The Barlow 42024 stra-tegic plan will be unveiled on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend the pub-lic meeting to be held at the Barlow First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

Since August 2014, consultants from the Ken-tucky League of Cities have been working with the citizens of Barlow and the residents living in the 42024 zip code to create a plan to move the commu-nity forward. Listening sessions and a design ses-sion were held to gather input from the residents about the future direc-tion of the community. In

addition, students from Ballard Memorial High School provided valuable insight into their vision of the future, and they have committed their time and effort to make these dreams come true.

Focused on “local first,” the Barlow 42024 Strategic Plan provides specific action steps that will lead to job creation and improvement in the quality of life. The plan is built upon local values and local resources that can serve as drivers for the local economy. The Mayor and City Commis-sioners encourage every-one to attend and join in

Kentucky’s “gas tax” on sales of gasoline, diesel and ethanol motor fuels will drop by 4.3 cents per gallon on New Year’s Day, resulting in a loss to the Kentucky Road Fund of about $129 million on an annu-alized basis.

“The gas tax accounts for more than half of the revenue in the Kentucky Road Fund,” Kentucky Transportation Sec-retary Mike Hancock said. “A loss of revenue is always con-cerning, but a revenue impact of this magnitude is crippling. It means less money for build-ing, improving, maintaining and repairing our roads, streets and bridges.”

A loss of $129 million would amount to about 6 percent of Kentucky’s highway program, which was forecast to have $2.25 billion in the current fis-cal year from all sources, in-cluding state and federal mo-tor-fuels taxes and a state usage tax on motor vehicles.

The Kentucky Transporta-tion Cabinet relies on the Road Fund for its activities, and a dramatic decrease in motor fu-els tax revenue could delay or require cancellation of planned projects. Local governments also would feel the pinch be-cause nearly half of the motor-fuels tax – 48 percent – is re-turned to cities and counties in the form of revenue sharing for local streets and roads.

The variable excise tax rate is 9 percent of AWP, so the tax rises, falls or stays unchanged from quarter to quarter on the basis of a survey of AWP of motor fuels. The survey is con-ducted by the Department of Revenue in the first month of each quarter (January, April, July and October) and the change in rate – if any – takes

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A small group of family and friends gath-ered Saturday afternoon for a ribbon cutting and the unveiling of the Jan Nave Bowels Me-morial ‘Little Free Library’ at Celebration Park in La Center.

The idea for the placement of library was introduced by Terra Bowels and approved at the July commissioners meeting. Bowels is the executor of the Jan Nave Bowels Memorial Fund that sponsors a scholarship each year to a graduating senior. Bowles had been acquainted with the libraries while living in Louisville.

Little Free Libraries were introduced in Hud-son, Wisconsin in 2009 after Todd Bol mounted a school house looking container stocked with books in his yard as a tribute to his mother who was a school teacher and book lover.

LFL is a non-profit, tax-exempt organiza-

tion whose mission is to promote a sense of community, reading for children and literacy for adults through a community share of books and magazines ‘Take a Book, Leave a Book.’ Most Little Free Libraries are placed in easily accessible locations such as coffee shops, in or near restaurants and community centers. The Libraries are built to withstand weather of all kinds and hold 20-100 books. The Library was initially stocked by book donations that reach in the hundreds that Bowles has already received.

As of January 2014 there were over 15,000 LFLs worldwide with an estimated one point six million books donated and borrowed.

Once registered the owners receive an of-ficial “Little Free Library” sign and are a as-signed a number on the organizations website and can be located through their GPS coordi-nates.

Next spring the library is expected to be painted by the BMHS art class.

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Methodist Church will be holding its 2014 Holiday Bazaar on Sat-urday, Nov. 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The bazaar will be held at the church, which is located at 1718 Ceredo Rd., Hinkleville Com-munity in La Center.

Vendors, crafts, baked items will be available at the Holidat Bazaar, as will lunch, chili, soups, beans and desserts

For more informa-tion, call Rexanna Ash-craft at 270-559-1310.

Dec. 1Family Focus also

will be collecting for its annual Christmas food drive from Dec. 1-19. Each grade has been assigned a non-perishable food item:

Preschool – macaro-ni and cheese; kinder-garten – peanut butter; first grade – apple sauce; second – green beans; third – fruit cocktail; fourth – stuffing; fifth – chicken broth; sixth – instant potatoes; sev-enth – stuffing; eighth – jello/pudding; ninth – cranberry sauce; 10th – gravy packets; 11th – brownie/cake mix; 12th – icing.

Food baskets will be distributed on Sat-urday, Dec. 20, from 8-10 a.m. in the cafete-ria at Ballard County Elementary School, 3383 Paducah Road, Barlow.

To get on the distri-bution list, please con-tact Family Focus at 270-665-8412, ext. 226 or 227.

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The grandchildren of Jan Nave Bowels were on hand for a special ribbon cutting ceremony for the new ‘Little Free Library’ in Celebration Park in LaCenter on Saturday. Attending were Bowles’ great-grandchilden (from left) Layne Bowles, Riley Dunn, Landyn Bowles and granddaughter Ashley Bowles Dunn.

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Helping out ...Bluegrass Restaurant and First Community Bank held a Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 24th with all proceeds going to Ballard County Senior Citizens Center. Pictured above are (from left) Courtney Morris, Nick & Hellen Karadimas (owners of Bluegrass Restaurant) Lindsay Hargrove, Greta Purvis, Rachel Drummond, Scott Smith, Maci McGullion, Jennifer Pickett and Kreg Denton.

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effect on the first day of the first month of the following quarter.

By virtue of the Oc-tober 2014 survey, the state variable excise tax will decline by 4.3 cents per gallon on Jan. 1, 2014 – to 21.2 cents per gallon from 25.5 cents.

The decline in the tax will be the fourth drop in the last five quarters. The decline will have been 4.9 cents – a $147 million annualized im-

pact – since the fiscal year began on July 1.

In testimony this week to the Legisla-ture’s Interim Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation, Russ Romine, Deputy Sec-retary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabi-net, pointed out that the January 2015 survey will determine the tax rate for the final quarter of fiscal 2015. Any in-crease after that would be capped at 10 percent for all of fiscal 2016.

If the AWP declines

even more in the Janu-ary survey, as happened in January 2014, it will take years for the tax rate to recover to the July 2014 level.

There also is a state fee that is paid at the pump – 1.4 cents per gal-lon – for cleanup of old underground fuel stor-age tanks. And there is a federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel. The federal tax is not indexed for infla-tion and has not changed since 1993.

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With the recent cold spell it is likely that see-ing any spiders at all out-side of the home won’t happen until next spring. That being said how-ever I would venture to say that there are very few homes in this area that do not harbor this spider underneath in the crawl spaces, in cellars, or even behind open but rarely closed doors, year round.

The Common House Spider, or Parasteatoda tepidariorum, is one of the most commonly found spiders in the state. Rarely found outside, it lives inside dwellings.

Spinning an erratic but effective web the house

spider is beneficial since it eats all kinds of unde-sirable insects such as roaches and flies. Once something is snared in the web the spider makes quick work of it by rap-idly making its way to-ward the hapless insect to further entangle and then paralyze it with a bite. If the prey is large the spi-der may even spray web-bing from a distance to try to immobile it before approaching closer.

Not an aggressive species, the house spider will not bite unless it is caught or smashed. Then the bite is usually without venom injected but even with venom no more painful than a wasp sting.

Living in webs they are not likely to be found in clothing or boots as the more dangerous brown recluse spiders are.

Color can range from light grey with darker stripes and patterns to al-most black as this speci-men. They do seem to turn darker with age.

Adults can live to over a year old and lay sev-eral egg cases through-out their lifetime. Each egg case can hold from between one hundred to four hundred eggs. Af-ter hatching, the young spend several days in the nest before venturing off on their own.

I have watched this particular spider for around a year during which these four egg cases were constructed. Young were hatched each time with the lat-est hatching about two weeks ago. The little spiderlings seem to stay in the nest several days longer in cold weather before leaving

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42024Continued from Page 1Cathy’s Cottage

Flowers & Giftswill be hosting their 3rd annual

Open House onFriday, Dec 5th

from 10a.m.-3p.m.There will be refreshments served

and a drawing for a beautifulChristmas Wreath. Come in and pur-chase your Christmas Décor. We also

have UK items.Hope to see you there.

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the effort to move Barlow forward. Committees are already working on ideas to spruce up the city and grow the economy.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. A Chili dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

His House Volunteers were honored with a lun-cheon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 at Grace Church in LaCenter. Approximately 25 vol-unteers, directors and guests enjoyed a meal provided by the Grace Church Relay for Life Team. Brenda Ash-craft and Lisa Lassiter, Citizens Deposit Bank of Wickliffe presented the group with a beauti-ful cake and bookmarks honoring the volunteers. Terry Gordon shared his talents by presenting a short program of music and songs.

This ministry in Bal-lard County, His House, would not be possible without the volunteers who tirelessly donate their valuable time and talents. Some have been volunteering for 20

years, while others might only be a few months.

His House is a non-profit totally volunteer driven group, that sells items far less than can be purchased anywhere. It also has an imminent

needs program, as well as helping to support the Food Pantry, Family Focus, Senior Citizens, Relay For Life, and the

Mason’s Thanksgiving meal. What a blessing it is to be in a position to give back to our commu-nity.

BARLOW - Luvetta (Susie) Edwards, age 94, surrounded by her loving family, died at her home in Barlow Tuesday morning at 5:28 p.m.

Susie was a member of Barlow Baptist Church where she played the piano for many years and also, taught Primary Sunday Scholl Class.

She was a member of the Barlow Women’s Club. Susie was a wonderful mother, grandmother and friend.

She is survived by one son, Joe Edwards and his wife, Amy, of Barlow; one daughter, Barbara Johansen and her husband, Terry, of Barlow; four grandchildren; 15

g rea t -g randch i ld r en and three great-great-grandchildren.

Susie was preceded in death by her husband, R.J. Edwards; one son, Bob Edwards; six brothers and two sisters. Her parents were Tom and Hattie Humphrey Oldham.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter with the Rev. Scott Fickes officiating. Interment will follow at the Barlow Cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter,

M e m o r i a l contributions may be sent to the Music Ministry or the Children’s Ministry at Barlow Baptist Church, P.O. Box 160, Barlow, Kentucky, 42024.

Michael B. Record, 65, of Kevil, died Nov. 20, 2014 at his home.

Mike was born in Hopkinsville, KY to Barton and Louise Morehead Record on Aug. 31, 1949. He grew up in Heath, KY. Mike was stationed with the United States Navy in Holy Loch, Scotland, from 1970-1971. He retired from Shawnee Steam Plant with 30 years service. Mike was a member of Bethel Christian Church where he served as Elder and Deacon. Mike enjoyed teaching a Young Married Sunday School class for several years.

Mike is survived by his wife, LaDonn Grief Record; three sons, Michael Barton Record Jr. and wife Lisa of Paducah, Aaron Blake Record and wife Jennifer of Paducah, Tony Record and wife Donna of Kevil; seven grandchildren, Parker Tilford, Autumn Ivy, Dorian Record, Natalie Record, Braden Ivy, David Record, and Andrew Record; his father Barton Record; his brothers, Gary Record and wife Jayne of Paducah, Keith Record and wife Angie of West Paducah; five nieces and

three nephews. He was preceded in

death by his mother, Lillian Louise Morehead Record.

Funeral services for Mike were at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Revs. Randy Hines and Keith Tilford officiating. Burial followed at Bethel Christian Church Cemetery.

Visitation was from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov.21, 2014 at Milner & Funeral Home of Paducah.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent to Bethel Christian Church Building Fund, 12245 Woodville Rd, Kevil, KY 42053, or the American Heart Association, Kentucky Region, 240 Whittington, Parkway, Louisville KY, 40222.

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The 2015 Relay For Life of Ballard County will take place on June 12, and will run from 6 p.m.-midnight, at BMHS.

Five teams have already signed up for the event.

For more information call 1-800-227-2345.

Relay For Life set for June 12

According to Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Debbie Temple conversations with citizens about what could be done to grow the community the subject of an arts council has been mentioned several times. An organizational group has been formed to explore the possibility of forming an arts council in the county.

Before moving forward and developing a steering committee and then a board a survey will be available for public input.

Chamber to do survey on arts council

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On Veteran’s Day, we thank the men and women who have served our country by fighting for the peace and freedom we all hold dear. We can never truly understand the hardships they experienced, nor the sacrifices they made. They saw places like noman’s land, and the awful trenches in France in World War 1.

They landed in Normandy and across the world in Okinawa in World War II. They

spilled their blood in the muddy or frozen fields in Korea and in the treacherous rivers in Vietnam. They left parents, families, wives and children, and friends behind. Only they know how horrible it was.

We are grateful for their heroic efforts and humbled by their sacrifices for us. Because of them, there is hope for a better future. To those who gave their lives for us, we give our undying gratitude for their courage and brave

deeds. We thank God for them all.

We are proud of our veterans and will always remember what they did for us, not only on

Veteran’s Day, but throughout the year. We honor our Veteran Patient’s, Residents, and Employees today and every day.

Pastor Richard Hicks of Resurrection Church in La Center and U.S. Navy Corpsman, Johnathan Salonimer conducted the Veteran’s Day Program

LCC honors heroes on Veteran’s Day on Nov. 20

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Green completes rookie season with

BMHS ranked second in final 1st Region pollBallard Memorial was ranked

second in the final 2014 1st Region Poll, released by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association (KVCA) earlier in the month.

Ballard Memorial concluded the campaign ranked second behind champion McCracken County. The Bombers are listed ahead of Marshall County (3), Calloway County (4) and Murray (4). BMHS ended the 2014 season with a 26-13 record and a 1st Region runner-up finish in late-October.

The Lady Bombers, under the guidance of head coach Adam Solomon, finished runner-up to McCracken County in the 1st

Region Volleyball Tournament at Marshall County.

Ballard Memorial ended its season with a 26-13 record. Prior to competing in the 1st Region Volleyball Tournament, Ballard Memorial captured the 3rd District championship. The Lady Bombers beat familiar foe Graves County 3-1 (25-15, 20-25, 26-24, 25-20) in the district title tilt.

During the regular-season, Ballard Memorial posted wins over Murray, McLean County, Bowling Green, Fulton City, Mayfield, Community Christian (Paducah), Christian Fellowship, St. Mary, Hickman County, Graves County, Calloway County

and Wilson Central (Tenn.). Ballard Memorial won the

2014 1st Region All “A” Classic championship. After capturing the 1st Region All “A” Classic title, Ballard Memorial posted wins over three other region champions - Leslie County, Bishop Brossart and Harlan - in the All “A” State Tournament.

The Lady Bombers dropped matches to Whitefield Academy, Washington County and Holy Cross (Louisville) in the All “A” State Tournament, which was held in Louisville.

Several Ballard Memorial volleyball players will play throughout much of the offseason.

LISLE, Ill. - Ballard Memorial High School graduate Millie Green has completed her freshman season with the Benedictine University women’s soccer team.

Green, a midfielder, graduated from Ballard Memorial High School in 2014. She was Ballard Memorial’s team captain and MVP all four years. Green was an All-Region honorable mention selection her junior year, All-Region second team her senior year and All-District in both her junior and senior high school seasons.

A standout high school student-athlete, Green was Salutatorian, an honors

graduate and honor roll all four years at Ballard Memorial High School. In addition, Green won the US Army Reserve Athlete/Scholar Award.

Benedictine finished the 2014 season with a 4-14-1 record.

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The Kentucky High School Athletic Association officially extended its agreements with Russell Athletic and Western Kentucky University to partner and host the state football finals through 2018 in a press conference in Bowling Green on Tuesday (Nov. 18). The KHSAA Board of Control

previously approved an extension for WKU and Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium as the host site of the Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl, dependent at the time upon retaining Russell Athletic as the event’s title sponsor.

“We are very excited to continue our outstanding partnership with Western

Kentucky University, which has only improved through the emergence of Russell Athletic as the event’s title sponsor,” said Julian Tackett, KHSAA Commissioner. “In feedback from our membership, WKU has an ideally-sized stadium for our event. We look forward to continuing a strong, long term

relationship with both WKU and Russell Athletic, partners who have a strong relationship with our membership both in the Bowling Green area and statewide. We are also very excited that this latest agreement will give even more solid support to the Kentucky Football Coaches Association,

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Bowl success ...The Ballard County Middle School academic team finished second out of 16 teams at the regional Middle School Academic Bowl, held at West Kentucky Community and Technical College on Nov. 21. Shown from left are (back row) Parker Feezor, Mason Purcell, Ryan Rehkemper, Wyatt LaPradd, (front row) Colton Wheeler, Shelby Taylor and Zoie Overby.

LaCENTER - The American Cancer Society is asking local churches and businesses to help support the cancer survivors in their congregations and those currently battling cancer in the community by supporting the 2015 Relay For Life of Ballard County.

Former and current cancer patients, those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, civic organizations, and anyone wanting to make a difference in the fight against cancer are invited to take part. Teams and individuals can start a team or join one at www.relayforlife.org/ballardky or by calling 1-800-227-2345. There is no registration fee or cost to sign up or join a team.

Next year’s Relay For

Life takes place from 6:00 PM on June 12th until 12:00 AM at Ballard Memorial High School-Bus Loop.

Relay events are set up around a walk around a track, park or similar location. There, teams can participate and even set up a small campsite with the goal of keeping at least one team member walking at all times throughout the evening.

Teams are also asked to commit to do some form of fundraiser to help financially support the work of the American Cancer Society. Most teams’ fundraising is done prior to the event, but some also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites during Relay, such as dunking booths or ring toss or food sales or other type of carnival-type game that

goes with a theme for the overall Relay event.

The 2015 Relay For Life of Ballard County theme is “Going Back to the Future!” The event will feature music and decorations from the 1980s, when Relay For Life first started with one man’s idea to support cancer research, that has now grown into a global cancer fighting effort.

“Relay For Life draws attention to the progress being made in the fight against cancer,” said Marlene Fraser, Ballard County volunteer Relay For Life advocacy chair. “Many participants are our family, friends, and neighbors who have faced cancer themselves and are survivors. Their involvement helps brings

hope that, together, we can eliminate cancer as a major health problem.”

Relay For Life’s support of the American Cancer Society helps:

• provide education about prevention and early detection through screenings,

• sets up and establishes programs and services for cancer patients and caregivers such as the 1-800 information hotline, Hope Lodge, and Look Good Feel Better programs, and

• funds research to find better ways to detect, treat and prevent all forms of cancer.

For more information on Relay For Life, call 1-800-227-2345 at any time, day or night, or go online to www.cancer.org.

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Ballard County’s Fam-ily Focus Family Re-source and Youth Service Center has been helping families with Christmas expenses for several years. The organization wants to continue helping families in the commu-nity. Here is an outline of the guidelines for this holiday season.

As in previous years, to be eligible for the pro-gram, a family must qual-ify for the federal free lunch program by its HIF form. The family cannot be receiving assistance from any other Christmas program, and the children must be enrolled in Bal-lard County Schools. If they have children who are too young for school, they must bring proof of Medicaid or SNAP ben-efits from Ballard County DCBS.

As in previous years, a parent or guardian must attend two of the follow-ing six “Santa’s Work-shops” to be eligible for the assistance program:

- Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. – Work Development with Greg Hussey, and KYNECT Health Insur-ance with Rana Sullivan

- Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. – Substance Abuse Issues with Mike and Carol Lipp

- Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. – Parenting with Pastor Rodney Hill

- Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. – Budgeting with Pastor Gray

- Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. – Building Good Credit with Karen Tilford, and Suicide Prevention with Meagan Pickett

- Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. – Managing Holiday Stress with Debbie Temple

All workshops will be held at the Family Focus office at 158 E. Third St., LaCenter, and no RSVP is required to attend. Child care will be provided for the evening workshops.

Parents who attend two workshops will receive a gift card to Kohl’s for each child and will select toys from those donated for the program. This will allow parents to shop for their children and pick out their individual gifts.

If transportation to Kohl’s is needed, Family Focus staff can arrange transportation. Please contact Director Kelly Wray at 665-8412, ext. 226, to make arrange-ments.

If you would like to sponsor a child or family, please send cash dona-tions, Kohl’s gift cards, or toys to Family Focus, P.O. Box 434, LaCenter, Ky., 42056. For more information, please call Wray at the number above, or email her at Kelly.Wray@ballard.kyschools.us

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The opportunity for grain producers to choose the type of coverage that they will have under the 2014 Farm Bill began on November 17 and runs through March 31, 2015. Producers have a choice between a safety net for prices, called Price Loss Coverage (PLC); or a revenue safety net, called Agriculture Risk Cover-age (ARC), which has 2 options. USDA’s Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments have been discontinued under the new Farm Bill.

Prior to electing a cov-erage type, landowners have a one-time opportu-nity to update their pay-ment yields (based upon 90% of a farm’s 2008-2012 average yields) and to reallocate their farm base acres based upon the share of 2009-2012 acres planted to program crops. Reallocated base acres cannot exceed the total 2013 base acres.

Most land owners should take a look at up-dating farm yields. This is an important opportu-nity because in the past farmers have had few chances to update USDA program yields. And depending upon the pro-gram in which the farm is enrolled, higher pro-gram yields may trans-late into higher program payments when they are made.

The decision to update yields can be made on a crop-by-crop basis. Up-date a crop yield when it improves your program yield, or don’t update if it won’t improve your program yield.

Updating yields is the privilege and responsi-bility of the land owner; but in cash rent situa-tions, the landlord will likely be dependent upon his/her tenant for the in-formation needed to up-date yields. Satisfactory

documentation of yields must be provided to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in order to update program yields. Tenants should communicate with their landlords to make sure that the op-portunities for updating yields and reallocating bases are evaluated and acted upon if beneficial for the farm.

A person who has a FSA Power of Attorney (POA) for a farm owner or owners may reallo-cate farm bases or update farm yields if the POA agreement for that farm specifically states that the POA is valid for “All Current and Future Pro-grams and All Actions.” Common courtesy would dictate that the Power of Attorney should consult with the land owner(s) prior to reallocating bas-es or proving yields.

The Farm Service Agency sent out informa-tion in August that lists each farm’s 2014 pro-gram crop base acres and counter-cyclical yields, and the 2008-2012 plant-ing history. This infor-mation can be used to evaluate whether it will be beneficial to update yields or reallocate base acres. The final date for updating yields and/or reallocating bases is Feb-ruary 27, 2015. Howev-er, land owners or their POAs should plan to complete yield updates and/or base reallocations as soon as possible, be-cause FSA offices will get busier as the signup deadlines approach.

While the decisions to update yields or reallo-cate bases belong to land-lords, the decision about “electing” or choosing the coverage type will belong to the tenants or producers on a given farm. According to the Congressional Research Service, “The 2014 Farm Bill defines a producer as an owner-operator, land-lord, tenant, or share-cropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to a share of the crop produced on the farm.” Making a choice between PLC, ARC-County, and ARC-Individual may not be easy, because there are a wide range of price and yield scenarios that could play out over the next five years. It’s also pos-sible that the 2014 Farm Bill could be in effect for

more than five years.There are two USDA-

sponsored Farm Bill de-cision tools on the inter-net. The simpler tool was created by a coalition led by the University of Illi-nois. It is found at http://fsa.usapas.com/. The second tool which incor-porates more producer variables, was created by the National Association of Agriculture and Food Policy (NAAFP) led by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the Univer-sity of Missouri, and the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. It is found at https://usda.afpc.tamu.edu/.

In order to utilize these tools, a producer will need to have infor-mation on a farm’s bases, counter cyclical yields, 2008-2012 planting his-tory, 2008-2012 actual yields, and crop insur-ance plans; and at a bare minimum will need to make some assumptions about grain prices over the next five years. In a couple of weeks, we will begin assisting producers at the Extension Office with evaluating the Farm Bill coverage options us-ing one or both of these web tools. The Ballard County FSA Office staff will assist producers with many of your Farm Bill questions, but they are not allowed to help farm-ers choose which cover-age option to sign up for.

A regional Farm Bill educational meeting is set for Monday, December 1, 10 a.m. until noon, at the UK Research and Educa-tion Center in Princeton. There will also be other educational opportuni-ties in and around Bal-lard County during the winter months.

Farmers also need to remember that under the 2014 Farm Bill, the foun-dation of USDA’s safety net for grain producers is crop insurance, which makes up about 75 per-cent of the revenue pro-tection that is available for grain crops.

Programs of the Ken-tucky Cooperative Ex-tension Service serve all people regardless of race, age, sex, color, religion, disability or national ori-gin. For additional infor-mation, contact the Bal-lard County Extension Office, 110 Broadway, LaCenter, 665-9118

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Ballard County Extension Agent for Ag and Natural Resources

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“Russell Athletic greatly appreciates this event being in Bowling Green, and we are happy to see that arrangement continue. We already have a tremendous presence in the stadium, which only enhances the partnership,” said Skip Nickle, Sr.

Director of Marketing & Sponsorships at Russell Athletic. “We work with a great deal of KHSAA member schools on a daily basis, and this partnership only enhances our relationship with teams across the state.”

The football state championships moved to Bowling Green in 2009 after 30 years in Louisville, the last six of which were spent at

Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The upcoming 2014 Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl will mark the sixth-straight football championship conducted at WKU, with four more scheduled before the current agreement expires after the 2018 season.

“My personal appreciation goes out to our friends at the KHSAA. WKU has worked hard to make the Kentucky high school football championships a great experience for the students, faculty, staff and fans of the participating schools–and for the broader Commonwealth of Kentucky,” said Dr. Gary A. Ransdell, WKU President. “Hosting these championship games is a source of pride for us at WKU.”

Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium underwent major renovations in the spring of 2006, adding a new grandstand on the west side which seats approximately 5,000 people, including an 832-seat club level, new concession stands and restrooms, new football offices, weight room, training room, locker room and equipment area. In addition, the renovations included a new berm in the north end zone and the installation of a new 48’x70’ scoreboard with an 18’x31’ videoboard.

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The fiscal court met on Tuesday for its regu-lar monthly meeting. For months it’s been reported that a couple of the coun-ty’s emergency generators have been hampered by contaminates in the fuel requiring extensive clean-ing of the fuel systems. The costs are not covered by any insurance and the county will be required to pay for the maintenance. There have been discus-sions on how to handle the situation, including the complete replacement of the engines. The final estimates are in and the cost to replace an engine is $22,000 or up to $13,000 to clean the fuel systems.

Magistrates agreed to allow for the repair of the generator at the EOC of-fice in La Center to main-tain emergency commu-nications in the event of an emergency. The court also agreed to enter into a maintenance agreement to keep the generators moni-tored regularly.

Another option dis-cussed in previous meet-

ings was the possibility switching from diesel-op-erated engines to LP en-gines. An estimate to re-place the engines with the alternate fuel has not been explored.

The County Road De-partment’s one-ton truck was reportedly too costly to continue to make re-pairs on. The truck has cost the county $10,000 in repairs in 2014 and is in need of more repairs. Each time the truck is re-paired it tends to be in the $4,000 range, the last time it cost $6,000. The court approved the purchase of a new gasoline-powered truck from Gutterman’s.

Also in the Roads and Bridges report, Mt Pleas-ant, Stewart and Wayside Inn Roads will probably not be paved until next spring. The county will receive the money to pave Moss town Rd. Speed limit signs will be placed on Flournoy Rd. (40 mph), Fraser Rd. (40 mph) and Deerfield (25 mph). Last year, the county spread 12 tons of salt and last Sunday and Monday, they spread 17 tons.

In the jail report, it was a quite month and the jail is operating at near capacity with 75 inmates, according to Jailer Elect Donnie Hall Jr. The number of county inmates is down to nine, which means most of the inmates are ‘paying’ in-mates from other counties with a total of 58 state in-mates. He said when they begin to talk budget next year “maybe it won’t be the burden on the county it has been in the past. I think the only thing we’re having to ask the county for at this time is to help with the payroll.”

Hall also reported eight inmates baptized during the month.

In other issues, the county will pay back $4,000 of unspent money on a Hazardous Waste Grant. Lourdes Hospital reduced a $16,000 medi-cal bill incurred by an in-mate to $5,000. The court authorized the Judge Ex-ecutive to continue to ne-gotiate with the hospital to further reduce the charge. Betty Johnson resigned from the Ballard County Cemetery Board.

Fiscal Court OKs funds for generator repair, truck

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Life Care Center of La Center & SpringBridge Rehabilitation Center held it’s Annual Halloween Resident & Employees Costume Contest and Party in October, 2014. Our staff assisted our residents and short term patients with their costumes. Resident and patient winners were Johnette Throgmorton, Marceline Reno and Paul Peebles. Employee winners were Michelle, Kitty, Kristy, and Sam. Our patient game winners were Mary Woods and Johnette Throgmorton. Family and friends participated and everyone enjoyed dancing to the “Monster” and the delicious cake and ice cream punch.