Darlene Ferrell, 43 Keith Shipley, 38 Classifieds ....B7 Business........B4 Obituaries .....A4 Verna Benham, 96 Sports............B1 Youth .............B5 Faith .............A5 Friday, December 15, 2006 BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND Meade County archers competed to see who had the best aim . . . . . . . . . . . . B2 PLEASE SEE TRASH, PAGE A2 Meade County, Kentucky PLEASE SEE DEAL, PAGE A2 PLEASE SEE KIDS, PAGE A7 PLEASE SEE CITY, PAGE A8
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BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BRANDENBURG — Deputy Pam Knott was on the case, carefully and intently pacing toy-filled aisles, conduct- ing an investigation and searching for clues. Without any leads to go by, Knott called for backup, shouting several aisles over where two more of Meade County’s finest stood watching the action. “Have you all seen any Silly Putty?” she asked. The two men looked at each other, shrugged, and then joined the search by scanning aisles. The elusive, pink putty was out there somewhere. One way or another, the officers were determined that if Pamida had Silly Putty, then 6- year-old Taylor Honshell would get her share of it. But, alas, Pamida was putty-less. Taylor didn’t seem to care once her eyes fixed on a white, plush monkey. Her mind was on a new track, and with Knott there to help carry every- thing, Taylor handed the monkey to her friend in brown and set a new course. There was more shopping to do. Taylor was one of 30 children who participated in the Shop With a Cop program Saturday. The program, sponsored by the Meade County Fraternal Order of Police, takes children from low-income families shopping for the holidays. “We do this for the kids who other- wise wouldn’t have a very big Christmas, or for some of them, no Christmas at all,” FOP President Larry Singleton said. Singleton has been a part of the Shop With a Cop program since it began six years ago. Despite how many times he’s been a participant, Singleton said the emotions he feels are always the same. “This is what Christmas is about,” he said. “It makes you feel pretty good, and I know the police officers really enjoy it too.” Knott said she had a great time shop- ping with her spunky sidekick, Taylor, who was so excited she didn’t know which direction to go. “Trying to keep up with her is wear- ing me out,” Knott joked. Retired officer and FOP Chaplain Bill Sego joined the group for the first time this year. In the past, he always had to work during the program. But this year, Sego, along with about a dozen other The News Standard Straightforward • Steadfast • Solid Friday, December 15, 2006 Volume 1 No. 10 Meade County, Kentucky Keepsakes ....A4 Faith .............A5 Viewpoints ....A6 Sports............B1 Business........B4 Youth .............B5 Classifieds ....B7 Obituaries .....A4 Verna Benham, 96 Darlene Ferrell, 43 Terry Greer, 64 Roger Kibbey, 56 Dorothy Robbins, 84 Keith Shipley, 38 Jimmie Woods, 71 INSIDE BOWED UP Meade County archers competed to see who had the best aim . . . . . . . . . . . . B2 U.S. Postal Customer Standard Mail Permit No. 5 Postage Paid at Battletown, KY Trash bid requests put on hold BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BRANDENBURG — The future of Meade County Solid Waste is once again standing on shaky ground, with board members concerned they will not be able to meet the April 1 dead- line of finding a suitable contractor to take over garbage collection. The 109 Board, Solid Waste’s over- seeing board of directors, met Wednesday to approve a bid package to be sent out to potential franchisees, but decided it was powerless to begin accepting bids under the current five- year plan. A franchise fee must be approved by Fiscal Court before the bid pack- ages can be sent out. Potential fran- chisees will pay the fee to the county to pay off Solid Waste’s debt of more than $700,000. Additionally, Solid Waste’s five-year plan prohibits any- one from picking up trash in Meade County other than the Solid Waste department, meaning the 109 Board must write a new five-year plan and the state must approve it. Contractors cannot bid on trash pick up if they are not authorized to haul it. The process of amending the necessary ordinance and revising the five-year plan will likely take longer than the 109 Board can afford. Members of the 109 Board and Fiscal Court have a slew of questions but not many answers. “They can’t do anything official,” outgoing-Magistrate Donald Callecod said. “Until we find out what ordi- nance is presently in effect and what it says about who can pick up solid waste in Meade County, we don’t know how we need to amend the ordinance.” Callecod said amending an ordi- nance would take between one and two months. Magistrate Herbie Chism said the best thing would be for Fiscal Court to call a special meeting. But with only two weeks left until new magis- trates take office, that outcome is unlikely, he said. Chism is the only magistrate returning to Fiscal Court. Chism emphasized that the county has not decided to contract out garbage col- lection, but merely is reviewing options. Even after a franchise fee is estab- lished, and after ordinances and the five-year plan are revised, Fiscal Court still must approve the bid pack- age, 109 Board members said. “We are powerless to do any- thing,” said 109 Board member Shannon Loose. “We cannot put it out to bid. We have to pass on the propos- al to Fiscal Court and let them deter- mine what they want to do with it.” The 109 Board met last week and agreed that bids would be collected until Feb. 15, but board member Jim Harris is now concerned Solid Waste is heading down a familiar path — Child-support office moving BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BRANDENBURG — Meade County’s child-sup- port office is getting the boot from its current location and will be replaced by the pri- vate practice of the outgoing county attorney. County Attorney-elect Margaret Matney said the owners of the building told her earlier this month that the child support office, located at 313 Fairway Dr., must be out by January. Richardson, Pennington and Skinner, a Louisville- based accounting firm, holds the property lease, which the child- support office rents on a month- to-month basis. John Chesser, shareholder of the firm, could not be reached for comment. Outgoing-County Attorney Darren Sipes will move into the office as the new location of his pri- vate prac- tice, Matney said. Sipes, who touted his success overseeing the child support- office in his unsuccessful campaign, did not return numerous phone calls. The child-support office will move to 1141 High St. in the Rivertown Plaza in Brandenburg. Matney said she is pleased with the new location, which is owned by Chris McGehee. “I think it is going to be a really nice office for the child-support division,” she said. Matney said the new office will allow room for three caseworkers, a DNA testing lab, and office space for either her or the assistant county attorney. The child support-division will lease the office space month-to-month, and Matney said the move will not inter- rupt child support services. County, industry sign deal BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BRANDENBURG — County and business officials signed a $1.8 million deal Tuesday to secure the Agrifuels ethanol plant as the first ten- ant of the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park. AgriFuels developer Don Martin and David Pace, chairman of the Meade County- Brandenburg Industrial Authority, made the deal official during Tuesday’s Fiscal Court session. Martin paid a $25,000 deposit for 104 acres and must pay the remainder by March 1. “I won’t feel totally good until I have that check for $1.8 million, but I feel a lot better with each step we accomplish,” Pace said. “Now it’s just a matter of completing the deal.” Martin said the AgriFuels deal is a big step for local farmers and other residents. “This will have a major economic impact on Meade County,” he said. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel pro- duced by fermenting and distilling starch crops that have been converted into simple sugars. Feedstocks for this fuel include corn, barley and wheat. Ethanol is most commonly used to increase octane and improve the emissions quali- ty of gasoline. Martin estimates that AgriFuels will pay $2.1 million in salaries and $135,000 in taxes annually. Additionally, AgriFuels will use about 19 million PLEASE SEE DEAL, PAGE A2 PLEASE SEE TRASH, PAGE A2 MARGARET MATNEY DARREN SIPES ‘We are powerless to do anything,’ 109 Board member says The News Standard/CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND Ve’ja Dawson, 7, visits with Santa Claus before heading off with her family and Meade County deputies at Pamida during Saturday’s Shop With a Cop program. About 30 children participated in this year’s program. Officers play Santa to needy kids Deputy Pam Knott helps 6-year-old Taylor Honshell select a board game at Pamida. City sets up showdown over E-911 BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND BRANDENBURG — The Brandenburg City Council passed an ordinance Monday that will change street names and addresses in the city in a way that conflicts with the county’s ordinance for readdressing already in place. Brandenburg’s ordinance has been criticized by members of the Meade County E-911 commit- tee and Fiscal Court, who say the ordinance undermines the county ordinance and will tie up E-911 service county-wide. The conflict likely won’t be discussed again until newly-elected officials take office in January. PLEASE SEE CITY , PAGE A8 PLEASE SEE KIDS, PAGE A7
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BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND
BRANDENBURG — Deputy PamKnott was on the case, carefully andintently pacing toy-filled aisles, conduct-ing an investigation and searching forclues.
Without any leads to go by, Knottcalled for backup, shouting several aislesover where two more of Meade County’sfinest stood watching the action.
“Have you all seen any Silly Putty?”she asked.
The two men looked at each other,shrugged, and then joined the search byscanning aisles. The elusive, pink puttywas out there somewhere. One way oranother, the officers were determinedthat if Pamida had Silly Putty, then 6-year-old Taylor Honshell would get hershare of it.
But, alas, Pamida was putty-less.Taylor didn’t seem to care once her eyesfixed on a white, plush monkey.
Her mind was on a new track, andwith Knott there to help carry every-thing, Taylor handed the monkey to herfriend in brown and set a new course.There was more shopping to do.
Taylor was one of 30 children whoparticipated in the Shop With a Copprogram Saturday.
The program, sponsored by theMeade County Fraternal Order ofPolice, takes children from low-incomefamilies shopping for the holidays.
“We do this for the kids who other-wise wouldn’t have a very bigChristmas, or for some of them, noChristmas at all,” FOP President LarrySingleton said.
Singleton has been a part of the ShopWith a Cop program since it began sixyears ago. Despite how many times he’sbeen a participant, Singleton said theemotions he feels are always the same.
“This is what Christmas is about,” hesaid. “It makes you feel pretty good,and I know the police officers reallyenjoy it too.”
Knott said she had a great time shop-ping with her spunky sidekick, Taylor,who was so excited she didn’t knowwhich direction to go.
“Trying to keep up with her is wear-ing me out,” Knott joked.
Retired officer and FOP Chaplain BillSego joined the group for the first timethis year. In the past, he always had towork during the program. But this year,Sego, along with about a dozen other
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BOWED UPMeade County archers competed to seewho had the best aim . . . . . . . . . . . . B2
U.S. Postal CustomerStandard MailPermit No. 5
Postage Paid at Battletown, KY
Trash bid requests put on hold
BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND
BRANDENBURG — The future ofMeade County Solid Waste is onceagain standing on shaky ground, withboard members concerned they willnot be able to meet the April 1 dead-line of finding a suitable contractor totake over garbage collection.
The 109 Board, Solid Waste’s over-seeing board of directors, met
Wednesday to approve a bid packageto be sent out to potential franchisees,but decided it was powerless to beginaccepting bids under the current five-year plan.
A franchise fee must be approvedby Fiscal Court before the bid pack-ages can be sent out. Potential fran-chisees will pay the fee to the countyto pay off Solid Waste’s debt of morethan $700,000. Additionally, SolidWaste’s five-year plan prohibits any-one from picking up trash in MeadeCounty other than the Solid Wastedepartment, meaning the 109 Boardmust write a new five-year plan andthe state must approve it.
Contractors cannot bid on trashpick up if they are not authorized tohaul it. The process of amending thenecessary ordinance and revising thefive-year plan will likely take longerthan the 109 Board can afford.
Members of the 109 Board andFiscal Court have a slew of questionsbut not many answers.
“They can’t do anything official,”outgoing-Magistrate Donald Callecodsaid. “Until we find out what ordi-nance is presently in effect and whatit says about who can pick up solidwaste in Meade County, we don’tknow how we need to amend theordinance.”
Callecod said amending an ordi-nance would take between one andtwo months.
Magistrate Herbie Chism said thebest thing would be for Fiscal Courtto call a special meeting. But withonly two weeks left until new magis-trates take office, that outcome isunlikely, he said.
Chism is the only magistratereturning to Fiscal Court. Chismemphasized that the county has notdecided to contract out garbage col-lection, but merely is reviewingoptions.
Even after a franchise fee is estab-lished, and after ordinances and the
five-year plan are revised, FiscalCourt still must approve the bid pack-age, 109 Board members said.
“We are powerless to do any-thing,” said 109 Board memberShannon Loose. “We cannot put it outto bid. We have to pass on the propos-al to Fiscal Court and let them deter-mine what they want to do with it.”
The 109 Board met last week andagreed that bids would be collecteduntil Feb. 15, but board member JimHarris is now concerned Solid Wasteis heading down a familiar path —
Child-support office movingBY CHARLES L.WESTMORELAND
BRANDENBURG —Meade County’s child-sup-port office is getting the bootfrom its current location andwill be replaced by the pri-vate practice of the outgoingcounty attorney.
County Attorney-electMargaret Matney said theowners of the building toldher earlier this month that thechild support office, locatedat 313 Fairway Dr., must beout by January. Richardson,Pennington and Skinner, a
Louisville-basedaccountingfirm, holdsthe propertylease, whichthe child-supportoffice rentson a month-to-monthbasis.
John Chesser, shareholderof the firm, could not bereached for comment.
Outgoing-County AttorneyDarren Sipes will move intothe office as the new location
The child-support officewill move to 1141 High St. inthe Rivertown Plaza inBrandenburg. Matney said
she is pleased with the newlocation, which is owned byChris McGehee.
“I think it is going to be areally nice office for thechild-support division,” shesaid.
Matney said the newoffice will allow room forthree caseworkers, a DNAtesting lab, and office spacefor either her or the assistantcounty attorney.
The child support-divisionwill lease the office spacemonth-to-month, and Matneysaid the move will not inter-rupt child support services.
County,industrysign dealBY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND
BRANDENBURG — County and businessofficials signed a $1.8 million deal Tuesday tosecure the Agrifuels ethanol plant as the first ten-ant of the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park.
AgriFuels developer Don Martin and DavidPace, chairman of the Meade County-Brandenburg Industrial Authority, made the dealofficial during Tuesday’s Fiscal Court session.Martin paid a $25,000 deposit for 104 acres andmust pay the remainder by March 1.
“I won’t feel totally good until I have thatcheck for $1.8 million, but I feel a lot better witheach step we accomplish,” Pace said. “Now it’sjust a matter of completing the deal.”
Martin said the AgriFuels deal is a big step forlocal farmers and other residents.
“This will have a major economic impact onMeade County,” he said.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy,ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel pro-duced by fermenting and distilling starch cropsthat have been converted into simple sugars.Feedstocks for this fuel include corn, barley andwheat. Ethanol is most commonly used toincrease octane and improve the emissions quali-ty of gasoline.
Martin estimates that AgriFuels will pay $2.1million in salaries and $135,000 in taxes annually.Additionally, AgriFuels will use about 19 million
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‘We are powerlessto do anything,’ 109Board member says
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Ve’ja Dawson, 7, visits with Santa Claus before heading off with her family and Meade County deputies atPamida during Saturday’s Shop With a Cop program. About 30 children participated in this year’s program.
Officers play Santa to needy kids
Deputy Pam Knott helps 6-year-old TaylorHonshell select a board game at Pamida.
City sets upshowdownover E-911BY CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND
BRANDENBURG — The Brandenburg CityCouncil passed an ordinance Monday that willchange street names and addresses in the city in away that conflicts with the county’s ordinance forreaddressing already in place.
Brandenburg’s ordinance has been criticizedby members of the Meade County E-911 commit-tee and Fiscal Court, who say the ordinanceundermines the county ordinance and will tie upE-911 service county-wide.
The conflict likely won’t be discussed againuntil newly-elected officials take office in January.
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which ends at the feet of FiscalCourt.
“When this three-monthtime period is over, we havegot to do something … orwe’re going to be going toFiscal Court saying, ‘Look,we’re broke again,’” he said.“That’s what got us here tobegin with. We have to makesome kind of decision by nextmonth in order to get some
kind of temporary increase, orsomething, just to get ourbasic operating expenses.”
Solid Waste was facingbankruptcy and until receivinga $250,000 loan from FiscalCourt last month to continueoperating until April 1. SolidWaste’s operating expenses areabout $131,000 monthly, and109 Board members question ifSolid Waste can continue oper-ating on its own without atemporary fee increase oncethe April 1 deadline passes.
“In three months we’regoing to be in a problem
again” if a franchisee is notselected by the deadline, 109Board Chairman Bim Wardripsaid. “Do we need to ask for(Fiscal Court) to give us a tem-porary rate increase to coverour operating expenses, sothat if it takes six monthswe’re not back asking formoney?”
The 109 Board will meetagain Monday to try to find
answers to some of the ques-tions. .
The Dec. 18 meeting will bethe last for board memberMark Hubbard, who willresign Dec. 20 from the 109Board to prepare for his transi-tion to Fiscal Court as magis-trate. The 109 Board will oper-ate with six board membersuntil Hubbard nominates hisreplacement in January.
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bushels of corn per year, mostof which Martin hopes toacquire from local farmers.The result will be big savings,though Martin said there willnot be guaranteed contracts.
“The first saving is in trans-portation costs,” he said.“They’ll get the same marketvalue in this location as theywill at any other.”
Martin estimates that farm-ers spend about 25 cents perbushel for transportation tolocations such as Louisville orOwensboro, but will saveabout 10 cents per bushel byselling corn to AgriFuels.
“Its not uncommon for afarmer to have 30,000 to 50,000bushels of corn per year thatthey’re selling and market-ing,” he said. “If they’re sav-ing 10 cents a bushel, then thesavings are simple math.”
Martin believes the ethanolbusiness is a solid investmentthat will continue to grow. By2030, the United States willneed to produce 12-15 milliongallons of ethanol, accordingto the Department of Energy.
“The highly competitivenature of the U.S. ethanol mar-ket is evident by the growingnumber of new producersjoining the industry,”Renewable Fuels AssociationPresident Bob Dinneen said.“Ethanol production in theU.S. is offering Americansfrom all walks of life theopportunity to invest in ourenergy future. To meet thegrowing demand for ethanol,the continued expansion of theindustry, with the entry ofnew producers in new areas ofthe country into the market,will be essential.”
According to the FederalTrade Commission, 90 firmswere operating ethanol biore-fineries in October 2006, anincrease from just 15 firmsfrom a year ago. The FTC esti-mates that 110 firms will beoperating plants by the end of2007.
AgriFuels likely will beginpreliminary excavation inMarch, Martin said, but hisdesign team will need aboutsix months to develop blue-prints, leaving the bulk of con-
struction to start around June.The plant will take about ayear and a half for completion.
Martin said AgriFuels alsowill potentially develop sistercompanies to handle by-prod-ucts.
“Those businesses will beestablished by AgriFuels,” hesaid. “We’ll actually createnew businesses. The ethanolmarket and industry is grow-ing by leaps and bounds.”
One by-product of ethanolis highly nutritious livestockfeed. A modern dry-millethanol refinery producesabout 2.8 gallons of ethanoland more than 17 pounds ofdistillers grain from a bushelof corn, according to theRenewable Fuels Association.
When AgriFuels opens,Martin expects it will employ40-45 workers and as many as125 workers within five years.Pace said construction of theplant also will bring jobs toMeade County, along withattracting more companies tothe area.
“This is step one of evenmore companies coming intothe (Industrial Park) to feedthe plant,” he said.
Even though the future ofthe ethanol industry looksbright, some skeptics questionif AgriFuels will bring thenumber of jobs to MeadeCounty that were originallyexpected when the countybought the 550-acre park in2005 for $6 million. About 66percent of Meade County resi-dents travel outside the coun-ty for work.
“I don’t think we’re maxi-mizing what we could use theproperty for,” said outgoing-Magistrate Theresa Padgett,who also is an investor in TheNews Standard. “(FiscalCourt) asked for five jobs peracre.”
Padgett also believesMeade County’s 56.85 percentbusiness inventory tax, whichis fourth highest in the state,will deter businesses frommoving into the IndustrialPark.
“If we reduce the tax 50-percent, we’d be more compet-itive and have more business-es willing to move in,” shesaid.
Padgett said she hopesincoming magistrates will lookat reducing the tax.
First Influenza cases reportedFRANKFORT – Three lab-
confirmed positive influenzacultures have been reported tothe Kentucky Department forPublic Health (DPH), indicat-ing the presence of flu in thestate. With more flu vaccineavailable this year than everbefore, state health officialsurge Kentuckians to get a flushot to help protect their fami-lies from illness over the holi-days.
The cases involve twoFayette County residents andone Woodford County resi-dent. DPH reports the resultsto the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC)as part of statewide flu sur-veillance efforts. Kentucky’s
flu activity is currently classi-fied as "sporadic," the lowestlevel indicating flu activity.The flu season can begin asearly as October and lastthrough April.
Most other states are alsoreporting sporadic activity.Surveillance efforts serve as atracking system to follow thepatterns and types of flu eachyear; they are not meant toreflect a full count of all flucases.
"The best prevention forinfluenza is getting a flu shot.This year there is plenty ofvaccine available across thestate,” said William Hacker,M.D., acting undersecretaryfor health and public health
commissioner. “As the holi-days approach, people will betraveling and families willgather together. The potentialfor exposure to flu and otherillnesses increases over theholidays. With the flu seasonjust beginning, there is stillplenty of time to become pro-tected against the flu.”
Hacker urged anyone whohasn’t received a flu vaccine,particularly those in thegroups at high risk for compli-cations related to the flu, tocontact their local healthdepartments or health careprovider about getting a flushot. Older Kentuckiansshould also consider gettingthe pneumococcal pneumonia
vaccine.”You should also follow the
advice your mother gave youin order to stay healthy," saidHacker. "Wash your hands fre-quently, cover your mouthwhen you cough or sneezeand stay home when you’resick."
Kentuckians who need assis-tance locating flu shots in theirarea can call the KentuckyInfluenza Hotline at (502)564-5353 during normal businesshours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.). For more informa-tion about the flu, visit DPH'sWeb site at http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/epi/Influenza.htm orCDC’s Web site athttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/
Historical Society seeks nominationsFrankfort — The Kentucky
Historical Society and theHistorical Confederation ofKentucky are seeking nomina-tions for the 2007 KentuckyHistory Awards, whichacknowledge outstandingachievements in the field of his-tory by individuals, civic lead-ers, communities, museums,and historical organizations.
The awards celebrate out-standing programs, exhibits,Web sites, and publications, aswell as individuals who haveexcelled in the field or madelifetime contributions to thepreservation, awareness, andappreciation of Kentucky’s
history.“The Kentucky History
Awards program is one of ourmost important annual pro-grams as it is our chance torecognize the great work beingdone in the field of historythroughout the state," saysChris Goodlett, administratorof the Historical Confederationof Kentucky. "The HistoricalConfederation of Kentuckyand the Kentucky HistoricalSociety are proud to sponsorsuch a wonderful event."
Award categories includeService Awards, SpecialAwards, and General Awards.Within these categories are the
President’s Award ofExcellence, which is presentedto a museum or organizationfor outstanding achievementthroughout the year, the FrankR. Levstik Award forProfessional Service honoringthe contributions of a currentor recently retired paid staffmember of a museum or his-tory- related organization andthe Lifetime Dedication toKentucky History Awardamong other honors.
Nominations must be sub-mitted by January 26, 2007.The awards will be presentedat the Kentucky HistoryAwards Dinner at the Thomas
D. Clark Center for KentuckyHistory in Frankfort onSaturday, March 3, 2007. Formore information or for anomination packet, contactAnn Johnson at the KentuckyHistorical Society at (502) 564-1792, ext. 4404 or [email protected].
The HistoricalConfederation of Kentucky isa member-driven organizationthat provides support, techni-cal assistance, workshops,seminars, marketing opportu-nities, and advocacy efforts formuseums and historicalorganizations in the common-wealth.
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FRANKFORT – Cabinet forHealth and Family Services(CHFS) Secretary Mark D.Birdwhistell recently announcedan innovative new program tooffer nicotine replacement thera-py to Medicaid members whotake advantage of the KentuckyTobacco Quit Line beginningtoday.
“We are extremely pleasedto offer smoking cessationsupport to Medicaid recipi-ents, whose smoking ratetends to be higher than that ofthe general population,” saidSecretary Birdwhistell.
Through the initiative, theDepartment for Public Health’sTobacco Prevention andCessation Program will pro-vide coverage of nicotinereplacement products at nocost to Medicaid members whoenroll in Quit Line counseling.Products will be provided to allKyHealth Choices members.Those under 18 years old mustobtain parental consent to
enroll in Quit Line counselingand a doctor’s prescription fornicotine replacement products.
Medicaid members outsidethe Passport region who want totake advantage of the programcan do so by calling 1-800-QUITNOW. Nicotine replacementtherapy (NRT) products —including nicotine patches, gumand lozenges — will be sup-plied through funding fromadditional tobacco settlementfunds earmarked in the 2006state budget for smoking pre-vention and cessation programs.
FRANKFORT – Weatherforecasts are beginning toremind us that the cold breathof “Ole Man Winter” will soonbe blowing across theCommonwealth.
While many Kentuckiansare rummaging through theirclosets in search of scarves,gloves, hats, and winter coats,the Kentucky TransportationCabinet (KYTC) is busy mobi-lizing its resources to clear apath through snow and ice.
“Under Gov. Fletcher’sleadership, the cabinet is com-mitted to providing a safe andreliable transportation systemfor Kentucky families everyday of the year,” saidTransportation CabinetSecretary Bill Nighbert. “Weface our greatest test duringthe winter months. We dedi-cate all necessary resources tominimize problems and delaysfor motorists. I’m proud ofhow our KYTC highwaycrews in every county meetthe challenges created by win-ter weather.”
Maintenance crews in all120 counties are prepared towork as long as it takes and asoften as required to keep theroads in the best possible con-dition. The KYTC has almost300,000 tons of salt and morethan 1.5 million gallons of liq-uid chlorides on hand atnumerous locations statewide.The Cabinet will use approxi-mately 967 state-ownedtrucks, 179 state-owned load-ers, and 290 contract snowand ice trucks to keep theroads clear.
“Our maintenance person-nel are not limited to daytimehours or regular work weeks,”said Transportation CabinetDeputy Secretary, CrystalDucker. “When winter weath-er impacts travel in Kentucky,these dedicated employees
always answer the call, evenon holidays and weekends.We are very fortunate to havea team so dedicated to clear-ing a path through snow andice.”
Road condition reports formajor routes in Kentucky areavailable by calling 511 or bylogging on to the 511 traveland traffic information web-site at http://511.ky.gov.
Road conditions aredescribed in the followingmanner:
Wet Pavement – The road-way is wet. Ice could form asthe temperature drops.
Partly Covered – The road-way is partly covered withsnow, slush or ice. Markingsmay be obscured.
Mostly Covered – Theroadway is mostly coveredwith snow, slush, or ice.Roadway markers may be dif-ficult to see because of packedsnow and rutting conditions.
Completely Covered – Theroadway is completely cov-ered with snow, slush, or ice.Markings are obscured.
Impassable – Roadwayconditions are not suitable fortravel unless required by anemergency.
The KentuckyTransportation Cabinet strivesto provide the most descrip-tive and up-to-date informa-tion for motorists so they willknow what to expect prior to atrip.
Drivers are also remindedthat bridges and overpassesare typically the most treach-erous under wintry condi-tions. Of course, motoristsshould always use extra cau-tion when traveling during awinter weather event.
“The most common causesof crashes during the snowand ice season are the result ofa failure to maintain control,
excessive speed, and followingother vehicles too closely,”said Transportation SafetyCommissioner Tim Hazlette.“These are all preventablecrashes. We’re urging allmotorists to buckle up, drivedefensively and be alert if youhave to venture out in lessthan ideal conditions.”
Additional Safety Tips forTravelers during the Snowand Ice Season:
• Make sure your vehicleis sufficiently winterized –check the battery, antifreezelevel, heater, defroster, wipers,and windshield washers.
• Dress warmly for theweather – dress in layers ofloose-fitting, lightweightclothing, in anticipation ofunexpected winter weatheremergencies.
• Try to keep your gas tankat least two-thirds full to pre-
vent fuel line freezing and toprepare for possible lengthydelays on the roadway.
• Make sure a friend orrelative is aware of your travelroute.
• Carry a cell phone. • Make sure your vehicle
has an emergency care kit. Thekit should include jumpercables, flares or reflectors,windshield washer fluid, anice scraper, blankets, non-per-ishable food, a first aid kit,and traction material.
• Check the forecast andcall 511 before you leave. Ifconditions are dangerous,avoid travel, unless it’sabsolutely necessary.
During significant winterweather events, the KYTC willprovide media outlets withupdated road conditionreports throughout the dayand night.
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Kentucky State Policehave recalled a missing per-sons broadcast last weekfor Assistant CountyAttorney Shealia Murphy.
KSP officials were con-tacted by Murphy’s familyafter she didn’t show up towork Dec. 7. Neitherfriends nor co-workersknew her whereabouts andMurphy’s car was parkedat her apartment, KSP offi-cials said. Murphy had lastbeen seen Dec. 6 about 6p.m. when she paid herrent. KSP broadcasted themissing persons report and,shortly before a picture andpress release was sent out,Murphy contacted KSP.
A State Policespokesman said a globalpositioning system wasused to track Murphy’s cellphone, discovering herwhereabouts to be some-where in Alabama, whereMurphy presumably wason her way to Florida witha friend.
KSP said the problemwas miscommunication,but that they needed totake every precaution untilMurphy was reached.
County Attorney DarrenSipes said the situation wasa misunderstanding and hewas glad things turned outhow they did.
Construction paymentsmore than $1 million
BRANDENBURG —The Meade County schoolboard approved 15 separatepayments for constructionon the new BrandenburgPrimary and renovations tothe high school auditorium-totaling $1,045, 589.66 dur-ing its meeting Tuesdaynight. The payments weremostly for materials andlabor costs.
A change order for anadditional $28,095 was alsoapproved. The additionalmoney was for rockremoval and one morechange order is expectedbefore construction is com-plete.
Moose gives money to to communityThe Brandenburg Moose Family Center is actively
involved in the community, giving lots of communityservice projects.
In 2006, the Moose donated to the following in ourcommunity: Shop with a Cop, MARC School, PumpkinPatch, Project Graduation, Newspapers for Kids, MeadeCounty girls softball team, Ronnie Moose, for the chil-dren who need medical help from the Meade Countyambulance service, Meade County high school band,many individuals with illness and medication, burn outvictims, and families with emergency needs.
We also do a yearly project for Kosair Children’sHospital. This year we are having a new book drive forthe kids.
In addition to our local community service, we alsohelp to support and maintain the two cities that areowned and operated by the loyal order of Moose. Wehave a child city in Illinois and a senior city in OrangePark, Fla., for our seniors. These two cities are solely sup-ported and kept up by the local order of Moose.
For more information on the loyal order of Moose,and our commitment to children and the aged, give us acall at the Brandenburg Moose Family Center at 422-4814after 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, and from 1-5 p.m. onSunday.
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submitted photoPictured with Bill Basham are WilsonHaynes, administrator, and CharlotteMedley, senior regent of theBrandenburg Moose Family Center pre-senting checks totaling $500 to theBrandenburg Shop with a Cop program.
Transportation readies for winter
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Bugs invade military hospitalsBY FREDDY GROVES
A drug-resistant super bugis being brought back from Iraqand Afghanistan and is spread-ing in U.S. military hospitals.
Acinetobacter baumannii isa formidable enemy, and itresists known treatments. Itcan be passed along on med-ical equipment such as surgi-cal drains, monitoring equip-ment and ventilators — allthings that a seriously injuredpatient will likely contact. Thestandard “wash your hands”doesn’t work with this one. Itcan live on dry surfaces forthree weeks. Alcohol doesn’tkill it. Let a severely injuredsoldier get it, and there’s amedical crisis.
What’s known is that theinjured soldiers didn’t get ithere. A study recently reportedin a clinical microbiology jour-nal concluded that the strainof bug in both U.S. and Britishinjured troops is the same. Inother words, the troopsbrought it home with them.While the study seems to indi-cate that all the injured passed
through common medicalfacilities and transportationbefore being flown back, itpoints no fingers as to thesource of the bug.
But there is a ray of hope. Asmall (seven employees) com-pany in Wisconsin has beengiven a $728,000 grant by DODSmall Business InnovationResearch. In Phase 1, it demon-strated the ability to kill a largenumber of the super bugs. InPhase 2, it’s doing preclinicaltoxicology before filing with theFDA. (I won’t identify the com-pany here — better it stick withwhat it’s doing than answer thephones — but its employee listreads like a Who’s Who of themicrobiology world.)
Send a prayer thatresearchers can pull this off. Itdoesn’t look like the numberof wounded with this infectionis going to get smaller untilsomeone brings out the bigmedical guns.
Write to Freddy Groves in careof King Features Weekly Service,P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send an e-mail [email protected].
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Verna Blanch (Stewart) BenhamVerna Blanch (Stewart) Benham, 96, of Brandenburg, died
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, at Medco Center of Brandenburg.She was retired from Brandenburg Telephone Co. and was a
member of Bethel United Methodist Church, where she taughtSunday school for more than 20 years.
She was born to the late Flora Bell (Brown) and JohnRaymond Stewart Sr.
Mrs. Benham was preceded in death by her husband, Paul R.Benham, and her daughter Priscilla Jean LaKey.
She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Ann Woolfolk andPaula Ruth Harrop, both of Brandenburg; her sister, Marie Kingof Middletown; two brothers, Elvie Stewart of Rock Haven, andEllis Stewart of Valley Station; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grand-children, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held at Bethel United MethodistChurch on Thursday, Dec. 7, with the Rev. Janet Carden officiat-ing. Arrangements were handled by Bruington-Jenkins-SturgeonFuneral Home.
Darlene Marie FerrellDarlene Marie Ferrell, 43, of Radcliff, passed away Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2006, at her residence.Survivors include two daughters, Sacha Hartzell of Radcliff,
and D’Andrea Ferrell of Radcliff; one son, Anthony Charles ofRadcliff; her parents, James and Janet Hartzell of Radcliff; broth-er and sister-in-law, James Earl and Shannon Hartzell ofLouisville; and former spouse, Keith Ferrell of Radcliff.
A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, at NewHope Missionary Baptist Church in Radcliff, with the Rev. O.C.Jones officiating.
Coffey and Chism Funeral Home were charge of the arrange-ments.
Condolences can be expressed online at www.coffeyand-chism.com
Terry Arlin Greer Ret. Major Terry Arlin Greer, 64, of Radcliff, passed away
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, in Louisville.Mr. Greer was a veteran of the United States Army and a
member of Camp Knox Lodge 919 F&AM.He was preceded in death by his father,
Tandy Greer; and a brother, Charles W.Greer.
He is survived by his wife, Irene Greer;two daughters, Dawn Duncan (Matt) ofLouisville, and Angela Fonken (Garland)of Lexington; four grandchildren, HaleyDuncan, Harper Duncan, Sydney Fonken,and Spencer Fonken; his mother, AugustaGreer; and one brother, Ollie Calhoun ofVirgie.
There will be a memorial service at 3 p.m. today, Dec. 15,2006, at Coffey and Chism Funeral Home in Vine Grove with theRev. B.J. Breen and Chaplain Joseph W. Vetter officiating.Visitation will begin after noon Friday at the funeral home.
Cremation was chosen by the family.Condolences can be expressed online at www.coffeyand-
chism.com
Roger Kibbey SFC (retired) Roger Kibbey, 56,
Radcliff, died Dec. 9, 2006, at HardinMemorial Hospital, Elizabethtown.
He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, alife member of VFW Post 10281, and amember of AmVets, Cooties, DAV, and theFraternal Order of Police.
He was preceded in death by his par-ents, Frederick and Dorothy Kibbey.
Mr. Kibbey is survived by his wife,Deborah Kibbey; two sons, Michael Kibbey, Galloway, Ohio, andHeath Kibbey, Radcliff; a daughter, Tamara Kibbey,Elizabethtown; a grandson, Tyler Kibbey; three granddaughters,Kayla Britton, Rachael Williams and Autumn Brown; four broth-ers, Ted Kibbey, Bill Kibbey, Michael Kibbey and Mark Kibbey;and a sister, Rachael Kibbey.
Funeral services were held Dec. 13 from the chapel ofNelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Radcliff, with ChaplainDaril Beckwith officiating. Burial was in Stovall MethodistChurch Cemetery in Radcliff with military honors. A VFW serv-ice also was held Dec. 12.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.
Dorothy L. RobbinsDorothy L. Robbins, 84, of Guston, died Saturday, Dec. 9,
2006, at North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center inRadcliff.
She was born on June 5, 1922, in Brandenburg, to the lateHarry H. and Lena (Clark) Lusk.
She worked in the Meade County Clerk’s office underWilliam Perry Lusk, and in the Meade County Judge’s officewith Judge James E. Greer.
She was secretary of the Meade County Fair Board for manyyears, a devout Democrat, a cancer survivor for 11 years, andwas active in the Meade County Relay for Life.
She was preceded in death by herhusband, Wilbur Owen Robbins; hergrandson, Stephen Owen Robbins; herbrothers, Robert Lusk, William PerryLusk and T.H. Lusk; and her sisters,Nellie Morgan and Lillian Winn.
She is survived by her son, Steve(Stacey) Robbins of Guston; twogranddaughters, Tori Beth Robbinsand Rebekka Robbins, both of Guston;one sister-in-law, Christine Lusk; andseveral nieces, nephews and friends.
Arrangements were handled byBruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home. Funeral serviceswere held at the Tabernacle of Worship on Wednesday, Dec. 13with Pastor Lida Bain and Dr. Billy D. Marcum officiating.
Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Irvington.Pallbearers were Eddie Dutschke, Harry Lee Lusk, Homer LeeRichardson, Larry Brown, Alec Stone and Jack Dove.
Keith McLynn ShipleyMr. Keith McLynn Shipley, 38, of Louisville, died Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2006, at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville.Mr. Shipley was born Sept. 17, 1968, the son of Glendon Vernonand Mary Frances Reesor Shipley.
He is survived by his wife, Angela Marie Shipley; two chil-dren, Keith “Sonny” Shipley and Heather Shipley, both ofLouisville; two sisters, Frances Krack of Leesburg, Ga., MaryAngela Crowe of Albany, Ga.; a brother, Fred Shipley ofWarwick, Ga.; her grandmother, Catherine Reesor ofBrandenburg; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held on Thursday, from Ekron FullGospel Cemetery, with the Rev. James Griffin, officiating. HagerFuneral Home, Brandenburg, was entrusted with arrangements.
Jimmie WoodsJimmie Woods, 71, of Payneville, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at
Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, Ind.He was born June 4, 1935, in Breckinridge County to the late
Pleas and Sophia (Taylor) Woods. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Theresa Lynn
“Gissey” Woods; two sisters; Annie Broughton and CharlettCleo Woods; and a brother, John Woods.
He loved to fish.He is survived by his wife, Maurine “Hammer” Woods; two
daughters, Wanda Stewart (Stacy McCubbins) of Shepherdsvilleand Monica Sue (Jeff) Acob of Rineyville; five sons, James Ray“Woodscat” Woods and Billy Joe Woods, both of Payneville,Timothy Neil “Woody” (Lisa) Woods of Midway, Thomas Lee(Charity) Woods of Brandenburg, and Jerry A. Smith ofBattletown; two sisters, Mary Mays of Webster, and Leila Woodsof Indiana; one brother, Delbert (Kitty) Woods of Webster; 13grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces andnephews.
Funeral services were held at Bruington-Jenkins-SturgeonFuneral Home on Tuesday, with brother Roy Padgett Jr. officiat-ing. Interment was held at Cap Anderson Cemetery inBrandenburg.
Pallbearers were Kenny Smith, Jr. Smith, Chris Hall, MichaelGreer, Glen Smith, Greg Smith, Jim Vessels and Johnny Vessels.
Kenneth and Patsy Stanfield, who reside in Doe Valley,Brandenburg, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversaryon Dec. 25, Christmas Day, 2006.
A private dinner was enjoyed with Ken Jr., Angie and MarleyStanfield, Kay and Shannon Wilson, Bear, Ruthann, Tyler, Jeff,and Melody Wilson. They presented them with a cruise to theWestern Caribbean which they will enjoy in January of 2007.
Brody Wilkerson celebrated his 4thbirthday on December 13th. Brody is theson of Remle and Jeff Wilkerson, grand-son of Matt and Leah Perna and brotherto Julia. He will celebrate with familyand friends from school at home onSaturday afternoon with a party andgames.
Troy and Susan Barley,Guston are proud to announcethe birth of their daughter,Madison Emily Barley.
Madison was born at 5:28p.m. Sept. 9, 2006, at NortonSuburban Hospital in Louisville.She weighed 7 pounds, 13ounces, and was 19 inches long.
Her grandparents areTheresa Pawlawski ofBrandenburg, BobbyPawlawski of Cadiz, JoyceBarley of Payneville, and thelate Marvin Barley.
Her arrival was celebratedwith family and friends.
On Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006,the family of Walter andEmilee Rhodes celebratedWalter’s 80th birthday atJohnson Hall on Rhodelia Rd.near St. Theresa Church. Heturned 80 years young Nov. 5.
The gathering was also thefamily’s Thanksgiving dinner.The feast was enjoyed by allthe family and friends thatattended. The afternoon wasspent looking at family pic-tures and having good oldfashion fun.
Walter received many nicecards and gifts.
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DEAR DIANE:I am a 17-year-old high-
school senior. I am very activein cheerleading, dance andswimming. I’m not trying tobrag or sound full of myself,but I do have a very goodbody. I am also very popular.
Mom and Dad divorced 18months ago. Since they sepa-rated, Mom has been dietingand working out.
I think it’s a good thing forher because she is looking bet-ter and is healthier.
What’s bugging me is thatshe has started “borrowing”my clothes! Today I spent ahalf-hour looking for myfavorite pair of low-rise jeans.When I went downstairs toask my mom if she’d seenthem, there she was in thekitchen WEARING MYJEANS!
Not only is Mom wearingmy clothes, she’s also stealingmy CDs. It’s like she’s tryingto turn herself into a teenager.She’s even asked if she couldhang out with me and myfriends.
Diane, I want my Mom tobe my mom. I understand thatMom has worked very hard toslim down and that thedivorce hurt her a lot, so Idon’t want to hurt my momeven more, but I don’t thinktrying to be a teenager is veryhealthy for a 43-year-oldwoman.
What do I do?— I HAVE A TEENAGE
MOM IN TERRE HAUTE
DEAR TERRE HAUTE:I think what your mother is
going through is just a tempo-rary thing.
Maybe what you could dois take her shopping for a newwardrobe.
She’s trying to find herselfafter spending all those years
in the role of someone’s wife.Now she needs to redefineherself.
Help her by giving heryour support — and somegood fashion tips. Maybe anew hairdo, too. To keep herfrom “stealing” your music,burn her a few CDs of musicshe’d like.
Your mom is reaching outto you for help and support.Be the friend and daughter sheneeds.
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
Saturday, December 16• Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
• Clothes Closet – BrownBag Day will be held todaydue to the Christmas holiday.
• Ekron Fire HouseChristmas – free cookies andcocoa with Santa at the Ekronfirehouse, 12-3 p.m. Pictureswith Santa, $2
Sunday, December 17• The Joy of Christmas, a
musical celebration of Jesus’birth, 7 p.m. at Buck GroveBaptist Church, 225 BuckGrove Rd. Live nativity beforethe program from 6-7 p.m. Formore info call 828-2717
Monday, December 18• Meade County Fire
District Meeting at the districtone firehouse, 7 p.m. (thirdMon. of every month)
• Meade CountyConservation District Meeting,8 a.m.
• 109 Board Meeting at thecourthouse, 7 p.m.
• Irvington CodeEnforcement Board Meeting atIrvington city hall, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 19• Brandenburg Planning
and Zoning Meeting at thehealth dept., 7 p.m. (thirdTues. of every month)
• Muldraugh Planning andZoning Meeting at the fire-house, 7 p.m. (third Tues. ofevery month)
• Battletown SBDM, 3:30p.m.
• Payneville SBDM, 3:30 p.m.
• Irvington SBDM, 3:30p.m.
• Story Hour at the MeadeCounty Public Library, 10:30a.m.
• Meade County WaterDistrict Meeting, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 20Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
• BAI (Basic ArcheryInstructor) course for NASP(National Archery in SchoolsProgram) at First BaptistChurch. For more info or sign-ups call Tim Parcell at 497-4559
Thursday, December 21• Teen Dinner and a Movie
at the Meade County PublicLibrary
• Winter Break begins forMeade County school district
• Meade County Planningand Zoning at the courthouse,7 p.m.
• Ekron fire protection dis-trict, 7 p.m.
Friday, December 22• Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
Saturday, December 23• Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
Monday, December 25• Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 27• Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting at REBOS Club onHwy 79 in Irvington at 8 p.m.For more info call 547-8750 or547-8752
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Internet case in thin air
EDITORIAL
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the edi-tor of New York’s Sun and the response was printed as anunsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran
newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’smost reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or wholein dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials,and on posters and stamps. It rings as true today as it did then.
“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.”“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.”“Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’Please tell me
the truth; is there a Santa Claus?”“VIRGINIA O’HANLON.”“115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.”“VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been
affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do notbelieve except (what) they see. They think that nothing can bewhich is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds,Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In thisgreat universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intel-lect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as meas-ure by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truthand knowledge.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists certainly aslove and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that theyabound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas!How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! Itwould be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There wouldbe no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolera-ble this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except insense and sight. The eternal light which childhood fills theworld would be extinguished.
“Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe infairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all thechimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even ifthey did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would thatprove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there isno Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those thatneither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies danc-ing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they arenot there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wondersthere are unseen and unseeable in the world.
“You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noiseinside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which notthe strongest man, nor even the united strength of all thestrongest man that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view andpicture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah,Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. Athousand years from now, nay, ten times ten thousand years fromnow, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.”
American lawyers have finally fig-ured out how to profit off of thin air.
It used to be that if people got intoarguments, it was over tangiblethings — toys or women or cars orbarrels of oil. The nature of greedhasn’t changed one bit, but the objectof greed’s affection has shifted dra-matically.
With the advent of the computerage it seems that power, wealth andprestige can be derived from nothingmore than a flickering passage of anelectronic blip on a power line or amicrowave bounced off the land-scape — untouchable, invisible, butever so powerful.
Information, be it good, bad orindifferent, is the product Americatrades in these days, with the mas-sive interconnected network of abouta bazillion computers and databasespumping it out faster than it can besucked up by thirsty-fingered com-puter handlers.
It’s only natural that lawyersshould log on.
A major money source derivedfrom the Internet is advertising,which has, admittedly, always been alittle ethereal in nature, but it hasbecome even more so, having been
linked with the Internet.The way it works these days is
that big companies like Yahoo andGoogle provide what is called a“search engine” to help you accessthe Internet. All you have to do istype a few words on your computerscreen and these big engines call up aseemingly endless array of resourcesfor you.
But this ready access to thehuman mind was too good to beignored by Web companies, whichstarted offering advertising to othercompanies to be displayed alongsidethe information requested by a cus-tomer.
Internet companies were puttingads on their Web sites at a minimalprice — sometimes even free — butthen charged these advertisers basedon the number of times Web surfers“click” on the ad looking for moreinformation. These charges are madeeven if no sale results from the adbeing viewed.
Thus was created fertile groundfor a whole new genre of miscon-
duct. They call it, naturally enough,click fraud.
So some lawyers gathered up awad of mostly small advertisers andfiled a class-action lawsuit this sum-mer against a major search engine onthe grounds that it isn’t doingenough to protect them from beingcharged for illegitimate clicks.
The proposed settlements numberin the millions of dollars range.
Now, I don’t know about you, butI find it a little unnerving that atransaction of this magnitude wasgenerated from, basically, nothing.
As this nation’s manufacturingplants close down, our agricultureindustry wanes and food-producingground is sacrificed to profits offeredby urban sprawl, we are becomingthe world’s biggest consumer insteadof the world’s biggest producer.
It’s scary to realize that the matrixof the fastest-growing industry inthis country is nothing more thanthin air.
Congressional election not voter approval for amnestyLittle did voters know it, but on
Nov. 7 they were delivering a man-date for amnesty for illegal immi-grants. Most of them probablythought they were voting on the IraqWar or on corruption, but elite opin-ion-makers have decided that theyalso were panting for a laxer immi-gration policy.
There’s no doubt that electing aDemocratic Congress furthers thecause of an amnesty and guest-work-er program by removing the mainobstacle to both: the Republicanmajority in the House. But there is nogood evidence that championingstrict immigration enforcement was aloser for Republicans, or that voterselected Democrats explicitly to permitillegals already in this country to stay
and to invite more of their brethren tocome. Any suggestion otherwisecomes from advocates of amnestywho interpret anything voters do —now up to and including expressingtheir discontent with an unpopularwar — as a call for more immigration.
The epicenter of their case is inArizona. Two immigration-restric-tionist Republicans lost House racesin a state that experiences more ille-gal border crossings than all theother states bordering Mexico com-bined. If strict-enforcement conserva-tives can’t make it there, the argu-ment goes, they can’t make it any-where. But Arizona wasn’t really arestrictionist rout.
Arizona’s Senate race was a truertest of the political merits of the issue.
Republican Sen. Jon Kyl is an oppo-nent of the “comprehensive bill” —effectively an amnesty — passed bythe Senate last year. But he is also athoughtful policymaker who willnever be mistaken for a bomb-throw-er. His Democratic opponent forth-rightly supported the Senate bill anda guest-worker program. Kyl won.
It’s disingenuous to argue thatArizona rejected enforcement when,as Mark Krikorian of the Center forImmigration Studies points out, itapproved ballot measures to denybail to illegals, bar them from collect-ing punitive damages, keep them
from receiving certain state subsidiesand make English the state’s officiallanguage. If Arizona had recoiledfrom a get-tough approach to immi-gration, it would have rejected thesemeasures rather than approvingthem by 3-1 margins.
The fact is that the immigrationissue wasn’t killing off Republicans; itwas discontent with the war and ageneral disgust with the GOP brand.The true acid test on the issue is howDemocrats handled it. They ran whateveryone acknowledges was a bril-liant campaign. Yet they tried to mini-mize differences with Republicans onimmigration and mentioned itnowhere in their post-election agenda.
Finally, there is the matter of theHispanic vote. The Republicans’
share of it declined to 30 percent thisyear from 38 percent in the last con-gressional midterms in 2002. Thisdatum — often characterized as dis-astrous — has to be put in the con-text of a decline in the GOP share ofthe white vote, from 58 percent to 51percent. Republicans were equal-opportunity losers this year, alienat-ing everyone from new immigrantsto descendants from the Mayflower.
For all of this, it seems thatPresident Bush and House MajorityLeader-elect Nancy Pelosi might stillaccept the “immigration enforcementlost” interpretation of election. Theyboth do so at their political peril.
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officers pushing carts filled withtoys, was able to be part ofsomething special.
“Any time you can see a kidget his dreams, it’s wonderful,”he said. “And we get to fill 30kids’ dreams.”
Each child had about $150 tospend, Singleton said, empha-sizing that it was important tomake sure each child had prop-er winter clothing. He alsounderstood toys were high onthe agenda.
Eight-year-old Joshua Davismight disagree with the philos-ophy of clothes before toys.
“I want lots of stuff, but defi-
nitely not clothes,” he said.Singleton expected the FOP
would spend between $5,000and $6,000 at Pamida andCox’s, the two shopping loca-tions.
The FOP raised the moneyby setting up a roadblock afterThanksgiving and collectingdonations from the community.
Pamida opened its doors anhour early so the kids couldhave full access and offered a15-percent discount. Likewise,Cox’s gave a 20-percent dis-count, and Cox’s owner, TomKupper, along with friendDiesel Carter, raised money forthe program and donated $250.
The managers of both storessaid they felt privileged to wit-ness all the smiling faces.
“It makes me feel good,
especially knowing that if theyweren’t able to come here, somemay not have much of aChristmas,” Pamida ManagerJoshua Butler said. “This is agood opportunity for them toget out and shop.”
Cox’s Manager GaleHardcastle said she was mostimpressed with how familiescame together.
“It warms your heart to seeeveryone come out,” she said.“Officers’ wives and peoplewho work at the courthouse allcame out and got involved.”
The FOP Associate Lodgewill provide presents for about380 more children in MeadeCounty through the angel pro-gram. Angels can be adopted atPamida and Dairy Queen inBrandenburg.
Austin Hook, 8, carefully studies the differ-ent toy cars before making his selection.
Joshua Davis, 8, visits with Santa Claus before heading off with deputies Saturday to shop at Pamida in Brandenburg.
Taylor Honshell, 6, examines the softness-factor of a stuffed, plush monkey.
“It makes mefeel good,especiallyknowing that ifthey weren’table to comehere, somemay not havemuch of aChristmas.This is a goodopportunity forthem to getout and shop.”
Joshua Butler,Pamida manager
Retired-deputy and FOP Chaplain Bill Sego pushes a cart filled with toysas youngsters run ahead searching for more Christmas goodies. This wasSego’s first year participating in the Shop With a Cop program.
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Brandenburg Mayor-electDavid Pace said he is willingto meet with members of theE-911 committee and FiscalCourt to discuss the issue, buthe must be convinced whyBrandenburg’s ordinancewon’t work.
“I want to hear both sidesbefore I make a decision,” hesaid. “What I want to know iswhy what the city wants to dowon’t work. If they can proveit won’t work, we’ll find away to make it work.”
Pace added that he alonecan’t change what city councilhas decided. All the membersof the current city council willreturn, with the exception ofBradley Johnston, whose seatwill be filled by Joyner.
Pace shares the same con-cerns as his predecessor,Joyner.
“Address changes will costa lot of the businesses,” hesaid. It’s pretty demanding tochange all addresses but two,but I’m not saying we can’twork something out. But ourcouncil has looked pretty thor-oughly at all of it.”
The sitting city councilpassed the ordinance unani-mously Monday and withoutdiscussion. Outgoing-mayorRonnie Joyner said no discus-sion was necessary becausethere were no changes sincethe ordinance’s first reading,and because there was nofeedback by those in atten-dance.
“I had no other choice butto think that everything wasgreat,” he said.
But for some members ofthe E-911 committee, the ordi-nance is anything but great.
“E-911 was moving well,but a lot of things have comeup recently,” outgoing-magis-trate and E-911 board memberDonald Callecod said. “Whenwe started this about twoyears ago, we had a two-yeardeadline to come online, andwe promised the people wewould do that.”
Brandenburg’s ordinancewill delay enhancing the 911
system, E-911 committeemembers said last week.Meade County has the equip-ment to start the first phasebut it cannot be installed untilthe county has a standardizedaddressing system and anupdated master street addressguide.
Enhanced 911 will providedispatchers with names,phone numbers and addressesof all emergency calls madeover telephone lines. The cur-rent system only providesphone numbers.
A second phase will pro-vide the same service for cellphones and voice-overInternet programs, and willuse a global positioning sys-tem to pinpoint the location ofcell phone users.
Joyner disagrees that thecounty’s readdressing willbenefit Brandenburg and saidthe system could be put inplace now, if the E-911 com-mittee was willing to acceptBrandenburg’s ordinance.
“They can put E-911 intoplay right now,” he said in aninterview last week. “Theyjust want to make us the badguy.”
Joyner said the county’sordinance will change all buttwo addresses inBrandenburg, but Callecodargues that number isn’t total-ly accurate.
Under the county’s system,each road will have a startingpoint at zero and house num-bers will reflect their distancefrom the starting point.
For example, 1065 OldEkron Road will tell respon-ders the location is 1.065 milesfrom the road’s starting point.
Joyner does not believe thecity will have decreased serv-ice without changing address-es. In fact, residents are morelikely to be hurt economicallythan with slower responsetimes, Joyner said. He saidsome businesses have told himan address change would costthem $800-$1,000 to replacesignage, letterheads, checksand other printed materials.
The county is using nation-al standards by markingaddress points every 5.28 feet,according to Mark Bennett,director of the county’s 911
Center and a member of the E-911 committee.
Brandenburg’s ordinanceplots address points every 25feet. The difference, Bennettsaid, will result in inaccuratelocations when emergencyresponders receive calls.
“I think the recommenda-tions we have made are muchbetter and will work better inthe long run for the cities,”Bennett said.
Bennett said E-911 alsowon’t work if there are dupli-cate road names or if housenumbers are not sequential.
Bill Lacey, who is in chargeof readdressing for E-911, saidfollowing Brandenburg’s ordi-nance could delay the E-911system up to a year.
County emergency officialswould have to use a globalpositioning system to establishand map the doorstep of eachnon-complying residence toget an accurate address pointfor the master street addressguide.
Emergency officials willultimately have to use a globalpositioning system for everyhome anyway, Joyner said,adding that he offered to payfor it but noting that his offerwas rejected.
Callecod thinks the countyshould be aggressive and forceBrandenburg to comply. IfBrandenburg won’t comply,the conflict may have to besettled in court, Callecod said.
Brandenburg City AttorneySteve Crebessa doesn’t believethe county’s ordinance willhold up in court.
“The county ordinance foraddressing does not apply toanything in the city,” he said.
But Bennett said CountyAttorney Darren Sipes toldhim the city ordinance cannotsupercede county ordinance.Sipes could not be reached forcomment.
According to the county’s2003 ordinance, residentsrefusing to change theiraddress to meet county stan-dards can be fined $500. Thecounty cited several residentswho fought against theaddress change in Doe Valley,Callecod said, which resultedwith 100 percent compliancefrom homeowners.
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“I want to hear both sides before Imake a decision. What I want to knowis why what the city wants to do won’twork. If they can prove it won’t work,we’ll find a way to make it work.”
David Pace, mayor-elect
SportsFriday, December 15, 2006 Page B1
Swimmers having banner yearsBY SHAUN T. COX
The Greenwave swim teamis having its best season everthis year, setting 190 personalrecords and 12 school recordsalready this season. The teamhas competed in four meets sofar this year, winning threehandily and placing second inthe other.
“Both the girls and the boysteams are meeting my expecta-tions and, in some cases,exceeding them,” Coach J.P.LaVertu said. “The girls teamhas really come together, andwe have great leadership from
Miranda Williams, DanielleMartin and Kaitie Webb, who’sjust a junior. Those individualshave really taken over as far asleading the team and makingsure the girls are doing whatthey need to do.”
LaVertu said he also ispleased with the way the boysteam has done so far, and it hasa chance to compete in the statefinals meet.
“On the boys side, we haveschool records set almost everymeet, and a lot of them are thesame kids beating their ownrecords,” he said. “The boysmedley relay, barring some-
thing drastic, should make stateeasily. With the times they arealready putting together, they’llqualify. There’s room forimprovement, though. They’reswimming at 1:52 right now,and I know they can get itdown to 1:47. If they can dothat, they can probably win ourregion. It’s going to happen,and I’m going to push themhard to do it.”
LaVertu said healthy compe-tition exists between teammembers over breaking schoolrecords.
“Alex Medley broke JonHobbs’ school record in the 200
individual medley, which hehad set the week before,” hesaid. “Those boys are compet-ing against each other, and hewas psyched when he got outof the water. The competitionbetween teammates is some-times better than the competi-tion from other schools becauseit drives them harder in prac-tice and they know whomthey’re competing against.When you have teammateswho are pushing each otherevery day, it drives all of them
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Eighth-grader Megan Spilman competes in thefirst heat of the girls 200 yard medley relay atthe first annual Greenwave Invitational. MeadeCounty annihilated the competition, with the sec-ond-place school finishing 323 points behind.
Boys, girls declaw Tigers FormerMeadestarweighsfutureBY SHAUN T. COX
Former Meade County quarter-back Blake Powers is considering aposition change at IndianaUniversity but presently does notplan to transfer, he said.
Powers said Wednesday he willweigh his options this spring. TheIndiana coaches have asked Powersto remain the backup quarterbackand play tight end.
“The coaches want me to playtight end next year to utilize my ath-leticism,” he said. “They want me togo out and catch balls, so that’s whatI’ll do as well as play quarterback.”
Powers said knowing where hehas to be on the field gives him ahead start on learning a new position.
“It won’t be too hard,” he said. “Iknow the routs and really, the hard-est thing is blocking, but it’s all tech-nique and something I can learnover the summer. Once I get thatdown, I’ll be fine.”
Powers lost his starting job after a14-7 loss to Connecticut. His replace-ment, redshirt freshman KellenLewis, beat then-No. 15 Iowa tosolidify his hold on the starting job.The offensive line lost two startersfrom last year’s group and thecoaching staff reportedly felt thefleet-footed Lewis would be theteam’s best option.
Meade County football coach LarryMofield — who was Powers’ positioncoach under Larry French — said ifanyone can handle a position change,it’s the 6-4, 224-pound Powers.
“I think he is athletic enough andbig and strong enough to play tightend,” Mofield said. “He’s such agood athlete, and he’s a tough,aggressive kid. He’s really bulked upsince going to IU and improved hisquickness. I think he’ll be able tohandle it and plus, he wants to play.He’s a competitor, so I wouldn’t besurprised to see him on the field alot if that’s what they plan to do.
“Any time you have a kid whocan pick up on things the way Blakecan, he’ll be fine. More than any-thing, he’ll have to work on theblocking aspect just because he has-n’t done much of that before.”
Powers said he still has NFL aspi-rations, and Mofield said even if hedoesn’t play quarterback at all nextyear, he’ll still get a chance to show
BY SHAUN T. COX
The Meade girls basketballteam earned its first win of theseason last Friday, throttlingrival Breckinridge County, 61-22. The Lady Wave defense wasstifling after the first quarter,giving up only three points inthe second, five points in thethird and four points in thefourth.
According to BreckinridgeCoach Phillip Miller, his teamdidn’t have enough depth tokeep up with the relentlessMeade County full-court press.
“The first quarter, it waspretty even and we lookedgood against their press, andthey even called it off for awhile,” he said. “We lookedfresh and sharp in making ourcuts, but as the game went on,especially at the end of the sec-ond quarter and the start of thethird, the press started to takeits toll on us, and once we start-ed getting tired, we really start-ed making the mental mistakes.People weren’t getting to theright spots on the floor and wemade some bad passes, and thatwas a big turnaround.”
The Lady Waves forced 32turnovers and had only 12 —
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Senior forward Kayla Stull fights for one of her 10 rebounds against Breck County sophomoreguard Megan Aldridge. Stull had a double-double with 11 points and has three so far this season.
BY SHAUN T. COX
Meade County lost its first game of theseason but may have regained its focus,according to its coach.
The Greenwave boys fell 66-55 atCampbellsville on Friday, one night afterdefeating rival Breckinridge County 56-36.
Despite playing its third game in fourdays, Meade Coach Jerry Garris said histeam should have been ready to play butwasn’t.
“I think we just didn’t show up readyto play,” he said. “We had two toughgames that week, but you still have toplay. I think we had some kids who gotsome pats on the back and were feeling alittle better than they should have. Weweren’t ready and it showed. It was a biglesson for us because we’re a decent teamwhen we come ready, but we saw howbad we can be when we don’t.”
Garris said his blue-collar group mustrespect every team it plays.
“It was a team that we handled prettywell last year at home and our guysthought they could just walk on the floorand win, and we’re not going to do that
against anybody,” he said. “We’re notgoing to dazzle anyone with our athleti-cism and talent, but we’re a pretty goodgroup when we play together.”
The boys defeated Breckinridge CountyDec. 7.
Meade County continued its hot shoot-ing in the first half, going 12-for-24.Meade shot about 51 percent through itsfirst three games.
Meade cooled off in the third quarterand scored only five points, whileBreckinridge cut into the lead by scoring12 of its own. Meade led by six to start thefourth quarter.
Tigers Coach Phillip Miller said he wasnot pleased with the way his team playedin the final quarter.
“I think Jerry (Garris) jumped on themat the end of the third for letting us getback in it,” he said. “We played hard inthat quarter. Jerry got on them and they re-focused coming into the fourth, and theyexecuted and we didn’t. We missed a cou-ple of shots and got down on ourselves
Senior guard Riley Benock goes up for the blockagainst forward Justin Phillips. Benock had onefor the game and has eight through five games.
Kvapil taking a step back to move forward in CupBY BUDDY SHACKLETTE
DAYTONA BEACH — TravisKvapil has made more money thanhe’s ever made in his life over thelast two years.
Problem was, he wasn’t runningup front and he certainly wasn’t win-ning races — something he hadgrown accustomed to during thefour seasons he spent in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Following the 2004 season, theJanesville, Wis., native won a lot ofraces, captured a championship andRookie of the Year in 2001 — justabout everything he could in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Despite being one of the flagshipToyotas in its inaugural season inNASCAR, truck team owner AlexMeshkin was getting out of the busi-ness and Kvapil was looking to moveon.
Penske Racing South had justcompleted its first season with athird NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team,and had Kvapil run in three of theseason’s final five events.
At season’s end, BrendanGaughan and Penske Racing Southparted ways but owner Doug Bawelquickly tabbed Kvapil to wheel theNo. 77 Dodge as the proverbial thirdwheel, behind marquee all-star team-mates Ryan Newman and Rusty
Wallace.Running for
NEXTEL CupRookie of the Year,Kvapil averaged astart of 25th and afinish of 26th, butseven “did-not-fin-ish” performances— two because ofengine failure —landed him 33rd in the points at sea-son’s end.
He didn’t have near the resourcesor personnel that his teammates had,so 33rd was a respectable number,but that didn’t keep Penske fromnarrowing back down from a three-
car to a two-car program this yearwith Newman and Kurt Busch.
Eager to remain in the Cup, hesigned on with PPI Motorsportswheeling the No. 32 Tide/DownyChevrolet of owner Cal Wells.
The team had gone through threedrivers over the past two seasonsand hadn’t won a race since 2003.Despite a poor 2005 run by BobbyHamilton Jr., Kvapil signed on withthe assurance that it would be a turn-around season for PPI.
The single-car team struggled outof the gate — particularly with quali-fying — failing to make five events.Kvapil’s production dropped as welland the team closed up shop last
month.In something of a recovery move,
Kvapil announced last week that hewould drive fulltime in the NASCARCraftsman Truck Series for RoushRacing in 2007.
“More than anything, for me, itwas an opportunity to get with agood group and a good race team,”Kvapil said. “I know, given the rightopportunity, that I can still win racesand run up front. We just did it twoyears ago. When Jack (Roush) cameto me and then asked me to drivethat truck, I thought it would justopen up so many doors. Numberone, it would just get me to runningup front and winning races.”
TRAVIS
KVAPIL
Lady Waves getfirst win of season
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Greenwave also take first loss of year
PLEASE SEE LOSS,PAGE B3
PLEASE SEE SWIMMERS,PAGE B3
PLEASE SEE STAR,PAGE B3
Travis Shacklette, archery coach at Meade County High, helps 10-year-old ChaselynAllgeier from David T. Wilson and 7-year-old Logan Webb from Payneville with their shots.
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About 250 spectatorsand 113 archers par-ticipated in the MeadeCounty ArcheryBoosters countywideshoot Dec. 7 at StuartPepper Middle School.Several schools par-ticipated includingMeade County HighSchool, Stuart PepperMiddle School, andBattletown, Ekron,David T. Wilson andPayneville elementaryschools.
Ten-year-old Taryne Knott from Payneville Elementary gets help from Martha Campbell,a certified National Archery in Schools Program volunteer.
Deanna Swink, asophomore atMeade County High,focuses on makingthe perfect 10-pointshot.
Tied with
a
Photos by CHARLOTTE FACKLER/The News Standard
Pressure is on forCourtney Campbell,a junior at MeadeCounty High. Sheholds last year’sstate, national andall-around women’sarchery title in theNational Archery inSchools Program.
to become better swimmers.”Hobbs, a senior, is the for-
mer and new record holder inthe 100-yard breaststroke andsaid it’s what he is mostproud of so far this season.
“Breaking the 100-yardbreaststroke record was thebiggest moment for me sofar,” he said. “I broke it lastyear and then Derek Straneybroke it. Then I broke it twicemore this year. He taught mehow to do the breaststrokewhen I was a junior, andcatching him and breaking hisrecord after he taught me howto swim was a goal for me.”
Hobbs and LaVertu agreethat competition betweenteammates is vital to theteam’s overall success.
“It’s a healthy part of theteam and we’re all so closetogether,” Hobbs said. “Whenwe go to a swim meet, in thefastest heat, out of six guys,four will be from MeadeCounty. You’re not just compet-ing against other teams, you’recompeting with each otherbecause you want to hold yourspot on the relay, or you wantto hold your spot as the bestfreestyle or breaststroke swim-mer. You want to hold that spotand not one person is the bestat everything, but we eachhave our one thing that we’rereally good at.”
Senior Danielle Martin saidthis year’s team is a tight-knitgroup, and it was a near-dis-aster that helped foster thehealthy relationships. WesternHills High School swimmerMathew Spicer had a previ-ously undiagnosed heart con-dition that flared up during ameet earlier this year andnearly caused him to drown.His mother was the first one
in the pool to pull him out,and a doctor on the scene hadto administer CPR to revivehim. He has since beenreleased from the pediatricward of UK Hospital.
“We went through the hardtime of seeing that boy almostdie, and that really brought ustogether,” she said. “The pastyears we haven’t been as closeand there’s been a lot of drama.And this year, we’ve reallypulled together as a team.”
LaVertu said even thoughhis team has accomplished somuch early in the season, heexpects it to only get better.
“There are three or four girlswho are close to setting schoolrecords and they’ll get thembefore the end of the season,”he said. “Their relay times arealready better than they wereat the end of last year, andthat’s impressive. They’ve got along way to go, but hopefullythey’ll get two of the threerelay-team records this year. Ithink it’s absolutely attainablefor the girls we have.
“The boys 200 relay teamis only two or three secondsoff the school record, and it’sjust a matter of time beforethey break it,” he said. “The400 relay team, they’re crush-ing it every time they go out.They beat it by seven secondsthis year, and then went outand beat it by four more thenext time out.”
Hobbs, in only his secondyear, said getting in the pool isthe only way to get better.
“You can be in runningshape, but get into a pool andyou’ll wear yourself out in just afew laps,” he said.“Conditioning for a pool andconditioning for a track are com-pletely different. You just have
to swim. We have techniqueswimming, swimming for dis-tance, sprints, really a variety oftypes of swimming. We’ll do a500-yard swim and then a 300where we can only take onebreath for every five strokes, andit increases your lung capacity.We also try and swim across theentire pool under water.”
Last Saturday, theGreenwave left five otherschools in its wake at the firstGreenwave Invitational, andbeat two other schools inTuesday night’s meet.
The combined team scoresfrom the Invitational weren’teven close, as Meade scored552 points and second-placeNelson County scored 229.Atherton was third, MarionCounty fourth, Taylor Countyfifth and Campbellsville sixth.
Tuesday night, Meadedefeated Fort Knox by 92points (combined) andWhitefield Academy of
Louisville by 177.The team travels to
Versailles tomorrow to com-pete in the Woodford CountyInvitational with 32 otherteams in a meet as big as thestate finals. The Greenwavewill face some of its stiffestcompetition to date, as manyof the top teams in the regionwill compete.
Dec. 9 winners: girls 200medley relay—Kaitie Webb,Lisa Hurt, Michele Lusk andCourtney Meador; boys 200medley relay—Troy Jobe, JonHobbs, Jake Baldwin, DanielSilva; boys 200 IM—Hobbs;girls 50 free—Meador; boys 50free—Silva; boys 100 fly—Matthew Spillman; boys 100free—J. Baldwin; girls 500free—Hurt; boys 500 free—Jobe; girls 200 free relay—Webb, Valerie Hobbs, Lusk,Meador; boys 200 free relay—Silva, Spillman, Alex Medley,Baldwin; girls 100 back—
Megan Spilman; boys 100back—Jobe; girls 100 breast—Hurt; boys 100 breast—Hobbs;girls 400 free relay—Webb,Miranda Williams, Lusk,Meador; boys 400 free relay—Jobe, Cody Baldwin, Silva, J.Baldwin. Combined Scores1 Meade County 5522 Nelson County 2293 Atherton 2034 Marion County 1885 Taylor County 746 Campbellsville 3Girls1 Meade County 252 Nelson County 1783 Marion County 1454 Atherton 955 Taylor County 416 Campbellsville 3Boys1 Meade County 2772 Atherton 1083 Nelson 514 Marion 435 Taylor County 33Dec. 12 winners: girls 200medley relay—Spilman,
Beglin, Webb, Hurt; boysmedley relay—Spilman,Medley, Mills, Gainer; girls200 free—Hurt; boys 200free—Gainer; girls 200 IM—Crotzer; boys 200 IM—Medley; boys 100 fly—Spilman; girls 200 freerelay—Jordan, Martin, Hurt,Hobbs; boys 200 free relay—Patterson, Gainer, Mills,Spilman; girls 100 back—Jenks; boys 100 breast—Medley; girls 200 free relay—Jordan, Spilman, Hobbs,Hurt; boys 400 free relay—Medley, Gainer, Spilman,Patterson.Combined Scores1 Meade County 2142 Fort Knox 1223 Whitefield 37Girls1 Meade County 1302 Fort Knox 723 Whitefield 14Boys1 Meade County 842 Fort Knox 503 Whitefield 23
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and then we laid down, whichis disappointing.”
At the start of the fourthquarter, junior center NickStinnett put in a shot downlow to push the lead back toeight and Breckinridge threwup a circus shot at the otherend that didn’t make it to therim, and Meade rebounded.Breckinridge fell apart afterthat, scoring only six totalpoints in the fourth quarter.
After the wild shot,Stinnett hit another shot downlow and got fouled. His freethrow — one of his sevenfrom the line — pushed thelead to 11. Then Stinnettnailed two more free throwson the next possession,extending the lead to 13.Senior guard Riley Benock hita three from the wing and therout was on as chants of“THIS IS UGLY” came fromthe crowd. Meade scored 20fourth-quarter points and wonby the same count.
“We got off to a good startand that certainly helped,”Garris said. “In the fourthquarter, we played really well.We defended better and putthe ball in the hole. We limitedthem to one shot, and theydidn’t get their first points (ofthe quarter) until 1:53 left inthe game, and that was on
two free throws, so I was real-ly pleased with our defense.”
Stinnett finished with adouble-double, scoring 15points, pulling down 11rebounds and was a perfectseven-for-seven from the line.Meade outscored Breckinridgeby 11 on free throws alone.
Meade out-reboundedBreckinridge 40-21, includingeight on the offensive end,where it had 13 second-chancepoints. Stinnett led the waywith 11 and Benock had sevenfor the game.
Miller said the differenceon the boards was the differ-ence in the game.
“They were a lot better onthe boards than us. I think itwas a two-to-one ratio,” hesaid. “They really hit theboards hard and we were tip-ping the ball around whilethey were grabbing it.”
Sophomore forwardJonathon Ives scored ninepoints off the bench for MeadeCounty, outscoring the Tigers’bench (seven points) by himself.
Meade County has out-rebounded every opponent sofar this season without a lot ofheight from its post players.Garris said rebounding issomething the team works onevery day in practice.
“Teams won’t beat you onthe first shot, it’s the secondand third shots,” he said. “Ifwe can keep people fromdoing that then we can be agood club. If you rebound
well, you don’t have to playdefense as much, and we’vebeen able to do that.
“Campbellsville is thesmallest team we’ve played sofar and they were the closestin rebounding against us, sothat shows you what kind ofeffort we had.”
The Greenwave is in theCanfield Development King ofthe Bluegrass Holiday Classicand will face either Doss orFranklin County at 7:30 tonight.
The Classic features 14teams from Kentucky, includ-ing six from the pre-seasoncoaches’ top-25 poll taken bythe Herald-Leader, as well asBallou from Washington, D.C.,and Memphis (Tenn.)Kingsbury.
Garris said to be invitedyou have to have a good teamreturning or have a big-timeplayer.
“Hopefully we’ve gotboth,” he said. “We do have agood player in Riley, and theteam has played well, so we’llsee where we stand.”
Garris said the tournamentis the perfect barometer to seewhere his team is and whereit’s headed.
“That’s why we’re going upthere — to play good competi-tion and see where we standand see what our weaknessesare,” he said. “You can learnmore from playing teams likethis than beating someone by30. I’d rather put our kids inthis kind of pressure situation
in front of a big crowd in abig-time tournament atmos-phere than playing somebodyyou can beat pretty handily.”
Garris said playing suchgreat competition really showswhat type of team a schoolhas.
“You get exposed and yourweaknesses really come outwhen you play the topteams,” he said. “I think if wecome ready to play, we canplay with them. If we don’t,we can get embarrassed.” Box score:Greenwave 56, Tigers 36Breckinridge: Weatherholt 0-20-0 0, Reynolds 1-8 2-2 4,Smith 1-1 0-0 3, Young 4-120-4 10, Kennedy 3-8 1-1 7,Oliver 0-4 0-1 0, Phillips 4-4 0-2 8, Bruington 1-1 0-1 2,Tucker 0-1 0-0 0, Cook 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 14-41 5-13 36.Meade: Hubbard 0-0 1-2 1,Williams 5-9 2-4 13, Ives 4-81-1 9, Benock 5-12 1-1 14,Stinnett 4-8 7-7 15, Roe 0-3 3-6 3, Whelan 0-1 1-2 1. Totals18-41 16-23 56.Breckinridge 9 9 12 6—36Meade 16 15 5 20—56Three-point goals—Breckinridge 3-11(Weatherholt 0-1, Reynolds 0-3, Smith 1-1, Young 2-6).Meade 4-11 (Williams 1-2,Ives 0-1, Benock 3-8). Fouledout—none. Rebounds—Breckinridge 21 (Kennedy 5),Meade 40 (Stinnett 11).Assists—Breckinridge 9(Tucker 3), Meade 11 (Benock5, Hubbard 5). Total fouls—Breckinridge 19, Meade 17.Technicals—none.
his abilities at the pro footballcombine.
“I think he should give theNFL a shot because there aren’ttoo many kids that can throwthe ball with the type of veloci-ty Blake can,” Mofield said. “Iwould say that if he went tothe NFL combine, he wouldfair well based on his athleti-cism and throwing ability.”
Powers shattered AntwaanRandle El’s single-seasontouchdown mark of 17 with 22as a sophomore. He also sits insecond place on the all-timesingle-season completions listat IU, and is second in passattempts. Powers’ 2,305 pass-ing yards in 2005 is the fourth-most in school history for asingle season.
Powers, a redshirt juniorfor the Hoosiers, will graduatethis May and, under a newNCAA ruling, could transferwithout sitting out a year. Therules says a student-athletewho earns an undergraduatedegree in four years and stillhas a year of eligibility left cantransfer into another school’sgraduate program and playimmediately without penalty.
Powers’ father, Dan, whoalso played tight end for theHoosiers from 1975-78, saidhis son is the victim of acoaching change. Powers wasrecruited by former coachGerry DiNardo, who wasreplaced two years ago bycurrent Coach Terry
Hoeppner.“The new coaching staff is
playing the kids who theyrecruited, and that’s what itboils down to,” he said. “Hedidn’t do anything to lose hisjob. He was the victim of acoaching change. It gave(Hoeppner) an excuse to playhis boy. He broke a number ofrecords last year, and whatthis guy’s done is unethical.”
Mofield said there are a lotof factors to consider when aplayer contemplates transfer-ring, especially with only oneyear of eligibility remaining.
“You’d have to find some-where that needed a quarter-back only for a year, and it’shard to find that,” he said. “Itwould have to be a goodmatch if he were to leave. Nowwith recruiting the way it is,most schools have guys whowere high school All-Americans sitting on the benchwaiting their turn becausethere’s so many good playersout there. He’s really investeda lot into the IU program, andit’s difficult to leave after dedi-cating such a huge part of yourlife to something and it’s ayear-round commitment.”
Powers had this advice forother athletes who are tryingto pick a college:
“I’d say go to a schoolwhere your future is in goodhands,” he said. “Be sure thatyou’re going to have a goodsurrounding cast of peoplearound you, and do what youwant to do. Pick a school youreally like and you’re comfort-able at because you don’tknow what will happen.”
Wrestlers fare well in meetsThe Meade County wrestling team
went 2-2 in last Saturday’s matches atNelson County High School. Fiveteams competed and Meade defeatedLetcher County 45-33 and ChristianCounty 42-33, and lost to NelsonCounty by one point, 42-41, andAnderson County 48-19.
Nathan Kelch was the MVP for theGreenwave, going 4-0 against varsitysquads in the 160-pound division. Class Name Record103 James Childress 2-2112 Arthur Ohmes 3-1119 Antonio Stewart 3-1125 Joey Carter 2-2130 Ethan Medley 2-2135 Kurtis Perkins 1-3140 Josh Tygret 2-2145 Austin Bejosanao 0-4152 Nelson Mason 0-4160 Nathan Kelch 4-0171 Cody Bruce 3-1189 Clayton Opie 3-1215 Daniel McMullen 0-4285 Bobby Fuqua 1-3
On Wednesday, the team had itsfirst-ever home meet against Fort Knoxand North Hardin. Meade Countywent 1-1, beating Fort Knox 60-24 andlosing to North Hardin 42-36. JamesChildress, Arthur Ohmes, NelsonMason, Nathan Kelch and ClaytonOpie all went 2-0. Class Name Record103 James Childress 2-0112 Arthur Ohmes 2-0119 Antonio Stewart 1-1125 Joey Carter l-l130 Ethan Medley 1-1135 Tosh Tygret 1-1140 Kurtis Perkins 1-1145 Nelson Mason 2-0152 Thomas Roach 1-1160 Nathan Kelch 2-0171 Cody Bruce 0-2189 Clayton Opie 2-0215 Daniel McMullen 1-1285 Bobby Fuqua 0-2
This Saturday, the team travels toSeneca High School in Louisville to takeon eight teams. Weigh-in begins at 8:30a.m. Next Wednesday is senior night at
home as Meade takes on the Bruins ofCentral Hardin and weigh-in begins at5:30. The two seniors to be honored areNick Stinnett and Joseph Burkhart.
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Junior Cody Bruce struggles toget out of a hold applied by Ft.Knox sophomore Sean Garcia.The Greenwave wrestling teambeat Ft. Knox 60-24 and lost toNorth Hardin 42-36.
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Winners of the Meade County Archery Booster’sClub countywide shoot Dec. 7 were: Back row:Meagan Parcell, Deanna Swink, Jordon Reichmuth,Dakota Adams, Justin Waters, Nathan ParcellMiddle row: Johnna Clark, Samantha Dezelich,Winnie Weick, Ashlyn Mills, Slater Adams,Dalton WatersFront row: Logan Hardesty, Kayla Parcell, GracieFackler, Josh Durbin, Dallas Allen, Tyler Stull Not pictured: Bailey Thomas, Levi Wilkins,Hannah Lewis, Courtney Campbell, MichaelDrust, Zac Crutcher
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BRANDENBURG –Cooperative weather and ayen to see the lights ofChristmas By The River result-ed in a record turnout for thisyear’s Jingle Bell Trot theevening of Monday, Dec. 11.
“We’re surprised anddelighted by number of peo-ple who took part – 225,” saidGena Bradley and Russ Powellas trotters, runners, walkers,and strollers gathered beforethe event began.
Bradley runs McGeheeInsurance Agency and Powellis executive director of theMeade County Area Chamberof Commerce. The agencyand the Chamber ofCommerce organize the troteach year.
First across the finish linewith a time of 10 minutes 22seconds for the 1.8-mile trotwas Jarrett Joyner, ofBrandenburg, a student atElizabethtown Community &Technical College who rantrack for Meade County HighSchool until he graduated ear-lier this year.
Other top finishers were:•Second – Jordan Sears, of
Guston, a member of theMeade County High Schooltrack team.
•Third – Tyler Blair, ofBrandenburg, also a trackteam member.
•Fourth – Cody Hager, ofBrandenburg, also a trackteam member.
•Fifth – Eric Mann, ofPayneville, program and fit-ness director at the YMCA ofHarrison County in Corydon,Indiana.
•Sixth – Ben Sheeran, ofVine Grove, another highschool track team member.
•Seventh – Paul Poole, ofBrandenburg, director of per-sonnel for Meade CountyPublic Schools.
•Eighth – Jason Newton, ofGuston, an assistant trackcoach at Meade County HighSchool.
•Ninth – Chad Butler, ofBrandenburg, a social studiesteacher at the high school.
There were no prizes forthe top trotters – just gloryand the satisfaction of havingtaken part in a fun event, saidBradley and Powell.
The trot was free and opento the public, and, thanks tothe generosity of its sponsors,the first 125 participants whoregistered received souvenir t-shirts.
Those sponsors, along with
McGehee Insurance Agency,were C&S Pumping, DeVriesFamily Dentistry, Farm BureauInsurance, First FederalSavings Bank, Fort KnoxFederal Credit Union, GreerInsurance, HealthSouthRehabilitation Hospital,Meade County Bank, MeadeCounty Extension Service,Meade County Public Library,Meade County Tourism,Medley’s Heating & AirConditioning, Pamida, RickEmbrey Pools, and RiverRidge Marathon.
The route of this year’sJingle Bell Trot was from theMeade County Public Libraryparking lot on Library Place,to Broadway, then alongBroadway to Main Street, andthen along Main toBrandenburg Riverfront Parkand through the light displaysthat make up Christmas ByThe River, with the return tothe library along the sameroute.
Next year’s trot tentativelyhas been scheduled forMonday, Dec. 10. Businessesand individuals who would likesponsorship information shouldcontact Powell at the Chamberof Commerce at 270-422-3626 [email protected].
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BRANDENBURG – RiverRidge Marathon is inviting thepublic to a ribbon-cutting cer-emony to mark its officialrebranding.
The ceremony will takeplace at 11 a.m. on Wednesday,Dec. 20, at the fuel-conven-ience store, which is located at630 River Ridge Plaza, at theintersection of ByPass Roadand Old Ekron Road.
Owners of the business areSandy and Doug Howard,who purchased it from theAustin family. The businesswas opened in 1997 by BethAustin, who died in 2004, andthen was operated by herfather, Paul Austin. He andthe Howards began discussingthe change in ownership in2005, and that took place thispast January.
Sandy Howard was famil-iar with the store and its oper-ations because she hadworked for Austin in his prop-erty-development businessand also had handled account-
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“Beth was a great business-woman and a very specialfriend,” she says. “We felt thestore would be a wonderfulopportunity for us to partnertogether and also to carry onBeth’s legacy in the conven-ience store business.”
“Doug and I both like tobuild relationships. We enjoyour customers. Many of themare our long-time friends andfamily here in our community.”
The Howards say theirstore’s transition to Marathonfrom CITGO has been — andwill continue to be — seam-less for their 15 employeesand their customers.
Marathon, headquarteredin Houston, Texas, refines,markets, and transports crudeoil and petroleum productsprimarily in the Midwest andSoutheast. It is the nation’sfifth-largest refiner and its fuelis sold at about 5,700 outlets.
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The store’s telephone num-ber is 270-422-1500.
The Meade County AreaChamber of Commerce isassisting with the ribbon-cut-ting ceremony – a service itprovides at the request of anynew or relocating business inthe community, according toRuss Powell, its executivedirector.
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MEADE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Every attempt is made tomaintain the operation of theMeade County School Systemon regular schedule.
However, as our busestravel 5,000 miles a day, roadconditions in various parts ofthe county may differ widely.
In case of inclement weath-er, district personnel followestablished procedures beforemaking the decision to delayor cancel school. Timeline3 a.m. – 4:45 a.m.
• Transportation directormonitors local weather condi-tions and forecasts on radio,television, and local time/temperature (547-1111); checkscomputerized radar screens;talks with officials of neigh-boring school districts; andcommunicates with state andcounty highway departmentsas well as 911 emergencyservices.4:45 a.m. – 5:45 a.m.
• Four district administra-tors, who stay in contact bycell phone, travel roads in dif-ferent geographical areas ofMeade County. 5:45 a.m.
• District administratorsreport back to the board ofeducation, continue to moni-tor weather conditions, andmake decision about schedulechanges. This decision mustbe determined by 6 a.m., asthe first bus driver begins herroute at 6:15 a.m.6 a.m.
• Decision is announcedon WMMG radio, 93.5 FM.
• Four Louisville televi-sion stations are notified.
• All bus drivers andschool administrators are con-tacted.
• E-mail notification is sentto subscribers of MeadeCounty Schools’ listserv.
• Message is recorded onboard telephone’s voice mailsystem, 422-7500.
If weather conditions dete-
riorate while buses are inroute, we hold buses at ele-mentary schools until roadshave improved sufficiently fortravel to the middle and highschools.
At times, schools may bedelayed one or two hours toensure that buses are travel-ing in daylight hours anddrivers have increased visibil-ity. In case of any delay, par-ents and students should con-tinue to listen to WMMG 93.5as weather conditions maywarrant other schedulechanges.Communication
First and foremost, we tele-phone Dave Clark at WMMG93.5 – either at his homephone, cell phone, or workphone – so that announce-ments can be aired when thestation signs on at 6 a.m. Wemaintain continued contactwith WMMG 93.5, as neces-sary, to provide updates forthe community.
Again, school delays of one
or two hours may at timesresult in cancellations, so par-ents and students should con-tinue to listen to the radio sta-tion.
We telephone WHASradio, 840 AM, as well as allfour Louisville television sta-tions, WHAS, WAVE, WLKYand FOX. (Because televisionsystems are automated, localupdates may not be broadcastas quickly as they are onWMMG 93.5 radio.)
We have previously com-municated with elementaryparents and maintain recordsof any transportation changesthat children should followon days of early dismissal ormid-day cancellations ofafternoon preschool pro-grams.
A copy of snow routes haspreviously been sent homewith students, published inThe News Standard andMeade County Messenger,and posted on the MeadeCounty Schools’ web site
(www.meade.k12.ky.us). Snow routes may vary in
cases of extreme weather andunsafe road conditions. Inthat case, we will ask parentsto meet buses at main roads.
All announcements ofdelays or cancellations arecommunicated electronicallyto subscribers of the listserv(www.meade.k12.ky.us).
All bus drivers have cellphones on their buses forcommunication with districtor school staff.
Our bus drivers, who com-plete an extensive amount oftraining, do an outstandingjob in providing safe trans-portation for Meade County’sstudents each day.
In addition, our bus garagestaff is at work at 6:30 a.m.,
and the receptionist at theboard office reports at 7 a.m.
District and school staffmembers also handle unusualsituations with any schedulechanges, but again the well-being of our students is ourforemost concern.
Even with all informationthat we receive from themedia and technology, and inspite of all precautions thatwe take, Mother Nature maystill not cooperate.
Therefore, parents mustalways use their best judg-ment in making decisionsabout the transportation oftheir children.
We all have the same goal— making sure that our stu-dents leave and return homesafely each and every day.
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FRANKFORT – Foster par-ents Virginia and GlennReynolds were sure they wouldnever adopt, even after they fellin love with their foster child,Christina, eight years ago.
Virginia Reynolds saidChristina “was definitelygoing to stay with us whetherwe adopted her or not.” As afoster child bound for college,Christina qualified for tuitionassistance to Kentuckyschools. But the family didn’tthink that help was an optionfor adopted children.
“We had to do what wethought would be most benefi-cial for her,” Reynolds said.
The choice became clearerto the Mercer County couple,who has fostered more than 70kids since 1986, when theylearned about the adoptiontuition assistance benefit, astate subsidy that pays fortuition to in-state public col-leges or technical schools.
“We didn’t think we couldafford to send her to college,”without the waiver, Reynoldssaid. “That was the only hesita-tion we had.” Learning that thewaiver is available for adoptivechildren was a blessing, she said.
Now Christina, adopted in2003, is an 18-year-old fresh-man studying social work atWestern Kentucky University.The Reynoldses are one ofmany Kentucky families whoseadopted children have quali-fied for the waiver, made pos-sible through a law enacted in2001 from a bill sponsored byRep. Steve Nunn, R-Glasgow.
The Kentucky Cabinet forHealth and Family Services,which administers the benefit,has been promoting adoptionduring November, proclaimedAdoption Awareness Month byGovernor Ernie Fletcher.
Cabinet Secretary Mark D.Birdwhistell said the waiverchanges lives.
“Not only does it give chil-dren an opportunity for furthereducation, but it may alsoencourage more families toadopt,” he said.
Gov. Fletcher said thetuition waiver is an importantbenefit to adoptive families.
“All parents want to be ableto give their children everypossible opportunity,” he said.“With this benefit, adoptiveparents have help to makehigher education a reality fortheir children.”
The benefit waives tuitionand mandatory student fees foreligible adopted children atpublic postsecondary institu-tions, including schools in theKentucky Community andTechnical College System.Students must complete anapplication for financial aid,and the amount of a waiver isreduced by the amount of anyaid or other assistance, exclud-ing loans.
Applying for the assistanceis simple, Reynolds said.
“Christina did it all online,”she said. “Now we know what
to do when our (adopted)daughter, Ashley, prepares forcollege in a few years.”
Mike Grimes, manager forthe cabinet’s Adoption ServicesBranch, said families thinkingabout adoption have access toseveral other forms of assis-tance, like subsidies, trainingand mentoring groups. Parentsneed to know they don’t haveto go it alone once they make acommitment to adopt, he said.
"There is a whole supportnetwork for adoptive families,”he said. “Not only does thestate do its part to sustainadoptive families through ben-efits like tuition assistance andreimbursements, but alsomembers of the adoption com-munity are very active andhelpful to one another.”
Barbara and Glen Gollihue’stwo adopted children, Becciand Darren, both 21, used thewaiver. Darren attendedMorehead State University forone year, and Becci went to cos-metology school for two years,receiving her certification lastyear. She’ll get her master’s cer-tification next month.
Becci could take advantageof the waiver again. Studentsmay be eligible for the tuitionwaiver for up to four yearsafter high school graduation,or up to five years after beingadmitted to a college or post-secondary school.
Grimes said the tuitionwaiver is a boon for parentswho are considering adoptingteens and think they may nothave time to save for college,
or for families with two ormore children close in age.
Donna Morton, administra-tor of the cabinet’s Bridges ofHope Neighborhood Place inLouisville, and her formerhusband have three children.Rick, 25, and John, 21, areadopted.
Rick is on a break fromschool, and John attendsJefferson Community Collegeand will transfer to theUniversity of Louisville.
“The waiver was a tremen-dous help for us,” Morton said.
For more information aboutadoption or the tuition waiverfor adopted children, log on tohttp://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dpp/adoptionservices.htm or call(800) 232-KIDS.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Make your holiday prepa-rations one step at a time in order to avoid being overwhelmedand leaving things undone. That confusing family situation con-tinues to work itself out.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Ease this year’s holidaymoney pressures by letting your thrifty side guide you as youlook for those perfect gifts that typically reflect your good tasteand love of beauty.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’ll have a good handleon potential holiday problems if you delegate tasks to familymembers, friends or co-workers — most of whom will be morethan happy to help out.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Right now you are espe-cially vulnerable to holiday scams that seek to take advantage ofyour generosity. Best advice: Check them out before you sendout your checks.
LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) The upcoming holiday seasongives the Big Cat much to purr about. Relationships growstronger, and new opportunities loom on the horizon, just wait-ing to be pounced on.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) A changing situationbrings conflicting advice about how to go forward with yourholiday plans. Your best bet: Make the decision you feel mostcomfortable with.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Holiday plans get back ontrack after some confusion about the direction you expected totake. A potentially troublesome money matter needs your imme-diate attention.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your holiday prepara-tions are on track. But you need to confront a personal situationwhile you can still keep it from overwhelming everything else.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Tight financialmatters ease a bit during this holiday season. But the sagaciousSagittarian is well-advised to keep a tight hold on the reins whileshopping for gifts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Don’t put off makingdecisions about this year’s holiday celebrations, despite the negativecomments you’ve been getting from several quarters. Do it NOW!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) The holidays will bringnew friends and new opportunities. Meanwhile, be careful to useyour energy wisely as you go about making holiday preparations.
PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) There’s good news com-ing from a most unlikely source. And it could turn out to be oneof the best holiday gifts you have had in years. Remember tostay positive.
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Meade County Coach JoshHurt said his team startedplaying fundamental defenseand stopped reaching andfouling but was still able toget deflections by jumpinginto the Tigers’ passing lanes.
“Our pressure finally brokethem down,” he said. “It took alittle while, but we stayed withit and we didn’t panic. Theyput 10 on us in a hurry, and Iwas a little worried aboutwhere we were going. But afterthe first four or five minutes,they only had 12 points the restof the game, and what we didwas we got down into a stanceand quit the silly stuff.”
Meade senior guardJasmine Newby, aBreckinridge County native,said it was great to get theteam’s first win of the seasonagainst her home county.
“We practice defense a lotand I really love playingdefense,” Newby said. “It wasvery important to get our firstwin.”
Meade also out-reboundedBreckinridge 41-17, 24rebounds coming on the offen-sive glass.
“Another big key was wedidn’t block out andrebound,” Phillips said.“Meade County does a goodjob of hitting the offensiveglass, and we didn’t do a goodjob blocking out at all.”
Phillips said giving Meadeso many chances to score ulti-mately led to the blowout.
“It was that second andthird shot that killed us,” hesaid. “We were satisfied withwhat we were giving up outof the zone we were playing.They were taking shots thatweren’t going in, and we justcouldn’t get the rebound. Ifwe could have taken care ofthe shots they didn’t make,we’d have been OK.”
The Meade County benchhad its best showing of theyoung season and got to playa lot of minutes, outscoringthe Breckinridge bench 20-4.Hurt said he knew it would
happen sooner or later.“Tonight — you always
have to look for your opportu-nities — they got an opportu-nity and I think they showedextremely well. They came in,and when you go to yourbench, the hope is to keep thegame right where it is, and weextended (the lead). I thoughtour bench play was huge.”
Junior guard Melinda Hurtled the way for the reserveswith six points, two rebounds,three assists and two steals in15 minutes. Freshman guardCaroline Wilson added fourpoints, two rebounds, an assistand four steals in 12 minutes.
Hurt said he has a fieryteam, but the players need tonot get too high or too low.
“Our team is a team thatenjoys each other, they playhard together, and whenthings are right, the smiles ontheir faces,” he said. “Theyplay hard, they’re diving forloose balls and doing all thesethings, but conversely, whenyou are an emotional team —and I would classify us as anemotional team — and it’s notgoing well, you get the oppo-site of that.
“You get your feet standingstill and you start questioningwhat you’re doing. You haveto have a positive mental atti-tude, get everybody workingtogether, and we’ll have morenights like this.”
On Monday night, theLady Waves scored 35 pointsduring a furious fourth-quar-ter rally but fell short, losing81-75 in a trip to Ohio County.
Ohio forced Meade into 35turnovers and committed 20.Hurt said his team must useevery possession to keepimproving.
“We have to take better careof the ball and not have somany turnovers,” he said.“They are a very physicalteam, much like Bullitt East,and we have to try and keepthem off the line next time. Butthey’re just really physical andtheir press will cause a lot ofturnovers out of their traps.You have to have people in theright spots to receive the pass.”
Free throw shooting, whichwas a concern after the firstcouple of games, has sinceimproved. After shooting
about 43 percent againstGrayson County, Meade shotabout 68 percent againstBreckinridge and 72 percentagainst Ohio.
The defense has also beenoutstanding, as the LadyWaves have held their lastthree opponents to less than40 percent shooting — includ-ing just more than 23 percentfor Breckinridge.
Meade also has been domi-nant on the glass, out-rebounding opponents by anaverage of almost 13 per game.Despite the loss, the LadyWaves out-rebounded OhioCounty by 23, 46-23. Hurt saidrebounding takes total teameffort, and he applauded thework done by senior forwardKayla Stull — the team’s lead-ing rebounder on the season at10.4 per game.
“We rebound as a team, butKayla is a big part of it,” hesaid. “And Kayla Fackler, eventhough she doesn’t have a lotof size, she’s very athletic andshe can really get to a lot ofballs with her jumping ability.
Hurt said he also is pleasedwith the rebounding he getsfrom his guards.
“Jasmine and Mindy(Oliver) are really goodrebounders, and we just try tohave them in the right posi-tions and area on the floor,”
he said. “You don’t want tohave everyone trying torebound from the same spot.”
This Saturday, the LadyWaves will take on the LadyHornets of Hancock County.Hurt said Hancock is a decentteam that plays a “grind-it-outgame.”
“Hancock is a team thatlikes to slow it down and theyjust beat Breckinridge 41-38 onSaturday in a close game,” hesaid. They typically score inthe 30s and 40s, so that tellsyou a little about the pace theyplay. They’re going to try andslow it down, and we’re goingto try and make them run.”
Next week, the girls willplay in the Shively SportingGoods Lady BruinsInvitational at Central HardinHigh School. The tournamentconsists of eight teams in twopools — A and B.
Meade is in pool B and willget a re-match with OhioCounty at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday. On Thursday,Meade takes on NelsonCounty at 6 p.m., and Friday,the Lady Waves play St.Francis at 10:30 a.m.
The two teams with thebest records from each poolwill play for the champi-onship at 7:30 p.m. Friday.Box score:Lady Waves 61, Lady Tigers
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Junior forward Kayla Fackler whips around with oneof her seven boards for the Lady Waves. Fackler andher teammates destroyed Breck on the glass 41-24.
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Freshman Carly Evans gets into the act for the LadyWaves. The Meade County bench has improved over thelast couple of games and made some key contributions.
