March 3, 2012—THE TIMES LEADER—Princeton, Ky. Section A, Page 5

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Janice Holland, Resident

Christian Care Centerof Kuttawa

1253 Lake Barkley Dr. • Kuttawa, KY 42055 • 270-388-2291

The Winner of the Potato Head Contest is Whitney Smurawa

“Mr. John Deere Spud”

Christian Care Center of KuttawaCelebrates

knocked over a large tree and tore a portion of the roof off White’s residence.

On Wednesday after-noon, he was on his lad-der, hammer in hand, at-tempting to secure the roof beams and cover the opening.

“I’m going to put a tarp over it right now,” he said. “It isn’t as bad as it could’ve been.”

Close by, a Dodge work truck owned by Dripping Springs Road resident and farmer Henry Birrell was smashed nearly in two by a huge tree toppled in the storm.

The bulk of the tree’s weight crashed through the truck’s cab. Were any-one inside, their chances of surviving the impact would have been slim.

Luckily, no one was in the vehicle at the time.

The wind also damaged some of Birrell’s farm barns and buildings.

The sight of roofi ng tin strown across fi elds and blown into trees was a common one along the road Wednesday.

On nearby Otter Pond Road, a metal-roofed stor-age building behind the home of Daniel and Nicole Adams was toppled by the storm.

Nicole Adams and the couple’s youngest child

were at home when the threatening weather de-veloped.

For safety, they headed next door, to the home of her parents and waited as the wind, possibly a torna-do, passed through.

Her parents’ home also had its roof and a sunroom blown off.

Power was out for most residents in the area, but Pennyrile Rural Electric crews had electricity re-stored by mid-afternoon.

On Friday, the threat of tornadoes and severe weather menaced the area once more.

The possibility of high wind and damage prompt-ed local school offi cials to call an early end to the school day Friday morn-ing.

Parents and guardians were notifed of the closure shortly after 11 a.m. by an autocall from Superinten-dent Carrell Boyd.

The worst of the storm was expected to hit be-tween 2 and 4 p.m., he said.

“If we were to hold the students, there’s a good chance we could have to hold them until 4 o’clock or later,” he said in the call.

“We’re attempting to err on the side of safety.”

The primary school dismissed fi rst, at around 11:30 a.m. Friday, followed by the other schools in the

district. All extracurricular activities scheduled Friday evening were also can-celed, he said.

The fi rst wave of storms raked across the northern end the county, with some residents reporting golf-ball-sized hail and downed trees in the Flat Rock area.

More tornadoes were reported in northern por-tions of Kentucky and

southern Indiana.

Region hit hardAn EF-4 tornado that

struck southern Illinois shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday left six people dead and injured more than 100, National Weath-er Service offi cials in Pa-ducah reported.

Peak winds were es-timated at 180 miles per

hour in the tornado, which tore a patch 275 yards wide and 26.5 miles long.

In Harrisburg, Ill., the city hit hardest by the storm, more than 200 homes and about 25 busi-nesses were destroyed or heavily damaged.

The weather service also confi rmed an EF-3 tornado in Stoddard Coun-ty, Mo., an EF-2 in Ballard

and McCracken counties in Kentucky and Pulaski and Massac counties in Il-linois, another EF-2 and an EF-1 in Muhlenberg Coun-ty, and EF-1s elsewhere in the region.

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale ranks tornadoes from 0 to 5, with wind speeds estimated based on damage (5 being the stron-gest).

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Storms cause localized damage in county this week

money.While searching Lin-

der’s vehicle, offi cers discovered a quantity of synthetic marijuana and a metal pipe.

Linder was charged with second-degree bur-glary, possession of syn-thetic marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia

and tampering with physi-cal evidence, Howton said.

He was lodged in the county jail. Offi cers recov-ered about $840 of the sto-len cash.

Other arrests are ex-pected as the case devel-ops, police said.

Crash probedA three-vehicle crash

in downtown Princeton

Wednesday morning in-jured a Calvert Street woman, police reported this week.

The wreck occurred at 9:26 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of North Jefferson and West Market streets, Howton said.

Investigation indicated the incident began when Jonathan R. Eaves, 27, of Dawson Springs Road, at-

tempted to turn a 2006 Pe-terbilt tractor-trailer from Market Street onto North Jefferson Street.

Police said the semi struck a 2007 Honda driv-en by Heidi L. Boyd, 35, of Hopkinsville Street.

The crash forced the Honda into a 1986 Oldsmo-bile driven by Gwendolyn T. Pettigrew, 56, of Calvert Street. Her vehicle was

stopped at the stop sign on North Jefferson Street, po-lice said.

Pettigrew was trans-ported by private vehicle to the Caldwell Medical Center ER for treatment of a possible leg injury.

No injuries were report-ed to Boyd or Eaves.

Arrested• Darrell L. Thompson,

22, of Lumberton, N.C., was arrested at 12:36 a.m. Thursday on a charge of criminal trespass, second degree.

Police said Thompson was taken into custody at a residence in the 800 block of Mechanic Street after having been warned previ-ously to leave the property and not return. He was lodged in the county jail.

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Burglary call leads to local arrest; others possible

Deja vu all over againTIMES LEADER/Jared Nelson

TIMES LEADER/Jared Nelson

A storage building behind the home of Daniel and Nicole Adams on Otter Pond Road was destroyed by heavy winds Wednesday morning. For residents

in the area, the storm brought back memories of the fall of 2007, when at least two tornadoes touched down in the same vicinity.

Crews from Pennyrile Rural Electric were out in the county Wednesday afternoon, restoring electric service to homes knocked out by the storm.

TIMES LEADER/Stacey Menser

Staff at the primary school went into action and kept things very orderly has students were lined up for early dismissal Friday because of severe

weather rolling into the area. CCPS students were dismissed beginning at 11:30 a.m. and all Caldwell students were headed home by noon.