Noise

Dear Editor, After reading the front page of The Advocate-Messenger on Monday, June 25, about music coming from the Baptist church, I felt compelled to write in response. I debated responding since I do respect everyone involved. But I just had to write. I live in Lannock. When we moved here 16 years ago there was a farm behind our house. The street dead ended. It was pretty peaceful except for the railroad noise. Now the farm is Millennium Park and the street is a pass through for Argyll residents to get to the bypass or others to get to Maple Avenue.

Jessamine County Fiscal Court has been discussing possible changes to the county noise ordinance for the past couple of meetings after receiving complaints from several citizens about air cannons. At Tuesday's meeting the court heard from another group as a representative from the neighborhood surrounding Chrisman Mill Winery voiced their concerns over excessive noise in the area. Donna Sullivan presented the court with a petition signed by people living within a mile of the winery on Chrisman Mill Road.

To the editor, When did the concerns of neighbors about the 120-decibel noise level of a propane cannon become an attack on the farmers of Jessamine County? It appears that most of the support for the cannon comes from non-farmers who don't live anywhere near it. In addition, these supporters of the noise making cannon claim the item is a normal everyday agricultural tool. If this were true then a majority of farmers would have them in their possession. Let's do a farm search in the county.

A Danville couple awoke to a burglary in progress early this morning at their home on Ky. 52, Lancaster Road. About 3 a.m., an intruder or intruders broke into the home of Charles and Norma Yankey. The couple were asleep but awoke when they heard a noise and got up to see what was happening. The intruder apparently had knocked a flashlight off a bookshelf, causing the noise. The Yankeys' daughter said the intruder had cut the phone line to the residence and tried to get in the house through a basement window.

To the editor, Whoa! A skate board park in the middle of Lake Mingo? Has there been any impact study done of the effect on the quality of life in the surrounding neighborhoods and on the effect on property values? Have the opinions of the local residents been taken into account? The story is presented as a news article, but it is extremely biased in favor of skateboarders. Where is the other side of this story? The author says that since it will be in the middle of the park, the noise level won't bother the neighbors.

Dear Editor, In the response of Mr. Steve Smith's letter, yeah, there may have been a lot more deportation. But there are still good people out there. And like many have said, it doesn't matter how many times someone may get deported. Especially if they have left loved ones behind. You would understand this, too, if you have a family, and a heart. Don't knock if you don't understand the life there. For all those that may have this problem, I pray that God bless you, and put shame on the ones that turn their noise against you. Teresa Bradshaw Stanford

Dec. 13, 1958 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Army fired a monkey into space earlier today inside the noise cone of a missile. The chances of recovering the tiny rider alive appeared slim. George Quisenberry and Maynard Tapp led the Victory Heights Bluejays to a 32-23 win over Ravenna Friday afternoon. The winners held quarter leads of 7-6, 20-13 and 22-15. Quisenberry finished as the high scorer with 12 points. WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed increase in wholesale natural gas rates by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. of Houston has been delayed until May 15 by the Federal Power Commission.

Dear Editor, This is in response to Mr. Nowlin's letter in which he states he is going to leave Danville, in part, because of the brass band festival. First of all, I would like to commend everyone who volunteers their time for this festival, including my dad and brother, John and Clay Albright. We are very lucky to have people like them who sacrifice time out of their own busy schedules for the benefit of others. This is what makes Danville such a great and unique place to live.

Dear Editor, Please tell me what has happened to my hometown? I have been gone from Danville some 36 years. I've told anyone and everyone what a great place Danville was to grow up in, go to school, and live in. What is it with people any way? Would they rather hear shootings, screaming, 90 to 100-plus decibel rock music, bombs or rockets going off in the next block? I was reminiscing about my youth in Danville. Telling my children that every day at noon the siren atop the fire station on Main Street would go off. That told all it was noon and time for lunch.

LEXINGTON -- Sometimes a home crowd can inspire a team to win with its support. For Kentucky, it was the fans who left Commonwealth Stadium Saturday like there was a fire drill in progress that provided all the inspiration the Wildcats needed. Kentucky overcame a 20-7 deficit in the final five minutes to beat Arkansas 21-20 for its first Southeastern Conference win of the year. "When the fans left, it ticked us off," said quarterback Mike Hartline, who threw two scoring passes to freshman Randall Cobb to rally the Wildcats.

I am an avid music lover and one of my new favorite online detours is a site called NoiseTrade at https://www.noisetrade.com/. This site is a music lover’s dream! It features many different genres of music and the music is free to download, legally. Music lovers can listen to the music and download singles or full albums. They can help promote the artist by spreading the word via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail with a simple click on the page. Fans also can leave the artist a tip in any amount they choose if they so choose.

When my cousin looked under the hood of my 1999 Toyota Rav4 and told me that her days were numbered, I had a meltdown. After subsequent looks under the hood, the news only got worse. When he drove it down the road and heard the ominous clicking noise, his knuckles turned white while he gripped the steering wheel, and there was an edge to his voice when he asked exactly how long I’d ignored that clicking noise. Things were bad. Very bad. And so I had to face the facts — after limping along on life support for the past two years, it was time to pull the plug.

This year has been the year of many firsts for me, so I thought why stop now. I have always liked how Robin Hood shot his bow, so I thought I would give it a try. I was a complete novice when it came to archery. I didn't even know how to hold a bow in my hand. I went to Curtsinger's Sport Shop, and they were very patient with me and knowledgeable. Joe Curtsinger has been doing this for so many years that he has helped many different people with any problem you could imagine.

Just a few minutes of peace and quiet was all I wanted. When I left the office for a short lunch break Friday morning, the weather was perfect: dry and cool with bright blue skies and a mild wind. I walked from the office to my apartment on South Main Street looking forward to having a quick lunch so I could spend the rest of the time outside. After wolfing down a Stouffer's entree and gulping a Coke, I walked out onto my balcony with a funny book about an acerbic Englishman's take on Scotland, settled into a chair, turned the first page and smiled â?

BURGIN - Burgin City Council gave first reading of a new noise ordinance Monday that lays out acceptable decibel levels inside the city limits. The push for a new law began several months ago after concerns were raised over a possible race track on Ky. 33 toward Danville. The ordinance prohibits motors, compressors or other mechanized equipment that operate at levels higher than 70 decibels when measured at a distance of 300 feet from the source during the daytime and 50 decibels at night.

Turn down the radio and watch your mouth. The Winchester Board of Commissioners approved a new ordinance Tuesday that forbids unsavory conduct in local parks and imposes fines for troublemakers who choose to ignore the rules. The joint city and county ordinance details 16 varieties of conduct deemed to be inappropriate, ranging from foul language to excessive noise. Bob Jackson, vice chairman of the Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation Board, said board members proposed the regulations in response to a recent increase in vandalism.

Even though his team likely needs to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie insists there's no extra pressure on the Wildcats. "I would think every year there will be a bunch of teams that have not had the regular seasons they wanted," said Gillispie. "Any time you play in a tourney and it is win or go home, it will add to the pressure because it is the culmination of your season. "But I would not think there will be any more pressure this year than any other single year.

Dec. 13, 1958 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Army fired a monkey into space earlier today inside the noise cone of a missile. The chances of recovering the tiny rider alive appeared slim. George Quisenberry and Maynard Tapp led the Victory Heights Bluejays to a 32-23 win over Ravenna Friday afternoon. The winners held quarter leads of 7-6, 20-13 and 22-15. Quisenberry finished as the high scorer with 12 points. WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed increase in wholesale natural gas rates by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. of Houston has been delayed until May 15 by the Federal Power Commission.

LEXINGTON -- Sometimes a home crowd can inspire a team to win with its support. For Kentucky, it was the fans who left Commonwealth Stadium Saturday like there was a fire drill in progress that provided all the inspiration the Wildcats needed. Kentucky overcame a 20-7 deficit in the final five minutes to beat Arkansas 21-20 for its first Southeastern Conference win of the year. "When the fans left, it ticked us off," said quarterback Mike Hartline, who threw two scoring passes to freshman Randall Cobb to rally the Wildcats.

A lawsuit against a Jessamine County farmer who had been using a propane cannon to scare birds from his fields has ended after he found another alternative to the problem. The suit was filed last year by neighbors in a subdivision near Dennis Polley's farm on Union Mill Road who complained about the noise from the air cannon he was using to protect his corn fields from birds. In the suit the neighbors complained that the noise devalued their properties and prevented them from enjoying their homes.