Dale Turner

The Ballard County Weekly

It’s always good news when jobs come to a com-munity and with the con-tinual lay-offs at USEC, the opening of a new arriv-al to the area is welcomed news. Although a small business, it is designed to put some locals to work over the next few years.

Located at the old New Wave site on Hwy. 60

there has been noticed ac-tivity lately. It is where you will find Sam Davis, doing remodeling and installing equipment in anticipation of launching Big River Propeller.

Big River will deal in the repair of damaged pro-pellers from river boats and tugs; “push boats” in Davis’s terminology. As part of his business plan, he said they will at some

Dale Turner

The Ballard County Weekly

Paul Logsdon gives new meaning to the ‘Adopt a High-way’ litter clean-up program. He has adopted up to 38 miles a week of county roads he lit-ter patrols and cleans in and around Barlow.

Paul was involved in a chemical accident at West-vaco on Sept. 7, 1995 when he found himself in area not properly secured during the chemical cleaning of a paper machine. Paul’s heart stopped, he was resuscitated but not ex-pected to live, but he did. Paul spent the next three years in and out of multiple hospitals without the ability to remem-ber his own address. Down but not out, Paul recovered with life altering disabilities.

Logsdon has always been

an outdoorsman; hunting, fish-ing, and camping. Maybe that has something to do with his birthplace? When you leave a door open someone will no doubt say to you, “were you born in a barn?” Well, if you ask Paul, that question he will tell you yes. He was born in a tobacco barn in 1943 while his mother was working for Lap Rollins.

Paul’s father worked at what is now USEC until 1955, when he left the family and went to Joliet, Ill., to find work, taking Paul with him. Paul was un-happy with the relocation and told his father he wanted to re-turn to Ballard County. Paul’s father told him he didn’t have the money to send him back so Paul offered that he would be willing to hitchhike back. His father took him to the local po-lice station and obtained a note

that would let anyone know Paul had been authorized to hitchhike.

At only 12, Paul was on a journey back to Ballard Coun-ty by himself. According to Paul, he was able to make it to Southern Illinois with just three different rides and the last one dropped him at a gas station in north Cairo, where he bumped into Herschell Jones, who then carried him back to the county.

Paul lived with his mother and brother, Glen, who had remained behind when he and his father moved. Later that year, his father came back and picked Paul and his family up and moved them all to Joliet where he got a job and secured a place for them to live. Paul settled into northern Illinois and became an accomplished

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Viniard updates ‘state of the county’

Dale Turner

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During the Chamber Break-fast on April 7, Judge/ Execu-tive Vickie Viniard spoke to the group in a State of the County Address. The address usually occurs during November or De-cember but weather conditions and appoints caused postpone-ments until now, according to Viniard.

Additions to the county were the topic; the ambulance ser-vice has now become a certified Critical Care facility and has en-tered a Critical Care-Hospital to Hospital transport program. Two paramedics who have completed the critical care requirements and four more should be certi-fied around July.

There are now two ambulance stations in Ballard; La Center and Wickliffe that are staffed around the clock; Wickliffe also covers the Gage, Blandville, and Lovelaceville areas.

Expandable Patient Surface (EXP) mattresses including handrails have been added to the stretchers on the two main-line ambulances along with ventila-tors and I V pumps and one Lu-cas Chest Compression System that sustains a more accurate heart compression than manual compressions.

Ballard County Emergency Management has enhanced its abilities in major ways that in-clude 14 emergency support functions, from transportation to agriculture, enabling the coun-ty’s Emergency Operation Plan that ensures all departments are working together in the best in-terest of all citizens to see they have the assistance and resourc-es needed to survive, according to Viniard.

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Propeller repair shop opens in county

Ballard County man refuses to let health issues keep him down

Weekly photo/ Dale TurnerPaul Logsdon, shown above on his on his Rino, has kept busy helping the community despite battling health issues. His wife, Ellen, said “he makes a difference.”

Jared JaCkson

The Ballard County Weekly

After the reading and the approval of the city’s financial report and min-utes, the LaCenter City Council moved on with the city’s police depart-ment report. The police department reported a to-tal of 37 calls last month, but everything was going

LaCenter holds council meeting

Upcoming EventsApril 18

A glow in the dark Eas-ter Egg Hunt will be held on April 18, at 7 p.m. in the La Center City Park,

April 19City of Wickliffe An-nual Easter Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. in city park. ---Zumba For Cure With Team Recovery.10a.m- Noon.Bardwell Baptist

April 20Easter Sunrise Service at Fort Jefferson Cross, starting at 6:30 a.m.

April 24Friday Night Fight Against LUPUS Zum-ba Event will be held April 25, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Barlow First Baptist gym.

---The chamber will be hosting a Candidates Meet & Greet on April 24. The event start at 6 p.m. at BMHS.

April 27Ballard-Carlisle His-torical and Genealogi-cal Society meeting. Starts at 2 p.m.

May 3The 10th Anniversary of WWII Veterans’ trip to DC. Edgar Herrel will be the guest speak-er. Starts at 10 a.m. at KVPM.

---Derby Day has been set for May 3 at the Farm-ers Market in LaCen-ter.

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Photo Courtsey: Darrell BulterMarty Hendershott (far left), Sam Davis (second from left), Tyler Davis and Scott Hitchings (far right) stand in front of a large propeller. Davis opened a new propellere repair shop in LaCenter, saying the decision to start a new business, “just seemed like it was meant to be. Doors started opening.”

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

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Kindergarten registrationscheduled for April 25

Barlow HouseEaster Egg Hunt

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BCES Conservation Poster Winners!

First grade ...First grade winners were Charley Morris, first place; Jace Birney, second; Nikki Logsdon, third; and Amyah Smith, fourth.

Second grade ...Second grade winners were Kori Martin, third place; Kenna Bodell, fourth; Annalise Gates, second; and Daniel Meinschein, first.

Third grade ...Third grade winners were Lanea Sullivan, first place; Emma Lehman, second; Andrew Dunnagan, third; and Kennady Alexander, fourth.

Fourth grade ...Fourth grade winners were John Hamilton, third place; Paige Treiling, fourth; and Wendy Burnley, first. Bailey Lee, not pictured, won second place.

Fifth grade ...Fifth grade winners were Anabell Cox, fourth place; Holly Pratt, third; Tin-slee Williams, second; and Lexi Tanner, first

County winners ...County winners were Lanea Sullivan, third place; Wendy Burnley, second; and Lexi Tanner, first

CLINTON - Bette Johnston Chandler, 80, of Clinton, died Monday, April 7, in her home.

Bette was born May 30, 1933 to Bertie Thom-as Johnston and C. E. Johnston of Barlow, Kentucky.

Bette was a member of The First United Method-ist Church in Clinton and actively was involved in many of the church’s groups, including the chancel choir, United Methodist Women, JOY group, the church’s Re-lay for Life team, and various committees. In addition to her church service, Bette also was active in the community as a member of The Clin-ton Woman’s Club, The Hickman County Home-makers, The Hickman County Arts Council, and an area women’s bar-bershop group, Melody Makers.

During her working career, Bette was em-ployed in various lo-cal and area enterprises. She served as the church secretary at The United Methodist Church, and worked in the offices of the Clinton-Hickman County Hospital, Central Soya, and Ferry Morse. She was a retired rural mail carrier.

Surviving Bette are her husband of 55 years, Jerrald Warren Chan-dler of Clinton; a son, Bruce, of Austin, Texas; a daughter, Gaye, and her

husband Randy Auxier of Murphysboro, Illinois; two sisters, Reba Fondaw of Barlow, Kentucky, and Jean Mauntel of Weldon Spring, Missouri; and numerous nieces and nephews. Bette was pre-ceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lucian Burle Johnston of Paducah, Kentucky, and Charles Franklin John-ston of Barlow, Ken-tucky; and two sisters, Emmalyn Mack of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and an infant sister.

A memorial service will be held at The Unit-ed Methodist Church in Clinton on Saturday, April 19, at 11 a.m. The family will receive visi-tors at the church before the service, at 10 a.m.

The family requests contributions to The United Methodist Church memorial fund or to Hickman County Relay for Life in lieu of flow-ers.

KEVIL - Robert Douglas Egner, age, 51 died April 12, 2014 at 4:59 p.m. at his home in Kevil.

He was of the Baptist faith.

Douglas is survived by his mother, Barbara Egner Curtis of Kevil; one daughter, Catrina Faye Egner of Kevil, Ky.; three brothers, Marvin Egner of Bandana, Ky., Lyn Egner of

Sommerville, South Carolina, and Kirk Egner of Kevil, Ky.; two sisters, Carol Agers of Seda-lia, Ky. and Cindy Hill of Kevil, Ky.; several nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Virgil “Corky” Egner.

Funeral services were Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Mor-

row Funeral Chapel in LaCenter, Ky. with the Rev. Billy Dale Crabtree officiating.

Interment will follow at Newton Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation was Tues-day evening from 6-8 p.m. at Morrrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter, Ky.

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 PAGE 3

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BANDANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

11524 Oscar Road, Bandana

LITTLE UNIONBAPTIST CHURCH

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BarlowANTIOCH

BAPTIST CHURCH315 Antioch Church Rd, Barlow

BARLOWBAPTIST CHURCH135 N. 6th Street, Barlow

BARLOW UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

198 So. 5th Street, Barlow

FIRSTGENERAL BAPTIST

255 S. 4th, Barlow

OHIO VALLEYBAPTIST CHURCH

538 Hazelwood Rd., Barlow

HinklevillePLEASANT HILL UNITED

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CHRISTIAN CHURCH12245 Woodville Rd., Kevil

HEATH CHURCH OF CHRIST10025 LaCenter Rd., Kevil

KEVIL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

1072 N. 1st Street, Kevil

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KEVIL FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH986 N. 1st Street, Kevil

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12800 Ogden Landing Rd., Kevil

LaCenterFAIRVIEW BAPTIST

CHURCH373 Forest St., LaCenter 665-5084

FIRST BAPTISTCHURCH OF La CENTER

421 Broadway, LaCenterGRACE UNITED

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LaCENTER CHRISTIANCHURCH

414 Walnut Street, LaCenter

MT. PLEASANTBAPTIST CHURCH

576 Mt. Pleasant Rd., LaCenter

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901 Monkey Eyebrow Rd.,LaCenter

OSCARBAPTIST CHURCH

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RESURRECTIONFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

6914 La Center Rd., LaCenter

ST. MARY’SCATHOLIC CHURCH624 Broadway, LaCenter

LovelacevilleLOVELACEVILLE MISSIONARY

BAPTIST CHURCH253 N. Broadway, Lovelaceville

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WickliffeBETHEHEM

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ObituariesBette Johnston Chandler

Robert Douglas Egner

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In Loving Memory ofVirginia Batts Boulton

April 20, 1920 – April 6, 1989Heaven Needed Mama

So many things of Mom I miss –Her gentle hug and tender kiss.

I still can feel her warm embrace,And picture yet her loving face.

A mother’s tasks are never done,And Heaven must have needed one.For Angels come and took her handAnd led her to God’s promised land.

She’s surely kept quite busy up thereWhile brushing little angel’s hair.

And making sure they’re dressed just right,Not staying out too late at night.

Although there’s sadness, this I know –She’s waiting there, her face aglow.

I close my eyes and I can see –Her arms still open wide for me.

Greatly missed by her children, grandchildren,and great-grandchildren that she will meet someday.

Bette JohnstonChandler

Robert Douglas Egner

WICKLIFFE - Su-zanne Moss Allen, 73, of Wickliffe passed away at Baptist Health of Pad-ucah at 4:29 am, Thurs-day, April 10.

She was a member of Wickliffe First Baptist Church where she at-tended the Ruth Sunday School Class. She was a graduate of Murray State University with a Masters Degree in El-ementary Education. She taught for 30 years in the Ballard County School System with most of that time teaching kindergar-ten in Wickliffe Elemen-tary School. She was also a former Wickliffe City Council member for more than five terms.

She is survived by her husband of 55 years, William Bradley “Bill” Allen of Wickliffe; her sons, William Bradley Allen, Jr. and wife To-

bie of West Paducah and Cory S. Allen and wife Dawna of Tulsa, Okla-homa; and grandchil-dren, Kelsey Frensley of Graves County, William B. Allen, III and Callie Suzanne Allen of West Paducah.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents, Chink and Fran-ces Pollack Moss and grandmother, Callie “Bubba”Pollack.

Celebration of life services was held Satur-day, April 12 at 1 p.m. at Milner and Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe with Rev. Lynn Releford of-ficiating. Friends could call at the funeral home Saturday from 10 a.m. till service time.

You may go online to light a candle or leave a message of sympathy to the family at www.mil-nerandorr.com

Suzanne Moss Allen

Wickliffe Masonic Lodge Hickory Smoked BBQ

Hams-Briskets-RibsBoston Butts-ChickenSaturday April 19th

Time 2 a.m. till 9 a.m.

Call Harry AshcraftAT 270-853-2420

Hams $50 - Brisket $45Butts $25 - 1/2 Chicken $3 - Ribs $18

WM’s ED ceremony set for April 26

In celebration of Earth Day, Wickliffe Mounds will have a tree planting event at 9:30 a.m. on April 26. Volunteers for plant-ing trees will meet in the Welcome Center to get an overview of the project plans.

An interpretive pro-gram on the natural en-vironment of the Missis-sippian culture and the Woods Walk Trail will be conducted after the tree planting. Volunteers are encouraged to bring work gloves, reflective safety vest, and a sack lunch.

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

OpinionMuch attention has

been given to the return and burial of Cpl. Wil-liam Franklin Day for the past few weeks, but soon he will become a memory once again. In the words of Brigadier Gen. George (Buddy) Petty spoken dur-ing the funeral service of Bill Day, I too feel it “alto-gether fitting and proper” and a privileged opportu-nity to continue to speak about this American hero as much as possible while he has been thrust back into the forefront of our thoughts and minds, and before his name will be swept away by time and generations and forgotten about again.

The following was submitted by Carrie Rose-Matens, the granddaugh-ter of Bill Day. It was a release by the U.S. Army to the family and liberties have been taken to make it a more clear account of Day at the Battle of the Chosin Resivoir when Day went MIA and later declared Killed in Action (KIA). ---

In late November 1950 Private First Class Wil-liam F. Day was assigned to C Company,

32nd Infantry Regi-ment, which was then making up part of the 31st Regimental Combat Team

(RCT). Private First Class (Pfc)

William F. Day, a member of Company C, 1st Battal-ion, 32nd Infantry Regi-ment, 7th Infantry Divi-sion (C Co, 1/32 INF, 7th ID), was assigned to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT; also known as Task Force MACLEAN and later as Task Force FAITH). The mission of the 31st RCT (commanded initially by Colonel (Col) Allen D. MacLean), as of

25 November 1950, was to secure the road along the east side of the Cho-sin (Changjin) Reservoir above the Pungnyuri Inlet in the northeast of Demo-cratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.), and to relieve the Marines there, and then attack north to the Manchurian border. The 31st RCT advanced to occupy the eastern side of the Chosin Reservoir on 27 November 1950

The 31st RCT was de-ployed east of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, when it was engaged by vastly superior numbers of enemy forces. The 31st RCT, known historically as Task Force Faith, began a fighting withdrawal to more defensible positions near Hagaru-ri, south of the reservoir.

During their withdraw-al from 1 to 2 December 1950, the 31st RCT battled the Chinese People’s Vol-unteer Forces (CPVF) on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir, D.P.R.K. On 1 December 1950, after the arrival of support air-craft, the 1/32 INF led the 31st RCT as they began their southern withdrawal at approximately 1300 hours. The withdrawing column, consisting of 1/32 INF, 57th Field Artillery Battalion (FA), the heavy mortar company, and 3/31 INF with Battery D, 15th Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA) spread throughout

the column, took fire from the CPVF almost immedi-ately.

Miscalculated na-palm runs by friendly air support resulted in U.S. casualties and caused disorganization through-out the column. The 31st RCT encountered blown bridges, roadblocks, and CPVF soldiers. It was the foot soldier that fought the CPVF and kept the convoy moving forward until Hill 1221. Hill 1221 was a ma-jor obstacle to the convoy. Taking advantage of the hill’s heights, the CPVF supported their road-blocks with machine gun and small arms fire. With-out control of high ground, the 31st RCT’s convoy, in-cluding its wounded men, could not make it to the safety of Hagaru-ri.

Darkness forced the end of air support, but the convoy continued south. The CPVF destroyed what remained of the convoy at Hudong-ni. Some escaped the Chinese by walking on the frozen Chosin reservoir while others walked down the road south to Hagaru-ri. Survivors continued to trickle into the Marine positions at Hagaru-ri. A small task force attempted to retrieve wounded per-sonnel from Hudong-ni, but strong enemy resis-tance forced the company sized force to turn back.

On 2 December, Pfc William F. Day’s command reported him as Missing In Action (MIA) in the vicini-ty of the Chosin Reservoir. On 6 December, the survi-vors broke out of Hagaru-ri and began their march to Hungnam, D.P.R.K. Many who never made it to Hagaru-ri were killed in action (KIA), while oth-ers were taken Prisoner of War (POW) and marched

north. In an attempt to track

and account for all miss-ing U.S. soldiers from this battle, including Pfc Day, the U.S. Army assigned them to Field Search Case (FSC) 435-F. Through-out the remainder of the war, the UNC regularly requested that the CPVF and the Korean People’s Army (KPA) provide lists of American and allied servicemen held in their custody. No list provided by the CPVF or the KPA listed Pfc Day as a POW. During Operation LIT-TLE SWITCH (20 April to 3 May 1953), the two sides exchanged sick, wounded, and injured POWs. Re-turning UNC POWs pro-vided information about other UNC POWs during returnee interviews. None provided any informa-tion concerning Pfc Day. During Operation BIG SWITCH (5 August to 5 September 1953), the two sides exchanged all remaining POWs. These POWs provided informa-tion about other UNC POWs during returnee interviews. None provided any information concern-ing Pfc Day.

Based on this lack of in-formation, the U.S. Army declared Pfc Day dead as of 31 December 1953, posthumously promoted him to the rank of Corpo-ral (Cpl) on 1 May 1953, and informed his family of their actions. This rank is used throughout the re-mainder of this memoran-dum.

In the early 1990s, the Democratic People’s Re-public of [North] Korea (D.P.R.K.) repatriated to the United Nations Com-mand 208 boxes that they alleged contained the re-mains of U.S. servicemen still unaccounted-for from the Korean War.

Although the U.S. Army Graves Registration Service (AGRS) hoped to recover the remains of American and other UNC soldiers that remained north of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) after the war, conflict between the UNC and the D.P.R.K. made it complicated. Within the

Armistice Agreement, Paragraph 13f of Ar-ticle II dealt specifically with the recovery of hu-man remains. On 17 Au-gust 1954, the UNC, the D.P.R.K., and the CPVF came to an agreement re-garding the recovery and return of each side’s dead. The execution of this

agreement, known as Operation GLORY, lasted from 1 September to 30 October 1954. During the Operation GLORY exchange, the CPVF and KPA returned the remains of 4,023 individuals to the UNC, of which AGRS determined 1,868 to be American. The AGRS transferred these remains to their Central Identifica-tion Unit (CIU) in Kokura, Japan, for possible identi-fication. By the end of the CIU-Kokura identification process, 848 sets of Amer-ican remains from the war remained unidentified. Ul-timately the CIU sent 867 sets of American remains to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (also known as the Punch-bowl Cemetery) in Hono-lulu, Hawaii for burial as “Unknowns.” Since none of the remains from

Operation GLORY were associated with Cpl Day, the U.S. Army de-

clared his remains nonre-coverable on 16 January 1956, and notified his fam-ily of their actions.

INVESTIGATIONSThe D.P.R.K. did not

initially grant Americans access to battle areas north of the DMZ following Op-eration GLORY, and it was not until 1990 that the U.S. Army Central Identifica-tion Laboratory, Hawaii (CILHI) received possible American remains from the D.P.R.K. From 1990 to 1994, D.P.R.K. represen-tatives turned over a total of 208 boxes of remains that they purported to be American. Central Iden-tification Laboratory, Ha-waii scientists accessioned each box based on its date of arrival. Scientists ex-amined the remains and discovered that individual boxes often contained the remains of more than one person and parts of the same person were some-times in different boxes. As a consequence, accession numbers often represented multiple individuals. ---

Any remains of Bill Day that may be discovered in any boxes not having been completely surveyed will be cremated, sealed in an urn, and returned to Gloria Shonrock.

Remembering Day only ‘fitting and proper’

ByDale

Turner

Kentucky Press Association

The Ballard County WeeklyProudly published every day except Monday, Tuesday,

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Better life for our youth!

If you could have lived in my day you would have found things so much different. I enjoyed Chris Rundle’s column last week. I understand just what he was talking about.

Life is so different now than when his mom and dad were young. He said he loved to hear them talk about being able to feel safe with no bullying or

issues that he himself had to deal with. Chris is a fine young man. I should know, he has ridden my

school bus since first start-ing to school. He will be remembered by all as a great friend to his fellow students.

Kids like Chris could make a difference in our day. The answer is to start your own group. Pull to-gether and make good things happen.

We have a lot of kids like Chris and they deserve to be safe and happy.

Go for it, Chris! Mrs. K. bus 4!

Kay’sCorner

ByKay Jones

Better life for our youth!

Bill Day is shown above with his wife Betty and their daughter, Gloria, just four and one-half years of age when her father was de-clared Missing In Action in North Korea.

Letter to the EditorDear Fans of Bomber Bas-ketball,

I’m not sure if it’s cus-tomary for a coach to ad-dress fans in this way, but I wasn’t exactly sure how to get all of you in the same place at the same time to share this with you.

As a person who has grown up in this county, and as a person who wants to die in this county, I am beyond humbled at the support in which you gave our team and coaching staff this past basketball season. I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you who came to support our Bombers and Lady Bomb-ers throughout the year! It was so much appreciated! We couldn’t have our pro-gram without you and we couldn’t have had our suc-cesses without your help!

There are so many good

things to come in the fu-ture of Lady Bomber bas-ketball and Bomber bas-ketball, although I may be a little biased with my little brother being one of the boys on the team. I know I can speak for the coach-ing staff and the girls who played this year that we were so happy when we saw a gym full of people to play in front of. There is nothing quite like the feel-ing of putting on that green and white uniform and run-ning out of the tunnel to a gym full of screaming fans. I know from experience. I say to the girls sometimes that I wish I could do that one more time—just one more time! (If you’ve ever played basketball at this awesome school, you’ll understand what I mean.)

The 2013-2014 season went by so very fast. The

three seniors we had this year were so great with our very young and in-experienced squad. Abbi, Hailey, and Shelby will be missed tremendously next year! However, I know whatever the world has in store for them they will be successful because of the hard work and determina-tion they showed this year. We all, as a county, should be so proud to be part of these three girls’ history and hope that they’ll leave here wearing BMHS like a badge of honor!

We have a winning tradition in Lady Bomber basketball and I plan to keep it that way. We look forward to seeing you all next season! Thank you again for your continued support!

Sincerely,Kayla (Cooper) Vance

THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 PAGE 5

Sports

Lady Bombers Softball ScheduleDate Opponent Site TimeApril 21 St. Mary There 5 p.m.April 24 Graves County Here 5:30 p.m.April 25 Tilghman There 5:30 p.m.April 28 St. Mary Here 5 p.m.April 29 Fulton City Here 5:30 p.m.April 30 Cairo (JV only) Here 4:30 p.m.May 1 Mayfield There 5:30 p.m.May 2 Fulton City There 5:30 p.m.

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Anyone that has driven the roads lately has surely noticed the purple patches here and there and occa-sionally entire fields that have been turned purple by this plant. The common name is Henbit, Latin name, Lamium amplexicalue. Actually many times the color is caused by this plant along with another called Pur-ple Dead nettle, but that is another story.

An import from Europe, henbit has spread around the world. Considered an invasive weed it really seems to have little effect on local crops due to its early bloom. The seeds are covered with a sticky sub-stance and can be scattered by ants.

Belonging to the “Mint” family, henbit is edible. Young leaves can be added to salads or cooked as greens. Flowers as well as stems are also edible al-though I find the stems to be tough and stringy. There are no local poisonous plants that should be confused with henbit so try it and enjoy! One final note – if one finds the purple dead nettle or gets the two plants mixed up, they are both edible so there is no worry. As usual though, neither the paper nor myself are re-sponsible for the mis-identification and possible un-toward effects from eating unknown wild plants.

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Belonging to the “mint” family, henbit is ed-ible. Young leaves can be added to salads or cooked as greens.

Profiles in NatureBy Jack Glisson

The Ballard County Country Club will he holding its Ballard Golf Legacy 2nd Annual Spring Fling Couples Tournament on April 26-27.

The entry fee for the event is $100 per couple and includes a practice round, skins game, mulli-gans and range balls. The practice Round must be played the week prior to tournament.

The total number of flights and prizes will be based on number of entries. Carts must be reserved and paid for by noon Wednes-day, April 23.

The deadline for all en-

tries is noon Wednesday, April 23. Call to reserve tee times. Final tee times will be posted Friday on the BCGC website at: www.balalrdcountycountryclub.com and their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ballardcountycoun-

tryclub.To enter, mail checks

payable to: Ballard Coun-ty Country Club P.O. Box 44, Wickliffe, Ky 42087

Please contact the Golf Shop for more information at (270) 665-5557.

MAYFIELD - Two longtime high school baseball rivals hooked up in Mayfield last week.

Mayfield scored first but couldn’t maintain a lead on April 9 as Ballard Memorial denied Mayfield from getting the win.

The visiting Bombers answered with two runs in the top half of the third inning and never trailed again, defeating the Cardi-nals 3-1 in the Third Dis-trict baseball game.

Ballard Memorial, which claimed its 10th win, pushed across an in-surance run in the fifth in-ning.

The Bombers remain undefeated in the Third District. With the win, Ballard Memorial im-proved to 10-2 overall and 2-0 in the Third District.

Ballard Memorial fin-ished runner-up to St. Mary in the Third District Tournament last season.

Following the loss,

Mayfield fell to 2-8 and 0-4 in the district.

Ballard Memorial scored three runs on six hits. The Jeff Sadler-coached Bombers excelled at the plate in multiple in-nings.

Mayfield was limited to three hits in the loss. The Cardinals faced tough pitching throughout the district matchup.

Ballard Memorial pitcher Clay Newton claimed the win. Mayfield

pitcher Tyler Hall suffered the loss.

Offensively, Evan Lawrence and Alek Hu-gen helped to lead Ballard Memorial with a double each.

Nick Workman deliv-ered a double for Mayfield in the loss.

Ballard Memorial swept the regular-season series over Mayfield. When the two teams met on March 24, BMHS blanked the Cardinals, 4-0.

Country club to host annual ‘Spring Fling’ on April 26-27

Lady Bombers shut out Mayfield, 15-0

Bombers outlast Mayfield, improve to 10-2Ballard Memorial High School

Baseball ScheduleDate Opponent TimeApril 17 at Murray 5:30 p.m.April 21 Graves County 7 p.m.April 22 at Graves County 7 p.m.April 24 Hickman County 5 p.m.April 28 St. Mary 5 p.m. April 30 Cairo, Ill. 5 p.m.May 2 Christian County 5:30 p.m.May 3 at Franklin-Simpson 9:30 a.m. May 3 Grant County NoonMay 5 at Hickman County 5 p.m.May 6 at Carlisle County 5 p.m.May 8 Carlisle County 5 p.m.May 9 Calloway County 6 p.m.

1st Region Baseball StandingsTeam RecordPaducah Tilghman ....................................... 12-3Marshall County............................................11-2McCracken County .......................................11-4Ballard Memorial.......................................... 10-2St. Mary ......................................................... 9-2Graves County............................................... 6-4Carlisle County .............................................. 6-5Calloway County............................................ 6-6Murray ........................................................... 5-8Mayfield ......................................................... 3-8Hickman County ............................................ 2-9Fulton City ..................................................... 1-5Fulton County ................................................ 0-7

1st Region Softball RecordsMcCracken County ...................................... 15-3Paducah Tilghman ......................................... 9-2Marshall County............................................. 8-3St. Mary ......................................................... 5-5Murray ........................................................... 5-5Carlisle County .............................................. 5-7Calloway County............................................ 4-5Graves County............................................... 4-6Ballard Memorial.......................................... 3-10Hickman County ............................................ 2-3Fulton City ..................................................... 1-2Fulton County ................................................ 0-3Mayfield ......................................................... 0-5

(Through April 10.)

LA CENTER - The Ballard Memorial Lady Bombers rolled past vis-iting Mayfield in a Third District softball game on April 10) toppling the Lady Cardinals, 15-0, in three innings.

With the win, Ballard Memorial improved to 3-10 overall and 1-3 in the Third District. The Lady Bombers continued to play well after winning two of three games in the Crittenden County Round Robin on April 5.

Ballard Memorial ju-nior pitcher Rebekah Hogancamp pitched a one-hitter. Hogancamp dominated throughout the district matchup.

After scoring once in the bottom half of the

opening inning, offensive-heavy Ballard Memorial pushed across seven runs in back-to-back plate ap-pearances.

Ballard Memorial scored 15 runs on eight hits. Multiple Ballard Memorial players thrived at the plate. Offensively, Leah Shelley collected two hits and four RBIs for the Lady Bombers in the third inning alone. Fresh-man Jayde Newton went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Lady Bombers.

Ballard Memorial also benefitted from an early-season home run. Senior Jade Babb connected on a two-run home run for Ballard Memorial in the second-inning.

The Lady Bombers also fared well in the field, committing only one er-ror.

Prior to defeating May-field, Ballard Memorial beat Crittenden County and Carlisle County in a round-robin tournament.

BMHS, under the di-rection of head coach Terry Amis, went 2-1 at Crittenden County-hosted event.

Ballard Memorial pulled away to defeat Crit-tenden County convinc-ingly, blanking the Lady Rockets, 6-0.

In its other win on Sat-urday, April 5, Ballard Memorial defeated Carl-isle County, 10-4.

Muhlenberg County

dealt Ballard Memorial its lone loss in the Crittenden County Round Robin, de-feating the Lady Bombers, 6-1.

Ballard Memorial snapped a nine-game los-ing streak during at Crit-tenden County. Prior to landing in the win col-umn, Ballard Memorial had dropped three games to St. Mary, two to Mar-shall County and one each to Vienna (Ill.), Murray, Glasgow and Massac County.

The Lady Bombers faced Hickman County in 1st Region All “A” Clas-sic on April 15. Results will appear in next week’s edition.

point within six months to a year sell, repair, and cus-tomize smaller propellers off of outboard motors for local boaters. as well.

Four years of prepara-tion and a comprehensive business plan is what it took before Davis would leave his senior manage-ment position and come to La Center and start a new business. Davis said he strategically chose the location to place Big River near the intersec-tion of two rivers and be-tween Paducah and Cape Girardeau. He had initially wanted to settle the enter-prise in Wickliffe but was unable to locate an ad-equate building.

According to Davis, his son Tyler, spent weekends driving around the area on his motorcycle looking for an facility and eventually ran across a suitable loca-tion. Wanting to position the new business on the Hwy 60 corridor, Davis found the La Center struc-ture. After communica-tions with the building’s owner, John Summers, Davis said, he examined the parking and entrance access, and the interior height.

Being able to handle the weight of the delivery truck was a consideration; the concrete floor had to be thick enough. The ceil-ing height allowed enough room to work with the propellers that can span

up to 10-foot in diameter, and there is plenty of room for trucks to get in off the highway and leave space for parking, according to Davis.

With a job he loved and a long time before the next pay check there was a lot to consider, Davis said. That is why he said he felt he had to create an exten-sive detailed business plan before beginning.

“If I had not found the right building and with-out strong verbal commit-ments from the industry, I would not have this,” said Davis. “It just seemed like it was meant to be, doors started opening.”

Big River will start with only four to five people and is expected to generate around 25 jobs for the community by year three and up to 35 by the fifth year, according to the business plan.

Davis said he has al-ways maintained that if he was to ever start a busi-ness it would be before he turned 50 and he is just going to get in on the deadline. With the support of his wife, his two sons, Chris and Tyler, who will be working with their fa-ther, and his daughter and son-in-law, Scott Hitch-ings, moving from Jack-sonville to help out he is starting what he calls “a family business that he hopes to be able to hand down to his children and grandchildren some day.”

The family is no strang-er to the area. He and his

wife both grew up the Cape area. Tyler recently resigned as the assistant manager of the Lowe’s in Cape to come onboard with is father. His other son, Chris, works at the Lowe’s in Sikeston and will fill a part-time posi-tion of salesman.

Davis is used to work-ing on large vessels such as Navy destroyers and custom yachts. After 33 years experience - 17 with Missouri Dry Dock in Cape Girardeau, 4 years as operations manager at Huston Marine in Texas, and senior manager at BAE Systems Ship Repair in Jacksonville, Fla., for 12 more years, Davis brings plenty of expertise to the new business venture

The manager of Big River will be Marty Hen-dershott, who is also not unfamiliar to the area, hav-ing lived in the Cape area. Davis and Hendershott, who worked at Missouri Dry Dock himself for 22 years, will bring a com-bined 55 years of experi-ence to the operation.

Davis says he antici-pates receiving propellers to repair from his former employer in Jacksonville, from New Orleans, Vicks-burg, and along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. All the equipment being used has been custom designed and built by Davis and Hendershott.

Davis said he was fully operational and ready for business as of 10 a.m. Sat-urday.

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THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 6 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

By Kay PressonYears ago, there was a

rock ‘n’ roll song, “Kids of the Baby Boom,” that defined my generation. My generation is those of us who were born in the late 1940’s. My inspira-tion for this week’s col-umn came Friday after-noon while walking from Bardwell Post Office. There, on the parking lot was a shiny penny, and thanks to Hampton Physi-cal Therapy, I was able to bend over and pick it up. To folks younger than me, it may seem silly to bend over and pick up a penny. However, we learned at an early age to “find a penny, pick it up.”

Another of my recol-

lections was today when I travelled with several of us from Carlisle County Senior Citizens to May-field. There, along Hwy 121 are several signs ... “Wickliffe Mounds,” with the mileage. We discussed when Wickliffe Mounds was called “Ancient Bur-ied City.” And, we won-dered why the name had been changed. I well re-member when in elemen-tary school, we made a field trip to then Ancient Buried City. It was fasci-nating, and since history has always fascinated me, I read everything possible relating to the site.

This area is so very rich in history, and being on the Great River Road

intensifies our historical value. I would encourage each of you to tell your children and grandchil-dren of our history. There in Wickliffe is located the Ballard-Carlisle-Livingston Library and Historical Society. And, here in Bardwell, I have the honor of serving on the Board of Directors of the Carlisle County Li-brary and Museum. This is located in the former Bardwell United Method-ist Church, and we are in the process of preparing it for opening.

Thanks to each of you for your encouragement and your preservation of history.

Thanks for preserving our history

BIGContinued from Page 1

G & G Burgers & Baitnow open in Barlow!

Owners’ Geraldine and Gary Knight opened April 1.

Open from: 5 a.m. till 5 p.m.They serve breakfast and lunch

sandwiches & will soon offer pizza.

there are three levels of activation; to use the Emergency Operations Center’s fully equipped communications room to monitor weather, social

media outlets, initiate county warnings to the Code Red notification, and deploy emergency operations crews if nec-essary; and to use the center as a 911 back – up station and to see the res-cue squad has the needed

equipment, training, and resources Viniard said.

All rescue squad workers are now certi-fied by the Kentucky Fire Commission on extrica-tion using the Jaws of Life, said Viniard, and the squad has received two grants to purchase a new truck to provide a quicker launch time of a rescue boat, cold water survival suits, and sonar equipment while work-ing on the river.

At $81,000 per mile the county resurfaced six miles of roads last year. Part of the money was from a state flex fund the state allows the county to decide if it is to be used on county or state roads in the county and by na-ture the money is applied to our county roads. They county has also been for-tunate to receive discre-tionary funds from the state for road resurfac-ing.

Bridge funds are an 80/20 match from the state; the state provides $80,000 and county pro-vides $20,000 (in like kind) labor, equipment, or material match and has just recently included cul-vert repair to be included with bridge repair.

There have had to be cut backs at the jail and SAP program inmates are to be brought back and housed in the Bal-lard County Detention Center upon completion of the program. The jail is sound and will not be closing,Viniard said.

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good within the depart-ment. There were little to

no calls of any cat prob-lems within the city. Next was the fire department.

The fire department reported that there were

no calls made last month, except for being called to assist other fire depart-ments in surrounding ar-eas.

The next topic was on the City Water Treatment Plant. The city is going to be applying for a new permit that will allow the city to continue to run the water treatment plant within the states rules and regulations.

The last topic was for the Easter Egg Hunt, which will be held on Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. At LaCenter City Park. Bring your flashlights and baskets.

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While the winter may have wreaked havoc on many desirable plants, it did little to affect crab-grass, the most common weed in Kentucky lawns.

“Crabgrass is an an-nual weed that outcom-petes desirable grasses and then dies in the fall, leaving bare spots in yards for winter weeds to fill in,” said Gregg Munshaw, extension turf specialist in the University of Ken-tucky College of Agricul-ture, Food and Environ-ment. “The cycle keeps repeating itself until the turf stand gets poorer and poorer.”

Munshaw said the best way to control summer an-nual grassy weeds, includ-ing crabgrass, is to apply a pre-emergent herbicide before the weed germi-nates. Now is the time to do so.

“April 15 has tradition-ally been the latest date to apply pre-emergent her-bicides in Central Ken-tucky,” Munshaw said. “Western Kentucky’s deadline is usually a few days earlier, and Eastern Kentucky’s time frame usually ends a few days later.”

While spring had a cool-er-than-normal start, tem-peratures began rebound-

ing the week of March 31. Forsythia is a fairly reliable indicator of when crabgrass will germinate. Munshaw said forsythia in Lexington was just be-ginning to bud and should be in full bloom in a few days. Individuals should apply pre-emergent herbi-cides before the forsythia blooms begin to drop.

“Forsythia buds usually mean you have 10 to 14 days to apply a pre-emer-gent herbicide,” Munshaw said. “If we use this as our time frame, April 15 would once again be the deadline to shoot for to make a pre-emergent herbicide appli-cation.”

Individuals wanting to use herbicide should look for products containing the active ingredients di-thiopyr, pendemethalin, prodiamine and bensulide. “Weed and feed” prod-

ucts and others containing nitrogen are not recom-mended for lawns with cool-season grasses, such as tall fescue and Ken-tucky bluegrass, during the spring or summer.

“Nitrogen encourages the growth of perennial and annual warm-season weeds to further outcom-pete cool-season grasses, as they grow really well during the hottest part of the year,” Munshaw said. “All fertilizer on cool-season lawns should be applied in the fall.”

For more information contact the Ballard Coun-ty Cooperative Extension Office at 270-665-9118.

Programs of the Kentucky Co-operative 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 Broadway, LaCenter, 665-9118.

Time to control crabgrass is now

AG UPDATEBy Tom Miller

Ballard County Extension Agentfor Ag and Natural Resources

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hunter, participating in coon hunts across Illinois, Missouri and Indiana.

By 19, Paul was mar-ried to his wife, Ellen, and within a year of be-ing hired at a plastics plant he was promoted to plant manager, where he worked until the decision was made to relocate the plant. Logsdon wasn’t willing to make the move to Ohio or California with the facil-ity. He then got a job at the Joliet Army Ammunitions Plant and worked there until 1972 when Paul and his family moved to Ken-tucky and went to work for Westvaco.

In the years leading up to the accident, Paul con-tinued competition coon hunting and remained ac-tive in the outdoors. He and Ellen, along with friends around the county, owned horse and mule teams with wagons they would take hunting, camp-ing, and fishing. Paul has built seven houses; two up north and five in his neighborhood. One of the houses was for his mother and the other was for El-len’s parents, who moved to Barlow after her father retired from the Illinois Department of Transporta-tion.

During the days im-mediately following the accident, Ellen had an especially difficult time. Ellen’s mother was termi-nally ill and living with the couple at the time of Paul’s accident. Just a month and a half after Paul’s accident, with he and Ellen’s moth-ers both at home on con-centrators, their son Danny was electrocuted and died on Oct. 25.

In the years since be-ing injured, Paul has suf-fered a heart attack, is on his second pacemaker, and suffered three strokes, one of which he had to relearn how to walk and speak.

Paul struggles with speaking but is able to communicate rather clear-ly, and although he’s a lit-tle shaky, he insists on re-maining active outdoors.

Eventually, they were forced to give up the ani-mals they loved and cared for and in 2007 they sold the horses. All the diver-sity in their lives has not made them bitter or left them hopeless. They are both extremely pleasant people and seem to still en-joy life. Paul still likes the outdoors and you can find him in his Yamaha Rhino policing the roadways. He now wears a hunter or-ange t-shirt and baseball cap and a neon green high visibility vest so he can be seen easier.

Ellen says he falls down sometimes and is unable to get up and people stop by and help him. She says neighbors watch out for Paul and get concerned when they think he might have been gone too long.

Early on when he first started, someone thought he was collecting cans and brought him two bags full. He used to walk to town and back, now he is only able to park the Rhino and pick up trash a little ways and loop back and move the Rhino forward and keep repeating the process until he gets tired.

With a ‘never say quit’ spirit, Paul serves as role model and an inspiration to adults and younger peo-ple alike.

“He makes a differ-ence,” said Ellen.

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THE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYPAGE 8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

To protect and serve our community,businesses, school, family and our Children

My name is Carey Dean Batts. I am seeking the office of Sheriff in Ballard County.

My father, Roy Batts, was the LaCenter Police Chief for over 20 years. He passed away several years ago, but I learned a lot from him before his passing. The most important thing that I learned from him through the years is to treat everyone equally and with respect. Even at home, he rarely had anything bad to say about anyone that he had to deal with during his service. I can only hope that one of these days people in Ballard County can look back on my service and say the same about me.

I have served as a Deputy Sheriff in Ballard County continuously for a little over 20 years. I remain employed as a Deputy Sheriff for your Sheriff’s Office. The four years prior to my service as a Deputy Sheriff, I served as a Deputy Jailer at the Ballard County Detention Center.

I began my career as a Ballard County Deputy Sheriff by being assigned to the Western Area Nar-cotics Team, whose offices were located in Paducah. I served as an undercover officer and investi-gator with them for approximately 5 years. During those five years, my duties were primarily working undercover to purchase many different types of drugs from individuals who were trafficking in them.

Following my service with the Western Area Narcotics Team, I was moved to the Ballard County Sheriff’s Office. While serving as Deputy Sheriff in our county, my roles have been widespread. Some of my duties have included patrol, investigator, and interviewer/interrogator.

I have worked varying hours at the Sheriff’s Department through the years, including morning, eve-ning and midnight shifts. The last few years have been working the daytime shift, which afforded me the opportunity to work many hours alongside Sheriff Cooper, which enabled me to witness and be-come a part of the day to day operations of the Sheriff’s Office.

If you give me the opportunity to serve as your Sheriff, my most important goal is to ensure that you have a Sheriff’s Department that you can depend on and trust for your protection and security, and a Sheriff’s Department that operates in such a way that you never have to question it’s honesty or integ-rity.

Thank you,

Carey Batts