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KNIGHT SPIRIT! OOutstandingutstanding SPRING FORWARD! See more photos from the BBusinesspersonusinessperson CHANGE girls 5th region championship YOUR NNEWSEWS I A2A2 CLOCKS SPORTS I B1 & ONLINE SUNDAY! IN THE NEWS A brief look at what’s happen- TThehe LebanonLebanon EnterpriseEnterprise ing in Marion County this week. Read this and more, including breaking news, on the web! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 , 2011 75 CENTS VOL. 124, NO. 52 e MMARIONARION CCOUNTY,OUNTY, KKYY e--newsnews www.lebanonenterprise.com ■ CITY OF LEBANON Schools will have 2-hour delay Thursday The Marion County Public School System has issued a two- Council hour delay for Thursday due to the Lady Knights basketball game at the state tournament in Bowling Green Wednesday evening. School votes to will begin Thursday at 10:25 a.m. The Lady Knights are set to tip off against the Montgomery County Lady Indians from Mt. Sterling at 9 p.m. eastern time. eliminate According to a memo from Steve Burkich, interim superintendent, due to the late start of the game and the distance from Bowling restaurant Green, students will be arriving home late from the game, which is why school will be delayed for two hours Thursday. If the Lady Knights win tax in city Wednesday’s game, school will be By Stephen Lega cancelled Friday, March 11. [email protected] St. Augustine Grade School will not change its schedule, however. The Lebanon City Council has voted to St. A will have regular classes on eliminate the city’s restaurant tax. both Thursday and Friday. Councilman Jerry Abell made the motion during Monday night’s meeting, March 7, Junior Mister is March 26 which was seconded by Councilman Kenny The Marion County High School Marrett and officially approved 5-0 by Beta Club is pleased to present the the council. Councilwoman Denise Fogle 6th annual Marion County Junior did not cast a vote on Abell’s motion, but Mister Pageant Saturday, March under parliamentary rules, her non-vote is 26, at 7 p.m. in the Roby Dome. included with the majority. The pag- Councilwoman Kate Palagi, who recent- eant was ly gave birth to her fourth child, was not Photos by Stephen Lega designed present at the meeting. Makayla Epps makes the to mirror Monday’s vote is only the first step toward first cut of the net after the Marion eliminating the restaurant tax, however. The Marion County defeated County Junior council must approve two readings of an Elizabethtown to win the Miss compe- amendment to its tourism ordinance and tition with Fifth Region championship participants that amendment must be published offi- Saturday night. competing cially before the tax would end. in interview, Make-A-Wish Marrett initiated the discussion about fitness, poise Child Emily tourism at the end of the March 7 meeting. and talent After the editorial in last week’s Enterprise, competitions Marrett said he received three emails urg- but this pageant was for high ing an end to the abuse of tourism dollars, TTWOWO SSWEET!WEET! school boys instead of girls - hence expressing concern for wasteful spending the name “Junior Mister.” of tax money, and stating that they were This event is held each year to appalled at the blatant disregard for the tax- he Marion County Lady Knights claimed their second consecutive Fifth raise money for the Make A Wish payers hard-earned money. Region championship by defeating Elizabethtown, 53-52, Saturday night. Foundation. There are 20 young “These statements reflect the heartbeat With the win, the Lady Knights (25-6) will also be making their second men competing in this year’s of this community, of how they feel about consecutive trip to the the Sweet Sixteen in Bowling Green. Marion County program. The theme is “That’s how our tourism dollars are being spent,” a Rap” an ode to old and new T school rap. Tickets will be sold for Marrett said. is scheduled to face 10th Region champion Montgomery County (15-15) at 8 p.m. He reminded the council that he had Central time Wednesday, March 9, at E.A. Diddle Arena on the campus of Western $5 in advance at MCHS and $7 at the door. All proceeds will go been appointed to the tourism commission Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Look for more on the girls state tourney in to the Make A Wish Foundation, in hopes of saving tourism and in an effort this week’s sports section and more photos on our web site. specifically to grant the wish of to alleviate some of the discontent in the a 10-year-old girl from Lebanon community. MCHS students showed their named Emily. She was born with “It’s time that this city council took some support for the Lady Knights Pulmonary Atresia, a form of con- action of their own to help eliminate this with body paint. genital heart disease in which the situation,” Marrett said. pulmonary valve does not form Mayor Gary Crenshaw said the council properly. She has had to undergo could adjust the tourism tax rate, eliminate multiple heart surgeries to fight the restaurant and/or hotel tax or eliminate her illness. Emily’s one true wish the tourism commission. was to go to the theme parks in Marrett added that the city council works Orlando, Fla. with the tourism commission in some com- munities without a director and without a tourism office, and in other communities tourism is under the economic development office. OBITUARIES City Attorney Kandice Engle-Gray said that is correct. She also said any move to Inside, page A4 alter the tax, to alter the commission or George Lewis Graham, 63 to alter the make-up of the board would Barbara Ann Linton, 45 Tax A5 See page Susan Christine O’Bryan, 88 Agnes Louise Pendygraft, 81 Dalton Wells Young, 85 ■ HEALTH Saving Landon’s life INDEX Calendar . A4 Opinion . A6 Thompson family are ambassadors for St.Baldrick’s event Education . A9 Faith . A10 By Stevie Lowery Public Record . A11 [email protected] Farm . A12 Sports. B1 Landon Thompson looks like a happy, healthy 8-month-old. Classifieds. B6 He smiles. He giggles. His blue eyes twinkle as he plays with his 5-year-old brother, Benjamin, and his parents, Pat and Stephanie. Photo by Stevie Lowery Behind those beautiful, blue eyes are tumors that not only threaten Landon Thompson was Landon’s vision, but also his young, precious life. diagnosed with bilateral He has a rare form of cancer called bilateral retinoblastoma. It is a retinoblastoma in January, type of eye cancer in children, and it has completely transformed the and is currently undergo- lives of Landon and his family. ing chemotherapy. See Landon page A5 AUTO HOME LIFE BUSINESS 690 Metts Drive If accidents happen Lebanon Kentucky 40033 close to home Small town service. shouldn’t that be where 270-692-3281 your insurance is? Big time commitment. ® [email protected] Doug Ray Charles Monin Jason Elder BIG ON COMMITMENT. Agency Manager Agent Agent A2 NEWS • the lebanon enterprise • wednesday, march 9, 2011 ■ CHAMBER AWARDS Happy to help Chamber honors businessman Frank Southall Jr. By Stephen Lega personal experiences with “I’ve got an excellent work [email protected] Southall. She went to work staff. That’s what makes for Southall in 1995, and she my business go smooth,” rank Southall Jr. has been one of his custom- Southall said. “It makes my started working in a ers ever since. job a lot easier.” pharmacy when he “Frank treats his custom- As a child, he thought about Fwas 14 years old. By ers, colleagues, and employ- becoming a veterinarian, but his father’s side, he learned ees with a professional and when he started college he the ins and outs of relating to respectful attitude,” she said. had a feeling he would end customers. Nevertheless, Southall said up as a pharmacist. He grad- The main thing he picked he was surprised to receive uated from the University of up was that he should treat the award, even though he Kentucky’s pharmacy school people how he would want to was at the chamber’s award in 1984, and returned to work be treated, said Southall, 50. banquet. with his father in Lebanon. “Everybody’s special in “I was there to work with In 1993, Southall purchased some way, no matter where the Knights of Columbus,” the business from his father, they come from,” he said. Southall said. “I wasn’t and in 1999, the pharmacy His ongoing concern for dressed as an award recipi- moved to its current loca- people at Southall Pharmacy ent.” tion adjacent to Family and is no doubt one of the reasons He appreciates the award, Internal Medical Associates he was named this year’s but he was also quick to and Spring View Hospital. Photo by Stephen Lega Outstanding Businessperson credit his father and other While he makes his liv- by the Marion County family members for helping ing through the pharmacy, Frank Southall Jr. was recognized as the Marion County Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber of Commerce. him along the way. Southall said his favorite part Outstanding Businessperson. “Frank gives 110 percent “Anybody could have of the job is helping people. community. He serves on the Marion County High School by or call their pharmacists to his business and his cus- done what I did,” Southall “When somebody comes board of the Marion County and St. Catharine College with any questions they may tomers,” Angie Akers said. said. “I took over a success- up to you and says you did Health Department and at students who are interested have.

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