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www.middlesborodailynews.com Thursday, October 6, 2011 Serving the Tri-State community Printed on 100% Recycled Newsprint 12 Pages, 50¢ INSIDE Local child advocacy center Beshear 2-months-old and growing differs from ANTHONY CLOUD social services, Com- transported to London to Staff Writer pCare, schools, and law get the services that they challengers on enforcement. needed. Now that there PINEVILLE — It has Gina Johnson, the is a center locally, it is been just over two Executive Director of more convenient for all abortion issue months since the Ray of the center, stated that the clients. Hope Children Advoca- since the opening of the “I would think a fam- ROGER ALFORD cy Center opened in center, numbers have ily would find it more Associated Press Pineville. Since then been relatively high. In economical, especially Middlesboro things have been going the first two weeks, the with the price of gas,” FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Sports Hall of relatively well for the center had around eight said Johnson. “By com- Steve Beshear has staked out a pro-abortion rights Fame Class of center. to ten active cases. ing here we try to work stand that sharply differs from his two challengers Since opening, the “The thing that we are with parents schedules, in the Nov. 8 general election. 2011 center has been accept- finding, children as well so they do not miss work The hot-button issue has traditionally been an — Page 8 ing clients. Some of the as parents and grandpar- or the child miss a day of important one in Kentucky, a Bible Belt state clients come in on their ents are seeing this as a school.” where politicians often compete for endorsements YOUR own, while others are friendly environment,” The center is also from anti-abortion groups, particularly Kentucky referred to the center. said Johnson. working with the school Right to Life. COMMUNITY These referrals have Prior to the center district with transporta- Because of his position, Beshear typically isn't come in the form of opening, children were • See CHILD, page 3 in the running for such endorsements. Wall Street "When a woman considers the difficult decision of whether or not to have an abortion, this decision protests should be between her, her physician and her spread to TTrriicckk--oorr--sswweeeett God," Beshear said in response to a questionnaire from The Associated Press. "Government's role Kentucky should be to work to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies through increased educa- LOUISVILLE, Ky. tional and economic opportunities and access to (AP) — The demonstra- affordable quality health care." tions on Wall Street have The AP quizzed each of the candidates in the spread to Kentucky's two three-way race for governor about their feelings largest cities as protesters on abortion, finding that Republican David Wil- speak out against corporate liams and independent Gatewood Galbraith are greed and a political sys- staunch opponents. Williams beat out Galbraith to tem they see favoring the win the endorsement of Kentucky Right to Life wealthy. and Northern Kentucky Right to Life. In Louisville, a couple "I have long fought for greater restrictions on dozen protesters took up abortion and will do so as governor," said Wil- the cause midday Wednes- liams, who has tried to use the abortion issue to day in a grassy space draw contrasts between himself and Beshear. across from the Kentucky An independent political group has been airing Convention Center. The number of protesters sur- radio ads across the state that say Williams has passed 100 the day before supported more than 40 legislative initiatives to as the Occupy Louisville restrict abortion since being elected to the state movement sprung up. legislature more than two decades ago. University of Louisville Margie Montgomery, director of the anti-abor- senior Brian Ensminger tion group, said the endorsement typically goes to says he's protesting the loss a "viable candidate" who has clearly demonstrated of the American dream for an anti-abortion position. While Galbraith falls on young adults like him who the right side of the issue, he is a perennial candi- face staggering college date running a distant third in the polls. debt with few job "David Williams has helped pass numerous prospects after graduation. pro-life bills," Montgomery said. "He's very In Lexington, a handful knowledgeable, very articulate on the issue. His people sat outside Chase record is 100 percent pro-life. He makes no bones Bank as part of the protest. about it." Construction worker Brad Galbraith, a Lexington attorney, has been a Cobb said he heard about vocal critic of abortion, using strong words. the demonstration on TV KRYSTIN DANIELS | Photo submitted "I believe it is the taking of human life," he and felt compelled to join Molly (left) and Bay can’t wait for Halloween, can you? said. in. Federal Do you have a great photo that you would like to see in the Polls show Beshear isn't hurt by his abortion Middlesboro Daily News? Submit it to us for consideration! Send the stand. He is leading Williams, his closest competi- official photo with a description to [email protected]. tor, by more than 25 percentage points. urges limit on pseu- doephedrine Theft chief complaint at recent FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The deputy director M’boro City Council meeting of the White House Office ANTHONY CLOUD about vehicles being wife two hours to No action was taken street. They will be dig- of National Drug Control Staff Writer broke into. They have assemble the thing... that on this issue because the Policy is calling for Ken- ging up all the old been broke into about means that they could police chief was not tucky lawmakers to pass MIDDLESBORO — planters and adding new legislation that would allow seven or eight times have stayed at least two present at the meeting. dirt and new plants to Woody Wyatt, the owner since he took office,” hours on the porch tak- Casey Thomas cold medicines containing of a car lot on 19th the area. Work on this pseudoephedrine to be sold said Wyatt. ing it apart,” Wyatt explained some new by prescription only. street, brought to the Wyatt stated that they alleged in reference to activity that will be hap- project will begin next Benjamin B. Tucker, attention of the Middles- (the car lot) cannot the recent theft activity pening around down- week. head of state, local and trib- boro City Council on afford to take out insur- over the weekend. town Middlesboro dur- Anthony Cloud is a staff al affairs for the agency, Tuesday night that there ance for theft. Over the White also stated that ing the Community writer for the Middlesboro spoke to local leaders at the have been several inci- weekend, Wyatt report- recently someone stole a Development report. Daily News. He can be Kentucky League of Cities dents of theft at his car ed that someone had radio from a car, and Thanks to a grant that contacted at annual conference in Lex- lot recently. stolen a metal glider then brought it back and was won recently, there acloud@heartlandpublica- ington on Wednesday. “I called the mayor from the porch. placed it on the car will be work on planters Tucker said his office tions.com. considers restricting pseu- several months ago “It took me and my because it did not work. from 18th street to 24th doephedrine to people with prescriptions an effective Cigarette dealer probe spans several years, states means of helping to combat methamphetamine, a rela- BRETT BARROUQUERE old Pedro "Peter" Bello ing sales taxes. He then the phone at a number in ment has cracked down tively cheap homemade Associated Press drug that is widely abused of Miami, Fla. He was sold the cigarettes Miami listed for Bello in recent years on con- in Kentucky. linked to several large- around the country said he no longer lived traband cigarettes — LOUISVILLE, Ky. scale investigations and while pocketing bigger at that house. The smokes sold by people The pseudoephedrine in (AP) — A tobacco dis- many over-the-counter cold named in a civil lawsuit profits by avoiding the woman declined to give and businesses through medicines is a primary tributor closely watched brought by the city of Kentucky tax. her name before hanging illegitimate channels to ingredient in meth. by federal agents for a New York over untaxed The indictment up. Bello is scheduled avoid paying taxes. The Under Kentucky law, decade has been charged cigarettes, but never against him says that his for arraignment Oct. 18 Department of Justice medications containing in Kentucky with using charged until now. Louisville-based compa- at 9:30 a.m. in estimates that federal, pseudoephedrine are kept phony invoices to avoid Bello was arrested ny GT Northeast avoid- Louisville. state and local govern- behind pharmacy counters. paying taxes on millions Tuesday on a charge of ed paying $2 million in The Bureau of Alco- ments lose out on $5 bil- The identities of people of dollars' worth of ciga- conspiracy to commit taxes on $12 million hol, Tobacco, Firearms lion annually in tax rev- who purchase them are rettes that he sold in sev- wire fraud. Authorities worth of cigarettes it and Explosives in enue from the cigarette recorded in an electronic eral states. say he bought massive sold. But details of pre- Miami, which took cus- schemes. log. As far back as 2002, amounts of cigarettes in vious investigations tody of Bello, did not Bello's name has sur- prosecutors in Texas Kentucky but used indicate the scope of his immediately return a faced in several investi- sought to secretly listen invoices written by a operations were much call Wednesday morn- gations at the heart of to cell phone conversa- company he owned in larger.

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