Mold

In a recent letter to Kentucky newspaper editors, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Doug Mayne rhetorically asked, “If you knew that an organism in your house could cause serious health problems wouldn’t you want to know about it?” For those in the county who were affected by the recent flood, the answer should be a resounding, “Yes!” FEMA forwarded important information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explaining that mold caused by contaminated materials, moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks in the home.

A deadline of July 12 has been set for residents with flood damage to register with the Federal Emergency Management agency. No applications for assistance will be taken after this date. The FEMA disaster recovery center for Boyle County residents and businesses that suffered water damage from the heavy flooding at the beginning of May is at the Burgin Fire Department, 204 Main St. in Burgin. Take Ky. 33 north from Danville to reach Burgin, then turn left at the caution light and the fire department will be on the left by city hall.

Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a four-part series that looks at Danville's gains and losses in industrial recruitment over the past decade. Joe Gibson views his tenure as president and CEO of the Boyle County Industrial Foundation from 2000 to 2005 as a bridge between the old ways of attracting manufacturing companies to the county to a more modern approach. To Gibson, the county's industrial and political leadership should have crossed that bridge sooner.

HUSTONVILLE - Students at Hustonville Elementary School will get to sleep in a couple of extra mornings as the opening day of classes there has been postponed until Monday as efforts to address mold at the school continue. Students at all other Lincoln County schools will report to classes Thursday morning as scheduled. Industrial hygienists from two Kentucky firms were at the school this morning collecting air and surface samples that will be taken to an accredited laboratory later today for analysis.

Undercover Chicken 1 green pepper 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 4 skinned and boned chicken breast halves 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes in oil 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Cut green bell pepper into thin strips, thinly slice onion and mince garlic. Drain oil off tomatoes and chop. Place chicken, bell pepper, onion, garlic and tomato evenly in the center of a 4-inch square of a heavy duty aluminum foil. Sprinkle evenly with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

It's two more days of summer for Hustonville Elementary School students; despite a huge effort to remove mold from the south wing of the school, air quality test results will not be available until Thursday, too late for students schedule to start school that day. The Lincoln County School Board met in a special called meeting Tuesday evening with the expectation that test results would be available to determine whether or not Hustonville Elementary would...

Do you remember your grandmother's kitchen? I remember mine, very vividly. I was fortunate to have known both of them; one died in 1941 when I was 11, the other in 1955, and I have a photo of her with her great-grandson, my son, Michael. I treasure that.Anyway, I was sitting in my kitchen the other day, looking around at so many appliances while waiting for a frozen potpie to cook in the microwave, and I just wondered what they would do if they were alive today while at the same time having lived in the past.

Louis "Lou" Waddle, 75, of Cincinnati, formerly of Pulaski County, died Sunday, July 27. He was born in Pulaski County Feb. 23, 1933, to the late Elmer and Thelma Harness Waddle. He was retired from Oakley Die and Mold and had been employed by the Kenner Toy Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. He was the husband for 51 years of Jessie Lee Jasper Waddle. He was preceded in death by a brother, Lars (Larry) Edens. Survivors include his wife; his children, Verna (Eric)

For one Lincoln County couple, turtles are a family affair. Not the slow-moving animals with hard shells, but the deliciously decadent candies that go surprisingly fast. For Curtis Hannah and his wife, Meredith Young-Hannah, the making of the turtles has become a holiday tradition they enjoy with Meredith's mom, Martha Frakes. Frakes travels to their Waynesburg home with her husband, Don, all the way from their home in Dunnellon, Fla., to make the turtles on a Friday early in December, and the three enjoy an early family Christmas celebration on Saturday with at least 25 family and friends.

Before anyone starts wondering where Mercer County will put the Class AA state football championship trophy it will likely now be favored to win, coach Marty Jaggers has a warning. "Everybody is thinking it will be easy to put a team together and win a state championship, but it won't be. This isn't a movie or TV. It's real life. In the long run, merger will be a great thing for everybody here. But it doesn't guarantee a state championship," said Jaggers. Still, Jaggers is going to have a hard time convincing most people that Mercer will not be the team to beat now that the Harrodsburg school system is merging with Mercer.

Mulch has many benefits around plant beds, foundation shrubs and other gardening locations in the yard. However, nuisance fungi occasionally grow on mulch applied to landscape plants and trees. In landscape beds and gardens, mulch helps control weeds, prevents extreme soil temperature fluctuation, decreases water evaporation and improves drainage.   Mulch also reduces mower and string trimmer damage by suppressing vegetation near shrubs and trees. As it decomposes, mulch produces organic materials to improve soil and otherwise benefit plants.

STANFORD - When school buses roll through Lincoln County Monday morning, students at Hustonville Elementary will be able hop on and join their peers after their school was declared safe from mold. The Lincoln County Board of Education decided Thursday night to reopen the school after hearing test results showing that a thorough scrubbing of the school had reduced the presence of mold in the building to acceptable levels. The mold issue had forced Hustonville students to miss the first two days of classes.

HUSTONVILLE - Students at Hustonville Elementary School will get to sleep in a couple of extra mornings as the opening day of classes there has been postponed until Monday as efforts to address mold at the school continue. Students at all other Lincoln County schools will report to classes Thursday morning as scheduled. Industrial hygienists from two Kentucky firms were at the school this morning collecting air and surface samples that will be taken to an accredited laboratory later today for analysis.

It's two more days of summer for Hustonville Elementary School students; despite a huge effort to remove mold from the south wing of the school, air quality test results will not be available until Thursday, too late for students schedule to start school that day. The Lincoln County School Board met in a special called meeting Tuesday evening with the expectation that test results would be available to determine whether or not Hustonville Elementary would...

Several areas of East Jessamine Middle School have been closed off to students for the first week and a half of school after mold was found in the building. The common outside mold had grown in the band room, vocal music room and the fitness center. School officials were aware of the problem and decided to close the rooms to students Monday, Aug. 9, two days before school started, according to district Chief Operations Officer Paul Hamann. “When we saw the extent of the mold, that’s when we decided to close it off and not put the students in there for their health, obviously, and to get it cleaned professionally,” he said.

Madisonville’s Hanson Elementary School ranks as one of Kentucky’s top performers among all elementary, middle and high schools. It never fails to meet all “No Child Left Behind Act” targets. Never. In reading proficiency, Hanson ranks No. 19 out of more than 1,100 schools. Nearly 90 percent of its students reach math proficiency — much higher than the state average. And all this success occurs in Hopkins County — a school district mired since 2005 in “Tier 3” status, the worst ranking possible.

Madisonville’s Hanson Elementary School ranks as one of Kentucky’s top performers among all elementary, middle and high schools. It never fails to meet all “No Child Left Behind Act” targets. Never. In reading proficiency, Hanson ranks No. 19 out of more than 1,100 schools. Nearly 90 percent of its students reach math proficiency — much higher than the state average. And all this success occurs in Hopkins County — a school district mired since 2005 in “Tier 3” status, the worst ranking possible.

Mulching offers many benefits for landscaping in your yard and gardens. Some of these include retained moisture, weed control, improved drainage, lower soil temperature, erosion prevention and protection from mowers and trimmers. As they decompose, mulches also release minerals into the soil and leave behind humus which is good for plants. Wet weather can cause mulch to produce some undesirable consequences. Gardeners most often spread mulch in spring and fall. The combination of seasonal rains and fresh wood chip or bark mulch can result in the proliferation of nuisance fungi on the mulch surface.

In a recent letter to Kentucky newspaper editors, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Doug Mayne rhetorically asked, “If you knew that an organism in your house could cause serious health problems wouldn’t you want to know about it?” For those in the county who were affected by the recent flood, the answer should be a resounding, “Yes!” FEMA forwarded important information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explaining that mold caused by contaminated materials, moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks in the home.

A deadline of July 12 has been set for residents with flood damage to register with the Federal Emergency Management agency. No applications for assistance will be taken after this date. The FEMA disaster recovery center for Boyle County residents and businesses that suffered water damage from the heavy flooding at the beginning of May is at the Burgin Fire Department, 204 Main St. in Burgin. Take Ky. 33 north from Danville to reach Burgin, then turn left at the caution light and the fire department will be on the left by city hall.