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FEATURES 23 COVER STORY: EQUINE EDUCATION IS A GROWTH INDUSTRY Kentucky colleges are responding to rising demand for horse-oriented degrees 30 A DOSE OF SUCCESS Louisville life science lab gains traction with product to predict patients’ drug-therapy outcomes 32 HUB OF THE HORSE INDUSTRY The Kentucky Horse Park is ‘the center of the hub’ for regional, national and international equine organizations

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DEPARTMENTS 4 Perspective 6 Fast Lane 16 Interstate Lane 17 Kentucky Intelligencer 18 Corporate Moves 19 On the Boards 20 Lane One-on-One: Meg Jewett Proprietress of L.V. Harkness & Co. 36 Going Green 38 Spotlight on the Arts 30 Exploring Kentucky 23 42 Passing Lane ON THE COVER 44 Kentucky People Dr. Janice Holland, left, associate professor of equine studies at Midway College, and student Joanna Nibler, an equine studies major from Salem, Oregon, work with Bennie, a resident Quarter Horse at Midway, which has 120 student pursuing bachelor’s degrees in equine studies. A $5 million equine learning center will open on campus later this year. KENTUCKY BUSINESS NEWS Photo by Marc Manning AVAILABLE ONLINE

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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Mark Green CORRECTING THE ASSOCIATE EDITOR STATE’S BUDGET Karen Baird CREATIVE DIRECTOR Education funding suffers Jessica Merriman as corrections outlay rises CORRESPONDENTS Amanda Arnold; Rena Baer; Katherine Tandy Brown; Patrice Bucciarelli; BY DAVE ADKISSON Ky Chamber of Commerce photo Shannon Leonard Clinton; Anne Charles Doolin; Debra Gibson; Susan Gosselin; Robert Hadley; Carl Heltzel; ECENT headlines have brought Feoshia Henderson; Kara Keeton; some very welcome news about an Meredith Lane; Nancy Miller; effort to improve public safety and Kentucky Chamber of Commerce CEO/President Robin Roenker; Robyn Sekula; Eddie Sheridan; Rtackle the skyrocketing costs of Ken- Dave Adkisson testifies in August 2009 to the Don Ray Smith; Gary Wollenhaupt Interim Judiciary Committee in the Kentucky tucky’s corrections system. A bipartisan SYNDICATED COLUMNS General Assembly. Creators Syndicate group of state leaders from all three branches of government – including the In fiscal years 1986-88, K-12 education’s DESIGN Stone Advisory governor, Senate president, speaker of share of state appropriations was 48.2 per- the House and chief justice – have part- cent. It has now declined to 43.8 percent. PRINTING, OUTPUT & PRE-PRESS SERVICES Publishers Printing Co. nered with the highly regarded Public Postsecondary education has seen a simi- ■ Safety Performance Project of the Pew lar decrease, slipping from 16.9 percent to Center on the States to find ways to slow 13.7 percent during the same period. PUBLISHER Ed G. Lane the dizzying pace of spending that has Kentucky spends an average of more marked the corrections budget in than $19,000 a year to keep one inmate ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Dick Kelly recent years, and get a better return on locked up in a state facility. Compare that Donna Hodsdon the dollars that we do spend. to how much tax money Kentucky spends on a student in elementar y or secondary CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Steve Rohlfing, CPA Dave Adkisson is school – just over $9,200 a year – or on a full-time higher education student – just CIRCULATION president/CEO of the P&B Services Kentucky Chamber of under $7,000 a year. The point makes itself: Kentucky is spending more to COMPTROLLER Commerce and a Alma Kajtazovic member of the address the costs of failing to invest in edu- Governor’s Task Force on cation than it is on the students who rep- Unemployment Insurance resent its hopes for the future. Although Kentucky’s rate of incar- ceration has increased dramatically, Lane Communications Group Working in more than a dozen states Kentucky’s crime rate has consistently is a member of (rising corrections costs being a nation- been lower than the national crime rate wide problem), Pew and its partners ana- for the last 50 years. According to FBI lyze state data to identify what is driving crime reports, Kentucky ranked 40th in prison growth and work with state officials the rate of violent crime in 2006, the The Lane Report is published monthly by: to develop research-based, fiscally sound most recent year data is available. Lane Communications Group policy options to protect public safety and These statistics raise a very basic 201 East Main Street 14th Floor strengthen offender accountability while question: Why is Kentucky, with a rela- Lexington, KY 40507-2003 containing corrections costs. 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BOWLING GREEN: FRUIT OF THE LOOM’S $47M EXPANSION LOUISVILLE/LEXINGTON: TO BRING 600 NEW JOBS TO COMPANY’S KENTUCKY HQ KENTUCKY ACCOUNTING EXTILE giant Fruit of the Loom is investing $47 million to expand its world FIRMS COMBINE FORCES headquarters facility in Bowling Green. The expansion includes the relocation of all sales, marketing and management support operations for the company’s WO Kentucky accounting firms Tsubsidiaries of Russell Brands LLC and Vanity Fair Brands LP from Atlanta and have announced plans to combine Alpharetta, Ga., and Alexander City, Ala. operations by the end of the year. TThe merger of Dean Dorton Ford The expansion is expected to create 600 new jobs. Fruit of the Loom is one of the world’ s largest manufac- and Cotton + Allen will create one of the turers and marketers of men’s and boys’ underwear, largest accounting firms in the state and women’s and girls’ underwear, casual sportswear and print- region, with offices in both Louisville able T-shirts and fleece for the activewear industry. Its major and Lexington. brands include Fruit of Loom, BVD, Russell athletic, Jerzees, Spalding, Cross Creek, The merged operation will do busi- Vanity Fair, Lily of France and Vassarette. The company operates as an independent, ness as Dean Dorton Allen Ford. wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. “Our firms’ primary areas of industry “We are proud to have been a part of the Bowling Green community for over 70 expertise don’t overlap, so we’re able to years,” said John Holland, president and CEO of Fruit of the Loom Inc. “Consoli- dating the key management group for these brands with our Fruit of the Loom and BVD management team will strengthen our ability to correlate growth strategies within different distribution channels, utilizing the variety of brands and products available from these recent acquisitions in our U.S. and international markets. W e are also fortunate to have many of our people within these operations make the deci- sion to relocate their families to Bowling Green.”

STATE: LICENSE PLATE DESIGN COMPETITION AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SMALL BUSINESSES Richard Dorton Gwen Tilton OV. Steve Beshear has launched a design competition for a specialty small- business license plate with the goal of making citizens more aware of the combine operations without duplication impact small businesses have on the commonwealth’s economy. of services,” said Gwen E. Tilton, presi- GThe competition, which runs through Nov. 10, is open to any small Kentucky- dent of Cotton + Allen. “Add to that our based business with 50 or fewer employees, at least one of which must be a Kentucky similar corporate philosophies and resident. Kentucky residents not affiliated with a small business can also participate growth strategies, and we’re a perfect fit.” by partnering with a small business willing to sponsor their submission. There is no Founded in 1979, Dean Dorton Ford fee to submit a design. is a full-service accounting and business “More than 90 percent of the employer firms in Kentucky have 50 or fewer consulting firm with offices in Lexington employees,” said Beshear. “These small businesses are responsible for thousands of and Louisville. jobs that form the backbone of our economy. A small-business-themed license plate DDF provides business services to is a unique way to recognize the important contributions made by all kinds of small clients of all sizes in a variety of indus- businesses throughout our commonwealth.” tries such as healthcare, equine, colleges Submitted designs will be reviewed and narrowed to a group of three to five final- and universities, construction, natural ists by a joint committee of Kentucky small-business owners and advocates. The win- resources and insurance. ning design will be selected by the Kentucky Commission on Small Business Louisville-based Cotton + Allen has Advocacy and submitted to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for final approval. been in business since 1921, working A complete outline of competition rules and guidelines is available at with clients in industries that include peakky.org/licenseplate.aspx. manufacturing and distribution, not-for- The commission will join with Partners for Entrepreneurial Advancement in Ken- profits, professional services, real estate tucky, a private nonprofit organization focused on small-business development in and retail. Kentucky, to collect the 900 applications that must be submitted to the Kentucky The combined firm will have approx- Transportation Cabinet before license plate production can begin. The proceeds imately 160 employees, with 60 located collected from those purchasing a small business specialty license plate will be used in Louisville and 100 in Lexington. to fund small business and entrepreneur development programs in Kentucky. Together, Dean Dorton Allen Ford will have approximately 160 employees, SUBMISSIONS WELCOME with 60 staff in Louisville and 100 in To submit news and photographs for publication in Fast Lane, please mail infor- Lexington. mation to: The Lane Report, 201 East Main Street, 14th Floor, Lexington, KY 40507- Mark B. Carter, managing director of 2003 or send via e-mail to [email protected]. Dean Dorton Ford’s office in Louisville, Color photographs are preferred, either in standard form or digital. For digital will assume the role of director of consult- photographs, a resolution of 300 dpi is required, formatted in either jpeg or tif. ing services for Dean Dorton Allen Ford.

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HARRODSBURG: CORNING TO ADD 80 JOBS BUSINESS BRIEFS AND INVEST $186M IN SPECIALTY GLASS PRNewsFoto/Verizon Wireless photo ORNING Inc., one of the BARDSTOWN world’s leading specialty ■ Heaven Hill Distill- glass companies, has eries is investing $4.2 Cannounced plans to invest $186 million to expand its million to expand its manufac- barrel storage and turing facility in Harrodsburg. aging operations in

The expansion will provide addi- Bardstown to help photo Tourism Dept. of Ky. tional capacity for the company’s meet increased surging Gorilla glass business and demand for the com- entry into the growing thin-film pany’s bourbon and Motorola’s Droid is among the photovoltaic glass market. American whiskeys. many smart phones that utilize Gorilla glass is a thin, highly The planned expan- Corning’s Gorilla glass. durable, scratch-resistant cover sion will consist of two product used in portable and handheld electronic devices. bourbon barrel aging warehouses, each of which will be Gorilla glass is currently used or designed into more than 200 approximately 20,000-s.f. The additions will increase the com- mobile devices and is planned for about 100 others. pany’s aging capacity in Nelson County by 45,936 barrels per “The Harrodsburg glass facility is the epicenter of Corning’s year, giving Heaven Hill a total storage capacity of nearly 1 surging Gorilla® glass business,” said James B. Flaws, Corning’s million barrels. Construction is currently under way and is vice chairman and chief financial officer. “We believe Gorilla expected to be complete by late January 2011. glass sales will exceed $250 million this year, and we are making major investments to expand our production and research and ■ Flaget Memorial Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony development efforts for this business. last month for Nelson County’s first full-service cancer center. In addition to its use in smart phones, Corning executives Flaget officials say the hospital is the first in Kentucky to be say Gorilla glass is an appealing solution for the emerging equipped with an Elekta Synergy machine that provides Pre- slate computing environment and its properties make it ideal cise Beam Dynamic technology, which enables clinicians to for the thin, edge-to-edge design of LCD televisions. see tumors at the precise moment of treatment. Flaget is part The Harrodsburg expansion, which will create 80 new of the Saint Joseph Health System. full-time jobs, will also add capacity to begin producing spe- cialty glass for thin-film photovoltaics. BELL COUNTY The Harrodsburg plant opened in 1952 and originally ■ The Bell County Fiscal Court has been awarded $8.5 mil- manufactured various ophthalmic products, including pho- lion by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) for the tochromic glass. In the mid-1980s, the plant became the construction of an access road from U.S. 119 to the Asher focus of its nascent LCD glass business, continuing to pro- Industrial Park. “The construction of this access road is an duce small-generation substrates until recently shifting into important step in the development of the Asher Industrial Gorilla and photovoltaic glass production. Park and markedly increases the prospects for economic development there,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. Through a BOWLING GREEN: NASCO INVESTING $10M memorandum of understanding with KYTC, Bell County Fis- cal Court will contract for the project and see to the road’ s TO UPGRADE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS PLANT construction subject to KYTC inspection oversight.

HK of America Suspension Components is investing GM photo BOWLING GREEN $10 million to upgrade equipment at its Bowling ■ Magna Car Top Green plant, where it employs 206 employees. Systems is investing NEstablished in 1986, NASCO manufactures suspension $950,000 in new coil springs and truck lid torsion bars. The company sells its equipment, retooling products, along with stabilizer bars, to various automotive and facility modifica- manufacturers in North America. NASCO currently manu- tions at its plant in factures about 10 million coil springs per year on five pro- Bowling Green. The duction lines and about 2 million trunk lid torsion bars. expansion stems Due to recent industry trends toward sophisticated spring from a contract designs requiring new technologies, a $10 million investment in recently awarded to equipment upgrades is necessary for NASCO to remain com- Magna by General Motors to design, develop and produce the petitive, maintain output and retain its employment levels. Chevrolet Camaro convertible soft-top roof. Magna plans to “The demand for suspension coil springs in the automotive locate the project at its existing Bowling Green facility, where industry is shifting toward highly engineered, complex shapes the soft top for the Chevrolet Corvette is assembled. The where our capabilities on our older lines are insufficient,” said expansion will add 30 jobs to the existing 18-member staff. Jeff Johnson, plant manager of NASCO. “This upgrade will The company expects manufacturing of the Camaro roof to allow us to maintain our current volume in this challenging begin in the first quarter of 2011. market and build market share in the years to come.”

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BUSINESS BRIEFS LEXINGTON: NANOTECH FIRM TO LOCATE LAB NEAR BATTERY RESEARCH CENTER CRESTVIEW HILLS Bank of Kentucky photo ■ The Bank of Ken- ANOTECHNOLOGY company nGimat LLC has tucky Financial Corp. announced plans to locate a new laboratory facility in reported a 37 percent Lexington that will create 18 new high-tech jobs with Nan average salary of $58,500 over the next three years. increase in earnings per share for the sec- The company’s Lexington lab will initially develop ond quarter. Bank of advanced lithium titanate energy storage nanomaterials for Kentucky CEO Robert use in next-generation lithium-ion automotive batteries, as Zapp said the acquisi- well as in energy storage components for the emerging elec- tions of Tapke Asset trical smart-grid. nGimat’s facility will feature a nanopowder Management and three production system that employs the company’ s proprietary Integra Bank branches nanopowder production process. in 2009 had a significant impact on the company’ s balance “Lithium-ion batteries will help power tomorrow’ s plug- sheet and income statement as compared to the second quar- in hybrid electric automobiles,” said Dr. Andrew Hunt, chief ter of 2009. “We leveraged our capital in 2009 by adding executive officer and chief technology officer of nGimat Co. branches, purchasing a block of commercial loans and signif- “nGimat’s nanomaterials will enable more cost-effective, icantly growing our trust department,” Zapp said. “We are more powerful and longer lasting versions of these batteries. now seeing the positive impact on revenue and will continue We’re also excited about the opportunity to collaborate with to focus on increasing loans and core deposits.” T otal assets the Kentucky-Argonne Battery Research Center being estab- were $1.52 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2010, lished in Lexington and plan to benefit from this advanced which was 14 percent higher than the same date a year ago. facility to help us succeed in our new venture.” The Kentucky-Argonne center, which will break ground FLORENCE later this year, will help develop and deploy a domestic sup- ■ Duro Bag Manufacturing Co. is investing up to $2.5 million to ply of advanced-battery technologies for vehicle applications. add production capacity at its paper bag plant in Florence. Duro Argonne is the federal government’s lead laboratory for Bag officials said the company plans to hire up to 130 employees applied advanced battery R&D. within the next few years as demand for products continues to nGimat anticipates eventually adding 50 full-time production grow. The Florence-based company was founded in 1953 and has and administrative employees at the Lexington location. grown to be one of the largest paper bag manufacturers in the world. The company now has more than 2,500 employees work- OWENSBORO: HELMSLEY TRUST AWARDS ing at 10 manufacturing facilities across the country. $3.2M FOR UOFL ENDOWED POSITIONS

GEORGETOWN HE University of Louisville ■ The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Vogelsang Corp.’s has received a $3.2 million plans to move its headquarters from New Jersey to George- grant from the Leona M. UofL photo town have fallen through for the company, which manufac- Tand Harry B. Helmsley Charitable tures roll pins and coil pins. In July, the company announced Trust to support the UofL James that it would move into the former Johnson Controls facility Graham Brown Cancer Center in Georgetown in order to be closer to its clients in the auto- and cancer research taking place motive industry. However, the buyer for Vogelsang’s New Jer- in Owensboro. sey property was unable to complete the transaction, bringing The grant will be matched the company’s planned relocation to a halt. with state Bucks for Brains University of Louisville funding to bring more than researchers are working to HEBRON $4.5 million to the Owensboro ■ unlock the potential of plant- U.S. Worldwide Logistics is expanding its warehouse and dis- Cancer Research Program. The based pharmaceuticals. tribution center at the Airpark International Business Park. The grant and state matching funds project will add 42,400-s.f. to the existing 82,000-s.f. facility. will be used to create an endowed faculty position for a nationally recognized researcher in plant-based pharmaceu- HIGHLAND HEIGHTS ticals, as well as creating two new faculty positions to expand ■ Northern Kentucky University has received a $1 million and enhance the research program. National Science Foundation grant to help recruit and retain The Owensboro Cancer Research Program is devoted to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) unlocking the potential of plant-based pharmaceuticals. The students. The grant, which NKU is calling Focus on Occupa- research and drug development program takes advantage of the tions, Recruiting, Role Models, Community and Engagement natural products and agricultural industries in the Owensboro (FORCE), will be administered over five years. NKU is one of region to address diseases impacting the area, especially those 22 schools that received the grant out of 186 schools propos- that are tobacco-related. Ultimately, the partnership’s goal is to als submitted. Dr. Bethany Bowling, co-principal investigator create less expensive drugs for cancer prevention and treatment. for the grant, said the hope is that the FORCE program will Researchers with the James Graham Brown Cancer Center increase the retention of freshman STEM students from and OCRP are currently working to develop a second-genera - about 30 percent to 60 percent and increase the STEM grad- tion cervical cancer vaccine grown in tobacco plants in order to uation rate by 50 percent. make it affordable to millions of women worldwide.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS SPARTA: NASCAR BRINGING SPRINT CUP SERIES TO THE KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY TAC Air photo LEXINGTON HE Kentucky Speedway ■ TAC Air has opened has been selected to host a new 12,000-s.f. exec- a NASCAR Sprint Cup utive terminal at Blue TSeries race, an event that is Grass Airport that fea- expected to boost Kentucky tures two conference tourism by up to $150 million. rooms, exercise equip- The inaugural race will ment, a high-defini- Kentucky Speedway photo take place July 9, 2011. tion movie theater, The NASCAR Sprint Cup wireless printing from Series is considered the pre- laptops and smart mier series of NASCAR phones, showers and a The Kentucky Speedway will be races, and is the No. 2-rated pilot lounge with private sleep rooms. The company has also the 23rd motorsports facility on the regular season sport on tele- opened a new hangar at Blue Grass Airport that provides an 36-race Sprint Cup Series Schedule. vision behind the NFL. additional 45,000 s.f. of space. “The arrival of Sprint Cup racing in Kentucky is a testament to the consistently solid support our corporate partners and avid ■ For the first time ever, the University of Kentucky’s research fan base in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Lexington awards have broken the $300 million mark. Grants and con- and Louisville have provided our events since 2000,” Kentucky tracts received through the UK Research Foundation for fiscal Speedway General Manager Mark Simendinger said. “Our facil- year 2010 totaled $337,623,982, representing a 31.5 percent ity was constructed with the goal of attracting Sprint Cup racing increase over the previous year’s awards figure. to the commonwealth, and we thank all whose efforts made that goal a reality.” ■ Lexmark Interna- In 2009, the Ken- tional has filed a tucky Tourism Develop- patent infringement ment Act was amended complaint with the to help attract a Sprint Cup race to Kentucky. The amendment United States Inter- added a new eligible category of so-called “legacy expansion” national Trade Commission (ITC) against 24 companies that projects, those that are considered to be the top league, series it alleges engaged in the manufacture, importation and sale or sanctioned level of their type of event; provide permanent of replacement cartridges for various Lexmark laser printers seating for 65,000 spectators; and be broadcast nationally. The and multifunction devices. The Lexington-based company Kentucky Speedway was among the first projects approved maintains that the replacement cartridges infringe at least 15 under the Kentucky Tourism Development Act that provides U.S. patents owned by Lexmark. Lexmark is requesting that tax incentives to new or expanding businesses. the ITC issue a general exclusion order banning the impor - Bruton Smith, chairman and CEO of Speedway Motor - tation and sale of patent infringing laser cartridges. sports Inc., said $90 to $100 million will be spent to expand LOUISVILLE the Speedway in preparation for the Sprint Cup race, including adding 50,000 seats. The Speedway currently ■ Norton Neuroscience Institute has announced a new affilia- seats 66,089. tion with The MS Center (formerly Louisville Comprehensive Care Multiple Sclerosis Center Inc.) that includes relocating the center to Norton’s BOWLING GREEN: SCA ANNOUNCES $50M Suburban Hospital EXPANSION, WILL HIRE 65 EMPLOYEES campus. As part of the affiliation, Norton CA has announced plans to invest $50 million to plans to expand care expand its North American Personal Care operations for multiple sclerosis in Bowling Green. patients through dedicated care providers, enhanced patient SThe expansion is expected to create up resources and centralized treatment services. MS is a progressive to 65 new full-time positions over the next degenerative neurological disease that affects nearly 15,000 indi- few years. viduals in the Ohio Valley region. SCA’s North American Personal Care ■ division manufactures the TENA® line of South Carolina-based Thompson Industrial Services has adult incontinence care products for the acquired A&T Industrial Services, a Louisville industrial retail and healthcare institutional markets. cleaning service provider. “A&T Services and Thompson The expansion will add 89,000 s.f. to Industrial Services are a good match since this partnership SCA’s Bowling Green plant for a total of 459,000 s.f. will help fuel our growth in the Southern and Midwest mar - “This project includes both the expansion of an existing kets. We are now able to turnkey larger turnaround projects, manufacturing line and the introduction of new manufac- and we now have access to resources during peak demand turing capabilities,” said Sune Lundin, president of SCA periods,” said Todd Tallon, president of A&T. A&T will con- Americas. “Part of the project will allow SCA to begin manu- tinue to operate under the A&T name as a wholly owned facturing products in Bowling Green that we have been operating group of Thompson Industrial Services. importing from Europe.”

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BUSINESS BRIEFS LOUISVILLE: SDF IS WORLD’S 7TH BUSIEST CARGO AIRPORT DUE TO UPS FACILITY PRNewsFoto photo LOUISVILLE OUISVILLE International Airport (SDF) ranks as the sev- ■ The inaugural HullabaLOU enth busiest cargo airport in the world and the third busiest Music Festival held at the in North America, according to the most recent statistics Churchill Downs race track in late Lreleased by Airport Council International. Though the report July attracted 78,753 fans from figures show worldwide cargo activity declined by 7.9 percent in across North America despite 2009 due to the global recession, Louisville’s cargo activity searing summer heat. The event decreased by only 1.3 percent, primarily due to the strength of featured some 66 artists topped UPS Airlines and its Worldport facility at SDF. by Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney and the Dave Matthews Band. Though UPS photo the attendance was less than orig- inally estimated – initial studies had projected that the con- certs would pull in around 90,000 visitors – Churchill Downs Entertainment Group President Steve Sexton said the com- pany definitely plans to hold the event again next year.

LOUISVILLE/LONDON ■ Arison Insurance Services, Inc., an employee benefits bro- kerage headquartered in Louisville, has acquired London- based insurance broker Benefits Solutions LLC. Benefits Solutions employees are being retained by Arison and Benefit Solutions CEO David Combs has been named director of ancillary products for Arison. The acquisition creates Arison’s seventh regional office in Kentucky. Louisville International Airport is the worldwide air hub for UPS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY ■ The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has formed World’s Busiest Air Cargo Facilities a non-partisan, pro-business political action committee for North- Determined by the total of loaded and unloaded ern Kentucky that will evaluate and support candidates for freight and mail in metric tons elected office. The PAC is a separate organization from the cham- 1. Memphis TN, US 7. Louisville KY, US ber and is comprised of a PAC board and individual members 2. Hong Kong, China 8. Dubai, UAE who will determine the organization’s rules, engage in a bi-parti- 3. Shanghai, China 9. Frankfurt, Germany san candidate evaluation process, and develop political contribu- 4. Incheon, South Korea 10. Tokyo, Japan tion strategies. “The chamber has always had an active advocacy 5. Paris, France 11. Singapore, Republic program at federal, state and local levels,” said Chamber Chair - 6. Anchorage AK, US of Singapore man of the Board Gary Beatrice. “Our board endorsed the PAC because they believe that the business community should use every tool possible to protect and advance a pro-growth, pro-busi- ness climate in Kentucky.” MOREHEAD: KY COAL SEVERANCE FUND UPGRADES ROAD FOR EXPANDING FIRMS PADUCAH ■ H.B. Fuller Company, a $170,165 multi-county coal severance grant will help leading worldwide manu- fund road repairs within the John Will Stacy Menifee- facturer and marketer of Morgan-Rowan County (MMRC) Regional Business adhesives, sealants, paints and other specialty chemical prod- APark and facilitate construction of an additional 450-foot ucts, is investing $825,000 to add a new line of equipment at access road in the park. its 280,000-s.f. specialty adhesive plant in Paducah. The Among the companies benefiting from the upgrades are expansion will create 11 new jobs. Family Dollar and Hamilton Co., which have announced that they will be creating a combined total of 125 new jobs. ST. CATHARINE The Family Dollar Distribution Center will invest an addi- ■ Construction is under way at St. Catharine College for a new tional $1.5 million in infrastructure and equipment at its dormitory that will house at least 100 students. The project is part 907,000-s.f. facility, which ranks as the No. 1 volume distri- of the school’s $150 million Vision 2025 Plan, which involves the bution center in the company network. The expansion will addition of more student housing, additional classrooms and add 100 new jobs to the company’s current 450-member improved athletic facilities. SCC President William D. Huston told Kentucky workforce. the The Springfield Sun that the transition from a two-year school Hamilton Co., a family-owned wholesaler, is relocating to a four-year college has brought more students to the campus. from downtown Morehead and will move into a new 25,000- Enrollment for the fall semester stands at around 1,000 students, s.f. distribution center that it is building to distribute with some 300 living on campus. Huston said that with the addi- Heiner’s Bakery and Sara Lee products. In addition to mak- tion of its graduate school plus online enrollment, the college will ing a $1 million investment, the company will create 25 new likely reach 2,000 students within the next four to five years. jobs over the next few years.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS STATE: BROADBAND GRANTS WILL BOOST RURAL ACCESS, CREATE 560 NEW JOBS WINCHESTER ENTUCKY has received an additional $246 million in ■ Clark Regional broadband infrastructure grants and loans through eight Medical Center recently sanctioned projects as part of the Rural Utility has finalized the KService Broadband Initiatives Program funded by the American acquisition of 30 Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funds will help acres of land, expand broadband infrastructure throughout the state, particu- where it plans to larly in its most underserved areas, providing high-speed Inter- develop a new net access to homeowners and businesses. facility to replace “Not only will this funding help create jobs, it will also its existing 43-year-old structure. Tennessee-based LifePoint help bring much-needed infrastructure to our rural com- Hospitals acquired CRMC earlier this year. At that time, Life- munities, helping them to expand their ser vices, attracting Point announced its plans to invest approximately $60 million new businesses that will bring economic growth and jobs by to build and equip a new 132,000-s.f. hospital. Construction providing affordable access to critical 21st-century technolo- is expected to begin this fall, with completion expected within gies,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. “Expanding broadband access 18 to 24 months. in these rural communities will make it easier for Kentuck- WEST LIBERTY ians to receive better healthcare, quality education and criti- cal small businesses opportunities. This is remarkable news ■ The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved the for Kentucky.” purchase of Elam Utility Co. by the city of West Liberty. The Recipients of the purchase by the city averts a threatened cutoff of gas service to ARRA funds and Elam’s 410 customers in Morgan County, which include a their projects are: state prison, a nursing home, several businesses and hundreds • Leslie County of residences. Under the terms of the transfer, West Liberty Telephone Co.: $6.2 will assume Elam’s disclosed debts in exchange for the com- million. A grant with pany’s assets. Elam’s largest creditor is Columbia Gas Trans- an additional $2 mil- mission Co., which had planned to discontinue ser vice to lion in outside capi- Elam in July because of the unpaid debt for natural gas owed tal to bring to the pipeline company. high-speed DSL to STATE unserved rural terri- tories. It is estimated ■ Kentucky continued to lose jobs in the construction sector to create 100 jobs. in June 2010, according to the latest statistics from the Asso- • Salem Tele- ciated General Contractors of America. The number of Ken- phone Co.: $1.9 mil- tucky construction jobs fell from 72,700 jobs in June ’09 to lion. A grant with an 69,400 in June ’10, representing a 4.5 percent decline. additional $644,000 Nationwide, 26 states added construction jobs in July, but Ken in outside capital to Simonson, the association’s chief economist, cautioned that bring high-speed “there is little to indicate that construction will be adding DSL broadband to workers to a significant extent any time soon.” Simonson unserved rural terri- noted that the improved employment picture may be attrib- Broadband infrastructure grants recently tories. utable to a bulge in federal stimulus-funded projects that awarded to Kentucky will bring improved • West Kentucky could soon fade. “There are few signs of life in privately Internet accessibility to rural areas across Rural Telephone the commonwealth. funded construction, and state and local budget deficit pro- Cooperative Corp. jections are forcing further cuts in non-stimulus public proj- Inc.: $123.8 million. An award to construct fiber optic com- ects,” he said. munication lines to homes in western Kentucky and Ten- nessee. The project will create160 jobs. ■ For the first time since Februar y 2009, Kentucky’s season- • Highland Telephone Cooperative Inc.: $66.5 million. Pro- ally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate fell below 10 vide communications and enhanced broadband to Morgan and percent to 9.9 percent in July 2010, according to the Kentucky Scott counties in Tennessee and McCreary County, Ky. Office of Employment and Training (OET). The revised rate • Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp. Inc.: $25.5 in June 2010 was 10 percent. The July 2010 jobless rate is .9 million. Provide broadband to users in Jackson and Cow percentage points lower than the 10.8 percent rate recorded Creek, Ky. in July 2009 for the state. “The decline in Kentucky’ s unem- • Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative Corp. Inc.: $21 ployment rate in July 2010 continues to be a result of the million. Award will be used to construct a fiber-to-the- decrease in the state’s civilian labor force because people have premise/last mile project in Magoffin and Lawrence coun- become discouraged in their job search. People who have not ties. An estimated 300 jobs will be created. looked for a job in the last four weeks are no longer counted • Windstream Corp.: $951,445, Award will be used to in the labor force,” said Ron Crouch, director of research and extend high-speed DSL to unserved areas. statistics in OET. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate • Mikrotec CATV LLC: $829,813. Matched by $276,000 in remained at 9.5 percent from June 2010 to July 2010, accord- private capital, funds will be used to provide broadband ing to the U.S. Department of Labor. Internet to Eolia, Oven Fork and Partridge, Ky.

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LOUISVILLE: JCTC OPENS $25M TEACHING BUSINESS BRIEFS FACILITY ON ITS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS STATE EFFERSON Com- ■ The Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission (ALCo) has munity and Techni- sold $468 million in taxable notes to refinance obligations cal College has that will help protect healthcare benefits for Kentucky’s Jofficially opened a new retired teachers. The bond sale will refinance loans the state $25.6 million state-of-the- obtained beginning in 2005 from the Kentucky Teacher’s art facility to house the Retirement System (KTRS) Pension Fund to pay the KTRS college’s allied health Medical Insurance Fund at a total savings to the common- and nursing programs. wealth of $87.7 million over the next 10 years. Through the The 100,000-s.f. facil- refinancing, the interest on the notes was reduced by more ity is the first new build- than half to 3.304 percent. Most of the savings for the cur - ing on JCTC’s downtown rent biennium had already been included in the existing JCTC’s newest building will house classrooms and labs to train students campus to be built in 32 biennial budget. enrolled in allied health programs. years, despite growth that has seen enrollment on ■ Kentucky’s State Budget Director Mary Lassiter announced the campus go from last month that the commonwealth’s general fund receipts for approximately 700 in 1978 to 7,200 in 2010. July 2010 (the first month of Fiscal Year 2011) totaled $648.7 “This building allows us to provide learning environments million, a 4.6 percent increase compared to July 2009. Lassiter that reflect actual healthcare environments. Students will be able also announced that Road Fund revenues for July totaled to move comfortably from the classroom to the clinical setting,” $102.3 million, an increase of 13.1 percent compared to last JCTC President Dr. Tony Newberry said. “It also allows us to July. Lassiter noted that strong motor fuels tax receipts, driven bring together healthcare programs that previously were housed by a statutorily-driven increase in the tax rate, accounted for in four locations, miles apart. Now the students can interact, just the majority of the increase in revenue. “Serious budgetar y as they would in a hospital or other setting.” challenges still face the commonwealth, so starting the fiscal According to JCTC statistics, approximately 3,000 of year on a strong note is certainly a welcome sign and hope- JCTC’s 15,000 students are enrolled either in healthcare pro- fully an indication that the economic recovery will continue,” grams or prerequisites in preparation for healthcare courses. Lassiter said. September Lane 1-22.qk:Layout 1 8/30/10 4:21 PM Page 16

INTERSTATE LANE Business news from Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia

BUSINESS BRIEFS INDIANA: BIOMET’S $26M INVESTMENT EXPANDS OPERATIONS, ADDS 278 JOBS INDIANA ■ Fort Recovery Construction & Equipment is investing $1.9 RTHOPEDICS manu- million to renovate its 60,000-s.f. facility in Portland, Ind., facturer Biomet Inc. is where it develops and produces solar collectors and equip- investing $26 million to ment. The expansion, which will create 120 new jobs by 2013, Oexpand its operations in War- will accommodate research, development and production of saw, Ind. The expansion, which solar thermal collector panels. is expected to add 278 new jobs by 2012, includes facility ■ Kimball Hospitality, a Jasper, Ind.-based furniture manu- improvements and equipment Feature Photo Service photo facturer, has opened a new $1 manufacturing facility in Mar- to accommodate manufactur- Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim, tinsville, Va. The 60,000-s.f. facility houses administrative ing that is being transferred formerly conjoined twins, look on offices, a showroom and production operations to manufac- from New Jersey. while Joel Higgins explains how ture upholstered seating products. Biomet and its subsidiaries Biomet developed the skull im- design, manufacture, and mar- plant used to reconstruct the top OHIO ket products used primarily by of Mohamed’s head. ■ Cincinnati-based Pierre Foods Inc. has entered into a merger musculoskeletal medical specialists in both surgical and non- agreement with Pennsylvania-based Advance Food Co. and surgical therapy and is part of W arsaw’s cluster of orthope- Oklahoma-based Advance Brands. The merger will create a dics companies. Kosciusko County is home to nearly half of company that will be a leading supplier of convenience food the global market share for orthopedic devices, directly products to the foodservice, retail and vending industries. The employing more than 6,500 workers locally. combined company will operate as Advance Pierre Foods and The company, which was founded in W arsaw and incor- will be headquartered in Cincinnati, with Pierre CEO Bill Toler porated in 1977, now has 7,000 employees in more than 50 serving as chief executive officer. Advance Pierre Foods will oper- locations worldwide and distributes its products in approxi- ate protein processing facilities in Oklahoma, Ohio and Iowa, as mately 90 countries. well as sandwich assembly facilities in North Carolina, Ohio and South Carolina. The company will also operate bakeries in North NHK SEATING ANNOUNCES Carolina and Oklahoma. TENNESSEE: PLANS FOR $54M AUTO PARTS PLANT OHIO/TENNESSEE ■ Quad/Graphics is closing printing plants in Ohio and Ten- HK Seating of America Inc. has announced plans to nessee as the Wisconsin-based company consolidates opera - locate a manufacturing facility for automotive parts in tions following its recent acquisition of World Color Press. Murfreesboro, Tenn. NThe company is investing nearly $54 million to construct Locations affected by the integration include those in Clarksville, the facility, which is expected to employ up to 224 workers Tenn., and when all phases of production are implemented in 2015. Lebanon, Initial production at the Murfreesboro facility will be the Ohio, as well manufacture of automotive seat frames, but company offi- as opera- cials say they hope to expand the product line over time. tions in Corinth, Miss., and Reno, Nev. World Color Press had Construction on the new plant is scheduled to begin in already tapped a plant in Dyersburg, Tenn., for closure. The October. Lebanon, Ohio, plant employs 400, while the Clarksville, Tenn., facility has 700 employees. The acquisition of Canada- INDIANA: AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURER based World Color Press makes Quad/Graphics the second- TO LOCATE NEW PLANT IN HUNTINGTON largest commercial printing operation in North America, with annual sales of approximately $4.8 billion. ONTINENTAL Structural Plastics Inc., a Michigan- based manufacturer, has announced plans to locate a TENNESSEE composites manufacturing operation in Huntington, ■ Computer manufacturer Dell Inc. has transferred owner- CInd. that will create up to 350 new jobs by 2012. ship of its Nashville, Tenn., merge and fulfillment operations CSP manufactures compression-molded composite parts and to CEVA Logistics, a global components for the automotive and industrial end markets. The logistics provider. The center’s company plans to invest more than $9 million to locate a produc- 480 employees have been given tion operation in an existing 200,000-.s.f facility in Huntington. the option to stay on as employ- The company specializes in producing lightweight compos- ees of CEVA, which has been in a partnership with Dell for ites that make vehicles more efficient. CSP supplies highly engi- 15 years according to local reports. In addition to handling neered composite products for applications in industries such the shipment of Dell items, CEVA will also handle the final as automotive, heavy truck, building products, solar power and assembly of notebook computers. Dell’s call center in water management. Nashville, which employs approximately 1,800, is not Headquartered in Troy, Mich., the 28-year-old company affected by the CEVA deal. currently operates plants in Ohio, Louisiana and Mexico.

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KENTUCKY INTELLIGENCER®

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CORPORATE MOVES New leadership for Kentucky businesses

ACCOUNTING ■ Dr. Belinda A. Dalton-Russell has HEALTHCARE ■ W. Allen Priest been named vice president of student ■ Tommy Hag- has joined the affairs for West Kentucky Community gard has been Louisville-based and Technical College. appointed chief firm of Compton, executive officer Kottke and Asso- FOOD SERVICE/HOSPITALITY of Bluegrass Com- ciates PSC as a ■ Tom Sterrett has been promoted to sen- munity Hospital shareholder. ior vice president - international for in Versailles. Louisville-based Papa John’s International. ■ Howard Wagner LEGAL has been named W. Allen Priest ■ Brian Gilmore has joined Compass ■ David Samford Tommy Haggard director of Crowe Group North America as regional sales has joined the Horwath LLP’s Louisville office. director for the Canteen Lexington office of Frost Brown Todd. Vending/Highland Estates Coffee Samford will be of counsel in the merg- EDUCATION Traders Division for the Central Ken- ers and acquisitions practice group. ■ S. Todd Brock tucky/Louisville markets. has joined Brescia MANUFACTURING University as vice GOVERNMENT ■ Dave Tatman has been appointed president for ■ Mike Haydon has been appointed plant manager for the Bowling Green institutional chief of staff for Gov. Steve Beshear. General Motors Assembly Plant. advancement. ■ Stephen W. Castle has been OTHER ■ Terrell T. appointed director of administrative ■ Carl Sale has been named vice presi- “Red” Baker has services for the Kentucky Department dent of sales and account service for been named as S. Todd Brock of Corrections. Lexington-based Leininger Cabinet & chair of the Uni- Woodworking. versity of Kentucky Department of Forestry in the College of Agriculture.

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ON THE BOARDS New leadership for Kentucky organizations

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION KENTUCKY BOARD OF HOUSING, Michael D. Moll, PNC Bank; Kevin ■ William T. (Bill) Robinson III has BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Wardell, Norton Healthcare Inc.; and been elected as president-elect of the ■ Gregory G. Carter and Greg J. Wilson Debbie Wesslund, Jefferson County American Bar Association. Robinson is have been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Education. member-in-charge of the Florence law Board of Housing, Buildings and Con- offices of Frost Brown Todd. struction. Carter, of Lexington, is an LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN engineer with Staggs & Fisher Consult- COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD INSTITUTE FOR AGING ing Engineers Inc. Wilson, of Simp- ■ Doris Benson and Larry Deener have ■ Eugene H. Foster, Tihisha M. Rawl- sonville, is an operations manager with been appointed to four-year terms on ins, Robert L. Sterrett, Gale G. W. Maeser Plumbing. the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Reece and Jan M. Scherrer have been Airport Board. appointed to the Institute for Aging. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT Foster, of Louisville, is president of OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL Maryhurst. Rawlins, of Shelbyville, is RESOURCES COMMISSION ■ J. Edward Coleman and Jared L. associate state director for AARP. Ster- ■ David M. Williams II, Stuart N. Ray Cohon have been elected to the board of rett, of Lexington, is retired. Reece, of and Norman “Joe” Fryman have been directors of Lexmark International. Cole- Lexington, is executive director of appointed to the nine-member Ken- man is chairman and chief executive offi- ITNBluegrass. Scherrer, of Versailles, is tucky Department of Fish and Wildlife cer of Unisys Corp. Cohon is president of president of Kentuckians for Nursing Resources Commission. Williams, of Carnegie Mellon University. Home Reform. Reynolds Station, is an agent with Ken- tucky Farm Bureau. Ray, of Louisville, is LOUISVILLE-JEFFERSON KENTUCKY AUTHORITY executive vice president of Steel Tech- COUNTY TOURIST AND FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION nologies LLC. Fryman, of Paris, is senior CONVENTION COMMISSION ■ Angie Cain, Donna Moore and Laura vice president of Kentucky Bank. ■ Michael Howerton has been Ladd have been appointed to the Ken- appointed to serve on the Louisville-Jef- tucky Authority for Educational Televi- KENTUCKY HORSE ferson County Tourist and Convention sion, KET’s governing body. Cain, of RACING COMMISSION Commission. Howerton is market vice Walton, is a political and marketing con- ■ Franklin S. Kling Jr. has been appointed president and general manager of sultant in Northern Kentucky. Moore, of to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commis- White Lodging Services Corp. Lexington, retired sion. Kling is a resident of Villa Hills and is from KET in 2004 president of F.K. Holdings Inc. NORTHERN KENTUCKY as deputy execu- CONVENTION CENTER tive director of KENTUCKY LOTTERY CORP. ■ Robert W. Zapp has been named to programming and ■ Joseph Albert “Jodie” Haydon has serve on the board of directors for the production. Ladd, been appointed to the Kentucky Lot- Northern Kentucky Convention Cen- of Lexington, is an tery Corp. board of directors. Haydon, ter. Zapp, of Union, is president and interior designer of Bardstown, is a contractor with Nally chief executive officer of The Bank of and co-owner & Haydon. Kentucky. of Cross Gate Gallery. Angie Cain LEADERSHIP LOUISVILLE CENTER PORTER BANCORP INC. ■ The following individuals have been ■ W. Kirk Wycoff has been elected to elected as officers for the 2011 board of the board of directors for Louisville- directors of the Leadership Louisville based Porter Bancorp Inc. Wycoff is a Center: Chair – Mary C. Morrow, Mary managing partner for Patriot Financial Morrow & Associates; Chair-elect – Partners L.P. and Patriot Financial Part- Paul Costel, Chase; Vice Chair-Pro- ners Parallel L.P., private equity funds grams – Joe Pusateri, Elite Homes Inc.; headquartered in Philadelphia. Vice Chair-Development – Ellen K. Jones, Kentucky AT&T; Vice Chair-At- SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION Large – Judith Green, Louisville-Jeffer- OF TAX ADMINISTRATORS son County Metro Government; Vice ■ Kentucky Department of Revenue Donna Moore Laura Ladd Chair-Marketing – Todd Spencer, Doe Commissioner Thomas B. Miller has Anderson Inc.; Treasurer – Jane Burks, been named president of the Southeast- KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION Volunteers of America; Immediate Past ern Association of Tax Administrators, ■ Jonathan Parrent, William L. Chair – Tom Williams, Stoll Keenon an organization comprised of 12 south- Twyman, Roger L. Marcum, Mary Gwen Ogden PLLC; and Counsel – Michael eastern states where members exchange Wheeler and Martha M. Jones have Kirk, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). information on taxation and tax-related been appointed to the Kentucky Board New board members elected to three- matters. of Education. year terms include: Scott Casey, UPS Airlines; Thomas D. Gessel, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare Inc.; Kirsten Hawley, Brown-Forman Corp.;

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LANE ONE-ON-ONE Kentucky’s leaders express their opinions

‘I STARTED WITHOUT A BUSINESS PLAN; EL: When did you move to Walnut Hall? MJ: Around 2001. I was living in Las AND I DON’T WRITE JOB DESCRIPTIONS’ Vegas before I moved to Lexington. I still maintain a residence in Las L.V. Harkness & Co. proprietress Meg Jewett is a descendant of an Vegas and travel back and forth. My early equine entrepreneur who made Kentucky famous for horses first husband was the reason for being in Las Vegas. He was in the mining business in Arizona, so we bought a BY ED LANE house in Las Vegas.

EL: What is your current interest in Las Ed Lane: Your great-grandfather Lamon establish the equine industry’s relationship Vegas? V. Harkness purchased Senorita Stud with your retail business – L.V. Harkness MJ: I started a private country day school Farm in 1894. He renamed the 450-acre & Co. (purveyor of fine tableware, gifts, with the mayor of Las Vegas’ wife. In the farm Walnut Hall and by 1904 had silver, leather, crystal and trophies) – and beginning, I was chairman of the board. It’s expanded it to 2,000 acres and 100 mares. your philanthropic efforts on behalf of a co-ed school for pre-school through 12th- The farm became one of the best- many organizations, especially those grade students, and it’s a college prepara- known Standardbred farms in the related to the humane treatment of horses. tory. It’s a private school but we raise money world. The farm’s Big Barn built by What are your early memories of for scholarships constantly. There are Harkness in 1897 is 476 feet long, and being at Walnut Hall? almost 900 students, but there are no more has 52 stalls, a sales area and auction- Meg Jewett: I would visit the farm on than 20 students to a classroom. eer’s block – and it’s still in ser vice 113 weekends, part of the summers and hol- years later at the Kentucky Horse Park. idays. My first memory is driving into EL: Your husband, Alan J. Leavitt, is president and general manager of Wal- Meg Jewett nut Hall, a Standardbred breeder and a Meg Jewett is the proprietress of L.V. Harkness well-known horseman. What is the status & Co., a luxury retail establishment located in of your farm operations? downtown Lexington that caters to clients MJ: We still breed, sell and race Standard- worldwide. Jewett is also the owner of Walnut breds. Alan is on the Kentucky Horse Rac- Hall Farm, which holds the distinction of ing Commission. So Alan and I just being the oldest Standardbred farm in the continue on doing what my parents did. world. Jewett’s family has been involved in the equine industry for generations and it was her EL: What factors during the past five passion for the equestrian lifestyle that years led you and your husband to sell inspired her to create the official trophies for many of your horses at Walnut Hall? the 2010 FEI Alltech W orld Equestrian MJ: My husband loves to buy horses, so the Games. In addition to her involvement with sale was to try and bring the numbers her businesses, Jewett has been an active down. It was a hard decision because I did- member of the communities in which she has n’t know where our horses were going, if lived. She is a founder of The Meadows they would end up in slaughter or not. I School in Las Vegas and serves on the board don’t care where the horses are or who of directors for the Lexington Public Librar y owns them; I just want them to be safe. So Foundation, the Headley-Whitney Museum, that is why the sale was a difficult time. the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, the Ken- EL: “You have to know when the race is tucky Equine Humane Center and the Lex- over” were Alan’s comments at the time ington Rotary Club. of the horse sales. What are your future plans for Walnut Hall? MJ: I think Alan said that because the When Harkness died in 1915, the the farm – I don’t know how old I was, Standardbred industry in Kentucky right then-5,000-acre farm was passed to his but just coming in from where we lived now is in such decline. As with the Thor - heirs. Today 1,200 acres of the farm is in Cincinnati. oughbreds, Standardbred stallions are the Kentucky Horse Park (purchased going out of state to stand, because the by the commonwealth in 1978) and the EL: How did your childhood experi- stakes programs in other states are much remaining 3,800-plus acres have vari- ences impact your lifetime interest in more valuable than we have in Kentucky . ous owners. You own Walnut Hall Ltd., the equine business? So we’re constantly fighting that issue. Of a 575-acre parcel of the original farm. MJ: I was brought up in the industry course, the state doesn’t have any money, I realize this is a lot of detail regarding and that’s why I’m still in Standard- so that is why Alan was putting pressure on your family’s involvement for generations breds. You’re either born with a love of them by saying “These horses are going.” in the Kentucky horse industr y and your animals or you aren’t. All my sisters were Champion Deweycheatumnhowe, the stal- ownership of Walnut Hall Farm. However, brought up in the industry, but they are lion we have, stands out of state in a more this information helps our readers to not running around saving animals. lucrative sire stakes program.

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EL: You are committed to providing humane treatment and care for horses. Could you outline your efforts in this area? MJ: I first got started when Thorough- bred trainer Nick Zito called about Fer- dinand (the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner who died in 2002, most likely in a slaughter house in Japan). That’s when I met Ed Whitfield, the congress- man from the 1st District of Kentucky, and we all got together and tried to lobby against the interstate transporta- tion of horses for slaughter. (Horse meat is a delicacy in Europe and other parts of the world.) It’s just really hard to get legislation through the U.S. House and Senate, but we continue to EL: After the horse is dead, wher e is it Walnut Hall Ltd. Farm in Lexington, Ky. lobby and to try to get that done. transported? In the meantime, we started with Staci MJ: A service in Versailles picks them up Hancock (wife of Arthur Hancock of and charges $60 a horse. That’s a lot for what they did to become what they are. I Stone Farm in Paris, Ky.) and the Kentucky the center because we are on a shoestring. have that image in my mind. Equine Humane Center, which to my The center has a budget, but we wouldn’t As inventory at L.V. Harkness grew, knowledge is the first equine “pound” in be able to make it without in-kind gifts we didn’t have any place to display it. the country. We will take any horse, even and volunteers. The center only has two That’s when my landlord purchased this those with a negative Coggins test. If the paid people who work on the farm. The building (a former machine shop near center is over its limit on horses, we will tell rest are volunteers. Rood & Riddle Equine downtown Lexington) for our new the owner that it’s possible their horse is Hospital and Hagyard Equine Medical store. It was like a movie set. We put going to be put down. Institute provide the center with free vet things and arranged them the way we How do I deal with the possibility of a services. We are so lucky to have those two wanted. Then we grew out of that space, horse being euthanized? In the begin- vet centers in Lexington. and they built this new addition. I can’t ning, I went to two out-of-state “killer You can’t save all of horses in need; you grow out of this; there’s nowhere else to sales.” The killer buyers buy according can only do one at a time. Lexington grow. I’m happy with this place. to the price, and then they throw all the should be proud that KYEHC is the first With our expanded selections, L.V. horses into the holding pen. The horses equine humane center, and it should be Harkness can totally do a home, make can’t even move, and if a horse goes the first. If Kentucky is the horse capital of the beds and do the bathrooms. down he’s trampled. The buyers wait the world, then we have to take responsi- until midnight and bring in the double bility for the humane treatment of horses. EL: Do the people that work at L.V. deckers (livestock trailers) to haul the Harkness have to have some special horses to slaughter. EL: In addition to your volunteer work, experience? What has been your success The buyers don’t feed the horses. They you obviously spend a great deal of time in recruiting people? don’t stop to rest them or provide water . in the development and expansion of MJ: I’ve never had to recruit. People They used to go to slaughterhouses in L.V. Harkness & Co. When and why did come to work, and honestly they may Chicago or Texas (which are now closed), you decide to start the firm? have little or no real skills. I don’ t give but now they take the horses to Mexico or MJ: You’re going to be pleased to hear, I my employees a job description. I just Canada. The Mexicans get on the back of started without a business plan. I’ve never watch what they do because they are the horse and just stab it until it falls. In had a business plan. With the day school, going to gravitate to what they do best. Canada at least they shoot the horses. In we didn’t do a business plan because by If it’s an area that needs attention, that the United States, the slaughterhouse the time we wrote it we’d already done it, is divine. All the people working here would use a stun gun to hit the horses; so why work from one. It’s always been use- have gravitated to do what they want. then they slit his throat. The horse hangs less to me. I started L.V. Harkness in the Plato said everybody has their place and bleeds out while he is alive. When Greentree Tea Room. When I get into on the tree. I don’t try to force a square other horses go to that sale, they smell something, I have to have the best prod- peg into a round hole. that blood and they know. It’s just an awful ucts made. I’m a shopper that way. experience for them. EL: Do you want your staff to go out Why am I describing this? If I can save a EL: So your business philosophy is to into the community and show pr oducts horse from that experience, it’s much sell the best product made in the world or make presentations? nicer to give them a shot and put them in a given category? MJ: L.V. Harkness’ charity is its PR. I put down in a loving atmosphere. That’s what MJ: Yes, we started L.V. Harkness and what we give to charity into that budget we do at the Kentucky Equine Humane developed a very high-end reputation. I line item. When we go out into the com- Center. The horses have friends that are am a shopper, and I know what other retail munity, we are very careful about our with them when they are euthanized; it’ s stores do. For instance, when Neiman Mar- image and how we project ourselves. just sweet and quiet. cus came into Las Vegas, I just absorbed Again, I follow the Neiman Marcus plan

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where they were everywhere in the com- Kentucky Horse Park on the awards. L.V. Harkness globally through the use munity. L.V. Harkness is currently involved She is a horse nut so she just gravitated of a Web site (lvharkness.com). with the Woodford Humane Food and towards trophies like a duck to water. MJ: We’re getting better on the web. The Fast, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Moser was wait-listed on orders (but) digital version of the new catalog is going Games, Tom Riddle’s Grand Prix jumping when we explained the World Games to be in flash format so you can turn the at the Horse Park and (gardener) Jon deadline they prioritized our order. L.V. pages. The catalog will be ready for the Carloftis; my son is going to be doing a Harkness is probably the only firm that games and that’s my main purpose – then film on Jon. All this I’ve linked somehow could have worked this out with Moser. we will mail that catalog out after the to L.V. Harkness; there are so many things, games in time for the holidays. people and events. EL: What are your expectations regard- L.V. Harkness wants to design unique ing the success of the FEI World Games? products: numbered, quality pieces that EL: If you don’t have a business plan, MJ: Everything will be fine, and we will be people can’t find and buy at a local do you have a vision to guide you? having visitors from around the world. department store. MJ: Yes. Catalog, catalog. The catalog we The English-speaking countries are going are designing is kind of high end, but to be the biggest. Our firm is trying to EL: What aspects of your retail business we’ll see what happens. Unique items are maximize its presence at the games. We have exceeded your expectations and going to be our genre. We go abroad and asked for permission to give a dinner for which ones have disappointed you? talk and work with the manufactories, the press at the horse park. Kate Jackson MJ: I knew that corporate sales would which means hand-done as opposed to a (World Games competition director) be big and they are. Corporate, bridal factory. Everything is handcrafted. talked to me about giving a party for the and fine gifts are our biggest categories. Unique items that you don’t normally three-day event in the games – dressage, But sales depend on the time of year. find. Otherwise, 30- to 40-year-olds will jumping and cross-country. But then I One of these segments may be up and look at products at L.V. Harkness and one may be down. If a retail business or then go back on the web and order it at a product line is not diversified, I don’t discounted place. If the item is available know how it will survive. on the web at a discount, L.V. Harkness is not going to get the sale. EL: The current recession has had a I take my staff on buying trips so that negative impact on many businesses. everybody “owns” our product line. Our How has the recession affected your staff knows what’s out there, what the firm and what initiatives are you using game is, and they feel a part of it. They to offset the downturn? go to Atlanta, Paris, New York, Italy and MJ: Last year was down, but this year is Portugal on buying trips. picking up and we are having good months. We’ve been working on the world EL: Do your employees get a commis- games and the catalog for a year; the sion or just salary? downturn gave us the time to do this work. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games MJ: No, they would kill each other if team and individual trophies were designed by they were on a commission – just a L.V. Harkness Co. and crafted by Moser Glass. EL: As a long-term property owner salary. They just love what they do, and in Kentucky, do you have a closing they get to travel. comment? thought last night, why not make this a MJ: What kills me is, Kentucky has the best EL: Your firm is a major sponsor of the fundraiser for the KYEHC. We figured grass, bar none, in the countr y. The grass Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games David O’Conner and some of the other and the limestone create the best place for that begins this month. Why did you big names can come, then we’ll open the horses. Our land is so fertile for farming decide to be a sponsor and how will the dinner up to about 50 to 75 people for and growing things, and it just kills me to games benefit your firm? $1,000 a head. That would raise $50,000 see it go away. When you cover this grass, MJ: L.V. Harkness first got involved when for the center, which we desperately need. you need to make certain that what you’re we were contacted by the world games. We putting on top of it is worth the loss. I’m met with Jack Kelly (the initial CEO of the EL: What do you anticipate will be the all about infill, and the (former) Lexing- World Games 2010 Foundation) and went long-term benefit of the FEI World ton Mall – a church? Ouch. over plans and decided how we could be Games for Kentucky, Lexington and the Kentucky is renowned for horses. If involved. We are really excited because it horse park? you are known for horses, then make gave L.V. Harkness a chance to showcase MJ: The equestrians who come for the sure you retain horse farms. Conserving what we can do. games will be impressed with the horse our local farms is not promoted as park’s facilities. The event is going to be much as it should be. ■ EL: L.V. Harkness designed special tro- huge. I just hope the horse park keeps phies for the games. its green areas. In the future, when an MJ: There are two awards: the team tro- organization wants to move to the park Ed Lane (edlane phy and individual trophies. The cres- and build its building, the building @lanereport.com) cent-shaped team trophies we designed should have to go up (multistory). is chief executive of are hand-crafted by Moser Glass. Lane Consultants, Moser’s work is magnificent. Whitney EL: In addition to the expansion of your Inc. and publisher of Fields, who is head of our trophies, firm’s retail showrooms and new cata- The Lane Report. came up with the idea of putting the log, you have embarked on expanding

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BY ANNE CHARLES DOOLIN

ENTUCKY’S equine educa- tion industry is bucking trends. Colleges, universities and other training programs are seeing tremendous Kgrowth in their equine degree enrollment at the same time the overall economy, as well as the racing industry, is struggling. Eight commonwealth colleges and universities offer equine majors or emphasis, plus fields of study that can accommodate any horse lover’s interest. Demand has spurred several to make significant investments in new barns, lab and classrooms. The eight schools recently formed a wanting to learn more about the equine A student saddles up at Murray State University, consortium to promote equine higher industry, or to get their education in an one of several Kentucky colleges allowing students education. The University of Kentucky’s equine environment,” said Nicholson. to bring their horses with them to school. Equine Initiative and the University of “That shows the power and potential of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program the phrase ‘Horse Capital of the World.’ partnered to rent a booth at the Alltech In recent years, as While many equine program grads FEI World Equestrian Games and the equine indus- leave the state again, Kentucky is build- invited the other six programs to join try’s needs have ing up its base of better trained profes- them. The 16-day event presents an become more sionals also. unparalleled opportunity to reach sophisticated, the “People have begun to realize the sig- equine enthusiasts from across the educational pro- nificance of the number of employees – United States and abroad. grams have over 100,000 – involved in the horse As much as 50 percent of the stu- become more industry in Kentucky, and the universi- dents in Kentucky’s equine higher edu- sophisticated. ties have begun tapping into that,” said cational programs are from out-of-state. “If there is a Gene Clabes, who spent six years as In addition to tuition dollars, some stu- common denomi- equine director for Kentucky Equine Nick Nicholson, nator when I go a dents bring their horses. president/CEO, Education Project. “While the Thor- Nick Nicholson, president and CEO Keeneland talk to a class at oughbred industry is stagnate right now, of Keeneland Racecourse, has seen Ken- any of these there’s been a significant increase in tucky’s equine educational offerings schools, it’s diversity. The students all activity with the non-race breeds.” develop, and now flourish, during his have such diverse backgrounds,” he KEEP has a team leader in ever y Ken- tenure both at the Lexington track and said. “I think the schools have done a tucky county and represents all breeds. as CEO of The Jockey Club. great job finding their niche, and I “We need to be as diverse as the “We’ve been saying for decades that think the equine industry will be reap- equine industry is,” said Dr. Bob Cole- there’s a hunger out there by students ing the benefits of it for years to come.” man, associate director for Undergrad-

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A student and horse walk through Asbury University’s $500,000 indoor arena facility, which opened in 2007. Students may bring their horse to campus in Wilmore, where approximately 90 students are pursuing equine degrees in a program that is only in its eighth year. 2007, the program took shape with exten- sive input from equine industry leaders. “We came up with concepts and courses, then took that to people and asked them what they thought the pro- gram needed to look like,” Coleman said. “We talked to a lot of individuals. Students can specialize in one of two tracks, equine science or equine manage- ment, while earn- ing a bachelor of science degree. Departments involved are Agri- Dr. Bob Coleman, cultural Econom- associate director, ics; Animal and Equine Science Food Sciences; and Management, Biosystems and Asbury University photo University of Kentucky Agricultural Engi- uate Education in Equine Science and “We started the organization because neering; Community and Leadership Management at UK. “The program we recognized how much the under- Development; Entomology; Hospitality offerings across the state are of good graduate programs have really grown, Management; Landscape Architecture; quality, and we’re all trying to help stu- especially in the last 10 to 15 years,” said the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center; dents land in the right spot to meet Dr. Karin Bump, director of NAEAA and Plant and Soil Sciences; and Veterinary their career and life goals. These differ- a professor in equine business manage- Science via the Maxwell H. Gluck ent programs complement each other. ment at Cazenovia College in New York. Equine Research Center and Equine As a team, we’re stronger.” “Equine offerings continue to grow, Parentage Verification Laboratory. which is not the case with all types of “We’re very lucky to also have a ‘A hot spot’ in expanding national trend college programs.” strong research base here,” Coleman There’s a national organization with a sim- There are about 150 equine under- said. “That allows us to do things a bit ilar mission. The National Association of graduate programs in the United States, differently and see the industry through Equine Affiliated Academics (NAEAA) Bump said, and they come in many dif- science’s eyes. was formed three years ago to advance the ferent forms. discipline through increased communica- “We have over 160 individual mem- Farm owners prompted Midway launch tion and cooperation among higher edu- bers, and what amazes me the most is The popularity of cation facilities with equine offerings. the remarkable variety of people we equine studies has have at the table. There’s a high level of prompted Midway energy and excitement about what’s College to expand going on in the industry. its facilities. A new “There are clusters of programs around $5 million equine the country, and Kentucky is certainly a hot learning center is spot for equine academic programs,” she expected to open said. “I’m most familiar with Midway (Col- at the end of this lege), the University of Louisville and UK, year. “It will have an which has done an outstanding job setting Dr. Janice Holland, equine lab, teach- up its program. Besides Colorado State, associate professor, ing areas, and we’ll UK is the only land-grant institution that Equine Studies, move faculty offices has a stand-alone equine degree. They Midway College there as well,” said decided the program deserves its own Dr. Janice Holland, place, and it celebrates the diversity in the associate professor of Equine Studies. equine industry.” Nestled amid Woodford County’s UK’s Equine Initiative program draws stately farms, Midway will have 120 stu- The Gluck Equine Research Center on the a number of areas of study under one dents pursuing four-year equine studies University of Kentucky campus opened in 1987. umbrella, then adds extensive equine It includes labs and classrooms, but there is no undergrad teaching except some pre-vet advising. learning to the curriculum. Launched in Continued on page 26

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Continued from page 24 Kentucky Also Home to Jockey, Farrier Schools degrees this fall. The program was estab- EYOND college degree and lished in 1977. certificate programs, Ken- “The first degree was a two-year degree Btucky has other offerings in in Equine Office Administration,” said equine higher education, including Holland. “Thoroughbred farm owners the country’s only jockey school had approached Midway to launch it and a horseshoeing school. because they were having a hard time find- The Kentucky Community and ing qualified employees for their offices.” Technical College System, under Equine Management was added in which the jockey school was the mid-1980s, she said. founded in 2006, announced Aug. “One thing that makes Midway unique 23 that it plans to expand the is that our equine facilities are right on North American Racing Academy campus,” she said. “You can literally walk (NARA), which is based at the right out of the classroom and into the Thoroughbred Center, a training field or barn, so you can apply what you’re facility between Lexington and teaching while it’s fresh.” Paris. The University of Louisville’s Equine Dr. Jay Box, chancellor for the Industry Program was established in 1986 The advanced shop, one of three forges at the KCTCS, said there are hopes to make in its College of Business by the Kentucky Kentucky Horseshoeing School in Richmond, features the academy one of the system’s cen- General Assembly after several legislators 10 student and two instructor work stations. ters of excellence. Sites in Louisville attended the University of Arizona’s race- near Churchill Downs and in North- track industry seminar. It’s the only equine ern Kentucky near Turfway Park are being considered for expansion. B.S. degree in business administration Hall of Fame rider and NARA founding Director Chris McCarron had previ- accredited by the AACSB (Association of ously stated that a “long-term goal is to become self-sustaining, and build a cam- Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). pus at the Kentucky Horse Park with a seven-furlong track and 50 stalls.” “There was the Last year, NARA added a horseman’s pathway to the curriculum of its two-year feeling in the associate degree program. There is an enrollment of 20 this fall. Common in equine industry other parts of the world, NARA is the first such facility in the United States. Grad- that a higher level uates have already won some 450 races with their mounts, earning $6.5 million, of business profes- McCarron said. sionalism was Another equine career option based in the Bluegrass is the Kentucky Horse- needed,” said Rich shoeing School in Richmond. Founded in 1978, the school was based near Shel- Wilcke, UofL pro- byville until moving into a new 23,000-s.f. facility on 40 acres in January. Not only gram director does the Kentucky Horseshoeing School offer beginner and advanced classes, it since 2006 and a hosts continuing education for farriers. Rich Wilcke, director, professor since Mitch Taylor, a certified journeyman farrier in the American Farrier’ s Associa- Equine Industry 1995. State legisla- tion, directs all instruction at KHS. Courses run from two weeks, designed for the Program, University tors who’d been to horse owner, up to 36 weeks for a professional. KHS’ new home includes dorms. of Louisville Arizona wanted Beyond basic training, the professional courses add intensive study of anatomy, Kentucky to have a similar program, and physiology, biomechanics, lameness assessment, general horseshoeing, black- Dr. Donald Swain, then UofL president, smithing, communication and business practices, plus dedicated sections in weld- successfully pursued landing the pro- ing, tool making and therapeutic shoes. gram at Louisville. – Anne Charles Doolin Some 250 students have graduated from the program – among them Jockey September Lane 23-44.qk:Layout 1 8/30/10 4:23 PM Page 27

Club Executive Director Matt Iuliano, World Games Foundation COO Rob Hinkle, and top racing Quarter Horse trainer Heath Taylor. Admission requires a 3.0 GPA. Equine majors take the entire business curriculum encompassing accounting, computer information systems, economics, entre- preneurship, finance, marketing and man- agement, plus an equine core of a dozen courses on application of those disciplines to horse enterprises. “We’re trying to totally differentiate ourselves from other equine degrees,” said Wilcke. “If you have a business degree, you can walk into any industr y, not just the equine industry. It’s a saleable, marketable skill.” UofL offers a post-baccalaureate cer- tificate in equine business for those com- pleting its suite of eight applied-equine courses. It’ll be available online next year.

Therapeuptic riding takes off at Asbury Asbury College, in Wilmore, has seen growth in a unique equine career path it created as well. One of its two courses of study, Equine Assisted Wellness, is a holis- tic therapeutic riding program. “As far as I know, our approach is the only one of its kind in the countr y,” said Professor Harold Rainwater. “It focuses on total wellness – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. The stu- dents take courses in both therapeutic riding techniques and in psychology.” Asbury’s equine Harold Rainwater, studies program, professor, Asbury University which started with two students pursu- ing a minor in 2002, is expected to num- ber 90 students pursuing a major this fall. The Asbury program got a boost with the construction of a $500,000 indoor arena with stalls in 2007. Its opening resulted in higher enrollment, said Rainwater. “The growth has been phenome- nal,” said Rainwater. “The horse indus- try is pretty tough to break into right now, so we’ve found you need to rein- vent yourself. We’re a growth industry, in an industry that’s not in a growth mode. We’ve grown by 20 students each of the last three years. “We hope to create a pre-vet track in the very near future,” Rainwater said. “That’s another market niche. But our students are what are selling this pro-

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Continued from page 24 Morehead also offers hands-on experi- “We’ve really seen this program take ence with horses, including breeding. off,” Pugh said. “It started with three rid- gram. We’re getting people in the mar- Horses impact Kentucky’s economy, she ing classes and three lectures. Now we ket, and that’s giving validity to our said, and training students to be a part of it have 10 riding courses and dozens of lec- young program.” is important. ture options.” Asbury’s equine management degree “When you consider the money Like Midway, Murray has horses, stu- includes courses in facility and event involved in the equine industry in this dents and professors close together. management, business operations and state, it’s a huge impact,” Platt said. “It’s Built five years ago on the West Farm equestrian organizations. The equine- hard to quantify, but if you had an accu- about a mile from the main campus, facilitated wellness degree adds psychol- rate measuring tool, that would present the $1.6 million Equine Instructional ogy courses. an even stronger argument for our pro- Facility has an indoor arena and stalls, grams as a whole.” with classrooms and offices in an adja- An important part of the economy Murray State cent building. Morehead State University first “And we’ve also recently built an addi- University has an offered equine tional barn to house the university’s horses equine option for studies as a part of that cost around $580,000,” said Dr. Tony its agriculture sci- an agricultural sci- Brannon, dean of the School of Agricul- ence bachelor’s ence degree in ture. “The university owns 65 horses that degree. 1971. It spun off we use in our programs, and we have “We teach of equine science into another 80 or so student-owned horses. lot of equine a full bachelor “Allowing students to bring their courses such as degree program horses with them is a big benefit. W e also reproduction, some 15 years ago, have the only rodeo team in Kentucky. Daniel Pugh, Equine Dr. Tammy Platt, health, but we Center Manager, and added an That attracts 55 or 60 students ever y year. Equine Program also teach ag sci- Murray State University equine manage- coordinator, Morehead ence,” said Dr . ment option a cou- ‘We can’t offer enough courses’ State University Tammy Platt, ple of years ago, said Daniel Pugh, Murray Western Kentucky University first MSU’s equine program coordinator. State’s equine center manager. There are offered an equine science emphasis to “Agriculture is one big system: Soils are about 380 Murray students this fall in the its agriculture degree in 1978. related to forage and nutrition, and overall animal science degree program, “We normally have between 45 and so on.” which includes a food animal emphasis. 60 students,” said Dr. Charles Anderson, director of the Horse Science Program. “Some take classes as a vocation, and others as an avocation. The number of students that plan to make equine their life’s work has stayed pretty steady, but the number of students who approach it as an avocation has really grown. We can’t offer enough courses for those.” Anderson said WKU is close to com- pleting a new 40-stall barn to house the University’s herd, at a cost of some $500,000. An enclosed riding arena is nearby, and Western also has 900-acre farm and a large Expo Center. “We use the Expo Center and also lease it to other groups,” said Anderson. Although it does not offer an equine degree, Georgetown College applies equine applications to other fields of study with the Equine Scholars program it created in 2004. The program will have 42 students this year after graduating 14 last spring. Each student accepted into the program receives a $1,000 scholarship. Many of the scholars go on to pursue a career in the equine industry, and three recent gradu- ates are now employed by organizations located at the Kentucky Horse Park. ■

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Nancy Johnson, senior medical technologist, pipettes samples for testing at PGxl Laboratories, a pharmacogenetics testing lab in Louisville.

“We knew they had experience in building and operating a lab and were thought leaders in pharmacogenetic testing. When we think longer term about the relationship, that is of great value to us,” said Marrazzo.

UofL research commercialized Valdes and Linder are professors in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of Louisville. Valdes also is a distinguished university scholar and senior vice-chairman. Linder was a post-doctoral fellow in the univer - sity’s Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology pro- gram, where he trained under Valdes to become a laboratory director. PGxl photos Valdes said he recognized clinical chemistry’s probable evolvement into pharmacogenetics in the mid-1990s. He and Linder received wide recognition in their field then for articles published in the journal Clinical Chemistry on how to translate pharmacogenetics into clinical A Dose of Success practice. Most recently, the two co- edited the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Prac- Louisville life science lab gains traction with tice Guidelines, 2010 edition. product to predict patients’ drug-therapy outcomes PGxl is an example of how university and state support can help take a high- tech company from academia to the BY MARIAM WILLIAMS commercial realm. In 2004, Valdes and Linder founded PGxl as a research laboratory on the O say that PGxl Laboratories PGxl is a pharmacogenetics testing lab University of Louisville campus. There, is doing well is an under- that tests DNA samples to determine how an they invented PerMIT:Warfarin, Web- statement. The Louisville individual’s genetic makeup will influence based software that allows physicians to biotechnology company’s his or her response to medication. The test- calculate optimum doses of the blood- revenues have grown 35 per- ing helps clinicians adjust dosages, decrease Tcent annually for the past four years, and the risks of side effects and eliminate possi- it recently joined a new venture that bly years of trial and error by telling them up could dwarf that statistic easily, according front what a patient’s response to a drug is to Roland Valdes Jr., PhD, the company’s likely to be based on that patient’ s genetic president and co-founder. characteristics, said Mark Linder, PhD, PGxl In March, PGxl inked an agreement co-founder and senior vice president of with genetics-benefits management com- company operations. pany Generation Health Inc. to become a CVS Caremark, the largest pharmacy select provider in CVS Caremark Corp.’ s in the United States, created Best Test Best Test Genetics Network, a PPO specif- Genetics Network to educate physicians ically for pharmacogenetic intervention about the advantages of pharmacogenetic and testing. CVS launched the program testing and make that testing more afford- in July. Generation Health oversees the able for its 55 million customers. PGxl selection of providers. joins Clairent and a major lab soon to be The agreement helps PGxl fulfill its announced as the three labs chosen to be mission of helping clinicians and patients the first members of the new PPO. Jeffrey Marrazzo, vice president of make informed choices about drug thera- Dr. Mark Winder, left, and Dr. Roland Valdez Jr., pies. And it provides an encouraging sales and business development at Gen- are the founders of PGxl Laboratories. Winder demonstration of what’s possible for high- eration Health, said the company is senior vice president of operations, and Valdez tech companies in the commonwealth. tapped PGxl for its renowned expertise. is chairman

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Economic Impact of High-Tech Companies Number of new high-tech startups in Kentucky since 2005: 400 Number of new high-tech jobs generated from state SBIR, High-tech Pool, and Commonwealth Seed programs: 3,500 Valdes and Linder see PGxl as being Average starting salary of each new high-tech job: $65,000/yr at the foundation of a trend toward Percentage of high-tech startups remaining in business at least five years, nationally: 95 proactive, preventative medicine and Number of new jobs indirectly created by each new bioscience position: 6 health care integration. Acquiring the highly competitive con- Source: Commissioner Deborah Clayton, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development’s Department of Commercial- ization and Innovation tract with Generation Health “speaks a lot to the environment, the support we’re get- ting from the city, from the state and from clot-prevention drug warfarin through nology and attract the private investment the university,” he said. ■ pharmacogenetic test results. Upon needed to hasten commercialization. becoming an independent company in PGxl has received more than $1.5 mil- Mariam Williams is a correspondent 2005, PGxl optioned the technology lion in federal SBIR grants and $975,000 for The Lane Report. She can be from the university. in state matching grants since 2006. reached at [email protected]. Becoming a private company “opened an enormous number of doors and possibilities,” said Valdes. The move enabled PGxl to form strate- gic partnerships with other clinical labs to develop products jointly, hire staff more quickly and apply for grants available only to small, for-profit high-tech companies. The warfarin technology optioned from University of Louisville “formed the basis for some federal SBIR funding we’ve been able to compete for, and the state of Kentucky has matched a large portion of those federal funds,” said Linder. Federal Small Business Innova- tion Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technol- ogy Transfer (SBTT) grants “encourage small businesses to explore technologi- cal potential and Deborah Clayton, maximize profit Commissioner, Kentucky Department from commercial- of Commercialization ization,” said Debo- and Innovation rah Clayton, commissioner of the Department of Commercialization and Innovation. The NIH and NASA are among 11 federal agencies distributing $2 to $3 billion in grants annually, $34 million of which has gone to Kentucky companies since 2006. The state’s Phase 1 SBIR and STTR program matches up to $150,000 in fed- eral funds for concepts. Phase 2 matches up to $500,000 annually for research and development. Since the matching pro- gram began in October 2006, the state has awarded a total of $20.5 million in 92 awards to 57 high-tech companies. Clayton said the program has brought nine high-tech firms to the state from other parts of the country. Kentucky is the only state that matches Phase 2 federal funds, and that amount of capital at that stage, Clayton explained, is critical for high-tech companies to develop the expensive tech-

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Nicholson, executive director of the United States Equestrian Federation Kentucky Horse Park. “There were 11 groups here when I came on board in 1997, now there are 35. “The USEF moving here was key, and helped us achieve critical mass,” he said. “The growth has been amazing, and this is perhaps the finest example of why we are the ‘Horse Capital of the World.’ There’s no other single place with so much equine leadership in one area,” he said. One of the most prominent national Thoroughbred organizations is The Jockey Club and its affiliated companies, with 129 employees housed on Corporate Drive in Lexington. It moved its breed registration services to Lexington in 1988, while main- taining an office in New York City. “Moving the registration department allowed us to align all of our processing departments within the same building,” said Executive Director Matt Iuliano. “This not only enabled more efficient operations and staffing, but also set the foundation to leverage the centralized database design to support growth and Hub of the strategic business initiatives.” National and International Equine Groups Headquartered in the Bluegrass Horse Industry All headquarters are in Lexington unless otherwise noted.

The Kentucky Horse Park is ‘the center of the hub’ for American Association of regional, national and international equine organizations Equine Practitioners aaep.org Formed in 1954, AAEP is a professional organization for nearly 10,000 veterinarian BY ANNE CHARLES DOOLIN practitioners and students in 64 countries.

American Hackney Horse Society OZENS of national and “For 10 or 15 years there had been a hackneysociety.com international equine relocation committee, and there were Incorporated in 1891, the society main- breed associations, regula- five or six cities under strong considera- tains the registry and stud book for the tory bodies and benevo- tion,” said Kathy Meyer, USEF senior breed and publishes a stud book. lent groups make their vice president of marketing/communi- Dhome in the Bluegrass. More than 30 cations. “The leadership felt that in American Hanoverian Society are headquartered just north of Lexing- order to grow, we needed to be in a Hanoverian.org ton in the National Horse Center at the place more accessible to our member- Maintains the U.S. breed registry. Kentucky Horse Park. Plus there are ship, and in a place they could relate to. state and regional groups. “There were also tax incentives to American Saddlebred Horse The American Saddlebred Horse Asso- bring our employees to Lexington, and Association saddlebred.com ciation was the first breed registry to take up the cost and quality of living here helped Founded in 1891 in Louisville, it carries residence at the Horse Park, moving into validate the decision,” she said. “Our out administrative activities for 8,000- the new American Saddle Horse Museum move helped pave the way for other plus members. Building in 1985. Founded in Louisville in equine groups to relocate here as well. 1891, the ASHA carries out administrative, You can look back and say we really did Association of Racing promotional and educational activities for the right thing at the right time. In per - Commissioners International arci.com more than 8,000 members. ception, and in reality, this really is the Upholds the integrity of pari-mutuel The United States Equestrian Feder- hub of horse sport and the horse indus- horse racing, dog racing and jai-alai in ation – then the American Horse Shows try – and we’re in the center of the hub.” the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Association – moved from Manhattan to Housing groups at the park “was part Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago, the Horse Park in 1999, and has 110 of the original plan, but it was over- and serves a worldwide membership. employees in Lexington. looked for many years,” said John Continued on page 34

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Breeders’ Cup Ltd. breederscup.com Founded in 1982, The Breeders’ Cup brings together the world’s best Thor- oughbreds for multimillion-dollar races every fall – this year Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs. It maintains eligibility records and biographical information on participants.

Certified Horsemanship Association cha-ahse.org The CHA certifies various instructors and accredits equine facilities.

Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc. breed registry for all Thoroughbreds The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association fasigtipton.com foaled in North America and Puerto Rico. recently constructed its headquarters Formed in 1898 in New York, it moved It serves the breeding and racing industry at the Kentucky Horse Park. to Lexington in 1972 and holds Thor- through subsidiary companies. oughbred auctions across the country. horsemen in racing, it assists organiza- The Jockey’s Guild jockeysguild.com tions, provides insurance and promotes Friesian Horse Association Nicholasville, Ky. racing in North America. of North America fhana.com Founded in the 1940s, it represents Thor- The registry and membership organiza- oughbred and American Quarter Horse National Thoroughbred tion in North America for the 8,000-mem- jockeys in insurance, healthcare and safety. Racing Association ntra.com ber Het Friesch Paarden-Stamboek, A coalition of racetracks, owners, breeders, founded in 1879 in The Netherlands. National Horsemen’s Benevolent and trainers, horseplayers and affiliated associ- Protective Association hbpa.org ations promoting racing, safety, integrity. The Jockey Club jockeyclub.com Formed in New England in 1940, it has It offers buying discounts for members. It Formed in 1894 in New York City, it is the 35,000-plus members. A policy voice for also has an office in New York. September Lane 23-44.qk:Layout 1 8/30/10 4:23 PM Page 35

National Walking Horse Association nwha.com Other Bluegrass Equine Groups NWHA promotes education, responsibility, sportsmanship and recreational activities. American Academy of Equine Art (aaea.net) American Farriers Association (americanfarriers.org) Paso Fino Horse Association pfha.org The Carriage Association of America (caaonline.com) The association oversees shows, mem- Equine Land Conservation Resource (elcr.org) bership and maintains information for Irish Draught Horse Society of North America (IrishDraught.com) the Spanish heritage breed. National Gypsy Horse Show & Faire Association (gypsyshow2008.com) Rocky Mountain Horse Association (rmhorse.com) The Pyramid Society Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (trfinc.org) pyramidsociety.org United Professional Horsemen’s Association (uphaonline.com) A breeders organization created by Americans in 1969 to preserve the Straight Egyptian Arabian horse. It has 500-plus members worldwide.

Race Track Chaplaincy of America rtcanational.org Georgetown, Ky. Organized in 1971 at Georgetown Col- lege, 60 interdenominational, Christian chaplains serve more than 100 race- tracks, training centers and breeding farms internationally.

Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association toba.org Formed in 1961, it is the national Thor- oughbred owners and breeders trade organization.

United States Dressage Federation usdf.org USDF provides programs for 125 affiliate local and regional dressage clubs with 2,000-plus annual competition awards.

United States Equestrian Federation usef.org Founded in 1917, USEF is the national governing body for all U.S. equestrian competition. It trains, selects and funds the U.S. Equestrian Team.

United States Hunter Jumper Association ushja.org The USHJA provides the framework for the sport at all levels and education for mem- bers. It operates under the USEF umbrella.

United States Polo Association uspolo.org It is the U.S. governing body and over - sees tournaments (including collegiate and scholastic) and polo clubs.

United States Pony Clubs ponyclub.org Formed in 1954, it teaches youth riding and care of horses and ponies. ■

Anne Charles Doolin is a correspondent for The Lane Report. She can be reached at [email protected].

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GOING GREEN

• The result was a 50 percent reduc- A beer garden was incorporated into the design tion in total water used. of the Kentucky Eagle Inc. distribution center in Lexington, which last year became the first In Energy & Atmosphere we obtained Anheuser-Busch facility in the United States to three credits of the 17 possible. gain LEED Certified status. • 18.7 percent reduction in total energy use, leading to substantially lower monthly energy bills for the larger new building than the owner was paying for the older facility, which turned out to be a surprising return on investment. In Materials & Resources we obtained seven credits of the 13 possible. • 83.7 percent of construction waste

Kentucky Eagle photo generated by the project was recycled, which meant 817 tons of material were not sent to the LFUCG landfill. • 22.5 percent of the materials used to construct the new building were made of recycled material, including wood from a tobacco barn located on the property. DOING ‘THE RIGHT THING’ • 35.2 percent of materials in the project were manufactured regionally, which helped keep jobs local. A look at the route a project took to achieve LEED Certified status In Environmental Quality , we obtained seven credits of the 15 possible. BY GARY HISEL • No CFC-based refrigerants were used, which in turn limits further dam- age to the ozone layer. HE marketplace is asking for it and The first step was to take the LEED • 100 percent of the paints, adhesives, today there’s no impediment to do checklist scorecard and identify those cate- sealants and carpeting systems used within it: going green. Kentucky has almost gories and credits that we wanted to attain. the building meet LEED low volatile T800 LEED APs (accredited professionals) The earlier the full green team is working organic compound (VOC) requirements and LEED Green Associates; Louisville from the same scorecard, the better. leading to a healthier workplace. has 320, Lexington has 288 in all walks of It’s important to note that Kentucky In Innovation in Design we obtained life from accountants to attorneys to archi- Eagle’s project was scored under USGBC’s three credits of the five possible. tects and engineers to material suppliers. former 69-point LEED scorecard. The cur- • Innovative lighting controls, archi- The availability of green products, either rent system has a possible 110 points. tectural and interior design and the use LEED or Energy Star rated, now includes For the Kentucky Eagle project, of a LEED Accredited Professional all every piece of the building project. Now , since site work was already underway contributed to these points. it’s also the “easy” thing to do. some of the Sustainable Site categor y Each person reading this has bene- So how can you make your building credits were not obtainable. However, fited from Kentucky Eagle’s decision to green? we were able to achieve six points from go “green.” The result was less concrete, In order to give you a better frame of the 14 available by incorporating such less water usage, less traffic, less energy reference, I’d like to share some LEED things as: usage, less waste and less harmful chem- aspects of a recent 188,024-s.f. distribu- • Preserving more of the area green icals in the environment. tion facility in Lexington for Kentucky and minimizing storm water runoff, The deliberate decisions Kentucky Eagle Inc., designed and built by Gray which resulted in 24.7 percent vege- Eagle made in order to attain LEED Construction. I was the senior design tated open space. Certified on their new distribution facil- manager. Let’s take a look at the specific • Incorporating bicycle racks, chang- ity offers a frame of reference as to how strategies used to make Kentucky Eagle ing and shower facilities your project can do the same, or per- the first Anheuser-Busch distributorship • Assigning designated, preferential haps even better. The question remains in the United States to gain certification parking for fuel-efficient vehicles and – when will you go “green”? ■ under the LEED program – Leadership those employees who choose to carpool, in Energy and Environmental Design. encouraging more environmentally First, you start with an owner who friendly methods of transportation. wants to do “the right thing” and In Water Efficiency we obtained four Gary Hisel, LEED AP requests, at a minimum, a LEED Certi - credits of the five possible. BD+C, is a Senior fied building – see the U.S. Green Build- • No use of potable water for land- Design Manager with ing Council at usgbc.org for more scaping Gray Construction information. Beyond “Certified,” proj- • 42.3 percent reduction in water in Lexington ects can achieve LEED Silver, LEED consumption through low-flow plumb- Gold and LEED Platinum status. ing fixtures

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTS News briefs on cultural events around Kentucky compiled by Lori Meadows

The Kentucky Experience Pavilion Spotlight Promotes the State at Alltech FEI Games Lexington’s HE Kentucky Experience Pavilion, produced by the Department of Travel, will be a marketplace and showcase exhibiting the state’s rich culture at the 2010 Kentucky Market TAlltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The Kentucky Experience will feature nearly 25,000 s.f. of exhibits, displays, products, per formances, food, fine art and craft, and travel destinations throughout the commonwealth. HE city of Lexington, in It will include a welcome center, entertainment pavilion, exhibit pavilion and conjunction with the Kentucky product pavilion plus a large courtyard. TArts Council, is presenting “The Kentucky Experience will showcase Kentucky’s assets, not only to those who come Spotlight Lexington’s Kentucky to the games, but also to their friends, associates and others who watch from anywhere in Market. Spotlight Lexington is a the world,” said Marcheta Sparrow, secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. free 17-day festival in downtown “That will increase interest – and business – in Ken- Lexington celebrating The FEI World tucky over the long term.” Equestrian Games. At the exhibit pavilion, visitors can view attrac- The festival tions from each of Kentucky’s nine tourism will showcase regions. For example, in the “Caves, Lakes and the best of Corvettes” exhibit, a Corvette will be on display, Kentucky’s as well as a model of Mammoth Cave, a boat performing and visual arts from Sept. dock, and a jet ski. Each of the state’s regions will 24 through Oct. 10, 2010. be promoted in this manner. Spotlight Lexington’s Kentucky Next, visitors can enter the product pavilion to Market will be prominently located in see how Kentucky bourbon and wine are made and the heart of downtown Lexington at purchase Kentucky-made art and craft. Kentucky Triangle Park and will feature live Proud food products will also be sold in this pavilion. music and approximately 40 booths The entertainment pavilion will feature the Kentucky Experience Per formance with Kentucky products, including Stage. Performances by Kentucky artists will start Sept. 25 and end Oct. 10, 2010. fine quality art and craft from Ken- There will be a total of 75 performing acts providing a variety of entertainment cate- tucky artists. gorized as ensembles, orchestras and groups, choral, solos, duos and trios, stor y- The Lexington Learning Co-op telling, theater and variety. All the performances are scheduled during the day. will host the Family Arts Paddock, The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Historical Society will present, providing free arts and crafts activities “Made To Be Played,” a special exhibit featuring the art and tradition of Kentuckians for the whole family on Saturdays and who are considered masters in the making and repairing of guitars, fiddles, banjos, Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. mandolins, dulcimers and other original stringed instruments. This exhibit will be For more information visit located near the Kentucky Experience Performance Stage. lexingtonky.gov/spotlightlexington. Discover Art in Kentucky Guidebook For more information for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games The Kentucky Arts Council now offers new ways to stay connected to artists and ISCOVER Art in Kentucky is a cul- the general public through social media tural guidebook of sorts, promoting Please join us! Dart destinations across Kentucky: gal- Search Facebook for Kentucky leries, museums, independent booksellers Arts Council and performance venues for dance, theater and music. Blog us on Discover Art in Kentucky is by no means http://CreativeCommonwealth.ky.gov an exhaustive list of arts venues, programs, Follow us on Twitter @KYArtsCouncil activities or celebrated artists. Instead, its pur- View our YouTube, KYArtsCouncil pose is to be used as a starting point for dis- covering other art treasures across the state. The book divides the state into four geographic regions and then lists art destina- tions – alphabetically by city – in each. In 2011, the information in this book will be available electronically on the Ken- Lori Meadows is tucky Arts Council Web site (artscouncil.ky.gov) and will include interactive maps and executive director more extensive information. of the Kentucky Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games attendees will be able to pick up this free Arts Council. publication at the welcome center on the Horse Park grounds and other downtown Lexington locations.

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EXPLORING KENTUCKY

plus bundles of lavender, and a farm-site gift shop opened, while 2007 saw the addi- tion of guided farm tours, a U-pick patch and the aforementioned variety bed planted on the location of the original out- door waterbed for tobacco plants. Just for variety, LHK now has a goat herd to provide milk for soap making, while resident Holsteins supply a local milk company. The business is truly a family affair. Denise laughs. “I dropped off the lavender. My older sister dropped off the goats. My younger brother has his dairy on the farm. We’re just waiting to see what our older brother is going to drop off!” Only 10 minutes from Augusta, LHK is a member of the Kentucky Proud pro- gram, the Herb Growing and Marketing Network, and the River Valley Agritourism Lavender Hills of Kentucky, a lavender farm located in Bracken County, boasts more than 600 plants. The Alliance. Farm tours feature property farm offers tours that include an array of different foods made with lavender. walks, lavender education, farm history and a “Taste of Lavender” – available with reservations for groups of 10 – which can Lavender Hills include such goodies as lavender rum cake, lavender fudge and lavender cook- The heavenly scent of lavender now covers hills where tobacco once grew ies, all served with lavender lemonade. Who knew? BY KATHERINE TANDY BROWN Workshop attendees can learn how to make lavender wands used by Victo- rian ladies for scenting, and sachets to HEN word got out that smok- decorative items such as wreaths, and fla- keep moths out of your closets, to ing was definitely hazardous to vors foods so nicely that Kentucky Monthly freshen the air in your car or to lure you Wone’s health, once-thriving recently voted the farm’s Kentucky Bour- into slumber land at bedtime. Kentucky tobacco farms were forced to bon Sauce its No. 1 reader recipe. Far from your average tourist sou- find alternative income-producing Established by Judith and Charles venir gift shop, the farm store focuses crops. One such spread in Bracken Brothers in 1965 as a tobacco and cattle on its crop, with such lavender -infused County chose an unusual direction that farm, the 109-acre property depended offerings as carpet freshener, linen has generated a business that simply upon tobacco as its major income spray, essential oils, soaps, sugars and keeps growing and growing, much to source. Over the years, the couple raised jams, grill sticks, wedding cakes (by the surprise of its owners. four children there. Once grown and order) and dried bundles. In 2005, three generations came married, three of their children – Three years ago, Denise and her hus- together to start the first lavender farm Theresa, Michael and Bill – all pur- band, who co-own the business with her in the state. Now called Lavender Hills chased farmland in the Brooksville area, parents, finally purchased land a mile away of Kentucky (LHK), the family-owned fairly close to home. from the main farm, and are adding a operation boasts more than 600 plants. The fourth, Denise, settled in Ken- commercial kitchen to the existing house From the beginning of June till the end ton County with her husband, Gerry in order to increase their line of culinar y of October, visitors who come for farm Scaringi. When she grew homesick for products to include more grill seasonings tours and workshops can admire some the rural life and wanted to purchase and dry rubs for meats. Possibilities for the 19 varieties blooming in blues, pinks, land near the home farm, her New York- future include a farm lavender festival and purples, yellows and whites in a bed raised spouse insisted the property be a lavender labyrinth. planted expressly for that purpose. used for something that didn’t require Check out gorgeous photos, find out Long an ingredient in perfumes and constant tending. After reading about a more about the crop, gather luscious aromatherapy preparations, lavender lavender farm in Washington State, recipes and arrange a visit, all at the farm’s can be used to relieve dozens of infirmi- Denise, a business teacher at Dixie terrific Web site, lavenderhillsofken- ties such as sleeplessness, headaches, Heights High School in Edgewood, tucky.com. Or contact Denise at (859) 331- depression, high blood pressure and researched the possibility. Once the 3380 or [email protected]. ■ bad breath. Among its many properties, entire family expressed interest, a name the herb is an antibacterial, anti-inflam- was chosen, kids and grandkids were Katherine Tandy Brown is a matory, anti-rheumatic, analgesic, recruited, and a lavender field was correspondent for The Lane Report. diuretic and insect repellant. planted on the home farm. She can be reached The beautiful flowering plant is used in The next year, the land yielded 750- at [email protected].

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Upcoming Events across Kentucky Garden-Side Supper Series Manhattan Short Film Festival 3501 Lexington Rd. 501 W. Main St, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Kentucky Show Theater, Harrodsburg Louisville 6:30 p.m., Sept. 18 6-10 p.m., Sept. 28 (800) 734-5611 ext 1543 kentuckycenter.org shakervillageky.org The Kentucky Center joins venues Visit the garden at Shaker Village of across the globe for this incredible fes- Pleasant Hill, meet their Kentucky tival of brilliant short films…and YOU 148th Commemoration Proud gardeners and enjoy a remark- get to be the judge. of the Battle of Perryville able seed-to-table meal. The Shaker Vil- 1825 Battlefield Road, lage culinary team will prepare a series Women’s Wellness Weekend Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site of outdoor, garden-side meals of four 4441 Ky. Hwy. 1833 Perryville courses with three wine pairings. Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 2-3 Inspired by locally available ingredients, Buckhorn ky.parks.gov these suppers will feature heirloom veg- Oct. 1-3 etables grown onsite, grass-fed meat, parks.ky.gov A weekend-long event dedicated to the poultry and other produce from nearby memory of the Civil War soldiers who farms. Inclusive price is $85, and reser - A weekend full of holistic opportunities, fought and died in Kentucky’s largest vations are required. Proceeds benefit including manicures, pedicures, make- Civil War Battle. The weekend will fea- the preservation of this National His- overs, low-impact aerobics, nature walks, ture numerous speakers, music and toric Landmark. healthy living tips and more. $125 per the two full-scale battles. person based double occupancy.

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PASSING LANE Commentary on life in Kentucky

repay loans to KTRS. Work Group recommendations became Saving $87.7 Million part of House Bill 531 that passed in the 2010 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Is a Good Day’s Work Since 2005, the KTRS Pension Fund has been paying the OVERNMENT bond sales usually KTRS Medical Insurance Fund to cover benefits for retired teach- don’t make much news – and ers, as directed by the General Assembly in 2005 to balance the Gespecially not good news in these state budget. Each transfer was to be repaid to the KTRS Pension days of concern about public debt. Ken- Fund from the state’s General Fund, with interest calculated at tucky officials, however, took advantage 7.5 percent annually over a 10-year period for each transfer. of low interest rates and came out $87.7 KTRS has transferred more than $539 million to its health- million to the good last month in a bond care fund. This bond issue will repay the balance of the loan sale that refinanced a state obligation for and cut interest by more than half to 3.304 percent. The sav- retired teachers’ healthcare. ings take place over the next 10 years. Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission It’s “a creative solution for a complex problem while saving Gov. Steve Beshear (ALCo ) sold $468 million in taxable notes tax dollars,” said Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabi- to cover loans the state obtained beginning net Secretary Jonathan Miller, chair of both ALCo and the Pen- in 2005 from the Kentucky Teacher’s Retirement System Pension sion Reform Work Group. Fund to pay the KTRS Medical Insurance Fund. “My administration continues to seek every opportunity to The moneysaving step was recommended by the Pension save money and run the most efficient government possible,” Reform Work Group that Gov. Steve Beshear created in May said Gov. Beshear. 2008 to review myriad issues, including a more efficient way to Give the governor and his administration credit on this.

‘Green’ Lighting The Past Is Prologue to the Future Project Pays “Politics is supposed to be the effectiveness, if you want Well for UofL second oldest profession. I have knowledge to be properly come to realize that it bears utilized, you have to do it through a very close the means of private property.” OUISVILLE Gas and Electric Co. awarded the University of Louisville resemblance a $373,000 cash incentive for reduc- to the first.” “The most important single L central fact about a free market is ing its electricity consumption. Putting energy-efficient lighting in “The govern- that no about 70 buildings, including Ekstrom ment’s view exchange Library, the Swain Student Activities Cen- of the takes place ter and Brandeis School of Law, generated economy unless both more than $200,000 of the rebate. Most of could be parties the rest came from summed up benefit.” switching to more in a few short phrases: If it efficient motors, moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, “The Great motor controls regulate it. And if it stops Depression, and pumps. moving, subsidize it.” like most “About two — President Ronald Reagan other periods years ago, we got (1911-2004) of severe unemployment, was serious about re- produced by government ducing our carbon mismanagement rather than by footprint,” said any inherent instability of the pri- UofL President UofL President “Many people want the vate economy.” James Ramsey. James Ramsey government to protect the A commercial consumer. A much more urgent “The only way that has ever been rebate program offered by LG&E and Kentucky Utilities that encourages qual- problem is to protect the discovered to have a lot of people ified customers to replace aging, less- consumer from the government.” cooperate together voluntarily is efficient equipment. through the free market. And The school’s electric bill has dropped “Nobody spends somebody else’s that’s why it’s so essential to about 23 percent due to a project UofL money as carefully as he spends his preserving individual freedom.” launched last fall with Siemens Industr y own. Nobody uses somebody else’s — Nobel Prize winning Inc.’s Building Technologies Division. The resources as carefully as he uses his economist Milton Friedman project promises to save $30 million in own. So if you want efficiency and (1912-2006) energy costs on Belknap Campus by 2024.

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Lexington Adds Ambulance Bus CVG Provides Horse Quarantine

INCINNATI International Air- LFUCG photo port in Covington is preparing Cfor the largest equine quarantine ever held in Kentucky as horses con- verge for the Alltech 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games. Temporary barns holding 220 stalls are nearing comple- tion on the grounds of the Northern Kentucky airport, and horses arrive Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government added an ambulance bus to its emergency medical fleet last starting in mid-September. month. The $316,000 vehicle, funded through state and federal grants, can transport or provide care to 20 patients at the same time. It includes a paramedic work station, a generator and suction units and can pro- Rusty Ford, equine programs man- vide individually metered oxygen to all patients. “This vehicle greatly increases our ability to handle larger ager for the Kentucky State Veterinar- emergencies and disasters in Lexington and throughout the Bluegrass region and around the state, for exam- ian’s Office, said this will be the largest ple a tornado or the evacuation of a hospital or a nursing home,” Mayor Jim Newberry said. “It takes us to equine quarantine ever in the state. a new level of emergency care.” Charlie O’Neal, assistant director of the state Division of Emergency “For the Breeders’ Cup, it might num- Management, agreed. “We are extremely proud to have been able to support bringing this valuable asset to ber 30 horses,” he said. Central Kentucky. This vehicle will significantly increase our ability to save lives in the event of a cata- strophic disaster or event in this region.” WEG preparations have been years in the making. “I attended my first meeting exploring the possibility of hosting the Kentucky Colleges Games in December 2001,” said Ford. “It calls for plenty of planning, considering Make the Grade the sheer logistics of bringing together a large number of horses for competition in ORBES magazine put out its annual a short time period. America’s Best Colleges report last “Our first charter flight arrives in Fmonth and includes a dozen Ken- Cincinnati Sept. 16, and the last on tucky postsecondary education institu- Sept. 29. The European horses are all tions. The list runs to 610 colleges and departing from Belgium, except for one universities, which is slightly more than 9 flight coming from England,” said Ford. percent of all accredited U.S. institu- “They’ll spend a minimum of 42 hours tions. The business magazine said any in quarantine and undergo blood test- school that makes its list is worthy of ing before they ship to the Horse Park.” note. The article explaining the latest list stated: There are two other import points “Whether they’re in the top 10 or near the end of the list, all 610 schools in this for the WEG equine athletes, Miami ranking count among the best in the countr y: We (include) just 9 percent of the and Los Angeles. 6,600 accredited postsecondary institutions in the U.S., so appearing on our list at “The South American horses have to all is an indication that a school meets a high standard.” undergo a seven-day quarantine. The first Education is the rising tide that lifts all boats. The fact that a dozen common- of those flights will arrive in late August,” wealth colleges rate in the upper tier nationally bodes well for our collective future. Ford said early last month. “and they’ll We tip our mortarboards to Kentucky’s educators. undergo their quarantine in Miami before shipping by ground to Lexington. They’re Forbes America’s Best Colleges in Kentucky going to allow those horses in the Horse Top 610 among 6,600 accredited U.S. institutions Park a bit early, Sept. 10, since they’ve ESTIMATED NUMBER OF spent a week in quarantine. That will allow RANK COLLEGE ANNUAL COST STUDENTS them to get back any conditioning they 24 Centre College $39,200 1,197 might have lost. 210 Berea College $9,186 1,549 “The horses from Australia, New 255 Transylvania University $33,610 1,158 Zealand and Japan will all undergo a 271 Bellarmine University $42,496 3,040 three-day quarantine when they land in 335 Asbury University $29,888 1,550 Los Angeles, then they’ll be flown by 380 Georgetown College $34,380 1,856 private charter to Lexington.” 481 Murray State University $25,106 10,014 Ford said the temporary structure at 504 University of Louisville $28,562 20,834 CVG will be torn down after the Games, 507 University of Kentucky $27,636 26,054 and the international competitors for 517 Northern Kentucky University $22,113 15,082 the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill this fall 551 Western Kentucky University $25,235 19,742 will be quarantined at the track. 556 Eastern Kentucky University $27,346 16,031 – Anne Charles Doolin

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KENTUCKY PEOPLE

LEXINGTON: BLUE GRASS AIRPORT RUNWAY RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY, AUG. 4, 2010

Above: Federal, state and local officials and Airport Board members and executives participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony on runway 9-27 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington. The $27 million runway relocation investment was shared equally by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Kentucky Department of Aviation, and Blue Grass Airport.

Left: Pictured next to vintage World War II Mustang P-51 fighter, from left, FAA Administrator Doug Murphy, Gov. Steve Beshear, Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry, and Kentucky Department of Aviation Commissioner R. Winn Turney.

GEORGETOWN: McCONNELL DISCUSSES LOUISVILLE: KFC PRESENTS $4.2 MILLION HEALTH REFORM WITH LOCAL DOCTORS TO SUSAN G. KOMEN CANCER CHARITY Georgetown Community Hospital photo Business Wire photo

Executives from Susan G. Komen for the Cure visited KFC’s world headquarters on Louisville on Aug. 23 to accept a check from KFC for more than $4.2 million. The money was raised by KFC franchisees and restaurant operators in April and May during the company’s “Buckets for the Cure” campaign. The total amount raised by the 5,000 KFC restaurants coast to coast represents the single largest donation in the history of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Pictured with the check are, from left: Carrie Sen. Mitch McConnell visited Georgetown Community Hospital last month, Glasscock, manager, Corporate Relations, Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Tom Slater, touring the 75-bed facility and taking the opportunity to discuss the healthcare KFC franchisee and member of KFC National Council and Advertising Cooperative; reform bill with hospital officials and physicians. Pictured are (left to right) Debbie Scoppechio, chairman/CEO, Creative Alliance; Roger Eaton, president, KFC Anita Spirek, M.D.; Ivan Morrin, M.D.; Barry Papania, CEO of Georgetown Corp.; Mark Nadolny, chief financial officer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Alan Community Hospital; Sen. McConnell; Brian Allen, M.D.; Ronald Shashy, Forsythe, executive director, KFC National Council and Advertising Cooperative and M.D.; and Brett Oliver, M.D. Bob Silverthorn Jr., president, Louisville Affiliate, Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

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