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Chances are patrons of a local pizzeria have encountered Jerry Vandevelde — his smiling face greeting customers with pizza de-liveries at their doors for almost 20 years.

But as of Wednesday, the 71-year-old delivery man was hanging up the thermal carrying bag and decommissioning his red Pizza Inn shirt as Vandevelde be-gan his retirement with a special recognition from the organiza-tion he has called home for de-cades.

“Jerry is nothing but full of

dedication and always had a good attitude about his job, taking it very seriously,” said Larry Rust, Paducah Pizza Inn franchisee. “Everybody got a real kick out of Jerry, especially with his age, but

he never let that be a hindrance at all.”

Vandevelde said he never could fi gure out what he wanted to do, and when he did, it wasn’t ever for very long. Vandevelde’s track record includes several years in the U.S. Navy, construction work and real estate before he joined Pizza Inn in September 1994 for a steady paycheck.

Despite countless miles under his tires, Vandevelde never had a wreck and his tenured experience earned him a prized “legend” status among the franchise’s em-

Pizza Inn delivery man, 71, retiresBY WILL PINKSTON

wpinkston@paducahsun.com

WILL PINKSTON | The Sun

Jerry Vandevelde, 71, takes out his last Pizza Inn delivery order be-fore retirement Wednesday after 19 years delivering food with the Paducah pizzeria. Vandevelde was honored in a small retirement ceremony by the store franchisee and a company vice president for his years of service.Please see VANDEVELDE | 3A

“I’ve always liked being with people and around them,

and talking to them.”

Jerry VandeveldeRetired pizza delivery man

McCracken County is one step closer to getting what planning commission Chairman Wayne El-liott called its fi rst correct zoning map.

Commissioners voted unani-mously Wednesday to recom-mend that the Fiscal Court hire Tommy Joe Fridy, a Webster County attorney, to review the cur-rent maps and address a series of reported zon-ing issues.

Fridy, who at-tended Wednes-day’s meeting, currently serves as attorney for the Henderson County Plan-ning and Zoning Commission and has experience with planning and zoning in other counties. Elliott said he was im-pressed with Fridy’s credentials before commissioners gave the green light to hire him. The only concern came from Commission-er Ronnie Gay, who approved the request but said that he hated to see the job go to someone out of the area.

County Commissioner Ron-nie Freeman suggested during a meeting in September that County Attorney Mike Murphy research names of qualifi ed indi-

Panel OKs attorney to address zoning

BY MALLORY PANUSKAmpanuska@paducahsun.com

Fridy

Please see ZONING | 3A

CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun

Paducah police Sgt. Will Gilbert (left) and officer Brian Kopischke open a homemade barbecue pit crafted by late McCracken County Deputy Sheriff Chad Shaw. Gilbert said the pair outlined a wish list in chalk when they got the trailer, and two weeks later Shaw had fashioned the pit with winches and electric doors. They use the pit every year at the Barbecue on the River Festival.

Sometimes, something so small and so simple can have more meaning than a large, grand ges-ture. For the Regulators BBQ team, that something is a red ban-danna.

“Chad (Shaw)’s uniform was simple,” pit master Will Gilbert said. “Cut off jeans, a gray shirt, work boots and a red bandanna. So I went out and bought up all the red bandannas I could.”

Most of the team will don the

red bandannas throughout this weekend at the 19th Ever Bar-becue on the River competition. Pitmasters Gilbert, Brian Ko-pischke and Nathan Young are all Paducah police offi cers, and tradi-tionally cook for the Fraternal Or-der of Police charities. This year, without handyman, teammate and friend Shaw — a McCracken County deputy sheriff who died after a heart attack in early August — will be a little harder.

“I could give you a tour from the front to the back of this booth,

and you couldn’t fi nd something that isn’t touched by Chad,” Gil-bert said. “He’s been gone a little over a month now, and it hasn’t made anything easier.”

Shaw was known as the fi x-it of the group. After last year’s windstorm that demolished tents and fl ooded barbecue pits, Shaw spent the following night and day welding a larger tent for the Regulators. He put together the team’s drainage system. Most im-

Remembering the fallenBY CORIANNE EGANcegan@paducahsun.com

Police barbecue team carries spirit of late member

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Clear skies and the sounds of rock ’n’ roll welcomed attendees at Porkstock, the kick-off fund-raiser for Barbecue on the River.

Visitors to Wednesday’s music- and food-fi lled event didn’t have to worry about a repeat of last year, when a storm blew through downtown Paducah and forced Porkstock to pull up stakes.

“It’s great weather,” Barbecue on the River co-organizer David Boggs said. “We cannot complain at all.”

He estimated that 350 to 400 people fl ocked to the Paducah riv-erfront to enjoy a taste of barbe-cue before the offi cial start of the three-day festival. The theme for this year’s Porkstock was rock ’n’ roll, and Boggs got into the spirit with a Pink Floyd T-shirt.

Guests in the parking lot on Water Street were treated to mu-sic from rock bands Classic Waxx and The $ellouts as they enjoyed barbecue sandwiches, chips and hors d’oeuvres.

Boggs said Porkstock, which reached its fi fth year Wednesday, brings many return guests. Most of them had stories to tell about last year’s experience.

“We got in our cars literally right at the moment it began to pour down,” recalled Chris Mc-Neill, a Paducahan and yearly visitor to Porkstock. “But not this

Hundreds kick off BBQ on the River

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Learning came to life for stu-dents in one Paducah Middle School class who tested their knowledge of many topics dur-ing the classroom version of the popular game show “Jeopardy!”

Jeopardy! Clue Crew mem-ber Jimmy McGuire led a game of with Tessa Hooks’ seventh-grade science and ecology stu-dents Wednesday. The game included two rounds and a fi -nal Jeopardy! question that in-cluded inquiries about science, sports, spelling and literature. Clues were read by McGuire or displayed with an image or video.

Students split into three groups, selected names includ-ing Cool Cats, Bazinga and WDKY for We Don’t Know Yet, and competed for points in cat-egories such as school supplies, home cities for sports teams, punctuation, rhyme time and state capitals. The fi rst round also included a category of science questions tailored to Hooks’ current lesson plan.

“It’s great that the game lets me pick questions and catego-ries and can be adapted to any discipline,” she said.

Classroom Jeopardy! is the electronic version of the quiz show where questions are dis-played on a projector and stu-dents buzz to answer and re-

ceive the points. Hooks said the game provides students a new way to learn and process infor-mation.

“This game brings excitement to the class, and when students are excited to learn it makes teachers excited to teach,” she said.

Members of the Clue Crew travel to two schools each

month and about 25 schools each school year, McGuire said. The crew visited Eastern Greene High School in Bloomfi eld, Ind., Tuesday. He said Paducah Middle School was selected be-cause of the new state-of-the-art building that opened in August.

He said the game is special be-cause it allows teacher and stu-dent involvement to mold the

categories and the questions.“When the game is over and

kids still want more, that’s al-ways a good sign,” he said. “It has an engaging quality that gives students more confi dence and brings them out of their shell. Students forget they are in school.”

Students scrambled to buzz in quickly and cheered when ques-tions were answered correctly. Members of the WDKY team scored a come-from-behind vic-tory on the fi nal question. The group was the only team to an-swer the question, which asked the names of Hooks’ two pets.

Students had fun and enjoyed the interactive nature of the game but had to adjust to an-swering in the format of a ques-tion.

Mary Kate Via, member of the winning team, said: “I liked be-ing able to click the buzzer. The whole game was a lot of fun.”

Following the game, the show and the local NBC affi li-ate WPSD donated the Class-room Jeopardy! game, valued at about $500, to Paducah Middle School. The game can be found at more than 50,000 middle and high schools nationwide, according to McGuire.

Contact Kathleen Fox, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8651 or follow @kathleendfox on Twitter.

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Downtown Kiwanis Club, lunch, noon, Elks Club, 310 N. Fourth St. 441-0825. 

Wine tasting to benefit St. Nich-olas Family Clinic, 5 p.m., Pasta House Co., 451 Jordan Drive.

Paducah/McCracken County retired teachers, 5 p.m. at Mc-Cracken County High School. A pot-luck meal will be served. All retired teachers and guest are invited. Buddy Rushing, 554-3726, or Kathy Mayne, 554-7312.

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Members of the Cool Cats, one of three teams that partici-pated in Classroom Jeopardy! from Tessa Hooks’ seventh-grade Paducah Middle School class, scramble to hit the buzzer and answer a question Wednesday. The three teams competed dur-ing two rounds of the classroom learning tool modeled after the television quiz show.

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A busy construction season along the 93 miles of Interstate 24 through Kentucky is starting to wind down as work is completed along two of three major rehabilitation projects.

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to re-move the Interstate 24 work zone from the 10 to 16 mile markers in Mc-Cracken County today.

The work zone lane restrictions should be removed by about 4 p.m., weather permitting, according to Keith Todd, District 1 highway spokesman. Some limited lane re-strictions could be established along this section of I-24 to fi nish work over the next few weeks, if required.

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The “Duck Dynasty” program or-ganized by the Graves County High School Athletic Department for Sat-urday has been canceled because of low ticket sales, according to Graves County athletic director Doug Gloyd.

Willie and Korie Robertson and two of their children, Sadie and John Luke, were to visit Saturday.

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ployees.Nearly 19 years to the day

he started work at the piz-zeria, however, Vandevelde delivered his last order and returned to a surprise cer-emony in his honor. Com-pany offi cials presented Vandevelde with a Pizza Inn watch, plaque and a re-tirement check in apprecia-tion for his years of service.

“It speaks volumes to the type of presence we want to have in the community,” said Steve Link, vice presi-dent of Pizza Inn. “Some-body like Jerry that can do a job of delivery driver for almost 20 years at one

location, that’s the type of team member that we re-ally want to hold on to.”

Vandevelde said he en-joyed working at Pizza Inn for the quick pace, whether he was in the restaurant helping with the buffet dur-ing the dinner rush or tak-ing deliveries around town.

“I’ve always liked being with people and around them, and talking to them,” he said. “Pizza Inn is al-ways busy and it’s been a really good paycheck.”

Following the ceremony, Rust refl ected on Vande-velde’s time with the fran-chise, and said it’s hard to see someone of his dedi-cation level and congenial

attitude with customers move on.

“We’re in the people business as much as the food business,” Rust said. “You can have wonderful food but if you don’t have good customer service skills then you’re not going very far, but a combination of the two is a recipe for success.

“We really appreciate all his service and dedication, and we’re very blessed to have people like Jerry working with us.”

Contact Will Pinkston, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8676 or follow @WCPinkston on Twitter.

WILL PINKSTON | The Sun

Larry Rust (left), franchisee of Paducah’s Pizza Inn, presents a parting paycheck to longtime delivery driver Jerry Vandevelde, 71, during his retirement ceremony with Steve Link (right), vice president of Pizza Inn, at the Paducah location on Wednesday. Vandevelde has served as a delivery driver with the pizzeria for 19 years.

VANDEVELDE

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viduals within a 75-mile radius from Paducah to research and fi x the al-leged problems.

The issues came to light in April after Paducah attorney Burton “Dell” Washburn discovered an unauthorized zone change to property he owned along Harris Road last year. After conducting research, Washburn pre-sented evidence of hun-dreds of similar changes that county maps show occurred between 2007 and 2008.

Fridy said that he has not had time to look at the details of the issues and could not comment on what he will need to fi x or how long it will take. He said that he expects to dive into some uncharted terri-tory when he gets into it, though.

“There are some issues that neither I nor anyone else I know of have dealt with,” he said. “But it all looks like they will fall into the normal, legal method of rezoning.”

Fridy said he will likely take two to three months to identify the issues, after which he expects to have

a better understanding of what will need to be done to fi x them.

Murphy said that he will come up with a simple contract for the work and present it to the Fiscal Court at its next regular meeting, set Oct. 7. He said Fridy’s requested rate is $215 an hour but that the contract will work out details of how he will be paid.

Attorney General Jack Conway’s offi ce is also investigating the matter as the commissioners at-tempt to fi x the issues on the maps.

A former Geographic Information System su-pervisor alleges Judge-Executive Van Newberry ordered the changes to fi x shoddy property lines by way of a hand-drawn map. Newberry denies the allegations. Proper docu-mentation of the changes — including public hear-ings, notifi cations and votes — does not exist in any Fiscal Court or plan-ning commission minutes.

Contact Mallory Panuska, a Paducah Sun staff writ-er, at 270-575-8684 or follow @MalloryPanuska on Twitter.

ZONINGCONTINUED FROM 1A

portantly, he built the whole hog cooker on top of a trailer after Kopischke and Gilbert imaginatively drew chalk diagrams on the ground be-neath it.

“He’s been with us every day for the last few weeks,” Kopischke said. “Earlier this week, I had to borrow Chad’s truck to tow the cookers down to the river-

front, because none of our vehicles could handle the load. That was really emo-tional.”

Both Gilbert and Ko-pischke take turn fi ghting back tears when they talk about Shaw. He was a good offi cer and a good team-mate, Kopischke said, but he was a great friend. The Regulators aren’t strang-ers to tragic losses. In 2010, team member Norm Rob-

erts cleaned up the booth and the cooking station and went home while others stayed to cook competition meats. Hours later, Gilbert received a call that Roberts had suffered a fatal heart at-tack.

The team dedicated a shadow box in their booth to Roberts and fi lled it with his apron and cooking uten-sils. For Shaw, Gilbert said it was more appropriate for

his to have an apron and tools. The booth will also have a large banner inside dedicated to Shaw.

Nearby, Big Daddy’s team is cooking for the Smith-land Fire Department. That booth will be named Lad-der 23, in honor of Shaw’s badge number.

Out of the Regulators’ 10 years at Barbecue on the River, Shaw only missed one, for a big-game hunt-

ing trip with his dad. He still called about once an hour to check in, Gilbert said.

“It’s a family down here,” Kopischke said. “Everyone has come over and has given their condolences. When-ever someone is gone from it, they are missed. Sorely, sorely missed.”

Contact Corianne Egan, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8652.

The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today.

■ Murray City Council —

6:30 p.m., City Hall.■ Paducah-McCracken

Joint Sewer Agency — 5 p.m., meeting facility, Northview Street.

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TodayLots of tasty barbecue and fixings available

at food booths beginning at 11 a.m.Live entertainment on the Main Stage in

front of the Paducah Symphony Beer & Wine Garden, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 11 p.m.

Main Stage Entertainment5 p.m. - Mothership Murphy (party rock)6:15 p.m. - Terrapin Pond (progressive blue-

grass)6:45 p.m. - Ivas John Band (blues)8 p.m. - Terrapin Pond8:30 p.m. - Murr-Vegas All-stars (R&B, soul,

party rock.5 p.m.-7 p.m. - Autograph session with Mur-

ray State football coach Steve Prohm at the fenced-off area on the corner of 2nd and Jef-ferson (next to the public restrooms).

Non-food vendorsNoon-11 p.m.

Friday

Lots of tasty barbecue and fixings available at various food booths beginning at 11 a.m.

Live entertainment on the Main Stage in front of the Paducah Symphony Beer & Wine Garden, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 11 p.m.

Main Stage Entertainment3:30 p.m. - Shoveldog (rock)5 p.m. - Scale Hound (electric swamp)5:30 p.m. - Lew Jetton & 61 South (South-

ern-fried Chicago blues)7:30 p.m. - Scale Hound8 p.m. - The Cruisers (blues, jazz, rock)

Non-food vendorsNoon - 11 p.m.

Saturday

Lots of tasty barbecue and fixin’s available at various food booths beginning at 11 a.m.

Live entertainment on the Main Stage in front of the Paducah Symphony Beer & Wine Garden, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 11 p.m.

United Way 5K Run9 a.m. - Race starts at Paducah Bank, 555

Jefferson Street. For more information, visit www.unitedwaypaducah.com.

Marine Industry Days10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Paducah Riverfront,

Wilson Stage area. Activities include public tours of a towboat, line throwing contest and displays of maritime equipment.

10 a.m. - Registration for the Line Throwing Competition begins.

1 p.m. - Line Throwing Competition begins.Note: The boat tours are subject to vessel

proximity and availability.

Main Stage Entertainment11 a.m. - Cantageus (classic rock)Noon - The McKendrees (bluegrass)12:30 p.m. - Oh Yeah Dakota! (original rock

and blues)1:30 p.m. - The McKendrees2 p.m. - Zeke the Robot (smooth jazz)3:15 p.m. - Something Vintage (funk and

blues)4 p.m. - Awards presentation4:30 p.m. - Something Vintage5 p.m. - 2 Years Wasted (original Southern

rock and blues)6 p.m. - Adam & the H-Bombs (Jazz, blues,

’60s, ’70s, ’80s rock)8:30 p.m. - Murmur (Rock and contempo-

rary pop)

Non-food vendors9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Additional Entertainment11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Murray State University’s

Jazz Ensemble will play at the corner of 2nd and Madison streets.

This schedule is subject to change. Please check www.bbqontheriver.org for the most up-to-date information.

Barbecue on the River schedule

A Dunkin’ Donuts in-side a retail center under construction on West Park Drive will be the sec-ond coming to Paducah in 2014.

Scott Morris, member of Louisville-based Tasco Properties, said the fi rst store is set to open some-time in March at the cor-ner of Lone Oak Road and Jackson Street. Morris said he secured space in-side a shopping center at a former Cashland store between Jimmy John’s and Family Video.

The second location, which Morris confi rmed Tuesday, will open later next year inside a 16,792 square-foot retail center planned for construction at 2781 West Park Drive. The center will also house a Pancheros Mexican Grill and a Firehouse Subs.

The fi rst phase of the center is slated for completion in late Feb-ruary, while the second phase, which includes the Dunkin’ Donuts, is set to fi nish later in the year.

Crews are moving dirt at the site in preparation for construction. Paducah planning offi cials ap-proved development plans in August.

Contact Mallory Panus-ka, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8684 or follow @MalloryPanus-ka on Twitter.

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Imagine opening an envelope from your health insurance carrier and reading a notice that your monthly premium is going to triple.

You may not have to imagine it much longer. It’s already happening.

Jim Angle, chief national correspondent at Fox News, wrote this week about the experience of Andy and Amy Mangione who recently received notification from their insurance company, Humana, that their premium would jump from $333 a month to $965.

The Mangiones, who purchased their insurance on the individual market, had not requested any additional coverage or changes to their policy. In fact, it was — and still is — a high-deductible plan.

Andy Mangione said, “Nothing has changed. Our boys are healthy. They’re young. My wife is healthy. I’m healthy. Nothing in our medical history has changed to warrant a tripling of our premiums.”

Humana spelled out the reason for the increase: to remain compliant

with the Affordable Care Act: “Increases aren’t based on your individual claims or changes in health status. Many other factors go in to your premium including: ACA compliance, including the addition of new essential health benefits.”

The letter also stated that the increases weren’t “unique to Humana — premium increases generally will occur industry-wide.”

That’s comforting.

While more modest increases are expected on premiums for employer-provided insurance plans, those who purchase on the individual market — either because they are self-employed or because their employer does not provide health benefits — should brace for substantial increases. Angle quotes a spokesman for American Health Insurance Plans, who explained one reason why: the federal government will now require coverage for services previously not included in most inexpensive plans, whether the policy holders want the coverage or not.

All the newly insured forced to purchase through state exchanges

will be among those paying hefty premiums.

If you think Kentucky’s insurance exchange will offer some protection against the kind of hikes in premiums the Mangiones are facing, think again. The family lives in Louisville.

They did all the right things. They were responsible, buying an affordable plan that provided basic coverage for themselves and their children, making sure their medical expenses would not be borne by the taxpayers.

But now they’re getting socked with an insurance premium equal to a mortgage payment. The Mangiones are on a tight budget, and this $632 additional monthly expense will force them to make some lifestyle changes.

This is what happens when Washington decides it can make better choices for you than you can make for yourself.

WASHINGTON — When Dwight Eisenhower asked Gen. Georgy Zhukov how the Red Army cleared minefi elds, Zhukov replied: “We march through them.” Being profl i-gate with lives is a perquisite of command and a luxury of those with an abundance of lives at their command. Some congressional Repub-licans, who do not command their party but can implicate it in their marches through minefi elds, might resuscitate Barack Obama’s presidency by restocking his pantry of excuses: The economy’s con-tinuing anemia will ever after be blamed on any government shutdown.

The face of this Republican faction is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, on whose boots glistens dew from the grass roots. Recently, he was making desultory passes at breakfast oatmeal after returning to Washington at 2 a.m. from a Manhat-tan television studio, where he exhorted conservatives nationwide to somehow force Obama to accept defunding of the Affordable Care Act. Cruz explained his thinking:

It is two minutes until midnight. On Jan. 1, 2014, the ACA’s insurance sub-sidies begin, like a heroin drip, making Americans instant addicts. The Obama administration knows that no major entitlement, once tasted, has been repealed. The administration is un-interested in enforcing the subsidies’ eligibility require-ments. Hence Republicans must be prepared to shut-ter the government. Obama will be blamed for resulting inconveniences because he will have vetoed funding for everything rather than accept-ing denial of funding for one thing — the ACA. Granted, Republicans, not President Bill Clinton, were blamed for the 1995 shutdown. But today’s circumstances are different because of the rise of the conservative grass roots.

The defeat of Obama’s gun control agenda, Rand Paul’s fi libuster about presidential use of drones, and opposition to attacking Syria prove that presidents and traditional media no longer dominate national debates. Since 1995, the burgeoning of conserva-tive journalism, talk radio, the Internet and social media has changed everything.

Well. Those people who are best at deceiving others fi rst deceive themselves. They often do so by allowing their wishes to be the fathers of their thoughts, and begin by wishing that everything has changed.

If the ACA is, as conserva-tives believe, as unpleasant in potential effects as it is impossible to implement, conservatives should allow what Lincoln called “the silent artillery of time” to destroy it. Obama is one of those who mistake their good luck for ge-nius. Having been wafted into high offi ce by gusts of Repub-lican failures, he became the fi rst president to win a second term with reduced percent-ages of both the popular and electoral votes. Nevertheless, Obama remains mesmerized by himself. He has not noticed that many objects of his rhetorical support — the ACA; scores of Democratic candi-dates; his gun control agenda; his plan to attack Syria — have not become popular.

The government should not be closed; the debt ceiling will be raised. Republicans should, however, take to heart the last words of H.L. Mencken’s summation of Theodore Roosevelt: “Well, one does

what one can.” Republicans can give Democrats a ruinous opportunity to insist upon unpopular things. House Republicans can attach to the continuing resolution that funds the government, and then to the increase in the debt ceiling, two provi-sions: Preservation of the ACA requirement — lawlessly disregarded by the admin-istration — that members of Congress and their staffs must experience the full enjoyment of the ACA without special ameliorating subsidies. And a one-year delay of the ACA’s individual mandate.

By vetoing legislation be-cause of these provisions, and by having his vetoes sustained by congressional Democrats, Obama will underscore Dem-ocrats’ devotion: Devotion to self-dealing by the political class, and to the principle that only powerful interests (busi-nesses), not mere citizens, can delay the privilege of comply-ing with the ACA.

Arithmetic, not moral failings, makes Republicans unable to overturn Obama’s vetoes. So after scoring some points, Republicans should vote, more in sorrow than in anger, to fund the govern-ment (at sequester levels, a signifi cant victory) and to increase the debt ceiling. Having forced Democrats to dramatize their perverse pri-orities, Republicans can turn to completing the neutering of this presidency by winning six Senate seats.

Republicans now making a moral melodrama over any vote that allows the ACA to be funded should remember Everett Dirksen of Illinois. The leader of Senate Repub-licans during passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act recalled, “Forty preachers caught me one afternoon there in that lobby. ‘I am not a moralist,’ I told them, ‘I am a legisla-tor.’” It is good to be both; it is sterile to be the former to the exclusion of the latter.

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis contin-ues to delight and surprise as he pursues his radical pilgrimage across the global psyche — inspiring with his humility while also sending shock waves with his subversive spirit.

Yes, make no mistake, this humble man from Argentina who describes himself fi rst as a sinner and prefers simplicity to the opulence afforded by his station is, like Jesus Christ himself, a radical.

He washes the feet of the poor while eschewing the ruby papal slippers for his own holy feet. He lives in humble quar-ters among colleagues rather than in the isolation of the Vatican suites where his predecessors have slept. He immerses himself in humanity while urging a greater pastoral role for the church and a de-emphasis on the harsh judgments of institutional authority.

In a world where greed and pride hold hands in the dark, Francis appears like a brilliant apparition of, say it, brother — hope and change. He is a paradoxical mix of friend and foe wrapped in a happy package of tough love: friend of the poor, downtrodden and marginalized; foe of the purveyors of a status quo that worships money and throws away the young and

old. He is, in other words, a problem for the world and poses special anxiety for pious politicians both inside and outside the church walls.

As such, he has a unique, transformative opportu-nity unseen in our time, not only for the Catholic Church, which could use a good purgative, but also for the larger world.

The anti-politician, he is fearless, pro-vocative and willing to call out the wea-sels — not so much by their names but by their actions. He has special criticism for globalization, which, he says, has created a culture in which the weakest suffer most and those on the fringes, the elderly and the young, “fall away.” In such a money culture, “we throw away grandparents and we throw away young people.”

In other, less orderly times, Francis would be hustled out of town on a don-key. In today’s universal media world, word gets around and there’s no hushing a brave man with a message millions long to hear. “Truth will out,” goes the saying, but Francis gives truth a nudge at the

door.In a recent interview

for the Jesuit publica-tion America, the Vicar of Christ implored the church to not overemphasize those issues that social conservatives hold so dear. He didn’t go so far as to suggest that the church change its core beliefs on subjects such as abortion

and traditional marriage, but he urged a reordering of priorities and a less harsh approach. The hungry need food before they can hear a lecture about nutrition.

More love, less judgment is the seed he is planting, a worthy bumper sticker these days. In a judgmental era that sometimes rivals darker ages, Francis’ words tumble into the human conversation like an un-invited guest. This humble, radiant man doesn’t sprinkle rose petals and platitudes to amuse and beguile. He drops daisy cut-ters of truth and social justice smack into the punch bowl.

Talk about a splash. And all the while, he smiles.

But Francis says he doesn’t wish to be known as the smiling “cordial manager

of the church” who “comes here and says to you ‘have courage,’” as he recently told a crowd of unemployed workers in Italy. Rather, he wants to be the brave one, the man who reaches deep inside his own well of humanness with all its frailties and limitations and fi nds the will “to do everything I can as a pastor and a man.”

Telling the crowd to “fi ght for work,” he said the economic system that created the “idol which is called money” is not a local problem but a “world choice.”

In his short time at the Vatican, Francis also has tackled one of the worst scourges on the planet — the explosion in human traffi cking, including child labor, forced domestic work and prostitution. Not content to bemoan this sorry state of af-fairs, he has called on the Vatican to study the problem and, during a conference he has scheduled for November, develop an action plan.

In the parlance of the street that Fran-cis seems to know better than most, he walks the walk. It is not his style to, if you’ll pardon the expression, pontifi cate. His soul may be aimed for heaven, but his heart and feet are fi rmly planted in the earth.

May his roots bear fruit.

Edwin J. Paxton, Editor & Publisher, 1900-1961

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WASHINGTON — Unani-mous but far from united, the Senate advanced leg-islation to prevent a par-tial government shutdown on Wednesday, the 100-0 vote certain to mark mere-ly a brief pause in a fi erce partisan struggle over the future of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

The vote came shortly after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz held the Senate in ses-sion overnight — and the Twitterverse in his thrall — with a near-22-hour speech that charmed the tea party wing of the GOP, irritated the lead-ership and was meant to propel fellow Republican lawmakers into an all-out struggle to extinguish the law.

Defying one’s own party leaders is survivable, he

declared in pre-dawn re-marks on the Senate fl oor. “Ultimately, it is liberat-ing.”

Legislation passed by the Republican-controlled House last week would cancel all funds for the three-year-old law, pre-venting its full implemen-tation. But Senate Demo-crats have enough votes to restore the funds, and Majority Leader Harry Reid labeled Cruz’s turn in the spotlight “a big waste of time.”

Any differences between the two houses’ legislation must be reconciled and the bill signed into law by next Tuesday to avert a partial shutdown.

The issue is coming to the forefront in Congress as the Obama adminis-tration works to assure a smooth launch for the health care overhaul’s fi -nal major piece, a season

of enrollment beginning Oct. 1 for millions who will seek coverage on so-called insurance exchanges.

Health and Human Sec-retary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters this week that consumers will have an average of 53 plans to choose from, and her de-partment estimated the average individual premi-um for a benchmark policy known as the “second-low-est cost silver plan” would range from a low of $192 in Minnesota to a high of $516 in Wyoming. Tax credits will bring down the cost for many.

Republicans counter that the legislation is caus-ing employers to defer hir-ing new workers, lay off existing ones and reduce the hours of still others to hold down costs as they try to ease the impact of the bill’s taxes and other requirements. — AP

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Chris McNeill (left) and wife Melanie McNeill of Paducah enjoy chips at Porkstock, held Wednesday evening in downtown Paducah. Chris McNeill said he attends the fundraising event for Barbecue on the River every year because he supports its cause and likes to meet others who do the same.

year. It’s all good.”McNeill, who attended

with wife Melanie, said they make it a point to sup-port Porkstock and Barbe-cue on the River because of the purpose behind it.

Porkstock brings in any-where from $10,000 to $12,000 for year-round

operating costs associated with Barbecue on the River, according to Boggs.

Others simply enjoyed the food, music, and com-pany Porkstock offers.

“It’s better than Christ-mas, just about,” said Dr. Spencer Romine of the Or-thopaedic Institute, which sponsored Porkstock.

“We’re glad we didn’t get

washed away this year,” added fellow Dr. Thane De-weese.

The 19th Ever Barbecue on the River festival starts at 11 a.m. today and runs through 11 p.m. Saturday.

Contact Laurel Black, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8641 or follow @LaurelFBlack on Twitter.

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Classic Waxx performs a classic rock song at Wednesday’s rock ’n’ roll-theme Pork-stock event at the Paducah riverfront. The annual Barbecue on the River kickoff event was canceled last year due to rain, but visitors were pleased with this year’s weather. 

WASHINGTON — It soon could cost 49 cents to mail a letter.

The postal Board of Gov-ernors said Wednesday it wants to raise the price of a fi rst-class stamp by 3 cents, citing the agency’s “precari-ous fi nancial condition” and the uncertain prospects for postal overhaul legislation in Congress.

“Of the options currently available to the Postal Ser-vice to align costs and rev-enues, increasing postage prices is a last resort that refl ects extreme fi nancial challenges,” board chairman Mickey Barnett wrote cus-tomers.

The rate proposal must be approved by the inde-pendent Postal Regulatory Commission. If the commis-sion accepts it, the increase would become effective Jan. 26.

Under federal law the post offi ce cannot raise its prices more than the rate of infl a-

tion unless it gets approval from the commission. In seeking the increase, Barnett cited “extraordinary and exceptional circumstances which have contributed to continued fi nancial losses” by the agency.

As part of the rate increase request, the cost for each ad-ditional ounce of fi rst-class mail would increase a penny to 21 cents while the price of mailing a postcard would rise by a cent, to 34 cents. The cost to mail a letter to an international destination would jump 5 cents to $1.15.

Many consumers won’t feel the increase immedi-ately. Forever stamps bought before an increase still would cover fi rst-class postage. The price of new forever stamps would be at the higher rate, if

approved.The Postal Service also

said it would request price increases totaling 5.9 percent for bulk mail, periodicals and package service rates, ac-cording to a fi ling to be made with the commission Thurs-day. Media and marketing businesses that rely on postal services say a big increase in rates could hurt them and lower postal volume and rev-enues.

Rafe Morrissey, the Greet-ing Card Association’s vice president of postal affairs, said the rate increases were “no substitute for common-sense, structural reforms” and the group hoped they would be rejected.

The post offi ce expects to lose $6 billion this year.

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MAYFIELD — Charles Thomas “Tom” Callahan, 67, of Mayfi eld died on Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013, at Jackson Purchase Medi-cal Center. Arrangements were incomplete at Byrn Funeral Home in Mayfi eld.

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FULTON — Services for Doris Martin, 84, of Fulton will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton. Burial will be in Gibson County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Martin died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Ful-ton.

She was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by three sons, J.T. Martin Jr. and Robert Martin, both of Fulton, and Kevin Mar-tin of Rockvale, Tenn.; two daughters, Emma Martin of Chicago and Debbie Riscar of Austin, Texas; two broth-ers, R.L. LaRue and James LaRue, both of Dyersburg, Tenn.; one sister, Nancy Howsel of Yorkville, Tenn.; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.T. Martin Sr.; one son, Joe Martin, and one brother. Her par-ents were Oliver and Emma Reed Cooper LaRue. There will be no visitation.

Doris Martin

MARION — Leon Fritts, 79, of Marion died Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at his home.

He was a truck driver and attended Main Street Bap-tist Church in Marion.

He is survived by his wife, Nina Mae Fritts; four sons, Larry Fritts of Eddyville, Ronnie Fritts of St. Claire, Mich., Donnie Fritts of San Antonio, Texas, and Barry Fritts of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one brother, Doyle Fritts of Marion; one sister, Caro-lyn Sunderland of Marion; eight grandchildren; and several great-grandchil-dren, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by one grandson. His par-ents were Robert and Vir-ginia Wright Fritts.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Myers Funeral Home of Marion with the Rev. Wendell Ordway of-fi ciating. Burial will follow at Mapleview Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Leon Fritts

BENTON — Graveside services for Angela Casso-day, 42, of Benton will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at Union Ridge Cem-etery in Aurora with Brett Miles offi ciating.

Ms. Cassoday died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Lourdes hospital in Paducah. She was a mem-ber of the Catholic faith.

Surviving are two sons,

Nick Cassoday of Ben-ton and Chris Cassoday of Paducah; one daughter, Amber Cassoday of Apop-ka, Fla.; and her mother, Linda Walls of Almo.

She was preceded in death by one son, Cory Mc-Neely, and her father, Steve Anker.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. Friday at Collier Fu-neral Home in Benton.

Angela Cassoday

SOUTH FULTON, Tenn. — Valerie Gordon, 45, of South Fulton died Tuesday, Sep-tember 24, 2013, at Baptist Health Paducah. She was a housewife and a member of General Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Wayne Gor-don; three daughters, Kim-berly Clements of Union City, Brittany Clements of South Fulton and Jessica Heller of Fulton, Ky.; one son, Jeremy Scott Gordon of Fulton; one sister, Marie

Sampson of Morganfi eld, Ky.; one brother, William Sampson of Fulton; her parents, William J. and Pa-tricia Ann Powell Sampson of Fulton; and eight grand-children.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton. Burial will be in Union Cemetery.

Friends may call from noon Saturday until the hour of service at the funer-al home.

Valerie Gordon

WINGO — Jacqueline “Jackie” Baker Morgan, 79, of Wingo died at 5:06 a.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at her home.

She was a retired nursing home adminis-trator. She was of the Church of God faith.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Morgan of Wingo; two sons, Keith Bak-er of St. Louis and Kevin Baker of East Prairie, Mo.; two stepsons, Scott Morgan and Glenn Morgan, both of Wingo; three

grandchildren; and fi ve great-grandchil-dren. She was preceded in death by her fi rst husband, Larry Baker. Her parents were Jack and Jessie Alene (Powers) Ivie.

There will be no visitation. Services will be at a later date. Brown Funeral Home in Mayfi eld is in charge of arrangements.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Ameri-can Cancer Society, 3140 Parisa Drive, Paducah, KY 42003.

Jacqueline Morgan

David Tapp, 51, of Paducah died at 2:20 a.m. Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Paducah Care.

He is survived by his father and stepmoth-er, Richard Arien Tapp and Sue Tapp of Calvert City; his mother, Mary Jo Stratton Tapp of

Paducah; one sister, Vanessa Kay Gower of Paducah; and one brother, Richard Tapp of Paducah.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, September 28, 2013, at New Hope Cemetery.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home in Benton.

David Tapp

BENTON — Vernell Rodgers, 88, of Cal-vert City died at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday, Sep-

tember 24, 2013, at her home. She was a member of Jesus Name Taberna-cle.

She is survived by one daughter, Oneda Silver of Ballwin, Mo.; one son, Harold Rodgers of Princ-eton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;

and one sister, Emmadale Egner of Cal-vert City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Haskell Rodgers, and four sisters. Her parents were Gus and Jennie Johnson Egner. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 26, 2013, at Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Shumaker offi ciating.

Burial will be in Calvert City Cemetery. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the fu-neral hour Thursday, September 26, 2013, at the funeral home.

Vernell Rodgers

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CHICAGO — A small northern Illinois city that lost more than $53 mil-lion over two decades to its thieving former book-keeper will recoup about $40 million, the mayor said Wednesday when announcing a legal settle-ment in the case.

Dixon will receive $40 million as part of a settle-ment with a bank and au-ditor it had accused of not doing enough to expose former Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s scheme, May-or Jim Burke said. The city also recouped about $10 million by selling off Crundwell’s belongings, but it incurred $10 million in legal and other costs, he said.

“This is huge for the city,” Burke said. “I’ve got to be honest about this. I didn’t think we’d see this much.” A judge still needs to approve the settlement.

Crundwell pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced in Febru-ary to nearly 20 years in prison. Prosecutors say she stole the money over 22 years as the Dixon’s bookkeeper, even while the city was having trouble paying its bills. She used the money to live lavishly and to build a nationally-renowned horse-breeding operation.

In its lawsuit, the city accused Fifth Third Bank and auditors Clifton, Lar-son, Allen, Samuel Card of not doing enough to expose Crundwell’s theft. It cited a deposition by a former bank branch manager who said the bank failed to follow reasonable commercial banking standards while handling a Crundwell

account. Specifi cally, the manager said the bank cashed unendorsed checks from Crundwell, cashed checks made payable to “treasurer” without fur-ther inquiry and allowed Crundwell’s secret person-al account to be opened as a city account without proper verifi cation.

Burke said the settle-ment was reached Satur-day after 17 hours of nego-tiations that began Friday morning in Chicago.

“The only suggestion I

gave our attorney, I said, was ‘don’t leave any mon-ey on the table,’” Burke said.

Burke said he will hold a public meeting next week to explain the settlement to Dixon residents and the fi nancial impact it will have on the city. The mon-ey is due in a lump sum before the end of the year, Burke said. After the Oc-tober meeting the city can start to talk about what to do with the funds, he said.

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Former Dixon, Ill., comptroller Rita Crundwell leaves a courtroom in Dixon with attorney Paul Gaziano after making her first appearance in the northern Illinois city to face charges she embezzled nearly $54 million from the town. Crundwell pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced in February to nearly 20 years in prison. On Wednesday, Mayor Jim Burke said the town will recoup about $40 million as part of a settlement with a bank and auditor it had accused of not doing enough to expose Crundwell’s scheme.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s Freedom of In-formation Commission has ordered the release of the 911 tapes from last year’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The commission ruled Wednesday in favor of an appeal by The Associated Press for access to the re-cords withheld by investigators.

Prosecutors have argued that releasing the record-ings could harm the investigation into the Dec. 14 massacre. The commission’s ruling can be appealed in Connecticut’s courts.

The AP requested documents, including copies of 911 calls, in part to examine the response of law enforcement to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. Twenty-six people, including 20 children, were killed inside the school by the gunman, Adam Lanza, who committed suicide as police arrived.

Panel orders release of Newtown 911 tapes

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JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli minister is criticizing the prime minister’s instruction to Israel’s U.N. del-egation to boycott the Iranian president’s speech at the General Assembly.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid said in a statement that Benjamin Netanyahu’s instruction made Israel seem opposed to negotiations and “uninterested in peaceful solutions.”

He said walking out of the assembly was “irrelevant in current diplomacy.”

Israel minister criticizes boycott of Iran speech

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Cracker Barrel is recalling nearly 8,000 BBQ ant votive candle holders because they can break and create a fire hazard or burn someone.

The company said Wednesday that the decorative ant’s arms that hold up a votive cup can break. If a lit candle is in the cup at the time, it can tip over or fall out. No incidents or injuries have been reported.

The black metal candle holders are 6 1/2-inches tall. The words “Backyard BBQ” and “Glass Votive Holder” are printed on the front of the package. SKU number 426154 can be found on the bottom of the packaging.

The candle holders were sold at Cracker Barrel stores nationwide from May through June for about $6.

Consumers should immediately stop using the prod-uct. They can be returned to any Cracker Barrel store, or consumers can call Mercuries Asia at (800) 828-9316 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit www.ma-recall.com to get a refund.

Shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. added 59 cents to $102.67 in morning trading.

Cracker Barrel recalling some candle holders

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FORT WORTH, Texas — America’s new $100 bill will feature a color-changing ink well, a 3-D security rib-bon, and more texture on Benjamin Franklin’s collar.

The new C-note that goes into circulation next month is aimed at fighting back against counterfeit-ers with improved printers and technology.

It still carries the image of Franklin, one of Ameri-ca’s Founding Fathers.

But it adds part of the Declaration of Independence from Franklin’s left shoulder to the right edge of the bill. A quill and an ink well are printed behind the text, and a blue ribbon runs near the center of the bill.

The ink in the well changes colors when the bill is turned. The new $100 bill is scheduled to enter circu-lation on Oct. 8 after years of delays due to produc-tion issues.

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Israel believes Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb, and Netanyahu has voiced skepticism at recent moderate gestures by Iranian President Hasan Rouhani.

Netanyahu said Israel’s delegation boycotted Rou-hani’s speech because it was “a cynical public relations ploy.”

The Iranian leader said in his speech that he is ready to restart negotiations over his country’s nuclear pro-gram and called for moderation. Netanyahu said the ad-dress was filled with “hypocrisy.”

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Athens 83 66 s 86 65 sBeijing 79 55 s 77 59 sBerlin 57 40 c 59 41 pcBuenos Aires 66 54 s 66 54 pcCairo 86 65 s 86 64 sHong Kong 84 73 c 84 77 cJerusalem 80 59 s 79 59 sLondon 66 52 pc 68 53 pcManila 84 74 t 85 76 rMexico City 73 56 t 73 55 tMoscow 46 35 sh 46 35 sParis 70 57 pc 75 60 cRome 74 61 s 79 61 sSeoul 72 54 s 73 59 pcSydney 84 60 s 72 60 sTokyo 75 61 sh 74 59 sWarsaw 51 35 sh 53 39 cZurich 71 53 sh 73 54 c

Five-Day Forecast for PaducahShown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Almanac

UV Index Today

Sun and Moon

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

River and Lake Levels

Ohio River

Full Pool

Regional WeatherCity Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

World Cities

National CitiesCity Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Regional Cities

The Region

St. Louis

Cape Girardeau

Paducah

Owensboro

Cadiz

Union CityNashville

MemphisPulaski

Blytheville

Evansville

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Carbondale

Clarksville

Jackson

Elevation 24 hr. Chg

Precipitation

Temperature

Flood stageMississippi River

Stage 24 hr. Chg

National Weather

TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY

84/63

84/59

82/58

84/60

82/58

82/58

84/6182/60

82/57

84/68

82/61

83/58

84/61

82/57Warm with a full day of sunshine

High 84°

Clear

Low 60°

Mostly sunny and very warm

High86°

Low61°

Mostly sunny, nice and warm

High84°

Low62°

A couple of t-storms; not as

warmHigh76°

Low53°

Mostly sunny and pleasant

High79°

Low52°

Paducah through 2 p.m. yesterday

Last New First Full

Sept 26 Oct 4 Oct 11 Oct 18

Sunrise today ................................. 6:46 a.m.Sunset tonight ................................ 6:45 p.m.Moonrise today ............................. 11:49 p.m.Moonset today ................................ 1:30 p.m.

24 hours ending 2 p.m. yest. .................. 0.77”Month to date ......................................... 1.82”Normal month to date ............................. 3.06”Year to date .......................................... 42.59”Last year to date ................................... 19.94”Normal year to date .............................. 35.54”

High/low .............................................. 81°/58°Normal high/low .................................. 79°/54°Record high .................................. 93° in 1998Record low .................................... 38° in 1950

Through 7 a.m. yesterday (in feet)

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013

Kentucky: Partly sunny today, but sunnier in the west; warmer in eastern parts.

Illinois: Warm today with bright sunshine. Clear tonight. Very warm tomorrow with sunshine and some clouds.

Indiana: Mostly sunny and pleasantly warm today. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny and warm tomorrow.

Missouri: Very warm today with plenty of sunshine. Clear tonight. Sunshine and some clouds tomorrow.

Arkansas: Brilliant sunshine today. Clear tonight. Warm tomorrow with sun and some clouds.

Tennessee: Mostly cloudy and warmer in the east today; sunny to partly cloudy elsewhere. Clear tonight.

Today Fri. Today Fri.

Albuquerque 82 58 s 75 49 pcAtlanta 76 60 pc 80 58 sBaltimore 78 56 s 76 53 pcBillings 52 37 r 55 38 pcBoise 60 39 sh 61 44 sBoston 68 55 s 68 51 sCharleston, SC 80 63 pc 83 59 pcCharleston, WV 78 53 pc 80 53 sChicago 74 54 s 79 59 pcCleveland 70 53 s 73 54 sDenver 76 46 pc 63 39 shDes Moines 84 64 s 85 64 pcDetroit 74 52 s 74 54 sEl Paso 88 67 s 84 64 sFairbanks 49 33 c 51 33 pcHonolulu 88 73 pc 88 74 pcHouston 94 69 s 92 72 pcIndianapolis 80 56 s 82 60 sJacksonville 86 67 pc 82 66 pc

Las Vegas 74 57 pc 73 60 sLos Angeles 74 58 pc 83 58 sMiami 90 77 t 89 73 tMilwaukee 72 55 s 74 59 pcMinneapolis 78 64 s 80 60 tNew Orleans 88 71 s 88 74 sNew York City 72 58 s 72 59 sOklahoma City 92 64 s 88 67 pcOmaha 86 66 s 84 59 tOrlando 90 72 pc 87 72 pcPhiladelphia 75 56 s 75 56 pcPhoenix 92 69 s 87 67 sPittsburgh 76 49 s 76 53 sSalt Lake City 55 44 sh 56 44 pcSan Diego 72 61 sh 74 62 sSan Francisco 70 54 s 75 50 sSeattle 62 49 pc 62 55 shTucson 91 62 s 84 59 sWashington, DC 77 58 s 75 57 pc

Today Fri.

Belleville, IL 84 57 s 84 60 pcBowling Gn., KY 82 58 s 83 59 sBristol, TN 76 50 c 79 50 sC. Girardeau, MO 84 59 s 84 60 sCarbondale, IL 82 58 s 84 60 sCharleston, WV 78 53 pc 80 53 sChattanooga, TN 78 60 pc 82 57 sClarksville, TN 82 57 s 83 59 sColumbia, MO 82 62 s 85 63 pcEvansville, IN 82 57 s 84 61 sFt. Smith, AR 88 64 s 89 68 pcHopkinsville, KY 80 59 s 83 60 sIndianapolis, IN 80 56 s 82 60 sJackson, KY 80 57 pc 79 55 sJackson, TN 82 61 s 85 60 sJoplin, MO 88 65 s 87 67 pcKansas City, MO 84 65 s 84 65 pcKnoxville, TN 79 59 sh 81 56 sLexington, KY 80 55 s 83 57 sLittle Rock, AR 86 66 s 87 67 pcLondon, KY 80 57 pc 81 53 sLouisville, KY 82 59 s 84 61 sMemphis, TN 84 68 s 87 69 sNashville, TN 82 60 s 83 61 sPeoria, IL 82 58 s 84 61 pcSt. Louis, MO 84 63 s 85 65 pcSpringfi eld, IL 82 55 s 84 60 pcSpringfi eld, MO 84 63 s 85 64 pcTerre Haute, IN 82 50 s 81 54 s

National Summary: A sunny sky will reach from Texas to Maine and Minnesota today. The air over the Northeast will remain cool, while the Plains continue with a warming trend. A few more downpours will occur from Florida to North Carolina. A storm will bring valley rain and high coun-try snow to the Northwest and northern Rockies. The southwest will be windy.

Cairo 40 12.92 +0.17

Paducah 39 14.72 -0.79Owensboro 38 10.90 -0.10Smithland Dam 40 12.52 -0.24

Lake Barkley 359 356.70 +0.10Kentucky Lake 359 356.69 +0.14

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.