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A regional director of Utilities, Inc. came from North Carolina to the Clinton City Council for their May meeting. Martin Lashua, Regional Director, of Utilities, Inc. brought customer service supervisors and workers from the Middlesboro office to the meeting with the expressed purpose of working out billing complaints that came up at the April Council meeting.
The team of three women and two men were ready to answer the public’s questions. There was only one problem. The public was thin on the ground at the May meeting.
By: Ethics Reporter - May Newsletter
 Businesses and organizations spent close to $5.5 million lobbying during the recently-completed 2009 General Assembly. A significant majority of spending ($5.1 million) was paid as compensation to lobbyists employed by the businesses and organizations. Related expenses such as lobbyist travel and lodging, and phone banks accounted for about $266,000 of employer spending. About $77,000 was spent on receptions, meals and events to which groups of legislators were invited, and less than $34 was reported spent on food and beverages provided to individual legislators.
Politico.com says that Senator Bunning is stepping aside to let Trey Grayson run for his seat. Grayson announced yesterday evening he is forming an exploratory committee to prepare to run for the US Senate.
Posted on: April 30, 2009
PADUCAH, KY (April 30, 2009) - For the second time in more than a dozen years, there was a tie in the selection of the 2009 Teacher of the Year at West Kentucky Community & Technical College, college officials announced Thursday. The student body selected Don Maley and Dr. Kevin Gericke as teachers of the year from among 14 faculty members named.
Posted on: April 30, 2009
Mark Nickolas, late of Bluegrass Reports, the first political blog in Kentucky, and now chief cook and bottle washer of Political Base.com writes about Sen. Bunning’s relationship with the GOP and specifically his colleague, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, in an article carried on Huffington Post
Posted on: April 29, 2009
By: Duane Short, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Today, Threatened and Endangered species regained protections lost under the Bush Administration.
Interior and Commerce Secretaries Ken Salazar and Gary Locke, announced that both departments are revoking a Bush Administration 11th hour rule that severely weakened protections for Threatened and Endangered species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Posted on: April 29, 2009
Editor's Note: How cool is this? MSU students winning out over Ball State and Texas A & M in a telecommunications management event. These students are working towards the jobs of the future. MSU was also named best graduate program in the nation for TSM.
The International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA) awarded Murray State University’s Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) students first place at the ITERA National Student Case Study Competition in Atlanta, Ga., this April. Two TSM graduates, John Knight and Jesse Calhoun, attended the conference to present their team’s solution for Healing Net, a cutting-edge telecommunications infrastructure for a fictional hospital.
Posted on: April 29, 2009
MURRAY, Ky. — The Patterns of Distinction Conference, hosted by the Murray State University Program of Distinction in Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) is not new to the MSU campus; however, 2009 brought a new flavor to the conference as TSM joined forces with Community Financial Services Bank (CFSB) of Benton, Ky., with their $ecurity Matter$ conference.
Posted on: April 29, 2009
State Rep. Fred Nesler, D-Mayfield, and Frances Willey wave to the crowd at the annual W.C. Young Award dinner in Paducah Saturday. Nesler was the featured speaker at the program in which Willey, from Lone Oak, received the Young Award for her “support and dedication to the working men and women of Western Kentucky and America.”
Posted on: April 28, 2009
Rushing against a fast approaching deadline for the paper, I pull the car into a tight curve and swing around, stopping just short of the Highway 2208 sign at Crowley Corner. To most travelers along Highway 58 going into Clinton or headed the other way to Mayfield, this small intersection holds nothing special.
However, for some of us mortals, there are special memories that surface each time we drive through this part of Hickman County.
Posted on: April 28, 2009
Along the Mississippi River, in the forest lands of four counties, 28 million trees were damaged by the 2009 Ice Storm. This loss of trees, timber, and forest will approach a total figure of just over 8.6 billion dollars. Every tree in these counties was impacted by the weight of the ice, with most damage occurring in the top 20 percent of its mass.
Posted on: April 28, 2009
Yowsa!
MSNBC.com is reporting that Senator Arlen Specter is talking with Democrats about switching from GOP to Dem. If that happens and Al Franken is confirmed in the race in Minnesota, the Dems will have a filibuster proof 60 vote majority.
Here's the question for you Kentucky political junkies:
If the Dems in the Senate get a filibuster proof majority, what will that do to Sen. Bunning's fund raising efforts? Will the GOP galvanize behind him to help him keep his seat?
Will they toss him off the row boat and get a younger candidate?
Posted on: April 28, 2009
...In March, the KCTCS board eliminated tenure for faculty hired on or after July 1. Few, if any, teachers doubt that Dr. Michael McCall, the KCTCS president, supported, if not encouraged, the board action.
"KCTCS faculty will continue to have the same rights and privileges afforded to faculty in other higher education institutions through existing organizational policies regarding academic freedom, promotion, shared governance and due process,” said Board Chair Richard Bean in a KCTCS news release...
Posted on: April 24, 2009
Spring is the time to spruce up and two small West Kentucky towns are doing just that. The Hickman County Arts Council put up a four sided quilt display on the courthouse lawn and Hickman, county seat of Fulton County, brightened up some old buildings. Sunshine and paint can work wonders for the soul!
See the story for more pictures.
Posted on: April 24, 2009
Jerome Ringo spoke to a hall almost full of young people. Middle and high school students made up the great majority of the audience at Murray State’s Earth Day’s key note speech. A scattering of college students, a few elected officials and some diehard environmental activists lent some age to the crowd.
Ringo tailored his speech to his audience. He apologized to the students for the mess that his and preceding generations had made of the environment.
Posted on: April 24, 2009
The Hickman County chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended the Region 1 Leadership Conference at Murray State University on March 2. Students participating competed in a wide range of business events.
The FBLA also placed in three categories in state competition. And Ben Paul will be going to Anaheim to represent Kentucky in national competition.
Posted on: April 23, 2009
Sunday, April 26th, at 6:00 pm, around 300 Hickman Countians gathered at First Assembly of God for a community prayer service and potluck.
Posted on: April 21, 2009
UPDATE: The latest report is that one of the monster stick removal trucks struck and damaged the light as it passed underneath. Repairs were ongoing as of lunchtime Tuesday.
After a sudden thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, our one Clinton "traffic control device" went a little insane. Drivers on Washington Street were very temporarily confused by the mixed messages of Red Light - Green Light.
No worries. The outage was shortlived. Those Transportation guys in day glo yellow rode quickly to the rescue.
Posted on: April 21, 2009
 Daily Yonder hits the nail on the head once again with a report by Caitlin Howley on how rural school districts may not get the same advantage from President Obama’s stimulus funding because of a twist in existing law. Howley writes: “The new federal stimulus spending bill -- officially, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) -- provides an unprecedented, one-time infusion of education funding for states and schools. Over $100 billion, $44 billion of which is now available, will be distributed by the U.S. Department of Education through a variety of existing and new programs. However, small rural districts may not benefit from this opportunity as much as their larger, urban counterparts —even if the rural districts serve needier student populations…”
Posted on: April 20, 2009
Stateline.org has an indepth story of unemployment state by state with a nifty click on to see state by state stats. One excerpt from the story:
"In March, the unemployment rate moved to 8.5 percent nationally, compared to 4.9 percent in December 2007 when the recession began. By the end of this year, the rate is expected to reach 9.5 percent, still shy of the nation’s post World War II peak of 10.8 percent in November and December 1982.
Currently, more than four unemployed workers are available for every job opening and nearly one-quarter of jobless workers have been unemployed for six months or longer, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a research group that supports low- and middle-income workers. Since the start of the recession, new job creation has declined by more than 30 percent, reflecting companies’ reluctance to hire new workers or replace those who leave..."
Posted on: April 20, 2009
By: Photos by Kay Tillow - Story Submitted by Jeanie Embry
Dr. Robin Reams, a Berea oncologist and member of Physicians for National Healthcare Program, presented HR 676 Single-payer Healthcare plan to the Democratic Women's Club of KY in London this past weekend. "No other industrialized nation allows its citizens to go bankrupt due to medical bills!" said Dr. Reams.
Posted on: April 20, 2009
A detailed and comprehensive health care bill has been RE-INTRODUCED into Congress that would allow everyone access to a doctor or hospital of their choice when needed and without any payment; that bill is HR 676, National Single-payer Health Care. Healthcare is a right for everyone in the USA and the time has come that it actually can be, IF HR 676 is passed into law. HR 676 would be publicly funded, similar to Medicare. HR 676 would cover all necessary care including dental, vision, doctor, hospital, nursing home, mental health, home health, hearing aids, prescription drugs, etc.
Posted on: April 20, 2009
The Lexington Herald has a story on ferreting out requested earmarks in Kentucky’s US House delegation. Finding Earmarks No Easy Task. According to the LexHerald, even with “full disclosure”, our congressman have buried their requests in pages of rhetoric on their websites.
Posted on: April 18, 2009
Congressman Ed Whitfield brought his message of anti-government spending to a receptive crowd in Paducah on Tax Day, April 15th. He told the crowd that “Many of us voted against the bailout in Washington, D.C. and many of us voted against the automobile bailout in Washington, DC.” The Congressman also voted against the stimulus package that the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress enacted to get the economy moving again.
Whitfield and 43 of his GOP colleagues made the House Republican Hypocrisy Hall of Famefor their No votes on one hand and their use of federal money (called “pork” by their supporters) in their districts.
Posted on: April 17, 2009
Kentucky’s manufacturing sector lost 2,700 jobs in March 2009. Compared to March 2008, jobs in the sector plummeted by 36,900.
The number of jobs in the professional and business services sector has declined 4,700 employees since March 2008.
The information sector, which includes firms involved in publishing, Internet activities, data processing, broadcasting and news syndication, has lost 400 positions since March 2008.
Since March 2008, employment in the construction sector has plunged by 12,200 positions.
The government sector, which includes public education, public administration agencies and state-owned hospitals, has 4,000 fewer jobs compared to March 2008.
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