Lawn Mower

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how the complaint may have been dealt with. NOVEMBER 24 6:32 a.m., report of a horse in the road near Alum Springs First Church of God; no deputies on duty, call transferred to Kentucky State Police.

James Roberts with the Clark County Road Department lifts a discarded lawn mower to the top of the metal heap that was growing in the parking lot of the Winchester Wal-Mart Wednesday morning, top photo. The pile of metal was part of the semi-annual Steel & White Goods Roundup this week. Jason Whittie, left, bottom photo, and Brandon Richardson move a discarded dryer to the pile of scrap metal. The roundup is held twice each year to help clean up Clark County by providing residents a place to bring unwanted steel and white goods.

Long before getting out of the Army, David Long knew the direction his career would take. "When I got out of the Army, I had it in my head what I wanted to do because I worked with this one guy who had his own equipment, and I watched him make the money," the Magoffin County native said. Growing up in coal country, Long worked with a power washing company, and realized a promising career lay ahead of him. "I saved my money to get my own equipment," he said. And in February, he opened Dixie's Power Washing.

Just like everybody else, I've been feeling the pinch of a constrained economy, rising gas prices and a virtually stagnant career. (Oh, wait, that last one's just me.) I've been looking around for ways to cut back. Just this past week, in fact, I had to cancel the lawn service.The problem is that my lawn service has been, for the past few years, my 14-year-old son. When he started volunteering to cut the grass four years ago at age 10, we thought it was cute. (And, before you write in, I know, somewhat dangerous.

As long as Junction City resident Kenny Thompson can remember, he always wanted to be in parades. So about two years ago, Thompson, as he puts it, "kind of got bored and wanted to have something to do. " He started out to make a little blue pickup truck, but with a wrong measurement here and there, the truck was turned into a car eight months later. A speedster it is not, but it is perfect for parades. It includes a 7 hp engine and three-speed transmission that were taken from one of his old Craftsman lawn mowers in his machine shop behind his Kentucky Avenue home.

Dear Editor, I can't help but respond to the letter from Mary Zwahlen regarding the prosecution of Jack Caldwell that was in The Advocate-Messenger on Nov. 21. It seems that she feels if you are elderly or seriously ill you suddenly have the right to shoot whoever you don't like, for whatever reason that you might have, and still be free from prosecution. As for Mr. Caldwell allegedly shooting Mr. Traschel, there is no allegedly. Jack Caldwell shot and killed Jim Traschel.

Conventional wisdom around town following the August 2004 shooting death of retired principal Jim Trachsel held that the I-was-hunting-skunks-in-my-backyard-when-I was-attacked-from-behind-by-a-riding-lawn-mower claim by Jack Caldwell Sr. was an almost laughably far-fetched story concocted by defense attorneys. Testimony in Caldwell's murder trial Tuesday, however, appeared to give that theory a bit more credibility, and it was provided by prosecution witnesses. Danville detective Capt.

Three years and three months after he was accused of killing his neighbor, Jack Caldwell Sr. will finally go on trial Monday and amnews.com will be blogging live from Boyle Circuit Court. Reporter Todd Kleffman will provide online updates, beginning with Monday morning's final jury selection, throughout the trial, which is scheduled to last as long as eight days. It is believed this will be the first time a reporter has been allowed to blog online during a trial in the state of Kentucky.

Boyle Circuit Judge Darren Peckler ruled Friday that Jack Caldwell Sr. is physically able to stand trial and set Nov. 19 as the date the three-year-old murder case will begin. Peckler took more than a week to decide that the ailing Caldwell, 82, who has been wheeled into recent court appearances on a gurney, could physically withstand the rigors of a trial. The judge ruled earlier that Caldwell was mentally competent. "Although at first glance, the defendant appears frail, the court is faced with the old adage that appearances can be deceiving," Peckler wrote in Friday's order.