COMMUNITY Local students re-enact historic Civil War battle NEWS A4 Blacksmith shows off skills PENNYRILE B4 Local quilt shop opening in May WWW.KENTUCKYNEWERA.COM LOCAL/STATE A4 Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2012 | 75 cents, 51 cents average home delivery cost 20 pages, 2 sections | Volume 125, Number 114 | Hopkinsville, Ky. Est. 1869 Rotary Auction RIDERS kicks off today with aCAUSE Big-ticket items include Ford Mustang, television BY CARLA JIMENEZ NEW ERA STAFF WRITER The 62nd annual Hopkinsville Ro- tary Club Auction begins today, and the goals this year are more ambitious than ever. A portion of the money raised through the auction will go to the new Rotary Scholars Program, which seeks to give every student in Christian County the opportunity to go to college. “It’s really a wonderful, wonderful program,” said Rachel Westerman, manager of the External Education Program at Hopkinsville Community Members of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles gather College. after a meeting on April 14 at the Trail of Tears Park. In order to be eligible for the pro- gram, a student must graduate from a Christian County school with a 2.5 grade-point average, have an atten- dance rate of 95 percent, be in good standing with the school, and his or Eagles plan benefit run for boy with cancer her guardian must fill out a Free Ap- plication for Federal Student Aid, or STORY AND PHOTOS BY MONICA K. SMITH FAFSA. The student must also enroll and successfully complete an intro to NEW ERA COMMUNITY EDITOR college course at Hopkinsville Com- munity College. The tuition for the hey dress the part. In dark leather jackets and T- More than a stereotype course is waived, and HCC even gives shirts from rides past, this group of people just the student the book for the class. Tmight look like another version of the hit television The Eagle Riders Group began in 2008 and now has “Also upon graduation, the student show “Sons of Anarchy.” 44 members. Their occupations range from farmers must enroll full-time at HCC,” Wester- But anarchy is the last thing on their minds. to lawyers, from managers to judges, and the group man said. “The Rotary Club will only Tuesday night, the Eagle Riders Group, a subgroup includes men and women. Their common bond is pay for them to go to HCC, and they within the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, met with they love their motorcycles. must keep up a 2.5 GPA while there.” the Peyton family for the first meeting of the Lexi “It’s just a group of Eagles that like to ride bikes This is the first year for the Rotary Sabatino Annual Poker Run. The annual run raises and some members don’t even have bikes,” Hansen Scholars Program, and the senior class money for the family of a child with an illness, and said. “We support the Eagle causes.” of 2012 will be the first class eligible for this year that child is 4-year-old Riley Peyton, who The FOE supports many local sports teams in ad- the program. “This senior class is the was diagnosed with burkitt lymphoma in October. dition to performing random acts of charity as they inaugural,” Westerman said. “That’s what we do, we help people,” said Mark come up. Hansen, president of the Eagle Riders Group. SEE CAUSE, PAGE A7 SEE ROTARY, PAGE A7 Can changing the color of your hair really make life more fun? SOMETHING he closest I’ve ever been to dying When we were done with my hair, certainly didn’t look like a comic glamorous feeling can’t be because my hair blond was as a sophomore my best friend said I looked like book hero this time, and I still don’t of my cascading locks that shine like SPARKLY Tin college. I was studying at Ox- Rogue from “X-Men.” have a cool outfit. But, wait… What silken gold in the sun. It must be the ford University in England and the They weren’t thin streaks, per se. was this feeling I had in me? Could I fumes. trend was for dark-haired ladies to They were large chunks of blond possibly now possess new superpow- But then I noticed I walked a little have thin streaks of bleach-blond hair. with one piece framing my face, and ers in the color of my locks? straighter, laughed a little more con- I wanted to embrace the culture, yes, I looked like a Marvel action I chalked up my new feeling of fidently. Even my Oakley sunglasses but salons were expensive and I was hero — minus the cool outfit and su- power to what happens when I usu- sat on my head with more poise. broke. perpowers. ally step out of my salon. Something Could it be because of the magic However, a friend said she would That was roughly eight years ago. about the scent of shampoo on my found in my new hair color? do it for free if I bought the products. Last week, I dyed my hair blond. hair, the way it feels so soft and the I headed out a few nights that week MONICA K. So I headed to the nearest British And not just streaks, or a few high- way it seems to gleam in the sun and to try out my new hair in public. equivalent of Sally’s Beauty Supply lights. My hair could be used on a move like it is its own movie star — SMITH and bought hair supplies. scarecrow for a more natural mane. I it makes you feel fabulous. No, this SEE SPARKLY, PAGE A7 INDEX WHO WE ARE: Ben T. Wilford, 56, Hopkinsville MORE INSIDE OBITUARIES A2 Ben T. Wilford has lived in two boys been called every name in the Rivers, Spires, songs www.facebook.com/ MY ANSWER, ASK AMY A2 Hopkinsville all his life. and two name in the book,” Wilford said. “I love it,” he said. “I am re- girls. One “I have been invited outside a kentuckynewera LOCAL/STATE A4 Local youth battle in the rain tired from over-the-road truck daughter is few times too. It’s now called or follow us on Twitter: COMICS A6 driving. I have been all over in the mili- Christian County Youth League at Rivers & Spires Festival. twitter.com/kentuckynewera OPINION A8 the United States, and there is tary. The but I still call it Junior Pro.” PENNYRILE B4 COMMUNITY SCRAPBOOK A9 no place like home.” other Wilford has been married to Wilford went into the Army daughter his wife Charlette for eight WEATHER A10 right out of high school in lives in years. She teaches at Clarksville PENNYRILE B4 1974. He was stationed at Fort Clarksville, Northeast Elementary. Embracing pressure TV B5 Riley, Kan. Tenn., and his two sons are in Is there someone you know who deserves Malcolm McDuffen fighting CLASSIFIEDS B7 “I was a truck driver and Hopkinsville. attention? We’d like to know. Contact us at for starting LB slot at UK. hauled jet fuel,” he said. “I have refereed Junior Pro 270-887-3238 or visit kentuckynewera.com. HOROSCOPES B9 Wilford has four children, Basketball for 31 years. I have We’ll take it from there. SPORTS B1 THE HOPKINSVILLE ROTARY AUCTION STARTS TODAY! Listen: WHOP 95.3FM/1230AM • Watch: Time Warner Channel 12 & 16 • Come by: Memorial Building A2 Monday-Tuesday, April 23-24, 2012 | OBITUARIES | www.kentuckynewera.com LOCAL/AREA DEATHS n Two wrongs usually make a mess JILL ELLIOTT FRANKLIN T. WILLIAM DEAR AMY: My long- ways trusted both of was from him. He said he true until you try it. And Jill Leavell Elliott, 49, Franklin T. Williams, 64, term girlfriend and I them. loved her and couldn’t then once the hangover Oak Grove, died Friday, Denzil Drive, died Saturday, were best friends with an- When I shared my sus- wait until they were to- wears off, you’re right April 20, 2012, at her home April 21, 2012, at Jennie Stu- other couple for more picions with my girl- gether. I told his wife where you were before — of natural causes. art Medical Center of a than 10 years. We were friend, she about what I had come sad and defeated, dou- Services will be 2 p.m. brief illness. very close friends. demanded ASK across and she was furi- bling down on your Tuesday at Hughart and Graveside services will be Over the years, I came that I apol- ous. wrongs. Beard Funeral Home with held at a later date at Elm- across little clues that my ogize to Now my girlfriend and In your case, you would wood Cemetery in Iowa. the Rev. Clint Nadau offici- girlfriend and the man in my best AMY I have broken up. My best also have the added pres- Visitation will be from 4 ating. this couple (my best friend for friend and his wife have sure of trying to dodge a until 8 p.m. Tuesday at friend) might be involved suspecting separated, and the two of relationship with some- Burial will be in Rosedale Hughart and Beard Fu- with each other, but I al- him. My them are together. I have one you should have a Cemetery, Pembroke. neral Home. best friend been in frequent touch friendship with. Visitation will be from 4 A native of Todd County, said he So here’s another say- with his wife, discussing until 8 p.m. today at the fu- he was born May 6, 1947, thought of everything that hap- ing: “Living well is the neral home.