Hearing of note worthy accomplishments is com-mon place in our lives especially with instant news surrounding us at the click of a button and the prevalence of social media ever present. But, sometimes extraordinary achievements are barely recognized.

Recently a member of the community retired from her job and was presented with a wooden rocking chair in appreci-ation of her years of ser-

vice, YEARS being the noticeable word.

A few people get to say they worked the same place for 20 years. Even fewer get to boast 30 years. Still, less get to lay claim to 40. But to be more then 40 years employed at the same po-sition and location some might think that would put a person in an elite group of society.

Louise Morrison re-tired a few weeks ago af-ter 43 years as a bus driv-

er for the Ballard County School District. That’s right, 43 years. Louise was presented with the rocking chair for her years of service and dedi-cation by the school dis-trict at the August Board of Education meeting.

Superintendent Casey Allen said “forty three years is a long time to do anything, even the things you like to do. Af-ter forty three years of driving a school bus in

The conversation was lively at the August 14th call meet-ing of the Barlow City Com-mission. Discussion centered on the opportunities the city has for future growth, and the limitations that some feel are holding the community back. The mayor and city commis-sion invited Tad Long, a com-munity development advisor from the Kentucky League of Cities to talk with them about the future of Barlow and how they as leaders could make a positive change.

During the discussion local leaders expressed a desire to take advantage of an improv-ing economic situation, even though the job market is still tight. One of the most common themes discussed was the im-portance of bringing the com-munity’s residents together for a community conversation and focusing the city’s efforts on taking care of the local com-munity first. Everyone agreed that “local first” was an impor-tant idea. Mr. Long suggested

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___________Another DC trip planned

One bus loaded with veterans is sched-uled to be headed for Washington, D.C. the 27-31 of October. The bus will carry around 40 people.

The cost of the 5-day trip which in-cludes motel, break-fast and dinner and all fees associated with entries $565 per per-son.

Shane Draper of Draper BBQ at Cun-ningham will be smoking 65 Pork Butts to sell at $30 a piece and contributing $20 of each sell to the trip.

To help sponsor a veteran make dona-tions to: KVPM PO Box 633 Wickliffe Ky 42087 or at Citi-zens Deposit Bank in Wickliffe. September 20th is the deadline to reserve a bus.

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County’s historians will reach a historic milestone in a few days. She will officially become a member of the 100 club.

Kathlene Rollins is one of the people you meet who makes a lasting impression on your life. She possesses a character of love and caring. I first met Mrs. Rollins when I was researching my family history. Uncle

Bill Cosby introduced her to me around 1990. When I had a question that she couldn’t answer she would direct me to someone who could.

She was involved in the community and helped organize the Ballard-Carlisle Historical and Genealogical Society. She helped on several of their projects including the cemetery books and the first Family History Book the society published. She wrote a news paper article and was always looking for

Acting on numerous reports of synthetic drug trafficking by an employee at the Cutmart store in Wickliffe, the Ballard Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant at the store on Friday, Aug. 29, at approximately 5:35 p.m.

During the search, one of the store employees, Khalid Mohamed Ataoot, 33, of Mounds Ill., had in his possession a small quantity of suspected

See FUTURE on Page 2

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Morrison ends 43-year career with Ballard Memorial School District

Barlow residents to meet on future

Bombers keep onwinning

The Ballard Memorial foot-ball team won its game against Ful-tobn County!

Local historian to celebrate 100th

Local man charged with drug trafficking

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First day ...Ballard County Preschool and Head Start opened its doors to students on Aug. 25. There were many mixed emotions on display – apprehension, excitement, worry and pure joy – and that was just on the faces of the parents. Above, friends Ekiah Barrett and Sophia Wooten hold hands as they make their way into school.

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The queen ...Madison Vaughn was crowned Miss Blandville over the weekend during the Blandville Day activities.

Louise Morrison relaxes in the rocking chair that was presented to her after retiring from the Bal-lard Memorial School District recently.

that by focusing first on what citizens need and want, the city will set a solid foundation for moving the community forward. Improving the quality of life in Barlow then could send a strong message to folks outside of the community that the city is serious about the future, and perhaps encourage others to want to move here or open a business.

As the Commission talked further about what citizens might want or need, the concept of holding a town hall meeting was suggested and the Commission agreed that engaging the public, listening to them to find out what they are interested in for future growth in the commu-nity, was their next best

step.Mr. Long shared with

the group how a few other communities the same size as Barlow have worked on similar matters and how they went about getting peo-ple in their communi-ties to come to meetings and share their ideas. He stressed the importance of being transparent throughout the process and keeping the public informed. He was also candid about the difficul-ty of engaging citizens. He encouraged the com-mission to personally invite the residents and explain the importance of their participation as they work to make the city more vibrant.

There was a discus-sion about people out-side of the city limits having a long time inter-est in Barlow, so it was decided that the listen-

ing meetings should in-clude all residents in the 42024 zip code. All fu-ture meetings on moving the community forward will be listed as 42024 Barlow Meetings.

As the conversation came to a close, the City Commission decided to proceed with the idea to create a strategic plan for the community, and establish a date for the first public meeting. The date for the meeting has been set for September 18th at 6:00 p.m. Since the Commissioners hope to have a large crowd, it was decided to ask the Barlow First Bap-tist Church to use their facilities. The Mayor and Commissioners en-courage everyone in the 42024 Barlow area to attend. Information on the

September 18th meet-ing will be mailed to ev-eryone with the 42024 zip code.

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Blandville pageant winners ...Winners of Blandville Day Pageant are (left to right) Lane Thomas Bowels with mother Tara, Madison Vaughn, Zayden Sullenger, Jaela Holt, Will Cooper, Hadley Wray, Jadelynn Pollard

something to write about involving the Wickliffe news.

When my wife and I were expecting our youngest daughter she insisted on helping with the baby shower. It was her unselfish deeds like that which make a lasting impact on all those around her.

I have great love and respect for her. Those of us that have known her have been blessed. Happy 100th Birthday Mrs. Rollins!

To mail a card address it to: Kathleen Rollins, Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center, 544 Lone Oak Rd Paducah Ky. 42003.

synthetic marijuana, and $1,100 in cash.

During the search of the store, detectives found the store was stocked full of items considered to be drug paraphernalia.

Ataoot was arrested for trafficking synthetic c a n n a b a n o i d s , possession of synthetic cannabanoids, and drug paraphernalia.

The investigation, according to a press release from the Ballard County Sheriff’s Office, is continuing.

FUTUREContinued from Page 1

Winner of the raffle drawing for this Wicke-dridge cross bow was Aaron Hershberger. The fund raiser was to support the Ballard Youth Soccer. The drawing was held on Saturday in La Center at Maximum Draw Products. Bottom Photo: Winners of Saturday’s raffle drawing to benefit the Ballard Youth Soccer: Cross-bow, Aaron Hershberger: deer stand, Jeremy Raber; $50 Maximum Draw Products gift card, Larry Pace. Pictured: drawing-Avriel Turner, holding bag-David Renfrow, Faith Bays, Owen Renfrow.

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BandanaBANDANA

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

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FIRSTGENERAL BAPTIST

255 S. 4th, Barlow

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CHRISTIAN CHURCH12245 Woodville Rd., Kevil

HEATH CHURCH OF CHRIST10025 LaCenter Rd., Kevil

KEVIL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

1072 N. 1st Street, Kevil

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4409 Monkey Eyebrow Rd., Kevil

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4575 Old Hobbs Rd., Kevil

GRACE VALLEYBAPTIST CHURCH403 Kentucky Ave., Kevil

KEVIL FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH986 N. 1st Street, Kevil

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576 Mt. Pleasant Rd., LaCenter

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901 Monkey Eyebrow Rd.,LaCenter

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7820 Oscar Rd., LaCenter

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5576 Bethlehem Church Rd.Wickliffe

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54 Linda Circle, Wickliffe

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585 Barlow Rd., Wickliffe

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BARLOW – Carl Robert Pangmen, age 45, died at Trinity Rock Island on Tuesday at Rock Island, Illinois.

Carl was a member of High Point Pentecostal Church. He had been employed at Home Depot in Paducah. He graduated from Free Gospel Bible Institute in

Export, Pennsylvania. He also attended West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Melody Pangman of Barlow, Ky.; his mother Roberta Sue Pangman of Paducah; one son, Jarrett Pangman of Export, Pennsylvania; two

Daughters, Jessicca Pangman of Barlow, Ky. and Jayde Pangman of Barlow, Ky.; two brothers, Greg Pangman and his wife, Shelly, of Paducah, Ky. and Randall Pangman of Mayfield, Ky.; one sister-in-law, Tina Jones, and her husband, Darell, of Wickliffe, and one brother-in-law, Troy

Bailey and wife, Robin, of Chatom, Alabama. He is also survived by several neices and nephews.

Carl was preceded in death by his father, James Pangman.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter. Rev. Doug Stevens, Rev. Leon Clark and Rev. Troy Bailey officiated. Interment followed at Barlow Cemetery.

Visitation began after 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter.

ObituariesCarl Robert Pangmen

Carl Robert Pangmen

KEVIL – Patsy Sue Harris Chumbler, age 76, died Thursday at 10:22 p.m. at Baptist Health in Paducah.

Funeral services were Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter, Ky. Visitation was Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.

Morrow Funeral Chapel in LaCenter handled arrangements.

WICKLIFFE – Dan L. Brown, age 64 of Wickliffe, Ky, died at 6:25pm Thursday, August 28, 2014 at his residence. He was a decorated Veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Vietnam War. He was awarded with the Purple Heart Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam

Service Medal with one Bronze service Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Expert Badge with Mortar Bar, Sharpshooter Badge with Automatic Rifle and Grenade Bars, Marksman Badge with Pistol Bar, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross

with Palm unit Citation Badge. He worked for the National Disabled American Veterans as a service officer. He was a member of the Paducah Disabled American Veterans and Paducah American Legion, Post No. 31.

Dan is survived by his wife of 25 years, Beverly Cardwell Brown of Wickliffe; two daughters, Trisha Brown Lucas of Blandville, Ky. and Michelle Henry Allen and husband Drew of Temecula, CA; two sons, Michael Brown and wife Tricia of Bardwell, KY and Brandon Henry and wife Angel of La Center, KY; nine grandchildren, Bailee, Aubrey and

Isabella Brown, Robert and Brenna Lucas, Brileigh and Crosby Allen, and Caleb and Peyton Henry; his mother, Sally Crystal Byasse Brown of Blandville, KY; and one brother, Ray E. Brown of Blandville, KY.

He is preceded in death by his father, Robert H. Brown and one brother, Kim H. Brown

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Wounded Warrior Project or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Private services will be held at a later date. Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe are in charge of arrangements.

Patsy Sue Chumbler

Dan L. Brown

WICKLIFFE – Frances L. Batts 90, of Wickliffe passed away Wednesday Aug 27, 2014 at 9:02pm at Lourdes Hospital. She was born February 4, 1924 in Wickliffe, KY to the late Orie Tilford and Kate Thompson Tilford. Mrs. Batts was a homemaker, a member of Blandville Baptist Church, taught young adults at Antioch Baptist Church, and taught vacation Bible school for many years.

Survivors include two sons, Shelly Batts and wife Peggy of Wickliffe, KY, Gary Batts and wife Dollie of Paducah, KY; one brother, Herman Tilford of Vancouver, Washington; one grandson, Greg Batts and wife Lori of Melber, KY; one granddaughter, Tracy Sullivan and Husband Brent of Kevil, KY; and one great grandchild, Blake Sullivan of Kevil, KY.

Preceding her in death is her Husband, Hugh Batts; parents, Orie Tilford and Kate Thompson Tilford; two brothers Thomas Jones, and William “Bunk”

Jones.Funeral Services were

held at 1:00pm Saturday August 30, 2014 at the Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe with Rev. Dee Hazelwood Officiating. Burial will followed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Blandville, KY. Visitations were held starting at 10:00am Saturday August 30,2014 at the Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Wickliffe.

Expressions of sympathy can be made to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Judes Place Memphis TN 38105 or Hillcrest Cemetery Gary Mayers, 694 Fraser Rd Wickliffe 42087.

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Patsy Sue Chumbler

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Profiles in Nature By Jack Glisson

I know, I know. Since Bow season comes in on Saturday you were expecting a deer photo right? It’s just too dog-gone hot to think about deer hunting. Maybe in November!

My first memory of this plant is that of my grandfather showing me a “Wild Apricot Vine” and introducing me to the juicy treat.

Locally called passion flower, wild apricot vine, or may-pop the scientific name is Passiflora incar-nata. The name may-pop probably come from the fact that when walking, if one steps on the fruit it “pops”. The Cherokee Indians called this plant “ocoee”, this is where the Ocoee River got its name. The passion flow-er is also the Tennessee State Wildflower.

Passion flower vines bloom throughout sum-mer and set fruit that resemble green limes. When mature they are about the size and shape of hens eggs. As the fruit matures it starts to turn yellow and the skin be-comes wrinkled. There may be green and yellow colors present when ripe. Although they last a long time in the wild, flavor seems to peak at about the first frost. The fruit is basically covered by a tough leathery skin. Tear open this skin and one finds a mass of seeds that are each covered in their

own little bag of juice. Squeeze these seeds into your mouth and pop the juice bags between your teeth and tongue and you will soon find out why the Cherokees and early settlers held this little vine in such high es-teem! If you find enough fruit and they make it home the seeds can also be used to make a vari-ety of jams and jellies. And from personal ex-perience – swallowing the seeds have never had negative effects on me!

Medicinally, the roots and foliage have been used as a sedative for the treatment of insomnia, epilepsy, and as a sleep aid.

Propagation is by seed or cuttings. If cuttings

are taken, just make sure a leaf node is present. A section of vine can also be buried and let root before it is cut off and transplanted. Some plant nurseries offer passion flower vines for sale.

So when you are walk-ing out to that dove field or scouting for deer sign, keep an eye open for the three lobed leaves and green fruits of this vine. Make a mental note of the location and you will thank me this fall!

As usual though, 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 pos-sible untoward effects

Passion Flower

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person will be printed at the editor’s discretion. Letters from the same person regarding the same topics are discouraged.

By Kay PressonHave any of you won-

derful readers of Ballard County Weekly ever seen a black panther? Despite the official stance of Kentucky Fish & Wildlife, there are black panthers in this area. Following is my recollec-tion of a sighting many years ago.

During Christmas va-cation of 1962, Daddy moved us from our home at 30J Elmwood Court in Paducah to a home in ru-ral McCracken County near TVA Shawnee Steam Plant. The home, known as “the Old Bud Melton Place,” was an older home, with a big front porch....the only heat was in the living room area, and us six kids were accustomed to the necessities of life at Elmwood Court...hot and cold running water, ra-diators emanating heat in each of the four bedrooms. The back area of the home bordered on a farm, and a big barn with a shed on the side was within view.

We lived there until late summer while school was still out of session. Folks, we six kids loved to ex-plore the beautiful coun-tryside. Early one morn-

ing, I awoke and headed to the bathroom which con-nected to the kitchen. For some reason, I was carry-ing my glasses. Looking out the kitchen window, something caught my eye and I put my glasses back on and looked at the shed attached to the barn. The shed housed our goat, and outside the shed was a black panther. My move-ment must have caught its eye, because it turned its head and looked right at me. Being an avid reader, and having read World Book Encyclopedia, I knew what it was. Good thing I was headed to the bathroom, because it cer-tainly did scare me!

Later, I told my brother, Frankie what I had seen, and he laughed and asked me, “Kay, have you been drinking Daddy’s whis-key?” So, I told him that since it had rained, the black panther would have left tracks and although he was still laughing at me, we went to the area near the shed. There, in the ground was a distinctive print. It was the print of a big cat, and Frankie looked at me in amazement. That afternoon, we kids were

looking for blackberries, and me, being the eldest, was leading the way. We walked over a hill behind the barn, when suddenly, under a tree in the distance, lying down was the same black panther I had seen near the shed. Realizing that if I told my siblings what I saw, they would possibly scream and that would provoke the pan-ther. So, I casually said, “let’s go back home, there ain’t no blackberries here.” They agreed, and we went back home.

I told my cousins who lived nearby about what I had seen. Buddy Menser told me he knew there were black panthers in the area, for he had seen one while hunting, and know-ing his gun had just one shell, he knew better than to shoot...for if he missed it, the black panther would attack him. His sister, Fre-da, told me that she had also seen a black panther when coming home from work one night.

If any of you wonder-ful, faithful readers of Bal-lard County Weekly would like to share any sightings of any animals in this area, please feel free to do so.

MorrisonContinued from Page 1Ballard County, it is clear that Louise Morrison re-ally loved what she did. Ms. Louise safely trans-ported kids to and from school for all those years not just because she loved the job; she also loved and cared for her kids. We can’t ask anything more of the employees in our district than to love, care for, and treat the children of this community like their own.” Louise has been a model of that for all of us to follow.”

Ms. Louise, as she is referred to, first started driving a bus for the dis-trict in 1970 earning $60 a month. She said when she started driving a bus her children were still in school and it gave her time to be with them and earn an income. Louise says she considered it a privilege to drive a bus because parents entrusted her with the most pre-cious parts of their lives.

There is no doubt that 43 years has brought about a lot of changes in the design, operation and regulations of bus driv-ing and Louise has been there and seen them all. When she began driv-ing all buses were strait

shift. Today buses are all equipped with automatic transmissions; there are only three strait shift buses in operation in the entire state according to Mike Wright her former supervisor.

Asked what the great-est change she has seen over her career she said “discipline, when they took God and discipline out of schools.” The last person Ms. Louise made to get of her bus for poor behavior was her own son. She said you use to be able to whip a child but not anymore. She re-members the last person on her bus she whipped was her daughter Tona and Billy Wayne Wild-harber. She said when Billy Wayne got home he got another one for get-ting the first one as did Tona.

One of Louise’s co-workers said of her “she is really a wonderful per-son, a really good person but has had a lot of trag-edy in her life.” Tragedy in fact is one of the rea-sons for Louise’s EARLY retirement.

About a year ago Lou-ise’s son, Troy, was in-volved in a motorcycle accident in McCracken County. Regular trips to

Nashville with Troy and at least one more ma-jor surgery looming in the future coupled with the health needs of her husband and herself left Louise thinking the time had come for her to call it quits. She said she had to give up driving a bus for the safety of the chil-dren. With so much on her mind she just wasn’t able to keep her mind on driving.

Louise says when she meets people out in the public and they want to know why she quit driv-ing. She says that over the years of transporting student you form bonds with the families. She said there was a parent that had a child several years younger than the other and the parent told her she needed to con-tinue driving until the second child graduated. Louise said she did and a few years after that.

Although she sat in the rocker the entire time we visited with her she made it apparent she wasn’t ready to use the rocker full time yet. Don’t be surprised if you see Ms. Louise back behind the wheel of a bus again one of these days.

LA CENTER - Ballard Memorial claimed its sec-ond straight win late last week, defeating familiar opponent Fulton City 45-6 on Friday night.

With the win, Ballard Memorial moved to 2-0.

Following the loss, Ful-ton City fell to 0-2.

The Bombers, who beat McLean County 20-6 in a season-opener on Aug. 22, jumped on Fulton City early in the non-district game and never faltered.

Ballard Memorial set the tone early, outscoring Fulton City 27-0 in the opening quarter.

The Bombers added two more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a commanding 39-0 lead into halftime,.

Fulton City scored its lone touchdown in the third quarter.

Finishing strong, Bal-lard Memorial added an-other touchdown in the final period.

Offensively for Ballard Memorial, Andrew Burton opened the game with an 85-yard kickoff return or a touchdown.

Later in the period, Ballard Memorial special teams struck again when Cash Owsley returned a punt for a touchdown.

After a successful two-point conversion from Alek Hugen, Ballard Me-morial led 14-0.

But the Ballard Memo-rial special teams weren’t done as Owsley returned a punt 50 yards for a touch-

down to push Ballard Me-morial out to a 20-0 lead.

With under a minute left in the first quarter, Hugen scored on another rushing touchdown. After a PAT kick hit its mark, Ballard Memorial led 27-0.

Hugen and Ethan Dun-ning scored one touch-down each in the second quarter as the Bombers carried the 39-0 lead into halftime,

After his team was outscored 6-0 in the third quarter. Devyn Bledsoe scored Ballard Memorial’s final rushing touchdown in the fourth period to set the final score.

Ballard Memorial is scheduled to visit Todd County Central on Sept. 5.

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2014 Ballard Memorial High SchoolFootball Schedule

Date Opponent Site TimeAug. 22 McLean County Calhoun 7:30 p.m.Aug. 29 Fulton City LaCenter 7:30 p.m.Sept. 5 Todd County Central Elkton 7 p.m.Sept. 12 Webster County Dixon 7 p.m.Sept. 19 Hopkins County Central LaCenter 7 p.m.Sept. 26 Caldwell County LaCenter 7 p.m.Oct. 3 Murray Murray 7 p.m.Oct. 10 Houston County LaCenter 7 p.m.Oct. 17 Crittenden County Marion 7 p.m.Oct. 24 Massac County LaCenter 7 p.m.

Lady Bombers upend Fulton City

Two-lady tourney set for Sept. 23

Lady Bombers blank Crittenden Co.

Ballard County rolls past Fulton City, 45-6

FULTON - The Bal-lard Memorial Lady Bombers returned to the win column late last week, blanking First Re-gion rival Fulton City 3-0 on Thursday (Aug. 28).

Ballard Memorial beat Fulton City in back-to-back-to-back games, winning 25-17, 25-7, 27-25.

After posting the win, Ballard Memorial evened its overall record to 4-4.

Following the loss, Fulton City fell to 2-3.

The Ballard Memorial and Fulton City volley-

ball teams are not slated to meet again this sea-son.

Murray 3, Ballard Me-morial 2: Murray topped Ballard Memorial on Tuesday (Aug. 26), win-ning 27-25, 13-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-11.

Familiar foes Ballard Memorial and Fulton City met for the second time this season. When the two teams met in the Apollo Summer Slam in Owensboro on Aug. 22, Ballard Memorial edged Murray 2-1 (25-27, 25-15, 15-11).

LA CENTER - The Ballard County Country Club Ladies Golf Associ-ation will host a two-lady golf tournament at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 23.

Entry fee for the tour-nament is $30 per person to play and $15 per car rental.

Breakfast and lunch will be served.

For more information, call Barbara Chandler at 270-334-3166 or the Ballard County Country Club pro shop at 270-665-5557.

MARION - The Ballard Memo-rial girls’ soccer team posted its first win on Monday, Aug,. 25, shutting out host Crittenden County 4-0 in an early-season contest.

With the win, Ballard Memorial improved to 1-2.

Following the loss, Crittenden County dropped to 0-2.

Kylee Heal and Erin Young led Bal-lard Memorial with two goals each.

Aiding the Ballard Memorial of-fense, Marlee Reid dished out an as-sist.

Excelling defensively, Ballard Me-morial goalkeeper Laken Hall held Crittenden County to scoreless to earn the shutout win.

First Region Volleyball RecordsMarshall County (8-2)McCracken County (8-2)Graves County (7-3)Murray (6-3)Ballard Memorial (4-4)Hickman County (3-2)Community Christian (Paducah) (3-3)St. Mary (3-4)Calloway County (3-5)Fulton County (2-1)Carlisle County (2-2)Fulton City (2-3)Christian Fellowship (1-2)Paducah Tilghman (1-5)Mayfield (0-4)

Cash Owsley runs the ball for a touchdown, bringing the score up to 20-0, blocked by Ethan Dunning.

Lady Bomber Against Fulton City At Thrus-day game.

This year, Ballard County Elementary School is putting a re-newed focus on reward-ing positive behavior. Assistant Principal An-gie Woods said, “We will continue to show-case our students and recognize them in many ways. On Aug. 29, we had our first “Student of the Month” assem-bly. Students who are chosen for that honor al-ready have gone out of their way to exhibit our school expectations of being ‘Responsible, Re-spectful and Ready.’”

But Woods said the monthly assemblies are just a small part of the school’s Positive Re-wards System.

“Perhaps you have received a One-Call from the school an-nouncing your student is ‘The Bomb.’ We are trying to show our kids how appreciative we are of their Distinguished behavior by announcing their names on our PA

and calling home if they have had a great day,” she explained.

Students also can re-ceive Bomber Bucks from their teachers to spend on the Bomber Buck cart, and choose from a range of prizes such as treats, Cassie

Time (with the school’s resident therapy dog), or pizza or ice cream par-ties. “This year, we also are adding a field trip to the list of possible prizes and incentives,” Woods added.

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BCMS Students of the Week ...Each week at Ballard County Middle School, three students (one from each grade) will be selected and named Students of the Week. Students are nominated by teachers for out-standing behavior or performance. Shown from left are BCMS Students of the Week for Sept. 2: (seated) sixth-grad-er Haley Doke, eighth-grader Jayden Anderson, and (stand-ing seventh-grader Calvin Hodges. Selectors said Doke shares intelligent thoughts during class, is always ready to lend a hand, and is friendly toward everyone; Anderson is always on-task, willing to help others and seems to be in a good mood all the time; and Hodges is very conscientious about his work, very helpful, and on-task.

Career exploration ...Jeremy Bruer (standing), territory manager for DuPont-Pio-neer, visited students at Ballard County Career and Techni-cal School last week to talk about careers in agriculture-related businesses. Students have been studying differ-ent career clusters. During his presentation, Bruer passed around several different corn hybrids, and asked students to determine which of the ears would make the biggest crop yield.

Building bridges ...Students in Sue Morris’ seventh-grade science class at Ballard County Middle School have been studying about structures and weight tolerance. As part of their class, they looked at bridge design and basic types, and were asked to construct a bridge of their own design to support the greatest load. They were allowed to use one recycled card-board box and up to one bottle of glue. Shown in this pho-to are Daniel Baker (standing), Trenton Howard (working) Savanna Elrod (observing). A lab to test their designs was held this week, with the winner to be determined by which bridge held the most weight before collapse. The result was a three-way tie, with all three winning bridges holding three science textbooks.

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The number of partici-pants in high school sports increased for the 25th con-secutive year in 2013-14 with a record total of al-most 7.8 million, accord-ing to the annual High School Athletics Participa-tion Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Asso-ciations (NFHS).

Based on figures from the 51 NFHS member state high school associations, which includes the District of Columbia, sports par-ticipation for the 2013-14 school year reached an all-time high of 7,795,658 – an increase of 82,081 from the previous year. This one-year increase was the highest since 2009-10.

Girls participation increased for the 25th consecutive year with an additional 44,941 par-ticipants from 2012-13 and set an all-time record of 3,267,664. Boys par-ticipation eclipsed 4.5 million for the first time (4,527,994), breaking the mark of 4,494,406 in 2010-11.

The increase in boys participation was due in part to the first increase in football numbers in five years. An additional 6,607 boys participated in 11-player football in 2013-14, pushing this past year’s total to 1,093,234. In addi-tion, another 1,715 girls participated in 11-player football last year, an in-crease of 184 from the previous year.

“We are pleased with the increase in participa-tion numbers in the sport of football for the 2013-14 school year,” said Bob Gardner, NFHS executive director. “With the pre-cautions that are in place nationwide to address con-cussions in all high school sports, including football, we have maintained that the risk of injury is as low as it ever has been. Cer-tainly, this rise in football numbers is a confirmation of those beliefs and indi-cates the strong continued

interest nationwide in high school football.”

Among the top 10 boys sports, baseball registered the largest gain with an ad-ditional 7,838 participants, followed by football and soccer (6,437). The top 10 boys sports remained unchanged from last year: football, outdoor track and field, basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling, cross country, tennis, golf, and swimming and diving.

Volleyball gained the most participants among girls sports (9,426) from the previous year, and its total of 429,634 was with-in 3,710 of basketball for the No. 2 position. Track and field, with an addi-tional 5,946 participants from 2012-13, remained the No. 1 sport for girls, followed by basketball, volleyball, soccer, fast-pitch softball, cross coun-try, tennis, swimming and diving, competitive spirit squads and lacrosse.

“This past year’s report on sports participation in our nation’s high schools was another great state-ment about the importance of these education-based programs,” Gardner said. “We are encouraged that schools are continuing to respond to the funding challenges, and are partic-ularly pleased to see that the increase this past year was evenly distributed be-tween boys and girls.”

The top 10 states by participants remained in the same order as last year, with Texas and Califor-nia topping the list with 805,299 and 783,008, re-spectively. The remainder of the top 10 was New York (389,475), Illinois (343,757), Ohio (325,448), Pennsylvania (317,318), Michigan (299,246), New Jersey (285,020), Florida (268,266) and Minne-sota (232,909). Overall, 33 states reported higher figures from the previous year, up from 30 states that had increases the previous year.

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Paying tribute ...Earl Gidcumb honors the veterans present at the National Guard Memorial bowl, and the fallen heroes that couldn’t be there. The Veterans of Ballard County were honored Friday at the Annual National Guard Memorial Bowl at Ballard Memorial High School. Next year we hope to see a crowd twice the size to honor the men and women that were willing to give their lives and the ones that did give their lives for our freedom.

By Carra Pearson A hardworking stu-

dent with dreams of be-ing a nurse, senior Tavie Byerley’s sweet person-ality and kind heart will make her good at her job. The daughter of Ricky and Tammy By-erley of Barlow, Tavie attends Barlow First Baptist Church and is very involved in school. She has been a part of FCCLA for three years and in Beta, FBLA, and

HOSA for one. Howev-er, Tavie is most active

in FCCLA, where she serves as the Vice Presi-dent of STAR Events. Tavie is also an honor roll student.

When she is not at Ballard Memorial High School, Tavie enjoys fishing, mudding, and bonding with her family and friends. Out of ev-erything she could leave behind, Tavie states that she hopes to leave be-hind “a good example to underclassmen”. In ad-dition to leaving things behind, she hopes to be remembered as a hard-working student or class-mate. Her favorite thing at BMHS is the college program and her future plans after graduation are to attend college at WKCTC to get her nurs-ing degree and pursue a career as a labor and de-livery RN.

FAVORITESClass: MNATeacher: Ms. SullivanMovies: “Twilight” SagaMusician: EminemSong: “I’ve Been Watching You” by Rodney AtkinsTV Show: “Duck Dynasty”Video Game: “Mario”Food: PizzaSchool Food: Meatball Sub

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Household Hazardous Waste EventSeptember 20th, 2014

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Moth Balls • Muriatic Acid • Oil Based Paint • Old Chemistry Sets • Oven Cleaners • Paint Thinner • Pesticides • Photo Chemicals • Pool Chemicals • Radiator Cleaners

• Rodent Killers • Rust Preventatives • Sealants • Solvents • Transmission Fluid• Wood Preservatives • Wood Strippers

The Contractor that is collecting the Household Hazardous Waste reserves the right to refuse the following: • Large Quantities of Unknown Material • Radioactive Waste, Including Smoke Detectors • Unstable Wastes • Pressurized Fire Extinguishers • Unknown Gas Cylinders

Shredder TruckThe Shredder truck will be available for all Office and Household paperwork that needs to be shredded!

Prescription and Ammunition CollectionThe Sheriff’s office will be onsite collecting: Old Prescriptions and Medicines and Old or Unused Ammunition!

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Waldon Lodge went whole-hog with a fundraiser to benefit Families on the Spectrum a non-profit support system for families of autistic children. Just over one year ago a support group for autistic children did not exist. Krissy Ramey, president and founder, struggle for many years with a 10 year-old son with autism and no support group. Knowing there were families in the area in the same position it prompted Ramey to make a Facebook post that brought a few of them together for the first meeting. She officially formed the group in October 2013. An 11,000 square facility to house the Western Kentucky Autism Center is now in negotiation

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son is a girl known for her good looks, fun per-sonality and love for snacks. Sometimes seen with a Tupperware dish of macaroni and cheese or a turkey sandwich with minimal amounts of mustard in a Ziploc bag, Ruby has no prob-lem sharing and is still able to keep a cute figure. Her distaste for the strict school dress code hasn’t stopped Ruby from her endless shopping, one of her hobbies outside of school. This also hasn’t stopped her from “being hot,” which is how Ruby hopes to be remembered by her friends, peers, and

teachers.On top of her amazing

appetite, killer style, and sense of humor, Ruby is also very involved within Ballard Memorial. She is a one-year member of the Journalism Staff, a two-year member of Beta Club and FBLA, a three-

year member of HOSA, and a four-year member of the Student Council. Within Student Council, Ruby serves as the vice president of the class of 2015. There is no doubt that Ruby’s parents, Robert Anderson of Bar-low and Shannon Gunn of Columbia, Illinois, are proud of her accomplish-ments.

Ruby plans on attend-ing WKCTC and become a sonographer.

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