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Weather to gettropical this week

On the heels of thunder-storms and rains that hit thearea earlier this week, theweather is about to gettropical in westernKentucky.

Tropical StormBill, which madelandfall in TexasTuesday, isexpected to bringheavy rains and potentiallysevere weather to the areabeginning Friday as it breaksup over the Ohio Valley. Themain risk will be damagingwinds and an increased tor-nado risk. Flooding couldalso become a problem, asthere is a chance of stormseach day through Tuesday,according to the NationalWeather Service.

35th Marion Highreunion June 29

The 35th Marion HighSchool alumni program willbe held from 3:30 to 5 p.m.June 29 at Marion CountryClub. W.A. Franklin will againserve as the emcee of theevent. A dinner will be servedat 5 p.m.

Dog Days Festivalarrives Saturday

The Dog Days of Sum-mer Festival will be Saturdayat Marion City Commons.Activities include a pet showat 11 a.m. and a dessert auc-tion at noon. There will beconcessions, kids games,face painting and a silentauction. Festivities run from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All pro-ceeds benefit the Mary Hall-Ruddiman Canine Shelter.

Solar eclipse willhit area Aug. 21

The summer of 2017 willbe the first time in 38 yearsthat a total solar eclipse willbe visible from the contigu-ous United States, and west-ern Kentucky will be right inthe middle of it.

According to calculationsmade by NASA's GoddardSpace Flight Center, theAug. 21 eclipse will sweep ashadow from Oregon toSouth Carolina and will bevisible in 14 states.

Hopkinsville will experi-ence the longest period of to-tality of any U.S. city at 2minutes 40 seconds. Marion,Paducah, Eddyville and LandBetween the Lakes will beonly minutes behind.

— The Associated Press

ClosingsCrittenden County Sher-

iff’s Department and Critten-den Circuit Clerk’s Office willbe closed Saturday.

Meetings - Crittenden Health Sys-

tems Board of Directors willmeet at 6 p.m. today (Thurs-day) at the hospital adminis-trative annex board room.

- Crittenden-LivingstonWater District will meet at 7p.m. Monday at the districtoffice on East Main Street inSalem.

- Crittenden County Boardof Education will meet for itsregular monthly meeting at 6p.m. Tuesday in the RocketArena conference room.

City passes budget, water rate increase looms

PHOTO BY CHRIS EVANS, THE PRESS

State and local officials may have worked out a temporary plan to alleviate some accessibility and over-crowding issues with Crittenden County Courthouse. Under consideration is a plan to move family court toMarion City Hall. Pictured inside the council chambers at city hall last Thursday are (from left) Marion PoliceChief Ray O’Neal, Marion City Administrator Mark Bryant, 5th Judicial Circuit Family Court Judge BrandiRogers, Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham, 5th Judicial Circuit Judge Rene Williams andKentucky Administrative Office of the Courts Facilities Coordinator Ronnie McCall.

STAFF REPORT

State and local officials mayhave worked out a temporary planto alleviate some accessibility andovercrowding issues with Critten-den County Courthouse. Underconsideration is a plan to movefamily court to Marion City Hall.

It could take up to three monthsto get details in place, but mostcourt officials think it’s a workableplan for the near future. Thelongterm goal is building a new jus-tice center in Marion.

Crittenden County’s courthouseis more than 50 years old. It hasthree floors, and none are accessi-ble from ground level. A chairliftwas installed about 20 years ago tohelp meet accessibility standards,but 5th Judicial Circuit JudgeRene Williams has been critical ofthe lift, saying it’s unreliable attimes and cumbersome to operate.Only a handful of people in thecourthouse are trained to operateit. The custodian is the primary op-erator. 

Crittenden Circuit Clerk MelissaGuill said no one on her staffknows how to work the contrap-tion, which can create issues whencourt proceedings go into the nightafter the custodian has left for theday.

Guill agrees that accessibility tothe upper-floor courtroom is anissue at times, but she thinks mov-ing family court a block down thestreet to Marion City Hall has pit-falls of its own. She said volumes of

files must go to the courtroomwhenever family court convenes.It’s up to her and her deputies toget those files to the courtroom.She is concerned about the logis-tics of physically moving large vol-umes of sometimes very privatepaperwork down the street andcaring for the condition ofthose files. Rain, wind orother elements could pose aproblem, she said.

“We have to take what’sequivalent to a shoppingcart full of files to the court-room,” Guill said.

The idea of moving fam-ily court to the councilchambers at Marion CityHall was spawned last weekwhen Kentucky Supreme CourtJustice Bill Cunningham and Ad-ministrative Office of the Courts Fa-cilities Coordinator Ronnie McCallvisited Marion at the behest ofJudge Williams. The judge hasgrown weary of troubling matterswith the aging courthouse thatpose accessibility issues, safetyconcerns and HVAC problems.

When a woman who had beenattending a court hearing a coupleof weeks ago became stuck on thechairlift when it malfunctioned,EMTs were summoned to help gether out of the courthouse. JudgeWilliams previously described it asa humiliating experience for every-one.

The broken chairlift even poseda problem for county officials meet-

ing this week. Tuesday’s monthlymeeting of Crittenden Fiscal Courtwas forced to use the councilchambers inside Marion City Hallbecause of a lack of handicap ac-cessibility at the courthouse. Mag-istrate Curt Buntin is confined to awheelchair and was unable to

reach the usual meetingplace inside the judge-exec-utive’s office.

Following the court-re-lated incident with the bro-ken chairlift, JudgeWilliams wrote a letter toKentucky Supreme CourtChief Justice John D.Minton Jr. and other stateofficials pleading for relief.That prompted the visit last

week from Justice Cunninghamand the AOC’s buildings represen-tative.

After discussions with JudgeWilliams and others, and a tour ofthe courthouse and city hall, an in-formal agreement was struck topursue the idea moving familycourt to Marion City Hall. 

Family court meets every Tues-day and is presided over by 5th Ju-dicial Circuit Family Court JudgeBrandi Rogers of Marion. JudgeRogers, who was elected last year,has a new office on South MainStreet in Marion right across fromcity hall. For her, it would be con-venient.

Judge Rogers was with the con-

Woman gets12 years forbacking overboyfriendSTAFF REPORT

Chasity Lynn Jackson, a 32-year-oldMarion woman, pleaded guilty last weekto running over her boyfriend with apickup truck and she will be going toprison under the violent-offenderstatute, meaning Jack-son will have to serve85 percent of her 12-year sentence. 

Well before the inci-dent last October,Jackson had a lengthycriminal history of as-saulting her now ex-boyfriend. Because ofprevious convictions,Jackson is getting anextra five years for violating parole. 

Jackson pleaded guilty last week inCrittenden Circuit Court to first-degreeassault, a Class B felony; and failure ofowner to maintain vehicle insurance, amisdemeanor. 

She ran over then 42-year-oldJohnny Travis last fall. Police said Jack-son drove the truck from the street intoa vacant, grassy lot near Veterans Parkat the corner of Lewis and Travis streetswhere she purposely ran over Travis. Hesuffered multiple and life-threateninginjuries, according to court testimony. 

Jackson had multiple previous

Change of venue?

Marion City Hall could soon replace ailingcounty courthouse as home for family court

Guill

Fugitive couplestill eluding lawenforcementSTAFF REPORT

State and local law enforcement saythere have been no confirmed sightingsof the fugitive couple previously operat-ing in the Shady Grovearea of CrittendenCounty and beyond.

Wanted on outstand-ing warrants and quest-ing with regard to aseries of burglaries inCrittenden, Caldwell,Webster and Hopkinscounties are Christo-pher Adam Sheridan,31, and BrookeStevens, 34, both ofClay.

Crittenden CountySheriff’s Departmentand Webster CountySheriff’s Departmenthave followed up on anumber of leads andstate police have beenadding extras patrols inthe primary searcharea, but nothing hasturned up. Webster Sheriff FrankieSpringfield say vigilant residents – on thelookout for Sheridan and Stevens – havehelped solve other crimes and locatedwanted individuals because they’re call-ing in tips. Police responding to thosecalls have been able to serve warrants onmultiple other people and it’s helpedthem solve an unrelated ATV theft.

Sheridan

Stevens

Jackson

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By DARYL K. TABORPRESS EDITOR

Council members on Mon-day OK’d a $3 million budgetfor the City of Marion for 2016as well as a pay plan that givesall regular city employees a 1.5percent raise. But the actionsdid not occur without dissentand the need for a tie-breakingvote cast by the mayor.

A short debate over the eq-uity of pay increases based oncurrent salaries and budgetdiscussions that introducedthe concept of the city gettinginto the garbage collection

business appeared to over-shadow a suggestion of in-creased water and sewer ratesin the near future.

A Fiscal Year 2016 spend-ing plan put together by CityAdministrator Mark Bryantand presented to the electedbody before Monday’s meetingreflected deficits in the city’sgeneral, water and sewerfunds. A last-minute realiza-tion of a lesser increase in thecost of providing health carebenefits to municipal employ-ees combined with the tweak-ing of a plan to purchase a

new police cruiser plugged thehole in the general fund with-out a call for new revenue. Buta gap of almost $47,000 re-mains to be filled in the com-bined water and sewer funds.

“The deficit in the waterfund and sewer fund could becorrected by adopting a 5 per-cent rise in water/sewerrates,” read a memo fromBryant included in a packet ofinformation distributed tocouncilmen prior to Monday.

As passed, the city’s budgetreflects $26,460 in expensesover an anticipated revenue of

$697,500 in the water fundand $20,490 in spendingabove the expected $539,680in sewer fund receipts. Thedeficits are primarily due tobudgeted increases over lastyear in maintenance costs foraging water and sewer sys-tems and a $12,500 expensefor lab analysis of treatedwater samples at the sewerplant which have swelled by3,025 percent since 2013.

“Regulations keep gettingtougher, and it's just going tokeep costing us more,” Bryantexplained. “And we can't go

out of the sewer business.”Water and sewer funds are

expected to be self-sustaining,not requiring an influx ofmoney from other municipalfunds to balance revenue withexpenses. Since the councilapproved a spending plan thatreflects red ink in both funds,it will probably take a budgetamendment in the form of arate increase to balance thosetwo funds before the close ofthe next fiscal year.

“In order to make the water

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Jail will be the next stop forthree of the four individualswho sought help from thewrong person when theirtrailer broke down last fallloaded with hundreds ofpounds of stolen steel.

Three men and one womanwere charged with receivingstolen property when they hadvehicle trouble in front of Crit-tenden County Judge-Execu-tive Perry Newcom’s home lastyear. Newcom recognized thepayload on their trailer as ma-terial belonging to the county.

James E. Todd Jr., 36;Deanalan D. Stormoen, 30;and Derrick T. Walton, 30; allof Marion, pleaded guilty lastweek in Crittenden CircuitCourt. Two waived formal sen-tencing and Judge ReneWilliams ordered them to jail.Todd will be formally sen-tenced later and Carrie

Cowsert, another defendant inthe case, will have her caseheard later.

Those were among the mat-ters on the circuit court docketlast Thursday. Following aredetails from the court’s regularmonthly proceedings: 

- Todd Jr., 36, of Marionpleaded guilty to a charge ofreceiving stolen property(under $10,000) by complicity,a Class D felony. A secondcharge of receiving stolen prop-erty (over $10,000) by complic-ity, a Class C felony, wasdismissed by the common-wealth. The prosecutor recom-mended a one-year prisonsentence and opposes proba-tion. Todd was involved in thetheft of bridge steel and othermaterials from a county stor-age lot last fall. He will be for-mally sentenced in August. 

- Stormoen, 30, of Marionpleaded guilty to receiving

stolen property (under$10,000) by complicity, a ClassD felony. He was involved inthe theft of bridge steel andother materials from a countystorage lot last fall. Stormoenwas given a five-year sentencewhich was diverted for fiveyears on the condition hemeets terms of the court’s di-version program. He was alsoordered to serve 60 days in jail.

- Walton, 30, of Salempleaded guilty to receivingstolen property (under$10,000) by complicity, aClass D felony. He was in-volved in the theft of bridgesteel and other materials froma county storage lot last fall.Walton was given a five-yearsentence which was divertedfor five years on the conditionhe meets terms of the court’sdiversion program. He wasalso ordered to serve 30 daysin jail.

- Judge Williams revokedthe probation of Rayln HuntWallace, 29, of Marion, whoadmitted to violating terms ofher felony probation twomonths before the end of herthree-year probationary term.Wallace was convicted in Au-gust 2012 on 16 forgerycharges, first-degree posses-sion of a controlled substance(methamphetamine), posses-sion of drug paraphernalia andsecond-degree hindering ap-prehension or prosecution.Wallace was ordered to serveout her original three-yearprison sentence.

- Stephen Lee, 28, of Mar-ion was ordered to serve fiveyears in prison for a 2013 drugconviction after his pre-trial di-version was set aside. Pre-trialdiversion is similar to proba-tion. The court set aside the di-version after learning that Leeviolated terms of his release

program by being charged withfelony first-degree assault inanother county. Lee hadpleaded guilty in CrittendenCircuit Court in 2013 to first-degree possession of a con-trolled substance andtampering with physical evi-dence. His original sentencewas three years on the drugcharge and five years on thetampering conviction. Theterms will run concurrently. 

- Kendra L. Fitzgerald, 25,of Eddyville pleaded guilty toreceiving stolen property(under $10,000). Courtrecords say Fitzgerald pos-sessed two women's rings val-ued in excess of $500, whichbelonged to two other individ-uals. Court records say therings were eventually found ata pawn shop in Princeton. Shewill serve 30 days in jail.

- Amber L. Gualandi, 33, ofHenderson entered an Alford

plea on a charge of second-de-gree unlawful transaction witha minor, a Class D felony. Thecommonwealth moved to dis-miss another more seriouscharge of first-degree unlawfultransaction with a minor. Po-lice had charged Gualandiwith giving marijuana to a 13-year-old boy. She received athree-year sentence which wasdiverted for a period of threeyears. She will have to servesome jail time, however.

- Terry Christopher Dorris,42, of Marion pleaded guilty toa felony count of flagrant non-support of a minor child. Courtrecords alleged that Dorris wasin arrears by the amount of$6,567.60 on child-supportpayments. He was given a five-year sentence, but will qualifyfor probation as long as hemakes arrangements to keephis child-support payments upto date.

3 of 4 sentenced to jail in stolen property case

STAFF REPORT

A case now working its waythrough the local court sys-tem could easily be a storylinestraight out of “CSI,” the pop-ular CBS drama about crimescene investigations. 

More than two years ago, acouple building a home inrural Crittenden County lostthousands of dollars worth oftools and materials from theconstruction site on ChapelHill Road. Police now thinkthey have solved the allegedcrime thanks to tobacco spitthat was allegedly left on thefloor of the home by a sus-pect.

Last week, the CrittendenCounty Grand Jury indictedNathan W. Adams, 48, ofMarion on burglary and theftcharges after DNA samplingappears to place Adams at thecrime scene. 

Adams had been among

the original suspects in thecase because some of thestolen property later showedup in a weedy area on prop-erty belonging to his mother.

In May 2013 when Critten-den County Sheriff’s Depart-ment begin its investigation atthe scene, they collected asample of what appeared tobe tobacco juice on the floorof the living room of the homeunder construction. Abouteight months later, DeputyRay Agent served a warrantseeking DNA from the sus-pect. 

It took several moremonths before the DNAanalysis provided what policerecords say was a positivematch.

Adams is now under in-dictment for third-degree bur-glary, a Class D felony;second-degree burglary, aClass C felony; theft by un-

lawful taking (over $10,000 /under $100,000), a Class Cfelony; and for being a first-degree persistent felony of-fender.

Crittenden County GrandJury indicted a half dozenothers last Thursday. A grandjury does not determine guiltor innocence. It merely de-cides whether enough evi-dence exists to continueprosecution of a case in cir-cuit court. 

- James Brant Tabor, 42,of Fredonia was indicted oncharges of fourth-degree as-sault, third offense, a Class Dfelony; and violation of a Ken-tucky domestic violenceemergency protective order.According to court records,Tabor is alleged to have as-saulted a female victim onApril 24 at a home on Hill-crest Drive. Court records sayTabor was under court order

to have no contact with thewoman.

- Ryan L. Stallins, 37, ofMadisonville was indicted ona charges of first-degree pos-session of a controlled sub-stance (methamphetamine), aClass D felony and misde-meanor possession of drugparaphernalia. Court recordsindicate that police arrestedStallins at 7:45 a.m., on April12 after Deputy ChuckHoover allegedly found thesuspect “passed out” behindthe wheel of a 2002 Pontiacon Brushy Lane in ruralsouthern Crittenden County.According to Hoover’s report,the deputy found what wasbelieved to be meth in thesuspect’s pocket.

- Sabrina G. Jones-Adams,28, of Marion was indicted ona charge of flagrant non-sup-port. Court records say she isi$23,987.44 behind in child

support payments. - Tiffany D. Lanham, 28, of

Marion was indicted on acharge of flagrant non-sup-port. Court records say she isin $12,106.80  behind inchild support payments. Lan-ham pleaded guilty last weekshortly following her arraign-ment in Crittenden CircuitCourt. She was given proba-tion for five years and orderedto maintain child supportpayments to stay out of jail.

- World F. McGuire, 23, ofMorganfield was indicted on afelony charge of tamperingwith physical evidence for al-legedly discarding a Tupper-ware container filled withmarijuana while knowing itwas evidence that would beused against him later. Policerecords say McGuire was apassenger in a vehicle in-volved in an injury accidenton U.S. 60 East on Dec. 12,

2014. Trooper Darrin Holli-man’s report says he ob-served the suspect walkingfrom the accident scene to anearby business. Later, thecontainer was found inside arestroom at the business. Al-though the container did notpossess marijuana whenfound, the trooper’s reportsays the suspect confessedthat marijuana had been in-side it.

- Aaron C. Cannon, 23, ofEddyville was indicted formisdemeanor third-degreecriminal mischief and second-degree burglary, a Class Cfelony. Court records claimthat on May 25 Cannonkicked open the door of aCrittenden County residenceand entered the home onCreekside Circle with intent tocommit a crime. Police believean iPad and $100 in cashwere taken by the suspect.

DNA analysis of tobacco spit leads to grand jury indictment

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charges for assaulting Travis.Last month, a pre-trial diver-sion for one of those assaultsback in 2013 was set asideand she was ordered to servefive years in that case. Thattime was added on top of hersentence for last fall’s as-sault.

Upon a recommendationby Commonwealth AttorneyZac Greenwell, Circuit JudgeRene Williams sentencedJackson to 12 years for theassault with the pickup truckand 30 days for not havinginsurance on the vehicle.That sentence will run con-secutively, but concurrent tothe previous five-year sen-tence for a total of 17 yearsbehind bars. She must serve

at least 85 percent (10 yearsand 3 months) of the prisonterm handed down for thepickup truck assault becauseit falls under Kentucky’s vio-lent offender statute.

Jackson had been jailedunder a $100,000 bond sincethe October incident. 

In earlier court testimony,police who investigated theassault said they found thevictim next the road on his

knees and covered in blood.The officer said Jackson anda four-year-old child werealso at the scene when he ar-rived.

Patrolman Robert Harristold the court that based onevidence, he believed Traviswas drug more than 50 feetby the vehicle. 

Travis suffered multipleinjuries, including 11 brokenribs and two collapsed lungs.

who studied the idea of movingher court to city hall last week.She said the plan was OK withher.

Judge Williams said movingFamily Court to Marion CityHall would open up morecourtroom opportunities forcircuit court hearings and tri-

als, which are now restricted toMondays, Thursdays and Fri-days. District court is heldeach Wednesday in the court-room.

Marion City AdministratorMark Bryant said at Monday’scity council meeting that ifcouncil chambers are utilizedby family court, AOC wouldpay $1.25 per square foot.That would amount to justmore than $1,300 monthly for

the city.Kentucky has a priority list

for building or renovating jus-tice centers. CrittendenCounty is the No. 1 priority inwestern Kentucky, JusticeCunningham said. However,it’s still somewhere down thelist statewide, barely in the top10. The state has approvedfunding for two new justicecenters this year – in Henryand Nicholas counties.

It could be years beforeCrittenden County moves upthe priority list, but local offi-cials hinted that renting spacefrom the city might improve itschances. When AOC has tostart spending more money tolease extra space outside thecourthouse. 

AOC is already renting twooffices at Marion City Hall forpretrail services and drugcourt.

STAFF REPORT

Charges continue to mountagainst an 18-year-old Marionman accused of paint-ing gang-like symbolson public propertyaround town and atMarion-CrittendenCounty Park.

Marion police lastweek charged Jason Is-bell of North YandellStreet with third-degreecriminal mischief forhis alleged role in spraypainting at the Fraternal Orderof Eagles Club on Old PineyRoad. Police records allege thaton Feb. 10, Isbell and two un-named juveniles painted theexterior walls of the building, asecurity camera at the rear ofthe building, the electricalmeter and a rear patio. 

This latest charge came aweek before Isbell was sched-uled for a hearing in Critten-

den District Courtregarding his role inspray painting graffition buildings and otherstructures at thepark. 

Police say Isbellconfessed to spraypainting symbols atthe park late this pastwinter. After parkcrews cleaned up the

original graffiti, Isbell is allegedto have gone back and re-painted the symbols with themessage “Not that Easy.”

Isbell pleaded guilty toshoplifting at Walmart in Pad-ucah in April and was givenfive days to serve and a two-year conditional discharge.

STAFF REPORT

Circuit Judge Rene Williams denied amotion by convicted killer Britt Deckert ask-ing for some measure of leniency duringsentencing last week in CrittendenCircuit Court.

Deckert’s court-appointed attor-ney, Paul Sysol, entered a motionduring Deckert’s formal sentencingproceeding, asking the court for anexemption to the violent offenderstatute in his case, arguing thatDeckert was the victim of domesticabuse by the victim. 

Sysol, citing an exemption tothe violent offender law commonlyused for battered spouses, said Deckerthad suffered a lifetime of abuse at thehands of his victim, step-brother A.J.Vasseur, who Deckert stabbed to death onAug. 1, 2013 at their West Depot Streethome.

Deckert avoided a murder convictionsought by the commonwealth during hisMarch trial, but was convicted of a lessercharge of first-degree manslaughter. He

was also convicted of misdemeanorfourth-degree assault for attackingVasseur’s wife during the incidentand for felony first-degree wantonendangerment for disregarding thesafety of Vasseur’s step-daughter.In all, the jury recommended a 25-year sentence, the maximum understate law. 

Under Kentucky law, a personconvicted of manslaughter, a ClassB felony, must serve 85 percent of

his sentence before being considered forparole. 

The defendant’s attorney asked JudgeWilliams to lower that threshold to 20 per-cent of the sentence before Deckert couldbe considered for parole. 

Deckert and his father, Ron Deckert,both testified before Judge Williams lastThursday that the defendant had indeedbeen subjected to a variety of abuse. 

Commonwealth Attorney Zac Greenwelltold Judge Williams that testimony from thetrial did not bear out of the claims made lastweek during testimony from neither the de-fendant nor his father. He also citedcaselaw that precluded Deckert from theexemption to the violent offender law.

Judge Williams said it was her policy toadhere to the jury’s recommendations. 

“I have not heard anything today … ap-plicable to this case,” she said in denyingthe defendant’s motion.

The judge upheld the jury’s recom-mended sentence, ordering Deckert toprison for 25 years – 20 for manslaughterand five for wanton endangerment. A 365-day sentence for assault will run concurrentto the felony convictions.

STAFF REPORT

Video surveillance helpedsolve the theft of a local pas-tor’s wallet and credit cardfraud that spanned threecounties.

Marion Police Officer BobbyWest spearheaded the investi-gation here following a reportof fraud by Rev. David Combson May 8. The Marion UnitedMethodist Church preachertold local authorities that hehad lost his wallet in or nearConrad’s Food Store and thatin the days following the loss,his mother-in-law’s debit cardhad been used to make almost$6,000 in purchases.

The debit card, belonging toCaroline Brown, was in thepreacher’s wallet along with

cash, a Walmart gift card andother credit cards. After thewallet disappeared, Rev.Combs made arrangements tocancel the cards, but amisunderstandingwith the card companyallowed his mother-in-law’s card to remainactive.

Officer West saidthe card was used tomake unauthorizedpurchases betweenMay 8 and May 25.When the pastor real-ized his mother-in-law’s bankaccount was being drained,the police were notified and aninvestigation initiated in Crit-tenden, Caldwell and Lyoncounties where purchases had

been made with the card.Charged in the case is Gre-

gory Cornish, 34, of Fredonia.He faces 15 charges, including

14 felonies punishableby 1-5 years in prison.Cornish was lodged inthe Crittenden CountyDetention Center onthese and other unre-lated warrants fromother counties, includ-ing probation violation.

Police say the inves-tigation continues andthere could be other

charges later. A second sus-pect was scheduled for ques-tioning in the case this week.

Cooperation between au-thorities in Princeton and Ed-dyville was key to solving the

case, said West, who has a va-riety of evidence in the case,including video of the suspectallegedly taking the walletfrom the checkout counter atConrad’s and other video ofthe card being used at variouslocations in the three counties.

During the spending spree,police say $1,119.52 wascharged to the card in Critten-den County. There were unau-thorized charges to Walmart,Tractor Supply, Shoe Show,Regency Inn, Huck’s, FiveStar, AT&T, Akridge FarmCenter, Huddle House,Hardee’s, Dollar General,O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, Sonic,Shooter’s Supply, Food Giant,CVS, Dairy Queen, Fred’s, Vic-toria’s Secret and Holiday

World. All together, more than$5,800 in unauthorized pur-chases were made before theowner of the card realizedwhat was happening.

Police in Marion say Cor-nish has admitted to being re-sponsible for most of thepurchases.

In Crittenden County, Cor-nish faces 13 counts of felonytheft of identity; one count offelony fraudulent use of acredit card and one count ofmisdemeanor theft.

He is charged in LyonCounty with one count offraudulent use of a credit cardand second-degree forgery.Charges in Princeton arepending.

Cornish was arrested June

4 by Livingston Countydeputies in Salem on a Cald-well County warrant and astate probation violation war-rant. When arrested, a com-panion fled on foot. Policebelieve that the female mayhave also been complicit in thecredit card case. They werehoping to speak to her thisweek.

Fortunately, Rev. Combshas reason to believe all of thecredit card transactions on hismother-in-law’s card will beprotected. However, cash andother items in his wallet werenot located.

Officer West said the sus-pect told him he burned thewallet and kept only the onecard and $8 in cash.

Cornish

Video surveillance helps solve theft of pastor’s wallet, credit card fraud

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commitment to connectwith students, staff and thecommunity, CrittendenCounty Superintendent ofSchools Vince Clark pre-sented his capstone proj-ect, a requirement for allfirst-year superintendentsin Kentucky. Clark partici-pated in KASA (KentuckyAssociation of School Ad-ministrators) Superintend-ent Cohort training. Theofficial last day of the train-ing will be July 15 during aKASA conference. Clarkwas one of almost 30 newsuperintendents across thestate who were selected tolead their school systemwithin the last year. At the June 9 working

session of the CrittendenCounty Board of Educa-tion, Clark provided a pres-entation summarizing the

school district’s goals andaccomplishments duringhis first year as superin-tendent. “Leadership and

learning are indis-pensable to eachother,” Clark said,referencing to aquote by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy. “Ihave that on mywall in my office,and I constantlylook at that becauseleadership is so veryimportant in this schooldistrict.”Clark thanked school

board members, students,staff, the community andhis family for their show ofsupport during his firstyear as superintendent. Clark’s predecessor, Dr.

Rachel Yarbrough, and Dr.Fred Carter of WesternKentucky University were

also in attendance at theworking session. Duringhis first year as head of theschool district, Yarbrough

served as Clark’s su-perintendent mentorand Carter as his ex-ecutive coach. Upon taking the

position last July,Clark said it was im-portant to continueto expand the posi-tive culture in theschool district nur-tured by Dr.

Yarbrough. His objectivesincluded improving studentperformance and atten-dance and achieving thosethrough rewards and recog-nition of students. He alsounderscored the impor-tance of understandingpoverty and its impact oneducation and the lives ofthose living in CrittendenCounty.

For Clark, it was a busyfirst year as superintend-ent. From meetings withDr. Terry Holliday, Ken-tucky’s Commissioner ofEducation, to conductingregular walk-throughs ateach of the district’s schoolbuildings looking for stu-dent involvement, Clarkhas focused on empoweringand engaging students tobe successful and takeownership of their educa-tion. Carter credited school

board members for hiring asuperintendent who hasenthusiasm, energy and alove for students. He alsostressed the value of schoolboard members and Clarkin sharing the same visionfor students in the district. “I certainly appreciate all

the support I received thisyear,” Clark said. “It’s beena great year.”

SocialCoaster connecting alumniSTAFF REPORTJonathan Burdon, 27,

and a team of recent Mur-ray State University gradu-ates developed thefast-growing social plat-form SocialCoaster. UnlikeFacebook and other socialnetworks that are moreegocentric and focused onconnecting users withfriends and family, Social-Coaster takes a differentapproach. “We have built a simple

and easy-to-use platformthat allows groups to cre-ate and grow their own so-cial communities around aspecific area of interest,”said Burdon, Social-Coaster’s founder and a2006 graduate of Critten-den County High School.“A very interesting synergyis formed when passionatepeople are able to connectwith others who share thesame passion.”SocialCoaster, an app

available for download oniPhone and Android de-vices, had its soft launch atthe end of December andhas continued to scale eversince. “No tech startup gets

things exactly right whenthey first launch,” said

Burdon. “We continuouslylisten to valuable userfeedback and allow it toshape our product. With-out our amazing early-adopters, partners, and my

very tal-ented team,our earlys u c c e s swould nothave beenpossible.”S o c i a l -

C o a s t e rcontinues tofocus earlymarke t ing

efforts on large communi-ties based out of Kentucky.In fact, the latest commu-nities to announce they willbe leveraging Social-Coaster’s platform are theMurray State Alumni Asso-ciation and TheSouthern-LadyCooks.com.Any Murray State Alum

can download the free So-cialCoaster app and easilyconnect with former Racerswithin the “Murray StateAlumni” loop. On the app,you will find a wide rangeof users including newMurray State UniversityPresident Dr. Bob Davies,who has been an avid sup-

porter of SocialCoaster."Murray State Alumni

Association is very excitedto partner with Social-Coaster," said Mark Welch,Director of Community Re-lations and Alumni Affairsat Murray State. “This newand exciting social mediaplatform offers a fun andeasy way for MSU alumnito stay connected andshare their passion aboutbeing a member of theRacer Community."In addition, several

other groups have lever-aged the SocialCoasterplatform to host their com-munities. One of thelargest to date has been the“Kentucky Basketball”community, which focuseson connecting avid mem-bers of Big Blue Nationfrom across the country.Although Burdon is ex-

cited to partner with hisalma mater, he was alsohappy to announce a part-nership with TheSouthern-LadyCooks.com.“We already have a very

large existing cooking com-munity that uses Social-Coaster,” said Burdon.“Now that we have officiallypartnered with The South-

ern Lady Cooks, it is quitepossible 'Cooking' will bethe largest community onour platform to date.”The Southern Lady

Cooks has already reachedmore than a million peoplethrough its website andFacebook page alone.

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PHOTO BY JASON TRAVIS, THE PRESSCrittenden County Superintendent of Schools Vince Clark (at right) discusses various issues relating to the school district atthe board of education’s June 9 working session. Pictured are board of education members (clockwise from center) PamCollins, Chairman Chris Cook, Bill Asbridge, Phyllis Orr and Eric LaRue.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSKentucky Utilities Co.

(KU) has launched a newway for customers to reportpower outages.The company says cus-

tomers whose current mo-bile phone numbers are onfile as the outage reportingnumber may use phones toreport an outage by textingOUTAGE or receive status

updates by texting STA-TUS. When service is re-stored, a text will confirmthe power is back on.The number to send the

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port a downed power line.

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visit LGE-KU.com/text.

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4 THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, Thursday, June 18, 2015

KSP names Crittenden County native Trooper of the Year

CHFS launchs hotline to help kinshiprelatives give assistance in childcare

STAFF REPORTKentucky State Police held

its annual awards ceremonylast Thursday in Lexington,recognizing a Marion nativewith Trooper of the Year hon-ors and numerous others fortheir achievements in 2014.Senior Trooper Cory

Hamby, a Paducah residentand 2006 graduate of Crit-tenden County High School,was named 2014 Trooper ofthe Year for state police Post1 in Mayfield.During 2014, Trooper

Hamby issued 682 citations.He arrested 24 individualsfor driving under the influ-ence, investigated 48 motorvehicle collisions, investi-gated 57 criminal cases andmade 129 criminal arrests.The 27-year-old has morethan four years with the statepolice and is assigned to thewest squad with GravesCounty as his primarycounty of assignment."We work a job that is of-

tentimes thankless," TrooperHamby said of his career as apolice officer, "so it’s nice tobe recognized for our work."Law enforcement wasn't in

Hamby's initial plan comingout of high school. In fact, hewanted to be an attorney andbegan college at MurrayState University, majoring inpolitical science, en route topursuing that goal. But hesoon became interested incriminal justice."It didn't cross my mind

until college," he said.After a ride-along with a

trooper in Lyon County,Hamby's mind was made up.

"My intentions were lawschool, but I didn't want to goto school for three moreyears, and I didn't want to sitbehind a desk," he explainedof his decision to forego hissenior year at Murray inorder to join the state police."So this was the next bestthing."Hamby plans to complete

his college education, butKSP was looking for troopersearly in 2010 and he didn'twant to pass up his opportu-nity."It's a pretty selective

process," he said, "so Ithought I'd better take it."He was hired as a trooper

in April 2010, finished theacademy in the summer andwas stationed at the Mayfieldpost in September 2010.Life as a police officer has

its ups and downs, but beingable to help others far out-weighs any negatives, Hambysaid."You get to assist others

and make a difference intheir lives," he said. "I reallyenjoy that."Of course, the other side

of the coin is that police offi-cers also have to deal withpeople who may be at theirabsolute worst."Ninety-seven to 98 per-

cent of the people I deal withon a daily basis are good peo-ple," he said. "Some justmake bad decisions."Being a state trooper can

also have some long hours.In fact, on the day he re-ceived his Trooper of the Yearhonor, Hamby put in a 21-hour day.

"I left for Lexington 5 thatmorning and got back about5 in the evening," he said Fri-day. "About 7 o'clock, I got atext (tip) on a case I wasworking. I got home about 2this morning."The important thing is,

we got our guy."Hamby is the son of Tim

and Amy Hamby of Marion.

The trooper and his wife,Mariah, have a 19-month-oldadopted son, Carter. The Post 1 district covers

Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle,Fulton, Graves, Hickman,Livingston, Lyon, Marshall,McCracken, and Trigg coun-ties.Also at last Thursday's

awards ceremony, several of-

ficers from Post 2 in Madis-onville, which covers Critten-den, Caldwell, Christian,Hopkins, Muhlenberg Todd,and Webster counties, wererecognized, including:- Trooper First Class

Bobby G. Winters, a 16-yearKSP veteran, was namedTrooper of the Year for thepost.

- Detective Lonnie M. Ka-vanaugh, a 22-year KSP vet-eran, was the post's detectiveof the year.- Sgt. Jeffrey M. Ayres, a

seven-year KSP veteran,earned a Citation for Bravery.- Trooper First Class

William C. Braden II, a 14-year KSP veteran, was pre-sented a Citation forMeritorious Service.- Former Post 2 Troopers

First Class Jeffrey W.McWhorter and Mark L.Combs and Trooper KennethW. Perkins (retired) were pre-sented a Citation for Merito-rious Service with a "V"device for valor.Additionally, Detective

Brett S. Miller of the Mayfieldpost was named overallTrooper of the Year for 2014.He was the lead investigatoron several high profile cases,including a LivingstonCounty case where humanremains were discovered on abank of the Tennessee Riverwhere Miller was able to lo-cate additional remains par-tially buried in the sand. Theevidence helped to identifythe victim of a boating acci-dent one year earlier andbrought closure to the vic-tim’s family.Ashton Cosby of Grand

Rivers was honored with theKSP Citation for MeritoriousAchievement, the agency’shighest civilian award be-stowed upon individuals whoperformed an extraordinaryact of service or heroism indirect support of an officer ofthe agency engaged in the of-ficial performance of duty.

SUBMITTED PHOTOLast week, Crittenden County native Cory Hamby was honored in Lexington as 2014 Trooperof the Year for Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 in Mayfield. Pictured above are (from left)Senior Trooper Hamby with Senior Trooper Mark Franklin, who earned a Citation for Meritori-ous Service for his work at Post 1, and Post 1 Detective Brett Miller, who was named overallKSP 2014 Detective of the Year.

STAFF REPORTThe Cabinet for Health

and Family Services (CHFS)has launched a KinshipSupport Hotline to providecontinued assistance toproviders of kinship care.The hotline provides kin-

ship relatives the chance toaddress program issues,talk about problems or askquestions. Local office staffwill answer hotline calls.The Kinship Support Hot-

line is (877) 565-5608.Kinship care – the care of

children by relatives orclose family friends – is co-ordinated by the CHFS De-partment for CommunityBased Services (DCBS), the

state’s primary social serv-ices agency that has officesin all 120 counties.When children cannot

stay in their home becauseof abuse, neglect or de-pendency issues, kinshipcare can be an alternativeto out-of-home care andcan often help ease thetrauma of separating frombirth parents by providing asafe, nurturing environ-ment with familiar care-givers.DCBS Commissioner

Teresa James said the hot-line will provide a directlink to services for relativecaregivers.“We developed this hot-

line to support the manyfamilies who have openedtheir hearts and theirhomes to relative children,”she said. “Our goal is tohelp relative caregivers getthe services they need tokeep these children withtheir families and preventmoves to out-of-home care.We are committed to help-ing these families on theirjourney.”The hotline is staffed 8

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Caregiving relatives can

also email DCBSChildPro-tection@ky.gov for informa-tion, resources or supportfor their families.

STAFF REPORTAmerican Legion Post 217

Auxiliary of Burna hasnamed Mary Black its 2015Member of the Year.

A native of LivingstonCounty, Black joined the aux-iliary in 2000.

“It was a total surprise,”Black said in accepting thehonor. “I did not know I wasgoing to get it. I’m reallyproud of it.”

Black said auxiliary mem-bers do a variety of activitiesto raise money, includingconducting yard sales. An-other project is distributingpoppies to be worn as a sym-bol of sacrifice made by themen and women who servedand died during wartime.

Black said joining theAmerican Legion Auxiliary is

a good wayto makefriends andhave com-panionshipas the or-gan i za t i onworks tosupport vet-erans andtheir fami-lies.

“It’s just agood feeling there,” Blacksaid. “I love to help people. Ialways have.”

Auxiliary President FayeGibson cited Black’s assis-tance in helping to placeflags during the American Le-gion’s annual Memorial Dayobservance as part of thereason for her being namedmember of the year. She also

credited Black’s assistancein preparing meals for Amer-ican Legion activities such asits monthly social day.

“Mary is just one of thosepeople who makes every-body feel good when you’rearound her. She works reallyhard down there,” Gibsonsaid. “She always shows upand she is just a wonderfulperson inside and out.”

Gibson said memberswere asked to submit thename of a person they be-lieve deserves recognition asMember of the Year. Blackreceived more votes thananyone else.

Gibson said Black exempli-fies what a member and vol-unteer hopes to become.

“You can just count onMary,” Gibson said.

American Legion honors Black

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By JASON TRAVISSTAFF WRITER

Citing satisfaction withits school nursing services,Crittenden County schoolboard members plan to con-tinue the district’s relation-ship with Graves CountyHealth Department for theupcoming school year.

During its working ses-sion June 9, Superintendentof Schools Vince Clark saidthe contract with the healthdepartment will be the sameas it was the previous schoolyear. The agreement withGraves County Health De-partment is expected to costthe school district $70,000.The board of education isexpected to vote at its meet-ing Tuesday to commit$60,000 with the rest of thefunding to come from Title 1federal grant money.

However, the schoolboard’s commitment couldbe reduced based on avail-able funding. Clark said dis-trict officials are seeking agrant that would match theTitle 1 funding, reducing theschool board’s commitmentto $50,000.

Last year, the schoolboard entered a one-yearagreement with GravesCounty Health Departmentafter the Pennyrile DistrictHealth Department voted todiscontinue its services forschool clinics located inCrittenden, Caldwell, Liv-

ingston, Lyon and Triggcounties. Pennyrile DistrictHealth Department officialssaid their program wasstruggling, in part, due tocutbacks from Medicaid andhaving to pay a 30 percentmatch on every Medicaiddollar received.

The agreement withGraves County Health De-partment keeps one nurseat each of the school dis-trict’s clinics. One clinic islocated at CrittendenCounty Elementary School.The other clinic is shared byCrittenden County Middleand High schools.

Last year, Graves CountyHealth Department alsopartnered with Trigg andLivingston county schooldistricts. Both districts werealso formerly associatedwith the Pennyrile DistrictHealth Department’s schoolnurses program.

In other district news, itlooks as if Rocket Arena,

Rocket Stadium and otherschool facilities will not beundergoing a name changeany time soon.

Superintendent Clarksaid the school district didnot receive any bids fromlocal businesses on placingnaming rights on school fa-cilities such as RocketArena, Rocket Stadium orthe middle school gymna-sium.

The school district hadhoped funding from namingrights would help purchasebig ticket items that nor-mally cannot fit within aschool budget. Topping thewish list was a projectionsystem for Rocket Arena,trophy cases and digitalsigns in front of the middleand high school.

Clark said if a local busi-ness is still interested in ap-proaching the school districton naming rights to facili-ties, school officials will beopen to discuss the matter.

Fredonia man diesin motorcycle crash

A Fredonia man was killedin a motorcycle crash Sundayin Caldwell County.

According to KentuckyState Police, Rocky L. Gray,54, was operating a 1995Harley Davidson motorcycleon Gosche Hollow Road justoff Ky. 70 east of Fredoniawhen he left the roadway in acurve. The motorcycle contin-ued off the road until he lostcontrol and struck a house.

Gray was not wearing ahelmet. He was transportedby ambulance to CaldwellMedical Center in Princetonwhere he was pronounceddead upon arrival. (See obitu-ary on Page 7.)

Trooper Eric Browning in-vestigated the collision. 

Hydro-Gear adding40 jobs in Princeton

Hydro-Gear will be addingup to 40 new jobs as it ex-pands its operations in Cald-well County.

The company, which firstlocated in Princeton in 2005,plans to construct a new55,000-square-foot warehouseby the end of the year. It willbe a $2.6 million investment.

“When you have a greatteam, it is amazing what canbe done,” said Ray Hauser,president of Hydro-Gear. “Thisfacility expansion will allow usto ... provide solid employmentopportunities for the localcommunity.”

Headquartered in Illinois,Hydro-Gear is a leader in thedesign and manufacture ofprecision drive systems. Theyproduce hydrostatic transmis-sions and transaxles for in-dustrial, commercial andconsumer markets.

“It is exciting for our com-

munity that Hydro-Gear is ex-panding its Caldwell Countyoperations, which will createnew job opportunities andprovide a healthy boost to the

local econ-omy,” saidSen. DorseyRidley (D-Henderson).“It alsospeaks highlyof our dedi-cated work-force thatthis companyis willing to

make this investment.” To encourage the invest-

ment, the Kentucky EconomicDevelopment Finance Author-ity preliminarily approved thecompany for tax incentives upto $800,000 through the Ken-tucky Business Investmentprogram.

Fire destroy’s Toluman’s pickup truck

A Tolu man is counting hisblessings after an early morn-ing fire last Thursday de-stroyed his truck.

Timmy Todd said he wasawakened around 2:45 a.m.to the sound of a horn blow-ing. Believing someone was inneed of help, he jumped out ofbed, got dressed and went tosee what was going on.

"I thought someone was ina bad way," he said. "Living ina small community, you try tolook out for your neighbors."

But when Todd got out-side, he found his FordRanger engulfed in flames. Heraced up a hill from where helives so he could get better re-ception to call for help on hiscell phone.

"Come to realize, I was theone in a bad way and needingsome help," he said.

Todd, a member of ToluVolunteer Fire Department,

and other firefighters from thearea were able to get theflames extinguished beforethey spread to Todd's nearbyhome. The truck, his primaryvehicle, was a total loss, how-ever.

The vehicle had been idlefor about five hours, Toddsaid. He does not know thecause of the fire, but suspectsan electrical problem.

The Ranger was going to bea birthday present to hisdaughter who is turning 16.Now Todd's in the market fortwo vehicles – one for himselfand one for his daughter.

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STAFF REPORT

Most new laws approvedduring the Kentucky GeneralAssembly's 2015 regular ses-sion go into effect next week.

The state constitutionspecifies that new laws takeeffect 90 days after the ad-journment of the legislature.The General Assembly’s 2015session adjourned on March25, making next Wednesdaythe day for new laws to takeeffect.

There are some exceptions.Bills that contained an emer-gency clause, such as thisyear’s measure to fight heroinabuse, went into effect imme-diately upon being signed bythe governor. A handful ofbills also specified their owneffective dates, such as ameasure that goes into effectearly next year to offer somecivil protections to victims ofdating violence.

But most new laws – 98 ofthe 117 passed this year – willgo into effect on June 24.Laws that take effect then in-clude measures on:

- Beer distribution. House

Bill 168 states that beer brew-ing companies can’t own beerdistributorships. The meas-ure is meant to affirm thatbeer is not exempt from thestate’s three-tier system ofregulating – and keeping sep-arate – alcoholic beverage pro-ducers, distributors andretailers.

- Charitable gaming.  Sen-ate Bill 33 will allow electronicversions of pull-tab Bingotickets at charitable Bingohalls.

- Child abuse. SB 102 willallow a death caused by in-tentional abuse to be consid-ered first-degreemanslaughter.

- Child booster seats. HB315 will require booster seatsto be used in motor vehiclesby children who are less than8 years old and are between40 and 57 inches in height.

- Crowdfunding. HB 76 willhelp Kentucky entrepreneursto gain investors throughcrowdfunding. The bill willallow people to invest up to$10,000 through a crowd-funding platform while help-

ing businesses raise up to $2million.

- Drug abuse. HB 24 willprevent youth from misusingcertain cough medicines toget high – sometimes called“robotripping” – by restrictingaccess to medicines that con-tain dextromethorphan. Thebill will prevent sales of dex-tromethorphan-based prod-ucts, such as Robitussin-DMor Nyquil, to minors.

- Drunk driving. SB 133will expand the use of ignitioninterlocks for people caughtdriving under the influence ofalcohol. An ignition interlockis a device about the size of amobile phone that is wiredinto the ignition system of avehicle. A person convicted ofdriving under the influencemust blow into the device inorder to start their vehicle. Ifthey have a measurableamount of alcohol in theirsystem, the vehicle will notstart.

- Early childhood develop-ment. HB 234 will requireearly child care and educationprograms to follow a state

quality-based rating system.- Emergency responders.

SB 161 will authorize the gov-ernor to order that U.S. flagsbe lowered to half-staff onstate buildings if a Kentuckyemergency responder dies inthe line of duty.

- End-of-life care. SB 77will allow Kentuckians to usea health care directive knownas a “medical order for scopeof treatment.” These ordersspell out patients’ wishes forend-of-life care. Unlike ad-vance directives, the ordersare considered to be physi-cian’s orders and are signedby both the patient or pa-tient’s legal surrogate, and thepatient’s physician.

- Hunters. SB 55 will en-sure that game meat can bedonated to not-for-profit or-ganizations to feed hungrypeople as long as the meatwas properly field dressed andprocessed and is considereddisease-free and unspoiled.

- Kentucky Employees Re-tirement System. HB 62 willmake sure the agencies thatwant to leave the Kentucky

Employees Retirement Sys-tem pay their part of the sys-tem’s unfunded liability.

- Newborn health screen-ing. SB 75 will require new-born health screenings toinclude checks for KrabbeDisease, an inherited disorderthat affects the nervous sys-tem.

- Retirement systems. HB47 will add the Legislators'Retirement Plan, the JudicialRetirement Plan, and the Ken-tucky Teachers' RetirementSystem to the Public PensionOversight Board's review re-sponsibilities.

- Spina bifida.  SB 159 willrequire health care providersto give information aboutspina bifida and treatmentoptions to parents whose un-born children have been diag-nosed with the disorder.

- Stroke care. SB 10 willimprove care for stroke vic-tims by requiring the state tomake sure local emergencyservices have access to a listof all acute stroke-ready hos-pitals, comprehensive strokecenters and primary stroke

centers in Kentucky. Emer-gency medical services direc-tors would be required tocreate protocols for assess-ment and treatment of strokevictims.

- Tax check-offs.  SB 82will place check-off boxes ontax forms to give people get-ting state income tax refundsthe option of donating a por-tion of their refund to supportchild cancer research, theSpecial Olympics or rape cri-sis centers.

- Telephone deregulation.HB 152 is aimed at moderniz-ing telecommunications andallowing more investment inmodern technologies by end-ing phone companies’ obliga-tions to provide landlinephone services to customersin urban and suburban areasif they provide service throughanother technology, such as awireless or Internet-basedphone service. While ruralcustomers can keep landlinephones they already have,newly constructed homes inrural areas won’t be guaran-teed landline services.

Enchanced booster seat regs among new Ky. laws

Public Hearing

To all interested citizens of Crittenden County, Kentucky:

The Kentucky Department for Local Government is accepting applicationmaterial under the 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)Program. The Crittenden County Fiscal Court intends to apply for assistance on behalf of the Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum to rehabilitatethe Museum located at 205 North Walker St, Marion, KY 42064. A publichearing will be held prior to the submission of the application form. Thepublic hearing will be held on June 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Crittenden County Courthouse, 107 South Main St., Marion, KY. The purpose of this hearing is to obtain views on housing and community development needs, review proposed activities, review the proposed application, and solicit public comments. Technical assistance is availableto help groups representing low and moderate income persons in developingproposals.

The following information concerning the CDBG program is available forpublic inspection at the Pennyrile Area Development District, 300 Hammond Drive, Hopkinsville, KY, during regular business hours:

• Amount of funds available and range of activities that may be undertaken.• Estimated amounts of funds proposed to be used for activities benefitingpersons of low and moderate income.• Plans for minimizing displacement of persons as a result of activities associated with CDBG funds and plans for providing assistance to thosepersons to be actually displaced as a result of CDBG-funded activities.• Records regarding the past use of CDBG funds.• A summary of other important program requirements.

Comments on Application

A copy of the CDBG application material will be on file at the PennyrileArea Development District for citizens’ review and comment during regularbusiness hours from June 23, 2015 through July 7, 2015. Comments on theproposed application may be submitted to the attention of Judge-ExecutivePerry Newcom, 107 S Main St., Marion, KY until the close of business onJuly 7, 2015.

Discrimination Clause

Crittenden County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability and provides, upon request, reasonable accommodation, including auxiliary aids and services, to affordan individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in all services, programs and activities. Any persons requiring special needs assistance should contact Judge-Executive Perry Newcom at 270-965-5251at least five days prior to the meeting. The TDD number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-648-6057.

School district to keep same nursingservices; no takers for naming rights

NEWS BRIEFS

Marion Policeactivity report

The following is a monthlyactivity report for Marion Police Department, reflectinginformation from May 2015.The data is provided by Po-lice Chief Ray O’Neal.

CATEGORY MAY 2015

Miles driven/patrolled ....3,559Criminal investigations .......14Domestics ...........................14Felony Arrests.......................0Misdemeanor arrests ...........3Non-criminal arrests .............7DUI arrests............................0Criminal summons served ...3Traffic citations....................21Traffic warnings...................16Parking tickets.......................0Other citations.....................13Traffic accidents ..................11Security checks/alarms ......47Calls for service ................283

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Remembering my father, our awful lossFor a child to have to

grow up without a dad inthe home is so devastating,and the affect will showup in various ways for therest of one’s life.

I cherish my memories ofthe four short years I hadwith my father, as well asthe stories the older sib-lings tell of their memories.

Harry was just 1 year oldand I was 2 when my babysister Wanda was born.Dad had three of us girls goto Aunt Della Herrin’s forthe day. I got in troublewith my mouth when Imade a certain comment asI watched squirrelly Bonniebegin to shimmy up a bigold tree.

Aunt Della fixed me, so Ihad a sobbing nap. 

Around that time, alwayshanging around Mama, Iwas intrigued with thesound of the scissors cut-ting through material.Mama would never let mecut any material, so Islipped behind the sewingmachine one evening andcut my curls off.

My Dad fixed me with asobbing nap.

Bonnie and Willardstarted pulling straws fromthe broom and stickingthem in the grate to light.When I did the same, theytold Dad on me.

Yep, he fixed me againwith a sobbing nap.

At night, when Dad atehis supper, he would sit be-fore the fire and play a bigFrench harp. Watching him

make that music, I wouldlook at my Father adoringlyand never dreamed of dis-obeying him.

The Christmas beforeDad's fatal accident in Feb-ruary, Wanda, 2, andHarry, 3, were in bed withMama and Dad, so I wantedto sleep in the baby bed bytheir bed. After Dad had usfive younger ones in bed, heand Mama fixed stockingsand hung them full of ourgoodies.

They had hung mine onthe side of the baby bed,and during the night, Iwanted to examine mysock. Trying to tell whatwas in it, an English walnutfell out of the hole in the toeon that old naked woodfloor sounding like a shot-gun blast. Hearing Dadgrunt and move made mewant to disappear, so I doveunder the covers to the veryend of that little bed andnever came out until calledthe next morning.

Dad always tried to havesomething for all of us kidsat Christmas – nuts,sparklers, a Roman candle,a few pieces of candy andpieces of fruit. After we lost

him, Willard and Mamakept up the loving act.

The last day we saw Dadwas when he was leaving togo up to the store and getthe car to go to town. As hewent out the yard gate, heasked Mama to send himout a handkerchief. Harryand I both wanted to take itso we could get another hugfrom him. We did that twoor three times and, ofcourse, Harry won in get-ting the last hug.

That night, about 9 p.m.,our uncle Reid Easley cameand Mama met him at thedoor. Three of us girls werelying in bed and could hearMama crying. Of course, weall three started cryingwithout knowing what itwas about until the nextmorning.

Dad had started homeand had run off the road.He had been taken to theEvansville hospital, andwas in very serious condi-tion.

Mama sat out in the yardthat cold February morningwaiting and watching forsomeone to come across thehill to tell us how Dad was.When the tragic news came,Mama’s screams reverber-ated in the still and chillyair. That was a notificationto all around that she hadlost the love of her life andhad 11 children at home toprovide for.

That is where the horri-ble S-curve on Ky. 91 Northgot the name Easley Curve.

The wake was held in

our home, and a neighbor,Ann Shaffer, made dressesfor us three little girls.

When we started to thefuneral, which was held atthe Hebron Church, Iwatched our cousin, LeeFox, put Wanda on his backas he took her home withhim. She was only 2.

It is still a vivid picturein my mind at our last view-ing at the church – Mr.Tucker standing at the footof the casket and Mr.Franklin at the head, hold-ing each of us kids up tokiss Dad one last time.

Mama and the youngerkids rode in the Tuckerfamily car to Mount ZionCemetery, and Mama toldHarry and me to stay in thecar as they went to thegrave. As soon as they allgot to the grave, I, at only 4years old, got Harry, 3, outof the car, and we crawledunder a little gate andstarted to Mama at thegrave.

Pasco Hardesty saw usand came and picked Harryup and took him to Mama. Istood by her and watchedthe men down in the graveon boards tamping the dirton the vault. I had night-mares for a long, long time,and was devastated be-cause Daddy was in a holein the ground.

Soon after the funeral, akind and well-meaningneighbor, SeldonAinsworth, came to talk toMama about how she couldnot raise all of us by herself

and that there was a goodMason orphanage somemiles away that he wouldhelp her get us in.

Standing back behindSeldon, I watched Mamasay, “Seldon, if my kidsstarve, I’ll starve withthem. No one is getting mykids.”

As he left the house,Mama stood at the door,watching him leave. I heardher say, “I used to think alot of Seldon, but I don’tanymore.” 

Thinking she would notkeep her kids was an insultto all she was, a Godly,saintly mother.

The loss of our father,who was bigger than life,turned all our lives upsidedown.

I remember the summerafter Dad’s passing. Mamaand we little ones stood onthe hill crying our heartsout watching the auctioneersell off over half the farm,tools, livestock, etc. Thesale had been forced be-cause Dad did not have awill. This memory will al-ways stick in my mind, see-ing Mama’s pain and tearsand hearing her ask, "Whatwill we do?”

Some of the most painwe five little ones sufferedwas watching the grief ourprecious Mother suffer qui-etly all the years we werehome. How we loved eachother.

More than once, weheard Mama softly say, “If Icould just dream about Al

every night, the days wouldnot be so long. If only Icould hear him call myname one more time.”

Even as a very youngchild, I knew my Father hadto be a wonderful, wonder-ful man for Mama to lovehim so. All of us, especiallythe older ones who knewhim best, thought he hungthe moon.

Eight of his 15 childrenwere born during the GreatDepression, and our par-ents taught us to workhard, help each other, payour debts, keep our word,help others and makesomething of ourselves in-stead of depending onsomeone else.

When I came back toCrittenden County to live,many people told me what agood man Dad was. Eventhough times were hard forus, Dad never let any ofthose in the community lessfortunate than us go hun-gry.

All of you very fortunateones who still have a Dad,tell him how you love him,and prove it by making himproud of you.

What America desper-ately needs today is morefathers like mine, and kidswho appreciate and lovethem.

(Editor's note: Rev. LucyTedrick of Marion Church ofGod shares her views peri-odically in this newspaper.Her opinions are her ownand are not necessarilythose of this newspaper.)

Community church notesn Christ Tabernacle of

Princeton’s Jamaican MeBolt 5K fundraiser will beheld Saturday. Registrationis at 7:30 a.m., on the park-ing lot of Northside Baptist inPrinceton. The race beginsat 8 a.m., on Old Madis-onville Road. Entry fee atthe gate is $25. Awards willbe given for top three malesand females in the followingcategories: 12 and under,13-19, 20-45 and 45 and up.For more info call StephanieWeldon at (270) 704-3402.All proceeds benefit an Im-pact Jamaica Mission Tripthis summer.

n Maranatha GeneralBaptist Church will holdcommunity singing at 6 p.m.,Saturday. Refreshments willbe served. The church is lo-cated on Cedar Grove Roadin Salem.

n Seven Springs BaptistChurch will hold VacationBible School for ages 3 to14 years old from 6 to 7:30p.m., June 22-26. Trans-portation is provided. Call(270) 704-1106 or (270)988-2900 for more informa-tion.

n Salem Baptist Churchin conjunction with the At-tachment and Trauma Net-work and partners will showan award-winning film dram-atizing the impact of earlytrauma on children entitled,“My Name is Faith,” at 7p.m., June 26. An informalquestion and answer withfree refreshments will followthe film.

n Marion UnitedMethodist Church will hold aone-day Vacation BibleSchool from 9 a.m. to 3p.m., July 15.

Mankind cannot change theworld or solve its many problemsBy JOEY DURHAMGUEST COLUMNIST

Today my devotion is onthis thought, "The Right Per-spective," and my text is inMatthew 9:36, where we see,"But when he saw the multi-tudes, he was moved withcompassion on them, be-cause they fainted and werescattered abroad, as sheephaving no shepherd."

Here in our text, the per-spective of the Lord is seenin the words, "But when Hesaw the multitudes."

Unbelievers see the worldthrough the lens of human-

ity or through the eyes of un-saved mankind. They hon-estly feel that man canchange the world throughsocial programs or through aone-world political, eco-nomic or religious system.They believe in endeavorssuch as reforming the cul-ture, saving the planet, erad-icating poverty and injusticeand getting  society to bemore tolerant of religious be-liefs and display moral rela-tivism.

Born-again, blood-washed believers, on theother hand, see the world

through the lens of God'sholy Word. 

We realize that  Jesuscould return at any mo-ment.  We understand thatmankind cannot find the so-lution to his own prob-lems.  We believe that thespiritual needs of man aremore important than hisphysical needs. We are con-cerned about fulfilling thewill of our Savior and glori-fying His precious name. Werealize that Almighty Godhas reserved this earth forjudgment and will create anew heaven and earth some-

day. We realizethat  mankind cannot dothese things himself.

Only Jesus is the answerto the problems of mankind.

It's true, Jesus Christcould return at any moment,so the way we see things hadbetter be in line with the wayGod sees things.

(Editor's note: JoeyDurham, pastor of SturgisBaptist Church in UnionCounty, shares his views pe-riodically in this newspaper.His opinions are his own andare not necessarily those ofthis newspaper.)

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OBITUARIES— PAID OBITUARY —

ShadowenMarlene Lively Shadowen,

68. of Benton died June 11,2015, at the Ray and Kay Eck-stein Hospice Care Facility inPaducah.

She taught English at Mar-shall County High School andLivingston Central High Schoolfor 34 years.

Shadowen graduated fromDaviess County High Schooland received bachelor of sci-ence and master of arts de-grees and Rank 1 certificationat Murray State University.She was a member of theCouncil of Teachers of Englishand the National Council ofTeachers of English.

She was an active memberof Briensburg Baptist Church.Her hobbies were reading,scrapbooking, watching UKbasketball and most of all,playing with her grandkids.

Shadowen is survived byher husband of 48 years, Ken-neth Shadowen; her mother,Margaret (Basham) Lively; twosons, Jake (Jondra) Shadowenof Benton and Jarrod (Diana)Shadowen of Benton; fivegrandsons, Collin Shadowen,Wilson Shadowen, SullivanShadowen, John Case Shad-owen and Jarrod Cutter Shad-owen; three brothers, Steve(Mary) Lively of Owensboro,Noel (Krista) Lively of Crest-wood, Ky., and Jamie (Lynn)Lively of Greeneville, Tenn.;nine nieces and nephews; andthree great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in deathby her father, James Lively;and a brother, Donnie Lively.

Funeral services were Sun-day at the Briensburg BaptistChurch in Benton with Revs.Ricky Cunningham, BradWalker and Jamie Lively offici-ating. Interment was in MexicoBaptist Church Cemetery inCrittenden County.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to: Ray & KayEckstein Hospice Care Center,c/o Lourdes Foundation, 1530Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY42001; or Marshall CountyRelay for Life, c/o Karami Un-derwood, 3140 Parisa Dr., Pa-ducah, KY 42003.

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OPPORTUNITY

QuertermousRobert E. Quertermous, 51,

of Sturgis died June 14, 2015,at Methodist Hospital UnionCounty in Morganfield.

He enjoyed playing guitar,hunting and riding motorcy-cles.

Quertermous is survived byhis companion, Susan Corleyof Sturgis; his mother, FrankieQuertermous of Sturgis; twosons, Michael Rich Tabor ofMorganfield and Robert Gun-ner Quertermous of Austin,Nev.; a daughter, ShadowDanielle Quertermous ofAustin; a brother, HenryQuertermous of Sturgis; fivesisters, Connie Quertermousof Sturgis, Fonda Kanipe ofMorganfield, Cheryl Lanham ofSturgis, Kelly Ferguson of Sul-livan and Alice Westmoland ofSturgis; and three grandchil-dren.

He was preceded in deathby his father, Henry C. Quert-ermous; and a son, RonaldGage Quertermous.

Funeral services will be at10 a.m. today (Thursday) atWhitsell Funeral Home inSturgis. Burial will be in BakerCemetery in CrittendenCounty.

Visitation was from 4 to 8p.m. Wednesday and from8:30 a.m. until service timetoday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to the Robert E.Quertermous Memorial Fund.

RobertsElsie Lucille Roberts, 92, of

Marion died June 15, 2015, atSalem Springlake Health andRehab.

She is survived by abrother, Marvin Roberts ofMarion; and several nieces andnephews.

Roberts was preceded indeath by her parents, Walterand Iva Roberts; two brothers,Glenn Roberts and BruceRoberts; and a sister, Ada MaeHillyard.

Funeral services wereWednesday at Sugar GroveCumberland PresbyterianChurch in Marion. Burial willbe in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Gilbert Funeral Home inMarion is in charge of arrange-ments.

OverbyKyle Overby, 29, of Provi-

dence died June 2, 2015, atDeaconess Gateway Hospitalin Newburgh, Ind

He was coach of the Web-ster County girls golf team anda Kentucky2nd Regionbaske tba l lreferee.

Overby issurvived byhis parents,Michael andM e l i n d aOverby; twob r o t h e r sRyan (Hillary)Overby and Jason Overby; aniece; and a nephew.

Funeral services were June7 at First Christian Church inProvidence. Interment is inFirst Christian Church Ceme-tery.

Jones & Kirby FuneralHome in Providence was incharge of arrangements.

Donations may be made tothe Kyle Overby Memorial GolfScholarship Fund throughUnited Community Bank inClay.

Overby

JenningsHarold W. Jennings, 76, of

Flandreau, S.D., formerly ofCrittenden County, died June11, 2015, athis home.

He wasborn Aug. 13,1938, in Crit-t e n d e nCounty. Hereceived hise d u c a t i o nhere, gradu-ating in 1956.He enteredthe U.S. Army in1961 and was sta-tioned at Fort Car-son, Colo., until hisdischarge in Decem-ber 1963.

Jennings ownedand operated Jennings Marketin Westcliffe, Colo., and wasthe mayor of Westcliffe for sev-eral years. He retired in 1999and moved to Flandreau per-manently in 2012.

He is survived by his wife of50 years, Shirley Entz Jen-nings; two daughters, Deb(Randy) Johanson of Flan-dreau and Connie (Scott)Dunn of Brush, Colo.; fourgrandsons; a sister-in-law,Faye Jennings of CrittendenCounty; and four nieces.

Jennings was preceded indeath by his parents, Johnand Mary (King) Jennings; andtwo brothers, Bill Jenningsand Bob Jennings.

Funeral services wereWednesday at Skroch FuneralChapel in Flandreau. Burialwill be at a later date in UlaCemetery in Westcliffe, Colo.

Jennings

— PAID OBITUARY —

McKenneyDr. Jerry B. McKenney,

M.D., 89 of Henderson, for-merly of Sturgis, died June 12,2015, at Lucy Smith King CareCenter in Henderson.

He was a member of FirstChristian Church in Sturgis,where he served as an elderand taught Sunday school. Hewas involved in missionarywork in Haiti for 28 years andalso in Sudan. He taught inBible college, held medical clin-ics and preached. He lovedserving families through hismedical practice in Sturgis formany years.

McKenney is survived bytwo daughters, Jane Hill ofHenderson and Mary (Paul)Faulhaber of Louisville; a son,Jim McKenney of Lexington; abrother, Lt. Col. Tom C.McKenney of Marion; a sister,Mildred McKenney McKeown ofLexington; nine grandchildrenand two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death byhis parents, Garnett and Ther-essa "Tessie" McKenney; hiswife, Betty McKenney; a son,Jerry John McKenney; a grand-son, Timothy McKenney; a son-in-law, Gary Hill; a sister,Martha McKenney Bach; andthree great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Tues-day at First Christian Churchin Sturgis, with Revs. SteveCollins and Rodney Raymondofficiating. Burial was inPythian Ridge Cemetery inSturgis.

Whitsell Funeral Home inSturgis was in charge ofarrangements.

Memorial contributions canbe made to: Together for ChristMinistries for the McKenneyMedical Clinic in Haiti, P.O.Box 880131, Port St. Lucie, FL34953.

— PAID OBITUARY —

GrayRocky Dale Gray, 54, of

Princeton died June 14, 2015,at Caldwell Medical Center inPrinceton from a single vehicleaccident. 

He was a disabled coalminer and member of Lam-asco Baptist Church in Ed-dyville.

Gray is survived by hismother, Ginger Dale Cum-mins McClure of Princeton;four daughters, Amy Gray ofFredonia, Rockelle Gray ofLouisville, Kayla Strayhorn ofMilan, Tenn., and CheyenneGray of Woodruff, S.C.; threegrandchildren, BrooklynStrayhorn, Tristan Gray andJackson Strayhorn; specialfriends, Faye Harris, MichaelHarris and Mikayla Harris;three sisters, Genny LynnPostiglone of Princeton, Lad-ina Gray of Princeton andVanessa Gray of Burkesville;and several nieces, nephews,aunts and uncles.

He was preceded in deathby his father, Lindel RichardGray; his paternal grandpar-ents, Robert and Lona Gray;his maternal grandparents,Dale and Lyzetta Cummins;and a special friend, MaryBeth Harris Walker.

Funeral services will be at 1p.m. Friday, June 19 at Mor-gan's Funeral Home in Prince-ton with Rev. Ronnie Foxofficiating with assistancefrom Rev. Russ Davidson.Burial will follow in GrayCemetery in Lyon County.

Visitation will be from 4 to8 p.m. today (Thursday) at thefuneral home.

AdamsonJames Gifford Adamson,

82, of Marion died June 15,2015, at Deaconess Hospital inEvansville, Ind.

He is survived by two sons,Jim Adamson of San Franciscoand Mark Adamson of Marion;a daughter, Becky Krzemen ofSaline, Mich.; eight grandchil-dren; and a great-grandchild.

Adamson was preceded indeath by his wife, Alma JewellAdamson; and his parents,Charles and Charlene Adam-son.

Funeral services will be at11 a.m. today (Thursday) atGilbert Funeral Home in Mar-ion. Burial will be in White OakCemetery in Clay.

Visitation was from 5 to 8p.m. Wednesday at the funeralhome.

Most obituaries in the

newspaper are published at

no charge, but extended obits

are available for a small fee.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARFriday, June 19n Diabetes Support Group willmeet at 10 a.m., at the Critten-den County Extension Service.Patty McConnell of CrittendenHealth Systems will present aprogram on exercise. For moreinformation call (270) 965-5236.Saturday, June 20n A household shower will beheld at 1 p.m., at the DycusburgFellowship Building for Mrs.Frances Joyce, who lost herhome and contents in a fire inDecember. n The Kentucky Chapter of theCunningham Association lo-cated in Trigg County, withmembers from across the coun-try, will hold its 24th annual re-union at the Trigg County HighSchool cafeteria in Cadiz. Reg-istration and fellowship with ex-hibits begins at 10 a.m. Theassociation will provide meatand drinks, and guests are in-vited to bring a covered dish ordessert. For more information,contact Association PresidentJimmie Cunningham at jimmiec-cunningham@gmail.com.Saturday, June 27n Crittenden County Class of1990 will hold its 25th class re-union from 5-11 p.m., at Ken-tucky Dam Village State ResortPark. The cost of the reunion is$30 per person. Payments canbe mailed to Theresa Orr Epper-son, P.O. Box 405, Princeton, IN47670. For more informationcontact Denise Riley Lynn at(270) 965-4634 or (270) 871-3227.Saturday, Aug. 1n A golf scramble to benefitMason Fuller, son of Brad andJenny Fuller of Salem, will be

held at 9 a.m., at Deer LakesGolf Course in Salem. Cost is$250 for a four-person team.There is a $100 hole sponsor-ship for area businesses. Toparticipate contact EmilyPhillips at (270) 339-1642.n A 40-year reunion for Crit-tenden County High SchoolClass of 1975 is scheduled atthe high school multi-purposeroom. Meet at 6 p.m. at therocket on the school groundsfor a class picture. Cateredmeal offers choice of ham orchicken. Those attending areasked to bring a side dish ordessert. Cost is $20 per per-son or $35 per couple. Mailcheck by June 27 to classtreasurer Janet Hughes, P.O.Box 341, Salem, KY 42078.Saturday, Aug. 8n Crittenden County HighSchool Class of 1995 will cel-ebrate its 20th reunion atGreen Turtle Bay conferencecenter. Festivities begin at 6p.m. A meal will be provided.Cost is $40 per person (non-refundable). RSVP and pay-ment via check or PayPal aredue by July 1 to Josh Hamil-ton at (808) 375-7607 orjoshav8r@gmail.com.Saturday, Sept. 5n The CCHS Class of 1965

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

Texas congregation travels to Marion in support of local church

Driver’s license office receives ‘thank you’ popcorn

STAFF REPORTCrooked Creek Baptist

Church received an extrememakeover last week thanksto 25 dedicated volunteersfrom Texas.

A missionteam fromSpringdaleB a p t i s tChurch inFort Worthcame to Mar-ion June 6 tostart work-ing on vari-o u sremodelingprojects atthe localchurch dur-ing a week-long stay.C r o o k e dCreek PastorMark Girtensaid volun-teers en-closed theback porchfor extrameeting space, built anawning for the church’sfront entrance, replaceddecking, installed a soundsystem, upgraded electronicequipment and installedlaminate flooring.

“It’s unbelievable howmuch they’ve done in justthis week,” Girten said lastThursday.

The small country churchjust celebrated its 180thbirthday last month, and asit prepares to celebrate morebirthdays, both its congrega-tion and leaders are lookingtoward the future with greatoptimism, hope and faith.

“This church almost dis-appeared and closed itsdoors; it was down to threemembers,” Girten said. “This(renovation) means that Godhas plans for this place. Thisis preparation for that.”

The volunteers whohelped with the buildingwere well known to bothGirten and his wife, Donna.The couple attended Spring-dale Baptist Church whenthey lived in Texas and haveknown its senior pastor,Jerry Campbell, for morethan a decade.

Each summer, the mis-sion team selects a locationfrom across the country toprovide volunteer labor andsupport. Last year, thegroup was in New York,helping to rebuild areas inthe aftermath of HurricaneSandy. They have also vis-ited several states that wereimpacted by Hurricane Kat-rina in 2005. Two years ago,they worked in BastropCounty, Texas, after wild-fires impacted that region.

Campbell said his congre-

gation is filled with hands-onservants and lending a handin rebuilding is what Godhas called them to do.

“We’re most happy, mostfulfilled and most in the cen-ter of God’s will when we’rejust serving. We’re not look-

ing for anything back,” hesaid. “We had somefundraisers at the church,and we brought about

$7,000 here just to give andspend. We enjoy it. There’s agood spirit among the groupand we always have a greattime.”

Campbell said money col-lected helped, in part, withpurchasing building sup-plies. He hopes the commu-nity will come and visitCrooked Creek BaptistChurch and worship Godwith its congregation.

Mission volunteer JohnStucky is just as passionateabout offering a helpinghand and enjoys the sense offulfillment it brings.

“Everyone always tells ushow much they appreciateit, but we’re the ones who getthe blessing,” he said.

Springdale’s minister ofmissions, Don Malpass, saideach day the group woke upat 6 a.m., and after break-fast, worked throughout theday until about 6 in theevening, when they had sup-per with the Girtens. After abrief devotional time, volun-teers settled in for the nightat their host’s home.

Pastor Girten said the vol-unteers worked together likea finely-tuned machine.Many of the individuals wereskilled carpenters and elec-tricians. Girten said othersjust wanted to be there andoffer help and support.

PHOTO BY JASON TRAVIS, THE PRESSSpringdale Baptist Church member John Stucky works in last week’s heat and humidity as hesaws wood that will be used to repair decking at Crooked Creek Baptist Church. Stucky andother volunteers with the Texas church spent the entire week renovating the local church.

Girten

Campbell

By EMMALEA BARNESFFA Chapter Reporter

On June 8-10 Crittenden County HighSchool FFA Chapter members traveled toLexington to participate in the FFA stateconvention. Members participated inmany leadership workshops including“Farming is a Risky Business,” as well asattending various convention sessionswhere two delegates represented thechapter.

Jessi Brewer, Alyssa Curtis, CaliParish and Alexis Tabor competed in Ag

sales team events. Other members com-peting were Catherine Hutchison in swineimpromptu; Jessi Brewer, goat and sheepimpromptu; and Cali Parish, crop im-promptu. Parish finished second in thestate in the contest. Kasey Herrin re-ceived the state FFA degree, the highestdegree the state association can bestow.

During the convention, members notonly had the opportunity to compete butalso developed leadership skills whilemaking friends along the way.

“I learned we should believe that we

will have better days through better wayswhile also having friends along besideyou in the process,” said FFA memberMegan Chambliss.

Dustin Collins said FFA members en-joyed the opportunities the event pro-vided.

“State Convention was an awesometrip that we all enjoyed. The conventionprovided many opportunities for everyoneto learn something new. It’s hard to be-lieve though it’s the last time some of uswill be attending,” Collins said.

FFA attends state convention in Lexington

Crittenden County High School FFA members take time to visit attractions at Lexington Center. Shown are (from left)Megan Chamblis, Catherine Hutchison, Logan Shuecraft, Alexis Tabor, Cali Parish, Kasey Herrin, Alyssa Curtis, EmmaleaBarnes, Dustin Collins and Jessi Brewer.

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STAFF REPORTCrittenden Circuit Clerk

Melissa Guill's driver’s li-cense office was recentlypresented a large tin ofgourmet popcorn by theTrust for Life in apprecia-tion of above average partic-ipation in the state's organdonor awareness programduring National Donate LifeMonth in April.

"Thanks to Melissa andall of the deputy clerks,more Kentuckians willknow about the life-savingmission of organ donation,”explained Trust for Life Ex-ecutive Director ShelleySnyder. “The popcorn is afun way to say thank youfor the important work theydo every day in the circuitclerk’s office.” 

Seventy-three driver’s li-cense offices out of 144across Kentucky were rec-ognized with a large tin ofpopcorn.

“The generosity of ourcounty continues to amazeme," said Guill. "At the cir-cuit clerk’s office, we arehonored to support Trustfor Life."

Trust for Life is a sepa-rate, non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to increasingawareness about organ do-nation. It was created bycircuit clerks in 1992.

“We answer questions,teach the truth about dona-tion and encourage every-one to say 'yes' when theyget their license. Every ‘yes’gives hope to patients onthe waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant,”said Snyder.

Trust for Life encouragesorgan donation so that dadslike Ryan Buffington in Lex-ington will spend anotherFather’s Day with his chil-dren. His kidney and pan-creas transplant in 2014has been a new beginningfor their family. 

“I wish so badly that Icould hug this angel’s fam-ily and tell them what amiraculous gift has resultedfrom their tragic loss," saidRyan's wife Brigit. "This in-dividual donor has done forRyan what doctors couldnot. He has cured Ryan'sdiabetes.” 

Currently, 47 percent of

Kentucky residents are reg-istered donors. In compari-son, more than 60 percentof residents in Ohio and In-diana are registered to savelives.

“Public attention and ed-ucation about this missionis essential," reminds Sny-der. "From presentations inschools and civic clubs, tostatewide PR campaigns,the circuit clerks’ Trust forLife helps patients in needof transplants, dollar-by-dollar.”

"We all know someonewho has been touched bythe gift of life," Guill said."We hope more Kentuckianswill have a secondchance.  Although it is thelaw that we ask for the dol-lar, we love it because of theimpact each dollar makes inthe community."

Everyone can register asa donor by going online toDonateLifeKy.org.

If you would like to learnmore about the Trust, ormake a tax-deductible con-tribution, go to Trustfor-Life.org or call (866)945-5433.

PHOTO BY DARYL K. TABOR, THE PRESSCrittenden County Circuit Clerk's office was recently recognized by the Trust for Life in ap-preciation of above-average participation in the state's organ donor awareness program dur-ing National Donate Life Month in April. Pictured are (from left) Circuit Clerk Melissa Guill,Lindsay Morrison, Lisa Beard, Reagan Parrent and Ilyana Perryman.

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Summer is perfect time to collect leaves for projectsStarting a leaf collection

may seem like a fall activity,but as any seasoned 4-H’erwill tell you, summer is thebest time to do it.For some young people,

leaf collecting is their first 4-H project or their first intro-duction to 4-H Forestry. Itmay also double as a countyfair entry. A leaf collectionnot only teaches young peo-ple how to identify treespecies, but it also can opentheir eyes to all the benefitstrees and forests provide tohumans and the environ-ment. Kentucky is home to more

than 100 species ofbroadleaf trees. Broadleaftrees lose their leaves in thefall and make up 95 percentof Kentucky forests.Conifers, or evergreen trees,

comprise less than 5 per-cent.Collecting leaves in early

to mid-summer allows 4-H’ers to have mature leavesin their collection with mini-mal insect holes, spots orbumps. Leaves collectedduring the mid-summer maybe easier to press, but thereis an increased risk of leafimperfections as the sum-mer marches on.When collecting leaves,

select a small twig on the

end of the branch that con-tains at least two leaves.Mount the best one. Makesure the leaf you select looksvery similar to the otherleaves on the tree, as someleaves can be more abnor-mal than others.Straighten the leaves by

pressing them between twolayers of newspapers withcardboard on the outside ofeach paper. Place a heavyobject, such as a brick orbook, on top of the leaves.Be sure to change the paperdaily for at least two weeks,as it will absorb moisturefrom the leaves that couldcause the leaf to turn darkor spoil. With an adult’shelp, another way to pressleaves is to place the leaf be-tween two pieces of waxpaper and iron them.

Use glue on the back ofeach leaf to attach it to an8.5 by 11 inch paper orcardboard. The heavier andstiffer the paper, the easier itis to keep leaves flat. Gener-ally include only one leaf persheet of paper, but if you aredisplaying leaves from treeswith more than one leafshape, like sassafras or mul-berry, use enough leaves torepresent all of the tree’s dif-ferent leaf shapes. Make sure the following

information is listed on thelower right hand corner ofthe sheet: tree’s commonname, tree’s scientific name,most common purpose,county where collected,month and year collectedand tree habitat. Once the leaves are

mounted, protect them from

damage by using acetate orcellophane sheet protectorson each mounting sheet. Astiff-backed, three-ringbinder provides a good pro-tective cover for leaf speci-mens. The extension publication

FOR-1, also known as thetree ID book, lists 87 com-mon tree species that canhelp with identification. 4-HForestry Project IntroducingYourself to Trees is an ex-tension publication that in-cludes step-by-stepinformation for leaf collect-ing and other 4-H forestryprojects. Additional informa-tion about starting a leaf col-lection and collection rulesis available by contacting theCrittenden Cooperative Ex-tension Service. The Crittenden County

Cooperative Extension Serv-ice along with the Division ofForestry will also have aForestry Day for youth age9-18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Monday June 22 andfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Wednesday June 24 foryouth ages 5-8. Contact theExtension Service to regis-ter.Educational programs of

the Cooperative ExtensionService serve all people re-gardless of race, color, sex,religion, disability or na-tional origin.

(Leslea Barnes is the UKCooperative ExtensionAgent for 4-H and Youth De-velopment in CrittendenCounty. For more informa-tion on programming call theExtension Service at (270)965-5236.)

CCES FINAL NINE WEEKS HONOR ROLL*3rd GradeJennifer Bell

All-A Honor Roll: JeremiahFoster and Aria Kirk.

A-and-B Honor Roll: KeiraChaney, Quaid Cook-Brown,Mia Hackney, Ava Henry,Kaylee Hewitt, Tristan Long,Jessenia Medina, HurstMiniard and Tia Stoner.

Heather Bloodworth All-A Honor Roll: Jaxon

Hatfield, Robert Jackson,Micah Newcom, Karsyn Potterand Abbey Swinford.

A-and-B Honor Roll:Jaylee Champion, TravisChampion, Shayla Jones,Alexus Hughes, John Tinsleyand Gattin Travis.

Mandy PerezAll-A Honor Roll: Luke

Drawdy and Haylee Perrin.A-and-B Honor Roll: Noah

Atchison, Kira Belt, CarsonBrown, Aubre Conyer, KileyCroft, Chloe Jackson, AveryJohnson, Laycee Lynn, SophiaMadden and Tristan Yates.

Kinsee PottsAll-A Honor Roll: Tanner

Crawford, Riley Curnel, LucyHaire and Maddie Travis.

A-and-B Honor Roll: EmilyAdams, Alex Conner, HannahLong, Addie Mundy, SamanthaParrish, Tucker Riley, DonaldSamuels, Turner Sharp, WyattShewmaker, Hailey Spotten,Skyler Sullivan and Watson.

Sarah Riley All-A Honor Roll: Casey

Cates, Caden DeBoe, GabeKeller, Cutter Singleton, KailynStokes, Carly Travis and Is-aBella Wilson.

A-and-B Honor Roll: TylerBelt, Lizzie Campbell, PaytonManess, Bennett McDaniel,Levi Piper and Jasmine Woo-ley.

Ashley RobertsAll-A Honor Roll: Marley

Phelps.A-and-B Honor Roll:

Allie Beard, Ckyli Corriveau,Adrienne James, Joey Myers,Dreama Noffsinger, Katie Per-ryman, Conner Simpkins, RileySmith and Ethan Abbott-Torres.

4th GradeRita Binkley

All-A Honor Roll: SydneyHarkins, Raven Hayes, CadenRiley and Emilee Russelburg.

A-and-B Honor Roll: RickyAlvarez, Briley Berry, NathanBozeman, Zachary Counts,Federico, Case Gobin, LanieGreenwell, Taylor Guess andLyli Wesmolan.

Rebecca BryantAll-A Honor Roll: Evan

Belt, Seth Blackburn and MyaMoore.

A-and-B Honor Roll:Brylee Conyer, CallieDempsey, Hannah Fisher,Addie Hatfield, Kaleb Nesbitt,Lexi Wesmolan and ReubinGuess.

Johnna FitchAll-A Honor Roll: Jordan

Hardesty, Macie Hunt, NickPendley and Karsen Shouse.

A-and-B Honor Roll: ParisAnderson, Natalee Buchanan,Genesis Calderon, TannerCampbell, Brilee Crittendon,Collin Epley, Wesley Fritts, LilyGunlogson, Sam Impastato,Gavin Peek, Isaac Sarles andCarly Towery.

Mandy WindersAll-A Honor Roll: Natalie

Boone, Jacob Hoover, JazmynLineberry, Evan McDowell,McKenna Myers and Jack Red-dick.

A-and-B Honor Roll: Han-nah Baker, Nate Faith, KaraFulkerson, Seth Guess, Wyatt

Hodge, Kady Parrish, MadalynSchiller and Kaydinz Tinsley.

5th GradeTammy Brantley

All-A Honor Roll: AlyssaBozeman, Holden Cooksey,Emma Waters and Coby West.

A-and-B Honor Roll: Hay-den Adamson, Tanner Beverly,Maggie Blazina, Maddox Carl-son, Kaitlyn Guess, JordanHutchison, Chloe James, JadenLong, Tucker Sharp, RyleighTabor and Samantha Tinsley.

Cindy CrabtreeAll-A Honor Roll: McKenzie

Quertermous, Raina West,Emma Williams and DylanYates.

A-and-B Honor Roll:Raylee Belt, Callie Brown, Dal-ton Collins, Erica Darnell, TraceDerrington, Jake Drawdy, KollinGraham, Jalynn Hackney, Bray-don Hill, Bryan Littlepage, Pey-ton Purvis, Watts and FaithWhite.

Ashley Frederick All-A Honor Roll: Kendall

Parrish.A-and-B Honor Roll: Ben

Evans, Storm Franklin, AddyFaughn, Aliyah Frutiger, AddyKirby, Mallory Lynn, Harli Mor-ris, Clayton Newcom, GraceRoberts, Gage Russell, DennonWilson and Logan Young.

Sara OmerAll-A Honor Roll: Leah

Long and Grace Driskill.A-and-B Honor Roll: Keifer

Marshall, Blake Martin, LukeMundy, Hannah Myers, DaneWest, Dalton Wood, Faith Con-ner, Luke Crider and TristanDavidson.

*Names are supplied to TheCrittenden Press directly fromCrittenden County ElementarySchool.

MCC names its dean’s listSTAFF REPORTMadisonville Community

College (MCC) has an-nounced its dean’s list forthe Spring 2015 semester,and it includes the names ofseveral local students.Being named to the

dean’s list indicates that astudent has completed 12credit hours with a mini-mum grade-point average of3.5 in 100-level or abovecoursework.“We are proud of the aca-

demic accomplishments ofour students,” said ChiefStudent Affairs Officer Dr.Jay Parrent.Local students named to

the MCC dean's list were:- Tabitha Belt of Marion.- Andrew Kenyon of Mar-

ion.- Abby Whitney of Mar-

ion.- Jennifer Davis of Fredo-

nia.- McKenzie Fraliex of Fre-

donia.

Area students named toWKCTC spring dean’s list

SENIOR CENTER CALENDARCrittenden County Senior

Citizens Center is open week-days 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch isserved at 11:30 a.m. each dayand is $3 for those age 60 andolder. Milk, coffee or tea areavailable each day. Reserva-tions are requested. All menuitems are subject to changebased on availability.Every day, the center at 210

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

menu include:- Today: Bible study begins

at 10 a.m. Menu is sweet andsour chicken, rice, spring roll,Oriental green beans, applecrisp and a fortune cookie.- Friday: Bingo begins at

10:30 a.m. Menu is meatballswith gravy, stewed potatoes,

buttered squash, wheat breadslice and dreamsicle gelatin.- Monday: Ladies exercise

with Full Body Fitness Studiobegins at 9:45 a.m. Menu ischimichanga with sauce, cornsalad, refried beans and fruitcocktail- Tuesday: Craft Day sign-up

is at 10 a.m. Menu is grilledchicken breast on wheat bun,broccoli soup, lima beans, man-darin oranges and oatmealcookie.- Wednesday: Menu pork

chops with onions, hashbrowncasserole, black-eyed peas,cole slaw, whole wheat roll andsnickerdoodle.- Next Thursday: A health fair

will be held from 9 to 11 a.m.Bible study begins at 10 a.m.Menu is chicken alfredo, greenbeans, peas and carrots, wheatgarlic bread and fruit salad pud-ding.

STAFF REPORTSeveral area students were

among more than 500 stu-dents recently named to theWest Kentucky Communityand Technical College dean'slist for the Spring 2015 se-mester.To be named to the dean's

list, a student must be a full-time WKCTC student earn-ing at least a 3.5 grade-pointaverage and successfullycompleting 12 hours or moreof course work numbered100 or above for the aca-demic term.The following local stu-

dents were among the dean'slist recipients:- Hayley Deboe of Marion.- Amelia Gilley of Marion.- Savannah Oliver of Mar-

ion.

- Danielle Duncan of Mar-ion.- Alivia Curnel of Salem.- Jessica Bartilotta of

Salem.- Alex Padon of Salem.- Adam Padon, Salem.- Ashley Melander of Fre-

donia.- Elizabeth Brown of Fre-

donia.- Eric Smith of Hampton.- Christen Manhart of

Hampton.- Sarah Hall of Burna.- Lillie Poindexter of

Burna.- Emma Rushing of Burna.- Adam Kinnes of Burna.- Valerie Ginn of Smith-

land.- Franklin Wilder of Smith-

land.

- Breanna Lowrance ofSmithland.- Mishel Crowe of Smith-

land.- Haley Adams of Grand

Rivers.- Courtney Duncan of

Grand Rivers.- Shawanna Oliver of

Grand Rivers.- Courtney Walker of

Grand Rivers.- Tiffany Layne of Grand

Rivers.

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BIRTH

ConradJohn and Emily Conrad

of Lexington, S.C., announcethe birth of their son, CullinBrizendine Conrad, June 2,2015. The baby weighednine pounds, seven ouncesand was 21 inches long. Maternal grandparents

are Mr. and Mrs. DanaHomer of Lexington, S.C. Paternal grandparents

are Linda Kuppisch of Mar-ion and the late Richard C.Conrad.

Wolsey Hall School of Theology, Oxford,awards Wilkes honorary doctorateSTAFF REPORTA former Marion man has

received an honorary degreefrom a theology school inEngland.Brian Wilkes of the Four

Rivers Native AmericanChurch in Pinckneyville, Ill.,learned on June 6 he had re-ceived a Doctor of HumaneLetters degree from theWolsey Hall School of Theol-ogy in Oxford, England.“Brian Wilkes has done

much to preserve NativeAmerican heritage and theCherokee language," a letterfrom the school's chancellor,Archbishop Daniel Clay, read."Of special importance is hiswork translating the Bible.”Since 1996, Wilkes has

been working to promote un-derstanding of Native Ameri-can history and use of theCherokee language. He is oneof the team members of theNorth Carolina-based Chero-kee Bible Project which hasbeen correcting errors in ex-isting Cherokee translationsof the New Testament anddigitizing the 27 books forlarge-print publication in theCherokee syllabary, phoneticCherokee and English. Thattask was just recently com-pleted and the team is nowworking to translate and pub-lish the entire Old Testament.“While my own ancestry

goes back to the Croatoanpeople of North Carolina,”Wilkes said, “I have been cul-turally connected with theCherokee and Muskogean na-tions of the Southeast foryears. There has been a greatresurgence in the use ofCherokee since 2000. TheCherokee Bible Project is away to encourage study of thelanguage as well as under-

stand scripture from a Nativeperspective. Cherokees usethe Bible to study a higherlevel of the language.”The Native American

Church was founded in Okla-homa in the 1880s, primarilyby mixed-blood Christianssuch as Comanche chiefQuanah Parker. It was incorporated in

1918 at the direction of Con-gress, and serves as a inter-tribal sanctuary forindigenous beliefs systemsand ceremonials practices.

10 THE CRITTENDEN PRESS, Marion, Kentucky 42064, Thursday, June 18, 2015

Haunting memories of Bells Mines shed light on its history Several family members

are still alive today to re-member Bells Mines, the al-most forgotten little coalmining community located innorthern Crittenden Countyacross the Tradewater Riverfrom Union County. Theylived there as children, butno one actually remembersthe community when therewere mining houses andequipment still there.Following are some inter-

esting and informative mem-ories of Donna AdamsonDiehl, a great-granddaughterof Robert M. Adamson, oneof the men who was a part ofthe community years ago.Her memories help add tothe history of old BellsMines.

Diehl’s memoriesMany of the houses were

constructed so that two fam-ilies could live in each one.They had a long front porchwith two front doors to ac-commodate each family.Most people grew their

own vegetables in small gar-dens in back of the house.Some families had chickensscratching in the dirt aroundthe house while some werelucky enough to have an oldsow, a few pigs and a milkcow.Small stores opened to

sell goods to the people inthe community. Boats on theTradewater River usuallybrought in goods after com-ing down the Ohio River.Near where the two rivers

meet, numerous businessesopened to sell to both theminers and the boats thattraveled up and down theriver.One such establishment

that was said to have been afavorite on Saturday nightwas called Barnbee's, whichwas a houseboat tied up onthe Tradewater. It was saidto have been a place for gen-tlemen to come for entertain-ment, drinking andgambling.During the Civil War

years, the area was hit hardby both Union and Confeder-ate guerrilla units whoraided and plundered thearea for provisions. It wasnot uncommon for a Unionpatrol to come into the smallcommunity asking about thewhereabouts of Johnny Rebsonly to have those sameJohnny Rebs the very nextday asking about the Blue-coats.The business of coal min-

ing almost came to a stand-still during this period, sincemost of the able-bodied menwere off fighting for one sideor the other. Some of themines caved in while othersfiled up with deadly gasesnever to be re-opened.After the Civil War, Mr.

Bell began in earnest to re-build his mining operationsin the area. Even more peo-

ple came looking for worksince they had been forcedoff their farms or out of theirhomes after the war.Soon, the small commu-

nity of Bells Mines boastedsomewhere between 40 and45 houses, not counting allof the small farms that dot-ted the area. A large store owned and

operated by the Travises soldgoods, and I was told that afellow could go in there andbuy a bottle of soda pop for 3cents and get his hair cut atthe same time.The main church in the

area was the CumberlandPresbyterian Church, wherea traveling preacher cameseveral weeks out of theyear. The church doors werealways open for anyone whowanted to come and wor-ship.During the spring and

summer months, picnicswere held for friends andneighbors to celebrate thebountiful harvest.In the small community,

neighbor helped neighbor,giving of their time and shar-ing what little provisionsthey could. If a family camedown with the dreadedcholera or the flu thatplagued the country in 1918-19, neighbors came andhelped in any way theycould.Some fixed food and left it

on the gate or the porch sothat the ailing family mighthave nourishment withoutspreading the disease.The only doctor in the

area was a man they calledButler Criss. He grew herbs,which he made into a salve.When someone was ailing,they came to him, and hewent into the woods and re-turned with other roots andherbs that he used for differ-ent ailments.One such tale was of

young Joe Travis, who had tohave his leg amputated afteran accident in a hopper car.The family buried the leg,but he claimed that his toesstill hurt so much that hecouldn't rest. When the fam-ily carried him to ButlerCriss, he told them that thetoes and foot that were am-putated must be turnedwrong. They went to the spot

where the leg was buried,and sure enough, the leg wastwisted and the toes werebent. After straightening outthe toes and the foot, theyreburied the leg again.

Young Joe swore that hisfoot never bothered himagain. (My father, Billie Travis,

cousin to Joe Travis, told methis same story.)People were said to come

from far away to have ButlerCriss cure their skin cancerwith his special salve. (I have been told this story

more than once about ButlerCriss and his cancer curemade from herbs.)Concrete portals were

built to better support theentrances to the mines.Giant boilers were con-structed to power the steam-driven equipment in themines. The belt was drivenby steam as it pulled the coalout of the mines into waitinghoppers. Mules were used topull the coal car down thetracks to the TradewaterRiver to waiting barges. Tallsmokestacks belched smokeout into the clear blue sky.The big steam enginescracked, popped and belchedblack smoke into the horizonas men and mules worked.Into this hub of activity,

one day a blast was heardand seen as far away asSturgis. The boiler that firedthe steam engine blew up.Two men were killed thatday. It was everyone's con-sensus that they were very

lucky that only two were lostsince the blast had reverber-ated throughout those hills,making the ground shake forwhat seemed like hours. (I have written about the

horrible deaths of CharlieTravis and J.T. Gifford, whowere the two men killedwhen the steam engine blewup on Nov. 10, 1910).

Activity at Bells MinesThe Crittenden Press

October 1922A few months ago, the

Bell Coal and Navigation Co.purchased 5,000 acres ofland in the vicinity of the oldBells Mines, located in thenortheastern part of Critten-den County. This is one ofthe oldest mining sites in thecounty, with the mines beingfounded and first operatedby John Bell, a Tennesseestatesman and politician,about a century ago. For about 70 years prior

to the purchase by the BellCoal and Navigation Co., allmining operations there hadbeen suspended.The company is now oper-

ating one shaft, but has incontemplation the sinking ofthree or four other shafts.

The coal produced has thereputation of being of thebest quality and is unex-celled by the product of anyother mine in the state. Thecoal is being hauled by wag-ons to Sturgis and put onthe market, but a branchrailroad is being constructedfrom the mines to Sturgis tofacilitate the marketing ofthe coal.The company is also

building a power plant of500 hp to furnish electricityto run the machinery and forlighting purposes. A washeris being constructed to washthe output of the mines, andnothing but clean coal will besent out. A grinder will alsobe put in and the companywill furnish coke for the mar-ket.A number of residences

have been built and othersare under construction. Ahandsome clubhouse of 13rooms supplied with bath-tubs, toilets, washbowls andall modern conveniences isunder construction. Thebuilding will be heated by alarge furnace in the base-ment.Mr. William Herbert, a

Welshman by birth, is gen-eral superintendent.

The final yearsIn July 1925, a fire com-

pletely destroyed the hotel atBells Mines. It was of un-known origin and was too faradvanced when discovered tobe extinguished. As a result,the building was a total loss.Thirteen years later inMarch, the last of the housesin the Bells Mines camp wererazed.

Final thoughtsFacts such as these gath-

ered from the archives of TheCrittenden Press are all thehistory we have of the earlydays of this now-gone com-munity. I have never beenable to find a photograph ofthis mining community.

(Editor’s note: Brenda Un-derdown is CrittendenCounty’s historian laureateand serves on the board ofthe local historical and ge-nealogical societies. She isalso active in maintainingCrittenden County HistoricalMuseum. Her blog can befound at OurForgottenPas-sages.blogspot.com. Her col-umn appears regularly in thisnewspaper.)

SUBMITTED PHOTOSA huge boiler stack like theone above used for the elec-tricity in Bells Mines was dy-namited down in the 1950sfor safety reasons. A broken,vine-covered piece is all thatremains of their once statelypresence in the community.At left, almost hidden fromview and gone forever are afew of the rails that led downfrom the mines to the Trade-water River, where the coalcould be loaded on bargesand shipped.

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REC LEAGUESBaseball/Softball tourneysPost-season tournaments for the

Caldwell, Crittenden, DawsonSprings, Lyon (CCDL) League beginnext week. Although dates and timeshave not been announced, locationsfor each tournament are set. Hereare the venues:CALDWELL COUNTY12u Baseball South Division8u Baseball8u SoftballCRITTENDEN COUNTY12u Baseball North DivisionDAWSON SPRINGS12u Softball 10u Softball (split)LYON COUNTY10u Softball (split)10u Baseball

GOLFWinders takes 2nd placeBraxton Winders of Marion finishedsecond in a Junior Golf Series Tour-nament last week at Novadell GolfCourse in Hopkinsville. Winders, 12,shot a 46 on nine holes to finish twostrokes off the lead in the boys’ 11-12year old division. Sammy Greenwell,11, also of Marion shot a 47 and fin-ished tied for fourth.Shoulderses win titleStefanie and Jeremy Shouldersshot a 9-under-par 63 on the secondday of the 36-hole Buck and DoeCouples Tournament last weekend atThe Heritage at Marion Country Clubto fend off a strong field and win thechampionship. The Marion couplefinished 15-under par. Kyle Myersand Vicki Hardin were 12-under andcaptured second place and Melissaand Jat Tabor were third at 8-under.Complete results are below. DavidWigginton had men’s longest drive,Vicki Hatfield women’s longest drive,Kyle Myers men’s closest to the pinand Ilyana Perryman, women’s clos-est to the pin.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHTShoulders, Shoulders ......66-63-129Myers, Hatfield ................67-65-132Tabor, Tabor.....................67-69-136Ogletree, Ogletree...........70-66-136Gachoka, Gachoka..........69-68-137Wigginton, Hardin............70-68-138Etheridge, Gipson............68-71-139

FIRST FLIGHTMcConnell, Gilchrist ........73-70-143Phelps, McDowell............74-71-145Nix, Watson .....................71-75-146King, King ........................73-74-147Hatfield, Foster ................75-81-156

SECOND FLIGHTFlahardy, Flahardy...........78-74-152Foster, Foster ..................79-76-155Perryman, Perryman .......79-77-156Smith, Smith ....................79-78-157Hunt, Shemwell ...............78-81-159Morsey, Morsey ...............80-84-164Phelps, Cotton.................81-84-165Wright, Wright..................83-81-164Faughn, Shaw .................81-84-165

UMPIRINGBrantley retiringLongtime Second Region umpireand referee Del Brantley of Salemhas retired. Brantley, 60, had beenumpiring or officiating ball games for42 years. He had done basketball,baseball and softball for high schooland was an SEC basketball official.His most recent position was assign-ing secretary for Second Region highschool softball officials.

SOCCERStrikers boys’ tryoutsThe Pennyrile Valley Strikers willhave open tryouts for 9u - 12u boysselect soccer teams from 9-11 a.m.,Saturday June 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,Thursday June 25 and 9-11 a.m.,Saturday June 27 at the CaldwellCounty Soccer Association Fields inPrinceton. For more information con-tact Brad Vivrette at 270-625-4551.

BASEBALLGolconda man in MLBA Golconda, Ill., baseball player hasmade it to the big leagues. Lastweek, the San Francisco Giantscalled up pitching prospect MichaelBroadway, 28, to replace outfielderHunter Pence, who was placed onthe disabled list. The 6-foot-5 righthander played high school ball atPope County and was originallydrafted by the Braves.

BASKETBALLLivingston ball campsCardinals Basketball Camps forboys and girls will be July 13-16.Registration begins on Monday at10 a.m., for 3-5 and 11:15 a.m., for5-8. Each camper gets a shirt. Costis $25. Discounts for siblings.

ROCKET YOUTHFOOTBALL CAMP

Ages 5-15 – Cost $30 ($10 Discount for more than one)9:00-11:30 AM

June 22-24, 2015 – Rocket ArenaInstruction in all areas of football by the Crittenden County RocketFootball staff. Flag football games will be conducted at the end ofeach day. Lunch will be provided each day at the multi-purposeroom cafeteria. A T-shirt will be given to each camper. Registration forms will be accepted the first day of camp start-ing at 8:30 a.m. You may pre-register by picking up forms fromThe Crittenden Press or NAPA Auto Parts. You may returncompleted forms to football coach Al Starnes at the Board ofEducation office or bring them the day of camp.

Name____________________________________________

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Allergies, medical conditions or any other personal informationcamp counselors should know about_________________________________________________

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Medical Insurance Yes____ No____ Transportation Parent_____Friend____T-Shirt Size (Circle) Y-S Y-Med Y-Lg A-Sm A-Med A-Lg A-XL

I do not hold Crittenden County School System or any member of the campstaff or personnel liable in the event an accident should occur during this camp.

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STAFF REPORTIn less than a month, Crittenden

County’s football team will be head-ing to team camp at Murray State tobrush up on some of the finer pointsof the spread offense.Rocket coach Al Starnes in his

25th season at the helm says theteam is deploying a more systematicversion of an offense his team hasbeen running for a number of years.The Tony Franklin System is a shot-gun passing and running attack thatis named for its founder and Cald-well County native. Franklin is cur-rently offensive coordinator at theUniversity of California. The system

is one of the most successful in thecountry.Starnes said his team has run

something similar, but has not sub-scribed to the entire system whichprovides year-round support, per-sonal advise, videos, clinics, drillsand inclusion in the Franklin Sum-mer Camp at Murray. The boys willstay on campus and have eight prac-tices in two days on July 11-12.“We did something similar years

ago when we started running theWing-T,” Starnes said. “It’s good togo to theses types of camps wherethe system coaches are there andcan work with our coaches and our

players at the same time.“This is not a new offense for us,

just a new way of doing it,” thecoached added.Starnes is pleased with the num-

bers that have turned out for sum-mer weightlifting and conditioning.Right now, 49 players are takingpart in the voluntary summer pro-gram. That’s about 10 more than thesame time last summer.Mandatory pre-season practices

begin July 22. At this point, playersare working out three days a week.Crittenden County will be back in

Class A this season after four yearsin Class 2A.

Bobcats win tourney to end seasonThe Marion Bobcats 12-under travel baseball team won a tournament championship last weekendat Mayfield. The team went the entire weekend of play without giving up a run and beat the WestTennessee White Sox 6-0 for the championship Sunday evening. The team includes players fromMarion, Salem and Sturgis. The Bobcats finished the season 10-16-3 and lost eight games by twoor fewer runs. Pictured are (front from left) Ian Ellington, Trace Adams, Gabe Mott, Darit Barnes,(back) coach Mark McCalister, Tyler Boone, Braxton Winders, Caden McCalister, coach Devin Belt,Jaden Hancock, Erik O’Leary, Ben Evans and coach Chris Evans.

Crittenden County Middle School cheerleaders went to camp at UT Martin June 8-10 where theylearned cheers, dances, stunt skills and jump skills. The girls performed a cheer where they wereevaluated by the NCA staff and received a blue superior ribbon, which is the best. The girls alsoreceived a stunt safe award, a spirit stick, the most improved trophy and the spirit award, whichis voted on by all squads at camp. Seven girls were nominated by the NCA staff for All AmericanCheerleader. They were Kenlee McDaniel, Cameron Howard, Cortne Curnel, Taylor Stoner, BelleMinton and Ashlyn Hicks. They performed individually in front of the whole camp to be recog-nized as an official NCA All American Cheerleader. One of the CCMS girls, seventh-grader JessiePotter, earned the distinction. Pictured is the entire squad (front from left) Jessie Potter, CortneCurnel, Hannah Faughn, Ashlyn Hicks, (back) Cameron Howard, Taylor Stoner, Kenlee McDaniel,Charity Conyer, Belle Minton, and coach Jada O'Leary.

BaseballSuperlatives

Crittenden County’sbaseball team held itsannual awards ceremonyand banquet last week.Among those honoredwere (front) senior AdamDriver, Strikeout Awardand All District; (backfrom left) Jared Lundy,JV Most Improved; Tay-lor Yancy, JV BestPitcher; Nick Castiller,Traveling Fielder Award;Dylan Hollis, LeadershipAward; Shelby Robin-son, Silver SluggerAward and All District;Alex Cosby, UnsungHero; and Ryan James,Best Teammate Award.Not pictured were AdamBeavers, JV Best Hitterand Kyle Castiller, JVChallenge Award.

Rocket football just around the corner

Brown

Rocket Football2015 SCHEDULE

Aug. 14 Scrimmage: CallowayAug. 21 TODD CENTRALAug. 28 HOPKINS CENTRALSept. 4 at McLean CountySept. 11 CALDWELL COUNTYSept. 18 at Webster CountySept. 25 at Union CountyOct. 2 at Fulton City*Oct. 9 OpenOct. 16 FULTON COUNTY*Oct. 23 RUSSELLVILLE*Oct. 30 at Ballard Memorial

*Denotes Class A district game

STAFF REPORTJared Brown has been

named new head football coachfor Crittenden County MiddleSchool. Brown takes over forDonnie Phillips, who recentlyresigned after seven seasons ashead middle school coach.

Phillips took over as head

coach of the high school base-ball team this spring.

Brown was assistant foot-ball coach at the middle schoollast year and has spent 10 sea-sons as an assistant at thehigh school where he’s also thestrength and conditioningcoach.

Brown said the middleschool season will start in Sep-tember and the schedule cur-rently includes six games,although he would like to addone more home game.

Practice will begin about aweek before school starts forthe fall term. Brown said a par-

ent meeting will be scheduleda couple of weeks ahead ofpractice.

Brown’s brother, JasonBrown, is expected to join theCCMS coaching staff too.

Brown will continue to be anassistant coach for the highschool football team.

Phillips resigns; Brown will coach CCMS football

The Jake Hodge MemorialFoundation will hosts its an-nual Wiffle Ball Tournamentat Princeton’s Little BuschStadium Friday, Saturdayand Sunday.Philanthropists Ken and

Katie Parker host the three-day tournament at their one-third-the-size replica of St.

Louis Cardinals’ stadium.Teams and players (several

from Marion) raise money toparticipate. It raised almost$19,000 last year. Proceedsgo toward scholarships forstudents in Crittenden,Lyon, Caldwell, Livingstoncounties, plus junior rodeoparticipants.

JHF Wiffle Ball Tournamentthis weekend at Little Busch

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12U BASEBALL STANDINGS

North Division W L GBCrittenden White Sox 6 3 -Crittenden Brewers 5 4 1Crittenden Cardinals 4 4 1.5Dawson Reds 3 5 2.5Crittenden Blue Jays 0 8 5.5

South Division W L GBLyon Orioles 9 0 -Lyon Red Sox 6 1 2Caldwell Marlins 5 3 3.5Caldwell Dodgers 3 7 6.5Caldwell Pirates 1 7 7.5

10U BASEBALL STANDINGS

W L GBLyon Yankees 8 0 -Caldwell Rangers 6 1 1.5Lyon Dodgers 7 2 1.5Caldwell Braves 6 3 2.5Dawson Giants 4 4 4Crittenden Blue Jays 2 7 6.5Crittenden Cardinals 2 7 6.5Dawson Rockies 2 7 6.5Caldwell Diamondbacks 1 7 7

8U BASEBALL STANDINGS

W L GBCrittenden Dodgers 6 1 -Lyon Red Sox 6 1 -Caldwell Rangers 7 2 -Dawson Cubs 6 2 0.5Crittenden Cardinals 5 3 1.5Lyon Rockies 5 3 1.5Caldwell Pirates 4 3 2.5Caldwell Yankees 4 5 3.5Caldwell White Sox 1 6 5Lyon Giants 1 6 5Dawson Mets 0 6 5.5Caldwell Athletics 1 8 6

12U SOFTBALL STANDINGS

W L GBCaldwell Yankees 10 0 -Lyon Reds 7 4 3.5Crittenden Cardinals 6 5 4.5Caldwell Cubs 3 7 7Dawson Braves 0 10 10

10U SOFTBALL STANDINGS

W L GBCaldwell Rays 5 0 -Dawson Red Sox 5 1 0.5Caldwell Dodgers 5 3 1.5Caldwell Blue Jays 4 4 2.5Lyon Cardinals 2 3 3Crittenden Angels 2 6 5Crittenden Giants 0 6 5.5

8U SOFTBALL STANDINGS

W L GBCaldwell Dodgers 10 0 -Crittenden Angels 8 1 1.5Caldwell Rangers 6 3 3.5Caldwell Athletics 5 5 5Dawson Pirates 4 6 6Lyon Cardinals 3 7 7Crittenden White Sox 2 7 7.5Caldwell Rays 1 10 9.5

Standings as of Sunday, June 14

12U baseBALL LEAGUE

RESULTS FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 9

AT PRINCETONCrittenden White Sox ...................200 020 — 4Caldwell Athletics ......................... 001 63x — 10White Sox leading hitters: Elle McDaniel 1B, 1B; Elliot Evans 1B; Dixie Hunter 1B, 3B; Andrea Federico 1B, 2B; Karli Beavers 1B, 1B, 1B; Rachel Mundy 1B; Cheyenne Starkey 1B. Athletics leading hitters: Abigail Graham 1B, 1B; Maci Tyler 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B; Ella Patterson 3B; Ja’Khia Copeland 1B, 2B; Lainey Beshear 1B, 1B, 2B; McKinley Wadlington 1B, 1B; Ke’Darriah Thompson 1B, 1B; Halli Stewart 1B; Jenny Wright 1B.

Caldwell Athletics ........................... 101 021 — 5Caldwell Rangers ............................ 310 102 — 7Athletics leading hitters: Abigail Graham 1B; Maci Tyler 2B, HR; Ella Patterson 1B, 1B, 3B; Ja’Khia Copeland 1B, 3B; Lainey Beshear 1B, 1B; McKinley Wadlington 1B, 1B; Ke’Darriah Thompson 1B, 1B; Halli Stewart 1B. Rangers leading hitters: Haley Dalton 1B, 1B, 2B; Riley Thompson 1B, 1B, 1B; Katy Smiley 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Bailey Duncan 1B; Alyvia Barnwell 1B, 2B; Keirli Herran 1B.

AT DAWSON SPRINGSCaldwell Dodgers ............................ 233 33 — 14Dawson Pirates ............................... 100 0x — 1Dodgers leading hitters: Avery Wells 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Lilly Perry 1B, 1B, 2B, 3B; Hannah Lowery 1B, 1B, 1B; Ashlee Ladd 1B, 1B, 1B; Kaylee Ladd 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Nyla Sykes 1B, 1B, 1B; Jordan Ortt 1B, 1B; Allie Holt 1B, 1B. Pirates leading hitters: Madison Brandon 2B; Ruby Jade Hilt 1B.

Dawson Pirates .............................000 200 — 2Caldwell Dodgers .......................... 321 35x — 14Pirates leading hitters: Ruby Jade Hilt 1B; Gracie Barnett 1B; Madison Brandon 1B; Graclyn Haynes 1B; Kylee Hancock 1B; Tallie Rae Robinson 1B. Dodgers leading hitters: Avery Wells 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B; Lilly Perry 1B, 1B, 2B, 2B; Hannah Lowery 1B, 1B, 1B, HR; Ashlee Ladd 1B, 1B; Kaylee Ladd 1B, 1B, 1B; Nyla Sykes 1B; Jordan Ortt 1B, 1B; Allie Holt 1B, 1B.

AT EDDYVILLECaldwell Rays..................................... 000 0 — 0Lyon Cardinals ................................... 641 3 — 14Rays leading hitters: Madison French 1B, 1B; Davani Willims 1B, 1B; Marissa Smith 1B. Cardinals leading hitters: Gracelyn Taylor 1B; Tavionna Edwards 1B, 1B, 1B; Jenna Coursey 1B, 1B; Courtney Schenk 1B, 2B, 3B; Bailey Breitrick 1B, 3B; Courtney Collins 1B; Adrian Robinson 1B; Brooklyn Croft 1B, 1B; Ashlynn Taylor Hale 1B; Johanna Cabiness 1B; Brenna Breitrick 1B; Kylie Downing 1B; Cayelyn Downing 1B.

Crittenden Angels ........................... 052 44 — 15Lyon Cardinals ................................. 400 00 — 4

Angels leading hitters: Kayleigh Weathers 1B, 2B; Jaycee Champion 1B; Sierra Patrick 2B, 2B; Taylor Haire 1B, 2B; Mia Hackney 1B, 1B, 2B, HR; Hanna Mott 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B; Georgia Holeman 2B; Layla Winn 1B, 3B; Abigail Martin 1B, 3B; Sofia Holliman 2B. Cardinals leading hitters: Gracelyn Taylor 1B; Tavionna Edwards 1B; Jenna Coursey 1B, 2B; Courtney Schenk 1B; Bailey Breitrick 1B; Courtney Collins 1B; Brooklyn Croft 1B, 1B; Ashlynn Taylor Hale 2B.

RESULTS FROM FRIDAY, JUNE 12

AT PRINCETONCaldwell Rangers ............................ 310 200 — 6Caldwell Rays................................... 010 000 — 1Rangers leading hitters: Haley Dalton 1B, 2B, 3B, HR; Riley Thompson 1B, 1B; Katy Smiley 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Haley Clark 1B, 1B; Bailey Duncan 1B, 1B. Rays leading hitters: Madison French 1B, 1B, 1B; Adley Lewis 1B, 1B; Morgan Aikins 1B, 1B; Lexie Sullivan 1B; Carly Palm 1B, 1B, 1B; Makenzie French 1B.

Caldwell Athletics .........................102 526 — 16Caldwell Rays.................................000 100 — 1Athletics leading hitters: Abigail Graham 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Maci Tyler 1B, 1B, 1B; Ella Patterson 1B, 1B, 3B, HR, HR; Ja’Khia Copeland 1B, 1B, 1B; Lainey Beshear 1B, 1B, 1B; McKinley Wadlington 1B, 1B, 1B; Ke’Darriah Thompson 1B, 1B, 1B; Halli Stewart 1B, 1B, 1B. Rays leading hitters: Adley Lewis 1B, 1B; Morgan Aikins 1B, 1B; Jaden Milan 1B; Lexie Sullivan 1B; Carly Palm 1B, 1B, 1B.

AT MARIONDawson Pirates ............................... 200 01 — 3Crittenden Angels ........................... 261 4x — 13Pirates leading hitters: Bailee Coates 1B; Hailey Oldham 1B, HR; Kyleigh Vinson 1B; Alanna Harris 1B, 2B; Kylee Hancock 1B; Kaylee Sargent 1B. Angels leading hitters: Kayleigh Weathers 2B; Hanna Mott 1B, 3B; Sierra Patrick 1B, 3B, 3B; Mia Hackney 1B, 1B; Jaycee Champion 1B, 2B, HR; Taylor Haire 2B, 2B, 2B; Mary Rachel Stephens 1B; Abigail Martin 2B; Georgia Holeman HR; Sofia Holliman 1B, 1B.

AT EDDYVILLECrittenden White Sox ...................200 100 — 3Lyon Cardinals ............................... 504 50x — 14White Sox leading hitters: Elle McDaniel 1B, 1B, 1B; Elliot Evans 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B; Dixie Hunter 1B, 2B; Andrea Federico 1B; Karli Beavers 1B, 1B; Addison Wood 1B. Cardinals leading hitters: Emma Brasher 1B, 1B, 1B; Gracelyn Taylor 1B, 1B, 1B; Jenna Coursey 1B, 1B, 1B; Courtney Schenk 1B, 1B, 1B; Bailey Breitrick 2B; Tavionna Edwards 3B, 3B; Courtney Collins 1B, 2B; Adrian Robinson 1B; Brooklyn Croft HR; Ashlynn Taylor Hale 1B, 1B; Johanna Cabiness 1B, 1B.

8U SOFTBALL LEAGUE

10U baseBALL LEAGUE RESULTS FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 9

AT PRINCETONCrittenden Blue Jays ................................. 240 — 6Caldwell Braves ......................................... 511 — 7WP: Cannon Littlejohn LP: N/ABlue Jays leading hitters: Tyler Belt 2B, HR; Case Gobin 3B; Gabe Keller 1B.Braves leading hitters: Cofy Harris 1B, 1B; Scott Cortner 2B.

Caldwell Rangers .................................... 544 — 13Caldwell Diamondbacks ........................ 40x — 4WP: Barrett Cotton LP: Barrett DarnellRangers leading hitters: Luke Parker 3B; Damarius Thompson 2B.Diamondbacks leading hitters: Barrett Darnell 1B; Christian Jones 1B.

AT MARIONLyon Yankees ...................................... 006 13 — 10Crittenden Cardinals ......................... 101 1x — 3Yankees leading hitters: Luke Burchett 1B; Dakota Robinson 1B; Peyton Carney 1B.Cardinals leading hitters: Jacob Suggs 2B, 2B; Travis Champion 2B; Seth Blackburn 1B; Jason Millikan 2B.

AT DAWSON SPRINGSDawson Giants .......................................... 260 — 8Dawson Rockies ........................................ 204 — 6WP: Matthew Cunningham LP: Gage SmileySave: Chris JonesGiants leading hitters: Caleb Davis 1B; Matthew Cunningham 1B; Ashton Rawlins 2B.Rockies leading hitters: None.

RESULTS FROM FRIDAY, JUNE 12

AT PRINCETONDawson Rockies ........................................ 201 — 3Caldwell Braves ......................................... 450 — 9WP: Cannon Littlejohn LP: Casey FainRockies leading hitters: Trenton Shuck 1B.Braves leading hitters: None.

Dawson Giants ....................................... 210 1 — 4Caldwell Diamondbacks ....................... 120 0 — 3WP: Matthew Cunningham LP: Ben GoodakerGiants leading hitters: Caleb Davis 1B, 1B; Matthew Cunningham 1B; Ashton Rawlins 2B.Diamondbacks leading hitters: Parker Dixon 1B; Barrett Darnell 1B; Brandon McCoy 1B.

AT EDDYVILLECrittenden Blue Jays ............................... N/A — 2Lyon Dodgers .......................................... 66x — 12WP: Jonathan Downing LP: N/ABlue Jays leading hitters: Not available.Dodgers leading hitters: Brandon Ray 1B; Jonathan Downing 1B, 2B.

Crittenden Cardinals .............................. 320 — 5Lyon Yankees ........................................... 166 — 13Cardinals leading hitters: Seth Guess 1B; Seth Blackburn 1B.Yankees leading hitters: Jacob Peek 3B; John Ryder Bingham 2B; Conner Stovall 1B; Dakota Robinson 2B, 3B.

Lyon Dodgers .......................................... 535 — 13Crittenden Blue Jays ............................... N/A — 4WP: Walker Suitor LP: N/ADodgers leading hitters: Brandon Ray 2B, HR; Jonathan Downing 2B, 2B; Jackson Brown 1B.Blue Jays leading hitters: Not available.

RESULTS FROM MONDAY, JUNE 8

AT PRINCETONRangers at White Sox, PPDMets at Pirates, PPDMets at White Sox, PPDRockies at Yankees, PPD

AT MARIONCaldwell Athletics ......................... 010 3 — 4Crittenden Dodgers ...................... 616 6 — 19Athletics leading hitters: Xander Sample 2B; J.T. Palm 1B, 2B; Cody Pruitt 1B, 2B; Logan Brown 3B; Carter Bedell 3B.Dodgers leading hitters: Kaiden Travis 1B, 1B, 1B; Braeden Odom 1B, 1B, 3B; Garner Stallins 1B; Zachary Purvis 1B, 2B, 2B; Ethan Thomas 1B, 1B, 2B; Jantzen Fowler 1B, 3B; Kyler Goodwin 1B, 2B; Caleb Whobrey 1B, 2B; Andrew Candelario 1B; Trent Todd 1B, 2B; Caleb Riley 1B, 3B; Levi Suddoth 1B, 2B.

AT EDDYVILLECardinals at Red Sox, PPDRed Sox at Giants, PPD

RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 11

AT PRINCETONDawson Cubs .................................... 560 — 11Caldwell Rangers ............................. 000 — 0Cubs leading hitters: Micah Washburn 1B; Ashton Cook 1B, 2B; Kolby Crook 1B, 1B; Josh Pace 2B; Ashton Rawlins 1B, HR; Kaleb Stringfield 2B; Dakota Berry 1B.Rangers leading hitters: Gus Fox 1B; Potter Gray 1B.

Caldwell Yankees ........................ 113 003 — 8Caldwell Athletics ....................... 000 011 — 2Yankees leading hitters: Channing Puckett 1B; Scott Cortner 1B, 1B, HR; Rudra Patel 1B, 1B; J.J. Lowery 1B; Austin Markham 1B, 1B, 2B; Ethan Franklin 1B, 1B; Elijah Thomas 1B.Athletics leading hitters: Xander Sample 1B; J.T. Palm 1B; Cody Pruitt 1B, 1B, 3B; Trayton Freeman 1B, 1B; Carter Bedell 1B; Landry Dunbar 1B; Graham Grissom 1B.

Dawson Cubs .................................... 336 — 12Caldwell Yankees ............................. 100 — 1Cubs leading hitters: Micah Washburn 1B, 1B; Colton Dismang 1B, 1B; Ashton Cook 1B; Kolby Crook 2B, HR; Josh Pace 1B, 1B; Ashton Rawlins 1B, HR; Kaleb Stringfield 2B; Dakota Berry 1B; Chris Morgan 1B, 1B; Cadence Harris 1B, 3B; Jayson Knapp 2B.Yankees leading hitters: Scott Cortner HR; Austin Markham 1B; Drayden Sherrill 1B.

Lyon Red Sox .............................340 051 — 13Caldwell Pirates .........................004 420 — 10Red Sox leading hitters: Carson Collins 1B, 1B, 1B, 3B; Cooper Collins 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Lukus Breedlove 2B; Dylan Yates 2B.Pirates leading hitters: Luke Maddox HR; Eli Stevens 1B, HR; Cade Rowland HR; Logan King 1B, 3B; Daniel Laurent 1B, 1B; Layton Wall 2B, 2B; Max Ortt 1B.

AT MARIONCaldwell White Sox .........................................2Crittenden Cardinals ......................................7White Sox leading hitters: Not available.Cardinals leading hitters: Not available.

Crittenden Dodgers ..................026 215 — 16Crittenden Cardinals ................423 00x — 9Dodgers leading hitters: Kaiden Travis 1B; Zachary Purvis 1B, HR; Ethan Thomas 1B, 2B; Jantzen Fowler 1B; Caleb Whobrey 1B, 1B; Klayton Murray 1B; Andrew Candelario 3B, HR; Caleb Riley HR.Cardinals leading hitters: Travis Bull 2B; Grayson Davidson 1B, 1B; Landon Curry 1B, 3B; Quinn Summers 1B; Grayson James 1B, 1B; Ethan Rhodes HR; Christopher Gernigan 1B; Tucker Riley 1B, 1B; .

AT EDDYVILLEDawson Mets .............................003 051 — 9Lyon Rockies ..................................... N/A — 10Mets leading hitters: Not available.Rockies leading hitters: Not available.

Lyon Giants .................................... 330 0 — 6Lyon Rockies .................................. 646 4 — 20Giants leading hitters: Not available.Rockies leading hitters: Not available.

RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 13

AT PRINCETONCrittenden Cardinals .................. 204 40 — 10Caldwell Yankees ........................200 00 — 2Cardinals leading hitters: Travis Bull 1B, 1B, 3B; Grayson Davidson 1B, 1B; Landon Curry 1B, 1B; Quinn Summers 1B, 1B, 2B; Bennett McDaniel 1B, 1B; Grayson James 1B, 1B, 1B; Ethan Rhodes 2B; Tyler Smith 1B, 1B; Isaac James 1B; Jayden Cotton 1B.Yankees leading hitters: Rudra Patel 1B; Scott Cortner 1B; Channing Puckett 1B; Austin Markham 3B.

Caldwell White Sox ....................... 000 1 — 1Caldwell Yankees .......................... 226 5 — 15White Sox leading hitters: Braydon Goodwin 1B; Camden Thatcher 1B, 1B; Cameron McDaniel 1B; Lane Stinson 1B; Eli Cotton 1B.Yankees leading hitters: Rudra Patel 1B, 2B; Scott Cortner 1B, 1B, HR; Channing Puckett 1B, 1B; J.J. Lowery 1B, HR; Austin Markham 1B, 1B; Trevaughn Copeland 1B, 1B; Ethan Franklin 1B, 1B; Elijah Thomas 1B, 1B; Noah Bailey 1B, 1B; Drayden Sherrill 1B, 1B.

Caldwell Athletics .....................001 000 — 1Caldwell Rangers ......................250 03x — 10Athletics leading hitters: Graham Grissom 1B, 1B; Case Ortt 1B; J.T. Palm 1B, 1B; Landry Dunbar 1B.Rangers leading hitters: Chase Lantrip 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Cason Littlejohn 1B, 1B, 1B, HR; Dominique White 2B, 2B; Kaden Heaton 1B, 2B, 2B, HR; Potter Gray 1B, 1B, 1B; Pax Aikins 1B.

Caldwell Rangers .......................... 543 5 — 17Caldwell White Sox ....................... 000 0 — 0Rangers leading hitters: Chase Lantrip 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Cason Littlejohn 1B, 1B, HR, HR; Dominique White 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; Kaden Heaton 1B, 1B, 1B, 2B; Potter Gray 1B, 1B, 2B, HR; Max Heaton 1B, 1B, 1B; Deacon Carter 1B.White Sox leading hitters: Braydon Goodwin 1B; Dalton Rustin 1B; Lane Stinson 1B.

AT EDDYVILLEDawson Mets ...................................................7Lyon Giants ......................................................9Mets leading hitters: Not available.Giants leading hitters: Not available.

8U baseBALL LEAGUE

CCDLLEAGUE

RESULTS FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 9

AT PRINCETONCrittenden Cardinals .............. 443 3 — 14Caldwell Cubs .......................... 413 2 — 10WP: N/A LP: Aglaeshia CopelandCardinals leading hitters: Isabella Minton 1B; Kacie Easley 1B; Lilly Perryman 2B; Destiny Knight 2B; Josie Tapp 2B; McKenzie Quertermous 3B; Skye Tercero HR; Jalynn Hackney 1B.Cubs leading hitters: Kaylee Brown 1B, 1B; A’Majurnae Hollowell 1B, 1B; Aglaeshia Copeland 1B, 2B; Amy Farmer 1B, 1B; Anna Turpin 2B; Alexis Wynn 1B; Illysa Stallins 2B.

Crittenden Cardinals .............. 640 2 — 12Caldwell Cubs .......................... 224 2 — 10WP: N/A LP: Aglaeshia CopelandCardinals leading hitters: Isabella Minton 1B; Kacie Easley 2B; Lilly Perryman 2B, HR; Jos ie Tapp 1B; McKenzie Quertermous 1B, 2B; Jalynn Hackney 2B.Cubs leading hitters: Kaylee Brown 1B; A’Majurnae Hollowell HR; Aglaeshia Copeland 1B, 1B; Amy Farmer 1B; Anna Turpin 1B, 1B; Alexis Wynn 1B; Illysa Stallins 1B.

AT EDDYVILLECaldwell Yankees .................. 000 104 — 5Lyon Reds ............................... 000 100 — 1WP: Ashlynn Dearing LP: N/AYankees leading hitters: Keri Reynolds 1B; Ashlynn Dearing 1B; Keli Reynolds 1B; Jenna Jaggers HR.Reds leading hitters: Calista Collins 2B.

Caldwell Yankees .................. 302 61 — 12Lyon Reds ............................... 033 14 — 11WP: Ashlynn Dearing LP: N/AYankees leading hitters: Keri Reynolds 1B; Ashlynn Dearing 1B, 1B, 3B; Keli Reynolds 2B, 3B; Jenna Jaggers 2B, 3B; Jaycey Jones 1B; Takyrhelle Boyd 1B; Jessica Wright 1B.Reds leading hitters: Adriana Galusha 1B, 1B; Calista Collins 1B, 1B; Kyra Craft 1B; Kerstin Craft 1B; Octavia Bradley 1B.

RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 11

AT DAWSON SPRINGSCrittenden Cardinals ................. 666 — 18Dawson Braves ........................... 00x — 0Cardinals leading hitters: Lilly Perryman HR; Destiny Knight 3B.Braves leading hitters: None.

Caldwell Yankees ....................... 663 — 15Dawson Braves ........................... 000 — 0WP: Ashlynn Dearing LP: N/AYankees leading hitters: Keri Reynolds 1B; Ashlynn Dearing 1B; Takyrhelle Boyd 1B.Braves leading hitters: None.

RESULTS FROM FRIDAY, JUNE 12

AT MARIONDawson Braves ........................... 001 — 1Crittenden Cardinals ................. 666 — 18Braves leading hitters: None.Cardinals leading hitters: Cortne Curnel 2B; Jalynn Hackney 1B; Skye Tercero HR.

Dawson Braves ........................... 111 — 3Crittenden Cardinals ................. 666 — 18Braves leading hitters: Amber Putman 2B.Cardinals leading hitters: Isabella Minton 2B; Cortne Curnel 1B; Destiny Knight 1B; Trinity Hayes 2B.

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RESULTS FROM MONDAY, JUNE 8

AT PRINCETONCardinals at Marlins, PPDRed Sox at Pirates, PPD

AT MARIONCaldwell Dodgers ..............................006 01 — 7Crittenden Blue Jays .........................000 0x — 0WP: N/A LP: Ian EllingtonDodgers leading hitters: Blake Vivrette 1B, 1B, 1B; Russ Beshear 2B, 2B; Jordan Hammett 1B; Gunnar Simpson 1B.Blue Jays leading hitters: Tucker Sharp 1B.

Crittenden White Sox .........................503 0 — 8Crittenden Brewers.............................001 5 — 6WP: Tyler Boone LP: Trace AdamsWhite Sox leading hitters: Jack Reddick 1B; Tyler Boone 1B, 2B; Dakota Lamb 2B.Brewers leading hitters: Maddox Carlson 1B, 1B; Braxton Winders 2B; Trace Adams 1B, 2B; Lathan Easley 2B.

AT EDDYVILLEReds at Orioles, PPD

RESULTS FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 9

AT EDDYVILLEDawson Reds .....................................000 10 — 1Lyon Orioles .......................................201 33 — 9WP: Aiden Rush LP: DavisReds leading hitters: McKnight 1B; Davis 2B.Orioles leading hitters: Josh Cissell 1B; Corey Cissell 2B; Joshua Wright 2B.

RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 11

AT PRINCETONCaldwell Marlins ................................443 0 — 11Caldwell Pirates .................................000 1 — 1

WP: Preston Nichols LP: Tate VanHooserMarlins leading hitters: Braxton Hubbard 1B, 1B, 1B; T.J. Ray 1B, 2B; Preston Nichols 2B, HR; Nick White 1B, 1B, 2B; Jacob Clark 1B.Pirates leading hitters: Tate VanHooser 1B; Deontaye Walls 1B.

Lyon Red Sox ....................................................11Caldwell Dodgers ............................................... 4Red Sox leading hitters: Not available.Dodgers leading hitters: Not available.

AT MARIONDawson Reds .....................................300 10 — 4Crittenden Brewers...........................321 01 — 7WP: Maddox Carlson LP: N/AReds leading hitters: Jones 2B, HR; Varni 1B.Brewers leading hitters: Dalton Wood 1B; Maddox Carlson 1B, 2B, 2B; Braxton Winders 1B; Trace Adams 1B, 2B.

Crittenden Blue Jays ...........................001 0 — 1Crittenden Cardinals .......................... 333 x — 9WP: Hunter Hopper LP: Tanner BeverlyBlue Jays leading hitters: Tucker Sharp 1B; Ian Ellington 1B.Cardinals leading hitters: Gabe Mott HR; Tate Roberts 1B; Hunter Hopper 1B, 1B; Jasper Morrison 1B; Luke Mundy 1B; Dailey Deboe 1B, 2B.

AT EDDYVILLECrittenden White Sox .......................300 20 — 5Lyon Orioles .......................................220 02 — 6WP: Jackson Shoulders LP: Erik O’LearyWhite Sox leading hitters: Dakota Lamb 1B; Tyler Boone 1B, 2B; Ben Evans 1B; Jaden Hancock 1B, 1B.Orioles leading hitters: Christian O’Daniel 1B, 1B, 1B; Jackson Shoulders 1B; William Padilla 1B; Clay Haines 2B; Gunnar Bingham 3B.

RESULTS FROM MONDAY, JUNE 8

AT PRINCETONCardinals at Rays, PPDCardinals at Blue Jays, PPD

AT MARIONCaldwell Dodgers .............................. 225 — 9Crittenden Angels ............................. 103 — 4Dodgers leading hitters: Jourdan Romhill 1B, 3B, 3B; Lexie Teague 2B, 3B; Kynady Thomas 1B, 1B; Kennedy Hughes 1B, 1B; Lainey Frisch 1B, 1B; Tallie Branch 1B; Ella Beshear 1B; Kenzie McConnell 1B, HR.Angels leading hitters: Karsen Shouse 1B, 1B; Callie Brow 1B, HR; Hadlee Rich 2B, HR; Emily Mattingly 1B.

AT DAWSON SPRINGSGiants at Red Sox, PPD

RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, JUNE 11

AT PRINCETONCaldwell Rays................................ 003 15 — 9Caldwell Blue Jays ........................ 003 40 — 7Rays leading hitters: Madison Guill 1B, 1B; Maggy Griggs 1B, 1B, 1B, 1B; A.J. Hollowell 1B, 1B, 2B, 3B; Sydney McKinney 1B, 1B; Kianna Ferguson 2B; Macey Ames 2B; Addeline Conger 2B, 2B.Blue Jays leading hitters: Alicia Stanley HR; Laney Jones 1B, 2B; Kendra Richardson 1B, 2B, 3B; Audrey Hensley 1B, 3B; Clara Ortt 1B; Katie Menser 1B, 1B; Alesa Conger 1B.

Caldwell Dodgers ........................... 001 6 — 7Caldwell Blue Jays .......................... 303 2 — 8Dodgers leading hitters: Lexie Teague 1B, 1B, 1B; Kennedy Hughes 1B; Kynady Thomas 1B, 1B, 1B; Tallie Branch 2B, 2B; Ella Beshear 1B, 1B, 1B; Kenzie McConnell 2B; Lilly Perry 1B.Blue Jays leading hitters: Alicia Stanley 1B, 1B, 3B; Laney Jones 1B, 1B; Kendra Richardson HR; Audrey Hensley 1B, 2B; Ali Southard 1B, 1B; Clara Ortt 1B, 1B, 1B; Katie Menser 1B; Alesa Conger 3B.

AT MARIONDawson Red Sox ............................. 100 4 — 5Crittenden Angels .......................... 100 0 — 1Red Sox leading hitters: Lyndsie 1B; Rachael 1B, 2B; Marissa 1B; Brooklyn 1B, 2B, 2B; Samantha 1B, 1B; Desi 1B, 1B; Shelby 1B.Angels leading hitters: Karsen Shouse 2B; Callie Brown 1B; Hadlee Rich 1B, 1B.

AT EDDYVILLECrittenden Giants .......................... 100 5 — 6Lyon Cardinals ................................ 620 x — 8Giants leading hitters: Aubre Conyer 1B, 1B, 2B; Katie Perryman 1B, 1B; Brylee Conyer 1B; Sofia Watson 2B; Jaylee Champion 2B; Kailyn Stokes 1B.Cardinals leading hitters: Kandice Cotton 1B, 1B; Allie Bell 1B, 3B; Bre Harris 1B, 1B; Kyleigh Schneider 1B, 2B; Maddie Sherrill 1B; Sara Grace Herring 1B; Emily Patton 1B.

RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 13

AT MARIONCaldwell Blue Jays .......................... 511 0 — 7Crittenden Angels .......................... 100 0 — 1Blue Jays leading hitters: Alicia Stanley 2B; Kendra Richardson 2B, 3B; Audrey Hensley 1B, 1B; Clara Ortt 1B, 2B; Jostaysa Sykes 1B; Katie Menser 3B, 3B.Angels leading hitters: Karsen Shouse 2B, 2B; Alyssa Woodall 1B; Callie Brown 1B; Hadlee Rich 1B, 1B.

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for saleMen’s cuff links - 18 pair - all work-ing, new jewelry box, Emily Shelby.(270) 965-3486. Also, additional newmen’s jewelry box, can be seen atJagged Edge. (2t-51-c)Sale on Porta/Grace number 1 metalroofing, siding and trim. 40-year war-ranty. Available in 16 colors. Call forlow prices, Gray's, (270) 365-7495.(13-03-p)Quality handmade leather belts.Made in the U.S.A. by Yoder's Sad-dlery. Available at Marion Feed Mill,501 E. Bellville St., Marion. (270)965-2252. (tfc)ys

automotiveFor sale: 1990 Chevy Silverado 4x4,air conditioner doesn’t work, 289,000miles, needs motor work. $1,500.(270) 965-2454. (1t-50-p)

agricultureFor sale: 310 New Holland squarehay baler, field ready, used this year,$1,500 firm. (270) 965-2454. (1t-50-p)1992 Case Dozer, 6-way blade 6,000hours, 85% undercarriage, $16,500.(270) 988-3730. (2t-51-p)

real estateHouse for sale: 106 Brook St., Mar-ion, Ky., 3 BR, 1 bath, has wheel-chair ramp for easier access.Contact (270) 969-8098. (8t-56-p)

mobile homeFor sale, double-wide on very largelot with 4-car garage. 421 North Wel-don. (270) 704-3344 or (270) 967-9002. (2t-24-p)

employmentIndustrial Electrician: Must have ex-perience working with low andmedium voltages/3-Phase; ACand/or DC controls; instrumentationdevices; and diagnostic electricaltest equipment. Must be able to per-form preventative maintenance, in-stallation and repair of industrialelectrical and/or instrumentationequipment (substations, power dis-tribution systems, switchgear mo-tors, motor controls, systems andcomponents, process controls, in-strumentation and pneumatic equip-ment). Must be able to assist withtroubleshooting of industrial electri-cal and/or instrumentation equip-ment, including PLCs. Apply atLiberty Tire Recycling, 2071 US 60West, Marion KY or email resume tohmaloney@libertytire.com. Call formore info (270) 965-3613. Equal Op-portunity Employer. (2t-51-c)Taking applications: Liberty Fuels,825 South Main St., Marion, (270)965-4922. For c-store cashier, re-quirements are to be friendly, able tocount money, neatness, able to workmorning, nights and weekends, 36-40 hours a week. (1t-50-c)Help wanted, 88 Dip, full and part-time cooks, please apply in person at113 Sturgis Rd. (1t-50-c)Applications are being accepted fora second-shift custodian at Critten-den County Middle/High School. Ap-plicants should have at least a highschool diploma or GED. This is a full-time 7-hour per day, 220-day positionwith full benefits. Wages start at$9.82 per hour. Applicants shouldapply online atwww.crittenden.kyschools.us. (1t-50-c)

CDL Driver: Orica is seeking a CDLDriver to join the team based atMadisonville/Salem.  This role will beoperating and controlling an MMUtruck to mix and load product downmine holes. We are looking for can-didates that must have a Class A orB License with tanker and hazmatendorsement, a mechanical aptitudeand good computer skills. To apply,you must have the ability to passmedical & background checks.Please send resume tomichelle.davidson@orica.com. (1t-50-c)The Heritage at Marion Country Clubis hiring for all team member posi-tions. These positions include cooks,servers, bus persons and dishwash-ers. Experience preferred. Applica-tions   may be picked up between8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Fridayfrom Penny Mayes upstairs at thethe country club restaurant, 651Blackburn st, Marion. No phone callsplease. (2t-51-c)Livingston County Sheriff’s Depart-ment is now taking applications forthe position of court security officer.Applicant must be at least 21 yearsold. Prefer law enforcement experi-ence. Will have to attend the twoweek training course at the EasternKentucky University Police Academy.Salary is $9.50/hour. This is a part-time position. Applications may bepicked up at the sheriff’s office dur-ing regular office hours. EEO. (2t-50-c)

servicesBingham Pressure Washing, hous-ing, buildings, garages, etc. Free es-timates, call (270) 704-2585.(3t-51-p) Debris removal, buildings cleanedout, small teardowns, tree work, de-bris cleanup. Pick up truck with liftgate. (270) 988-1958. (21t-10-c)db

yard salesPhoenix Resale Shop, 318 SturgisRd. (U.S. 60), all clothing 50% offthrough the month of June. (1t-50-p)Yard sale: Crafts, Christian shirts de-sign, abbrev. shirts., Fri. and Sat.,108 Kevil St. (1t-50-p)Huge family yard sale, Thurs., Fri.and Sat., 7 a.m.-?, 7311 U.S. 60 W.,Marion. Baby, toddler and adultclothing, household items. (1t-50-p)2-family yard sale, lots of men’s,women’s and boys’ clothes, crib withmattress and changing table anddrawer under the bed. Tons of toys.Located on U.S. 654 N. across fromDetweilers Greenhouse. (1t-50-p)Yard sale, Fri. and Sat., 8 a.m.-4p.m., 2308 U.S. 641, women’sclothes, men’s clothes, women’sshoes, junior clothes; AmericanEagle, Hollister, Rue 21, Aeropostle,teen girl twin and full size beddingsets, Rock Band drum set, dancemat and games for Wii, lots of misc.,rain cancels. (1t-50-p)Yard sale, June 19-20 at 208 Whip-porwill Dr., all money raised goes tothe Alzheimer’s Association. (1t-50-p)Yard sale, Fri. and Sat., 101 IrmaWhite Rd., men’s clothes, plus-sizewomen’s, x-small, NASCAR col-lectibles, arrowheads, old washstand, books, etc. (1t-50-p)

Yard sale, 230 E. Gum St., Marion,Sat., 8 a.m.-1 p.m., household itemsincluding bed, desk, piano, mi-crowave, clothes and other miscella-neous items, too numerous to list.Not responsible for accidents. (1t-50-p)

wantedBuying gold and silver, paying cashfor coins and jewelry. Free ap-praisals, paying top prices. Call (270)704-1456. (1t-50-p)

noticesLegal Notice

I, Melissa Guill, Clerk of CrittendenCounty District Court, Marion, Ky., docertify that the following has filed no-tice of final Settlement: John Pace,Administrator Cum Testamento An-nexo, of Phyllis Hunt, deceased. Theforegoing Settlement is to be heardat the regular session of CrittendenDistrict Court on July 15, 2015. Allpersons having exceptions to saidSettlements are to file same at once.(1t-50-c)

Legal NoticeNotice is hereby given that on June10, 2015, Suzanne Eberle of 52Mexico Road., Marion, Ky., 42064was appointed administratrix of Imo-jewell Geraldine Eberle, deceased,whose address was 201 WatsonStreet, Marion, Ky. 42064. All personhaving claims against said estate arehereby notified to present the sameproperly proven as required by law tothe administratrix before the 10thday of December, 2015 and allclaims not so proven and presentedby that date shall be forever barred.All persons indebted to the estate ofthe above-named decedent, willplease call and settle said debts im-mediately.

Crittenden District CourtMelissa Guill, Clerk (1t-50-p)

Legal NoticeCOMMONWEALTH

OF KENTUCKYCRITTENDEN CIRCUIT COURT

CIVIL ACTION 14-CI-00115NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

PLAINTIFFVS.

SANDRA K. BUTLERDEFENDENTS

UNKNOWN DEFENDANT, SPOUSE OF SANDRA K. BUTLER

NOTICE OF SALEBy virtue of a Judgment and Order ofSale rendered by the Crittenden Cir-cuit Court on the May 14, 2015, I willon Friday, June 26, 2015, beginningat the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the Cour-thouse door in the City of Marion,Crittenden County, Kentucky, pro-ceed to offer for sale to the highestand best bidder the following de-scribed real property located in Crit-

tenden County, Kentucky, to-wit:Property Address:  513 North Wel-don Street, Marion, Kentucky 42064DESCRIPTION: A certain lot of parcel of land lyingand being on the west side of NorthWeldon Street in Marion, CrittendenCounty, Kentucky, and being moreparticularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the southwest inter-section of a new street names Cen-tral Avenue and North WeldonStreet; thence from said point of be-ginning in a northwesterly directionwith the south right-of-way line of anew street named Central Avenue110 feet to a point; thence southwest70 feet to a point; thence south 115feet to a point in the west right-of-way line of North Weldon Street;thence with the west right-of-way lineof North Weldon Street 77 feet to thepoint of beginning, by survey of S.Frank Oliver, dated October 11,1977.Being the same property conveyedto Sandra K. Butler, a single person,from Kelly Virgil Peek, and his wife,Deborah Peek, by deed dated No-vember 15, 2006, recorded on No-vember 16, 2006, in Deed Book 206,Page 815, of the records of the Crit-tenden County Clerk’s Office, Mar-ion, Kentucky.Subject to all restrictions, conditions,covenants and to all legal highwaysand easements.THE DESCRIPTION OF THEPROPERTY CONVEYED HEREINWAS PROVIDED TO THE DRAFTS-MAN BY THE PLAINTIFF AND THEDRAFTSMAN DOES NOT CERTIFYTHE ACCURACY OF THE SAMENOR ANY EXISTING EASEMENTS.The current year’s property taxes willbe paid by the purchaser of the prop-erty. Only delinquent property taxeswill be paid from the proceeds of thesale.Purchaser may pay cash or saidproperty will be sold upon paymentof 10% deposit, wit the balance uponcredit of 30 days, The purchasershall execute a good and sufficientbond with approved surety thereonfor the purchase price, the bond tobear interest at the rate of twelvepercent (12%) per annum from thedate thereof, until paid, and to havethe force and effect of a judgment,but a lien shall be retained on saidproperty to further secure the pay-ment of the purchase price. At his op-tion, the purchaser may pay cash orpay the bond with accrued interest atany time before its maturity. Saidsale to be made free and clear of anyand all liens, claims, rights, title andinterest of any and all parties to thisaction. The purchaser will be pre-pared to promptly comply with theseterms or the said property will be im-mediately be offered again for sale.

This the 19th day of May, 2015.Robert B. Frazer

MASTER COMMISSIONERCRITTENDEN CIRCUIT COURT

(3t-51-c)

Legal NoticeCOMMONWEALTH

OF KENTUCKYCRITTENDEN CIRCUIT COURTCIVIL ACTION NO. 14-CI-00090DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL

TRUST COMPANY,PLAINTIFF

AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGELOAN TRUST 2006-FF3,

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF3

VS.HOWARD M. MYERS

DEFENDANTSJASON S. MYERSDEBBIE MYERS

NOTICE OF SALEBy virtue of a Judgment and Order ofSale rendered by the Crittenden Cir-cuit Court on the May 14, 2015, I willon Friday, June 26, 2015 beginningat the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the Cour-thouse door in the City of Marion,Crittenden County, Kentucky, pro-ceed to offer for sale to the highestand best bidder the following de-scribed real property located in Crit-tenden County, Kentucky, to-wit:Property Address: 3677 Highway 60West, Marion, KY 42064DESCRIPTION: Parcel I:A certain tract or parcel of land lyingand being in Crittenden County, Ken-tucky, and being described as fol-lows:Beginning at a stake on the Northside of U.S. 60 about 2.8 miles Westof Marion and being a corner to Dr.Thomas Shemwell; thence with hisline N 52 1/2 West 345 feet to an ashmarked as a corner; thence with an-other of his lines N 49 E 140 feet toa stake, a new corner; thence with anew division line S 52 1/2 E 345 feetto a stake on the North side of saidhighway, also a new corner; thencewith said highway S 49 W 140 feet tothe beginning, containing 1.1 acre,by survey of Billy J. May, LS 878,dated August 31, 1974.Parcel II:A certain small tract of parcel of landlying and being in Crittenden County,Kentucky, and more particularly de-scribed as follows:Beginning at a stone on the North

side of U.S. 60, being 30 feet fromthe center of the highway and about2.8 miles Southwest of Marion, andalso being 140 feet South 49 west ofArthur Yandell’s corner, thence withoriginal line N 52 1/4 W 345 feet toan ash and stone, original corner toShemwell; thence with a New divi-sion line S 49 W 20 feet to an iron pinon the North side of U.S. 60, a newcorner; thence with said highway N49 E 20 feet to the beginning, con-taining 0.15 acre by survey of Billy J.May, LS 878, dated October 7, 1978.Being the same property conveyedto Howard M. Myers and his wife,Debbie Myers, by virtue of a deedfrom Mary Ann Wheeler, a single per-son, dated November 04, 2005, filedNovember 05, 2005, recorded inDeed Book 203, Page 422, CountyClerk’s Office, Crittenden County,Kentucky.   Subject to all restrictions, conditions,covenants and to all legal highwaysand easements.THE DESCRIPTION OF THEPROPERTY CONVEYED HEREINWAS PROVIDED TO THE DRAFTS-MAN BY THE PLAINTIFF AND THEDRAFTSMAN DOES NOT CERTIFYTHE ACCURACY OF THE SAMENOR ANY EXISTING EASEMENTS.The current year’s property taxes willbe paid by the purchaser of the prop-erty. Only delinquent property taxeswill be paid from the proceeds of thesale.Purchaser may pay cash or saidproperty will be sold upon paymentof 10% deposit, wit the balance uponcredit of 30 days, The purchasershall execute a good and sufficientbond with approved surety thereonfor the purchase price, the bond tobear interest at the rate of twelvepercent (12%) per annum from thedate thereof, until paid, and to havethe force and effect of a judgment,but a lien shall be retained on saidproperty to further secure the pay-ment of the purchase price. At his op-tion, the purchaser may pay cash orpay the bond with accrued interest atany time before its maturity. Saidsale to be made free and clear of anyand all liens, claims, rights, title andinterest of any and all parties to thisaction. The purchaser will be pre-pared to promptly comply with theseterms or the said property will be im-mediately be offered again for sale.

This the 19th day of May, 2015.Robert B. Frazer

MASTER COMMISSIONERCRITTENDEN CIRCUIT COURT

(3t-51-c)

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LPN & CNA OPPORTUNITIESCrittenden County Health & Rehabilitation Center, a skilled nursing facility, has an part time LPN, and part time CMA positions and opportunities on all shifts for CERTIFIED Nursing Assistants.

Qualified candidates for these positions must be licensed or certified inKentucky, have knowledge of federal and state regulations, possessstrong leadership and team building skills, and have a desire to make adifference in the lives of our residents.

We provide excellent compensation and benefit package based on experience. We offer recently increased starting rates for Certified Nursing Assistants.

Please email your resume and salary requirements tocccc-don@atriumlivingcenters.com or send this information to the attention of the Director of Nursing at Crittenden County Health & Rehabilitation Center, 201 Watson Street, Marion, KY 42064. You mayalso stop by the facility between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and complete an application.

DIETARY ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIESCrittenden County Health and Rehabilitation Center has an immediatejob opportunity for a Full Time Dietary Assistant for evening shift. Pleasestop by the facility at 201 Watson St. Marion, KY 42064 to fill out an application. Please no phone calls. Must be 18 years or older. ExcellentCustomer service skills, and Healthcare Dietary experience a plus.

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Crittenden County Health & Rehabilitation Center201 Watson Street • Marion, Kentucky • 270-965-2218

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NURSES - 12 HOUR SHIFTSSalem Springlake has a need for a few great nurses. Whywork multiple eight-hour shifts when you can work 12-hour shifts at a great wage! Salem Springlake also offers a terrific benefits package that includes medical,dental, vision and life insurance; a 401(k) plan; ESOPprogram; paid vacations/holidays and much more! Apply online at www.atriumlivingcenters.com or stop bythe facility located at 509 N. Hayden Ave. and ask forChristine today!

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Salem Springlake Health & Rehabilitation Center509 N. Hayden Ave. • Salem, Kentucky • 270-988-4572

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The City Of Marion is hiring for the position of

911 DispatcherThe ideal candidate is certified as a dispatcher through the Kentucky departmentof criminal justice as a 911 dispatcher. Idealworking conditions in a brand new, beautiful,state-of-the art facility. $13 plus an hour plusexcellent health and other benefits.

Make application at Marion City Hall, 217 South Main Street, Marion, Ky, 42064.

For more info call Mark Bryant, City Administrator, at 270-704-0054.

The City of Marion is an EEOC and a Drug Free Workplace

Looking For Pasture Ground To Rent and HayGround To Bale(270) 952-0027(270) 952-6843

Insurance Staff Position State Farm Agent Team MemberAre you outgoing and customer-focused? Do you enjoy working withthe public? If you answered yes to these questions, working for aState Farm independent contractor agent may be the career for you!State Farm agents are entrepreneurs that market only State Farminsurance and financial service products.

This position is with a State Farm independent contractor agent, notwith State Farm Insurance Companies. Employees of State Farmagents must be able to successfully complete any applicable licens-ing requirements and training programs.

Desired qualities include:• Ethical and Honest • Must have applicable license or must obtain applicable licensing • requirements.• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and listening• People-oriented• Self-motivated• Ability to work in a team environment• Compensation includes salary plus bonus

Deliver resume to 402 W. Gum St., Marion, KY

in Salem, KY is seeking highly motivated and qualified candidates to join ourorganization and assist in providing the highest level of quality care and mak-ing a difference for the patients we serve. We are currently interviewing forthe following position: PT ER RN for Every Weekend Option 7a-7p Shift - 16 bonus hours for eachweekend shift completed. PT benefits include Health, Dental, Vision insuranceand 401K. Current KY licensure required. Prior ED experience preferred alongwith ACLS, PALS & TNCC. If interested please contact JoAnna Stone, CNO at 270-988-7245 or jstone@lhhs.org.

Visit our website at www.lhhs.org /career openings

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STAFF REPORT

Magistrates on Tuesdayunanimously approved thecounty’s spending plan for thecoming fiscal year.

The $8.71 million budgetfor Crittenden Fiscal Court in-cludes no new taxes or fees forcounty residents, propertyowners or businesses. Andwhile it does not offer countyemployees a raise, it does allowfor an increased contributionto health care benefits to helpoffset premium increases.

The county anticipates$1.02 million in general fundreceipts. Of that amount,$385,000 is expected fromtaxes on real property and an-other $350,000 from an occu-pational and net profits tax.

The largest single expendi-ture from the general fund is$150,000 to subsidize Critten-den Health Systems’ ambu-lance service. General fundexpenses planned for the fiscal

year that starts July 1 is lessthan $2,500 more than in thecurrent fiscal year.

The county is currently op-erating on a $8.24 millionbudget. Most of next year’s in-creased expenditures is relatedto an anticipated $400,000grant for building repairs tothe Ben E. Clement MineralMuseum. If the grant is not re-ceived, that amount will simplynot be spent. A public hearingto solicit support for the grantapplication is scheduled forlater this month.

and sewer funds balance,we're going to have to have anincrease,” said Mayor MickeyAlexander.

Bryant said an ordinanceto do just that could be intro-duced within the next fewmonths.

Currently, the city’s waterrates are “middle of the road,”according to Bryant, and lowerthan those of Crittenden-Liv-ingston Water District, whichserves rural residents in thecounty. A customer’s sewerrate is 75 percent of the cost ofwater usage in a month.

Though a bump in the costof services flowing into and outof city homes and businesseslooms, there will be no needfor any kind of tax increase forthe fiscal year that starts July1. In fact, a tax increase issomething the council has his-torically avoided.

Bryant said in his search ofrecords, he could not find aninstance of a tax increasepassed by the city since itspayroll and net profits and in-surance taxes were introducednearly four decades ago. Hewould like to keep it that way.

“I've never recommended atax increase to any govern-ment body I've worked for,”said Bryant, a longtime publicadministrator.

He said the city might inthe future consider garbagecollection as a means to gen-erate additional revenue, butadded that is a complex con-cept with multiple hurdles.

To avoid the need for such

revenue enhancement nextyear in order to close a$39,080 gap in projected rev-enue and expenses in a $1.41million general fund, Bryantwas able to negotiate a betterrate on health insurance andconvince councilmen to leasea new police cruiser ratherthan purchase one outright.

The cost of providing healthinsurance to city employeeshad been a big question markfor Bryant as he put thebudget together. The city’scurrent provider through theKentucky League of Cities, An-them Blue Cross/Blue Shield,initially quoted a 14 percentpremium increase to keep thesame plan for workers in thecoming fiscal year. Plans toswitch to Humana for a simi-lar plan offered a 7 percent in-crease in premiums. But justprior to Monday’s meeting,Bryant was able to negotiate a3 percent increase in premi-ums from Anthem for mostcity employees. This resultedin a general fund savings of$16,250.

Bryant was also able tooffer council members an al-ternative to a plan to purchasea new police car for an esti-mated $33,000 out of nextyear’s budget. Through mu-nicipal leasing for the samefully-equipped vehicle, whichis essentially a lease-to-buyplan, the city can expect to pay$8,000 annually over the nextfive years, shaving $25,000from the 2016 budget.

Though a meager surplus,together with the insurancesavings, the general fund nowsits $2,170 in the black.

Marion Police Chief Ray

O’Neal said a new cruiser isneeded to replace a 12-year-old Ford Crown Victoria in thepolice department’s six-vehicletake-home fleet. The car has140,000 miles.

“There aren’t many peopleout there driving a 12-year-oldcar,” O’Neal said.

The new budget passed 5-1with councilman Darrin Tabordissenting. He preferred buy-ing the new cruiser outrightrather than leasing it atroughly 5 percent interest.

“I’m not big on paying inter-est,” he said.

He pointed to appropria-tions that could be cut to solvethe deficit, including outlaystotaling more than $35,000 tothe airport board, MarionMain Street, CrittendenCounty Coalition for Drug-Free Community and Critten-den County Food Bank.

“I'm not suggesting that,but there are only two real so-lutions (to balance a budget) –raising taxes or cutting,” hesaid. “On raising taxes, I'm100 percent against.”

Meantime, councilmenDonnie Arflack, Mike Byfordand Junior Martin opposedthe 1.5 percent pay increase tocity employees that eventuallypassed 4-3. They preferred, in-stead, a set amount equal foreach employee.

“I’m always opposed to aflat percentage increase,”Arflack said. “I would like tosee everyone get same amountacross the board.”

Tabor, Jared Byford andDwight Sherer backed the per-centage increase, with Alexan-der siding with them to breakthe deadlock.

By BECCA SCHIMMELSTAFF WRITER

Chris Brantley returnedhome to Crittenden Countylast week for the 127th annualHurricane Camp Meeting andRevival.

Now a resident of Piggott,Ark., Brantley is pastor of FirstGeneral Baptist there.

“It’s always nice to be ableto come back home and bearound Crittenden Countypeople again,” said Brantley.

He has been a pastor foreight years and a youth campdirector for the West KentuckyAssociation of General Bap-tists for two years and said heenjoyed preaching to the youthgathered for the weeklongChristian-based camp at Hur-ricane.

“I always love getting tospeak to young people. It’s al-ways a pretty humbling thinganytime I get a chance tospeak to youth,” said Brantley.

Brantley coached basket-ball at the middle school levelin Crittenden County, whichhe related to preaching.

“I almost look at pastoringlike coaching because anycoach, if they are honest, (isn’t)necessarily looking to win,”said Brantley. “All they want isto get the best out of their play-ers. Kind of the same way withpastoring. You are never goingto have a perfect church.”

This was the first year thatBrantley had been to Hurri-cane Camp, as he did not at-tend when he lived inCrittenden County.

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A spoof of Southern livingand plays, “Murder In TheMagnolias” is a mixed upgame of Clue rife with punsand complex characters.

The Tim Kelly play was per-formed by a host of local play-ers with the Fohs HallCommunity Arts FoundationFriday and Saturday as partof a dinner theater productionat Fohs Hall.

The play is set in the livingroom of Belle Acres, the homeof Col. Rance Chickenwingplayed by Brad. Gilbert. Thecolonel lives with his youngersister, Miss Amanda Chicken-wing, played by KarenNasseri.

Miss Amanda is a dramaticSouthern belle who spendsher time in a strange and en-snaring garden. Belle Acres isa treasure to her, and she willnot stand for it being de-scribed as anything less.

Tragedy strikes when thecolonel suddenly dies of aheart attack in his chair aftersome cryptic words of wis-dom. Sheriff Billy Jerk, playedby Mike Crabtree, is con-vinced the colonel has beenmurdered, so he does an au-topsy and discovers he hasdied of drowning.

Meanwhile, Pete Boggs,played by Stephen Watson, isa state engineer who hascome for Miss Amanda’s sig-nature and approval to dig upBelle Acres.

Miss Amanda stands firmin defending her beloved Belle

Acres while she awaits the ar-rival of distant relatives for thereading of the will. First to ar-rive is Thornbird Chickenwing

III, played by B.J. Tinsley. Thornbird might be the

strangest of all the characters.He has multiple personalities.

He wears a dress and fanshimself with an ornate fanwhen he acts as his own sis-ter. Then he has a full head ofgrey hair and a fake bird onhis wrist when he imagineshimself as Thornbird senior.

Next to arrive is BubbaKamrowski, played by FrankPierce. He is a bowling balljuggler at a luncheonette. Heis the rough and tough cousinthat bullied Thornbird whenthey were children.

Lawyer Possum, whoseonly paying client is an alliga-tor, is played by Ken Crider Hecomes to read the family will.After he finishes reading thewill and the house is left toMiss Amanda, Lawyer Pos-sum suddenly falls over hisdesk and dies.

The mystery continues asBlanche Du Blank, played byLynda Dennis, a nutty South-ern belle is introduced alongwith Princess Lotta Cargo,played by Becky Tyner-Belt,who is an eccentric, failedHollywood actress who claimsto be married to the colonel.Lorraine Carruthers, playedby Emily Combs, accompa-nies the princess as her secre-tary. The Voo Doo Woman,played by Phyllis Sykes is thelocal crazy who comes andgoes on set waving around herflowers for the dead. Jezabel,played by Gaye Porter, is theoutspoken housekeeper.

The oddities never seem toend with this quirky compila-tion of characters. Actors per-formed to a packed house onboth nights of the production.

Murder mystery theater entertains locals

Brantley returns home, focuseson youth at Hurricane revival

PHOTO BY DARYL K. TABOR, THE PRESS

Fun for all agesInvolved with their ice cream desserts, 4-year-old twins Elizabeth and Caroline Munson paid little attention to last Thursday’s entertainmentat Crittenden County Senior Citizens Center’s monthly fundraising dinner. The girls live in Nicholasville, Ky., but were the guests of theirgrandmother, Evelyn Fuller, who regularly attends the dinners on the second Thursday of each month. Ann Hodge (right) enjoys a set ofmostly gospel music that entertained last week’s crowd at the center. The musicians were (from left) Harry Fuller, Dan Culvey, RichardMaxfield and Buddy Stalion. The next fundraiser for the center will be July 9 and is open to people of all ages in the community.

PHOTO BY DARYL K. TABOR, THE PRESS

“Murder in the Magnolias” hit the Fohs Hall stage Friday andSaturday in Marion, with a host of local actors portraying char-acters in the spoof of Southern living and plays. Above, BeckyTyner-Belt (left) gets in character as Princess Lotta Cargo lastThursday during a dress rehearsal for the play. Also pictured are(from left) Karen Nasseri as Miss Amanda Chickenwing, KenCrider as Laywer Possum and Jezabel played by Gaye Porter.

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Writer appreciatesinmate assistanceTo the editor

I would like to take the time tosend out a big thanks to RobbieKirk and the work detail from thedetention center in Marion.

What usually takes four daysto put out more than 2,000crosses for the veterans on Me-morial Day at American LegionPost 217 in Burna was finishedin two days thanks to the help ofthe inmates.

A big thanks also goes out to

the women's auxiliary for the finemeals. After eating, one of theinmates stood up and thankedthe ladies and said it was thebest meal he had had in threeyears.

Also, last but not least, wewould like to thank the studentsat North Livingston ElementarySchool for placing flags on eachcross and to anyone who had ahand in the preparation and cel-ebration of honoring our veter-ans and their families.

May God bless America.Steve HaireMarion, Ky.

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