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SATURDAY, June 21, 2008
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Vol. 112 No. 173
MSU settles sexual harassment suit
Former athletic director, Racer Club presidents deny settlement is an admission of guilt in case
BY BILL BARTLEMAN
[email protected]
MURRAY, Ky. — The former
director of equal opportunity at
Murray State University has been
paid $170,000 to settle a sexual
harassment lawsuit that she filed
against former Athletic Director E.W.
Dennison, the university and others.
Murray State and its insurance
carrier paid $160,000 while Dennison and two other defendants shared
in the remaining $10,000 payment.
Annazette Fields McCane claimed,
while she was on a business trip with
Dennison in 2000, that he made inappropriate sexual advances toward
her. She filed the federal lawsuit in
2005. Dennison previously claimed it
was filed to distract from a wrongful
termination lawsuit he filed against
Murray State and former president
King Alexander.
Other defendants were former MSU
Racer Club presidents James Butts of
Fulton and Robbie Rudolph of Murray,
who McCane accused of being part of
a conspiracy with Dennison to defame
Please see LAWSUIT | 3A
Decision
coming in
firefighters’
complaint
“On a typical day ... there would be 40 to 60 tows on the upper Mississippi River,
and the average tow carries the equivalent of 900 semi-trucks of product.”
Lynn Muench, Senior vice president, American Waterways Operators
BY C.D. BRADLEY
[email protected]
Army Corps of Engineers has
closed 13 locks along the upper
Mississippi since June 12. As of
Friday, nine locks remained closed,
a roughly 215-mile stretch between
Illinois City, Ill., and Winfield, Mo.,
northwest of St. Louis.
The situation along the Mississippi in Missouri was improving
Friday as government forecasters
predicted crests sharply below
1993’s record levels. Several communities up and down the Missis-
Andrew Coiner, chairman of the
Paducah Human Rights Commission, said he expects to issue an opinion next week on an age discrimination complaint 12 firefighters filed
against the city.
Coiner said he and fellow Commissioner Lanny King met Friday to
review the complaint and the city’s
response. He declined to comment
further until the written opinion is
released.
The firefighters said the department scheduled
two rounds of
promotion testi n g a nd t hen
canceled them,
each time blocki ng employees
over age 40 from
adva ncement.
Federal employment law sets 40
as the minimum
Coiner
age for discrimination claims, and a majority of the
employees who signed up for the test
were 40 or older.
The city contends it canceled the
tests because younger employees
signed up then withdrew, creating the appearance that only those
firefighters with the most seniority
would be able to advance rather than
the most qualified.
City Manager Jim Zumwalt wrote
in the city’s response to the complaint that then-chief Redell Benton
Please see BARGES | 5A
Please see COMPLAINT | 3A
LANCE DENNEE | The Sun
Barges are moored along Fort Defiance on the Ohio River at Cairo on Friday. Little to no barge traffic is traveling up the Mississippi River due to the closing of the upper portion of the river.
Flooding strands barges on Mississippi
BY BETSY TAYLOR
Associated Press
WINFIELD, Mo. — The flooding
in the Midwest has brought freight
traffic on the upper Mississippi to
a standstill, stranding more than
100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and
other products while shippers wait
for the water to drop on the Big
Muddy.
“We’re basically experiencing
total shutdown,” said Larry Daily,
president of Alter Barge Line Inc.
of Bettendorf, Iowa.
Devastating Mississippi River floods give a political
boost to Blagojevich.
5A
expected.
Among the freight being held up:
corn and soybeans headed downstream for New Orleans, where
grain is loaded onto ships for export. Construction supplies and petroleum products headed upstream
on the Mississippi are not getting
through either.
Because of the high water, the
While the bottleneck is costing
him and other barge operators tens
of thousands of dollars in lost revenue per day, June is a slow shipping period on the river compared
with the late-summer harvest, the
shutdown is expected to last only
a few weeks, and it involves primarily non-perishable goods. So
no major damage to the economy is
Ready for its close-up: Dippin’ Dots getting
exposure on History Channel, Food Network
BY ADAM SHULL
Want to watch?
[email protected]
TV publicity can be hard to come
by for Dippin’ Dots, the futuristic ice
cream maker based in Paducah.
But it’s not for lack of opportunity.
Terry Reeves, corporate communications director, said the company’s
doors are wide open and welcoming
to film crews looking to highlight
the unique ice cream manufacturer.
It’s the company’s manufacturing
What: Paducah-based Dippin’ Dots on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” series.
When: 7 p.m. Monday.
More: www.history.com or www.dippindots.com
plant that is a different story.
The problem is the production
plant’s cryogenic processor and
freezers that operate anywhere
from minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit
to minus 300.
Photo submitted
Please see DOTS | 3A A Dippin’ Dots worker fills a bag with ‘the ice cream of the future.’
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between 1999 and
2005.
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The Lineup
Today
Salem Garden Club “Let’s Go
to the Country Garden Tour,”
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Livingston
County. $10. Brunch at Tha’ Haus’f
Bread Puddin, Carrsville. 988-3835
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Coroner: Crash alone killed Hutson
Staff report
Mayfield Summer Music Fest
featuring Kevin Castleberry, 7
p.m., Harmon Park. Bring non-perishables for Mayfield-Graves County
Needline.
LOCAL
Murray businessman Dan Hutson II’s death appears to be the
result of the plane crash alone.
Washington County Deputy
Coroner Len Benedict said Friday
that based on the preliminary
results of an autopsy conducted
Thursday in Louisville, Hutson
had no medical conditions that
would have led to the crash,
which took his life.
His private plane went down
Wednesday near a central Kentucky airport. Hutson had flown
his wife, Cindy, to Lexington for
the birth of their grandchild and
was returning to Murray when
he detected engine trouble and attempted an emergency landing at
the Lebanon-Springfield Regional
Airport, Federal Aviation Administration investigator John Cox
said Wednesday.
Airport Manager Jim Tucker
said the four-seat airplane hit
the ground about 10 feet from the
runway, spun around and caught
fire.
Three generations of Hutsons
Briefs
Paducah Tilghman High
School Band of Blue yard sale.
Proceeds benefit band. 415-9818.
Murray woman dies
from wreck injuries
Retired racing greyhounds
for adoption, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Tractor Supply, 5525 U.S. 60 W.
615-297-2033.
MURRAY, Ky. — A Murray
woman died after a two-car
collision at the intersection
of Ky. 80 and Ky. 464 about
nine miles northeast of Murray on Thursday night, state
police said.
Thomas Berry, 50, of Murray was driving his Pontiac
east on Ky. 464 and crossed
Ky. 80 in the path of a Toyota van driven by Ronnie Hubbard, 61, of Murray at 6:30
p.m., police said. Hubbard’s
van hit Berry’s car in the passenger side, and both cars
ended up on the east side of
Ky. 464.
Berry’s passenger, Connie Berry, 57, of Murray was
taken to Murray-Calloway
County hopsital, where she
was pronounced dead (Obituary, 6A). Thomas Berry
was not injured.
Hubbard went to the hospital and was treated and
released.
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p.m., and Kids Casting, 1 p.m.,
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Dance, 7 to 10 p.m., American
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ADAM SHULL | The Sun
A ride awaits fairgoers Friday at Carson Park. The McCracken County Fair starts today.
Lodge investigated
for selling drinks
in dry county
Staff report
MURRAY, Ky. — Charges are pending
against the Murray Moose Lodge board
officers and a bartender after Calloway
County sheriff’s officers searched the
club Thursday evening, where an undercover officer allegedly saw drinks
and beer being sold.
The sheriff’s office searched the lodge
on Knight Road after a joint investigation with Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Calloway County is dry local option territory.
Sheriff’s deputies took cases of beer,
several bottles of liquor, financial documents and money, said Lt. Samantha
Mighell.
Since the lodge is in the city limits of
Murray, the Murray Police Department
issued the same charges, she said.
Recently, the Moose lodge was relocated to the county. The building is still
under construction, but the club may
have been operating in the building for
about a month, Mighell said.
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Little Lotto: 18-21-29-31-37
Est. Lotto Jackpot: $2.5 million
Est. Mega Millions Jackpot: $16 million
Fair schedule begins with beauty,
finishes with automotive mayhem
BY ASHLEY EDWARDS
Fair schedule
[email protected]
This year’s McCracken County
Fair is keeping with tradition
as one of the biggest agriculture
fairs around with events like
sheep, lamb and horse shows, as
well as tractor pulls.
Events start tonight, rides
open Monday and both continue
through next Saturday at Carson
Park.
Tommy Brown, chairman of
the fair, said the events make a
great outing for families.
“We want the families out here
to enjoy what’s going on,” he said.
Brown said most of the events
will be the same as last year. A
free sheep and lamb show will
kick off the fair at 10 a.m., and
the Fair Queen Pageant is at 7
tonight. Throughout the week
various livestock showings will
take place and will wrap up with
motocross races on Friday night
and the demolition derby on Saturday night.
Brown said the demolition derby is the fair’s biggest draw each
year and he expects a similar
turnout Saturday.
“You cannot go anywhere and
watch a demolition derby for two
bucks,” Brown said.
Belle City Amusements will be
running the rides. Brown said he
has worked with the company every year and finds the employees
to be very pleasant and professional.
“It’s really a good carnival,”
Today
10 a.m., Sheep and Lamb Show
7 p.m., Beauty Pageant
Monday-Tuesday
7:30 p.m., Harness Racing
Wednesday
10 a.m., Jr. Market Breeding Goat Show
1 p.m., Sanctioned Non-traditional Boer Goat Show
5:30 p.m. - close, McDonald’s Night
6 p.m., Talent Contest
7 p.m., Western Horse Show
Thursday
8 a.m., Sanctioned Boer Goat Show
5:30 p.m. - close, McDonald’s Night
6:30 p.m., Garden Tractor Pull
Friday
10 a.m., Beef Show Open
Noon-3 p.m., Kid’s Day
6 p.m., Motorcycle Races, time trials begin at 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 28
10 a.m., Dairy Goat Show
1-4 p.m., Family Matinee
7 p.m., Demolition Derby
10 p.m., Drawing for two $1,000 cash prizes
Brown said. “We just about have
every square inch of the fair
grounds filled.”
Armband specials will be going
on all week except for Saturday.
Brown said attendance was
down last year due to poor
weather, but the South Paducah
Kiwanis Club, who hosts the
event, still managed to raise over
$ 31,000 for McCracken County
Coming Up ...
SUNDAY
■ Equine therapy helps
special needs children.
Life
operated Hutson Chemical Company, which later became Hutson
Company Inc., for more than 75
years. Hutson operated his own
company, Hutson Ag Company,
with plants in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Benedict said autopsy results
won’t be finalized for several
weeks.
■ Carson Center gearing
up for Missoula Children’s
Theatre.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
■ Exploring the digital
generation gap. Can it be
bridged?
■ Breaking into the
Nashville music scene.
Current
Ashley Edwards can be contacted at 575-8652.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
■ Doll restorer relocates to
Graves County.
Fresh
BARDWELL, Ky. — A
Bardwell man was arrested
Thursday on charges he sexually abused a child under
12, state police said.
A possible case of sexual
abuse was reported to the
state police Sunday, and
it was investigated by both
the state police and the
Ballard County office of the
state department of social
services. They interviewed
both the child and parents.
Trooper Clint Davis obtained warrants from Carlisle County Attorney Mike
Hogancamp and arrested
David E. Crawford, 63, of
Bardwell on five counts of
sexual abuse of a child under 12. He was taken to the
Hickman County Jail, where
he remained Friday awaiting
bond.
Man accused of
cultivating drugs
youth programs. He said he hopes
this year’s forecast allows them to
do as much.
“As long as the weather will cooperate, we will have a good fair
and hopefully raise a lot of money
for McCracken County youth,”
Brown said.
Miss a day miss a lot.
Ballard man charged
with abusing child
CUNNINGHAM, Ky.
— Shawn Gourley, 35, of
Cunningham was arrested
on multiple drug charges
Thursday after state police
searched a home at 1738
County Road 1024.
State police said they
found an indoor marijuanagrowing operation with 92
plants, video surveillance
equipment, one gram of
crystal methamphetamine
and nine firearms.
Gourley was charged
with cultivating more than
five marijuana plants and
possession of a controlled
substance and drug paraphernalia. He was placed in
the Ballard County Jail.
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■ Olivet Baptist patrons
find quiet place for prayer.
Faith
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
■ Market House Museum
celebrates 40th anniversary
with picnic.
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COMPLAINT: ‘(The union) is
Briefs
Men arrested after
rock hits windshield
CADIZ, Ky. — Two Cadiz
men were arrested Thursday after allegedly throwing
a rock and breaking the
windshield of a car at the
corner of Hayden and Jefferson streets.
Andrew Street, 19, and
Paul Hudson, 20, were
charged with first degree
criminal mischief and second degree wanton endangerment.
Street was arrested at
11:20 p.m. and when police went to the home of
Hudson to issue a warrant
for his arrest, police also
arrested Kerry Tyler, 48,
on charges of disorderly
conduct, possession of
drug paraphernalia and
resisting arrest.
According to a police
report, Tyler was outside at
Hudson’s home when police
arrived to arrest Hudson.
Tyler became disorderly and
attempted to flee before officers used a Taser on him.
Tyler and Hudson are
at the Christian County
Jail with a $1,000 bond.
Street was released on
Thursday. The men are expected to appear in court
at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Staff report
ABC employee on
leave after drunken
driving arrest
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A
The Paducah Sun • Saturday, June 21, 2008 • 3A
state spokesman says a
Kentucky Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control
enforcement officer has
been placed on leave following his arrest on drunken driving charges.
State Public Protection
Cabinet spokesman Mark
York says Chet Gentry of LaGrange was put on special
leave with pay Friday, pending an investigation. The
ABC Web site lists Gentry
as a state branch manager
in the enforcement division.
York says in a release
that Gentry was allegedly
driving a state-owned vehicle Friday morning when
he was pulled over by police in Oldham County. The
release says Gentry was
charged with driving under
the influence, possession
of an open container of alcohol and reckless driving.
Gentry is listed on the
ABC Web site as one of
two state branch managers in the enforcement
division. According to the
site, investigators in that
division have full police
powers to enforce all state
laws.
York said Gentry was directed to turn in his badge
and ID card, keys to the
vehicle, and his gun.
York was unable to provide more details. A call to
the Oldham County Police
Department was not immediately returned.
Associated Press
constantly doing everything they
can to get seniority back’
CONTINUED FROM 1A
had learned that some of
the firefighters with less
seniority had been pressured to withdraw.
Benton, now retired, said
he had no proof of such pressure, but heard rumors in the
department that it occurred.
“I don’t know that to be a
fact, but they probably did,”
he said. “The chief never
knows that kind of thing.”
Barry Carter, president
of the fire union and one of
the firefighters who filed
the complaint, said he knew
nothing of such pressure.
“It’s the first I’ve heard of
it,” he said. “I can tell you the
union played no role in it.”
He declined to comment
further pending resolution
of the complaint.
Benton agreed with Zumwalt that the withdrawals
appeared to be motivated
by a desire for seniority to
govern promotion in the department.
“The union has never
turned that loose, and I don’t
know that they ever will,”
Benton said. “They’re constantly doing everything they
can to get seniority back, but
I don’t think they will ever go
back to that again.”
C.D. Bradley can be contacted at 575-8617.
DOTS: Dippin’ Dots becoming a well-known ‘movie munchie’ with 510 vending machines in theaters across country
CONTINUED FROM 1A
“The film crew’s tapes will
freeze, parts will get stuck,
stuff like that,” Reeves said.
Leave it to “Modern Marvels.”
“(They) seem to handle it
well,” Reeves said.
Handle it well they did. The
western Kentucky company
will be featured on the History Channel on Monday and
a Food Network special later
this summer.
In January a high definition
film crew the History Chan-
nel hired toured the Paducah
plant, conducted interviews
and shot footage for the channel’s “Modern Marvels” series.
Running since 1995, the series highlights the history and
creation of man-made innovations ranging from the scientific, the technological and the
mechanical.
“They’re doing a feature on
the history of ice cream, and
we’re the future segment,”
Reeves said.
Created by Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale graduate Curt Jones in 1987, the tra-
ditional summer snack is the
result of flash freezing and mixing ingredients in liquid nitrogen to create ice cream pellets.
Reeves said the factory has
been featured on television
several times before, but the
most recent film crews get
new footage of the dots coming
straight out of the processors.
The Food Network crew
documented the company in
a feature about movie munchies, which Dippin’ Dots is becoming known for with 510
vending machines in theaters
across the country.
LAWSUIT: Dennison, Rudolph said they agreed to
settle McCane’s lawsuit to avoid additional legal costs
CONTINUED FROM 1A
her in retaliation for filing a
sexual harassment complaint.
Dennison and Rudolph
each paid her $2,500 while
Butts paid $5,000.
The settlement agreement
said Murray State, Dennison,
Butts and Rudolph were continuing to deny McCane’s allegation and were not admitting guilt or any wrongdoing.
Dennison and Rudolph
called it a nuisance lawsuit
and said they agreed to the
settlement to avoid legal costs
that would be much higher.
“I said in the beginning I
was innocent of the allega-
tions,” Dennison said. “I said
throughout the lawsuit I was
innocent, and I’m saying now
I’m innocent.”
Murray State officials said
they were settling the lawsuit
to put an end to the demands
on time and resources that
were necessary to defend it.
McCane resigned her position at Murray State in February and is now director of disability services at the University
of Tennessee in Knoxville. She
was not available for comment
and her attorneys — Joseph
Mattingly III and Theodore Lavit, both of Lebanon — did not
return telephone messages.
Alan Stout, chairman of
the MSU board of regents, declined comment.
Bill Bartleman can be contacted at 575-8651.
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“That show will be out sometime this summer,” Reeves
said. The company has further
ties to the movies this year promoting “Journey to the Center
of the Earth” starring Brendan
Fraser and due out July 11.
Reeves said with the amount
of growth and exposure the
company has experienced, it’s
clearly established that the
tiny balls of ice cream aren’t
just a fad.
But how long can Dippin’
Dots live up to its slogan as the
ice cream of the future?
“In a lot of ways it’s still
very futuristic in what we do.
I mean, you don’t see meat
or celery in little pellets yet,”
Reeves said.
Adam Shull can be contacted at 575-8653.
4A • Saturday, June 21, 2008 • The Paducah Sun
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Editorial
PRIVILEGE
Senator’s sweetheart deal
impugns his integrity
A college lad calls his dad
given special rates and terms,
from the county jail to say he
but later amended his denial
has been arrested for DUI.
by saying he wasn’t aware
“It’s not my fault,” he says.
he was getting any special
“The tavern is to blame for
treatment at the time. He
serving me too much liquor.”
doesn’t know the terms of
Imagine the dad responding his own mortgages? This is
by bailing his son out of jail
the chairman of the Banking
and then driving the wayward Committee we’re talking
kid back to the tavern where
about.
the old man replenishes the
es, that would be the
bar’s stock of booze. And then
committee responsible
imagine the dad hands you
for drafting the laws
the bill for both the bail and
that govern how lenders like
the booze.
Countrywide operate.
That dad is Congress. Or
The Connecticut Democrat
at least Senator Chris Dodd,
was not alone. North Dakota
who wants to punish those
Sen. Kent Conrad, chairman
dastardly subprime mortgage
of the Senate Budget
lenders who took advantage
Committee and member of
of borrowers willing to
the Finance Committee, also
overextend themselves by
refinanced property through
awarding them risky loans.
Countrywide’s VIP program,
The Connecticut Democrat,
which offers better rates
who chairs the Senate
and terms to the prominent
Banking Committee, has
and well heeled — that is,
introduced a bill that would
those who least need them.
allow mortgage lenders to
Conrad’s mortgage, for which
dump $300 billion
Countrywide
of their worst
shaved a full
loans on the
Dodd’s “VIP” percentage point,
Federal Housing
save him
loan will save will
Administration,
about $10,000 a
ultimately forcing
him $75,000 year in interest
the taxpayers to
payments on a
in mortgage
bail out reckless
million-dollar
borrowers and
vacation home.
payments,
unscrupulous
Another
which will sure recipient
lenders. The
of a
come in handy VIP mortgage
“punishment”
part must be
loan was James
for someone
in the bill’s
Johnson, an
struggling to
requirement
advisor to
that the federal
Barack Obama,
get by on his
government will
who resigned
paltry Senate from the
guarantee the
refinanced loans
campaign after
salary of
only for 87 percent
it was disclosed
$169,000.
of the current
that he had
market value of
received lowerthe properties.
than-market
Some punishment.
rates on multiple mortgages
Countrywide Financial
worth millions of dollars.
holds $30 billion of those
Obama can’t afford any more
mortgages, more than any
shady associations.
other lender. Countrywide
And they don’t come
was the lender most criticized
any shadier. Mozilo, who
by lawmakers for spurring
personally arranged for
the subprime crisis; Barack
the VIP loans for Dodd and
Obama blamed the lender
Conrad, earned more than
for “inducing people to take
$22 million and cashed
out these subprime loans,”
more than $120 million in
thereby “infecting the
stock options in 2007 while
economy.”
presiding over Countrywide’s
Oh, did we also mention that collapse, thanks to its policy
Dodd is one of the “friends
of making high-risk loans.
of Angelo” — named for the
The corporation posted a $700
prominent customers of
million loss and saw its stock
Countrywide’s CEO Angelo
fall 80 percent, resulting in its
Mozilo who got sweetheart
sale, now pending, to Bank of
deals on mortgages? Dodd’s
America Corp.
pair of personal mortgages
The Congressional Budget
from Countrywide totaled
Office has projected that
more than $780,000. His “VIP” 35 percent of the loans
loan will save him $75,000 in
refinanced through Dodd’s
mortgage payments, which
bill will default. That’s fine
will sure come in handy for
with the senator. He thinks
someone struggling to get by
the government should bail
on a paltry Senate salary of
out lenders who make risky
$169,000.
loans and borrowers who
odd has also received
overextend themselves, often
$6.3 million in
with falsified information on
campaign contributions, loan applications.
76 percent of his total
Dodd thinks the bill for such
war chest, from financial
irresponsible transactions
institutions and real estate
should be sent to the
companies this election cycle.
taxpayers, most of whom
Many of the contributions
will never default on their
came from Countrywide
mortgages. And who never get
executives.
VIP treatment from lending
Dodd first denied he was
institutions.
Y
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Freedom of speech takes a hit in Canada
Mark Steyn, my friend, colleague and arguably the most
talented political writer working today, is on trial for thought
crimes.
Steyn — a one-man media empire based in New Hampshire
— was published a few years ago
in Maclean’s. Now the magazine
and its editors are in the dock
before the British Columbia
Human Rights Tribunal on the
charge that they violated a provincial hate-speech law by running the work of a hate-monger,
namely Mark Steyn. A similar
prosecution is pending before
the national version of this
kangaroo court, the Canadian
Human Rights Commission.
Not that the facts are relevant
to the charges, but here’s what
happened. Maclean’s ran an
excerpt from Steyn’s bestseller,
“America Alone.”
The Canadian Islamic Congress took offense. It charged in
its complaint that the magazine
was “flagrantly Islamophobic”
and “subjects Canadian Muslims to hatred and contempt.”
It was particularly scandalized
by Steyn’s argument that rising
birthrates among Muslims in
Europe will force non-Muslims
there to come to “an accommodation with their radicalized
Islamic compatriots.”
Note: Steyn’s article was
published in 2006, before Rowan
Williams, the archbishop of
Canterbury, supported that
point earlier this year when he
said that it is “unavoidable” that
Britain will ultimately have to
incorporate some elements of
sharia into its law in the spirit
of “constructive accommodation.”
You might think that if
Steyn had been able to quote
Williams or someone else
who’d expressed that view, he
and Maclean’s wouldn’t be in
trouble. You’d be wrong. One of
the council’s chief gripes with
the article is that Steyn quoted
an imam living in Norway who
said that “the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes.” An accurate quotation is
Jonah Goldberg
no defense when giving offense.
Indeed, it seems there is no
escaping the charge of promoting “hate” in Canada at all. In
31 years, the national Human
Rights Commission has never
dismissed a case as unfounded.
The council first demanded
that Maclean’s give it equal and
unedited space in the magazine
to respond to Steyn’s “Islamophobic” tract. The editors refused. So the council took the
magazine to “court,” but not a
real court. These tribunals have
all the rigor of a student government star chamber. There are
no rules of evidence and, again,
truth is not a defense.
Why bother with evidence at
all? Hate speech is essentially
defined as anything certain
“victimized” people find offensive. So, if a group is sufficiently offended to complain
to a human rights commission,
the burden of proof has already
been met.
And what about free speech?
Dean Steacy, an investigator for
Canada’s national commission,
explained it nicely: “Freedom of
speech is an American concept,
so I don’t give it any value.” He
gets points for honesty.
If Maclean’s (and Steyn) lose,
it could face unspecified fines.
Even more troubling, according
to Canadian law and tribunal
precedents, Maclean’s could be
ordered to publish something
it doesn’t want to publish, and
be barred in perpetuity from
publishing anything the human
rights commission deems “Islamophobic.”
It might be easy for some to
dismiss all of this. After all,
we’re talking about Canada.
But this is just the latest in a
long parade of assaults on free
speech, including the aftermath
of the Danish Muhammad cartoons and the murder of Dutch
filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
Sometimes it seems like a lot
of people see free speech as “an
American concept,” thus in
need of rethinking.
As the Atlantic’s Ross
Douthat observed, the New
York Times’ only story on the
case suggested “that the 1st
Amendment is a peculiar and
quite possibly outdated feature
of the American political system, along the lines of, say, the
electoral college or the District
of Columbia’s lack of congressional representation.” By implication, it also lumped Steyn in
with rabid Nazis and Holocaust
deniers.
Without outlining what Steyn
wrote, the Times launched
into a discussion of how “hate
speech” is treated in the U.S.
and elsewhere. Quoth the
Times: “Canada, England,
France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia
and India all have laws or have
signed international conventions banning hate speech.
Israel and France forbid the sale
of Nazi items like swastikas and
flags. It is a crime to deny the
Holocaust in Canada, Germany
and France.”
Left out of this fascinating
tour of speech-control laws
around the globe: Mark Steyn
is no Nazi, and whatever one
makes of his arguments, it is
disgusting to insinuate otherwise. If Steyn were in the crosshairs for defending abortion
rights, I suspect the New York
Times would be more careful
about leaping to Nazi comparisons.
But it seems that throughout
the West, “leaders” are willing to accommodate those who
would stifle, intimidate or, ultimately, ban free speech, all in
the name of “tolerance.”
You could read all about it
in Steyn’s book. It’s not banned
— yet.
Letter
Reprinted editorial on DUI law
based on flawed interpretations
EDITOR:
The June 12 Paducah Sun contained a reprinted
editorial from the Appalachian News-Express
in Pikeville regarding repeat DUI offenders. The
editorial contained factual errors regarding
Kentucky DUI laws. The factual errors fatally
undermine the editorial writer’s attempt to characterize Kentucky DUI laws as too lenient.
The editorial stated “(t)oo often DUI arrests
are pleaded down to reckless driving or another
lesser charge...” That is not correct. Kentucky law
prohibits prosecutors from reducing DUI charges
if the alleged offender has a breath, blood or urine
alcohol content above the .08 legal limit or if the
alleged offender refuses to submit to a chemical
test of blood, breath or urine.
Kentucky prosecutors are permitted to amend
or reduce all other criminal charges, at their discretion, including murder, robbery, rape and child
molestation. However, if a DUI suspect either provides a blood, breath or urine sample above the
legal limit or refuses to submit to a chemical test
of blood, breath or urine, the suspect’s case cannot be amended to a lesser charge. Most citizens of
the Commonwealth are unaware of this anti-plea
bargaining provision in the DUI law.
In addition, in a felony case, such as the one
used as an example in the editorial, a jury trial
has two phases. In the first phase, jurors determine whether or not the accused is guilty of the
charged crime. In the second phase, the jury
determines the appropriate sentence. During the
sentencing phase, the prosecution is permitted
to introduce evidence regarding the accused,
including his or her entire criminal history. Accordingly, contrary to the editorial writer’s contention, under Kentucky law a jury can learn of
an accused’s prior criminal history.
Perhaps the editorial staff of The Paducah Sun,
which contains at least one well-educated Kentucky lawyer, should review outside editorials for
admissibility before admitting them into evidence
for the perusal of the public.
ANDREW T. COINER
Paducah
R EGION
paducahsun.com
The Paducah Sun • Saturday, June 21, 2008 • 5A
Kentucky moves to open
season on black bears
BY ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press
Associated Press
Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps residents fill sandbags at the Pike County Fairgrounds
in Pleasant Hill, Ill., on Wednesday in the wake of flooding in the western part of the
state along the Iowa border.
Devastating floods give
Blagojevich political boost
BY DEANNA
BELLANDI
Associated Press
QUINCY, Ill. — When Gov.
Rod Blagojevich stopped to
visit volunteers filling sandbags to fight f loodwaters
threatening this Mississippi
River town, the spotlight was
not on impeachment. Or his
ongoing feud with lawmakers. Or the conviction of his
top political fundraiser.
Instead, the Democratic governor was greeted with smiles
and handshakes — even by 25year-old Quincy Republican
Kent Voth, who took a break
from shoveling sand to mug
for a picture with Blagojevich.
“I’m glad he came,” said
Voth.
The floods that have devastated the Midwest couldn’t
have come at a politically better time for Blagojevich. After
months of staying mostly out
of public view, the governor
has spent the week touring
flood-ravaged areas and lobbying for relief for homeowners,
businesses and communities.
And residents have been
glad to see him.
“We’re thrilled to death
that he’s here,” Quincy Mayor
John Spring said of Blagojevich when the governor flew to
Quincy earlier this week during a daylong tour of western Illinois communities struggling
to hold back the swollen Mississippi River. Blagojevich also
visited Spring’s city June 13.
Visiting flood zones helps
showcase Blagojevich as the
state’s leader — he helped
load sandbags in Pike County
— and lets residents know officials are paying attention
to their plight, said Kent Redfield, a political science professor at the University of Illinois
at Springfield.
Blagojevich was headed to
the Metro East on Friday to
check out the flooding as the
swollen Mississippi charges
through the state, leaving deluged farmland and drownedout communities in its wake.
He even skipped an event about
the economy that Democratic
presidential candidate Barack
Obama hosted in Chicago.
The attention is a switch for
Blagojevich, who has had difficulty getting lawmakers and
the media to focus on issues
important to him, in large
part because of the corruption
trial of his former fundraiser
Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
Rezko earlier this month was
convicted on charges of fraud,
money laundering and aiding
and abetting bribery after a trial that exposed more crooked
politics in Illinois that Blagojevich says he has no part in.
Still, the trial heated up
talk of impeaching Blagojevich, who is unpopular with
some lawmakers and whose
administration has been the
subject of a federal corruption investigation. The governor has not been charged
with wrongdoing.
But he has been lying low,
limiting public appearances
and refusing to talk to reporters after recent meetings
with top lawmakers to try to
fix a state budget that he says
is $2 billion in the red.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Though
small in number, black bears
have become a nuisance in
some Appalachian communities — chasing tourists from
campsites, eating from backyard trash cans and emptying dog food bowls on back
porches. Now the bears could
be fair game for hunters next
year.
The Kentucky Wildlife
Commission has agreed to
a proposal to open a limited
hunting season on the pesky bears, the target of complaints filed with wildlife officers.
The proposal, which now
goes to a legislative committee for review, is drawing opposition from animal rights
groups, including the Humane Society of the United
States.
“A bear hunt in Kentucky
amounts to nothing more
than a trophy hunt, allowing
trophy hunters the opportunity to obtain a head and
a hide,” said Andrew Page,
head of the Humane Society’s
Wildlife Abuse Campaign.
Page argues that the state’s
bear population is too small
and fragile to support hunting.
Wildlife biologist Steven
Dobey, head of Kentucky’s
black bear restoration program, said a recently completed study found between
90 and 130 bears in four counties — Bell, Harlan, Letcher
and Pike — that are believed
to have the largest populations.
The wildlife commission
voted last week to allow a
two-day hunt in three of
those counties — Harlan,
Letcher and Pike. Karen
Alexy, wildlife director for
he Kentucky Department of
Fish and Wildlife Resources,
said hunters would be allowed to kill only 10 bears.
Licenses would cost $30 each
for the season that will span
Dec. 19-20, 2009.
The League of Kentucky
Sportsmen has been pushing
for a hunting season, saying
some black bears have lost
their fear of humans.
Wildlife officers have received regular complaints of
bears scavenging for food at
campsites and homesteads.
And at a state park near Pre-
Charges dropped in sunburn case
Associated Press
BEREA, Ky. — The Madison County prosecutor on
Friday dropped a criminal
abuse charge against a central Kentucky father whose
2-year-old son suffered a severe sunburn.
Police say 27-year-old
Bobby J. Jones’ son had been
outside for about 90 minutes
on June 8, apparently without any protection from the
sun. Authorities say when
his mother arrived to pick up
the boy, he had golf ball-sized
blisters on his shoulders and
was burned on his face, chest,
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BARGES: When the Mississippi River floods, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers removes motors from locks
CONTINUED FROM 1A
sippi were still under inundated, however, including
Lincoln County, Mo., where
300 to 350 homes were flooded
after the water flowed over or
through the levees.
In Old Monroe, 45 miles
north of St. Louis, retired
s t e e lwo r k e r B o b S c o t t
watched as the river puddled
at the edge of his front yard.
But he said he thought the
river had stopped rising and
his home might come through
the flood unscathed.
“It’s kind of harrowing, a
lot of sleepless nights, worried about your property,”
said Scott, 61. “You work all
your life for what little bit
you get.”
The locks use huge electric motors to open and close
gates and valves, floating the
barges up and down to different levels of the river as they
make their way up and down
the river. When the river
floods, the Corps removes the
motors to protect them from
the water. When the locks
shut down, barges can still
move between them, but no
farther.
Typically, a towboat pushes
as many as 15 barges, each of
them 12 feet high and 200 feet
long, lashed together with
steel cable. A single barge
carries the equivalent of
about 55 tractor-trailers.
Last year, between June 12
and July 1, 180 tows (a “tow”
is a towboat and its set of
barges) carried more than 2.5
million tons of goods through
now-closed Lock 25 at Winfield. During that same period, 166 tows carrying 2.3
million tons of cargo passed
through Lock 19, at Keokuk,
Iowa, now closed, too.
As of Thursday, eight to 10
tows were stranded or sidelined on the upper part of the
Mississippi River, said Lynn
Muench, senior vice president
at American Waterways Operators, an industry group.
“On a typical day at this
time of year, there would
be 40 to 60 tows on the upper Mississippi River, and
the average tow carries the
equivalent of 900 semi-trucks
of product,” she said.
Daily, the Iowa barge operator, said that he had 100
barges and two boats stranded
at places along the river with
such cargo as corn, soybeans,
fertilizer, cement, animal feed,
scrap metal and wind turbine
towers. He estimated his business was losing $25,000 a day,
and said that could rise to
$40,000 when two more of his
boats go idle soon.
The federal Maritime Administration Office said a
long shutdown could add millions to the cost of moving
grain and other commodities,
but since the jam is expected
to last only a few weeks, “no
significant economic impact
is foreseen for the region.”
stonsburg last year, a bear
held tourists at bay inside a
cabin until rangers arrived
to chase it away.
More than a century ago,
bears thrived in the mountain region, but over-hunting
led to their disappearance.
Over the past 20 years, they
have been venturing back
into Kentucky from the forests of Tennessee, Virginia
and West Virginia. The bears
join elk, deer, and turkey as
species now flourishing in
the mountain region.
“It’s an incredible success
story,” Alexy said. “Some other animals, humans brought
them back. The bears have
colonized on their own.
That’s impressive.”
Twenty-seven states allow
some form of black bear hunting, according to the Animal
Protection Institute based in
California. Neighboring Virginia and West Virginia are
among them.
Dobey said the dates selected for Kentucky’s hunt will
help ensure that most of the
bears killed will be males,
because most females will
be holed up in dens for the
winter.
back and stomach.
The mother took the child
to the police department
and then to the hospital,
where the boy was treated
for second-degree burns and
discharged. The Berea man
later pled not guilty to one
count of first-degree abuse.
6A • Saturday, June 21, 2008 • The Paducah Sun
Bob Runkle
A memorial service for Robert Earl “Bob” Runkle, 52, of
Paducah
will be at
2 p.m. Sunday at Milner & Orr
Funeral
Home of
Paducah.
M r .
Runkle
died at 1:45
a.m. Friday at his home.
A native of Bellefonte, Pa.,
he worked for Fleetwood Mobile Homes and was of the
Baptist faith.
Surviving are his wife,
Sheila Renee Neblett Runkle;
one son, Gary Lee Runkle of
Pennsylvania; two stepdaughters, Michelle West and Jessica West, both of Paducah;
one stepson, Allen West of
Paducah; three brothers,
Doug Runkle and Ronnie
Runkle, both of Benton, and
Kevin Runkle of Penn Station,
Pa.; two grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
His parents were Walter
Lee Runkle and Roberta Jane
Cowan Runkle.
Friends may call after 1
p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 3140 Parisa Drive,
Paducah, KY 42003.
Carmon Hodges
McHENRY, Ill. — Services
for C a r mon L . Ho d ge s,
90, of McHenry, formerly
of Paducah, will be at 10
a.m. today at First United
Met hodist Chu rch i n
McHenry, where he was
a member. Burial will be
in Woodland Cemetery in
McHenry.
Mr. Hodges died Wednesday
at Alden Terrace of McHenry.
Mr. Hodges served in the
U.S. Army during World War
II and was a former employee
of Modine Manufacturing Co.
in Paducah. He retired as an
engineer with Modine Manufacturing Co. in Ringwood in
1981 with more than 33 years
of service.
Survivors include his three
children, Mary Jane Zajda
and Michael Hodges, both of
McHenry, and James “Bob”
Hodges of Lake Geneva, Wis.;
six grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; and two brothers, Lee Hodges of Paducah
and Earl Hodges of Lakeland,
Fla.
Mr. Hodges was preceded in
death by his wife of 46 years,
Virginia L. Tade Hodges. His
parents were Leslie and Ruby
J. Grace Hodges.
Friends may call after 9
a.m. today at the church.
Justen Funeral Home &
Crematory in McHenry is in
charge of arrangements.
Funeral notices
Paid obituaries furnished to The Paducah Sun by mortuaries.
Edwin Howard Overstreet
Services for Edwin Howard
Overstreet, 89, of Paducah
will be at 1
p.m. Monday, June
2 3, 2 0 0 8,
at Milner
&
Orr
Funeral
Home of
Paduca h
with Rev.
Don Wilson and Rev. Louis Brinker
officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Mount
Zion Church Cemetery.
Mr. Overstreet died at 10:30
a.m. Thursday, June 19, 2008,
at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
A U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a
retired Paducah city fireman
after 23 years of service and a
member of Twelve Oaks Baptist Church. Mr. Overstreet
also worked at Bob Little’s
Used Cars.
Surviving are his wife of
68 years, Alma Cooper Overstreet, and one son, Edwin
“Eddie” Overstreet and wife,
Sheryl, of Cincinnati.
He was preceded in death
by one brother. His parents
were Clint Lee Overstreet
and Nellie Titsworth Overstreet.
Friends may call from 3 to
5 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2008,
at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to Twelve Oaks Baptist Church, 2110 New Holt
Road, Paducah, KY 42001.
You may leave a message of
sympathy or light a candle at
milnerandorr.com.
Dan C. Hutson II
Dan C. Hutson II, 54, of
1014 Grand Court, Highland
Beach, Fla., died Wednesday
afternoon, June 18, 2008.
After graduation from Murray High School in 1972, he received his bachelor of science
degree from Murray State
University in 1976. Before
graduating from MSU, Dan
founded his own company,
Hutson Ag Service Inc. Then,
in 1990, Hutson Ag Service
purchased a John Deere dealership in Mayfield, Ky. Eventually Hutson Inc. became
one of the premier John Deere
dealerships worldwide. Soon
other locations were added:
1994, Russellville, Ky.; 1995,
Princeton, Ky.; 1997, Morganfield, Ky.; 2001, Clarksville,
Tenn.
The most important element in Dan’s life was his
family. The majority of his
time was spent with his wife,
Cindy, their three daughters and their husbands, and
granddaughters enjoying
life. One of Dan’s passions
was boating with family and
friends on Kentucky Lake as
well as the Intercoastal waterways. Dan’s other passion
was flying and was an avid
pilot for over 30 years. He had
earned the reputation of an
accomplished pilot by piloting
numerous aircrafts including
his own PC12 and Robinson
44 helicopter.
Su r vivors i nclude his
wife, Cindy Hutson, to whom
he had been married for 21
years; three daughters, Alison Mello and husband, John,
of Lexington, Annie Forman
and husband, Stan, of Murray,
and Nikki Hutson of Highland
Beach. Also surviving are his
granddaughters, Aidan Mello, Audrey Mello and Lana
Forman. He also leaves his
sister, Ada Sue Selwitz and
husband, Steve, of Lexington.
His stepmother, Sue Hutson,
stepbrother, Kenny Hoover,
both of Murray, and stepsister, Gwen Hinton of Calvert
City, were also among the
survivors. He was preceded
in death by his father, Dan C.
Hutson Sr., and his mother,
Emma Sue Gibson.
Visitation will be held at
the First United Methodist
Church in Murray, Ky., on
Saturday, June 21, 2008, from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A memorial
service will be held following
visitation in the church sanctuary.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital or Murray
State Foundation in memory
of Dan C. Hutson II.
Dan touched the lives of so
many people that to make a
list of pallbearers would be
impossible. Anyone who loved
Dan and was a part of his life
is considered a pallbearer.
The J.H. Churchill Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
OBITUARIES
Ploma Norman
BENTON, Ky. — Ploma
Norman, 86, of Benton died at
6:05 a.m. Friday at Britthaven
of Benton.
Mrs. Norman is survived by
one daughter, Jan Henderson
of Murray; one son, Steve Norman of Benton; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Robert Norman, and one son, Larry Cole.
Her parents were Knox and
Roena Myres Rose.
There will be no visitation
or services. Burial will be later at Bethlehem Cemetery.
Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to Britthaven of Benton,
503 George McClain Drive,
Benton, KY 42025.
Mary Lou Hodge
Mary Lou Bryant Hodge,
75, of Tennessee Ridge, Tenn.,
formerly of Brookport, Ill.,
died at 12:45 a.m. Friday at
Kindred Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
Arrangements were incomplete at Keeling Family Funeral Home.
Henry Outland
NEW CONCORD, Ky. —
Henry Russell Outland, 77, of
New Concord died at 9:25 a.m.
Friday at his home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Blalock-Coleman &
York Funeral Home.
Lucille Moore
CALVE R T CIT Y, Ky. —
Services for Lucille Beggs
Moore, 85, of Calvert City will
be at 2 p.m.
Sunday
at Collier
Funeral
Home i n
Benton
w i t h
t h e R e v.
Johnny
Phillips
officiating.
Burial will be at Provine
Cemetery in Benton.
Mrs. Moore died Friday at
Calvert City Convalescent
Center.
She was a graduate of
Smithland High School and
a member of First Baptist
Church of Calvert City.
Surviving are her husband,
Harry Allen Moore Sr.; one
daughter, Nancy Lou Riley of
Gilbertsville; one son, Harry
Allen Moore Jr. of Calvert
City; one brother, Henry
Beggs of Reidland; five grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by four sisters and one brother. Her parents were Henry
“Chester” Beggs and Lucy
Elizabeth Smith Beggs.
Friends may call after
5 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to First Baptist Church
of Calvert City, 34 Ash St., Calvert City, KY 42029.
Funeral notices
Paid obituaries furnished to The Paducah Sun by mortuaries.
Oscar ‘Red’ Mizell Jr.
METROPOLIS, Ill. — Funeral services for Oscar “Red”
Mizell Jr., 86, of Metropolis
will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
June 22, 2008, at AikinsFarmer Funeral Home with
the Rev. Chris Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Mizell passed away
Thursday, June 20, 2008, at
his home.
“Red” was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. He
served in the National Guard
and was activated during the
Korean War. He was a selfemployed distributor for Midwest Dairy, Sheriff of Massac
County from 1970-1974, a retiree of Cablec and a county
commissioner from 1992 to
1996. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 91, Massac
County Senior Citizen’s Club,
on the board of E-AAA for
Massac County and a Massac County representative for
senior citizens volunteers. He
coached, managed and sponsored Khoury League baseball for many years.
Oscar is survived by his
wife of 65 years, Virginia;
one son, Jim Mizell and
wife, Pam, of Lone Oak, Ky.;
one daughter, Judy Nickles
and husband, Larry, of New
Smyrna Beach, Fla.; five
grandchildren, Lynn Curry
and husband, Jeff, of Mason
City, James “Bucky” Mizell of
Nashville, Tenn., Jon Mizell
of Lone Oak, Scott Coovert of
Lone Oak, and Deana Harper
and husband, Brian, of Lone
Oak; four great-grandchildren, Rachel Curry, Cody
Curry, Mackenzie Harper and
Weston Harper; and several
nieces and nephews.
Oscar was preceded in
death by his parents, Oscar and Marsha (McDaniel)
Mizell; one sister, Helen Roberts; and four brothers, Clyde,
Donald “Pete”, Julian and
James Mizell.
Friends may call from 5 to
8 p.m. on Saturday, June 21,
2008, and from noon to the funeral hour on Sunday, June
22, 2008, at Aikins-Farmer
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Immanuel
Baptist Church, 1119 Market
St., Metropolis, IL 62960.
Pallbearers: John Stallings, Jerry Pennington, Brad
Burklow, Joe Koneman, Corwin “Corky” King and Toby
Davis.
Organist: Gladys Travis.
Harold D. Lindsey
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. — Services for Harold D. Lindsey,
77, of Grand Rivers will be
at 1 p.m.
Saturday,
Ju ne 21,
2 0 0 8, at
G r a n d
Rivers
Baptist
Chu rch.
The Revs.
Mark Gill
and Allen
Jones will officiate. Burial
will be at Landrum Cemetery.
Mr. Lindsey died at 3:15
p.m. Wednesday, June 18,
2008, at Lourdes hospital in
Paducah.
He was a member of Grand
Rivers Baptist Church, where
he served as a Deacon for 40
years. Mr. Lindsey retired
from the Tennessee Valley
Authority after 39 years of
service.
Surviving are his loving
wife of 44 years, Barbara
Gray Lindsey, and several
cousins.
His parents were Lee Lindsey and Nadine Blackwell
Lindsey.
Visitation was a fter 5
p.m. Friday, June 20, 2008,
at Smith Funeral Chapel in
Smithland. Friends may also
call after 11 a.m. Saturday,
June 21, 2008, at Grand Rivers
Baptist Church.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society, 3140 Parisa Drive,
Paducah, KY 42003; or Gideons International, P.O. Box
304, Salem, KY 42078.
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Dena Clapp
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Services
for D en a C l app, 9 2 , of
Mayfield will be at 1 p.m.
Tuesday at Brown Funeral
Home in Mayfield with Bobby
Crittendon officiating. Burial
will be at Macedonia Church
Cemetery.
Mrs. Clapp died at 6:45 a.m.
Friday at Green Acres Health
Care.
She was a homemaker and
of the Church of Christ faith.
Surviving are two daughters, LaDoris Barmore of
Louisville and Judy Joiner of
Smithland; two sons, Charles
Clapp and Jimmy Clapp, both
of Mayfield; two grandsons;
and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Carlton
Clapp; one son, Phillip Clapp;
and one grandson. Her parents were James and Cassie
Edwards O’Guinn.
Friends may call after 10
a.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home.
Connie Berry
MURRAY, Ky. — Services for
Connie Berry, 56, of Murray
will be at 2 p.m. Monday at
Calvary Memorial Baptist
Chu rch i n Hopki nsvi l le
with the Rev. Larry Combs
and Tom Berry officiating.
Burial will be at Kentucky
Veterans Cemetery West in
Hopkinsville.
Mrs. Berry died at 7:10 p.m.
Thursday at Murray-Calloway
County Hospital(Story 2A).
She was a bank teller in
Christian County and Hopkinsville.
Surviving are her husband,
Tom Berry; two daughters,
Lori Holland of Hopkinsville
and Katherine Dowell of Coral Springs, Fla.; two brothers,
Wayne Heflin and Phil Heflin;
and eight grandchildren.
Her parents were Paul Heflin and Clara Bell Towler Heflin.
Friends may call after 10
a.m. Monday at the church.
Imes-Miller Funeral Home
is in charge of local arrangements. Lamb Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements in
Hopkinsville.
Mary Cain
MURRAY, Ky. — Services
for Mary Kathryne Cain,
88, of Murray will be at 2:30
p.m. Sunday at J.H. Churchill
Funeral Home with the Revs.
Charles Westfall and Brett
Miles of ficiating. Burial
will be at Murray Memorial
Gardens.
Mrs. Cain died at 4:17 p.m.
Thursday at Murray-Calloway
County Hospital.
A graduate of Paducah
Beauty School, she owned
and operated a beauty salon
in Murray for 19 years. Mrs.
Cain was a member of North
Pleasant Grove Cumberland
Presbyterian Church for
more than 50 years, where she
taught Sunday school and Bible school and was a member
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Organization.
Surviving are one daughter,
Edwina Schwier of Sea Girt,
N.J.; four sons, Joe F. Orr of
Southaven, Miss., Larry Cain
and Jimmy Cain, both of Murray, and Gregory A. Cain, of
Memphis, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, James Edwin
Cain, and one brother. Her
parents were Lamer and Ruth
Guthrie Farmer.
Friends may call after 12:30
p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.
Raymond Daack
Services for Raymond C.
Daack, 86, of West Paducah,
formerly of Dubuque, Iowa,
will be at
10 a.m.
Monday
at Mi l ner
& Orr Funeral Home
of Paducah
with the
Rev. Doug
Hughes off iciati ng.
Cremation will follow.
Mr. Daack died at 4:50 a.m.
Thursday at Medco Center of
Paducah.
A U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II, he was a retired
shipping and receiving foreman for Dubuque Packing
Company after 42 years and
a member of Milburn Chapel
Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving are his wife of 66
years, Adele Beyhl Daack; six
daughters, Judith Datisman
of Sherrill, Iowa, Hope Adams of West Paducah, Sally Jo
McDermott of Tierra Verde,
Fla., Ellen Sand of Fort Morgan, Colo., Elisabeth Wall of
Dubuque, and Michelle Millershaskie of Bay City, Mich.;
seven sons, James Daack
and Joseph Daack, both of
Dubuque, Col. Martin Daack
of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Daniel Daack of Mesa, Ariz.,
John Daack of Springfield,
Mo., Timothy Daack of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Frederick
Daack of Kevil; 32 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death
by one infant daughter, three
sisters, three brothers and
one grandchild. His parents
were Christian A. and Frances Kremer Daack.
Friends may call after 5
p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to Milburn Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
3760 Metropolis Lake Road,
West Paducah, KY 42086.
Thelma Duncan
PRINCETON, Ky. — Services
for Thelma Duncan, 78, of
Princeton will be at 2 :30
p.m. Sunday at Morgan’s
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Rodney Wallace officiating.
Burial will be at Rolling Hills
Cemetery in Eddyville.
Mrs. Duncan died at 9:04
p.m. Thursday at Regional
Medical Center in Madisonville.
She was a homemaker and
a member of Calvary Baptist
Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Donna Beckett and
Ruth Ann Viehland, both of
Princeton; one brother, Sam
“Pete” Elliott of Hawesville;
two sisters, Inez McKinney of
Princeton and Imogene Williamson of Mount Washington; two grandchildren; one
great-grandchild; and one
great-nephew.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Freeland
Duncan. Her parents were
Sam and Gola Forsythe Elliott.
Friends may call after
4 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Expressions of sympathy
may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer
Society, Greenwood Courtyard, 2425 Scottsville Road,
Suite 123, Bowling Green, KY
42104-4457.
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Hazel McKamey
MORGANFIELD, Ky. — Hazel
McKamey, 81, of Morganfield
died at 5:10 a.m. Friday at
Methodist Hospital.
She was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Morganfield and a Kentucky Colonel.
Surviving are two sons, Roy
McKamey Jr. of Paducah and
Jerry McKamey of Nashville,
Tenn.; two sisters, Pearlie Inman of Calvert City and Pauline Davis of Morganfield;
three grandchildren, Crystal
Wilkerson, Ava McKamey and
Allison Michelle McKamey;
and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Roy McKamey Sr.; three brothers; and
one sister. Her parents were
Dewey and Hannah Hensley.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday at Whitsell Funeral
Home in Morganfield with the
Rev. Jim Adams officiating.
Burial will be at Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 8
p.m. today and after 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at the funeral home.
Small town alarmed by alleged
high school pregnancy pact
Imogene Etzel
PR I N C E TO N , Ky. —
G r ave si d e s e r v ic e s fo r
Imogene Etzel, 86, of Caldwell
County will be at 3 p.m.
today at Dalton Cemetery in
Hopkins County.
Mrs. Etzel died at 6 a.m.
Thursday at her home.
She was a retired nurse.
Surviving are one daughter,
Annette Holland of Marion;
one sister ; three grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
and three nieces.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Norman Etzel; four brothers; and three
sisters. Her parents were Guy
and Marjorie Pruett Bell.
Friends may call from noon
to 2 p.m. today at Morgan’s
Funeral Home.
clearly
have not
seen that.”
T h e
story exploded after Joseph
Sullivan,
the principal of
Glouc e s Farmer
ter High
School, was quoted by Time
magazine this week as saying the girls confessed to
making such a pact. Sullivan
was on vacation Friday and
did not return calls for comment.
The superintendent said
he had no independent confirmation of a pact. But he
added: “What we do know is
there was a group of students
being tested for pregnancy
on a regular basis, which
would suggest they were
Associated Press
GLOUCESTER, Mass. —
The girls showed up repeatedly at the high school health
clinic, asking for pregnancy
tests. But their reactions to
the test results were puzzling:
high-fives if they were expecting, long faces if they weren’t.
School officials in this
hard-luck New England fishing town say an alarming 17
girls — four times the usual
number — became pregnant
this year. And even more
disturbing: Some of the girls
may have made a pact to
have babies and raise them
together.
“A typical girl you would
think would say, ‘Oh my God!
What am I going to do now?
How am I going to support
this baby? How am I going
to finish school?”’ Superintendent Christopher Farmer
said. “These young women
Briefs
Woman charged with running over mom
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — A woman with a bloodalcohol level more than three times the legal limit
for driving backed over her mother and left the
scene even though loved ones yelled, “You killed
grandma,” police said. Lisa Ann Casteel, 40, was
charged with negligent homicide and driving while
intoxicated. She was booked Wednesday in the May
17 accident and released on $3,000 bond.
Witnesses told police that Casteel backed over
her mother, Mary Jane Donn, 56, as Donn sat in a
plastic chair in a driveway, according to an arrest
affidavit. Casteel got out of her SUV, checked on
her mother, said she was breathing and drove off,
the affidavit said. Donn was taken to a hospital and
pronounced dead.
not taking steps to avoid becoming pregnant, and that
when some of them had their
babies, they appeared to be
very pleased.”
None of the girls or their
families have come forward
to confirm any type of pact,
and school and health officials have not identified any
of the youngsters.
The girls are all 16 or under, nearly all of them sophomores. The superintendent
said they have been reluctant
to identify the fathers, many
of whom are older. But one of
them “is a 24-year-old homeless guy,” the principal was
quoted as telling Time.
Student Council member
Emily Spreer said many of
the girls came from difficult
socioeconomic circumstances: “Their circle or clique,
they’re not the most fortunate family-wise.”
Man drops 80 pounds on fast food diet
QUINTON, Va. — A Virginia man lost about 80
pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at
McDonald’s. Not Big Macs, french fries and chocolate shakes. Mostly salads, wraps and apple dippers without the caramel sauce.
Chris Coleson tipped the scales at 278 pounds in
December. The 5-foot-8 Coleson now weighs 199
pounds and his waist size has dropped from 50
to 36. The 42-year-old businessman from Quinton
says he chose McDonald’s because it’s convenient.
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Juanita Cohoon
MURRAY, Ky. — Juanita
Cohoon, 83, of Murray died at
12:53 p.m. Friday at MurrayCalloway County Hospital.
She was retired from Murray State University where
she worked in the Graduate
Admissions Office for 23 years
and traveled all over the world
with her husband due to his
career in the military. Mrs.
Cohoon was a native of Murray and of the Baptist faith.
Surviving are one daughter,
Bonnie Higginson of Murray;
one son, Joe Max Cohoon of
Washington D.C.; and two sisters, Wilma Sims and Virginia Brandon, both of Murray.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Joe Nelson
Cohoon. Her parents were
Joe Futrell and Suella Evans
Futrell.
Graveside services will be
at 10 a.m. Monday at Murray
Memorial Gardens with the
Rev. Kerry Lambert officiating.
Friends may call from 4 to 6
p.m. Sunday at J.H. Churchill
Funeral Home in Murray.
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Duke Vannerson, 68, of
Paducah died at 1 p.m. Friday
at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
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Home, where friends may call
after 5 p.m. today.
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George Wiggins, 70, of
Paducah died at 6:40 p.m. Friday at Western Baptist Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Milner & Orr Funeral
Home of Paducah.
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8A • Saturday, June 21, 2008 • The Paducah Sun
Ohio teacher
close to losing
job over cross
paducahsun.com
BY DOUG WHITEMAN
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The
school board of a small
central Ohio community
voted Friday to fire a teacher
accused of preaching his
Christian beliefs and using a
device to burn the image of a
cross on students’ arms.
School board members voted 5-0 to fire Mount Vernon
Middle School science teacher John Freshwater. Board
attorney David Millstone said
Freshwater is entitled to a
hearing to challenge the dismissal.
Freshwater denies wrongdoing and will request such
a hearing, the teacher’s attorney, Kelly Hamilton, told the
Mount Vernon News.
School board members
met a day after the consulting firm H.R. On Call Inc.
released its report on the
teacher’s case.
The report came a week after a family filed a lawsuit in
U.S. District Court in Columbus against Freshwater and
the school district, saying
Freshwater burned a cross on
a child’s arm that remained
for three or four weeks.
Several students interviewed by investigators described Freshwater, who has
been employed by the school
district located 40 miles
northeast of Columbus for
21 years, as a great guy and
their favorite teacher.
But Lynda Weston, the
district’s director of teaching
and learning, told investigators that she has dealt with
complaints about Freshwater
for much of her 11-year term
at the district, the report said.
A former superintendent,
Jeff Maley, said he tried
to find another position for
Freshwater but couldn’t because he was certified only in
science, the report said.
Freshwater used a science
tool known as a high-frequency generator to burn images
of a cross on students’ arms,
the report said. Freshwater
told investigators he was trying to demonstrate the device
on several students and described the images as an “X,”
not a cross. But pictures show
a cross, the report said.
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