THE CITIZEN-TIMES, Scottsville, Ky., Thursday, February 9, 2012—PAGE 9

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LOCAL STUDENT HONORED—Rachel Riffe of Scottsville, received the 2011 Berea College Pin-nacle Scholars Award of Excellence for her ac-complishments in the field of Science. Her honor commemorates students’ accomplishments and dedication in the fields of science, music or ser-vice. Rachel was chosen specifically out of more than 500 nominees and was honored at a formal awards ceremony held in December.

The University Of Ken-tucky School Of Human Environmental Sciences recently announced the Patricia Brantley Todd Awards for Excellence in research, extension and academic leadership dur-ing their All-School Con-ference.

The awards are named for Todd, who is an alum-na of the school and the wife of former UK Presi-dent, Lee T. Todd, Jr. The Todd’s provided funding for the awards to recog-nize and award excellence among the school’s faculty and staff. The first awards were given in 2009. Win-ners receive a plaque and $1,000.

In Extension, the 2011 award recipient was Janet Johnson, Allen County Ex-tension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Johnson has served state-wide leadership roles while serving the people of Al-len County as a family and consumer sciences agent

with the UK Cooperative Extension Service. She is chair of the “Plate it Up, Kentucky Proud” project committee. This program is a joint venture of the UK College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture developed to increase the consumption of locally grown foods. She’s co-chair of the Kentucky Extension Leadership De-velopment curriculum committee, which focuses on family leadership teach-ing resources for extension agents. Additionally, she represents extension on the Kentucky Agritourism Advisory Council.

The 2011 Research recei-pent was Min-Young Lee, a faculty member in the De-partment of Merchandis-ing, Apparel & Textiles for international retailing be-haviors. Donna Smith, a faculty member in the De-partment of Family Stud-ies was the recipient for academic leadership.

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Janet Johnson, Allen County Family and Con-sumer Science Agent with the UK Cooperative Extension Service was, honored recently with the Patricia Brantley Todd Award. Pictured are, from left: Dr. Ann Vail, Janet H. Johnson and Patricia Todd.

Janet H. JohnsonAllen County Extension Office

JANET’S JOTTINGSFamily and Consumer Sciences

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RIFFE HEADS TO STATE—The Annual KAAC Governor’s Cup Regional Academic Com-petition was held Sat-urday, Feb. 4 at Drakes Creek Middle School in Warren County, Ky. Aus-ten Riffe received third place in the Science test and will compete at the Governor’s Cup State Ac-ademic Competition in Lexington. Three points separated the top three finishers. Also participat-ing at the regional com-petition from Allen Coun-ty were: Social Studies, Dale Shivers; Language Arts, Olivia Hawkins; Arts and Humanities, Madeline Payne.

Layne Keaton Graves

Barry and Karrie Graves are proud to announce the birth of their son, Layne Keaton Graves.

Layne was born at 1:21 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at The Medi-cal Center at Bowling Green. He weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Layne was welcomed home by big brother, Cy Graves and big sister, Brittany Graves.

Maternal grandpar-ents are Jim and Sandra Oliver of Adolphus.

Paternal grandpar-ents are Virginia Graves of Scottsville and the late Danny Graves.

Paternal great-grand-parents are Reathel Lovelace and Cathryn Stinson, both of Scotts-ville.

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Rescue Squad Halloween Party Soon

The Scottsville-Allen County Rescue Squad will offer area children age 12 and under a free Hal-loween party on Friday, Oct. 28, from 6-9 p.m. at the Rescue Squad Build-ing, located on Maxwell Drive. The event will fea-ture games, candy, a cos-tume contest and more. For more information, call Christy Davis at (270) 239-8041.

•The City of Scottsville has set Halloween citywide trick-or-treating from 4-7 p.m. on Halloween itself, Monday, Oct. 31.

MY BIG GREEN TRACTOR—Jason Aldean’s country hit seemed to de-scribe the fun Bayleigh Hopkins, the five-year-old daughter of Shen-na and Jonathan Hopkins of Scotts-ville, was having on her grandfather Dennis McPeak’s lovingly-restored 1948 John Deere during Saturday’s Antique Tractor and Truck Show at Foster Farms Arena on Bailey’s

Point Road. The annual event, spon-sored by Scottsville’s Graham Ma-sonic Lodge No. 208 and Chapter 60 Order of the Eastern Star, is a fundraiser for Allen County Special Olympics. It attracted 36 tractor en-tries and at least four trucks. The day included prizes, grilled goodies, tractor games, a silent auction and more. For more photos, see page 10.

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FARMERS HAVE A FIELD DAY—Organized by the Allen County Co-operative Extension Service and Allen County Conservation District with the help of several local agri-culture-related business sponsors, last Thursday’s Field Day featured free instruction on a list of issues of interest to local farmers. The sched-ule began on the Kirk Howard farm, with a presentation on Roundup®

Ready alfalfa and the demonstration conducted above by Randy Harston of the Conservation District’s hay roll wrapping machine. Available to rent (270-237-3189) for $3 a roll—and the farmer supplying the plastic rolls—the machine can help save a lot of hay that would otherwise be lost to the elements if left unprotect-ed. For more Field Day photos, see page 17.

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(See New Chief, Page 11)

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Beginning his firefighting career with the Tram-mel Volunteer Fire Department, Allen County’s Tony Atwood has climbed a ladder of a different sort: He’s now the Glasgow Fire Department’s new chief.

Allen ManIs Glasgow’sNew ChiefBy Matt PedigoC-T News Editor

The curve was sharp, and maybe she took it a little fast.

Though she’s very fright-ened and her car landed squarely on its side in some-one’s yard, the driver was okay.

One of the first people the young motorist saw coming to check her condition was no less than the chief of the Glasgow Fire Department.

For Allen County native Tony Atwood, the hours are a little more normal in his new post—but “chief” doesn’t mean “desk job.”

The life of a first responder is in his blood, Atwood says, and he’s lived it well enough to attain a very high position in a prominent area city.

On October 10, follow-ing an interview process and unanimous vote by the Glasgow City Council, Glas-gow Mayor Rhonda Riherd

Trautman administered the oath of office to Glasgow’s new fire chief. Atwood re-places Chief Bobby Bunnell, who retired.

Atwood is one of three sons born to Billie and Pattie At-wood of Brownsford Road. His brothers are Terry and

Mickey, now a patrolman for the Scottsville Police Department. Tony Atwood lives with his wife Diane on Steenbergen Road in north-ern Allen County. The couple has four children: Terry Mi-chael, an Allen County Am-

Police Beat

EMTs Help Deputy in Meth Bust

KDFWR: Deer Season Outlook Better for ’11

(See Deer Season, Page 12)

(See School Board, Page 12)

(See Police Beat, Page 9)

By Matt PedigoC-T News Editor

A Fountain Run man lost his life last Thursday night in a one-vehicle wreck on Ky. 98 (Brownsford Road) just east of Brown’s Ford.

According to his obituary, (seen in its entirety on page 4) Andy McMurtry, age 30, died at 10:23 p.m. when his truck, for reasons not yet determined, left Brownsford Road and struck a plank fence near the Barefoot Re-public camp. Allen County Sheriff Jeff Cooke said the accident took out about 30 feet of the fence.

Cedar Springs No. Two Volunteer firefighters were the first emergency respond-ers to arrive on the scene, but couldn’t help McMurtry. Responders say he had al-ready died by that time.

Many details have not been

made public; the Kentucky State Police are investigat-ing the case, as is standard procedure in wrecks involv-ing fatalities. KSP’s Bowling Green-based Post Three had not issued a press release as of press time Tuesday.

Local responders say Mc-Murtry was working third shift at Bowling Green’s Holley plant, and was on his way to work when the ac-cident occurred. The cause of the accident is unclear, though some say a tire may have blown, causing the truck to veer out of control.

McMurtry was alone. Cooke said he was uncertain if McMurtry had been wear-ing a seatbelt.

McMurtry is the second person to die on Allen Coun-ty roadways this year. Fur-ther details will be reported as they become available.

Fountain Run ManDies in Ky. 98 Wreck

By Matt PedigoC-T News Editor

It’s that time of year again, the one that men and women bitten by the deer-hunting bug wait all year for—and that some bow and muzzleloader hunters have already taken part in.

And, like last year, hunt-ers who prefer modern fire-arms will, in Allen County, have longer to hunt than anywhere else in the region.

According to Tina Brunjes, deer and elk program coordi-nator for the Kentucky De-partment of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR), the 2011 deer season outlook is an improvement over last year.

“If our September archery harvest is any indication, this should be a good sea-son,” Brunjes said. State-wide, bowhunters set a re-cord for deer checked in, at 4,946 statewide—539 more than last September.

Contributing to the solid outlook is a smaller mast crop. Forest foods like acorns are much less bountiful this

year than in 2010, when white oaks with branches drooping with sweet acorns drew many deer away from crop fields and back into forests. In the September through January 2010-2011 season, Allen County hunt-ers checked on 1,017 deer—the lowest number since 2002.

However, “low harvest” is a relative term. According to KDFWR statistics, that’s still far and away better than the harvest rate of any sur-rounding Kentucky county. For 2010, Warren County ran a distant second, with 765. (Allen County’s mod-ern firearms harvest total alone nearly equalled that, at 753.) Barren County’s season-long harvest total was 673, closely followed by Monroe County, with 665. A distant last was Simpson County, with 241.

Thus, Brunjes noted, an unusual situation that be-gan last year will be repeat-ed this year: Allen County is still classified as a Zone

School Board

Empty Board Seat Filling Soon

By Joe HiteC-T Staff Writer

A call of a man lying un-responsive in a county road led to a very dangerous situation for a local deputy, who—with the help of two Allen County Ambulance Service personnel—man-aged to nab four accused methamphetamine makers.

At 3:20 p.m. last Wednes-day, Oct. 12, an ambulance

was dispatched to the bridge on Horseshoe Bend Road, where a local firefighter, who was not identified, had called to report the man lying in the road. Deputy Sheriff Charlie Drummond fell in behind the ambulance and responded.

The ambulance was later told to “signal eight” on the run, as someone had picked

the man up. The ambulance crew of Mark Reid and Ricky Richardson proceeded to the top of a hill to talk to the firefighter who had made the call; Drummond, cross-ing the bridge in his cruiser, said he looked to his left and saw a vehicle off the road beside the creek. Exiting the cruiser, he realized there

By Matt PedigoC-T News Editor

In Monday’s meeting of the Allen County Board of Education, members Darrell Calvert, Jeff Eaton, Justin Marsh and Beth Edwardson were present.

The county has five school board districts, but right now, those four members are the full board. That’s likely

to change soon, Superinten-dent Randall Jack said.

District Five’s duly-elect-ed representative was Rick Bagwell, who served until July 28 of this year. Bagwell served honorably but was forced to resign when the Allen County Intermediate Center employed his daugh-ter as a teacher. Under Ken-tucky law, no one can serve

on a board of education if an immediate family mem-ber is employed by the same school district.

To replace him, Jackson had to take applications through Wednesday, Sept. 21. Applicants would then be interviewed by a four-person Kentucky Depart-ment of Education team,

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Young Marines Info Day Set

The Southern Kentucky Young Marines will have a parent information day Sat-urday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Allen County Intermedi-ate center.

You are invited to attend and find out about Young Marines and how your son or daughter can join, or how you can be an adult leader for this fine group of young people. The next boot camp starts on February 25.

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