The public is invited to a Christmas concert by the choirs of Ballard County Middle and Ballard Me-morial High schools on Sunday, Dec. 15, at First Baptist Church of LaCen-ter.

The event is free, and will include performances by the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade and high school choirs. The choir director and teacher is Sa-mantha Veal.

Economic relief could be on the way for Ballard County soon. Well, at least that is the hope of Daher TLI.

The company an-nounced recently that it hoped to ad more than two

dozen jobs within the next 24 months as its business increases.

The announcement, which was made last week during a special ceremony featuring Kentucky Gov.

Mother Nature blew into western Kentucky with a vengeance late last week, and she refused to leave.

Ballard County, as well as much of the Midwest, was hit hard by a winter storm over the past few days. The storm, which brought icy roads and up to half a foot of snow in some places, dropped tempera-tures below zero over the weekend.

The storm blew into the

area on Thursday evening, prompting a warning from state and local officials to use caution. As of Tues-day, the storm had blan-keted the county’s roads with thick ice that caused several accidents involving automobiles and 18-wheel-ers, and closed schools for three days.

Temperatures were ex-pected to rise above freez-ing for the first time since Thursday on Tuesday.

Tommy Wells

The Ballard County Weekly

If there is one thing that can be said about Ballard County, it is the residents never forget their veter-ans or pioneers.

The Ballard County Fiscal Court took a step to remember an early pioneer recently when it named a

street after longtime farmer Wil-liam H. MeGary. The road, located near Barlow, was renamed in No-vember by county officials.

MeGary, who was born in 1860, came to Ballard County in 1890 at the age of 30. He purchased an property known as the K.C. Dunn farm and worked the land until 1934. He also served as a trustee

for the Barlow school, and was an active member of Barlow Method-ist Church.

MeGary was one of the many members who supported and worked to build the church which still stands today on the corner of Fifth and Wall streets.

MeGary raised six children,

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The Ballard-Carlisle Historical and Genea-logical Society will be meeting on the third Sunday of each month until May.

The eetings will be held at the Ballard-Carlisle Historical and Genealogical Society Building, 257, 4th St, Wickliffe, at 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

On Dec. 13, local residents are invited to join in at the Ballard Center. Music will be provided by Backwater aka Little Band.

The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Pork loin sandwiches will be available.

The 2013 Christmas in Ballard County Pa-rade and Chili Supper will be held on Dec. 14 in LaCenter.

To enter a float in the parade please contact Anissa John-son at (270) 339-2368 or Lori Chadwick at (270) 564-6281.

The parade will line up at 5 p.m., and begin at 5:30 p.m. with Leon Story serving as Grand Marshall.

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County renames road for pioneer

DEEP FREEZE!!

BCMS Christmas concert set for Dec. 15

Daher TLI hoping to add jobs in near future

Winter storm wreaks havoc on Ballard roads

Ballard County magistrate Steve Cooper stands with Gary Chan-dler at a ceremony renaming a road after Chandler’s grandfa-ther, William H. MeGary.

Icy road condi-tions caused more than a few accidents in Bal-lard County over the weekend. Above, traffic was reduced to one lane for several hours in Wickliffe on Friday when an 18-wheeler collided with a pole and closed the intersection of N. 4th and Green streets. At left, workers attempt to get a semi back on the roadway on Highway 121.

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A kickoff brunch for the 2014 Relay For Life of Ballard County is also planned Saturday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m.-noon at First Baptist Church in LaCenter.

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Joe Culver for Ballard County Judge/ExecutiveWhat they really need to ban

Some people spend a lot of energy and experience a lot of frustration trying to ban various things.

Smoking. Assault weapons. Organized prayer in school. Privacy. (Actually I don’t know if I’ve heard of anyone calling for a ban on privacy but with all the government eavesdrop-ping on phone calls and young people carrying on intimate conversations in public on their cell phones, we’ve just about lost any privacy we had. What hasn’t been taken from us, we’ve surrended voluntarily.)

I haven’t heard anyone call for a ban on something that really needs one: TV commercials for toys.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been sitting here at the keyboard and Bella has run from the living room, “Daddy, will you get me a Greatest Doll in the World?” (Name of doll is fictitious to protect the guilty.)

Take the most inactive toy ever made and film a com-mercial with four kids playing with it and laughing and hav-ing fun, and kids will want it.

If someone made a commercial about a Spongebob Mud Ball and showed kids laughing with one, squishing it in their fingers, throwing it at cars, then kids would be willing to ask their parents to spend $14.99 for one. I say, “Ban toy com-mercials!”

If you elect me Ballard County Judge/Executive … there’s not a thing in the world I can do about TV commer-cials for toys, but I thought I would let you know anyway where I stand on the matter. (No one said you couldn’t have a little fun while running for elective office.)

If you’re a registered Democrat in Ballard County, I invite you to vote for me in the Democratic primary on May 20, 2014. Thank you for your vote and your support. And if you want to vote for someone else, that’s okay; just make sure you exercise your right to vote.

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Six members of the Ballard Me-morial FFA chapter attended the Na-tional FFA Convention in Louisville from Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Students visit-ed the Career Fair and Expo to learn about colleges and careers for their future. They attended the finals of the National Creed and National Par-liamentary Procedure contests and will set high goals for the chapter’s

future, said adviser Danielle Reeser. Students also attended speak-

ers’ sessions, including a national officer from Kentucky, a farm wife and mother advocating for the future of agriculture, and the ceremony at which Ballard student Peyton Coo-per received her American FFA De-gree.

The Ballard Memorial FFA Chapter has partnered with Parkway Chrysler in Benton for the Dodge Ram Truck Fundraiser and Scholarship Program. With this program, chapter members will be selling bumper and window stick-ers and offering a chance

to win a 2014 Ram 1500. Parkway has sponsored the chapter with $500 and will be setting up at events in the community to help students sell tickets. The first event was the Octo-ber football game between Murray and BMHS. Stick-ers also will be sold at the

basketball Homecoming game on Jan. 31 and will be at Ballard County Co-Op and Rudy’s Farm Cen-ter on March 22. Adviser Danielle Reeser invites the public to visit one of those events and support the chapter in its fundraising efforts. Present for the an-nouncement were Ballard FFA members Caity Mein-schein, Christian Roberts and Madison Cooper.

Peyton Cooper receives American FFA degree

Shown from left are Ballard FFA students who recently attended the National FFA Convention in Louisville: (back row) Christian Roberts, Hagen Gholson, Annie Cooper, (front row) Neely Williams, Madison Cooper and Codi Sullenger.

By Kay PressonOnce again, I am shar-

ing some old (aka vin-tage) photos with you, the wonderful readers of Bal-lard County Weekly. The majority of my childhood, my family lived in the public housing projects of Paducah. For my school years of second, third, and fourth, we lived at Thomas Jefferson Apart-ments, and I attended An-drew Jackson Elementary (now McNabb Elemen-tary). During the summer after the fourth grade, we moved to Elmwood Court. From the fifth grade un-til the second half of the ninth grade, we lived at 30J. The apartments were well-maintained, and warm in the winter, with radiators providing heat. Although we did not have air conditioning, the win-dows were raised during the summer, and we made it. One of the attached photos is of me...and the inscription on the back of the photo states, “Kay-Elmwood Court, winter of 1961-our snow fort.”

The recent snow fall reminded me of this old photo, for my siblings and I were very active and we enjoyed playing in the snow. And, as the eldest of my siblings, it was my job to collect snow for Mama to make snow cream. She had showed me how to obtain the snow where it would be edible. I well re-member after building the snow fort, that afternoon, Mama asked me, “Kay, if you will go out and get some snow, I’ll make us some snow cream.” Folks, I was delighted to do so, for we were “pore folks,” and in the winter when there was snow was about the only time we had ice cream.

My sister, Annette, who is the second eldest of us six kids, was 12 years old, and told Mama, “It ain’t fair, Kay always gets to get the snow for snow cream, and it’s my turn!” Mama looked at

me, shrugged her shoul-ders and told me to tell Annette how to collect the snow...which I did. Unfor-tunately, she didn’t follow my instructions, and when she presented the snow to Mama, Mama looked at it in dismay. For, there were leaves, bird feath-ers and bird droppings. Mama told me to throw the snow away and go get some more. So, that’s exactly what I did...went outside to the hedge in our backyard...scraped a layer of snow off the top, dug some fresh snow, being very careful not to dig too deep. Smiling, I presented the snow to Mama, and she told Annette...”now, this is what snow for snow cream is supposed to look like...it’s clean!” Follow-

ing is Mama’s recipe for snow cream...and, this is just for one person, which I made after the snow-fall last week....One big container of fresh snow...one egg, beaten...sugar to taste...one half cup of milk...one half teaspoon vanilla flavoring. Beat the egg, sugar, milk and va-nilla flavoring well...add to the snow until it reach-es the right consistency...ENJOY!

The next photo, I took Dec., 1965, and was tak-en in my parents’ mobile home on Cold Springs Road in West Paducah. They are l to right, Aunt Polly, Daddy, Papa...back row, l to right, Aunt Elea-nor, and Uncle Pete.

Aunt Polly was a legal secretary; Daddy helped to build USEC, and later a bartender; Papa was a retired Paducah Fire De-partment Captain; Aunt Eleanor was a bookkeep-er; and Uncle Pete was a retired Paducah Police Sergeant.

I would encourage you, if you have photos to share, please feel free to do so....for these old pho-tos are so very interesting and bring back memories.

Aunt Polly, Daddy, Papa, Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Pete pose for a picture at my parents’ home in West Paducah in December 1965.

Snow can be a fun thing. Above, Kay poses with a snow fort she helped build at Elmwood Court in 1961.

BMHS FFA partners with Parkway Chrysler for scholarship program

Ballard band students earnall-district awards

These Ballard Memo-rial High School students made high school All-Dis-trict honor bands on Nov. 21: Shown from left are Naoma Curtis, district jazz and concert bands; Molly Stokes, district concert band; and Hayden LeFevre, district symphonic band.

These Ballard County Middle School students made middle school All-District Band on Nov. 18: (shown from left) Mad-die Kimbro, fifth alto sax; Tyler Smith, first clarinet; Mason Purcell, fifth snare drum; and Emma LeFevre, third alto sax. Band direc-tor Heather Waters said that BCMS was distinguished in having two of the only five alto sax positions awarded in the district.

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ObituariesBARDWELL - Juanita

Ford Cargill, 93, died at her home in Bardwell, on Monday, Dec. 2 at 6:10 p.m. She was a member of Bardwell Baptist Church and worked at M. Snower & Company in Cairo, until it closed.

She is survived by her daughters, Wanda Cargill Hoskins of Bardwell and Sharon Kaye Turner of Bardwell; her sister, El-wanda Ford Earnhart of Mounds, IL; her grand-children, Danita Moore, Michael Hoskins and wife

Tanna, Kevin Hoskins and wife Cindy, and Cynthia Hoskins; 11 great-grand-children; 16 great-great-grandchildren and one great-great –great-grand-child.

Mrs. Cargill was pre-ceded by her husband, Wil-liam Woodrow Cargill; her parents, Luby F and Virgie (Allen) Ford; her daugh-ter, Carolyn Ann Cargill; two grandchildren, D. J. Hoskins, Jr. and Carol Ann Turner Kaufman; one great grandchild, Derek Moore; her grandparents,

Isaac and Jennie (Hogan-camp) Allen and Jasper F

and Caledonia (Hargrove) Ford.

Services were held Thursday, Dec. 5 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Bardwell at 11 a.m. with Coty Hoskins and Rev Rodney Bice officiating. Burial followed at Rose-lawn cemetery. Friends could at the funeral home after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

You may go online to light a candle or leave a message of sympathy at www.milnerandorr.com

WICKLIFFE - Terry Lynn, age 59, formerly of Los Lunas, New Mexico, and currently a resident of Wickliffe, passed away peacefully with his wife and children at his side on

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013.Terry was born to Nellie

Jean Stewart and George William “Bill” Lynn on Oct. 27, 1954 in Ballard County. Terry recently worked for Rollings Farms LP in Barlow as a truck driver. He worked in New Mexico as a truck driver for 28 years before return-ing to Kentucky to care for his mother. Terry enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, camping and hunting. Terry loved

his dogs, Buttercup, Bren-di, Porcha and Bubbles.

Terry is survived by his wife of 24 years, Toni Romero-Lynn of Wickliffe, one son, Terry D. Lynn Jr. of Los Lunas, NM; two daughters, Terah Lynn of Wickliffe, and Tabatha

Lynn Ranson of Brigh-ton, TN; his mother, Nel-lie Vance of LaCenter, his mother-in-law, Betty Romero of Albuquerque, NM. He is also survived by one brother, Bill Lynn of Princeton, Ky,; three sisters, JoNell Jones and husband, Russell Jones of Robinson, Ill., Patty Hall of LaCenter, and Lori “Kismet” Seddon of Benton, Ky.; brothers-in-

law, Anthony Romero and wife, Sophie Romero, of Rio Rancho, NM, Angelo Romero and wife, Julie Romero, of Albuquerque, NM; sister-in-laws, Steph-anie Clark and husband, Justin Clark, of Albuquer-que, Darlene Lynn of Gil-bertsville, KY and many uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews and several friends in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Ken-tucky.

Terry was preceded in death by his father, George William “Bill” Lynn, and brother, Dale “Wayne” Lynn Sr.

Visitations was held on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, after 11 a.m. at Morrow

Funeral Chapel in LaCen-ter. Funeral service were at 1 p.m. with Rev. Jeff Stewart officiating. Inter-ment followed at Wickliffe City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Morris Lynn, Terry D. Lynn Jr., Dale W. Lynn Jr., Dwight Campbell, TJ Chil-dress and Justin Dyson, Honorary pallbearers are Ray Lynn, Geno Espinosa, Tony Vaughn and Gary Lynn. A mass to honor Ter-ry was held on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in Albuquerque at The Na-tivity of The Blessed Mary Church, located at 9502 4th Street NW Alberquerque.

Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter handled ar-rangements.

KEVIL - Linda Sue Rongey Poole, age 67, of Kevil died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 at 9:30 p.m. at Countryside Nursing Home in Bardwell.

Linda was a new Be-liever in Jesus Christ.

She is survived by one son, Adam Morgan Poole and his wife, Andrea, of LaCenter; two brothers, Jack Rongey and his wife, Mary, and Keirth Rongey and his wife, Lori; two

Grandchildren; Holly

Morgan Poole and Casey Andrew Poole of LaCen-ter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Maybell Rongey.

Funeral Services will be

Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 at 6 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter with the Rev. Joel Jackson of-ficiating.

Visitation will begin af-ter 4 p.m. at Morrow Fu-neral Chapel in LaCenter.

KEVIL - Mark Jordan, age 54, died at Baptist Health on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 at 1:38 p.m.

Mark was employed 14 years with the Pad-ucah Fire Department, and also at Federal Materials for 10 years. He was and avid Bass Fisherman and participated in FLW and BFL Tournaments. Mark traveled everywhere and placed and won in sev-eral of these tournaments. He loved to fish and also

guided other fisherman. He attended New Liberty Methodist Church. Mark was a big UK fan.

Mark is survived by his wife of 31 years, Joni Jor-dan of Kevil, Ky.; one son, Jeremy Jordan of Kevil; one special aunt, Birdie Jordan of West Paducah, Ky.; and several cousins, friends and other family.

He was preceded in death by his father, Billy Don Jordan.

Funeral Services for

Mark will be Wednes-day at 11 a.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in Kevil with the Rev. Randy Sta-cey officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

Visitation for Mark was held on Tuesday after 4 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in Kevil.

Memorial contribu-tions may be sent to Cops and Bobbers % of Jackson Purchase Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 15 P.O.

Box 208 Paducah, Ken-tucky 42002-0208 or St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital 501 St Jude Place Memphis, Tn 38105-1942.

Juanita Ford Cargill

Terry Lynn

Linda Sue Rongey Poole

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Uncle Ed was stationed in Italy, mostly in Florence but some in Rome. He was in charge of the machine shop and kept the vehicles running. Uncle Stan was at the Battle of the Bulge. When Aunt Virginia found out that daddy was com-ing home she went to Bal-timore, Maryland, to meet

him and there they boarded a bus to Louisville. There they were going to board a train to Paducah, but after finding out they would have to change trains somewhere along the way, daddy decid-ed it would be better to take a bus that would take them all the way to Paducah.

But while at the train sta-

tion in Louisville, mother looked down the way and watched a lot of soldiers unloading from the train and by chance, she rec-ognized Uncle Stan as he stepped off the train. She yelled, “Stan, Stan!” and he knew then it was some-one from home because he was called Ed in the ser-vice. Uncle Stan had not told anyone he was coming home and it was a complete surprise to see him there. But what a glorious reunion it was to have her husband and brother home from the

war all in the same day, and not only that, but to get to ride home with both of them from Louisville.

They all rode the bus home from Louisville.

If mom hadn’t looked down the line at just the

right time she would have missed him.

I have been bitten by a very dangerous and infec-tious bug! It’s called the IDPA bug! Haven’t heard of this ferocious beast? Well let me tell you about it. Its symptoms include the overwhelming urge to buy firearms, brain fog at work due to thinking about shooting, and the sudden urge to drive hundreds of miles to compete in the fastest growing competi-tion shooting sport there is! Yep, that’s IDPA.

IDPA, or International Defensive Pistol Asso-ciation, is the governing body of a shooting sport that simulates self-defense scenarios and real life en-counters. It was founded

in 1996 as a response to the desires of shooters worldwide. The organi-zation is headquartered in Berryville, Arkansas with more than 22,000 mem-bers in over 50 countries. IDPA matches set up real world self-defense sce-narios, stages if you will, using practical handguns and holsters that may be used for everyday conceal carry use. The main goal is to test the skill and abil-ity of an individual as they compete in each stage of the match. Much like golf, the lower your score the better.

If you’re interested in using truly practical pistols to solve challeng-

ing and exciting defen-sive shooting problems, then IDPA is the sport for you. When you come to an IDPA match, you can not only use your duty or CCW equipment, you can be completely competitive with it. Other shooting sports have become equip-

ment races. IDPA is more about the shooter than the equipment.

An example of a stage may be this: The shooter begins with the weapon holstered. Kneeling down beside a vehicle, or simu-lated vehicle, you have a lug wrench in your hand changing a flat tire when 3 thugs come up to you de-manding your money. You drop the lug wrench and engage each target with 2 shots, beginning with the closest target first. The targets are cardboard sil-houettes on stands with kill zones faintly marked. Each stage is scored by the

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Brown Recluse Spider, cci-entific name Loxosceles reclusa. Other common names include “Fiddler Spider” and “Violin Spi-der”.

I know everyone is thinking it just a little strange for this week’s profile to be on a bug, after all, it’s the middle of winter, right? Prob-lem is that these spiders live for up to 2 years and as their name implies they like to hide.

The adult female can lay sev-eral egg cases over a period of 3 to 4 months with each containing about 50 eggs. Some may over winter in your home. This time of year when clothing is being

switched out to match the weath-er, boots and other items that may set in a closet or storage space are favorite haunts along with logs from wood piles.

Brown Recluse Spiders carry a hemotoxic venom, which means that it can destroy red blood cells and tissue. They are not aggres-sive but will bite if mashed in your clothing or a shoe! The severity of the bite ranges from person to per-

son from a minor red bump to a large necrotic sore. A few people can suffer a systemic reaction that can be fatal. Insecticides don’t work well with spiders.

Sticky traps are probably the most effective means of control.

Profilesin NatureByJack Glisson

Brown Recluse Spiders carry a hemotoxic venom, which means that it can destroy red blood cells and tissue.

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Steve Beshear, is wel-come news for western Kentucky, which suffered a huge economic hit with the closure of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Beshear cut the ribbon at Daher TLI officially opened its new center.

According to state fig-ures, Ballard County suf-fered almost 300 lost jobs when the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant closed.

Daher TLI, a compa-ny owned by French an German investors, will clean and recertify UF6 cylinders. UF6 cylinders are specially constructed containers used for the transportation of uranium hexafluoride, a compound

used in the uranium en-richment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weap-ons. The containers have to be recertified every 5 years, according to federal regulations.

Ballard County Judge Executive Vicki Viniard said she hopes Daher TLI encourages more develop-ment in the region to help fill the void USEC left.

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total time it takes to shoot the stage, as it’s required. Any inaccurate shots are added to your time. For example if all your shots were in center chest or head, no time is added. Shots a bit farther out will add seconds to your time depending on where you hit the targets. You must also be careful to avoid shooting any “friendlies”, or targets used to portray victims in the scenarios.

What I’ve grown to love about this sport is the friendships I’ve de-veloped. It is really just a community of shooters that are made up of all skill levels. Men, wom-en and kids just looking to test and improve their skills through the structure of competition. My dad and I have been competing together. I have even had some cousins join me on a shoot or two. It’s such a great family sport. Lots of husband and wives shoot

together. While time and accuracy measure your skill, it’s the fun and ex-citement of spending a day on the range with other like-minded folks that is the true reflection of the IDPA community.

I just started compet-ing in May of this year and have already found two or three clubs within an hour drive of Ballard County. I decided to try a larger, sanctioned match back in October so I trav-eled to Dickson, TN, south of Nashville, to the Music City Cup. I was fortunate enough to win first place in my division. I was very excited! Some of the larg-er matches can get a little costly with gas, hotel and higher round counts which means higher ammo cost. But local matches like in Boaz, KY or Puryear, TN only charge around $10 to shoot and usually only takes about 50-100 bullets. Most folks shoot 9mm, 40 or 45 caliber pistols. Semi-autos, 1911’s and re-volvers are also welcome.

So if you love guns and love to shoot then give IDPA a try. It is fun, cheap entertainment and it just may give you the confi-dence and skill you need to properly handle a real-life

dangerous encounter. For more information about this sport visit www.idpa.com or email me at tim@sociallypresent.com. I hope to see you at a local gun range next year.

OUTDOORContinued from Page 4

JOBSContinued from Page 1

A large IDPA sanctioned match was held in October in Dickson, TN, south of Nashville, to the Music City Cup. I was fortunate enough to win first place in my division.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

If this doesn’t put you in the spirit of Christmas, nothing will. I have talked to so many that say I can’t get in the spirit of the season. I feel the same way, but when the weather changed and those beautiful snowflakes began to fall I began to feel it.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the cold, but we don’t have a choice in this. So en-joy the beauty and feel Blessed we still have electricity, good food to

eat, and that we are to-gether with family.

Maybe this will slow us down so we can show how we love and are loved in returned.

God always knows best.

Kay’sCorner

ByKay Jones

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Up tempo ...Ballard’s Toler Terrell dribbles past a Mar-shall County defender during the Bombers’ recent basketball game. High school basket-ball season is now under way for the Bomb-ers.

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two of which - Ella Mae MeGary and Mary Lou Chandler - taught in the Ballard County School District.

MeGary is survived by his two grandsons, His daughter, Philip and Gary

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School BALLARD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Senior SpotlightBy Cera Peck

This tiny chick is well known around school for her serious style and quick smile. She has a love for cats, especially her be-loved Wiggles, and has a vast collection of scarves. Any BMHS student should know by now that this is the one and only Madeline Watwood. Born in Pad-ucah to Greg and Rene’ Watwood, Madeline is well-traveled, having lived in Wisconsin and Colo-rado. After the memories made and lessons learned, Madeline moved back to Paducah at the beginning of her junior year.

Madeline has been a cheerleader all her life, cheering for Ballard for the past two years. This year she is cheerleading co-cap-tain. Madeline also does competitive cheerleading at the Paducah Gymnas-tics Academy on the Pad-ucah Elite team. Madeline has been chosen as an All-American Cheerleader, as one of only two-hundred girls in the United States.

Madeline hopes to leave behind the pointless drama of high school, and be re-membered as a great cheer captain and hopefully the winner of some competi-tions.

Madeline’s dream job is to be a nurse practitio-ner. She plans on attending Murray State as part of the nursing program, where she also wants to cheer.

FAVORITESClass: MNATeacher: Mrs. PaceMovie: “Taken”Musician: Lil WayneSong: “Let It Go” by Wiz Khalifa TV Show: “Toddlers and Tiaras”Food: ChickenSchool Food: Thanksgiving Lunch

By Caity MeinscheinSassy red-headed coun-

try sweetheart who loves horses…who could I be referring to? For the senior class, it should be easy, it is none other than Codi Sul-lenger. Codi is a hardwork-ing, motivated student who may be quiet and sweet at first, but is a firecracker un-derneath.

The daughter of Terry and Tammy Sullenger of Kevil is one busy lady. She has been a dedicated mem-ber of FFA for four years, Beta for three years, and HOSA for three years. She is also active at her church, Kevil First Baptist.

When Codi is not in school, she enjoys riding horses, hunting, and hang-ing out with her friends. She hopes to leave behind all of the memories she has made at BMHS and to be

remembered as a friend to everyone. Her future plans include going to WKCTC and then moving on to somewhere else. If she could have any job she wanted, she would choose to be a physical therapist.

FAVORITESClass: Small Animal TechTeacher: Mrs. ReeserMovie: “Grown Ups 2”Musician: Eric ChurchFood: MexicanSchool Food: Crispito

Madeline Watwood

Codi Sullenger

Madeline Watwood

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By Justin KingFunny, athletic, ener-

getic - these are all words you would use to describe senior Weston Gordon. Weston is one of those people that is good at pretty much everything he does. A captain of the soccer team, drum major for the band, and president of the Drama Club, it isn’t surprising to see Weston in a leadership position. Weston is good at keep-ing track of the important stuff. Keeping the band in time, making sure the soc-cer team is in position, and keeping the actors in the play focused, these are all things that Weston has no problem doing.

Weston lives with his parents, Kent and Bonnie Gordon, and his brother Joe Gordon. He attends Fathers House of Paducah with his family. He is a 3-year member of Beta Club, 4-year member and

president of Drama Club, and a 3-year member of the Spanish Club. He’s been playing soccer for four years, tennis for two years, and a member of the marching band for three years. He plans to attend Murray State University to get a degree in Account-ing.

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BCMS band honorees ...These Ballard County Middle School students represented the school at First District Honor Choir on Nov. 14. In the first photo, sixth-grade choir members shown from left are (back row) Reed Lee, Emmie Garner, Katana Byas, Grace Wilson, Olivia Bailey, (front row) Riley Rollins, Ella Waldon, Anna Thompson, Madison Nichols and Abigail Tyson. In the second photo, seventh- and eighth-grade choir members shown from left are (back row) Abigail Phelps, Madison Frye, Wyatt LaPradd, Jason Naas, Jesse Hedrick, Alisa White, (middle row) Grace Webster, Cortney Hill, Morgan Graves, Jordan Pickett, Blake Sanders, Matt Grogan, Vincent Farris, Makayla Dowdy, (front row) Dayna Dunker, Austin Parrott, Colson Swinford, Khalil Griffin, Bradley Chandler, Courtney Spees and Taryn Hamilton.

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Farm cash receipts could exceed $6 billion

AG UPDATEBy Tom Miller

Ballard County Extension Agentfor Ag and Natural Resources

I attended an Ag Eco-nomics Training last week in conjunction with the Annual Kentucky Farm Bureau Convention in Louisville. Here are the highlight of what was dis-cussed. Kentucky agricul-tural cash receipts could approach or possibly ex-ceed, $6 billion in 2013, boosted by exceptionally strong equine, poultry and cattle markets, according to agricultural economists from the University of Kentucky College of Agri-culture, Food and Environ-ment.

Will Snell, Kenny Burdine, Cory Walters and Tim Woods, all from UK’s Department of Agricultur-al Economics, along with Kentucky Farm Business Management Program co-ordinator Jerry Pierce and Jeff Stringer from the UK Department of Forestry shared their agricultural economic outlook for 2014 and an overview of 2013 during the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation confer-ence Dec. 5 in Louisville.

Official U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture 2013 cash receipts won’t be re-leased until summer 2014, but Snell said exceptional grain crop yields are con-siderably above national yields, which offsets this year’s much lower prices and a larger percentage of the crop stored for sale next year.

“It’s likely that Ken-tucky net farm income will remain above the $1.5 bil-lion level we saw in 2011 and 2012, though still fall well below the $2.1 billion record high in 2005, when lump sum tobacco buyout payments inflated income levels,” Snell said. “In re-cent years, tobacco buyout payments have averaged around $150 million an-nually, accounting for ap-proximately 10 percent of net farm income, which will have to be earned from the marketplace after our last payment in Janu-ary.”

Nearly ideal growing conditions across the com-monwealth and in some other parts of the country generated much higher crop yields, but crop prices were considerably lower than 2012’s record prices. The USDA is projecting that U.S. net farm income will achieve a record high of $131 billion in 2013, up 15 percent from the pre-vious year and breaking 2011’s record by $13 bil-lion.

With tobacco, increased acreage and higher prices will balance lower yields. Snell predicts this could lead to the highest tobacco crop value since the 2004 tobacco buyout.

Walters said the Na-tional Agricultural Statis-tics Service’s most recent data show Kentucky corn producers are realizing a record yield of 173 bush-

els per acre, 154 percent higher than 2012’s yield. Soybeans are expected to yield 23 percent more than last year. The Kentucky wheat crop averaged 75 bushels per acre in 2013, which is 21 percent higher than 2012’s yield.

Based on recent sales figures, it appears the up-ward trajectory in equine receipts experienced in 2011 and 2012 continued in 2013.

“The increase in sales figures during the fall sales indicate the market is continuing to rebound from post-recession lows,” Burdine said. “Continued strong sales and likely in-creases in stud fees next year should support the market. Assuming demand remains strong, 2014 re-ceipts could post another year-over-year increase.”

Turning to cattle, Burdine said the feeder cattle markets in this year and last gave strong proof of the impact corn prices have on feeder cattle pric-es.

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“Major decreases in corn price during 2013 fu-eled a feeder cattle market that strengthened through-out the year,” he said.

He predicted that the combination of tight sup-plies and less expensive corn should considerably buttress calf prices by spring, which could reach levels much higher than in spring 2013.

Poultry prices took an-other jump in 2013 despite more supply reaching the market. Prices increased to around $1 per pound, sup-ported in part by a contin-ued increase in the export market.

Current sales trends in the horticulture industry, which includes the green industry (nursery, green-house, floriculture and sod) and produce industry, point toward 2013 gross sales fairly even or slight-ly ahead of 2012 sales. Woods said the most recent planting intentions data in-dicates about 13,000 acres of produce crops in the state in 2013, compared to 10,500 acres in 2002.

Home construction and consumer spending drive the green industry, which showed a weak, yet slight-ly improved marketing season for 2013. Woods expects the industry to show a modest rebound in 2014, as housing starts continue to increase.

The forest industry im-proved significantly in 2013, Stringer said. Most sectors and commodi-ties performed better than expected. Overall, state-wide average log prices increased by 11.4 percent over 2012. Yellow poplar

experienced the greatest in-crease. In 2013, extremely wet conditions in the first half of the year reduced logging output, resulting in demand exceeding sup-ply for all log types and pulpwood in most regions of the state. Still, Stringer estimates that the forestry industry provided a total contribution of $12.7 bil-lion to Kentucky’s econo-my, an increase of 3.3 per-cent over 2011.

The agricultural outlook for 2014 is mixed, with expectations of continued strong prices for livestock, coupled with lower feed costs and strong interna-tional demand. Major row crops may be challenged as increasing global sup-plies and uncertainty over the nation’s energy policy could continue to depress grain prices.

“The equine indus-try is hoping momentum will continue, and despite all the challenges tobac-co faces, the crop value could still remain near its post buyout highs,” Snell said. “So despite lower grain prices, Kentucky ag cash receipts could still be near or exceed $6 billion in 2014, especially since a large percentage of the 2013 corn crop will be sold in 2014.”

A copy of the outlook publication including in-formation on individual farm sectors can be found at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/cmspubsclass/files/esm/Outlook2014.

Programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, age, sex, color, religion, disability or national origin. For additional information, contact the Ballard County Extension Office, 110 Broad-way, LaCenter, 665-9118.

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Should the city improve its properties?Should the City Coun-

cil of Wickliffe make any efforts to improve and ex-pand its river properties on the Mississippi? It’s one of my biggest questions about making Wickliffe all it can be! As Mayor, should I go to the effort? The issue is probably another 50/50 split, when you remove the 80 percent of the inhabit-ants of Wickliffe that don’t have that as a priority! As Mayor and with most of the Council Members, it should always be about growing and having more jobs and services around Wickliffe. I personally thought buy-ing the warehouse facility that services New Page for equipment storage was a dumb investment due to the price of the property and warehouses. With a couple of annual payments left, the property will then pro-vide over $50K in income for the city. I laughed at the incubator building that the county built on Hwy 286, with a state grant. Now it houses a business that pays fishermen and employees

we didn’t have and wants to expand.

The daily maintenance of the water and sewer system, streets and property mainte-nance is the everyday effort at the city. It goes on daily with few citizens having any awareness of the sewer maintenance and fixing of water line breaks and water main and daily water plant operations. All of the above is what dominates the atten-tion of all the other mem-bers of the PADD Econom-ic Development Board and the city council members and employees. The PADD Board of Directors and Eco-nomic Development Com-mittee members are local region professionals of the Purchase counties, cities, and agency and committee professionals and leaders.

The PADD Board of Di-rectors is doing more along

the lines of maintaining the programs for feeding and educating those that need it. There are plenty of programs PADD helps the cities and counties deal with, such as transportation, food banks, job training, health issues and clinics, etc. There are small business training and lending programs and MSU has the Small Business Lending Program that helps those that want to start a new business. Many of these can be the small in-home, micro-businesses for some. If anyone is interested, City Hall can set you up with a contact or you can check it out on Murray State’s web-site or Google the Purchase Area Development District, Mayfield, Kentucky, to see all that they can do for you!

Fortunately, I have been able to deal with busi-nesses versus politicians on my initial efforts in the first year as mayor, since Nov. 15, 2012. Begging for money is a continuous way of life for the Judge Execu-tives, along with the trips to Frankfort, to stay in the loop for handouts from the state. The efforts I have been able to make with river needy and transportation-oriented

river companies have made them aware of our river properties. I hesitate to put our city-owned proper-ties into the hands of the Wickliffe-Ballard County Riverport Authority be-cause I want the Riverport Board, which is non-exis-tent now, to be controlled by young business people, that want to take the actions necessary to build and take control of this river prop-erty to add jobs and growth! Where are the young pro-fessionals hiding! Where are the young farmers that would push a grain facil-ity in Wickliffe for loading grain? Where are the hiding young professionals that are going to move into the deci-sion-making role and make things better? Add in a few middle-age business people that have some experience, then improvements will begin! We have companies interested but the ball rolls slowly in the political are-na. When you realize that the industrial companies around Wickliffe are pro-viding a large portion of the county’s payroll taxes we need to stop letting our city resources lay unused and managed by outsiders that are interested in their profits and agenda. We are mov-ing forward with efforts to get more business in and around Wickliffe.

City of WickliffeBy Lynn Hopkins, Mayor

Column is sponsored by City Of Wickliffe(270) 335-3557

Sliding off ...Accumulations of ice and snow over the weekend made driving around Balard County a treacherous endeavor. Above a state main-tenace vehiclle slid off the roadway while try-ing to clear roads of ice.