www .lhenewsenlerprise.com Summer movie preview PUlSE, ~1O I HUHSOI! APR il 12, 20 12 • SERY ING HAR DI N COU NTY SI NCE 19 14 • REAC H SU BSC RI BER SE RVI CES AT (2lD) collisions creased By SARAH BENNETT obem>e" @th.ne..... n'"TJlri ...oo m fter a mild winter and warm March, Kentucky roadways saw a 69 per­ cent increase in motor­ -- . cycle-related wrecks from the ~e time last year, slate police report. Through April 4, troopers have responded to 249 motorcy­ cle-related wrecks resulting in 167 injuries and nine deaths, ac­ cording to Kentucky State Police. These numbel"! translate to a 75 percent increase in injuries and a 44 pen:ent increase in deaths, police say. Virgil Willoughby, public in­ Radcliff polk:e released thls.ketch of a t&enager- about formation officer for the Eliza­ 5-1001·5 who II wanted In connection with assault and bethtown Police Department, robbery allegations. said because of an Wlscasonably wann March, motorcyclists ap­ peared on roadways earHer than they have in years past. Radcliff police Between 2009 to 2011, EPO responded to two motorcycle-re.­ lated wreo:ks in Maro:h, Wil­ loughby said_I n MaTo:h this year, seek robbery, the police department respond­ ed to eight, three of which in­ volved injuries. With the Significant rise in col­ assault suspect lisions involving motort::ydes, law enforo:ement agenO:ies are trying to raise safety awareness. Sketch, description released in KS I' in partio:ular is using social media outlets to "blastft its meso hopes public can offer assistance sage to Facebook and Twitter fol­ ...... """'m{ll!o~ lowers while posting content to By SARAH BENNETI' Steve ManlOll Workl on a motorcycle at WII!-OI1 Motorcycle Shop In Elizabethtown. >b<n""" @'I-.enc.....,n ..rpri ...mm Malnt&nance It Importan1 to ensure a rider can control and stop a motorcycle. its YouTube. Flich and Blogger ac:counts, the agency said in a Radcliff police are searching for an lUlidentified news release. teenagcr W<Ulted in connection to two assaults <Uld BY THE NUMBERS Most WTCcks involving a robbery the night of March 28 in the area of Elm • A ~Ilst Is 51 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle wreck motorcydes OCO:Uf at Road and North Woodland Drive. and • times rTlO(e likely to be Irjllled than a car drIwr. intersections, \Vil· FOll r men were walking together in the area • Half Of all motorcycle wrecks inVQlve another vehicle. loughby said. when police said one of them ~beat up" a man in • Of those InvoMng another vehicle. ID ..,!'Clnt were caused "When you pull the parking lot of an apartment oompfex. ·Ibe sus­ by the other vehicle turning left in front of a motorcyclist. out, look left, look • In 2010. It motorcycliSts were killed in wrecks in Kentucky. pect allegedly tCM)k the man's cellphone before con­ right and look left tinuing north on North Woodland Drive. Of those . ... were not wearing helmets. again, n he said. Police said thc injnred man was transported to • That same year. II: percent of motorcyclists involved in falal wrec ks In October, were not carrying a valid license. Hardin Memorial Hospital where he was treated EI'D responded to • Over the last decade. the age gronp with the largest Increase in and released. a falal motorcyde fatalities is riders tll •• r th ••• D. ~ I f they're tr.uJsported 10 the hospital, it's a seri- Tun, 10 MOTORCYcu:. AS T"", 10 SUSPECI', AS Illinois students use spring break to help others other !,'fOUp of students helps construct a High school partners storage shed and assists with landscaping across the street. The ochool is expe<:ted to assist on the projects throngh Friday. with Hardin County Che<:k, a jWlior at Boylan, said the ex· perience ha.'l been enthralling so far a.'I he Habitat to provide aid gets to work with an organi7.ation he re.­ spects and do something good for the By MARTY FINLEY community. mfml<y@the ......... n!erpri><_com PIns he gets the bragging rights of say· Alex Check is spending spring break ing he helped build a house and added a sUfTOnllded by friends, bUI the Illinois new skill to his repertoire. teenagers passed up sandy beaches for ~Check it off your bucket list," he said. sawdust and ham men. Stacy Cussen, a senior at Boylan, said Nearly 30 students from Boylan Cath· she was worried she would struggle with olic High School in Rockford, IlL , part­ the work and miss more nails than she nered with Hardin County Habita! for struck, but Habitat volunteers have been Humanity th is week. The students ace di ligent with instruo:tion. working on construction of a house near "No one is falling through the noor ...... "'!tnT""" __ boards so tllat's cool,n Cussen said. Students Stacy Cussen, 18, and Dan Walls, 17, 01 Bllylan Catholic High School In Rocklofd, the intersection of Haycraft and East III., secure board, WedllQday while building a deck !of a home under con, tructlon by Hardin Poplar streets in Eli:t.abethtown while an- Twn til HABrrAT. AI2 County Habitat for Humanity. The ItUdentl are on spring break. INSIDE WEATHER • TODAY'S OBITUARIES SINCE YOU ASKED Anderson E. Caswell, 91 ABBY ..............A. NEIGHBORS ..... 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A2 at ..-.thenewlenletpriH.com A2 1lIE NEWS-ENTERPRISE THURSD AY. APRi l 12. 2m LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUN D KENTUGKIANA LOOKING BACK DAILY BRIEFING ON THIS DATE IN 1862, dur­ MAMMOTK CAVE ing the Civil War, Union volunteers Jed by J ames J. Cave offering Andrew! stole a Confed­ free tours erate locomotive near Marietta, Ca., and headed Mammoth Cave Na­ toward Chananooga, Tenn., tional Park is offering two on a mission 10 sabotage as free cave tours later this much of the rail line as they month in recognition of could. The raiders were National Park Week. caught, and eight of them Visitors must pil.:k up were executed as spies. tickets for the free tours of IN HARDIN COUNTY the Discovery and Mam­ 30 YEARS AGO, Hardin moth Passage caves, which Countians living in magiste­ are being given April 21·29. rial District 4 went on Park Superintendent record saying the ambu­ Patrick Reed said outdoor lance service and roads activities be,lefit not only physical and mental health, were .their top two funding _ ...... ...c: UTT /ThO_·~ pnonlies. They also said but "it's just plain fun. ~ lI.elrtueky State Poliee Trooper Seott Rafferty I n~ " t l p t" a tw()-~e h le l e wreek Wednesday momlng on Center Point In addition to free cave they supported the contro­ Road In the White Mill. area nea r Cent., Point Missionary Baptist Church. versial expansion of Hardin tours, the rark has sched­ Memorial Hospital. Magi­ uled spe(:ia walks and other strate Ivan Lee Nail hand­ activities on April 21 and delivered questionnaires to Head-on crash near White Mills J unior Ranger Day on April constituents to find how 28. A fu ll listing of acti vities they felt about the issues. is available on the park's 20 YEARS AGO, Glenn w. website at www.nps.gov/ Ro$ Jr., new chief execu­ sends two motorists to hospital macalplanyourvisir.lmaca_ tive officer of L..'l keview events.htm. Rehabilitation Hospital, won 17re News-Enlerpriu's SOMER SET ugly tie contest. Raddiff at­ Injuries non-life torney Chris Gohman took Residents set second place, and Central threatening Hardin student Daniel to vote on Zaehringer won third place. By SARAH BENNETI' alcohol sales .u..n.... ' @tb ....,....,n"'TPri>< .com Another town in south­ A head-on collision Wednesday ern Kentucky has scheduled morning on ~n t er Poi nt Road a local option vote on alco­ near \Vhile Mills sent two men 10 hol sales. area hospitals. Residents in Somerset TOOAY'S FORECAST Wesley L. Logsdon, 30, of will head lo the polls on Sonora was traveling west on J une 26 to cast ballots on Mostly sumy. Center Point Road in a pick-up whether to allow restaurant HIgll:61 tmck. As he approached a curve in and package sales in the TONIGHT: Mostly the road. the pickup collided head city. clear. LCMr: 43 on with a red Monte Carlo, driven The date was set after a by Lowell Richardson, 62, of A ear and truck . 1t on oppo!llte . ldc. of Center Poflrt Road near White Mill. group called Progress ",11 4»1 11i1:' White Mills. after a Wednesday momlng crash. Both drive,. were transported to hospital•. Somerset tumed in petitions Kentucky State Police report west of Center Point Missionary Once emergency responders ar­ with enough signatures fa­ Richardson was traveling east on Baptist Church.