TIME: Avid runner, mother of three shares the importance of immediate stroke response. | 1CTIME: Avid run

Forecast

8A

86°86°Today Business ........ 3C

Classifi eds ..... 5CComics ..........3DCrossword ......3DDeaths ........... 7AOpinion...........#XSports ........... 1BTaste ..............1DTV Listings .....2D

Index

Daily $1.00 Sunday $2.50 Have a news tip? Call 575-8650 Customer Service: 575-8800 or 1-800-599-1771

NEWS TRACKER

1. Airlines collect over $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees in 2012. 3C

2. Justice investigates IRS targeting of tea party group. 5A

3. ABC cuts ‘Dancing with the Stars’ to two hours and adds 14 new shows next season. 4D

4. Abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive. 5A

5. John Calipari spent more than two years trying to bring Andrew Wiggins to Lexington. On Tues-day, Wiggins decided to play next season at Kansas. 1B

Partly sunny.

Lourdes hospital has closed Lourdes Transitional Care, and “consolidated” as many as 30 management and nonclinical posi-tions, as part of a restructuring ef-fort, according to David Simmons, Lourdes spokesman.

Simmons declined to clarify if “consolidated” meant the posi-

tions were eliminated or whether those employees still work for Lourdes, although he did say those “affected associates” are encour-aged to apply for 40 vacant posi-tions at Lourdes.

Simmons said Lourdes made the diffi cult decision to close 20 licensed nursing home beds, and he confi rmed those beds made up the hospital’s transitional care

unit, called Lourdes Transitional Care. “All patients that are here will complete their care,” Simmons said. He also said patients are go-ing to be provided care with repu-table nursing homes.

Simmons declined to provide more information about Lourdes Transitional Care. That unit was a 20-bed nursing facility, and such units are often designed to help pa-

tients, who have been hospitalized for more than three days, transi-tion from hospital to either home, or to another medical facility.

Simmons declined further com-ment about the management and nonclinical positions, referring to a prepared statement that said “As we take steps to redesign our structure, we have made the dif-fi cult decision to ... consolidate

management and non-clinical po-sitions affecting 1.9 percent of our work force.”

Simmons would not confi rm the hospital’s work force as of Tuesday. According to the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce, Lourdes employed 1,550 in 2012, and 1.9 percent of 1,550 is roughly 30.

BY ADAM SHULLashull@paducahsun.com

Lourdes holds tight lipped on job cuts

LOUISVILLE — The pilot and crew members aboard a cargo ship had reservations about the boat’s course shortly before it struck a bridge over the Tennessee River, but no one stepped up to check written or electronic charts against what they were seeing, the Na-tional Transportation Safety Board con-cluded Tuesday.

Federal investigators said the crew of the Delta Mariner also ignored a broad-

cast warning about navigation lights being out on the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge on Jan. 26, 2012, and failed to heed a warning from a docked towing ship as it neared the span.

Investigators also concluded that white warning lights on the bridge had been out for several years and other lights had shorted out in the days before the wreck. Investigators chided Ken-tucky offi cials for failing to tackle light maintenance on the bridge to solve the problem.

NTSB lead investigator Liam LaRue said a contract pilot maneuvered the ship toward the one lighted span with-out consulting either the written charts or electronic equipment on board. Those charts and equipment could have guided them to either stop the ship or redirect to a taller section of the bridge.

“The problem is they didn’t even look at the chart in this case,” LaRue said. “No one said, ‘This is a multi-span

NTSB: Crew ignored warnings

BY BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press

Sun files

Debris from the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge is draped across the bow of the Delta Mariner after the Jan. 26, 2012, crash of the cargo tanker with the bridge spanning the Tennessee River at Kentucky Lake.

Lead investigator claims pilot maneuvered ship without charts

Please see BRIDGE | 3A

Please see CUTS | 3A

Despite claims by critics that high schools across the nation require students to take a common mili-tary aptitude test, local school administrators say the test isn’t mandatory.

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, is often administered to students in their junior or senior year of high school. The multiple choice test covers general math, science, and English knowledge, as well as categories such as electronics information and mechanical comprehension, ac-cording to the ASVAB web site, offi cial-asvab.com.

The National Coalition to Protect Student Priva-cy claims that the ASVAB is required in more than a thousand schools nationwide, and that in some cases, students’ private information is passed on for military recruitment purposes without parental con-sent.

Stacey Overlin, assistant principal for curriculum at Paducah Tilghman High School, said that there is no school requirement for students to take the test.

“We encourage students to do it when it can help them,” Overlin said.

The ASVAB can help students determine how well they are doing academically, as well as what careers would be most suitable for them, said Ken Draut, associate commissioner of assessment and account-ability at the Kentucky Department of Education.

While the ASVAB may be most appropriate for students considering military careers, Draut noted that the test can serve equally well as an indicator for career aptitude in civilian life.

“Generally the military careers are very similar to civilian careers. The guidance counselor uses those (results) with students, and you’ve got a nice career guidance tool,” he said.

Donald Shively, assistant superintendent for cur-riculum and instruction, said that Tilghman faculty work closely with students to determine whether a vocational path or an academic path best suits their skills and aspirations.

Local schools deny mandatory aptitude testing

BY LAUREL BLACKlblack@paducahsun.com

Please see SCHOOL | 3A

Wednesday,Wednesday, May 15, 2013 May 15, 2013 www.paducahsun.comwww.paducahsun.com Vol.Vol. 117117 No.No. 135135

When soldiers from the region make the ultimate sacrifi ce in the line of duty, Larry “The Flagman” Eckhardt does what he can to honor them.

John Oliver, 23, formerly of the St. Denis community in Car-lisle County, was serving in the Navy when he made that sacri-fi ce. On May 7, while deployed in Bahrain, he was hit by a car and killed. His funeral will be Satur-day at St. Denis Catholic Church.

Eckhardt, who lives more than 400 miles away and has never

met the family, will honor Oliver in his own unique way. Eckhardt owns more than 200 American fl ags, which he lines near the fu-neral routes of fallen soldiers.

“If you can’t help someone when you’re alive, why be here?” Eckhardt asked.

An Illinois native, Eckhardt travels to soldiers’ funerals in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. He said he is con-sidering adding Ohio and Ten-nessee to the list.

Over a seven-year period, Eck-hardt has attended 108 funerals.

He said he values the right to dis-play fl ags, one that soldiers die for.

Eckhardt said he started the practice after attending one with more than 2,000 people but only a few fl ags.

“We went out and bought 50 fl ags and then another 50 fl ags and we just kind of went from there,” he said.

He said he has had as few as 100 volunteers and as many as 500.

“I think the biggest way it helps

‘The Flagman’ honors fallen soldiersBY NICHOLAS RESIDEnreside@paducahsun.com

Photo contributed

Larry Eckhardt stands near several of the hundreds of American flags he brings to the funeral routes of fallen soldiers. On Thursday, he will honor John Oliver, a 23-year-old from the St. Denis commu-nity, who was killed while stationed in Bahrain.Please see FLAG | 3A

2A • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • The Paducah Sun Local paducahsun.com

The LineupWednesday

Lone Oak Kiwanis, 7 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 554-0431. Every third Wednesday, meeting moved to Walker CPA building behind Super-Valu.

Disabled American Veterans, Miles Meredith Chapter 7 of Paducah, weekly Commander Cof-fee Call, 9 a.m. to noon. Service officer available.

 Thursday

Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. 442-8993.

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant retirees and spouses, 11:45 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 442-8332.

Paducah Toastmasters, noon, The Pasta House Co. Call Joe Shall-better at 506-1791 or Clay Camp-bell at 703-2700.

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

Wine tasting to benefit St. Nicholas Family Clinic, 5 p.m., Pasta House Co., 451 Jordan Drive. Guest bartender: Bob Hoppmann & Friends.

Esther Chapter Five Order of the Eastern Star, 6 p.m., 2340 Jackson St. 554-5076.

Paducah Citizens Police Acad-emy alumni, 6:30 p.m., Kentucky Oaks Mall Community Room.

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Gen. Lloyd Tilghman Camp No. 1495, 7 p.m., upstairs, Gen. Lloyd Tilghman Home and Civil War Mu-seum. 443-4237.

Dance, 7-10 p.m. Trader’s Mall, 6900 Benton Road, Reidland. Band: Due South. $5.

South Paducah Kiwanis meeting, 7 p.m. 1640 S. 6th St., Paducah KY 42001.

McCracken County Amateur Ra-dio Emergency Services, 7 p.m., West Kentucky Navigation, 631 Ma-rine Way.

Vietnam Veterans of America, 7 p.m., DAV building, Paducah.

■ ■ ■

Items for the Lineup must be received in writing five days in advance. Mail to: Lineup, The Paducah Sun, P.O. Box 2300, Paducah, KY 42002-2300; fax the newsroom at 442-7859; or email news@paducahsun.com. An-nouncements are published day of event. Information: 575-8677.

 

Coming Up ... Miss a day. Miss a lot. To subscribe, call 800-959-1771.

WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY■ Prayer gathering Satur-day for new McCracken County High School.

News

■ Th e American Cancer Society hits the century. mark

House CallTUESDAY

■ Pick up on the festivals sights and sounds.

Current

■ One year, one night. Who is the Teen of the Year?

News

■ State tennis champion-ships coming to a head.

Sports

■ District Court each Monday.

News

■ Graves County Schools says goodbye to superin-tendent.

News

Tuesday’s lotteryKentucky

Pick 3-midday: 2-8-3Pick 3-evening: 1-6-0Pick 4-midday: 6-7-6-7Pick 4-evening: 5-1-3-3Cash Ball: 2-6-18-23 CB 23 Cash Ball Kicker: 8-5-9-0-4Mega Millions: 6-10-12-28-32 MB 38 Megaplier 4

Numbers are unofficial.Website: www.kylottery.com

Lottery headquarters (Louisville)502-560-1500

Regional Office (Madisonville)270-825-0205

IllinoisPick 3-midday: 1-9-4Pick 3-evening: 2-8-7Pick 4-midday: 4-9-0-8Pick 4-evening: 3-0-3-1Lucky Day Lotto: 01-08-10-23-34Mega Millions: 6-10-12-28-32 MB 38 Megaplier 4

Website: www.illinoislottery.com800-252-1775

Outside Illinois: 217-524-5156

After more than two decades overseeing one of the largest hospitals in western Kentucky, Baptist Health Paducah presi-dent and CEO Larry Barton will step down this fall.

The longest serving of six hospital presidents, Barton has served in that position for more than a third of Baptist Health Paducah’s existence and will re-tire effective Oct. 4, after piloting the hospital through years of ex-pansion and hospital upgrades.

“There’s a time for every-thing,” Barton said. “I’m at a place in my life where it’s time for me to move into retirement, and I’m excited about it in many ways and I look forward to it. I’ll miss the people I’ve been around on a daily basis, my hospital family.”

Barton highlighted the mas-sive construction projects and facility upgrades that have transformed the 1950s-era hos-pital into the modern medical campus it is today, as one of a series of accomplishments he’s been a part of while at Baptist

Health Paducah.These additions include a $67

million project that transformed the hospi-tal campus with the c o n s t r u c -tion of the three doc-tors’ offi ce b u i l d i n g s , a parking garage, the main atrium and renova-tion of mul-

tiple care units; the $5.6 mil-lion Baptist Imaging Center and subsequent $9.2 million service expansion in 2005 and 2012, respectively; the construction of the $20 million Baptist Heart Center in 2007; and the ongoing $17 million surgical expansion.

“We had a lot of obstacles to overcome, which we have, and I think we’ve been able to take this hospital into the modern age with this wrap-around con-struction and that’s worked out very well,” Barton said.

“We didn’t have the money to just run out and buy a new hos-

pital, but we were able to do this with little to no debt, and that’s an accomplishment.”

Barton’s retirement comes the same year the hospital and state-wide hospital network imple-mented a rebranding campaign that transformed Western Bap-tist Hospital into Baptist Health Paducah.

The rebranding being among the more exciting changes, Bar-ton said the fl uctuating health-care industry amidst new regu-lations has hospitals heading down a path that will need to be addressed in the next few years.

“Hospitals have faced these different challenges in Medicare changes, reimbursement chang-es, you name it, but the strong and well-managed hospitals — which we’ve been under that category — have always been successful,” Barton said.

“We’re facing some changes now in healthcare that will be signifi cant and I have no doubt that Baptist Health Paducah will succeed and be a leader just like it’s been in the past.”

A search committee headed by the Baptist Health Board

of Directors will review candi-dates for Barton’s successor in the coming months. Barton said Baptist Health Paducah has be-come such a large center and regional medical authority that it would require someone to di-rectly oversee operations, as op-posed to being managed from the Louisville-based Baptist Health system.

Stephen Hanson, CEO of the Baptist Health system, stated in a news release that Paducah and surrounding communities have benefi ted from Barton’s leader-ship at the hospital.

“Larry consistently has re-sponded to the needs of west-ern Kentucky residents with advanced technology and sig-nifi cant investments in quality services,” Hanson stated. “He is dedicated to patients’ needs, never forgetting that how we treat patients is just as impor-tant as the tools we use to deliver that care.”

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

Longtime hospital president to retireBY WILL PINKSTON

wpinkston@paducahsun.com

Barton

The 2013 graduates of Western Kentucky Community & Techni-cal College celebrated the end of their community college careers and the start to a new chapter.

WKCTC students graduated Tuesday during two commence-ment programs — at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. — at the Luther F. Car-son Four Rivers Center. Paducah Mayor Gayle Kaler was the com-mencement speaker.

“Education allows you to turn challenges into opportunities,” Kaler said. “Be ready, be bold, and be an asset to your commu-nity.”

The ceremony also featured addresses from the two academ-ic student speakers, Roy Henley and Kevin Quinn. Henley re-ceived an associate in arts degree and Quinn received an associate in applied science degree, both with high distinction.

“Life is a journey and no one has a road map for their deci-sions,” Quinn said. “There were highs and lows throughout, but I just wanted to learn.”

Henley and Quinn are both examples of non-traditional students, who comprise a large number of WKCTC students. Henley worked at the Goodyear tire plant for 13 years before it closed and Quinn enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after high school.

Both men returned to school in their 40s.

“Although I’m not a full-time college student anymore; I will never stop learning,” Quinn said.

About 230 WKCTC students received diplomas, degrees or certifi cates during the two cer-emonies. More than 1,500 stu-dents were eligible to receive an associate degree, diploma or certifi cate. WKCTC was awarded

one of the top 10 community col-leges in the nation for the second consecutive year by The Aspen Institute.

Dr. Barbara Veazey, president of WKCTC, said: “Graduation is a mark of accomplishment for students and their families. They came to our college to fi nd new ideas, hone skills and develop their dreams.”

Families, professors and veter-

ans, in the graduating class and in the audience, were also recog-nized.

“Hard work is the fi rst tool for success and this degree will help prepare you for the next chap-ter,” Kaler said.

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

WKCTC students celebrate 2013 graduationBY KATHLEEN FOXkfox@paducahsun.com

Kathleen Fox | The Sun

Dr. Tena Payne, vice president of academic affairs for WKCTC, gives out diplomas, degrees and certificates during the early graduation ceremony Tuesday at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center in Paducah. There were about 230 graduates in attendance during the two ceremonies, with 1,500 students eligible for an associate degree, diploma or certificate.

The Paducah City Commis-sion approved two municipal orders Tuesday that could bring more body armour and bullet-proof vests to the Paducah Po-lice Department.

City commissioners ap-proved a municipal order for a Kentucky Offi ce of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Pro-tection Program grant — one that does not require a match — for $4,400 that would pay for eight sets of body armour for Paducah police. The other mu-

nicipal order allows application for a $10,020 grant through the U.S. Department of Justice that would go to purchase 15 vests for Paducah police’s SWAT team. If approved, the grant would re-quire a local match of $10,020.

City commissioners also in-troduced a change order to add $3,748 to the contract amount of $215,927 to preserve and renovate the Market House and River Discovery Center down-town. In December, the com-mission approved a contract for the latter amount with Ray Black & Son Inc. to repair and update

the two city-owned buildings. The added cost comes from un-foreseen costs of older, unique glass that have to be purchased to keep the old buildings’ paint-ed glass uniform in appearance, according to Rick Murphy, city engineer and public works di-rector.

City commissioners intro-duced an ordinance to pay $25,663.82 to Toter Inc. for 80 60-gallon trash containers for Noble Park. Murphy said the park’s current trash containers roll, and seem to wander after public use. “It tends to make the

park look, I guess, less than de-sirable,” Murphy said.

Locals were also named to Paducah boards and commis-sions: Lincoln Hardy and Rob-ert Terrence Cross were ap-pointed to the Paducah Human Rights Commission, and Paul King and Louis Lovera were reappointed to the Historical & Architectural Review Commis-sion.

Contact Adam Shull, Sun busi-ness editor, at 270-575-8653 or follow @adamshull on Twit-ter.

City Commission pursues grants for police, trash cans for parkBY ADAM SHULL

ashull@paducahsun.com

paducahsun.com Region/From Page One The Paducah Sun • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • 3A

Three months ago, Mc-Cracken County Animal Control director Chryss George found a horse tied to a log near a home on Bonds Road. The animal could not move to eat or seek shelter, and several residents had called the McCracken County Sher-iff’s Department complain-ing about neglected ani-mals.

When George ap-proached the horse, it was lethargic and emaciated. On Tuesday, when George bridled the horse — now known as Alexander — out of his stall, it was as if she was interacting with a completely different horse.

“When I fi rst saw him, it was heart-wrenching,” George said.”Now, it’s night and day. He was mal-nourished, now he’s stun-ning.”

Alexander’s owner, Chad A. Phillips, pleaded guilty to the count of animal cruelty fi led against him on Tuesday. In return, he received a sentence of 30 days in jail. He also was sentenced to forfeit all of his animals, and to not own horses for two years. Phil-lips will also have to pay a $500 fi ne and pay restitu-tion to animal control.

When Phillips was ar-rested, he was originally charged with fi ve counts of second-degree animal cruelty. When deputies and animal control agents searched the 520 Bonds Road property, George found dead chickens in cages and a dead calf in a stock trailer. There had

been 23 complaints in the past year concerning Phil-lips’ animals.

Alexander, or Xander for short, has begun to show his true colors. He spends most of the day eating in his stall. George said Xan-der has regained most of his weight. Now that he is offi cially in county custody,

he will be placed for adop-tion.

“He’s energetic, that’s for sure,” George said. “He isn’t that lethargic horse we picked up in February.”

Contact Corianne Egan, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8652 or follow @CoriEgan on Twitter.

Man gets jail time for animal crueltyBY CORIANNE EGANcegan@paducahsun.com

Staff photo

Animal Control director Chryss George holds on to a lead line while Alexander grazes in the pastures next to his Carson Park stall. Alexander has regained his full personality since being rescued from an abusive environment, George said.

“The future of health care calls us to transform the way we practice medicine and become a leader in value-based health delivery,” Sim-mons said in an emailed statement.

“We must continue to provide excellence in clini-

cal outcomes and maintain the highest commitment to patient safety while also meeting the national expec-tation to reduce health care costs.”

Contact Adam Shull, Sun business editor, at 270-575-8653 or follow @ad-amshull on Twitter.

CUTS

CONTINUED FROM 1A

bridge, but I’m only seeing one lit span.’”

The missed and ignored warnings were part of a series of errors that led to the cargo ship striking the bridge and tearing down a 322-foot section of the span that carries traffi c from near Aurora to Land Be-tween The Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky. The NTSB made its fi ndings public during a hearing on the wreck Tues-day afternoon.

David Rayburn, a bridge lighting specialist for the NTSB, said a string of white navigation lights had been out on the bridge for more than a year before the wreck. Other navigation lights alerting boaters to the high point on the bridge to pass under shorted out days before the wreck, Ray-burn said.

The lowest point of the bridge had two red lights and a green light working, but was too low for the Del-ta Mariner to pass under, Rayburn said. The rest of the bridge was unlit. The pilot steered toward the lit span, Rayburn said.

“Bridge lighting can be critical to the ability of mar-iners to safely navigate in-land waterways,” Rayburn said.

The issues with the crew started when no one heed-ed two radioed warnings from the U.S. Coast Guard about navigation lights on the bridge being out, LaRue said.

While the ship’s owner and operator, Seattle-based Foss Maritime, had extra crew on board, in-cluding two Mississippi River pilots working un-der contract, to try and ensure safety, few people knew their responsibilities and no one felt they had the authority to tell the contract pilot to stop or

turn around the ship, inves-tigator Larry Bowling said.

As the Delta Mariner approached the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge, the Addi Bell, a ship docked at the side of the river, tried to radio the cargo ship, but no one re-sponded, LaRue said.

“They got the sense the vessel coming down the river wasn’t lined up right,” LaRue said.

NTSB Chairman Debo-rah Hersman said the crew expressed misgivings about the ship’s course, but no one checked either written charts or electronic naviga-tion equipment.

“They weren’t sure they were going to hit it until they hit it,” LaRue said.

Scott Merritt, Foss Mari-time senior vice president for operations, said in a statement Tuesday night that the company welcomes the investigation results and recommendations.

“We are committed to a Zero Incident culture and recognize that learning from incidents like this one is a critical part of achieving our goals,” Merritt said.

The bridge collapse stopped vehicular traffi c over the waterway for about four months before repairs were complete. NTSB

personnel said Kentucky transportation offi cials have since made changes to how lights on the bridge are maintained. Investiga-tors recommended that Foss Maritime develop and implement a better passage plan for Delta Mariner’s voyage and clearly defi ne responsibilities while crew is on the bridge of the ves-sel.

Kentucky Transporta-tion Cabinet spokesman Chuck Wolfe said a crew from the cabinet was in the process of repairing the lights at the time of the wreck.

“And in keeping with Coast Guard protocol for just such occasions, cabi-net personnel notifi ed the Coast Guard, which in turn issued multiple broadcast warnings to mariners — including the crew of the Delta Mariner — that some lights on the Eggners Ferry Bridge were not operat-ing,” Wolfe said in a state-ment.

Kentucky offi cials are seeking $7.1 million in damages from Foss Mari-time. BellSouth Tele-communications fi led a $59,000 damages claim, and the owners of a nearby restaurant fi led a $33,000

claim for lost income while the bridge was being re-paired for four months. Foss Maritime has asked a federal judge to rule it was not responsible for causing the collapse because some of the bridge’s lights were not working. —AP

BRIDGE

CONTINUED FROM 1A

Out of 180 students in Tilghman’s senior class, be-tween 30 and 35 students opted to take the ASVAB, which was administered in late January, Shively said.

All seniors in McCracken County high schools were administered the test this year, said Melanie Jarvis, district-wide director of as-sessment.

She estimated that fewer than half of the students in the district needed to take

the ASVAB, but said she did not know of any students who declined to take it. The decision to administer it to all students is made on a yearly basis, Jarvis added.

Draut noted that the AS-VAB should not raise pri-vacy concerns, as students can opt out of providing contact information to re-cruiters.

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

SCHOOL

CONTINUED FROM 1A

the family is it shows them the community supports them,” he said.

Eckhardt said he attend-ed a funeral on Easter this year and more than 400 people showed up to volun-teer.

“It was beautiful and un-real at the same time,” he said.

Anyone interested in vol-unteering needs to show up behind First Presbyte-rian Church in Mayfi eld at 5 p.m. Thursday, Eckhardt said. No tools are needed, and volunteers of all ages can participate. Eckhardt also will decorate a section in Fancy Farm, where Oli-ver grew up.

Oliver’s mother, Angie Boren, said her son was a fun-loving person who would do anything for any-one.

“He had a heart of gold,” she said.

Boren said he was madly in love with his wife, Jaz-min Oliver. The couple met while he was stationed in Florida, and they married in March.

Oliver said her husband was a cheerful and gener-ous person, who touched many lives.

“He was the most won-derful person that ever walked,” she said.

She said she appreciates what Eckhardt is doing for her and her husband’s fam-ily.

Eckhardt remains hum-ble, despite the praise.

“I’m just an idiot with a lot of fl ags,” he said.

Contact Nicholas Reside, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8667 or follow @NicholasReside on Twitter.

FLAG

CONTINUED FROM 1A

Region BriefsMan arrested for multiple burglaries

Ray Anthony Farmer, 56, faces five counts of burglary and five counts of possession of burglary tools following his arrest in Louisa early Tuesday morning.

Farmer is charged in the Nov. 4, 2012, burglaries at El Bracero Res-taurant, 200 Richard Mills Drive in Hopkinsville; Hancock’s Market, 1580 U.S. 60 in Ledbetter; Goodwin Insur-ance, 312 W. Market St. in Princeton; Parker Quik Lube, 38 Main St. in Ben-ton, and Fortner’s Gas, 2217 U.S. 62 W in Princeton. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department captured Farmer after he wrecked a vehicle and ran

away. Farmer was served with warrants from Lawrence County, Todd County, Trigg County and fugitive warrants from Clarksville, Tenn., regarding several additional bur-glaries. He was jailed in Johnson County.

—Staff Report

Library event reflects on Paducah’s past

The McCracken County Public Library presents its monthly Evenings Upstairs program at 7 p.m. Thursday. The program is titled “Paducah Then and Now.”

The program will reflect on historic Paducah through landmarks, artifacts and other relics. Market House Museum president B.J. Summers will be the speaker. The program will be in the library’s second floor meeting room. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Bobbie Wrinkle at bwrinkle@mclib.net or call the McCracken County Library at 270-442-2510.

—Staff Report

Deadly drunken-driving bus crash remembered

RADCLIFF — A quarter century after the nation’s deadliest alcohol-related highway crash, the Kentucky town that still grieves for the 27 “beautiful souls” who perished on a church bus in the fiery tragedy gathered Tuesday evening to remember the victims and honor the resilience of the survivors.

The names of the 27 victims and the 40 passengers who escaped the burning bus were read aloud to a hushed crowd at an hour-long memorial service in a high school gymnasium in Radcliff, where their ill-fated outing to an Ohio amusement park began on May 14, 1988.

—Associated Press

Farmer

Subscription ratesAll subscriptions payable in advance.

Home delivery 7 days a week:

4 weeks $19.50 32 weeks $148.00

16 weeks $76.00 1 year $236.20

Sunday Only (where available)

$12.32 4 weeks Weekend Package (Where Available)

(Fri., Sat., Sun.) $14.71 4 weeks

By Mail

Regional 7 days a week $21.38/4 weeks

Regional except Sun. $18.46/4 weeks

Outside region, 7 days $25.93/4 weeks

Outside region, Sun. only $15.13/4 weeks

Single copies:

Daily: $1.00 Sunday: $2.50

Online Edition: $7.92/4 weeks

The Paducah Sun is published daily by Paxton Media Group, LLC at 408

Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003. Periodical postage paid at

Paducah, KY 42003.(270) 575-8600 • USPS 526-180

ISSN-1050-0030 READER INFORMATION

YOUR CARRIER: Your newspaper carriers are independent contractors, and The Paducah Sun will not be responsible for any payments made to the carriers. All payments should be made at The Paducah Sun office, 408 Kentucky Avenue.INSERTS: In many cases, insert advertisers do not purchase The Paducah Sun for full circulation. For this reason, the number of pre-printed advertising supplements you may receive depends on where you live and whether you have home delivery or bought a rack copy.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is entitled to use for publication all local news published in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE PADUCAH SUN, P.O. Box 2300,Paducah, KY 42002-2300.

DEPARTMENT HEADS:

How to call usNEWS 575-8650Sports 575-8665Features 575-8658Business 575-8656Weddings, etc. 575-8678Outdoors 575-8684Tours of the paper 575-8625PADUCAH SUN ONLINE 575-8800ADVERTISINGDisplay 575-8750Classified 575-8700ALL DEPARTMENTS 575-8600

MISS YOUR PAPER?NEW SUBSCRIBER?QUESTION ABOUT A BILL?WANT A BACK ISSUE?Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m.Saturday - 6:30 a.m. till 11:00 a.m.Sunday - 6:30 a.m. till 11:00 a.m.Call Customer Service (Local) 575-8800Outside McCracken Co. 1-800-599-1771Outside KY 1-800-959-1771

This publication can be heard on the telephone by persons who have trouble seeing or reading the print edition. For more information, contact the National Federation of the Blind NFB-NEWSLINE® service at (410) 659-9314, extension 2317, or go to www.nfb.org.

Editor and Publisher Jim PaxtonGeneral Manager Gary AdkissonExecutive Editor Duke ConoverAdvertising Director Carolyn RaneyCirculation Director Matt JonesController Jean HurfordCustomer Service Judy LynchMarketing Manager Kendra MitchellProduction Manager Jesse Rogers

*indicates zoned circulationPlease contact our customer service department at:

(270) 575-8800if you are missing an insert.

The advertising supplements listed above may not appear in all copies of The Paducah Sun. Many advertisers require us to limit distribution of their circulars to specifi c regions, counties or carrier routes within The Paducah Sun’s distribution area. If you do not receive one of the advertising supplements listed above and would like us to inform that advertiser of your interest, please call 575-8800. We will be happy to take your name and address and convey your interest to the advertiser(s).

*ALDI*MENARDS*SAM’S*WALMART*KROGER

Valuable Inserts The following inserts are in today’s edition of

Edwin J. Paxton, Editor & Publisher, 1900-1961Frank Paxton, Publisher, 1961-1972

Edwin J. Paxton Jr., Editor, 1961-1977Jack Paxton, Editor, 1977-1985

Fred Paxton, Publisher, 1972-2000

David CoxEditorial Page Editor

Jim PaxtonEditor & Publisher

Duke ConoverExecutive Editor

More than 1,000 Kentuckians die annually from prescription drug overdoses, according to the Attorney General’s Office, and the commonwealth has the sixth highest death rate from abuse of prescription drugs, especially oxycodone and hydrocodone.

Prescription drug abuse is America’s fastest growing drug problem and the leading cause of accidental death. More Kentuckians die from drug overdoses than car wrecks. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, an epidemic of Oxycontin abuse has claimed thousands of lives, leaving an alarming number of children orphaned.

Ignoring the suffering and capitalizing on the popularity of prescription drug use, the retailer Urban Outfitters is marketing shot glasses, pint glasses, flasks and can coolers that look like prescription bottles. Not to leave out heroin and meth users, the company also sells shot glasses shaped like syringes.

The tongue-in-cheek message is that alcohol is the prescribed cure for whatever the drinker suffers — especially if it’s the need to party to escape boredom.

The product, though legal, sends the wrong message. The glasses

make light of prescription drug abuse and insult the families of drug abusers, especially those left behind after deaths from

overdoses.

It’s the wrong way to make money, and the company should withdraw the glasses.

The government can’t ban the product, which is protected, as it should be, under the First Amendment. But public officials can call on the company to behave in a more socially responsible manner.

U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, a Republican, and Attorney General Jack Conway, a Democrat, are both starting to put public pressure on Urban Outfitters to stop selling the product. Rogers said he fears the glasses will encourage teens to experiment with prescription drugs, which could lead to more overdoses.

Conway said teens often have the misperception that prescription drugs are safe, even if taken incorrectly. He said, “Combined with alcohol, the misuse and abuse of prescription medications can be deadly, making the Urban Outfitter Rx pint and shot glasses and flasks even more disturbing.”

A campaign by an anti-drug group runs the risk of causing the company, which is known for its edgy products, to exploit the negative publicity to sell more glasses. It could, however, cause a consumer backlash. Regardless of the market effects, the company should do the responsible thing and pull the alcohol containers that look like pill bottles and drug syringes.

There can be honest dif-ferences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week’s testimony under oath about events in Beng-hazi on Sept. 11, 2012, makes painfully clear that what the Obama administration told the American people about those events were lies out of whole cloth.

What we were told repeat-edly last year by the President of the United States, the sec-retary of state and the Ameri-can ambassador to the U.N. was that there was a protest demonstration in Benghazi against an anti-Islamic video produced by an American, and that this protest demon-stration simply escalated out of control.

This “spontaneous protest” story did not originate in Lib-ya but in Washington. Nei-ther the Americans on duty in Libya during the attack on the consulate in Benghazi nor offi cials of the Libyan govern-ment said anything about a protest demonstration.

The highest American dip-lomat on the scene in Libya spoke directly with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by phone and told her that it was a terrorist attack. The presi-dent of Libya announced that it was a terrorist attack. The CIA told the Obama adminis-tration that it was a terrorist attack.

With lies, as with potato chips, it is hard to stop with just one. After the “spontane-ous protest” story was dis-credited, the next claim was that this was the best infor-mation available at the time from intelligence sources.

But that claim cannot sur-vive scrutiny, now that the 12 drafts of the Obama adminis-tration’s talking points about Benghazi have belatedly come

to light. As draft after draft of the talking points were made, emails from the State Department pressured the intelligence services to omit from these drafts their clear and unequivocal statement from the outset that this was a terrorist attack.

Attempts to make it seem that Ambassador Susan Rice’s false story about a “spontane-ous protest” was the result of her not having accurate information from the intelli-gence services have now been exposed as a second lie to excuse the fi rst lie.

To answer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s loudly proclaimed question “What difference, at this point, does it make?” the difference is between an honest mistake and a calculated lie to deceive the American people in order to win an election.

Barack Obama’s election campaign oratory had pro-claimed the death of Osama bin Laden as an accomplish-ment of his administration, as part of a general defeat of al Qaida and other ter-rorists. To admit that these terrorists were still in action, and strong enough to kill an American ambassador and three other Americans in a well-coordinated military style attack, would be a politi-cally devastating admission during the election campaign.

Far better, politically, to come up with a story about a protest demonstration that

just got out of hand. This could be presented as an iso-lated, one-time event, rather than part of a continuing pat-tern of terrorism by groups that were still active, despite President Obama’s spin sug-gesting that they were not.

The problem with telling a lie, or even a succession of lies, is that a very small dose of the truth can sometimes make the whole thing col-lapse like a house of cards. The State Department’s own foreign service offi cer Gregory Hicks was in Libya during the attack, so he knew the truth. When threats were not enough to silence him, it was then necessary to try to discredit him.

After years of getting glowing job evaluations, and awards of honors from the State Department for his work in various parts of the world, Mr. Hicks suddenly began to get bad job evalua-tions and was demoted to a desk job in Washington after he spoke with a congressman about what he knew. The truth is dangerous to liars.

The Obama administra-tion’s excuse for not trying to get help to the Americans in Benghazi while they were under attack — namely, that it would take too long — is as shaky as its other state-ments. A small fi ghting unit in Tripoli was ready to get on a plane to Benghazi when they were ordered to “stand down.” Other fi ghting units located outside Libya are designed precisely for fast deployment — and nobody knew how many hours the attack would last.

But it will take more investigations to determine who gave the order to “stand down” and why. How many new lies that will generate is another question.

WASHINGTON — Mistakes were made.This, we are supposed to accept, is the

conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite con-gressional testimony Wednesday suggest-ing that signifi cant efforts were made to camoufl age those mistakes.

As Democrats and Republicans alike know all too well: It’s always the cover-up.

Yet in this case, where so clearly the State Department and others in the Obama administration took extra steps to mis-characterize what happened the night Am-bassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, Democrats roll their eyes at any suggestion of such.

More or less, most seem to agree with Hillary Clinton’s exasperated assessment during her own congressional testimony in January: “What difference at this point does it make?”

I get her meaning. Why people decided to attack the American consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi is far less important than preventing another such attack in the future. Clinton, who at that point in the hearing may have felt badgered, was understandably weary. Four years on the road had taken their toll and she was re-cently out of the hospital for treatment of a blood clot inside her skull. This tedious review of history put her over the edge.

Her interrogators, apparently intimi-dated by the sight of an angry woman —

or afraid of looking like bullies — immediately assumed the position of a dog whose master is fi d-dling with his belt buckle.

Before moving along, let’s clear some brush:

Is the Obama adminis-tration culpable for what transpired in Libya? No. It isn’t possible to prevent all eventualities, though in retrospect, it obviously would have been prudent to provide more security in such a volatile place.

Is Clinton to blame for the deaths of four Americans? Of course not. Bad things happen in bad places.

Should we have sent military assis-tance? If only life were a movie, we could have saved the day. But our military commanders say we couldn’t have gotten there in time. Civilians can speculate that they are wrong, but on what basis?

Still, there is much that should give pause to anyone, regardless of political affi liation. Three essential questions have been answered: (1) Was there advance warning of possible terrorist activities in Libya? Yes. (2) Was a request for more security denied? Yes. (3) Did the Obama administration edit the truth? Yes.

Faced with these answers, Democrats are more willing to give their president

the benefi t of the doubt. Perhaps he was trying to avoid further infl aming a dangerous situation by refusing to repeat his prede-cessor’s incendiary proc-lamations against Islamist terrorists.

Or, just as likely, he was too close to re-election to risk contradictions to his campaign narrative: He had

killed Osama bin Laden and al Qaida was as good as dead.

What we now know from testimony and other reporting is that Americans on the ground knew the Benghazi attacks were coordinated terrorist assaults and not a street protest over an anti-Muslim video that escalated. Nevertheless, U.N. Ambas-sador Susan Rice was sent on a tour of fi ve Sunday morning news shows to reiterate the CIA-approved talking points.

On Friday, ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported that a review of emails shows that those talking points were the result of 12 revisions, orchestrated by the State Department, resulting in removal of any reference to warnings or the al Qaida-affi liated group Ansar al-Sharia.

In one email to White House offi cials, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland expressed concerns that inclu-sion of such information “could be abused

by members (of Congress) to beat up the State Department for not paying attention to warnings, so why would we want to feed that either?”

These emails directly contradict White House press secretary Jay Carney’s re-marks in a Nov. 28, 2012, news briefi ng that the “single adjustment” made to the talking points by the administration was “changing the word ‘consulate’ to ‘diplo-matic facility.’”

In another email, Nuland expressed dissatisfaction with some of the tweaks, writing, “These changes don’t resolve all of my issues or those of my buildings leadership.”

Therein lies a telling clue.When a “building’s leadership” is cited

as directing an offi cial narrative, you can be sure that someone is trying to avoid responsibility for something. Otherwise known as CYA (covering your anatomical-posterior).

It is easy to believe that real-time mis-takes in Benghazi were honestly made. No one thinks that any president or secretary of state would do less than everything possible to save American lives. But the mistakes made afterward, whether out of embarrassment or political survival, are less easily rationalized. They were, factu-ally and knowingly, dishonest.

And that, Madame Secretary, is what difference it makes.

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

Editorial

4A • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • The Paducah Sun Opinion paducahsun.com

It makes big difference whether government tries to cover up its misdeeds

Kathleen Parker

ABUSEPill bottle glasses

trivialize suff ering

Lies must be covered with more lies

Thomas Sowell

WASHINGTON — Presi-dent Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massa-cre led him to lift gun con-trol to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a sting-ing defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president fi nds himself rocked by multiple contro-versies that are demoraliz-ing his allies, emboldening his political foes and posing huge distractions for all.

It’s unclear how long he will be dogged by inquiries into last year’s deadly at-tack in Libya, the IRS tar-geting of tea party groups and now the seizure of Associated Press phone records in a leak investi-gation. But if nothing else, these episodes give new confi dence and swagger to Republicans who were dis-couraged by Obama’s re-election and their inability to block tax hikes as part of the Jan. 1 “fi scal cliff” deal.

Taken together, these matters will make it harder for the administration to focus on its priorities — racking up a few more ac-complishments before next year’s national elections.

“It’s a torrential down-

pour, and it’s happening at the worst possible time, because the window is clos-ing” on opportunities to ac-complish things before the 2014 campaigns, said Matt Bennett, who worked in the Clinton White House. From here on, he said, “it’s going to be very, very diffi -cult.”

So far, there’s no evi-dence that Obama knew about — let alone was in-volved in — the govern-

ment actions in question. But a president usually is held accountable for his administration’s actions, and Republicans now have material to fuel accusations and congressional hear-ings that they hope will embarrass him, erode his credibility and bolster their argument that his govern-ment is overreaching. Even some of his Democratic al-lies are publicly expressing dismay at the AP phone re-

cords seizure.Obama advisers on Tues-

day cast the trio of contro-versies as matters that fl are up in an institution as com-plex as the U.S. govern-ment, and they questioned the impact of them. The one exception, advisers said, was the brewing scan-dal at the Internal Revenue Service, which they see as the issue most likely to strike a chord with Ameri-cans. —AP

Trio of troubles threatens 2nd termBY CHARLES BABINGTON

AND JULIE PACEAssociated Press

Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks on May 9 from the Oval Office in Washington to board Marine One.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is in-vestigating the Internal Revenue Service for tar-geting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, widening a probe that in-cludes investigations by three committees in Con-gress.

Ineffective manage-ment at the IRS allowed agents to improperly tar-get tea party groups, con-cluded one investigation, by the Treasury inspector general for tax admin-istration. The inspector general’s report, released Tuesday, lays much of the blame on IRS supervisors in Washington who over-saw a group of specialists in Cincinnati who screened applications for tax exempt status.

The report does not in-dicate that Washington initiated the targeting of conservative groups. But it does say a top supervisor in Washington did not ad-equately supervise agents

in the fi eld even after she learned the agents were acting improperly, enabling the practice to continue for more than 18 months.

Holder said he ordered the FBI to investigate Fri-day — the day the IRS pub-licly acknowledged that it had singled out conserva-tive groups.

“Those (actions) were, I think, as everyone can agree, if not criminal, they were certainly outrageous and unacceptable,” Holder said. “But we are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations.”

Three congressional committees already are investigating the IRS for singling out tea party and other conservative groups during the 2010 congres-sional elections and the

2012 presidential election. But Holder’s announce-ment takes the matter to another level, if investiga-tors are able to prove that laws were broken.

Holder said he wasn’t sure which laws may have been broken.

The agency started tar-geting groups with “Tea Party,” ‘‘Patriots” or “9/12 Project” in their applica-tions for tax exempt status in March 2010, the inspec-tor general’s report said. Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax exempt organizations, was briefed on the matter in June 2011.

Within days, she ordered agents to change the crite-ria for singling out groups to a more generic “organi-zations involved with po-

litical, lobbying, or advo-cacy.” But by January 2012, agents started singling out groups that promoted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. —AP

Justice investigates IRS targeting of tea partyBY HENRY C. JACKSON

AND STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his rogue clinic dodged a possible death sentence Tuesday in a hasty post-verdict deal with prosecu-tors.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, waived his right to ap-peal in exchange for a sentence of life without parole. Gosnell was con-victed Monday of fi rst-degree murder in a case that became a fl ashpoint in the nation’s abortion debate.

Former clinic employ-ees testifi ed that Gosnell routinely performed ille-gal abortions past Penn-sylvania’s 24-week limit, that he delivered babies who were still moving, whimpering or breathing, and that he and his assis-

tants dispatched the new-borns by “snipping” their spines, as he referred to it.

Prosecutors had been seeking the death penalty because Gosnell killed more than one person and his victims were es-pecially vulnerable given their age.

Gosnell’s own advanced age had made it unlikely he would ever be execut-ed before his appeals ran out.

Gosnell’s lawyer, Jack McMahon, said his client accepts the verdict and isn’t sorry he went to trial.

“He wanted this case aired out in a courtroom and it got aired out in a courtroom in a fair way. And now he’s accepting what will happen. He’s an intelligent guy,” said Mc-Mahon, who said Gosnell would now plead to fed-eral drug charges that are still pending. —AP

Convicted abortion physician gets lifeBY MARYCLAIRE DALE

Associated Press

This Week at The Badgett PlayhouseGrand Rivers, KY

1-888-362-4223www.GrandRiversVariety.com

Badgett Playhouse • Grand Rivers, KY

Text “theater” to 313131 for future promotions & discounts

Friday 2 PM The Outlaws of

Country Music7 PM Red, White & Tuna

Saturday 1 PM Stanley Walker Day

7 PM The Outlaws of Country Music

“Serving This Area For Over 25 Years”KY License #: HM00896

Give us a call to fi nd out other money saving tips.

Electric Rates Going Up!Your Bill Doesn’t Have To!

How?

(270)554-7171warrenair.netThe Paducah SunThe Paducah Sun

READERS’CHOICE2013

®2013

WINNER

BPI Certifi ed Building Analyst Professional

s a call to fi nd out other money savin

BPI Certifi ed Building Analyst Professional

22222222222222222222222222200000000000000000000000001111111111111111111122222222222222222222222222222222222222220000000001111111111122222222222 Voted the Best 2 Years in a Row!

B

BRANTLEYORTHODONTICS

166 North Friendship RoadPaducah, Kentucky 42001

There is a new smile atBrantley Orthodontics!

Brantley Orthodontics is proud to welcome Dr. Matt Milliner

to the practice.

Smile with Confi dence!

(270) 554-0123

paducahsun.com Nation The Paducah Sun • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • 5A

WASHINGTON — Attor-ney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department’s se-cret examination of Asso-ciated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justifi ed as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak.

The government’s wide-ranging information gath-ering from the news co-operative has created a bipartisan political head-ache for President Barack Obama, with prominent Republicans and Demo-crats on Capitol Hill ex-pressing outrage, along with press freedom groups.

The government ob-tained the records from April and May of 2012 for more than 20 separate tele-phone lines assigned to AP and its journalists, includ-ing main offi ces. AP’s top executive called the action a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news or-ganizations do their work.

Federal offi cials have said investigators are trying to hunt down the sources of information for a May 7, 2012, AP story that dis-

closed details of a CIA op-eration in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot around the anniversary of the kill-ing of Osama bin Laden. The probe is being run out of the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce in the District of Columbia.

Asked about it at a news conference on a separate topic, Holder said he re-moved himself from the leaked-information probe because he himself had been interviewed by FBI agents as part of the inves-tigation. He said he wanted to ensure that the probe was independently run and to avoid any appearance of a confl ict of interest. It was the Justice Department’s No. 2 offi cial, Deputy At-torney General James Cole, who made the decision to seek news media phone re-cords, the department said.

“This was a very serious leak, a very grave leak” that “put the American people at risk,” Holder said. He called it one of the two or three most serious such episodes he had seen since he became a prosecutor in 1976 but did not say specifi -cally how the disclosure of information about the plot had endangered Ameri-cans. —AP

Holder denies role in phone subpoena

BY PETE YOSTAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bomb-ings, senators weighing amendments to a sweep-ing immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost security provisions around student visas.

The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed by voice vote to an amendment by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa meant to ensure that border patrol agents at U.S. ports of entry have access to information on the status of student vi-sas.

The committee action fol-lows recent revelations that a student from Kazakhstan accused of hiding evidence for one of the Boston bomb-ing suspects was allowed to return to the U.S. in Janu-ary without a valid student visa.

The student visa for Azamat Tazhayakov had been terminated when he arrived in New York on Jan. 20. But the border agent in the airport did not have ac-cess to the information in the Department of Home-land Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Informa-tion System, called SEVIS.

Grassley’s amendment would require the Depart-ment of Homeland Security to certify that data from SE-VIS is transferred into the databases used by U.S. Cus-toms and Border Protection at U.S. ports of entry. If that is not done within 120 days of enactment, issuing of student visas would be sus-pended.

“This will plug a loophole in terms of the tragic Bos-ton Marathon bombing,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., an author of the

immigration bill. “It re-ally strengthens the bill and shows that our bill ... is go-ing to make things better in terms of terrorism.”

The committee also agreed to a second Grass-ley amendment aimed at cracking down on fraud in the student visa program. Two of the Sept. 11 terror-ists entered the U.S. on student visas and Grass-ley said that demonstrated problems with the program. His second amendment, also approved by voice vote, would tighten accreditation requirements for schools hosting foreign students and prohibit fl ight schools not certifi ed by the Depart-ment of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation

Administration from offer-ing student visas.

The action came as the Judiciary Committee met for a second day to plow through 300 amendments to a bipartisan immigration bill that would secure the border, remake legal im-migration and workplace enforcement, and put the estimated 11 million immi-grants living here illegally on a path to citizenship.

On a day of grab-bag ac-tion, authors of the bill also banded together with other senators to turn back GOP efforts to rewrite provi-sions of the bill dealing with high-tech workers. And the committee agreed to allow 10,500 new visas for Afri-can and Caribbean nations

to partially make up for the elimination under the bill of a different visa program re-lied on by African nations. The Congressional Black Caucus had protested elimi-nation of that program.

On the high-tech visas, lawmakers voted down sev-eral Grassley amendments that would have added more requirements for em-ployers trying to bring high-tech workers to the U.S., as well as one by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to increase the visa supply.

The legislation’s authors said the amendments could have jeopardized support for the overall bill by strik-ing at one of the fragile compromises at its core.

—AP

Senators tackle student visasBY ERICA WERNER

Associated Press

Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham (second from right) speaks about immigration reform during a news conference on April 18 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators weighing a land-mark immigration bill defeated an effort by Republicans Tuesday to require biometric identification — such as fingerprinting — to track who is entering and leaving the country.

City of Paducah and

Paducah Human Rights Commission

Present

7th Annual “Evening Of Performance”

May 17, 2013 • 7-9 P.M.The Carson Center in Paducah!

SHOWCASING DIVERSE TALENTEDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

A FEW of the PERFORMERS……• Zerdali Mid-Eastern Dance Troupe

• Paducah Improve “P. I.”• Steel Dove Band

• Christopher Beal, Pianist• Destiny Soldiers, ages 2 through 18.

• River Renaissance• Shi’Ann Jones

• Generation Gap• “Dre” Brown

• Paducah Improv

DEBUT of “PHRC SPECIAL AWARDS”Recipients will be surprised!!!!

Our annual event features a diverse genre of performing arts, while providing the PHRC the opportunity to further educate fellow

citizens about our purpose and services.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!The City of Paducah and the Paducah Human Rights Commission

Great for landscapes & playgrounds!

Will not fade, rot, compress, or lose original beauty!

Will not attract termites, carpenter ants

or other harmful insects!

RUBBER MULCHGreat for landscapes & playgrounds! • Enjoy years of beauty with

no replacement!• Will not attract termites, carpenter ants or other harmful insects!• Available in Black, Brown and Red with a 10 year guarantee on color!Call Jeff Dixon for Free Estimates!

270-519-1231

Gates Open 12 Noon

4460 Shemwell Lane

FREE Mountain Dew with Beacon Bundle!

Live Firework Live Firework Show!Show!

6A • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • The Paducah Sun Nation paducahsun.com

Funeral noticesPaid obituaries furnished to The Paducah Sun by mortuaries.

WARREN, Mich. — Ken-neth Hamilton, 75, of War-ren, Michigan, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 10:25 p.m. at his home.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Bettie Noel Hamilton; one son, Steven and his wife Kristin of Cen-ter Line, Mich.; one daugh-ter, Kelli and her husband Vida Robertson of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; one brother, Dr. James Hamilton of Covington, Ga.; two sisters, Dorothy O’Grady of Muskegon, Mich., and Marti Bingham of Louisville, Ky.; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his son, Todd; his par-ents, David and Ola Marie Hamilton; his sister, Cathe-rine Smith; and his brother, David Hamilton.

He was a pastor for 39 years. He pastored church-es in Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan. He received a Bachelors and Honorary Doctorates degree at Mid-western Baptist College. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the Michigan National Guard. He taught Greek at Mid-

western Baptist College for several years. He was a kind

l o v i n g m a n and al-w a y s smiling. His love for God, the Lord J e s u s and the B i b l e s u r -passed

all things. He loved family and was happiest when they were all together.

Funeral services were held at Antioch Baptist Church in Warren, Mich., on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Graveside committal service will be held at Kir-byton Cemetery in Fancy Farms, Ky., on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to A.H. Peters Funeral Home, Warren, MI and Brown Fu-neral Home, Mayfi eld, Ky.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri-butions to: St. John Provi-dence Hospice (Reverence), P.O. Box 673271, Detroit, MI. 48267-3271.

Kenneth Hamilton

Hamilton

METROPOLIS, Ill. — Mr. William “Bill” Elmer Ad-ams, age 94, of Metropolis, Ill., passed peacefully from this earthly life at an early 3:30 a.m. on May 13, 2013, just as he did everything in his life; ready to go, ready to meet his heavenly father and family!

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Metropolis.

Bill loved his family, all of his dogs and friends and enjoyed the outdoors, mu-sic, family gatherings, hunt-ing and fi shing. Mr. Adams was a big game hunter and had published many stories about his safari in Africa. Bill had hunted in other continents as well with his deceased wife, Patsy. Bill had been a professional boxer, a drummer in his own 13- piece orchestra sit-ting in with Woody Herman and other famous musi-cians, owned a dry cleaning business in Mounds, Ill,, was district manager and highest salesman of an in-surance company and was also a local business man in Metropolis, owning the Tro-phy Den Bar and The Dollar Store.

After retiring, Bill be-came certifi ed in scuba diving, traveled the South-west many times and made numerous trips to Mexico City with his wife, Lucy. He continued to fi sh and deer hunt until he was no longer physically able to do so. You have heard the Nike phrase “Just Do It”. Well, Bill “Did It”! Bill was an exceptional dad to his two children Peggy and Steve. He was also a loving husband to

fi rst, Patsy for 33 years and then Lucy for 29 years. Mr. Adams now resides in the “happy ground,” which he often referred to as heaven.

Bill was born in Marion, Ill., Feb-r u a r y 23, 1919. He grew up on the Ohio River in A m e r -i c a , Ill. He g r a d u -a t e d Mounds

City High School in 1934 at the age of 15, being acceler-ated two grades. Bill’s par-ents were the late Clate and Rose Tucker Adams, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his fi rst wife and mother of his children, Patsy Lou Rick Adams.

Bill is survived by his wife, Lucy Rutzka De Ad-ams; his favorite dog, Tuffy; his daughter, Peggy Adams Willoughby Colson and husband Ronald of Murray, Ky.; his son, Steve Adams and wife Sheila of Metropo-lis, Ill.; his grandchildren, Stephen Chad Willoughby of Murray, Ky., Karen Ad-ams, Melinda Adams, and Sidney Adams, all of Me-tropolis, Ill.; his stepgrand-children, Josh Swenney of San Diego, Calif., and Angel Clements of Murray, Ky.; his great-grandchildren, Imogen Willoughby and Kaiyah Adams.

Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

William ‘Bill’ Elmer Adams

Adams

VIENNA, Ill. — Alisa K. Waddell, 51, passed away at 8:26 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Lourdes hospital in Paducah, Ky., surrounded by her loving family.

Alisa formerly worked as a teacher’s aide at New Simpson Hill School Dis-trict.

Al isa a t -tended Gi lead C u m -berland Presby-t e r i a n Church i n S i m p -s o n . S h e

loved life and with each new challenge, came new goals. She loved her house, the trees, farm and especially going to Plantscape Nursery in Herrin to purchase the fl owers and trees that she planted through the years. Her greatest joy in life was the birth of their grand-daughter, Michaela, last year on October 31, 2012.

Alisa was born October 11, 1961, in Louden, Tenn., to Rev. Willard M. and Betty L. (McCoy) Murrie.

Alisa was united in mar-riage with James Keith Waddell on August 1, 1980, at the First United Methodist Church in Vi-enna, Ill.

Surviving are her hus-band of 32 years, James Keith Waddell; a son and daughter-in-law, PO1

Adam K. and Karen Wad-dell, currently stationed with the U.S. Navy in Suf-folk, Va.; a granddaughter, Michaela Edith Waddell; her father, Rev. Willard M. Murrie of Vienna; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Rinda Jean Tuck of Sebastian, Fla., Carol and Michael Money of Win-chester, Tenn.; several nieces and nephews; and her father-in-law, James D. Waddell of Harrisburg.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Betty L. Murrie; mother-in-law, Barbara A. Wad-dell; and a brother-in-law, Ronald Tuck.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 4385 Gilead Church Road, Simpson, Ill., with Rev. Junior Martin and Rev. Bud McDaniel offi ciating. Interment will be in Gil-ead Cemetery in Simpson.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, and from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at the church.

Memorial donations are suggested and may be made to St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital, 1 St. Jude Place, Mem-phis, TN; envelopes will be available at the church.

For information re-garding services for Alisa Waddell, please contact, Meredith-Waddell Funer-al Home, 2704 South Park Avenue, Herrin, IL 62948 at (618) 988-8880.

Alisa K. Waddell

Waddell

CALVERT CITY — Mi-chael Anthony “Tony” Hendricks, 57, of Calvert City passed away Saturday,

May 11, 2013, in C l e a r -w a t e r Beach, Fla.

M r . H e n -d r i c k s was a t r u c k d r i v e r at H.T.

Hackney of Paducah; he was also an electronic technician and a member of East Baptist Church of Paducah.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Debbie Hendricks of Calvert City; one son, Cole Anthony Hendricks of Benton; one daughter, Leah Hendricks of Calvert City; his step-mother, Betty Hendricks of Hopkinsville; two

brothers, Toby Hendricks and Carter Hendricks, both of Hopkinsville; one sister, Connie Dickerson of Covington, Ky.; one granddaughter, Kianna Klope of Calvert City, and several nieces and neph-ews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Bassett Hendricks and Betty Joan (Alsobrook) Carroll; and brother, John Brent Hendricks.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thurs-day, May 16, 2013, at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah with Rev. Don Housten offi ciating. Burial will follow at Cole Cem-etery in Benton.

Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the funeral home.

You may leave a mes-sage of sympathy and light a candle at www.hughes-funeral.com.

Tony Hendricks

Hendricks

William J. Krug, 59, of Paducah passed away Monday, May 13, 2013, at Lourdes hospital.

He was the owner and m a n -ager of C a r -d i n a l L a n e s B o w l -ing and was a m e m -b e r of the M e n ’ s B o w l -ing As-

sociation. An avid bowler, William bowled two 800 series and four 300 games, both considered perfect scores. He was also an out-doors man, enjoying camp-ing and fi shing. William was a member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife of 29 years, Brenda A. Blackman Krug; a daugh-ter, Kristy Michele Rob-inson and husband Lexie of Paducah; his mother, Byrl Gast of Paducah; his two beloved and cherished grandchildren, Chase Rob-

inson and Caitlin Robin-son, both of Symsonia; his mother and father-in-law, James and Annie Black-man; his sister-in-law, Lori Gratz and husband Eric of Kuttawa; his brother-in-law, Dwain Blackman of Paducah; and several niec-es and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, William Krug Sr.; his stepfather, Michael Gast Sr.; and two brothers, Scott Dean and Larry Dean.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at Lone Oak Cha-pel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Wal-lace offi ciating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Me-morial Gardens.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to Lone Oak First Baptist Church, 3601 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42003 or the American Cancer Society, 3140 Parisa Drive, Paducah, KY 42003.

You may leave a message of sympathy or light a me-morial candle at www.mil-nerandorr.com.

William J. Krug

Krug

PERKS, Ill. — Glenda S. Mize, 75, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of Perks died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at her home.

She graduated from Paducah Kentucky Busi-ness College. She was a re-tired merchandise hostess for Walt Disney World.

She is survived by her daughter, Debra; two grandsons, Matthew Wemple and Garrett; and one granddaughter, Nata-lie.

She was preceded in

death by her husband, Harold Mize; one daugh-ter, Beverly; one sister; and one brother. Her parents were Ada and David Rose.

Services will be at noon Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak with Rev. F. Jerry Herring offi ciating. Inter-ment will follow in Odd-fellows Cemetery in Gol-conda.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour Thursday at the funeral home.

Glenda Mize

NEW CONCORD — Pa-mela Lee Zinke, 58, of New Concord died at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Spring Creek Health Care.

She was a receptionist for a medical offi ce.

She is survived by three sons, Ricky L. Zinke of South Carolina, William L. Zinke and Johnathon L. Zinke, both of Illi-nois; one sister, Kathie S.

Rankin of New Concord; and one brother, Andrew J. Aschenbrenner of Wis-consin.

Her parents were An-drew W. and Ruth Joyce (Florschueltz) Aschen-brenner.

Services will be private.Blalock-Coleman & York

Funeral Home in Murray is in charge of arrange-ments.

Pamela Zinke

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. — George Thomas “Tommy” Clancy, 59, of Villa Ridge died at 8:40 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at his home.

He was a member of First Baptist Church in Mounds, the American Legion Post 178, and the Operating En-gineers Local 1048. He was a maintenance welder with EEI Power Plant in Joppa.

He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Clancy of Villa Ridge; two brothers, Harold L. Clancy of Lake Worth, Fla., and Dennis Clancy of Newton, Ill.; one sister, Debra Deans of Eng-land.

He was preceded in death by two sisters. His parents

were Harold Leroy Clancy and Minnie Louise (Nies-trath) Clancy.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Mounds with Tom Bridges offi ciating. Interment will follow in Green Lawn Me-morial Gardens in Villa Ridge.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the church.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con-tributions to the American Cancer Society or to Hos-pice of Southern Illinois.

Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.

George Clancy

LEDBETTER — Mayme L. Phillips, 88, of Ledbet-ter died Monday, May 13, 2013, at her home.

She was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by her daughter, Kendra Phillips of Ledbetter; two sisters, Mary Helen Head of Burna and Rebecca Vertz of Ches-apeake, Va.; one brother, Vernon Roberts of Evans-ville, Ind.; and several niec-es and nephews.

She was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. Her parents were Jim and Myrtie Driver Roberts.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Boyd Funeral Home in Sa-lem with Rev. David Brash-er offi ciating. Burial will be in Hampton Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the funeral home.

Mayme Phillips

BENTON — Dorothy Onnybecker, 95, of Benton died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Lakeway Nursing & Rehabilitation.

Arrangements were incomplete at Collier Funeral Home.

Dorothy Onnybecker

More obituaries, 8A

CD0229WOW 11/08

Earl Davis, FICFArea Manager270-554-5950

Make more money.

paducahsun.com Obituaries The Paducah Sun • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • 7A

Vernon Belt, 70, of Paducah died at 3:43 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at Baptist Health Paducah.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013, at Hughes Funeral Home of Paducah.

Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the funeral home. Other arrangements were incom-plete.

Vernon Belt

ALMO — Kenneth Edwards, 61, of Almo died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at his home.

He worked at HVAC as a technician.He is survived by three sisters, Pam Porter of Joppa, Ill.,

Charlotte Garland of Metropolis, Ill., and Emma Edwards of Almo; one brother, Roger Edwards of Almo; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two brothers; and one sister. His parents were Hughes and Flossie Yoacom Ed-wards.

Services will be later. Imes-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Kenneth Edwards

BENTON — James “Buck” Brien, 88, of Ben-ton died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Lakeway Nursing & Rehabilitation.

He was a retired trooper for the Kentucky State Po-lice, and a member of the U.S. Army and the T.L. Jef-ferson Lodge.

He is survived by his wife, Celestie “Lestie Lou” Dar-nall Brien; two daughters, Anita Johnston of Benton and Barbara Hallman of Adairville; six grandchil-dren; and 11 great-grand-children.

He was preceded in death by one son, Glenn Boyd Brien; and one brother. His parents were Elmer Brien

and Zela Frizzell Brien.Services will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Coll ier Funeral C h a -pel in Benton w i t h G e n e G i l l i l -and and M a r k Ray of-f i c i a t -

ing. Interment will follow in Benton Church of Christ Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the funeral home.

James Brien

VIENNA, Ill. — Steven Scott Bohannon, 54, of Paducah, formerly of Vienna, died at 5:57 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at his son’s home in Vienna.

Arrangements were incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna.

Steven Bohannon

MURRAY — Amy Cox, 40, of Murray died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at her parents’ home.

Arrangements were incomplete at J.H. Churchill Funer-al Home.

Amy Cox

Joseph T. Fulkerson, 55, of Lone Oak died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at his home.

Arrangements were incomplete at Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home.

Joseph Fulkerson

STOCKHOLM — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warn-ing Tuesday to Syria’s government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad’s regime decide to back out of upcoming negotiations aimed at ending Syria’s two-year war.

Kerry said he has ev-ery expectation that both sides in the confl ict, which has left more than 70,000 dead, will participate in an international confer-ence to negotiate a peace-ful transition in Syria. The conference, which Kerry said likely will be held in early June, is noteworthy because it will be endorsed by both the U.S. and Rus-sia, which are on opposite sides of the Syrian confl ict.

Speaking in Stockholm,

the Swedish capital, the top American diplomat reject-ed suggestions that offi cials from Assad’s regime will refuse to attend the confer-ence. Earlier Tuesday, Syr-ia’s information minister said the regime wants more details about the proposed

initiative before it decides whether to attend.

“If he decides not to come to the table it will be another one of President Assad’s gross miscalcula-tions. Now, I don’t believe that that is the case at this moment,” Kerry told re-

porters in Stockholm.He added: “If President

Assad decides to miscalcu-late again about that, as he has miscalculated about his own country’s future over the course of the last years, it is clear the opposition will be receiving additional support, there will be ad-ditional efforts made and unfortunately the violence will not end.”

Kerry did not specify what form that additional support might take.

The U.S. has committed to providing $510 million in humanitarian assistance to Syria. The White House is considering arming the opposition forces — and has already provided the Syrian rebels with some military equipment like body armor. But U.S. of-fi cials say no decision on arming the rebels will oc-cur until the peace talks happen. —AP

Kerry expects Syrian involvementBY LARA JAKES

Associated Press

Associated Press

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. (left) talks to a reporter on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, as he walks to the commit-tee’s briefing on Syria.

Obituaries

To reserve a space in our special Monday, May 30 issue, bring your name, phone number and payment along with a photograph of your loved one, his/her name and date of birth/death to The Paducah Sun in care of the Classified Advertising Department during office hours to 408 Kentucky Avenue. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of original photo.

DEADLINE IS 4:00 P.M.MONDAY, MAY 23RD

NAME _________________________________________DAYTIME PHONE _______________________________ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________________________________NAME OF LOVED ONE __________________________DATE OF BIRTH ________________________________DATE OF DEATH ________________________________

.Or mail to:

The Paducah SunAttn: Classifieds

408 Kentucky AvenuePaducah, KY 42003

(Please Print)

❏ OPTION 1 – $15.00 (3 or more $11.00 each)$25.00 Full Color

❏ OPTION 2 – $25.00$35.00 Full Color

Personalized Message (Option 2 only)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remember when selecting aphoto to find a “close-up” shot toensure the quality of your picture

when it’s printed.

(only one person per photo)

CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THESE TWO OPTIONS:OPTION 1 – $15.00 3 or more just $11.00 eachIncludes photo, name of lovedone, and date of birth/death.

OPTION 2 – $25.00 Includes photo, name of loved one, date of birth/death and a personlized message (poem, verse, etc.

©Sun ‘1

1

20TH

27

Today Thu.

Athens 73 62 pc 79 62 pcBeijing 87 57 pc 82 61 cBerlin 75 54 s 78 56 pcBuenos Aires 55 45 pc 55 45 sCairo 83 65 pc 86 67 sHong Kong 86 79 c 87 79 tJerusalem 66 52 sh 71 54 pcLondon 55 43 sh 57 39 shManila 91 80 t 92 79 tMexico City 77 54 t 78 54 tMoscow 71 55 sh 81 61 tParis 62 47 sh 62 45 cRome 72 58 c 74 58 shSeoul 73 57 pc 78 55 sSydney 70 55 s 70 55 sTokyo 78 62 s 75 57 shWarsaw 73 53 c 79 57 sZurich 65 47 sh 68 45 r

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

Almanac

UV Index Today

Sun and Moon

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

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

River and Lake Levels

Ohio River

Full Pool

Regional WeatherCity Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

World Cities

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

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

Regional Cities

The Region

St. Louis

Cape Girardeau

Paducah

Owensboro

Cadiz

Union CityNashville

MemphisPulaski

Blytheville

Evansville

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Carbondale

Clarksville

Jackson

Elevation 24 hr. Chg

Precipitation

Temperature

Flood stageMississippi River

Stage 24 hr. Chg

National Weather

TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

87/65

86/63

88/63

86/62

86/64

84/61

86/6386/61

85/60

84/65

83/60

85/58

84/64

85/63Partly sunny and

very warm

High 86°

Overcast

Low 62°

A shower or thunderstorm in

spotsHigh80°

Low59°

A shower or thunderstorm

possibleHigh85°

Low65°

Some sun with a t-storm possible

High87°

Low66°

Warm with clouds and sun

High86°

Low66°

Paducah through 2 p.m. yesterday

First Full Last New

May 17 May 24 May 31 June 8

Sunrise today ................................. 5:46 a.m.Sunset tonight ................................ 7:56 p.m.Moonrise today ............................. 10:20 a.m.Moonset today ....................................... none

24 hours ending 2 p.m. yest. .................. 0.00”Month to date ......................................... 2.17”Normal month to date ............................. 2.45”Year to date .......................................... 23.31”Last year to date ................................... 10.49”Normal year to date .............................. 18.73”

High/low .............................................. 82°/53°Normal high/low .................................. 77°/56°Record high .................................. 91° in 1995Record low .................................... 43° in 1996

Through 7 a.m. yesterday (in feet)

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013

Kentucky: Partly sunny today; a shower or thunder-storm in the north in the afternoon.

Illinois: Clouds and sun today; a shower or thun-derstorm spreading from north to south.

Indiana: Partly sunny today with a thunderstorm, except dry in the south. A couple of thunderstorms tonight.

Missouri: Clouds and sun today with a couple of thunderstorms. A shower or thunderstorm tonight.

Arkansas: Clouds and sun today; a couple of showers and a thunderstorm in the north and west.

Tennessee: Partly sunny today; pleasant. Mostly cloudy tonight. A shower or thunderstorm in spots tomorrow.

Today Thu. Today Thu.

Albuquerque 89 57 s 87 54 sAtlanta 86 63 s 84 61 tBaltimore 78 59 pc 82 58 tBillings 76 49 pc 73 47 pcBoise 80 55 pc 72 52 cBoston 68 55 pc 78 55 pcCharleston, SC 85 64 s 87 63 pcCharleston, WV 88 62 pc 79 56 tChicago 80 55 pc 78 56 pcCleveland 78 52 c 75 52 pcDenver 76 52 s 81 54 pcDes Moines 81 60 pc 80 62 pcDetroit 84 53 c 78 48 sEl Paso 92 67 s 95 63 sFairbanks 48 24 pc 53 34 cHonolulu 88 75 pc 87 74 pcHouston 79 68 t 84 70 pcIndianapolis 84 63 t 77 59 tJacksonville 86 59 s 86 61 pc

Las Vegas 94 76 s 94 73 sLos Angeles 75 59 pc 73 59 pcMiami 82 71 s 84 72 sMilwaukee 74 52 s 70 51 sMinneapolis 78 56 s 80 58 pcNew Orleans 82 65 pc 82 66 pcNew York City 68 58 t 79 58 sOklahoma City 80 66 t 82 67 pcOmaha 81 58 pc 82 63 tOrlando 85 62 s 86 64 pcPhiladelphia 77 61 t 82 58 pcPhoenix 100 76 s 100 71 sPittsburgh 80 57 t 76 52 tSalt Lake City 81 60 s 81 50 pcSan Diego 69 60 pc 68 60 pcSan Francisco 64 53 pc 63 51 pcSeattle 62 50 c 66 48 cTucson 98 67 s 98 69 sWashington, DC 86 65 pc 82 59 t

Today Thu.

Belleville, IL 86 63 pc 79 61 tBowling Gn., KY 86 61 pc 80 58 pcBristol, TN 84 55 s 78 51 pcC. Girardeau, MO 86 63 pc 80 61 cCarbondale, IL 88 63 t 79 59 tCharleston, WV 88 62 pc 79 56 tChattanooga, TN 86 59 s 83 61 pcClarksville, TN 85 60 pc 80 59 pcColumbia, MO 84 62 t 79 63 tEvansville, IN 85 63 t 79 59 tFt. Smith, AR 78 62 t 81 66 pcHopkinsville, KY 84 60 pc 80 59 pcIndianapolis, IN 84 63 t 77 59 tJackson, KY 85 61 s 76 57 tJackson, TN 83 60 pc 81 59 pcJoplin, MO 80 62 t 80 65 pcKansas City, MO 83 63 t 79 64 tKnoxville, TN 84 60 s 80 55 pcLexington, KY 83 62 pc 77 56 tLittle Rock, AR 82 62 pc 82 64 pcLondon, KY 84 58 s 77 53 pcLouisville, KY 88 65 pc 80 62 tMemphis, TN 84 65 pc 83 65 pcNashville, TN 86 61 pc 81 58 pcPeoria, IL 84 61 pc 79 62 pcSt. Louis, MO 87 65 t 80 65 tSpringfi eld, IL 86 63 pc 80 62 tSpringfi eld, MO 80 61 t 77 62 pcTerre Haute, IN 86 62 pc 77 57 t

National Summary: A storm moving through southern Canada will bring showers to much of New England today. However, a cold front pushing through the mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley will bring thunderstorms with those showers, some of which may contain damaging winds. Storms will extend from Illinois to Texas with showers in the Northwest.

Cairo 40 49.22 -0.16

Paducah 39 39.38 +0.19Owensboro 38 30.73 +0.08Smithland Dam 40 37.65 +0.34

Lake Barkley 359 363.70 -0.05Kentucky Lake 359 363.47 -0.23

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

More obituaries, 7A

8A • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 • The Paducah Sun World/Obituaries paducahsun.com