Basic Skills

The Scott True Lady Cardinals Basketball Camp has attracted 50 campers in grades K-5. The three-day camp began Wednesday and concluded today at Norton Gymnasium. Camp instruction has been provided by three coaches, 14 current players and one former player. In top photo, Kelsie Parido gives a dribbling demonstration, with Emily Harrison leading the way, while Clark player Whitley Henry shows Cytisia Hooten, left, and Levi Broeking the basic skills of blocking out.

Dear Editor, Kudos to The Advocate-Messenger for picking up the AP article titled "Parents try to avoid overscheduling children" which appeared in Sunday's paper. If only our local sports leagues would heed to their advice and "not be too competitive and emphasize having fun, learning sportsmanship, understanding rules and developing basic skills. " When structuring youth activities, let's take a little child development into consideration. Asking 6-year-olds to practice a sport three days a week for 1.5 to two hours and then play a game on Saturday is excessive.

Dear Editor: May 3-7 marks the observance of Teacher Appreciation Week - a time for saluting our public school professionals and the relationships between teachers, support personnel, students and parents. The theme of this year's celebration, "We are the NEA - Together making Great Public Schools for Every Child," reflects our nation's commitment to all students. The interaction between children, parents, and teachers cannot be underplayed. If partnerships between teachers, support personnel, and parents are strong, the children's chances of success skyrocket.

Jessamine County Jailer Cecil Moss has the manpower, he simply wants to know if the city of Nicholasville has projects that needs to be done. The jail's Class D Worker program allows non-violent inmates to perform many tasks at a great savings to the taxpayers. "We are going to have more Class Ds than we've normally had," Moss told the city commission at last Thursday's workshop. The city already uses Class D workers in Maple Grove Cemetery. "We couldn't do it without them," said James Hubbard, superintendent of Maple Grove Cemetery.

Dear Editor, As schools are back in session, I tend to wonder what they are going to teach the kids this year. In the past 10 years or more the education system has failed society by not teaching the kids the three basic things they will need in life. I've seen high school and some college graduates that can't add and subtract simple problems, can't read but on a sixth-grade level, and can't write words that can be read. The kids don't know how to use their brains anymore.

Spend a few minutes with 1st Lt. Amy Bishop and it's easy to see how she worked her way up from an enlisted woman to her current position as the new commander of the National Guard unit in Danville. A small, high-energy woman, she's a kind of administrative Army of one who exudes discipline, focus and action. And while her unit, the 410th Quartermaster Supply Company of the Kentucky National Guard, is a long way from Iraq, it's her job to make sure it's ready if called to serve.

LANCASTER - Students who drive to Garrard County High School should put the drugs away in 2006. The same goes for athletes if Superintendent Ray Woolsey gets his way. Woolsey told the Board of Education during Tuesday's meeting that he is waiting on cost estimates for a blood testing program and will come back to them for a possible vote on the topic in February. The testing, Woolsey said, will be designated for students who drive to school and those involved in extracurricular activities.

The following classes are offered by the Danville/Boyle County/Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education program. For more information and to register, call (859) 239-8986. Professional Business Writing - 6-8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 16 at Boyle County High School taught by Paula Hill. The four-hour class will teach the basics of business writing. $15. Call (859) 239-8986. Resume' Writing - 6-8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 15 at Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education room 125 taught by Paula Hill.

Flu vaccine clinics scheduled this month The Boyle County Health Department has scheduled flu vaccine clinics this month. The clinics are set for 3-6 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Boyle County Health Department; 1-4 p.m. Oct. 13 at Junction City Senior Citizens Center; 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 15 at Boyle County Senior Citizens Center; 1:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Perryville Community Center; 1-5 p.m. Oct. 16 at Wal-Mart; and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 23 at Wal-Mart....

Burgin may be the smallest school district in the area but it looms large when it comes to testing in basic skills. The state Department of Education released results Wednesday of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills in reading, language and math, administered to third-, sixth- and ninth-graders in April, and they show that the Burgin district had the highest total battery scores in all three tested areas of all eight area school districts in...

STANFORD - Lincoln County elementary students are showing huge improvements in quick and basic math skills, which could be good news down the road when they're preparing to take the ACT. That was the takeaway last week when District Curriculum Coordinator Jim Ward showed Board of Education members how well students had performed on recent "automaticity" tests, which gauge students' ability to immediately perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and...

You might say Larry McCullough stumbled onto the job as Asbury's softball coach. While searching the Internet for local college softball scores, McCullough came upon Asbury. He decided to see how they had played the night before and discovered that the Eagles hadn't played the night before. In fact, Asbury had not played a softball game in a few years. McCullough called Asbury athletic director Gary Kempf to find out why. Kempf and company had already gone through resurrecting the baseball program and knew that softball was on the horizon.

The Scott True Lady Cardinals Basketball Camp has attracted 50 campers in grades K-5. The three-day camp began Wednesday and concluded today at Norton Gymnasium. Camp instruction has been provided by three coaches, 14 current players and one former player. In top photo, Kelsie Parido gives a dribbling demonstration, with Emily Harrison leading the way, while Clark player Whitley Henry shows Cytisia Hooten, left, and Levi Broeking the basic skills of blocking out.

Jessamine County Jailer Cecil Moss has the manpower, he simply wants to know if the city of Nicholasville has projects that needs to be done. The jail's Class D Worker program allows non-violent inmates to perform many tasks at a great savings to the taxpayers. "We are going to have more Class Ds than we've normally had," Moss told the city commission at last Thursday's workshop. The city already uses Class D workers in Maple Grove Cemetery. "We couldn't do it without them," said James Hubbard, superintendent of Maple Grove Cemetery.

Dear Editor, Kudos to The Advocate-Messenger for picking up the AP article titled "Parents try to avoid overscheduling children" which appeared in Sunday's paper. If only our local sports leagues would heed to their advice and "not be too competitive and emphasize having fun, learning sportsmanship, understanding rules and developing basic skills. " When structuring youth activities, let's take a little child development into consideration. Asking 6-year-olds to practice a sport three days a week for 1.5 to two hours and then play a game on Saturday is excessive.

Dear Editor, As schools are back in session, I tend to wonder what they are going to teach the kids this year. In the past 10 years or more the education system has failed society by not teaching the kids the three basic things they will need in life. I've seen high school and some college graduates that can't add and subtract simple problems, can't read but on a sixth-grade level, and can't write words that can be read. The kids don't know how to use their brains anymore.

Driving around Danville this summer, Clifford Berry noticed something. There was a whole lot of nothing going on. Nothing going on for kids in the area to do on a day-to-day basis, particularly on the basketball courts. "I saw a lot of sitting around with nothing to do. The kids had no AAU or individual camps they could do," said Berry, a 1998 Danville graduate. "And that made me mad because there's a lot of potential around here, a lot of it needs to be tapped into. " So instead of being one of the ones complaining about a lack of activities for kids, Berry is doing something about it. He has organized a youth basketball league which began yesterday to give area players something organized and fun they can take part in. "We had a bunch of kids sitting around, and a lot of them knew me from playing at Bate-Wood (Homes)

The following classes are offered by the Danville/Boyle County/Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education program. For more information and to register, call (859) 239-8986. Professional Business Writing - 6-8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 16 at Boyle County High School taught by Paula Hill. The four-hour class will teach the basics of business writing. $15. Call (859) 239-8986. Resume' Writing - 6-8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 15 at Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education room 125 taught by Paula Hill.

LANCASTER - Students who drive to Garrard County High School should put the drugs away in 2006. The same goes for athletes if Superintendent Ray Woolsey gets his way. Woolsey told the Board of Education during Tuesday's meeting that he is waiting on cost estimates for a blood testing program and will come back to them for a possible vote on the topic in February. The testing, Woolsey said, will be designated for students who drive to school and those involved in extracurricular activities.

Dear Editor: May 3-7 marks the observance of Teacher Appreciation Week - a time for saluting our public school professionals and the relationships between teachers, support personnel, students and parents. The theme of this year's celebration, "We are the NEA - Together making Great Public Schools for Every Child," reflects our nation's commitment to all students. The interaction between children, parents, and teachers cannot be underplayed. If partnerships between teachers, support personnel, and parents are strong, the children's chances of success skyrocket.