WON -?< )8;L:8?,LE - Matchbinassets.matchbin.com/sites/1140/assets/ERW1_050611a6a5ds4f32adf1… ·...

WON’T SET PACE: Donald Trump says he won’t be in the driver’s seat of the Indy 500 pace car after all. | 4D

Forecast

6D

70°70°Today Business ........ 4B

Classifi eds ..... 4CComics ..........3DCrossword ......3DDeaths ........... 2CDownload ......1DFaith .............. 1CLottery ........... 2ATV Listings .....2D

Index

Daily 75¢ Sunday $2.00 Have a news tip? Call 575-8650 Customer Service: 575-8800 or 1-800-599-1771

NEWS TRACKER

1. Lone Oak tops All A state tournament-bound Re-idland in a key district base-ball game. 1B

2. Levee blast means a lost year for some Missouri farmers. 5A

3. Former Kentucky bas-ketball star Jeff Sheppard joins First Baptist prayer breakfast. 1C

4. Computer chip manu-facturers are breaking down limits. 1D

5. Jacob and Isabella remain the most popular baby names in the U.S., while Elvis falls out of the 1,000 most popular names since peaking at No. 312 in 1957.

6A

Some clouds.

NEW YORK — Solemnly honor-ing victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, President Barack Obama hugged survivors, thanked the heroes of one of the nation’s darkest days and declared Thurs-day that the killing of Osama bin Laden after all these years was an American message to the world: “When we say we will never for-get, we mean what we say.”

On a brilliant blue-sky day, one of refl ection more than celebra-tion, Obama offered New Yorkers

a moment of their own. Standing at the gritty construction site of ground zero, where the towers fell and a memorial now rises, the president laid a wreath of red, white and blue fl owers for the nearly 3,000 who died as he marked a turning point for the nation and this city of steely re-silience.

For Obama, the day was about the importance of being in New

York in the aftermath of the successful raid to fi nd and kill bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader. Obama addressed families who have watched and wondered for nearly a decade whether the gov-ernment would track down its most infamous enemy.

On this special ground, Obama never mentioned bin Laden’s name.

Still, this was where the ter-rorist infl icted his greatest dam-age on a similarly sunny day in

Obama: ‘We never forget, we mean what we say’BY BEN FELLER

Associated Press

Please see OBAMA | 8A

Associated Press

President Barack Obama prepares to lay a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Me-morial at ground zero in New York on Thursday.

Aid will be offered to several counties, cities and individu-als affected by fl ooding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after President Barack Obama signed a disaster declara-tion Wednesday.

Brent Stringer, director of emer-gency management in Livingston County, said FEMA agents visited the county. The agents need for the water to recede before assess-ing damage to homes. The coun-ty, and others, will list expenses incurred before, during and after the fl ooding.

“There are two components with FEMA,” Stringer said. “Pub-lic assistance provides some relief for our costs, and they may reim-burse us for some of our expenses. For individual assistance, they will talk to people with damaged homes and provide some assis-tance.”

Nancy Price, intergovernmen-tal liaison for the state, said Ken-tucky has met a $5.2 million min-imal damage threshold to qualify for aid. Counties become eligible by meeting a minimum damage amount determined by a number of demographic factors.

“For individuals, FEMA usually requires them to have a nearly un-livable or unlivable home,” Price said. “If someone had an inch of water or so and their carpet was ruined, they probably wouldn’t get assistance. Usually, if a person has fl ood insurance, that would kick in fi rst, and FEMA might as-sist with additional costs.”

Price said people should docu-ment damage, including water levels, damaged items in the home, and expenses if forced to leave. County offi ces of emer-gency management should be notifi ed and alerted to fl ooding so an assessment can be scheduled promptly, she added. Records

FEMA begins assessing damage

BY ALAN [email protected]

Please see FEMA | 8A

■ Only a single bin Laden defender shot at SEALs, U.S. says. 6A

No one was harmed when a portion of a North 12th Street building collapsed on three cars Thursday.

Joel Scarbrough, Paducah building inspector, said he did not know why the back of the former Henry Gallman Grocery crashed to the ground. He also did not know if a connection ex-isted between the collapse and a third and fi nal detonation of the Birds Point levee minutes earlier.

The portion of the building that fell was an add-on room at the back of the structure. Scar-brough said his offi ce planned no further investigation. The build-ing owner was listed as Fier’s Heating and Air.

“It doesn’t appear that rain was stressing the roof because it doesn’t look like it had a roof,” Scarbrough said. “There’s no roofi ng material in the wreck-age that I see. Maybe some roof joists, but no decking even.”

Paducah police Chief James Berry said his department closed portions of 12th and Burnett streets fearing further collapse of the building. After Scarbrough’s inspection, he deemed the struc-ture safe. Across Burnett Street, Martha’s Vineyard distributed groceries in a giveaway. The food came from Kroger on Park Avenue, which closed because of fl ooding. Many of the people waiting in line for the food giveaway were forced from their homes by fl ooding.

“We want the people to get their food. We know they need it in this emergency, but we don’t want anyone getting hurt,” Berry said.

Thomas Tucker of Brookport, Ill., sat in his 2000 GMC Sierra after it was pulled from the rub-ble. Bricks and mortar covered the truck’s bed, and the rear right side fender suffered serious denting.

His home remained on high ground, but fl oods closed nu-

merous stores, leaving him seek-ing ways to feed his wife and eight children.

“We’re in a bad situation and came out for some help, then this happened,” Tucker said. “I can still drive it, but I’m sick to look at it. There was no noise or nothing.”

Khara Gaskamp of Paducah was far less fortunate. The build-ing collapse left her vehicle near-ly fl at. Her apartment fl ooded two weeks ago, and she took time

off work without pay to care for herself and family.

“We’d been here since 1,” she said, “and had just left the line to get my cigarettes out of the car.

“I had just walked away from the car when it happened,” she said, still shaking from the ex-perience. “It was just out of no-where. It’s just surreal.”

Contact John Wright at 270-575-8617 or Alan Reed at 270-575-8658. Both are Paducah Sun staff writers.

Falling rubble damages vehiclesBY JOHN WRIGHT AND ALAN REED

[email protected]

The basket of Mary Talley’s walk-er overfl owed with fresh carrots, let-tuce, potatoes, a loaf of bread and some snack cakes.

Talley, 80, carefully balanced it as she took each step down Burnett Street.

Talley is raising three grandchil-dren, ages 10 to 16. She receives child support and roughly $200 a month in food stamps, but it’s really not enough to feed all four of them, she said.

“With the help of the good Lord, we survive,” Talley said.

On Thursday, that help came from Martha’s Vineyard.

After fl oodwaters surrounded the Park Avenue Kroger, forcing it to close, store manager Bernie Prince didn’t want the perishable food to go to waste. He contacted Martha Bell, founder of Martha’s Vineyard, and donated roughly 10 pallets of perishable food to the charity.

The fl ooded Harrah’s Metropo-

Food giveaway line stretches for blocks

BY SHELLEY [email protected]

JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun

The right side of a Saturn sedan caved in after a building collapsed onto it on Burnett Street in Paducah on Thursday. Two other vehicles also sustained serious damage. No one was injured.

Please see MARTHA’S | 3A

LANCE DENNEE | The Sun

Martha Bell watches as volunteers hand out food to thousands at Martha’s Vineyard in Paducah on Thursday. Kroger donated about 10 pallets of perish-able food after floodwaters closed its Park Avenue store.

WON

FRIDAY,FRIDAY, May 6, 2011 May 6, 2011 www.paducahsun.comwww.paducahsun.com Vol.Vol. 115115 No.No. 126126

The Lineup

TodaySteak night, 5-8 p.m., River City Eagles

Aerie 3686, 1919 Cairo Road.

Fish fry, 5:30-8 p.m. , Paducah Elks Lodge 217, 310 N. Fourth St. $10.

Dance, 7-10 p.m. , American Legion Post 26 Hall, Mayfield. Band: Just Breakin’ Even. $5.

Dance, 7-10 p.m. , Grand Rivers Commu-nity Center, 155 W. Cumberland. Stanley Walker Band. $5. 362-8272.

Saturday Wickliffe Masonic Lodge breakfast, 6-10 a.m. , Buck Road. $5.

Heath High School Class of 2011 BBQ/Yard Sale Fundraiser for Project Graduation, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Hughes Market, 8705 Ogden Landing Road, West Paducah.

Fish fry and barbeque, 4-6 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 144, 2047 Ridge Road, Gilbertsville.

Dance, 7-10 p.m. , American Legion Post 26 Hall, Mayfield. Just Friends. $5.

■ ■ ■

Items for the Lineup must be received in writing. Mail to: Lineup, The Paducah Sun, P.O. Box 2300, Paducah, KY 42002-2300; fax the newsroom at 442-7859; or e-mail [email protected]. Announcements are published day of event. Information: 575-8677.

2A • Friday, May 6, 2011 • The Paducah Sun Local paducahsun.com

Coming Up ... Miss a day. Miss a lot. To subscribe, call 800-959-1771.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAYSATURDAY

■ Information to help you live and relax in style.

Home

■ Ballard man raises funds for new church building.

Faith

■ Th e Market House Th e-atre presents “Eat.”

Current

■ Get the delicious details on all things edible.

Taste

■ Ballard takes on Graves in high school baseball.

Sports

SUNDAY

■ Interesting people: their lives, their stories.

Life

MONDAY

■ Promotions, achieve-ments around the region.

Business

Thursday’s lotteryKentucky

Pick 3-midday: 1-1-8Pick 3-evening: 3-6-5Pick 4-midday: 4-6-4-7Pick 4-evening: 9-8-3-0Cash Ball: 8-9-23-30 CB 19 Cash Ball Kicker: 7-7-3-4-1 Decades of Dollars: 10-12-18-21-34-37

IllinoisPick 3-midday: 6-2-7Pick 3-evening: 1-7-7Pick 4-midday: 1-4-5-2Pick 4-evening: 8-8-2-1Little Lotto: 01-17-18-33-38

As fl ooding lessens across McCracken County, offi cials continue assessing damage in problem areas.

Deputy Judge-Executive Doug Harnice spent Thursday touring the county with a team of National Guard soldiers tak-ing pictures of roads, houses, other structures and land the recent fl ooding affected.

The group spent time in the Reidland area — where the Clark’s River covered roads and homes — and visited other ar-eas in the north and south ends of the county. Harnice said the soldiers helped some residents who were forced to leave their fl ooded homes.

Harnice expects Federal Emergency Management Agency offi cials to arrive today to start viewing the damaged areas. The federal government granted Gov. Steve Beshear’s request for a presidential di-saster declaration Wednesday, giving the green light for FEMA to start assessing the area for possible federal fi nancial assis-tance.

Harnice said the county evac-uated 43 residents from their homes and that an additional 400 to 600 people left on their own.

As of Thursday afternoon, 57 roads remained closed, but the county reopened Old Hinkleville, Lovelaceville and Blandville roads.

The Ohio River was at 54.03 feet Thursday and is expected to crest at 55.5 feet early Satur-day.

Harnice said water levels in places such as the Clark’s River may continue to rise for a cou-ple of days because of increased discharge through Kentucky Dam.

Paducah offi cials also report-ed Thursday that successful ef-forts to protect the city from the rising river are continuing.

Pam Spencer, Paducah pub-lic information offi cer, released a statement that the fl oodwall gates are holding and the Julian Carroll Convention Center and Paducah-McCracken County Expo Center remained dry after crews added to the levee at the start of the fl ooding.

Harnice said rescue work-ers are warning residents to be aware of snakes in the fl ooded areas.

Offi cials are also expecting an infl ux of mosquitoes in the Oaks Road area.

Contact Mallory Panuska, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8684.

County checking damageBY MALLORY [email protected]


Cindy Wood of Benton sloshes barefoot through floodwater Thursday after leaving a boat along Said Road near Re-idland. Wood had traveled the Clark’s River in the boat with others to check on her mother, who lives on Oaks Road, about four miles from Said. However, navigating the river became an adventure, with the group becoming lost.

Ohio River predicted crests

■ At Grand Chain Lock and Dam: 61.3 feet Thursday afternoon.■ At Brookport Lock and Dam: 57.2 feet tonight.■ At Smithland Lock and Dam: 55.1 feet tonight.■ At Cairo: 59.6 feet Thursday evening.■ At Paducah: 55.5 feet early Saturday.

National Weather Service

Lake levels■ Barkley: 372.35 feet reservoir, down .10 from Thursday morning;

346.25 feet tailwater, no change from Thursday morning; releasing 90,000 cubic feet per second from spillgates.■ Kentucky: 372.31 feet reservoir, down .11 from Thursday morn-

ing; 342.15 feet tailwater, down .01 from Thursday morning; releasing 182,000 cubic feet per second from spillgates.

Data was gathered at 3 p.m. Thursday.Tennessee Valley Authority

Staff reportThe American Red Cross has

opened a shelter at the Metrop-olis Community Center, 900 W. 10th St. Cots and blankets are in place, and food will be served three times a day.

Paducahans are stepping up to help local residents dis-placed with the fl oods. Diane Davis with the local chapter of the American Red Cross said donations have been coming in steadily the past few days as more residents leave their homes in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.

That includes a $6,000 dona-tion from Atmos Energy, a Dal-las-based gas company. Opera-tions supervisor Bobby Brown said the money will be divided and given to recipients in all three states. Davis said sev-eral other large donations have come in from organizations, one for $6,600, along with a number of small, individual ones. All of the money goes to disaster relief in the local area.

Donors can send checks, made out to the American Red Cross, to 2323 N. Eighth St., Paducah, KY 42001 or to the main headquarters at P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. Donors can also

log on to redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

■ ■ ■BENTON — Kentucky National

Guard members are in Mar-shall County to assist the sher-iff’s department with safety and security patrols in fl ooded areas.

Sandbags are available at 160 Homer Lucas Lane, across from Mike Miller Park on U.S. 68. Also, the Red Cross is on stand-by if a shelter is needed in the county. Anyone needing help in moving items from a residence beyond closed roads or barri-cades must call the county EOC

at 527-6503 or the sheriff’s de-partment at 527-3112. Those who need help evacuating their homes may also call the EOC. Links to fl ood stages may be found atmcphd.org.

■ ■ ■McCracken County Property

Valuation Administrator Nancy Bock has extended the dead-line to fi le appeals to farmland tax reassessments. The original deadline was May 17. Property owners now have until May 31 to fi le appeals or come in and talk to her.

■ ■ ■GOLDEN POND — Camping and

lake access opportunities are beginning to return at Land Be-tween The Lakes.

Lake levels for Lake Bark-ley and Kentucky Lake crested Wednesday night and are cur-rently at 372.4 feet. While many LBL boat ramps, campgrounds, lakeside campsites, trails, and roads are still closed due to fl ooding, areas that will open today include: Energy Lake Campground, via Road 134 off U.S.68/Ky. 80; Fenton camp-ing opened Thursday on sites 17-27, but the boat ramp is still closed; Nickell Branch Back-country Area, use the boat ramp with caution; Star Camp tem-porarily open to camping with a backcountry camping permit.Twin Lakes Backcountry Area, use the boat ramp with caution.

Open LBL day-use facilities include North Welcome Sta-tion, Nature Station via Silver Trail Road, Elk & Bison Prai-rie, Golden Pond Visitor Center and Planetarium, Golden Pond Target Range, The Homeplace, South Bison Range, and South Welcome Station. Activities such as picnicking and hiking will be available in limited ar-eas. Many areas are still bar-ricaded and closed for visitor safety.

Red Cross opens shelter; Guard patrols Marshall


Clark’s River floodwaters cover Elbert Powers Memorial Park on Said Road outside of Reidland on Thursday. The building on the right is the concession stand.

Brent Buchanan will be the new principal at Lone Oak Middle School. Buchanan previously worked as as-

sistant principal at Lone Oak El-ementary School and has been with the district for nine years.

“Our teachers and parents under-stand and respect his commitment to excellence in education and his leadership at Lone

Oak Elementary exemplifi ed that commitment,” Superintendent Nan-cy Waldrop said in a news release.

Before moving to administration, Buchanan worked as an English and history teacher at the middle and el-ementary school level. He received his degrees from Bethel College and Murray State University.

Middle school selects principal

Buchanan

Ceremony to honorfallen officer

A fallen Paducah police of-ficer’s name will be added to the state’s law enforcement memorial Monday.

Capt. William H. Poore suc-cumbed to a head injury Nov. 29, 1928. A day before, he had fallen through a train trestle while searching for two people who had stolen a suitcase, ac-cording to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.

The ceremony Monday at the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial in Richmond will honor Lexington police officer Bryan Durman, killed in a hit-and-run wreck April 29, 2010, and 23 Kentucky officers killed in the line of duty between 1882 and 1972, but whose names were not added to the national memorial in Washing-ton until recently.

Two western Kentucky sher-iffs are also among those 23 names. Hickman County Sher-iff Henry H. Winters died Dec. 31, 1887. Fulton County Sheriff

James O. West died April 11, 1925.

This year’s addition of names brings the number of

names on the memorial to 485. The memorial opened in 2000.

Staff report

paducahsun.com Local/From Page One The Paducah Sun • Friday, May 6, 2011 • 3A

lis Hotel & Casino pitched in with more food, and H.T. Hackney and SuperValu gro-ceries added even more.

Bell, 70, opened her doors at 1 p.m. Thursday to give it all away. Within an hour, 300 people had fi lled plastic bags with groceries. An esti-mated 1,100 more were in a line that stretched more than two blocks down North 12th Street.

“Everybody will have something,” Bell promised, digging into the store of canned goods in the charity’s warehouse to make sure no-body walked away hungry.

Prince talked to the people in line, telling them no water got inside the Kroger store and that the weather will de-termine when it will reopen. He also listened. People he recognized as regular shop-pers thanked him, then told him they had lost their own homes to the fl ood.

“Without question we are the fortunate ones,” Prince said. “The people who are displaced, that’s where our hearts are.”

The food giveaway helped LaTovia Dawson, 24, and her

2-year-old son, Corterrion. Corterrion dashed back and forth, braids bouncing, half a recently acquired banana hanging out of his mouth.

“He loves fruit, so I got lots of fruit,” Dawson said.

With working and being a single mother, paychecks don’t always go very far, she said. The food giveaway will help her grocery bud-get stretch a bit more this month.

Melissa Grosskreutz, 31, of Cairo, Ill., handed out bananas in the Martha’s Vineyard parking lot. She has no idea about the condi-tion of her home. When the city ordered a mandatory evacuation, Grosskreutz and her roommate came to stay with friends of fellow church members in Paducah.

At fi rst, Grosskreutz said, she sat around feeling help-less. Then, she said, she decided to put herself into action. On Wednesday, she spent the day fi lling sand. On Thursday, when she heard about the food giveaway, she came over and asked how to help.

Grosskreutz said she learned an important les-son she will pass on to the

fourth-, fi fth- and sixth-graders she teaches.

“I’ll tell them that despite what’s going on with us, God wants us to help other peo-ple,” she said, then added she was blessed to be able to help.

Contact Shelley Byrne, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8667.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A

MARTHA’S: Grocery-, casino-donated food draws large crowd


Asia Leonard smiles as Heather Amundsen of Cairo, Ill., gives her a bag of food as Melissa Grosskreutz, also of Cairo, watches while volunteering at Martha’s Vineyard in Paducah on Thursday. Grosskreutz and Amundsen had to leave Cairo due to flooding when a mandatory evacution was ordered. Leonard, a resident of Ogden Landing Road, was wearing waders because she has to walk through floodwater to get to her home.


Shirley Barlow of River City Mission; Kendra Payne, marketing manager for The Paducah Sun; and cashier Mary Jones of Su-perValu pose at the Lone Oak Road store on April 29. Gift cards in the amount of $1,027 from both Paducah stores were raised.

Groceries for Good

The next Community Clergy Fellowship meet-ing will address a sought change in Kentucky law. Seeking minority represen-tation on the Paducah Pub-lic Schools board, CCF Pres-ident Rev. Alfred Anderson said the nonprofi t organiza-tion wants to change board elections to vote within dis-tricts, rather than the cur-rent at-large format.

“We’re going to talk to the (state) commissioner of education,” Anderson said. “Talk to them about how unfair it is and how (blacks) are under-represented and see if we can begin to work down from there.”

According to Kentucky revised statute 162.210, all independent school dis-tricts are elected from the

district at large. Lisa Gross, director of the Kentucky Department of Education’s division of communica-tions and community en-gagement, said she’s been at the state department for 25 years and does not re-call anyone challenging the statute.

Anderson said the board comprises West End resi-dents without representa-tion from the other areas of the city. Lisa Mitchell, secretary to the superin-tendent, confi rmed that all board members reside in the West End.

Anderson said a black representative from outside the West End ran last year, but was not elected. Ander-son said two black men who live outside the West End are running for election this year. Though he’s not opti-

mistic the law will c h a n g e soon, An-d e r s o n said CCF members w o u l d work to keep a presence w i t h i n

the school district.In addition to board rep-

resentation, Anderson said student demographics do not refl ect teacher popula-tion. According to Ander-son, more than 50 percent of the students in the dis-trict are black. Anderson said more black teachers should be hired.

“It’s sad when a kid can go 12 years in school and never have an African-American teacher,” Anderson said.

Art Davis, Paducah Til-ghman High School prin-cipal, confi rmed the popu-lation of black students in the district has hovered at or above 50 percent in re-cent years. Davis agrees with Anderson’s thoughts on proportional represen-tation, but thinks it’s easier said than done.

“We have a lot of African-American students,” Davis said. “It would be nice to get more African-American teachers, but it’s not that simple.”

Davis said the stipula-tions to teach in Kentucky require both a bachelor’s and master’s degree, as well as teaching certifi cation. He has often seen qualifi ed prospective teachers who excelled in their master’s, but did not pass their certi-fi cation exam.

“That is what blocks not just African Americans, but many people from going into the educational fi eld,” Davis said. “For them to leave Tennessee or Missouri to come here, you have to go through the hoops.”

Davis believes what at-tracts young teachers, no matter their race, does not exist in the city. When it comes down to it, Davis said, it’s the quality of the person that will secure a position within the district.

“If I have a qualifi ed Afri-can-American teacher, I’m going to hire them,” Davis said. “I couldn’t care less (about race). If he’s good, I’m going to hire him.”

Tim Huddleston, Paducah Middle princi-pal, said when he recruits teachers, he focuses on the cultural assets the city has

to offer. Huddleston said though he’s always look-ing for qualifi ed minority teachers, he has not visited any historically black col-leges while recruiting.

Anderson said in the near future, CCF representatives want an increased pres-ence in the schools whether through volunteering or attending board meetings and other public events. He expects any change in state law is at least fi ve years away, but it won’t stop his peers from moving forward with their goal.

The Community Clergy Fellowship meets at 9 a.m. Saturday for its monthly meeting at Ryan’s, 5140 Hinkleville Road.

Contact Rebecca Feldhaus, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8651.

Community Clergy wants school board representationBY REBECCA FELDHAUS

[email protected]

Anderson

Local

The Paducah Sun is published daily by Paxton Media Group, LLC at 408 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003. Periodical postage paid at Paducah, KY 42003.(270) 575-8600 USPS 526-180 ISSN-1050-0030

www.paducahsun.com

READER INFORMATIONMISS YOUR PAPER?NEW SUBSCRIBER?QUESTION ABOUT A BILL?WANT A BACK ISSUE?Monday - Friday 7 a.m. till 4:30 p.m.Saturday - 7 a.m. till 10:30 a.m.Sunday - 7 a.m. till 10:30 a.m.Call Customer Service (Local) 575-8800Outside McCracken Co. 1-800-599-1771Outside KY 1-800-959-1771

How to call usNEWS 575-8650Sports 575-8665Features 575-8658Business 575-8656Weddings, etc. 575-8678Outdoors 575-8684Tours of the paper 575-8625PADUCAH SUN ONLINE 575-8800ADVERTISINGDisplay 575-8750Classified 575-8700ALL DEPARTMENTS 575-8600

YOUR CARRIER: Your newspaper carriers are independent contractors, andThe Paducah Sun will not be responsible for any payments made to the carriers. All payments should be made at The Paducah Sun office, 408 Kentucky Avenue.INSERTS: In many cases, insert advertisers do not purchase The Paducah Sun for full circulation. For this reason, the number of pre-printed advertising supplements you may receive depends on where you live and whether you have home delivery or bought a rack copy.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is entitled to use for publication all local news published in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE PADUCAH SUN, P.O. Box 2300,Paducah, KY 42002-2300.

DEPARTMENT HEADS

Subscription ratesAll subscriptions payable in advance.

Home delivery 7 days a week:

1 month $19.50 8 months $151.04

4 months $76.00 1 year $224.76

Sunday Only (where available)

$12.97 per month Weekend Package (Where Available)

(Fri., Sat., Sun.) $15.49 per month.

By Mail

Regional 7 days a week $21.84/mo.

Regional daily except Sun. $18.85/mo.

Outside region, 7 days $26.47/mo.

Outside region, Sun. only $15.45/mo.

Single copies:

Daily: 75 cents Sunday: $2.00

Online Edition: $6.89/mo.

This publication can be heard on the telephone by persons who have trouble seeing or reading the print edition. For more information, contact the National Federation of the Blind NFB-NEWSLINE®

service at (410) 659-9314, extension 2317, or go to www.nfb.org.

Editor and Publisher Jim PaxtonGeneral Manager Gary AdkissonExecutive Editor Duke ConoverController John J. ShumakerAdvertising Director Carolyn RaneyCreative Services Manager Kim LawhornCirculation Director Matt JonesAdmin. Circulation Director Judy LynchCirculation Operations Manager Tom MaherMarketing Manager Kendra PayneProduction Manager Jesse Rogers

Valuable InsertsThe following inserts

are in today’s edition of

JCPenneyElder Beerman*Pella Windows

*indicates zoned circulationPlease contact our customer service department at:

(270) 575-8800if you are missing an insert.

Give Mom What Give Mom What She Really Wants!She Really Wants!

• Dine and Bar Sets• Gliders • Chaise • Umbrellas

20-50% Off20-50% Off(270) 554-7212(800) 635-7665

3538 Lone Oak RoadPaducah, KY

www.crowellpools.comHours: Open Mon-Sat.“Your Casual Patio Center Since 1967”

Keywest Sling

Edwin J. Paxton, Editor & Publisher, 1900-1961Frank Paxton, Publisher, 1961-1972

Edwin J. Paxton Jr., Editor, 1961-1977Jack Paxton, Editor, 1977-1985

Fred Paxton, Publisher, 1972-2000

David CoxEditorial Page Editor

Jim PaxtonEditor & Publisher

Duke ConoverExecutive Editor

The results speak for themselves.

After the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blasted a hole in the Birds Point levee, the Ohio River immediately began to drop. How could it not? The water rushed through the gap and into the floodway at a rate of nearly 400,000 cubic feet per second.

The Ohio River at Cairo, located at the confluence of the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois, was at 61.72 feet — an all-time high — when the corps detonated the explosives Monday night. The river level fell roughly 2 feet in 24 hours. Although it is expected to remain at the current level for several days, the worst appears to be over.

The action provided relief upstream as well. After rising more than a foot and one-half in the 24 hours prior to the blast, the Ohio River level at Paducah quickly dropped to 54.6 feet. The National Weather Service revised the projected crest from 58.5 feet to 55.5 feet — still the second highest ever but enough lower that many in and around Paducah are breathing a sigh of relief.

The level continued to edge up through Thursday’s crest, in part because authorities opened spillgates at Barkley Dam and Kentucky Dam as the lake levels approached capacity, but the levels were expected to begin falling, albeit slowly, today.

The emergency floodwall erected last week around the Julian Carroll

Convention Center and Expo Center was designed to hold back the water up to 56 feet, just 6 inches above the projected crest. It was a close call.

The lower projections were also good news for some riverfront industries that had faced disruption and damage.

The Corps did not make its decision lightly. The agency was sure to take criticism, regardless of what it did.

Blowing the levee flooded 130,000 acres of farmland and about 100 homes. Not blowing the levee would have allowed the rivers to rise — up to another 3 feet — with catastrophic effects on Cairo,

Hickman, Fulton and other cities in Illinois and Kentucky.

Farmers in the now-deluged Birds Point floodway resisted. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, doing exactly what a governor should do, tried to block the corps from blasting the levees, while state officials in Illinois and Kentucky pressed the corps to follow through.

To its credit, the corps did not base its decision on public opinion but on

public safety. After waiting as long as possible in the hopes that the situation would improve on its own, the corps acted when Cairo and other cities were in immediate peril. As the corps installed the explosives over several days, people in both Cairo and in the floodway were evacuated.

Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission, made the final call. He said it was a

“heart-wrenching” decision. The corps had to choose the lesser of two evils. As a result of the decision,

tens of thousands of acres of farmland will not produce a crop this year, and the farmers will suffer. Fortunately, they should be able to get federal assistance through FEMA, the USDA and other federal agencies.

But much of the floodway was already under water before the levees were breached. And, had Walsh not authorized opening the floodway, the rivers might have overtaken Cairo and other river towns.

Some of the Birds Point floodway farmers are philosophical; they knew this day could come eventually. Others are angry, and many of them have joined a class-action lawsuit against the federal government seeking damages. A long legal battle lies ahead, just as it will take a long time to restore the floodway’s productivity.

Gen. Walsh and the corps acted judiciously, after fully weighing the consequences of both action and inaction. The decision, though painful for many, likely saved millions of dollars in lost property and possibly even lives.

WASHINGTON — When I was growing up in New Jersey during the 1970s, my parents’ favorite comedian was Mel Brooks. Their favorite Brooks routine was the “2000 Year Old Man.” And their favorite Brooks line was: “We mock the thing we are to be.”

I heard this line a lot as a teenager. It didn’t make me laugh — very little my parents had to say back then made me laugh. But I think it made my parents feel better, which they richly deserved.

Because I was not exactly averse to mocking things: The suburbs. Having chil-dren. Frozen vegetables. The bourgeois affectation known as the electric garage door opener. Anything my mother considered, quote, a cute outfi t. Anyone she considered, quote, a nice boy.

These are all, I am sorry to say, real life examples. I am particularly sorry to say this because I am — you won’t be surprised to learn — a suburban-dwelling, frozen-vegetable-serving mother who would not have a clue how to get the garage open if the clicker gave out.

Not only have I given up on cute outfi ts for the kids — a few years back we decisively lost the war on fl ip-fl ops — but the other day one of my daughters derisively vetoed something I planned to wear as being “too matchy-matchy.” Since when is matching bad? I’m pretty sure my mother would have approved.

And I did marry the nicest possible boy.

I have been refl ecting on this because of Mother’s Day, and I’d like to say two things to my mother: First, you and Mel were right. Second, um, sorry. It was just a stage.

As the mother of teenag-ers, I’ve been trying to focus on that stage part. So when I come downstairs in the morn-ing and every light is on and the milk hasn’t been put back in the fridge, I have to stop. I hear the echo of my father yelling about shoes in the hall-way and money not growing on trees.

And when I open my daugh-ter’s bedroom door to a scene out of Alabama, post-tornado, I remember the time my mother decided to deal with the mess strewn across my yellow shag carpeting by fol-lowing the teachings of Haim Ginott.

An esteemed child psy-chologist, Dr. Ginott’s advice to parents was to explain their feelings, not threaten punish-ments.

As in, “When I see your messy room, I am fi lled with consternation.” My mother spent a full week channel-ing Ginott and sharing her consternation, much to my adolescent amusement. Finally, she exploded and told me to clean my (expletive) room or else. My current con-sternation is her hard-earned revenge.

Indeed, I fi nd myself, con-stantly and inevitably, doing the very things that drove me crazy back when. My older daughter has her learner’s permit, and it turns out that Mother’s Foot, the refl exive imaginary brake-stomping of

the parent in the passenger seat, is an inherited trait. She is much more gracious about it than I was.

Mother’s Foot is a physical manifestation of the meta-physical truth that parents feel no us/them barrier with their children. My mother used to annoy me by constant-ly brushing the hair out of my eyes. From my viewpoint, she was invading my personal space. It wasn’t until I became a mother that I fi nally under-stood: That concept does not apply between parents and children. They are and always will be part of you.

There is, simultaneously, a contradictory dynamic at work. Children, used to taking what they need from parents, are similarly heed-less of parental boundaries. What’s yours, they think, is mine. How many times have I stepped into the shower to fi nd that my shampoo and conditioner — my fancy new shampoo and conditioner — have gone missing?

Forget a room of one’s own. I’d settle for a drawer. But if my kids ransack the closet in search of “vintage” clothes — ’80s holdovers that I continue to believe will fi t me, someday — how can I complain? I do, but privately I know I did the same.

Teenagers need to mock, because they need to sepa-rate. They need to mock even if they know — probably because they know, on some subconscious level — they will eventually become more like us than they can imagine.

If you are lucky, as I am, your parents will live long enough for you to say: Thanks for putting up with all that. Someday, as hard as it is to imagine now, I may hear the same from my girls.

Successful people should notbe demonized for achievements

EDITOR:The current role of the common man is to

be the beast of burden that bears the yoke placed upon us by our politicians. The com-mon man is the one who breaks his back to earn a living in order to put a roof over his head and food on the table, raise his children in the fear of God and love of his country in cooperation with his wife — the common woman.

They strive through hard work and ingenuity to pursue the American Dream to prosperity and an easier path for their children in a country that fosters the op-portunity.

They expect to pay their fair share of taxes and tend to be the most generous of all citizens to the church, the needs of the community, their neighbors and those in need. They believe and live the concept of the common good.

The path of the common man relates

closely to the American Dream and the common good. Why should one who is successful be demonized for their success? Don’t you want to be successful?

I am writing because I do not want the American Dream or the common man crushed by a president who wants to social-ize this country.

Obama claims he believes in the common good, but is changing the defi nition to suit his own vision. Under the historical defi ni-tion we are all in this together and survive and excel together. Under his defi nition the wealthy are villains.

You see the henious wealthy will be taxed to death but the president can earn $1,710,000 a year and pay $453,000 in taxes or 26.5 percent of his income in taxes. Our president complains the rich take advantage of the tax laws to pay less than their fair share and then pays less than his fair share.

ERNEST WESSELMayfi eld

Edwin J. Paxton, Editor & Publisher, 1900-1961

AGONIZINGBlasting levee wasno easy decision Moms will always be a part of us

Editorial

Letters

4A • Friday, May 6, 2011 • The Paducah Sun Opinion paducahsun.com

Election letters deadline

Gen. Walsh and the Corps acted

judiciously.

Letters to the editor pertaining to candidates in the May 17 primary election must be received by The Paducah Sun editorial department no later than noon Tuesday, May 10. To be considered for publication, letters must be signed and have a complete address and daytime telephone number. All are subject to edit-ing for clarity and brevity. Writers are asked to limit letters to a maximum of 300 words. All hand-delivered letters must be directed to Linda Cocke.

paducahsun.com Local/Region The Paducah Sun • Friday, May 6, 2011 • 5A

BY JIM SALTER AND MICHAEL J. CRUMB

Associated PressWYATT, Mo. — Blasting

open a levee and submerg-ing more than 200 square miles of Missouri farmland has likely gouged away fer-tile topsoil, deposited moun-tains of debris to clear and may even hamper farming in some places for years, ob-servers say.

The planned explosions this week to ease the Missis-sippi River fl ooding threat-ening the town of Cairo, Ill., appear to have succeeded — but their effect on the farm-land, where wheat, corn and soybeans are grown, could take months or even years to become clear. The Mis-souri Farm Bureau said the damage will likely exceed $100 million for this year alone.

“Where the breach is, water just roars through and scours the ground. It’s like pouring water in a sand pile. There is that deep crevice that’s created,” said John Hawkins, a spokes-man for the Illinois Farm Bureau. “For some farm-ers, it could take a genera-tion to recoup that area.”

The issue is vital to farmers and the state of Missouri, whose attorney general repeatedly tried to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to break the levee. Opponents of the move argued it would leave the farmland buried under feet of sand and silt, ren-dering it useless for years.

It’s still not clear how much damage the inten-tional fl ooding will cause and how farmers will be compensated for losses to the land and roughly 100

houses scattered through the area. Experts said the extent of the damage can’t be accurately assessed un-til the fl oodwaters recede, and that likely will take months.

“It would be more toward the end of summer, early fall,” said Maj. General Mi-

chael Walsh, the corps’ com-mander and division engi-neer who made the fi nal call to detonate the levee.

The river level itself is go-ing to have to fall from its high fl ood stage before the water covering the fi elds can even begin to drain, said Jim Pogue, a corps

spokesman. That could take a signifi cant amount of time, he said.

“This is the greatest fl ood we’ve seen since 1937, we’re tying records, break-ing records, all down the river,” Pogue said. “This is likely to be once-in-a-life-time event.”

Blast means lost year for farmers

Associated Press

A farm is surrounded by floodwater near New Madrid, Mo., on Tuesday. The Missouri Farm Bureau said the damage to Missouri farms from blowing a nearby levee will likely exceed $100 million for this year alone.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mud Island, which juts into the mighty Mississippi, pays hom-age to the Big Muddy with an elaborate scale model of the river, a museum about its history, and a paddlewheel steamboat that looks like something straight out of “Huckleberry Finn.”

But now Mud Island is getting too much of the Mississippi.

Rising waters practically lapped at the back porches of some of the island’s expensive houses Thursday, and hom-

eowners weighed whether to stay or go.

Up and down Ol’ Man River, from Illinois to Louisiana, thou-sands faced the same deci-sion as high water kept on roll-ing down the Mississippi and its tributaries, threatening to swamp communities over the next week or two. The flooding is already breaking high-water records that have stood since the 1930s.

Mud Island, a three-mile-long strip of land that is part of Mem-phis, has about 1,500 homes

and businesses and 6,000 most-ly well-off residents, many of them living in gleaming, 20-year-old houses with wide river views and traditional Southern touches such as columns, porches and bay windows.

Emergency officials warned that residents may need to leave their homes as the river rises toward an expected crest next Wednesday of 48 feet — about 3 feet higher than on Thursday. The record in Memphis, 48.7 feet, was set in 1937.

Associated Press

Floodwaters threaten well-to-do Memphis enclave

UNION CITY, Tenn. — The first round of employee transfers has begun at the Goodyear plant in Union City, which will close by the end of the year.

About 10 workers are transfer-ring to Goodyear plants in Fay-etteville, N.C., and Gadsden, Ala. Union City workers have the op-tion of transferring to other North American Goodyear plants.

The paper reports that addi-tional employees are scheduled to transfer later this month to Goodyear’s plant in Danville, Va.

A two-day expo was held at the local plant last week to pro-vide workers with information about transfer options.

Meanwhile, the plant will be hiring the dependent adult children of current Goodyear workers to fill in for employees who take vacation time this summer. The plant has hired such workers for years.

The plant employs about 1,900.

Mother convicted in toddler’s death

LONDON — A jury has con-victed a 23-year-old southern Kentucky woman of killing her toddler son.

Amanda Johnson was fac-ing murder and abuse charges stemming from the October 2009 death of 23-month-old Stephen Carl Troy.

A jury in Laurel Circuit Court deliberated about 2½ hours Wednesday before returning a guilty verdict on both counts.

The state medical examiner’s office found bruises on the child’s abdomen, fractures on his left leg, a bruise on the low-er part of his back and a bruise on the top of his head.

Police ask for help to find woman, 2 kids

ASHLAND — Kentucky State Police are asking for help in

locating a woman and two chil-dren missing since last month.

Police said in a statement Thursday that 28-year-old Staphne Ann Hall and her chil-dren, 9-year-old Cynthia Hall and 7-year-old Robert Hall, were last seen in Grayson on April 15. The statement says they were possibly traveling to Beaumont, Texas.

Staphne Hall is described as being 5-foot-6 and 160 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Cynthia Hall is about 40 pounds and has blonde hair and blue eyes. Robert Hall is about 60 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Some lawmakers giving money to

education project

FRANKFORT — Three law-makers have donated pay from a March legislative recess to an educational initiative spon-sored by the Southeast Ken-tucky Chamber of Commerce.

House Speaker Greg Stum-bo and Reps. Leslie Combs and Keith Hall gave the money to Links for Learning, a golf event that raises money for mountain schools to buy edu-cation items like books and lab equipment.

Associated Press

NRC delays safety forums on USEC, Honeywell

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has rescheduled safety evaluation public meetings on the U.S. Enrichment Corp. plant in Paducah and the Honeywell plant in Metropolis, Ill.

The agency set the new dates because of flooding.The hearing on USEC, originally set for next Tuesday, will

be May 24. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the McCracken County Public Library. The public can observe the discussion and ask questions or make comments to the NRC staff after the business portion of the meeting.

NRC’s evaluation of the Paducah plant is called a Licensee Performance Review and covers the period of operation from Oct. 4, 2008, to Dec. 31, 2010.

People may obtain a copy of the evaluation results from the NRC Region II Office or from the NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC website atnrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The access number for the review is ML110660550.

The public hearing on Honeywell has been moved to May 23. It was scheduled for next Monday.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Massac County Court-house. The public can observe the business portion of the meeting, and NRC staff will be available after that session to answer questions or provide further information about NRC oversight of the facility.

Day care case brings probation

A former day care center owner will be on probation for three years in connection with theft charges.

Tanashea Young must also pay $7,469.24 in restitution to the federal government and a $2,500 fine, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office.

Young, former owner of Children’s Creative Learning Center, pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to six charges alleging she took money from a government program providing day care funding as-sistance to low-income working parents when some of their children no longer attended the day care center.

She had been charged with a 32-count indictment, but a jury could not reach a verdict on those charges May 13. Young changed her plea to guilty on the lesser charges the morning she was scheduled to be re-tried.

KEA group hosts 5K, family fun run

The 1st District Education Association, part of the Kentucky Education Association, will host a 5K and family fun run Saturday in Murray.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the race and fun run begin at 9 a.m. KEA spokeswoman Marie McMillen said the event seeks to put attention on literacy. Every child who attends will receive a book. All proceeds go to purchase books for hospitals in the region so ev-ery child born in a western Kentucky hospital can take a book home.

The cost for entry is $20 a person in the 5K and $15 a fam-ily in the fun run. The race begins at the CFSB Center at Murray State University.

Associated Press

Local

Transfers begin from Goodyear plant

• All New Cardio Equipment • 3,000 sqft Free Weight Area• Over 70 Group Fitness Classes Weekly

• 2 Childcare Zones ages 6wks-13

Present Ad To Receive FREE Enrollment Special. Exp 5.15.11

e n e r g y f i t n e s s p a d u c a h . c o me n e r g y f i t n e s s p a d u c a h . c o m

2343 New Holt Rd 270.554.7222 270.554.7222

3425 Oak St3425 Oak St270.443.7529270.443.7529

Dare To Compare because we offer services beyond the rest!

FREE!FREE!NO EXCUSESNO EXCUSESStart Now ForStart Now For

Mill

work

• H

ardw

are •

Colu

mns

Stai

r Par

ts •

Mou

ldin

gs

(270) 575-4556218 South 3rd.

Paducah, KY 42002-1975

6A • Friday, May 6, 2011 • The Paducah Sun Nation paducahsun.com

WASHINGTON — The Americans who raided Osama bin Laden’s lair met far less resistance than the Obama administration described in the aftermath. The comman-dos encountered gunshots from only one man, whom they quickly killed, before sweep-ing the house and shooting others, who were unarmed, a senior defense official said in the latest account.

In Thursday’s revised telling, the Navy SEALs mounted a precision, floor-by-floor opera-tion to find the al-Qaida leader and his protectors — but with-out the prolonged and intense firefight that officials had de-scribed for several days.

By any measure, the raid was fraught with risk, sensa-tionally bold and a historic success. U.S. officials said some of the first information gleaned from the scene indi-cated that last year al-Qaida was considering attacking U.S. trains on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The officials said they had no recent intelligence indicating such a plot was active.

The compound raid netted a man who had been on the run for nearly a decade after his

terrorist organization pulled off the devastating attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Even so, in the administration’s haste to satisfy the world’s hunger for details and eager to make the most of the moment, of-ficials told a tale tarnished by discrepancies and apparent exaggeration.

Whether that matters to most Americans, gratified if not joyful that bin Laden is dead, is an open question. Re-publican House Speaker John Boehner, for one, shrugged off the backtracking to focus on the big picture: “I had a con-versation with the president, and the president outlined to me the series of actions that occurred on Sunday evening. I have no doubt that Osama bin Laden is dead.”

President Barack Obama’s visit to New York’s ground zero on Thursday was a somber and understated event, and he avoided mentioning bin Laden by name. A day earlier, he said the government would not release images of bin Laden’s body, a decision taken in part to avoid the perception that America was crowing about killing him.

Associated Press

US: Single defender shot at SEALsBY JOSH LEDERMAN

Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. — As mourn-

ers fi led out of the church, two by two, the organist struck up an unusual tune for a funeral: “America the Beautiful.” Outside, mili-tary pallbearers in cer-emonial dress carried the fl ag-draped casket of 1st Lt. Omar Vazquez to the wait-ing hearse, while a dozen retired servicemen saluted, fl ags in hand.

About 60 miles away, Pres-ident Barack Obama was lay-ing a wreath at ground zero — another dramatic moment in a week of celebration and somber refl ection that began with news of the death of Osama bin Laden.

Families and friends of U.S. troops recently killed in combat in Iraq and Af-ghanistan face a swirl of emotions as they bury their dead while the nation marks the killing of the ter-rorist mastermind of 9/11.

“I was angry at fi rst, be-cause he didn’t get to see what he was actually fi ght-ing for,” said Vazquez’s cousin Marilyn Rodriguez.

Vazquez was killed by an improvised explosive device April 22 in Iraq — nine days before Navy SEALs stormed

a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Family members said the 25-year-old offi cer from Trenton had known since he was a little boy that he wanted to serve in the Army and defend his country from people like bin Laden.

In the hours after Ameri-cans learned that the nation’s archenemy had been killed, crowds outside the White House and throughout New York City erupted in patri-

otic fervor, chanting “U-S-A” and singing the national an-them. Students at many col-lege campuses around the nation also rushed outdoors to celebrate.

The rejoicing seemed en-tirely appropriate to Willie Ransom, whose son was one of nine Americans gunned down April 27 by a disgrun-tled Afghan pilot at an air-port in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Capt. Charles Ransom was

assigned to help train the Af-ghan National Security Forc-es. His funeral is scheduled for Friday in his hometown of Midlothian, Va.

“I think it’s wonderful people celebrate, but the bottom line is somebody had to make the ultimate sacrifi ce to get this man,” Ransom said. “The same people who destroyed him, some of their buddies had to die, too.”

Families mourn troops amid swirl of emotions

Associated Press

Mourners file past the casket of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Omar J. Vazquez, 25, of Hamilton Township, N.J., on Thursday. Vazquez was killed April 22 in southern Iraq.

WASHINGTON — The GOP plan to replace Medicare with vouchers will have to wait, party leaders acknowledged Thursday as lawmakers and the White House bowed to political realities in pursuing a deal to allow more government borrow-ing in exchange for big spend-ing cuts.

Both sides hinted at move-ment and Vice President Joe Biden reported progress from

an initial negotiat-ing ses-sion.

Spend-ing cuts and in-creasing the amount of money the govern-ment can keep bor-

rowing to pay its bills are “practi-cally and politically connected,” Biden said at the start of budget meetings with lawmakers at Blair House, the guest residence across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House.

The House Republican whose committee oversees Medicare said he’s open to other ap-proaches besides the voucher plan that recently passed the House after a contentious de-

bate that appears to have hurt the party with older voters. Re-publicans got an earful from their constituents on Medicare during a recent congressional recess.

2 Ohio students drown, 1 missing in Costa Rica

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A strong undertow in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica swept a group of Ohio high school students out to sea while they took a beach break during a religious mission trip, killing two of them and leaving a third missing.

The current pulled them away from shore Wednesday afternoon, according to a statement from their school, Patriot Preparatory Academy in Columbus. They were among eight juniors and seniors taking a service trip not sponsored by the school and were to return home Thursday.

Two other students also were swept away by the rip current near the town of Parrita but were rescued by lifeguards, The Tico Times newspaper in Costa Rica reported.

The first body recovered was that of Caity Jones. James Smith’s body was recovered Thursday, and authorities were still searching for Kai Lamar, said Freddy Roman, a spokes-

man for the Costa Rican Red Cross. All three were juniors.

The mission was organized by Ohio-based Impulse Inter-national Mission Trips. The students were working at an orphanage and a drug reha-bilitation center, among other places, according to a post on a blog the group is keeping.

Jacob, Isabella top baby-name list

WASHINGTON — Elvis has left the list.

Ending a run that started in 1955, Elvis did not make the list of 1,000 most popular baby names compiled by the Social Security Administration. The name never topped the charts, peaking at No. 312 in 1957 and making a slight comeback after Elvis Presley died in 1977.

But The King’s first name was in the top 1,000 for 55 straight years, something that cannot be said for, say, Barack, which has never cracked the list.

“I was all shook up,” Social Security Commissioner Mi-chael Astrue said. “It’s been a tradition tracking his ups and downs, and to see him drop off the top 1,000, I have to be honest, we took that very hard at Social Security.”

Jacob continued a 12-year run as the most popular name for boys in 2010, according to the list released Thursday. Isabella was the most popular name for girls for a second year at the top.

Nearly 22,000 boys were named Jacob in 2010, followed by Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. Nearly 23,000 girls were named Isabella, followed by So-phia, Emma, Olivia and Ava.

A week after deadly tornadoes, families wait

for word on missing

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It’s unclear how many people are missing across the seven states where 329 deaths have been reported. There are 25 unac-counted for in Tuscaloosa alone, the mayor says, but that number could be off because of the chaos the storm left behind.

Cadaver dog teams across the region are scouring the de-bris to uncover whatever trag-edies may remain, and even bad news would be comforting

to anguished families.Tracy Sargent’s dog team

took just minutes to do what humans searching for hours could not: Locate the body of a University of Alabama student in a maze of twisted trees and debris. The young man’s father was there when the body was found in Tuscaloosa this week.

Efforts to pin down the num-ber of missing have been compli-cated by factors including mul-tiple reports of the same missing person, or survivors who found shelter without contacting friends who reached out to police.

Associated Press

Biden links raising nation’s borrowing limit to significant spending cuts

Biden

Did you oversleep and miss Spring Clean Up Day?

You don’t have to wait until next April.GPS-Recycle Now can help you properly

dispose of all types of recyclables.

ALL PLASTIC: Except Styrofoam. Please remove caps from bottles. The caps can be recycled.GLASS: Empty bottles and jars onlyMETAL CANS: Empty vegetables, foods, and pet food cansALUMINUM: Beverage cans CARDBOARD and PASTEBOARD BOXES: Please fl attenPAPER: Includes newspaper, junk mail, printer paper, books, magazines, slick/shiny paper, phone books, etc. Shredded paper must be bagged. E-SCRAP: Computers, monitors, other household electronics (except kitchen appliances or AC units). All batteries will be accepted. Cell phones. Printer/copier ink/toner cartridges.TELEVISIONS: There is a fee of $10-small, $15- medium, $20-large.

GPS-Recycle Now1830 North 8th Street • Paducah, KY

(270) 933-1049 • www.recyclenowpaducah.comHours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.Saturday 8:00a.m-noon

Drive up. It’s unloaded for you!Funded in part through a grant from the Kentucky Division of Waste Management.

Great for landscapes & playgrounds!

Will not fade, rot, compress, or lose original beauty!

Will not attract termites, carpenter ants

or other harmful insects!

RUBBER MULCH

OPEN MOTHER’S DAYOPEN MOTHER’S DAY

3535 James Sanders BoulevardPaducah, KY | 270.933.1900 | 270.933.1901

Sunday, May 8thfrom 8:30 am to 9:00 pm

OPEN NOW!OPEN NOW!Flowers for MomFlowers for Mom

GiftCertifi catesAvailable

Access by Coleman Rd. & Exit 3

Ferns, Hanging Baskets, Mixed Containers.... More!

3005 Cairo Road2 1/2 Miles East of I-24, Exit 3

443-0136Mon.-Sat. 7:30am - 5:00pm

paducahsun.com The Paducah Sun • Friday, May 6, 2011 • 7A

More obituaries, Page 2C

Chalmer MorrisGRAND RIVERS — Chalmer

Wayne Morris, 77, died Wednesday at his residence.

Mr. Morris retired from SKW, where he worked as a furnace tapper. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of Grand Rivers

Mission-ary Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Lore-dia Mor-ris; two daughters, R e b e c c a

Morris of Grand Rivers, and Sandra Morris Riley of Led-better; one son, Joseph Mor-ris of Monroe, N.C.; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and his par-ents, Euclet and Haley Morris.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. C.C. Brasher and Mark Gill of-fi ciating. Interment will be at Paradise Cemetery in Grand Rivers with military rites.

Friends may call between 5 and 8 p.m. Monday.

Memorial contributions may be given to Lourdes Hospice, 2855 Jackson St., Paducah, KY 42003.

Norma GlennMOUND CITY, Ill. — Norma J.

Glenn, 90, died Wednesday afternoon at Western Bap-tist Hospital in Paducah.

She was a member of First Baptist Church of Mound City and attended Ullin Pen-tecostal Church. She was a seamstress at the Lowen-baum Factory in Mounds be-fore her retirement.

Mrs. Glenn is survived by one daughter, Judy Murphy of Mound City; one sister, Dorothy Essex of Ashton; and one grandson, David Murphy of Nashville, Tenn.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wil-liam and Myrtle Dowdy Os-borne; four brothers; four sisters; and one grandson.

Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bar-kett Funeral Home in Mound City with the Revs. Buddy Walls and Anthony Under-wood offi ciating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Memo-rial Gardens in Villa Ridge.

Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the fu-neral home.

Wilma CruseWilma “Zoe” Cruse, 77,

died at 8:04 a.m. Wednes-day at Lourdes hospital.

Mrs. Cruse was a member of Concord Christian Center.

Surviving are her daugh-ter, Wayna Manypenny, and a grandson, Sean Siec-zka, both of West Paducah.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Har-ry Cruse Jr.;her parents, Eli and Bertha Nicholson; one sister; and two brothers.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Sat-urday at Morrow Funeral Cha-pel in La Center with Rev. Rob-ert Strong officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Paducah.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Charlie BrazieBURNA — Charlie H. Bra-

zie, 48, died Thursday morning at his home.

Arrangements were in-complete at Boyd Funeral Directors in Salem.

Ray HallPRINCETON — Ray C. Hall,

61, of Princeton died Thursday at Caldwell Medical Center.

Arrangements were in-complete at Morgan’s Fu-neral Home.

Bobby DavisHICKORY — Bobby C. Da-

vis, 76, died Thursday at his residence.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Byrn Fu-neral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Byrn Funeral Home.

Other arrangements were pending.

Elbert DuncanPRINCETON — Services for

Elbert Duncan, 92, of Princ-eton will be at 1 p.m. today at Morgan’s Funeral Home with the Rev. David Oaks offi ciating. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Duncan died at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday at Prince-ton Health & Rehab Center.

He retired from Metro-politan Life Insurance Co. and was a member of Ogden Memorial United Method-ist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include one son, Richard “Ricky” L. Duncan of Caldwell County; two grandchildren, John Boyd and Patty Offutt; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Meredith Par-rent Duncan; two brothers; and two sisters. His parents were Herman and Linnie Bell Duncan.

Friends may call after 7 a.m. today at the funeral home.

William EnglishMAYFIELD — William G.

“Buddy” English, 71, died at 8:40 a.m. Thursday at Lakeway Nursing and Re-hab Center in Benton.

Arrangements were in-complete at Brown Funeral Home in Mayfi eld.

Jean WellsMURRAY — Jean Marie

Wells, 63, died Thursday at her residence.

She is survived by a daugh-ter, Delta Dunaway of Mur-ray; a son, Timothy Frye of Murray; three sisters, Freida Tatum of Flint, Mich., Patri-cia Stemoridge of Symsonia, and Mary Smothers of Har-din, and her brother, Roy Wells of Paducah.

She was preceded in death by her father, Roy N. Wells; her mother, Dorothy Wells, and her stepfather, Cecil Wall.

No services are scheduled.Imes-Miller Funeral Home

and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Joleta SimpkinsCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joleta

Simpkins, 80, formerly of Paducah, died Wednesday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Arrangements were in-complete at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

SYDNEY — Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died in a Western Australia nursing home Thursday at age 110. And though his accomplishments were many — including a 41-year military ca-reer that spanned two world wars — the man known as “Chuckles” to his comrades in the Australian Navy was happiest being known as a dedicated family man.

“We all loved him,” his 84-year-old daughter Daphne Edinger said. “It’s going to be sad to think of him not being here any longer.”

Associated Press

Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia

Powerful Arthritis Pain Relief With No Odor or Burning!

100% Guaranteed! FREE Samples

West Towne Pharmacy 2755 Westpark Drive

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 443-0909

Glenn's Apothecary 520 West Gum Street

Marion, KY Tel: (270) 965-4101

Duncan Prescription Center 315 West Broadway

Mayfield, KY Tel: (270) 247-3345

Stone's Drugs 414 South 9th Street


Gibson's Discount Pharmacy 715 East Broadway


Clinic Pharmacy 141 Hospital Drive

Salem, KY Tel: (270) 988-3230

Glenn's Prescription Center 119 East Main

Salem, KY Tel: (270) 988-3226

Walter’s Family Pharmacy 604 South 12th Street

Murray, KY Tel: (270) 753-7688

Evans Drug 212 Lake Street

Fulton, KY Tel: (270) 472-2421

Metropolis Drugs 1001 East 5th Street

Metropolis, IL Tel: (618) 524-8316

Australian Dream® Arthritis Cream provides penetrating pain relief to your muscles and joints with NO ODOR! Use it anytime for work or play and nobody knows you have it on. It will be your secret weapon for pain!

It’s Also Very Economical! A small amount of Australian Dream® Arthritis Cream goes a long way. Just place a little of the cream on your fingertips and rub it into the pain area. It only takes a small amount to provide welcomed pain relief.

Australian Dream® Arthritis Cream is the perfect pain relief answer.

From Our Customers: “I’m 82 years old and I’ve had back pain for years, someone recommended I try Australian Dream® Arthritis Cream. It is the best thing I have ever used for my back. The first time I used Australian Dream® my wife cried because she had not seen me walk without pain for years.” -Morton K., Saddle Brook, NJ

Powerful Arthritis Pain Relief Without Odor!

100% Guaranteed Get Your FREE SAMPLES*

Davis Drugs 250 Lone Oak Road

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 443-1442

Davis Drugs Lone Oak 2855 Lone Oak Road

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 554-5099

G & O Pharmacy 2338 Broadway

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 442-3571

Golden Carrot Natural Foods 443 Jefferson Street

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 442-0999

Lone Oak Pharmacy 3535 Lone Oak Road

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 554-7944

Paducah Pharmacy 225 Med Center Dr. Ste 100

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 441-4390

Reidland Drugs 5433 Reidland Road

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 898-7313

Rick’s Pharmacy 3001 Schneidman Road

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 443-7200

Rick’s Ph. Cardinal Point 2700 H.C. Mathis Drive

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 444-2022

Strawberry Hills Pharmacy 2700 New Holt Rd Ste D

Paducah, KY Tel: (270) 444-7070

100% Money Back Guarantee

If you decide to purchase Australian Dream® and are not completely delighted, simply return the jar to the place of purchase for a full refund.

To find a store near you, check the list below or call toll free 1-888-600-4642 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm EST or visit our website at www.australiandream.com.

Australian Dream® is available at these fine retailers:

“I’ve been using Australian Dream® Arthritis Cream on my knees for about the last 2 years. My doctor wanted to do injections but I decided to try Australian Dream® first. It really helps. The only time I get in trouble is when I don’t put it on.” -Wesley S., Muncie, IN

*Free samples are available at the stores below, at our website at www.australiandream.com or by calling toll free 1-888-600-4642 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm EST

LARGE CHEESE PIZZA PLUS ONE TOPPING

Italian Italian Village Village PizzaPizza

125 S. 3rd St. • 442-9500

CouponCoupon

CouponCoupon

CARRYOUT OR DINE IN ONLY

EXPIRES 5/31/11

Coupon

CouponC

oupo

nC

oupo

n

PLPLPLUS ONEET TTOPOPOPPIPIP N

CACACACARRRRRRYOYOYOYOUUUTUTDINE IN ON

EXPIRES 5/31

$566ADDITIONAL TOPPINGS AVAILABLE

8A • Friday, May 6, 2011 • The Paducah Sun From Page One paducahsun.com

2001 when hijacked airlin-ers were crashed into the World Trade Center. Nearly 200 other people died when a third airliner hit the Pen-tagon — Vice President Joe Biden led a ceremony there Thursday, and Bush Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attended — and others were killed when yet a fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.

Enthusiastic, emotional New Yorkers waited on streets to see the president, but there were few displays like the more raucous exu-berance of a few days ear-lier. There were happy faces, shouts of “USA! USA!” and fl ags waved in the crowd, but there also was heavy security and most people were cor-doned off blocks from where the president could be seen.

Referring to the daring U.S. raid to take down bin Laden in Pakistan, Obama said of all those who died on Sept. 11: “It says we keep them in our hearts. We haven’t forgotten.”

Days after the attacks, President George W. Bush stood here with fi refi ghters and a bullhorn. There was a different feel a decade later as another president paid his respects. Obama met with fi refi ghters, then po-lice, before having a solemn moment at ground zero and meeting privately with fami-lies of those who died.

“This is a symbolic site of the extraordinary sacrifi ce that was made on that terri-ble day,” the president said at Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battal-ion 9. The fi rehouse in New York’s theater district lost 15 fi refi ghters on 9/11. The fi re crews gave him hearty ap-plause.

Obama said the Ameri-can pursuit of the terror-ist leader “sent a message around the world but also sent a message here back home that when we say we will never forget, we mean what we say, that our com-mitment to making sure that justice is done is something that transcended politics, transcended party.”

The president closed his eyes and clasped his hands at the outdoor memorial where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once dominat-ed the Manhattan skyline.


OBAMA: ‘We haven’t forgotten’

should also be given to county offi ces of emergency management.

Nick Morici, external af-fairs specialist for FEMA, said there was no specifi c time frame for beginning to offer aid. FEMA will assess damage as water recedes. He added it would be diffi cult to compare the fl ood with other disasters given the different nature and effects of indi-vidual events. This makes it diffi cult to gauge the dollar amount of FEMA’s response.

“Typically, if we provide public assistance, it’s 75 per-cent reimbursement from FEMA and 25 percent from the county. Sometimes states kick in the additional 25 per-cent to provide assistance to counties,” Morici said.

Contact Alan Reed, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8658.


FEMA: No time frame for flood aid

Associated PressABIDJAN, Ivory Coast —

Ivory Coast’s highest court publicly reversed course

Thursday, proclaiming Al-assane Ouattara president, bringing the country full circle fi ve months after a

disputed vote which nearly dragged the nation into civil war.

The head of the consti-

tutional council, Paul Yao N’Dre — previously one of the staunchest supporters of the country’s strongman

Laurent Gbagbo — made the announcement in a prepared statement.

“The constitutional

council proclaims Alassane Ouattara president of the Republic of Ivory Coast,” he said.

Ivory Coast court proclaims Ouattara president 5 months after vote

Earn rewards on every purchase to get 10% Off

All-Day Shopping Passes.*

* See Rewards Program terms for details.** Subject to credit approval. To qualify for this offer, you must open a Dillard’s Credit Card or Dillard’s American Express® Card account and make $100 of net purchases (merchandise less tax, adjustments and returns) with your Dillard’s Credit Card or Dillard’s American Express Card at Dillard’s stores

or dillards.com the same day you open your account. The 10% Welcome Shopping Pass will be sent to you in your first statement and is valid for 10% off all merchandise purchases up to $1,000 (maximum discount $100) made in-store or online at dillards.com on the day of your choice. Shopping Pass must be used by the expiration date printed on the pass. Employees, officers and directors of Dillard’s Inc. are not eligible for this offer. The Dillard’s American Express® Card is issued and administered by GE Money Bank. American Express is a federally registered service mark of American Express and is used by GE Money Bank pursuant to a license.

Not a Dillard’s Cardmember? Open a new account today and receive a 10% Off All-Day Welcome Shopping Pass in your 1st statement when you spend $100 the day you open your account (maximum discount $100).**

��

Back row, left to right:

ANTONIO MELANI “Cortez” hobo in ivory, coffee or navy $209.

DOONEY & BOURKE hobo in pebble grain leather. In assorted colors, $268.

THE SAK “Sita” leather shopper in assorted colors, $89.

A. GUESS crystal-embellished white resin multifunction watch, $115.

B. FOSSIL “Riley” rose goldtone multifunction watch, $115.

C. MICHAEL KORS Italian resin watch from the “Jet Set” collection, $225.

D. MICHAEL KORS neutral faux horn Italian resin watch with mother-of-pearl dial, $195.

E. FOSSIL “Stella” white resin multifunction watch with mother-of-pearl sub-dials, $95.

F. ANNE KLEIN faux horn watch with champagne dial, $55.

Front row, left to right:

BRAHMIN “Carmela” hobo in croco leather. In assorted colors, $245.

JESSICA SIMPSON “Snappy” satchel in croco and python print combo, $88.

GIANNI BINI “Harper” satchel with assorted metal studs. In ivory or black, $109.

The Perfect Handbag

The LatestWatchTrends

A

BC

E

F

D

WON -?< )8;L:8?,LE - Matchbinassets.matchbin.com/sites/1140/assets/ERW1_050611a6a5ds4f32adf1… ·...

Documents

Transcript of WON -?< )8;L:8?,LE - Matchbinassets.matchbin.com/sites/1140/assets/ERW1_050611a6a5ds4f32adf1… ·...