Jerry Sparks ..............Senior Reporter (ej.sparks@gmail.com)

Caitlyn Johnson ..............Composition/Office

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Thursday, February 23, 2012 The Jackson counTy sun A-3

METHFrom the front

JCHSFrom the front

USDA NRCS in Kentucky Announces February 29, 2012 as the Second Application Period for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Jerry SparksSenior Reporter

It is a bittersweet story. The JCHS Generals and Lady Generals ended their regular basketball seasons last week and also closed a chapter in Jackson County history. The two teams played host for the last time to games in the old JCHS gymnasium. The Generals ended their season on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 when they hosted Bell County. The Lady Generals ended their season the following night (Fri-day, February 17th, 2012) when they hosted Pineville.

The Generals began the odyssey when the team moved into the building halfway through the 1966-1967 school year. The head coach was Mr. Bruce Morris with Mr. Rex Combs assisting him. Seniors Doyle Williams, Jerry Lun-sford, Danny Cook, Larry Lunsford and Jimmy Martin pro-vided leadership on the court. The pendulum made a full swing when Head Coach Greg Parrett embraced his three seniors (Justin Fox, Adam Duncan and Josh Horn) as they left the home court for last time Thursday night.

The Lady Generals program didn’t realize itself until the fall of 1974 when the school came into compliance with the requirements of Title IX and established equal opportunity for the girls to participate in the basketball program. The first head coach was Linda Tillery with Carol Brunstein assisting her. The Lady Generals (referred to then as the Generalettes) opened their first season at home on November 12th, 1974 against Owsley County. Led by the outstanding play of Pam Hignite and Lisa Hays the team ended the first season with a record of 7-6. The co-captains of the team were Benda Wil-son and Vickie Hensley.

The doors to the old JCHS home court era were official-ly closed when Senior Laura Bowman and Coach Candice Gray defeated Pineville in overtime on Friday, February 17th, 2012. It was like the old gym just couldn’t say goodbye without one last extra overtime.

66-67 2011-12 Seniors Adam Duncan, Justin Fox & Josh Horn

Michael W. Harrison April Harrison

Deputy Goforth responded and received consent to search the residence. A search revealed a one-step meth lab in a bedroom along with a HCl generator.

The scene was secured and Drug Enforcement Special Investigation (D.E.S.I.) was contacted to respond and dis-mantle the meth lab. Deputy Lakes, Deputy Sizemore, and KSP Jesse Armstrong assisted Deputy Goforth.

Michael W Harrison, 39, of Sand Gap and April Harrison, 29, of Sand Gap were arrested and charged with manufac-turing methamphetamine, 1st offense, $25,000 cash bond each.

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Located atIn House Primary Care Services

104 Main StreetBooneville, KY

Dr. Edward Burnette and Darlene Wilson ARNP

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TREATING PATIENTS WITH ADDICTION PROBLEMS

For Appointments Call(606) 593-7244

ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS

The USDA-Natural Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice (NRCS) in Kentucky is encouraging landowners, farmers and producers to visit their local NRCS office now to receive more infor-mation and apply for con-servation technical assis-tance and possible financial assistance opportunities. The application process for 2008 Farm Bill conservation programs is continuous, but funding selections are made at specific times throughout the year. The first Kentucky NRCS application ranking cutoff date for consideration for 2012 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funding was No-vember 15, 2011. A sec-ond sign up period has been announced and will run through February 29, 2012.

Applications for the fol-lowing programs will be ac-cepted during this period:

• The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a conservation program that provides finan-cial and technical assistance to farmers who face threats to soil, water, air, and re-lated natural resources on their land. Through EQIP, NRCS develops contracts with agricultural producers

to voluntarily implement conservation practices. Per-sons engaged in livestock or agricultural production and owners of non-indus-trial private forestland are eligible for this program. Eligible land includes crop-land, rangeland, pasture-land, private non-industrial forestland, and other farm or ranch lands.

• The Mississippi River Basin Healthy Wa-tersheds Initiative (MRBI) began in 2009 with a goal of reducing, mitigating and controlling nutrient levels in surface waters, thus im-proving the water quality in small watersheds within the Mississippi River Basin. In conjunction with multiple partners, including state agencies, conservation dis-tricts, environmental groups, and farming interests, NRCS Kentucky has three MRBI focus watersheds with boundaries entirely in Kentucky: Licking River, Lower Green River and the Bayou de Chien-Mayfield Creek. Eligible land with-in specific subwatersheds of the focus areas can take advantage of focused EQIP financial and technical assis-tance to develop contracts, which address resource con-

cerns within the focus areas. Please contact your local field office to determine land eligibility.

“We’re urging producers to get their applications in as soon as possible to be con-sidered for this year’s fund-ing,” said Karen Woodrich, Kentucky NRCS State Con-servationist.

All recipients of assistance are required to develop a conservation plan and must have a state Agricultural Wa-ter Quality Authority plan. Conservation planning is an integral part of the conserva-tion process. Landowners should work with a conser-vation planner to develop the plan based on the land-owner’s operational goals to improve the productivity, sustainability and profitabil-ity of their operation. The conservation plan will serve as a roadmap to a variety of technical assistance and fi-nancial assistance through EQIP, as well as other op-tions available to the land-owner. “We’re getting back to our agency’s roots with conservation planning,” says Woodrich. “Conserva-tion planning is the vital first step in understanding natu-ral resources on your land, and also understanding how technical and financial con-servation assistance can be incorporated into your op-eration to help you help the land.”

If you are interested in par-ticipating in EQIP or other Farm Bill conservation pro-grams, you should contact your local NRCS office as soon as possible. For more information, contact Chuck Gibson, NRCS district con-servationist at 606-287-8317 ext. 3.

For more information, contact Chuck Gibson, Dis-trict Conservationist, chuck.gibson@ky.usda.gov or 606-287-8317 ext. 3.

Senior Cheerleaders: Taylor Johnson, Olivia Chrisman, Shelby Coffey and Mikayla Marcum.

Photos by Jerry Sparks

Senior Lady Generals Laura Bowman

2012 Homecoming King& Queen Adam Duncan & Taylor Johnson