meade County’s ees considering relocation live spacious living. The Meade — a lack of public transporta- County School District also tion, concerns of not enough boasts the state’s first “intellihigh-paying jobs for spouses, gent classrooms,” which feaand a negative perception of tures some of the most higheducational opportunities in tech learning instruments anywhere in Kentucky. the region. Wendell Lawrence, execuThree focus groups consisting of residents from each tive director of the LTADD, county in the LTADD, includ- said the most recent study is just the ing Meade first step but County, were much more formed to work needs help find to be comsolutions to pleted. some of the “This problems. study idenAccording tifies areas to responses, we need to the groups work on, and suggested the regional marketing WIRED grant their commuwe just renities to curceived will rent civilian –Brad Richardson, help to fosemployees. One Knox Executive Director ter solutions Meade for ongoing County workforce Chamber of Commerce Director Russ development challenges,” he Powell and President Paul said. “We’ll use today’s meetPoole have been doing such ing and this study as the catasince winter as visiting sol- lyst to develop action teams to diers came to the area. The tackle these pressing issues. “The region has great potours offered by Powell include some of Meade Coun- tential, and building the ty’s finer amenities, includ- right workforce will ensure ing; Doe Valley, Doe Run the success of BRAC, while Inn, parks and a tour of the helping the region’s existing employers find the trained schools. According to previous workers they need to reach feedback from Powell and their goals.”

It’s important to reach out to the relocating Army organizations and encourage their workforce to make the move to Kentucky.

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School construction projects continue on schedule By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com Many students do not want to think of homework and tests, but school will be back in session soon. As the summer comes to a close, school construction around the district continues and most of the work should be complete by Aug. 14. “Rodney (Pickering) is busy at this time of year,” Superintendent Mitch Crump said during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. “But he’s on top of all the projects.” The district has undergone renovations at the high

school and the new elementary school. Pickering, the transportation, building and grounds director for the district, said the projects, which need to be used at the start of the school, should be ready in time. “The focus is on having the classrooms, offices, hallways and lobby area complete in time for the first day,” he said. Pickering said the new family and consumer science classrooms at the high school should be ready in time for the first day of school. At the new primary school, Pickering said the

office space is complete and the classrooms are 99 percent finished and should be ready soon. He also said the kitchen and cafeteria will be ready to feed the students on the first day. There are a few projects which are scheduled to be completed during the first week of school. Pickering said the media center should be finished around the first day of school, and the gymnasium should be ready around the second week of school. “It’s going to be tight, but we’ll get it all done,” he said.

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certification

Jennifer Hail, a fourth grade teacher at David T. Wilson, received a plaque from the Board of Education for earning her certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. “It was one of the most rigorous and challenging things I’ve ever done, but it was one of the best things,” Hail said. The certification process takes up to three years to finish and involves video tapes demonstrating teaching styles and students’ work sample. Applicants also must complete content

assessment tests. A team of no more than 12 teachers evaluates the information and issues a score based on what the teacher has accomplished. In order to be eligible for certification, an individual must possess a bachelor’s degree, have completed three full years of teaching and have a valid teaching license. Crump said Hail’s accomplishment is something to be

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Committee suggests improvements to decrease traffic near Fort Knox By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com RADCLIFF — As Fort Knox officials prepare for an influx of new personnel on post, the area gets set for an increased number of people on the roadways around the installation. The engineering company hired by the Radcliff/Elizabethtown Metropolitan Committee presented its recommendations for ways to handle the increased traffic flow around Fort Knox during a public meeting on Wednesday. “We don’t have a crystal ball to say exactly how the traffic and Fort Knox will affect Radcliff and Elizabethtown,” said Tom Creasey, an engineer from American Consulting Engineers, PLC, the company hired to conduct the Fort Knox Highway Access Study. “But we can look at the road conditions today and make predictions.” Engineers from the company presented alternatives to improve the traffic in the Fort Knox/Radcliff area, which is expected to become more congested as the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) continues. “We have already seen

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happen now.” Dodson said the state requires there to be an established agreement between any cities or counties that may be called upon during an emergency. However, signing the state-wide agreement is not required, but Muldraugh and Brandenburg have agreed to sign it. Dodson said he is working to get Ekron to also sign because the more cities involved the better. “If every city and county in the state would come on board, it would be a lot easier to transfer equipment to places without extra details,” he said. Dodson said events like Hurricane Katrina drove home the need for emergency management and state-wide agreements. He said prior to Katrina hitting, the New Orleans area opted to get rid of their emer-

an increase from last year,” said Brian Aldridge, a transportation engineer for the company. “The roadways need improvement because they are already overtaxed, even before the majority of the people are here.” The BRAC effort began in 2005 and will bring up to 5,000 new soldiers and civilians to Meade County and surrounding areas by 2011. The majority of the people are expected to relocate to Hardin County, but Meade County should receive a portion. Whether people choose to reside in Hardin or Meade Counties, Creasey said about 70 percent of the traffic will be along Dixie Highway, in front of the Army base, so most of the road improvement will occur in that area. “Even if the number of people locating changes, we haven’t seen anything that would change our assumption that the majority of the traffic coming into and out of Fort Knox will be from Dixie Highway,” Creasey said. The engineers presented costly options to solve the traffic issues, such as widening Brandenburg Station Road to four lanes, rede-

signing the interchange of Dixie Highway (US 31W) and Brandenburg Station Road, or improving the exit ramp merges from US 31W onto inbound Bullion Boulevard. Some of the less costly options presented were creating shuttle points from Elizabethtown and Louisville to minimize traffic on the road. “Many of the nearly 4,000 employees could park their cars this way and save money in gas,” Aldridge said. “It would also limit the vehicles driving onto base.” He said the Chaffee Avenue gate could also be reopened for truck use only, which would keep trucks from backing up traffic on Dixie Highway. Aldridge said there has been minimal communication with Fort Knox officials regarding the traffic issues near the base, but he said he hopes to hear from someone soon before proceeding. Aldridge said he could not estimate how much road improvements would cost, but funding could come from the federal or state governments, or any funding that might have been set aside for BRAC. He said he hopes to know more by the end of

gency management agency and replaced it with homeland security. Dodson said it probably took longer to get assistance there because such agreements were not in place. “There is a need for homeland security,” Dodson said, “but natural disasters happen a lot more than terrorism.” The Mutual Aid Agreement will allow cleans ups and other work to be started before FEMA comes in, but he said the agreement is beneficial whether or not the government is involved. “Work can be done before FEMA comes in,” Dodson said. “Even without a federal disaster, (the agreement) can only be an advantage.”

ing fences around pools. The city is looking to hire a building inspector who will establish further, more in-depth guidelines for pools. Council member Ronnie Joyner said the building inspector should be able to specify what is needed and expected of residential pools.

Residents required to put fences around pools

When residents go to city hall to apply for permits before building pools on their property, they will receive rules, which will include state requirements for build-

Fiscal Court unanimously approved on Tuesday for Garry Chapman to replace Bobby Hamilton on the Board of Appeals. He will serve a three-year-term.

Riverport funding request approved

Magistrates unanimously approved $4,000 to be paid to the Flint Group, which advises the Riverport Authority. The Riverport’s review is part of a new process by Fiscal Court to receive updates every other month. A

member of the Flint Group was not able to attend Fiscal Court.

COP gets car upgrade

Sheriff Butch Kerrick is swapping out one of his aged cruisers with the police car Brandenburg’s Citizens on Patrol drives. The old COP car will be auctioned off along with another old police car in the Sheriff’s Department.

Resolution signed to decrease speed limit

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City to decide where to build new waterline

The city of Brandenburg received funding from the $1 million water grant the county received a few months ago. Mayor David Pace said the two options for places to build the waterline are through the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park or down Highway 933. He said placing the waterline down Highway 933 would likely cost more than the amount allotted by Fiscal Court, but additional funding could possibly be found through the state. Pace said he should know by next month’s City Council meeting which route will be best.

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proud of and recognized by fellow educators. “She is a teacher leader, who other teachers could look up to,” he said. Hail said the experience is something she will take with her for the rest of her teaching career. “I’ve already looked back on what I’ve done in class, and I know what I’ll do different now,” she said. “It’s like having a little guy on my shoulder to remind me.”

to sign a resolution reducing the speed limit in Muldraugh. Fiscal Court voted unanimously to sign the resolution, which will be sent to the Department of Transportation in Elizabethtown.

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Cherish the past, embrace the future

n its own way, Meade County is distinctively unique with its rich history but it also is similar to many other rural communities in its residents’ fear of change. For many, Meade County is the only home they’ve ever known and quite a few residents have family lineages dating back more than 100 years here. They are accustomed to seeing the same people and doing things the same way. But change and the unknown factors acquainted with it can be scary to a community. And if change is scary, then what the Army’s Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) will bring to the area with 5,000 more civilians and soldiers, many of which will settle in Meade County, the magnitude of change can be downright terrifying to some. But change is a guaranteed thing, along with death and taxes. Following a series of meetings this week about BRAC, it is clearer than ever that the region, including Meade County, will undergo a transition in the coming years like it has never seen before. Regional growth is happening at a faster pace than the state and national average and will only increase. In Meade County, the “we don’t take kindly to outsiders” philosophy still exists, although not as prevalent as in the past. But more “outsiders” will be coming — and in spades. Don’t fight the change but instead embrace it. Don’t resent the newcomers because they don’t share your past; instead help them build a new future. Most importantly, help these weary travelers understand our community and its values so they too can take pride in being a part of the Greenwave Nation. Struggling against change is always a losing battle, but when you embrace change and the unknown, you can help give it shape and direction.

An extraordinary special session FRANKFORT — On Monday, July 9th, three days after Governor Fletcher called the General Assembly into Special Session, the state Senate in an overwhelmingly bipartisan manner passed the five bills on the Governor’s call. Senate Bill 1: Energy incentive package for a $3 billion coal-to-liquid or coal-to-natural gas plant with potential sites in Eastern and Western Kentucky. The building of the plant would create up to 2,000 construction jobs with up to 800 permanent on-site jobs. I was pleased to vote for this bill in committee, as well as on the Senate floor, as I have just recently been appointed to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. This plant will have a hugely significant economic impact notwithstanding the thousands of accompanying spin-off jobs and economic

development opportunities. already paid. Senate Bill 4: A pretrial Senate Bill 2: Appropriations bill that funds dozens diversion program for those charged with a felof projects, both veony and struggling toed and new ones. Carroll with drug addiction. As chairman of the Gibson Those who are orSenate Appropriadered into the protions and Revenue gram by the pretrial Committee, I can judge could, upon tell you that if the completion of the needed projects are program, re-enter not funded now, the normal society free construction costs of drugs and withwill escalate. Also, out the felony mark funds are included for a survey of the Legislative on their records. The bill would also construction needs of Update create a voluntary primary and secondintensive, secure ary schools throughtreatment program of at out the state. Senate Bill 3: Legislation least 200 beds for those who that will exempt all active have more serious addiction duty military pay, wheth- problems. Senate Bill 5: Limits state er from the standing U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves, or agencies and universities National Guard, from state from offering health insurincome tax. The bill would ance and other benefits be retroactive to January 1, to anyone other than em2007, allowing military fam- ployees’ immediate famiilies a refund on the portion lies. Among those who

could be included in such plans are spouses and children, whether natural born, adopted, those cared for through legal guardianship or custody, or stepchildren through marriage. Unfortunately, the state House of Representatives left Frankfort without considering any of these important issues. In accordance with Section 80 of the Constitution, the Governor has temporarily adjourned the General Assembly and called us back on July 30th. This gives the House time to consider returning to Frankfort and acting in a manner consistent with the Constitution in addressing the issues presented by the Governor and adjourning the extraordinary session. It is my hope that the House will see how Republicans and Democrats work together in the Senate and reach agreement with us on

Special session proves need for system of checks and balances FRANKFORT — Of all the wise decisions our founding fathers made more than two centuries ago, none was more ingenious than the system of checks and balances they established in our three branches of government. While each branch has some authority over the others, there are strict limits on what one can compel another to do. We saw a clear example of that in action last week, when the General Assembly was convened for a special legislative session to review more than five dozen items. Under Kentucky’s Constitution, the governor has the authority to bring legislators to Frankfort and define the issues to be discussed, but only the legislature can rule what changes, if any, should be made to the law. On Thursday, the Kentucky House of Representatives said that none of the Governor’s items at this time rise to a level that the Constitution says must be “extraordinary.” When Kentucky’s Constitution was written in 1891, the framers wanted to be

sure that these special ses- brief meeting with the Govsions were only called when ernor several weeks before there was not enough time to the official call was made wait until the next regularly on July 2, less than 72 hours before the House and scheduled legislaSenate were required tive session. Since the General Assembly Jeff Greer to meet. With no agreebegan meeting anment on what the nually earlier this session should be decade, the bar to about, much less meet that definition what should be became even higher. done, my colleagues We saw a textbook in the House and I example of how this felt strongly that we process should work just last summer, Legislative would be wasting taxpayer money by when the House of Update meeting potentially Representatives led for weeks on end in the way in correcting a tax burden many small search of a resolution. As businesses were facing. There important as many of these was agreement between the issues are, all can wait until legislative and executive the General Assembly rebranches on what should turns for its regular 60-day be accomplished before the legislative session in Janusession began, so it was no ary. It is critical to note that the surprise that we finished our business in five days, special session’s key issue — the minimum time it takes to promoting innovative uses of coal — has been widely pass a bill into law. Unfortunately, none of supported in the House, that pre-planning took place and will be again in 2008. this year. Although there had We want to see this resource been rumors for months that used in ways that could offa special session might be set some of our country’s called this spring or summer, dependence on foreign oil. The Commonwealth, of House leaders only had one

course, is well positioned in this regard, because we have only mined about a fifth of our known coal reserves. A lot of energy is beneath our feet, and as the technology to use it cleanly improves, it’s possible that in the nottoo-distant future, many of our vehicles and planes will run on Kentucky coal. This will not happen, though, without a lot of help from the federal government. Many companies are interested in traveling down this path, but they understandably want to know what Congress might do before they invest up to $4 billion for a plant that could be adversely affected by lower prices for conventional fuels, stricter pollution limits and the technical problems faced in sequestering thousands, if not millions, of tons of carbon dioxide if the coal-to-liquid process is used. That wait may be a while, since the U.S. Senate last month voted down amendments that would have gone a long way in this direction. The U.S. House, concerned about global warming, is not even planning to debate the

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Charles Vernon Anderson Charles Vernon Anderson, age 60, of Muldraugh, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2007. He was born on Tuesday, April 29, 1947, in Vine Grove, to the late Ceal and Norma Juanita (Bunger) Anderson. He was a C.B. Operator and a truck driver. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Helen Marie Anderson. He is survived by his loving wife, Sue Anderson, as well as: his children; Charles Vernon (Jody) Anderson, Jr. of Louisville; Charles Raymond (Kathy) Anderson of Louisville; Denise Ann Anderson of Muldraugh; Patrick Norman (Debbie) Anderson of Louisville; Russell Jerome Anderson of Portland, Ore.; Eric Aaron Anderson of Muldraugh; one sister, Ceal Ann Anderson of Portland, Ore.; one Brother, Jeffery Jerome (Dena) Anderson of Georgetown, IN; and 10 grandchildren. Visitation was held at Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home on Saturday, July 7, 2007. Cremation was chosen by the family. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the funeral home on behalf of the family.

James Robert Ashley James Robert Ashley, 46, of Vine Grove, died Thursday, July 05, 2007 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown. He was a member of Lakeside Worship Center in Elizabethtown and was employed with AGC Automotives Americas of Elizabethtown. He was preceded in death by a stepson, Marcus Cockerell. He is survived by his wife, Tonya Ashley of Vine Grove; four daughters, Bethany (Matthew) Brown of Leitchfield, Tabitha Ashley of Louisville, Jade Ashley of Leitchfield, and Naomi Ashley of Vine Grove; two sons, Dakota and Josiah Ashley both of Vine Grove; a stepson Jacob Cockerell of Owensboro; and his parents, James Ashley of Central City, and Jewell Peters, of Leitchfield. The Funeral was held on Monday, July 9, 2007 at Nelson-EdelenBennett Funeral Home, Vine Grove, with Pastor Charles Hinkley officiating. Burial was in the Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens in Elizabethtown. Visitation was held on Sunday and on Monday at the Funeral Home. The guest register may be signed at www.nebfh.com.

Donald “Duck” Bishoff Mr. Donald “Duck” Bishoff, age 76, of Brandenburg, died Thursday, July 5, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Bishoff was a lifelong member of Weldon Christian Church, the Eleventh Airborne Paratroopers, and an avid hunter, fisherman and musician who loved singing gospel and bluegrass music. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alpha and Zula Bishoff, and three sisters, Marilyn Thompson, Nina Allen and Carolyn Bishoff. Mr. Bishoff is survived by his wife, Loetta Fern Bennett Bishoff, seven children, Donald Ray (Mary) Bishoff, David (Kathy Benham) Bishoff, Cindy (Stanley) Turner, Perry Robbin (Shirley Shacklette) Bishoff, Ben (Jennifer) Bishoff, all of Brandenburg, Barbara Gayle (Phillip) Hardesty, Ekron, and Alice Gwen (Andy) Keys, Battletown, five sisters, Jeanette Burba, Louisville, Betty Bishoff, Annetta Mangrum, Shirley Powell, all of Brandenburg, and Alma Lambert, Radcliff, an uncle, Johathan Bishoff, Michigan, 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 8, from the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home with Reverend Gary True and Reverend Elmer Wheatley, officiating. Burial was in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery with military honors. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Weldon Christian Church Building Fund or Hospice of Central Kentucky. Online condolences may be made at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

Leonard Jerry Blount Leonard Jerry Blount, 75 of Radcliff, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at Woodland Terrace Health Care, Elizabethtown. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Jean Blount; parents; Eddie and Alma Blount; brothers; Martin, Billy and J. A. Blount; and a sister, Judy Kelly. Survivors include a brother, Edward Blount and his wife Dottie of Mobile, Alabama; three sisters, Barbara McDaniel and her husband William of Elizabethtown, Alma Montgomery and Connie Burke both of Radcliff; and an aunt, Opal Amick of Columbus, Ohio. A memorial service will be held 7:00 P.M Friday, July 13, 2007, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, Radcliff . Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Friday with a VFW service at 6 p.m. Cremation was chosen. The guest register may be signed at www.nebfh.com.

Mike Fleming Mike Fleming, 36, Ekron, died July 7, 2007, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Breckinridge County. He was born Jan. 2, 1971, the son of William “Bill” Fleming and Sandra Stone Fleming. Mr. Fleming is survived by his wife, Sonya Fleming; two sons, William Joe Fleming and Dillan Michael Fleming, Ekron; his parents, Bill and Sandy Fleming, Brandenburg; three brothers, Myron Keith Fleming, Matthew Houston Fleming and Chad Nicholas Fleming, all of Brandenburg; his grandmother, Loretta Jupin, Brandenburg; his mother-in-law, Lenora Johnson, Ekron; and a nephew, Devon Cole Fleming, Brandenburg. Funeral services were held on July 11 from the Ekron Baptist Church. Burial was in the Cap Anderson Cemetery, directed by Hager Funeral Home.Condolences may be left online at www.hagerfuneralhome. com.

William Herbert Mains, Sr. William Herbert Mains, Sr., 86, Vine Grove, died July 1, 2007, at his residence. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Valley View Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Mains, and two sisters, Ruby Helfinstine and Susan Helfinstine. Mr. Mains is survived by his wife, Tillie Mains, Vine Grove; three sons, Paul Joseph Mains, Centerville, Ohio, Eugene Mains, Punta Gorda, Fla., and William H. Mains Jr., Hillsboro, Ohio; a sister, Irene Naylor, Miamisburg, Ohio; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held July 3 at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Coffey & Chism Funeral Home, Vine Grove, with Reverend K. Christian Burton officiating. Burial was in the Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens. Condolences may be left online at www.coffeyandchism.com.

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her parents, Thomas and Flora Smith White. Mrs. Mudd is survived by three sons, Frank Mudd, Flaherty, Charles I. Mudd, Vine Grove, and Thomas “Jimmy” Mudd, Elizabethtown; a daughter, Martha Ann Klaus, Chicago, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held July 9 from St. Brigid Catholic Church, Vine Grove, with Reverend Dan Lincoln officiating. Burial was in the St. Brigid Cemetery, directed by Coffey and Chism Funeral Home, Vine Grove. Condolences may be left online at www.coffeyandchism.com.

Joseph Carl Sutton Mr. Joseph Carl Sutton, age 74, of Irvington, died Thursday, July 5, 2007, at Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Elizabethtown. He is survived by his wife, Ilkum Chai Sutton. Mr. Sutton requested cremation with no services. His remains were be scattered at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, Radcliff. Arrangements by Hager Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

Margie Jean Smith Slaughter Margie Jean Smith Slaughter, 67, Brandenburg, died June 28, 2007, at her home. She retired from Whirlpool in Evansville, Ind. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sherman and Mary Smith, and three brothers, Sherman Jr., Carter and Don. Mrs. Slaughter is survived by her husband, Carl Slaughter, Brandenburg; two sons, Jeff Richards and Tony Richards, both of Evansville, Ind.; three sisters, Louise Jenco, Florida, Bernice Halter, Colorado, and Alice Devers, Vincennes, Ind.; a brother, Richard Smith, Boonville, Ind.; a granddaughter, Miranda, Evansville; two great-grandchildren; nieces; and nephews. Funeral services were held July 2 from the chapel of Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home, Henderson, with Rev. David Mabrey officiating. Burial was in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Henderson. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Hospice and Palliative Care of Central Kentucky.

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SFC Brian Scott Reel SFC Brian Scott Reel was tragically taken from us at the young age of 42 on Monday, July 2, 2007. In addition to being an adored husband, and father, he was a highly decorated and respected NonCommissioned Officer in the United States Army, most recently stationed at Ft. Knox. SFC Reel served in many duty assignments throughout the world in his 19 ½ year military career to include three combat tours in Bosnia, Somalia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. SFC Reel received numerous military decorations including the Army Meritorious Service Medal, four Army Commendation Medals, eight Army Achievement Medals, five Army Good Conduct Medals, two National Defense Service Medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, one Armed Forces Service Medal, three NCO Professional Development Ribbons, one Army Service Ribbon, three Overseas Service Ribbons, one NATO Medal, one Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, one Global War on Terrorism Medal, and finally the Combat Action Badge. SFC Reel also attended several military schools with the most coveted being the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Master Gunner Course. His leaders, peers, and subordinates remember him most admirably by the actions he displayed on August 4th, 2004. SFC Reel showed exemplary leadership abilities when he assumed command of his platoon for two hours of sustained combat. SFC Reel suppressed an enemy missile position with his personal weapon after his machine gun malfunctioned. SFC Reel then demonstrated personal courage by placing his Stryker ATGM vehicle in the enemy line of fire to engage enemy positions while shielding two other Strykers that had been damaged in combat. He received the Army Commendation Medal with Valor for “valorous actions as a Stryker MGS Platoon Sergeant during an insurgent uprising in Mosul, Iraq. SFC Reel displayed great personal courage and exemplary leadership in the heat of battle and was instrumental to his platoon’s success during eight hours of sustained combat.” SFC Brian Reel is survived by his loving wife of six short years Carol E. Reel, their beloved dogs Gunner, Stryker and Molly, sons Jason Reel of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and Matthew Reel, who is serving in the United States Navy in Guam, his mother Nancy Collard and her husband Paul Collard of Pittsfield, Ill., his father Don Reel and his wife Pauline of Belton, Mo., brothers Doug & Mary Reel of Goodyear, Ariz., Brent & Cindy Reel of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark & Edie Reel of Kansas City, Mo., his nieces and nephews; Chris & Cathy Reel, Tina Reel, Paul and Jeff Reel, as well as numerous loved ones and friends.

Marquerite Norton Stith Marquerite Norton Stith, 86, of Louisville and formerly of Brandenburg, died Monday, July 9, at Hill Creek Manor. She was born in Irvington on August 14, 1920. She was the daughter of Charlie and Beatrice Bruner Norton. She was a Red Cross secretary for several years and had also been employed with the Meade County Board of Education. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Stith. She is survived by her daughter Sue Grawemeyer, Louisville, and two sisters, Marcella Parks and Dorothy Cart, both of Florida. Services were held Thursday, July 12, 2007 at Alexander Funeral Home. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Irvington.

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Summer visitors can strain your budget By David Uffington Dollars and Sense Summer’s here, and the visitors are coming. Having company can strain your budget unless you plan ahead. Whether it’s food or entertainment or fixing up the guest room, there are ways to save money and still have time to enjoy yourself.

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• Pizza and a movie -Have a party at home. Sign up temporarily at a video club or check your local video store for coupons or a membership. Call the pizza shops and ask about coupons, or cut them out of the newspaper. • Theme parks -- Check to see if there is a family pass that can save admission costs, or a discounted group rate for a crowd your size. • Borrow games from your friends, including board games, trivia and puzzles. • Stockpile craft materials (from the discount store) for the kids on rainy days. Have garden hoses and sprinklers ready for the kids for hot afternoons. • Check the paper and online community calendar for

free and low-cost entertainment in your area, such as outdoor concerts, zoo, museum, art shows and county fairs. • Plan a picnic in a park. Take along baseballs and bats, or even a badminton set.

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• Invest in new linens and bath towels from a discount store for your guest room. • Buy a selection of miniature shampoos, soaps and moisturizers for your guests, and keep them in an inexpensive basket. A little planning not only will help hold down expenses, but give you quality time with your guests as well. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475 or send e-mail to letters.kfws@hearstsc. com.

AT&T Kentucky brings 350 new jobs to Louisville FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Ernie Fletcher and Economic Development Cabinet Secretary John Hindman today announced the decision by AT&T Kentucky to establish a customer care center in Louisville, creating more than 350 jobs in the commonwealth. AT&T expects to invest $1.5 million to accommodate the additional employees and anticipates the new jobs will result in an annual payroll of around $10 million. “AT&T is a tremendous asset and valued business partner to Kentucky,” said Governor Fletcher. “The addition of hundreds of new jobs by this prestigious company in Louisville speaks volumes about the company’s confidence in our work force and business climate.” The new operation will consist of a 36,383 squarefoot customer care center within the company’s existing location on West Chestnut Street in downtown Louisville. “We are able to invest in Kentucky and bring these

jobs to Louisville because of the leadership of our governor, legislators, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Louisville Metro officials,” said Joan Coleman, AT&T Kentucky president. “We are very encouraged by the favorable business environment they have created for telecom investment and job expansion.” Employees in the new Louisville positions will assist AT&T High Speed Internet subscribers who need technical support for their service. The jobs are part of an initiative involving the relocation of customer service positions that had previously been outsourced. “These jobs are great for our city because they are high-tech,” said Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson. “AT&T customers will be calling Louisville to get help with their Internet needs. I applaud AT&T for investing in our city — and for bringing hundreds of jobs downtown.” “We are thrilled that AT&T will be expanding their lo-

cal operations and bringing so many quality jobs to our community,” said Joe Reagan, president and CEO, Greater Louisville Inc. - The Metro Chamber of Commerce. “AT&T has a rich history of being one of Louisville’s leading employers and valued corporate citizens and we look forward to supporting their continued success.” The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) preliminarily approved AT&T Kentucky for tax benefits up to $4 million under the Kentucky Jobs Development Act, an incentive program designed to increase service- and technology-related employment in the state. Company officials will begin hiring for the new positions in August. Prospective job candidates can apply online at www.att.com/gen/ careers?pid=1. A community profile for Jefferson County can be found at www.thinkkentucky.com/EDIS/cmnty/ index.aspx!cw=091.

Stumbo announces AOL settlement Attorney General Greg Stumbo today announced a settlement with AOL, one of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, requiring the company to make significant changes in honoring consumer cancellation requests and further ordering refunds for consumers. The settlement, known as an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, was filed by Kentucky and 47 other states as well as the District of Columbia, and resolves complaints in which consumers have alleged difficulty and confusion in attempting to cancel their AOL paid services. AOL formerly limited the methods available for consumers to cancel their accounts, and

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Senate approves energy incentives FRANKFORT — Energy incentives aimed at boosting alternative and renewable energy resources in Kentucky passed the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee without opposition today. “I haven’t seen anything this major come about since I’ve been in the legislature,” said committee chair Sen. Tom Jensen, R-London, after announcing the 9-0 vote. Among the provisions included in Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Sen. Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, are 80 percent credits on the income tax paid by workers at a coal-to-liquid, coal-tosynthetic natural gas, biofuel, or other alternative energy facility with a large-scale financial in-

vestment. There would be no minimum capital investment for wind, solar, or other renewable energy facilities. Such plants would also receive 80 percent credits on limited liability entity taxes, as well as 100 percent credit for construction materials purchased during the building phase. A rebate on the coal severance tax is also part of the bill, leading to concern that coal severance receipts, used for infrastructure in coal counties, could suffer. Stivers asserted that the alternative fuel facilities would increase the amount of coal being mined. “We’re going to open up a new market for coal that was previously unmineable,” he said, noting that even in a worst-case

scenario, the drop in severance tax receipts would pale in comparison to the spending brought on by the new facilities. Rick Bowen, an executive with Peabody Energy, told members that he would be very likely to recommend to his investors that a coal-to-synthetic natural gas be located in Kentucky within the next few months if the energy proposal were enacted into law. “This would definitely give Kentucky the first mover’s advantage over any other state,” he said. The SNG site is different than the coal-to-liquid facility that is also being studied, he noted. While a feasibility study is being conducted on the coalto-liquid plant thanks to matching funds from the state, he said,

the SNG site selection is much closer to a decision phase. In addition, the SNG facility is much less dependent on federal subsidies, making it much more likely in the near term. Another portion of SB 1 would create a scholarship fund to attract engineering students to the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. In return for money for school, students would commit to working in Kentucky for a certain number of years, making the scholarships similar to those for doctors and teachers. Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly, R-Springfield, noted that each plant would require nearly 30 engineers for daily operation.

Diminished wheat crop harvested By Laura Skillman UK Extension Service PRINCETON, Ky. — In case you blinked and missed it, Kentucky’s 2007 wheat harvest is pretty well finished. It didn’t take long, with a large chunk of the crop lost to an April freeze. The weather damage resulted in this year’s wheat crop being among the smallest in nearly three decades and caused millions in lost dollars to farmers. “This is a year all of us involved in wheat are going to be glad to have behind us,” said Chad Lee, grains crop

specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Last fall, 440,000 acres were planted in wheat of which about 360,000 were expected to be harvested for grain with the rest being used as cover crop, silage or hay. However, after the freeze, estimates are that only about 240,000 acres were harvested for grain, according to the June 29 crop acreage report issued by the Kentucky Field Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service. The rest was destroyed or cut for hay or silage, then replanted with

corn or soybeans. Wheat yields have been ranging from 30 bushels per acre to 70 bushels, Lee said. Much of the 70-bushel yields are being recorded in fields that sustained minor damage from the freeze. The 30-bushel yields, however, are somewhat higher than expected, Lee noted. These yields are coming from fields that had severely damaged stems where yields were expected to be even more severely reduced. Dry, hot weather after the freeze may have been a contributing factor to these fields yielding more than anticipated.

The damaged stems were able to stand and mature in the dry conditions whereas rain and wind would likely have knocked them over and ruined grain development, he said. In addition, there were little disease or insect problems going into harvest. Straw is an important secondary crop for some wheat growers and as a result of the diminished wheat crop, the amount of straw has also been greatly reduced. The overall amount and quality were hurt by the freeze and many people are actively looking for straw to purchase, Lee said.

Using corn fungicides in a dry season By Laura Skillman UK ExtensionService PRINCETON, Ky. — University of Kentucky plant pathologists say they continue to get questions on whether to treat cornfields with a foliar fungicide as a potential yield booster even in a dry year where disease problems are not prevalent. While in soybeans, there is evidence that certain strobilurin fungicides sometimes enhance yield even when diseases are not present at a level sufficient to affect yield, in corn, the research base to date is much more mixed, said Paul Vincelli, plant pathologist with the UK Cooperative Extension Service. “Most of the studies I’ve seen, including a number conducted in Kentucky, show no statistically significant improvement in yield from foliar fungicides applied to corn in trials when disease activity is minimal through grain fill,” he said. “This past week I obtained data from a neighboring state showing some field trials where a yield increase was observed from strobilurin fungicides when disease activity was low. However, these studies represent less

than half of the total number of studies I’ve reviewed. “Furthermore, only a fraction of the total number of trials I’ve reviewed showed yield increases that would more than pay for the cost of the application at $4 per bushel corn prices. In those cases where these yield increases occurred there was no common denominator that would allow one to predict whether a field would benefit by a fungicide application in the absence of disease. Finally, it should be noted that the use of fungicides for general yield enhancement, even though disease activity is below yield-threatening levels, probably increases the risk that fungicide resistance might eventually develop.” These products are excellent for controlling gray leaf spot and northern leaf blight, but incidences of these diseases are very low this year. Dry conditions are not conducive to the proliferation of these diseases. According to rainfall maps at the UK Ag Weather Center, counties west of Interstate 65 received substantial rainfall during the past week, as did other parts of the state, Vincelli noted. Cornfields

approaching and at tasseling benefited greatly from this rainfall, as silking is the most sensitive stage of corn to drought. Although it is not apparent how much yield loss may have already taken place in some fields, last week’s rains came at a critical time for many cornfields in western Kentucky and probably did little to “kick-start” diseases. “If there is no disease threat at tasseling, it seems to me, based on research I’ve done and seen from other states, that the threat to grain fill from these diseases is low, especially if the hybrid has some resistance,” he said. “I cannot predict what the conditions will be for the next eight weeks, but if you are not seeing disease at tasseling, it is likely to not be a major factor affecting yield.” Many questions remain about foliar fungicide use in corn, Vincelli said. But his best assessment is that routine spraying of cornfields doesn’t look advantageous for this year. Some fields might benefit, however, depending on how many of the risk factors are present. Risk factors include high-value specialty corn production, disease-

Commodities Kentuckanna Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY Market Report per CWT for Monday, July 9, 2007 Receipts: 640 head Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows: No trend. Slaughter Bulls: No trend. Feeder Steers: No trend. Feeder Heifers: No trend. Slaughter cows: % Lean Weight Breaker 75-80 1085-1715 Boner 80-85 910-1355 Lean 85-90 725-1000 Slaughter Bulls: Y.G. Weights Carcass Boning % 1 1685-2005 79-80 2 1115-2125 76-77 Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 Wt Range Price Range 200-300 120.00-135.00 300-400 120.00-126.50 400-500 112.00-125.50 500-600 101.00-110.50 600-700 96.00-104.50 700-800 92.50 800-900 83.50 Medium and Large 2 200-300 117.00-119.00 300-400 105.00-116.00 400-500 101.00-112.00 500-600 93.00-98.00 600-700 75.00 Small and Medium 1 400-500 83.00-87.00

Price 44.50-52.00 41.00-48.00 31.00-40.50 Price 60.00-63.50 51.50-59.50

Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1-2 200-300 93.00-102.00 300-400 98.00-109.50 400-500 96.00-107.75 500-600 95.00-105.50 600-700 88.00-96.00 Medium and Large 2 300-400 89.00-96.00 400-500 86.00-99.00 500-600 89.50-94.50 600-700 83.00-85.50 Small and Medium 1 400-500 83.00

Stock Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Cows 5-9 years old and 4-8 months bred 525.00-630.00/head Stock Cows and Calves: Cows 5-9 years old with 100-200lb calves at side 585.000-800.00/pair Cows 5-7 years old with 300-420lb calves at side 910.00-1125.00/pair

Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1-2 300-400 109.00-113.00 400-500 109.00-116.50 500-600 95.50-103.50 600-700 90.00-100.50 700-800 83.50-85.00 800-900 82.00 Medium and Large 2 300-400 106.00 400-500 90.00-101.50 500-600 88.00-97.00 600-700 86.00

Baby Calves: Beef bred 150.00-250.00/head Weaned 190.00-215/head Owensboro Grains-Owensboro Market Report per bushel for Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Soybeans 8.31 Corn 3.45

favorable weather, disease activity at tasseling, irrigation, high yield potential, late planting, no-till production, continuous corn production and susceptible hybrids.

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Benefit Auction For cancer patient William Barnes July 14th at 3pm • Wolf Creek Firehouse Everyone welcome and asked to bring a friend. Something for everyone. Signs will be posted. Auctioneer: Roy Butler Pat Curl: 497-4373 • Kathy Carden: 497-4413

Homer and Peggy Geary Homer and Peggy Geary of Brandenburg, KY will celebrate 50 years of marriage July 15, 2007. They were married on July 20, 1957 in Indiana. They are the parents of Greg Geary of Bardstown and Dean Geary of Nicholasville. They are the proud grandparents of Rachel, Kerry, Samantha and Deanne Geary; and Garrett and Matthew Woods. The happy couple will celebrate the event at Doe Valley Swim and Tennis Club from 3 – 6 p.m., All friends and family are welcome and encouraged to stop by for a visit. No gifts needed, just your attendance to help us celebrate this special occasion.

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Constance Mucker Brandenburg’s Constance Mucker, right, one of the new Georgetown College President’s Ambassadors for 200708, was photographed at a recent luncheon at the school’s Thomas & King Conference Center with her family and President Bill Crouch. The others are her mother, Charlotte Shepard, second from left; grandmother Johnetta Mucker, and sister Katheryn Mucker, a senior. Connie, a Biology major with a French minor, is one of 23 President’s Ambassadors who will represent the college at numerous official functions, as well as serve as liaison between Dr. Crouch and the student body for the next two years. (Paul Atkinson/Rockledge Photography)

Bruce Robertson Bruce Robertson, of Webster, graduated from Western Kentucky University. During its 161st Commencement on May 12th at Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, WKU presented degrees to 1,817 students who completed their degree programs. Bruce earned a Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Social and Behavior Sciences, Cum Laude. Students who graduated Cum Laude had a cumulative Western Kentucky University grade point averages of 3.40 - 3.59. Bruce had a final grade point average of 3.52. Bruce is a retired Command Sergeant Major from the Kentucky Army National Guard and is married to his wife, Rhonda.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Friday, July 13 •The Meade County Museum and Arts Council and St. Nicholas Academy will host an archeological dig/day camp July 13th through the 16th in cooperation with University of Kentucky and University of Louisville. Open to students in grades 6-12. For registration information, call (270) 422-7995. Saturday, July 14 •Climb Aboard! 1:00p.m. Riverfront Park. See up close a fire truck, police cars, back hoe, front end loader, ambulance, motorcycles and much, much more! Free! •Stillboard Benefit Shoot for Dale Vessels on July 14, 2007, at 1:00 eastern time at the Yellow Bank Sportsman Club. For more information please call 668-1050. •Benefit Auction- July 14 at 3p.m. for cancer patient William Barnes at the Wolf Creek Fire House. For more information please call Pat Curl at 4974373 or Kathy Carden at 497-4413. •First Christian Church “Support Group for Blind and Vision Impaired”, 34 N. Mulberry, 2-4 p.m. Monday, July 16 •Vacation Bible School: Payneville Baptist Church July 16- July 20 6:30pm-8:30pm, 4 years - 6th grade. •Free Bluegrass & old-time music jam every Monday from 6p.m. till 10p.m. at the Vine Grove Optimist Park on Knox Blvd. Come to play or listen. Open to the public. No amplifiers or alcohol allowed. For more information call Donna Broadway at 877-2422. •Meade County High School Boy’s Soccer tryouts for students enrolled 9th-12th grade for upcoming year. Tryouts run July 16th-20th in the practice field behind the Board of Education. Mon.-Fri. 9:00a.m. until 11:30. Tues. - Wed. 7:00a until 8:30. Must have a completed physical to tryout!! For

more information contact Coach Matt Pollock at 422-3739. Tuesday, July 17 •“Dinner and a Movie” at noon in the Library Annex. The movie being shown is “Ghost Rider.” Open to teenagers 11- 18. For more information call the Meade County Public Library at 422-2094. •WMU Quarterly Meeting- The Quarterly Salem Associational WMU Meeting at 10:00 a.m. with Muldraugh Baptist Church hosting. Bring a covered dish for lunch. •Meade County Association of Retarded Citizens meets at 7:30p.m. at the MARC workshop. For more information please call 422-5335 or 8632476. Thursday, July 19 •Teens ages 11 to 18, are you dying to bust a move? Go on over to the library at 3p.m. and step onto the pad and dance away! •Chapter # 1512 of NARFE, National Association of Retired and Active Federal Employees, will meet at Brandenburg United Methodist Church at noon. We will have our annual July dinner together. Bring a dish and a friend. For more information call Billie at 422-2557. •Civil War Days Committee Meeting. For more information call the Meade County Public Library at 270-4222094. Flaherty Elementary SBDM Meeting. Special meeting called, 10:00a.m. The Flaherty SBDM Committee will meet to discuss personnel issues and other specific items on the agenda. Friday, July 20 •Harry Potter Movie Bash!! Starts at 2:00p.m. Welcome to all ages!! Showing “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” rate PG-13.

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In a beautiful wedding ceremony at Buck Grove Baptist Church at five thirty in the evening on September 30, 2006, Miss Melanie Frances Prather became the bride of Mr. Jeffrey Alan Crady. Ms. Sharon Hatfield, a friend of the bride, presided at the baby grand piano and the vocalist, Miss Lindsey Ruschival, a friend of the bride and groom, sang “He’s Always Been Faithful,” “Broken Things,” and “Thy Mercy.” During the seating of the families, the bride’s grandmothers were escorted into the ceremony by the bride’s brother, Mr. Robert Ashley Prather, while the song, “Always” was performed by the vocalist. This song was also performed thirty years ago at the bride’s parent’s wedding. At the first notes of the song, “As the Deer,” Rev. Steve Hussung, officiating minister, appeared at the front of the church alongside the groom and the groomsmen and awaited the wedding party. Mr. Crady was attended by a long-time friend, Mr. Stewart Harris, as best man. Mr. John Hutcherson, Mr. Justin Comer, Mr. Andy Burress, Mr. Dewayne Fallen, Mr. Derek Hottell, and Mr. Josh Reed, presided as groomsmen. Assisting with the seating of the guests were ushers, Mr. Ross Engle, Mr. Thomas Engle and Mr. Kyle Neagle, tennis students of the groom. For her attendants, Miss Prather chose her college and childhood friends, Miss Elizabeth Thompson, maid of honor; bridesmaids, Mrs. Amanda Brainard, Mrs. Rachel Comer, Mrs. Katie Dendy, Mrs. Sabrina Pate, Mrs. April Mobley and Miss Lauren Schupp. The bride’s attendants wore clover green satin tea length strapless dresses accented with empire waste chiffon sashes. As each of the attendants came slowly down the middle aisle of the church, they each carried deep fuchsia alstomeria and mauve pink garden rose bouquets exclusively hand-tied by the bride. Before the arrival of the bride, the flower girl, Miss Halle Jo Mullenix and the ring bearer, Master William Medley Corum, cousins of the bride, presented the blanket of white rose petals and golden rings. Miss Mullenix’s dress was of tea length white organza, and the bodice was smocked with green and pink embroidered stitching. Master Corum wore a Strasburg white organza button-on short set with satin trim on the collar, cuffs and down the front. The bride entered on the arm of her father to the strains of Lohengren’s Bridal March, and was lovely in a traditional white satin princess style cathedral-length gown with a tulle overlay of crystals and pearls. The elbow length veil, designed by the bride’s mother, which fell from a pearl and crystal tiara, softly flowed over the scoop neckline and the lace-scalloped sleeves of the gown. Miss Prather carried a bouquet of deep fuchsia alstromerias and mauve pink garden roses, accented with green hypericum berries and pink wax flowers, all delicately hand-tied with braided satin fuchsia and green ribbon. The double-ring ceremony was used, and additionally the reading of scriptures from Philippians, Ephesians and the Song of Solomon, which was presented by Miss Rebecca Saindon, friend of the bride and groom. The hymns, “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go,” and “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” were reverently sung by the congregation. Immediately after the pronouncement and the presentation of the couple, the procession left the church to the strains of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March. Following the ceremony, the couple was celebrated with a shower of pink eco-friendly confetti and was chauffeured by Mr. Dwayne Burnett to the reception in a beautifully restored 1938 Studebaker. Attendants to the guest book and programs, and the presenting of the confetti were Miss Shawna McCoy, Miss Emily Schupp and Miss Sheila Drake, friends of the bride and groom. A wedding dinner and reception was held for approximately 225 guests at the St. John’s Parish Center in Brandenburg, Kentucky. For their reception, Mr. and Mrs. Crady chose the theme, “Dancing in the Streets,” which replicated a romantic city street that included five individually decorated and uniquely themed restaurants named -- “Jeff and Mel’s Bistro,” “Jeff’s Sidewalk Café,” “Melly’s Deli,” “Moments to Remember,” and “Union Square Restaurante.” The parish center was distinctively decorated by Simply Elegant Designs by Jettie. The Stone Hearth Restaurant of Elizabethtown, Kentucky catered the delicious full dinner buffet meal. The groom’s cake was prepared by the bride, and to complete the wedding dinner, the traditional wedding cake and family “specialty” cakes were served. The couple honeymooned at “The Anchorage,” by the sea, in Ogunquit, Maine and currently resides near Sonora, Kentucky. The bride is the daughter of Tony and Karen Prather of the Buck Grove Community and the granddaughter of Ray and Marian Bennett and Evelyn Prather and the late Russell Prather. The groom is the son of Larry and Shirley Crady of White City, Kentucky and the grandson of the late A.D and Opal Pike and the late Morris and Wanda Crady. .

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Faith & Values

Not all ADD kids are hyper QUESTION: My daughter has some of the symptoms commonly associated with attention deficit disorder, but she is a very quiet child. Are some ADD kids withdrawn and sedate? DR. DOBSON: Yes. ADD is not always associated with hyperactivity, especially in girls. Some of them are “dreamy” and detached. Regrettably, they are sometimes called “airheads” or “space cadets.” Such a child can sit looking at a book for 45 minutes without reading a word. One teacher told me about a girl in her class who would lose every article of clothing that wasn’t hooked to her body. Nearly every day, the teacher would send this child back to the

playground to retrieve her sweater or coat, only to have her return 15 minutes later without it. She had forgotten what she went after. A boy or girl with that kind of distractibility would find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get home night after night with books and assignments written down, and then to complete the work and return it the next morning. Frankly, the “far away” child worries me more than the one who is excessively active. She may be seen as a good little girl who just isn’t very bright, while the trouble-maker is more likely to get the help he needs. He’s too irritating to ignore. Those who are hyperac-

tive and those who are not insatiable need for mental have one characteristic in stimulation during every common. It is distractibility. waking moment. The moment they become Even though they flit from one thing to an- Focus on bored with what are doing, they other, the name “atthe family they dash off in search tention deficit disof the next exciting order” is not quite possibility. on target. It’s better One father told me than the old term, about his 4-year-old “minimal brain damson with ADD. He age,” but there is said, “If you let that also misinformation kid get bored, you in the current desdeserve what he’s ignation. The probJames going to do to you.” lem is not that these Dobson That applies to milchildren have a short lions of children. attention span. At Dr. Dobson is founder and times, they can become lost in something that greatly chairman of the board of the interests them to the point nonprofit organization Focus that they aren’t aware of on the Family, P.O. Box 444, anything going on around Colorado Springs, CO. 80903; them. Instead, they have an or www.family.org.

Sometimes we already know the answer There was a strong heavy wind, then an earthquake, then a fire, but the Lord was not in them. Then the Lord spoke in a tiny whispering sound. —I Kings 19:11-13 Both in the counseling I have done and in the counseling I been through myself, it often seems that we already know down deep somewhere what we need to do, but all the external noise drowns out that wise “tiny whispering” voice in our own hearts. All the counselor seems to do is encourage us listen to that wise, but tiny whispering voice — God’s voice — which leads us where we need to go. Let me give you an example from my own life. After 14 years of being pastor of our cathedral, I found that my body was experiencing unexplained rashes, my

sleep was being interrupt- ing of others. Those who reed and I continually felt port a “breakthrough” are exhausted and could not those who knew the answer rally like I had always done all along. I call that moment when they can hear in the past. I thought I was going crazy. I Encouraging that tiny whispering voice in their decided to go see a Words own hearts, the “ah counselor. ha” experience. After many hunGod is guiding dreds of dollars and each one of us with hours of talking, a tiny whispering something came out voice. The probof my mouth that lem is not whether surprised even me. God is speaking to I said to the counus, but whether we selor, not being very Ronald can hear it above all serious, “Well, mayKnott the other screaming be it’s time for me to voices within us and leave the cathedral!” around us that keep When I said that, the counselor was quick to drowning it out. Today, a whole generation point out that I had sighed deeply and slumped back of young people is living into the chair. I had my an- with noisy, outside, brainswer and it was there all washing voices pumped along. I just couldn’t hear into their ears from the time they get up to the time it. I have found this to be they go to bed through cell true as well in my counsel- phones, headsets and huge

car speakers that rattle windows for blocks around. Some even sleep with music lyrics and TV chatter in the background. Why am I so surprised by the number of 30-yearolds that I meet who still have no idea what to do with their lives? Maybe it’s because they have never given themselves the opportunity to hear that wise voice in their own hearts that says, in the words of Isaiah, “This is the way, walk in it.” At our baptisms and confirmations, we were made temples of the Holy Spirit. Among the gifts of the Spirit are wisdom, understanding, knowledge and counsel. Deep within us this treasure chest of “answers” and “solutions” awaits our discovery. The access code is “silence.” We are much smarter than we realize.

Humans are the ‘crown of all creation’ “So God created man in to know and to fellowship his own image, in the image with a holy God. From our emotional makeof God he created him; male up to the fact that and female he creeach and every one ated them.” (Genesis Divine of us has a spirit, it is 1:27) Imagine God care- Guidance clear that you and I have been created to fully digging his walk with God. From fingers into the soft Genesis to Revelaclay; the Creator of tion, God’s heart is all began to fashion repeatedly unveiled, what would become for he wants to bring the crown of all creus into his ultimate ation. Uniquely fashpurpose for our ioned and intricately Dan lives. crafted, humans Newton Imagine what it would be created in must have been like His very image. Alfor Adam and Eve to though there would be many purposes for their walk with God every evelives, one purpose would ning in the garden. Not satisstand out among them all: fied with being their Creator humans would be designed and Lord, God also chose

to be their friend. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to fellowship with God before the terrible fall of man. What did his face look like? How did his voice sound? What color was his hair and eyes? After the fall, God continued to reach out in fellowship and friendship to his people. Abraham was called his friend. Moses walked in an amazing intimacy with Him. Even more extraordinary is the fact that God’s heart to fellowship with his people is not limited to the great leaders of Scriptures; ordinary people like you and me can taste the joy and blessing of deep fellowship with God.

The salvation of a guy named Joe As a church pastor I have witnessed many times the power of God to bring about change in a person’s life, even those who some may think impossible for them to change. This is the story of a man named Joe. Joe was a drunk who was marvelously saved and converted to a Christian at a mission in New York. Prior to his conversion he had gained a reputation among family and friends as being a drunk, someone who was dirty and smelly and lived mostly on the streets and wandered from mission to mission; someone who there seemed to be no hope for. But following his conversion, everything changed. Joe became one of the most caring people that others associated with the mission system had ever known. Joe now spent most of his life at the missions caring for others, doing whatever needed to be done. There wasn’t anything that he was asked to do that he considered beneath him. Whether it was cleaning up the vomit from a sick drunk or scrubbing the toilets, Joe did what was asked with a smile on his face. He could be counted on to take care

God had brought about a of the drunken and homeless men who wondered in change so dramatic in Joe’s from the streets and into the life that others noticed and wanted to be like missions. He would Pastor’s him. feed them and then What about you? tuck them into an Spotlight Do you have enough available bed, many of Jesus in your life of whom were unthat others want to able to take care of be like you? Jesus themselves. said that a light set One night when on a hill cannot be the mission director hid. You may be was giving a sermon the only Bible that to the usual crowd of someone else reads. half-drunken men, Randy one of them came Johnson Can they see Jesus in you? If your life forward and began doesn’t speak for itto pray, crying out loud “God, make me like self, you don’t have much Joe; help me change, make else to say. Randy Johnson is the revme like Joe.” The mission director told erend of the Brandenburg the man “Son, don’t you Church of God ande also hosts mean make you like Jesus?” a radio show on WMMG from The half-drunken man 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday. said, “Is he like Joe?”

Jesus told his disciples if they would learn to obey him, they would not just be his servants, but they would be his friends (John 15:14– 15). Jesus offers us the same friendship today. As we settle the issue of his lordship in our lives and learn to embrace the disciplines involved in seeking his face, he will bring us unto a new place of intimacy and fellowship with him. Remember, attend the church of your choice this Sunday. If you don’t have a church home, visit with us at Grace Baptist Church this Sunday. Reverend Dan Newton is the pastor of Grace Baptist Church.

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1. Is the book of 2 Revelation in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. The Apocrypha is a group of writings found in whose versions of the Old Testament? Catholic, Jewish, Machiavellian, Pagan 3. From John 20, what person’s last recorded words in Scripture were “My Lord and my God”? Samson, Matthew, Thomas, David 4. Which Psalm begins, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”? 1, 11, 23, 50 5. Who wrote the first five books of the Old Testament? Peter, Abraham, Luke, Moses 6. What’s the longest book of the New Testament? Luke, John, Acts, Romans

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DeRossett impresses at region showcase By Shaun T. Cox sports@thenewsstandard.com MCHS junior-to-be Mikie DeRossett participated in a baseball showcase where he apparently got to show off his diamond skills for a number of college coaches this week. The 2007 Kentucky Super-Regional High School Baseball Showcase, in its second year, was held at John Hardin High School’s baseball park in Elizabethtown and college coaches from 10 universities were on hand to instruct and give advice about what it takes to play on the next level. Coach John Davis, who has 16 years of high school baseball coaching experience, is the organizer and he said DeRossett did well for himself. “I thought his performance was very solid,” he said. “All in all I thought it was a great showcase for him. He should have batted once more but pitching-wise he was solid. He was playing short-

stop and he initiated an excellent double play in the last inning. It was a ball hit sharply toward him at second base and he moved over, scooped it up and made an off-balance throw to avoid the slide and the first baseman got the double play. That really accented his physical ability.” Davis said he thought DeRossett really turned some heads with his natural instincts. “Those baseball instincts, you can’t really coach that. That’s something you refine over time because it’s a natural God-given talent,” he said. “He’s not only a pretty decent pitcher, he’s a good solid baseball player and I think he’s got some clear upside potential and he raised some eyebrows. “In talking to the college coaches, I think Mikie has a really good chance of playing at a good program somewhere. My feeling is that if you start for your varsity high school team, I believe there is a

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Meade County kids cowboy up: ABOVE: 11-year-old Justin Ray makes the turn on his horse Buster in the Junior Riders divsion of the Pony Barrel Race during the 2007 State 4-H Horse Show at the Kentucky State Fair & Exposition Center in Louisville. About 20 kids from the county competed during the state’s largest 4-H horse show of each year. Check next week’s sports section for the full list of official show results.

Drivers not playing nice in NASCAR, IRL DAYTONA BEACH — stopped for no reason right Those auto racing fans who in the middle of Turn 4,” the like a little controversy and always outspoken Stewart said. “I’m sure he browbeating certainwas getting tight bely got their share in Buddy cause for three laps in the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Indy Rac- Shacklette a row we were catching him through the ing League Indycenter and the exit Car Series races last of the corner. All of a weekend. sudden he just stops On Saturday night on the exit of (Turn) in the Pepsi 400 at 4 in front of 42 cars Daytona Internationand I guess expects al Speedway, things NASCAR all of us to drive got off to an interestaround him. I don’t ing start when the front running cars of Denny know. It’s tore up two really Hamlin and Tony Stewart good race cars. He tried to got together in the tri-oval on crash us on Friday in practice and didn’t get it done so Lap 14 of the 160-lap event. Accidents happen but they he finished it off today. He’s don’t often involve a pair of a young guy and he wants teammates, up front with to be successful, but I don’t cars both capable of winning know if he knows the definithe race — and that early, no tion of ‘team’ right now.” Stewart was likely talking less. “The No. 11 (Hamlin) just out of frustration.

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Jamie McMurray (26) edges Kyle Busch (5) in last weekend’s Nextell Cup race in Daytona Beach Florida. He hasn’t won this season, while Hamlin won the week before at New Hampshire and is well on his way to a second straight trip into The Chase. Stewart fell short of the top-10 last fall. “It really doesn’t matter either way who (wrecks me) whether it’s him or somebody else but I hope he don’t

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The Meade County High School cross country team was the first fall sports team to begin practice just after the deadline at midnight on Monday. The team ran a two-minute time trial before spending the night in the gym at James R. Allen. During the lock-in, the team discussed its goals for the upcoming season while eating pizza, before spending the night playing basketball and watching movies. At 8:30 a.m., the team ran another two miles.

Gillispie blazing a trail It’s music to Cat fans’ ears. For the first time in a long time Kentucky is it. Kentucky is now. New coach Billy Gillispie is blazing a recruiting trail across the US of A and recruits — top recruits, mind you — are falling all over themselves to play for Big Blue U. Since taking over Shaun T. one of the Cox most highprofile jobs in college basketball — just more than three months ago — Gillispie has signed or gotten Good Call a verbal commitment from six players and “Kentucky” is hot on the lips of recruits and recruiting gurus everywhere. For this coming season — which oh-so-many people can’t wait for to begin — Gillispie persuaded five-star 6-8 forward Patrick Patterson, a McDonald’s All-American, and four-star 6-5 guard Alex Legion, a Parade All-American, to become Wildcats. Next year, five-star 6-6 point-forward DeAndre Liggins will arrive. In 2009, three-star 6-0 guard G.J. Vilarino, the first of Gillispie’s kittens to sign, will make his debut. And all the way down the line in 2010, five-star 6-1 guard K.C. Ross-Miller and five-star 6-8 forward Dakotah Euton, an Ashland, Ky., native, will take the court for coach Clyde and the blue and white. For those of you scoring at home, that’s 27 stars and counting over the next four years and from everything we’ve seen thus far, Gillispie is just getting started. Tubby Smith’s last great class was in 2004 — the Ramel Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Joe Crawford and Randolph Morris group. In Tubby’s last couple of years at UK, he was only able to bring in 28 stars — for 11 total players — combined, counting incoming freshmen A.J. Stewart (6-7, three-stars) and Mike Williams (7-0, two-stars). Of all those players, only Jodie Meeks has true “star” potential. Granted, just because a player has this many or that many stars doesn’t mean they are all going to be AllAmerica players at the collegiate level. But, Cat fans are giddy anyway over the way top-tier recruits are flocking to and talking about UK. “That’s the way it should be,” they say. UK was becoming an afterthought on the recruiting trail while its greatest rivals were steadily bringing in the big guns. Even players like Brandan Wright — a self-professed life-long Kentucky fan from Tennessee — spurned the Cats to be a Tar Heel, and now a Golden State Warrior. The feeling among top

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program out there somewhere for you at the college level. You just have to find it. He’s got plenty of potential in terms of time left to grow and improve his game.” DeRossett, who went 1-2 with a walk at the plate during Wednesday’s game, said pitching is what he likes to do best. “I played left field, shortstop and pitched, but I was most comfortable pitching,” he said. “I really want to pitch and that’s kind of my dream. But they told me to work on other positions, too, because I have good speed.” Out of 29 campers, DeRossett ran second in the 60-yard dash with a time of 6.9 seconds. DeRossett said he really enjoyed the camp and learned some things that will undoubtedly improve his game. “I learned a lot of beneficial

stuff from the coaches and the college coaches,” he said. “They talked a lot about the NCAA clearinghouse and how to get started on going to college —as far as getting a hold of coaches and talking to them about their schools. “I got to showcase my abilities and let them see what I can do, how I play. I learned some stuff that I didn’t know I was doing from one of the Louisville scouts and he really helped me out with my mechanics and how I was pitching. Ryan Koch, from Baseball Express taught me a little about hitting and how I was losing power.” Davis said proper fundamentals is what college coaches always look for when recruiting players for their programs and are something kids should focus most of their time perfecting. “As a student of the game I’m huge on fundamentals,” he said. “In any case, players at the high school level can always go back and refine their fundamentals. From a baseball technician’s standpoint, doing the little things like

making sure you’re squared to the ball when catching a fly and things like that are really important things anyone can work on. “Alex Rodriquez is the highest paid player in the major leagues, but he still spends two hours in batting practice hitting off a tee. It’s because he practices the fundamentals that he leads the majors in homeruns. You can’t ever work too much on the basic fundamentals of your game.” Coaches from Berea, Centre, Campbellsville, University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky , Kaskaskia College (Ill.), Indiana University Southeast, Lipscomb (Tenn.), Vanderbilt (Tenn.) and Flagler College (Fla., D-III) were in attendance. Former UK head coach Keith Madison intrigued DeRossett with a possible mission trip to the Dominican Republic sometime in the future. “Keith Madison goes on missions to the Dominican Republic to give back to the people there because they

Showcase features prep seminar for kids interested in playing college athletics Staff Report Sports Dream Makers, in conjunction with Ohio Valley Sports, put on a seminar to inform high school athletes on what it will take for them to make it to the next level. The seminar, held Tuesday night at the Holiday Inn in Elizabethtown, was organized by John Davis and Laura Mitchell, who is traveling the country to spread the word that you don’t have to be a high school superstar to find your niche at the next level. “I played college basketball and ran track,” Mitchell said. “After that, I went directly into coaching. I was a head coach in the NCAA at 23-years-old and I realized that the kids who came through were really in need of recruiting information. I also went… into college admissions where I was a counselor.” “I went to four colleges in five years to play sports — on the Division I, II, III and NAIA levels. So I take that experience, my knowledge from a coach’s standpoint and my knowledge from an admission counselor’s standpoint to build this system and give the kids the information that they need.” Mitchell said the seminar was everything a kid who wants to play sports in college needs to do to ensure

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Laura Mitchell gives advice to kids interested in playing sports in college.

that coaches know about them and that any varsity athlete can find a place to play somewhere. “The workshop basically outlines for the students and their parents what they should be doing and the steps they should be taking to ensure they have a successful college sports experience,” she said. “I cover things like what you should put in a letter, how you can call coaches — because some of the things kids do that is a disservice to them is they are shy and they don’t reach out at all. “I talk to them and let them know that they are a brand new invention and they need to market themselves. I explain to them how to show themselves off a little bit and a lot of it is about confidence. A lot of them as teenagers

don’t have the confidence in themselves yet and they’re not ready to deal with a college coach who can be really intimidating.” Mitchell also spent a big portion of the two-hour seminar talking about grades and what kids should do from an academic standpoint to make sure they will be deemed eligible in the NCAA, the NAIA or at a community college. According to Mitchell, students should take the ACT at least once during their junior year, and again during their senior year as many times as they might need to improve scores on certain sections. The NCAA clearinghouse will take the best section scores from each test into consideration. Mitchell said every kid needs to set attainable goals and write them down, and that kids should look outside their comfort zones at schools that might be farther away, but have more opportunities. When “reverse recruiting” yourself, Mitchell said there is a simple list of things you can do: market yourself, write letters or e-mails to coaches and send an unofficial transcript, send a DVD or video of yourself in action, let coaches know you’re interested, call coaches — although, they can only call you back if you’re a senior — follow up and set up visits.

don’t have gloves or cleats and stuff like that,” he said. “You just go and play baseball and spread the word about God. He gave us a pamphlet and I’m really going to contact him to talk about going.” DeRossett’s father, Mike Sr., said he would absolutely recommend the showcase to other parents with kids interested in playing on the next level. “I really thought it was a great experience from a parent’s point of view,” he said. “It was very informative and there was some great interaction with the coaches and there was a super group of kids out there. The interaction with the coaches and the kids was limited because of all the rules, but they really mingled with the parents to feel us out and see what kind of people we are. Overall, I really enjoyed it. I felt the people were genuine and real in their interest of the kids. They told us some stuff that’s really going to help them get to college and progress on.”

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Mikie DeRossett turns a double play during Wednesday’s Super-Region Showcase. DeRossett went 1-2 with a walk. DeRossett pitched, played shortstop and left field.

Millay awarded inaugural Dunn Scholarship

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The inaugural Brent Dunn Memorial Scholarship was awarded to former Meade County High School baseball player T.J. Millay. He was chosen for this honor because he personified what Brent meant as a teammate and friend to Greenwave baseball. Pictured are: coach Luttrell, coach Darren Snell, Rhonda Dunn, T.J. Millay, Dennis Dunn and coach Nick Roberts.

Heat scorches competition

Undefeated Madness takes down E-town

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The Heartland Heat, an E-town based 14-and-under travel team, won the Memorial Sports Complex USSSA Invitational in Nicholasville, which was held June 30 and July 1. BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Matthew Nichols, T.J. Creamer, Ryan Squires, Steve Sheeran, Paul Pickerel, Kyle Sheeran, Levi McCamish, Taylor Wilson, Trey Roeder, Daniel DeRossett and Cody Creamer. NOT PICTURED: Dillon Shoffner, Brady Simms and Michael DeRossett Sr.

Back of the Net Soccer Camp Awards 8s roll 12-2 The Meade County Madness 8-year-old All-Stars turned a 2-1 lead into a 12-2 mercy rule victory over Etown Wednesday. Meade scored 10 runs over the third, fourth and fifth innings to secure the Cal Ripken District 10 Tournament. Bryce Mattingly had three hits and scored three runs, while Zack Prather, Ethan Miller, Levi Hurt, Cody Lee, Austin Poole, Bailey Smith and Tyler Haynes had two hits apiece. Garrett Ammons, Austin Sanders, Casey Medley and Austin Gouvas had one hit each. Both teams advance to the state invitational tournament tonight in Henderson County at 7 p.m.

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Div. I Champions — Redbulls (6-2-2). Coaches — Logan Raley and Ryan Fackler. Individual: Dribbling — Cole Vessels, Defense — Garret Benham, 110 Percent — Victoria Ross. “Upper V” Shooting — Cole Vessels — 12 ( 10 + 2 in a shoot off against Kameroy Harper. Outstanding Camper — Shelby Williams. Team Player Award — Kameron Harper. Div. II Champions — Toronto (8-1-1). Coaches — Eric Padgett and Alexis Hobbs. Individual: Dribbling — Brent Raley, Defense — Lindsey Fackler, 110 Percent — Ethan Fackler. “Upper V” Shooting — Alex Fackler — 20 (18+2 in a shootoff against Bryce Medley). Outstanding Camper — Zach Ledford, Team Player Award — Bryce Medley. Div. III Champions — Fire (5-5, won in shootout). Coaches — Matt Buckman and Chad Medley. Individual: Dribbling — Kevin Miller, Defense — D.J. Spurlock, 110 Percent — Curtis Clark. “Upper V” Shooting — Ryan Parker — 19. Outstanding Camper — Ethan Madison, Team Player Award — Robbie McCubbins.

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Now is the time to prepare WWE The Great American Bash for archery hunting season Edible Edible Emporium Emporium at the

Kentuckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archery season for whitetail deer opens Sept. 1 and though that date is nearly two months away, it is never too early to begin preparing. Paul Moore is a noted outdoor writer and an accomplished bow hunter from Henderson, Ky. He prepares for archery season year round and says there are many things that hunters can do in the offseason to prepare to score with their bow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many hunters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot their bow all year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wait too long before beginning practice prior to the season,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shooting a bow uses muscles which donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get used a lot in everyday activities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes time to build and tone those muscles. Many people do not understand why it is so important to build good muscle tone until it is too late and they find out the hard way. Obviously, the more one practices, the better and more accurate he or she becomes.â&#x20AC;? One of the most popular methods of practice is 3-D archery shooting. Archery clubs across the commonwealth host shoots and one can take the competition as light-hearted or as serious as they wish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best benefit from 3-D shoots is if one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care about whether or not he or she goes home with a trophy,â&#x20AC;? Moor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of a special 3-D bow, take the actual set-up that will be used during deer season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, instead of shooting every target â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no matter how unrealistic a hunting situation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; shoot only the targets that are positioned as true hunting shots. Learn to judge and shoot different distances with the actual bow you will be using during hunting season.

Throw the score card everything falls into place away and just shoot for naturally without having to fun and hunting improve- â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; through every step of the shot.â&#x20AC;? ment.â&#x20AC;? Hunters should also pracOne mistake archers make is being â&#x20AC;&#x153;over-bowedâ&#x20AC;? tice in the clothes they plan which, in its simplest terms to hunt with. This can eliminate probmeans trying to pull more lems encountered draw weight than in the field such as you are capable. Tim sleeves or pockets Moore cautions that because you Tipton that interfere with the draw or the can pull a certain shot. weight in the sumIt also gives you mer in a tee shirt a chance to find out with warmed musif certain clothing cles, it is much difmakes noise that ferent from sitting could potentially on a stand all day in spook that trophy cold weather. buck. Sitting in a stand Moore says that for an extended Outdoors the importance of period during cold simulating an actuweather greatly afal hunting situation during fects oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength. Many hunters find out your practice sessions is of they cannot draw their bow the utmost importance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be in the stand during cold hunting from a tree stand, weather. Just because one can shoot you need to practice from a heavy poundage bow all a tree stand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plain and summer, does not neces- simple,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have sarily mean they can shoot one hung in my backyard it after sitting in tree stand right now. I hung it before for a few hours in 20-degree I went on my spring bear hunt. I called my guide, weather. Repetition and consis- Harry Walker at Sandy Rivtency are very important in er Outfitters in Manitoba, and found out how high archery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Archers go through a his stands were and the disnumber of steps during the tance of the shot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I duplicated the shot process,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The draw, anchor point, scenario in my backyard arm position, grip, and aim- and practiced the shot uning sequence are but a few til it was fluid. When that of these steps. It is easy to bear stepped into range, the work through these steps shot came easy. Being comwhile aiming at a target in fortable with the shot and the backyard. However, knowing exactly what elewhen a big buck is in sight vation does to the trajectory and the adrenaline is flow- is of the utmost importance ing, the mind can some- when bowhunting.â&#x20AC;? For more information, times be cloudy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is why it is impor- call 1-888-522-5019, or try tant to practice diligently www.sandyriveroutfitters. and often until all of the ca/index.html. shot sequence becomes second nature. Then when the Preseason scouting Knowing when, where moment of truth arrives, the hunter can simply draw and and why deer are moving in

Droughts are bad for your lawn but great for Ky. stream fishing Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife FRANKFORT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If you walked across a front yard nearly anywhere in Kentucky right now, it would sound like you were walking on bags of potato chips. It is dry, hard and crunchy. Just six weeks ago, you couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve walked across a yard barefoot and felt cool, green grass under your feet. Pastures resemble the burnt brown of the Kalahari. Most areas of the Kentucky havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t received any appreciable rainfall since the Run for the Roses, or there hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been enough rain to reach normal levels. We are in a drought. Lakes now have a brown or grey rim around them that grows taller with each week that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get significant rain. Rivers and streams are low and sluggish. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a good situation. But, what is bad for yards is good for a stream angler. Droughts are one of the best times to fish for rock bass and smallmouth bass in rocky, flowing streams. People who learn to fish in lakes often assume that rock bass and smallies locate in the deepest water in a stream in the summer or during a drought. They feel this is the most comfortable area in the stream in such conditions. This is true in lakes, but

not in streams. Anglers who fish the middle of deep holes, catch few fish and blame the poor fishing on the drought are making a huge mistake. Low stream flows concentrate rock bass and smallmouths in the tailouts downstream and the flowing water upstream of riffles, as well as behind current breaks in flowing shoals. Depth has little to do with it. Flowing water is highly oxygenated and dislodges crayfish, hellgrammites and aquatic insects from their hides. Current also disorients minnows that get caught in it. During a drought, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to throw your lure in flowing water less than 18 inches deep. This is where the fish are feeding, not in the currentfree deep hole. Anglers should use lightly weighed lures when fishing water this shallow. A Âź-ounce tube jig tossed into a shallow flowing shoal usually hangs up immediately. A tube jig with a 1/16ounce or 1/32-ounce lead head will drift with the current and occasionally tick the bottom, just like a crayfish. Tube jigs, skirted grubs, single-tailed 3-4 inch grubs and 4-inch lizards all imitate crayfish if rigged on a light jig head. The relatively new 3- to

4- inch soft plastic crayfish with the tail section turned under to resemble a fleeing mudbug draws many strikes in low water. A weightless, soft plastic 4-inch jerkbait flowing along in the current imitates a stunned, wounded minnow. Floating stick baits like the Rapala twitched in the current draws vicious hits, especially in the dimness of early morning or dusk. A shallow running crankbait also works well at times. Choose a 4-inch black finesse worm if you only want to carry one bag of plastics and a few jig heads. A black worm imitates a minnow if you swim it, or a crayfish if you slowly crawl it on the bottom. The color black drives both rock bass and smallmouth crazy. Black works in windowclear water and water that resembles what you would find in the bottom of a hog pen. Another beneficial aspect of fishing during a drought is no canoeists or kayakers. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the water to yourself. The low water makes many rapids and riffles just a few inches deep. Extremely low water makes a canoe float trip into a canoe dragging trip. Get wet in a stream during this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drought. Turn a bad situation into a good one by catching one smallmouth after another.

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a particular area is the key to success. While there are several schools of thought on scouting, Moore subscribes to the low-impact mode. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to disturb the hunting area any more than necessary,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to scout from a distance as much as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, if I go into the hunting area for closer scouting or to hang a stand, I choose the best time to go. I prepare just as if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going hunting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; referring to scent reduction, wind direction, and other factors.â&#x20AC;? Moore will try to enter the area at a time of day when he believes the deer to be somewhere else. He will even go as far as trying to go during a rain or just before a rain. He says the rain will help conceal some of the noise and help wash away some of the scent quicker. In some areas, it is tough to scout without spooking deer. In those areas, he often scouts as best he can from afar, and then goes in and hangs a â&#x20AC;&#x153;starterâ&#x20AC;? stand. It is usually placed in an area where he can further his scouting from an elevated position. He will then move the stand as necessary to get into the deer travel areas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all the time being cautious of wind direction and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;giveaways.â&#x20AC;? He will typically move his stands around a lot during the season. In addition, trail cameras have completely altered the way most people scout these days.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 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. 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. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222. 1.7 ACRES with 16’x 80’ mobile home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, vinyl siding and shingle roof, 2 new decks, located off Hwy. $54,900, Owner finance available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222. 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 financing 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. 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. 1.5 ACRES with very nice doublewide home. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, located off Hwy 79 near Irvington. $69,900. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222. 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. 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. 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 8282222. 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 8282222. 4.2 ACRES, lays excellent, open and wooded, city water available, OK for house or mobile home, located off Jennings Knobs Road. $29,900. Owner financing available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222. 5 ACRES set-upfor Double-Wide Home, with city water, septic, electric, located between Otter Creek Park and Doe Valley off Hwy. 1638 and Hwy. 933 in the Woods. $39,900. Owner financing available. www. kentucky-land.com 8282222.

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

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1-3 ACRES available in Breck County near Garfield off hwy 86. For more info call Marion Whelan at 668-4035, www. mwlandforsale. com.

Truck Drivers DRIVER- $5K Sign-on Bonus for Experienced teams: Dry Van & Temp Control. Solo jobs also available: Regional & OTR. O/Os & CDL-A Grads welcome. Call Covenant (866)684-2519. EOE.

16 ACRE mini farm in Breck County. Call Marion at (270) 6684035. 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.

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

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YARD SALE- SATURDAY July 14-15, 8:30-2:00. 30 years of accumulation, great bargins, come see. 1070 Riverview Rd. Payneville. 496-4378. Rain or Shine.

DRIVERS: REGIONAL Drivers Needed! Company/ Owner Operators, Solos & Teams. Home every 7-10 days. Receive Top pay! Paid Ort. & Sign-on Bonus! Own part of your company (ESOP) EOE/AA Employer TSMT (877)849-9104 DRIVERS: WERNER, Transport America & US Xpress Are looking for 75 driver trainee’s immediately! Good driving record, drug free, earn $700+weekly. Weekend & evening classes now forming. Reserve your Position today! 1-866-2443644 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. 800246-6305 www.wvtonline. com TRANSFER DRIVERS: Need 40 CDL Class-A or B drivers to transfer motor homes, straight trucks, tractors and buses. Year round work. 1-800-5013783 WANT HOME MOST weekends with more pay? Run Heartland’s Ohio Regional! $.45/mile company drivers, $1.15 for Operators! 12 months OTR required. Heartland Express 1-800-441-4953 www. heartlandexpress.com

DRIVER- COME TO THE best, TAKE THE INDY CHALLENGE! Knight Transportation: Big enough to matter, Small enough to care, Work where you are RESPECTED. 3¢ Increase 1st year, weekly hometime, daily pay. We have freight to move. No truck older than 3yrs. Terminal Fuel Islands. Benefits/ 401K/ Stock options. Call Joyce 888346-4639, 4mos OTR exp. req. Owner Ops: 800-4375907 www.knighttrans. com

• 122 ACRES in Harrison County, Ky. • 367 ACRES in Lewis County near Morehead • ALSO PROPERTY available in grant County near Lexington, Ky. For more information call Marion at (270) 6684035.

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DRIVER: OWNER Operators ONLY: Regional freight from Louisville. $1.24pm average! Home often & weekends. Plates available. NOT forced dispatch. Call Max at T&T! 1-800-511-0082.

MEADE CO. newly remodeled house, small barn on approx. 1 acre, has septic well, large deck. $6,900 DN. 4+ ACRES, Meade County, lays nice, scattered trees, beautiful building site, $39,900.

DRIVER RECENT PAY Increase 43CPM to 47CPM. Guarantee hometime, company or lease purchase available, BC/BS, CDL-A and 6 months experience required. 800-441-4271 ext. KY-100

4.5 ACRES in Meade Co. 2 bedroom, septic and cistern, electric available, unlivable mobile home, $21,500. 2 BEDROOM and 2 bath singlewide, Meade Co. on 1.4 acres has new roof, new flooring, deck only $3,900 down.

DRIVERS- #1 TRUCK Driving School. Training drivers for England, Swift & Werner. Dedicated runs available. Starting Salary $50,000+ Home weekends! 1-800-883-0171

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FIRST TIME OFFERED! Lakefront with dock $74,900. 1+ acre lake access $34,900 with FREE boat slips. Spectacular 160,000 acre Kentucky Lake. Excellent financing. Call 1-800-704-3154 ext.1323 KY Land Partners, LLC 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, x1281

Sporting CHERRY BLOSSOM GOLF/COUNTRY CLUB, Georgetown. Voted #1 public access golf course by GolfWeek Magazine. Join us for your next round or outing. Call 502-5709849.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800927-9275.

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This Week’s Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You clever Ewes and Rams love nothing more than to rise to a challenge. So, by all means, if you feel sure about your facts, step right up and defend your side of the issue. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You've done some great work recently. Now it's time to reward yourself with something wonderful, perhaps a day at a spa or a night out with someone very special. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You love to talk, but don't forget to make time to do a little more listening, otherwise you could miss out on an important message someone might be trying to send you.

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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your aspect indicates some uncertainty about one of your goals. Use this period of shifting attitudes to reassess what you really want and what you're ready to do to get it. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your social life is picking up, and you'll soon be mingling with old friends and making

new ones. But 'twixt the fun times, stay on top of changing workplace conditions. VIRGO (August 23 September 22) A trusted friend offers understanding as you vent some long-pent-up feelings. Now, move on from there and start making the changes you've put off all this time. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You might well feel uneasy as you face a difficult situation involving someone close to you. But you know you're doing the right thing, so stick with your decision.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) That project you've been working on is almost ready for presentation. But you still need some information from a colleague before you can consider it done. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Don't let those negative attitudes that have sprung up around you drain your energies. Shrug them off, and move ahead with the confidence that you can get the job done.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You're a good friend to others. Now's the time to allow them to be good friends to you. Rely on their trusted advice to help you get through an uncertain period.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Aspects favor some dedicated fun time for the hardworking Piscean. A nice, refreshing plunge into the social swim can recharge your physical and emotional batteries.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Family and friends are always important, but especially so at this time. Despite your hectic workplace schedule, make a real effort to include them in your life.

From left to right: Debbie Henderson, Dale Henderson, Amy Humphrey, Brad Davis, Nancy Davis, Doug Cornett, and Earl Davis.

We at Crain-Davis Auctioneers, LLC, and McGehee Humphrey & Davis Realty would like to thank everyone that participated in the 18 Mulligan Court Auction held at Doe Valley on Thursday, July 5. Prospects from Virginia to California visited our community to view this home. Bidding was brisk and included phone bids from Oahu, The Big Island of Hawaii. The Final Sale Price was $330,000.00. The Dale and Debbie Henderson family of Bardstown, Ky was the successful bidder. Debbie is a medical professional and Dale is retired and an accomplished professional musician that has previously toured with artists such as Steve Warner and Kathy Mattea. The door prize was won by Mrs. Carolyn Kendall and our colleague Mr. Roy Butler,Jr. They tied with the closest guess to the total sale price prior to the auction. Each won a $50 Lowe’s Gift Card.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this auction a success! Crain-Davis Auctioneers, LLC. E. Brad Davis, CAI Auctioneer/Broker Elizabethtown, KY 42701 TOLL FREE: 1-800-301-9942

McGehee Humphrey & Davis Realty Amy Humphrey,App. Auctioneer/Agent Brandenburg, KY 40108 PHONE: 270-422-4977

Own a Piece of History in Brandenburg, Kentucky For Sale: 116 Decatur Street Built in 1895

$189,500.00

3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Hardwood Floors • New Kitchen • 11’ Ceilings • .75 Acre Lot

Serious inquiries only. See the interior of the home on the web at www.116decatur.com Cell: 270.313.4167 • Home: 270.422.5228

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The girls from each division of the league, 5- to 8-year-olds, 9- to 12-year-olds and 13- to 18year-olds, competed in several events including the bat spin (RIGHT), water balloon toss (ABOVE), a homerun derby and a parent-player game. The winners of the homerun derbies were Miranda Myers (5-8), Justice Patterson (9-12) and Jessie Jordan (13-18). Kayla Parcell won the bat spin (5-8), Krystin Lanham (9-12) and Taylor Simmons (13-18). The league is also holding fall ball signups at the Brandenburg Food Court every Friday from 6-9 p.m. You must have a birth certificate if you haven't played in the league before.

Emancipation in the 21st century In previous decades, ations at home. For those of you who are teens were brought up by the principle of being “seen, seriously considering looking into emancipabut not heard.” tion, the first step is Young adults Felicia to contact the courtwere viewed as equivalent to chil- Thompson house for the necessary paperwork. dren. They were After the paperwork told what to do and has been filed, the when to do it — court will issue a backtalk was never notification letter to an option. your parent or legal Today, we’ve guardian. blown that ideoloIf your legal guardgy out of the water. ian waives the notifiWe will not just sit cation, a judge will decide if down and shut up. We stand and ask “Why?” the emancipation will be in and we question our lead- your best interest. If he/she does believe the emancipaers. We’re not likely to do tion will benefit you, then something if we think it’s you will be granted liberapointless or unjust. We do tion from your guardian. If your legal guardian have opinions and perhaps we share them a bit too does not waive this notification, the case will move much. We are the generation of to trial. The process of getthinkers in this era of infor- ting into the court may take mation. We see something from four to six weeks, dewrong and we challenge it pending on how full the — even if the problem lies court’s docket is. If your case does go to at home. If you don’t feel safe in court, you should be proyour home, you may be vided a lawyer. In court, able to get emancipated. you will need to prove that Emancipation is the act of you are financially stable and can completely support being set free. In legal terms, being yourself. A teen living on a miniemancipated means that your parents no longer mum wage job and who have any custodial rights is staying with friends is over your life. You are, for not a likely candidate to be all legal purposes, an adult. proved fit for emancipation. Not just anyone can be A steady, decent-paying approved though. The mi- job and a small, furnished nor looking to be emanci- apartment are assets that pated must possess certain will probably boost your criteria, such as: being be- standing in the court’s tween 14 and 17 years of eyes. So, if you feel unsafe in age, maintaining a steady job and having a place your home environment, available to live away from know that there are options available to you, which your current home. Emancipation is a seri- doesn’t involve staying in a ous court process, so you risky situation. Cliché as it might sound shouldn’t attempt it unless there are actually unhealthy you are not alone in this or potentially harmful situ- world.

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and he probably knows more than I do so I’ll just take it for what it’s worth.” Hamlin was leading the race and exiting Turn 4 when it appeared as if Stewart got into the back of him, sending both cars sliding and crunching into each other through the tri-oval. The incident took away both drivers’ chances at winning. “I think both our guys are very aggressive. They love to race,” team owner Joe Gibbs said. “They’re good teammates and they want to win every race. Sometimes guys get upset, which is understandable.” At the end of the race, Kyle Busch nearly pulled out a win, but was edged at the finish line by Jamie McMurray. Busch got pushed to a second-place finish by his brother, Kurt Busch, and all but pointed the finger at his less-than-helpful Hendrick teammates during the restrictor-plate race. “That’s what I’m alluding to, basically, but walking down pit road saying congratulations to Jeff Gordon, I got blown off so I guess I’m the outsider looking in now. I’m probably not going to be invited into the team meetings next week so I think bliss is over at Hendrick Motorsports for Kyle Busch,” Busch said. “We’ll get ready for 2008.” Busch won the NASCAR Busch Series event in a Hendrick car earlier in the day, but is something of a lameduck driver the rest of the season for Hendrick. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Casey Mears will all be back with Hendrick next season with new teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., while Busch is currently NASCAR’s biggest free agent and will be with a new team next season. “It don’t matter,” Busch said. “I’m a race car driver. I’ll race just as hard with anybody else as I do with anybody so whether it’s a Gibbs car, a Penske car or a Hendrick car. If I have to

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recruits is they don’t want to go somewhere where the system is so difficult to learn they basically spend their first year on the bench. In their minds, they’re already ready for the NBA and most only plan on spending one or two years in college tops. That’s why the current players should thrive under Gillispie. The way the current roster looks — guard LOADED — this team will run and gun next year. I can envision seeing the athletically gifted but seldom used (last year) Perry Stevenson anchoring the defense in the middle with Patterson at the power forward. Stevenson might get pushed around a little but he’ll be quicker, and not many will push Patterson around at 6-8 230. Then you can mix and match Meeks, Bradley, Legion, Jasper and Crawford at the guard and wing positions. It will be interesting to see 7-0 Jared Carter and his surgically repaired shoulder. I

race my teammates now differently than what I used to then I’ll do it.” The racing unrest wasn’t limited to the NASCAR ranks. In fact, in the IRL race in Watkins Glen, N.Y., things got downright physical between Tony Kanaan and Sam Hornish Jr. Hornish, the Indy Racing League’s defending champion, was displeased with an after-finish-line move by Kanaan on pit road and quickly exited his No. 6 Team Penske Dallara to confront Kanaan as he get out of his No. 11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara. Hornish, with his helmet still on, gestured and yelled a couple of things to Kanaan before Sam Hornish Sr. quickly grabbed his son and pushed him away from Kanaan. “Tony and I — I got a run on him coming down into Turn 6 and he ran me up into the curb,” Hornish said. “There was nowhere to go there so I couldn’t get out of it. Obviously, we bumped a little bit. It’s an unfortunate deal.” Moments later, Kanaan, with his helmet still on, quickly approached Hornish Jr., and Sam Hornish Sr. stepped in front of them and shoved Kanaan. Kanaan brushed Hornish Junior’s helmet and Kanaan’s car owner, Michael Andretti, had words with Hornish Jr. before Marco Andretti pushed his father away from the situation. An unidentified man then wrestled Hornish Sr. to the ground and IRL personnel stepped in to calm the situation. “You will have to ask Sam what happened on the track,” Kanaan said. “He was the one who hit the Team 7-Eleven car from behind. After the race, I wasn’t very happy, and I got out of the car to talk to him. Sam’s dad bumped me, and I think that’s totally wrong. When something happens on the track, we need to sort it out between ourselves, and if we can’t sort it out, Brian Barnhart needs to sort it out. I was not going to fight with Sam. I was not going to punch him. We were obviously both hot and were talking about what happened and his dad came in and bumped me.” have a feeling if he can’t keep up, he won’t stick around more than one year. Stewart and Williams are also virtual unknowns at this point. Stewart won the dunk contest at the Derby Festival Classic but at just 210 pounds, is he a small forward or a power forward? With Patterson onboard, he will likely back him up some at the four, but get most of his clock at wing forward — presuming he can shoot. I haven’t seen Williams play but everyone knows Tubby liked to take on 7-0 projects who never really amounted to much. You can’t help but think Williams might be just another Shagari Alleyne at worst or a Lukasz Obrzut at best — role players some might say, or a waste of a scholarship others would counter. One thing is certain. Rupp Arena will blow its top at midnight on Friday, Oct. 12. And judging from what Gillispie’s done so far; there will be plenty of recruits on hand to witness the dawning of a new era in Kentucky basketball. I wonder how many will decide to become Wildcats before they leave that night.

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