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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Health Care Job Openings in Salem
Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc.
LHHS in Salem has the following position openings:
Full Time Surgical RN - Current KY Licensure required. Prior surgical experience preferred but not necessary. Rotating call required with one weekend per month. If interested, contact Debbie Hearell, RN OR supervisor, at 270-988-7219 or dhearell@lhhs.org.
PT ER RN for Weekend Option 7a-7p Shift - Bonus hours for each weekend shift completed. Current KY licensure required. Prior ED experience preferred along with ACLS, PALS & TNCC. If interested, contact Robin Leidecker, ED Manager, at (270) 988-7273 or rleidecker@lhhs.org.
FT Cook/Aide - Prior experience in food preparation and service preferred. If interested, contact Debbie Loyd at (270) 988-0033.
PT MLT - Graduate of MLT program required. Registered with ASCP preferred. If interested, contact Butch Mundy at 270- 988-7232 or bmundy@lhhs.org.
FT Nurse Aide 3-11 pm Shift - Certification preferred. If interested, contact JoAnna Stone, CNO at 270-988-7245 or jstone@lhhs.org.
PT RN/LPN Weekend Option 7a-7p Shift - Bonus hours for each weekend shift completed. Current KY Licensure required.
PRN RN/LPNs and CNAs needed - If interested, contact JoAnna Stone at (270) 988-7280 or jstone@lhhs.org.
FT Medical Records Clerk (Day Shift) - Clerical, basic computer, and organizational skills necessary. Previous experience as a medical secretary or in a health care setting preferred. If interested, contact Melissa Manhart at (270) 988-7250 or mmanhart@lhhs.org.
Visit our website at
www.lhhs.org /career openings
Old-timers baseball game with Wooden Bats!
There will be an old-timers, wooden bat baseball game starting at 1:30 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 13 at Marion-Crittenden County Park.
Player fee will be $20 and the event is open to anyone who has graduated high school. No one under 30 will be allowed to pitch.
General admission is $1.
This is a fundraising event for the Marion Junior Bobcats baseball.
Call or text (270) 704-0435 to register.
Player fee will be $20 and the event is open to anyone who has graduated high school. No one under 30 will be allowed to pitch.
General admission is $1.
This is a fundraising event for the Marion Junior Bobcats baseball.
Call or text (270) 704-0435 to register.
Yep! False alarm again...
City officials are becoming frustrated by the disaster early warning system that continues to sound false alarms. It misfired again this morning at 9:09 a.m.
A technician will be checking the system again.
A technician will be checking the system again.
Ky. mountain lion investigation ending
"We've exhausted all our leads," said Major Shane Carrier. "We have conducted our investigation and worked jointly with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officers to determine how this animal arrived in Kentucky. At this time, we are unable to definitely say who brought the lion into the state."
Kentucky state law prohibits persons from possessing inherently dangerous animals, such as mountain lions, or bringing them into the state without proper transportation permits.
On Dec. 15, 2014, a conservation officer responding to a complaint found the approximately 5-year-old male mountain lion treed by a homeowner's Rhodesian ridgeback dog in a populated area about two miles northeast of Paris shortly before dark. While en route, the officer consulted with a wildlife biologist and learned tranquilizing was not a viable or an available option. Due to overwhelming public safety concerns, the officer shot the lion, which then leaped and disappeared into the underbrush. When backup officers arrived shortly thereafter, they searched in the dark and found it dead in the brush nearby.
Mountain lions, apex predators once native to Kentucky, were extirpated from the state more than 150 years ago. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the eastern mountain lion to be extinct. "These facts figured heavily in our decision to euthanize the lion when we encountered it," said Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Steven Dobey. "A released or escaped captive lion that has lost its fear of humans is a much greater threat to public safety than a truly wild, free-ranging lion."
Necropsy results and tooth-aging analyses indicate the lion was a 5-year-old male, 125 pounds, and in good physical condition and health. DNA analyses link the genetic origin of the lion to a population in the Black Hills of South Dakota, more than 1,100 miles northwest of Paris, Kentucky. A few mountain lions in western states have moved eastward, but neither law enforcement investigators nor wildlife biologists found any evidence that suggests this mountain lion made its way to Kentucky on its own.
Dobey noted that a 5-year old lion should already have an established home range and matured beyond the roaming age. Long distance traveling is typically the behavior of a 1½-to 2-year-old mountain lion. "The age of this lion is huge," said Dobey. "This was a mature adult. We have consulted with western biologists who work closely with lions and they agree that a 5-year-old lion is living where it is going to spend the rest of his life.
"Furthermore, this animal was in remarkably good condition with few cuts and scars, and no broken teeth or claws often found on wild mountain lions of the same age," he said.
Dobey said the absence of previous sighting reports and trail camera photos of this lion also are significant. "If this lion came here from the Black Hills on its own, it would have moved across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and into Kentucky during the peaks of those states' big game and deer hunting seasons," he said.
"That means moving past thousands of hunters on the ground and possibly tens of thousands of infrared trail cameras. Biologists in midwestern states have seen western mountain lions move into their states, but with all the cameras hunters use now to scout game, there are good records and photos of those animals with locations, dates and time stamps."
Fish and Wildlife Deputy Commissioner and Wildlife Biologist Dr. Karen Waldrop agreed. "There is no evidence supporting this animal traveled that distance on its own, or even spent any length of time on the ground here. This was either a released or escaped captive lion.
"Lions that become associated with people are extremely dangerous," she said. "They cannot be released. Sometimes well-meaning people do not realize that keeping wild animals almost always means condemning them to an early demise."
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife today released its investigative reports of the case, including the DNA analysis of the animal. This information is posted online at fw.ky.gov, the department's website.
The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website features an informational page about mountain lions and their existence in Kentucky at http://fw.ky.gov/Wildlife/Pages/Mountain-Lions.aspx. The department investigates each report it receives of mountain lion sightings in hopes of acquiring physical, verifiable evidence, and encourages anyone who believes they see one to report it.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Ample rain should mean bountiful dove season
KENTUCKY AFIELD OUTDOORS
It is the final week of August and already it is the third wettest summer on record for Frankfort and the fifth wettest for Louisville. Corn fields across most of Kentucky look robust as do pastures, yards and soybean fields.
This portends excellent conditions for the dove season opener on Sept. 1.
"The expectation is that we will have a good dove season," said John Brunjes, migratory bird coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "We've had a lot of rain, but not a lot of violent storms, so we had good early dove reproduction. We are seeing lots of young birds here in August."
The summer rains brought with them superb field conditions. "Sunflowers across the state have done well from all of the well-timed rains," Brunjes explained. "We got the fields planted on our wildlife management areas (WMAs) before the rains and they've done very well. There are always pockets of the state that don't do as well, but overall fields look great for this season."
Scouting is vitally important for productive dove hunting. Brunjes recommends getting out now to see if birds are currently using the field you plan to hunt.
"Figure out where you want to set-up," he said. "Look for the flight lines the birds use to enter and exit the field and plan to set up accordingly."
Don't over-choke your shot gun, either. An improved cylinder choke with No. 7 ½ or No. 8 shot works great for early season doves in either 12- or 20-gauge. A 20-gauge shotgun also makes a great choice for younger hunters with less recoil than a 12-gauge and plenty of shot to down a dove.
Some of the best hunting of the season happens after the initial burst of activity on opening weekend. Those public fields teeming with hunters on the first weekend in September are often nearly abandoned by the third weekend of the month.
"Also, a lot of people think all of the doves leave Kentucky with the first cold snap," Brunjes explained. "People love to say they've migrated, but they haven't. They will go into woodlands or thick cover to get some protection from the cold. When the warmth returns, so do the doves."
Data gleaned from dove banding shows that most birds banded in Kentucky don't show up in harvest data from out of the state until late October and into the first of November. Many doves never leave Kentucky.
"They shift their daily patterns as the season progresses," Brunjes said. "Pay attention to those shifts. They change the time of day when they fly and they change food sources."
Patches of ragweed and pokeweed become more important to doves later in the season. "In the late season, pokeweed is dove candy. If you find a bunch of it, you'll likely have doves everywhere."
Pokeweed commonly grows on the edge of fields, fence rows and in neglected areas. It is a distinctive thick green plant with swatches of purple in the stalk, leaves and berries. These berries often leave a wine-colored stain on clothes.
Recently cut silage fields also make productive dove hunting areas. With healthy corn across the state, cut silage fields may produce the best hunting of the coming season.
"Remember safety in the dove field," Brunjes said. "Always wear shooting glasses. Don't shoot at low birds by making sure you always shoot up at the dove. Be conscientious of other hunters in the field and don't rain shot down on them or on nearby houses."
Dove hunters must have a valid Kentucky hunting license as well as a Kentucky Migratory Game Bird- Waterfowl Hunting Permit before going afield. New for this season, dove hunters must fill out the HIP Migratory Bird Survey before going hunting. This brief, 5-minute survey is available online at the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov. Click the "My Profile" tab to begin.
The first segment of dove season closes Oct. 26. The second segment opens Nov. 26 and closes Dec. 6 while the third segment opens Dec. 19 and closes Jan. 10, 2016.
For more information about dove hunting, pick up a free copy of the 2015-16 Kentucky Hunting Guide for Dove, Wood Duck, Teal, Woodcock, Snipe and Crow available wherever hunting licenses are sold. You may also print off or view the guide on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov.
(Editor's note: Lee McClellan is a nationally award-winning associate editor for Kentucky Afield magazine, the official publication of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. He is a life-long hunter and angler, with a passion for smallmouth bass fishing.)
Semi crashes closes I-24 eastbound
UPDATE: Site is now clear
Due to semi crash earlier this morning, both Interstate 24 eastbound lanes are closed in Lyon County, two miles east of Exit 40 at Kuttawa.
A tractor-trailer crashed in the median. As emergency response personnel were arriving, another semi crashed in the median nearby.
At this time, both eastbound lanes are blocked and traffic is being detoured off the interstate.
US 62 EAST to KY 93 South to return to I-24 eastbound at EXIT 45. Westbound traffic is moving, but restricted to one lane near the crash site.
Kentucky State Police are conducting a crash reconstruction investigation.
It is possible all lanes may have to be blocked once recovery efforts start.
Estimated duration is 4 to 6 hours.
Due to semi crash earlier this morning, both Interstate 24 eastbound lanes are closed in Lyon County, two miles east of Exit 40 at Kuttawa.
A tractor-trailer crashed in the median. As emergency response personnel were arriving, another semi crashed in the median nearby.
At this time, both eastbound lanes are blocked and traffic is being detoured off the interstate.
US 62 EAST to KY 93 South to return to I-24 eastbound at EXIT 45. Westbound traffic is moving, but restricted to one lane near the crash site.
Kentucky State Police are conducting a crash reconstruction investigation.
It is possible all lanes may have to be blocked once recovery efforts start.
Estimated duration is 4 to 6 hours.
Alarm misfire again
The City of Marion alarm system misfired again this morning at 8am.
A technician had made some adjustments to the system last week after it had blown false alarms previously.
A technician had made some adjustments to the system last week after it had blown false alarms previously.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Former Bobcat to play tonight for San Deigo
Jankowski, called up to the big leagues on Wednesday, played for the Marion summer collegiate team in 2010 and lead the league in batting and stolen bases.
Here is tonight's Padres lineup:
Yangervis Solarte(S) 3B
Yonder Alonso(L) 1B
Matt Kemp(R) RF
Justin Upton(R) LF
Jedd Gyorko(R) 2B
Derek Norris(R) C
Alexi Amarista(L) SS
Andrew Cashner(R) P
Travis Jankowski(L) CF
Yonder Alonso(L) 1B
Matt Kemp(R) RF
Justin Upton(R) LF
Jedd Gyorko(R) 2B
Derek Norris(R) C
Alexi Amarista(L) SS
Andrew Cashner(R) P
Travis Jankowski(L) CF
Tourism commission meets Monday
Marion Tourism Commission will hold a special meeting Monday at 5 p.m. at the Marion Welcome Center. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a proposal from cdp Engineers for the design and development of the farmers market in Marion.
Kentucky Outdoor Adventure Games
The 13 events will be held in locations across the state and include fishing tournaments, archery, paddling, mountain biking and more.
“The varied events featured in the Kentucky Outdoor Adventure Games will showcase outdoor recreation venues and events that promote good health and adventure tourism in Kentucky,’’ Mrs. Beshear said. “I invite Kentuckians and our out-of-state guests to attend and experience these games so they can learn more about the Commonwealth’s exciting adventure opportunities.”
The Kentucky Outdoor Adventure Games are being promoted by the Kentucky Sports Authority and the Office of Adventure Tourism. Other partners include the Kentucky State Parks and the Bluegrass Sports Commission.
“These events represent both the quality and quantity of outdoor adventure opportunities available throughout Kentucky,” said Elaine Wilson, director of the Office of Adventure Tourism. “From eastern Kentucky to western Kentucky and all points in-between, there are numerous locations to experience the vast natural resources Kentucky has to offer. We hope these events will inspire Kentuckians to get out and try new adventures or visit a new place.”
Here is a list of the events. More information is available at:http://www.kentuckytourism.com/outdoor-adventure/adventuregames.aspx
United States Adventure Racing Association National Championship
Oct. 1-3 at Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Pineville
Riverthon (paddling events)
Oct. 3, Louisville (Ohio River)
History Half Marathon
Oct. 3, Frankfort
Sponsored by the Kentucky Historical Society
Cloudsplitter 100 Oct. 3-4 - Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail, Elkhorn City
2015 Kentucky State Disc Golf Championships Oct. 3-4. Bowling Green
Rocktoberfest
Oct. 9-11, Red River Gorge
Presented by the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition
Thriller Ride (cycling)
Oct. 10, London
Sponsored by the London/Laurel County Tourist Commission
Kentucky Archery Games 3D Archery Tournament
Oct. 17, London
Sponsored by the London/Laurel County Tourist Commission
Race to the Canal (mountain biking)
Oct. 18, Land Between the Lakes
Presented by Endurance Racing
Orienteering USA Meets
Oct. 23-25, Taylorsville Lake State Park, Taylorsville; and Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Union
Presented by Orienteering USA
Lord of the Fork
Oct. 24-25, Breaks Interstate Park, near Elkhorn City
Rayovac FLW Series Championship
Oct. 29-31, Paducah
Sponsored by FLW and Rayovac
Crappie USA Tournament at Lake Cumberland
Oct. 30-31, Somerset
Sponsored by Crappie USA and Lake Cumberland Tourism
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Area death
Tammy K. Pinson, 53, of Cadet, Mo., formerly of Princeton, died Aug. 14, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral services were Tuesday at Mahn Funeral Home in DeSoto, Mo.
Authorities remind drivers of school zones
Marion Police Department and Livingston County Sheriff's Department want to remind motorists to exercise extreme caution when traveling through local school zones.
"There is a great deal of congested traffic in these zones for probably thirty minutes, two times a day," said Livingston County Sheriff Bobby Davidson. "We urge drivers to slow down and pay attention."
School zones in Marion and across Livingston County are clearly marked, and the speed limits are strictly enforced in the zones.
"Taking a few extra minutes to get to your destination could save a life," Davidson said.
Sheriff seeking help with Livingston burglary
Recently, someone broke into an equipment room at the Livingston County Baseball/Softball Park in Smithland, according to Chief Deputy Devin Brewer. Several items were taken, including hand tools, chemicals and a large batting cage-type net.
Should anyone have any information regarding this theft, they are urged to contact the sheriff at (270) 928-2122 or CrimeStoppers at (270) 443-TELL. You may remain anonymous and you may be eligible for a cash reward.
Friday Night Lights: Todd Central visits
Rockets (0-0) vs. Todd County Central (0-0)
Rocket Stadium | Friday | 7 p.m.
BlueOut Night
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Livingston church honoring first-responders
That’s why one local church wants to show its appreciation to officials in emergency management. First Responders Appreciation Day will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at Pinckneyville Baptist Church near Salem. Members of local fire departments, EMS officials, dispatchers and law enforcement personnel are encouraged to attend the event which honors their work in local communities.
As part of the celebration a PowerPoint presentation will be provided on what happens when individuals call the 911 center in Livingston County. The presentation will be conducted by Amy Padon, the supervisor of daily operations at Livingston County’s 911 dispatch.
To give individuals a better understanding of its operations, Padon will show how 911 calls are received from a landline or cell phone and why 911 officials ask so many questions when people make an emergency call. The presentation will also provide why it’s important to have homes properly marked so first responders can find addresses quickly.
Emergency management officials attending the event are asked to wear their uniforms and enjoy a potluck meal after the service.
Area death
Michael Larry Robertson, 60, of Marion died Aug. 18, 2015, at Baptist Health Paducah. Funeral services will be Friday at Myers Funeral Home in Marion.
What's news this week in Crittenden County...
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| Inside this week, find our special four-page pullout that offers all you need to know about Rockets football prior to Friday's first game. |
Read more about Brown's impact on people as told through her friends and co-workers as well as the following stories in this week's issue of The Crittenden Press:
- Man, 25, pleads guilty to sodomy, rape of youth.
- Marion water/sewer rate increase OK’d.
- County sets 2015 property tax rates, hears road complaints.
- City proposes 2015 property tax rates.
- Street named for former judge-executive.
- SPORTS: Preview the football season and the Rockets' first game.
- Crittenden County Grand Jury indicts seven.
- KSP trains school district for attack.
- Local sentiments on proposed earlier start to school year mixed.
- OPINION: Kentucky gets ‘F’ for college-, career-ready numbers
- OPINION: Courthouse built on 1st Little Pig budget.
- Giveaways of produce complete for summer.
- WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: Classes of 1995, 1975 share photos from recent reunions.
First Bobcat headed to big leagues
MLB.com has reported that the Padres called Jankowski up from its Triple-A farm club and will activate him today. Reports are that the center fielder will get a chance to prove his worth at the big-league level. He's hitting over .330 in the minors this season.
READ MORE at MLB.com
Jankowski played for the collegiate summer baseball league in Marion in 2010 where he led the league in batting and stolen bases. While living in Marion for that summer, he stayed in the Marion United Methodist Church parsonage with Bro. Wayne Garvey.
Jankowski becomes the first player from the now defunct Marion baseball organization to earn a spot on a MLB roster. Although the collegiate Bobcats are no longer here, a number of youth travel baseball teams have sprung up and carry on the Bobcats name.
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