West Kentucky Allied Services held a Needs Assessment meeting Wednesday, March 5th, at the county Judge/ Execu-tive’s conference room. The purpose of the meet-ing was to discussing the necessities of the low in-come community for this up-coming year.

Along with providing a Low-Income Home En-ergy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Weather-ization assistance WKAS also offers other assis-

tances; Senior Commu-nity Service Employment, Home Care for seniors, Home Repair for the hand-icapped, Senior Medical Patrol, and Scholarships.

The importance of the census was touched on; when considerations are made concerning the dis-tribution of commodity food supplies and funding received from Community Service Block Grants, the population size is the ma-jor factor for determina-

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Shredded mulch is purchased from same suppliers as home improvement stores. Available in; brown or black; bulk or 2 cubic foot pre packaged bags; Bulk, $55 per yard. Bags, $5 each. Players will spread for free.

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Due to the change in publication dates, the deadlines for the paper will now be at 3 p.m. on Fridays.

Getting across the Mississippi River will become a little more dif-ficult for area residents later this month when the Illinois Department of Transportation closes one of the major bridges connecting Kentucky and Illinois for repairs.

The Illinois Depart-

ment of Transportation began alerting area mo-torists traveling in the Cairo area that the U.S. Highway 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River will be closed for a week, beginning on March 21. The clo-sure is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. and will run

through 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 28.

According to IDOT, the bridge will be open to all traffic from 5:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night. IDOT crews will be performing required annual safety inspection of the structure.

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Rural fire departments do not magically appear and support themselves. They have to be funded in some manner. Just as with a home or business there is overhead – utili-ties, insurance, maintenance, etc.

The seven rural fire departments in Bal-lard County are generally funded in five ways: as a line item on the county budget-individual fire dues – a fee to the individu-als requiring the service and have not paid dues; state aid and state or federal grants; and fundraisers.

First, the county provides $2,000 annu-ally to each fire department in the county, in-

cluding the city departments already funded by the tax base of their respective city.

Fire dues are the second way of funding. The dues range from $25 (Kevil) to $50 ac-cording to the district they serve. Dues are yearly memberships to a department serving a particular district.

Remitted dues average 50-60 percent de-pending on the district. The Wickliffe Rural district mails about 400 dues and receives about only a 40 percent return. Insurance for the department takes 65 of those dues.

In 2011, Wickliffe was looking at a $1,200 short fall for an insurance payment at the time a new chief, James Campbell, was named for the station. With just one month to find the money for the payment. Campbell

was able to sell two older trucks the depart-ment had acquired to make the payments.

Service fees are lawful to charge. Fees for calls requiring assistance to unpaid dues member is the third way of funding. They can be difficult – and time consuming to col-lect– as some insurance companies balk at the payment. As a portion of their insurance deductible, homeowners can be slow to pay, or not pay at all, requiring court appearances from personnel already volunteering their time.

The fourth way that provides assistance for rural departments are state and federal grants. There are several grants and state aid available but are typically for equipment and

IDOT to close Cairo bridge for annual safety inspection

Fire dues a hot topic for residents, fire departments

Lawrence named director for WKAS

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Area basketball enthu-siasts will be able to hoop it up and help fight can-cer at the same time on March 22. The Carlisle County Relay For Life will be holding a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the First Baptist Church in Wickliffe as part of its 2014 fundraising efforts.

The tournament, which is being sponsored by the First Judicial Drug Court, is open to all teams. Each team can have four players, but

must have a minimum of three to participate.

The cost for entering the tournament is a $30 donation per squad. For fans, admission to the tournament will be by donation. A concession stand will be available.

For more information abut the event, or to en-ter a team, please contact Kenny Smith at (270) 564-4806, Stephanie Le-hmann at (270) 349-4355 or Kelly Todd at (270) 445-1449.

Relay to hold 3-on-3 fundraiser in Wickliffe

The area’s city and rural fire departments depending several sources to fund their activities, including the charging of dues to local residents. The dues ensure the fire departments have enough funds available to provide firefighting services.

The winner will be an-nounced March 31 via the newspaper’s Face-book page, and will have their writing featured in the April 3 edition

of The Ballard County Weekly. The winner will also receive a $25 reward and a 1-year online sub-scription to The Ballard County Weekly.

The contest is open to writers of all ages.

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equipment upgrades, and come with stipulations and restrictions and do not address general op-erations funding. Some grants are 50-50; mean-ing a department must have funds on hand to use too equal the amount the grant will cover.

Fundraising can be a gamble. It requires an initial capital outlay from the general fund or do-nations from businesses

or individuals. It also requires large contribu-tions of personal time to organize and produce. If it does not lose money, it may only generate a few hundred dollars, which is about the price of a cou-ple tanks of fuel per year.

You get what you pay for. Electric, water and gas are all mandatory payment-required servic-es. Try not paying your phone bill, or about your cable bill and see what happens.

Try not paying your

homeowner’s insurance then call if your property is destroyed and see if they will provide cover-age. No pay, no cover-age.

Do fire departments have the right to refuse service?

They did just that in South Fulton, Tenn., in late 2010. According to reports, firefighters stood by and watched as a blaze consumed the home of an unpaid dues member.

Every time there is a fire in a rural community here in Ballard County you can be sure of one thing, your district rural fire department will be on scene to assist you in your time of distress. Not only your district fire de-partment, but more than likely that of neighbor-ing districts, as well. City departments also provide assistance to rural depart-ments.

Stop and consider the effects of not paying that one yearly fire due that can cost no more than a dinner for two when it ar-rives in the mail.

Is it not considered a service just as a utility or Internet?

The next time you see firefighters responding to an emergency situa-tion remember it requires resources for them and their departments to be available too operate.

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By Kay PressonEver since I was a

small child, I have kept up with local and national news. Thanks to my older cousins, Betty, Freda and Buddy, the children of Mama’s eldest brother, William Menser (Uncle Wam). They taught me how to read at the young age of three years old, and my first reading ex-perience was reading the comic strip in Paducah Sun-Democrat (now Paducah Sun). Reading is vital, and I still enjoy doing so. At this time, I am writing a book for one of my friends. Also, I am in the process of reading “Before Freedom-When I Can Just Remember.”

Two of the recent news items that have been publicized are about a family, consisting of par-ents and a daughter, who travelled through several states, shoplifted, and sold the stolen items on-line. Another news item was of the teenage girl who attempted to sue her parents.

Folks, when I was a little kid, I remember well the teachings of Mama....her statement, “if it ain’t

yours, don’t take it,” still remains in my memory. Now, I am going to “tell off” on myself. The sum-mer of my eighth year, we were living at Thom-as Jefferson Apartments in Paducah. That sum-mer, Daddy walked off and left Mama, who was pregnant with their sixth child.

The apartment com-plex was located next to Biggs Market, and Mama would send me with a grocery list. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs were won-derful people, and some-times, Mama would have to charge the groceries, which they would allow. One time, I was des-perate for some bubble gum, however, knowing we had no extra money, I made a bad decision. Carefully watching the other shoppers and wait-ing for an opportune mo-ment, I picked up (stole) about five pieces of bub-ble gum and concealed it in my shirt.

Walking back to our apartment, I crawled un-der a bush on the corner, unwrapped the bubble gum and began chewing. At first, it tasted good

and I even blew a few bubbles. Then, I remem-bered Mama’s admoni-tion, “if it ain’t yours, don’t take it.” Folks, my conscience began to bother me, the gum tast-ed nasty...I spit it out and, lifting my eyes to Heav-en, I whispered, “Lord, I am sorry.” I never stole anything again, as a child or as a grownup.

Years later, when I got my first job, I stopped by Biggs Market and spoke to Mr. Biggs. I told him of what I had done as a child. His words, I re-member to this day. “We knew what you did, we saw you, but, we knew your Mama taught you better and that you wouldn’t do it again.” He smiled at me, called his wife over and they both hugged me. They also told me they were proud of me, and tears came to my eyes.

Their daughter, Ger-aldine Montgomery, served as Mayor of Pad-ucah, and married to Dr. Wally Montgomery, and their daughter is Dr. Ev-elyn Jones. Theirs is a wonderful legacy.

Mama taught me better than that

The Girl Scouts can trace its roots back 102 years to the Girl Guides of America. The Guides were formed with 19 original members. Today, the Girls Scouts havw more than 3.7 million members.

Do you really know what it means to have a Senior Center for the people here in Ballard County?

By the time you read this article, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beasher will have presented our Senior Center a check for $500,000 for a new center.

It is a blessing for the seniors of Ballard that we received this grant. Judge Vickie Viniard has worked hard for us. A big thanks to you Judge Vickie, from someone who knows first-hand just what it means to have something like this for our county. I feel like so many peo-ple really don’t know what we offer at the center or what we will have even more to of-fer with our new cen-ter.

After retiring most people need a place to come to that they can enjoy seeing oth-ers that have retired, share views on the lat-est happing around our county. We have up to date materials or Medi-care, Medicaid, pre-scription drug plans, scams to watch for, the right people to con-tact with your special questions. It’s a great place to come exercise early in the morning.

We have blood pres-sure checks aand up-to-date weighing scale to help you keep up with your weight and stay healthy. We open at 8 a.m., we have hot coffee waiting for our exercising friends who usually come back at 11:30 a.m. for a deli-cious lunch. We usu-ally have some special dish that members bring, especially when the gardens began to grow. Mrs. Carol Rol-lins is always sharing her dishes with us. They are a hit with ev-eryone!

Some stay after lunch to work on our beautiful puzzles that some like to take home to frame. We have a great time with this.

We have a beautiful adult Day Care Cen-ter. This is the most misunderstood word for this program. It’s for our seniors who are unable to drive like they used to, the ones who can no longer go

alone to Paducah for their necessities. This is what I call the fun place!

What a joy it is to be picked up by the senior bus and brought back to the center for a nice start to the day. They have coffee and Danish, devotion, sharing of the heart if someone wants to talk or feels the need to express them know-ing these friends care. Now that’s a blessing. I know first-hand what it is like to live alone.

On the other hand I still am able to go as I please. These people get to go to the dollar store, His house, sis-ters and friends, drug store, groceries store and have help with loading and unload-ing their purchases. They go to Paducah at least once a month; they love this because this means they get to eat at the restaurant of their choice.

Oh yes, we’re this and so much more. So come and join us now, the Adult Day Care has a long waiting list for new clients, but the rest is here now.

Come give us a try. Watch for the breaking of the ground and con-struction of our new Center but for now come find out what we

Kay’sCorner

ByKay Jones

Ballard County Senior Center gets grant to build new center

GSA celebrates 102nd birthday

Romero-Lynn new WKAS social workerToni Romero-Lynn is

the new West Kentucky Allied Service social worker for the Ballard County location.

Romero-Lynn took the reins Jan. 8. She moved to the area with her husband, Terry Lynn, who has since

passed. She has decided to remain in the county and continue to care for her mother-in-law.

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tion. Another service pro-

vided to the community is a Public Service Internet access location at the Bal-lard County office next to the Christian Radio Sta-tion, on Barlow Road in Wickliffe.

A need for a local men-tal health facility was also mentioned during the meeting. Family coun-seling, drug and alcohol abuse counseling, and

medical insurance were determined as more needs in the county.

Other local agencies and entities that provide ser-vices were also discussed; Providence Baptist, Grace United Methodist, Family Focus, Lighthouse Food Bank, St Mary Commu-nity Food Pantry, Barlow Baptist, and The Salvation Army.

Another topic addressed was the importance of try-ing to get WKAS to add structural repairs to homes, such as roofing, along with

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March 12th marked the modern Girl Scouts of America’s modest be-ginnings. At 102 years old, Savannah, Georgia, became the birthplace of the scouts in 1912. Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low or-ganized the first meeting of Girl Guides of America with 18 local girls.

A girl-centered organi-zation, a vision of Low’s, was realized in just a few short years. From a mod-erate introduction the Girl Scouts have grown from the original 19 to 3.7 mil-lion girls and adults in just over a century. Today, there are more than 50 million women in the U.S. who have a foundation in

Girl Scouting. Believing girls should

have the possibility of lib-eration from isolated home lives and become part of community service, they were given the opportu-nity to develop mentally, physically, and spiritually. The girls went on camp-ing trips, were taught how to tell time by the stars, hiked, studied first aide and played basketball.

In 1913, the Girl Guides moved their headquar-ters to Washington D. C. and changed its name to Girl Scouts of the United States. In 1915, the Na-tional Headquarters was located in New York City and by 1920 they were

70,000 members strong; 1923 seen 126,000 mem-bers in branches includ-ing Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.

They finally changed their name to Girl Scouts of the United States of America in 1947. On March 16, 1950 they re-ceived a congressional charter.

An icon, the Girl Scout cookie began as a way of financing the scout’s activ-ities. The Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee Oklahoma was the first to bake cook-ies and sell them in its high school cafeteria in 1917.

To become a Girl Scout, contact your local repre-sentative.

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BandanaBANDANA

BAPTIST CHURCH157 Allen Street, Bandana

BANDANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

11524 Oscar Road, Bandana

LITTLE UNIONBAPTIST CHURCH

5601 Bandana Rd., Bandana

BarlowANTIOCH

BAPTIST CHURCH315 Antioch Church Rd, Barlow

BARLOWBAPTIST CHURCH135 N. 6th Street, Barlow

BARLOW UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

198 So. 5th Street, Barlow

FIRSTGENERAL BAPTIST

255 S. 4th, Barlow

OHIO VALLEYBAPTIST CHURCH

538 Hazelwood Rd., Barlow

HinklevillePLEASANT HILL UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH1718 Credo Rd., Hinkleville

KevilBETHEL

CHRISTIAN CHURCH12245 Woodville Rd., Kevil

HEATH CHURCH OF CHRIST10025 LaCenter Rd., Kevil

KEVIL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

1072 N. 1st Street, Kevil

NEW LIBERTYMETHODIST CHURCH

Kevil

PROVIDENCEBAPTIST CHURCH

4409 Monkey Eyebrow Rd., Kevil

SPRING BAYOUBAPTIST CHURCH

4575 Old Hobbs Rd., Kevil

GRACE VALLEYBAPTIST CHURCH403 Kentucky Ave., Kevil

KEVIL FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH986 N. 1st Street, Kevil

NEWTON CREEKBAPTIST CHURCH

12800 Ogden Landing Rd., Kevil

LaCenterFAIRVIEW BAPTIST

CHURCH373 Forest St., LaCenter 665-5084

FIRST BAPTISTCHURCH OF La CENTER

421 Broadway, LaCenterGRACE UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH3752 Paducah Rd., LaCenter

HOUSE OF PRAYERPaducah Road, La Center

LaCENTER CHRISTIANCHURCH

414 Walnut Street, LaCenter

MT. PLEASANTBAPTIST CHURCH

576 Mt. Pleasant Rd., LaCenter

NEW HOPEBAPTIST CHURCH

901 Monkey Eyebrow Rd.,LaCenter

OSCARBAPTIST CHURCH

7820 Oscar Rd., LaCenter

OSCAR UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

intersection Michtell Lake Cut-off Rd and Turner Landing Rd

RESURRECTIONFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

6914 La Center Rd., LaCenter

ST. MARY’SCATHOLIC CHURCH624 Broadway, LaCenter

LovelacevilleLOVELACEVILLE MISSIONARY

BAPTIST CHURCH253 N. Broadway, Lovelaceville

LOVELACEVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCh

143 North broadwayLovelaceville, Ky

WickliffeBETHEHEM

BAPTIST CHURCH2346 Bethlehem Church Rd.,

Wickliffe

BLANDVILLEBAPTIST CHURCH

5576 Bethlehem Church Rd.Wickliffe

CALVARY CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

54 Linda Circle, Wickliffe

FAITHBAPTIST CHURCH

585 Barlow Rd., Wickliffe

FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH

Wickliffe

FIRSTCHRISTIAN CHURCH326 N. 4th Street, Wickliffe

FULL GOSPELTEMPLE CHURCH754 Court St., Wickliffe

NEW LIBERTYGENERAL BAPTIST4214 Gum Corner Rd.,

Wickliffe

VICTORYBAPTIST CHURCH

2456 Mayfield Rd., Wickliffe

West PaducahHARMONY

BAPTIST CHURCH9215 Ogden Landing Rd.

West Paducah

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ObituariesPADUCAH - Margery

Breese Borgerding, age 93, of Paducah, passed away at 4:52 pm on Monday, March 3, 2014 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah.

She was born on Oct. 8, 1920 in Iowa City, IA to Milford Merle and Ethna Gladys (Wylie) Breese.

Margery Breese Borg-erding enriched the lives of many in the commu-nity through her active in-volvement and leadership in the Girl Scouts, the PEO sisterhood, and the First Christian Church. She served as a scout leader for many years as her four daughters were growing up. As the Girl Scout cook-ie chairman for the district she oversaw the selection, distribution, and sales of the ever popular Girl Scout cookies. In her role as the Girl Scout publicity chairman, she increased an awareness of the value of scouting which had lasting benefits to the community. As a member of the PEO, a women’s group which focuses on enhancing education opportunities, she shared her passion for learning with others and sought to help improve the education opportunities for all. Margery served in the First Christian Church as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, Christian Wom-en’s Fellowship group leader, greeter, and as the first female elder to be ap-pointed in the church. She volunteered to organize and cook many of the spe-cial dinners at the church and was well known for her welcoming smile.

While she enjoyed her church and civic activities, her biggest joy was her family. She worked tire-lessly to support her hus-band and children to reach their goals. Her biggest gift was her unconditional love and eternal optimism. Her smile and her kind, generous, and loving sprit will live on in our memo-ries forever.

She is survived by her husband, Walter LeRoy Borgerding of Paducah;

daughters, Barbara Lynn Jaquith and husband Fran-cis T. of Louisville, KY, Janet Lee Murphy and husband Timothy True-blood of Perth, Australia, Tracey Diane Metcalf and husband Rodney of Las Vegas, NV; grandchildren, Christopher Lee Jaquith of Louisville, Jeffrey David Jaquith of Lexington, John Henry Murphy of San An-tonio, TX, Patrick Metcalf of Las Vegas, NV, Sarah Levine of Las Vegas, NV, Kristin Metcalf of Las Ve-gas, NV, Melissa Borgia of Conroe, TX, Nathan Bor-gia, and LeAndra Borgia; four great grandchildren all of Las Vegas, NV.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Margery Ann Borgia; sister, Lois Horst-man; brother, Merle McKinley Breese.

Funeral services for Margery Breese Borgerd-ing were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Rev. Jay Gottman officiat-ing. Entombment followed in the Woodlawn Memo-rial Gardens in Paducah. Visitation was held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Mil-ner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

Expressions of sym-pathy may take the form of contributions to: First Christian Church, 415 Audubon Dr., Paducah, KY 42001.

You may leave a mes-sage of sympathy or light a candle at www.milneran-dorr.com.

Carolyn Moore, 73, of Paducah formerly of Lou-isville, passed away 1:45 p.m. March 5, 2014 at her residence.

Carolyn was a support-er of the Highland Baptist Church food pantry. She lived her life being a posi-tive influence on her fam-ily and everyone she met.

She is survived by her two daughters, Carol Jo Holmes and husband Homer of Paducah, Margie Hendrix of Louisville KY; one sister Wanda Nokes of Thousand Palms, CA; five grandchildren, Dianna Houser, Joe Dumbacher, Selena Galloway, Chris Hendrix, Tana Hendrix; four great grandchildren, Carrie Rose Houser, Mor-gan Caroline Treas, Kar-issa Jo Hendrix, Bentley Cain Moore; and two nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Joe Moore; her par-ents, William Cumby and Mable Smith Cumby; one infant son, and a son-in-law, Dewayne Hendrix, Jr.

Funeral services for Carolyn were at 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Rev. Richard Beck offici-ating. Visitation was after 9 a.m. Saturday morning at the funeral home.

Graveside services ere held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Browns-ville Cemetery in Browns-ville KY.

Expressions of sympa-thy to Highland Baptist Church, 1500 Husband Rd., Paducah KY 42003.

You may leave a mes-sage of condolence or light a candle on line at www.milnerandorr.com

WICKLIFFE - Bruce Miles Smith, 52 of Wick-liffe passed away at 5:20 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014 at Lourdes Hospital.

Mr. Smith was of the Baptist faith. He was an operator for New Page and member of the Local 680 USW.

He is survived by his wife, LaDona Evans Smith; one daughter Kami Dawn Smith of Wickliffe; two sons, Jarett Myles Smith of Bardwell and Derek Jordan Smith of Cadiz, KY; his parents Bill

and Colleen Werling Smith of Wickliffe; one brother Mark (Speedy) Smith; and three grandchildren.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his sister.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Mil-ner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe with Rev. Ryan Baker officiating. Burial followed in the Wickliffe City Cemetery. Visitation was held after 5 p.m. Mon-day, March 10, 2014 at the funeral home.

Jennifer R. Cochran, 41, of Paducah , died Monday, March 3, 2014 at 4:55 p.m. at Baptist Health Paducah. She was a native of India-napolis, IN.

Survivors include two daughters, Desiree Rihm, Metropolis, IL and Kassie Shoupe of Golconda IL; one brother, Charles Gur-ley, Jefferson City, MO.

There are no services at this time.

Anne Hughes Straub, 89, of Paducah, died Tues-day at 9:45 am at Lourdes Hospital.

She is survived by her children, E. Frederick “Rick” Straub, Jr. of Pad-ucah, Janet Straub Peters of Dallas, Texas, and Bar-bara Anne Jones of Castle Rock, CO.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Frederick Straub. Her parents were Frank Col-lins Hughes and Ethel Lee

McKeldin Hughes.Memorial services for

Anne Straub will be held Friday, March 14, 2014 at 7 p.m. at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with memorial visitation beginning at 5 p.m.

Margery Borgerding Carolyn Moore

Bruce Miles Smith

Jennifer R. Cochran

Anne Hughes Straub

Margery Borgerding Carolyn Moore

Reduced $35,000

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Opinion

“Dead skunk in the middle of the road Stink-in’ to high Heaven!” The ones of you that remem-ber this song in the 70’s by Loudon Wainwright III, will likely have those lyrics stuck in your head for a while now. I won-der if Mr. Wainright may have passed through this part of the US in late winter/early spring when he was prompted to write that song? The Striped Skunk, scientific name Memphitis memphitis, is common throughout Kentucky. Being noctur-nal though, they are not commonly seen except during breeding season which normally occurs in late January through ear-ly March locally. There were plenty of them dur-ing the middle of Febru-ary but the cold weather seems to have ran them back to their dens. I think however there will be another brief breeding season now that more seasonal weather has ar-rived. Normal coloration for the striped skunk is

mostly black with two white stripes down the back. This color may vary however from al-most solid white to al-most solid black. Dur-ing the breeding season the male skunk wanders around looking for recep-tive females. During this period of time he seems to have his mind on one thing only. As he wanders around he loses much of his natural fear of things and is even seen many times in daylight, also moving much slower than normal makes him much more susceptible to get ran over on the highway which is why one sees so many on the road during this time of year. After breeding the female prepares the den and raises the young by herself. Usually five to nine kits are born in May-June. They are able release musk at around 8 days old although they don’t open their eyes un-til around 22 days. Young will follow their mother until around August or

September then strike out on their own. Skunks eat a variety of food including insects, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, fruits, sometimes poultry and eggs of ground nest-ing birds. Skunks are also known to eat honeybees and seem to be able to withstand the sting. They are considered fur bearers and hence protected out-side of season. The scent

is produced in 2 glands located near the base of the tail. They can spray with high accuracy up to ten feet and some degree of accuracy to 20 feet and can repeat this several times in a short period. FYI the old saying that tomato juice will remove the scent is just plain wrong – don’t waste your juice!

Photo by Kentucky up Close!

The Striped Skunkis common throughout Kentucky. Being nocturnal though, they are not commonly seen except during breeding season which normally occurs in late Janu-ary through early March.

Profiles in NatureBy Jack Glisson

My wife, Shearin was on me bad about my grammar in the last article. Spell check got me again and changed a “have” to a “has”. It was in the first sentence so now I’m second guessing my spell check since it is now doing grammar decisions for me. Spell check is also on the mobile phone and it has changed some nouns into some pretty funny texts! I write these articles to provide infor-mation about city projects and activities of the city. I heard, when I ran for this position of Mayor, the voters, didn’t feel that the city government was forth coming with enough information about issues being voted on by the council, despite the open meetings. Until they are involved or knowledgeable about why certain projects or decisions are made, most people really can’t make an informed decision. We are always interested and will listen and inform you and the meetings and records of action are open to the public. The council takes all complaints and ideas seri-ously and many times they lead to improve-ments. One tip from Leon Dunaway helped us remove some signs at the river boat ramp that could have damaged boats or motors in high water. We are expecting a lot of back water with all the snow in the northern part of the country. Hopefully, the record snow falls will not create another 2011 Flood.

City Superintendent Guy Johnson and I attended a Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board meeting in Frankfort, where we sup-porting a loan request for new water well for the city. Happily the loan was approved and the one day trip was tiring but that issue is now ready for action. Our bids should be out soon so this project can be done by the end of summer. We have now improved our lagoons and will soon have water source improvements, which should last for some years. We have had our front property of the old school site surveyed so we can convey this 1.5 acres or so to the Citizens Deposit Bank of Arlington and Bardwell. Their Wick-liffe Branch should be built by the fall of 2014 or sooner. Now that our street lights are about to be finished we are going to move into the spring and summer mowing. We are gearing up to improve our cemetery and provide some loving care to this facility. We are going to provide some rules so that the maintenance does not have to work hurriedly since we don’t have a time limit for making a profit. We will replace the cost of an outside contractor with our labor and the cemetery maintenance fund will provide the equip-ment. We have an attorney that is sending letters to those property owners that do not mow and he is putting in a system to fine those that do not maintain their yards. He is also sending letters to those with properties that need to be condemned and razed and moved on to court action and fines.

The new trail at Fort Jefferson seems to be a hit with people exercising and walking with a view of the rivers. This project was shared by the state with fifty percent of the costs and Wickliffe funding $75,000 in labor and equipment, plus cash for our balance of our half. The street lights for the Main Street grant was a 100% grant from the office of Local Government in Frankfort. I’m think-ing that some major projects at the river with Wickliffe properties will not happen. Since the property is owned by Wickliffe and the county is part of the river port authority, I doubt if it will happen and I doubt that I will want to continue for a four-year term.

I’m hoping someone that has some vision will come behind me and continue develop-ing business and jobs. I think we have a great council, of which Mayor Martha Penne-baker could have been proud! Mike Nutt has been a really positive addition and all of the current members are good decision makers that want Wickliffe to move forward.

We did all we could do with the last snow and sleet storm and salting without proper equipment. We have been looking for a dump truck with a snow plow since last year but we have not found the right price or combination. I may have made some believ-ers out of the cities’ maintenance crew, that when I say, “It’s going to be a bad winter, buy some salt” or “wait until the river goes down in two days, before you pour the ramp”, or “buy a snow plow and truck”, that Someone other than me is calling the shots and taking care of Wickliffe. I should never use “I” but He, and He has removed stumbling blocks for me and blessed Wickliffe.

He has removed blocks for all of us

City of WickliffeBy Lynn Hopkins, Mayor

Column is sponsored by City Of Wickliffe(270) 335-3557

Continued from last week

I had no idea when or where the doctors would operate on my foot; ev-erywhere we went we were given some kind of shots, penicillin was one I think.

Finally, we were transported from A-Med by ambulance to Wonju where the Army had erected a large tent which looked to me to be about 100-yards in length. As we were set-tling down for the night in the tent, which was completely filled with wounded, Nolan and I were wondering where and when our move would take us; we looked up and in came a big Army Staff Ser-geant with a wound on his left shoulder.

He asked if there was anyone from Loui-siana in the tent and we told him we were. No-lan P. told him that he was from St Martinville and I was from Mang-ham. He looked quite shocked as he told that his mother, who lived in Mangham, rented a house from a Mrs. Gaulden on Whitehall Road, which I could hardly believe, but it was true. I told him Mrs. Gualden was my grandmother and I knew his mother but not very well. He grabbed my hand, shook it for quite awhile and told me that when I got back home in Mangham to tell his mom that he was OK.

Later, we were load-ed on a train heading to Pusan where the Navy had a hospital ship docked. As we traveled on the train we were seated across the isle from some French sol-diers. So I asked Nolan P. to try out his South Louisiana Cajun French

with them to see if the would understand it. Sure enough, they did, and the French soldiers and Nolan P. communi-cated in French all the way to Pusan.

When we reached Pusan we were carried dockside to the hospital ship, the USS Haven, where I was put in a lit-ter and lifted aboard for more penicillin shots and a bath. The next morning, I was carried to the X-Ray room. After the X-Ray was made I was taken to the operating room. A doc-tor and one nurse came in, placed the X-Ray of my foot on the wall across from my gallon-sized left foot, lifted a syringe that looked like a football pump, and showed me a needle at least six to eight inches long.

He informed me that he was going to insert the needle under the ball of my foot to dead-en my foot and my leg to the knee and warned me it would probably hurt a little. That was the understatement of the century! However, it worked, and he per-formed the surgery and began pulling out small pieces of metal, shoe leather, sock threads, gravel, and small pieces of sticks.

He placed the pieces of metal in a napkin and gave them to me. He was able to remove all but three pieces of metal with no prob-lem and began probing for others, but the pain was so severe that he decided to leave them with me for souvenirs. After the wounds from surgery were sewed to-gether I was fitted with a cast about half way to my knee and taken back to my bed, which was

made with clean sheets and a pillow slip.

When I was taken from my room to sur-gery I had left my bill-fold under my pillow and when I returned it was gone. I asked the corpsman and the nurse if they knew where it was but neither of them knew anything about it. I had been paid a week before I was wounded – three months regular pay and combat pay. It was quite a bit of mon-ey at the time.

I told the nurse that I wasn’t worried about the money but would like to have the billfold back because a couple of years ago a previous girlfriend, Kitty Pardue, had given it to me for Christmas. There was also a photo of anoth-er girlfriend, Romona Bacle, wearing a white bathing suite that I real-ly suffered over losing. No luck- they were lost and never found.

In a few days orders came to send us to the Youkuska Naval Hos-pital, in Japan, since it would be quite awhile before we could return to duty. We were loaded aboard a C-46 or C-47, of the U.S. Air Force’s Troop Carrier Wing 374, for the trip back to Japan. We landed at Ta-chikawa Air Force Base located south of Tokyo, near the naval hospi-tal. The two Air Force nurses on the plane re-ally had a tough job and

I felt sorry for them. They lost two patients on the way to Japan, and they were suffer-ing.

After awhile the head nurse, a 1st Lieu-tenant, stood beside me and asked where I was from? When I told her I was from around Monroe, Louisiana, she said “Marine, I didn’t ask you about where you were around; I want to know exactly where you are from.” I told her, “Lieutenant, you have never heard of my home town; it’s too small.” She almost got in my face like a DI (Drill Instructor) in boot camp and said to me, “Marine, what is your rank?” I replied, “Corporal, Ma’am.” She answered, “Do you see what my rank is,” I said “yes Ma’am, you are a Lieutenant.” “OK,” she said. “Now that we have that settled I’m ordering you to tell me exactly where you are from.”

When I told her that I was from Mang-ham, Louisiana, she threw up her arms and said, “That’s where my commanding of-ficer is from.” I told her that I knew him, “Troy Crawford,” and she corrected me say-ing, he is Colonel, Troy Crawford.” I told her that I had known Troy all of my life, and then she corrected me again- “Colonel Crawford.” I told her that every time Troy and Anne came to Mangham, they came to our house for dinner, and that was the only time my mother set the table with her best china and silver - other than for Christmas.

To be continued in the next issue of The Ballard County Weekly

Familiar faces in unfamiliar lands

ByWilliam

(Buddy)Hixon

With snow still cover-ing the ground, I know it is hard to think about spring just around the corner but home gardeners will soon be busy with the rush of spring planting activi-ties. Last week we talked about pruning flowering plants, this week we will talk about spring care for fruit trees. Early spring is when primary infections occur in many fruits crops. So, late winter is the ideal time for home fruit grow-ers to get a jump on dis-ease management.

You should trim fruit trees to thin the tree can-opy. This allows for good air movement and sunlight penetration. Rake up and destroy fallen leaves and remove and destroy fruit mummies left on trees or on the ground from last season. Remove galls on nearby cedar trees which are a source of apple rust diseases. Prune out fire blight cankers in existing apple trees and black knot swellings from plum trees while it is still cold.

Prune grapevines to al-low good sunlight penetra-tion and air movement for maximum fruit production. Remove any diseased, dead or cankered vines and remove and destroy last year’s fruit mummies hanging on the vines and lying on the ground.

Berry growers should prune out dead and win-ter-injured blackberry and raspberry canes and diseased blueberry twigs and branches. Now is a good time to mulch straw-berry beds between rows and under the canopy to

keep fruits off the ground. Strawberry plants need adequate spacing to help reduce gray mold fruit rot. Hand removal of dead leaves and stems also re-duces the presence of gray mold fungus.

If you use pesticides and fungicides, be sure to read and understand product labels for proper application procedures. Appropriate timing is im-portant for bud and blos-

som development and in some cases, to protect pol-linators. When ordering nursery stock for new fruit plantings, choose to plant disease resistant varieties.

Programs of the Kentucky Cooperative 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 Broad-way, LaCenter, 665-9118

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 PAGE 5

Donoho earns starting for MSU in first seasonStaff report

MAYFIELD - A pair of Ballard Memorial High School graduates are contributing for the Mid-Continent Universi-ty baseball team’s pitch-ing staff. Junior pitchers Todd Adams and Lane Foster, both of whom are Ballard Memorial High School graduates, boast multiple appearances between them thus far in the 2014 college baseball season.

Adams has made four appearances and Fos-ter has appeared in two games for the Cougars. The Ballard Memorial High School graduates have combined to face 40 batters. In four appear-ances, Adams has regis-tered four strikeouts.

Foster was an in-fielder/pitcher for Bal-lard Memorial during his high school career. The athletic Foster also thrived on the hardwood for the Ballard Memorial boys’ basketball team.

Foster’s hometown is Wickliffe.

During his high school

career, Adams was named the Most Valuable Player in 2010 and voted the team’s top pitcher that same year. He helped lead BMHS to a 1st Re-gion All “A” Classic title and posted a 1.88 ERA in 52 innings of work.

Adams’ hometown is LaCenter.

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Donoho earns starting at MSUStaff report

MAYFIELD - Ballard Memorial High School graduate Kelsey Donoho has earned a starting po-sition in her first season with the Mid-Continent University softball team. A freshman, Donoho starts at shortstop for the Cougars.

In four games, Dono-ho is 2-for-9 with a double and a run. Defen-sively, Donoho has regis-tered 12 assists and five putouts opposed to com-

mitting only one error in four games.

Mid-Continent is 0-4 through its first four games. The Cougars, un-der the direction of head coach Christa Franklin, dropped a pair of double-headers to Blue Moun-tain and Bethel in late-February.

Donoho delivered a double during one game played as part of Mid-Continent’s doublehead-er versus Bethel.

The Mid-Continent

softball roster features additional in-state play-ers from Mayfield, Pad-ucah, Wingo, Louisville, Benton, Calvert City and LaGrange.

Donoho was the Sa-lutatorian of her senior class at Ballard Memo-rial High School.

The daughter of Glen and Debby Donoho of LaCenter, she was elect-ed class secretary and was a member of the Ballard Memorial High School softball program.

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Lady Bombers fall to Marshall County in 1st Region tourney

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MURRAY - Senior forward Allie York scored a game-high 15 points, junior guard Bai-ley Greer tossed in 12 and junior forward Al-yssa Barnard added 11 as 4th District champion Marshall County defeat-ed 3rd District runner-up Ballard Memorial, 57-26, in the opening round of the First Region Girls’ Basketball Tournament at Murray State Univer-sity’s CFSB Center on Friday.

With the win, Mar-shall County moved to 28-5 and advanced to the semifinals of the First Region Girls’ Bas-ketball Tournament.Bal-lard Memorial exited the 2013-14 season 14-14.

Junior forward Mi-chaela Manley netted five points and junior center Amanda Bailey chipped in four in Mar-shall County’s win.

Marshall County was 23-of-63 from the field. The Lady Marshals were 5-of-9 from 3-point range.

Controlling the matchup around the goal, Marshall County dominated on the glass,

outrebounding Ballard Memorial, 44-19.

Rounding out the Marshall County scor-ing, sophomore guard Nikki Fehrenbacher and junior guard Melissa Ross contributed three points apiece.

Senior guard/forward Abbi Denton led Bal-lard Memorial with a team-high 14 points. Denton was the only Ballard Memorial scorer to reach double figures. Senior forward Hailey Houston scored five; eighth-grade center/for-ward Shelley three and freshman guard Jayde Newton two.

Limited offensively, Ballard Memorial was 8-of-40 from the field. The Lady Bombers were only 1-of-13 from

3-point range. Ballard Memorial

was 9-of-22 from the foul line in the season-ending loss.

Rounding out the Ballard Memorial scor-ing, freshman guard Erin Young and eighth-grade guard MacKenzie Blackford added one point each.

In other opening round games in the tour-nament, it was Paducah Tilghman 76, Fulton City 16; McCracken County 55, Carlisle County 33 and Murray 60, Graves County 56.

Marshall County ad-vanced to face 2nd Dis-trict champion Paducah Tilghman in the semifi-nals of the First Region Girls’ Basketball Tour-nament.

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Senior SpotlightBy Taylor Raffety

With an outgoing personality and country flair, senior Brooke Sum-mers is matchless among her classmates. She lives in Wickliffe and attends Victory Baptist Church. Her parents are Jerry Summers and Ma-kayla and Robert Latta. Brooke’s favorite things about BMHS include co-op and welding, and the many memories she has made with her friends over the years.

After her work de-

mands have been met, Brooke enjoys spending time with her boyfriend and riding in the bot-

toms. She also dedicates time to fishing and hang-ing out on the farm. She currently works at Mar-shall Dennis Farms, but one day soon hopes to become a game warden. To pursue her education and interest in the medi-cal field, Brooke intends to enroll in WKCTC in the fall..

FAVORITESClass: WeldingTeacher: Coach ChatellierMovie: “Step Brothers”Band: The LACSSong: “Country Road”Food: Steak

By Cera PeckVoted Most Shy by

her senior classmates by a landslide, senior Char-lotte Berry is indeed that. Easily missed un-less you’re looking, this girl has a well-hidden fiery personality that fits with her red hair. Born in California, Charlotte moved to Wickliffe when she was adopted by her parents, Billy and Lau-rie Berry. She attends Wickliffe First Baptist Church.

Charlotte is a three-year member of FCCLA. When asked what she

wants to leave behind at BMHS, Charlotte an-swered, “All the rules.” She wants to be remem-bered as someone that always had a smile on her face, and as someone

that people could depend on. Charlotte enjoys hanging out with friends in and out of school, and likes to have a good time. She hopes to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College to pursue a degree in nurs-ing.

FAVORITESClass: Culinary SkillsTeacher: Mrs. Jewell and Mr. KennedyMovie: “A Walk to Remem-ber”Musician: Luke BryanSong: “The Only Way I Know How”TV Show: “Teen Mom”Food: Macaroni and CheeseSchool Food: Burrito Bar

Brooke Summers

Charlotte Berry

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By Scott JenkinsKnown for his pas-

sion for video games, his strong opinions, and his interesting sense of humor, senior Will Jones is one not easy to forget. Born to John and Heidi Jones of Wickliffe, Will was raised right here in Ballard County. He was in the high school band for one year playing the trombone. Will has an overabundant knowledge of video games, even cre-

ating his own computer games. When Will is not

trying to beat a high score on one of these games, he may be outside mowing his lawn. Will’s favor-ite things at BMHS are Mondays and Tuesdays. He one day hopes to turn his love for video games into a profession.

FAVORITESClass : ArtTeacher: Mr. QuertermousMovie: “Aliens”Band: ACDCSong: “Radioactive”Food: Chicken

Will Jones

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Lady Bombers Softball ScheduleDate Opponent Site TimeMarch 13 Fulton County Here 5:30 p.m.March 14/15 McCracken County Tournament There TBAMarch 17 Fulton County There 5:30 p.m.March 20 Marshall County There 5:30 p.m.March 21/22 Marshall County Slugfest There TBAMarch 27 Massac County Here 5:30 p.m.March 29 Massac County (JV DH) Here 5:30 p.m.

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