The monthly meeting of the LaRue County Beef Cattle Association is scheduled for 6:30 PM, February 12 at the Larue County Extension office.
This month Dow AgroServices' Jeff Clark will talk about pasture weed control.
Southern States is sponsoring a meal for attendees.
The LaRue County Beef Cattle Association provides "information regarding production, herd health and reproduction, livestock management and marketing."
February 7, 2013
Larue County Schools Open on Monday, Feb. 18
In order to make up a day, Larue County Schools will be in session on Monday, February 18, Presidents Day.
Region 2 Youth Wrestling Tournament on Feb. 9
The 2013 KY Youth Wrestling Region 2 Tournament is set to begin on February 9, with wrestling beginning at 8:45 for those with birth years of 2006/2007 and 2000/2001.
Those born in 2002/2003 and 2004/2005 will being wrestling at 1:15.
Admission for adults is $6.00; for children 12 and under, $3.00; and children 4 and under are allowed in for free. No coolers are allowed in the building.
Larue County is included in Region 2, along with Trimble, Henry, Shelby, Spencer, Nelson, Hart, Edmondson, Grayson, Hardin, Bullitt, Oldham, Meade, Breckinridge and Jefferson counties.
Regional tournaments are the only Kentucky state qualifiers.
Location of the tournament:
St. Xavier High School
1609 Poplar Level Rd.
Louisville, KY 40217
Those born in 2002/2003 and 2004/2005 will being wrestling at 1:15.
Admission for adults is $6.00; for children 12 and under, $3.00; and children 4 and under are allowed in for free. No coolers are allowed in the building.
Larue County is included in Region 2, along with Trimble, Henry, Shelby, Spencer, Nelson, Hart, Edmondson, Grayson, Hardin, Bullitt, Oldham, Meade, Breckinridge and Jefferson counties.
Regional tournaments are the only Kentucky state qualifiers.
Location of the tournament:
St. Xavier High School
1609 Poplar Level Rd.
Louisville, KY 40217
Kentucky Republicans Continue to Support Life, Democrats Don't
The shame of being a Democrat in Kentucky continues, as Republicans again have presented a bill that would allow women who are seeking to terminate the life of the baby within them to look at the image of an ultrasound of the baby.
In the past, Kentucky Democrats have continued to oppose this as a way of a woman seeing that it is in face a living baby inside of her.
Per the bill, doctors who wouldn't comply with women being allowed to view the ultrasound would be fined $100,000 for the first offense and $250,000 for further offenses.
Why a Democrat allegedly supporting all the people living in Kentucky would refuse to provide more protections for the vulnerable little lives of their youngest constituents, will be a dark mark against them in this life, as well as the life to come.
They need to completely and totally support this effort to allow women to see the living babies via ultrasound, as well as a separate measure which would require women seeking abortions to have a face-to-face consultation with a medical representative. Now all they have to do is watch a video of a person talking.
In the past, Kentucky Democrats have continued to oppose this as a way of a woman seeing that it is in face a living baby inside of her.
Per the bill, doctors who wouldn't comply with women being allowed to view the ultrasound would be fined $100,000 for the first offense and $250,000 for further offenses.
Why a Democrat allegedly supporting all the people living in Kentucky would refuse to provide more protections for the vulnerable little lives of their youngest constituents, will be a dark mark against them in this life, as well as the life to come.
They need to completely and totally support this effort to allow women to see the living babies via ultrasound, as well as a separate measure which would require women seeking abortions to have a face-to-face consultation with a medical representative. Now all they have to do is watch a video of a person talking.
February 6, 2013
Kentucky Bourbon Sales Soar in 2012
Combined with Tennessee whiskey, Kentucky bourbon sales climbed to over $2 billion for 2012.
Together the two sold 16.9 million cases in 2012, a 5.2 percent increase over 2011, according to the Distilled Spirits Council. Overall revenue was up by 7.3 percent to $2.2 billion.
"This is the second or third year in a row now that we've seen strong growth from the bourbon and Tennessee whiskey category," economist, David Ozgo, saithe council's chief d in a conference call. "It means that the consumer is really willing to experiment."
The two are included in the same category because they're basically produced in the same way, with the exception of Tennessee whiskeys being charcoal mellowed before being placed in an aging barrel, while bourbons are placed into the barrels with no charcoal filtering.
According to the Kentucky Distillers' Association, the Bluegrass state produces 95 percent of the bourbon produced in the world. As of this writing, there are about 4.9 million barrels of bourbon aging in Kentucky.
Leading the way in 2012 gains were premium brands, which are defined by being aged for a longer period of time.
Both whiskey and bourbon were strong in that regard, with volume jumping by 12.4 percent. As a result, revenue rose to $222 million for super-premium brands. Regular premium brands had sales volume increase 7.5 percent, with revenue coming in at $499 million.
This growth has resulted in an expansion boom for Kentucky in 2012, with $230 million being invested in new facilities or expansion of existing facilities.
A secondary benefit is the growing number of tourists interested in visiting the distilleries, with over 500,000 visitors in 2012, a huge 15 percent boost over 2011.
Together the two sold 16.9 million cases in 2012, a 5.2 percent increase over 2011, according to the Distilled Spirits Council. Overall revenue was up by 7.3 percent to $2.2 billion.
"This is the second or third year in a row now that we've seen strong growth from the bourbon and Tennessee whiskey category," economist, David Ozgo, saithe council's chief d in a conference call. "It means that the consumer is really willing to experiment."
The two are included in the same category because they're basically produced in the same way, with the exception of Tennessee whiskeys being charcoal mellowed before being placed in an aging barrel, while bourbons are placed into the barrels with no charcoal filtering.
According to the Kentucky Distillers' Association, the Bluegrass state produces 95 percent of the bourbon produced in the world. As of this writing, there are about 4.9 million barrels of bourbon aging in Kentucky.
Leading the way in 2012 gains were premium brands, which are defined by being aged for a longer period of time.
Both whiskey and bourbon were strong in that regard, with volume jumping by 12.4 percent. As a result, revenue rose to $222 million for super-premium brands. Regular premium brands had sales volume increase 7.5 percent, with revenue coming in at $499 million.
This growth has resulted in an expansion boom for Kentucky in 2012, with $230 million being invested in new facilities or expansion of existing facilities.
A secondary benefit is the growing number of tourists interested in visiting the distilleries, with over 500,000 visitors in 2012, a huge 15 percent boost over 2011.
Walton, Ky Mayor Indicted for Theft of Public Funds
The mayor of Walton, Ky., Phil Trzop, was indicted for allegedly taking money from the Boone County Water District.
According to the indictment, Trzop, who was also the Boone County Water District Manager, abused the public trust when he kept part of the money made when selling scrap metal from repairs of the water lines.
Approximately $30,000 in scrap metal from the repair jobs was sold over the last three years, will all of it required to go into a general fund of the county. According to Deputies, Trzop decided to pay employees Christmas bonuses from the sales, but after that there was about $10,000 that couldn't be found. Trzop admitted to having taken some of it home for himself.
Interestingly, Trzop was suspended without pay from his Boone County Water District job, but still remains in place as the mayor.
Trzop is out of jail on a $20,000 bond. He faces from five to ten years in jail if convicted.
According to the indictment, Trzop, who was also the Boone County Water District Manager, abused the public trust when he kept part of the money made when selling scrap metal from repairs of the water lines.
Approximately $30,000 in scrap metal from the repair jobs was sold over the last three years, will all of it required to go into a general fund of the county. According to Deputies, Trzop decided to pay employees Christmas bonuses from the sales, but after that there was about $10,000 that couldn't be found. Trzop admitted to having taken some of it home for himself.
Interestingly, Trzop was suspended without pay from his Boone County Water District job, but still remains in place as the mayor.
Trzop is out of jail on a $20,000 bond. He faces from five to ten years in jail if convicted.
Stewie the Longest Cat, Dies
Declared to be the longest cat by Guinness World Records, Stewie, which was 48.5 inches long as measured from the tip of his tail to the tip of his nose, died of cancer on Monday at eight years old.The gentle feline giant died at about 7:30 PM on Monday at the home of its owner, Robin Hendrickson, in Reno, Nevada. Also owning the cat was Erik Brandsness.
He was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, and after chemotherapy and radiation, was thought to be in remission.
And if you're wondering, Stewie was named after the character in Family Guy.
Hornback Introduces Telephone Deregulation Bill
After introducing a bill in 2012 that would have deregulated Kentucky's telephone industry, Republican Sen. Paul Hornback of Shelbyville, reintroduced a bill which he believes should alleviate concerns over the prior bill, which he withdrew when some community groups opposed it.
In a news conference Tuesday morning, Hornback said there are new provisions in the bill which should take care of the major concerns addressed over the original bill.
Most opposition has been over the possibility phone carriers servicing rural areas with land line phones would remove the unprofitable service in smaller, rural communities.
Provisions in the new bill would not allow that to happen in regard to basic services in communities using less than 5,000 land lines.
Per Senate Bill 88, a carrier wouldn't be allowed to remove the base land line phone service unless another provide offered one that was close to being the same phone service.
Under current state law, phone companies are required to provide basic land-line service in the regions they serve.
Also included in the bill is areas with over 5,000 existing land lines, the bigger carriers wouldn't have to provide basic services to new customers. The idea there appears to be to attempt to bring the rural regions more into the modern age of telecommunications.
"There has to be competition in that market," Hornback said.
Other supporters of the bill assert states that have embraced the same type of legislation have seen corporations invest in high-speed Internet infrastructure, helping to improve the rural communities they operate in.
Hornback says the major complaint he receives from his constituents is the lack of high-speed Internet in the area. He says if phone companies have to maintain unprofitable land lines, they won't invest in high-speed Internet.
At issue is the rural areas which primarily use land line phones don't get great wireless connection, so they continue to rely on land line phones as the chief way of communicating. High-speed Internet would deal with that issue, providing another option of communication; specifically through digital phones included with some cable packages.
It's puzzling as to the opposition to this, because the results over time will far surpass the dismal land line phones now in use.
Some Luddite elements are in play, particularly from the Democrat-controlled house. This is a no-brainer, and with protections in place, lay the foundation for better rural communities that will be improved from the new Internet infrastructure that would inevitably be put in place.
As long as there are no options to land line phones, these communities will be trapped in a old technology that the rest of the United States and world have been long embracing.
In a news conference Tuesday morning, Hornback said there are new provisions in the bill which should take care of the major concerns addressed over the original bill.
Most opposition has been over the possibility phone carriers servicing rural areas with land line phones would remove the unprofitable service in smaller, rural communities.
Provisions in the new bill would not allow that to happen in regard to basic services in communities using less than 5,000 land lines.
Per Senate Bill 88, a carrier wouldn't be allowed to remove the base land line phone service unless another provide offered one that was close to being the same phone service.
Under current state law, phone companies are required to provide basic land-line service in the regions they serve.
Also included in the bill is areas with over 5,000 existing land lines, the bigger carriers wouldn't have to provide basic services to new customers. The idea there appears to be to attempt to bring the rural regions more into the modern age of telecommunications.
"There has to be competition in that market," Hornback said.
Other supporters of the bill assert states that have embraced the same type of legislation have seen corporations invest in high-speed Internet infrastructure, helping to improve the rural communities they operate in.
Hornback says the major complaint he receives from his constituents is the lack of high-speed Internet in the area. He says if phone companies have to maintain unprofitable land lines, they won't invest in high-speed Internet.
At issue is the rural areas which primarily use land line phones don't get great wireless connection, so they continue to rely on land line phones as the chief way of communicating. High-speed Internet would deal with that issue, providing another option of communication; specifically through digital phones included with some cable packages.
It's puzzling as to the opposition to this, because the results over time will far surpass the dismal land line phones now in use.
Some Luddite elements are in play, particularly from the Democrat-controlled house. This is a no-brainer, and with protections in place, lay the foundation for better rural communities that will be improved from the new Internet infrastructure that would inevitably be put in place.
As long as there are no options to land line phones, these communities will be trapped in a old technology that the rest of the United States and world have been long embracing.
Stemler Will Speak at Next ACG Ky Meeting
Businessman Kerry Stemler will be speaking at the next ACG Kentucky meeting on from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, at the Louisville Marriott.
Stemler is president and CEO of KM Stemler Co. Inc., a commercial and industrial general contracting firm operating in the Southern Indiana/Metro Louisville, Kentucky market. He is also president and CEO of interstate hauling company - KM Stemler Trucking Inc.
Per a Forbes profile on Stemler:
Registration for the breakfast is $30 for members and $60 for non-members. Go here to make a reservation.
The ACG Kentucky website says "members must log in to the ACG website in order to access member rates."
Stemler is president and CEO of KM Stemler Co. Inc., a commercial and industrial general contracting firm operating in the Southern Indiana/Metro Louisville, Kentucky market. He is also president and CEO of interstate hauling company - KM Stemler Trucking Inc.
Per a Forbes profile on Stemler:
He is also an owner/member of several commercial real estate property leasing and development companies in the region. Properties leased and developed include Class A office space, truck terminals, commercial warehousing and advanced manufacturing facilities. Mr. Stemler was appointed by the governor of Indiana to the Ohio River Bridges Bi-State Authority where he serves as co-chair. He has served and continues to serve on numerous boards within the community and his industry. Mr. Stemler has an understanding of complex financial reports and banking transactions.
Registration for the breakfast is $30 for members and $60 for non-members. Go here to make a reservation.
The ACG Kentucky website says "members must log in to the ACG website in order to access member rates."
U.S. Postal Service to Stop Saturday Deliveries
The U.S. Postal Service announced it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays, although it will still deliver packages on that day.
Financially struggling, the mail service will announce today that the changes will be implemented in August, and should save the service about $2 billion a year.
The decision actually makes sense because people have increasingly abandoned the use of physical letters and gone with a variety of Internet services as their main means of communication. On the other hand, package delivery has increased about 14 percent for the agency.
It appears this will drag the politicians into the fray, as they have quietly done nothing to alleviate the problem, as the Post Service has asked to change delivery to a five-day week for several years without Congress doing anything. This announcement will force them to respond in one way or another, which is what should have been done a long time ago.
Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO of the entity, said this in a prepared statement, "The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America's changing mailing habits. We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings."
Some aren't sure the U.S. Postal Service has the authority to implement the changes without the approval of Congress, but it is probably being done more to force the issue and face the needed changes.
In reality, it's best that the U.S. Postal Service be gradually shut down, as there are more than enough private companies to take care of all the delivery needs of people.
When we live in an age where government spending is out of control and a mounting debt that will never be able to be paid off, it's imperative that government shrinks in size, and the U.S. Post Office is a good place to start.
As for Post Offices being opened on Saturday, the Postal Service says those that are already doing business will remain open; the implication being you can do business there even though there will be no Saturday deliveries.
The agency lost an incredible $15.9 billion in its last fiscal year, which was reported in November, and looks for more of the same in 2013. In order to deal with the situation it had to default on billions in prepayments for the health benefits of retirees in order to keep from declaring bankruptcy.
The $15.9 billion in losses was three times what it was the year before. It has also reached its borrowing limit, which is in reality good, as there is no reason for it to continue to mount debt in a shrinking market.
Now that the mail delivery pace has somewhat leveled out, the biggest challenge, as it will be for all government workers who are entering retirement, are the pensions they are promised by the government, which are simply unsustainable to pay for.
Of the $15.9 billion in losses, $11.1 billion of that is directly related to paying out the mandatory costs of pensions and health benefits for government workers, benefits that are far beyond what the private sector enjoys.
The answer is to make these over-compensated government workers pay more of the financial burden themselves. It worked fantastic in Wisconsin, and it'll work in other government agencies as well.
A unique factor for the Post Office is Congress requires it to place $55 billion in an account to cover health benefits for the future, with the Post Office having a goal of placing $5.5 billion a year into it until it reaches that level. It has no money to do so, and so is looking at ways to cut other costs.
Other steps that are expected to be taken are to close small rural post offices and to restructure the pension and health care costs of retirees. Even that may not be enough to save it.
Again, why try to save something that has no way of surviving, and really no longer has a practical purpose to serve? There are plenty of other services out there, which do a far better job, and can do it profitably.
The bottom line for government workers, just as here in Kentucky, it they're over-compensated, and the productive private sector can't afford to prop up and pay for the outrageous benefits and pay packages offered to them.
This is going to happen again and again across government agencies, which have repeated this disaster over and over again, and are now facing the consequences of making promises they can't fulfill.
It's not known at this time whether this will have an impact on the Larue County Post Office.
Financially struggling, the mail service will announce today that the changes will be implemented in August, and should save the service about $2 billion a year.
The decision actually makes sense because people have increasingly abandoned the use of physical letters and gone with a variety of Internet services as their main means of communication. On the other hand, package delivery has increased about 14 percent for the agency.
It appears this will drag the politicians into the fray, as they have quietly done nothing to alleviate the problem, as the Post Service has asked to change delivery to a five-day week for several years without Congress doing anything. This announcement will force them to respond in one way or another, which is what should have been done a long time ago.
Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO of the entity, said this in a prepared statement, "The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America's changing mailing habits. We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings."
Some aren't sure the U.S. Postal Service has the authority to implement the changes without the approval of Congress, but it is probably being done more to force the issue and face the needed changes.
In reality, it's best that the U.S. Postal Service be gradually shut down, as there are more than enough private companies to take care of all the delivery needs of people.
When we live in an age where government spending is out of control and a mounting debt that will never be able to be paid off, it's imperative that government shrinks in size, and the U.S. Post Office is a good place to start.
As for Post Offices being opened on Saturday, the Postal Service says those that are already doing business will remain open; the implication being you can do business there even though there will be no Saturday deliveries.
The agency lost an incredible $15.9 billion in its last fiscal year, which was reported in November, and looks for more of the same in 2013. In order to deal with the situation it had to default on billions in prepayments for the health benefits of retirees in order to keep from declaring bankruptcy.
The $15.9 billion in losses was three times what it was the year before. It has also reached its borrowing limit, which is in reality good, as there is no reason for it to continue to mount debt in a shrinking market.
Now that the mail delivery pace has somewhat leveled out, the biggest challenge, as it will be for all government workers who are entering retirement, are the pensions they are promised by the government, which are simply unsustainable to pay for.
Of the $15.9 billion in losses, $11.1 billion of that is directly related to paying out the mandatory costs of pensions and health benefits for government workers, benefits that are far beyond what the private sector enjoys.
The answer is to make these over-compensated government workers pay more of the financial burden themselves. It worked fantastic in Wisconsin, and it'll work in other government agencies as well.
A unique factor for the Post Office is Congress requires it to place $55 billion in an account to cover health benefits for the future, with the Post Office having a goal of placing $5.5 billion a year into it until it reaches that level. It has no money to do so, and so is looking at ways to cut other costs.
Other steps that are expected to be taken are to close small rural post offices and to restructure the pension and health care costs of retirees. Even that may not be enough to save it.
Again, why try to save something that has no way of surviving, and really no longer has a practical purpose to serve? There are plenty of other services out there, which do a far better job, and can do it profitably.
The bottom line for government workers, just as here in Kentucky, it they're over-compensated, and the productive private sector can't afford to prop up and pay for the outrageous benefits and pay packages offered to them.
This is going to happen again and again across government agencies, which have repeated this disaster over and over again, and are now facing the consequences of making promises they can't fulfill.
It's not known at this time whether this will have an impact on the Larue County Post Office.
February 5, 2013
Ky Equine Youth Festival on March 27, 2013
The Kentucky Equine Youth Festival has been scheduled for March 27, 2013, and will be hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena.
Those wanting to attend the event will need to register ahead of time for the activities beginning at 9AM and going on until 2:30. Registration begins at 8AM.
There will be demonstrations to show some of the things horses can do, including the always exciting jumping, along with work like working and driving cattle, among other demonstrations. Other activities include art and essay contests for students attending.
Costs to attend the event
Schools - $25 (up to 35 students) or
$50 (over 35 students), Youth Groups - $25., Individuals - $5.
Checks will be made out to Kentucky 4H Foundation.
For more information
For more information about this event contact Brigette Stacy, Kentucky Department of Education at brigette.stacy@educational.ky.gov
Kentucky Equine Youth Festival website
Kentucky Horse Park go to their website
Those wanting to attend the event will need to register ahead of time for the activities beginning at 9AM and going on until 2:30. Registration begins at 8AM.
There will be demonstrations to show some of the things horses can do, including the always exciting jumping, along with work like working and driving cattle, among other demonstrations. Other activities include art and essay contests for students attending.
Costs to attend the event
Schools - $25 (up to 35 students) or
$50 (over 35 students), Youth Groups - $25., Individuals - $5.
Checks will be made out to Kentucky 4H Foundation.
For more information
For more information about this event contact Brigette Stacy, Kentucky Department of Education at brigette.stacy@educational.ky.gov
Kentucky Equine Youth Festival website
Kentucky Horse Park go to their website
Rand Paul at March for Life 2013
Rand Paul defending life at March for Life 2013. He talks about the ability of a nation to endure that won't defend life. Larue County Register agrees, and is pro-life, 100 percent.
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