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Paul Smiley will be an excellent Danville city commissioner due to his philosophy of voting independently. Unfortunately, there is an unfair rumor circulating in Danville that Paul will vote in a block with certain other commissioners if elected. We have talked to Paul, and we assure you this will NOT happen. Paul will listen to all information about any issue, then will vote what he feels is in the best interest of Danville.   For example, we currently have three commissioners who appear to vote together frequently.

When I learned Paul Smiley was running for the Danville City Commission, I was compelled to write in support of his candidacy. I worked at Kentucky School for the Deaf for 11 years.  “Smiley” was an amazing leader for the school. Effective leaders have a vision, and his vision for KSD was to provide opportunities for young people and emerging leaders to shine. The athletic department thrived under his leadership, and the City of Danville would thrive with him as a commissioner.

Centre College is now known for hosting vice-presidential debates, but the school has a tradition of discussing big issues that was passed on to Kentucky School for the Deaf by one of the college's prominent former students. Literary societies began forming at Centre in the early 19th century, as they had at other colleges around that time. For a country dealing with its growth and moving toward civil war, there was plenty of heady subject matter. “At the time, classes were primarily rote memorization and recitation,” said Bob Glass, special collections librarian at Centre's Grace Doherty Library.

Burgin saw its five-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday with a 25-23, 26-24, 25-15 loss to visiting West Jessamine at Burgin. “This was a heartbreaking loss for us. We felt prepared for what West would bring to the court, but they just proved to be too much,” said Burgin coach Maggie McKnight, whose team fell to 8-6. “We stayed right with them the first two sets, even gaining some significant leads. After losing the second though, we just couldn't recover mentally. I look forward to meeting them again.” Danville 25-25, Kentucky School for the Deaf 15-8 - At Danville, the Admirals (2-10)

On behalf of the middle school and high school boys at Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation thanks National Furniture Co. of Danville for its generous gift of custom-built furniture for the boys' residence hall - Middleton Hall.   National's Jennifer Kinslow with the crew of Gary Cain, Rodney Holt and Tim McCarty constructed two large three-seat sofas and two side chairs with a rich leather look as National's contribution to the dormitory renovation the school has taken on this year.

The snaky promenade wove its way through the gymnasium at the Kentucky School for the Deaf. Duos “drove” around the room, Person A the driver, Person B the passenger.  The passenger kept eyes closed, trusting the driver to keep him or her from running into anyone else. The duos bobbed up and down, knees bent for a few paces, then upright again, turning, stopping, and accelerating. Squeals of excitement and trepidation erupted from the students from time to time but the atmosphere was one of expectation and enjoyment.

Jawan Grey scored 17 points and Jay Hunn added 15 as Danville advanced to the semifinals of the boys 45th District Tournament with an 81-8 victory over Kentucky School for the Deaf in a first-round game Tuesday at Stanford. Danville dealt KSD its worst loss ever and held the Colonels to their lowest point total in 82 years, according to KSD assistant Byron Wilson. The fourth-seeded Admirals will play host and No. 1 seed Lincoln County in a semifinal tonight. Rob Caudill scored nine points for Danville (13-14)

The KSD boys had just three points at the half and fell 74-14 Monday at Somerset Christian.  "We were very flat. We did not come ready to play,” KSD coach Mike Yance said. “We just could not play at all. " Dillon Maynard scored eight points, Adam Turner had nine rebounds and Valdin Kudic added three steals for the Colonels (11-18), who were 5 of 33 from from the floor and had 30 turnovers. Somerset scored the game's first 25 points before KSD finally scored on Maynard's jumper from the elbow in the second quarter.

The Danville boys bounced back from a loss to archrival Boyle County a night earlier with a 61-51 victory over Western Hills on Saturday night at Danville. Tryston Ford scored 23 points to lead the Admirals, who led 16-9 after one quartere and were never caught. Danville (10-12) was up 28-22 at halftime, and coach Andrew Zaheri said the reserves helped keep Western Hills (4-18) at bay in the third quarter. “Western Hills did a good job chipping away at the lead, and in the third quarter our bench sparked us,” Zaheri said.

Merle Baldridge scored 19 points Saturday to lead the Kentucky School for the Deaf to a 38-26 win over the Mississippi School for the Deaf in the fifth place game at Mason-Dix Tournament. Baldridge added five rebounds and eight steals while going 6 of 7 at the free throw line to earn all-tournament team honors. KSD (9-15) led 27-23 after three quarters before stretching out the lead. KSD 31, Georgia School f/t Deaf 24 - At Cave Spring, Ga., Baldridge has 14 points, Adam Turner had 11 rebounds and three steals, Michael Miller added six steals in the Colonels' win in the consolation semifinals at the Mason-Dixon Tournament.