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LaCenter’s city meet-ing, which was held on Jan. 14, was kept brief and succinct. The meeting be-gan with the reading and approval of the minutes and financial report.

From there, the council moved swiftly on to the department reports begin-ning with the fire depart-ment. Concerning their response to a residential

fire on Maple St., crews from LaCenter and sur-rounding areas received high praise for their ac-tions. In regard to their proceeds from the Boston butt sales, the profits are to go to the beneficiaries of former firefighter Den-ny Nunan.

In the water report, the city had four main breaks related to the sub-zero temperatures of previous days. Additionally, it was

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Ballard Memorial High School’s 2014 Homecoming is set for Friday, Jan. 31. Dur-ing the celebration, the BMHS Bombers and Lady Bombers will face off against Livingston Central High School.

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It was a packed house at this month’s chamber breakfast, which was held Jan. 14. Among the attend-ees were four speakers, two of which are Kentucky State Senate candidates. In the coming future, Ballard

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This Jan. 13 meeting of the Ballard County Board of Education began with the public health forum, which entailed the district’s 2013-2014 health and nutrition “report card.” Overall, the report was positive with exception of a drop in the number of students approved for free meals. The drop is due to the number of children in the elementary and preschool not being tied in to the report. At the current time, the school offers approximately half of its students free meals. Additionally, the school’s reimbursement has jumped $75,000, which correlates to savings to-ward the students and their families.

To begin the regular meeting, board mem-bers reviewed and approved the minutes, bills and expulsions to date. After this, their next ac-tion was the selection of board officers. Elected were: Chairman Haskell Sheeks; Vice Chair-man Karen Tilford; Secretary Casey Allen and Treasurer Kim Bailey.

Set at the meeting was the 2014 meeting dates. Just as has been done, the board will con-tinue to meet the second Monday of the month in the board office at 6 p.m. in the evening.

Next was the approval of the draft budget for 2015. This was the preliminary draft of the budget and therefore required board approval only as the figures provided are subject to ad-justment.

Next to be approved was the local training hours for board member Karen Tilford. She gained one hour for attending the Adult Literacy Council, which focuses in part on adult educa-tion in the county and those individuals relation

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All about birdsBallard Coun-ty residents can learn about snow geese in this week’s col-umn by Tim Batts. To read his weekly column go to Page 8.

Safety lesson ...Students in Shan Gordon’s class at Ballard County Career and Technical Center recently heard McCracken County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Ray talk about proper response for lay first responders at accident scenes. He also discussed scene safety, and the many accidents and other incidents he had worked.

County Chamber of Com-merce Executive Director Myra Hook is working to have a night at the cham-ber building where citizens can come in and meet the candidates.

The first of the candi-dates to speak was Danny Carroll. Born and raised in Marshall County, he served on the Paducah Police De-partment for 24 years. After his retirement from the force, he continued to serve his area by working with Easter Seals.

The second senate hopeful was David Hoff-man. Prior to living here, he was on the Anchorage Police Department for 15 years, after which he be-

came the commander of the drug enforcement force and tactical team. Hoffman is married to Dr. Bowers of Innovative Ophthalmol-ogy in Paducah, which he is also involved in. Much like his opponent, he stresses the importance of “serving the people of the community” over serving party agendas.

Next to speak was Julie Thomas, Community Edu-cation Director for Ballard Schools and PR Repre-sentative for the district. Her presentation began with her announcing the coming of the fourth an-nual “Wheels and Wings” community bike ride. The purpose of the ride is to promote health and fitness and recreation in our com-munity.

This year organizers are hoping to have over 100 riders attend. At the current time, Thomas is looking to our community for groups of people who are willing to man the rest stops.

Additionally, she is hop-ing that one person from each group will volunteer to meet with her the day before at the school to prep supplies. To make their ef-

forts worthwhile, there is a $150 award to the group with the best rest stop. The event is to be held the Sat-urday of Memorial Day weekend and will start/ fin-ish at the Ballard County Preschool in LaCenter.

Thomas was also work-ing on a second project named “Operation Prepara-tion,” which will help high school students prepare for job interviews. She is cur-rently looking for members of the business community to help by coming in and conducting one on one in-terview mock-ups with the students. The dates for this project are Feb. 11-12.

For more information on this or the “Wheels and Wings” project, you are asked to contact Ms. Thomas at the school.

The final speaker of the morning was Eric Walker, who is the area Relay for Life Specialist. He began by announcing that this year’s relay will be held at the bus loop at the high/ middle school on June 13 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next morning. To sign up a team, go to relayforlife.org/ballardky. Last year, Bal-lard alone raised $63,000.

These funds helped with transportation, lodging, and to ease other expenses incurred by patients and their caregivers.

Walker also mentioned various programs that are currently being utilized and that he would like to see started up in our area. Among these was “Reach to Recovery” in which a recently diagnosed per-son is put in contact with a survivor of a similar di-agnosis. This program will serve as yet another level of support for those bat-tling cancer.

Lastly, he mentioned the American Cancer Society’s toll free number (1-800-227-2345) which can be called at anytime so that a patient or caregiver can get information, get connected with supplies or support, and/or they can simply have a person to talk to.

Ballard Memorial High School will recognize a Teacher and Classi-fied Staff Member of the Month this year. Teachers are nominated by fellow teachers, and a panel of teachers meets to review the nominations. All rec-ognized teachers will be in the nominating pool for 2013-14 Teacher of the Year. The nominating pro-cess for classified staff is similar.

For November, the winners were welding teacher Kevin Chatellier and special education in-structional assistant Lisa Chatellier. Nominations

for Kevin said he works hard to encourage stu-dents to get their state certifications, and will do anything for the students and other teachers. “I love

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My youngest brother, Rusty Throgmorton, and I had discussed meeting with him and his family to treat him for his 58th birthday. His birthday was January 14. We agreed to meet at 51 Grill at 6 p.m. Saturday, January 18.

Mark Kopecky, who is a wonderful person, picked me up here at my home in Bardwell and we met with Rusty, his wife Sharon, and their grandson, Cam-eron at 51 Grill.

Folks, just about every table was full, and there was a delicious aroma em-anating from the kitchen. Our waitress was Vicki Moorman, who is a friend of my daughter, Genet. Vicki did an excellent job of assisting us in our or-ders. We enjoyed the de-licious food and the great visit. As I looked around the room, I noticed many

of the diners whom I had known since I have lived here in Carlisle County. There was a lot of laughter and great conversations.

I would like to thank Cameron, for I dropped a quarter in the floor while sitting at our table. He smiled and said, “I’ll get it for you.” He did, indeed...very well coordinated, he crawled under the table and handed me the quar-ter.

After the meal, we all came back to my home and had a great visit. Turns out, Mark and Rusty knew some of the same people...and when Sharon and I were conversing, I discov-ered her aunt is Shirley Phillips, who is one of my long time friends.

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BmHS recognizes November employees of the month

School changes are announced

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The last day of school is now Wednesday, May 21.

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that he helps prepare some of our students for the real world,” one said.

Nominations for Lisa said, “she gets along great

with the kids, but helps communicate high stan-dards with the belief that all students can succeed,” and “she will help you

with anything that you ask.”

For December, the win-ners were special educa-tion teacher Diana Corri-

gan and custodian David Blankenship. Nomina-tions for Corrigan said, “given how much time she devotes to each stu-dent and the amount of hours she puts in, I can’t imagine her being able to do more,” and that there is nothing she won’t do in order to make sure the needs of all students are being met.

Nominations for Blan-kenship said, “not only is he a good custodian, he is a friendly and kind person to all people. It is people like him that make up a school that is conducive to learning.”

with the district. The consolidated dis-

trict and school improve-ment plans were next on the agenda. On this matter, the board held a lengthy discussion which covered the current evaluation of the district and individual school’s performance over various areas. Addition-ally, the board members examined the individual school’s goals and strate-gies that are being enacted to see that the students and school district as a whole continue to advance in the world of academia.

Throughout the schools, reading and math were re-occurring subjects that instructors aimed to im-prove upon to the point of proficiency and beyond. In

regards to the high school, there was the added desire to raise the college and ca-reer readiness of students another 10 percent which would make 90 percent of students graduating from Ballard Memorial college and/or career ready.

Moving past the plans, the board reviewed the updates on progress of previously discussed mat-ters. First of these was the Local Planning Council (LPC) update. The LPC will have their first orien-tation meeting on Jan. 30 at the school.

The capital outlay ap-proved for the purpose of purchasing a new bus is currently waiting for the completion of paperwork before it can be utilized. Any remaining amount will be used to fix/ replace a faulty thermostat in one

of the buildings. Due to the winter weath-

er that has caused the can-cellation of eight scheduled days, school will now be in session until May 21.

On Jan. 31-Feb. 1, se-lect board members will be attending the KSBA an-nual conference. A more detailed report on the event will be delivered on their return.

In the student and staff achievements, this month is board member recogni-tion month. To celebrate the board had a dinner af-

ter the meeting.Recognized by the board

were the seven members of the BMHS football team that were honored recently by being named to the West Kentucky Conference ros-ter. The middle school choir for scoring first at district, and Abbi Denton, who became the most recent BMHS basketball player to join the 1,000-point club. Her name will be added to the 1,000-point banner that hangs in the high school gym.

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ObituariesPADUCAH - Elnita

Crice Parsons, 72, of Pad-ucah and formerly of Ban-dana, died Jan. 16, 2014 at 12:25 p.m. at Parkview Nursing Home in Pad-ucah.

She graduated from Ballard Memorial High School in 1959, and was of the Baptist faith.

Elnita is survived by her husband, Carl Thomas Parsons of Kevil; two sons, Robert Thomas Parsons of Franklin, Tn., and Michael Edward Parsons of Kevil; a daughter, Pamela Jaye Briggs of Grand Prairie, Tx,; and six grandchildren and two great-grandchil-

dren. She was preceded in

death by her parents, Rob-ert Elwood and Juqnita Brockman Crice.

Graveside services will be Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Barlow Cem-etery in Barlow, with Rev. Doug Hughes officiating.

Visitation was on Mon-day starting at 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Morrow Fu-neral Chapel in LaCenter.

In lieu of flowers, do-nation may be made to theAmerican Cancer So-ciety for lung cancer re-search, 3140 Parisa Drive, Paducah, KY 42003-4582

LOVELACEVILLE - Gwenda D. Morris, 66, of Lovelaceville died on Fri-day, Jan. 17, 2014 at 7:33 a.m. at her home in Love-laceville.

She attented Love-laceville United Methodist Church

Gwenda is survived by her husband, Larry W. Morris; two sons, Dew-ayne Morris and Ralph Aydelott, all of Love-laceville; one brother, Ber-nie DeRousse of Bardwell;

two grandchildren and one great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her parents, Bernie and Martha Lou Fiscus DeRousse; two brothers and a sister.

Graveside services will be at Lovelaceville Cem-etery on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Aaron Barnett.

There will be no visita-tion.

Morrow Funeral Chapel of LaCenter is in charge of arrangements.

CLINTON - Larry Mi-chael Wilson, age 67, of Jocotepec, Mexico, for-merly of Clinton, KY, passed away on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.

The youngest of 13 chil-dren, he was born in Hick-man County, KY on March 18, 1946 to Pauline For-rester and Clyde Wilson.

Larry graduated from Hickman County High School and Murray State University with a BS de-gree in Biology. He served in the U.S. Army in Viet-nam, then returned to Mur-ray State to earn his Mas-ters Degree in Botony. He taught at Carlisle County School then moved to Memphis where he worked until his retirement. He will be missed by his fam-ily, nieces, nephews and his many friends both in the United States and in Mexico.

He is survived by his

brothers, Charles K. Wil-son of Hickman County, David C. Wilson of Hick-man County, Bobby J. Wil-son of Hickman County, James B. Wilson of New York; and Douglas Wil-son of Memphis; sisters, Joyce Woodford of Mem-phis, and Joan Granger of Champaign, IL;

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers and two sisters.

A memorial service will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Arlington First Baptist Church Joy Center.

Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Arlington is in charge of the arrange-ments

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reported that the city had two blocked sewer lines and a recent water station inspection by the EPA.

In new business, Com-missioner Jerry Cooper, in a sentiment shared by the entire council, expressed his appreciation towards

all city workers, police, fire, etc. Also brought up in the open floor discus-sion was compliments toward the Christmas Pa-rade.

Looking ahead to the coming season, the city will be looking into new city wreaths to replace the old ones which have been used for the past 20 years.

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Thank goodness for Microsoft Word! With-out it, it would be im-possible for me to write something as simple as this little article. I need to mention Google also as I use it for spell check because I’m so bad I can even stump Word sometimes. I did gradu-ate high school but only the Lord knows how I did.

If there ever were a case for a lawsuit for not properly educat-ing someone (and yes, if you don’t remember hearing of it, it has hap-pened and in my opin-ion it should happen a lot more often) it would be my alma mater. Now, in their defense it really isn’t their fault.

They tried but there was only so much they could do. The Guidance Counselor invited me

to her office a couple of different times to try to pump me up or find out why I was so unin-terested in learning. My algebra teacher asked what I planned for my life and why I wasn’t interested in learning, seeing as how obvious it was that math came extremely easy to me.

Little did either of them know that I had ADD or ADHD, or whatever acronym causes someone not to be able to pay attention, long before they were acronyms. Besides, I only took algebra be-cause I thought I would need it so I could move on to higher education so I could play ball but I decided if I was only going to school to play ball I may as well get on with my life and not waste time. Anyway, I hated school. God only knows how I wish I

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Ballard County’sProud of our PetsBaxter & Pixie

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Eli Peyton & ChiefOwner: Amy Peyton

JosieOwner: Lori Wilfong

LailaOwner: Lori Wilfong

KaleeOwners: Trent, TaLisa

& Dustin Grief

WyndiOwners: Anna Turner

Shiner & Otts HaneyOwner: Ashley Haney

JosieOwner: John & Gloria Butterbaugh

Jake & AngelOwner: Rob Abernathy

SassyOwner: Avie Turner

WachaOwner:

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Ballard County’sProud of our Pets

RalphieGrandparents: Bobby & Betty Hunt

ButtonsOwner: Ann Wallace

SassieOwner: Tony & LaVerne Phillips

RemyOwner: Leslie Crawford

AbbiOwner: Patty Vernon

BoxieOwners: Jerry & Donna Daniel

SadieOwner:

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IvanOwners: Thomas & Jackie Powell

moses & XenaOwner: Patty Vernon

ShilohOwner: Patty Vernon

HarleyOwners: Brad, Leslee, Jordan,

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Growing up in and around Ballard County we have all seen it. That empty field that suddenly becomes completely filled with what seems like thousands and thousands of white geese. Snow Geese. The deafen-ing sound is unmistakable. It’s a sound I never get tired of hearing.

When I was a teenager I used to drive to the Bal-lard County Refuge and climb the old fire tower, in the freezing cold, and just sit for hours watching geese fly around that refuge. Just studying their habits but mostly their sounds. It was addicting to me.

In 1916, snow geese had become so rare in the eastern United States that hunting them was banned. Since that time, the birds have made a remarkable comeback. Today, though hunting has been reinstated, populations are thriving. In fact, the birds have become so numerous in places that they threaten to destroy their own habitat.

Throughout much of the twentieth century manage-ment officials restricted hunting in the interest of conservation, but by the 1970s they switched to wor-rying about keeping goose numbers in check. In the late 1990s both Canada and the United States began to permit extra hunting to re-duce Snow Goose popula-tions. About 500,000 Snow Geese are now hunted annu-ally in the U.S. and Canada. Because Snow Geese nest in remote areas, their breed-ing colonies have suffered little impact from humans. The geese themselves may degrade their own habitat by grubbing vigorously for food during the early breed-ing season, not only reduc-ing their own breeding suc-cess but also compromising nesting shorebirds.

Snow geese are known for their white plumage, but many of them are actually darker, gray-brown birds known as blue geese. These birds were once though to be two separate species, but they have recently been found to be merely two dif-

ferent color morphs of the same bird. A single gene controls the color differ-ence.

Snow geese are harbin-gers of the changing sea-sons. They fly south for the winter in huge, honking flocks that may appear as a “U” formation or simply as a large “snowstorm” of white birds. They spend the colder seasons in southern coastal marshes, bays, wet grasslands, and fields. Their diet is entirely vegetarian, consisting of grasses and grains, grazed from damp soils or even shallow water.

At winter’s end, snow geese fly north to their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra. Pairs mate for life, and produce two to six eggs each year in a shal-low ground nest. Chicks can swim and eat on their own within 24 hours, but fami-lies remain together through the young’s first winter. Families can be identified as groups during both the southern and northern mi-grations.

But our favorite thing about snow geese is hunt-ing them right? There’s nothing quite like laying in a field watching hundreds of snow geese funnel down from the sky towards you. Snow goose hunting is a lot of fun. Here a few tips that may help you harvest more snow geese.

Follow these quick tips

to improve your odds on your next trip.

1. Begin by driving back roads to locate fields where snow geese are feed-ing. Scouting the fields for where the geese want to be is the key to success. Find the landowner and always get permission to hunt be-fore anything else. If the decoys can be set by mid-afternoon, you can hunt the field that evening and again the next morning.

2. Snow geese usually return to a field until the food is exhausted. Howev-er, they have good memo-ries and will not return to a place where they have been shot at. Finding a hot field and setting out decoys may result in two or three suc-cessful hunts; an evening, morning and possibly an-other evening. After that, the birds are gone and its back to scouting.

3. Hide all signs of hu-man activity, including tire

tracks, candy wrappers and any other non-natural items.

4. Park vehicles at least a half a mile away.

5. Set out a minimum of 500 decoys. 1000-1500 is even better.

6. Supplement shell and silhouette decoys with light-er, less expensive white rags or white plastic bag decoys.

7. Wear camouflage or white if snow covers the ground.

If you want to embrace the biggest challenge in the waterfowling world – decoying snow geese – then follow the steps listed above. Getting into good hunting habits will increase your chances for success and allow you to experience one of the greatest thrills in waterfowl hunting, tak-ing decoying snow geese at close range.

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BALLARD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Senior SpotlightBy Jessica Jones

One word that will never describe Katey Hargrove is shy. With her outstand-ing charisma, this senior is fearless when it comes to strangers. Everyone knows who Katey is, either from class or her involvement. In her high school career, Katey played soccer for 3 years and ran track for two. She has also been in an assortment of clubs in-cluding FBLA for 2 years, FCCLA for 2 years, FFA for 1 year and HOSA for 1 year. Even though she has gone to Ballard since kindergarten, her favorite thing about school is the parking lot at 2:55. Leav-ing is probably her favor-ite thing about school be-cause her favorite thing to do outside of school is to hang out with friends.

With an outgoing per-sonality like hers, it’s no

surprise that Katey enjoys her job at Chuck E. Cheese. In fact, Katey plans to con-tinue working there while she attends WKCTC next fall while living at home with her parents, Bruce and Karen Hargrove of LaCenter..

FAVORITESClass: Co-OpMusician: Justin BieberSong: “Pieces” by Gary AllenFood: SteakSchool Food: Mashed Potatoes

By Elizabeth GoodinIf you’ve ever watched

the band perform or the choir sing, chances are you have seen senior Georgann Ingram. A musical talent, Georgann is a friend to anyone. Her sweet dispo-sition and caring manner can brighten anyone’s day.

Georgann is the daugh-ter of Mary Ann Ingram and Gary Ingram, and cur-rently resides in LaCen-ter with her mom. She has been a member of the marching band and the concert choir for 4 years. While being a part of the choir, Georgann was able to attend All State. Geor-gann has also been a mem-ber of FBLA for 4 years and Drama for 3 years.

Outside of school Georgann likes to read, paint, and sing. Her fa-vorite things at BMHS are

marching band, choir, dra-ma club, and her friends. She hopes to be remem-bered as a friendly person with blonde hair. After high scho.

FAVORITESClass: ChoirTeacher: Mrs. Veal and Mr. QMovie: “Good Will Hunting”Bands: Green Day and Par-amoreSong: “Guns and Horses”TV Show: “Big Bang Theory” or “Girl Code”Food: Sushi

By Breanna JonesFunny, fashionable, and

friendly are three words that perfectly describe se-nior Haley Morrison. Ken-tucky born and bred, Haley currently resides in Barlow with her parents Margaret and Kevin Morrison and is an active member at New-ton Creek Baptist Church. She has been a member of FFA for one year and is very involved in HOSA, where she is a four-year member. Outside of school, Haley can be found hanging out with friends, working as a waitress at Smokey D’s, or attending a football game – her favorite thing about BMHS. When asked what she hopes to leave behind at school, her response was the drama. Planning on a career in medicine, Haley

would like to attend the University of Louisville for sports medicine, but her dream job is to be head athletic trainer for an NFL team.

FAVORITESMovie: “The Replacements”TV Show: “Teen Wolf”Food: Chicken School Food: Chicken Sand-wich

Katey Hargrove

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Haley Morrison

Katey Hargrove

Georgann Ingram

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Snow geese

In 1916, snow geese had become so rare in the eastern United States that hunt-ing them was banned. Since that time, the birds have made a remarkable come-back.

Tim’sOutdoor Talk

ByTim Batts

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OFFICE CANDIDATE PARTYBallard CountyCONSTABLE Lawrence Otey (5) DCORONOR Robert Morrow DCOUNTY ATTORNEY Vicki Hayden DCOUNTY CLERK Lynn Lane DJAILER Donnie Hall D Jamie Hack DJUDGE EXECUTIVE Joe Culver D Vickie Viniard DMAGISTRATE Bob Renfrow (2) D Dee Hazlewood (5) D Keith Deweese (3) D Larry Cooper (1) D Martin Flournoy (3) D Shawn Ross (3) D Steve Cooper (4) D Stonie Dennis (3) RPVA Anita Campbell DSHERIFF Joe Gaia D Todd Cooper D

The last day to file for candidacy for office is 4p.m. Tuesday, January 28th.

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On June 20, 1782 the American Bald Eagle, sci-entific name Haliaeetus leu-cocephalus was chosen as the Emblem of the United States of America. Not ev-eryone however had agreed on the selection of the bald eagle. The best know dis-senter was probably Ben-jamin Franklin who held the eagle in contempt for stealing other smaller birds food and felt that the Turkey would have been a better representative for our coun-try. The Eagles elevated sta-tus didn’t really help much though. Probably numbering close to half million in num-bers when Europeans first arrived in America , several factors contributed to their decline. Indiscriminate kill-ing by commercial fisher-man, hunters and farmers, who saw the eagle as com-petition, as well as habitat loss as Americans settled westward, saw a sharp de-cline in their numbers by 1800. In the early 1900’s people became more aware of the decreasing numbers of eagles and in 1940 legis-lation called “The Bald Ea-gle Act” was passed which was supposed to provide for more protection and allow recovery of this majestic bird. Unfortunately for the eagle, this period in Ameri-can history coincides with the increased use of chemi-cals of this young industrial-

ized nation. Contamination of our waterways with such things as oil, mercury, and DDT started taking their toll. In the 1960’s, surveys showed that there were only about 417 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states with the last know nest in Kentucky being in 1949. It seemed that when eggs were laid they were either infertile or the shells were too thin and got busted in the nest. Controversial legislation in 1972 banned the use of DDT. Efforts were increased to expand the eagles’ territory into some of their previous habitats. A young eagle tends to return to the same area where it was fledged to build its own nest when mature. Through a process known as “hack-ing” eaglets were raised in several areas of the country where they once had estab-lished territories. Hacking involves building a struc-ture whereas the young birds can be placed in a nest and tended to by a person that is hidden inside an adja-cent structure. Puppets that resembled adult birds were used to feed the youngsters and they never formed a “bond” with the human

caretakers. There were 44 eaglets hacked in the Land Between the Lakes during the period between 1980 and 1988. Numbers started increasing and when taken off the Endangered Spe-cies list in 2007 there were 9,800 breeding pairs known in the lower 48. Eagles need open water in which to hunt for fish, which is why their numbers increase in this area during the winter months as waterways start to freeze in the north. To close, here are some quick facts about the American Bald Eagle – An eagles wingspan can be up

to 90 inches and an adult can weigh up to 14 pounds – an adult eagle has an av-erage of 7,000 feathers – an eagle may live for 20 years or more in the wild – eagles use the same nest year after year, this nest may become over 9 feet in diameter and weigh over 2 tons – eagles reach sexual maturity at an age of 4 to 5 years and mate for life, if a mate is lost however they will accept another – eagles mate in the air when in flight and will usually raise 1 to 3 chicks – up to 40 percent of young eagles may not survive

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In the 1960’s, surveys showed that there were only about 417 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states with the last know nest in Kentucky being in 1949.

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could have a “re-do” on that decision (along with many other bad decisions.) And English, forget it! I couldn’t comprehend any of it. At all. And still don’t.

So, how did I get through school? By memorizing. We always had reviews before semester exams and I was blessed with an incredible memory. I could remem-ber answers even if I didn’t understand a word of it. It amazes and frustrates me today the things I can’t re-member. Flunk the quarters and ace the exams and just skate through by the skin of my teeth. They seemed to think if I could ace the tests I must know the material. Wrong.

Why did someone who is at the edge of being il-literate buy a newspaper? Good question. I wish I had a good answer. The answer has a few reasons but prob-ably the best one is that my wife, Lisa, didn’t want to see her efforts flushed down the tube.

One day a gentleman visited the office space she had for lease and before the meeting was over he

had leased the building and hired her to manage the of-fice of the paper he had just recently purchased. He hired her with the knowledge that she knew absolutely noth-ing about a paper or possess the skill sets for what he was about to ask her to do. “It’s not hard”. Liar! “I’ll train you.” Liar! Although, the fellow was a pretty de-cent person; Lisa received a crash course and then he kind of just retreated back to his home office and left all the responsibilities of the of-fice, including the sales and reporting, to her.

What do you do? Quit or work, were the only two choices. She chose to work. And work she has! Not willing to invest the time or money into the paper to make it a success; he sold the paper with no notice. The new owner was a really nice guy, but circumstances that he could not control forced him to relinquish the paper to the former owner. Believ-ing the paper would return to the same atmosphere as before, we made an offer to buy it and the rest, as they (whoever ‘they’ are) say, is history.

There have been no huge

pay days with money just streaming to the post office box. Every day is a hard day; there is no going to a 9-5 and drag in a pay check at the end of the week. There are days you just want to throw your hands in the air, scream, pull your hair out, or any other cliché you would like to use, and days when you feel as if the whole world is against you or out to get you. But there are the days of sweet reward. And I’m not talking monetary. Days when you least expect something good to happen but it does in spite of every-thing going on around you, things that renew, things that revitalize and reener-gize your spirit and restore hope and cause you to keep going. Thank God for those days. I’ve had things take place and it leaves you won-dering “where did that come from?” God is the answer. Plain and simple. Unless you’re superstitious and than it’s coincidence, or a gambler, than it’s just luck.

Oh, but the lessons learned! The Bible says “one man plants and another man waters but its God that gives the increase.” (it’s talking about the souls of men but

there is a law of sowing and reaping, with a time of watering between, in either case it’s God that gives the increase.) Today may be another day of sowing or a day of watering (working), if it is, don’t watch the cir-cumstances around or listen to the voices of discourage-ment; just keep working ‘cause tomorrow may just be the day of reward. And what would we miss if we quit one day too soon?

This didn’t come to any end I could have anticipated. I really didn’t see this com-ing, but it is what it is and it stays this way.

Thank You: Lisa Turner (who has to work hard every day), Richard Blankenship, Kelly Todd, Tommy Wells, Sandy Hart, Kay Presson, Kay Jones, Tim Batts, Jack-ie Glisson and anyone else I might have missed. The names just popped out in that order. And Karen Ha-zlewood whose e-mails say “if God be for us who can be (or; it doesn’t matter who or what is) against us”.

“Be still and know that I am God” Ps. 46:10

Something I found inter-esting: Alma mater is Latin for, nourishing mother.

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The coming agenda for 2014 needs to include some improvements in our park and playground equipment and a possible a ball diamond so our youth can have a local place for T-ball and other sports such as a soccer field which can be used for softball and a practice facility. New playground equipment and solving the problem of a ground cover is a priority. Another improvement is to repair some of the side-walks that have crumbled and to begin legal action against the empty and haz-ardous or decaying homes within the city. Most have ignored the attorney’s let-ters and we are getting a new city attorney with the emphasis on suing home owners or land owner’s this year. We are also going to start enforcing mowing fines and reimbursement of the city maintenance of business and personal properties that detract from the neighborhood’s and a neighbor’s property value. In the previous generation our older citizens and home owner’s would be embar-rassed to let their properties go down but most of our shabby homes and lots are owned by those living out-side of the city or landlords living in other counties or outside the state.

Currently our ware-house facility has been a positive income source and pays its way. We are leasing two thousand feet below the city property on Fort Jefferson to James Ma-rine, Inc., for $2000. Our lease for our prime proper-ty to Economy Boat Store is around $3000 a month, which is considerably less than they should be pay-ing. I am open to working with them for a new lease but since Mayor Vance and the council reworked the last lease and their exist-ing lease will not expire until 2020. I know of no source of market price that was used to determine the lease price given for this property leased to the boat store, but two independent sources tell me that the city is grossly underpaid. Any lost revenue affects each citizen and the Council is obligated to get a fair price for city leases, although employment is a consider-ation in any new contract. Traylor Brothers maintains an equipment yard and has been helpful to the city in that they lease the river pa-vilion property to the city

for $1 a year. Much of the Beech Creek area could be improved for the use and expansion of the city property and riverfront. It is my hope that the grain traffic, which is the bulk of the truck traffic at the Cairo intersection at Hwy. 51 in Wickliffe, could be diverted to the Wickliffe river front. One of the draw backs for a river port authority is that the County has no funds and the industrial development board has not been able to develop any political con-nection with the state’s port board for funds to develop the potential 40 acres + that would comprise the port authority! This property will be miss-used as long as the County and City refuse to have a working business board for the port authority and do not invest in a port manager that can join the state port authority meetings and represent the City and County interests in Frankfort.

I am convinced that the traffic on US Hwys. 51 and 60, will eventually bring in more business for the over 5,000 vehicles flowing through this intersection. As Wickliffe almost dou-bles daily with the influx of employees with all our retail and industrial busi-nesses, the business poten-tial is much greater than most due to these business-es and traffic flow in this town. Older homes and the fourth street business dis-trict will have to eventually be replaced and open up for more modern buildings such as Court Street has over my last forty years. If not, more people will sell out and the city should im-mediately condemn these old buildings on Court Street and help businesses build new structures and provide parking for them! Sometimes this year we will have some business additions and citizens on the US highways will find themselves in a commer-cial zone or surrounded by dilapidated rental units as is the case already! The City needs to be more aggres-sive in controlling proper-ties and buying delinquent taxes to protect itself for future development and providing a better living environment for families and kids. The option is to do nothing and be noth-ing and have nothing! The Highway 51 environment is still king for business in Wickliffe. Soliciting Mis-souri motel owners and equipment dealers is an answer to the growth and the jobs it will provide to Wickliffe citizens.

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