Section A, Page 8 THE TIMES LEADER—Princeton, Ky.—February 4, 2012

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unique merchandise she orders on-line and through items purchased from lo-cal residents.

“I would call this an ev-erything store,” said Stith.

“We have oddities for sale (articulate bird skel-etons, for example) along-side basic housewares, appliances and furniture,” said Stith.

Local residents who have something odd or even something common they want to rid them-selves of should call Stith.

“If you have something you want to get rid of and make a few bucks off it, give me a call or stop by,” said Stith.

“We are constantly go-ing to be needing stuff.”

Stith also wants to cel-ebrate local artists through her store. Right now, artist Rochalle Gray’s work — unique sculptures as well as custom coasters and hair bow holders — are available for purchase. More of her work will be added as the store gets up and going.

Guests at the store will fi nd some items there purely for enjoyment though, not for sale.

A seven foot tall Darth Vader serves as doorman.

“He’s not for sale,” said Stith. “But I’ve already had six people wanting to buy him.”

A unique and old-fash-ioned vending machine which holds compart-ments for both snacks and cold drinks is also not for sale, but should entertain visiting customers.

Visitors also have the chance to meet Stith her-self, purchase her books and talk about the world of the unexplained.

“This story (Kelly-Hop-kinsville incident) was ter-rifying for my father. It was something that bothered him for the rest of his life. I think it bothered all the people of Kelly for some

time, but now they are em-bracing it,” said Stith.

Last year, she helped organize the fi rst annual “Little Green Men” Days Festival and is excited about this summer’s sec-ond annual festival.

The incident has put Kelly on the map not only for festival-goers but also for additional opportuni-ties in the form of grant monies, said Stith.

“They are going to be able to build a park and a learning center now, some-thing that probably never would have happened to this little community.

“I don’t know how my father would feel, proud I guess to know that even though this incident terri-fi ed him, some good came out of it for the future.”

The initial negative at-tention from that horrify-ing night in 1955 is trans-lating into a positive today.

Steven Spielberg re-cently went on record in the Dec. 9, 2011, issue of “Entertainment Weekly” stating that the original script for the 1982 fi lm “E.T.” was based on the Kelly-Hopkinsville en-counter.

Stith also said she has learned that the movie “Gremlins” took the eye-witness account from the Sutton family and their sketches of the aliens to create the title characters’ appearance.

“People are talking about it now. They are coming out and saying what an infl uence this sto-ry truly had,” said Stith.

Stith hopes through her store she can inspire and infl uence others in the community to appreciate all that is quirky and odd — if nothing else, just to have a little fun.

“This store is already making me happy,” she said. “We just want every-one else who comes in to feel the same way — have fun with it and walk away happy.”

The store is located at 112 E. Court Square. Stith said she plans to have the store open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Those wanting to talk to Stith about sell-ing items should call her at the store, 963-9012, or at home, 365-6928.

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still very pertinent today.”The program has three

core pillars — fi nancial literacy, work readiness skills and entrepreneur-ship.

“We inspire and pre-pare young people to suc-ceed in a global economy,” Douglas said.

Local volunteers and educators, though, are the force behind that move-ment, he added. “You all are the ones that really make it work.”

Douglas honored two individuals at the meeting Thursday for their efforts to get the local program off the ground.

Farmers Bank Presi-dent Jeff McDaniels and Lake Barkley Partnership Executive Director Randy Major received recogni-tion for their involvement in the project to date.

The advisory board would go on to name Mc-Daniels as its chairman Thursday.

He called fi nding Junior Achievement “one of the luckiest breaks we’ve had in our six months of plan-ning.”

He, Major, and others involved with the Lake Barkley Partnership con-sider the program as a way to bring the community’s corporate and educational sectors closer together.

“We have to bridge those gaps as much as we can,” he said.

And while the advisory board is in its early stages of organization, Junior Achievement classes are already being offered in both school districts.

At Caldwell County High School, two business classes, comprising 27 stu-dents, took a JA course in personal fi nance in the fall semester.

This semester, the entire freshman class at CCHS is participating in a “Real Jobs, Real World” course.

Approximately 210 stu-

dents will take part.Sophomores and ju-

niors at Lyon County High School took the “Be Entre-preneurial” class last fall. About 120 students were involved.

Each course involves an hour of class time one day a week.

Douglas said Thursday that JA programs were available at every grade level, from kindergarten up.

Educators, he said, can look at the programs as a way to emphasize the importance of staying in school.

“Beyond what we do with the three pillars, Ju-nior Achievement drives home and brings relevan-cy to the classroom,” he said.

He cited statistics stat-ing that out of every 100 high school freshmen in Kentucky, 70 will graduate high school, 39 will enter college, 26 will still be en-rolled in their sophomore year and 17 will graduate.

The single biggest rea-son cited among the state’s high school dropouts is a lack of relevancy in the classroom.

Businesses who sign up to volunteer for the program can look at it as “a wonderful current em-ployee development tool,” Douglas noted.

The volunteer instruc-tors can follow a script as necessary, or offer their own insights while encour-aging classroom involve-ment.

Business or community members interested in vol-unteering for the program this year or in the upcom-ing year can contact Mc-Daniels at Farmers Bank at (270) 365-5526 or jmc-daniels@farmersbk.com, or JA Program Director Alli Nance at (270) 809-5548 or alli.nance@ja.org.

Volunteer applications can also be downloaded or completed online at http://westernky.ja.org.

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Program aims for business literacy

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Geraldine Sutton Stith’s book ‘Alien Legacy,’ which tells the story of her family’s encounter with aliens in Kelly, Ky., in 1955, put her on the radar for numerous conventions and symposiums for the strange and unexplained. Her books will be for sale at her new store, Another’s Treasure, along with unique gifts, collectibles and household items.