Citizen of the Year Retired Nurse Is Selected 1979

m ‘lyodONiHds 0 M 3 MOO a Citizen o f the Year Retired nurse is selected 1979 recipient By Mike Waits Trigg Countians, first as county public a position she worked at until But retirement from that position health nurse, next as director of nur November, 1964. During her tenure at didn’t stop Mrs. Howe from working V A lifetime of service to others quali sing and part-owner of Shady Lawn the health department, Mrs. Howe did she only changed from a paid 'worker to fies the winner of the 1979 Cadiz Record Nursing Home and, after retirement, as most of her work in home visits. She an unpaid one. People whom she has Citizen of the Year award. a community worker. would go to homes of elderly and under provided free medical c^re to are Mrs. Lucile K. Howe has been Mrs. Howe, a registered nurse, came privileged people to make sure they re lavish in their praise of her, some of the selected for the honor this year. to Trigg County from Vincennes, Ind. In ceived proper medical care. comments being, “ anybody who gets While not always in the public eye, April, 1961, she became public health Some of her duties as county nurse sick, she goes to See them, even if it’s her service has brought relief to many nurse for the county health department, were diabetes screening, tuberculosis midnight,” “ has done all she could for tests, taking blood pressures and giving everybody,” and“ you can’t beat her.” shots, sometimes done in the office but The only reimbursement Mrs. Howe most of the time while on a home visit. received was knowing that she was In 1964, an opportunity came for Mrs. helping someone — the only payment Howe to take a better job. She moved she wanted. out to Shady Lawn to take her position And while helping others with there. According to people who knew medical care, Mrs. Howe has also been her while she was working there, she active in church work and in the Mont took great interest in the patients there, gomery Homemakers Club. to make them as comfortable as possi Many Trigg Countians who have ble. come to know Mrs. Howe over the years Five years later, tragedy struck the do not hesitate to testify to her hard Howe family when her husband, work and unselfishness. She is known George Lawrence Howe, died leaving by her respect for people through the his wife and their 14 year old son, many considerations and kindness ex George Hart Howe. tended. Throughout her 67 years, her But she kept on working after her work and courtesy has helped many husband died and raised her son by people. herself until he went to college follow ing his graduation from Trigg County Right now, Mrs. Howe is vacationing High School in 1973. in Florida for the winter. She deserves She continued her work at Shady the rest, after many years of service to Lawn until July, 1976, when she retired. Trigg County and its residents. Contract awarded to Mayfield Mrs. Howe (kneeling) helped other members of her homemakers club set Mrs. Lucile K. Howe flowers around the flagpole at Trigg County Hospital, just one of the company for construction examples of her community service. _______________________ _ o f new multi-purpose building at Lake Barkley State Park A new multi-purpose building to be square feet of meeting area, can be constructed at Lake Barkley State divided into five separate meeting Resort Park in Western Kentucky spaces. Each area can be acoustically She (Eadts Stecorii should be completed in time for the fall separate by partitions. The kitchen is equipped to serve the large area or the ™ Devoted to the best interest of Cadiz ond Trigg County tourist season. The $1,105,555 contract was awarded to Crouch Construction smaller areas independently. PRICE 20 CENTS Co. of Mayfield. The interior finishes include large THURSDAY, JANUARY, 24, 1980 ONE SECTION 16 PAGES VOLUME 99 NUMBER 4 areas of carpet and quarry tile. The The 14,000-square-foot structure will wood deck ceiling in the meeting rooms be located on a wooded slope adjacent is supported on ten wood trusses to the existing parking area for the park spanning 48 feet. Schdol board discusses legislative bills lodge. Two wooden pedestrian bridges Work was scheduled to begin January will provide access to the parking area. 19 and is expected to be complete by custodian to replace her. per month due to the state school The building will be constructed of October 15. A discussion of impending legislation credit in general business and one-half —changed next month’s meeting > convention. wood studs faced with cedar siding and Architectural administration and dealing with education highlighted the credit in general law for graduation. schedule to have only one meeting on —approved Raymond Heffingtcn as a a sloping shingled roof. inspection will be performed by Peck local school board meeting last Monday In other business, the board voted to February 11 rather than the usual two substitute teacher. The new facility , with more than 8,000 Associates Inc. of Paducah. night, with most of the talk focusing on approve submission of an application the controversial professional for a grant under the federal negotiations (PN) proposal expected to Department of Health, Education and Effective February 20 be introduced in this year’s session of Welfare’s basic skills improvement e state General Assembly. Gov. John program. Vinson said the proposal to be Y. Brown Jr. made the issue one of his submitted will show what programs the Hospital administrator submits resignation; major goals during the campaign. school intends to use to improve the PN would require local school boards basics of their educational system- to negotiate with teachers on salary reading, language arts and increases and other matters. Brown, mathematics. He added that the grants meeting set Friday to interview applicants who called PN the “most overreacted will be very competitive. “If one school to issue I have ever seen” , is expected system in Kentucky is awarded the Trigg County Hospital Administrator Board Chairman Mark Lovely said he up a practice as originally planned. Mr. Also in hospital board business, to introduce legislation calling for grant, they will be lucky,” he stated. Ray Lafser has submitted his resigna has scheduled a special meeting for McGhie was one of three physicians member Mike Waits submitted his state-mandated PN before the General Besides discussing the impending tion from that position effective Friday night to interview applicants for under contract with the board to begin resignation from the board citing a Assembly finishes up their work in legislation and the grant application, February 20. He said there were a the position of administrator. work here. conflict in his employment as news Qhpril. routine matters occupied the board for number of different reasons why he Applicants who will be interviewed In his letter, McGhie outlined three, editor of The Cadiz Record and serving Superintendent Tom Vinson said much of its two hour meeting. thought it would be best for him and for have been selected by a recruitment reasons why he was not coming. These on the board at the same time. school administrators are opposed to Among these were: the hospital if he resigned but did not committee with W. Cleland White III as were because two other doctors were In the December administrator’s PN because it will be state-mandated. —awarding of bids for tires and elaborate on what those reasons were. chairman and Tony Dename and Frank coming about the same time as he was, He added if the state wants to require tubes, on a state contract for new tires McAtee as members, said Lovely, Dr. Eduardo Pavon’s decision not to report, Lafser reported that the PN, then they should do the negotiating. and to Hopkinsville Tire Company for Lafser had held the administrator’s In other hospital business, White, who move into the proposed medical office hospital had lost $8742 for the month The Trigg school board has had a local recaps used on the back wheels of position since last July when he was was also chairman of the physician re building and the resignation of former because the average daily census was PN policy for several years. school buses. hired to replace John Sims who had also cruitment committee, read a letter director of nursing Gary Townsend. only 14.5, which he said was expected Other legislation discussed included —awarding of bids for light bulbs to resigned. Sims took a similar position from Dr. Thomas McGhie stating that Townsend resigned in December to for December because of the Christmas voluntary school prayer, fees for International Richlight for flourescent in Benton. he would not be moving to Cadiz to set accept a position in Harlan. holidays. students participating in cultural bulbs and to AM Electric for projector enrichment programs, a measure bulbs. A llo w in g teachers to use 180 —accepted the resignation of accumulated sick days for retirement Theresia Rea as custodian. and one that would require one-half —hired Darrell Henderson as Mrs, Crump named Heart Fund chairman Chairman, Pauline Crump stated that Pauline Crump of Cadiz has been Trigg Countians contributed $2240 last appointed 1980 Trigg County Heart Fund Chairman by Lt. Gov. Martha year to the Heart Fund. More than 45,000 Kentuckians will be Layne Collins, state campaign chair man of the 1980 Heart Fund. involved in the 1980 Heart Fund appeal Kentucky Heart Fund leaders during February, “ Heart Month” .

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