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Kim D. Lawson, 51Leslie J. Taylor, 59

Virginia Watson, 87James ‘J.O.’ Wilkinson, 73

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UNDER CONSTRUCTIONUNDER CONSTRUCTION

photos/LARRY ROWELLThe Dry Ridge Hill (Ky. 1649) project is well underway and the Allen Co. of Danville has two crews working nine hour shifts, fi ve days a week. The $3.9 million project will see a new, 1.18 mile section of Ky. 1649, which will eliminate the existing Dry Ridge Hill. It will level out the hill that has a 16 percent grade at its worst point. Here, Lilli Allen, a surveyor with the Allen Co., surveys the part of the new road at the Ky. 1649 end. BELOW LEFT, the foundation has been laid for the new, 500,000 gallon water tank that will be installed on Water Tower Hill in Liberty. BOTTOM LEFT, this water tank on Water Tower Hill and a second tank behind J.J.’s Car Wash on Hustonville Street will be retired when a new tank is installed sometime this fall.

Dry Ridge Hill and Water Tank projects under way

By Larry RowellStaff Writer

A major road project in Casey County which was due to be completed in the fall has hit a bump and may now be extended to next spring.

The $3.9 million, Ky. 1649/Dry Ridge Hill road proj-ect, which began last November, has hit a snag because contracts have not been awarded to move gas, water, and sewer utilities at the East Ky. 70 end of the project. The total roadwork, which begins between Bowman Trail and Noe Road on Ky. 1649 and ends one-tenth mile west of Riverview Drive on East Ky. 70, is 1.18 miles long.

Jim Morris, the project supervisor for the Allen Co. in Danville, said that if the contracts aren’t awarded soon, it could be a major problem.

However, Department of Transportation Project De-

Mayor: City official ‘undermines’ water rate talks


Liberty Mayor Steve Sweeney pointed a fi nger at an unnamed city offi cial who he says may be sabo-taging efforts to resolve a proposed water rate increase

with East Casey County Wa-ter District Board.

In a special called City Council meeting on Thurs-day to deal with budget is-sues and downtown devel-opment, Sweeney wasted little time in laying partial blame for the stalled talks

with ECCWD.“As you’re aware, we’re

having some diffi culty coming to an agreement with East Casey Water on our water rate increase and that’s costing us a few thou-sand dollars each month. Additionally, we’re look-ing at possibly $10,000 to $20,000 in legal fees and other expenses, maybe even more than that,” Sweeney

said.Sweeney said that EC-

CWD’s rate objection be-fore the Public Service Commission in Frankfort could extend more than a year, further hastening the city’s defi cit in the Water Department.

Sweeney hesitated mid-sentence and then said that he was going to say what was on his mind.

“One individual in thecity, who holds a positionin the city, has apparentlydone some things to under-mine us and make it diffi cultfor us to get this agreementthrough and I think that’s ashame. And I think we allneed to be on board andwork together on this be-cause it’s in the interest of

Council sets meeting with ECCWD

photo/LARRY ROWELL

Polls virtually desertedVoters were almost a no-show as of noon Tuesday at Liberty Precincts A, B, and C at the Central Kentucky AG/EXPO Center. Precinct clerks said that only 76 voters out of 1,269 had voted in the three precincts, a 6 percent rate. Casey County Clerk Casey Davis said that he had hoped for a 20 percent voter turnout. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes had predicted a 10 percent voter turnout. Results of the primary election were not available at press time. A complete look at primary election results will be available in next week’s issue.

CCHS top 40 high

school in Kentucky


Casey County High School students can now say they attend one of the best high schools in Kentucky.

U.S. News & World Re-port recently reviewed 21,776 public high schools in the United States. In Kentucky, of 228 high schools, 58 schools received awards, including CCHS.

Five schools received na-tional gold medals, 13 received silver medals and 40 received bronze medals. CCHS re-ceived a bronze medal.

Superintendent Linda Hat-ter said that she was overjoyed at the news.

“I’m ecstatic but not sur-prised. This is a result of a lot of hard work. Our teachers at the high school have centered on instruction and assessments with a true focus on student achievement, she said.

CCHS Principal Barry Lee said that the CCHS staff have seen a major culture change over the last fi ve years is edu-cation.

“Our process has become more intentional by targeting high performing students by offering more than 30 hours of college credit courses. We also are targeting our low perform-ing students with intervention classes, credit recovery and looking outside the box ensur-ing we help all students,” Lee

County post offices have shorter hoursBy Larry Rowell

Staff Writer

Three post offi ce loca-tions in Casey County will probably be open shorter hours each day.

According to a list recent-ly released by the United States Postal Service, the Middleburg, Windsor, and Dunnville post offi ces are all on the list of locations.

And that’s welcome news to residents who regularly use the post offi ces.

In the past two years, the post offi ces at Yosemite and Bethelridge have closed, with USPS offi cials citing high expenses and low rev-enues as the main reason for the closures.

The Windsor post offi ce was on the chopping block — “under review” — for closure last year.

A meeting was held with postal offi cials in Windsor in December in which about 40 residents attended.

Many expressed their dis-pleasure at not having postal services at the Windsor Post Offi ce location.

And eventually, some of that displeasure trickled up to Washington, D.C.

“We’ve listened to our customers in rural America and we’ve heard them loud and clear – they want to keep their post offi ce open,” Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said in a press release.

USPS announced on May 9 that instead of closing 3,700 post offi ces to balance its budget, it will reduce the hours of 13,000 offi ces.

Offi cials see this as a tem-porary fi x to USPS’ budget problems.

And hopefully, it will also provide a long-term solution to keep America’s smallest, and in many cases, rural, post offi ces open.

According to the list, daily window operations at Dun-nville’s post offi ce would

shorten from eight hours tosix hours a day.

The Middleburg post of-fi ce work day would be cutin half, from eights hours aday to four.

The Windsor post offi cehours would remain thesame, at two hours eachday.

“The new strategy wouldbe implemented over a two-year, multi-phased approachand would not be completeduntil September 2014,” ac-cording to the USPS pressrelease. “Once implementa-tion is completed, the PostalService estimates savings ofa half billion dollars annu-ally.”

“The post offi ces in ruralAmerica will remain openunless a community has astrong preference for oneof the other options,” Me-gan Brennan, Postal Servicechief operating offi cer, said

Memorial Day closings Casey County Court Clerk Casey Davis’

office will be closed Saturday and Monday, May 26 and 28.

Circuit Clerk Craig Overstreet’s office will be closed Monday, May 28.

The Casey County News will be closed Monday, May 28. Deadlines for the May 30 issue are Friday, May 25 at 12 noon for retail ads and news items; 1 p.m. for classified ads; and Tuesday, May 29 at 10 a.m. for church news and obituaries.

See next week’s issue for a complete look at how Casey

County voted in the 2012 primary election and overall results.

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It’s about timeEditorial

Word came late last week of a meeting that was scheduled last night between the city council and members of the East Casey County Water District Board.

While we can’t report what happened in the meet-ing because our paper goes to press by 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, we can state that at the very least, the two sides are having face-to-face talks about how to re-solve the thorny and very unpopular issue of a water rate increase.

The ECCWD Board, made up of non-paid county residents appointed by Casey County Fiscal Court, has simply asked to see written, detailed justifi ca-tion as to why the City is seeking an increase.

This request is standard procedure and better com-munication on the part of the city may have helped avoid this situation.

Now, the City is offering detailed information and will possibly answer any questions the ECCWD Board has about the issue of a rate increase.

We applaud the board’s diligence in taking their responsibilities seriously by seeking accountability and not simply rubber stamping the city’s request.

They have repeatedly said that they hate to raise rates on county residents, particularly those who live on limited retirement incomes such as a month-ly Social Security check.

No one wants to increase rates on anything, espe-cially in this bad, but slowly improving, economic climate.

However, we’ve watched gasoline prices skyrock-et to almost $4 a gallon and a visit to the grocery store has become an almost painful adventure.

Who gets the blame for those price increases? Who will hear our complaints that appear to fall on deaf ears?

This water rate squabble is about to enter its third month and hopefully, we’ll report next week that the two sides have reached an agreement and the EC-CWD protest before the Public Service Commission has been withdrawn.

At least the meeting last night was a step in the right direction.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Larry ROWELL Staff Writer

Legislative DirectoryThe following are Casey County’s elected

representatives.U.S. SENATORS

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Republican, 361-A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-4482.

Sen. Rand Paul, Republican, 5 Russell Courtyard, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-4343.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVECong. Ed Whitfield, Republican, 2411 Rayburn House

Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3115; or 1403 S. Main St., Tomp kinsville, Ky. 42167, 1-800-328-5629.

STATE SENATORSen. Vernie McGaha, Republican, 4787 West Highway

76, Russell Springs, Ky. 42642. (270) 866-3068; or Capitol Annex, Frankfort, Ky. 40601, (502) 564-8100, ext. 656.

STATE REPRESENTATIVERep. Terry Mills, Democrat, 695 McElroy Pike,

Lebanon, Ky. 40033. (270) 692-2757; or Capitol Annex, Frankfort, Ky. 40601, (502) 564-8100, ext. 684.

To reach any state legislator, call the Legislative Message Line at 1-800-372-7181, or visit the Kentucky Legislature online at www.lrc.state.ky.us.

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Still the Sunday night place to be?Southern Baptists used to

say that church was the Sun-day night place to be. And I think it was up until the be-ginning of this century.

Now, not so much. In fact, and I have no way to judge this except for what I see, church is no longer the Sunday night place to be.

Many churches simply don’t meet on Sunday night because of a lack of atten-dance and interest in what once was a thriving program of discipleship training at 5 p.m. and then worship at 6 p.m.

But the question I really struggle with is, “Do you love Jesus less if you don’t go to church on Sunday night?

Let me state at the outset that the church where I serve as pastor, we have a Sunday evening worship service.

Whereas we have about 100 attendees on Sunday morning, it dwindles down

to 20 to 25 in the evening service, the majority of whom are 45 and older.

Some, I think, come out of a sense of habit. Others come with Bibles in hand eager to delve deep into God’s Word.

But most of the young adults with children don’t attend because they say it’s just too hard to get home-work, baths, and kids ready for bedtime if the family gears back up for church at 6 p.m.

But back to my original question. Do people love Je-sus less if they don’t attend church on Sunday night?

When my wife and I served as missionaries in

Africa, we would regularly see women in villages walk three or more miles in fl ip-fl ops, through brush coun-try, in 100-degree heat to sit in a non air-conditioned mud or thatched hut and worship Jesus for two hours and then walk home in the early afternoon, all without eating a bite of food.

How many Baptists get up on Sunday morning, drive less than 10 miles in an air-conditioned car to sit in a padded pew in climate controlled comfort and ex-perience the entire church service in an hour?

Who loves Jesus more?While church attendance

is important and based on an admonition in Hebrew 10:25 not to forsake the as-sembling of ourselves to-gether, no where does the Bible say how many times we should assemble our-selves together, especially on Sunday.

I’m not advocating either position, I’m just thinking out loud.

How much difference would we make if all Chris-tians lived out their faith in a realistic fashion, outside the church walls?

I’ve known some sorry Christians who lived like hell-bound heathens dur-ing the week but who also considered themselves good Baptists because they at-tended church for two hours a week — Sunday morning and evening and an occa-sional prayer meeting on Wednesday evening.

I’ve also had the pleasure of knowing genuine Chris-tians who loved Jesus with their heart, soul, mind, and strength who didn’t attend church on Sunday evening but who attended on Sun-day mornings and Wednes-day evenings.

Now, who loves Jesus more?

It’s time again for class reunionsIt’s that time of year –

class reunions are cropping up like wild onions in early spring and some aspects of them smell as bad.

I’ve been to a lot of class reunions so I feel qualifi ed to tell you what they are like. If you’ve never been to one, pay attention.

The fi rst reunion is usu-ally the fi fth year out of high school. Nobody has changed much. The men are pretty much like they were in high school. They still just want to have a good time. They might have got-ten a job or they might not have. It doesn’t matter to them at this point. Half of the women are probably married and the other half wish they were. They are feeling a tad insecure at this point, fearing that they won’t snag “Mr. Wonderful” and settle down in a house with him, 2.5 children, and a dog named Spot.

This bunch will dress up like they are going to their high school prom and the women will be sporting their sit down shoes and their stand up foundation gar-ments (we called them gir-dles). The married women bring pictures of their wed-dings and honeymoons to share with the other women. The single women wish they had brought pictures of their

cats and pictures of their vacations in Hawaii and the Caribbean.

The next reunion is usual-ly the 10-year occasion. By this time the men are some-what gainfully employed, as are many of the women. They have changed a bit. Quite a few of the women have put on a few pounds and they start dieting about two months before the re-union. The men who have gained weight think they are still cute and all they do is wear their waistbands a little lower than their waists and almost under their expand-ing bellies.

This is the year when all the married women gather in one corner, show pictures of their children, and brag about how little Johnnie was potty trained before he was 2. The men, married and single, gather in a corner and talk about UK basket-ball or the Super Bowl. The single women wish they had brought pictures of their cats and pictures of their vaca-tions in Rome and Machu Picchu.

The 20th-year reunion is

the one that shows the big-gest physical differences in the class members. The per-son who is in charge of the reunion usually has pictures out of the yearbook copied and pasted on name tags so everyone will know every-one else. Some of the wom-en who have a little money might have invested some of it in Botox.

All the married women gather in one corner and brag about their kids getting in Harvard or running a 500-acre farm or being a cheer-leader at their college. They compare recipes for green bean casserole and blackber-ry cobbler. The men are now wearing their waistbands well under their bellies and their pants threaten to fall off with any sudden move. The men all gather in a cor-ner and talk about UK bas-ketball and the Super Bowl. The single women wish they had brought pictures of their cats and pictures of their va-cations in Hong Kong and Bora Bora. They bring along their copy of Emeril La-gasse’s latest cookbook that he autographed for them.

The 30th- and 40th-year reunions have fewer people attending. The men gripe and complain about going to the reunion so much that their wives fi nally give up the ghost. The men who do

show up gather in a cornerand talk about UK basket-ball, the Super Bowl, andtheir grandson who made thehigh school football team.The married women fromthe class are really painedbecause it means going to thehairdresser and getting theirhair colored, going on a diet,fi nding something fl atteringto wear that is comfortableat the same time, and gettingnew pictures of their grand-children to show everyone.The single women just bringpictures of their cats andpictures of their vacations inIreland and their safaris inKenya.

Then comes the 50th-yearreunion. The men have givenup trying to wear the samesize pants they wore in highschool and have pants withelastic waistbands hiked upunder their armpits. Theyhave on white tennis shoesthat scream “old man.” Theyall gather in the corner andtalk about UK basketballand the Super Bowl. Thewomen have given up oncoloring their hair, Botox,and girdles. They have toomany great-grandchildrenwhose names they havetrouble remembering sothey gather in a corner andtell dirty jokes someone sentthem in e-mails. The singlewomen laugh the loudest.Isn’t that a hoot?

Letter to the Editor

Relay for Life thanks participants, supportersThe people of Casey

County continue to amaze me by their support for Re-lay For Life!

To my committee, the teams, sponsors and com-munity, thank you for dedi-cating so much of your time and efforts to making our event a success! Because of you, we surpassed $100,000 once again! I appreciate each of you for the work

you do. I’m glad we were able to celebrate with 126 survivors, YOU are why we Relay. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone involved in Relay For Life of Casey County. Together we are making a difference!

Nicki Tarter, Casey County Relay for

Life Event Chair t d i t f th i

Joberta WELLS

Columnist

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said.But more than that, Lee

said that it comes down to a matter of being surrounded by great people.

“We have an amazing school. Great students, great teachers and staff, and great parents and a great commu-nity,” he said. “It’s a team effort between students and teachers.”

However, Lee said that while the awards are good, there’s room for improve-ment.

“Our math and reading and all content scores continue to

improve and that is refl ective of our hard working students and staff. But it’s not just about a test score. We have a caring staff that does its best to guide students beyond the academic world,” he said.

According to U.S. News & World Report’s website, www.usnews.com, schools receiving a gold or silver medal were ranked.

DuPont Manual High School in Louisville was named the top high school in the state.

Rankings, based on data from the 2009-2010 school year, were awarded on stu-dent-to-teacher ratio, col-

lege readiness percentage and math and reading profi -ciency.

CCHS has an 22-to-1 stu-dent/teacher ratio, larger than the Kentucky average of 20 to 1 and students received a 4 in college readiness.

In math and reading, 53 and 56 percent of its stu-dents, respectively, were profi cient. The math fi gure is above the state average, while the reading was just under the state’s.

Schools received awards based on three criteria, in-cluding overall performance on state testing, performance compared to the state aver-

age and advanced placement exam scores.

Schools receiving gold and silver medals met these criteria and were divided based on college readiness scores.

Bronze winners are schools that met state test performance criteria but haven’t demonstrated high college readiness scores or don’t offer advanced place-ment programs, the Web site states.

For more information, visit www.usnews.com/edu-cation/best-high-schools/kentucky.

CCHS

2012-13 school budget is ‘conservative’


The Casey County Board of Education approved a 2012-13 budget that school offi cials are calling “conser-vative.”

Deena Randolph, man-ager of district-wide servic-es, submitted the district’s $22.9 million tentative bud-get to the board on May 14. Next year’s budget is down about $1.6 million from the current year’s budget of $24.5 million, due in part to the loss of federal ARRA, or stimulus funds, which run out on Sept. 30. ARRA funds paid $467,000 in sala-ries and will have to be paid from the general fund.

In addition, SEEK funds from the state, based on av-erage daily attendance, are projected to be down more than $300,000 this year.

SEEK funds are provid-ed by the state based on a school’s average daily atten-dance.

The general fund operat-ing budget is $17,730,000, down about $1.4 million

from FY12.In addition, Randolph

said she anticipated a gen-eral fund carry-over balance of $4.3 million, from which she said the board will be asked later in the year to spend $170,000 for two new buses and $600,000 to meet additional payroll costs.

The general fund contin-gency of $1 million has been budgeted, which is 4.35 per-cent. Only a 2 percent con-tingency is mandated by the state, Randolph said.

General fund revenues are projected to be $13.3 mil-lion, down $480,000 from this year, again due mostly to a loss of state funding.

Randolph said that sala-ries and benefi ts make up approximately 70 percent of the general fund budget.

However, unlike last year when certifi ed and classi-fi ed personnel received a 1 percent raise, there are no raises for any personnel in this year’s budget.

Step raises, which are rais-es based upon experience or length of service, will cost approximately $88,000 for

certifi ed and $7,000 for clas-sifi ed staff, the new budget shows.

One area of that the state has not funded is for text-books, which Randolph said must be covered from the district’s budget.

“I’ve budgeted $20,000 at each of the three elementary schools for math books,” Randolph said, adding Casey Middle, Casey High, and the Casey Technical schools will each receive $10,000 for textbooks.

The budget also includes projected expenditures for the district’s needs, as well as costs for operation, in-cluding fuel.

Diesel fuel is budgeted at $350,000 or 90,000 gallons at $3.89 a gallon — down $100,000 from FY12.

Technology funding for FY13 will remain the same at $300,000, which includes the state mandating that the district pay the costs of the Kentucky Virtual Library, an online library.

Funds in the new budget

for athletics at CCHS and CCMS include $8,500 and $2,500 for travel, respec-tively.

CCHS and CCMS athlet-ics will also get $19,000 and $9,500 respectively, for sup-plies and expenditures.

In addition, the board is allocating $6,000 for the band for travel and $4,750 for supplies.

Additional itemsOther expenditures bud-

geted for FY13: $100,000 for parking

lot improvements at the bus garage.

$100,000 for capital improvements at CCHS and CCMS.

$100,000 for awnings at Jones Park and Walnut Hill Elementary Schools.

$41,500 for board paid fi eld trips at CCHS, mainly athletic trips.

$55,000 for cushion for previous Phillips gym mon-ies.

$20,000 for general fund funded items at CCHS athletic complexes.

Casey Board of Education approves $22.9 million budgetMemorial Day services Monday

Memorial Day services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in front of the Doughboy Statue on the Courthouse Square in Liberty with Sgt. First Class Donald Smither serving as mas-ter of ceremo-nies.

The Casey County High School JROTC will present the colors.

Rev. Bruce Hiner, pastor of Liberty United Methodist Church, will offer the opening prayer, followed by guest speaker E7 Mi-chael Gibson, U.S. Army retired.

Master Chief Charles Derringer, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, will read the names of Casey County servicemen who gave their lives for their country.

The Casey County Funeral Squad will present a 21-round volly. The playing of “Taps” will conclude the service, along with the raising of the American fl ag by Msgt. Wayne Vannoy, U.S. Air Force retired, which will then be lowered to half staff.

Fiscal court receives tax district budgetsCasey County Fiscal Court magistrates received

for fi ling purposes only the 2012-13 Casey County Ambulance Service Taxing District budget, Casey County Health Taxing District budget, and the East Casey County Water District tax budget.

The ambulance service budget shows revenues of $1.16 million, the lion’s share coming from charges for services at $970,000. There’s a prior year car-ryover of $100,000, and taxes will add $184,300 to revenues.

Personnel and operations expenses account for just more than $1 million and $218,800 has been bud-geted for capital outlay.

The Casey County Health Department showed rev-enues of $242,371 from taxes and $2,443 in interest, for a total of $244,813. The district also has a prior year carryover of $323,214.

On the expenses side of the ledger, $168,706 is for operations, $500 for administration, and $12,400 for capital outlay for a total of $181,606.

For the East Casey County Water District, the budget refl ects an operating income loss of $55,500 based on operating revenues of $1,666,500 against net utility operating expenses of $1,722,000.

However, an abbreviated projected cash fl ow showed an ending cash balance of $1,945,500.

Also, magistrates approved County Treasurer Debbie Vaughn’s monthly fi nancial report which showed the following fund balances: General, $548,201.76; Road, $121,638.70; Jail, $733,207.84; LGEA, $78,042.06; State, $51,914.78; and E-911, $28,231.12.

James M. ‘J.O.’ Wilkinson, 73

WILKINSON


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James M. “J.O.” Wilkin-son passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012 at his home in Liberty. He was 73.

Born Oct. 23, 1938 in Casey County, he was the son of the late William Ralph and Fay Price Wilkinson.

He was a retired resident engineer for the Kentucky Department of Transporta-tion and member and elder at the Liberty First Christian Church.

Mr. Wilkinson was an Army veteran and member of the Craftsman Masonic Lodge # 722, where he re-ceived his 50-year pin. He enjoyed golfi ng and was a charter member of the Hick-ory Hills Country Club. He enjoyed loafi ng at the Village Restaurant with the “The Li-ars Club.”

Survivors include his wife, Jo Harris Wilkinson of Lib-erty; a son, Jay (and Carla Wilcher) Wilkinson of Lib-erty; a daughter, Karri Beth (and Lawrence) Marinelli of Falls Church, Va.; a grand-son, Jayson Wilkinson of Liberty; a sister, Patsy (and Ron) Lumpkins of Hamilton, Ohio; and a host of nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents,

he was pre-ceded in death by a sister, Peggy Brown.

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday,

May 23) at the Liberty First Christian Church with Bro. Homer Hecht offi ciating. Burial will be at the Brush Creek Cemetery.

Visitation will be at the church today (Wednesday) after 9 a.m.

Pallbearers will be Jay Wilkinson, Jayson Wilkin-son, Mark Wolford, David Cundiff, Jim Helm, Mickey LaFavers, Danny Jeffries, and Jim Coffey.

Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Carmicle, David McAnelly, Paul Wesley, Bennie Lawhorn, Ken Cun-diff and Garland Hoskins.

In lieu of fl owers, memo-rial may be given to the Lib-erty First Christian Church.

Funeral arrangements en-trusted to McKinney-Brown Funeral Home with guest-book available at www.mck-inneybrown.com.

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Earl L. Coffman, 59Earl Lee Coffman of Lib-

erty died Monday, May 14 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was 59.

Born in Liberty on Jan. 16, 1953, he was the son of Kath-erine Coffman Compton.

He was a mechanic.In addition to his mother,

survivors include a daughter, Emily Coffman of Liberty; three sons, Shane Coffman of Brownburg, Ind., Israel Coffman of Liberty and Seth Coffman of Elkhorn; six grandchildren; two sisters, Donna Faye Wiser of Dan-ville and Patricia Johnson of Bradfordsville; and three brothers, Gene Coffman of Jamestown, Ind., Gerald Compton of Bradfordsville

and Jeff Compton of Colum-bia.

Funeral services were May 18 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jeff Ed-wards offi ciating. Burial was at Tapscott Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Randall King, Seth Coffman, Carl Cochran, Hickory Nut, Joni Lynn Wolford and Danny Coffman.

In lieu of fl owers, the fam-ily requests memorials to Bartle Funeral Home to help cover fi nal expenses.

Bartle Funeral Home Lib-erty was in charge of arrange-ments. Online condolences may be expressed at www.bartlefuneralhomes.com.

Lillian E. Hatfield, 81Lillian E. Hatfi eld passed

away Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Casey County Hospi-tal. She was 81.

Born Feb. 21, 1931 in Casey County, she was the daughter of the late Roy B. and Joyce Murphy Lane. She was the widow of How-ard “Peanut” Hatfi eld and a member of the Willow Springs United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hatfi eld was a store merchant and worked at Duds ’N Suds Laundry for many years.

Survivors include two sons, Phillip (and Janis) Hat-fi eld of Somerset and Randy Hatfi eld of Liberty; two daughters, Teresa Burris of Columbia and Miranda (and Mickey) Floyd of Waynes-

burg; four grandchildren, Er-ika, Bradley, Riley and Katie;three great-grandchildren,Parker, Lillian and Zaden;and a brother, Stanley (andShirley) Lane of Liberty.

In addition to her parentsand husband, she was alsopreceded in death by threebrothers, Hershel, Wayneand Lonnie Lane; and a sis-ter, Evelyn Hicks.

Funeral services were May21 at McKinney-Brown Fu-neral Home with Bro. JimmyBrown offi ciating. Burialwas at Salem Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements en-trusted to McKinney-BrownFuneral Home with guest-book available at www. mck-inneybrown.com.

Leslie J. Taylor, 59Leslie J. Taylor died Mon-

day, May 21, 2012 at the UK Medical Center in Lexing-ton. He was 59.

Born June 1, 1952 in Danville, he was the son of Eva Lorene Privett Taylor of Junction City, and the late Ballard Grant Taylor.

In addition to his mother, survivors include a daughter, Eva Francis Taylor Sanford

of Liberty; three grandchil-dren; a brother; and a sister.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 24 at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home with Bro. Don Clark offi ciating. Burial will be at Hilltop Cemetery.

Visitation will be today (Wednesday, May 23) from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Kim D. Lawson, 51Kim Dearth Lawson died

Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Ephraim McDowell Re-gional Medical Center. She was 51.

Born July 2, 1960 in Cin-cinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Vernon J. and Viola Layer Dearth.

Survivors include her hus-band, Donald Ray Lawson of

Liberty; two sons, Chad Ad-ams and Donald Lawson, Jr.;a daughter, Precious LouiseLawson; and three sisters.

Funeral services will be at10:30 a.m. Friday, May 18at Thomas Ridge ChristianChurch with Bro. HershelLawhorn offi ciating. Burialwill be at Combest Cemetery.There will be no visitation.

Virginia Watson, 87Virginia Watson died

Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Mesa, Ariz. She was 87.

Arrangements are pending at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home.

HAPPENINGS Casey County 4-H

Straight Shooters will have a yard sale Friday and Sat-urday, May 25-26 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Casey County Extension Offi ce.

Kentucky Blood Cen-ter will have a blood drive Thursday, May 24 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Mt. Olive Christian Church fellowship hall.

Living Well with Dia-betes class will be held Thursday, May 24 at the Casey County Extension Offi ce from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Classes are free. Call 606-787-6911, ext. 1166, to pre-register.

Casey County Demo-cratic Party will meet Tues-day, May 29 at 6 p.m. at the Casey County Public Library.

Grove Ridge commu-nity will have a community celebration and picnic on Saturday, May 26 at the Lisa and Allan Gadberry home, 2431 N Ky. 501, at 5 p.m. with singing by local people and the Crossroads Quartet at 6 p.m.

REUNIONS Yosemite pig roast/ge-

nealogy reunion will be held Saturday, June 2 at Possum Belly Park. Contact Carol Franklin, 812-354-6926 for more information.

The descendants and friends of John Welby and Lucy Ann Murphy Russell will have a reunion on Sat-urday, May 26 at the Pork Producers building at the Ag/Expo center. The meal will be pot luck. Call Gary Russell, 606-787-9440, for more information.

Coffman-Campbell-Wethington reunion will be Saturday, June 16 in Ad-vance, Ind. For more infor-mation contact [email protected].

The Wiley A. and Nan-nie Davis family reunion will be held Saturday, May 26 at Bethlehem United Methodist Church with lunch at 12 noon.

SUPPORT GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous

will meet at 8 p.m. at the

Casey County Library An-nex Friday, May 25. For more information, call 787-5866.

The Casey County A.A. meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the First Chris-tian Church fellowship hall Tuesday, May 29. For more information call 787-7205 or 787-5866.

The Casey County Al-Anon meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at the First Chris-tian Church fellowship hall Tuesday, May 29. For more information, call 787-9670 or 787-5704.

TOPS KY 404 will meet at Westside Christian Church with weigh-in at 5 p.m. and meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24. For more information contact Donna Mills, 787-6431.

CHURCH The Peavey Cemetery

annual meeting will be held Saturday, May 26 at 4 p.m. at the Chestnut Grove Church shelter. Anyone who has family members buried at the cemetery or has an interest in the cemetery are invited to attend.

Whited Cemetery will have decoration services Sunday, May 27 with sing-ing at 2 p.m.

Brush Creek Christian Church will have homecom-ing Sunday, May 27 at 10 a.m. with Bro. Herbie Bar-rett. Singing will be at 11 a.m. with the Gospel Three. Pot luck dinner at noon.

Decoration day and homecoming will be held at Bowmer Cemetery on Rough Ridge Sunday, May 27 with dinner on the grounds at 12 noon. Bring a covered dish. Singers wel-come.

Bethlehem United Methodist Church will have a fi sh fry Saturday, June 2 at 5 p.m. All proceeds will go towards the building fund.

Robert Knight will be preaching at Mt. Calvary Community Church Sun-day, May 27 at 6 p.m.

Bruce’s Chapel will have homecoming Sunday, May 27 at 10 a.m. with a meal, special singing and

preaching. Bring covered dish.

Hwy. 49 Holiness Church will have Vacation Bible School May 28-June 1 at 7 p.m. All ages are wel-come.

Walnut Hill Separate Baptist Church will have a singing Sunday, May 27 at 6 p.m. featuring the Bluegrass Inspiration.

South Fork Separate Baptist Church Memorial Day service will be held Sunday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. with singing by the Happy Travelers at 1:30 p.m.

Athens Church of Christ will have a revival May 31-June 2 at 7 p.m. with differ-ent speakers each night.

Willow Springs United Methodist Church will have Decoration Day services on Sunday, May 27 with Bro. Otis York speaking at 10:30 a.m. Dinner on the grounds begins at 1:30 p.m. There will be singing by the Firm Believers and others in the afternoon.

Willow Springs United Methodist Church will have revival May 27-30 with

Bro. Otis York. Servicesare at 10:30 a.m. Sundayand 7 p.m. Monday throughWednesday.

A gospel singing/pot-luck dinner will be held Sat-urday, May 26 at the homeof Elza and Carol King,2039 Calhoun Creek Rd.,Liberty. Singing by varioussingers will start at 12 noonwith dinner following at 1p.m. For more informationcontact 606-303-4313.

The Casey County Bap-tist Mission Center, Ky. 551(Possum Trot Road) freeclothing closet is open eachTuesday from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. and Saturdays from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. The center isclosed when weather is in-clement.

Locating financial assistance programs for seniors

Dear Savvy Senior,What resources can you

recommend for locating gov-ernment assistance programs for seniors? My husband and I have been helping support his mother for the past three years and we can’t afford to do it any longer.

Tapped Out

Dear Tapped,Locating government ben-

efi ts and fi nancial assistance programs for seniors is actu-ally pretty easy to do thanks to two key resources created by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the Na-tional Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a). Here’s where you can turn to for help.

Online SearchIf you have access to the

Internet, the easiest and most convenient way to search for benefi ts for seniors is at ben-efi tscheckup.org.

Created by the NCOA 10 years ago, Benefi tsCheckUp is a free, confi dential web-based service that helps low-income seniors and their families identify federal, state and private benefi ts pro-grams that can help with pre-scription drug costs, health care, utilities, and other ba-sic needs. This site contains more than 2,000 programs across the country.

To help identify benefi ts that could help your mother-in-law, you’ll need to fi ll out an online questionnaire that asks things like her date of birth, zip code, expenses, income, assets, veteran sta-tus and a few other factors. It takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Once completed, you’ll get a report detailing all pro-grams and services she may be eligible for. You can also apply for many of the pro-grams online, or you can print an application form, fi ll it out and mail it in.

Eldercare LocatorIf, however, you don’t

have Internet access you can also get help over the phone by calling the Eldercare Lo-cator (800-677-1116), which will assign you a counselor to review your mother-in-law’s situation, and provide you with a list of possible programs she may be eligible for, and who to contact to get the ball rolling.

They can also mail you a free copy of the booklet “You Gave, Now Save Guide to Benefi ts Programs for Se-niors,” that provides a gener-al list of the programs, how

you can apply and where you can get more information.

Types of Benefits

Depending on her income level and where she lives, some of the different benefi ts that may be available to your mother-in-law include:

Food Assistance: Pro-grams like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram (SNAP) can help pay for her groceries. The aver-age monthly SNAP benefi t is currently $119 for seniors living alone. Other programs that may help include the Emergency Food Assistance Program, Commodity Sup-plemental Food Program, and the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program.

Health Assistance: Med-icaid and Medicare Savings Programs can help or com-pletely pay for out-of-pocket health care costs. And, there are special Medicaid waiver programs that provide in-home care and assistance.

Prescription Assistance: There are hundreds of pro-grams offered through pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and charitable organizations that help lower or eliminate pre-scription drug costs, includ-ing the federal Low Income Subsidy known as “Extra Help” that pays premiums, deductibles and prescription copayments for Medicare Part D benefi ciaries.

Heating and Cooling As-sistance: There’s the Low Income Home Energy Assis-tance Program (LIHEAP), as well as local utility compa-nies and charitable organiza-tions that provide assistance in lowering home heating and cooling costs.

Supplemental Security In-come (SSI): Administered by the Social Security Ad-ministration, SSI provides monthly payments to very low income seniors, age 65 and older, as well as to those who are blind and disabled. The average SSI payment is around $500 per month.

In addition to these pro-grams, there are numerous other benefi ts such as HUD housing options, home weatherization assistance, tax relief, various veteran’s benefi ts, transportation, re-spite care and free legal as-sistance.

Send your senior ques-tions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contribu-tor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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Casey District CourtThe following cases were

disposed of in Casey District Court. Amounts listed in-clude fi nes and court costs.

May 8Holly Denise Franklin,

possession of an open alco-holic beverage container in a motor vehicle, merged with operating a motor vehicle un-der the infl uence of alcohol or drugs, 90 days license sus-pended, $755.50.

Conley Jay Byrd, second-degree promoting contra-band, guilty plea, 30 days in jail, credit for fi ve, balance probated for one year if no further violations of the law, and stay out of Casey Coun-ty.

Chad and Needra Deen Atwood, parent/custodian to send child to school, guilty plea, $250 fi ne probated for one year if no new truancy issues.

Colt M. Sagracy, fi rst of-fense cultivation of mari-juana, less than fi ve plants, guilty plea, fi ve days in jail, serve two, balance suspended for one year if no new viola-tions of the law, $450 plus court costs.

Kennon Bradley Breeding, third or greater offense of al-cohol intoxication in a public place, dismissed.

May 10Christopher N. Wat-

son, speeding, and failure to produce insurance card, $210.50.

Donald Eugene Cochran, disregarding traffi c control device, traffi c light, $160.50.

Sherri Randolph, no/ex-pired registration plates, no/expired Ky. registration re-ceipt, and failure to produce insurance card, dismissed.

Talmadge O. Hayes, third-degree criminal mischief, guilty plea, 30 days in jail suspended for one year if

no new violations, complete anger management, and pay $455.38 in restitution; men-acing (six counts), 90 days in jail, credit for time served, balance suspended for one year if no new violations of law and complete anger man-agement.

Ronald Goode, third-de-gree terroristic threatening, cattle not to run at large, dis-missed.

Jason L. Luttrell, failure to wear seat belts, $25; fail-ure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, and no/expired Ky. registra-tion receipt, dismissed.

Lilly June Poff, four counts of theft by deception, cold checks, guilty plea, 30 days in jail suspended on condi-tion checks paid in full by Oct. 11.

Christopher Lee Weddle, fourth-degree assault, minor injury, guilty plea, sentencing is set for May 24.

Heather N. Coffey, theft by

deception, cold checks, dis-missed.

Breanna Paige Harrison, nine counts of second-degree possession of a forged instru-ment, waived to grand jury.

May 15Richard Brandon Cade,

leaving the scene of an acci-dent, hit and run, amended to reckless driving, $240.50.

Lester Craig Propes, fourth-degree assault, no vis-ible injury, guilty plea, 60 days in jail, credit for time served, balance probated for one year if no new violations and no contact with the com-plaining witness.

Cody J. Overby, theft by unlawful taking, third-degree criminal mischief, and pos-session of burglary tools, waived to grand jury.

Adam Rick Smith, theft by unlawful taking, third-degree criminal mischief, and pos-session of burglary tools, waived to grand jury.

Chasity Smith, theft by un-lawful taking, third-degree criminal mischief, and pos-session of burglary tools, and tampering with physical evi-dence, waived to grand jury.

Lester Craig Propes, fi rst offense manufacturing meth-amphetamine, bind over to grand jury.

Angela Marie Bullington, fi rst offense manufacturing methamphetamine, bind over to grand jury.

Timothy Joel Bates, fi rst offense manufacturing meth-amphetamine, bind over to grand jury.

Roberta Lynn Hall, fi rst offense manufacturing meth-amphetamine, bind over to grand jury.

Michael T. Albertson, tru-ancy, student 18 but not yet 21, dismissed.

Thomas N. Saylor, no/expired registration plates, no/expired Ky. registration receipt, and failure to wear seat belts, dismissed.

Chelsy Ann Means, no/expired registration plates, no/expired Ky. registration receipt, failure to produce insurance card, dismissed; failure to wear seat belts, $25.

Cody Smith, failure to produce insurance card, dis-

missed.Leslie M. Owens, public

intoxication of a controlled substance, $205.50.

May 17Karen Turpin, alcohol in-

toxication in a public place and second-degree disor-derly conduct, resisting ar-rest and menacing, guilty plea, 45 days, credit for two, $205.50.

Larry Spelts, third-degree terroristic threatening, guilty plea, 10 days in jail suspend-ed for one year if no new violations of law and no new threats.

Kelly David Goode, fraud-ulent use of credit cards over $100 and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, waived to grand jury.

Jordan L. Mcaninch, theft by unlawful taking and re-ceiving stolen property under $10,000, waived to grand jury.

Casey Circuit Court Civil Suits

Southern Tax Services vs. Betty Fields, judgment for plaintiff and order of sale, $157.57 plus interest and fees.

Casey County Bank vs. Cheryle Brucker, judgment for plaintiff and order of sale, $27,279 plus interest and fees.

Lendmark Financial Ser-vices Inc. vs. Jonathan An-tle, $10,170 plus interest and

fees.Casey County Bank vs.

Betty Jo Meeks and ArnoldR. Meeks, $41,373 plus in-terest and fees.

GMAC Mortgage LLC vs.Reaner Poynter, $49,394 plusinterest and fees.

Capital One Bank vs. Kar-en Lawhorn, $6,033 plus in-terest and fees.

Casey County Public Hos-pital District vs. Thomas H.Acoya, $6,871 plus interestand fees.

Casey County Bank vs.Jennifer Luttrell, $29,280plus interest and fees.

J.P. Morgan Chase Bankvs. Joseph Luke Wethington,$98,813 plus interest andfees.

Jamos Fund and CaseyCounty Bank vs. MichaelDarrell Bernard, $24,409 and $873.78 plus interest andfees.

Discover v. James G. Jones,$5,631 plus interest and fees.

New driversKristina Tapscott, Vin-

cent Yazzie, Derek Dorman,Joshua Foley, Issac Sanders,Cheyenne Lawrence, CieraClements, Tyler Padgett, Wil-liam Scott, Casey Thompson,Kaytlynn Gilpin, TimothyDurham, Emma Durham,Austin Morgan, Clarence Smith, Ashley Campbell,Laura Parris, Jordan Glass,Mitchell Jones, SavannahCarmen, Dustin Crowe,Damien Lawhorn, DevanShultz, Kaitlyn Banks andMickaela Kennedy.

Fire destroys home of single mother and seven children ADAIR COUNTY — A May 10 fi re in the

Keltner community in Adair County left a large family homeless and without any personal pos-sessions.

Mary McGuffi e and her seven children, all of 1390 Keltnertown Road, were not at home when the fi re broke out just after 7 a.m.

Although fi refi ghters were able to save the exterior of the trailer, the interior is a complete loss, along with everything that was inside.

The children range in age from 5 years old to16 with the only female being a 14 year old.

A drive has been mounted in the community to help the family replace the lost belongings.

Stanford man arrested after standoff with police

BOYLE COUNTY – Timmy Worthington, 49, of Stanford, allegedly hit a woman’s SUV near Old Shakertown Road then fl ed the scene with the woman following him. She called po-lice, who were able to track him down.

Worthington, who had a passenger with him, Jeffrey Spaw of Danville, was found by the po-lice near Fourth and Main streets but he refused to stop. They fi nally surrounded his vehicle near the courthouse.

At fi rst, Worthington allegedly refused to exit his vehicle. When he fi nally got out, he physi-cally resisted police offi cers until two were able to arrest him.

Worthington was booked into Boyle County Detention Center on charges of resisting arrest, driving under the infl uence of alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a li-cense and expired vehicle registration. Spaw, Worthington’s passenger, was cited for public intoxication.

Deputy sheriff assaulted; two men taken into custodyLINCOLN COUNTY – Deputy Sim

Thacker responded to a family disturbance on Skyline Drive where he was assaulted by James S. Pumphrey and Joseph D. Pumphrey at their home. Thacker deployed his Taser in an attempt to subdue the Pumphreys and called for backup. Stanford police offi cer Preston Middle-ton and others responded and the Pumphreys were taken into custody.

Thacker suffered a cracked tailbone when he fell from the porch during the assault. He was taken to Fort Logan Hospital where he was treated and released. He will be off duty for a while due to his injuries.

Courthouse monuments to move to new location

MARION COUNTY – Two monuments at the old courthouse on Main Street in down-town Lebanon will soon be moved to a new location.

The monuments honor soldiers from several different wars, including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Several veterans attended the Lebanon City Council’s meeting and asked for permission to move the monuments to a new location near the General Thomas statue on Spalding Avenue so they would have more visibility. The council agreed.

Battle getting heated in upcoming wet/dry electionPULASKI COUNTY – The June 26 elec-

tion to determine if Somerset will be able to sell alcohol is fast approaching and the battle between the “wet” and “dry” groups is becom-ing heated.

Progress Somerset, the organization that got the option on the ballot seeking to legalize the purchase of alcohol in Somerset city lim-its, posted a message on Facebook saying that those against the sale of alcohol were going into nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other care facilities to sign up absentee voters to vote no. Allegedly, the “dry” forces represent themselves as church representatives who are coming to visit.

Dave Weddle, founder of Progress Somerset, said he had been contacted by a “well-known, reputable physician” who visits some of the lo-

cal care facilities for the elderly. The physician said he had been approached by two women asking him to sign a form saying that people in the home were capable of signing an absentee ballot for the election. According to Weddle, the physician refused.

According to county clerk Ralph Troxtell, individuals from either the “wet” or “dry” side would not be allowed to bring in absentee bal-lots and have the residents sign them to vote. Troxtell said all ballots are sent by mail, not by hand delivery, and the residents would have to request a ballot through the mail. The only exception would be an individual who walked into the clerk’s offi ce and requested an absentee ballot.

Ed Amundson, minister at High Street Baptist Church and spokesperson for the anti-alcohol group KIDS said his group is not going into el-der care facilities with absentee ballots but they are doing a voter registration drive where his members are going door-to-door. They leave door hangers promoting their cause and carry voter registration cards if a resident wants one. He said they are also going to nursing homes to talk with people who have the mental ca-pacity and want to vote. They are also visiting shut-ins. He said they’ll also likely run church shuttle buses for votes on the day of election.

Complaint filed in inmate deathRUSSELL COUNTY – A complaint has

been fi led in Russell Circuit Court regarding the death in December 2011 of Peggy McWhort-er, an inmate at the Russell County Detention Center. The complaint alleges that Jailer Bobby Dunbar, Deputy Jailer Bethany Foley and sev-eral more deputy jailers, who were not named, were negligent in the care of McWhorter fol-lowing her arrest in mid-December. She was serving weekends for a DUI conviction.

The complaint alleges that the defendant’s neglect of McWhorter’s medical condition was one of the contributing factors in her death. It says in the complaint that McWhorter may have taken an overdose of drugs before being arrested and lodged in the detention center.

The plaintiffs are Nicole Peterson, the ad-ministratix of McWhorter’s estate, and Wanda Russell, the guardian of McWhorter’s children. They are asking for a trial by jury, an award of actual damages for McWhorter’s pain and suf-fering and loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of income attributable to her death, funeral costs and expenses, and her minor children’s loss of consortium, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, cost and expenses, interest on all sums awarded at the maximum rate permitted by law and any other further relief that her estate or minor chil-dren may be entitled to under law.

The complaint only represents one side of the story and further court action is warranted in the case.

Convicted sex offender hits police officer with baseball batTAYLOR COUNTY – Kenneth Agee, 46,

of Campbellsville was arrested after a standoff with Taylor County Sheriff’s deputies, accord-ing to a Taylor County Sheriff’s Offi ce report.

Sheriff’s deputies, along with Kentucky State Probation and Parole offi cers, respond-ed to Agee’s home in reference to a possible parole violation and to investigate possible crimes committed against a child.

During the struggle, Agee allegedly struck a Taylor County Sheriff’s deputy twice, although the deputy wasn’t injured.

A brief standoff occurred, the report states, and sheriff’s deputies and Campbellsville Po-lice ultimately took Agee into custody after us-ing non-lethal weapons.

Agee was charged with fi rst-degree unlaw-ful transaction with a minor, promoting the sexual performance of a minor younger than 16, fi rst-degree assault and resisting arrest. The fi rst three charges are Class B felonies, punish-able by as much as 20 years in prison each.

According to the report, the charges stemmed from an investigation that revealed that he al-legedly directed a 12-year-old girl to perform illegal sexual acts and then attempted to pay her for the acts.

Agee is a registered sex offender. According to the registry, he is a 10-year registrant who committed fi rst-degree sexual abuse.

Agee pleaded not guilty to the charges in Taylor District Court. He is lodged at the Tay-lor County Detention Center and bond was set at $100,000 cash.

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The home of Mrs. Novella Stephens and the late William Jackson Stephens on Hwy. 80, Windsor, Ky. They raised 15 children.

On June 16, 2006 at 1:15 a.m. the home was a victim of arson.Mr. Stephens passed away in 1968 and Mrs. Stephen passed away in 2004.

The home and property is in the court system waiting to be sold.The Kentucky State Police Arson Dept. is doing the arson investigation.

The Russell County Fire Dept. came to the fire and they saved the back of the house.

A reward of $500.00 is being offered for the arrest andconviction of the person or persons who were involved

in the arson of this home.Anyone having information may call the Casey County Sheriff’s

Dept., 606-787-6821 or the Kentucky State Police, 1-606-706-9288.

A reward of $5,000.00 is being offered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who were involved

in the arson of this home.

The home of the late Novella and Jackson Stephens on Hwy. 80, Windsor, Ky. They raised 15 children.

On June 16, 2006 at 1:15 a.m. the home was a victim of arson. The farm was sold by public auction 9-20-08.

The personal estate of Novella Stephens is being appealed to the Casey Circuit Court, filed on 11-21-10 by Bertram and Wilson Law firm on behalf of the

beneficiaries, Joann Tucker, daughter; and Jerry and Earlon R. Stephens, sons. The Russell County Fire Dept. came to the fire and they saved the back of the house.

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We will be recognizing Veteran’s during the evening.

Grove Ridge Community Picnic Saturday, May 26 beginning at 5 p.m. at the home of Lisa & Allan Gadberry

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50th Anniversary

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The children of David & Eunice

Sayers request the pleasure of your company as they celebrate their 50th

wedding anniversary Saturday, June 2.

2-4 p.m. First Baptist Church of

Science Hill annex, 6161 N. Hwy. 27, Science Hill No presents please. RSVP or questions, call 606-219-1181

The marriage of Miss Eunice Imogene McClendon, daughter of Mr. Sirl McClendon and Zelma Christine Yo ung McClendon of Vinnie, Ky. was solemnized Sunday afternoon, June 3,1962 at the White Oak Baptist Churc h in Nancy. David Malcolm Sayers is the son of Ocra Dell Ware Sayers and Killis Sayers of Mintonville.

Bro. Walter Jones, pastor, officated using the double ring service. Bridesmaids were Janice Nix Blan ton and Mrs. Gladys Chris Lovelace. Best man was James O. Clemons of Somerset, and Freddie McKinley of Eli was t he ring bearer. Nuptials selections by Beverly Dalton.

David and Eunice Sayers of Somerset are celebrating their 50th anniversary on June 2 from 2 to 4 p.m . at First Baptist Church annex.

Mr. and Mrs. Sayers have two children, David (and Deanna) Sayers and Delicia Garner of Science Hill; and two grandchildren, Alexandria Morgan Garner and James David Sayers.

David and Eunice met at Lindsey Wilson College, where Eunice messed up her art project because she w as distracted by cute David, who was considering attending there. He got his refund back from the other college and enrolled at Lindsey Wilson, where they both graduated. They both graduated from Eastern Kentucky University a s well.

David was honored as one of Kentucky’s top three middle school educators in 1993. Both were teachers of the year from Campbellsville University. They are now active retired teachers. David served as treasurer of P ulaski County Retired Teachers Association 1996-2006. He is now treasurer of Middle Cumberland Retired Teachers Associatio n.

At First Baptist Church of Science Hill, he has been a deacon since 1969 and has been Awana game dir ector, helped to start the first Awana club in Kentucky and is church co-treasurer and church clerk.

Eunice served as President of Pulaski County Retired Teachers 2007-09 and Middle Cumberland Retired Teachers 2004-06, teaches in the Awana program since it began and is presently serving on the Lake Cumberland Area Development Board.

They have enjoyed six European vacations. They began traveling to Europe in 1999, enjoying Holland, Switzerland, Austria and France.

A garden in the back of their house attests to their love of growing things with potatoes, tomatoes, zinnias, okra, turnips, lettuce, spinach, pepper, pumpkins, squash and green beans.

They moved into their new house in 1967 from a trailer where Pulaski Funeral Home now stands.

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Barnes-WeddleNadean Barnes and fi ance Brian Finley of Somerset and Marty and Alysia Glover of Somerset an-nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miranda Jo Barnes, to Cody Lee Weddle, son of Junior and Kendra Weddle of Liberty. Miranda is the granddaughter of Gearldine and Glen Cook and George and Donna Barnes of Somerset, and the late William “Bud” and Margret Jean Glover. Cody is the grandson of Mary Ann and Les Russell, the late William Thompson and Eardean and Eula Weddle of Liberty. Miranda is a 2002 graduate of Pulaski County High School and currently attend-ing Somerset Community College. Cody is a 2004 graduate of Casey County High School and a 2006 graduate of Somerset Community College. The ceremony will take place on June 10, 2012 at the Cen-ter for Rural Development in Som-erset at 3:30 p.m.with a reception to follow. All family and friends are invited to attend.

Burton-SpearsJan and Dianne Burton of Eubank announce the engagement of their daughter, Cara Burton, to Marty Spears, son of Andy and Janis Haste and Bert and Debbie Spears of Bethelridge. Cara is a 2003 graduate of Victory Christian School in Somerset and a 2009 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor’s de-gree in history teaching. Marty is a 2003 graduate of Casey County High School and a 2011 graduate of University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree is civil en-gineering. The wedding will be June 2, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Cave Hill Vineyard in Eubank. A reception will follow at the same location. All family and friends are invited to attend.

The following Casey County area residents had babies born recently at Fort Logan Hospital and Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center.Ft. Logan

May 9, 2012 — Twin boys, Shannon Scott Carmicle and Brayden Skylar Carmicle, to Brittany Robbins and Jona-than Cundiff of Liberty.

May 12, 2012 — A girl, Autumn Rayne Barrett, to Amber Dawn and Tyler Bar-rett of Yosemite.Ephraim McDowell

May 11, 2012 — A girl, Alice Rena, to Deborah Ev-ans of Liberty.

May 14, 2012 — A girl, Penelope Faith, to Anna and Mason Coffman of Bethel-ridge.

New chamber memberLaura Hebrock, owner of Sweet Beans n Things, recently became a new mem-ber of Liberty/Casey County Chamber of Commerce. She was presented a plaque by chamber director, Blaine Staat. The business is located in downtown Liberty.

Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts – be-ware. The 2012 national “Click It or Ticket” Memo-rial Day seat belt enforce-ment mobilization kicked off May 21 to help save lives by cracking down on those who don’t buckle up.

Despite a wealth of data showing that seat belts save lives – and also despite im-plementation of a primary seat belt law – Kentucky’s 82 percent seat belt usage rate lags behind the national rate of 84 percent. There-fore, the Kentucky Offi ce of Highway Safety (KOHS) is supporting state and lo-cal law enforcement across the country in their efforts to strongly enforce seat belt laws around the clock.

“Kentucky undoubtedly experiences far too many fa-talities that could have been avoided with the simple use of a seat belt,” said Trans-portation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock. “Clearly this is an indication that people are not taking the law seri-ously or they are just not aware of the huge risk taken by not buckling up.”

There were 721 total high-

way fatalities in Kentucky in 2011 with 576 killed in mo-tor vehicles. Fifty-eight per-cent of those killed in motor vehicles were not wearing a seat belt.

Hancock said the cam-paign this year will place ex-tra emphasis on enforcement at nighttime, when fatal mo-tor vehicle crashes are most likely to involve vehicle oc-cupants who were not buck-led up. Last year, 67 percent of people killed in crashes between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. were unrestrained.

“Too many motorists don’t realize the importance of wearing a seat belt, and are severely injured or killed because of it,” said KOHS Director Bill Bell. “That’s why offi cers are prepared to ticket anyone not buckled up. No warnings and no ex-cuses.”

The KOHS awarded more than $300,000 in federal funds to 64 state and local police agencies across the Commonwealth to help bol-ster seat belt enforcement during the campaign. The funding is provided through the National Highway Traf-fi c Safety Administration

(NHTSA).Although enforcement

offi cers will be prevalent during the campaign, Bell emphasized, “The ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign is not about writing tickets. It’s about awareness and saving lives, and we are honored to have a family from Ken-tucky to help spread this message.”

The family of Megan Mill-er of Owensboro is featured in two KOHS public service announcements airing state-wide during the enforcement campaign. Megan was killed at age 17 when she was ejected from a vehicle crash.

“For her not to be wear-ing her seat belt that one day is all it took,” said brother Myles.

“You just don’t think you will ever lose a child that young,” said mother Misch-elle. “We miss her so much,

and we wanted to do thesecommercials in her memory.We know she will make adifference.”

According to NHTSA, seatbelts, when worn correctly,reduce the risk of fatal injuryto front-seat occupants by 45percent – and by 60 percentin pickup trucks, SUVs andminivans.

While this year’s “Click Itor Ticket” enforcement mo-bilization runs through June3, motorists should knowthat offi cers are out enforcingseat belt laws year-round.

“Motorists should buckleup every time they go out,both day and night,” saidBell.

For more on the nationalClick It or Ticket mobiliza-tion, please visit www.nhtsa.gov. To view the Miller fam-ily public service announce-ments, please visit http://highwaysafety.ky.gov/.

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Bruce’s ChapelBruce’s Chapel had a guest

speaker as Amy Barlow shared an inspirational testimony. At-tendance was 54.

Night service was canceled because we attended a dis-trict conference in Corbin. Homecoming will be Sunday, May 27 at 10 a.m. with preach-ing, a meal and and special singing.

Brush Creek Christian

Brush Creek Christian Church opened services with a welcome by Bro. Herbie Bar-rett. Donna Scott led in singing. Lauren Godbey led in praise and worship songs.

Bro. Herbie’s sermon was from Isaiah 14:24-27, “God Has A Prayer For Your Life.”

Homecoming will be May 27 with worship at 10 a.m., singing at 11 a.m. with the Gos-pel Three, and pot luck dinner at noon. Father’ Day celebra-tion will be June 17.

Prayer concerns: Ferne Wy-att, Nancy Porter, Doug Streck-er, Lillian Hatfi eld family, Lo-retta Harris and family, Phyllis Carman, Barry Price, Geneva and Kendall Price.

Brush Creek Pentecostal

Attendance at Brush Creek Pentecostal Church was 76 with 19 children in the penny march.

Kayla Carrier had a birth-day.

Bro. Bearl King’s Wednes-day night message was from I Corinthians 3. Saturday night’s message was from Luke 4:1-13. Sunday night, Bro. Scott Whittle’s message, “God Will Walk Through Fire for You,” was from Daniel 3.

Prayer list: Wanda Gail Young’s family, Calvin King’s family, Jr. Grider, Jack Alleng-er, Debbie Wilson, Samantha Monday, Mary Allen, Doris Brown, Hershel Brown, Bob-bie Hess, Brent Bernard, Earl Coffman family, David Leigh, Nancy Davis, Brook Davis, Charles White, Martha Scott, Sandy Helm, Bearl and Wanda King, Iris Young, and Barbara Dowdy.

EllisburgEllisburg Baptist Church had

63 in attendance. Bro. Jerry’s message, “Christ: the Hope of Glory,” was from Colossians 1 :21-29. Special music was by Ellisburg Church Choir.

For the evening service, there were 40 attending. Bro. Jerry’s message, “The Unheeding Is-raelites,” was from Hebrews 3:16-19. Special music was by Sharon Stevens.

New names on the prayer list: James Goins, S.C. Reed, Clara Cochran, Paula Vanderpool, Jack Bennett, Karen Brown, Kaye Bell, Charlotte Griffi n, Ally Raye Goode, Margaret Coffman, Gail Graybeal, Frank Wethington, and the family of Billy Douglas.

First BaptistAttendance for Sunday

school at First Baptist was 86 with 115 for worship. Marce-nia had Dale Spears play the spoons to a song to show the children that we can use any talent that God has given us. Tommy Wood gave a “thanks-giving” testimony concerning his recent heart surgery. Bro. Jimmy’s sermon, “There’s More To Pleasing God Than Being Religious” was from Acts 26:1-23.

The evening service featured Randy Miller in concert. Next Sunday night the youth will be leading in worship.

Added to the prayer con-cerns were: Clydia King, Kar-en Brown, and the family of Lillian Hatfi eld.

First ChristianPrayer was requested for the

families of J.O. Wilkinson, Judy Boden, Gayle Shackleford, and Lillian Hatfi eld, Brent Bernard, Sharon Price, Denise Bennett, Jamin Cundiff, Barbara True, Inga Stephens, Karen Brown, Don Haggard, and Pat Carri-gan at First Christian Church.

There was a reception to honor our departing exchange students, Giorgio Incarboni and Martin Hasenzagl.

Sally Davis used a beach ball to lead the children’s sermon about overcoming defl ation by fi lling ourselves with prayer.

Beverly Hoskins read the Psalm. The choir shared spe-cial music.

Sarah Coffman invites ev-eryone to eat at Pizza Hut on Memorial Day as part of her fund raiser for Service to the South.

Vacation Bible School is scheduled for June 17-21.

Goose CreekGoose Creek Baptist Church

had nine for Sunday school, 11 for worship and 26 Sunday night.

Bro. Billy Hewitt’s message, “Give Him Praise” was from Psalms 134.

Sunday night service was singing with Heaven Bound and Eddie Brumley.

Prayer requests: Seleta George, Cleo Harris and fam-ily, Robert Luttrell and fam-ily, Noel Rodgers and family, Merilene Coffman, Billy He-witt and family, Meril Rogers, Jeff and Sue Stafford, Roxie Peavey, Lana and Anthony Peyton, Cynthia and Jennifer Asberry, Ruth Taylor, Matrie Pendleton, Gabby Salyers, Robyn Brumley, Spot Mur-phy, Shirley Chadwell, Susan Tucker, Margie Cundiff, Treva Luttrell, Hazel Henson, Christy Pitman, Charles and Tonya Pre-witt, Holly Muse, and Brandon and Tyson Pitman.

Grove RidgeGrove Ridge Baptist Church

had 45 in attendance. Bro. John Dean’s message, “Be Ready,” was from Acts 1. The evening service had 32 in attendance. Bro. John’s message, “The Four Ds,” was from Luke 18.

Special singing was by Di-ane Sims.

Stephen and Louise Falcon-bury had an anniversary. Birth-days were Jordan Hamilton and Austin Rayborn.

Food pantry is open May 29 from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

Prayer requests: Kellie Hat-ter, Billie Watts, Helen Jean Watts, Karen Brown, Deanna Shaw, Erime Combs, Van-gie Gastineau, Leroy Buck Gooch, Ronnie and Cathy Hat-ter, James and Donna Carman, Peggy Harmon, Chelsea Grif-fi th, and Big Boy Napier.

Hwy. 49 HolinessAttendance at Hwy. 49 Ho-

liness Church was 38. Bro. Phillip Smallwood’s lesson, “Knowledge,” was from II Peter 1:4-8 and I Corinthians 13:1-8.

Bro. Shirley Denson brought the evening message from I John 3:1-2, Romans 8:14 and Galatians 4:7.

Bro. Phillip’s Wednesday night message was from II Chronicles 7, Psalms 2:5-10 and 133.

Prayer requests: Treva Lut-trell, Karen Brown, Kalah Atwood, Bro. Robert Atwood and family, Peck Cross, Gene McQueary, Leslie Taylor, Brit-tany, Taylor and Jamie, Loretta Harris, Kyle Denson, Bro. Billy and Sheila Bryant, Presley Tay-lor, Gary Lynn, Kim Denson and baby Keira, Garnett Wyatt and Beth Atwood.

Jennies ChapelAttendance at Jennies Cha-

pel was 34. Pastor Wayne Cole’s message, “I Am the Lord Thy God” was from Exo-dus 20:1-17. A dinner was held after services to honor the high school graduates. The after-noon was spent in Corbin for district meeting.

Middleburg BaptistBro. Chris’ message, “The

Destruction of Bad Decisions,” was from I Samuel 13:1-14 at Middleburg Baptist Church.

Sunday evening, Bro. Chris used Romans 13:11-14 for his message about sleepless nights.

Wednesday is business meet-ing. Friday is Impact Youth Night at First Baptist Church.

Additions to the prayer list are Faith Bradley, Karen Brown, Ricky Cannon, and

Rusty Emerson.

Mt. Calvary BaptistAttendance for Sunday

school was 18 with 26 for wor-ship at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. The message from Bro. Paul, “Doing His Father’s Will” was from Luke 2:39-46, 4:1-15 and John 17:1-4. Kevin led the children’s service about Samuel with Pat leading them in a song afterwards. Celebrat-ing a birthday was Jacob Flan-nery.

Evening service had 17 in at-tendance with Bro. Paul’s mes-sage, “Clay,” from Isaiah 45:9-11, 64:6-12, Psalms 40:1-3, Jeremiah 18:1-6 and John 9:6-7. Astera had special music.

Prayer requests: Clara Allen, Sarah Brown, Shannon and Kenneth Durham, Butch God-bey, Teresa Cocanougher, Jen-na Carman, Jake Vest, Shirley and Earl Evans, Mike Farris, Jo Powell, Eula Durham, Karen Brown, Sheila Rigney, Astera Readnour, Alyssa and Bailey Jones, Kevin Dunham, Ricky and Chris Brown, Lynette Black, Shirley Thompson, and the families of J.O. Wilkerson and Lillian Hatfi eld.

Mt. Calvary Community

Attendance at Mt. Calvary Community Church was 35. Bro. Paul Wilkerson read I Corinthians 15:19-22 as the devotional, “The Resurrection of Christ.” Bro. Josh Robinson read Romans 5: “Results of Justifi cation.”

Bro. David Asberry’s mes-sage was from John 10:1-5, “I Am the Door.”

Wilma Carter had a birthday. Josh and Brittney Robinson celebrated an anniversary.

Prayer requests: Pete Lee family, Lilly Kinman family, Clifford Dehart, Keith Davis, Joseph Nix, Shannon Lee’s mother, Rosemary Daniels family, Brenda and Amber Knight, Bobby and Holly Price, Kim Goad family, Jer-emy Wilkerson, Betty Salyers, Glen Dehart, Ronald Dehart, and Mary Daniel’s brother.

Mt. OliveMt. Olive Christian Church

had 77 for Sunday school. The lesson, “The Resurrection and the Life,” was from John 11:1-44. Worship service had 125. The message, “Jesus Meets Different Individuals,” was from Matthew 9:1-8.

There were 45 for the eve-ning service. The message, “God’s Covenant With Abra-ham,” was from Genesis 17:1-11.

Birthdays were Richard Metz, Pat Pittman, Anita Den-ney and John Patch. Anniversa-ry was Bobby and Lea Ward.

Wednesday at 7 p.m. is Bible study from Joshua 5.

Prayer list additions were John Hodges, Cole Godbey, Karen Brown, Doug Whitaker, Michelle Walls, Kelly Hatter, Inga Stephens, Deva Cornett, and the families of Lillian Hat-fi eld, Nora McClure, and Mau-reen Durham.

Noel’s ChapelNoel’s Chapel had 33 in at-

tendance. Bro. Cameron Cain’s message was from I Peter 1:13-16, “Holiness.” Stepha-nie Cain’s lesson in children’s church was about helping each other bear one another’s bur-dens. Special singing was by Jan Rader, Kyra and Mariah Cain, and Shearl Murphy.

Bro. Cain’s evening message was from Acts 1:4-8, “Power.”

New prayer requests: fami-lies of J.O. Wilkinson and Lil-lian Hatfi eld, Homer Spears, Karen Brown, Kristy Wilkin-son and baby, Doris Noel, Sharon Price, Donnie Smither,

Emmaline Allen, Craig and Jeannie Atwood, Jack Atwood, Rosie Peyton, Walter and Rob-in Murphy, Chris and Emily Si-monavice, and Elijah Rader.

Old Time Independent

Old Time Independent Bap-tist Church had 19 for Sunday school. Bro. Andrew’s lesson was from Psalms 32:1, “My Hiding Place.” There were 39 for worship. Bro. Ricky’s mes-sage, “Take a Look at Paul,” was from II Corinthians 11:16-28 and II Timothy 4:1-2, 6-8.

Evening attendance was 25. Bro. Ricky’s message was from Psalms 18:2.

Prayer requests: Leslie Tay-lor, Tony and Cicily Rodgers, Andrew Lay, Michelle Luttrell, Mona Richardson, Linda Vest, Lana Bryant, Rodney Lut-trell, Megan Robins, and Erica Mills.

Pleasant GroveSunday school attendance

at Pleasant Grove was 29. Bro. Mark Atwood read Zachariah 7. Bro. David Powell’s mes-sage, “In a Moment,” was from Numbers 16:12-35. Attendance was 34.

Sunday night attendance was 19. Bro David’s message was from Psalms 37:1-9, 118:8, “Trust in the Lord.”

Wednesday night Bible study in I Samuel 26 had 14 in attendance.

Prayer list: Loretta Harris, Travis Burton, John, Melissa and Ashley Shugars, James and Heather Burton, Anna Peak, Bro. David Powell and family, Steven Brock, Earl Coffman family, Pauline Marples, Har-vey and Phyllis Wheeler, Clif-ford Dehart, and Johnny and Courtney McFarland.

Poplar GrovePoplar Grove Baptist Church

had 49 in attendance. Bro. Brent’s message, “Grow,” was from I Peter 2:1-3. Bonnie King had the children’s sermon. Cel-ebrating birthdays were Emily Haleand Bro. Brent. Jim and Teresa Coffman celebrated an anniversary.

Prayer requests: Marilyn Jef-fries, Duke Emerson, Christine Wiser, Glen Carman, the fami-lies of J.O. Wilkinson and Da-vid Allen King, Ricky Cannon, Bill Roberts, Karen Brown, Arnold Harris, Karen Lut-trell, Walker Coffman, Grace Vaughn, Marlene Melton, Emma Jean Smither, Clifford Dehart, Loretta Lay Harris, Barbara Chaffee’s great-great-niece, Landon McGinnis, Carl Hall, Bill Roberts, Mike Minton, Ruby Richards, Fran-cis Cox, Shirley Caldwell, Sha-ron Byrd, Garnett Wyatt, Gail McEntyre, Rudell Johnson, Charles Allen, Phillip Harris, Sheila Rigney, Candice Allen, Donna Roe, Wayne Lee, Des-tiny Armstrong, Ashley Zave-la, Mindy Vanoy, Carlos Allen and Philip Gabehart.

Poplar SpringsPoplar Springs Baptist

Church had 57 for worship. Bro. Johnny Maupin’s mes-sage, “A Call to Remember,” was from Deuteronomy 8:1-2 and 18, Joshua 4:4, I Corinthi-ans 10, and Hebrews 12:6.

Special music following the homecoming meal was by the Russell sisters, Judy Johnson, Mark Gosser, Blake Durham, Faye, Lester and Dan Larkins.

Wednesday night service will be dismissed due to Bro. Maupin being in revival at

Grove Ridge Baptist Church.Bible school will be June 18-

22 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.Ron Zeiss gave a report on

the visitation May 19. Partici-pants were Larry Yaden, Judy and Brady Johnson, Faye Lar-kins, Joyce Maupin, Ron Zeiss and Sue Ellen Johnson.

Prayer requests: Mary Poff, Jake Luttrell, Lester and Faye Larkins, Eula Weddle, Clar-ence Dotson, and the families of Luke Lanham, Lillian Hat-fi eld and J.O. Wilkinson.

Rich HillDevotional was from I Cor-

inthians 15:50-58 at Rich Hill Christian Church. Sunday school lesson, “The Resurrec-tion and the Life” was from John 11:17-27, 41-44. Stepha-nie Buis presented children’s church, “I Am”. Bro. Greg Lockard’s sermon, “Christ Is Alive” was from Ephesians 2:4-10 and Romans 8:27.

Sunday night service includ-ed specials by Josh Lockard and Dennis Pond. Bro. Greg’s message was from Mark 5:24-34 and Leviticus 15:19-30.

Wednesday night, we con-tinued our study of Acts 2. The Daltons sang Saturday night. Special prayer was held for Jeff Dalton.

Prayer requests: Tyler Buis, Phaylas Burton, Jean Burton, Karen Brown, Alex Colvin, Tina Buis, Margaret Coffman, Tara Buis, Violet Thomas, Tim Buis, Teia Daniel, Ruby Richards, Barry Luttrell, Jim Edens, Boone McQueary, Kat Soto, Josh Hines, B.J. and Lisa Miracle, Nancy Stovall, Mike Barber, Zack and Johnny Vaught, Andrew Nicely, Steph-anie Skeens, Debbie McAn-inch, Caitlynn Murphy, James Cochran, Gay Turner, Dennis Pond, Shirley Chadwell, Ben-ny Sloan, Charlsie Buis, Nancy Stovall, and Janice Phelps.

Rocky FordRev. Matt’s sermon at Rocky

Ford Baptist Church was from II Kings 5:1-15, “Mankind Whom Are All Cursed by Sin Will Only Be Saved by God’s Grace.”

Prayer concerns: Beth Wil-son, Paula Vanderpool, Lillian Hatfi eld family, Carol Gregory, Earl Coffman family, Brenda Young, Todd Ellis, George Abe Luttrell, Jim Reed, John C. Williams, J.O. Wilkinson family, Lee Wilcher, Patty and Kenneth Ewing, S.C. Reed, Ricky Cannon, Rudell John-son, Wanda and Roy White, Sarah Beeler, Hannah Johnson, Teresa Coffman, Paul Carman, and Foster and Pat Followell.

Slate HillAttendance at Slate Hill was

15. Children’s sermon was from John 17:11, “Through Life’s Mazes.” Bro. Godbey’s sermon was from Jeremiah 18:1-6, “The Potter’s House.”Prayer requests: Vickie Crowe, Howard Godbey, Clara Co-chran, Thomas Reed, Peggy Roy and family, Bill Roberts, Dickie Richards, Ronald Art, Aleece Mills and Mike Co-chran.

St. BernardZack Summers and Tra-

vis Wethington were honored with a reception after mass at St. Bernard as they graduated CCHS.

A meeting was held con-cerning the July 7 homecom-ing picnic with quilt raffl e and kids’ blow-ups.

Thomas RidgeBro. Hershel Lawhorn’s

message was on “The Al-tar” from 1 Kings 18:30-37at Thomas Ridge ChristianChurch. On Sunday evenings,we are studying Revelation andthe seven churches.

Prayer list: Levi Hines andfamily, Ricky Singleton, MaryRoy, Margaret Coffman, Bob-by Patton, Freida Emerson,Ruth Martin, Anthony Meeks,Duke Emerson, and Brent Ber-nard.

Walltown ChristianAttendance at Walltown

Christian Church was 59. Sun-day school lesson was fromJohn 11:17-27, 41, 44, “TheResurrection and the Life,”taught by Jimmy Phillippe.

Bro. Lynville Hatter’s mes-sage was from I Thessalonians5:4-11 and Revelation 16:1-21.

The evening message wasfrom Ephesians 6:10-18, “Spir-itual Armour.” Special singingwas by Jo Meece, Ray Meeceand Sheila Gribbins.

Prayer requests: DelmarSims, Pat Dellaria’s family, Jer-emy Franks, Kevin Dunham,Leona Dunham’s family, Me-lissa Adams, Jimmy Phillippe’sfamily, Brenda Carman, KellieHatter, Ray and Jo Meece’sfamily, Judy Montgomery,Shannon Durham, Gene Mc-Queary, Oak and Inas Durham,and Valorie Baker.

Walnut HillAttendance at Walnut Hill

Separate Baptist Church was100 with eight in the youthchoir.

Bro. Rodney Smith’s mes-sage, “Heaven On Our Mind.Do You Know the Way toHeaven?” was from Isaiah35:1-10 and John 14:1-7.

Bro. Rodney’s eveningmessage, “How PowerfulOur Testimony Can Be,” wasfrom Acts 9:1-20, 22:5-10 and26:10-16.

Youth meeting and Biblestudy in Isaiah 28 will beWednesday night at 7 p.m.

Sunday night will be a sing-ing at 6 p.m. featuring theBluegrass Inspiration.

Prayer requests: LillianHatfi eld family, VirginiaReed, Dora Dean Atwood,Shelby and Janet Phelps,Billie Watson, Chuck Heart,Hunter Baldock, Alta Grid-er, Walker Coffman, Den-nis Grider, Joyce and CurtisCrew, Shirley Burton, ChrisSmith, Jimmy Smith, Bry-anna Grider, Garnett Pittman,Ryan Wilson, Barry Murphy,J.O. Wilkinson family, Jen-nifer Weddle, Kristen Wed-dle, April Burton, R.C. andAlma Vida Weddle, MarloWarner, Pauline Thompson,Cloma Murphy, Linda Rich-ards, Rudell Johnson, JordanWheat, Ida Thomas, Garyand Phyllis Carman, Gary andLinda Burton, Hailey Huttonand Gene Brown.

Watson ChapelAttendance at Watson Cha-

pel Church was 18 for Sundayschool and 29 for worship.Devotional reading was fromJohn 11:11-16.

Celebrating a birthday wasDoug Mills.

Bro. Sherman Floyd’s mes-sage, “Memorials,” was fromEcclesiastes 9:3-9 and I Corin-thians 15:1-4.

Prayer list: Marie Drostie,Phyllis Whited, Todd Bulgrin,Clarence Rigney, Pearl Short,Jean Hall, Miss Sims, MartyCorbin, and the family of J.O.Wilkinson.


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FOCUS ON THE PAST

Garrett classmatePerry Godbey graduated from eighth grade at Garrett Elementary School in May 1962. He was unable to join his classmates as a student at Casey County High School because shortly after gradu-ating he drowned while swimming in Fishing Creek.

photo submitted/LINDA K. WILLIAMS SPEARS

10 YEARS AGOMay 22, 2002

About 110 seniors were expected to graduate on May 22 in ceremonies in the newly renovated Casey County High School gym.

Casey County native Jim-my Rodgers retired from the United States Secret Service after 27 years. His last assignment was protect-ing President George H.W. Bush.

Casey and 31 other coun-ties in Kentucky were quali-fi ed for disaster assistance through FEMA after dev-astation from recent severe weather.

Casey County Hospital was named “Business of the Year” by the Liberty/Casey County Chamber of Com-merce.

Heather Cochran and Jimmy Vaught were named to the Dean’s List at Tran-sylvania University for the winter term.

Navy Petty Offi cer 1st Class James L. McCourt was on deployment to the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Free-dom while assigned to the guided missile frigate USS Sides.

United States Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Justin L. Zachary completed ba-sic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Is-land, S.C.

Two school track records were set by Greg Szczotka in the 100-meter dash and by Nic Dixon in the pole vault.

Three ears of fresh corn were 88 cents; Bush baked beans were three cans for $2; and Dutch Farms Amer-ican cheese was $2.99 per pound at Food Center.

Obituaries: Orley Absher, 69; David B. Wethington, 43; Gertrude Grider, 89; Laura A. McAninch, 62; Harold Luttrell, 68.


Billy Dean Sheene, 30, sustained head injuries when his motorcycle wrecked on Hurricane Ridge Road. He was not wearing a helmet. He was transported to UK Medical Center.

A survey jointly spon-sored by the Casey County Fiscal Court and the UK Rural Health Center was being sent to selected Casey County residents to help determine the future of the Casey County War Memo-rial Hospital.

Bicentennial events were being planned in Casey County.

A Casey County man who failed to return to the Casey County Jail from a three-hour leave the year

before was back in custody after being apprehended in Campbellsville.

Darren Wayne Helm and Harla J. Johnson, 1992 graduates of Casey County High School, were two of approximately 80 outstand-ing Kentucky graduates selected to participate in the Professional Education Preparation program, which provided advanced college preparation instruction in many subjects.

The Casey County picto-rial history book compiled by the Casey County Bicen-tennial Committee was ex-pected to be released soon.

John Bearl Murphy, ag-riculture teacher at Casey County High School, was honored at the annual FFA banquet for his many con-tributions to the agriculture department and to FFA. Murphy, who was retiring after 34 years, was also rec-ognized as the year’s honor-ary FFA member.

Festival hams were $1.99 per pound; Vidalia onions were 49 cents per pound; and Ultra Tide with Bleach was $3.59 per 46-ounce box at Abe’s Pic-Pac.

Obituaries: Elbert Lee Taylor, 84; Anthony Wayne Carmicle, 48; John Goode, 49; Lillie Margaret Weth-ington, 59; Lucy Ann Brown, 81; Ada Coleman, 95; William E. Howard, 66; Ruth Fisher, 78.


Two people were arrested on charges of possession of a forged prescription. A pad of prescription sheets was stolen from the offi ce of Dr. Garnett Sweeney earlier and three of the sheets were fi lled in by forgery. The 45 blank sheets were confi s-cated.

Connie Hildabrand of Russellville was hired to be the new full-time extension agent for 4-H.

Casey County Fiscal Court approved the 1982-83 budget for the jail. The pro-posal will mean charging the prisoners $10 per day.

Lew Gregory, 13, and Bertheda Patterson, 15, were the fi rst to cross the fi nish line in the 17-mile March of Dimes Walk-a-thon spon-sored by the Casey County Teen 4-H Club.

The new elected offi cers for the Casey County High School FFA were Neil Buck, Jeff Bastin, Chris Coffman, Keith Clements, Barry Hicks, and Brian Mullins. Jill Murphy was chapter sweetheart.

Six academic scholarships were awarded to graduating CCHS seniors. They and the colleges they were plan-ning to attend were Karen

L. Lynn, EKU; Sondra Lee Daugherty, WKU; Adlie Franklin Brown III, WKU; Terri R. Edwards, EKU; Nancy Jo Griggs, WKU; and Rebecca L. Scott, Lind-sey Wilson College.

The Middleburg Ball Park was under the new summer management of the East Casey County Fire Depart-ment. Softball leagues were being formed.

“The Border” and “Ghost Story” were showing at Green River Drive-In.

Ivory soap was 89 cents for four bars; a quart of JFG mayonnaise was 99 cents; and a fi ve-pound bag of sugar was $1.39 at Food World.

Obituaries: Curtis C. God-bey, 78; Monroe Black, 90; Ruth Hayes Allen, 74; Ova-lene Combest, 70; Palmer Bryant, 69.


The Fiscal Court voted itself a monthly salary of $150. The General Assem-bly had voted to allow mag-istrates a maximum salary of $315 per month, replac-ing the old $15 per meeting salary.

Deputy Sheriff Elmo Coffman had a severe heart attack and was expected to be transferred from the Casey County War Memo-rial Hospital to the VA Hos-pital in Louisville.

Sandy Wethington gradu-ated from Somerset Com-munity College with an as-sociate degree in nursing.

Terry Watson Price grad-uated from the University of Kentucky “with high dis-tinction.” Her GPA was 3.92 out of a possible 4.0.

The Beta Club held its fi rst banquet and presented a $100 scholarship to Randy Miller who planned to en-roll in Berea College.

The will of Wauda Cof-fey ran part of three days in county court as a petition by distant relatives was heard for setting it aside.

Shirley Powell and Lanna Joyce Martin were gradu-ated summa cum laude from Lindsey Wilson Junior College. Also graduating

were Dianne Brown, Da-vid Kent Emerson, Teresa Ann Hatfi eld, Sharon Cra-vens Pierce, and Jerry Dale Pierce.

“The Baby Maker,” “Le-Mans,” and “They Might Be Giants” were showing at the Green River Drive-In.

Del Monte tomato catsup was three bottles for $1; Open Pit barbecue sauce was three bottles for $1; and Dixie paper plates were a 100-count package for 59 cents at Frederick & God-bey in Yosemite.

Obituaries: Otto Wilhite, no age given


Joann Godbey received her bachelor of arts degree from Union College.

Tom Miller, a junior at Middleburg High School, received a National Science Foundation scholarship to study chemistry at Murray State College.

Judge Ralph Wilkinson predicted voting would be simple using the new voting machines in the upcoming primary election.

The Liberty High School baseball team won the dis-trict tournament. Best hit-ters in the tournament and during the regular season were Ronnie Smithers and John Dando.

Vernon Brown said Lib-erty was organizing a Loyal Order of Moose with a char-ter membership of at least 55 members.

William L. “Billy” Short, a native of Middleburg, was appointed director of the Louisville and Jefferson County Economic Progress Commission.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Pvt. Carl T. Phelps fi n-ished his basic training in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. for combat infantry training.

Paul Patton was to be ordained into the Christian ministry at Riffe Creek Church on May 27.

Truman Godbey was ar-ranging for summer Little

League and Babe Ruth League games at the Mid-dleburg ballpark.

“Shane,” “Have Rocket, Will Travel,” “The 4 Horse-men of the Apocalypse,” and “Swingin’ Along” were showing at the Kentuckian.

“Black Sunday,” “The La-dies Man??,” “The Enemy Below” and “Wild in the Country” were showing at the Green River Drive-In.

Two pounds of ground beef were 89 cents; a dozen lemons was 35 cents; and three boxes of Pillsbury Cake Mix were 99 cents at A&D Super Market.

Obituaries: Frank PerryDurham, 70; William ErnestCundiff, 67; Harvey GlennWethington, 53; Betty JaneWarren, 82; Eliza Lawhorn,90; Alice A. DeBord, 89;Mrs. Frank Earles, 56; AliceWilkinson, 89; Ed Baldwin,85; J.M. Perryman, no agegiven.

Fred’s Finest

By Fred BurkhardThe Casey County News

Originally published in the March 18, 1954 edition of The Casey County News

Jailer Chester Bernard said 18 hungry men could eat up a lot of good feed as he reviewed his heavy week-end schedule. Asked if they also got ham along with their eggs, Bernard said they didn’t. He had a little ham, but it wouldn’t have gone around to the entire group.

Several of the 18 were al-ready regular guests. A search of the records at County Judge Price’s offi ce indicat-ed that there were fi ve public drunks who paid $10, an-other man was charged with fl ourishing a deadly weapon after a shot or two and paid $50 and costs. Two others were caught with the wrong kind of liquor, moonshine, to wit, and paid $50 and costs each. (Possession of moon-

shine almost automatically draws the $50 fi ne.)

Editor’s Note: As space allows, The Casey County News will reprint some of the columns, stories and eitorials written by the late Fred Burkhard, former Pub-lisher/Editor of The Casey County News. Stories may be slightly edited.

Jailer Bernard served eggs but saved ham

Casey County High Class of 1966

Annual Reunion Saturday, May 26 at 5 p.m.

Bread of Life Cafe For more information, call

Linda K. Spears at 606-787-9777

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

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The Casey County School District Council of Councils

invites all parents of Casey County students and members of SBDM councils to the

Bread of Life Cafe Thursday, May 31 from 12 to 3 p.m.

Tim Gott will speak on the “5 C’s of the 21st Century”

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Galilean Christian Academy and Boarding School 2012-2013 School Year

Preschool — 12th Grade • Weekly Chapel Services • Athletic

Program • Alpha & Omega Curriculum Now entering our 25th year!

For more information call 606-787-4199 or 606-787-5120

We look forward to hearing from you!

Horton awarded heiferChad Horton, a member of FFA at Casey County High School, was recently recognized as a winner of the 13thannual Dustin Worthington “I Love Cows” Essay Contest. The contest,established in 2000, is in memory ofWorthington, a Mercer County teen involved in the cattle industry who was killed in an auto accident. Hor-ton, along with Madison Lee, were awarded heifers which were donated by Ryan White and Kyler Hines, both2010 winners. From left are Casey County’s 4-H Agent Megan Klee, Horton, and Mr. and Mrs. Worthington.

Liberty Elementary names perfect attendance, honor roll

Honor RollMrs. Jaynes’ fourth — All

As, Brayden Brown, Gena Cravens, Kamryn Davis, Lau-ren Lee, Emily Ogle, William Pullen, Alyssa Sharp, Hai-ley Terry; As and Bs, Ethan Brown, Whitney Clements, Nathan Couch, Olivia Hale, Keegan Hansford, Kylee Lawson, Lucas McCoy, James Mills, Tomi Patter-son, Brithney Lopez, Maggie Rodgers, Blake Wethington.

Mrs. McGowan’s fourth — All As, Allee Wesley, Benjamin McDonald, Anna Jones, Gracie Johnson, Han-nah Huber-Fritz, Mackenzie Cundiff, Rebekah Cochran, Marlie Blake; As and Bs, Isa-iah Wright, Austin Williams, Shaylah Wilkey, Terri Anne Walls, Jordan Sweet, Jake McGowan, Jace Luttrell, Adam King, Molly Dudley, Shawn Crew, Anna Brown, Haden Bastin.

Mrs. Harne’s fi fth — All As, Bailey Caudill, Aleigha Emerson, Brigham Floyd, Riley Hoskins, Nathenial Ratliff; As and Bs, Mat-tie Atwood, Colby Brown, Nicholas Goldade, Madison O’Hair, Tomika Poff, Ryan Roy, Gabriel Singleton, Wes-ley Wardrip.

Mrs. Johnson’s fi fth — All As, Alyssa Atwood, Mya Brown, Lydia Franco, Ally-son Murphy; As and Bs, Hai-lee Byrd, Michael Christian, Amanda McGee, Kimberly McQueary, Emily Newton.

Mrs. Hatter’s sixth — All As, Sarah Adkins, Jessica Al-len, Jenna Bender, Leah Co-chran, Cydney Davis, Kaelyn Hatter, Kellie Martin, Tehya Mills, Ivan Ramirez; As and Bs, Austin Campbell, Jadrian Couch, Sydney Emerson, Samantha Frederick, Luke Johnson, Isaac Lay, Ryan Luna, Stephanie McAninch, Chase Means, John Nagy, Gabriel Patterson, Joshua Underwood, Lily Wilson.

Mrs. Patten’s sixth — All As, Alyx Streeval, Daniel Pullen, Hallie Phillips, Breana Pendleton, Chelsea Luttrell, Ethan Lee, Allison Jaynes, Kalee Hatter, Austin Harne, Lacey Brown, Collin Allen; As and Bs, Brookley Davis, Kendra Wethington, Haley Quinn, Kerry Monday, Lucas McQueary, Chaz McGowan, Aaron McGee, Zack Byrd, Allison Brown.

Perfect AttendanceMrs. Murphy’s kinder-

garten — Kyra Cain, Aiden Cheatham, Cristian Escal-ante, Brayden Foster, Pen-nie Godbey, Hannah Means, Wesley Owens, Thomas Roy, Maddie Sharp, Trace String-er, Lucy Wilson.

Mrs. J. Weddle’s kinder-garten — Nolan Blake, James Brown, Gavyn Hebrock, Aid-en Jones, Claire Parton, Bella Passmore, Reegan Randolph, Brooke Runion, Hannah San-dusky, Samara Watson, Ma-son Weddle, Bryan West.

Mrs. Cochran’s kinder-garten+ — Chloe Atwood, Hayden Dempsey, Brayden Harris, Milter Hernandez, Callaina Keys, Skyler Lee, Sophia Li, Esmeralda Mejia, Evan Stephens, Brayden Tay-lor, Jathan Turpin.

Mrs. Johnson’s fi rst — Laci Baldwin, Lukas Bow-mer, Carson Foster, Madison Hamm, Gage McQueary, Anna Pruyear, Lilian Men-dez, Connor Sweeney, Brady Tapscott, Zachary Wething-ton.

Mrs. Thompson’s fi rst — Nick Christian, Angel Cle-ments, Bradley Dalton, Sam Gardner, Josh Gascot, Nathan Goode, Makayla Hamilton, Taylor Hansford, Macie Lee, Jax Price, Logan Russell, Isaac Smith, Harley West.

Mrs. Blevins’ second — Lane Baldwin, Max Bend-schneider, David Byrd, Kara Davis, Adan Hamil-ton, Cayden Hanson, Alyssa Milam, Cleyber Ramirez, Hannah Thompson, Joseph Underwood, Chloe Wesley, Kara Wethington.

Mrs. Powell’s second — Ann Allen, Jacob Brown, Lu-kas Brown, Ethan Cheatham, Sara Coffman, Isaiah Crew, Emily Foley, Thomas Gilpin, Mollie Harne, Grant King, Gage Lawrence, Nevaeh Lebron, Austin Lewis, Sum-merly Luttrell, Blake Moore, Bradley Passmore, Emilee Spears, Audie Stonecypher, Haley Torres, Jacob Wil-liams, Coleman Wright.

Mrs. Bastin’s third — Saw-yer Beeler, Autumn Brown, Zack Chesser, Molly Dem-row, Gracie Floyd, Aiden Gardner, Selina Hernandez, Abby Johnson, Mayco Juar-ez, Matthew Matherly, Ean Parton, Lincoln Phillips, Jus-

tin Price, Barbara Mendez, Madison Sherouse, Wyatt Stonecypher, Lane Tapscott, Coleton Taylor.

Mrs. Davis’ third — Noah Adkins, Courtney Allen, Josh Allen, McKenzie Bernard, Simon Christian, Morgan Crowe, Deven Durham, Mar-ley Harris, Jaycob Looney, Gracie Martin, Haven Rod-gers, Savannah Sallee, Justin Sweeney, Staci Velasquez, Collin Wesley, Alex Wilham.

Mrs. Jaynes’ fourth — Blake Campbell, Whitley Clements, Gena Cravens, Kamryn Davis, Kailey Fos-ter, Olivia Hale, Keegan Han-sford, Kylee Lawson, Lauren Lee, Lukas McCoy, Emily Ogle, Tomi Patterson, Brith-ney Lopez, Alyssa Sharp, Bethanee Streeval, Blake Wethington.

Mrs. McGowan’s fourth — Austin Williams, Shay-lah Wilkey, Allee Wesley, Christopher Souders, Nick-las Miller, Jake McGowan, Adam King, Gracie Johnson, Molly Dudley, Mackenzie Cundiff, Rebekah Cochran, Anna Brown, Marlie Blake, Haden Bastin.

Mrs. Harne’s fi fth — Kearsten Armstrong, Mat-tie Atwood, Colby Brown, Hunter Cochran, Aleigha Emerson, Brigham Floyd, Nicholas Goldade, Andrew Mercer-Long, Nathenial Rat-liff, Ryan Roy, Steven Sallee, Nicholas Wilkerson.

Mrs. Johnson’s fi fth — Al-yssa Atwood, Mya Brown, Morgan Bryant, Hailee Byrd, Michael Christian, Lucas Emerson, Lydia Franco, Da-vid Humphrey, Dylan Lewis, William Matherly, Amanda McGee, Kimberly McQueary, Emily Newton.

Mrs. Hatter’s sixth — Sarah Adkins, Austin Camp-bell, Leah Cochran, Cydney Davis, Sydney Emerson, Samantha Frederick, Asi-lynn Hudson, Luke Johnson, Isaac Lay, Ryan Luna, Kellie Martin, Chase Means, Vernie Mondie, Gabriel Patterson, Ivan Ramirez, Austin Rod-gers, Joshua Underwood, Lily Wilson.

Mrs. Patten’s sixth — Col-lin Allen, Allison Brown, Lacey Brown, Allison Jaynes, Ethan Lee, Chaz McGowan, Lucas McQueary, David Me-jia, Breanna Pendleton, Hallie Phillips, Kendra Wethington.

Local teachers honored for Excellence in TeachingLoretta Jean Brown of Liberty Elementary School received the Campbellsville University Excellence in Teach-ing Award on May 12. Brown, along with 167 teachers from 63 school districts in Kentucky, was recognized at a ceremony on the CU campus. From left are Dr. Brenda Priddy, Dean of the School of Education, LES Principal Boyd Harris, Brown, and Dr. Frank Cheatham, vice president for academic affairs. Also receiving the award but not pictured were Tara Brooke Farmer of Casey County Middle School and Shannon Ray Williams of Casey County High School.

Three from Casey graduate from UCThree Casey County area

students received degrees from the University of the Cumberlands during the an-nual commencement cer-emony on May 5.

Stephanie Watts received

a BS degree in Human Ser-vices; Allie Williams, BS de-gree in Biology; and Kayla Cooper, MAT degree in Sec-ondary Education.

Watts and Williams were also named a Hutton Schol-

ar for completing insightsduring the fi rst semester ofenrollment, the successfulcompletion of leadershipseminar, and for performinga minimum of 200 hours ofcommunity service.

Student pageKip Turner, a fi fth-grader at Jones Park Elementary, served as a page for State Rep. Terry Mills on March 28. He is the son of Craylon Mills of Little South and the late Bud Turner.

Nursing graduateBrittany Price graduated from Camp-bellsville University’s School of Nursing on May 3 in a pinning ceremony. Price is a 2009 graduate of Casey County High School and the daughter of Kendall and Melissa Price of Liberty.

Farm Service Agency deadline approachingWith only a couple of weeks

left, many producers have yet to sign up for their DCP-Corn Base payment, 2010 SURE program, or fi le a crop report at the local Farm Service Agency. Due to budget restrictions, the FSA offi ce is no longer per-mitted to mail out the once common postcards to remind producers when deadlines are occurring.

Hundreds of phone calls have been made in an attempt to ensure the producers of Casey County receive all that they are entitled to. It is very important that we have a cor-rect phone number on fi le for each producer so if your num-

ber has changed, or if you be-lieve you should have been contacted, please let the local offi ce know.

The deadline to sign DCP contracts as well as 2010 SURE applications is June 1. The crop reporting deadline is July 15. In order to remain eligible for pro-grams not only through FSA but also NRCS and the local Conservation District, it is ex-tremely important that crop re-ports are fi led each year along with eligibility papers through FSA.

Year 2012 and beyond is bringing reinforced regu-lations on producers as well,particularly the enforce-

ment of Conservation Plans.Each farm is required to havea plan in place in order to helpcontrol erosion problems dueto row cropping. If you do nothave a Conservation Plan orbelieve your current plan doesnot cover your current farm-ing practices, please contactthe local FSA or NRCS at 606-787-6581 to ensure you are incompliance. Non-compliancemay result in the requirementof program benefi t reductionsor repayments.

Casey County’s FSA offi ceis located inside the ChieftainSteel Building directly acrossfrom the Casey County Exten-sion Offi ce.

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STATISTICSResults

Girls Singles — Sydney Ledington (Corbin) def. Tylyn Leigh (Casey) 6-0, 6-0.

Girls Doubles — Logan Douglas/Chelsea Moore (Male) def. Sara Coffman/Chelsey Lynn (Casey) 6-2, 6-2; Haley Owens/Allie Tinsley (Casey) def. Taylor McGuire/Nicole Walton (N. Oldham) 6-3, 6-2; Sophia Brown/Courtney Delong (Manual) def. Owens/Tinsley 6-1, 6-2

Boys Singles — Taylor Nguyen (Russell) def. Ryan Martin (Casey) 6-0, 6-2

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Six Casey tennis players compete at stateBy Rita “Peat” Harris

Sports Correspondent

Six Casey County ten-nis athletes competed in the Kentucky High School Ath-letic Association (KHSAA) State Tournament in Lexing-ton last Thursday. Girls

“I was very pleased,” said Head Coach Tommy Wood, who had two doubles teams and one singles player com-peting. “They did very well considering the competition level.”

The doubles team of Allie Tinsley and Haley Owens were the only Rebels to ad-vance to the second round of play. They defeated the North Oldham duo of Taylor McGuire and Nicole Walton, 6-3, 6-2, in their opening round.

“There’s not any bad teams or players up there,” Wood said. “I was really proud that they advanced to the second round because last year they got beat out the fi rst round.”

Tinsley and Owens con-tinued to the second round where they faced a highly ranked team from Manual. The tournament’s number

fi ve seed defeated the Lady Rebels 6-1, 6-2.

Sara Coffman and Chelsey Lynn also represented the Lady Rebels in the doubles bracket.

“It was their fi rst trip to the state tournament, but I felt like they competed well,” Wood said. Coffman and Lynn lost to a duo from Male High School, 6-2, 6-2.

“Male, schools in Louis-ville, are very competitive. They play a lot of tennis and they have a lot of advantag-es. They play year-round,” Wood said.

Twelfth region singles champion, Tylyn Leigh, took her fi rst and only loss of the season in her opening round of the tournament.

“(Tylyn) had a really tough draw. She played the number nine seed in the state,” Wood said.

Leigh faced Sydney Led-ington of Corbin and lost 6-0, 6-0.

“She hadn’t played that kind of competition all year long. She’ll grow from it and it’s a good experience,” Wood said.

None of the fi ve state com-petitors graduated with the

class of 2012 and will have the opportunity to compete next season and potentially return to the state tourna-ment.

“It’s going to carry over to next year,” Wood said. “Hopefully we can win the region and go as a team. I’m really happy and pleased with our team to say the least.”Boys

Singles player Ryan Mar-tin was the lone Casey Coun-ty representative in the boys’ KHSAA State Tournament. Martin lost in his opening round 6-0, 6-2 to Taylor Nguyen of Russell.

“The score was not indica-tive of Ryan’s play,” said Head Coach Phil Williams.

“He played really, reallywell. (Nguyen) was a reallyquality player. Ryan gave agreat effort. He was in everygame. He just fell short in afew areas.”

Martin competed with theCasey County team at thestate level his freshman andsophomore seasons but notas a junior. He returned thisyear as a senior to fi nish outhis Rebel tennis career.

“Ryan has been an individ-ual who has really performedreally well over the past fouryears,” said Williams. “Allthrough the year he was putin pressure situations thatmight determine whether wewon or lost and he’d alwaysproduce. He’s just a tremen-dous individual.”

STATISTICS47th District Tournament

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FinalCasey Co. (3-19, 0-7) 0 0 0 1 2Pulaski County (14-22, 5-2) 2 0 1 0 7

FinalCasey County (3-18) 6Washington County (7-18) 3

FinalCasey County (3-18) 8Campbellsville (7-27) 5

photo/CHRIS ZOLLNERLEFT, Casey County’s number one singles player and 12th Region singleschampion, Tylyn Leigh, competed at the state tournament for the fi rsttime last weekend. Leigh lost to the state’s number nine seeded playerin the opening round, her only loss this season. ABOVE, senior RyanMartin closed out his Rebel tennis career in a tough match at the statetournament last Thursday. Martin fell 6-0, 6-2.

Stringer earns state runner-up

honors in pole vault

By Rita “Peat” HarrisSports Correspondent

Shelby Stringer was named the 2012 pole vault runner-up in the Kentucky High School Athletic Asso-ciation AA State Track and Field meet last Friday. She cleared a new personal best height, 8’6”.

“She was close to nine-foot. She was amazed that she was right up there, to be competing for the champion-ship,” Head Coach Matt Wil-loughby said. “It was pretty fun watching her battle for it.”

Junior Nicole Nagy also medaled in the vault. She fell a little shy of her best jump and her mark of 7’6” resulted in a three-way tie for sixth place.

“I was proud of them. A lot of them are young,” Wil-loughby said on the team as a whole. “A lot of them are freshmen and sophomores. They let their nerves rattle them a little, but it’s experi-ence.”

Junior Micah Smith was the only other Casey Coun-ty representative to earn a spot on the medal stand. He matched his best in the high jump by clearing 6’0” and taking seventh place.

“(Competing) was a little hard on him than other peo-ple, I think,” Willoughby said, explaining that Smith’s two events, high jump and pole vault, were taking place simultaneously.

Three other competitors also cleared 6’0” in the high jump but Smith’s number of attempts to clear the bar re-sulted in the seventh place position rather than fourth.

Smith also competed in the pole vault where his mark of 10’6” resulted in a tie for 10th place.

“I was pleased with him,” Willoughby said. “He is go-ing to do better next year and he’s got a good shot at winning the state in both (events).”

The Lady Rebels compet-ed in two other fi eld events at the meet. Freshman Lak-ken Miller cleared 4’8” in the high jump to fi nish 12th and sophomore Abby Meece threw the discus 83’6” for 16th place.

“(Miller) was nervous and she was really upset when it was over because she didn’t make it to the next height. I told her, she’s a freshman. She’s got three more years,” said Willoughby.

“Abby’s a sophomore but this was her fi rst year going to state. She had really high expectations,” said Wil-loughby. He also noted that Meece had a legitimate shot to place in the top three with her best throw but fell short in her fi rst state experience.

On the track, Miller and Stringer were joined by Lau-ra Parris and Tiara Cochran to compete in the 4x100-meter relay and 4x200-meter relay.

The quarter mile team bet-tered their regional time and ran 53.89 to capture 18th place. The half mile team fi nished in 22nd with a time of 1:55.69.

“The (400-meter relay) looked better than it had all year,” Willoughby said. “They won the heat. It gave them a bright spot but if they had been in a faster heat it would have helped us.”

Nagy, Smith place at state track meet

STATISTICSGirls — 4x200M Relay - 22. Laura Parris, Tiara Co-

chran, Shelby Stringer, Lakken Miller 1:55.69; 4x100M Relay - 18. Cochran, Parris, Stringer, Miller 53.89; Discus - 16. Abby Meece 83’6”; High Jump - 12. Miller 4’8”; Pole Vault - 2. Stringer 8’6 6. (3-way tie) Nicole Nagy 7’6”.

Boys — High Jump - 7. Micah Smith 6’0”; Pole Vault - 10. Smith 10’6”.

photo/CHRIS ZOLLNERShelby Stringer hands off to Lakken Miller in the 4x100-meter relay at the KHSAA State Double-A State Track and Field Meet. The team won their heat and fi nished 16th overall. Both girls also competed on the 4x200-meter relay. Individually, Stringer earned the runner-up title in the pole vault and Miller was 12th in the high jump.

Casey baseball ends with loss at homeBy Rita “Peat” Harris


The Casey County Rebel baseball 2012 baseball season came to a close on Monday in the 47th District Tournament, hosted on their home fi eld. The Rebels took on the number one seed, Somerset, and lost 6-0.

“We played as well as we could tonight,” said fi rst year Head Coach Greg Hammond. “What hurt us tonight was we got hits when we had no one on base. We fi elded the boss tre-mendously.”

Senior Logan Weddle was name to the 47th District All-Tournament Team at the end of the game.

“(Weddle) made some robs tonight,” Hammond said on the senior’s fi elding.

The Rebels closed out their regular season with two losses to area teams Danville and Boyle County.

Danville (27-9), ranked sec-ond in the 12th Region, got an early lead on Casey County by earning seven runs in the fi rst inning. Despite earning runs in the second and third innings, Casey could not rally a come back.

While Casey lost to the Boyle County Rebels (19-14) Friday, the team’s last home game was a much different game than the face-off they had with Boyle only one week earlier.

“We played extremely well. When we play like that we put ourselves into a position to win,” Hammond said. “We hit the ball well, we fi elded the ball well, we just made a cou-ple of errors in the fi eld.”

The team lost 16-0 on May 11 at Boyle County and turned around to lose in a close 6-3 game Friday.

“It was two different ball games. We really showed up Friday with our minds where they needed to be,” said Ham-mond.

Hammond’s fi rst season with the Rebel team ends with a 7-26 record with nine seniors saying farewell.

“It’s hard to see that many seniors go, especially after hav-

ing just one season,” said Ham-mond.

Somerset faced Pulaski

County in the district cham-pionship at Casey County lastnight.

STATISTICS47th District Tournament

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FinalCasey Co. (7-26, 0-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Somerset (23-11, 6-1) 3 2 1 0 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 FinalCasey County (7-26, 0-7) 0 1 2 0 0 0 3Danville (28-9) 7 1 0 3 1 1 13Tyler Hayes 1 run, 1 hit; Jordan Sallee 3 hits, 1 RBI;

Chris Terry 1 run, 1 RBI; Logan Weddle 1 run. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FinalCasey County 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3Boyle County (19-14) 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 6Alex Atwood 1 RBI; Luke Atwood 1 run, 1 hit; Hunter

Christian 1 hit; Hayes 1 run, 1 hit, 1 RBI; Chris Lee 1 hit; Weddle 1 run, 2 hits, 1 RBI.

photo/CHRIS ZOLLNERSenior Jordan Sallee swings during the Rebels’ District Tournament game against Somerset on Monday atthe Rebels home fi eld. Casey lost 6-0 and senior Logan Weddle was named to the All-Tournament team.

By Rita “Peat” HarrisSports Correspondent

The Lady Rebel Softball team closed out the season on their home fi eld Monday eve-ning when they faced the Pu-laski County Lady Maroons in the opening game of the 47th District Tournament.

Despite a losing season, Casey ended the season on a high note, going 3-3 in its fi nal stretch of play.

After searching for a win through the majority of the season, Casey grabbed its fi rst victory on May 3 over Adair County. Following the triumph, the team won two of its last four regular season

games. “The girls really stepped up

as a team,” said Head Coach Brook Shelton. “They’ve gotten consecutively better at playing as a team. Am-ber Wesley coming back helped too. The team unity is a lot different when she’s around.”

Casey traveled to Wash-ington County (7-18) last Tuesday and won 6-3. The ladies played their fi nal regu-lar season game at home on Friday, hosting Campbells-ville (7-27) for a comeback victory.

“We really came on strong in the fi fth inning,” Shelton said, explaining the team ral-

lied a comeback to take the lead after falling several runs behind.

The Lady Rebels ended the game with a three-point vic-tory, 8-5.

Casey came off the back-to-back wins to head into the 47th District Tournament to face the number one ranked team of Pulaski County (14-22, 5-2) on Monday.

“It gave them a lot of con-fi dence,” Shelton said on the wins before district play. “But it may have been a false confi dence. They struggled a bit tonight.”

Pulaski defeated the Lady Rebels 7-2. Despite earning a run in the seventh inning and

a hit from Mariah Richardson that could have sent Ashley McQueary home for another point, Casey did not manage a district upset.

Senior Amber Vaughn was named to the 47th District All-Tournament team at the end

of the game. Pulaski Countyplayed Somerset on Tuesdayin the district championshipgame at Casey County.

Shelton fi nished her fi rstseason as the Lady Rebels’head coach with a record of3-19, 0-7.

photo/CHRIS ZOLLNERSenior Amber Vaughn was named to the 47th District All-Tournament team at Monday’s opening game of the tournament.

Lady Rebels end regular season with three wins; lose first game in district

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GATEWAY PARK SCHEDULET-BallThursday, May 24

6 p.m. — Yankees vs. Red Sox (TB fi eld)

6 p.m. — Braves vs. Reb-els (CP fi eld)

7:30 p.m. — Reds vs. White Sox (TB fi eld)

Monday, May 286 p.m. — White Sox vs.

Rebels (TB fi eld)6 p.m. — Reds vs. Yan-

kees (CP fi eld)7:30 p.m. — Braves vs.

Red Sox (TB fi eld)

Coach PitchFriday, May 25

6 p.m. — Cubs vs. Rock-ies (CP fi eld)

6 p.m. — Reds vs. Red Sox (TB fi eld)

7:30 p.m. — Red Sox vs. Tigers (CP fi eld)

7:30 p.m. — Diamond-backs vs. Braves (TB fi eld)

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Rockies (TB fi eld)

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6 p.m. — Rebels vs. Dodg-ers (LL fi eld)

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Springtime brings a case of track feverThe spring air, the pop of

the starting gun, the occa-sional yell of a thrower and the classic cheers of encour-agement: “Kick it now!” “Stay with her!” “Stride out!”

There’s nothing like run-ning from one event to the next at an outdoor track meet to make me truly miss the feeling of competition.

A few weeks ago I attend-ed Casey’s home track meet. It’s the fi rst meet I’ve been to in a year and the fi rst one where I’ve been back in the infi eld for several years.

One of the biggest prob-lems during competition was my inability to relax during a meet. The hot and long Saturday ones were the worst, since staying in the shade and keeping the body rested is imperative (but never seemed to happen).

I wanted to be at every event, cheering on team-mates and knowing how we faired. They were all excit-ing. Even if my team’s com-petitor did not have a shot at placing, everyone always has a shot for a personal best, and I usually knew what that mark was for my teammates.

I found myself back to my regular ways at the Casey meet, only this time I was running around with a cam-era rather than a stopwatch. (I admit that I did pull out the watch on my phone a time or two.) I planned to come for a few events and head out, but as soon as one concluded, I knew which one was up next and couldn’t pry myself away.

I miss it all.The quarter and half mile

were my events. Watching these runs made me want to slip on my spikes and take off, while someone called out my splits as I forced my knees up as they grew heavy near the fi nish. (Of course, reality tells me I’d be humiliated by my time if I actually tried to run either event right now.)

I miss the break down of my splits knowing, mid-race, when I heard a partic-ular time that it meant I was either on pace or off.

I miss having a friendly rival alongside me who might beat me but in doing so help me better my time, meaning we could always congratulate each other at the fi nish line.

I miss rounding up my 4x400-meter relay team-mates when the evening grew cool and the stadium lights had turned on and the sun had faded. We would all be exhausted from previous events but there was still a chance for one more, excit-ing P.R.

I miss taking off for that 400-meter leg to close the night that could make or break where the team placed; then immediately making my way to the op-posite side of the track to cheer on our boys in the al-ways, exciting fi nale relay.

I still run occasionally and even participate in different road runs here and there. It

is a fun social activity. But cross country style running was never where my passion for running had ignited.

Despite our age or how far removed we may be-come from what we ever considered “our” sport, I think a small hint, tease or

taste of it will always bring back a desire for the adrena-line rush of competition. For me, I most clearly fi nd it on a 400-meter track.

I do still have those blue and white Asics spikes. You just never know…were my events Watching

Rita “Peat” HARRIS


photo/CHRIS ZOLLNER

First PitchSuperintendent Linda Hatter throws out the fi rst pitch at the 47th District baseball tournament hosted at Casey’s fi eld on Monday night. Casey County also hosted the district softball tournament.

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Police NewsMan charged with DUI

Kelly David Goode, 31, of 1109 Spring Hill Road, Dunnville, was arrested on Friday at Dairy Mart at 7 p.m. by Offi cer Joel Quillen. He also faces a charge of posses-sion of an open alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle, court records state.

Man faces fleeing, drug chargesRandall Wayne Lawless, 39, of 130 Paw Paw Creek

Road, Liberty, was arrested on Thursday on Calvary Ridge Road by Deputies Chad Weddle, Freeman Luttrell, and Jamie Walters and charged with three counts of fl ee-ing or evading police, third-degree criminal mischief, and possession of marijuana.

Lawless fl ed when Weddle, along with Deputies Jamie Walters and Freeman Luttrell, attempted to serve three arrest warrants on Lawless, court record state. Luttrell found a packet of marijuana after searching Lawless.

Man arrested on theft chargeGary Rogers, 449, of 211 Allene Drive, Danville, was

arrested on a warrant at the Stop Shop in Irvine on May 12. Rogers is charged with theft by unlawful taking, au-tomobile, in taking a 1997 Chevrolet Monte Carlo owned by Tony Eldridge, of Casey County. The car is valued at $3,500.

Jewelry, electronics stolenThieves broke into a Liberty home and made off with

more than $10,500 in cash and personal property.Adam and Kristen Wilson, of 1728 Dry Ridge Road,

told Deputy Freeman Luttrell that on May 15 thieves en-tered a back window in their home and took items ranging from a Smith and Wesson revolver to diamond jewelry to an iPad and two laptop computers.

The Wilsons were again targets of thieves on May 18 when their garage was entered and Kristen’s purse was taken from a car.

Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact the Casey County Sheriff’s Offi ce at 606-787-6821.

Camping equipment takenGlen Luster, of 7443 North U.S. 127, Liberty, reported

that someone broke into a building on Reynolds Creek Road and took two heating stoves, one cooking stove, and one washer. Deputy Freeman Luttrell is investigat-ing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Casey County Sheriff’s Offi ce at 606-787-6821.

Metal stolen from camperMelvin Withers, of 3596 Brock Road, Dunnville, told

Deputy Freeman Luttrell that on Friday night, thieves took metal siding from a camper, a cook stove from inside the camper, and copper water lines. Anyone with infor-mation about this incident is asked to contact the Casey County Sheriff’s Offi ce at 606-787-6821.

Two men indicted for selling stolen metals, other charges


Two men were indicted on Monday by a Casey County grand jury for receiving sto-len property and then selling it to a Casey County met-als’ recycler, among other charges.

Jordan L. McAninch, 24, of 2060 Bowen Road, Stan-ford, and Jason D. Brummett, 26, of 410 North Fourth St., Danville, were indicted by a Casey County Grand Jury on Monday charging them with receiving stolen prop-erty over $500 but under $10,000.

The pair are accused of re-ceiving on April 6 batteries, steel, transmission parts, and other items of personal prop-erty belonging to Tommy Owens Used Cars in Dan-ville.

McAninch and Brummett brought the parts to Casey County and sold the items at Cundiff Metal Recycling for $466. The estimated value of the parts is $3,650.

In addition, the men are charged with second-degree burglary and theft by unlaw-ful taking over $500.

Court documents state that on April 7, the men broke into a building owned by Diana Ratcliff and took elec-trical wiring, air conditioner units, and copper pipe.

The grand jury also indict-

ed 10 others on Monday: Alan Lee Gaddis, 34, of

726 Poddle Doo Road, Lib-erty, Jamie Alan Statham, 28, of 1630 Calvary Ridge Road, Yosemite, and Ran-dall Wayne Lawless, of 130 Paw Paw Road, Liberty, face charges of receiving stolen property, over $500, but un-der $10,000. The two are ac-cused of taking possession of a trailer that was stolen from Mike True in February 2012. Gaddis and Lawless are also charged with second-degree being a persistent felony of-fender.

Breanna Paige Harri-son, 30, of 1109 Springhill Road, Dunnville, was indict-ed on nine counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. Har-rison is accused of cashing eight checks totaling $564 at Dairy Mart in October and November 2011. She also faces one count of cashing a $100 check at Casey County Bank. All the checks were forged on Glenda Harrison’s account.

Kelly David Goode, 31, also of 1109 Springhill Road, Dunnville, was in-dicted on a charge of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument when he cashed a check on Glenda Harrison’s account for $75 at Shannon’s Grocery on April 2, 2012. Goode faces anoth-er count of fraudulent use of

a credit card, over $500 but less than $10,000 when he unlawfully used a credit or debit card in March of this year.

Timothy Joel Bates, 48, and Roberta L. Lynn, 39, both of 5829 South Fork Creek Road, Liberty, were indicted on charges of manu-facturing methamphetamine and cultivating more than fi ve plants of marijuana. Bates was also charged with fi rst-degree being a persis-tent felony offender.

Jerry N. Sanchez, 42, of 216 West Washington St., Colver, Ind., was indicted for manufacturing metham-phetamine, fi rst-degree pos-session of a controlled sub-stance (methamphetamine), second-degree possession of a controlled substance, pos-session of drug parapherna-lia, and possession of mari-juana.

George Samuel Wade, 42, of 5457 Ky. 906, Hus-tonville, was indicted on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and fi rst-degree, fi rst offense, traffi ck-ing in a controlled substance, less than two grams of meth.

Shirley M. McBride, 37, of 113 Chestnut St., Somer-set, was indicted for using Shanta McBride’s identity for illegal purposes. She’s also charged with second-degree being a persistent felony offender.

Danville man pleads guilty of stalkingBy Larry Rowell

Staff Writer

Harold David McConaha, 47, of 717 Harvest Lane, Dan-ville, pleaded guilty on May 7 in Casey Circuit Court to a charge of fi rst-degree stalk-ing. A charge of fi rst-degree being a persistent felony of-fender was dismissed. Com-monwealth’s Attorney Brian Wright is recommending that McConaha spend fi ve years in jail probated for fi ve years.

Donnie Lynn Taylor was found guilty of fi rst-degree traffi cking in a controlled substance, second or greater offense. Wright recommends that he spend 10 years in jail.

May 14 Crystal Gail Clements,

terminated from drug court, was sentenced to continue on probation, serve an additional 90 days in jail and then be re-leased to attend drug treatment and other terms of probation as designated by the probation and parole offi ce.

Gregory T. Galloway was sentenced to two years in jail probated for fi ve years. He’s to serve an additional 30 days in jail and pay $1,054 in restitu-tion.

Walter K. Murphy plead-ed guilty to second-degree as-sault, domestic violence, with a pre-trial diversion for fi ve years. If he fails diversion, then he will serve fi ve years in prison.

Billy James Bunch pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property, more than $500 but less than $10,000. Wright recommends that he spend 18 months in jail.

Matthew Tyler Lynn pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking, fi rearm; two counts of third-degree criminal mis-chief, and theft by unlawful taking. Wright recommends that Lynn spend fi ve years in prison.

Justin Lee Adams had his probation revoked for a drug court violation and will now serve two-and-a-half years in jail.

Kody S. Chadwell plead-

ed guilty to fi rst-degree bailjumping and was sentencedto one year in jail. He wasalso sentenced to one year injail and fi ned $100 for fi rst-degree wanton endangerment,fi rst-degree fl eeing or evadingpolice, and operating a motorvehicle under the infl uenceof alcohol or drugs. The two,one-year sentences are to runconsecutively.

Linda Carol Murrell hada charge of third-degree bur-glary dismissed.

Ky. near top in jailed kids for status offensesBy Jenna Mink

The Bowling Green Daily News

Children were put into Kentucky jails more than 1,330 times last year for run-ning away, skipping school, buying tobacco products and other offenses.

Kentucky has one of the highest rates in the nation of incarcerating kids for status offenses – actions that are crimes for children but not for adults. It’s a situation that harms children, negatively affects communities and costs taxpayers, according to a new study by Kentucky Youth Advocates.

“If a status offender is put into the same cell as a violent offender, there’s no one that thinks that status offender is going to turn the violent of-fender into a better-behaved kid,” said Terry Brooks, ex-ecutive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates. “Instead, what happens is the status offender gets enrolled in a criminal school.”

Status offenders accounted for 17 percent of youth in-carcerations in Kentucky last year. That means one out of every six times, a child was put in jail for something that wouldn’t be a crime for an adult, according to Kentucky Youth Advocates.

But while Kentucky still lags behind other states, those numbers are dropping. The number of children put in jail for status offenses dropped by 41 percent from 2007 to 2011, according to the state Department of Ju-venile Justice.

Communities are starting to realize that incarcerating children for those crimes doesn’t work, and they’re beginning to revert to the “traditional ways” of com-bating those problems – ad-dressing the problem with parents and their children in-stead of simply putting kids in jail, Brooks said.

“Communities need to invent alternatives to deten-tion. I’m a very strong be-liever that context matters in Kentucky. What works in one county might not be ap-propriate to use in Louisville or Harlan County,” Brooks said.

Years ago, in the aftermath of tragedies such as the Col-umbine High School shoot-ings, communities switched to zero-tolerance policies for children who committed crimes. Offi cials began auto-matically putting kids in jail for using fake identifi cation or purchasing tobacco prod-ucts, Brooks said.

“It doesn’t demand cre-ativity from judges, parents. Communities threw kids in a cell and locked it up,” he said. “But do we really want to lock up kids who buy a pack of cigarettes under-age?”

Adults have started real-izing that solution can be extreme and often doesn’t work, Brooks said.

The current system is making neighborhoods more dangerous by taking chil-dren who simply make bad decisions and putting them in environments where they sometimes learn to be crimi-nals. Additionally, taxpayers are investing thousands of dollars into youth incarcera-tions, Brooks said.

“You might as well take that tax investment and fl ush it,” he said. Because youth incarceration “doesn’t work.”

Instead, communities need to develop ways other than incarceration to deal with problem children. Many

players, from schools to the family to law enforcement to the faith community, need to be involved, he said.

On the state level, legis-lators are developing a task force to review the juvenile justice system and determine ways it can be improved – an encouraging sign, Brooks said.

“The idea that a kid cut school is not a shock to me,” Brooks said. “Our current system is taking ... kids that have made bad decisions and, instead of addressing that bad decision, we com-plicate their lives in ways that have negative results.”

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Casey Gospel FestCasey Gospel Fest was held Friday at the Central Kentucky AG/EXPO Center Pork Producers Building, featuring The Red Roots, ABOVE, a band comprised of identical triplets from Mississippi, and LEFT, Southern Harmony, a gospel quartet from Rus-sell Springs. The event also included words from Bro. Brent Huggins of Poplar Grove Baptist Church, music and poetry. The event was organized and emceed by Bro. Paul Pullen. Friday’s event was the second local Gospel Fest and more are planned.

the taxpayers of the City of Liberty,” Sweeney said.

When asked after the meeting if he was willing to name the city offi cial, Sweeney said “No, not yet.”

The mayor asked if the council was prepared to commit to spending as much as $20,000 in legal fees and expenses.

“Is that going to be from both parties?” said Council-man Steven Brown. Sweeney replied that the city would pay the majority of the legal expenses as it must produce evidence, including witness-es, that the PSC requires to justify a rate increase.

City Attorney G. Davis Wilson said that should it be necessary to hire lawyers who specialize in regulatory issues, the legal fees could run upwards of $20,000 or more.

Brown inquired as to the possibility of the council sit-ting down with the ECCWD Board and trying to resolve the issue.

“If they will call a special meeting but they’ve turned us down three times. I think they’re pretty much set that they don’t want to negotiate with us,” Sweeney said.

With a June 1 deadline looming with the PSC, council members directed Sweeney to ask for a meet-ing between the ECCWD Board and the City Council.

On Friday, Sweeney said that the ECCWD Board and the City Council will meet Tuesday (May 22) evening.

Discussions about the city’s proposed 15-cent rate proposal per 1,000 gallons of water sold to ECCWD have been ongoing for the

better part of two months. The ECCWD has repeatedly rejected the city’s proposal, saying it preferred the mat-ter be heard before the PSC.

Sweeney said that should the city rescind the proposed water rate hike, then the city would face substantial cuts.

The council approved a 15-cent water rate increase for city residents effective April 1.

FireworksIn light of the impend-

ing legal fees and monthly revenue loss in the water department, Sweeney asked what the council wanted to do about funding the July 4 fi reworks display.

“If that’s what we need to do to benefi t the city to save money, I’m all aboard with it,” said Councilman Brad Vaughn.

“The people of our city have a great time at the fi re-work’s show — do we need to sacrifi ce that?” Sweeney said. “If we do, we will.”

The city typically spends $7,500 on the annual event, with the county matching that sum.

Brown proposed post-poning a decision on the fi reworks’ display until a meeting could be set with the ECCWD on the rate in-crease.

“If we can get these guys in here and sit down and hammer this out before we go to court, then we can wait until June 1,” Brown said.

A question also arose about a proposed $10,000 hot air balloon show for July 4. That decision was also postponed.

Vaughn said that $5,000 would have to be raised

from donors.

Downtown develop-ment

Sweeney said that a localbusinessman approachedhim about extending theoutdoor eating area of SweetBeans ‘n Things on Middle-burg Street to include park-ing spaces in front of theeatery.

Brown asked about safetyand Sweeney said that thestate department of trans-portation would have to ap-prove it.

Councilman Brian Beelersaid that Laura Hebrockhad contacted him aboutpossibly purchasing the olddowntown theater that thecity has been thus far unsuc-cessful in raising the neces-sary funds to renovate.

Sweeney said the citywould apply for a $500,000Community DevelopmentBlock Grant for this projectlater this year.

“We’ll need a partner onthis and I’d love to workwith her and her husbandon this to get that theateropened up,” Sweeney said.“It’d be a big shot in the armfor downtown if we coulddo that,” he said, calling thepossibilty of selling the the-ater “interesting.”

Mayor’s reportSweeney said that the

foundation has been com-pleted for the new watertank on Water Tower Hill.

He also reported that themobile homes on the pro-posed Community Collegeproject property on JockeyStreet have been removedand clean up work will be-gin soon.

Mayor■ Continued from front

sign Manager Bill Cheney in Somerset said on Friday that the utility contract pro-cess is being worked out.

“We do have a problem with the utilities but they are proceeding,” Cheney said, stopping short of predicting a projected completion date on the work.

Another challenge with the work will arise when a portion of East Ky. 70 will be closed while crews in-stall a culvert that will run underneath the roadway.

Initially scheduled to be installed during the sum-mer months when school is out, the culvert work may now have to be done in the fall, necessitating traffi c to use North U.S. 127 and the Connector Road to get to East Ky. 70.

Otherwise, Morris said things are going smoothly, especially on the Ky. 1649 end of the project.

“We’re running two crews, nine hour shifts each, fi ve days a week,” Morris said, adding that much of the work involves excava-tion and blasting through solid rock.

But the nicest thing when the work is completed, Mor-ris said, will be reducing a 16 percent steep grade on Ky. 1649 to a safer, 6 per-cent slope.

As for the approximately one-tenth mile stretch of Ky. 1649 that will remain open when the project is

completed, it will become part of the county’s road in-ventory, said Casey County Judge/Executive Ronald Wright.

“The state is going to re-surface the road up to the point where it’ll be closed and they’ll put up barri-cades,” Wright said.

In addition to the Allen Co., two other companies will be involved in the proj-ect — Hinkle Contracting will be doing the paving and Hornback Construction will handle the culvert work.

Water tank projectThe foundation has been

poured and the retaining wall is in place for Liberty’s new, 500,000-gallon water storage tank which will be built on Water Tower Hill Road.

The 24-inch footers in the form of a circle are designed to support the massive weight of the tank, which will sit on the ground.

Liberty Mayor Steve Sweeney said that the new tank will tie into a 10-inch water main loop that loops around the city.

“This will make the water fresher,” Sweeney said.

The project should be completed in the fall, he said.

Kentucky’s First Lady, Jane Beshear, was at City Hall May 31 of last year to present a $950,000 check that will be used to fund the

bulk of the $1 million water tank. The city will pay the remaining $50,000.

The money for the new tank comes as a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administered by the Department of Local Government in Frankfort.

“The almost $1 million was part of a $27 million pot of Housing and Urban Development money given to Kentucky from Washing-ton,” said DLG Commis-sioner Tony Wilder at the May 31 event.

The new water tank will not only replace the two ex-isting tanks on Water Tower Hill Road and on the hill behind J.J.’s Car Wash on Hustonville Street, it will also double the water stor-age capacity in the two old tanks from 250,000 gallons to 500,000 gallons.

Sweeney said that the foundations on the two old tanks — one built in the 1930s and the other “of an undetermined age” — have eroded to the point of be-coming a danger in the near future.

Under

in the press release. “We will not close any of these rural post offi ces without having provided a viable so-lution.”

“A voluntary early re-tirement incentive for the nation’s more than 21,000

non-executive postmasters was also announced,” ac-cording to the release.

The Postal Service had also placed a voluntary moratorium on all postal fa-cility closings through May 15, 2012.

“No closings or changes

to post offi ce operations willoccur until after that time,”according to the release.

At the end of May, thePostal Service will seek anadvisory opinion from thePostal Regulatory Commis-sion on this plan, accordingto the release.



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Two barns and a shed on 72.75 +/- Acres. About 50 acres of cropland. Lots of road

frontage. Creek. Pond. ONLY $119,900.00

Approx. 56 Acres with barn and pond. Also Creek. Old house. $69,900.00



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CROSSWORD

Puzzle

Libra, you have built up some momentum on projects that are dear to you, but expect things to slow down a little bit now. You may need a final push of inspiration to finish the goal.

Aquarius, if there is an important person you need to see or talk to, now is the time to do so. Don’t wait any longer because it will relate to some future activities.

Capricorn, there are only a few more opportunities to seek a pay increase. Muster the strength to go into a supervisor’s office and make your case known.

Pisces, a shift of the stars brings about remarkable change in your personal life. Positivity reigns for a few weeks.

Virgo, responsibilities and hard work have dominated your days, leaving little time for moments of pleasure. Things will even out soon enough.

It’s an exciting time for you, Gemini. You may decide to head to the airport and book a trip somewhere off the beaten path. Otherwise, a series of day trips could be fun.

Aries, you have been working hard and this diligence is starting to pay off. This week you may experience a setback, but keep working hard and you’ll handle it.

CAPRICORN December 22-January 19

ARIES March 21-April 19

CANCER June 22-July 22

LIBRA September 23-October 22

TAURUS April 20-May 20

LEO July 23-August 22

AQUARIUS January 20-February 18

PISCES February 19-March 20

Cancer, you have finances on the mind, and with good reason and mostly out of necessity. That is because you’ve had a few expensive purchases that are tallying up.

GEMINI May 21-June 21

VIRGO August 23-September 22

Taurus, it’s all about your career goals this week. If you run your own company, use this time to scout for new business. If not, it’s time to seek a new position.

SAGITTARIUS November 22-December 21

May 23-29

SCORPIO October 23-November 21

Leo, this is an enjoyable time because you are being pushed along by dreams and inspiration, opening up a score of possibilities to keep you busy and happy.

Scorpio, if you have been pitching a new creative idea, you will likely get word this week about whether the idea will come to fruition and be successful.

Sagittarius, for some reason the smooth course you have been on takes a sharp detour in the next few days. Either you can adjust to the change or be left behind.

PUBLIC NOTICE The second reading and adoption of the Casey County proposed budget ordinance for fiscal year 2012-1 3 is scheduled to be held at the courthouse on June 4th at 5:00 p.m. BUDGET SUMMARY AN ORDINANCE Relating to the Annual Budget and Appropriations. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE FISCAL COURT OF CASEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY: WHEREAS, the proposed budget was tentatively approved by the fiscal court on the 7th day of May,2012 and approved as to form and classification by the State Local Finance Officer on the 17th day of May,201 2. SECTION ONE. The following budget is adopted for the Fiscal Year 2012-13 and the amounts stated are appropriated for the purposes indicated. (1) General Fund 5000 General Government $1,862,240.99 5100 Protection to Persons and Property $ 66,850.00 5200 General Health and Sanitation $ 104,200.00 5300 Social Services $ 1,000.00 5400 Recreation and Culture $ 355,980.00 9100 General Services $ 156,250.00 9200 Reserve for Transfer $ 1,522.57 9400 Employee Benefits $ 525,000.00

Total $ 3,073,043.56 (2) Road Fund 6100 Roads $1,357,900.00 7500 Debt Service $ 40,000.00 9100 General Services $ 29,000.00 9200 Reserve for Transfer $ 37,476.00 9400 Employee Benefits $ 196,000.00

Total $1,660,376.00 (3) Jail Fund 5100 Protection to Persons & Property $2,150,666.99 7100 Principal & Interest on Bonds $ 648,516.77 9100 Insurance $ 100,000.00 9200 Reserve for Transfer $ 262,724.24 9400 Employee Benefits $ 549,500.00

Total $3,711,408.00 (4) LGEA Fund 5075 Economic Development $ 25,000.00 9200 Reserve for Transfer $ 72,600.00

Total $ 97,600.00 (06) State Fund 9200 Reserve for Transfer $ 53,000.00

Total $ 53,000.00 (75) E-911 Fund 5100 Protection to Persons & Property $ 236,950.00 9400 Employee Benefits $ 53,300.00

Total $ 290,250.00 SECTION TWO. This ordinance shall be published in The Casey County newspaper by title and summary within (30) days following adoption. SECTION THREE. This ordinance becomes effective upon passage and publication. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY All interested persons and organizations in Casey County are hereby notified that a copy of the coun ty’s adopted budget in full is available for public inspection at the Office of the County Judge/Executiv e during normal business hours.

PUBLIC NOTICE Budget Hearing Regarding

Proposed Use of County Road Aid and Local Government Economic

Assistance (LGEA) Funds. A public hearing will be held by Casey County at the

courthouse on June 4, 2012 at 4:45 p.m. for the purpose of obtaining citizens comments regarding the possible uses of the County Road Aid (CRA) and Local Government Economic Assistance (LGEA) Funds.

All interested persons in Casey County are invited to the hearing to submit verbal or written comments on possible uses of the CRA and LGEA Funds. Any person(s) who cannot submit written comments or attend the public hearing but wish to submit comments, should call the office of the County Judge/Executive at 606-787-8311 by 4:00 p.m., June 4, 2012 so the arrangements can be made to secure their comments.

SEALED BIDS The Casey County Board of Education is now accepting sealed bids on three 66-passenger International school buses. For bid information, contact C.A. Griffin at the Casey County bus garage.

SETTLEMENTS Notice is hereby given that settlements of estates have been filed in Casey District Court and are scheduled for hearings for final approval by the Casey District Court at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, unless exceptions are filed prior thereto. Estate of: Richard P. Monday Attorney: Greg Dunn 11-P-00005 Representative: Brenda Monday Type of Settlement: Final

Prepared By: Cameron Cain D.C.

Thomas Ridge Cemetery Report 2011 Donations

$200 Betty Vanhook and Kay Woodrum (for 2010 and 2011); $110 Bernice Luttrell and family; $105 decoration offering; $100 Oral and Enola Thomas children, Craig Price Myra Bernard, Mary T. Roy, Argel Meeks, Billie Russell; $50 Odean Clements, Edra Bernard, Nelda Davenport, No Name, Gail Arms Withers, Marcille Wilkerson, Bobby Minton; $40 Norma Rodgers, Jim and Lisa Day; $30 Proxedia Owens; $25 Betsy Conaster, No Name, Melvin Bernard, Sandra Grant, June T. Strong; $20 Dennis Emerson, Loretta Thomas, Ruby Lee, Jimmy Rodgers, Paula Barnes, Brenda Meece, Norma Lynn; $10 Docey Goodin. Interest from trust funds: Ora Wilson $30.02, Imogene Austin $20, Flora Luttrell $19.69, Osbrion Daniel $10, Beatrice Russell Thomas $8. Paid out mowing ad in paper and lawyer fees $1,509.40 Received in offering: $1,818 Paid out for mowing, ad in paper and lawyer fees: $1,509.40 Send all donations to: Gene Bernard, 2954 Thomas Ridge Rd.,

Dunnville, KY 42528. Phone: 606-787-8982

POPLAR HILL CEMETERY To inform the public, the Poplar Hill Cemetery will begin on June 1, 2012 charging a fee of $200.00 for opening a grave plot. This amount is necessary for the upkeep of the cemetery. Donations for upkeep of the cemetery may be made to: Dale Hoskins, PO Box 268, Liberty, KY 42539 Or it may be given to any of the committee members, Eddie Clark, Marshall McAninch or George Vest.

1 BEDROOM APART-MENT, Lebanon city limits, appliances furnished, $375 Rent/Dep. (270) 699-9609

VACATION IN FLORIDA 1 bedroom. 1 bath. BRADENTON FLORIDA, 1 MILE TO THE BEACH, COTTAGE STYLE, TURN THE KEY 941-795-2528, [email protected]

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