The Purchase Area De-velopment District Board of Directors has elected Carlisle County Judge/Executive Greg Terry as its new Chairman of the Board. The Board also elected Ballard County Judge/Executive Vickie Viniard as the Vice Chair-person, City of Mayfield Mayor Teresa Rochetti-Cantrell as Secretary, and McCracken County Judge Executive Van Newberry as Treasurer. Newberry completed his term as Chairman of the Board in July.

Judge/Executive Terry also serves on the Ken-tucky Council of Area Development Districts representing the Purchase Region and he serves as a member of the National Association of Regional Councils.

At the Aug. 18, meet-ing of the PADD Board of Directors, Chairman Terry made two commit-tee chair appointments. He appointed Calloway County Judge/Executive Larry Elkins to serve as the PADD Water Man-agement Council Com-mittee chairman. Also, he appointed Marshall County Judge/Executive Mike Miller to serve as the Regional Transporta-tion Committee Chair-man, replacing Graves County Judge/Executive Tony Smith who request-ed to step down from the position. Chairman Terry also nominated Ballard County Judge/Executive Vickie Viniard to serve as an additional member ofthe Kentucky Coun-cil of Area Development Districts. The Board ap-proved the nomination.

The Purchase Area Development District (PADD) offers a diverse collection of services, touching every aspect of life in the Purchase Region. PADD services include programs for hu-man support, community

At last week’s August fiscal court meeting on Tuesday the magistrates voted to raise real property taxes by agreeing to a four percent increase. The tax hike is similar to a “cost of living increase” for the county according to Magistrate Bob Renfrow. He also added that the four percent has only been taken one time in

his 12 years. Magistrate Steve Cooper said the four percent is misleading because the percentage is figured on the current rate of 19 percent and actually figures to be just seven-tenths of a percent each $100 of assessed value and with the county’s population at 8,200 the bottom line calculates to be less than

$3.50 per person. The unanimous consensus of the court was they hadn’t taken it in so long it was necessary just to keep up and avoid falling behind. The new tax increase will ad $27,000 to the county’s budget

“July was another busy month” according to Ambulance Director Micheal Clarke, with 141

responses, 82 patients transported and 5 out-of –town trips. Cash deposits were up the past month.

Travis Holder with EMS told the court the adoption of the bylaws would be necessary before next month. Holder said he was waiting on the insurance to confirm if they were going to cover the cost of the generator

repairs (cleaning the fuel system). Again this month he reported the Jaws of Life need to be replaced. He has located a set for $2,400 valued at $16,000 but is still waiting to see if a Homeland Security Grant will cover the equipment.

The jail report for the month given by Donnie

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On Sunday, Aug. 24, two Ballard County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized more than 230 pound of illegal drugs during a stop on Highway U.S. 51 near Wicliffe,

According to the police report, at approximately 11:37 p.m. BCSO officers Russell Benson and Bill Wildharber, stopped a vehicle as it came through a traffic safety checkpoint on U.S. 51 in Wickliffe at the Wickliffe Mounds entrance. During the stop,

Benson and Wildharber talked to the driver and saw that the driver had produced a Mexican driver’s license.

While checking the driver operator’s license both indicated they smelled the odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle. Deputy Wildharber asked the driver to step out of the vehicle. He indicated he saw a large object in the rear seat of the vehicle, which carried Texas plates. Wildharber said he determined

the object was a 20-pound bale of marijuana. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded a total of 230 pounds of marijuana in eight separate bales.

According to Ballard County Sheriff Todd Cooper, the driver and passenger, Gael Martinez, 27, and Herverth Porfirio, 23, both of Dallas Tx. were arrested for trafficking over 5 pounds of marijuana.

The street value was determined at $460,000.

The Veterans Memorial Brick Garden in the La Center Park has come a long way since its inception.

The VMBG was established about 10 years ago by Lewis Hicks and Leslie Strange. It is now a memorial garden for anyone

wishing to add a brick.To add a brick to the garden,

please contact the LaCenter city clerk at (270) 665-5162 or Mary Helen Hicks at (270) 665-5357. Bricks are $40 each.

Bricks are engraved locally at Bell Monument

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Ballard County law enforcement officers Billy Wildharber and Russell Benson display 230 pounds of marijuana that was seized in a local drug bust on Sunday, Aug. 24, in Wickliffe.

Jason Winnans laying new bricks in the memorial.

Fiscal Court approves 4 percent tax increase

PADD elects board members

ClarificationIn the Bar-

low meeting last week, it appeared as if an employee of Barlow had damaged a water meter and would be charged for the repair.

In fact, the gen-tleman mentioned is not employed by the City of Barlow. He sim-ply does mowing around the city of Barlow of his own desire.

Authorities seize 230 pounds of marijuana in bust in Wickliffe

The Veterans Memorial Brick Garden

Hall Jr. specified the jail was housing 61 inmates, down from last month. Six of the inmates lost were Ballard County inmates, “which is good for us because while they’re in there they’re not paying they’re a liability.” Two more of the inmates were state which Hall was still really good because they had expected to loose more. At the current time the fiscal court had set $20 a day as room-and-board cost for country inmates but judges have been setting it at $22. The court approved raising the rate to agree with the $22 judges have been imposing as costs.

New courtesy notices for repeat visits to the same location allow for Animal Control to charge a fee of no less the $50

and no more then $250 per visit. A charge of harboring a vicious dog was diverted with no other offences in a court hearing. The Blandville resident is still harboring a pit bull that has charged Deputy Ronnie Giles and Sheriff Todd Cooper along with another resident not able to dismount his tractor because of the dog. The owner of the dog has since been charged and is scheduled for a court appearance, with eight counts of cruelty to animals. AC Officer James Campbell said he wasn’t sure if the diversion would be pulled.

An Ammunition and Prescription Take Back is scheduled, along with a shredder truck, to be on site at the solid waste location on Slater Road for Customer Appreciation Day on September 20. Household Hazardous Waste will also be collected that day. Waste Tire Collection is scheduled for September 4, 5 and 6th. They will receive tires until 2 pm on the 6th.

In the Road and Bridges report, a bid change request was denied for Black Rock Haulers who are contracted to furnish gravel to the county. As part of their contract Black Rock was to supply 600 tons of rip-rap. The change request was for the remaining 200 tons left to be fulfilled on that portion of the contract. The court approved the purchase of a 1999 bucket truck for the Highway Department. The 1980 model the county currently owns is experiencing control problems and reportedly extremely dangerous to operate. With the age and the repair cost it was determined to be better to purchase a new one. The purchase will be made from the equipment budget.

Two reimbursements for over payment of taxes were approved. The first was an employee of New Page who has paid county payroll tax for three years while working in a Lyon county facility. The second is a company which just simply filled out forms incorrectly.

The first reading of the Solid Waste ordinance and the second reading of the TLI and Electrical Permit Fee ordinances were approved.

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To begin the Animal Control report during the August Fiscal Court meeting Judge/Executive Vickie Viniard asked if anyone had a question concerning the report. Magistrate Dee Hazelwood said “I’ve got one question; are we going to continue paying somebody to go out there and shoot a deer in the road when we got sheriff’s deputies that can do the same thing and we don’t have to pay them? That’s what they used to do.”

Magistrate Bob Renfrow asked if the deputies would remove the deer. Hazelwood said he thinks the state would,

“the state’s responsible for picking the carcasses up.”

AC Officer James Campbell said “if it’s dead we don’t go.”

According to Campbell, that’s one of the issues they had to deal with a couple of years ago. The state picks them up but if it’s still alive in the roadway then they call him to come dispense of the animal.

Viniard questioned Campbell about the sheriff’s office, if they usually call him to take care of those situations. Campbell said they have called him, if they are covered up in court and they can’t get to it.

Hazelwood agreed if the deputies were busy he didn’t see any reason AC couldn’t go but if they’re not busy then it seemed to him it was a job the deputies should take care of.

A suggestion was made that it should be the job of the game warden to euthanize the deer. The court agreed that that scenario is one not likely too happen.

Viniard said they could see if the deputies have time to do it and if not and the deer is still alive then AC will have to do it. Hazelwood said it is the deputy’s job that they had done it for years. He continued by saying

“we’re going to have to tighten up somewhere. We’re going to have to start.” Viniard added “it’s James’s job too.” “They can kind’a work it out between themselves, if they have the time to do it they can, if not then Animal Control will have to do it.”

The meeting moved on with no further discussion, resolution or motions on the subject.

In another cost cutting strategy the court cut funding amounts to the Ballard County Recreation Board, the Ballard County Cemetery Board and the Ballard County Fair Board by $500 dollars each. The Senior Citizens Center will continue to receive $5,000 from the county.

The Great River Road Organization promotes the four river counties and is operated through funding from the counties. The customary provision supplied by each county is $10,000 with each of Ballard’s cities contributing and the fiscal court filling in the gap. The issue was tabled June’s meeting and was reintroduced this month. Viniard brought up the idea of splitting one of the city’s GRRO expense limiting the county input to $2,500. The court approved the measure.

County officials look to make several cuts during recent Fiscal Court meeting Vets invited

We would like to extend an invitation to any current enlisted military personnel or military veterans that have served in any form of the military forces to come out to the Ballard Memorial-Fulton city football game on Friday night August 29th. This is our annual National Guard Memorial Bowl and we would like to recognize you for your service to our great country. As a school dedicated in memory of our military men and women that gave the ul-timate sacrifice, we un-derstand the importance our military has in our community. We would like to take some time

prior to the opening kickoff Friday night to say thank you. Just let the front gate workers know you are a military veteran and you will get free admission to the game. We ask that you arrive by 6:45 that night and meet at the blue tent in front of the con-cession stand. We will have you go onto the football field prior to the opening kickoff and take a few moments to honor you. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 so we anticipate going onto the football field at 6:50.

We would be hon-ored to have your pres-ence at the game as we say Thank You!

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LITTLE UNIONBAPTIST CHURCH

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Anna C. Perkins Boldry, 98, of LaCenter, formerly of West Paducah passed way at 3:55 am on Tuesday, August, 19, 2014 at Life Care Center of LaCenter.

She was a home maker and a member of Harmony Baptist Church where she taught the four and five year olds for over 40 years.

She is survived by her five daughters JoAnne Howard and husband Joe Ed of West Paducah; Rose Marie Adams of West Paducah, Frances Elaine Graves and husband Jackie Earl of Bandana, Lavanda Kay Elrod and husband Donald of West Paducah, Brenda Ellen Elkins and husband Johnny of Clinton TN; two sons, William E. “Bill” Boldry, and wife Delores of Barberton OH, Lee Wayne Boldry and wife Linda of West Paducah; twenty four grandchildren; forty two great grandchildren; and ten great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joe Edward Boldry; two sons, Bobby Boldry, Joel Glenn Boldry, one sister, Rose Mary Whalen; and one brother Richard Perkins.

Her parents were Lewis Perkins and Annie Jerrell Perkins.

Funeral services for Mrs. Boldry were held 1:00 pm Saturday, August, 23, 2014 at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Jewell Barrett and Rev. Andy Shelton officiating. Visitation for Mrs. Boldry was from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Friday, August, 22, 2014 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah, and after 9:30 am Saturday, 23, 2014 at Harmony Baptist Church. Burial followed at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers Expressions of Sympathy can be made to Harmony Baptist Church, 9215 Ogden Landing Rd West Paducah, 42086.

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Chairman Greg Terry, Carlisle County Judge/Executive, Vice Chairman Vickie Vin-iard, Ballard County Judge/Executive, Secretary Teresa Rochetti-Cantrell, City of Mayfield Mayor, and Treasurer Van Newberry, McCracken County Judge/Executive.

infrastructure planning, economic development, and special projects – - the blending of these of-ferings provides a well-rounded approach to meeting the current and future needs of the Pur-chase region.

The PADD board of directors includes judge/executives, mayors, and citizen members from the eight county Purchase Region, including Bal-lard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hick-man, Marshall, and Mc-Cracken. Over 250 com-munity members actively participate in committees

and task forces that pro-vide input and guidance to the program areas they support. Funding for these programs is pro-vided through a blending of federal, state, and lo-cal funding sources.

The Purchase ADD is one in a network of 15 area development dis-tricts serving the Com-monwealth of Kentucky. Since 1969, Kentucky Area Development Dis-tricts have evolved from conduits for regional and local economic de-velopment planning to catalysts of change in almost all aspects of life throughout the state and in individual regions. For more information, con-

tact the Purchase Area Development District by calling (270) 247-7171 or visit the website at www.purchaseadd.org

PADUCAH – Della Stone, age 93, of Paducah, formerly of Kevil Ky., died at McCracken Coun-ty Nursing and Rehabili-tation Center in Paducah Saturday at 8 p.m.

Della was a member of Lone Oak Church of Christ. She had been a member of Heath Home-makers for many years.

She is survived by one son, Robert T. Stone Jr. of Pensicola, Fla.; one daughter, Debbie Stone Wring and husband, Gene, of Paducah; four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, one sister, LaVerne Ruble of Louis-

ville, Ky., and two nieces and a nephew.

Della was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Stone Sr.; two sons, Albert Heimer and Jerry Hiemer; one sis-ter, Vonretta Sweat, and one grandaughter, Dawn Wring York, as well as her parents, Pete and Virgie Blansett Reul.

There will be a private graveside service today at Bethel Christian Church Cemetery. Interment will follow at Bethel Christian Church Cemetery.

Morrow Funeral Cha-pel is handling arrange-ments.

KEVIL – Barry Bon-durant, age 55, of Kevil died Aug. 23, 2014 at 3:24 p.m. at Lourdes Hospital. Barry was born on Janu-ary 7, 1959 to Jo Ann Ter-ry and Bob Bondurant.

He was a member of Bethel Cumberland Pres-byterian Church. He was a farmer most of his life.

Barry is survived by his mother, JoAnn Bon-durant of Paducah; his wife, Donna Romaine Bondurant of Kevil; one daughter, Catie Hon (Matthew) of St. Louis, one step daughter, Lee Ann (Daniel) France of Kevil,; one sister, Diane Shrewsberry (Steve) of Paducah, four step-grand-children, Emilee, Joshua, DJ, and Anslee France of Kevil; three neices, Sta-cey Blankenship of Pad-ucah, Tessa Whitledge of Osprig, FL, and Dawn Boatman of Paducah; one aunt, GuyLene Terry of Springfield, MO; and three cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Bob-by L. Bondurant and his grandparents.

Condolences were of-

fered Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 5-8 PM at the family residence, 3230 Gage Road, Kevil, KY

A memorial service will be held in Septem-ber.

Morrow Funeral Cha-pel of LaCenter in charge of arrangements

Della Stone

Barry Bondurant

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Special Civil War Exhibit at Columbus-Belmont State Park

“The Horse Soldier,” a special Civil War cav-alry exhibit featuring rarely seen personal items belonging to Confeder-ate Gen. John Hunt Mor-gan, will be displayed at Columbus-Belmont State Park through Nov. 1.

Morgan, a successful businessman in Lexington before the war, was known

as the “Thunderbolt of the Confederacy” for his dar-ing raids as a cavalry lead-er. He was killed in action at Greeneville, Tennessee, in 1864.

The special exhibit will tell the story of the “Horse Soldier” during the Civil War and highlight items used by Confederate cav-alrymen.

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Profiles in Nature By Jack Glisson

It’s that time of year again – dove season comes in Monday! A lot of hunters look forward to the first fall hunting season of the year and trying to get their limit of the Mourning Dove, scientific name Zenai-da macroura. This can sometimes be quite a challenge though as the dove can fly at speeds up to 55 miles per hour and dodge and dart in the process.

Whether one feeds winter birds, hunts for doves, or just notices them on power lines, they are a common sight year round across most of the lower 48 states due in part to being a prolific breeder. Although they usually only lay 2 eggs in a very loosely construct-ed nest these birds may raise up to six broods per year.

Eating mostly seeds the mourning dove will eat 12 to 20 percent of its body weight daily. The diet consists of cultivated grains, wild grass seeds, weed seeds, herbs and berries. Although they need to consume wa-ter like most other birds their systems will toler-ate brackish water and not become dehydrated from the salt content like other animals.

If one is planning to

go dove hunting I ad-vise you to review the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife regula-tions concerning baiting fields. Although a variety of methods are accept-able some require sev-eral days following ap-plication of seed before hunting. Regulations are available on the KDFWR web site or just call one of the local Game War-dens.

Following the harvest comes the next best thing and what is always dear

to my heart – FOOD! Dove meat, including the breast, is very dark and sweet flavored. Most hunters only save the breast as this accounts for most of the meat but like a chicken the en-tire carcass including liver, heart, and gizzard are edible. Whether bat-tered and fried, baked, or grilled, just be careful not to overcook and dry it out.

Happy hunting and eating!

The Ballard-Carlisle Historical and Genea-logical Society an-nounces your opportu-nity to obtain Volume 2 of the Ballard-Carlisle Kentucky History and Families Book. This exciting new book fea-tures a historical time-

line of Ballard and Car-lisle Counties and their communities from the 1800s through present day, including histories of approximately 250 families. It includes hundreds of historic photographs of life in both counties, including their families, business-es, buildings and homes, churches, schools, and more. A special sec-tion features prominent businesses, churches, and tributes.Reading through this hardbound book will certainly take you back in time. Who was Captain Bland Bal-lard? How was Ballard County formed? What famous people traveled through our quaint com-munities? Do you know the story of how Carlisle

County was established? In the 110 pages of fam-ily histories, there might be a possibility that you find an unknown rela-tive! Researching fam-ily history has become a popular project for to-day’s genealogist. This book is a great place to start!!

Books can be pur-chased from the Bal-lard-Carlisle Historical and Genealogical Soci-ety. Cost of the book is $64.95, plus $6.50 ship-ping, and KY state tax, if applicable. The So-ciety is located at 257 4Th Street in Wickliffe, and is open on Fridays, 9am – 4pm, 270-665-5095, or contact Sandy Martin, 270-562-0199, or Sally Boulton, 270-559-7585.

Ballard-Carlisle history book are now available to residents

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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 out-standing behavior or performance. Shown from left are BCMS Students of the Week for Aug. 25: sixth-grader Parth Patel, eighth-grader Noah Lee, and seventh-grader Jacob Howle. Selectors said Patel is intelligent, kind and has a passion for learning; Lee is always on-task in the class-room, participate in discussions, and turns in good quality work; and Howle is very respectful, a hard-worker who lis-tens well and is a pleasure to have in class.

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CALHOUN - Ballard Memorial won its season-opener on the road, de-feating McLean County 20-6 on Friday night.

The Bombers, under the direction of head coach John Elliott, will host Ful-ton City in a home opener on Friday night. Kickoff for the Ballard Memorial-Fulton City football game is set for 7:30 p.m.

Ballard Memorial has

additional away games scheduled versus Todd County Central (Sept. 5), Webster County (Sept. 12), Murraqy (Oct. 3) and Crittenden County (Oct. 17).

In other home games, Ballard Memorial will entertain Hopkins Coun-ty Central (Sept. 19), Caldwell County (Sept. 26), Houston County, Tenn. (OCt. 10) and Mas-

sac, Ill. (Oct. 24). Ballard Memorial was

picked to finish third in Class 2A, District 1. The Bombers were listed third in The Cats’ Pause 2014 Kentucky Football Year-book Preseason Class 2A, District 8 Poll. Bal-lard Memorial is picked to finish one spot ahead of Crittenden County. The Bombers are ranked behind Murray and pre-season district frontrun-ner Caldwell County.

Ballard Memorial has compiled back-to-back winning seasons. The Bombers, under the direc-tion of head coach John Elliott, exited the 2013 season with a 7-4 over-all record. Ballard Me-

morial will look to push both Murray (9-5) and Caldwell County (12-1) in Class 2A, District 1.

Seniors Dre Bledsoe (WR/DB), Colin Garner (OL/DL) and Alex Hu-gen (RB/DE) are among the top returnees for the Bombers.

Ballard Memo-rial notched wins over McLean County, Fulton City, Todd County Cen-tral, Webster County, Hopkins County Central, Houston County (Tenn.) and Crittenden County last season. The Bomb-ers dropped games to Caldwell County, Murray, Massac (Ill.) and Union County during the 2013 season.

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2014 Ballard Memorial High SchoolFootball Schedule

Date Opponent Site TimeAug. 22 McLean County Calhoun 7:30 p.m.Aug. 29 Fulton City LaCenter 7:30 p.m.Sept. 5 Todd County Central Elkton 7 p.m.Sept. 12 Webster County Dixon 7 p.m.Sept. 19 Hopkins County Central LaCenter 7 p.m.Sept. 26 Caldwell County LaCenter 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Murray Murray 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Houston County LaCenter 7 p.m.Oct. 17 Crittenden County Marion 7 p.m.Oct. 24 Massac County LaCenter 7 p.m.

The pitch ...The BCMS baseball team faced up against Paducah Middle last week. Much to the team’s disappointment, BCMS suffered a 17-3 setback after five innings. For the next game, let’s show them some support and cheer on our boys.

Lady Bombers lose opener to Marshall County, 3-1

BENTON - Ballard Memorial dropped its season-opener to host Marshall County on Monday (Aug. 18). Mar-shall County pulled away to beat the Lady Bomb-ers 3-1 in the high school volleyball season-opener.

The Lady Marshals won the first game 25-19. But Ballard Memorial

fought back, winning the second game 25-15.

Finishing strong, Mar-shall County topped Bal-lard Memorial 25-23 in the third game and won the final set 26-24.

The Ballard Memorial and Marshall County vol-leyball teams are sched-uled to meet again later in the season.

Visiting Bombers upend McLean County in opener, 20-6

Lady Bombers drop matches toSt. Mary, Mayfield

LA CENTER - The Bal-lard Memorial girls’ soccer team dropped its first two games in the 2014 season last week, falling to both St. Mary and Mayfield.

More on each game follows.

St. Mary 5, Ballard Memorial 1: Ellie Vaughn scored three goals and teammates Emily Mer-edith and Maria Shockley added one apiece as visit-ing St. Mary beat Ballard Memorial 5-1 in a girls’ high school soccer season-opener on Aug. 19.

Meredith dished out two assists for St. Mary in the win. Aiding the St. Mary attach, Caroline Curtsinger and Hannah Waltmon dealt out one as-sist each.

St. Mary goalkeeper Sydney Nash limited Ballard Memorial to one goal.

Kylee Heal netted Bal-lard Memorial’s lone goal. Erin Young provided the assist on Heal’s goal in the setback.

Ballard Memorial goal-

keepers Ashley Young and Laken Hall split time at the defensive position. Young gave up all five St. Mary goals in the season opener.

Mayfield 2, Ballard Me-morial 0: Mayfield man-aged to shut out Ballard Memorial late last week, blanking the Lady Bomb-ers 2-0 on Thursday.

Ballard Memorial goal-keeper Laken Hall went the entire game in the net, holding Mayfield to a pair of goals.

Mayfield, who had de-feated Lyon County 7-1 in a season-opener on Tues-day (Aug. 19), improved to 2-0.

Following the loss, Bal-lard Memorial fell to 0-2.

The Lady Bombers entered the second week of the season with games slated versus Crittenden County (Monday, Aug. 25) and McCracken Coun-ty (Tuesday, Aug. 26).

Results from those girls’ high school soccer games will appear in next week’s edition

The BCMS boys faced off against Paducah Middle last week. Unfortunately, they lost suffering a 38-0 setback in the 7th and 8th grade games. Never fear, they go up against Murray Middle on Aug. 28 at 5:30 p.m. So go out and support our boys.

Several new staff members have been hired at Ballard County schools this year.

Ballard County El-ementary School:

Jacquelynn Patter-son is an instructional aide in Jenna Baker’s kindergarten class. She is a U.S. Army Reserve veteran (1999-2006), and worked for Hopkins County Schools dur-ing that time as an after school program supervi-sor’s assistant and sub-stitute teacher. Patterson has been a stay-at-home mom for the last four and a half years, during which time she earned an associate’s degree in business administration from Kaplan Univer-sity, a bachelor’s in the same subject at Liberty University (2014). She plans to return to school for a master’s degree and teaching certifica-tion. Her husband is the new youth pastor at Spring Bayou Baptist Church, and they have two daughters.

Ballard County Mid-dle School:

Annie Brown is the interim health and phys-ical education teacher. She is a recent graduate of Murray State Univer-sity, in her first year as a full-time teacher. Brown did some of her student-teaching at BCMS, and is serving as the assistant varsity volleyball coach.

Kelsi Kuykendal, is an instructional assis-tant. She holds a bach-elor’s degree in political science from MSU, and worked as a fleet man-ager at Paschall Truck Lines in Murray for two years.

Jenna Staples is teach-ing seventh-grade math and pre-algebra. She holds a degree in middle school education with an emphasis in science and math from MSU, and has completed a fifth-year program in mild learning and behavior disorders. Staples began her career as an instructional as-sistant at Reidland High School in 1997, and was hired to teach seventh-grade math at BCMS in 1998. She left in 2002 to stay home and start a family, and returned to teaching seventh-grade math and eighth-grade science at Hickman County in 2011. She has three children, and says, “I am very excited to be back at BCMS.”

Ballard Memorial High School:

Two positions are shared at BCMS and BMHS – art teacher and special education instructional assistant. Jennifer Bittner is the art teacher, having come from two years of substi-tute work in McCracken County and a half-year of full-time teaching at Heath Middle School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in printmaking from MSU, with a teach-ing certification. Bittner also is a working artist, doing primarily print-making and woodwork-

ing for commission cus-tomers.

Karla Yarbrough is an instructional assis-tant in special education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and was certi-fied as a nurse aide. Yar-brough has worked as a substitute teacher at Bal-lard since 2012.

There are several new BMHS faces, as well. Penny Bivens is teach-ing algebra I and ninth-grade honors geometry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in middle school education from MSU, and did her student teaching at BCMS last fall. She worked for six years as an office man-ager for two companies in Paducah. She and her husband have six chil-dren, and they love to camp, fish and swim.

Kathrin Burnett is teaching geometry and honors algebra III/trigo-nometry. She holds a 2007 bachelor’s degree in administrative scienc-es and a 2014 bachelor’s degree in middle school math/science education, both from MSU. She did her student-teaching at Graves County Middle School, and previously worked as an auditor for a locally-owned chain of cash advance stores. She is married with three children.

Kevin Cope is a new teacher, in the new in-dustrial maintenance program at BMHS/Bal-lard Career and Techni-cal Center. He has eight years of experience as an industrial electrician and instrument technician, most recently from HB Fuller in Paducah. Cope holds an associate’s de-gree in electronic engi-neering technology, and he and his wife have an infant son.

Brian Jarvis is the agri-culture teacher and advi-sor to the Future Farmers of America chapter here. He worked as a graduate assistant at MSU for one year in the Racer Acad-emy dual-credit pro-gram, and student-taught in the spring of 2014 at Calloway County High School. Jarvis holds a 2012 bachelor’s degree in agriculture with an emphasis in agronomy from MSU, and cur-rently is working on his master’s degree there.

Howie Morehead is the integrated science and biology teacher. He has 10 years of ex-perience in education, including time as a sci-ence teacher and as-sistant principal, in the systems at McCracken and Crittenden counties. Morehead also worked for 13 years in the en-vironmental industry. The 1987 Heath High School graduate earned his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1992, his master’s in management in 2001, and rank 1 in administration in 2011, all from MSU.

Stephanie Morehead is a health science in-structor. She is a BMHS

graduate, with an associ-ate’s degree in nursing from Paducah Commu-nity College. Morehead worked from 2010-2014 as assistant director of nursing at Life Care of LaCenter; as registered nurse and quality as-surance facilitator at Purchase District Home health from 1994-2010; and as an RN at Western Baptist Hospital from 1993-94. She and her husband have a daugh-ter who is a student at BMHS.

Jessica Morrow is the receptionist/atten-dance clerk. She holds bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and French, and currently is working on her master’s degree in secondary education, all from MSU. Morrow worked for six years as a substitute teacher at Ballard, and two years teaching French at Pad-ucah Tilghman High School. She and her hus-band have two children who are students at Bal-lard.

District-wide posi-tions:

Lisa Adams is the new psychometrist for the district. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, her master’s in guid-ance and counseling and is a licensed school psychologist. Adams is in her 14th year as a school psychologist, and worked four years as a clinical therapist with Four Rivers Behavioral Health (during which time she was the school-based therapist for Bal-

lard County). Her main office is at BCES, but she has space at both the middle and high schools as well.

---Staff members who

are in new positions in-clude Ruth Ann Blanks, who secretary at the high school but now is the re-ceptionist at the middle school; Rachel Brown, who was a job coach but now is an instructional assistant at the middle/high schools; Kendra Cunningham, who was high-school reception-

ist, and now is secretary there; Leslee Davis, who was high school guid-ance counselor, but now is assistant principal there; Leslie Downs, who was a special education teacher at the elemen-tary, but now does that job at the high school; Crystal Herron, who was a kindergarten teacher but now is fourth-grade science teacher; Renee McDermott, who was high-school college-ca-reers coach, but now is the guidance counselor there; Kim Milgate, who

was an instructional aide at the elementary and now is doing that job at the preschool; Amber Parker, who was assis-tant principal at the mid-dle school and now is interim principal there; Stephen Queen, who was health/PE teacher at the middle school and now is interim assistant prin-cipal/athletic director; and Jennifer Sullivan, who was a high-school math teacher and now is the college-careers coach there.

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SchoolBallard County schools introduce new staff members

I have been getting sev-eral calls on how bad the horseflies are this year and what can be done about it. The short answer is not much. For us humans, about the only thing that can be done is to use repel-lents to try and keep them off of you. Repellents such as Deet or Off (N-diethyl – meta- toluamide) can provide several hours of protection. Permethrin- based repellents are for application to clothing only but typically provide a longer period of protec-tion. Repellents will pre-vent flies from landing or cause them to leave before feeding but the factors that attract them ( movement, carbon dioxide, etc) are still present and the flies will continue to swarm and be a nuisance even after treatment has been applied.

Horse flies and deer flies can be serious nui-sances around swimming pools. They may be at-tracted by the shiny sur-face of the water or by movement of the swim-mers. There are no effec-tive recommendations to reduce this problem.

Horseflies are blood-sucking insects that can be a serious pest of cattle, horses, and humans. Nu-merous painful bites from large populations of these flies can reduce milk pro-duction from dairy and beef cattle and interfere with grazing of cattle and horses because animals under attack will bunch to-gether. Animals may even injure themselves as they run to escape these flies.

Female horse flies are active during the day. These flies apparently are attracted to such things as movement, shiny sur-faces, carbon dioxide, and warmth. Once on a host, they use their knife-like mouthparts to slice the skin and feed on the blood pool that is created. Bites can be very painful and there may be an allergic reaction to the salivary secretions released by the insects as they feed. The irritation and swelling from bites usually disap-pears in a day or so. How-ever, secondary infections may occur when bites are scratched. General first aid-type skin creams may help to relieve the pain from bites. In rare instanc-es, there may be allergic reactions involving hives and wheezing. Male flies feed on nectar and are of no consequence as animal pests. Horse flies are in-termittent feeders. Their painful bites generally elicit a response from the victim so the fly is forced to move to another host. Consequently, they may be mechanical vectors of some animal and human diseases.

The larvae of horse fly develop in the mud along pond edges or stream banks, wetlands, or seep-age areas. Some are aquat-ic and a few develop in rel-atively dry soil. Females lay batches of 25 to 1,000

eggs on vegetation that stand over water or wet sites. The larvae that hatch from these eggs fall to the ground and feed upon de-caying organic matter or small organisms in the soil or water. The larvae, stage usually lasts from one to three years, depending on the species. Mature lar-vae crawl to drier areas to pupate and ultimately emerge as adults.

P e r m e t h r i n - b a s e d sprays are labeled for ap-plication to livestock and horses. These insecticides are very irritating to the flies and cause them to leave almost immediately after landing. Often, the flies are not in contact with the insecticide long enough to be killed so they continue to be an an-noyance. These flies will swarm persistently around animals and feed where the spray coverage was not complete (underbelly or legs) or where it has worn off. Repeated applications may be needed. Check the label about minimum re-treatment intervals. Pyre-thrin sprays also are effec-tive but do not last as long as permethrin.

Horse flies and deer flies like sunny areas and usually will not enter barns or deep shade. If animals have access to protection during the day, they can escape the constant attack of these annoying pests. They can graze at night when the flies are not ac-tive.

It is difficult to im-possible to locate and/or eliminate breeding site of horse flies. They breed in environmentally sensi-tive wetlands so effects of drainage or insecticide application on non-target organisms or water sup-plies is a concern. Also, these insects are strong fliers that can move in from some distance away. Breeding sites may be very extensive or some distance away from where problems are occurring.

Fortunately, horse flies are sporadic problems for specific times of the year. Some adaptation in be-havior or use of repellents can allow enjoyment of the outdoors.

Programs of the Ken-tucky Cooperative Ex-tension Service serve all people regardless of race, age, sex, color, religion, disability or national origin. For additional informa-tion, contact the Bal-lard County Extension Office, 110 Broadway, LaCenter, 665-9118.

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Horseflies – really a pest this time of year

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Household Hazardous Waste EventSeptember 20th, 2014

8:00 AM - 4:00 PMAccepted Hazardous Waste

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Moth Balls • Muriatic Acid • Oil Based Paint • Old Chemistry Sets • Oven Cleaners • Paint Thinner • Pesticides • Photo Chemicals • Pool Chemicals • Radiator Cleaners

• Rodent Killers • Rust Preventatives • Sealants • Solvents • Transmission Fluid• Wood Preservatives • Wood Strippers

The Contractor that is collecting the Household Hazardous Waste reserves the right to refuse the following: • Large Quantities of Unknown Material • Radioactive Waste, Including Smoke Detectors • Unstable Wastes • Pressurized Fire Extinguishers • Unknown Gas Cylinders

Shredder TruckThe Shredder truck will be available for all Office and Household paperwork that needs to be shredded!

Prescription and Ammunition CollectionThe Sheriff’s office will be onsite collecting: Old Prescriptions and Medicines and Old or Unused Ammunition!

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Customer Appreciation DayThis is also going to be our Customer Appreciation Day! Free Hotdogs and Ham-burgers will be provided! As long as they last! So come early!

BCMS pride ...The BCMS cheerleaders came out to support their boys last Tuesday, showing Ballard they were the best and ‘brightest’.

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mid weather is the topic of many conversations. People of my generation, known as “baby boom-ers,” are especially inter-esting to speak with re-garding various subjects, including the weather. How well I remember at-

tending school at two of the elementary schools in Paducah..Andrew Jackson (now McNabb Elementary)...and Henry Clay Elementary. There was no air conditioning..no fans, and the tall win-dows were opened to al-low air to circulate. How well I remember sitting

at my desk and looking out the window at the playground at Andrew Jackson Elementary. Al-though I did enjoy school, I enjoyed playing on the playground and while looking out the window and trying to not attract my teacher’s attention, I imagined playing on the playground. Later, when my classmates and I were on the playground, we all had a good laugh, because we were all do-ing the same thing...not paying attention to the teacher.

Now, we have become accustomed to air condi-tioning in public places...homes...schools...and ve-hicles. The weather was just as hot in the sum-mer, despite what some so-called “experts” de-scribe as today’s “global warming.”

Stay cool, and remem-ber the days of yore, when we were younger. Please tell your children and grandchildren of your history. Although they will be astounded, they will remember your words of wisdom and of your historical events.

FSA reminds producers: Farm Bill allows early termination

LEXINGTON – USDA Kentucky Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, John W. McCauley reminds producers that as of Aug. 6, producers with acres under contract through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can ap-ply for early contract ter-

mination, as required by the 2014 Farm Bill. The deadline to request early CRP contract termination is Jan. 30, 2015.

The effective date for early termination is no earlier than October 1, 2014. The CRP contract must been in effect for at least five years and

other conditions must be met. The 2014 Farm Bill identifies 10 exceptions whereby land will not be eligible for the early-out provisions. For a com-plete list of these excep-tions, please view the program fact sheet online at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/crp_opt_out_fact_sht.pdf

“Once a CRP contract termination request is ap-proved by the FSA Coun-ty Committee, the deci-sion cannot be reversed and the contract cannot be reinstated,” said McCau-ley. “Likewise, producers must meet conservation compliance provisions for all land that will be re-turned to production.”

For more information on or to determine eligi-bility for early termination of existing CRP contracts, please contact your local FSA office. For local FSA Service Center contact information, please visit: http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app.