2/4/12
Top-seeded Olmstead girls, Lewisburg boys get wins
The higher seeded teams continued to win in the Logan County Middle School Tournament Saturday night. The defending champ-ion Lady Rams of Olmstead beat Lewisburg 48-29 with eight girls scoring, led by Cierra Johnson's 10, Taylor Borders' 8, Logan Williamson's 7 and Taleia Mason's 6.  Breanna Baptiste top-ped Coach Travis Anderson's LMS team with 8. Lauren Burnett and Brittany Wilhelm each scored 4.
The Lewisburg boys led 10-0 after a quarter with Garrison Rosser scoring 7. Then Dalton Furlow scored the first 5 points of the 2nd period to make it 15-0. Olmstead roared back with Lorenzo Garc-ia scoring all 11 of his points in the second half. OMS trailed only 27-17 when Coach Jerald Tabb's Rangers rebuilt their 15-point lead. Quentin Nash hit a 3-pointer and Jordan Hendrix scored two quick buckets; LMS led 34-19. The Rams' Andrew Martin hit a trey and Garcia put in two quick buckets, but OMS finished the game 12-3 for a 46-29 win. Rosser led the winners with 14, Nash 12 and Furlow 9. Dalton Nash finished second to Garcia with 7 for OMS.

Adairville girls, Auburn boys advance to LCMST finals
Saturday afternoon, Adairville and Auburn split wins in the Logan County Middle School Tournament. The Lady Cardinals won 27-22 in overtime with Laura Hendricks hitting a 3-pointer and Brianna Wooden & Ann-Meguiar Bouldin also scoring in OT. Lauren Batten led Coach Todd Webb's winners with 10 points. Kaitl-ynne Fisher led Auburn with 12 points while Sierra Morrow had 6. Michael Riley of Auburn and sixth grader Austin Rayno of Adairville each scored 17, but Riley got more help in the Tigers' 36-31 win. Rayno hit four 3-pointers, all but one in the 2nd quarter, to bring the Cardinals back from a 23-12 halftime deficit to a 29-25 lead, but Taylor Owens made two steals and hit a layup and a 3-pointer to put the Tigers up. Point guard Jackson Allen hit a pair of treys for the Cardinals, but his foul trouble hurt his team;

Former RHS Principal Roy Reynolds enters Hospice
One of Russellville High's most respected and popular principals ever was transferred to Hospice of Southern Kentucky Friday. Roy Dickey 'R.D.' Reynolds has been in Greenview Hospital for over a week suffering from problems with blood clots. His address is Hospice of Southern Kentucky, 5872 Scottsville Road,, Bowling Green, KY. 42104

Long-range bombs help Cougars beat Panthers again
The Logan County Cougars hit 10 3-point goals, 6 of them by sen-ior guard Ryan Harper, on the way to a 90-79 win at Russellville Friday night. Harper finished with 28 points while Twin Lancaster added 25 and Torin Graham 21. Behind a strong second half by Jordan Kennedy, who was not active the first half, the Panthers cut the lead to 4 at 74-70, but LCHS scored 10 of the next 12, 7 of them by Graham, Logan got a big lift from Avrey Collier in relief when center Sujuan Watkins spent most of the game in foul trouble. Four Panthers finished in double figures. Josh Hampton and Kennedy had 17 each, Darrion Quarles 14 and Dominoique Harris 13 for the Panthers. Logan has won 9 straight, beginning with a win over RHS in January.

2/3/12
Lady Cougars complete sweep of Russellville
Super free throw shooting and solid performances by a pair of 9th graders helped the Logan County Lady Cougars win at Russellville Friday. The 47-39 win gave Coach Scot MacAllister's team sweep the Lady Panthers in the regular season. Logan hit 10 of 12 free throws in the 4th quarter with freshman Kapreshia Powell going 5 for 6 and senior Jaylin Jones 3 for 3. Maegann Hardison, also a freshman, hit a 3-pointer as the 3rd quarter ended and then hit a pair of clinching free throws. Jones finished with 14 points and the freshmen each scored 10. Russellville had cut the lead to 26-24 and Amber Sydnor almost made a steal for a go-ahead bucket, but instead Hardison cashed in her trey. Imani Hampton scored 14 for RHS. Amy Rosser hit some big buckets for the home team.

Tonight's Cat Clashes crucial to district seedings
When Logan County visits Russellville tonight, district seedings are on the line. The Cougars (16-8 overall, 5-0 district) can wrap up the top seed in the boys division by beating the Panthers (13-8, 3-1). Logan won the first meeting 76-70. If RHS wins, however, the Panthers could force a tiebreaker with a win against visiting Todd Central (6-18, 0-4) next Friday. Todd is at Franklin-Simpson (10-11, 1-4) tonight.
The girls standings are in play, too. Russellville (11-11, 2-2) is the only team that can still keep defending champ Todd Central (15-6, 4-0) from being the top seed. But the Lady Panthers lost 52-30 the last time they played Logan (8-12, 2-3). F-S (12-12, 1-4) closes its district play tonight by entertaining Todd. If the Lady Rebels win tonight, the district will begin with another Clash of the (lady) Cats.
Game time for the girls is 6 p.m. Both games will be on WRUS.

2/2/12
Kentucky Museum offering Logan History Day
The Kentucky Library & the Kentucky Museum possess many fascinating Logan County-based artifacts, photographs, docu-ments, diaries, letters, genealogical materials and much more. A fun, informal morning showcasing Logan treasures will be held March 31. Participants will tour the original Felts Log House located next to the museum, study rare images and artifacts, read unpublished letters and diaries, and discover a myriad of useful genealogical resources.
There is no fee, but participants must pre-register no later than March 26 by calling Christy Spurlock, 270-745-6082 or email Christy.Spurlock@wku.edu .Space is limited. Program designed for those 14 and older. The Kentucky Museum is located at 1444 Kentucky Street, on the WKU Campus. Parking is available in the adjacent Adams Street Lot. For a copy of the day’s schedule, see http://wku.edu/library/museum/education/workshops.php

2/1/12
Auburn youth baseball, softball signups to begin
Registration for the Auburn baseball and softball leagues will be Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 9 from 6-8 p.m. at Auburn Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Feb. 11 from 9 a.m to noon in the LCHS lobby. Tee ball is for ages 4-6, mach-ine pitch is for ages 7-8, girls soft tee ball is for ages 5-7 and girls softball for ages 10U, 12U and 14U. The registration fee is $45. For more information, call Jeff Robinson at 270-535-8672.

Hightower makes 4th state representative candidate
Chris Hightower of Auburn has become the third Republican and fourth candidate in the race for the 16th District state House seat being vacated by Senate candidate Martha Jane King. A press release says, "Born and raised in Logan County, he seeks to run an issues-based campaign highlighting the $41 billion state debt, the $50+ billion in unfunded state pension liabilities, improvements to education, term limits and a host of other matters of concern to voters." Jimmy Kent Wilson and Jo Orange had previously an-nounced their candidacies in the Republican primary. Tom Noe has filed as a Democrat. The filing deadline has been extended to Feb. 7 because of litigation brought by Republicans concerning the redistricting map which had been signed into law.

1/3/1/12
Panther Chatter of 1969 featured on L&B
In the late winter of 1969, Russellville High School students were enjoying the senior play The Man Who Came to Dinner and watch-ing a new drill team in action. Many names of those who were RHS students at the time can be read in a story on Logan & Beyond. Go to www.loganandbeyond.com.

Death claims Lewisburg, Logan leader Gower
Ed Gower, one of the best-known men in Lewisburg, died unex-pectedly Monday. A graduate of Lewisburg High School and an outstanding tennis player, he followed in the footsteps of his dad, the late Williams Gower, as a druggist. He owned Gower Drug Store, one of Lewisburg's leading businesses, before retiring, He also served on the board of education for Logan schools during the first several years after consolidation. He and his wife, Susan Danks Gower, are the parents of four sons, John Ed, Robbie, David and Patrick. Funeral services will be held Saturday after-noon at Price Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday evening.

RHS teams sweep F-S for 2nd time this season
Russellville's basketball teams completed a rare double sweep, winning both the girls and the boys games against Franklin-Simp-son for the second time this seasons. Tuesday's wins came at the new F-S gym. Kahlia Hampton hit a clinching free throw with 6 seconds to seal a 41-38 win for the girls. Imani Hampton scored 12 and Amber Sydnor 10. Jazzy Elliott, Amber Rosser, Davon-na Sydnor & Nathanshia Haskins all scored in the close win.The  Lady Cats were led by Tasia Covington with 16.
Dominoique Harris scored 8 points in the second quarter and 4 quick points came from Jordan Kennedy to give the Panthers a 25-11 lead in the nightcap. Jerrell Wickware scored all 11 of the Cats' first-half points and had 20 of 29 by early in the 4th quarter of Russellville's 56-38 win. The Cats cut the lead to one and had the ball, but Dominique Quarles put together a 3-point play. A re-bound basket by Kennedy at the buzzer made it 33-27 after three quarters. The Panthers dominated the 4th quarter and let the subs play with Coco Darden and Tavon Wells scoring. Josh Hamp-ton led RHS (13-8) with 10 points.

Candidates file for Russellville City Council seats
Ten people, including all six incumbents, have filed for seats on Russellville City Council. Registration closed Tuesday. Because fewer than 13 filed, no runoff is necessary in a primary. The can-didates are incumbents Jack Whipple, Pat Walpole Bell, S. Darlene Gooch, Jimmy Davenport, Sandra Kinser & Bill Dec-ker along with challengers Archie Beck, Marvinia Benton, Lora Thrasher Murphy and former councilman Doug Nash. Running unopposed is Circuit Clerk Sherry Wilkins. Incumbent Common-wealth Attorney Gail Guiling has filed in Frankfort. Also this year the terms of Auburn Mayor Dewey Roche and Adairville Mayor Jim Wilkinson expire, but candidates for those berths and their city councils plus Lewisburg's don't have to file until this summer. Also subject to reelection are the Logan County School Board seats in Olmstead (Johnny Dawson), Lewisburg (Ralph Cropper) and Chandlers (Phil Baker).

1/30/12
Wilson files for state House in Republican race
Jimmy Kent Wilson of Olmstead filed his candidacy papers in Frankfort Monday to run for the state House of Representatives seat now held by Martha Jane King, who is running for Senate. A 1985 graduate of Logan County High School, he has a degree in agribusiness from Austin Peay. He has been in management with H&H Sheetmetal for 19 years. Wilson and his wife Meloney have three children; Amelia is a senior at LCHS while Claire and Harrison are students at Olmstead. The district includes Logan and Todd counties along with a small part of Warren. Logan mag-istrate Jo Orange had previously filed her candidacy on the GOP side. Tom Noe is a candidate for the Democratic nomination.

LCHS senior winter sports athletes to be honored
Logan County High School will honor its winter sports athletes on Feb. 7 between games. The seniors are as follows: swimming-- Emily Chambers, London Kutzman, Phin Parsons & Jacob Speck; boys basketball-- Avrey Collier, Jermaine Collier, Ryan Harper, Twin Lancaster, Aratan Martin, Ryan Steen-bergen & Sajuan Watkins; girls basketball-- Kate Brooks, Meg Brown, Polly Cowan, Jaylin Jones, Kara Lyons, Shannon MacAllister & Jackee Martin; and cheerleading-- Christine Caffee, Meredith Riley, & Andrea Robinson.

1/29/12
Former businesswoman Viola Felts dies
Viola Felts, who owned and operated Felts Finer Foods for many years, died Sunday, Mrs. Felts' restaurant was a popular dining spot for many years. Many Russellville businessmen gathered at the intersection of the Hopkinsville Road and Bethel Street for breakfast and/or lunch, The vacant restaurant and attached motel were razed by First Southern National Bank a couple of years ago. Mrs. Felts had been living in East Tennessee with her daughter Claire (Bailey) and her husband, Morris Herndon. Another of her daughters, Bonnie McCredie, lives in Florida.

Kentucky Artisans wins state Main Street award
Kentucky Artisans at the Saddle Factory received the Kentucky Main Street Economic Development Award at the organization's annual meeting in Frankfort this week. Russellville Main Street Di-rector Darlene Gooch, who played a major role in developing the tourist attraction, accepted the award. Noel Smith has overseen the venue for local arts people to display and sell their works.

Republicans honor Lincoln, start election push
Over 200 people turned out for the Logan County Lincoln Day
Dinner Saturday. Former representative Sheldon Baugh said that GOP registration in the county has more than tripled since he first won office in 1994. U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who notes he made his first political speech in Logan County, criticized President Barack Obama's budget deficits. Congressman Ed Whitfield crit-icized the administration's energy policies, which he asserted are hurting Kentucky's coal industry. Representative Jim DeCesare, who is running for state senator, claimed that Gov. Steve Be-shear "mirrors the president as a tax and spender." House can-didate Jo Orange outlined her qualifications. Also on the program were Larry Noe, Joe Lawrence, J.R. Cundiff, Keith Burnett, the LCHS JROTC, poet Howard Plank, and singers Rosemary Cundiff-Brown and Chris Kramer.

1/28/12
Ed Coffman to preach, greet friends as he turns 90
After turning 90 on Jan. 25, Dr. Ed Coffman will celebrate the occasion in two ways Sunday. He will speak at the 10:45 a.m. Service of First Christian Church down the street from his home and then will receive guests at that 201 West 7th St. Home from 1-4 p.m. Coffman is well known for having updated the history of Logan County, which his late dad, Edward 'Pike' Coffman, had written several decades earlier. Those visiting the house will be reminded of his mother, Emma Coffman, and his wife, Carol Coffman, who lived there before their deaths.

Russellville teams spoil South Warren homecoming
Russellville swept a pair of close, low-scoring games at South Warren's homecoming Friday. The Lady Panthers tailed by 16 in the 3rd quarter but won 49-47. The Panthers led 15-5 but had to withstand a Spartan comeback before winning 44-40.
Amber Sydnor made a steal and hit a layup to give RHS the late lead. She scored all 9 of her points in the 4th quarter. Teammate Imani Hampton scored 18. Colby Downing led SWHS with 14.
Davis Pardue scored 20 points and hit 4 free throws in the final 7 seconds. Jordan Kennedy added 14. Four other Panthers added 2 each. Luke Easley and Travis Hardcastle combined for 22 of the Spartans' 40 points.

1/27/12
DeCesare issues announcement of candidacy
Republican Jim DeCesare of Warren County has filed his candi-dacy papers for the state senate seat which includes Logan, Todd, Simpson, Allen, Muhlenberg and part of Warren counties. A press release from the state representative's office can be read at http://www,loganandbeyond.com.

Robeys, Jimmy Wright take top dairy awards
Robey Farms and Jimmy Wright were the top award winners at the Logan/Simpson County Dairy Herd Improvement Association Annual Meeting & Banquet recently. Lee Robey and his late fa-ther D.L. Robey took top honors in 9 of the 11 categories. The other two firsts were earned by Wright. Also finishing in the top two in categories were David & Terri Crocker, B&H Dairy and Delaney Farms. The Robeys have 49 of the top 50 lifetime milk producing cows with number 46 belonging to Willis Schrock. Ben Jepson has number 58. The Robeys also own 127 of the top 147. Ten of the other 20 are in the Woodall Farms herd, owned by Jimmy and Andy Woodall.

1/26/12
Olmstead girls, Lewisburg boys top tourney seeds
The Olmstead Lady Rams coached by Daniel Alvis and Chris Wilcutt and Coach Nick Hildabrand's Lewisburg Rangers are the top seeds in the Logan Middle School Basketball Tournament, set next week. The event matching the five schools in the county sys-tem begins Thursday, Feb. 2 with the LMS Rangerettes &  Chand-lers Lady Bears playing at 6:30 p.m. and the OMS Rams & CMS Bears following. The winners of those games with take on the top seeds Saturday night, beginning at 6. The other semifinals will match Adairville and Auburn in both divisions, starting with the girls at 1 p.m. Saturday. The championship games will be played Monday, Feb. 6, starting at 6:30 p.m. All games will be at LCHS. Chris McGinnis says both finals will be aired over WRUS.

Matt Wilhite succeeds Cauley as F-S softball coach
One of the greatest baseball players in Franklin-Simpson's storied history, Matthew Wilhite, has been named F-S softball coach, succeeding Lewisburg native Steve Cauley. Several players will be back from the Lady Cats' district champs. Wilhite was a key player for Coach Greg Shelton's 1999 state Final 4 team, joining two-time World Series pitcher Joe Blanton on the mound. He has just completed 8 years of professional baseball, including 5 as a AAA pitcher, the Franklin Favorite reports..Wilhite was Sun Belt Player of the Year in 2003 as a WKU reliever. In high school, he battled outstanding players from Logan County and Russellville, including Zak Danks, Nick Goley, Aaron Johnson & Ty Porter of LCHS and Matthew Croslin, Matthew Humble, Jesse Wright and Jeryn Lee of Russellville. He is the son of Logan Aluminum's Max Wilhite and his wife Allison.

Logan Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday
The annual Lincoln Day Dinner will be Saturday at the Sportsman Club at City/County Park with doors opening at 5 p.m..and dinner and program beginning at 5:30.  Speakers will be U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Congressman Ed Whitfield. Another special guest will be Warren County State Representative Jim DeCesare, who is running for the state senate. Logan Countian Jo Orange, a candi-date for the state House, will also be present. Entertainment will be by Chris Kramer and Rosemary Cundiff-Brown. A Silent Auction and a Live Auction will be held. Tickets are $10 each and can be secured by calling 726-3801 or 726-3787.

1/25/12
Adairville Academic wins District Governor’s Cup
The Adairville Academic team took first place overall Jan. 21 in the District 17 Governor’s Cup. The Quick Recall team, coached by Jennifer Orange, came in first place without losing a single match in the double elimination tournament. They will continue on to Regional at Drakes Creek Feb. 4.  The Future Problem Solving team, coached by Jennifer Robertson, took first place and will also go regional.
Individually, Jacob Burton won third places in both Mathematics and Social Studies. In Language Arts, Rachel Pitts was 4th and Amber Anderson 5fth. Lauren Macy came in 3rd place in Written Composition.  Arts and Humanities was taken by Rachel Pitts in 1st, Amanda Crutchfield 3rd and Zack Law 5th. Each of the students who placed individually will also proceed to Regional.
In addition to District, Adairville went undefeated in regular season play. Other team members are Katrina Holloman, Sam Knight, Kelsey Chambers, Matthew Edgar, Ryan Orndorff, Amber Anderson, Korbin Holloman, Lauren Batton, Ann-Meguiar Bouldin, Sawyer Hopkins, Meagan Ferguson, Grace McLel-lan, Lauren Macy, Brianna Wooden, Daniel Noe, Cole John-son, Gunnar Gloyd, Landon Thomas and Dylan Bryrum.

Former Panther great Plute Klein dies in Louisville
Funeral services were held today for one of the best linemen in Russellville football history. Dr. Harold Klein was involved in lead-ing a number of civic and professional organizations.As a Panther, he was known as Plute Klein. He helped Coach Harold Hunter's 1946 and '47 teams compile a record of 17-2-1. As a senior in '48, he was third-team all-state and played in the East-West All-Star Game. When new coach Jimmy Haynes needed help that year, he would get Klein to coach the line or fsophomore Jimmy San-ford the backs. The son of Nathan and Bertha Klein, the Louis-ville dentist was the brother of another former Panther standout, the late Butch Klein.

1/24/12
Logan teams split with visiting Barren County
The Logan County Cougars recorded one of their most impressive wins Monday, beating a visiting Barren County team which had 15 wins 74-47. A 16-0 run in the first half provided the cushion. Twin Lancaster scored 34 points,22 of them in the first half. Sajuan Watkins and Torin Graham added 13 each. Charley McCoy had 14 points and Jacoby Poore 11 for the Trojans of Coach Warren Cunningham. Logan (15-8) has won seven straight games.
The Lady Trojans had an 18-0 run of their own to beat the Logan girls 51-38. Maegann Hardison's 3-pointer cut the lead to seven late in the game, but Barren scored the final six points. Hardison led the Lady Cougars with 11 points, and Jaylin Jones added 9. Jamie Cummings topped Barren with 18 points and 19 rebounds while Shelby Briggs added 10 points

Panthers lose up-and-down game to Central by 3
Russellville led visiting Warren Central 41-37 at the half but RHS soon found itself behind 62-39 Monday. The Panthers (11-8) came back to cut the lead to 63-61 but never could regain control. Jor-dan Kennedy led Coach Dennis Pardue's team with 16 and Josh Hampton added 12. Central (13-8) was led by Donovan
Halsel with 19 and Nay Walker added 12 in the 66-63 win.

1/23/12
Jo Orange, Tom Noe running for House seat
Candidates have announced their intentions to run for a vacant state House of Representatives seat following the decision of incumbent Martha Jane King to run for the Kentucky Senate instead.
Josephine 'Jo' Orange will run as a Republican in District 16, Logan, Todd, and a small part Western Warren counties. The re-tired educator currently serves as magistrate in Logan County for the Auburn and Bucksville areas. Her husband, the late Charles Orange, was serving as commonwealth attorney at the time of his death.
Tom Noe, who retired as Logan County Attorney in 2010 after many years service, plans to file for Representative Monday as a Democrat. He reopened his private law practice last year. His grandfather, the late Thomas S. Rhea, served as state Highway Commissioner and was the top vote-getter in a primary election for governor.

Martha Jane King switches to senatorial race
Logan County's Martha Jane King has decided to seek the office of state senator instead of running for a third term as representa-tive. She announced her decision Monday in Frankfort. The new senatorial district has no incumbent after Sen. Joey Pendleton's district was changed to omit Logan and Todd counties. King told The LoJo that she made the decision after Democratic leaders of the county with the largest population in the district, Muhlenberg, pledged to support her. She lives at Lake Malone within a mile of the Muhlenberg line. Muhlenberg (31,499) and Logan (26,835) have more total residents than the other three counties--Allen (19,956), Simpson (17,327) and Todd (12,046) combined. A piece of War-ren County (believed to be 4,500-5,000 voters) is also included. The senator who has been representing Muhlenberg, Jerry Rose, and the one representing Allen and Simpson, David Givens, have other counties in their districts now. A press release from the off-ice of House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins can be read in its entirety at http://www.loganandbeyond.com.
Republican Jim DeCesare of Warren County has announced he also filed Monday to be a candidate for this same senate seat. King had already filed to run again for the House seat, but has now rescinded that.

1/22/12
Russellvillian writes stories available on ebook
Russellville's Douglas Daech has written a collection of short sto-ries which are available in a variety of ebook formats. For more in-formation go to  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/125047?fb_ref=books_right&fb_source=profile_multiline

1/20/12
Cougars sweep Franklin, run district record to 5-0
The Logan County Cougars led the entire way while beating visit-ing Franklin-Simpson 87-73 Friday. It was the sixth straight win for Logan, which is now 14-8. More importantly, the Cougars are 5-0 in the district. Saquan Watkins scored 12 points in the first quar-ter on the way to 34 in the game. Torin Graham added 24 and Twin Lancaster 22. Avrey Collins' defense was crucial. Tanner Clark scored 26 for F-S (0-3 in the district) and Jerrell Wickware added 24.

Queen Meg's Lady Cougars absorb district loss
As her twin sister Brenna Brown narrated homecoming activities on the public address system at Logan County High School Fri-day, Lady Cougars senior basketball player Meg Brown donned the queen's crown while her escort, Brice Moore, was named king. That was almost all the good news for the Logan girls, who lost 59-45 to Franklin-Simpson, the first district win for the Lady Cats. Logan fell to 2-2. Jaylin Jones scored 15 & Kapreshia Powell 9. F-S, which hit 14 more free throws than the home team, gpt 14 points from Tasia Covington, daughter of former Russellville standout Thad 'Fish' Covington. Kendra Brooks had 15 and Sydney Gooch 10.  The Lady Cougars will play a single varsity game Saturday at 6 p.m. against Todd Central at LCHS.

1/19/12
Logan-Todd  to lose Pendleton as state senator
If Gov. Steve Beshear signs legislation passed by both chamb-ers of the Kentucky General Assembly this week, Joey Pendle-ton will not be the state senator for Logan and Todd counties after this calendar year. A redistricting plan calls for Pendleton's home county of Christian to pick up three new counties--Caldwell, Union and Crittenden. Logan and Todd would be in a district with Allen, Simpson, Muhlenberg and part of Warren counties. One of those ex-pected to run for the office is Rep. Jim DeCesare, a Repub-lican whose House district has been changed. He is married to former WBKO anchor Amy Bingham, sister of Lewisburg Banking Co. CEO Billy Bingham. The filing deadline is Jan. 31.

MLK Walk, program rescheduled for Jan. 27
Because of last week's weather, planners have rescheduled the 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Unity Walk Celebration Friday, to Jan. 27 at 8:15 a.m. This event will begin at the historic Bank Street AME Church on 564 East Fifth Street in Russellville. The walk will end at the historic old Logan County Courthouse where the program will be held upstairs. Free-dom Ri-der Kwame Leo Lillard and others will be our guest. The theme is "Why We March and Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday". A question and answer session on how Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr.s' philosophies impacted their lives in our community will be held. Commonwealth Attorney Gail Guiling, Rev. Lee Fishback, Logan County High and Russellville High school sys-tems and community who have been consistent supporters will participate again this year. The public is invited. For more inform-ation, contact Community Projects, Inc, President Charles or Marvinia Benton Neblett at 270-803-4181.

1/18/12
Kerr works out settlement in old hospital case
Russellville City Attorney Neil Kerr has worked out a settlement with the company which did environmental work on the old Logan County Hospital. Interstate Environmental Services filed suit a year ago this week claiming that it had done $223,120 worth of work and that the city had paid only $39,600, a difference of $183,860. Kerr had asked on behalf of the city that the suit be dismissed because legal procedures had not been followed for the council to authorize the expenditure of funds. Judge Tyler Gill refused to dismiss it but said the city might win in a trial. The city and the company decided to settle for the amount already paid.
Kerr tells The LoJo: "While I felt confident the city would prevail and perhaps obtain a judgment entitling the city to recover the $39,260 that was paid out, it would cost the city a great deal of money to get to that point. Also even if we obtained a judgment, the Plaintiff could file bankruptcy. The cost and chances of col-lecting that money from the Plaintiff couldn't justify proceeding further if the other side was ready to dismiss their suit so soon in the litigation process. This is a great result for the city and the taxpayers."

1/15/12
Duncan, Sosh inducted into RHS Hall of Fame
As a large crowd watched, Sonny Duncan and Lon Sosh were inducted into the Russellville Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame Friday between games of the RHS vs. Franklin-Simpson doubleheader. Making the presentations were Glenn 'Herbie' Gilliam for his teammate of 57 seasons ago, Duncan, and Jean Reynolds and Ann Leigh, Sosh's sisters. Greg Owens coordinates the Hall of Fame induction ceremony each year. The Russellville Alumni Association provides the plaques.

Lancaster scores 100 points for Cougars in a week
Senior Twin Lancaster, who is believed to be the leading scorer in Logan County Cougar history, scored 100 points in five days last week as the Cougars beat Butler County (Lancaster had 36), Todd Central (30) and Hopkins County Central (34). Joining him in the 103-63 rout in Hopkins County Saturday were Sujuan Wat-kins with 24, Torin Graham with 14 and Aratan Martin with 11. The Cougars are now 12-8.

1/11/12
Former RHS teacher named dean at BG Tech
President Nathan Hodges has announced that Kevin Kenady, a former math teacher at Russellville High School, has been named dean of mathematics and science at Bowling Green Technical College, where he has taught for several years. He is the son of former Russellvillians Donald and Martine Mayberry Kenady and the grandson of the late Harold & Lillian Kenady, the new dean is the nephew of former Logan County magistrate Kerry Kenady. He previously was director of the Franklin Center. In a related move, Alice Benham, who was previously in charge of all general education courses, is now dean of arts and humanities.

1/9/12
Tobacco Bowl returns to Festival lineup
For decades, the Tobacco Bowl was part of the Logan County To-bacco Festival schedule on the Saturday afternoon of Parade Day, but it has been missing for a while. It returns this year. Russellville High School principal/football coach John Myers says Fulton City will be here for a 1 p.m. game on Oct. 13.

1/6/12
LCHS shuts down Lady Panthers in 4th quarter
Russellville scored the first five points of the fourth quarter on 3 free throws by Jazzy Elliott and a field goal by Imani Hampton to cut Logan County's lead to 33-30 Friday, but Coach Scot MacAlli-ster's team shut out the visitors the final 7:15 of the game for a 52-30 win in the Clash of the Cats. Shannon MacAllister scored 14, Jaylin Jones 12, Kapreisha Powell 10, Laura Hunt 8 and Megan Lindsey 6 for the Lady Cougars, who are 2-0 in the dis-trict. Hampton scored 8, Amber Sydnor and Elliott 7 each and Davonna Sydnor 5 for Coach Dedra Adler's Lady Panthers.

Cougars halt RHS domination of boys series
The streaks are over. The Logan County Cougars' 76-70 win over visiting Russellville Friday ended many streaks. Logan's last win over the RHS boys had come 8 years, 362 days earlier. Gone are the Panthers' 19-game winning streak in the Clash of the Cats, Coach Dennis Pardue's 32-0 record against Logan (at Todd Cen-tral and RHS combined), and Logan coach Harold Tackett's 8-game losing record against the Panthers. The contest was not a thing of beauty with 75 free throws attempted and only 40 made. A total of 55 fouls were called. Pardue said RHS made 25 turnovers. Torin Graham led the winners with 22 points while Twin Lancas-ter had 17, Sajuan Watkins 13 and Aratan Martin 10. The Har-per brothers--senior Ryan and freshman Matt--each banked in 3-pointers. Davis Pardue led RHS with 19 points, and Josh Hamp-ton and Jordan Kennedy added 12 and 11, respectively..

1/4/12
Warren Central gets road win at Logan County
Tim Riley was in the stands, not on the bench, but a Riley stuck a couple of daggers into the Logan County Cougars Tuesday. His son Drake Riley hit a pair of 3-pointers after the Cougars had cut Warren Central's lead to four points late in the game. Warren Cen-tral, which is now coached by William Unseld, won at LCHS by a 61-54 count. Tim Riley, who had a sensational run coaching Central, is now on the WKU Lady Topper staff. Twin Lancaster led LCHS with 19 points while Torin Graham had 14 and Sujuan Watkins added 10, Clint Knight was the only Cougar sub to score. Central put 10 players in the scoring column, led by Nay Walker's 13.

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