By LAUREL WILSONThe Daily Newslwilson@bgdailynews.com/783-3240

Several hundred high school juniors fromacross Kentucky receivedscholarships through theGEAR UP program Fri-day at the Carroll KnicelyConference Center.

GEAR UP, whichstands for Gaining EarlyAwareness and Readinessfor Undergraduate Pro-grams, is a federally fund-ed program for students atunderprivileged schools ingrades seven and up.

It provides students withacademic enrichment in aneffort to help them getsome kind of postsec-ondary education, whetherit be at a community ortechnical college or a four-year university, said LucyJuett, director of the SouthCentral Kentucky AreaHealth Education Center.The AHEC is based atWestern Kentucky Univer-sity and performs GEARUP sessions about health-related topics.

For kids whose parentsdidn’t go to college, theymight not understand theimportance of higher edu-cation, Juett said. And theymight think they can’t afford it because they don’tunderstand financial aid possibilities, she said.

“It’s not that these kids don’t have the ability,”she said. “They just don’t have the same oppor-tunities and resources.”

GEAR UP shows students how higher educa-

tion can benefit them and what it will be like,Juett said. Four-year universities might havemore students than the population of an entirerural county, which could be intimidating for

kids from those countieswho are considering col-lege.

“There are kids in thesecounties who have neverbeen outside of theircounties,” Juett said.

The scholarship eventis the culmination of thestudents’ GEAR UP expe-rience. Those who havebeen involved in the pro-gram every year and meetbenchmark scores on stan-dardized tests can applyfor the $1,000 Drive theDream scholarship, whichcan be used at any highereducation institution inKentucky.

Ben Whitlock, a fresh-man at the University ofLouisville and formerGEAR UP student, spoketo students Friday abouthow the program helpedhim.

He said GEAR UPallowed him to connect allthe dots in his life thatbrought him to where heis, which is a political sci-ence student with a fullscholarship.

Whitlock urged students to choose the college,major and career that’s right for them and not tolet others dictate their decision.

“GEAR UP is here to help and support you toreach your goals,” Whitlock said. “Be happywith where you are and where you’re going.”

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Perhaps Adam Brownlee shouldcoin a new phrase: WWWBL.

In his new book, Brownlee, theformer director of Western Ken-tucky University’s Small Busi-ness Development Center, talksabout “Building a Small Businessthat Warren Buffett Would Love.”

Brownlee, who plans to try toget a copy of the book to Buffettat his investors meeting this sum-mer, didn’t interview Buffett forthe book but studied the invest-ment strategies that the Oracle ofOmaha employed to turn an ini-tial investment of $105,000 into a$40 billion fortune.

“It takes his methodology andapplies it to small business,”Brownlee said in a recent inter-view. “When I was at the SmallBusiness Development Center, thequestion I always heard was:‘How do I make a good business?’

“All Warren Buffett is doing isidentifying great businesses. Hisfundamentals are out there,”Brownlee said. “All I said was:‘Here is the translation. These arethe touchstones you can wire intoyour business.’ ”

On Page 2 of the book, he laysout what Buffett would say inlooking for a good business: “Iwant to see a consumer monop-oly, have a healthy return on equi-ty and the ability to increaseprices with inflation, among otherthings.

“A business without earnings... is like a lawn mower without alawn mower blade,” Brownleewrites. “It may be fun to circle theyard a few times, but after awhilethe grass needs cutting.”

Brownlee said he tries to pep-per the book with humor so thatit’s not such a dry read.

Under the category of “How toBuild a Consumer Monopoly,” he

tells perspective entrepreneurs toinventory local companies andlist their competitors and their dif-ferentiating aspects.

If there is already a McDonald’sin town, how are you going to dif-ferentiate your hamburger stand?

Trying to produce a cheapburger won’t work.

“Instead, you might offer a pre-mium burger,” he wrote.

Brownlee said that while smallbusinesses can’t begin to have theadvertising budgets that theirmegachain competitors do, adver-tising is still important.

“I think newspaper advertisingis still important for small busi-nesses,” he said.

But before a business evenstarts, planning and forecasting arekey components in the preparation.

Brownlee’s book includes asample summary of one he uses.

It includes having a vision andmission for the business, market-ing, operational plan, financialsand supporting documents, withsubheads in each category.

That business plan should be a“living, breathing” document thatis reviewed at least quarterly to seeif you’re on track, the book details.

“The bane of most entrepre-neurs is the lack of business planimplementation,” he wrote.

Brownlee said he hopes hisbook will give entrepreneurs thetools to do just that.

While the book is being soldthrough Barnes & Noble Book-sellers, Amazon.com and otheroutlets, Brownlee hopes to give abook or an e-book to anyoneunemployed through his One Mil-lion Jobs Campaign.

“It’s kind of like the TomsShoes campaign,” he said.

That company, popular withthe younger set, donates a pair ofshoes to poor children for eachone purchased.

How does someone unem-ployed become a business owner?

“If somebody doesn’t haveoptions ... they can get a part-timejob, but spend the other 15 or 20hours a week planning to start upsomething small they enjoydoing,” Brownlee said.

That’s what Brownlee said he’sdoing with his writing and busi-ness consulting.

“There are a lot of opportuni-ties out there these days forauthors,” he said.

Brownlee has published threeother financial-related books. Hewill present a workshop, fol-lowed by a signing of his newbook, at 7 p.m. April 3 at Barnes& Noble. He also will be at theSouthern Kentucky Book Fest onApril 21.

— For more information on thebook, go to www.onemillionjobsnow.com/index.html.

Book author channelsbusiness guru Buffett

FORT WRIGHT (AP) — Gin-ger Gray set a high goal for her-self – then made it to the top.

Gray, the food services directorfor the Kenton County SchoolDistrict, reached the top of MountAconcagua in Argentina, one ofthe seven summits and the high-est mountain in North and SouthAmerica at 23,000 feet.

The climb was part of a questby Gray, 56, to challenge herselfand enjoy a sport her son intro-duced to her 15 years ago. Graytold The Kentucky Enquirer thatshe nearly gave up on the Argen-tinian mountain about halfway upas evening temperatures plungedto 20 degrees below zero.

Doing so would have put Grayin the company of eight of the 13others who started in her group.

“It got so cold that I didn’tknow if I could do it,” Gray said.“But I talked about it with my tentmate, a woman from SouthAfrica, and we both decided we’dtrained too hard and spent toomuch money on the trip to notmake it to the top.”

The biggest challenge provedto be the nighttime cold. Grayslept in her tent with five layers ofclothing on her upper body, four

layers on her legs and three pairsof socks. Daytime temperatureswere about 30 degrees, with con-stant winds.

Gray ate dehydrated foodalong her excursion and drankabout two quarts of water a day.They had four guides to start,though were down to one in theend after three guides had to takethose who couldn’t go any furtherback to the base. Gray was theonly American in the group. Eachof the other 13 hikers was from adifferent country. She said manyof them seemed surprised therewas an American in the group.

“Their impression of Ameri-cans was that we are all fat andlazy,” Gray said.

After 10 days, the pair made itto the summit Feb. 22.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Graysaid. “I did it!”

Gray spent 45 minutes atop themountain, took pictures and start-ed the long trek down. It took twodays to get back to the bottom,where temperatures were in the80s.

“In the end all I had was a blis-ter on my foot and chapped lips,”Gray said. “I guess the trainingpaid off.”

Pete Rodman/Daily NewsRanita Greer, 17, of Grayson, receivesher scholarship tassel Friday during theGEAR UP scholarship event at the Car-roll Knicely Conference Center. Greersaid she plans to use the $1,000 grant tohelp her get into Morehead State Univer-sity’s pre-med program.

By the Daily NewsArea veterans of the Battle for Okinawa will

gather April 1 as they have for three decades torecall the opening of the final battle of the War in thePacific.

It began April 1, Easter Sunday, in 1945, endingsome three months later but not before the death orinjury of 10,000 Navy personnel.

This year, the Okinawa veterans will open thedoors to World War II veterans of all Pacific theaterengagements, according to spokesman Jack Ever-sole. The breakfast will be at Veterans of ForeignWars Post 1298 on Ky. 185. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Notices will be sent automatically to those attend-ing previous events. Others who wish to join thebreakfast should call Bill Throneberry at 782-0775.

All Pacific theater vets invited to Okinawa event

SubmittedAdam Brownlee, former directorof Western Kentucky University’sSmall Business DevelopmentCenter, is the author of “Buildinga Small Business that WarrenBuffett Would Love.”

Students get scholarships asthey GEAR UP for higher ed

LOUISVILLE (AP) — One ofKentucky’s best-known radiopersonalities is being sued by aLouisville police officer for mak-ing disparaging on-air commentsabout the officer.

The lawsuit against TerryMeiners says the longtimeWHAS radio personality liedabout the officer on air and dis-paraged him after being given aticket for driving 75 mph in a 55-mph zone last year.

Sam Cromity claims Meinersreferred to him as “Black Bar-

ney,” which is a “caricature of abumbling, imbecilic police offi-cer.”

The suit says Meiners playedbelittling songs about the high-way patrol and called the officera delusional liar who was irre-sponsible, reckless and danger-ous.

The Courier-Journal reportsthat a jury later found Meinersnot guilty in the speeding ticketcase.

The suit filed in Jefferson Cir-cuit Court names Meiners and

Clear Channel Communications,which owns the WHAS station.

Meiners, who has hosted aradio show on WHAS since 1985,could not be reached for com-ment. But he said at his speedingticket trial he was going nowherenear 75 mph when he wasstopped on Interstate 264 inLouisville while on the way towork.

A call to Clear Channel’smedia relations office in SanAntonio was not answered Fri-day.

Officer sues radio host Meiners

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP)— Police arrested a Clarksvilleman after a shooting that left oneman dead and injured aClarksville police officer during astandoff with police.

The Tennessee Bureau ofInvestigation said in a newsrelease that Benjamin Schweitzer,26, of Clarksville, was chargedwith criminal homicide and mayface more charges in the shootingThursday in a residential neigh-borhood.

The Leaf-Chronicle obtained awarrant that identified the victimas Frederick Nicholas Moses.The newspaper reported both thesuspect and the victim wereemployed as soldiers.

According to the arrest war-rant, a neighbor reported a bleed-ing man on her porch around10:45 a.m. When police arrived,the victim was not responsive andwas later declared dead by acounty coroner.

Four police officers followed atrail of blood back to the house,where Schweitzer was found in a

locked bedroom. The officersforced open the door and wereshot at by Schweitzer and theofficers returned fire, accordingto the warrant.

Officer James Eure was shotin the upper arm, but he waslater treated at a hospital andreleased. After the exchange ofgunfire, the suspect threw ahandgun out of the bedroom andbarricaded himself inside thebedroom. Police recovered aGlock .45-caliber handgun fromthe house.

A tactical team helped get thefour officers out of the housethrough a bedroom window.About 2:15 p.m., Schweitzer sur-rendered to police and was takeninto custody. He was booked intoMontgomery County Jail, wherehe remains without bond.

The Tennessee Bureau ofInvestigation said it will be inves-tigating the shooting and will pro-vide results to the district attorneygeneral, which is a normal proce-dure when an officer is involvedin a shooting.

Man dead, officer injuredin Tenn. shooting, standoff

Ky. woman summits23,000-foot mountain