NEWS HEADLINES 2/14
3RD DISTRICT STATE SENATOR JOEY PENDLETON(D-HOPKINSVILLE) SAYS ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LAST WEEK IS JUST FURTHER PROOF THAT THE OAK GROVE VILLAGE ''MEGA-MALL'' PROJECT IS ''ALIVE AND WELL'', WITH ''TIF'' FINANCING IN PLACE FOR THE PROJECT.
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MEANWHILE, 9TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE MYRON DOSSETT(R-PEMBROKE),WHO APPEARED WITH SENATOR PENDLETON AND 8TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TILLEY(D-HOPKINSVILLE) ON THE SUNDAY LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM ON LITE 98.7, SAID THE PROJECT WILL HELP BRING THIS AREA OUT OF THE RECESSION, WHILE TILLEY SAYS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BRADY LINK SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT THE INFORMATION GLEANED BY THE STATE TEAM WHICH STUDIED CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE BY STAFF AND FACULTY.
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MEANWHILE, FORMER STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER GENE WILHOIT SAYS THE ''PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT'' SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS IN KENTUCKY MUST BE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED..AND MADE MORE ''PROFESSIONAL''.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS ROAD CREWS WILL BE SHIFTING EMPHASIS THIS WEEK FROM PUSHING SNOW TO FILLING POTHOLES CREATED BY LAST WEEK'S SNOW, ICE, AND EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES,FOLLOWED BY MODERATION , AND TODD URGES MOTORISTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER WORKERS IN THE ROADWAY.
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IT MAY HAVE BEEN A ''CLEAR AND SUNNY'' SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN HOPKINSVILLE, BUT CITY POLICE STILL INVESTIGATED NO FEWER THAN 4 TRAFFIC MISHAPS IN ABOUT A 4-HOUR PERIOD, WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED, INCLUDING FROMN AN INCIDENT WHERE A MOPED OPERATED BY 30-YEAR OLD BRANSON WHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS STRUCK BY A MOTORIST WHO STOPPED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE.
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GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR STANDS BEHIND THE CRITICAL REMARKS HE INCLUDED IN HIS 'STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH'' ADDRESS CONCERNING FEDERAL SPENDING HABITS.
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THE ARMY HAS ISSUED A ''SOCIAL MEDIA'' HANDBOOK FOR SOLDIERS AND COMMANDERS TO ALERT THEM TO THE FACT THAT ENEMIES ARE ''SURFING'' THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR INFORMATION OF A MILITARY NATURE WHICH MIGHT PROVE USEFUL TO THEM.
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THE WEEK THAT INCLUDES ''VALENTINES DAY'' ALSO INCLUDES THE ANNUAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS BREAKFAST WHICH IS SET FOR TUESDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AT THE BRUCE CENTER, AND THE SNOWED-OUT, RESCHEDULED CROFTON COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS SET FOR 7 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE LIVING SPIRIT WORSHIP CENTER IN KELLY.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION TUESDAY EVENING AT 5:30 IN THE BOARD OFFICES TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM SITE-BASED COUNCILS FROM 4 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
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