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C A P E GIRARDEAU, MO (03/19/2015)(readMe-dia)-- Clay Chandler of LaCenter, KY, has received the Midwest Achievement Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Chandler is the son of Rod and Michele Chandler of LaCenter, Kentucky, and is a 2013 graduate of Ballard Memorial High School.

Clay Chandler Awarded

Scholarship to Attend Southeast

Six Sets Of Twins At Barlow School

FRANKFORT –

Ballard County Judge/Executive Vicki Viniard was appointed to serve on the Kentucky Association of Counties Board of Directors at its March 19 meeting. Judge Viniard will rep-resent the Purchase Area Development District,

filling the board vacancy left by the passing of Marshall County Judge/Executive Mike Miller late last year.

Viniard has served as judge/executive since 2007.

The Purchase ADD serves Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall and

McCracken counties. KACo is a non-profit

membership association founded in 1974. KACo provides a variety of financial and other ser-vices to local govern-ments and represents the needs of county govern-ments in legislative mat-ters.

Ballard County judge/executive to serve on statewide counties association board

Matthew Hauger is the brother of Daniel Hauger. Matthew reportedly stole a car the day after his brother was shot and charged with Attempted Murder of a Police Officer. Matthew was caught in Florida and lodged in the Flagler County Jail. Being held on a 1,000 dollar bond.

Charged with Grand Theft Auto April 6 – 18 City of Wickliffe

Spring Clean-up

Dumpsters located behind Ballard Co. Jail

CITY RESIDENTS ONLY

Mon – Fri 7 AM – 6:00 PM

Saturday 7 AM – 12:00 PM (Noon)

For curbside pick-up or more information please contact City Hall at (270) 335-3557

Community Christian Academy’s Elementary Academic team rep-resents a wide area of Western Kentucky, much like the make-up of the rest of the school.

Members include: Carson Tinsley who lives in Ballard County; Linc Murphy from Graves; Chani Davidson, Carlisle; and John English and Riley Darrell, McCracken

County.Saturday, the CCA

Elementary Academic Team finished sixth over-all in the Governor’s Cup Regional Competition held at Lone Oak Middle School. Thirteen teams from area schools partic-ipated.

Carson Tinsley, 5th grade, won Second Place in Mathematics.

CCA’s Quick Recall Team finished in Fourth

place.Community Christian

Academy’s students come from a total of six counties in Western Kentucky, plus Southern Illinois, and come from over 50 area churches.

(Pictured: John English and Riley Darnell, 4th grade; Linc Murphy, Carson Tinsley, and Chani Davidson, 5th grade.)

Community Christian Academy’s Elementary Academic team

Four Rivers League of Sportsman

Last Tuesday marked the second meeting of the Four Rivers League of Sportsman. Committees were formed to monitor damages at the Ballard Refuge and Boatwright. Pictures of damages will be taken and reports made to send to Commissioner Greg Johnson, who will hopefully be able to help the issues.

Priorities were voted on, these include planting bet-ter crops to attract waterfowl, improving the water-fowl hunting spots, and making hunting in Ballard County more enticing to out of county hunters to bring in revenue.

The issue of wet soil units was brought up, and this is a major issue that will be addressed. The League of Sportsman wants the practice of draining lakes to create wet soil units to be stopped.

The next meeting will be held at the Grace United Methodist Church on Tuesday April 21st at 7:00pm.

Cathy’s Cottage Flower’s and Gifts: Gifts from the Heart was opened in October of 2011, by Cathy Hurt. Cathy opened the busi-ness after the flowers that she made for her son’s cemetery stone were admired by friends. She started selling ceme-tery stone saddles out of her truck, she got so busy that she opened the brick and mortar store.

Cathy enjoys the human aspect of her job. After losing her son at a young age, Cathy feels that she can relate to

the grieving people that come into the shop. She has an opening into the hardest time in people’s lives, and she has the chance to help, even in as simple a way as provid-ing flowers for a funeral. Cathy said that she feels that God has put her in her position, so that she can be some light in an otherwise dark time.

Cathy’s Cottage also does beautiful corsages, I have on myself, and sells hand-picked gifts like purses and knick-knacks. If you get a chance, go visit, it’s worth the time.

Small Business Spotlight of the Week

Revival

is scheduled for Monday, March 30th through Friday, April 3rd 7:00 pm at Victory Baptist Church, Highway 121, Wickliffe KY. Bro. Scotty Rayburn of Red Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Wiggins MS will be leading the revival. Haven't been to church in a long time? YOU'RE INVITED! Never been to church? YOU'RE INVITED! Are you a Christian needing spiri-tual reviving? YOU'RE INVITED!

Before the reading and approval of the minutes, West Kentucky Allied Services began to tell just what they have been doing in the county. In February, West Kentucky Allied accepted 916 applications for insur-ance due to ObamaCare. They seem to think that it has to do with every-one doing their taxes and not wanting to be penal-ized by the IRS for not having insurance. They not only take care of the families that don’t have insurance through their employer, but they also take care of those that need Medicare as well. Those who are interest-ed in Medicare can sign up anytime. Those who need insurance for them-selves and their family still have time during this special enrollment peri-od until April 30, 2015 to sign up. If you are dis-abled and are unable to get to the health depart-ment, Allied Services can come to you. Rana

is the representative for Ballard County. She is in Ballard on Mondays and Tuesdays. She can be reached at (270)217-2412.

Ballard County is now noticed as a “Work Ready in Progress” community. There are only 33 “Work Ready in Progress” counties in the state of Kentucky. Ballard has been working on trying to educate others and get the community ready to gain more businesses for the county. It was reported that the coun-ty could reapply for the “Work Ready” whenever they are ready to reap-ply. In the near future, folks coming into town and residents of Ballard County will see the des-ignated signs labeling Ballard as the “Work Ready in Progress” signs in their community.

Next on the list was the Ambulance Service. The Ambulance Service responded to 113 calls in the month of February.

They also had some calls for transfers during the snow that we had, but they turn down as many during the snow storm, as they took during the whole month.

EMS was next on the list. The main discussion were the generators that were being looked at to repair. It was reported that there was algae in the fuel tank and the fuel lines. There are some ideas on how to fix it. Parts have been ordered to do the nec-essary repairs, but have not arrived as of yet. The county is looking file claims to gain reimburse-ment from FEMA for the snowstorms. There is a certain threshold that has to be met before quali-fying for it. The rescue squad asked to get four tires replaced on their frontline truck. This is the main truck that is used for all calls they are called to. This motion was approved due to the amount of its use.

Ballard County Fiscal Court Meeting

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KindergartenAnna BrunsonBlake CarterOwen EnfingerJohn GlissonJared GoodeAsher HayesTessa HolmanAiden Miles*Hudson PaceDalton RatliffJasmine SmithHadley StorySammy Williams

1st GradeTrevor Bondurant*Damien BreidingLacey BurnleyHunter CarterNate DeasonAiden DeAtleyGavin Dowdy*Rebecca MeinscheinIke MillerMiley NicholsAbby OteyKallie ParkerMiley ParkerJacey SandersJayc SmithCason Sullivan*Luke SullivanCorbin White

2nd GradeSamara BreidingJaythen CrawfordZachary GreenJoshua HoltkampBrenna LucasAndrew ParyRay Rideout*Julianna SandersAmyah SmithKallen Stevens*Madeline Stowell

3rd GradeMichael AllenTrace AshfordOlivia Blankenship*Jayden CoxRiley DunnAllison EnfingerAriston GriffinSlaedyn HammondLindsey HopperConner IceMason NicholsJaden Smith

4th GradeJoy CrawfordWyatt FondawKailor HackNathan Hopper*Eric Johnston*Ben MakiJohn RiceKaety RiceMackenzie ShrumJamison SmithAustin Tharp5th GradeRiley Armstrong*Matthew BlackburnHannah BushBaron CollinsAudrey DowdySamantha DowdyKatherine GlissonAnthony HillMatt Jones*Molly JonesAbby LeathJake MillerHailie ParySamantha PillBobby PurcellAiden RileyShane RomaineZoe TaylorAnthony Thompson*Lane Wicker

BCES Perfect Attendance

Third Nine Weeks*denotes perfect attendance all

yearCan you believe my

school board is getting rid of physical education (PE)? I am a 5th grade student who really loves PE and doesn’t want it gone. Here are a few rea-sons that it’s a bad idea for us to lose PE: Getting fit, learning to stay active and being more success-ful.

One benefit of PE is that it teaches you to stay active. This can help you build confidence. A child might be worried about a sports game, staying active could help that. Staying active also helps increase mobility. This will help kids run for a longer duration without heavy breaths. Learning to stay active may also help with teamwork. It

would help kids work together to complete harder tasks. Now you know one reason I think PE should stay.

PE also helps kids get fit. Getting fit will help kids fight obesi-ty. Losing weight will help kids from getting obese. Getting fit will also help kids take care of their body. It will prevent disease and ill-ness if in shape. Getting fit will help kids build strength. Like lifting weights would build arm strength. And that’s my second reason I think we should keep PE.

My final reason I think we should keep PE is that it helps you be more successful. Being suc-cessful will help relieve

stress. This will let off pressure and you will be more relaxed. This will also help learning. It helps blood flow to the brain to make it work better. Being success-ful helps behavior too. Being relaxed will calm you down if you’re mad or angry. That’s my final reason why I think we should keep PE.

Now you know my three reasons that I think we should keep PE. If you forgot my reasons were. Getting fit, stay-ing active and being more successful. And now could you believe they’re getting rid of PE with those three reasons?

Benefits of Physical EducationBy Jake Miller

BCES Mission: Ready for the Next Level Thursday, March 19, 2015

BCES News Ballard County Elementary School

A Word from Mrs. Gough Today your child is bringing home the 3rd nine week report card and STAR reading and math benchmark assessments. This is the fourth benchmark of STAR and you will see by the graph how much your child has grown in reading and math performance since August. Our school’s mission is to be “Ready for the Next Level.” As we enter this final nine weeks of the school year, please join us as we work to have your child and every child complete that mission!

Also going home today is our list of students with perfect attendance. We’re very proud of the 88 stu-dents on the list. The winner of the drawing for a bi-cycle is Allison Enfinger!

What a great Basketball Jamboree last Friday night! We felt so special playing in the high school gym. A big thank you goes to all the parents who coached or helped our cheerleaders. A great big thank you goes to Michael Dowdy who refereed every game and to Mike Wicker who kept the clock and scoreboard the entire evening.

BCES Book Fair Under the Sea! March 23rd – 26th As always, our Scholastic Book Fair promises to be a great event for literacy. We urge you to attend and look forward to seeing you there.

Family night is Monday from 3:00-7:00p.m. Every child who attends will receive 1 free book, compli-ments of Family Focus who will also be serving “Sub” sandwiches, goldfish crackers, and a drink to go with our Ocean theme. If you cannot attend Family Night, your child can shop Tuesday –Thursday during school hours. Maybe you could come eat lunch or breakfast with your child and then stop in to shop.

Shop online and your orders will be processed and shipped free of charge to the school. Go to: http://bookfairs.scholastic/homepage/ballardcoelementaryschool

**If you can help at the Book Fair please contact Rhonda Pace at 270-665-8400 Ext. 2238 Thank you, Rhonda Pace, Librarian

This week’s “Parents in the Know” newsletter focuses on reading. You may want to try out the suggested Comprehension Techniques with your child’s new book from the BCES Book Fair.

Please see the back of this newsletter for our spotlight on student writing. This week we spotlight 5th grader Jake Miller’s informational writing piece.

Bomber Sports Talk Bomber Baseball/Softball Youth League is looking for more players on the following teams:7yr old girls softball; 10yr old boys baseball; 12yr old boys baseball; 13yr old

boys baseball and 14yr old boys baseball. If inter-ested please contact coordinator Bobby O'Connor at (270)217-9050. Thanks!

Bomber Football Youth League is beginning a new strength, conditioning, speed and agility program. See details in the Bomber

Football Newsletter being sent home today. For more information about the program and other upcoming events, please contact Johnny Myers at jmyers@brtc.net.

Calendar of Events March 23 Book Fair Family Night 3:00-7:00pm March 23-26 Book Fair March 25 1st Grade Friends’ Day April 6-10 Spring Break May 26 Last Day of School

Family Focus Corner Family Resource Center Kelly Wray 270-665-8412 ext. 226. Four Rivers Behavioral Health is offering seminars on these topics: Domestic Violence, Heroin Addiction in Kentucky, Assisting Women with Substance Abuse Disorders, Pediatric Head Trauma, Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment, and The Connection Be-tween Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreat-ment. If you are interested in any of these topics, please call Kelly.

Don’t forget about Family Focus’ clothing closet. If you clean out your child’s closet and need to donate the clothing, we will gladly accept them.

Parents in the Know

Focus on Reading

Phonics Rules You’ve probably heard the phonics rule “i before e except after c”. However, did you know: C comes before a, o, and u (ex. cat, cot, cut) K comes before i and e (ex. kite, key) When w is before “or”, the “or” says “er” (ex. word, work) You use “oi” at the beginning and middle of a word and “oy” at the end of a word (ex. oil, boy) When a one-syllable word has a short vowel sound followed by the “f”, “l”, or “s” sound, you usually double those letters (ex. puff, dull, boss)

Comprehension Techniques Your child can practice at home many of the comprehension techniques she is learning at school. Before reading: Look at the cover and identify whatever information you can about the characters and setting. Predict what you think the story is going to be about. Think about what you already know about the topic or characters. During reading: Visualize: Make a picture in your mind of what you are reading. Connect: Make connections with things you have already read and experiences you have had. Predict: Think about what you think will happen next. After reading: Review what happened and what you learned. Identify any questions you might have. Check if your predictions were correct.

Finding Books The best place to find books is your local library. They have thousands of books you can check out for free. However, if you are looking to purchase some children’s books cheaply, some places to look include: library book sales, garage sales, thrift stores, websites like Amazon.com and Half.com, or through Scholastic books through your child’s school.

What Research Says Reading comprehension is clearly important. Little is gained from reading something you don’t understand. Research has shown that there are specific strategies good readers use. They include: previewing, self-questioning, making connections, visualizing, knowing how words work, monitoring, summarizing, and evaluating. All of these skills can be effectively taught to increase student understanding and achievement.

Based on: “Research Based Reading Comprehension Instruction: Focus on Reading Strategies”, http://www.perfectionlearning.com/images/products/pdfs/fors/fors.whitepaper.pdf All clip art and photos from Clipart.com

Seventeen members of the Ballard Memorial chapter of Health Occupations Students of America qualified to compete at the national level at the March 14 state leadership con-ference in Louisville. Another seven qualified to be alternates.

Jonnah McManus, Madie Williams, Casey Wilson and Jackson Abell placed first in biomedical debate. Abbi Nalley, Kenzie Blackford, Meghan Walker, Tiffany Harper and Shelby Hawes placed second in public health. Third-place fin-ishers were McKenzie Scott and Karley Wray in first aid/CPR; Storm Wilson in the tal-ent show; and Emmett Berry, Nice Watsamrong,

Brandt Marinelli, Sabrina Nunan, Leah Beth Wildharber and Emily Sullivan in public service announcement.

These top-five finish-ers will be alternates, and compete at nationals if the top three cannot: Mary Beth Myers and Storm Wilson in health career display; Trent Taylor in public speak-ing; and Hannah Gilbert, Paige Throgmorton, Kailey Redden and Adriana Worley in med-ical innovation.

Advisors April Jewell and Stephanie Morehead chaperoned the trip, and said they were proud of all 32 students attend-ing. National competi-tion will be in Anaheim, Calif., this summer.

Seventeen BMHS HOSA members qualify for national competition

Registration night for all parents, students, incom-ing freshmen and other prospective students at Ballard Memorial High School for 2015-16 will be held Thursday, March 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria at 3561 Paducah Road, Barlow.

This meeting is mandatory for all students who plan to take Advanced Placement or dual credit enrollment classes.

Parents and students will be to meet with teach-ers, view students’ Individual Learning Plans, and discuss career pathways. Information about College and Career Readiness will be presented, and a rep-resentative from West Kentucky Community and Technical College will be on hand to discuss dual credit enrollment.

For more information, please contact BMHS at 270-665-8400, ext. 2500.

BMHS holds registration night on Thursday

Students in Sue Morris’ seventh-grade science class at Ballard County Middle School have been studying structure, stability, center of gravi-ty, and air currents. Last week, they were chal-lenged to build the tall-est possible free-stand-ing tower, using only

newspaper and 15 cen-timeters (about 6 inch-es) of clear tape. Kylie Guynn is shown in this photo with her winning entry – not only the tall-est tower, but also an elegant design. Her tow-er stood 147 centimeters, or almost 5 feet tall.

BCMS students design marble mazes

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ObituariesRussell G Benson ,

65, of Wickliffe, died at Baptist Health at 11:43 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

He was a member of Little Vine Baptist Church in Sikeston, MO and attended Bethlehem Baptist Church of Wickliffe. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era and worked in agriculture related jobs most of his life.

He is survived by his mother, Everstine Scheland Benson Lackey of Sikeston, MO; his sons, Russell G Benson, Jr of Wickliffe, Jamie Benson of Wickliffe, and Eric Benson of Lovelaceville; a sister, Melvana Sexton of Sikeston, MO, a broth-er, James Benson of TX and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Ed Benson and his step-fa-ther, Melvin P Lackey, and one sister.

Visitation will be held at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Wickliffe Saturday, March 21, 2015 beginning at 12:00 p.m. A funeral service will also be held at the church at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015 with Revs. Michael Suiter and Larry Fraser offici-ating. Burial will follow in Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe is in charge of arrangements.

Life Care Center of La Center

On Thursday, March 26, Life Care Center of La Center will celebrate their 50th Anniversary.

Thursday, March 26 with an Open House Reception from 3:00 p.m. to

6:00 p.m. located at 252 West Fifth Street, La Center, KY.

In memory of the orig-inal owners who built the building in 1965,

Mrs. Verleen Webb and her Husband J. T. "Buck" Webb, who were

the parents of Glyn & Judith Webb and in honor of the employees who have been employed over thirty years.

Please drop by and help us celebrate this special occasion.

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Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 2 at 3:30 pm for the Ballard County

Preschool students and the children of Life Care employees. patients and

residents grandchil-dren outside on the lawn at 252 West Fifth Street,

La Center, KY.

Friday, April 3

Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt spon-sored by Life Care Center of La Center will be held on Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at La Center City Park in La Center, KY

Age groups -0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8, and

9 to 12. Find the Glow in the Dark "Golden Eggs".

Prizes will be award-ed. Any questions please contact Mary Helen Hicks at

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Sports

Home meets are in bold. All regular meets begin at or about 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 24, at Murray

Saturday, March 28, at Marshall

Tuesday, March 31, at HOME

Tuesday, April 14, at Murray

Saturday, April 25, at Paducah Tilghman

Monday, April 27, at HOME

Monday, May 4, at McCracken

Friday, May 8, at McCracken (Area 1 Championships)

Saturday, May 16, at Murray (Regionals)

Saturday, May 23, at University of Kentucky (State)

2015 BOMBER TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE

Tuesday 28-Apr Marshall County 5:30pm JV (DH)

Wednes. 29-Apr Cairo 4:30 V

Friday 1-May Town and Country Classic TBD V

Saturday 2-May Town and Country Classic TBD V

Saturday 2-May McCracken County 12:00pm JV (DH)

Monday 4-May Hickman County 5:00pm V/JV

Tuesday 5-May Mayfield 5:30pm V/JV

Thursday 7-May St. Mary 5:00pm V/JV

Friday 8-May Calloway 6:00pm V

Saturday 9-May Dreammaker Classic TBD V

Monday 11-May at Carlisle 5:00pm V/JV

Tuesday 12-May Marshall 5:00pm JV/V

Thursday 14-May at Calloway 6:00pm V

Friday 15-May at Lyon County 5:30pm V/JV

Saturday 16-May Union County 2:00pm V/JV

Monday 18-May District Tournament (Mayfield) T B D V

Monday 25-May Regional Tournament TBD V

2015 HS Baseball Schedule

Home games are in bold. All matches start at or about 4 p.m.

March 23 vs. Community Christian Academy

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Next on the list was the Donnie at the Ballard Co. Detention Center. On Thursday, March 12, 2015, there was a special meeting called that had to do with the budget of the jail. After the bud-get proposal reading, it was requested that the court take a few days to be able to look over the numbers and vote on the proposal at the Fiscal Meeting. The budget was approved, along with the canteen fund. The budget proposal was a request of 1.1 million dollars. This is not anything that the community is going to see in the community. There were some signif-icant rises in numbers. However, there were a lot of significant drops in numbers too. Building repairs went from $15,000 to $19,000. The facility needs new water heaters, dishwasher, and laundry machine. Food went from $106,000 to $116,000. It is hard to make a guess on how many inmates that will be housed in a year, but the jailer is trying to keep from going over his bud-get after the year is over.

Next on the list was the Sheriff’s office. Sheriff Carey Batts said that there is a possibility of the courthouse securi-ty being different in the near future. He is look-ing at hiring part time security officers, which will lower his budget spending more effective-ly. The number of break-ins are down. The num-ber of missing animals from Hwy 286 have all been returned, except for two dogs.

Former sheriff, Todd Cooper, reported going over on his budget due to a sheriff deputy retir-ing and having accrued vacation time that had to be paid to him. This

caused Todd to go over his budget by $1300.00. The court also approved Todd being settled over his budget.

Animal Control report-ed that they have dogs at Coffees Veterinary Clinic for housing, due to the court order by Judge Langford, over the recent arrests of the Curtis and Amber Draper for Torturing of a dog or cat with serial physical injury or death.

There were no issues reported with the sol-id waste department. However, the county is going to be cracking down on any proper-ties that have not been cleaned up. With the nice, warm weather approach-ing, there will be tough-er enforcement on the Property Maintenance Ordinance.

The maintenance department has a need for a new grader. The John Deere grader is down and will cost around $20,000 to repair and get going again. However, once it is fixed, there is no guarantee that something else will not break on it. Therefore, there are talks of purchasing a new one for the department. They have another one, but it is older than the one that is out of commis-sion. The grader is a vital part of the maintenance department’s tools that is used a lot. There has been no decision made on what will be done yet, but it will be voted on by the next meeting. There is a tree that is hovering over Bobby Hook Ln. that needs attention that will be cut down soon.

The Treasurers Report was approved, Transfers, Budget, Public Properties, and Bill Payments were all approved, as well.

Fiscal Court Continued from page 1

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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Ballard County gives everyone in the commu-nity a chance to help the organization save lives from cancer. Register a team today by visiting www.relayforlife.org/ballardky or by calling (270) 444-0743.

Former and current cancer patients, those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, businesses, churches and civic organizations, and anyone wanting to make a difference in the fight against cancer are invit-ed to take part in this exciting team event.

This year, Relay For Life will take place from 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday, June 12, behind Ballard Memorial High School around the bus loop. The event theme is “Back To The Future,” to recognize the 30 years since Relay began in 1985. Teams can dress up and play music from the 1980s.

“Relay For Life draws attention to the progress being made in the fight against cancer,” said Kathe Aydlotte, a Ballard County Relay For Life volunteer. “Many par-ticipants are our family, friends, and neighbors

who have faced can-cer themselves. Their involvement helps brings hope that, together, we can eliminate cancer as a major health problem.”

Aside from aware-ness, Relay teams raise funds for cancer research grants, programs and services to help patients and caregivers, and can-cer prevention and ear-ly detection education. For more information or local, available resourc-es, call toll-free, 24 hours a day, to 1-800-227-2345.

Register Your American Cancer Society Relay For Life Team Today

Receive 10 Free Shade Trees by Joining the Arbor Day Foundation

National Arbor Day is Friday, April 24, this year, and the Arbor Day Foundation is mak-ing it easy for anyone to celebrate the annual tree-planting holiday. Join the Foundation in April and receive 10 free shade trees.

By joining the Foundation in April, new members receive the following trees: red oak, sugar maple, weep-ing willow, baldcypress, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birch,

tuliptree, silver maple, and red maple.

The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

“These trees provide shade in the summer and vibrant colors through-out the fall,” said Matt Harris, chief execu-tive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Through the simple act of plant-ing trees, one person can make a difference in helping to create a healthier and more beau-tiful planet for all of us to enjoy.”

The trees will be shipped postpaid with

enclosed planting instructions at the right time for planting in April or May. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guar-anteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.

To become a member of the Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE SHADE TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by April 30, 2015, or visit arborday.org/april.

Celebrate National Arbor Day by Planting Trees.

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Time to think about spring weather safety

Sources: Tom Priddy and Matthew Dixon, UKAg meteorologists; Roy Burris, extension beef specialist

After record snow-fall and bitterly cold temperatures, most Kentuckians welcome the transition into spring. Still, changeable weather is one of the harbingers of the season, and often it comes in the form of high winds and blustery conditions. Even though tornadoes can occur in any season, they are most common in spring, along with downbursts and windstorms.

A tornado is a violent-ly rotating column of

air that descends from a thunderstorm. These vio-lent storms form thou-sands of feet above the earth’s surface usually during warm, humid, unsettled weather and typically in conjunction with a severe thunder-storm. Along with rain, dust and debris are sucked into the center of the air column and form the distinct funnel shape that identifies a tornado. Wind speeds, ranging from 40 to more than 300 mph, can be extremely destructive. A tornado can level a building, lift a railroad car off its tracks and strip asphalt from pavement.

Derecho windstorms and downbursts also

come from thunder-storms. Derechos are rapidly moving, large-scale and long-lived wind events associat-ed with bands of thun-derstorms or showers. Winds ranging from 57 to more than 100 miles per hour can topple 18-wheelers and blow down trees. Downbursts are much smaller and are formed by high winds that funnel down to the surface from the upper levels of thunderstorms. Both can cause serious damage and can be life threatening, so even when just a thunderstorm watch or warning has been issued you should always be prepared.

Ag Update3/20/15 Tom Miller, Ballard County Extension Agent for Ag and

Natural Resources

Senior Spotlights

Theresa Hughes

By: Carlie Pace

Standing at the fore-front of choir perfor-mances, senior Theresa Hughes is a passion-ate singer. When she’s not singing like a lark, Theresa is nev-er far from her friends. Whether or not it is needed, Theresa makes her opinion known, with a fiery, sassy personality

The daughter of Ruth Ann Griffin of LaCenter attends Ohio Valley Baptist Church in LaCenter. She has been a part of the col-or guard for one year, choir for five years, and FCCLA for two years. Her dream job is to be an ultra-sound techni-cian. Theresa has future plans to attend college and start a family once she receives her masters.

Favorites:Class: EnglishTeacher: Mr. KennedyMovie: “Walk the

Line”Musician: 2 ChainzSong: “Best Love

Song” by T-Pain ft. Chris Brown

TV Show: “Adventure Time”

Food: Anything from Olive Garden

School Food: Crispitos

Steven McGowan

By: Staci Henderson

Most Likely to Succeed, golf star, good Christian boy, well-liked classmate…the list goes on and on. The person described? Senior Steven McGowan. Whether he’s working at Dick’s Sporting Goods or con-tributing to the good of the school, you can always guarantee that Steven will be kind.

The son of Brad and Barbara McGowan is a two-year member of FBLA, a three-year member of the basketball team, track team, Skills USA, and Beta Club, as well as a six-year mem-ber of the golf team. He is the captain of the track team and the #1 seed on the golf team. He is an Honor Roll stu-dent and has received an English Award, along with an Art Award. He hopes to be remembered as a Christian athlete and a noble person with a good personality. Steven attends Spring Bayou Baptist Church. He would love to be a pro-fessional golfer, but plans to attend college to be an engineer.

FavoritesClass: WeldingTeacher: Mrs. HaydenMovie: “Transformers”Band: Rascal FlattsSong: “Burning It

Down” by Jason AldeanTV Show: “Suits”Video Game: “Call of

Duty”Book: “Treasure

Island”Food: PizzaSchool Food: Chicken

Quesadilla

Miranda McGlone

By: Hannah Morrow

Ballard Memorial has educated many stu-dents in order to prepare them for agricultural and mechanical careers. Senior Miranda McGlone has done exceptional-ly well in her choice of vocational classes. If you were to ask her about her dream job, she’d tell you simply: welding.

Miranda is the sister of Austin Nelson of Oscar. One of her greatest achievements has been receiving first place in finals at Paducah Tech School in Brakes and Rotors. Outside of school, she enjoys fish-ing, hunting, and mud-ding.

Miranda hopes to be remembered by the fun times she had at BMHS. After school, she plans on attending college before finding a career in weld-ing. Although her life has had many changing factors through the years, she looks forward to the change of high school to college life.

Favorites-Class: WeldingTeacher: Mr. LeeMovie: “Frozen”Musician: Jake OwenSong: “Yee Haw”TV Show: “Gas

Monkey”Food: Steak

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Froggie's Reflections

by Kay Presson

One of the many places my family lived during my childhood and teen years was 30J Elmwood Court. One of our neighbors, who lived across from our back door was the Jones family. Bobby Jones was a Paducah fireman, his wife, Caroline, and two children, Debbie, and Bobby, Jr. Little Bobby, Jr., was also known as "Nooner." They were great folks, and some-times I was asked to babysit for them.

Late one afternoon,

Caroline knocked on our backdoor and was very upset. Seems little Nooner, who was three or four years old, had been feeling very adven-turous, and was climbing the tall television anten-na. The antenna was next door to our apartment and extended up past the second story.

Caroline, who was in tears, asked me, "Kay, will you please climb up there and get Nooner down?" So, here I go, at the age of twelve years, began climbing the tall antenna, praying every step of the way. Reaching Nooner, who was perched on the ledge at the top, I smiled at him and asked him if he wanted a piece of can-

dy or a sucker. Hanging onto the antenna with one hand, I reached for him and he put his little arms around my waist. I eased back down the antenna, holding onto Nooner with one arm around him and hanging on tightly to the antenna with the other.

When I reached the ground, Caroline smiled and thanked me and Nooner asked, "where's my sucker?"

Folks, we have mem-ories in our lives that are wonderful, and some are sad....however, the good always outweigh the bad. I encourage you, the wonderful readers of Ballard County Weekly to share your memories.

PROFILES IN NATUREHairy Bittercress Photo Credit – www.

kentuckyupclose.com Well Spring-time has

finally arrived! Although march flowers and hen-bits are now blooming, one little flowering plant was showing its buds before the last snow. The green basal leaves are usually there all winter if one knows what to look for but the tiny white to purplish flowers bud out in this area in very early spring. Usually the first plant to flow-er Hairy Bittercress is

common throughout our area. In lawns and waste places this is the plant with the tiny white flow-ers that starts growing before grass and reminds one that mowing season is right around the cor-ner. Once the seed pod starts forming it is easi-ly recognized as the pod grows right up through the flower bud, Although closed much of the time the flowers have four petals and can some-times be found open.

Hairy bitter-cress, or Cardamine hirsuta, is not native to North America but was imported from Eurasia. It can be used as a cov-er crop on bare soil but is best destroyed before seed pods develop unless

one wants it present for fall cover as well. Although it can be per-sistant, its low growth really doesn’t seem to hurt gardens or crops.

Although edible, hairy bittercress is con-sidered one of the bitter herbs. Used sparingly it does add good flavor to wild salads.

As usual when describing edible or medicinal properties I must add the follow-ing disclaimer, neither the paper nor myself are responsible for the mis-identification and/or possible untoward effects from eating or otherwise utilizing wild plants.

By Jack Glisson