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By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com A discrepancy between two Fairway drives, one in Brandenburg and Doe Valley, could result in a hefty payout for the county if the courthouse is required to change its address. According to Mark Bennett, director of the county’s 911 Center and chairman of the E-911 committee, discussion regarding Fairway

drive has been in the works share the same zip code. An for awhile and is prohibiting option to fix the problem E-911 wireless service in the would be to rename Fairway drive in county. Brandenburg, “The previthe ous adminis- “This is the one where courthouse is tration, both roadway left located. county and city government, to rename that Because the roadway realized that is causing a ... is in the city Fairway drive limits of Branwould need to problem.” denburg, it is be changed in –Mark Bennett, Brandenburg one of the arE-911 Committee chairman City Couneas,” he said. cil’s decision “This is the to change the one roadway left to rename that is causing road name, Judge/executive Harry Craycroft said. a significant problem.” If the decision does lie Bennett said trouble exists because the two roadways See E-911, A10 are in close proximity and

‘Waves send John Hardin to dog pound The Lady Waves opened their new season with a resounding 2-0 thumping of the Lady Bulldogs from John Hardin High School.

Football team returns from EKU camp

Mofield Q&A part 2

Sports Editor Shaun Cox picks football coach Larry Mofield’s brain a little more about the upcoming season. See B3.

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Austin Hunter, 12, and Brianna Mingus, 9, close their petri dishes and let their saliva and solution incubate for a few minutes as they test DNA samples, with help from Ashley Ross (back), a summer intern at the Meade County Extension Office.

CSI: Brandenburg New 4-H program teaches kids science By Betsy Simon news@thenewsstandard.com

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OBITS...A5 Charles Durbin, 72 Ruth Haddix, 81 Mildred Keal, 80 Joan Triplett, 72 Mary Vanltorn,95

BUSINESS...A6 Jailhouse (Pizza) Rock Staff Writer Betsy Simon attends the long awaited opening day of Brandenburg’s Jailhouse Pizza and interviews residents enjoying their lunch hour at Meade County’s newest themed restaurant.

AGRICULTURE...A7 Local farmers pick up tips at ‘Field Day’

Assistant Editor Laura Saylor takes a hay ride with local farmers as they discuss topics relevant to their agricultural production during the county’s annual Field Day held in Midway.

YOUTH...B10 Ready to quit?

Youth columnist Felicia Thompson examines the reasons why smokers should quit before the effects of smoking are irreversible.

ALSO INSIDE Weather..............A2 Heritage...............A8 Faith ....................A9 Outdoors..............B4 Viewing................B5 Classifieds............B6 Fun & Games.......B8

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A state-wide hay shortage has some farmers liquidating their herds while others turn to feed supplements.

Hay consumers draw short straw By Laura Saylor editor@thenewsstandard.com

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BRANDENBURG — After a long discussion with several youths, Meade County Sheriff Butch Kerrick passed off his investigators hat to the junior sleuths. The kids broke out their Petri dishes, plastic cups and little baggies filled with toothpicks and hovered over their laboratory tables, ready to crack the case. Like little crime scene investigators,

the kids searched during their 4-H activity for any signs of DNA left on their cotton balls in the hopes of understanding the life of scientists in a crime lab. “I want kids to learn that 4-H is about more than just agriculture, and hopefully this new curriculum can reach out to kids who are interested in science,” said Carole Goodwin, the 4-H Youth Development Coordinator. “I think everyone has had fun and learned a lot so far.” A new science program was introduced to 19 local youths during the Crime Scene Investigators camp on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Extension Office.

See CSI, A2

Hay producers and livestock owners across most of the country are having their hay supply threatened by dry conditions, and Meade County hay buyers and sellers are also feeling the heat. A late April freeze and hot, arid weather are the two main causes for the area’s hay shortage, according to Andy Mills, Meade County Extension Agent for Agriculture/Natural Resources Andy. “That frost the first week of April … and the unusually dry May and June have most people at about a 50 to 60 percent loss in hay right now,” Mills said. Hay fields have been scorched over the last few

weeks as temperatures reached record highs. Little, if any, rain has fallen since July and conditions don’t appear to be improving. “We’ve been getting some good dews in the morning,” said local hay producer Jerry Miles. “I measured a tenth of an inch of moisture Saturday night... but it’s not much. When will we get enough rain?” Miles has been selling hay in Meade County for several years and with this season’s hay shortage, he can’t keep a bale on the lot. “Before I can even unload it I have more than half of it sold,” Miles said. Miles tries to be as faithful as possible to his long-standing customers, keeping them

See Hay, A3

Chamber to discuss regional jet service Staff report BRANDENBURG — Luke B. Schmidt, president of Luke B. Schmidt and Associates in Prospect, Ky. will be the featured speaker at the Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon held on August 16. Schmidt will present a status report regarding efforts to instate regional jet passenger service at Elizabethtown Regional Airport. He is the consultant that was hired by airport officials to coordinate the campaign to implement jet passenger service at ERA. In a resolution adopted on

March 1, 2007 by its board of directors, the Chamber of Commerce said its members and residents of Meade County and its neighbors would benefit from “competitively priced regional jet airline service closer to home; increased accessibility to key points around the world; and the ability to promote Meade County and the entire region for the development of new business, industry, and jobs,” according to a recent press release. “A lot has gone on since our last discussions about this,” said Meade County

See Jet, A10

Sheriff’s Department to host meth forum Staff Report Meade County Sheriff Butch Kerrick announced this week that a free county-wide methamphetamine forum will be held Aug. 20 at Stuart Pepper Middle School. The event is sponsored by the Meade County Sheriff’s

Department, in conjunction with the Meade County Champions Anti-Drug Coalition. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. and will last between 90 minutes and two hours, including a question and answer session toward the end. The guest speaker will be

Sgt. Stan Salyards, a member of the Louisville Metro Police Department Narcotics Unit. Kerrick said those in attendance will learn the dangers of methamphetamine and other vital information on the “dangers of this powerful and highly addictive drug.” He said the purpose

of the forum is to educate the community and promote awareness. However, due to the mature subject matter the presentation is not appropriate for young children and only middle school-aged children and older can attend. Kerrick said the forum will benefit everyone in the

community, especially parents, teachers and emergency personnel — all of which are urged to attend. The event will be held in the commons area of SPMS and refreshments will be provided. For more information about the forum, call the Sheriff’s Department at 422-4937.

Mr. Gatti’s catches fire, reopens next day By Charles L. Westmoreland editor@thenewsstandard.com BRANDENBURG — Mr. Gatti’s in Brandenburg is well-known for its family-friendly atmosphere and delectable dishes, but all that changed Saturday when the exterior caught fire, forcing employees to evacuate the restaurant. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Curl, the first firefighter on the scene, said a lit cigarette butt flicked into the mulch bed near the front entrance likely caused the fire. Luckily, Mr. Gatti’s employees evacuated the restaurant and no one was injured. “When I arrived on the scene, we had heavy fires showing on the front corner near the front door,” Curl said. “I had the first units to arrive pull the metal off the sides and the fire was contained to the exterior of the structure.”

According to dispatch logs, the fire was called in at 4:36 p.m. and first responders from the Meade County Fire Department arrived at the scene 11 minutes later. The fire was under control by 5:09 p.m. and firefighters cleared the scene about an hour later. Fire fighting units from Ekron, Payneville and Flaherty — totaling 18 firefighters in all — were at the scene, along with Emergency Medical Services. Tammy Humphrey, a manager at Mr. Gatti’s, said one of her employees noticed flames coming from inside one of the closets. Then, she said, a patron noticed the fire consuming an outside wall. “A customer saw it outside so we got the fire extinguishers and tried to put it out,” she said. “Our (employees) did

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Sgt. Mike Faith Sr. tapes up the damaged area of Mr. Gatti’s after the See Fire, A3 restaurant caught fire Saturday as Jr. firefighter Mike Faith Jr. looks on.

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Drivers be aware — it’s back to school time Transportation Cabinet urges drivers to be cautious and watch for buses Submitted by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet JACKSON, Ky. — With students heading back to school soon in most locations across the state, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is reminding drivers to use extreme caution once school buses return to local roads. “We cannot over emphasize how important it is for motorists to watch out for stopped school buses,”

said Secretary Bill Nighbert. “There is always an adjustment period for drivers when classes resume, as they get used to school bus routes and stops that haven’t been there for the past few months. Drivers need to be extremely attentive as they share the road with school buses.” Kentucky law requires all traffic, both oncoming and following, to stop for a school bus loading or unloading passengers when

the bus’ stop sign is extended and its red flashers are on. The only exception is for four-lane divided highways, where oncoming traffic is not required to stop. Modern school buses are also equipped with yellow flashers that serve to warn following or oncoming drivers that a stop is imminent. “Our law enforcement officials and judicial system take violations of this law very seriously,” said Tim Hazlette, who is Chairman of the Governor’s Executive Committee on Highway Safety and Commissioner of the Transportation Cabinet’s

Department of Transportation Safety. “By being observant, drivers not only help keep our schoolchildren safe, but they save themselves the cost and inconvenience of an expensive traffic citation.” Many mornings during the first few weeks of school are foggy, and the sun rises later each day as the days get shorter. These factors can combine to reduce visibility on the Commonwealth’s school bus routes. “The strongest piece of advice we can give drivers is to slow down and allow yourself more time to get to your destination if you

are traveling while buses are running. This is especially important during the mornings when darkness and weather conditions can make buses and students less visible,” added Deputy Secretary of Transportation Crystal Ducker. Drivers who are familiar with school bus stops along their normal routes should not count on that familiarity, as the location of these stops may change from time to time. The Transportation Cabinet places some signs alerting drivers to the location of school bus stops along state-maintained

highways, but not all stops are marked. Students who live in urban areas and walk or bike to school should use sidewalks, and cross streets only at designated crosswalks. Although pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks, they should always look both ways before crossing a highway, even at crosswalks controlled by traffic lights. The Transportation Cabinet administers a Federal Highway Administration grant program called “Safe

he said. “I figure this will also help me get better at solving all of the investigation games I like to play at home.” Brianna Henricksen, 10, said she was ready to get out of the house and learn

something new. “I thought the camp would be a fun thing to do and keep me from being bored for a few days,” she said. “I might as well start learning again before school starts back up.”

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CSI from Page A1

The participants were in grades five through eight and they spent their days dabbling in fingerprinting, sketch drawing, collecting evidence at a crime scene and having their mug shots taken. Kerrick attended during the second day of camp and explained the steps law enforcement agents take when they examine crime scenes. “I love the CSI programs on TV, too,” he told the kids. “But the process of collecting evidence and getting answers is not done as quickly in real life as it is on TV.” Kerrick, a retired Louisville Metro police officer with 35-years of law enforcement experience, explained that thorough investigations are necessary. He brought tools, like a kit used to collect blood and DNA, to demonstrate to the students how police officers gather evidence at crime scenes. He also answered questions the kids had about investigations

THE NEWS STANDARD/BETSY SIMON

ABOVE: Meade County Sherriff Butch Kerrick explains the step-by-step process police officers go through when handling criminal investigations.

RIGHT: Zachary Brown, 10, and Erica Kessinger, 9, wipe the edge of their cup down in order to test DNA samples during a 4-H class held at the Extension Office this week. and his job as sheriff. “When I was asked to come speak to the group, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity because I love helping people,” he said. “I hope these kids walk out of here with knowledge of

crime scene investigations and become interested in law enforcement.” All of the talk about crime solving was more than enough to keep the kids’ attention during their final days of summer vaca-

tion. Zack Brown, 10, said his growing interest in uncovering the unknown brought him to camp and he wouldn’t have missed it for the world. “I’m a big fan of the crime investigation stuff,”

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House, Senate adjourns session after one hour By John Whitlock Kentucky Press Association News Bureau

With an eye to returning in August, members of the House and Senate adjourned after spending less than an hour in session Monday. In the meantime, representatives from the House and Senate will be working on an agreement for passage of an energy incentive package aimed at luring a high-tech, coal-based power plant to western Kentucky. Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adjournment ends a special session Gov. Ernie Fletcher ordered to begin July 5 and effectively ended less than one hour after it started when the House adjourned. In his original order, Fletcher called on the lawmakers to

address the coal-plant incentive package along with tax breaks for military personnel, health benefits for domestic partnerships at Kentucky public universities and a long list of building projects that totaled over $427 million. Speaker of the House Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said Monday that before the Aug. 13 proposed return to session, lawmakers would also be looking at ways to repay taxpayers for the salaries they received during the special session. When lawmakers convened for the first part of the special session, Richards and other Democrats accused Fletcher of using his power to recall the General Assembly for political gain and said they would not accept their normal salaries for the extra

time spent in Frankfort. Senate Republicans also picked up the rejection of salaries. Richards said the General Assembly leadership is looking at several options to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make taxpayers wholeâ&#x20AC;? for the cost of the session. Richards and Senate President David Williams, who also supports returning lawmakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; salaries to the state, said some of the options include simply giving the money back or not getting paid for days they work during the expected August session. Keeping the General Assembly in session usually costs taxpayers about $60,000 each day. During the first part of the session earlier in July, Williams and the Senate approved each of Fletcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

agenda items. When the impasse with the House happened, Fletcher called for a three-week cooling off period before calling the lawmakers back Monday. Williams said the state could have saved a considerable amount of money if the House had taken up the bill passed by the Senate and the session could have ended as early as Aug. 1. Now, Williams said, lawmakers will have to return Aug. 13 for at least five days to meet the constitutional requirements to pass all of the bills. Richards said the House would resist taking up any more issues during the Aug. 13 session other than the energy-plant incentive package.

Firefighters respond to two fires Staff Report The current heat wave may have contributed to a house fire that occurred at 2800 Old Mill Road on Wednesday evening when a window unit air conditioner cord caught fire in a second story bedroom. According to Meade County Fire Chief Larry Naser, the air conditioner

had been running for an extended period of time and the cord overheated, resulting in the fire. The fire department was notified of the fire at 6:16 p.m. and arrived at the house at 6:31 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People need to be cautious about constantly running window units,â&#x20AC;? Naser said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They build up a lot of heat in the cord â&#x20AC;Ś try to give them a rest when you can.â&#x20AC;?

No injuries were sustained by the occupants of the house, which is a rental property. The property owners also arrived at the scene. The fire was under control by 6:40 p.m. and the last fire unit cleared the premises at 7:41 p.m. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing quite well,â&#x20AC;? Naser said.

The MCFD responded to another fire earlier Wednesday. Around 3:30 p.m., fire fighters arrived at the Meade Count Solid Waste and Recycling Center when a dumpster caught on fire. The flames were easily controlled and extinguished. Naser believes the fire resulted from a lit cigarette butt being tossed into the dumpster.

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his top priority and selling hay to them first. Outside buyers have been contacting him, including some thoroughbred owners from Louisville, in a search for quality hay. Some Kentucky hay markets are at record prices already, and Miles agrees that he too has had to raise the price of bales, though he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had to in years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I charged $25 a round bale every year,â&#x20AC;? Miles said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to go up to $30 this year, and I hate to. But I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been holding on to it, waiting for the big prices.â&#x20AC;? Miles said the increase of gas prices and fertilizer are causes for the heightened price of hay. Some round bales, he said, we were selling in excess of $45 in Breckenridge County. University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Hay

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everything they needed to do to get people out safely. We tried to get (patrons) away from the building.â&#x20AC;? Fire Chief Larry Naser said Mr. Gattiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff handled the evacuation well and credited them for ensuring none of the estimated 25 patrons inside were injured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The staff did a bang up job of getting everyone out,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They deserve a pat on the back.â&#x20AC;? A similar fire in Louisville earlier this summer didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fair as well after a restaurant on Hurstbourne lane caught fire and burned down. The cause: a lit cigarette thrown into the mulch bed. Humphrey said Mr. Gattiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had recently landscaped the outside and replaced mulch with river rock, which is less flammable, but Naser said some mulch must have remained to fuel the fire. Mr. Gattiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closed Saturday after the fire but staff re-

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Specialist Tom Keene cautions that preparation is key to surviving the shortage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farmers are going to have to be better managers this year,â&#x20AC;? Keene said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to plan on possibly using some commodity feed supplements... it needs to get taken care of now before we get closer to winter and then availability of hay becomes more scarce and the price will be even higher.â&#x20AC;? The lack of hay in the area has forced some local buyers to travel out of state for their hay supply. Others are simply lessening their number of stock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people are taking this opportunity to weed out their cattle â&#x20AC;Ś they might start getting rid of cows that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t calve or older cows. Some people have taken to liquidating their herds,â&#x20AC;? Keene said. Mills said that the three biggest options for hay buyers are to get rid of unneeded cows and horses, to travel outside the area to buy hay

or to find an alternate feed source. Feeding herds soy supplements, alfalfa, red clover and hay mixes may be ways to stretch the limited hay supply through the winter until next springâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first cut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year was fine,â&#x20AC;? Mills said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the first time in a long, long time that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been like this.â&#x20AC;? Local hay producers and sellers are keeping their fingers crossed for some wet weather to soak the county. A thorough rainstorm could prove vital in getting a few more quality, successful cuts before the cold weather and snow set in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really feel for the people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any [hay],â&#x20AC;? Miles said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people could really be hurting come December and January.â&#x20AC;? The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is urging for statewide buyers and sellers to use its Hay Hotline. The Hotline is a list of producers with hay for sale and buyers who are in need of bales. It includes the location and

mained at the store to begin cleaning up, throwing out contaminated food items and boarding up holes in the wall, Humphrey said, but the restaurant reopened Sunday on schedule. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was messy and there was a lot of smoke and we had to throw all the food out and make sure everything was clean,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We threw out food at the buffet table and salad bar. Everything else that was open had to be tossed out. Humphrey said she and her staff clean up cigarette butts in the parking lot every day but said there is no place to dispose of cigarette butts near the front entrance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have places for cigarettes,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve discussed it, and probably should have already had them. I think what happens is, people go outside to smoke and stand near the door under the awning and they just flip the cigarette butts to the side. Naser said people should be more conscious of the dangers lit cigarettes pose.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;These situations happen too often,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smoking is the number one cause of fatal fires in this country and it has been like that for the last 25 years. People need to understand that the tip of a cigarette is between 1,200 and 1,400 degrees depending on airflow. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot enough to ignite a lot of stuff.â&#x20AC;? Humphrey said she is unsure when the damaged exterior will be repaired because the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insurance company needed to evaluate the damage. An estimated cost of repair currently is unknown. Shaun T. Cox contributed to this story.

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Newest E-911 addressing problem could be a costly one

discrepancy between two identical road names, one in Doe Valley and another in Brandenburg, is now the cause of yet another delay in Meade County receiving E-911 service and could end up being costly, too. Meade County has two Fairway drives, the more well known being the street where the courthouse sits. Members of the previous Brandenburg City Council voted in December to change the road’s name since many homes on Fairway drive in Doe Valley had already been re-addressed by the county’s E-911 committee prior to city council’s vote. But now, in hindsight, it seems the E-911 Committee and county officials are concerned that changing the courthouse’s address will be too costly. Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft said changing stationary, address listings, and a plethora of other official documents with the courthouse’s address on it would be costly for the county. And he’s right — using county funds to change documents, business cards and other items is a waste of money, especially considering those funds could be used to pave roads, clean up parks or make other county-wide improvements that will benefit taxpaying residents, not just courthouse employees. But the vast majority of Doe Valley residents have already undergone address changes, and for the county or the E-911 committee to force those residents to change their addresses again is unfair — especially considering the county and members of the past E-911 committee are responsible for overlooking the discrepancy. The past administration, including members of the last E-911 committee, failed to notice this problem, however evident the problem was. County Clerk Katrina Fitzgerald foresaw the conflict and began using a P.O. Box just in case the courthouse’s address did change. If the E-911 Committee and Fiscal Court showed the same foresight when readdressing Doe Valley the first time, the current dilemma could have been avoided altogether. The current Brandenburg City Council should uphold the past council’s decision and change the Fairway drive in Brandenburg. If the county has to bare the costly burden then so be it. Perhaps the new administration will learn a few lessons from their predecessors and will keep a more watchful eye on its committees and hopefully put a stop to the reckless wasting of tax dollars caused by its lack of foresight and planning.

Letters to the Editor As the mother and mother-in-law of firefighters, I joined the Ladies Auxiliary. I have learned the faithfulness of firefighters’ wives. Bev Naser, wife of the chief, leads the auxiliary with strength and determination. She sees that there are people to get water, food, and coffee to the firefighters at scenes, along with being the backup on the fund raising, family dinners and activities for children. She is a hard worker and encourages people to join to

help the fire department. She works behind the scenes, gets the work done, and is very respected and loved by all who work with her. Can you do something to help? Call and find out what you can do. I encourage anyone to join. It is a enjoyable experience, giving back to your community, along with supporting our firefighters.

There has been a fire in our community. Joyce and William Basham have lost their home and belongings in a house fire. If you would like to help this family in any way you may, such as monetary donations, contact Kathy Knott

at 828-6241. You may also do so at First Federal Bank. The Ekron Fire Department also has a fire fund set up for Joyce and William Basham.

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GA hopes to lure coal company FRANKFORT — As expected, the Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up the first special legislative session of the year early last week, setting the stage for what should be a much more successful one on Aug. 13. If everything works as planned, Kentucky will be in a much better position to attract not only a $3 billion coal-to-natural gas facility, but many other companies as well that are ready to invest in such alternative energy sources as clean-burning coal, ethanol, biodiesel, wind and solar. A legislative committee created to draft this legislation began meeting shortly after the special session ended. The goal is to have a bill ready by next Monday, when Gov. Ernie Fletcher is expected to call legislators back to Frankfort. Assuming the committee’s efforts are successful, and the energy legislation is the only issue the General Assembly is considering, our work should be finished by the end of next week. July is principally known for independence and fireworks, and both could be seen in the Capitol last month as the House refused to participate in a blatantly political session and leaders of the executive and legislative branches fought over

passing the House earlier this what should be done next. Fortunately, both sides now year before being stopped seem to have found common in the Senate — approving those projects now, at a cost ground on the energy issue. of nearly a half-bilIn some ways, this lion dollars, would all began 15 years ago, when Ken- Jeff Greer have hampered the two-year budget the tucky’s constitution legislature will craft was modified to alin early 2008, when low governors to many pressing needs run for re-election. must be addressed. This year marks the With the constifirst time in our 215tution in mind, it is year history that an worth noting that incumbent governor faces a viable oppo- Legislative a document writUpdate ten well over a cennent while running tury ago worked last for a second term. month as the framers When Gov. Paul Patton was up for re-election intended. Section 80 says that when in 1999, he had only token the House and Senate cannot opposition. In a special session, the agree on adjourning a special governor decides what topics session, the governor has the are to be discussed. Although authority to postpone it unthat does not guarantee any til a later date. This gives all bill will become law, this sides a chance to step back type of session can nonethe- and see if a compromise can less be tempting as a means be reached. That’s just what to appeal to voters close to happened last month. During that three-week an election. That sets a dangerous precedent, however, break, House leaders had if there is no real emergency fruitful negotiations with the justifying a special session at leaders of Peabody Energy, the coal company considertaxpayer expense. For one thing, it upends ing the $3 billion coal-to-natthe traditional legislative ural gas plant. The go-ahead for that plant process, especially when it comes to the budget. That is not expected until a more could be seen in the dozens of in-depth study is completed projects the governor wanted sometime next spring, but Kentucky is poised to be the the legislature to approve. While each one is impor- front-runner if the company tant — with most in fact moves forward.

Soldiers often shun emotional counseling The Department of Defense Mental Health Task Force, created last year, has turned in its 100-page report with assessments and recommendations for providing mental health services for service members. The numbers aren’t pretty. Between 20 percent and 50 percent of troops and National Guard members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have psychological problems, including depression and symptoms of stress reactions. Part of the reason — no surprise — is multiple deployments. Many report problems

Freddy Groves Veterans Post with alcohol and strains in the family at the 12-month mark after deployment. The higher the degree of danger they’ve experienced, the higher the rate of mental health problems. Twenty percent of married soldiers plan to separate or divorce. Alcoholism is taking a serious toll. In anonymous surveys, 23 percent reported a problem with drinking, but only 15 percent were seeking help. In one year the number

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of alcohol-related incidents rose from 1.73 per 1,000 soldiers to 5.71 - a dramatic increase. Suicide attempt increases were even higher. Getting help isn’t easy with just one mental health worker per 5,000 troops, but the initial hesitation starts with the soldier. Surveys revealed that 48 percent of Marines and 59 percent of soldiers believe they would be treated differently by their leaders if they went for counseling. An anonymous survey showed that of those who already have mental health problems, 63 percent are

most concerned about being perceived as weak by superiors. The report recommends, among other things, that all service members be educated to understand that combat can “wound the mind” as easily as it can the body, and that early symptoms need to be recognized and treated. The first step is to address the perceived stigma attached to mental health issues. Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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One of the more contentious issues of July’s special session — whether legislators should be paid — has largely been resolved as well. From the beginning, many of us in the House argued that we should not receive a salary for a special session that, at the time, was ill-conceived. While this has proven far more difficult than it should be, principally because of bureaucratic obstacles put up by the Senate and the administration, the end result is that my colleagues in the House and I will live up to our promise when all is said and done. It has been a long, hot summer in more ways than one, but next week’s special session should herald a cooler atmosphere in Frankfort. If only the same would happen with our weather. I will, of course, keep you updated on what happens during the upcoming special session, but if you would like to contact me in the meantime my address is Room 351E, Capitol Annex, 702 Capitol Avenue, Frankfort, KY 40601. You can also leave a message for me or for any legislator at 800-372-7181. For the deaf or hard of hearing, the number is 800-896-0305. I hope to hear from you soon.

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Charles Barney “Chuck” Durbin Charles Barney “Chuck” Durbin, 72, of Irvington, passed away Sunday August 5, 2007 at U of L Hospital in Louisville. He was born September 15, 1934, the son of the late Barney and Marguretta Whiteman Durbin. He was a painting contractor. He was preceded in death by two sons; Ronnie Patton and Benny Patton. He is survived by his wife Lucille D. Durbin; six children; Tommy (Sharon) Patton of Columbia, S.C., Charlotte (Dale) Stone of Gilbert, Ariz., Cheryl Durbin of Radcliff, Ky., Barbara Hyle of Enid, OK, Embery Patton of Potsdam, N.Y., Edward Charles Durbin of Gloversville, N.Y., 18 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Cremation was chosen by the family. There will be no service. Arrangements are being handled by Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home in Brandenburg. Online condolences may be left at www.bjsfunerals.com.

Ruth Haddix Mrs. Ruth Haddix, 81, of Muldraugh, Ky. died Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Saints. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Louisiville, Ky. She was born July 27, 1926, the daughter of Elza and Sallie McCorkle Wells. Mrs. Haddix was a graduate of Ekron High School and was Secretary Treasurer of the Alumni Association, a member of Barker Chapter 79, O.E.S., a member and Church Clerk of Muldraugh Baptist Church for 30 years, Former Treasurer, Salem Association of Baptists, former Muldraugh Librarian and Muldraugh Columnist for the Meade County Messenger. Mrs. Haddix was preceded in death by five sisters, Mary Lucille Wood, Delpha Norris, Bessie Streble, Pearl Basham and Velma Roberts and one brother, Basil Wells. She is survived by her husband, Harold Kenneth Haddix, two sons, Bobby (Sue) Deyo, Ft. Mitchell, Ky. and Kenny (Cheryl) Haddix, Richmond, Ky., three grandchildren, Megan Deyo Belcher, Mary Haddix and Michael Haddix, a great-grandson, Hayden Belcher, and one Brother, Carl Wells, Brandenburg, Ky. Funeral services were held Friday at Muldraugh Baptist Church with Reverend David Sullivan officiating. Burial was in Bethany Memorial Gardens directed by Hager Funeral Home, Brandenburg, Ky. Online condolences may be left at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

Mildred Rose Keal Mildred Rose Keal, 80, passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2007 in Louisville. She was the former Mildred Rose Yates, a native of Vine Grove. She was born in Rineyville to Ida Mae and George S. Pawley and later adopted by Georgia D. and Andrew Yates of Vine Grove. She was retired from Hardin Memorial Hospital after having served many years as a registered nurse. She was a member of St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Robert R. Keal. She is survived by three sons, Donald A. Keal (Jeanni), Ronald M. Keal (Teresa) and R. Thad Keal (Nancy); six grandchildren; two brothers, John Pawley of Vine Grove and William Pawley of Mt. Sterling; and one sister, Dorothy Shephard of Thornville, Ohio.

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Her funeral mass was on Tuesday at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Memorial and Honor Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105. The guest register may be signed at www.nebfh.com.

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Joan Tabor Triplett, 72, formerly of Garfield, Ky., died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She was born in Breckinridge County, on April 14, 1935, the daughter of the late Orval Ollie & Frances Emmaline Wilson Tabor. She was a homemaker and member of the Valley Station Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Owen Triplett and daughter Melissa Dawn Triplett. Joan is survived by a son and daughter-in-law: Robert Dale & Karen Triplett of Odessa, Florida two granddaughters: Candace Oschmann and Carrie Triplett; two great grandsons: Caleb and Andrew Probus, and a sister, Ann Dobbs Burnett of Louisville, Ky. Tommie Faye Bennett of Kirk, Ky., and Brenda Probus of Garfield, Ky., Vickie Lucas of Hardinsburg, Ky., also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home with Reverend Tim Ramsey officiating. Burial was in the Horsley Cemetery at Locust Hill, Ky. Memorial contributions are requested to: MS Foundation. The guest register may be signed at: www.trentdowell.com.

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ABOVE: Cars filled the parking lot Monday afternoon as customers filed into the county's newest restaurant, Jailhouse Pizza.

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The prison cells still exist on the top floors of the old Meade County jailhouse, but as of this week the cells are no longer full of convicts serving time. The jail has undergone a serious face lift over the last few years and it finally reopened to the public on Monday as Jailhouse Pizza. It's the newest restaurant in town and it offers a laid back place where locals can savor a piece of the past while savoring a slice of pizza. “I think we offer the best pizza and ingredients in all of Kentucky,” said Barbara Lomerson, who owns the business with her husband, Richard. The Lomerson’s run the pizzeria out of the old county jail in downtown Brandenburg. The jail was damaged during the 1974 tornado that swept through the city, but from that destruction came construc-

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more than 20 people, who tion. The building was pur- would like to get a taste of chased by developer Ronnie what it's like to have a meal behind bars. Ables at an auction in 2004. The walls of the restauLomerson said Ables approached her and her rant are covered with hishusband with the idea of torical black-and-white picturning the building into a tures of Meade County. A beautiful view of the Ohio pizzeria. “We began the process River is available from nearof making changes to the ly every seat in the building. The relaxing building atmosphere, around the views of the first of the river and year,” she fascinating said. “We photographs tried to keep keep cusa lot of the tomers enterhistory intact.” –Barbara Lomerson, tained while The main co-owner of Jailhouse Pizza they wait for their pizzas, floor of the sandwiches pizzeria is designed with the usual and salads. Meade County residents tables and booths people would find in any restaurant. Brenda Heslep, Kim Hicks But as customers wander and Logan Hicks, stopped through the building, they'll in for some pizza after hearfind old jail cells on the top ing through the grapevine level that have simply been that Monday was the resrefurbished and filled with taurant’s opening day. “We just heard it was open tables and chairs. The upstairs jail cell area and thought we’d come and will be used for parties of see what it was like,” Heslep

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ownership and produces forged deeds. Buyer − Lets someone else use their name and credit information in exchange for cash, or who takes cash back at closing, never intending to make any of the mortgage payments. Seller − Raises the price of the house and gives cash back at closing or agrees to a silent second mortgage that the lender doesn’t know about. Real estate agent − Pulls comparables in a neighborhood to justify the higher price of a house, or steers unqualified buyers to lenders who will handle “creative” loans. Notary − Notarizes documents without adequate evidence of who’s signing the paperwork. Even the most vigilant buyer or seller can inadvertently be sucked into a real estate scheme. Before you buy or sell, take a look at “Protect Yourself from Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud,” by Ralph R. Roberts

and Rachel Dollar (Kaplan 2007). Due out this summer, the book walks you through every possible scenario and shows how you can protect yourself. Rules of thumb: • If it isn’t in writing, it’s probably illegal. If every dollar in a transaction isn’t accounted for on the HUD-1 Settlement Statement, it’s evidence of fraud. • If cash exchanges hands after closing, it’s evidence of fraud. • If you’re pressured to lie about anything at all, it’s evidence of fraud. As an indication of the seriousness of real estate crimes, a bill has been introduced in Congress to make available $65 million to state and federal regulators for the prosecution of the criminals. 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.

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said. The lunch crowd that entered the restaurant during its busy grand opening seemed happy about the food and service. Kaelyn Burnett, who came to the pizzeria as a treat for the children she was babysitting, plans on making Jailhouse Pizza a regular stop. “The food was really good and we enjoyed it,” she said. “I’ll probably come back again tomorrow with the kids for lunch.” Alan Miller who visited the restaurant with his son, Dean, enjoyed their meal and the atmosphere. Miller said he’ll definitely be stopping by in the future. “This place reminds me of a great pizza place in Louisville and the food here was good too,” he said. “They’ll see us here again.” For more information, please contact Jailhouse Pizza at 270-422-4660 or go to the restaurant located at 125 Main Street in Brandenburg.

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Annual Field Day a success in Midway Laura Saylor editor@thenewsstandard.com The Meade County Cooperative Extension Office, Meade County Conservation District and the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture hosted the Meade County Agriculture Field Day Friday morning at two local farms. Dozens of cars lined the gravel lane that leads to a farm in Midway that is maintained by Steve and Nancy Beavin and Nathan and Rebecca Beavin. Despite the early morning heat, nearly 75 people gathered to participate in the annual event. Attendees were welcomed at 9 a.m. by Meade County Conservation District Chairman John Bruington and Meade County Extension Agent for Agriculture/Natural Resources Andy Mills. The crowd was then divided onto three different hay trailers and was trucked to six different stations along the Beavins’s farm and the neighboring farm owned by Homer Lee and Kaye Richardson.

Specialists from the University of Kentucky and the National Resources Conservation Service held various presentations at each station. “The projects that they talk about vary every year,” Mills said. “We try to include topics that are really important and helpful to Meade County producers.” Dr. Les Anderson, a Beef Extension Specialist from UK, discussed synchronization and time breeding cows and heifers. He presented information about artificial insemination of beef cattle. “The hidden power of A.I. is you know the performance of your bull,” Anderson said to a hay wagon full of listeners. Charts and diagrams illustrating peek breeding times and other statistics were on display providing more detailed information and analyses. Further down the agricultural hay ride, Dr. Tim Stombaugh, a Precision Agriculture Specialist from UK, spoke about various types of technology used in farming today. On display was large and small farm

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The Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce is searching for volunteers to represent Meade County at the 2007 Kentucky State Fair. Russ Powell, director of Meade County Tourism, is asking for local community members to help staff Meade County’s booth in the Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Companies Pride of the Counties exhibit at the state fair. The Pride of the Counties exhibits aim to provide fairgoers with facts and information about all 120 of the state’s counties. “People don’t need to know every little thing about Meade County to sign up,” Powell said. “They just need to be pleasant and

helpful.” Thirty-three two-person teams are needed to work the booth from Thursday, Aug. 16, to Sunday, Aug. 26. Each two-person team should be willing to cover a four-and-one-half-hour shift, either 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., or 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. During previous years, some volunteers worked double shifts at the booth to allow other volunteers time to visit other state fair

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Dozens of local residents listen to UK Beef Extension Specialist Dr. Les Anderson present his project titled “Synchronizing and Time Breeding Cows and Heifers.” equipment for attendees to inspect and climb in and out of. “With some of these advances you are able to drive more precisely, cover more ground in the least amount of time and with the least amount of output,” Stombaugh told his group about a state-of-the-art combine. “Some of this technology is still a bit pricey… but you have to consider the time, effort and money you’re saving in other ways.” Other presentation topics included managing practices for renovating pastures, drying and storage of grain, insecticide treatments for seed soybeans and habitat buffers for wildlife. “We have the technology specialist to show people in the county what types of equipment and innovations are available,” Mills said. “It’s something they can look at and have expert right there to answer all their questions… and it helps with young farmers who are looking down the road at what they should be

events and activities before or after their shift. Volunteers will receive fair passes that will cover parking and admission costs. Maps, brochures and other Meade County literature will be on hand for volunteers to distribute to interested fairgoers. To become a volunteer Meade County representative at the Kentucky State Fair contact Powell at 270422-3626 or tourism@bbtel. com.

doing.” Also on hand during the Field Day was a hay-testing site, staffed by members of the UK College of Agriculture. “Hay that people bring with them can be tested for protein or molds,” said Calvin Bohannon of the Meade County Conservation District. “People bring samples with them and they can be shown how to test and what to test for.” With the hay shortage that is hitting the state, Mills thought it would be a good idea to ask the hay testing team from UK to attend this year’s Field Day. “We’ve had them come down a few years before,” Mills said. “We asked them to come down today so people could get their hay tested, especially in these conditions.” Concluding the Field Day was a large lunch provided by the Midway Homemakers Club. Tyson Foods, Farm Credit Services and Culligan Water donated some of the food and drinks.

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Wilkins - Lucas Robert and Theresa Wilkins, Brandenburg, are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Mindy Wilkins, to Jeremy Lucas, son of Steve Lucas and Melena Shilts, Ekron. Mindy is a 2003 graduate of Meade County High School and a 2006 graduate of the Spencerian College Nursing program. Mindy is currently employed at Medco Center of Brandenburg. Jeremy is a 2001 graduate of Meade County High School and is currently attending Elizabethtown Community College, where he is pursuing an accounting degree. Jeremy is currently employed at First Federal Savings Bank in Brandenburg. The wedding will take place August 18, 2007, at 7:00pm at Ekron Baptist Church. The reception will immediately follow at Brandenburg Farm Bureau Community Building in Brandenburg. All family and friends are invited to attend.

Birthdays Singleton Twins Mrs. Catherene Singleton Escue Clark, resident of Battletown, Ky., Mrs. Kathleen Singleton Cannon, of San Antonio, Texas, celebrated their 79th birthday on Aug. 9. The identical twins were born to Chris and Evalina Singleton on Aug. 9, 1928. On the day they were born, Mr. Chris headed out the door to tell the news of the birth of his daughter at the Payneville picnic when he heard the doctor call out “Wait a minute, Chris, there’s another one!” The Singleton twins, known as “Dottie” and “Woman” attended the Library School house on Liberty road in the 1930s and 1940s; they graduated from Meade County High School in 1947.Catherene was a founding member of the Brandenburg Church of Christ in the 1950s. Kathleen went on to marry Mr. Harold Cannon and eventually settled in Texas. Catherene married Charles Escue, and they settled in California. Catherene later married Donald Clark in 1995 with her twin Kathleen serving as Matron of Honor. In 2003 Catherene returned to the “Home Place” in Battletown to live with her daughter Sharon Escue, who is the fifth generation to own the farm on Liberty Road. The identical twins spend as much time together as possible: Kathleen travels to Kentucky to see Catherene now, since Catherene is challenged with health problems. Cards well wishes, memories, and stories are welcomed this year to celebrate their birthday. Of particular interest would be stories of Bombay Post Office which the twins gradfather, John Henry Singleton, operated in the Home Place during the early 1900s. Also welcomed are personal stories and memories — many young men lent a hand to Mr. Chris through the years, often for Evalina’s great cooking. Please feel free to send your birthday greetings to Catherene (Dottie) and Kathleen (Woman) at 1775 Liberty Road, Battletown, Kentucky, 40104.

Weddings Diane - Yourat Donnie and Kathy Jones, Brandenburg, announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Britney Diane, to Andrew William Youart, son of Howard Yourat and Cary Broussard, Flaherty. Britney graduated from Elizabethtown Community and Techincal College in May of 2007 as a registered Dental Hygienist.Andrew is employed by Earthmoving Equipment and Repair Company in Elizabethtown. The wedding will take place on August 25, 2007, at New Brandenburg Baptist Church at 7:00p.m. A reception will immediately follow in the Farm Bureau Building.

oSha Shireman, a tenthgrader at Meade County High School, attended the fifth annual Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, in Murfreesboro, Tenn., from July 16-21. She took guitar and screen printing classes, and she worked with her band to perform at the end of the week. There were other classes to choose from, including drums, keyboard, vocals, photo, recording and song writing contest. The essay topic was: Who is the most influential woman in your life and why. She wrote about her mother. The judges asked her if they could us her paper as a sample essay for years to come. There were 76 girls who attended the Rock and Roll Camp. There was also a Rock and Roll Camp in Memphis, Tenn. The girls divided into 16 different bands, which performed in a special showcase at the Tucker Theatre, at Middle Tennessee State University. Although much of the music was rock and roll, there were several other styles, including funk, soul, country, bluegrass, and Latin music. One group performed Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles, another band played Edge of Seventeen, by Stevie Nicks, and their were several who actually wrote their own music, including the band oSha was in, who wrote and performed a soul/funk song called Stronger Than You. oSha was a little nervous to perform in front of 500 people, but camp was so intense that in one week oSha played the guitar with confidence and was happy to be on stage. “It’s amazing how many professional musicians worked with these girls, and how successful the showcase was,” her mom commented. “I was so impressed.” To contact the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, log on to www.sgrrc.org, or write to SGRRC, P.O. Box 331561, Murfreesboro, TN 37133, or call the office at 615-849-8140.

Friday, August 10 •Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting, REBOS Club. Hwy 79, Irvington, KY. Held every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday nights, 8:00 p.m. For more information please call 547-8750 or 5478752. •Rock & Roll Oldies by FLASHBACK, Friday August 10 @ 7 p.m. Live Music from on the beautiful Ohio River at the Brandenburg

Sunday, August 12 •Macedonia Christian Church located in Battletown KY. Will hold a meeting this Sunday August 12th at Noon, following service at 11 am. •Al-Anon Meeting, 8 p.m., at the Alcohalt House. Meats every Sunday and Tuesday. Call 828-2624 for more information.

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Lacefield Shad Jordan Lacefield graduated Cum Laude May 5, 2007, at Campbellsville University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. He was a member of Campbellsville Sports Reach Ministry and traveled to China as a member of the Baptist Campus Ministries Revival Team. He played baseball with the CU Tigers, and received the “Academic All American Award” for three years and “Champion for Character Baseball Award” in 2006. He served as CU Student Ambassador first year and CU Resident Assistant for two years. Shad is student teaching at GC Burkhead Elementary School in Elizabethtown. A 2003 graduate of Meade County High, Shad is the son of Fred and Dorothy Lacefield of Guston.

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Lonnie and Dorothy (Mattingly) Lawson of Brandenburg, Ky., will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Aug. 17, 2007. They were married at Raymond Baptist Church in Webster, Ky., with Reverend Hilton Olive. Lonnie is retired from Doe Valley Lake Inc., after 46 years of service. Dorothy is retired from General Electric after 30 years of service. They are the parents of David Ray Lawson (deceased), Lonnetta Brown, Stacy Shacklette and Todd Lawson all of Meade County. They are the proud grandparents of six grandchildren: Casey Brown Bewly (Brandon), Courtney Shacklette, Garrett Brown, Beckham Shacklette, Loni Brown, Dillion Brown and one great-grandson, Brody Bewly. In honor of their 50th anniversary, all family and friends are invited to help them celebrate this special occasion on Saturday, August 18 between the hours of 2-6p.m. at the Banquet Room, 138 Broadway, Brandenburg, Ky.

Monday, August 13 Free Bluegrass & old-time music jam will be held every Monday from 6:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. This will be held at the Vine Grove Optimist Park on Knox Blvd. Come to play or listen. Open to the public with no amplifiers or alcohol allowed. Crowds are over 100 so far. Bring your own chair. For more information call Donna Broadway at 877-2422. Tuesday, August 14 •WANTED – Farmers with produce to sell! Farmers Market will be open Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 a.m. to ?, by the railroad tracks in Vine Grove. The city of Vine Grove will provide restrooms, advertising, and free set-ups. For more information, call Donna Broadway at (270) 877-2422. •Meade County Public Library will be starting a Story

Hour program for children 0-5 ears old. It will be held every Tuesday at 10:30a.m. in the library annex building. The program will consist of books, activities, games and free crafts pertaining to a theme. It is free and open to the public. For more information call the library at 4222094. •First day of school for Meade County Students! •Payneville- SBDM council meeting, starts at 4:30p.m. Wednesday, August 15 •8th grade girl’s basketball tryouts, August 15-16, 3-5p.m. •Chapter 1512 of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will meet at 1:00p.m. at the Brandenburg United Methodist Church. For more information please call Billie at 42-2557.

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Act responsibly when spanking QUESTION: I have never spanked my 3-year-old because I am afraid it will teach her to hit others and be a violent person. Do you think I am wrong? DR. DOBSON: You have asked an important question that reflects a common misunderstanding about child management. First, let me emphasize that it is possible — even easy — to create a violent and aggressive child who has observed this behavior at home. If he is routinely beaten by hostile, volatile parents, or if he witnesses physical violence between angry adults, or if he feels unloved and unappreciated within his family, that child will not fail to notice how the game is played. Thus, corporal punishment that is not administered according to carefully thought-out guidelines is a risky thing. Being a parent carries no right to slap and intimidate a child because you had a bad day or are in a lousy mood. It is this kind of unjust discipline that causes some well-

meaning authorities to reject corporal punishment as a method of discipline. Just because a technique is used wrongly, however, is no reason to reject it altogether. Many children desperately need this resolution to their disobedience. In those situations when the child, aged 2 to 10, fully understands what he is being asked to do but refuses to yield to adult leadership, an appropriate spanking is the shortest and most effective route to an attitude adjustment. When he lowers his head, clenches his fists and makes it clear he is going for broke, justice must speak swiftly and eloquently. Not only does this response not create aggression in a boy or girl, it helps them control their impulses and live in harmony with various forms of benevolent authority throughout life. Many people disagree, of course. I can only tell you that there is not a single well-designed scientific study that confirms the hypothesis that spanking by a loving parent breeds vio-

Meltdown.” Allan Carlson of lence in children. QUESTION: We hear a the Howard Center for Famgreat deal these days about ily, Religion and Society said, the demise of the nuclear fam- “We are moving toward a ily. Do you think these reports post-family society.” Sadly and ominousare exaggerated? ly, these assessments DR. DOBSON: Focus on are true. This GodUnfortunately, no. the family ordained institution, I’m convinced that which has prevailed the threat we’re facin almost every culing in the area of ture on Earth for more family breakdown is than 5,000 years, is unvery real. It’s a trend raveling right in front that involves a huge of our eyes. number of people in Here are some of the the United States and most disturbing findaround the world, and James ings from the report: their ranks are growDobson Households headed ing exponentially. by unmarried partners According to the census figures released in grew by almost 72 percent May 2001, the nuclear family during the past decade, most has continued its downward of them involving people livspiral that began in the early ing together out of wedlock. ‘70s. Indeed, it is now in an Households headed by single mothers increased by more unfettered free fall. Our local newspaper in than 25 percent, and those led Colorado Springs, The Ga- by single fathers grew by alzette, shouted the news in most 62 percent. Dr. Dobson is founder and 72-point type: “Nuclear Family Fading.” The Boston chairman of the board of the nonHerald, in a column written profit organization Focus on the by Don Feder, carried the Family, P.O. Box 444, Colorado headline “Nuclear Family in Springs, CO. 80903.

You must forgive to be forgiven Peter asked Jesus, Lord, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times? Jesus answered Peter, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy times seven.” —Matthew 18:22 Like Charlie Brown himself, good old St. Peter craves affirmation. Like a needy little puppy looking for a pat on the head, St. Peter is always on the look out for ways to impress Jesus. No matter how hard he tries, he seems to keep missing the mark over and over again. You have to love this big-hearted lug! The stories of St. Peter embarrassing himself are numerous, but the one we have today is typical. Jesus had just told his disciples that they must forgive one another. When Jesus finishes speaking, imagining that another chance to impress Jesus has presented itself, good old St. Peter springs

The biggest mistake peointo action. Peter knows well that the ple make when it comes to rabbis had always taught forgiveness is thinking forthat people needed to forgiveness is for the benefit of the offending party. give three times. Peter gets out his little Encouraging In a certain way, foradding machine and giveness of others Words multiplies that by is actually a gift we two and adds one for give ourselves. good measure. Then Grudges consume he asks his question vast amounts of and answers himself time and energy: the at the same time. incessant mental en“How many times ergy of rehearsing it must we forgive? over and over in our Seven times?” minds, the constant Ronald He obviously exretelling of it to anyKnott pected Jesus to say, one who will listen, “Wow, Peter, how the regular bad feelgenerous you are! ings it keeps generYou are better than the best! ating. Seven times is beyond the While we are doing all this call of duty!” to ourselves, the offending You can almost see his big person is probably unaware eager grin melt when Jesus of the punishment we are told him to forgive, not sev- inflicting on ourselves. As en times, but seventy times the comedian Buddy Hackseven times, that is forgiv- ett put it, “Don’t carry a ing without counting the grudge. While you are cartimes. rying the grudge, the other

guy’s out dancing.” The best reason forgive is also selfish – so that God will forgive us! The ancients said it quite clearly. “Forgive your neighbor’s injustice; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven. Could anyone nourish anger against another and expect healing from the Lord?” Jesus put it this way, “Forgive and you will be forgiven. The measure you measure with, will be measured back to you.” Holding a grudge is a dangerous, as well as a self-defeating, thing to do! How many old grudges are you carrying around in your mind and heart? Who do you refuse to forgive? Isn’t today a good time to let God cut you free, spiritually and emotionally? It may be the biggest step toward self-care you’ll ever take!

Sometimes, people need a hand to hold Many years ago I was told a story about a nurse who had escorted a young man to the bedside of an elderly man. “Your son is here,” she whispered to the patient. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of his pain and he could barely see through his oxygen mask the young man standing beside his bed. The young man took his hand and gently squeezed a message of encouragement. The nurse brought a chair next to the bedside and for a long time the young man sat

holding the old man’s hand asked. The startled nurse replied, and offering gentle words of hope. The dying man said “I thought he was your father?” nothing as he held “No, he was not my tightly to his son. Pastor’s father,” he answered. Finally, with a few last heavy breaths, Spotlight “I never saw him before in my life.” the old man died. “Then why didn’t The young man you say something placed on the bed the when I took you lifeless hand he had to him?” asked the been holding and nurse. then he went to noHe replied, “I also tify the nurse. knew he needed his When the nurse Randy son, and his son just had finished her task, Johnson wasn’t here. When I she began to offer realized he was too words of sympathy to the young man. But he in- sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew how terrupted her. “Who was that man?” he much he needed a hand to

Following the ‘Golden Rule’ Matthew 7:12 says, “So sider holy. We would bein everything, do to others come our own teachers and what you would have them begin teaching ourselves do to you, for this sums how we should live. We wouldn’t up the Law and the need so many lawprophets.” Divine yers and law books, What could be more clear and con- Guidance for this standard is concise and easy cise than the truth to learn. If only we stated in this verse? were diligent and seBut the world rious enough to live won’t let us reflect according to it! on these words. Our Let me give a sinful nature won’t rough example. No let us measure our one would like to lives against this Dan be robbed. If you standard. We let this Newton ask yourself, you verse go in one ear would have to admit and out the other. that you certainly If we would continually compare our lives wouldn’t enjoy it. So why and actions against this don’t you conclude that evstandard, we wouldn’t live eryone else feels the same so carelessly. We would way? At the store, you see have more than enough to the vendors charge as much do and wouldn’t need to as they wish for what they’re pursue other works we con- selling, so that it costs three

times what it is worth. If you were to ask a vendor, “Excuse me, would you like this done to you?” he would have difficulty replying. If he were honest and thinking sensibly, he would have to say, “I want to pay the market value, what is just and fair. I don’t want to be overcharged.” So do you see the point? Your heart tells you how you would like to be treated, and your conscience tells you that you should treat others the same way. Remember to attend the church of your choice this Sunday. If you don’t have a church home come and visit with us at Grace Baptist Church. Reverend Dan Newton is the pastor of Grace Baptist Church.

hold onto.” A long time ago an old gray haired preacher told me that when visiting the sick or dying it isn’t a time to be talkative. Few words are necessary. It isn’t as important as what you say as it is you being there, and by being there you showed your cared. Maybe you could show the love of Jesus by being a hand someone needs to hold on too. Randy Johnson is the reverend of the Brandenburg Church of God ande also hosts a radio show on WMMG from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday.

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with the city, Mayor David Pace said the previous city council agreed last year to change the name of the city’s road from Fairway drive to Hillcrest drive. “The council already voted to change the name to Hillcrest Drive,” he said. “I don’t see why the council wouldn’t stick with that decision.” Craycroft said Brandenburg City Council has not approached him about changing the road name, but he believes a big burden would be placed on the county if Fairway drive in Branden-

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burg changes names. He said he did not know an exact dollar amount but said the cost of changing everything involving the county’s address, including stationary, telephone books and would likely result in an enormous bill for the county to pay. “A lot of money would have to go into changing the road name at the courthouse,” he said. “The county would incur a huge expense by making the change.” But Craycroft said he understands why the residents of Doe Valley would not want to endure another address change. Doe Valley has undergone around 20 significant address changes due to readdressing for E-911 ser-

tremely cooperative with us,” vices Bennett said. “The people in Doe Valley he said. “There is no plan to have already had to make a present a change to the residents.” lot of address Bennett changes,” “A lot of money said he, CrayCraycroft said. croft and an “I would unwould have to go conderstand why into changing the E-911 sultant also they wouldn’t road name at the will look into want to make alternative another courthouse. The to fix change.” county would incur ways the problem, And Doe a huge expense.” like checkValley resi–Judge/Executive ing to see dents are not likely to have Hary Craycrtoft if there is a way to keep to make a road both Fairname change way Drives. He thought a this time, Bennett said. “The residents of Doe complete master street adValley have already been dress guide should be ready approached about address for Brandenburg Telephone changes and have been ex- Company soon after a deci-

sion is made about the road name. “We’ll see if there are ways for the two roadways to coexist,” Bennett said. “If there is no way, then we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” But one county employee, County Clerk Katrina Fitzgerald, foresaw the problem and took precautionary steps early by deciding to use a post office box. “I gradually started using the post office box when Doe Valley began making road name changes but kept their Fairway Drive because I thought the courthouse might have to change addresses,” she said. “Except for making a few calls

Mr. Schmidt will be able to update everyone on what’s been going on.” While most Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce meetings welcome only Chamber members, the August 16 luncheon

will be open to the general public. “Although this is an important issue to the members and the community, this is also important to people throughout all of Meade County,” said Pow-

ell. The luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 16 at 12 p.m. at the Meade County Extension Service at 1041 Old Ekron Road in Brandenburg. It is being catered by

members of the Ambrose Meade Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Reservations should be made by noon on Tuesday, August 14 by calling 270-422-3626. The Meade County Cham-

to Frankfort, the County Clerk’s office wouldn’t have a lot of work to do to change addresses now.”

No response to committee’s grant request

Bill Lacey, who handles the readdressing for the E-911 system, informed the committee that he has not received a response back regarding the Homeland Security Grant he applied for in June. At the June meeting, Lacey said he would ask for $261,581 in his proposal to purchase the Computer Aided Dispatch system, which would allow dispatchers to pinpoint the location of wireless calls made to the 911 Center. ber of Commerce is one of several local and regional businesses, organizations and government offices that have been supportive of the campaign. The luncheon sponsor will be First Federal Savings bank.

Sports

Friday, August 10, 2007

STANDINGS Football

District W L Meade 0 0 N. Hardin 0 0 C. Hardin 0 0 Nelson Co. 0 0 Greenwood 0 0

Overall W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Volleyball

District W L Meade 0 0 0 0 Han. Co. 0 Gray. Co. 0 0 Breck. Co. 0

Overall W L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Boys Soccer Meade C. Hardin N. Hardin J. Hardin E-town Fort Knox

District W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Overall W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Girls Soccer Meade C. Hardin N. Hardin J. Hardin E-town Fort Knox

District W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Waves pound ’dogs in home opener By Shaun T. Cox sports@thenewsstandard.com The Lady Waves opened their new season with a resounding 2-0 (25-12, 25-3) thumping of the Lady Bulldogs from John Hardin High School. New coach Amber English said she was thrilled to get that first game out of the way. “It’s very exciting,” she said about the win. “I was anxious to see how we would play our first game out and I feel really good about it.” In the first match, the front row did most of the damage. “Our front row played really well and I’m really pleased about that,” she said. “All of our hitters had some kills tonight and we really spread it around and played well. Shelby had 18 assists and we had a few blocks. We didn’t have many digs but the other team wasn’t hitting quite as hard.” In the second match it was the back rows turn to dominate and after taking six of the first seven points, 6-1 freshman middle hitter Tiffany Filburn served up 15 straight points and seven aces. “That really helped us,” English said. “I was glad

to see her serve so well and the whole back row was really on the second game. I was thrilled when Megan hit a slide and they were really playing well.” Filburn, who also played varsity last year as an eighth-grader, got her first chance to serve in a game and she took full advantage of it. “Last year, Tiffany didn’t serve for us and we subbed someone in for her,” English said. “But this year her serve has been so good in practice I had to give her a chance back there and she proved that she could do it.” Filburn, who also chipped in an assist, two kills and a block for good measure, said she was locked in. “I don’t know, I was just feeling good and it was a lot of fun,” she said. “They’re a good team, though.” Junior setter Shelby Chism picked up right where she left off last season setting up her teammates with 18 assists. Chism said the team showed up ready to work. “I think we really played with a lot of intensity,” she said. “I think that was our main focus tonight

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Senior Megan McGehee goes up for one of her seven kills in the Lady Waves win.

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Overall W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

‘Wave back from EKU, game tonight

ON DECK August 10

By Shaun T. Cox sports@thenewsstandard.com

Football scrimmage Marion Co. 6:30 p.m.

The Greenwave season unofficially begins tonight with the first of two preseason scrimmages. Tonight’s game against Monroe County is tentatively scheduled for 6:30 p.m., with the kickoff time depending on the temperature. If it is too hot, the start time may be delayed. Last week, the team returned from camp at Eastern Kentucky University where the guys put in some serious work in some seriously hot temperatures. “We practiced four times a day,” assistant coach Glen Wilson said. “We got up at 5:30 a.m… and two (practices) would be in full gear and two would be in helmets only. We worked on a lot of fundamental stuff, but the main thing is working on chemistry — getting the guys away from their girlfriends, their mommas and daddy’s and their friends. It’s nothing but football for about four days. It’s worth it to get them bonding and from that aspect, you can’t beat going to camp.” Head coach Larry Mofield agreed that camp is the best time to build team chemistry. “Any time you’re together like that it helps you grow,” he said. “A lot of football is not X’s and O’s, it’s chemistry. Our kids got a chance to work together, spend a lot of time

August 11 Traveling squad football @East vs. Moss 3 p.m. Greenwave golf Greenwave Invitational Lady Wave volleyball @Edmonson Co. TBA August 13 Greenwave golf North Bullitt Lady Wave soccer JV/V @Nelson Co. 5:30/7 p.m. August 14 Greenwave golf @Breck. Co Lady Wave volleyball JV/V Campbellsville 6/7 p.m. August 16 Traveling squad football T.K. Stone 6 p.m. Greenwave golf LaRue Co. & J. Hardin Lady Wave golf @Tanglewood C.C. Lady Wave soccer JV/V Bullitt East 5:30/7 p.m. Lady Wave volleball F/JV/V @Hancock Co 5:30 p.m.

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Former Meade QB arrested for balloon prank

SPORTS BRIEFS •Youth football signups — tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon in the MCHS cafeteria. Kids in grades 2-4 can sign up for flag football for $35. Kids in grades 4-6 can sign up for tackle football for $45. For more information, contact coach Glen Wilson at (270) 668-9051

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•Fall ball signups — every Friday at the Brandenburg Food Court from 6 to 9 p.m. Players must be 5- to 18years-old and have a copy of your birth certificate if you haven’t played in the league before.

Alumni games kickoff new soccer season ABOVE: Sophomore striker Rebecca Hail makes a move toward the goal during Saturday’s annual Alumni game. The girls varsity game ended in a 0-0 tie. LEFT: Sophomore midfielder Quinitin Franke controls the ball at mid-pitch. The alumni won the boys game 3-1. Earlier in the day, the boys scrimmaged St. Patrick in Frankfort, winning 5-0.

Staff Report Former Meade County quarterback and current Indiana University senior tight end Blake Powers was arrested July 30 for hitting an offduty campus police officer with a water balloon. Powers, 22, was seated in the driver-side backseat of a black 2004 Jeep Cherokee when the IUPD officer, Paul Wampler, turned at an intersection in an unmarked vehicle and Powers allegedly threw the balloon through his window, hitting Wampler in the head. According to the police report, the suspects in the Cherokee sped off and tried to pull into

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CORRECTION In the July 27 issue, a picture on the front page incorrectly listed Brad Fackler as the driver of the 16x car. It should have named A.J. Worley.

Change has been great for both Busch, Tryson DAYTONA BEACH — Former NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Kurt Busch knows about change. After winning his first — and only — championship, for former employer Jack Buddy Roush three years ago, Busch raced Shacklette another season for Roush before entertaining other suitors and eventually jumping to the Penske Racing stable. NASCAR Busch won three races that final 2005 season for Roush, but the parting of ways got ugly as he transcended over into the Penske camp. Busch, a Las Vegas native, not only had to buy/demand his way out of his Roush contract, but he also jumped from Ford to Dodge

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Busch takes the lead and the race from Dale Earnhardt. Jr. Sunday. while forcing Roush to extend Mark Martin’s retirement from fulltime racing another year. The move still leaves a bitter taste in Roush’s mouth because he was

the one who gave Busch his break into NASCAR, via his infamous “Gong Show.” In 1999, Roush picked Busch out of tryout of unproven drivers and

put him in a front-running NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry for the 2000 season. Despite teammate Greg Biffle winning the championship that season, it was Roush who graduated Busch to the Nextel Cup Series in 2001, while Biffle put in a another two seasons in the NASCAR Busch Series before being moved to Cup in 2003. “Without any drivers from the west coast at some point — I’m not saying I pioneered it, Derrike Cope and Mike Bliss and those guys are from out there — but I’m one guy that came from the far west,” Biffle said. “Then Kurt Busch came from Nevada and it kinda kept going a little bit. I think that gave it a little momentum, seeing fresh talent from the West and then it kind of gave people the idea to keep looking for drivers.” The bitterness with Roush and

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The 2007 Meade County High School cheerleading team will compete in at least three competitions this upcoming season. Seniors: Ruby Bowers and Chelsey Garris. Juniors: Audrianna Armstrong, Emily Benham, Jessica Padgett and Roni Robinson. Sophomores: Marcie Ballard, Hannah Clark, Bethany Hooper, Jessie Story and Chelsea Stull. Freshmen: Hayley Ackerman, Sara Basham, Hailey Burnett, Kelly Claycamp, Lauren Nichols, Brittani Troutman and Kelli Warford. Coaches: Kim Hesler, Dana Pickering, and Megan Hubbard.

Cheerleaders ready for new season By Felicia Thompson Meade County High School Cheerleading coach Kim Hesler is “really excited about this year and our nine new cheerleaders.” Of the 18 cheerleaders, the squad boasts nine freshmen faces this year, along with the two senior co-captains Chelsey Garris and Ruby Bowers, who both agree that this is more of a benefit rather than a potential hurdle. “They’re all enthusiastic and friendly,” Hesler said. Garris said the younger girls are receptive to instruction. “They listen to us,” she said, “which makes practice a lot easier.” Bowers also thinks highly

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Busch is believed to run even deeper because the beginning of their parting was believed to be over money. After winning his 2004 Cup championship, Busch was looking to renegotiate his Roush deal and when Roush refused he went looking for greener pastures, which he found with Penske. “Roger is a tremendous individual, and what he’s done in the racing world will stand forever as far as just the way he operates with his teams, the cleanliness in his shops and the whole demeanor around the Penske organization,” Busch said. “It’s very professional. It’s very down to earth.” It was a leap of faith for Busch. He had deeper pockets and a bigger bank account, but he was leaving a championship team for a team that has yet to win one in the Cup Series. Sure, Penske has won more than its share in the IndyCar ranks, but hasn’t had near the success in Cup. Busch won in just his fifth

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because it was our first game and we had a lot of people there watching. We just tried to have fun and play hard

of the freshmen. “They take criticism really well and don’t get offended by our advice,” she said. The team has learned some new tricks from a camp held at Eastern Kentucky University in June, which they hope will benefit them during competitions, as well as their performance during the football and basketball seasons. “At camp, we learned new stunts, chants, sidelines and a hip-hop dance,” Bowers said. “And EKU named us ‘Most Improved.’” The squad will be competing at least three times this year, with their first competition in December called Winter Jam. “We know for sure that

we’ll be going to K-Pos,” Hesler said. “That’s kind of like our district — if you want to compare it — because we compete against all the same teams we play during basketball season.” The squad also will be entering JamFest, but Hesler said she thinks there are things greater than competitions. “For me as a coach, my first priority is cheering and school spirit.” she said. “Competition is second after that.” Both co-captains seem hopeful that the twice-aweek practices, new faces and the camp at EKU will help make their senior season a great one and the team feels it has made whole-

scale improvement since last year. “I just can’t wait for the season to start and see how we present ourselves at games,” Garris said. Bowers said she looks forward to this year bringing “a big payoff for our senior year and to just show everyone all of our improvement from last year.” As summer draws nearer to the end, the football and basketball season openers draw closer. This means we’ll finally get to see if all this hard work has paid off and if the cheerleaders can get all you Greenwave fans even more pumped as you root for the home team to get that touchdown or sink that three-pointer.

race for Penske last season at Bristol, Tenn., and the early indications were good. But since that lone win, Busch has struggled — to say the least. Until this past Sunday in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocona Raceway (Pa.) Busch had gone 51 races without a win and, of course, failed to make The Chase for the Championship last season. “It’s just great to be part of Penske Racing and to have the privilege to drive for this team and of course today, with such a great race car prepared by (crew chief) Pat Tryson,” Busch said. “Everybody has a hand in this car. It was very solidifying for me today to drive the Miller Lite Dodge into victory lane. It was a great handling car. I couldn’t thank the team enough. I did the smallest part, because a lot of work goes on behind the scenes putting this race win together.” Busch struggled the first half of this season, going through a pair of crew chiefs. Original crew chief, Roy McCauley, took a leave of absence to be with his ailing wife and Troy Rakar filled in for the interim. When Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle and veteran

crew chief Pat Tryson parted ways earlier in the year, Busch was all too happy to snatch up the proven callmaker, who has made the calls on his car since Sonoma, Calif. Over the last four races, Tryson has helped Busch to finishes of third (Daytona), sixth (Chicago), 11th (Indianapolis) and Sunday’s win at Pocono, while moving Busch into the 12th and final points spot for The Chase. “You’re working real hard and trying to get things better,” Tryson said of being unemployed before being hired by Penske. “All of a sudden it doesn’t work out and you’re at a pretty low point. The fortunate part for me is that when I was at that low point there was a lot of interest and a lot of good people that called and talked to me. I think I made the right decision for me. Hopefully it works the best for everybody. We’ve got a long way to go. We have to get this Miller Lite Dodge in the Chase. For me it’s been great and I feel better everyday. The working relationship that’s there for me is a perfect fit and hopefully it stays that way.” And for now, it appears as if a change has been good

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and I think we did well with that.”

— 4 kills, 2 hitting errors and 1 block; Lydia Curran —2 kills, 1 hitting error, 7 serves, 1 return error and 1 dig; Shelby Chism — 18 assists and 1 kill; Claire Cannady — 1 ace, 1 serving error and 8 serves; Tiffany Filburn — 1 assist, 2 kills, 7 aces, 2 serving errors, 17 serves and 1 block.

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Mofield Q&A part II — Ready for some football After serving as an assistant coach for 14 years, Larry Mofield is entering his fourth season as the headman on the Greenwave sideline. During Mofield’s time as head coach, Meade County has gone 17-18 overall and won its first district title last year with a 14-6 playoff win at John Hardin High School. The 2007 season opener is Aug. 24 at home against Fern Creek High School. Mofield recently sat down with The News Standard to discuss a variety of topics on the upcoming season and this is part two in a series.

I may never have had the opportunity to be a head coach. We’ll have to spend a little extra time getting them ready but I think they’re going to be good coaches. Question: How have the players been preparing since the end of last season and what have you seen from their attitudes during off-season workouts that make you think this could be a good year? Answer: They started in the weight room in January and we’ve been going until the dead period. We lifted during the winter, had 7-on-7 and lineman drills during the spring and summer and we’ve had good attendance. You cannot get any better unless you have kids at practice. I don’t foresee attendance as an issue because if a kid doesn’t show up — we’ll give them a couple of chances — there’s a point where you have to cut ties. We’ll shake their hands and wish them luck in the future, so we try to equate that to the real world. If you don’t show up for your job, you get fired and that’s our philosophy. The kids that have been there and they’ve worked hard and we tell them that the groundwork they lay from January to June 25 — the start of the dead period — is what makes a football team. Once the season starts it’s all down hill. You work hard for three days — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and back off Thursday. Friday you play the game and once the first game is played it flies by. We’ll have a threeweek window of intense preparation beginning (July 16) and we’ll go to camp at Eastern Kentucky on July 31 through August 4. Once camp’s over we’ll have two scrimmages against Marion County on Aug. 10 and Daviess County (either Thursday or Friday the following week). The kids that have worked hard and had good attendance, I hope that they have a hunger and a desire because they got a taste last year of being about as low as you can be sitting at 2-5. And then they got a taste of being about as high as you can be after beating John Hardin (for the district championship). We fell short of where we wanted to be because we go to the regional championship game and we got beat by a good football team. Ryle was a good example of how you play the game. You run the football and play good defense. They didn’t win the state championship but they got there and you don’t have a chance to win unless you get there. I don’t like to lose but it’s better to finish second then not get there at all. They had a good recipe for success and we got pushed around. That more than anything is discouraging — when you get pushed around. Had we lost on a last second field goal… It’s kind of like a fight, when you get pushed around in a fight, you don’t feel to good about yourself afterward. I hope our kids have a feeling of, ‘I don’t like the way we went out and this year we’re going to come out fighting every game.’ As a coach, there are a lot of bad feelings you can have after a game and all losses hurt, but some losses hurt more because of the way they happen. You can get beat various ways and we got smashed by Ryle. I’m hoping they take that and use it as motivation so they don’t get pushed around like that again.

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Question: After making it to the region final last year, does that put any added pressure on your staff and the guys to make it as far if not further? Answer: I think every year we put pressure on ourselves. We’ve got one goal and that’s to win the state championship. Our program has gone beyond just having a winning season. The expectations are high and just like the school academically; we want to be the best high school in the state. All of our extracurriculars want to be the best in the state. In the game of football, the best team is the one that wins the championship and I think you have some goals that lead up to that — naturally you want to win the district championship and to win the state you have to win the region championship. We tell our kids that the most important game of the season is the Fern Creek game. Then after that it’s John Hardin. We really stress taking them one at a time but ultimately, we’re not afraid to talk about winning championships because it’s just like life. We tell our kids that you have to have high standards set for yourself in order to achieve in life so we want to set a high standard for our program. We don’t really look at it as pressure. We look at it as trying to achieve the goals we set for ourselves because no one puts more pressure on us than we do ourselves. We want to win every game and I think there is a certain amount of pressure there, but not as great as what we put on ourselves. Question: You had to replace three coaches from last year’s staff as Bob Davis (wrestling), J.P. LaVertu (swimming) and C.J. Kirk. Who has replaced them and does that mean there will be any changes to the schemes you run? Answer: It will some. We lost three and replaced them with two, so that right there tells you some things will change because it’s hard to replace three with two. Our new coaches are Garrett Frank (defensive line and JV), and Gabe Chapman (freshmen). I think those two will do a tremendous job but there will be a learning curve. The highest level Gabe has coached at is middle school at Stuart Pepper. Garrett has never coached before and he’s fresh out of school at Murray State. The thing that helps us in this is we’ve got guys like coach (Tim) Mattingly, Jason Scott, and Glen Wilson. Those three guys have been here for years and they’re the nucleus of our staff. If I didn’t have those guys, I’d probably be a little bit more concerned. Coach Mattingly used to be a head coach, Jason Scott is a former head coach and coach Wilson has been around this program for years. When you throw coach (Adam) Stowe in that mix we’ll have seven coaches total. I know the new guys will work hard and they’ll do a tremendous job. We were all young coaches at one time and if I didn’t get my start in 1990 under Larry French,

Question: You’re set with J.L. Cannady firmly entrenched at quarterback, but who will be your top running threat out of the back-

field and Cannady’s primary targets at wide out? Answer: Daniel Allen had about 40 catches last year and Nick Stinnett had about 33 catches. There are a couple of guys like Michael Addesa and Brandon Barr, who is a little undersized but if you put a measuring stick on his heart, you’d have to have a few sticks. He’s a guy that’s going to be hard to keep off the field because he’s got good hands. Out of the backfield, our No. 1 question is who will be who will replace Michael Harris at fullback. The fullback position is probably the central figure in our offense. Alex Furnival, Jeremiah Mann, Doug Wells and Tommy Arnold, those four guys are potential wingbacks in our double-wing sets. We can start two and the other two will still play because it’s pretty much a toss-up between those four. Furnival is the one that sticks out because he played so much last year. We have about four or five guys that we think can play fullback and we’ve toyed with moving other guys to fullback, but it would mess up other areas. Every day we’ll have an audition to see who can play there. We started this offense in 2001 and I think ever since then, you can look at our team and say in order to stop us, you have to stop our fullback. Michael Harris really turned it up a notch toward the end of the season and that’s when we started having consistent success offensively. We’re not ever going to be a team that throws the ball 40 times a game. You only do that if you’re getting beat so bad you have to catch up or somebody is playing a coverage that lends itself to us throwing it. If you throw it that many times a game you better be scoring a lot because what will happen invariably is you’re going to throw interceptions and incomplete passes. That will give teams like Fern Creek and John Hardin a chance to touch the ball and when you give those teams too many chances to touch the ball, they’ll beat you. Question: You really lost a lot of experience from your offensive line. Who do you expect to step up and protect your quarterback and open up holes for your tailbacks? Answer: Chris Roe is a kid that can play any position on the field. We could move him to fullback, wingback, wide receiver — I’ve never seen him play quarterback but I bet he could. He’s just a tremendous football player. Everybody wants to see this and that but if you don’t have people up front, you’re not going to win games. Roe will be a three-year starter on the line and that’s almost unheard of but that’s the quality of lineman he is. Eric Whelan should be a starter at the left guard. Eric has the potential to really good when he wants to be. Chuck Naser played a lot last year at left tackle and he’s got the potential to start again this year. The right side of the line is where our biggest question marks are. T.J. Sipes will probably be the leading candidate at right guard. He played a lot there last year and I kind of consider him a returning starter because he played so much. The right tackle spot is up in the air. There are three or four guys that might play there. Some of those kids play both ways and preferably, if we can find kids to fill their spots, we’d like to have kids only play one way. But, you can’t do that to the point where it hurts your talent on the field. That’s kind of pie in the sky thinking. It’s good to say we platoon 11 on each side of the ball but when you’re getting beat and doing that, something’s wrong. My philosophy is that if we’re going to go down, we’ll go down with our best 11 on the field.

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Bassmaster pro Scott Patton shows off this smallmouth bass he caught at Dale Hollow.

Dale Hollow bass will be triggered by cooling fall temperatures Temperatures are reach- two. Instead, under changing ing into the triple digits this week and it is nearly too hot conditions they went out and backed up their first to fish. But for Bassmaster tour- day with a solid limit that ing pro Scott Patton of Tay- weighed 16.24 pounds. Their two-day total of lorsville, his thoughts are already on the cooling tem- 38.47 pounds outdistanced second place by peratures to come. over 25 pounds. Fall is one of PatTim Patton suggests ton’s favorite times Tipton looking for irto fish and when he regular features has to scratch the in the grass such itch on local water as humps or small during this time of points can produce year, he heads to many fish. world famous Dale He says that Hollow Lake. pulling a buzzbait While this imthrough these areas poundment on the can often produce Kentucky/Tennessee border is Outdoors jarring strikes. One of the pro’s well known for its favorite tactics at smallmouth fishing, Patton prefers to target the legendary reservoir in the lake’s largemouth pop- the fall is unusual at Dale Hollow and evolved from ulation. “Dale Hollow has a really tournament fishing at Lake good largemouth popula- Guntersville in Alabama. Guntersville’s 69,100 tion, but it gets overlooked because of the smallmouth,” acres are loaded with vast Patton said. “If you hit it amounts of aquatic grasses. right, you can catch plenty Many times there, the grass of fish and some quality fish beds are the key to catching heavy stringers of bass and as well.” Hitting it right is some- Patton has adapted these thing the tournament pro- tactics for fishing at Dale fessional has narrowed to a Hollow. “I was pre-fishing for a science during the fall. Patton prefers fishing guide trip there a few years creeks where submerged ago and I was trying to patgrass is starting to mat on tern some largemouth, betop of the water when the cause the smallmouth bite lake levels are being low- was off,” Patton said. “I had pretty much exhausted ered to winter pool. “I like to go to the back everything else and I was one-third of one of the ma- back in a creek near a grass jor creek arms,” the B.A.S.S. bed when I saw some movetournament pro said. “I ment in the grass.” On his third cast, he make sure the creek has grass and look to see if it wrestled a four-pound laris matted on the surface. If gemouth to his Nitro boat. He then proceeded to it is not matted, then I will fish a crankbait or Rat-L- catch fish for the next sevTrap parallel to the edge of eral hours and returned the next day with clients who the grass line.” This tactic served Patton went home very pleased. His Guntersville style and his son Shane well in a tournament on Dale Hol- tactic involves fishing a soft plastic rat or frog on top of low in 2005. The two were casting the vegetation and twitching crankbaits along the edge it slowly across the surface. of a grass bed for two days He uses a seven and a halfin the Tournament Fishers foot St. Croix flipping stick with a Shimano baitcasting of Kentucky contest. On day one, the pair reel spooled with 20-pound brought in a five fish limit test monofilament. He prefers a Zoom Horny that weighed 22.23 pounds, along with the big fish of Toad or a Mann’s Rat, which the day at 5.07 pounds. Not is soft plastic with a holonly was it good enough for low body and two upright the first day lead, but it was hooks. enough weight that the pair He will take small pieces could have rested on day of a Zoom Trick Worm and

stuff them into the body cavity of the bait. This makes the lure more buoyant when fishing it on heavy line and provides weight to the hookset, which is critical when fishing on the surface. “The extra weight helps keep the hooks floating upright,” he said. “It also helps it ‘sit down’ when the fish hits instead of blowing out of the water, which allows the fish to make better contact with the lure.” Another tactic Patton uses is to cast an 1/8 ounce weedless spoon onto the grass and twitch it, slowly working it across the matted grass. He says this imitates shad and small bluegill that pop through the mats and flop in the surface trying to penetrate back into the water. “When you see this it is exciting,” Patton said. “The bass are alerted to this and you can see the grass move as that big largemouth is making his way to an easy meal.” If you go Dale Hollow Lake sits on the Kentucky/Tennessee border near Burkesville, Kentucky. It has 27,700 surface acres with the larger portion in the Volunteer State. There are some areas of reciprocal license agreements between the two states. Anglers may use either a Kentucky or Tennessee license while fishing in the Wolf River arm of the reservoir. This includes the Illwill Creek embayment beginning at a line crossing the Wolf River at its mouth where it joins the Obey River and the main part of the lake. Lodging and food is available at the Dale Hollow State Resort Park. There is a 60-room lodge with restaurant and a campground with 144 sites. To reach the park you can call (270) 433-7431 or for toll free reservations dial 1-800325-2282. For more information on fishing at the lake, you can contact the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources at 1-800-858-1549.

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Yard Sale Yard Sale- Funiture, clothes, household items, books, video games, and much more! 4199 Garrett Rd., 8am2pm, August 11. Yard Sale- One day only, Saturday, August 11th, Noon till 5p.m. Women’s plus size 16-18 clothes, toddler clothes, horse tack, scrap material, finished leather hides, dishes, candles, bumper horse trailer and juke box! Much more stuff! 1.7 miles past Andyville store on #144 west toward Rhodelia. 6055 Rhodelia Road. 497-4510. Garage Sale- Saturday, August 11, 7:30a.m.-? Name brand clothing, computer desk, household items and much more! 1090 Doe Haven Road. Yard Sale- Saturday, 8/11/07, Jason Drive, 1638 to Jim Barr to Jason. Variety of stuff to choose from.

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Pets For Adoption

Big gray male: 2 years, been here awhile. VERY loveable. Needs home soon! Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Chihuahua mix, black, 4 years, female, energetic & adorable. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Shepherd Mix: 3 months, male, this puppy really needs a home he’s been in the shelter a long time & he’s friendly & very cute. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

4 month old kittens, 2 to choose but why not adopt both?Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

Tortoise Shell: 2 years old and very calm & warm. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

1 year old mommy with 8 week old gray kitten. Both very loveable! Call 4222064 to adopt us!

Walker Coon Hound - Big calm & obedient dog, been here awhile, 2 years old.. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Beagle with 4 young pups. Momma is small & friendly, reddish brown, pups are about 4 weeks and extremely cute. Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

CHOCOLATE LAB - 2 year old male. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

SHEPHERD MIX, female 6 months. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Teddy, the Pomeranian/ Chow mix. 2 years, sweet as can be to humans but doesn’t play nice with other dogs. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

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 1-800-927-9275.

Too Sweet! 3 month old kittens, playful, friendly and CUTE! Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

BEAUTIFUL 1.5 YEAR OLD SIAMESE WITH BABIES Call 422-2064 to adopt us!

WHITE KITTEN, female, ready to love on you. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

Yard Sale- Saturday, 8/11, 8-?, Lots of stuff: kids, baby and household. Top Hill Road. Brandenburg. Look for signs. Garage Sale – Friday, July 20 - ?, 8 a.m.-? Everything must go! Clothes, dresser, computer desk, inn tables, couch, entertainment center, household items, lamps and many new items! Let’s make a deal! 1061 Old Ekron Road. Call 422-2079.

GARFIELD LOVES THE OUTDOORS! Excellent outside cat. 3 year old male. Call 422-2064 to adopt me!

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cure about making important decisions. Meanwhile, be sure to meet your project deadline so you can move on to other things. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Congratulations. A new personal relationship thrives as you learn how to make room in your busy life for this wonderfully warm and exciting emotional experience. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A new contact opens some doors. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the good news. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a caution involved: Be sure you protect your rights to your work before showing it to anyone. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A former colleague might seek to resume a working partnership. Ask yourself if you need it. If yes, get more information. If no, respectfully decline the request. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Good times dominate your aspect. So why not have a party to celebrate a loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success? And do

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with, but when they started to see the effects they were elated. Yes, the patches can be bothersome and most of the nicotine gums taste like cardboard wrapped in dung, but companies are now offering flavored varieties. The leading quit-smoking company, Nicorette, has manufactured a quit-smoking gum that has a yummy fruit flavor which I hear is a lot better than nicotine gums of the past. If gums and patches don't work for you there are still more options. Nicotrol Inhaler or Nasal Spray can be prescribed by your doctor. They're part of a therapy that produces low, regulated amounts of nicotine which help fight your cravings without putting tar

Old McDonald had a ... library? The Annex at the Meade County Public Library was filled with ‘moos’ and ‘oinks’ as the library kicked off its 10-month story hour program for area kids. During the one hour program, which will take place every Tuesday morning at 10:30 from August until May, children partake in a variety of activities from reading and crafting to singing songs and playing games. After performing a song to greet new guests and welcome back returnees, Britney Calisi, the children’s librarian at MCPL, read the book Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton. Following the book, the children were given paper animals and, as they sang Old McDonald Had A Farm, they placed their animals on a board that was decorated as a farm. The farm animal theme extended to the craft table, where the children rounded out the hour by making their own sheep out of paper and cotton balls to take home and hang on their refrigerators. All local residents are invited to the library’s story hour, though the activities are geared toward children ages 0-5.

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Keziah Dunn, 5, sits on her mother's lap as she completes the her animal farm project at story hour.

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For more information, call: Mark at 496-4500 or Kathy at 496-4362 ABOVE: Delana Dowell, 3, places her cat on a farm board as librarian Britney Calisi leads the children through a rendition of "Old McDonald had a Farm."

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RIGHT: Chase Carman, 2, completes his cotton ball sheep project by adding coloring his drawing. BELOW: Librarian Britney Calisi reads a book to a row on interested listeners.

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R en LEFT: Arts and crafts abounded at the weekly Meade County Library story hour Tuesday morning. Boys and girls enjoyed singing familiar songs and reading stories, and also had the opportunity to use their creativity as they colored pictures and designed farm animals.

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2007 Greenwave Soccer Team

Friday, August 10, 2007

2007 Lady Waves Golf Team

2007 Meade County High School Band

2007 Greenwave Golf Team

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together and live with each other. The good thing about camp is there aren’t any distractions. We took 56 with us and brought back 56. I told them it would be a shame for you all to quit now because everything’s down hill after camp. It’s expensive but it’s something we have to do and it’s well worth it.” Wilson said the offense is starting to come around. “I think they’re starting to get a better feel of what we’re doing and they’re not having to think so much,” he said. “If you’re thinking out there, it’s hard to go full-speed because you’re wondering whether you’re blocking the right guy. .” Tim Mattingly, the defensive coordinator said the defense is still trying to find itself. “We’re still inexperienced and that’s a worry for me,” he said. “We’ll have some tough games early on and I think time will tell. We’ll see how the kids mature because we’re only returning five starters and that’s scary putting six new guys out there. But, most of the players are up there in age and there are several seniors that will start for the first time. “We could potentially be pretty good because we do have some kids with athletic ability and we hope they show that they’re coachable. If they’re coachable, willing to work hard and play hard, I think they’ll come along.” Mattingly said a few players stepped forward but they must now do it on a consistent basis.

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the driveway of a house after seeing the car stop and turn around. Powers and three others were asked to step out of the vehicle and Powers confessed to throwing the balloon. The four were given portable breath tests for alcohol but the officers found no sign of intoxication. Powers was taken to the Monroe County Jail and the three others were released. Powers was released from jail after he was booked Monday night on a preliminary charge of misdemeanor

Stinnett breaks finger Senior starting tight end/ defensive end Nick Stinnett broke a finger during practice last week. “It got caught in a face mask and when I pulled it out it twisted and broke the index finger,” he said. Stinnett said he doesn’t expect the finger to get in the way of a stellar senior season. “Dr. Honaker said if I stay off it I could practice, but no contact with it for three weeks,” he said. “If everything goes right and I don’t have to get pins put in it I should at least be able to play defense against Fern Creek. If it heals up right I may be able to play offense by the John Hardin game (the second game).” battery. Prosecutors indicated Powers is eligible for pretrial diversion and if diversion officials agree, he could enter the program. If he enters diversion, he must agree to the terms and stay out of trouble for one year for the charges to be dismissed. He must also pay $365 in court costs and work on a road crew for two days. Upon inspection of the vehicle, officers found two buckets full of water balloons and a bag with about 50 empty balloons inside. Powers, a red-shirt senior graduated from MCHS in 2002 and was the No. 2 tight end on the IU depth chart after switching from quarterback after last season.

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“Some people really shined at the camp and showed some potential, but potential doesn’t always mean greatness,” he said. “We’ll find out (tonight) in our scrimmage with Marion County. They’ll be physical and it will show if they’re ready to play or not. Mattingly said this year’s defense could be similar to last year’s unit in that it might not show its true face until the second half of the season. “Overall, I think the potential is there to have a good defense as the season goes along,” he said. “It’s a long year and as long as you’re willing to take a few bumps and setbacks as long as the kids have a good attitude for practice, I think we can really grow on how we played at the end of last year. “We started slow but they hung in there and they got better as the season went along.”

2007 Lady Waves Soccer Team

Watch LIVE local high school football and the replays only on Brandenburg’s Channel 1. Subscribe Today! 422-2121 Can you see yourself in this picture? Can you do physically and mentally challenging work? Do you have what it takes to be a volunteer firefighter? If so...

The Meade County Fire District invites you to be a part of our team! Recruit Class starts September 18, 2007. Applications will be accepted through September 6, 2007. Applications can be picked up Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm at Meade County Fire Station One located at 528 Fairway Drive in Brandenburg, Kentucky. For more information, contact the Fire District at 270.422.4292.