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Jan. 26, 2011 • 9
Bath unites for 'accidental dealer' effort
B~¢ George Lewis Congressional District, local presentation and "We've had a lot of key, much as you would a
News Reporter the campaign is was pleased with the interest from the local firearm or hquor.
george@bathconewsoutJook.com specifically meant for the number of people who ministerial association She stressed it's not
parents, grandparents attended, and the school system," just prescription reeds,
Some parents may "We'd
unwittingly be supplying and other caregivers of "From research-we've Shepherd said. but over-the-counter as
young people, found that kids aren't like to see the program well that parents need to
prescription drugs to
their children. "The majority of youth contacting the local drug introduced to Kiwanis focus on.
That's the message who experiment with dealer any more. They're clubs and Rotary clubs She also urged parents
that Operation UNITE prescription drugs for finding the drugs easier and at churches in the to "Talk toyourchildren.
officials brought to Bath the first time obtain to access in the medicine schools." Let them know that, just
these drugs from family cabinets of their parents Inthepast, the medicine becausethey~represcribed
County recently, members or friends and grandparents and cabinet was where you by a doctor, doesn't mean
About 30 people
gathered at the Northside family members without friends' families," she kept medications. We're they cauldn't be deadly.
Church of God to hear consent, making them an said. trying to change that. We Parents should get ahead
'accidental dealer,"' said At last week's meeting, want people to lock up of this game before it
about the Accidental
Dealer program, which Karen Kelly, director of Shepherd supplied the and monitor their reeds, happens. Let the kids
is intended to raise Operation UNITE. "In county with posters, Unfortunately, kids are know."
southern and eastern broqhures, a Powerpoint curious. They're gonna According to research,
awareness about the
need to properly secure Kentucky, the average presentation and public- want to know," she said. drugs children most often
over-the-counter and age of first-time drug service announcements, Shepherd suggested abuse fromtheirparents'
prescription medications, use is age 11, so this is all intended to train throwing out medications medicine cabinets are
Implemented through a particularly critical people tospreadtheword when they're no longer narcotic pain relievers,
March of this year issue." about the importance of needed and keeping any stimulants, sedatives and
throughout the 5th Ashley Shepherd of the Accidental Dealer you need hidden and tranquilizers, sleep aids,
UNITE coordinated the program, perhaps under lock and and cough medicines.
A Hawk takes flight in pursuit
of prey over the weekend.
"Birds of prey (hawks, falcons
and other raptors) population
numbers are stable and possi-
bly on the rise," 36-year veteran
Fish and Wildlife Officer Herbert
Booth said Monday. Booth said
hawk numbers could be more
readily seen along the roads at
this time of year. The absence
of foliage and the increased as-
sociation with birds of prey and
highways are increasing.
According to Booth, birds
of prey are utilizing the roads
across the Bluegrass, and par-
ticularly this region because
smaller game, such as they
hunt, including field mice and
other small rodents, are finding
food easier closer to the road
and hence being preyed upon
by the hawks and other birds of
Looking
2011 vegetable.
Soon 'you'll be receiving
prey.
Booth said bald eagles were
still rare but were "being spot-
ted regularly in sedions of Bath
County near Cave Run Lake."
Booth said coyote populations
were also on the rise, which re-
flected that all predatory-type
animals usually had increases
in population when their food
source populations increased.
seed catalogs for the 2011
vegetable-growing season.
While listening to the cold
wind blow outside, what a
comfort it is to think about
spring and summer and
planning your garden.
To make the most of
your garden, every asp'wing
gardener should follow seven
steps to have a successful
gardening season.
1. Plan your garden on
paper before you begin.
2. Select a good
gardening site that has full
of sun for at least eight hours
each day, relatively level,
well-drained, close to a water
source and not shade&
3. Prepare the soil
properly and add fertilizer
and lime according to soil-test
recommendations.
4. Plan only as
Sheltered from homelessness
27. 2010. Information ~ll be
collected on individuals and
families who are homeless
or at risk of homelessness
through a simple survey.
The results of the PITC are
used to determine the level
of homelessness in each
county and region and direct
assistance funds to areas most
affected by homelessness.
Therefore. an accurate
count of those experiencing
homelessness is crucial.
Over 6,600 individuals were
counted as homeless across
Kentucky on the day of the
2010 PITC, and many of these
individuals were children
under the age of 18. This
number included individual
and families in cars, under
bridges, in shelters as well as
those living in substandard
housing or "doubled up" with
family and friends. 1532 were
documented as homeless in
the Gateway area, which
includes Bath, Eliot, Menifee,
Montgomery, Morgan and
Rowan counties.
Gateway House, the
homeless shelter in Morehead,
and DOVES of Gateway, the
domestic violence shelter
in Morehead, will co- host a
resource fair on the day of the
PITC for individuals who are
experiencing homelessness,
at risk of homelessness
or who are low-income.
The fair will be held at the
United Methodist Church in
Morehead from 9am - 4pm
on January 27th. In addition
to learning about various
services and programs of
assistance, participants will
be given a free lunch, coats.
hats, gloves and hygiene
kits while supplies last. Free
blood pressure tests and
Homelessness often
seems invisible in rural
Kentucky. It conceals itself
under bridges, in cars. in
drafty tents and in homes
unfit for human habitation.
Even though home|essness
may not be visible, it is still
a painful reality for many
Kentuckians. This is why the
state of Kentucky ls raising
awareness of homelessness
through the annual Point-
In-Time Count (PITC) of
individuals and families
experiencing homelessness.
The PITC is a statewide
annual event, sponsored
by the Kentucky Housing
Corporation, which will take
place on Thursday, January
forward
large a garden as you can
easily maintai~ Beginning
gardeners often overplant,
and then they fail because
they cannot keep up with the
tasks require& You~l have
to control weeds and pests,
apply water when needed and
harvesti on time. V%,'etabl~
harvested at their peak are
tasty, but when left on the
plants too long, the flavor is
simply the best.
5. Grow vegetables that
will produce the maximum
To learn more about
UNITE and its Accidental
Dealer campaign, visit
the UNITE website!at
glucose screenings are also
being offered. Come between
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a free
HIV test.
For more information on
the PITC or about programs
to assist individuals
experiencing homelessness,
call Gateway House at
606.784.2668 or visit www.
gatewayhouseky.org.
to the
garden
A well-planned and
properly kept garden should
produce 600 to 700 pounds
of produce per 1,000 squ~are
feet and may include mhny
different crops.
Finally, the closer the
vegetable garden is to 'your
back door, the more you will
use it. You can see when your
crops, are at their peaks and
cantake maximum advantage
of. their fxeshness. Also,
keeping up with the planting,
weeding, watering and pest
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amount of food in the space, control will be easier.
available. For more guidar~ce on
6. Plant -during plafming your 2011 vegetable
the correc~ season for the garden, contact the Bath
crop. Choose varieties • CountyCooperativeExtension
recommended for your area. or download the publication,
7. Harvest vegetables at 'TIome Vegetable Gardening
their proper stage ofmaturity, in Kentucky (http'J/www.
Store them promptly and ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id128/
properly if you do not use id128.pd0 from the Web.
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