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January 3, 2013 HENDERSON, KENTUCKY © No. 3, 129th year 75¢
Payroll tax hike to hit 120 million families
By Isaac Wolf ■■77 percent of households will see rate go up “That doesn’t sound like a
scripps howard news service huge sum of money,” he said.
“But for a lot of households, it’s
WASHINGTON — Despite what short-term deal to avert finan- percent of American households, recovery, will have less money a significant amount.”
you’ve heard about Washington’s cial disaster by keeping income beginning Jan. 1 and costing to spend. As lawmakers worked to avert
11th hour heroics to keep your tax increases and spending cuts families an extra $942 on aver- For a family earning $50,000 the fiscal cliff, neither party
taxes from increasing, well — from taking effect, lawmakers si- age per year, even as the dicey annually, the tax hike trans- made an effort to prevent the
they’re going up. lently allowed payroll taxes for economy has many workers liv- lates to $20 a week less in take- payroll taxes from rising.
They’ve done it already. You’ll 120 million working American ing paycheck to paycheck. home pay, said Joe Rosenberg, On Tuesday, the House passed
see it in your next paycheck. families to jump 2 percentage Experts also expect the econo- a research associate at the Tax a short-term deal that extends
Even as Congress and the points, beginning this month. my to suffer because consumers, Policy Center, a nonpartisan
White House officials struck a That hike will hit nearly 77 the main drivers of the economic Washington think tank. See PAyRoll, 8A
Cleanup in the frozen aisle
Analysis
Americans
gain with
little pain
in cliff deal
By Charles Babington
Associated press
WASHINGTON — Congress’
hectic resolution of the
“fiscal cliff” crisis is the
latest in a long series of
decisions by lawmakers
and the White House to do
less than promised — and
to ask Americans for little
sacrifice — in confronting
the nation’s burgeoning
debt.
The deal will generate
$600 billion in new reve-
nue over 10 years, less than
half the amount President
Barack Obama first called
for. It will raise income tax
rates only on the very rich,
despite Obama’s campaign
for broader increases.
It puts off the toughest
decisions about spending
cuts for military and do-
mestic programs, includ-
Mike LAWReNCe/THe GLeANeR ing Medicare and Social
Removing the last vestiges of the recent snows, city worker Charlie Wolfe heads toward the snow bank dividing Washington Street downtown Wednesday. Security. And it does noth-
ing to mitigate the looming
partisan showdown on the
Bill would abolish Kentucky’s death penalty debt ceiling, which must
rise soon to avoid default
on U.S. loans.
In short, the deal
By Roger Alford est sentence life in prison without chairman of the Kentucky Co- sibility of executing an innocent reached between Obama
Associated press the possibility of parole. The Rol- alition To Abolish The Death person,” Delahanty said. “There’s and congressional Re-
lins bill calls for the term “capital Penalty, said he’s heartened that just a great deal of distrust in that publicans continues to let
FRANKFORT — A central Kentucky punishment” to be stricken alto- Rollins already posted the bill system now.” Americans enjoy relatively
Democrat will be pushing legisla- gether from state law. last week and it’s ready to be filed Activists delivered more than high levels of government
tion in the upcoming session that Similar legislation has been in- when lawmakers convene on Jan. 1,500 postcards to Gov. Steve Bes- service at low levels of
would abolish the death penalty troduced intermittently in Ken- 8. Delahanty, a Catholic priest, hear in December asking that he taxation. The only way
in Kentucky. tucky over the past 25 years, but said he senses growing support sign no more death warrants and that’s possible, of course, is
Democratic state Rep. Carl Rol- has never garnered enough sup- for the measure. that he work to abolish the death through heavy borrowing,
lins of Midway drafted a measure port to pass. “There are people more and which future generations
that would make Kentucky’s stiff- The Rev. Patrick Delahanty, more concerned about ... the pos- See dEAth, 8A will inherit.
While Americans wide-
ly denounce the mounting
Drought-busting snow would be extraordinary debt, not so many embrace
cuts to costly programs
like Social Security. And
By Jim Suhr inches of snow to get us back to normal most want tax increases
Associated press precipitation.” to hit someone other than
Despite getting some big storms last themselves.
ST. LOUIS — When his drought-stricken month, much of the U.S. is still desper- “This is another ‘kick
Nebraska farm was blanketed with sev- ate for relief from the nation’s longest dry the can down the road’
eral inches of snow, Tom Schwarz wel- spell in decades. And experts say it will event,” said William Gale,
comed the moisture. But it wasn’t nearly take an absurd amount of snow to ease the co-director of the nonpar-
enough. woes of farmers and ranchers. tisan Tax Policy Center
He had hoped for a wet, snowy winter. The same fears haunt firefighters, wa- and a former Republican
Instead, he’s watched with worry as the ter utilities and many communities across ASSOCiATeD PReSS White House adviser. “It
sky spits mostly flakes that don’t stick. the country. Corn stalks stand in a snowy field near La Vista, Neb. Despite is a huge missed opportu-
“I just shudder to think what it’s go- Winter storms have dropped more getting some big storms in December, much of the U.S. is nity.”
ing to be if we don’t get snow,” Schwarz still desperate for relief from the nation’s longest dry spell in
said. “A friend told me it would take 150 See SnoW, 8A decades. See ClIFF, 8A
College road show comes
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Business, 5B Curbside recycling for B week will be delayed a day, which
tv schedules, comics, IN www.TheGleaner.com means it will be picked up Saturday.
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collection of recyclables will remain on an every-other-week
deAths, 2A Cold today with times school’s college coach/
basis.
locAl & region, 3A of clouds and sun; high Soon-to-graduate high AmeriCorps.
lotteries, 2A 36. Partly cloudy, cold TAkE NOTE school students and their The mobile classroom
parents have an opportu- brings a host of critical
movie times, 6B tonight; low 21. Sunny
Christmas tree recycling ends Monday nity to get a leg up on the services right to the stu-
sports, 1B-4B Friday; high 33, low 23; Christmas tree recycling by the city of Henderson ends Monday, college process. dents and their families,
su(cid:31)doku, 6B Warmer high Saturday although the county Road Department’s brush pile will be an The Kentucky Higher according to the KHEAA
of 45. option after that. Education Assistance website.
The city grinds old trees that have tinsel and ornaments Authority is presenting a It’s equipped with state-
Full forecast, 8B
removed and uses the mulch on city park projects. Trees may be college information road of-the-art technology such
dropped off at the far end of the Newman Recreational Complex. show that will be displayed as satellite Internet ac-
Printed partially
on recycled The county brush pile is located near the Road Garage off Airline at Henderson County High cess, laptop computers,
paper Road and accepts brush and small trees year-round. School from 9 a.m. to 2:45
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Deaths Funerals
Alonzo “Bear” Harvey He was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis and Frances B. Harrell
Lucille Fleming.
Alonzo “Bear” Harvey, 79, went peace- Survivors include three sons, Kurt Johnson of Hen- Services for Frances B. Harrell, 85, Henderson, who
fully home to our heavenly father at 2:30 derson, Tad Johnson of Morganfield and Rodney Hig- died Sunday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Chapel Hill United
a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. ginson of Uniontown; two brothers, Edward Fleming of Methodist Church. The Rev. Ted Burke will officiate.
Alonzo was a devoted husband, father Morganfield and Chris Fleming of Louisville; six sisters, Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
and grandfather. Wilma Weatherspoon of Henderson, Martella Foreman Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the church.
Alonzo was preceded in death by his of Danville, Ill., Juanita Finney of Morganfield, Yolon- Pallbearers will be Chad Sellars, Chris Sellars, Zach-
mother and father, Mary and Starling Har- da Casson of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Bethine Fleming of ary Payne, Travis Roe, Chad Sellars Jr. and Caleb Sel-
vey; four brothers, Ed, William, Melvin Sturgis and Christine Fleming of Lexington; and five lars.
and Thurman; one sister, Arlene; and two grandchildren. Benton-Glunt Funeral Home is in charge of arrange-
sons, Darrell Ray Harvey and Michael Ray Harvey. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Carr’s Chapel Baptist ments.
He leaves behind a devoted wife, Ruth; four daughters, Church in Morganfield. The Rev. Richard Pollard will offici-
Patricia T. Clare
Belinda Dudley and her husband, Sol, Tamara Harvey, ate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Morganfield.
Minister Gayla Gilbert and Angela Brown, all of Hen- Friends may call after 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Memorial services for Patricia T. Clare, 77, Henderson,
derson; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; who died Dec. 19, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rudy-
Neta Doss Smith
two brothers, John Harvey and Benny Harvey, both of Rowland Funeral Home.
Henderson; one sister, Dorothy Stone of Henderson; and HOPKINSVILLE — Neta Doss Smith, 86, Hopkinsville, Friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral
a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. passed away at 2:10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Brad- home.
Services will be at noon Saturday at First Missionary ford Heights Rehabilitation Center of natural causes.
Darrell Felix West
Baptist Church in Henderson. The Rev. Robert Esters Mrs. Smith was born Oct. 4, 1926, in San Antonio,
will be presiding. Burial will be in Fernwood Cemetery. the daughter of the late Alfred Smith and Mary Ade Services for Darrell Felix West, 56, Henderson, who
A wake service will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Swim Doss. She started working at age 16 as a teacher died Sunday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Tomblinson
the church, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday. in Arkansas. Then she was a department manager for Funeral Home Henderson Chapel. Brother Ellis Payne
Mason Brothers Audubon Chapel is in charge of ar- Sears in California. She had also worked for the state will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial
rangements. of California as a supervisor in the Department of In- Gardens.
surance. In 1971, her husband opened Smith’s Carpets Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Margaret Towler
until they retired.
Gary Fletcher Nance
Margaret Towler, 96, Henderson, died at 9:30 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years,
Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Redbanks nursing home. Glen Smith, who died in 2010; and three brothers. Services for Gary Fletcher Nance, 79, Onton, who
She was a Presbyterian and a retired receptionist. Survivors include one daughter, Gleneta Jane Noffs- died Saturday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Tomblinson
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles inger and her husband, Donald, of Hopkinsville; two Funeral Home Slaughters-Hanson Chapel. Pastor Marty
Reed Towler. grandchildren, Doneta Noffsinger Williams and her hus- Robertson will officiate. Burial will be in Onton Cem-
Survivors include one daughter, Mary Martha Mosher band, Brian, of Henderson and Lance Noffsinger and his etery.
of Stillwater, N.Y.; two granddaughters; and one great- wife, Kim Pearson Noffsinger, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.; Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the funeral home.
granddaughter. four great-grandchildren, Brianna Jane Williams, Curtis
Private graveside services were held at Fernwood Lee Williams, Lee Mabrey Noffsinger and Cal Parker
Cemetery. Noffsinger.
Fire runs
There was no visitation. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kentucky
Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home was in charge of ar- Veterans Cemetery West. Mr. Joby Brown will officiate.
rangements. Burial will follow. Wednesday fire, 1342 Washington St.,
There will be no public visitation. City returned at 11:02 a.m.
Curtis Fleming
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con- ■■10:09 a.m. — Gas line ■■5:17 p.m. — Stove fire,
MORGANFIELD — Curtis Fleming Jr., 70, Morganfield, died tributions to any charity. hit, 1243 Shelby St., re- 830 Pond St., returned at
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at the Lucy Smith King Care Center Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home in Hopkinsville turned at 10:39 a.m. 5:34 p.m.
in Henderson. is in charge of arrangements. ■■10:40 a.m. — Trash
‘Tennessee Waltz’ singer Patti Page dies
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THE GLEANER « Thursday, January 3, 2013 « 3A
Local & Regional
Wildlife officials may halt shooting of wild elk
The Associated Press tucky’s mountain region over the my end, it’s a public safety issue.” ers began reintroducing them in been killed in collisions with ve-
past 15 years. Brock said no elk have been 1997 from several western states hicles since 2005.
STONEY FORK, Ky. — Marauding Now, wildlife officials will struck by vehicles in recent in what was heralded as an im- Pickup trucks have been
elk had been trampling gardens, consider a cease fire. months, which he sees as proof portant ecology and tourism flipped upside down in colli-
grazing on lawns and causing car It’s a move that residents op- that allowing local residents to program. sions. In one instance, a bull elk
crashes on the twisting country pose, for fear that the elk will shoot them has made the com- A group of about 1,500 elk re- crashed through a windshield
road that winds its way through move back into their neighbor- munity safer. leased into the mountains has and ended up in the front seat of
Stoney Fork. hoods. “When you’re doing some- now grown to more than 10,000. a Geo Metro.
No more. “We had a problem, and the fix thing that’s working, why would It’s the danger they pose to The driver, Melissa Jones,
Folks here got fed up and, with is working,” said Judge-Execu- you change that?” Brock asked. motorists that has residents escaped with only cuts and
the approval of wildlife officials, tive Albey Brock, the top elected Elk had disappeared from fearful. bruises. She now is one of the
started shooting the cow-sized official in Bell County. “I hope Kentucky around the time of Records from the Department people calling for the ani-
animals that have multiplied by they wouldn’t suspend some- the Civil War, mainly because of Fish and Wildlife Resources mals’ removal from the com-
the thousands throughout Ken- thing that’s working, because, on of overhunting. Wildlife manag- show that more than 100 elk have munity.
Indiana cited Futile effort Henderson teen competing
for treatment in young women’s program
of mentally
Gleaner staff by Cole Porter).
ill inmates
The state’s Distin-
Katelin Coursey will guished Young Woman
be competing in the Dis- will travel to Mobile,
The Associated Press tinguished Young Wom- Ala., along with repre-
en of Kentucky 2013 pro- sentatives from each of
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana gram on Jan. 11-12 at the the 50 states to partici-
has been “deliberately in- Singletary Center for the pate in personal develop-
different” to the plight of Arts in Lexington. ment activities and com-
mentally ill inmates in its Coursey, who is the munity service projects
state prisons, who amount daughter of Jeffrey and before competing for the
to nearly a quarter of the Audra Coursey, was opportunity to become
system’s population, a fed- named the 2013 winner of the Distinguished Young
eral judge has ruled. the Distinguished Young Woman of America 2013,
U.S. District Judge Women of Henderson according to a news re-
Tanya Walton Pratt ruled County scholarship pro- lease.
that the Indiana Depart- gram in August. The national finals
ment of Correction vio- According to Coursey’s are held June 27-29 and
lated mentally ill prison- biography on the pro- participants will also be
ers’ constitutional right gram’s website, the Hen- competing for a share of
against cruel and unusual derson County High more than $130,000 in
punishment by keeping School senior’s career cash scholarships.
them separate from other goals are musical theater Tickets to the state
inmates and failing to pro- and education. program are available at
vide them with adequate Her talent is musical the Singletary Center for
treatment. theater (“Anything Goes” the Arts.
“The Court finds that
mentally ill prisoners
within the IDOC segrega- A few more donations made
tion units are not receiving
minimally adequate men-
to annual Goodfellows drive
tal health care in terms of
scope, intensity, and du-
ration and the IDOC has
been deliberately indiffer- Gleaner staff
ent,” Pratt wrote.
Pratt did not mandate A few more Goodfellows donations have trickled in,
a remedy in her ruling totaling $75.
Monday. Lawyers for The party before Christmas was a big hit with hun-
both sides are supposed dreds of kids, and this year’s goal of $33,000 was met
to meet within 45 days to days before the big event. The giving this season has
discuss how to correct the now topped out at $39,120.92.
problem. But every dollar makes a difference, and these last
The Department of donations for this season will go toward next year’s gifts
Correction referred com- ASSOCIATED PRESS and fun for needy local kids.
ment to the Indiana attor- Owensboro Fire Department firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed a vacant home Tuesday The recent donors included:
ney general’s office, which in Owensboro. ■■In honor of Brenda Ann Greenwell, Austin and Ver-
represented the state. na Greenwell, Wayne (Radar) Chancellor and Charlene
(Sharky) Chancellor and Dorothy Hobbs — $25
■■In honor of Dorothy Hobbs, George Allen and Pau-
line and Oscar Deno — $25
Briefs
■■Anonymous — $25
Judge schedules clinic feet of the entrance to the center. pected to recover. No arrests have
They also want a $15,000 penalty. been made. Work closes part of Shelby Street
suit settlement talks
Hamilton has denied the allega-
Illinois town’s teen
tions. Gleaner staff treatment plant, a distance
LOUISVILLE — A federal judge in Ken- tanning ban begins of 3.5 miles.
Police to monitor site
tucky has scheduled settlement talks Sewer line work has The Shelby Street clo-
in a lawsuit charging an anti-abor- where teens were shot SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Springfield ordi- crossed Madison Street sure began Wednesday
tion protester with illegally grabbing nance that bans people under 18 from and will be affecting with the first block, which
and pushing a volunteer escort out- LEXINGTON — Lexington police say commercial tanning beds went into Shelby Street in coming is between Madison and
side a women’s health clinic. they plan to monitor the site where effect Tuesday. weeks, according to Tom Young streets.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave two teens were shot on New Year’s The (Springfield) State Journal- Williams, director of engi- The next big phase of
Whalin set the talks for 1 p.m. EDT Eve in an effort to prevent further Register reports that aldermen ap- neering for the Henderson the project that will impact
Monday at the federal courthouse violence at the spot. prove the ban in October. The young Water Utility. the traveling public will be
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Editorial
Tragedies of 2012
leave disappointing,
lasting impressions
Our mothers taught us you only get one chance
to make a first impression, but when it comes to
the impression an old year leaves, 2012 may be re-
membered for its last. If you consider the tail end of
the year as that last impression, a collective “Good
riddance” could be uttered to 2012.
Any good news of the previous year became
instantaneously overshadowed by the sadness in-
flicted upon Newtown, Conn., and the rest of the
country, as the unimaginable happened.
Twenty first-
graders and six
YOuR TuRN
of their beloved
Do you have an opinion on these educators were
or other issues? Send your letters gunned down in Today’s GOP needs recasting, reform
to Editor, The Gleaner, Box 4,
an elementary
Henderson, KY 42419 or email
school on the
them to [email protected].
Letters must be signed and include brink of Christ-
a phone number for verification. mas break. How
It was as if a door had and small. All of which cans defined themselves
could we possi-
slowly creaked open and, explains why the markets as the party determined
bly celebrate the from somewhere down alternately trembled and to protect low tax rates for
childlike joy of the holidays when a town buries its below in the Capitol crypt, panicked. millionaires, while Obama
youngest celebrants? they brought up a tar- Looking back, there was championed efforts to ex-
Many years will pass before the mere thought of nished old brass placard marTin nothing President Barack tend middle class tax rates
Dec. 14, 2012, doesn’t stop the heart in mid-beep. from the Cold War era, schram Obama and the Repub- that were due to expire at
hung it beneath the big licans agreed to in the the end of 2012.
The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School
dome — and began doing COLUMNIST final weeks, days, hours But media watchdogs
capped off a string of mass shootings experienced
business in 2012 as a joint and minutes of 2012 that did Republicans an unin-
in 2012, including the summer massacre in an Au- committee on Un-Ameri- of 2012 sending signals to couldn’t have been pro- tended favor by not inves-
rora, Colo., theater, as Batman enthusiasts settled can Activities. global markets, govern- posed, debated, amended tigating and calculating
in for a midnight premiere. Each shooting seemed With one exception: ment agencies, and com- and enacted half a year the number of jobs that
to eclipse the last. Instead of investigating panies large and small that ago. Even though every- were frozen in 2012 due to
Could 2012 be the year the discussion on gun perceived un-American this Congress just might one knows that in election the uncertainty posed by
activities, the senators and let it happen. Ideologues years the in-party pops the pending fiscal cliff.
control actually solves something? Or will Sandy
representatives of 2012 be- insisted they’d rather push corks at every economic The total numbers of
Hook be swept away with last night’s confetti?
gan committing them. America off the cliff rather uptick and the out-party jobs that were once-bud-
Another Sandy brought heartache upon millions, Sadly, there just is no than compromise one ide- privately rejoices at every geted but remained un-
as one of the most devastating hurricanes in recent other way to describe what ological iota. downtick. filled in 2012 would have
history wiped out the shorelines in New York and the 112th Congress did The result: The uncer- But 2012 was destined been the final, paint-by-
New Jersey and slammed the region with $71 bil- to the American people tainty they created set off to be a special case — as the-numbers big picture
lion in damages. throughout 2012. Faced a predictable chain-reac- we learned after an unusu- of what today’s flounder-
with an economy that was tion. Washington got so ally public declaration of ing Republican Party has
Families and businesses continue to pick up the
struggling to recover from caught up in its campaign the sort of hardball politics done to — rather than for
pieces, hoping 2013 is more forgiving.
the Great Recession — the name-calling that it set off that is usually kept behind — the American middle
And in the waning hours of 2012, we witness
worst recession since the a chain reaction of bud- closed doors. Two days af- class.
the utter dysfunction of government, as our lead- Great Depression — the getary fear, and caution ter Republicans gained in This is, after all, the
ers went to the brink of fiscal failure, seemingly senators and representa- slowed America’s recovery the 2010 elections, Senate same middle class Ron-
refusing to put country before politics. A deal to tives willfully sent all the and hurt most those most Minority Leader Mitch ald Reagan appealed to
prevent us from going over the “fiscal cliff” was wrong signals and did all needing help. McConnell, R-Ky., de- so extraordinarily, not so
the wrong things. Belatedly, we can con- clared: “Our top political long ago. Viewed through
finally reached, but this should have been solved
First, they decided the nect the econo-dots: priority over the next two Reaganesque lenses, the
months ago.
only way they could be Federal departments years should be to deny party Reagan once revi-
The events of the past few months would have
trusted to do the right and agencies, concerned President Obama a second talized now seems sadly
us tossing 2012 in a heap of disappointments, if we thing to curb America’s about prospective cuts, term.” and even unpatriotically
merely reflect on the end. growing debt was to cre- froze new hiring. That led Well, that old dog didn’t out of touch with the aspi-
Our mothers also taught us to look for the silver ate, for the first time ever, federal contractors (huge, hunt. Even though Repub- rations of its middle class
lining in even the darkest clouds. a “fiscal cliff” — with man- middle-sized and small) to licans did little to help true-believers.
datory budget cuts so mas- freeze hiring. Meanwhile, America achieve econom- Today’s GOP, once
The year 2012 did give us reasons to celebrate.
sive no Congress would state and local govern- ic successes Obama could grand, is now mainly just
Unemployment dipped below 8 percent, giving
dare let it happen. ments froze hiring. So did claim credit for in his cam- old. And much in need of
us hope for a rebound.
Then they spent most their contractors, large paign. Bizarrely, Republi- re-casting and reform.
Science triumphed when the Mars rover Curios-
ity sent back photos from a foreign and mysterious Kerry nomination emblematic of problems in 2013
planet.
The world put aside its differences during a vi-
Since the voters thought depicting the morally sol- ment to keep them in busi-
brant and peaceful fortnight of athletic competition
Mitt Romney could not id Romney as something ness while simultaneously
at the London Olympics.
save us from the fix we’re close to a murderer. Where robbing workers of their
The November election displayed the bloodless
in, who’s going to do it? was liberal angst this time rights and the economy of
transfer of power that is democracy — even though The fiscal cliff is just one of around? thriving businesses.
we felt rather bruised and battered by the process. many cliffs that has threat- jay Maybe Kerry as secre- There’s a great, large
There was good news in 2012, but we’re hard- ened us with a mighty ambrOse tary of state would actu- fiction in this nation of
pressed to recall many more instances. The won- tumble over its edge, and ally get to Cambodia some how unions have forever
der of a New Year is its potential, the promise that Congress is more nearly COLUMNIST Christmas, but my firmer been the friend of workers
the sneak who trips you conviction is that he would when, in fact, there have
things will get better.
than the guide who leads ing his 2004 campaign trot elsewhere around the been all kinds of instances
After 2012, we can only hope for a happier year.
you to safety. for president, he wanted world making a clown of of anti-worker thuggery,
Don’t meanwhile look to risk American lives by himself and hurting our na- theft and economic may-
for rescue from the White having a U.S.-led peace- tion. Senators pretty much hem at the hands of orga-
House amateur otherwise keeping force save Haiti’s give their Cabinet approval nized labor. The good and
known as President Barack dictatorial president from to other senators, and my the bad have been mixed
Obama. As an example of rebels because he had got- guess is he will get okayed. for years, even to the point
his helpfulness, this New ten into office through a But this country will of unions being a major
Year arrives with five new vote of the people? continue to be something factor in the shutting down
EditOrial PagE Obamacare taxes that will Well, Adolf Hitler also other than OK as long as of businesses. A real issue
add painfully to health got into office by a vote we depend on Washington is not just high wages vs.
costs and otherwise bol- of the people, one proof politicians whose failings low wages, but decent
DAVID DIXON
lix up our lives. among thousands that the could be listed in nothing wages vs. no wages.
EDITOR
Then there’s this trick fact of being elected only less than the equivalent of The problem for the
of nominating Sen. John proves you can fool some of the 356,000-page U.S. code states, of course, is that
Kerry as secretary of state, the people some of the time. of laws and regulations. their constitutionally
CONTACT US and yes, that would be the A horror of many liber- All of which brings promised dual sover-
Phone: [phone] same John Kerry who re- als during that campaign me to the states. Maybe eignty with the federal
Fax: [phone] turned from the Vietnam was how Kerry, strutting that’s our way out of at government hasn’t been
War saying our soldiers about as a war hero, was least some of the mess we respected and that some
were war criminals. He denigrated by veterans of are in. Wisconsin, under of them, such as Califor-
OPINION POLICY also lied about being in Vietnam Swift Boat opera- a Republican governor, nia, are victims of politics
The Gleaner’s Opinion Page is an open forum for viewpoints — Cambodia one Christmas tions as pretty much a joke took on public unions and as bad as what you find in
yours, theirs and ours. The newspaper encourages comments from during that war and asso- of a soldier. The group’s did get some meaning- Washington. In the end,
its readers, either through letters or more lengthy citizen columns. ciated with a radical veter- denunciations seem to ful measures through the both nationally and in
Letters must include the signature, address and phone number of
ans group that on one oc- have been overwrought legislature. More recently, D.C., a wised up electorate
the writer. Only signed, verifiable letters will be published. Ques-
casion voted on whether to on some (though not all) Michigan voted for right to will have to make the dif-
tions about newspaper viewpoints or the Opinion Page in general
assassinate U.S. senators it particulars, but its TV ads work laws, meaning that ference, and maybe, when
should be addressed to The Editor, The Gleaner, P.O. Box 4, Hender-
son, KY 42419. didn’t like. were a mewing kitty cat unions cannot use the co- things get bad enough, that
Remember how, dur- next to the 2012 TV ads ercive powers of govern- will happen.
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WRITING TO WASHINGTON
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Nation &World
When war broke out in Europe in September 1939, the
merchant fleet was unprepared for a massive sealift of war material.
The assembly-line production of standardized ships began in 1941.
Source: www.nps.gov
Boehner OKs Sandy recovery vote
Across the nation
diStrict of columbiA ents, cousins and a widow
■■Tuesday’s
of nine of the 12 people
Rodham Clinton
killed in the July shooting
cancellation
leaves hospital said they were asked to
attend an “evening of re-
angered many
WASHINGTON — Secretary membrance” followed by
of State Hillary Rodham a movie when the Aurora
By Andrew Miga Clinton was released theater reopens on Jan. 17.
and Larry Margasak from a New York hospital They released a letter
Associated Press Wednesday, three days sent to the theater’s owner,
after doctors discovered a Cinemark, in which they
WASHINGTON — Under in- blood clot in her head. criticized the Plano-based
tense pressure from angry Clinton’s medical team company for not previous-
Republicans, House Speak- advised her Wednesday ly reaching out to them to
er John Boehner agreed evening that she was mak- offer condolences and re-
Wednesday to a vote this ing good progress on all fusing to meet with them
week on aid for Superstorm fronts and said they are without lawyers.
Sandy recovery. confident she will fully re- “Our family members
The speaker will sched- cover, said Clinton spokes- will never be on this
ule a vote Friday for $9 bil- man Philippe Reines. earth with us again and
lion for the national flood Doctors had been treat- a movie ticket and some
insurance program and ing Clinton with blood token words from people
another Jan. 15 for a re- thinners to dissolve a clot who didn’t care enough
maining $51 billion in the associated press in a vein that runs through to reach out to us, nor re-
package, Republican Rep. rep. peter King, r-N.Y. (from left), rep. Jerrold Nadler, d-N.Y., rep. Joseph crowley, d-N.Y., the space between the spond when we reached
Peter King of New York House Minority Whip steny Hoyer, of Maryland., rep. Gregory Meeks, d-N.Y., and rep. eliot en- brain and the skull behind out to them to talk, is ap-
said after emerging from a gel, d-N.Y., learn the House republican leadership won’t allow a vote on aid for storm victims. the right ear. palling,” the letter said.
meeting with Boehner and “She’s eager to get back Cinemark had no imme-
GOP lawmakers from New from the two House votes Sandy should be the first Boehner’s decision Tues- to the office,” Reines said diate comment.
York and New Jersey. The would roughly equal the priority in the new Con- day night to cancel an ex- in a statement, adding that
AlAbAmA
votes will be taken by the $60 billion package of aid gress, and that was reaf- pected vote on Sandy aid the secretary and her fam-
new Congress that will be that passed the Senate. firmed today with mem- before Congress ends its ily are grateful for the ex- Mom: Son didn’t
sworn in today. Since the votes will be bers of the New York and current session provoked a cellent care she received
steal plane in crash
“It was a very positive taken in the new Congress, New Jersey delegations,” firestorm of criticism from at New York-Presbyterian
meeting,” King said, add- the Senate also will have to Boehner said in a joint New York, New Jersey and Hospital.
ing that Boehner, R-Ohio, approve the legislation. statement with House Ma- adjacent states, including Reines said details of JASPER — A teen pilot
assured the lawmakers “Getting critical aid to jority Leader Eric Cantor, many lawmakers in his when Clinton will return killed along with two
present that the money the victims of Hurricane R-Va. own party. to work will be clarified in friends in an Alabama
the coming days. plane crash had his own
“Grateful my Mom dis- key to the aircraft and had
Governor sues NCAA over Penn State sanctions charged from the hospi- flown it many times, his
tal and is heading home,” mother said Wednesday,
the secretary’s daughter denying authorities’ as-
■■Corbett asks out the sanctions, which courts have allowed the or- cut in the number of foot- Chelsea wrote on Twitter. sertion that the plane had
include an unprecedented ganization broad powers to ball scholarships the uni- “Even more grateful her been taken without per-
for reversal $60 million fine and a four- protect the integrity of col- versity can award and a re- medical team (is) confi- mission.
year ban on bowl games, lege athletics. writing of the record books dent she’ll make a full re- Sherrie Smith said her
of penalties arguing that the measures In a statement, the NCAA to erase 14 years of victories covery.” son Jordan Smith, 17, was
have harmed students, busi- said the lawsuit has no mer- under Paterno. the one flying the plane
colorAdo
By Mark Scolforo ness owners and others who it and called it an “affront” The lawsuit represents that went down in the
Associated Press had nothing to do with San- to Sandusky’s victims. a reversal by the governor. Theater offends Alabama woods Tuesday
dusky’s crimes. Penn State said it had no When Penn State’s presi- night.
some victims’ kin
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In a bold “A handful of top NCAA role in the lawsuit. It agreed dent consented to the sanc- The Federal Avia-
challenge to the NCAA’s officials simply inserted not to sue in accepting the tions, Corbett, a member of tion Administration said
powers, Pennsylvania’s themselves into an issue sanctions, which were im- the board of trustees, em- DENVER — Relatives of the Piper PA 30 crashed
governor claimed in a law- they had no authority to po- posed in July after an in- braced them as part of the those killed at a Colorado less than a mile from the
suit Wednesday that col- lice under their own bylaws vestigation found that foot- university’s effort to repair movie theater rejected an Walker County Airport in
lege sports’ governing body and one that was clearly be- ball coach Joe Paterno and the damage. invitation Wednesday to Jasper, which is northwest
overstepped its authority ing handled by the justice other top officials hushed Corbett said he waited attend its planned reopen- of Birmingham.
and “piled on” when it pe- system,” Corbett said. up sexual-abuse allegations until now to sue over the ing, calling it a “disgusting Smith said the owner of
nalized Penn State over the The case, filed under against Sandusky, a former “harsh penalties” because offer” that came at a ter- the plane had let her son
Jerry Sandusky child moles- federal antitrust law, could member of Paterno’s staff, he wanted to thoroughly re- rible time — right after the fly it many other times and
tation scandal. define just how far the for more than a decade for search the legal issues and first Christmas without had given him his own key.
Gov. Tom Corbett asked NCAA’s authority extends. fear of bad publicity. did not want to interfere their loved ones.
that a federal judge throw Up to now, the federal The penalties include a with the football season. The parents, grandpar- Wire reports
Mubarak
Around the world
knew of
SyriA were put out unofficially by
people who are not known.
American journalist
crackdown,
weSt bAnk
missing since Nov.
Bedouins ordered
report says
An American journalist
to leave by military
has been missing in Syria
since he was kidnapped
more than one month ago, KHIRBET AL-MEITEH — The Is- By Sarah El Deeb
his family said Wednes- raeli military Wednesday Associated Press
day, less than two years ordered dozens of Pales-
after he was held by gov- tinian Bedouins to leave CAIRO — An Egyptian
ernment forces in Libya their communities so it fact-finding mission deter-
while covering that coun- could conduct military mined that Hosni Mubarak
try’s civil war. exercises in a remote area watched the uprising
The family of James of the West Bank. against him through a
Foley, of Rochester, N.H., The military said the live TV feed at his palace,
said he was kidnapped order was temporary, and despite his denial that he
in northwest Syria by that the Palestinians were knew the extent of the pro-
unknown gunmen on living illegally in closed tests and crackdown against
Thanksgiving Day. military zones. them, a member of the mis-
Foley, 39, has worked in The Bedouins say they sion said Wednesday.
a number of conflict zones have lived in the area for The mission’s findings
around the Middle East, decades. While the army increase pressure for a
including Syria, Libya and has issued temporary associated press retrial of the 84-year-old
Iraq. He was contributing evacuation orders in the this aunthenticated citizen journalism image shows a fire burning Wednesday at the site of a ousted president, who is al-
videos to Agence France- past, Bedouins say they syrian government airstrike on a gas station in the eastern damascus suburb of Mleiha, syria. ready serving a life sentence
Press while in Syria. have increased in fre- activists say dozens have been killed or wounded. for the deaths of 900 pro-
Foley’s disappearance quency, and they charge testers. But its report could
highlights the risks to re- the practice is meant to U.N. puts Syrian war’s body hold both political gains and
porters seeking to cover pressure them to leave dangers for his successor,
the civil war from inside their homes. Mohammed Morsi. A new
Syria. prosecution of Mubarak
venezuelA count at upward of 60,000
would be popular, since
ivory coASt
Opposition insists many Egyptians were an-
Tree trunks cause gered that he was convicted
on Chavez update
■■Death toll airstrikes on restive areas Syria’s conflict began in only for failing to stop the
of deadly stampede
around the capital. March 2011 with protests killing of protesters.
CARACAS — Venezuela’s is higher in A missile from a fighter calling for political change But the report also im-
ABIDJAN — Survivors of a opposition demanded jet hit a gas station in the but has evolved into a full- plicates the military and
stampede in Ivory Coast that the government re- recent months suburb of Mleiha, killing scale civil war. security officials in pro-
that killed 61 people, most veal specifics of President or wounding dozens of As the rebels have grown tester deaths. Any move
of them children and teen- Hugo Chavez’s condition By Ben Hubbard people who were trapped more organized, seizing to prosecute them could
agers, after a New Year’s Wednesday, criticizing and Frank Jordans in burning piles of debris, territory in the north and spark a backlash from
Eve fireworks display said secrecy surrounding the Associated Press activists said. establishing footholds powerful officials in Mor-
Wednesday that make- ailing leader’s health more Gruesome online video around Damascus, the gov- si’s government.
shift barricades stopped than three weeks after his BEIRUT — The United showed incinerated vic- ernment has stepped up its Rights activists said
them from moving along cancer surgery in Cuba. Nations gave a grim new tims — one still sitting use of airpower, launching they would watch careful-
a main boulevard, causing Opposition coalition count Wednesday of the astride a motorcycle — or daily airstrikes. ly how aggressively Morsi
the crush of people. leader Ramon Guillermo human cost of Syria’s civil bodies torn apart. The U.N.’s new count of pursues the evidence,
Ivory Coast police said Aveledo said at a news war, saying the death toll “He’s burning! The guy more than 60,000 deaths detailed by a fact-finding
unknown people put tree conference that the infor- has exceeded 60,000 in 21 is burning!” an off-camera since the start of the mission he commissioned.
trunks across the Bou- mation provided by gov- months — far higher than voice screamed in one vid- conflict is a third higher “This report should be
levard de la Republique ernment officials “contin- recent estimates by anti- eo over a flaming corpse. than recent estimates by part of the democratic
where the trampling took ues to be insufficient.” regime activists. It was unclear if the gov- anti-regime activists. One transformation of Egypt
place. Chavez has not been The day’s events illus- ernment had a military group, the Britain-based and restructuring of se-
“For security, because seen or heard from since trated the escalating vio- strategy for attacking the Syrian Observatory for curity agencies,” Ahmed
there were so many im- the Dec. 11 operation, and lence that has made recent gas station. At least one of Human Rights, says more Ragheb, a member of the
portant people at the event, Vice President Nicolas months the deadliest of the the wounded wore a mili- than 45,000 people have commission and a rights
we closed certain main Maduro on Tuesday said conflict: As rebels pressed tary-style vest often used by been killed. lawyer, told The Associ-
streets,” said a police of- the president’s condition a strategy of attacking air- rebel fighters. Human rights “The number of ca- ated Press. “At the end of
ficer who was overheard remained “delicate” due ports and pushing the fight groups and anti-regime ac- sualties is much higher the day, there will be no
briefing Ivory Coast Presi- to complications from a closer to President Bashar tivists say Assad’s forces than we expected, and is national reconciliation
dent Alassane Outtara on respiratory infection. Assad’s stronghold in Da- often make little effort to truly shocking,” U.N. High without revealing the
the incident. The police mascus, the government avoid civilian casualties Commissioner for Human truth, and ensuring ac-
officer said the tree trunks Wire reports responded with deadly when bombing rebel areas. Rights Navi Pillay said. countability.”
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Gleaner Jr. Celebrating
young people’s
achievements,
creativity and vision
Henderson County High School students of the month
Special to The Gleaner ■■Daniel Steiner, a sophomore
and the son of Steve and Laura
Twelve Henderson County Steiner, is a member of the
High School students were hon- football and baseball teams, Y-
ored as December students of Club, Kentucky Youth Assembly,
the month: Health Occupations Students of
■■Hannah Bullock, a senior America and his church youth
and the daughter of Trent and group. He enjoys reading and
Cathy Bullock, is a member of spending time with friends.
Health Occupations Students of ■■Shelby Buckman, a freshman
America, National Honor Soci- and the daughter of Jim and Ju-
ety, Cotillion and the cross coun- lie Buckman, is a member of the
try, track and swim teams. In her marching band, academic team,
spare time, she enjoys shopping, wind ensemble and her church
exercising, going to the movies youth group. She was active in
and spending time with friends National History Day and en-
and family. joys reading and practicing the
■■Keileen Chappell, a senior trumpet.
and the son of Michelle Chap- ■■Taylor Clapp, a freshman
pell, is a member of the football and the son of Brett and Leigh
and track teams and he helps Darrin Phegley / The gleaner Ann Clapp, plays the trombone
record varsity basketball games. henderson County high School’s December students of the month are, front row from left: Caroline Davis, Maci in the marching band and is a
He serves as an usher at his Brown, elizabeth gabbert, lindsey Critser, Morgan Brady and Shelby Buckman. Back row: Daniel Steiner, Keileen member of the wind ensemble
church and enjoys skateboard- Chappell, hannah Bullock, Cassidy Carroll, Taylor Clapp and Carly Conley. and all-district band. He is ac-
ing and playing video games. tive in his church and National
■■Elizabeth Gabbert, a senior wind ensemble, chamber choir, the daughter of Tresia and Kenny also plays on a travel softball History Day. In his spare time,
and the daughter of Carol and Spanish Club and her church Critser, is a member of Leo Club, team and enjoys playing sports he enjoys reading, playing mu-
Larry Gabbert, is a member of youth group. She enjoys playing the volleyball team, her church and spending time with friends sic, serving the community,
the Student Ambassadors, Na- her clarinet and listening to music. youth group and the JROTC color and family. going on mission trips and
tional Honor Society and her ■■Cassidy Carroll, a junior and guard, rifle team and drill team. ■■Caroline Davis, a sopho- spending time with family and
church youth group. She helps the daughter of Rob and Tammy She enjoys scrapbooking, watch- more and the daughter of Scott friends.
teach Sunday school and enjoys Carroll, is a member of the band, ing movies and playing board and Pam Davis, takes tap, ballet, ■■Carly Conley, a freshman
shopping, camping, boating, wind ensemble, swim team and games with her family. pointe, jazz and modern dance and the daughter of Kim and
babysitting, visiting family and Spanish Club. She participates in ■■Maci Brown, a sophomore lessons and participates in her Cary Conley, is a member of the
spending time with friends. Engage Henderson and enjoys and the daughter of Nicky and church youth group’s leadership band, wind ensemble and her
■■Morgan Brady, a junior and reading, shopping and spending Danette Brown, is a member of team. She enjoys reading, swim- church youth group. She enjoys
the daughter of Gwen Brady, is time with friends. the basketball and softball teams ming and spending time with horseback riding, writing, sing-
a member of the marching band, ■■Lindsey Critser, a junior and and her church youth group. She friends and family. ing and drama.
Financial aid session
HCHS Career
and Technical Unit slated Jan. 13 at HCC
students of the month
Gleaner staff
Special to The Gleaner Henderson Community
College will host a finan-
Twelve students enrolled in classes cial aid session on Jan. 13
in Henderson County High School’s for area high school se-
Career and Technical Education Unit niors and their families.
were honored as November students of College Goal Sunday
the month: will take place in Rooms
■■Wesley McRoy, a carpentry student 309 and 311 of the Sullivan
and the son of Cathy Lawless, plans to Technology Center on the
become a heating and air specialist. HCC campus from 2 to 4
■■Tristan Carlo, an engineering stu- p.m.
dent and son of Alex and Lisa Kellen, is For more information,
a member of Future Business Leaders of call the HCC Financial Aid
America and the baseball team. He plans Office at 831-9628.
a career as a biomedical engineer. PhoTo FurniSheD
■■Austin Mayfield, a business student, CTe students of the month for november are,
serves as president of Colonels Corner front row from left: hope Whitledge, emily
Redbanks
Bank, vice president of Future Business Woolridge and ashley atwood. Standing:
Leaders of America and is a member of Caleb norris (gray jacket), Tristan Carlo,
the track team. He plans to attend the Uni- Justin Cessna, austin Mayfield, Jake Polivick,
versity of Kentucky and major in business Corey Duncan, Dylan Fox, Wesley Mcroy and
and/or law. Jacob Beard. Nursing Facility
■■Emily Woolridge, a health science stu-
dent and daughter of Paul Woolridge and runner-up and all-state teams. He plans
Susan Thomas, serves as an officer in the a career in criminal justice.
local chapter of Health Occupations Stu- ■■Ashley Atwood, a student in market-
Awarded the Honor of
dents of America. She plans to become a ing and the daughter of Tina Madden and
registered nurse. Kevin Atwood, plans a career in comput-
■■Caleb Norris, an information tech- ers or with her own business. 2012 KAHCF Western District
nology student and the son of Nikki and ■■Jake Polivick, a student in agricul-
Brian Norris, plans a career as a website ture and son of Jennifer Bennett and Ty
coder, builder and designer. Polivick, is active in the school agricul- Facility of the Year
■■Hope Whitledge, a family consumer ture department and a past archery team
science student and daughter of Michelle member. He plans a career in business
and Tim Alderson, plans to work in a day- management.
care. ■■Corey Duncan, a CTE math student
■■Dylan Fox, a student in graphic arts and the son of Chasidy and Darryl Dun-
and the son of Rhonda and Brendan Fox, can, is planning a career as a game de-
is a member of Skills USA. He plans a signer.
career in graphic design and/or music ■■Jacob Beard, an automotive student
production. and the son of John Beard, is a member
■■Justin Cessna, a student in machine of Future Business Leaders of America
tool and the son of Kathy and Tony Cess- and the football and archery teams. He
na, is a member of the baseball team, plans to graduate from Ivy Tech State
where he has been named to all-district, Community College and then join the
all-regional, academic, all-state, state Marine Corps.
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THE GLEANER « Thursday, January 3, 2013 « 7A
NatioN
Woman takes gay marriage fight to Supreme Court
By Larry Neymeister brought sharp criticism Windsor met by chance at sures not only in the
Associated Press from a sister. parties and usually to the workplace and in society
For a time, she was mar- frustration of their dates. at large, but also from
NEW YORK — At age 83, ried to a man she consid- It was not until the family and friends,” she
Edith Windsor gets plen- ered her hero after he left spring of 1965 that they added. “Like countless
ty of compliments for her the Army just as she was got together. Windsor sug- other same-sex couples,
courage to take on the about to enter college. But gested they date for a year we engaged in a constant
federal government in a she told him she was gay, and consider engagement struggle to balance our
landmark case that has and they eventually di- for another year if that love for one another and
put attitudes about gay vorced. went well. our desire to live openly
America squarely before In the early 1950s, she And, as she said in an and with dignity, on the
the Supreme Court. moved to New York City affidavit in her court case, one hand, with our fear of
But the Philadelphia- from Philadelphia and ob- Windsor told Spyer: “ ‘And disapproval and discrimi-
born former IBM execu- tained a master’s degree if it still feels this goofy nation from others on the
tive scoffs at how much in mathematics from New joyous, I’d like us to spend other.”
gumption was necessary York University in 1957. the rest of our lives togeth- In 1968, Spyer, a psy-
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to go to court at a time Edith Windsor has found some notoriety at age 83, as her She then joined IBM and er.’ And we did.” chologist, and Windsor
when societal views of gay challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act will be heard worked for 16 years in se- The engagement brought a small house
relationships are shifting. by the United States Supreme Court. nior technical and man- stretched for 40 years. together on New York’s
“The world has pro- agement positions. Spyer, worried an en- Long Island and traveled
gressed,” Windsor says. very important case. It’s marital deduction on Spy- In 1963, she met Spyer gagement ring would un- frequently.
“At the beginning of World bigger than marriage, and er’s estate. at a Greenwich Village intentionally reveal Wind- They hosted parties
War II, they really did I think marriage is major. That meant, she said, restaurant known for its sor’s sexual orientation to where Spyer displayed
think we had horns.” I think if we win, the ef- that she owed $363,053 in friendly attitude toward her IBM colleagues, gave her culinary skills and
Windsor’s lawsuit in fect will be the beginning taxes that she would not lesbians. Though they ar- her a circular diamond grew ever closer, a tight
federal court in Manhat- of the end of stigma.” have to pay if the law did rived with others, Spyer brooch she wears to this bond tested repeatedly af-
tan is one of two that the The court case was a not unconstitutionally dis- and Windsor were almost day. ter Spyer was diagnosed in
Supreme Court agreed to simple set of facts. Wind- criminate on the basis of inseparable on the dance “Our choice not to wear 1977 at age 45 with multiple
take up Dec. 7 when it an- sor maintained that the sexual orientation. floor that night and by traditional engagement sclerosis.
nounced it would hear ar- federal government’s in- The threat of discrimi- evening’s end, Windsor rings was just one of many Windsor, who had heart
guments over California’s sistence in the Defense of nation was not new. Early had danced a hole in her ways in which Thea and I trouble, said they went to
ban on same-sex unions Marriage Act that a mar- in her life, she kept her stockings. had to mold our lives to Toronto to marry when
and Windsor’s dispute riage can be only defined sexuality from her fam- The dancing marathons make our relationship in- they realized they might
about federal benefits for as a relationship between ily and friends, mindful of continued sporadically visible,” Windsor said in not live long enough to
legally married gay cou- a man and a woman meant the dangers. Eventually, over the next two years, her affidavit. wait for New York to ap-
ples. she was not entitled to a revelation of the truth usually when Spyer and “We both faced pres- prove same-sex marriages.
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PAyroll come taxes. Administration. Self-employed Economists and policy groups payroll break one of the more ef-
The payroll levy had been workers will similarly see pay- have, for months, been arguing fective ways of stimulating the
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reduced from 6.2 percent to 4.2 roll taxes increase by 2 percent- the merits of extending the re- economy because, as working
percent since the Obama ad- age points, from 10.4 percent to duced payroll tax. However, it families enjoy larger take home
expiring income tax breaks for ministration offered it in 2010 12.4 percent up to the same in- fell on deaf ears. There is little pay, they have had more mon-
families earning below $450,000 to help kick-start the economy come limit. evidence House Republicans or ey to spend. That, in turn, has
annually and gives lawmakers by providing workers with more Despite vows by the White the White House championed an helped boost businesses’ bot-
two more months to strike a deal take-home pay. House and Democrats and Re- extension. Why didn’t the White tom lines and spur the fragile
on spending cuts before deep re- The temporary measure was publicans in Congress to shield House contest the increase? In economic recovery.
ductions kick in. extended through last year, at middle-class Americans from short, the politics didn’t work. But now, the opposite is ex-
An all-but-certain round of an annual cost of $115 billion a an added income tax burden, Democrats for years have pre- pected to happen.
fighting is set to begin to deter- year in lost funding to the Social the payroll tax increase appar- ferred tax breaks more con- In an estimate to clients, Gold-
mine which federal programs Security Trust Fund. Now it will ently was accepted by the duel- centrated on helping the poor, man Sach’s chief economist Jan
will be slashed. Another fight revert to 6.2 percent. ing sides without fanfare. Rosenberg said. Also, even Hatzius said the payroll tax hike
looms over raising the debt ceil- Social Security’s financial What’s notable is that the hike though the tax break was paid could shave 0.6 percent from the
ing, essentially the government’s health wasn’t affected by the came despite Washington’s blus- for by general government rev- nation’s Gross Domestic Prod-
self-imposed credit-card limit. payroll tax cut, because the lost ter about not raising taxes — on enue, the program still appeared uct.
In reaching an agreement this revenue was ultimately paid for anyone, in the case of Republi- — to many — to be depleting So- Rosenberg said he thinks it’s
week, lawmakers said nothing by the government’s general cans, or on the middle class, as cial Security’s coffers. too early to tell exactly how
about the increase in the payroll funds, Rosenberg said. has been Democrats’ rallying The tax hike isn’t just a blow much the higher payroll tax will
tax, which partly funds Social The tax applies on an em- cry. But the sides were careful to working families. It will also hurt the economy, but he gener-
Security. Instead, they focused ployee’s first $113,700 of income, to specify income taxes as the be a shock to the economy. ally agrees that there will be a
on the fiscal cliff’s impact on in- according to the Social Security object of their distaste. Economists have considered the negative effect.
Cliff right said the new law dominated the Capitol.
How Kentucky lawmakers voted on the cliff
doesn’t do nearly enough Democrats and Republi-
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to tame the federal govern- cans from New York and
ment’s borrowing habits. New Jersey blasted Boeh-
Kentucky Congressional delegation was when they controlled the White House and
“Going over the cliff Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., ner for delaying legisla-
split on the fiscal cliff legislation, but those both levels of Congress.
would have put us on a bet- said Congress achieved tion that would provide
representing the Tri-county area mostly Whitfield said he voted against the
ter budget path,” Gale said. nothing “other than the $27 billion to $60 billion
voted against it. legislation “because the bill did not include
The fiscal cliff’s combi- smallest finger in a dike in federal aid to victims
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell the meaningful spending reductions we
nation of big tax increases that in fact has hundreds of Hurricane Sandy. The
voted for it, of course, since he helped need to control our exploding national debt.
and deep spending cuts negotiate the compromise. U.S. Sen. Rand Once again, we find ourselves promising to of holes in it.” sums would be added to
would have provided ma- Paul and U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield voted reduce spending at some future date while AFL-CIO President the deficit.
jor political leverage for against it. All three are Republicans. raising taxes and hurting small businesses Richard Trumka praised It’s easy to defend us-
both parties to achieve U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers was the only other in the meantime. The time is now to start elements of the deal. But ing public money to help
greater deficit reduction as Kentucky Republican to support it. reducing our $16 trillion federal debt he said that in postpon- Americans walloped by a
they worked to ease some, McConnell’s press secretary, Robert through spending cuts and comprehensive ing $1.2 trillion in spend- vicious storm. And that’s
but not all, of its bite. In Steurer, noted that without the compromise tax reform.” ing cuts over 10 years, and the heart of the govern-
fact, the whole point of the taxes on all Kentuckians would have gone Paul’s office did not respond to a request leaving the debt ceiling ment’s inability, or un-
congressionally created up, and that the bill avoids that fate for for comment after the legislation passed, unresolved, it is “setting willingness, to restrain its
cliff was to force the gov- about 99 percent of them. The bill raises but while it was still in negotiation he the stage for more fiscal borrowing ways.
ernment — which borrows income taxes only on those making more issued a statement that said: “Sending blackmail.” Every federal dollar, and
about 40 cents of every than $400,000, or $450,000 if a couple. more taxpayer dollars to Washington To be sure, Obama and every federal program, has
dollar it spends — to be- He pointed out the bill also makes isn’t the solution to this situation; cutting House Speaker John Boeh- avid supporters who can
permanent policies on capital gains income, wasteful government spending and enabling
gin a fiscal diet that would ner flirted at times with a defend their functions.
dividend income and the estate tax that Americans to keep more of their own money
spread the unpleasantness “grand bargain” that would And every sector can ex-
Republicans had been unable to achieve is.”
widely. include much larger tax in- plain why higher taxes
Instead, Congress and creases and spending cuts would burden struggling
the White House did what than those in the newly en- people at the lower end,
they almost always do. At Americans, the compro- That might have pro- which always stand ready acted law. And high-profile and “job creators” at the
the last minute they down- mise will raise tax rates duced an ugly scene, rat- to give money to the cam- groups such as the Simp- higher end.
sized their proposals, pro- only on incomes above tled the financial markets paign opponents of law- son-Bowles commission High levels of govern-
tecting nearly every sector $450,000 for couples and and sparked even more makers who displease also recommended tough ment service. Low levels
of society from serious $400,000 for individuals. partisan bitterness. But them. The AARP, just as combinations of tax hikes of taxation. Big deficits to
pain. That’s less than 1 percent any step toward major def- one example, used TV ads and spending cuts, calling make up the difference.
The accord leaves most of U.S. taxpayers. icit-reduction will trigger and other tactics through- them necessary even if po- That’s what Americans
government programs op- Obama had campaigned anger, threats and genu- out the fiscal cliff debate litically unpopular. have demanded and gotten
erating as usual, postpon- for thresholds of $200,000 ine discomfort for people to warn elected officials These ideas went no- from their federal govern-
ing yet again the threat of and $250,000. The fiscal who receive government not to touch Social Secu- where. ment for years.
serious reductions. cliff’s implementation services or pay taxes. In rity and Medicare, even Less than 12 hours after The agreement by
Aside from the payroll would have made it nearly other words, everyone. though those programs the House’s New Year’s Obama and Congress to
tax increase, which drew impossible for Republicans And such steps can constitute a major portion Day vote for the fiscal spare Americans the pain
little debate even though it to stop him, if Democrats ignite opposition from of federal spending. compromise, renewed de- of a fiscal cliff is right in
affects almost all working had held their ground. powerful interest groups, Activists on the left and mands for deficit spending line with that tradition.
College their spouse if married,
untaxed income records,
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current business records
and, if they are not a U.S.
an instructor’s podium citizen, their alien reg-
and screen, and an out- istration or permanent
door projection unit to residency card. Students
connect students with the should know their Social
information they need to Security number.
research, pursue and suc- Heath encourages stu-
ceed in their educational dents to complete the
endeavors beyond high FAFSA forms and submit
school. them to get as much money
Students will be able to as possible.
work on their Free Appli- “Nowadays so many
cation for Federal Student high school graduates
Aid, apply to colleges and need to have this next step
search for scholarship in- of education,” Heath said.
formation at the roadshow. “We want to make sure
Casi Clark, the KHEAA they can afford that. That’s
Outreach Counselor, will why it’s so vital to get the
be available from 1-7 p.m. FAFSA information filled
at the high school to meet out, so they can go onto
with parents who need as- that next step and accom-
sistance with applying for plish their goals after high
FAFSA. Andrew Zeller, school.”
Henderson Community Last year, the state ran
College’s director of finan- out of FAFSA funding dur-
cial aid, will also conduct a ing the first week of Feb-
parent night regarding the ruary in 2012. The state
FAFSA. projects the money will
Parents should have run out by the last week of
the following informa- January this year, she said. ASSOCIATED PRESS
tion on hand to fill out Even students who don’t Bales of corn stalks are covered with a dusting of snow near La Vista, Neb. Exerts say it will take an absurd amount of snow to
the FAFSA forms: So- think they meet eligibility ease the drought woes of farmers and ranchers.
cial Security number, requirement should fill out
driver’s license, W2 or the forms because they
other records of money may still qualify, Heath Snow out of this world it wouldn’t make rivers and lakes that supply power
earned, tax returns of said. much scientific sense (to guess). It plants and households grew shal-
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would take a record-breaking snow- lower.
fall for the season to get us back on South Dakota’s biggest city im-
deAth another Sandy Hook school than 15 inches of snow on parts of the track.” posed its first water restrictions since
massacre happens here in Midwest and East in recent weeks. That’s why Schwarz is worried 2003 as the Big Sioux River, which
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Kentucky and the killer Climatologists say it would take at about his 750 acres near Lexington in recharges its aquifers, dropped. Ho-
survives, Kentuckians want least 8 feet of snow — and likely far south-central Nebraska. To save his meowners were limited to watering
penalty. They called the the death penalty as an op- more — to return the soil to its pre- corn last summer, he pulled water lawns once a week. Washing outdoor
death penalty “a risky, ar- tion, and rightfully so.” drought condition in time for spring from deep wells and other sources in surfaces like sidewalks, driveways
bitrary, unfair, ineffective Boone County Common- planting. A foot of snow is roughly his irrigation district, but the alfalfa and parking lots was banned.
and costly distraction from wealth’s Attorney Linda equal to an inch of water, depending he couldn’t irrigate died, something “This is the driest year in our
justice,” and urged Ken- Tally Smith said most pros- on density. he’s never had happen before. town’s history since the early 1950s,”
tucky to follow the lead of ecutors want to the death Many areas are begging for mois- The soil was so dry he didn’t even Mayor Mike Huether said as 2012
other states that have re- penalty as an option for “the ture after a summer that caused wa- try to sow winter wheat, a crop that’s drew to a close.
jected capital punishment. worst of the worst.” ter levels to fall to near-record lows planted in the fall and goes dormant With just 5 inches of snow and
Kentucky has executed Smith declined to pre- on lakes Michigan and Huron. The over winter, relying on snow as a some rain so far this winter, the con-
three people since the dict how Rollins’ bill Mississippi River has declined so protective blanket. servation efforts will be back in place
reinstatement of capital would fare. But she point- much that barge traffic south of St. “If we don’t get snow, we’d better for 2013 “unless we get one heck of
punishment in 1976, two ed out that lawmakers al- Louis could soon come to a halt. Out get rain this spring or we’re done,” a snowfall and bust this drought,”
by lethal injection and one ready have a busy agenda West, firefighters worry that a lack of Schwarz said. Huether said.
in the electric chair. for a legislative session snow will leave forests and fields like The 150 inches — more than 12 feet Western states rely on snow and
“If Kentuckians wanted that’s scheduled to last 30 tinder come spring, risking a repeat — isn’t likely to materialize. That ice that accumulate in the mountains
to do away with the death days. They will attempt to of the wildfires that burned some 9.2 would be about four times the av- during the winter for as much as 80
penalty, they would elect reform the state’s pension million acres in 2012. erage winter snowfall in Chicago, a percent of their freshwater for the
legislators who run on a system for government Scores of cities that have already city famous for its storms. Schwarz’s year, according to the Department
platform of doing away retirees, update the state’s enacted water restrictions are think- area usually gets about 29.5 inches of of Agriculture’s Natural Resources
with it,” said Kenton Coun- tax code, and possibly ing about what they will do in 2013 if snow during the winter. As of Dec. Conservation Service. The melting
ty Commonwealth’s Attor- deal with the politically heavy snows and spring rains don’t 27, it had just 6.5 inches. snowpack replenishes streams, riv-
ney Rob Sanders. “No one divisive issue of redraw- materialize. Even if a massive storm devel- ers and reservoirs and provides wa-
runs on that platform, not ing boundary lines around For a while, it seemed no snow oped, the temperature would have ter for cities and crops.
even the handful that file legislative districts. would come. Midwestern cities in- to be right for farmers to benefit. If Still, climatologists caution that it’s
this legislation every year, “There are so many big cluding Chicago, Milwaukee and snow melts on frozen ground, the too early in the winter to give up hope.
because it doesn’t represent items on their plate for this Des Moines, Iowa, had their latest water will run off into rivers and “We could be singing a different
the views of most Kentuck- session that I personally first snows on record. How much streams, instead of being absorbed tune this winter if a storm system
ians. The sad truth of our would have a hard time would it take to make things right? into the soil. cooperates,” said Dave Robinson, a
society is the death pen- seeing that they would “An amount nobody would wish Runoff would be welcome in Rutgers University geography pro-
alty is a necessary punish- devote that much time to on their worst enemy,” said David Sioux Falls, S.D., which was among fessor who’s also the New Jersey
ment for society’s most evil (the death penalty),” Smith Pearson, a National Weather Service countless communities that clamped state climatologist. “Sometimes you
criminals. If, God forbid, said. hydrologist in Omaha, Neb. “It’s so down on water use last summer as get what you wish for.”
Thursday, January 3, 2013 Section B
n Retiring Raven: Ray
Lewis, a 13-time Pro Bowl
pick, will retire following Bal-
Sports timore’s final playoff game
this season. 2B
Harrow leads UK in rout of E. Michigan
n Point guard shines
in Wildcats’ 90-38 win
By James Pennington to work to rebuild rapport
Associated Press with his teammates.
It took him four games
LEXINGTON — As Kentucky to work back into the start-
point guard Ryan Harrow ing lineup. In four games
continues to improve, so since being re-inserted
do the young Wildcats. into the Wildcats’ starting
Harrow, a sophomore, five, Harrow has averaged
finished with 15 points, a 17 points and 4.3 assists per
season-best eight assists game. In those four games,
and four steals in a 90-38 he has six turnovers as
win over Eastern Michi- the team’s primary ball-
gan on Wednesday night handler.
in the Wildcats’ final non- Harrow was 5 of 8 from
conference game. the floor Wednesday, in-
Harrow’s season — his cluding a 4-of-5 perfor-
first eligible to play at Ken- mance from 3-point range.
tucky (9-4) after transfer- Kentucky coach John
ring from North Carolina Calipari said he’s pleased
State — has been up and with his point guard’s con-
down. It began with a thud, tinued development, and
with Harrow scoring no he was particularly happy
points in 10 minutes in with Harrow’s efforts on
the season opener against defense.
Maryland. “Wow, how about that
He then missed the next today? It wasn’t even the
four games, one with flu- steals,” Calipari said.
like symptoms and the “He played, he compet-
next three attending to an ed, he battled, and he got
James Crisp/assoCiated press undisclosed family matter. punched in the face today
eastern michigan’s Jamell Harris, top, and Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-stein go after a loose ball during the first half of Wednes- When he returned to the
day’s game at rupp arena in Lexington. team, Harrow said he had See WildcATS, 2B
Louisville runs past Providence 80-62 Petrino hires
former U of L
n Offense reigns in Big East opener
assistants as
By Gary Graves shooting percentage this open by hitting 15 of 24 in
coordinators
Associated Press season along with five the final 20 minutes. The
players scoring in double Cardinals had 22 assists.
LOUISVILLE — As Louis- figures. Center Gorgui Kadeem Batts had 17
ville maintains its tough Dieng posted his 14th ca- points to lead Providence The Associated Press
defensive reputation, the reer double-double with (8-5, 0-1)), which shot 46
fourth-ranked Cardinals 11 points and 11 rebounds, percent in falling to 0-7 BOWLING GREEN — Western
are building a nice offen- adding four blocks. all-time in Louisville. Kentucky coach Bobby
sive game as well. Forward Luke Hancock Though avoiding a post- Petrino has hired Jeff
Wednesday night’s Big also had 11 points along Kentucky lull was part of Brohm and Nick Holt to be
East Conference opener with a career-high eight Louisville’s agenda, its his coordinators. Brohm
against Providence was a rebounds. Chane Behanan main objective was start- will lead the Hilltoppers’
perfect example. shook off the flu to score 10 ing off its conference offense, Holt the defense.
Russ Smith came off the points as did senior guard schedule on a high note. “To be able to announce
bench to score 23 points Peyton Siva, who contrib- And nearly a year after Jeff Brohm and Nick Holt
and Louisville shot 63 uted eight assists as the being routed by the Fri- as our two coordinators
percent in the second half Cardinals (13-1, 1-0) won ars with a combination of makes this a very, very
to run away from Provi- their eighth straight. Providence’s fine play and good day for me,” said
dence 80-62. The Cardi- Louisville’s complete Louisville’s poor perfor- Petrino, hired Dec. 10 to
nals finished at 53 percent effort made a believer mance, Pitino did not want replace Willie Taggart af-
from the field (30 of 57), of Providence coach Ed a repeat, especially on the ter he left to become head
the fourth time this sea- Cooley. Cardinals’ home court. coach at South Florida.
son they have shot at least “I think our team just “We put it behind us, The hires round out
50 percent and the fourth played the best team in especially after the Final Petrino’s staff. He an-
straight game they have the country,” Cooley said. Four run,” Behanan said. nounced the hiring of
converted at least 48 per- “I’ve scouted every game “But once this season seven position coaches on
cent of their attempts. that they have played this started and we got close Tuesday.
Making this perfor- year and they have a lot of to Big East play, he (Pi- Brohm, who will also
mance more satisfying different answers, a lot of tino) started to bring it up timotHy d. easLey/assoCiated press have the titles of assistant
for Louisville was doing experience. and he kept saying that we Louisville’s Gorgui dieng, right, goes up to block a shot by head coach and quarter-
it against a tough Big East “They play at a great didn’t want to make the providence’s Kadeem Batts during the second half of Wednes- backs coach, comes to
foe such as Providence, pace. They use their depth. same mistakes, especially day’s game in Louisville. WKU after serving last
which routed the Cardi- It seems like their players at home. We just had to season as Alabama-Bir-
nals by 31 points last Jan. know their roles. They come out focused.” Behanan was consid- Vincent Council answered mingham’s offensive coor-
10 in Rhode Island. were fun to watch, even to It didn’t happen as Lou- ered doubtful for Lou- from beyond the arc, creat- dinator and quarterbacks
“We’re continuing to scout.” isville played well at both isville with the flu but ing unease from a crowd coach. He also served as
win with offense,” Lou- Louisville, coming off ends. managed to start, though of 21,305. Petrino’s quarterbacks
isville coach Rick Pitino Saturday’s 80-77 victory The biggest question for he seemed less energetic Just as quickly, the Car- coach at Louisville from
said. “Once our defense over archrival Kentucky, both teams was whether than usual. dinals found their rhythm 2003-06.
catches up with our of- didn’t let down against they would be at full The same could be said and tied the game with a Brohm’s younger
fense, we have a chance to Providence. Motivated strength. for the Cardinals’ early 15-5 run. brother, Brian, threw for
be a special team.” by the memory of last Providence guard Bryce play. Providence took two a school-record 30 touch-
The Cardinals were season’s road loss to the Cotton was a game-time Providence scored the brief leads soon after but downs in 2007 when Jeff
pretty stout defending the Friars, the Cardinals re- decision because of a first eight points against Louisville was in high gear served as the Cardinals’
Friars, scoring 27 points sponded by handing Prov- sore knee that sidelined the out-of-sync Cardinals on both ends, especially assistant head coach and
off 16 turnovers. Louisville idence its worst defeat of him from Friday’s loss to before Smith, replaced in on defense. The Cardinals passing game coordinator.
had 10 steals, compared to the season. Brown. But the Big East’s the starting lineup by Kev- turned up the pressure “I have a past with coach
just one for Providence. After hitting 15 of 33 leading scorer (22.0 points in Ware, hit a 3-pointer. and ended the half with 19 Petrino,” Brohm said. “I
The Cardinals’ payoff for a 37-31 halftime lead, per game) started and had But the Friars quickly in- points off 11 turnovers, help- have a great deal of respect
was their second-best Louisville broke the game 11 points in the first half. creased their lead to 10 as ing them take a 37-31 lead. for his ability as a coach,
what he believes in. ... I
wanted to get a chance to
Louisville shocks Florida get back and work with
him.”
Petrino said he’ll handle
33-23 to win Sugar Bowl
offensive game day play-
calling duties himself, but
Brohm will have major in-
The Associated Press sweet win for Cardinals put during the week.
coach Charlie Strong — Holt joins the Hilltop-
NEW ORLEANS — Terell he was Florida’s defensive pers after a year as Arkan-
Floyd returned an inter- coordinator before leaving sas’ on-campus recruiting
ception 38 yards for a after the 2009 season and coordinator. He was defen-
touchdown on the first taking over Louisville. sive coordinator at Wash-
play, dual-threat quarter- Down 33-10 midway ington from 2009-11 and
back Teddy Bridgewater through the fourth period, Southern California from
directed several scoring the one-loss power from 2006-08, and Idaho’s head
drives and No. 22 Louis- the Southeastern Confer- coach from 2004-05.
ville surprised No. 4 Flor- ence tried to rally late on a Holt was defensive line
ida 33-23 Wednesday night 100-yard kickoff return by coach at Louisville in 1998,
in the Sugar Bowl. Andre Debose and a short when Petrino was the Car-
Shaking off an early touchdown pass in the dinals’ offensive coordina-
hit that flattened him and closing minutes. Florida tor.
knocked off his helmet, got no closer. Holt replaces Lance
Bridgewater came back Among Bridgewater’s Guidry, who wasn’t re-
to throw TD passes to throws was a pinpoint, 15- tained by Petrino after he
DeVante Parker and Da- yard timing toss that Parker took over head coaching
mian Copeland. acrobatically grabbed as he duties last week.
The two-touchdown un- touched one foot down in “I think (WKU) is an
derdogs from the Big East the corner of the end zone. BiLL HaBer/assoCiated press up-and-coming place, a
took a 14-0 lead in the first His other scoring strike Florida linebacker Jon Bostic, right, hits Louisville quarterback teddy Bridgewater hard sleeping giant,” Holt said.
quarter and were never went to Damian Copeland enough to dislodge his helmet during the first quarter of Wednesday’s sugar Bowl in New “I think a lot of neat things
caught. It certainly was a from 19 yards. orleans. can happen here.”
2B » Thursday, January 3, 2013 » THE GLEANER
SportS
Lewis will retire following playoffs Duke beats
Davidson
■■Ravens star wants to watch sons play football draft, Lew- to remain
is became
a fixture
By David Ginsburg Indianapolis Colts in what said. “My children have I can’t miss that.” at middle undefeated
Associated Press will almost certainly be made the ultimate sacri- Lewis was the AP De- linebacker
his final home game. fice for their father for 17 fensive Player of the Year — and a
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ray “Everything that starts years. I don’t want to see in 2000, the same season beloved fig-
Lewis spent 17 seasons has an end,” the 37-year- them do that no more. I’ve he was voted Super Bowl ure in Bal- The Associated Press
instilling fear in his oppo- old Lewis said. “For me, done what I wanted to do MVP following Baltimore’s Ray timore. He
nents while serving as an today, I told my team that in this business, and now 34-7 rout of the New York Lewis remained CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan
inspirational leader for the this will be my last ride.” it’s my turn to give them Giants. Lewis was also De- that way Kelly scored 18 points to
Baltimore Ravens. Lewis will walk away something back.” fensive Player of the Year in even after help No. 1 Duke remain un-
Now he’s poised and ea- from the game because That’s why Lewis will 2003, and is the only player his alleged involvement beaten with a 67-50 victory
ger to become a full-time he wants to spend more pull off his No. 52 uniform in NFL history with at least in a double-murder in At- over Davidson on Wednes-
dad. time with his sons. While for the last time after the 40 career sacks and 30 in- lanta in early 2000. day night.
Lewis announced working to return from Ravens lose or claim their terceptions. In June of that year, a Quinn Cook scored 15
Wednesday he will end his his injury, Lewis watched second Super Bowl title. “I never played the judge approved a deal al- points and Mason Plum-
brilliant NFL career after two of his boys play on the “It’s either (that or) hold game for individual stats,” lowing Lewis to avoid mur- lee scored eight of his 10
the Ravens complete their same high school football onto the game and keep Lewis said. “I only played der charges and jail time in the second half for the
2013 playoff run. team in Florida. He intends playing and let my kids the game to make my team by pleading guilty to a mis- Blue Devils (13-0), who
Lewis has been side- to see Ray Lewis III per- miss out on times we can be a better team.” demeanor and testifying are one of only four unde-
lined since Oct. 14 with form as a freshman next spending together,” Lewis Lewis has been with against two co-defendants. feated teams remaining in
a torn right triceps. The year for the University of said. “Because I always the Ravens since they Within a year, Lewis was Division I.
13-time Pro Bowl middle Miami, where the elder promised my son if he got moved from Cleveland. in the Super Bowl, leading The game was tied 29-
linebacker intends to re- Lewis starred. a full ride on scholarship After being drafted 26th the Ravens to their only all at halftime before Duke
turn Sunday to face the “God is calling,” Lewis Daddy is going to be there, overall in Baltimore’s first NFL championship. opened the second half
with a 12-0 run.
Luck wants to make most of first playoff game PurDue 68
No. 11 IllINoIs 61
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —
Terone Johnson scored a
career-high 25 points and
■■Colts QB has grown up during rookie season D.J. Byrd spurred a key
19-3 second-half run for
Purdue.
By Michael Marot out a pick — the kind of to be the league’s worst, The Boilermakers (7-6)
Associated Press numbers Luck has been finished with the league’s are above .500 for the first
striving for all season. best record (9-1) in one- time this season and have
INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew “I guess it was a sore possession games and won eight straight over the
Luck spent his rookie sea- spot for the offense,” broke the franchise record Fighting Illini.
son dealing with the harsh Luck said. “I know a lot of for rushing touchdowns by
realities of the NFL. games, I felt like those in- a quarterback (five). No. 7 syrAcuse 78
The hand-picked suc- terceptions, fumbles really He also threw more ruTGers 53
cessor to Peyton Manning killed any momentum we passes (627) and for more SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Jim Boe-
took the hard knocks with had or killed our chance yards (4,374) than any first- heim notched his 903rd
a smile, dusted himself off to win. It’s something you year quarterback in league career victory, breaking
and emerged as the tough, focus on as a quarterback, history while breaking the a tie with Bob Knight for
talented competitor In- limiting turnovers. I wish single-game rookie record second all-time among Di-
dianapolis coaches and maybe it could have come for yards passing (433) DaRRon Cummings/assoCiateD PRess vision I men’s coaches, and
scouts expected when they a little sooner but glad to and falling 15 completions indianapolis quarterback andrew Luck throws while pres- No. 7 Syracuse rolled past
drafted him with the No. 1 stay away from the in- short of Sam Bradford’s sured by Whitney mercilus of the Houston texans during Rutgers in the Big East
overall pick. terceptions the last few rookie mark for comple- sunday’s game in indianapolis. opener for both teams.
“We know how tough he weeks.” tions (354 to 339). Boeheim, in his 37th sea-
is from a mental perspec- If Luck had cut down Luck finished third him. judged simply by wins son at Syracuse, trails only
tive. He’s going to study. the turnovers in October all-time among rookies “Ever since the first and losses, Luck is already Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski,
He’s going to prepare. We or November, perhaps the in TD passes (23), trail- day I saw him, he’s been among the league’s best. who has 940 victories.
know that,” coach Chuck Colts (11-5) would have ing only Peyton Manning a leader. He doesn’t really Only four quarter-
Pagano said Wednesday. taken the AFC South title and Russell Wilson (each get razzled or get nervous backs — Manning, Tom No. 8 ohIo sT. 70
“He’s unflappable, noth- and had a first-round bye with 26), and had a better or anxious or stuff like Brady, Matt Ryan and NeBrAskA 44
ing bothers him.” instead of a wild-card quarterback rating (76.5) that,” right tackle Winston Matt Schaub — won more COLUMBUS, Ohio — Deshaun
Not the 41 sacks, not the round date in Baltimore than Manning (71.2) or Justice said. “Did he grow games than the two-time Thomas outscored Ne-
late hits, not the dropped (10-6) on Sunday. John Unitas (74.0) in their some? Maybe, but I didn’t Heisman Trophy runner- braska in the first half
balls, not even the 18 in- But Indy can’t quibble rookie seasons. really see it. He’s been a up this season. Only two 18-17 and finished with 22
terceptions. Luck has ad- with what has been one of And Luck did all that good player since the first others, Wilson and Aaron points to lead No. 8 Ohio
justed. the league’s most remark- with six receivers who day he got here.” Rodgers, matched Luck’s State past the Cornhuskers
Despite completing able rookie seasons. had never lined up with Still, Luck’s comple- win total. in the Big Ten opener for
less than 50 percent of his Luck won more games the Colts until Septem- tion percentage is just Luck has beaten three both teams.
passes over the past three than any quarterback ber, despite the pressure 54.1, largely because the playoff teams (Minnesota,
weeks, he has avoided taken No. 1 in football’s of replacing Manning and Colts have taken so many Green Bay and Houston) No. 16 creIGhToN 79
throwing an interception modern draft era. He tied during a season in which chances down the field. He and like Joe Flacco, Mark IllINoIs sT. 72
in any of those games. an NFL record by lead- his offensive coordinator threw the third-most inter- Sanchez and T.J. Yates NORMAL, Ill. — Junior for-
He heads into his playoff ing Indianapolis to seven spent 12 weeks as the in- ceptions in the league (18) over the last several years, ward Ethan Wragge was 6
debut with five wins in fourth-quarter wins. He terim head coach before and lost five fumbles, too, will try to prove Sunday of 9 from 3-point range for
his last six games and a presided over a nine-game returning last week. mistakes Luck took per- that rookie quarterbacks his 18 points to lead No. 16
season-long streak of 105 turnaround from 2011 on a Luck never allowed any sonally. can win on the road in the Creighton.
consecutive passes with- team that many expected of that stuff to sidetrack But if quarterbacks are playoffs. Grant Gibbs had 16
points for the Bluejays.
Wildcats up for it. Eastern Michi- didn’t play the next play Harrow showed a few game off, and everything No. 17 BuTler 70
gan was 6 of 28 in the first like I preach all day, every short lapses of his former was good.” PeNN 57
from 1B
half, a cold stretch that day of the season. They al- self, a nonchalant and Harrow said he’s learned INDIANAPOLIS — Roosevelt
carried over well into the lowed the pressure to get flashy player that Calipari recently from Poythress, Jones scored a career-high
on a play and it didn’t af- second: The Eagles did not to them and once we made has since (mostly) trans- who went through a 24 points to lead No. 17
fect him. So I’m more than score for a combined 8:37 a few mistakes, they con- formed. At one point, struggling stretch of a few Butler over Penn for the
pleased.” of game-time that leaked tinued to make mistakes.” Harrow threw in what he games before his 16-point Bulldogs’ eighth consecu-
Kentucky (9-4) never more than 5 minutes into The Wildcats never re- called an “impulse” be- performance Wednesday. tive victory.
struggled against the Ea- the second half. lented, running their lead hind-the-back dribble. He Poythress’ experience and
gles (7-6), using nine un- By the time Jalen Ross to as large as 47 points quickly picked up the drib- his road map to recovering evANsvIlle 63
answered points to create dunked with 13:38 left before Calipari pulled his ble and tried to pass out as from it motivated Harrow MIssourI sT. 59
separation early and a 17-2 in the game to break the main rotation with about 2 a masking technique. He to work as hard, he said, EVANSVILLE — Troy Tay-
run midway through the scoreless streak, Eastern ½ minutes to play. threw the ball away and and it led to one of the best lor grabbed 19 rebounds,
first half to pull away. Michigan was down 53-17. Besides Harrow, four was quickly pulled. games of his season. and Egidijus Mockevicius
The Wildcats’ defense “They jumped in their other Kentucky players “Yeah, when I did the “(Poythress) had a real scored 18 points to help
did not allow Eastern press early and — just to also finished in double behind-the-back dribble, good practice yesterday, Evansville beat Missouri
Michigan to score on con- see that size and athleti- figures: Kyle Wiltjer (17 he took me out,” Harrow going hard and nobody State in overtime.
secutive possessions in the cism after a couple of plays points), Alex Poythress said. “Then he said, ‘If you had to tell him to go hard,” Among Taylor’s re-
first half. for our guys, they got con- (16), Julius Mays (13) and want to be cool, you can Harrow said. “We just bounds were 14 on the
The Eagles finished 24.2 fused,” Eastern Michigan Willie Cauley-Stein (11). sit over here.’ I said ‘OK, have to continue with that defensive end. Mockevi-
percent from the floor (15 coach Rob Murphy said. Nerlens Noel finished I’m not cool anymore. Let practice from yesterday, cius was 6 of 6 from the
of 62), digging themselves “They kind of lost a little with eight points, 13 re- me get back in the game.’ just keep going hard no field. Lewis Jones added
an early hole and forcing bit of confidence once they bounds, three blocks and And he put me right back matter who you’re play- 14 points, and Colt Ryan
shots in attempts to make turned the ball over and two steals. in. I was able to finish the ing.” had 13.