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Old Trigger is 91 in dogyears. He’s hard of hearingand can’t see very well.

As age has crept up onmy English setter, he’s be-come more clingy. He usu-ally sleeps on the back deck,but when we’re home, he al-ways sits staring through thepicture window into thekitchen.

We joke that he’s afraidwe’re going to put him in thenursing home. 

Animals have a senseabout things that humansdo not. Perhaps we weremore in tune with the ele-

ments hundreds of years agobefore modern conveniencessoftened us up.

When there’s a thunder-storm on the horizon, thewife logs onto Beau Dodson’sWeb page to see what his

Doppler radar is forecasting.I just look for Trigger. If he’snot on the back porch,there’s bad weather ahead. Ifhe senses a storm, he goessomewhere on the farm forrefuge. We’re not really surewhere that is exactly, but Iguess it’s in the back of oneof the barns. Lightning trou-bles the old boy.

When our great-grandpar-ents were living on self-sus-taining farms, they used allsorts of observations to fore-cast the weather. Beau didn’tknow weather back then.

Instead, they would watch

cattle in the fields to deter-mine what the comingweather might be like. If beesand butterflies left the gar-den, they knew it would bestorming soon. When birdswere flying high above thetrees, clear skies were almostcertain. If birds were flyinglow, severe weather wascoming.

Moths, skunks, woolyworms, bats… they were allunder a microscope as old-timers tried to figure outwhether to cut and stackextra firewood for the winteror when to plant their crops. 

Right now, we can knowwhen the first frost will hitby using our ears in theevenings. 

Katydids are said to pre-dict the onset of coldweather. From the first timeyou hear the bush-crickets’nighttime melody, count 90days ahead and that will beyour first frost. Based uponmy observations, that meansaround Oct. 15 this year.

(Chris Evans is the pub-lisher of The Crittenden Press.He can be reached at (270)965-3191 or by e-mail atevans@the-press.com.)

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Move over Beau: Katydids prognosticators of October frost

By JASON TRAVISSTAFF WRITER

A trip on the Voyage rollercoaster at Holiday World mayseem intimidating for many grand-parents, but Dianne Adams rodethe monster coaster undaunted.After all, family vacations areabout being together and havingfun.

“We had a ball,” Adams saidwhen she and her grandchildrenhad the opportunity to visit thepark in June. A Marion resident,Adams is more than just a grand-

mother to both Jordan, 11, andShayla, 9. She has also assumedthe role as their legal guardian andhas joined a growing number offamilies who are referred to asgrandfamilies, or families headedby grandparents who share ahome with their grandchildren.

Grandparents may step in toraise their grandchildren for a va-riety of reasons such as divorce,death or when a parent loses a job.They fulfill an important role intheir grandchildren’s lives by offer-ing stability, encouragement and

love. According to the most recent

U.S. Census data available,48,000 Kentucky children, or 4.7percent of the population under18, live in homes where grandpar-ents are responsible for them. Ofthese children, half have no par-ents present in the home. Those2010 numbers are up sharplyfrom just a decade prior.

Adams said there was an initialadjustment in having to start over

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Dianne Adams of Marion is more than just a grandmother to both Jordan, 11, and Shayla, 9. She is the legalguardian of the two children, joining a growing number of families who are referred to as grandfamilies.

Crittenden County Lions

Club Fair starts Sunday!

Back-to-School special section

Inside this week’s editionof The Crittenden Press,find our award-winningBack-to-School sectionchock full of informationand news parents andstudents need to knowbefore heading back toclass on Aug. 11. If it’simportant, it’s inside.

Our annual Back-to-School feature wasjudged 2014 Best Spe-cial Section in the KentuckyPress Association’s annualcontest. In 2013, it earned asecond-place award in thesame category.

Conway running mate visits town

Rep. Sannie Overly, Ken-tucky’s Democratic candi-date for lieutenant governor,is scheduled to be in Marion

today (Thurs-day).

Overly isrunning onthe Demo-cratic ticketwith guber-natorial nomi-nee JackConway,who is in his

second term as Kentucky’sattorney general. Today willmark the first official visit toCrittenden County by theConway/Overly ticket sincewinning the party’s nomina-tion in May.

Overly is being hosted bylocal Democrats who willshow her around the court-house and downtown. Thereis also a meet-and-greetslated for 12:30 p.m. at Mar-ion Cafe.

Conway and Overly willface GOP gubernatorialnominee Matt Bevin and hisrunning mate, JeneanHampton, in the Novembergeneral election.

PACS growing itssenior services

Crittenden County SeniorCenter is now able to addmore seniors to the list ofpeople to which it provideshome services like mealsand light housework. Anyoneinterested in home servicesoffered through Pennyrile Al-lied Community Servicesshould call (866) 844-4396to see if you qualify and tobegin services as soon aspossible. Services includehome-delivered meals,homemaking, personal careand respite. Applicants mustbe 60 or older.

Currently, the senior cen-ter delivers meals to 35homes and offers lighthousework services to about20 seniors.

Help with veteran benefits available

Veterans in CrittendenCounty looking for benefitsinformation can contactRenita Duff with the Ken-tucky Department of Veter-ans Affairs from 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m. weekdays at (270)322-9087.

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County’s largestemployers issuepositive reportsBy DARYL K. TABORPRESS EDITOR

The local economy is on firm footing accord-ing to reports issued last week from CrittendenCounty’s three largest employers.

The heads of Siemens, Par 4 Plastics andCrittenden Health Systems (CHS) all reportedgrowth at their facilities over the last year atthe annual meeting of Crittenden County Eco-

nomic Development Corp.(CCEDC). Together, the threefacilities employ about 730workers, a number equivalentjust under 20 percent of thecounty’s workforce.

“We’re building a team tomove forward,” said Siemensplant manager Troy Martin.“Our expectation is to haveover 300 employees by the endof the year.”

Already, the maker of signaling devices andon-board locomotive equipment for the nation’stop railroads, like Norfolk Southern, is thecounty’s top employer with about 280 workers.The local plant has also manufactured signal-ing equipment for public transportation suchas the New York City Transit Authority and inrecent months began building signaling forpedestrian and auto crossings.

As the operation has expanded over the last15 years from a handful of employees adjust-

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Development at Industrial Park North in Mariontook a long stride forward this week with thepaving of the access road into the roughly 150-acre site owned by Crittenden County Eco-nomic Development Corp. Above, a crew withRogers Group lays asphalt Tuesday morning.

Martin

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Folks in the Shady Grove andPiney areas of Crittenden County areresting a bit easier this week since thecouple dubbed “Bonnie and Clyde”have been caught and are behindbars – one in Evansville, Ind., and theother in Dixon.

“We’ve been a little on edge,” saidHeather Boone, whose family lives inthe eastern part of the county whereseveral burglaries were attributed toChristopher Adam Sheridan, 31, andBrooke Stevens, 34, both of Clay.

The two are alleged to have been

involved in a string ofbreak-ins and thefts,mostly at seasonalhunting cabins inCrittenden, Caldwell,Webster and Hop-kins counties. How-ever, CrittendenCounty Sheriff’s De-partment believesthey also may haveburglarized a churchand outbuildings and garages ofhomes where people were living. Theyare even suspected of pointing a gun

at two CrittendenCountians.

Sheridan wascaught in the OhioRiver bottoms nearEvansville Mondaymorning after a po-lice chase ended in aflooded crop fieldwhere the suspectresisted arrest andtried to swim to free-

dom after the stolen truck he wasdriving became stuck in the mud. 

According to police records, an-

other man was in the vehicle, JanMichael Bridwell, 31, of Henderson,but he did not resist arrest and wasnot charged. Authorities say Sheridanwas charged with auto theft, theft ofa license plate, resisting arrest, driv-ing on a suspended or expired driver’slicense, reckless driving and givingfalse information to police. The arrestreport said Sheridan gave Evansvillepolice several false names. They even-tually identified him by a tattoo.

The vehicle Sheridan was driving

Sheridan Stevens

Suspects in string of burglars finally jailed

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Having a supportive fam-ily has made a big differencefor me. I don’t think I wouldhave been able to get towhere I am today withoutthem.

I try and stay caught upon my siblings’ lives as wellas my mom’s. One day whileI was driving home andcatching up with my momon the phone, it struck mejust how lucky I was.

I know that for some peo-ple, money is important, aswell as the amenities andcomforts that they can pro-vide themselves are also im-portant. The way I grew up,it was always more aboutbeing happy, working hardat what you do, being goodto others and finding whatmakes you happy.

We were a family that

read together and encour-aged each other to continuetrying and working hard atthe things we loved to do.That support and encour-agement has made me thepositive and driven personthat I am today. It hasshown me that love for yourcraft is incredibly impor-tant.

My brother is a painter,and he works at his paint-

ing every chance he gets.This, on the one hand, isdedication, and on theother, it’s very indicative ofthe love he has for what hedoes. I can identify withthat.

I would be nothing with-out my words. It’s beenamazing getting to listen toothers this summer telltheir stories. I have also en-joyed sharing my views inthis column every week.

Writing is a part of who Iam and how I identify andrelate to the world aroundme. I wouldn’t have beenable to realize these things ifit weren’t for my mom en-couraging me in the early,middle and present stagesof my writing.

I also wouldn’t havelearned how to work so hard

if it weren’t for her. She hasalways had to work jobsthat she didn’t enjoy andwork multiple jobs in orderto take care of my siblingsand me. She kept goingthough and she kept work-ing at it.

She used to tell me thatno matter what I decided todo for a living, she would beproud. She would say somepeople love to dig ditches,and if you love to digditches, then that’s whatyou should do.

(Editor’s note: BeccaSchimmel is serving as anintern with The CrittendenPress this summer. She is asenior journalism major atMurray State University. Heropinions are her own andmay not necessarily be theopinion of this newspaper.)

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The Looking Glass

Supportive family helps drive achievements

Southerners might not besuffering through such indig-nant times in the early 21stcentury had the ConfederateStates of America enlisted thehelp of a good PR firm in themid-19th century.

Now, 150 years after thesecessionists of the Southwere defeated in the Civil War,Southerners remain villains inthe minds of many across theUnited States. Just last week,the Confederate flag madeheadlines again in Kentuckyas the Department of Parksadopted new guidelines formerchandise bearing the sym-bol. Every time the flag makesnews, Southerners are cast ina negative light.

Under the state’s new pol-icy, no longer will souvenirsbe sold at Kentucky parksthat feature the Confederatebattle flag. This even goes forthe park commemorating thebirthplace of Jefferson Davis,the president of the Confeder-acy, in Fairview.

“The display and sale of theConfederate battle flag hashistorically played a smallpart in the operation of Ken-tucky State Parks,” ParksCommissioner Elaine Walker

told The Associated Press.“However, given the recentcontroversy surrounding thissymbol, (we) felt it was impor-tant to ensure our policy wassensitive to all our guests...”

However, park gift shopswill still be able to sell educa-tional materials and otheritems that put the flag in his-torical context.

Similar bans on Confeder-ate symbolism have been en-acted recently in other states.It does not stop with the flag.Statues and monuments toanything related to the Con-federacy are under fire, in-cluding a statue of Davis inKentucky’s Capitol Rotunda.No word on the Confederatememorial on the courthousegrounds in Princeton.

Textbooks have largely de-

fined the Civil War with slav-ery – those for it (the goodguys) and those against it (thebad guys). In reality, it wasmuch more complicated.

After stumbling out of thegate, the Union latched ontothe idea of emancipation as away to undermine the Confed-eracy and provide a newsource of manpower (formerslaves) to help preserve theUnion. Leading up to the warand in its early days, aboli-tionists remained on thefringe of political society.

Though he despised slav-ery from a moral standpoint,Lincoln was not an abolition-ist. As a lawyer and President,Lincoln was swore to upholdthe Constitution, which sanc-tioned slavery.

This brings me back to myearlier point about public rela-tions.

Our Founding Fathers –many of whom owned slaves,even the most prominent fig-ures like Jefferson and Wash-ington – are the ones whowrote slavery into the futureof the country through theConstitution. Slave owners inthe mid-1800s, now vilified byhistory, were merely continu-

ing a policy set forth by themost revered men in Americahistory.

Boiled down to its mostbasic principles, the rebellionthat sparked the Civil Warwas no different from the rev-olution that led to our war forindependence from Britishrule. Southerners, like theYankees nearly 100 years be-fore them, set out to governthemselves apart from a reignthey felt no longer representedtheir interests.

Slavery was a despicableinstitution. But had the Con-federacy enlisted the help ofMadison Avenue’s Mad Mento better sell its quest for inde-pendence, maybe mad menlike Dyllan Roof wouldn’t turnto its symbols to express theirsimple-mindedness and big-otry before committingheinous acts like theCharleston, S.C., massacre.

Perhaps Davis can explainall when he appears at FohsHall next month.

(Daryl K. Tabor is editor ofThe Crittenden Press. His col-umn appears in this newspa-per periodically. He can bereached at (270) 965-3191 orthepress@the-press.com.)

Daryl K.

TaborEditor of

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My 2¢ Worth

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Confederacy could have used better PR agency

Writer worriedabout future ofUnited StatesTo the editor

Ms. Schimmel celebratedthe Supreme Court decisionupholding same-sex marriagein her column on July 2. Hersubsequent editorial, in whichshe professes to be an atheist,eliminates any debate with herbased upon Biblical authority.However, I would like to ad-dress this issue from an ethical,political and constitutionalityperspective. All Americans, re-gardless of political affiliation orreligion (or lack thereof), shouldtake a hard look behind thescenes at how this decisioncame to be the law of the land.

First, the driving force forsame-sex marriage was verymuch a part of the liberal Pro-gressive agenda. In this ideol-ogy, extreme liberals hold thatthere are no absolute truthsand that the end justifies themeans. In contrast, the Judeo-Christian worldview believes inabsolutes which provide stan-dards and benchmarks for so-cial, legal and political behavior.I will give you two well-recog-nized examples of the liberalview to illustrate those con-cepts.

Abortion was once viewedas murder. Now, it has beensanitized and elevated to pre-mier status as a “woman’schoice” by liberals. The mostvulnerable state of a humanbeing is when a child is in thedeveloping state awaiting birth.Does that little girl in themother’s womb have that samewoman’s ‘choice’ as hermother? Why is it that liberalsare against the death penalty,even when the criminals havewillingly killed, often in a mostcruel and horrific way? There isa contradiction there; no ab-solutes.

An example of “the end justi-fies the means” occurred during

President Obama’s re-electionbid. Harry Reid stood on theSenate floor and stated thatMitt Romney did not pay histaxes, all the while knowing thatthe accusation was false. In alater interview, Reid was askedif he thought he should apolo-gize to Romney. His answerwas a smug retort: “Romneydid not get elected, did he?”

The end justified the meansin the Senator’s view.

The liberal justices on theSupreme Court made a valuejudgement based upon theirpersonal worldviews. In doingso, they committed unprece-dented constitutional over-reach. The justices’ role is tointerpret the Constitution, notlegislate. Marriage has alwaysbeen legally the purview of thestate, until now.

Justice Scalia wrote ascathing dissent. He pro-claimed the decision had over-stepped constitutional bounds.Justice Roberts added his dis-senting opinion when he statedthat he realized by acting wherethey did not have solid author-ity, they had opened a Pan-dora’s box.

Political motives, permissi-ble under liberal ideology, wasanother factor in the passage ofthe law. When PresidentObama ran for office, he op-posed gay marriage. But (touse his words) he “evolved”and now is for same-sex mar-riage. Hillary Clinton came outagainst same-sex marriage andeven supported her husband’smarriage act defining it as be-tween a man and a woman. In2004, she publicly stated mar-riage was “sacred.” She is nowfor gay marriage. It seems thatvotes count, not deeply heldvalues.

I submit, no matter whereyou stand on same-sex mar-riage, the greater concern iswhere we are moving to as anation. I prefer the comfort ofabsolutes to changing truth.

Dr. Brent BrantleyMarion, Ky.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

When Cowboy Phil Moorevisits us, we invite friendsover and have a barbecue.That’s because he’s quite acelebrity in his own right. In2006, he left his Mt. Judea,Ark., homestead for a liferiding cross country on hishorse, Newt.

We were introduced toPhil a few years ago by agood friend. Now, if our farmis on his route, he stops byto say “hello.” He chooses tostay off the beaten path andvisit towns that are about20 to 30 miles apart, arounda day’s ride. Small townpeople are always eager toprovide a place for him tobunk for the night plus pro-vide food and shelter for thecowboy and his horse. Whilethere, he spends time withold friends and acquain-tances, answering questionsand telling about all the in-teresting people he’s metand the places he’s seen. Hecan talk for hours!

This summer, he is fol-lowing the northern route ofthe Trail of Tears. He and

Newt left North Carolina onMay 20 and will travelacross seven states. Re-cently traveling throughClarksville, Hopkinsville andPrinceton, he is now enroute to Mantle Rock, lo-cated in northern LivingstonCounty.

Some people ask himhow he can live that kind oflife, just take off and not bescared about where his nextmeal is coming from orwhere he’s going to stay thenight. “Scared of what?” hereplies. “If you look for thegood, you’ll generally findit.” He says if he tries tothink of the bad things thathave happened in his 17

trips across America, hecouldn’t even find a handful.If anything, he thinks peopleare drawn to his life as acowboy.

He readily admits he’s ahorse of a different color andshould have been born 150years ago. Because he lovesthe life so much, he tries toconvince people to try thelife for themselves. He saysit’s really simple. Just get ona horse, pick out somewhereyou’ve never been and headin that direction. He claimsthat after the first 100 miles,you’ll want to keep going.

Riding horses is in hisblood, a way of life thatcomes natural to him.Moore came from a farmfamily who loved to ridehorses. His mother evenrode with legendary RoyRogers. However, at 62, Philhas been able to add a num-ber of other skills and hob-bies to his ability as anaccomplished horseman,such as wrangler, firearmsexpert, stuntman, motorcy-clist, singer and guitar

player. The role of a typical Wild-

West cowboy has given himopportunities he might nothave had otherwise. He’sbeen in several movies in-

cluding, “Comanche Moon,”“Doc West,” and The HistoryChannel’s “The Real WyattEarp.” Upon completion ofhis latest journey, The Na-tional Geographic Channel

plans to do a television doc-umentary. It will take awhile. Remember, he’s onlyin western Kentucky andhe’s going to Oklahoma! Onething we have learned aboutCowboy Phil – he never getsin a hurry. His schedule isimpossible to guaranteegiven the unpredictability ofthe weather, living arrange-ments and the condition ofhis horse.

If you see Cowboy Philsomewhere along the way,he’ll be happy to stop for awhile and shake your hand.He probably wouldn’t turndown a glass of lemonade oriced tea either. When askedhow he does it, being gonefrom home for months at atime, never knowing wherehe’ll lay his head, he an-swers, “I believe the GoodLord takes care of waywardcowboys.”

(Linda Defew is a free-lance writer from LivingstonCounty who has had numer-ous works published. Hercolumn appears in thisnewspaper periodically.)

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DefewCrittenden Press guest columnist

Defew’s Views

Cowboy Phil making his way along Trail of Tears

PHOTO BY LINDA DEFEW

Cowboy Phil Moore will be accepting donations as he makeshis way across the country. Those contributions will be pre-sented to Cherokee children at the end of his trail.

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Dedicated to a life of learn-ing, hard work and loving oth-ers, Linda Cook shines andshows off her sense of humorwhen she speaks about herexperience as a teacher inCrittenden County’s schoolsystem.

She graduated fromMurray State Univer-sity with a bachelor’sdegree in home eco-nomics in 1962. Shereceived her master’sdegree in 1966 and herRank I certification in1975. When she cameback to begin teachingat her old high school,she had to teach general sci-ence because there was nohome economics positionopen.

Cook was eventually ableto teach home economics anddid so for five years until shehad her first child, Chris.Then she decided she wasgoing to take a year off, or atleast she thought she would.The principal called her in tohis office to discuss the issue.Together, they decided thatshe would teach health forhalf a day. She lucked outand got to count that half yearas a whole year toward her re-tirement.

“They told us if there wasanyone who had a half-yearthat they could pay into re-tirement without a penalty. Itwould count as a whole year,”Cook said. “It was just a greatblessing that I could pay thatin, so that’s what I did.”

In 1973, there was a newprincipal, and after he sawthat Cook had taught a half-day the year before, he as-sumed that she was attendingschool at Murray State theother half of the day. When heasked the guidance counselorwhat Cook could teach, hewas told that she could teachanything, so she was sched-uled to teach journalism.

Cook had never had a jour-nalism class in her life, sowhen she found out aboutthis new challenge, shesought out Nancy and PaulMick, then-owners of The

Crittenden Press, and askedfor their help. That first year,the school entered its year-book and newspaper in a con-test and won first place.

The principal came in dur-ing Cook’s planning periodone day and asked her tobegin considering going back

to school. He said itdidn’t have to be rightaway, but he wantedher to be the biologyteacher, and shewould need to go backto school in order todo that. With her sec-ond son, Charles, justa baby, she wenthome and cried as sheconsidered this new

challenge life had broughtupon her.

“Here I am with two sonsand a husband that farms,and we’re 12 miles out of Mar-ion, quite a distance awayfrom Murray and Paducah,”Cook said. “So I cried, and thenext morning when I got up,my husband and I discussedit and decided that I would goback to school immediately.”

Cook marched in the nextday and told the principal tofind out what classes shecould take at night. Shetaught during the day andtook a Tuesday night class atPaducah Community College,went to Murray on Thursdaynight for a science class andattended the University ofTennessee-Martin all day onSaturday. That’s how she re-ceived her Rank 1 certificationand began to teach biology.

Cook began thinking ofways in which she could fur-ther help out the family finan-cially. She started tutoringafter school, taught summerschool and was a resourceteacher for students whoneeded to do their studentteaching. She got more out ofthe experience than she ex-pected.

“I feel like my summerschool students developedconfidence that they couldlearn. They could make goodgrades because I was able towork more on a one-to-onebasis with them,” she said. “Itwas rewarding to me to see

them advance and have con-fidence that they could learn.”

She credits the support ofher husband, Virgil, for alarge portion of her success.She said he was a great pro-moter and teacher along be-side her.

“At one time, he taught meabout the automobile at nightbecause my students wantedto know, and they were im-pressed that a woman wouldknow those things,” Cooksaid.

Cook enjoys her role as agrandparent to Caroline andAshleigh, her son Charles’ twogirls.

When Cook first became agrandmother, she and Virgilwent to Charles’ house everyday to see their granddaugh-ter. When Caroline was slatedto begin going to daycare,there was a hiccup. Shehadn’t been signed up yet.Cook knew just how to solvethat problem, though.

“I said, ‘No, don’t you cry.’That’s what we’re supposed todo. We’re supposed to keepher this next year; that’s whythis has happened,” Cook re-calls of telling her daughter-in-law Natasha.

The daycare center calledNatasha, a teacher, the nextday at school and told herthey had an opening. Cooksaid she told them, “No, Idon’t want it. My in-laws aregoing to take care of her.”

“So we had the first twoyears with her, and it was justgreat,” Cook said.

Cook sees her studentsaround everywhere.

She had more than 1,000students. They have been hernurse’s aides, and they havecarried her groceries out forher. She said they are all overthe community, but one classof students really sticks out –the class she had all fouryears for home economics.

That class was a group of10 girls, and they became likefamily to her. They wouldcome to her home and spendthe night.

The rumor would alwaysfloat around that Cook wasexpecting to have a baby, andit was never true until their

senior year. She and her hus-band planned to tell their par-ents on Sunday and tell herstudents the following Mon-day. She had forgotten thather father was a bus driver,and he burst out with thegood news before she had achance to tell her students. Sowhen she gathered her 10home economics studentsaround to tell them, theyshouted, ‘Oh, it’s true. It’strue! You’re expecting!’

“They were so thrilled, butthat was just another exampleof the rapport I had with thestudents,” she said.

As a home economicsteacher, Cook was employedyear-round because she hadto go and visit the students’homes. They would be given asummer project, and it washer job to check on them. Itdidn’t matter if they were in-coming students or if theywere moving up the ladder,everyone got a home visit fromCook.

“It might be that theywould take on the idea of pur-chasing groceries and plan-ning their menus andpurchasing their groceries fortheir family,” Cook said. “Itgave me a real good under-standing of my students be-cause I was able to see theirhome conditions that theylived in. Even though I had al-ways lived in CrittendenCounty, except when I haddone my student teaching, itwas an eye opener.”

When it comes to advice toprospective educators, Cooksays to be sure that being ateacher is what you reallywant to do.

“Look at teaching as thegreatest influence that youcan ever have on those whoyou associate with, whetherit’s the administrators, the fel-low teachers and most of all,the students. Put the stu-dents as No. 1,” she said.

Cook said that the schoolsystem has always been im-portant to her family.

(Editor’s note: The Critten-den Press will throughout theyear bring you stories on manyof Crittenden County’s retiredteachers.)

Cook recalls career in local school system

Cook

STAFF REPORT

A Livingston Countywoman who was allegedlyunder the influence of alco-hol when she crashed herpickup and injured her in-fant child remains jailed atCrittenden County DetentionCenter after District JudgeDaniel Heady denied a bondreduction request last week.

Corrissa Redd, 36, ofSalem was charged with driv-ing under the influence and

second-degree wanton en-dangerment, a Class A mis-demeanor, on July 6 whenher 1996 Dodge Ram pickupran off U.S. 60 and crashed7 miles west of Marion. 

Crittenden County Sher-iff's Deputy Chuck Hooverinvestigated the wreck at6:14 p.m. and his police re-port says Redd smelled of al-cohol and appeared sluggish.The report says a blood andurine sample was requested

and the defendant con-sented. The results were notavailable when Redd was incourt last Wednesday. 

Redd’s 6-month-old childwas reportedly strapped in acar seat, but a criminal com-plaint issued two days afterthe wreck claims the seatwas not properly buckledinto the vehicle. The defen-dant, the complaint said, toldinvestigators that the seathad indeed been buckled

into the vehicle, and that shehad removed the seat tocheck on the infant after thecrash.

Redd and her child weretaken to Livingston Hospitaland Healthcare Services im-mediately after the wreckand the child was later flownto St. Mary’s Hospital andMedical Center in Evansville,Ind., with a fractured skull.

Redd remains jailed on$2,500 bond.

STAFF REPORT

A local couple face felonycharges for allegedly neglect-ing their 10-month-old childto the pointthat he washospitalizedfor severaldays and re-portedly neardeath whenpolice andsocial work-ers inter-vened onJuly 3.

Marion Police chargedSarah Elizabeth Rushin, 26,and Bradley Scott McClain,30, with one count each offirst-degree criminal abuse ofa child 12 or under, a Class Cfelony.

Following a preliminaryhearing in Crittenden DistrictCourt last week, Judge Daniel

Heady found probable causeto send the case to the grandjury, which meets in August. 

At the request of AssistantCounty At-torney WesHunt, thejudge alsoraised thec o u p l e ’ sbond from$2,500 to$ 1 0 , 0 0 0cash. Thetwo havebeen lodged

in Crittenden County Deten-tion Center since their arrestJuly 12.

At last Wednesday’s pre-liminary hearing, Marion Po-liceman George Foster andsocial worker Starla Brewerboth testified as to the condi-tion of the child when it wastaken by ambulance to Crit-

tenden Hospital after a familyfriend notified police of theyoung boy’s condition.

When the officer first sawthe child at the couple’s homeon Campbell Lane, he testi-fied that he could immedi-ately see that the “baby wassmall, very, very pale.”

According to testimony byOfficer Foster, the nearly one-year-old was six pounds, sixounces when weighed at thehospital on July 3. Fostersaid that according to his in-vestigation, the child weighed7 pounds, 2 ounces at birth.

Brewer, the social workerwho saw the child at the hos-pital shortly after it was takenfrom the couple, said she wasshocked by the baby’s condi-tion.

“Except for the sound ofbreathing the child didn’t ap-pear to be alive,” Brewer tes-

tified at the hearing. “His skinwas hanging off of his armsand his legs, his eyes wereclosed. He wasn’t moving, hewasn’t responsive to any-thing. He was struggling tobreathe, kind of a rattlywheeze.”

Brewer said that her inves-tigation included a reportfrom two doctors. She saidthe physicians had called it anear fatal situation and thatthe boy is half the weight heshould be after 10 months.

According to testimony,the mother has two older chil-dren who appear perfectlyhealthy. 

The 10-month-old childhas been placed in the cus-tody of the mother’s brotherfor the time being.

If convicted of first-degreecriminal abuse, a person canface 5-10 years in prison.

Couple accused of neglect

Rushin McClain

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Practice makes perfect for local students

Members of CrittendenCounty High School'sband and flag corps willwrap up two weeks ofcamp at the school onFriday. Director JacobCarroll, in his secondyear leading the group,has 22 students partici-pating in band this year.Above, Dylan Peek andCaleb Estes sharpentheir skills as part of thebrass section. Mean-time, at right, TimberleeHarris, Kerstie Gregoryand Lauryn Faulknerpractice a routine asmembers of flag corps.

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STAFF REPORTA bone marrow donor

drive will be held in con-junction with a local golfscramble to benefit theFuller family of Salem. Thedonor drive will be set fromnoon to 4 p.m. Saturday atDeer Lakes Golf Course inSalem. A golf scramble tobenefit the family will beheld prior to that at DeerLakes Golf Course.

M a s o n ,the son ofBrad andJ e n n yFuller ofSalem, wasd i a gn o s edin Januarywith Nu-clear FactorKappa B Es-sential Mod-u l a t o r

(NEMO) deficiency syn-drome.Earlier this spring, a per-

fect match was found forMason. However due to anunforeseen medical condi-tion, the individual couldnot donate. Mason was justpreparing to enter Cincin-nati Children’s HospitalJuly 14 to begin prep workand chemotherapy treat-ment before receiving thebone marrow transplant.The transplant was ex-pected to occur at the endof this month.Mason's dad, Brad

Fuller, a Tolu native, saidMason received a check-upat the Cincinnati Chil-dren's Hospital last week.Fuller said his son is doingwell but doctors will con-tinue to seek a 100 percentmatch and place the trans-

plant on hold. Mason goesback to the hospital in No-vember for another check-up.Doctors have cleared

Mason to attend a part ofthe golf event and organiz-ers are hopeful for a goodturnout from Crittendenand Livingston counties forboth the donor drive andgolf scramble.

Officials are also hopefula local match can be foundand say it’s simple to beplaced on a bone marrowregistry. All it takes is asimple swab of the checkand some paperwork. Par-ticipants must be betweenthe ages of 18 and 55 yearsold to be placed on the reg-istry.The golf scramble begins

with a 9 a.m. shotgun startand includes $250 for afour-person team and $100for hole sponsorship forlocal businesses or organi-zations. Donations andhole prizes will be acceptedwith payouts for winners.For more information on

the donor drive and golfscramble contact EmilyPhillips at (270) 339-1642.

M. Fuller

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Ridley named to Ag, rural development committees

Crittenden County milk podsplayed role during WWII years

During World War II, thepeople of Marion and Crit-tenden County who re-mained at home helped todo their part in the war bygiving their time and en-ergy to lend their aid toseveral areas of the war ef-fort. In this article are sev-

eral of the projects thatwere taken on by our localcitizens to help win thewar. We can be proud ofour county's efforts andthe people who worked sohard.The following is interest-

ing information from thearchives of The CrittendenPress:

May 1, 1942 4,278 Garments in year

467 KnittedCrittenden's chapter of

the American Red Cross(ARC) completed shipmentof garments last week of allmaterials received duringthe past year. Mrs. T.H.Cochran, director of theproduction center, saidthat 4,278 garments (467knitted) had been shippedfor foreign war. In addition,the chapter has also com-pleted and shipped 250 ar-ticles for hospitals andtraining camps.

July 3, 1942 The local ARC chapter

received quota of 36,000surgical dressings to becompleted from Aug. 1 toDec. 1, according to Mrs.T.H. Cochran. The quotawas the largest placed inthe district due to the factthat all former quotas ofthe group have been com-pleted within specified pe-riods.The chapter is one of 13

recognized and has beenselected for surgical dress-ing only due to technicaldetails in production.Mrs. T.H. Cochran, chief

of American Red Crossproduction projects, hasnamed Mrs. E.W. Horst asrepresentative of the localgroup to attend RegionalSurgical Dressing courseto be conducted in Padu-cah. Following her return,

Mrs. Horst will instruct 10volunteer workers in mak-ing surgical dressingssponsored by the localchapter. Volunteer workersare needed for the project;it is one of the most impor-tant in the nation and theCrittenden chapter hasbeen selected as one of 13in the state. In order tocomplete the quota ontime, all women who havetime are requested to no-tify Mrs. Cochran. Head-quarters of the group willbe in the old high schoolbuilding in rooms now oc-cupied by rationing board.

November 1942The quota for December

was 30,000 dressings andmore workers are neededto complete the assign-ment.

With opening of theAfrican front (in the war),more surgical dressingsare needed than before,and as the Pacific front be-comes broader, moredressings will also be re-quired in that theatre ofwar.All women who can pos-

sibly do so are requested toregister for surgical dress-ing production and reportfor duty at the earliest pos-sible moment. The requirements of

armed forces are now in-creasing at a rate requiringa larger number of workersthan the unit now has.Every woman in Marionand the county should co-operate in this work andreport immediately to theproduction center.Production of these

dressings is the foremostduty of every woman in thecommunity and is the mostdirect manner in whichwomen may aid in winningthe war. As quotas are in-creased, more workers be-come necessary.

County helps with milkweedpod picking

Since commercial pick-ing of milkweed would nothave met the immediateneeds of the Americanarmed forces, school chil-dren were enlisted togather the pods of wildmilkweed to satisfy mili-tary demand. In an era before the per-

vasive use of syntheticfibers, the value of milk-weed floss lay in its buoy-ancy. The armed forcesused it in the manufactureof life preservers neededfor its airmen and sailors.Life preservers were criticalto Allied success, since somuch of the war wasfought on or over the seas. Milkweed was not the

first choice for life pre-server stuffing. Previously,life jackets and flight suitshad been filled and insu-lated with seed floss fromkapok, a tropical treegrown in the Dutch EastIndies. Following occupa-tion of these islands byJapan, the Allied source ofkapok fiber was cut off andan alternative fiber wasneeded. Milkweed floss was

found to be the perfectsubstitute.Here is how Crittenden

County helped in the effortfor gathering the milkweedpods:

Oct. 6, 1944A series of meetings in

the county schools arebeing held to secure serv-ices of pupils for pickingmilkweed pods. This prod-uct is especially needed forthe life jackets of men inthe armed services. CountyAgent Shelby held twomeetings in Marion schoolsTuesday morning and saidthat practically all pupilssignified intention of pick-ing.Meetings are scheduled

at Frances and Dycusburg,Bells Mines, Mattoon andShady Grove. Agent Shelbysaid that all schools wouldbe asked to form groupsfor picking if transporta-tion could be arranged.The county quota is 5,000,bags or the equivalent of2,500 life jackets.Bags are to be secured

on application to AAA(Agricultural AdjustmentAdministration) office andpickers will be paid 20cents for dried pods and15 cents for fresh. Thefresh pod dries in about aweek. Picking should beginabout Oct. 15 or wheneverthe seed becomes brown inthe pods.

Nov. 10, 1944An estimated 2,000 bags

of milkweed pods havebeen picked in the countywith several schools unre-ported. The quota assignedis 3,000. Agent Shelby saidtwo more weeks remain inwhich to pick the pods andthat he was of the opinionthat the quota would bemet if pupils continued topick at the rate previouslyestablished.Instructors of the

schools whose pupils arepicking the pods are ask tohang the full sack on afence or in another placewhere it can be exposed tosun in order to allow theproduct to dry.Schools reporting and

number of bags picked areMarion, 146; Oak Grove,

50: Crayne, 36; Hebron,200; Tolu, 800; Colon, 75;Union, 95; Barnett, 50;Dycusburg, 100; DeerCreek, 25; Sullenger, 50;and Dam 50, 50. Severalother schools have securedbags and pupils are pick-ing, but no report has beenmade.The floss of the dried

pod is used for the purposeof life jackets for men inarmed services. Two bagsare required for one jacket.

Dec, 8, 1944Report Milk Weed Pod

collections to AAA officesInstructors of schools

engaged in picking milk-weed pods for life jacketusage are asked to reportthe collections to AAA of-fices in the Jenkins Build-ing as soon as the pods aredry.At time of reporting,

clerks of AAA will make in-spection to determine ifpods are sufficiently dryfor acceptance, and if so,will accompany instructorsto R.E. Rogers Factorywhere the pods are beingstored. Payment will bemade at rate of 20 cents abag for all pods acceptedas dry. Further, all schoolsand individuals are askedto return any and allempty or unused bags.The county failed to

meet the quota of 3,000bags and only 2,000 bagswere reported. The pickingseason is now over.

Parting thoughtsWe have much to be

proud of, not only of theyoung men and womenwho went to war, but forthe parents and familieswho were at home whoworked to do their part tosupport the cause for free-dom.

(Editor’s note: BrendaUnderdown is CrittendenCounty’s historian laureateand serves on the board ofthe local historical and ge-nealogical societies. She isalso active in maintainingCrittenden County Histori-cal Museum. Her blog canbe found at OurForgotten-Passages.blogspot.com. Hercolumn appears regularlyin this newspaper.)

SUBMITTED PHOTOThis group of students helped pick milk pods used for life preservers during World War II. Thefilled bags would be placed in the sun to dry before taking them to the agriculture office inMarion. The boy on the right models one of the life jackets that was made from milk pod silk.

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STAFF REPORTSen. Dorsey Ridley (D-

Henderson) has been ap-pointed to the Agricultureand Rural DevelopmentCommittee of the SouthernLegislative Conference(SLC) of The Council ofState Governments (CSG).His appointment will

allow him access to anarray of services and pro-grams provided by SLC andsupported by committeestaff. Sen. Ridley, who rep-resents the 4th Districtcounties Crittenden, Liv-ingston, Caldwell, Union,Webster and Henderson inFrankfort, said agricultureis important to the econ-omy of his senatorial dis-trict, which is the No. 1corn- and soybean-produc-ing district in the state.“I am honored to be se-

lected to serve on this com-mittee dealing with issuesthat have such a vital im-pact on my district and the

Commonwealth of Ken-tucky,” Sen. Ridley said.“This will provide me agreater opportunity toshare ideas with my coun-terparts in other states, aswell as discuss with themthe concerns and is-sues facing the Com-monwealth. As alegislator, I have al-ways been a strongadvocate for the agri-culture industry.Serving on this com-mittee will allow meto expand on the is-sues the industry isfacing today and thechanges in agricul-ture as we have known it.”Sen. Ridley, who earned

a degree in business andagriculture from WesternKentucky University, hasserved on the KentuckySenate Agriculture Com-mittee for more than adecade. He said that theAgriculture and Rural De-

velopment Committee fo-cuses on issues critical tothe future of farming andfarm communities.“Agriculture constitutes

a vital sector of theeconomies of most South-

ern states,” headded. Recent committee

initiatives have in-cluded rural hous-ing, agricultureeducation, updateson internationaltrade and agricul-ture, consolidationin the farm sector,state actions on an-imal welfare, com-

modity pricing,immigration, conservationand farmland preservation.Other issues in which thecommittee has long-stand-ing interest include red fireant, the status of the ruralSouth, and food safety andsecurity. The committeehas focused on the chang-

ing face of agricultureacross America and condi-tions in the rural South.The status and future ofrural communities isemerging as a major focusfor the committee. It worksannually with public andprivate agencies, local andfederal officials, and theland grant university sys-tem to assure the contin-ued vitality of the region’sfarm and rural communi-ties.“I look forward to repre-

senting Kentucky andbeing the voice for ourstate on this committee,”said the senator. “I am ex-cited to have the chance tohear new ideas and to ac-cess information that canhelp my district and theentire state. Having a seatat the table will allow me toexpress the concerns I hearfrom local farmers to peo-ple who are influential atthe national level.”

Ridley

THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, Thursday, July 30, 20156A

Marion Baptist hosts ‘Faith in Action’

90 percent of God’s Army in county is AWOLBy REV. MARK GIRTENGUEST COMMENTARYIt's no wonder that our

nation is in the shape thatit's in. Many of those whocall themselves "Christ-ian" are not showing up,let alone standing up. I've been told that only

10 percent of thosewho call them-selves "Christian"on any given Sun-day are present forworship services inCrittendenCounty. Conven-ience seems tohave trumpedcommitment to theLord. Too many look at it as

an option rather than anopportunity and privilege.But God looks at it thisway: "And let us considerone another in order tostir up love and goodworks, not forsaking theassembling of ourselvestogether, as is the mannerof some, but exhortingone another."One of the first orders

Gen. George Washingtonissued to the ContinentalArmy was for all soldiersnot on duty on Sunday toattend religious services.(Religious in that day wasgenerally understood tomean Christian).Perhaps part of the

problem is that term"Christian." Jesus neverspoke of it. He said, "Gotherefore and make disci-ples (followers)."That term "disciple" in-

volves commitment, effort,

and most importantly, re-lationship. Kyle Idleman, a pastor

in Louisville, has pointedout that there are manyfans of Jesus, but few fol-lowers. Jesus is not look-ing for fans. He's lookingfor followers.

After 9/11, thechurches were full ...for a week or two.Then it was back tobusiness as usual. How sad! We fool

ourselves into think-ing that we can useGod when we needHim, then ignoreHim the rest of thetime.

Galatians 6:7 says, "Donot be deceived, God isnot mocked; for whateverman sows, that he willalso reap." If God isn't important

enough to you to worshiponce a week at least, Heisn't important to you atall.You may choose to be

absent from church Sun-day, but if you do so,please don't insult Godand His followers by call-ing yourself a "Christian." I've heard people say

that they can be a Chris-tian without attendingchurch. I say, "Baloney!"Everything I read in scrip-ture says otherwise. A "Christian" is someone

who is Christ-like. Christloved the church and gaveHimself for it. How can a"Christian" be like Himand not do the same?So-called "Christians,"

quit making lame excusesand get yourself to achurch on Sunday to wor-ship God and serve Him.There are many churchesin Crittenden County tochoose from. And for all those who

have used the excuse,"There are too many hyp-ocrites in church," I say,"The church is just theplace for one more hyp-ocrite to let Godstraighten him or herout."By the way, you may

have noticed that thewhole world is full of hyp-ocrites. I haven't noticedthat it has kept you from"rubbing elbows" withthem in other places.There seems to be some-thing hypocritical aboutthat.I've also heard about

people who have beenhurt by other "Christians"or had bad church experi-ences and my heart goesout to you. I, too, havebeen failed by man andhad my fair share ofhurts, but we can make adifference and glorify God,not blame Him. God is theone person who can healour hurts, so he's the lastone we should cut out ofour life. But, there is something

else to consider here.When "Christians" decidenot to show up and bepart of the church, theylimit what God can dothrough that church andin them. That's one lessmember to encourage

their fellow church mem-bers, love on those hurt-ing and serve thecommunity. Every member of God's

Army matters. You eachhave God-given abilitiesthat are needed. Anyone,no matter who they are,can encourage and serveothers. There's an old saying, "If

you're not a part of thesolution, then you're partof the problem." Thechurch is a body of like-minded Christ-followers,instituted by Christ Him-self, that you can joinwith to meet the needs ofall people – spiritual,physical, emotional andmental. Notice that spiri-tual comes first.The time is long overdue

for those thinking ofthemselves as "Chris-tians," those who considerthemselves as His chil-dren, to grow up andshow up for worship andservice. Then, perhaps,more "Christians" will beable to stand up for whatHe says is right in Hisword. As it now stands, 90

percent of "Christians" inCrittenden County, in theLord's Army, are AWOL(absent without leave)from our churches. Goddeserves a lot better thanthat.Let's see that change.

One day, we will all stand

before God and give an ac-count. Don't be ashamedon that day."Christian," you belong

in church.(Editor’s note: Rev. Mark

Girten is pastor of Crooked

Creek Baptist Church inMarion. He holds a Masterof Divinity degree. Hisopinions are his own andmay not necessarily be theopinion of this newspaper.)

Girten

STAFF REPORTMarion Baptist Church

will host a Faith in Actionprogram this weekend thatwill count toward instruc-tion required for Commu-nity Christmasparticipation in December.

The program will start at8:30 a.m. Sunday at thechurch located at 131 E.Depot St. Participants willhave the opportunity to at-tend a one-hour class (thatwill include budgeting),this class will count as onecredit toward the three-credit requirement forCommunity Christmas.Those attending will also be

able to select food itemsand school supplies earlierthan those who do not at-tend this class.

The presenters will beDr. Mike Jones, pastor ofMarion BaptistChurch; LesleaBarnes, 4-H andYouth DevelopmentAgent for the Uni-versity of KentuckyCrittenden CountyCooperative Exten-sion Service; andLisa Holeman of theHANDS Programwith the PennyrileDistrict Health Departmentin Hopkinsville.

Pre-register by contact-ing the Extension serviceoffice at (270) 965-5236.

Those parents who havecompleted the three-classrequirement for Commu-nity Christmas will receivechild sponsorship from

Angel Tags placed onChristmas trees at partici-pating businesses. Thosewho have not completedthe three-class requirementwill have the opportunity to

select a certain num-ber of toys from thetoy room based onthe availability oftoys received fromdonations.

Based on theguidelines, whichwere implementedlast year, organizersencourage parentsto meet the three

class requirement to en-sure their child will besponsored and have AngelTags placed on Christmastrees. The three-class re-quirement does not includethose who only wish to re-ceive holiday food assis-tance at Marion BaptistChurch.

Jones

Community church notesn Cave Springs General

Baptist Church will hold re-vival services at 7 p.m.,through Friday. Bro. JohnnyMcCurry will be the evangel-ist. Pastor Heath Martin andthe congregation invite thepublic to attend.

n Pleasant Grove Gen-eral Baptist Church will holdVacation Bible School onSaturday. Registration startsat 9:30 a.m., with school tobegin at 10 a.m. At 4 p.m., aprogram for parents will beheld followed by a cookout.This year’s theme is superheroes. The church is lo-cated north of Salem on Ky.723. For those needingtransportation, call JanetHughes at (270) 988-3835.

n Miracle Word Church inSalem will hold a communityblock party from 6 to 10p.m., Saturday. Enjoy freefood and drinks plus gamesfor all ages. The outdoormovie “Do You Believe,” willbe shown at 8 p.m. Every-one is welcome for a night offellowship. Bring a lawnchair or blanket.

n West Kentucky Associ-ation of General Baptists willhold its annual associationalsinging at 2 p.m., Sunday atits associational tabernaclelocated at 134 Ky. 1668 inMarion. The Gates Family

from Bloomington, Ill. willperform Southern GospelBluegrass music.

n The annual meeting ofHurricane Camp Board willbe held at 7 p.m., Aug. 7 inthe dining hall. All interestedpersons are encouraged toattend.

n Marion UnitedMethodist Church is wel-coming all CrittendenCounty School District em-ployees to the first annualRocket Launch at 10:45a.m., Aug. 9. The programwill feature guest speakers,blessings for the CrittendenCounty staff, potluck and aquestion and answer period.Support the Rockets bywearing Rocket gear.

n Mexico BaptistChurch’s clothes closet isopen 9-11:30 a.m., eachMonday.

(Editor’s note: Keep thecommunity aware of yourchurch’s activities and cele-brations. Email your churchnotes to The CrittendenPress at pressnews@the-press.com.Type “ChurchNotes” in the subject line.Items need to be receivedby 5 p.m. on Monday for thecurrent week’s publicationeach Thursday.)

CommunityChristmas creditcan be earned

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OBITUARIES

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

AuguST 1, 20159:30 a.m. Registration • 10:00 a.m. VBS Starts

4:00 p.m. Program for the Parents, then cook-out to follow

PLEASANT GROVEGENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH

KY 723 N., Salem, KYCall Janet Hughes (270) 988-3835 for a ride

ShoemakerDorothy Rhea Shoemaker,

89, of Lola died July 23, 2015,at Salem Springlake Healthand Rehabilitation Center inSalem.

She is sur-vived by astepdaugh-ter, SharonHollarn of Illi-nois; fournieces, EvaJean (Tom)Thetford ofP a d u c a h ,Mona Faye(Don) Bebout of Lola, Donna(Chuck) Brannam of Salemand Lorna (Darrin) Spencer ofBroken Arrow, Okla.; anephew, Doug (Joy) Slaydenof Lola; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. 

Shoemaker was precededin death by her first husband,Bill Workman; her secondhusband, Floyd “Dick” Shoe-maker; two sisters, Vera Slay-den and Lama Wilson; anephew, Robert Slayden; andher parents, Millard Madryand Ida Mae Watson Madry.   

Funeral services were Sun-day in the chapel of Boyd Fu-neral Directors in Salem withRev. David Davisofficiating. Burial was in LolaCemetery in LivingstonCounty. In memory of

Frankie Nell GassHARRY GASS of Marion, Ky., came back to

Marion after World War II, bought the KentuckyTheatre and later the drive-in, operating it for 33years with the help of Frankie Nell Gass andfamily – Chriss, Debra and Trent. I have now re-ceived in loving memory of Frankie Nell Gassthe most wonderful book, the Heritage Book,and many cards. I don’t have enough words tothank you. These are my friends:

Paja Crider of Farmers Bank of Marion, MarkEdwards of Livingston Hospital in Salem, BillyFox and Steve Hoskins of Henry & Henry Mon-uments in Marion, Rosa L. Gilland of KentuckyFarm Bureau Insurance in Smithland, AndrewFox of Boyd Funeral Home in Salem and TheHeritage Co.

Thank you, again, to these prominent businessfriends.

Harry Gass

5K scheduled tohelp local womanbattle neurologicaldisease’s effectsSTAFF REPORT

Shandra Laughary is in thefight of her life. The rural Critten-den County woman is battling arare neurological disease thathas affected her vision andcaused partial paralysis. The ail-ment is neuromeylitis, alsoknown as NMO or Devic’s dis-ease.

A Knockout NMO 5Krun/walk is scheduled for Aug.15 in Clay to help the womanand her husband, Allen, pay fortreatment at The Johns HopkinsHospital in Baltimore.

Registration is $25 throughSaturday. After that, the entry is$30. The race will begin at 8 a.m.in front of United CommunityBank in Clay. There will also bea silent auction, cornhole tourna-ment and food. More informationcan be found on Facebook bysearching for “Knockout NMO5K” or by calling Laughary at(270) 318-4688.

in raising children again. Shealways envisioned spoiling hergrandchildren and then send-ing them back home. Insteadof playing the role of the dotinggrandmother, she must nowact as the chief disciplinarian,although she says her grand-children are well-behaved andeven help out at home. Stillshe has had to put rules inplace and make adjustmentsto ensure their personal care.

“When I go somewhere, Ihave to make sure I havesomeone there to watch themor have to make arrangementsto take them somewhere orelse they go with me,” shesaid.

There are other challenges.Adams is afflicted withrheumatoid arthritis, yet stillremains active. She worksthree days a week at the Pen-nyrile Allied Community Serv-ices office in Marion andvolunteers at CrittendenCounty Elementary School acouple of days a week whenschool is in session. She

wishes the children had aback yard to play in instead ofliving in an apartment com-plex where they can’t ridetheir bicycles in certain areas.Nevertheless, she works tokeep a solid family unit by get-ting the children involved invarious activities such asswimming and bowling.

“We went to a friend’shouse yesterday,” she said re-cently. “They have a swim-ming pool. We built a fire androasted hot dogs and marsh-mallows. I try to keep it asclose to me being their parentinstead of their grandparentas much as I can.”

Regionally, the PennyrileArea Development District(PADD) is one resource forgrandparents who need moreinformation on programs thatcan assist their families.PADD serves Crittenden,Caldwell, Livingston and sev-eral other counties and can befound online at PeADD.org orby telephone at (270) 886-9484.

Locally, Crittenden CountyFamily Resource and YouthService Center (FRYSC) Repre-sentative Holly White said she

works on an as-needed basiswith many grandparents whoare raising their grandchil-dren. She said it’s an ever-changing population withinthe community and manychildren live with grandpar-ents because the familiesdon’t have enough money tosurvive.

For more information onthe outreaches of FRYSC,White can be contacted byemail at Holly.White@Crittenden.KySchools.us.

Adams knows there will beeven more challenges as hergrandchildren grow older andshe’s not ready to even thinkof them driving a car or dat-ing. Right now, she is workingto create a solid foundation intheir lives once they do reachadulthood. The family attendsSeven Springs Baptist Churchand is looking forward to itshomecoming services nextmonth. Adams credits herfaith in keeping her family to-gether.

“The only thing that keepsme going is my faith in Godand my trust in Him,” shesaid. “If it wasn’t for Him Icouldn’t do it.”

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had been reported stolenfrom Harrisburg, Ill., andthe license plate on thetruck had been stolen froma vehicle at ProvidenceChurch of Christ.

An Evansville patrolmanhad originally tried to stopthe green 1993 GMC Sierrathat Sheridan was drivingbecause it had loud exhaust.Sheridan then took the pa-trolman on a high-speedchase, weaving through traf-fic until they ended up –along with many other re-sponding officers – in a fieldoff U.S. 41/WaterworksRoad. 

Stevens was arrestedabout 12 hours later inMadisonville. According toSgt. Will Corsey of HopkinsCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment, Stevens turned her-

self in at the jail. She islodged in Webster CountyJail.

Sheridan had beenwanted by Webster andHopkins counties authori-ties since spring on a varietyof warrants. It appears thatwhen Sheridan hooked upwith Stevens in May, the twobegan an alleged crime spreethat included the burglary ofCave Springs Church inCrittenden County. Church-goers who confronted thecouple were threatened atgunpoint and allegedly al-most run down by an ATVdriven by a person believedto have been Sheridan, ac-cording to police reports.

“We were locking ourdoors even when we werehome,” said Boone, whosefamily believes the couplewas also lurking nearby afew weeks ago. “We foundsome proof they had beenaround here. It looked like

someone had been checkingout the barns and buildingsin the area.”

A neighbor fired a guninto the air when they sawlights in a field, and whoeverit was snooping around, leftthe area quickly.

For a time, local lawmenbelieved the couple was liv-ing off the land, stealingfour-wheelers, guns andother items from huntingcabins and outbuildings inremote areas of this andother counties. 

A fairly substantial man-hunt ensued with state andlocal police looking for thecouple. They even set upsurveillance in rural areaswhere they were believed tohave been operating. 

On May 27, a motorist re-ported to Crittenden Countyauthorities that he was fol-lowing a red four-wheeler ona country road near theTradewater River. The ATV

was driven by a male andcarrying a female rider. Onthe ATV were several itemsbelieved to have been stolenin a nearby burglary. Thewoman allegedly pointed agun at the motorist. The mo-torist slowed down and theATV sped away. Police thinkthose suspects were Sheri-dan and Stevens.

Stevens was arrested inCrittenden County in earlyMay after the incident atCave Springs Church, butshe bonded out of jail andhad been on the lam eversince. The couple will likelyface more charges here andin surrounding counties.

Crittenden County SheriffWayne Agent said the twowill eventually be brought toCrittenden County to facecharges, but it might be awhile because so many otherjurisdictions are involved.Sheridan will face extradi-tion from Indiana.

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WorkmanBirdie Marion Workman,

76, of Marion died July 26,2015, at her residence.

She was a housewife.Workman is survived by

two daughters, Judy Murphyof Bentonand DianeWorkman ofMarion; ason, KevinWorkman ofMadisonville;three sisters,Janet West-endorff ofMarion, Vir-ginia Brant-ley of Marion and JaneyHeidrich of Marion; a brother,Danny Chandler of Marion;three grandchildren, KatreaseHale of Lansing, Mich., KaseyHale of Marion and Cody Foxof Benton.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Sidney DeanWorkman; her parents, Mar-ion and Maybell Jones Chan-dler; and a sister, LillianBrantley.

Funeral services wereWednesday at Myers FuneralHome in Marion with burial inMapleview Cemetery.

Workman

— PAID OBITUARY —

LeMasterJessica Ann LeMaster, 26,

of Spartanburg, S.C., wenthome to be with the Lordand gained her new body onJuly 24, 2015, at Spartan-burg Regional Hospice Homein Spartanburg.

Born in Spartanburg, shewas the daughter of BeverlyStalion LeMaster and ChuckLeMaster, the stepdaughterof Stacie LeMaster and the fi-ance of Matt Buratovich. Shewas a 2007 graduate ofGaffney High School inGaffney, S.C., and formerlywas employed with DaddyJoe’s BBQ. She was a mem-ber of Grassy Pond BaptistChurch in Gaffney.

In addition to her parents,Lemaster is survived by twobrothers, Thomas (Melanie)Gibson of Gaffney and Grant(Ashley) LeMaster of Gaffney;three sisters, Nancy Dicksonof Gaffney, Gabbie Gray ofGaffney and Bella Gray ofGaffney; her maternalgrandparents, Buddy andShirley Stalion of Marionand Elaine Stalion of Marion;and her paternal grandpar-ents, Boyce and VelmaLeMaster.

Funeral services wereSunday at Grassy Pond Bap-tist Church with Dr. TerryLanford and Rev. MartinHogg officiating. Intermentwill be in Grassy Pond Bap-tist Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be madeto: National Kidney Founda-tion of South Carolina, 508Hampton St., Ste. 200, Co-lumbia, SC 29201; or Chero-kee County Humane Society,P.O. Box 2223, Gaffney, SC29342.

SizemoreDavid P. "Chip" Sizemore,

80, of Marion, formerly ofUniontown, died July 25,2015, at CrittendenHealth Systems inMarion.

He was a retiredU.S. Navy diver andserved in the Koreanand Vietnam wars.He was a member of the VFWPost 5488 in Uniontown andAmerican Legion WarshomPost 40 in Henderson, and hewas a Kentucky Colonel.

Sizemore is survived by hiswife of 35 years, Mary LouSizemore of Marion; four sons,David B. (Renee) Sizemore ofMarion, Roy M. Sizemore ofSullivan, Rob (Tona) Hosmanof Marion and Chuck (Linda)Barron of Marion; two sisters,Sue White of Virginia and Pa-tricia Hammond of Union-town; seven grandchildren;several great-grandchildren;and several nieces andnephews.

He was preceded in deathby his father, Roy Sizemore;his mother, Dora Smith; abrother, Tommy Sizemore;and grandson, Roy M. Size-more Jr.

Funeral services wereWednesday at Whitsell Fu-neral Home in Sturgis, withRev. Geoffrey Deibler officiat-ing. Burial was in PythianRidge Cemetery in Sturgiswith full military rites.

HuntBessie Lee Hunt, 77, of

Marion died Sunday at Crit-tenden County Health andRehab in Marion.

She was a member of Em-manuel Baptist Church.

Hunt is survived by herhusband, Harold Hunt ofMarion; a daughter, MarilynK.  Belt of Marion; a son,Allen Ray Hunt of Marion;five grandchildren; andseven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded indeath by her parents, Leeand Bessie Byford; six broth-ers; and a sister.

Funeral services are wereWednesday at Gilbert Fu-neral Home in Marion withinterment in MapleviewCemetery.

Residents uniteagainst closingof Illinois prisonwork campSTAFF REPORT

By the end of the year,Crittenden County's neigh-bor across the Ohio Rivercould lose one of its largestemployers, but residentsthere are not going downwithout a fight.

The State of Illinois hasscheduled Hardin CountyWork Camp in Cave In Rockto close in 2015. Notice wasgiven on June 3 that thecamp, home to 156 inmatesand 61 workers, would shut-ter as a cost-saving measureto the cash-strapped stategovernment. The state hassaid the center needs almost$10 million in renovations.

On July 20, hundreds ofpeople gathered in the gym-nasium of Hardin County K-12 School for a hearing onthe proposal. "Impassionedpleas" as to the value of thework camp to the commu-nity were made, according tothe Hardin County Inde-pendent.

State Rep. BrandonPhelps, a Democrat repre-senting the 118th Districtthat includes HardinCounty, questioned the va-lidity of an economic impactstudy the state has used tojustify closing the camp.

"How can that person(who conducted the study)see the future?" The Inde-pendent quoted Phelps assaying at last week's forum."I think he doesn't know aword of what he's talkingabout."

Phelps' and others' testi-mony was heard by statelawmakers on the Commis-sion on Government Fore-casting and Accountability,reported The Southern Illi-noisian. The commission isweighing the closure as partof $400 million in cuts pro-posed by Republican Gov.Bruce Rauner after the Gen-eral Assembly, controlled byDemocrats, rejected hisbudget plan and introducedtheir own.

Hardin County WorkCamp was established in1980. The Independent re-ports inmates at the facilitywould be relocated to theShawnee or Vienna correc-tional centers. Officials havesaid the work camp's em-ployees would be offeredother jobs with the state.

A final decision on thework camp’s future will bemade in the coming weeks.

Shoemaker

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COMMUNITY CALENDARFriday, July 31n Crittenden County HighSchool cheerleaders will holda car wash at the 88 Dip inMarion. Saturday, Aug. 1n A bone marrow donor driveand golf scramble to benefitMason Fuller, son of Brad andJenny Fuller of Salem, will beheld at Deer Lakes GolfCourse in Salem. The golfscramble begins at 9 a.m.Cost is $250 for a four-personteam. There is a $100 holesponsorship for area busi-nesses. The blood marrowdonor drive will be held fromnoon to 4 p.m., at the golfcourse. For more informationon either event contact EmilyPhillips at (270) 339-1642.n A car wash fundraiser tobenefit Crittenden County soc-cer will be held from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., at Homestead Re-alty. Donations are welcome. n A 40-year reunion for Crit-tenden County High SchoolClass of 1975 is scheduled atthe high school multi-purposeroom. Meet at 6 p.m. at therocket on the school grounds

for a class picture. Cateredmeal offers choice of ham orchicken. Those attending areasked to bring a side dish ordessert. Cost is $20 per per-son or $35 per couple. Mailcheck by June 27 to classtreasurer Janet Hughes, P.O.Box 341, Salem, KY 42078.Monday, Aug. 3n West Kentucky RegionalBlood Center and CrittendenHealth Systems will sponsor ablood drive from 11 a.m. to 6pm., in the Crittenden HealthSystems education building.Donors will receive a free T-shirt. Tuesday, Aug. 4n Bigham Lodge #256 willhave stated communicationat the Masonic Lodge at 206Sturgis Rd. The meal willbegin at 6:30 p.m., with themeeting to follow at 7:30 p.m.All members and fellow Mas-ter Masons are urged to at-tend.Friday, Aug. 7n The annual Fredonia ValleyParade will be held at 6:30p.m. This year’s grand mar-shals are Ted Feagan and

Larry York. Churches andclubs are encouraged to par-ticipate. Antique cars, trucksand vans, sports teams,horses, mules and wagonsare welcome to be part of thefestivities. For more informa-tion on the event call (270)625-6936. Saturday, Aug. 8n Crittenden County HighSchool Class of 1995 will cel-ebrate its 20th reunion atGreen Turtle Bay conferencecenter. Festivities begin at 6p.m. A meal is included in apayment of $40 per person.Payments are accepted viacheck or PayPal to JoshHamilton at (808) 375-7607 orjoshav8r@gmail.com. If unableto pay in advance, paymentswill be accepted at the door. Wednesday, Aug. 19

n Livingston County MiddleSchool’s SBDM Council willconduct its monthly meetingfrom 3:30 to 5 p.m. at theschool. Thursday, Aug. 20n American Legion AuxiliaryUnit 217 in Burna is asking fordonations for its yard sale to

be held Aug. 20-22. Saturday, Sept. 5n The CCHS Class of 1965

will hold its 50th class reunionat Fohs Hall beginning at 5p.m. with a “meet and greet.”Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.Everyone who attended CCHSfrom 1960-1965 is welcome tojoin the festivities after 7:30p.m., to celebrate. Call (270)965-5003 or (270) 965-3332for more information or checkFacebook.Saturday, Sept. 12n National Guard Reunion will

be held beginning at 10 a.m. atthe Lions Club. For more infor-mation call Rich Nelson at(270) 704-5140 or RogerLubben at (270) 625-0971. Allpast and present members areinvited. n Crittenden County Class of

1960 will hold its reunion at theMarion Country Club. Socialtime is from 5 to 6 p.m., fol-lowed by the meal at 6 p.m.Contact Betty Little at (270)704-5744. Contact LeroyHodge at 819 Sturgis Rd. tomake reservations. Cost is $25per person.

Texting can’t replace face-to-face conversation By REBECCA ZAHRTEGUEST COMMENTARY

Technology has been agreat advantage to our lives.We have succeeded in cur-ing illnesses, replacing or-gans and lost limbs andrepairing hearing loss.

However, there is onenegative to the modern digi-tal age. We seem to be los-ing touch with our familiesand friends; and increas-ingly, I find myself in situa-tions where people do notuse common courtesy whentaking phone calls or usingtheir cell phones.

Technology seems to beincreasingly demanding ourattention and we seem to beincreasingly giving it our at-tention.

My question is at whatcost? And what can we doabout it?

It appears as a culturewe have sacrificed our timeand humanity to the rise ofsocial media and technolog-ical devices.

Sadly, I am just as guiltyas anyone.

Cell phones are an amaz-ing invention and if youhave ever been stranded in

the middle of no where witha broken down vehicle, cellphones can be a life savingdevice. I am not bashingour technology but insteadtrying to say that it isimperative that weuse some commonsense and perhaps,more importantly,etiquette when usingthese devices.

While out to din-ner with my family, Ilooked up from myphone after watchingthe latest cat video orYouTube sensation only tosee the rest of my familywith their heads bowed, notin reverence or thankful-ness, but with their eyesglued to the tiny screenheld in their hands.

“How was your daytoday?” I asked.

“Okay,” everyone aroundthe table responded in uni-son.

“Anything interestinghappen?” I responded.

“No, not really,” theysaid. And that was the ex-tent of our family conversa-tion.

Those who were able to

wrench their gaze fromtheir tech devices for thebrief and ultimately unful-filling conversation soon re-turned to them instead of

partaking in face-to-face conversation.

I was running be-hind for work theother day and de-cided to grab break-fast at the goldenarches. I know Ihave seen this signbefore, but it struckme differently thisparticular morning.

The sign prominently dis-played upon the drive-thrupedestal states “To helpserve you better...Please DONOT use your cell phone inthe drive-thru. Thank you.”

I read the sign and I wascompletely astonished, as ifthis had just sunk in forthe first time. What has ourworld come to when thelocal fast food chain has toask customers to refrainfrom using their phones sothat they can ensure theyare taking their orders cor-rectly?

Are we so addicted totechnology that we have

lost the common sense thegood Lord has given us?

There are some propertech etiquette rules I’d liketo offer.

-First, if you are in adrive-thru, put the phonedown. Please afford the per-son on the other end the 30seconds of your time that ittakes to complete an order.

-If you are in a meeting,attending church, at thedoctor’s office or anywhereelse where it is inappropri-ate to have your phone on,turn it off. Or better yet,leave it in your vehicle. It isincredibly rude to makeanyone else endure yourringtone and or text mes-sage alert. We all knowthere are some extraordi-narily obnoxious ringtonesout there and one-sidedconversations. If you musthave your phone on be-cause your child is homealone for the first time,someone is ill or perhapsyou are expecting the ar-rival of your new grand-baby, put your phone onvibrate and quietly/politelyexcuse yourself to take thecall elsewhere.

-Also it’s rude to sit andtext under the table or inthe pew. Everyone knowswhat you are doing. Nomatter how non-chalantyou are, it is both obviousand rude. Remind yourselfthat social media can waitand it is not going any-where. However, those infront of you are changingevery day.

If we continue to be sodistracted watching what isoccurring in the worldthrough technology we aregoing to miss the importantthings happening rightunder our nose.

January may have beenseveral months ago, but Iam making some new reso-lutions when it comes to mytechnology and I hope manywill join me. At the dinnertable all electronics will beput away and I will enjoythe one-on-one conversa-tion with my family andfriends.

Unless it is an emer-gency situation, my phonewill remain in my car orstay silenced during meet-ings and church. Instead ofplaying video games and

watching movies in theevening, I am going to askmy family to go for a walkat the park, play a game ofbad minton or we may evendust off those board gamesand enjoy some good hu-mored competition.

Again I want to stress weneed to make sure our fam-ily and friends know thattheir place is here with us,not text to text, but face toface, watching each otherchange and grow with ourown eyes instead of througha 4.1” screen. I realize wehave family and friends faraway and technology is re-quired to communicate withthem but let’s not forgetthose right in front of us.

I am not saying to get ridof our tech. Technology hasits place in our lives and inmany ways our lives are im-proved by it. But let’s re-solve to take some time andattention we give our tech-nology and give it back tothe people in our lives whowe care about and love.

(Rebecca Zahrte is presi-dent of the Woman’s Club ofMarion. She contributes peri-odically to this newspaper).

Princeton radio station coulddrop its local programming

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Extension Homemakers plan upcoming events

25th AnniversaryDoug and Allison Shep-

herd, formerly of Marion, re-cently celebrated their 25thwedding anniversary. The Shepherds were mar-

ried July 28, 1990 at TrinityUnited Methodist Church inLouisville. The Rev. ClydeBabb officiated the cere-mony. Shepherd is the Hardin

County Extension Agent forAgriculture and Natural Re-sources in Elizabethtown.

The daughter of the lateJack and Betty Voss of Mar-

ion, Mrs. Shepherd is thegeneral manager-advertisingmanager for The LaRueCounty Herald News in Hod-genville. The couple have four chil-

dren, Tim Shepherd of Har-rodsburg; Michelle Summersof Spring Hill, Fla.; DustinShepherd and Kristen Shep-herd, both of Elizabethtown.They also have four grand-children.The couple reside in Eliza-

bethtown and are membersof Grace Heartland Church.

STAFF REPORTCrittenden County Exten-

sion Homemaker AdvisoryCouncil held its summermeeting at the Marion CaféJuly 22. Sarah Ford, county presi-

dent, welcomed 15 of the 17-member council and led themin the Pledge of Allegiance. Aninspirational reading wasgiven by Pat Carter. Minutesand treasurer’s report weregiven by Barbara Myers. Ford announced it is time to

gather names of new BarnQuilt owners who wish to befeatured in the second print-ing of the Barn Quiltbrochure. Anyone who has aquilt block on their propertycan participate. The brochureincludes a photo of the blockalong with the owner’s name,address, the quilt block pat-tern, if known, and any otherinteresting information per-taining to the block theychoose to share. There is aspecial section in thebrochure for individualswhose blocks are not visiblefrom the road and for thosewho wish to have a picture oftheir quilt block included butnot their name and address.For further information callthe Crittenden County Exten-sion Service at 965-5236 anda member of Extension Home-makers will contact you.Applications for The Shoppe

Next Door are also available atthe Extension Service and theWelcome Center. The event issponsored by ExtensionHomemakers and will be heldOct. 17 at the CrittendenCounty Middle School multi-purpose room. Only onedealer representative per com-pany is eligible for the show.Applications have alreadybeen received from Avon,Mary Kay, Thirty One, ItWorks and Jamberry. Organ-izations and individuals whohave reserved a booth includethe Mary Hall Ruddiman Ca-nine Shelter, Woman’s Club of

Marion, Extension Homemak-ers and Pam Koerner. In ad-dition to dealerrepresentatives and organiza-tions, home and small busi-nesses are encouraged to havea booth to help market theirproducts.Extension Homemakers are

raffling tickets for a hand-made quilt which will bedrawn on Oct. 17. Club mem-bers will be at the Lions ClubCounty Fair on the evening ofAug. 5 selling tickets.Brandi Potter, 4-H Chair-

man on the Advisory Council,reported a successful 4-HCamp along with many othernew 4-H activities. She re-cruited Homemakers to assistwith the 4-H entries for theCrittenden County Fair. 4-Hentries will be on display atthe Woman’s Club building lo-cated on East Carlisle Street.

Micki Crider, county vice-president, informed the coun-cil all of the KEHA Program ofWork reports have been sentto their area chairman. Criderhas met with club vice presi-dents on the scorecards andthe results will be announcedat the Aug. 12 annual meet-ing. “Moving On Up” is thetheme for the 67th AnnualMeeting, which will be held atthe Marion-Crittenden CountyEd-Tech Center. Registrationbegins at 3 p.m., followed bythe program at 3:30 p.m.Dawn Holloman and TeresaFoster will present a programon their trip to China. Also new county officers

and a chairman will be in-stalled by Jerrell James, Pen-nyrile Area ExtensionHomemaker President. Per-fect Attendance and ReadingList awards will be presented.

The council agreed to spon-sor the apple pie baking con-test Oct. 2 as part of FarmersBank’s Farmer Day. Otherlocal Extension Homemakerevents scheduled include Of-ficer training on Sept. 2; Ex-tension Homemaker Week,Oct. 11-17 and the TwilightWalk set for Oct. 12. On Oct. 29, the Pennyrile

Area Extension HomemakerAnnual Meeting will be held inEddyville. The theme will be“Picking Up the Pieces: A Quil-ter’s Journey.” Tickets are$10 and must be purchasedfrom the Crittenden CountyExtension Service by Oct. 9.Extension Homemaker

Clubs kick off their programyear in September. For infor-mation on how to join, contactSarah Ford at (270) 965-3833or Micki Crider at (270) 965-2371.

SUBMITTED PHOTOCrittenden County Extension Homemaker President Sarah Ford (standing) explains the pho-tography fundraiser which will be held at the 67th County Annual meeting to members of theCounty Extension Homemaker Advisory Council. Members and guests are encouraged tobring a favorite vacation photo to the Aug. 12 event. Spectators can vote for their favorite bydonating $1 to the Nancy Hunt Extension Homemaker Scholarship. Attending the council meet-ing with Ford were Darl Henley Nancy Lanham, Sue Parrent, Sharon Giltz, Kay Long, DotBoone, Jerrell James, Margaret Gilland, Micki Crider, Barbara Myers, Pat Carter, Brandi Potter,Kathy Bechler and Nancy Hunt.

SENIOR CENTER CALENDARCrittenden County Senior

Citizens Center is open week-days 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch isserved at 11:30 a.m. each dayand is $3 for those 60 and olderor $5 for those under 60. Milk,coffee or tea are available eachday. Reservations are re-quested. All menu items aresubject to change based onavailability.

Every day, the center at 210N. Walker St. in Marion offersbilliards, card games, Wii gamesand the use of exercise equip-ment. Call the center at (270)965-5229 for further information.

Upcoming activities andmenu include:

- Today: Bible study beginsat 10 a.m. Menu is chimichangaand sauce, corn salad, refriedbeans and fruit cocktail.

- Friday: Bingo begins at10:30 a.m. Menu is fish, cole

slaw, baked pork and beans,cornbread, raisins and am-brosia. Cake will be served torecognized those with July birth-days.

- Monday: A pool tournamentwill begin at 9:30 a.m. Menu isgrilled chicken sandwich on bun,baked potato, Oriental greenbeans and an oatmeal cookie.

- Tuesday: Craft Day beginsat 10 a.m. Menu is sloppy Joeon wheat bun, seasoned peas,hashbrown casserole and fruitsalad pudding.

- Wednesday: Menu is bakedpotato soup, chicken drumstick,broccoli, navy beans, wheatbread, raisins and caramel ap-ples.

- Next Thursday: Menu isbaked spaghetti, peas and car-rots, cucumber salad, wheatgarlic bread, ambrosia and anoatmeal cookie.

STAFF REPORTPrinceton radio listeners

could be losing local pro-gramming on WAVJ-FM104.9 this weekend.

Caroline Garcia, opera-tions manager at thePrinceton station, said if abuyer does not come for-ward by Saturday, parentcompany CommonwealthBroadcasting Inc. hasplans to close the localradio station. At presstime, local programmingwas set to drop sometimeFriday in favor of simul-casting a sister stationowned by Commonwealth,Howdy 97.7 WWKY inMadisonville. The local AM

band station, WPKY 1580,also owned by Common-wealth, began simulcastingJune 30.

There is hope, however.Garcia said at least twogroups have expressed aninterest in purchasing theradio station in order tokeep local programminglike Caldwell County HighSchool Tiger football onFriday nights.

WAVJ has broadcastcontinuously for the last 65years. It is one of 17 sta-tions owned by Glasgow-based Commonwealth.

(Editor's note: The TimesLeader contributed to thisstory.)

THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, Thursday, July 30, 2015                                                                                                                                                           9A

4-Hers bring home honors

Volunteers needed as CASA program looks to expand By BRANDI ROGERSGUEST COMMENTARYOne of the first calls I

made when I took thebench in January 2015 wasto our Kentucky CASA Net-work. Then, after severalmonths, a grant applicationand many phone calls andmeetings, I am so verypleased to announce thatCourt Appointed SpecialAdvocates (CASA) will beginserving families in mycourtrooms by 2016. “Every day in this coun-

try, 1,900 children becomevictims of abuse or neglect,and four of them will die.Every day. Court AppointedSpecial Advocates for chil-dren is a network of 949community-based programsthat recruit, train and sup-port citizen-volunteers to

advocate for the best inter-ests of abused and neg-lected children incourtrooms and communi-ties. Volunteer advocates,empowered directly by thecourts, offer judges the crit-ical information they needto ensure that each child’srights and needs are beingattended to while in fostercare,” reads a statement onCASAforChildren.org. In 1977, Judge David

Soukup in Seattle, con-cerned with drastic deci-sions with insufficientinformation, conceived theidea of citizen volunteersspeaking for the best inter-est of abused and neglectedchildren in the courtroom. With the approval of the

recent grant, the HendersonCASA program will be ex-

panding into Union Countywith Union County CASAvolunteers serving familiesin that community. TheHopkins County CASA pro-gram will be expanding intoWebster County with localvolunteers serving thatcounty’s families. Then,once the program is estab-lished and self-supporting,the program will be ex-panded into CrittendenCounty.People from all walks of

life who care about childrenare encouraged to volun-teer. All volunteers must be21 years of age, pass abackground check, have 30hours of training and agreeto commit to a case untilcase closure. CASA volun-teers are purposed to sup-plement the work guardian

ad litems and social work-ers already are doing. “I greatly appreciate the

work and assistance of theCASA volunteers andstaff,” said HopkinsCircuit Family CourtJudge Susan Mc-Clure. “Many timesCASA’s input is themost reliable infor-mation that Ireceive. CASA pro-vides a voice for thechildren whose fu-tures are determinedby the court, butwhose ability to speak andmake known the true situa-tions is limited by their ageand capacity. CASA’s loy-alty is only to the child andto the child’s best inter-ests.” A child with a CASA vol-

unteer is more likely to finda safe, permanent home;get more help while in thesystem; have a consistent,

responsible adultpresence; and spendless time in fostercare. They are alsoless likely to bebounced from hometo home and aremore likely to per-form better in schooland score better onprotective factors. If you are inter-

ested in becoming aCASA volunteer or being in-volved in some way to es-tablish this program locally,please call either AndreaGoin for Union County at(270) 830-8400 or DaphyneMaddox for Webster Countyat (270) 825-1582. Critten-

den County volunteers areencouraged to get involvedin the other two counties ofthe judicial circuit until theprogram can be expandedfurther.As the 5th Judicial Cir-

cuit Family Court remainscommitted to helping fami-lies, being a part of theCASA network allows you tohelp a child in a real way,right here in our own com-munity. We have so manychildren who need assis-tance that I hope you takethis opportunity to make adifference.

(Editor’s note: BrandiRogers is in her first year asthe family court judge for the5th Judicial Circuit, which iscomprised of Crittenden,Union and Webster coun-ties.)

Rogers

By JASON TRAVIS STAFF WRITERCrittenden  County  High

School student Mauri Collinsbrought  home  top  honorsduring  the  Kentucky  4-HPoultry  Egg  PreparationDemon stration  July  11  inLexington.  The  event  washeld in conjunction with 4-HState Communications Day. During the demonstration,

participants were required toprepare  a  dish  containingeggs while exhibiting properfood safety and cooking skills.The  state  contest  includesseparate  competitions  forjuniors and seniors. Collins,the  daughter  of  Stuart  andPam Collins  of Marion, wasnamed senior division winnerat the state competition andwill  advance  to nationals  tobe held Nov. 19 in Louisville. Collins received $400 from

the Kentucky Poultry Federa-tion (KPF) to assist with travelexpenses, along with a set ofsilicon cookware. Each year,KPF funds a week’s worth offive-minute  cooking demon-strations to promote May asNational  Egg  month.  Previ-ously, 4-H winners have par-ticipated  in  televisionpromotions and Collins hasalso been offered that oppor-tunity.

“It’s exciting to have wonin my first year of competingin the egg demonstration andeven  more  exciting  to  havethe opportunity to representKentucky  in  the  nationalcompetition,” Collins said. “Ipracticed  doing  the  demon-stration  and  making  therecipe  every  day  for  a week

until  everything  flowedsmoothly.”In  addition  to  developing

and  demonstrating  leader-ship abilities and communi-cation  skills,  the  eventpromotes knowledge of  egg-quality standards, size classi-fication,  nutritional  value,preparation  and  storage,functional properties and ver-satility and economic value ofeggs. It also develops creative

skills in preparation, use andserving of eggs and the sounduse of nutritional knowledgewhen planning meals.It turned out to be a busy

day for Collins. After receivingthe  demonstration  results,she competed in the 14-year-old  speech  contest  on  theUniversity of Kentucky cam-pus, where she placed thirdfor the second year in a rowand earned a blue ribbon. 

SUBMITTED PHOTOSeveral Crittenden County youths attended 4-H Communications Day earlier this month andearned recognitions. They include (from left) Skyler James, Junior Shooting Sports Demon-stration, earning third place and a blue ribbon; Ellie McGowan and Morgan Barnes, JuniorTeam Demonstration, earning a blue ribbon; Hannah Bell, 13-year-old Speech, earning a blueribbon; and not pictured, Madison Champion, Senior General Demonstration, earning thirdplace and a blue ribbon.

SUBMITTED PHOTOMauri Collins prepares to whisk an egg in front of judges dur-ing the Kentucky 4-H Poultry Egg-Preparation Demon strationheld July 11 in Lexington. Collins prepared Ham and Egg inPuff Pastry.

Campbellsville Universityhonors three local teachersSTAFF REPORTCampbellsville University

(CU) honored 177 teachersfrom  66  school  districts,including  three  from Crit-tenden County by awardingthem  the  CampbellsvilleUniversity  Excellence  inTeaching Award.Dr.  Thomas  Floyd,  chief

of staff withthe  office  ofthe  Com-missioner ofEducation,g r e e t e dguests  atthe  cere-mony  andpraised  theeducators ata  recentawards  ceremony  on  theCU campus.“Teaching  is  a  life  well

spent,”  he  said.  “You  arededicated  to  making  sureeach  and  every  child  suc-ceeds.”Being  a  teacher  today

isn’t  easy,as  teacherswear  multi-ple hats, in-c l u d i n gcounse lor ,disciplinar-ian,  parent,friend,  busmonitor,  in-structionalleader,  clubsponsor  and  confidant,Floyd added. He  said  implementation

of new standards is raisingthe  bar  for  education  inKentucky.  More  childrenare ready to take the nextstep  with  Kentucky’s  col-lege  and  career-readinessrate  having  climbed  from34 percent to 62.5 percent,and Kentucky’s graduationrate is in the top 10 in thecountry at 87.5 percent. 

Achievement  gaps,  how-ever,  do  exist,  he  coun-tered.“We must  find  a  way  to

eliminate  them,”  he  toldthose gathered at the cere-mony.  “That  is  one  of  ourpriorities moving forward.” CU began the Excellence

in  Teaching  Awards  Pro-gram in 1987. The purposeof the program is to recog-nize  the  quality  teachingand  learning  taking  placein  the  school  systemsthroughout Kentucky.Excellence  in  Teaching

Award  recipients  for 2015included  CrittendenCounty  SuperintendentVince  Clark,  CrittendenCounty Elementary School(CCES)  Teacher  SarahRiley,  Crittenden  CountyMiddle  School  (CCMS)teacher  Neal  Bryant  andCrittenden  County  HighSchool  (CCHS)  TeacherKim Vince.Riley  is  a  third-grade

teacher  at  CrittendenCounty Elementary Schoolwhere  she  has  been  em-ployed since 2000. She  graduated  from

CCHS  in  1991.  She  at-tended  Western  KentuckyUniversity  (WKU)  whereshe  earned  her  bachelor’sof arts degree in 2000. Shealso earned her master’s ofarts  degree  from  IndianaWesleyan  University  in2004. She  is  the  wife  of  Todd

Riley  and  the  mother  ofPaxton, Payton and Gracie.Her parents are Kathy andDoug Williams.Bryant is a seventh-grade

science  teacher  at  CCMSwhere  he  has  been  em-ployed since 2013. He graduated from CCHS

in 1998. He then attendedMurray  State  University

and earned his bachelor ofscience degree in 2009.Bryant is the husband of

Becky  Bryant  and  the  fa-ther  of  Aubrey,  Eden  andRyker. His parents are Car-oline Bryant of Marion andthe late Harold Bryant. Vince  is  a  U.S.  history

teacher at CCHS where shehas  beene m p l o y e dsince 2003.She  grad-

uated  fromCCHS  in1999.  Sheearned  herbachelor’s ofscience fromWKU  in2003.  She

also earned her master’s ofarts  degree  in  2008  fromMurray State University. Inaddition,  she  also  earnedher National Board Certifi-cate in 2009.She  is  the  wife  of  Mark

Vince  and  the  mother  ofRussell. Herparents  areNancy  andC h a r l i eHunt  fromMarion.A  total  of

3 , 1 9 1t e a c h e r shave  beenrecognizedby  CU  for

their  teaching  excellencethroughout the years.CU is a widely acclaimed

Kentucky-based  Christianuniversity with more  than3,500 students offering 63undergraduate options, 17master’s degrees, five post-graduate  areas  and  eightpre-professional programs.The website for complete

information  is  Camp-bellsville.edu.

Riley Vince

BryantClark

Marion Stingrays swim team lost its onlymeet of the season at Greenville July 13 bya score of 352-248. In several age groups,the number of swimmers requires two heatsof competition; however, the Greenvillemeet only calculated points scored in thefirst heat in each age group.Results are as follows:

MEDLEy RELAy8u girls - Aubrey Hollis, Anna White, Ali Hol-lis, Elliot Evans, 1st; Aubry Grau, BraelynMerrill, Rianna Manness, Allie Brantley, 2nd.8u boys - Noah Byford, Rien Tabor, GaigeMarkham, Dougie Smith, 1st.10u girls - Carly Towery, Anna White, AddieHatfield, Payton Manness, 2nd.10u boys - Evan McDowell, Noah Byford,Gaige Markham, Jeremiah Brantley, 1st.12u girls - Aubrey Hollis, Ryleigh Tabor,Addie Hatfield, Carly Towery, 2nd.12u boys - Kollin Graham, Aaron White,Xander Tabor, Chase Stevens, 1st.Open girls - Kaylee Graham, Patti Merrill,Shelby Cooper, Sarah Hodge, 2nd.Open boys - Sawyer Towery, Jordan Ur-banowski, Clay Stevens, Travis McKinney,1st.

InDIvIDUAL MEDLEy(Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle)

8u girls - 1st Anna White, 2nd Aubrey Hol-lis, 3rd Ali Hollis, 4th Allie Brantley8u boys - 2st Gaige Markham10u girls - 3rd Carly Towery, 4th Addie Hat-field10u boys - 3rd Evan McDowell, 4th Jere-miah Brantley.12u girls - 3rd Ryleigh Tabor.12u boys - 2nd Chase Stevens, 3rd Xan-der Tabor, 4th Kollin Graham.14u girls - 2nd Shelby Cooper14u boys - 2nd James Crider, 3rd JordanUrbanowskiOpen girls - 2nd Kaylee Graham, 3rdSarah Hodge, 4th Michelle McKinneyOpen boys - 2nd Travis McKinney, 3rdSawyer Towery, 4th Clay Stevens

BUTTERFLy8u girls heat 1- 2nd Aubrey Hollis, 3rd AnnaWhite, 4th Ali Hollis; heat 2 - 1st RiannaManness, 2nd Elliot Evans, 3rd Aubry Grau8u boys - 1st Noah Byford, 3rd GaigeMarkham10u girls - 3rd Carly Towery, 4th Addie Hat-field; 5th Hanna Long10u boys - 4th Evan McDowell, 5th Jere-miah Brantley12u girls - 3rd Ryleigh Tabor12u boys heat 1 - 2nd Xander Tabor, 3rdChase Stevens; heat 2 - 1st Zander Morri-son, 2nd Aaron White, 3rd Jasper Morrison14u girls - 2nd Shelby Cooper, 3rdRheavynn Tabor14u boys - 2nd Sawyer Towery, 3rd JordanUrbanowskiOpen girls - 2nd Kaylee Graham

Open boys - 3rd Clay Stevens, 4th TravisMcKinney

BACKSTROKE6u girls - 2nd Braelyn Merrill, 3rd AllisonWhite6u boys - 2nd Noah Byford8u girls heat 1 - 2nd Anna White, 3rdAubrey Hollis, 4th Elliot Evans; heat 2 - 1stAli Hollis, 2nd Aubry Grau, 3rd Rianna Man-ness8u boys - 2nd Rien Tabor, 3rd GaigeMarkham10u girls heat 1 - 3rd Carly Towery, 4thHannah Long, 5th Addie Hatfield; heat 2 -1st Payton Manness, 2nd Allie Brantley10u boys - 1st Evan McDowell; 3rd Jere-miah Brantley12u girls - 3rd Ryleigh Tabor12u boys heat 1 - 2nd Chase Stevens, 3rdXander Tabor, 4th Aaron White; heat 2 - 1stJames Crider, 2nd Jasper Morrison, 3rdZander Morrison14u girls - 2nd Shelby Cooper, 3rdRheavynn Tabor14u boys - 2nd Sawyer Towery, 3rd BrileyBrown, 4th Jordan UrbanowskiOpen girls - 2nd Kaylee Graham, 3rdSarah Hodge, 4th Misty MarkhamOpen boys - 3rd Clay Stevens, 4th TravisMcKinney

BREASTSTROKE8u girls heat 1 - 1st Anna White, 2ndAubrey Hollis, 3rd Ali Brantley; heat 2 - 2ndAubry Grau, 3rd Elliot Evans, 4th Allie Brant-ley8u boys - 1st Noah Byford, 2nd Rien Tabor,3rd Gaige Markham, 4th Dougie Smith10u girls heat 1- 3rd Carly Towery, 4thAddie Hatfield, 5th Hannah Long; heat 2 -1st Payton Manness, 2nd Rianna Manness10u boys - 3rd Evan McDowell, 4th Jere-

miah Brantley12u girls - 3rd Ryleigh Tabor, 4th Addie Hat-field12u boys heat 1- 2nd Xander Tabor, 3rdKollin Graham, 4th Chase Stevens; heat 2 -1st Aaron White, 2nd James Crider, 3rdZander Morrison, 4th Jasper Morrison14u girls - 2nd Shelby Cooper, 3rdRheavynn Tabor14u boys - 1st Sawyer Towery, 3rd JordanUrbanowskiOpen girls - 2nd Patti Merrill, 3rd KayleeGraham, 4th Misty MarkhamOpen boys - 3rd Clay Stevens, 4th BrileyBrown

FREESTyLE RELAy8u girls - Aubrey Hollis, Anna White, Ali Hol-lis, Elliot Evans, 1st; Aubry Grau, BraelynMerrill, Rianna Manness, Allie Brantley, 2nd8u boys - Noah Byford, Rien Tabor, GaigeMarkham, Dougie Smith, 1st10u girls - Carly Towery, Anna White, AddieHatfield, Payton Manness, 2nd10u boys - Evan McDowell, Noah Byford,Gaige Markham, Jeremiah Brantley, 1st12u girls - Ryleigh Tabor, Carly Towery,Aubrey Hollis, Hannah Long, 2nd12u boys - Xander Tabor, Kollin Graham,Aaron White, Chase Stevens, 1st; JamesCrider, Evan McDowell, Jasper Morrison,Zander Morrison, 2nd14u boys - Xander Tabor, Jordan Ur-banowski, Kollin Graham, Sawyer Tower,1stOpen girls - Shelby Cooper, Sarah Hodge,Kim Rieke, Kaylee Graham, 2ndOpen boys - Clay Stevens, Briley Brown,Chase Stevens, Travis McKinney, 2nd.

FREESTyLE8u girls heat 1 - 1st Anna White, 3rd ElliotEvans, 4th Aubrey Hollis; heat 2 - 1st Alli

Hollis, 2nd Allie Brantley, 3rd Braelyn Merrill,4th Aubry Grau8u boys - 2nd Noah Byford, 3rd Rien Tabor,4th Gaige Markham, 5th Dougie Smith10u girls heat 1 - 3rd Carly Towery, 4thAddie Hatfield, 6th Payton Manness; heat 2- 1st Hannah Long, 2nd Rianna Manness10u boys - 3rd Evan McDowell, 4th Jere-miah Brantley12u girls - 3rd Ryleigh Tabor12u boys heat 1 - 2nd Chase Stevens, 3rdXander Tabor, 4th Kollin Graham; heat 2 -1st Aaron White, 2nd Jasper Morrison, 3rdZander Morrison14u girls - 2nd Shelby Cooper; 3rdRheavynn Tabor14u boys - 2nd Sawyer Tabor, 3rd JordanUrbanowski, 4th James CriderOpen girls - 2nd Kaylee Graham, 3rd KimRieke, 4th Sarah HodgeOpen boys - 3rd Clay Stevens, 4th TravisMcKinney, 5th Briley Brown

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FOOTBALLCCMS football scheduleSept. 3 at Union CountySept. 10 WEBSTER COUNTYSept. 15 at South HopkinsSept. 19 at Trojan BowlSept. 22 at James MadisonSept. 29 BROWNING SPRINGSJunior Pro registration

Registration for Junior Pro Footballfor boys in grades 3-6 will be heldduring Sneak-a-Peek at CrittendenCounty Elementary School and atOpen House at Crittenden CountyMiddle School on Thursday, Aug. 6.Cost is $55. A discount is availablefor multiple children in same house-hold. Practice will begin Tuesday,Aug. 11. Players will need to haveproof of a physical examination be-fore being allowed to participate infull-contact practices, which willbegin on Aug. 17. Many players willbe able to get free physicals throughtheir private insurance or from theirfamily physicians. If not, Dr. JohnnyNewcom of Health Quest WellnessCenter will be giving physicals start-ing at 4:30 p.m., at the park conces-sion stand on Thursday, Aug. 13.Anyone with questions about JuniorPro Football may call Chris Evans(270) 704-0435.Flag football registration

Registration and assessments forflag football will be from 8:30-10a.m., Saturday, Aug. 22 at RocketStadium. This league is for gradesK-2 and it there is no fee. Games willstart the following Saturday. Formore information, call JeremyWheeler at (859) 333-4095.1985 recognition Sept. 11The annual border war high school

football game between Crittendenand Caldwell counties will be Sept.11 and that will also be the AlumniGame, where players from 1985championship will be recognized onthe 30-year anniversary. Also, thestate semifinalist teams of 1963 and2008 will also be recognized. Organ-izers are trying to put together an-other old-timers football game onSaturday, Sept. 12. Stay tuned formore details on that effort.

SOCCERFall league registration

Crittenden Youth Soccer Associa-tion is now registering boys and girlsages 3-14 for the fall soccer season.Forms may be picked up at Tru-ColorGraphics on Sturgis Road in Marion.Completed forms may be mailed toCYSA, PO Box 584, Marion KY42064. Registration will also be avail-able at the Crittenden County Ele-mentary School Sneak-a-Peek onAug. 6, and at Marion Dairy Queenfrom 9 a.m., until noon on Aug. 15.Deadline to register is Aug. 15. Costis $40, which includes shirt andsocks. Season starts on Aug. 24. Formore information, call (270) 952-5798 or join our group on Facebookat CYSA.

BASEBALLJHF Wiffle ball in Aug. 6-8The Jake Hodge Foundation Wiffle

Ball Tournament at Little Busch Sta-dium in Princeton has been resched-uled for Aug. 6-8. The tournamentwas rained out a couple of weeksago. It’s the group’s major fundrais-ing event for the year and will includea number of players and teams fromMarion.

CHEERLEADINGCheers! to a car wash

CCHS Cheerleaders will be havinga car wash Friday at the 88 Dip onSturgis Road. All proceeds benefitthe cheerleading squad.

OUTDOORSHunting seasonsGroundhog Year RoundCoyote Daytime Year RoundBullfrog May 15 - Oct. 31Dove Sept. 1 - Oct. 26Rail / Gallinule Sept. 1 - Nov. 9Canada Goose Sept. 1-15Archery Deer Sept. 5 - Jan. 18Archery Turkey Sept. 5 - Jan. 18Wilson Snipe Sept. 16 - Oct. 25Wood Duck, Teal Sept. 19-23Teal Only Sept. 24-27Crossbow Deer Oct. 1 - Oct. 18Crossbow Turkey Oct. 1 - Oct. 18Youth Deer Oct. 10 - 11Muzzleloader Oct. 17 - 18Shotgun Turkey Oct. 24 - Oct. 30Gun Deer Nov. 14 - Nov. 29Crossbow Deer Nov. 14 - Dec. 31Crossbow Turkey Nov. 14 - Dec. 31Rabbit, Quail Nov. 16 - Feb. 10Dove Nov. 26 - Dec. 6Wilson Snipe Nov. 26 - Jan. 31Shotgun Turkey Dec. 5 - Dec. 11Muzzleloader Dec. 12 - Dec. 20Dove Dec. 19 - Jan. 10Youth Deer Dec. 26 - 27

8u All StarChampions

The 8-under CrittendenCounty baseball all stars tookfirst place in the Lyon CountyTournament last weekend.Pictured are (front from left)Andrew Candelario, Levi Sud-doth, Garner Stallins, EthanThomas, Zach Purvis, (back)coach Tanner Tabor, BradenOdom, Quinn Summers, Ben-nett McDaniel, Travis Bull,Kaiden Travis and coachAaron Summers. The champi-onship was Crittenden’s onlyall-star title during post-sea-son play. On the team but notpictured were Landon Curryand Jantzen Fowler, andcoach Dave Copeland.

West Kentucky Bandits14u fast-pitch softballteam played in theUSSSA Tennessee StateChampionship recentlyat Franklin, Tenn. Theteam, made up of play-ers from Marion and thesurrounding area,placed fourth againsttop competition fromTennessee and Ala-bama. Marion playersare Ellie and EmmieSmith, Jenna Potter,Hannah Cooksey,Brandy Book and (notpictured) Matthia Long.Stephen Smith of Marionis also a coach.

The Crittenden County 12u all-starbaseball team finished runnerup in theLyon County Tournament last weekend.

The Crittenden County 8u all-star soft-ball team finished runnerup in the Cald-well County Tournament last weekend.

Ball SeasonsClosing DownCrittenden County 10u all-star shortstop Aubre Conyerraces to make a tag againsta Caldwell County baserun-ner that collides with Crit-tenden third baseman CallieBrown during softball tour-nament action last week atPrinceton. Above, all starHadley Rich readies for aplay. Post-season all-star ac-tion is just about over formost teams as school willbe back in session in a cou-ple of weeks.

MARION SWIM TEAM MEET RESULTS

Post-Season Baseball heats up in late July

Allison White of the Stingrays com-petes in a recent swim team event.Here, she employs the backstroke.

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agriculture24’ hay elevator with 1 hp elec.motor, $500; 4-metal corner hayrack, 4-corner feed boxes, 4-buckethooks, $100. (270) 704-9598.(2t-05-p)

for rentMobile home for rent, 3 BR, 2 bath,no inside pets, no smoking.$500/mo. (270) 988-2796. (2t-06-p)slThree bedroom, two bath, centralheat and air. Stove, refrigerator.Trash pick-up and yard mainte-nance. $475 plus deposit. (270) 704-3234.

real estateHouse for sale: 106 Brook St., Mar-ion, Ky., 3 BR, 1 bath, has wheel-chair ramp for easier access.Contact (270) 969-8098. (8t-05-p)

animalsGuinea chicks, $5 each, (270) 965-5822. (2t-06-p)

employmentEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CITY OF MARION POLICE DEPARTMENT

The Marion Police Department isseeking to fill the position of PoliceOfficer as soon as possible. Underthe general direction of the Chief ofPolice, the Officer will be responsiblefor patrolling and other such dutiescommon to our department’s opera-tions. Minimum requirements includebasic training and certification as rec-ognized by the Department of Crimi-nal Justice Training (DOCJT); someexperience in law enforcement is de-sirable, but not mandatory. A copy ofthe full job description for the PoliceOfficer’s position is available fromthe City Administrator. Salary for thisposition is set at $37,697 for the2015-2016 fiscal year. The City alsopays 100% of the officer’s health in-surance premiums, and 75% of anycovered family member. We offer 10paid vacation days and 12 paid holi-days per year. Anyone interested inthe position should submit a City ofMarion Job Application to the CityAdministrator’s office by 12 noon onWednesday, August 12, 2015. At thistime, we are not accepting applica-tions from non-DOCJT certified per-sonnel. The City of Marion is anEqual Opportunity Employer and aCertified Drug-Free Workplace.Autobody shop is looking to hire techni-cians and helpers, send resume toP.O. Box 664, Marion, Ky. 42064. (2t-06-c)

Experienced highway/heavy con-struction job supt.: Crown Contract-ing & Paving, LLC is seeking an“experienced only” highway / heavyconstruction Supt. for local projects.Email resume to: cbrown@crown-contracting.org or mail to: 11000 Hwy62 West, Princeton, Ky., 42445. Call(270) 365-5999 and leave detailedmessage. Responses will be keptconfidential. Equal Opportunity Em-ployer. (2t-05-c)Experienced heavy equipment oper-ators: Crown Contracting & Paving,LLC is seeking “experienced only”heavy equipment operators for localhighway and heavy constructionwork. Those with Class A CDL pre-ferred. Email resume to:cbrown@crowncontracting.org ormail to: 11000 Hwy 62 west, Prince-ton, Ky., 42445. Call (270) 365-5999and leave detailed message. Re-sponses will be kept confidential.Equal Opportunity Employer. (2t-05-c)Experienced Class A CDL driver:Crown Contracting & Paving, LLC isseeking a “experienced only” ClassA CDL driver for local haul. Experi-ence in moving heavy equipment amust. Must have clean MVR. Emailresume to: cbrown@crowncontract-ing.org or mail to: 11000 Hwy 62west, Princeton, Ky., 42445. Call(270) 365-5999 and leave detailedmessage. Responses will be keptconfidential. Equal Opportunity Em-ployer. (2t-05-c)Due to expanding business, Thorn-ton Trucking located at 1197 Ky. 109,Sturgis, Ky., is looking for full-timetruck and trailer mechanics. If inter-ested call Don Morse (270) 997-1416. (2t-05-c)The Earle C. Clements Job CorpsAcademy is seeking employees. Weoffer a competitive salary and bene-fits package as well as tuition reim-bursement and advancementopportunities. Full-time, part-time,and substitute positions available.MTC is an equal opportunity em-ployer-minority/female/disabled/vet-eran. To view current openings andqualifications and to apply, pleasevisit our website: www.mtcjobs.com.“Building Tomorrow’s FuturesToday”. (3t-05-p)

servicesConcrete work: Parking lots,garages, steel buildings, room addi-tions, call for quote, (270) 724-4672,Joe Mattingly, Concrete Construc-tion. (4t-07-p)Need a handyman call (270) 704-2625. (3t-06-p)Bingham Pressure Washing, hous-ing, buildings, garages, etc. Free es-timates, call (270) 704-2585.(5t-05-p)Debris removal, buildings cleanedout, small teardowns, tree work, de-bris cleanup. Pick up truck with liftgate. (270) 988-1958. (21t-10-c)db

yard salesGarage sale, Fri. and Sat., 7:30 a.m.-?, 2633 Wilson Farm Rd., turn off Ky.120, farm table/chairs, dishes, babyclothes boys’ 0-18 months, girls’ 0-2T, baby bed, walker, exersaucer,high chairs, stroller/carseat, house-hold items, sheets, blankets, craftitems, much more. (1t-05-p)Moving sale, Fri., 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat.,7 a.m.-noon, 106 Summit Dr., Green-wood Heights, furniture, tools,kitchen items and much more. (1t-05-p)Yard sale, Mon. and Tues., 7 a.m.-3p.m., 303 Crayne Cemetery Rd., rainor shine, boys’ and girls’ clothes,shoes, toys and women’s clothesand many other household items.(1t-05-p)Carport sale, 207 Aunt Janes Taber-nacle Rd. off Ky. 91, second house

on left, Wed., Thurs. and Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (1t-05-p)Yard sale, 57 Mexico Rd., Fri., 8a.m.-?, large round braided rug, elec-tric pressure washer, weight set, pic-tures, clothes, jewelry, purses andlots more, priced to sell, you don’twant to miss this one. (1t-05-c)5-family yard sale, Thurs. and Fri., 8a.m.?, 316 Chipps Dr., furniture,tools, guns, knives, jewelry, too muchto mention. (1t-05-p)Moving sale, 232 West Bellville St.,Fri. and Sat., 8 a.m., large air com-pressor, saws, lumber, lawn mower,bicycles, go-cart, grill, 3 tier fountain,table top oven, refrigerator, oak tableand chairs, lg. canvas prints, lg.screen TVs, electric bicycle andmisc. (1t-05-p)Yard sale, Fri. and Sat., 970 ClaylickRd., Marion, starting at 7:30 a.m.,lots and lots of women’s name branddress and casual clothes, boots,shoes, sandals, men’s jeans andshirts, boys’ up to 5T and little girls’newborn thru 3T, strollers, few babyitems, several math teaching books,décor, furniture items, toys, lots ofodds and ends, something for every-one. (1t-05-p)

wantedBuying gold and silver, paying cashfor coins and jewelry. Free ap-praisals, paying top prices. Call (270)704-1456. (1t-05-p)

noticesPuiblic Notice

Notice to all sportsmen: All propertiesknown as Wanda Pauline or BeverlyHerrin, LLC that are under the man-agement of Don Herrin are closed tohunting of all types, fishing and tres-passing. This is due to an excessivereduction in wildlife and unknowntrespassing. Written permission fromDon Herrin is required from any indi-vidual who may have business rea-sons to be on said property.(2t-06-c)dh

Legal NoticeI, Melissa Guill, Clerk of CrittendenCounty District Court Marion, Ky., docertify that the following has filed no-tice of Final Settlement: NancyRobertson of 287 Freedom ChurchRd., Marion, Ky., executrix of FrankieE. Cook, deceased. The foregoingSettlement is to be heard at the reg-ular session of Crittenden DistrictCourt on August 26, 2015. All per-sons having exceptions to said set-tlements are to file same at once.

Crittenden District CourtMelissa Guill, Clerk (1t-05-c)

Legal NoticeI, Melissa Guill, Clerk of CrittendenCounty District Court Marion, Ky., docertify that the following has filed no-tice of Final Settlement:Diann Shuecraft of 7260 U.S. Hwy.60 West., Marion, Ky., 42064, ex-

ecutrix of Shirley Joan Hackney, de-ceased.The foregoing Settlement is to beheard at the regular session of Crit-tenden District Court on August 26,2015. All persons having exceptionsto said Settlements are to file sameat once.

Crittenden District CourtMelissa Guill, Clerk (1t-05-c)

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ing relays with D&D Automa-tion through incarnations asSafetran, Invensys and nowGermany-based Siemens,CCEDC has been a partner ingrowth, offering the Ed-TechCenter just behind Siemens inIndustrial Park South as a sitefor employee training. It hasalso played a parallel role intraining the workforce of Par4, a homegrown manufacturercelebrating it’s 25th anniver-sary this year.

Par 4 President Tim Cappssaid the company makes morethan 2,000 parts. That is fu-eled by a growing demandfrom automobile manufactur-ers as car sales have pickedup following The Great Reces-sion.

“We put parts on about 50percent of cars,” Capps told aroom full of CCEDC investorsand local employers gatheredat the Ed-Tech Center.“There’s probably a part fromMarion on your car.”

There are 227 employed atPar 4 “and we’re growing everyday,” Capps added.

In the last year, the planthas added 8,000 square feet ofmanufacturing space. It hasalso added eight machines toits production line recentlyand made $3 million in capitalimprovements, including ahalf-million-dollar air condi-tioning system at the mainplant in the industrial parkand a new roof on the formerTyco building that houses asister company, Tyler Manu-facturing. That facility alsoserves as a warehouse for fin-ished Par 4 products.

“Each month, we’re settingrecords,” Capps said of sales.“Things are going great at Par4.”

Sales are up 12 percentover last year, he reported.

Siemens, too, is experienc-ing double-digit growth com-pared to the previous year.Martin said sales are up 11percent, and the local plant isin its sixth consecutive year ofgrowth.

The company is sharingthat success with its work-force. After recently re-evalu-ating employee compensation,the plant increased annualpayroll by $300,000.

While the manufacturingsector thrives in CrittendenCounty, the retail sector ap-pears somewhat stagnant,and the service sector is strug-gling. In the last year, Marionhas lost its only dry cleaner,

dentist and cellular phonestore.

But Terry Bunnell, CCEDCpresident, said manufacturinggrowth should create opportu-nities in those two sectors.

“I think what will drivethose service jobs to us are ourindustrial jobs,” he said. “Thespinoff should also benefit theretail sector.”

While last Thursday’s re-ports from local manufactur-ers who compete on a worldstage has fueled such opti-mism, perhaps the best newsfor the local economy is thatCHS has turned a corner in itsfight for survival.

“When I first came here, Iwas scared to death,” hospitalCEO Greg McNeil told those atthe EDC’s annual meeting. “Ididn’t know if we were going topull it out, but we did.”

A native of Madisonville,McNeil returned to westernKentucky from Kansas in No-vember 2013 to take on thechallenge at CHS. To keep thedoors open, the hospital wasforced to streamline opera-tions by cutting positions andreducing employee compensa-tion and benefits.

What was painful for staffaffected by the changes, Mc-Neil and the volunteer board ofdirectors that oversees opera-tions has rescued the non-profit organization as otherrural hospitals across the na-tion continue to close amid atumultuous period forproviders.

“We’re starting to grow,”McNeil said, adding that thehospital generates $4 millionper month in gross revenue.

The moves to save the hos-pital have also rescued thecommunity, not just from thepotential loss of local healthcare services, but also eco-nomic disaster. While rankingNo. 3 in the county in terms of

employee numbers just be-hind Par 4, the payroll at CHSis unmatched.

McNeil said annual payrollfor 220 full- and part-time em-ployees with the hospital andits related health care servicesis $8 million. Both the city andcounty rely heavily on payrolltaxes collected from CHS em-ployees to help fund the gov-ernment services they providethe community.

Though payroll figures fromSiemens and Par 4 were notavailable at press time, thehigh number of professionalswith college degrees at CHSand with the local school sys-tem likely rank the employersfirst and second in the county,respectively, in terms of pay-roll. The board of educationpaid out $6.44 million to 191full-time employees during the2014-15 school year.

Also reporting success atthe CCEDC meeting was Mid-west Transport SpecialistsSales Manager Jim Zoretic.The Kansas City, Kan.-basedtrucking company started upin Marion three years ago withonly three employees. Locatedadjacent to the South MainStreet property leased bySiemens, which is its primarycustomer for local operations,Midwest now employs 10 at itsMarion hub.

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Ms. Pageant (Ages 21 & Up)Admission $5 Adults / 5 & Under FreeThese events are open (nonresidents can compete)

MONDAY, AUGUST 37:00 p.m. Miss Pre-Teen Pageant (Ages 8-12)Fohs Hall Teen Pageant (Ages 13-15)

Admission $5 Adults / 5 & Under FreeThese events are open (nonresidents can compete)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 47:00 p.m. Miss Crittenden County Pageant (Ages 16-21)Fohs Hall Admission $5 Adults / 5 & Under Free

These events are open (nonresidents can compete)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 57:00 p.m. Family Night FREE AdmissionFairgrounds Cameron Mills Ministry

Sponsored by Farmers Bank, Conrad’s & Marion Tourism

THURSDAY, AUGUST 67:00 p.m. Enduro Circle Truck RacingFairgrounds Admission $5 Adults / 5 & Under Free

FRIDAY, AUGUST 77:00 p.m. Truck & Tractor PullFairgrounds Admission $10 Adults / $5 Children 6-15 / 5 & Under Free

SATURDAY, AUGUST 87:00 p.m. Lawn Mower / Demolition Derby Fairgrounds Admission $10 Adults / $5 Children 6-15 / 5 & Under Free

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By JASON TRAVISSTAFF WRITER

A new business has re-cently opened at the formerlocation of Marion’s SouthernStates building. Mattoon resi-dent Glenn Ford opened MagzAuto Sports July 20. Fordsaid since its grand opening,the business has seen asteady stream of customers.

In addition to towing andrecovering, Magz sells newand used tires. Ford also per-forms light repair work onautos such as alternators,water pumps, electrical,brakes, tune ups and com-puter diagnostics. But Fordstresses the business is moreof a service center rather thana garage. The businessdoesn’t perform work on en-gine or transmission over-hauls.

“It’s based on the platformof a dealership garage. Theonly difference is we don’t sellcars,” he said, then paused toadd, “We may grow into that.All we do is offer walk-inwork.”

Ford said customers willappreciate the ability to bringin their automobiles to his fa-cility, which offers walk-in oilchanges without the need forscheduling.

“People’s lives are busy.Our lives are busy, so I under-stand that,” he said.

Helping Ford is his part-ner – both in life and in busi-ness – his wife Monica. Thecompany’s name, Magz, is de-rived from their first names,

Monica and Glenn. Ford said he is blessed to

be able to occupy the formerCrittenden Farm Supplybuilding. He said many indi-viduals passing along WestGum Street have alreadytaken notice of the black and

orange mailbox in front of theproperty. Those colors will bethe official colors of the busi-ness and matching stripes willbe painted along the building.Tow trucks will also keep withthe businesses color scheme.

Ford, who is a member of

Repton Baptist Church, saidin addition to serving his cus-tomers, it’s equally importantto serve the community ofMarion and CrittendenCounty.

“We want to be a long-standing business in the com-munity. We want to help ourcommunity and grow with thecommunity,” he said.

His first community out-reach initiative is to offer abike raffle to help raise moneyto support CommunityChristmas, a charity Fordsaid helped his family whenthere was a need.

“Those volunteers, I don’tknow if they truly realize whatthat means to a poor familythat can’t provide extra moneyfor Christmas,” he said,adding it’s important for himto be able to give back to thelocal holiday charity that hashelped his family and somany other families in thecounty.

Being able to open hisbusiness in Marion hasmeant a lot of work and dedi-cation. Ford began buildinghis company over an eight-year period near his home inMattoon. Now as he settlesinto his new and centralizedlocation, he wants his cus-tomers to know they cancount on him to provide qual-ity work at a fair price.

“My dad always taught methat you’re only as good as thework you put out,” Ford said.“I truly believe in that and willalways believe in that.”

Magz Auto Sports opens for business

PHOTO BY JASON TRAVIS, THE PRESS

Glenn and Monica Ford of Mattoon have opened Magz AutoSports on West Gum Street in Marion. The business openedJuly 20 in the former Crittenden Farm Supply building.

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Local jobless rate drops in JuneBelow are jobless rates for select counties listed from the

state’s lowest in June 2015 to the highest, with rates for Crit-tenden and surrounding counties included between. Unem-ployment rates dropped in 118 of the state’s 120 counties fromJune 2014 to June 2015.

JUNE MAY JUNEAREA 2015 2015 2014

Kentucky..........................5.3 ................5.3 ................6.7Pennyrile .........................6.1 ................6.1 ................7.4

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Woodford (1) ...................3.7 ................3.8 ................4.8Webster ...........................5.2 ................5.2 ................6.4Crittenden........................5.3 ................5.6 ................6.6Lyon.................................5.4 ................5.7 ................6.3Caldwell ...........................5.5 ................5.6 ................6.5Livingston ........................6.5 ................6.5 ................7.8Union ...............................6.5 ................6.6 ................7.6Magoffin (120) ...............13.1 ..............12.7 ..............14.3

City plans repairsto worst streets

Work to straighten outChapel Hill Road’s junctionwith South Main Street in Mar-ion will be put off for anotheryear in favor of making repairsto multiple damaged streetsacross town during the re-maining construction season.

A plan to realign the inter-section was hatched last yearto create a right angle wherethe streets meet. City Adminis-trator Mark Bryant said thework, planned to be completedby a city work crew, would costabout $20,000.

At the urging of MayorMickey Alexander, Chapel HillRoad will be put on the back-burner in order to addressstreets that draw the mostcomplaints.

“There are so many repairswe could go a lot further with,”the mayor said recently.

City Administrator MarkBryant said one of streets ingreatest need of repair is Le-land Avenue, where he saidone of the city’s nicest subdivi-sions is located. He estimateswork to cost up to $35,000.

Bryant said a full list ofstreets requiring attention willbe brought before the citycouncil at the Aug. 17 meeting.

Fredonia paradeseeking entries

The annual Fredonia LionsClub Summer Festival is slatedfor Aug. 8 and will kick off withthe Fredonia Valley Parade theevening before. Grand mar-shals of the parade will be TedFeagan and Larry York. Theparade begins at 6:30 p.m.

“We welcome churches, an-tique cars, trucks and vans,sports, clubs, horses andmules and wagons,” saidMichelle Travis, organizer ofthe parade.

For more information aboutthe parade, call or text Travisat (270) 625-6936.

Logan Fiscal Courtdefines marriage

On Tuesday, Logan FiscalCourt passed a resolution af-firming religious freedom and

marriage as a bond between awoman and a man. The actionwas in response to the U.S.Supreme Court striking downKentucky’s marriage law.

“This is a great day for thedemocratic process,” Common-wealth Policy Center ExecutiveDirector Richard Nelson said.“Though the ruling doesn’toverrule the court, it does agreat service to the citizens ofLogan County who want to seetheir leaders stand for mar-riage and religious freedom.”

Passage of the resolutionsimply makes clear that LoganCounty stands against the highcourt's recent ruling.

City flushing waterlines next week

Marion water customersmay experience discolorationfrom the tap or air in the linebeginning late next week.

According to City Adminis-trator Mark Bryant, municipalutility workers will start sys-tematically flushing water linesnext Thursday and continuethrough Aug. 9. The semi-an-nual flushing will take place indifferent areas across townafter 9 p.m. during each of thefour days.

If discoloration of water orair in the lines is experienced,Utilities Director Brian Thomassaid customers should justkeep the tap open.

“Just let it run, it shouldclear up,” Bryant added.

Meetings - Crittenden County Board of

Education will meet for its reg-ular monthly meeting at 6 p.m.today (Thursday) inside RocketArena. It follows a 5 p.m. spe-cial work session.

- Crittenden Fiscal Court willmeet for a special-called meet-ing at 8:30 a.m. Monday in thejudge-executive’s courthouseoffice. Adoption of a resolutionto lease a backhoe is slated.

- Crittenden County Cham-ber of Commerce meets at 8a.m. Tuesday at MarionTourism Center.

- Crittenden County Board ofEducation will meet for itsmonthly work session at 6 p.m.Tuesday in the Rocket Arenaconference room.

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STAFF REPORT

The City of Marion is fea-tured in the July/August2015 issue of Kentucky City,a bimonthly magazine pub-lished by the KentuckyLeague of Cities, which repre-sent’s the state’s 425 incorpo-rated towns. The two-pagespread, “Marion Invests in ItsFuture,” details the city’s in-vestment into downtown.

“For the past several years,the city has been the agent ofchange for the community,”the story reads.

City Administrator Mark

Bryant is quoted extensivelythroughout the article. In fact,it reads mostly as a narrativeby Bryant.

“The city realized the pri-vate sector would not act iflocal government didn’t makean investment in the commu-nity,” he was quoted.

Bryant describes chrono-logically the major capital im-provements the city made toimprove downtown and theservices it provides residents.

“The city took control of avacant shopping center in theheart of downtown, deter-

mined to turn things around,”Bryant continued.

Transforming that shop-ping center, which featured agrocery store and drive-through bank branch, allowedfor growing city hall from acramped 3,000-square-footbuilding to a complex of16,000-square-feet.

The Great Recessionslowed the city’s marchfoward, but in 2010, city offi-cials started movement onbuilding a new fire station.Once completed, the $1 mil-lion project gave Marion’s vol-

unteer fire department astately 8,200-square-foothome on the corner of Mainand Bellville streets. It was fi-nanced with a tax-free loan.

Then, in 2013, the city re-ceived a grant to improve theemergency services operationand upgrade to a 911 system.The dispatch center is also atthe center of future plans.Bryant told Kentucky Citythat on the wish list is a$150,000 upgrade to a com-puter-aided dispatch system.

The entire article can beviewed at KLC.org.

City featured in magazine for investing in town