NEWS HEADLINES FOR 7/22/08 

THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION HAS LOST ANOTHER SOLDIER IN THE WAR ON TERROR, WITH AN OFFICER WITH THE 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM SUSTAINING FATAL WOUNDS SUNDAY WHEN HIS VEHICLE CAME UNDER FIRE FROM SMALL ARMS AND A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE.  THE VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED AS 1LT NICK DEWHIRST OF ONALASKA, WI, WHO IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS. 

THE HOPKINSVILLE STORMWATER UTILITY BOARD INITIATED ACTION MONDAY WHICH THEY HOPE WILL RESULT IN THE MUCH-DISCUSSED ''DRY DAM'' PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH FORK OF LITTLE RIVER BEING IN PLACE IN ABOUT 3 YEARS. THE GROUP VOTED TO FUND A $324,000 CONTRACT WITH TETRA-TECH CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF LEXINGTON AND A LOGAN COUNTY FIRM FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKINGS OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE PROJECT.

INCOMING CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK HAS NAMED VETERAN EDUCATOR KERRY KNIGHT PERSONNEL DIRECTOR WHERE SHE WILL SUCCEED THE RECENTLY-RETIRED DON AHART. MS. KNIGHT WILL BE WORKING WITH INTERIM DIRECTOR CLYDE LILE FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS....MEANWHILE, MS. KNIGHT CONDUCTED PRINCIPAL SELECTION TRAINING MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SITE BASED DECISION MAKING COUNCIL. THEY WILL PUT THAT TRAINING TO USE DURING A WEDNESAY MEETING, WITH THE ADVANCE AGENDA FOR THE 4 P.M. MEETING INCLUDING ESTABLISHING A MEETING SCHEDULE, DRAFTING CRITERIA FOR SELECTING A PRINCIPAL, AND FINALIZING A TIMETABLE FOR SELECTION OF A SUCCESSOR TO JADA MASON, WHO RETIRED JUST BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS TO BEGIN AND SHORTLY AFTER NEW SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK WAS HIRED.

THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE ANTICIPATED THAT THE CHARLES WAYNE BUSSELL MURDER RETRIAL WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS FRIDAY;HOWEVER, JURORS COULD BEGIN DELIBERATING AS SOON AS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE DEFENSE WAS EXPECTED TO CALL ITS FINAL WITNESS TUESDAY MORNING, FOLLOWED BY JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND FINAL ARGUMENTS.

HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS HIRED YVETTE EASTHAM FROM MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AS DEAN OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT WHERE SHE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF FUND-RAISING. SCHOOL PRESIDENT DR. JIM SELBE SAYS THE POSITION HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY FILLED IT WITH THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.  HE NOTED THAT THE MOVE WAS PROMPTED BY THE REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING AND REALIZATION THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL RELY MORE ON OUTSIDE FUNDING.

A TRAFFIC INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND IN SOUTH CAROLINA CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN COUNTY MAN. JIMMY KEELING SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES IN A MISHAP IN THE COLUMBIA, S.C., AREA, ACCORDING TO CHRIS GILKEY OF PENNYRILE RURAL ELECTRIC WHO BECAME INVOLVED IN THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS BECAUSE KEELING IS THE FATHER OF TWO OF THE GRANDCHILDREN OF ESTON GLOVER, WHO MANAGES THE ELECTRIC UTILITY.  GILKEY SAYS MR. AND MRS. GLOVER ARE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE COURTNEY KEELING IS HOSPITLIZED WHILE WILL KEELING, THE GRANDSON, WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AND IS BACK IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY. ...MEANWHILE, FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 O'CLOCK AT GAINSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 11 YEAR OLD LAKEISHIA MONIQUE WHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN, SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE'S CAR LAST THURSDAY , ACCORDING TO THE ''KENTUCKY NEW ERA''.

THE STATE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS JOINING WITH SEVERAL LOCAL CONCERNS, INCLUDING THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TO STAGE A SMALL BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE THURSDAY AT THE HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM.  MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS ARE SCHEDULED WITH DIFFERENT TOPICS FOR BOTH.  LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.THE FREE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FINANCING, MARKETING, AND OTHER SERVICES TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROW. THE MORNING SESSION WILL BE HELD FROM 9 UNTIL NOON AND THE AFTERNOON, 1 TO 4.

NEWS HEADLINES FOR 7/21/08

REGISTRATION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR WHICH BEGINS AUGUST 6TH IS UNDERWAY, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVING THEIR SCHEDULE LAST WEEK.  HOPKINSVILLE HIGH STUDENTS WHO PRE-REGISTERED LAST SPRING MAY PICK UP THEIR SCHEDULES AND PAY FEES THIS WEEK.  HOPKINSVILLE HIGH FRESHMAN MAY COMPLETE REGISTRATION FRIDAY, WHILE NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH FOR ANY GRADE WILL BE NEXT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.  REGISTRATION AT NORTH DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINS THIS WEEK, WHILE ENROLLMENT AT HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL BE NEXT WEEK.  AND REGISTRATION FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS WILL BE THIS FRIDAY FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE ON GLASS AVENUE. CHILDREN MUST BE 4 BY OCTOBER 1ST, OR 3 AND HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, SUCH AS A SPEECH DISORDER.  SUCH CONDITIONS REQUIRE AN EVALUATION BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL, WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT 887-1265.

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE MAYOR WALLY BRYAN SAYS THE FAITH-BASED ''JOBS FOR LIFE'' PROGRAM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF SUCCESS IN THE INNER-CITY.  IN AN E-MAIL, BRYAN RELATES SEVERAL STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE PROGRAM, WITH THE 4TH CLASS NOW UNDERWAY.

NEWS HEADLINES FOR 7/18/08

THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, PATRICIA WILSON, TOLD THE MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WHO GATHERED AT LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK FOR THE ANNUAL DINNER MEETING OF THE PENNYRILE ALLIED COMMUNITY SERVICES ANTI-POVERTY AGENCY, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN HOPKINSVILLE, THAT KENTUCKY IS ON THE ''CUTTING EDGE'' OF DELIVERY OF HUMAN SERVICES.

MEANWHILE, STATE CHARITABLE GAMING COMMISSIONER HENRY LACKEY WAS IN HOPKINSVILLE YESTERDAY, WHERE HE TOLD MEMBERS OF THE KIWANIS CLUB THAT HIS AGENCY IS SELF-SUPPORTING AND IT MAY BE THE ONLY LEFT IN FRANKFORT WHICH CAN BOAST OF THAT.

NEWS HEADLINES FOR 7/17/08

THE LOCAL OFFICE OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU TO DIRECT AREA OPERATIONS FOR THE 10 YEAR ''HEAD COUNT'' COMING UP IN 2010 HASN'T OPENED, BUT OFFICIALS IN THE CHARLOTTE OFFICE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE EFFORT WHICH HAS RESULTED IN DISPUTES OVER THE FINAL TALLIES FOR HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN RECENT YEARS.  REGIONAL CENSUS DIRECTOR WILLIAM HATCHER SAYS OFFICES WILL BE ESTABLISHED THIS FALL IN LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON, WITH OTHER LOCATIONS LATER IN THE PROCESS. 

THE RESULTS OF $40 MILLION WORTH OF WORK ON BARRACKS AT FT CAMPBELL OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS WILL BE EVIDENT TO MEMBERS OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION(AIR ASSAULT) UPON THEIR RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, WITH SEVERAL UNITS RETURNING TO NEW QUARTERS, INCLUDING THE 101ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE WHOSE MEMBERS WILL OCCUPY 3 BUILDINGS WHICH WILL HOUSE 360 SOLDIERS.

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISOR IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SYSTEM KERRY KNIGHT WILL BE PROVIDING MANDATORY TRAINING FOR SITE-BASED COUNCIL MEMBERS TASKED TO HIRE A NEW PRINCIPAL AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.  THE SESSION IS SET FOR NEXT MONDAY FROM 1 UNTIL 4.

LOCAL BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TERESA MEDEIROS WILL RELEASE HER 18TH ROMANCE NOVEL LATER THIS MONTH, WITH A BOOK SIGNING EVENT FOR ''SOME LIKE IT WICKED'' SET FOR AUGUST 9TH FROM 1 TO 3 P.M. AT BOOKS ON MAIN IN DOWNTOWN HOPKINSVILLE.  MS. MEDEIROS HAS LONG BEEN ON THE BEST SELLER LISTS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT ''SOME LIKE IT WICKED'' WILL JOIN THE 17 OTHERS.

THIS WEEK'S FUGITIVES OF THE WEEK FROM CRIMESTOPPERS ARE 21-YEAR OLD MICHAEL JEROME TAYLOR OF MAPLEWOOD ST, WHO IS A BLACK MALE, 6'1'',180, WHO IS WANTED FOR FLEEING AND EVADING POLICE, AND 22-YEAR OLD JAMES THOMAS DILLARD, WHO'S WANTED FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF HIS PROBATION.  DILLARD IS A BLACK MALE, 6', 165 WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS THE 2800 BLOCK OF THE GREENVILLE RD.