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Local farmers Allen Pace, of Ballard County, and Jed Clark, of Graves County, were the fea-tured attractions in Mike White’s sixth grade class-es at Graves County Cen-tral Elementary on Friday as they brought the world of agriculture to the class-room.

Pace and Clark are “Provider Pals,” so named by the cultural exchange program that links class-rooms with the people who get their hands dirty every day - farmers, ranch-ers, miners, loggers, oil

field workers, commercial fishermen, and others who provide the basics of ev-eryday life. The farmers were on hand to address the fundamental ques-tion “where does my stuff come from?”

Central Elementary was the first school in Kentucky to adopt the pro-gram, and Friday marked the first visit by the “Pals.” Students were surprised to hear that every US farmer feeds 155 people, and that only 1 percent of the US population makes its living farming. When Pace asked the classes “who here has anything at all to do with agriculture?” and no hands

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Blandville Rural Fire Department’s Pancake breakfast is scheduled for April 5. Area vendors and yard sale booths are available for a $10 do-nation for space.

For more info call Erin Vance (270) 559-9136 between 6-8 p.m.

S e m i - A n n u a l “Roots Digger” publi-cation for members is scheduled for April.

Area residents still have time to renew or become a member; $15 a year.

For more info con-tact Sandy Martin at (270) 642-2187 or Sally Boulton at (270) 559-7585.

There will be a fundraiser at the Bar-low House Museum on April 5. Officials will have a bake sale and a raffle to raise money to purchase a new bench in memo-ry of Della.

The event will start at 8 a.m. and con-tinue until everyone leaves.

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Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cun-ningham and Appel-late Court Judge Shea Nickell were guest speakers at last week’s annual Ballard County Chamber of Commerce Dinner in the Ballard Memorial High School cafeteria.

After introductions by the dinner’s Platinum sponsor, First Commu-nity Bank, Nickell was the first speaker of the evening.

Judge Nickell said he can honestly say all judges are historians on some level. Judges decide cases on prece-dence causing them to research past issues, making decisions based

on the wisdom gleaned from previous cases. There are two methods of history; the scientific and the historic, ac-cording to Nickell, he says his preference is the historic method.

“It’s worthwhile

to study history” said Nichell, who posed the rhetorical question, “are we doing enough to teach history to our children?” Nichell said, “Ballard County has a very rich history,” the

The City of Wickliffe’s 2014 Spring Clean-Up Week will be April 7-11. Dumpsters will be placed at the park.

To schedule curbside pick-up for large items, please call city hall at (270) 335-3557

Clean-up set for April 7-11

Farmers share stories with the GC students

their Cup of tea

BCS photoBallard Memorial High School choir members held a Princess Tea on March 15. Over 100 young princesses from the community attended, and were treated to games, goodies and singing by their older role models. Shown from left are (back row) Caity Meinschein, Ballard Choir Director Samantha Veal, Georgann Ingram, Hannah Morrow, Jasmine Shackles, Millie Green, Sara Meinschein, Jacob Krone, (front row) Kerrie Pullen, Ashley Young, Jessica Jones and Melody Miller. The event raised money for the choir’s trip to a choral competition in Orlando, Fla., on April 26.

Jane Cooper (center) is the 2014 Citizen of the Year. She is shown with Paula Jerrell (left) Kathe Aydlotte, the 2013 Citizen of the Year.

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Cooper honored as ‘Citizen of the Year’

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Jane Cooper received the 2014 Citizen of the Year award at the annual Ballard County Chamber of Commerce dinner held Tuesday, March 18, in the BMHS cafeteria.

Jane was introduced as a truly generous person and tireless volunteer of

her time, talents and funds, and a person who truly de-serves to receive a Citizen of the Year award.

Jane is a native to Bal-lard County and works on the family’s dairy farm. She assists friends and family during illnesses and helps when trips to the doctor are needed. Jane, also as a dairy farmer, has

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Cindy’s Flowers nets ‘Business’ accolades

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Cindy’s Flowers and Gifts received “Business of the Year” honors at this year’s annual Ballard County Chamber of Com-merce dinner last Tuesday at Ballard Memorial High School. When asked if she knew her business was go-ing to be named, Cindy

said it came as a complete surprise! She said, “Look-ing back now, I can see why I’d been receiving such odd questions lately. I’d had people coming into the shop with questions I wondered about.”

Employees, Shelly Benton and Toni Davis, say they knew Cindy was going to be honored and

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Nickell’s referenced Barkley’s attitude to-ward humility mentioning the historical marker shown above, in Clinton, designat-ing the former site of Marvin College. Giving rise to the expression “Barkley swept here,” as opposed to Barkley slept here.

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first historical figure to be mentioned was Bland Bal-lard, a soldier/politician from whom the county’s name originated.

Nichell went on to Bal-lard’s grandson and namesake also named Bland Ballard. Although not native to the county, he was a descendant of Ballard’s and a Kentucky native. He was nominated by, and served as President Abraham Lincoln’s Associate Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.

Kenneth and Phil, the “Rollins boy’s,” were also mentioned. The two went on play college basketball - one at the University of Lou-isville and the other to the University of Kentucky. Both went on to play professional basketball.

Nickell told of a WWII veteran buried in La Center who, while on foreign soil, had stayed behind in a farm-house to hold off German

forces, allowing the escape for the rest of his unit. He also mentioned the late Aaron Torian of Paducah, killed this past February in Afghani-stan.

With tables loaded with posters and memorabilia, Nickell said “he wanted to talk about one of his heroes” - Alben W. Barkley.

Born between Lowes and Fancy Farm to poor tobacco farmers, Barkley was brought up with strong religious be-liefs, Nickell shared. Poverty was not used as an excuse not to succeed.

The Barkley family moved to Clinton, where he enrolled in Marvin College working as a janitor to pay for his edu-cation. After graduating from Marvin, Barkley sold pots and pans around the county to raise money to attend col-lege in Georgia. Before being able to return to college, he received word that the pots and pans he sold were defec-tive. He retraced his steps and returned the money.

With the help of a local attorney, Barkley was able to attend a year of college. Upon returning to the area, he went to work as a law clerk in Pad-ucah, where his parents had

moved to find work. Barkley eventually earned his law degree and had a successful career before being elected to the House of Representa-tives and then being elected U.S. Senator, Vice President and many other accomplish-ments.

Freshman senators had assigned seating in the Sen-ate, but as a freshman sena-tor when asked to join senior senators, Barkley declined the invitation. Barkley’s life, according to Nickell, left a lot to learn from citing the words of a speech he once deliv-ered: “For I would rather be a servant in the house of my Lord than sit in the seat of the mighty.”

A published author of five books, Cunningham is also a western Kentucky historian. Cunningham was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2006 to serve the 1st Su-preme Court District.Judge Cunningham spoke to the crowd about landmarks and people, and the importance of people working together to create something great, and the value of placing land-marks as a reminder to continue working toward achieving a vision.

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As everyone knows by now, we are well on our way to our new Ballard County Senior Center. The visit from Gov. Steve Beshear, who presented the $500,000 check, was a great day for all. We had a wonderful turn-out. This in itself shows we are off to a great start together.

This has been a longtime dream of our director Judy Jackson. Judy has held many po-sitions through the years at the center before be-coming the director. She had this dream of seeing so much better for our seniors.

When Vickie Vin-iard started her cam-paign for Judge, Judy told her of her dream. She asks for help in seeing this dream come

true. Viniard made a promise if elected, she would do all she could to see this dream ful-filled. It’s been a long journey for both ladies - one with the dream, Judy, the other who kept her promise, Judge Vickie, to use all of the connections possible for a director who de-serves to see this dream come true.

Thanks to these la-dies from the seniors of Ballard County!

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HISTORYContinued from Page 1

The Ballard-Carlisle Historical and Genealogi-cal Society met Sunday at the office in Wickliffe. Publication of the history book has been delayed but is back on schedule. It is expected to be published in May.

April 27 will be the last Sunday meeting for the society. The new meetings will be 6 p.m. on the fourth Monday each month.

The Roots Digger, a semi-annual publication for members of the society will out next month. There is still time to renew your membership or become a new member before pub-

lication. Annual member-ship dues are $15. Mem-bership form can be found online at www.ballard-car-lisle-ky-genealogy.com.

For more info contact Sandy Martin at (270) 642-2187 or Sally Boulton at (270) 559-7585.

The deadline is ap-proaching for farmers to nominate rural public school districts to com-pete for a grant of up to $25,000, through Ameri-ca’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. Nom-inations will be accepted until April 6. Farmers

can nominate their school district by visiting www.GrowRuralEducation.com or by calling 1-877-267-3332. Grants are awarded based on merit and need.

This year, the program has expanded to 18 new counties, for a total of 1,289 eligible counties across 39 states.

The Ballard County Homemakers Council met March 10 at the extension office. Roll call was an-swered by 16 members and Debbie Temple, Fam-ily Consumer Science Agent.

After light refresh-ments, the meeting was

called to order by Presi-dent Jane Cooper

New projects for the coming year were dis-cussed. Council voted to save pull tabs from cans.

A workshop was held Jan 18, 2014 at the exten-sion office to assemble kits for shoes for children

in Uganda. Homemak-ers gave materials, time, and money. Kits for 200 pairs of shoes, have been prepared and mailed to Uganda

Scholarship Budget and Nomination commit-tees were appointed.The Annual Spring yard sale will be April 5; Relay For Life will benefit. Relay For Life dates are June

13-14 at the school.The KEHA state meet-

ing will be at the Holiday Inn University Plaza Con-vention Center in Bowl-ing Green, May 12-15. Ballard County Fair will be the week of July 13th.

Community Home-maker Club will host the annual meeting of the BCHA Tuesday, Aug. 26.

Historical book tobe published in May

Nominate school districts for grant up to $25,000

Homemakers council holds March 14 meeting

Sharon’s Listingsin Ballard County

MLS #72423572 County Farm Road - Wickliffe

$162,500

MLS #75353978 Oscar Road - Barlow

$237,500

MLS #75354955 Hazelwood Road - Barlow

$225,000

Stopping by the KVPM ...More than 40 Reserve Officer Training Corps escorted by Lieutenant Commander Donald Taylor visited the Kentucky Veterans and Patriots Museum at Wickliffe on Thursday morning. Sandy Hart spoke to the assembly keeping their interest telling stories of heroic acts of local and other veterans. Local WWII veteran Earl Gidcum told the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.

Fundraising at the Co-op ...Several FFA students participated in a fundraiser at Ballard Coun-ty CO-OP on Saturday. Working the event were (front row, left to right) Madison Cooper, Codi Sullenger, Kole Williams, Holly Doom (back row) Tanner Bertram, Christian Roberts and Danielle Reeser

been able to teach children the importance of dairy through the Nutrition Edu-cation Program at the Ex-tension Office.

She is an officer of the Ballard County High School Alumni Associa-tion, an active member of Oscar United Methodist Church. She also enjoys crafts and volunteers her time at the nursing home.

In charge of the Home and Garden Division and heading up the conces-sions, she has served on the Ballard County Fair Board for around 20 years. Since the formation of the

local Relay for Life 13 years ago, she has been a volunteer on the commit-tee since it began.

Jane serves as the Presi-dent of the Ballard County Extension Homemakers; she has served on the State Extension Council too. She has devoted many hours to the 4-H and recently re-ceived the state 4-H Life-time Achievement Award.

Jane has also received the prestigious state title of Master State Homemaker. During an interview with Cindy Martin of Cindy’s Flowers and Gifts, Martin said she considered calling Jane for some help saying, “that’s just the kind of per-son she is.”

EDDYVILLE - Kelly Carpenter, 51, of Ed-dyville, formally of Wick-liffe, died at 2:50 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Caldwell Medical Cen-ter in Princeton.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the Disabled Veterans, American Legion Chapter 7 in Paducah, VICA (Vo-cational Industrial Clubs of America) and Bethany Baptist Church in Lyon County.

He is survived by one brother, Tommy Carpen-ter, Jr. of Eddyville; three sisters, Cara Lynn of La Center, Joyia Carpenter of Paducah and Cindy Red-

ford of Kattawa; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

His parents were Thom-as Lee and Ginger Bogard Carpenter.

Graveside services were held AT 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Bethle-hem Baptist Church Cem-etery in Wickliffe. Revs. Brian Griggs and James Holsapple officiated.

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BAPTIST CHURCH157 Allen Street, Bandana

BANDANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

11524 Oscar Road, Bandana

LITTLE UNIONBAPTIST CHURCH

5601 Bandana Rd., Bandana

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

METHODIST CHURCH1718 Credo Rd., Hinkleville

KevilBETHEL

CHRISTIAN CHURCH12245 Woodville Rd., Kevil

HEATH CHURCH OF CHRIST10025 LaCenter Rd., Kevil

KEVIL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

1072 N. 1st Street, Kevil

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PROVIDENCEBAPTIST CHURCH

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SPRING BAYOUBAPTIST CHURCH

4575 Old Hobbs Rd., Kevil

GRACE VALLEYBAPTIST CHURCH403 Kentucky Ave., Kevil

KEVIL FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH986 N. 1st Street, Kevil

NEWTON CREEKBAPTIST CHURCH

12800 Ogden Landing Rd., Kevil

LaCenterFAIRVIEW BAPTIST

CHURCH373 Forest St., LaCenter 665-5084

FIRST BAPTISTCHURCH OF La CENTER

421 Broadway, LaCenterGRACE UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH3752 Paducah Rd., LaCenter

HOUSE OF PRAYERPaducah Road, La Center

LaCENTER CHRISTIANCHURCH

414 Walnut Street, LaCenter

MT. PLEASANTBAPTIST CHURCH

576 Mt. Pleasant Rd., LaCenter

NEW HOPEBAPTIST CHURCH

901 Monkey Eyebrow Rd.,LaCenter

OSCARBAPTIST CHURCH

7820 Oscar Rd., LaCenter

OSCAR UNITEDMETHODIST 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

LOVELACEVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCh

143 North broadwayLovelaceville, Ky

WickliffeBETHEHEM

BAPTIST CHURCH2346 Bethlehem Church Rd.,

Wickliffe

BLANDVILLEBAPTIST CHURCH

5576 Bethlehem Church Rd.Wickliffe

CALVARY CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

54 Linda Circle, Wickliffe

FAITHBAPTIST CHURCH

585 Barlow Rd., Wickliffe

FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH

Wickliffe

FIRSTCHRISTIAN CHURCH326 N. 4th Street, Wickliffe

FULL GOSPELTEMPLE CHURCH754 Court St., Wickliffe

NEW LIBERTYGENERAL BAPTIST4214 Gum Corner Rd.,

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2456 Mayfield Rd., Wickliffe

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ObituariesKelly Carpenter

CITIZENContinued from Page 1

AWARDContinued from Page 1

Ballard County El-ementary School held its annual science fair on March 11. Shown from left are grade-level win-ners Katelynn Jackson, kindergarten; Chrissy Jones and Anna Jackson, first grade; Teddy Blan-kenship, second grade; Kylie Cooper, third grade; Carson Buchanan and Matt Jones, fourth grade; and Lydia Bowles, fifth grade.

Other participants were:

Kindergarten: Hunter Carter, Chipper Collins, Kate O’Neill, Owen

Richards, First grade: Kaylyn

Hayden, Trace Cooper, Kallen Stevens, Taylor Draper, Justin Gibson, Nic Boulton, Bryleigh Heal

Second grade: Pay-ton Frye, Ethan Carroll, Owen Treiling, Max Williams, Tanner Heal, Hayes Gibson, Kori Mar-tin, Oliver Cox, Anna Jackson

Third grade: Hunter Collins, Joshua Pierce, Abby Cooper, Kailor Hack

Fourth grade: Isabella Presson, Addy Gossom,

Audrey Dowdy, Kaylee O’Connor, Emily Dul-worth, Abby Boulton, Bryce O’Neill, Colton Sullenger, Danielle Li-tchfield, Zoe Taylor, Karleigh Akers, Mack-enzie Wilkason, Shane Eaton, Samantha Dowdy, Melanie Knighten, Eli Stevens, Lane Wicker, Reese Forrester, Chloe Treiling, Michaela Mey-

er, Kaylee Cox, Addison Allen, Paige Treiling, Kylie Larrimore, Zada O’Neal, Kinsey Cox, Bailey Lee

Fifth grade: Haley Al-len, Anabell Cox, Nevaeh Wade, Georgia Dunning, Grace McCormick, Ja-mie Smith, Alexia Har-rison, Morgan Blanken-ship, Randi Jo Waldon, Tinslee Williams

Paper gets new e-mail addressThe Ballard County

Weekly will be unveiling a new e-mail address with this week’s paper. The e-mail address is: [email protected].

The paper was forced to change its email last week when its old e-mail address was hacked.

had to keep it a secret.Although she has been

working since she was 16, Cindy says her sales career started when she was just nine. Cindy said she didn’t sit around the house play-ing video games or watch-ing TV.

“I had to find something to do to entertain myself.” Her entrepreneurial spirit is rooted in the recycling industry. She recalled get-ting trash and setting it by the roadside and selling it

to imaginary customers.From her early days in

refuse sales, Cindy moved on to flowers in her teens. She worked for a florist until she eventually took a chance and started her own shop in Bardwell, and later deciding to relocate to Wickliffe. After estab-lishing herself in Ballard County, Cindy said she thought it would be a good business decision to move to La Center on Highway 60 to get higher visibility. Locating near a funeral home was a bonus, she said.

Toni, Cindy, Shelly

CorrectionThe Ballard County

Weekly would like to make a correction from last week’s edition. It was reported that fish was the No. 1 export from Ken-tucky in 2013, but after receiving further informa-tion from Brad Thomas at the Kentucky Economic Development in Frank-fort, it was revealed that fish is the fastest growing (#1 growing) export from Kentucky.

“We value the informa-tion people send to us, and will do what we can to protect it,” said BCW pub-lisher Lisa Turner.

New truck ...Wickliffe Rural Fire Department members pictured with Board members in front of a recently purchased 2001 4-WD Brush Truck. The truck was purchased using State Aid grant money and fire dues were used to add accessories. They have already had to use the truck on brush fires since purchasing it. As a reminder it’s time for fire dues, be watching for them in the mail.

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were raised, he quickly shared that each person in the room is involved with agriculture – usually three times a day. When the looks turned to confu-sion, Pace asked “what do most of us do three times a day?” and the students correctly answered “eat!”

Once students made the connection that the guys who farm provide their food, they were more engaged and a barrage of questions followed.

Pace and Clark fielded quereis about general ag-riculture, planting and harvest, and they were eager to answer questions about their family farms. Both men farm with their fathers, and Pace’s son (who started driving a tractor at age ten) intends to be the fourth genera-tion of JAP Farms. Both men began farming at an early age. Pace said that he started helping on what was then the family hog farm as soon as he was big enough to walk. “I probably got in the way more than I helped back then,” he said with a laugh. Clark began farm-ing as soon as he gradu-ated high school.

Clark, who farms in Graves County near Seda-lia, talked at length about equipment sizes. He made the lesson relatable by comparing his 60-foot-wide planter to having the width of the classroom on each side of his trac-tor. Clark explained that he does not own all the

land that he farms, and talked about the effects of weather on his crops and the length of the growing and harvest seasons.

While many children were familiar with what tractors, sprayers and combines look like, few were familiar with the tasks they perform. Pace explained how the planter worked, using a model size planter, and the stu-dents’ jaws dropped when they found that filling up some planters just one time equals an investment of around $20,000.

As the finance ques-tions continued to roll in on everything from “how much does a combine cost?” to “how much do you make a year,” Pace took a minute to tell the students that farmers have a lot of different jobs. “Some days I am a tractor driver, some days I’m a mechanic, some days I am an accountant, and every day I am a farm manager,” he said. When asked if he ever gets tired of farming, Pace replied “Absolutely… NOT!” and went on to advise the students to make careers of something they enjoy.

“I get to get up and do something that I love ev-ery single day,” he said. He urged them to explore the many options in ag-riculture and pointed out that everyone involved in agriculture is not neces-sarily a farmer. “We need scientists, and seed sales-men, and people to repair equipment, and people to work at the grain el-evators buying grain, and truck drivers and equip-ment salesmen. There are all kinds of jobs in agri-culture that don’t involve being the one on the farm, and we need each of these jobs doing what they do so that we can do what we do.”

Clark talked to stu-dents about the amount of equipment on his farm,

too. “We have five tractors and two planters, a spray-er and two combines,” he said. “And they’re all green,” he added with a smile. Clark explained the growing season for corn, soybeans and wheat – the three crops that both he and Pace grow – and explained the harvest process. He talked about spraying herbicides and pesticides, and how these are necessary to keep the plants healthy.

The farmers also talked about how many things we eat every day contain soy. “When you go home this afternoon, I bet you have a snack,” Pace said. “When you get out that package of cook-ies or bag of chips this afternoon, I want you to look at the ingredients. I bet you it will say some-where on there ‘soybean oil,’ because there is soy in just about everything. It’s in the vegetable oil that we fry stuff in and put in brownies, and it’s in cookies and crackers and all kinds of foods you eat every day.”

In addition to seeing photos of the farmers’ operations and equipment and looking over the nu-merous soy-based prod-ucts the farmers brought for show-and-tell (includ-ing everything from hand lotion to candles), the stu-dents enjoyed what, for many, was their first ven-ture into the cab of a trac-tor. A John Deere 8360R tractor was brought to the school by Hutson, Inc., and though some kids had been in or on a tractor be-fore, most had not.

Pace asked the stu-dents to keep an eye out for farmers moving equipment on the roads during planting, spray-ing and harvest seasons. “It’s dangerous,” he said. “I don’t like being on the road slowing traffic down any more than your mom or dad likes being behind

me, but now that you understand more about farming, help them keep an eye out for us on the road, OK?”

At the end of the day, Clark said that he was impressed with the num-ber of questions the kids asked and the thought they had put into those questions. “It’s been a while since I spoke to a group of kids that age,” he said, “but the one thing we didn’t have was stu-dents sitting in their own little world not participat-ing. These young people were engaged, they asked smart questions and some of those questions really made me think. There were a couple I didn’t know the answer to.”

Clark said his favorite part of the experience was interacting with the stu-dents in a small group set-ting and getting one-on-one conversations going about agriculture. “These kids are smart,” he said. “They asked great ques-tions. I was glad to explain what Kentucky farmers grow and how we grow it, and I think that Provider Pals is a great program to make that happen. I’m al-ready looking forward to next year.”

Classrooms get to know their Provider Pal through videos, letters, photo albums and the Internet. Students learn about their Provider Pal’s profession and culture: what he or she does in a typical day, what raw materials they produce, what everyday products are made from those raw materials, and how they work to help protect the environment. The in-per-son visit was the culmina-tion of a relationship that has been building since school began in the fall.

For more on Provider Pals, visit www.Provider Pals.com. For more about the Ky. Soybean Board, visit www.kysoy.org.


OpinionNow that the tempera-

tures are fluctuating a bit, I bet most readers have noticed these little bugs in their homes. I have always called them Lady Bugs but other common names include Lady Beetle and Ladybird. There are several species of Lady Bugs in our area but the one that is most frequently encountered is the Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis.

Actually, this species is not native to North America. First introduced to control aphids in 1916 they didn’t seem to fare well, after the aphids were gone so were the beetles. But things were to change, the first wild population was observed in Louisiana during the 1980’s and they have spread like wildfire since. Part of the spread is pos-sibly due to the introduc-

tion and spread of the soybean aphid, which probably came from Chi-na or Japan (no one really knows how). At least for now their presence, along with a voracious appetite for aphids, seem to ben-efit farmers. As with any exotic invader though, the long term effects will just have to be monitored. They seem to already be replacing some of our na-tive species.

The reason Lady Bugs invade our homes during spring and fall is that as temperatures begin to fall they start crawling into cracks and holes looking for a place to hibernate. When a warm spell ar-rives and sun heats the wall then the bugs start to crawl, they are probably not intending to come in-side but just follow some small crevice and that is where they end up.

Lady Bugs are quite harmless with one ex-ception. When disturbed they may exude a defen-sive chemical that some people can be allergic to. If you have ever handled or squashed one of them you are familiar with what I am talking about.

The Asian Lady Bug can be difficult to iden-tify because of its many different color variations. The easiest way is to look at the area just behind the head, it should be white with black forming a “W” or “M,” depending on your orientation.

Photo by Kentucky up Close!

There are several species of Lady Bugs in our area but the one that is most frequently encountered is the Asian Lady Beetle.

Profiles in NatureBy Jack Glisson

The City has its Annual Clean-up Week scheduled for the week after Spring Break; April 7, 2014 until April 11, 2014. CWI will provide a free dumpster for the city that will be located by the tennis court at the city park. Only those within the city limits or on the water system are allowed to dump. Wash-ers, dryers, and other metals can be left only between 7 am to 4 pm daily so Robert can haul them off.

We will begin mowing the Wickliffe cem-etery on Slater Road soon and we will have some rules to enforce. We are taking pic-tures of all tombstones and the grounds and will not be responsible for prior damage. We will also be removing flowers not in vases or when they deteriorate. We are not go-ing to maintain grave sites that have fences and planted shrubs as that will be the duty of those that planted them and they will not be allowed in the future or allowed to be in the areas between monuments. We will al-low no more fences around grave stones or benches or other items that are not part of the headstones except existing plot markers. Flowers will have to be in monument urns on the headstones. Tree or shrub planting is prohibited but we are not going to limit grave stones to a flat surface as some cemeteries have done. Equipment purchased with cem-etery maintenance funds will be the property of the cemetery and only used for the main-tenance of the cemetery although we may use city equipment for maintenance of the cemetery. We are not going to be sensitive to complaints other than the general mainte-nance of weed eating and mowing. We will sow some grass and maintain the roadways, entrance, etc., for the cemetery.

Congressman Ed Whitfield is having a meeting concerning the placement of the US 51 and Highway US 60 Ohio River Bridge. The Wickliffe City Council and Mayor sup-ports the prior decision from the KDOT and IDOT study to replace the old Ohio Bridge between Wickliffe and Cairo in the same general area a mile or so south of Cairo and upstream from the existing Ohio River bridge. Plans to by-pass Cairo or Wickliffe is not a positive business option for Wickliffe. Future issues with Corridor 66 or a potential I-66 is an issue on its own that will be decided down the road by politicians. This meeting with Congressman Whitfield will be held at the Paducah Chamber of Commerce Cen-ter on Friday the 28th of March at three pm. Interested parties can attend and I think this location is on second or third streets near the Paducah Arts Theater in the old building that used to house antiques and a feed and seed store.

The City is gearing up for cleaning up the streets and paving this summer. It means some very hot days with lawns and to polish up the fines for those businesses and proper-ties that are under the impression that they don’t need to mow their city lots. We have a really active attorney that is taking this action against home owners of unsound and unkept properties.

We will try again to have this action go-ing this summer! We will be bidding for the new well at our water plant and beginning to get the construction going for the Fort Jef-ferson Visitor’s Center now that the grant for the trails are done. We are thinking that the city lighting that Cathy, Judy, and Lynn Lane picked out is a big hit with most of us and would look very good on the trails and the visitor’s center area. We are currently trying to decide if the old church building at the city park is salvageable and maybe we can make another pavilion out of it. I had hoped we could maintain this historical building but the flood in 2011 has probably finished it off.

I took my grandson Finn to the park last week and noted some deficiencies that need-ed to be remedied and possibly more cook-ing areas for picnics and barbeques, fenc-ing, and more toddler play equipment! The bathroom was locked and I’m thinking there needs to be some more rest room facilities closer to Sixth Street. Our Harvest Festi-val committee has met to plan several new events at the festival and we want to grow this festival and expand it to other venues.

Clean-up Week is set for April 7-11

City of WickliffeBy Lynn Hopkins, Mayor

Column is sponsored by City Of Wickliffe(270) 335-3557

FARMERSContinued from Page 1

Board to meet on March 25

The Barlow Rural Fire Department is starting a Junior Fire Department. On April 12, at noon, in the Old City Hall in Bar-low, BRFD officials will be having a junior meet-ing for persons wanting to join. A parent or legal guardian must be there.

For more info, call Da-vid Douglas at 334-3657, Gary Payne at 334-3415 or Kristi Benson at 770-2143.

E-mail your questions and comments to us at: [email protected]

Our emergency Management service has always been priority-one to me. Since 2007, my first term in office, we have made many improvements.1) Opening of the New Ambulance headquarter in La Center2) Transition from Basic Life Support Service to Advanced Life Support3) Transition from personnel being contract employees to county employees.4) Hiring of Paramedics5) Replacement of all 3 Ambulances6) Purchased new Life Pack 15 cardiac monitor using regional Homeland security grant 7) Purchased and stocked mass casualty trailer for use in disasters here in Ballard County and neighboring counties8) Transitioned from hand written paper reports to computerized patient care reports for more accurate documentation. Also provides for quicker payment for

ambulance bills.9) Purchase of response vehicle for paramedics and director response vehicle10) Opening of the ambulance substation #2 in Wickliffe to provide quicker access to emergency medical care to the Wickliffe and Blandville communities 11) Transitioned from staffing one ambulance 24 hours a day to staffing two ambulances 24 hours a day.12) Purchased EZ-IO drills for each ambulance to enable paramedics to obtain intraosseous IV access in patient that normal IV’s are unable to be started 13) Purchase of Lucas Two chest compression system to provide adequate and consistent CPR during patient transport.14) Addition of wheelchair van donated by Ballard County Senior Citizens Board to transport ambulatory or wheelchair-bound patients during a disaster or

evacuations 15) Training of critical care paramedics to be able to transport critically ill or insured patient from hospital to hospital 16) Added IV pumps and mechanical ventilators to both front line ambulances for use of critical care paramedics during hospital to hospital transports.17) Purchased additional in house training equipment for continued education for ambulance service to hold EMT courses18) Addition of new pediatric transport seats to both front line ambulances using funds donated by Amber Hayes.19) Addition of new pediatric equipment bags to each ambulance and supervisor vehicle using grant funds from the hospital preparedness program.Current staffing is:Six full-time paramedics; Two Critical care paramedics endorsed by Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services.Five part-time ParamedicsFour full-time EMT’sFive part-time EMT’sIf you have not been in the ambulance buildings or seen the equipment that the county has please feel free to stop by and see the improvements.

Sincerely, Vickie Viniard

Ballard County Judge Exec.

Lady Bombers drop game to host Marshall

Bombers win Tom Hulsey Memorial Tournament

DRAFFENVILLE - Ballard Memorial fell behind early and couldn’t recover as host Marshall County pulled away to win 12-1 in five innings of a 1st Region softball game on Thursday.

Marshall County im-proved to 2-0 and Bal-lard Memorial dropped to 0-3.

Marshall County plat-

ed its dozen runs on 19 hits.

The Lady Marshals led 7-0 at the conclusion of the second inning.

After holding Mar-shall County scoreless in its third plate appearance, Ballard Memorial plated one run in the top half of the fourth inning.

Limited offensively, Ballard Memorial man-

aged two hits. Ballard Memorial ju-

nior Rebekah Hogancamp was the losing pitcher.

Neither team commit-ted an error in the early-season high school soft-ball matchup.

Ballard Memorial re-turned to the field after dropping a doubleheader to 1st Region foe St. Mary on Saturday.

The Ballard Memorial softball team dropped a season-opening double-header on Saturday, fall-ing to visiting St. Mary.

St. Mary won the first game by a 15-1 amargin, and took Game 2 by a 11-1 clip.

Both wins came via the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s 10-Run Mercy Rule.

CLINTON - The Bal-lard Memorial baseball team captured a tour-nament title in the first weekend of the 2014 season. Ballard Memo-rial defeated South Ful-ton,. 10-1 to win the Tom Hulsey Memorial Tour-nament title at Hickman County on Saturday.

With the win, Ballard Memorial improved to 3-0.

With the loss, South Fulton fell to 1-4.

Juniors Lee Chandler and Cody Collier led the Ballard Memorial of-fensive effort. Chandler clubbed a three-run home run and Collier delivered three hits as the Bombers pull away for the win.

Ballard Memorial scored first and never trailed. The Bombers pushed across three runs in the top half of the first inning and eventually led 5-0 before South Fulton answered with a run of its own.

Ballard Memorial car-ried a commanding 10-1 lead into the top half of the seventh inning.

The productive Bomb-ers scored 10 runs on 12 hits.

Sophomore Cavin Foster and senior Daniel Brunston added two hits apiece for Ballard Me-morial in the win.

Ballard Memorial pitchers Gavin Williams and Evan Lawrence split time on the mound, combining to register 10 strikeouts. The Ballard Memorial pitching duo limited South Fulton to four hits. The Tennes-see opponent was forced to play from behind throughout the tourna-ment game, and strug-gled at the plate in nearly every inning.

The Bombers also fared very well in the field, putting together a solid defensive effort against South Fulton. Defensively, Ballard Me-morial committed only one error.

On Friday, Ballard Memorial beat Lake County (Tenn.) 13-7 and defeated Fulton County, 11-1.

SportsTHE BALLARD COUNTY WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 PAGE 5

Big haul ...Three BMHS athletes, including Millie Green, Shawn Johnson and Haley Houston (soccer), signed college letters of intent earlier this month, Green (front row, far left) signed to play soccer at Benedictine University. Johnson (front center) will play football at Campbellsville University, while Houston (front row, far right) inked to play soccer at Campbellsville. Attend-ing the signings were (back row, left to right) Donna Thornon-Green, Jamie Bray, Casey Allen, and BMHS Athletic Director Amber Parker.

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Ballard Memorial FFA members have been working through the snow days to prepare for their regional contests. Members traveled to Murray State University on March 10 to partici-pate in a variety of con-tests at Purchase Region FFA Day.

The chapter meeting team received an excel-lent rating for its perfor-mance. Caity Meinschein received a superior sec-ond rating in the talent contest. The record-keep-ing team also competed, but will not receive their results until later.

Several students also participated in impromp-tu speaking contests, in which students draw for a topic, then have 20 min-utes to prepare and write a speech. Those receiv-ing excellent ratings were Neely Williams in crop impromptu, Kallie Her-rod in goat impromptu, and Tristen Heal in small animal impromptu.

Those receiving supe-rior ratings were Noah Overby in floral im-promptu; Holly Doom in horse impromptu; and Hagen Gholson in swine impromptu.

Those receiving su-

perior third ratings were Tanner Bertram in green-house impromptu and

Christian Roberts in poultry impromptu.

BMHS FFA members place well at Regional FFA Day

Shown from left are members of the Ballard Memorial High School FFA chapter meeting team that re-ceived an Excellent Rating at Purchase Regional FFA Day at Murray State. They are Christian Roberts, Madison Cooper, Tanner Bertram, Hagen Gholson, Kole Williams, Holly Doom, Justin Polivick, Millie Green, Austin Walter, Tracy Armer, Cash Owsley, Allie Walters, and Caity Meinschein.

Caity Meinschein earned a superior second rating in the FFA Day talent contest.

2014 Open Housewill be held on

Saturday, March 29,from 7 a.m. till 11 a.m.

There will be door prizes & food beginning 11 a.m.

Come out & seewhat is new for spring.

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Lady Bombers Softball ScheduleDate Opponent Site TimeMarch 27 Massac County Here 5:30 p.m.March 29 Massac County (JV DH) Here 5:30 p.m.April 1 Marshall County Here 5:30 p.m.April 3 Hickman County Here 5:30 p.m.April 5 Crittenden County Tournament There TBAApril 8 Graves County There 5:30 p.m.April 10 Mayfield Here 5:30 p.m.April 11 Carlisle There 5:30 p.m.April 14 ALL A REGIONAL TBA TBAApril 21 St. Mary There 5 p.m.April 24 Graves County Here 5:30 p.m.April 25 Tilghman There 5:30 p.m.

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On March 11, 2014 the Kevil Jr. Homemak-ers Club met in the Kevil Community Center with seven members present.

At the meeting, May Buckley reviewed the Feb-ruary Lesson “Food Safe-ty in the Home” Keep all food and food areas clean, and Ruth Bowles talked about “Care Giving” as the lesson for March.

Two-hundred shoe kits for the children in Uganda have been completed and mailed.

The club voted to give a scholarship donation to the 4H.

Also, the meeting time for the monthly meeting was changed to 3:30 pm. on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning in April.

In other business, the County yard sale will take place April 5, while the County Annual Night will be held Aug. 26, Commu-nity Club will be hostess.

Dates for the Kentucky Extension Homemakers annual meeting are May 12-15 in Bowling Green.

The meeting adjourned by reading the Homemak-ers Creed.

The Ballard County Middle School concert band received a distin-guished rating, the com-petition’s highest, at the Kentucky Music Educa-tors Association Concert

Band Assessment at Mur-ray State University on March 18. Middle school bands from across the First and Second districts attended the event. The band is shown here with

Kevil Jr. Homemakers hold March 11 meeting

BMS concert band receives distinguished rating

New bike ...Ballard County Elementary School fourth-grader Colton Sullenger is shown here with his new bicycle. He was one of 80 students who had perfect attendance for the third quarter of this school year. Stu-dent names are drawn at the end of each quarter; the gifts are provided by the Bal-lard County Board of Education. Family Focus also provides rewards for class-rooms with the highest attendance every month

Director Heather Waters (back row, far right), who said, “The students have worked really hard, and

the judges were very im-pressed with their play-ing.”

As most everyone knows, during the inclement weatherwe have had over the past few months, we lost our mainwindow in our shop and were forced to close until a new

window could be installed.After three long months the wait is over!

On Monday, March 31st at 8:30 a.m. we will officially re-openour doors once again. In addition to re-opening we are excited

to announce we will now have many more items in addition to our previous items. Such items include: Wedding Decor,

Flower Girl Dresses, Drift wood furniture, Mason Jat Gifts, Gift baskets, Crochet items, Pampered Chef

and many more items!To celebrate we will be having a grand re-opening on Friday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday, April 12, from

9 a.m. to 12. Refreshments will be served and Door prizes given so please come join us! New store hours are Monday: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Tues.-Thurs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The Ballard County Weekly Classifieds

Waitress needed at Bet-ty’s Restaurant in Bar-low. Monday thru Friday 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Must be able to work each of these days. Apply at Betty’s.

The Ballard County Ex-tension Homemakers will have a yard sale at the Ballard County Extension Office in LaCenter on Saturday, April 5, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.. As usu-al, many clothing items will be available as well as kitchen items, linens, toys, decorations, books, shoes, boots and some furniture. Please come by and support the relay for life and scholarship funds. We always have a good selection. See you Saturday, April 5. The yard sale will be held in-side the building RAIN OR SHINE.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE:All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which

makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation ordiscrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national

origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free tele-phone number for the hearing.

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PROGRAM TECHNICIAN POSITIONThe USDA, Kevil FSA Service Center will accept applications for a Program Techni-cian position through the close of business on April 03, 2014. This position is forclerical assistance to help deliver Federal farm programs to producers serviced bythe Kevil Service Center. The incumbent will work only when needed. The majority ofthe employee’s time will be spent in farm-related office work.All applicants shall: 1. Be citizens of the United States 2. Be a High School Graduate or have a GED. 3. Have a Social Security Number. 4. Be at least 18 years of age or 17 years of age for a high school graduate. 5. Have typing and/or keyboard experience. 6. Complete form FSA-675, Application for County Employment, Resume, or any other written format. You must include your SSN, your country of Citizenship, education, and work experience.This job will be a temporary-intermittent position not to exceed six (6) months. Salarywill depend on experience of the person selected but not less than $13.55 per hour.Applications will be accepted at or mailed to the Kevil FSA Service Center, Attention:Melissa Myers, CED, 1156 Kentucky Ave, Kevil, KY 42053.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Candidates will be considered without dis-crimination for any non-merit reason such as race, color, national origin, gender, reli-gion or nonmembership in any employee organization. This agency provides rea-sonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. The decision on grantingreasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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BALLARD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Senior SpotlightBy Breanna Jones

Many may have seen senior Breana Koontz’s friendly face taking or-ders at the walk-up win-dow at Bomber Grill and Chill. Others may know her for her quiet personal-ity, unique sense of style, and love for country mu-sic. Either way, Breana is a girl whose presence everyone should be graced with.

Breana has been an active member of FC-CLA for four years and is also on the honor roll. She is the daugh-

ter of Melissa and Jason Koontz of Wickliffe. Outside of school, Bre-ana enjoys hanging out with her friends. Her fa-

vorite thing at BMHS is field day, but she is anxious to leave behind the tardy bell. This se-nior’s dream job is to be a dental assistant and she plans to attend WKCTC. She strives to become a dental hygienist.

FAVORITESClass: ArtTeacher: Mrs. CookseyMovies: Anything with Mark WahlbergMusician: Luke BryanSong: “Headphones” by Flori-da Georgia LineFood: Chick-fil-aSchool Food: Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap

Breana Koontz

Breana Koontz

By Cera PeckBorn in Paducah to

Michael Whitt of Wick-liffe and Shannon Pen-rod of Kevil, Krista re-sides in Kevil with her mother, where they at-tend Kevil First Baptist Church. Krista cherishes time with her friends and family and loves hang-ing out at the mall. She is never too far from her best friends Megan Wag-ner and Halie Gaskins.

Krista was involved in the BMHS Concert Choir for two years and

a member of FCCLA for one year. She hopes to be remembered as outgo-ing with her friends, and charming in her wits; she

wants to leave behind high school drama when she goes off to Clarks-ville to attend college to become a medical thera-pist. After graduation, Krista says she’ll miss homecoming weeks.

FAVORITES

Class: Medical Math Teacher: Mrs. JewellMovie: “Titanic”Band: NickelbackSong: “Clarity”TV Show: “Pretty Little Li-ars”Food: SpaghettiSchool Food: Chicken En-chilada

Krista Whitt

Krista Whitt

By Millicent Green As seniors mulled

over who to vote for for senior superlatives, no one had to think too hard about “Biggest Flirt.” If Zac McAfee did not get it, then they knew some-thing was wrong. The boy known to charm the hearts of many girls, he honestly gets along with everyone.

The son of Sabrena and Bill McAfee of Wick-liffe, Zach is a Ballard na-tive, who later moved to Kansas, then transferred back to BMHS last year. He is a four-year football and basketball player; a two-year track member

and one-year baseball player. He has been a member of FCA for four years and FFA for one. He has been a captain for both football and basket-ball. He enjoys playing video games and sports

outside of school; as well as eating and hanging out with his friends.

Zach has big dreams in life. He hopes to leave behind a trophy from a state championship in football or basketball this year at BMHS. Zach hopes to be remembered as a good athlete. He as-pires to be a famous ath-lete and plans on attend-ing Western Kentucky University.

FAVORITESClass: Advanced P.E. Movie: “Step Brothers”Musician: A$AP RockySong: “Gun Walk”TV Show: “Scooby Doo”Video Game: PizzaSchool Food: Crispito

Zach McAfee

Zach McAfee


For Stacey, becoming a Legend of Energy Efficiency and earning $20 in energy bill credits was a breeze.Legends of Energy Efficiency believe in taking it easy. So with summer on the horizon, Stacey enrolled in Demand Conservation. Not only will she earn $5 a month in energy bill credits this summer, she’ll earn $20 every summer she sticks with the program. Be like Stacey. Sign up for Demand Conservation and become a Legend of Energy Efficiency–visit lge–ku.com/dc.

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Progress ...The former Wickliffe Elementary school building became a piece of history last week when crews used heavy equipment to demolish the site. A new bank will be built on the site of the former school.

Registration and DIAL screening for stu-dents who plan to attend kindergarten at Bal-lard County Elementary School this fall, but who

have not attended a pub-lic preschool, will be held at BCES on Friday, April 25, from 8:30-11:30 am.

Please call Angie Fields at 270-665-8400,

ext. 2200, to schedule a screening appointment. Please plan to bring the child’s birth certificate, Social Security card, and immunization records.

Kindergarten registration set for April 25

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