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critter online christmas incentive Local rescue center hangs stockings Social media activity influences to encourage donations. INSIDE, Page 3A what’s in stores. INSIDE, Page 6A Thursday TheGleaner December 20, 2012 HENDERSON, KENTUCKY © No. 324, 128th year 75¢ Many acts of school violence thwarted By Lee Bowman scripps howard news service Sandy Hook vigil will be held at South School safety program Alongside the tragic toll of school shootings from Col- A vigil is scheduled for this evening at South Middle School’s umbine to Virginia Tech to Newtown, Conn., stands auditorium to commemorate the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary funds cut over 5 years another list that offers some hope. School. City officials, local pastors, police officers and Henderson The Associated Press More than 120 attempted or planned assaults on County Schools staff members, students and parents are invited to schools nationwide were halted by authorities without attend the vigil. Attendees are encouraged to wear green and white, FRANKFORT — Funding for a school loss of life by students or school staff. the colors of Sandy Hook Elementary. safety program in Kentucky has been The list, compiled between 2000 and 2010 by Cleve- This 6 p.m. vigil has been initiated by Henderson City Com- cut by almost 60 percent over the last land-based National School Safety and Security Services, missioner Robert Pruitt. For more information, contact Pruitt at five years. is based almost entirely on contemporary media reports. 270-499-1613. The Courier-Journal reports fund- It is not comprehensive, but represents a sampling of Meanwhile, Gov. Steve Beshear has asked Kentuckians to observe ing for the Safe Schools Program has what were likely many hundreds more unpublicized a moment of silence Friday morning for the victims of last week’s decreased from $10.4 million in 2007- threats blocked before harm could be done. school shooting in Newtown, Conn. 2008 to $4.5 million in the current “The good news is that schools have become much Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy declared Friday a day of mourn- school year. The funding cut has led better at averting these incidents between Columbine ing, and Connecticut citizens will observe a moment of silence at to less safety audits being performed and Sandy Hook,’’ said Ken Trump, president of the 9:30 a.m. that day. Gov. Malloy has asked that other states join in at schools around the state by the Ken- school security consulting group. “The bad news is that this remembrance. Houses of worship and other buildings with bells tucky Center for School Safety. we will always have incidents that will slip through the are encouraged to sound them 26 times — one ring for each of the Some state lawmakers and education cracks when you’re dealing with human behavior.” 20 children and six adults killed at the school. leaders say the cuts need to be reviewed The moment of silence will be observed at 9:30 a.m. local time. See ASSAults, 8A See SAFeTy, 8A Weatherman Rock-solid construction job has a little something for everyone Gleaner staff For those who like warmer weather, today’s your day! For those who prefer winter temperatures, well, today is your day too! The National Weather Service in Paducah said today’s forecast holds a little bit of everything. The high temperature should climb near 60 in the morning, but shortly thereafter, temperatures will do an about face and fall below freezing. “The biggest issue we will be facing will be the winds and falling temperatures,” said Meteorologist Robin Smith. Warmer temperatures were expected to hold steady throughout Wednesday night and into this morning. Smith said a cold front will be preceded by storms and thunderstorms. There is a slight chance Mike LaWrenCe/The GLeaner of snow tonight. Mason Gene Gries of evansville uses a saw late last week to trim one of the stones he’s using to build columns for a new fence under construction at the Jewish “If we get any snow, Mount Pisgah cemetery off of kentucky 351 near Graham hill. The small cemetery, tucked between farmland and a residential area, was founded in the late 1800s. there won’t be any accu- mulation,” he said. “After the rain, we will have a break and then possibly snow.” State will rebuild I-69 interchange at Dawson Springs Wind speeds during this transitional weather By Chuck Stinnett standards, including converting plish these goals began last year. However, it’s expected that the period from warm to cold [email protected] the Dawson Springs/Kentucky With those improvements com- FHWA will require that it first be will be between 20 and 25 270-831-8343 109 interchange from a cloverleaf plete and signs for the new I-69 brought up to interstate standards. miles per hour with wind to a diamond. installed, attention can turn to That work will include complet- gusts between 40 and 50 Gov. Steve Beshear helped cer- The cloverleaf, designed to ac- widening paved shoulders and re- ing the Robards/Kentucky 416 in- miles per hour, Smith emonially break ground for a new commodate a toll plaza when the constructing the Dawson Springs terchange in Henderson County said. interchange on Interstate 69 near parkway was opened in 1963, was interchange. and rebuilding the Sebree/Ken- Friday is expected to be his hometown of Dawson Springs typical of interchanges on Ken- The Kentucky Transportation tucky 56 interchange in Webster windy with a high temper- in Hopkins County. tucky’s parkways, all of which Cabinet awarded a nearly $5.1 mil- County, among other improve- ature of 39 degrees. Satur- A 38-mile stretch of the West- began as toll roads. But interstate lion contract to Road Builders LLC ments. day is expected to be clear ern Kentucky Parkway was des- standards require an interchange to rebuild the interchange. Work is Construction work on the Ro- with a high in the mid-40s. ignated as part of I-69 from Ed- with longer ramps. scheduled to be completed by Dec. bards interchange was scheduled Sunday will also be in the dyville to near Madisonville last The agreement with FHWA also 15, 2013. in the state’s 2012 Highway Plan to mid-40s. year. The state entered into an included upgrading guardrails and The state eventually hopes to re- take place during the 2012-2013 fis- Smith said the next pos- agreement with the Federal High- bridge rails and raising some over- designate the portion of the Penny- cal year, while the rebuilding of the sible chance of precipita- way Administration to bring that pass bridges to increase clearance. rile Parkway from near Madison- Sebree interchange is projected to tion is Christmas Day. stretch of parkway up to interstate The $10 million project to accom- ville to Henderson as I-69 as well. take place in 2016. INDEX RECYCLING Advice, 6B Church fraud case brings probation Don’t be left out: This Business, 5B online is B week for city recyclers. Gleaner staff investigation into the misuse of funds tv schedules, comics, IN www.TheGleaner.com That means those living north at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Union- CLASSI fIEDS of Second Street should place A former church employee received town. crosswords, their recyclable materials probation for using a Union County A church parishioner, Cambron also IN CLASSIfIEDS curbside this evening or 55˚/25˚ before 6 a.m. Friday. church’s credit card to purchase more was employed as the parish’s secretary deAths, 2A Cloudy, windy and than $10,000 in items. and bookkeeper for five years, Mike locAl & region, 3A turning colder today. Letecia H. Cambron, 47, Morganfield, Clark, chairman of St. Agnes’ parish lotteries, 2A Morning rain could be gleaner JR. pleaded guilty Wednesday in Union council, told The Gleaner in May. Her Check out what’s going on in Circuit Court to one count of fraudulent employment was terminated. movie times, 6B heavy at times. Windy our schools ..... students of use of a credit card fraud of $10,000 or The state police said the investigation sports, 1B-4B tonight with snow the month, youth leaders and more and one count of fraudulent use revealed that for the last two years, Cam- sudoku, 6B possible to north and more. of a credit card under $10,000. bron had been using church credit cards east. Colder Friday. Cambron was sentenced to five years’ to purchase personal items. Inside, Page 7B Full forecast, 8B probation and must pay restitution in the Clark said the items included a laptop amount of $7,921.50. Church officials said computer, jeans and groceries. Printed partially she has already reimbursed the church by The church was alerted to the situa- on recycled roughly $28,000. tion after receiving a call from a credit paper The Kentucky State Police charged card company, which suspected fraud, Cambron in May after a three-month he said. 2A » Thursday, December 20, 2012 » THE GLEANER Deaths Survey: Reported sex assaults up at military academies The Associated Press get care to everyone and hold aggres- same. That’s because military offi- sors accountable. The number of as- cials want victims to feel comfort- Darrell McCormick WASHINGTON — Reported sexual assaults reported by the U.S. Military able going to their superiors to re- Darrell McCormick 60, Henderson, died Saturday, saults at the nation’s three military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the port incidents. Dec. 15, 2012, at his home. academies jumped by 23 percent U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado The report divides the assaults He was a U.S.

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