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A Texas tripAnn received her birthday gift on from

March 24 to March 28, a trip to her 50th college reunion at Baylor University in Waco Texas. I offered to fly her there, but she chose to drive, so the two of us started out on Saturday at 8 a.m.

Our first stop was Nashville, Tennessee where we met one of Ann’s cousins and her husband for brunch. Her cousin, Sue, who has been teaching for many years, ob-served that the three of us, who are all over 70 years old, are still working full time and wondered how many others our age could say that.

We had a good breakfast and headed to-ward Memphis. We drove through some heavy rain between Nashville and Mem-phis and this was the last rain we would see on our trip. We stopped for gas outside of Memphis and were pleasantly surprised to find gas at a Shell station for $3.59 a gallon. This was also the last gas we would see at this price.

Baylor’s festivities came in the middle of some exciting basketball games and we decided we would do our best to plan our travels so we could see, at the least, some of the Kentucky vs. Baylor game and the Louisville vs. Florida game.

While driving through Arkansas, I called daughter, Elizabeth, to tell her we were traveling through some of her familiar haunts. She had fond memories of her Ar-kansas experience.

Our first game plan was to stop for the night at a motel in time to watch Louisville play Florida and we made it to Lonoke, Ar-kansas, just outside Little Rock, in time to watch the game. Of course we were over-joyed when Louisville came back from an 11 point deficit to beat the Gators. The game ended and I told Ann I was going to the car to retrieve my cell phone in case someone called in celebration of the Lou-isville victory. As soon as I got back in the room, the cell phone rang and it was daugh-ter, Corinth, calling to celebrate with us.

We ate that night at Torito’s Mexican Restaurant and I had a great steak with on-ions and peppers, etc.

(To be continued next week)A greAt night of entertAinment

If you haven’t seen the play “Gutenberg: The Musical!!” at Kentucky Repertory Theatre in Horse Cave, you need to do so. I saw it last Friday night and it was great! The two men who perform the play are outstanding actors and they deserve some big audiences. You have this weekend to attend. You can buy tickets at the box of-fice, it’s easy. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Don’t miss it!

Editor:As regular supporters of the Kentucky

Rep Theater, we occasionally run across an unexpected gem among their offer-ings. There is a work of genius appearing on stage through next weekend, entitled Gutenberg! the Musical! Details are avail-able on the KRT website, but the short ver-sion is as follows. The play is a spoof on musicals, while being an excellent musi-cal. It is a spoof on the playwriting process and scene, while being a brilliant comedy itself. Two actors play a dozen or more roles, literally switching hats as they prog-ress. The two young men jump between roles easily, with remarkable results. They frequently step out of character to tell the audience their hopes of getting the show

produced, to explain the storyline, to ex-press sadness over their deceased cat, and other nonsense.

The actors are topnotch; if they’re not well-known in acting circles, they will be soon. They are aided with keyboard music provided by a gifted WKU student.

There is nothing in the show I would hesitate to take young people to, although kids wouldn’t get much of the humor.

This is exactly the type of thing which continually draws us back to the theater. It is an unexpected delight to see such a great show close to home. KRT support-ers should get to Horse Cave before next Sunday, or they’ll miss one of this year’s treasures.

Steve Kistler

More signs of a physical abuser in a family

In the last article, several indi-cators were presented which are typical of a family where physi-cal abuse is occurring within that family. Now, let us mention sev-eral other indicators. In a family where physical abuse is occurring, the abusive adult will be reluctant or unable to explain the child’s injuries or condition, or will give explanations which are farfetched or inconsistent with the injury. S/he will either over or under react to the child’s injuries and will not consent to diagnostic studies of the child. The abuser will have the child treated by a different hospital or physician each time the child needs medical attention. The family will fail to keep doc-tor’s appointments. The abuser will perceive himself/herself as alone, without friends or support, and will view seeking or accept-ing help as a weakness. S/he will be under pressure and will have an emotionally dependent spouse. S/he will be engaged in a dominant-passive marital relationship and will be experiencing marital prob-lems. The abuser will have been physically abused himself/herself as a child.

When sexual abuse is occurring within a family, there are several additional indicators which are easily identified. They will be dis-cussed in the next article.

To cause a report of child abuse or neglect to be made, or to ob-tain information on how to help prevent it, please call our hotline number at 1-800-468-8920.

•Raises continued from page one

funds.Line said he would have more

information for the Board at its April meeting.

Position creAtedIn other business, the Board

agreed to create one additional instructional assistant position for the Cub Run Elementary preschool unit for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year. Superintendent Line said the position was made necessary by an increased enroll-ment and the needs of the students.

miscellAneousIn other business the Board ap-

proved a trip request and a leave of absence request and held two closed student hearings.

The Board recognized Hart ju-niors and seniors who participated in the Job Transition Fair at West-ern Kentucky University on March 23. The group placed first among the schools which participated.

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Large Item Drop-Off, Tire Amnesty planned

The Large Item Drop-Off at the Drop-Off Center in Munfordville will be held April 9 to 14. A Drop-Off will be held in Horse Cave on April 20 and 21 and Solid Waste is planning to do a Drop-Off in Cub Run on April 28.

tire AmnestyThe State Division of Solid

Waste has listed Tire Amnesty op-erations for the Barren River Area Development District (BRADD) in May and June. The event is planned for July 19, 20 and 21 in Hart County with details to follow later.

March 28, 2012) Patrick Reed, superintendent of Mammoth Cave National Park, a 42-year career vet-eran of the National Park Service, will retire on June 30, 2012.

Reed’s management style includes the phrase, “let’s help each other suc-ceed,” used as a sugges-tion to park partners and a firm instruction to park staff. Reed is well known for his strong communi-cation skills and sincere interest in community en-gagement.

During his time at Mammoth Cave, Reed built strong and open part-nerships with neighbors, universities, park sup-port groups, cave enthusi-asts, and elected officials. Through partnerships, Reed and his staff greatly multiplied the effective-ness and reach of the park’s budget and message:

·With Western Kentucky University, the Mammoth Cave International Center to Science and Learning grew as a joint project in collaborative karst re-search and learning.

·With the Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park, Reed worked with park advocates to create a nonprofit organization to raise private funds for needed projects, and sup-port education, resource protection and manage-

ment goals.·With Western Ken-

tucky University, sister parks were established in China and Slovenia, giv-ing Mammoth Cave an international reach and exchanging science-based management concepts with other world-re-nowned karst centers.

·With the Barren River Area Development Dis-trict, tourism agencies and chambers of commerce, Reed furthered the NPS mission by promoting sus-tainable use of parklands and environmentally-friendly economic devel-opment.

·With trail user groups, Reed spearheaded the Comprehensive Trail Management Plan, making the backcountry accessible to hikers, mountain bikers, and horse users.

·With the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, the park gained a partner in the Department of Energy-Clean Cities, which fund-ed new alternative fuel ve-hicles for the park.

Several large projects came to fruition under Reed’s tenure at Mam-moth Cave, including re-placement of the six-mile cave lighting system, in-stallation of the park wa-ter system, construction of the Mammoth Cave RR Bike&Hike Trail, and planning for rehabilitation

of the Green River Ferry.And, construction of

the rehabilitated visitor center is near completion. Considered a legacy proj-ect, the new visitor center, funded through Recreation Fees and the American Re-covery and Reinvestment Act, will serve Mammoth Cave visitors for the next 40 years.

Reed was recognized in 2009 as the National Park Service Superintendent of the Year for Natural Re-source Stewardship, and in 2006 as the Southeast Region Superintendent of the Year.

Reed began his career at Mt. Rushmore National Monument (S.D.) as a sea-sonal maintenance worker in 1969 while still a col-lege student. After becom-ing a permanent employee in 1970 he was consistent-ly promoted to positions of increasing complexity and responsibility: Intake Trainee, Grand Teton Na-tional Park, Wyo. (1970 – 1971)

·Urban Intake Trainee, Jefferson National Ex-pansion Memorial, Mo. (1972)

· Office Services Rang-er, Death Valley National Park, Calif. (1973)

· Sub-District Ranger, Sequoia and Kings Can-yon National Parks, Calif.

Patrick Reed announces his retirement

reed, continued on page 8