Dairy Farm

Kentucky dairy farmers and industry representatives will have an opportunity to discuss ways to make dairy farming more profitable, export opportunities and new technology for the industry at the first combined meeting of three Kentucky dairy organizations in March in Cave City. The Kentucky Dairy Partners meeting will bring together the Kentucky Dairy Conference, the American Dairy Association/Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, and the Kentucky Dairy Development Council at the Cave City Convention Center March 4-5. The KDDC and ADA/SUDIA will hold their annual meetings at the event.

MCAFEE - Daniel Coblentz doesn't watch television, listen to the radio or surf the Internet. But he still feels connected to the outside world - at least the Mennonite part of it. Coblentz' little part of the Mennonite part of the world is in Mercer County. He is one of two ministers of the Mercer Mennonite Bible Fellowship. The other is David Sommers. The congregation also operates a school, which is next to the church at 415 Cole Lane, and members also are involved with a bakery, dairy farm, storage barn, metal sales and carpentry.

LIBERTY - A Casey County farmer will have additional income this year by participating in a new program that will help improve his dairy operation. Greg Goode, who farms in the Creston community in western Casey County, got his first check this week as part of the Market Incentive Leadership for Kentucky Program. The Casey farmer will share in the $143,000 presented to 51 farm families in 23 counties this month by the Kentucky Dairy Development Council in premiums to dairy producers in the program.

STANFORD - Steve Howerton doesn't think he'll be too bored after he officially retires as Lincoln's County extension agent for 4-H youth development. He plans to bide his time with season tickets to both University of Kentucky basketball and football games, spend a lot of time at Stanford Baptist Church where he serves as treasurer and church bus driver, possibly pay more attention to his garden, and use his summer to vacation with his wife and serve on the fair board. "I feel like it's the right time," he said.

The 2008 Farm Service Agency County Committee election ballots will be mailed to producers Nov. 3. Eligible voters will have until Dec.1 to complete and return their ballot to the county office. Eligible voters who do not receive ballots by mail, should contact the office. Committee members apply their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on disaster and conservation payments, establishment of allotments and yields, producer appeals, employing Farm Service Agency county executive directors and other local issues that effect their communities.

A lot of people were brought to Tuesday's Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce Banquet under false pretenses ... but it was for a good cause, as they were honored by their friends, family and members of the community. Betty Simpson was named Citizen of the Year for her years of service to the community in a variety of areas. Dawne Carlson presented the award to a very surprised Simpson who admitted she came to the banquet to see her daughter and son-in-law. Simpson currently serves as President of the Harvey Helm Memorial Library Board of Directors and has worked with the Lincoln County Historical Society and the Crab Orchard Alumni, and has volunteered at Fort Logan Hospital, as well as countless other local organizations.

Sharon Robertson has worked at the counter at the Danville post office for two decades, but sometimes she feels like her job description as a postal clerk should be amended. "I often feel like I'm a bartender," she says. Stamps and meters, not bottles and cans, can be found at the post office counter. But what makes the place seem like a bar are the conversations Robertson has with some of the customers. "Most customers might talk about the weather, but others will let their hair down and talk about personal things," she says.

Words of Life Christian Bookstore has had three homes as it continued to grow over the past 25 years. "I think this will be it," said Maryann Strickland, who has owned the store for the store's lifetime and is now celebrating those 25 years in business. The first home was a 1,000 square-foot section in the Corral Business Center on the north end of Harrodsburg. It stayed there from 1979 until 1982. The store's second home, between 1982-1997, was what is now the Medicine Shoppe pharmacy on the south side of the city.

I want to know how forever feels. — Kenny Chesney My friend Dave Lieber proposed to his wife via a column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It became the title his successful book, “The Woman of my Dreams but the Dog of My Nightmares.” I thought about borrowing Lieber’s strategy because Karen Thomas, the woman of my dreams (who owns the dog of my nightmares), lives in Winchester, and The Winchester Sun  carries my column. I decided that I didn’t want to plagiarize Dave.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Before the sun begins to peek over the horizon of his 800-acre farm, 50-year-old cattleman Tim Stobaugh climbs into his pickup truck and begins his hour-and-a-half drive south to attend classes at the College at Southwestern. For a man who for 20 years rarely left rural Cooke County, located along the Texas-Oklahoma border, this early morning sacrifice reflects a commitment to the Lord's call on his life. The majority of Stobaugh's life has focused on cattle.

I want to know how forever feels. — Kenny Chesney My friend Dave Lieber proposed to his wife via a column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It became the title his successful book, “The Woman of my Dreams but the Dog of My Nightmares.” I thought about borrowing Lieber’s strategy because Karen Thomas, the woman of my dreams (who owns the dog of my nightmares), lives in Winchester, and The Winchester Sun  carries my column. I decided that I didn’t want to plagiarize Dave.

About a dozen Perryville area residents turned out at a public hearing Thursday morning to voice concerns about a "special events center" being proposed for an old barn on an historic farm property. Their concerns included the potential sale and consumption of alcohol at the proposed center, and the noise, traffic and trash that the facility might generate. At issue at the hearing of the Danville-Boyle County Board of Adjustments, held in the Boyle County Courthouse meeting room, was an application for a conditional use permit by the prospective buyer of the Wake-Robin Farm at 2612 Harrodsburg Road.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Before the sun begins to peek over the horizon of his 800-acre farm, 50-year-old cattleman Tim Stobaugh climbs into his pickup truck and begins his hour-and-a-half drive south to attend classes at the College at Southwestern. For a man who for 20 years rarely left rural Cooke County, located along the Texas-Oklahoma border, this early morning sacrifice reflects a commitment to the Lord's call on his life. The majority of Stobaugh's life has focused on cattle.

The 2008 Farm Service Agency County Committee election ballots will be mailed to producers Nov. 3. Eligible voters will have until Dec.1 to complete and return their ballot to the county office. Eligible voters who do not receive ballots by mail, should contact the office. Committee members apply their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on disaster and conservation payments, establishment of allotments and yields, producer appeals, employing Farm Service Agency county executive directors and other local issues that effect their communities.

Kentucky dairy farmers and industry representatives will have an opportunity to discuss ways to make dairy farming more profitable, export opportunities and new technology for the industry at the first combined meeting of three Kentucky dairy organizations in March in Cave City. The Kentucky Dairy Partners meeting will bring together the Kentucky Dairy Conference, the American Dairy Association/Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, and the Kentucky Dairy Development Council at the Cave City Convention Center March 4-5. The KDDC and ADA/SUDIA will hold their annual meetings at the event.

LIBERTY - A Casey County farmer will have additional income this year by participating in a new program that will help improve his dairy operation. Greg Goode, who farms in the Creston community in western Casey County, got his first check this week as part of the Market Incentive Leadership for Kentucky Program. The Casey farmer will share in the $143,000 presented to 51 farm families in 23 counties this month by the Kentucky Dairy Development Council in premiums to dairy producers in the program.

STANFORD - Steve Howerton doesn't think he'll be too bored after he officially retires as Lincoln's County extension agent for 4-H youth development. He plans to bide his time with season tickets to both University of Kentucky basketball and football games, spend a lot of time at Stanford Baptist Church where he serves as treasurer and church bus driver, possibly pay more attention to his garden, and use his summer to vacation with his wife and serve on the fair board. "I feel like it's the right time," he said.

Sharon Robertson has worked at the counter at the Danville post office for two decades, but sometimes she feels like her job description as a postal clerk should be amended. "I often feel like I'm a bartender," she says. Stamps and meters, not bottles and cans, can be found at the post office counter. But what makes the place seem like a bar are the conversations Robertson has with some of the customers. "Most customers might talk about the weather, but others will let their hair down and talk about personal things," she says.

A lot of people were brought to Tuesday's Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce Banquet under false pretenses ... but it was for a good cause, as they were honored by their friends, family and members of the community. Betty Simpson was named Citizen of the Year for her years of service to the community in a variety of areas. Dawne Carlson presented the award to a very surprised Simpson who admitted she came to the banquet to see her daughter and son-in-law. Simpson currently serves as President of the Harvey Helm Memorial Library Board of Directors and has worked with the Lincoln County Historical Society and the Crab Orchard Alumni, and has volunteered at Fort Logan Hospital, as well as countless other local organizations.

Martha Gibson is a philosopher. "The aches. The pains. The lost loved ones. The lost memory," she says. "Aging is hell. " She also is a philanthropist. "I maybe poor moneywise, but I'm wealthy otherwise," she says. "I can't count a lot of money, but I can count my blessings, and I also can use my God-given gifts of caring and compassion and my father's gift to me of trying to see the good in everybody and trying to do good for everybody. Daddy said we may not have a lot money to give people but we do have a lot of love.