NEWS HEADLINES 3/7

HOPKINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF GUY HOWIE SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS HIS OFFICERS HAVE ''CRACKED DOWN'' ON EXCESSIVE WINDOW TINTING, INCLUDING THE SAFETY OF BOTH MOTORISTS AND OFFICERS, AND DETERMINING IF DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ARE PROPERLY BELTED IN.
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''AFTER DARK'' PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH WILL BE FUNDED WITH A $750,000 GRANT IF THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE IS SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM APPROVED FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AS REQUESTED BY ROBERTO CERANO AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS FINDING SUITABLE LIGHTS FOR THE NEW INTERSECTION OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AND I-24, WHICH IS IN THE VICINITY OF CAMPBELL ARMY AIRFIELD, CAUSED A DELAY IN OPENING THE EXTENSION UNTIL POST OFFICIALS APPROVED.
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WHILE ''BASTOGNE'', ''SCREAMING EAGLES'', AND 1-0H-1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER DALE WAY-RY-NEN ARE ALL PERMANENT GEOGRAPHIC NAMES AT FORT CAMPBELL, THE NAME OF ANOTHER NOTABLE ''SCREAMING EAGLE'' HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY IN PARWAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, WITH THE BUILDING NAMED IN HONOR OF SPECIALIST JORDAN BYRD, WHO DIED WHILE RENDERING AID TO A FELLOW SOLDIER ON THE FIELD OF COMBAT.
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SOME FT. CAMPELL SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE SHOWING UP ON THE ''LIFETIME NETWORK'' AS PART OF A REALITY PROGRAM CALLED ''COMING HOME''.
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MEANWHILE, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ''RECOVERING WARRIOR TASK FORCE'' WILL BE ON POST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND EXPERIENCES OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND THE PROGRAMS OFFERED TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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ELSEWHERE, SEVRAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 1-0H-1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WHO WERE RECENTLY INVOLVED IN COMBAT WILL BE HONORED DURING A CEREMONY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM HEADQUARTERS MEMORIAL.
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IT'S BACK TO WORK AGAIN THIS WEEK FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;HOWEVER, THE SPECIAL MEETING SET FOR 5:30 TUESDAY EVENING IS TO HEAR ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SITE BASED COUNCILS AT CROFTON AND LACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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ALSO MEETING IN SPECIAL SESSION ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING COUNCIL, WHOSE OUSTER BY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TERRY HOLLIDAY IS OPPOSED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE SITE-BASED COUNCIL WILL MEET AT 4:30 BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION.
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GOV. STEVE BESHEAR, WHO IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION, AND SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS, WHO IS SEEKING TO DENY BESHEAR A SECOND TERM, HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT BALANCING THIS YEAR'S MEDICAID BUDGET, WITH GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYING HE'S DRAWN A ''LINE IN THE SAND'' AGAINST THE PROPOSAL BACKED BY SENATOR WILLIAMS WHICH INVOLVES ''ACROSS-THE-BOARD'' CUTS.
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