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Life The Paducah Sun | Sunday, November 4, 2012 | paducahsun.com Section E SQUEEZING WITH SISTERS: Delaware women make a pilgrimage for annual mammograms. | 5E BOWLING GREEN — Catrina Poole of Bowling Green knows how to nd a good deal. Since a colleague introduced her to coupon-clipping websites in March, she has saved thousands of dollars and spent hours shopping each week using coupons. “When I realized how much I could get, it just exploded,” Poole said. For months, she’s paid very little for everyday items such as toilet paper, toothpaste, detergent and paper towels. But Poole doesn’t just use her coupon-nding skills to benet herself. She donates many items she gets cheaply or free to War- ren Central High School’s Youth Service Center. “I realized I couldn’t just save money, I could help people,” Poole said. It took her awhile to nd an organization that would accept her large donations of a variety of items, but she discovered that the youth service center at Warren Central, where her daughter at- tends, can always use donations. Though she’s donated a variety of products such as backpacks and food, her focus is on hygiene items, she said. She was a single, teenage mother and knows rsthand how hard it can be to pay for toiletries when struggling nancially “I’ve been there,” Poole said. “This is my way of giving back.” There are resources for families struggling to pay energy bills or to buy food, but it can be hard for a person with a low income to nd the money for hygiene products, she said. “There’s not really any resource for them,” Poole said. When she nds a good coupon for a product she wants, she orders multiple copies of it through an on- line coupon-clipping service such as weclipusave.com or cliptosave. com. Those services usually charge about $8 to send 100 coupons. “That is a lot of people’s draw- back, but I think it’s worth it,” Poole said. “To me, that’s a really good deal.” Using so many coupons at a time allows her to stock up on an item, sometimes paying just 5 or six cents apiece, she said. Poole’s daughter, Tianna Poole, 17, a senior at Warren Central, of- ten shops with her. Tianna thought using coupons to give back to the community was a great idea. “I love donating and saving mon- ey, so to combine those into one thing is awesome,” Tianna said. It can be intense gathering so many items at the store and holding your breath that all your coupons work, but it’s worth it, she said. “The best part is when they tell you your total is $1 or 50 cents and you have 40 to 50 items,” Tianna said. Many of her classmates have expressed interest in learning how to save using coupons, so she’s planning a coupon club at Warren Central to share her tips with oth- ers. A lot of students at her school come from low income or refugee families, she said. “It’s really benecial for them to learn to budget their money and learn how to save now,” Tianna said. Bowling Green family gives back with coupon-clipping Associated Press Daughter and mother Tianna (left), 17, and Catrina Poole show off some receipts Friday at the Family Resource room at Warren Central High School in Bowling Green. The pair are extreme coupon shoppers who gather loads of items for very little cost and give them to the center at the school. Associated Press Catrina Poole show off some her year-to-date savings on a Kroger receipt Friday at the Fam- ily Resource room at Warren Central High School. BY LAUREL WILSON Associated Press “The best part is when they tell you your total is $1 or 50 cents and you have 40 to 50 items.” Tianna Poole

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LifeThe Paducah Sun | Sunday, November 4, 2012 | paducahsun.com Section E

SQUEEZING WITH SISTERS: Delaware women make a pilgrimage for annual mammograms. | 5E

BOWLING GREEN — Catrina Poole of Bowling Green knows how to fi nd a good deal.

Since a colleague introduced her to coupon-clipping websites in March, she has saved thousands of dollars and spent hours shopping each week using coupons.

“When I realized how much I could get, it just exploded,” Poole said. For months, she’s paid very little for everyday items such as toilet paper, toothpaste, detergent and paper towels.

But Poole doesn’t just use her coupon-fi nding skills to benefi t herself. She donates many items she gets cheaply or free to War-ren Central High School’s Youth Service Center.

“I realized I couldn’t just save money, I could help people,” Poole said.

It took her awhile to fi nd an organization that would accept her large donations of a variety of items, but she discovered that the youth service center at Warren Central, where her daughter at-tends, can always use donations.

Though she’s donated a variety of products such as backpacks and food, her focus is on hygiene items, she said. She was a single, teenage mother and knows fi rsthand how hard it can be to pay for toiletries when struggling fi nancially

“I’ve been there,” Poole said. “This is my way of giving back.”

There are resources for families struggling to pay energy bills or to buy food, but it can be hard for a person with a low income to fi nd the money for hygiene products, she said.

“There’s not really any resource for them,” Poole said.

When she fi nds a good coupon for a product she wants, she orders multiple copies of it through an on-line coupon-clipping service such as weclipusave.com or cliptosave.com. Those services usually charge about $8 to send 100 coupons.

“That is a lot of people’s draw-back, but I think it’s worth it,” Poole said. “To me, that’s a really good deal.”

Using so many coupons at a time allows her to stock up on an item, sometimes paying just 5 or six cents apiece, she said.

Poole’s daughter, Tianna Poole, 17, a senior at Warren Central, of-ten shops with her. Tianna thought using coupons to give back to the community was a great idea.

“I love donating and saving mon-ey, so to combine those into one thing is awesome,” Tianna said.

It can be intense gathering so many items at the store and holding your breath that all your coupons work, but it’s worth it, she said.

“The best part is when they tell you your total is $1 or 50 cents and

you have 40 to 50 items,” Tianna said.

Many of her classmates have expressed interest in learning how to save using coupons, so she’s planning a coupon club at Warren Central to share her tips with oth-

ers. A lot of students at her school come from low income or refugee families, she said.

“It’s really benefi cial for them to learn to budget their money and learn how to save now,” Tianna said.

Bowling Greenfamily gives back with coupon-clipping

Associated Press

Daughter and mother Tianna (left), 17, and Catrina Poole show off some receipts Friday at the Family Resource room at Warren Central High School in Bowling Green. The pair are extreme coupon shoppers who gather loads of items for very little cost and give them to the center at the school.

Associated Press

Catrina Poole show off some her year-to-date savings on a Kroger receipt Friday at the Fam-ily Resource room at Warren Central High School.

BY LAUREL WILSONAssociated Press

“The best part is when they tell you

your total is $1 or 50 cents and you have 40 to 50 items.”

Tianna Poole

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2E • Sunday, November 4, 2012 • The Paducah Sun Life paducahsun.com

Around age 25, baby talk crept up on my friends, family and me.

A side comment here, the cousin having twins there, and the dude I just met but who shares a lot about his wife’s pregnancy over there — it all seemed at arm’s length.

Just a few short years later, the baby talk is an avalanche smothering din-ner conversation, burying small talk at parties and dominating my Facebook feed.

Before I offend friends and family, let me be clear: I’m not criticizing all the talk of babies and pregnancy. If and when my wife and I take the parent plunge, you’re going to think I married “Octomom” with as much talking as I’ll be doing.

It’s more along the lines these days of informa-tion overload, and I just can’t keep up with all the random facts and observa-tions.

So to better organize

what I’ve learned, I made a list of terms and phrases fi t for print. Plenty don’t fall in the “Fit for print” cat-egory, but the ones I can write about are still inter-esting. Perhaps it may help readers who haven’t yet experienced virtually every friend and family member being enthralled with some stage of the baby journey.

■ Yolk sac — Heard this dandy of a visual in the workplace, and imme-diately felt guilty for my mind wandering to the eggs we eat. I can’t re-member the context of the conversation, but I’m fairly sure you want to be able to see a yolk sac in an ultra-sound reading.

■ Gestation sac — Came across this one in conver-sation during Barbecue on the River, which is fortunate, because abso-lutely nothing can stop my appetite at that festi-val. Nothing. Apparently, prospective parents want this sac to be certain sizes at specifi c intervals in the pregnancy.

■ “This is our fi rst night out in forever!” — Be prepared to hear this from the couple at the party who had a baby within the previous six months or so. For 15 months they’ve been wrapped in babydom 24/7, and they are just now venturing back into the wild at night. You can spot them even before they say anything by looking for the two wearing the ironed and pressed outfi ts me-ticulously chosen to match the occasion, bright smiles and a look in their eyes like they’ve left something important behind.

■ 3-D images — This is a Facebook phenomenon

where apparently every new mother has agreed to post online the 3-D im-ages of their fetus. At best, they’re odd-looking po-tatoes. Really they’re just terrifying, but only because they are drastically out of context on Facebook. I compare them to a hockey goalie mask. Those aren’t so frightening when the guy wearing one is an NHL hockey player skating on the ice. The hockey goalie mask is terrifying when the guy wearing one is holding a machete standing in your back yard. It’s all about context.

Again, don’t get me wrong about my pregnant friends and new parents. I’m thankful because if my wife and I have a little one, we’ll know exactly what to say.

Adam Shull is the Sun’s business editor, and general observer of all things fun. Contact him at 270-575-8653 or [email protected].

Borders— Jase Leo Borders, son of Adam and Jade (Hall) Borders of Benton, Aug. 30, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Steve and Cathy Hall of Paducah, and the late Leo and Mignon Borders.

Robinson — A’lijah Pierre Britton Mason Robinson, son of Brandy Robinson of Paducah, Sept. 23, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Fonseco Frazier of Owensboro and Kelvin Robinson of Stanford.

Dismukes — John Andrew “Andy” Dismukes II, son of John and Callie (Wexler) Dismukes of Paducah, Sept. 24, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Walt and Linda Wexler of Paducah, Cherie and Paul Johanson of Greensboro, N.C., and Julian and Molly Dismukes of Paducah. Great-grandmother is Sylvia Martin of Mayfi eld.

Petty — Brayaja Azure Dunivin Petty, daughter of Jamilla Petty of Paducah, Sept. 29, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are James and Arlene Petty of Paducah. Great-grandmother is Jo Ann Warren of Paducah.

Willingham — Chloe Elizabeth Willingham, daughter of Dawnielle Willingham of Paducah, Oct. 3, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Hazel Pat-terson and Jeffery Patterson, both of Paducah. Great-grandparents are Betty Boyd, James Willingham II and Delorous (Dee) Willingham, all of Paducah.

Estes — Crosby Robert Estes, son of Robert and Trish Estes of Paducah, Oct. 5, Western Baptist Hos-pital. Grandparents are Joe and Sandy Johnson of Paducah, Rita and Danny Alexander of Paducah, and David and Sue Estes of Gilbertsville.

Shumaker — Braylee Grayce Shumaker, daughter of Eric and Shea (Yates) Shumaker of Paducah, Oct. 8, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Ron and Starla Ward of Ledbetter, Dwayn and Tammy Shu-maker of Paducah. Great-grandparents are Jack Taylor of Symsonia, Lucy Yates of Benton, Becky Eddleman of Paducah, and Shirley Stewart of Paducah.

Conkle — Cole Stone Conkle, son of Justin and Marci (Stone) Conkle of Elizabethtown, Ill., Oct. 10, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Pam and John Agin of Harrisburg, Ill., David Ramsey of Evans-ville, Ind., and Randall and Regina Conkle of Eliza-bethtown, Ill. Great-grandparents are Alene Stone of Rosiclare, Ill., Joann and Jerry Vinyard of Rosiclare, Ill., and Mary Ann Dutton of Cave-in-Rock, Ill.

Announcements of births and adoptions are published each Sunday in the Sun. Notices must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the birth or adoption. Send to Births, The Paducah Sun, P.O. Box 2300, Paducah, KY 42002-2300, or fax to 442-7859. List phone number where you can be reached during the day for information only.

BirthsLook who’s talking baby talk now

Adam Shull

NEW YORK — Preg-nant at 18, a high school dropout, Genavieve Diggs knew she wasn’t equipped to raise a child, but after surrendering her newborn for adoption, she nearly changed her mind.

Under state law in Con-necticut, where she lives, Diggs had 30 days to make sure the adoption was what she wanted. Such post-birth waiting periods are common in the patchwork of laws governing adop-tion around the country, in Diggs’s case an open arrangement where the two dads she had chosen had already agreed to grant her regular visits with her baby girl.

The waiting period nearly melted her resolve.

“The 30 days were just a rollercoaster of emotions,” she said in a recent inter-view. “I had just had the baby and all my hormones

were going crazy. I had to struggle, to tell myself, you know, ‘You can’t take care of a child right now. You’re not ready. You’re not ready emotionally or fi nancially.’”

Diggs poured her sad-ness, longing and frustra-tion into “The Baby Wait,” a new, six-part documen-tary series on Logo that focuses equal attention on agonizing post-birth wait-ing periods from the per-spectives of both biological and adoptive parents.

Mark Krieger and Paul Siebold, the Manhat-tan couple matched with Diggs, agreed to appear on the show to shed light on same-sex couples who want to adopt. They were in the delivery room when baby Morgan was born and handed over to them fi rst as Diggs lay sadly nearby.

Later, after agreeing to the adoption but still in the 30-day wait, Diggs laments as she shops for baby clothes, camera rolling: “I

honestly wish I could just take it back and be her mom.” She explodes in an-ger during a fi ght with her parents as the clock ticked, Krieger and Siebold already home caring for the baby.

“It was a very vulnerable time,” said Siebold, who does public relations for a real estate company in Manhattan. “Genavieve, this is her baby, and she loves Morgan and anything could have really hap-pened at that point. Thank goodness she had a certain amount of time to decide whether she was making

the right decision.”Diggs moved ahead with

the adoption after the 30 days passed and sees Mor-gan regularly. The show premieres with her story and that of Morgan’s two dads on Oct. 30, with other segments featuring other same-sex and heterosexual couples.

The series, produced by Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley, coincides with a heart-wrenching account of domestic adoption gone wrong in the October issue of Vogue magazine, head-lined “The Long Wait.”

New TV series shows open adoption from both sidesBY LEANNE ITALIE

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4E • Sunday, November 4, 2012 • The Paducah Sun Life paducahsun.com

Anniversaries

SYMSONIA — Mr. and Mrs. Don Wagner of Sym-sonia will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 11 at Symsonia United Methodist Church. All friends and relatives are invited. The couple request no gifts.

Mr. Wagner and the former Sue Gibson were married Nov. 9, 1962, by Henry G. Spraggins at First Southern Baptist Church in Brawley, Calif. Their at-tendants were Nina Gibson and Clifford Brown.

Mrs. Wagner is a former

employee of CTS and re-tired from Kentucky Lake Mobile Homes in Paducah. She is the daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Gibson.

Mr. Wagner is retired from Teamsters Local No. 236 and Laborers Local No. 1214. He is the son of the late S.O. and Lola Wagner.

They have three chil-dren: Channa Moore of Smyrna, Tenn., Tanna Kimmel of Gilbertsville, and Chris Wagner of Symsonia; and fi ve grand-children.

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GILBERTSVILLE — Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shelton of Gilbertsville will cel-ebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday.

Mr. Shelton and the former Janet Lee Brick-een were married Nov. 9, 1962, at Trinity Methodist Church. Their attendants were Sharon Moffi tt and Harold Shelton.

Mrs. Shelton is a retired teacher and elementary

school principal in the McCracken County School System. She is the daugh-ter of the late William and Frances Brickeen.

Mr. Shelton is retired from General Tire. He is the son of the late Floyd and Isabel Shelton.

They have two children: Russell Shelton of Paducah and Molly McElvain of Pinckneyville, Ill.; and three grandchildren.

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Weddings

NASSAU, Bahamas — Anne Colleen Hancock and William Webb Cox III were united in marriage Oct. 3 in Nassau with the Rev. Dewitt Hutcheson offi ciat-ing.

The bride is the daughter of David and Patti Hancock of Paducah.

The groom is the son of Chip and Robbin Cox of Paducah.

The bride is a graduate of Reidland High School in Paducah. She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2003 from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Ky., a bach-elor’s degree in elementary

education in 2007 from Murray State University in Murray, Ky., and a mas-ter’s degree in library sci-ence in 2011 from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky. She is employed by the Mc-Cracken County Board of Education in Paducah.

The groom is a gradu-ate of Paducah Tilghman High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2006 from Murray State University. He is employed by Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Madisonville, Ky.

The couple reside in Paducah.

William and Anne CoxGULF SHORES, Ala. —

Ashley Coleene Vaughn and Jason Michael Beasley were united in marriage Oct. 20 in a beachside cer-emony in Gulf Shores with Glen Henson offi ciating.

The bride is the daughter of Tina Arington of Wick-liffe, Ky., and Chris Vaughn of Barlow, Ky.

The groom is the son of Anita and Jerry Beasley of La Center, Ky.

Serving as fl ower girl was Miss Colbie Chan-dler, daughter of Daniel and Chasity Chandler of

Cunningham, Ky. Coleson Vaughn, son of the bride and groom, served as ring-bearer.

The bride is a 2011 graduate of Carlisle County High School in Bardwell, Ky., and is employed by First Southern National Bank.

The groom is a 2009 graduate of Ballard Memo-rial High School in La Center and is employed by Brise Construction & Enterprise.

The couple reside in La Center.

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Engagements

Lindsey Ivie Riley and Kelly Raymond Allen will be united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday at Kentucky Dam Village State Park Convention Center in Gil-bertsville. All friends and relatives are invited. Only out-of-town invitations have been sent.

Miss Riley is the daugh-ter of Jeffery “Jeff” Mar-vin Riley of Mayfi eld and Christi Burch Riley of Fan-cy Farm. She is the grand-daughter of John Marvin and Helen Cash Riley of Mayfi eld, and the late Joseph Paul and Margaret Lois Ivie Burch. She is a 2009 graduate of Gateway Academy.

Mr. Allen is the son of Chris and Sherri Allen of Ben-ton. He is the grandson of Harold and Geraldine Wynn of Tiline, and the late Kelly and Margaret Allen. He is a 2007 graduate of Marshall County High School in Benton and a member of Plumbers and Steamfi tters Local No. 184. He is employed by D&K Construction in Calvert City.

Riley-AllenMisty Dawn Paxton and

Bill Coleman will be united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday at Community Fellowship Baptist Church in Hickory. All friends and relatives are invited. Only out-of-town invitations have been sent.

Ms. Paxton is the daugh-ter of Jackie and Diane Peeler of Hickory. She is the granddaughter of Claude Ivy of Hickory and the late Louella Ivy, and the late Otis and Mary Peeler. She is a 1997 graduate of Graves County High School and a 2001 graduate of West Kentucky Community & Technical College. She is em-ployed by Lourdes hospital.

Mr. Coleman is the son of Paula Coleman of Paducah and the late Hal Coleman. He is the grandson of June Dublin of Paducah and the late Bobby Dublin, and Sue Coleman of Paducah and the late Charles Coleman. He is a 1988 graduate of Lone Oak High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2011 from Mid-Continent University. He is employed by USEC.

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paducahsun.com Life The Paducah Sun • Sunday, November 4, 2012 • 5E

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Rev. Frank Ruf-fatto comes to his new job as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church with an unusual resume.

He is a former police of-fi cer and homicide detec-tive. But understanding human nature plays a role in police work as well as ministry, said Ruffatto, who has shared his faith in both capacities.

“There is nothing like sharing the gospel and seeing lives changed,” he said.

Ruffatto, 47, grew up in Maryland on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., where his father was a police offi cer.

“After seeing what my father went through, I didn’t want any part of it,” he said.

He was the youngest of three children born to John and Donna Ruffatto, who now live in North Carolina. His brother, Steven, is a retired police offi cer and now a profes-sor of criminal justice in Pennsylvania. His sister, Toni Montgomery, is a for-mer police offi cer and now a married mother of three living in North Carolina.

After a stint in the U.S. Air Force, Frank Ruf-fatto returned home to the D.C. area where he hung out with police offi cers, “caught the bug and went to the academy.”

He worked for Prince George’s County Mary-land Police Department as a detective in various

units, including homicide, behavioral sciences, and child and vulnerable adult abuse. He often shared his faith to encourage others, including fellow offi cers.

In instances when he believed justice was not served, he took comfort in knowing God was the ultimate judge.

He recalls hugging a mother whose son had been murdered and the killer set free.

“My call was to bring justice as humanly pos-sible,” said Ruffatto, who says he understands God’s role in justice and mercy.

He continued to serve as a police offi cer while work-ing on an undergraduate degree in liberal arts.

“I was working in the child abuse unit, and my

family was very active in the church,” he said. “I dealt with social workers on lots of sex abuse cases. Some social workers said religion was not their thing. I wore my faith on my sleeve. For a while, I considered Christian coun-seling for kids.”

He studied behavioral science and theology at Concordia College in Bronxville, N.Y., and even-tually told his wife, Terri Lynn, that he was consid-ering a call to the ministry.

“She said, ‘It’s about time,’ “ Ruffatto said.

“I had been struggling with it for two years. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t thinking too highly of myself.”

He said he had a similar feeling before becoming a

police offi cer because that is also a calling.

In 2009 he graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., with a master’s of divinity.

His fi rst appointment was Point of Grace Luther-an Church in Cornelius, N.C. From there he came to Redeemer Lutheran, where he was offi cially installed as pastor in October.

He also serves as execu-tive director of the non-profi t Peace Offi cer Minis-tries, Inc., and has traveled extensively as a speaker as well as a chaplain for fi rst responders during times of crisis.

From police officer to pastorBY CHARLOTTE FERRELL SMITH

Associated Press

Associated Press

Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto stands in his church Oct. 15 in Charleston, W.Va. Ruffatto is a former police officer and ho-micide detective who became a pastor as a second career. He is the new pastor of Redeemer Lutheran.

STANTON, Del. — Bus driver Jerry Mewshaw couldn’t help but chuckle as woman after woman paused to rub his pink tie for luck before they headed into Helen F. Gra-ham Cancer Center.

“They always dress me up,” said the longtime driver for Howard J. Weston Senior Center near New Castle.

On Tuesday morning, Mewshaw chauffered 32 women from the center to the Christiana Care Breast Center for mammograms in what’s become an an-nual pilgrimage.

“If you’ve gotta get squeezed, it’s more fun in a group,” said breast-can-cer survivor Joan Gartley, 62, of New Castle. “When you’re by yourself, you sit there and worry. Out here, you’re laughing with your

friends.”While waiting their

turn, the women sipped coffee, chatted and played bingo in the lobby of the breast center, making themselves right at home.

“B-12! ... O-67! ... N-46!” said caller Peggy Barker, program director at the senior center.

“What? No,” a player objected.

“There’s no N-46,” a neighbor confi rmed.

“OK, that was a test. Only that table passed,” Barker joked. “G-50! Re-member when you were 50? And we thought that was old?”

The annual mammo-gram trips began 11 years ago after the mobile mam-mogram van discontinued its visits to the senior cen-ter on Bassett Road after 10 years, said executive director Sandy Krett.

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1665 Oak Park Blvd. Calvert City, KY 42029Phone: (270) 395-5588 Fax: (270) 395-5587

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