2011.01.14 The News Standard

By Jennifer CorbettThe News Standard

Due to a signifi cant infl ux in students, the Kentucky De-partment of Education is in over their head.

They didn’t anticipate such a large increase in student population and in turn, are facing a $49.3 million short-fall.

Meade County Schools Fi-nancial Offi cer Susan Fackler brought this issue in front of the board at Tuesday night’s board meeting. She attended

a Web site seminar Friday, Jan. 7, and was told about possible budget cuts.

Fackler cited an e-mail she received from Terry Holliday, commissioner for the Ken-tucky Department of Educa-tion, as to what happened and possible budget cuts for the county.

The e-mail, which was handed out to board mem-

bers, references the “SEEK Formula,” which is used to provide funding for Ken-tucky Public Schools based upon their attendancerecords.

Holliday wrote, “pursuant to KRS 157.430 and 702 KAR 3:270, the Kentucky Depart-ment of Education is required to perform statutorily man-dated calculations for the fi -

nal SEEK and make a pro rata percentage reduction for all districts to accounts for this shortfall.

This will impact the SEEK payments for April, May, and June 2011. This also means that January growth and increases in assessment calculations, as derived un-der KRS 157.360 will not be included in the fi nal SEEK

calculation, because ofinsuffi cient funds.”

According to the e-mail, SEEK is a main source of revenue for Meade County, and per the current state bud-get, Meade County schools should receive $4,420 per student in attendance for the 2010-11 school year.

However, due to substan-tial growth, the amount of funds budgeted by the state legislature are insuffi cient by $49.3 million.

“As a result of this shortfall, Meade County schools 2010-11 SEEK revenue is being cut

by $502,803,” Fackler said, adding that the majority of the cuts will come from their general funds balance and the building fund balance.

This information was shared with the board since this hardly ever happens, Fackler said.

“Only one other time in recent history (in spring 2006) has this happened and the reduction was only $47,000,” she added. “This time the state is shorting ourbudget by $500,000 that

By Brian GravesThe News Standard

It wasn’t that long ago Meade County was off for Christmas and New Year’s. A little snow and ice wasn’t that much of a hindrance when ev-eryone was vacationinganyway.

But, when it hits and there’s work to do, that’s when it becomes more ir-ritating than beautiful.

Local residents woke up Tuesday morning with snow amounts rang-ing from an inch to four inches in their yards.

Meade County stu-dents got at least two days off and, with the prospect of refreezing roads, spent Wednesday wondering if the latest vacation could last the entire week.

Area children took full advantage of the frozen particles which allowed them to trade notebooks and school buses for snowballs and sleds.

Even the high school

parking lot was turned into a winter playground.

It is that refreezing that may keep the snow around for a while.

Judge/Executive Gerry Lynn praised the efforts of road crews Tuesday night at a Fiscal Court meeting that was almost canceled because of the weather.

The National Weath-er Service (NWS) on Wednesday was calling for temperatures to stay below freezing until at least Saturday with wind chills reaching the single digits.

Friday’s forecast even calls for some partly sunny skies to reemerge which could help fur-ther with snowy roadconditions.

However, winter is not over and the NWS there is the potential for anoth-er snow Saturday with the possibilities increas-ing through the middle of next week.

More sleighing pictures on page A2.

Submitted by Meade Activity Center BRANDENBURG — Dan Rather,

the legendary and award-winning journalist, will share insights about his life, his career, and mo-mentous world events during a February 8 visit to

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Meade County, Kentucky Volume 5, No. 15Friday, January 14, 2011

Meade County 's Award-Winning Paper for the People

County schools facing $500,000 shortfall in state cuts

Fiscal Court appoints board assignments to magistrates,A7

See BUDGET, Page A9

Newsman Dan Rather will be guest in Meade

See GUEST, Page A7

Agriculture............. A12Business................. A11Local Happenings... A8Court News............ A5Faith...................... A6Features.................. A10Games.................... B7 Heritage................. B12Marketplace........... B8Obituaries.............. A3Viewpoints............. A4Outdoors............... B4Sports..................... B1TV Listings.............. B5Youth..................... B11

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Tue1/18

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Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s.

Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the low 30s.

Snow showers at times. Highs in the upper 30s and lows in the upper 20s.

Rain and snow showers. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the mid 20s.

A few snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s and lows in the upper teens.

A few snow showers. Highs in the

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Rain and snow showers. Highs in the

Snow showers at times. Highs

Making good times of a cold and blustery winter

Dan Rather

See SECURITY, Page A7

County gov’ts rethink local security plan

A look back at yesteryear CORRECTION

In the January 7 issue, The News Standard featured an article by Gerry Fischer headlined ‘Education and perspec-tive give life changing ex-perience,’ in which Ricky Dowell was referred to as Charles Dowell. We apologize for the error.

See POLICY, Page A2

Non-residency policy debated at school board

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This picture from the archives of Ursula Ory represents a combination of the old and the new. Dated in the mid-1960s, the photograph’s foreground shows the ferry that was once used to cross the Ohio River. In the background looms the beginnings of the new Brandenburg Bridge, then under construction at a cost of $5.5 million, which made ferry service obsolete. Construction of the bridge began August 1964 and carried its fi rst traffi c on Nov. 19, 1966.

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Johnny Lee sleds down a popular slope next to Meade County High School during the recent snow storm.


If two high school students have at-tended Meade County Schools their entire academic career, then had to move across the county line, remained in school for another year, and then were told because of a new policy they would have to leave, should they be forced to?

That is the long and complicated question being asked of the Meade County School Board by a grandmother


The shooting last weekend in a Tuc-son, Arizona parking lot that serious wounded a congresswomen and killed six others has caused local offi cials to rethink security measures taken for public meetings.

Both Judge/Executive Gerry Lynn and Brandenburg Mayor David Pace said Saturday’s event made them more

“Only one other time in recent history (in spring 2006) has thishappened and the reduction was only $47,000,”

Susan Fackler /Meade County Schools Financial Offi cer

HIGHLIGHTMonday, January 17 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY — No school; Meade County Cout-house, Meade County Public Library and Vine Grove City Hall will be closed for the holiday.

concering her two grand-daughters.

Carolyn Redmon, a woman who has been ap-pointed power of attorney for her daughter, Kristi Board, is fighting to keep her granddaughters, Josie and Kayla, enrolled in Meade County schools.

According to Redmon, Josie and Kayla have at-tended school in Meade County their entire lives. But due to their parents’ jobs, they had to move to Breckinridge County —two miles past county borders in June 2009.

This comes in the shad-ow of the recent school board decision to take away non-resident con-tracts with surrounding counties during over-crowding in their schools.

However, nothing was said to the family about the change in residency until June 1, 2010, Redmon said.

Redmon met with Direc-tor of Pupil Personnel Ja-son Sutton to discuss that matter in hopes of getting

a non-resident transfer con-tract signed.

“That was given to him June 9,” Redmon said. “Ja-son got back with us ... with-out looking at our papers the last week in July and said Meade County didn’t have a contract with Breck County and (Josie and Kay-la) weren’t accepted as non-residents.”

Redmon said she showed Sutton her power of attor-ney shortly after he notifi ed the family that Kayla and Josie were disqualifi ed.

Redmon then contacted Margaret Matney, who was the Meade County Attorney at the time, and went before Judge Shan Embry. Unoffi -cially, what resulted is they decided the power of attor-ney was still suffi cient.

“Then, approximately the last week in October, Ja-son got with me and Kristi and said it wasn’t going to work,” Redmon said.

For the board meeting, Redmon compiled a list of documents supporting that Josie and Kayla would ben-efi t more in Meade County rather than Breckinridge County, due to the fact that Breckinridge County is cur-

rently restructuring their system due to low KCCT scores.

Redmon cited the No Child Left Behind Act, which states in order for a student to achieve their highest potential, no school under corrective ac-tion or restructuring may be included.

“My bottom line is be-cause the NCLB requires you to reach across county lines,” Redmon said to the board. “I’m asking you to accept the application from Josie and Kayla for non-resident transfer. By the way … we have spoken with (Breckinridge Superinten-dent Janet Meeks) and in her opinion, Josie and Kayla are under the current contract that Meade County has with Breckinridge County.

“I ask you all to look at this openly and I would like to tell you if we do not settle this positively here, meaning Josie and Kayla continue going to school in Meade County, the next step I will go to the state and then I will do a congres-sional inquiry,” Redmon said. “If I have to go to court, I will go to court.”

Board member Belinda

Cross brought up the point that Meade County has so many different people com-ing to them and wanting to attend school here. Cross asked Redmon how her situ-ation stood out, so that they wouldn’t have an infl ux of people wanting to come at-tend schools in their crowd-ed buildings. The board said they have to stay focused on the students in Meade County, since that is their fi rst priority.

“It’s the simple fact that Josie and Kayla have at-tended Meade County schools their whole life,” Redmon said.

Matney said she has not fully researched the matter, but to her understanding, due to the Breckinridge County school system reconstruction, Breckinridge would have to “pay for the transportation of those students over here because they are failing to meet the education needs of those students and under the NCLB they would be re-quired to do that.”

Redmon brought up the issue that she personally knows of at least fi ve stu-dents attending school in Meade County who live in

either Hardin County or Jef-ferson County.

Sutton said he has differ-ent methods of fi nding that information — whether it be riding a school bus, talking to neighbors or meeting people at their house.

“I told Carolyn this … give me the names and if I can fi nd them, I’ll tell them the same thing I’ll tell you,” Sutton said. “We try to treat everybody fair and equally when we fi nd them.”

Superintendent Mitch Crump promised Redmon he would look at this situa-tion the same way he would with any other individual.

“We will take it as fl attery that you do want to come here to Meade County,” Crump said. “I think we do have a great school system. One of the things I do know is if you live in Meade County, that is our fi rst obligation.”

Crump explained that the school board has had recip-rocal agreements with West Point, Hardin County, Eliza-bethtown and Breckinridge County in the past.

“The reason we shut that down is because we can no longer take non-resident stu-dents is because we are get-

ting too many,” Crump said, adding that at one point they had to house students in por-table classrooms and trail-ers just to make room. They couldn’t even hire more teachers because they simply didn’t have the room.

“So when we’re that crowded and try to educate our own…our fi rst obliga-tion is our kids,” Crump aid. “We’ll look at this. But I recommend to the board, as we have with other people…we can’t open the doors for 700. The NCLB does have some language in it and I don’t want to dispute what (Redmon) said, but when you start transporting we have to agree to accept those students. We’ve had Har-din County, as well as Breck County, ask us if we could accept NCLB and we’ve had to refuse for the simple rea-son of what we said. We’re at capacity.”

In the end, Redmon said that they were told that Josie and Kayla need to be out of Meade County schools by Feb. 1 and “that’s not going tohappen.”

“We’re worried about Josie and Kayla and that’s all,” Redmon said.

A2 - The News Standard Friday, January 14, 2011NEWS

PolicyFrom page A1

Measurable snowfall has made great sleighing at popular slope


LEFT: Lance White gives his daughter, Emi a push on her inner tube. ABOVE: Ethan White, of Battletown, goes down the slope with the wool pulled over his eyes. RIGHT: Cody Lee gets a shove from Tyler Crow at the slope near the Meade County High School in Brandenburg.

Friday, January 14, 2011 The News Standard - A3OBITUARIES

Michael Anthony YatesMr. Michael Anthony Yates, 48, of Louisville, Ky., died

Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, in Winchester, Ky. Mr. Yates is survived by a daughter, Tasha Perkins of

Louisville, Ky.; his ex-wife, Loretta Yates of Louisville, Ky.; two granddaughters, Raelyn and Nautica Perkins; his father, Charles Walter Yates of Louisville, Ky.; and a sister, Sharon Eppler of Louisville, Ky.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2011, at the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home, with burial in Bethany Memorial Gardens. Online condo-lences may be left at www.hagerfuneralhome.com.

Anna Laree Carman VertreesAnna Laree Carman Vertrees, 85 of Big Spring, Ky.,

died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at her residence. She was born in Breckinridge County on May 26,

1925, the daughter of the late Herbert and Martha Stin-nett Carman.

Mrs. Vertrees was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, reading — especially her Bible and recipes, cooking and gardening. A grandmother who loved to give hugs and spend time with her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her son, Kevin Vertrees, and her twin sister, Hannah Piotrowsky.

Survived by her husband of 58 years, Roy M. Ver-trees of Big Spring, Ky.; three children, Trina Allen of Garfield, Ky., Shelia Webb and Eric Vertrees both of Big Spring, Ky.; five grandchildren, Scott Allen, Camilla Cox, Chris Webb, Matthew Vertrees and Kevin Vertrees; two great-grandchildren, Dylan Dox and Noah Allen; sister, Virginia Brown of Florida.

Funeral services were held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home with Rev. Frank McCallum officiating. Burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery near Bewleyville, Ky.

Blanche Rita BickettSister Blanche Rita Bickett, 98, an Ursuline Sister of Mount

Saint Joseph, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 80th year of religious life. A native of Uniontown, Sis-ter Blanche Rita ministered at St. Martin Convent in Flaherty,

Ky., from 1947-48. She served in the Archdiocese of Louisville from 1935-52. From 1952-89, she ministered at the Ursuline Sisters Motherhouse, fi rst as kitchen co-ordinator, then laundry coordi-nator for 45 years.

Survivors include nieces and good friends, and the members of her religious community.

Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at Mount Saint Joseph with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m. Glenn Funeral Home and Cre-matory, Owensboro, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial gifts

for Sister Blanche Rita may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.

Sgt. Major David CollinsSgt. Major (Retired) David Collins, 70, of Radcliff, Ky., died

Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at Hosparus In Patient Care Center in Lou-isville, Ky. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Violet Collins.He is survived by his moth-

er, Mildred Collins of Russell Springs, Ky.; an uncle, Welby Collins; a brother and sister-in-law, Forrest and Roberta Prather and a niece, Carol Harris all of Louisville, Ky.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Radcliff, Ky., with Rev. Ron Burgess offi ciating. Burial will be in the North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff, Ky., with military honors. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at the funeral home. Expressions of Sympathy may take the form of contributions to: Hosparus of Central KY. 105 Diecks Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.

Dwight David “Gus” GusterDwight David “Gus” Guster, 54, of Radcliff, Ky., died Friday,

Jan. 7, 2011, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky. SFC, U. S. Army retired, Guster was a member of D.A.V. Chapter No. 156 in Radcliff, Ky. He had Daddy Guster’s Bar-b-que and was

enrolled at Elizabethtown Com-munity Technical College in the Culinary Art Department.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Versie Guster; and two brothers, Bennie Bass and Don Guster.

He is survived by his wife, Casandra Guster; and 10 brothers and sisters, Mary Walls, Car-rie Oats, James Guster, George Guster, Tim Guster, Mike Guster, Joe Guster, Cleo Rollins, Ronald Guster and Charles Guster.

A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Service in Radcliff, Ky., with Rev. Franklin D. Oates offi ciating. A committal service will follow with military honors at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff, Ky. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.

Edward D. Paul Edward D. Paul, 91, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died Thursday,

Jan. 6, 2011, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. He was a member of Vine Grove United Methodist Church and Vine Grove Masonic Lodge No. 603 F. & A. M.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dolores Moore; a brother, Odie Paul; and a sister, Glennie Sharp. He is survived by his wife, Nellie Frances Paul of Elizabethtown, Ky.; a daugh-ter and son-in-law, Dorothy and John Vaught of Elizabethtown, Ky.; two granddaughters, Rhon-da and Tom Aldred of Louis-ville, Ky., and Kim Downs of Georgia; a grandson, Eddie and Tonia Raine of Texas; three step-grandchildren, Jennifer and Bo Thompson of Tennessee, Greg Vaught of Elizabethtown, Ky., and Amy and Rob Pollard of In-

diana; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Glynn Moore of Clarkson; two sisters, Beulah Blair and Tommie Wright; and a brother, Pearman Paul.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Radcliff, Ky., with Rev. John Vaught and Rev. Charles Kiser offi ciating. Burial fol-lowed in the North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff, Ky. A masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.

Lucy Belle Blake BoardLucy Belle Blake Board, 105, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at

Indian Creek Rehab Center in Corydon, Ind. She was preceded in death by her parents; seven siblings;

her husband of 66 years, E.T. (Jack) Board; her daughter; son-in-law, Jeanne and Niles Redden Sr., and a grandson, Mark Redden.

She is survived by one daughter, Lucy Shacklett, of Battle-town, Ky.; six grandsons, 16 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was a devoted wife, mother and neighbor. She loved go-ing to church at Corydon Baptist Church. She was a caregiver. She nursed her mother at 14 years of age after surgery and also helped her mother cook for threshing crews. She played a pump organ at church as a teenager. She was baptized in the Ohio River at age 16. She was an excellent cook, seamstress and housekeeper. She is already a legend in her family and a source of many happy memories.

The funeral was held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at the chapel of Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home in Corydon, Ind. The funeral was offi ciated by her grandson, Chaplain/Major Jerry Shacklett of the Kentucky National Guard.

Virginia K. HardinVirginia K. Hardin, 69 of Brandenburg, Ky., died Sunday, Jan.

9, 2011, at Hardin Memorial Hospital.She was born in Breckinridge County on May 20, 1941, the

daughter of the late Willie and Thelma Ferry Hale. She was a homemaker who enjoyed watch-ing TV, especially wrestling, fl ower gardening and knitting.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Emmitt and David Hale and sister, Mildred Carty.

Virginia is survived by her husband, William Harold Har-din of Brandenburg, Ky.; fi ve children, Crystal Greenwell of Brandenburg, Ky., David Laslie of McDaniels, Ky., James Laslie of Ekron, Ky., Jeff Laslie and Barry Laslie of Brandenburg, Ky.; broth-er, Edgar Hale of Louisville, Ky.; sister, Margaret Fuqua of Clover-port, Ky.; six grandchildren and

seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home with burial in the Cap Anderson Cemetery in Brandenburg, Ky. Charles Bernard Clark

Charles Bernard Clark, 86, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died Tues-day, Jan. 11, 2011, at North Hardin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Radcliff, Ky.

Mr. Clark, a World War II Army veteran, retired from the civil service plumbing depart-ment at Fort Knox with 38 years of service. His memberships in-clude: Stovall United Methodist Church; American Legion Post No. 146; and held the position of president of the Rolling Fork Beagle Club for 50 years.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Dennis and Wayne Clark; his parents, Hugh and Daisy Clark; and two brothers, Sonny and Leon Clark.

He is survived by his wife, Gladys Byerly Clark; a son and daughter-in-law, Charles E. and Judi Clark of Elizabethtown, Ky.; a daughter, Denise Clark Hester of Flaherty, Ky.; a sister, Caro-lyn Foushee of Vine Grove, Ky.; a brother, Gene Clark of Vine Grove, Ky.; three grandchildren, Melaine Emery, Jeremy Hester and Stacey Tikhtman; and six

great-grandchildren.The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 2011,

at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Vine Grove, Ky., with Pastor Jonathan Carl offi ciating. Burial will be in the St. Brigid Cemetery in Vine Grove, Ky. The visitation will be on Fri-day, Jan. 14, 2011, after 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Condolences may be expressed online at www.nebfh.com.

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While kneeling in church a few weeks ago, I glanced to my left and noticed a pretty young girl praising the Lord. I also became aware of her lower back tattoo, as her pants were a little low and her shirt was raised a bit above her waistline in the back.

The most interesting thing about this observation was the fact that I wasn’t really surprised at all that a girl her age would not only have a tattoo but that I might see it at church.

There was a time, maybe 20 or 30 years ago, when mentioning the word “tat-too” in conversation sum-moned images of motorcy-cle club members, military men, and hard-core rebels.

Well, not any more. Tattoos have become so mainstream recently that they are hardly even ac-knowledged in most cir-cles these days.

I was really surprised to see that there are many high school students who have chosen, with their parents

consent if under 18 years of age, to take the permanent leap and get inked up be-fore graduation.

My aunt got a tattoo for her 50th birthday and I have witnessed more but-terflies on ankles and Jap-anese writing on biceps recently than I care to ever look at again.

Tattoos, at one time, were a right of passage into adulthood or used as an initiation into a group or told a story, expressed an ideal or remembered some-one… we rarely saw tat-toos that “looked cute” or accentuated the ankle with a “dainty” little fl ower as an accessory. Boys and girls growing up in suburbia are tatted up like they just got out of prison.

Times have changed.Now, before you get your

low-rise panties in a bunch, you must realize where my critical observations are coming from.

I have not yet revealed whether I like or dislike tattoos, nor is it any of my business if a person decides to have full body tattoos if they choose to do so.

As a matter of fact, I per-sonally have two tattoos that are 20 years old, a bit

faded and completely ir-relevant to this chapter of my life.

While in my late teens and early twenties my best friend and I thought we would be adventure-some and a bit rebellious and head to Tattoo Char-lie’s for what we thought would be an outward sign of our unique individual-ism… we wanted to defy our parents.

I now have two perma-nent reminders that when young and impulsive, one tends to make rash choices without thoughts to the future.

Needless to say, I cannot wait to fi nd a quick, easy and cost effective way to remove them.

Unfortunately, these op-tions do not as of yet exist. Tattoo removal is expen-sive, time consuming and painful.

The fl ipside of the coin will reveal that I actually like tattoos. Let me rephrase that…I like some tattoos.

A young lady at the pool last summer had a gorgeous, Asian inspired flowering dogwood tree on her side and back that I found very artistic and appealing and I have seen

and commented on others when I happen upon one that catches my eye.

I guess my biggest prob-lem with the plethora of ink activity happens to be that while trying to be unique and individualis-tic by getting a tattoo we have instead become just one of the many who have followed a trend.

Where is the uniqueness and rarity of doing some-thing that others won’t if everyone, including your child’s music teacher or Girl Scout leader partakes in the activity?

Everyone, from the checkout clerk at Kroger to the teller at the bank has a little something here or there.

I find it funny, in ret-rospect, that I am more surprised when someone doesn’t have a tattoo and their skin is clean and ink free than when I notice a tattoo.

Like I said before, I’m not opposed to tattoos or the lack of tattoos, I’m actually pretty neutral on the subject.

I’m probably just old and jaded, after all, ev-eryone’s doing it, why not you?

President Barack Obama’s fi rst two years in offi ce were for the ages: Rarely has so much been spent so wanton-ly with so little discernible public benefi t.

Non-defense discretionary spending accounted for $434 billion of the federal budget in 2008, without widespread deprivation or riots in the streets. This was the year that then-candidate Obama promised to scour the budget line by line for wastefulness and said in one of the presi-dential debates that his pro-gram would be a net spend-ing cut.

In 2010, such spending was $537 billion of the bud-get, a 24 percent increase. Throw in the stimulus and its $259 billion of discretionary spending — a category that

excludes entitlements — and the run-up is much higher. Most departments saw dou-ble-digit increases, and some saw triple-digit increases. For the federal government, 2008-2010 were the fat years.

Congress passed bills without knowing what was in them, and took the reces-sion as warrant to spend with no serious regard to merit or consequences. The resulting bursting-at-the-seams federal behemoth is about to have its turn on “The Biggest Loser.”

The election of 2010 wasn’t about the two parties getting along, although all things being equal many people would prefer that they did; it wasn’t about defeating incumbents, although many of them lost; it was about a simple three-word slogan that captured the essence of the Republican program: “Stop the Spending.”

Since the end of the Bush administration, the Demo-cratic plaint has been that

Republicans are shameless budget poseurs. They talk like fi scal hawks, but they never deliver. The tea party opposes government only in theory. This line of argument will soon be abandoned in favor of the charge that Re-publicans are waging an un-precedentedly cruel assault on the federal budget.

This is not Tom DeLay’s Republican Congress, fat and happy in Washington. It is fi red with an ardor to deliver on its promise to limit gov-ernment. Nearly 90 members of the Republican caucus are freshmen, shaped in the cru-cible of the Tea Party. In the context of the House Repub-lican caucus, Budget Com-mittee Chairman Paul Ryan — who has a far-reaching plan to reform taxes and en-titlements — is practically the establishment.

The fi rst order of business is to take non-defense dis-cretionary spending back to 2008 levels. A two-year roll-

back doesn’t sound overlyambitious, even though itwould represent more thana 20 percent cut in spending.This would be a spectacularfeat, less like turning an oceanliner around than throwing itin reverse and backing it up.Every inertial force in Wash-ington will resist this change.

House Republicans willhave to match their zeal withstrategic canny. The largerargument over the size ofgovernment in this country isfar from settled. The Republi-can political goal must be tomake a government-cuttingagenda seem reasonable andpracticable rather than theobverse of Obama’s spend-ing recklessness.

After a carnival of spend-ing, it is the Lenten season.It is time to refl ect on and re-pent of our excess. The ques-tion is no longer how muchmore, it’s how much less. Thebinge is over.

Rich Lowry is editor of theNational Review.

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Editorial“The bill needs a doctor”

Last week, the new Republican-majority House of Representatives began debate on a move to repeal the health insurance bill passed last year.

The massive bill, widely recognized as “ObamaCare,” was passed in a fl urry of fast and secretive deliberations and rushed through the Congress without many of the specifi cs included in the more than 1,000 pages revealed to the public.

Even former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, dur-ing a March 2010 speech to the Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties, made the state-ment, “But, we have to pass the bill so that you can fi nd out what’s in it.”

There are some who have read it — especially busi-nesses — and their reactions as to what effect the bill will have on them has not been widely reported.

Here are some examples:• “3M Company confi rmed it would eventually stop

offering its health-insurance plan to retirees citing the fed-eral health overhaul as a factor.” — Wall Street Journal.

• “AARP’s endorsement helped secure passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Now, the seniors’ lobby is telling its employees their insurance costs will rise partly as a result of the law.” — Associated Press.

• “Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska estimates the new (health care) law will cause premiums to in-crease by 1 percent to 5 percent next year.” — Omaha World-Herald.

• “Caterpillar, Inc. employees will face increased health insurance premiums as a result of higher costs as-sociated with the health care reform law adopted earlier this year.” — Peoria Journal Star.

• “Boeing cited (the health care bill) as part of the rea-son it is asking some 90,000 non-union workers to pay signifi cantly more for their health plan next year.” — As-sociated Press.

The evidence all points to serious defects in this plan that will affect every American.

There are constitutional questions still to be answered.Much to the shame of those who pushed it through,

they never took the time to get those answers fi rst.Current Speaker of the House John Boehner said it best

in his speech on the fl oor of the House before the fi nal vote was taken.

“And look at how this bill was written. Can you say it was done openly, with transparency and accountabil-ity? Without backroom deals, and struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people?” Boehner asked.

“Hell no, you can’t!“Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconcilia-

tion bill? Have you read the manager’s amendment? “Hell no, you haven’t!”In this regard, he was right.Nothing this massive and important should have ever

been rushed through simply to place a prize on a politi-cian’s mantle.

There were and are too many consequences for the American people that should have been considered.

And, to put it bluntly, there were too many shenani-gans that got it passed.

Should there be a reform in this country’s health care system?

Absolutely.But, it must be done slowly, carefully, thoughtfully,

and methodically.Boehner was correct to show his temper in his pre-

vote speech.The whole process was madness amplifi ed by ambitions.America should be able to expect better of its members

of Congress.Their job is to solve problems and not create more.The House voting to repeal the bill is a sure thing, but

political reality is it will remain as is for now.There is not a Senate that will vote to repeal it and the

president would veto any such move.But, maybe the debate brought forward in the House

will bring to light the problems with it and, maybe even who got what for passing the thing.

If that happens, it just might bring to the forefront a re-sponsible answer for America’s health care that can take the irrational one’s place.

Constitution is too clear for big governmentRich LowryNational Review

Stuck on the artful subject of tattooingJenn SheltonOn the soapbox, because everyone deserves my opinion

Friday, January 14, 2011 The News Standard - A5CourtDeeds

Donald R. Ostergard and Constance J. Ostergard, to the Restated Revocable Living Trust of Donald R. Ostergard and Constance J. Ostergard, lot 43, 44 and 45 of the Four Oaks property.

The estate of Jack Parrigin, by and through Amanda Parri-gin, to Joseph E. Cecil and Te-resa Cecil, property located in Meade County, deed tax $30.

Martin E. Plummer and Ni-cole Plummer to Franconia Real Estate Services, Inc., parcel 28 of Bewley Farm, deed tax $190.

Franconia Real Estate Servic-es, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, to Bryan Merritt and Wanda C. Merritt, parcel 28 of Bewley Farm.

Kentuckiana Landholdings, LLC, a Kentucky Limited Liabil-ity Company, by and through Amy Humphrey, to Gary E. Git-tings and Deborah J. Gittings, lot 2 of Doe Run Road Estates and lot 16 of Old Doe Run Road Estates.

Amuel Earl Brown, to Gordon Board, a certain tract of land northeast of the Garrett com-munity in Meade County, deed tax $17.

Gordon Board and Bernett Board, by and through her at-torney in fact Gordon Board, to Amuel Earl Brown, a certain tract of land northeast of the Garrett community in Meade County, deed tax $20.

Larry Phillips and Linda Phil-lips, to Terry L. Currena and Sharon Currena, lot 41 of Roll-ing Hills Subdivision, lot 19A of Rolling Hills Subdivision, deed tax $3.50.

Larry Phillips and Linda Phil-lips, to James A. Kennedy and Tia M. Kennedy, lot 9A of Roll-ing Hills Subdivision, deed tax $3.

Ricky N. Nelson and Patricia N. Nelson, to Doe Valley As-sociation, Inc., lot 218 of Doe Valley Association in the Pine Point Section, deed tax $3.

Doan Brothers Construction, LLC, a Kentucky Limited Liabil-ity Company, to Darnell Stew-art, lot 59 of the Station Subdi-vision, deed tax $122.

Jeff Nott and Joyce Nott, to Charles J. Hathaway and Mi-chelle T. Hathaway, lot 17 of Coyote Forest Subdivision, deed tax $155.

John A. Ramson and Erin Ramson, to Eric Percy and Aimee Percy, lot 71 of Farming-ton Estates, deed tax $155.

Kenneth J. Wilson and Donna Wilson, to Kenneth J. Wilson and Donna Wilson, a certain tract of land lying and being be-hind Meade County.

Steve Redmon Construction, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation, to Arthur W. Anderson and Mary Beth Anderson, lot 24 of Knox-wood Subdivision, deed tax $182.

James R. Kendall and Wil-liam R. Adams, as co-executors to the estate of Margaret Willett Kendall, to the Meade County Board of Education, lot 33 in the Southern Park Addition in the town of Brandenburg, deed tax $68.50.

Philip Holtzclaw, aka Phillip Holtzclaw, to Rosaleigh Holtz-claw, a 2.642 acre tract located on the north side of KY HWY 1638, deed tax $249.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, for use and benefit of the Transpor-tation Cabinet, a tract of land along KY 313 and KY 414.

Quitclaim Deeds

Donald Stiles and Patricia Stiles, to Donald Stiles and Pa-tricia Stiles, a certain tract of land lying and being in Meade County on Libert Road.

Paul Hollingsworth, to Vicky Hollingsworth, lot 11 of Brown Estates.

Building Permits

1/5/11 Doug Fuller, covered porch, $82.50.

1/5/11 Billy Price, SW ‘89/deck, $100.

1/5/11 Rodney Hoerter, pole barn, $82.50.

Septic Permits

1/7/11 Todd Nutt/Jim Warren, tract 2, 2636 Fairground Road in Brandenburg.

Retail Food

1/3/11 Dollar General Store, P.O. Box 34 Brandenburg. 100 percent retail.

1/3/11 By-Pass Gulf, 305 By-Pass Road in Brandenburg. 100

percent food. 96 percent retail. Retail: drugs out of date.

1/3/11 Guardian Angel Day Care, 6215 Brandenburg Road in Ekron. 100 percent food.

1/5/11 King’s Kids Daycare, 515 By-Pass Road in Branden-burg. 94 percent food. Food: some cold units lack thermom-eters, rodent droppings in dry storage area.

Brandenburg Police

1/3/11 3:23 p.m. Amanda A. Logsdon, of Brandenburg, was driving a 2004 Dodge Neon SXT. Alice A. Shacklette, of Ekron, was driving a 2001 Honda Civic EX. Shacklette slowed down for traffic on Old State Road. Logsdon stated that Shacklette stopped suddenly but she was unable to stop and collided into the rear of Shack-lette. No injuries were reported. Report BPD11001 was filed by Officer Singleton.

1/4/11 7:41 p.m. Michael R. Connor, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1997 Dodge Dakota. Steven E. Clemens, of Bran-denburg, was driving a 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup. Clemens was parked. Connor stated that he was pulling in to park and hit Clemens with the side of his ve-hicle. No injuries were report-ed. Report BPD11002 was filed by Officer Singleton.

1/6/11 6:48 p.m. Chelsea E. Hutchinson, of Stephensport, was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt. Derrick E. Sermonis, of Brandenburg, was driving a 2009 Ford F150. Sermonis was stopped for traffic making a left hand turn from Old Ekron Road on the Bypass. Hutchinson stat-ed that she thought Sermonis had already taken off and she collided into the rear of Sermo-nis. No injuries were reported. Report BPD11003 was filed by Officer Singleton.

Meade County Sheriff

1/3/11 5:32 p.m. Holly J. Fer-guson, of Brandenburg, was driv-ing a 2006 Honda Civic LX. Mary M. Manning-Adams, of Louisville, was driving a 2000 Toyota Tun-dra. Manning-Adams was operat-ing eastbound on Old Mill Road. Ferguson was operating east-bound on Old Mill Road, when she ran off the right side of the road. Manning-Adams was be-hind Ferguson and slowed down to see if Ferguson had wrecked. Ferguson then backed up errati-cally and struck Manning-Adams. Ferguson was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, 2nd offense. No injuries were re-ported. Report 11-0001 was filed by Officer Rogers.

1/4/11 12:28 p.m. Willie Webb, of Vine Grove, was driv-ing a 2007 Nissan Frontier. Sherry D. Gosling, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer. Gosling was operating eastbound on HWY 60. Webb was operating westbound on HWY 60 and was stopped to make a left turn onto Shot Hunt Road. Gosling was in the process of turning onto Shot Hunt Road and turned into the path of Webb. Webb tried to miss striking Gosling, but was not able to. Gosling stated that he did not see the vehicle before he turned. No injuries were reported. Re-port 11-0002 was filed by Officer Matti.

1/5/11 3:15 p.m. Rebecca D. Dean, of Hardinsburg, was driv-ing a 2000 Jeep Grand Chero-kee. Julianna M. Nott, of Vine Grove, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition XLT. Dean was op-erating westbound on HWY 60. Nott was operating northbound and was attempting to make a right turn onto US 60. Dean was overtaking another vehicle and was in the eastbound lane of US 60. Nott stated that when she looked, Dean was behind another vehicle and had not started passing. No injuries were reported. Report 11-0003 was filed by Officer Rogers.

District Court1/5/11

Emily C. Smalling, 25, li-cense to be in possession; failure to produce insurance card- dis-missed with proof; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense; con-trolled substance prescription not in original container; possession controlled substance, 3rd degree, 1st offense, drug unspecified- pre-trial conference 2/16/11.

Charles L. Satram, 19, oper-ating a motor vehicle under/influ-ence of alcohol, under 21 years of age; improperly on the left side of the road; possess open alcohol beverage container in motor vehi-cle- plead not guilty, pretrial con-

ference 1/12/11; refusal to take alcohol/substance test- dismissed.

Wesley J. Veatch, 38, op-erating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- amend to DUI, plead guilty, 6 months probated after 14 days jail, 2 years probation, KAPS/ADE, $300 fine.

Holly J. Ferguson, 41, op-erating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 2nd offense; instructional permit vio-lations- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 1/12/11.

Edward D. Ditto, 37, crimi-nal possession of a forged instru-ment, 2nd degree- preliminary hearing 1/19/11.

Kristy M. Haney, 30, theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- failure to appear.

Hoyle A. Simpson, 5 counts of theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- failure to appear.

Linda R. Johnson, 43, 2 counts of theft by deception, in-cludes cold checks under $500- failure to appear.

Jessica C. Johnson, 41, theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- plead guilty, 10 days probated for 2 years after 1 hour jail, write no checks.

Mikalynn M. Elder, 31, assault, 4th degree domestic violence, minor injury- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 1/19/11.

Caleb L. Boone, 25, public in-toxication, controlled substance- plead guilty, 30 days probated for 2 years, no alcohol/drugs.

Paula R. Campbell, 38, theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 1/19/11.

Crystal J. Moody, 29, fugitive from another state, misdemeanor- continued 3/30/11.

Stephen L. Ditto, 50, im-proper display of registration plates; drug paraphernalia- buy/possess; illegal take/pursue deer/wild turkey- continued first ap-pearance 1/12/11.

Jeremy B. Duke, 24, speed-ing 10 mph over limit; operating on suspended/revoked operators license- continued first appear-ance 1/26/11.

David T. Glambra, 20, li-cense to be in possession- dis-missed.

Nicholas D. Clark, 21, disre-garding stop sign; failure to pro-duce insurance card- failure to appear.

David J. Pike, 27, fleeing or evading police, 1st degree, on foot; criminal mischief- prelimi-nary hearing 1/19/11.

Christopher A. Hickok, 35, possession of marijuana- plead guilty, 30 days probated after 10 days jail, 2 years probation; use/possess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense- plead guilty, 30 days pro-bated after 10 days jail, 2 years probated consecutively.

Madonna C. Bruce, 49, dis-orderly conduct, 2nd degree; ter-roristic threatening, 3rd degree; resisting arrest- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 1/19/11.

Conal B. Boyatt, 44, non-payment of fines- paid in full; 3 counts of theft by deception, in-cludes cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 1/19/11.

Jesse A. Evans, 20, non-pay-ment of fines- to pay by 1/19/11, $50 a month.

Edward L. Whelan, 42, speeding 26 mph over/greater; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st of-fense; fleeing or evading police, 2nd degree; possess open alcohol beverage container in a motor ve-hicle- continued 2/2/11.

George O. Herrera, Jr., 35, 2 counts of assault, 4th degree do-mestic violence, minor injury; re-sisting arrest- pretrial conference 1/12/11.

Jacob C. Huff, 22, disregard-ing traffic control device, traffic light; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense; use/possess drug par-aphernalia, 1st offense- jury trial 1/21/11.

Cornelius Clark, Jr., 21, as-sault, 4th degree, minor injury- order to defer 12 months.

Sandra K. Shelton, 44, non support- plead guilty, 12 months probated for 2 years.

Larry R. Ginn, 64, operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- plead guilty, 30 days probated for 2 years, $200 fine, KAPS for ADE.

Jason N. Bernard, 45, care-less driving- dismissed; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- plead guilty, 30 days probated for 2 years, KAPS/ADE, $200 fine.

Daniel P. Neal, 43, operating on a suspended/revoked operators license; operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- pretrial conference 1/19/11.

Rhondine L. Graham, 27, operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense; no tail lamps; possess open alcoholic beverage con-tainer in motor vehicle- continued 1/12/11.

Andria C. Holtzclaw, 25, operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- plead guilty, 30 days probated for 2 years, KAPS/ADE, $200 fine.

Walter W. Butt, 62, speeding 25 mph over limit- plead guilty, $60 fine; failure of owner to main-tain required insurance/security- dismissed with proof.

Kristopher J. McKinney, 20, failure of owner to maintain re-quired insurance/security- plead guilty, 90 days probated for 2 years, KAPS.

Franklin R. Merritt, 54, driv-ing on a DUI suspended license, 1st offense; operating a motor ve-hicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 3rd offense; possess open alcohol beverage container in a motor vehicle- pretrial conference 1/12/11.

Amy M. Flora, 29, operating a motor vehicle under/influence of alcohol/drugs, 2nd offense; speeding 11 mph over limit; fail-ure of owner to maintain required insurance/security- pretrial con-ference 1/26/11.

Greta R. Hall, 24, 9 counts of theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- pretrial con-ference 2/9/11.

David P. Bolin, 56, proba-tion violation, for misdemeanor offense- revoked, 20 days jail concurrent; 3 counts of theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 3/9/11; fleeing or evading police, 2nd degree, on foot- plead guilty, 12 months probated after 20 days jail, 2 years probation; resisting arrest- plead guilty, 12 months probated after 20 days jail, 2 years probation concurrent.

Cletus M. Lasley, 49, 11 counts of theft by deception, in-cludes cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 8/10/11; theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- plead guilty, 10 days probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation; theft by deception, includes cold checks under $500- plead guilty, 10 days probated after 1 hour jail, 2 years probation consecutively.

Matthew D. Long, 26, oper-ating a motor vehicle under/in-fluence of alcohol/drugs; leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid or assistance- pre-trial conference 2/16/11, jury trial 2/25/11.

Andrew M. Erpelding, 24, speeding 10 mph over limit- plead guilty, $20 fine; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security- plead guilty, 90 days probated for 2 years, KAPS, no al-cohol or illegal drugs; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates- dis-missed with proof.

David J. Durham, 27, reck-less driving- county attorney dis-missed.

Lindsey R. Johnson, 50, speeding 15 mph over limit; as-sault, 3rd degree, police/proba-tion officer- county attorney dis-missed.

Jeremy S. Riggs, 29, speed-ing 15 mph over limit- county at-torney dismissed.

Amber M. Patenaude, 21, probation violation, for mis-demeanor offense- continued 1/12/11.

Anna E. Cundiff, 55, proba-tion violation, for misdemeanor offense- probation revocation hearing 2/9/11.

Joseph T. Renfro, Jr., 33, probation violation, for misde-meanor offense- revoked 30 days, KAPS.

Kelly T. Timberlake, 41, 2 counts of probation violation, for misdemeanor offense- probation revocation hearing 2/9/11.

Kayla N. Wilkins vs. Corey A. Whittaker, domestic vio-lence- DVO dismissed.

Jennifer A. Sadler vs. Jo-seph R. Williams, domestic vio-lence- DVO dismissed.

Bradley W. Rogers, 23, fla-grant non-support- preliminary hearing 2/2/11.

Joe A. Dowell, 58, burglary, 1st degree; wanton endanger-ment, 1st degree- waive to grand jury.

Stephen A. Ballinger, 19, truancy, student 18 but not yet 21- order to defer for 2 years.

Carl Webb, 51, theft by de-ception, includes cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 2/9/11.

Michael D. Fashion, 21, attempt to elude police/traffic officer- dismissed; speeding 18 mph over limit- amend to 13 mph over, plead guilty, $25 fine; reckless driving- plead guilty, $100 fine.


“It was perfect timing. They saw everything we were telling them was right.” That’s how Brandenburg Mayor David Pace described his recent meeting with of-ficials from Kroger and the development company that owns the store’s property when they observed and discussed the difficulties with the local grocer’s park-ing lot situation.

He said the representa-tives he met with “saw ev-ery law broken within two minutes.”

There have been a number of complaints and incidents at the parking lot, which have brought concerns from citizens as well as council members about how to alleviate some of those problems.

“It was a good meet-ing,” Pace said. “They were very, very receptive to our thoughts.”

“One of our main com-plaints was the 3-way stops. I showed them how they made the fire lane with the addition of the drive-through window,” Pace said. “That wasn’t bad, but then they built the sidewalk and the landscaping which made the road move over five feet. If you try to pass there, the cars coming from Cox’s almost close you off.”

The mayor said that area will be striped in yellow — a center line — all the way through.

“The three stop bars in front of Kroger — they’re useless,” Pace said. “If you pull all the way up to one, then the one coming in from McDonald’s — you couldn’t get around the car that was coming from Cox’s.”

Pace said they can see no resolution for people park-ing at the ends of the lots.

“We’re trying our best,” Pace said. “I asked them to put bumpers or something in there. But, there’s the haz-ard of someone not paying attention and tripping over them.”

He said the next thought would be putting posts in to block the spaces.

“We’ve got to do some-thing because it’s a danger-ous situation out there right now,” Pace said. “The lanes are too close together and we have to make it a better situation.”

He added they would have to wait for warmer weather to do the new strip-ing and plans now include

new speed bumps to be placed to slow traffic down.

At Monday’s council meeting, Judge/Executive Gerry Lynn addressed the council and he and Pace both said there was a good, working relationship devel-oping between the two.

“I know there’s a lot of co-work between the coun-ty and city and David and I have already spent some time together,” Lynn said. “I think we’re both on the same sheet of music on us working together as a team.”

Pace added he felt like “we’ve already gained on what we’re working to go forward on.”

Council also discussed a proposed amendment to the city’s planning and zon-ing ordinances.

Lee Klockow, city plan-ning administrator, said the purpose of the amendment was to formalize the build-ing process.

“Right now, the building permit is submitted, I take a look at it, if it meets the re-quirements of the ordinance it gets approved,” Klockow said.

“There is no inspection of any type of residential in the city. Some of the loan organizations require an oc-cupancy permit and some have run into problems there. It just makes good sense to have a building in-spection process,” Klockow said.

Pace said the costs of hav-ing an inspector to do the job would be offset by fees and be budget neutral for the city.

Council is expected to take up the new amendments at the February meeting.

The city council also gave its approval to Mayor Pace’s appointments for the next term. They are: Police Chief Jeffrey Cox; City Clerk Mol-ly Jones; Fire Marshall Larry Naser; City Attorney Darren Sipes; Planning and Zoning Commission Administra-tor Lee Klockow and mem-bers James Morrison, Ron Reinschel, Bobby Skaggs, and Leroy Coomes; Board of Adjustments members Larry Singleton, John Proc-tor and John Obryan; Ethics Committee members Bobby Skaggs, Chester Medley and Tony Allen; Rebecca Shacklette for the Real Estate Board of Appeals; Emergency Management Director Ron Dodson; and Harry Craycroft as a mem-ber of the Industrial Devel-opment Board.

By Casey TolliverThe News Standard

A newly designed Ken-tucky license plate has be-gun to pop-up in Meade County.

Chuck Hansborough, of Guston, was the first in the county to receive a recently released “In God We Trust” license plate.

Hansborough noticed the design on the wall of the County Clerk’s of-fice when he went to re-new his registration on Monday.

He was unaware of the state’s recent decision to give drivers the option of having a license plate emblazoned with the na-tional motto “In God We Trust” and knew right

away that was the design he would opt for.

“I am so glad they did,” he said. “That’s my belief and I think that’s what makes our country great.”

The Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet an-nounced two newly de-signed plates in a press release late December.

The two plates are iden-tical except one features the “In God We Trust”.

“The Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet is pleased to offer this choice to Kentucky motorists,” Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock said in the release.

“As a standard issue plate, there is no extra fee.”

First new plate design given

Chuck Hansborough

City, Kroger work on parking woes

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Britain’s new prime minis-ter, David Cameron, did not stop with sending his fellow citizens his greetings for 2011.

He pledged to make their new year a happy one.

Stung by a New Economics Foundation poll that ranked Britons as just 13th among 22 European nations in terms of life satisfaction, Cameron ordered his government to

fi nd ways to make everyone happier, according to news reports. He instructed the Offi ce for National Statistics to gauge the population’s general mood and to create a happiness index to assist policymakers. The Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, according to the news reports, has dismissed any notion that material prosperity alone is the key to increasing the feel-ing of well-being.

Citing the experience of Americans over the past 40 years, researchers noted that general happiness does not

noticeably increase or decrease with more or less income. The New Economics Foundation reportedly proposed that general well-being be based on fi ve personal initiatives: (1) connecting with family, friends and neighbors; (2) be-coming physically active; (3) stimulating interest about the world; (4) continuing to learn; and (5) increasing generos-ity to others. Conspicuous in its absence is any reference to religious faith. Psychologists who study happiness have al-ready determined that it is not a consumer good that can be purchased.

They believe, rather, that it is a byproduct of an engaged life. Cameron believes that contentment is closely tied to the quality of a person’s lo-cal community rather than to national policy. He hopes to prod localities to improve the quality of public services they offer. Coincidentally, director Mike Leigh has just released his latest fi lm, “Another Year,” which focuses on the unequal distribution of happiness among his fellow Britons.

In 2011, as the world contin-ues to suffer from economic recession, it would seem to be an inauspicious time to ask

Britons about their happiness, which appears to be eroding.

In 2006, for example, a BBC assessment of national well-being found that the propor-tion of citizens saying they are “very happy” had already fallen from 52 percent in 1957 to just 36 percent two years before the recession began, according to The New York Times.

When colonial America rejected British rule, it also abandoned class distinctions, affi rming instead that every man, woman and child de-serves equal opportunity and the freedom to pursue

happiness.In drafting our young na-

tion’s Declaration of Indepen-dence, Thomas Jefferson af-fi rmed individual happiness as a God-given right. Earlier, in his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth proclaimed happiness to be the right of everyone, including the poor, the hungry and the persecuted.

David Yount is author of 14 books, including “Mak-ing a Success of Marriage” (Rowman and Littlefi eld). He answers readers at P.O. Box 2758, Woodbridge, VA 22195 and [email protected].

David YountAmazing Grace

Help others fi nd their road to salvation

The story is told about some helpers that Noah had when he was building the ark. The workers made sure that every board was nailed and every seam was properly pitched with the slime to keep out the water. They were dilligent to make the stalls for the animals of proper size.

They worked tirelessly hour after hour and did their best to make the ark water tight.

After the work was done they turned to Noah and said “This is a great ship and we can hardly wait to take it out for it’s fi rst voyage.” You and I know the end of this story.

Those who were so willing to work on the ark and make sure it was built good and strong never got to ride in it, they all drowned when the waters rose.

This story is like those people who in Sunday School teach the students the way to live a Christian life but never live it themselves.

It’s like the parents who tell their children the right way to

live but never live a good life in front of their children.

There are those in the King-dom of God who are good at pointing out the way to others but never seem to get around to living it. It is sad that there are some who are generous and helpful to build the church and support the ministry but remain un-converted. Like Noah’s car-penters, they help others fi nd salvation but never taste of it themselves.

“Challenge your faith”It hasn’t been that long ago

that a friend told me about some billboards that have been popping up along the interstates across the nation.

At least one of these bill-boards have appeared in Lou-isville. Seems some atheists have placed ads on these bill-boards questioning the faith of Christians.

I have seen at least one or two of these billboards. One had written on it, “Don’t believe in God? You’re not alone.”

I guess these days the Chris-tian faith in God and Jesus Christ is being challenged. I’m not bothered by this, but it has offended some Christians.

Maybe it’s time more Chris-

tians learned how to defend their faith. A testimony is a good way to do that. Here is a great little story someone sent to me recently.

An atheist, after hearing the testimony of a converted drunkard, blurted out in scorn and disbelief, “It is nothing I tell you! It’s just foolishness and a fi gment of your imag-ination. That’s all it is! God is nothing but an escape from reality. It isn’t real, it’s all just a dream!”

The atheist felt a tug on his sleeve and looked down into the eyes of the former drunk-ard’s small child. “Please sir,” the child said with a sob, “if he’s dreaming, don’t wake him up! He’s been so good to us since he met Jesus. You see, he’s my daddy.”

You are never at the loss of an argument if you have a testimony of what God has done in your life. You may never be able to explain God, who He is, where He is, or even how we got here.

But no one can argue about the change that has taken place in your life since Jesus saved you. One little girl, after explaining to her athe-ist teacher about God, was asked by the teacher, “If you can show me where God is,

I’ll give you an apple.” The little girl replied, “If you can show me where God isn’t, I’ll give you a bushel.”

Now, who can argue with that? The next time someone challenges your faith in God, speak up.

When it comes to telling others about Jesus, silence isn’t golden, it’s just plain yellow. Learn to give your testimony, tell others what God has done in your life. You never know, you just might make a believer out of someone.

Randy Johnson is the pas-tor at Brandenburg Church of God.

Bible TriviaBy Wilson Casey

1. Is the Book of Cornelius in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. Whose fi rst chapter begins, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time”? Mark, Galatians, Hebrews, Jude3. What were Gihon, Pison, Tigris and Euphrates, as connected with the Garden of Eden? Cities, Kings, Rivers, Caves4. From 1 Kings, who is given credit for writing 1,005 songs? Jacob, Solomon, Philip, David5. In Acts 13, where were Paul and Barnabas deserted by Mark? Jericho, Perga, Athens, Damascus6. From Revelation 2, what city was said by John to have “Satan’s seat”? Pergamos, Miletus, Patara, Sodom

ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) Hebrews; 3) Rivers; 4) Solomon; 5) Perga; 6) Pergamos

(c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

Randy JohnsonPastor’sSpotlight

Friends, we can trust the Son of God in life and the life to come

In John 11:17-27 we read about how Mary and Martha expected their good friend Jesus to get to their home in time to heal their brother, Lazarus. Like them we have also prayed to God, sought the best healer we can fi nd, trusted in doctors, experi-enced anxiety and fear, and hoped for a miracle.

But Jesus did not come, and Lazarus died. We too have experienced death, and its frightening fi nality. But death is not stronger than our Lord. He comes, weeps with, and comforts his friends, saying, “I am the Resurrection and the life.

Whoever believes in me, though they die, yet shall that one live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die” (John 11:25-26). And then Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. When all hope is lost, Christ restores life. Most of us have experienced times when medical miracles have brought people back to life, or when the divine healer has brought new life when mod-ern medicine could do noth-ing. In part, this is what Jesus means when he calls himself the resurrection and the life, but Jesus must have meant more, for there will always be a day when miracles end, and our loved ones die.

I am absolutely convinced Jesus was speaking of matters

far more meaningful than a resurrection miracle that ex-tends the life of Lazarus or our loved ones by a few days or years. If we believe Jesus is the Christ, then we need not fear death at all. Dr. Raymond Balcomb, a Methodist minis-ter in Oregon, tells a story that illustrates this truth very well.

An 11-year-old boy was dy-ing of an incurable disease. His parents had sought out one specialist after another, but none had been able to help. The mother had become reconciled to the inevitable, but the father was bitter and unaccepting.

It was Christmas Eve and the father couldn’t sleep. He fi nally went out to the living room. Under the tree were a lot of presents the boy would probably never use — a foot-ball, some games, a chemistry set. As he pondered the cruel injustice of it all, he gradually began to pray.

“Dear God, something has happened. I ask you to hear me out. As I sit here, I remem-ber what a personal success I have been and how you have responded whenever I asked you to give me a hand.

But I know now those were selfi sh prayers for my own personal gain. And when I asked you to save Billy that was personal and selfi sh, too. I couldn’t stand to lose him.

I had such great plans for him, and I wanted someday for him to carry on for me. I wanted everybody to know what a fi ne boy I had raised.

Father, you know what I remember now? I remem-ber your son and your

great love when you gave him to the world.

What sadness you must have felt when he died! And so God, if you would do this one thing for all of us, then I have to be comforted by your sacrifice. It’s a long time since I put my full trust in you. So I pray now that you will welcome Billy when he comes. I know he will be in good hands. Thy will be done. Amen.”

It was almost time for Bil-ly’s medication, so he went in to give it to him. Billy was awake, took his dad’s hand and said, “Dad, I won’t need those pills tonight.” The fa-ther asked why not. “I’ve been dreaming, Dad. I’ve been dreaming about Jesus. He seemed very close. It sounds funny, but it’s almost as though he’s here in this room with us right now.”

And his hand relaxed its grip on his father’s, his eyes closed, and the last breath of life went from him with a gen-tle sigh. He went home. Nei-ther he nor his father were the victims of death; they were the victors. Are you afraid of death? Does that fear keep you from living life to the full-est? How can your faith help you to trust in the Lord with your life and death?

Friends, we can trust the Son of God to protect us in this life and the life to come, for the truth is Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life.

If we believe in him, we shall never, never die!

To fi nd out more about Al Ear-ley or read previous articles, see www.lagrangepres.com.

Al EarleySpreading God’s Word

Meade County, Kentucky.That’s the day he will speak

to those attending the second annual MAC Matters Gala, a fundraiser for the Meade Ac-tivity Center.

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Com-munity Center at the Meade County Fairgrounds in Bran-denburg.

Tickets for the evening — which will include a recep-tion, a gourmet dinner, and silent and live auctions — are $100 per person and $750 for a table of eight.

They’re available:•At the Farm Bureau In-

surance offi ce at 878 Hillcrest Drive in Brandenburg.

•Online at wwm.meadeac-tivitycenter.org.

Last year’s gala, which featured PGA golfer Kenny Perry, was sold out.

Organized two years ago, the Meade Activity Center is a non-profi t organization that plans to build a commu-nity recreation, health, and wellness center that will of-fer programming for people of all ages, interests, and skill levels.

MAC already has spon-sored a number of commu-nity events, and is preparing to acquire the 180-acre Hill-crest Country Club in Bran-

denburg, which is the home of a nine-hole golf course, an outdoor swimming pool, and tennis courts. Programming using those facilities will be-gin this spring, says John Bea-vin, chair of the center’s board of directors.

Following a capital fund-raising campaign that will begin in 2012, the property, part of which overlooks the Ohio River, will be the site of a 65,000-square-foot facility that will house:

A 25-meter, eight-lane com-petition pool, with an adja-cent heated therapy pool and a splash pool for children.

A gymnasium large enough to accommodate two regula-tion-size basketball courts and an elevated walking-running track.

A fi tness center with fully-equipped weight room and cardiovascular exercise room.

A series of multi-purpose rooms that will be used for a range of activities and a child-care center.

The strength of the cen-ter will be its programming, which will provide wellness, fi tness, and recreation activi-ties, Beavin says.

Among the fi rst programs to be implemented in the new facility, he says, will be:

•Individual fi tness pro-grams for youngsters, teens, and adults.

•Group fi tness programs for youngsters, teens, and adults.

•Youth and adult volley-ball, basketball, and indoor soccer.

•Aquatics for all ages, in-cluding such things as learn-to-swim classes and cardio and arthritis fi tness sessions.

•Cardiovascular health and diabetes prevention classes.

•Special activities and events designed for families, youth of varying ages, adults, and seniors.-

“Dan is highly impressed by the progress MAC has made,” says Kari Wagner, a Meade County native who is a friend of the gala’s special guest and his wife, Jean, and a member of the MAC Advi-sory Board.

“One consistent thing he has witnessed in his years of reporting is the power of people, and he has a keen ap-preciation for the work of the MAC volunteers whose goal is to provide wellness, fi tness, and recreation for people of all ages, abilities, and incomes, which will allow them to in-crease their well being and skill levels over a lifetime,” she says.

Dan Rather has more than earned his reputation as the “hardest working man in broadcast journalism.”

He has interviewed every United States president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush and virtu-ally every major international leader of the past 30 years. He landed two news-break-

ing interviews with Saddam Hussein, in 1990 and in 2003. In 2004, as a correspondent for 60 Minutes II, Rather also broke what was arguably that year’s biggest story – the abuse of prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

Rather is now the anchor and managing editor of Dan Rather Reports, which start-ed broadcasting on HDNet in November 2006. Rather served as anchor and manag-ing editor of the CBS Evening News from March 9, 1981 to March 9, 2005, the longest such tenure in broadcast journalism history. He was a correspondent for 60 Minutes from October 1975 to Sep-tember 1981, and again from March 2005 to the summer of 2006.

Rather began his career in journalism in 1950 as an Associated Press reporter in Huntsville, Texas. Later, he was a reporter for United Press International (1950-52),

He became news director of KTRH in 1956 and a re-porter for KTRK-TV Houston in 1959. Prior to joining CBS News, Rather was news di-rector at KHOU-TV, the CBS affi liate in Houston.

He has received virtu-ally every honor in broadcast journalism, including numer-ous Emmy Awards, seven Peabody Awards, and cita-tions from critical, scholarly, professional and charitableorganizations.

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aware the unthinkable is pos-sible, but are taking steps that are more out of caution than paranoia.

“At 11 a.m. Monday morn-ing, I called all the courthouse staff out and had a moment of silence with the rest of the country for those victims,” Lynn said. “Then after that, I spoke with two of our bailiffs in our court system.”

“When the judges are here and court is in session, they are here and security is here,” Lynn said. “We’re small enough that we’re not like Hardin County that has permanent security coming into their judicial center. We can’t afford it — we’re not that big.”

But, Lynn said the situation does give him some concerns.

He noted the bailiffs are present generally when court is in session, but he is explor-ing the possibility of expand-ing their roles.

“What we talked about is on the days they are not here,” Lynn said. “There are days when the sheriff’s department may not be staffed except for the ladies who work the front desk. So, I asked (the bailiffs) to come up with some sort of a plan they would be interest-ed in to provide security here at the courthouse when they

are not here and the courts are basically shut down.”

Lynn said outside of the enforcement for the courts, the courthouse has no ba-sic security system in place.“We’re going to make Fiscal Court aware of this and, with this next budget that we’re going to be working on, see if they want to fi nd a line item specifi cally for that to hire one or two of these bailiffs to be here the other times when the court’s not in session,” Lynn said.

He added that the sheriff is usually in attendance at Fis-cal Court meetings, but “that doesn’t mean he has a sup-ply of deputies behind him.”“But, he has a radio on and in the matter of a few seconds he could get whoever he needs to here,” Lynn said.

Lynn said the shooting made him more aware of the potential of violence.

“A lot of times you think, ‘That couldn’t happen here,’ that’s what everybody thinks,” Lynn said. “But, that’s where it does happen. And, in today’s market, there are more and more people that are either on drugs and they don’t think rationally and a lot of different things that drive those types of people.”

“I think it’s something to take a look at and try to ad-dress it, but the fi nances make everything revolve and I’m not sure what we can do in our budget for that. But, Fis-

cal Court needs to be made aware of it for the safety of the people here in the courthouse because there’s a lot of em-ployees here every day that needs some sort of security,” Lynn said.

Pace had a police of-fi cer standing by at Mon-day’s council meeting.“We discussed it today,” the mayor said. “The chief of po-lice and I made sure the of-fi cer was here. I told them I wanted to step it up a little be-fore all our meetings — more as a deterrence than anything else.”

“It’s something you hope not to dwell on, but we actu-ally made sure an offi cer was here,” Pace said after Mon-day’s council session. “It’s not that I felt threatened, but one incident can set off others and hopefully we’ve not done anything to make anybody upset, but you never know.”

He said council takes a variety of actions that might upset some.“This will always be in your mind now,” Pace said. “We’re all going to be conscious of it.”

“One of the things we do is make sure everybody comes in the same way and see everybody as they come in, but if somebody is com-ing to city council meeting, we usually know them,” Pace said.

“When you run for public offi ce — what you’re trying to do — this is something that never goes through your mind,” the mayor said. “You know you’re going to get some calls, but to think some-one would take it in their hand and do what happened in Arizona is beyond me.”

“I just hope we never have to go through anything like that,” Pace said.

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The Meade County Fiscal Court made its way through the snow and cold winds Tuesday for its fi rst regular meeting of the new term.

Most of the meeting was the remainder of house-keeping items leftover from the court’s special meeting last week.

Judge/Executive Gerry Lynn made three appoint-ments to fi ll vacancies on county boards.

David Masterson was ap-pointed to the county Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion to fi ll the remainder of Reece Wardrip’s term.

Bill Wilson will be seated on the county Industrial Board to fi ll out the term of Carl Austin.

Ben Wardrip will fi ll out the remainder of Judge/Executive Lynn’s term on the Solid Waste Advisory Council.

Lynn also gave magis-trates the opportunity to choose what boards on which they would like to serve. He gave the three returning members fi rst choice, with the three new members then picking their preferences.

The magistrates will serve on the boards as follows:

• Chris Cottrell — EMS,

Jail, Parks and Library.• Mitch Shortt — Solid

Waste, Industrial, and Ex-tension.

• Mark Hubbard — Solid Waste, Riverport, and Ex-tension.

• Gary Chapman — Water District, Industrial Board, and Library.

• Steve Wardrip — Jail, 911, and Parks.

• Randall Hardesty — 911, EMS, Water District.

Court members also vot-ed to approve the budgets and salary caps of both the sheriff’s department and the offi ce of county clerk.

Clerk Katrina Fitzgerald reported her budget to be set at $5.6 million to leave a surplus at the end of the budget year of $162,000. She is also setting a salary cap at $624,000 — a fi gure that in-cludes all pay and benefi ts.

Sheriff William “Butch” Kerrick has set his depart-ment’s budget at $1.2 mil-lion with an end of year sur-plus project at $2,500.

Kerrick said his budget was increased a little over nine percent due to salary anticipations and projected gasoline costs.

Both Fitzgerald and Ker-rick said their salary caps were based on the prec-edents set by recent Fiscal Courts in adjusting pay for county employees.

Magistrate Chapman asked if there was some way the court could see the budgets before they are voted on.

“I kind of like to read and ponder a little bit,” Chap-man said.

Kerrick said he started on his budget in mid-Decem-ber, using last year’s budget as a template. Fitzgerald said she followed the same course in preparing her de-partment’s numbers.

Both said magistrates were welcome to meet with them with any questions they may have prior to bud-getary votes being cast.

Solid Waste Director Mark Gossett reported construc-tion at the recycling facil-ity was scheduled to begin at the fi rst of next month with completion within60 days.

The court also decided to reset their February meet-ing to 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 so

as not to be in confl ict with the Meade Activity Center’s annual gala.

Magistrates also agreed to meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. for a wide-ranging workshop with constables and to dis-cuss the county’s personnel policy and administrative codes.

Former Magistrate Tom Goddard addressed his successor in the 1st District seat, Chris Cottrell, during the court’s opening public

session.“I’m one of the many

taxpayers,” Goddard said. “With the article that came out in the paper — highest taxes in the commonwealth — I know there are three oth-er magistrates that signed (a no new tax pledge), includ-ing the judge. And, I’m giv-ing my magistrate an op-portunity to sign that.”

“I will get back to you at a later date,” Cottrell re-sponded.

New magistrates given board assignments at first meeting


The new Meade County Fiscal Court met Tuesday night for their fi rst regular monthly meeting. LEFT TO RIGHT: Magistrates Chris Cottrell, Mitch Shortt, Mark Hubbard, Judge/Executive Gerry Lynn, Magistrates Gary Chapman, Steve Wardrip, Randall Hardesty and Meade County Treasurer Shirley Fackler.

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A8 - The News Standard Friday, January 14, 2011LOCAL HAPPENINGSLOCAL HAPPENINGSThe Community Calendar

is a free service to community groups and organizations for event announcements. To sub-mit event information, please call The News Standard offi ce at 270-422-4542, visit us at 1065 Old Ekron Road, Bran-denburg, or e-mail us at [email protected].

Friday, Jan. 14•SHELTER ADOPTIONS

— 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Orscheln Home & Farm Store, Radc-liff, Ky.

•P.L. KASEY CENTER — 9 a.m. coffee, donuts and games. 10 a.m. exercise. 10:30 a.m. nutrition bingo. P.L. Kasey Center, 303 Hill-view Drive, Irvington, KY. Free. Every Friday. All times are eastern. 270-547-7648.

•ROOK TOURNAMENT — at Rough River State Re-sort Park. Play will begin on Friday night, starts again on Saturday morning and will continue on Saturday night. You can receive two nights lodging for the price of one. Play against some of the best rook players across the state of Kentucky, while making some great memories and new friends. To make reser-vation for overnight accom-modations call 270-257-2311 or toll free at 800-325-1713.

•SUCCESSFUL STEPS TO PARENTS CLASS — 11:22 a.m. at the Freshmen Academy.

Saturday, Jan. 15•VFW DANCE — 7:30

p.m. at VFW Post 11404, 770 ByPass Road, Brandenburg. All activities are open to the public. 270-422-5184.

•SLOW PITCH SOFT BALL SIGN UPS — 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Food Court. For more information call 270-497-4347.

•NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD’EM — 6 p.m. – 1 a.m. at the Meade County Farm Bureau Building. Must be 18 years of age or above to play. Limit 400 entrants, $40 buy-in with limited re-buys and add-on. Ten winners collect 60 percent of entire pot. To register call John Beavin at 270-668-2794 or St. John the Apostle at 270-422-2196 or e-mail [email protected]

Sunday, Jan. 16•BINGO — 7 p.m. at the

Farm Bureau Building in Brandenburg. Sponsored by the Payneville Volunteer Fire Department. License No. 1195. 270-496-4349.

•SUNDAY SCHOOL — 10 a.m. at Brandenburg United Methodist Church.

Monday, Jan. 17•MARTIN LUTHER

KING JR. DAY — No school.

•FLAHERTY COMMU-NITY PARK MEETING — 7 p.m. at Flaherty Fire Depart-ment.

•MEADE COUNTY PUB-LIC LIBRARY CLOSED.

•VINE GROVE CITY HALL CLOSED.

•MEADE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING — Third Monday every month. 7 p.m. at Meade County Fire Protection District 1, 1800 Armory Place, beside Super 8 Motel.

•CHILDBIRTH EDUCA-TION CLASS — 7-9 p.m. in the Parvin Baumgart Edu-cation Center at Harrison County Hospital. The class meets every four weeks. Call 812-738-7830 ext. 2012 for more information.

•LADYWAVE BASKET-BALL GAME — vs. Apollo at home. Junior varsity starts at 6:30 p.m. and var-sity will begin at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 18•WELLNESS ON

WHEELS — 8-11 a.m. at the Ring Road Medical Plaza located on 11969 South Di-xie Hwy in Sonora. Take the personal wellness profi le, a computerized health risk questionnaire and lab work for $30 and receive immedi-ate results and a concise re-port to provide motivation for improving your overall health. No appointment is necessary. For more infor-mation call 270-234-4406.

•STORY HOUR — 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the MC Public Library on Mondays and Tuesdays. For ages 2-6. 270-422-2094.

•DULCIMER JAM —

6:30 p.m. at Vine Grove City Hall. Everyone is welcome to come and listen or play. 270-877-2422.

•TOTALLY NONSTOP TODDLERTIME — 9:30-10 a.m. in the MC Public Li-brary Annex. The event is for ages 3 and under. 270-422-2094.

•SENIOR CITIZENS DANCE — 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Build-ing. The “Wayne Wertz’s Band” will be performing. Everyone is welcome to at-tend.

•VETERANS ASSIS-TANCE — 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Brandenburg United Meth-odist Church every third Tuesday of the month. For more information call Frank Niederriter, Regional Field Representative at 502-799-0418 or 866-817-1360.

•SBDM MEETING — 5 p.m. in the Flaherty Elemen-tary conference room.

•FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT — 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the MC Public Library Annex. All ages are welcome. Come enjoy popcorn and watch “Despicable Me” with your family and friends.

•BOY SCOUT MEETING — 6:30 p.m. at Brandenburg United Methodist Church.

•SPMS BOYS BASKET-BALL GAME — 5:30 p.m. at West Hardin Middle School.

•GREENWAVE BASKET-BALL GAME — vs. North Hardin at home. Junior var-sity will begin at 6 p.m. and varsity will begin at 7:30 p.m.

•SALEM ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY WMU — 10 a.m. at Buck Grove Baptist Church. Lindsay Shores who works in Louisville with Somalia refugees will be the guest speaker. Bring a covered dish for lunch. Meat, bread and drinks will be provided. Child care will be provided. For more in-formation call June Jarvis at 270-422-3820.

•BEEKEEPERS ASSOCI-ATION MEETING — 7 p.m. at the Meade County Exten-sion Offi ce.

Wednesday, Jan. 19•PATRICK HENRY

HUGHES EVENT — 6:30 p.m. at Brandenburg United Methodist Church. Hughes will share his inspirational testimony and musical gifts with the community. For more information call 270-422-2870.

•YOGA — Every Wednes-day at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the MC Public Library. 270-422-2094.

•BEGINNING YOGA — Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the MC Public Library. 270-422-2094.

•VFW BINGO — 7:30 p.m. at VFW Post 11404, 770 ByPass Road, Brandenburg. All activities are open to the public. 270-422-5184.

•LINE DANCING — 7-8:30 p.m. at the Colvin Community Center, 230 Freedom Way, Radcliff, KY. Every Wednesday. 270-668-7228.

•DOE VALLEY HOME-MAKERS — Meet third Wednesday of every month. 10 a.m. Call the MC Exten-sion Offi ce for more infor-mation. 270-422-4958

•NITE OWLS HOME-MAKERS — Meet third Wednesday of every month. 7 p.m. Call the MC Exten-sion Offi ce for more infor-mation. 270-422-4958

•ADULT CHOIR PRAC-TICE — 7:30 p.m. at Bran-denburg United Methodist Church.

•BIBLE STUDY — 7 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church.

•HEALTHCARE PRO-VIDER CPR — 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the EMS Training Center at Harrison County Hospital. For more informa-tion call 812-738-7871.

•WELLNESS WEDNES-DAY SNACK AND CHAT — 10-11 a.m. in the Parvin Baumgart Education Center at Harrison County Hos-pital. Senior care presents “Seasonal Affective Disor-der.” The free program is of-fered by the Harrison Coun-ty Hospital Foundation. Snacks will be provided.

•SBDM COUNCIL MEETING — 3:30 p.m. at Battletown Elementary.

•SPMS BOYS BASKET-BALL GAME MAKE-UP — 5:30 p.m. at Stuart Pepper Middle School. The Green-

wave will face off against vs. James T. Alton.

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NER — 5:30 to 7 p.m. at P.L. Kasey Center, 303 Hillview Drive, Irvington, KY. Car-ryout available at 5 p.m. $6 for adults. $4 for children 10 and under. Every Thursday. All times are eastern. 270-547-7648.

•N.A.R.F.E. — 1 p.m. at Brandenburg United Meth-odist Church. Third Thurs-day every month. 668-1742 (Except July noon and no meeting in December.)

•MEADE COUNTY PLANNING AND ZON-ING MEETING — Third Thursday every month. 6:30 p.m.

•BOOK DISCUSSION — 6-8 p.m. in the MC Public Library Annex. Copies of the book are available at the front desk.

•PAPER CRAFTS CLASS — 5 p.m. in the MC Public Library Annex. Give some-one you care about a hand-made card or gift this year. Stamp, color and decorate cards with all the materi-als supplied. Registration is limited, so sign up at the front desk.

•BASIC 150 HOUR RE-CRUIT CLASS — 7 p.m. at Flaherty Fire Station 50. The class will cover all catego-ries needed for 150 hours certifi cation. Everyone who wants to attend can. If you need more information please contact D. Todd Vin-ton at 270-828-2121 or 270-272-2111 or e-mail at todd.vinton@fl ahertyfi redept.com or training@fl aherty-fi redepart.com.

•4-H/FFA MANDA-TORY LIVESTOCK MEET-ING — 6 p.m. at the Meade County Extension Offi ce.

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VIVE? — Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church.

•CHILDBIRTH EDU-CATION CLASS — Jan. 24 from 7-9 p.m. in the Parvin Baumgart Education Center at Harrison County Hospi-tal. The class meets every four weeks. Call 812-738-7830 ext. 2012 for more in-formation.

•LEADERSHIP SERIES “GENERATIONS WORK-ING TOGETHER” — Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Meade County Exten-sion Offi ce.

•PLANNING NUTRI-TIOUS FOODS FOR YOUR FAMILY — Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Meade County Extension Offi ce.

•PAYING FOR COL-LEGE 101 — Jan. 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the MC Pub-lic Library Annex. All ages are welcome. This work-shop is important for both adult learners returning to school and teens preparing for college. Learn how to apply for student fi nancial aid, what to expect dur-ing the process and when to apply for state and fed-eral funds. This presenta-tion also includes options for fi lling the funding gap if traditional fi nancial aid does not completely meet your needs.

•SLOW PITCH SOFT BALL SIGN UPS — Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Food Court. For more information call270-497-4347.

•ALL DISTRICT SPELL-ING BEE — Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. in the Meade County High School Performing Arts Center.

•AWAKEN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2011 — Feb. 11-12 at the Meade County High School au-ditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. Friday. The Tammy Trent concert will begin at 7 p.m. Early bird reg-istration is $40 by Jan. 10. Regular registration is $49 and is due by Feb. 1. Regis-ter online at www.awaken-conference.info

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The system’s draft budget for 2011-2012 fi s-cal year, which does not represent any planned increases for the county school tax rate, was passed by the school board at Tuesday’s session.

According to Fack-ler, she was hoping to get some information for the new budget, but due to the legislative ses-sion, she was not able to get defi nite numbers inon time.

However, by law, she is required to submit a draft budget at the Janu-ary board meeting. In the draft budget, there will be a beginning balance of $7 million with $80,000 set for the capital outlay fund, $2 million to the building fund and $225,000 to the food service fund.

“I think these are num-bers we shouldn’t spend a lot of time on,” she said. “I’m sure they are going to change after legislative session.”

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By Casey TolliverThe News Standard

Newly elected Muldraugh City Council members experi-enced a lax and somewhat rudi-mentary introduction to the city council experience on Monday.

In the absence of Muldraugh Mayor Danny Tate, newly elected council members Judy Compton and Glenna Lewis received a watered-down intro-duction to life on the council.

Tompkins and Lewis, along with incumbent council mem-ber Joseph Noon Sr., attended their fi rst meeting chaired by Councilwoman Pat Reese in Tate’s absence.

Interim Police Chief Scottie Bennett gave the city council a rundown of police reports from the past month.

Out of 14 arrests, 10 were for Driving Under the Infl uence of Alcohol or Drugs, he said.

Muldraugh Fire District Chief Danny Dresel announced and lamented the death of long-time auxiliary member Clau-dette Langley.

Langley died of a massive heart attack on Jan. 1, Dresel said.

The chief added that the fi re district will host a fundraiser on Feb. 4 to help raise funds for Langley’s family.

Dresel also informed the members of the council that the fi re district has tentatively set the date for their annual fund-

raising auction for Oct. 15.The council also learned that

the fi re district is having prob-lems with bleed over on their radios.

Dresel informed members that the problem was traced to a tower in Louisville and the bleed over is coming from Transportation Depart-ment radios.

Dresel told the council that another radio problem the dis-trict is having is with the man-datory switchover to lower fre-quency radios. He added that he is working with county offi cials to get the problem rectifi ed.

The council heard from Pub-lic Works Department Supervi-sor Anthony Lee that the de-partment has prepared a bid for the installation of a lift station near Wendell Street as part of the city’s ongoing wastewater and sewer project. A pre-bid meeting was held on Jan.12, ac-cording to Lee.

The council’s two items of business on the agenda for the night, which were discussion of proposed text amendments to the city’s ordinance regard-ing manufactured housing and committee assignments, were tabled due to Tate’s absence.

The makeshift council brief-ly discussed fi lling the two available council seats, with Compton nominating Don-nie Basham to fi ll one seat and Lewis suggesting Ralph Lee forthe other.

Submitted by Kentucky Health News

Though advocates of anti-

smoking laws don’t believe a statewide smoking ban will pass in the General Assembly this year, they see public sup-port for it, and have come to the conclusion that it’s time to get the discussion started.

“This will get the ball roll-ing at the state level,” Dr. Ellen Hahn said, a nursing professor at the University of Kentucky and director of the Kentucky Tobacco Policy Re-search Program. “We know the best comprehensive laws won’t happen overnight. We really need to start some-where.”

On Wednesday, state Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington, fi led House Bill 193, which would prohibit cigarette use in all enclosed public places and enclosed places of employ-ment, including restaurants and bars. It also bans smok-ing within a “reasonable” dis-tance outside of public places and work places.

Hahn, who has been reluc-tant to support a statewide ban, said Westrom’s move is timely. Dozens of organiza-tions now publicly support “smoke-free” laws, and 29 communities have enacted local smoke-free ordinances. “We’re getting more ready every day because local lead-ership has shown the way,” Hahn said.

As of now, 32 percent of Kentuckians are covered by smoke-free laws, and those numbers are growing, thanks, in part, to Campbell County’s recent ordinance (though a new Fiscal Court is moving to repeal it before it takes ef-fect). “I think the movement in Northern Kentucky has helped,” Hahn said. “That’s kind of the last urban area anywhere. Bans have also gone into effect in Bardstown and Glasgow. We’ve had some key places in the state if you look at the map. We’re starting to fi ll in some areas.”’

Hahn is the leading advo-cate for smoke-free ordinanc-es in the state, but has long been reluctant to push for a statewide ban. “My hesita-tion was that we would end up with something bad, a law that would tie the hands of local government,” she said. “And we didn’t want some-thing that was carved up with loopholes.”

But the tide has turned, Hahn said. “I’ve said all along everyone deserves protection, everywhere. I don’t think we’ll ever see local ordinances in every locale in the state. In some ways, it’s got to start some time and we’re on fi rst base. It’s a process.”

Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy So-lutions, a free-market think

tank in Bowling Green, re-plied to the developments this way: “Ironically, state politi-cians who loathe interference from Washington seem want to impose Frankfort’s will on local communities.

“Some local communities like Bowling Green have had their own hard-fought, emo-tional battles over the smok-ing-ban issue.

“It would be outrageous for Frankfort now to come swooping in and possibly override their decisions.”

Waters has branded Hahn “the smoking nanny” and de-bated her in a series of “Sort-ing Through the Smoke” sem-inars for journalists held by Kentucky Youth Advocates and the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, another UK-based cen-ter that publishes Kentucky Health News.

Hahn said it takes an average of two and a half to fi ve years for Ken-tucky communities to pass smoke-free ordinances.

As for enacting statewide bans, “It really varies across the country,” she said, adding that she’s willing to wait. “We don’t want them to do some-thing until they’re ready,” she said. “It’s going to take a while for state legislators to study the science. They haven’t done it before. We haven’t asked them to do it.”

What’s important, Hahn said, is to wait until legislators are ready to pass a compre-hensive law, not one subject to exemptions such as private clubs or nightclubs.

Amy Barkley, a director for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, agreed. “Here’s what’s important: We don’t want to settle for a half-baked law,” Barkley said. “This is not an area that can be com-promised.”

Exemptions to the law lead to complications, Barkley said.

“First, they mean that cer-tain employees are not pro-tected,” she said. “If the intent of the bill is to protect people, why are some people more important than others?”

Second, laws with excep-tions are more diffi cult to enforce.

“With a comprehensive law, everyone knows if you’re indoors you can’t smoke,” Barkley said. “These things are very self-enforcing the more clear, concise and com-prehensive they are.”

Thirdly, exemptions can result in legal challenges,” Barkley said, citing an ex-ample in Louisville when its smoking ordinance exempted Churchill Downs from being subject to it.

“There was a lawsuit over that and the ordinance could not be put into effect while it was pending,” she said.

Ultimately, both Hahn and Barkley are willing to bide their time. They both stressed the importance for local gov-ernments to continue their smoke-free efforts in the meantime. “These local of-fi cials shouldn’t wait,” Hahn said.

Polls shows clear support for statewide ban.

A poll released Thursday by supporters of a statewide ban shows that a majority of Kentucky adults favor it, that opinions on both sides are strong, and that local commu-nities should have the option of passing additional restric-tions on smoking in public places and workplaces.

The telephone survey was taken Dec. 12-14 by Public Opinion Strategies, a well-re-garded national fi rm that gave Kentucky Health News its questionnaire and the num-ber of adults it called in each county.

The poll asked, “Would you favor or oppose a state law in Kentucky that would pro-hibit smoking in most public

places, including workplaces, public buildings, offi ces, res-taurants and bars?”

Then they were asked if they felt strongly about their opinion or were “just some-what” in favor or opposed.

The results: 44 percent said they strongly favored such a law, while 15 percent said they were somewhat in favor of it, for a total of 59 percent.

The opposition totaled 39 percent: 14 percent said they were somewhat opposed to the law, and the strongly op-posed were 25 percent, the same percentage of adult Kentuckians who said they smoke.

The strong opinions on both sides totaled 69 percent, a very high fi gure. The mar-gin of error for the poll of 500 adults was plus or minus 4.38 percentage points for each fi g-ure, so a clear majority favors a statewide smoking ban.

Among smokers, 31 percent said they favored the law and 68 percent opposed it.

Among the three-fourths of Kentuckians who don’t smoke, the fi gures were virtu-ally a mirror image: 69 percent in favor, 29 percent opposed. (The fi gures for smokers come from an interview by Kentucky Health News with Glen Bolger, a partner in the Arlington, Va.-based polling fi rm.)

Statistically, the poll found no difference among Demo-crats, Republicans, indepen-dents and tea-party support-ers, with 55 to 60 percent identifying with each label saying they support a state-wide ban.

While both leading candi-dates for governor, Demo-cratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican state Senate Presi-dent David Williams, have said they favor a statewide ban, neither has emphasized it, and there is skepticism

among state legislators that it would be a deciding issue for voters.

However, the poll found that 34 percent of voters said they would be “much more likely” to vote for a candidate for state offi ce who supports the law, and 21 percent said they would be “somewhat more likely” to do so, for a to-tal of 55 percent.

On the other side, a total of 36 percent said they would be less likely to vote for a supporter of the law (20 per-cent much more likely and 16 percent somewhat). Only 6 percent said the candi-date’s position would make no difference.

The question initially de-scribed two alternative, un-named candidates in terms of positions on the issue and asked, “For which of these candidates would you vote?”

Even 31 percent of smokers said they would be more like-ly to vote for a candidate who supports a statewide ban.

Then the survey asked which is more important, the rights of smokers and of res-taurant and bar owners, or the rights of employees and customers to breathe clean air in such establishments. (The alternatives were ro-tated, as were those on other questions.)

A majority said employees’ and customers’ rights were more important, 53 percent much more so and 15 percent only somewhat. The poll did not differentiate between the rights of smokers and busi-ness owners or those of em-ployees and customers.

“Just because a majority of people in some poll say they want more government nanny-ism doesn’t make it the right, or constitutional, action to take,” Waters said. “The last time I checked, restaurant and bar owners’

constitutionally protected private property rights are not subject to polling.

“In fact, the constitution exists for the express pur-pose of protecting those rights from some popular movement such as that being pushed by Kentucky’s health nannies who want to deny Kentuckians their individual liberty to make their own decisions regarding smok-ing, eating and other lifestyle choices.”

The main medical reason for smoking bans is research showing that second-hand smoke causes cancer and other diseases, and Kentuck-ians seem to accept those fi ndings.

Almost half, 48 percent, said exposure to second-hand smoke is a serious health haz-ard, while 28 percent said the hazard is moderate, 17 per-cent said it is minor, 5 percent said it is not a health hazard at all and 2 percent declined to say.

Many smokers acknowl-edged their risky behavior; 24 percent said second-hand smoke is a serious health hazard, while 35 percent said the hazard is moderate and 28 percent said it is minor. Only 10 percent said it is not a health hazard.

The poll found that re-gardless of what happens at the state level, 76 percent of Kentucky adults think local communities “should con-tinue to have the option of passing additional restric-tions on smoking in public places and workplaces.” Fifty percent strongly agreed with the statement, and 26 percent agreed somewhat.

Most of the 22 percent who disagreed did so strongly, again revealing the depth of feeling about the issue.Waters said the Bluegrass In-stitute favors local control.

Stage set for Ky. statewide smoking ban discussions

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House Bill 193 would prohibit smoking in public places and enclosed places of employment statewide if passed.

Quick night for new city council

A10 - The News Standard Friday, January 14, 2011FEATURESNew Year encourages us to turn over a new leaf, including kaleBy Angela Shelf Medearis

The Kitchen Diva

Most folks look at the start of a new year as the perfect time to turn over a new leaf and live a better life. Eating more greens is the perfect way to kick off the new year in a healthier way. According to an ar-ticle by Heather K. Vin-cent, Ph.D, in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Di-etetics, eating more plant-based foods — which are rich in substances called phytochemicals — seems to prevent oxidative stress in the body, a process as-sociated with obesity and the onset of disease. Dr. Vincent suggests starting each meal with plant-based foods such as leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes to make sure you get enough phytochemi-cals during regular mealsand snacks.

Kale — whether it’s the curly, fl at-leaf or dino-saur variety — is a great choice when selecting a leafy green vegetable. The leaves freeze well and ac-tually taste sweeter and

more fl avorful after being exposed to a frost. Kale is a member of the Brassica family, which also includes collard greens, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. All of these hardy greens con-tain sulforaphane, a chemi-cal believed to have potent anti-cancer properties, and phytonutrients, including powerful anti-infl ammato-ry and antioxidant proper-ties and alkalizing effects. Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamins K and C, lutein and zeaxanthin, and fairly rich in calcium.

Kale’s tender, dark-green leaves make a deli-cious salad, and the more mature leaves are a nutri-tious addition to a variety of dishes, especially ones containing robust meats orspicy fl avors.

Try this recipe for Spicy Kale Crunch when you want a nutritious snack, an unusual appetizer or as a topper for salads inplace of croutons.

Spicy Kale Crunch1 (16 ounce) bunch of kale

(curly, dinosaur, fl at leaf or a combination)

4 tablespoons olive oil1 teaspoon sea salt1 tablespoon red wine

vinegar1 tablespoon chili pow-

der or lemon pepper,

1. Preheat oven to 400 de-grees F. Place a large baking sheet into the oven while it’s pre-heating. Strip the leaves off the kale stems by holding the end of the stem and pulling off the leaves down to the tip. Wash the leaves in a colander under cool water. Shake the leaves to remove excess water and roll them in paper towels to dry thoroughly. (Wet leaves won’t get crisp.) Cut the leaves into 1 inch strips.

2. Put the kale strips into a bowl. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and toss the leaves with your hands to coat them. Do not season with the salt or the other ingredients, as it pulls water from the leaves and keeps them fromgetting crisp.

3. Carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven. Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil on the pan. Spread the leaves in an even layer

on the baking sheet and place it in the oven. Roast for about 7 minutes, or un-til some of the leaves start to brown. Take the baking sheet out of the oven, turn the kale with tongs, return to oven for another 3 to 4 minutes. The leaves should be crisp.

4. Remove the kale from

the oven and sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, salt, vinegar and chili powder and/or lemon pepper, as desired. Toss again and serve imme-diately. Makes 4 servings.

Angela Shelf Medearis is known as The Kitchen Diva! She’s the executive producer and host of “The Kitchen

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This is not an uncom-mon occurrence. Fre-quently, when families move into a new home, one or more family mem-bers develop ailments or allergies they didn’t have before. Among other things, this can re-sult from the chemicals that the previous own-ers used to maintain the property, and in the case of a new home, from the types of building materi-als that were used.

We know of one wom-an who became violently ill in her new home. She didn’t discover that she was allergic to the in-sulation material until after more than a yearof testing.

Bottom line: If extra care is taken to use safe chemicals in our homes, the long-term result is a better environment forall of us.

Following is a quote from a fact sheet pub-lished by the Center for Hazardous Materials Research (CHMR) at the University of Pittsburgh

Applied Research Cen-ter, 320 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15238: “Many products used in the average household contain materials that are considered hazardous because the ingredients are flammable, corrosive, toxic or reactive. Many of these products are so fa-miliar, that their hazards may be overlooked orunderestimated.”

We agree. When two common household products like ammonia and bleach are mixed, they create an extremely dangerous by-product that is similar to nerve gas. The good news is that there are plenty of safe alternatives to the myriad dangerous chem-icals that are on the mar-ket today. Here are a few that are noted in CHMR’s “Hazardous Materials Fact Sheet.”

Window Cleaners• Measure 3 table-

spoons ammonia, 1 table-spoon white vinegar, and 3/4 cup water into clean spray bottle. Spray on window and wipe clean.

Metal Polishes• Polish Brass with

worcestershire sauce.• Polish Copper with

paste consisting of vin-egar and salt.

• Polish Silver by soaking it in an alumi-num foil tray containing a quart of warm water, 1 tsp. baking soda and 1 tsp. salt.

Abrasive CleanersFor the toilet, pour 1/2

cup chlorine bleach into the bowl, let stand for 30 minutes, scrub with a long-handled brush and then flush. Drain flush with boiling water, 1/4 cup baking soda, and 2 ounces of vinegar.

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corners of the room.• Place an open box

of baking soda in the refrigerator to absorbfood odors.

• Pour baking soda down garbage dis-posal for disposal anddrain odors.

• Sprinkle baking soda over entire carpet and vacuum after 30minutes.

Cleaner• Spray vinegar on

glass and wipe dry with newsprint.

Moth Balls• Place cedar chips,

newspapers or lavender flowers around closets.

• Wool clothing should be cleaned and wrapped in plastic bags during warm weather.

And that’s all thereis to it.

For more home improve-ment tips and information, visit our web site at www.onthehouse.com or call our listener hot line 24/7 at 1-800-737-2474 (ext 59).

Safe alternatives to dangerous chemicals

Throughout the upcoming weeks, a series of classes from the Kentucky Extension Lead-ership Development (KELD) program will be offered at the Extension offi ce, located at 1041 Old Ekron Rd. inBrandenburg.

The classes are geared toward those wishing to increase their leadership ca-pacity or how to be a more ef-fective follower.

The fi rst class will focus on understanding generational differences and will be held on Tuesday, January 25 at 1

p.m. for those wishing to at-tend a day program or at 6:30 p.m. for those who are unable to attend a day session.

Understanding genera-tional differences will explore societal infl uences of various generations and how differ-ent perspectives can lead to misunderstanding and cre-ate confl ict at home, work or community activities.

We will also look at how relationships can be strengthened through under-standing and appreciationof differences.

Each class in the series will last between one to two hours depending on the topic and are offered free of charge to anyone wanting to increase their leadership capacity.

Preregistration by contact-ing the Extension offi ce at 270-422-4958 is required to assist in program preparation.

This is also important in the event a class needs to be cancelled due to weather or unforeseen emergency.

Upcoming topics include: The power of motivation, un-derstanding learning styles, and communication essen-tials for good impressions, infl uencing others, follower-ship, understanding leader-ship characteristics and un-derstanding and dealing with confl ict.

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Submitted by theCenter for Rural Affairs

The 2010 tax year is over but most of us have not started our 2010 returns. For small business owners as well as farmers, ranchers and other sole-proprietors, the Affordable Care Act and the Small Business Jobs Act, signed into law in 2010, con-tain signifi cant tax incen-tives to help offset health care costs.

The Small Business Jobs Act includes a deduction for sole proprietors’ health care costs on their 2010 tax returns.

The self-employed will be able to deduct their health insurance premiums as a business expense that re-duces their self-employment tax and their income tax for the 2010 tax year (fi nd out more at http://www.cfra.org/policy/health-care).

Also, small business tax credits in the Affordable Care Act cover up to 35 per-cent of employees’ health

care costs for businesses with fewer than 25 employees.

These two new laws pro-vide crucial relief for family farmers, ranchers and main-street business owners who have watched their health insurance premiums double in the last fi ve years.

And there’s another tax change on the horizon, the Rural Microbusiness Invest-ment Credit, which helps entrepreneurs by providing a 35 percent refundable tax credit, up to $10,000, on in-vestment in their business.

This tax provision was introduced by Representa-tives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Wally Heger (R-CA) and, if passed, would help rural small businesses lead the nation out of recession.

So, call your accoun-tant about eligibility for a health care tax incentive, and then call your repre-sentative and urge their support for the Rural Mi-crobusiness Investment Credit.

By David Uffi ngtonDollars and Sense

If you need to re-set your New Year resolutions and start again, consider using the financial success list below from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).

There are 12 steps in all. Check off each one as it’s accomplished, perhaps one a week.

1. Track spending for a month. Write down every dime you spend. At the end of the month, you’ll know where your money is really going.

2. Create a budget you can live with, using the fi gures from the above step.

3. Reduce your debt. Stop using credit cards and spending money un-til you have your finances under control.

4. Commit to save. Put away 10 percent of your take-home pay, and save any extra money until you have an emergency fund.

5. Review your credit report. By law you get one

free report per year from each of the big three re-porting agencies.

This is your opportunity to find errors and have them fixed.

Call annualcreditreport.com at 1-877-322-8228 for your free reports. It will verify via phone who you are.

6. Get your FICO score. Whether you’re at the top or bottom of the scale, you need to know.

If your number is less than it was in the past, you need to investigate why.

7. Get organized. Wheth-er it’s a shoebox or a more elaborate setup, what’s im-portant is that you know where to find things.

8. Stop incurring late fees. Pay your bills on time, ide-ally the day you get them. Not only do late payments cost you money in fees, but too many of them on your credit report will drop your credit score.

9. Stop paying overdraft fees. The more organized you are about your fi nanc-es, the less likely you are to

overdraw your account. 10. Contribute to Flex-

ible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts to lower your taxableincome.

11. Check your insur-ance and be sure it covers your current needs. Ask about discounts.

12. Consider refinancing your mortgage.

A lower interest rate can save you money in the long run.

For more information go to the NFCC Web site at www.DebtAdvice.org, or call 1-800-388-2227 to find a certified financial counselor.

The Web site also has a Twitter link with a help-ful hint each day. They’re worth reading.

David Uffi ngton regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible.

Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].

Submitted by the BetterBusiness Bureau of Ky.

Technology has made many things possible, in-cluding meeting people to date right on the Internet. But believe it or not, there are con artists out there who watch these Web sites to try to win your heart only to ripyou off.

The Federal Trade Com-

mission warns that scammers sometimes use online dating and social networking sites to try to convince people to send money in the name of love.

The con artist creates a fake profi le, gains the trust of an online love interest, and then asks that person to wire money—usually to a location outside the United States.

Here are some warning signs that someone you met

online could be in it for the money:

•Wants to leave the Web site immediately and use per-sonal e-mail accounts.

•Claims instant feelingsof love.

•Claims to be from the United States but is currently overseas.

•Plans to visit, but is un-able to do so because of some tragic event.

Submitted byBluegrass Cellular

Bluegrass Cellular, Inc. is

now accepting scholarship applications from graduat-ing seniors who attend high school in its 38-county cov-erage area, which includes Meade County.

The deadline for applica-tions is April 4, 2011.

Bluegrass Cellular will award 18 scholarships val-ued at $1,500 each. This is the 10th year the com-pany has recognized dedi-cated high school students through its scholarship pro-gram.

Scholarship recipients are selected by a panel of judg-es based on criteria includ-ing fi nancial need, academ-ic achievement, school and community involvement and a personal essay.

Winners will be notifi ed in May 2011.

“We’re proud to give

back to the young leaders of our communities through our annual scholarship program,” Vice president of Sales and Marketing for Bluegrass Cellular Barry Nothstine said.

“These scholarships are an investment in the futures of the selected students. We’re honored to play a small role in their future success.”

For the complete list of guidelines and an applica-tion, go to www.Bluegrass-Cellular.com, visit one of Bluegrass Cellular’s 21 re-tail locations or contact your school guidance counselor. In addition to the applica-tion form, applicants must submit a copy of their high school transcript, three let-ters of recommendation and an essay.

For further information, contact Michelle Goodman, Manager, Marketing and Sales Support forBluegrass Cellular at 270-765-6361.

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A12 - The News Standard Friday, January 14, 2011AGRICULTURE

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University of Kentucky’s beginning farmer program trains young farmers in gen-eral aspects of farming, as well as management marketing and public relations.

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CommoditiesAs of Monday, Jan 10, 2011, Irvington Livestock AuctionReceipts: 1902, *AD-Avg. Dress., HD-High Dress., LD-Low Dress., MB-Mths Bred

Compared to last Monday: Feeder Steers were 2.00 to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 2.00 higher; slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; and Slaughter Bulls steady.Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1 200-300 lbs 153.00; 300-400 lbs 154.00-159.00; 400-500 lbs 144.00-149.50; 500-600 lbs 130.00-134.00. Medium and Large 1-2 200-300 lbs 124.00-146.00; 300-400 lbs 138.50-146.00; 400-500 lbs 124.00-135.00; 500-600 lbs 121.50-127.00; 600-700 lbs 116.75-122.00; 700-800 lbs 111.50-119.75; 800-900 lbs 105.00-107.00; 900-1000 lbs 92.00-97.00. Group with 28 head 654 lbs 120.20 blk. Medium and Large 2 600-700 lbs 108.00.Holstein Steers: No test.Feeder Bulls: Medium and Large 1 300-400 lbs 150.00-165.00; 700-800 lbs 104.00. Medium and Large 1-2: 300-400 lbs 137.00-144.00; 400-500 lbs 132.50-141.50; 500-600 lbs 116.00-126.25; 600-700 lbs 106.00-116.00; 700-800 lbs 84.00-90.00. Medium and Large 2 400-500 lbs 108.00-120.00; 500-600 lbs 109.00-113.00.Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1 200-300

lbs 132.00; 300-400 lbs 137.50; 400-500 lbs 129.00-133.75. Medium and Large 1-2 200-300 lbs 111.00-118.00; 300-400 lbs 124.00-129.00; 400-500 lbs 117.00-125.00; 500-600 lbs 111.50 -121.00; 600-700 lbs 104.00-112.00; 700-800 lbs 100.00-106.00; 800-900 lbs 96.00. Medium and Large 2 300-400 lbs 113.00-120.00; 400-500 lbs 103.00-111.00; 500-600 lbs 104.00-109.00; 600-700 lbs 97.00; 700-800 lbs 97.00.Slaughter Cows: % Lean Weight AD HD Breaker 75-80 1400-1625 53.00-60.00 62.25Boners 80-85 1300-1410 46.00-51.50Lean 85-90 1150-1280 35.00-40.00 45.00Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade Weight AD HD 1-2 1580-2150 73.00-76.001-2 1100-1640 65.00-68.50Bred Cows: No test.Cow and Calves: No test.Stock Bulls: No test.Calves: No test.

It is no secret the average age of full time farmers in-crease every year. Statistics show that there are more farmers retiring every year than there are new/younger farmers choosing farmingas a career.

This brings up the ques-tion “Who is going to feed and clothe us in the future?” Hopefully, in the future, farming will provide enough fi nancially to entice more young people to choose it as a career.

Full time farming is a hard job because not only of the hours and the labor but also of the diverse knowl-edge needed in order to besuccessful.

Because of this, the Uni-versity of Kentucky has adopted and adapted an intensive program geared to young farmers with ten years or less experience about the whole farm man-agement experience.

This program goes through general aspects of not only agronomy and animal science but also to-tal management marketing, and public relations.

Most sessions will be held in Hardin County.

Registration fee is $100 which includes lunches andmaterials.

Most sessions will be in the morning and early after-noon time frame. Go online at: http://ces.ca.uky.edu/meade/AgNaturalResourc-es ; to print out a registration form and survey or stop by the Extension Offi ce located at 1041 Old Ekron Road in Brandenburg.

Registration deadline is January 28. Only a limited number from Meade County will be accepted so get regis-tered as soon as possible.

For more information, contact the Meade County Cooperative ExtensionService.

Youth farming incentivecultivates state’s ag future

Andy MillsAg & Natural Resources

Submitted by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture

FRANKFORT — Agricul-ture Commissioner Richie Farmer invites Kentucky students to explore the roles of Kentucky Proud and Kentucky agriculture in their everyday lives in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest.

“Kentucky Proud helps Kentucky farmers fi nd new markets and add value to their products,” Commis-sioner Farmer said. “Ken-tucky Proud also helps con-

sumers fi nd foods that are grown, raised or processed in Kentucky by Kentuckians.

The Poster and Essay Con-test will encourage Kentucky school children to learn why Kentucky Proud is important to them, their families and all Kentuckians.”

To enter, students in kin-dergarten through 12th grade must submit either a poster or an essay based on the theme “Kentucky Proud: Your Family, Your Food, Your Future” to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

Entries must be post-

marked by Feb. 4. Statewide winners in each grade level will be announced Feb. 21.

Each winner will receive a $100 savings bond and will be honored at the Kentucky Agriculture Day luncheon in March in Frankfort.

For more information, con-tact Elizabeth McNulty at 502-564-4983 or [email protected] or go to www.kyagr.com/marketing/aged-ucation/agday2011.htm.

Kentucky Proud receives funding from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund (KADF), which pro-vides grants to diversify and modernize Kentucky’s farm economy.

Kentucky Proud is ad-ministered by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

Poster, essay contest registry is nearing deadline for entries‘Kentucky Proud: Your Family,

Your Food, Your Future’

Submitted by the United States Dept. of Ag

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2011 — The Department of Agriculture’s Risk Manage-ment Agency (RMA) an-nounced today that it has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would reward farmers par-ticipating in the federal crop insurance program for good performance.

“This proposed Good Per-formance Refund will benefi t qualifying farmers and ranch-ers across rural America and strengthen the Federal crop in-surance program,” said RMA administrator, William J. Mur-phy. “It encourages producers to use the best available man-agement practices in order to qualify for the refund in future years and rewards good perfor-mance by returning a portion of the out-of-pocket costs paid for crop insurance premiums back to those who have paid into the program and have had limited or no losses.”

Under the proposed pro-gram, payment amounts would vary by producer and will be based on each quali-fi ed producerís history in the program. RMA estimates that the average refund amount per producer this year will be about $1,000. The program has a proposed maximum limit at $25,000, with a mini-

mum payment of $25. The fi rst year of the proposed pro-gram will use data from 2009 and prior crop years because not all 2010 data is fi nalized.

RMA expects that this pro-posed Good Performance Refund program will provide producers in rural America with about $75 million this year in crop insurance re-funds. It is estimated that the proposed program would benefi t farmers and ranchers in over two-thirds of counties nationwide.

This proposed program is made possible by the sav-ings realized from the Obama

Administrationís recent Stan-dard Reinsurance Agreement negotiation between the Fed-eral Crop Insurance Corpora-tion and the private insurance industry.

The proposed rule in the Federal Register has a 15-day comment period that ends Jan. 21, 2011. This notifi cation is intended to give the public an opportunity to review the proposed rule and prepare comments to be submitted during the comment pe-riod. The proposed program is intended to be available before the spring plantingseason.

USDA unveils proposal to reward farmers participating in fed program

By Justin RayThe News Standard

For the inexperienced Lady Waves (2-10) basketball team, success has been determined by their ability to handle the roller coaster of emotions and the ups and downs that come within each game.

After a successful fi rst half against the visiting Floyd Central Highlanders, a devastating third quarter led to the Lady Waves demise in a 68-62 defeat on Jan. 6.

Freshman Raley Johnson’s 17 fi rst half points led the Lady Waves scoring attack as her teammates disrupted the High-landers’ offensive attack taking a 39-38 lead and momentum into halftime. But, the third quarter would prove to belong to the Highlanders as Floyd Central started the second half quickly putting together a 10-0 scoring run and taking a commanding 48-39 lead midway through the third quarter.

As the Highlanders picked up their pressure on the defense, the Lady Waves piled up the missed shots and turnovers.

“We have a tendency to hit the panic button when things don’t go well,” Meade County head coach Josh Hurt said. “We don’t realize we’re getting the shots we want and they’ll go in. So we try to re-invent the wheel and do something different. When we do that, we turn the dang ball over.”

Facing a 50-40 defi cit with four min-utes remaining in the third quarter and feeling the game slipping away from the Lady Waves, Hurt called a timeout to try to regroup his team. Sophomore Megan Aebersold scored the Lady Waves’ fi rst fi eld goal of the second half on a put back attempt following Hurt’s timeout. But, Meade County wouldn’t get its next bas-ket until Johnson sank a 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter cutting the Highlanders lead to 54-48.

“We needed to make a couple of those early shots,” Hurt said. “They were good clean looks and they didn’t go down. Then it was compounded by the fact they made a couple. It was kind of a perfect storm and a bad combination for us.”

As in most high school basketball games, the most successful team is the team that best handles the scoring droughts that


In the beginning of its season, the Meade County Greenwave football team didn’t exactly start out on the right foot.

But with some hard work, sweat and dedication, the Greenwave turned their 1-4 season into a strong 7-5 fi nish.

“Naturally, we wish we had a better record,” said Green-wave head coach Larry Mo-fi eld. Nonetheless, Mofi eld is proud of his team and how they kept their eyes on play-ing the best games they can.

“We did some good things,” he added.

Mofi eld honored his 2010 Greenwave team at a ban-quet Monday night. The night consisted of dining on some homemade dishes and hand-

ing out awards in the auditorium.

“This banquet is a ap-preciation of our young men and what they’ve done this season,” Mo-fi eld told the crowd of proud parents, friends and family members. “We had a fi ne group of young men who worked hard.”

In preparation for the 2011 season, many of the returning players have began weight lifting which, according to Mo-fi eld, gives the Green-wave an extra advantage over the competition.

“We may be out tal-ented, but what may give us an extra edge is the winter work in the


After being outscored the previous day 23-3 in the third quarter by John Hardin High School, the Meade County Greenwave (6-9) returned the favor to the visiting Austra-lian Wanneroo Wolves Na-tional team putting together a 30-13 outburst on its way to a 69-48 win on Jan. 8.

Falling behind 28-20 by halftime, Meade County head coach Jerry Garris gave his team an earful during the intermission to try to liven his team up, as the effects of the beating from John Hardin the night before appeared to be lingering.

“These kids have been very passive and laid back,” Gar-ris said. “They miss a shot

and feel sorry for themselves. At halftime was the fi rst time I really got on them all year. Hopefully, I won’t have to do that anymore. I’m getting to old to go in there and rant and rave like that.”

Garris’ halftime speech ap-peared to spark a fi re under the Greenwave as Meade County started the third quarter with the passion and effort that was missing in the fi rst half.

Junior guard Bo Wilson’s 3-pointer tied the score at 32-32 and capped a 11-4 Meade County scoring run to start the second half.

With the Wolves having traveled all-around the state of Kentucky last week play-ing against Wayne County

Pep talk propels Waves


The Meade County Greenwave (5-9) basketball team stayed true to its Jekyll and Hyde form as they gave the undefeated John Har-din Bulldogs (12-0) all they could handle for the fi rst two quarters before self-de-structing in the third quar-ter leading to a 67-41 defeat on Jan. 7 at Meade County High School.

The Greenwave spent the fi rst half actively attacking the Bulldogs’ defense using its dribble penetration to get to the basket and creating open 3-point shot attempts for its spotted up three point shooters on the wings.

While Meade County’s

offense took the pace to the Bulldogs, its defense kept the larger front-line of se-nior Jeff Richard and junior Hunter Holloway in check with its hustle around the basket limiting them to a combined four points in the fi rst half.

Greenwave junior guard Bo Wilson gave Meade County the momentum heading into halftime as he sank his second 3-pointer and 12th point of the fi rst half as the buzzer sounded to end the second quarter cutting the Bulldogs’ ad-vantage to 27-26.

The shot brought the Meade County fans to their feet as they cheered on the Greenwave, appearing to be on the right track heading

into the second half.“Tonight was one of those

nights when you don’t want halftime to come and you just want to keep playing,” Meade County head coach Jerry Garris said.

Throughout the fi rst half, Meade County’s junior guards Wilson and Chase Garris used a controlled pace to pick apart the Bull-dogs defense for timely bas-kets and stayed composed when the speedy Bulldog guards applied their defen-sive pressure.

In the second half, John Hardin quickly turned its defensive tempo up to break-neck speed sending the pace of the game up a

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See PEP, Page B2

Banquet takes a look back at memorable year

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Senior Aaron Settles shakes hands with Coach Larry Mofi eld as he accepts the David “Tug-boat” Mohler Scholarship, which is worth $500 to the institution Settles chooses to attend.

Halftime rant lights fi re under Greenwave

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Junior guard Chase Garris dribbles behind his back to get around a Wannero Wolves defender. BELOW: Junior guard Bo Wilson leaps to get a shot attempt off against the Wannero Wolves.

Bulldogs pick up the pace in second half, outrun Waves

See BULLDOGS, Page B2

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SportsFriday, January 14, 2011

OUTDOORS

See BANQUET, Page B2

Check next week’s issue for results and coverage from this week’s games.

NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE

Meade County panics, falls to Highlanders

BASKETBALL NEWS

Jammin’ in Jasper

The 7th annual boys school feeder basketball tournamnet will be held Feb. 25 - 27, 2011 in Jasper, Ind.

The tournament will feature team’s in third through eighth grade.

For more information regard-ing the tournament you can contact Kevin Messmer at kbmessmer@yahoo or 812-482-5226.

Jan. 14

Greenwave basketball @ Frederick Fraize

6:30 p.m.

Lady Waves basketball @ Frederick Fraize

8 p.m.

Jan. 15

Meade County swim team @ Fort Knox Greenwave Invitational

T.B.A

Greenwave wrestling @ Southern Third Region Duals

10 a.m.

Jan. 17

Lady Waves basketball Apollo

8 p.m.

Jan. 18

Greenwave basketball North Hardin

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 19

Greenwave wrestling Fort Knox

7 p.m.

Jan. 21

Greenwave wrestling @ WSAZ Invitational

noon

Lady Waves Basketball @ Breckinridge County

8 p.m.

Jan. 22

Lady Waves basketball Muhlenberg County

5 p.m.

Greenwave basketball Muhlenberg County

6:30 p.m.

Jan. 25

Greenwave basketball South Oldham

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 26

Greenwave wrestling Bullitt Central

7:30 p.m.

Lady Waves basketball @ Owensboro

8 p.m.

Jan. 28

Greenwave basketball @ Breckinridge County

8 p.m.


Thomas Wilson tries to muscle a shot up against John Hardin.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting applications for wetlands reserves. The cutoff dates are; Jan. 3, 2011, April 8, 2011, and June 17, 2011.

Wetlands reserve is a volun-tary program offering land owners the opportunity to protect, restore and enhance wetlands on their property.

See PANICS, Page B3

few notches faster than the Greenwave were prepared to play in the third quarter.

With a faster paced game, the Bulldogs quickly put to-gether a 7-0 scoring run to start the third quarter as the Greenwave scrambled on the offensive end trying to find open shots.

While the Bulldogs used its speed to race the ball down the court past the Greenwave de-fense leading to easy baskets, Meade County’s offense hit a snag committing four straight turnovers on its first four pos-sessions. Jerry Garris called a

timeout after John Hardin’s Jeremy Harness 3-pointer pushed the Bulldogs lead out to 34-26.

Junior guard Brady Smith, who earned a starting role for the game with sophomore Bryce Garris out with an inju-ry, responded out of the tim-eout and scored the Green-wave’s first and only field goal of the third quarter as the Bulldogs used a 23-3 scoring run to end the third stanza.

The Greenwave continued its misfortunes as they went on to commit three straight turnovers on their next three possessions at the hands of John Hardin’s full-court defensive press following Smith’s basket.

John Hardin’s defense pres-sured Meade County into eight third quarter turnovers and 22 total for the game. The Greenwave’s mistakes were compounded by the Bulldogs ability to capitalize on their miscues scoring 21 points off of Meade County turnovers.

“In the second half they put a little bit more pressure on us, but it seems like the last few games we have come out slow in the third quarter,” ju-nior guard Cheaney Schwartz said. “I don’t know if we get out of rhythm — get cold, but we are going to have to change something.”

Jerry Garris agreed that this season has been a tale of two halves as the Greenwave have been unable to put together many complete games the en-tire season.

“We’re Jekyll and Hyde,” Garris said. “It looks like we brought a different 15 guys out from halftime. I don’t know the difference and I don’t know if they do either. We don’t concentrate and stay focused. We did everything we wanted in the first half. We got the ball where we wanted to and, in the second half, we come out and look like a dif-ferent group of kids.”

Despite the Greenwave’s lack of focus and intensity in the third quarter, the Bulldogs also showed themselves to be the superior team on the court as they rattled the Greenwave offense leading to 18 steals for the game and flexed its mus-cle on the glass grabbing 12 offensive rebounds and took a 32 -24 rebounding advantage over the smaller Greenwave players.

“They were too quick for us in the second half,” Schwartz said. “We didn’t have any guys who could stay with them with their quickness. They were deny-ing everything.”

Junior forward’s Stephen Compton, Wes Dowell were

given the tall task of trying to guard the 6-foot-4 Rich-ards and 6-foot-5 Holloway around the basket. Though Compton and Dowell lacked in height, they didn’t lack in effort as they limited Richards and Holloway to only eight points and 11 rebounds combined for the game.

“Despite their size advan-tage, I don’t think it was the size that hurt as much as their (team) speed,” Compton said. “Once they got into half court, we defended them well and their size wasn’t so much a factor. They were just so much faster than us.”

After suffering the third quarter derailment, the Greenwave were never able to recover and could never cut the Bulldogs’ lead lower than 20 points.

Wilson, who started the first half hitting five of nine shots, finished the game con-necting on seven of 12 shots for a game-high 16 points. Schwartz added 10 points and team-high seven re-bounds for Meade County.

John Hardin 14 13 23 17—67Meade County 11 15 3 12 —41

John Hardin — Harness 13, Price 9, Richard 6, Savoy 4, Foster 10, Bonner 13, Smith 2, Rasheed 4, Mitchell 4, Hollo-way 2

Meade County — C. Gar-ris 6, B. Wilson 16, T. Wilson 2, Schwartz 10, Smith 2, Compton 5.

High, McCreary Central High School, Pleasure Ridge Park High School and North Bullitt High School. The Greenwave picked up the pace of the game during the second half, forcing the tired Wolves play-ers to play faster than their legs could go.

“(Wanneroo) was just drained,” Garris said. “They had been zig-zagging up and down the state. By tonight, they were just worn out.”

Playing so many games in such a short period of time left the Wolves reeling and the Greenwave players made them pay, taking the ball ag-gressively to the basket forc-

ing Wanneroo to play defense or commit a foul. As a result, Meade County hit 15 of 19 free throw attempts in the second half while they outscored the Wolves 49-20 in the second half.

As the Greenwave turned the pressure up on the de-fensive side of the ball, the Wolves started to crumble as they committed 16 second half turnovers leading to 22 points for the Greenwave.

“Last year, I got on them and they just put their heads down and it was over. This year, they gritted their teeth and got af-ter it a little bit,” Garris said. “I was tickled to see that. I didn’t know how they would respond to that.”

Bo Wilson scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed

six rebounds while only com-mitting two turnovers for the Greenwave.

Junior guard Cheaney Schwartz added 14 points and junior forward Thomas Wil-son chipped in 13 points for Meade County.

Wanneroo was led in scor-ing by Shaun Williamson and Daniel Dragicevich’s 14 points.Wanneroo Wolves 10 18 13 7 — 48Meade County 11 9 30 19 — 69

Wanneroo — Dragicevich 14, Anderson 2, Williamson 14, Webb 6, Longthron 2, Woods 3, Throns 7

Meade County — Jenkins 2, Dowell 7, Compton 5, Smith 3, T. Wilson 13, Raymer 2 B. Wil-son 20, C. Garris 3.

weight room,” Mofield said. “It’s important for their success to be in there (working).”

Booster Club President Bill Wilson got on stage to thank everyone for giv-ing a hand with the team’s success.

“Sometimes we care about wins and losses … But these (coaches) are teaching these young men life lessons,” Wilson said. “For that, I want to say ‘Thank you, coaches.’”

One aspect of the team Mofield made sure to recognize was the Green-wave’s managers, many of whom are still in middle school.

“We want all those guys to be wearing green and white one day,” he said. “Those guys do a good job

for us and we really ap-preciate those guys.”

With the end of the season, the Greenwave said goodbye to 15 se-niors, who Mofield said kept a positive mantra alive.

“We started with a win against Anderson,” he added. “Then we struggled. But we came back and played hard.”

The team also had quite the list of accomplish-ments for the season. The Greenwave were the 2010 6A District 2 Cham-pions, made it to the second round of the play-offs, and five players were named to the All District Team: Thomas Wilson, Max Cundiff, Ryan Ho-gan, Will Wilson and Bo Wilson.

Overall, Mofield is proud of the virtues his athletes have instilled in them and he knows they

will be successful in life.“Football teaches life

lessons,” he said. “To me, if you look at society ath-letics is a form that teaches and instills values.”

Most of all, he has his seniors to thank for being positive role models for the under classmen.

“Our seniors did a fine job of leading us and they left a good leg-acy,” Mofield said. “We get on them, but we love them.”

The full list of awards from the banquet are:

Freshmen awards110 Percent — Christo-

pher GrahamMost Improved — Ga-

briel LafolletteLineman — Matthew

Millay, Antwan FergusonOffensive — Devonte

DuncanMVP — Jonah ShacklettJunior Varsity award

MVP — Zeb Wilson Varsity awardsReceiver — Bo WilsonOffensive Live — Will

WilsonTackle Leader — Ryan

HoganDefensive Back —

Thomas WilsonDefensive Line — Will

WilsonLinebacker — Max Cun-

diffMeade Pride — Jeremy

GreenwoodMost Improved — Aar-

on SettlesScout Team MVP —

Ronald WilliamsSpecial Teams Tackle

Leader — Dylan McGrawSpecial Teams MVP —

Zach BogardOffensive MVP —

Thomas WilsonDefensive MVP — Ryan

HoganDavid “Tugboat” Mohler

Scholarship — Aaron Settles

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Battletown 18 — Logan Hardesty 2, Dawson Gagel 2, Cameron Kingsbury 10, Will Crosier 4

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occur throughout the game. Dealing with such scoring droughts has been the big-gest hurdle for the inexperi-enced Lady Waves so far this season.

“This is a game of runs,” Hurt said of the Highland-ers’ 16-6 third quarter scor-ing run. “This is going to happen. We have to learn to stay the course and continue to do what we need to do.”

Sophomore forward Maya Luney said the Lady Waves’ ability to stay positive dur-ing certain scoring droughts could lead to more success as their season progresses.

“Good things are con-tagious, but bad thing are too,” Luney said. “We have to keep fi ghting through

the bad things (during the game).”

Despite the downward spiral in the third quar-ter, the Lady Waves were able to cut the lead to 56-51 after Luney collected an offensive rebound and scored at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

“We don’t handle our composure when we get down six or eight but what we do well is once we get down 12 or 14 we will scrap back,” Hurt said. “We keep playing hard, but we’ve got to do a better job when the other team scores two or three times in a row. Once it started going (the Highland-ers’) way we quit boxing out, gave up second shots and easy transitions buckets during the third quarter.”

Staying true to form, the Lady Waves continued to scrap throughout with John-

son scoring eight fourth quarter points. But, Meade County was unable to get the needed defensive stops to cut the Highlanders lead any further.

Johnson scored a game-high 28 points in the Lady Waves defeat.

Even in the loss, Hurt found some positives in the performance of Luney who contributed nine points and eight rebounds on the game.

“She played well to-night,” Hurt said. “Maya was a difference maker. Maya wants to be a good player. She just needs the experience. The whole fi rst half, the reason we were at 39 points, was because we crashed the boards and Maya was a big part of that.”

Meade County visits Frederick Fraize tonight at 6:30 p.m.


This season the young Lady Waves players have always been game for the fi ght, but have came up short against more experi-enced teams.

Facing off against the vis-iting Australian Wanneroo Wolves national team, the Lady Waves looked to be a shell of themselves on the court as they let a one-point halftime lead slip away and end in a 67-47 defeat on Jan. 8.

After both teams spent much of the fi rst half ex-changing baskets, the Lady Waves started the second half in a lull on the defensive end allowing the Wolves to put together a 14-7 run to start the third stanza.

Wanneroo’s starting guard Taylor Bestry, who collected three steals in the fi rst half, picked up her pressure on the Lady Waves guards during the second half and created matchup problems with her length and speed. Bestry was the focal point of the Wolves’ full-court press as she forced multiple Meade County turnovers and collected 10 steals for the contest.

“When they went to pres-sure we struggled,” Meade County head coach Josh Hurt said. “They were long,

athletic, but still I thought we had some opportunities over the top, opportunities to get the ball in the middle. When we fi nally did get the ball to this end we didn’t convert.”

As Bestry forced Meade County into 26 total turn-overs, 16 in the second half, the Wolves converted 31 points off of the Lady Waves miscues.

With Meade County’s of-fense struggling to generate scoring opportunities in the second half, their defense had similar issues trying to stop the Wolves’ Jenna Le-hmann around the basket as she hit eight of 10 shots, scoring many uncontested baskets leading to a game-high 22 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.

“In the end, the real story is they shot 57 percent from the fl oor, 61 percent from two,” Hurt said. “There is no excuse for guarding that way.”

The length of the Wolves players created problems for the smaller Lady Wave players as they were unable to get comfortable in their offense and get quality shot attempts at the basket.

“Going against them was diffi cult because they were so long and fast,” sopho-more guard Alexis Greco said. “Their reach (on de-fense) gave us problems. It

was diffi cult to get shots be-cause of their length.”

The struggles continued for the Lady Waves in the fourth quarter as freshman guard Breannah Bretches’ basket a few minutes into the stanza stopped a 7-0 Wolves scoring run.

The Lady Waves wouldn’t get another fi eld goal until Greco hit a 3-pointer to end Meade County’s scoring as the game clock was winding down to zero.

Besides her defensive presence, Bestry was effi -cient on the offensive end hitting six of 13 shots scor-ing 15 points.

After the lackluster per-formance from the Lady Waves, Hurt was unable to find any positives from the defeat.

“We could have not played any more poorly,” Hurt said. “We were not ready. Our concentration level was next to zero. Balls would hit our hands and fall to the fl oor. People were in the wrong spots and doing the wrong things at the wrong times. Mentally we were not ever involved. Even when we were ahead we played poor-ly. I’m not sure how it was as close as it was, for as long as it was the way we were playing.”

Hurt believed the Lady Waves’ lack of desire to want to fi ght for the win was

the main cause of his team’s struggles against Wanneroo.

“It wasn’t so much what they did. It’s what we did,” Hurt said. “Go in up one at halftime and you lose by 20 points, that’s a bitter pill to swallow. Even when we were up one, we just didn’t play well. I don’t think we had any intention to come out here and gut it out and try to get us a W. I think if we would have won, it would have been OK. But I

think it was our focus, our intensity and attention to detail on simple things that was abysmal.”

Freshman Raley Johnson paced the Lady Waves with 14 points but was only 4 of 14 from the fi eld and 1 of 7 on 3-point shot attempts.

Meade County shot 28 percent from the fi eld hitting 17 of 59 shots for the game as Wanneroo hit 56 percent from the fi eld connecting on 27 of 48 shot attempts.

Meade County returns to action tonight as they visit Cloverport at 6:30 p.m.Wanneroo Wolves 16 12 20 19 — 67 Meade County 13 16 8 10 — 47Wanneroo — Scott 2, Delo-rme 8, Cartledge 6, Throns 3, McComish 4, Lysle 7, Le-hmann 22, Bestry 15Meade County — M. Luney 3, Johnson 14, Turner 3, Schwartz 9, Bretches 8, Greco 5, Benton 5

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Freshman Carrisa Schwartz faces a triple-team from the Highlanders defense.

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Who is the favorite to win the Sprint Cup champion-ship in 2011?

Hah!Think of the person you

know who cares the least about NASCAR. Even he (or she) can probably an-swer the question. It’s the same guy who won the last fi ve, Jimmie Johnson.

As sportswriter and au-thor Damon Runyan said (or more likely, wrote), “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.”

But NASCAR is far too competitive for any driver to enter a season as the over-whelming favorite, isn’t it? Hope springs eternal dur-ing every off-season.

“You know, some stars are born, some stars are coming on now, and it just takes time,” NASCAR

chairman Brian France said in November 2010. “Our job is to make sure that we are putting the best racing in the world forward, and let those story lines and in-credible performances get the recognition over time as they will, and that’s what we do.”

Each of Johnson’s fi ve championships have fea-tured a different runner-up: Matt Kenseth (2006), Jeff Gordon (2007), Carl Ed-wards (2008), Mark Martin (2009) and Denny Hamlin (2010).

It’s not uncommon, natu-rally, for the runner-up one year to be considered a prime contender the follow-ing year, and that certainly is the case for Hamlin, who won two more races (8) than Johnson. Kevin Harvick, the regular-season points lead-er, fi nished a relatively close third. Edwards was fourth and takes a two-race win streak into the 2011 season

opener at Daytona Interna-tional Speedway.

As is almost always the case, Kyle Busch, a pro-digious winner who has slumped notably in past Chases, will get consider-able attention, along with four-time champion Jeff Gordon, two-time cham-pion Tony Stewart and others.

Harvick, while paying just tribute to Johnson’s unprecedented achieve-ments, also referred to a “golden horseshoe,” thus suggesting that good fortune hasn’t been the least of Johnson’s virtues during his run of titles.

The notion that John-son’s luck is “bound to run out” seems a bit less inevitable now than it did four years ago.

Monte Dutton covers motor-sports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].

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Fish and Wildlife Resources

FRANKFORT — With ice covering yards for a good part of the last month, com-mon sense dictates that fish would dawdle in an early winter slumber during such weather.

In this case, common sense fails. The ice and snow bother us much more than the fish swimming in the lakes and rivers of Ken-tucky. Now is the time to fish for striped bass, crappie and smallmouth bass.

“I didn’t even get all of my lines out before they hit,” Joe McWilliams, an avid striper angler who fishes Lake Cumberland year-round said. “I put out two lines with bobbers and I just put out a third line with a planer board when one of the bobbers went down. It was a 28-inch striper.”

McWilliams landed the fish on Dec. 27. “I just got

my fourth line out when one hit the line with the planer board. It was a 30-incher,” he said. “I started fishing at 4 p.m. By 4:20 I had my limit of stripers.”

McWilliams slowly trolled shiners in the mid-section of Faubush Creek in the upper lake. “I caught them up by the split in Faubush,” he said. “I fished 20 to 24 feet deep in 45 to 55 feet of wa-ter. Those stripers were in excellent condition.”

Smallmouth bass fishing also warmed up as the tem-peratures dropped. Laurel River Lake, Lake Cumber-land and Dale Hollow Lake all produced quality small-mouth bass fishing over the past couple of weeks.

“We caught some really good smallmouth bass on Dale Hollow on December 22,” Chad Miles, administra-tive coordinator for the Ken-tucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said. “I caught a 5 pounder and my

fishing partner caught one over 4 pounds. We fished foot-ball jigs in very natural, subtle hues of brown, green and or-ange. You have to keep your bait on the bottom and fish it super slow with a crawling retrieve. You don’t want any extra action on the jig.”

Miles also eschews jig trailers with flapping ap-pendages. “Use a smaller trailer that doesn’t have much action,” he explained. “I also trim the skirt if it is puffy. You want a small pro-file on your jig.”

He also uses the tempera-ture gauge to determine the warmest water. “A degree or even a few tenths of a degree makes all the differ-ence in the world,” Miles said. “We started fishing the back of creeks because they are usually warmer, but found the water near the main lake just a tad warmer. That is where we caught our fish.”

He also uses his sonar

unit to find concentrations of baitfish. “We found bait-fish often in the middle of the cove,” Miles explained. “Fish the point closest to the baitfish.”

He also caught some smallmouth recently on Laurel River Lake using 3-inch pearl-colored boot-tailed grubs fished on the bottom, resembling an un-aware shad.

Anglers also report catch-ing smallmouth on Lake Cumberland by casting red deep-diving crankbaits in the middle and backs of creeks. The float and fly pat-tern is also producing some fish on main lake points.

Winter may be the most consistent time of year to catch crappie. Due to the drawdown of the lake stemming from ongoing repair work on Wolf Creek Dam many points, flats and channel breaks once too deep for crappie are now crappie holes.

“A lot of people sank brush since the draw-down,” McWilliams said. “They are catching the crappie on the brush.”

Check points, flats and channel breaks for crappie by slowly drifting a minnow over them. Stop and fish if you catch a crappie, no mat-ter the size. Work the min-now deeper to catch larger crappie on Cumberland.

On Taylorsville Lake, crappie crush minnows fished amid the flooded timber during the winter months. Keep working the minnow deeper until you hit pay dirt. Crappie gather in schools in winter, so work an entire flooded section of timber if you happen upon some fish on Taylorsville. The lake holds many crappie around the 9-inch minimum size lim-it. There is a 15-fish daily creel limit for crappie on Taylorsville Lake.

Drift crappie minnows

along channel drops near the mouths of major coves on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley for winter crappie. Also, target bridge abut-ments for winter crappie on these lakes. Those abut-ments closest to a channel drop or a cove often hold the most crappie.

A mid-winter warming trend sends black crappie to the shallows on these two lakes. Cast small white, blue or chartreuse tube jigs along the banks during these warming trends. This fish-ing pattern gathers more steam from late winter into early spring. Black crappie spook easily, so keep boat noise to a minimum.

Don’t mope the winter away, waiting for sunshine and 70 degree days. Layer up your clothing and get to the lake right now. You may catch the biggest fish of the year without hearing the sound of another outboard all day long.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

FRANKFORT— The broad-winged hawk vacations south of the border. Resident Cana-da geese congregate around open water. Black bear sows den up and give birth. Wood-chucks simply go under-ground and sleep it off.

Those are just a few of the ways wildlife escape the snow, ice and cold weather of winter.

“The broad-winged hawk nests here but migrates to cen-tral and south America for the winter,” Kate Heyden, avian biologist for the Kentucky De-partment of Fish and Wildlife Resources said.

While most species of hawks in Kentucky never leave their territories, they modify their behavior in winter. It’s harder for birds of prey to find food, so they may gather on a south-facing slope, where the snow is melted away.

“Hawks and owls can get very creative in where they take shelter from the cold, of-ten roosting in barns, or sleep-ing in thick evergreen trees overnight,” Heyden said.

Red-tailed hawks stay here during the cold weather months, but there’s a big push of migrant birds from the Great Lakes Region, mostly Wisconsin and Michigan.

“We have a lot more hawks in Kentucky during the winter months, and they are much more visible,” Heyden said.

Resident Canada geese spend the spring and sum-mer raising their young on farm ponds, small lakes and streams across Kentucky. They usually stay close to home when cold weather ar-rives, but they gravitate to cer-tain areas.

“They go to bigger water and concentrate on the Ohio River, or Cave Run Lake,” John Brunjes said, migratory bird biologist for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. Brunjes conducts aerial surveys of waterfowl twice a month in eastern Kentucky from De-cember through February.

“During the big freeze on Dec. 15, I counted 5,860 geese, and on Jan. 4, after the thaw, there were 2,209 geese in the same area,” Brunjes said.

He explained that in cold weather geese like to hang around steam plants which have warm water discharges.

“They’re looking for waters that don’t freeze up. As soon as temperatures moderate, they scatter out and go back to small ponds, where they are much harder to count,” Brunjes said.

Unlike birds and other wildlife, black bears spend the winter in dens.

“Bears enter a state of tor-

por, during which their me-tabolism slows markedly, but they can move around and may even leave their dens,” Steven Dobey said, bear bi-ologist for the department. “They live off their body fat, and don’t eat or drink.”

Sows give birth in their dens and nurse their cubs all winter, emerging in March or April with the little ones in tow.

“A bear den may be in a rock crevice, the root wad of a fallen tree, or inside a stand-ing hollow tree,” Dobey said.

While bears spend the win-ter in a state of torpor, wood-chucks sleep away the winter in hibernation. In October, they go underground for the season to a dead-end nest chamber sealed off with dirt to prevent rabbits and other wildlife from disturbing their slumber.

The woodchuck’s body temperature drops, and its heart rate slows to as few as four beats per minute. They don’t emerge until the first warm days of February.

“Pond turtles, such as the common map turtle or red-eared slider, sit on the bottom of a pond or on the bottom of the river in a backwater area,” John Macgregor said, herpe-tologist in Kentucky Fish and Wildlife’s non-game program. “On sunny days in February, they might crawl up on a log to get some warmth.”

The rat snake spends the winter in a small mammal burrow, below the frost line.

Imagine being a chipmunk and having to share your home with a big snake four months out of the year.

“Toads burrow down in leaf litter and loose topsoil,” Macgregor said. “Tree frogs might spend the winter in a rotten log or in a hole in a tree.”

The tiny cricket frog, which Macgregor has studied in Mammoth Cave National Park, spends the summer in ponds and wet areas at lower elevations, then moves to up-land woods for the winter.

Box turtles dig down in the ground as cold weather approaches. “The colder it gets, they deeper they dig,” Macgregor said.

“It was a dry summer, and we did not have the rainy weather in the fall we usual-ly get, so turtles couldn’t dig down as far. Then it turned off so cold (in December),” McGregor said.

White-tailed deer can’t escape winter, so they try to conserve body heat when it’s cold. They feed on high-calorie foods, moving as little as possi-ble, and expending energy only during the warmest parts of the day.

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Broad-winged hawks nest in Kentucky but migrate to central and south America for the winter months, while most hawks never leave their territories. Hawks are forced to get creative in where they take shelter from the winter weather.

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1. Robert Parissi was frontman for what 1970s group?2. Which group released “I’m Into Something Good,” and

when?3. What was Fleetwood Mac’s fi rst No. 1 hit in the U.S.?4. Who released “Lonely Teenager,” and when?5. David Lee Roth had most of his No. 1 hits with what band?6. Name the only album the Silver Bullet Band saw shoot to the

top of the charts.7. Name the Millie Small 1964 release that’s been widely used,

including being translated into Italian, Swedish, Serbian, German and more.

Answers1. Wild Cherry. The group had a No. 1 hit with “Play That Funky

Music.” Parissi now lives in Florida and plays adult contemporary jazz.2. Herman’s Hermits, in 1964. The song reached No. 1 in the U.K.,

but only No. 13 in the U.S.3. “Dreams” in 1977. The song was written by Stevie Nicks.4. Dion (DiMucci) in 1960. The song only reached No. 12 on the

charts, but is an oldies standard today.5. Van Halen. His only No. 1 solo was “Just Like Paradise” in 1988.6. “Against the Wind” in 1980. It won a Grammy for best packaging

and for best rock group performance with vocals.7. “My Boy Lollipop,” amazingly enough. It’s said that Rush Lim-

baugh has used it as an update theme on his radio show.

1. LITERATURE: What was O. Henry’s real name?2. RELIGION: What was the Holy Grail?3. MOVIES: How many best-actor Oscar nominations did Spen-

cer Tracy receive in his career?4. GOVERNMENT: What are the two houses of the British Par-

liament called?5. ANATOMY: What part of the human body does the disorder

lumbago usually strike?6. GEOGRAPHY: What U.S. state lies west of Texas?7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: During which president’s administration

did Henry Kissinger become secretary of state?8. MUSIC: For which war was the song “Over There” written?9. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented by doraphobia?10. HISTORY: When did Andrei Sakharov win the Nobel Peace

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Paws CornerHere’s How to Take Better Pet Photos

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I have the hardest time getting a good photo of my Australian shepherd, “Session.” It’s not just that he’s hy-per (Aussies just are!), it’s that the photos generally turn out awful. Do you have any tips for photographing pets? — Harriet T., via e-mail

DEAR HARRIET: I also have a hard time getting just the right photo of my pets, so I feel your pain. But there are a few basic techniques for photographing animals that you can practice. Most of these are courtesy of Kodak, which still maintains picture kiosks where you can touch up digital photos if they don’t come out perfect.

• For active pets like Session, use a fast shutter speed along with a high ISO setting. If you’re using a small point-and-shoot camera you should still be able to adjust these; check your camera’s manual.

• To avoid those glowing or red eyes, don’t use the fl ash. An ISO setting above 400 is helpful in low-light situations. You also can com-pensate by using lots of natural light.

• Use a tripod to steady the camera, particularly in low light; this will reduce blurriness.

• Photograph your pet from its level, rather than standing above. Try shooting at different angles to see the effect.

• Keep the background simple, whether at home or at the park. • Want a picture of Session running? Keep him in the center of the

viewfi nder and pan along with him as he runs. Snap the picture when he’s at an angle to you, not right in front.

• In a still portrait, focus on your pet’s eyes.• Posing with your dog? The camera needs to focus on both of your

faces along the same plane, so place your face close to Session’s, or hold him in a big hug.

• Finally, be patient with your pet. Let him get used to the camera, and don’t hold him in one place for too long. There’s always tomor-row for pictures, too.

Send your questions or comments to [email protected], or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Find more pet advice and resources at www.pawscorner.com.

Answers1. William Sydney Porter2. A vessel used by Jesus at the

Last Supper3. Nine4. The House of Lords and the

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ALL MY CHILDREN: Amanda and Jake talked about starting a family. Da-mon told Tad that he was thinking of leaving Pine Valley. Colby avoided Ash-er after their kiss. Annie ac-cidentally knocked Marissa unconscious and made it look like a burglary. Green-lee asked Scott if he would help keep Madison away from Ryan. Natalia and Brot finally made love. JR canceled his vacation with Annie in order to take care of Marissa. Wait to See: Jack is jealous of Erica’s grow-ing friendship with Caleb.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Thomas found himselffalling for Brooke. Hope confronted Amber about seducingLiam. Nick officiated Jackie and Owen’s vow renewal ceremony.Tawny encouraged Oliver to fight for Hope. Thomas felt fool-ish after realizing how much Brooke and Ridge loved one an-other. Amber told her latest lover that she was pregnant. Taylorhoped that Nick would understand why she was so upset aboutBrooke. Wait to See: Marcus introduces Dayzee to his parents.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Nathan walked out on Stephanie af-ter she admitted all of her lies. Kate warned Chad that Stefanowill never let him go. Melanie found out that she was pregnant.Sami received more bad news about Johnny’s health. Kayla wasfurious when the hospital didn’t suspend Carly’s license. EJmade a deal with God that would allow Sami to see her kidsagain. Melanie fell during an altercation with Stephanie. Waitto See: Nathan finds out that Melanie is pregnant.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Michael confronted Carly about med-dling in his relationship with Abby. Lulu insisted that Dantequit being Brenda’s bodyguard. Sam’s doctor told her that shemight be able to get pregnant again. Ethan and Maya began tocare about one another for real. Patrick suspected somethingfishy was going on between Lisa and Johnny. Jason figured outthat Jerry was not the Balkan. Wait to See: Nikolas and BrookLynn finally kiss.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Marty felt guilty for abandoning Natalieand returned to the cabin to help deliver her baby boy. Mean-while, Jessica gave birth to her own son at the hospital. Kel-ly informed Joey that Aubrey was cheating on him. Echo feltguilty for allowing Rex to bond with Charlie and not his realfather, Clint. Tea tried to get Nate to admit he was taking theblame for his mother. Joey believed Aubrey’s story that Cut-ter was her brother. Starr pretended not to care when Michelleasked James to the dance. Wait to See: Cutter kisses Kelly in thesteam room.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Adam turned down aplea deal from the assistant D.A. Billy decided to adopt a babyfor Victoria. Diane finally accepted Victor’s offer for her andKyle to live at the ranch. Nina contacted Ronan’s doctor to seeif she could donate part of her liver. Vance convinced the judgethat Victor was trying to devalue his own company; the judgesubsequently ruled in favor of Victoria and Abby. Wait to See:Cane finds an ally in Sofia.

Q: I love the show “The Mentalist,” and I especially love the addition of Agent Craig O’Laughlin. What can you tell me about the actor who portrays him (I could swear I’ve seen him a movie recently), and will his ro-mance with Grace Van Pelt continue? — Lydia G., via e-mail

A: Eric Winter, 34, plays the dashing young FBI agent on the hit CBS show. Previ-ously, Eric was best known for his work on “Days of Our Lives,” “Moonlight” and “Brothers and Sisters.”

The recent movie you’re referring to is “The Ugly Truth,” with Ge-rard Butler and Katherine Heigl, which Eric said was a thrill to work on.

“That was just a huge opportunity that (director) Robert Luketic and Lakeshore gave me,” he told me recently. “And it was really awesome; I had such a blast working with those guys. And my relationship with Katie (Heigl) and Gerry (Butler) was a ton of fun. It was a huge opportunity. It was kind of a fun, vulgar romantic comedy — it changes up from the normal romantic-comedy pace that you’re used to.”

As far as O’Laughlin’s relationship with Van Pelt: “From what I understand, they plan on doing a slow burn. Whatever happens between the two of us is defi nitely going to play its course. But there’s a lot to do with my character aside from that relationship. I’m not in the writing room, so I don’t know. But I know they have it well worked out, and they’ve been great with me so far.”

Q: On “Sons of Anarchy,” they refer to SAMCRO all the time. Who or what is SAMCRO? — Sonny W. in Tenn.

A: As you know, FX’s hit show “Sons of Anarchy” centers on the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, Calif. SAMCRO refers to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original Chapter. When “Sons” returns this fall, expect some changes in the town of Charming, including a new mayor and a new sheriff.

Q: The summer series “The Glades” on A&E was a great show with good plots and characters. Will it be returning anytime soon? — Barbara E., via e-mail

A: When “The Glades” debuted in July 2010, it broke viewing re-cords for A&E, making it the most watched, highest-rated original drama for the network, so you can bet it will be back for a second season. The police procedural, which takes place and is fi lmed en-tirely Florida, will pick up again this summer.

Q: On Christmas Day, CNN aired a show called “After Jesus: The First Christians.” Will it be aired again? -- Maureen G. in Florida

A: The two-hour documentary, narrated by Liam Neeson, has been a Christmas and Easter staple for the network since it fi rst aired in 2006. While there is no offi cial word from CNN, be on the lookout for it come Easter time.

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at [email protected]. For more news and extended interviews, visit www.celebrityextraonline.com and twitter.com/Celebrity_Extra.

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Toto, we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore.

It’s not exactly Kansas, but the upcoming Wave Review will transform into a magical land full of munchkins, witches and a famous yellow brick road.

In preparation for their biggest performance of the year, Choir Director Derek Crafton and As-sistant Choir Director Courtney Richardson held a set of auditions for the yearly Wave Review last Thursday.

According to Crafton, the theme of this year’s performance will be “Oz Mania,” which will com-bine three shows into one.

Some of the themes in years past included selec-tions from popular Broad-way musicals.

The selection of mono-logues, songs and perfor-mances will be derived from “The Wizard of Oz,” “Wick-ed,” and “The Wiz.” Act one will feature “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Wiz.” Act two will include “Wicked.”

The first act will feature more dialogue and music and the second part will be more of a review, Richardson said.

“It’s going to be a full pro-duction,” Crafton said.

Richardson and Crafton

were the only two judges who critiqued the students as they vied for different parts of the Wave Review. Some au-ditioned for characters, while others tried for musical per-formances.

The show will feature two Dororthy’s, two Tin Mans, two Cowardly Lions and two Scarecrows.

Currently, the Wave Re-view is set for May 13-14. Crafton added that they

haven’t yet decided on an ad-mission price. This is the first Wave Review Richardson and Crafton are directing and both are excited to take the show in a new direction.

“I’m a little scared, but I’m

looking forward to it,” Rich-ardson said.

“I’m very much looking forward to it,” Crafton said. “It’s very rewarding to see the students shine during their performances.”

Chorus Wave Review promises to be a ‘wicked’ experience


Ice-cold winds and a high chance of snow didn’t damper the excitement of a group of Australian students.

In fact, it just made their trip to Meade County that much more exhilarating.

“When we arrived … a lot of us have never seen snow before,” said Madi Scott, with a smile on her face, adding that they were excited to have a snowball fight.

Scott is a member of the Australian Wanneroo Wolves club basketball team, who traveled across the globe from Perth, Aus-tralia, to Meade County to partake in some friendly basketball competition — while also enjoying some fa-mous American hotspots such as Nashville, New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Some of the Australians had difficulty adjusting to the 14-hour time differ-ence between Australia and Meade County, but they found ways around it.

“It’s been very tiring,” Scott said laughing. “We do a lot of sleeping on the bus.”

Since Australia doesn’t have high school sports, Meade County Greenwave Head Coach Jerry Garris made sure the Australians would experience the excite-ment of the games complete with cheerleaders, bands and loud cheers from the crowd. He was also in charge of set-ting up the Australian teams’ games all around Kentucky.

“This is probably half of a dozen times we’ve done this,” Garris said. “They like coming here.”

This event typically occurs every two years due to the amount of money it takes for the Australians to fund their trip.

“It costs them $10,000 a piece to come here plus their

spending money,” Garris said.

In order to raise the funds for their trip, the Australian students worked vigorously for the past two years.

“We’ve held 50 or 60 ‘Aussie Sizzles’ over two years,” Scott said, adding that an ‘Aussie Sizzle’ is a sausage sandwich. Other fundraisers included hold-ing quiz nights and selling large amounts of chocolate.

The itinerary for the Aus-tralian students began De-cember 26, when they land-ed in the states and each night was jam packed with events.

“We’ve kept them very busy,” Garris said. “The best thing about it is the kids are different but they’re the same.”

Some of their activities in Meade County included staying with a home-stay family; a cookout at Gar-ris’s house for the coaches; attending high school class-es and partaking in some friendly basketball competi-tion.

The boys team faced off against Meade County twice — once at the First Southern Bank/Roy’s BBQ Classic in Logan County and the sec-ond last Saturday at MCHS. The Greenwave won both times 63-44 and 69-48. The girls team competed against the Lady Waves once last Saturday, with the Lady Waves losing 67-47.

One of the tricky aspects of their trip was learning to adjust to the differences in how Americans live. For instance, Scott and 17-year-old Chevy Anderson said they couldn’t get used to the opposite driver’s seats in the car and driving on the right side of the road — since Aus-tralia drives on the left side.

“We’ve had to get used to the cars,” Anderson said. “I’ve thought we were going to crash a few times.”

Throughout his trip, An-derson said he has enjoyed American fast-food such as

Taco Bell, White Castle and Subway.

There have also been some amusing language barriers. According to Scott, in Austra-lia when they say “toilet” it is similar to when Americans say “restrooms.”

So, when Scott and her

friends were at a restaurant, they asked where the nearest toilet was. Even though the restaurant employees laughed at them, Scott and her friends shrugged it off as a learning experience.

“I’m amazed at how much you all say ‘Y’all,’” Scott add-

ed. Both Scott and Anderson said they’ve enjoyed meeting new people.

“I’ve friended them all on Facebook,” Anderson added.

Once their trip in America ends, the Australians will have about a week until they start a new year of school.

Overall, Garris is happy with hosting the Australian team and looks forward to greeting them again in two years.

“As long as I’m coach, we’ll have them,” he said. “Hopefully, it will become a yearly thing.”

ABOVE: The Australian Wanneroo Wolves bas-ketball team exchanges gifts with the Meade County Greenwave before the tip off to the game Saturday night. The girls teams also exchanged gifts before their game.

LEFT: Australian player Hannah Throns tries to block freshman Lady Wave Breannah Bretches from driving to the basket. Throns (right) scored three points against the Lady Waves. The Australian Wanneroo team comes to Meade County every two years to play bas-ketball and sight see.

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ABOVE: Mallory Brown auditions for the part of Addaperle. RIGHT: Andrew Butler gives his best shot at falling to the ground, similar to the Scarecrow the “Wizard of Oz.” The Wave Review is set for May 13-14.

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Mattie Ann BandyProud parents Aaron

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Mattie joins broth-ers Craig and James.

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The bride’s maid of honor was her Aunt, Myra Vance, of

Coral Springs Fla., who also gave her away. The groom’s best man was his son, Levi Wilkins. Brides maids and groomsman were their chil-dren; Alex Wilkins and Kate, Will, and Joe Morales.

A wedding reception fol-lowed at Bay Side Banquet Hall in Cortez, Fla. The cou-ple honeymooned at Bunga-low Beach Resort, on Anna Maria Island in Brandenton Beach, Fla.

Achievement

Brandenburg Who’s WhoThe 2011 edition of Who’s

Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges will include the names of 10 students from Eliza-bethtown Community and Technical College who have been selected as na-tional outstanding campus leaders.

Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their aca-demic achievement, service to the community, leader-ship in extracurricular activ-ities and potential for con-tinued success. They join an elite group of students from more than 1,400 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Co-lumbia and several foreign nations.

Outstanding students

have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1966.

Jessica West was one of ten students selected this year from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.

Jessica West, Branden-burg, Ky., is a 2009 gradu-ate of Meade County High School. She will graduate from ECTC in May 2011 with an Associate in Arts Degree. West plans to fur-ther her education by even-tually earning a master’s degree in psychology from Western Kentucky Univer-sity. She has been on the President’s List with a 4.0 grade point average, and is a Praise and Worship Team member at Meade County General Baptist Church. West plans to become a youth counselor.

Marriages

Jennifer Marie Hill, 24, of Brandenburg, daughter of Sun Cha Ho and Mi-chael Paul Hill, to Andrew Cliston Short, 26, of Bran-denburg, son of Tammy Sue Mason and Cliston Texas Short.

Melissa Ann Hill-Brown, 29, of Brandenburg, daughter of Janice May Collins and Louis Andrew Rodgers, to James Oliver Goodwin, 48, of Bran-denburg, son of Shirley Ann Douglas and Ralph Goodwin.

Birthdays

January 14: Josie Fack-ler, and Misty Allen

January 15: Natasha Chamberlain, Jeff Mangin, Rebekah Bevill and Lance Brown

January 16: Larry Hard-esty, Daryl Lockard, Jerrett Fackler, Bryson Puyear, Jo-seph “Cheeseburger” We-ick, Bobby Higdon, Kelli Medley, Lon Thomas, Ann e Logsdon and Wesley Wright

January 17 : David Pace and Nina Justice

January 18: John Bandy, Billy Joe Williams and Becky Moslander

January 19: Karlie Mat-tingly, Shawn Hughes, Jr., Ray Whited, Jena Wilkins and Stephanie Robertson

Birthday

Nina Justice — 80th BirthdayNina Justice will cel-

ebrate her 80th birthday on Jan. 17, 2011.

She is a member of the Bran-denburg Church of Christ and a long term resident of Meade County. She now resides at North Hardin Rehab Center in Radcliff, Ky.

She is blessed with her chil-dren, Charlotte Trent of Ek-ron, Ky., and James Justice of Washington, Ind.

She has four grandchildren,

eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She has a brother, Virgil Hayes of Crestwood, Ky., a sister, Mary Philpott of Louis-ville, Ky., a sister, the late Joyce Arnold previously of Battle-town, Ky., an uncle, Lloyd Sedoris of Payneville, Ky. and many special nieces, nephews and other family members.

She and her family look forward to celebrating that day.

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