Dale Turner

The Ballard County Weekly

“What’s right is right and what’s fair is fair” is what Vicky Lovelace said when interviewed after her nomination for an empty council seat was rejected at a special

called meeting of the Wickliffe City Council on Wednesday to fill the vacant council seat left by the recent resignation of David Phillips.

Lovelace said that’s what she was told by both Councilmen Larry

Dale Turner

The Ballard County Weekly

At 23 weeks gestation when some babies are being aborted, Brooklyn Johnson was being born. Four months premature, Booklyn decided she

was ready to live but she would be in for the fight of her life.

Behind the eight ball to begin, she compound-ed things by coming breech. She was given only a 2 percent chance

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Vance joins Wickliffe council

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Former Wickliffe mayor Herby Vance was approved by the Wickliffe City Council, at a special called meeting last week, to fill the vacated seat of David Phillips, who resigned recently.

Vicky Lovelace, the fourth runner-up candidate on the 2012 election ballot, was present to voice her interest in filling the council position. Lovelace’s nomination was rejected by the council during the meeting. Councilman George Lane told Lovelace not to take it person-ally. Lovelace, however, said she does take it personal

Councilman Larry Hammett said “the last time they picked (to fill a position left by Chris Halteman) by the roster, no one showed interest in doing it so we went to Mike Nutt.

“It’s up to us. We’re not bound to do it anyway,” Hammett said.

There were two others who now showed interest in the posi-tion, including Vance, who was eventually voted as councilman, and Charlie Martin.

George Lane added “I was appointed out of the clear blue.” Judy Hall also said she had been approached and appointed to the council during her first term.

Councilman Cathy Hurt ques-tioned who was next on the vot-ing roster and was told it was Anna Ruth Bowman. Hurt also asked why they chose Nutt. Hammett responded, “we did him because he was the next one

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Family: Brooklyn a ‘miracle from God’

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The 10th Anniversary of WWII Veterans’ trip to DC. Edgar Herrel will be the guest speaker. Starts at 10 a.m. at KVPM.

---Derby Day May 3 at the Farmers Market in LaCenter. ---Everyone is invited to participate in the 2014 Ballard Me-morial High School Project Graduation Four-Person Golf Tournament Fund-raiser on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Ballard County Coun-try Club and tee off at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $120 per team. Prizes will be awarded im-mediately following play. BMHS Project Grad-uation needs your SUPPORT! Due to the Kentucky Red Book School Regula-tions, it has been very difficult to raise funds for the 2014 graduat-ing students.

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Brooklyn Johnson... at 4 months old

BMHS King and Queen ...Ballard Memorial High School crowned Carlie Pace and Kole Williams its 2014 prom king and queen recently. The BMHS prom was held at the Carson Center in Paducah this past Saturday. Rumor has it that a good time was had by all who attended the annual event. See more prom pictures on Page 2.

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Alert couple helps save family’s homeOn Monday, Donna

Carter and Monte Chil-dress, both of La Center, stopped at a house at the intersection of Slater Road and Wayside Inn Road

around 7:30 a.m. and helped put out a fire. Un-known to Carter and Chil-dress, the home had been struck by lighting causing the electricity to be turned

off and forcing the home-owners from the residence the evening before.

With no electricity to operate the well, the pair was forced to improvise by using rain water that had collected in a puddle.

Bystanders went to the residence of deputy sheriff Joe Gaia, who lives in the neighborhood, and alerted him of the emergency. Gaia, in turn, notified Bal-lard County Dispatch. La Center, Barlow, and Kevil fire departments were dis-patched.

The Ballard EMS, along with BSCO person-nel and others, were able to remove some siding from the residence and use water and fire extinguish-ers to slow the fire until La Center firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze.

By intervening, Carter and Childress were able to help save the family’s home and for that they are “hometown heroes in our book,” said Sheriff Todd Cooper.

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at survival by the deliver-ing doctor and the neona-tal specialist. Her parents, Shannon and Michaela Johnson, were prepared by the doctors to expect the worst possible outcome. If she was birthed breathing, she was only expected to live a few minutes. If she wasn’t breathing, the hos-pital had no CPR protocol to resuscitate someone as small as Brooklyn.

Riddled with complica-tions, Michaela had been prescribed bed rest much of her pregnancy. On Dec. 9, 2013, 1 pound and 4 ounce Brooklyn was ready to enter the world. Within the first minute of life, she was intubated with a breathing tube and, as soon as possible, whisked away to an awaiting plane at Barkley Regional Air-port to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville. Staffed with a neonatal team prepared to care for Baby Brooklyn. It was a plane ride that would end up costing $50,000.

For the next two and one-half months the Ron-ald McDonald House in Louisville would become home for the Johnsons while Brooklyn struggled with multiple complica-tions. At just a week old, she was diagnosed with a grade 2 brain bleed. The next day, she under went a procedure for a peripheral-ly-inserted central catheter (PICC line).

Unable to be fed by her mother’s milk, Brooklyn received Total Parental

Nutrition (TPN) through an IV for the first month and dropped in weight to only 8.8 ounces, “barely compatible with life,” Shannon said.

Soon after birth, a heart condition that affects some babies occurred. In Brooklyn, a bypass vessel between two main arter-ies did not close, requiring heart surgery to close the vessel.

It wasn’t always bad news they got about Brooklyn. It may be that children inherently know how to play. On Christmas Day, a nurse said the word ‘toy’ and Brooklyn opened her eyes for the first time.

In mid January, a block-age in Brooklyn’s intestine led to her having a colos-tomy. By pulling an intes-tine to the outside of the abdomen it allowed for the passing of feces from her body.

By January 30, Brook-lyn had gained weight and was up to 2 pounds and 4 ounces. However, con-tinual monitoring had re-vealed the bleed was get-ting worse. Then the bleed completely disappeared.

Stunned, the attend-ing doctor requested the chief neurologist for his opinion. Shannon says the neurologist’s response to a worsening and then dis-appearing bleed was, “it’s a miracle. It just doesn’t happen.”

Shannon says Brooklyn is ‘God’s Miracle.’

By February, things had settled down and the month was pretty much unevent-ful. Shannon found he was able to resume work-

ing and commuting back and forth between Ballard County and Louisville. He would work a 24-hour shift at Ballard County Ambulance service and then drive to Louisville for a day and a half and then drive back and work another shift. A process he continued until they were able to bring Brooklyn home.

In the latter part of March, Brooklyn under-went a reverse colostomy, and she under went a Lasix surgery procedure. The vessels in her eyes were dilated, requiring surgeons to operate on her eyes. Doctors say she still has a 50-50 chance at go-ing blind in her left eye and may still have to have some injections to keep the retina from detaching.Her breathing tube was re-moved on the 28th.

On April 18, at at enor-mous 19 inches long and a whopping 5 pounds and 11 ounces, the Johnsons were able to finally bring Brooklyn home. They still have to make trips to Lou-isville a couple times a month for follow-ups, and the baby remains on oxy-gen, a heart monitor and a sleep apnea monitor.

Shannon says he wishes to express his deep appre-ciation to the Ballard and Carlisle Fiscal Courts and EMS Services for work-ing with him through this difficult time. He says the generous donations from Faith Baptist and the Full Gospel Temple Churches in Wickliffe along with donations from citizens are what enabled him to

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make it through the rough time.

Shannon also wants to extend a special ‘thank you’ to co-workers Rich-ard Blankenship, Tina

Ray and Jake Mason, who all jumped into action and formed the Brooklyn John-son Fund that receives do-nations to compensate for the $700,000 and growing

expenses. Donations can be made

at any C-Plant Federal Credit Union or at https://www.cplant.com/about-c-plant/locations-hours/

Brooklyn Johnson (show above on Feb. 3 at approximately 2 months of age, was born in December – four months premature.

WICKLIFFE - Nancy Ebeling, age 92, of Wick-liffe, Ky. died on Sunday, April 20, 2014, at 3:46 a.m. at Life Care Center in La Center.

Nancy was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in La Center, Ky.

She is survived by three sons, Peter Ebeling of Wickliffe, John Ebel-ing and Richard Ebeling of Gary, Indiana, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, Aurther Ebeling; one son, James Ebeling; one grandchild, and her par-

ents, Francis and Anne O’Malley.

Services will be at a

later date by Morrow Fu-neral Chapel in La Cen-ter.

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The Ballard County real property tax roll will be opened for inspection from May 5 through May 19, 2014. Under the su-pervision of the property valuation administrator or one of the deputies, any person may inspect the tax roll.

This is the January 1, 2014, assessment on which state, county, and school taxes for 2014 will be due about Sep-tember 15, 2014.

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Appeals of personal property assessments shall not be made to the county board of assessment appeals. Personal property taxpayers shall be served notice under the provi-sions of KRS 132.450(4) and shall have the protest and ap-peal rights granted under the provisions of KRS 131.110.

The following steps should be taken when a taxpayer does not agree with the assessed value of personal property as determined by the property valuation administrator.

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on the list.”Hurt also inquired if

Nutt, who was absent from the meeting, was still on the council.

Hall was questioned as to her thoughts on who should have be cho-sen and she said, “I don’t know. I always felt like we picked the next one … but I don’t know all the … ugh” when she was interrupted by Lane and Hammett almost si-multaneously. Lane said “there’s no rule to it,” while Hammett went on to say, “we pick out who we think is the best,” and continued saying, “right now at this juncture with what’s going on they needed some experience” and that he was going to support Vance.

Later in the meeting,

Hammett said, “we need some one who has been there and done that.”

Superintendent of Wa-ter Guy Johnson added that since he has been employed with the city he has never seen the vot-ing roster used to choose a new council member.

During the voting it was a draw between Vance and Martin until Lane said Martin had told him he would be inter-ested “some day” but he wasn’t just dying to do it. The final vote fell out 3-1 in favor of Vance.

After the voting, Lovelace addressed the council saying she didn’t think it was fair and that she thought the decision was personal.

Lane asked her to ex-plain and she said she just thought it “was per-sonal.”

Lane said he was sorry

Lovelace felt the way she does. Hammett told her, on his part, it wasn’t per-sonal he was just trying to do what was best for the city.

Neither Nutt, Mayor Lynn Hopkins, newly appointed Mayor Martin, nor city attorney Ryan Toombs were present at the meeting.

After the interview, Anna Ruth Bowman was contacted to confirm if any one from the city council had contacted her concerning the va-cant council seat. She said they had not and as-sumed they had probably heard she was no longer interested, but was sur-prised that no one had called to confirm.

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Hammett and Judy Hall, whom she had gone to see each prior to the meeting to express her desire in being consid-ered for the council. Her visits, she said, led her to believe she should be the next person in line.

Lovelace was the fourth runner-up on the 2012 election ballot be-hind Tommy Wallace Sr. (now deceased), Mike Nutt and Anna Ruth Bow-man. Lovelace said she has been told Bowman had been contacted to see if she was still interested in the councilman’s posi-tion and was told Bow-man no longer wanted to be councilman.

Lovelace went on to say that what the coun-cil has done in excusing her from consideration may not be illegal but, by choosing Nutt, from the voting roster and then moving on to Bowman “they have set a prece-dence in procedure and the logical choice for councilman should have been the next person on the roster, me.”

Lovelace said she con-tacted the governor’s of-fice concerning the situ-ation and they told her there was nothing illegal but that it was immoral, especially by a council that starts each meeting with prayer.

She said “choosing Herby Vance did not make sense. He was beat-en for mayor by Martha Sue Pennebaker because people wanted a change. He had his chance and if he had any interest in this city he hasn’t shown it or you would have seen his name on a ballot since his loss to Pennebaker.” Lovelace added that she felt as if she had earned a position on the council. “I ran in the election and earned votes. Vance did not.”

Lovelace said she feels she has been discrimi-nated against for two reasons. First, because

she’s a woman and when Bowman declined the seat it left an opening to put a man on the council, and secondly, because income and social status connected to her place of employment.

“Look at where they all work, George Lane and Larry Hammett both work(ed) at New Page. Judy Hall’s husband worked at Westvaco (New Page) and Cathy Hurt’s husband works at the Carbon Plant. David Phillips and Chris Halte-man both work at New Page also, and Mike Nutt works at USEC.

Lovelace said Lane made the statement dur-ing the meeting that he didn’t care if Nutt had been last on the list, he was a good choice be-cause he had a good job and was educated. She went on, if just going to work every day and drawing a pay check is a qualification then surely the risk and decision making of business own-ership should be at least an equal qualification. She said that if education is another qualification to be a councilman she has that, too. She is just about to receive a Bach-elors degree in business.

Lovelace said the only thing she lacked was ex-perience, the same thing that Hammett, Hurt and Nutt lacked when they joined the council.

“It’s discrimination. I can’t see it any other way and I do take it personal,” she said. “What’s right and what’s fair is fair.”

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Opinion

I saw someone from Carlisle County that had really nice things to say about our new street lights. I have also had lots of positive comments about the Fort Jefferson Trails that Councilman Phillips spearheaded for the City near the Cross. Although it cost the city $75K dollars it seems to be a hit with people walking and just meditating on the scenic and serene location. I told the lady who runs the book mobile for our four river counties, when she complimented me on those projects, that Larry Kelley was responsible for the grants for the lighting and the Fort Jefferson project. I have mentioned that in two previous articles along with Mayor Vance in whose administration the grants were done when Kelley was employed for economic develop-ment duties by the city. It seems no good deed goes unpunished but getting rid of the Governors’ college buddy might have been a little near sighted!

Everything after April 1, 2014, that will be done in the City will be handled by the Council. I take no responsibility and will not pursue the four or five economic development projects, budget, or decision making, or doing any approval of the minutes or signatory on any contracts or laws or resolutions, other than what I am forced to do by law. This gives full power to the Council. In my past 17 months as Mayor, I have not voted or vetoed any majority vote of the council. I have never charged gas on the city and used my fuel driving around the community and have never taken anything personally from the city except the Mayor’s pay.

From a legal stand point I have asked our City Attorney, Ryan Toombs of Neely, Brian, and Wilson in Mayfield, to clarify how little effort I can make and what my duties are under law so that I only will do the minimum, which I think is very little. Please direct any requests to the council members, Hall, Hammett, Vance, Lane, and Hurt, so they can bring it to the monthly or special meetings that Council Hammett and the others preside over. I have ditched my projects solely started by me and will coast as much as possible. I will have no contact with any council person outside of the formal meetings, if I have to attend, as I want to make sure that none of the council’s future actions, except the purchase and sale of the old school property are attached to my Mayorship. Maybe some of the seeds for new business will take root down the road due to my prior contacts. This is the wishes and results from the boycott of a special meeting that was boycotted by five members of the council, who then called a meeting the next Tues-day to curtail my decision making and make the contract to sell the school property. The inferences and threats to call the Attorney General in several instances bring this action of mine. I have never taken a penny from the city and the requirement of Councilman Lane to co-sign checks is not an issue with me except the inference that the four council members remaining do not respect me and I suspect this is some effort to show me they don’t like my management style. I will respond by doing as little as possible and having no input for the next eight months. I will not veto any of the council’s legislation and anything they pass will be unsigned and become law without my signature, except for signing the deeds to the bank on the school prop-erty. The telephones of the councilmen and women can be made available to you by our City Clerk and her Administrative Assistant. I want to thank everyone for their positive remarks and past support and I have done my best to serve you and improve our community. I will continue to do what is required by law. I appreciate Mike Nutt as an informed council member that has been shut out of the meetings due to the early meeting time during normal work hours.

Lynn N. HopkinsWickliffe Mayor

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Letter to the EditorDear Editor,

I write this letter with a very heavy heart. I moved to Wickliffe in 2007, and I care very much for the city. If I did not I would have never moved my family there to plant our roots. Since I was passion-ate about Wickliffe, I ran for City Council in the last election in 2012. No, I did not receive enough votes to be elected on the six person council. I TRIED; I care enough about Wickliffe to at least run for council and try to win. Elected for the Council were Chris Halte-man, George Lane, Cathy Hurt, Larry Hammett, Da-vid Phillips and Judy Hall. Recently over the past few months city council mem-bers have resigned their position and open position have become available. First Chris Halteman re-signed from the council. At that time the council decided, that since four other people had cared enough about Wickliffe to run for the council, that the next person with the most amount of votes should be appointed the open seat. This person was Mike Nutt.

As of April 9th, 2014 Council member David Phillips resigned from the Wickliffe City Council. When I was informed of this news, I immediately contacted council members Judy Hall and Larry Ham-mett. I discussed with both of them how I thought it was only fair to continue on with the next person with the most votes. Both council members agreed with me at that time Larry Hammett even stated to me that he believed since four others cared enough to run that we should go down the list. When speaking with Mrs. Judy Hall she also spoke that it was only fair to go down the list since that was what was done for Mike Nutt. If the council were to go down list the next candidate should have been Ana Ruth Bowman, then myself, and third was

Juanita Davis. I recently sat in on the special meet-ing that was held April 23rd, 2014 to appoint the newest council member for the Wickliffe City Council. The mayor was not present nor was council member Mike Nutt. In this meeting they voted and appointed Mr. Herby Vance the open seat on the Wickliffe City Council. When I spoke up and told the council I did not feel this was a fair deci-sion, I was told it was not personal but Mr. Vance had more experience.

I must say, I take this very personal! If we have now decided that we are nominating on the person that is best for the job and more experience then why wasn’t this carried out from the beginning? The way I see this Mike Nutt was the NEXT man for the job and that is how he received his seat. Please do not take what I am saying wrong I am not saying Mr. Nutt isn’t the best for the job. I would never say that, since I have nothing but respect for Mr. Nutt. I am just simply say-ing; WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG IS WRONG. If the council is going to go by votes for one seat then they should for the next seat as well. I find and take it very personal that out of the four people that ran Mike Nutt was the only one offered the position, and can not help but look at it as he was the only male out of the four.

I may not have won the majority of the votes to have been elected onto the council in 2012 but I earned votes. The people of Wickliffe voted for me

and three others, and Mr. Herby Vance did not run for council in 2012. Although, he had the same opportu-nity to run as I did. If I did not care about Wickliffe I would not be speaking up right now. I want every-one to know I feel as if the council has wronged me as well as the other people who cared enough to run in the city election. I take this very personal and truly be-lieve the council does not want someone like me to have a seat. I am not quiet and I speak up for what I believe in. I BELIEVE in WICKLIFFE!

I may have never been mayor or served on the council, but there are peo-ple setting on the council currently that have never been either one as well. I see myself very qualified for the position and ap-parently others seen this as well or they would not have voted for me. I am a business owner as well as I am fixing to graduate with my Bachelors in Business this may. So no, I may not have the actual experience of serving, but I am expe-rienced in other areas, and I do believe I was qualified for the position. I do believe this was personal, I believe this had to do with my sex as well as my name. I will not stop with this, I will be contacting other govern-ment officials to see what can be done and I ask that if you believe in me and that this wrong to please stand beside me as fight for what is FAIR. WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG IS WRONG.Sincerely and Thank You

Vicky Lovelace

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THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 PAGE 5

Lady Bombers Softball ScheduleDate Opponent Site TimeApril 30 Cairo (JV only) Here 4:30 p.m.May 1 Mayfield There 5:30 p.m.May 2 Fulton City There 5:30 p.m.

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Now that warm weath-er has arrived, I have been hearing reports of folks running into snakes.

The rat snake, Elaphe obsolete, may be the most frequently encountered snake in Kentucky but un-fortunately it is also one of the most difficult to de-scribe. Young rat snakes have a pattern of dark gray to brown blotches over a lighter gray back-ground color. This seems simple enough, but let’s complicate things a little. There are two species of rat snake in Kentucky, the black rat snake and the gray rat snake. The black rat snake roams over most of Kentucky while the gray rat snake resides mostly in far western Kentucky. As the black rat snake matures the pattern is lost and the snake turns, for the most part, black. As the gray rat snake matures it also turns darker, but there is usually a darker still pat-

tern visible. As if this is not complicated enough, add the fact that the two sub-species interbreed where their range overlap and you can see that de-pending on age and locale this snake can range from strongly patterned to solid black. Almost all of the rat snakes encountered locally are intergrades between the two sub-species. The belly is white or yellowish and may be marked with grayish specks. The chin and throat are plain white or yellowish. With a length of 30-72 inches this can be one of our largest snakes.

Rat snakes lay 6 to 24

eggs with the average be-ing 12. The young are from 12 to 14 inches at birth.

Feeding mostly on mammals such as mice, they are good climbers and search of baby birds and eggs. If hungry, they will eat frogs, lizards and other snakes

Many farmers have re-alized the potential of the rat snake as a mouser and catch them to release in their barns and corncribs. Some of the larger snakes however have given the species a bad name “chick-en snake” and have learned that a hen house offers an easy meal of eggs.

Profiles in Nature By Jack Glisson

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NEWSTORE HOURS!

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Tuesday-Thursday:9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

By Kay PressonThis week’s column is

being typed Friday, April 18. Yesterday was a full day for me, and inspiration and encouragement came to me during the busy day.

Here is a breakdown of my day....\April 17...first, I enjoyed a delicious meal and wonderful conversation at Carlisle County Senior Citizens Center...secondly, I met at Bardwell Baptist Church with staff from Hampton Physical Therapy and Carlisle County Exten-sion Office, on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m., we have begun meeting and walk-ing as exercise...then, at 5 p.m., I attended a “meet and greet” event sponsored by David Hoffman, who is running for State Sen-ate...after eating a delicious meal and listening to his in-teresting history and goals, I attended the meeting of the Board of Directors of Carlisle County Museum and Library...during the

You hear people say you have a dog’s life. If you don’t know how to take this statement you haven’t met my dog Josie! Now I call her my dog but this isn’t true she belongs to Gloria and John Butter-baugh. I’m just her sitter!

Gloria heard me say a few years ago that I was going to see about do-ing some dog sitting. So many people have trouble when they have to go out

of town and can’t take the dog. A few days later Glo-ria gave me a call to come meet Josie. I went and fell in love with her. She is one of a kind for sure. She is not a rare breed or anything like that. Gloria got her from the shelter. She has one ear that flops and we call this her trade-mark. I do believe she is one of the most loved dogs around. Josie makes you know the saying; a dog is a man’s best friend is surely true.

If you need something that will take away the feeling of being alone or you just need a friend go visit a shelter for dogs. You won’t be sorry. These dogs need a home and we need to help these shelters.

Kay’sCorner

ByKay Jones

Help man’s best friend

meeting, Peggy Henshaw invited us Board members to attend Maundy Thurs-day at Bardwell Christian Church at 7 p.m., and this I did, along with Peggy and Edwina Turner, who also serves on the Board of Di-rectors.

During the Maundy Thursday Communion Service, Peggy Meriedeth, who is a resident of Barlow, sang a beautiful hymn.

All these things that

happened during the day were wonderful remind-ers of our great nation, the United States of America. We are a free nation, free to worship. At each of the events, I received a warm welcome, and while Peggy was singing the song, the inspiration for this week’s column came to me.

KVPM is representa-tive of what this nation represents to the rest of the world. God bless America.

BCMS Students of the Week ...Each week at Ballard County Middle School, three students (one from each grade) will be selected and named Students of the Week. Students are nominated by teachers for outstanding behavior or performance. Shown above (from left) are BCMS Students of the Week for April 21: seventh-grader Tyler Chandler, sixth-grader Tan-ner Chandler, and eighth-grader Makayla Dowdy. Selectors said Ty-ler is on a mission to succeed, keeping his focus on doing his best every day; Tanner has a good work ethic, good sense of humor, and gives great effort; and Makayla is very helpful to teachers and class-mates, participates in class discussions and always turns her work in on time.

BCMS Students of the Week ...Each week at Ballard County Middle School, three students (one from each grade) will be selected and named Students of the Week. Students are nominated by teachers for outstanding behavior or performance. Shown from left are BCMS Students of the Week for April 14: sixth-grader Karley Poloski, eighth-grader Ross Jones, and seventh-grader Chase Rundles. Selectors said Poloski is a consci-entious student who takes school seriously but is always smiling and fun to be around; Jones is quiet, courteous, and turns in good quality work on time; and Rundles works hard, stays on task and turns in his homework.

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 6 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014

Visiting judge ...Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Bill Cun-ningham, ahown above with Circuit Court Judge Tim Langford, visited Ballard Coun-ty Courthouse on Monday.

The harsh, prolonged winter of 2014 delayed the wheat crop and present-ed unique challenges for wheat producers. Special-ists with the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will discuss how to navigate these challenges and other timely topics during the UK Wheat Field Day.

The field day is from 8:30 a.m. CDT until noon May 13 at the University of Kentucky Research Farm in Princeton.

Specialists from the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment will cover all aspects of wheat production. Topics on the agenda include:

· Potential nitrogen loss with frozen ground fertil-izer applications

· Delayed wheat devel-opment

· Long-term strategies for managing herbicide-resistant common chick-weed

· Irrigation from a soils

perspective· Plant growth regula-

tors and nitrogen rates· Sulfur for wheat and

other crops· Wheat variety trials

and scab updateProgram organizers

have applied for continu-ing education units for Certified Crop Advisors and pesticide applicators.

The field day will con-clude at noon with a free lunch provided by the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association.

The UK Research Farm is located at 1205 Hop-kinsville St. in Princeton. Individuals using GPS should use the address of 1134 Hopkinsville St.

A grain storage fumiga-tion workshop will be held in the afternoon

Programs of the Kentucky Co-operative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, age, sex, color, religion, disability or national origin. For additional information, contact the Ballard County Extension Office, 110 Broadway, LaCenter, 665-9118.

UK Wheat Field Day to provide timely information

AG UPDATEBy Tom Miller

Ballard County Extension Agentfor Ag and Natural Resources

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife Resources is investigat-ing a massive die-off of Asian carp discovered Wednesday, April 23, in the Cumberland River below Lake Barkley.

The fish kill is esti-mated to have impacted tens of thousands of the invasive silver carp over a 24-hour period. Speci-mens will be collected and taken to Kentucky State University for dis-ease testing.

“Whenever there is one species of fish, you are definitely thinking viral or bacterial,” said Paul Rister, western fish-eries district biologist with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “It’s not any-thing water quality wise. If it was oxygen related or chemical related you would see other species. Primarily what we are seeing below Barkley Dam is all Asian carp.”

Evidence of the fish kill has been document-ed to the confluence with the Ohio River. Ken-tucky Lake and Lake Barkley do not appear to

be impacted at this time, Rister said.

“There are still some jumping in the turbu-lence of the water right below the dam and there are some that are swim-ming right under the water surface,” he said. “We’ve got a couple of those and they appear to have fungal infections on their back, which is a secondary infection of some other type of stres-sor.”

The silver carp is one of four species of Asian carp that have spread throughout much of the Mississippi River basin after escaping from fish farms in the 1970s.

In Kentucky, the fish are found throughout most of the Ohio River, Kentucky River, Green River, Salt River and Rough River. Kentucky and Barkley lakes also host large populations.

Asian carp are a threat to Kentucky’s native species because they feed on plankton. Plank-ton forms the base of the food chain, which many sport fish rely upon after hatching.

State testing after thousands of Asian carp found dead

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All real estate ad-vertising in this news-paper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to ad-vertise “any preference, limitation or

discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimina-tion.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custo-dians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children un-der 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola-tion of the law. Our read-ers are hereby informed that all dwellings adver-tised in this newspa-per are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCity of Wickliffe Cemetery Committee

Cemetery Mowing The Wickliffe Cemetery Committee (WCC) hereby gives notice that sealed bids will be received for the mowing, weed eating, and clean-up of the City of Wickliffe Cemetery, located on Slater Road in Wickliffe, Kentucky.

BID OPENING: Sealed Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m., Local Time on 12 May 2014, at Wickliffe City Hall, 321 Court Street, Wickliffe, Kentucky, 42087. After the official bid closing time, the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. BIDDING DOCUMENTS: Bidding Documents may be picked up at the office of Wickliffe City Hall, at the address listed above, during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). All bid-ders are required to provide documentation of carrying at least $500,000.00 in Liability Insurance along with bid. Questions regarding the Bid Documents and Plans should be directed to Wickliffe City Hall. Telephone: 270.335.3557. LEGAL PROVISIONS: Bids shall include all required submittals as identified in the Bid Docu-ments.

BID REJECTION/ACCEPTANCE/WITHDRAWAL: WCC reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, waive informalities in bidding, or to accept the Bid or Bids which best serve the interests of WCC.

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By Scott Jenkins Chase Gaia is the

type of senior that is well known, easily rec-ognized, and very loud. He has singlehandedly established that he is one person you cannot stay mad at. How can you stay mad at someone that loves Mr. Jezik’s muscles? I have been fortunate enough to be friends with Chase as far back as third grade and can say that I have en-joyed his friendship.

The son of Joe and Jonna Gaia of Wickliffe, Chase is the oldest of his siblings and is do-ing everything he can to set a good example for his younger broth-ers, Kendall and Cole.

He enjoys being with his friends and getting in touch with nature. Outside of school, he can be found hunting or enjoying some baseball. He was even a member of the Bomber baseball team for three years.

Chase has big dreams of attending Harvard and getting a degree in Criminal Justice.

FAVORITESGame: “COD: World at War”Food: BrowniesTeacher: Coach Chatellier Movie: “Alien Resurrection”School Food: Crispitos

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 PAGE 7

Senior SpotlightBy Millicent Green

When a Ballard Me-morial student hears the name Dalton Smith, they automatically think of his dry sense of humor and sly smile. He is a laid-back, mellow dude that enjoys music and does not care what oth-ers think of him. Dalton lives in Wickliffe with his parents Trina and Tim Smith.

He has been a mem-ber of FFA for one year and Skills USA for two. He enjoys hunt-ing, fishing, and riding four wheelers outside of school. He hopes to leave behind everyone at BMHS and the drama of high school. He’d like to be remembered as a guy who kept to himself and

didn’t harm anyone. His favorite thing at BMHS is when he gets to walk out the door. He dreams of becoming a zoologist. His future plans are to attend WKCTC or Mur-ray State in the fall.

FAVORITESClass: AutobodyTeacher: Mr. Quertermous Movie: “Mac and Devin Go to High School”Bands: Nirvana or A Day to RememberSong: “You Should’ve Killed Me When You Had The Chance”Video Game: “Fallout New Vegas”Food: PizzaSchool Food: Hot Wings

By Micah Medlin Most teenagers with

younger siblings often ig-nore or tease them. When it comes to senior Halee Showalter and her younger brother, Harlen, she is like a mama bear protecting her cub. She will defend him until the end. Halee is not afraid to speak her mind and sticks up for her friends in any and every circum-stance. A native of Car-bondale, Halee now lives in Kevil with her father, Harley, and mother, Angel. She has been a dedicated member of FCCLA for all four years of high school, and has received her CNA certification.

Her favorite thing to do outside of school is to hang out with her friends. She hopes to attend college

and become a nurse, which is her dream job.

FAVORITESClass: MNA and ANATeacher: Mr. KennedyMovie: “Ted”Musician: HopsinSong: “Headband” by B.O.BTV Show: “Grey’s Anatomy”Video Game: “Black Ops 2”Food: Chicken StripsSchool Food: Stuffed Crust Pizza

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ROADS

Vote to Re-Elect Vickie ViniardThe Right Choice

For Ballard County

Since elected as Judge Executive with the help of the Fiscal Court we

have black topped 52 miles of County roads and repaired or replaced several bridges. The bridges include Palmore , Deerfield, Stahl, Mosstown, Gibson, Fraser and Albert Hook Bridge. The

Hershel Jones Bridge was over a $500,00.00 project that the

Transportation Cabinet completely funded. If re-elected as

Judge Executive, I will continue to seek funds to improve our County roads for

the safety of the Citizens.

Thank you for your continued support and confidence in me as your Judge

Executive. I am asking for everyone to go to their voting precinct on May 20th

and please vote toe-elect Vickie Viniard for\

Ballard County Judge Executive.

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THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014

To protect and serve our community,businesses, school, family and our Children

My name is Carey Dean Batts. I am seeking the office of Sheriff in Ballard County.

My father, Roy Batts, was the LaCenter Police Chief for over 20 years. He passed away several years ago, but I learned a lot from him before his passing. The most important thing that I learned from him through the years is to treat everyone equally and with respect. Even at home, he rarely had anything bad to say about anyone that he had to deal with during his service. I can only hope that one of these days people in Ballard County can look back on my service and say the same about me.

I have served as a Deputy Sheriff in Ballard County continuously for a little over 20 years. I remain employed as a Deputy Sheriff for your Sheriff’s Office. The four years prior to my service as a Deputy Sheriff, I served as a Deputy Jailer at the Ballard County Detention Center.

I began my career as a Ballard County Deputy Sheriff by being assigned to the Western Area Nar-cotics Team, whose offices were located in Paducah. I served as an undercover officer and investi-gator with them for approximately 5 years. During those five years, my duties were primarily working undercover to purchase many different types of drugs from individuals who were trafficking in them.

Following my service with the Western Area Narcotics Team, I was moved to the Ballard County Sheriff’s Office. While serving as Deputy Sheriff in our county, my roles have been widespread. Some of my duties have included patrol, investigator, and interviewer/interrogator.

I have worked varying hours at the Sheriff’s Department through the years, including morning, eve-ning and midnight shifts. The last few years have been working the daytime shift, which afforded me the opportunity to work many hours alongside Sheriff Cooper, which enabled me to witness and be-come a part of the day to day operations of the Sheriff’s Office.

If you give me the opportunity to serve as your Sheriff, my most important goal is to ensure that you have a Sheriff’s Department that you can depend on and trust for your protection and security, and a Sheriff’s Department that operates in such a way that you never have to question it’s honesty or integ-rity.

Thank you,

Carey Batts