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After more than a year of uncertainty, the future of Ot-ter Creek Park has become a bit clearer after an announce-ment by the Louisville Metro government this week.

Gov. Steve Beshear and

Metro Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson announced the transfer of authority from Louisville Metro to the state at a press conference at Metro Hall in Louisville Wednesday.

“We’ve been working with the state for several months now, to have the state take

over Otter Creek Park, in par-ticularly the Fish and Wildlife Commission,” Metro Louis-ville Mayor Jerry Abramson spokesperson Chris Poynter said. “The state will be as-suming control of Otter Creek Park and will be operating it as a preserve and recreation center.”

The transfer of ownership will be immediate, he added.

It will take about a year for the park to reopen because the action has to meet the ap-proval of the Louisville Met-ro Council and other state and federal entities.

“There are lots of things to do between now and then,”

Poynter said. “But the good news is it will reopen in a year.”

The park, which will be operated by the Kentucky Division of Fish and Wildlife Resources, will be renamed the Otter Creek Outdoor Rec-reation Area when reopened, according to a press release

from Gov. Steve Beshear’s offi ce.

The recreation area will be the fi rst of its type oper-ated by the department, and will offer trails for hiking, bicycling and horseback rid-ing and future plans call for

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By Casey TolliverThe News Standard

Although this year’s Crusade for Children fund drive cam-paign has come and gone, a group of local bikers were geared up last weekend to raise funds for next year’s Crusade effort.

A local chapter of Fire and Iron, a nationwide fi refi ghter motorcycle club, staged their annual Ride for the Crusade last Saturday to help raise money to donate to next year’s WHAS Crusade for Children.

“We’re trying to grow. The fi rst year, we turned in $500, the second year, we turned in $1,000, and we’ve been going up every year,” said Fire and Iron Station 33 vice-president Curtis Kelley, of Muldraugh, who is also a captain for the Muldraugh and Meade County Fire Protection Districts.

The rally, which was open to bikers who are not members of Fire and Iron, cost riders an entrance fee of $10.

Fire and Iron held 50/50 raffl es, sold Texas “rip ‘em” poker hands and held auctions to raise money for next year’s Crusade

Riding for the Crusade with horsepower and heart

By Casey TolliverThe News Standard

The lowest bidder of a major con-struction project in Muldraugh asked the city for permission to withdraw its bid it was announced at the Mul-draugh City Council meeting on Monday.

Excel Excavation, the lowest bid-der of phase one of the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project in Muldraugh, wants to withdraw their bid without repercussions, according to Edward P. Hawkins, the project engineer.

“We have discussed at length their comfort zone with their bid without

Lowest bidder on Muldraughproject retracts

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Submitted by Kentucky Departmentof Veterans Affairs

Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Cen-tral hosted a ceremony and military honors for interring the remains of 32 veterans and nine spouses in a special ceremony June 14.

“We are deeply honored to give these veterans a dignifi ed resting place here among their fellow veterans,” commis-sioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs said Ken Lucas said. “They were lost but not forgotten. We are grateful to the Missing in America Project for fi nding their remains and bringing them to us.”

Investigators and volunteers with MIAP’s Veteran Recovery Program

Veterans, wives are honored and finally laid to rest

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Fire and Iron Station 33 vice presi-dent Curtis Kelley, left, jokes around with AssistantRoad Captain Joe Bowman before fi ring up the bikes to head out on the sixth annual Ride for the Cru-sade.

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Due to substantial growth and overcrowding, Flaherty Ele-mentary will welcome a new neighbor come the 2010-11 school year.

Construction on Flaherty Primary began in November 2008 and has been on track since the beginning. The fi nalized prod-uct will be completed by July 11.

“It’s a whole new building,” said Rodney Pickering, direc-tor of building and grounds for the Meade County Board of Education. “The old building was overcrowded and we had to do something about it. We’re trying to (meet the) needs of the future.”

Flaherty Elementary isn’t going to be forgotten with the new addition, it will hold fourth through sixth grade, while Flaherty Primary will house preschool through third grade.

Amanda Richardson will take over as principal of Flaherty Primary and Marcus Adams will because the new principal of Flaherty Elementary.

According to Pickering, Flaherty Primary will feature state-of-the-art equipment such as smartboards and a V-brick system.

“We have a facilities committee that tries to project what (they) need and this was one of the things we projected,” he said. “We look at the needs and decide what’s our priority.”

New school is top of the line

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Flaherty Primary is in the fi nal stage of contruction. The newest school in Meade County is located on Northwest of Flaherty on Hwy. 144. See SCHOOL, Page A3

Flaherty Primary School: new,state-of-the-art building ready to educate

ParkFrom page A1

camping, picnicking, and fi shing and hunting during state seasons, according to the press release.

The department is con-templating other activities, such as rock climbing, ca-noeing, and an expansion of trails in the future, the re-lease added.

Under the agreement, Camp Piomingo will con-tinue to be operated by the YMCA of greater Louisville.

Though the majority of dealings were between Lou-isville Metro and state offi -cials, Meade County judge- executive Harry Craycroft was instrumental in the de-cision to transfer ownership of the park and made sug-gestions pertinent to what should be done with the park.

“I had been in touch with the parks department in stages of negotiations about

things that could happen and possibly things they didn’t want to happen,” Craycroft said. “Some of the things that were passed along, I can see are going to take place.”

Otter Creek Park, which consists of more than 2,000 acres located off Highway 1638, was a long-time staple for local and regional out-door enthusiasts.

The park, which has been owned by the city of Lou-isville since 1934 and has operated under the veil of Louisville Metro Parks since 1995, was closed Jan. 1, 2009, as part of Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson’s cost-cut-ting efforts in response to the city’s $20 million budget defi cit.

Offl oading ownership of the park is expected to save Louisville Metro nearly $500,000 a year, as well as benefi t the state and Meade County.

“It should be a win-win for everyone,” Craycroft said. “It should be a win for

the county and a win for the state, and that’s what you look for, a good end result.

I’m just thrilled to death that we’re going to be get-ting Otter Creek back open and people will be able to go back and enjoy things at Otter Creek that they had for years.”

The state’s acquisition of the park is expected to foster signifi cant economic benefi ts not only for Meade County, but the entire re-gion, according to Gov. Beshear.

“This is a great oppor-tunity to expand our ad-venture tourism in an area so close to the Common-wealth’s largest city,” Gov. Beshear said. “This area can be used for many types of recreation, and will help tourism and economic de-velopment in this region. This is an excellent example of state and local govern-ment working together on a project that benefi ts the public.”

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fund drive. Participating riders met

at the Lusk Group in Mul-draugh on a muggy Satur-day morning last weekend.

The ride, which has been held since 2004, took riders on a route through Meade County that included stops at fi re protection district sta-tions across the county.

The group stopped at the Meade County Fire Protection District station fi rst, where the riders were provided cold drinks and snacks.

Humidity and threaten-ing rain clouds deterred many bikers from riding in the run, and attendance was down sharply in contrast to last year’s ride. This year, 35 bikers showed up for the event, compared to 125 last year.

Sticky weather and low numbers couldn’t put a damper on the amount of fun that was had, and more importantly, the reason why they rode to begin with — raising money for kids in need, according to Kelley.

“We still had the same amount of fun, everybody enjoyed the ride,” he said. “Besides, it’s for the kids.”

The event was one of sev-eral annual rides to raise funds for charities held by Fire and Iron, including a bourbon ride on August 7 dedicated to raising mon-ey to buy Christmas gifts for less fortunate children. A portion of the money also goes to help pay fu-neral costs for any fallenmembers.

Fire and Iron also stages a ride in October to raise awareness for breast can-cer.

Several riders made the trip from Louisville to par-ticipate in the run.

“They’re a good group of guys, friendly and will-ing to help other people,” Randy Lightle said, who was one of several riders who drove from Louisville to ride in the rally. “The degree of organization is higher than it is with oth-er rides. It’s impressive, I think. I can’t say enough about how they’ve got it set up.”

Lightle used the ride as an opportunity to unleash his shimmering new 2010

Thunderbird Triumph for the fi rst time, which he bought in April.

Fire and Iron, whose chapters are called “sta-tions”, originated in Or-ange County, Fla., nearly 10 years ago.

The local chapter, Station 33, was the third station formed in Kentucky, and has 72 members, making it one of the largest chapters in the organization.

Overall, there are four stations. The other stations in the state are in Win-chester, Georgetown and Glasgow.

Fire and Iron has 133 sta-tions in The U.S. and the Bahamas, according to the group’s Web site.

Each station in the orga-nization is active in raising funds for charities, which shows a new dimension to the persona of people who ride motorcycles and helps dispel the rough-and-tumble stereotypes of bikers as thugs, according to Kelley.

“People have just got that impression, if you’re on a motorcycle, you’re a bad guy, but you’re not,” he said.

The ride raised $1,450.

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Motorcyclists get ready to ride while raising money for the Crusade for Children.

By Jennifer CorbettThe News Standard

The Meade County School Board met June 8 for its monthly meeting. Some of the highlights from the meet-ing include:

The School board recog-nized veteran Felix Gorby Wright. Wright attended Meade County High School, but left to fi ght in the Vietnam War.

He wasn’t able to fi nish high school and receive his diploma.

Since Kentucky recently passed a law allowing any veteran who wasn’t able to fi nish high school to receive a high school diploma, the school board recognized Wright’s service to the coun-try and awarded him with his own.

The board approved the tentative budget for 2010-2011. The beginning bal-ances of the budget are set at $7,874,354 to general funds, $25,000 to the food service fund, $2 million to building funds, and $150,000 to capital outlay fund.

Superintendent Mitch Crump gave his report, which included the district’s goals

for the 2010-11 school year.Some of the goals included

increasing student engage-ment in each classroom, since the district did not meet the requirements of AYP (Ad-equate Yearly Process) the district will raise awareness of the needs of the population and monitor the performanc-es of students; work with the National Energy Education Development (NEED) proj-ect to foster energy effi ciently and awareness at the class-

room level.Crump also spoke

about the 2009-10 districtaccomplishments.

Some of the highlights in-cluded creating a third school nurse position to be housed at Stuart Pepper Middle School, creating Professional Learn-ing Communities, fi nishing construction on Flaherty Pri-mary, installing additional playgrounds, air conditioning units and a new piano lab at Meade County High School.

Schools added Ident-a-Kid software systems, which cre-ates a photo ID for visitors, while allowing the offi ce to run a background check if necessary. Challenge Day program at MCHS and Check and Connect mentoring were in full swing at MCHS and SPMS.

This year, Meade County ran 49 regular bus routes and six handicap routes, traveling approximately 800,000 total miles with only three bus in-cidents. School board has also purchased eight new 72-pas-senger buses and two 16-pas-senger buses.

Superintendent Crump was evaluated for his performance thus far at the end of the meet-ing by his fellow board mem-bers.

Crump “exceeded expec-tations” in relationship with the board, community, staff and personnel relationships, educational leadership busi-ness and fi nance and personal qualities.

The Meade County Board of Education meets on the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Board of Education building. The next meeting is scheduled forJuly 13.

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Both the smartboards and V-brick will be used district wide next year. Pickering said the V-brick system was put in place after the schools did away with TVs, VCRs and cable.

The V-brick system takes the analog signal and digi-tizes it, and the TV channels will run through a computer network, said Jerry Pile, dis-trict technology coordinator for Meade County.

“(The V-brick is) district wide even though it was just purchased for Brandenburg Primary,” Pile said. “It’s re-ally economical.”

Although smartboards are used throughout the district, Flaherty Primary will be the only one to have it in every classroom. A smartboard, an interactive whiteboard, will allow teachers to walk around the classroom and teach at the same time. Content from the computer will go to the pro-jector and be shown on the whiteboard.

“It’s truly interactive,” Pile said. “It can reshape things.”

Richardson isn’t worried about her upcoming change in scenery; in fact she is excit-ed about the new possibilities the new campus could bring.

“I think it will bring a lot of things into the classroom that a lot of us never had,” Richardson said. “It brings some good equipment into the classroom and lets (stu-dents) see how technology is used everyday … it opens up the classroom to the outside world.”

An additional goal of the Flaherty Primary building is to be more energy conscious.

“We feel like they are going to make one of the most en-ergy effi cient buildings in the state,” Pickering said.

For example, the school will have insulated concrete forms in the gym, where con-crete will be poured between two two-inch thick forms. This process will allow for better insulation.

Other ways the school will be more energy effi cient is by having a fl at roof which allows HVAC units between each classroom and by using

geothermal wells. Picker-ing added that geothermal wells are already in place at Brandenburg Primary, Ekron, Payneville and Battletown.

Another example of green technology is highlighted in an upcoming experiment that will be used at Flaherty Primary.

Pickering said they plan to implement a Daikin compres-sor and compare it to a Hy-drotemp unit in order to see which one will be more ben-efi cial to the environment.

“The Daikin system may be more energy effi cient,” Pickering said.

He added that the Daikin is a water source heat pump that has only one compres-sor that runs at an optimum speed, as compared to the Hydrotemp that has two compressors.

Overall, the new building will be benefi cial for students, resolving the overcrowding issue, and implementing bet-ter technology in the class-rooms.

“This school has had the most growth,” Pickering said. “We’re making these kids as successful as we can.”

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Submitted byMeade County RECC

Meade County RECC will

hold its 73rd annual mem-bership meeting on Monday, June 28, at the Breckinridge County High School in Harned, Kentucky.

Registration for members will begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT or 5:30 p.m. CDT.

The business meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT or 6:30 CDT. President and CEO Burns E. Mercer will re-port to cooperative members and their families on current activities and conditions of the cooperative.

Also, a review of activi-ties from last year as well as plans for the coming years will be presented.

In addition to these re-ports, the members will elect one director who will serve a three-year term.

The annual meeting en-tertainment will follow the business session. This year, Leroy Van Dyke will be the featured entertainment for

the evening. Van Dyke, of “Auction-

eer” and “Walk On By” fame, and star of the movie “What Am I Bid?,” is known around the world as an en-tertainer, recording artist, ra-dio and television star, actor, auctioneer and veteran of the Nevada circuit.

He has recorded over 500 songs, and probably holds the record for most repeat-performance bookings of any working, name country music entertainer.

He has worked 40 to 70 fairs and livestock events per year for over fi ve decades, in addition to a great variety of other engagements.

He was born on a farm in rural Pettis County, Mo., without the amenities of run-ning water and electricity.

Elementary schooling was in one-room country schools, then went to high school at Sedalia, where he ranked third in a class of 180 graduates.

After serving as a special agent, U. S. Army Counter-

Intelligence Corps, in Korea, Van Dyke was catapulted into show business while working as a journalist, when his self-penned “Auc-tioneer” recording went mil-lion-plus just weeks after its release.

He then joined Red Foley’s ABC-TV network “Ozark Ju-bilee” in Springfi eld, Mo., as a regular member, and con-tinued in that position for three years until the show left the air.

He again had a multi-million seller with “Walk on By,” a record that stayed in the charts an incredible 42 weeks, 19 in the number one position, and was later named by Billboard Maga-zine as the biggest country music record in history.

Van Dyke then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and became a regular member of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry.

Van Dyke is considered by industry moguls and by his peers to be the entertainer who put professionalism in

country music. He was the fi rst to blaze a trail and take a staged, produced, cho-reographed, self-contained country music show to the “Strip” in Las Vegas. He was the fi rst to take country music to Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter. He was the only country music performer ever to open a show for Mar-ilyn Monroe.

Van Dyke is a 2001 induct-ee into the North American Country Music Association International Hall of Fame.

For the young and the young at heart, caricaturist Denny Whalen will amuse and astonish children with his artistic abilities.

Caricatures are a fun and fascinating way to add an el-ement of humor and excite-ment to any event.

People of all ages enjoy caricatures and they are as much fun for the people watching as they are for the subject. They provide a way to remember the annual meeting and many young

people will have an oppor-tunity to have a personal-ized souvenir of their time at the Meade County RECC annual meeting.

Whalen draws profi le caricatures in black ink on 17-inch by 17-inch paper in about 5 minutes. He depicts people participating in their favorite activity or hobby. The sky is the limit to what the background may be, and the more creative, the better.

He can draw couples to-gether on the same sheet and he can personalize them even more with the person’s name drawn in bubble letters.

In addition, buckets and compact fl uorescent light bulbs will be given to mem-bers who attend.

There will be a drawing for a big wheel and boys and girls bicycles. Local gospel group “Heaven Sent” will be on stage during registra-tion. Come on out and bring your family and enjoy the evenings’ festivities.

Breckinridge Memorial

Hospital and the Lincoln Trail Health Department will have a group of displays for health related issues.

Hospice of Central Ken-tucky, University of Ken-tucky Energy Display along with the Meade County and Breckinridge County Cham-bers of Commerce and many others will have displays of interest.

A number of door prizes, including $100, will also be given away to members who attend.

All Meade County RECC members are urged to attend their cooperatives’ annual meeting.

The general public is in-vited to come and enjoy the entertainment. If you are disabled and need special accommodations to have full and equal enjoyment of this program, please call Meade County RECC at 270-422-2162.

Meade County RECC pro-vides electric service to more than 28,000 members in six Kentucky counties.

Local electric company to hold annual membership meeting

Submitted by Richard Myldy

The Annual Bewleyville Picnic will take place on June 19, from 2-9 p.m. Fea-turing local entertainment suck as, “By the Book,” (Southern gospel band), “Heaven Sent” (gospel) and Bluegrass Music Association and barbeque that’s fi nger-licking good.

This year, Bewleyville Lodge 228 once again will be sponsoring a “mystery drawing” for those folks who bring a canned good or other nonperishable items to the picninc.

All donations of canned goods and other nonperish-

able items will benefi t the Breckinridge County Good Samaritan Center on Main Street in Hardinsburg.

The Good Samaritan Cen-ter was established in the year 2000 by a small group of local churches forming a Christian cooperative that provides assistance to fami-lies with low incomes as well as those who are in need of emergency help.

The Good Samaritan Center is currently helping around 350 families in our community, which trans-lates to around 750 to 800 in-dividuals. Now, more than ever, the center could use some help during this eco-

nomic downslide which is affecting everyone not only in our community but the country.

A canned good or nonper-ishable item could prevent a family from going to bed hungry.

The people of Breckin-ridge County have always been generous in times of need and Bewleyville Lodge 228 is asking that you bring a nonperishable item to the picnic and at the same time stay, and enjoy yourself.

For more information call the center at 270-756-0303 or for more picnic information, call Richard Myldy at 270-536-3885.

Annual Bewleyville Picnic to benefi tBreckinridge County Good Samaritan Center

found the cremated remains in Louisville.

The funeral procession began at 10 a.m. at the Lou-isville Memorial Gardens at 4400 Dixie Highway, Shively (one block south of I-264.) It proceeded down Dixie High-way to KVCC. The ceremony began on arrival.

For more information, call Dale LeMond, MIAP Region-

al Coordinator, at 502- 376-1755.

Kentucky Veterans Cem-etery Central mainly serves veterans and family mem-bers from a 75-mile radius of the cemetery, including parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indi-ana. KVCC also serves active duty soldiers and their de-pendents serving at nearby Fort Knox.

Kentucky Veterans Cem-etery Central is the state’s second veterans cemetery. The fi rst, Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery West, opened

in Hopkinsville in March 2004. Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North, in Wil-liamstown, opened on Aug. 22, 2008. The state’s fourth veterans cemetery, Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East, in Greenup County, is under construction and is scheduled for completion in August 2010.

For more information about interment at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central, including eligibility and ser-vices, call the cemetery at 270-351-5115 or 270-351-5119.

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The community pays tribute to veterans and wives during Monday’s funeral procession.

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EditorialThey are indeed responsible for the greatest man-

made disaster in United States history.They are responsible for — at last measurement —

reducing the useful, living natural wonder of the Gulf of Mexico by one-third.

They do not seem to be able to stop the fl ow of thou-sands of gallons a day from their deepwater well with any effi ciency.

They have been not seemingly open about what they are doing or have done.

So, everybody hates BP.The public has a legitimate right to be not just mad, but

angry. And, there are now calls to boycott BP products.But, sorry. It won’t help. In fact, it could hurt and

make life a little more complicated.BP stands for British Petroleum and that is what

they produce — petroleum-based products.If one stops and thinks of all the things produced

with petroleum, it would be a boycott that would af-fect more than the mighty oil company.

If you stop buying BP gas, that hurts the people — local people included — who own and operate the mini-markets our fast-paced lives have become so dependent upon.

Do you drink sodas? Gotcha. Those cans and plastic bot-tles are produced with petroleum products and chances are you are not going to be able to ask the store clerk which soda container is made from products that are not from BP.

How about those paved roads?It takes oil to make that asphalt and a boycott could

negatively impact an industry that employs thousands — federal, state and local.

People who pave the roads, make the asphalt, manufac-ture the machinery and haul the products all have a stake.

Do you take your trash out every week? Those plastic bags you use are made from petroleum-based products.

So, there is the rub.It is a seemingly endless list of products that require

the use of petroleum and many of these are items that are either common or taken for granted because they are so widely used in all facets of our daily lives.

To effi ciently boycott BP, a multi-multi-billion dol-lar company, millions upon millions of people would have to totally stop using anything made with petro-leum. An effort such as that, if successful, would jeop-ardize thousands of jobs — some close to home.

But, that scenario is just not going to happen.No one is going to stop driving their cars, using the

roads, drinking their sodas, and then not need a trash receptacle to place the empty containers.

The only effective boycott would be one of government offi cials who do not effi ciently use their authority forcing those responsible for this destruction to fi x it, clean it, and pay for it — all of it — and make sure the safeguards are in place to prevent this from ever happening again.

That boycott threat just might get some attention and action.

Letter to the EditorI would like to share what I know about the water fi ght

by the river on the last day of school and give my opinion of why it should be allowed to continue. This event is to let students have an afternoon of fun with their friends before they go their separate ways for the summer. Yes, some people have trouble understanding when you cross the line and fun becomes danger.

Now as parents, I think it is our job to help our kids under-stand where this line is and how important it is not to cross over it. In 1998, my son was a senior and wanted to show the others how to really have a water fi ght. He put a 500-gallon water tank in the back of our one ton dually pickup truck with a gasoline powered pump and garden hose hooked to it. The truck also had wood racks on it to make somewhat of a fort; to an 18-year-old this was just what was needed to be superman at the water fi ght. Now comes the grown up part, I asked how someone was going to ride in the bed of the truck without getting crushed if the tank moved or get burnt from the hot exhaust? So my son decided to chain the tank in the truck and cover the exhaust to prevent injury. My point here is folks need to get involved in what their kids do and don’t wait for them to ask for your help. We need to teach them each day that they are responsible for what they do.

Something I fi nd very disturbing is to have a coach in-terviewed by a local newspaper make it sound like losing a track member was the worse part of this injury and say “I’ve heard, I’ve heard, I’ve heard”. If someone tells you some-thing, tell who told you, it gives credibility to your story.

There is always going to be someone causing problems for the people who try to be responsible while having fun. So parents empress on your kids what is safe and what is not so they can continue having fun.

Louie LaTondressGuston, Ky.

I always joke with friends and family that I’m going to name my fi rst son O’Dallas, have him pumping iron be-fore he can crawl, and by the age of 5 he will be my little NFL prodigy. I only joke … sort of.

My son doesn’t even exist; in fact he’s not even a twin-kle in my eye yet. But I’m al-ready dreaming of going to his games and saying ‘that’s my son’ to all the parents when he’s the best player on the team … yeah I said it, BEST player on the team. I also dream about strapping him into his fi rst road bike so he can go on 100-mile weekend rides with me. It will be great; he’ll be my built-in workout buddy.

But those are just hare-brained dreams. Maybe I won’t make him wear the lycra bike shorts … howev-er, I will force him to wear a helmet (he’s going to be smart, too).

Then again, maybe he won’t be the best player on the team; rather he’ll sit the bench. He’ll still be the best player in my mind and I’ll keep it to myself.

As a sports fanatic, I com-pletely understand the man-tra of parents who want their kids to be the best and push them to their limits. I think it’s good to guide and push your kids when needed… but there’s a line and that line is crossed all too much.

I’ve yet to meet a parent of the next LeBron James or Tiger Woods. The probability that you or I are going to have some amazing professional athlete is about as likely as pigs will fl y outside my win-

dow right now … Nope it didn’t happen.

The odds of playing an NCAA sport are a little shock-ing, but making it to the pros is even more astonishing ac-cording to NCCA.org.

High school seniors that go on to play NCAA men’s basketball are less than one in 35, or 2.9 percent. The percentage of NCAA seniors moving onto the NBA is less than one in 75, or 1.3 per-cent. The likelihood of a high school senior eventually get-ting drafted is about three in 10,000 or .03 percent.

WNBA isn’t much different as about one in 5,000, or .02 percent of high school senior athletes get drafted. About 3 percent of high school girls play NCAA basketball.

Football is a little higher (based sheerly on the size of the teams — 50-plus mem-bers rather than a 12-man basketball roster) with about one in 17 high school seniors going on to play NCAA foot-ball. About nine in 10,000, or .09 percent make it the NFL.

Baseball is a game of small and big numbers, but the chances of making it to the MLB are minuscule. After considering the abundant amount of minor league base-ball teams, the chances of making it to the big show are one in 6,600 or 0.015 percent.

So, there’s the proof, you’re probably not going to be a professional athlete. Be an astronaut, a surgeon or a reality show star — your chances are higher.

The next parent who gets that twinge of greatness in a child, nurture it to its fullest, but don’t make it a chore and keep a perspective on reality.

There’s no reason to argue calls or with coaches. It’s just ridiculous to see parents run-ning onto fi elds because their superstar kid was called out

at fi rst base. If you have been thrown out of your child’s game you have failed. Not only have you failed your child, but you failed as a par-ticipant to our society.

Questionable little league calls should remain forgot-ten rather than that time “Mr. so-and-so” almost made a 16-year-old umpire cry.

Childhood sports are sup-posed to be fi lled with good memories. There should be memories of playing trucks in the outfi eld during a T-ball game, or when 5-year-old soccer consists of a Char-lie Brown-cloud of whirling feet and a ball.

Parents need to facilitate those memories, rather than displacing weekends with long drives to a camp where a, yes you guessed it, washed up athlete — who didn’t make the pros — instructs hundreds of kids who want to be the next Tom Brady.

Sometimes overbearing parents payoff. Look at MLB’s No. 1 draft pick 17-year-old Bryce Harper from Las Ve-gas. The kid played against 6-year-olds when he was only 3-years-old. He left high school early to play junior college baseball. Sure he’s a prodigy but I fi nd it hard to believe that a 3-year-old had his choice of playing baseball.

Look fi ve years from now, then we can analyze if Harper is the next great MLB hitter or is he the next Crash Davis.

Last week the 16-year-old Abby Sunderland attempted to circumnavigate the world in a sailboat. Distress calls came from her boat just days into her journey. But wait, she’ll get to have a reality TV show and a book deal. Hooray, for parents putting their children‘s lives in dan-ger. Now we can watch an-other terrible reality TV show that should be shoved down

Davy Jones’ locker. The Sunderlands will reap

the benefi ts of fame for a little while, (because hon-estly who cares about sailing around the world anymore? It’s the 21st century) but at what cost were the par-ents willing to play? Their daughter’s life?

By the way their older son, Zac, held the record for sailing around the world as a 17-year-old. Maybe we should be more concerned at the idea these parents are always trying to ship their kids away.

Talking about crazy par-ents, all I need to say is “bal-loon boy” and gasp and roll-ing eyes appear. Last year when a Colorado family called news outlets and po-lice at the same time to rescue their boy caught in a fl oating weather balloon, the world was captivated.

The horrifi c event ended anti-climatically as the boy was found “hiding” in the family’s house. The parents deservingly served jail time for setting up the “show.”

Of course, these are ex-treme cases, but it doesn’t make screaming parents less of a problem. Overwhelming pushes on children can be-come detrimental. Either the child will burnout and dis-like a possible lifelong hobby, or they may rebel completely to any form of guidance.

With that perspective maybe I’ll stop looking for the baby weightlifting set at Pottery Barn. I’ll scratch the name O’Dallas and call him something more present-able like Oliver. And when-ever he’s playing a sport I’ll keep my thoughts to my-self. I’ll calmly cheer him on because he’s enjoying the game and enjoying the fact the kids aren’t teasing him about his crazy dad.

Pushy parents expect too muchBenAchtabowski

GoodCall

Who needs a debt commis-sion when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is on the case?

He wants to allow federal agencies to redirect half of any unnecessary, unspent money in their budgets to other ini-tiatives and half to defi cit re-duction. Currently, agencies must return all money they don’t spend, giving them an incentive to spend it all.

Let’s say Congress goes along: The move would affect all of about $25 billion a year, according to The Wall Street Journal. In May alone, the defi cit was $142 billion. In the fi rst eight months of the fi scal year, it was $941 billion. This is like alleviating the defi -cit with spare change found

in between the cushions of couches at the Offi ce of Man-agement and Budget.

“The president’s goal has been to change Washington’s focus from fi guring out how to spend money to how to save money,” Emanuel ex-plained to the Journal, in a statement that suggests he has taken leave of the reality-based community. Perhaps he has been too busy manag-ing the hectic trade in White House job offers to notice the administration has added $2.4 trillion in debt in 500 days.

This boom in government spending was supposed to produce a boom in the pri-vate economy. So far, we’re one boom short. The May jobs report is a perfect distillation of Obamanomics, with its em-phasis on short-term help to the economy — the stimulus package, the cash-for-clunk-ers program, etc. — that is as sustainable as a sugar high.

The headline jobs num-

ber of 431,000 looked good, but 411,000 were temporary census jobs. They will soon disappear, unless we want to employ Americans in the counting of one another in perpetuity. The 41,000 new private-sector jobs were about 60,000 short of what it takes just to absorb the natural growth of the labor force.

The House recently con-sidered another $200 billion “jobs bill.” No one can explain why if last year’s $862 billion stimulus didn’t work, a signif-icantly smaller stimulus will. In reaction to defi cit fears, Democratic leaders broke the bill into two pieces, of rough-ly $90 billion and $20 billion, and slimmed down the total cost, partly by not extending the spending quite as far into the future.

No wonder Democrats fear adding all the numbers up in an annual budget resolution. “It’s diffi cult to pass budgets in election years,” Majority

Leader Steny Hoyer admitted, “because they refl ect what the status is.” No budget? Prob-lem solved.

This won’t fool anyone. Ro-bust job growth requires bold-ness and risk-taking in the pri-vate sector. What we have now is boldness and risk-taking in the public sector. It is loading as much debt onto the balance sheet as possible, and creating the predicate for more regula-tion, spending and taxes. We have active government and hesitant entrepreneurs.

Late in the Great Depres-sion, Franklin Roosevelt’s treasury secretary, Henry Morgenthau, told Congress, “We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” Democrats have made Morgenthau’s plaint their governing ethic. In so doing, they are dem-onstrating their political and intellectual bankruptcy even faster than they are bankrupt-ing the country.

RichLowry

National Review

Obamanomics is politically and intellectually bankrupt

Friday, June 18, 2010 The News Standard - A5COURTCOURTDeeds

Joseph M. Redmon and Gayla Red-mon, to Joseph M. Redmon and Gayla Redmon, a 3.575 acre tract located east of Ky HWY 448.

TK Development LLC, an Indiana Liability Company, to Gary L. Knupp and Barbara S. Knupp, a 37.939 acre tract located in Meade County, deed tax $323.

CES Developments, LLC, a Ken-tucky Limited Liability Company, to Mary Crutcher Vowell, a 1.2203 acre tract located southwest of KY HWY 144, deed tax $127.

Eric L. Lucas and Latrecia Lucas, to Clifford L. Borlace III and Lindsey S. Borlace, lot 47 of Forest Ridge Estates, deed tax $149.50.

James P. Vessels Jr., and Kimberly C. Vessels, to Mark P. Mattingly, prop-erty located in Meade County, deed tax $110.

Twilight Investments, Inc., to Mary R. Monroe, property located in Meade County, deed tax $19.

Esther Sinkhorn, to Doe Valley As-sociation, Inc., a Kentucky Corpora-tion, lot 429 of Doe Valley Subdivi-sion, deed tax $7.50.

Robert P. Moore and Agnes R. Moore, to James F. Apedalle, lots 47 and 48 of Harrington Heights Subdivi-sion, deed tax $176.50.

Mary Ann McLemore, to Stone Holdings, LLC, by and through Alec G. Stone, a 2 acre tract located west of Gaines Road, deed tax $36.50.

Doug Cornett and Wilma Cornett, to Beavin Investments, LLC, a Ken-tucky Limited Liability Company, by and through Gregory A. Beavin, lot 14 of Grandview Estates.

Doug Cornett and Wilma Cornett, to Doug Cornett and Wilma Cornett, a 0.588 acre tract located west of Sand Pit Road.

Doug Cornett and Wilma Cornett, to Doug Cornett and Wilma Cornett, a 0.821 acre tract located at the inter-section of Rabbit Run Road and Sand Pit Road.

The estate of Julia K. Parham, to Richard Schrader, lot 5 of Coffman Subdivision, deed tax $75.

Robert E. Cummings, to Charles Clasby and Pauletta Clasby, property located in Meade County, deed tax $165.

Judy C. Thompson, to Lori Malmgren and George Masterson, property located in Meade County, deed tax $29.

Ruth I. Showens, to Jerimiah Corbin and Jocelyn Corbin, lot 505 of Doe Valley Subdivision, deed tax $173.

Susan Stull, to Joseph Hudson and Amanda Hudson, 155 Crosier Rd in Battletown, deed tax $115.

Keith Smith and Janice Smith, to A.Q. Construction, INC., a Kentucky Corporation, lot 158 in Doe Valley Subdivision.

A.Q. Construction, INC., a Ken-tucky Corporation, to Frances A. Rol-wing, lot 158 of Doe Valley Audubon Woods, deed tax $175.

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., to OB Properties, lot 12 of Circle K Estates, deed tax $27.

James Wilson and Christine Wilson, to Stone Holdings, LLC, a Kentucky Limited Liability Company, by and through Alec G. Stone, property locat-ed in Meade Co., deed tax $18.50.

Jeff Nott, aka Jeffrey Nott, and Joyce Nott, to Alan J. McFarland, lot 13 of Coyote Forest Subdivision, deed tax $150.

OB Properties, LLC, by and through John O’Bryan, to Jeanette Tyler News-ome, lot 7 of the Margaret Mills Farm Subdivision.

Carl W. Trent, to Barry L. Ramsey and Tammy S. Ramsey, property lo-cated in Meade County, deed tax $1.

A.V. Larson and Amy E. Larson, to Issac N. Powell and Lorri L. Powell, property located in Meade County, deed tax $23.50.

Quadrant Residential Capital II, LLC, to Kelsi L. Jenkins, property locat-ed in Meade County, deed tax $40.

Federal National Mortgage Asso-ciation, aka Fannie Mae, to William D. Reed, 340 Warren Drive in Vine Grove.

Jeff Nott and Joyce Nott, to Mat-thew P. Courtemanche and Ellen L. Courtemanche, lot 34 of Coyote Forest Subdivision, deed tax $150.

Steve Redmon Construction, INC., to Charles Marmann and Kayla MAr-mann, lot 56 of Rolling Hills Subdivi-sion, deed tax $226.50.

Danny Rhodes and Jennifer Rho-des, to Lynn M. Mutz and Larry D. Mutz, lot 325 and 326 of Doe Valley Subdivision, deed tax $168.

Quitclaim DeedsJ.D. Sullivan Properties, INC., a

Kentucky Corporation, to J.D. Sullivan Properties, INC., property located in Meade County.

Peggy Carwile and Ralph Carwile, to Elizabeth Shirley Benham, 3315 Midway Rd in Brandenburg.

William Harvey Benham and Vicky Sue Benham, to Elizabeth Shir-ley Benham, 3315 Midway Rd inBrandenburg.

Jeffrey Benham, to Elizabeth Shir-ley Benham, 3315 Midway Rd inBrandenburg.

Etheridge V. Holtzclaw, to Philip Holtzclaw, property located in Meade County.

Building Permits6/3/10 Michael Rister, covered

porch, $35.6/3/10 Renee and James Jenkins,

gazebo, pier, landing, boardwalk, $257.50.

6/4/10 McCoy Homes, SFD, $374.98.

6/4/10 Nick Powers, SFD, $434.10.

6/4/10 Cliff Brewer, covered porch, $35.

6/4/10 Flaherty Elementary, pump house, $215.84.

6/7/10 Richard and Ann Doman, pole barn, $82.50.

6/7/10 Carrie and Michael English, pavilion, $80.50.

6/7/10 Charles Thompson, storage, $35.

6/7/10 Paul Schultz, pole barn/ga-rage, $82.50.

6/8/10 Walter Jenks, pool, $35.6/9/10 Gregory Lammers, SW’97,

$100.6/9/10 US Real Estate Group,

DW’05, $100.

Septic Permits6/7/10 Greg Lammers/Gene

Thompson, 175 Oaks Lane inGuston.

6/8/10 Tim Jackson/Richard Goodman, 485 Cherry Hill Road inBrandenburg.

6/8/10 Marla Fackler/Garland Brown, Woodland Road in Vine Grove.

6/8/10 Scott Wilson/Amis Claycomb Morly Brown Road inBrandenburg.

Retail Food6/3/10 KFC and Long John Silvers,

1200 By-Pass Road. 99 percent food. Food: fl oor tiles through food prep area in poor repair.

6/3/10 Taco Bell, 1200 By-Pass Road. 97 percent food. Food: walk in gasket in poor repair, food containers in cold units lack labels, some fl oor tiles in poor repair in food prep area.

6/3/10 Storyland Daycare, 13510 Rineyville Rd in Vine Grove. 100 per-cent food.

6/10/10 Kinder-garden Learning Center, 766 Broadway St in Branden-burg. 94 percent food. Food: cold unit lacks thermometer and three comp sink has no sanitizer being used.

6/10/10 31W Express, 4005 S. Di-xie Hwy in Muldraugh. 94 percent food. 95 percent retail. Retail: gerber apple prune juice 4 oz expired May 19, 2010, no hair restraints worn in food prep area, cutting board at sand-wich prep station in poor repair, lunch meats with no day label, ceiling tiles stained in food prep area, lighting not working in walk-in cooler.

6/10/10 Uncle Dave’s, 435 Flaherty Rd in Ekron. 91 percent food. Food: no conspicuous thermometer in cold unit, no gloves to use with ready to eat foods, no hand washing sign at hand sink and no soap or disposal towels at hand sink.

6/10/10 Pamida, 177 By-Pass Rd in Brandenburg. 100 percent retail.

6/10/10 Homeplate, 656 River Ridge Plaza in Brandenburg. 96 per-cent food. Food: fl oors in food prep area in corner’s around food equip-ment observed with build up and no consumer advisory posted.

Brandenburg Police6/1/10 6:04 p.m. David P. Wedge,

of Vine Grove, was driving a 1997 Ford Taurus. Michael J. Lee, of Bran-denburg, was driving a 1999 Mit-subishi Eclipse. Lee was traveling on High Street when Wedge pulled out of Atwell Street turning left. Wedge crossed the center-line hitting Lee. No injuries were reported. Report BPD10050 was fi led by Offi cer Rich-ardson.

5/28/10 4:52 p.m. Dave A. Spur-lock, of Guston, was driving a 2001 Ford Taurus. Jeremy D. Bullock, of Brandenburg, was driving a 2003 Mercury Marauder. Spurlock was trav-eling west on the by pass when he rear ended Bullock as he was preparing to turn right after the red light had turned green. No injuries were reported. Re-port BPD10051 was fi led by Offi cer Richardson.

6/8/10 1:25 p.m. David M. Wheel-er, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1999 Pontiac Bonneville. Wheeler stated that while he was turning into a parking space, the left front of his vehicle struck the right rear side of a parked vehicle. No injuries were re-ported. Report BPD10052 was fi led by Offi cer Whited.

6/8/10 3:34 p.m. Monica A. Lytle, of Payneville, was driving a 2007 Dodge Nitro. Lytle stated she had tak-en her vehicle out of gear and started it. She stated that she was looking for something in her vehicle and the next thing she knew, her vehicle had col-lided into the passenger side of anoth-er vehicle. No injuries were reported. Report BPD10053 was fi led by Offi cer Whited.

Meade County Sheriff5/28/10 3:15 p.m. Anita F. Colby,

of Clarksville, Tenn., was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer. Vickey L. No-len, of Vine Grove, was driving a 2007 Dodge Caliber. Colby stated that a ve-hicle had stopped to turn into a drive-way of KY 144 and she could not stop

and decided to cross the eastbound lane to try to make it to the fi eld across the road. As Colby crossed she didn’t see Nolen was coming and pulled into the path of Nolen, where they collided in the east bound lane. Colby ran off the roadway into the fi eld and Nolen remained on the roadway. Meade County EMS responded to the scene and the injured were transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital. Report 10-0123 was fi led by Offi cer Hendley.

6/2/10 1:53 p.m. Emmett Ward-rip, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1959 Mack B61. Wardrip stated that the front right tire of his car blew out and pulled the tractor trailer off the road into a yard at 6125 Brandenburg Road and struck a utility pole head on belonging to Meade County RECC. Wardrip broke the pole, knocking down power lines of Meade County RECC and lines of Insight Cable and Brandenburg Telephone Company. Wardrip also broke a pole in the fi eld across the road, the truck leaked ap-proximately 30 gallons of diesel in the yard, which will be cleaned up and repaired by the owner of Ward-rip Trucking. Meade County EMS was called to the scene to check the driver and passenger. Both of them refused treatment. Wardrip went to his private doctor in a private vehicle. Ekron Fire Department, Meade County RECC, Insight Cable and Brandenburg Tele-phone Company were also called to the scene. The roadway was closed for approximately six hours for removal and repairs to the utilities and knock-ing down a road sign. Report 10-127 was fi led by Offi cer Hendley.

6/3/10 10:16 a.m. William F. Dett-man, of Ekron, was driving a 1998 Cadillac Seville. Tyler J. Henrickson, of Vine Grove, was driving a 2005 Su-zuki Reno. Lydia E. Schablik, of Ekron, was driving a 2007 Pontiac Vibe. Dett-man was operating south on KY 448. When Dettman passed Abe’s Country Village, he said he blacked out and veered into the north bound lane into opposing traffi c causing Schablik to sharply put on brakes and steer into the south bound lane to avoid hav-ing a head on collision with Dettman. Henricksn then struck Schablik in the rear trying to avoid having a head on collision with Dettman. Dettman side swiped a sign post just off of the north bound lane causing no dam-age to the sign and minor damage to Dettman. Dettman came to a rest on the shoulder of the north bound lane facing south. Dettman’s side wheels were just off the roadway and the rest of the car was hanging sharply down-ward off the shoulder needing pulled clear and towed. Henrickson was also towed and Schablik wasn’t towed. Schablik continued on and parked at Abe’s Country Village about 150 yards from the accident. Henrickson came to a rest in the south band lane facing north. Meade County EMS was called to the scene. Report 10-0129 was fi led by Offi cer Shipley.

6/4/10 5:52 p.m. Chaz A. Nevitt, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet C/K 1500. Alexandria S. Sanchez, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier. Nevitt was backing out of his driveway at 3040 Vinson Road and failed to notice San-chez traveling east on Vinson Road. Nevitt struck Sanchez in the front left corner of the quarter panel. Nevitt’s driver’s side corner bumper met the left quarter panel of Sanchez at the center of the roadway. No injuries were reported. Report 10-0131 was fi led by Offi cer Shipley.

6/4/10 6:18 p.m. Kristie J. Griffi n, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1998 Ford. Griffi n was operating west bound on Otter Ridge Road when the driver of the vehicle went off the road on the right side and ended up in a ditch. The vehicle also struck a fence at 300 Rock Ridge Road causing damage to the fence. Meade County EMS was called to the scene. Report 10-0132 was fi led by Offi cer Matti.

6/6/10 3:19 p.m. Lionel C. Hatfi eld, of Leitchfi eld, was driving a 1999 Ford. Hatfi eld was west bound on KY 144. An unknown vehicle was making a left turn from Camelot Court onto KY 144. Hatfi eld stated that the unknown vehicle pulled into his path. Hatfi eld traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a concrete culvert. The op-erator of the unknown vehicle stated that she did not see Hatfi eld when she entered the roadway. Hatfi eld did not make contact with the unknown vehi-cle. No injuries were reported. Report 10-0133 was fi led by Offi cer Wright.

6/6/10 5:48 p.m. Stephen J. Estes, of Brandenburg, was driving a 1991 Honda. Debra C. Saunders, of Ekron, was driving a 2007 Kia. Saunders was east bound on Old Ekron Road. Estes was making a left turn from west Old Ekron Road into a private drive. Estes turned into the path of Saunders, caus-ing Saunders to strike Estes. The opera-tors of each vehicle stated they did not see the other vehicle. Meade County EMS was called to the scene and the injured were transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital. Report 10-0134 was fi led by Offi cer Wright.

6/7/10 1:12 p.m. Rosemary L. Buckless, of Vine Grove, was driv-ing a 2001 Mazda Protégé. Michael A. Wells, of Louisville, was driving a 2005 Infi niti FX35. Buckless stated

that she had let a subject out of the vehicle to check the mail and Buck-less was going to cross the roadway to her driveway. Buckless was watching the subject that was checking the mail and pulled out into the path of Wells. Wells swerved to avoid collision but Buckless still made contact with the right rear tire and right rear quarter panel of Wells. No injuries were re-ported. Report 10-0135 was fi led by Offi cer Hendley.

6/8/10 12:59 p.m. Garland W. Brown, of Ekron, was driving a 1995 International DS. Brown was travel-ing north on Flaherty Road behind an unidentifi ed pick-up truck. When approaching the intersection of HWY 144 and Jerry Hardesty Road a large black piece of heavy plastic fl ew out of the pick-up truck. The plastic land-ed in the roadway in front of Brown, blowing beneath Brown striking a break line causing the line to discon-nect from braking system and lock the brakes. Both the tractor truck and trailer stayed intact skidding an esti-mated 75 feet before leaving the road-way into a residential yard continuing an additional 75 feet in sodden yard, tearing up the sod. No injuries were reported. Report 10-0136 was fi led by Offi cer Shipley.

6/8/10 10:14 p.m. Michael S. Dunn, of Irvington, was driving a 2005 Ford Mustang. Dunn was oper-ating east bound on Haysville Road

when Dunn went off the right side of the road into a ditch. No injuries were reported. Report 10-0137 was fi led by Offi cer Matti.

District Court06•02•2010

Anita F. Colby, failure of non-owner operator maintain required insurance, 2nd or greater offense; op-erating on suspended/revoked opera-tors license- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 6/30/10.

Robert A. Lee, 21, operating on suspended/revoked operators license- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 6/23/10.

Dustin Sawyers, 20, speeding 26mph over/greater- plead guilty, $38 fi ne.

Michael B. Black, 28, failure to wear seat belts; failure to notify address change to Dept. of Transportation; op-erating motor vehicle under/infl uence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 6/16/10.

Jamie L. Rich, 38, failure to wear seat belts- dismissed/merged; operat-ing motor vehicle under/infl uence of alcohol/drugs, aggravator, 1st offense- plead guilty, 30 days probated after 4 days jail, 2 years probation.

Wesley J. Veatch, 38, failure to wear seat belts; possess open alcohol beverage container in a motor ve-hicle,; operating motor vehicle under/

infl uence of alcohol/drugs, aggravator, 1st offense- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 6/9/10.

Stephen W. Clater Sr., 52, alcohol intoxication in a public place, 3rd or greater offense; op-erating on suspended/revoked op-erators license; leaving the scene of a accident/failure to render aid or assistance; operating a motor vehicle under/infl uence of alco-hol/drugs, 2nd offense- plead not guilty, pretrial conference 6/9/10.

Joshua S. Gowen, 30, assault,1st degree; resisting arrest; alcohol intoxication in a public place, 1st and 2nd offense; unlawful trans-action with a minor, 3rd degree- plead not guilty, preliminary hear-ing 6/11/10.

Gaynell Dupin, 51, theft by deception, including cold checks under $500- plead not guilty, pre-trial conference 7/7/10.

James R. Lasley, 57, theft bydeception, including cold checks under $500- plead not guilty, pre-trial conference 7/21/10.

Robert A. Warren Jr., 48, violation of Kentucky EPO/DVO- plead not guilty, pretrial confer-ence 6/9/10.

Jessica N. French, 34, receiv-ing stolen property under $500- pretrial conference 6/16/10.

See COURT, Page A8

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Clarice Thomas Clarice Thomas, 90, of Vine Grove, Ky., died Wednesday,

June 9, 2010, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabeth-town, Ky.

She was a member of Valley View Baptist Church, Orderof the Eastern Star Chapter no.122 in Vine Grove, Ky., a mem-ber of the Independent Orderof Odd Fellows and Rebekah.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, James HenryThomas; and a son, DarrellWayne Thomas.

She is survived by foursons, James R. Thomas andhis wife Mildred, of Radcliff,Ky., Donald Thomas and hiswife Sharon, of Elizabethtown,Ky., David E. Thomas and hiswife Connie, of Ekron, Ky., andTerry L. Thomas and his wife

Theresa, of Elizabethtown, Ky.; a daughter, Anna L. Meadeand her husband Mike, of Vine Grove, Ky.; 10 grandchil-dren, Hope, Billy, Tammy, Shannon, Machelle, Traci, Travis,Jason, Jerome and Mickey; 16 great-grandchildren; and twogreat-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 14,2010, at Valley View Baptist Church in Vine Grove, Ky.,with Rev. Christian Burton offi ciating. Burial followed inthe North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff, Ky.

David Lloyd Duncan David Lloyd Duncan, 87, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died Sun-

day, June 6, 2010, at his home. Major Duncan retired from the U. S. Air Force serving in

World War II and Korea. His memberships and activities in-clude: 1985 King of Atascadero; Historical Society of Atascadero; Air Force Reserve Association; V. F. W. Post 10281 in Vine Grove, Ky.; and a life member of the National Rifl e As-sociation.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Sarabel “Sue” Wardle.

He is survived by a daughter, Aleksandra Frances Duncan of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and a son, Gregory Lee Duncan of Green-ville, N.C.; a brother, Cecil Eugene Duncan II of Palo Alto, Calif.; one granddaughter, Stefanie Farkas; and two grandsons, Chris-topher Duncan and E. J. Vargas.

Cremation was chosen. Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Donald “Lewis” Renfro Donald “Lewis” Renfro, 47 of Radcliff, Ky., died Tuesday,

June 8, 2010, at his home. He was formerly employed with Pinkham Lincoln Mercury

as a certifi ed line technician. Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, Homer “Don”

and Louise Tucker Renfro. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Renfro; a daughter, Bre-

anna Russell of Vine Grove, Ky.; a brother, Jerry Renfro of Vine Grove, Ky.; four grandchildren, Kayla, Calleigh, Peyton and R. J.; and road trip buddy, Roy Lynn, Sr.

Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Vine Grove with Pastor Josh Nagel offi ciating.

Jerald Dean “Jerry” Bralley Jerald Dean “Jerry” Bralley, 55, of Radcliff, Ky., died Mon-

day, June 7, 2010 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabeth-town, Ky.

He was the owner of Knox Drive- In Theatre, Jerri Mart and various other businesses.

He was preceded in death by his parents Austin and Kinue Bralley.

He is survived by his wife, Di-annia Bralley; a daughter Stepha-nie Brown and her husband Na-than; a son, Austin Bralley all of Radcliff, Ky.; a brother, Hirotaka “Bobby” Bralley of Cookeville, Tenn.; and two grandchildren, Nathan and Shelbie Brown.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Fu-neral Home in Vine Grove, Ky.,

with Rev. Brian Nugent offi cating. Burial followed in the Vine Grove Cemetery in Vine Grove, Ky.

Mae R. CampbellMae R. Campbell, 78, of Muldraugh, Ky., died Friday,

June 11, 2010, at her residence.Mae was born Oct. 16, 1931 in Flat Gap, Va., to the late

Frank and Nervesta Bolling Roberts.Her husband Clyde Campbell

preceded her in death.She is survived by: daughter,

Jennifer Chandler of Florida; sons, Steve Campbell of London, Ky., and Gary Campbell of Tennessee; four grandchildren, Neil Camp-bell, Christopher Campbell, Jer-

emy Chandler and Alesha Hood, great-grandchild, Kali Chandler Hood and her sister, Thelma Short of Muldraugh, Ky.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at 11 a.m. at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Rad-cliff, Ky., burial followed in the Veterans Cemetery.

Ralph JohnsonRalph Johnson, 91, of Guston, Ky., died Monday, June 14,

2010, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky.He was born Oct. 4, 1918 in Guston, Ky., to the late Har-

vey and Mary Phillips Johnson.Ralph was a veteran of WW

II who served in the US Army,a life long member of the Pat-teson Memorial PresbyterianChurch and he served as MeadeCounty Fiscal Court Magistratefor 25 years in the Guston andFlaherty communities.

His parents and three broth-ers, Henry, David and Rus-sell Johnson preceded him indeath.

He is survived by: wife, Joyce Kendall Johnson of Guston, Ky.;daughter, Diana Johnson Chism(Mickey) of Brandenburg,Ky.; four grandchildren, AmyHaynes (Jeff), Emily Biddle(Chris) both of Brandenburg,Ky., David Chism (Shannon)of Hodgenville, Ky., and KyleChism (Tabitha) of Somerset,Ky.; and 11 great-grandchildren,Devin and Derek Hardy, Jordan

and Malerie Haynes, Courtney Sinnett, Ryan, Reid and RileyChism, Ethan Goodman and Hayden and Macey Biddle.

Funeral services will be held Friday, June 18, 2010 at 11a.m. at the chapel of Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon FuneralHome with Rev. Julian Taggart offi ciating and with burialto follow in Ekron Baptist Church Cemetery.

Sun I Chang Sun I Chang, 60, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died Sunday,

June 6, 2010, in Boise, Idaho. She is survived by her children Andrea Chang and Ben

Chang. Graveside service were held at 2p.m. Thursday, June 10,

at North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff, Ky., withRev. Yong K. Cho offi ciating.

Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Walter “Donkey” DreffsWalter “Donkey” Dreffs, 62, of Brandenburg, Ky., died

Monday, June 14, 2010, at University of Louisville Hospi-tal in Louisville, Ky.

He was an Army veteran and retired from Civil Ser-vice.

Dreffs is survived by his wife, Judy Ann Cowsert Dref-fs; daughter, Michelle Poling of Shipsawanna, Ind.; two step-daughters, Donna Toney of Muldraugh, Ky., and Cheryl Thomas of Elizabethtown, Ky.; two brothers, Al-bert Karpuk, Saginaw, Mich., and Don Karpuk, Skidway of Lake, Mich.; four sisters, Rose Dreffs, Susan Dreffs, Wilma Rivera of Saginaw, Mich., and Diane Kane of Mio, Mich.; four grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; one great-granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 17, 2010, at the chapel of the Hager Funeral Home with cremation to follow.

Wilbur F. (Wib) WisemanWibur F. (Wib) Wiseman, 83, of Mauckport Ind., was born on

Nov. 13, 1926, and died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at his home. He was the beloved husband of 65 years to wife Bonnie L. Carver Wiseman. He love John Deere, playing cards, and to fi sh. He never met a stranger.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Brenda K. Wise-man; his son, Warren Keith Wiseman; great-granddaughter, Ashley LeAnn Kelley; his dad, Cordia Wiseman; and his mom, Della L. Carver Wiseman.

Wiseman is survived by his kids, Linda M. Bruner, Mary L. Brown, Michael W. Wiseman, Wilbur F. Wiseman, James E. Wiseman, Kathyrn Smith, Rick L. Wiseman; nine grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Mt. Zion Community Church on Crossroads Road.

Don Collins Don Collins, a Meade County native whose 30-year journal-

ism career took him from Western Kentucky’s student news-paper, the College Heights Herald, to USA TODAY, died at his home in Herndon, Va., late Sunday night, June 13, after a long battle with cancer. He was 55.

Collins was a member of the founding staff of USA TODAY, and spent nearly a quarter-century with what now is the na-tion’s largest-circulation daily paper. His pride in that job was spelled out on his personalized Virginia license plates: USAT-SPT.

He retired in 2007.Throughout a life that began in rural Kentucky and reached

to Mississippi, Arkansas and ultimately the area of the nation’s capital, where USA TODAY is headquartered, Mr. Collins wore all of his passions on his sleeve — for college basketball’s Ken-tucky Wildcats, whom he adopted at an early age; for Western Kentucky, where he earned a journalism degree in 1976; for baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals, whom he cheered through eight National League pennants and four World Series champion-ships; for his wife of more than 18 years, Cheryl, and particular-ly in later years for the Southview Baptist Church in Herndon and his church family there.

He also was an avid softball player.A graduate of Meade County High School, he launched his

career as a reporter and editor at Western Kentucky — where he said he “learned to be a journalist” — and a scholarship in his name has been established at the university for fulltime stu-dents who work for the Herald.

A memorial service will be held June 18 at 7 p.m. Friday, June 18, 2010, at the Southview Baptist Church, where Collins served as the chairman of deacons and for the past three years as as-sistant to the pastor. A memorial service will be scheduled in Brandenburg, Ky., at a later date.

Surviving him are his wife, Cheryl; his mother, Mary Collins of Brandenburg, Ky.; sister Beverly Engle of Brandenburg, Ky., and brother David Collins of Indianapolis; nieces and nephews Jessica and Tyler Burnett, Geoffrey, Christopher, Matthew and Emily Evans; great-niece Elisia Burnett; father- and-mother-in-law Billy and Kittye Jo Evans of Fordyce, Ark., and brother-in-law Curtis Evans and his wife, Melissa, of North Muskegon, Mich.

He was preceded in death by his father, Cleo Collins. In lieu of fl owers, memorials made be made to the Meade

County Food Pantry, 2320 ByPass Rd., Brandenburg Ky., 40108; Bethel United Methodist Church Youth Group, 120 Bethel Church Rd, Brandenburg, KY 40108-9521; or to the Don Collins Journalism Scholarship at Western Kentucky Univer-sity (www.wku.edu) College Heights Foundation (designate Don Collins Journalism Scholarship on the memo line), c/o Leslie Watkins, Senior Director of Development, Wetherby Ad-ministration Building, 119, WKU, 1906 College Heights Boule-vard. No. 11005, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1005.

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NOTICE: Beginning Sun-day, June 6, KY 933 will be closed to through traffi c for 30 days because of construction. Motorists can detour via KY 448 to the west and KY 1638 to the east.

Friday, June 18•LIFE IN THE SEA WITH

MAD SCIENCE – 1-3 p.m. at David T. Wilson. For more in-formation call the MC Public Library at 270-422-2094.

•TEEN CONCERT – 7-9 p.m. at Riverfront Park. . Bring your chairs. For more information call the MC Pub-lic Library at 270-422-2094.

•GOSPEL MUSIC – 7 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church. “Blessed Hope” will be singing.

Saturday, June 19•MC FARMER’S MAR-

KET – 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at the new MC extension pavilion.

•GOLF SCRAMBLE – 8 a.m. at the Doe Valley Golf Course. Sponsored by MC

Archery Boosters. For more information or to register call Chris Deal at 502-303-4348.

•MC AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 24TH AN-NUAL GOLF SCRAMBLE – 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hillcrest Coun-try Club. For more informa-tion call 270-422-3626.

Tuesday, June 22•BLOOD DRIVE – 7 p.m.

at the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, 770 By-Pass Rd., Branden-burg. To schedule your dona-tion appointment call Virginia at 270-422-3484.

•MC FARMERS MARKET – 1-5 p.m. at the new MC ex-tension pavilion.

Wednesday, June 23•FREE FAMILY FILM FES-

TIVAL – 10 a.m. at Corydon Cinemas. Showing “Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”.

Thursday, June 24•CHARLIE LOGSDON

FREE WALKING TOUR – 7 p.m. on the square in Eliza-bethtown. Every Thursday until September 30. For more information call Dana Beth Lyddan at 270-234-8258.

UPCOMING EVENTS:CAIN FAMILY REUNION

– June 27 at noon at the MC Senior Citizens. Eating at 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish and enjoy family fun. For more information contact Connie Fackler at 270-422-4380.

Friday, June 18, 2010 The News Standard - A7FAITH & VALUESFAITH & VALUES

Bible Trivia

By Wilson Casey

1. Is the Book of 1 Peter in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. During Biblical times, what was a rough, coarse cloth worn as a mourning symbol? Sackcloth, Shadrach, Shiloh, Sling

3. What Old Testament book’s ninth chapter mentions the constellation “Orion”? Joshua, Judges, Job, Jeremiah

4. From Luke 13, which king was referred to by Jesus as “that fox”? Herod, Solomon, Ahab, Caesar

ANSWERS: 1) New2) Sackcloth3) Job4) Herod(c) 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

Rewards: often misused, but can be a useful way to infl uence children

QUESTION: Previously you addressed the use of rewards in influencing kids. Isn’t a mother ma-nipulating the child by using rewards and pun-ishment to get him to do what she wants?

DR. DOBSON: No more than a factory supervisor manipulates his employ-ees by docking their pay if they arrive late. No more than a policeman manipu-lates a speeding driver by giving him a traffic ticket.

No more than an insur-ance company manipu-lates that same driver by increasing his premium.

No more than the IRS manipulates a taxpayer who files his return one day late by charging a penalty for his tardiness. The word manipulation implies a sinister or self-ish motive of the one in charge. I don’t agree.

QUESTION: When would you not recom-mend the use of rewards?

DR. DOBSON: Rewards should never be used as a payoff to a child for not

disobeying. That becomes a bribe — a substitute for authority.

For example, Mom is having trouble control-ling her 3-year-old in a supermarket. “Come here, Pamela,” she says, but the youngster screams, “No,” and runs the other way. Then in exasperation Mom offers Pam a sucker if she’ll come quickly.

Rather than rewarding obedience, Mom has actu-ally reinforced the child’s defiance.

Another misuse of re-wards is to pay a child for doing the routine jobs that are his responsibility as a member of the fam-ily. Taking out the trash and making his bed might be included in those regu-lar duties. But when he is asked to spend half his Sat-urday cleaning the garage or weeding the garden, it seems very appropriate to make it worth his time.

QUESTION: I worry about putting undue em-phasis on materialism with my kids. Do rewards have to be in the form of money or toys?

DR. DOBSON: Certainly not. A word of praise is a great enticement to some children. An interesting snack can also get their at-tention, although that has

its downside. When my daughter was

3 years of age, I began to teach her some prereading skills, including how to recognize the letters of the alphabet. By planning the training sessions to occur after dinner each evening, bits of chocolate candy provided the chief source of motivation. (I was less concerned about the ef-fects of excess sugar con-sumption in those days than I am now.) Late one afternoon I was sitting on the floor drilling her on several new letters when a tremendous crash shook the neighborhood.

The whole family rushed outside to see what had happened. A teenager had overturned his car on our quiet residential street. He was not badly hurt, but his automobile was a mess. We sprayed the smoldering car with water and called the police.

It was not until the ex-citement passed that we realized our daughter had not followed us out of the house.

I returned to the den where I found her elbow-deep in the large bag of candy I had left behind. She must have put a half-pound of chocolate in her mouth, and most of the re-

mainder was distributed around her chin, nose and forehead.

When she saw me com-ing, she managed to jam another handful into her chipmunk cheeks. From this experience, I learned one of the limitations of using material, or at least edible, rewards.

Anything the child wants can be used as a reinforcer, from praise to pizza to playtime.

QUESTION: I really be-lieve in giving children the freedom to do wrong as long as there isn’t any danger involved. For ex-ample, I let my kids curse and use swear words and don’t see any harm in it. Do you agree?

DR. DOBSON: No. I would hope that parents wouldn’t use that kind of language and certainly don’t believe they should permit their kids to do so.

It is disrespectful, crude and unnecessary to talk like that.

Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Fo-cus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995 (www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Solid Answers” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House.

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Father’s Day shows the importance for males be in their children’s lives

There are little eyes upon you, and they are watch-ing night and day; there are little ears that quickly take in every word you say. There are little hands all eager to do everything you do, and a little boy who’s dreaming of the day he’ll be like you.

You’re the little fellow’s idol, you’re the wisest of

the wise. In his little mind about

you, no suspicions ever rise. He believes in you devoutly, holds that all you say and do, he will say and do in your way when he’s grown up to be like you.

There’s a wide-eyed little fellow who believes you’re always right, and his ears are always open and he watches day and night.

You are setting an ex-ample every day in all you do, for the little boy who’s waiting to grow up to be like you.

You may remember the song “Cats In The Cra-dle” performed by Harry Chapin. In the song the dad never had time to spend with his son, even though it seemed the boy was begging for his dad’s attention.

It was obvious in the song that the boy loved and idolized his dad and wanted to be like him.

At the end of the song, the child now grown with a family of his own, doesn’t have time to spend with his dad, even though the dad wants to be with his son.

The dad fi nally realizes that his son had grown up to be just like him.

To me, this song is very sad. In today’s society, more chil-dren are growing up without dad in the home. Some years ago I saw a survey asked of hundreds of dad’s this one question “if you had it to do over again, what would you change?”

Without fail, every dad said they would spend more time with their family. Dad, more than a child support check, your children need you.

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forfeiting their bid-bond,” Hawkins stated in a let-ter to the City of Mul-draugh. “We feel this is a fair request due to honestbidding mistakes.”

Hawkins stated that if the council voted to reject the bid, Excel, based in Sellers-burg, Ind., would not have to forfeit their bond.

The council took the mat-ter to the table, and voted 3-2 to reject the bid.

Excel’s bid of $410,524.30, was nearly 25 percent low-er than the second lowest bidder, which was submit-ted by Flynn Brothers Con-tracting, of Louisville.

Also at the meeting, the council voted to accept the minutes from the May 10 meeting and May 20 spe-cial session. The motion carried.

The council heard from Muldraugh Police Chief

John Stinebruner that the police department recently put new lights on one of the cars in its fl eet.

Muldraugh Fire Protec-tion District Chief Danny Dresel mentioned Crusade for Children funds raised by the district this year were up 15 percent from last year’s numbers.

Dresel also told the coun-cil that the district’s second truck needs scene lights, and that one of the dis-trict’s trucks was involved in a minor accident on Monday.

Public Works Supervisor Anthony Lee updated the council on the progress of the Harris Street lift-station project.

Lee added that the department has begun mowing unkempt yards and attaching liens to the properties.

Also at the meeting, the council appointed Muldraugh City Clerk Caroline Cline as tempo-

rary Planning and ZoningAdministrator.

The council made a mo-tion to submit requests for price estimates to have Muldraugh City Hall paint-ed. The motion carried.

Cline read the fi rst read-ings of ordinances 296 and 297 to the council. They voted to accept the read-ings of both ordinances.

Mayor Danny Tate pro-posed using funds to pur-chase a new copier and computer for the City Hall. The council voted to accept Tate’s proposal.

Constable Henry Bailey addressed the issue of un-licensed vehicles such as scooters and mopeds driv-en on city streets. Mayor Tate stated he would con-tact the city attorney in re-gard to state statutes on the issue.

The council voted to ac-cept Dawn Ferguson fi ll a vacant seat on the city’s Planning and ZoningCommission.

Paula C. Edmonson, 22, speed-ing 20mph over limit- amend to 15mphover, plead guilty, $30 fi ne; no/expired Kentucky registration re-ceipt- dismissed with proof; failure to wear seat belts- plead guilty, $25 fi ne.

Cort L. Irvin, 24, speeding 16mph over limit- amend to 11mph, plead guilty, $22 fi ne; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st offense- plead guilty, 90 days pro-bated for 2 years, $100 fi ne, KAPS; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt- dis-missed with proof.

Sherry L. Henry, 30, operating on suspended/revoked operators li-cense- plead not guilty, pretrial confer-ence 6/30/10.

Paul E. Marchese, 24, operat-ing on suspened/revoked operators license- dismissed with proof.

Bettie C. Stinson, 44, improper passing; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, 1st of-fense- pretrial conference 7/14/10.

Antonio D. Ferguson, 23, speed-ing 10mph over limit; operating on suspened/revoked operators license- pretrial conference 6/30/10.

Teresa K. Osborne, 38, pos-session of marijuana- plead guilty, 6 months probated after 10 days jail, 2 year probation, KAPS; possession of controlled substance, 3rd degree, 1st offense- plead guilty, 12 months pro-bated after 30 days jail, 2 years proba-tion; use/possess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense- plead guilty, 6 months probated after 10 days jail, 2 year pro-bation.

Jonathan T. McAnallan, 19, tru-ancy, student 18 but not yet 21- dis-missed with school proof.

Jeffery A. Elmore, 47, violation of Kentucky EPO/DVO- plead guilty, 6 months probated after 2 days jail, 2 years probation.

Mary E. Greer, 27, possession of marijuana- jury trial 6/11/10.

Kathryn M. Swenson, 23, pos-session of marijuana; possession of a controlled substance, 3rd degree, 1st offense; controlled substance prescrip-tion not in original container- pretrial conference 6/30/10.

Ernest E. Saint Sr., 72, theft by deception, including cold checks un-der $500- pretrial conference 6/9/10.

Kimberly Clark, 50, wanton en-dangerment, 2nd degree; assault, 4th degree domestic violence, minor in-jury- fi nal pretrial conference 8/11/10, jury trial 8/20/10.

Gaynell T. Dupin, 51, 4 counts of theft by deception, including cold checks under $500.

Arthur R. Davis Jr., 38, 2 counts of terroristic threatening, 3rd degree- pretrial conference 6/16/10.

Anthony M. Brown, 24, alco-hol intoxication in a public place, 1st and 2nd offense- plead guilty, $25 fi ne; failure to notify address change to Dept. of Transportation- dismissed.

Angela J. Fowler, 42, assault, 4th degree domestic violence, minor in-jury- pretrial conference 6/9/10.

Dylan R. Gipson, 19, alcohol intoxication in a public place, 1st and 2nd offense; criminal mischief, 3rd de-gree- pretrial conference 6/16/10.

Larry R. Ginn, 63, operating mo-tor vehicle under/infl uence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense, pretrial conference 6/30/10.

Michael R. Dysart, 33, operat-ing on suspended/revoked operators license- pretrial conference 6/3/10.

Corey L. Miller, 25, speeding 10mph over limit- plead guilty $20 fi ne; no operators/moped license- plead guilty, $25 fi ne.

Roy A. Douglas, 36, operating on suspended/revoked operators license- pretrial conference 6/16/10.

David E. Adams, 27, one head-light- dismissed; failure to produce in-surance card- amend to no insurance, plead guilty, 90 days probated after 2 years, $100 fi ne.

Deandre S. Benham, 31, 5 counts of theft by deception, includ-ing cold checks under $500- pretrial conference 8/11/10.

Cletus M. Lasley, 49, 10 counts of theft by deception, including cold checks under $500- pretrial confer-ence 7/21/10.

Michael E. Kurtz, 33, 5 counts of theft by deception, including cold checks under $500- pretrial confer-ence 6/30/10.

Marissa D. Kaelin, 24, 3 counts of theft by deception, including cold checks under $500- pretrial confer-ence 6/30/10.

Shanda M. Murphy, 44, proba-tion violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- failure to appear.

Tabitha G. Patenaude, 23, pro-bation violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- probation revocation hearing 6/9/10.

Nickolas A. Skaggs, 22, proba-tion violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- probation revocation hearing 9/1/10.

Kenneth S. Cater, 22, probation violation (for misdemeanor offense)- plead guilty, probation revoked, 30 days jail.

Chasity L. Hupp, 28, probation violation (for misdemeanor offense)- plead guilty, probation revoked, 30 days jail.

Michael D. McAnallen, 21, pro-bation violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- failure to appear.

John E. Moore, 31, probation violation (for misdemeanor offense)- failure to appear.

Todd R. Curts, 40, probation vio-lation (for misdemeanor offense)- fail-ure to appear.

Kelly T. Timberlake, 41, proba-tion violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- failure to appear.

Nicole M. McMunn, 36, proba-tion violation (for misdemeanor of-fense)- probation revocation hearing 7/14/10.

Nicole M. Perry, 36, use/possess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense- pro-bation revocation hearing 7/14/10.

Dorothy M. Hubbard vs. Mi-chael D. Hubbard, domestic vio-lence- DVO modifi ed.

Tracy Sipes vs. Travis Sipes, domestic violence- DVO entered, in effect till 6/2/11.

Katheryn Baker vs. Dan A. Reson, domestic violence- DVO en-tered, in effect till 6/2/11.

Charles B. Stinson vs. Marty R. Devos, domestic violence- DVO dismissed.

Salvador M. Padilla, 34, use/pos-sess drug paraphernalia, 1st offense- defer 12 months, review 6/1/11.

Bradley J. Critchelow, 24, oper-ating motor vehicle under/infl uence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense; possession of marijuana; controlled substance prescription not in original container, 1st offense; possession of controlled substance, 3rd degree, 1st offense, drug unspecifi ed- pretrial conference 6/16/10.

David P. Wedge, 19, truancy, student 18 but not yet 21- pretrial con-ference 6/23/10.

Stephen A. Ballinger, 19, truan-cy, student 18 but not yet 21- pretrial conference 6/23/10.

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Jay Burns and James Per-guson didn’t purchase Hap-py Hour Productions to earn extra cash.

Sure, it’s a nice bonus, but the real kicker that keeps this business a rockin’ is the duo’s love for music.

“I just do this because I love doing it,” Perguson said. “It ain’t about the money.”

Burns and Perguson are childhood friends who can usually be seen at their church singing their hearts out or providing personality and cool grooves to almost any event.

The duo are the owners of Happy Hour Productions, a company that has been

around for almost seven years.

“James and I had both ac-quired some other DJ equip-ment over the past several years and we decided to go in together cause we both had been friends since we (grew up),” Burns said. “We both love to sing and we both do a good job at it.”

Happy Hour Productions offers DJ services for events such as weddings, sweet 16, birthdays and reunions.

They also provide fl air to events by offering kara-oke, bubble machines, fog machines, different types of lighting and even a limbo stick.

“We just keep growing,” Burns said. “It’s hard to turn people down because we get more business than we can

handle sometimes because the demand is so much.”

The duo also deals with a lot of paper work when it comes to working events. For example, if they are working a wedding they have to fi nd out which songs can be played and which can’t, different ways to reach clients and draw up legal contracts.

Everything matters down to what color tie the DJ should be wearing.

“It’s something I think is very important in doing a wedding like that,” Pergu-son said. “We don’t want to be the stars of the show … it’s their day … if they’re go-ing to be in a suit and tie, the least we can do is go out and get a tie that can match.”

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cally ask that certain songs not be played at their wed-ding. According to Pergu-son, he is set to DJ an up-coming wedding. The bride specifi cally asked the Chick-en Dance not be played.

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Happy Hour Productions is a company that strives to stay with the times, as they are constantly updating their 300,000 plus song selection.

The business also promis-es its customers a worry-free experience. They bring qual-ity equipment and back up their music just in case some-thing happens at an event. Burns and Perguson invest a lot of time in each event and take their job seriously.

“We go through and pre-screen each song. Because if I get there, number one I don’t want the computer to crash. So I’m going to have a back-up,” Perguson said. “Then there is the equipment … it’s not just come out here, take it out, plug it in.”

Happy Hour Productions differs from its competition by staying organized and bringing personality to every event.

The duo and their nine member staff bring this positive energy to events by knowing what the crowd wants to hear and delivering the music with high energy,

all while never sitting down. “I want to be fl uid … I

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As for the future of the company, Perguson knows exactly what he wants to do.

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For more information about Happy Hour Produc-tions, or to set up an appoint-ment, call Jay Burns at 270-668-2068 or James Perguson at 270-668-5414.

James Perguson (left) and Jay Burns are childhood friends and the owners of Happy Hour Productions, a DJ company that also brings extra flair to the events it works. The business can provide just about anything ranging from bubble machines to a limbo stick.

THE NEWS STANDARD/JENNIFER CORBETT

Submitted by Meade Co. Chamber of Commerce

Plans for bringing the

Treasurer Finders Ken-tucky program to Meade County will be unveiled at this month’s membership luncheon when members of the Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce hear from Kentucky Trea-surer Todd Hollenbach.

The luncheon was held at noon Thursday, June 17, at the Farm Bureau Commu-nity Center at the Meade County Fairgrounds in Brandenburg, and was open to the public.

Elizabethtown Commu-nity & Technical College was the sponsor of the luncheon.

Home Plate catered the luncheon and they served ribeye sandwiches with all the trimmings, oven-roasted potatoes, green beans, and coconut and chocolate-cream des-serts. The cost was $8 perperson.

Members of the Cham-ber of Commerce and the public who plan to attend should make their reserva-tions by noon on Wednes-day, June 16, either by telephone to 270-422-3626 or by e-mail to rpowell@meadekychamber.org.

“We’re pleased Mr. Hol-lenbach is bringing the Treasure Finders program

to our community and that he’s going to explain to our members how it works,” Russ Powell, ex-ecutive director of the Chamber of Commerce Russ Powell said.

Hollenbach, 48, is a na-tive of Jefferson County where he resides with his wife Rosemarie and their two sons, Jacob and Reiss.

He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1982, and earned a law de-gree from the University of Louisville in 1985. He’s been Kentucky’s treasurer since 2008.

Since he’s been in office, Hollenbach has worked to streamline internal ac-counting procedures, mod-ernize office technology, improve customer service and promote transparency in government.

In addition, he’s worked to develop legislative and educational initiatives to better prepare Kentucki-ans to safeguard their own financial interests.

According to the trea-surer’s office, Treasure Finders Kentucky is a proactive outreach de-signed to locate residents who may have unclaimed property.

The hallmark of the program is the coordina-tion between local elected officials, civic-minded volunteers, and the state

treasury.Information about the

program is online at www.treasury.ky.gov.

This month’s luncheon sponsor, Elizabethtown Community & Technical College, is a comprehen-sive community and tech-nical college that is part of the Kentucky Community & Technical College Sys-tem, serving the region since 1964.

It offers:•Associate in arts and

associate in science degree programs and courses to provide students with the opportunity to complete the fi rst two years of a bac-calaureate degree program.

•Associate in applied science degree, diploma, and certifi cate programs, as well as courses to prepare individuals to excel in a complex workforce.

•Continuing education and short-term customized training for business, indus-try, and government agen-cies designed to strengthen the work force and to ex-pand the life skills, knowl-edge, and cultural enrich-ment of the community.

•Developmental edu-cation courses to prepare individuals for success in transfer and technical courses.

Information about the college is online at www.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu.

KY Treasurer speaks at yesterday’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon

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ABOVE: Patrons and ven-dors gather for the farmer’s market ribbon cutting

LEFT: Meade County Farm-er’s Market president Leslie Jackson helps prepare food for the free tasting event.

THE NEWS STANDARD/CASEY TOLLIVER

Every year we all hear of a barn catching on fi re due to hay. Most of the time, this is caused by the hay being baled at too high of a moisture content.

During the process of making food, the plant tis-sue goes through respira-tion. During this reaction heat is created.

This process contin-ues even after the plant is cut as long as there is adequate moisture in the plant tissue.

This process, coupled with bacteria and mold activity, and mixed with oxygen can cause combus-tion. The amount of heat depends on the amount of moisture in the planttissue.

Therefore, all hay baled at moisture contents above 15 percent will undergo some elevation in tempera-ture. Generally, hay baled

at 15–20 percent moisture will heat enough to cause measurable dry matter losses, but usually this loss is insignifi cant.

Hay baled at 20 percent moisture and above, espe-cially in large round bales, will have signifi cant losses in digestibility and protein. This wetter hay is the hay that will more likely catch on fi re.

Hay baled at high mois-ture should be monitored for internal temperature. Internal temperatures of over 130 degrees F will re-duce the hay’s nutritional quality. At 150 degrees F the hay reaches the danger zone for spontaneous com-bustion. At 175 degrees F fi re is likely to occur. At this point if hay is stored close together it should be spread out in an open area. It may take two to three weeks for hay to peak in internal temperature.

Just remember, if you have to bale hay earlier then you feel you should, monitor the hay’s inter-nal temperature for a few weeks to prevent a hay fi re.

A10 - The News Standard Friday, June 18, 2010AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE

AndyMillsAg & NaturalResources

Kentuckian Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY • KY Dept of Ag-USDA Market News • Monday, June 14, 2010

Receipts: 183 Last week: 275 Last year: 190 ***AD-Average Dressing, HD-High Dressing, LD-Low Dressing

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers and heifers steady on light test.Slaughter cows were 27 percent of supply: Slaughter bulls 08 percent: Replacement cows 03 percent and feeders 62 percent: The feeder supply included 26 percent steers, 02 percent holstein steers, 47 percent heifers and 27 percent bulls. 22 percent weighed over 600 lbs.Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 300-400 lbs 122.00-128.00; 400-500 lbs 114.00-122.50.

Large 3 Holsteins: 600-700 lbs 63.50.Feeder Heifers Medium and Large: 1-2 200-300 lbs 109.00-112.00; 300-400 lbs 111.50-113.00; 400-500 lbs 103.00-108.50; 500-600 lbs 95.50-102.00; 600-700 lbs 94.50-97.00. Medium and Large 2 200-300 lbs 99.00-109.00; 300-400 lbs 96.00-107.00; 500-600 lbs 91.00-92.00. Feeder Bulls Medium and Large: 1-2 300-400 lbs 1.28; 400-500 lbs 110.00-117.50; 500-600 lbs 98.50-105.00; 600-700 lbs 94.00. Medium and Large 2 500-600 lbs 94.00-98.00.Slaughter Cows: %Lean Weight AD HD LDBreaker 75-80 1085-1700 57.50-63.50 64.00-66.50 54.00-56.00

Boner 80-85 885-1330 55.50-60.00 45.00-50.00Lean 85-90 800-1065 47.50-51.50 57.50Slaughter Bulls:Yld Grd Weight Carcass Boning % AD HD1 1100-2135 79-81 70.50-76.00 79.002 1400-1770 75-78 64.00-69.00Stock Cows: No TestStock Cow Calf Pairs: Medium and Large 1-2 3-8 years old 1200-1270 lbs with 100-200 lbs calves at side 1010.00-1085.00 per pair.Stock Bulls: No TestBaby Calves: Beef Ind 210.00

Submitted by Meade Co. Area Chamber of Commerce

The public was invited to two special events that took place at the Meade County Farmers’ Market on Satur-day, June 12.

At 10 a.m. there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the market’s sea-sonal opening, and from 10 a.m. to noon, there was a free tasting event to allow patrons to sample the prod-ucts that are on sale.

The market is housed in the new pavilion on the grounds of the Meade County Cooperative Exten-sion Service at 1041 Old Ek-ron Road in Brandenburg.

Operating hours are from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays from May through October, according to Leslie Jackson, its presi-dent, who sells her goats-

milk soaps under the name Critter Haven Soaps.

This year, the market has ten vendors, she said. In addition to Critter Haven Soaps, they are:

•Kassidy’s Kackle House, operated by Amanda and Marvin Bowen, which sells free range chicken, eggs, produce, berries, baked goods, jams, and jellies.

•Birdsfoot Farm, oper-ated by Amy and Scott Se-rafi n, which sells free range chicken eggs, produce, honey, herbs, and garden plants.

•Fackler Farms, operated by Brad Fackler, which sells produce.

•Pike Family Farm, op-erated by Edd, John, and Mary Pike, which sells grass-fed beef, produce, berries, baked goods, jams, and jellies.

•Fallen Maple Farm, op-erated by Katie and Han-

nah Thomas, which sells produce, baked goods, bread, jams, and jellies.

•Sunny Acres Farm, operated by Mary Gavin, which sells produce.

•Shaffer’s General Store, operated by Mary Faye and Melissa Shaffer, which sells produce, jams, jellies, rel-ishes, and baked goods.

•Cotner’s Orchard, oper-ated by Paul Cotner, which sells peaches.

•Honeysuckle Farm, op-erated by Cassandra and Wayne Scobee, which sells produce and mums.

The Meade County Area Chamber of Commerce assisted Meade County Farmers’ Market with ar-rangements for the ribbon-cutting — a service it pro-vides at the request of any new or relocating business in the community, accord-ing to executive director Russ Powell.

Submitted by Richie FarmerKy. Commissioner of Ag

FRANKFORT, — Agricul-ture Commissioner Richie Farmer has asked Gov. Steve Beshear to request a disaster declaration from the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture due to numerous cattle deaths from a weather-related condi-tion called primary ruminal tympany, more commonly known as frothy bloat.

“Weather conditions that led to bloat began three sum-mers ago, when back-to-back droughts in 2007 and 2008 weakened grass stands in pastures across Kentucky,” Commissioner Farmer said. “Then this spring, a dry April caused grass to lie dormant, followed by a wet May that caused white clover to grow higher and faster than grass.”

Kentucky cattle have con-sumed greater quantities of clover this year, which has led to many cases of the deadly bloat.

Clover is high in soluble protein that, combined with rapid fermentation, produces

a foam in the cow’s rumen that blocks the normal escape of the gas through belching.

The fi rst chamber of the stomach becomes enlarged, blowing up like a balloon, which limits breathing.

Commissioner Farmer has been in contact with U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler and John W. McCauley, state executive director of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, to ask about the release of relief funds through the Livestock Indem-nity Program for Kentucky cattlemen whose herds have been affected by bloat.

Dave Maples, executive

vice president of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association, said his phone has been ringing off the hook from the state’s pro-ducers. He said one Fayette County cattleman lost around 30 head, and just about every-one he’s talked with has lost at least one animal from bloat.

Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, ex-tension beef specialist at the University of Kentucky, said producers are suffering losses both from culling affected cattle , as well as from buying products to prevent bloat.

He mentioned one Ken-tucky producer who had nine cows die in his herd of 200.

Numbers are not yet avail-able on the number of Ken-tucky cattle killed by bloat, Lehmkuhler said. He’s talked to some producers who have lost as much as 25 to 30 per-cent of their herds, he added.

He believes the problem could persist through the fall, resulting in more losses.

“Kentucky producers take in about $600 million in cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves in a normal year,” Commissioner Farmer said. “I will continue to monitor the frothy bloat situation, and I will pursue every option to help our cattle producers get through this crisis.”

Commissioner Farmer also recently announced livestock exhibitors have a chance to earn additional premiums for showing Kentucky — bred animals at this year’s Ken-tucky Junior Livestock Expos, Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said.

The fi rst 2010 Kentucky Ju-nior Livestock Expo is June 14-15 in Morehead.

“The Kentucky Proud Live-stock Tag Program provides

an incentive for exhibitors to show the best livestock Ken-tucky has to offer,” Agricul-ture Commissioner Richie Farmer said.

“We think Kentucky-bred animals can hold their own against any livestock from anywhere else in the country.”

Youth exhibitors will com-pete for some $100,000 in pre-miums and points in the Ken-tucky Proud Points program, which awards prizes to the exhibitors who accumulate the most points during the show season.

Kentucky Proud Points earned in the Junior Livestock Expos carry more weight than those of any other show ex-cept the Kentucky State Fair.

The Kentucky Junior Live-stock Expo — Western Rivers is scheduled for June 24-25 in Murray, Ky.

The Kentucky Junior Live-stock Expo — West will be July 23-24 in Bowling Green, Ky.

The Morehead and Bowl-ing Green expos attract nearly 800 entries each, while about 350 compete in the Murray

show. The fi rst day of each KJLE

is an educational experience with seminars from some of the nation’s top livestock professionals.

There will also be a live-stock judging contest with oral reasons, as well as a skill-a-thon.

The competition moves to the show ring on the second day for 4-H and FFA exhibi-tors to showcase their live-stock.

Each expo concludes with a round-robin showmanship competition among the top two exhibitors in each species for the title of supreme overall showman.

The Commissioner’s Award will go to one exhibitor in each species at each expo.

A commemorative beltbuckle and cash award will go to the exhibitor with the best overall performance in showmanship, judging, skill-a-thon and the exhibitor’s highest-placing animal.

For more information, go to www.kyagr.com/marketing/fair/index.htm.

Ribbon-cutting marks opening of farmer’s market

Wrongly baled hay can cause barn fi res

Deadly bloat causes Ky. cattle to perish

The News Standard supports Meade County agriculture by profiling local farmers, vegetable producers,

horse groups, and other agricultural-based groups and individuals each week on the Agriculture Page.

To have your story told, e-mail editor@thenewsstandard.com or call us today at 270-422-4542.

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Cattle can be affected by excessive clover consumption.

By Ben AchtabowskiThe News Standard

The annual Matt Pike Memorial

Tractor and Truck Pull can’t help but top itself every year.

The event, held on Saturday at the Meade County Fairgrounds, saw its biggest crowd and best show in its young, three-year existence accord-ing to its coordinators.

“This is the best show we’ve had yet,” said one of the event’s coordinators Jason Allen. “The pullers, the equipment, the com-petition was great.”

More than 2,500 people passed through the gates on Satur-day night, which tallied nearly $40,000.

“This was a great year, we made several thousand dollars more than last year,” Allen added,

though he didn’t know the grandtotal at the time.

All the proceeds of the event gotoward the improvements of theMeade-Breck Recreation center lo-cated in Rodelia. The plans are torenovate the building with a newauditorium, rest rooms, kitchenand meeting rooms.

This dream stems from the lateMatt Pike — a well-known MeadeCounty native. He passed awaysuddenly three years ago at theage of 26. The avid farmer haddeep ties in the Payneville andRhodelia communities.

The pull went without a hitch,even though stormy weatherthreatened throughout the night.

“Neal (Allen) and I were run-ning back and forth looking at the

By Monte DuttonNASCAR This Week

CONCORD, N.C. — Re-gardless of how the rest of the season is going, David Reutimann can count on Charlotte Motor Speedway for respite.

Reutimann’s only Sprint Cup victory to date oc-curred in the track’s 2009 Coca-Cola 600. A year after that stirring upset, Reuti-mann matched his best fi n-ish of the current season by fi nishing fi fth in NASCAR’s longest race.

At 40, Reutimann, from Zephyrhills, Fla., is only 112

races into his Cup career. He never made it to NASCAR’s premier series full-time un-til 2008, though he compet-ed in 26 races in ‘07.

“A guy coming right out of high school and going Cup racing doesn’t appreci-ate it, maybe, as much as a guy like me who’s done it a little differently,” he said. “Nothing wrong with that.

“Trust me. I wish I would’ve been 18 years old, coming out of high school, and had an opportunity to do Cup racing. I would’ve loved to have done that. It just wasn’t in the cards for me at the time. If you

were 18 or 20 years old, or even mid-20s, you were too young. They wanted guys who were more seasoned because they didn’t tear up as many cars.”

It was Jeff Gordon who changed all that. Gordon, of course, has won four cham-pionships and 82 races. He’s younger than Reutimann.

“Gordon shows up, and all the rules changed,” said Reutimann. “Everybody wanted a young guy be-cause he (Gordon) was pro-ducing on the race track. You’ve got a guy like Mark

Alumna squad squares Alumna squad squares off against Lady Waves,off against Lady Waves,B3B3

SPORTS

June 18Lady Waves Basketball @ Grayson County 8 a.m.

June 19 Volleyball Clinic @ Freshman Academy 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

June 21Lady Waves Baseketball @Breckinridge County 8 a.m.

Greenwave Baseball Camp @ Meade-Olin Park All week long 9 a.m.-noon

June 22Lady Waves Basketball @ Bullitt Central 8 a.m.

July 12-16MCHS Youth Cheer Camp @ Brandenburg Primary 9 a.m.-noon

Ben Achtabowski, Sports Editor

270-422-4542sports@thenewsstandard.com

SportsFriday, June 18, 2010 The News Standard

ON DECK

VOLLEYBALL NEWS

Little League team gives Little League team gives back at tournament, back at tournament, B3B3

OUTDOORS

The Midwest Explosion Girls Open Fast Pitch softball tournament July 2-4 will be held in Jasper, Ind., for teams ages 10 thru 17. It’s $275 per team with $50 discounts for multiple teams. Contact Kevin Messmer by e-mail at kbmessmer@yahoo.com or call 812-482-5226 for registration information.

SOFTBALL TOURNEY

MEADE COUNTY SUMMER CAMPS

Greenwave Baseball Camp

The Greenwave Baseball Camp will be held June 21-24 at Meade Olin Park from 9 a.m. to noon. The camp is available for second- through ninth-graders and the cost is $50 before June 18 and $55 after.

MCHS Youth Cheer Camp

The MCHS Cheerleading squad will hold its an-nual cheer camp July 12-15 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Brandenburg Primary Gym. The cost is $40 per camper before July 1.

THE NEWS STANDARD/CHARLOTTE FACKLER

Meade County’s Jerry Sipes donates his winnings back to the Matt Me-morial Tractor and Truck pull event held on Saturday. See PULL, page B9

See LATE, page B3

Kickin’ off the summer

The Meade County Lady Waves volleyball played in a summer tournament in Owensboro last weekend. The team went 2-3 while facing the region’s toughest competition.

Meade County beat Ow-ensboro High School 21-8 and 21-19; and beat South Spencer 21-8, 19-21 and 15-5. They lost to Logan County 21-13, 21-15 and 15-17; and lost to Owensboro Catholic 21-18 and 21-10. The team lost its last match to Apollo 21-17 and 21-13.

“We looked the best I’ve seen since coaching, even though we’ve only really had four solid days of practic-ing our rotation,” said head coach Jennifer Smith. “Even though we are young, the girls mesh really well togeth-er. It was a great experience and gave us some insight on things we need to tweak and it also gave the girls some confi dence in areas such as hitting and seeing the court. I am really excited to see where this year takes us.”

The participating players were senior Tiffany Filburn, juniors Rachel Powers, Rachel Johnson, Becca Clark, Selena Burton, Leanna Luney and sophomores Billie Weick, Leah Cannady and Mikhaela Perry.

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MC Softball offensive stats impressive this season

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Meade County schools held their annual sports camps the last two weeks. Youths enjoyed learning the basics of football, basketball, softball and soccer, while competing against their peers.

For more photos turn to page B2.

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Youths enjoy the various camps the past two weeks, which were held by MCHS athletic programs.

Submit scores from Little League baseball, soccer, or any other summer leagues. Also if you have any photos of a game that you would like to see in the paper, submit them to sports@the-newsstandard.com or drop them off at our offi ce on Old Ekron Road in Brandenburg.

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By Ben AchtabowskiThe News Standard

Two weeks removed from the Meade County Lady Waves softball season, it’s a little easier to put into perspective on how good the team actually was.

With a 32-6 record, the team rocketed into the state’s top-10 rankings — as high as seventh place. One of the losses included a 5-4 extra-innings loss to even-tual state champion Reidland.

The Lady Waves batting av-erage as a team was .342, with an on base percentage of .393. They scored a total of 259 runs. The only team to score more runs in the region was even-tual state qualifi er Owensboro Catholic, who scored 288.

Meade County also collected 355 hits during the season and had 14 home runs as a team.

Though the team lost in the region semifi nals to Butler County, the good news is the Lady Waves will return all but two senior starters.

Senior Erin Sireno — who is going to play at Bellarmine University next year — hit an astounding .492 with an on base percentage of .516.

Her impressive stat line doesn’t stop there. She had a team-high 58 hits and four home runs. She also had 37 RBI and also scored 34 times.

This improved from last year where Sireno lead the team with a .347 batting average, 18 RBI, and 17 runs scored.

Sireno’s senior counterpart, second baseman Mallory Wa-then scored a team-high 43 times from the leadoff position. She hit .331 and was on base 40 percent of the time.

See OFFENSE, page B3

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On Sunday, May 9, 2010, Team Mayhem partici-pated in a charity U9 baseball tournament for Na-than Haycraft. Nathan was a member of the Blue Lick Baseball Team and was recently diagnosed with cancer. All proceeds from the tournament went to help Nathan’s family cover expenses from his illness.

The tournament raised $7,200.00. Team Mayhem brought home fi rst place. During

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All members of Team Mayhem autographed the ball and sent it to Nathan to cheer him up. In the same game, Dionte Ditto hit his second home run over the fence.

Team Mayhem recently held a fundraiser and would like to thank all members of the Meade County community for their support.

Little League team fi elds a good cause

Martin. I’m not saying I’m a Mark Martin, but when you’re out there racing that guy and he’s kicking butt, it makes you feel really good.

“It makes you feel like you maybe have a little bit of longevity. You never know. In the end, if you run well on the race track, they’ll probably keep you around no matter how old you get.”

Is there still room for a late bloomer? Why, sure.

“Forty is the new 30, anyway,” said Reutimann. “That’s what I’m going with.”

Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports

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LateFrom page B1

Alumna basketball game preps Lady Waves

The Benton twins, juniors Kristin and Erin, combined for 78 hits this season and 30 RBI.

Kristin batted a .421 and had a slugging percentage of .628.

The Lady Waves young talent played important roles this season, too. The team’s second leading hit-

ter was eighth-grader Ash-ley Nikolao with a .423 bat-ting average. She had three home runs during her fi rst varsity season and racked up 25 RBI.

Last year Nikolao led the freshman softball team with 32 and also had the most stolen bases with 15. She had 11 this year at the varsity level

Adding to the offensive power was junior Scarlett Powers. She had a team-high four home runs and

38 RBI. She also played catcher and third base for the Lady Waves.

Though the offense num-bers are remarkable, the defense was just as impres-sive. With a solid one-two pitching punch of sopho-mores Amanda Logsdon and Brittany Lancaster, the two combined for 236 of the 241 2/3 innings pitched this season. The team ERA was an impressive, 1.10, with Lancaster only hav-ing a 0.35 ERA.

The team boasted a .954 fi elding average.

Next year the Lady Waves will return junior shortstop Kayla Padgett. She missed the entire soft-ball season tearing her ACL playing for the Lady Waves basketball team.

The future is bright for the Lady Waves. Though they had a fantastic sea-son, which accumulated 32 wins, the Lady Waves are a legitimate state title con-tender for the 2011 season.

OffenseFrom page B1

Staff ReportThe News Standard

The Meade County Lady Waves bas-ketball team played a team made of Lady Wave alumna last Friday.

The friendly offseason scrimmage pinned the young Lady Waves team against some of the best players from Meade County of recent years.

Through four quarters the current Meade County Lady Waves team were ahead 54-49, but in spirit of the game the teams continued to play an extra 10 minutes.

THE NEWS STANDARD/BEN ACHTABOWSKI

CLOCKWISE (From top): Caroline Wilson drives around Carissa Schwartz, Melinda Hurt looks to pass the ball, Kim Montgomery posts up against a Lady Wave defender, Mindy Oliver tries to steal the ball.

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•The world’s largest colony of ants reaches all the way from northern Italy to Spain’s Atlantic coast.•In May of this year, Canadian chef Ted Reader attempted to break the Guinness record for the world’s largest hamburger. The patty alone weighed more than 300 pounds, and the bun was 105 pounds. Once the burger was decked out with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, red onions, pickles and barbecue sauce, the grand total was a whopping 590 pounds. Guinness has not yet certifi ed the giant hamburger, but it seems a shoe-in to beat the current record holder, which is a measly 158.8 pounds.•Hasbro’s Easy-Bake oven was so popular when it was released in 1963 that it sold a half million of the toys within the fi rst year. •If getting out on the road these days is making you nervous, you have good reason: According to the 2010 GMAC Insurance Na-tional Drivers Test survey, approxi-mately 38 million American drivers would fail a written drivers test -- that’s 20 percent of licensed drivers. The nation’s best drivers can be found in Kansas, while the worst drivers -- perhaps unsurpris-ingly -- are in New York.•Thought for the Day: “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” -- Albert Einstein

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Mak-ing things more complicated than they need to be can be a problem for the typically orderly Lamb. Try to look for a less intricate way to accomplish the same goals.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Avoiding personal involvement in a troubling situation might be advisable at this time, especially since you probably don’t have all the facts. The weekend brings a surprise.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A problem with a colleague you thought had been resolved could recur. However, this time you’ll be able to rely on your record to get a quick resolution in your favor. Good luck.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Giv-ing your self-esteem a boost could be a good idea for the Moon Child, who might feel a bit daunted by the week’s occurrences. Just focus on all your positive accomplishments.LEO (July 23 to August 22) The “mane” attraction for the Lovable Lion this week is -- what else? -- love. New relationships move to new levels, while long-standing partnerships are strengthened.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A recent workplace problem will prove to be one of miscom-munication, and once the matter is settled, you should have a better chance of getting your proposals approved.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Good news! After dealing pretty much in the dark with a matter that seemed to be taking forever to resolve, you should soon be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.SCORPIO (October 23 to No-vember 21) A positive message should help lift that energy-draining sense of anxiety, and you should soon be able to deal with even the peskiest matter, whether at work or personal.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Try to control that heated Sagittarian temperament while dealing with what you believe to be an unfair matter. A cool ap-proach is the best way to handle things.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Nursing hurt feelings could keep you from learning what went wrong. Ask your partner, a family member or a trusted friend to help you reassess your actions in the matter.AQUARIUS (January 20 to Febru-ary 18) Nature is dominant this week. Try to spend time outdoors with someone special. An act of kindness in the past might be recalled by a person you believed was out of your life.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An upcoming career decision could be based on how well you might be able to apply your artistic talents. Be sure to use the fi nest samples of your work to make a strong impression.BORN THIS WEEK: Doing good things for others comes easily to you. You are considered a good friend, even by those you might hardly know.

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The Meade County Public Library has a part-time opening for a Circulation Assistant. This position provides a variety of routine and specialized clerical and customer service work in support of the library’s circulationdept. Duties include using the automated library circulation system, registering new patrons, and shelving books. Ideal candidates should be friendly, reliable and a team-player. College education preferred but not required. Please send resume with cover letter to 400 Library Place, Brandenburg, KY 40108, Attn: Director. Deadline is June 25th. No phone calls please.

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Matthew Beasley isn’t a typical 11-year-old rockstarBy Jennifer CorbettThe News Standard

At 11 years old, Matthew Beasley has three goals in mind: be on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, perform at the Grammy’s and become a millionaire – all before he turns 30.

He plans to achieve these aspirations by playing drums similar to his idols, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue and Joey Jordison from Slip-knot.

Matthew’s love of drums and heavy metal music doesn’t come from lessons, but through watching his father Frankie.

“It started with a drum set of mine,” Frankie said. “I played … (Matthew) would watch me. He could sit there and have a beat at 3 years old.”

Although his parents struggled to get him to agree, Matthew showed off his drumming chops at the David T. Wilson talent show May 28.

“He kept saying ‘no, no,

no,’ and I said ‘son, you have no idea how good you can do,’” Frankie said.

Eventually, Matthew agreed to perform. Instead

of planning his set, he winged it and went with the beat of the drum.

“I just like to beat around on them and make up stuff,”

Matthew said. “I have cer-tain things that I just made up and I keep doing them over and over in a different order.”

His proud parents, Frankie and Sally, watched in the crowd along with some classmates who didn’t realize Matthew was so tal-ented. In fact, two of them came up after the show and asked Matthew to join their band.

Presently, Matthew is con-sidering joining their band, but is mainly focusing on rocking and perfecting his skill.

The talent show wasn’t his fi rst time performing in front of an audience. This past Halloween, he per-formed at a friend’s party and surprised everyone.

“People were coming up left and right expecting to see an adult sitting there and there was (Matthew),” Frankie said. “That is what I think made him do the talent show because up to that point Matthew was like ‘no.’”

Matthew doesn’t mind the attention one bit.

“I just like to show people what I can do,” he said.

Matthew avoids stage

fright by imagining he’salone and playing in hisbasement, his favorite placeto jam and the fi rst place hegoes when he comes homefor the day.

Outside his love ofdrums, Matthew is a quietkid but once he gets rock-ing it’s a different story.

“It’s kind of funny be-cause that’s how he is allthe time,” Sally said. “Heis very quiet, laid back, youdon’t get anything out ofhim … but when he getsdown there on the drumshe turns into just a com-pletely different person.”

Matthew loves the heavymetal genre because itmoves quicker and heonly has two rules when itcomes to his music choices:no country and no JustinBieber.

As for his future, Mat-thew is reaching for thestars.

“I would like to have allthe cars I wanted,” he said.“I would like to have myvery own band and play inLas Vegas.”

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Matthew Beasley rocks out on his drums in his basement. At 11 years old, he has taught himself how to play the drums without any lessons.

Kobalt donates tools to Meade County ATC education program

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Pictured: Robert Mote, Trey Slayton, Travis Argabright, Stanley McFalda, Eli John-son, SkillsUSA members enrolled in the Meade County ATC Automotive Technology Program, display the Kobalt tools and tool chest provided by Lowe’s of Elizabethtown through Manager, Erin Fulkerson.

Submitted by Meade Co. Area Technology Center

BRANDENBURG — Lowe’s and Kobalt Tools in partnership with Skill-sUSA are helping the next generation develop their skills at Meade County Area Technology Center through their Toolbox for Education Program.

Lowe’s is donating ap-proximately $1,100 worth of Kobalt tools to the school as part of the na-tional program, which will total about $450,000 to 400 SkillsUSA automotive ser-vice technology programs across the nation for use in their classrooms.

SkillsUSA advisor, Don-ald E. Dix Jr., was selected to receive the toolkit for the local Automotive Ser-vice Technology Program at Meade County Area Tech-nology Center.

“This is a wonderful ex-ample of how industry works to partner with edu-cation, for the betterment of the technical program and

the success of my students,” Dix said. “SkillsUSA has had a huge part in the trans-formation of my students because it has provided skills and leadership train-ing that they don’t get any-where else.

The support of Lowe’s and Kobalt Tools reinforces what we are teaching in the classroom and shows the value of education-industry partnerships.”

The national program kicked off in March at the Lowe’s of Edgewood in Atlanta, where four-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jim-mie Johnson personally de-livered the fi rst sets of tools to students from Jonesboro High School.

He made the visit to the Lowe’s store just prior to the March 7 Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

“By working with Kobalt Tools and SkillsUSA to pro-vide tools to these students, Lowe’s is able to help pre-pare the future of America’s

skilled workforce in their chosen career paths,” said Larry D. Stone, chairman of the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation. “With Kobalt tools in their toolbox and training from their schools and SkillsUSA, students will be better pre-pared for success when they enter the workforce.”

SkillsUSA Executive Di-rector Timothy Lawrence agreed.

“The donation of Kobalt Tools to SkillsUSA’s auto-motive service technology labs nationwide will help prepare the next generation of workers and leaders for the challenging and compet-itive workforce of the 21st century. The youth who will benefi t from this gener-ous donation will maintain and repair our automobiles in the future,” Lawrence said. “Through the Tool-box for Education program, SkillsUSA, Lowe’s and our technical training schools we are building something together that will truly make a lasting impact.”

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radar,” Jason Allen said. “The rain just never came. Someone must have been watching over us.”

Though the rain never came, warm temperatures and muggy air didn’t stop the impressive pulling.

One of the best competi-tions of the night was the Light Limited Super Stock Tractors, which had a fi ve-person pull off. Four of the pullers were from Meade County.

Meade County’s Jerry Sipes ended up winning the event and donating all of his winnings to back to the event.

The generosity didn’t stop with the people who paid money at the gates and concessions. The pull-ers themselves were be-yond charitable.

Local pullers such as Jerry Sipes, Larry Phillips, Bran-don Phillips Morris Hiser and Neal Allen all donated their winnings to the cause.

“That means a whole lot,” Allen said. “It shows how much everyone involved cares about this.”

The Light Supers Stock was another example of the giving mood everyone was in. The family of Mike Padgett — who passed away from cancer — donat-ed money that went toward the winning pot of the Light Super Stock division.

The winners returned the money back to the event’s proceeds.

“These guys could have taken that money,” Allen said. “They were from all over, Indiana, Illinois, Ten-nessee. They saw how good of a cause this was.”

Being a local event, it was time for the Meade County pullers to shine.

Vine Grove’s Larry Phil-lips and his son Brandon both put on good shows for the local crowd, while hometown favorites Jerry Sipes and David Burnett didn’t disappoint with full pulls which landed their tractors on the sand berm at the end of the pulling track.

“Having local guys win is great,” Allen said. “That’s what we want. Not only do we want the local pullers to come and compete, but we want them to do well too. It shows that some of the best pullers in the state are right here in Meade County.”

Local pullers that par-ticipated in the event were Sipes, Burnett, Jamie Barg-er, Brandon Phillips, Scott Fackler, Ben Bowen, Neal Allen, Jean Barger and Lar-ry Phillips.

New to the event was live music from the band “… And the Armed,” which kept the crowd entertained between pulls.

“The music really worked out this year,” Al-len said. “There wasn’t a dull moment.”

As far as keeping the Matt Pike Memorial Truck pull a tradition, Allen says they’re going to keep going.

“As long as we have the support we’re going to keep doing it,” he said. “You can’t thank the people who help out enough. Everyone is so helpful and without them we wouldn’t be able to have this event.”

Here are the full results from the event, which is a part of the Bluegrass Pull-ing Series:

Super-Modifi ed 2WD Trucks Destination Unknown, Eddie Carey, 323.97 feetBarbwire, Wesley Foster, 317.58 feetAll Fired Up, Eddie Carey, 308.33 feetYoung Blood, Jason Gibson, 304.21 feet Bullett Proof, Eddie Carey, 297.2 feet Moving N Groovin, Don Finney, 289.92 feetLone Wolf, Mike Carter, DQ 273.73 feet

Light Limited Super Stock Tractors Family Driven, Jerry Sipes, full pull 318.73 feet David Burnett, full pull 310.98 feet Under the Infl uence, Tim Fox, full pull 303.84 feet Hay Wire, Jamie Barger, full pull 302.38 feetLil-Insane, Brandon Phillips, full pull 286.62 feetRed Thounder, Scott Fackler, 307.44 feet Locomotion 190 Allis, Ben Bowen, 2727.89 feetWalking Tall, Darren Smith, 56.76 feet

Pro Stock 4WD TrucksMajor Payne, Jonathan Payne, 291.56 feet. Killin Time, Wes Kitchens, 288.27 feetPoor-Proud & Country, Ricky Wyatt, 287.58 feetTop Gun, Jessica Coomer, 286.3 feetHammer Time, Steve Stepro, 284.46 feetRed Rock, Neal Allen, 284.46 feetSawmill Express, Tim Beaty, 283.27 feetBeer Run, Jean Barger, 280.56 feetPrime Time, Coy Stepro, 280.42 feetNo Fear, Mervin Turner, 278.78 feetAdrenaline Rush, Brian Sheckell, 277.97 feetPrototype, Bryron Nieman, 274.44 feetNever Satisfi ed, Shane Turner, 212.75 feetBarely Getting By, Nathan Luallen, 179.22 feet

Pro Farm Tractors We Dig It, Royce McGowan, 301.42 feetRevisions, Barry Elliott, 299.98 feet

Red Rattler, Keith Race, 297.65 feetGone, Morris Hiser, 295.04 feetRed Rock, Pete Baxter, 294.11 feetDakota’s White Line, Dwight Allen, 293.98 feetRedweisser, Eddie Roe, 291.97 feet

Red Rush, Justin LaFallette, 273.89 feetLow Pass, Tony Reynolds, 257.98 feetBad For Business, Byron Amburgy, 255.01 feetRed Select, Joey Toadvine, 185.17 feetThunder, Larry Leslie, 84.68 feet

Old Red, Justin Massie, broke

Light Weight Super Stock Tractors Red Menace, Mike Happe, 335.76 feetGet R Done, Rex Kuhn, 325.75 feetExtremely Insane, Larry Phil-lips, 313.21 feet

Insanity, Larry Phillips, 311.97 feetEntertainer ll, Al Koch, 305.18 feetBeauty & the Beast, Monica Shaw, 245.56 feetBlue Blazes, Mike Wilhite, 214.55 feetLaurence Phillips, 183.08 feetHeads Up, Don Head, broke

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CLOCKWISE (From the top): “...And the Armed” performs music in be-tween pulls, Brandon Phillips races down the track in his tractor Lil’ In-sane, David Burnett gets stuck on the sand berm at the end of the track after a full pull, event coordi-nators show off auction prizes to the crowd, and Jamie Barger checks his tractor before he pulls on Saturday night during the Matt Pike Memorial Tractor and Truck Pull held at the Meade County Fairgrounds.

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Birthdays

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Tina Rose Wilkerson, 28, of Maryville, Tenn., daugh-ter of Bronis Paulette Kath-leen Flatford and Harvey Lynn Grisson, to Jerry Kent Anderson, 27, of Maryville, Tenn., son of Darla Ann Bratcher and Kevin Leon Anderson.

Gwendolyn Lee Atweel, 33, of Radcliff, daughter of Cheryl Denise Roehards and Danny Lee Atwell, to Jerry Wayne Wood, 41 of Radcliff, son of Irmgard Maria Czok and Robert Foy Wood.

Jennifer Kay Stiff, 20, of Brandenburg, daughter of Patricia Ann Voyles and John Leonard Stiff, to Mi-chael Scott Hampton, 30, of Brandenburg, son of Bre-anda Kay Trent and Michael Anthony Hampton.

Noel Hanna Hobbs, 22 of Vine Grove, daughter of Cathy Ione Lovall and Josheph Edward Hobbs, to Trevor Eugene Pack, 23, of Vine Grove, son of Monica Sue Huffi nes and Timothy Dale Pack.

Nicolette Anne Guter-muth, 23, of Irvington, daughter of Deborah Cox and Jeffrey Ray Guter-muth, to Matthew Freder-ick Curran, 26, of Branden-burg, son of Carolyn Marie Matthews and Timothy Frederick Curran.

Cheryl Karrisa Wood, 25,

of Brandenburg, daughterof Sandra Louise McCreeryand James Scott Wood, toNicholas Lee Hunter, 22, ofBrandenburg, son of MicheleMarie Chambers and MartinDewayne Hunter.

Jessica Lyn Hembree, 23, ofBrandenburg, daughter of TeriLyn Schweitzer and William J.Geary, to Jason ChristopherSchmid, 24, of Brandenburg,son of Lisa Ann Harris andKenneth Lee Schmid.

Kimberly Danielle In-man, 23, of Brandenburg,daughter of Nancy EllenRumple and John BruceInman, to Bradley RussellJones, 24, of Ekron, son ofDebra Sue Vogel and AlanRussell Jones.

June 18: Becky ThomasJune 19: Robin Terry,

William Strickland, Gary Bradley, Nadine Ingram, Marge Beavchamp andDorothy Silva

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St. Clair, Steve Allen, andLily Shelton

June 23: Clyde Spreadlen and Mary Ann (Doc)Lancaster

June 24: Frances Perrin and Cody Lee

Boes — Fackler

Maryjane Boes of Elizabethtown, Ky., and Mark Boes of Berea, Ky., announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Molly Anne Boes, to Les Fackler, son of Steve and Beth Fackler of Payneville, Ky.

Molly is a 2004 graduate of Central Hardin High School and a 2008 graduate of Campbellsville Univer-sity. She is employed by Meade County Schools as an elementary teacher.

Les is a 2000 graduate of Meade County High School and a 2002 graduate of Elizabethtown Technical Col-lege. He is employed by AGC Automotive Americas as an industrial electrician.

The ceremony will take place Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. at Doe Run Inn in Brandenburg, Ky. A recep-tion will immediately follow the ceremony at the Meade County Farm Bureau building in Brandenburg. All friends and family are invited to attend.

Submit your weddings, births, birthdays or other achieve-ments to The News Standard, 270-422-4542.

Hall — Roberts

Barry and Miriam Hall of Franklin, Ky., announce the engage-ment and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lynsey Ni-cole Hall, to John Lawrence Roberts, son of Daniel and DeAnna Roberts of Guston, Ky.

Lynsey is the granddaughter of the late Granville and Bar-bara Hall of Franklin, Ky., and Mary Pope and the late George Pope of Greenbrier, Tenn. She is a 2009 graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in accounting. She will start full-time employment in January as a tax accountant at Byrd, Proctor and Mills, CPA’s in Brent-wood, Tenn.

John is the grandson of Wayne and Anna Roberts of Guston, Ky., and Larry and Frances Roederer of Guston, Ky. He is a 2010 graduate of Western Kentucky University, where he received bachelor’s degrees in accounting and fi nance. He is employed as a distribution analyst at Fruit of the Loom in Bowling Green, Ky.

The wedding ceremony will be held on July 10, 2010, at Woodburn Baptist Church in Woodburn, Ky. A reception will follow at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. Invita-tions have been sent.

Birth Announcement

Gracelyn Marie Greer

Ashley Zang and Richard Greer of Wolf Creek, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Gracelyn Marie Greer.

Gracelyn was born, May 1, 2010, at Harrison County Hospital, Corydon, Ind. She weighed 7 pounds, 11.9 ounc-es and was 21 inches long.

Big sisters are Keri Hesler and Cassy Greer. Big brother is Jeremiah Greer.

Proud grandparents are Stacy and Henry Hicks of Clarksville, Ind., Gary Zang of Meade County and Ron and Betty Spearbecker of Stith Valley, Ky. Proud ma-

ternal great-grandmother is Pat LaChance. Gracelyn has many aunts, uncles and

cousins.All her loving family feel

this baby is our special gift.

Celeste Cross graduated suma cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky, and was recognized for academic and leadership ac-complishments during the College of Nurs-ing pinning ceremony at the Singletary Cen-ter in Lexington on May 7, 2010.

Celeste was selected by UK staff and fac-ulty to receive the Central Baptist Hospital Leadership Award.

As class president, she was also recognized as a member of Sigma Theta Tau (a nurs-ing honor society), a UK College of Nursing Scholar, and member of the National Student Nurses’ Association.

Celeste, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth Cross of Elizabethtown, Ky. graduated from John Hardin High School in 2006. She has accepted a position in the Intensive Care Unit at UK HealthCare.

Achievement

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