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WHITESBURG — The Letcher County Extension Ofce is tapping into one of the county’s natural resources and making something sweet. Shad Baker, agriculture agent for Letcher County, said the extension ofce is the rst extension ofce in Kentucky to purchase a maple syrup evaporator and attempt to make syrup. The evaporator has the capability to cook down three-fourths of a gallon of maple syrup an hour. It takes 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of maple syrup. “A lot of people are visual learners,” said Baker. “They can either go to some other state and see it done or they can come to the Letcher County Extension Ofce and learn.” It would take all day to make three- fourths of a gallon of syrup the old way of stirring the liquid in a kettle over an open re, said Baker. A few families in the county drill holes in maple trees, place buckets under the trees and cook the maple syrup down over an outside stove. The evaporator, tubing and taps cost about $8,500. The Ag Advancement Council donated $2,600, Kentucky Farm Bureau donated $1,000, and the extension ofce paid the rest through agriculture program funds. “The average landowner can’t take the risk on something like this,” said Baker. “We do things so that other people can see how they are done.” Baker and Mitch Whitaker, who also works at the extension ofce, cooked down the rst batch of maple syrup on Feb. 20 in a shed adjacent to the outdoor education center. The evaporator was ooded with sap with a re burning on logs underneath the evaporator. Baker and Whitaker closely watched as the water was boiled off the sap, concentrating the amount of sugar. Sap goes into the evaporator at two percent sugar and comes out at about 66 percent sugar. When the maple syrup is poured out of the evaporator, the temperature is 219 degrees. The experimental batch of maple syrup tasted funny, Baker said. “It had picked up the avor of the garden hose,” said Baker. “Some of the things we are still in the process of learning.” He purchased a food grade hose to use for the next trial run. Baker has a friend in Maine who is a third-generation maple syrup maker and plans to visit Letcher County in the coming weeks to show Baker how to cook down maple syrup. At least 200 maple trees are located on the property at the extension ofce. Baker and Whitaker drilled 5/16 holes at least 2 inches deep into 80 red maple and sugar maple trees. The holes were drilled at a 10-degree angle slightly sloping down to help guide the sap out of the trees and into tubing. Small tubing was placed in each hole and the small tubing was connected to larger tubing, which serves as a main line. Once sap comes out of the tree trunks, through the tubing and into a 500-gallon container, the sap must be cooked down or frozen within two days or it will spoil. Bacteria will start to grow in it. Sap is collected January through March until the sap runs out. “It’s seasonal, but it is at a time when not much else is going on,” said Baker. Each year, Baker and Whitaker will go back and drill new holes in the maple trees. The rst hole drilled is at chest height and is 3 inches up and 3 inches over. Eventually a diamond shape will be created. “The holes will grow up and you won’t be able to tell it is there,” said Baker. Collecting sap is a good use of land and is low impact, he said. “If someone wanted to do it, we could walk them through the process,” said Baker. “Maybe someone can make extra money on the side.” He said maple syrup is created in a similar way as sorghum. “Maybe in the fall we can cook down sorghum,” said Baker. Baker and others at the extension of- ce are going to try to cook down more maple syrup soon. “Be on the lookout for a pancake breakfast,” he said. Life The Paducah Sun | Sunday, March 10, 2013 | paducahsun.com Section E MR. MOM?: France wants dads to take more time off work for babies. | 9E ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Andrew Jeffers Jr . searches in Dolly McNutt Plaza for a memorial brick in honor of his brother, Ralph Jeffers, who died in 1945 during World War II. Jeffers had no luck, but plans to purchase one in his honor soon. A local man’s search for information on his brother has brought him a step closer to honoring the Paducah Marine who died during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. Pvt. Ralph Cecil Jeffers of Paducah was one of 6,825 Ma- rines who died during 36 days of ghting on the eight-square- mile Pacic Ocean island. He was killed in action March 8, 1945, one month after his 19th birthday. His brother, Andrew Jeffers Jr., began searching for infor- mation about the sibling he never met. He was born eight years after Ralph Jeffers died. Now, after ve decades, with the help of friends Jeffers locat- ed his brother’s grave and plans to memorialize the soldier. “From the time I was 9 years old I started asking ques- tions,” Jeffers said. “I’ll be 60 the rst of July. That’s a long time to wonder and nally get some closure, to nd out more about your brother. It’s been a roller coaster ride, up and down emotion-wise.” The search for information began with Andrew Jeffers Sr. The patriarch kept the memory of Ralph Jeffers guarded, not discussing it during his life. He died at 62, six months after An- drew Jeffers Jr. was deployed overseas. Like the older brother he never had a chance to meet, Jeffers also joined the Marine Corps, serving from 1971 to 1975. His rst overseas duty station was Japan. Jeffers said his father likely never recovered from the loss that thousands of families expe- rienced during World War II. The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the deadliest of the war, with 6,800 Marines and an estimated 19,000 Japanese soldiers killed. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, more than 22,000 Marines were injured in the ghting. The island was stra- tegically important to both Japanese and American forces, providing a landing spot for bombers and combat planes. The ghting resulted in 22 Medal of Honor awards to Ma- Brother honors Iwo Jima casualty BY JODY NORWOOD [email protected] “From the time I was 9 years old I started asking questions. I’ll be 60 the first of July. That’s a long time to wonder and finally get some closure, to find out more about your brother. It’s been a roller coaster ride, up and down emotion-wise.” Andrew Jeffers Jr. Associated Press Shad Baker, agriculture agent for Letcher County (left), watches closely as Gano Collins places more logs into the fire burning inside the evaporator, boiling water off the sap, concentrating the amount of sugar, as Baker attempts to make ma- ple syrup on Feb. 20 in Whitesburg. Sap goes into the evaporator at 2 percent sugar and comes out at about 66 percent sugar. Syrup may sweeten tree owners’ options BY SALLY BARTO Associated Press BOSSIER CITY, La. Bossier City beekeeper William Hummer makes his living off the honey bee. Each year, he tends to hundreds of honey bee colonies extracting their tasty, golden and sticky product for his business, Hummer and Son. The company, started with his late father Stanley Hummer as a 4-H project, sells its product across the state — most commonly in a 12-ounce “bear” size or by the pound at local grocery stores. But recently the number of colonies Hum- mer maintains has dropped 50 percent — from about 600 to a staggering 300. Hummer says he’s been able to meet the local demand for his honey but hasn’t been able to ship as much product down south as he would like, resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. “The state of the honey bees in Louisiana, they seem to be strong, but we have been faced with a lot of problems over the past few years,” Hummer said. “One being the weather. We’re very dependent upon the weather, rainfall being the big thing.” Hummer’s experience isn’t unique. Nation- wide beekeepers have seen a steady decline in managed hives since a peak of 6 million in the late 1940s. Today, there are about 2½ mil- lion colonies — a drop scientists attribute to a number of factors including drought, disease and parasites. Honey bees, non-native insects brought to America by the pilgrims, are vital to the nation’s prosperity. Without them food costs of crops, such as apples, almonds and melons, Louisiana residents have come to rely on would skyrocket. In addition, cotton, a staple for clothing, also would be greatly affected, and owers, such as sunowers, would become scarce. “Honey bees do over 80 percent of the pol- lination of the fruits (that we eat) and bers that we wear, so without them we would be in a world of hurt,” Hummer said. Yet there is a bright spot. A recent survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a substantial drop in colony mortality nationwide for the 2011-12 winter compared to the previ- ous ve years. And in Louisiana, the number of honey bee colonies has signicantly increased. “About two years ago, they (Louisiana bee- keepers) ran about 30,000 colonies. Over the last two years, it’s jumped up pretty dramati- cally,” said Allen Fabre, administrative coordi- nator with a state apiary program. “Now we’ve got about 50,000 colonies, according to our records. I would just say our bees are holding Beekeepers make gains against colony disease BY DEVIN WHITE Associated Press Please see BEES | 2E Please see MEMORIAL | 2E

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WHITESBURG — The Letcher County Extension Offi ce is tapping into one of the county’s natural resources and making something sweet.

Shad Baker, agriculture agent for Letcher County, said the extension offi ce is the fi rst extension offi ce in Kentucky to purchase a maple syrup evaporator and attempt to make syrup.

The evaporator has the capability to cook down three-fourths of a gallon of maple syrup an hour. It takes 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of maple syrup.

“A lot of people are visual learners,” said Baker. “They can either go to some other state and see it done or they can come to the Letcher County Extension Offi ce and learn.”

It would take all day to make three-fourths of a gallon of syrup the old way of stirring the liquid in a kettle over an open fi re, said Baker. A few families in the county drill holes in maple trees, place buckets under the trees and cook the maple syrup down over an outside stove.

The evaporator, tubing and taps cost about $8,500. The Ag Advancement Council donated $2,600, Kentucky Farm Bureau donated $1,000, and the extension offi ce paid the rest through agriculture program funds.

“The average landowner can’t take the risk on something like this,” said Baker. “We do things so that other people can see how they are done.”

Baker and Mitch Whitaker, who also works at the extension offi ce, cooked down the fi rst batch of maple syrup on Feb. 20 in a shed adjacent to the outdoor education center.

The evaporator was fl ooded with sap with a fi re burning on logs underneath the evaporator. Baker and Whitaker closely watched as the water was boiled off the sap, concentrating the amount of sugar. Sap goes into the evaporator at two percent sugar and comes out at about 66 percent sugar.

When the maple syrup is poured out of the evaporator, the temperature is 219 degrees.

The experimental batch of maple syrup tasted funny, Baker said.

“It had picked up the fl avor of the garden hose,” said Baker. “Some of the things we are still in the process of learning.”

He purchased a food grade hose to use for the next trial run.

Baker has a friend in Maine who is a third-generation maple syrup maker and plans to visit Letcher County in the

coming weeks to show Baker how to cook down maple syrup.

At least 200 maple trees are located on the property at the extension offi ce. Baker and Whitaker drilled 5/16 holes at least 2 inches deep into 80 red maple and sugar maple trees. The holes were drilled at a 10-degree angle slightly sloping down to help guide the sap out of the trees and into tubing.

Small tubing was placed in each hole and the small tubing was connected to larger tubing, which serves as a main line.

Once sap comes out of the tree trunks, through the tubing and into a 500-gallon container, the sap must be cooked down or frozen within two days or it will spoil. Bacteria will start to grow in it.

Sap is collected January through March until the sap runs out.

“It’s seasonal, but it is at a time when not much else is going on,” said Baker.

Each year, Baker and Whitaker will go back and drill new holes in the maple trees. The fi rst hole drilled is at chest height and is 3 inches up and 3 inches over. Eventually a diamond shape will be created.

“The holes will grow up and you won’t be able to tell it is there,” said Baker.

Collecting sap is a good use of land and is low impact, he said.

“If someone wanted to do it, we could walk them through the process,” said Baker. “Maybe someone can make extra money on the side.”

He said maple syrup is created in a similar way as sorghum.

“Maybe in the fall we can cook down sorghum,” said Baker.

Baker and others at the extension of-fi ce are going to try to cook down more maple syrup soon.

“Be on the lookout for a pancake breakfast,” he said.

LifeThe Paducah Sun | Sunday, March 10, 2013 | paducahsun.com Section E

MR. MOM?: France wants dads to take more time off work for babies. | 9E

ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun

Andrew Jeffers Jr. searches in Dolly McNutt Plaza for a memorial brick in honor of his brother, Ralph Jeffers, who died in 1945 during World War II. Jeffers had no luck, but plans to purchase one in his honor soon. 

A local man’s search for information on his brother has brought him a step closer to honoring the Paducah Marine who died during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.

Pvt. Ralph Cecil Jeffers of Paducah was one of 6,825 Ma-rines who died during 36 days of fi ghting on the eight-square-mile Pacifi c Ocean island. He was killed in action March 8, 1945, one month after his 19th birthday.

His brother, Andrew Jeffers Jr., began searching for infor-mation about the sibling he never met. He was born eight years after Ralph Jeffers died. Now, after fi ve decades, with the help of friends Jeffers locat-ed his brother’s grave and plans to memorialize the soldier.

“From the time I was 9 years old I started asking ques-tions,” Jeffers said. “I’ll be 60 the fi rst of July. That’s a long time to wonder and fi nally get some closure, to fi nd out more about your brother. It’s been a roller coaster ride, up and down emotion-wise.”

The search for information began with Andrew Jeffers Sr. The patriarch kept the memory of Ralph Jeffers guarded, not discussing it during his life. He died at 62, six months after An-drew Jeffers Jr. was deployed overseas. Like the older brother he never had a chance to meet, Jeffers also joined the Marine Corps, serving from 1971 to 1975. His fi rst overseas duty station was Japan.

Jeffers said his father likely never recovered from the loss that thousands of families expe-rienced during World War II.

The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the deadliest of the war, with 6,800 Marines and an estimated 19,000 Japanese soldiers killed. According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, more than 22,000 Marines were injured in the fi ghting. The island was stra-tegically important to both Japanese and American forces, providing a landing spot for bombers and combat planes.

The fi ghting resulted in 22 Medal of Honor awards to Ma-

Brother honors Iwo Jima casualty

BY JODY [email protected]

“From the time I was 9 years old I started asking questions. I’ll be 60 the first of July. That’s a long time to wonder and finally

get some closure, to find out more about your brother. It’s been a roller coaster ride, up and down emotion-wise.”

Andrew Jeffers Jr.

Associated Press

Shad Baker, agriculture agent for Letcher County (left), watches closely as Gano Collins places more logs into the fire burning inside the evaporator, boiling water off the sap, concentrating the amount of sugar, as Baker attempts to make ma-ple syrup on Feb. 20 in Whitesburg. Sap goes into the evaporator at 2 percent sugar and comes out at about 66 percent sugar.

Syrup may sweeten tree owners’ optionsBY SALLY BARTO

Associated Press

BOSSIER CITY, La.  — Bossier City beekeeper William Hummer makes his living off the honey bee. Each year, he tends to hundreds of honey bee colonies extracting their tasty, golden and sticky product for his business, Hummer and Son.

The company, started with his late father Stanley Hummer as a 4-H project, sells its product across the state — most commonly in a 12-ounce “bear” size or by the pound at local grocery stores.

But recently the number of colonies Hum-mer maintains has dropped 50 percent — from about 600 to a staggering 300. Hummer says he’s been able to meet the local demand for his honey but hasn’t been able to ship as much product down south as he would like, resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“The state of the honey bees in Louisiana, they seem to be strong, but we have been faced with a lot of problems over the past few years,” Hummer said. “One being the weather. We’re very dependent upon the weather, rainfall being the big thing.”

Hummer’s experience isn’t unique. Nation-wide beekeepers have seen a steady decline in managed hives since a peak of 6 million in the late 1940s. Today, there are about 2½ mil-lion colonies — a drop scientists attribute to a number of factors including drought, disease and parasites.

Honey bees, non-native insects brought to America by the pilgrims, are vital to the nation’s prosperity. Without them food costs of crops, such as apples, almonds and melons, Louisiana residents have come to rely on would skyrocket. In addition, cotton, a staple for clothing, also would be greatly affected, and fl owers, such as sunfl owers, would become scarce.

“Honey bees do over 80 percent of the pol-lination of the fruits (that we eat) and fi bers that we wear, so without them we would be in a world of hurt,” Hummer said.

Yet there is a bright spot. A recent survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a substantial drop in colony mortality nationwide for the 2011-12 winter compared to the previ-ous fi ve years. And in Louisiana, the number of honey bee colonies has signifi cantly increased.

“About two years ago, they (Louisiana bee-keepers) ran about 30,000 colonies. Over the last two years, it’s jumped up pretty dramati-cally,” said Allen Fabre, administrative coordi-nator with a state apiary program. “Now we’ve got about 50,000 colonies, according to our records. I would just say our bees are holding

Beekeepers make gains against colony disease

BY DEVIN WHITEAssociated Press

Please see BEES | 2E

Please see MEMORIAL | 2E

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Freeman— Charlie Teagan Freeman, daughter of Charles and Scytha (Abraham) Freeman of Paducah, Feb. 1, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Richard and Cynthia Abraham of Paducah, and Pat and Rich Blackman of Mayfi eld. Great-grandparent is Doris Nolan of Mount Sterling.

Cagle — Jaxon Shane Cagle and Noah Lee Cagle, sons of Joseph and Ashley (Shelby) Cagle of Ledbetter, Feb. 19, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Chad and Cheryl Durard of Ledbetter, and Tonya and Doug Cornwell of Murray. Great-grandparents are Jane and Gene Barger of Paducah and Anita Ferrell of Paducah. Great-great-grandmother is Shirley Ford of Paducah.

Johnson — Eli Clark Johnson, son of Wesley and Danielle (Clark) Johnson of Hickory, Feb. 14, 2013, Lourdes hospital. Grandparents are Tamie and Greg Johnson of Hickory, and Steve and Leoda Clark of Lex-ington.

Cunningham — Cheyanne La’Shea Cunningham, daughter of Timothy and RuthAnn (Keeling) Cunning-ham of Paducah, Feb. 15, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Sue Keeling of Paducah, and Charles “Toby” and Judy Cunningham of Paducah.

Baxter — Allison Paige Baxter, daughter of Chris and Nicole (Turner) Baxter of Paducah, Feb. 18, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Annette and Randy Hill of Dayton, Ohio, Tim and Connie Turner of Benton, Kevin and Aleth Baxter of Washington, Ind. Great-grandparents are Gail and Richard Schmidt of Paducah, Bob and Linda Cathey of Paris, Tenn., Lo-retta Womble of Paducah, Lonnie and Julie Turner of Paducah, Gene and Treva Hill of Yukon, Okla., David and JoAnn Alsobrook of Paducah, and Earline Brown of Paducah.

Courtney — Lyndon Drew Courtney, son of Jona-than and Tracy (Denton) Courtney of Oscar, Feb. 21, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are Lynn and Beverly Denton of Barlow and Kevin and Nancy Courtney of Oscar. Great-grandparents are Harlon and Betty Parker of Bandana and Sue Rudy of Oscar.

Jones — Waylen Brown Jones, son of Daniel and Jamie (Bullington) Jones of Paducah, Feb. 23, 2013, Lourdes hospital. Grandparents are Don and Gloria Mersman of Burns, Tenn., Joe and Dana Bullington of McEwen, Tenn., and Jimmie and Patricia Jones of Hickory. Great-grandparents are Martha Wills of Burns, Tenn., and Martha Bullington of Dickson, Tenn.

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 informa-tion only.

Births

their own.”

The problem

From mites to chemi-cals, a variety of suspects have been identifi ed as reasons for the honey bee decline, but one term continues to pop up: Colony Collapse Disorder. A mysterious problem, characterized by the failure of bees to return to their hive, there is no clear defi nition for CCD and no test for it, Fabre said.

“They’ve had the great-est minds in the world working on this Colony Collapse Disorder problem that they identifi ed three or four years ago, and they’ve spent millions and millions of dollars on it,” he said. “They still don’t know what’s causing what they consider Colony Col-lapse Disorder.”

Research and

solutions

Bob Danka, a research entomologist with the Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiol-ogy Laboratory in Baton Rouge, said Louisiana has not experienced CCD, but a parasitic mite called the varroa mite is at the top of the list of problems for the Louisiana honey bee.

The lab’s research fo-

cuses on breeding honey bees to have a genetic resistance to the varroa mite and ultimately allow-ing beekeepers to cut back on the use of pesticides to control the parasite, Danka said.

“Chemicals are good at killing mites, but the chemicals also weaken the bees to some degree. So if we can take care of this major player by breeding bees to fi ght it successfully that would be a great start, and we’ve made good progress,” Danka said.

Threat to local honey

bees

While the varroa mite has affected colonies in northwest Louisiana, the drought of 2012 and 2011 has presented an addi-tional threat to local honey bees.

Mansfi eld beekeeper Randy Fair, also known as “the Bee Bumbler,” said his colonies have

been stressed by the var-roa mite, as well as the drought. He lost around 30 percent of his honey bee colonies and saw his honey production cut by half in 2011 compared to 2010.

“People don’t think about it, but if you don’t get any rain, then the plants don’t bloom, and if there’s no fl owers, there’s nothing for the bees to make the honey from,” Fair said. “But with all of the rain that we got, the mild fall and the mild win-ter, most of the beekeepers that I’ve talked to are look-ing for a good return on honey crop and bees this spring ...”

Another local problem for honey bees is the small hive beetle, but the beetle is not the direct reason the colony dies. The beetle preys on colonies that have been weakened by mites such as the varroa, adds Danka.

A defense for local

beekeepers and beekeep-ers nationwide comes in the form of a recently approved chemical called apivar, which is designed to treat varroa mite infes-tation.

But as Fair notes, “It’s hard to kill a bug on a bug.”

Devin White writes for the Shreveport (La.) Times.

BEES

CONTINUED FROM 1E

rine personnel, a third of all medals awarded to the branch during the war.

Andrew Jeffers re-turned to Paducah following service and began looking for infor-mation on his brother. He became an ironworker, a profession that provided his livelihood but not the tools to search through public databases.

“I carried an ironwork-er’s book for 35 years after I got out of the Marine Corps,” Jeffers said. “My living was made on the road working construc-tion. There’s not much time for the Internet when you’re swinging a sledge-hammer and putting bridges and dams and powerhouses together.”

Members of the Dis-abled American Veterans, American Legion, AmVets and Marine Corps League helped fi nd information through the Internet and public records to piece together parts of Ralph Jeffers’ life.

Jeffers learned the date of his brother’s death, his service with the 27th

Marines, rank, hometown of Paducah and where he was buried in Kentucky. Jeffers plans to visit the grave in Lebanon Nation-al Cemetery. He hopes to fi nd a photo of Ralph Jeffers and is trying to fi nd the date his brother enlisted.

Jeffers also plans to have a brick inscribed with his brother’s service information placed at the memorial at Dolly McNutt

Plaza.“I intend to build a

monument to put on dad’s place one day,” Jef-fers said. “Right now I’ve got three bricks. I’m going to get a fourth brick to show that my brother was a casualty of Iwo Jima. I’ll put it with my dad’s brick, my brick and my younger brother’s brick to make a small monument to let people know dad had three sons in the service.”

Jeffers said he also had a younger brother who served in the Army from 1972 to 1974.

Finding the informa-tion would not have been possible without the help of others, Jeffers said. One of those who helped piece together the story of Ralph Jeffers was Sandy Hart with the Kentucky Veteran and Patriot Mu-seum in Wickliffe.

Hart said working to connect veterans with each other and fam-ily members is part of what makes the museum meaningful to many. The museum will celebrate its fi rst anniversary March 30.

“I’ve been working for 10 years trying to fi nd out about his brother,” Hart said. “We’ve gone through lists, thousands and thou-sands of names looking for him. [Andrew] was so intense about fi nding his brother. You could just see it in his eyes.”

Call Jody Norwood, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8658 or fol-low @jgnorwood on Twit-ter.

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CONTINUED FROM 1E

Battle of Iwo Jima statistics

■ Invasion of island lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945.

■ 30,000 Marines were involved in the initial as-sault.

■ More than 22,000 Marines were injured in the fighting. About 6,825 were killed, along with an estimated 19,000 Japanese soldiers.

■ Iwo Jima was classified by the U.S. military as secure on March 26, 1945.

■ A third of all Medal of Honor recognitions dur-ing World War II to Marines resulted from the 36-day assault. Twenty-two medals were awarded to Marines and five more to members of the Navy.

■ Iwo Jima provided a landing site for 2,400 B-29 bombers during the war.

Statistics courtesy of the Naval History and Heri-tage Command and defense.gov

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Anniversaries

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palm-er Beckman of Paducah recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner.

Mr. Beckman and the former Mary Bell Kaler were married Feb. 28, 1953.

Mrs. Beckman is a retired teacher with the McCrack-

en County Schools.Mr. Beckman is retired

from USEC.They have three sons:

Kent Beckman of Lone Oak, Fred Beckman of Bowling Green and Philip Beckman of Baton Rogue, La.; fi ve grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Mary and Palmer BeckmanKEVIL — Mr. and Mrs.

Maurice Gibson of Kevil celebrated their 70th wed-ding anniversary with a family dinner at Ryan’s in Paducah.

Mr. Gibson and the for-mer Eva Jean Bowles were married March 10, 1943, in Charleston, Mo., by the Rev. W.C. Broadson. The bride’s parents served as their attendants.

Mrs. Gibson is the daughter of the late Marion and Lovie Bowles. Mr. Gibson is the son of the late Ellie and Lizzy Gibson.

They are the parents of two children: Nancy Jean Davenport of Elkton and the late Maurice Dale Gibson. They have three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Eva and Maurice Gibson

BOAZ — Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barton of Boaz recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniver-sary.

Mr. Barton and the for-mer Wanda Marie Meeks were married March 9, 1963, in East St. Louis, Ill. Minnie Baker served as their attendant.

Mrs. Barton is a retired case worker for the State of Kentucky. She is the daughter of the late Clyde

Meeks and the late Mary K. Dufur.

Mr. Barton is a retired ironworker with Iron-workers Local 396. He is the son of the late Walter and Minnie Barton.

They are the parents of David Barton, Cindy McK-endree, Walter Barton III and Christopher Barton, all of Paducah, and the late Richard Barton. They have 12 grandchildren and fi ve great-grandchildren.

Walter and Wanda Barton

Engagements

Mr. and Mrs. Nick R. Darnell of Gilbertsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Allie Dar-nell, to Dylan White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis White of Russellville.

Miss Darnell is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Hall of Gilbertsville, the late Patsy Darnell and the late J.D. Darnell. She is a 2008 graduate of Marshall Coun-ty High School and a 2012 graduate of Murray State University with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics. She is employed by MNT, Inc. in Bowling Green.

Mr. White is the grandson of Leta White, Wayne and Carolyn White, and Jean Kempf, all of Russellville, and the late Sonny Kempf. He is a 2008 graduate of Russell-ville High School and a 2012 graduate of Murray State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary educa-tion. He is employed by the Russellville Independent School District.

Wedding vows will be exchanged May 18 in Gatlinburg, Tenn., with a reception to follow June 1 at Walker Hall in Paducah.

Darnell-White

Sunni Nicole McGregor and Cody Wayne Ogg will be united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at Kentucky Dam Village State Park Convention Center in Gilbertsville. All friends and relatives are invited.

Miss McGregor is the daughter of Larry and Janet McGregor of Burna. She is the granddaughter of Doris Belt of Burna and the late Sunnie Jim Belt, and Jean McGregor of Benton and the late Fields McGregor. She is a 2004 graduate of Livingston Central High School in Smithland and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from Murray State University. She is employed at South Livingston Elementary School in Smithland.

Mr. Ogg is the son of David and Tonya Loxley of Smithland and Kenneth Barnett of Grand Rivers. He is the grandson of Glenda Stembridge of Grand Rivers and the late Larkie Driskill Jr., and the late Grundy and Nellie Pendergrast. He is a 2004 graduate of Livingston Central High School in Smithland and served in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War. He is employed by Three Rivers Boat and Barge in Ledbetter.

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munity in central Ken-tucky has gotten behind a young girl’s request for special-needs equipment at a local park so that she can play with her friend.

Since 9-year-old Rachel Ritchie asked the Vine Grove City Council to con-sider her proposal during their meeting last month, several offi cials and busi-nesses have offered to help with the effort which is expected to cost $20,000.

The News-Enterprise reports the city plans an auction to raise money for the equipment and is taking donations on its webpage. The Fire Depart-ment plans to hold road blocks on March 30 to accept donations.

Ritchie plans to sell crafts she made with friends dur-ing a festival later this year to help raise funds.

Meanwhile, several lo-cal businesses have also pledged to support the effort.

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MAYFIELD — Allison Kacie Crooks and Steven Lance Goree were united in marriage Oct. 20, 2012, at Mayfi eld First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joe Hansen offi ciat-ing. Music was provided by David Guthrie, vocalist; Emily Conyea, vocalist; Debbie Jetton, pianist; and Kenneth Crooks, or-ganist, all of Mayfi eld.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-neth Crooks of Mayfi eld.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Wingo and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Goree of Wingo.

The bride chose her sis-ter, Miss Madison Crooks of Mayfi eld, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Emily Conyea, Miss Kirsten Byrn and Mrs. Leah Kluemper, all of Mayfi eld. Junior brides-maids were Miss Hanna Brown and Miss Alyssa Goree, both of Wingo and sisters of the groom. Serving as fl ower girls were Miss Gracie Sullivan, daughter of Craig Sul-livan and Stacey Sullivan of Mayfi eld; and Miss Rebekah Brown, sister of

the groom.The groom chose Lee

Ballew of Cuba as his best man. Groomsmen were Dustin Hawkins and Chris Holland, both of Mayfi eld; and Bryan Cruse of Paducah. Serving as ushers were McKenzie Saltsman of Mayfi eld, and Brandon Goree and Hunter Goree, both of Wingo.

A reception followed at the Mayfi eld-Graves Country Club. Ms. Ashley Whitlow of Sebree attend-ed the guest register.

The bride is a 2007 graduate of Mayfi eld High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in inte-rior design in 2011 from Murray State University in Murray. She is employed at Bed Bath & Beyond in Columbus, Ind.

The groom is a 2006 graduate of Graves County High School in Mayfi eld and earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health in 2011 from Murray State Uni-versity. He is employed by Honda Manufacturing of Indiana at Greensburg.

The couple reside in Greensburg, Ind.

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MAYFIELD — Ash-ley Marie Ivy and Kyle Matthew Kendall were united in marriage Oct. 13, 2012, at the home of Ned and Janice Kendall of Mayfi eld, with Elder Donald Coltharp offi ciat-ing. Recorded music was presented by Kerry Kendall of Paducah.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Marty and Deborah Ivy of Mayfi eld. She is the granddaughter of James and Mary Lou Vaughan of Sedalia, and Robert and Janie Ivy of Mayfi eld. She is the great-granddaughter of Freda Smith of Mayfi eld.

The groom is the son of Ruthie Wilferd of Farming-ton and the late Bobby Wil-ferd, and Ned and Janice Kendall of Mayfi eld. He is the grandson of Gerald Kerns of Mayfi eld and the late Opal Webb, and Betty Kendall of Mayfi eld and the late John William Kendall.

The bride chose her sister, Miss Audrey Ivy of Mayfi eld, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Emily Hawkins of Hickory, Mrs. Courtney Polivick of Wickliffe, Mrs. Lee Ann Stahr of Fancy Farm, Miss Kimberly Evans of Murray and Miss Cherish Yates of South Fulton, Tenn.

Flower girls were Miss Adalynne Kendall, daugh-ter of Bryan and Kelley Kendall of Golo; Miss Annlee Polivick and Miss Paislee Polivick, daughters of Robert and Courtney Polivick of Wickliffe; Miss Katie Beth Tubbs, daughter

of Jason and Angie Tubbs of Sedalia; Miss Kay Lynn Payne, daughter of James P. and Heather Payne of Mayfi eld; Miss Libby Kendall, daughter of Chase and Amy Kendall of Golo. Ringbearers were Jett Hawkins, son of Wilby and Emily Hawkins of Hickory; and Kase Tubbs, son of Jason and Angie Tubbs of Sedalia.

The groom chose Drew Collins of Golo as his best man. Groomsmen were Bryan Kendall of Golo, brother of the groom; Ely Collins and J.P. Payne, both of Mayfi eld; Cody “Fetus” McAlpin of Golo; and Justin Parm of Fancy Farm. Serving as ushers were Kendall Tubbs of Sedalia and Kevin Stahr of Fancy Farm.

A reception followed. Serving as guest register attendants were Ale-cia Webb of Mayfi eld and Makayla Crider of Bardwell.

The bride is a 2005 graduate of Graves County High School in Mayfi eld and earned an associ-ate degree in 2007 in the licensed practical nurse program at West Kentucky Community & Technical College.

The groom is a 2005 graduate of Graves County High School in Mayfi eld and earned an associate degree in 2007 from West Kentucky Community & Technical College. He is a paramedic employed by the City of Mayfi eld Fire Department.

They reside in Mayfi eld.

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LUDLOW — Bob Lucas said student Jenna Lillard has been showing signifi -cant gains academically as the year has progressed.

“She’s improving in all areas,” said Lucas, the third grader’s teacher at Ludlow Elementary School. “She’s really taken off, especially since (Christmas) break.”

It’s no coincidence that in early January, right after Christmas break, Jenna joined Little Panther/Big Panther.

Little Panther/Big Panther is a new mentor-ing program in Ludlow Independent Schools between students at Ludlow High School and at the elementary school. They meet every Monday and Wednesday before school for 30 minutes to work on reading, math or anything else the younger students need help with.

The idea for the pro-gram emerged from a meeting of the Northern Kentucky Youth Advisory Board. The board, started in 2011 by former Kenton

County Superintendent Tim Hanner, includes students at more than two dozen high schools, including four from Ludlow.

“We ask kids two guiding questions: what will it take for all students to be suc-cessful, and how can you as a student impact that suc-cess,” Hanner said. “When we turn it back on the kids to be problem solvers and come up with solutions, what Ludlow is doing is a great example of what we get.”

The Ludlow students came back to school and brainstormed ideas with Superintendent Mike Borchers and Jenny McMil-len, the college and career

readiness coordinator, before deciding on Little Panther/Big Panther.

“We are a unique campus because all of our grades are together in one building,” McMillen said. “We wanted to take advantage of that.”

Seventeen high schoolers volunteer as mentors, each working with two elemen-tary school students. Each of the 34 students being mentored has a folder with a checklist of books and software programs they can utilize in math and reading.

They also have sugges-tions from their teach-ers about what the focus should be each week.

“I remember having a tutor when I was their age,

and I always appreciated it,” said senior Miranda Ladanyi, a mentor who is on the advisory board. “I really enjoy helping out and giving back to the little kids.”

Senior Emily Kroger, also on the board, mentors Jenna Lillard.

“She was reading smaller books with one or two sen-tences on each page when we started,” Emily said. “Now she is reading books like this.”

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PARIS — French Presi-dent Francois Hollande wants more dads to stay home with their babies and more moms to get back to work faster.

On Friday, International Women’s Day, Hollande, a never-married father of four, proposed legislation to encourage more men to take long-term pater-nity leave. The Socialist leader has made a point of promoting women’s rights since his election last year, naming an equal rights minister and ensuring that women make up half of his Cabinet.

While most French moth-ers work, their salaries, pensions and career pros-pects can suffer from taking long maternity leave. Giving fathers more fl exibility with parental leave could help make it easier for mothers to return to their jobs.

Hollande’s proposal would allow fathers to take up to six months of paid leave after the birth of a child and extend other long-term parental leave ben-efi ts to fathers. Speaking at an equality conference Thursday night, the French president promised to get the idea written into a draft law by May.

French law currently allows fathers up to two weeks of paid paternity leave right after a baby is

born. Mothers are allowed several weeks of mater-nity leave paid for by the employer.

Then, a parent can take further time off to take care of a child while receiv-ing about €500 a month from the government family agency. With a fi rst child, that parental leave is capped at six months; with two or more children, the leave can go up to three years. The family agency says just 3.5 percent of

recipients of this parental leave subsidy are fathers.

Hollande’s government is hoping to shrink the length of time the subsidy can go to mothers to encourage fathers to also put in for the leave. The legislation would also provide more state aid for single parents whose partners fail to pay child support.

The government is con-sidering reducing the total amount of parental leave allowed from three years

to two-and-a-half years, in order fi nance some extra six-month leaves for fathers — a move aimed at keeping costs down for a government struggling to trim spending.

The government also argues that the measure could keep women in the work force and theoretically boost the economy.

France encourages paternity leaveBY ANGELA CHARLTON AND SYLVIE CORBET

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French President Francois Hollande (right), companion Valerie Trierweiler (third from right), and Minister of Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (second right) attend a meeting with a women’s association that helps unemployed women over 45 years old Friday in Paris. Hollande is proposing legislation to get more dads on long-term paternity leave and moms back to work faster.

MILWAUKEE — Amanda Reilly is one of 12 people nationwide whose idea for a tablet app for autistic children could become a reality.

Reilly, of Milwaukee, says the app could calm a child having an “emotional meltdown” because of ex-periencing too many sights, sounds and other stimula-tion at the same time.

Autism is a lifelong neurological disorder that affects how a person per-ceives the world, interacts with other people and com-municates. One in 88 chil-dren in the United States is diagnosed with some form of autism, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Computer tablets are a valuable tool for autistic people because they often can process information better if it’s presented visu-ally.

Reilly’s app would provide calming scenes to look at and interact with, such as a virtual aquarium where a child could add fi sh and decorations or a

bedroom scene where a child could interact with stuffed toys.

Another choice would be a night sky where someone could add stars and planets.

The scenes could be customized with photos of familiar places, people and things, said Reilly, whose 4-year-old son, Cristian, is autistic.

“Each child has some-thing that will calm them down, and the options are endless,” she said.

Her idea for an autism app is one of a dozen winners in a competition sponsored by AT&T Corp. and the nonprofi t group Autism Speaks that drew more than 230 entries. Some of the other ideas were apps that would help a child associate a picture with a person or learn a schedule.

In April, the winning ideas will go to a San Fran-cisco event — a hackathon — where app developers will work on bringing them to life and the marketplace.

They “get to see ideas that regular people, like you and I, come up with,” Reilly said.

Mom’s calming app for autistic children wins honor in contest

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LOS ANGELES — As the time nears for spring cleaning and companies offer more environmen-tally friendly alternatives to toxic cleaners, veterinar-ians say pet owners should keep in mind that what’s green to a human can be dangerous — even deadly — to animals.

“People expose their ani-mals without even realiz-ing the risk,” said Dr. Karl Jandrey, who works in the emergency and critical care units at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of Cali-fornia, Davis. “That’s the

most common thing that happens when you come to our emergency room — the clients put their pets at risk because they were unaware of how signifi cant the dam-age could be.”

Most household cleaners are safe if used as directed on labels, but pet own-ers who make their own cleansers using natural ingredients don’t have the warnings or instructions that come with commercial products.

Cats, for example, can get stomachaches from essential oils added for or-ange, lemon or peppermint scents in cleaners, said Dr. Camille DeClementi,

a senior toxicologist at the Animal Poison Control Center run by the Ameri-can Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals in Urbana, Ill.

Most commercial green products are safe for ani-mals, DeClementi said, but owners should still exer-cise the same precautions as with chemical alterna-tives, such as keeping pets away from an area being cleaned, not using sprays directly on a pet and mak-ing sure that dogs don’t chew on the products.

If a product says “Keep out of reach of children,” keep it away from pets too, DeClementi said.

Green cleaning for humans can still sicken petsBY SUE MANNING

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Dear Annie: I am unable to develop feelings of love for my husband of eight years. In fact, deep inside, I despise him.

This is my second marriage, his fourth. In our early years together, I began to notice obvi-ous signs of his having an intimate relationship with another woman. He always refuted this vehe-mently and became angry with me for even say-ing such a thing. But the evidence I’ve accumulated is enough proof for me. I even saw this woman mul-tiple times and the looks she gave me were of the “cat that ate the canary” variety.

My husband has no idea that I have evidence, al-though I am now positive that he has stopped seeing this woman. My problem is that my heart has a layer of cement around it because he has insulted and disrespected my intel-ligence by continuing to lie about it. I cannot trust someone who is unable to be truthful.

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It might take you a couple days to adjust to daylight saving time today, when at 2 a.m., time will “spring ahead” to 3 a.m., but you will indeed get used to that hour of light being swiped from the morning and transported to the evening.

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sleep lab at the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine. She also helped put together questions for the poll, taken of 1,000 adults ages 23 to 60.

The most active people reported the fewest problems: Among the re-spondents who described themselves as vigorous exercisers, 83 percent said their sleep quality had been “very good” or “fairly good” in the previous two weeks. But there wasn’t much drop-off for those who exercised less: 77 per-cent of moderate exercises had very or fairly good sleep, and 76 percent of light exercisers said that. In the group that engaged in no physical activity, only 56 percent said they got enough sleep.

The time of day the exer-cise took place didn’t seem to matter. Many analysts have urged people to avoid working out before bed, arguing that sleep comes more quickly when the body is cooled down.

As you spring forward, avoid a sleep setback

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