Survivors Walk to kick off Relay

On June 13, at Ballard County Schools’ Bus Loop at 6 p.m., the Relay For Life of Ballard County will kick off with a special Sur-vivors Lap, a moving expe-rience honoring those who have defeated cancer. Sur-vivors will join together to take Relay’s opening lap, unified in victory and hope, while the rest of the event’s participants surround the track to cheer them on.

Survivor pictures will be taken at 5:30 p.m. on Relay night, June 13, in the high school gym.

Candie FreemanThe Wickliffe Fraternal Or-

der of Eagles gave a benefit for Wade Garrett on Saturday, June 7, where they raised $1,615 by selling BBQ plates and raffling off items and services donated by local business which in-clude: Cathy’s Cottage, Turn-

er’s Garage, G&G’s Burgers& Bait, Cindy’s Florist, Kevil Kitchen, Hill Boyz Tirez, Chris Diner, Wagners Wine & Spirits, Shemwells BBQ, Nu Diner, Stop & Shop Grocery, Heather’s Place, Cario Public Utilities.

The entertainment was pro-

vided by Terry Larkins and Band, Lonnie and Ronnie Free-man, Red Underwood and Jim Harvey and Donnie Cribs.

The Wickliffe Eagles would like to give a big thank you to everyone that contributed in making this event a huge suc-cess.

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Floyd Griffin (seated), Paul Griffin and Wilma Romatz visited recently after an old newspaper artcle connected them. The article described Floyd as a world traveler whose grandfather, Ples Griffin, had been a healer in this area many years ago.

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WICKLIFFE – Some people it seems are just des-tined to live interesting lives. Floyd Griffin is one of those people. Floyd recently had an unexpected visitation re-quest because of a newspaper article written about him.

Wilma Romatz has al-ways been connected to Ballard County although she grew up in McCracken County. Wilma, who now resides in Saginaw Michi-gan, has always had a nag-ging question; where did her

great-grandmother, Rebecca Beller Arivett, come up with her grandfather’s strange name; Plese?

Both her dad’s and mom’s families immigrated to Bal-lard County in the early and mid-1880s, mostly from Vir-ginia. Wilma’s mom grew up in Monkey’s Eyebrow where her grandfather and grandmother, Plese and Irene Arivett, owned a grocery for many years. Her mother’s brother, Horace Arivett, also owned a grocery in Bandana. Wilma left Kentucky after graduating from Murray

State in 1965 and has lived in Michigan since 1969, teach-ing English at CS Mott Com-munity College, and raising six children. “The stories of how we came to be who we are have always intrigued me,” said Wilma.

Google searches reveal a few others named “Plese” but give no answers accord-ing to Wilma. Sometime in the 1970s when she was visiting relatives trying to gather information on the family background, a wom-an who may have been her

Upcoming EventsJune 11

The Wickliffe Community Blood Drive will be held on Wednesday, June 11, at Wickliffe City Hall. The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Call (270) 335-3557 to schedule an appointment or go to redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: wickliffe.

June 13On June 13, at Bal-

lard County Schools’ Bus Loop at 6 p.m., the Relay For Life of Ballard County will kick off with a special Survivors Lap

June 14Visit Wickliffe

Mounds for the an-nual Family Fun Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Try your skills with pottery, youth bows and arrows, atlatls and spears, make and take home crafts, games, flintknapping, archae-ology for kids station and learn about Na-tive Americans of the Mississippian culture at a kids-level.

June 18The food pantry at

New Liberty United Methodist Church in Kevil will be open on Wednesday, June 18, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A community supper will start at 6 p.m. All are welcome! Take New Liberty Church Rd. off Hwy 60, church at second stop sign.

Fraternal Order of Eagles raises $1,615

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WICKLIFFE - The Wickliffe Cemetery Board met with the Wickliffe City Council on June 3 for the regular monthly meeting to discuss the cemetery’s ‘per-petual care fund’. The cemetery fund has been depleted for several years and the city has been trans-ferring from the water fund to the cemetery fund to cover the cem-etery maintenance.

There is a $144,000 that had

been set up by Tommy Juett in a trust fund at the bank. With he and Tommy Wallace now de-ceased there is no one to access the account. City Attorney Ryan Toombs has had difficulty with the bank allowing him to access the information of the account without documentation from the council and board granting the release of the information to Toombs. A motion was made and

approved to amend ordinance #482 allowing the city attorney, council members, mayor, and city clerk access to the information concerning the care fund. Toombs will need to discover if the money was left in the form of a CD or Trust; if left in a Trust he will need to petition Judge Langford to dis-solve the Trust. If the money was left in the form of a CD they will only need to wait till it matures

before gaining access to it. According to former council-

man David Phillips, who has been asked to act as an advisor to the Fort Jefferson Project Commit-tee, the project had stalled and the money for the project was almost lost as a result of the architect not being able to get the plans to the state by the deadline. Phillips said there is a new architect on

City working on cemetery funding issue

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The 2014 Ballard County Re-lay For Life event will be held on June 13 at the Ballard Me-morial High School bus loop.

The event will get under way at 5 p.m. with the registration of cancer survivors. A survivor’s picture will be taken at 5:30 p.m. in the BMHS gymnasium.

The action will get going in earnest at 6 p.m. with the an-nual opening ceremonies and recognition of survivors. A si-lent auction will also begin at 6 p.m., with several items up for bid, including a baby quilt, pink ribbon wooden door hanger, KY Basket, Painting by Linda Harper as well as other items.

The concessions will be open and includes nachos, fish with all the trimmings, hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches, taco sal-ad, chicken salad, homemade ice cream, popcorn, sno cones, Italian beef sandwiches, drinks, chips and more goodies. Car-nival games and corn hole and more will also be available.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m., a Survivor Lap will be held. Then, at 7:30 p.m., a talent show will be held.

Starting at 9:30 p.m. the Re-lay For Life Luminaria ceremo-ny will be held. Zumba will be held at 10 p.m. with Paula.

Bunco will be played at mid-

Newspaper article helps lead woman to long lost ties to her Ballard County roots

Relay For Life set for June 13

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This measure creates the recognition of Korean War Armistice Day on July 27 by the Governor’s office through an annual proclamation.

“It’s time we make ‘The Forgotten War’ a time of remembrance and thanksgiving, and recog-nize those who defended the free rights of others against the encroachment of communism,” said Rep. Myron Dossett, of

Pembroke. “House Bill 234, which

I proudly sponsored dur-ing the 2014 session, des-ignates July 27th as a time to thank our Korean War veterans. But I’m hopeful that Korean War Armi-stice Day is the first step for us to appreciate those who served and fought in Korea on a daily basis.”

At the signing, Gov. Beshear highlighted the progress his administra-

tion is making in assist-ing active members and veterans.

One goal, he said, is to strengthen mental health services for service mem-bers, veterans and fami-lies.

Currently, the Ken-tucky Department of Vet-erans Affairs (KDVA) is partnering with the fed-eral Department of Vet-erans Affairs and the De-partment of Behavioral

Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabili-ties to expand telemental health services for veter-ans in rural Kentucky.

KDVA is also in the process of building a fourth state veterans nurs-ing home in Radcliff. The design provides 120 vet-erans with a private room and bath and family-style living room, dining room, kitchen and patio. A sepa-rate administration build-

ing will house recreation, therapy and other servic-es. Construction began in July 2013; the facility is scheduled to open in Sep-tember 2015.

Additionally, KDVA, in conjunction with the national Vietnam War Commemoration Partner Program, will mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War by plan-ning local and commu-nity events and activities

in 2014 and 2015, honor-ing Vietnam War Veter-ans and their families for serving during a tumultu-ous period in our nation’s history.

“We are seeking com-memorative partners, like local communities, uni-versities and other organi-zations, to assist in thank-ing and honoring Vietnam veterans and their fami-lies,” said KDVA Com-missioner Ken Lucas.

Beshear signs bills to honor, support veterans

LA CENTER - Ballard County Country Club Golf Association Ladies Day is every Tuesday at 9 a.m. To join the BCCC Ladies Golf Association, there is a $10 annual fee.

All BCCC female mem-bers are invited to play. For more information, call Barbara Chandler at 270-334-3166.

Stagette Night is set for Thursday at 6 p.m. In-

county and out-of-count is $8 for nine holes. - Stagette Night green fee.

The 3-Hen Ladies Golf Tournament was slated for Tuesday, June 10. Results from the Ballard County Country Club’s 3-Hen Ladies Golf Tour-nament were unavailable at press time.

The BCCC Ladies Golf Association is also in the process of funding some small project im-provements for the club. A couple of picnic tables, a few new lounge chairs and pain for the swim-ming pool area are on the way. New visual im-provements for the driv-ing range, a future new bridge on hole number 16 and new clubhouse lettering are among the improvements.

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Aug. 13Paxton Park Golf Course

Sept. 16Benton Country Club

Ladies golf day slated for Tuesdays

AR reward ...Top Accelerated Readers from Ballard County Elementary School were treated to a day at Discovery Park of American in Union City, Tenn. on June 5.

the project who will have the plans by the 5th and the project should be back on track. The engineer-ing firm will need a new contract with the city but Toombs would like a re-vision of the termination clause before authorizing the finial contract. The termination clause states that the engineering firm can terminate the contract

with out cause with only a seven day notice. Toombs believes the clause has the potential to cost the city a lot of undue expenses as written.

Clearance To dig the new well has been granted by the State Historic Pres-ervation Officer; due to the close proximity to Wick-liffe Mounds and Fort Jef-ferson the state wanted to look into the well project before allowing the proj-

ect to proceed.As a good will act from

the city they have ap-proved a $3700 expendi-ture on the city fire station. It will include two-4 foot x 4 foot windows and a concrete pad outside of the man door to allow a place for a grill.

In a cost cutting move the city switched its inter-net service to Verizon. The new internet at the fire sta-tion will not allow for the appropriate secured net-work programming for the stations reports. Approval was given by the council to switch to Zito Media at the station.

Engine #2, a 1969 mod-el, is down with too many issues to make it worth fix-ing according to Fire Chief Chris Wilson. Councilmen Mike Nutt and George Lane are to work jointly along with Wilson to find another engine.

Contractors for Bal-lard Rural Telephone’s fi-ber optics installation will be boring all summer in Wickliffe. They plan on boring 7000 feet a day. Su-perintendent of Water Guy Johnson requested and was granted approval to offer former city employ-ee Curt Alderson to help, as an independent contrac-tor, locate water lines and assist him a couple of days a week during the boring process. Johnson was also made administrator over Flood Plain Ordinance #609. The ordinance was adopted in ‘93’ and amend-ed again in ‘99’, and deals with the building in flood plain areas. Ordinance # 608, changing the monthly meeting times to 6:00 pm received its first reading.

A donation to the library for $250 and $30,000 to Clayton, Byrd, and Meeks for an audit were both ap-proved.

A second reading of or-dinance #608 is scheduled for a special called meet-ing on the 23rd along with a budget workshop.

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BARDWELL - Mrs. Shirley Ann Phillips, age 76, of Bardwell, Kentucky died at 12:10 am Monday in an auto accident near Mansfield, Missouri.

Mrs. Phillips was born November 1, 1937 in Bardwell, Kentucky to the late Walter Washing-ton-Lee Cope and Flora Washburn Cope. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Melanie Hays; sister, Sarah Mae Phelps; brother, Jimmy Lynn Cope.

Mrs. Phillips owned Shoppers Delight in Bardwell and was a devout member of the Bardwell Church of Christ.

She is survived by her daughters, Phebe Bak-er, Bardwell and Angie Dillingham, Bardwell; son, Stephen Duggan, Franklin, TN; step daugh-ter, Dell Silvermoon, Red

House, WV; step son, Bill Phillips, Menard, IL; sister, Betty Owens, Bardwell; seventeen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

The funeral services were at 2:00 pm Thursday at the Bardwell Church of Christ with Michael Triv-ette officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose-lawn Cemetery.

LaCENTER - Ada A. Whipple Gilliam, age 96, died at 12:16 a.m. Tuesday morning at Life Care Center in LaCen-ter.

Ada was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in LaCenter, she was a charter member of the Ballard County Country Club. Ada was an avid Bridge Player.

She was retired from Whipples Food Market.

Ada is survived by one son, Joe Brooks Wipple, and his wife, Leah, of LaCenter; two granddaughters, Caro-line Johnson and her husband, Warren, of LaCenter, and Rebecca Whipple of Nashville, Tn.; two grandsons, Wesley Whipple and his wife, April, of Pad-ucah, and Tony Whipple of Louisville, Ky.; one great-grandson, Patrick Allen Johnson of LaCen-ter, Ky.; one

Sister, Grace Solo-mon of Clarksville, TN

and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, James Allen and Ber-tha Melton Ashbrook; her first husband, James D. Whipple; her second husband, Arnett Gilliam; one brother, Joe

Ashbrook; one son, Allen Whipple, and one grandson, James M. Whipple.

Funeral services will be Thursday, June 12, at 11 a.m. at Morrow Fu-neral Chapel in LaCen-ter with the Rev. Jamie Lee officiating. Inter-ment will follow at the LaCenter Cemetery.

Memorial contribu-tions may be sent to Grace United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 330, LaCenter, Ky., 42056.

Visitations will be Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m.

Morrow Funeral Cha-pel is handling arrange-ments.

WEST PADUCAH - Ludie went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at 12:15 a.m. She was surrounded by her loving family. She died at Parkview Nurs-ing and Rehabilitation in Paducah.

Ludie was a won-derful, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and worked with the youth in the community since she

was 29 years old. Ludie was the official grandmother of Earl C. Clemons Job Corps in Morganfield, Kentucky, where she and her hus-band. Barton. ministered for over 20 years and told people about Jesus.

Ludie is survived by her husband of 72 years, Barton Record of West Paducah; three sons, Gary Record and his wife, Jayne of Paducah; Mike Record and his wife, Ladonn of Kevil, and Keith Record and his wife, Angie of West Pad-ucah; eight grandchil-dren, Michael and (Lisa) Record of Paducah, Ja-son Record of Paducah, Aaron and (Jen )Re-cord of Paducah, Kristie Ray of Paducah, Tony and (Donna) Record of Kevil, Ashley (Shannon) Robertson of West Pad-ucah, Maggie Record of West Paducah and Nick Record of Paducah; two sisters, Fran Reams of Paducah, Maggie Jo Cooper and her husband, Joe of LaCenter, Ky.; one brother, Thelbert More-head and his wife, Elaine, of Bandana; 18 great-grandchildren, Parker Tilford, Taylor Griffin , David Record,Maddie Jo Griffin, Dorian Lee Re-cord, Bryar Keith Griffin, Hunter Keith Record, Ka-leb Robertson, Autumn Nicole Ray, Kadence Lee Ray, Emilee Grace Ray, Natalie Record, David Record, Andrew Record, Haylee Record, Autumn Ivy, Brayden Ivy and Drake Robertson; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

Ludie was preceded in death by four broth-ers, George Moorehead,

James (Bud) Morehead, Halbert Junior Morehead and Elbert Morehead (Eb); five sisters, Johnnie Hawkins, Alma Rucker,

Pauline Pugh, Mary Tomlin and Ethelyne Morehead; one niece, Norma Skinner; two great-grandsons, Isaac and Zachary Ray. Her parents were Halbert and Maggie Elrod Morehead.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter with the Rev. Billy Rodgers officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

Memorial contribu-tions may be sent to the American Heart Asso-ciation Ohio Valley Af-filiate 333 Guthrie Street, Suite 207 Louisville, Ky. 40202 or American Dia-betes Association, 436 Kingswood Lexington, Kentucky 40502.

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Shirley Ann Phillips

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night, followed by a Wet Tee Shirt Contest at 1:30 a.m.

Numerous Minute to

Winit games will also be held.

The closing ceremo-nies for the 2014 Relay For Life will held at 5:30 a.m.

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Public apology to all councilmen, mayor and Wickliffe residentsBy Dale Turner

It’s time to put a stop to the blame game and finger point-ing that’s been going on in the city article by Lynn in the paper. First let me take re-sponsibility person-ally for the articles. When the article was first introduced into the paper it surround-ed city business but has since evolved into a one-sided opportu-nity to voice Lynn’s opinion on council-men and the way the city ought to be run.

We do not shy away from controversial is-sues and Lynn was aware of that fact but what started as con-troversy has escalated to much more.

Please accept my apology for allowing

this to continue to this point. It seemed to begin innocently and when it became more pointed I should have addressed the issue then. By not doing, so I have pretty much endorsed the articles that I would now like to distance myself from but am unable to do nothing but accept the responsibility for them.

The apology ex-tends to Lynn as well as all council mem-bers. It’s time to bring everyone together for the good of the city and try to heal the di-vision.

I would enjoy re-ceiving Lynn’s week-ly article so long as it is directed toward city issues and not person-al differences.

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When I have a little spare time on my hands I enjoy riding around on back roads just to see what plants are in bloom and which ani-mals are about and such. Lately though one plant has gotten my attention. After noticing a quarter mile long patch of Poi-son Hemlock, Conium maculatum, in Marshall County I got to looking closer. When one does an internet search for the distribution of this plant in Kentucky the only county in the Jack-son Purchase area that is flagged for its presence is Carlisle. So before writ-ing this column I made an exploratory trip into Bal-lard County and didn’t have to go far. With two patches located between Kevil and LaCenter on the main road, I feel that poi-son hemlock is becoming a very common plant in moist areas with drainage ditches, un-mowed banks and roadsides and such.

Poison hemlock is not

native to North America. From what I can find out it was originally im-ported from Europe as an ornamental and has since naturalized itself in many areas.

The toxicity of poi-son hemlock has been known for many years. One method of execu-tion used by the ancient Greeks involved drinking a concoction made from this plant. I think most every school child has read about the execution of Socrates in 329 BC us-ing hemlock tea.

Livestock seem to not like the taste of hemlock if they have plenty of other food but may eat it when it is the only green plant available to them. Most human poisonings that have occurred are ei-ther intentional or due to confusion with some edi-ble plants of the wild car-rot family. Toxins seem to be stronger in the root and seeds but all parts of this plant are poison-ous. There have been a

few medicinal uses in the past but this is strongly discouraged due to thera-peutic levels being close to toxic levels. That and the fact that toxins vary between plants depend-ing on the growing sea-son and soil type make this a plant that should not be experimented with in any way.

Easily controlled by herbicides, once farmers and road crews learn to recognize poison hem-lock maybe its spread can be controlled.

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WICKLIFFE – Fam-ily-friendly, hands-on activities related to ar-chaeology, prehistoric technology and park his-tory will be presented at Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site during the annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Activities for children to enjoy include Native American-style games and storytelling, making pottery, gorget necklaces

and corn shuck dolls to take home.

Try your skills with Native American tools such as the pump drills, blow gun, spears, atlatls, youth bows and arrows. Observe corn grinding, and watch how stone tools are crafted by flint-knapping.

Find out how archaeol-ogy works with displays of artifact analysis, sur-vey and grids, a simulated excavation box, and free

educational materials for kids.

Visitors can take a tour of the archaeologi-cal museum and, as they walk around the mounds, experience what life was like for the Mississip-pian people. Explore the natural environment and forest resources on the Woods Walk Trail. A spe-cial program about Native American music will be a new addition this year.

Also, the Ballard

County’s Healthy Direc-tion Health Coalition and Cooperative Extension will have a Plate It Up! exhibit. Fruits, vegetables and beverage samples will be available. Physi-cal activity promotional items will also be given away.

Admission fee of $5 for adults, $4 for kids is

for the Wickliffe Mounds site and museum and in-cludes access to the event and activities.

Wickliffe Mounds is an archaeological site of a Native American village of the Mississippian cul-ture. The park features a museum, mounds, walk-ing trail, picnic area, visi-tor center with tourism in-

formation and a gift shop. The park is located

along the Mississippi river’s Great River Road National Scenic Byway at 94 Green St., Highway 51-60-62, Wickliffe, Ky. For more information call 270-335-3681, email car-la.hildebrand@ky.gov or visit our website at www.parks.ky.gov.

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grandfather’s niece gave her a Paducah newspaper from April, 1951. On the front page was an article about a 64-year-old man named Ples Griffin who had been arrested in Bal-lard County for practic-ing medicine without a license. She said she had no idea why the woman gave her the paper, other than the fact of the simi-larity of the names. Wil-ma didn’t know whether there was some connec-tion with her own fam-ily or not, but has kept the paper all these years until it is almost worn through.

The article explained how Ples Griffin went around the county gather-ing herbs and willow and cherry bark, and how he had people coming from far away to be healed. “I have wished many times” said Wilma, “that I could find out what ever hap-pened to this man who sounded so fascinating but I had no idea how to do so.”

Then out of nowhere, a couple of weeks ago, according to Wilma, her cousin Deanna Gustisha, who lives in Wisconsin called and told her that her dad, Leroy Ariv-ett, had just brought her a copy of The Ballard County Weekly with an article about a man named Floyd Griffin. Deanna told her that the article described Floyd as a world traveler whose grandfather, Ples Griffin, had been a healer in this area many years ago, and said that people came from all over the country to see him. Wilma’s uncle said he remembered that his dad, her grandfather, Plese Arivett, claimed to have been named after a half-Indian healer. She had never heard that sto-ry, but of course was in-trigued by this new infor-mation, so she decided to investigate further.

That prompted Wilma to call the office and see if I would arrange for her to meet Floyd while she was at home in Kentucky to visit.

Wilma said, “after

talking with Floyd for a fascinating time, howev-er, the question of wheth-er my grandfather was named after Ples Griffin is still unanswered. Grif-fin was born in 1887, and my grandfather Ariv-ett was born in 1898”, making Griffin only 11-12 years old at the time Plese Arivett was born, and making the claim unlikely unless there was another Ples in Griffin’s background. “My grand-father’s wry sense of hu-mor may be involved in the story” Wilma said.

Floyd had never seen the 1951 article about his grandfather being arrest-ed for practicing medi-cine without a license, but he remembered the situation. He remem-bered what the article had said about Ples la-beling the jars of natural ingredients with letters of the alphabet, and he remembered going with him to collect the herbs and barks. Wilma says she was relieved when Floyd told her that his grandfather had never been brought to trial after the arrest. It seemed to Wilma that likely in ret-rospect local doctors in the day would have been threatened by Griffin’s success and brought the charges. Floyd said time and again that his grand-father was a great man. He said his grandfather had died in 1959, in his early 70s, eight years af-ter the arrest.

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With summer drawing near, it’s a good time to start thinking about pro-tecting livestock from in-evitable heat stress con-ditions on the way.

“The combination of hot, muggy weather con-ditions prompts some real concern for humans, as well as livestock and pets,” said Tom Priddy, meteorologist for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “The livestock heat stress index is a combination of air temperature and humidity. That one-two punch makes it hazard-ous for people and ani-mals. Dew point temper-atures above 65 degrees lead officials to declare conditions dangerous for livestock.”

The Livestock Heat Stress Index helps pro-ducers know when heat stress could create a prob-lem for their animals. Pe-riods of heat stress call for livestock producers to be vigilant in mak-ing sure their animals are able to withstand the conditions.

UKA’s dairy specialist Jeffrey Bewley said the most important things producers can do are to provide cool, clean water and shade, with build-ings as open as possible to help keep animals’ in-ternal body temperature within normal limits. Sprinkler systems that periodically spray a cool mist on the animals also are beneficial.

To keep cattle from becoming overheated, producers should not work cattle during peri-ods of heat stress.

“To keep cattle from becoming overheated, you certainly do not want to work them during heat stress conditions—veter-inarian work, reproduc-tive checks or vaccina-tions,” Bewley said.

Producers should also avoid transporting livestock during a heat danger or emergency pe-riod. If they must move animals during this time, producers should try to do so with fewer animals per load. Planning trips so producers can load animals immediately be-

fore leaving and quickly unload upon arrival can help minimize the risk.

Heat loss for all horses becomes difficult when temperatures exceed 90 degrees, so avoid exercis-ing them during very hot periods. When humid-ity is high, temperatures much lower than 90 de-grees can pose problems. Horse owners can reduce heat stress by schedul-ing activities during the cooler part of the day and giving horses plenty of water. Transporting horses during the cooler hours of the morning or evening can help. To re-duce the risk of dehydra-tion and heat stress, give horses access to water before, during and af-ter transportation in hot weather.

Offer horses frequent drinks of water during work in hot weather. Al-lowing them to drink during work helps main-tain water balance and relieves the urge to drink a lot of water after exer-cise. After a hard work-out, water horses out gradually.

Even non-working horses will double their water intake during hot weather, so be sure plen-ty of water is available to horses in pastures, pad-docks and stalls.

Lactating mares will have especially high wa-ter requirements because they are using water for milk production and heat loss.

Hot weather also will increase horses’ need for salt because salt is lost during sweating. Heavy rains can “melt” salt blocks in pastures, so salt licks should be checked.

Visit the UK Ag Weather Center website at http://weather.uky.edu to keep up with current weather, forecasts, heat stress indices and more.

Programs of the Ken-tucky Cooperative Exten-sion Service serve all peo-ple regardless of race, age, sex, color, religion, dis-ability or national origin. For additional informa-tion, contact the Ballard County Extension Office, 110 Broadway, LaCenter, 665-9118.

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Ballard Memorial High School’s broadcast-ing team was named best in the state in the Class A (under 600 students) for the fourth year in a row.

In addition to their first place in general excel-

lence, staff members won the following awards:

Spot production: first place, bullying public service announcement, BMHS staff; second, Ab-bie Denton, HOSA PSA; third, Taylor Raffety, Jes-

sica Jones, Kyle Bosse, sucker commercial.

Music video or short video: third, BMHS staff

Humorous feature: first, Kelsey Donoho, Lakyn Dunigan, how animals eat their food; second, Logan Pickett, Elizabeth Goodin, Breanna Jones, “Duck Dy-nasty” parody.

Best news feature pack-age: first, Sydney Brook-ing, Dakota Stigall, Ben Giles, Tyler Pill, Megan Zerger, story on how to play “Magic,” second, Jesse Rollins, Ruby An-derson, Marlee Reid, Jade Tilford, story on the Color Run.

Best sports feature package: first, Ethan Dun-ning, Alek Hugen, Shelby Wildharber, story on foot-ball team; second, Justin King, Nate McKendree, Tyler Pill, Ben Giles, story on the tennis team; third, Micah Medlin, Euraisa Roddy, story on the vol-leyball team.

News package: second, Kole Williams, Dakota Stigall, package on end of course tests; third, Logan Pickett, Elizabeth Goodin, Breanna Jones, package on seven-block scheduling.

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BCES students hold coin drive for Relay For Life

BMHS broadcasting team named best in state for fourth year in a row

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SEALED BID AUCTION!! Nice home and 28 Acres near Wickliffe!

River Country Real Estate is proud to offer a lovely home and 28 acres m/l, on County Farm Road, Wickliffe, for sale by sealed bids. The property is being offered in two tracts, the home and 2 acre m/l lot, and the farm tract of approximately 26 acres m/l, both tracts being sold “by the boundary” and not “by the acre.” You may view the property online on the West KY MLS, by going to our website, listed below, or realtor.com, or any realtor’s website, and search by MLS # 73565 or by address, etc. Call for appointment to view home interior.Sealed bids must be received by Larry Kelley, Broker, no later than 5:00 PM, Monday, June 16. Bidders will then be notified of date, time, and place for bid opening.

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Ms Leidecker’s (on right) class, Eric Walker, Ballard Co Relay Specialist, Kathe Aydlotte, Relay Committee

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Ms Wildharber’s (on left), Eric Walker, Ballard County Relay specialist, Kathe Aydlotte, Relay committee

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Members of the BMHS broadcasting team are Micah Medlin, Ruby Anderson, Jasmine Goodman, Dakota Stigall, Sydney Brooking, Logan Pickett, Devoun Bledsoe, Jade Babb, Abbi Denton, Jessica Jones, Tyler Berry, Shawn Johnson, Breanna Jones, McK-enzie Pegram, Elizabeth Goodin, Megan Zerger, Ben Giles, Kole Williams and Tyler Pill.

The days of May 23 thru May 29 the Bal-lard County Elementary classes K-5 were chal-lenged to raise money to support the Ameri-can Cancer Society Re-

lay For Life in Ballard County and compete for class recognition and a Pizza Party for the class that raised the most mon-ey and cupcakes for the class that came in sec-

ond! Both faculty and students worked hard on this project and raised $795.92.

Ms. Leidecker’s 2nd grade class won first place and a pizza party and Ms.

Wildharber’s 1st grade class won second place and enjoyed cupcakes. A special thank you goes to Ms Gough for coor-dinating the event with faculty, staff, teachers,

students and their fami-lies. Monies raised go to fund research, education, advocacy, and services through the American Cancer Society. Relay in Ballard County will be

June 13 at the bus loop behind the school.

Everyone is invited to join in on the fun and activities beginning at 6 p.m.