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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 HENDERSON, KENTUCKY © No. 25, 129th year 75¢
Changes ahead for health-care reform
■■person’s age, income, health will have an effect Kentucky insurance exchange plans
important to you: if you can show financial
to accept first members by October
By Kristi L. Nelson hardship. The good news
scripps howard news service IF you doN’t is, thanks to other provi-
ALreAdy hAve sions of the Affordable
The far-reaching Patient heALth INsurANce: Care Act, it should be eas-
Protection and Affordable You’re going to have to ier and more affordable for By dylan Lovan director of the Kentucky Office of the
Care Act will mean myriad get coverage next year or people who are uninsured Associated press Health Benefit Exchange.
changes to the way health likely face a financial pen- now to get insurance. ■ Question: How is the exchange go-
care is accessed and deliv- alty that starts at 1 percent LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This fall, new insurance ing to be set up in Kentucky? Which agen-
ered in this country -- and of your income (or $95, IF you Are markets called exchanges will open in cy will be responsible for overseeing it?
how it affects you could whichever is more) in 2014, A seNIor cItIzeN: each state, marking the long-awaited and ■ Answer: The Kentucky Health
depend on your age, in- and rises to 2.5 percent of You should already be much-debated debut of President Barack Benefit Exchange will be a state-operat-
come, health and current your income by 2016. You seeing some benefits of the Obama’s health care overhaul. ed online marketplace that will provide
insurance status, among could be exempt if you’re reform, including not hav- Here are answers to some common- one-stop shopping for individuals to find
other things. American Indian, if health ing to pay for preventive ly asked questions about the Kentucky health insurance. Gov. Steve Beshear
Here’s a look at what insurance goes against Health Benefit Exchange. The informa-
changes could be most your religious beliefs or see heALth, 8A tion was provided by Carrie Banahan, see exchANge, 8A
Water utility Friends of Audubon Senate vows quick action
doesn’t sell, on immigration overhaul
endorse line By erica Werner most of which mirror the
Associated press Senate plans.
Besides the citizenship
insurance WASHINGTON — Side by provision, including new
side, leading Democratic qualifications, the Senate
and Republican senators measure would increase
pledged Monday to propel border security, allow
By Frank Boyett far-reaching immigration more temporary workers
[email protected] legislation through the to stay and crack down on
270-831-8342 Senate by summer provid- employers who would hire
ing a possible path to citi- illegal immigrants.
The Henderson Water zenship for an estimated 11 The plans are still short
Utility can’t advise you million people now in the on detail, and all the sena-
whether you should insure U.S. illegally. tors conceded that months
water and sewer lines be- The senators acknowl- of tedious and politically
tween the street and your edged pitfalls that have treacherous negotiations
house, according to HWU doomed such efforts in the lie ahead.
General Manager Bruce past, but they suggested But with a re-elected
Shipley. that November’s elections Obama pledging his com-
“Some of our customers — with Hispanics vot- mitment, the lawmakers
have been in contact with ing heavily for President argued that six years after
us concerning solicitations Barack Obama and other the last sustained con-
they get every few months Democrats — could make gressional effort at an im-
from different insurance this time different. migration overhaul came
companies,” he said at Passage of the emotion- up short in the Senate,
Monday’s meeting of the ally charged legislation by chances for approval this
HWU board. “They want the Democratic-controlled year are much better.
them to purchase water Senate is far from assured, “Other bipartisan
and sewer service line in- and a taller hurdle could groups of senators have
surance. The information come later in the House, stood in the same spot
is generally presented in which is dominated by before, trumpeting simi-
such a way that it always conservative Republicans lar proposals,” said Sen.
seems like HWU is pro- who’ve shown little inter- Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
moting it or endorsing it.” est in immigration over- “But we believe this will
But Shipley stressed haul. Obama will lay out
“that these solicitations his own proposals today, see IMMIgrAtIoN, 8A
are not coming from or
endorsed by us. We’re not
affiliated with them in any Scouts considering retreat
way, shape or form. Mike LAWRenCe/THe GLeAneR
“The decision should be Audubon State Park curator Alan Gehret shows off two recently restored oil painting that John
strictly up to the customer. James Audubon painted of his children at Monday’s Friends of Audubon meeting. Also the mu- from their no-gays policy
It needs to be based on the seum is featuring the return of an Audubon traveling exhibit after touring some 24 museums
customer’s circumstances. over the last seven years and will be on display from now till February 10th.
It’s the same as buying car
insurance or house insur- John James Audu- By david crary decide for themselves
ance. If you’ve got an old bon’s seal that’s Associated press how to address the issue
clunker you don’t neces- part of his personal — either maintaining an
sarily need the same insur- effects that were NEW YORK — The Boy exclusion of gays, as is
ance than if you’re driving included in the Audu- Scouts of America may now required of all units,
a Hummer.” bon traveling exhibit. soon give sponsors of or opening up their mem-
Shipley said HWU can’t Also the museum will troops the authority to bership.
even offer advice to cus- be featuring a Susan decide whether to accept Gay-rights activists
tomers because “we don’t Towles exhibit from gays as scouts and leaders were elated at the prospect
have the information to now till April 17th. — a potentially dramatic of change, sensing another
help them in this decision.” retreat from an exclusion- milestone to go along with
Shipley characterized ary nationwide policy that recent advances for same-
the solicitations as often has provoked relentless sex marriage and the end
being “very confusing, and protests. of the ban on gays serving
they tend to upset a lot of Under the change now openly in the military.
our more elderly custom- being discussed, the dif- However, Southern
ers. But there’s nothing ferent religious and civic Baptist leaders — who
groups that sponsor Scout
see hWu, 8A units would be able to see scouts, 8A
Soldier has double-arm transplant
Drug drop program
INDEX
Advice, 6B The Henderson Police
online Department collected
Business, 5B
almost 300 pounds of By Marilynn Marchione
tv schedules, comics, In www.TheGleaner.com medication last year Associated press
ClaSssIfIeds through its bimonthly
crosswords, Prescription Drug Drop The first soldier to survive after losing
In ClassIfIeds 70˚/50˚ program. all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a
deAths, 2A Partly cloudy, breezy Jennifer Richmond, public double-arm transplant.
locAl & region, 3A and warm today with information officer, urged Brendan Marrocco had the operation on
the public to bring in unused
Dec. 18 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
lotteries, 2A storms possible this or expired medications to
more, his father said Monday. The 26-year-
movie times, 6B afternoon, high near HPD’s first drug drop of
old Marrocco, who is from New York City,
2013, this Saturday from 9
sports, 1B-4B 70; low tonight near was injured by a roadside bomb in 2009.
a.m. to 1 p.m., at the police
suDdoku, 6B 50. Cooler Wednesday, department at 1990 Barret He also received bone marrow from the
high 55. Court same dead donor who supplied his new arms.
Full forecast, 8B That novel approach is aimed at helping his ASSoCiATeD PReSS
body accept the new limbs with minimal Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten
Printed partially medication to prevent rejection. island, n.Y., wearing a prosthetic arm,
on recycled The military is sponsoring operations poses for a picture last July 4 at the 9/11
paper
Memorial in new York. Marrocco, 26, has
see soLdIer, 8A received a double-arm transplant.
Printed
partially
on recycled
paper
2A » Tuesday, January 29, 2013 » THE GLEANER
Deaths
Violet F. Newman Today’s funerals and lotteries can be located on 8A
Violet F. Newman, 79, Reed, passed away Saturday,
Jan. 26, 2013, at Owensboro Medical Health System. Arrangements entrusted to Tapp Funeral Home, a died at 6:22 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2013,
She was born on June 23, 1933, in Reed Life Celebration Home. at Lucy Smith King Care Center in Hen-
to the late Lawrence Edgar Fulkerson and derson.
Dot Brown
Margaret M. Dunbar Fulkerson. She was She was a devout member of St. Ann
retired from General Electric and MPD, Catholic Church. Ruby worked in the
where she worked a combined total of Dot Brown, 86, Henderson, formerly of Dixon, died Union County court system for more than
more than 40-plus years. She also worked Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Methodist Hospital. 38 years. She was an avid reader, enjoyed
for the Owensboro Public School System She had worked at Zenith Corp. as an assembly line bingo, playing cards and was a UK Wild-
for 10 years. tech. She was a member of Fairview Church of Christ cats fan.
She was a member of St. Augustine in Dixon. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years,
Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking, working in her She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and William “Bill” Cambron, who died Feb. 7, 1989; her par-
yard and her many years of volunteering at the Daniel Lola Walker Grant. ents, Laura and William Allen Thomas; two brothers,
Pitino Shelter. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Jack Martin Thomas and Bill Allen Thomas; and three sis-
She was preceded in death by her husband, Posey B. Brown; nieces and nephews. ters, Mildred Newcomb, Louise Shoemaker Foster and
“June” Newman Jr., who died in March 2012; and one Services will be at 11 a.m Wednesday at Townsend Helen Thomas.
sister, Doralee McFadden. Funeral Home in Dixon. Ministers Gary Puryear and Survivors include three sons, William E. Cambron
Survivors include three sons, Richard “Rick” Newman Rex Childs will officiate. Burial will be in Union Cem- and his wife, Joyce, of Smith Mills, John L. Cambron and
Sr. and his wife, Vickie, and Tony Newman and his dog, etery in Nebo. his wife, Letecia, of Morganfield and Thomas S. Cam-
Tigger, both of Spottsville, and Posey M. “Mike” New- Friends may call after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral bron and his wife, Susie, of Henderson; three daughters,
man and his wife, Linda, of Reed; five grandchildren, home. Mildred Greenwell and her husband, Billy, of Eddyville,
Darrell Newman Jr. and his wife, Laura, Michael New- Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con- Harriett Hite and her husband, Kenny, of Henderson
man and his wife, Patty Jo, Dana Alves and her husband, tributions to Fairview Church of Christ 1693 U.S. 41-Al- and Martha Alvey and her husband, Bernie, of Waverly;
Toby, Stephanie McElfresh and her husband, Michael, ternate South, Dixon, KY 42409. 15 grandchildren, Stacy Thompson, John Cambron and
and Brian Newman and his wife, Christina; 11 great- his wife, Connie, Morganne Cambron, Krista Litchfield
Betty Goodley Sellars
grandchildren; one brother, Delbert Fulkerson and his and her husband, Brett, Lori Hite, Sally Bradley and her
wife, Shirley; one sister, Sharon Brown and her husband, husband, Jeff, Christian Cambron, Amy Jameson and
Donnie; and several nieces and nephews. Betty Goodley Sellars, 84, Henderson, her husband, Joey, Jama Parrish and her husband, Josh,
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Augustine Catho- died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Laura Peak and her husband, Robby, Greg Larue and
lic Church in Reed. The Rev. Jegin Puthenpurackal will She was born Oct. 7, 1928, in Henderson. his wife, Debbie, Phillip Larue and his wife, Cindy, Zac
officiate. Burial will follow in St. Augustine Cemetery. She was a member of St. Paul’s Episco- Willett, Beth Stone and her husband, Jason, and Steven
Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. today at Haley pal Church. Alvey and his wife, Melissa; and 28 great-grandchildren.
McGinnis & Owensboro Funeral Home in Owensboro. Betty was preceded in death by her hus- Services will be at noon Thursday at St. Peter’s Catho-
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con- band, James E. Sellars; her parents, Hal lic Church in Waverly. Father Freddie Byrd will officaite.
tributions to St. Augustine Church Maintenance Fund, and Emma Goodley; and one brother, Hal Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery in Morganfield.
16777 U.S. 60, Reed, KY 42451. Vernon Goodley. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and after
Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Survivors include five children, David Sellars and 8 a.m. Thursday at Whitsell Funeral Home in Morgan-
Share your memories and photos of Violet Fulkerson his wife, Terry, of Dickson, Tenn., Mark Sellars and his field, where a Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Newman at www.haleymcginnis.com. wife, Beth Macke, of Corydon, Ginny Greenwell and Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri-
her husband, Randy, of Henderson, Mary Jane Cain butions to St. Ann Catholic Church in Morganfield or to
Kathleen Whittington
and her husband, Charlie, of Henderson, and Paul Sel- St. Anthony’s Hospice.
lars and his wife, Sherry, of Henderson; four sisters, Pallbearers will be William E. Cambron, John L. Cam-
Kathleen Whittington, 82, Henderson, died at 8:47 Muriel Jones of Indiana, Ora Lee Galloway of Florida, bron, Thomas S. Cambron, William S. Greenwell, Ken-
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Redbanks nursing home. Evie Bauer of Indiana and Ann Hutchins of Texas; neth Hite, Bernard Alvey, John Cambron, Steven Alvey
She attended Chapel Hill United Methodist Church two brothers-in-law, John Sellars and Charlie Sellars, and Christian Cambron.
and was a member of Eastview Baptist Church. She was both of Henderson; seven grandchildren; seven great-
Ralph Royster
a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; numerous
She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, nieces and nephews.
F.R. “Russell” Whittington, who died June 4, 2012; her Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Alexander East EVANSVILLE — Ralph Royster, 92, Evans-
parents, L.D. and Ruby Crow; and one sister, Jo Payne. Chapel in Evansville. The Very Rev. Candyce Loescher ville, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at
Survivors include one daughter, Debby Alexander and and the Rev. Dr. Beth A. Macke will officiate. Cypress Grove Nursing Home.
her husband, Gary, of Henderson; one grandson, Brad Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and after He was born May 26, 1920, in Robards.
Christopher Alexander and his wife, Mary, of Hender- 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Ralph was a retired college professor
son; one sister, Mildred Ray of Oneonta, Ala.; nieces Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con- and assistant superintendent of schools
and nephews. tributions to St. Anthony’s Hospice, 2410 S. Green St., at Elizabethtown Independent Schools in
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Rudy-Rowland Fu- Henderson, KY 42420. Elizabethtown.
neral Home. The Rev. Deborah McBride will officiate. Condolences may be made online at www.Alexan- He was a retired major in the U.S. Air
Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. derEastChapel.com. Force. He fought in World War II and was
There will be no visitation. stationed in Europe.
Mary Ruth Duckworth
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri- Ralph was a Kentucky Colonel and a
butions to St. Anthony’s Hospice or Chapel Hill United member of the Kentucky Retired Teach-
Methodist Church Building Fund. Mary Ruth Duckworth, 83, Henderson, ers Association.
passed away at 11:10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, He was a member of Washington Av-
Florence “Tootsie” Hunt Miller
2013, at Methodist Hospital. enue Baptist Church in Evansville.
She was a member of Holy Name of Je- Ralph’s hobbies included playing the harmonica, fiction
Florence “Tootsie” Hunt Miller, 87, sus Catholic Church, where she was very writing, reading, science and stamp and coin collecting.
Henderson, loving wife, mother, grand- active. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barbara Jean
mother, great-grandmother and aunt, Mary Ruth loved cooking for family Fisher Royster of Evansville; four daughters, Rebecca
went to her reward in Heaven at 9:43 and friends and cooked for 13 years at S. McRoy and her husband, John, of Kingsville, Mo.,
a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Methodist Day’s Garden Center. She was loving and devoted to Kathleen K. Gregory and her husband, David, of More-
Hospital. all of her family and greatly supported her children, head, Ky., Cynthia R. Jones and her husband, David, of
Florence spent her childhood on the grandchildren and great-grandchildren as long as she Evansville and Kimberly R. Schmeits and her husband,
family farm in Nortonville, Ky., where she could in whatever they were participating. Hans, of Brussels, Belgium; nine grandchildren, Ben
especially loved walking across the fields to her grand- She enjoyed being with her family, laughing and McRoy and his wife, Shelby, of Youngsville, N.C., Car-
parents’ home to be spoiled rotten. As a young woman, telling stories. Mary Ruth was an avid supporter of all rie McRoy of Blue Springs, Mo., Michael Gregory and
she started working at Mead Johnson in Evansville, but Henderson County sports and attended games as long his wife, Samantha, of Smithfield, Ky., Ashley McRoy of
left there to help build LSTs at the shipyard during World as she could. Kingsville, Jared Jones of Evansville, Anna Gregory of
War II. She met the love of her life, Robert W. Miller and She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome B. Morehead, Maddie Jones of Evansville, Mateo Schmeits
was married at the age of 19 on June 12, 1944. The family Duckworth, who died in 1982; one brother, William Ray of Brussels and Olivia Schmeits of Brussels; and five
moved to Henderson in 1952, and she started working Townsend, who died in 1976; and her parents, William great-grandchildren.
for the Henderson County School System in 1954 in food Ishmel Townsend and Mary Helen Townsend Melton. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Alexander
service, eventually retiring after about 30 years in 1984. Survivors include four daughters, Mary Nell Reeder East Chapel. The Rev. John McRoy, Dr. David Gregory
As a Gold Star Mother, she was passionate about her and her husband, Steve, Julia Book and her husband, and the Rev. Ben McRoy will officiate. Burial will be in
volunteer work with Vietnam Vets and Compassionate Dan, Jennifer McCormick and her husband, Rob, and Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Evansville.
Friends. Florence also spent time delivering Meals on Jeanna Tow and her husband, Steve, all of Henderson; Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the
Wheels. She just loved people and never met a stranger. four sons, Tommy Duckworth and his wife, Sherri, Mark funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Duckworth and his wife, Cindy, William Duckworth and Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri-
Carrie Hunt; one son, Donald Robert Miller, who died his wife, Sara, and Greg Duckworth and his wife, Robin, butions to The Gideons International, 8865 Nebo Road,
while serving in Vietnam; three brothers, Edwin, Spen- all of Henderson; two sisters, Martha Halterman and Nebo, KY 42441.
cer and Fred Jr.; and four sisters, Laura Elizabeth Hunt, her husband, John, and Donna Pohl, both of Henderson; Condolences may be made online at www.Alexan-
Ruth Pendley, Virginia Birkhead and Betty Joselyn. one brother, Harold Townsend and his wife, Ann, of derEastChapel.com.
Survivors include her loving husband of 68 years, Cairo; five sisters-in-law, Maggie Townsend, Frances
Georgia Ray Oakley
Robert W. Miller; two daughters, Pamela Ferrell and Watson, Norma Duckworth, Ruth Duckworth and Sue
her husband, Charles, and Judy Davis and her husband, Duckworth; 19 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
Robert; one sister, Jean Alice Vaughn; four grandchil- nieces and nephews. MADISONVILLE — Georgia Ray Oakley, 91, Madisonville,
dren, Susan Ferrell, Robert Sean Bratcher and his wife, Services will be at noon Wednesday at Holy Name died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at NHC Healthcare.
Michelle, Krista Robertson and her husband, Michael, of Jesus Catholic Church. Father Anthony Shonis will She had worked at Regional Medical Center and was
and Joni Bratcher; six great-grandchildren, Michaela, officiate. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery in a member of Life Christian Center in Madisonville.
Mackenzie, Brett, Marissa, Austin and Layna; and many Poole. She was preceded in death by her parents, George
nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and until 11 and Nellie Hobgood Oakley. Survivors include cousins.
Relatives and friends are invited to Florence’s Life Cel- a.m. Wednesday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home, where Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today at Mount
ebration from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and again Thursday prayers will be said at 5 p.m. today. Gilead Cemetery in Slaughters. Brother Harry Baldwin
starting at 11 a.m. at Tapp Funeral Home. Services will Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contri- will officiate.
be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Rev. butions to Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. There will be no visitation.
Todd Lynn, Ph.D., will officiate. Burial will follow at Pallbearers will be grandsons. Tomblinson Funeral Home Slaughters-Hanson Chapel
Fairmont Cemetery. is in charge of arrangements.
Ruby T. Cambron
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of con-
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Local & Regional
Federal authorities close Kentucky-based company
■■Pyramid scheme claims alleged North Carolina and the Federal authorities said. One person be associated with Fortune, au-
Trade Commission. claimed that another represen- thorities said.
The company said in a re- tative earned more than $50,000 The lawsuit claims sales re-
By Bruce Schreiner Lexington and its warehouse in corded phone message at its in his sixth month and millions cruits were told they could earn
Associated Press Danville after a federal judge in Lexington headquarters that it of dollars in later years. high commissions by selling
Chicago ordered the company will vigorously defend itself and More than 90 percent of For- products to people outside the
LEXINGTON — Authorities seized to cease operations. The judge expects to be vindicated. tune’s sales members quit after operation. Instead, only minimal
a far-flung marketing operation appointed a receiver to oversee “We are confident that our one year, Conway said. compensation was paid for sales
Monday over claims the Ken- the company’s assets. side of the story will be heard To participate, those repre- to non-participants, and few
tucky-based company amounted “We think today’s actions are and we are already making posi- sentatives paid annual fees of products were sold to anyone
to a global pyramid scheme that the beginning of the end for one tive strides toward reopening,” $100 to $300, authorities said. other than participants, it said.
siphoned hundreds of millions of the most prolific pyramid the company’s recording said. To qualify for sales commis- Other defendants in the case
of dollars from people who paid schemes operating in North The company used testimoni- sions and recruiting bonuses, include prominent businessman
steep fees to become sales rep- America,” said Kentucky Attor- als to try to lure its sales force. they paid an extra $130 to $400 Paul C. Orberson, who launched
resentatives but made a pittance ney General Jack Conway, who Some Fortune representatives per month and agreed to a plan Fortune Hi-Tech in 2001.
for selling products. joined in a federal lawsuit filed in claimed they earned more than that billed them monthly for Orberson has been a big con-
Federal and state agents Chicago against Fortune. 10 times as much as their previ- products. tributor to the athletic programs
converged on Fortune Hi-Tech Besides Kentucky, other plain- ous incomes by their second year In all, representatives in- at the University of Kentucky and
Marketing’s headquarters in tiffs are the states of Illinois and with the marketing company, vested about $1,500 per year to Western Kentucky University.
Briefs
Local man pleads
unidentified black male. The college will offer
guilty to assault Both victims were a variety of short-term
Tuesday Time CapsuLe transported to St. Mary’s credit classes that begin
A 20-year-old Hender- Medical Center in Evans- March 11 and end on May
son man pleaded guilty ville. Their conditions 1, according to a news re-
Monday in connection were unavailable. lease. Courses offered will
with an assault that re- Anyone with informa- include business, com-
sulted in a head injury to tion about this case is munications, computer
another man. urged to call HPD at 831- information technology,
Michael A. Parm, Lawn- 1295 or Henderson County writing, music, art and
dale Apartments, entered Crime Stoppers at 831-1111. psychology classes, as
the plea to a charge of sec- well as brush-up classes in
HCC hosting
ond-degree assault in Hen- math, writing and reading.
derson Circuit Court. He FAFSA Fridays Classes are available
was sentenced to 10 years. day and evening and also
The charge stems from Beginning this week, accessible online. Tuition
an incident in May 2012 Henderson Community is $140 per credit hour. Fi-
in which Parm allegedly College’s financial aid of- nancial aid is available to
struck someone in the head fice will host FAFSA Fri- students meeting eligibil-
with an aluminum bat dur- days each week through ity requirements.
ing a fight that occurred at May 3. Applications for the
Lawndale Apartments. The online FAFSA, or March session must be re-
According to records Free Application for Fed- ceived by March 7.
filed in the Henderson Ju- eral Student Aid, forms To complete the free ad-
dicial Center, the victim must be completed before mission application, visit
suffered bleeding in his the 2013-14 academic year the HCC website at www.
brain, as well as other in- starts for students to re- henderson.kctcs.edu. For
juries. ceive federal financial aid more information, call the
Parm was initially for the school year. FAFSA Start Center at 827-1867 or
charged with first-degree Fridays are opportunities 800-696-9958.
assault, but he entered a for students to receive one-
State releasing
guilty plea to the amended on-one guidance and help
charge. in completing the form, ac- inmate directory
cording to a news release.
Bend Gate to host
Assistance will be avail- OWENSBORO — Some
career, math night able from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. inmates released from
every Friday in the Start Kentucky prisons will
Bend Gate Elementary Center, which is located on now have access to a list
School will host a Career/ the second floor of the Sul- of resources to find hous-
College Readiness and livan Technology Center. ing, food and employment
Math in Focus Night from The sooner students assistance.
5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. complete their FAFSA The Kentucky Depart-
Guest speakers will forms the better, because ment of Corrections and
talk to students about they may be required to the state’s Department of
their jobs and the degrees provide additional finan- Protection and Advocacy
they’ve earned to make cial and household infor- are releasing a statewide
their careers possible, ac- mation to the college. The directory for inmates with
cording to a news release application and all required disabilities aimed at helping
from Henderson County paperwork must be submit- those released from prison.
Do you recognize these politicians? Details on 8B. Schools. The event will ted prior to the college’s fall The directory was com-
also include information financial aid priority dead- piled county-by-county.
about Math in Focus so line on July 15. All 120 Kentucky counties
parents and students may Walk-ins are encour- are included in the directo-
learn more about the pro- aged and no appointment ry, which will be provided
HCHS band students perform well
gram. is necessary. Students to parole officers, re-entry
Refreshments will be should bring all tax paper- coordinators and made
served. work for both themselves available at state prisons.
Gleaner staff and Tennessee. Anthony Wolf (clarinet), and their parents if they Department of Protec-
City shooting
The band’s next com- Brennen MacConnell are a dependent. This in- tion and Permanency of-
Henderson County petitions will be at Spring (saxophone) and junior under investigation cludes 2012 tax paperwork ficial Jan Powe told the
High School’s band was Hill Middle School in Amy Jones (French horn). and W-2s. Owensboro Messenger-
well-represented this past Nashville on March 2 Frederick Speck conduct- City police are still in- Contact the HCC finan- Inquirer (http://bit.ly/
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Editorial
Filibuster rule
altered after
much debate
The Senate last week decided to reform the filibus-
ter process, which has increasingly been used by the
minority to gum up the legislative process, bring work
to a near halt and bolster the chamber’s reputation as
a body that talks a lot and does little.
Faced with meaningful reforms, the Senate, or
more precisely its majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid,
D-Nev., flinched. The upshot of the process was some
minor changes that may make the Senate marginally
more efficient.
The filibuster rule as currently interpreted — and
it is a rule, not anything enshrined in law or the Con-
Biden wields congressional magic
stitution — requires a 60-vote supermajority, rather
than a simple 50-plus-one majority, to move legislation
through the Senate to final passage.
Senators, mostly GOP fiscal and social conserva-
tives, have used the rule to delays hundreds of bills, President Barack Lesser parts of the rec- proverbial rock and a
Obama’s ambitious agen- ommended plan — like hard place, as they figure
sometimes to the point where the measures’ exasper-
da for a second term will the sharing of mental out how to meet their own
ated backers have simply given up.
leave little room for dilly- health information and in- challenges, mostly chang-
At one time, a senator engaged in a filibuster had to
dallying — probably just creased muscle for the Bu- ing demographics that
hold the floor by speaking continuously, sometimes 18 months or so before po- DAN reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, threaten to reduce them
at epic length — such as the 24 hours and 18 minutes tential successors in both THOMASSON Firearms and Explosives to a permanent minority.
then-Democratic Sen. Strom Thurmond of South parties put their ambitions — might survive despite They just may be more
Carolina spent in 1957 speaking against a proposed above most other consid- COLUMNIST NRA objection. But this willing to cooperate, as
erations. won’t be a quick affair with they were on increasing
civil rights act. Now, all a filibuster takes is formal
As Obama aims for the on the extraordinarily dif- the pro-gun forces pulling the debt limit. But that
notification to the Senate majority leader that he will
history books, his dealings ficult chore of leading the out all the stops. depends on how delicate
need a 60-vote majority on a so-called “cloture vote”
with Congress will need legislative effort. Meanwhile, the White a touch the president and
to pass a piece of legislation. as much backing from At this moment, the House is finally looking his new White House team
Once, the filibuster was rarely used. But in today’s his organized supporters chances of new gun con- to adopt a common-sense can bring to these contro-
hyper-partisan atmosphere, Senate Republicans have as he can muster — and a trol legislation — beyond approach to immigration, versial issues and whether
seized on it to thwart the Democratic majority. heavy dose of intercession a few simple measures — to tackle tax reform and time constraints allow for
There were 73 cloture votes in the last Congress, 91 from his vice president. Joe appear slim to none, even to slow the accelerating drawn-out negotiations.
Biden managed to accom- in the wake of the tragedy costs of entitlements — Once again, Biden may
in the 2009-2011 Congress, and 112 in the 2007-2009
plish what the president in Newtown, Conn., and all while dealing with the provide the link. Though
Congress. Clearly, this was a developing recipe for
couldn’t at year’s end: cut- daily reports of shootings still-shaky economy and his outspokenness and
total paralysis. ting the deal to avoid se- from coast to coast. searching for a longtime verbal fumbling some-
Reid, who did not think this way last spring, now questration, the so-called The president’s goal of solution to the deficit times threaten his own and
thinks the 60-vote margin is worth keeping, but new fiscal cliff. legislation banning the problem. Obama should his boss’s policies and po-
rules adopted last week will require that it be used Biden’s 36 years of heavy sale of assault weapons have spent more time on litical standing, Biden nev-
more sparingly. For example, it may not be used to experience in the Senate and perhaps even expand- some of these issues dur- ertheless has shown a keen
clearly trumped the two ed clips faces almost cer- ing his first term instead understanding of congres-
stop the progress of a bill through the chamber.
years Obama spent there tain defeat. The pro-gun of so much on health care. sional machinations. He
Republicans have agreed not to use the filibuster if
before winning the White lobby, led by the National But he didn’t do so, for has a friendly sincerity and
Democrats allow them to offer two or more amend-
House. Since then, the Rifle Association, still pos- obvious political reasons. a wide circle of friends in
ments to legislation on the floor. shortness of his congres- sesses the clout to defeat Now Obama is freed from Congress — Obama does
The debate time for nominations to the federal dis- sional tenure has manifest- such a measure. that restriction, he seems not — and is respected as a
trict bench and sub-Cabinet posts has been shortened ed itself in a lack of success The proposal most like- to want to be the liberal former chairman of two of
from 30 hours to two. with Republicans and even ly to win adoption would the Republicans always the Senate’s most impor-
some liberals in his own force everyone trying to accused him of being. tant committees, Judiciary
The sudden caution about filibuster reform is prob-
party. Now, Biden — who purchase a firearm — no Republicans, especially and Foreign Relations.
ably due to the recognition that the majority party
directed the task force that matter where — to under- those in the House, have Whatever, the presi-
may one day find itself in the minority, a position from
drafted a set of recommen- go a background check. little affection for him per- dent’s hair may be com-
which the filibuster doesn’t look like such a bad idea. dations aimed at reducing That would close the gun sonally — nor he for them. pletely white before this
gun violence — must take show loophole. But they are between the second term ends.
WRITING TO WASHINGTON Women get two steps forward, but one back
1st District U.S. Rep. Building
Ed Whitfield Washington, D.C. 20510
2368 Rayburn Office Build- Phone: [phone] We live in strange times Forty years after Roe woman could be elected
ing Fax: [phone]
for women. v. Wade, more than 2,000 president. Hillary Clinton
Washington, D. C. 20515 Web: www.mcconnell.sen-
After 200 years, the de- new state-level restric- leaves her post as secre-
Phone: [phone] ate.gov
cision has been made that tions have been put on ac- tary of State with a high
Local phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone] U.S. Sen. Rand Paul it’s time to permit women cess to abortion, making job approval rating and the
Web: www.house.gov/ 208 Russell Senate Office to have combat roles. ANN it much more difficult for hope of many that she will
whifield Building Yet more than 280,000 McFEATTERS many women to find or af- run once again for presi-
Washington, D.C. 20510 women have been de- ford access to terminating dent in 2016.
U.S. Sen. A.M. Phone: [phone] ployed to Iraq and Af- COLUMNIST an unwanted pregnancy. Despite the “year of the
“Mitch” McConnell Fax: [phone] ghanistan, putting their Some women have to woman” in the 2012 elec-
317 Russell Senate Office Web: www.paul. senate.gov
lives on the line for their women could meet the drive hundreds of miles to tions, women make up
country. In more than 10 same physical require- find a clinic. Other women only 20 percent of the Sen-
years of war, more than 150 ments required of men are told they have to wait ate and less than that in the
women have been killed in the military. No lon- a day or longer to make House. Dozens of other na-
and more than 800 have ger. Physically fit women certain they won’t change tions have more women in
been wounded. volunteering for combat their minds. Many women their top legislatures than
“This is a formal- roles will meet the same have to walk through pha- the United States does.
ity. Women have been in standards men must meet. lanxes of protesters shout- And, when the first few
EditOrial PagE combat for a long time. But Forty years after the ing epithets trying to dis- nominations for President
now they will serve on an Supreme Court made suade them from entering Barack Obama’s second-
equal footing,” says Rep. abortion a legal choice a clinic. States such as Vir- term Cabinet were an-
DAVID DIXON
Tammy Duckworth, D- for women, we just went ginia have tried to require nounced, there was an im-
EDITOR
Ill., who lost both her legs through an election in such intrusive procedures mediate outcry that none
in combat as a U.S. Army which the Republican as vaginal probes before was a women. We haven’t
helicopter pilot in Iraq. presidential nominee permitting women to have yet seen the full Cabinet,
CONTACT US Lifting the ban on com- wanted to nominate jus- a legal abortion. but the White House was
Phone: [phone] bat roles for women may tices to the Supreme Court Today, very few Ameri- quickly made aware that
be mainly symbolic at this who would do away with can families can get by people are watching.
Fax: [phone]
point, but it will make it the 1973 Roe v. Wade de- financially without both The move to equality
much easier for women to cision that legalized abor- parents working. Some in all aspects of human
OPINION POLICY be promoted in the mili- tion. Candidates for the single mothers work two life, not just gender, is of-
The Gleaner’s Opinion Page is an open forum for viewpoints — tary and to earn better Senate disparaged the “le- jobs to make ends meet. ten slow, but it is relent-
yours, theirs and ours. The newspaper encourages comments from pay. About 200,000 jobs gitimacy” of some rapes or Yet women earn only 77 less. Just as Americans
its readers, either through letters or more lengthy citizen columns. in the military that offi- sarcastically told women percent of what men earn. are dropping their biases
Letters must include the signature, address and phone number of
cially have been closed to they should just keep their After 200 years, we about gays, they are drop-
the writer. Only signed, verifiable letters will be published. Ques-
women will become com- knees braced together Americans may be at the ping their old stereotypes
tions about newspaper viewpoints or the Opinion Page in general
petitive for both genders. to avoid unwanted preg- point where polls show a about what women can
should be addressed to The Editor, The Gleaner, P.O. Box 4, Hender-
son, KY 42419. Once men scoffed that nancy. distinct possibility that a and cannot do.
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DiD you Know?
Nation &World
over the years, the Liberty ship Jeremiah O’Brien was restored
and is now a museum in San Francisco. The ship participated in the
50th anniversary of the D-day landings in 1994.
Source: www.nps.gov
Slaying
Across the nation
jurors District of columbiA mAine
Fighter jet missing Jury selection on
to hear on training mission hold in Zumba trial
WASHINGTON — U.S. and ALFRED — The defense and
defense Italian aircraft Monday the judge aren’t happy with
searched the Adriatic Sea delays in the trial of the busi-
after losing contact with ness partner in a prostitution
a U.S. fighter jet during a scandal at a Zumba studio.
■■Ariz. woman training mission off the Prosecutors aren’t happy,
coast of Italy. either, after the judge dis-
accused of The headquarters of missed nearly four dozen
the 31st Fighter Wing, at charges.
killing lover Aviano Air Base in Italy, is- But the unhappiest group
sued a brief statement say- of all may be the remaining
By Brian Skoloff ing the F-16 fighter had one members of the jury pool,
Associated Press pilot aboard when contact who’ve gone five days with-
was lost Monday evening. out a jury being selected.
PHOENIX — Jodi Arias was There was no immedi- Much of that time was spent
adamant at first. She said associated press ate word on the fate of the hidden away in the court-
she knew nothing about a towboat, background, banks a barge against the western bank of the Mississippi river as an plane or the pilot. house basement last week.
her lover’s death, didn’t slit 18-wheeler crosses the interstate 20 bridge. cleanup crews skimmed oily water from the Mis- Initial word was that the Jury selection in the trial
his throat, stab him nearly sissippi river on Monday, a day after a barge struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg. F-16, which had taken off of Mark Strong Sr. came to
30 times or put a bullet in from Aviano, was not car- an abrupt halt Friday after
his forehead. Crews begin oil cleanup rying weapons. the judge dismissed 46 of 59
Then she offered a dif- counts and prosecutors ap-
cAliforniA
ferent story: Masked pealed. On Monday, remain-
intruders killed Travis Arsonist gets death ing members of the jury pool
Alexander and she escaped. after barge hits bridge were told to stay home.
Arias, 32, finally settled penalty for fire Prosecutors say prostitu-
on a third version: She tion clients were videotaped
had slain her abusive, on- SAN BERNARDINO — An ar- without their knowledge,
again, off-again boyfriend ■■Officials say tank into another tank on of shoreline impact. sonist was given the death and the dismissed charges
in self-defense. It was kill the same barge. Officials Authorities said a major penalty Monday for killing related to invasion of priva-
or be killed, her attorneys environmental hope to eventually transfer environmental disaster was five men who died of heart cy. The remaining 13 counts
told jurors during their all the oil to another barge. unlikely as the swift current attacks during a wildfire focus on prostitution.
opening statement at her disaster unlikely Coast Guard spokesman dispersed the sheen. They nearly a decade ago that
PennsylvAniA
ongoing trial. Lt. Ryan Gomez said a tug were less certain when the ripped through the hills east
However, her different By Holbrook Mohr was pushing two tank barges river would reopen to ves- of Los Angeles. Students must ask
stories will pose a formi- Associated Press when the collision occurred sels. Rickie Lee Fowler, 31, was
dable obstacle as those at- about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Both Drew Smith, a hydrau- convicted in August of five for toilet paper
torneys present their case VICKSBURG, Miss. — Experts barges were damaged, but lic engineer with the counts of first-degree mur-
beginning today in Phoenix. say the stretch of Missis- only one leaked. Authori- Army Corps of Engineers, der and two counts of arson. MAHANOY CITY — An eastern
Brief questions posed by sippi River where vessel ties declared the bridge safe wouldn’t speculate on the A jury later recommended Pennsylvania high school
jurors through a judge to the traffic was halted after a after an inspection. specific cause of Sunday’s the death sentence. says vandalism forced it
lead detective as he testified barge hit a railroad bridge Gomez said United States crash, which is under inves- Prosecutors said Fowler to create a policy in which
could offer Arias some hope Sunday is one of the most Environmental Services, an tigation by the Coast Guard. lit the fire in October 2003 toilet paper has been taken
of avoiding death row. dangerous along the oil spill response company, But he said the Missis- out of rage after he was out of the boys’ bathrooms.
Did authorities check the 2,500-mile-long river. was collecting oily water. sippi at Vicksburg is chal- thrown out of a house where Boys at Mahanoy Area
alibis of Alexander’s room- Late Monday, cleanup Officials did not yet have lenging for southbound ves- his family was staying. High School now must go to
mates? Yes. Were any knives crews were skimming oily an estimate of how much sels, mostly barges carrying “Today, after nearly 10 the school office to request
missing from sets inside his water near Vicksburg, a day oil had been pumped out, or grain and other products years, justice has now been toilet paper and sign it out.
home? No. Did police find after a barge struck a bridge, how much spilled into the from the nation’s heartland. secured for the victims and Principal Thomas Smith
Arias in possession of the rupturing a compartment Mississippi. Southbound tows must their families, and those says that’s helped solve a
gun used in the killing? No. holding 80,000 gallons of oil. Another Coast Guard travel faster than the flow whose lives were affected major problem of intention-
The questions were pre- Authorities said that spokesman, Petty Officer of the water for their rud- by the actions of Rickie Lee ally clogging toilets that’s
viously answered during the spill was light and that 3rd Class Jonathan Lally, ders to steer effectively. At Fowler,” San Bernardino been going on for two years.
the trial but might suggest only a sheen had been spot- said the oil was contained Vicksburg they must nego- County District Attorney Parents are protesting
jurors aren’t so sure about ted. Orange boom was and skimmers would work tiate a 120-degree turn on Michael Ramos said. the policy. Parent Karen
the prosecution’s case and stretched across part of the through the night collect- the meandering Missis- Superior Court Judge Yedsena says some students
the theory that it was a river downstream from the ing it. He said a flyover by sippi, then straighten up Michael Smith had the op- are too embarrassed and
premeditated killing — a barge, and small boats pa- a Coast Guard helicopter to pass under the railroad tion of sentencing Fowler to are going home sick instead.
requirement for the death trolled the area as oil was from Vicksburg 50 miles to bridge and the Interstate death or life in prison with-
penalty. pumped from the ruptured the south found no evidence 20 bridge. out the possibility of parole. Wire services
Fabled
Around the world
cubA PAkistAn
Malian
Guantanamo inmate Gas explosion kills
fires 9/11 lawyer eight coal miners city gets
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE QUETTA — A Pakistani min-
— A Guantánamo Bay pris- ing official says a methane new hope
oner charged in the Sept. 11 gas explosion in a private
attacks fired one of his mili- coal mine in the southwest
tary attorneys Monday. has killed eight miners.
At the start of what is ex- Senior mining inspector ■■Al-Qaida
pected to be a four-day hear- Iftikhar Ahmed said two
ing to address pretrial legal miners were found uncon- linked rebels
issues, Waleed bin Attash at scious after Monday’s blast,
first refused to speak when in Duki village. flee into desert
questioned about his desire He said two miners were
to dismiss one of his three still missing and rescue By Krista Larson
lawyers, Marine Corps Maj. workers were trying to reach and Lori Hinnant
William Hennessy. He hint- them. Associated Press
ed at his motivation later in Ahmed said dozens of
an exchange with the judge. miners angered over the in- associated press SEVARE, Mali — Backed by
“We have been dealing cident rallied there Monday, a police officer places flowers outside the Kiss nightclub brought by mourners Monday in French helicopters and
with our attorneys for about demanding action against memory of those who died in a fire at the club in santa Maria, Brazil. a fast-moving fire roared paratroopers, Malian sol-
a year and a half and we have the owner. through the crowded, windowless nightclub early sunday, killing 231 people. diers entered the fabled
not been able to get any trust He said the miners ac- city of Tombouctou on
with them,” the Yemeni said cused the owner of ig- Neglect, errors to blame Monday after al-Qaida-
through an Arabic translator. noring safety measures linked militants who ruled
Bin Attash is one of and that authorities have the outpost by fear for
the lesser figures among opened an investigation to nearly 10 months fled into
in Brazil’s nightclub fire
the five defendants in the determine what caused the the desert, setting fire to a
Sept. 11 case. blast. library that held thousands
of manuscripts dating to
egyPt isrAel
the Middle Ages.
Citizens break Comatose Sharon ■■In college have one fire extinguisher were part of the ongoing French Col. Thierry
every 1,500 square feet as police probe and those de- Burkhard, chief military
curfew, defy Morsi shows brain activity town, 231 well as multiple emergency tained can be held for up to spokesman in Paris, said
exits. Limits on the number five days. that there had been no
CAIRO — Protesters battled JERUSALEM — Seven years people died of people admitted are to be Vieira declined to iden- combat with the militants
police for hours in Cairo after a massive stroke re- strictly respected. None of tify those detained, but the but that the French and
on Monday, and thousands moved him from office and By Juliana Barbassa that appears to have hap- Brazilian newspaper Zero Malian forces did not yet
marched through Egypt’s left him in a vegetative state, Associated Press pened at the Santa Maria Hora quotes lawyer Jader control the town.
three Suez Canal cities in former Israeli Prime Minis- nightclub. Marques saying his client Still, there was celebra-
direct defiance of a night- ter Ariel Sharon is able to SANTA MARIA, Brazil — There “A problem in Brazil is Elissandro Spohr, a co- tion among the thousands
time curfew and state of process information and was no fire alarm. There that there is no control of owner of the club, had been of Tombouctou residents
emergency, handing a blow has exhibited “robust activ- were no sprinklers or fire how many people are ad- held. Globo reported that who fled the city rather
to Islamist President Mo- ity” in his brain, according escapes. And when a band mitted in a building,” said the fourth person detained than live under strict
hammed Morsi’s attempts to to doctors. member tried to put out a Joao Daniel Nunes, a civil was another club co-owner. and pitiless Islamic rule
contain five days of spiraling Though some hoped Sha- fire that had been started engineer in nearby Pôrto G1, Globo Television’s In- and the dire poverty that
political violence. ron might resume his life, by pyrotechnics, the extin- Alegre. “They never are ternet portal, reported that worsened after the tourist
Nearly 60 people have experts warned that was guisher didn’t work. clearly stated, and nobody Spohr acknowledged the industry was destroyed.
been killed in protests that highly unlikely. All the elements were in controls how many people club’s operating license was “In the heart of people
have touched cities across The medical team that place for the tragedy at the enter these night clubs.” not up to date but said the from northern Mali, it’s a
the country. tested him last week said Kiss nightclub early Sunday. Santa Maria’s mayor, Jose pyrotechnics show started relief — freedom finally,”
Angry and at times Monday that scans showed The result was the world’s Fortunati, told Radio Gau- the blaze. said Cheick Sormoye, a
screaming and wagging the 84-year-old Sharon re- worst fire of its kind in more cha that dozens of night Zero Hora said po- Tombouctou resident who
his finger, Morsi on Sunday sponding to pictures of his than a decade, with 231 peo- spots were closed last year lice also detained two fled to Bamako, the capital.
declared a 30-day state of family and recordings of his ple dead and this southern for failing to meet norms. members of the band. Tombouctou was for
emergency and a nighttime son’s voice. Brazilian college town in Brazilian police said they The band’s guitarist told centuries a seat of Islamic
curfew on the cities of Suez, They cautioned, howev- shock and mourning. detained three people in Brazilian media he saw learning and a major trad-
Ismailiya and Port Said and er, it is not clear how much Funerals began Monday, connection with the blaze, flames lick the ceiling ing center along the North
their provinces. He said he he understood, stressing as reports continued to while the newspaper O after the group’s spark African caravan routes. In
had instructed the police to the chances of his regain- emerge about the accumu- Globo said on its website machine was deployed. Europe, legend had it that
deal “firmly and forcefully” ing full capacities are al- lation of neglect and errors that a fourth person had sur- More than 100 people it was a city of gold.
with the unrest and threat- most zero. at the packed night spot. rendered to police. Police remained hospitalized Today, its name is syn-
ened to do more if security According to state safety Inspector Ranolfo Vieira for smoke inhalation, of- onymous to many with the
was not restored. Wire services codes here, clubs should Junior said the detentions ficials said. ends of the earth.
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Proposed uranium mine divides Virigina residents
Steve Szkotak But environmental is- aimed at uranium produc- 1982 moratorium and al-
Associated Press sues are the sticking point. ers, buyers and govern- low Virginia Uranium to
The prospect of ura- ment agencies. “People move forward to tap the
CHATHAM, Va. — The roll- nium mining in Virginia seem to be unable to sepa- deposit.
ing fields of Coles Hill has spawned an avalanche rate that from any sort of While many expect a
were once full of tobacco. of studies, none of which peaceful or positive use.” close vote, few are will-
Along with furniture and are definitive. A yearlong Still others say to reject ingly to publicly venture
textiles, the leaf sustained analysis by a National mining is contrary to the a guess on the outcome.
farmers, blue collar work- Academy of Sciences American can-do spirit. That’s because the issue
ers and families in this panel is considered the Lillian Gillespie, the for- defies party politics, ge-
area of Virginia known as gold standard among all mer mayor of Pittsylvania ography and traditional
Southside. the others, and support- County’s largest town, alliances. Public sentiment
All three industries are ers and critics of mining Hurt, is of that school. She provides little guidance
in decline now, and the draw generously from its left her native state of West to lawmakers; statewide
region typically leads the final report to argue their Virginia to pursue a higher polling shows residents
state in unemployment. competing points. paying job with a furniture divided down the middle.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
But something beneath Virginia Uranium Inc. project manager, Patrick Wales, oper- Yes, it concludes, min- manufacturer. Gov. Bob McDonnell,
the fields — something ates a geiger counter in a hole on the south field of a uranium ing and milling in the West “We’ve sent men to the who has been mentioned
you can’t see — could be deposit on the Cole Hill farm last week in Chatham, Va. A in the past has resulted in moon and brought them as a possible Republican
Southside’s salvation. three-decade ban on uranium mining in Virginia has put the arsenic and uranium in back,” she said. “I just be- presidential candidate
Uranium — enough richest known deposit of the radioactive ore in the U.S. off local water supplies, but lieve we as a nation, as a in 2016 and has made en-
to power every nuclear limits to mining. modern mining practices state and a county can do ergy development a cor-
power plant in the U.S. for have the potential to re- something like this.” nerstone of his adminis-
2 1/2 years — lies under containment cells that it uranium prices plummet- duce those risks. Wales, the public face of tration, has yet to take a
these fields where dozens says would minimize the ed, interest in tapping the Modern containment Virginia Uranium and proj- position or say whether
of black-and-white Angus- risk of the radioactive Southside Virginia deposit cells are designed to keep ect manager for the com- he will. But his lieuten-
Hereford beef cattle were waste being released to waned and the Legislature the waste out of water, but pany, is a native of nearby ant governor, fellow Re-
grazing on a gray, drizzly local wells or public drink- enacted a moratorium monitoring of existing Danville and describes publican Bruce Bolling,
winter day. ing sources. on mining the ore in the waste sites to assess long- the issue as “personal and has stated he’s opposed
Geologist Patrick M. Opponents have not 1980s. It remains in place term impacts has not been moral.” The Coles family, to mining. His position
Wales walked the field’s been appeased. to this day. done over the generations he notes, would continue to could be critical because
fence line with a Geiger They include the Vir- The uranium is lo- that would be required in live on the property if min- he casts the deciding vote
counter to illustrate what ginia Farm Bureau Fed- cated in two locations on Virginia, the authors state. ing was allowed. in the Senate when a tie
hundreds of jobs sound eration, the state’s largest Coles Hill, a 3,500-acre Supporters of mining “We drink the water. vote occurs, and the Sen-
like. He stooped to clear farm lobby and tradition- property in Pittsylvania say popular images of nu- Our children play in these ate appears to be closely
layers of wet leaves from ally pro-business; the County, about 20 miles clear power and the crises fields,” Wales said. “We divided on uranium.
a culvert, then cradled the NAACP; church groups; from the North Carolina at Chernobyl and most re- have the highest stake as Ultimately, the decision
detector in the middle of municipal organizations; border. Coles Hill derives cently Fukushima in Japan well in ensuring that this could rest with the Pitt-
the trough he made. The water-protection groups; its name from the fam- have created a climate of is done in an environmen- sylvania County Board of
instrument that had rhyth- and every environmental ily whose ties to this land fear involving anything tally friendly way.” Supervisors, which would
mically clicked like a ci- organization of note in the dates back more than two radioactive, including ■ have to change Cole Hill’s
cada seconds before now state. centuries and six genera- uranium. Legislation has been agricultural zoning. Last
emitted a steady, piercing Delegate Donald Mer- tions. Its members are now “It’s that enduring im- submitted in the House of Wednesday, the board
shriek. ricks, a Republican whose famously known for the age of the mushroom Delegates and the Senate voted 5-1 for a nonbinding
The deposit runs deep, district includes Pittsyl- company they captain, cloud,” said Andrea Jen- to establish regulations for resolution supporting the
about 1,500 feet. “This vania County, says the Virginia Uranium. netta, who publishes Fuel uranium mining, which moratorium on uranium
is really one of the areas creation of mining jobs The company was cre- Cycle Weekly, which is would in effect end the mining.
where it just happens to got his interest but not his ated a half-dozen years ago
pop up to the surface,” support. when the nation appeared
Wales said. It’s the milling that poised for a nuclear power
The ore detected by the worries Merricks, and it’s renaissance. That hasn’t
Geiger counter is the tip of a tough call as he ticks off happened and an appli-
an iceberg that is the larg- the jobs and industries that cation to build a nuclear
est known uranium de- have withered through the power plant hadn’t been
posit in the United States years. He’s quick to add, submitted for 30 years
and among the largest in however, that he’s heard until February 2012. The
the world. from people who have de- company notes that more
Now a company’s bid cided against locating in than 90 percent of the na-
to mine the 119 million his district because of the tion’s 65 nuclear power
pounds of the radioactive fear of uranium mining. plants get their fuel from
ore has churned up the For him, it comes down foreign sources — Canada,
political landscape in Vir- to this: “How do you define Australia, Kazakhstan —
ginia. Virginia’s General safe?” and mining the Virginia
Assembly is taking up the “I know you cannot 100 deposit would strengthen
fiercely debated issue this percent guarantee any- the nation’s energy inde-
session and it’s a coin flip thing to be safe, but I think pendence.
whether it will clear the you need to have some rea- Virginia Uranium,
way for the state to be- sonable assurances that which has ties to Cana-
come the first on the East the process is not going to dian mining interests, has
Coast to mine uranium. contaminate the environ- pushed hard to have the
Most uranium mining ment,” he said. “Personal- decades-old moratorium
in the U.S. has occurred ly, I made the decision that end so it can begin the
in the arid West. Virginia I don’t think it’s worth the long process of securing
is prone to tropical tem- risk for the milling.” environmental reviews
pests — some of historic ■ and getting permits in
proportions — and oppo- The story of uranium in place. It estimates mining
nents fear a catastrophic Virginia parallels the na- wouldn’t occur for another
storm could create an en- tion’s uneasy history with five to eight years.
vironmental nightmare if nuclear power. The payoff is big: The
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of the ore was allowed. in Pittsylvania County of the uranium at $7 bil-
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Coal decline hits Western states
Georgia Power set
to release energy plan
■■Many miners
seeking work
The Associated Press and energy efficiency,”
after recent said Paul Bowers, Geor-
ATLANTA — Georgia Power gia Power’s president and
set of layoffs is looking at ways to re- chief executive officer.
duce its reliance on coal It is unclear whether
for producing electricity, more nuclear reactors
By Matthew Brown and hints about its plans will be built even though
Associated Press could be released this executives have said they
week. would like to. Federal reg-
SHERIDAN, Wyo. — Hundreds The utility, a division of ulators are not approving
of millions of tons of coal, the Atlanta-based South- any new projects while
packed into seams up to ern Co., is set to release trying to figure out long-
60 feet thick, are still to a 20-year energy plan on term storage plans for
be had beneath the rock- Thursday. That report used nuclear fuel.
strewn hillsides speckled is expected to lay out a Environmentalists
with snow that rise up blueprint for power pro- continue to press for in-
along the remote Montana- duction for a generation. creasing the use of solar
Wyoming border. The Atlanta Journal- and wind power, as well
Yet for Mike Cooley, the Constitution (http://bit. as coming up with more
days of drilling explosives ly/Wuyp5R) reported with energy-efficient
into the ground to blast the ASSOCIATED PRESS that 70 percent of Geor- technology. Georgia Pow-
fuel from the earth are This undated photo provided by Ambre Energy shows a dragline moving earth at the Decker gia Power’s fuel came er has agreed to buy more
over, long before he ever Coal Mine in Decker, Mont. The mine laid off 59 workers in January amid slack demand for coal from coal five years ago, solar from independents,
expected. The 41-year-old in U.S. markets even as the fuel’s global prospects have been rising. but that number is now and the Sierra Club said
thought his job as a “pow- down to 47 percent. the company should do
derman” at the Decker which accounts for the before in this part of Wy- that amount. The change comes as the same with wind pow-
strip mine would take him bulk of production from oming, where coal was Ambre spokeswoman Southern Co. and other er, even if it has to come
into retirement. Montana and Wyoming. euphemistically dubbed Liz Fuller said the mine utilities are being pushed from other states where
Now he’s looking for Only in recent months “the black diamond” after remains viable and the by environmental rules to the resource is more vi-
new work, after he and has the number of work- a boom early last century. company is seeking buyers rely less on coal. able.
58 other miners were laid ers started to drop. North of Sheridan along for its coal. She would not Georgia Power recently Georgia Power’s sister
off from Decker in recent Despite the logistical the Tongue River can be comment on long-term em- announced it will close 15 utility, Alabama Power
weeks to add to several hurdles, some of the basin’s seen the ruins of now- ployment prospects except coal and oil-fired units, Co., has agreed to buy
hundred jobs reported coal is making it to over- defunct company-owned to say the company would removing 20 percent of wind energy from Okla-
lost in the past year from seas markets by squeez- coal mining towns such as look to rehire laid off work- electrical capacity from homa.
the nation’s largest coal- ing through the limited Monarch, Kleenburn and ers if mining rebounds. its power grid. “(Relying so heavily
producing region. West Coast port capacity Acme. Those communi- Regardless of whether Executives with the on natural gas) is kind
As a dispute over West already available. But ana- ties and their underground the company’s export as- utility have shied away of a big gamble. It’s a
Coast ports hobbles the lysts and industry observ- mines peaked in the 1920s. pirations come to pass, the from saying how they pendulum switch,” said
industry’s ability to reach ers say those routes have Their decline left a gap in short-term outlook looks would replace the elec- Colleen Kiernan, presi-
booming markets in Asia, essentially maxed out. the economy that wasn’t grim. trical capacity if coal and dent of the Sierra Club’s
cheap natural gas is un- “Unless you can send replaced until Decker and The five to ten years it oil units are shuttered. Georgia Chapter. Wind is
dercutting coal in the U.S. (coal) by Federal Express, other strip mines came could take to surmount Georgia Power has won an intermittent resource
— and putting some of the the export market can’t along decades later. environmental opposition approval to buy electric- and, as with other sourc-
small towns in coal coun- take off,” said Montana’s After opening in 1972, to West Coast coal ports is ity produced by natural es of electricity, becomes
try in economic peril. former governor, Brian Decker quickly ramped up simply too long for miners gas from its sister com- less efficient if it has to
Wringing his calloused, Schweitzer. to several hundred work- and their families to wait, pany Southern Power, be transported from far
idle hands and staring into The Democrat spent ers digging up 10 million Sheridan Mayor Dave Kin- which could be a sign of away.
the winter sun through the two terms seeking to bol- tons of coal a year, a vol- skey said. what’s ahead. The Environmental
kitchen window of his trail- ster the state’s coal indus- ume that it produced for “It reminds me of that old “We are in the midst of Protection Agency issued
er house in Sheridan, not try before leaving office its first two decades “like saw: The first economist a significant transition in rules to reduce air pollu-
far from the mine, Cooley this month. He predicted clockwork,” said Hal Kan- says, ‘Well, in the long run our fleet that will result tion from the natural gas
said he’s reluctant to leave it will take up to five years sala, who has been work- these things all work them- in a more diverse fuel drilling process but has
with the eldest of his three for ports in Washington ing at the mine since 1979. selves out.’ And the other portfolio — including not placed regulations on
children poised to graduate state and Oregon to come Coal production this year economist says, ‘In the nuclear, 21st century coal, natural gas-fired power
high school this spring. to fruition, and just as long will be less than a third short term, we’re dead.’ ” natural gas, renewables plants.
“But I don’t want to go for U.S. coal demand to re-
back to pounding nails bound.
either, not at $13 an hour,” That leaves Cooley and
the former construction others like him stuck be-
worker said as his young- tween tomorrow’s promise
est child, 2-year-old Ma- and yesterday’s boom, in a
son, hovered nearby suck- region with few compara-
ing on a lollipop. ble employment prospects.
For decades, the “I’ve never been laid off.
25,000-square-mile Pow- Always had a job, since
der River Basin that sur- I was 14,” said Cooley,
rounds Sheridan has been whose family will rely on
the stronghold of the U.S. his wife’s income as a gro-
coal industry. Massive cery store cashier until he
strip-mines, carved from finds a new job.
a landscape dominated As with other laid-off
by sage brush and cattle Decker miners inter-
ranches, churn out close viewed, Cooley hopes
to a half-million tons of Decker rebounds but is
the fuel annually, dwarfing looking beyond coal as
production from mines in he searches for new work.
the Appalachians and Mid- He’s got applications in at
west. a zinc mine in Alaska, a
Now the depressed gold mine in Nevada and
domestic coal market to work as a roustabout for
is finally catching up to an oil company in North
mines such as Decker. At Dakota’s Bakken oil patch.
least 300 jobs have been Others already have
lost from mines in Mon- moved on to such places
tana and Wyoming since after finding it impossible
early 2012, according to to match their former wag-
preliminary data from the es in Sheridan, a town of
Mine Safety and Health 18,000 a short drive across
Administration. the Montana line from the
Paradoxically, out-of- Decker mine and where
work miners in Montana most of its workers live.
and Wyoming are scram- Hard times have visited
bling for new employ-
ment even as global coal
markets enjoy a heyday.
Driven by Asian demand,
experts say, coal is project-
ed to challenge oil as the
world’s top energy source
within the next four years.
The sole exception will be
in the U.S.
The Decker lay-offs
cut the mine’s workforce
roughly in half — and
came as a shock to Cooley
and fellow miners who
earned almost $30 an hour
and for years sat comfort-
ably near the top of the
region’s resource-based
economy.
Just last year, Decker’s
co-owner, Ambre Energy
of Australia, was promis-
ing to ramp up mining and
start shipping millions of
tons annually to coun-
tries such as South Korea
— part of an industry-
wide trend as companies
battered by the domestic
market looked to foreign
buyers.
But Ambre’s plans to
build and expand West
Coast ports to load the
fuel onto ships have be-
come entangled in politi-
cal opposition and bureau-
cratic red tape, forcing the
company to push back its
timeline to begin oper-
ating. Mining industry
heavyweights, including
Arch Coal, Inc., and Pea-
body Energy face the same
problems.
It’s been several years
since coal mining peaked
in the Powder River Basin,
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From the Cover
heAlth hospital “package.” If may pay a higher Medi- the states 100 percent of exchAnge exchange is still assessing
you do spend time in care tax this year. Those the extra money needed the impact of the possible
from 1A from 1A
the hospital, you may with an annual income of for the first three years Medicaid expansion.
notice your providers more than $200,000 for and gradually requiring Q. How many small
services through Medi- doing more aggressive one person or $250,000 for the states to fund 10 per- created the exchange in businesses are likely to
care and getting help pay- follow-up once you are couples will pay a 2.35 per- cent of the expansion in July by executive order. take advantage of the
ing for prescription drugs released, to try to prevent cent Medicare tax, up from the future. The office of the Kentucky health insurance offered
once you hit the “doughnut you from having to go back 1.45 percent. In five years, But the U.S. Supreme Health Benefit Exchange on the state exchange?
hole” in Medicare Part D into the hospital. the government will start Court ruled that the fed- is within the Cabinet for A. The exchange does
coverage. By 2020, seniors If you are a young adult: taxing high-dollar, high- eral government could Health and Family Ser- not have an exact number.
should be paying only 25 If you’re younger than 27 coverage employer-spon- not force states to expand vices. Q. How much money
percent of those drugs’ and not offered insurance sored “Cadillac” health their Medicaid programs ■ Q. How far along is has Kentucky received so
costs. through your job, you can plans with a 40 percent just to continue getting Kentucky in setting up an far from the federal gov-
On the other hand, some remain on your parents’ excise tax. funds they were already exchange? Will it be ready ernment to do the initial
Medicare benefits are be- health insurance policy If you’re low income: It’s receiving. to start enrolling people by work in setting up an ex-
ing cut — things like hear- until your 27th birthday. possible that you’ll qualify If you’re middle class: the October deadline? change?
ing aids, glasses and mem- If that’s not an option for for Medicaid in the future If you’re self-employed or ■ A. Kentucky is on tar- A. $252 million.
berships to fitness centers. you and you’re young, in even if your income is too work for a smaller com- get for open enrollment to Q. How will Kentuck-
And you may find that good health and don’t ex- high to qualify now. The pany, you should be able begin in October. ians access the exchange
some illnesses and sur- pect to need much medical ACA, in its original form, to buy insurance on the ■ Q. How many people and what kind of customer
geries that Medicare once care, you can purchase a intended to make it so that health exchange. People are uninsured in Kentucky support will be offered?
would have considered ap- “catastrophic” health in- all Americans who earned who make four times and how many of those are A. Kentuckians will
propriate for an overnight surance plan with low pre- less than 133 percent of the the federal poverty level projected to get insurance be able to access the ex-
hospital stay are now con- miums but a high deduct- federal poverty line (about (about $44,000 for an in- under the exchange? change via an online por-
sidered outpatient, which ible — coverage doesn’t $14,000 for a single person, dividual or $88,000 for a ■ A. According to U.S. tal. There will also be in-
means you may be billed kick in until you’ve paid or $29,000 for a family of family of four) or less may Census Bureau figures dividuals trained to assist
for individual costs that for $6,000 in care yourself. four) would be eligible to be eligible for subsidies from 2010, approximately others in signing up locat-
once were part of the If you’re wealthy: You enroll in Medicaid, giving from the government. 641,000 or 17.5 percent of ed throughout the state, as
Kentuckians under age 65 well as a paper application
are uninsured. process, a call center and
Farm day
Q. How many in Ken- the capability of filing an
tucky are currently served application at the local De-
by Medicaid and how partment for Community
many more will be served Based Services office.
if Kentucky chooses the Q. How many people
Medicaid expansion? will Kentucky’s exchange
A. More than 820,000 employ?
individuals are currently A. Thirty.
served by Medicaid. The
soldier Marrocco’s “was the
most complicated one”
from 1A
so far, Lee said in an in-
terview Monday. It will
like these to help wound- take more than a year to
ed troops. About 300 have know how fully Marrocco
lost arms or hands in the will be able to use the new
wars. arms, Lee said.
“He was the first quad “The maximum speed
amputee to survive” from is an inch a month for
the wars in Iraq and Af- nerve regeneration,” he
ghanistan, and there have explained. “We’re easily
been four others since looking at a couple years”
then, said Brendan Mar- until the full extent of re-
rocco’s father, Alex Mar- covery is known.
rocco. “He was really ex- While at Pittsburgh,
cited to get new arms.” Lee pioneered the novel
The Marroccos want to immune suppression ap-
thank the donor’s family proach used for Marroc-
for “making a selfless de- co. The surgeon led hand
cision ... making a differ- transplant operations on
ence in Brendan’s life,” the five patients, giving them
father said. marrow from their do-
Surgeons plan to dis- nors in addition to the new
MIkE LAwRENCE/THE GLEANER cuss the transplant at a limbs. All five recipients
Niagara area farmer J.C. Hicks shows Niagara Elementary second-graders one of his tractors at a career day held at the school news conference with the have done well and four
Monday. patient on Tuesday. have been able to take just
The 13-hour operation one anti-rejection drug in-
was led by Dr. W.P. An- stead of combination treat-
drew Lee, plastic surgery ments most transplant pa-
hwu ... and it didn’t have any- scouts to the public. chief at Johns Hopkins, and tients receive.
where to go.” Repairs will The BSA, which cele- is the seventh double-hand Minimizing anti-rejec-
from 1A from 1A
probably cost $50,000 to brated its 100th anniversa- or double-arm transplant tion drugs is important
$70,000, he said, and the ry in 2010, has long exclud- done in the United States. because they have side ef-
we can do to prevent it. extra cost will likely be consider homosexuality a ed both gays and atheists. Lee led three of those ear- fects and raise the risk of
They’ve got a right to do split between HWU and sin — were furious about Smith said a change in the lier operations when he cancer over the long term.
that.” the contractor. the possible change and policy toward atheists was previously worked at the Those risks have limited
The HWU board also “This portion of the said its approval might not being considered, and University of Pittsburgh, the willingness of sur-
heard a report from Tom project ... started in July encourage Southern Bap- that the BSA continued to including the only above- geons and patients to do
Williams, director of en- and they anticipated it be- tist churches to support view “Duty to God” as one elbow transplant that had more hand, arm and even
gineering, about the pave- ing done in November, but other boys’ organizations of its basic principles. been done at the time, in face transplants.
ment cave-in that has they just ran into some bad instead of the BSA. Protests over the no- 2010.
kept Priest Street closed soil conditions,” he said. Monday’s announce- gays policy gained mo-
the past week. Contractor “We think now mid-Feb- ment of the possible mentum in 2000, when
Lotteries
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pushing a pipe under the Other matters before of protests over the no- upheld the BSA’s right to
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been turned upside down,” migrants in the U.S., im- ties, creating an effective of law and profoundly un-
Schumer said, arguing that proved border security, high-tech employment fair to the millions of legal
polls show more support an overhaul of the legal verification system to en- immigrants who waited Funerals
than ever for immigration immigration system and sure that employers do not years, if not decades, to
changes and political risk making it easier for busi- hire illegal immigrants in come to America legally,” Daisy Lee Wilkerson Stone
in opposing it. nesses to verify the legal the future and allowing said Cruz.
“Elections. Elections,” status of workers. more low-skill and agri- A year after Border Services for Daisy Lee Wilkerson Stone, 94, Hen-
said Sen. John McCain, Seeking to ramp up cultural workers. Patrol apprehensions of derson, who died Saturday, will be at 11 a.m. today at
R-Ariz. “The Republican pressure on lawmakers, In a sign of the chal- illegal border crossers Tomblinson Funeral Home Henderson Chapel. Pastor
Party is losing the support the White House has pre- lenges ahead, the pro- plunged to the lowest Michael Foraker will officiate. Burial will be in Fairmont
of our Hispanic citizens. pared formal immigration posals immediately got a levels in nearly 40 years Cemetery.
And we realize that there legislation that it could cool reaction from Senate agents have seen a slight Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the funeral home.
are many issues on which sent to Capitol Hill should Republican Leader Mitch increase in arrests, ac-
Melba J. Johnson
we think we are in agree- the Senate process stall, McConnell of Kentucky. cording to Border Patrol
ment with our Hispanic administration officials “This effort is too im- arrest data obtained by
citizens, but this is a pre- said. The officials spoke portant to be written in The Associated Press. Services for Melba J. Johnson, 66, Henderson, who
eminent issue with those on the condition of ano- a back room and sent to In the budget year that died Friday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Haven Pentecos-
citizens.” nymity in order to discuss the floor with a take-it-or- ended in September, tal Church. Pastor Willard Clement and the Rev. Phil
Obama got 71 percent of internal strategy. leave it approach,” McCo- Border Patrol agents ar- Wagoner will officiate.
the Latino vote in Novem- Like the president’s nnell said. “It needs to be rested 356,873 would-be Pierre Funeral Home in Evansville is in charge of ar-
ber compared to 27 per- blueprint, the Senate pro- done on a bipartisan basis border crossers along the rangements.
cent for Republican Mitt posals also call for a path and include ideas from Mexican border. In fiscal
Willie Mae “Billie” Riddle
Romney. to citizenship for illegal both sides of the aisle.” year 2011, agents along
The president will en- immigrants already here. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- the Mexican border made
dorse the Senate process But lawmakers want the Ala., said on the Senate 327,577 arrests. Services for Willie Mae “Billie” Riddle, 87, Providence,
during an event in Las Ve- creation of that pathway to floor, “No one should ex- Senate Majority Leader who died Friday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Victory Baptist
gas Tuesday, administra- be contingent upon secur- pect members of the Sen- Harry Reid, D-Nev., ap- Church in Providence. Brother Andy Corbin will offici-
tion officials said. He will ing the border and better ate are just going to rub- plauded the framework ate. Interment will be in Fox Cemetery in Providence.
outline a similar vision tracking of people in the ber-stamp what a group and said, “I will do every- Friends may call after 9 a.m. today at the church.
for overhauling the na- U.S. on visas. has met and decided.” thing in my power to get a Jones and Erdman Funeral Home in Providence is in
tion’s immigration laws, The Senate’s five-page Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, bill across the finish line.” charge of arrangements.
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Lady Colonels click against Muhlenberg
■■Brown leads Brown, who made all game in the first half with trouble. travel to Calloway County MitCH
five of her 3-point attempts those 3-point shots,” Hen- “The kids really hung on Saturday for their next stinson
Henderson in the first half, scored a derson County coach Jeff tough after we got down game.
team-high 21 points for Haile told WSON follow- early,” Haile said. COLUMNIST
County attack the 18-1 Lady Colonels, ing the game. Arniea Summers scored
who made their first 16 Kacie Wallace, who was 22 points to lead Muhlen- Henderson 74, MuHlenberg 58 Stan Musial
Henderson Co. (18-1)
free throws and finished 7-of-8 from the free-throw berg County (18-6), while
Fruit 2 4-4 8; Outlaw 3 0-0 6; Carter 2 2-2
Gleaner staff the game 19-of-20 from line, totaled 13 points. Mi- Caitlin Peterson added 17. 6; Wallace 3 7-8 13; Brown 8 0-0 21; Cooper
the line. kayla Gilbert came off the Henderson County 2 0-0 4; Tapp 1 2-2 4; Gilbert 4 4-4 12. To- was ‘The
tals: 25 19-20 74. 3-point goals: 5 (Brown
POWDERLY, Ky. — Five Twelve first-quarter bench to add 12 points. pulled out a 40-38 win in 5). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.
3-pointers by Maci Brown turnovers put third-ranked The Lady Colonels the junior varsity game Muhlenberg Co. (18-6)
and near-perfect free- Henderson County in a picked up scoring from to improve to 13-0. Aysia SamPpesteorns 1o 0n- 06 3 3; S-4u m17m; ePros l9la 3r-d6 202 ;0 M-0a r0i-; Man’ for all
throw shooting helped hole early on, but Brown’s other players as leading Jacobs, Alisha Owens and gny 1 6-6 8; Soderling 3 0-0 8; Vincent 0
Henderson County claim outside shooting helped scorer Ellie Fruit did not Gilbert scored eight points 0-0 0; Johnston 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 12-16 58.
3-point goals: 6 (Peterson 2, Soderling 2,
its ninth straight victory open up a 33-28 lead by reach double figures for apiece for the Lady Colo- Sampson 1, Summers 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled seasons
with a 74-58 at Muhlenberg halftime. the first game this sea- nels. out: None.
Henderson Co. 15 18 22 19 — 74
County on Monday night. “Maci kept us in the son after getting into foul The Lady Colonels Muhlenberg Co. 15 13 17 13 — 58
The news is full of sto-
Louisville ends three-game skid ries about wasted sports
lives. Lance Armstrong fi-
nally admitted his guilt in
doping his way to cycling
greatness and bulky Barry
Bonds was denied entry
■■No. 12 Cards into the Baseball Hall of
Fame because of similar
fraud. The Penn State/Jer-
slip by Pitt
ry Sandusky fiasco resur-
faced when Pennsylvania’s
governor sued the NCAA
for 64-61 win
over football sanctions.
Oh, well, at least no-
body died. Then Stan Mu-
By Gary Graves sial did and it reminded
Associated Press us how honorable life can
be. Words like “great” and
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russ Smith and “superstar” get thrown
Gorgui Dieng combined for 34 around too easy nowadays.
points and sealed the game with Though technically cor-
four free throws in the final 12 sec- rect, they seem insufficient
onds as No. 12 Louisville ended a to describe the best play-
three-game losing streak with a er in St. Louis Cardinals
64-61 victory over Pittsburgh on history. Throw in “hero”
Monday night. and the picture becomes
Louisville, which has slumped clearer.
since being No. 1 two weeks ago, Musial was a work-
saw an 11-point second-half lead ing man’s hero — too su-
cut to 60-58 on Tray Woodall’s premely talented to fail
3-pointer with 13.3 seconds re- on the baseball field and
maining. That was one of seven 3s too genuinely nice to dis-
by Pitt over the final 13:18. appoint folks off it. He
Dieng made two free throws would talk to anybody,
with 12.7 seconds left for a four- shake every hand, sign
point lead, and after the Panthers’ countless autographs and
Lamar Patterson shot an air ball maybe even whip out that
with 6 seconds left, Smith followed trusty harmonica for an
with two more free throws for a 64- impromptu performance.
58 lead with 4.2 seconds left. One commonly repeat-
Woodall, who had 14 points, ed refrain is that Musial
drained a long 3-pointer in the fi- made nobodies feel like
nal second. somebodies. In truth he
Smith finished with 20 points believed there’s no such
while Dieng had 14 points, 12 re- thing as a nobody, and that
bounds and five blocks for the Car- meant a lot coming from a
dinals (17-4, 5-3 Big East). man who knew popes and
Pittsburgh (17-5, 5-4) had its presidents. If everybody
four-game winning streak stopped. matters, then it all makes
Louisville shot 45 percent (23 of sense. The smile was real
51) but didn’t make a basket in the — he honestly liked the
final 4:34. Pittsburgh shot 44 per- masses.
cent (25 of 57) and outrebounded A moral man with no
the Cardinals 35-33 but couldn’t ego or enemies … how re-
complete the comeback as Wood- laxing it must’ve been to
all missed the front end of a 1-and- be Stan Musial. Cold statis-
1 with 43 seconds left, leading to tics could not define a man
two free throws by Chane Behanan
that put Louisville up 60-55. See STINSON, 4B
Behanan finished with 12 points.
Louisville won without starting
forward Wayne Blackshear and
guard Kevin Ware. Blackshear TimoThy D. EaslEy / associaTED PrEss Kentucky vs.
is out for a “short period” after Pittsburgh’s J.J. moore (44) attempts to steal the ball away from louisville’s luke hancock during the first half monday
ole Miss
spraining his shoulder in practice night louisville, Ky.
site: Tad smith coliseum,
on Sunday, while Ware was sus-
oxford, miss.
pended indefinitely for an unspeci- Their mission was slowing an first half. Trailing 9-6, Smith’s first But Louisville went cold after
Tipoff: 8 p.m. csT
fied reason. athletic Panthers squad coming in 3-pointer sparked Louisville’s 12-0 that and settled for a 32-26 half- Television: EsPN, cable
The absence of Blackshear and on a roll, having won five of their run for an 18-9 lead and set the tone time lead preserved by its de- 27.
Ware created another lineup shuf- past six. Pitt went from a 1-3 start in for an active first half. fense, which limited Pitt’s scoring radio: WsoN 860 am &
fle for Louisville, which started Big East play to third place behind The Cardinals scored in the half- chances and forced the Panthers 96.5 Fm, WmsK 101.3 Fm
forward Luke Hancock ahead of Syracuse and Marquette and in the court offense as well as transition into shot clock and 3-second viola-
leading-scorer Smith in Saturday’s process matched or surpassed last and even got a 3-pointer from Tim tions down the stretch.
53-51 loss at Georgetown. Smith year’s win totals. Henderson, playing more minutes Pitt committed 11 turnovers but Wildcats
returned to the starting lineup on Being back in familiar surround- out of necessity, as they built a 32- stayed close with 12 of 26 shooting
Monday night with Peyton Siva, ings appeared to help the Cardi- 20 lead with 4:49 remaining in the (46 percent) and a 19-17 rebound-
Hancock, Dieng and Behanan. nals regain their flow, at least in the half behind Smith’s 13 points. ing edge. at Ole Miss
Union County wrestlers win Henderson County home
tonight
2nd straight championship
tonight vs. Union County
Gleaner staff
Gleaner staff second straight KYWCA Mississippi will try to
State Duals championship.” ■■Colonels look to get back on winning track extend the SEC’s longest
Union County repeated The Braves were domi- winning streak as it hosts
as the State Duals champi- nate in the lower weight di- Kentucky tonight.
ons on Saturday, winning visions with seven wrestlers Gleaner staff The 17-2 Rebels are 6-0
the small school division going undefeated. “From 106 union County vs. Henderson County in the SEC for the first time
by beating Johnson Central to 152, we have hands down Following its first loss Site: colonel Gym in school history. A win to-
46-24 in the finals. the toughest lineup in the since late December, Tipoff: Junior varsity, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7:30 p.m. night would tie a school re-
Beginning this season, state. It’s like murderer’s Henderson County hosts Records: Union co., 14-7; henderson co., 18-3 cord for consecutive SEC
the Kentucky Wrestling row,” Hoehn said. Sixth District rival Union wins in a season.
Coaches Association split Trae Blackwell finished County tonight after the Junior guard Marshall
the event into two classes. 3-0 with all three of his vic- teams played to a three- guard D.J. Washington the district but could Henderson leads the con-
Union County won the tories by pin. Rob Dezember point game earlier this missed the previous emerge with the top ference in scoring at 19.4
event last year when there was 2-0 with his two wins month in Morganfield. game at Union County, seed with wins tonight points per game.
was just one division. by pin. Bryce Sheffer, Gabe The Colonels (18-3) but Duckworth did most and Friday at Webster Kentucky (13-6 overall,
Union County Marcus Ervin, Jayce Carr and Chad saw their 11-game win- of the damage in the Col- County. 4-2 in the SEC) is com-
Hoehn would have wel- Gahafer were also 3-0, while ning streak come to an onels’ 55-52 win with 17 Union County (14-7) is ing off a 75-70 home vic-
comed the opportunity to Brock Ervin was 2-0. end Saturday with a 37-34 points and 13 rebounds. led by its guard tandem of tory over LSU, which saw
go head-to-head against the Union County won its loss to Collins. Hender- A win tonight would Zack Chaykowsky, who freshman Alex Poythress
state’s larger schools. pool round 48-21 over Scott, son County was without improve Henderson averages 12.5 points per record his first career dou-
“We missed being able then beat LaRue County 43- six players in that game, County’s record to 3-0 game, and Jashaud Flem- ble-double with 20 points
to compete and beat a lot of 24 in the semifinals. among them were regu- in district play with the ing, who averages 12.1 and 12 rebounds.
the tough large schools like The Braves will compete lars Kaleb Duckworth, Feb. 8 game with Webster points. Ole Miss shares the
Campbell Co., Trinity and in the regional in two weeks David Simmons, Hunter County possibly deter- Simmons is the only SEC lead with Florida,
St. X,” he said. “but we were at Christian County before Comer and Corey San- mining the top seed for Henderson County player while Kentucky is tied for
happy to attend and were the state championships ners. the district tournament. averaging in double fig- second with Missouri and
excited about winning our Feb. 15 and 16. Simmons and point Union County is 0-2 in ures at 11.6 points. Alabama.
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SportS
Jurich extends Strong’s rent at Louisville
Briefs
UNC, Kentucky to resume hoop series
Louisville and uh, fidel- largesse and howling for disparity. They were terrif-
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina says it is resuming ity. justice for athletes. ic. We did not hold up our
its men’s basketball series with Kentucky. What was missing from The yowl goes like this: end of the bargain tonight.”
UNC said Monday that the two schools will play Tom Jurich’s new-contract- “Hey! It’s time to pay the Straight talk from the
next season in Chapel Hill. They played for 12 straight for-Charlie Strong an- players!” same ball coach who, on
seasons but did not meet this year. nouncement the other day? BOB America. I love this place! March 28, 1992, sought out
Tar Heels coach Roy Williams calls it “a great se- A brass band, cheerleaders, wATKiNS Cawood Ledford and asked
ries for both schools and our fans as well as college a Shriner minibike parade UK-Carolina & iU for airtime to congratulate
basketball fans period.” and a few real-world ques- ColUMniST The good news (for bas- Big Blue Nation and the
North Carolina will host the Wildcats on Dec. 14, tions about the price tag on ketball fans) is a new series Kentucky Wildcats after
and will return the trip to Lexington in 2014-15. UNC fidelity. stretching to end of the matching Kentucky and Christian Laettner’s game
leads the series 22-13 and has won six of the past nine. And, someone to say: decade. $3.7 million a year North Carolina. winning shot.
“Hey Tom, while you’re with sundry incentive bo- The Wildcats will play Footnote: Laettner ap-
here to toot about more nuses, the least mentioned, in Chapel Hill next season peared on a television show
Adelman back coaching Timberwolves
money for a ball coach but most significant, aca- with the Tar Heels coming recently and explained
while your pizza franchise demic progress of student- to Rupp Arena in 2014. UK about stepping on Aminu
MINNEAPOLIS — A person with knowledge of the situ- pal can’t pay his employees athletes. has won three of the last Timberlake’s chest in the
ation says coach Rick Adelman has returned to the health insurance, would But if he leaves U of L four between the two iconic Duke-UK game in Phila-
Minnesota Timberwolves after spending the last you explain what the hell this calendar year Strong programs. North Carolina delphia.
three weeks with his ailing wife. one human-being does pays the school $5 million. holds a lead all-time, 22-13. “I wish I’d stepped down
The person spoke on condition of anonymity to with $3.4 million, two com- Jurich made it sound like a The Kentucky-Carolina harder than that,” he said.
The Associated Press because Adelman had yet to plimentary automobiles game-breaker incentive-to- resumption brings to mind Laettner declared his was
publicly address the situation. and paid membership to stay, but in fact the univer- the reality that many/most retaliation for an earlier in-
Adelman returned Monday morning before the two country clubs, after sity (Florida for instance) Kentucky fans want to see cident. “I think it was (Der-
team practiced. He is hoping to coach against the the first year? or NFL franchise wanting a return of a Wildcats-Hoo- on) Feldhaus who pushed
Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night if all is OK ■ Beyond Jurich’s brag- to hire Strong, it wouldn’t siers series. me out of bounds,” and no
with his wife, Mary Kay. She was hospitalized with gadocio and what he con- cost him a dime. His new call was made.
an undisclosed ailment. siders important, does boss would pay the $5 mil- UK-SEC honor roll
Adelman has missed the last 11 games. The first anybody care if Louisville’s lion out of a chump change For the fall 2012 semes- oWooToah on radar
was Jan. 8, a home victory over the Atlanta Hawks. He coach pay grade is up there account. ter, 46 University of Ken- Emmanuel Owootoah
returned for a brief meeting with the team Jan. 16. The with gated community citi- For the record, if Strong tucky student-athletes were is the new rage in east-
Wolves have gone 2-9 under assistant Terry Porter. zen Nick Saban? leaves in 2014, the univer- named to the SEC Academ- ern Kentucky high school
■ And, to the working sity would get $4.375 mil- ic Honor Roll. basketball. Listed at 5-10,
slob who pays two dol- lion. The buyout amount Honor Roll is based Owootoah is a Canadian
Carl Pavano has spleen removed
lars for a newspaper, what goes down each year until on grades from the 2012 who became eligible this
newsworthiness is there in 2020 when the ball coach spring, summer and fall month. He schools at Cor-
Carl Pavano’s spleen was removed last week after a netherworld pay hike for would pay “only” $625,000 terms. A student-athlete dia High School and plays
the pitcher was injured when he fell in the snow. a college ball coach? to leave. must have a 3.0 or better for Rodrick Rhodes.
The 37-year-old right-hander was hurt in mid- Go Cards! Isn’t this a wonderful grade-point average for the Owootoah is an Anthony
January at his home in Vermont and has been in a Already in the books — tribute to fidelity of trust? preceding academic year, Hickey (LSU) look-alike
Connecticut hospital for nearly two weeks. U of L had a splendid foot- On the other hand, if or a cumulative 3.0 GPA. and play-alike.
“He lost a lot of blood. It was very, very serious,” ball season capped with a Strong is still in Louisville Breakdown: Football, 20; A dandy prospect,
agent David Pepe said Monday. good whuppin’ on Florida in 2016, Jurich pays him $1 soccer, 20; and volleyball, Owootoah reminds me of
Pepe said Pavano didn’t think he was seriously in- in the Sugar Bowl. We can million bonus for loyalty, six. O.J. Mayo. A kid “farmed”
jured after the fall, then didn’t feel well following a all agree the Cardinals and $200,000 each year UK’s programs that pay to Cordia and groomed
workout a few days later in Connecticut. dealt the SEC titan and its after through 2018. a cumulative $10 million a by handlers, in this case
“He felt bad enough that he went to the hospital arm-flappers a much de- Isn’t this a wonderful year-plus perks, men’s and ex-Louisvillian Brandon
and he ended up getting admitted, and they realized served humiliation. tribute to fidelity of loy- women’s basketball coach- Bender and AAU coach Ro
he had a lacerated spleen,” Pepe said. For that, U of L’s direc- alty? es, zero. Russell.
tor of athletics emptied The Jurich-ball coach Comment: No pretense “I think the kid is ready
Cedeno, Cardinals agree to $1.15M deal
his quiver of accolades on moneyball episode is anoth- from John Calipari. He re- for Duke, UCLA, North
Strong leaving Louisville er example of who and what fers to his student-athletes Carolina or Kentucky. He’s
ST. LOUIS — Infielder Ronny Cedeno has agreed to media staggered in breath- college presidents and their as players. that good,” Bender said on
a $1.15 million, one-year contract with the St. Louis less wonderment: Does this boards of trustees have sold a blog site.
Cardinals, giving them insurance in case shortstop ball coach really walk from out to, allowed the tail wag CoaCh K & laETTnEr Owootoah was projected
Rafael Furcal has problems returning from an elbow here to New Albany with- the dog while they count re- Miami ripped then top- as a prospect for 2014, but
injury that sidelined him late last season. out a bridge? ceipts. The erosion doesn’t ranked Duke last week 90- “Ro is deciding whether or
Cedeno can earn an additional $850,000 in perfor- Then came Jurich’s fine stop here either. 63 in Miami. not Emmanuel is mature
mance bonuses under Monday’s deal: $170,000 each print (in Large Numbers). It continues in the fol- “Not much to say after enough for 2013 and we
for 200, 250, 300, 250 and 400 plate appearances. Forget that buyout provi- lowing form: Ex-coaches, that. They were men, we are starting to believe he’s
Cedeno, 29, batted .259 with four homers and 22 sions and loyalty clauses players and television talk- were boys,” coach Mike ready now,” Bender added.
RBIs last year for the New York Mets. are contradictions in terms. ing heads who “have theirs,” Krzyzewski told report-
Strong signed a new are now casting focus onto ers. “The score and the Bob Watkins can be reached at
Wire reports security-blanket contract the NCAA and its growing performance reflected that [email protected]