Marching into madness Get in the game Four Kentucky teams make the big dance: UK, U of L, WKU and Murray State Official NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket Inside TODAY Sports, B6-B7 MONDAY MARCH 12, 2012 ■ www.thenewsenterprise.com ■ SERVING HARDIN COUNTY SINCE 1974 ■ 50 cents Republicans look to rebuild After soundly defeating the Hardin County Republican cause the Democratic Party was right-to-work legislation and tax Speakers at Lincoln Democrat Bob Farmer for the of- Party’s annual Lincoln Day better organized in many coun- reform. In the governor’s race, fice of agriculture commissioner, Dinner at Pritchard Community ties despite strong Republican ceding the seat to Democrat Day Dinner discuss James Comer accomplished Center in Elizabethtown. candidates, such as Todd P’Pool Steve Beshear gives the state a something few Republicans Comer said the state is and K.C. Crosbie. leader with no vision or plan, And Comer said there are challenging 2011, could achieve in 2011: Win an Democratic by registration but Comer said. elected office. Republican in ideology — and consequences to losing races at “We must rebuild our great look ahead “My election proved Re- state Republicans must rebuild every level. In the Kentucky publicans can win in Kentucky,” in 2012. General Assembly, the conse- party all across the state and it By MARTY FINLEY Comer told a room of GOP sup- The reason they lost so many quence of losing Republican must start at the local level,” [email protected] porters Saturday Night during races in 2011, he added, is be- voices is the inability to pass Turn to GOP, A5 Mapping the way to history at Fort Knox Post access improvements near completion Allstar program designed to speed passage through checkpoints By MARTY FINLEY [email protected] Those visiting Fort Knox could have speedier ac- cess as soon as Memorial Day weekend. Col. Bruce Jenkins, Fort Knox garrison com- mander, said the post is working through final tests on a background check program known as Allstar JILL PICKETT/The News-Enterprise that will allow guards at each of Fort Knox’s gates to Matthew Rector, a historic preservation specialist at Fort Knox, speaks Wednesday about the current instantaneously search local and national databases headquarters of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation on post. It is one of the sites on the historical driving in seconds through a simple scan of a driver’s li- trail, and notable for its Spanish Mission Revival architecture. cense. The program has been in the works for months and first was announced by Maj. Gen. Mark Mc- Donald, Fort Knox commander, as a way to loosen Fort Knox drafts historical trail map access restrictions for the surrounding communities so they can drive on post, look around, and take ad- vantage of businesses and recreational activities. for visitors as access to post increases The system will be able to sift out fugitives or oth- er individuals with extensive criminal histories who are not wanted on post. The system also can scan a By MARTY FINLEY maps will be available at the will provide a road map for those list of local individuals who have been denied access [email protected] and can search databases to identify individuals who General George Patton Museum who want to explore Fort Knox’s have caused trouble or had run-ins with the law at of Leadership as well as the new history. As Fort Knox prepares to ease other military or Department of Defense installa- restrictions on access for visitors welcome center at Chaffee Gate The site offers a smorgasbord tions, he said. in the coming months, it also has once renovations there are com- of older sites and new structures, The system will register a visitor’s driver’s license developed a new tool to cele- pleted, said Kyle Hodges, a pub- including Brooks Parade Field, after it is scanned, allowing for quick access on fu- brate its history. lic affairs officer at Fort Knox. the Patton Museum, Godman ture visits, Jenkins added. The post now will offers his- Hodges said the guide ties into Army Airfield, the Leaders Club, “There’ll be no need for a pass anymore,” he toric driving trail maps featuring the post’s desire to get more peo- Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude Com- said. 21 historical sites on post. The ple on post looking around and Turn to MAP, A11 Turn to ACCESS, A7 Girl Scouts celebrate centennial Elizabethtown recognizes the founding of the Girl Scouts on this service center every year,” Events scheduled all 100th anniversary of an organi- March 12, 1912. The office also she said. zation that continues to provide will commemorate the anniver- Menisa Marshall, Girl Scouts BY THE WAY year to recognize leadership skills to girls. sary with other events through- of Kentuckiana director of com- As part of the Girl Scouts’ “Girls and young women re- out the year, Faircloth said. munications, said some Girl 100th anniversary celebration, anniversary port that being a Girl Scouts gave Faircloth, whose offices in- Scouts centers will hold promise the Heartland Service Center in them the courage and competen- clude the Heartland Service Elizabethtown is holding an circles at 7:12 p.m. today, which alumni luncheon Sept. 26 at the By ROBERT VILLANUEVA cy to try things,” Deborah Fair- Center in Elizabethtown, said in military time is 1912, the year cloth, Girl Scouts regional direc- the organization provides a “safe, Brown-Pusey House. Interested [email protected] of the organization’s founding. tor, said. all-girl environment” for mem- alumni should contact Angie Like other Girl Scout centers Promise circles incorporate the Tinch, program delivery coordi- Today’s celebration is a day- bers to learn leadership skills. nator, at (270) 769-5563. around the country, today the long event at Heartland Service “We serve 10 counties, and Girl Scout Promise and could in- Heartland Service Center in Center to commemorate the about 2,400 girls are served from Turn to SCOUTS, A7 INSIDE WEATHER ■ TODAY’S OBITUARIES SINCE YOU ASKED INSIDE Clara Mae Boone, 93 ABBY..................A8 NEIGHBORS ......A8 Steven W. Fite, 52, Results of Sunday’s The News-Enter- CALENDAR.........A4 OBITUARIES.......A4 Quinn Grant, 63, prise online poll, as of 7 p.m.: Young Cooks CLASSIFIEDS.....B5 OPINION ............A6 Cecil B. 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A2 MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012 HeartlandLOCAL NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND KENTUCKIANA LOOKING BACK DAILY BRIEFING LOUISVILLE ON THIS DATE IN 1664, England’s King Charles II Press leading efforts to granted an area of land in Park project present-day North America includes planting known as New Netherland a woodland to his brother James, the Duke of York. open child abuse records Thousands of trees are IN 1933, President Frank- being planted in an effort to lin D. Roosevelt delivered By RANDY PATRICK contact with the cabinet. The cabi- restore a native woodland the first of his 30 radio “fire- The Associated Press “I think this crisis that net fought the ruling until Decem- in eastern Jefferson County. ber, when Gov. Steve Beshear an- side chats.” FRANKFORT — A legal battle was really instigated The project is part of the IN 1987, the musical play nounced the files would be released. development of the Park- between Kentucky newspapers and by the honesty of the The files showed the cabinet nev- “Les Miserables” opened the state Cabinet for Health and lands of Floyds Fork, a on Broadway. press has made all the er did an internal fatality review af- string of parks and protect- Family Services over access to child ter the girl’s death. death records has created what difference in the world, ed open spaces. IN HARDIN COUNTY The governor, however, has de- Workers with 21st Centu- Democratic Rep. Susan Westrom of and we will see changes 30 YEARS AGO, a post- fended the state’s efforts to keep ry Parks used federal mon- Lexington called a “perfect storm” wide search was on by Fort because of this.” some child abuse records closed. In ey from the Natural Resour- in a speech to a gathering of social Knox officials for govern- a column he recently sent to news- ces Conservation Service to workers at the state Capitol. ment-owned property State Rep. Susan Westrom papers, Beshear said the state is “not plant 31,000 saplings at the which possibly had been Westrom said she’s hopeful the D-Lexington trying to camouflage the actions of 45-acre site. They included stolen. The search included attention brought by newspapers the cabinet or its workers.” red oaks, pin oaks, pecans, will result in greater transparency in all living quarters. Inspec- and Family Services, 111 children Jon Fleischaker, the attorney rep- persimmon, black walnut tions had revealed possible child abuse investigations and leg- died as a result of abuse or neglect resenting the Todd County Standard in and several other trees that inaccuracies in accountabil- islative action to protect children. between July 1, 2008 and June 30 of the Amy Dye open records case and are native to the state.