20- November 28, 2013 Your Hometown Newspaper News Outlook
A Kentucky initiative
to identify farm products
produced by veterans will
become a national brand,
,Koatucky Agriculture Com-
missioner James Comer an-
nounced on Veterans Day
at the Frazier History Mu-
seum in Louisville.
The Farmer Veteran
Coalition will administer
the Homegrown by He-
roes program on the na-
! ,' tiOnal level.' At Monday's
!: announcement, the Farm
Credit System announced
a $250,000 commitment to
i" fund the national program.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell,
U.S. Reps John Yarmuth
and Andy Barr, and Louis-
: 'ville Mayor Greg Fischer
' all spoke in support of the
program.
"From the day we started
Homegrown by Heroes, it
was my intention to take
it national so it can benefit
:veterans from every state,"
' Commissioner Comer
said. 'q'oday, I am pleased
to announce that intention
is becoming a reality with
the help of our generous
partners. This is something
we in agriculture can do to
show our respect and ap-
predation for our military
veteran farmers across the
United States."
The Farmer Veteran
Coalition, based in Davis,
Calif., helps veterans de-
velop careers in agriculture
through collaborations of
the agricultural and mili-
tary communities.
'q'he veterans we work
with have served their
country twice -- once by
defending it, and now by
feeding it," said Michael
O'Gorman, executive direc-
tor of the Farmer Veteran
Coalition. ' rhen Kentucky
became the first state to
honor them for that service
in the marketplace, we were
anxious to see every farmer
veteran in America get that
same recognition."
"Many of the men and
women who serve proudly
in our military come from
America's rural areas and
small towns," said Everett
M. Dobrinski, board chair-
man for CoBank and di-
rector for the Farm Credit
Council board. "The Farm
Credit System has a mis-
sion to serve rural America.
By supporting the expan-
sion of the Homegrown by
Heroes effort, we hope to
increase economic oppor-
tunity for those veterans
who choose to return to ag-
riculture and, in doing so,
help our rural communities
thrive."
Farm Credit's contribu-
tion to the Farmer Veteran
Coalition's Homegrown
by Heroes program was
made possible by the gen-
erous support of Agribank
of St. Paul, Minn.; AgFirst
of Columbia, S.C.; CoBank
of Denver, Colo.; and Farm
Credit Bank of Texas, based
in Austin.
"I have the honor today
to be the proudest Ken-
tucky Proud farmer," said
farmer/veteran Michael
Lewis of Berea, director of
Growing Warriors, which
helps veterans get started
in farming. Kentucky
Department of Agrictflture
has, and will continue to,
create opportunities for
family farmers in Kentucky.
Now, with this partnership,
that opportunity is going to
cross borders and create
economic opportunities for
farmer/veterans in other
states, and for that, I am ex-
ceedingly grateful."
Commissioner Comer
launched Homegrown by
Heroes in January as a
brand that identifies agri-
cultural products produced
by Kentucky military veter-
ans, providing an incentive
for consumers to buy those
products and for retailers to
stock them on their store
shelves.
"I've never seen anybody
clean up a mess and get on
offense and come up with
new and effective things to
do faster than Commission-
er Comer," Sen. McConnell
Bath County High
School sophomore Sarah
Price is one of the stateVs
top girlsv high school bas-
ketball players. Price is
ranked among the stateTs
top players on Rick Bolusw
High Potential Basketball
Recruiting Servicers Ken-
tuckyms Top Rising Pros-
pects list for the 2013-14
season.
Price was named Honor-
able Mention All-State by
the Courier-Journal at the
conclusion of her freshman
campaign. She averaged
14.8 points and 11.4 re-
bounds per game for Bath
County during the 2012-13
season. Price shot 47.1 per-
cent from the field and also
fared well at the free throw
line, shooting 72.8 percent
from the charity stripe dur-
ing her freshman season.
said. "I'm here basically to
salute you, Commissioner,
for the great job that you are
doing and thank all of our
veterans, particularly those
who are going into agricul-
re, for all you do."
"With this partnership,
we are ensuring that Home-
grown by Heroes extends
beyond the borders of Ken-
tucky and beyond my time
as agriculture commission-
er," Comer said. "Farmer/
veterans from Maine to
California, and from this
day forward, will be able to
use this brand to tell con-
sumers that someone who
served in defense of our
country made that product.
And consumers can say
ffhank you for your service'
by buying that product and
helping that veteran make a
living on the farm."
Winds blowing straightavid smallmouth angler from rig them hook exposed on a
from Santa Claus' abode at the Park Hills who fishes Laurel 1/4-otmce ball head. I rarely di-
North Pole rocketed across River Lake as often as pos- vert from a 1/.ounce head in
Kentucky this past week, sible. 'The deeper the creek falL"
bringing with them the start is; the better the fishing." Tais comb'marion works ex-
of reservoir smalimouth bass Smallmouth bass follow the tremely well on Laurel River
fishing season, baitfish into the major creek Lake, a notoriously tough
"From now into late winter, arms on these lakes.The point lake to fish. 'Taurel has a tie-
if you can stand it, is the best
time of year to catch trophy
srnallmouth bass," said John
' Williams, southeastern fish-
eries district biologist for the
Kentucky Department of Fish
and Wildlife Resources. "Ihe
whole cold water period of the
year is the most productive
time for large smallmouths."
Water temperatures at I.ake
Cumberland, Dale Hollow
Lake and Laurel River Lake
are getting perfect for bring-
iug smaUmouth into the range
of anglers lures,
"When the water tempera-
tures drop to 60 degrees, the
where the creek ann meets
the main lake is a good place
to start looking for the small-
mouths at this time of year.
The secondary points leading
up into the creek should be
next on the list
Ortwe'm, the co-owner of a
company that manufactures
lights for night fishing from
boats, likes smaller grubs and
swimbalts for hte fall and win-
ter smallmouth bass. Ortwein
searches for balls of baltfish
such as alewives or shad on
his elecWonic sonar unit be-
fore he fishes an are
'The 3-inch pearl Slider
mendous population of tiophy
smallmouth bass," said W]J-
liams, who oversees the fish-
eries management at Laurel
River, Cumberland and Dale
Hollow lakes, 'They can be hit
or miss on Laurel. The small-
mouth bass are there, even if
you don't catch therrL"
OrtweJn caught sk small-
mouth bass yesterday on
Laurel River Lake, the days
after the nastiest cold front
swimbalt rigged hook ex-
posed on #pound test fluo-
rocarbon line to boat two
smallmouth bass longer than
2(Vmches on a raw, tough day
by counting his lure down to
the fish.
Charlie Brewer, the origina-
tor of Slider fishing, believed
in probing the water column
dS'anply counting down to
the active fish zone. After
casting your lure off a point in
a deep smallmouth reservoir
like Laurel or Cumberland,
slowly count as the offering
sinks.
Reel in the Slider grub or
swimbait in a straight line af-
ter counfug down to 12, for
example. Count down deeper
since last winter hit Kentucl .. on successive casts until you
The air tempem was 18 feel pecks or nips on your lure
baltfish start m inp the gruB'i the best smalImbuth .... snow. ....
:: creel , 'makiSe i( x n -,bass-bait,there is," he said. "I Yet, he,used a3iii peatl
degrees atdaybreakThefish- from small bass or baitfish
ingline froze in his rod guides, during the retrieve. Probe alit-
Frost flew from his reel like tie deeper on the next cast and
find the smallmouths lurking
under the baitflslx
i'i'
is
This method works just as
well for someone who doesn't
own a boat. If you can walk to
a point that slopes into deep
water on these lakes, you can
catch trophy smallmouths by
counting down your 3-'inch
pearl swimbait or black 3-'inch
grub to find the activity zone
and the sma)lmouth bass.
For those who just want to
catch fish, p' J g large crap-
pie minnows or mediums' - t
shiners into main lake pockets
on Lake Cumberland, Dale
Hollow or Laurel River lakes
is incredible fun. Using medi-
um or medium-light spinning
gear, fie on a size 1/0 Octopus
style hook to 6- or £
fluorocarbon line. Pinch on
one or two BBsized split shot
sinkers (the non-removable
kind work best) 18- to 24-inch-
es above the hook
Hook the shiner through
both lips starting from the bot-
tom one. Rig a large crappie
minnow through the tail Gen-
fly cast this presentation to the
main lake pocket or point and
let it slowly sink toward bot-
torrL Rhythmically retrieve the
offering once it touches down
until the line jumps, goes slack
or moves off to one side. Take
a few deep breaths, reel in the
slack line and set the hook
Hve bait produces more fro-
phy smallmouth bass than
anything else in fall and winter.
Kentuckians are lucl .
Our state is the home of the
all4ackle, world record small-
mouth bass, an 11 -pound,
15ounce beast caught from
the Kentucky portion of Dale
Hollow Lake in the summer of
1955. Dale Hollow, Cumber-
land and Laurel River lakes
hold some of the biggest spec-
imens of smallmouth bass on
Earth. •
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