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Schools say progress is there, despite test scores Faculty say transition period makes it difficult to discern schools’ achievements By Crystal Benham crystal@thenewsstandard.com With Kentucky public schools in the midst of a standardized testing transition and the recent release of No

Child Left Behind (NCLB) results, students, parents and teachers alike may be confused and concerned. When Senate Bill 1 (SB1) was enacted earlier this year — with its primary goal to

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phase out Commonwealth Accountability Tests (CATS) — legislators decided it was time for the Commonwealth to take a look at its education system and make some changes. Those changes, according to some local school district staff members, need explaining in order for parents and spectators to under-

stand this year’s test results. NCLB reports were released last week but some Meade County school district staff members felt the results on paper don’t “give the full story” or compare “apples to apples.” At first glance, this year’s NCLB scores may make the district look sluggish since its

overall scores are lower than last year, but nearly every school in the district is either sustaining or improving, according to secondary instructional supervisor Kellianne Wilson. She explained that the state is in a two-year transitional phase while the government perfects SB1. In light of the

transition, last year’s CATS and Kentucky Performance Reports were much different than those released this year. The public now receives Interim Performance Reports and NCLB results. The NCLB report focuses on the data of students who scored

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Students, teachers clown around with a special guest

Man spotted locally isn’t identified as wanted sex offender By Laura Saylor editor@thenewsstandard.com BRANDENBURG — Police Chief Jeff Cox said rumors that a suspicious person spotted last week on High Street has been identified as a wanted sex offender from Harrison County, Ind., are untrue. Antonie When two local women Williams made the report of a suspicious person, Cox said they were asked to look at mug shots to try to

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Pink ribbons to be spotted around town Breast Cancer Awareness Month recognized locally By Crystal Benham crystal@thenewsstandard.com

Pink is in the air. October is breast cancer awareness month and from the large pink ribbons hanging from light poles throughout town to the array of pink shirts worn at local businesses, Meade County is stepping out for the cause. The Meade County Breast Cancer Coalition, headed by president Fay Mattingly, shines this time of year with upcoming

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TOP (from left to right): Teacher Neil Pike, Mitchell Dozier, Haley Meredith, Ronald McDonald, Tanner Golden, Taylor Honshell and teacher David Phillips do a dance; ABOVE LEFT: Kristin Mulligan and Samantha McNary smile with Ronald; teacher Cathy Hobbs and Destiny Durbin flex their muscles with Ronald during a song about staying physically fit; Ronald gives Kaleb Ray a magician’s hat as part of a magic trick.

Flaherty students help make a difference By Laura Saylor editor@thenewsstandard.com A gymnasium full of Flaherty Elementary School students erupted when his floppy red shoes and matching mop peeked into the doorway. When he made his full-blown entrance, the noise level nearly rattled the mortar. Ronald McDonald was in the house. He made a special appearance last Friday morning to congratulate Flaherty Elementary School students for their charitable donations to the Ronald McDonald House, the

fast-food restaurant’s national organization that provides a “home away from home” for families of children receiving health care treatment at medical facilities. Through the Ronald McDonald House’s “pull tab” fundraiser, millions of dollars are generated each year to support the program. Flaherty Elementary School, which has participated in the pull tab fundraiser for four years, recently sent its one millionth pull tab to the Louisville Ronald McDonald House, and America’s favorite clown visited the school to say thank you

in person. “(Ronald McDonald House in Louisville) is just wonderful ... and it’s served a lot of families from Meade County over the years,” said Renee Miller, a sixth-grade teacher at Flaherty. “My daughter, Jenny Miller, was a manager at the foundation and helped get us first started in doing the pull tab fundraiser.” Students are encouraged to save the aluminum pull tabs from beverage cans and turn them in at school. Once a hefty load is accrued, Miller hauls the tabs to the Louisville office where money

reaped through recycling the aluminum goes toward the nonprofit foundation. Jana Goemmer, house manager at Ronald McDonald House in Louisville, spoke to Flaherty students about how families are able to stay at the house while their sick children are treated at nearby hospitals. “We help give the mommies and daddies and brothers and sisters a place to lay their heads at night and a place to have a warm meal,” she said. After Goemmer’s brief explanation about the organization,

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Firefighters statewide trained at Meade County Fire School

Everett Roberts, fire rescue training instructor, directs a class of firefighters outside Meade County High School. PHOTO COURTESY OF SGT. MIKE FAITH

Staff Report The News Standard More than 100 firefighters from across the state convened at Meade County High School early Saturday morning to take part in the Meade County Fire District’s 16th annual fire school. Classes available ranged from

basic training and EMS continuing education to firefighter survival and rescue and driver’s training. The two-day event, sponsored by the Meade County Firefighters Association, Kentucky Fire Commission and State Fire Rescue Training Area 5, was held Saturday and Sunday at the Meade

County High School. Firefighters utilized classroom space for PowerPoint presentations and indoor lesson plans and many classes also used the parking lot and surrounding areas outside for more hands-on instruction. Blindfolded firefighters

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NEWS Animals are whole kit and ‘ka-poodle’ of PINS festival

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River Front Park in Brandenburg was packed with four-legged friends of all shapes and sizes during the 8th annual Pets in Need Society’s (PINS) Pet Festival and Blessing of the Animals, which was themed “Hillbilly Hoedown.” The PINS event is a fundraiser for the local nonprofit organization — which aims to prevent animal cruelty and educate the public about spaying or neutering cats and dogs — that included contests, raffles, “hillbilly golf,” cornhole, food and fun for all ages and breeds. Locals and neighbors from surrounding counties congregated at the park’s amphitheater where many participated in contests like biggest dog, biggest cat, best kid and pet hillbilly costume, animal with the worst teeth, best tail-wagging dog and much more. Quinten Richards, of Fort Knox, Ky., and his 11-monthold English Mastiff, Hercules, took home a ribbon for the biggest dog contest, and Don Frenzl, of the Buck Grove community, and his three-year-old cat, Mickey, took first place in the biggest cat contest. Frenzl adopted Mickey from a shelter. The Rev. Dan Paddack, who is the pastor of Bethel United Methodist Church

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LEFT: Rev. Dan Paddack, Jennifer Komis, left, and Claudia Cooper surround Demond during the pet blessings. ABOVE: Ginger, a German Shepherd, and her owner, Chad Bruner, pose with Brandi Hardesty, Nicole Bruner and Allie, a Siberian Husky. RIGHT: Quinten Roberts and his English Mastiff, Hercules, won the biggest dog contest. and Muldraugh United Methodist Church, was asked by PINS to conduct the Blessing of the Animals this year, alongside his friend Jennifer Komis, of the Louisville Woodstock Animal Foundation. “We often pray for the human side of God’s creation, but we have to remember that animals are God’s creation as well,” Komis said. According to PINS President David Kitson the event was a success, with a much larger crowd than last year when inclement weather kept visitor numbers low. The festival was sponsored by Creature Comfort Inn of Brandenburg.

Motorcycle and semi-truck collide, two other accidents on Tuesday

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A motorcycle and tractor trailer collided late Tuesday morning on Hwy. 1638 in Brandenburg, in front of the Doe Valley Express service station. Emergency responders arrived on scene to assist the injured motorcyclist. Hwy. 1638 was briefly closed to traffic until the injured could be escorted to the hospital by ground. Two other accidents also occurred Tuesday, according to the Meade County Sheriff’s Department. One happened around 7 a.m. on D.E. Brown Road and involved a single vehicle striking a deer. That driver was evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital. A second accident happened shortly after noon, when a vehicle overturned near the intersection of Old Ekron and Wise roads.

Students From page A1 Ronald McDonald took center stage and entertained students and faculty members with magic tricks, songs, dances and games. “It’s great that they put this on for us today ... and for the students to hear that what they are doing with the pull tabs can really help make a difference for other children who

Suspicious From page A1 identify him, but the women were unable to “100 percent” identify him as Antonie Williams, a sex offender police have been searching for since last Tuesday. According to the Harrison County, Ind., Sheriff’s Department, Williams is wanted on 10 counts of child molestation. Officials have been asking the public for help in

have a sick brother or sister,” Miller said. Goemmer commended Flaherty Elementary School students for their diligent efforts in collecting the tabs, saying reaching the one million mark is a lofty goal that few schools across the nation meet in such a short amount of time. “We’re proud of the students and teachers here that help support us,” she said. For more information, visit www.rmhlouisville. org. locating him since Sept. 29. His last address was Jeffersonville, Ind. Cox said the suspicious man reported in Brandenburg may turn out to be a local resident after further investigation. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department reported on Wednesday that officials are still searching for Williams’ whereabouts. To report any information contact the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department at 812-738-2195 or Brandenburg Police at 270-422-4981.

Kitson said the best part of the festival is meeting unique pets and their owners. Door prizes went out to all who attended. The tickets for the door prizes were first purchased by visitors and used to draw cash drawings. Ticket owners whose names

were not drawn for the cash were given various door prizes. Pamela Mauris, of Corydon, Ind., was the lucky winner of the $500 door prize. Mauris said she has three dogs and had just received word that one of them needed updated

shots before finding out she had won the cash. “I told the vet, ‘I don’t know how I can afford to pay for all of those shots,’” she said. “It was just meant to be. Now I can pay for them.” Mauris said she plans to

give back to the organization and help out with next year’s festival. “They need it, so I’m going to help,” she added. PINS also sold hats and shirts, which went into the collection that totaled nearly $1,500 by the end of the day.

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Understanding the importance of what you hold in your hands Laura Saylor Editor’s Note

National Newspaper Week stole as little of my attention as National Hot Dog Month did in July, and outside the guild of semicolon lovers like myself, I can imagine it means even less. But National Newspaper Week has some pillar of importance that you, obviously as a reader of the type, should take a moment or two to consider. In the early 1400s — around the time that a rudimentary form of print media began surfacing in Europe — one of the first major “late-breaking” articles of the era was one that dismissed the belief that Vlad Tsepes Dracul — a sadistic Transylvania head of state — was actually a vampire. (He later become the model for Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”) People genuinely thought the mongrel was un-dead, satiating himself by drinking the blood of Ottomans who contested his power. It took a widely dispersed pamphlet that pointed out the fact that vampires aren’t real — as certified by religious and medical leaders at the time — to dismantle gossip and state the truth, clearly and simply, to the masses. Now, I can’t recall the last time I wrote an article that explained that werewolves aren’t real, but I can tell you that on the front page of this very issue I hope I dispelled the hearsay that a boogeyman of sorts was lurking the streets of Brandenburg. You can see where the core intent of newspapers hasn’t changed from the 15th century. But it’s the side effects of having engaged, local journalists that also works wonders.

Loads of academic research all point out that communities — and in some instances, entire countries — are less susceptible to corruption and civil unrest when they have representatives of an independent media source present, pen in hand. If no one sat in on fiscal court, city hall or even a PTO meeting, with the purpose of spreading what occurs on the record to the community en masse, the temptation for councils and boards to run amok, contradict progress and self serve might be irresistible. Reports from Forbes show businesses of all sizes in countries with a large daily newspaper circulation are fairer to minority shareholders. They also have a better record of responding to public environmental concerns. In recent years, the realization that the public needs information is not being reduced, but the idea that it can get that information more readily from the Internet, instead of newspapers, is. Newspapers across the globe are upping their Internet game to compete with our technologyminded readers, but I’m not sure that’s the best way to go, especially in a small community like ours. I believe the Internet is, at this point, a required supplement to newspapers, but there’s something about the tradition of holding open an A section near a cup of coffee or tucking the sports section under your arm on the way to work that I think will take Americans a long time to forget. I know National Newspaper Week sounds boring, and I doubt anyone in Meade County loves commas as much as I do, but no matter your level of lexiophilia I encourage you to consider what you expect your local newspaper to be, and what role you expect it to play in your community.

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Does D.C.’s cash mean charter schools for Ky.? Jim Waters Bluegrass Beacon Money talks. You know what walks. When the Obama administration made it clear that states hostile to charter schools — publicly funded, independently managed schools — stood to lose out on education stimulus money, the screeching U-turns occurring in statehouses throughout the country would rival any of Deputy Enos Strate’s moves in an episode of “The Dukes of Hazzard.” All of a sudden, the kink in the flow of school choice legislation — caused by teacher unions in cahoots with enabling politicians — became as straight as the face of a lawmaker telling voters, “I work for you.” What’s happened south of Kentucky’s border serves as a preview of the coming tussle within its borders. The Glass Menagerie put in place by the Tennessee teachers union — an ardent school-choice opponent — got smashed to smithereens after Education Secretary Arne Duncan told lawmakers that the Volunteer State’s stifling restriction of

charter schools could cost it a chance for a significant piece of the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” stimulus fund. As quick as you can sing “Rocky Top,” Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill greatly expanding the number of charter schools and students eligible to attend them and Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen signed it. With progress being made toward expanding Tennessee’s charter-school program, that state’s teachers union mounted an allout propaganda campaign to create the equivalent of a jury’s reasonable doubt about charter school effectiveness. Using faulty data, the union’s April “Legislative Report” claimed: “The ‘jury is still out’ on the effectiveness of charter schools.” We can expect the same kind of intellectual dishonesty here in Kentucky, but don’t be confused. The record shows a much different verdict. A new study by Caroline Hoxby, a highly acclaimed Stanford economics professor, represents one of the most rigorous ever done on charter schools. It compared the performance of 41,000 students – including 93 percent of New York City’s charter school students in grades three

through 12 – whose parents won in a charter-school lottery against the group of students who lost in the lotteries and had to remain in regular public schools. Hoxby found: Charter school students score 30 points higher in math by the time they reach the end of the eighth grade. Students who attend charter schools from kindergarten through eighth grade close 86 percent of the achievement gap in math and 66 percent of the gap in English. Charter high-school students for all four years have a 28-percent greater chance of graduating with a full “Regents” diploma. The response of antichoice zealots is typical and predictable. They claim charter schools secure higher test scores by “creaming the crop.” But Hoxby’s study represents a true apples-to-apples comparison. Because more parents consistently want to enroll students in charter schools than those schools have seats available, charter schools often turn to lotteries. Hoxby’s study compared the performance of those students who won the lottery with those who did not. These successful students often come from the same neighborhoods, walk

past the same drug dealers and face the same disadvantages – but they escape the failing schools. If charters cream, “they sure go about it in an odd way, locating in neighborhoods that are dramatically poorer, less-educated and more full of single-parent households than other public schools,” said Nelson Smith, president and CEO of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Teacher-union backed lawmakers opposing school choice don’t seem interested in talking about the plight of more than 10,000 Kentucky students trapped in Tier 5 failing schools – many from poor, black households. But show those same politicians money from Washington? Now we’re talking.

CORRECTION: A recent column should have said the gasoline-tax increase approved during this year’s legislative session cost drivers pumping 15 gallons weekly an additional $31.20 a year.

Jim Waters is director of policy and communications for the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank. Reach him at jwaters@ freedomkentucky.com. Read previously published columns at www.bipps.org.

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ships with companies. The competition is fierce. We cannot back off. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the Asian culture, it’s the importance of sustained, personal relationships in the business world. You cannot recruit through periodic phone calls, and you cannot send your assistant coach to cement the deal. It’s a matter of trust and respect, and it’s a matter of access. Access to decisionmakers is directly proportional to the standing of the official who comes to visit. Every Kentucky governor since Gov. Collins has traveled to Asia to nurture our relationship with Japanese investors and businesses. After I traveled to Japan last year, Fuel Total Systems announced plans to locate to Lebanon, Ky., creating 100 full-time jobs. Even in this down economy, other companies are considering relocating or expanding here.

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That doesn’t count the numerous businesses which support those facilities with goods and services. For example, Kentucky’s auto industry includes more than 73,000 jobs in 432 facilities. Many of them supply Toyota. We have a lot at stake in maintaining relationships with Japanese firms. Why China? China represents one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is a leading trade and economic partner with the United States. Kentucky opened a Trade Center in Beijing in 2006, an initial step that could reap great dividends with nurturing. Other states realize this as well and are seeking to replicate Kentucky’s success. Since Jan. 1, 2008, governors or lieutenant governors from at least 18 other states have traveled to Asia, some as many as four times, to build relation-

First Lady Jane Beshear and I will also be working to sell the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games to athletes, fans and potential sponsors from China, which is already planning to participate. A Chinese banking official recently told a CincinnatiNorthern Kentucky crowd that Chinese businesses are looking to invest in areas that offer low energy costs, good transportation and an investment friendly climate. China is already investing its students in the state. Some 820 Chinese students attend college in Kentucky. In all, nearly 5,000 students from 185 countries and territories attend school here. It’s an international world, a world of opportunity. But to take advantage of it, we have to be both strategic and aggressive. On this trip to the Far East, we are doing exactly that.

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When Kentucky’s college basketball coaches are mired in a down year and look to build their teams for the future, they go to the proverbial ends of the earth to find prospects. Knowing that competition for new players is fierce, they act aggressively to sell their program and their team — often concentrating on areas where previous recruiting successes have built relationships with local coaches and scouts. State officials must employ a similar strategy in preparing Kentucky’s economy and its work force for growth and success. That’s why I am leading a small contingent of officials from the Bluegrass on a seven-day economic development trip through

This state — just like states across the nation — continues to suffer from depressed revenues caused by a global economic downturn. We could respond by hunkering down and hiding, and hoping that one day things get better. But when they do, we’ll emerge no stronger than we were before. Or we could act aggressively to speed our economic rebound – and strengthen our economic base – by encouraging trade and investment in fertile areas. Why Japan? Japan and Kentucky have had an economic partnership that has spanned decades, a partnership that grew exponentially when Toyota opened its first manufacturing plant in Georgetown in 1988 while I was lieutenant governor under Gov. Martha Layne Collins. Today, Japanese investment in Kentucky directly accounts for 154 facilities and more than 37,000 direct jobs.

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Japan and China. There we are meeting with officials from companies already operating in Kentucky and perhaps looking to expand their operations, companies such as Akebono Brake Industry, Hitachi and Toyota Motor Manufacturing. We are also meeting with officials from companies considering whether to relocate to our state. We also are working to create market opportunities — especially in China, whose demand for foreign goods and services is expanding at an astronomical pace — for Kentucky products like bourbon, horses and numerous manufactured goods. Now, some people might question why we’re spending money when the state budget is hurting. My answer is that an economic recession like this is precisely the time to invest money in relationships that could yield huge business opportunities.

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CES Development, LLC, to Alice E. Oller, property located in Meade County, deed tax $67. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificate holders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006OPT5, to Gene Thompson, 75 Fredrick Street, Ekron, deed tax $40. Walter C. Bohannon, Sr. and Ruby E. Bohannon to Teresa Dale Bohannon Livers, a 4.5644 acre tract in Meade County. William G Franklin and Deborah A. Franklin to Rebecca M. Richardson as Trustee for the Rebecca M. Richardson Marital Trust, 15 Minnie Court, Brandenburg. Keith Smith and Janice Smith to AQ Construction, Inc., 28 Pinnacle Drive, Brandenburg, deed tax $10. AQ Construction, Inc. to Benjamin P. Nicholas and Lisa A. Nicholas, 28 Pinnacle Drive, Brandenburg, deed tax $165. Cole C. Mullins to Joy Ramsey, 485 Fairmont Road, Brandenburg, deed tax $90. Nicholas E. Willett and Sharon L. Willett to Gloria Willett Benham, property located in Meade County, deed tax $222. Johnnie Kinkade and Vivian L. Kinkade to William C. Kuttler and Debra S. Kuttler, 2276 Molly Brown Road, Brandenburg, deed tax $225. Thomas D. Boisvert to Barbara J. Steele, lots 4A and 30A of Boak Mountain Subdivision, Section 4, in Meade County, deed tax $16. Terra L. Carby and Terra L. Pike and Brian J. Pike to Dustin Morkwed and Nicole Morkwed, 4924 Old State Road, Brandenburg, deed tax $106. Joseph Don Cecil and Betty Cecil to Brandon Jones and Jacqueline Jones, 50 Freedom Court, Vine Grove, Ky., deed tax $130. Robert Cummings to Frank P. Bruno and Meghan L. Bruno, 1784 Hobbs Reesor Road, Vine Grove, Ky., deed tax $152. Don Biddle, aka Donnis Biddle, and Lynn Biddle, fka Lynn Bryan, to James Charles Mills and Jessica Lynn Mills, fka Jessica Lynn Knott, parcel 4 as shown on the plat of Bill Stiles, deed tax $100. James Mixon and Tammy Mixon to William A. Hollcroft and Adam W. Hollcroft, property located in Meade County, deed tax $27. Amy Wardrip, fka Amy Wisnoski, to Stone Holdings, LLC, by and through Alec G. Stone, Member, 465 Shamrock Road, Brandenburg, deed tax $10. Charles Clark and Michelle Clark and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota National Association Successor by Merger to Norwest Bank Minnesota National Associaiton as Trustee and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., by Douglas P. Vowels, Master Commissioner, to Federal National Mortgage Association, 270 Rolling Acres Drive, Ekron. Donna P. Hamlin, nka Donna P. Hayes, and William Robert Hayes to David J. Manna and Amy K. Manna, 330 Windsor Place, Brandenburg, deed tax $125.50. John A. and Joan G. Bennesh Family Wealth Trust, dated 09/24/2008, to Daniel Goodin, 1800 Old Mill Road, deed tax $85. Nita L. Cox, fka Nita Bates, and Mitchell E. Cox and Citizens Union Bank and U.S. Bank, N.A., by Douglas P. Vowels, Master Commissioner, to The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 20 Otter Ridge Drive, Brandenburg. Mike Russell and Elizabeth Russell to Thomas H. Hayes and Heidi L. Hayes, lot 2 of the Mike Russell Property in Meade County, deed tax $75. Estate of Betty Barger, by and through Ronald Barger, Executor, to Beverly Sipes and Norman L. Sipes, property located in Meade County, deed tax $100. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., acting by and through the Federal Housing Commissioner, to Matthew Scott Livers, 3020 Highway 376, Webster. Estate of Betty J. Barger, by Ronald L. Barger, Executor, to Ronald L. Barger and Betty M. Barger, property located in Meade County. Rhonda Allen to Jennifer Gail French, property located in Meade County. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust, to Amy E. Stankiewicz and David A. Stankiewicz, lot 9 and 10 of Foxboro Manor in Meade County, deed tax $125.

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9/25/09 Kevin & Melinda Stickler, garage, $82.50 9/25/09 Eric & Tamara Roberts, doublewide, $100 9/28/09 Richard & Faye Miller, addition, $100 9/29/09 Mitchell Hibbs, single family dwelling, $257.28 9/29/09 James Crouch, storage shed, 82.50 9/29/09 Highland Homes of KY, single family dwelling, $206.56 9/30/09 LG&E, Multipurpose Bld, $500 9/30/09 Steve & Kathy Bonfiglio, single family dwelling/Cabin, $182.04

Septic Permits 9/18/09 James Holbrook, 3800 Jarboe Sinks Rd, Rhodelia. 9/21/09 Terry Hardesty, 7080 Roy Hardesty Ln, Payneville 9/21/09 Eric Mills/Tommy Popham, 240 Stiles Lane, Battletown 9/29/09 Gary Knapp/Donald Watts, Sandy Hill Road, Guston 9/30/09 Jeff Nott/Pat Wathen, Charles Crutcher Drive, Vine Grove

Retail Food Establishment 7/31/09 Freshcut Meats, 3010 ByPass Road, cutting boards on meat prep table not easily cleanable, 98 percent. 9/14/09 Wrestling Mobile, 938 Old State Road, paint chipping on shelving, 99 percent. 9/17/09 Flaherty Minit Mart, 3645 Flaherty Road, food service: several cold units lack thermometers, no test strips for sanitizer. Retail: Build up on outside of frozen drink machine, build-up on counter with drink machines. Both: No hot water: corrected same day, ceiling tiles in poor repair. Food service 92 percent, followed up same day 97 percent. Retail: 91 percent followed up same day 96 percent. 9/22/09 Payneville Elementary, 520 Rhodelia Road, Payneville, wash 160 degrees. Final rinse 190 degrees. Mix cooler 42 degrees. Dented cans found (1 salsa 6 lbs 10 oz.), 1 tomato soup 50 oz. Corrected same day from 95 percent to 100 percent. 9/21/09 Beehive Assisted Living, 103 Commerce Drive, sold cold units lack conspicuous thermometers, 99 percent. 9/23/09 Golden China Buffet, 1270-8 Old Ekron Road, hot spicy shrimp 150 degrees, chicken and broccoli 140 degrees, steamed rice 140 degrees, fried rice 140 degrees, wonton soup 170 degrees, dishwasher 100ppm, dented cans found:corrected, food items uncovered in walk-in, food items improperly stored at ice bin by drink machine, cutting board in poor repair, ice cream freezer in poor repair, build up on can opener and holder on meat slicer. 88 percent immediate follow up 93 percent. 9/24/09 Ekron Elementary, 2500 Haysville Road, milk cooler 40 degrees, wash 160 degrees, final rinse 190 degrees, 100 percent. 9/24/09 Battletown Elementary, 8585 Battletown Road, wash 180 degrees, final rinse 185 degrees, milk cooler 35 degrees, 100 percent. 9/24/09 Doe Valley 19th hole, 540 Valley Greens Road, some lights not working in kitchen area, 99 percent. 9/25/09 Flaherty Elementary, 2615 Flaherty Road, wash 165 degrees, rinse 183 degrees, shelving in walk-in cooler is porous, dented cans, two pineapple tidbits 6 lb 11 oz cans, one tomato paste 6 lb 15 oz can: voluntarily destroyed. Sugar, flour, brown sugar, bins need labels. 93 percent same day follow up 98 percent. 9/30/09 MCHS Soccer Consession (behind Stuart Pepper Middle School), 1085 Old Ekron Road, same cold units lack thermometers, no test strips for sanitizer. 98 percent. 9/30/09 Brandenburg Primary, 750 Broadway, 100 percent. 9/30/09 Meade County High School, 938 Old State Road, rinse 180 degrees, gauge on dishwasher washing cycle not working. 96 percent. 10/1/09 MCHS Band Boosters, 938 Old State Road, no test strips for 3 comp sink, drain boards needed on 3 comp sink, no hand towels at hand sink. 95 percent.

Brandenburg Police Department 9/22/09 at 9:32 p.m. Dennie E. Davis of Brandenburg a 2007 Kia Motors Corp. Davis stated that as he was rounding a curve, his vehicle started to hydro plane, crossed

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turn lane and on coming traffic lanes and collided into guard rail on opposite side of road. Officer did not witness accident. Minor to moderate damage was done to the vehicle. No injuries were reported. Report BPD09098 was filed by Officer Whited. 9/28/09 at 3:12 p.m. Ashley N. Knott of Webster was driving a 2001 Pontiac. Shannon M. Wilkins of Battletown was driving a 2003 Dodge. Wilkins was traveling northbound on the Brandenburg Bypass. Knott made a right turn onto the Brandenburg Bypass from Armory Place. Knott pulled out in front of Wilkins causing Wilkins to collide with Knott. Both vehicles had severe damage. First aid was given by Meade County EMS Station 1 and transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital. Report BPD09099 was filed by Officer Young. 10/1/09 at 10:32 a.m. Herman J. Tucker of Irvington was driving a 1997 Ford F150. Tucker was backing north from a parking space in the Rays Ford parking lot. Tucker did not see a Rays Ford Inc. vehicle that was parked behind Tucker. Tucker struck the Rays Ford Inc vehicle in the passengers side rear wheel area with the rear bumper of Tucker. Officer did not witness the collision. Very minor damage was done to Tucker’s vehicle and minor to moderate damage was done to Rays Ford Inc. vehicle. No injuries were reported. BPD09100 was filed by Officer Cox.

Meade County Sheriff Department 9/27/09 at 3:22 p.m. Devan R. Carroll of Stanville, YT was driving a 2000 Ford Focus. Carroll was operating west on KY 144 when he was distracted and ran off the right shoulder and over corrected and came across the road onto the left shoulder, hit the dirt embankment and rolled over onto the roof to final rest. Severe damage was done to the vehicle. First aid was given by Meade County EMS and transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital. Report 09-0256 was filed by Officer Hendley.

District Court 9/30/09 Amanda Alean McCoy, 25, flagrant non support- pled not guilty, preliminary hearing, 10/28/09. Amanda Alean McCoy, 25, 2 counts of theft by deception including cold checks under $500pretrial conference 10/28/09. Maire Marzurek, speeding 15mph over limit- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/17/09. Scottie Watson, 38, manufacturing methamphetamine, 2nd offense; use/possess drug paraphernalia- pled not guilty, preliminary hearing 10/7/09. Sherman Doug Sawyers, 43, cruelty to animals, 2nd degree; local city ordinance; dogs to be vaccinated against rabies- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Timothy Dwayne Durbin, 39, operating motor vehicle under/ influence of alcohol/drugs, aggravator, 3rd degree; terroristic threatening, 3rd degree; possession of marijuana- arraignment, 10/7/09. Nancy L. Crosby, 35, operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, aggravator, 1st offense; operating on suspended/ revoked operators license; controlled substance prescription not in original container, 1st offensepled not guilty, pretrial conference

10/14/09. Jerry Rogers Corum Jr., 43, careless driving- dismissed, merged; operating motor vehicle under/ influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offensepled guilty, 30 days probated after 2 days jail, 2 years probation, $200 fine, KAPS/ADE. Concepcion Chiquito, 43, speeding 13mph over limit; failure to produce insurance card; operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offensepled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Justin William Barnett, 27, speeding 14mph over limit; operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 2nd offensepled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Melvin Monroe Herbaugh, 54, operating motor vehicle under/ influence of alcohol/drugs, 2nd offensepled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/7/09. Mark Anthony Brown, 36, flagrant non support- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/7/09. Charles Ray Settles, 31, alcohol intoxication in a public place, 2nd offense; use/possess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense; possession of marijuana; tampering with physical evidence; fleeing or evading police, 1st degree; criminal mischief, 3rd degree; criminal littering; resisting arrest- pled not guilty, preliminary hearing 10/7/09. Anna Elizabeth Cundiff, 54, 3 counts of theft be deception including cold checks under $300pled not guilty pretrial conference 10/7/09. Billie Jo Bennis, 39, 3 counts of theft be deception including cold checks under $500- pled guilty, 10 days probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation. Robert P. Moore, 37, operating on suspended/revoked operators license; carrying concealed deadly weapon- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. William Matthew Curl II, 37, cruelty to animals, 2nd degreepled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Jacqueline A. Sawyers, 42, 12 counts of local county ordinance; 13 counts of failure for dogs to be vaccinated against rabies; 13 counts of cruelty to animals, 2nd degreepled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Byron Christophe Lewis, 27, non supportpretrial conference 10/14/09. Mikal Wilson Hall, 46, non support- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 11/4/09. Amanda Elizabeth (White) Riggs, 31, theft be deception including cold checks under $500failure to appear, send court notice 10/14/09. Justin D. Applegate, 29, failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st offense- failure to appear. Daniel K. Lowry, 33, failure to produce insurance card- failure to appear. Jason Lamar Holden, 36, no/ expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receiptdismiss with proof. George S. Beavin III, 19, speeding 10 mph over limit- defer 6 months. Waleed A. Hammad, 36, failure to wear seat belts; improper equipment; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt- failure to appear. Cisco Urbano, 58, speeding 10mph over limit- defer 6 months. Pedro Carrillo, 28, speeding 12 mph over limit- state traffic school; failure to produce insurance carddismiss with proof. Adan Arevalo, 35, failure to

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Friday, October 9, 2009 produce insurance card- failure to appear. Brett D. Witt, 38, speeding 16 mph over limit; operating on suspended/revoked operators licensepled not guilty, 11/18/09. Michael J. Davis, 31, failure to wear seat belts- $25 fine; operating on suspended/revoked operators license- $50 fine. Holly Ann Miller, 32, failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st offensepled guilty, 90 days probated, 2 years probation, has proof now, $100 fine. Matthew W. Stivers, speeding 21 mph over limit- $42 fine; failure to owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st offense; pled guilty, 90 days probated, 2 years probation, $100 fine. Bryan E. Masden, 19, failure to wear seat belts, $25 fine. Benjamin Goff, 20, disregarding traffic control device, traffic light; failure of non owner operator to maintain required insurance, 1st offense; license to be in possessionpled not guilty, CFA 10/14/09. Patrick Gorman, disregarding traffic control device, traffic light$20 fine. Richard Paul Cline Jr., 35, leaving scene of accident/failure to render aid or assistance- pled not guilty, pretrial conference 10/14/09. Curtis Felthousen, 30, operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offensepled guilty, 30 days probated after 2 days jail, 2 years probation, $200 fine, KAPS/ADE. Leonard Eug Faulkner Jr., 47, reckless driving- dismiss/merged; operating motor vehicle under/ influence of alcohol/drugs, 2nd offensepled guilty, 6 months probated after 10 days jail, 2 years probation, KAPS/ADE, $500 fine. Billie Jo Dennis, 39, theft by deception including cold checks under $300- pled guilty 10 days probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation, and county traffic school. Lataya Hamilton, 28, no/expired registration plates; failure of non owner operator maintain required insurance, 2nd offense- pretrial conference 10/14/09. Michael A Butt, 23, non supportpretrial conference 10/14/09. Luis Dutchover, 39. assault 4th degree domestic violence, minor injury- pretrial conference 12/23/09. Patrick W. Kullman III, possession of marijuana; use/possess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense- pretrial conference 11/4/09. Travis Liner, 26, 2 counts of theft by deception including cold checks under $300- pled guilty 10 day probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation. Donna T. Cawthorn, 52, theft by deception including cold checks under $500- pled guilty 10 day probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation. Randy Lee Banks, 53, 2 counts of terroristic threatening, 3rd degree; resisting arrest- failure to appear. Michael Wade Merideth, 26, receiving stolen property under $500- defer 6 months, no contact of communication with Curtis Addington. James Travis Skaggs, 28, non supportpretrial conference 10/7/09. Kevin Ray Bates, 37, assault 4th degree domestic violence, minor injury- pled guilty, 12 months probated after 30 days, 2 years probation, no unlawful contact or communication with wife. Rebecca Lynn Lance, 30, driv-

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ing on DUI suspended license, 1st offense- pretrial conference 10/28/09. Robert Lee Smith, 37, operating on suspended/revoked operators license- $50 fine. Anna Lancaster, 18, failure of non owner operator to maintain required insurance, 1st offensepled not guilty, 90 days probated for 2 years, $100 fine, no contact or communication with Robert Bo Dowell. Sarah Robinson Drane, 39. reckless driving- $25 fine; failure to use child restraint device in vehicle$100 fine. Joyce Ann Bruce, 47, possess open alcohol beverage container in a motor vehicle- pled guilty, $25 fine; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, etc., 1st offensepled guilty, 30 days probated after 2 days jail, 2 years probation, KAPS/ADE, $200 fine. Richard Paul Cline, 35, speeding 16mph over limit; failure to produce insurance card- pretrial conference 10/14/09. Bryan Thomas Hughes, 33, careless driving; operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/ drugs, etc, 1st offense- pretrial conference 10/14/09. Charles Robert Milam, 61, operating motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, etc, 1st offense; license to be in possession- pretrial conference 10/14/09. Christopher S. Brown, 18, failure of non owner operator to maintain required insurance, 1st offensepled guilty, 90 days probated, 2 years probation, $100 fine. Ronald Ray Meek Jr., 32, speeding 15mph over limit; operating on suspended/revoked operators license- pretrial conference 10/14/09. Tammie Gail Benham, 37, 30 counts of theft by deception including cold checks under $300pretrial conference 10/14/09. Puline T. Abrams, 25, theft by deception including cold checks under $300- dismiss without prejudgment, CAD. Puline T. Abrams, 25, theft by deception including cold checks under $500- dismiss without prejudgment, CAD. Michelle Ruthann Jones, 31, theft by deception including cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 10/7/09. Michelle Ruthann Jones, 31, instructional permit violations; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st offense. Timothy Jay Kent, 42, assault 4th degree domestic violence, no visible injury. 7-7-10 Karen Lesley Tanguay vs. Jason Todd Sipes, domestic violenceEPO entered. Karen Lesley Tanguay vs. Jason Todd Sipes, domestic violenceDismissed with prejudice. Susan Mills Fackler vs. John Anthony Fackler, domestic violenceEPO entered. Jeri L. Bates vs. Kevin Ray Bates, domestic violence- DVO entered. Chuck Spink vs. Regina E. Deckard, domestic violence- EPO entered. Joseph Byrd vs. Larissa Byrd, domestic violence- DVO entered. Nickolas A. Skaggs, 21, 2nd degree possession of controlled substance/drug unspecified, 1st offense; promoting contraband, 1st degree- preliminary hearing 10/7/09. Delbert L. Mattingly II, 26,6 counts of knowingly exploiting adult by person- preliminary hearing 10/14/09. Shawn D. Sellers, 37, flagrant non support- preliminary hearing 10/14/09.

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Submitted by Chief Larry Naser Meade County Fire District

October is here. Every year Americans experience this month with anticipation. First, the boys of summer bring to a peak the excitement that is Major League Baseball. The league championship series and the World Series all come to mind. For goblins and ghouls of all ages, Halloween is quickly approaching. For firefighters across the nation, the time to visit schools and preach the gospel of fire safety is upon us. That’s right, October is Fire Prevention Month. The Great Chicago Fire which burned from Oct. 8 till

Oct. 10, 1871 is remembered each year as the original focal point of fire prevention in America. The 2009 theme for fire prevention month “Stay Fire Smart, Don’t Get Burned,” sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association, provides communities the opportunity to address specific issues and concerns within their communities and tie in to this year’s theme. Approximately 3,000 Americans die each year as a result of fire and burn injuries, and with as many as 150,000 additional injuries each year Fire Prevention Month presents an opportunity to save lives and prevent suffering. While many people think fires only happen to other

people and in other places, devastating fires including loss-of-life fires have occurred within the last decade in Meade County. Kentucky has the unfortunate distinction for having the largest loss of life fire in a single family dwelling in the United States occurring in Bardstown, Ky., on Feb. 6, 2007 when 10 people died. In many of these fatal fires, common factors exist. Many of these factors are preventable and require little preparation and no special skills. Life saving results can occur when you: 1. Have a working smoke detector outside sleeping areas of your home. Replace batteries in these detectors when you change your clocks

in the spring and fall. Smoke detectors make great Christmas presents. 2. Establish an exit drill from your home in case of fire and practice this plan twice a year. Have two ways out of every room. Establish a meeting point away from your home and call 911 from a neighbor’s home or use your cell phone. Never reenter your home once outside until the fire department deems the situation safe. 3. If your home or work place experiences a fire, stay low under the smoke and exit the building as soon as you detect danger. A hallway can become impassible in as little as 90 seconds from the time a fire breaks out. Listen for the smoke detector and take life-

preserving action quickly. 4. More home fires start in the kitchen than any other room. Use caution when cooking, keep handles turned into the stove, keep children away from cooking operations and do not leave the stove or other cooking appliances unattended. 5. The leading cause of home fires that results in fire deaths is smoking and related material. If you smoke, be careful. Check and see if all smoking material is extinguished and disposed of properly; this means outside the home, not simply in the waste basket next to the couch. 6. Avoid overloading electrical outlets. Avoid using extension cords. If you must

use a cord, do not place the cord under furniture, rugs, carpet or other flammable material. With Thanksgiving and Christmas tree watering is vital if you have a live or cut tree. These simple life-saving ideas are not new. They simply need to be revisited sometimes and brought to the forefront of our consciousness. As adults, we are responsible for teaching our children the importance of fire safety. This is possibly the most important lesson you will teach your child. Remember, the life you save may be that of your family member or your own. If you have any questions please contact your local fire department or Chief Larry Naser at 270-422-4292.

Stinebruner to run for Meade County Sheriff Submitted press release

John Stinebruner has filed intent papers with the office of Kentucky Registry of Elections of Finance to run for the office of Meade County Sheriff and was approved in Frankfort on Sept. 15. Official filing will take place in November, however, intent papers allow Stinebruner to accept contributions to prepare for the upcoming election. Stinebruner began his career in law enforcement in 2001 as a certified peace officer in Meade County. It was during this period that he built a relationship with the sheriff’s office by offering assistance to deputies when needed. Stinebruner was initially asked to join the Meade County sheriff’s office as a part-time deputy in 2003 and worked 20-25 hours per week voluntarily to meet the needs of the department and the citizens of Meade County, all while maintaining a fulltime job in Louisville. Stinebruner took the oath of office as a fulltime deputy

Pink From page A1 events like the bi-annual cancer screening held Oct. 23 at the Meade County Health Department and the Women’s Expo held Oct. 24, where members of the coalition display an information booth. The coalition was formed in 2002 and works closely with the health department and the Kentucky Cancer Program, Mattingly stated. “The program promotes breast cancer awareness throughout Meade County, targeting women over 30 years of age who are rarely or never screened,” Mattingly stated. “‘Mammograms save lives.’” MCBCC is funded through a grant mandated by the Kentucky Women Cancer Screening Program; however, the foundation’s goal is to be “financially self-sustaining,” said Jettie Burnett, an MCBCC treasurer, which would “allow many more breast cancer awareness programs throughout the county.” “MCBCC currently has several members and always welcomes new persons,” Burnett stated. “One does not need to be a survivor to join MCBCC.” The Susan G. Komen foundation estimated that about 192,370 new cases would be diagnosed this year, and according to Mattingly and Burnett, the best way for those people and others to fight back is to educate themselves about the disease. “Be persistent in getting a biopsy if you are uncomfortable with the mammogram results,” Burnett added. “Do monthly self exams, know your own body and watch for changes. Early detection saves lives.” Contributions to the foundation can be dropped off or mailed to the Meade County Health Department For more information, contact Melissa Phillips at 270-422-3988. How is the county spread-

with the sheriff’s office in 2005. During his term with the sheriff’s office he worked closely with fellow officers and surrounding agencies to battle the war on drugs, domestic violence and other criminal activity. Stinebruner attended a 16-week course at the Department of Criminal justice Training Law Enforcement Academy in Richmond, Ky., earning his certification in law enforcement and was

commended of his excellent effort and attitude during academy training. In March 2008 Stinebruner accepted the captain’s position with the Muldraugh Police Department and in October of that year was promoted to police chief. He continues to work hard every day for the citizens of Muldraugh and his police department. Stinebruner has had excellent results in acquiring grants for his police officers to have top-of-the-line equipment to meet today’s need for more advanced technology in fighting crime. Stinebruner holds numerous certifications in criminal justice such as homeland security, peace officer professional standards, defensive tactics, crime scene investigation and FEMA emergency management and rescue. If elected sheriff, Stinebruner believes honesty and integrity is imperative in the sheriff’s office and is owed to the citizens of Meade County. Establishing an effective working relationship with Kentucky State Police

ing awareness? •Kroger is raising funds for “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.” Donations can be dropped off at the store. •Riverridge Marathon Gas Station employees wear breast cancer awareness shirts on Thursdays during October. •The city of Brandenburg has displayed wooden, pink ribbons around town. •The MCBCC has placed two signs at popular intersections in the county: at the intersection of the ByPass and Hwy. 79 and at the intersection of US 60 and Hwy. 144. •Meade County High School staff members make a donation to the Susan G. Komen foundation when they pay to wear breast cancer shirts on “dress down day.” •Styles of Hope, located

inside Brandenburg United Methodist Church, is a nonprofit store offering free wigs, hairpieces and other accessories to cancer victims. Call 270-828-3990 for more information. •The Brandenburg Women of the Moose Lodge will host a luncheon/fashion show to raise money for breast cancer awareness Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Brandenburg Moose Family Center. Call Theresa Haynes at 270-828-2822 or 270-422-4814. •The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K walk/ run will be held tomorrow in Louisville. Visit www.komen. org for information. •The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk will be held Oct. 25 in Louisville. Visit www.cancer.org for more information.

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Muldraugh Police Chief John Stinebruner will run for sheriff’s office in 2010.

and surrounding agencies to fight criminal activity is a significant part of a successful department. A partnership with the citizens of Meade County and the sheriff’s office is another top priority. Only together can a community continue to grow. To achieve this goal, Stinebruner encourages an “open door policy.” Stinebruner and his wife, Gina, live in the Rock Haven/Rockridge community on Janet’s Drive. Stinebruner has one daughter and two stepsons. His daughter, Linda Hathaway, lives in Louisville and works for Humana. His stepson, Derek Allen,

who is legally blind, resides in Louisville and attends Jefferson Community College and his stepson Nicholas Allen resides at home, is a senior honor student at Meade County High School and will enroll at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College after graduation. Stinebruner also has two grandchildren, Jessica Morgan Stinebruner and Jai’Leigh Michelle Hathaway. Gina was recently employed by Louisville Metro Parks for eight years but has since left to finish her Elementary Education Teaching Degree at Western Kentucky University. She will graduate in fall 2010.

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SSGT Edward Bernard Smith, 30, passed from this life on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, while serving his country in Afghanistan. SSGT Smith is survived by his wife, Jamie Welch Smith of Ekron; two children, DeAnndrea Luney and Deiontay Welch; his father, Michael Miller; his stepfather, Robert Earl Jarman; his grandparents, Edward and Annette Parrish; his brothers and sisters, Robert Smith, Thelma (Charles) McGruder of Cordell, Ga., Steven Smith, June Smith, both of Atlanta, Craig Smith and Richard Smith; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. The funeral service was held Friday, Oct. 9, from the Prichard Chapel at Ft. Knox, Ky. Burial followed in Zion Grove Cemetery in Ekron. Online condolences at www. hagerfuneralhome.com.

Mrs. Carol Jean Hardcastle Seay, 72, of Radcliff, Ky., died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. She was the former manager of the Dollar Store in Brandenburg. She was preceded in death by a sister, Wilma Scott; and a brother, Jimmy Vincent. Mrs. Seay is survived by her husband, William C. Seay; five children, Bill (Beverly) Butts of St. Louis, Dennie (Anita) Butts of Louisville, Vincent (Gail) Hardcastle and Beau (Sheila) Hardcastle, all of Brandenburg, and Tina (John) Whelan of Ekron; two brothers, Howard and Lee Vincent, both of Louisville; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at Monday, Oct. 12, at noon at the chapel of Hager Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff, Ky. Friends may call the funeral home from 3 to 8 p.m., Sunday and after 9 a.m., Monday. Online condolences at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

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Joseph “Joe” Garland Rhodes

Joseph “Joe” Garland Rhodes, 76, formerly of Mooleyville, Ky., passed away Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Northfield Centre in Louisville. He was born June 24, 1933 in Meade County to the late Sam and Virginia Peters Rhodes. Joe was a retired farmer and was a member of the First Church of God in Guston. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Leola (Alphonsus) Mattingly and Dorothy Hicks; and his special friend, Myrtle Davis. He was survived by a son, Billy Rhodes of New Albany, Ind.; three sisters, Pauline (Joe) Mattingly of Radcliff, Ky., Martha Ann (Francis) Mattingly of Brandenburg and Anna Frances (James) King of Brooks, Ky. The funeral service was held Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the chapel of Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home. Burial followed in St. Theresa Church Cemetery. Online condolences at www.bjsfunerals.com.

William “Bill” Martinez

William “Bill” Martinez, 49, of Louisville, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, as a Hosparus inpatient in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his father, William Martinez. He is survived by his son, Eric Martinez of Radcliff, Ky.; his mother, Magdalena Martinez of Vine Grove, Ky.; two sisters, Marie McNeely of Middleburg, Fla., and Terrie Pebbles of Thermapolis, Wyo.; and three brothers, James Martinez of Brandenburg, Bradley Martinez of New Clearfield, Utah, and Michael Martinez of Clarksville, Tenn. A mass of Christian burial was held Saturday, Oct. 3, at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove, Ky., with the Rev. Daniel L. Lincoln officiating. Burial followed in the St. Brigid Cemetery in Vine Grove, Ky. Online condolences at www.nebfh.com.

Jake B. Gleason

Mr. Jake B. Gleason, 79, of Vine Grove, Ky., died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a regular at Basham’s Coffee Corner. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara; and a son, Cory. Mr. Gleason was survived by his children, Rick (Tonya) Gleason, Jack (Kathy) Gleason, Jeanine Gleason, Jennie Gleason, Andrea Terwilliger, Sheila Wood, Debbie Scott, Susie Gruwell and Janice and Jim McNally; his brothers and sister, Robert, Charlie, Terry, Dale, Troy and Lela Mae Gleason; a special friend, Kay Hunter; and all of his good friends at Basham’s. The family chose cremation. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements were made by Hager Funeral Home. Online condolences at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

Paula Marie Vessels Paula Marie Vessels, 51, of Vine Grove, Ky., died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. She attended the Radcliff Workshop for the Handicapped. Paula was preceded in death by her father, John M. Vessels. She is survived by her mother, Rita Pike Vessels of Vine Grove, Ky.; her sister and brother-in-law, Marcia and Steve Gibson of Rineyville, Ky.; a brother, David M. Vessels of Vine Grove, Ky.; three nephews, Ryan Gibson, Michael Gibson and Jonathan Vessels; and two nieces, Jessica Vessels and Megan Vessels. A mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, Oct. 6, at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove, Ky., with the Rev. Daniel L. Lincoln and Deacon Michael Vessels officiating. Burial followed in the St. Brigid Cemetery in Vine Grove, Ky. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Association for Adult Developmental Disabilities, 1633 N. Logsdon Pkwy., Radcliff KY 40160. Online condolences at www.nebfh.com.

Judy Diane Cecil Padgett Judy Diane Cecil Padgett, 58, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at her home in Elizabethtown, Ky. She was a member of St. Johns Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her father, John Henry Cecil, and her husband, Charles Patrick Padgett. She is survived by her mother and stepfather, Alta and Devaul Embry of Elizabethtown, Ky; four sons, Larry (Autumn) Barnes of Elizabethtown, Ky., Phillip (Therease) Barnes of Florida, Michael (Natalie) Barnes of Glendale, Ky., Alton Padgett of Elizabethtown, Ky.; a daughter, Sherry (Michael) Rogers of Rineyville, Ky.; and 10 grandchildren, Bradley, Jordan, Brandon, Anthony, Jill, Chelsa, Aislynn, Daniel, Alex and Martina. A private service was held at St. Johns Catholic Church in Rineyville, Ky., with Father Dan Lincoln officiating. Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Isiah Bains Isiah Bains, 60, of Rineyville, Ky., formerly of Louisiana, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Easter Anna Cannady Bains; and his parents, Buaker and Addie Bains. He is survived by two daughters, Liashonda Bains of Rineyville, Ky., and Tequila Guillory of Alexandria, La.; a son, Taurean Bowie of Bunkie, La.; and a son-in-law, Louie Gill of Rineyville, Ky. Services were provided through Progressive Funeral Home in Bunkie, La. Online condolences at www.nebfh.com. Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

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James Dobson Focus on the Family QUESTION: Should I be concerned about my twoand-a-half-year-old son’s tendency to stammer and repeat words? If he has a real stuttering problem, I don’t want to wait too long before doing something about it. DR. DOBSON: Your son’s stammer will probably disappear in time, but just to be safe, you should take him in now for an evaluation. There is a “normal stuttering” that is common between the ages of two and six, when a child’s knowledge and vocabulary are expanding faster than his neurological ability to verbalize his thoughts. However, you should be aware of some secondary mannerisms which are indicative of a pathological stuttering beyond the normal disfluency found in preschoolers, including the child’s struggling noticeably to get words out; obvious frustration in the child while trying to speak; increasing vocal tension resulting in rising pitch or loudness; or very long prolongation (several

seconds) of syllables. Whether these secondary mannerisms are present or not, the Speech and Hearing Division of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles encourages parents to bring a child with speech difficulties in for an evaluation as early as two years of age. The likelihood of your son’s having a pathological stuttering problem is slim, but experts believe it is best to be cautious at this age — they would rather take the time to put a child through an unnecessary evaluation than to allow a potential speech problem to go unchecked. QUESTION: My twelveyear-old was asked to recite a poem at a school function the other day, and he went completely blank in front of the crowd. I know he knew the poem perfectly because he said it dozens of times at home. He’s a bright child, but he’s had this trouble before. Why does his mind “turn off” when he’s under pressure? What can I do to help him? DR. DOBSON: It will be helpful to understand an important characteristic of intellectual functioning. Your son’s self-confidence, or the lack of it, actually affects the

way his brain operates. All of us have experienced the frustration of mental “blocking,” which you described. This occurs when a name or fact or idea just won’t surface to the conscious mind, even though we know it is recorded in the memory. Or suppose we are about to speak to an antagonistic group and our mind suddenly goes blank. This kind of blocking usually occurs (1) when social pressure is great, and (2) when selfconfidence is low. Why? Because emotions affect the efficiency of the human brain. Unlike a computer, our mental apparatus only functions properly when a delicate biochemical balance exists between the neural cells. Substances called neurotransmitters make it possible for a cell to “fire” its electrochemical charge cross the gap (synapse) to another cell. It is now known that a sudden emotional reaction can instantly change the nature of this biochemistry, interfering with the impulse. This blockage prevents the electrical charge from being relayed, and the thought is never generated. This mechanism has profound implications for human behavior; for example,

a child who feels inferior and intellectually inadequate often does not even make use of the mental power with which he has been endowed. His lack of confidence produces a disrupting mental inefficiency, and the two factors go around in an endless cycle of defeat. This is seemingly what happened to your son when he “forgot” the poem. Actually, it is not unusual for a 12-year-old to “choke” in front of a crowd. I once stood before three hundred fellow teenagers with my words stuck in my throat and my mind totally out to lunch. It was a painful experience, but time gradually erased its impact. As your child matures, he will probably overcome the problem if he can experience a few successes to build his confidence. Anything that raises self-esteem will reduce the frequency of mental blocking for children and adults alike. Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995 (www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Solid Answers” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House.

Point people to Him ‘Believe the miracles’ James Dobson Focus on the Family What can we learn from Jesus inviting His first disciples to follow Him? “We can learn from John the Baptist to tell people who Jesus really is,” says Danae, 10. “John had many followers himself, but he didn’t try to compete with Jesus.” Nothing is more challenging to successful ministers than to keep pointing people to Jesus Christ. Everyone has the tendency to take credit for a work that the Lord did through us. Don’t do it. Keep pointing people to Christ. “Jesus invited simple fishermen to follow him,” says Emily, 12. “I think he did that to show us that God’s love is for everyone, not just the people who are pretty, smart or popular.” Jesus didn’t set up a recruiting office at the Jerusalem school for rabbis. He began his ministry in a remote desert place where two disciples of John the Baptist followed him. “What do you seek?” Jesus asked them. By asking this question, Jesus forced his disciples to think about their motives. People follow Jesus for different reasons. Many Jews wanted the Messiah to overthrow the Romans. They saw Jesus as a splendid king (Isaiah 9 and 10). Jesus didn’t come the first time to crush his enemies, but to put himself into the hands of those who would crush him (Isaiah 53). Jesus had to explain to his disciples that the cross must come before the crown. When the disciples asked Jesus where he was staying, he said, “Come and see” (John 1:39). When we follow Jesus, he doesn’t show us everything at once. Every day, we must come and see what he has for us. “We can learn that once we learn about Jesus, we should tell others,” says Anna, 10. After only one day with Jesus, Andrew told his

brother Simon, “We have found the Messiah” (John 1:41). When Jesus saw Simon, he immediately changed his name to Cephas, which means stone or rock. The name Cephas in the Aramaic language is the same as Peter in Greek. When we follow Jesus, we give up our own identity for one that God gives us. Jesus knew that Simon would change. His testimony that Jesus is the Christ would serve as the foundational rock upon which Jesus would build his church (Matthew 16:13-20). “Jesus wants everyone to come to him,” says Rebekah, 6. “Jesus has time for everyone and will not say `hurry up’ or tell them to go away because he is busy.” In an age where technology speeds up the way we communicate with each other, it’s hard to imagine a God who has time for us. If we don’t make time to “come and see” Jesus, we’ll never get to know him in a way that motivates us to tell our loved ones about him. Spending quality time with Jesus will result in telling others about him. “When you are being open and willing to allow people to follow you, it might make them curious,” says Sarah, 11. Jesus provoked people’s curiosity. We see that all the way through his ministry. He asked a lot of questions to which he already knew the answers. Think about this: Jesus was the master fisherman of people. He knew how to provoke people’s curiosity so that they wanted to know more about God. Memorize this truth: Then He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19). Ask this question: Are you fishing for people by pointing them to Christ? Listen to a talking book, download the “Kids Color Me Bible” for free, watch Kid TV Interviews and win a dude ranch vacation by entering the Children’s International Arts Festival at www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org.

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Divine Guidance

Matthew 11:3 says, “And said to Him, ‘Are you the Coming One, or do we look for another?” (NKJV) Anticipation. We all experience it. We happily anticipate the holidays. We anxiously await the birth of a child. We nervously predict the verdict in a courtroom. Our anticipation applies to both good and bad events. John the Baptist spent his life anticipating the arrival of the Son of God, for this would surely be a time for happy celebration. Yet John harbored some doubts about the identity of Jesus. He needed some assurance

that Jesus was truly the prophesied Messiah. So, locked in his prison cell, awaiting an uncertain fate, John sent his disciples to question this Jesus. Did He have a heavenly I.D.? We can imagine John’s anxious moments. The reply Jesus delivered was more of a status report than an actual identity check: just observe the miracles abounding in my ministry. Who else could this young man be? Or, as Jesus later put it, “Even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.“ (John 10:38 ) The person and his works go hand in hand as perfect I.D.’s. Rev. Dan Newton is the pastor of Grace Baptist Church.

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A globetrotting executive with the Illinois-based food-processing giant Archer Daniel Midland, Mark Whitacre snitched about an international price-fixing conspiracy and ultimately took down the management of his company in the 1990s. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely Hollywood juice in this true tale of high-level corporate malfeasance (based on a wellresearched book by â&#x20AC;&#x153;New York Timesâ&#x20AC;? reporter Kurt Eichenwald), especially as Whitacreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increasingly bizarre behavior leads the F.B.I. down a rabbit hole of lies, surprises and shocks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the revelation that the whistle-blower was himself a crook with his hand deep, deep, deep in the corporate cookie jar. Acclaimed director Stephen Soderbergh takes Eichenwaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, adds a punchy exclamation mark to the title and drills away into the dark humor of a white-collar tattletale, his ever-widening web of deceit and a scrambled criminal mind with a couple of screws loose.

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CLIMB ABOARD 1-4 p.m. at Riverfront Park in Brandenburg. Fire trucks, police cars construction equipment, and more. All ages are welcome and refreshments will be provided. Call the Meade County Public Library for more information. 270-422-2094 HORSE SHOW AND AUCTION 3rd Annual M.A.R.C. Benefit Horse Show and Auction at the Meade County Saddle Club Grounds on Fackler Road, Payneville. Show time and activities begin at 1 p.m. Fun for the whole family. KENTUCKY PATRIOTS The Kentucky Patriots will have an information table at the Knob Creek Gun Shoot. Be sure to stop by our table and get information on joining the Kentucky Patriots. www.kentuckypatriots@ ispky.com VFW DANCE 7:30 p.m. at VFW Post 11404, 770 ByPass Road, Brandenburg. All activities are open to the public. 270422-5184

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M.A.R.C. BINGO 6-11 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 245 Main Street in Brandenburg. New games and prizes. Proceeds benefit MARC programs for the mentally challenged. Charitable gaming license #000241.

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BEAN SOUP SUPPER 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Stuart Pepper Middle School. Doors open at 6 p.m. Featured speaker will be Mr. Charlie Moore, Chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Cake and pie auction to follow supper. www. meadecountydemocrats. com BLUEGRASS HOMEMAKERS 10 a.m. Second Tuesday of the month. Call 270-422-4958 for more information. FRIENDSHIP HOMEMAKERS 6 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month. Call 270-4224958 for more information. MEADE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING 7:30 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month. MEADE COUNTY FISCAL COURT MEETING 7 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month. PEO CHAPTER MEETING PEO local chapter meets at 6:30 pm every second Tuesday of the month in the Elizabethtown vicinity. For location and more information please contact the chapter president, Jan Rucker, at 270-766-1493. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 6 p.m. Man to man prostate cancer education and support at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. 2nd Tuesday of each month. Karen 270-706-1250

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COMMUNITY DINNER at P.L. Kasey Center, 303 Hillview Drive, Irvington, Ky. Carryout available at 5 p.m. Inside dining 5:30-7 p.m. Turkey dinner. $6 for adults. $4 for children 10 and under. 270-547-7648

FLU SHOT CLINIC At the Meade County Health Dept. Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $23. 270-422-3988

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N.A.R.F.E. 1 p.m. at Brandenburg United Methodist Church. National Active and Retired Federal Employees meeting. For more information, call 270-422-3935.

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Fire From page A1 learned to untangle themselves from wires and ropes, others took a turn inside Flaherty Fire Department’s

burn trailer, and others learned how to safely extinguish a propane fire that spewed orange flame more than 15 feet in the air. Instructors were a combination of local firefighters and fire personnel from fire districts in neighboring counties.

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CLOCKWISE (from above): Firefighters in the survival and rescue class took turns making emergency escapes out of a second-story window. Meade County firefighters Missy Thompson, Sean Thompson and Larry Thompson help during a demonstration. A propane fire drill is held in the parking lot. Firefighters wear extra heat resistant head wear. Hoses and rescue dummies are scattered across the parking lot after a drill.

County roads to be blacktopped Staff Report The News Standard Meade County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on Tuesday with the sole agenda item to approve county road paving projects. Shumate South, and Old Ekron Road from the ByPass to D.E. Brown road are

Progress From page A1 proficient and distinguished in areas of reading and mathematics. “We’re in transition right now,” Wilson said. “So these (recent) reports … aren’t similar to those in the past where a total index of all students was given. Now, they’re only reporting proficient and distinguished students, and the reason for that is right now the accountability lies in NCLB and with NCLB it’s proficiency they’re looking for.” Wilson explained that this year’s data is like comparing “apples to oranges” — there is nothing to compare the numbers to because the transition is in its first year. Previous Kentucky Core Content Tests held segments on practical living skills, arts and humanities and writing portfolios. In 2009, those sections were omitted from spring testing. “That’s the reason why it’s not apples to apples is because they’ve now taken out (those sections) from this data,” Wilson said. “So if you have a school whose arts and humanities scores have been high in the past … and you pull that out, that’s going to decrease the (index) score.” Wilson said practical living and arts and humanities instructors will now be assessed through “program reviews” — a sort of auditing system. The program reviews will be on writing portfolios as well; however, on-demand prompts will be assessed more frequently in the assessment to check the progress of writing. According to its Web site, the Kentucky Association of School Counsels feels, like Wilson and many others from the school district, that it’s important schools are able to see progress — or lack thereof — from year to year. “The Kentucky Association of School Counsels … feels like it’s important for schools … to compare apples to apples instead of apples to oranges, which is what (NCLB) is,” she said. The counsel recently supplied school district staffs with a transition index, which helps each school compare recent scores to the previous year. Wilson feels that the NCLB data is pertinent informa-

slated to be blacktopped, as well as Gaines Road and three drives located within the Oakridge Subdivision: Melinda Drive, Julie Court and Aaron Court. Meade County Judge/ Executive Harry Craycroft said the blacktopping projects will be paid for through the $185,646 the county received through the state

road department. If the projects cost more than the money dispersed by the state, then the county would pay for the remainder, Craycroft said. He said the court is hopeful the projects can be completed this fall, barring any severe weather that would set back the county road department’s work schedule.

tion; however, it fails to show creased about 10 points evwhere schools are closing ery year in order to get to that gaps shifting scores to meet 100, we didn’t make it. Even the nationwide goal. though there was growth we “It doesn’t show the in- still didn’t make it.” creases that may have been Stuart Pepper Middle made — bringing kids up School earned an all-time and closing that gap from high performance score in novice to apprentice,” Wil- reading with a 104 percent; son said. however, because the middle The Interim Performance school’s “students with disReports, Wilson said, are ability” subpopulation was also very different from last unable to reach its goals, it year’s Kentucky Perfor- looks like the school didn’t mance Reports. perform as well as last year “We have a two-year inter- on the NCLB report. im period while the system “Again, our total populais being restruction is hitting tured, which the target … allows the but with our schools to do students with what they do to disabilities restructure and we’re not hitthen the assessting the tarment accountget,” Wilson ability will go reiterated. back into effect Superintenstatewide,” she dent Mitch said. “So these Crump said IPR reports are the “real disjust a piece of agreement” what we used with NCLB is to get as the that it gives evKPR report … ery child — no the KPR reports matter gender, —Mitch Crump, race or disabilwere a lot more superintendent ity — the same extensive.” KCCT curgoal. rently assesses “As far as in the different content ar- Congress, the President eas — science, social studies, and the Secretary of Educareading and math. NCLB tion this is something that is only looks at math and read- continuously being looked ing scores. at,” Crump said. “We are Wilson explained that progressing and making when NCLB was enacted in improvements, but (NCLB) 1990, its goal was that all stu- doesn’t reflect it when you’re dents, nationwide, would be getting into why subpopulaat a proficient level by 2014, tions maybe aren’t moving and in order to reach that as quickly, and the general goal, the government has public doesn’t understand set small, incremental goals that. If you read Stuart Pepfor all schools to gradually per Middle School met 11 of work toward. Each year, 13 targets you would think that goal is raised nearly 10 … that the schools aren’t points for each subpopula- progressing. Well, they are tion to slowly shift students progressing. They’re just to the ultimate goal of 100 progressing in the subpopupercent proficiency. lations at the pace that has For Meade County, the dis- been set for them. We’re imtrict’s reading goal this year proving and progressing and was set just under 60 percent. … we are performing above The district exceeded that state average. But until SB1 goal by nearly 15 percent. fully takes effect it’s very NCLB also breaks the data difficult to communicate it down into subpopulations in layman’s terms what the including, white (non His- transition is.” panic), African-American, To view the Kentucky AsHispanic, Asian, Limited sociation of School Counsels English Proficiency, free/ transition index visit www. reduced lunch and with dis- kasc.net and click on “Track ability. Meade County did Your School or District not qualify in the Hispanic, Progress.” The link boasts Asian, Limited English Pro- index scores for elementary, ficiency or African American middle and high schools populations. throughout the state. “So last year … in readTo view NCLB reports ing (the district) had growth, visit http://applications.edeven in our subpopulations,” ucation.ky.gov/catsreportWilson said. “But again, be- sarchive/default.aspx and cause now targets have in- search for “Meade County.”

“(Based on test scores) you would think ... that the schools aren’t progressing. Well, they are progressing.”

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FEATURES

Friday, October 9, 2009

Woman wants to leave state a dam site better than she found it

It may take another three years, but Becky Armstrong intends to leave Kentucky a dam site better than she found it. The Massachusetts native first arrived in the state in December 2008 as part of the engineering crew making repairs to Wolfe Creek Dam. Recently promoted to quality control safety manager after serving as deputy, it is her responsibility to make sure all the correct materials in the proper amounts go into building a new concrete barrier wall. She is also responsible for the safety of the some 150 employees working around the clock at the site in Russell County. A preliminary wall is now being constructed to stabilize the earthen embankment while the permanent barrier wall is formed. The new permanent barrier, which will be a mile in length, is scheduled to be in place by 2012. When completed, the project will include 1.155 billion pounds of concrete, or enough to build a sidewalk five feet wide from the dam to Washington, D. C. Armstrong said the $584 million project is the largest ever undertaken by her employer, Treviicos-Soletanche JV. Spending four years of her life on a single project is not something the 35-year-old history buff visualized while growing up north of Boston, near the New Hampshire border. She had designs on becoming an architect when she enrolled at the highly respected Wentworth College in Boston.

“I soon discovered there was a lot more to being an architect than simply designing pretty buildings,” she said. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Wentworth in construction management in a class that included 37 men and three women. Armstrong landed her first job working on the ‘Big Dig’ in Boston. That $22 billion project completed in Dec. of 2007 included the construction of a 3.5 mile tunnel through the heart of the city. Prior to coming to Kentucky, she had worked on much smaller projects in Texas, Alabama and Florida, focusing on foundations for high rises and bridge structures. She said the work is challenging and “sometimes you have to fight 10 times harder than a man, but the rewards are pretty good.” Armstrong, along with most of her co-workers, live in the Jamestown area and count working on one of the most beautiful portions of Lake Cumberland as one of their rewards. On Sundays, her only day off, she has been exploring the state, including horse farms in the Lexington area. “I was driving near the airport when I saw the white fences and horses and thought this much be Churchill Downs,” she said, laughing. A history buff, she is also looking forward to exploring some of the many Civil War battlefields.

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TOP: Wolfe Creek Dam holds back water. ABOVE: Becky Armstrong confers with co-workers. RIGHT: Armstrong poses on the job site. She also uses her time on and off the job site to address concerns some people have regarding the Wolf Creek Dam project. “Rumors and gossip run wild, but we know our solutions will work. We’re here

to fix it,” she said. Columnist Don White has served as editor at several newspapers in Kentucky. His Kentucky Traveler features are published throughout the state. Contact him at thekytraveler. com.

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Pumpkins are one of the highpoints of the fall harvest. The fruit originated in Central America. Pumpkins — like cantaloupes, cucumbers and squash — belong to the Cucurbitaceae or gourd family. Most of the pumpkins that are grown in the United States are from Illinois and become available in October. Whole pumpkins and the carved pumpkin shell are often used as decorative items. The interior pulp is a nutritious addition to savory and sweet dishes, but don’t throw out the seeds! Pumpkin seeds make a tasty snack that’s low in calories, high in protein and rich in fiber, as well as vitamins B, E and K, and zinc, iron and magnesium. Pumpkin seeds also contain many beneficial fatty acids and amino acids. The flat, dark-green pumpkin seeds, or pepitas as they are often called, are covered with a yellow-white husk. Pepitas are a key ingredient in Mexican recipes, and are often used in the cuisines of many other cultures. Toasted pumpkin seeds add a nutritious crunch when used as a topping for sauteed vegetables or salads. Grinding pumpkin seeds with garlic, parsley or cilantro and adding olive oil and lemon juice to the

mixture makes a wonderful salad dressing. Pumpkin seeds are also a delicious addition to oatmeal-raisin cookies or granola recipes. Pumpkin seeds are a power-packed addition to sauces, soups and salads, and they’re a healthy snack. Roasting and adding spices enhances their flavor. This recipe provides a few suggestions for preparing pumpkin seeds. Toasted Pumpkin Seeds 1 pumpkin (field or sugar), about 2 cups 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons salt, plus more for sprinkling Cooking oil spray 1. Cut a fresh, ripe pumpkin in half. Remove the membrane and seeds and as much pulp as possible. Separate out seeds (leaving some of the pulp on adds to the flavor). Do not rinse the seeds, as they will steam instead of toasting. Pick through the seeds and remove any that are split. Do not place the seeds on a paper towel, as seeds will stick to the paper. Instead, place seeds on a sheet of waxed or parchment paper, or on lightly oiled aluminum foil paper. 2. Heat oven to 300 F. For Spicy Pumpkin Seeds, mix 1/2 teaspoon each of garlic

powder, onion powder, salt, cumin, sugar and coriander and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper with the seeds before toasting. For Sweet Pumpkin Seeds, mix 3 tablespoons of dark brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of salt with the seeds before toasting. 3. Spread the vegetable oil on a shallow pan. Sprinkle seeds over oil in single layer. Bake 10 minutes, stir and spray with the cooking oil spray. Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes, stir and spray with the cooking oil spray. Bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes as needed or until lightly browned, being careful not to burn them. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt. The seeds will become crisper as they cool. Shell the seeds, or for more fiber, eat them whole. Store in an airtight container. Angela Shelf Medearis is known as The Kitchen Diva and is the executive producer and host of “The Kitchen Diva!” television cooking show. Visit her Web site at www.divapro. com. The Kitchen Diva! is brought to you by Eggland’s Best Eggs, www. egglandsbest.com. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

Saturday, Oct. 10

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In support of National Business Women’s Week and the Brandenburg Women’s Expo, The News Standard will premiere a special front-page feature about local women business owners and their success stories . See our Oct. 16 issue for a look into a business woman’s world and a preview of the upcoming Brandenburg Women’s Expo.

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BUSINESS Skip the trip; ship, print, store and more with ‘Multi-Stors’ Friday, October 9, 2009

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During the mid-1980s the country’s economic status was similar to what it is today. Jobs were scarce and those with jobs feared for the worst, so it was common for folks, including Meade County native Rick Barr and his wife, Julia, to look for ways to make extra cash. In 1986 the Barrs decided to purchase a few acres of land and start a self-storage business called Multi-Stor Self Storage, and in 1996 they added an office building that was used to house a motorcycle/ATV business until 2003. “Over the years we’ve worked hard at growing (the storage business),” Rick said. “Then I had a motorcycle shop … for about 10 years and sold it. Then we had the extra space.” Rick said it took him some time to decide what he wanted to replace the motorcycle business with, but after he and Julia investigated and looked further into the needs of Meade Countians, they made an executive decision. “For a few years, as part of the motorcycle shop, we did UPS shipping back in the ‘90s,” he said. “When we got out of the motorcycle shop, we quit that. I always thought that went in good with the business, and over the years, I still … had people stop in wanting to ship a package.” Rick said he began to notice the abundance of Kinko’s and UPS stores that were opening in the surrounding Meade County area. “That was something that some of the other storage facilities were doing and I thought a shipping and printing business was a good fit,” he said. And in April 2009, Rick opened the doors of Ship N Print Plus to the public. Among the wealth of storage units, Ship N Print is located in Brandenburg, diagonally across from First Federal Savings Bank on Old Ekron Road. As a FedEx and UPS site, the store serves as a shipping site and a drop-off point. “We have various shipping methods, like standard and expedited, and we are able to serve as a shipping drop-off point, which means if someone orders something and

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ABOVE: Multi-Stor and Ship N Print Plus are located in Brandenburg, across from First Federal Savings Bank. TOP RIGHT: Owner of the two stores, Rick Barr, center, poses with his daughter, Rebekah, his son, Matthew and their dog, Buffy. BELOW: Multi-Stor boasts seven acres of various size storage units. they know they won’t be at home to sign for it, they can have it shipped here and we can sign for it and we’ll notify them as soon as we get (the package) through a phone call, a text message or an email — which ever way they prefer,” he said. With high velocity printers and scanners, the business creates multiples of nearly any paper product, such as business cards, blueprints and fliers. Ship N Print also has the ability to produce large commercial posters, and by the end of the month, plans to begin laminating personalized commercial items like window-clings. Christmas is just around the corner and Ship N Print is the place to go for personalized greeting cards, stationeries, invitations and thank you cards. “We can print just about anything in black and white or color up to 11 (inches) by 17 (inches),” Rick said. “Many customers come in with old documents and scan them into the scanner, and then transfer them to jump drives or memory cards, or they e-mail them to themselves. They also come in and scan and resize old pictures.” Rick and his employees, Amanda Ross and Shirley Miles, use updated design programs like Adobe InDe-

sign CS4 to create unique designs for personalized products. “We’re one of the few places in the area that is able to do on-the-spot printing with larger jobs like booklet printing … or the small booklets that come out folded and stapled and ready,” Rick said. For shipping purposes, the store carries different sized boxes and envelopes, packaging materials, and tubes, along with tape and storage items. “We are able to package, weigh and ship just about any size package to anywhere in and outside the country,” he said. Multi-Stor is located within Ship N Print’s premises. With 300 storage units located on seven acres of land, Rick is able to accommodate to anyone’s storage needs. The business boasts four types of various sized storage units for climate control, regular, car/boat and outside storage units, all of which range in prices from $29 to $136 a month. The vicinity is completely fenced in and secured with an updated surveillance recording system. Customers are supplied a personal pass code to the gates, giving them 24/7 access to their belongings. “In the last 23 years, we’ve

Winter programs save heating costs By David Uffington Dollars and Sense Winter weatherizing programs offer a low-cost or free way to make fixes to your home that can add up to large savings on heating fuel. Here are some ways to find help: •Call your local social services for referrals to programs. Even if you don’t get any services from them, they’ll know how to contact county or state programs or can refer you to classes you can take. Contact your utility or fuel company. Often it will do free “leak checks” to help you identify problems in your home. •If the area where you live is even slightly rural, consider calling Rural Development, a U.S. Department of Agriculture program. If your weatherizing goals are serious enough to fall under the category of actual repairs, you might qualify for a low-interest

loan or grant. To contact Rural Development and get the number for your state branch, call 800-6706553. •The Department of Energy has a weatherizing help program that’s run through individual states. Go to www.energy.gov and click on General Information, then Weatherization Assistance Program. In the left column you’ll see a link to State Contacts. If you qualify as low income, you’ll receive a wholehouse energy efficiency audit as a first step, as well as a safety check. Whether you sign up for help through a program or do the work yourself, the mains goals are to keep cold air out. At the very minimum: Use a caulking gun to seal around windows. Check your hardware store for shrinkable clear plastic sheets that go on the inside of windows. Those sheets can do more than you might think to

keep cold air from coming through the glass. At the height of winter there could be a 20-degree difference in temperature on the window side of the plastic — cold air that isn’t making it into the room. With cooler weather, especially at night, you’ll be able to tell if you have air leaks at exterior doors. Just take off your shoes and check for cold air down at floor level. Invest in weather stripping around the doors if you feel a draft. Also check wall electrical plugs to see if cold air is blowing in. Invest in plug inserts, or buy the gasket kits that block the whole wall plug. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.

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had a great track record with the storage business,” Rick said. “We’ve only had one bad incident and that was a tornado three years ago that damaged our car and boat storage units.” But like any other facility that houses personal belongings, Rick recommends his customers purchase a renter’s insurance for their stored products. Rick said within the past year, Multi-Stor has seen an increase in customers, whereas, before the recession

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came about, the business witnessed a decline in client numbers. “We had actually seen a down trend that started four or five years ago and we’ve been able, in the last year or so, to really turn that around,” Rick said, about the number of customers utilizing storage services. Quality products and excellent customer service are top priorities for both businesses, Rick said. “I just really enjoy dealing with the public,” Rick said.

“It’s something new every day. People come with different needs, and I feel like we do a great job at meeting them.” Ship N Print Plus and Multi-Stor Self Storage are located at 838 Old Ekron Road in Brandenburg. Ship N Print’s business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. For information on the businesses, call 270-422-3600 or fax 270-4227867, or e-mail shipnprintplus@bbtel.com.

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AGRICULTURE

Friday, October 9, 2009

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Sarah Fackler weaves her horse between the poles during a horse show held last year at the Meade County Saddle Club arena in Payneville.

The Third Annual M.A.R.C. benefit horse show and auction will take place tomorrow at the Meade County Saddle Club Grounds, with proceeds from the event supporting M.A.R.C. (Meade County Association for Retarded Citizens). The horse show and other activities — such as face painting and plate dinners — are slated to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday and the auction will kick off at 3 p.m. All are welcome to attend, and bring their families for a fun afternoon. The arena is located on Fackler Road in Payneville. For more information, contact Jennifer Lyons at 270422-1932

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The many benefits of having soil tested Andy Mills Ag & Natural Resources If you want to increase crop yields or vegetable and flower garden production as well as healthy a lawn as possible next spring, have your soil tested. This is the only way to determine whether the soil has the right alkalinity or acidity to release available nutrients. The measure of soil acidity is pH, or potential hydrogen. It controls availability of all other nutrients. Generally, agronomic crops grow best when the pH is between six and seven. Some horticultural crops such as azaleas and blueberries require much more acidic soil conditions, in the range of 4.5. An incorrect soil pH can cause problems. For example, a low soil pH can induce a calcium deficiency; while a high one can cause iron and zinc deficiencies. Soil test results will give you research-based information on how much lime to use to make the soil more alkaline or sulfur to apply to make it more acidic. Having the proper levels of soil nutrients will help maximize economic yields. This is increasingly important because increasing energy costs mean higher fertilizer prices. It will be even more important next spring that our pastures and hayfields

receive adequate nutrients because of the extra rainfall we received this year. Home lawns will benefit more from a dose of fertilizer this fall. A good soil testing program will maximize returns on your fertilizer investment by identifying fields that already have sufficient nutrients and those with inadequate fertility. Higher fertilizer prices make blanket applications increasingly expensive. Soil testing also enables landowners to identify environmentally sensitive areas. For example, excessive phosphorus can cause low oxygen levels in lakes and streams that may lead to fish kills. Many Kentucky soils are naturally very high in phosphorus. A soil test will reveal these levels so no additional phosphorus fertilizer will be added. Fall is a good time to take samples for soil testing. The Meade County Extension Office has information on taking soil samples and sample bags or boxes. The cost is $3 per sample for Meade County residents. Taking soil samples in the fall gives you plenty of time to carry out the recommendations. For instance, agricultural lime takes about six months to decompose and react with the soil; so it needs to be applied in the fall. Fertilizer prices usually are cheaper in the fall and soil is usually drier so it is easier to get into the field. The turn-around time for soil tests usually is

faster in the fall, generally within 10-14 days. You need to take different samples for various land uses such as agricultural fields, lawn, garden, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs and azaleas because these may have distinct fertility and acidity or alkalinity requirements. Take a sample from poor growing area and from adjacent areas of good growth. Mark each sample with a letter, or numbers on a field map. Collect at least 10 soil cores for small areas and up to 20 cores for larger fields. How deeply you take cores for farm use depends on the tillage system used. For tilled areas, take cores from the surface to plow depth, usually six to eight inches. Take cores down to a four-inch depth in notill fields and pastures. For home lawns, take cores from the surface down to four inches. For gardens, ornamentals and fruit trees, take cores down to six to eight inches. Be sure to take all cores from an area at the same depth. After you’ve collected soil cores, put them in a clean, dry plastic bucket, crush the soil and thoroughly mix it. Allow this to air dry in an open, contamination-free space. When it dries, fill the sample box and completely fill out the information sheet. A separate sheet is needed for agricultural soil, home gardens, lawns and turf grasses and commercial horticultural crops. It’s a good idea to take

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There is a burn ban in effect, pursuant to Division of Forestry regulations. The ban will be in effect from Oct. 1 through Dec. 15 and Feb. 15 through April 30.

core samples around the same time each year to compare results from year to year. To obtain the most accurate soil fertility report, contact the Meade County Extension office at 270422-4958 for more tips on properly taking samples.

It is illegal to burn from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the ban, but is legal to burn acceptable items from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Contact Meade County Judge/Executive Harry Craycroft’s office at 270-422-3967 for more information about the burn ban.

The News Standard supports Meade County farming and agriculture by profiling local farmers, vegetable producers, horse groups, and other agriculturalbased individuals and organizations each week on the Agriculture Page. To have your story told, e-mail editor@thenewsstandard.com, or call us at 422-4542.

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Kentuckanna Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY Market Report per CWT for Monday October 5, 2009 Receipts: 349 Last week: 365 Last year: 289 Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows were 11 percent of supply: Slaughter bulls 03 percent: Replacement cows 04 percent and feeders 82 percent: The feeder supply included 27 percent steers 39 percent heifers and 34 percent bulls. 21 percent weighed over 600 lbs. Slaughter Cows: % Lean Weight A-Dress H-Dress Lo-Dress Breaker 75-80 995-1850 39.50-45.50 Boner 80-85 980-1240 35.00-40.00 Lean 85-90 795-1360 30.50-34.00 28.00 Slaughter Bulls: Weight Carcass Boning % A-Dress Lo Dress Yield Grade 2 1005-1815 75-76 48.50-53.00 Stock Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: 3-8 years old 3 to 8 months bred 975-1320 lbs. 50.50-58.00 per cwt. Stock Cows and Calves: Medium and large 1-2: 3-8 years old 1100-1500 lbs with 100200 lbs calves at side 700.00-835.00 per pair. Stock Bulls: No Test Calves: Baby Beef calves: No Test

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JV’s best JV soccer team takes first place in district after sudden death shootout

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Meade County seniors celebrate athletic accomplishments

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Joy Straney works the ball up the field against Male.

Last week’s senior night was an emotional night for head coach Dan Shook and his Meade County Lady Waves soccer team. With 13 senior players and two senior managers, the team is more than just another group of seniors; the group has been a pillar of the Lady Waves Soccer program for many years.

“They were a big impact,” he said. “They brought in people. They are good leaders. They have been good ambassadors of the program. They really looked after the younger girls and took them under their wing. I think they have been very vital to the success of the program.” This season began with high expectations because

“You develop some close bonds when you’ve been around them for so long,” Shook said. “It’s really going to seem odd with those girls not here because they have been a part of the program for so long. It’s going to be sad.” The seniors were the first class that was allowed to play high school soccer in seventh grade, giving Shook six years to work with the same group of players.

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Oct. 23 Greenwave Football Central Hardin 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 Cross Country @ Franklin Central Invitational

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Greenwave captures elusive victory six games into the season By Ben Achtabowski sports@thenewsstandard.com There was a collective sigh of relief from the Meade County Greenwave football team last Friday after the team captured a 23-21 win over the North Hardin Trojans. “Our kids played hard,” said head coach Larry Mofield. “I believe this is the first time we played together. I didn’t hear any moaning and groaning out on the field. There were a couple times in the second half that during other times this season we would have deflated. But we didn’t deflate tonight.” In a seemingly “must-

win” game for the Greenwave (1-5 overall, 1-1 district), the team struggled to find an identity after the first five games. During the losing streak, the team fell apart several different ways, whether it was costly penalties, missed tackles or a stalled offense. “We needed this win really badly,” said senior linemen Chip Robinson. “This was a big district game. We were pumped and it was just a hardhitting game from the start to the finish.” The win all started with a productive practice week — the Greenwave’s

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game knotted up at 15 apiece, Wright served up five straight aces to take the lead 19-5. Senior Bliss Powers then had a monster kill to extend the lead to 20-15. On the next serve, Wright recorded her sixth and final ace of the night. In what was a

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TOP: The Greenwave team sings the MCHS fight song after beating North Hardin. ABOVE: Tyler Crow runs through traffic.

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Olivia Wright serves up an ace.

On senior night last Thursday, Meade County Lady Wave senior Olivia Wright looked to right the volleyball team’s ship with five straight aces during the first game. But everything went wrong for the Lady Waves in the final two games against the Central

Hardin Lady Bruins as they lost in three games, 18-25, 25-20 and 25-18. “It’s the story of our lives,” said Meade County head coach Jennifer Smith. “We seem to fall apart in the second game a lot. They wanted to win this game. I think they tried and they just fell short.” With the first

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During this week’s fall break some Meade County archery teams enjoyed the sunny weather of Florida while setting their sights at international competition during the National Archery in Schools Program’s (NASP) first ever world championship. After hearing of the event earlier this spring, the Meade County archery program scrambled to get money and participants together for the epic competition. “Luckily for us we’re fortunate enough to do this,” said high school head coach Travis Stull. “This is something we are proud to take part in.” Meade County took two teams — the Meade County High School team and Payneville Elementary — along with two individuals from David T. Wilson Elementary. The teams will compete tomorrow at the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports resort in Orlando, Fla. Due to short notice, the event has only 600 participants, while earlier this year the nationals held in Louisville had more than 5,000. “It’s down a lot — they were expecting a lot more archers,” he said. “But I think the economy and short notice kind of hurt the numbers a little bit.” The low numbers help place the already high-caliber Meade County teams in lofty hopes

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Lady Waves senior class celebrates season finales

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The 2009 Lady Waves soccer team seniors pose with their families before their final home game last week. This senior class is the largest class since 2002 when 12 seniors graduated. This year the team has 15 seniors, including two managers. The seniors are: Paige Long, Joy Staney, Kelli Eden, Lindsay Andrews, Allie Bogard, Sherry Pike, Alexis Hobbs, Chelsea Fochtman, Johnna Woodward, Emily McMurry, Kelsi Stull, Rebecca Hail and managers Amy Hardesty and William Kaelin.

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The Lady Waves volleyball team seniors pose with their families. CLOCKWISE (From top left): Blaire Brangers with Michael and Mary Brangers; Bliss Powers with Dan and Janet Powers; Erin Sireno with Mark and Connie Sireno; Olivia Wright with Kim and Tommy Garretson and Dorbie Wright; Heather Darnall with Barry and Margo Darnall; and Kelcie McCoy with John David and Lee Ann McCoy.

Finale From page B1 of the experience the seniors brought. So far, the team has exceeded those expectations with a 9-5-2 overall record and a third seed in the 10th District Tournament.

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Chelsea Fochtman tries to settle the ball.

Despite the Lady Waves’ reputable record, the Male Lady Bulldogs partly spoiled the senior night festivities when they beat the Meade County 1-0 in the final minutes of the game. A Male player knocked the ball into the net after a corner kick landed inside the 6-yard box with 10 minutes left to play. “It was one of those unfortunate situations,” Shook said of the game’s lone goal. “It was tough to lose on your senior night. I told them after the game it wasn’t like they didn’t work hard. They came out and gave it their best. That’s all you can do.” The Lady Waves started all seniors alongside junior keeper Kiana Rupe to pay tribute to the seniors and their hard work throughout the years. “The younger players were understanding of the situation,” Shook said. “They knew this was a special night and they wanted to honor this group of seniors.” The Lady Waves will now head into the 10th District Tournament on Oct. 12 at Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Ky.

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Victory From page B1 first of the season, according to Mofield. “It started last week with practice,” he said. “We had a good week. We came together and played hard.” “This (win) was pretty big,” Robinson added. “We stuck together and came together as a team this week.” During the Greenwave’s first two drives of the second half the team sputtered with 3-and-outs, and North Hardin finally got on the board when they scored on an 11-yard run up the middle. After the extra point play, North Hardin claimed its first lead of the game 7-3. The game looked to be traveling down the path of the Greenwave’s previous losses where second-half collapses spelled doom. “We didn’t look very good those first two drives in the second half,” Mofield said. “I was almost saying, ‘here we go again.’ “We made plays tonight and we didn’t fold when we would have in the past. Offensively, we did what we had to do. They didn’t leave the defense out to hang to dry.” Instead of breaking down, the Greenwave came right back on the shoulders of one of the team’s pillars, senior fullback Tyler Crow. “We played as a team tonight,” Crow said. “The last five games by halftime we were griping at each other. We were arguing and putting each other down. We picked everyone up this game. We lifted up spirits tonight and we capitalized on it.” In what seemed to be a short-yardage play on North Hardin’s 47-yard line with 3:11 left in the third quarter, Crow ran off the right side of senior center Cole Aebersold. After disappearing into the chaotic pile of players, Crow emerged from the left side

of the scuffle and rumbled off to the end zone. “I felt my momentum starting to slow and I saw the left side of the field open so I bounced it,” Crow said, who ended the night with a game-high 115 rushes on 14 carries. “From there, all I could see was open field and I just ran.” After the 47-yard touchdown run, junior kicker Michael Clinkscales — who drilled a 34-yard field goal in the first half — hit the extra point to regain the lead 10-7. “That was a big touchdown,” Crow said. “That got us the lead again and it was big for the whole team.” The feisty Trojans would not let the game go so easily, but they did fumble the ball during a key play with time running out in the third. North Hardin’s junior quarterback Vincent Davis tossed it to running back David Hickman who fumbled the ball. Senior defensive tackler Chaz Nevitt recovered the ball to give the Greenwave offense the ball on the 40-yard line. Meade County charged down the field with nine straight runs — most of which went to sophomore wingback Max Cundiff. Cundiff finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown diving play to extend the lead 17-7 with 9:08 left to play in the game. “That was awesome. It was my first varsity touchdown,” Cundiff said, who had 56 yards rushing. “I’ve been waiting for (a touchdown) for a long time. They kept giving me the ball and I finally just got it in there. It felt so good.” Less than two minutes later the Trojans answered right back with a 40-yard touchdown pass from Davis to Tervino Coney who broke four Greenwave tackles during the play. The touchdown hacked the Greenwave lead 17-14. Again, the Meade County offense stepped up to score for a final time when junior wingback Rex Liverman dove into the end

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TOP: A gang of Meade County defensive players take down a North Hardin runner. MIDDLE: Rex Liverman (3) breaks a tackle. ABOVE: Tyler Mattingly (14) hands off to Max Cundiff. zone on a 3-yard sweep play with 3:38 left to play. The touchdown was set up by Meade County senior quarterback Tyler Mattingly’s heads-up play when he scrambled to his right side and found sophomore wide receiver Bo Wilson for a 35-yard pass to put the offense on North Hardin’s 15 yard line. “When Tyler scrambled and got Bo the ball, that was huge,” Mofield said. “That really helped us out and was a big play. You play every play. Our kids played every play tonight. There are so many big plays for us tonight and it will be fun to go back and watch the game.”

Again, the Trojans scored with 4.3 seconds on the clock, to make the score 23-12, but were unable to recover the ensuing onside kick. “We had to fight until the last seconds of the game,” Mofield said. “North Hardin is a better team then what their record shows. They are a lot like us in that way.” Meade County will take the win into tonight’s game against Lincoln County who is also 1-5. Last week the team forfeited its game against Pulaski County after the school district had a flu outbreak. Kickoff is tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Meade County High School.

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After the first round of shootouts the teams were tied 4-4, which put the teams into a sudden death shootout. Central Hardin chose to kick first and keeper Meaghan Dunn blocked the opening shot. Freshman Morgan English then sealed the deal for Meade County when

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rare serving performance, Wright was actually quite familiar with stretches of serving aces. Last year during a JV scrimmage against North Hardin, she served 19 straight points, which included 18 aces. “I was hoping to do that again, but it didn’t happen,” Wright said, who also had a block in the game. “Serving is one of my strongest strengths.” “The first game I ever saw (Wright play) was that scrimmage,” Smith said. “I know how good of a server she is and that’s a huge help to our team.” The Lady Waves went on to win the game 25-18 in one of their single best games of the season. “I think that (Olivia’s serves) helped our confidence,” Smith said. “I hate losing points on serving. It’s so silly to not get the ball over. We played really well in that first game.” In the second game the Lady Bruins jumped out to an 11-6 lead but Meade County fought back when junior middle hitter Tiffany Filburn hit an ace, then six points later recorded a kill to cut into Central Hardin’s lead, 15-12. Filburn ended the night with three kills, two digs and two blocks. The Lady Waves tied the game 18-18 when sophomore Rachel Powers tipped the ball past two Lady Bruins hands. However a streak of miscues plagued Meade County as Central Hardin ripped off four straight points and went on to win 25-20. “We had more receiving errors than we probably did the last two games,” Smith said. “That just won’t get the job done.” During the final game the Lady Waves found themselves in an early 8-3 hole and couldn’t dig

World From page B1 for a respectable showing. Payneville Elementary finished sixth at nationals and may have a chance to move up the ladder this weekend when 15 archers compete. “I think we have a shot,” said Payneville head coach Chris Deal. “During nationals there were 5,000 participants. At this shoot there is 600 archers. There’s a good team from Ohio coming but I think we have a good shot at ending up on the podium. “We may have actually faced stiffer competition at the national level. This tournament really sets us up nicely for a chance to win.” As for the high school team, it looks to improve from a third place finish at nationals. Twenty-five archers — including a handful of middle school students — will compete

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themselves out. They eventually lost, 25-15. “The back line just didn’t move their feet and they slipped some past us,” Smith said. “They have a lot of girls that play club ball. That makes a huge difference.” Regardless of the loss the team still celebrated its six seniors and their accomplishments over the years. It was especially touching for senior Blaire Brangers who endured major hip injuries last winter after a car accident with fellow teammate Powers. Brangers couldn’t even walk six months ago after several surgeries, including a placement of a plate in her hip, but found herself starting alongside her best friends all season long. “It’s definitely nice that I’m walking around and looking back. I never thought I would be where I’m at right now,” she said. “I couldn’t pick any other group to walk out there with me. We’re all so close. We’re all really good friends. We see each other every day not only on the court but we hang outside of volleyball, too.” Smith realized during the pregame ceremonies how much the seniors have helped her during her first season as a head coach. “This senior group has really stepped up this year. I have to admit I was a little worried after losing so much talent last year,” she said. “When I saw Bliss get her name called I kind of choked up. She has really made a difference this year. She’s stepped up more than anyone this year. She has really been a leader and helped me out a lot.” Brangers ended the night with two digs, a kill and an ace. Senior setter Kelcie McCoy had eight assists and two digs in the game while senior defensive specialist Heather Darnall added seven digs and senior Erin Sireno had 23 digs.

TOP: Rachel Powers spikes the ball from her outside hitter position. ABOVE: Blaire Brangers bumps the ball.

in tomorrow’s shoot. “I feel we have a very good chance as a high school team,” Stull said. “We are always competitive and we want to stay that way. I hope to do well.” It’s been a long five months for the archery teams as they scrambled to find ways to raise money. Payneville had 15-20 different fundraisers, accruing $8,000 to cover accommodation expenses. “It speaks highly of this community and the support the team has received,” Deal said. “It’s good to see the community come together and see the people come together. Not only did fundraising help our team but it also helped the local businesses.” Along with the weekends full of fundraising, the team also squeezed in plenty of practice time. They’ve been practicing at least twice a week. “We’re really excited to be (in the competition),”

Deal said. “We have practiced all summer and worked very hard to get to this point. Now it’s just about fun.” Overall, this is an event the archers and their families will remember for the rest of their lives. “The kids are really proud,” Deal said. “They all had Meade County Archery stickers on their cars on the way down (to Florida) and they are just happy to be representing the community.” Stull said the high school team looks forward to representing the entire Meade County area. “We’d like to thank the community for their support,” he said. “I hope we do well and make our community proud and come back winners. Regardless of the outcome I think everyone on this team is a winner.” For photos of the trip and results of the competition check next week’s issue of The News Standard.

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Join the Meade County Archers! The archery club is a division of the Meade County Sportsmen Club located at the fairgrounds in Brandenburg. For membership info or for questions, please call Brian Hamilton at 270-945-5742 or Mike Greenwell at 270945-3581.

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INDIAN OAKS SUBDIVISION Lots for Sale Lot 10 - 3.46 acres $25,500 Lot 14 - 2.5297 acres $17,000 Lot 15 - 2.5399 acres $17,000

MEADE SPRINGS Lots for Sale Lot 29 - 4.092 acres $35,000

Hugo Rolling Walker with seat. 300 lb. capacity, like new, only used 4-5 times. Paid $170, will sell for $100 or best offer. Call 270-422-1516. Steel gooseneck horse trailer, can haul up to 4 horses with tack room, $1,800, call 270-668-2881.

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Wooded building lots, located near Otter Creek Park, in Forest Ridge Estates, county water, streets will be paved, “restricted to houses”. $24,900 Financing Available for Everyone! www.kentucky-land. com, 270-828-2222. Building lots in Milstead Estates, located near Flaherty in Hwy 144, city water available, streets will be paved “restricted to houses.” $29,900. Financing Available for Everyone! www.kentucky-land.com, 270828-2222. Double Wide Home and land, with over 2,000 Sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, on one acre of land, located off ByPass Road near Brandenburg. $79,900. Financing Available for Everyone! www.kentucky-land. com, 270-828-2222. 2 acres with 16’x 80’ mobile Home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, city water on a paved county road, located off U.S. Hwy. 60 and HobbsReesor on Sunset Drive. $54,900. $4,900 down, $554/Mo. Financing Available for Everyone! www.kentucky-land. com, 270-828-2222. 1.8 acres with a 2,356 sq.ft. Double Wide Home, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, city water, central heat and air, all electric, located off U.S. Hwy. 60 and Osborn Road on Zinfandel near Fort Knox. $84,900. Financing Available for Everyone! www.kentucky-land. com, 270-828-2222.

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The Meade County Senior Citizens Inc. Board is trying to bring their roster up-to-date. Anyone that is a member, please send your membership number, address and a contact phone number to Meade County Seniors, Inc. Attn: President P.O. Box 1600, Brandenburg, KY 40108. If a relative or friend knows whether a member is deceased, in a nursing home, or has moved away from the area, please send or bring a letter with that information to the senior citizen center Mon., Wed., Thurs., or Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you have a member certificate, bring it or mail a copy. Please submit any information even if you don’t know your member number. It is important. For more information, please call 270-422-5200. Report suspected illegal activity in your neighborhood by calling the Meade County Sheriff’s Department anonymous tip line at 270-422-4673 or email drugtips@bbtel.com.

FREE 5 month old boxer/ lab puppy. She’s house trained and very active. Good with children and is a people-person dog. For more information, or if interested, call Crystal at 270-422-4542 or 859-3588560. Get your adopted pets spayed or neutered! Pets adopted from the Meade County Animal Shelter can be spayed or neutered for free from PINS (Pets in Need Society). www. petsinneedsociety.org or call 270-422-7066. Happy Jack Flea Beacon: Controls fleas in the home without expensive pesticides! Results overnight! At Southern States. www.happyjackinc. com

House for sale – 1.2 acres, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, approx. 1,000 sq.ft., stove and refrigerator stay, fencedin yard, minutes from Brandenburg. $73,000. 270-668-3433 Horse Farm, Elizabeth, Ind. 27 acres. Multiple uses. Seller will divide. Just lowered price! Reduced to $295,000. Can be used for boarding, training, breeding, operation, etc. For detailed info, call Larry Hayes, Remax Properties East 502-262-0549. 2.5 acres, Zoned B-2. Split into 2 lots. Perks for 2 home sites. Great for Duplexes. Flaherty area. $31,000. 270-945-3314. Unbelievable Log Cabin Sale! Sat. 10/10. LOG CABIN & 2 ACRES Only $69,900 with FREE boat slips! Ready to finish log cabin and 2 acres abutting wildlife park at 160,000 acre recreational lake in Kentucky. Excellent financing. Call now 1-800-704-3154 x3261 kylakesale.com

OPEN DOOR ALATEEN GROUP: Alcohalt House, 2255 Fairgrounds Road. Meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. These meetings are for Al-Anon and Alateen members only. You qualify for membership if your life has been or is being deeply affected by close contact with a problem drinker. Please come to any Al-Anon or Alateen Opened or Closed meetings! Call 270-422-1050 for more information.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Meetings are held at the Acceptance Place, 1370 Hwy.79 in Irvington. Meetings are every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sundays at 8 p.m. For more information, call 270-547-0347 or 270-547-0445.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meetings are held at the Acceptance Place 1370 Hwy. 79 in Irvington. Meetings are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays at 8 p.m. For more information, call 270-547-0347 or 270-547-0445.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Look Good, Feel better, 3rd Monday of each month. 10:15 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Call Program Care at 270-706-1493 for more information.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Man to Man Prostate Cancer Education and Support, 2nd Tuesday of each month. 6 p.m. in the 5th floor boardroom at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Call Program Care at 270-706-1493 or Karen at 270-706-1250 for more information.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Support groups typically meet on the 1st Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. and the 1st Friday of each month at 10 a.m. at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Registration is required. Call to register or for more information, call 270-706-5092 or 270706-5071.

BIH Trucking Company. Driver Trainees Needed! No CDL- NO PROBLEM! Earn up to $900/ week. Company endorsed CDL Training. Job assistance. Financial assistance. 888-780-5539 CDL-A Flatbed Drivers up to .40¢. Good Benefits, Home Time, Paid vacation. Lease Purchase available. OTR experience required. No felonies. 800-441-4271 xKY-100 Drivers- Miles & Freight: Positions available ASAP! CDL-A with tanker required. Top pay, premium benefits and MUCH MORE! Call or visit us online, 877484-3061 www.oakleytransport.com FREE tuition for CDL Class-A training- You must be LAID OFF, Collecting Unemployment or exhausted benefits and meet employment hiring policy to qualify. Financing options/ tuition reimbursement also available. TRUCK AMERICA TRAINING 866-244-3644 Owner-Operators- Drive w/ an industry leader! Towne Air needs Daycabs/ Tractors 10 years or newer. CDLA w/ Hazmat, 2yrs verifiable experience, pass preemployment physical, drug test. Email jack.murphy@ towneair.com 866-234-7476 PTL OTR Drivers. New Pay Package! Great Miles! Up to 46cpm. 12 months experience required. No felony or DUI past 5 years. 877-740-6262. www.ptl-inc. com

Buying Scrap Gold and Silver. 10-14-18 kt Gold. .925 Silver and Silver Coins. Call 270-422-2841 or 270872-6953

Annual Doe Valley Community Yard Sale Saturday, Oct. 10 Swim & Tennis Club (oﬀ Bethel Church Rd.) Gates will be open for yard sale

8 a.m. - 3 p.m. No early birds!

6 Family Yard Sale, October 8-10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rain or Shine. Midway 5240 Hwy 79 at Brown’s Farm Center. Winter and summer clothes (plus sizes-kids), Christmas décor, household items, toys, purses, cow and Taz collection, hay, straw, and much more. Call 270-4222277

Meade County Lions Club Yard Sale – Proceeds benefit Meade County residents needing assistance with vision problems. Sale date is Saturday, Oct. 10th with rain date of Saturday, Oct. 17th. – 31 Howard Drive, Brandenburg. Items: baby clothes, 2 bassinettes, high chair, child gate, booster chairs, 20” TV with built-in DVD and VHS players, microwave, 2 sets of towing mirrors, coffee maker, small household items, dishes, ice cream maker, bean bag, 2 stools, metal desk, oil paintings, and other misc. items. Time: 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. No Early Sales. Yard sale - Oct. 10, 9 a.m. - ?, 400 Wise Rd., Big variety. Rain cancels.

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Pet Adoptions will take place at Orscheln Farm and Home in Radcliff, Ky. on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you are thinking of volunteering, stop by and see how you can help or PINS at 270-422-7066. Join the Citizens On Patrol Team! This program is for you if you want to take an active role in improving your community and if you are interested in fun, fellowship, and making new friends. For information on joining and an application, please visit the Brandenburg Police department or visit www. brandenburgpolice.com. Get all your local news delivered to you TODAY from The News Standard! Call 270-422-4542.

Labor-Handyman services available. 15 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 270-945-7879.

Notice: Transportation to NA meetings will be provided from MACC Ministries for Brandenburg and Irvington. For more information, call Glenn at 270-497-4378. Notice: Transportation to AA meetings will be provided from MACC Ministries for Brandenburg and Irvington. For more information, call Glenn at 270-497-4378. BRANDENBURG ALANON: Alcohalt House, 2255 Fairgrounds Road. Meets Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 8 p.m. Open to all. Call 270-4221050 for more information.

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Students enjoy outdoor lesson Brandenburg Primary students plans during annual ‘River Day’ use sound as a literary device Spotlight on student work

Submitted by Amy Bogard Brandenburg Primary School Second grade students from Ms. Amy Bogard’s class at Brandenburg Primary School have been studying the “6 +1 writing traits” in writing. One of their class assignments last week was to give objects (shoes) a “voice.” Ms. Bogard said the kids were very creative in their writing and enjoyed the assignment. The following is some of their work: “High Heel talking to Beach Flip Flop” I have to go to church and go to prom almost every night. I always have to hear that clomping sound every day. Well you at least you don’t have to get sand on your back that is always killing my back until we get home. Then there is the water, the very cold water that I have to go in everyday and I always get soaked. By: Elisabeth Vujaklija “Charlie the Play shoe and Cayla the High Heel” Hey my back hurts . It’s because my back heel is so long I wish I was you. No my life is really not fun. Why not? Because you get really dirty. That’s sounds like fun getting dirty. I wish I could get dirty. Dirty is NOT fun. It’s boring staying clean. I wish I could stay clean. I wish I could play outside all day instead of going to the prom. I wish I could go to cool

proms like you! THE END. By: Macey Biddle “The Beach Flip Flop and the Flipper” The flip flop: I love the beach. I cannot wait until the next time we go there. It’s great I love it. The flipper: AWWWW, I love the water. It’s fun! I don’t understand why you don’t get in. The water is better. The flip flop: No sand is better. By: Shelby McCubbins “The High Heel Shoe “ I clonck a lot in stores the only thing I do a lot is walk everywhere. I have to walk everywhere I go. I just wish people would stop wearing me so I could stop cloncking. It’s too loud. I don’t want to clonck anymore. Too many people wear me to the prom. The only thing I do is clonck a lot. It is giving me a headache. I get dirty and dusty almost everyday. By: Kameron Long “The High Heel and the Beach Flip Flop” I’m fancy because I go to parties, weddings, and I even go to church. You probably wish you were me. Yep, I really want to be you. When the sand hits my eyes, my eyes never stop hurting me. I just never know why. I am so tall! I am the tallest shoe ever and I am shiny red. By: Emily Root “Snow Boot and Soccer Cleats”

Students in 7th grade at Stuart Pepper Middle School were given an opportunity to learn outside a normal classroom setting Oct. 1, with “Down by the River” Day. In its second year, the program was designed to give students handson experience while learning and enhancing portfolio pieces by providing a springboard for writing. Students toured six stations, including ones set up by Meade County Public Library, Meade County Recycling Center and Meade County Health Department.

I don’t want to play soccer because I always get hit, and I always get kicked, and I always get mud in the face! Sometimes I even get smashed by other people’s shoes that are why I don’t to play soccer. I hate playing in the snow because I get really cold and I get a brain freeze! By: Caleb Johnston “The Baseball and the Bat” WOW! I am hurting because I’ve been hit by the bat! Well, it is not my fault! Yes it is your fault! My back hurts. By the way, everywhere it hurts bad. Even the bat is made by wood and it gives me splinters everywhere. By: Chynne Ramsey

LEFT: Gerald Fischer, with Meade County Archeology Society, provided students with some native weapons training.

“The Soccer Cleat” Ouch! That hurts! You’re kicking a hard soccer ball. You’re also getting me itchy and I’m all muddy. You can’t tell that I am white. You get me tangled up in the net when you get the ball. You get me stinky too! You pour water on me and now you can tell l’m white. By: Julia Allen “The Snow Boot” I don’t like to go into the snow because it gets in my face. YUCK! I don’t like it, it is very nasty and it gets me wet! I don’t like to be wet, and it hurts me when and it is very cold. When I’m in the cold snow and when it gets in me the ice is freezing cold and that’s why I don’t like it! By: Josh Ray

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Nathan Lind with the Meade County Conservation District, spoke to students about stream bank erosion, with the Ohio River as a backdrop.

MCHS chorus sings the night away during concert Meade County High School chorus members presented their fall chorus concert Thursday, Oct. 1, in the high school auditorium. The freshmen/sophomore choir performed four songs for the crowd, including the theme to the television show “Friends,” “I’ll be there for you,” by The Rembrandts. The junior/senior choir chose five ensembles for their performance, including the state song of Kentucky, “My Old Kentucky Home,” written by Stephen Foster. Their final performance of the night, though, was a crowd-pleaser. Soloists Alexis Cundiff and Ryan Mundell led their fellow chorus members through a rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey. The MCHS chorus will take these songs on tour in March to Minneapolis, Minn. Bryan Nichols and Mary G. Horsley are the choir directors. Sara Basham was the pianist.

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4-H archery team competes at state shoot Carole Goodwin

They meet at the Brandenburg Huntin’ and Fishin’ for their practices, with the support of Bill Boyer, owner. Congratulations to all of you for a great job. We are so very proud of you.

4-H & Youth Development

On Saturday, Sept. 19, Meade County 4-H members traveled to the Bluegrass Sportsman Club in Wilmore, Ky., to compete in the state 4-H competition. This is our team’s second time at the state competition and our second time at showing them we came to do business. This year’s competition had the highest number of entries in the archery competition, so we went up against some of the best. I am very proud to report Meade County definitely made a mark on the target. In fact, in the Compound Bare Bow and Bow Hunter, 9-11 year old categories, Kayla Dowell, daughter of Mike and Kay Dowell,

placed first. Kayla was the Overall Top Shooter at the competition. Way to go, Kayla! But that’s not all. Meade County’s 9-11 team placed second and the 12-14 team placed second. In the senior category, Miss Amber Kessinger shot a “Robin Hood.” We are very proud of all of these 4-H’ers and very proud

to have them as part of our program. But we can’t stop there; none of this would be possible if it weren’t for the coaches. Stephanie Lee, Patti Voyles and Chris Metten, are the power behind these archers. These leaders spent hours working with these youth to assist them in developing their skills.

Kayla Dowell recognized at Kentucky State Fair On Aug. 28, during the Kentucky State Fair, Marion Creech, University of Kentucky 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator, recognized all of the first place finishers at last year’s 4-H Archery State Tournament held on Sept. 20, 2008, in Wilmore, Ky. Each 4-H’er received a medal, certificate and bicentennial ribbon. Kayla Dowell, Meade County 4-H’er and a 7th grader at SPMS, was recognized for her first place finish in the Bare Bow competition. After the recognition ceremony, the 4-H members and their families were served cake and punch.

TOP: Kayla Dowell is presented an award by Marion Creech for being the state tournament’s Overall Top Shooter. LEFT: These Meade County 4-H archery team members competed at the state shoot: (Front row left to right) Kayla Dowell, Samantha Weick, Joey Wardrip, Josh Metten, Amanda Hurt and Amber Kessinger. (Back row left to right) Alex Lee, Jolon Thomas, Alicia Lee, Sioux Thomas and Sydney Yates. Not pictured are Levi and Alex Wilkins.

Stay one step ahead of the storm FOR IMPORTANT COMMUNITY-WIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS SUCH AS SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, SCHOOL DELAYS OR DISMISSALS, ROAD CLOSURES, FLOOD WARNINGS AND OTHER INFORMATION CALL THE MEADE COUNTY

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Halloween Campout! Oct. 16-18 Meade County Fairgrounds

Join us for some ghoulish games, freaky fun and spooky hayrides! • Sites have electric/water hookups and cost $60 for the weekend • Tents welcome! • Shower and bathroom facilities available • Pancake breakfast Saturday, 8-10 a.m., $3. For more info or for reservations, call Whitney Ditto, 270-422-1001 or 270-668-9320

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Payneville Elementary Honor Roll, First Grading Period for 2009-10 6th Grade, A’s Madilyn Barr, Jenny Grant, Sioux Thomas A’s and B’s Jesse Brown, Sarahbeth Cox, Kody Hardesty, Micah Hardesty, Ben Morrison, Lily Schneider, Nicholas Shemwell, Sam Stivers, Sarah Wheatley, Aaron Whelan, Kurtis Woolfolk, Austin Wootten 5th Grade, A’s Elizabeth Fackler, Logan Greco, Seth Griffin A’s and B’s Jason Beirman, Amber Chism, Levi Hurt, Cale Jupin, Ally Lancaster, Drew Lancaster, Julia Mattingly, Logan Webb 4th Grade, A’s Emma Barr, Paulette Black, Callie Hardesty, Cody Wardrip A’s and B’s Arien Bennett, Garret Compton, Isabella Galvez, Alexis

Goodin, Lauren Millay, Sam Stivers Battletown Elementary Honor Roll, First Six Weeks Mrs. Cox’s 5th Grade Class, All A’s Logan Hardesty A’s and B’s Sara Arnold, Kayla Parcell Mrs. Cox’s 6th Grade Class, All A’s Elizabeth Pollock A’s and B’s Katie Bennett, Arialle Daley, Gracie Fackler, Karl Maifeld, Desiree Meeks, Catherine Miller, Harley Roney, Josh Story, Blake Thomas, Abby Vallandingham Miss Allyn’s 4th Grade Class, All A’s Cayla Prather A’s and B’s Caleigh Bennett, Will Crosier, Dawson Gagel, Chelsea Jones, Emi White Miss Allyn’s 5th Grade Class, A’s and B’s Bobby Cundiff, Cameron Kingsburg, Hannah Miller

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Upcoming events at Meade County Public Library Kasia Serafin shows off the pumpkin she decorated during Fall Reading Week.

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Story Hour Calendar for October Oct. 19-20: Halloween Theme. Listen to Room on the Broom and make a magical (and tasty) brew to take home! Oct. 26-27: Halloween Party. Dress in costume, decorate goodie bags to use on Halloween, and practice trick-or-treating! Story Hour is held every Monday and Tuesday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the MCPL Annex. Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are welcome. Halloween Super Saturday Saturday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the MCPL Annex. Show off your costume, enjoy crafts, ghost stories, a scavenger hunt, face painting, Harry Potter activities, and make slime. All ages are welcome and snacks will be provided from noon to 1 p.m.

For more information about events at MCPL, call 270-422-2094 or visit www.meadereads.org.

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MONDAY Choose One: Pancake on a Stick Cereal & Toast Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

TUESDAY TChoose One: Breakfast Pizza Cereal & Toast Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

WEDNESDAY Choose One: Biscuit & Gravy Cereal & Toast Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

THURSDAY Choose One: Cinnamon Roll & Yogurt Cup Cereal & Toast Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

FRIDAY Choose One: Pancakes w/Syrup Cereal & Toast Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Fresh Garden Salad Meal w/Popcorn Chicken, Crackers, Fruit and Milk or Juice or Choose One: Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza or Burrito Choose Two: Corn - Tossed Salad Fresh Pears Mandarin Oranges In Addition: Vanilla Pudding

Choose One: Popcorn Chicken Spaghetti Choose Two: Glazed Carrots Steamed Broccoli w/ Cheese - Grapes Pineapple In Addition: Hot Buttered Texas Toast

Choose One: Hamburger or Cheeseburger or PB & J Uncrustable w/Mozzarella String Cheese Choose Two: Oven Baked Fries Lettuce, Tomato & Pickle Fresh Apple - Peaches

Choose One: Taco Salad or Oven Fried Chicken Choose Two: Baked Beans Lettuce, Tomato & Cheese Cup Fresh Orange Mixed Fruit

Choose One: Breaded Chicken Pattie Sandwich or Yogurt Munchable Choose Two: Baked Potato Green Beans Banana - Applesauce

Choose One: Biscuit & Gravy Cereal & Toast PB & J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Pancakes Cereal & Toast PB & J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Ham, Egg & Cheese on English Muffin Cereal & Toast PB & J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Breakfast Pizza Cereal & Toast PB & J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Cinnamon Roll & Yogurt Cup Cereal & Toast PB & J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad Meal w/ Ham & Cheese; or Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza or Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich Meal or PB&J Uncrustable Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Choose Two: Garden Salad - Glazed Carrots - Pineapple Fresh Apple In Addition: Cookie

Choose One Box Meal Grilled Garden Chicken Salad or Yogurt Box w/ choice of fruit & veggie; or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Corn Dog or Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich Meal Choose Two: Oven Baked Fries - Fresh Mixed Veggies w/Dip - Applesauce - Fresh Orange In Addition: Mac & Cheese

Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad w/Chicken Nuggets; or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Taco Salad w/Tortilla Chips or Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich Meal or PB&J Uncrustable Choose Two: Corn - Lettuce & Tomato- Mixed Fruit Fresh Grapes

Choose One Box Meal Grilled Chicken Garden Salad; or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Popcorn Chicken w/Hot Roll or Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich Meal Choose Two: Peas - Mashed Potatoes - Pears Strawberries

Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad Meal w/Cheese; or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Stuffed Breadsticks w/ Marinara or Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich Meal or PB&J Uncrustable Choose Two: Green Beans - Vegetable Medley- Banana - Mandarin Oranges

Choose One: Pancakes Cereal & Toast PB&J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Breakfast Pizza Cereal & Toast PB&J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One: Biscuit & Gravy Cereal & Toast PB&J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit

Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad Meal w/Ham & Cheese; Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich; Chicken Pattie Meal or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Pepperoni Pizza Choose Two: Garden Salad Fresh Veggies w/Dip Fresh Orange Applesauce

Choose One Box Meal Yogurt Box w/vegetable & choice of fruit; Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich; Hamburger Meal or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: BBQ Sandwich Choose Two: Peas -Mashed Potatoes - Fresh Apple Pineapple In Addition: Cookie

Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad w/ Chicken Nuggets; Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich; Chicken Pattie Meal or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Soft Taco Choose Two: Corn Lettuce & Tomato Mixed Fruit Fresh Orange

Choose One: Sausage, Egg & Chz on English Muffin Cereal & Toast PB&J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit Choose One Box Meal Yogurt Box w/vegetable & choice of fruit; Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich; Hamburger Meal or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Grilled Chicken Sandwich Choose Two: Green Beans Cooked Carrots Pears - Fresh Apple In Addition: Cookie

Choose One: Scrambled Eggs & Toast Cereal & Toast PB&J Uncrustable Choose One: Chilled Juice Fresh Fruit Choose One Box Meal Garden Salad Meal w/Turkey & Chz Ham or Turkey Sub Sandwich; Chicken Pattie Meal or Main Line Entree Choice w/2 Sides: Fish on Bun Choose Two: Potato Wedges Vegetable Medley Peaches Banana

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Strange but True By Samantha Weaver •It was actor, senator and erstwhile presidential candidate Fred Thompson who made the following observation: "After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood." •When you recycle an aluminum can, it's possible for that can to be processed, reused and back on the shelf within 60 days. •The skateboard was invented in California in the 1950s by surfers who wanted to continue their favorite activity even when they weren't in the water. •Those who study such things say that the average office desk carries 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

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•You may be surprised to learn that the onion is actually a lily, botanically speaking. Thought for the Day: "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."— Roald Dahl (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

Horoscopes HOCUS-FOCUS

Last Week’s Solutions

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A changing situation calls for a change in plans. Although you might prefer the schedule you had already worked up, you could do better by agreeing to make the needed adjustments. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That once seemingly rock-solid proposition you favored might be hiding some serious flaws. Take time to check it more carefully and question anything that seems out of kilter. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Finish up those lingering tasks so that you can then arrange to spend some time in quiet reflection. This will go a long way in restoring both your physical and spiritual energies. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A family situation could heat up and boil over unless you deal with it as soon as possible. Try to persuade other family members to work with you to help cool things down. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Cheer up, Kitty Cat! That low feeling will begin to ebb by midweek, and you should be back in the social swirl in time for the weekend. A long-postponed deal could be starting up again. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Going too fast and too far on too little knowledge could be risky. Best to slow down and check for any gaps in your information. It's what you don't know that could hurt you. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Trying to make peace among quarreling family members, friends or colleagues can be tough. Expect some resistance, maybe even some expressions of resentment. But stay with it. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Changing your mind doesn't have to be a problem once you realize that you might have good and sufficient cause to do so. Make your explanations clear and complete. Good luck. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unkept promise can be irksome and easily raise the Archer's ire. But instead of getting into a confrontation, take time to check why someone you relied on came up short. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A new workplace distraction creates an unnecessary delay. The sooner you deal with it, the better for all concerned. A personal matter also should be attended to as soon as possible. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Once again, the Aquarian's gift for applying both practical and creative methods to resolve a situation makes all the difference. Personal relationships thrive during the weekend. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A relationship appears to be losing its once-strong appeal for reasons that might be different from what you think. An open and honest talk could lead to some surprising revelations. BORN THIS WEEK: Your life is bound by your belief that character counts more than anything else. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.

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New conservation officer fits the bill

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By Lindsey Corley lindsey@thenewsstandard.com Elk, geese and bears, oh my! Those are just a few of the characters Meade County’s new conservation officer, Rodney Milburn, must prepare to deal with, as they’re all part of the job description. Milburn is a native of Lebanon, Ky., but lived in Louisville most of his life. He graduated from Southern High School there and went on to attend Eastern Kentucky University. Milburn, 55, retired from 35 years of service with the Jefferson County Police Department (JCPD) in February of this year and started his new career with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife on June 1, 2009. Milburn said he’d been planning on retiring two years prior and had kept his eyes open for just such a position. He applied for five of the 13 jobs posted last September, eager to get a spot with the department. His first choice was working as the conservation officer here in Meade County, partly due to his previous experience working with Meade County Sheriff William (Butch) Kerrick. “(Kerrick) was real supportive,” Milburn said. “We have a really good relationship.” That comes in handy, since conservation officers are given full police powers in their positions. They can conduct traffic stops, issue citations and make arrests, as well as assist other law enforcement agencies. Milburn said his new position parallels his work in law enforcement. He worked in special operations with JCPD, specifically with event planning. Other members of his recruit class had to take a full 18-week Kentucky Law Enforcement Council course, as well as a 12week Fish and Wildlife Academy course. Milburn said that course, without a doubt, was one of the hardest things he’s had to do.

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Rodney Milburn, 55, is the new conservation officer for the Meade County area. “I was surprised,” he said, of how tough the class was. They were given instruction on emergency vessel operations, hand-to-hand combat, firearms training and more. “There wasn’t one person in that class not sore,” he said. “Two people went to the hospital.” And his training, both as a police officer and through the Fish and Wildlife Academy, no doubt prepared him for a harrowing experience early in the job. Milburn said his first day of working in Meade County, he and his Fish and Wildlife field training officer, Rick Mehlbauer, had taken one of the boats registered to Meade County out on the river, for an overview of the vessel. Just before they set out, they met another group of men heading out on the river and spoke to them briefly. After a quick trip in the boat, Milburn and Mehlbauer had docked the boat when a woman, panicked, said she saw a boat sink on the river. It was the three men from earlier and

only one was wearing a life preserver. “They got swamped,” Milburn said. “A tow had gone by 10 minutes earlier. They have huge (propellers) … that make even smooth water really roll. The men were getting some of the after effects of that. They didn’t have time to grab anything.” Milburn said rescuing two of the boaters was relatively easy, but the third man was showing signs of fatigue. Just as he was preparing to jump in the river to attempt a rescue, Milburn said they were able to maneuver the boat in such a way to throw out a floatation device and the man, luckily, caught it. Despite encountering a hairy situation, Milburn looks back on it with positive spin. “We were very fortunate the boat was already running,” he said, when he and Mehlbauer were alerted. “It was one of those positive things that happen (with this job).” Other aspects of Milburn’s position includes hunter, fishermen and wa-

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ter safety training, boat registration, licensing and certain inspections. “It’s different from regular law enforcement,” he said. “What people are doing, they’re doing for recreation. I’m just making sure everything they’re doing is safe and legal.” For more information, or to ask a fish or wildlife question, contact Milburn at 270-945-5463 or call the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife information hotline at 800-858-1549.

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Trout quota raised on Cumberland River Submitted by the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Department FRANKFORT — Anglers may now keep an additional five rainbow trout for a total of 10 rainbow trout daily on the Cumberland River from Wolf Creek Dam to the Tennessee state line. This measure includes Hatchery Creek and all tributaries up to the first riffle. The 15- to 20-inch protective slot limit on rainbow trout remains in effect. One of the 10 rainbow trout in the daily creel may be 20 inches or longer. The 20-inch minimum size limit and one fish daily creel limit on brown trout also remains in effect. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Commissioner Jon Gassett authorized these emergency measures on the entire 75-mile stretch of the Cumberland River in Kentucky, downstream of Wolf Creek Dam. Trout stockings will also be moved up to ease pressure on trout production at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery. The hatchery uses cold water from deep in Lake Cumberland in normal conditions to produce rainbow and brown trout for release in waters across Kentucky. Due to ongoing repairs at Wolf Creek Dam, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is keeping the water level in Lake Cumberland at elevation 680

feet above sea level to relieve pressure on the structure. The wet spring and summer prompted the Corps to release a great amount of cold water from Lake Cumberland to maintain that water level. “Basically, there is little cold water left in the lake,” said James Gray, manager of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery. “The water coming to the hatchery from the intakes in the lake is 70 degrees, with little dissolved oxygen. The continued decline in water quality coming from the lake prompted this decision,” Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s fisheries division recently stocked 20,500 rainbow trout at Wolf Creek Dam, Helms Landing, Winfrey’s Ferry and Crocus Creek. “We are trying to reduce our numbers a little bit to help out things,” Gray said. “The less fish you have at the hatchery, the more it helps maintain production with these water quality issues.” Rod Middleton and the staff of Minor Clark Fish Hatchery near Morehead brought 18 blowers to Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery to help inject air into the water. Trout stockings scheduled for October will be moved up to mid-September, when about 21,000 fish will again go into the four upper release spots. “We want these fish available to our license holders and not ship

them off somewhere else,” said Ron Brooks, director of fisheries for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “We need to reduce the numbers of trout in the hatchery, but had no other place to put them at this time of year due to warm water temperatures.” Later in the fall, these fish could be stocked in lakes and streams across Kentucky. “In October, we could load up the small lakes in Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s Fishing in Neighborhoods program and the smaller streams,” Gray said. “When you look across the state right now with the water temperatures where they are, the Cumberland is about the only place you can put them.” Kentucky Fish and Wildlife also implemented emergency measures on the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam in 2007. “The growth and condition of the larger fish in the Cumberland River is rapidly deteriorating,” said Dave Dreves, fisheries research biologist for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “We want anglers to take advantage of these early stockings. Conditions will likely worsen before they get better.” The new creel limit on rainbow trout will remain in effect until normal conditions return. Anglers fishing the Cumberland River must possess a trout permit in addition to a valid fishing license.

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Birthday

Friday, October 9, 2009

Community Event

Payneville PTO hosts year’s first chili supper

Braxton Lee Henderson

Ronald Earl Pike and Jill Troidl Craft

Ms. Jill Troidl Craft and Mr. Ronald Earl Pike of Payneville are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The wedding will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Church in Payneville. A reception will follow immediately in the parish hall. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. The couple dated before Jill’s active tour of military duty more than 30 years ago. They reunited and became engaged earlier this year. Jill is the daughter of Mrs. Gladys Troidl of Louisville, and is a 1978 graduate of Meade County High School. Until recently, she resided in Maryland and was employed as a dental office administrator. Ron is the son of Mrs. Mona Lou Pike and Mr. Henry Pike of Payneville. Ron is a 1972 graduate of St. Romuald High School. He is employed by Kroger in New Albany, Ind., as an assistant manager in the meat department.

Homemakers Bluegrass Homemakers meet

On Sept. 22 the Bluegrass Homemakers had their first meeting of the season at the country home of Ann Duncan. President Liz Hawkins called the meeting to order. Ann gave devotional. Margaret made a motion to dispense with minutes and Shirley B. seconded it. Roll call was answered with your favorite thing in homemakers. All members were present and all agreed that friendship was the favorite. Doris reminded us that our dues were due now. Committee reports were given. Margaret invited all to a quilt and sewing club at St. Mary’s hall on Sept. 29. She also showed us how to inscribe names on pumpkins while growing. A treat to a grandchild. Shirley B. told us about her trip to Ireland and gave us all a handmade bookmark as a souvenir. Theresa reported on foods, saying a banana a day has much potassium. Liz suggested we change our dishtowels and clothes every day for good health and cleanliness. Shirley A. told us of her prize-winning dress being shown at state fair in the county booth. Doris suggested we each be responsible for a page in the scrapbook this year. Ann was given several names for sunshine cards. In new business, the Homemaker’s dues are due. “Get moving Meade County” is now on. Pecans are now for sale. Please give your orders soon. River Heritage Festival is Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. Cultural Arts Contest deadline is Oct. 2. Area annual meeting is in Springfield on Oct. 8. Ky Homemakers week is Oct. 11-17. Trip to Paducah is Oct. 22-23. Trip to see Rockettes in Louisville is Dec. 8. Women’s Expo is Oct. 24, 10-4. Gifts of Heart is Nov. 30 at 6:30. Holiday Bazaar is Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three workers are needed for sales and two for kitchen from our club. Extension Expo is in March at community building. Meade Co. Saddle Club is Oct. 10. Cookies are needed for this event. Farm Bureau Dinner was Sept. 24. In old business, the county annual meeting went well as did the Farm Bureau Breakfast, which will be an annual event now. Meade Co. fair entries were up this year. Meeting closed and Theresa gave a lesson on “Travel the KY Quilt Trail.” Meeting next month at Shirley B. on Oct. 20. After meeting all went to kitchen where Ann had prepared a country meal consisting of meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, peas and carrots, slaw, sliced tomatoes, rolls and lemon pie. All left with a grin and a smile. Submitted by Ann Duncan, secretary.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy! Oct. 9: Jeanna Turner and Josey Deibler Oct. 10: Slade Bruner, Amber Muniz, Russ Stanger and Tommy Hardesty Oct. 11: Cory Bolton Oct. 12: Julia Spink, Steve Larue and Gerard Matthews Oct. 13: Jeremy Wemes, Courtney L. Campbell, Natalie Fitzgerald and Margaret McCoy Oct. 15: Andrew Hubbard, Cody Singleton and Eric Kieslich

Happy 2nd Birthday Slade!

Love, the whole family

Braxton Lee Henderson of Brandenburg celebrated his 3rd birthday on Sept. 23, 2009, with a party in his backyard. Family and friends enjoyed hamburgers and hotdogs and watched as he opened all of his presents. Braxton and his buddy, Jaxson Barger, played with his new train table and the adults enjoyed friendly conversation and played cornhole and horseshoes. They ended the celebration with ice cream cake. Thanks to everyone for making Braxton’s 3rd birthday so special. Braxton is the son of Jason and Beth Henderson of Brandenburg. Grandparents are Donnie and Kathy Jones of Brandenburg and Rodney and Mary Henderson of Murray, Ky.

From left to right, Payneville PTO members Allison Jupin, Anna Swanson and Sydnei Moore helped put together last month’s chili supper at Payneville Elementary School.

Payneville Elementary School was bustling with students, parents and teachers recently, all who showed up for some warm chili on a dreary day. The Payneville PTO hosted the chili supper as its first meeting of the school year. Principal Marie Barr helped serve the meal along with the lunchroom workers, PTO members Sydnei Moore, Anna Swanson and Allison Jupin helped take tickets and organize the meeting. PTO member Michelle Griffin couldn’t attend the meeting.

Marriage Licenses Nicole Rena Bohannon, 25, of Vine Grove, Ky., daughter of Kimberly Carlene Curl and Robert Eugene Bohannon, to Scott James Sanders, 26, of Vine Grove, Ky., son of Laura Elaine Samples and Robert Joseph Sanders. Denise Gail Specht, 44, of Vine Grove, Ky., daughter of Alice Elaine Grove and Newton Wilbur Jerome, to Robert Dale Gandy, 39, of Irvington, Ky., son of Judy Ann Fuqua and John Warren Gandy.

Clothilda Annemarie Gauntlett, 31, of Radcliff, Ky., daughter of Phelma Edwardline Anthony and Curthbert Richards, to Alphonso Ramon Charles, 37, of Spearsville, La., son of Clemsie Sue Warren and Cletis Merl Charles. Laura Nicole Bruce, 20, of Vine Grove, Ky., daughter of Terri Rose Eldridge and Robert Mike Bruce, Sr., to Jason Eugene Basham, 27, of Brandenburg, son of Joyce Carol Knott and William Henry Basham.