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State burn banstarts Saturday

A statewide burn ban goesinto effect Saturday, prohibitingoutdoor burning during day-light hours — 6 a.m., to 6 p.m.— within 150 feet of a grass-land or wooded area. The banis in effect through Dec. 15.

Violators are subject to finesand/or jail time.

Homecoming royalty crowned

Crittenden County HighSchool’s football homecominglast Friday saw Taylor Keisterand Bryce Willis crownedqueen and king during cere-monies before the game. Seethe back page of this issue fora picture of the entire court.

Lot next to Idealup for rezoning

A residential lot directly be-hind Ideal gas station is beingconsidered for rezoning at anOct. 6 special meeting of theMarion Planning and ZoningCommission. The land, theonly real estate of the MichaelHughes Estate on SunsetDrive to not be sold at auctionon Oct. 8, is requested to berezoned as commercial.

The consideration offers fur-ther evidence that Rocket OilCo., may have plans for grow-ing its Ideal station, whichcould include a full-serviceconvenience store. Barry Eve-land, owner of the Madis-onville-based company,offered no comment on the lotor expansion of the stationwhen contacted last week.

The zoning board will meetat 5 p.m., at Marion City Hall.

Festival leads tocounty closures

No road or written driver’stest will be given this Friday inCrittenden County. Also, allcourthouse offices will beclosed Saturday due to thePumpkin Festival taking placearound the court square.

Meetings� American Legion Ellis B.

Ordway Post No. 111 will meetat 6:30 p.m., Monday in thebasement meeting room atFohs Hall. All members areurged to attend.

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U.S. 641 bid$5.7M belowstate estimate,building nearsDARYL K. TABORMANAGING EDITOR

It appears the winning bid for buildingan alternate U.S. 641 will come in millionsbelow the state's estimate for the 5.2 milesof new pavement from Marion to Fredonia.

Bids were opened Friday in Frankfort,with the lowest coming in at $18.6 millionfrom Road Builders and Parkway Con-struction of Greenville, Ky. The engineer'sestimate for the project is $24.3 million.Meantime, Jim Smith Contracting ofnearby Grand Rivers entered the secondlowest bid at $20.5 million.All but one of the five bidscame in below the pro-jected cost for building thecorridor.

The presumed contrac-tor will be the Greenvillecompany, said Rep. MikeCherry (D-Princeton), be-cause theirs was the low-est bid for project.

Keith Todd, spokesmanfor Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Dis-tricts, agreed that will likely be the case.

"About 90 percent of the time the awardgoes to the actual lowest bidder, but not al-ways," he said.

Though tantalizingly close, dirt is stillnot quite ready to be turned.

If any irregularities appear during the

Tinsley arsontrial continues

PHOTO BY DARYL K. TABOR

Pat Tinsley, standing trial for arson by complicity and reckless homicide in relation to an Aug. 1, 2010 fire athis home that killed his wife, Glenda Tinsley, sits alongside Phil Lewzader, a former FBI agent and private in-vestigator hired by the defense, during jury selection in circuit court last Wednesday. The jury listened to thecommonwealth present its case last Thursday and Friday before adjourning until today (Thursday) when theprosecution continues questioning and calling witnesses. The defense has yet to present its case.

STAFF REPORT

When Madeline Henderson startswinding down her career at the court-house in about a year, she'll prepare toretire as the longest serving circuitcourt clerk in county history.

Henderson, 60,says she will notseek re-election in2012 after servingthree full terms asthe clerk of thecourts.

"I just think it'stime. I've been herelong enough and Iwant to spend moretime with my husband, my childrenand my grandchild," she said.

Whoever wants to be the next cir-cuit court clerk will have to startpreparing right away. The KentuckyCourt of Justice requires that anyoneseeking election to the circuit clerk'soffice must pass an examination. Theexam tests the would-be candidates’knowledge of the clerk's duties, includ-

ing the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerk’sManual, the Kentucky Circuit CourtClerk’s Accounting Manual, the Ken-tucky Court of Justice Personnel Poli-cies and general knowledge questions.General knowledge questions test

basic reading com-prehension andmathematical skills.The questions arenot on any specificsubject and no par-ticular study mate-rial is available forthese questions.However, the studymanuals for the

more specific questions are availableonline.

There is only one exam scheduledbetween now and the next election.The date is Dec. 3 in Lexington. TheCourt of Justice can provide more in-formation.

So far, only a couple of potentialPHOTO BY CHRIS EVANS

Madeline Henderson sits at her desk recenlty inside her circuit clerk’s officein the Crittenden County Courthouse. Henderson, after 18 years in the electedposition, is not seeking re-election and will retire in 2012.

COURT CASE RESUMES AFTER WEEK DELAY

By CHRIS EVANSPRESS EDITOR

The state's strongest evidenceso far was presented last Friday inthe final minutes of the second dayof the trial against former volun-teer fireman Pat Tinsley.

The trial is scheduled to resumetoday (Thursday) at the CrittendenCounty Court-house.

Tinsley, 50, isaccused of con-spiring along withhis wife to burntheir home onAug. 1, 2010 inorder to collect$504,850 in in-surance money.Tinsley's wife, 47-year-old Glenda Tinsley, died inthat fire at their two-story home onWilson Farm Road.

Pat Tinsley is charged with sec-ond-degree arson by complicity, aClass B felony, and reckless homi-cide, a Class D felony. If convicted,he could serve 10-20 years inprison.

Defense Attorney Don Thomas,

a Crittenden County native whohas a law office in Benton, is rep-resenting Pat Tinsley.

During two days of the trial lastweek, the prosecution led by Com-monwealth Attorney Zac Green-well presented evidence andtestimony from 14 witnesses wholaid out investigators' theory thatPat and Glenda Tinsley concocteda plan to burn the house becausethe couple wasin financialtrouble.

Police inter-views with thedefendant werebrought into ev-idence, bothaudio and videorecordings. In those recordings,Pat Tinsley admitted that his wifehad on two or three occasionsthreatened to burn the house. Therecordings and other testimony al-leged that Glenda was suicidal.Glenda's son-in-law, Kenny Tem-pleton of Clay, testified, too, thatshe offered him $10,000 to burnthe house during the 2009 icestorm.

Damaging evidenceThe most damaging evidence

for the defense came in the last 30minutes of a three-and-one-half-hour video recording of an inter-view of Pat Tinsley on Oct. 7, 2010by Kentucky State Police detec-tives Scott Smith and MichaelSmith. The interview was con-ducted at state police Post 2 head-quarters at Madisonville. Tinsley is

seen wearing ablue, long-sleeveshirt on thevideo, which wastaken from anoverhead cam-era almost di-rectly above thedefendant. He is

seated during the entire video, andfor most of it, his arms are crossedas he rests his elbows on the table.The detectives cannot be seen onthe video recording, only heard.

The videotape begins with a va-riety of questions regarding Tins-ley's whereabouts leading up tothe fatal fire. According to the

Henderson calling it quits at end of 3rd termAfter 29 years in office as both deputy, electedcircuit clerk, retirement beckons 60-year-old

See CLERK/page 5

G. Tinsley

See TRIAL/page 12

Gibson, livestockpartners indicted on check fraudSTAFF REPORT

Owners of Eastern Livestock Companywere indicted last Thursday by a MetcalfeCounty Grand Jury in connection with acheck-kiting scheme. Check kiting is a formof deposit fraud said to have, in this case, re-sulted in a loss of more than $840,000 by172 Kentucky cattle producers and others inlate 2010, including local victims.

The indictments allege Tommy Gibson,71; Steve McDonald, 59; and Grant Gibson,48, all of Lanesville, Ind.; and DarrenBrangers, 43, of Louisville, engaged in or-ganized crime between 2009 and 2010 bycollaborating on a continuing basis in a crim-inal syndicate, the purpose of which was tocommit theft. The charges were brought byKentucky Attorney General Jack Conwayand his Office of Special Prosecutions afteran investigation into the New Albany, Ind.-based company began in December 2010.

The attorney general's consumer protec-tion office established a hotline for victimsafter receiving numerous complaints fromproducers who had received bad checks forlivestock sales in late 2010. At the time,

I couldn’t understand whyshe didn’t get out.

– Pat Tinsleyto authorities during investigation

of his wife’s death from a house fire

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I’ve been here long enoughand want to spend more timewith my husband, my childrenand my grandchild.

– Madeline Hendersonon her decision to retire in 2012

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See FRAUD/page 5

See BID/page 7

Cherry

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ThePressNews&Views 2Thursday, September 29, 2011

Everybody loves ghost sto-ries. My grandchildren lovethe haunted house pop-upbook I have at my house.They can hardly sit still asone monster after anotherjumps out at them. There’ssomething about being safein Grammy’s arms and feel-ing a shiver of fear at thesame time. At any age, wehave an unending fascina-tion with ghosts and goblins,especially around Halloween.

Fortunately, I grew up ona healthy dose of legendsand lore. My grandmother,who lived next door to us,was a storyteller from the oldschool. Raised in the era ofthe Great Depression, herfamily was forced to findways to entertain them-selves. They escaped the re-ality of hard times withsomething besides television,cell phones, and the internet.The tradition of story-telling,an all but forgotten art, wascultivated within their heartsand minds, not in the harddrive of a computer.

Sitting at her feet on abreezy autumn day, my sis-ter and I couldn’t wait for herto tell us the same storiesher grandmother had toldher. “Come on, Grandma.Tell us about Haunted Hill,”we begged.

As if she was reliving it inher mind, she sat back inher wooden lawn chair andclosed her eyes. “When mygrandmother was just a littlegirl,” she began, “her unclerode his black horse into

town for food and never cameback.” She went on to saythat the family sat up untillong after dark that night,waiting for him to return.When morning came, hishorse was back, wild-eyedand spooked, but Uncle Johnwas nowhere to be found.

For days, the whole com-munity searched for themissing man. Then, onenight, they heard horse hoofspounding like thunder downthe dirt path behind theirhouse. They all hurried tocatch a glimpse as a blackhorse flew by them in a wildfury. To their horror, therider, dressed like UncleJohn, was headless! Fromthat day on, the hill behindtheir house was foreverknown as Haunted Hill.

In the same tradition,sometime around Halloween,my husband and I havefriends over for an evening ofroasting hotdogs and marsh-mallows around a campfire.As the fire crackles and thesparks rise up into the nightsky, a cloud drifts over theharvest moon. Then, some-one breaks the silence withthe subject on everyone’s

mind: “Let’s talk about themurder.”

People move their seats alittle closer to the fire and thestory takes off with a life ofits own. The fact that a manwas killed just a few yardsfrom where we are sittingprovides the perfect atmos-phere. The idea that the realkiller may have gone unpun-ished keeps us searching foranswers.

As we discuss the details,a limb cracks overhead or anowl screeches in the dis-tance, unnerving a few, butadding to the aura of a nightlong passed. We can onlyimagine the fear that para-lyzed the small community ofSlocum that night. A shotfired in the middle of thenight disrupted the peaceful-ness of an otherwise quietneighborhood.

From the beginning, weaccepted the murder mysteryas something that came withour property, part of its his-tory. Even if we wanted to,the local people wouldn’t letus forget, “You do knowthere was a murder here,don’t you?” It was time totake a look.

Bit by bit, we began gath-ering information — somefrom old newspaper clip-pings, some from people whogrew up in Slocum, somefrom people who actually re-membered the night and, fi-nally, from court records aswell. A lengthy trial had en-sued and many witnessesand neighbors of the victim

were questioned, but the tes-timony was vague at best.Yet, there was somethingabout a beautiful southernbelle coming to Kentuckyand marrying one of thecounty’s finest, up-standingmen — only to end in tragedy– that fueled everyone’s cu-riosity. In the end, we stillhad more questions than an-swers. No doubt, a cover-uphad taken place, one thatcould never be uncovered.

“The best thing about anunsolved mystery,” my hus-band said, “is trying to figureit out. If it were solved, themystery would disappear.”That explains why nearly 80years later, people who cometo Slocum can’t let it go.

Often we are told of howthe murder story became thetopic of conversation atsomeone’s family reunion orhow it was discussed duringa lunch hour with co-work-ers. There’s always a differ-ent opinion or possiblescenario that might havegone unnoticed.

Today, we continue tocarry on the tradition ofstory-telling by reflecting onthe Slocum murder as wellas the stories stored in ourmemory. Some of them areperfect for Halloween night.“Listen, children,” we say.“Want to hear a ghost story?”

(Linda Defew is a free-lance writer and author ofseveral magazine articles.Her column appears in thisnewspaper periodically.)

Linda

DefewCrittenden Press guest columnist

Defew’s Views

Old ghost stories never die

Since 1926, atheists havebeen working faithfully toneuter all our truthful his-tory and revise it with tales oftheir liking, blacklisting all ofour Founding Fathers, in-cluding George Washington,with absolutely no proof.

Their next lie is: Most, ifnot all the Founding Fatherswere deists, who believed in asupreme being, but not theBible's account of God. TheAmerican universities arenow sick with atheism thatnegates or ignores volumi-nous records to the contrary.

America is the longest on-going constitutional republicin the world, where all othercountries have had manyconstitutions and forms ofgovernment.

As we look honestly at ourbeginning, we see why. Ourfounding fathers were Bible-educated and oriented.Twenty-four of the 56 menwho signed the Declarationof Independence had semi-nary degrees and 54 weremembers of churches.

Much of the phraseologyof the Declaration of Inde-pendence was taken from thesermons of Pastor JamesOtis, John Wise and otherswho spoke of the many refer-ences of the Bible's directionsfor government. Those werealso recorded in John Locke's1690, 360-page book "TwoTreatises of Government," in

which he discusses the bibli-cal role of government andsites the Bible 1,700 times.

Locke elaborated on fun-damental concepts, such asunalienable rights, separa-tion of powers, parental au-thority, private property, theright to resist unlawful au-thority and government byconsent – whereby govern-ments "derive their just pow-ers from the consent of thegoverned."

He builds the understand-ing of the "social compact," aconstitution between thepeople and the government,upon: "That Paction whichGod made with Noah afterthe Deluge."

Locke's classification ofthe basic natural rights ofman as the right to "life, lib-erty and property" not onlyinfluenced Thomas Jeffersonin the writing of the Declara-tion of Independence, butalso can be seen reflected inthe Fifth and 14th amend-ments.

This is also the source of

Jefferson's "The Laws of Na-ture and Nature's God."

Political science professorscollected 15,000 originalwritings of the founders andfound 3,154 were directquotes from Locke's work.When the professors trackedeach quote back to its origi-nal source, 34 percent of thefounders' quotes came fromthe Bible.

The aforementioned min-isters preached on govern-ment's separation of powersfrom Jeremiah 17:9. And theconcept for our threebranches of government —legislative, executive and ju-dicial — came from Isaiah33:22 where God is de-scribed as the judge, lawgiverand king.

Their sermon on tax-ex-emption for churches camefrom Ezra 7:24 and onjudges from Deuteronomy17:6, which can be found inArticle 3, Section 3, para-graph 1 of the U.S. Constitu-tion. Their sermons onEzekiel 18:20 are found inArticle 3, Section 3, Para-graph 2 of the Constitution.

President John Adamssaid the Founding Fathersused the general principles ofChristianity to achieve inde-pendence. When he wasasked what was behindAmerican's independence, helisted a host of preachers in-cluding George Whitfield,

who went with Ben Franklinto Great Britain to presentwhy America was against theStamp Act. Whitfield pre-sented the Bible to reason itwas wrong.

President Adams in aproclamation in 1798 said:"The safety and prosperity ofnations ultimately, essen-tially depend on the protec-tion and blessings ofAlmighty God."

So here again we see thatthe wall of separation ofchurch and state is a myth,propagated by atheists whoare sons of the devil — soJesus said in John 8:44 —and are given unmitigatedpower by sin-blinded Ameri-can ignorance.

In 1892, the U.S.Supreme Court in an unani-mous decision ruled: "These,and many other matterswhich might be noticed, adda volume of unofficial decla-rations to the mass organicutterances that this is aChristian nation... We findeverywhere a clear recogni-tion of the same truth."

Also, the court wrote: "Ourlaws and our institutionsmust necessarily be basedupon and embody the teach-ings of the redeemer ofmankind. It is impossiblethat it should be otherwise,and in this sense and to thisextent our civilization andour institutions are emphati-

cally Christian."Before those statements,

the Supreme Court of NewYork rendered this verdictthat upheld another courtruling in favor of our countrybeing a Christian nation:"Whatever strikes at the rootof Christianity tends mani-festly to the dissolution ofcivil government."

Now we all know whyAmerica is in such a morassof government out of control.It has a devastating debt thatcannot be paid back, most ofwhich is owed to CommunistChina, which is just waitingto beat the Muslims in takingus over. We have abortion,murder, unwinnable wars,radical Muslims dedicated tokill all of us who will not jointhem, communists, atheists,American-haters runningmuch of our government,wildfires, floods, droughts,crime of every description,raging unemployment, atanking economy and youthages 10 and 11 having allkinds of sex. All this with nohope of America coming backto God in sight.

This has always beenSatan's plan. Look at theAmerican people who havebrought all this on them-selves by refusing to obeyGod and permitting crimi-nals, liars, cheats andmoney- and power-hungrypoliticians to get into power.

We keep them there becausethey belong to our party orbecause we want all thehandouts they promise.

At a missionary confer-ence in 1908, WilliamHoward Taft stated: "No mancan study the movement ofmodern civilization from animpartial standpoint and notrealize that Christianity, andthe spread of Christianity,are the basis of hope of mod-ern civilization in the growthof popular self government.

"The spirit of Christianityis pure democracy. It isequality of man before God –the equality of man beforethe law, which is the mostGod-like manifestation thatman has been able to make."

On Thanksgiving, Nov. 7,1912, President Taft pro-claimed: "A God-fearing na-tion, like ours, owes it to itsinborn and sincere sense ofmoral duty to testify its de-vout gratitude to the All-Giver for the countlessbenefits its has enjoyed."

And our government isnot founded on the preceptsof Christianity?

(Editor’s note: Justice Cun-ningham is a member of theKentucky Supreme Court anda former judge and practicingattorney in western Kentucky.He is a resident of LyonCounty and author of severalbooks. His column appears inthis newspaper periodically.)

Rev. Lucy

TedrickCrittenden Press guest columnist

Religious Views

Many misled on nation’s Christian history

ThePressLETTERS

Hodge Foundation event raises $1,200To the editor

The Jake Hodge Founda-tion wishes to thank every-one who participated in theThird Annual Cowboy Clas-sic Fund Raiser held onSept. 10 at the Jim VaughnArena.

The event was organizedby Jim and Karen Vaughan,Dale and Michelle Fowlerand Sabrina and KailynStokes.

The event raised over$1,200. We wish to thankfriends and relatives for theirdonations and participationin the rodeo.

Over $10,000 in educa-tional scholarships havebeen awarded since 2009 todeserving high school sen-iors. The Jake Hodge Foun-dation challenge students tolead a purpose-driven lifeand to leave a positive andprofound legacy.

Chris HodgeMarion, Ky.

Newspapers and thepostal service. They're a lotlike dinosaurs. They eachstarted from humble begin-nings, evolved into a domi-nant species with littlecompetition and then strug-gled to survive through a cat-aclysmic event.

For the dinosaurs, it'sover, and has been for mil-lions of years except for a fewdusty fossils and distant rel-atives like birds and crocodil-ians who bear littleresemblance to the menacingT. rex that ate the goat in"Jurassic Park."

Science now aside, atleast the biological part,newspapers and the post of-fice are facing their extinc-tion event, but it's not a largeasteroid hurtling towardEarth. No, for papers and themail, it's technology andcompetition shaped to thesweeping contours of a newsociety.

As Americans, we nolonger learn of yesterday'snews while sitting at thebreakfast table over a cup ofcoffee in one hand and anewspaper folded into amanageable size in the other.In fact, we don't even have abreakfast table, aren't likelyto eat breakfast that doesn'tcome in some sort of wrapperand we darn sure aren't

going to walk to the end ofthe drive for our news.

The latter is primarily fortwo reasons: 1) We get our"news" from the delightfultalking heads on CNN or the"Today Show" as we scurryaround getting little Jimmyready for daycare or splatter-ing on make-up; or we sleepin an extra 30 minutes andwait to find out what hap-pened yesterday on the Inter-net at the boss' expense; and2) Getting a paper at the endof the drive — or out of themuddy ditch — in the dampmorning air is no longer anoption for most of us.

The radio also providescompetition to newspapers,but it, too, is becoming arelic. With iPods and MP3players, few even know howto tune a radio.

Meantime, the U.S. PostalService is suffering under itsown doomsday prophecy inthis new, faster world.Spending only 44 cents to

send in your credit card pay-ment 850 miles away toWilmington, Del., in only acouple of days, just isn'tgood enough anymore.Today, it's five mouse clicks,a silly password and it's paidonline.

Add e-mail and textingand the Pony Express is offto the glue factory. Even thepostal service's "Simpler Wayto Ship" has to compete with"The World on Time" and thequestion to many people'sanswer, "What can brown dofor you?"

To save money, newspa-pers are streamlining orshuttering doors, as thepostal service closes officeslike that in Tolu. Both havetaken their hits in an agethat is quickly passing themby, and a sour economy hasonly hastened the rate atwhich padlocks are put onthe doors and the key tossedin the lake.

But ink-stained handsand tongues made tacky bysealing an envelope, takeheart. Both newspapers andthe postal service will live onfor a few more generationsdespite the weight of a pend-ing asteroid bearing down ontheir shoulders. Perhapswith their own Tyran-nosaurus rex-to-ostrich evo-lution, they can survive a

while longer.It will not be easy, though.

Besides contending withtechnology and the newneeds of a changing society,both the business of printingjournalism and deliveringmail must battle a commonmisperception: that they aresimply a public service, not abusiness. What each pro-vides is indeed a public serv-ice, but it is one that carriesthe added burden of seekingto operate in the black.

For the postal service, Icannot say, but a sense ofcommunity may well pre-serve small town papers likeours, even amid a bleak fu-ture. In her recent L.A. Timesop-ed from Sept. 13 — dis-covered on the Internet, iron-ically — USC journalismprofessor Judy Muller ex-plains, "…it's refreshing toremember a different kind ofbottom line, one that lives inthe hearts of weekly newspa-per editors and reporterswho keep churning out newsfor the corniest of reasons —because their readers dependon it."

(Tabor is the managing ed-itor of The Press. His columnappears regularly in thisnewspaper. He can bereached at 965-3191 or by e-mail at [email protected].)

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County schools. Her guest column will appear periodically inThe Crittenden Press.)(Editor’s note: Evans is the publisher and editor of The Crit-

tenden Press. His column appears periodically.)(Editor’s note: Rev. Tedrick is a Marion minister. She shares

her views weekly in this newspaper. Her opinions are her own,and are not necessarily those of the newspaper. Rev. Tedrick canalso be heard on WAVJ 104.9 FM at 9 a.m., Tuesday.)

(Editor’s note: Autry is a guest columnist who lives in Marion.Her column appears periodically in The Crittenden Press.)(Editor’s note: Rev. Ison is a Marion minister. He shares his

views periodically in this newspaper. His opinions are her own,and are not necessarily those of the newspaper.)(Editor’s note: Rep. Cherry is a six-term Democratic representa-

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rently lives in Evansvile, Ind. Her column appears monthly in TheCrittenden Press.)

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STAFF REPORT

Crittenden District CourtJudge Daniel Heady ordereda man charged with felony,fourth-offense DUI to remainheld on $5,000 cash bond inthe Crittenden County Deten-tion Center.

The judge found lastWednesday that Curtis R.Smith, 25, of Lyon Countywas a high risk of re-offendingor flight, and did not lower theman's bond. The judge en-tered a not guilty plea on theman's behalf during the sus-pect's arraignment and ap-pointed him a public defender.

Smith was arrested byState Trooper Darron Hol-limon just before 11 p.m.,Tuesday, Sept. 20. Accordingto the police report, Smithwas driving a vehicle that en-tered the Five Star Conven-ience Center parking lot thenabruptly pulled away afterseeing the trooper and an-other lawman. Smith waslater located on Maple Street,but was outside his vehiclewith another man. The reportsays Smith began cursing thestate policeman, who was ac-companied by Deputy Don

Perry.Smith and another man,

Duell Smith, 23, of Eddyville,who is believed to have beena passenger in the vehicle,were both arrested. The al-leged driver was charged withDUI and driving on a sus-pended license. The allegedpassenger was charged withpublic intoxication to which hepleaded guilty last week inCrittenden District Court. Ac-cording to court testimony, thepassenger also had a previ-ous DUI conviction.

Court records say that thedriver, Curtis Smith, blew a.212 on the alcohol breatha-lyzer at the jail following hisarrest. That's more than twoand half times the legal limit of0.08.

Court records also indicatethe alleged driver has hadprevious DUI convictions inMarch 2009, June 2009 andSeptember 2010, and a pre-vious driving on suspended li-cense conviction. Thesuspect has another pendingfourth-offense DUI charge, forwhich he is scheduled to go totrial on in Lyon County onNov. 29.

Man held on $5,000cash bond for DUIs

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By DARYL K. TABORMANAGING EDITOR

At least two Marion busi-nesses suffered serious dam-ages from apparentstraight-line winds that cut aswath through Marion neardusk on Sunday. One, in fact,will have a portion of its busi-ness shut down for severalweeks before repairs can becompleted.

Marion Feed Mill and Mar-ion True Value appear tohave been hit the hardest bythe early-evening winds,which also tossed trash cans,chairs and yard ornaments,tore off roof shingles andbrought down trees andlimbs at homes across thecity. The power in Marionwent out for a period, but noinjuries have been reported.

"The bottom line is, no-body got hurt," Steve Cosbysaid Monday morning as hewatched a crew begin repairson a shed at True Value'slumber yard.

The shed, containingdozens of bags of concretemix, had its metal roof tornoff and deposited in a tree be-hind the building. Rain thatpoured in the roofless build-ing ruined most of the con-crete, causing hundreds ofdollars in losses.

Cosby, who lives on thesouth end of town adjacent toMarion Pit Bar-B-Q, said hisarea suffered no real dam-age.

Keith Hart, who lives justeast of Marion on Hunt Road,reported the same, thoughthe damage to his businesswas far more severe than thatof True Value's. In fact, dam-ages will likely be in the thou-sands of dollars, Hart said.

Hart, co-owner of MarionFeed Mill along with CharlieHunt, said it would likely bethe end of the week before themill could begin to mix feedfor most livestock. The dam-age occurred after the dustcollector on the roof above the

mixers was blown down, leav-ing a gaping hole that allowedrain to pour into the rear areaof the mill. It will be muchlonger before the mill cancrush hay or ear corn, Hartadded.

"It could be a month," heestimated.

Hart first became aware ofthe damage when he was no-tified that an alarm at thestore had been set off. He ar-rived only to find Mother Na-ture was the culprit, not aburglar.

"And when I got here, I sawthis," he said, pointing to thetwisted wreckage just outsidehis office.

The front of the mill – theretail store – was not dam-aged and was open for busi-ness on a normal schedule.

"Mother Nature's beenpretty brutal of late," saidRicky Brown, a local FarmBureau insurance agentwhile documenting the dam-age at True Value.


Johnny Martin works Monday morning on repairing a metal shed at Marion True Value’s lumberyard after Sunday winds ripped off the shed’s roof and lodged it in a tree behind the building.Dozens of bags of concrete mix were ruined when rains poured in after the roof was blown off.Straight-line winds around dusk Sunday caused thousands of dollars in damage across the city.

Sunday winds wreak havoc

STAFF REPORT

While work on replacingMarion’s aged water mainmay seem to have progressedever nearer its planned end-point at Second Street, thework is not half over, cau-tions the city’s utilities direc-tor, Brian Thomas.

The backhoe and crewslaying new pipe as of Tuesdayhad reached the front of thecourthouse, just a couple ofblocks from their destination,but the vast majority of workremains with tie-ins to exist-ing lines and individual hook-

ups. Thomas said there’s just a

tremendous amount of workto complete. Still, things areon track.

“The contractor actuallyhad six months to completethe project, which would putit into January,” Marion CityAdmnistrator Mark Bryantsaid. “Realistically the mainline should be done by theend of October, with totalwork done by the end of No-vember.”

Keith Todd, spokesman forthe Kentucky Transportation

Cabinet, is pleased with thecontractor’s work as far as itsimpact on traffic.

“They’ve really done anamazing job,” Todd said.

Even better news for resi-dents and businesses, Bryantsaid water service will not bedisrupted at any time due tothe project.

Todd said paving of a two-mile stretch of Main Streetfrom Gum Street to the northedge of the city, delayed untilthe project is complete, isslated for next constructionseason.

Water main replacement on track

STAFF REPORT

PHI Air Medical announcedplans to continue expansionof the company’s membershipprogram, PHI Cares, acrossthe state of Kentucky. Theprogram provides memberswith 24/7 coverage for med-ical emergencies that requireair ambulance transport fromPHI’s five aircraft located inKentucky, or any of theirtransport programs nation-wide.

PHI Cares Membership Pro-gram protects members fi-nancially, in the case that aportion of a patient’s bill isnot paid by their respectiveinsurance company for med-ically necessary transports.PHI will accept the insurancepayment as “payment in full”and members will not incurany out-of-pocket expensesrelated to their air transportto the hospital.

Offering a discounted an-nual fee of just $40 perhousehold at this event, PHICares is available to all localresidents. Representativeswill be available to answerquestions and accept applica-tions at Friday’s football gamebetween the CrittendenCounty Rockets and the Mar-shall County Marshals. A lim-

ited number of free drinkcoupons will be provided tointerested parties. In addi-tion, fleece blankets or a PHIAir Medical baseball cap willbe provided to parties whopurchase a membership onsite. For more information onthe PHI Cares MembershipProgram, go to www.phi-cares.com.

Graham honored

for success of

electronic recordsArea physician Scott R. Gra-

ham, M.D., was recently singledout as one of two solo practition-ers in the state of Kentucky whohas shown proven success in theadoption of Electronic HealthRecords (EHR) and a demon-stration of diligence towardMeaningful Use (MU). Awardswere presented earlier thismonth at the e-Health Summit inErlanger, sponsored by the U.S.Cabinet for Health and FamilyServices and the KentuckyHealth Information Exchange.

Graham, one of the earlier im-plementers of EHR in Kentucky,has been working, along with hisstaff, for seven years in the sys-tem and is considered a van-guard in MU. EHR enableshealthcare providers to have ac-cess to information about a pa-tient’s medical history in order todiagnose health problems earlier,provide proactive treatment and

improve clinical decision-makingthrough care coordination.

“The reason our government isnow insisting that all doctors andhospitals convert to EHR is be-cause it will save lives and im-prove care for everyone,”Graham said. “If you live in Ken-tucky and have a health crisisin California, your records can bemade avai lable to the treatingphysician. As for any concernsthat your health info can moreeasily be stolen, the patient ismuch more at risk when papertrails are created ina folder with your name on it.These systems are backed up bymore than one off-site computer.“I was actually a little apprehen-sive about taking on this newsystem at the same time that Iwas starting my solo practice. Iowe a lot of credit to my em-ployee, Barb Arflack, whopushed for the program and in-vested the time assessing vari-ous EHR systems to find thebest one suited for our practice. Ilike to call her my secret weapon.I guess it won’t be a secret any-

more,” Graham added. “Barbis also keeping us on track tomeet the strict set of guidelineswe must reach to claim the mon-etary incentives for MU. Addition-ally, Barb has been consistently

recognized for processing ourmedical claims with better than99 percent accuracy. That is animportant time saver for anymedical practice and an impres-sive record for Barb,” Graham

saidGraham and his nurse practi-

tioner, Beverly Jones, agree thatwithout the quality of employeesthey have, none of this would bepossible. The practitioners along-

side Barb, Linda Tinsley, ChenoaSmith, Denese Keene andPriscilla Graham have worked to-gether to earn this prestigiousaward and create a businesssuccess story.

“The name of the practice ison the plaque,” Graham said.“It’s a group accomplishment. I’mhappy this practice has been sin-gled out. I’m lucky to have suchhard-working and committed em-ployees. They make it possibleevery day.”

Brian Thomas

recognized for

years of serviceBrian Thomas, the City of Mar-

ion's utilities director, receivedrecognition lastweek for fiveyears of serviceto the City ofMarion, whichhonors its em-ployees with apersonalizedplaque. City Ad-ministrator MarkBryant saidThomas has been a valuableasset to the city and "knows hisstuff" when it comes to jobs heoversees. Thomas, who has alsoregularly umpired Marion Bob-cats games the last four sum-mers, lives in Dawson Springs.


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Former Crittenden County Judge-Executive Pippi Hardin flips a coin to determine whogets the ball first at Friday's homecoming football game. Crittenden County High Schoolparticipated in the Reagan Centennial National Coin Toss that took place at 14,000 highschools, 120 NCAA schools and at all NFL games last weekend. There was a special cointo celebrate the 100th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's birth.

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candidates have surfaced.Melissa Guill, who is nowchief deputy at the clerk's of-fice after more than nineyears there, says she plans toseek the job. Additionally,Marion City CouncilmanDwight Sherer says he's con-sidering candidacy.

Henderson was deputyclerk at the office from 1983to 1993 when she won theelection and took office inJanuary 1994.

Currently in her 18th yearat the courthouse, Hendersonis already among the longestserving clerks in the county's169-year history. Her prede-cessor, Mary Evelyn Fritts,served from 1982 to 1993.Prior to that, Anna Gilbertwas the court clerk from1964 to 1981. Her 18 yearsappear to soon be the secondlongest behind Henderson.Local historian Brenda Un-derdown said her researchhas uncovered no other clerk

who served longer.The circuit clerk has var-

ied responsibilities, but theprimary focus is to prepare,organize and archive recordsfor district, circuit, family andjuvenile court. Theclerk also issues dri-ver's licenses.

Among the mostrewarding aspects ofher job has been tosee new, teenagedrivers come of age.

"Seeing thosekids – well, I mean16-year-olds – gettheir permit and tosee the excitementon their faces, that'salways fun," Hen-derson said.

Serving and supportingthe youth of the communityis something Henderson saysshe's always tried to do witheagerness and passion.

"It is the most importantthing anyone can do for thecounty," she said.

Many people also knowHenderson's singing talent.She has performed at dozens

of funerals, weddings andconcerts. That gospel voicecomes somewhat naturally,she admits. Her mother,Geneva, was an alto singer;her grandfather, Virgil Dren-

nan, was a long-timemusic leader at CaveSprings Church;and her uncle,Charles Drennan,was a member of theConquerors Quartetfor several years.Henderson also sangin the Sugar GroveQuartet as ateenager.

The circuit clerk'sjob is not alwayseasy, Henderson

said. Most of the people whocome through the clerk's of-fice are in stressful situa-tions, either the subject of acriminal or civil complaint, orperhaps dealing with a pro-bate issue or driver's licenseproblems.

Attention to detail is a crit-ical talent when it comes tobeing clerk of the courts —that, and having good inter-

personal communicationskills. It's a fascinating job,Henderson says, and one shewill miss.

"I really have enjoyed thisjob, and I am thankful to thepeople of this county whohave allowed me have it thislong," she said.

Through the years, Hen-derson has witnessed re-markable changes in theoffice. The most dramatic hasbeen computerization ofeverything. Electronic recordsmake the job easier and ti-dier, she explained.

"When I first started, wehad to type everything ondocket cards and index cards.Computers have saved a lot oftime," she said.

Time is one thing she'llhave more of. There will be nomore looking at the clock,just watching her grand-daughter Erica play softball.Henderson and her husband,Joe, live in the eastern part ofthe county. Their son, Ericand his wife April live in Hen-derson and their other son,Jason, lives in Nashville. Shewill also have more time tospend with her 94-year-oldfather, Kenneth Drennan.

STAFF REPORT

Last month, unemploy-ment in Crittenden Countydropped below nine percentfor the first time in 10months, according to theKentucky Office of Employ-ment and Training (OET). Infact, the 8.8 percent joblessrate reported for August 2011was the lowest for the countysince December of 2008,when 8.7 of every 100 civilianlaborers were unemployed.The county's most recent job-less rate was also a full pointlower than was reported ayear ago in August 2010.

Meantime, two far westernKentucky counties wereamong the best rates re-ported for August. Both Liv-ingston and Callowaycounties recorded 7.5 per-cent unemployment, ranking

fifth lowest in the common-wealth.

While such good newsmight paint a rosy picture,statewide, 9.5 percent of thecivilian labor force was out ofwork for the second month ina row. The U.S. seasonallyadjusted jobless rate alsostayed the same at 9.1 per-cent from July 2011 to Au-gust 2011, according to theU.S. Department of Labor.

While nonfarm employ-ment in the commonwealthshowed over-the-year growthfor the 16th consecutivemonth, the overall number ofjobs dropped by 3,700 fromJuly 2011 to August 2011.

“The decline in the civilianlabor force in August 2011counterbalanced the joblosses causing the unemploy-ment rate to hold

steady,” said Dr. Justine Det-zel, OET chief labor marketanalyst.

Kentucky’s nonfarm em-ployment has grown by21,900 workers since August2010.

According to the season-ally adjusted employmentdata, Kentucky’s construc-tion sector jobs surged by2,300 in August 2011. SinceAugust 2010, employment inthe construction sector hasdropped by 900 jobs.

The educational andhealth services sector gained800 workers in August 2011.The sector has ballooned by5,000 workers since August2010. This sector includesprivate and nonprofit estab-lishments that provide eithereducation and training orhealth care and social assis-tance to their clients.

“The year-over-year em-ployment gains are predomi-nantly attributed to healthcare and social assistance

companies. General popula-tion growth and a longer lifeexpectancy are the maincauses of the continued ex-pansion of health care em-ployment. In addition, thereis an increased need forhealth services as the babyboomer generation ages,”said Detzel.

Meantime, the state’s Au-gust 2011 rate is the lowestsince the January 2009 rateof 9.2 percent, and unem-ployment was lower in all but10 of Kentucky's 120 coun-ties from July to August.Also, across the nine-countyPennyrile region — Critten-den, Livingston, Caldwell,Lyon, Christian, Hopkins,Muhlenberg, Todd and Triggcounties — the jobless ratelast month was down to 9.3percent from 10.1 percent inJuly 2011 and 10 percent inAugust 2010. August unem-ployment fell in all ninecounties from the previousmonth.

Union and Webster coun-ties, under the Green Riverregion, also their joblessrates drop to 8.5 and 7.8, re-spectively.

Part of the drop in unem-ployment, besides the declinein the labor force due to anumber of people who havegiven up actively seekingwork as alluded to by Dr.Detzel, could be an increasein the number of jobs in theregional mining industry.

Employment in the miningand logging sector rose by400 in August 2011. The sec-tor has gained 800 jobs sinceAugust 2010.

“This represents the fifthincrease in the number ofmining and logging jobs inthe last six months,” said Dr.Detzel. “As factories ramp upindustrial output and plantsexpand, there is increaseddemand for electricity pro-duced by coal.”

Woodford Countyrecorded the lowest jobless

rate in the Commonwealth at7.1 percent. Nearby FultonCounty recorded the state’shighest unemployment rate— 17.6 percent.


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Eastern Livestock was one ofthe largest cattle brokeragesin the nation.

“I am particularly appre-ciative of the help we’ve got-ten from Kentucky farmerswho were caught-up in thisscheme,” Conway said in arelease from his office. “Theseare hard-working familieswho have struggled to buyfarm equipment, pay theirmortgages and even put foodon the table after being swin-dled out of money they wereowed for cattle.”

All four defendants wereinvolved in directing the oper-ations of Eastern Livestock.Tommy Gibson was alsoowner of the Western Ken-tucky Livestock Market inMarion, which stopped oper-ating last October after East-ern Livestock's financialproblems began to surface.Eastern Livestock and Gib-

son have both filed bank-ruptcy.

More than 280 victims inKentucky have been identi-fied by the attorney general'soffice in the case against thedefendants with two potentialvictims from CrittendenCounty, according to ShelleyJohnson with the attorneygeneral's office.

"Because this is an ongo-ing investigation, I can’t getinto any more specific info re-lating to the victims otherthan to say there are at leasta couple of possible victims ofEastern Livestock’s check-kiting scheme in CrittendenCounty," Johnson said in ane-mail to The CrittendenPress. "I also can’t saywhether they are named asvictims in this indictment."

According to Linda Ed-wards, West Kentucky Live-stock Market was one of thetwo Crittenden County vic-tims. The other may havebeen a Crittenden Countytrucking company, but there

is no verification of that.According to The Washing-

ton Post, U.S. Department ofAgriculture officials saidEastern Livestock may owemore than 700 ranchers na-tionwide as much $130 mil-lion from bad checks.

The indictment charges allfour defendants by complicitywith 17 counts of theft by de-ception over $10,000, 144counts of theft by deceptionover $500 and under $10,000and 11 counts of theft by de-ception under $500.

Engaging in organizedcrime is a Class B felony, car-rying no less than 10 yearsimprisonment, and no morethan 20 years imprisonment.Theft by deception over$10,000 is a Class C felonycarrying five to 10 years im-prisonment, theft by decep-tion over $500 is a Class Dfelony carrying one to fiveyears imprisonment and theftby deception under $500 is amisdemeanor carrying up to12 months jail.

STAFF REPORT

Both Crittenden and Liv-ingston counties will be offer-ing property owners a chanceto clean-up next month.

In Crittenden County, freedumping will be allowed Oct.13-15. Tires, white goods andgeneral junk will be acceptedat the county’s conveniencecenter just east of town from8 a.m., to 4 p.m., each day.However, no household trashwill be accepted for free.

A $3,000 grant is helpingthe county pay for disposal ofthe waste tires, which willthen be shredded. The countywill not be making any pick-ups of tires, but a trailercourtesy of Martin Tire inMarion will be set up at thefacility to accept them.

Later in the month, Judge-Executive Chris Lasher saidhis county will be offering a

similar amnesty for disposalof junk on Oct. 27-29.

Livingston's program willdiffer a bit from that of theirneighbor to the east. Lashersaid the county will be pick-ing up white goods, or appli-ances, left at the end ofdriveways. He stressed thatappliances are the only itemsthe county will be picking upfor disposal.

Additionally, householdgarbage as well as junk fromthe attic or garage may betaken free to one of two drop-off points in the county. Nohazardous chemicals, how-ever, will be accepted.

The two drop-off points inLivingston County are at theformer Burna Riding Club offU.S. 60 between Salem andBurna and the conveniencecenter on Ky. 937, or Cut-OffRoad.

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Livingston amid low jobless rates

Select county jobless rates listedfrom the state’s lowest in August2011 to the highest with area coun-ties of interest listed between. Liv-ingston and Calloway counties hadthe lowest August 2011 rate in farwestern Kentucky.

AUG. AUG. AUG.COUNTY 2011 2011 2010

Woodford........7.1........8.0 .......7.8Calloway..........7.5........8.0 .......8.9Livingston.......7.5........8.4 .......8.4Caldwell...........7.8........8.0 .......8.7Webster...........7.8........8.1 .......7.8Union ..............8.5........8.9 .......9.6Crittenden .......8.8........9.2 .......9.8Lyon ................9.6......10.2 .....10.2Fulton............17.6......14.1 .....12.8

Livingston jobless rate one of lowest in stateUnemployment in Crittendenlowest since December 2008

PHOTO BY JERRITT HOVEY-BROWN

A little something for the sweet toothJack Reddick (center) and several members of Crittenden County youth flag football teams throw candy to the crowd last Thursdayas people lined both sides of Main Street to watch the annual football homecoming parade.

Crittenden, Livingston offerfree dumping next month

No driver’s test Friday

No written or roaddriver’s tests will begiven this Friday inCrittenden County.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Acommittee within theLouisville-based PresbyterianChurch (USA) says the de-nomination should dump in-vestments in three Americancompanies it believes profitfrom the Israeli-Palestinianconflict.

The committee says thecompanies – Caterpillar, Mo-torola and Hewlett-Packard –profit from Israel's occupationof Palestinian lands.

The divestment recommen-dation must be approved bythe church's legislative Gen-eral Assembly in 2012 to be-come policy.

A report from the denomi-nation's Committee on Mis-sion Responsibility ThroughInvestment says Caterpillarproduces bulldozers andHewlett-Packard and Mo-torola Solutions produce

technology used to bolster theIsraeli occupation of Palestin-ian lands, and Jewish settle-ments on them.

Caterpillar spokesman JimDugan said the bulldozers areprovided to Israel through theU.S. government-run ForeignMilitary Sales program.

Motorola and Hewlett-Packard declined comment.

The committee said thecompanies have rebuffedseven years of efforts to per-suade them to cut back onsupplying activities that itsaid violated internationallaw, The Courier-Journal re-ported .

“Sadly, our engagementwith these companies has re-sulted in no significantprogress, and we don't thinkit likely that it will do so in thefuture. We did what we could,but it didn't work,'' said the

Rev. Brian Ellison, a KansasCity, Mo., pastor who headsthe investment committee.

In 2004 a PresbyterianGeneral Assembly recom-mended the start of a processto shed investments from Is-rael, but that caused an up-roar among pro-Israel Jewishand Presbyterian groups, sothe denomination abandoned

the effort two years later. Still,the committee continued a di-alogue with companies that ithad identified as potentialtargets for divestment.

Matt Goldberg, communityrelations director of the Jew-ish Community of Louisville,said the church's recommen-dation does not “advance thecause of peace in the region.''

October 9 is Pastor Appre-ciation Day. Obviously, it isnot a national holiday. Truthis – it is just one day in amonth some Christians havedesignated as Clergy Appreci-ation Month.

Pastors have always beenpart of my life. It was com-mon for our pastor to be atour house for dinner or cof-fee. On many occasions, therevival preacher spent theweek at our house. I was im-pressed with their commit-ment to their calling. Oftenthey served under poor con-ditions and usually with littlecompensation.

The economic treatment ofour pastors has improvedtremendously in the last halfcentury; but it seems our loveand respect for the office hasdeclined. Fifty years ago,

there was little need for aPastor Appreciation Day. Thepastor was respected by thetotal community, those in thechurch and those without –even the unbelievers. Todaydisrespect and criticism arecommon even among one’sown parishioners. The fail-ures of a few high profile min-isters have contributed tothis lack of appreciation; butthe vast majority of clergy-

men are highly committedand ethically sound men ofhigh calling.

Perhaps recognition of adecline in positive attitudebrought this appreciation dayinto being. I went on line andsearched for the history ofthis day. The only historicalreference found was its be-ginning in 1992. Like otherholidays, commercial inter-ests have seized the day. Ifound page after page of sug-gested gifts for your pastor.In some cases, maybe a giftwould be the best expressionof appreciation; but usuallyyour pastor needs your en-couragement more than yourgifts.

The apostle Paul had anencouraging friend; his givenname was Joses or Joseph.He was such an encourager

the apostles gave him thename Barnabas, whichmeans son of encourage-ment. (Acts 4:36) Barnabasencouraged Paul as they trav-eled all over the known world.

More than once duringsome trying time in my min-istry, someone ministered tome with encouragement.More recently than I like toremember, a deacon friendsaid, “Pastor, I know whatyou are going through.” I hadno idea he was aware. “Iwant you to know,” he con-tinued, “We are solidly sup-porting you.” I never learnedwho he meant by “we,” buthis words helped me. Everychurch, perhaps every per-son, will need to find the bestway; but somehow encourageyour pastor. Take my wordfor it. It helps.

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HOMECOMINGWALNUT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH5755 KY Hwy. 902 E. • Fredonia, KY

A Drive In The Country Could Change Your Life

Sunday, October 2The Vocalystics Singing at 9:30 a.m.

(There will be No Sunday School)Speaker: Bro. Dean Ray at 10:30 a.m.

A Fellowship Meal will follow the worship service.Bro. Rich and the congregation

invite you to attend this special service.REGULAR SERVICE TIMES:

Sunday9:30 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. Worship Service5:00 p.m. Discipleship Training6:00 p.m. Worship Service

Wednesday7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer Service

Pastor Bro. Rich Gardner


Logan StoutGuest Speaker

Erin McDonaldSpecial Music

www.mexicobaptist.org

Be strong and of good courage. -Joshua 1:9

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For more information contact: Mandy Hunt 965-9343 or Valerie Gilbert 965-2442

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CALVARYBaptist Church

HOMECOMING SERVICESOctober 2, 2011

Bro. Chris Tarvin, Evangelist

REVIVAL SERVICESOctober 3-7, 2011

7:00 p.m. NightlyBro. Roger Waters

Invites Everyone To Attend

The Annual Meeting ofCROOKED CREEK

CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONwill be held

Sunday, September 25 • 2 p.m.at Crooked Creek Baptist Church

If you have an interest in this cemetery, please try to attend.

•Main Street Missionary BaptistChurch at 718 S. Main Street willhave a benefit yardsale Fridaythrough Saturday in FoodGiant’s parking lot. All pro-ceeds go to the telethon.•Hurricane Church will have itsannual fish fry at 5:30 p.m., Saturday. •Marion United Methodist Church will host a yard saleSaturday near the corner of College and Bellville streets. •Maranatha Baptist Church of Salem will have a fish fry at 3 p.m.,Saturday with hay ride to follow. •Barnett Chapel Church will have a fish fry and hay ride begin-ning at 6 p.m., Saturday. •West Kentucky Association of General Baptists and the MarionGeneral Baptist Church will have a revival at 7 p.m., today(Thursday) through Saturday.•Main Street Missionary Baptist Church at 718 South Main willhave a benefit yard sale today through Saturday. All proceeds aredonated to the Lion’s Club Telethon.•Sturgis General Baptist Church will have its revival at 7 p.m.,Sunday through Oct. 6. Evangelist will be Bro. David Bumpusfrom Dixon.

Church committee concerned over investments

Churchnotes

HollisJames Riley Hollis, 76, of

Marion died Saturday, Sept.24 at Crittenden Health Sys-tems.

He was aheavy equip-ment opera-tor andmember ofSugar GroveCumberlandPresbyterianChurch.

Hollis issurvived byhis wife, Janice DeHaven Hol-lis of Marion; four sons, MikeHollis of Dycusburg, MarlonHollis of Marion, Monty Hollisof Princeton and NathanFowler of Marion; threedaughters, Debbie Conrad ofNorris City, Ill., Rhonda Hollisof Henderson and PamHedgepath of Sturgis; onebrother, Raymond Hollis ofSturgis; and three sisters,Betty Hill of Sturgis, VickiCox of Fredonia and BonnieJackson of Eddyville; 16grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, Raymond andLee Ringstaff Hollis, and abrother, Guy Hollis.

Funeral services were heldWednesday at Myers FuneralHome with Rev. Harold Graceofficiating. Burial was inGreen Grove Cemetery inWebster County.

Hollis


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HubbardMorris B. Hubbard,

91, of New Albany, Ind.,formerly of Kuttawa,died Saturday, Sept.24, 2011 in MercyProvidence Retire-ment Home in NewAlbany where hehad resided for thelast two years.

He was a retired fi-nancial manager for theU.S. Army in Fort Knox andwas a World War II veteranwhere he served two of thoseyears in the European The-ater. He was a member ofMacedonia Baptist Church inLyon County.

Hubbard is survived by sixnieces and three nephews,and also several great niecesand nephews.

He was preceded in deathby his wife of 66 years, SarahAlfreda "Freda" Kemper Hub-bard; three sisters, Ruth Am-brose, Reba Shelton andHurle Street; two brothers,James D. "J.D." Hubbard andCarroll Hubbard Sr.; and hisparents, Dennie and PennyFox Hubbard.

Services were Wednesdayat Lakeland Funeral HomeChapel in Eddyville withRevs. John Hagan and BryanGrigg officiating. Burial wasin Shady Grove Cemeterywith graveside military rites.

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HodgeLoma Hodge, 84, of Marion

died Saturday, Sept. 24,2011 at Deaconess Hospitalin Evansville.

She was a member of OldSalem Baptist Church.

Hodge issurvived byher husband,Rev. A.C.Hodge; twosons, Tommyand wifeKarla Hodgeof Marionand Bob andwife BettyHodge ofCrete, Ill; one daughter,Jeanette LaBuda of Nashville,Tenn.; one brother, HowardStone of Marion; nine grand-children and 16 great-grand-children.

She was preceded in deathby her parents, Ollie andOrvelette Bebout Stone; twosisters, Rugena Easleyand Lala Redd; one brother,Edgar Stone; and one daugh-ter, Brenda Hodge Simmons.

Funeral services wereTuesday at Gilbert FuneralHome with burial in FrancesCemetery.

Hodge

RayCarl A. Ray, 82, of Mor-

ganfield died Friday, Sept. 23,2011 at Lucy Smith KingCare Center in Henderson.

He was a member ofNorthside Baptist Church inMorganfield and was a pastmember of Repton BaptistChurch in Mattoon. He was a50-year member of MasonicLodge No. 256, 55-year mem-ber of the Operating Engi-neers Local No. 181 and wasa Kentucky Colonel.

Ray is survived by his wifeof 62 years, Janie Brewer Rayof Morganfield; four daugh-ters, Kathy and husbandJames Dailey of Seymour,Ind., Teri and husband BudRhea of Spotsville, Ky., Debbyand husband Randy Day ofClay, and Nita and husbandEugene Nalley of Morganfield;one son, Scott and wifeTheresa Ray of Fredonia; foursisters, Garnet Timerick ofDenver, Colo., Anna Urso ofWarren, Mich., Boyce Collinsof Sturgis and Shirley Darnellof Morganfield; one brother,Donnie Ray of Marion; eightgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; andnumerous nephews andnieces.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, James andZema Ray; two brothers,Charles and Jimmy Ray; twosisters, Martha Basso andMargaret Ray; and onegrandson, Joshua Nalley.

Funeral services wereMonday at Whitsell FuneralHome in Morganfield withBro. Jimmy Terrell officiating.Burial was in Mt. Zion Ceme-tery in Crittenden County.

DyerGraveside services for Car-

olyn Dyer and Robert DyerWill be held at noon Satur-day, Oct. 1 at MapleviewCemetery with Gilbert Fu-neral home in charge of serv-ices.

RuddPauline Rudd, 92, of

Smithland died Monday,Sept. 19 at the Calvert CityConvalescent Center.

She was a member of theSmithland United MethodistChurch and also a member ofthe Smithland EasternStar. She was an avid softballplayer when she was youngerand played for the SmithlandRed Birds.

Rudd is survived by oneson, J.A. and wife Sue KelleyRudd of Smithland; onegranddaughter, Kelly Ruddand husband Randy Layne ofPaducah; two great-grand-children, Cassee and ConnerLayne; her special niece, Car-nelia Ramage; and two half-sisters of Anaheim, Calif.

She is preceded in deathby her husband, Jesse A.Rudd; two brothers; two sis-ters; and her parents, AubreyE. and Gertrude HodgeChampion.

Funeral services wereSept. 24 in the chapel of BoydFuneral Directors with theRev. Brad Shuck officiat-ing. Burial was in SmithlandCemetery.

Online condolences maybe left at www.boydfuneraldirectors.com.

WagonerLala Pearl Wagoner, 90 of

Marion died Sunday, Sept.25, 2011 at Colonial TerraceNursing Home in Sebree, Ky.

She is survived by sixsons, Dennis and wife ShirleyWagoner of Sebree, Ronnieand wife Becky WagonerAthens, Texas, James andwife Laura Wagoner of Rus-sellville, Ky., Jackie and wifeNelda Wagoner of Auburn,Ky., Bobby and wife TonyaWagoner of Beaver Dam, Ky.,and Danny and wife KellyWagoner of Dixon; fourdaughters, June and hus-band Tom Black of Marion,Peggy and husband RalphMcCauley of Belton, Texas;Deborah and husband EricHaney of Paducah andRhonda and husbandRichard Haberman of Padu-cah; one sister, Arla Givensof Carrsville; 31 grandchil-dren; 25 great-grandchil-dren; and twogreat-great-grandchildren.

Wagoner was preceded indeath by her husband of 55years, Willis Wagoner; oneson, William Joe Wagoner;one grandchild, CynthiaMarie Wagoner; seven sis-ters; and two brothers. Shewas also preceded in deathby her parents, Sam andJennie Sullenger Curnel.

Funeral services will be at1 p.m., today (Thursday) inthe chapel of Boyd FuneralDirectors with Rev. AndyYates officiating. Burial willfollow in Frances Cemetery.Visitation was Wednesdayfrom 5 to 8 p.m., in thechapel of Boyd Funeral Di-rectors.

Online condolences will beleft at www.boydfuneraldirectors.com.

bid review process, Cherrysaid, the contract for buildingthe road could possibly behanded to another bidder.

That vetting first goesthrough an internal review,then an award committee willlook at the winning bid to as-sure the contractor did notmiss anything and that thebid meets all of the technicalengineering requirements forthe project.

If approved by the bidcommittee, however, the con-tract must still be signed offon by Kentucky Secretary ofTransportation Mike Han-cock.

"Once the contract has hissignature, we consider it offi-cial and generally send out arelease on the award," Toddsaid. "This process generallytakes one to two weeks tocomplete."

A potential delay in build-ing the road could come fromthe U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers, who must also give en-vironmental clearance on theproject for it to begin. A re-quest for an environmentalpermit from the Corps hasbeen submitted, but it has yetto be approved, Todd said onMonday. He hopes it will begranted during the bid vettingprocess, but hesitated tospeculate as to the exact timeframe.

Though not sure whenthat OK will come, he doesn'tbelieve there are any environ-mentally-related reasons con-struction won’t be granted thego-ahead.

"It could be forthcoming ina month or six months," hesaid. "But at this point, wedon't anticipate any prob-lems."

Once that permit isgranted, the first shovels canfinally go to work.

Both Cherry and Todd areoptimistic that the initialstages of construction willbegin this fall. That workwould be preliminary, withgrade and drain and inciden-tal surfacing possible, accord-ing to Cherry. Todd said thatwhile most of the state's con-tractors wrap up their con-struction season by themiddle of November, drivingpilings for bridges and con-crete work on box culvertscould take place throughoutwinter if the weather is mild

enough."We're pretty optimistic for

grade and drain," Todd saidabout work this fall.

Work should begin inearnest in March. It is likely atwo-construction season proj-ect, he said, meaning comple-tion would come in 2013.

Cherry is proud to see theconstruction this close to be-ginning. The project has beenon his plate since first takingoffice in 1999. While otherelected officials have comeand gone, he and SecretaryHancock, both Princeton na-tives, have been the only con-stants during that period.

"New roads are a great rar-ity," Cherry said.

In fact, the alternate U.S.641 will be the first new stateor federal road project to belaid down in House District 4during his 12 years as a rep-resentative of Crittenden, Liv-ingston, Caldwell and aportion of McCrackenCounty.

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Kentucky traffic fatalities at 500

Kentucky State Police regularlyreport the accumulated number oftraffic fatalities across the common-wealth. Below, the number of deathsthrough Sept. 18, 2011 are repre-sented along with the change innumber from the same time periodin 2010.

2011 CHANGE ALCOHOLDEATHS FROM 2010 RELATED

Deaths ...500.........-43 ............79

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Automobile.........396 ............213Motorcycle ...........46 ..............26ATV.......................20 ..............17Pedestrian ............34..............n/aBicycle ....................2..............n/aScooter...................1..............n/aHorse-drawn ..........1..............n/a

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STAFF REPORT

Crittenden County property tax bills will bepayable beginning next week, with a two per-cent discount given on face value of the bill ifpaid before Nov. 2. The sheriff’s office reportsnotices are already on their way to mailboxes,but if not received in the next few days, tax-payers should contact the sheriff at 965-3400.

Those mailing in their 2011 tax paymentshould include a copy of the bill or note thetax bill number on the check. For a receipt, acopy of the bill should be included along withpayment and a self-addressed stamped enve-lope for paid confirmation to be returned.

Those paying in person at the sheriff’scourthouse office are asked to bring their taxbill to ensure proper credit. Credit and debitcards are accepted, but a transaction fee willbe charged to cover the cost incurred by thesheriff for such electronic transactions.

If not paid by Nov. 1, face value of the taxbill will be due through the end of the year.Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, a penalty of five per-cent will be added to the total if taxes are paidbefore February. Afterward, the penalty in-creases to 10 percent plus an additional fee.If not paid by April 16, 2012, the tax bill willbe considered delinquent.

Tax bills payable starting next week

Perry takes

leap of faith

with local

donut shopBY JERRITT HOVEY-BROWN

PRESS REPORTER

Sitting at a table with herhead propped by her handand elbow and an apronsmudged with small flourprints, Rita Perry smiles asshe recalls a fond memory ofwatching a Dunkin' Donutcommercial with Fred theBaker.

"It was cute," she said."He'd wake up so early in themorning and just say, 'Time tomake the donuts,' and he'ddrag himself out of bed andget to work. It was just soearly that he would have toget up and that stuck withme."

Although the commercialtook place in the 1980s, Perrynever dreamed of living alifestyle that remotely resem-bled Fred the Baker's. Yet, asa new owner of SunriseDonuts and Coffeehouse, thatcommercial is even moremeaningful to Perry.

"Now I understand exactlywhat he was thinking andfeeling," Perry said with alaugh.

Perry has worked in severalrestaurants since her teenageyears and has even owned awig boutique but never oncedid Perry think that she andhusband, Bill, would ever own

a bakery, let alone one thatrequired so much time andenergy like a donut shop.

"It's a funny story actuallyon how we even got into doingthis," Perry said. "A lot of ithas to do with Darrin Tabor."

With the back of the Perry'sproperty line adjoining theproperty of the bakery, Perryalways looked at the building,a restaurant at the time, andhad what she described as anamazing feeling that they weregoing to own it one day.

"I'm not psychic or anythingby any means," Perrysaid. "It was just afeeling that I hadthat I was going toown it and I told Billthat we would. I said,'One of these days, weare going to own it and wewould do something with it.' Itwas a blessing becausemonths later, it went up forsale."

Taking it as a sign, Perry'shusband met with Homesteadreal estate agent DarrinTabor. Soon after, they werethe owners of the quaintbuilding even though they stillweren't sure what they weregoing to do with it.

"This is the part where wecan thank Darrin," Perry saidwith a laugh.

After purchasing the build-ing and the property, Perry,her husband and Tabor werestanding outside during acold day in February, contem-plating what they would donow that they owned it.

"We knew we didn't want tohave a restaurant," Perry said."There are several here inMarion and we didn't want toadd another one to the grow-ing list. That's when Darrin

suggested opening a bakery."Perry said they kind of

laughed it off at first but thenstarted thinking about thepossibility of running one andit just seemed to be the rightthing to do. The only setbackwas neither Perry nor herhusband had ever madedonuts outside the comfort oftheir own kitchen.

"It was a learning processthat required a great deal ofresearch," Perry said. "It's notas easy as some think. Ittakes a lot of time and effort."

Despite not having any ideahow to start, Perry did asmuch research as she could,often trying her own recipes.Without any real experiencewith a donut shop, Perry hasfound a rhythm that works forher, creating her own path inthe donut business.

Officially opened on April12, Sunrise Donuts is openfrom 6 a.m., to 1 p.m., Thurs-

day through Saturday. Perrybegins a typical day at thebakery the night before. Whileeveryone else is snugly tuckedin bed at midnight, Perry isdressed in work clothes andalready at the bakery, mixing,rolling and cutting donuts.Between midnight and 6 a.m.,Perry may have just enoughtime to run home and take ashort break before openingthe doors for the public. Othertimes, she may work straightthrough until closing time.

"It's definitely time-consum-ing," Perry said. "But I enjoyevery minute of it."

Glazed donuts to fancy frit-ters, long johns and bis-marks, Perry tries to offer avariety of flavor for each of hercustomers, taking pride inhaving a colorful display ofgolden deliciousness. Listen-ing to what her customerswant and offering a wide se-lection, Perry says new ideas

for donuts are never-ending. "I dream about them," Perry

said. "I dream about all kindsof new flavors and the nextday, I set out to see if it's pos-sible to make. With donuts,there are endless possibili-ties."

Donuts aren't the onlyitems that Sunrise Donuts of-fers. Along with the pastries,the coffeehouse offers gour-met coffee, dining area and alarge-screen television.

"We want to provide a cozyplace for people to come in,eat their donuts, drink their

coffee and watch TV," Perrysays. "We're a little bit morethan just an average donutshop."

In the near future, SunriseDonuts will also offer Wi-Fiservices for its patrons.

"We want to become a fam-ily-based hometown donutshop," Perry said. "We are sothankful for our customersand we just want to be able toprovide them with somethingdifferent. There's a lot of hardwork that goes into owningand running a donut shop butit's also very rewarding."

Health insurance coverage isa top priority for many people.Medicare is health insuranceavailable for people over theage of 65 as well as thoseunder the age of 65 with cer-tain disabilities.

The primary Parts ofMedicare are A, B and D. PartA is known as hospital cover-age and assists with expensesfor inpatient care and skillednursing facility, hospice andhome health care.

Medicare Part B is generalmedical insurance which as-sists with expenses associatedwith doctors’ visits, outpatienthospital care and home healthcare. Part B also covers somepreventative medical services.

Part D is Medicare prescrip-tion drug coverage. You alsohave the option to enroll in theMedicare Advantage Plan, orPart C, which is offered by pri-vate companies approved byMedicare.

The advantage plan normallyincludes Parts A and B as wellas additional benefits such avision or dental insurance. Themajority of advantage planswill also include Part D.

If you or a loved one cur-rently receive Medicare bene-fits, it is important to know thatMedicare health and prescrip-tion drug plan costs and cover-age can change every year.You should review yourMedicare plan on a yearly basisto ensure that it meets both

your medical and financialneeds.

The fall open enrollment pe-riod for 2012 is October 15through December 7. It is im-portant that you review thechanges in Medicare for thenew year prior to this time pe-riod so that you can compareavailable coverage options.

Your new coverage will beginon January 1, 2012. If you re-tain your same plan from2011, new costs and coveragewill also begin January 1,2012. There are also other en-rollment periods in which youmay be eligible to enroll; yourlocal Social Security office willbe able to provide you with en-rollment guidelines as well asadditional information regard-ing Medicare coverage andbenefits.

You can learn additional in-formation about comparingMedicare drug and healthplans at www.medicare.gov.Medicare.gov is a governmentresource which maintains up-to-date information regardingMedicare benefits.

ThePressLifestyles 8Thursday, September 29 , 2011

Geraldine Shouse

CRITTENDEN

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BrewerBlake and Bethany Hale Brewer of Cumming, Ga., announce

the birth of a son, Jacob Baker, June 30 at Northside ForsythHospital. Jake weighed seven pounds, nine ounces and was 201⁄2inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Larry and Deb Hale of St. Marys,Ga. Great-grandparent is Jane Hale of Peachtree City, Ga.

Paternal grandparents are Tracey and Donna Brewer of Cum-ming, Ga. Great-grandparents are Mary Lou Tharp of Smyrna,Tenn., Donnie and Helen Tharp of Salem and Forest and NancyBrewer of Gainesville, Ga.

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Finding her own way

To make enough donuts, it takes a lot of flour whichPerry portions out before being able to make the dough

for the donuts.

Rita Perry, owner of Sunrise Donuts and Coffeehouse on U.S.60 West, hands one of her regular costumers, Ed Kirk of Mar-ion, a donut after he stopped by to visit. Kirk also rents an RVspace from Perry, making it that much easier to stop by and in-dulge in the sweet golden pastries.

RushingMichael and Harmony Rushing of Marion announce the

birth of a son, Bentley Dale, Aug. 8 at St. Mary’s Hospital inEvansville, Ind. Bentley weighed seven pounds, 13 ounces andwas 203⁄4 inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Roger and Sharon LaRue of Mar-ion. Paternal grandparents are Roger and Karen Rushing ofSturgis. Bentley has a sister, Bristyn Nicole.

200-mile yard sale event

kicks off Friday morningSTAFF REPORT

The sixth annual Highway60 yard sale will take placeFriday through Sunday,stretching over 200 milesacross Livingston, Crittenden,Union, Henderson, Daviess,Hancock, Breckinridge andMeade counties in westernKentucky.

Hundreds of local individu-als, businesses and groupsare expected to participate,setting up yard sales andcraft booths along U.S. 60, al-lowing visitors from Kentuckyand surrounding states toenjoy an exciting shopping ex-perience while taking in thedistinctive flavor of uniqueshops, restaurants andsouthern hospitality. Marion

Tourism Director and thisyear's event representativeMichele Edwards said theevent has helped to bring in-terest to Crittenden Countywith visitors driving throughlooking for yard sales.

"It's a unique event that al-lows visitors the ability to ex-plore each county as theylook for yard sales," Edwardssaid. "Each year that it's beenheld, it's always brought newvisitors to Crittenden Countywho have enjoyed everythingthat we have to offer and weexpect a similar turnout thisyear."

Property owners along U.S.60 can participate by havinga yard or sidewalk sale oftheir own or offer their prop-

erty for use to other yard saleparticipants. As of Monday,10 yard sales that will be heldin Crittenden County wereregistered with Edwards. Sitelocations of those are as fol-lows:•3507 US Highway 60 EastMarion, KY 42064•2530 US Highway 60 WestMarion, KY 42064•718 South Main StreetMarion, KY 42064•611 West GumMarion, KY 42064(House is on U.S. 60 near thehigh school but the address isGum Street)•1681 US 60 WestLedbetter, KY•759 Claylick RoadMarion, KY 42064

•5558 US Highway 60 EastMarion, KY 42064•1413 Highway 60Burna, KY 42028•5820 US Hwy. 60 WestMarion, KY 42064•6059 US Hwy. 60 WestMarion, Ky 42064•U.S. 60 (across from Mat-toon Store)Marion, Ky 42064•1489 Hwy. 60 West Ledbetter

Those who also plan on set-ting up food booths, shouldcontact the local health de-partment to find out more in-formation regarding theappropriate guidelines forfood preparation and serving,as well as permits and fees.

Thurmond - LucasGuy and Barbara Thur-

mond of Marion announcethe engagement and upcom-ing marriage of their daugh-ter, Wendy, to Todd Lucas,son of Glenda Stembridge ofGrand Rivers and the late

Slats Lucas. Vows will be exchanged at

3 p.m., Oct. 8 at Repton Bap-tist Church in Mattoon.

Invitations are not beingsent out. Friends and familyare welcome to attend.

The Crittenden County RetiredTeachers Association (CCRTA) recentlyheld a meeting at the CrittendenCounty Public Library where it wel-comed new member Greg Hollamon.Hollamon, a math teacher, retired fromCCHS in May. Attending the meetingthat was held earlier this month, Holla-mon was welcomed into the associa-tion by his former first grade teacher,Helen Moore. CCRTA President PhyllisSykes said the opportunity of havingMoore at Hollamon’s reception was agreat induction for Hollamon.

“Mrs. Moore started Greg on his edu-cation career and now has helped himinto retirement from the education ca-reer,” Sykes said. “It really was a won-derful thing to have both of themthere.”

Hollamon joinsretired teachersassociation

STAFF REPORT

Beginning Friday morningat 9 a.m., the 2011 PumpkinFestival sponsored by theCrittenden County Chamberof Commerce will be in fullswing as it indirectly kicks offthe fall season with severalevents, new and old.

The two-day event prom-ises festival goers entertain-ment with good eats andseveral booths that featurelocal crafters. One such boothwill be that of MelindaOverby, owner of PersonalTouch Embroidery and De-sign. Along with the help ofher son Kyle, Overby's boothwill feature items that havebeen embroidered, as well asoffering same-day embroider-ing during the festival.

"Customers can walk up toour booth, pick out what theywant and we'll have it em-broidered within the day,usually in an hour," Kylesaid. "It's a unique featurethat we hope will bring sev-eral people to our booth."

Although from Providence,the Overby's have a direct tieto Marion as Michael,Melinda's husband, is a CPAhere. Although they were justmoving into Michael's officeduring last year's festival andwere unable to participate,they decided this year wouldbe a good time to jump inafter hearing so many goodthings about it.

"The festival is definitely in-teresting and offers a varietyof things to residents here, as

well as visitors," Overby said."It's a unique event that al-lows fun for everyone and wejust thought it would seemlike a good opportunity for mymom, as well as providingsomething that the commu-

nity would enjoy. We alsolook forward to meeting newpeople."

Having embroidered for thelast 12 years, Melinda offersa line of items that can beembroidered from baby bibs

to purses, all of which Overbysays will be available at thebooth.

Other events that will behappening this weekend in-clude the traditional PumpkinBake Off, concerts from two

musical groups, a petting zoo,the annual Little Miss andMister Pumpkin Festival pag-eant, as well as Pumpkin'Chunkin' and the dash forcash sponsored by The Peo-ples Bank.

Ellis B. Order American Le-gion Post 111 in Marion willalso be selling chances Satur-day at Conrad's for a countryham to be awarded duringthe Christmas parade on Dec.3.


Crittenden County Chamber of Commerce President Bob Briley (seated) goes over some lastminute details with members of the Pumpkin Festival committee during a recent meeting. Pic-tured are (from left) Shannon Lain, Tammy Wallace, Holly White, Vanda Adamson, Mary Karesand Robin Curnel.

CCES forms

new historical

society clubBY JERRITT HOVEY-BROWN

PRESS REPORTER

Crittenden County Ele-mentary School teachersTammy Brantley and CindyCrabtree have recently col-laborated to create a newclub for CCES students – ajunior historical society.

Brantley also heads theCCES energy team, the EcoPals, and decided to helpCrabtree form a club forstudents interested in his-tory and the county’s past.

Although the club hasonly been formed since thebeginning of the schoolyear, students are alreadylining up to join. Brantleysaid several students havewanted to join but the clubwas only able to accept afew members due to limitedfunding.

“I was surprised by howmany wanted to join but wewere only able to select afew students,” Brantleysaid. “We hope that we cangrow this club into some-thing more each year, allow-ing more students toparticipate.”

Already the two teachers

have ideas and tripsplanned for the club, visit-ing local historical sites, in-cluding a recent visit toFredonia where studentsparticipated in the WalkThrough the Past cemeterytour. One student and clubmember, Ellie McGowan,was also able to watch hergrandparents portray char-acters from Fredonia’s past.

“That was the neatest partfor me,” McGowan said. “Mygrandmother played mygreat-great-grandmother,Carrie Ordway. It was neatseeing people I know acting.It was also interesting tolearn that Fredonia used tobe a town named Kelsey.”

Next on the to-do list forthe historical society is atrip to the CrittendenCounty Historical Museum.Brantley says that BrendaUnderdown, a member ofCrittenden County’s histor-ical society, is planning aspecial trip for the students.

“We plan on attending themuseum here in the nextfew weeks,” Brantley said.“We’re excited to see what’sin store for us there.”

Revived Frontier

Days a successSubmitted by June McDowell

We are so proud of our firedepartment here in Cave InRock. They took on a job thatmany had given up on. Theywere determined to bringFrontier Days back to what itused to be.

The entire crew workedhours upon hours preparingfor the set date. Fire depart-ments from Elizabethtown,Shawneetown, Ridgeway andPope County all helped tosupport our local depart-

ment, making the event asuccess.

The Douglas and Sisk fam-ilies, as well as the OpryHouse committee, alsostepped up, along with twolocal churches to help.

Not only did the fire de-partment take on FrontierDays but some also partici-pated in the Wild West Show,despite difficulty finding afull cast.

Next year’s celebration isplanned for an earlier date.

Homemaker Club Report

Submitted by Margaret Gilland

The Evening Belles home-makers met Sept. 15 at theCrittenden County Exten-sion office where sevenmembers were present.

President Pat Carter callthe meeting to order andopened with the Pledge of Al-legiance. Helen Lewis readthe inspiration, “Life’sRush.”

The club received two cer-tificates at the annual meet-ing for outstandingHomemakers Club and GoGreen for Recycling.

The club also voted to givea $25 donation to the Crit-tenden County Public Li-brary.

Nancy Hunt presented the

lesson, “Disaster Prepared-ness.” She named items thatwould be needed in a sur-vival kit, as well as itemsneeded in a car.

Algie Richards led in agame, “What’s in yourpurse,” with Carter winningthe prize after having 11 ofthe listed items in her purse.

Upcoming events that theEvening Belles are involvedin are the Pumpkin Festivalthis weekend and a TwilightWalk from 5:30-6:30 p.m.,Oct. 11 at the Marion City-County Park.

The meeting was ad-journed with the next meet-ing scheduled for 11:30a.m., Oct. 13 at the Exten-sion office.

Sunday, Oct. 2•McConnell Family Reunionwill be held at 12:30 p.m., Sun-day at the Crittenden CountySenior Citizen Center.Monday, Oct. 3•The Crittenden County HighSchool Diamond Club is host-ing a Zumba-thon from 6-8p.m., Monday in the CCMSgym. Cost to participate is $5.Water and fruit will be provided.•Ellis B. Ordway Post No. 111will meet on at 6:30 p.m., Mon-day in the basement meetingroom at Fohs Hall. All mem-bers are urged to attend.Ongoing•Story Hour for preschoolers isconducted at CrittendenCounty Public Library at 10a.m., each Friday throughoutthe school year.•St. William Ladies Guild is ac-cepting vendors for its Christ-mas Craft Bazaar Dec. 3 inMarion. Contact Kathy Bechlerto reserve a space, 988-4171.Upcoming•Descendants of the Alvin andLillie Bebout family will have anannual Bebout reunion at10:30 a.m., Oct. 8 at the Fre-donia Lions Club Building. Apotluck meal will be served atnoon. Meat and dinnerware willbe provided but family mem-bers are asked to bring dishesand soft drinks.•The 1975 eighth grade classfrom Tolu will have a reunion at1 p.m., Oct. 9 at RiverviewPark (formerly Dam 50).Friends and others are wel-come. Bring a covered dish.For more information, callHelen Head at 965-5065 orDonald Croft at 965-3940.•A Lamb family reunion will beheld at noon, Oct. 8 at the

Princeton Tourist WelcomeCenter at 201 E. Main Street.Descendants of Thomas andAlice (Longshore) Lamb arewelcome for a fun afternoon ofvisiting and fellowship, meetingnew family members and shar-ing genealogical information.For more information callMatthew T. Patton at (215)285-0920.•The annual L.B. and Sarah A."Parsley" Patton family reunionwill be held Oct. 9 at the Fredo-nia Lion's Club Building. All de-scendants and friends of thefamily are welcome to attend.Doors open at noon, and apotluck lunch will be served.Please bring a dish for every-one to share.•A community Twilight Walk willbe held from 5:30- 6:30 p.m.,Oct. 11 at the Marion City-County Park. Sponsored bythe Crittenden County Exten-sion Homemakers, the event ispart of Kentucky ExtensionHomemaker Week and en-courages people to get out andwalk with others. Registrationfor prizes will be at the pavilionlocated near the baseballfields. For further informationcall 965-5236.•The Crittenden Health Sys-tems Auxiliary will have afundraiser from 8 a.m - 4 p.m.,Oct. 13 in the front lobby of thehospital. •A basic coupling Class will beat 6:30 p.m., Oct. 13 at theMarion Ed-Tech Center. It willbe taught by Nancy Hunt,County Extension Service andDee Brasher, Young FarmerAdvisor. The class is free andopen to the public. Pre-registerwith the Extension office at965-5236.

Community calendar

Friday

9 a.m. ................................Flag ceremony

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. .................Vendors open

around courthouse square

10 a.m. - 7 p.m..................Hooks Entertainment (rides and inflatables)

Farmers Bank Parking Lot

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ...............Pumpkin Bake Off at the welcome center

4 - 6 p.m. ...........................Xander (rock band) at the stage area

Saturday

8 a.m. ................................Fun Run at Marion Commons

9 a.m. ................................Pet Contest at stage area

9 a.m. ...............................Corn Hole Toss contest on East Carlisle Street

9 a.m. - ? ...........................Cattlemen's Association/Tractor Displays,

demonstrations and petting zoo on the former

Marion Junior High front lawn

9 a.m. - 7 p.m. ...................Hooks Entertainment (rides and inflatables)

Farmers Bank parking lot

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. .................Car show (judging at 3 p.m.) at Darben Plaza

11 a.m. Little Miss and Mister Pumpkin FestivalPageant

at the stage area

1 p.m. ................................FFA Tractor Pulls beside Farmers Bank

1 p.m. ................................Pumpkin' Chunkin' on East Carlisle Street

2 p.m. ...............................Dash for Cash on East Carlisle Street

2-3 p.m. ............................Community Arts Foundation Living Statues

7 p.m. - ? ..........................Stereo Shout Out (rock band) at the stage area

Schedule

of events

Pumpkin Festival begins Friday

A Grand Rivers man's luckran out last week after lead-ing state police on a high-speed chase throughnorthern Livingston Countythat ended in Salem withmultiple charges filed againsthim and possible additionalcharges to follow.

Lucky Hampton, 29, wasarrested last Thursday morn-ing on at least nine charges,according to Trooper DeanPatterson, Kentucky StatePolice public affairs officer forPost 1 in Mayfield. Thecharges against Hampton in-clude four counts of wantonendangerment, fleeing policein a vehicle and on foot, re-sisting arrest, reckless driv-

ing, speeding, improper pass-ing, operating on a sus-pended license and failure towear a seatbelt.

Patterson said Hamptonwas eastbound on U.S. 60around 8 a.m., when TrooperT.J. Williams attempted tostop him for speeding. Thesuspect reportedly disre-garded the trooper's lightsand sirens and led him on apursuit at a high rate ofspeed along the highway. Thechase continued for severalminutes before Hampton'ssport utility vehicle spun outof control and overturned ina ditch just south of Salem.

After the wreck, Hamptonexited the vehicle and contin-

ued to flee police on foot be-fore Trooper Williams wasable to catch up with him andtake him into custody.

During an examination ofthe wreckage, troopers dis-covered several pieces of cop-per wire which were

suspected to have beenstolen. The investigation intothe copper wire is ongoing.

Hampton was lodged in theMcCracken County DetentionCenter.

Income guidelines forschool meals releasedFree, reducedlunch availableto needy familiesSTAFF REPORT

The Kentucky Departmentof Education has released the2011-12 income and house-hold size criteria for schoolmeals program eligibility. Thenew schedule replaces the2010-11 criteria.

Each year, the federal gov-ernment revises guidelinesfor school districts to followwhen implementing free andreduced-price meal pro-grams. Children from house-

holds whose income is at orbelow specific levels are eligi-ble for free or reduced-pricemeals. All school districtsoffer free and reduced-pricemeals to students from eligi-ble families.

Studies show that childrenwho eat breakfast and lunchhave better attendance rates,longer attention spans andimproved academic perform-ance. School districts partici-pating in the National SchoolLunch or School Breakfastprogram will send applicationforms to students’ homes forparents or guardians to fillout and return. District offi-cials review applications anddetermine eligibility. Parents

may call the superintendent’soffice for more informationand application forms.

In order for a householdsize of two to meet the re-duced-price meal, the joinedincome should not exceed$27,214 annually and $2,268monthly. For each additionalfamily member, add $7,067to the annual income and$589 to the monthly income.

To meet the free meal in-come levels, a household withtwo people should have anannual income of $19,123 orless and a monthly income of$1,594. For each additionalfamily member, add $4,966to the annual income and$414 to the monthly income.

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Marion eager to put water source to useBy DARYL K. TABORMANAGING EDITOR

Underneath Marion lurksenough water to float a bat-tleship, albeit a small one,and city officials are eager toput it to use as an alternativesource to its two lakes fromwhich the municipal watersupply is currently drawn.

Earlier this month, con-tractors with National WaterServices in Paoli, Ind., drilledabove an abandoned miningshaft on property behind thecity's maintenance garagelooking to tap into millions ofgallons of groundwater thathas seeped into a manmadecavern over the manydecades since the LucileMining Co., ceased opera-tions there. Brian Thomas,the City of Marion's utilitiesdirector, said the companybroke through the shaft at232 feet down, providing ac-cess to thousands of cubicyards of the old fluorsparmining shaft now filled withwater.

"We know there's a hugeamount of water there," theutilities director said. "It's allabout how much and howgood it is."

Last week, Thomas esti-mated 5 to 7 million gallonsof water could be found inthe old mine shafts.

Despite the find, it couldbe some time before water

can be drawn and treated foruse by city water customers.

In fact, it may not be usableat all, Thomas warned.

Because of the length oftime the waters have beenleft undisturbed, it has be-come stagnant and untoldminerals and materials fromthe surrounding earth haveleached into the water, pos-sibly even from the remainsof mining equipment andhazardous liquids.

Initial samples proved thewater to be unsuitable foruse, but that was to be ex-pected, Thomas explained.However, that was the re-quired initial step in acquir-ing a discharge permit fromthe Kentucky Division ofWater (DOW) to pump outenough water to determinethe shafts' viability as a sec-ondhand storage facility.

"That's basically to provethat it's not toxic," Thomassaid.

It could be several days be-fore a DOW decision isreached on the dischargepermit.

If DOW finds no hazards tothe flora and fauna from thestagnant water that would beexpelled from the mine, largepumps will be brought in toremove water from the mazeof underground shafts.

Thomas said lessons as tothe city's need for an alter-native water source havebeen reinforced by MotherNature over the last fewyears. The ice storm of 2009

and resulting long-termpower outages left the city onpins and needles as towhether it had enoughtreated water in storage tosupply citizens' demands.Despite the scare, the city'swater treatment plant wentback online in time to allevi-ate the water shortage con-cern.

As a counter measure,water can also be purchasedfrom Crittenden-LivingstonWater District, but that bothcosts the city and relies onan already burdened watertreatment system servingboth namesake counties aswell as parts of other coun-ties.

"During the ice storm, wewere both dead in the water,"Thomas said of the two sup-pliers in the first hours of theaftermath of the storm thatblanketed much of the com-monwealth in layer uponlayer of heavy ice. "The icestorm pushed everyone pastthe limit."

On an average day, theutilities director said the citygoes through about a half-million gallons of potablewater. There are 1.2 milliongallons of storage availableto the city, but at best, withextreme measures taken, 48hours would likely see thelast drop of drinking waterrun through someone's tap.

If the water district is dis-abled or its water drawnfrom the Cumberland Riveris compromised by sometype of environmental disas-ter, the city currently has noback-up to Lake George, itsprimary source of water, andold City Lake. Furthermore,Thomas explains that waterdrawn from City Lake in thesummer time, when the LakeGeorge reservoir is prone toshrinking to dangerously lowlevels as in 2010, it is costlyto treat because of the nutri-ents that fill the old lake,making it difficult and costlyto turn it into something youmight want to drink.

"It's extremely expensive totreat and pushes the abilityof what the plant can do," heexplained.

Therefore, a third sourcewould greatly reduce thecity's reliability on anotherwater supplier in such cases.Regardless of the good work-ing relationship the cityshares with the rural waterdistrict, sharing and swap-ping water resources fromtime to time, the city needsto be self-reliant, Thomas ex-plains.

"You put all your eggs inone basket and you're introuble," he said. "It's in thebest interest to City of Mar-ion to be self-reliant."

Earlier this month, contractors with National Water Servicesin Paoli, Ind., drilled above an abandoned mining shaft belowthe city's property near its maintenance garage looking to tapinto millions of gallons of groundwater that has seeped intoa manmade cavern over the many decades since the LucileMining Co., ceased operations.

Arrest made in Salem after pursuit, crash

Homemaker Club Report

Submitted by Sally BoydThe first meeting of the

Crooked Creek Homemak-ers Club was held at theExtension office with ninemembers and one visitor.

After a lesson on Prepar-ing for emergency situa-tions, the meeting covered

all of the things that havehappened this summer andthe upcoming events.

Next month will be the60th anniversary of theCrooked Creek Homemak-ers, Club members willhave a special program tocelebrate.

Livingston County HelpingHands has teamed with theLivingston County PACS of-fice and will host a car show,Cruising for a Cause, at 10a.m., Saturday during Smith-land's Octoberfest.

The cost is $10 per entrywith a 50/50 drawing. Dashplaques will be handed out tothe first 20 cars registered.Motorcycles are welcome toparticipate in the event, too.

Helping Hands will alsohave a booth at Octoberfestselling fried green tomatoes,fried dill pickles, funnel cakesand snow cones. For thosewho plan on attending thecar show, a non-perishablefood item may be donated tohelp stock the food pantry.

Octoberfest will also in-clude a pow wow, living his-tory stories, silent auctionand an exhibit of civil warmemorabilia.

Octoberfest will begin at 9a.m., with several exhibits oc-curring through out the day.Justice Bill Cunningham, anauthor, will be present forbook signings from 3-4 p.m.

Those attending are askedto bring a lawn chair andshare interesting stories or

historic memorabilia. Formore information, call Liv-ingston County Historicaland Genealogical Society at928-4656 between 1-4 p.m.

Octoberfest held

this weekend

Sonya Williams, LivingstonCounty Clerk, will be a fea-tured speaker Saturday dur-ing Octoberfest. Above,Williams examines a 200-year old document in the oldcourthouse of 1845.

STAFF REPORT

Getting in touch with anew pet from the county'sanimal has just been made alittle easier.

No, the dogs and catswon't be answering thephone, but a dedicated, wire-less phone system has nowbeen installed at the shelterbehind the county's road de-partment on U.S. 60 justeast of Marion. Previously, toreach the Crittenden CountyAnimal Shelter, a reception-ist at the road departmentanswered and transferredthe call up the hill to the hold-ing facility.

The new number is 969-0154.

Judge-Executive PerryNewcom got the go-aheadfrom his magistrates at lastweek's Crittenden FiscalCourt meeting to install adedicated line. Beside thetrouble of transferring thecalls, Newcom was con-cerned that people hadsomehow gotten AnimalControl Officer RickyWinders' cell phone number.

"I don't want people callinghim and using up his min-utes," Newcom said.

Now, when a call is placedto the shelter, someone atthe facility — usuallyWinders or Denise Peek —will answer or a messagecan be left if no one is avail-

able. Also, if no one is thereto speak with during busi-ness hours, the new systemallows a converter to be putin Winders' vehicle to allowthe phone to act as a mobilesystem.

Newcom reported at lastweek's court meeting thatthe new system would costthe county about $20 amonth as opposed to run-ning a new dedicated land-line through AT&T for morethan $100 monthly.

The local animal shelterprimarily holds animals fromCrittenden, Livingston andLyon counties. Animals heldat the shelter can also beviewed at http://crittenden

County’s animal sheltergets dedicated phone line

Memories of school days passed byFrom the lines of an old

poem written many yearsago by John Greenleaf Whit-tier, comes the words thatfor many years describedour old one-room schoolhouses that we saw sittingthroughout the country-side. Now those schools area thing of the past.

“Still sits the school-houseby the road, a ragged beggarsunning; around it still thesumachs grow, and black-berry vines are running.Within, the teacher's desk isseen, deep scarred by rapsofficial; the warping floor,the battered seats, the jack-knife's carved initial.”

Here are some other itemsperhaps remembered fromthe students of the one-room schools.

Books. Besides designat-ing the actual textbooks thatwere used, the word booksmeant the time spent in theschoolroom was distin-guished from playtime.

Telling the teacher.Every school had at leastone kid who was alwaysthreatening to tell theteacher, they were known asthe tattletale or teacher'spet.

Town ball. Long beforethe word baseball, theschools played town ball.Little fellows, who could nothit the yarn balls with thepaddles we used then,would give their strikes tobigger boys and sit or standnearby to cheer on the strik-ers.

BUCKET AND DIPPER.Almost the symbol of therural schools were the waterbucket and its leaky dipper.Sharing the same dipper oc-curred before germs were in-vented.

*** From the archives of The

Crittenden Press are theseinteresting articles aboutour rural schools of longago.

Feb. 5, 1932 Rural Schools Close

Last Friday, Jan. 29, wasthe closing day of ruralschools of CrittendenCounty. On that day, 50county educational institu-tions completed a seven-month term and observedthe occasion with specialclosing day programs.

At Union School, a uniquehealth program was pre-sented to a large number ofvisitors. In addition to aplay, “The MiraculousPitcher,” poems, songs andgames were given by thestudents.

At the close of the pro-gram, perfect attendancecertificates were presentedto Ray Bebout, Jameschampion, J. Robert Conyer,Georgia LaRue Patmore,D.R. Winters, Edith Winters,Leonard Winters and Clin-ton Yates.

Certificates for six monthsof perfect attendance weregiven to Martha Nell Conger,Thomas Marion Carter andR.L. Wheeler. KatherineArflack was a teacher atUnion during the past term.

***A wiener roast was the

closing day celebration atChapel Hill. In the after-noon, a crowd of patrons ofthe school district assem-bled a town ballteam. Afour-inning game wasplayed with a final score ofseven to eight.

Immediately after the townball tournament, a shortprogram was presented bythe Chapel Hill students.During this hour, six pupilswere given certificates show-ing perfect attendance forseven months. They wereWilbur Beard, RoyBeshears, Coy Mills, DonaldNunn, Kevil Nunn and Ran-dall Walker. Those receivingsix months attendance cer-tificates were Sybil Mills,Odell Mills, Thomas Nunnand J.C. Nunn. The atten-dance for those years wasexceptionally good in con-sideration of the prevalenceof whooping cough duringthe term.

The program at ChapelHill closed with an old timespelling match.

***A large crowd attended the

closing program at PleasantHill Wednesday. BraxtonMcDonald is the teacher.

During the morning, anold-fashioned spellingmatch between the studentsand the patrons was held.The score was 27 to 24 infavor of the school.

During the noon hour, abasket dinner was served to

the assembled crowds. Afterlunch, several town ball-games were played.

Students of the PleasantHill School made splendidattendance records duringthe past seven months. Theattendance was better than91 percent for the entireyear. Nine pupils out of the22 enrolled did not miss asingle day. They wereDorothy Hunt, CarlosBaker, Clifton Hunt, ArnoldHunt, Elizabeth Hunt,Elmer Rice, Jr., MadelineRice, Bertha Rice and LillieMae Rice.

Ten pupils received sevenmonths attendance certifi-cates at the Red Top Schoolwhile two received awardsfor six months perfect atten-dance.

***The public school closed

at Boaz. Mayme Lott andSallie Sullenger were theteachers. This school closedthe third term for the teach-ers at Boaz. A good numberof patrons and pupils werepresent and our worthytrustee Moat Duvall waspresent at the closing dayand made a talk in regard tothe school. Other talks fol-lowed, expressing the appre-ciation of this school whichthose good teachers hadtaught.

There were three pupilswho attended school everyday. They were Dukelea Pat-ton, Lou Emma McClureand Eutha Bell Stone.

***Feb. 19, 1932

Colored school pays tributeto Rosenwald

Marion Rosenwald School(colored) paid tribute lastFriday to Abraham Lincolnand Julius Rosenwald. Theprogram consisted of talksand songs in honor of thesetwo benefactors of the col-ored people. Principalspeakers were J.S. Crumband Maggie Hughes.

***Feb. 19, 1932

Dycusburg seniors to present plays

“A Daughter of theDesert,” a four-act comedydrama will be presented bythe senior class of Dycus-burg High School on Fridaynight, at the city hall. Thosetaking part in the play areCarlon Howard, Lane Lock-hart, Eugene Bragdon,Howard Cassidy, RobertDycus, Seth Ferguson, Neo-val Ferguson, Hazel Camp-bell, Mildred Ramage,Claudine Kinnis and Wayne

Lott.***

March 4, 1932County young people select club projects

The Mattoon and Hebron4-H clubs have their plansfor the next school year.This organization is headedby H.W. Faith, and has 21members.

4-H Club members whohave selected baby beevesas their project are CharlesA. James, Roy A. Johnson,George Gahagen, Jame E.Carter and Helen Carter.

Clothing projects were se-lected by Blanche Watson,Ada Gahagen, AvanellPostlethweight, Mary EvelynFrost, Dorothy LouiseBrown, Virginia Shaffer,Glenda Hughes, Eva DayHughes, Lillian Kline,Annabelle Rankins, LucilleThomas, Freda Gahagen,Alva Ruth Thomas, KathleenArnold and Geneva Cullen.

Pig projects were selectedby Chester Truitt, CliffordTruitt, Margurerite Darnell,William Earl Darnell,William Madison and MaryE. James. Poultry was se-lected by Ada Gahagen,Jesse Marvel, Naomi John-son, Charles A. Hendrix,Denver Woodall and LelandCook. Chester Truitt was theonly member selecting asheep project. Chester A.Newcom, Jr., has a cornproject.

***March 11, 1932

New school at Frances to be built

Frances is to have a newschool building, according toan announcement made byCounty School Superintend-ent Edwin Hadden, followinga meeting of the board of ed-ucation Monday. It is ex-pected that work on thebuilding will be startedwithin the next two months.

As planned, the newschool will be of brick, witheight or possibly ninerooms. It will be erectednear the present building,which will be offered forsale. Frances School is oneof the largest in the countyand has not only a gradeschool, but an accreditedhigh school. Enrollment inthe high school has reached78, necessitating the em-ployment of an additionalteacher for this year. Her-bert Foster is principal ofFrances School.

THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Most all the old wooden desks would eventually have initialscarved on them. The desk pictured above had more than itsfar share of carvings.

Pictured above are the reminders from one-room schools – thewooden desks that lined the school room. One part of the deskcontained the desk top to write on with a shelf located under-neath to hold school books. The seat for the next desk was at-tached to the front. This made it convenient to whisper secretsto your friend sitting in front of you or to pester them by pok-ing them in the back.

Several line up for book signingWilliam Lynwood Montell, author of 27 books collecting stories from all across Kentucky,signs "Tales of Kentucky Ghosts" for Jackie Ellingham last Saturday at the CrittendenCounty Historical Museum as Susan Cates browses through one of Montell's other bookswhile museum curator Roberta Shewmaker looks on from behind. Several of Montell'sbooks, including "Tales of Kentucky Ghosts," "Tales from Kentucky One-Room SchoolTeachers," "Tales from Kentucky Doctors," "Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Ken-tucky," and his latest, "Tales from Kentucky Sheriffs" contain stories from CrittendenCounty. The museum, located at 124 E. Bellville St., in Marion, has copies of several of hisbooks featuring locals for sale at the price of $25. Books can also be ordered from Mon-tell by calling him at (270) 796-1907 or emailing [email protected].

videotape, he and his wifehad gone to Casino Aztar inEvansville the night beforethe fire. They had returnedhome around daylight. Theynapped for a while then gotup and went to church inSalem where Glenda sang aspecial song dedicated to hermother, Connie Cowan. Afterchurch, the couple got somelunch at a Marion restaurantand dropped off a relativewho had gone to church withthem. Then they went home.On the video, Pat said hiswife told him she was goingto take a nap, and he told herhe was going to Tolu to visithis mother.

About halfway throughthe lengthy videotaped inter-view, detectives' questioningbecame more pointed. One ofthem asked Tinsley severaltimes about his training as avolunteer fireman. The detec-tive and Tinsley talked abouthow fire and flammable liq-uids react to one another.Detective. Michael Smithsuggested on the video thatTinsley knew more than hewas letting on about the fatalfire. The other detective readseveral lines from Kentuckycriminal statutes describingtenants of criminal conspir-acy, criminal solicitation,criminal facilitation andarson. At one point, Tinsleywas told that he might befacing capital punishment ifthe investigation went muchfurther.

Tinsley admitted that hiswife told himshe wasgoing toburn thehouse. Hesaid sheplanned togive himtime to get tohis mother'shome inTolu before setting the fireand calling police to say anintruder was inside. Tinsleysaid his wife talked aboutdoing it in order to get outfrom under a $210,000 mort-gage on the home.

By his own admission onthe videotape, Tinsley saidthe couple had paid cashwhen the house was origi-nally purchased, but theyhad taken out a first, then asecond mortgage on it laterin order to consolidate otherdebt.

The defendant repeatedlysaid in the taped interviewthat he tried to talk his wifeout of burning the house.

"I wouldn't burn thehouse. That's not my way ofdoing things," he says on thetape. However, he saysGlenda was strong willed andwhen she made up her mindto do something she'd be-come even more determinedif you told her not to do it.

The detectives asked himseveral times to tell themwhat happened. At one point,Tinsley says, "I couldn't un-derstand why she didn't getout."

"We couldn't either," oneof the detectives replied.

Later on the tape, Tinsleysaid he told his wife to "besure to get out of the house."He said he made that state-ment to her before he pulledaway in his pickup truck onthe day of the fire.

According to testimony

from Pat Tinsley's sister, Pa-tricia Rushing, the defendantwalked into his mother'shouse in Tolu on the eveningof the fire at about the sametime the police scanner wentoff, alerting fire and rescuepersonnel about the blaze.She said Pat heard the ad-dress of the fire on the scan-ner and said, "Oh, my God,that's my house," then leftimmediately to drive home.

According to testimony,off-duty deputy Eddie Jack

Myers metTinsley inMarion atthe stop-light in frontof Five StarFood Martat about3:45 p.m.,on the dayof the fire.

The two exchanged waves asthey passed at the intersec-tion. Investigators say thefire had probably alreadybeen started by then. Detec-tive. Michael Smith told Tins-ley on the videotapedinterview that by enhancingthe audio recording ofGlenda Tinsley's call to Mar-ion Police Department, hecould hear the "beep, beep,beep" of a fire alarm going offin the background. He rea-soned that the fire had tohave been set at least eightor 10 minutes before the up-stairs fire alarm would havebegan to sound its alert.

Phone calls part of evidenceThe audio of Glenda's call

to central dispatching atMarion Police Departmentwas recorded and preservedas evidence. It was played forthe jury. Her call, it waspointed out in testimony byMarion Police Lt. MartyHodge, came into the admin-istrative phone line at dis-patching and was not a 911call.

The taped conversationlasted about eight minutes.The dispatcher on duty wasTina Newcom. She and PoliceOfficer George Foster eachspent time on the phone withGlenda during the call.

At the beginning of theaudio, Glenda tells the dis-patcher that she is homealone and that someone is inher house. The dispatcher

says she will send an officerand asks Glenda to stay onthe line. Glenda says she'supstairs in the bedroomcloset. She tells the dis-patcher that her husband isin Tolu at his mother'shouse. Early in the conversa-tion, Glenda starts cryingand says she is scared. Sheasks the dispatcher to callRayford (Burklow, her friend)because he can get therequicker. Later testimony in-dicated that Burklow lives onEast Bellville Street in Mar-ion.

Two minutes into the con-versation with the police de-partment, Glenda says shesmells smoke and the dis-patcher tells her she's goingto send the fire department.Officer Foster gets on thephone and tells Glenda to getto a window and asks if thereis any way she can get out ofthe house. She says no, thatshe's on the second floor. Bythe end of the conversation,Glenda is coughing repeat-edly and asks the dispatch-ers to call her mother,providing a phone numberthat starts with a 988 prefix.

Rayford Burklow, an EMTwho worked with GlendaTinsley, testified that Glendacalled his cell phone appar-ently after she had reportedthe fire to central dispatch-ing. He said she was calm atfirst, and he thought she waskidding.

"Then she said, 'I'm seri-ous,' and I knew then it wasan emergency," he said onthe stand.

Burklow and his wife,Carla, immediately put ontheir shoes, left their homeand started driving towardthe fire. They got behind afire department tanker truckand couldn't drive as fast asthey wanted. Still, they wereamong the first to arrive.They had been on the phonewith Glenda for a time duringthe drive and had advisedGlenda to break a windowand jump, or at least stickher head outside to get freshair.

Carla Burklow, an emer-gency room nurse at Critten-den Hospital, told the jurythat Glenda, at one point,told her the window wasopen. As soon as the Burk-lows arrived at the fire, they

walked around the house tosee if any windows wereopen. They both testified thatnone were open.

The Burklows had lost thephone connection once, butcalled back and Glenda an-swered. At that point, the vic-tim didn't talk much, butCarla could hear her cough-ing and there was a loudnoise in the background,which Burklow thinks was afire alarm.

Carla Burklow testifiedthat Glenda's first phoneconversation sounded re-hearsed.

"It didn't seem right,"Carla Burklow said. "It waslike she was repeating some-thing she had memorized. Itwasn't like a normal conver-sation."

The Burk-lows eachtestified thatthey wereaware ofe m o t i o n a ld i s t r e s sGlenda Tins-ley had beeng o i n gthrough. Shehad confided

in them about problems withher children and what theyboth described as one occa-sion when she had taken herhusband's gun and toldthem "she had a plan" thatincluded the gun and pills.Rayford Burklow said Glendawas also going throughmenopause, which may haveaugmented some of the emo-tional issues.

Carla Burklow saidGlenda had prescriptions forthree types of drugs for de-pression and anxiety.

The state medical exam-iner, Dr. Deirdre Schlucke-bier, later testified that theonly drug in Glenda's systemat the time of death was anantidepressant. The cause ofdeath was smoke inhalation.

The Burklows each testi-fied that Pat Tinsley loved hiswife deeply. Rayford Burklowtold the jury that Pat wouldhave never left the house ifhe would have known theremight be a fire.

"They'd have both been inthat fire," he said.

"I don't think for oneminute he would have left ifhe had known she was going

to do that," Carla Burklowsaid.

Authorities at the fire sceneCrittenden County Sher-

iff's Deputy Don Perry wasfirst to arrive on the scenethe day of the fire. He testi-fied that Glenda Tinsley wasstill alive when he got there.He yelled for her to get out ofthe house three times. Hesaid she replied that she wastrapped and couldn't get out.Her last response was thesame, but she sounded "a lotweaker," he testified.

Perry actually went about12 feet through the backdoor into the burning house,but heat, smoke and flamesturned him back.

The deputy testified, also,that Glenda had asked himto come to her house a fewweeks earlier to investigate abreak-in. He found no evi-dence of a break-in, butPerry pointed out thatGlenda described to him howsomeone could start a firedownstairs that would trapher upstairs. He said it was ahaunting statement, becauseinvestigators think thedeadly fire started similar tohow she had described it tothe deputy.

Investigator declares arsonDetective. Michael Smith,

an arson investigator withKentucky State Police, testi-fied that evidence found in-side the home was consistentwith fires started with largeamounts of accelerant. Hetold the jury that the stair-well in the home acted as achimney, pulling heat andsmoke upward to whereGlenda Tinsley was believedto have been located on thesecond floor. In one of the in-terviews with the defendant,the detective described it as"a vortex" of heat, smoke andsoot shooting up the stair-well.

Detective. Smith said arug found in good conditionunderneath the ashesshowed fire and pour pat-terns that indicated sometype of fuel was used. Photo-graphs of the rug and thefloor were also shown andentered into evidence.

Detective. Scott Smtih, thelead investigator for the statepolice, testified that the floorwas saturated with fuel andpointed out what he called vi-sual evidence of that on thephotographs. He said investi-gators believe the fire wasstarted near the stairwell. Healso testified that a blackZippo lighter and cell phonewere found very near Tins-ley's body.

Investigators say they alsofound puddles of fuel on thefloor of a detached garagewhich did not burn. A state

police forensic scientist testi-fied that the fuel on the floorwas kerosene. Detective.Scott Smith pointed out pho-tos of the puddles in thegarage and what he said weresigns that fuel had beenpoured on a Ford Expeditionparked in the detachedgarage. Investigators said onone of the evidentiary record-ings, fuel was poured in atrail from the house to thedetached garage, which wasspared from fire. Gary Arm-strong, chief of CrittendenCounty Volunteer Fire De-partment, said when hisunits arrived, they concen-trated on saving the detachedgarage because the housewas already up in flames. Hesaid 3,000 gallons of waterand foam were sprayed ontothe house, but they had littleeffect on the fire.

Investigators took sevensamples of evidence from thegarage and home and sentthem to the state crime labfor testing for fuel. One cameback positive for kerosene. Itwas taken from the floor ofthe detached garage.

The rest of the sampleswere taken from inside thehome, from places identifiedby an accelerant-sniffing po-lice dog. Two of those sam-ples came back positive forfuel, but the exact type couldnot be determined. It was ei-ther kerosene or diesel, ac-cording to testimony from thelab scientist.

Thomas, the defense at-torney, told the jury duringhis opening statement thatthe fire was indeed arson.However, he said his clienthad nothing to do with it.

Trial resumesThe commonwealth will

continue calling witnesseswhen the trial resumestoday. Detective. Scott Smithwas on the stand when thecourt recessed last week.Once the prosecution com-pletes its presentation,Thomas will unveil Tinsley'sside of the story.

Having such a long breakin this type of trial is very un-usual, and the judge pointedthat out Friday before lettingthe jury go. She strongly ad-monished jurors to avoidtalking about the case duringthe long recess. She told ju-rors to contact the sheriff ifanyone approached one ofthem to discuss the trial. Shealso told jurors to avoid read-ing about the trial in themedia and to avoid any Face-book discussions or other so-cial media Internet sites thatmight be discussing it. Thecourt also took the notes thathad been kept by jurors.Those notes will be returnedto them when the trial re-sumes today.


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Pat Tinsley’s defense attorney, Don Thomas, addresses potential jurors during last Wednes-day's jury selection process. Observing from behind Thomas is Circuit Judge René Williams.Thomas, a native of Crittenden County, has a law practice in Benton.

TRIALContinued from Page 1

It didn’t seem right. It waslike she was repeating some-thing she had memorized.

– Carla Burklowon a phone conversation with

Glenda Tinsley on the day of the fire

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STAFF REPORT

A bumpy road got a littlesmoother for the Rockets Friday asCrittenden County employed a rigidrunning attack and aggressive de-fense to pull off a 34-0 homecom-ing victory over Reidland.

After a schedule that includedsome lumps and bruises to theRocket record and its psyche, Crit-tenden County found its mojo inthe first Class 2A District game ofthe season. Senior running backDustin Hernandez rushed for twotouchdowns and 147 yards.

"We got a lot of our players backand had home field advantage,"said Hernandez. "This feels morelike Crittenden County football. TheRockets are coming back!"

After more than seven scorelessquarters and three straight losses,Crittenden finally got its swaggerback on offense as Hernandez andGrant Gardner combined for 124yards on the ground during the firsthalf. Both scored to give the Rock-ets a 12-0 halftime lead.

But out of the chute, the Rocketsstill looked a little shell-shockedfrom losing its last two games by acombined total of 90-16. On its firstseries, Crittenden was whistled forlining up wrong on a short third-down play. Two snaps later theyturned the ball over on downs. Onthe next series, three straight ille-gal procedure penalties forced Crit-tenden to punt.

After that, the tough, earlyschedule began to show dividends.The Rockets took control of Reid-land – the weakest team it's facedsince the opening game – and

scored twice in the second period.The second half wasn't even a con-test. The Rockets poured it on witha chiseling defense, pinning theGreyhounds' ground game to a net-zero yards the last two periods.And, Crittenden wasn't whistled foranother infraction after the first pe-riod.

Reidland's two-prong attack fea-turing Colin Spink and Craig John-son lacked much creativity, and theRockets made them pay. Despitesome nice runs by the two backs,Crittenden set the tempo andsacked the Greyhound quarterbackfive times. Devin Clark and StephonCozart had two apiece.

"We dominated them up front,"Rocket coach Al Starnes said afterpicking up his eighth win in ninetries against Reidland. "We got ataste of victory and we needed that.Now, we just need to get all of ourkids back."

The Rockets, who have beenhobbled by injuries and other per-sonnel issues during the early partof the season, had nine players instreet clothes for this game, includ-ing starters Devin Wallace andClint Asbridge. Both will be backthis week when 6A MarshallCounty comes to Marion.

For Rocket quarterback BryceWillis, who threw for just six yardsby completing one of three passes,the win was what mattered. Herushed for 24 yards on five carries,including one touchdown. On de-fense, he intercepted a pass and re-turned it 75 yards for a TD.

"We'd been kind of down the pastcouple of weeks, but we played

hyped and energized tonight," hesaid. "This first district win is whatreally matters. This got us into theplayoffs."

Indeed, it may have. In the newfive-team Class 2A First District,Crittenden is now 1-0 and shouldmake the post-season based on thisearly victory. The other teams in thedistrict are Caldwell County, Bal-lard Memorial and Murray, none ofwhom the Rockets have played yet.

Starnes praised the play of Clarkand other linemen like Eli Beboutand Korey Mayes.

"We had several kids step uptonight and that's what we have tohave," the coach said.

He also pointed to the play ofkicker Micah Hollamon who had atouchdown-saving tackle late in thegame and recovered a squib kickthat bounced off a Reidland player.

SCORE BY QUARTERSReidland 0 0 0 0Crittenden 0 12 8 14

SCORING PLAYSCC-Dustin Hernandez 2 run (kick failed) 4:15,2ndCC-Grant Gardner 1 run (run failed) 1:02, 2ndCC-Hernandez 54 run (Bobby Knox pass fromBryce Willis) 11:40, 3rdCC-Bryce Willis 7 run (Micah Hollamon kick)7:12, 4thCC-Willis 75 interception return (Hollamonkick) 3:37, 4th

TEAM TOTALSFirst Downs: Crittenden 4, Reidland 11Penalties: Crittenden 4-20, Reidland 1-5Rushing: Crittenden 25-210, Reidland 42-66Passing: Crittenden 1-3-0, 6 yds., Reidland 13-29-1, 95 yds.

Total Yards: Crittenden 216, Reidland 161

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRushingCrittenden-Hernandez 9-147, Gardner 6-39,Willis 5-24, Noah Dickerson 1-(-1), Zach Tins-ley 2-(-3). Reidland-Colin Spink 20-79, CraigJohnson 14-48, Josh Herndon 6-(-26), HeathPederson 1-(-25), Cody McClintock 1-(-10).PassingCrittenden-Willis 1-3-0, 6 yds., Reidland-Hern-don 13-19-1, 95 yds.ReceivingCrittenden-Brenden Phillips 1-6. Reidland-Spink 5-43, Johnson 5-13, Auston Davidson 3-39.DefenseAtwell 3 solos, assist; Bebout 7 solos, 6 as-sists, 2 TFL, sack; Clark 10 solos, 4 assists, 2TFL, sack; Cozart 4 solos, 2 assists, TFL,sack; Dickerson assist; Evers 3 solos, 3 as-sists; Gardner 6 solos, 5 assists, TFL; Gilbert2 solos, 3 assists; Hernandez solo, 4 assists;Hollamon solo, fumble recovery; Knox 9 solos,4 assists, TFL; Lynch solo, assist; Mayes 7solos, 3 assists, TFL, caused fumble; Phillips 4solos, 8 assists, TFL; Roberts solo, assist;Tinsley solo; Wagoner 2 solos, 3 assists, fum-ble recovery; Willis 3 solos, 2 assists, TFL, in-terception.Pizza Hut Players of the Game: OffenseDustin Hernandez, Defense Devin Clark, Line-men Korey Mayes and Eli Bebout, SpecialTeams Micah Hollamon.Records: Crittenden 2-3, Reidland 1-5

ThePressSports 13Thursday, September 29, 2011

FOOTBALLYoung Rockets nightPlayers in all youth football

leagues will be recognized at half-time of Friday night’s varsity foot-ball game between CrittendenCounty and Marshall County.Players in middle school, juniorpro and flag football can wear theirteam jersey and get into the gamefree. To participate in the recogni-tion ceremony, players will need tobe in the east end zone beforehalftime. Flag football teams willput on a brief exhibition duringhalftime.

Football fellowshipMexico Baptist Church will host

its annual Football Fellowshipstarting with a 5 p.m., meal.Speakers include Logan Stout andhigh school football player ElliottDay. There will be special musicby Erin McDonald. Players, fans,alumni and others are invited.

GOLFHodge benefit SaturdayThe annual Jake Hodge Memo-

rial Scholarship Fund 4-PersonGolf Tournament will be held Sat-urday at Deer Lakes Golf Coursein Salem. Cost is $200 per team.There will be a 9 a.m., shotgunstart. For more information, callBrett Owen at 988-4034.

BASEBALLPorkchop sale Oct. 14The CCHS baseball boosters will

be selling porkchop sandwichesFriday, Oct. 14 starting at 10 a.m.,at the Farmers Market on MainStreet. Cost is $3. Pre-ordering isencouraged. Call 704-0630.

PREP SCHEDULEUpcoming CCHS sportsThursdaySoccer hosts Lyon CountyVolleyball hosts Union CountyFridayVarsity football hosts Marshall Co.SaturdayJunior Pro football at Caldwell Co.MondayJV football hosts Webster CountySoccer at ReidlandTuesdayCCMS football hosts Webster Co.Volleyball at University Heights

OUTDOORSUpcoming seasonsDove Sept. 1-Oct. 24Dove Nov. 24-Dec. 2Dove Dec. 31-Jan. 6Deer Archery Sept. 3-Jan. 16Deer Turkey Sept. 3-Jan. 16Wood Duck and Teal Sept. 21-25 Youth Deer Oct. 8-9Blackpowder Deer Oct. 15-16Shotgun Turkey Oct. 22-28Shotgun Turkey Dec. 3-9Deer Crossbow Oct. 1-16Deer Crossbow Nov. 12-Dec. 31Turkey Crossbow Oct. 1-16Turkey Crossbow Nov. 12-Dec. 31Duck Nov. 24-Nov. 27Duck Nov. 5-Jan. 29Goose Nov. 23-Jan. 31Youth Waterfowl Feb. 4-5

$15K fine for poachingThe hunting rights of a western

Kentucky man have been revokedfor 10 years after he entered anAlford plea in a poaching case in-volving turkey and deer. DavidRay, 34, of Smithland has alsobeen fined $15,000. He enteredthe plea to 36 counts of illegal tak-ing or possessing wildlife lastweek in Livingston District Court.The plea required Riley to ac-knowledge there's enough evi-dence to convict him, but does notadmit guilt. A judge sentenced Rayto two years in jail, but probatedthe sentence, meaning if Raystays out of trouble, he will nothave to report to jail. LivingstonCounty Attorney Billy Riley toldThe Paducah Sun that the casehas garnered the largest fine ofany poaching case he has prose-cuted and has involved morecharges than any previous case.Police say they found two

turkeys and 34 deer heads inRay's home. Ray had been sched-uled to go on trial Friday. Officerssearching outbuildings, Ray'shome and his truck in January2010 found 34 heads of bucks andtwo turkeys, mainly in freezers,Riley said. Prosecutors alleged heshot the deer after shining a spot-light in their eyes to make themstand still. Kentucky Fish andWildlife Resources Officer DanielRichardson said officers learnedof the allegations after Ray's ex-girlfriend reported them.

RROCKETSOCKETSvs.MARSHALSMARSHALSKickoff7 p.m.FRIDAYat Marion

This week’s game

CRITTENDEN COUNTY (2-3)(2-3)Class 2A District 1Offense: MultipleDefense: 4-3Rankings: Unranked

MARSHALL COUNTY (3-2)(3-2)Class 6A District 1Offense: Pro setDefense: 3-3Rankings: Unranked

The series: The teams have only playedone time. That was in 1974 at MarshallCounty. The Marshals won 8-0.Rocket Personnel & Injury Report: Bowe Wallace, injury (back) outGame Notes: Marshall County is the first6A school Crittenden has ever played dur-ing the regular season. The Marshals have71 players their roster; however, theteam’s best running back Jaime Gillandmay be out for several games after hurtinghis shoulder against Mayfield last week.The Marshals also lost lineman BrodyPogue last week to a knee injury.Scouting Report: With the injury to its toprunning back, Marshall County will turn tospeedy, but small Hardin Costner to han-dle the rushing chores. QB Chase Clarkcan throw and he often tests a secondaryby throwing deep. In the last two weeks,he’s thrown it down field more than adozen times each game.Marshals’ Scoresheet:Won 48-0 at home over McLean CountyLost 26-0 at Lone OakWon 35-7 at home over Ballard MemorialWon 33-17 at Calloway CountyLost 31-0 at home to Mayfield

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PHOTO BY DEREK MCCREE

Rocket Bryce Willis (35) dives to tackle Reidland running back Craig Johnson during the second half Friday.

Double-A Powered VictoryRockets blank ’Hounds for district win

Winners of the recent Charlie Hicklin Benefit Golf Tournament at Mar-ion Country Club were (from left) Jeremy Shoulders, Stefanie Hardin,Jason Bauer and Jason Guess. The event raised about $6,000. Hick-lin, president of Par 4 Plastics, was severely injured in a fall at hishome earlier this year and remains in a rehabilitation center.

Girls take command of first

Crittenden falls 3-0 in overtime

shootout against Dawson Springs

BY DEREK McCREE

PRESS SPORTS WRITER

With first place in the Fifth District and aguaranteed trip to the Second Region Tourna-ment at stake, the Lady Rockets (13-4, 5-1) andLady Cardinals battled through 49 lead changesTuesday night in Smithland. Then, CrittendenCounty emerged as the victor, pulling away inthe third and final game to defeat Livingston inthree tough sets, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19.

The Lady Rockets will return to the SecondRegion Tournament for the first time since 2008.

"Both teams wanted it (first place) badly," saidLady Rocket coach Larry Duvall after the game."I think we just wanted it a little more."

Neither team was able to establish controlearly in the first set until Crittenden broke an18-18 tie, scoring seven of the final 10 points.The Lady Cardinal (20-8, 3-3) defense had noanswer for the hard-hitting of ShannahWilliams. The Rocket senior scored six kills thatforced the Livingston defense to back off the net.Noticing the change in strategy, Williams wasable to fake slam attempts that led to easytipped scores.

The combination of seven-year starter Taylor

Keister and Stacie Hearell as setters spelled easyscores for Williams and Brittany Buell up front.Keister also made several key saves and pusheswith her back to the net.

In the second set, the Lady Rockets brokeearly gridlock, scoring five straight points to takea 10-5 advantage. However, the Lady Cardinalswere determined not to be swept off its homefloor, methodically out-pointing Crittenden andshutting down slam opportunities to even thematch at one apiece.

"We had some communication issues," Du-vall said. "But we were able to overcome thoseand the team started talking to one another."

The final set of the match resembled the firstfor the Lady Rockets. The teams traded pointsuntil Crittenden pulled away after it was tied at10. Duvall said it was the longest game the LadyRockets have played this season, with lengthyvolley after volley. The difference-maker wasCrittenden's ability to defend tough shots, mak-ing good passes and setups for 10 kills.

"This game was a hard fought contest and attimes resembled college level volleys. To go for10 and 15 hits at a time, that is extreme in highschool," said Duvall.

Crittenden County's Lady Rocketsoccer team (2-14-2) looked tosweep the season series against theLady Panthers Tuesday night atDawson Springs.

After losing 11 straight games tostart the year, Dawson Springs (2-11-1) entered the match on a two-game winning streak. A defensiveshutout by both teams resulted in a0-0 tie at the end of regulation. Twoscoreless, five-minute overtime peri-ods led to a shootout, with the LadyPanthers prevailing 3-0. Each teamwas awarded five shots on goal inthe shootout.

Because the game was a match-up of Fourth District opponents, itcould not end in a tie.

"They were not able to score onus and it was an improvement ofour defense," said Lady Rocketcoach Juan Gonzalez. "We had con-trol of the offense and position onthe field with more scoring chances,but we just couldn't put the ball inthe net."

Gonzalez praised the effort ofEllen Merrick, who made the transi-tion from defense to midfield for thefirst time due to several playersbeing injured.

PHOTO BY DEREK McCREE

Senior Shannah Williams hits the ball back to Liv-ingston Central defenders in Tuesday's win.

GOLF

Rockets finish 15thin First Region play

Crittenden County HighSchool golfers placed 15th in theFirst Region Golf TournamentMonday at Paducah’s Silos GolfClub. There were 21 teams in the18-hole event.

Crittenden shot a team scoreof 372. St. Mary won the tourna-ment with a 300.

Individually for the Rockets,sophomore Aaron Owen playedin his third regional tournamentand led the squad with an 83.Colby Watson shot 95, CameronMcDaniel 95, Devin Belt 99 andCole Foster 112. The Rocketsdidn't qualify to play in the statetournament, but coach BlairWinders is excited about the fu-ture for his young squad.

"Our time is coming," saidWinders. "We have two sopho-mores and three freshmen thatcompeted (in the regional) andthey will learn from the experi-ence."

Winders pointed out that ex-

perience is key for the success ofthe program, noting that LyonCounty brought all seniors to thetournament and beat the Rocketsby 30 strokes.

This season, Winders saidseveral of his players have beenable to put a string of good holestogether, but would lose confi-dence after a bad shot or two.Winders also said it’s more diffi-cult for younger players to adjustto an 18-hole tournament afterplaying nine-hole matches allseason. Overall, the coach waspleased with his team’s perform-ance and play this year.

"We have seen improvementthroughout the season from all ofthe players," Winders said. "Theywill get better in the offseason bybeing on the course and playingin tournaments."

The Rockets succeeded inachieving one of the team’s goalsfor the season.

"We are breaking scores of100 and 90 and now we need toset a goal for an average of 85 orlower," he said. "To be consideredan elite program, we need tobreak scores of 80 every time."

Winders was impressed withthe development of Watson fromthe beginning of the year to theend. He credited Owen and Mc-Daniel for being the most consis-tent players on the team.

"Colby (Watson) was the mostimproved," Winders said. "Heshowed that today and played re-ally well but had two holes wherehe shot three- and five-over. Itgoes back to experience and themore they play, they will learnhow to overcome those mis-takes."

FOOTBALL

MS Rockets winRocket running back Devin

Hopper scored on a short touch-down run in the first half and thedefense took care of the rest asCrittenden County Middle Schoolbeat Browning Springs 8-2 Tues-day night at Rocket Stadium.

After the only touchdown ofthe game, quarterback PaxtonRiley completed a conversionpass to Nick Castiler for the restof CCMS’s points.

Although the Rocket defensedidn’t allow any points, BrowningSprings did manage to score ona second-half safety.

CCMS (2-5) will finish its sea-son at home Tuesday nightagainst Webster County.

CCMS falls to JMLess than two days removed

from shutting out Webster Countyand notching its first win of theseason, the Crittenden CountyMiddle School Rocket footballteam lost on the road 22-0 atJames Madison on Sept. 20.

"The score was not indicativeof what happened in the gameand how our kids performed,"said Coach Donnie Phillips. “Wemoved the ball how we wanted toon offense and put together longdrives."

Crittenden lost three fumbles,two inside the red zone. Phillipssaid the Rockets came out withthe momentum, but crucial

turnovers made it hard for histeam to persevere.

The Patriots took advantageof the Rockets defense being onthe field for long periods of timeand led 14-0 at halftime.

"I challenged our defense andthey responded in the secondhalf," Phillips said. "Travis McKin-ney and Shelby Robinsonstepped up their play on the de-fensive line."

Another fumble in the thirdquarter stopped the Rockets’ finalpush to get on the board.

"The biggest problem we hadwas giving up the football andthat led to our defense being onthe field 60 to 70 percent of thetime," said Phillips.

Overall, the Rocket skipperwas pleased with how his teamplayed, especially on specialteams where they blocked a punt.The defense recorded threesacks and were more fundamen-tally sound in the second half, thecoach explained.

“The kids didn't give up andthey played hard. We just had toomany breakdowns at the wrongtimes."

Offensive StatsRushing: Devin Hopper 13-55, Maeson

Myers 5-15, Ethan Hunt 4-12, Dylan

Hollis 3-5.

Passing: Paxton Riley 3-3, 12 yds.,

Hopper 0-1.

Receiving: Myers 3-12.

Defensive StatsTackles: Austin Sitar 7, Nick Castiller 4,

Hollis 4, Shelby Robinson 4, Myers 2,

Riley 2, Hopper 1, Gary McConnell 1,

Seth Birdwell 1.

Junior Pros winin last seconds

The fifth- and sixth-grade Jun-ior Pro Rockets won 8-6 in a last-minute thriller at Sturgis Saturday.

With 45 seconds remaining,Sturgis broke a scoreless tie witha touchdown to lead 6-0. TheChiefs’ conversion attempt wasstuffed by a host of Rocket de-fenders, led by linebacker GavinDickerson. The prospects of scor-ing looked bleak for Crittenden,having fumbling the ball six times

during the game. Yet, after marching the length

of the football field in a matter ofseconds, the Rockets ran onefinal play to get into the end zone.Coach Donny Beverly describedthe play as one for the highlightreel. Crittenden's Cruce Collyerwas stripped of the football by aChiefs defender, who grabbed theball and took off running. Critten-den's Dickerson then ripped theball away from the Sturgis player,and raced into the end zone to tiethe game with seven secondsleft.

On the conversion attempt,Sturgis was flagged for pass in-terference, giving Crittenden theball at the one-yard line. Collyercarried the ball across the goalline for the two-point win.

"A win is a win," Beverly said."We turned the ball over threetimes in the red zone and that willbe a focal point in this week'spractice."

Young Rocketsrip Chiefs 22-0

Crittenden County's third- andfourth-grade Junior Pro footballteam shutout the Chiefs 22-0 Sat-urday in Sturgis. The Rockets (1-1) compiled 173 yards on theground, while the defense recov-ered two fumbles and stymied theChief offense.

Gabe Mott led the Rockets,scoring all three touchdowns on90 yards rushing. Hunter Jonesrushed for 50 yards and GavinDavidson scored on two conver-sion plays.

Justin Phillips and XanderTabor recovered the fumbles ondefense.

Offensive StatsRushing: Mott 8-90, Jones 2-50, David-

son 6-16, Braxton Winders 2-7, Tabor 2-

6, Justin Phillips 1-3, Tyler Boone 1-1.

Passing: Mott 1-1, 12 yds.

Receiving: Jones 1-12.

Defensive StatsTackles: Mott 9, Winders 5, Phillips 4,

Dougie Conger 4, Jasper Morrison 4,

Davidson 3, Jones 3, Riley McConnell

3, Boone 2, Lathen Easley 1, Riley

Gobin 1, Tabor 1.

SOCCER

Girls tie McLeanZoie Black and Jenna Odom

provided offense Saturday as theLady Rocket soccer team tied theLady Cougars 2-2 at McLeanCounty in the first game of a dou-bleheader.

Trailing 1-0, CrittendenCounty's Odom scored off an as-sist from Black to even the gameheading into the break. Blackscored the go-ahead goal for theLady Rockets in the second halfwith five minutes to play. TheLady Cougars managed to eventhe score on a goal with less thanfour minutes remaining.

"I thought our defense playedgood by keeping the pressure upfront," said Lady Rocket coachJuan Gonzalez. "Taylor Cosbyshowed great leadership and shecontrolled the midfield.

"Our midfielders were able tointercept most of McLean'spasses and really took them outof their game."

The Lady Rockets – riddled byinjuries – entered the game withjust 13 players on the active ros-ter. Emily Owen started at goalie,however, after suffering an injuryin last week's loss to TriggCounty.

More injury woesCrittenden was unable to

overcome its lack of depth – duelargely to the toll injuries havetaken on its team – in the secondgame of the doubleheader Satur-day, losing 10-0 to GraysonCounty.

During the contest, Owen leftthe game early with an injuredankle, which occurred while de-fending the goal on the secondGrayson score. FreshmanRaKara McDowell also left thegame with a knee injury. TheLady Rockets were forced to playmost of the game with only 11players, just enough to field ateam with no reserves.

"The second game we wereso tired and fatigued. Having twomore injured players really hurtus," Gonzalez said.

THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, September 29, 201114

Crittenden County School Sports Roundup

Geraldine ShouseCounty Representative

965-3980Donations accepted

The fifth- and sixth-grade football team ispictured (front from left) Paul Lopez, WyattGipson, David Maness, Logan Stariwat,Texas Young, Kyle Castiller, Mason Hunt,Cody Belt, Devin Ford, Devin Porter, JosephEstes, Aaron Lucas (second row) SeanO'Leary, Jimmy Crider, Seth Millikan, JacobRusselburg, Cruce Collyer, Blake Curnel,Hunter Boone, Alex Tucker, Trent Champion,B.J. Daugherty (third row) Coach Craig Dos-sett, Jake Gibson, Josh Sarles, Ross Crider,Noah Sallin, Ethan Dossett, Gavin Dickerson,Devon Nesbitt, Drake Kemper, Briley Brown,Payton Riley, Wade Gilbert, Braxton Head,Coach Tommy Harris and Coach Donny Bev-erly. Not pictured: Coach Frank Pierce.

The third- and fourth-grade footballteam is pictured (front from left) SethSarles, Devin Corley, Daniel Gipson,Douglas Ford, Gavin Hunt, Zack Weath-ers, Dougie Conger, Riley McConnell,Tate Roberts, Lathen Easley, Seth Tay-lor, Sammy Greenwell, Marcus Long(second row) Seth Almon, Gavin David-son, Caden McCalister, Ian Ellington,Cameron Suggs, Trace Adams, BraxtonWinders, Gabe Mott, Xander Tabor, TylerBoone, Eli Hardin (third row) JustinPhillips, Lukas Graham, Hunter Jones,Troy Ford, Riley Gobin, Jayden Carlson,Caleb Estes, Jasper Morrison, T.H.Nolan, Skyler James, Rhett Parish,Jimmy Newland, Brandon Hunt (backrow) coaches Matt Boone, BlairWinders, Chad Mott and Chris Phillips.

PHOTO BY MANDY WINDERS

Crittenden County High School golfer Colby Watson lines upa putt. Watson’s 95 was the second best score for the Rocketgolf team at the regional match Monday. He and Cameron Mc-Daniel tied while Aaron Owen shot an 83.

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EHD confirmed in dead whitetailsSTAFF REPORT

Local landowners andfarmers are once again find-ing dead deer near watersources, and a local wildlifebiologist says it's an out-break of epizootic hemor-rhagic disease, commonlycalled EHD or blue tongue.

Philip Sharp, a biologistfor the Kentucky Depart-ment of Fish and Wildlife Re-sources, says the outbreakis nothing compared to the2007 rash that may havekilled one-quarter of thearea’s deer population.

Sharp said EHD does nottransfer to cattle and eatingthe meat of an infected deeris okay. The disease hasbeen found to affect older fe-males and young bucks,Sharp said.

The biologist, who lives inCrittenden County, said he’sreceived several calls re-cently in regard to deadwhitetails. He’s had threetested and all have been pos-itive for EHD.

Some hunters have alsobeen capturing photographson trail cameras of emaci-ated deer. Sharp said thereare two types of EHD – acuteand chronic. The chronicversion takes longer to killthe animal. He said that par-ticular strain could account

for the photos of deer stillwalking around, apparentlycarrying the disease. AcuteEHD will generally kill an in-fected deer within two days.

EHD is carried by a smallmidge fly which bites the

deer. The fly becomes morenumerous during dry condi-tions because it hatches inareas where ponds have re-ceded from evaporation.

Deer with EHD “are liter-ally burning up inside,”

Sharp said. That’s why theyare often found near water.They seek it to cool off.

Sharp said older deershould be immune to he dis-ease because of the outbreakfour years ago.

LIVINGSTON LIVESTOCKTuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. KDOA-USDA Market NewsLivingston County Livestock, Ledbetter Auction (cattleweighed at time of sale) Receipts: 860 Head Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers and heifers3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter Cows Breaker 75-80%Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price17 800-1200 1101 55.00-62.00 58.771 800-1200 1025 70.00 70.00 HD2 800-1200 1152 52.00-53.00 52.49 LD

16 1200-1600 1373 57.00-64.00 60.351 1200-1600 1275 75.00 75.00 HD1 1600-2000 1750 59.00 59.00

Slaughter Cows Boner 80-85%Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price

1 700-800 750 51.00 51.0022 800-1200 1004 50.00-57.00 53.173 800-1200 1068 59.00-64.00 60.64 HD1 800-1200 1085 47.00 47.00 LD5 1200-1600 1280 51.00-55.00 53.58

Slaughter Cows Lean 85-90%Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price

1 700-800 760 48.00 48.0016 800-1200 949 40.00-50.00 45.701 1200-1600 1250 47.00 47.00

Slaughter Bulls Y.G. 1Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price

1 1000-1500 1240 80.00 80.00

1 1500-3000 1840 75.00 75.00Slaughter Bulls Y.G 2Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price

3 1000-1500 1337 69.00-73.00 70.725 1500-3000 1704 69.00-72.00 70.811 1500-3000 1820 66.50 66.50 LD

Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-22 100-200 160 147.50-159.00 154.334 200-300 229 156.00-165.00 159.8525 300-400 365 140.00-150.00 143.9548 400-500 430 135.00-145.00 141.3543 500-600 516 130.00-137.00 136.2915 600-700 636 115.00-123.00 117.469 700-800 719 115.00-121.00 118.425 800-900 837 102.00-113.00 110.75

Groups: 23 head 420 lbs 144.50 MBLK; 23 head 514lbs 137.00 BLKFeeder Steers Medium and Large 2

1 100-200 155 134.00 134.001 200-300 250 152.00 152.009 300-400 354 115.00-139.00 131.4712 400-500 468 120.00-134.00 126.097 500-600 581 122.00-127.00 123.615 600-700 652 104.00-114.00 110.022 700-800 785 101.00-112.00 106.431 800-900 885 100.00 100.00

Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-22 100-200 168 136.00 136.008 200-300 257 130.00-143.00 136.6063 300-400 378 131.00-140.50 138.3884 400-500 463 124.00-137.00 131.13

49 500-600 549 115.00-126.00 119.9119 600-700 624 106.00-115.00 110.972 700-800 750 99.00-102.00 100.531 800-900 805 101.00 101.00

Groups: 31 head 395 lbs 140.00 BBWF23 head 492 lbs 134.00 BLKFeeder Heifers Medium and Large 2Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price

8 200-300 275 111.00-126.00 121.849 300-400 340 111.00-129.00 124.1628 400-500 462 108.00-123.00 118.8511 500-600 559 101.00-115.00 110.565 600-700 643 101.00-104.00 102.20

Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price15 300-400 383 130.00-139.00 136.0629 400-500 454 124.00-135.00 127.7234 500-600 541 116.00-124.00 119.608 600-700 625 104.00-112.00 107.431 700-800 740 100.00 100.00

Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 23 300-400 345 120.00-124.00 121.459 400-500 470 110.00-115.00 113.5714 500-600 563 100.00-115.00 108.5412 600-700 667 90.00-102.00 94.481 700-800 775 94.00 94.00

Feeder Bulls Small and Medium 11 300-400 375 108.00 108.006 400-500 447 96.00-108.00 103.895 500-600 551 95.00-102.00 97.702 600-700 642 85.00 85.00

Stock Cows: Medium and Large 1-2: Cows 4 to 9years old and 5 to 7 months bred 570.00-820.00 perhead.Stock Cows and Calves: Cows 2 to 9 years old withcalves at side 800.00-1180.00 per pair.

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Homecomingcourt 2011Crittenden County held itsannual football homecomingceremonies Friday night atRocket Stadium. The home-coming court is pictured(from left) sophomores Ash-ley Collyer and Micah Holla-mon; seniors Zoie Black andDustin Hernandez; QueenTaylor Keister and KingBryce Willis; 2010 QueenJessi Hodge and 2010 KingAndrew Freeman; seniorsJenna Odom and Wes Evers;juniors Callie Doom and ClintAsbridge; and freshmen ElleLaPlante and Jarrett Smith.The flower girl and crownbearer (in front) are HattieHatfield and Jaxon Hatfield.

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District Judge DanielHeady ordered a pregnantMarion woman to jail lastWednesday for failing twodrug tests.

Pauline Wright, 38, wassentenced to 180 days in theCrittenden County DetentionCenter for contempt of court.She recently told the courtthat her child is due to beborn in November.

Wright pleaded guilty toDUI Jan. 12 and was given aprobated sentence. CountyAttorney Rebecca Johnsonfiled a motion in March tohave Wright's probation re-

voked because the womanhad failed to complete court-ordered alcohol and drugawareness classes. After sev-eral court appearances, thecourt failed to compel Wrightto complete the classes, soJudge Heady ordered her tojail in July. After getting out,Wright was ordered to appearin court for a review of hercase on Wednesday, Sept. 14.At that time, the court or-dered her to go to the countyjail for a drug and alcoholscreening. That test cameback positive for metham-phetamine and other con-trolled substances.

Wright appealed to thejudge that the test waswrong. She said she wouldprove it by taking anothertest that day. The judge or-dered a sheriff's deputy to es-cort her to the local hospitalwhere she consented to ablood test.

Last week, that test cameback positive, too, formethamphetamine and othercontrolled substances. Wrightclaims she was framed, thatsomeone slipped her the drugwithout her knowing it, per-haps in a drink.

Johnson, the prosecutor,said the defendant's assertion

was not credible based on herprevious record.

Because of those tests andthe court's history in dealingwith Wright's case, the judgeordered her directly to jail.

Wright's court-appointedpublic defender, Paul Sysol,requested that she be allowedto attend an in-patient drugand alcohol program inNashville – which is the near-est one that will take a preg-nant woman – instead ofgoing to jail. Judge Headydidn't deny the request, buthe ordered Wright to jail untilwhich time she is enrolled inthe program and attending.

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A second city in LivingstonCounty could soon be sellingalcohol with a meal after finalapproval of an ordinance out-lining the parameters of aliquor license for DrakeCreek Golf Course in Ledbet-ter was OK’d by the county'sfiscal court on Tuesday.

Though no restaurantmeeting the requirements ofthe law to allow alcohol salescurrently exists at the golf

course, Drake Creek ownerTodd Butts plans to moveahead with building a barand grill where liquor by thedrink can be sold. No pack-age sales will be allowed.

In June, Ledbetter votersin the precinct where the golfcourse lies approved by onlysix votes the measure toallow alcohol sales at qualify-ing restaurants. The finalvote was 272 for and 266against.

Seven months earlier, thesame law that Ledbetter vot-ers approved in June wasvoted in at Smithland. Smi-ley's Levee Restaurant, whichstarted serving alcohol lastmonth, is currently the onlyplace doing so in the countyseat.

A qualifying restaurantmust seat at least 100 peopleand derive a minimum of 70percent of its revenue fromthe sale of food.

After referendum in June, ordinance clears way for Ledbetter alcohol sales planned for golf course

Pregnant woman fails drug tests, jailed

Detention centerprisoner countFollowing is a census of the Crit-

tenden County Detention Centeron Sept. 26, which denotes type ofprisoners being held there:

TYPE MALE FEMALE

Federal 0 0State 100 11County 5 2Other 3 2

Gender Total 108 15

Total Population: 123

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