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January 17, 2013 HENDERSON, KENTUCKY © No. 15, 129th year 75¢
Big Rivers seeks big rate hike
kenergy
corp. presi-
dent and ceO
■■home customers could see $24 monthly increase
Greg Star-
heim, left,
and com-
munications By Chuck Stinnett permission to raise its the rate increase, if ap- He said Kenergy will work
and commu- [email protected] wholesale electric rates in proved, would boost retail to educate its customers
nity relations 270-831-8343 western Kentucky by $74.5 electric bills for a typical about ways they can re-
manager million per year starting residential customer of duce power consumption
Marty Littrel Substantial rate increas- in August, primarily to rural electric co-ops by to save money.
are seen dur- es to rural electric custom- make up for departure of $21.71 per month or 18.6 The rate increase
ing wednes- ers, the possible closure or its biggest customer, Cen- percent. That’s based on wouldn’t affect customers
day’s press sale of a power plant and tury Aluminum’s smelter usage of 1,300 kilowatt- of Henderson Municipal
conference increased uncertainty for in Hancock County this hours per month. Power and Light or Ken-
regarding Big the future of Rio Tinto August. However, Greg Starhe- tucky Utilities Co., which
rivers’ pro- Alcan’s Sebree aluminum In an application filed im, president and CEO of also serve portions of this
posed rate smelter are facing Hender- Tuesday with the Ken- the Kenergy Corp. electric area.
increase. son and western Kentucky. tucky Public Service Com- co-op based in Henderson, Rates for Rio Tinto Al-
Mike Lawrence Big Rivers Electric mission, Henderson-based put the impact even higher:
/ The GLeaner Corp. on Tuesday sought Big Rivers estimated that about $24 for a rural home. See RATES, 8A
Street Water hazard Obama
project declares
extensive
plans
gun curbs
unveiled
■■But measures
■■meeting set
face long odds
for landowners
By Frank Boyett By Julie Pace
[email protected] and Erica Werner
270-831-8342 Associated press
Landowners will get a WASHINGTON — Braced for
chance Jan. 31 to see ex- a fight, President Barack
actly how the planned Obama on Wednesday un-
reconstruction of Green veiled the most sweeping
River Road will affect their proposals for curbing gun
properties. violence in two decades,
A meeting has been pressing a reluctant Con-
scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. gress to pass universal
that day at Bend Gate El- background checks and
ementary School, and de- bans on military-style as-
tailed plans will be avail- sault weapons and high-
able at the meeting. capacity ammunition mag-
Stephen Sewell, project azines like the ones used
manager for Palmer En- in the Newtown, Conn.,
gineering of Winchester, school shooting.
which is designing the A month after that hor-
project, made a presenta- rific massacre, Obama
tion to the Henderson City also used his presidential
Commission Tuesday eve- powers to enact 23 mea-
ning at its workshop. sures that don’t require
The project calls for the backing of lawmakers.
rebuilding the approxi- The president’s executive
mately half-mile of road actions include ordering
between Osage and Wood- federal agencies to make
spoint drives. more data available for
Traffic will shift to one background checks, ap-
side during construction, pointing a director of
Sewell said, and then to the the Bureau of Alcohol,
other to maintain traffic
flow. There will be tempo- See OBAMA, 8A
rary closures during day-
time for cross-pipe instal-
lation, but they shouldn’t Schools’
be longer than a day for
any one closure.
Sewell said the speed make-up
limit, which is currently
30 mph, will probably go to
35 mph once the improve- day set
ments are made.
The driving lanes will
be widened to 11 feet and for Feb. 18
curbs and gutters will be
added. Furthermore, there
will be an 8-foot-wide path
on the side of the street Gleaner staff
where the houses are lo- Mike Lawrence / The GLeaner
cated. T.k. Sampson of Sturgis must negotiate the additional hazard of frozen storm water as he attempts a shot on the atkinson Park Henderson County stu-
disk golf course Tuesday. Sampson, who says he plays the henderson course regularly, is practicing for a winter tournament dents will be in school on
See ROAD, 8A held in evansville. President’s Day.
Henderson County
Schools will make up
Martin Luther King Wednesday’s canceled
INDEX Pet microchip, classes on Feb. 18, accord-
ing to Jinger Carter, the
Advice, 6B nail clinic Saturday
Business, 5B online events coming up district’s director of ac-
Pay It Forward Animal countability and assess-
tv schedules, comics, IN www.TheGleaner.com Welfare Network will ment.
CLA(cid:31) SSIfIEDS sponsor a microchipping Wednesday was the
cINr oCLsAswSSoIrfIdEsD, S 38˚/ 19˚ and nail clipping clinic Gleaner staff College will recognize the first snow day used this
this Saturday. life and legacy of the late school year for students in
deAths, 2A Partly sunny today but The event will take Two upcoming events in civil rights leader with Henderson, Webster and
locAl & region, 3A continued cold, high place from 9 a.m. to noon Henderson will celebrate a presentation by guest Union counties. Neither
at the Zion United Church the life of Martin Luther speaker Howard Bailey Union or Webster County
lotteries, 2A in the upper 30s; low
of Christ annex building, King Jr. from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Schools have yet deter-
movie times, 6B tonight near 20. Partly
which is located behind The Henderson Black Jan. 24 at Joe’s Place, which mined when the missed
sports, 1B-4B sunny, warmer Friday, the church. Animals can History Committee will is in HCC’s Student Center. day will be made up.
su(cid:31)doku, 6B high in the mid-40s. be microchipped for $15, observe King’s birthday Bailey is the vice president Most of the wintry mix
Full forecast, 8B which includes a free one- at 4 p.m. Sunday at Great- of student affairs at West- that peppered the region
time registration, or have er Norris Chapel Baptist ern Kentucky University. Tuesday evening seemed
their nails clipped for $5. Church. City Commis- The theme of his pre- to be concentrated in the
All dogs must be on sioner Robert Pruitt will sentation will be “HCC, southern part of the coun-
Printed partially
on recycled leashes and cats should be be the guest speaker. The Many Faces — One Col- ty, leaving city roads and
paper in carriers. public is invited. lege.” The event is free and
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2A » Thursday, January 17, 2013 » THE GLEANER
Conrad Bain of ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ dies
Deaths
Geraldine Carrier Turner
The Asociated Press immediate star, and including “A Lovely Way to Die,”
Geraldine Carrier Turner, 87, Henderson, died at 7:35 Bain, with his long “Coogan’s Bluff,” “The Anderson
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Redbanks nursing home. NEW YORK — Conrad Bain, a veteran training as a theater Tapes,” “I Never Sang for My Father”
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel stage and film actor who became a actor, proved an ideal and Woody Allen’s “Bananas.” He
Turner, who died in 1988. star in middle age as the kindly white straight man. The se- also played the clerk at the Collins-
Survivors include two daughters, Jean O’Nan of Hen- adoptive father of two young Afri- ries lasted six seasons port Inn in the 1960s television show
derson and Mary Turner of Morganfield; one son, James can-American brothers in the TV on NBC and two on “Dark Shadows.”
A. Chaney of Villa Hills, Ky.; one sister, Wilma Jean sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” has died. ABC. A native of Lethbridge, Alberta,
Lenges of Henderson; one brother, Ralph Carrier of Co- Bain died Monday of natural Conrad Bain went di- Canada, Bain arrived in New York
rydon; and four grandchildren. causes in his hometown of Liver- Bain rectly into “Diff’rent in 1948 after serving in the Cana-
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Fair- more, Calif., according to his daugh- Strokes” from another dian army during World War II. He
mont Cemetery. The Rev. Alan Chamness will officiate. ter, Jennifer Bain. He was 89. comedy, “Maude,” which aired on was still studying at the American
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Rudy- The show that made him famous CBS from 1972 to 1978. Academy of Dramatic Arts when he
Rowland Funeral Home. debuted on NBC in 1978, an era when As Dr. Arthur Harmon, the con- acquired his first role on television’s
television comedies tackled relevant servative neighbor often zinged by “Studio One.”
social issues. “Diff’rent Strokes” Bea Arthur’s liberal feminist, Bain It was an audition for a role in the
touched on serious themes but was became so convincing as a doctor 1971 film “Cold Turkey” that led Bain
Funerals
known better as a family comedy that a woman once stopped him in to TV stardom. He didn’t get the part
that drew most of its laughs from its an airport seeking medical advice. but “Cold Turkey” director Norman
John Wesley “Johnny” King Jr. standout child actor, Gary Coleman. At a nostalgia gathering in 1999, Lear remembered him when he cre-
Bain played wealthy Manhattan he lamented the fading of situation ated “Maude.”
Services for John Wesley “Johnny” King Jr., 58, Hen- widower Philip Drummond, who comedies that he said were about Conrad Stafford Bain attended high
derson, who died Friday, will be at 2 p.m. today at Ben- promised his dying housekeeper he something. school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
ton-Glunt Funeral Home. would raise her sons, played by Cole- “I think they got off the track when deciding on his life’s work after an
Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at the funeral man and Todd Bridges. they first hired a standup comic to do appearance as the stage manager in a
home. Race and class relations became the lead,” he said. “Instead of people high school production of “Our Town.”
topics on the show as much as the creating real situations, you get peo- He married artist Monica Sloan in
Mary Frances “Miss Mary” Williams
typical trials of growing up. ple trying to act funny.” 1945. She died in 2009. He is survived
Services for Mary Frances “Miss Mary” Williams, 91, Coleman, with his sparkling eyes Before those television roles, Bain by three children: Jennifer, Kent and
Henderson, who died Sunday, will be at 2 p.m. Friday and perfect comic timing, became an had appeared occasionally in films, Mark.
at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Rev. Chet Todd
will officiate.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today and after noon Paul backs idea of arming school staff
Friday at the funeral home.
Lena Raymer
Services for Lena Raymer, 92, Henderson, who died ■■Senator vows to resist efforts to weaken gun rights Constitution,” Paul said.
Monday, will be at 10 a.m. today at Tomblinson Funeral “It contradicts the Consti-
Home Henderson Chapel. The Rev. Mark Jones will of- The Associated Press of allowing principals and tom line is when you’re tution. I will fight that with
ficiate. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery. teachers who have permits there defenseless and have every bone in my body if
Friends may call after 8:30 a.m. today at the funeral FRANKFORT — U.S. Sen. to carry concealed guns no weapon, you’ve got no he is trying to create leg-
home. Rand Paul promoted the to bring those weapons to way to protect yourselves.” islation and usurp the Sec-
idea of arming principals school. Paul said it’s probably a ond Amendment.”
Daniel “ Boonie” R. Ralph
and teachers as an effec- “I’d feel safer if the prin- state issue and he doesn’t The president’s execu-
A memorial Mass for Daniel “ Boonie” R. Ralph, 68, tive preventive measure to cipal at my school had con- have plans to push for tive actions include or-
Reed, who died Sunday, will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday make schools safer, vow- cealed carry and had a gun federal legislation to arm dering federal agencies to
at St. Augustine Church in Reed. The Rev. Fid will of- ing Wednesday to fight in his drawer locked up,” school staff. make more data available
ficiate. Burial in St. Augustine Cemetery will be private any of President Barack Paul said. “I’d feel safer if He promised a strong for background checks,
and held at a later date. Obama’s executive actions teachers had it, too.” push back, however, if he appointing a director of
A gathering of friends will be held after Mass at the that weaken constitutional Afterward, Paul said concludes that Obama the Bureau of Alcohol,
church from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday. gun rights. that schools would need to overstepped his execu- Tobacco, Firearms and
Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory in Owensboro The Kentucky Republi- be comfortable with allow- tive powers to enact 23 Explosives, and directing
is in charge of arrangements. can said he was horrified ing staff to have quick ac- gun-related measures on the Centers for Disease
by the shooting massacre cess to guns. He said safety Wednesday that don’t re- Control to research gun
Gene Shouse
at a Connecticut elemen- restrictions would be es- quire the backing of law- violence.
Services for Gene Shouse, 63, Morganfield, who died tary school, but said tough sential, including having makers. Paul said he hadn’t Paul touched on an ar-
Monday, will be at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church in gun control measures the weapons locked up in been able to review the ex- ray of issues, including
Morganfield. The Revs. Steve Thompson and Jim Adams haven’t worked in U.S. schools. ecutive orders yet. budget cuts, entitlement
will officiate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery in cities still plagued by high He said that arming “If he’s creating law programs and immigra-
Morganfield. crime and murder rates. certain school staff could through an executive or- tion, during his remarks
Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the church. He said he would resist be a strong deterrent and der, that’s abhorrent to the to a Rotary club.
efforts to chip away at the provide a chance to thwart
Myranda Lynn Kloke
Second Amendment. an attack.
Murray lands auto supplier
Services for Myranda Lynn Kloke, 33, Evansville, who “It doesn’t say you have “If you’re in an area
died Friday, will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral the right to keep and bear where no guns are al-
manufacturing facility
Home in Evansville. The Rev. Tim Burdon will officiate. arms that shoot five bullets lowed and only the crimi-
Friends may call after 11 a.m. today at the funeral and not six bullets,” he told nals bring them on board,
home. a civic group in Frankfort. then you’re defenseless,”
Paul said he doesn’t see he said. The Associated Press million in tax incentives.
Debra Sue Krock Konopka
the need to assign armed “People say, ‘you’d nev- Kemmerich CEO Thom-
Memorial services for Debra Sue Krock Konopka, 59, security guards to schools er be able to bring him (a MURRAY — A German as Bergen said Wednesday
Arkansas, who died Tuesday, will be at 2 p.m. today at — an idea promoted by the gunman) down, you might company is locating its the plant will be in a good
Haven Pentecostal Church in Henderson. The Rev. Wil- National Rifle Association. hit other people,”’ Paul U.S. headquarters and a position to supply auto
lard Clement will officiate. But Kentucky’s junior added. “There’s all kinds manufacturing facility in plants in the Midwest and
Tomblinson Funeral Home Henderson Chapel is in senator defended the idea of conjecture. But the bot- western Kentucky, pro- South.
charge of arrangements. ducing 120 full-time jobs It’s the second German-
for Calloway County. owned company to an-
White-nose disease verified Gov. Steve Beshear’s of- nounce plans to locate in
Lotteries
fice says automotive suppli- Murray recently. Beshear
er Kemmerich will invest announced in late Novem-
POWERBALL Lotto jackpot: $5 million in bat from Mammoth Cave $12.2 million in the project ber that iwis will establish
and has received prelimi- its first U.S. plant in Mur-
Numbers: 9-21-28-32-51 ILLINOIS nary approval for up to $3 ray.
Powerball: 35
Lotto: 14-24-32-48-50-51 The Associated Press open to visitors for more
Jackpot: $90 million
Lotto jackpot: $3.8 million than 80 years.
KENTuCKY Lucky Day Lotto: 9-25-28- MAMMOTH CAVE — Mam- The park said Wednes-
Cash Ball: 2-10-12-20 34-35 moth Cave National Park day that bats there tested Brevities
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5C Pick 3-evening: 5-3-2
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Pick 4-evening: 7-8-6-6 My 3-midday: 0-7-1
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Pick 3-midday: 6-1-2 million America. America as it spread south City Commissioner Robert
Park Superintendent and west. Martin Luther King Pruitt. Public is invited.
INDIANA Sarah Craighead says the Love Cave is 1.3 miles birthday observance by
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Local & Regional
Man charged with murder in Hazard college shooting
■■Two killed Tuesday; 12-year-old girl dies Wednesday to have been used Tuesday was
purchased the same day at a lo-
cal pawn shop.
The Associated Press before 4 p.m. Wednesday at Stidham, 21, was charged with Allen said Caitlin Cornett,
University of Kentucky Medi- two counts of murder and one who was a student at the college,
HAZARD — A gunman enraged by cal Center. count of attempted murder. and Stidham had a child together
a domestic dispute bought a gun The violence near the school Allen said the shooting resulted and had met to exchange custody
and fatally shot his former girl- Tuesday afternoon locked down from a dispute between Stidham of him.
friend, her uncle and a 12-year- the campus for more than an and the woman who was killed, Caitlin Cornett’s sister, Brit-
old girl in the parking lot of a hour as police searched the two 20-year-old Caitlin Cornett. tany Cornett, told The Lexington
small southeastern Kentucky buildings of Hazard Community Allen identified the male vic- Herald-Leader that Stidham and
college, police said Wednesday. and Technical College in Hazard. tim as Caitlin Cornett’s uncle, Caitlin Cornett had separated in AssociAted Press
The woman and her uncle The campus was closed Wednes- Jackie Cornett, 53. Taylor Jade October after a three-year rela- Hazard community and techni-
died Tuesday. Fayette County day and will reopen today. Cornett was his daughter, and tionship. Their son is 2 years old. cal college President dr. stephen
Coroner Gary Ginn said Taylor Hazard police Chief Minor Al- she was shot multiple times. The boy was not injured in the Greiner addresses the media tues-
Jade Cornett, 12, died shortly len said Wednesday that Dalton Allen said the gun believed shooting. day following a shooting on campus.
Making improvements
Briefs
Henderson juvenile ket throughout the 2012
season.
facing gun charges
The Henderson Farmers
Market, now located at the
A Henderson juvenile Henderson County Fair-
was taken into custody grounds, will have the po-
early Wednesday morn- tential to expand this year
ing after allegedly firing a with the addition of a new
gun outside of a Holloway Farmers Market Pavilion.
Street residence.
‘Stitched Art’
City police charged the
juvenile with first-degree exhibit opening
wanton endangerment,
third-degree disorderly A new exhibit featuring
conduct, tampering with fiber artists is opening to-
physical evidence and day at the OVAL Gallery @
third-degree terroristic Bank Trust in downtown
threatening after the in- Henderson.
cident which occurred The exhibit, titled
shortly before 5 a.m. “Stitched Art,” features
The juvenile was artists Dena Bauer, Linda
charged for allegedly Bohlen, Pam Garcia, Ter-
shooting a gun outside ry Mominee, Dawn Mur-
the residence, yelling and taugn and Terry White
causing a disturbance. and is presented by Ohio
Valley Art League.
Farmers Market
Subject matter ranges
wins award from realism to abstract
designs in varying sizes.
The Henderson Farmers Interlocking threads and
Market won a first-place cloths of many colors re-
AssociAted Press
science educator Meredith Hall works on a permanent exhibit, “origins,” on tuesday morning at the owensboro Museum of award earlier this month place canvas and brushes.
science and History in owensboro. the gallery will feature an orientation area with a video screen, replicas of rock layers and in the “Best Farmers Mar- The exhibit will run
area trees formed on some of the walls, an earthquake shake platform, a stream table, soils, area fossils and local species such kets in Kentucky” com- through April 12.
as a corn snake and cave crickets. petition at the Kentucky The gallery is located
Farmers Market Associa- at 201 N. Main St. Hours
tion annual meeting. are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2
Churchill opening Kentucky man plans insanity The first-place award to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays,
for “Small Market” (15 or Thursdays and Fridays.
new off-track fewer vendors) was pre- For information, contact
sented in Lexington dur- OVAL Executive Director/
defense in judge threat case
betting parlor ing the annual meeting Curator Jule McClellan at
that took place in conjunc- 860-1930 or email jule@
tion with the 2013 Ken- ohiovalleyart.org.
LOUISVILLE — Churchill tucky Fruit and Vegetable
Danville plans
Downs is opening a new The Associated Press Kelley wrote that Collins never car- Growers Conference.
off-track betting parlor on ried out an attack, which he discussed The local market was to continue prayers
Wednesday. The Louis- LOUISVILLE — An eastern Kentucky man with people at the Appalachian Chal- presented with a 6-foot
ville track’s simulcast wa- described by officials as “very cold” plans lenge Academy, a school in Harlan de- banner to place at the mar- DANVILLE — Officials in
gering operations are mov- to use an insanity defense in response to signed for 16- to 18-year-olds who have ket this growing season. It Danville say a decision by
ing to a first-floor venue at charges he threatened to kill the federal dropped out or are at risk of dropping also received a “First Place Boyle County Fiscal Court
the Gate 1 entrance. judge and attorneys involved in a child out of school. Winner Ag Genius Award” last week to stop saying
Race fans will enter the pornography case that landed his father U.S. Magistrate Judge Hanley Ingram in the Small Farmers Mar- prayers before meetings
venue, called The Parlay, in federal prison. ordered Collins detained by the U.S. Mar- ket Category. Both awards won’t affect them.
through the track’s admis- By filing an insanity defense on behalf shals. were sponsored by South The Advocate-Messen-
sion gates adjacent to the of 18-year-old Michael Alexander Collins, Collins was hospitalized from mid- Central Ag Credit Ser- ger (http://bit.ly/UQ1bx8)
Kentucky Derby Museum. defense attorney Willis Coffey is claiming December through Monday. vices. reports city commission-
Track officials say the ap- his client is not responsible for his actions No one responded immediately to an Those in attendance ers plan to continue their
proximately 14,000-square- due to mental health problems. email sent to the Appalachian Challenge from the Henderson Farm- tradition of saying a prayer
foot facility will easily ac- Coffey filed a notice of defense Tuesday Academy on Wednesday morning. A mes- ers Market included Paul before meetings. City at-
commodate 600 fans. The in federal court, a day after Collins made sage left for U.S. Marshal Loren “Squirrel” and Betsy Stone, David torney Stephen Dexter
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people will find to view editorials, letters
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Editorial
Radical Islam
finding new
home in Mali
At one time, a major French military incursion
into a former colony would have been roundly de-
nounced in West and Central Africa as a return to
colonialism and imperialism.
But French troops, Mirage and Rafale fighter air-
craft and helicopter gunships in the dysfunctional
and disintegrating nation of Mali are being met with
promises of assistance and troops by surrounding Hagel deserves better from neocons
nations.
Mali has had a long-running rebellion in its far
north by ethnically distinct Tuareg tribes seeking
The folks who gave The “fight was right” been willing to intervene
greater autonomy.
you the long agony of crowd seems once again when clearly necessary,
Their rebellion has gradually been hijacked by
Iraq now are leading the to ignore the debilitating but to do so precipitously
Islamic radicals, including several branches of al- charge to derail the man impact that the drawn- is more and more difficult,
Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and other radical who warned that it was a out Iraq invasion had on given both nuclear prolif-
Islamic groups bolstered by veteran fighters from mistake, an opinion with DAN this nation’s economy, eration and our own mili-
the war in Libya. which millions of Ameri- THOMASSON morale and, most of all, tary limitations including
cans would now agree. its military. Thousands budgetary strain.
After an inconclu-
YOuR TuRN sive but disruptive coup Former Nebraska Sen. COLUMNIST were killed; thousands There is nothing re-
Chuck Hagel’s nomina- of others were maimed vealed in Hagel’s record so
Do you have an opinion in March, led — it is tion as secretary of de- again points to the fact or suffered psychological far to sustain the attacks
on these or other issues? dispiriting to say — by fense to replace Leon Pa- that he was right to be damage from having to on him. He has been a war-
Send your letters to U.S.-trained officers, netta is being opposed by cautious -- that their en- endure multiple tours un- rior, a public servant and a
Editor, The Gleaner, the Islamic radicals be- the neoconservatives of tire justification for the der severe stress. Fighting good businessman. Has he
Box 4, Henderson, KY
gan moving south from the Bush administration, Iraq invasion was wrong. a war on a credit card has at times been outspoken,
42419 or email them to
[email protected]. their thinly populated who apparently regard It was based on the faulty helped lead the country a Republican who obvi-
him as too timid when it premise that Saddam was into its continuing fiscal ously thinks for himself,
Letters must be signed 250,000-square-mile ha-
comes to sending men and in possession of weapons dilemma. and isn’t afraid to diverge
and include a phone ven in the north.
women into combat. That of mass destruction, in- The entire affair was from party lines? Certainly
number for verification.
Government troops has more than a tinge of cluding emerging nuclear pretty bad karma, and he has. But that makes him
put up little resistance. irony, seeing that they capability, and therefore we’re going to be paying all the more attractive.
Some even defected to never have been there and was a major threat to our for it for a long time. War, The constitutional
the radicals, taking their U.S.-supplied equipment he has. national security. Under- as W.T. Sherman correct- power given the Senate
with them. What really upsets them pinning this theory was ly described it, is hell. It for advice and consent al-
is that as a Republican and bad intelligence, bad po- should be a last resort for ways should be exercised
Soon, the radicals began advancing almost un-
twice-wounded veteran of litical philosophy and just settling differences. Until gingerly, especially when
opposed, leaving the typical legacy of beheadings,
Vietnam, Hagel felt some plain wrongheadedness recently, that was the atti- it comes to the president’s
amputations, third-class treatment of women and responsibility for outspo- about Saddam’s connec- tude of a nation whose en- Cabinet, under the theory
bans on music and Western entertainment in their kenness when it comes to tions to al-Qaida. They tire military strength was that the president has the
wake. this nation’s Israeli obliga- didn’t exist. built as a means to deter it. right to have the people
Their goal, as town after town fell, was to install tions and their influence Saddam was mainly a The guiding principle was he wants for these impor-
their mystical medieval vision of a caliphate that on the decision to remove threat to his own people. Teddy Roosevelt’s big stick tant posts. Only nominees
Saddam Hussein. Their He kept his Middle East and soft-voice approach. with dubious histories or
would drive out Western influence and eventually
resentment clearly lingers enemies, mainly Iran, at If that approach still is who are clearly unfit mor-
rule the Muslim world.
despite Hagel ultimately bay with the WMD myth valid, why then should we ally and psychologically
The preferred international solution was a pan-
voting for the Iraq resolu- and by acting tough. As for not have a defense secre- should be rejected. Differ-
African army that would rout the invaders and re- tion and has said he fully al-Qaida, there was ample tary who likes to ask ques- ences in philosophy based
store government authority. supports Israel. evidence to the contrary tions first before making on different experiences,
However, by the time such an army was orga- Particularly galling that he would tolerate the recommendations to the like service in a war zone,
nized, trained and deployed, it would have been for neocons may be that terrorist group he knew he commander-in-chief? don’t pose valid obstacles
Hagel’s nomination once couldn’t control. This nation always has to confirmation.
far too late, although the plans for its formation
continue.
Enter the French.
Flu exposing gaps in sick-leave policies
Prime Minister Francois Hollande, whom no one
ever thought of as tough and decisive, unilaterally
dispatched combat troops and aircraft, which has
proved enough to slow the radicals’ southern ad- This year’s flu epidemic ripple effect. An estimat- ing sick leave as a matter
RekAH
has already overwhelmed ed 80 percent of them get of course.
vance to a crawl.
hospital emergency rooms bASu no sick leave, and some It would be one thing if
The French combat buildup continues, with that
and claimed 20 children’s are clustered in indus- there were credible fears
nation’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian say-
lives. It could be better COLUMNIST tries such as food service, of employees abusing their
ing the United States has pledged “total solidar- contained, not just by where the spread of illness sick leave. But the Bureau
ity” and reportedly already has supplied logistical hand-washing and flu accounts for 78 percent, is high. According to the of Labor Statistics finds
support, satellite reconnaissance, intelligence and shots, but by tackling a because sick workers in- Partnership, 79 percent of that most full-time pri-
in-air refueling. glaring public policy gap: fect others, according to food workers say they have vate-sector workers don’t
lack of sick leave. the Center for Worklife no paid sick time. even use all the sick leave
Americans have little appetite for yet another
We often hear about Law at the University of A bill to require paid they earned.
military involvement in a remote land, but this
workplace absenteeism. California’s Hastings Law sick time off for employers Some cities and one
could become our fight, too.
But an even bigger prob- School. That, it says, costs of 15 or more people has re- state are no longer waiting
Al-Qaida has not given up its plans of a grand lem in a flu-infested season the U.S. economy $180 peatedly been introduced for the federal government
blow against the West, especially the U.S. All it like this one is what some billion a year. In 2009, 5 but failed to pass in Con- to act. They’re passing
needs is a country to launch it from. are calling “presenteeism.” million cases of the H1N1 gress. Called the Healthy their own sick leave re-
That’s when people show flu resulted from a lack of Families Act, it would re- quirements. San Francisco,
up for work when they paid sick days, according quire such employers to Seattle and the District of
shouldn’t, because they’re to a study in the American offer at least one hour of Columbia all have laws
sick. Journal of Public Health. paid sick time for every guaranteeing paid sick
Those who do it are not You would think that 30 hours worked — for a days, as does Connecticut.
necessarily compulsive with such consequences, maximum mandate of 56 That’s fine as a stopgap.
about their jobs. They we would have tackled the hours in a year. But a health crisis such as
EditOrial PagE have no doubt heard the problem at a national level. Last year, Iowa’s Dem- this one makes painfully
same warnings the rest Yet the United States is ocratic senator, Tom Har- clear that it is time for a
of us have, to stay home. one of the only developed kin, proposed the Rebuild federal standard. This is
DAVID DIXON
But many simply can’t af- nations that does not guar- America Act, with a pro- not just an employment is-
EDITOR
ford to. Nearly one-third antee workers some paid vision guaranteeing all sue but a public health one.
of U.S. workers, or close sick leave. workers the right to earn When more than 40 mil-
to 42 million people, ac- By any measure, sick up to seven sick days in a lion private-sector work-
CONTACT US cording to the Bureau of workers on the job are a year. That, too, failed to ers have to weigh the cost
Phone: [phone] Labor Statistics, have no problem. The National get momentum. of staying home when they
Fax: [phone] paid sick time off. Among Partnership for Women The Institute for Wom- get sick, because it could
part-time workers, only and Families found that en’s Policy Research, mean sacrificing meals,
one in four has any. sick employees who come which explores issues rent money or other es-
OPINION POLICY This is an important but to work are half as produc- related to women and sentials, they unwittingly
The Gleaner’s Opinion Page is an open forum for viewpoints — overlooked aspect of why tive as usual. It also esti- families, estimates that put other employees at
yours, theirs and ours. The newspaper encourages comments from the flu can so quickly reach mates the medical costs for reducing just the spread risk. This is one of those
its readers, either through letters or more lengthy citizen columns. epidemic proportions. sick workers infected by of the flu in workplaces cases where companies
Letters must include the signature, address and phone number of
While absenteeism ac- their co-workers at $102.4 could save $738.5 million clearly have to be pushed
the writer. Only signed, verifiable letters will be published. Ques-
counts for 22 percent of million a year. a year. Even if only to pro- to do right, not just by their
tions about newspaper viewpoints or the Opinion Page in general
lost workplace produc- Low-wage workers have tect their bottom line, em- workers but by their own
should be addressed to The Editor, The Gleaner, P.O. Box 4, Hender-
son, KY 42419. tivity, “presenteeism” it worst, and often with a ployers should be provid- bottom lines.
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WRITING TO WASHINGTON
1st District U.S. Rep. U.S. Sen. A.M. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul
Ed Whitfield “Mitch” McConnell 208 Russell Senate Office
2368 Rayburn Office Building 317 Russell Senate Office Building
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DiD you know?
Nation &World
The World War II Liberty ships had a range of
17,000 miles.
Source: www.nps.gov
NYC school bus drivers strike
Across the nation
cAliforniA will be based on Europe’s
supply ship used for the In-
Energy drinks send
■■8,000 workers that kind of reprehensible conduct.” cal lift. On Wednesday, he drove her ternational Space Station.
Union head Michael Cordiello said from lower Manhattan to her school more to hospitals Orion’s first trip is an
picket to keep jobs the drivers will strike until Bloom- in the Chelsea neighborhood. unmanned mission in 2017.
berg and the city agree to put a job se- “It means transferring her to the car, SAN FRANCISCO — The young NASA’s human explora-
curity clause back into their contract. breaking down the wheelchair, getting man stumbled into the tion chief, Bill Gerstenma-
By Karen Matthews “I came to urge the mayor to re- here, setting up the wheelchair, trans- emergency room late one ier, said both missions will
Associated Press solve this strike,” said Cordiello, ferring her from the car, when nor- night after a house party, be aimed at the vicinity of
president of Local 1181 of the Amal- mally she would just wheel right into saying his heart wouldn’t the moon.
NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of gamated Transit Union. “It is within the school bus,” Curry said. “She’s on stop pounding and he
diStrict of columbiA
New York City children who usually his power to do so.” oxygen. There’s a lot of equipment that could barely breathe af-
ride school buses took subways, taxis But Bloomberg said the strike “is has to be moved and transferred also.” ter downing liquor mixed Russia fined $50K
and private cars to school Wednesday about job guarantees that the union On Staten Island, Tangaline Whit- with energy drinks.
daily to return books
as more than 8,000 bus drivers and just can’t have.” en was 45 minutes late delivering her Emergency physician
aides went on strike to keep their jobs. After the union announced a strike son to Staten Island Community Steve Sun soon found the
“I love my job, and I don’t want to Monday, city officials said they would Charter School, after first dropping patient was so dehydrated he WASHINGTON — A federal
be looking for another one,” said bus hand out transit passes to students off her daughter at Public School 60 was going into kidney fail- judge Wednesday fined
driver Robert Behrens, who manned who can get to school on subways and about six miles away. ure — one of many troubling Russia $50,000 per day until
a picket line in Queens. city buses and reimburse parents who She said the distance and the extra cases Sun says he has treated it complies with his earlier
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said must take taxis or drive private cars. traffic on the road made the prospect in recent years tied to energy order that the country re-
police were called after some strik- Peter Curry’s 7-year-old daughter, of a long strike upsetting, because it drink consumption. turn a Jewish group’s histor-
ers blocked gates to keep buses from Maisy, is in a wheelchair and is usual- means her son would be consistently Sun’s changing caseload ical books and documents.
leaving and warned, “We won’t permit ly picked up by a bus with a mechani- late. appears in line with a new Chief Judge Royce Lam-
government survey that berth of the U.S. District
suggests the number of Court issued the order a
Woman people seeking emergency week after a hearing on the
treatment after consuming case, in which the Justice
energy drinks has doubled Department urged him not
found stuck
nationwide during the past to issue the civil contempt
four years. fines.
between From 2007 to 2011, the The Jewish group,
government estimates Chabad-Lubavitch, had al-
the number of emergency ready persuaded Lamberth
two walls
room visits involving the that it has a valid claim to
neon-labeled beverages the tens of thousands of
shot up from about 10,000 religious books and manu-
By Nigel Duara to more than 20,000. scripts, some hundreds of
Associated Press More than half of the years old, which record the
patients considered in the group’s core teachings and
PORTLAND, Ore. — Port- survey told doctors they traditions.
land firefighters cut a had consumed only en-
nEw mExico
hole through concrete ergy drinks. In 2011, about
and used an air bag and 42 percent of the cases Army unveils biggest
a soapy lubricant to free involved energy drinks in
solar energy system
an Oregon woman who combination with alcohol
fell and became stuck in a or drugs, such as the stim-
narrow opening between ulants Adderall or Ritalin. ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S.
two buildings Wednesday associated press Army dedicated its largest
floridA
morning. a woman is rescued from being trapped inside a wall of the parking garage Wednesday at the solar energy-producing
The woman spent about Gretchen Kafoury commons in portland, ore. portland firefighters worked for more than NASA, Europeans system on Wednesday at
four hours in a space 8 3½ hours cutting her free. White Sands Missile Range
team for lunar trip
to 10 inches wide. Local in southern New Mexico.
and national cable news got into the predicament. Lt. a portable heater to keep dow-size opening in the The $16.8 million ar-
broadcast footage of the Rich Chatman of the Port- her warm in near-freezing concrete, Chatman climbed CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA is ray includes nearly 15,500
rescue effort and showed land fire department said temperatures while they in to help apply the soapy teaming up with the Euro- sun-tracking solar panels
the woman emerging she had been seen smoking dropped an air bag into the substance. The woman then pean Space Agency to get spread across 42 acres. It
from the space at about or walking on the roof of a opening to slightly spread wiggled toward the hole as astronauts beyond Earth’s will be capable of produc-
7:30 a.m. two-story building before the walls. rescuers tugged on her. orbit. ing 10 million kilowatt-
The woman raised her she fell about 10 to 12 feet. “She was in good spirits,” She was taken to the Europe will provide the hours of electricity each
face, clenched her fists and The woman was wedged Chatman said. “We just Oregon Health & Science propulsion and power com- year — enough to meet
shouted, “Oh, my God.” about 4 feet above the tried to reassure her ... we University hospital and ap- partment for NASA’s new about 10 percent of the
Firefighters said they ground before rescuers weren’t going home without peared to be in good health, Orion crew capsule, offi- need of the missile range.
hadn’t gotten a clear expla- installed braces to support her.” fire Lt. Damon Simmons cials said Wednesday. This
nation of how the woman her. Firefighters turned on After rescuers cut a win- said. so-called service module Wire services
Egyptian
Around the world
leader aims
EnglAnd AfghAniStAn
Two dead after Suicide attack
to defuse
helicopter crash kills one in Kabul
LONDON — A helicopter KABUL — Taliban suicide Israeli flap
crashed into a crane and bombers attacked the gates
fell on a crowded street in of the Afghan intelligence
central London during rush agency Wednesday, killing By Hamza Hendawi
hour Wednesday, sending one person and wound- and Sarah El Deeb
flames and black plumes ing dozens in a blast that Associated Press
of smoke into the air. The shredded nearby cars and
pilot and one person on the shattered storefront win- CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist
ground were killed and 13 dows three blocks away. president sought Wednes-
others injured, officials said. The attack highlighted day to defuse Washing-
The helicopter crashed in ongoing violence in Af- ton’s anger over his past
misty weather just south of ghanistan and the determi- remarks urging hatred of
the River Thames near the nation of the insurgency to Jews and calling Zionists
Underground and mainline continue fighting even as “pigs” and “bloodsuckers,”
train station at Vauxhall, President Hamid Karzai telling visiting U.S. sena-
and close to the headquar- and the U.S. negotiate for tors that his comments
ters of spy agency MI6. a quicker pullout of Ameri- were a denunciation of
Police said one person can forces. Israeli policies.
had critical injuries. Six On Dec. 6, a Taliban sui- associated press Both sides appear to
were taken to a nearby hos- cide bomber posing as a this image released by Bp petroleum company shows the amenas natural gas field in algeria, want to get beyond the
pital with minor injuries and peace messenger blew him- where islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday. Militants from Mali attacked flap: Mohammed Morsi
seven treated at the scene, self up while meeting with the natural gas field, killing two people. needs America’s help in
ambulance officials said. Afghan intelligence chief repairing a rapidly sliding
Asadullah Khalid. Khalid economy, and Washing-
SyriA Militants take hostages
has been hospitalized in the ton can’t afford to shun a
Offensive against United States with serious figure who has emerged
wounds since then. as a model of an Islamist
rebels intensifies
in Algeria in revenge for Mali leader who maintains his
PAkiStAn
country’s ties with Israel.
DAMASCUS — Syrian troops Thousands protest Sen. John McCain said
stepped up an offensive a congressional delega-
killing of 15 in raid
against rebels in the north By Aomar Ouali facilities, saying it came JGC Corp., provides ser- tion he led that met with
on Wednesday, following and Paul Schemm in revenge for the North vices for the facility as well. Morsi expressed “strong
explosions targeting secu- PESHAWAR — Several thou- Associated Press African nation’s support In Rome, U.S. Defense disapproval” about his
rity forces and a university sand protesters shouting for France’s military op- Secretary Leon Panetta 2010 comments.
campus that killed more anti-military slogans dis- ALGIERS, Algeria — As Al- eration against al-Qaida- declared that the U.S. Still, despite calls by
than 100 people in two days. played the bodies of 15 lo- gerian army helicopters linked rebels in neighbor- “will take all necessary some in Washington to rein
Powerful suicide car cal villagers Wednesday clattered overhead deep in ing Mali. The militants and proper steps” to deal in aid to Egypt’s Islamist-led
bombs that killed about in northwestern Pakistan, the Sahara desert, Islamist said they were holding 41 with the attack in Algeria. government, McCain said
two dozen people in Idlib claiming they were shot militants hunkered down foreigners from the energy He would not detail what the delegation will press
marked another escalation dead in their homes by for the night in a natural complex, including seven such steps might be but in Congress for approval of
in the fight for control of security forces in an over- gas complex they had as- Americans. condemned the action as some $480 million in new
northern Syria, a key battle- night raid. saulted Wednesday morn- The group — called Ka- “terrorist attack” and lik- assistance to Cairo.
field in the country’s civil The outcry came as ing, killing two people and tibat Moulathamine, or the ened it to al-Qaida activi- Sen. Lindsey Graham,
war. The day before, mas- thousands of supporters taking dozens of foreign- Masked Brigade — phoned ties in Pakistan, Afghani- also in the delegation,
sive blasts heavily damaged of a fiery Muslim cleric ers hostage in what could a Mauritanian news outlet stan and in the United warned that “the Egyp-
the main university in the continued their anti-gov- be the first spillover from to say one of its affiliates States on Sept. 11, 2001. tian economy is going
commercial hub of Alep- ernment protest for a third France’s intervention in had carried out the op- Algeria’s top security to collapse if something
po, killing 87 people and day in Islamabad, paralyz- Mali. eration at the Ain Ame- official, Interior Minister is not done quickly.” He
wounding scores of others. ing key areas of the capital. The Algerian army has nas gas field, located 800 Daho Ould Kabila, said urged Morsi to finalize a
The nearly simultaneous The interior minister surrounded the complex, miles south of Algiers, the that “security forces have deal with the Internation-
bombings in Idlib Wednes- warned that the govern- and about 1,000 miles from Algerian capital, and that surrounded the area and al Monetary Fund for a
day bore the trademarks of ment could take “targeted the coast, there is no obvi- France must cease its inter- cornered the terrorists, $4.8 billion loan.
Islamic militants, the most action” if the demonstra- ous way for the kidnap- vention in Mali to ensure who are in one wing of the The flap was a new twist
organized rebel fighters tors did not leave the city pers to escape in their four the safety of the hostages. complex’s living quarters.” in Morsi’s attempts to recon-
trying to topple President by Thursday, but later wheel drive vehicles with BP, together with the He said one Briton and cile his background with the
Bashar Assad’s government. backed off the threat after their hostages. Norwegian company one Algerian were killed Muslim Brotherhood — a
More than 60,000 people he was contradicted by the A militant group Statoil and the Alge- in the attack, while a Nor- vehemently anti-Israeli and
have been killed in the president. claimed responsibility for rian state oil company wegian and two other Brit- anti-U.S. group — and the
22-month conflict, accord- the rare attack on one of Sonatrach, operates the gas ons were among the six requirements of his role as
ing to the United Nations. Wire services oil-rich Algeria’s energy field. A Japanese company, wounded. head of state.
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Risk to all ages: 100 kids die of flu each year
By Mike stobbe Health officials only later. Amanda was found of kids had been reported his grandparents in Amery, 24,000 Americans die each
Associated Press started tracking pediatric dead in her bed that ter- since the previous August. Wis., a small town near the flu season, according to the
flu deaths nine years ago, af- rible Monday morning, by It’s been difficult to com- Minnesota state line. Max Centers for Disease Control
NEW YORK — How bad is ter media reports called at- her mother. pare the current flu season felt fluish on Christmas and Prevention. People who
this flu season, exactly? tention to children’s deaths. “The worst day of our to those of other winters be- Eve, seemed better the next are elderly and with certain
Look to the children. That was in 2003-04 when lives,” said her father, Rich- cause this one started about morning but grew worse chronic health conditions
Twenty flu-related the primary flu germ was ard Kanowitz, a Manhattan a month earlier than usual. that night. The family de- are generally at greatest
deaths have been reported the same dangerous flu bug attorney who went on to Look at it this way: The cided to postpone the drive risk from flu and its com-
in kids so far this winter, as the one dominating this found a vaccine-promoting nation is currently about home and took him to a lo- plications.
one of the worst tolls this year. It also was an earlier group called Families Fight- five weeks into flu season, cal hospital. He was trans- The current vaccine is
early in the year since the than normal flu season. ing Flu. as measured by the first ferred to a medical center about 60 percent effective,
government started keep- The government ulti- The Centers for Disease time flu case reports cross in St. Paul, Minn., where he and is considered the best
ing track in 2004. mately received reports Control and Prevention above a certain threshold. died on Dec. 29. protection available. Max
But while such a tally is of 153 flu-related deaths in gradually expanded its flu Two years ago, the nation He’d been accepted to Schwolert had not been
tragic, that does not mean children, from 40 states, shot guidance, and by 2008 wasn’t five weeks into its flu Oklahoma State Univer- vaccinated, nor had the ma-
this year will turn out to be and most of them had oc- all kids 6 months and older season until early February, sity before the Christmas jority of the other pediatric
unusually bad. Roughly 100 curred by the beginning of were urged to get the vac- and at that point there were trip. And an acceptance deaths.
children die in an average January. But the reporting cine. As a result, the vac- 30 pediatric flu deaths — or letter from the University of Even if kids are vacci-
flu season, and it’s not yet was scattershot. So in Oc- cination rate for kids grew 10 more than have been re- Minnesota arrived in Texas nated, parents should be
clear the nation will reach tober 2004, the government from under 10 percent back ported at about the same while Max was sick in Min- watchful for unusually se-
that total. started requiring all states then to around 40 percent point this year. That sug- nesota, his uncle said. vere symptoms, said Lyn
The deaths this year have to report flu-related deaths today. gests that when the dust Nearly 1,400 people at- Finelli of the CDC.
included a 6-year-old girl in in kids. Flu vaccine is also much settles, this season may not tended a memorial service “If they have influenza-
Maine, a 15-year Michigan Other things changed, more plentiful. Roughly 130 be as bad as the one only for Max two weeks ago in like illness and are lethar-
student who loved robot- most notably a broad ex- million doses have been two years ago. Texas. gic, or not eating, or look
ics, and 6-foot-4 Texas pansion of who should get distributed this season, But for some families, it “He exuded care and love punky — or if a parent’s
high school senior Max flu shots. During the ter- compared to 83 million will be remembered as the for other people,” Phil Sch- intuition is the kid doesn’t
Schwolert, who grew sick rible 2003-04 season, flu back then. Public educa- worst ever. wolert said. look right and they’re
in Wisconsin while visit- shots were only advised for tion seems to be better, too, And in Texas, the town “The bottom line is take alarmed — they need to
ing his grandparents for the children ages 6 months to Kanowitz observed. of Flower Mound mourned care of your kids, be close to call the doctor and take
holidays. 2 years. The last unusually bad Schwolert, a healthy, lanky your kids,” he said. them to the doctor,” she
“He was kind of a gentle That didn’t help 4-year- flu season for children, was 17-year-old who loved to On average, an estimated advised.
giant” whose death has had old Amanda Kanowitz, 2009-10 — the year of the golf and taught Sunday
a huge impact on his home- who one day in late Febru- new swine flu, which hit school at the church where
town of Flower Mound, said ary 2004 came home from young people especially his father was a youth pas-
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From the cover
Advocates push partnership to pay for new bridge Virginia inmate
who wanted death
The Associated Press bridge for the Interstate 75-71 cor- money initially, but gets it back with
ridor built in a timely fashion. interest. penalty executed
ERLANGER — A coalition is trying to With a partnership, proponents “Without giving us all the tools in
convince leaders in northern Ken- have said a new bridge could be built the toolbox, it’s going to constrain robert
tucky that private financing would by 2018. the possibility of moving the project Gleason, Jr. The Associated Press
be the best way to speed up the time “The realistic piece is that there forward,” Hans said. “It’s the bottom
frame for a new bridge that would are no more earmarks at the federal line. We have to look at all options. JARRATT, Va. — A man who strangled his prison cellmate
span the Ohio River and connect the government,” Reeder said. “I wish Tolls may be the best option. Avail- and made good on a vow to continue killing if he wasn’t
area to Cincinnati. we could go get a federal earmark, ability payments may be the best executed has been put to death in Virginia’s electric
The Kentucky Enquirer reports but we can’t.” option.” chair.
that Johnna Reeder, who is chair- Opponents have argued against Many fear tolls would hurt north- Robert Gleason Jr. was pronounced dead by authori-
woman of the Build Our New Bridge the proposal, saying it would mean ern Kentucky residents and busi- ties at 9:08 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensville Correc-
Now Coalition, was joined by offi- tolls on the bridge. nesses. Builder Matt Toebben said tional Center.
cials with the Kentucky Transporta- Transportation official Robert he feared tolls would cost northern The 42-year-old inmate was the first executed in the
tion Cabinet on Tuesday as they rec- Hans says private financing doesn’t Kentucky thousands of residents and U.S. this year and the first to choose to die by electrocu-
ommended the option to area leaders necessarily mean tolls. He said billions of dollars. tion since 2010. In Virginia and nine other states, inmates
at a meeting in Erlanger. They said other states have used “availability “I don’t want to see northern Ken- can choose between electrocution and lethal injection.
a public-private partnership is the payments” similar to bonds, which tucky killed off with the stroke of a Gleason had fought last-minute attempts by former
only way to get the $2.4 billion new means a private company puts up the pen or one mistake,” Toebben said. attorneys to stop the execution.
ROAD million for construction
and right-of-way acquisi-
from 1A
tion, although that doesn’t
count the cost of utility re-
That path will be for the location.
use of both pedestrians Gas lines and under-
and bicyclists. Existing ground telephone lines
right of way will be used, will be largely unaffect-
except for a few small ar- ed, he said, while over-
eas, although during con- head electric lines will
struction temporary ease- be relocated to the golf
ments will be needed. course side of the road
Sewell said 22 property and the water line will
owners will be affected, al- possibly be relocated
though only a handful of alongside the walking/
them will be asked to grant cycling path.
permanent easements. “It’s a great project,”
Right-of-way acquisi- Mayor Steve Austin said.
tion is planned for Feb- “Everybody’s going to
ruary, and a contract for be grateful for enhance-
construction is expected ments to their property,”
to be let in March. The Commissioner Tom Davis
price tag is estimated at $1 said.
RATES “We still don’t know if it
from 1A would be Wilson or not,”
he said. “We had to put
something down for the
can — which already has rate case, and that’s what
complained that exist- we put down. But that
ing power costs put it at a could change ... It doesn’t
competitive disadvantage mean that Sebree’s (com- AssociAted Press
on the world aluminum plex of generating sta- President Barack obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, gestures as he talks about proposals to reduce gun vio-
market — would rise 15.6 tions) are being ignored, lence Wednesday in the south court Auditorium at the White House in Washington.
percent under Big Rivers’ either.”
proposal. In fact, quite a lot isn’t OBAMA he didn’t know whether an flanked by children who 1994 ban on high-grade,
“Obviously, we’re dis- known, particularly con- from 1A assault weapons ban could wrote him letters about military-style assault
appointed,” Alcan plant cerning Century Alumi- pass the Senate, but said gun violence in the weeks weapons. The ban expired
spokesman Kenny Barkley num’s plans. Last August, there are some measures following the Newtown in 2004, and Obama wants
said Wednesday. when Century announced Tobacco, Firearms and that can, such as improved shooting. Families of those lawmakers to renew and
“This kind of increase its intention to terminate Explosives, and directing background checks. killed in the massacre, as expand it.
can cause serious impli- its power supply contract the Centers for Disease Senate Majority Lead- well as survivors of the Obama also intends
cations” for the 500-em- with Big Rivers, the alumi- Control to research gun er Harry Reid, D-Nev., shooting, were also in the to seek confirmation for
ployee plant, Barkley said. num company spoke as if violence. called Obama’s package audience, along with law B. Todd Jones, who has
Closing the smelter “is it would close its smelter. But the president, “thoughtful recommenda- enforcement officers and served as acting director
an option, but it’s not part A month later, Century in- speaking at White House tions” and said the Senate congressional lawmakers. of the Bureau of Alcohol,
of the solution we’ll be formed Big Rivers that it ceremony, focused his would consider legislation “This is our first task Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
making a decision on” in intended to buy power on attention on the divided addressing gun violence as a society, keeping our plosives since 2011.
“the very near future,” he the open market to keep Congress, saying only early this year. children safe,” Obama The president’s plan
said. the plant in operation, and lawmakers could enact the “The tragedy at Sandy said. “This is how we will does little to address
“We want to stay in Starheim said discussions most effective measures Hook was just the latest be judged.” violent images in video
operation in western have taken place concern- for preventing more mass sad reminder that we are Seeking to expand games, movies and enter-
Kentucky,” Barkley said. ing such a possibility. shootings. not doing enough to pro- the impetus for address- tainment, beyond asking
“Thousands of people But, he said, “It’s not “To make a real and last- tect our citizens - espe- ing gun violence beyond the CDC to study their im-
depend on us ... A lot is at obvious at all what their ing difference, Congress cially our children - from the Newtown shooting, pact on gun crimes. Some
stake.” intent is.” must act,” Obama said. gun violence and a culture the president said more pro-gun lawmakers who
“Obviously, this not A Century spokeswom- “And Congress must act of violence, and all options than 900 Americans have are open to addressing
welcome news to them,” an didn’t return a phone soon.” should be on the table been killed by guns in the stricter arms legislation
Starheim said. “It’s causing call Wednesday seeking The president vowed moving forward,” he said. month since the elemen- have insisted they would
an extra burden on the al- comment on its plans. to use “whatever weight Republican National tary school massacre. do so only in tandem with
ready tough environment In the meantime, Big this office holds” to press Committee Chairman “Every day we wait, the recommendations for ad-
they’re competing in.” Rivers is seeking alternate lawmakers into action on Reince Priebus dismissed number will keep grow- dressing violence in enter-
Other large industries customers for Century’s his $500 million plan. He Obama’s measures as “an ing,” he said. tainment.
— from big manufactur- 482 MW of power, either is also calling for improve- executive power grab.” The White House has The president’s long list
ing plants to coal mines — by trying to recruit new ments in school safety, “He paid lip service to signaled that Obama of executive orders also in-
could also feel the pinch, industries that require including putting 1,000 our fundamental constitu- could launch a campaign clude:
with Big Rivers seeking lots of electricity or sell- police officers in schools tional rights,” Priebus said to boost public support ■■ Ordering tougher
to increase their electric ing surplus power to other and bolstering mental of the president, “but took for his proposals. Nearly penalties for people who
rates 17.9 percent. utilities. health care by training actions that disregard the six in 10 Americans want lie on background checks
Unhappy with Big Riv- Littrel said Big Rivers more health professionals Second Amendment and stricter gun laws in the af- and requiring federal
ers’ existing rates, Centu- submitted an offer to sister to deal with young people the legislative process.” termath of the Newtown agencies to make relevant
ry Aluminum last August companies Louisville Gas who may be at risk. Acknowledging the shooting, with majorities data available to the fed-
filed notice that it would & Electric Co. and Ken- Even supportive law- tough fight ahead, Obama favoring a nationwide ban eral background check
terminate its purchase of tucky Utilities Co., which makers say the president’s said there will be pundits, on military-style, rapid- system.
power produced by Big last fall sought to buy up to gun control proposals — politicians and special fire weapons and limits ■■ Ending limits that
Rivers starting this Aug. 700 MW of power starting most of which are opposed interest groups that will on gun violence depicted make it more difficult for
20. Century is Big Rivers’ after Jan. 1, 2015. “We are by the powerful National seek to “gin up fear” that in video games, movies the government to re-
largest customer, consum- still reviewing the propos- Rifle Association — face the White House wants to and TV shows, according search gun violence, such
ing 482 megawatts of elec- als and are on schedule to long odds on Capitol Hill. take away the right to own to a new Associated Press- as gathering data on guns
tricity. complete those evalua- House Speaker John a gun. GfK poll. that fall into criminal
That’s a substantial tions by March 15,” accord- Boehner’s office was non- “Behind the scenes, A lopsided 84 percent of hands.
amount of power, equaling ing to LG&E-KU spokes- committal to the presi- they’ll do everything they adults would like to see the ■■ Requiring federal law
about four to five times the woman Chris Whelan. dent’s package of proposed can to block any common- establishment of a federal enforcement to trace guns
amount of power typically Big Rivers has also sub- legislation, but signaled sense reform and make standard for background recovered in criminal in-
used in the city of Hender- mitted an offer to East no urgency to act. “House sure nothing changes checks for people buying vestigations.
son. Kentucky Power Cooper- committees of jurisdiction whatsoever,” he said. “The guns at gun shows, the poll ■■ Giving schools flex-
“Cost-cutting alone can- ative and has mentioned will review these recom- only way we will be able showed. ibility to use federal
not offset this deficiency,” other possible buyers of mendations,” Boehner to change is if their audi- The president based his grant money to improve
Big Rivers spokesman power. spokesman Michael Steel ence, their constituents, proposals on recommen- school safety, such as by
Marty Littrel said Wednes- Securing such a buyer or said. “And if the Senate their membership says dations from an admin- hiring school resource
day. attracting new industries passes a bill, we will also this time must be differ- istration-wide task force officers.
Losing a customer such could eventually ease the take a look at that.” ent, that this time we must led by Vice President Joe ■■ Giving communities
as Century could reduce need for higher rates. Senate Judiciary Com- do something to protect Biden. His plan marks the grants to institute pro-
the need for Big Rivers “Certainly this is not in- mittee Chairman Pat- our communities and our most comprehensive effort grams to keep guns away
to operate all of its exist- tended to be a permanent rick Leahy said ahead of kids.” to address gun violence from people who shouldn’t
ing generating stations increase,” Kenergy’s Star- Obama’s presentation that The president was since Congress passed the have them.
in western Kentucky, in- heim said.
cluding the Reid-Green- “We’ll still remain
Station Two complex near competitive,” Littrel said. WEAThER Parkway closed for more use caution while driving on Tuesday, bringing this
Sebree; its Coleman power “Even with this increase, than three hours late Tues- this morning. month’s total so far to 3.89
from 1A
plant in Hancock County; we would not be the high- day night after multiple “The warming tempera- inches, according to the
and its Wilson power plant est in Kentucky,” which crashes near the Green tures outside have helped Kentucky mesonet web-
in Ohio County. itself is among the lowest- most of the county roads River Bridge on the Ohio- us a bunch,” he said. site. The measurements
Starheim said that “to cost states for electric in good condition. Muhlenberg County line, “Warming temperatures come from a mesonet lo-
reduce operational ex- power. The Henderson Police Todd said. are our friend this time of cated at Graham Hill.
penses in the future, dis- Still, proposing to in- Department, the Hen- One of the wrecks in- year.” Morganfield has tallied
cussions have included crease electric rates by derson County Sheriff’s volved a semi-truck that The National Weather 5.48 inches of precipitation
idling or selling a power 15 to 20 percent puts Big Department and the Ken- ruptured its fuel tranks Service in Paducah is fore- in January, with .02 inches
plant.” Rivers in an unenviable tucky State Police reported and lost fuel. A few crash- casting sunny skies today accumulating on Tuesday.
In its application with position. no weather related acci- es also occurred along a through Sunday with tem- Sections of two roads
the PSC, Big Rivers de- “This is a pretty abnor- dents on Wednesday. section of I-69 in Hopkins peratures above freezing. in Union County remain
clared that idling the Wil- mal event,” Starheim said. Kentucky Transporta- County overnight Tues- The high today is 40 de- closed due to recent rain-
son plant next Dec. 1 could ■■ tion Cabinet crews were day and early morning grees. Tonight is expected fall, Todd said. Kentucky
result in the cutting of 92 Kenergy Corp. has post- out spreading salt to treat Wednesday, he said. to be mostly clear with a 1637 is closed from the 0
of the company’s 627 em- ed information at kenergy- bridges, overpasses and The temperature rising low of 21 degrees. to 3 mile marker and Ken-
ployees. corp.com/rateCase.aspx other potential trouble above freezing Wednes- There’s no rain or snow tucky 1452 is closed from
But Littrel said that concerning the proposed spots throughout the day day improved the road in the upcoming forecast, the 0 to 2 mile marker.
doesn’t mean that Wilson rate increase. Customers in the District’s 11 counties, conditions as the day pro- according to the weather Kentucky 136 in Hender-
would necessarily be the can also email comments said District 2 spokesman gressed, though Todd said service. son County is open, but
plant that would be moth- to Kenergy at rate.case@ Keith Todd. overnight freezing was a Henderson received has high water signs post-
balled. kenergycorp.com. The Western Kentucky concern and people should .04 inches of precipitation ed at the 8-10 mile marker.
Thursday, January 17, 2013 Section B
n The pistol is firing:
Colin Kaepernick and the San
Francisco 49ers are proving
Sports that the pistol offense can
work in the NFL. 3B
Bears hire CFL coach Trestman
Madisonville vs.
Henderson Co.
Site: Colonel Gym
Tipoff: Junior varsity 6
p.m., varsity 7:30 p.m.
n Two-time Grey Cup champion tered with Mike Tice call- players at On Twitter, Marshall Records: Madisonville,
ing the plays. the time, but made his feelings clear. 9-8; Henderson Co., 13-1
is given task of fixing the offense Kromer served as the Cutler and “Heard so many GREAT
Saints’ head coach for six star receiv- things about Coach Trest-
games this season while er Brandon man can’t wait to follow Lady Cols
By Andrew Seligman was an offensive coordi- interim coach Joe Vitt was Marshall his lead,” he wrote. “Read-
Associated Press nator with Cleveland, San suspended for his role in are looking ing his book now.”
Francisco, Arizona and the bounty scandal. Saints forward to Trestman wrote “Per- and Maroons
CHICAGO — The Chicago Oakland. coach Sean Payton had to Marc working severance: Life Lessons
Bears hired Montreal Chicago general manag- sit out the year. Trestman with Trest- on Leadership and Team-
will renew
Alouettes coach Marc er Phil Emery cast a wide The Dallas Cowboys, man. work,” a motivational bi-
Trestman on Wednesday net in his search, meeting meanwhile, reported on “He’s been successful ography released in 2010.
to replace the fired Lovie with at least 13 candidates. their website that special wherever he’s been,” Cut- The Bears, who have
hoops rivalry
Smith and gave him two Besides Trestman, he also teams coach Joe DeCamil- ler told the Bears’ website. scheduled a news confer-
basic tasks — fix the of- brought back Seattle Se- lis was leaving to become “He’s from the West Coast ence for Thursday morn-
fense and lead the team to ahawks offensive coordi- Chicago’s assistant head coaching tree, which I’m fa- ing, are turning to the
the playoffs on a consistent nator Darrell Bevell and coach/special teams co- miliar with. It’s what I came 57-year-old Trestman in Gleaner staff
basis. the Indianapolis Colts’ ordinator. into the league with, with part because of his back-
How he meshes with Bruce Arians for second For Chicago, the moves (Mike) Shanahan (with the ground with quarterbacks. Henderson County and
quarterback Jay Cutler interviews. come after a 10-win sea- Denver Broncos in 2006), so He worked with Bernie Madisonville renew their
could go a long way toward Trestman wasted little son in which the Bears fell I’m looking forward to it. Kosar as an assistant at the basketball rivalry tonight
determining his success. time starting to assemble apart after winning seven “He understands quar- University of Miami and with a lot of connections
It’s the first head coach- his staff. of their first eight games. terbacks. He understands again when he was on the on their benches.
ing job in the NFL for A person familiar with Smith was let go after their thought process and Browns’ staff in the 1980s. Henderson County
Trestman, a longtime as- the situation said the Bears nine years, ending a run that the minds of quarterbacks Trestman helped the Raid- graduate Brent Gibson is
sistant in the league who hired New Orleans Saints included a trip to the Super and what we have to go ers reach the Super Bowl at in his first year as Madi-
spent the past five seasons offensive line coach Aaron Bowl but also saw Chicago through. It’s going to be a the end of the 2002 season sonville’s head coach af-
coaching the CFL’s Alou- Kromer as their offensive miss the playoffs five of the quarterback-friendly sys- with an offense he geared ter spending last season
ettes and led them to two coordinator, hoping to re- past six seasons. That move tem and I can’t wait to get for Rich Gannon, the as an assistant with for-
Grey Cup titles. Trestman vive a unit that often sput- did not sit well with some started with him.” league’s MVP that year. mer coach John Paul Cum-
mings. His father, Phil, is
an assistant on Henderson
Pats’ Brady braces for Ravens County’s staff.
Brent Gibson’s coaching
staff at Madisonville in-
cludes Tom Fisher, a long-
time assistant at Hender-
son County including 12
n Baltimore seems to have star quarterback’s number, brings out the worst in him seasons with Phil Gibson.
The Lady Maroons (9-
8) won seven of their first
By Howard Ulman eight games to start the
Associated Press season but have now lost
seven of their last nine.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Henderson County
There’s something about (13-1), ranked fifth in this
the Baltimore Ravens that week’s Associated Press
brings out the worst in poll, is looking for its fifth
Tom Brady. straight win.
Against most teams, he Tonight’s contest is the
plays like one of the NFL’s first meeting with Madi-
best quarterbacks. Against sonville since the 2010
the Ravens, he gets out- Second Region final, won
played by Joe Flacco. by Henderson County 68-
So what’s the problem? 54, and the first regular-
Start with the Ravens’ season contest since 2007.
inspirational, hard-hitting Henderson County
leader, Ray Lewis. Add a leads 34-21 in the all-time
talented secondary led by series in which it has won
Ed Reed. And throw in a 32 straight games. Madi-
strong defensive line with sonville had its last win
Haloti Ngata leading the in the series in the 1987
charge. region tournament.
“They have a lot of
playmakers at each level
of the defense,” Brady Eagles get
said Wednesday before
the New England Patriots
practiced. “It’s not like you their man:
beat this team, 50-0. It’s al-
ways a tight game. There’s
tight coverage. There’s Chip Kelly
tight throws, tough reads NICK WASS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
because schematically In this Sept. 23, 2012, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) points across the line of scrimmage in the
they do quite a few things. first half of an NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. Brady’s passing rating is lower against the Ravens than
So it’s never easy.” against any other team. The Ravens and Patriots meet in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. By Rob Maadi
He doesn’t expect it to Associated Press
be in Sunday night’s AFC against (eight) than touch- right there that their leader- we’re very short-term fo- Ray Rice scored on an
championship game. downs (seven). They’ve ship is one of the best things cused and playing against a 83-yard run on the game’s PHILADELPHIA — In the end,
“You play against a team sacked him 16 times, one of that they have,” Patriots great football team that ob- first offensive play. Then Chip Kelly chose the NFL,
like this, that’s able to ad- five teams averaging more running back Stevan Rid- viously deserves the right to Brady turned the ball over giving the Eagles their guy.
just because of their per- than two a game against ley said. “They’re known for be here. We know how chal- on three of his first four Philadelphia hired Kelly
sonnel and because they Brady. defense. They’re known for lenging of a team they are.” possessions, leading to 17 on Wednesday, just 10 days
do a lot of things sche- In five games against Ray Lewis. They’re known The Ravens know how points and a 24-0 Ravens after he
matically, there are a lot the Patriots, Flacco is 2-3 for Ed Reed. good Brady can be even lead after one quarter. decided to
of `what ifs’ in preparation but has completed 64.7 “You’re going to see though he’s struggled at They started at the Pa- stay at Or-
throughout the course of percent of his passes with some of the greats going times against them. triots 17-yard line after egon. The
the week,” he said. “That’s a 95.7 passer rating. He’s at it (Sunday night). What “We’ve got to play Terrell Suggs recovered 49-year-
really what we’re trying to thrown for nine touch- else could you ask for. This smart. We’re dealing with Brady’s fumble, the 25 af- old Kelly,
hone in on this week.” downs and just four inter- is what you live for. This is a brilliant quarterback,” ter Chris Carr intercepted known as
Brady is 5-2 in his seven ceptions. playoff football.” safety Bernard Pollard a pass and the 9 after Reed an offensive
games against the Ravens, Brady’s 49.1 rating in a Some quarterbacks say said. “We have to under- picked off another one. innovator,
not a bad record. But his 33-14 playoff loss to Balti- they establish their legacy stand ... the pieces he has Six minutes into the game becomes the Chip
personal statistics are more on Jan. 10, 2010 is his with their postseason play. around him. He can fire with the Patriots trailing 21st coach in Kelly
among the poorest against lowest in his last 101 games Brady, winner of two that ball to anybody, and 14-0, the fans booed their team history
any of the 31 teams he’s and sixth lowest in his 198 regular-season MVP they’re going to play their hometown team. and replaces Andy Reid,
faced in his 13-year career. career starts, including the awards and two more in tails off for him.” “I’d have been boo- who was fired on Dec. 31
His 58.6 completion per- postseason. Super Bowls, has no time The Patriots got off to a ing us, too, the way we after a 4-12 season.
centage and 74.1 passer rat- Why? to dwell on that now. horrible start against the played,” Brady said after He’ll be introduced at a
ing are the lowest against “For one, you’ve got a guy “I don’t really think about Ravens in their wild-card the game. “Playing the news conference Thurs-
any opponent. The Ravens (Lewis) that’s been playing any of that,” he said. “I’m matchup three years ago way we played today, we day at 12:30 p.m. CT at the
are the only team he’s ball for 17 years sitting in just trying to win a football and Brady was a major weren’t going to beat any- Eagles’ practice facility.
thrown more interceptions the middle, so that tells you game this week. I think factor. body.” Kelly, who was 46-7 in
four years at Oregon, in-
terviewed with the Eagles,
Ravens’ Lewis dominating as retirement looms Cleveland Browns and
Buffalo Bills in a two-day
span after leading the fast-
flying Ducks to a victory
By David Ginsburg their postseason journey. the middle end Arthur Jones said. defensive tackle Haloti over Kansas State in the
Associated Press “No, I can’t come back,” of the Bal- “You would think he was Ngata said. “It’s just great Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3.
Lewis said Wednesday. timore de- 21, 22, watching him out to see him play at a level The Eagles are known
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ray “My kids are calling for fense two there, flying around, mak- that I don’t think a lot of to have interviewed 11
Lewis sure doesn’t look Daddy. It’s a great reward weeks ago. ing plays. Why not play linebackers can be doing candidates, including two
like an aging linebacker to see the sacrifice my ba- Wearing hard for a guy like that? It now. I’m just humbled and meetings with Seahawks
on the brink of retirement. bies have made for me, and a cumber- makes you so (confident) definitely lucky, I guess, defensive coordinator Gus
With 30 tackles in his it’s time that I sacrificed some brace on defense that you have to play with someone like Bradley. All along, Kelly
last two games, the Bal- for them.” Ray on his right a guy behind you that’s a that.” was thought to be Phila-
timore Ravens defensive The 37-year-old Lewis Lewis arm, Lewis stud, that’s going to make Lewis can’t cover a fleet delphia’s first choice in a
leader appears as if he announced on Jan. 2 that led the Ra- such a huge play and can running back or tight end long, exhaustive process
could play at a high level he would retire after Balti- vens with 13 tackles in a make so many plays.” in the same fashion as that took many twists.
for several more years. more’s playoff run is com- 24-9 playoff win over In- With Lewis leading the years ago, but he compen- “Chip Kelly will be an
That’s not going to hap- pleted. Since that time, he’s dianapolis. way, Baltimore (12-6) will sates for that shortcoming outstanding head coach
pen. In spite of his standout provided his teammates As an encore, Lewis had head to New England (13- with extensive film study for the Eagles,” owner Jef-
performance this month with inspiration in the a team-high 17 tackles last 4) this Sunday night for a and by taking the most ad- frey Lurie said. “He has a
and the pleasure he’s de- locker room and magnifi- week in a 38-35 double- chance to advance to the vantageous pursuit route. brilliant football mind. He
rived from Baltimore’s run cent play on the field. overtime victory over Super Bowl. And if there’s a tackle to motivates with his actions
to the AFC championship After being sidelined for Denver. “He definitely can play be made, more often than as well as his words. He will
game, Lewis remains ada- 12 weeks with a torn right “He’s a guy that still multiple more years, but not Lewis is going to be the be a great leader for us and
mant that he will retire triceps, Lewis reclaimed plays the game at a high I think he understands one to put that player on will bring a fresh energetic
after the Ravens complete his customary position in level,” Ravens defensive that it’s time to move on,” the ground. approach to our team.”
2B » Thursday, January 17, 2013 » THE GLEANER
SportS
Butler’s ‘D’ bites Spiders Now it counts:
Briefs
Sharapova,
Te’o girlfriend
story was hoax
Venus move
■■Bulldogs win
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A story
that Notre Dame football in their A-10 to third round
star Manti Te’o’s girlfriend
had died of leukemia — a home opener
loss he said inspired him By John Pye
to help lead the Irish to the Associated Press
BCS championship game Wire reports
— was dismissed by the MELBOURNE, Australia — Ma-
university Wednesday as Andrew Smith scored ria Sharapova was careful
a hoax perpetrated against 15 points, Kellen Dunham not to show any disrespect
the linebacker. added 11 and No. 13 Butler to the two women she beat
Notre Dame athletic used a stifling defense to 6-0, 6-0 along the way to a
director Jack Swarbrick pull away from Richmond third-round match against
says his faith has not been for a 62-47 victory in its Venus Williams at the
shaken in Te’o “one iota.” first Atlantic 10 Confer- Australian Open.
Swarbrick says an in- ence home game Wednes- As rare as it was, she
vestigation by a firm the day night. said, an almost flawless
school hired has con- Butler (15-2, 3-0), which start wasn’t entirely what
vinced him that Te’o was has won 12 straight overall, she’d come to Melbourne
duped into an online re- was without leading scorer to achieve.
lationship with a woman Rotnei Clarke due to a se- The No. 2-ranked
whose death was then verely sprained neck. With- Sharapova overwhelmed
faked by the perpetrators out Clarke, the Bulldogs re- Japan’s Misaki Doi in 47
of the hoax. lied on a defense that held minutes Wednesday, even
the Spiders to a season-low MICHAEL CONROY/ASSOCIATED PRESS less time than she’d need-
Spartan players
32.7 percent shooting. Richmond guard Cedrick Lindsay, bottom, and Butler forward Roosevelt Jones go to the court ed to beat fellow Russian
involved in scuffle Richmond (11-7, 1-2) was for a loose ball in the second half of their game in Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Olga Puchkova two days
led by Darien Brothers with earlier in her first competi-
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Michi- 12 points but has lost two crowd stormed the court ■■Missouri 79, Geor- ■■Georgetown 74, tive match of 2013.
gan State forwards Bran- straight and five of its last to celebrate Maryland’s gia 62: Earnest Ross Providence 65: Otto Por- No woman had posted
den Dawson and Adreian seven. The Spiders were first win over a ranked scored 15 points while sur- ter had 20 points and eight back-to-back 6-0, 6-0 wins
Payne were involved in playing without their sec- team since March 3, 2010, viving two spills, helping rebounds, and George- at a Grand Slam since 1985.
a scuffle at a hotel before ond-leading scorer, Derrick against No. 4 Duke. No. 17 Missouri rebound town beat Providence 74- Yet it didn’t excite the
Wednesday night’s game Williams, who missed his Len, with 10 points, was from its biggest setback 65 Wednesday night. 25-year-old Sharapova,
that led to police respond- fourth straight game with a the only Terrapin to score of the season with a 79-62 The Hoyas (12-3, 2-2 who wasn’t even alive
ing to the altercation. sprained ankle. in double figures. victory over Georgia on Big East) have won eight when Wendy Turnbull did
Spartans coach Tom Butler made it look easy, Maryland (14-3, 2-2 At- Wednesday night. straight over the Friars (9- it at the Australian Open.
Izzo said in a statement using first-half runs of 7-0 lantic Coast Conference) Alex Oriakhi had 13 8, 1-4). “It’s not really the sta-
that the scuffle started and 8-0 to take a 33-21 half- has won 10 of 11 against points on perfect 5-for-5 ■■Pittsburgh 58, Vil- tistic I want to be known
with the off-campus room- time lead and never let the the Wolfpack (14-3, 3-1), shooting, eight rebounds lanova 43: Durand John- for,” Sharapova said in her
mates needling each other Spiders get closer than including five in a row at and four blocks for the Ti- son and Trey Zeigler each most matter-of-fact way.
and led to a dented wall. nine in the second half. home. gers (13-3, 2-1 SEC), who scored 13 points points to “I want to be known for
He said the team would ■■Maryland 51, N.C. ■■Michigan State 81, were held to a season-low lead Pittsburgh to a 58- winning Grand Slam titles,
“deal with this appropri- State 50: Alex Len Penn State 72: Adreian 49 points in a 15-point loss 43 win over Villanova on not that I won two matches
ately,” and that Dawson dropped in a missed shot Payne scored 20 points at Mississippi on Saturday. Wednesday night. 6-0, 6-0.”
and Payne will pay for any by teammate Pe’Shon after spending the first ■■Oklahoma 81, Texas The Panthers (14-4, Tennis is all about
property damage. Howard with 00.9 sec- half on the bench follow- Tech 63: Romero Osby 2-3 Big East) snapped a Grand Slam titles for
Izzo said neither player onds left, giving Maryland ing a morning scuffle with scored 17 points, all but tie game with a 15-0 run Sharapova who, with her
would start when the No. 18 a stunning 51-50 victory teammate Brandon Daw- two in the second half, to end the game and they drought-breaking victory
Spartans meet Penn State. over No. 14 North Carolina son, and No. 18 Michigan and Oklahoma extended held Villanova without a at the French Open last
Dawson (10.5 points) has State on Wednesday night. State held on for a 81-72 its winning streak to five point for the final 5 min- year, now has a complete
started all 17 games this Howard drove the left victory against Penn State games, beating Texas Tech utes, 13 seconds. set of four major champi-
year. Payne (8.5 points) has side and came up short on on Wednesday night. 81-63 on Wednesday night. ■■Miami 60, Boston onships. And she knows it
started six, but has come off a 5-footer, but the 7-foot- Payne, a sturdy 6-foot-10 Oklahoma (12-3, 3-0) re- College 59: Durand Scott won’t be easy against the
the bench recently. 1 Len grabbed the ball in forward, made up for lost mained tied atop the Big 12 hit four free throws in the 32-year-old Williams, who
front of the rim and eased time by dominating the post with No. 4 Kansas and No. closing 30 seconds and drew has won seven.
Nationals trade
it through the hoop. After in the second half. He had 13 16 Kansas State. The win- an offensive foul to help Mi- “Well, you certainly
Morse to Seattle the Wolfpack failed on points on 5-of-6 shooting in ning streak matches the ami extend its best confer- know what she’s capable
a desperation heave on a stretch of six-plus minutes longest for the Sooners ence start ever by beating of,” Sharapova said. “But
The Mariners added the other end, thousands after entering the game with under second-year coach pesky Boston College 60-59 when you’re out on the
some much-needed power of students in the sellout about 16:30 left. Lon Kruger. on Wednesday night. court, you’re not thinking
to their lineup Wednes- how many titles she’s won
day, acquiring Michael or how experienced she is.”
Morse from Washington Depth helps Lady Wildcats get off to fast start To Sharapova, her first
in a three-team deal that two wins have been a
moved catcher John Jaso matter of “getting the job
from Seattle to Oakland. done.”
The NL East champi- By Gary Graves muscles again in Sunday’s cance in the game,” junior leads the nation in turn- Sharapova leads the head-
on Nationals reacquired Associated Press 69-43 victory against Mis- guard Kastine Evans said. over margin (plus-9.9) to-head series 4-3, but Wil-
pitching prospect A.J. souri, outscoring the Tigers’ “We have a lot of people and is holding opponents liams has won both of their
Cole, dealt from Washing- LEXINGTON — Kentucky’s bench 16-6. The bench also that can do the same to 37 percent shooting. Of- Grand Slam meetings.
ton to Oakland 13 months reserves have played as helped hold the leading things as the starters and fensively, they are seventh Numbers don’t mean
ago in the trade for Gio big a role as the starters in 3-point shooting team in contribute the same way, in scoring margin (plus- much either to Williams,
Gonzalez. Washington the No. 5 Wildcats’ impres- women’s Division 1 basket- and that’s really huge for 24.9) and 12th in offense who is making trip No.
also got minor league sive start. ball to just two baskets from our team as we continue (77 points per game). “Lucky 13” to Melbourne
pitcher Blake Treinen and They provide the depth behind the arc. forward to be successful.” Evans (3.4 points, 1.7 re- Park.
a player to be named. that has allowed Kentucky Led by Janee Thomp- The group’s abilities to bounds per game) has con- She’s still on the come-
Morse hit .291 with 18 to wear down opponents. son and Bernisha Pinkett, contribute on both ends tributed 14 steals and nine back trail from missing
home runs and 62 RBIs Kentucky (16-1) has a Kentucky’s reserves have have been especially im- 3-pointers for the Wildcats. seven months after the
last year in an injury- 10-player rotation, with consistently maintained or portant in helping Ken- Thompson, Kentucky’s lone 2011 U.S. Open to deal with
shortened season, play- the understudies making extended leads, and helped tucky maintain Mitchell’s freshman, is averaging 4.8 Sjogren’s Syndrome. Now
ing mostly as a corner major contributions to its the Wildcats overcome in- philosophy of “40 minutes points per contest and earned seeded 25th, she dropped
outfielder. He was with 4-0 Southeastern Confer- juries and foul trouble. of dread” pressure defense a special place among Wild- only one game in her
the Mariners from 2005- ence start entering Thurs- Wildcats coach Mat- and up-tempo offense. cats faithful for her game- first-round win and then
08 before he was traded day night’s game against thew Mitchell “is looking The Wildcats have won winning 3-pointer with 8.4 went down a break early
to the Nationals for Ryan Mississippi State (8-9, 0-4). for people to come in and a school-record 15 straight seconds left that beat rival to Alize Cornet of France
Langerhans in June 2009. The reserves flexed their have pretty big signifi- games with a defense that Louisville 48-47 on Dec. 2. before winning 6-3, 6-3.
Churchill opening
new off-track parlor Armstrong: Decide for yourself
LOUISVILLE — Churchill
Downs is opening a new
off-track betting parlor on By Jim Litke with Winfrey that he used with Winfrey won’t be-
Wednesday. and Jim Vertuno performance-enhancing gin airing until Thursday
The Louisville track’s Associated Press drugs. night, but already some
simulcast wagering opera- He’s also held conversa- people want to hear more
tions are moving to a first- Lance Armstrong said tions with U.S. anti-dop- — under oath — before
floor venue at the Gate 1 Wednesday that viewers ing officials, touching off he’s allowed to compete
entrance. can judge for themselves speculation that the team again in elite triathlons, a
Race fans will enter the how candid he was in his leader who demanded sport he returned to after
venue, called The Parlay, interview with Oprah loyalty from others soon retiring from cycling in
through the track’s admis- Winfrey. may face some very tough 2011. In addition to strip-
sion gates adjacent to the “I left it all on the table choices himself: whether ping him of all seven of his
Kentucky Derby Museum. with her and when it airs to cooperate and name Tour de France titles last
Track officials say the people can decide,” he those who aided, knew year, anti-doping officials
the approximately said in a text message to about or helped cover up banned Armstrong for life
14,000-square-foot facil- The Associated Press. a sophisticated doping ring from sanctioned events.
ity will easily accommo- Armstrong responded that Armstrong ran on his “He’s got to follow a cer-
date 600 fans. The facility to a report in the New tour-winning U.S. Postal tain course,” David How-
will also house the track’s York Daily News, citing Service squads. man, director general of
media operations leading an unidentified source, “I have no idea what the the World Anti-Doping
up to the Kentucky Derby that he was not contrite future holds other than me Agency, said. “That is
and during its three live when he acknowledged holding my kids,” he said. not talking to a talk-show
racing meets. during Monday’s taping Armstrong’s interview host.”
San Diego State
jilts Big East McIlroy, Woods among top-class field
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —
San Diego State is staying
in the Mountain West and By Michael Casey and Martin Kaymer. been Martin Kaymer. He’s
backing out on the Big East Associated Press McIlroy signed a lucra- played really well around
— just like Boise State did tive sponsorship deal with here and won it a couple of
last month. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emir- Nike this week and led the times, three times I think,
San Diego State Presi- ates — Rory McIlroy is look- charge for Paul McGinley and I always came up sec-
dent Elliot Hirshman says ing forward to actually in his successful campaign ond best,” said McIlroy,
the school is pleased to be playing golf again after the to become Europe’s 2014 who is coming off a season-
continuing as a full mem- buzz of his multimillion- Ryder Cup captain. ending victory at the Dubai
ber of the Mountain West dollar sponsorship deal Now he’s looking for- World Championship as
Conference. and the selection of Euro- ward to getting his year well as the European and
San Diego State, a pean Ryder Cup captain. off to a strong start at the PGA tour money titles.
founding member, had The world’s top-ranked National Course, where “It would be nice to go
committed to join the Big golfer and PGA Champi- he has repeatedly come one better this week and
East for football only, with onship winner leads a star- up short against Kramer, obviously that’s what I’m
Boise State, starting next studded field at the Abu a three-time winner here. aiming for, but it’s a great
season. Dhabi Golf Championship “It’s a place I have done field and looks like the golf
that includes Tiger Woods, well. I think one problem course is in great shape as
Wire reports No. 5 Justin Rose, Ernie Els for me the last few years has well.”