IT’S HOOPLA TIME! SEE PAGE B2 Henry County Local 75¢ Eminence, Kentucky www.hclocal.com Vol. 155, No. 17, 16 pages WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 WEBpoll: Who has the most loyal fans? EHS BASKETBALL SEASON RECAP VISIT WWW.HCLOCAL.COM • SEE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS ON A2 INsports, B1 Henry County is home to City to UK basketball history seek CDBG $ Eminence seeking grant funding to address sewer system upgrade BY JONNA SPELBRING PRIESTER Publisher The city of Eminence will seek a Community Development Block Grant to complete much-needed upgrades to its system after a state funding request was not included in the state budget. Monday night, the City Council voted to puruse the grant. When the House Appropriations and Revenue committee met last week, See CDBG, page A4 A laptop for Layton ‘Mickey’ Rouse played for Rupp, 1937-1940 every student SUBMITTED PHOTO BY PHYLLIS MCLAUGHLIN Dr. Layton “Mickey” Rouse, pictured second from right, was a guard for the University of Kentucky Wildcats from 1937-40, playing under legendary head coach Special to The Local Adolph Rupp, second from left. Eminence High School will take a big SUBMITTED BY JIM GRIESCH another two years to become a leap forward, in terms of technology, For the Local dentist. when students return for the 2012-13 According to bigbluehistory. school year. The oldest living University of net, Rouse played in 57 games at Superintendent Buddy Berry said the Kentucky basketball letterman UK, scoring 353 points. In 1939- Board of Education last month approved may live in Henry County. 40, he was named to the All-SEC his “One-to-One” plan, which will assign Layton “Mickey” Rouse, a first team and the All-SEC tour- an Apple MacBook laptop computer to member of the Cats basketball nament team. every student in grades nine through 12 squads from 1937-40, now lives His No. 10 jersey later was next year. The students will have access Twin Oaks in New Castle. retired. to their computers 24 hours a day, seven Rouse is 94. Basil Hayden Rouse served in the military days a week to use in class during instruc- who was 103 when he died in before setting up a dental practice tion and at home for projects or to con- 2003, was UK’s first All American in Carrollton, where he worked duct online research. in1921. for 40 years. The plan follows up with the One-to- Rouse wasn’t any slouch When Rouse retired, he and One program established this year for either. He was captain of Adolph his wife Betsy chose Twin Oaks teachers, Berry said. That enabled EHS Rupp’s 1939-40 Southeastern instead of Carrollton or returning teachers to work with and learn to use the Conference regular season and to his boyhood home of Ludlow. computers for a whole year before intro- tournament champions. The doctor said he retired ducing them to the students, he said. The Cats went 15-6 on the when he felt he couldn’t see well Other districts have found that “the regular season, and 4-4 in SEC enough. These days, he says he worst mistake” was giving the comput- play. doesn’t hear as well either, but as ers to students and teachers at the same Rouse finished his basketball he reminisced about his playing time, he said. career two seasons before UK’s days in old Alumni Gym his mind SUBMITTED PHOTO EHS teachers have been able to tell the first trip to the NCAA tourna- is razor-sharp. Layton “Mickey” Rouse wore No. 10 for Adolph Rupp at the University of board how they, and their students, have ment. But he stayed in school for See HISTORY, page A4 Kentucky. His jersey was later retired. See EHS, page A4 Students probe cell phone use in school BY PHYLLIS MCLAUGHLIN these devices can do so much more But three members of the Special to The Local than just allow phone calls. Games, Student Technology Leadership music and Internet access anytime, Program at Henry County Middle Technology in the classroom anywhere, can prove to be too School are out to change that. can be a double-edged sword. It tempting for students to ignore. In August, Micah Lineman, obviously has its merits, as the Most schools have been forced Izabelle Miller and Taylor McGuire number of ways to use computers to develop policies that limit when approached STLP coordinator in schools has increased exponen- students can use them during Mitzi Shields with a project pro- tially in just a few short years. the day, mainly to curb texting posal for the year. They wanted But it also can be distracting. between students and other inap- to find ways to make cell phones More and more students have propriate uses that may interrupt useful in the classroom. their own cell phones, and most of instruction time. See CELL, page A4 INSIDE THIS WEEK INDEX DOWN HOME OBITUARIES Opinion . A2 Longtime Eminence Dorothy Casey, 58, Eminence Obituaries . A3 principal, Steve Larry Hoagland, O.D., 77, Louisville Faith. A7 Frommeyer, is retiring. Mary Humphrey, 86, Eminence TV. A8 Nick Kenny, 43, New Castle Ag. A9 Walter Nelson, 87, Bethlehem School News. .A10 Robert H. Winburn, 73, La Grange Announcements. .A10 SEE OBITS, PAGE A3 © 2012, Henry County Local Public Record. B3 SEE STORY, PAGE A6 Classified . B4 ...look for your Henry County Local on Facebook!.