Carrollton bus crash survivorâ 27 years later

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THURSDAY
May 14, 2015
Page B1
VOL. 4, No. 14
Carrollton bus
crash survivor—
27 years later
Lessons learned, forgiveness, healing, community
By CATRINA FRANCIS
were killed in the crash.
Quinton Higgins, one of the survivors
of that fateful crash, was on
Choices.
Fort
Knox Friday to visit and share
Everyone has freewill to make a
his
road
to recovery and healing
good or bad one and sometimes our
with
Soldiers
from the Warrior
choices affect others. Today marks
Transition
Battalion.
Huggins also
the 27th anniversary of a choice one
showed
the
Soldiers
clips
from
man made which affected 67 people
“Impact:
After
the
Crash,”
a 2013
and their families.
documentary
that
was
created
to
On May 14, 1988, at around 10:50
note
the
25th
anniversary
of
the
p.m., Larry Mahoney made the
crash.
choice to get behind the wheel of a
For the past five years Higgins
vehicle after drinking. His choice
has
visited various schools in
shattered lives, killed 27 people,
Hardin
County and units on Fort
mostly children, and ultimately led
Knox
to
tell his story about sitting
to the worst drunken driving crash
in
row
six
on the bus, being the secin the history of the United States.
ond
to
last
person to make it off the
The crash was also devastating to
bus
alive,
and
his journey past trauone of the schools in Hardin County
ma
to
healing.
when students came to school the
He also talks about what led him
following Monday, May 16, 1988,
and found 13 of their classmates
See BUS CRASH, page A7
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Staff photo by Catrina Francis
QUINTON HIGGINS, A SURVIVOR OF THE CARROLLTON BUS CRASH, SITS IN ROW SIX, the same
seat he sat in on that fateful night May 14, 1988. Five years ago Higgins purchased a bus like
the one they were riding in that night, painted the outside with the date, and takes it to speaking
engagements to make a point to his audience.
New 911 system up and running Barr Library captures
Includes touch screens,
fully automated
safe. One of those ways is with
a new 911 system that was
added Friday.
Having a more up-to-date
system wasn’t the only thing
By CATRINA FRANCIS
driving the change. Todd Vinton,
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
the Fort Knox Fire Department’s assistant chief of trainEditor’s note: This is part
two of a two-part story series. ing, said the old system was 10
years old and it was becoming
Fort Knox is always seeking
extremely difficult to repair.
ways to ensure those who live
Deputy Fire Chief Gerald
and work on the installation are
top honors from
Library of Congress
Schiedewitz said Vinton was an
integral part of putting together
the old system 10 years ago and
they are fortunate he is still
here to install this one. The new
system allows them to have
more dispatchers and it transmits 40 percent more calls to
911.
“Prior to (May 7) the old system had reached its life span
By CATRINA
FRANCIS
which recognizes libraries and their employees
GOLD STANDARD SENIOR STAFF
for their work in a
WRITER
large library/informaIn the past few years tion center with a staff
of 11 or more federal/
the Fort Knox Barr
and or contract employLibrary’s staff has
ees, said Michael
embraced technology
and used out-of-the-box Steinmacher, Fort
Knox’s Barr Library
thinking to ensure the
library is meeting all of director.
“(Barr Library) was
its customers’ needs.
Doing so paid off when recognized as a federal
library for its innovaBarr was named the
tion in service provision
2014 Federal Library/
for focuses on commuInformation Center of
nity and meeting the
the Year in April.
needs of its customers,”
FEDLINK is a program though the
See LIBRARY, page A4
Library of Congress
See New 911, page A9
CASA participants discuss difficulties in recruiting
By NICK JANEWAY
USAREC PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE
The state of Army
recruiting was a major
topic during the annual
Civilian Aides to the
Secretary of the Army
Conference in
Huntsville, Alabama,
May 5. The event
brought together representatives from all 50
states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico,
American Samoa, the
Virgin Islands, Guam
and the
Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana
Islands, to learn from
each other and share
their experiences.
During a panel discussion, Maj. Gen.
Allen Batschelet, commanding general of
U.S. Army Recruiting
Command; Maj. Gen.
Peggy Combs, commanding general of
U.S. Army Cadet
Command; and Maj.
Gen. Tom Seamands
from Army G-1, highlighted the current
Army accessions and
personnel readiness
challenges.
Finding qualified
Soldiers is becoming
more difficult, according to Batschelet.
“There are three categories that prevent
someone from joining
the Army: moral, academic and physical fitness,” he said. “Twenty
percent of all young
people today are disqualified because they
are obese. By 2020, that
number could be 50
percent.”
Batschelet also said
Armed Services
Vocational Aptitude
Battery-related issues
are contributing to the
struggles recruiters
face.
“It is the most reliable aptitude test that’s
ever been developed,
and its use is eroding
because of other standardized testing and
curriculum,” he said.
Chuck Henderson,
the CASA representative from western
Kentucky, had some
concerns regarding
recruiting.
“People are asking,
‘why do I want to join
the Army when people
are being put out of the
Army?’ For those who
are 18-21 years old,
their influencers and
parents may have been
put out themselves,” he
said. “The challenge
going forward is the
perception these influencers have been left
with as a result of this
drawdown.”
Combs approached
the panel discussion
from the Reserve
Officers’ Training
Corps perspective.
“We are fundamentally changing everything we do,” she said.
“We are transforming
our complete curriculum. All cadet tactical
training will now take
place in one location at
Fort Knox.”
Combs challenged
the CASA representatives to visit ROTC
cadets whenever possible to see first-hand
how the program generates the Army’s
future leaders. Combs
also explained that
ROTC has one distinct
recruiting advantage.
“We have an edge.
Our strength is that we
are a total component
commissioning source,”
she said. “We commission for the National
INSIDE
Vietnam, H4H events May 14-17
FORT KNOX PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The Fort Knox community is invited to
attend the Vietnam Traveling Wall exhibit,
related events and the annual Hooray for
Heroes in Radcliff.
■ The Vietnam Traveling Wall exhibit
and ceremonies are scheduled for Thursday through Sunday on East Lincoln Trail
Boulevard across from Arby’s in Radcliff,
with a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m.
■ Training
A3
(L TO R) DEPUTY LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS DAVID MAO
IS SHOWN WITH BARR LIBRARY DIRECTOR MICHAEL
STEINMACHER and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Community
Recreation Chief Mark Wicker after Fort Knox’s Barr Library was
named Federal Library of the Year. Steinmacher and Wicker were
presented the award May 5 in Washington, D.C.
See USAREC CASA,
page A9
AROUND KNOX
INDEX
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
Friday. Fort Knox Garrison Command-er
Col. T.J Edwards and Kentucky
Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Heather French Henry will speak.
■ The annual Hooray for Heroes will
take place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the
lot between Radcliff WalMart and Stithton
Baptist Church. Cadet Command and Fort
Knox Command Sergeant Maj. Gabriel
Arnold will be there to represent Fort Knox
and will deliver remarks at the event’s
noon ceremony.
■ Knox Notes
A8
■ Leisure
Leisure
Barren River
Park hosts
30th annual
Glasgow
Highland Games
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Soldiers from KYNG tough-out
the Boston Tough Ruck
Event honors
military members
who were KIA or
died from suicide
Foundation were making in the lives of
Soldiers in need we
knew we wanted to be a
part of it,” said Turner.
More than 230 people participated in the
event. In addition to a
large number of service
members, numerous
By SCOTT RAYMOND firemen, police officers
KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD
and civilians also took
on the challenge.
For the second year
Gregory said it was
in a row, Kentucky
Guardsmen participat- impressive to
Photo by Capt. Kyle Ferrier
ed in the Boston Tough see the outpouring of
KENTUCKY GUARDSMEN ARE GREETED BY THE ADJUTANT
support for fallen
Ruck in Concord,
heroes. That support of GENERAL for Massachusetts, Maj. Gen. Scott Rice (third from
Massachusetts.
right) at the Boston Tough Ruck in Concord, Massachusetts, April
remembrance is what
First Lt. Carson
18. The event brought more than 230 service members and first
event
officials
say
make
Gregory with the
responders to Minuteman National Historical Park for the 26.2
the
tough
ruck
so
spe2123rd Transportation
mile ruck march.
Company organized the cial.
“What
stood
out
for
team to compete in the
Soldier meant to them, is a great feeling,”
me was the number of
April 18 event. Staff
put the strain and priv- Turner said. “The comSgt. Jarred Turner and streamers, the names of ilege of the event into
munity is also very
fallen Soldiers, that
Sgt. Nick Holloway,
perspective for me.”
patriotic, their support
were
carried
on
also from the 2123rd
The
event
is
run
by
is what keeps us going.”
Saturday,” said Gregory.
were joined by 1st Lt.
roughly
100
volunteers,
The Kentucky team
Christopher Cook from “Even with the hunfrom military families
trained for months prior
dreds
of
the 299th Chemical
to Boy
to the ruck, logging
names
I took the opportunity
Company to round out
Scout
more than 300 miles
that
the team.
to ask about the
troops.
combined to prepare for
particiThe race, which took
names other Soldiers
The Ken- the 26.2 miles. Turner
pants
place in Concord’s
were carrying.
tuckians said it was all about
regisMinuteman National
all
Hearing
the
stories,
practice and hydration,
tered
Historical Park, is a
agreed
but the focus remained
and how much that
ahead
26.2-mile event held in
that the
on them doing this as a
particular
Soldier
of time,
conjunction with the
atmoteam. Holloway said he
the
meant to them, put
Boston Marathon.
sphere,
was doing it to support
amount
the strain and priviThe Tough Ruck is a
while
his fellow Soldiers he
of addilege of the event into
program of the Military tional
not the
marched with and to
perspective for me.
Friends Foundation to
original
help them achieve their
names
honor military memroute or
goal, as well as his own.
1st Lt. Carson Gregory
created
bers who have been
size of
Those goals were
2123rd Transportation
before
killed in action or died
the
Company
measured
in accomthe
of suicide. Funds raised start of
Boston
plishments and memofrom the race go to ben- the race was humbling.” Marathon, has its own
ries.
efit military families.
This year hit home
“I took the opportuni- special feel that is
“No one knows a
appropriate for the loca- for Holloway as they
ty to ask about the
Soldier like another
tion and the cause.
marched in memory of
names other Soldiers
Soldier. When we heard were carrying. Hearing
“Crossing the finish
past Soldiers. Not
of the great strides that the stories, and how
line to be greeted by the long before the ruck, he
the Military Friends
Gold/Blue Star families lost his grandfather
much that particular
“
Photo by 1st Lt. Carson Gregory
KENTUCKY GUARDSMEN MARCH IN THE BOSTON TOUGH RUCK
in Concord, Massachusetts, April 18. The Kentuckians were easy
to spot with their large U.S. and University of Kentucky flags.
who was former military and a Kentucky
state trooper.
“I told my Papaw
before he passed that I
was going to participate
in the Boston Marathon
Tough Ruck this year,
and he was extremely
proud that I am setting
such a goal, and putting
myself in a position to
help others,” said
Holloway. “On a personal note, that’s a big part
of who my Papaw was,
and a great man that I
looked up to.”
“With 2015 marking
the second consecutive
year Kentucky Soldiers
have accepted the
event’s challenge, it
supports the idea that
Kentucky Guardsmen
are always up for a
challenge,” said Gregory.
“The act of Soldiers
pushing themselves to
limits like these speaks
volumes about the dedication, drive, and determination of Soldiers
and units we have here
in the Commonwealth.”
Gregory is looking
forward to another
opportunity to do the
ruck march. As are his
troops.
“It wasn’t two days—
in fact, we were on the
drive home from
Boston—when my
Soldiers were asking
about plans to participate in the Tough Ruck
next year. Who knows—
maybe we’ll try for a
three-peat.” ■
“
VE Day vets gather for 70th anniversary
WWII aircraft
practice for flyover
at National Mall
Airport in Virginia to
thought I’d be doing
put their memories into anything like this at 96
words and to see the
years old.”
planes they remember
The B-29s were
so well take to the skies brought into service
again.
toward the end of the
It was a rare
war and were most
moment—seeing two
famous for one thing—
By KATIE LANGE
B-17
Flying
Fortresses,
dropping the atomic
DOD NEWS, DEFENSE MEDIA
a B-24 Liberator and
bombs.
ACTIVITY
the only remaining air“Two days after (the
Imagine—you’re in
borne B-29
first bomb drop), we all
your 90s, and you’re
Superfortress together
got pictures of what
looking at some of the
on a runway. The airhappened in Hiroshima.
bombers you remember craft
We looked
all too well from your
were
at these
I lived my dreams.
days fighting in World
practicpictures
I got to do what
War II. Memories would ing for
and we
every fighter pilot
come flooding back, just the
couldn’t
in the world
as they did for a few
Arsenal
believe
wants to do—
veterans as the nation
of Demothat one
engage the
gets set to commemocracy
airplane
rate the 70th anniversa- Flyover
enemy and win.
had done
ry of Victory in Europe
at the
all the
Bud Anderson
Day.
National
damage
Army Air Forces
May 8, 1945, marked Mall in
we had
fighter pilot
the toppling of Hitler’s
Washingdone with
Nazi regime and the
ton, D.C.,
450 airend of World War II on
70 years after VE Day.
planes,” Vaucher said.
the Western front. It’s a
“I can’t believe I’m
“It was almost unbelievday the world should
here to experience this,” able.”
never forget.
said retired Army Air
One feisty vet experiAhead of the comCorps Lt. Col. Bob
enced the VE Day pracmemoration, a few vetVaucher, who flew 117
tice flights firsthand.
erans—in their 90s, but missions, including the
Urban Rahoi, 96, was a
still as witty as they
first and last B-29
B-17 captain with the
were in their prime—
flights over Japan.
15th Air Force’s 463rd
gathered at the
“Never in my wildest
Bomb Group and fought
Manassas Regional
dreams would I have
in Africa and Italy
“
“
THE CREW OF THE B-24 DIAMOND LIL PARKS AFTER A TEST FLIGHT. Diamond Lil was used as a
personnel and cargo carrier during WWII. It’s painted in the colors and markings of the 98th Bomb
Group, Pyramiders of the 9th Air Force in North Africa. - See more at: http://www.dodlive.mil/index.
php/2015/05/vets-reflect-bombers-reunite-70-years-after-ve-day/#sthash.n5z09e2p.dpuf
during WWII. He said
he never had any fear
while flying then—“If I
live, I live. If I’m meant
to die, I die”—and he
certainly didn’t have
any reservations now.
He went up with the
crew of one of the B-17’s
at the flyover practice.
“I know two (current)
Air Force majors, and
they said they feel I
could fly those planes
myself right now, but I
have no desire to do it,”
Rahoi said while laughing.
He did get to fly a
B-17 again just last
year.
“It was kind of
unique how it happened. Two guys flew it
ahead of me and made
rough landings. I
thought I was going to
have to fly in the right
seat (as co-pilot). So the
guy in the right seat
gets out, and I was getting ready to get up in
there when the guy in
the left seat (commanding pilot) gets out, turns
around and says,
‘Captain, your seat,’”
Rahoi said. “When I sat
in that seat, I felt like I
never left it.”
Rahoi—who looks 75,
not 96—credited his
youthfulness to his
wife’s attitude and common sense. He said he’s
thankful for the commemoration, “the fact
that somebody remembers it, what we did and
what it was for.”
Another vet showed
that same youthful exuberance and positivity.
Karnig Thomasian, 91,
was a B-29 left gunner
with the U.S. Army Air
Forces’ 20th Air Force
in the China-BurmaIndia Theater, when his
plane went down in
December 1944 over
Rangoon, Burma. As
one of the few to survive
the crash, he was taken
prisoner by Japanese
DOD courtesy photos
KARNIG THOMASIAN, 91, WAS A B-29 LEFT GUNNER with the
U.S. Army Air Forces 20th Air Force in the China-Burma-India
Theater. He was a Japanese POW. Here, he happily stands with
his daughter, Karla Robertson.
forces and thrown into a
prisoner of war camp,
where he faced isolation, interrogations and
beatings.
His camp was liberated by the British long
after VE Day, but it’s
still a day he will never
forget.
“It just made you feel
great, because now they
can really hone in and
get us out of there,”
Thomasian remembered.
Despite all he had
seen and been through,
Thomasian never let
the stresses of war get
him down.
“In all these crazy
moments, there are
moments that you’d
have to laugh, which
really keeps you going.
To survive in prison, I
think one of the chief
things is you have to
decide whether you’re
going to capitulate and
just go back into yourself and die, or you’re
going to say, ‘Hey. I’m
living. I’m breathing.
I’m going to go on and
succeed, and I’m getting
out of here,’” he said.
That positive sentiment was a theme with
the veterans, who had
seen so much over their
long lives.
“I lived my dreams. I
got to do what every
fighter pilot in the
world wants to do—
engage the enemy and
win,” said Bud
Anderson, an Army Air
Forces fighter pilot who
flew 116 missions, mostly escorting heavy
bombers over Europe.
“Our mission was to
destroy the Luftwaffe
and then allow the
invasion of Europe to
happen,” Anderson told
a slew of reporters.
Neils Agather is the
unit leader for the
B-29/B-24 Squadron of
the Commemorative Air
Force. He pilots the
B-29 that’s part of the
VE Day commemorations—Fifi, which is
named after his mother.
The plane tours around
the country, as do the
other restored bombers.
The restored bombers are four of more
than 50 World War
II-era aircraft to be part
of the commemoration’s
Arsenal of Democracy
Flyover down D.C.’s
Independence Avenue.
The flights mark the
first time since 9/11
that any civilian aircraft can fly over that
restricted airspace. ■
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cent of all private
action officer to visit
Steinmacher and his
dane stuff like work
each alcoholic beverage
said Steinmacher, is
motor vehicle fatalities the displays and said
staff. Last year the
around
the
house
and
consumer in or on the
about
three
things:
that
year.
she
liked
the
snake
the
library was given
mow the yard,” said
it’s about the staff,
The Army’s motorcy- rangers from the Army water to equal three on
Department of Defense
command support, and
Mraz. “Whether we’re
cle safety campaign,
Corps of Engineers had land.
premier library status.
customers.
engaged
in
those
“You’re in the sun
‘Ready
or
Not?’,
at their table.
Every year all DOD
“We have a huge
high-adventure fun
acknowledges Soldiers
“We bring the snake constantly. So you’re
libraries have to go
amount of support
things or the boring
and civilian will take
out to attract people to obviously dehydrated a
through a check sheet
from our command and
things. We have to be
lot. Combined with the
advantage of the warm come up and talk to
that has standards
if
we
didn’t
have
the
conscious
of
the
safety
rocking of the boat, and
weather
and
off-duty
us,”
said
Adam
which are measured on
resources to (work with),
risks that can occur if
time to motorcycle.
Vanzant, a Rough River constant motion with
different levels.
the staff wouldn’t be able we’re not paying attenTo that end, HRC
Lake park ranger from it, it makes you feel
Last year Barr
to deliver,” said
tion.”
became the first Army
motorcycle mentor
the Corps of Engineers. more impaired,” he
One of the biggest
said.
library to meet all of the Steinmacher. “It’s about
Master Sgt. Deanna
“People either love
areas of concern for
To learn more about
conditions and standards the customer, that’s
Czarnecki and her
snakes or hate them,
what’s driving everyunder this program,
Soldiers and Army
team set up station to
there is no in between. HRC’s motorcycle menthing. It’s about providSteinmacher said.
civilians is the increase educate riders on the
torship program, call
Either way, it gives us
The staff also received ing the best service we
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the opportunity to talk (502) 624-3141.
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Regional Library of the
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2010.
Steinmacher believes
that being given premier
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was an indirect helping
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T HURSDAY , M AY 14, 2015
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Thoughts on Asian-Pacific
Heritage month,
100th Infantry Bn, 442 RCT
COMMENTARY
Military spouse appreciation,
not just another observance
The calendar is full
of obscure national holidays.
Why, in the last
week alone,
we’ve
been
encouraged to
celebrate
National
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Parfait
Day, Beer Pong Day,
Scurvy Awareness Day,
and National Lumpy
Rug Day.
Last month, we
were afforded the
opportunity to recognize Ex Spouse Day,
National High Five
Day, Bat Appreciation
Day, and National
Cheeseball Day. And
next month, we’ll gear
up for World Jugglers’
Day, Hug Your Cat
Day, and Waffle Iron
Day.
And nestled in there
— among all those
weird holidays praising
Paul Bunyan, Peach
Blossoms, and Ear
Muffs — on the Friday
before Mother’s Day, is
Military Spouse
Appreciation Day.
Is Military Spouse
Appreciation Day a
real holiday? Or is it
just another unsung
observance like
Extraterrestrial
Abductions Day and
Tell a Fairy Tale Day?
According to Jacob
Stein of the
Congressional
Research Service, there
are only “11 permanent
federal holidays established by law … New
Year’s Day, Martin
Luther King Jr.’s
Birthday, Inauguration
Day (every four years
following a presidential
election), George
Washington’s Birthday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Veterans Day,
Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day.”
The vast majority of
“National Holidays”
such as Grandparents’
Day, Squirrel
Appreciation Day and
even Halloween are not
established by an act of
congress, but rather,
are the result of widely
recognized tradition,
brilliant corporate marketing campaigns, or a
bunch of goofy college
kids who are good at
social media.
However, there are
some special days of
the year that, although
they are not deemed to
be federal holidays,
have so much national
significance that the
President of the United
States issues an annual proclamation calling
upon the public to
honor the cause, event
or individual.
Military Spouse
Appreciation Day is
one of those significant
public observances.
In 1984, President
Ronald Reagan established Military Spouse
Appreciation Day by
Proclamation 5184, recognizing the countless
sacrifices and unselfish
contributions made by
military spouses since
the days of the
Continental Army:
“(Military spouses)
subordinated their personal and professional
aspirations to the
greater benefit of the
service family.
Responding to the call
of duty, they frequently
endured long periods of
separation or left familiar surroundings and
friends to reestablish
their homes in distant
places. And there they
became American
ambassadors abroad.
As volunteers, military
spouses have provided
exemplary service and
leadership in educational, community, rec-
reational, religious,
social and cultural
endeavors. And as parents and homemakers,
they preserve the cornerstone of our nation’s
strength—the
American family.”
Thirty years later,
military spouses continue to support their
husbands, wives, families and country,
despite facing serious
career obstacles and
family hardships
because of their unpredictable, mobile military lifestyle. Why
don’t we recognize
“accountant spouses,”
“engineer spouses,” or
“chef spouses” in the
same way as military
spouses? Because being
a military spouse is not
just a description based
upon a husband or
wife’s job—it’s a lifestyle commitment that
requires a sense of
duty, honor and patriotism.
Especially now, it’s
crucial that the public
shows its appreciation
for our all-volunteer
military force, along
with the family members at home. Like
their husbands and
wives, military spouses
need to know that their
sacrifices are worth it.
This year, Military
Spouse Appreciation
Day (fell) on May 8th.
During the week
you may have felt compelled to celebrate Star
Wars Day (May 4),
Ferret Day (May 5),
and Lost Sock
Memorial Day (May 9),
but carve a little time
out of your busy calendar to recognize a truly
important national holiday.
On May 8th, we
commemorated
Military Spouse
Appreciation Day by
acknowledging that,
not only is it a real holiday, it’s really important. ■
By DR. ROBERT KANE
launch from the Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, on Jan. 28, 1986.
Congress posthumously promoted
Moments in Asian-Pacific
him to colonel, and the Air Force
American History:
renamed Sunnyvale Air Force
In 1978, Congress established
Station, California, after Onizuka
Asian-Pacific American Heritage
on Jan. 26, 1994. The Air Force
Week to celebrate the achieveofficially closed the installation in
ments and contributions of Asian
September 2011.
and Pacific Islander Americans to
Another part of the AsianU.S. history and culture. In 1990,
Pacific
American heritage is the
President George H.W. Bush
Army’s
100th Infantry Battalion
extended the celebration to the
and
the
442nd Regimental Combat
entire month.
On Oct. 23, 1992, Congress offi- Team, which was made up of
cially designated May of each year Japanese-Americans from Hawaii
and others that were held in
as Asian American and Pacific
Islander Heritage Month to recog- detention camps. The detention
camps were established by the U.S.
nize the achievements and contrigovernment in February 1942 in
butions of Americans of Asian or
result of the attack
Pacific Islander
on Pearl Harbor by
ancestry to the rich
DID YOU KNOW...
the Japanese
heritage and cultural
Imperial Navy on
fabric of the U.S.
■ Air Force Col. Ellison Onizuka
Dec. 7, 1941, and
The theme for
was a mission specialist aboard
housed 120,000
2015 is “Many
the space shuttle Challenger.
Japanese-Americans
Cultures, One Voice:
■ Daniel Inouye was the first
who had been living
Promote Equality
congressman of Japanese
in Pacific Coast
and Inclusion.”
ancestry, a WWII vet and part of
states.
Congress selected
the 442nd RCT.
They, like the
May for this celebraTuskegee Airmen,
tion because it
fought prejudice at
includes the anniverhome, as well as tyranny overseas,
saries of the arrival in the U.S. of
during World War II.
the first Japanese immigrants on
By May 1945, the 442nd RCT
May 7, 1843, and the completion of
and the 100th IB, fighting in Italy
the first transcontinental railroad
and southern France, had become
on May 10, 1869, partially by the
the most highly decorated U.S. millabor of thousands of Chinese
itary units of their size. They had
immigrants
accumulated more than 18,000
The term “Asia-Pacific Islands”
individual decorations for bravery,
includes the continent of Asia; the
Pacific island groups of Melanesia, including 18 Medals of Honor; 52
Distinguished Service Crosses; and
Micronesia and Polynesia; the
9,500 Purple Hearts, with many
island groups of the Western and
Soldiers earning multiple awards.
Central Pacific, such as the
Philippines and the Marianas; and In addition, the two units collectively received seven Presidential
Hawaii, the 50th state of the U.S.
Unit Citations.
About 5 percent of the population
One of the most well-known
of the U.S. is of Asian or Pacific
members of the 442nd RCT was
Islander descent.
Daniel Inouye, the first U.S. conPerhaps the most well-known
gressman of Japanese ancestry
Air Force member of Asian-Pacific
and the second longest-serving
Islander ancestry is Ellison
senator. During World War II, he
Onizuka. Born in 1946 in Hawaii,
received a battlefield commission
he entered the Air Force in
January 1970 and flew a variety of and promotion to second lieutenant. He also received several
aircraft, eventually logging more
decorations to include the
than 1,700 flying hours. In
January 1978, he became an astro- Distinguished Service Cross, which
was later upgraded to the Medal of
naut candidate for NASA.
Honor in 2000. He is among 30
Onizuka flew his first space
Asian-Americans who have
shuttle mission aboard the
Discovery in January 1985. He was received America’s highest military
award. He served as U.S. senator
a mission specialist aboard the
orbiter Challenger when it explod- from Hawaii from to 1963 until his
death on Dec. 17, 2012. ■
ed a little over one minute after
AIR UNIVERSITY DIRECTOR OF HISTORY
‘Soldier for life,’ not just a slogan, also a program
By FRANK JOHNSTON
TRANSITION SERVICES MANAGER
The Soldier Life Cycle is
an Army initiative that started on Oct. 1, 2014. It capitalizes on a holistic approach to
the military life cycle career
of a Soldier. The U.S. Army
takes care of teammates by
ensuring soldiers start strong,
serve strong and reintegrate
strong so they remain Army
Strong by serving their communities after they leave the
Army.
The Soldier for Life—
Transition Assistance Office
conducts engagements to
develop understanding and
awareness of the new program to assist commanders,
leaders of all ranks to under-
stand the process and concept
of the life cycle. How can a
commander or leader help
Soldiers meet the public law
for the Soldier Life Cycle if
they don’t understand the
concept? As leaders, they
have to know what to do for a
career plan while in-service,
Army career tracker, e-Benefits, or where to send Soldiers
to meet Soldier Life Cycle
mandates. This seminar is
designed to give them the
concept and point them
towards the tools.
The Fort Knox SFL-TAP
will present eight seminars
for unit commanders and
leaders to assist you in understanding the Soldier Life
Cycle requirements. This will
include a segment on the
Army career tracker which is
the main method of tracking
a Soldier’s development.
All unit commanders, command sergeants major, commissioned officers, warrant
officers, first sergeants, and
NCO leaders of all ranks
should attend.
The symposiums will be
held every Thursday during
the months of May and June
in Bldg. 1378, classroom No.
2, Graham Hall, from 1:30 to
3 p.m.
The Army is committed to
helping the newest veteran’s
transition into a “career
ready” status, and enter an
established network that connects them with the opportunities they need to succeed as
Soldiers for Life. Key ele-
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THE GOLD STANDARD
Army vet receives final ECTC degree,
brings total four, 18 certifications
Plans to continue
education
By ANNA TAYLOR
THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE
Lawrence Moorman could
not stop at earning one certificate or an associate degree
from Elizabethtown
Community and Technical
College.
At the college’s graduation
ceremony Monday evening at
Central Hardin High School,
Moorman officially will receive
his final degree, putting his
total at four different associate degrees and 18 certifications, all of which are from
technical programs.
“These guys have taught
me so much,” Moorman said.
“From the time I started until
now, it’s been great. We’re
talking about four different
programs so once you learn
one, you’ve got to change gears
to learn another.”
Moorman, 52, of Radcliff,
started at ECTC in 2003 and
has been attending steadily
ever since, averaging around
15 hours each semester.
His transcript includes
degrees in construction carpentry, electrical technology,
plumbing technology and
HVAC technology.
Among his 18 certifications
are electrician trainee levels I
and II, finish plumber, plumber estimator, carpenter helper,
residential site layout assist,
rough carpenter and residential roofer, plus others.
Moorman said his resume is
five pages long.
“Each one is so unique
because they’re just so different,” Moorman said. “But
when you look at a house,
that’s the envelope. That’s like
taking a puzzle and putting it
all together.”
Moorman said once he completed one degree, he wanted
to keep going.
“The construction side of
the house just showed me so
much,” he said. “So you had
the frame so what goes inside
the frame? Then we went with
the electrical side of the
house…Once I finished the
electrical program, now you go
into plumbing (and then
HVAC).”
Moorman plans to continue
attending school in
Elizabethtown, enrolling at
Western Kentucky University
for civil engineering until he
has to commute to the school’s
main campus in Bowling
Green. From there, he hopes
to become a project manager
or inspector.
“I think with today’s society
and the changing of what’s
going on out here, you have to
be versatile,” he said. “You
have to be able to go into one
field and be able to adapt and
go into another.”
Prior to ECTC, Moorman
was in combat arms in the
U.S. Army and then became
an instructor and recruiter. He
earned an associate degree in
criminal justice and currently
works for the U.S. Army’s
Directorate of Emergency
Services at Fort Knox after
retiring from the Army.
“(Fort) Knox really allowed
me to work on my degrees and
my classes and maintain a
GPA that I wanted,” Moorman
said.
Moorman said one of his
first instructors, Chuck
Robinson, made a strong
impression on him. He said
Robinson was a very thorough
and an attention-to-detail
man who was a good instructor. Robinson taught construction carpentry and had about
20 years of experience in the
field and 10 years in the classroom when Moorman took his
class.
“He knew what he was
talking about,” Moorman said.
“When you would sit in his
classroom, we did what we
call the crawl, walk, run method. You talk about it in the
book’s perspective, put it on
the board and get the theory
of it. Then second, we do it
together and then third, we
did it on our own. So if we
made a mistake, we made it in
there because if we do it out
in the field, that’s going to cost
(someone) money.”
Moorman also works with
all age groups for Habitat for
Humanity on projects. He said
he has worked on all stages of
the house projects.
Moorman said his organization with work, school, family
life, personal appointments,
Habitat projects and anything
else is all about planning. He
said being a supervisor in the
military helped instill discipline and self-motivation.
Moorman keeps a calendar
updated with all of his commitments.
He also captures photos,
sometimes as much or more
than 400 at a time, for each
project site he works on or visits because he said those pictures can be used later as a
reference tool.
“I’m very proud of
Lawrence,” said Bobby Bow,
plumbing program coordinator. “He’s going toward the
plan that I saw the future for
him. He’s that good.” ■
FORT KNOX
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
School Board to meet
Wednesday in
Crittenberger Central
Staff Offices
By JERRY LEITZELL
FORT KNOX COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS
The Wednesday School
Board meeting will be held at
the Crittenberger Central
Staff Offices at 5 p.m.
Previously, the Wednesday
meeting was scheduled at
Fort Knox High School at
1:30 p.m.
Two items are on the business agenda: FKCS Board
Policy Manual and, second,
discussion of the document
provided to board members
by the board president
regarding board procedures.
The board meeting is open
to the community, and public
participation is encouraged.
Crittenberger Central
Staff Offices are located in
Bldg. 4553, 281 Fayette Ave.
School calendar
of events online
The Fort Knox Schools
system has assembled a master calendar showcasing
schools’ activities of interest
to parents and other community members. The calendar
lists events, except sports,
scheduled in all four Fort
Knox Schools. Current examples are a band performance,
a luau spring dance, and a
scholastic book fair. Parents
with children in different
schools and grades can now
more easily plan to attend
school events. The master
calendar is online at www.
am.dodea.edu/knox/FKCSCO/
Pages/SEI.html.
FKHS yearbook
on sale now
The Fort Knox High
School yearbook is currently
on sale for $55. An engraved
nameplate is available for an
additional $5. Check or cash
can be accepted at the high
school. Payments should be
brought to Ms. Hibberd.
Credit card orders can be
made online at yearbookordercenter.com. The
school code is 10460.
School Information
Guide available online
The Fort Knox
Community Schools
Information Guide is available. Guide contents for
school year 2014-15 include
key programs and services,
the calendar, policies, immunization requirements, and
much more. Download the
FKCS Guide (433KB PDF) to
print and keep. Go to www.
am.dodea.edu/knox/ fkcsco/
and then click on FKCS
Guide.
Parents can contact
FKCS board via
web-based email system
By JERRY LEITZELL
FORT KNOX COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS
Parents and legal guardians of students attending
the Fort Knox Community
Schools are invited to
contact the board of education via its web-based email
system.
Established in October
2008, the system aims to
inform the board members
and the superintendent of
specific issues in a timely
fashion.
Dr. Frank Calvano, the
Kentucky District superintendent, said that the webmail system would give the
board time to address the
issues—questions, comments
and concerns—before the
next monthly board meeting.
“All board members will
see the emails,” he said.
Calvano also said student
sponsors could use the web
page link to submit a proposed agenda item.
“We prefer use of the
email system so we can prepare to answer at the board
meeting,” said Calvano.
Using the system would
not replace public participation at a board meeting, he
said, “but the board might
have to get back to them the
subsequent month rather
than being able to answer
questions immediately.”
The web link is www.am.
dodea.edu/knox/fkcsco/ Pages/
BoardofEducation.htm.
Look for The Gold Standard online at www.fkgoldstandard.com
THE GOLD STANDARD
Bus crash: ‘You have a choice,’ it can affect many lives
■ From Page A1
Unsung hero made
lifelong impact on Soldier
By CATRINA
FRANCIS
Photo courtesy of the News-Enterprise
THE CHARRED REMAINS OF A SCHOOL BUS used by Radcliff First Assembly of God church to
travel to King’s Island amusement park in Ohio after the 1988 disaster.
Since he’s been
Germany, (support was
talking to students and
coming) from all over.”
adults Higgins hopes
Higgins admits to
his story will make
still having days when
them think before they
he’s angry, but he still
decide to drink and
chooses to forgive
drive. He said talking
because he sees
about the crash also
Mahoney as a human
helps him heal because
being.
Even though Higgins the more he speaks
about it the more memhad survived a horrific
crash and was relatively ories have come to light,
he said.
OK physically after
“Instead of keeping it
spending a month in
the hospital he was still bottled in I’m able to
deal with it,” Higgins
hurt in other ways. At
said. “It empowers me
the age of 16 years old
he started going down a to speak. Most importantly, it’s just the fact
path of destruction.
seeing
Higgins
young
began
Whatever you’ve
people
drinking
gone through and
come up
and do
people have hurt
to me saywhat he
you … somewhere
ing,
said was
you say, ‘I forgive.’
‘you’ve
“crazy
It doesn’t mean it’s
changed
stuff”
going to go away.
my perand
People are being
ception of
realized
taught (that’s what
drinking
he could
and drivhave
happens with foring,’ or
gone
giveness).
‘I will
through
Quinton Higgins
never
the
Crash survivor
do it’ or
same
‘I will
thing as
find someone to be a
Mahoney.
Although it was alco- designated driver.’
Making an impact,
hol that almost cost
that’s really what’s most
Higgins his life, as a
important (to me).”
survivor he didn’t shy
Higgins also wants
away from drinking
even though he grew up people to remember
in a house with a father that making the wrong
who drank every week- choice could possibly
have a catastrophic outend.
come. When the chilHe said his father
was known as the town dren and adults boarded the bus that
drunk. Higgins added
Saturday morning it
that his dad was a
was for fun. Little did
“smart drunk” because
some of the mothers
he would go to work
know it would be the
Monday through
last time they saw their
Thursday and then
children alive.
come home every
Everyone has a choice
Thursday evening and
and Higgins said no one
drink for the next four
should allow someone to
days.
drink and drive.
He also said the
“Don’t take the
Carrollton crash could
have easily been caused
by his father because he
would drink and drive
and even spent six
months in jail after hitting a woman and her
daughter.
“I’ve seen my dad
(drive) 60 miles per
hour, hit an embankment and (be thrown
through) the windshield
(and) not have a scratch
on him, he (could) have
died,” he explained
about his father’s
drunken driving.
Higgins, father of
three girls ages 22, 18,
and 8, said they think
he’s shown courage by
telling his story to others. He added that since
the event was 27 years
ago it’s difficult for his
girls to think something
like that could happen
to them.
Although his girls
believe he can sometimes be a little overprotective and overbearing, Higgins explained
it’s because he understands the magnitude of
how quickly life can
change. He said, the
kids on the bus that day
had no idea what was
going to happen and
how their lives would
change. Higgins’ girls
will often tell him,
“Dad, we know, we
know.”
However, he tells
them, “When you head
out that door you’re like
every other young person, you don’t think. I
want you to hear Dad’s
voice in your head when
you’re out there.”
“
“
to eventually forgive
Mahoney. Higgins was
about 26 years old
when he finally forgave
the man who caused
the horrific crash which
left him burned and
many who he called
friends, including his
best friend Anthony
Marks, dead.
“After (the crash) I
lived such a destructive
life and I was always
angry,” Higgins
explained about his
behavior. “A lot of my
mom’s friends, the ‘old
timers’ would come up
to me and say, ‘God has
a plan for you.’ I would
say, ‘no he didn’t.’
That’s what I thought.
“Why did all those
kids die and I survived?
I was just so angry and
starting about age 26 I
decided to forgive him.”
It would take
Higgins seven more
years before he completely understood the
magnitude of forgiveness. He admits to saying he forgave, but it
wasn’t until he was 33
years old and had given
his life to Christ before
he understood what
that word meant.
“I gave my life to the
Lord and I fully understood,” he said. “I was
walking around saying
it and not actually feeling it. At 33 I started
being at peace and seeing (Mahoney) as a
human being, and I
didn’t want to be angry
anymore. It released
me.”
He said when he
speaks of forgiveness
sometimes people will
look at him strangely
and question how he
could possibly forgive
someone who almost
ruined his life. His
answer is that doing so
gives him peace.
“I still struggle, and
because I gave my life
to God and who I am
through Christ … I
have to,” he said. “I
know some survivors
who don’t forgive and I
get that. What I tell
survivors (is), ‘you guys
have the right to feel
how you want to. I pray
you forgive. I understand how you still feel.
But, for Quinton
Higgins, I had to do it.’”
However, his message isn’t just for the
crash victims–anyone
going through life
changing events can
learn from his experience.
“Whatever you’ve
gone through and people have hurt you …
somewhere you say, ‘I
forgive.’ It doesn’t
mean it’s going to go
away. People are being
taught (that’s what happens with forgiveness).”
And he pointed out
he learned what it
meant for a community
to pull together after
the crash. Although
Radcliff and Fort Knox
are small communities,
it would be that closeness of having a tight
knit community that
would help him and the
other survivors, because
people offered support
in untold ways.
Even though he was
in the hospital for a
month after the crash,
he still experienced the
closeness of the community. Higgins added that
his mother would tell
him, “Jr. you had no
clue how everyone
pulled together.” He
said adults still come up
to him and shake his
hand or walk away crying.
“(My mother) couldn’t
go anywhere without
someone coming up to
her or trying to give her
something,” he said
about how the community helped each other
after the crash. “Back
then everything was
funneled through U.S.
Cavalry store and they
were getting calls from
chance,” he said. “If
you’re going to drink …
don’t even keep your
keys.”
Although Higgins suffered burns and losing
his best friend, he
doesn’t believe in accepting defeat.
“I don’t care what you
go through, do not
accept defeat,” he said.
“I’ve chosen to never let
anything bring me
down.”
One of the most prophetic words that
Higgins shared with the
Soldiers were those by
10-year-old Patricia
Nunnallee, a
fourth-grader killed in
the crash, who won a
medal for a speech that
she gave as part of a
competition May 10,
1988, which included
high school students.
In the speech she
said, “I believe destiny is
a choice made by you.
Destiny should not come
by chance. If destiny
comes by chance you
may not have a good life.
You may not live the
way that you want to.
Your future should not
be left to chance. You
have the choice to
approve your destiny –to
meet your destiny you
must be careful to make
the right choices because
you may only have one
chance.”
Her mother, Karolyn
Nunnallee, was interviewed for the documentary “Impact: After the
Crash.” She noted
Patricia’s speech, and
the irony of her daughter’s winning presentation.
Patricia Nunnallee’s
destiny was met by one
man who made the
wrong choice to drink
and drive. ■
ping out of the van
and seeing the flames
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
and smoke.
“I will never forget,
Today marks the
I heard an explosion,”
27th anniversary of
he recalled about the
the worst drunken
crash. “It was sad,
driving crash in the
especially after finding
history of the U.S.
out what happened. To
As the survivors
hear all the ambulancand families think
es and see all the
about the loved ones
police cars (and) helithey lost that fateful
copters take the kids
day, Master Sgt.
away. It was someDonald Carman of
thing.”
Fort Knox’s Warrior
Carman said it’s an
Transition Battalion
event he will never
will also think about
forget. He also said his
that day.
friend’s stepfather will
Carman didn’t
always be a hero to
know any of the adults him because he helped
or children who perget some of the kids off
ished on the bus, but
the bus.
he was at the scene
“He couldn’t save
and remembers clearly them all,” he said. “He
what happened that
did what he could. He
night.
talked about people
Like the passengers trying to get out of the
on the bus he had also windows.”
gone to Kings Island
Carman recalled
that day—with his
how his friend’s stepfafriend’s family. The
ther, who was wearing
van they were riding
a T-shirt and shorts,
in was about five cars returned to the van
behind the bus.
only wearing his
While watching
shorts.
“Impact: After the
“He didn’t have on
Crash” Carman
a shirt at all,” he said,
remembered the
“(because) he tried to
screams of the chilput out some of the
dren who were trying
flames (with it when
to get off the bus. He
pulling kids out of the
also remembers stepbus).” ■
KNOX NOTES
THE GOLD STANDARD
A8
Activities on post
Volunteer of Year
ceremony Sunday
Fort Knox Army
Community Services will
honor the Fort Knox
Outstanding Volunteer of the
Year at a garden party ceremony Sunday at 2 p.m. The
event will be held at the
Saber & Quill, located at
1118 Chafee Ave.
Attire is a business casual with the opportunity to
sport your fancy Derby hat.
This event is open to the
entire Fort Knox Community.
USARRTC holding
COC Monday
The 83rd USARRTC,
Readiness Training Academy,
will host a change of command Monday from 3 to 3:30
p.m. Lt. Col. Terry Brady
(outgoing) will relinquish
command and Lt. Col.
Joseph Hartman (incoming)
assumes command as
commandant of the
Readiness Training Academy.
The COC will be held in
Gaffey Hall, Bldg. 2369,
Rivers Auditorium. The public is welcome to attend.
AVCP having
mandatory training
The Army Volunteer
Corps Program is hosting a
mandatory training session
titled “Volunteer Management Training 303 - Raising
the Standard” Monday at
11:30 a.m., at Army Community Service, Bldg. 1477
Eisenhower Avenue. The
training is open to all volunteer program managers, volunteers and the entire Fort
Knox community, in according to the required program
standards, and is a brown
bag training session. This
training will be presented by
Yolande Jackson-Smalls.
ACS sponsoring ‘Run
to Honor’ May 30
Fort Knox Army
Community Services is sponsoring a 5k “Run to Honor,”
May 30.
Dedicate your Strong
B.A.N.D.S run to the fallen
and surviving Families and
you can share your photo on
social media using
#StrongBANDS
#RunToHonor. Registration
starts at 7:30 a.m., at the
Saber & Quill located at 118
Chaffee Ave. The run begins
at 9 a.m. This event is free
and open to the public. The
first 650 runners to finish
will receive a “Run to Honor”
cap.
Call (502) 624-6259/2006
for more information.
On-post recycling
locations
Fort Knox employees and
community members are
responsible for recycling and
may turn in recyclables at
the Qualified Recycling
Program Center at 2962
Frazier Rd. or at the
Exchange parking lot recycling drop-off site.
Accepted recyclables
include printer cartridges,
nonmilitary batteries, scrap
metal, brass, aluminum,
55-gallon drums, wooden and
plastic pallets, cardboard,
junk mail, magazines, catalogs, MRE outer wrappers,
newspapers with inserts,
paper, plastics No. 1-7, and
CDs (FOUO and below). For
more information, call (502)
624-5026.
CID recruiting agents
Have you ever thought of
joining CID? U.S. Army
Criminal Investigation
Command is recruiting for
CID special agents. If you
are least 21-years old, who
has completed the Warrior
Leaders Course, is a U.S. citizen, carry a rank of sergeant
or below—there is a waiver
for staff sergeants—and
have a minimum of one year
of military police experience
or two years civilian police
experience, then we are
interested in you. For a complete list of criteria and for
more information, call (571)
305-4348, or email CID@
mail.mil, or visit www.cid.
army.mil.
IRACH establishes
advisory council
In conjunction with
Patient Centered Medical
Home, Ireland Army
Community Hospital has
established a Patient
Advisory Council to represent the planning and executing council of the PCHM
program for the commander.
The Patient Advisory
Council serves in an advisory capacity to assist IRACH
in personalizing, problem
solving and creating a voice
for patients in their care in
the health care experience.
This council is a working
task force to help IRACH to
always put patients and
Family first. The council
meets on the second
Wednesday of every month
at 10 a.m., in the command-
er’s conference room.
Participation on the council is voluntary and you must
be an IRACH beneficiary to
be a part of the council.
Members have the opportunity to have their voice
heard and work as an active
member in not only your
health care but also promoting health care to other beneficiaries. Decision authority
for the Patient Advisory
Council remains with the
deputy commander for clinical services.
If you are interested in
volunteering for this important council, contact Karen
Ashley via email
[email protected]
or call (502) 624-0660.
VA work study available
If you are a full-time or
three-fourths-time student in
a college degree program or
a vocational or professional
program, you can “earn
while you learn” with a VA
work-study allowance. The
Fort Knox SFL-TAP program
is seeking candidates for
work-study referrals to other
agencies on the installation.
Participants must be in VA
education chapters 30, 31,
32, 35 and 1606.
For consideration for
placement or for more information, contact the SFL-TAP
work-study coordinator Alvin
Barnes in Bldg. 1109C room
121. The office hours are 10
a.m.-2 p.m., Monday through
Friday or by calling: (502)
624-5622.
AER accepting
donations
Appointment available
for PHA-Part 2
Active duty Soldiers can
now book their Annual
Periodic Health Assessmentpart 2- with the Military
Readiness Clinic by calling
(502) 624-9626/9635 or sending a Relay Health Message
with a Subject: PHA part 2
Appointment. The online
part 1 of the PHA will be
completed prior to calling for
an appointment. Contact
Capt. Ronaldo Prudente at
(502) 624-9647 for more
information.
Program helps vets
bridge gap
A career development
program designed by veterans for veterans—its objective is simply to help veterans live a dynamic life, and
help bridge the gap in military to civilian transition
that challenge many of its
service personnel. Visit the
website to get an independent certification(s) and create a modern resume at
www.veteran-success.org.
Other information, associations and programs for vets
is available. Email
James_A@veteran-success.
org, or call (270) 312-8628 for
more information.
Yoga for veterans
Robley Rex VAMC Yoga
Series is available Tuesdays
from 1-2:30 p.m., at the Fort
Knox Religious Education
Center, Bldg. 4768, 8th
Armored Division Road, Fort
Knox. It’s open to male and
female veterans. No appointment needed. For more information, call Dr. Patti Weiter
at (502) 287-6442.
banner would be displayed.
All signs/banners set up
without prior approval will
be removed and disposed of.
The sign/banner request
form can be obtained from
the Fort Knox Garrison
Command administrative
assistant, who can be
reached at (502) 624-4372.
SOS group
holding meeting
The Survivor Outreach
Support Group holds meetings to provide information,
resources, guest speakers,
financial workshops, Family
activities, compassionate
support and friendship, open
to Families of fallen Soldiers.
For more information, contact Survivor Outreach
Services at (502) 624-2006.
Post offers services
for special needs kids
If you are an active duty
or full-time civil service family living on post and have
concerns about your 0-3 year
old child’s development, call
Educational Development
Intervention Services at 6249552 for in-home developmental screening. No referral necessary. If you have a
concern about a child 3 years
and older, call Dennis
Labriola at 624-2345 x 4111
for school services.
Off-post activities
EAA offering free
flights for youth
Hearts Apart “get togethers” provide a supportive
group setting for activities,
opportunities to learn about
available resources, life skills
and to network with other
spouses that are left behind
in our area. Meetings are
held at the ACS Bldg. 1477,
411 Eisenhower Ave. Child
care is free. Parents must
make reservations for their
children and ACS will provide a voucher to cover cost
of hourly care as long as
funding is available. For
more information, contact
Arlene Ratliff at (502) 6247794/8391.
Hearts Apart is in partnership with the Blue Star
Card program, an
award-winning program that
also supports spouses of
Soldiers. Check the Family
and MWR website, http://
www.knoxmwr.com for all
the latest Blue Star Card
and Family and MWR events
or visit on Facebook, http://
facebook.com/knoxmwr.
Explore aviation with
free airplane ride. The Vine
Grove chapter of the
Experimental Aircraft
Association will provide
Young Eagle flights, free for
youth between the ages of 8
and 17, Saturday at the Vine
Grove airport, weather permitting. The flights will be
given from 9 a.m. to noon. A
permission slip, properly
authenticated by a parent or
guardian, is required, and
will be available at the airport. Donations to support
Young Eagles or EAA
Chapter 657 are accepted,
but not required.
The primary goal of the
Young Eagle flight program
is to introduce youngsters to
the thrill of aviation, and to
provide a memorable flying
experience. Each participant
will be given a certificate
signed by their pilot and
world-renowned aerobatic
pilot Sean Tucker, the
National Young Eagle
Chairman. Additionally, their
name will be entered in the
official Young Eagle Logbook
maintained by the EAA at
Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
For information, contact
Dick Ardisson at (270) 3517138, or the chapter through
the Vine Grove airport at
(270) 877-0131.
All unit runs, to include
the APFT, that are not conducted on the authorized PT
run route from 6:30-7:30
a.m. or a running track,
must be coordinated and
approved through the Fort
Knox DPTMS and safety.
For all Soldiers, the
APFU with reflective belt, is
the uniform during Fort
Knox PT hours 6:30-7:30
a.m. Monday-Friday.
Your safety is the garrison leadership’s top priority.
For your safety, you are
reminded that Fort Knox
Regulation 385-10 prohibits
the use of headphones, ear
buds, or other listening
devices while running on
post.
Because they block outside noises, personnel who
use these devices while running on and across streets
are at far greater danger of
being hit by a motor vehicle.
Vet clinic open for
vaccines, sick call
Freeman Lake Park
hosting grand opening
The Fort Knox Veterinary
Clinic, located at 192 Tank
Battalion Rd., Bldg. 1006, is
open to active duty, National
Guard, U.S. Army Reserve,
Family members and retirees. The clinic is open for
sick call, routine vaccines,
heartworm testing, parasite
prevention, on-post pet registration, interstate and international pet requirements
and certificates. The clinic’s
hours are Monday-Friday, 8
a.m.-4 p.m. and closed all
federal holidays and at noon
on the last calendar weekday
of the month. The clinic
doesn’t offer emergency services.
For more information,
call (502) 624-5819/3271.
Freeman Lake Park in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky,
will host a ribbon-cutting
Families eligible
for grants
The weekly introduction
to Nichiren Buddhism meetings are held every Tuesday
from 6 to 7 p.m. at the
Religious Annex, Bldg. 1487.
For more information concerning Nichiren Buddhism,
call Dr. Bob Drake at (316)
305-1179 or Mike Lewis at
(270) 300-7535.
Fort Knox Army
Emergency Relief Section is
currently accepting donations to the annual AER
Campaign. Make your contribution to support Soldiers
and their Families. To learn
more visit www.aerhq.org or
to make your donation
online visit www.aerhq.org/
dnn563/MyProfile/Pledge.
aspx. Fort Knox AER campaign ends Friday.
For additional options to
donate, call the installation
campaign coordinator at
(502) 624-8300/5989.
Commissary hosting
case lot sale
The Fort Knox
Commissary will host a
Customer Appreciation Case
Lot Sale from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday and Saturday in
the commissary’s warehouse
section, which is located in
the far right corner of the
building. Physically challenged patrons may enter
the warehouse at 8:30 a.m.
each day. For more information, call (502) 624-8525, ext.
3133/3121.
Coordinate runs
through DPTMS, safety
Surviving Family members of military and government employees who lost
their lives in service to the
nation may apply be eligible
to apply for the chance to
receive educational grants
from the Folded Flag
Foundation. To apply or for
more information, go to
www.foldedflagfoundation.
org/apply.
Allergy clinic hours
of operation
Due to upcoming provider deployments, the IRACH
allergy clinic will not be able
to continue extended hours
of operation. The allergy clinic hours of operation are
Monday to Friday from 7:30
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Extended hours are no
longer available but walk-in
service for allergy shots are
available:
Monday and Wednesday:
7:30-11-45 a.m. or 1-3:30
p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday:
1-3:30 p.m.
Friday: 7:30-11-45 a.m. or
1-2:30 p.m.
To contact the allergy
clinic front desk, dial (502)
624-9423. If you have any
concerns, contact the patient
advocate at (502) 624-9011.
Hearts Apart
meets monthly
Nichiren Buddhism
meet Tuesdays
Garrison must approve
on-post signage
Knox Hills residents may
display garage/yard sale
signs for 24 hours and must
promptly remove the signs
following the completion of
the sale. The signs may not
be affixed to trees, poles,
street lights, community
signs or mailboxes. Residents
are encouraged to purchase
staked signs, which are
available at local hardware
stores. Additionally, residents
are limited to one garage/
yard sale every six months,
excluding post-wide sales.
The sales must take place
during daylight hours on
weekends only and must be
approved by a Knox Hills
community office.
All other signs/banners
on Fort Knox must have
prior approval from the garrison command sergeant
major to be displayed. A
sign/banner request form
must submitted 30 days
prior to the date the sign/
ceremony May 25 at 1 p.m.,
in honor of the grand opening of the first handicap
accessible canoe and kayak
launch dock in Kentucky.
The new facility will help
expand recreational paddling
opportunities to our many
wounded warriors, veterans
and others throughout our
community and state dealing
with limited mobility challenges. This project was possible through the partnership of the Elizabethtown
Parks and Recreation
Department with area civic,
corporate and charitable
organizations. For more
information, visit www.facebook.com/Elizabeth townpaddlers association.
Community Center has
Tai Chi Chaun classes
Yang Traditional Family
Tai Chi Chuan classes will
be offered at the Colvin
Community Center in
Radcliff every Thursday evening at 6 p.m. The first class
is free; subsequent classes
are $3 each, per person.
Colvin Community Center is
located at 230 Freedoms
Way, Radcliff. Call (270) 3514079 for more information.
Vietnam chapter
opens membership
Vietnam Veterans of
America, Chapter 1051, Gold
Vault Patriots meet at 2 p.m.
the second Sunday of each
month at the Elizabethtown
Police Department community room. Membership is open
to all Vietnam and Vietnamera veterans (February 1961May 1975)—men and women
are invited to attend. Bring
DD 214 copy and $20 for
membership dues. For more
information, visit our website at: www.vietnamveterans 1051.org or email
[email protected], or call
Sally Johns at (270) 3522765.
Toastmasters Club
meeting in E’town
The local Toastmasters
Club meets the first and
third Tuesday of every
month from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m., in the administration
building, room 112 on the
campus of Elizabethtown
Community and Technical
College.
contact Cynthia McKoy at
(270) 501-0753 or [email protected].
Classes, training,
testing
Red Cross
offering OJT
These programs which
fall under the Red Cross
offer the following opportunities and valuable job experiences:
Medical Support Clerk
Program:
Six months on the job
training as a medical support clerk at Ireland Army
Hospital Program is free for
veterans and their dependents, dependents of active
duty, Reserve and National
Guard Soldiers.
call the Fort Knox Red Cross
Office at (502) 624-2163.
Free ACT, SAT programs
available online
The SAT or ACT
PowerPrep™ Program is
available online (cloud version), DVD and books. It
includes more than 11 hours
of video instruction and
3,000 plus files of supplemental test prep material,
thousands of interactive
diagnostic tools, sample
questions, practice tests and
graphic teaching illustrations. Students select the
training they need and can
study at their own pace.
If you or someone you
know would like to request
an SAT or ACT PowerPrep
Program, visit www.eKnowledge.com/GoldStandard or
telephone eKnowledge (951)
256-4076.
The eKnowledge
Sponsorship covers the complete $250 purchase price for
the SAT or ACT Test
Preparation Program. The
student pays for just the cost
of delivering the program:
DVD student fee of $17.55
for the cost of materials, support and shipping, online
cloud student fee of $19.99
for student support and
streaming.
For questions or more
information, contact Lori
Caputo, by email at
LoriCaputo@eKnowledge.
com or by calling (951) 2564076 and reference The Gold
Standard.
Ed Center instructs
BSEP classes
The Fort Knox Army
Education Center offers
monthly morning or weekly
afternoon concentrated Basic
Skills Education Program
classes, to prepare students
for college, general technical
score improvement or armed
forces entrance examination
testing.
Visit the education center
Bldg. 1174, or call (502) 6244136, 2427 for further information.
Volunteers news
Red Cross
seeking volunteers
Red Cross needs volunteers in the following programs: Helping Hands, food
pantry and lending closet.
Ireland Army Community
Hospital needs an assistant
office manager for the hospital’s Red Cross office, and
the main Red Cross Office
needs help with an administrative assistant, special
events coordinator, publicity
coordinator and service to
the armed forces coordinator.
They will train volunteers on
site and work out scheduling
to accommodate volunteer’s
needs.
THE GOLD STANDARD
New 911: Better response time USAREC CASA: Discussion includes testing, cadets, womens roles
■ From Page A1
and manufacturers of
the old system stopped
making parts,” explained
Vinton. “We now have
an avenue (so) if something breaks we can get
it fixed. (We are now)
getting information faster (for) emergency
responders.”
Implementing the
new system has been in
the works for the last six
to eight months, which
was needed because it’s
a technological upgrade
from the old one. The
new system has touch
screens and it’s fully
automated.
“(It has an) automated number indicator and
automated location identifier,” said Vinton adding it can be used for
voice over Internet protocol and cell phones.
When using a cell
phone many believe it
causes response problems because the location can’t be pinpointed,
however, this system can
populate a cell phone’s
GPS coordinates so the
911 center can better
pinpoint, within certain
parameters. Such accuracy ensures emergency
services are in close
proximity to someone
who needs help.
Vinton added that the
new system allows faster population of information and mapping data
for the 911 dispatcher.
He pointed out that
the 911 system is connected to the D21, which
is the emergency management system that’s
used for the installation
fire alarm and facility
mass notification. It’s
also used as the GIS
mapping, plume modeling and incident historical record database.
On-post building fire
alarm systems have a
radio transmission unit
which sends detailed
information to the fire
department in case of a
fire. The system actually
pinpoints the exact location of the alarm.
Lt. John Meadors, a
Department of the Army
civilian police supervisor,
said having D21 connected to each building
ensures there is only one
connection for safety of
the public mass notification, and better documents responses.
Vinton pointed out
that having the new system will better serve
Fort Knox.
“(It’s) a move in the
right direction for emergency responders on the
installation,” said
Vinton. ■
Staff photo by Catrina Francis
DAVID ANDERSON, A FORT KNOX 911 DISPATCHER, RECEIVES
A CALL while working in the center. Anderson types in the
information and looks at the map to identify the origins of the call.
■ From Page A1
Guard, the Army Reserves and active duty.”
“I have the best job in
the Army,” Combs
added. “I get to go to colleges and high schools,
and I get to see potential each and every day.
With those who are in
our cadet corps now, our
Army is in great hands.”
During the panel discussion, Seamands covered several topics,
including women’s roles
in the Army going for-
the CASA representatives for their service
and applauded them for
their feedback. CASA
representatives are
heavily involved in an
advising role and are
vital to the Army.
Members of the community often reach out to
the CASAs to voice their
concerns.
“Not a week goes by
that I don’t get asked if
Fort Campbell is going
to lose Soldiers or if Fort
Knox is going to lose
Human Resources
Command,” Henderson
said. “All the general
public hears is that the
Army is getting smaller.
So if you’re in a community near Soldiers, it’s a
scary time for businesses who make their living from them.”
Henderson said he
and the other CASA
representatives will
take what they learn
from the conference and
share it with their communities. ■
Watering a hot one
SOLDIERS FROM THE 287TH
ENGINEER DETACHMENT, DANVERS,
MASSACHUSETTS, FIGHT A FUEL
FIRE during the 86th Training
Division’s Warrior Exercise 2015
at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, May 6.
WAREX, which is under the command
and control of the Army Reserve
84th Training Command, Fort Knox,
Kentucky, is a collective training
exercise that includes more than
4,500 service members.
Photo by Spc. Cody Hein
Emergency responders present safety tips
By GEORGE WRIGHT
ence so you can make informed
choices on alcohol and drugs and
distracted driving, seat belt use,
“We’re the ones who show up
and how you can help drivers
first when people make bad deciavoid secondary crashes and secsions.”
ondary injuries,” Duran said.
So said two Florida emergency
Duran said that every 10-12
responders who conducted safety
minutes, someone in the United
training at Waybur Theater Friday States dies in a car crash, and he
as part of the “Street Smart” prestressed the importance of seat
sentation provided by the S.A.F.E. belts, not drinking and driving,
-Stay Alive From Education- a
and urged the audience not to get
public service organization funded in the car with someone who is a
by Anheuser Busch.
distracted or impaired driver.
Oscar Duran, a 30-year veteran Garcia cited texting, music, kids,
of the Tampa Fire Department,
pets, eating, cell phones, makeup
and Ronnie Garcia, a 16-year vetand GPS, as examples of distracteran of the Miami-Dade Fire
ed driving, and stressed the role of
Department, spoke to more than
alcohol and illegal drug use in
200 Cadet Command staffers for
impaired driving.
90 minutes about trauma, disDuran and Garcia used a “tagtracted and impaired driving, and team” approach to teaching, and
seat belt use.
presented photographs of acci“We’re here to share our experi- dents to stress their points. During
CADET COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
VIET NA M W A R
VET ER A NS
WE WANT
YOU!
Hooray for Heroes will hold a special
recognition ceremony to honor YOU!
As part of Hooray for Heroes, a recognition
ceremony for Vietnam Veterans will take place:
Saturday, May 16th • 12:00 p.m.
at Walmart Way in Radcliff
IAL
SPEC ANCES
AR
APPE BY:
ward. Seamands said
the Army will soon integrate women into more
MOSs previously open
only to men.
“It really comes down
to talent management,”
he said. “It’s almost a
natural evolution.”
Seamands also gave an
update on the females
who recently attended
ranger training, saying,
“We’ll assess how the
training went just like
we do with all rangers.”
Seamands thanked
Satisfaction – The International Rolling
Stones Tribute Band
and North Hardin H.S. Band
If you are a Vietnam Veteran and will attend, or if you know
a Vietnam Veteran and need additional information, please
contact Don Cecil at (270)735-7610.
There will be special seating, recognition and presentations
made to Vietnam Veterans who attend. The event is FREE
and will take place under the tent.
VIETNAM TRAVELING MEMORIAL WALL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
May 14th - ALL DAY Education Day for Hardin County Schools
May 15th, 1:00 p.m.
Dedication Ceremony, with guest speakers
COL Thomas J. “T.J.” Edwards Jr. and
Heather French Henry
May 16th, 7:00 p.m.
Candlelight Service
May 17th, 2:00 p.m.
Vietnam Veterans Group Photo/
Presentations
the presentation, they called for a
volunteer to be a demonstrator for
what happens at the scene of an
accident, and for what takes place
in the emergency room and trauma center.
Spc. Ron Johnson played the
role of “straight man” to Duran
and Garcia’s humorous, yet graphic approach. They set up a scenario
in which Johnson was an accident
victim, and ran him through the
sequence of events from the scene,
to the emergency room—again,
using graphic language and
straight talk to explain the details
of the medical process to check for
vital signs and internal damage.
The training was part of a postwide series of training events
designed to increase awareness of
accident prevention as the summer travel and leisure period
approaches. ■
THE GOLD STANDARD
KY
House
Bill
340
will
help
In everything give
create
jobs,
promote
tourism
thanks to God
KEEPING THE FAITH
By CHAPLAIN (1ST LT.)
WARREN SIBLEY
I know that in my life, it is
easy to give thanks to God when
WARRIOR TRANSITION BATTALION
things are going good. It can be
slightly harder when things are
Psalm 118:2-4
not going good. When it seems
Let Israel say,
like everything is going bad, it
“His faithful love endures forever.”
can be hard to see God at work.
Let the house of Aaron say,
In those instances, I know that
God can work through them. I
Let those who fear the Lord say,
know that God is still working
through them. The question is
(HCSB)
how do I remember that when
The above section is a call
I am going through those hard
to worship probably written by
times?
David. In fact Psalm 118 is still
I remember that no matter
recited today when those of the
what happens to me, God is
Jewish faith celebrate Passover.
still worthy of praise. I remember
When I read the above section the story of Shadrach, Meshack,
of Psalm 118, I often wonder at
and Abednego. They were
which part of his
about to be
life was David at
thrown in the
It does not
when he wrote
“furnace of blazsay that we
this Psalm. It is
ing fire.” They
should give
easy to say that
said that they
he wrote the
knew that God
thanks only
section during
could save them
when things
the good time of
from the furnace
are going
his life. Times
but if he decidlike when there
good. It says
ed not to, they
was peace in his
would still praise
to give thanks
kingdom. Times
God.
in everything.
like when his
How brave
children were
was that? When
not causing problems. Times
I think of the Army Value of
like when the relationship with
“Personal Courage,” this is what
his friend Jonathan was going
I think of. They knew what was
well. Times like when he and his right. They knew that God could
soldiers are coming home after
save them. They knew that dewinning a major battle.
spite potentially God not saving
I sometimes wonder if it
them, they would not do anywould mean more if he wrote af- thing else.
ter something terrible happened.
I am also reminded of 1 ThesDid David write that Psalm when salonians 5:18 which says, “Give
found out his son murdered his
thanks in everything, for this is
other son after the rape of DaGod’s will for you in Christ Jesus
vid’s daughter? Did he write after (HCSB).” It does not say that we
one of the times Saul tried to kill should give thanks only when
him? What about when his son
things are going good. It says to
from Bathsheba died soon after
give thanks in everything. That
his birth. Does it read any differ- is what is required. The only way
ent when it is looked at through
that that can be done is to look to
those lenses?
God. ■
“
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Southern Baptist Southern Baptist
NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. O.C Jones, Sr., Pastor
Worship Service - 8 & 11 A.M.
Teen Church - 4th Sun. - 11 A.M.
Sunday School - 9:30 A.M.
Hour of Prayer - Mon. & Fri. - 11-12 P.M.
Discipleship Training & AWANA - Wed. - 6:30 P.M.
1591 Hill St. • Radcliff • 351-6808 • fax 352-0960
[email protected] • www.newhopembc.net
MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Faron Knopp
Sun. Bible Study for all ages - 9:30 A.M.
Sunday Morning Worship - 10:45 A.M.
Awana - Sunday at 5:00 P.M., Worship 6PM
Wed. Prayer, Praise & Preaching - 6:30 P.M.
1182 South Jones Street • Radcliff
270-351-3524
www.mill-creek-baptist.com
Praying for Our Troops
VALLEY VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
501 Valley View Drive, Vine Grove, KY
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 10:55 a.m.
270-877-2150
www.valleyview-ky.org
Rineyville Baptist Church
5629 Rineyville Rd.,
Rineyville, KY
Sunday School 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Worship 9:00 and 11:00 A.M.
Sunday Evening Worship 6:45 P.M.
Youth 6:00 P.M.
270-737-7361/www.rbcky.org
Korean & English Services
NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH
Hyuk J. Lee, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:50 A.M.
Main Service: 10:50 A.M with lunch after.
Sunday/Wednesday Night Services 6:30P.M.
Morning Prayer 6A.M.
140 Logan Street - Radcliff
270-352-1736
SEVERNS VALLEY BAPTIST
CHURCH
Bill Langley, Pastor
Sunday Worship – 9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School – 9 & 10:45 a.m.
1100 Ring Road, Elizabethtown
270-765-7822
www.severnsvalley.org
Most people want a Church they can
call “HOME”
With that in mind, our INVITATION to you from
Vine Grove Baptist Church is
WHOEVER YOU ARE, COME AS YOU ARE,
WHENEVER YOU CAN.
Our COMMITMENT to you as a church body, is to
share the truth of the Good News of Jesus Christ that
“Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved.”Our PROMISE to you is to teach you the
promises made by God.
If youʼve been thinking, praying, searching and hoping
for a place to belong, we say “Welcome Home”.
VINE GROVE
BAPTIST CHURCH
408 W. MAIN ST.
VINE GROVE, KY
Assembly of God
GLAD TIDINGS
CHRISTIAN CENTER
Larry Powell, Pastor
Sunday Morning Service - 10:45 A.M.
Wednesday - 6:30 P.M.
515 By Pass Rd., Brandenburg,
Ky. 40108 • 270-422-2020
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD
LiFE Studies - 10 A.M.
Celebration Service - 11 A.M.
Wed. Night Family Ministry - 7 P.M.
1905 N. Miles Street, Elizabethtown
270.737.6940
www.calvaryconnects.com
270-877-2311
Larry P. Vance, Pastor
STITHTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. Gregg Curtis, Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 A.M.
Sunday Worship - 10:45 AM
Wednesday - 6:00 PM Youth, AWANA
6:30 PM Bible Study - Auditorium
95 Park Avenue, Radcliff
270-351-6055/www.stithton.org
CONNECTIONS CHURCH
301 West Lincoln Trail Blvd.
(old The Book Store)
Radcliff, KY 40160
Dr. Jim Shaw, Senior Pastor
Sunday 10:45 A.M.
RADCLIFF UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Darren Gillespie, Pastor
Sunday Traditional Service - 9:00 A.M.
Sunday Contemporary Service - 11:00 A.M.
Wed. Night Communion Service - 6:15 P.M.
275 South Woodland Drive
Radcliff, KY 40160 • 351-3290
www.radcliffumc.org
VINE GROVE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Johnny Craig, Pastor
Worship-traditional - 11:00 A.M.
Intermittently Wednesday Adult Bible Study - 7:00 P.M.
1st & last Thurs. of the month - Food Pantry - 5:00 P.M.
306 High Street, Vine Grove, KY 40175
270-877-5231
[email protected]
www.vinegroveumc.com
STOVALL UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Patricia Smith, Pastor
Sunday Worship - 11:00 A.M.
Stovall
949 Rogersville Rd.
Radcliff, KY 40160
270-351-0250
THE HIGH GROUND UMC
Coffee & Child drop off @10:45
Worship at 11 a.m.
North Park Elementary School
1080 N. Logsdon Parkway // Radcliff
[email protected]
Church of God
in Christ
New Life Tabernacle
Cedric L. Jones, Sr., Pastor
Sunday School - 10 A.M., immediately
following Sunday Morning Worship Service
Sunday Evening Classes - 6 P.M.
Friday Prayer/Service - 7 P.M.
Presbyterian
HERITAGE ITN’L CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
Aubrey & Jannie Jackson, Pastors
Sunday Worship - 9 & 11 A.M.
Wednesday Night - 7 P.M.
660 Knox Blvd., Radcliff • 351-7770
182 Vine St. • Radcliff • 270-351-6060
Full Gospel
Kentucky Church
FULL GOSPEL KENTUCKY CHURCH
Korean and English Services
Steven Song, Pastor
Sunday Services: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday & Wednesday Evening Service: 7 p.m.
Lunch between services on Sunday
11:00 a.m. Youth Group and Childrenʼs Church
Parents Night Out 7 - 9 p.m. Fridays
1012 N. Hill Street, Radcliff, KY 40160
270-351-5001
Church of Christ
NORTH HARDIN CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday Bible Study - 10:00 AM
Sunday Worship - 11:00 AM
Sunday Eve. Worship - 6:00 PM
Wed. Bible Study - 6:30 PM
1804 Sam Steward Dr.
(off Joe Prather Hwy)
Radcliff, KY • 270-723-3650
VALLEY STATION CHURCH
OF CHRIST
Bible Study Sun. 9:30 AM
Wed. 7:30 PM
Sunday Worship - 10:30 AM & 6 PM
1803 Dixie Garden Dr.
P.O. Box 72380, Valley Station, KY 40272
502-937-2822 • www.vscoc.org
Korean
American
African Methodist
Episcopal
1105 Woodland Drive
Elizabethtown • (270) 769-0173
www.grcpca.org
31 W S. right on Blackjack Rd. right on
Wilson Rd. 2 blocks down on right.
1751 South Logsdon
Parkway
Radcliff, KY 40160
(270) 351-6199
Home Friendship Groups Meet Weekly
The Multi-Ethnic Worship Center
Join Us Soon/Call for ride.
Seventh-Day
Adventist
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
Michael Harris, Pastor
Sabbath School Sat: 9:30 AM
Worship Sat: 11:00 AM
Dr. John D. Lentz, Pastor
Sunday School -10:00 A.M.
Sunday Service - 11:00 A.M.
THE CROSSROADS, U.P.C.
A.J. Dummitt, Pastor
Services: Sunday 10:00 A.M.
& 6:30 P.M.
Thursday 6:30 P.M.
Your Place of Worship
Could Be Here. Call
today! 270.505.1480
GRACE REFORMED CHURCH
(PCA)
David Atkisson, Pastor
Worship 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School 11:30 a.m.
RADCLIFF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Apostolic
FIRST KOREAN BAPTIST CHURCH
Korean and English Services
Yong Kyu Cho, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Main Service: 10:30 a.m. with lunch after
Sun./Wed. evening services - 6:30 p.m.
Children/Youth Programs Available
Weekly Morning Prayer - 6:00 a.m.
546 Sunset Drive, Radcliff
270-351-1700, 270-352-1800
578 South Lorraine Street • Radcliff
(right off of Elm St.) 270.351.7788
Loving God, Loving People
Your Place of
Worship Could Be
Here. Call today!
270.505.1480
United
Methodist
www.stovallumc.org
www.glad-tidings.org
Bible Study - Sun. 9:30 am
Worship - Sun. 10:50 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday Bible Study - 6:00 pm
Food Pantry, 5:00 p.m., 1st and
last Thursday of the month.
By KERRI RICHARDSON income tax credit from
GOVERNORS COMMUNICATIONS
20 percent to 30 percent
OFFICE
for each production’s
Kentucky-based
Gov. Steve Beshear
signed House Bill 340 May spending.
■ Productions in
7, which will make
“enhanced
incentive counKentucky more competities” may qualify for an
tive in attracting film and
television productions and additional 5 percent incentive. An enhanced incenhelp create jobs, generate
tive county is based on factax revenue and promote
tors such as unemploytourism.
ment, education and road
“House Bill 340 gives
quality.
Kentucky a strong advan■ Productions may
tage when competing with
receive
a 5 percent incenother states for outside
film projects,” said Beshear. tive for using Kentucky
“Increased film production resident labor.
*The maximum incenin Kentucky means a boost
tive
possible is 35 percent.
to local economies and an
■ Lowers the spending
opportunity to highlight
thresholds that determine
the Bluegrass state on
both big and small screens if a production qualifies for
incentives.
across the world.”
■ Feature films and
First lady Jane Beshear,
who testified in support of television shows lowered
from $500,000 to $250,000,
the bill, recognized its
with Kentucky-based comimportance for local filmpanies having a threshold
makers and bringing in
of $125,000.
new film projects.
■ Thresholds for com“This legislation gives
mercials lowered from
Kentucky-based filmmakers and production compa- $200,000 to $100,000.
■ Thresholds for docunies a leg-up by offering
mentaries lowered from
incentives that help curb
$50,000 to $20,000, with
their film production
Kentucky-based companies
costs,” said Jane Beshear.
“These incentives will help having a threshold of
$10,000.
create a heightened interJane Beshear said
est for both local and outKentucky offers filmmakside filmmakers to seek
out Kentucky as a premier ers a central location, varied geography and a talfilming destination, and I
ented crew base. She noted
look forward to the many
the importance of this legnew exciting projects that
will come about as a result islation because other
states have improved their
of HB340.”
HB340 includes several incentives during the last
few years, making it diffienhancements for filmcult for Kentucky to commakers:
■ Increases the existing pete.
1226 S. Wilson Rd. • Radcliff
352-2256
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
Brian Hadley, Pastor
Sabbath School Sat: 9:30 AM
Worship Sat: 11:00 AM
215 N. Mantle Ave., Elizabethtown
Take 31 W South to Mantle Ave. Turn left
(at KFC) 1 1/2 blocks on the right
270-735-9849 • www.elizabethtownchurch.org
EMBRY CHAPEL
David L. Chavous, Pastor
Sunday Worship Service - 11:00 A.M.
Wednesday Praise Service- 6:00 P.M.
Wednesday Bible Study - 6:15 P.M.
P.O. Box 731, 401 Skyline Drive
Elizabethtown • 270-737-5327
Your Place of
Worship Could Be
Here. Call today!
270.505.1480
“With all that Kentucky
can provide the film and
television industry, from a
rich cultural history to a
wide variety of settings, I
firmly believe this new law
is the final step we need to
compete with other states
in this field,” House
Speaker Greg Stumbo said.
“The House was proud to
partner with governor and
first lady Beshear in getting this economic measure
approved.”
“I was more than happy
to sponsor this legislation
and to work with governor
and first lady Beshear on
getting it passed,” said
Rep. Rick Rand, who sponsored HB340. “This law
will give Kentucky a much
higher profile when it
comes to attracting film
and television productions,
which in turn will boost
both our economy and our
national image. Given all
that Kentucky has to offer,
from its diverse geography
to a workforce that is second to none, I am confident
these enhanced incentives
will be well worth the
investment.”
Kentucky has been the
setting for several popular
films including
“Secretariat,”
“Elizabethtown” and
“Seabiscuit.”
Filmmakers interested
in seeking incentives
should contact Mona Juett,
deputy commissioner of
the Department of Travel
and Tourism, at (502) 5644930, ext. 146. Visit www.
kentuckyfilmoffice.com for
more information. ■
NonDenominational
FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY FULL
GOSPEL CHURCH
Bishop Wilhelmina D. Jackson, Pastor
Sunday School - 9 A.M.
Sunday Worship - 10 A.M
Wed Night Bible Study - 7 P.M.
600 Shelton Rd, Radcliff, KY 40160
(270) 352-3411
Lutheran
Evangelical Lutheran Church, NALC
Pastor, Pam Thorson
904 N. Mulberry, Elizabethtown
Sunday School - 9:15 AM
Worship Service - 10:30 AM
765-4212
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH
WISCONSIN SYNOD
Peter Martin, Pastor
Adult Bible Study Sunday and Sunday
School - 11:30 A.M.
www.faithinradcliff.org
377 E. Lincoln Trail Blvd.
Radcliff • 352-4545
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH LCMS
Pastor David Tannahill
Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m.
Sun. School & Bible Study 9:30 a.m.
398 Knox Avenue
Vine Grove
270-877-2855
www.GraceVineGrove.org
GLORIA DEI
LUTHERAN CHURCH
(MISSOURI SYNOD)
Pastor, Monty Gleitz
1701 Ring Road East
(next to Target)
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Church: 270-766-1503
Wednesday Service: 7 pm
Sunday Service: 9 am
Sunday School: 10:15 am (EST)
www.gdlchurch.org
Christian
THE POTTER’S HOUSE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
John Hildebrandt, Pastor
Sunday Night - 6:30 P.M.
Wed. Night Service - 7:00 P.M.
549 N. Wilson Rd. • Radcliff • 352-4047
Spanish Church
Pastores Marcelino & Christella Morales
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Army announces new road map for civilian professional growth
before returning to
their unit. SETM modules present huge
incentives for leaders to
further develop in their
current jobs or move on
to larger enterprise
positions, DeFilippi
By DAVID VERGUN
ARMY NEWS SERVICE
said.
Those who are interA new roadmap for
ested need to immediArmy civilian profesately begin the applicasional growth has been tion process, which closannounced by Army
es Friday. To apply, go
Secretary John
to the SETM automatMcHugh—and more
ed website. Those who
changes are coming
are selected will begin
over the next year or
the program in 2016.
so.
The ETM program is
“Our Army demands new—this is its first
that civilian employees year. It is designed for
commit to a lifetime of
GS-12s and 13s, with
professional and permost of the openings at
sonal growth,” said
the 13 level, she said. If
McHugh, in a memo
GS-12s have the right
April 10, introducing
level of civilian educaArmy Directive 2015tion system and a bach24.
elor’s degree, they can
“I hold each Army
apply for two of the
civilian accountable for modules while GS-13s
mapping and navigatcan apply for all four
ing a progressive promodules.
gram of self-developThose who are
ment,” McHugh wrote.
accepted to the proHe added that comgram can be assigned
manders, supervisors
to a 90-day project that
and managers have a
requires some tough
shared responsibility in problem-solving skills,
that endeavor.
she said. Accomplishing
The changes
this will enhance one’s
described in the direcresume and boost the
tive affect a large porchance to be selected
tion of the 298,000
for a future job.
Army civilians, who
Secondly, up to 20
make up about 22 perparticipants will get
cent of the total force.
the opportunity to
Future changes will
attend a 10-month
impact the remainder
Command and General
of the civilian workStaff College residency
force.
on Fort Leavenworth,
The full title of 2015- Kansas. In the coming
24 is “Department of
years, the number eligithe Army Senior
ble will increase to 90,
Enterprise Talent
she said.
Management Program
Thirdly, participants
and Enterprise Talent
will get the chance to
Management Program.” shadow a senior execuExplaining some of
tive service, or GS-15 at
those changes was
their installation or on
Gwendolyn DeFilippi,
a temporary-duty
deputy assistant secre- assignment, if necestary of the Army sary. When we say
Civilian Personnel,
shadowing, we mean
Office of the Assistant
working alongside the
Secretary of the Army
executive and getting
for Manpower and
in on the nuts and bolts
Reserve Affairs.
of decision-making
SETM, a leader
techniques.
development program
Finally, there’s a
for GS-14s and 15s, was 10-week structured
launched a few years
experiential leader
ago, DeFilippi said. It
development module
originally offered civilthat is spread out over
ians a chance to
10-months, which
increase their knowlallows Army civilians
edge through a residen- to participate in an
cy at the Army War
existing Department of
College, with a folDefense program.
low-on reassignment to Called the Executive
broaden their experiLeadership
ences.
Development Program,
Now, that program
it allows civilian
has been expanded
employees to gain a
with a senior fellow
greater understanding
program, where civilof the DOD mission,
ians can become part of which in turn develops
a “think tank” for a
a cadre of future leadyear. Another program
ers with joint and
enhancement, she said, interagency perspecis participants can be
tives and skills.
detailed into a senior
The deadline for
executive service-level
position for up to a
year to gain broader
experience and see
what it is like leading
at that level.
There is also a
SETM-TDY module,
which gives selectees a
six-month career-broadening assignment
where they gain valuable experience in
another organization
applying for this program is also Friday and
applications can be
made using the SETM
automated website.
Still in development
is the Emerging
Enterprise Leader initiative, a program for
GS-11s and 12s,
DeFilippi said.
EEL components will
include a local developmental assignment, a
group project and problem-solving challenge
at one’s installation,
connecting with a mentor and self-study
opportunities, she said.
The goals are to broaden participants’ perspectives and build
leadership competencies, but at a more
localized level.
Traditionally, new
civilian hires are thrust
into the workforce from
day one without ever
getting exposed to the
Army culture and way
of doing things,
DeFilippi said. Soldiers
get all of that in their
initial military training.
The Army is conducting pilots at 18 locations, where new hires
are presented with a
more-informative introduction into Army life,
she said.
On the first day,
instead of a human
resources person
administering the oath
of office, an SES, or
general officer will do
that.
Then, the civilians
are told what the Army
profession means and
their part in it, she
said. They are also
introduced to the organizational structure.
Of course, the entire
professionalization process cannot occur in the
space of just one day, so
it is spread out
throughout the first
year, she said.
Supervisors are an
important part of the
acculturation plan, she
said. They are responsible for sitting down
with their new employ-
ees and letting them
leader development tool
know what the expecta- that allows users to
tions are perforsearch through and
mance-wise. This occurs select education and
during the first week.
training opportunities,
Then, supervisors
monitor their career
will provide formal
development, get
feedback at the sixpersonalized advice
month point and ensure from their leaders
performance appraisals about which opportuniare completed on time, ties may be the
she said. The impormost helpful and comtance is
plete an
getting
IndiWe want to
the pervidual
make
sonnel
Develthat happen. We
fully
opment
want Army
engaged
Plan,
civilians to
with
she
know
their
said.
their voices
superviForhave been
sor and
tunateheard.
to
ly, more
underthan
Gwendolyn DeFilippi
stand
half of
Deputy assistant secretary
the misthe
of the Army - Civilian
sion.
civilian
Personnel, Office of the
DeworkAssistant Secretary of the
Army for Manpower and
Filippi
force
Reserve Affairs
said the
uses
acculACT,
turation program will
DeFilippi said. The
likely launch Armychallenge is to get leadwide in fiscal year
ers on board to realize
2016.
the value
She said that
and benefit of using
although it is still a
ACT to develop their
pilot, many federal
careerists, she said, and
agencies have adopted
to also get the other
much of the Army
civilians that are not
materials. The U.S.
yet using ACT to realDepartment of
ize how valuable it is
Agriculture has
for planning their
already adopted the
careers.
entire program and
The Army is “refoNASA has adopted
cusing” the intern proparts of it for their new gram by matching job
hires.
opportunities to what
In 2011, all Army
the Army’s needs are
civilians were mapped
anticipated to be in the
to one of 31 career pro- future, DeFilippi said.
grams. The Army
For example, it is
Career Tracker allows
anticipated that more
civilians to track their
openings will need to
progress in their
be filled in the science,
respective career protechnology, engineering
gram.
and cyber specialties so
Each of those 31
placement will be
career programs has a
increased in those
leadership chain and
areas relative to other
professional staff that
areas, she said, with
includes career manmore decision-making
agement support and
authority made at
career program manag- the Army headquarters
ers, she said. It also
provides supervisors
access to career maps
for their careerist to
help with coaching and
mentoring.
ACT is a web-based
“
“
Allows for
career
advancement
EYE EXAMS
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level vice at the installation level.
DeFilippi said all of
the aforementioned
program changes came
about with the input of
Army civilians and
leaders. “These programs and a few more
that we are working on
are the result of focus
groups, questionnaires,
the 2013 and 2014
FEVS (Federal
Employee Viewpoint
Survey) results and
feedback from Army
leaders and Army civilians to build a more
professional foundation
for the Army civilian
corps. “
The Federal
Employee Viewpoint
Survey and other forms
of feedback have shown
that Army civilians
want opportunities to
grow developmentally
throughout their
careers, she said.
As the Army civilian
workforce continues to
draw down, those who
are left will have even
greater responsibilities
in preparing Soldiers to
fight our nation’s wars,
she said.
Army needs dovetail
with civilians’ desire
to grow, so it makes
perfect sense to offer
those opportunities, she
said.
DeFilippi said
that civilians want
to know that what
they are doing in
making a positive
impact on the Army.
“We want to make
that happen,” she said.
“We want Army
civilians to know
their voices have been
heard and workforce
engagement, along
with civilian hiring,
career management,
training, development
and sustainment
are a priority for all
of us.” ■
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SPOTLIGHT ON SAFETY
Most accidents
are preventable
incidents
GARRISON SAFETY OFFICE
Safety is every single employee’s responsibility. In fact, Soldiers
and civilians fall under
OSHA safety requirements, Depart-ment of
Defense safety requirements, the Army
Safety Program (AR
385-10), and even some
national consensus
standards which apply
to things like electrical
issues.
Likewise, managers,
supervisors and leaders at all levels have a
very specific duty to
promote awareness
and ensure compliance
with safety issues.
While progress has
been made in this area,
the unfortunate reality
is 100 percent buy-in
hasn’t been achieved.
Safety, on occasion, still
takes a back seat
because of a perceived
inconvenience.
We can think of
something much more
inconvenient than safety training—death or
disability.
Every day in this
great country, 12 people are killed on the
job in what we often
call “accidents.” This
office doesn’t believe in
accidents. Accidents
are presumably
unavoidable occurrences, but “incidents” are
events which occur
that could have been
avoided.
Through research,
stats show that the
vast majority of injuries are avoidable. That
means someone or
something—often a
combination of both—
could have prevented
the incident.
So, think about this
for a moment: 12 people die every day in the
U.S. because of an
avoidable cause. They
go to work, and they
never come home. A
spouse is left
destroyed. Children are
left without that parent. Yet still today, not
everyone is taking
appropriate steps to
curb safety accidents
or incidents—because
it’s inconvenient?
When President
Richard Nixon signed
the Occupational
Safety and Health Act
into law in 1970, a new
chapter began in this
country which was
designed to keep us all
safe at work. Gone are
the days in the 19th
and 20th centuries
when Americans died
at work in the tens of
thousands every single
year, and no longer
were employees’ lives
supposed to be at risk
due to unsafe practices
and working conditions.
Forty-five years following the implementation of OSHA protections, have we come as
far as we think,
though? Well, we, and
we’re confident other
safety officers, would
tell you the answer is
no because we still regularly experience apathy, resistance and disillusionment about
safety from others.
What some may not
understand or appreciate is that thousands
of Americans are
injured or killed every
single year from dangers that some may
think are innocuous or
would never realistically cause an injury or
death. What safety officers know is that danger comes in so many
forms, and just because
you don’t have the
technical background
that safety officers do,
you should trust that
they are here to help
keep others safe and
alive.
Your safety officers
are available to help
you meet the myriad of
safety requirements
and ensure that your
workplace and your
employees are as safe
as possible. The
Installation Safety
Office offers a large
number of safety classes, and these classes
can be tailored to meet
your specific needs.
When was the last
time you spoke to one
of your organization’s
safety specialists? Do
you know who they
are? Do you know
where your safety bulletin board is located?
Maybe today is a good
day to reach out to
your safety officer or
collateral duty safety
officer and ask these
important questions.
In the coming weeks
and months, the
Garrison Safety Office
will be taking steps to
ensure that all organizations within its scope
are actively represented by collateral duty
safety officers. On June
23 and 24, we will host
the first ever “CDSO
Summit” here on Fort
Knox—an event which
will ensure that
CDSOs have the training they need, the
operational guidance to
put their positions to
good use, and the organizational structure
needed to ensure that
all personnel are
receiving exceptional
safety services. Look
for more information in
the coming days.
In the meantime, if
you have any questions, safety concerns
(including dangerous
conditions on Fort
Knox or unsafe behaviors), or have comments or suggestions,
please contact us at
(502) 624-3381 or by
email at Christopher.s.
[email protected].
■
Military Spouse of Year named
Individual service winners also announced
By DAVID VERGUN
ans in crisis and homeless veterans.
She is also the Family
Army wife Corie
Member Support director
Weathers Saturday was
for Steel City Vets, an
named the 2015 Armed
organization that supForces Insurance
ports post 9/11 veterans
Military Spouse of the
in Pittsburgh and westYear on Military Spouse
ern Pennsylvania.
Appreciation Day.
When Corie was 23
While receiving the
years old, she said her
award was an honor and
husband deployed to Iraq
a happy event, Weathers
and that was a wakeup
said she’s survived really
call for her. She never
tough times as an Army
realized how alone she
spouse, just like others
would feel and also how
have.
much worrying she
The darkest moments would do.
came in 2009, when
That’s when she said
Corie’s husband, Chapshe began to do volunteer
lain (Capt.) Matthew
work for soldiers and vetWeathers was deployed
erans in the community.
to Afghanistan at a place Her advice to other
where many of his fellow spouses in that situation
soldiers were killed or
is to not only do voluninjured— Contingency
teer work but to find
Operating Post Keating.
time to relax.
While her husband
Stacey Benson
was in Afghanistan,
Stacey Benson was
Corie was at Fort Carson, selected as Coast Guard
Colorado. Although he
Spouse of the Year. She
was at a distant outpost, and her husband, Petty
the two were still able to Officer 1st Class Larry
maintain almost daily
Benson, are stationed at
contact through social
U.S. Coast Guard District
media, he said.
1 in Rhode Island.
Corie said she fully
Her husband is a forrealized the danger he
mer soldier, so she said
was in. But rather than
she’s experienced living
sit home and cry, she
alone through six deploydecided to do something
ments.
that would ease the pain
While volunteering on
of separation and help
the board of Military
other spouses on post.
Spouses of Newport,
Being a licensed proRhode Island, Benson
fessional counselor, she
said she noticed there
decided to put that to use were a lot of spouses who
doing a job that is plainly had talent and ambition
heartbreaking—aiding in and wanted to work, but
casualty notification. The had grown frustrated
procedure was for the
with a lack of opportunicasualty notification
ties.
team to deliver the news
So she took action.
in person to the home of
Now, as military liaison
the spouse.
of Newport Hospital, she
Corie’s job was to then uses her role with
do a follow-up visit with
Military Spouses of
the spouse, within just
Newport to help other
minutes of the visit by
the casualty notification
team, according to the
chaplain, who termed it
the “Care and Go” team.
Being a counselor,
Corie was able to use
that skill to listen and
offer solace.
Today, Corie helps to
advise and set up Care
and Go teams. She and
her husband now are stationed at Fort Gordon,
Georgia.
“Military spouses need
more help—a place to
talk, to hurt, to be real
without feeling it is
unpatriotic or out of
place,” she said.
The goal, she continued, is to help them
“thrive in their marriages, their personal goals,
cope with the changes in
their soldiers, as well as
the coming changes in
the military.”
Julia Kysela
While Corie was the
overall winner of Military
Spouse of the Year, there
were other winners representing each of the services.
Julia Kysela was
selected as that National
Guard Spouse of the
Year. Her husband, Sgt.
1st Class Daniel Kysela,
is in the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard.
Julia and her husband
organized the “I’ve Got
Your Six” 6-kilometer
and 1-mile races to support the VALOR Clinic
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Nicole Spaid
Nicole Spaid was
selected as Marine Corps
lives with her husband,
Wes Spaid, at Marine
Corps Air Station New
River, North Carolina.
They’ve been married
20 years and have been
through eight deployments and 10 permanent
change-of-station moves.
She, too, said she’s
found fulfillment in volunteer work in myriad
ways on post and in the
community. She said she
believes every spouse,
military child and family
“possesses unique gifts
and talents that add to
the strength of our military community.”
With the downsizing
and budget cuts, she said
“the resources available
to military families are
shrinking as well.” That’s
why it’s so important to
volunteer. “I have found
that families do not want
a handout. They want a
hand up!”
Antonia Wilber
Antonia Wilber was
selected as Navy Spouse
of the Year. She and her
husband, Keith Wilber,
are stationed at Naval
Base Guam.
Wilber volunteers her
time as a COMPASS
mentor and team leader.
COMPASS is a spouseto-spouse mentoring program that improves quality of life through education, enabling spouses to
understand, experience,
and meet the challenges
of the Navy lifestyle.
She also volunteers at
the Navy Marine Corps
Relief Society, helping
families to thrift shop
and provides them financial counseling during
times of crisis and assists
them with security interest-free loans when needed.
Jana Kingery
Jana Kingery was
selected as Air Force
and her husband, Master
Sgt. Matthew Kingery,
are stationed at Beale Air
Force Base, California.
Kingery founded the
Team Lone Tree
Volunteers program in
2011. She also volunteers
at her local school, teaching and tutoring students, among many other
volunteer activities.
Also, as a Key Spouse
liaison, she manages the
calendar of events and
activities for more than
148 military families.
She said she challenges other spouses to “get
involved to help foster a
sense of family at each
new assignment.” ■
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4-year-old daughter inspires others
By JESSICA MARIE RYAN
hoped to inspire
others to be creative.
To the Internet, Mica
“My blog was a
Hendricks is the blogger
small little thing I
who inspired thousands to
had fun with and
collaborate on art projects
wrote about the
with their children. To the
various crafts and
Army Family and Morale,
projects I do,” she
Welfare and Recreation
stated. “Only a
community, she is the
handful of people
graphic artist behind many
read it, mostly famadvertisements for Family
ily and friends.”
and MWR programming at
In August 2013,
Fort Leonard Wood,
she composed the
Missouri.
“Collaborating with
Her post, “Collaborating a 4 year old” entry.
with a 4 year old,” pubThe post featured
lished on her blog Busy
sketches of expresMockingbird, went viral in sive human faces,
2013. Since then,
drawn by
Photo by Mica Hendricks/Fort Leonard Wood MWR
Hendricks balanced the
Hendricks, with
responsibilities of being a
FORT
LEONARD
WOOD MWR GRAPHIC
cartoonish animal
mother, military spouse,
bodies and mythi- DESIGNER MICA HENDRICKS and her daughter
MWR employee and online cal creatures,
Myla use their creative talents to sketch
blogger.
imaginative art pieces together. The motherdrawn by her
Hendricks was born into daughter. The
daughter duo gained international attention
the “traveling circus of mil- imaginative porafter their unique collaborations, featured on
itary life,” she said. She
Hendricks’ blog Busy Mockingbird, went viral in
traits caught the
was a military child and
attention of many 2013.
then later joined the Army Internet users,
find the humorous side to
as a photolithographer.
including a few daytime
get you through it.”
During her time in service, talk show hosts and a
Hendricks’ popularity
she met her husband
famous Hollywood actor.
gave
her the opportunity to
Matthew, another active
“It felt so good knowing
duty Soldier. Hendricks got that something my daugh- sell her art prints and
books online to her fans.
out of the Army in 2003,
ter and I did together
and her husband still
meant so much to so many She hopes to illustrate a
book specifically for miliserves as a pilot.
people from all over the
tary kids in the future. She
In 2006, she became a
world,” she remarked.
believes that there are not
graphic designer for the
Since their first brush
many children’s books
MWR Marketing departwith fame two years ago,
depicting military life in
ment at Fort Leonard
Hendricks and her daughmore upbeat manner.
Wood.
ter continue to collaborate
As her Family continues
Like other military
on art projects.
their journey in the “travelspouses, Hendricks dealt
Hendricks stated that
ing circus” of military life,
with her husband’s tempo- art has helped her Family
rary duty assignments and with handling the obstacles Hendricks wants her readers to know how strong and
deployments while taking
and challenges of military
creative military Families
care of her daughter Myla
life.
at home.
“I try to be lighthearted are—no matter where life
takes them.
“We (military spouses)
in my artwork and keep a
“This experience helped
work, we raise kids, and we sense of humor and playbuild my daughter’s confimanage households while
fulness,” she commented.
our Soldiers are gone,” she “Humor has always gotten dence and showed her how
much art can touch people
said.
us through rough times in
Hendricks started her
the military, but you cannot in ways that nothing else
break down—you have to
blog in June 2013 and
can,” she said. ■
FMWRC
Once again the long days of
winter are coming to an end,
with most of us having no
regrets saying goodbye to cold
frigid days and 25 inches of
snow.
But along with
the summer season comes new
challenges of long
hot days. The
months of summer offers us all
Sue Lowrie
a chance to do
Army Substance
things that
Abuse Program
start out to be
fun but sometimes ends up with memories
of “not-so-much- fun.”
As with many things in our
life choices, great days of summer comes with increased
hazards and risks. The
National Safety Council’s primary focus during the summer months is vehicle crashes
with unfortunate injuries and
deaths, especially during the
Memorial Day weekend. The
purpose of highlighting the
importance of these three
months is to increase Soldiers,
Family members, and our
civilian workforce on the dangers involved with recreational activities along with common summer endeavors.
We plan all year for our
summer vacations, plan those
special barbecues in the backyard, swimming and boating
at our favorite lakes, fishing
trips, and heading out on that
new motorcycle experiencing
the thrills of the open road
ahead of us.
The Army Substance Abuse
Program is always concerned
over impaired driving and the
risks involved with making
poor choices in drinking and
driving. Though the stats vary
from state to state, overall
one-third of vehicle fatalities
were attributed to drivers
with a blood alcohol content of
.08 or higher, averaging a
death every 51 minutes.
People making the choice to
drink and drive usually fail to
understand that high tolerances to alcohol and other
drugs can alter a person’s
judgment and lead them to
believe they are totally capable to drive with no impairment.
Driving a car while
impaired is a huge concern
but is also a concern for water
safety whether driving a boat
or swimming when intoxicated. Most drowning is associated with abusive drinking and
not wearing the proper gear to
save your life.
Though the ASAP focuses
on the dangers of excessive
use of alcohol, sunshine and
warm weather invite other
risks
Make sure to stay hydrated
and limit intense outdoor
exercise. Focus on replacing
lost salt and minerals with
water and sports drinks—
avoid alcohol and caffeinated
drinks.
The most important aspect
of enjoying the upcoming
months and staying safe is to
have a plan. Heat stroke and
heat exhaustion, fatigue,
heavy sweating, experiencing
confusion, dizziness, and
cramps are symptoms to be
taken seriously. Using alcohol
as a means to avoiding heat
stroke will only make the situation worse. Alcohol dehydrates and excessive drinking
will only make you thirstier.
Think before you do these
activities, make a plan to keep
your family and friends safe
and most importantly, look out
for each other. Summer is
intended to share fun and
good memories with your family and friends—not a time to
mourn what could have been
if I only had made the right
choice.
If you have any questions
or comments, contact the
Army Substance Abuse
Program, Bldg. 1224, or call
(502) 624-1532. ■
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Parts Coordinator - Army C12 - L-3
Communications - Fort Knox
Survey Taker - Vine Grove
Military Pay Specialist Job - Booz Allen
Hamilton - Radcliff
Family Services Office Supervisor Commonwealth of Kentucky - Meade County
General Maintenance Worker - Gulf Coast
Enterprises - Fort Knox
Centralized Scheduler - Hardin Memorial
Hospital - Elizabethtown
Grounds Maintenance Laborer - ABM
Industries, Inc. - Fort Knox
Bookseller - Part-Time Barnes & Noble Elizabethtown
Quality Inspector Associates - MS
Companies - Elizabethtown
SFL–TAP Career Counselor I, 3rd Shift –
Serco - Fort Knox
Patient Registrar - Hardin Memorial
Part Time Merchandiser - Brandenburg
American Greetings - Brandenburg
SCA CBT Specialist/Instructor - Northrop
Grumman - Fort Knox
Rural Carrier Assoc/Service Reg Route United States Postal Service - Vine Grove
PSA Sales & Svcs/Distribution Associate United States Postal Service - Eastview
Sales Leader - Management Pier 1 Imports
- Elizabethtown
E-Coat Support Technician - Metalsa Elizabethtown
Apparel Salesfloor Supervisor - Hometown
Shopko - Brandenburg
Pricing Services Coordinator - Fast Switch,
Ltd. - Radcliff
Postmaster Relief (RMPO) - United States
Postal Service - White Mills
Patient Care Assistant - Hardin Memorial
Account Manager - HP - Fort Knox
Transportation Engineering Technologist II Commonwealth of Kentucky - Hardin County
Assembly Line Production Worker - Effex
Management Solutions - Elizabethtown
Clerk I - Inventory Control APL Shepherdsville
Mental Health Tech - Lincoln Trail
Behavioral Health - Radcliff
Outbound Fulfillment Associate - eBay
Enterprise - Shepherdsville
Driver - Paradisride inc - Lebanon Junction
Patient Financial Counselor - Hardin
Memorial Hospital - Elizabethtown
Kay Jewelers - Towne Mall Sterling Jewelers
Inc. - Elizabethtown
Bakery Merchandiser - CROSSMARK Elizabethtown
Care Navigator - Hardin Memorial Hospital Elizabethtown
Residential Aide - Pinnacle Treatment
Centers - Elizabethtown
Caregiver - Morning View Gardens Elizabethtown
Avionics Technician - Army C12 - L-3
Communications - Fort Knox
Cafe Helper - Part-Time Canteen Service
Company - Elizabethtown
Merchandising and Inventory Associate Best Buy - Elizabethtown
Transportation Coordinator - Universal
Health Services - Radcliff
Resident Assistant/Mental Health
Associate - Spectrum Care Academy Elizabethtown
Human Development Coordinator
(Manager) - Metalsa - Elizabethtown
General Assignment Reporter - Landmark
Community Newspapers - Elizabethtown
Production Associates - Spartan Staffing Elizabethtown
Security Officer Midwest - Universal
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Maintenance Technician - MS Companies Elizabethtown
Part-Time Subcontractor Delivery/Assembly
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Material Handler II (Contract Logistics
Services) - APL - Shepherdsville
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Program Manager - Goodwill Industries
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Production Worker - Manpower Elizabethtown
Outside Sales - Northwind Safety
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Inventory Supervisor - WIS International Elizabethtown
Quality Inspector - MS Companies Shepherdsville
Co-Manager Trainee - Speedway LLC Elizabethtown
Medical Office Clinical Coordinator - Hardin
Memorial Hospital - Elizabethtown
Learning and Development Specialist Beam Inc. - Clermont
Case Manager II (Pool) - HealthSouth
Corporation - Elizabethtown
Low Voltage Technicians Trillium - Fort Knox
Dialysis Patient Care Technician - Davita Elizabethtown
Sr. Training and Development Specialist Metalsa - Elizabethtown
HSE Manager Gates - Corporation Elizabethtown
Department Manager - Lowe’s Shepherdsville
Primary Maintenance - McDonald’s Elizabethtown
Office Manager - 300130 Kool Smiles Elizabethtown
On-Site Supervisor - The Reserves Network
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Counselor Center for Behavioral Health Elizabethtown
Data Center Technician - Secret Clearance
Job Yoh - Radcliff
Inventory Associate and Driver - WIS
International - Elizabethtown
Therapist - New Beginnings Family
Services, Inc. - Elizabethtown
Member Services Associate - Bullitt County
YMCA - Shepherdsville
Unit Manager - Seven Counties Services Shepherdsville
Warehouse Assistant - Brooks the CSI
Companies - Brooks
Benefits Consultant - Aflac - United States
Tool and Die Maker - Metalsa Elizabethtown
Best Buy Sales Consultant – Computing
and DI Best Buy - Elizabethtown
Customer Service Representative Fischbach USA Inc. - Elizabethtown
Network Administrator (CCNA) - Technology
Consulting Inc. - Fort Knox
Database Administrator - TEKsystems Elizabethtown
Pharmacy Clerk Kroger Stores - Mount
Washington
Brand Marketing--Entry Level - Tier One
Marketing, Inc. - Elizabethtown
Restaurant Managers - Apple Gold, Inc. Radcliff
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Attorney/Advisor - TRADOC
Bartender NF-03 - FMWR
Bowling Facility Maintenance Worker FMWR
Budget Analyst- TRADOC
Casualty Operations Specialist - HQDA
Casualty Specialist - HQDA
Clinical Nurse (Emergency) - U.S. Army
Medical Command
Clinical Psychologist – TRADOC
Contract Administrator – U.S. Army
Contract Command
Cook NA-04 – FMWR
Custodial Worker – NA-02 - FMWR
CYS Associate Program Instructor –
(SKIESUnlimited) (NF 03) - FMWR
CYS Associate Program Instructor –
(Zumba) (NF 03) - FMWR
Education Services Specialist – HQDA
Events Specialist - HQDA
Fire Protection Inspector - FMWR
Food and Beverage Attendant (Snack Bar)
NA-02- FMWR
Food Service Worker NA-01 - FMWR
HR Specialist (Military) - HQDA
Human Resource Specialist (Classification/
Recruitment / Placement) - HQDA
IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - HQDA
IT Specialist (SYSANALYST - APPSW) HQDA
Lead Security Guard - FMWR
Lifeguard NF-01- FMWR
Medical Support Assistant (0A) - U.S. Army
Medical Command
Mobile Equipment Servicer – Privately
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Nurse Anesthetist - U.S. Army Medical
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Paralegal Specialist (OA) - FMWR
Pharmacist - U.S. Army Medical Command
Physician (All Specialties / All Locations) U.S. Army Medical Command
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Registered Nurse - Home Based Primary
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Secretary (Office Automation) - U.S. Army
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Sexual Assault Response Coordinator U.S. Army Reserve Command
Store Worker – Defense Commissary
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Substitute Teacher / Associate Instructor DODEA
Supervisory Firefighter (BLS/Hazmat
Technician) - FMWR
Training Instructor (Customer Service
Coordinator) - FMWR
Veterinary Officer – NF-0701-04- U.S. Army
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Phone (502) 624-8357 or
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Morse Code era ends on Fort Huachuca,
moves to Good Fellow Air Force Base
By TANJA LINTON
two separate courses,
there is a continued
the Basic Morse
need for Morse code
Training course and the
training.
It’s the beginning of
Advanced Morse
“It remains the
the end of an era at Fort
Training course from 22
cheapest and most reliHuachuca, Arizona,
able means of communi- weeks of training down
April 24, National Morse
to 16 weeks of training.
cation,” added the
Code Day, saw the last
The cut in training time
instructor-in-training.
Manual Morse Code
Senior Airman James for the Army was due to
class begin. In the
Gosnell, also training to the course not being
future, the course will be
become a new instructor, considered as a primary
taught by the Air Force
military occupation spelearned Morse code at
at Goodfellow Air Force
cialty, but as a secondFort Huachuca and
Base, Texas.
ary training for three
upon completion of his
National Morse Code
training was assigned to Army specialties. In
Day is celebrated on
1991, the course trained
Osan Air Force Base in
what would have been
on average 1,600 stuSouth Korea for two
Morse’s 224th birthday.
dents annually for all
years. He said the
On May 24, 1844,
the military services.
assignment was chalSamuel F. B. Morse disThe current Morse
lenging.
patched the first telecode course is self-paced
“It took me nearly
graph message in Morse
two months to get up to and 81 days are allotted
code, the message,
to complete it. A student
speed learning to keep
“What Hath God
up with some of the fast- once successfully comWrought?” sent from the
pleted it in a record 27
est transmitters in the
U.S. Capitol to Alfred
days. Master Sgt. Adella
world,” he said.
Vail at a railroad station
Creque, superintendent,
In late 2004, early
in Baltimore.
2005 the Department of 316th Training
The military first
Defense sent out a mes- Squadron, said the
used Morse code during
course is hard because a
sage stating there was
the Crimean War. The
student has to master
no longer a need or
Union and Confederate
one segment before movrequirement for operaarmies heavily relied on
ing on to the next and
tors trained in only
Morse code during the
may fail several times
Morse code. Based on
Civil War. President
that message, the Navy before advancing.
Abraham Lincoln utiIn 2012 the Army
no longer sent their stulized it to get military
dents to Fort Huachuca stopped enrolling stuintelligence as well as
dents in the Morse Code
to be trained, deciding
command and control of
instead to conduct their Course since it no longer
his generals in the field.
has a requirement to
own training in
Even in our increastrain Soldiers. A cooperPensacola, Florida. By
ingly high-tech world,
ative agreement
2007, the Marines also
there is still a need for
stopped attending Morse between the Air Force
this old school mode of
and Army allowed the
code training at Fort
communication,
training to continue
Huachuca.
explained David
here at Fort Huachuca
That same year the
Germain, chief of Morse
until now. ■
training consolidated
Code Training and sole
remaining civilian
Morse code instructor
at the 304th Military
Intelligence Battalion.
“We train Morse
code because the
adversary still uses
Morse code,” Germain
said.
“I was able
He and the other
to obtain my
instructor for the
Bachelors in 24
course, Air Force Tech.
months and my
Sgt. Joshua Henrichs,
are training two
MBA in 16 months.”
Airmen to serve as
Christina Turner
Morse code instructors
Business Management ‘09
at the new course in
MBA-HR Management ‘14
Texas.
Air Force Tech Sgt.
Ryan Kilcrease agrees
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‘Legends Day’ slated for
May 23 in Indianapolis,
Florida Georgia Line
to headline
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
On May 23 at
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, multi-platinum selling and
award-winning duo
Florida Georgia
Line will headline the
second annual
“Legends Day” concert
presented by
Firestone May 23, on
the Turn 4 infield
stage at the
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, with special
guests Thomas Rhett
and Frankie Ballard
rounding out the lineup.
Comprised of Brian
Kelley from Ormond
Beach, Florida, and
Tyler Hubbard from
Monroe, Georgia, the
record-breaking duo
racked up 13 industry
awards throughout
2014 and recently
scored five ACM
Award nominations;
their first nod for the
prestigious and
fan-voted Entertainer
of the Year in addition
to Vocal Duo of the
Year, Single Record of
the Year for “Dirt,”
and Vocal Event of the
Year for “This Is How
We Roll” featuring
Luke Bryan and “The
South.”
“Legends Day” presented by Firestone is
a great opportunity
for race fans to celebrate the history of
the race and look forward to the following
day when the next
chapter of the
Indianapolis 500 will
be written,” said J.
Douglas Boles,
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway president.
“Capping the Legends
Day off with a Florida
Georgia Line concert
in the speedway’s
infield is the perfect
way to get the energy
level up and build the
excitement for the
99th running of the
Indianapolis 500.”
Florida Georgia
Line is continuing the
momentum with the
release of their Goldcertified sophomore
album Anything Goes
(Republic Nashville)
soaring to a No. 1
debut on the all-genre
Billboard 200 and
Billboard Top Country
Albums charts. Fueled
by their hot Top
5-and-climbing single
“Sun Daze” and platinum, No. 1 smash
“Dirt,” music critics
and fans alike have
embraced the superstar duo’s fresh sound.
The concert will
feature two different
opening acts including
ACM “New Artist of
the Year” nominee
Thomas Rhett,
whose debut album “It
Goes Like This” has
spawned two consecutive platinum certified
No. 1 hits, including a
three-week run with
“It Goes Like This.”
The project also produced the platinum
certified No. 1 smash
“Get Me Some Of
That” as well as two
Top 15 hits, “Beer
With Jesus” and
“Something to Do
With My Hands.”
Also performing
on the IMS Turn 4
stage will be
up-and-coming country music sensation
Frankie Ballard,
whose current album
“Sunshine & Whiskey”
has been hailed by
Rolling Stone as
“required listening”
and delivered two consecutive No. 1
gold-certified singles
with “Helluva Life”
and “Sunshine and
Whiskey.” The singer-guitarist recently
released his latest single, “Young & Crazy”
to country radio and
previewed the new
track on ABC’s Jimmy
Kimmel Live!
For tickets and
additional information, please visit www.
ims.com or call (800)
822-INDY.
Other featured
events on “Legends
Day” include the
annual Public Drivers’
meeting on pit road
adjacent to the Tower
Terrace grandstand,
autograph sessions
with the Indianapolis
500 starting field of 33
drivers and former
Indy 500 drivers and
an Indianapolis 500
memorabilia show.
The 99th running
of the Indianapolis
500 is scheduled for
May 24. ■
Courtesy of Old Louisville Neighborhood Council
St. James Art Show holds
poster contest, $2,000 to winner
OLD LOUISVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
The 59th annual St. James Court
Art Show is looking for artists to
design the next poster for its 2015
show in October. The winner will be
awarded a cash prize of $2,000.
Limited and open-edition posters
will be produced by the St. James
Court Art Show, which will own the
design and related artwork. A smaller version will be reproduced to use
in promotional materials for the
show. The winning image will also be
sold in other merchandise format at
the 2015 show.
All entries will be on display on
our website. The winning poster
design will be chosen at the end of
June in a blind vote by residents of
St. James Court.
Entries must be original designs.
Fee to enter is $20. Deadline is June
15 at 6 p.m.
For more information and an
entry form, go to www.sjcas.com,
email mesrock@stjamescourtartshow.
com, or call (502) 635-1842. ■
Visit Barren River May 29-31 for
30th annual Glasgow Highland Games
GLASGOW HIGHLAND GAMEES
This year’s 2015
Glasgow Highland
Games is scheduled for
May 29-31 at Barren
River Lake State Resort
Park. The annual festival celebrates the heritage and traditions of
all Celtic people, so if
the sound of bagpipes
playing stirs your soul,
this is the place to be.
If you have a family
and are looking for an
interesting and fun
weekend that’s affordable, the Highland
Games might be for
you. Whether you come
alone or with family
and friends, you’ll leave
knowing you’re a part
of The Glasgow
Highland Games.
As the name suggests, there are a number of world-class Celtic
athletic events like the
hammer throw, battle
ax throw, the weight
throw, and caber toss—
typically a 19 feet 6
inches tall pole that
weighs 175 pounds. And
don’t forget the children’s athletic events
the Clan tug-of-War
and, of course, a golf
tournament.
There are plenty of
bagpipes to hear and
kilts to see, not to mention other music and
the food.
The last day of the
event, which is celebrating its 30th year, ends
with a Parade of
Tartans - Come march
with your Clan.
For more information
on tickets, location, or
participation, contact
(270) 651-3141 or visit
www.glasgowhighlandgames.com. ■
Courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Frazier Museum hosts Lewis
and Clark exhibit through 2016
Courtesy of Glasgow Highland Games
A PARTICIPANT READIES HIMSELF for the caber toss.
FRAZIER MUSEUM
The Frazier Museum, located at
the corner of 9th and Main streets
on downtown Louisville’s Museum
Row is currently hosting the
“Lewis and Clark Experience.”
Visitors of all ages are taken on an
immersive, educational adventure
that puts them face to face with
some of the many challenges
encountered by the Corps of
Discovery, seeking passage to the
northwest.
Museum goers forge rivers and
cross mountains while encountering new people, cultures and fantastic new species of animals.
There are several artifacts from
the period and detailed explanations on how and why they were
used by the expedition.
The Lewis and Clark
Experience features a 55-foot cutaway replica of Lewis and Clark’s
keelboat, replica Sioux Tipi and
Mandan earthen hut. Visitors can
even try their hand at animal
tracking and exploring “secret”
passages. While this exhibit is fun
Starts Friday, May 15
WAYBUR THEATER
(502) 942-4284
“Get Hard” (R) 7 p.m. Friday.
“Furious 7” (PG-13) 7 p.m. Saturday.
“Home” (PG) 2 p.m. Sunday.--FREE CYSS movie.
Closed Monday-Thursday.
MOVIE PALACE
Elizabethtown
(270) 769-1505
Courtesy of the Frazier Museum
for all ages, it was designed with
children and families in mind and
runs through May 2016.
For more information, visit
http://fraziermuseum.org/the-lewis-and-clark-experience or call
(502) 753-5663. ■
“The Longest Ride” (PG-13) 1:30 and 6:30 p.m.
“Furious 7” (PG-13) 2, 7 and 9:45 p.m.
“Get Hard” (R) 4 and 9 p.m.
“Home” 2D (PG) 1:30 and 6:30 p.m.
“Unfriended” (R) 4 and 9 p.m.
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” (PG) 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
“The Age of Adaline” (PG-13) 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” 2D (PG-13) 1:30, 2, 4:30, 7,
7:30 and 9:45 p.m.
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” 3D (PG-13) 2, 6:30
and 9:30 p.m.
“Hot Pursuit” (PG-13) 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m.
“Mad Max: Fury Road” 2D (R) 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
“Mad Max: Fury Road” 3D (R) 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m.
“Pitch Perfect 2” (PG-13) 1:30, 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
SHOWTIME CINEMAS
Radcliff
(270) 351-1519
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (PG-13) 2, 4, 7 and 9:45 p.m.
“Home” (PG) 4:30 and 9:30 p.m.
“Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” (PG) 2 and 7 p.m.
“Pitch Perfect 2” (PG-13) 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
“Mad Max: Fury Road” (R) 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
HISTORIC STATE THEATER
(270) 234-8258
'Elizabethtown' the movie
Rated: PG-13 — June 5-6 - 7 p.m.
Classic Film Series - 'The Wizard of Oz'
Rated: G — June 19-20 - 7 p.m.
Tickets to these films are $3 each.
THE GOLD STANDARD
B
B1
Mastering
skills beneficial
to playing
basketball
By GINNY GRIMSLEY
NEWS AND EXPERTS
There are many
would-be athletes in
their adolescence, but
factors such as size and
ability often pre-empt
their efforts.
Today, legendary
streetballer Grayson
“The Professor”
Boucher stands 5 feet
10 inches tall and
weighs in at 150
pounds—not exactly
big by today’s basketball standards, even for
a point guard. But
what he lacks in stature Boucher more than
makes up for in dedication, drive and love of
the game.
“I was smaller in
high school, which
meant I really had to
prove myself to earn
the starting varsity
position at point
guard,” said Boucher,
who won the position
and later was given the
moniker “The
Professor” for his
uncanny ability to
“school” opponents,
whether while playing
organized basketball or
while playing pickup
streetball games.
Many of The
Professor’s antics have
been cataloged and can
be found on YouTube.
At the heart of his “lectures” on the court is
superhuman ball-handling skills and an ability to control the basketball when opponents
least expect it.
“Basketball was
always going to be part
of my career, but you
don’t have to be a professional streetballer to
make mastering an
athletic skill worthwhile,” he said. “Sports
teach young people discipline and confidence,
offer a form of expression, and keep kids in
shape and out of trouble.”
The Professor offers
tips for how to improve
a kid’s game.
■ Footwork is key.
When trying to master
certain aspects of the
game, especially when
it comes to offense,
mastering the footwork
is key. Once the footwork for a move is
understood, it becomes
easier to practice and
emulate the move.
Things to help understand great footwork
are watching great
players play with a
close eye, taking note of
how they execute
moves with their feet
and watching footwork
in slow motion on TiVo
or a smartphone.
■ Get used to staying low. In basketball
you want to protect the
ball. Tall players are
taught to keep the ball
high and out of reach
for smaller pickpocket
defenders. If you stay
low when making your
move to the basket, this
will maximize explosion
and quickness, but it
also makes stealing the
ball much more difficult against defenders.
Also, some of the best
moves are made below
the knees.
■ Power your
hands; Some of the
best players spent a
considerable amount of
time, as kids, concoctSee BBALL TIPS, page B2
SECTION
MWR brings ultra-challenging
obstacle course to Fort Carson
Spartan is
family affair
By TIM HIPPS
U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION
MANAGEMENT COMMENT
Editor’s note:
Reference herein to
any specific commercial products, process, or service by
trade name, trademark, manufacturer,
or otherwise, does
not necessarily constitute or imply its
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Army.
Fort Carson,
Colorado, recently
became the model for
the Army Family and
Morale, Welfare and
Recreation’s partnership with Reebok
Spartan Races.
“The Mountain
Post” played host to its
fourth annual Reebok
Spartan Colorado
Sprint, a 4.8-mile footrace that featured 22
obstacles, such as
barbed wire crawl,
bucket carry, monkey
net, water pit, rope
climb, slippery wall
and fire jump, among
various other adversities surrounding
“Agony Hill.”
The success of the
Carson-based races
convinced Army MWR
to partner with
Spartan to bring more
of the ultra-challenging obstacle-course
races to installations
throughout the world.
The revenue generated by Spartan’s use of
military venues benefits MWR programs
for Soldiers and their
Families.
“In my view, obstacle courses are military history,” said
Rusty Schellman,
Spartan director of
Photo by Tim Hipps/IMCOM Public Affairs
GLENN RACZ, OF SAN DIEGO, EXITS THE FINAL WATER OBSTACLE en route to a third-place
finish in the elite men’s heat of the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Spartan
Colorado Sprint races on Fort Carson, Colorado, May 2.
real estate and military markets and a
veteran Chief Warrant
Officer 2, who flew
Blackhawk helicopters
during Operation
Desert Storm. “They
oftentimes are
referred to in some
circles as confidence
courses—they build
confidence, they build
your fitness, you learn
to trust yourself and
your instincts.
(Spartan founder/
owner) Joe DeSena’s
vision was to toughen
people up; that we’ve
gotten soft over the
years.”
Soldiers have tackled obstacle courses
since the day they
stepped into basic
training, but only
during recent years
has mainstream
America embraced
such self-tortuous
competition as recreational fun.
“Ironically, I’m even
hearing that from
some of the base commanders saying we’ve
got to get our guys
active; we’ve got to
engage the Soldiers in
fitness again; we’ve
got to get them off the
couches and get them
away from their video
games,” Schellman
said. “I have heard on
three different bases
where I’ve sat with
the commanders—
they’ve all said that—
they really want to see
their Soldiers get out
and get active.”
The inaugural Fort
Carson Spartan Race
drew 5,000 participants in 2012. The
fields topped 9,000
participants during
each of the next two
years, and more than
7,000 completed a new
course this year.
Waves of about 250
competitors started
every 15 to 30 minutes
during the recent competition. The elite
Spartan men began at
7:30 a.m., followed by
the elite women.
Spartans of all ages,
shapes and sizes
pounded the treacherous terrain until a
thunderstorm closed
camp around 4 p.m.
Spartan did it again
the next day.
Barness estimated
that around 30 percent of the competitors
were “true military,”
even more when
counting Family members.
“Spartan is a culture,” Barness said.
“There’s a following
that’s enormous. They
have their own workout programs. They
build upon themselves.”
Like many sports
activities, Spartan is
somewhat of a family
affair.
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UFC fighters showcase skills during combatives tourney
Strengthens U.S.,
South Korea tie
through MMA
By TIMOTHY
OBERLE
8TH ARMY
Eighth Army hosted mixed martial artists from the Ultimate
Fighting
Championship and
the Top Fighting
Championship May 2
at the Collier
Community Fitness
Center at U.S. Army
Garrison Yongsan in
Seoul, South Korea as
part of their annual
Modern Army
Combatives
Tournament.
The fighters were
invited along with
demonstration teams
from the International
TeukGong MooSool
Federation and the
Korea Hapkido
Federation to promote
esprit de corps
amongst competitors
and entertain audience members.
Two of the UFC
fighters who performed for attendees
are scheduled for the
card at the upcoming
UFC “Fight Night
Manila” Saturday at
the Mall of Asia Arena
in Pasay City,
Philippines. Despite
having a few of his
best fighters preparing for major UFC
fights, Top FC and
Korean Top Team
President Ha, Dong
Jin wanted to ensure
that the Soldiers were
treated to a great performance.
“I don’t think they
(U.S. Soldiers) have
met Korean MMA
fighters from the TOP
FC or UFC in person
or have seen them
demonstrate MMA so
closely before,” said
Ha. “So I thought this
would be a perfect
opportunity for both
sides to meet and
interact to help build
a better relationship
between the U.S. and
South Korea through
MMA.
“With two of our
fighters on an upcoming UFC card, we
maintain a tight
schedule, but we
really wanted to come
out and support the
U.S. Army at this
tournament because
we truly value the
partnership we have
with them.”
Photo by Tim Oberle/Eighth Army Public Affairs
FIGHTERS FROM THE TOP FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION for Soldiers
at the Collier Community Fitness Center May 2 at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul, Republic
of Korea. The professional fighters put on a demonstration during the Eighth Army Modern Army
Combatives Tournament in the spirit of the partnership between the U.S. and South Korea.
Bang, Tae Hyun,
one of the mixed martial artists scheduled
to fight in two weeks
took time away from
his busy training
schedule because of
his respect for the
Alliance between the
U.S. and the Republic
of Korea.
“The US-ROK
Alliance is very
important because it
has helped South
Korea become what it
is today,” said Bang. “I
hope the alliance
between our two countries continues to
strengthen in the
future.”
Lim, Hyun Gyu, the
other fighter scheduled to fight at the
upcoming UFC Fight
Night left the tournament impressed with
the MMA skills of the
Soldiers.
“Not every MMA
fighters get a chance
to visit a U.S. Army
base to demonstrate
their MMA skills, so it
is such a great honor
for me to be involved
in this tournament,”
said Lim. “I am especially impressed by
the enthusiasm and
fighting spirit that
U.S. Soldiers showed
us today during the
tournament. Their
eyes were bright and
shining throughout
the event so I was
inspired by their passion and fighting spirit.” ■
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Spartan: More installations slated to host
“You see the impact
that it has with the
Families, who are out
here,” said Fort Carson
Garrison Commander
Col. Joel Hamilton. “We
started the event off
with the elite athletes,
and that was just phenomenal to watch.
“But even bigger than
that is when you see the
incorporation of the kids
with the kids’ course.
There are a lot of kids,
and people from all
walks of life—such a
diverse group. There’s a
lot of camaraderie.”
Hamilton voiced his
opinion about what
brought so many folks
together for a weekend
of Spartan festivities on
the Fort Carson plains,
just south of Colorado
Springs.
“I think it’s about
overcoming adversity, in
a series of obstacles, and
dealing with elevation—
just proving that ‘I can
persevere through this,’”
Hamilton said. “We put
into practice here at
Fort Carson what we
call the ‘Iron Horse
Strong Campaign,’ and
it’s named after the Iron
Horse Division. We focus
on spiritual strength,
mental strength and
physical strength, and I
think that someone who
comes out and endures
this course, they encounter all three of those pillars.”
Spartan officials,
however, do not want
anyone to fear their
events. Mere mortals,
too, can become Spartan
racers, Schellman said.
“No, it’s definitely not
too tough,” he said. “I see
it as a strong push into
the fitness marketplace.
People will always be
into running marathons
and half-marathons, but
this definitely adds the
fitness beyond just the
running. In training for
this, you have to train
your entire body, not just
for the run.”
Much like a Soldier,
no Spartan racer gets
left behind. Rather than
trying to beat each other
through the obstacles,
Spartan racers are more
inclined to hoist, pull,
push, encourage, and
even carry each other
when necessary.
Everyone wants to succeed, but finishing as
unscathed as possible is
more important than
speed.
“It’s about taking on a
challenge and putting
teamwork together,”
“They’re all here
Barness said. “You could
learning, taking picapply all of those same
tures, trying to figure it
total Army values to a
out,” Barness said. “We
Spartan race: trust and
commitment, value, hon- learn something new
every year, and we get
esty and integrity.”
As a military veteran, smarter. And Spartan
certainly gets smarter.
Schellman proudly
helped connect Spartan We’re learning together.”
Barness remembers
with the Army.
the Army’s first Spartan
“I love the fact that
race.
we’re working with the
“We started four
military on this conyears ago,” he said.
tract,” he said. “It’s a
“Spartan was a fledgling
great thing for our racers to be able to come on company. They were
brand new, as was somebase and be running
body named Tough
side-by-side with miliMudder and the Warrior
tary personnel.”
Dash. We did a mud run
Likewise, Barness
boasts about the Army’s on Fort Carson, something that had not been
association with
done in the Army. The
Spartan.
things you see here with
“Hopefully, down the
all the branded tents
road, it becomes an
and all the merchandisannual event at a lot of
different installations to ing, it was few and far
between.”
run a
Fort
Spartan
We’re adding
Carson’s
race,”
another two
Barness
first
installations next
said.
three
year, possibly
“This
Spartan
more. We would
comRaces
like to see
pares, in
were run
my
at Iron
between six and
mind, to
Horse
eight over the
the
Park, in
next couple of
Army
the heart
years. There are
Tenof the
only so many marMiler.
installakets we can add
As a
tion.
before it doesn’t
sporting
“We
event,
ran it
make sense.
this is
frontRusty Schellman
by far
wards
Spartan director of real
the largone year,”
estate and military markets
est that
Barness
we do.
said. “We
It’s a big deal.”
ran it backwards the
Fort Bragg, North
next year, trying to creCarolina, will host
ate some diversity. We
Spartan Races, Sept. 19, changed it up as much
and Fort Campbell,
as we could and we basiKentucky, is scheduled
cally came to the saturafor Spartan Races, Oct.
tion point that it’s time
24, all of which are open to do something differto military personnel
ent.
and civilians.
“It’s time to go big or
“We’re adding anoth- go home, and we came
er two installations next downrange to play with
year, possibly more,”
the big boys.”
Schellman said. “We
They relocated about
would like to see
7 miles south into
between six and eight
Training Area 7, where
over the next couple of
Army marksmen and
years. There are only so helicopter crews train
many markets we can
for battle missions.
add before it doesn’t
“Just over the hill,
make sense.”
they shoot artillery and
The Boston-based
they land Blackhawks
Spartan already has 58
on a regular basis,”
events scheduled for
Barness said.
2015. Meanwhile, the
Once everyone bought
Army MWR Spartan
in, the move was
program is up and runapplauded by all
ning.
involved with the event.
Officials from Fort
Fort Carson Director of
Campbell and Fort Riley, MWR Mike O’Donnell
Kansas, were in
oversaw the project.
Colorado scouting the
“The amount of land
Spartan races. Joint
that we have here, the
Base Lewis-McChord,
elevation we have here,
Washington, also
adds a huge component
expressed interest in
to the race,” O’Donnell
hosting an event.
said. “We had great coor-
“
“
■ From Page B1
dination with DPTMS
(Directorate of Plans,
Training, Mobilization
and Security), great support from all the other
directorates when it
came to dotting I’s and
crossing T’s, but it did
take quite a lot of work.
… It also allowed us
from the installation
access perspective to
have a lot more control
over those 8,000 folks
that come in.”
Hamilton was
impressed with the outcome.
“It is absolutely a
win-win,” Hamilton said.
“The rationale behind
moving it, from the location of Iron Horse Park,
was what makes this
event unique in
Colorado. (It) is being
able to really take in the
vistas and the mountainous terrain and take
advantage of the elevation. So by moving it
further south here, up
against all the canyons
and the arroyos, was
absolutely vital to capturing the essence of
what Spartan Colorado
really is.”
Barness said not only
hosting the event, but
moving it downrange,
required timely cooperation by many across the
installation. Being passionate about making a
difference for Soldiers
and their Families, he
said, is a prerequisite for
fielding a Spartan Race
on an installation.
“I can’t say enough
about teamwork because
somebody gets to lead
the guys, but everybody
is busting their butt and
getting dirty,” Barness
said. “You go home dirty
every night for a week,
and you go home tired.
And you come back and
do it again.
Anne Connor recently
ran the race for the second consecutive year.
“In the end, it’s
always for our Soldiers
and Families, so whatever we can do to make
them happy by bringing
them out and giving
them a good event,
that’s what we’re here to
do,” she said on the eve
of the first day of races.
“One-hundred percent,
Spartan certainly
embodies the physical
fitness part of being a
Soldier and getting out
there and being rough
and tough and running
with your battle buddies.”
Spartan delivers
self-contained, turn-key
events across America,
Photo by Tim Hipps/IMCOM Public Affairs
ISAIAH VIDAL, OF MARBLE FALLS, TEXAS, SIGNALS NO. 1
AS HE CROSSES the fire jump and approaches the final water
obstacle en route to victory in the elite men’s heat of the Army
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Reebok Spartan Colorado Sprint
races on Fort Carson, Colorado, May 2.
along with races in
Europe, Australia, Korea
and Japan. As a fourtime participant,
Barness is as seasoned
a veteran as anyone in
the U.S. military at
hosting these events.
“When they come to
Fort Carson or any of
the other installations,
it’s going to be similar,”
Barness said. “We’ve
contracted so that they
operate and execute a
turn-key operation—
great—except they’re
trying to do it on a military installation that is
foreign to this kind of
behavior.
“Between the gate
access, the range control,
the environmental, the
fire marshals, the safety
guys—all of those elements on a day-to-day
basis, Spartan doesn’t
deal with. They don’t
have to. Our role as an
MWR proponent for this
is we are the liaison and
we are the facilitator. We
are the guy that removes the obstacles, literally, for Spartan to do
what they normally do.
“We try to remove all
of the roadblocks that
we put up so that they
can come in and do this
for that value of having
a great time on Fort
Carson.”
The race spans the
entire spectrum of MWR
programs.
“We do a kids race, so
there’s our Child and
Youth Services linking
into the marketing
piece,” Barness said.
“There’s an EFMP,
exceptional Family
member, with a special-needs type race, so
there’s Army
Community Services’
link to EFMP. Obviously,
the food and beverage
side, from the business
end, is there. The entire
marketing piece, and
our supply and services
are running tents, setting up trailers, and
running through logistics.
“Every one of the recreation programs plays
a role, between the outdoor recreation guys
renting equipment, our
use of a (U.S. Olympic)
shooting complex,
and the gymnasiums
kick in with training
programs to help get
Soldiers ready for the
race.”
Which is why the
Army sought involvement with Spartan in
the first place.
“They’re looking to
modernize their fitness
regimen,” Schellman
said. “The days of old of
just going out and doing
cadence runs and a
bunch of pushups and
situps—they’re trying to
do more things and
come up to speed and
get the Soldiers,
Airmen and Marines
active and do more
things like this.
“It’s a win-win all the
way around. It’s the
American way trying to
get people off the couch,
and it’s the directive of
the commanders that
want to get their guys
active also.” ■
BBall tips: Remain student of game, foot work is key
■ From Page B1
KFC Yum! Center hosting
WNBA doubleheader
ing gear to help with
one’s game, usually with
mixed results.
“I absolutely could’ve
benefited by training
with gloves and slick
wrap growing up,” he
said. “Both actually
make it more difficult
to handle the ball,
which ultimately yields
better ball-handling
skills. You adapt to the
lack of friction, which
decreases dexterity and
ultimately improves
your technique.”
■ Train at the
speed of the game.
Don’t get stuck in practice. Your muscles won’t
be ready to take on full
speed motions come
game time if you don’t
match your training
with the actual speed of
the game. Here, you may
also want to combine
other training techniques: stay low, get
comfortable dribbling
the ball while stationary
(which your coach may
not like during an actual
game) and add the challenge of reduced friction
with gloves and a slick
wrap over the ball.
■ Student of the
game. Being a constant
learner is key to becoming a great ball player.
Always realizing that no
matter what level you’re
at there’s always something new to learn to
become a better player.
Look at Michael
Jordan—a guy considered by many the best to
ever play the game. He
was still making massive strides in his skill
set offensively and
defensively into the mid
90s as his career was
winding down. Same can
be said of many of the
NBA greats. That goes
to show no matter what
level you’re at or where
you rank among your
teammates and pears
there is always new
things to be learned in
order to improve your
game. ■
KFC YUM! CENTER
p.m. before the Dream
The Atlanta Dream and Washington
Mystics play at 7 p.m.,
will host the 2015
Atlanta Dream Classic will be the culmination
of a three-day event
at the KFC Yum!
Center May 23 to open that will include a
its preseason schedule. coaches clinic and a
pre-game party on the
The event, which will
feature a doubleheader KFC Yum! Center plaza
prior to the doubleof WNBA preseason
header and community
contests, will be highlighted by the return to appearances by all four
teams. There will also
Louisville of current
be closed scrimmages
Dream stars Angel
McCoughtry and Shoni between the teams May
Schimmel. Both players 21 and May 22, giving
all four teams an
earned All-American
opportunity to play
honors while leading
each of the other teams
the Cardinals to
in attendance over the
appearances in the
National Championship three-day period.
For more informaGame.
tion, visit www.
The doubleheader,
kfcyumcenter.com/
which will match the
events/detail/atlanIndiana Fever vs. the
Connecticut Sun at 5
ta-dream-classic. ■
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FKYS fall soccer registration
The Fort Knox Youth Sports has its fall soccer registration through July 24 from 8 a.m. - 4
p.m. at Central Registration office, Bldg. 1384
Vine Street. The league is open to players born
Aug. 1, 1996 through July 31, 2012. All players
must be Family members of active duty, retired
military or Family members of civilian workforce
including contractors on Fort Knox. The cost is
$20 for U-4 and $40 for U-6 and above. Participants will receive a 15 percent multiple child discount for each additional youth participating in
the same sport. At time of registration, children
must have a current sports specific physical on
file.
For more information, call the sports office at
624-4747or 624-6703.
needs class in order to coach. If you are selected
to be a head coach in flag football or cheerleading, all children participating in these sports programs this season are free. Tackle football discounts are as follows: if selected as head coach:
the first child is free, additional children receive a
15 percent discount. If selected to an assistant
coach: the first child receives a 25 percent discount and each additional child receives a 15
percent discount. Volunteers will not receive discount until background checks and mandatory
training are current.
624-4747or 624-6703.
FKYS football and cheerleading registration
The Fort Knox Youth Sports has its football
and cheerleading registration through Aug. 24 from
Coaches wanted
8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Central Registration office,
Fort Knox Youth Sports is looking for coaches Bldg. 1384 Vine Street. Thirteen year olds can
for its upcoming football, cheerleading and soccer play football as long as they don’t turn 14 during
season. The league is open to all youth: flag footseasons. All head and assistants coaches must
ball ages 5-9 born Aug. 1, 2005 through July 31,
attend a National Youth Sports Coaches
2010, cheerleading ages 5-12 born Aug. 1, 2001
Association clinic. They must also complete a
background, attend a child abuse and special
through July 31, 2010, tackle football ages 9-10
born Aug. 1, 2004 through July 31, 2006, and
tackle football ages 11-13 born Aug. 1, 2001
through July 31, 2004. All players must be Family
members of active duty, retired military or Family
members of civilian workforce including contractors
on Fort Knox. The fee is $40 for flag football and
cheerleading. The tackle football fee will be $50.
All players must be Family members of active duty,
retired military or Family members of civilian workforce including contractors on Fort Knox.
Participants will receive a 15 percent multiple child
discount for each additional youth participating in
the same sport. At time of registration, must have
a current sports specific physical on file.
624-4747or 624-6703.
Soccer referees needed
The Fort Knox Youth Sports and Fort Knox
Officials Association need soccer referees for the
upcoming season. To become a certified official,
you must attend a class for officials. Age groups
are U-6 through U16. Referees should be at least
12 years old. Register online at www.kyreferee.
gameofficials.net. Cost is $65.
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motor vehicle).
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area.
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new hires.
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or email at
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In accordance with the national Historic
Preservation Act and the implementing
regulation 36 CFR 800, the U.S. Army Garrison,
Fort Knox, Kentucky, hereby invites the
public to comment on the proposed
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE U.S. ARMY GARRISON, FORT KNOX,
THE
KENTUCKY
STATE
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
OFFICER
AND
THE
ADVISORY
COUNCIL
ON
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
REGARDING
THE
OPERATION,
MAINTENANCE,
AND
DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORT KNOX
ARMY INSTALLATION AT FORT KNOX,
KENTUCKY.
The
draft
Programmatic
Agreement may be viewed at the Barr
Memorial Library, 62 W Spearhead Division
Avenue, Building 400, Fort Knox, Ky 40121;
the Ridgway Memorial Library, 127 N. Walnut
Street, Shepherdsville, Ky 40165; the Hardin
County Public Library, 100 Jim Owen Drive,
Elizabethtown, Ky 42701; or the Meade County
Public Library, 996 Old Ekron Road,
Brandenburg, Ky 40108. Comments should
be addressed to Dr. R. Criss Helmkamp,
IMSE-KNX-PWE, 125 6th Ave,. Ste. 320,
Fort
Knox,
Ky
40121-5719,
email
[email protected], phone (502)
624-6581. The comment period concludes 30
days after publication of this notice.
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The following property
transfers are listed on deeds at
the Hardin County Clerk’s Office in
Elizabethtown. FMV means fair
market value and typically is based
upon assessed taxable value.
Malcolm J. Lauder and Linda J.
Gerber to Freddy and Rebecca
Pendergrass, 1023 and 1025
Colonial Drive, Elizabethtown,
$136,750.
Hall Irrevocable Trust to
Michael Lynn Mehling Jr. and Cindy
Mehling, 917 Fairview Circle,
Radcliff, $169,800.
Kenneth L. and Stephanie E.
Clark to Scott Kindervater, 0.849
acres off Beckley Woods Drive,
Elizabethtown, $36,000.
Jana M. Contreras to Tim and
Roxanna Huffer, 3336 Bardstown
Road, Elizabethtown, $69,900.
William A. and Shelley Core to
Melissa Simmons and Kayla
Simmons, 526 Burns Road, Vine
Grove, $165,000.
Norman and Theresa
Armstrong to Shaun Delbert
Frakes, 540 S. Deepwood Drive,
Radcliff, $116,500.
Master Commissioner to
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Section 3, Lot 79,
Creek Vale Subdivsion, Vine Grove,
$107,500.
Donovan L. and Helen L. Smith
to Jason David and Rachel Gati,
Lots 1-4, Monarch Meadow
Subdivision, Cecilia, $57,500.
Ismael A. Mercado-Gonzalez
and Yaritza Cotto-Maldonodo to
James R. and Elizabeth M. Edgar,
Lot 8, Mallard Creek Subdivision,
$178,000.
Margaret A. Peake to Zachary
Wilson and Cathy Peake Wilson,
708 Bon Aire Drive, Elizabethtown,
$140,000.
Vista Development Inc. to Vista
Homes Inc., Section 4, Lots 355A
and 355B, Vineland Park
Subdivision, Vine Grove, $50,000.
The following property
transfers are listed on deeds
at the Hardin County Clerk’s
Office in Elizabethtown. FMV
means fair market value and
typically is based upon
assessed taxable value.
Thomas L. Snyder and
Christine M. Snyder to the
Christine M. Snyder Living Trust,
509 Michigan Ave.,
Elizabethtown, no monetary
consideration. FMV: $240,000.
Terry and Earline T. New to
Christopher and Carrie Padgett,
25 acres off Berrytown Road,
Rineyville, $147,559.
L. Ray Logsdon, Sandra
Logsdon, Rebecca Ray, Ronald
G. Ray, Gladys Taylor, James D.
Taylor, Stella Burnett and Wesley
Burnett to Keith D. and Pamela
J. Medley, 226 acres off Salt
River Road, Rineyville,
$375,000.
Jeremy F. Dunn to Joe and
Geraldine Priddy, 3283 Flint Hill
Road, Sonora, $85,000.
Jane Morgan to Jonathan D.
and Jenna R. Colson, 315
Bethlehem Academy Road,
Cecilia, $260,000.
Charles Asa Runyon to Mary
Smallwood and David Young,
property on Grandview Road,
$5,000.
Mark Harris Construction Inc.
to Erley L. Pierson, 252
Clearfield Drive, Elizabethtown,
$154,900.
Bluegrass Developers of
Hardin County LLC to Heartland
Homes Inc., Section 5, Lot 136,
Nicholas Ridge Subdivision,
Bluegrass Developers of
Hardin County LLC to Big E Inc.,
Section 5, Lot 150, Nicholas
Ridge Subdivision, Elizabethtown,
$35,000.
Harlan and Sharon Berry to
James V. and Heather M. Strain,
212 Ivy Pointe Drive,
Vista Development Inc. to
Vista Homes Inc., 511 Concord
Grape Way, Vine Grove,
$45,000.
Kenneth J. and Jackie R.
Bethards to Collette Living Trust,
604 Birch Drive, Elizabethtown,
$315,000.
Estate of James Stephen
Bush to John R. Thompson, 438
Brookwood Drive, Radcliff,
$62,500.
Bayview Loan Servicing LLC
to Marty Claycomb, 300
Underlook Lane, Elizabethtown,
$37,000.
United Methodist Church,
Elizabethtown District Trustees
Inc. to Tim and Irina Sloan, 425
Chestnut St., Elizabethtown,
$152,000.
Joshua A. Carragher to Stacy
Eversman, 9 Catlett Court,
Rineyville, $122,700.
Scott E. Kooperman to Scott
E. Kooperman Living Trust, 1522
Yorkshire Drive, Elizabethtown,
nominal consideration. FMV:
$240,000.
Vendors Village Towers LLC
to Spray Real Estate LLC, lot on
Shipley Avenue, West Point,
$39,900.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
107 Anderson Court, Radcliff,
$69,334.
Melvin H. and Imogene A.
Goodman to Clifford M. and
Diane M. Sego, 408 Crocus
Drive, Radcliff, $93,610.
Jeremy K. and Michelle A.
Crouch to Justin P. and Krista M.
Eastman, 441 Cabernet Drive,
Vine Grove, $219,000.
William L. and Carley L.
Walters to Bill and Carley Walters
Trust, 41.548 acres off
Thoroughbred Lane, Elizabethtown,
no monetary consideration. FMV:
$396,300.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 61 W. Airview Drive,
Elizabethtown, $83,458.31.
Jason L. and Shelley A.
Williams to Brian and Trina K.
Ramsey, Lot 10A, Fernwood
Subdivision, $263,000.
Roger Hawk and Gina Hawk to
Kenny and Donna Guggisberg,
property on U.S. 31W in Upton,
$6,000.
Master Commissioner to Wirth
Crew Properties LLC, 102 Ivy
Point, Elizabethtown, $80,100.
Jerry M. Jones to
Bethany Gusler, 324
Graceland Trail, Elizabethtown,
$167,000.
Franklin Dewitt Burkhead to
Sherry Lynn Wright, 832 Pearman
Ave., Elizabethtown, love and
affection. FMV: $94,300.
B&B Homes LLC to Universal
Interiors Inc., Section 2, Lot 57,
Serene Oaks Subdivision,
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on the main floor and family room in the basement
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Master Commissioner to U.S.
Bank National Association, 374
Boone Trace, Radcliff, $60,000.
Phuong-Anh T. Hoang-Smith to
Travis Smith, 753 Ireland School
Road, Radcliff, valuable
consideration. FMV: $134,500.
Dodd and Jeanette Caudill to
Jeremy Finch, 176 Lincoln Drive,
Jeff and Joyce Nott to Brett
Anthony Liddle and Paula Liddle,
171 Genrose Drive, Rineyville,
$149,900.
Tina Burden to Stacy Hodge,
Oak Grove Manor Subdivision,
Lots 121 and 122, love and
affection. FMV: $100,000.
Addie S. French Inc. to Charles
E. Hall Jr. and Tamara K. Hall, 215
and 217 S. Main St.,
Estate of Daniel Adams to
Daniel C. Adams Properties Inc.,
Lot 16A, Mobley Farm, bequeath.
FMV: $140,000.
Mae Agnes Cotner to Clara
Jackson, 103 Freeman Creek
Drive, Unit 2B, Elizabethtown,
$80,000.
Christopher L. and Sharlene
Dillander to Michael D. Ratliff, 108
S. Mill St., Vine Grove, $68,450.
$20,000.
Charlotte King, 1095 Oak Drive,
Paul Gerald and Kathleen A.
Weisner to Matthew Phillip
Nichols, Lot 44, MacLyndee Acres,
Radcliff, $111,000.
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to
William B. Howard, 1307 Elm St.,
West Point, $42,000.
Cheng Zheng, 310 Crabapple
Drive, Elizabethtown, $146,667.
Federal National Mortgage
Association, 1.385 acres at 233
W. Vine St., Radcliff, $53,334.
David J. Marcum Jr. and
Natalie Marcum to Erik T.
Robertson and Erin Robertson,
1313 Amanda Jo Drive,
Jessie D. Mudd to Amy Larson,
5.497 acres at 519 Mount Zion
Road, Elizabethtown, $40,000.
Jeff and Joyce Nott to James
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19, Padgett View Estates,
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