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Plans set for Fort Jefferson County mourns loss of Will Mallory Memorial Cross renovations by Kelly Paul Editor, Advance Yeoman
WICKLIFFE- During Wickliffe’s August City Council meeting held on Aug. 2nd Mayor Martha Pennebaker signed the National Scenic Byways reimbursable grant, which was presented to the City of Wickliffe on June 24th for a visitor center at the Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence. The goal is to make The Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross the northern visitor portal along Western Kentucky’s Great River Road. Now, the planning will begin and work will start to be done to bring more tourism to Western Kentucky. The grant, which was issued by the Federal Highway Commission, totals $326,893. It is an 80/20 grant, which means the $326,893 is broken down as follows: $261,508 Federal grant monies and $65,385 local contribution. The City of Wickliffe, as the grantee, will work directly with the Kentucky Department of Transportation on the provisions of the grant. When the entire project is completed, Wickliffe will receive 80% of the total $326,893 back. If the project exceeds the projected $326,893, the city will only receive 80% of the
original number. Since the entire project is a complex one, the city hired Mark Davis with the Purchase Area Development District (PADD) office to do the administrative work. The payment made to Davis is not part of the reimbursement since the Federal Administration does not allow for grant monies to be spent on administrative fees. The scope of the project includes the following: renovation of existing building, 5 signs with explanations, a deck high structure, landscaping, and additional parking. At this point, Davis advises the City start working out a plan, which will include sketching out a building. This will require hiring an architect and/or engineer. He also recommended the City get on a 3-year plan so as not to deplete city money in the process of completing the project since the reimbursement will not take place until the project is completed.
Although not present at the meeting, Barlow mayor John Wood, who is a member of the Fort Jefferson Cross committee says of the project that the committee’s original idea was to erect a structure that would be a replica of an old fort. He says the fort/visitor center will be erected on the land between the road and the cross since the city owns the land. Currently the committee owns the 2 acres on which the cross is erected. Other issues discussed at Wickliffe’s August City Council meeting included Superintendant of Public Works, Guy Johnson’s FEMA update and his reports on the Fire Department as well as Water and Sewer. One issue involved a failed bore attempt by James Marine, which will cost $1,000. At the time of the meeting, Johnson did not know if James Marine was going to pay the $1,000 or if the City was going to have to absorb the cost. In relation to this, City engineer Mary Austin said the contract for James Marine would be extended to August 28th due to high water. The City Council welcomed Bethany Denton as Wickliffe’s new city attorney. Her first order of business was to address the issue of the need for an ordinance regarding the clean-up of resident’s property. Denton’s plan is to write the ordinance and then put up signs in the yards of individual property owners letting them know they are in violation of city code. A specific date will be set for the property owner to clean the property. Failure to do so will result in the city making the necessary clean-up and then billing the property owner.
Joe Ben & Peggy Piper donate access road to city of Barlow by John Wood, Barlow Mayor
BARLOW - Joe Ben & Peggy Piper have donated property to the City of Barlow to provide road access to the City’s new Wastewater Treatment Plant. This property is an old road bed and has an interesting history. It is believed this old road was part of the original Barlow to Wickliffe Road. When Joe Ben and Peggy purchased farm land from Richard Wilford, this old road bed was part of the deed which provided access to the property. It measures 20 feet wide and 1,335 feet in length and connected the Wilford farm to a city alley off 7th Street. This road was found in the deed search when the Turner property was surveyed for purchase as the site for the new WWTP. When the City purchased the site, Joe Ben and Peggy gave the City a permanent utility and road easement for access to the new plant. Last year, Joe Ben approached the City to establish a value for the road because he and Peggy were considering donating the land to the City. As part of the plant construction, the City has built a 40-foot wide graveled, all weather road to the plant and ending at the Piper farm. The City Commission is considering naming the access road the “Joe Ben Piper” road. The process of building the new
Joe Ben & Peggy Piper Road donated to the city. The new waste water plant is located on the left and the road ends at the Piper farm property at the distant tree line. The new road connects to the city alley (right) which leads to 7th Street connecting to Hwy 60.
$4 million waste water treatment plant which includes a forced main pipe from the plant in Barlow seven miles to Hollow Landing on the Ohio River has had the help of many people. The City has been given permanent easements from: Tom and Lereva Lucas for the pipe crossing their property connecting the old plant with the new; Jerry and Connie Moore for pipe carrying waste from the old plant and forced main carrying treated water to the River; other property owners providing easements for the new forced main to the River – Joan Mitchell, Maurice Rollins, Ballard County Fiscal Court for Holloway Landing Road,
the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Doug Walker, owner of property at Holloway Landing for the waste water outfall on the Ohio River bank. In town, easements were provided by Barlow First Baptist Church, Chuckie and Rebecca Elrod, Harris Engineering and Peggy Meriedeth. “It’s been a long time getting here,” said Mayor John Wood. “And we have had many citizens come forward to help this project. The City Commissioners thanks everyone for their assistance.” The new plant is scheduled to start up this month.
by Kelly Paul Editor, Advance Yeoman
La Center- With heavy hearts, mourners stood in a long line that went from the steps of the La Center First Baptist Church all the way down the walk and wound its way down Broadway Street to 4th Street. This was the scene as students, friends, and colleagues convened at the church Friday night to offer condolences to the Mallory family as they were coping with the loss of their eldest son Will. On August 3rd, the Bowling Green Daily News reported a tragic car accident, which left both passenger and driver dead at the scene. Mostly via Social Media, the news spread quickly that the passenger in the vehicle was 2010 Ballard Memorial High School graduate Will Mallory. The driver was Will’s cousin Richard Benton Page. Teachers at Ballard Memorial, who were participating in a PD day, were informed of the accident and sent home. The news spread quickly that Ballard had lost a cherished individual who had touched the lives of so many. The accident occurred at the 5400 block of Cemetery Road just outside of Bowling Green city limits. Reports indicate Page was driving at a high rate of speed and failed to negotiate a 45mph curve. Around 7 a.m., the vehicle ran off the road several yards
and then struck a tree. Both Mallory and Page were wearing their seatbelts. The Mallory family is a tremendous part of Ballard County; hence the outpouring of sympathy and condolences at Will’s visitation and his funeral. Those who know the Mallory’s are grieving with them at this time of terrible loss. Will was a GSP (Governors Scholar Program) recipient and was enrolled in the honors program at the University of Kentucky. While at Ballard Memorial High School, Will played basketball, football and participated in track. Will leaves behind his parents, Mike and Jenny Mallory and two younger brothers, Alex, who will play football for Western Kentucky University in the fall, and his youngest brother, Matt, who attends Ballard County Elem e n t a r y School.
New pick-up procedure for drivers at BCMS In an effort to alleviate some of the school-time traffic congestion on U.S. 60, there will be a change in the afternoon pick-up site at Ballard County Middle School this year. Beginning on Aug. 11, the first day of school, all car riders at BCMS will be picked up at the entrance for the sixth-grade wing parking lot instead of in front of the building, said BCMS Principal Kevin Estes. This change affects BCMS students only; Ballard Memorial High School students still may be picked up in the afternoons in front of the high school. From 2:55 to 3:30 p.m. each school day, drivers picking up middle-school students will be asked to enter via Vocational School Drive, the road just east of campus that runs beside Ballard County Career and Technical Center. They may proceed to the sixth-grade parking lot, and park in the lined parking areas. Sixth-grade students will be dismissed first to their buses and cars, Estes said. Seventh- and eighth-grade students will be dis-
missed last. When students have gotten into their vehicles, drivers may exit the parking lot and proceed back out Vocational School Drive and exit onto U.S. 60. (Please see this accompanying diagram.) Morning drop-offs will remain the same for middle- and highschool students. Drivers may drop off students in front of the school office. BCMS students will go to the cafeteria before school hours (7:20-7:50 a.m.) or check in with the receptionist during school hours (7:50 a.m.-2:55 p.m.). During school hours (7:50 a.m.-2:55 p.m.), the procedure remains the same as last year, Estes continued. Drivers picking up students are asked to report to the receptionist at the front office and sign out their students. In the afternoons, the only pick-ups allowed in front of the building will be high school students, or combinations of highschool and middle-school students, he said. For more information, please contact Estes at 665-8400, ext. 2201, or email
Meeting Postponed The regular scheduled meeting of the Ballard County Fiscal Court on August 16th, 2011 is going to be postponed until August 30th, 2011 due to the Governor’s Local Issues Conference
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H AUGUST 10, 2011
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VOL. 123 H H H #32
Plans set for Fort Jefferson County mourns loss of Will Mallory Memorial Cross renovations by Kelly Paul Editor, Advance Yeoman
WICKLIFFE- During Wickliffe’s August City Council meeting held on Aug. 2nd Mayor Martha Pennebaker signed the National Scenic Byways reimbursable grant, which was presented to the City of Wickliffe on June 24th for a visitor center at the Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence. The goal is to make The Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross the northern visitor portal along Western Kentucky’s Great River Road. Now, the planning will begin and work will start to be done to bring more tourism to Western Kentucky. The grant, which was issued by the Federal Highway Commission, totals $326,893. It is an 80/20 grant, which means the $326,893 is broken down as follows: $261,508 Federal grant monies and $65,385 local contribution. The City of Wickliffe, as the grantee, will work directly with the Kentucky Department of Transportation on the provisions of the grant. When the entire project is completed, Wickliffe will receive 80% of the total $326,893 back. If the project exceeds the projected $326,893, the city will only receive 80% of the
original number. Since the entire project is a complex one, the city hired Mark Davis with the Purchase Area Development District (PADD) office to do the administrative work. The payment made to Davis is not part of the reimbursement since the Federal Administration does not allow for grant monies to be spent on administrative fees. The scope of the project includes the following: renovation of existing building, 5 signs with explanations, a deck high structure, landscaping, and additional parking. At this point, Davis advises the City start working out a plan, which will include sketching out a building. This will require hiring an architect and/or engineer. He also recommended the City get on a 3-year plan so as not to deplete city money in the process of completing the project since the reimbursement will not take place until the project is completed.
Although not present at the meeting, Barlow mayor John Wood, who is a member of the Fort Jefferson Cross committee says of the project that the committee’s original idea was to erect a structure that would be a replica of an old fort. He says the fort/visitor center will be erected on the land between the road and the cross since the city owns the land. Currently the committee owns the 2 acres on which the cross is erected. Other issues discussed at Wickliffe’s August City Council meeting included Superintendant of Public Works, Guy Johnson’s FEMA update and his reports on the Fire Department as well as Water and Sewer. One issue involved a failed bore attempt by James Marine, which will cost $1,000. At the time of the meeting, Johnson did not know if James Marine was going to pay the $1,000 or if the City was going to have to absorb the cost. In relation to this, City engineer Mary Austin said the contract for James Marine would be extended to August 28th due to high water. The City Council welcomed Bethany Denton as Wickliffe’s new city attorney. Her first order of business was to address the issue of the need for an ordinance regarding the clean-up of resident’s property. Denton’s plan is to write the ordinance and then put up signs in the yards of individual property owners letting them know they are in violation of city code. A specific date will be set for the property owner to clean the property. Failure to do so will result in the city making the necessary clean-up and then billing the property owner.
Joe Ben & Peggy Piper donate access road to city of Barlow by John Wood, Barlow Mayor
BARLOW - Joe Ben & Peggy Piper have donated property to the City of Barlow to provide road access to the City’s new Wastewater Treatment Plant. This property is an old road bed and has an interesting history. It is believed this old road was part of the original Barlow to Wickliffe Road. When Joe Ben and Peggy purchased farm land from Richard Wilford, this old road bed was part of the deed which provided access to the property. It measures 20 feet wide and 1,335 feet in length and connected the Wilford farm to a city alley off 7th Street. This road was found in the deed search when the Turner property was surveyed for purchase as the site for the new WWTP. When the City purchased the site, Joe Ben and Peggy gave the City a permanent utility and road easement for access to the new plant. Last year, Joe Ben approached the City to establish a value for the road because he and Peggy were considering donating the land to the City. As part of the plant construction, the City has built a 40-foot wide graveled, all weather road to the plant and ending at the Piper farm. The City Commission is considering naming the access road the “Joe Ben Piper” road. The process of building the new
Joe Ben & Peggy Piper Road donated to the city. The new waste water plant is located on the left and the road ends at the Piper farm property at the distant tree line. The new road connects to the city alley (right) which leads to 7th Street connecting to Hwy 60.
$4 million waste water treatment plant which includes a forced main pipe from the plant in Barlow seven miles to Hollow Landing on the Ohio River has had the help of many people. The City has been given permanent easements from: Tom and Lereva Lucas for the pipe crossing their property connecting the old plant with the new; Jerry and Connie Moore for pipe carrying waste from the old plant and forced main carrying treated water to the River; other property owners providing easements for the new forced main to the River – Joan Mitchell, Maurice Rollins, Ballard County Fiscal Court for Holloway Landing Road,
the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, and Doug Walker, owner of property at Holloway Landing for the waste water outfall on the Ohio River bank. In town, easements were provided by Barlow First Baptist Church, Chuckie and Rebecca Elrod, Harris Engineering and Peggy Meriedeth. “It’s been a long time getting here,” said Mayor John Wood. “And we have had many citizens come forward to help this project. The City Commissioners thanks everyone for their assistance.” The new plant is scheduled to start up this month.
by Kelly Paul Editor, Advance Yeoman
La Center- With heavy hearts, mourners stood in a long line that went from the steps of the La Center First Baptist Church all the way down the walk and wound its way down Broadway Street to 4th Street. This was the scene as students, friends, and colleagues convened at the church Friday night to offer condolences to the Mallory family as they were coping with the loss of their eldest son Will. On August 3rd, the Bowling Green Daily News reported a tragic car accident, which left both passenger and driver dead at the scene. Mostly via Social Media, the news spread quickly that the passenger in the vehicle was 2010 Ballard Memorial High School graduate Will Mallory. The driver was Will’s cousin Richard Benton Page. Teachers at Ballard Memorial, who were participating in a PD day, were informed of the accident and sent home. The news spread quickly that Ballard had lost a cherished individual who had touched the lives of so many. The accident occurred at the 5400 block of Cemetery Road just outside of Bowling Green city limits. Reports indicate Page was driving at a high rate of speed and failed to negotiate a 45mph curve. Around 7 a.m., the vehicle ran off the road several yards
and then struck a tree. Both Mallory and Page were wearing their seatbelts. The Mallory family is a tremendous part of Ballard County; hence the outpouring of sympathy and condolences at Will’s visitation and his funeral. Those who know the Mallory’s are grieving with them at this time of terrible loss. Will was a GSP (Governors Scholar Program) recipient and was enrolled in the honors program at the University of Kentucky. While at Ballard Memorial High School, Will played basketball, football and participated in track. Will leaves behind his parents, Mike and Jenny Mallory and two younger brothers, Alex, who will play football for Western Kentucky University in the fall, and his youngest brother, Matt, who attends Ballard County Elem e n t a r y School.
New pick-up procedure for drivers at BCMS In an effort to alleviate some of the school-time traffic congestion on U.S. 60, there will be a change in the afternoon pick-up site at Ballard County Middle School this year. Beginning on Aug. 11, the first day of school, all car riders at BCMS will be picked up at the entrance for the sixth-grade wing parking lot instead of in front of the building, said BCMS Principal Kevin Estes. This change affects BCMS students only; Ballard Memorial High School students still may be picked up in the afternoons in front of the high school. From 2:55 to 3:30 p.m. each school day, drivers picking up middle-school students will be asked to enter via Vocational School Drive, the road just east of campus that runs beside Ballard County Career and Technical Center. They may proceed to the sixth-grade parking lot, and park in the lined parking areas. Sixth-grade students will be dismissed first to their buses and cars, Estes said. Seventh- and eighth-grade students will be dis-
missed last. When students have gotten into their vehicles, drivers may exit the parking lot and proceed back out Vocational School Drive and exit onto U.S. 60. (Please see this accompanying diagram.) Morning drop-offs will remain the same for middle- and highschool students. Drivers may drop off students in front of the school office. BCMS students will go to the cafeteria before school hours (7:20-7:50 a.m.) or check in with the receptionist during school hours (7:50 a.m.-2:55 p.m.). During school hours (7:50 a.m.-2:55 p.m.), the procedure remains the same as last year, Estes continued. Drivers picking up students are asked to report to the receptionist at the front office and sign out their students. In the afternoons, the only pick-ups allowed in front of the building will be high school students, or combinations of highschool and middle-school students, he said. For more information, please contact Estes at 665-8400, ext. 2201, or email
Meeting Postponed The regular scheduled meeting of the Ballard County Fiscal Court on August 16th, 2011 is going to be postponed until August 30th, 2011 due to the Governor’s Local Issues Conference
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