COMING UP SPORTS ‘Positive rock’ Raiders win Bowling Green band seeks Forced into a slower pace, wider influence with its Warren East records 50-41 Christian message. victory at Edmonson County. See Thursday’s Time Out. Page 1C Tomorrow Park City Showers continue. WEDNESDAY 55/36 JANUARY 25, 2012 Details, Page 2A DAILY NEWS Year 157 – No. 25, 30 Pages, 6 Sections www.bgdailynews.com Bowling Green, Kentucky STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: ANALYSIS Obama punches GOP rivals Speech places president firmly in the campaign arena Republicans: Ditch the partisanship By CHARLES BABINGTON relatively modest 14 percent in taxes on his The Associated Press $21 million in 2010 income. By the Daily News WASHINGTON — President Barack “You can call this class warfare all you Republican lawmakers issued statements after Obama, having watched his Republican want,” Obama said, chiding Republicans. President Barack Obama delivered his State of the adversaries pound him for weeks, got his “But asking a billionaire to pay at least as Union address Tuesday night. Here’s how elected offi- turn Tuesday night, using his State of the cials of local interest reacted to the president’s speech: much as his secretary in taxes? Most Amer- ••• Union speech to land the first major coun- icans would call that common sense.” terpunch of the still-forming 2012 election. “President Obama has spent three years blaming Obama could not use the State of the Republicans and pursuing spending policies that It came before a prime-time audience of Union’s formal setting for a purely political millions that the GOP candidates can only have hurt our economy. It’s time we work together. speech, of course. But he invited a symbol- House Republicans have passed 30 jobs bills that are envy, even if their debates are turning heads. ically telling guest to the House chamber: Obama didn’t mention Mitt Romney or sitting in the Senate. I call on President Obama to the secretary who works for investor Warren Newt Gingrich in his third State of the prevail upon Majority Leader (Harry) Reid to pass Buffett, a billionaire who says the U.S. tax our legislation that will actually help the economy.” Union address. But the GOP contenders – U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green were never far from mind. Obama demand- code unwisely lets him pay a lower tax rate than his clerical staff. Saul Loeb/AP ed economic fairness for Americans on the President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union See REPUBLICANS, 6A same day that Romney revealed paying a See DOMINANT, 6A address Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two local bands Neighborhood cornerstone Diemer’s D & F Supermarket preparing to shut down hoping to build on 2011 success By JUSTIN STORY Sleeper Agent were voted first and The Daily News second, respectively, in Rolling [email protected]/783-3256 Stone magazine’s Best New Artists Coming off a year of national of 2011 readers’ poll. acclaim, noteworthy accomplish- Cage the Elephant lead singer ments and memorable perfor- Matt Shultz said his father noti- mances, Bowling Green-based fied him of the Rolling Stone rock bands Cage the Elephant and milestone in a phone call, and Sleeper Agent each have ambi- while it was a pleasant surprise, tious plans for this year. such an accolade wasn’t necessar- Cage’s sophomore album, ily on the radar of the band, which “Thank You, Happy Birthday,” also features guitarist Brad Shultz, was released last year, debuting at bassist Daniel Tichenor, guitarist No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album Lincoln Parish and drummer chart and topping the iTunes Top Jared Champion. “We just try to Downloads chart. make records and enjoy what we Meanwhile, Sleeper Agent’s do,” Shultz said. debut album, “Celabrasion,” was Both bands are forging ahead released in August to critical with big plans in the new year. acclaim, and the album’s lead sin- Cage is performing on the Big gle, “Get It Daddy,” made several music critics’ and websites’ year- Day Out Festival, a traveling end best-of lists. show that is taking the band to The two bands spent much of major cities in Australia and New the last half of 2011 touring togeth- Zealand. er. At the end of the year, Cage and See BOTH, 6A Photos by Alex Slitz/Daily News Report: Kentucky Above: Wanda Rone of Bowling Green browses the aisles Tuesday at Diemer’s D & F Supermarket on Adams Street. Diemer’s has served Bowling Green for 70 years and will shut its doors for the final time as early as next week. Below: Rosa Lucero and her son Alex Lucero, 8, both of Bowling Green, enter Diemer’s to do some shopping. Go to bgdailynews.com for a video interview. has little progress By ROBYN L. MINOR The Daily News [email protected]/783-3249 oe Diemer said he’s ready for a in teacher quality vacation. “I can’t tell you how long it’s By JANET CAPPIELLO ated with these standards,” the been since I’ve had a real vacation,” The Associated Press report released today said. Diemer said Tuesday while explain- Kentucky has made little Kentucky ranked 41st in teacher ing why he’s closing Diemer’s D & F progress in improving the quality quality nationwide, with an overall Supermarket on Adams Street. “It’s just been of its teachers in the past two grade of D+. The nonprofit, non- a day or two here and there.” years, and its elementary teachers partisan NCTQ is a research and After the market closes – probably some- are not ready to implement the policy group that seeks to improve time next week, when the store runs out of new lessons required by the state’s the quality of teaching. food – Diemer said he plans to head to New adoption of the Common Core The report also was highly crit- Orleans for that vacation. State Standards, according to a “I thought about it all last year and at the ical of the state’s requirements for report from the National Council special education teachers, saying end of the year, I just decided I would close,” on Teacher Quality. he said. because they need only a general “Although Kentucky has certification, they do not have the The market has been in business in or near adopted the Common Core Stan- knowledge needed to teach spe- downtown for 70 years, and Diemer said he dards, the state does not ensure hopes the store will persist in some form, that its elementary teachers candi- cial education students expected even though he’s closing the current version. dates are adequately prepared to to learn grade-level content. 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