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Magistrate charged for pot plantsBY SHAUN T. COX

Magistrate Jamie Staples,44, will appear in court nextweek on charges of cultivatingmarijuana and tampering withevidence.

Staples’ parents, JamesRalph, 64, and Barbara JeanStaples, 63, son Justin, 19,and nephew, Brandon T.Vowels, 21, are also sched-uled to appear in court at 1p.m. Oct. 19.

Jamie Staples would notcomment on the charges afterTuesday’s Fiscal Court meet-ing. But his lawyer, Scott C.Cox of Louisville, said he is

confident the charges will bedismissed.

“Mr. Staples is innocentand he has pleaded notguilty,” Cox said. “He wascompletely unaware of theplants, they were not his andhe had no knowledge of themwhatsoever.”

Cox refused further com-ment.

According to policerecords, Sgt. Gerald Wilson ofthe Kentucky State PoliceCannabis Suppression Unitspotted marijuana from a heli-copter growing on Staples’farm just off KY 1919 nearAndyville on Sept. 7.

Kentucky State Policefound 322 plants with hosesrunning from a pond to threeof eight marijuana plots on thefamily’s land. Five plots werein a cornfield and three otherswere growing in a woodedarea. State police valued the

plants at $644,000. Police found two locations

on the farm indicating mari-juana plants had been burned,according to reports.

When asked what the fami-ly had been burning, Vowelssaid it was “just some old car-

pet and a tarp,” according tothe report.

If convicted, the marijuanacultivation charge carries apenalty of one to five years inprison and a fine of $1,000 to$10,000 for a first offense.

The tampering with evi-dence charge carries an addi-tional penalty of one to fiveyears and also a fine of $1,000to $10,000.

According to the MeadeCounty Circuit Court Clerk’sOffice, Staples and his familymembers were all booked onSept. 11 on grand jury indict-ments and released on Sept. 12on $20,000 cash bonds.

Staples represents District 1 onthe Meade County FiscalCourt.

Staples’ opponent in theupcoming election, ThomasGoddard, 47, is not using thearrest as a platform for hiscandidacy.

“That stuff (the arrest)does not concern the issuesat hand and so it’s nothingbut pure speculation,”Goddard said. “It’s hard tosay whether it will affectvoters because there are a lotof people who want tobelieve that he’s innocent,although, I’m sure it willsway some voters.”

“He was completely unawareof the plants, they were nothis and he had no knowledgeof them whatsoever.”

Scott C. Cox,attorney

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Waitress Samantha Troutman gathers silverware beneath a mural commemorating AlexSimmons, son of owner Kathy Simmons, at the Home Plate restaurant in Brandenburg.

Restaurant scores for motherBY MATTHEW LEE MILLER

The memory of Alex Simmonspervades Brandenburg’s HomePlate restaurant in the form of base-ball, a game he played and enjoyed.

The bar features a near life-sizemural of a young boy living out hisdream of playing major leaguebaseball, as well as two televisionsto accommodate sports lovers. Thedining area also is filled with base-ball memorabilia, such as black andwhite photos of baseball greats suchas Mickey Mantle and Joe iMaggio.

Alex Simmons’ childhood mitt

and little league trophies hang onthe wall, providing owner KathySimmons with a cheerful, constantreminder of her son, who died in anauto accident in November.

“I feel his presence through thememorabilia,” said Simmons, 48. “Itmakes me feel better.”

Baseball is king at Home Platerestaurant, located in River RidgePlaza, but the food is what keepspatrons coming back. The menuemphasizes variety, with commonfare such as hot wings and cheese-burgers available as well as moreupscale food such as prime rib and

pork chops. Simmons, 48, encour-ages input from her customers andtries to accommodate all tastes andpocketbooks.

“Our goal is to be as versatile aspossible,” Simmons said. “I wantedit (Home Plate) to be a family ori-ented atmosphere.”

Much of Home Plate’s businessdepends on what is happening intown. School functions and sportsevents can create a rush at varioustimes throughout the week.

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Receptionist Shay Perna reviews an advertising orderMonday for the premier issue of The News Standard.

Farmerpleadsfor helpon deer

BY MATTHEW LEE MILLER

Jerry Hardesty has been trying sinceJune to solve the problem of deerdestroying his soybean crops but hashad little luck doing so.

Hardesty, 59, rents nearly 250 acresalong the Ohio River from the MeadeCounty Industrial Authority, a divisionof Meade County government. Hardestysaid he was aware that former tenantshad issues with deer on the property.

“I heard rumors,” Hardesty said,“but I never knew they were as bad asthey are.”

The severity of the deer problem isapparent as you walk the perimeter ofHardesty’s field. In some areas the beanpods have been cracked and opened, thedeer feeding on the soybeans themselvesas the leaves have dried and withered.

In other spots the beans are trampledand broken, leaving plants that look as ifthey have endured drought instead ofthe robust crop expected after months ofideal weather.

“They don’t have the size on themthey should have,” Hardesty said.

Hardesty estimates he has lost 3,000-5,000 bushels, resulting in $15,000-$25,000 in damage. Hardesty acquiredthe right to farm the land through a bid-ding process in April and paid more

BY MATTHEW LEE MILLER

BRANDENBURG — RandyKelly made an emotional pleato the Meade County FiscalCourt on Tuesday to changethe way EMS handles its dis-patching following a nearlyfatal incident involving his 14-year-old son.

“My son lay on the floordying,” Kelly said. “They wait-ed five minutes before anyonewas dispatched out.”

Just after midnight Aug. 4,Kelly made a call to 911 as hisson Randall lay on the floorsuffering from a seizure.Documents from Ekron Fireand Rescue show that five min-utes passed before an emer-gency unit was dispatched,and Kelly said the dispatchercould not give instructionsover the phone because of lia-bility concerns.

Kelly, 43, added that theEkron firemen did a great job,but decided to take actionwhen he learned that a similarincident happened to anotherlocal family. Randall Kelly washospitalized for a month afterthe incident and is now await-ing a kidney transplant.

Kelly and his wife, Kim, 40,believe EMS dispatchersshould have more resources toreduce response time and thatdispatchers should be allowedto give instructions over the

Renting county landcatches man in red tape

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The News Standard begins publicationBY MATTHEW TUNGATE

The owners of The NewsStandard are united in theirhatred of deceit, falsehood andcover-ups – so much so thatthey are willing to risk theirmoney to ferret it out.

But there is less risk thanthere may appear, as all havesuccessfully run businessesand reached the financial inde-pendence to start MeadeCounty’s newest newspaper.

Publisher Sue Cummings,67, of Ekron, is the majority

owner of The News Standardand has one simple reason shegot involved.

“I hate corruption,” shesaid.

Cummings is a MeadeCounty native who returnedin 1979. She returned withfour of her five kids in twocars and $420. A year later shebought The Golden ManorMotel. One room at a time, shefixed it up. Ten years later she

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telephone. “We don’t want anyone

else to go through what wewent through,” Kim Kellysaid.

Magistrate DonaldCallecod said Mark Bennett,director of Meade County 911,had reviewed the Kelly inci-dent.

“Mr. Bennett told me thathe had reviewed the tape,”Callecod said. “The dispatcheracted in accordance with thestanding rules.”

But Randy Kelly’s fight forchange is not over. Magistratesappointed him to a committeeslated to review EMS proce-dures.

That committee will look atanother issue magistratesdebated Tuesday: restrictingcounty ambulances from trav-eling outside a specific radiusfrom their work areas. EMSstations in Brandenburg,Payneville and Flaherty eachhave work areas designed toreach households in 10 min-utes or less.

Callecod said dispatchersshould know where EMS is atall times. He suggested thatambulances be restricted to a5-mile radius from their workstations.

“We have a lot of peoplewalk in to stations,” Callecodsaid. “There should be peoplethere whenever possible.”

Magistrate HaroldDavidson disagreed, saying hedoesn’t think EMS should berestricted so severely and thatresponders do not abuse thecurrent system. Davidson sug-gested retaining the currentsystem for 30 days until theambulance committee canreview the matter.

Other magistrates agreed,with Callecod casting the onlyopposing vote. EMS DirectorPam Weber said the possibilityof driving restrictions hasimpacted the EMS workers.

“It’s definitely affectedmorale,” Weber said. “We justwant to serve the community.”

Magistrates also discussedbuying a new ambulance andwhether to incorporate a newbidding procedure into theprocess. Weber said she wantsto continue using BluegrassBus Sales because it was thelow bid in a previous biddingprocess and she has beenpleased with the quality of itswork.

Judge/Executive William B.Haynes suggested that thebuying an ambulance provid-ed an ideal opportunity forthe county to experiment witha reverse bidding system tosave money. A new ambulancecosts nearly $90,000 and takes

six months to build. Reverse bidding involves

conducting an auction, usuallyover the Internet, duringwhich contractors openly bidagainst each other for the rightto provide their services. TheKentucky Association ofCounties (KACo) has formed apartnership with Orbis OnlineInc., a Texas-based firm thatspecializes in reverse auctions

Instead, magistrates agreedto buy a new ambulance fromBluegrass Bus Sales on a 4-3vote. Magistrate TheresaPadgett voted against buyingthe ambulance from Bluegrass,wanting to explore theprospect of extra savings forthe county.

“I think it (reverse auc-tions) could save the county alot of money,” Padgett said.

KACo and Orbis claim sav-ings of 12 to 13 percent whenreverse auctions are used.

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than $20,000 to rent the prop-erty.

Hardesty’s situation isunique because the land wasrestricted to hunters due toconcerns about gunfire aroundthe adjacent Arch Chemicalplant. This has allowed thedeer population to flourishunfettered on the riverfrontproperty. Hardesty wanted tohold a special hunt on theproperty in early Septemberwhen the soybeans still hadleaves on them, but he hasbeen unable to coordinate aplan with the IndustrialAuthority.

The Meade CountyIndustrial Authority held ameeting Sept. 12 to addressallowing a hunt on the proper-ty. Industrial Authority mem-bers approved a hunt, butHardesty was not present atthe meeting nor was he awareof it.

Magistrates voted againstallowing a hunt on the proper-ty during a special meeting ofthe Meade County FiscalCourt on Oct. 5 to address the

issue. Magistrate Theresa Padgett

made a motion to approveHardesty’s request to have aspecial hunt on the river frontproperty. Magistrate HaroldDavidson seconded themotion “out of respect,” but itfailed three to one.

Davidson expressed con-cern over the wording of themotion and requested thatmagistrates simply say they“had no objection to”Hardesty holding a hunt onthe property.

Magistrate Herbert Chismsuggested that since the leaseagreement was betweenHardesty and the IndustrialAuthority, involvement of theFiscal Court was unnecessary.

Padgett, the only magis-trate to vote for the hunt,believes the IndustrialAuthority should be account-able to the county.

“We (Meade County) aremaking the payment on thisproperty,” Padgett said. “Wedon’t have any say over it, butwe should.”

According to theTreasurer’s Office, MeadeCounty pays $24,013.49 permonth in interest, as well as ayearly principle payment that

was $138,700.64 in 2006.Industrial Authority

Chairman David Pace said thecounty’s insurance companywas concerned about liabilityduring a hunt, and theIndustrial Authority wanted tocomply with state huntinglaws.

Pace acknowledged thatfinal plans for a hunt probablywouldn’t be in place untilafter the soybeans are harvest-ed, and guns will not beallowed because of prioragreements with ArchChemical.

Hardesty said he doesn’twant to cause problems andhas been willing to work withthe Industrial Authority aswell as the county govern-ment. Hunting the area nowwould result in the deer tram-pling the soybeans and wouldfurther damage this year’scrop, he said.

So while it is too late toaddress the problem beforeharvest, he hopes he and theIndustrial Authority can solvethe deer problem beforespring planting next year.

“We’d like to rent next year,so I want to thin the deer outthis year,” Hardesty said.“That’s about all we can do.”

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More than 250 people joined the annual “life chain,” organized by Glad TidingsChristian Center, on Oct. 1 on By-Pass Road in Brandenburg.

Pastor: David SullivanFamily: Married to wife,

Katie; one daughter, Rachel.Education: Student at the

Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary in Louisville

Church: MuldraughBaptist Church is a body ofbelievers that seeks to impactour community with theGospel of Jesus Christ.

As a church body, webelieve that the word of Godis central to the life of ourchurch and therefore it is bold-ly proclaimed, verse by verse,in every service.

We are intentional in reach-ing our church and community,and so we have a variety ofministries we employ to dothis.

There is a vital children’sministry that reaches dozens ofchildren at 6:30 everyWednesday night. Wehave a growingyouth ministry led byour youth minister.

We have excitingSunday morningBible study classesappropriate for everyage group, and ourservice times are 11a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays with a 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible study.

Our music is a vital part ofthe worship of God and ourmusic minister employs ablended style of worship thatleads us to sing God-honoring,truth-centered songs that glo-

rify God. If you are looking for a

church home where the truthof God’s word is cen-tral and a place whereyou and your familywill be loved, thencome and visit. Wewould love to see you.

All Meade Countypastors are invited tosubmit and brief biogra-phy. Please include yourname, family, education,

and information about yourchurch and the services it offers.Submissions can be sent tonews@thenewsstandard.com ortyped and mailed to PastorSpotlight, 2025 By-Pass Road,Suite 3-A, Brandenburg, KY40108.

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• Hispanic HeritageCelebration Day at ECTC, 1p.m., featuring live music bySalsa Rhythms. Will be held inthe courtyard between theadministration and sciencebuildings, weather permitting.Inclement weather sends thecelebration to the student cen-ter. Call (270) 706-8422.

• Meade County FireDistrict, 7 p.m.

• 109 Board, Courthouse, 7p.m.

• Irvington Code Enforce-ment Board, City Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 17

• Story Hour – 10:30 a.m.,at the Meade County PublicLibrary. Call 422-2094.

• Teen Dinner and a Movie– “Over the Hedge,” 5:30 p.m.,at the Meade County PublicLibrary. Call 422-2094.

• Battletown SBDM, 3:30p.m.

• Payneville SBDM, 3:30p.m.

• Irvington SBDM, 4:30 p.m.• Library Board meeting,

in the fiction room, 5:30 p.m.• Meade County Water

District meeting, 7p.m.• Brandenburg Planning

and Zoning, City Hall, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 18

• Yoga – 10 a.m. or 6:30p.m., at the Meade CountyPublic Library. Call 422-2094.

• LTADD meeting,Elizabethtown, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 19

• Drawing Class – 7 p.m.,at the Meade County PublicLibrary. Must pre-register. Call422-2094.

• Teen Program – 4:30p.m.,at the Meade County PublicLibrary for ages 11+. Call 422-2094.

• Muldraugh Planning &Zoning, City Hall, 6:30 p.m.

• Meade County Planningand Zoning, Courthouse, 7 p.m.

• Ekron Fire ProtectionDistrict, 7 p.m.

• West Point School Boardmeeting, 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 21

• Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament –9:30 a.m., at the MeadeCounty Public Library. Call422-2094

Friday, October 27

• Battletown Fall FestivalChili Dinner 5-7 p.m., Games5-7:30, Auction 7:30

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ELLA GRACE BENHAM

Mrs. Ella Grace Benham, 73, of Guston, Ky., died Wednesday,September 27, 2006, at her residence. She formerly ran the EkronGrocery Store.

Mrs. Benham was preceded in death by a grandchild, JenniferM. Johnson, 2 Sisters, Louise Bridges and Naomi Hutchins and abrother, Bernie Basham.

She is survived by her husband, James C. “Bud” Benham, 7children, Phillip W. Hagan, Texarkana, Texas, James A. “Buddy(Kim) Benham, Vine Grove, Ky., Steven L. (Dorothy) Benham,Wesley M. (Linda) Benham, Guston, Ky., Monica F. (Pat)Wardrip, Shelia M. (Tim) Kendall, Brandenburg, Ky., andTheresa A. Hubbard, Radcliff, Ky., 5 Sisters, Lois Smith, MaebelleThomas, Brandenburg, Ky., Sue Carol Rider, Guston, Ky., DorisAdams, Seymour, Ind., and Margie Chism, Ekron, Ky., 15 grand-children and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from theChapel of the Hager Funeral Home with Rev. Andy Moore andRev. Donald Cole, officiating. Burial will be in Salem BaptistChurch Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3p.m. Friday.

ALBERT OWEN “SONNY” REESOR

Mr. Albert Owen “Sonny” Reesor, age 70, of Brandenburg,Ky., died Monday, October 9, 2006 at Hardin Memorial Hospital,Elizabethtown, Ky.

He was a member of VFW Post 1181. He was preceded indeath by his father, Albert Martin Reesor, 3children, Patricia Hardesty, Ricky Reesorand Debbie Goodwin and a sister, MargaretChapman. Mr. Reesor is survived by 2 chil-dren, Gary Reesor, Shepherdsville, Ky., andCynthia Elisson, Irvington, Ky., his motherand step-father, Katherine and Floyd “Hick”Reesor, Brandenburg, Ky., 3 sisters, DorisMoore, Muldraugh, Ky., Deloris Kilburn,Elizabethtown, Ky., and Sandra Reesor,Irvington, Ky., several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, from theChapel of Hager Funeral Home with burial in GarnettsvilleCemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m.Wednesday.

JUDITH “JUDY” HESS

Judith “Judy” Hess, age 57, of Brandenburg, died Tuesday ather residence.

She was a member of the Caesar’s Gold Card Holder Club.She is survived by her husband, Jay Hess, her daughter, Amy(Jason) Geary of Jeffersontown, Ky., a grandson, Simon Geary,her mother, Lois Whitworth of Brandenburg, one sister, LindaFrans of Irvington, 4 brothers, Harold (Rowdy) Whitworth andRussell Williams both of Lexington, Ky., Keith Whitworth ofIrvington and Danny Smigiel of Parker, Colo., and her lovingpets Lacy and Bud. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday atSt. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi Church in Payneville with burial tofollow in the church cemetery.

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Shannon Neben and Chris Wilkins were married September30, 2006, at The Little Log Chapel in Gatlinburg, Tenn., with Rev.Travis Leston officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Bernard and Judy Kiper ofEkron. The groom is the son of David and Lynn Wilkins ofBrandenburg.

The bride was escorted by her children, Brittany and Haley,her youngest, Kristina was her mothers flower girl. Koby White,the groom’s nephew was the ring bearer. Jason Rhodes andCharlotte Fackler, friends of the newly wedded couple, stood upwith them during their ceremony. Following was a reception inthe Smokey Mountains with family and friends. They will livein Battletown.

The bride and groom are both graduates from Meade CountyHigh School. She is employed as a bus driver at the MeadeCounty Board of Education. The groom is an electrician andemployed at Wagner Electric.

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Meade County students arejust below where they need tobe on state accountability testsand just ahead of the stateaverage on the ACT.

School board membersheard the results of theCommonwealthAccountability Testing Systemfor the 2004 and 2005 schoolyears and the AmericanCollege Test last school yearduring a meeting Tuesdaynight.

The county school systemaveraged 82.1 on the CATStests over the two-year period– the goal was 82.5. The CATStest is given annually to stu-dents across the state. Schoolsand school systems that meetor exceed their goal canreceive rewards, and thosethat don’t achieve their goalcan receive sanctions.

Battletown, David T.Wilson, Ekron, Flaherty,Muldraugh and Paynevilleelementaries each reached itsCATS goal.

Meade County HighSchool and Stuart PepperMiddle School were the onlyschools in the county thatdidn’t meet their goals,though they did score higherthan their previous two-yearcycle. The high school’s goalwas 82.6 and it scored a 78.0,while the middle school’sgoal was 81.0 and it scored a78.4.

Schools are expected toscore 99.7 or better by 2014.

According to PeggyDarnall, coordinator of stu-dent services in MeadeCounty, each school has a planto help improve test scores.

“What we use is the schooland district developmentplans,” she said. “The schoolslook at needs and priorities,such as getting more resourcesor professional developmentfor teachers, and come upwith a plan. It’s a ‘whatever ittakes’ attitude.’”

Each school’s developmentplan is written by a council ofthe principal, three teachersand two parents.

“It’s their responsibility tomake sure the policies are fol-lowed, and it’s the principal’sjob to implement those poli-cies,” Darnall said.

Despite coming up shorton the CATS test, MeadeCounty students are justabove the state average on theACT.

Meade County High

School students scored a com-posite 20.7 — the state aver-age is 20.6. The national aver-age was 21.1. At theUniversity of Louisville, theaverage incoming freshmanscored a 23.9.

The Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) initiative,slated to begin over the nexttwo years, should helpschools’ improvement efforts,Superintendent Mitch Crumpsaid.

“We think it will have avery positive impact,” he said.“We’ll be bringing in kidsfrom good families and weanticipate that all of our kids’scores will continue toimprove.”

And Meade schools arealready preparing for how toabsorb 400 to 800 additionalstudents into the county’sschool system in addition tonatural growth, which isabout 100 students per year.

The Department of Defenseis relocating the 84th ArmyReserve Regional TrainingCenter to Fort Knox.

School board membersunanimously approved a taxrate of 52.1 cents per $100 onreal property and 52.6 cents

per $100 on personal propertyduring a special meeting Sept.27. That is a 5.7-cent increaseon each that will increase rev-enue 4 percent to be used forconstruction and/or debtservice.

The increase will allow thecounty to construct a newmiddle school within the nextthree to five years instead ofthe next seven to 10 years, anda new elementary school inthe Flaherty and Ekron area ofthe county in the next three tofive years as well.

Jeff Greer was the loneschool board member not atthe Sept. 27 meeting, but hesaid an increase is necessaryto build new schools.

“Given the implications ofthe tax, it’s a double nickel,which means if we as a countyraise it a nickel, the state willmatch it, so yes, I would havevoted along with the othermembers,” he said. “We are agrowth district and the needsfor our school systems contin-ue to rise. You hate to everraise taxes but our school taxrate in Meade County is stillbelow the state average andwe will need new schoolsbecause of BRAC.”

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But this time, Padgett saidshe understands the impor-tance of having journalistswith credibility to put out apaper with fair and balancedcoverage.

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Padgett, too, has a success-ful business history. She andher husband, David, have suc-cessfully built apartments inparts of Kentucky andIndiana. Padgett herself alsohad several successful clean-ing businesses before movingto Meade County.

But a newspaper is uniquein its ability to monitor electedofficials and affect people’slives, she said. A newspapercan show that there a manyneeds in the county that arenot being addressed, as wellas be a place where people canbe recognized for their accom-plishments.

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BY SHAUN T. COX

Meade County football coachLarry Mofield believes his teamcan take some of what it did wellin a 25-21 loss last Friday toNorth Hardin to get a win atCentral Hardin tonight.

“We were very physical atNorth (Hardin) and we’ve got todo that against Central(Hardin),” he said. “You’ve gottwo teams here with the samerecord overall and they’re goingto be just as hungry as we are.We’re not 5-2, so they’re notscared of us.”

Central Hardin (2-5) is winlessin the district and is one of onlytwo teams – Bullitt Central beingthe other – without a win in theregion.

Mofield thinks tonight’s gameis between two evenly matchedteams.

“Their record’s not indicativeof the kind of team they have,”he said. “They’re well coachedand they get after you, so we’llhave our hands full, for sure. Itseems like it’s a real dogfightwith them every year, so we’llobviously have to play well towin the game.”

Central Hardin likes to throwthe ball, Mofield said, whichmeans Meade County (2-5) hadbetter be ready to defend thepass.

“I think the thing you reallyhave to do with them whenthey’re on offense is know howto line up and know you’reassignments,” he said. “Liningup correctly is sometimes three-fourths of the battle, and if youdon’t line up correctly, you’ll getbeat. Once you get lined up andknow you’re assignments, you’ve

just got to stop them.”That hasn’t been too difficult

for Bruins’ opponents so far thisyear. Central Hardin has the low-est-ranked scoring offense out of12 teams in the region at 11.57points per game and its scoringdefense is ranked sixth in theregion, giving up 20.86 points pergame.

According to middle line-backer T.J. Millay, if the defensewill focus on tackling the rightway and being physical, they cangive their offense a short fieldand create better opportunitiesfor them to score.

“Their running back (MichaelLyons) is a big threat, but otherthan that they don’t really have amain threat,” he said. “They liketo spread the ball around and geteveryone involved by running abunch of screens and bubbles, sowe really have to be on our toeswhen they spread us out. If wetackle well, we’ll be in goodshape. “

Another key to the game willbe matching Central Hardin’sphysicality and intensity, Mofieldsaid.

“Central Hardin’s a big, phys-ical team, and I also think thatthey’re pretty solid on specialteams,” he said. “Their puntinggame is pretty strong and so istheir kick coverage.”

Meade County and CentralHardin have had only one com-mon opponent this season, NorthHardin, which beat the Bruins 48-0 at home Sept. 29.

Meade County only lost byfour points at North Hardin (4-3)last Friday, but Mofield said histeam was beyond moral victories.

“We played really well againstNorth Hardin, but our numberone goal was to win the game,”he said. “We don’t believe inmoral victories and we lost thefootball game, so we’re disap-pointed, but if there’s one posi-tive thing to take out of it, weplayed hard the whole game andwe should play with the same

intensity every time out.”Mofield said his team would

be better off if it can cut down onmental mistakes and penalties.

“We just made too many mis-takes and we weren’t able toovercome them,” he said. “Onething we try to do as a coachingstaff is not make excuses. We hadsome costly penalties but no oneplay loses the game for you. I feltlike it was a complete effort allaround as far as offense, defenseand special teams, but it wasn’t awin.”

One early sequence set thetone for the game. North Hardinhad the ball at the Meade County7-yard line but fumbled andMeade County recovered on itsown 6-yard line. But two playslater, Meade County fumbledand North Hardin recovered theball. The Trojans scored to go up6-0 and missed the extra point.

After running back MikeHarris (101 yards on 21 carries)scored the Greenwaves’ firsttouchdown, North Hardin fum-bled and Meade County recov-ered on the Trojans’ 37-yard line.Quarterback J.L. Cannady ran it

in for the Greenwaves’ secondscore and Meade County led 14-6at halftime.

With 9:38 left in the thirdquarter, North Hardin’s MarkTerry (143 yards on 27 carries)ran the ball in for the second ofhis four touchdowns. The Trojansfailed on the two-point conver-sion, and Meade County lead 14-12.

The Greenwaves defensestopped North Hardin on its nextpossession, but Meade Countywas called for roughing the kick-er, giving the Trojans a fresh setof downs. North Hardin scoredon the drive and lead 18-14 with11:04 left in the game. TheTrojans went for the two-pointconversion again but failed.

“Some of the penalties, we, asa coaching staff, won’t evenaddress because they wereaggressive mistakes,” Mofieldsaid. “Like the roughing the kick-er penalty. Our boys saw the ballon the ground and they wentafter it. I was screaming from the

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The Meade County football team takes the field against North Hardin last Friday. The Greenwaves lost 25-21.

‘We’ve got to learn to finish’

Father and son Justin and Hunter Otero watch theGreenwaves during warm-ups from the track alongsidethe field at North Hardin.

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Boyshoopstries toreloadBY SHAUN T. COX

The Meade County Greenwaves boys basketballteam looks to reload after losing four starters fromlast year’s 20-9 district champion squad.

Senior point guard Riley Benock is the onlyreturning starter from a team that brought homethe district title for the first time since 1992. Theteam lost by two points in overtime to eventualstate runner-up Apollo in last year’s regional semi-finals.

Coach Jerry Garris expects to have a good teameven though the team lost a lot of quality players.

“We want to win the district again, first andforemost,” he said. “Last year was the first time in14 years we won it, and I think we can do thatagain. The biggest goal every year is to get to thestate tournament, and one of these days, soon, we’llget there.

“The 3rd region is more wide open every yearthan what the 5th region was. The 1999-2000 seasonwas the last time a team actually repeated asregional champs.”

Benock thinks it will take a total team effort thisyear’s team to match what it did last year.

“It will be tough to improve on last year’s recordbecause of what we lost, but the new guys will stepin and we’ll still be pretty good,” he said. “… Westill have a lot of talent and the guys who arereturning played a lot of minutes last year.”

Controversy stirs Chase as it heads to Lowe’s

Girls teampreparesfor run to postseasonBY SHAUN T. COX

The Meade County Lady Waves will return mostof their roster from last year and look to repeat asdistrict champions in the upcoming basketball sea-son when practice begins Monday.

Meade County returns four starters from a teamthat went 20-10 and won the district tournament,only to be knocked out in the first round of theregional tournament by Owensboro.

According to third-year Coach Josh Hurt, theupcoming regular season will not be about winsand losses, but rather about getting his team pre-pared for the postseason.

“We hope to take what we did last year andimprove, obviously,” he said. “We want to win thedistrict, but it’s not really about wins and losses, it’sabout using our tough schedule to get ourselvesready to hopefully make a run at regionals thisyear.”

Experience is something the Lady Waves willhave a wealth of this season, returning their top twoscorers and assist leaders, top four rebounders andseven girls that played in at least 20 games.

According to senior guard Jasmine Newby, theteam’s experience will give it a big advantage overother teams.

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Greenwaves missopportunities,try to avoid samein game tonight

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PLEASE SEE FINISH,PAGE 12

BY BUDDY SHACKLETTE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —Nothing like a little controversy tostir up The Chase for the NASCARNEXTEL Cup championship.

A week ago, Chasers DaleEarnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnsonwere anxiously anticipating makingup some serious ground in theNASCAR NEXTEL points standingsat a place where they had both seensuccess.

The place was the TalladegaSuperspeedway (Ala.), site of TheChase’s fourth stop and a venuewhere Johnson had wheeled his No.48 Lowe’s Chevrolet to victory justfive months prior.

Junior, on the other hand, canstake claim to five Talladega victo-ries and is the only driver in Cuphistory to string together four con-secutive wins there.

Last Sunday, Junior appeared

well on his way to a sixth Talladegawin when he realized HendrickMotorsports teammates JimmieJohnson and Brian Vickers loomedlarge in his rearview mirror.

Junior had put his No. 8Budweiser Chevrolet out in frontand took the white flag. He wasabout a mile away from a win whenJohnson and Vickers made a run athim.

With a push from Vickers,Johnson got under Junior and wason his way to passing him for thewin, but Vickers — still looking forhis first NEXTEL Cup victory —clipped Johnson’s right-rear fender,sending Junior and Johnson spin-ning and handing Vickers the winwhen the last-lap caution flew.

“I can’t believe it, here we wentall day long and had a great chanceto make up some points and gotcrashed by a teammate,” Johnsonsaid. “I’m just bummed out that we

can’t take advantage of a day whenwe can really close up in points.That’s the way this Chase has beenfor us. We’ve had cars worthy of achampionship, but crazy thingshave happened at the end. I’m justreally disappointed.’’

Johnson, who sits eighth in thepoints standings, didn’t lose or gainany ground, but the episode was theepitome of his Chase season thusfar.

The El Cajon, Calif. native hashad, arguably, the fastest car at all ofthe Chase stops – New Hampshire,Dover and Kansas – but odd occur-rences have cost him good finishesand a legitimate run at a points leadhe held most of the season beforeThe Chase began.

“I’m upset,” said Chad Knaus,Johnson’s crew chief. “I’m disap-pointed. It’s sad. We’ve had a carcapable of winning the race twoweeks in a row and a car capable of

top-fives four weeks in a row andhaven’t gotten the results. I hate itfor Lowe’s and I hate it forHendrick Motorsports and I hate itfor everybody. This team has beensitting all year waiting for thisChase to start and once it started,we were pouncing. We were ready.We were rolling strong. We’ve had abunch of weird things happen.We’re going to Lowe’s MotorSpeedway next week and we’ll blastthrough there. We’ll run well therein the Busch car and the Cup carand we’ll move on and go toMartinsville.’’

Junior went to Talladega seventhin points and Jeff Gordon’s involve-ment in a Lap 137 crash at Talladegamoved Junior up one spot in thestandings while all but dashingGordon’s hopes for a fifth champi-

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Garris said it won’t behard to get a team effort fromthe guys he has because theyreally like playing together.

“They share the ball andpass it well, we’ve got greatchemistry and that’s to ouradvantage,” he said.

Having one of the bestguards in the region – andmaybe the state – in the 6-5Benock will help ease the lossof so many starters. The start-ing lineup will feature fourjuniors: center Nick Stinnett,forward Chris Roe, andguards Rob Williams andCasey Hubbard.

Aside from experience, theteam also lacks size. TheGreenwaves will face a lot ofteams that will have a sizeadvantage this season, Garrissaid.

“We’re not really big andthat’s going to be a factor,” hesaid. “Our point guard is ourtallest player and teams likeOhio County have 5 guys 6-5or taller and it’s going to betough to defend them. Mostother teams in the regionaren’t that big, but North

Hardin has a 7-footer andJohn Hardin has 2 or 3 kidsaround 6-6. We’re going to beoutsized a lot so we’ll reallyhave to utilize our quickness.”

Benock said Stinnett andRoe can “both really bangaround” inside, which couldhelp ease that they’ll be play-ing against taller players near-ly every time out. The two areboth imports from the footballteam whereStinnettplays run-ning backand defen-sive end,and Roeplays on theoffensiveline and line-backer. Theywill have touse that football mentalitywhen going after reboundsagainst taller players.

When asked about theplayer who has come the far-thest since last year, bothcoach and player agreed onWilliams.

“This summer I was reallyimpressed with Rob,” Benocksaid. “He transferred fromFort Knox and played on theJV team last year. We’re reallygoing to be counting on himto play a lot of minutes.”

Garris said Williams bringssome intangibles to the team.

“Rob is maybe our bestdefensive player and it’s likenight and day how far he’scome since last year,” he said.“Rob didn’t even start for theJV team at the first of last sea-son but he did by the end.”

According to Garris, themost important thing for thisteam to start out on a goodnote will be getting everyonehealthy. There are a lot of foot-ball players who have bumpsand bruises that come fromplaying such a physical sport.

“We’ve got to stayhealthy,” he said. “We’re notas talented as last year, butwe will compete. Riley torehis labrum and had surgerythis summer and won’t beready for full contact forabout three weeks.

“Nick Stinnett has astrained ligament in his knee,Erik Whelan has a strainedwrist ligament, Jeremiah Mannbroke his leg playing football afew days after coming backfrom breaking his collarbone.We’re thin and we don’t havemuch height, so we have to getthose guys healthy.”

Practice starts Monday,Oct. 16 and the first game willbe at Louisville Butler at 7:30p.m. Nov. 28.

sidelines for them to go after it,and I don’t blame that onthem. That’s playing aggres-sive and that’s what we want.We felt like we got the ball, wefelt like we tipped it and, obvi-ously, that wasn’t the call.

“That didn’t cost us thegame, though. You can’t everpoint to one play, even thoughparticular plays seem magni-fied, and we just have to finda way to overcome thosethings.”

It looked as though MeadeCounty would do just that, asthe Greenwaves drove the ballto the Trojans 14-yard line onthe next possession, andCannady connected withreceiver Nick Stinnett over themiddle for a touchdown. Theextra point was good andMeade County lead 21-18.

But with a chance to winthe game, Meade hurt itselfagain. A pass interferencepenalty gave the Trojans a first

down and set up the finalNorth Hardin touchdown andthe final score, 25-21.

On Meade County’s finalpossession, the Greenwavesdrove to the North Hardin 29-yard line, only to throw aninterception with 34.7 secondsleft in the game.

“We’ve got to learn to fin-ish,” Mofield said. “We’vebeen up on teams in the sec-ond half this year, and we letthose games slip through our

fingers, and I think that’ssomething we’ve got to cor-rect.”

According to Mofield, theteam needs to play like it prac-tices.

“We’re not executing thethings we go over during theweek and that’s disappoint-ing,” he said. “It seems likeFriday nights, when the heat’sturned on a little bit, we forgetsome of the things we prac-tice.”

“We only lost one senior, sowe’ve all played together andwe know each other reallywell,” she said. “We playedtogether this summer, and Ithink we can definitely be betterthis year because of our experi-ence. We worked hard over thesummer on our individualweaknesses and that’s going tomake us a better team.”

Hurt also thinks his team willbe better off in the second seasonin the team’s new district.

“I think we’ve gotten morefamiliar with our new sur-roundings,” he said. “Wemoved from the 17th districtin the 5th region to the 11thdistrict in the 3rd region. We

have more of an Owensboroslant as opposed to an E-townslant on our schedule.”

Overall team speed may bethe theme this year, as MeadeCounty is playing undersized,the tallest player being 5-10senior for-ward KaylaStull.

“We’renot overlybig,” Hurtsaid. “Wedon’t haveanyonethat’s 6-2 or6-3, so wehave to out-smart and outwork people inthe post to get rebounds andbe able to defend the post theright way.”

Rebounding will be a cru-cial factor and that’s the areaHurt said his team is working

to improve the most. “We have to rebound bet-

ter than what we have in thepast,” he said. “Our perime-ter shooting needs to get bet-ter, we need to be able toknock down more open shotsand not give up too manysecond and third chances tothe other teams. If we can dothat, we can be a really goodteam.”

Newby said that alongwith Central Hardin andHancock County, the team sheis most looking forward toplaying this year will beBreckinridge County, which iswhere she grew up.

“I really want to play wellagainst them and for us to getthe wins,” she said.

The team’s first scrimmagewill be against Western Hillsat 10 a.m. Nov. 18 inElizabethtown.

onship.“It’s pretty much done for

us as far as I am concerned asfar as the championship, butwe have a lot of great racesleft in this Chase that we canwin and that is all we canfocus on now – going for-ward,’’ said Gordon, driver ofthe No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet.“I don’t think you can affordtwo big hits like that in theChase. That doesn’t stop usfrom going out week in andweek out, and working ourguts out to win races andwork as hard as we can to getas many points as we can.’’

With six races left in TheChase, car owners RichardChildress and Jack Roushappear to have the best shot atretaining the championshipthey have won multiple times.

Roush drivers MattKenseth, who gained two

positions in the standings, andMark Martin sit second andthird in the points race, whileRCR drivers Jeff Burton andKevin Harvick sit first andfourth respectively.

Harvick moved up a posi-tion in the standings andBurton maintained his lead,but he leads the top-5 Chasersby less than 52 points.

Burton, still looking for thatelusive first championship,does have history on his side.In each of the first two years ofThe Chase, the driver leadingafter the first three races wenton to win the championship.

“We have a lot of work todo,” he said. “When thisthing started, I told all of youthat 10 races was an eternity.If you look at our sport at any10-race stretch throughout theyear, there are probably threeteams and drivers that looklike they are the bestteam/driver combinationwithin those 10 races. So,there’s probably not going tobe one team through all 10

races that just stands aboveeverybody else. Whateverhappens on Sunday happens.The sun is going to come upMonday morning. There arebigger things in life.”

Owner Rick Hendrick hasthree drivers in The Chase,but all three are in the bottomfour positions and need majorruns to be considered seriouscontenders for the title.

For Johnson, his hometrack (Lowe’s MotorSpeedway in Charlotte, N.C.)and site of The Chase’s fifthstop – Saturday’s Bank ofAmerica 500 – couldn’t havecome at a better time.

Although he has struggledof late, Johnson won the NEX-TEL All-Star Challenge atLowe’s in May, finished secondin the Coca-Cola 600 a weeklater and has won four of thelast five Cup events there.

Buddy Shacklette is a gradu-ate of Meade County High Schooland has covered NASCAR forThe Daytona Beach News-Journal for the past 15 years.

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Meade County vs. North Hardin Team Statistics

M.C. N.H.First Downs 21 15Rushes—yards 38-160 33-205Passing yards 161 110Sacks by—yards 0-0 0-03rd down eff. 4-11-36.3 1-5-20.04th down eff. 3-3-100.0 1-1-100.0Passes 18-23-1 9-13-0Punts 3-30.33 0-0Punt return-yards 0-0 2-11KO returns—yards 3-65 3-20Fumbles—lost 2-1 4-4Penalties—yards 10-90 10-115Time of Possession 29:09 18:51

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