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DISCOVER TODD<br />

COUNTY<br />

A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong>


ason elly etrie<br />

Attorney at Law<br />

118 South Main Street • Post Office Box 307<br />

Elkton, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 42220<br />

Telephone: 270-265-3163 • Facsimile: 270-265-3164


Discover <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

and the opportunities within<br />

Welcome to <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, the land of opportunity.<br />

I am glad that you now have the opportunity to explore this wonderful and thriving county<br />

through the pages of the <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Factbook.<br />

Forty years ago, I married my wife and it was an easy decision for us to remain in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

We raised our children in this county. After all, what better place to raise a child than in a community<br />

that cares so deeply for one another.<br />

I believe that it is this commitment to each<br />

other, hard work, and a love for God that has helped<br />

our county to be successful.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s opportunities are limitless, but<br />

opportunities alone will not make someone successful.<br />

They are not what has made this county successful.<br />

Hard work is. Working hard is what gets you far in life,<br />

and there is no shortage of hard workers in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>. Our challenge today is training <strong>Todd</strong>’s work<br />

force to take advantage of the many opportunities<br />

available in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Hemlock, the rather large industrial company<br />

being built at our southern border, has brought along<br />

with it many job opportunities and chances of success.<br />

The thing about success is that it starts around<br />

the dinner table at home, from the pulpit at church,<br />

and in the classroom at school. Being part of a family,<br />

a member of church, and participating in school opens<br />

the door to success, but you have to actively pursue<br />

each opportunity offered to you to make your life successful.<br />

Ihavefull confidence in the people of <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>.Wehaveallbonded together to become something much larger than ourselves. We are a<br />

community that has met the many challenges that have come our way. It is going to take us all continuing<br />

to work together to be successful.<br />

But we can do it.<br />

I believe in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, the land of opportunity.<br />

Daryl Greenfield<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Judge-Executive<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 1


SINCE 1875<br />

KENNY & HEATHER CLAYTON<br />

Fast, Friendly Prescription Service<br />

Milk shakes and malts<br />

Sundaes, banana<br />

splits, Bavarian nuts<br />

Menu items will be<br />

added on a regular<br />

basis, including<br />

Orange Aid<br />

26 Ice Cream Flavors<br />

Homemade waffle cones and bowls<br />

made daily in our stores, chocolate<br />

sodas, brownie sundaes<br />

2 DISCOVER TODD COUNTY <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong>


FACTS AND FIGURES<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

population estimate:<br />

12,460<br />

Population density:<br />

33.3 people<br />

per square mile<br />

Median<br />

household<br />

income:<br />

$40,177<br />

Per capita<br />

income:<br />

$18,668<br />

Percentage of people under 5 years:<br />

7.3 percent<br />

People under 18 years: 27.2 percent<br />

People 65 years or older: 14.2 percent<br />

Median resident age: 37.1 percent<br />

Female: 50.7 percent<br />

Male: 49.3 percent<br />

White: 89 percent<br />

Black: 8 percent<br />

Hispanic: 4 percent<br />

American Indian and Alaskan<br />

Native persons: .2 percent<br />

Asian: .1 percent<br />

Multi-race: .7 percent<br />

Total households: 4,647<br />

Total housing units: 5,286<br />

Owner occupied homes: 3,454<br />

Renter occupied housing: 1,193<br />

Average household size: 2.63<br />

Estimated median house or condo value: $58,300<br />

Private non-farm establishments: 190<br />

Private non-farm employment: 1,384<br />

Industries Providing Employment:<br />

Agriculture: 13.2 percent<br />

Social, health and educational services: 11 percent<br />

Manufacturing: 31.7 percent<br />

High school graduates age 25+: 72.2 percent<br />

Bachelor’s degree or higher age 25+: 11.5 percent<br />

Source: U.S. Census Bureau<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 3


PG 6-33<br />

COMMUNITIES<br />

From Kirkmansville to Guthrie, from Trenton to Clifty we give<br />

an overlook of the places that make up <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

PG 34<br />

GOVERNMENT<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> Countians are stuggling<br />

with their overall wellness.<br />

PG 38<br />

EDUCATION<br />

WHAT’S INSIDE<br />

See who is in charge of <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>’s government and its<br />

state, national representatives.<br />

PG 36<br />

HEALTH<br />

See who is in charge of <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>’s government and its<br />

state, national representatives.<br />

From Bike Night, Heritage Days,<br />

Heart of Trenton to Harvestfest<br />

there is a lot going on.<br />

PG 44<br />

INDUSTRY<br />

PG 55<br />

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW<br />

Editor/Publisher:<br />

Ryan Craig<br />

General Manager:<br />

Sarah Craig<br />

Office Manager:<br />

Jo Tribble<br />

PG 40<br />

EVENTS<br />

Officials say the outlook for<br />

industrial development will be<br />

positive in the future.<br />

PG 46<br />

AGRICULTURE<br />

Farming is still a major source<br />

of income in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

A comprehensive listing of<br />

information that could prove<br />

useful to anyone living here.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong><br />

Advertising:<br />

Jenni Osborne Craig<br />

Kelly Shanks<br />

Reporters:<br />

Tonya Grace<br />

Catherine Darnell<br />

Melony Shemberger<br />

Megan Sisco<br />

Elizabeth Johnson<br />

Photographer:<br />

Jason Dossett<br />

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services for Mental Health,<br />

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Muhlenburg, <strong>Todd</strong> and Trigg Counties of Western <strong>Kentucky</strong>


A fact book around for when you need it<br />

This is my home. <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> — and my hometown<br />

of Allegre — is the place I tell<br />

people when they ask where<br />

I’m from.<br />

Now, mind you, they<br />

sometimes say, “Where’s<br />

that?” and I give them the<br />

general directions we all have<br />

given from time to time when<br />

telling people where <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> is located ...<br />

• Hour north of Nashville.<br />

• Near Ft. Campbell.<br />

• Garden of Eden.<br />

Still, often people ask me<br />

to tell them about <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>, and being the smartin-heimer<br />

that I am, I tell<br />

them there is no explaining<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, you have to<br />

see it for yourself.<br />

There are rolling hills that<br />

some mornings, when the<br />

sun is just right, that will take<br />

your breath as the light starts<br />

to beat through the fog.<br />

RYAN<br />

CRAIG<br />

—<br />

Publisher<br />

There are the fields of<br />

wheat and corn that will<br />

make you think you stepped<br />

into one of those scenes they<br />

play on TV during the 4th of<br />

July celebrations while fireworks<br />

and “America, The<br />

Beautiful” boom in the background.<br />

There is the history:<br />

Robert Penn Warren and<br />

Jefferson Davis and don’t forget<br />

Donnie McGehee.<br />

(If you don’t know who<br />

Donnie was, then go down to<br />

Helen’s Place, look at the<br />

wall and stay for some pickin’<br />

and dancing.)<br />

There is the way of life<br />

here that can only be felt and<br />

never explained.<br />

There are also the sacred<br />

spots those of us who grew<br />

up here — and even those<br />

who went away for a time —<br />

can sit and enjoy, some time<br />

on their porch or in a backyard<br />

swing, and take in the<br />

beauty, the pace of life and<br />

be just fine.<br />

Still, there seems to be<br />

more on the horizon for<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>. With huge<br />

industrial opportunities both<br />

near and in this county,<br />

there is a chance that when I<br />

(or whoever) write this column<br />

for the next fact book, I<br />

might have to first mention<br />

the tremendous growth —<br />

especially in the southern<br />

part of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

While all of that and more<br />

may happen in the years to<br />

come, right now <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> is a peaceful place<br />

full of people who are kind<br />

24/7 ... .Ra<br />

Rain or Shine ..<br />

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Your local, independent<br />

agent will be there.<br />

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and good and know what it<br />

means to put in a hard day’s<br />

work.<br />

The purpose of this book<br />

is two-fold: It will be to sent<br />

to all postal customers in<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> and it will also<br />

be given away to the cities<br />

and the county in hopes it<br />

helps lure people to this area<br />

and its different tourist draws<br />

like the old<br />

courthouse/museum, Robert<br />

Penn Warren birthplace and<br />

Jefferson Davis Historical<br />

Site.<br />

So sit back and enjoy this<br />

book, but also set it somewhere,<br />

and when you need<br />

information about <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>, before you strain to<br />

find it on the Internet, be<br />

sure to check this fact book<br />

and you will be surprised by<br />

just how much information<br />

we have assembled about the<br />

place we love.<br />

Life<br />

Home<br />

Car<br />

Business<br />

Tim Little tle<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 5


TODD COUNTY LIFE<br />

A LOOK AT THE PLACES WE LIVE


TODD COUNTY:<br />

A COMMUNITY AT THE CROSSROADS<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

It seems that somewhere in<br />

one of five conversations<br />

about <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, somebody<br />

mentions Mayberry. The<br />

highly-revered fictional town<br />

comes up so often that one<br />

expects to see Andy in the<br />

sheriff’s office, Gomer at the<br />

gas station and Aunt Bee at<br />

the grocery store in matching<br />

shoes and pocketbook fussing<br />

over the price of sugar.<br />

Some people would like<br />

for it to stay that way, some<br />

people would like for it to stay<br />

that way but please can I have<br />

a job, and some people want<br />

some of the status quo along<br />

with some change. Those<br />

people have frustration in<br />

their voices.<br />

“I would absolutely love to<br />

see industry come in and give<br />

jobs to the community,” says<br />

Elkton Mayor Nancy Camp. “I<br />

would like to see programs in<br />

the school system that would<br />

get young people trained and<br />

ready to go out in the world. I<br />

would like to see some good,<br />

nice housing and a technical<br />

school.”<br />

Training. Growth. Those<br />

words have been bandied<br />

about in endless meetings<br />

endless times. Although fiscal<br />

ourt generally deals with decision-making<br />

items at hand,<br />

<strong>County</strong> Judge-Executive Daryl<br />

Greenfield hears talk about<br />

training, growth and other<br />

subjects of concern in the<br />

many committee meetings he<br />

attends.<br />

“It’s definitely something<br />

I’m interested in, meeting<br />

with different groups about<br />

the business we have coming<br />

in, the shortage of workers,<br />

and drugs,” he said.<br />

Frankly, the industries in<br />

and around <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

complain about the lack of<br />

training they see in prospective<br />

employees, that many<br />

people who do show up for<br />

work may not show up the<br />

next day. And some of them,<br />

if they do show up, may not<br />

be able to pass the drug test<br />

that they are given. Judge<br />

Greenfield, much like most<br />

city and county officials, is<br />

deeply concerned about these<br />

embarrassing realities.<br />

“I’m an old farm boy,” he<br />

said. “I was brought up to<br />

think that if everybody had the<br />

opportunity to work, they’d<br />

work. The work ethic is not as<br />

strong as I thought it was.”<br />

He mentions Hemlock<br />

across the state line and the<br />

job opportunities that are<br />

there. “But, as far as county<br />

earning, there have to be<br />

some jobs inside the county,<br />

where the county benefits. I’ve<br />

gone from talking at the breakfast<br />

table, to the pulpit and the<br />

community house. We’ve got<br />

to educate ourselves.”<br />

Those are not just words.<br />

People are trying. They’re<br />

really trying.<br />

Greenfield visited a county<br />

in Ohio, where a vocational/technical<br />

school is<br />

SEE NEXT PAGE<br />

HarvestFest<br />

First weekend<br />

in October<br />

Independence Day<br />

Celebration<br />

July 3rd<br />

Elkton Bike Night<br />

On the Square<br />

Thursday Nights<br />

from May to October<br />

City of<br />

ELKTON<br />

Christmas<br />

IN ELKTON<br />

First Friday<br />

in December<br />

the heart of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Nancy Camp,<br />

Mayor of Elkton<br />

COUNCIL MEMBERS<br />

Doug Gibson • Eugene Jefferson<br />

Jimmy Scott • Danny Laster<br />

David Powell • Cindy Sidebottom<br />

www.elktonky.com<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 7


CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7<br />

attached to the high school.<br />

Students take classes like<br />

welding, along with the regular<br />

high school curriculum. At<br />

night, adults can take advantage<br />

of the training. There is<br />

interest in doing this here.<br />

What about money?<br />

“You’ve got to start with<br />

ideas,” he said. “If you don’t<br />

have ideas and the want to,<br />

you will never find the<br />

money.”<br />

Like Judge Greenfield,<br />

people are trying, and are<br />

proud of what they have<br />

already accomplished.<br />

Over bologna sandwiches<br />

at Longhurst’s Grocery in<br />

Guthrie, Mayor Scott<br />

Marshall points out plusses in<br />

Guthrie: The establishment of<br />

Patriot Park, The Dilling<br />

Group, Hovey Electric,<br />

Midwest Sales, Lake Printing,<br />

some of them Michigan-based<br />

companies working for<br />

Hemlock, the giant semiconductor<br />

plant being erected just<br />

across the Tennessee state<br />

line.<br />

“I would like to pick up<br />

quality business and develop<br />

quality housing,” he echoed<br />

Mayor Camp’s voice.<br />

“My attitude: Be prepared.”<br />

Elkton recently received a<br />

grant to curb and gutter<br />

Streets Avenue, to help with<br />

water runoff. New to the town<br />

are a refurbished park, two<br />

new doctors’ offices, a charming<br />

soda shop, Refine Tile,<br />

plans to extend the sewer line<br />

north of town and a<br />

$500,000 renovation grant<br />

for the historic Green River<br />

Academy building. The town<br />

is taking small steps while<br />

waving a red flag saying,<br />

“We’re here! We’re ready.”<br />

Established in 1819, <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> is a split personality,<br />

depending on where one<br />

lives. Its 367 square miles are<br />

divided between farms averaging<br />

261 acres, small communities<br />

and three incorporated<br />

cities:<br />

See Next Page<br />

• Boundary Surveys<br />

• Loan Closing Surveys<br />

• Topographical Surveys<br />

• Subdivision Planning and Design<br />

• Location Surveys for Engineering<br />

and Architectural Projects<br />

• Construction Staking for<br />

Construction Projects<br />

(i.e. highways, airports, railroads)<br />

A peaceful scene at a creek off <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s Flat Rock Road.<br />

Good<br />

Food!<br />

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Service!<br />

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Elkton, KY 42220<br />

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8 DISCOVER TODD COUNTY <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong><br />

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Continued from Page 8<br />

Trenton, pop. 384, Elkton,<br />

pop. 2,062 and Guthrie,<br />

pop. 1,419. The entire population<br />

of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is<br />

12,460. Elkton is the county<br />

seat. Interstate 24 is just six<br />

miles south of Guthrie and<br />

Trenton.<br />

It is the birthplace of<br />

Jefferson Davis, president of<br />

the Confederacy, and Robert<br />

Penn Warren, multiple<br />

Pulitzer Prize winner.<br />

“I think it’s a great place to<br />

live,” Judge Greenfield said.<br />

“But maybe I’m prejudiced<br />

because I grew up here. Our<br />

community, our education is<br />

very positive when you compare<br />

it to some of the other<br />

counties. But that doesn’t<br />

mean we don’t need to move<br />

a whole lot.“<br />

Trenton, the smallest of<br />

the three incorporated communities,<br />

doesn’t have<br />

breathing room for expansion<br />

because it is surrounded<br />

by farms, but it manages to<br />

accomplish a lot in a tiny<br />

Ponies pose at a <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> pond.<br />

amount of square footage. A<br />

PADD grant will hopefully<br />

enable the city to repair<br />

storm and flood damage<br />

using labor from people who<br />

are out of work because of<br />

that damage.<br />

There is plenty to do. Tom<br />

Meyer cooks a slap-yourmama<br />

luncheon the third<br />

Tuesday of the month at the<br />

Community Center. The<br />

Heart of Trenton Main Street<br />

Festival has drawn 1,000 to<br />

the main drag. Four new<br />

businesses — a quilt shop, a<br />

grocery/restaurant, a chiropractor<br />

and a pottery place<br />

—have a face in the town.<br />

And this year they established<br />

a Neighborhood Watch program<br />

for their community.<br />

“We always looked after<br />

other,” said Trenton Mayor<br />

Joann Holder. “Now it’s official.”<br />

And that would be the<br />

good note <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> will<br />

always end on. Its people.<br />

Mayberry.<br />

617 West Main Street • Elkton, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 42220<br />

270-265-2229<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 9


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10 DISCOVER TODD COUNTY <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong>


BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

City Hall, restaurants, a<br />

bank, a hair salon, a gym, law<br />

offices and other businesses<br />

fill the buildings surrounding<br />

the heart of Elkton at the public<br />

square.<br />

Kids park their bikes outside<br />

the newly opened L&R<br />

Soda Bar to grab an ice cream<br />

cone.<br />

Women circle the sidewalk<br />

together for early-morning or<br />

late-afternoon exercise.<br />

Men wake up early to grab<br />

breakfast while they sit and<br />

talk about the weather.<br />

People crowd restaurants<br />

on their lunch breaks, catching<br />

up with family and friends<br />

before heading back to work.<br />

And on sunny days you<br />

can hear a man spouting the<br />

gospel from the old courthouse<br />

lawn.<br />

It’s the epitome of small<br />

town living.<br />

“I think that Elkton still has<br />

that hometown feel to it,” said<br />

Mayor Nancy Camp. “When<br />

people come in we treat them<br />

as though they have always<br />

been here. We try not to<br />

make anybody feel like they’re<br />

a newcomer. We just try to<br />

accept them as they are.”<br />

Camp said she thinks having<br />

such a lively square is a vital<br />

part of the town, sitting almost<br />

in the center of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

and acting as the county seat.<br />

“We’re just hoping that<br />

we’ll never lose that, that the<br />

square will always be the center<br />

point of the city and I feel<br />

like it will be even though<br />

there’s going to be some<br />

urban sprawl,” said Camp.<br />

“We’re just trying to keep<br />

them here.”<br />

While many businesses call<br />

ELKTON:<br />

SMALL TOWN LIVING AT ITS FINEST<br />

The Old Courthouse adorns the center of the Elkton Square.<br />

lots and buildings away from<br />

the square home, those<br />

housed in the town’s center<br />

consider themselves lucky.<br />

Vickie Latham, who<br />

opened Latham’s Fabrics &<br />

More 11 years ago, knew if<br />

she wanted a successful business<br />

she would need a location<br />

on the square. After purchasing<br />

a building on the<br />

southwest corner of the<br />

square, Latham spent three<br />

months cleaning and renovating<br />

the shop.<br />

“I always stayed home with<br />

my kids,” said Latham. “After<br />

they started going to school I<br />

decided I wanted to open a<br />

fabric shop. I knew I’d come<br />

nearer doing Elkton business<br />

on the square because it hurts<br />

you a little bit if you’re off of<br />

the square.”<br />

Robyn Poynter has been<br />

serving food on the square for<br />

nearly nine years at Town<br />

Grille and now The Pizza<br />

Place. She said the location<br />

brings a lunch crowd of people<br />

who work on or near the<br />

square.<br />

“We’re from here,” said<br />

Poynter. “It’s our home. We<br />

get a lot from the schools and<br />

churches. The county and the<br />

city have always supported us.”<br />

After working with their<br />

husbands in the funeral business,<br />

Sharon Shemwell and<br />

her business partner, who<br />

died five years ago, decided to<br />

open a gift shop on the Elkton<br />

Square nearly 20 years ago.<br />

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Joe’s<br />

<strong>Standard</strong><br />

Station<br />

102 Park Ewing Street<br />

Guthrie, KY<br />

(270)483-2627<br />

Elkton hosts Bike Night on Thursdays beginning in May<br />

running through October.<br />

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Something Special, offering<br />

jewelry, purses, picture<br />

frames, home décor and other<br />

knick-knacks, is located in the<br />

old Jefferson Davis Hotel<br />

building.<br />

“This building was the only<br />

place that we wanted to do it,”<br />

said Shemwell. “It was vacant.<br />

It had these pretty windows<br />

and it was old. This was the<br />

place.”<br />

Shemwell said many of the<br />

businesses depend on each<br />

other, especially because they<br />

are locally owned and may not<br />

have name or brand recognition.<br />

“2Kates has complimented<br />

us,” she said. “We try to help<br />

each other and send them to<br />

each other. It makes it more of<br />

a destination to have more<br />

than one place to go.”<br />

While patrons come from<br />

all of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, Bowling<br />

Green, Clarksville, Greenville,<br />

Hopkinsville and Russellville,<br />

customers from Elkton are the<br />

most regular for most of the<br />

businesses.<br />

Camp said the city is working<br />

to renovate buildings on<br />

North Main Street to house<br />

new businesses and keep<br />

them in the town’s core. The<br />

city is also annexing property<br />

on the outskirts of town for<br />

housing and business development.<br />

“We hope to have development<br />

out there, but the business<br />

center will always be<br />

around the square,” said<br />

Camp.<br />

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Logan <strong>Todd</strong> Regional Water Plant<br />

Guthrie, <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

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located in Guthrie <strong>Kentucky</strong>. The<br />

firm was formed in 1995 by<br />

Michael W. McGhee, who has<br />

over two decades of experience<br />

in Civil Engineering. Mr. McGhee<br />

combined experience includes<br />

planning studies, design and<br />

construction phase services for a<br />

variety of municipal, industrial<br />

and private-sector clients.<br />

Phone: (270) 483-9985 • Fax: (270) 483-9986<br />

KOPPERS<br />

198 Fairgrounds Road • Guthrie, KY 42234<br />

The Koppers Guthrie plant<br />

was constructed by the<br />

L&N Railroad in 1912 at<br />

the intersection of its main<br />

line north and south/east<br />

and west. The plant was<br />

purchased by Koppers in<br />

1958. Today, Guthrie is a<br />

primary supplier of<br />

crossties, switch ties and<br />

track panels to the CSX<br />

and national railroad<br />

systems.<br />

The Milliken Memorial Community House is a famous Elkton<br />

landmark.<br />

Tuesday-Friday 8 am-5pm<br />

Saturday 9 am-3 pm<br />

Please call for an appointment<br />

102 Lincoln Street • Public Square<br />

Elkton, <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

270-719-0620<br />

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GUTHRIE<br />

RICH PAST; LOOKING TOWARD FUTURE<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Guthrie has always been<br />

home to many routes to get<br />

travelers from one side of<br />

town to the other, but since<br />

its beginning, it has never<br />

been a place you could just<br />

pass through.<br />

Founded in 1879 and<br />

named for John James<br />

Guthrie, former president of<br />

the L&N Railroad, the grid<br />

of tracks was busy until the<br />

wane of railroad, with many<br />

lines going north-south and<br />

east-west, along with highways<br />

79 and 41.<br />

In his book, “And I’ll<br />

Throw in the Socks, The<br />

Memoirs of a <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

Store Keeper,” William M.<br />

Jenkins Jr. shares the memories<br />

of his father who ran a<br />

dry-goods store there for<br />

many years. Jenkins Sr.<br />

recounts the days in the first<br />

part of the 20th Century<br />

when Guthrie was known as<br />

“Little Chicago,” a time<br />

when railroad employees,<br />

salesmen and, occasionally,<br />

some shady characters who<br />

might also be a railman or<br />

salesman, frequented the<br />

lively town. There was a lot<br />

for preachers to talk about in<br />

their Sunday morning sermons.<br />

Before anyone ever heard<br />

of a big box store, the town<br />

was the Saturday evening<br />

destination for city and country<br />

folks to do some shopping<br />

and have fun.<br />

“This was my stomping<br />

grounds from 1948 to the<br />

early 50s,” said Margie<br />

Miller of Adams, Tenn., who<br />

is a regular diner at the<br />

Senior Citizens lunches on<br />

the second and fourth<br />

L&N Railroad Museum pays tribute to Guthrie’s railroad town heritage.<br />

Fridays of the month. “Five<br />

of us girls liked to come here<br />

and dance and go to the<br />

movies.”<br />

Today, liquor is gone (but<br />

talk is it will soon be resurrected),<br />

the movie house<br />

long closed, many of the<br />

storefronts abandoned or<br />

demolished, but there is still<br />

life in the old girl yet. (The<br />

old hand-painted sign on the<br />

side of one of the brick<br />

buildings says so: “Coca<br />

Cola 5 Cents Relieves<br />

Fatigue.”)<br />

Much of that life is at<br />

Guthrie Hardware Store,<br />

known as Boogie’s Place,<br />

where locals and natives<br />

gather at various times to<br />

talk about politics, the<br />

weather, <strong>Kentucky</strong> basketball<br />

and what’s going on in<br />

Guthrie, says proprietor<br />

Boogie Oliver.<br />

“We sell people hardware,”<br />

he said with a mischievous<br />

smile. “We put up<br />

hardware.” But mostly they<br />

talk, he says. The place<br />

opens about 7, after Boogie<br />

has sat on an outside bench<br />

and waved at everybody that<br />

needs waving to, which is<br />

everybody. Then begins the<br />

morning loafing session,<br />

which adjourns about 9, he<br />

says. The afternoon session<br />

(often, the same people)<br />

meanders in about 2 and<br />

they leave at 3, give or take.<br />

Regulars include Bobby Paul<br />

Covington, Howard Reid<br />

Dorris, E.L. Warren, Bobby<br />

Dean Bagby, Kay Bagby<br />

(also known as Miss Lassie),<br />

Eddie Allison, Billy Cook<br />

Webb, Shelton Meriwether,<br />

Mayor Scott Marshall when<br />

he has any time off from his<br />

two jobs, and Elaine and Bill<br />

Longhurst, who own<br />

Longhurst’s Grocery across<br />

the street, another Guthrie<br />

institution. Bill Longhurst<br />

goes back to his store if he<br />

sees a customer coming and<br />

is there at lunch to serve his<br />

famous bologna sandwiches<br />

done the right way—slice of<br />

bologna, white bread and<br />

mustard.<br />

“It’s like Mayberry,” said<br />

Longhurst. “Back and<br />

forth.”<br />

It’s not as if any of these<br />

people spend their time resting<br />

on their laurels in mismatched<br />

chairs at a hardware<br />

store. These are also<br />

people who show up at city<br />

council meetings, organize<br />

or help organize town<br />

events and apply for grant<br />

money to help maintain and<br />

revitalize the town.<br />

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13<br />

That Jenkins storefront, for<br />

example, is waiting for the<br />

Department of Transportation<br />

to approve bid documents.<br />

Once approved, bids will go out<br />

for its transformation into a<br />

transportation museum.<br />

Attracting industry is an ongoing<br />

effort, says Mayor<br />

Marshall, particularly with the<br />

Hemlock Plant arising between<br />

the Guthrie and Clarksville. The<br />

downtown sidewalks are level<br />

and well-lit. Silver Triangle Main<br />

Street projects (Oliver is board<br />

president), like the transportation<br />

museum, are ongoing.<br />

And while bologna sandwiches<br />

and hardware are just<br />

fine, the City of Guthrie doesn’t<br />

want them to be Guthrie’s only<br />

draw.<br />

And they’re not. On the corner<br />

of Third and Cherry streets<br />

is the Guthrie institution that<br />

likely has the most signage leading<br />

to it: The Robert Penn<br />

Warren Birthplace and<br />

Museum. If half of Guthrie runs<br />

the town from the hardware<br />

Bill Longhurst chats with a customer.<br />

store, the Robert Penn Warren<br />

Circle of Friends takes over the<br />

rest. They are a hard-working<br />

and diligent bunch (mostly<br />

ladies) who fought to keep the<br />

homestead here in order to<br />

keep alive the memory of the<br />

first Poet Laureate of the<br />

United States.<br />

All of Guthrie that is alive<br />

and breathing participates in<br />

Heritage Days, an annual June<br />

Brands<br />

You Want<br />

at Bargain<br />

Prices!<br />

weekend event whose signature<br />

piece is the re-enactment of the<br />

1938 mail train robbery performed<br />

by locals who surely<br />

missed their calling to the stage.<br />

Down the road toward and<br />

in Tiny Town are other Guthrie<br />

staples — the Southern<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> Flea Market, Tiny<br />

Town Produce and Tiny Town<br />

Bingo, which continue to<br />

attract large numbers of people<br />

from across the state<br />

line.<br />

And speaking of out-oftowners,<br />

the Senior Citizens<br />

Center downtown sees visitors<br />

from Clarksville,<br />

Springfield and other places<br />

to its Monday night dances<br />

with live music and twicemonthly<br />

lunches, mostly prepared<br />

by Senior Citizens<br />

President Barbara McNelly,<br />

with the occasional chess pie<br />

from Mack Linebaugh.<br />

“I come here to eat<br />

because this woman can<br />

throw down some food,”<br />

Renee Reneau of Clarksville<br />

nodded toward McNelly.<br />

Local gossip can also be<br />

heard from the gals at Salon<br />

201 and An American Café<br />

where pundits like banker<br />

Jim Slack and farmer L.C.<br />

Vogle can be seen there on<br />

most mornings for breakfast,<br />

opting for a table instead of<br />

the old-timey swivel counter<br />

stools that fit right in.<br />

Visitors can buy a car<br />

from Tommy, order flowers<br />

from Helen and get a fill-up<br />

at Joe’s <strong>Standard</strong> where,<br />

without a whisper from a<br />

customer, attendants still<br />

automatically check under<br />

the hood, wash the windshield<br />

and nobody pumps his<br />

own gas.<br />

The only thing missing<br />

from that picture is Aunt Bee<br />

behind the wheel.<br />

52 Cypress Lane<br />

Guthrie, KY 42234<br />

(270) 483-2166<br />

230 Moore Street<br />

Guthrie, KY 42234<br />

270-483-8086<br />

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TRENTON<br />

SOON TO BE A BUSTLING ARTS TOWN<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

New business owners in<br />

Trenton have a dream.<br />

Where most people see<br />

vacant store fronts and little to<br />

do, these newcomers see<br />

potential for a bustling arts<br />

community in this quiet little<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> town.<br />

“That’s what we have in<br />

mind,” said Ken Shipley, who<br />

with his wife Melody is leasing<br />

the old Davenport Grocery<br />

with plans to transform it into<br />

Trenton Claywork/Shipley<br />

Pottery LLC.<br />

“We’re all kind of working<br />

together, to do advertising<br />

together, to make people<br />

interested in seeing what we<br />

are up to.”<br />

The “we” Shipley speaks<br />

of is Quilt and Sew down the<br />

block and Trenton Market<br />

across the street, both of<br />

which have opened in the last<br />

year.<br />

Denise Shivers, owner of<br />

Quilt and Sew and Golden<br />

Threads, a business that<br />

makes custom home furnishings<br />

and dance costumes that<br />

has been around since 1997.<br />

Shivers has roots in Trenton<br />

— she has fond memories of<br />

visiting her grandparents here<br />

and getting Moon Pies and<br />

RCs from Davenport’s<br />

Grocery — so it was not a difficult<br />

decision when her dad,<br />

part owner of Trent Real<br />

Estate, talked her into moving<br />

to Trenton to open businesses<br />

and save charming old buildings<br />

from dilapidation.<br />

“I decided this was the perfect<br />

thing to do in Trenton,”<br />

she said as she sat in a room<br />

of bolts of colorful fabric. “I<br />

love the people and I’m trying<br />

to save a piece of Trenton. It’s<br />

Above: Trenton’s Main Street is small-town charming.<br />

Below: A statue at the entrance of the park in Trenton.<br />

like driving to Mayberry every<br />

day. I am tickled to have<br />

saved a piece of history.”<br />

In addition to quilting supplies,<br />

the shop carries materials<br />

for crafts like pillows<br />

and potholders. Shivers<br />

offers all kinds of classes for<br />

children and adults. There<br />

are 1,500 people on her<br />

mailing list to give you an<br />

idea of the popularity of<br />

quilting and the draw to her<br />

store.<br />

The Shipleys will teach<br />

classes, something they have<br />

done at Austin Peay for years.<br />

The business will be a combination<br />

gallery/teaching<br />

area/personal workshop.<br />

The Shipleys learned<br />

about Trenton from Shivers,<br />

who took pottery classes<br />

from them.<br />

“When we got distributorships<br />

for clay supplies, the<br />

first place we thought of was<br />

Trenton,” Ken Shipley said.<br />

“We like it up here. It’s quiet<br />

and we can get a lot of work<br />

done. Hopefully we will bring<br />

some people back to the<br />

area.<br />

“We want to be where we<br />

can be useful citizens and<br />

help generate folks coming<br />

through here.”<br />

The eventual dream is for<br />

monthly art walks like the<br />

ones in Clarksville and<br />

Nashville, he said, for people<br />

to see what’s happening in<br />

Trenton and “go across the<br />

street to Yvonne’s seriously<br />

good food.”<br />

That Yvonne would be<br />

Yvonne Hope, the woman<br />

with “Trenton Market”<br />

charmingly hand-lettered on<br />

her storefront, in addition to<br />

a blackboard congratulating<br />

Charlie Clinard and Mike<br />

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Continued from Page 15<br />

Hendrix, winners of the<br />

gumball contest. The store<br />

has a few groceries, but is<br />

mostly about the lunch and<br />

dinners they prepare, not<br />

your run-of-the-mill <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> menu with fare like<br />

baked ham with raisin sauce,<br />

Italian tomato salad, bratwurst<br />

and sauerkraut, pork teriyaki.<br />

Some days she will serve<br />

more than 100 meals.<br />

Hope has been cooking all<br />

her life, from cooking for her<br />

family and hired help on the<br />

large family farm, to restaurant<br />

work and training, personal<br />

cheffing. “I try to use<br />

the freshest possible ingredients,”<br />

she said, taking a break<br />

from a long morning of cooking.<br />

A little later, the “community<br />

table,” as she calls the<br />

one long banquet table in the<br />

restaurant, will see all kinds of<br />

characters and farmers and<br />

farmers who are characters,<br />

with names like Donnie,<br />

Chuck and Bubba.<br />

Hope, from Ashland City,<br />

Tenn., had been looking to<br />

open a restaurant in the area<br />

when she saw an ad for the<br />

place.<br />

“The week before I’d never<br />

heard of Trenton,” she said. “I<br />

love the area. It reminds me<br />

so much of the place where I<br />

grew up.”<br />

“We’re all kind of working<br />

together, to do advertising together,<br />

to make people interested in<br />

seeing what we are up to.”<br />

The Trenton water tower stands tall in the heart of town, one<br />

of the familiar sights in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s smallest incorporated<br />

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FAIRVIEW<br />

A HISTORIC PARK AND A FIGHT TO KEEP ITS IDENTITY<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Just off of Highway 68-80, running<br />

along Jefferson Davis Highway and nestled<br />

closely against the Christian <strong>County</strong><br />

line sits the small community of Fairview.<br />

A community with substantial Amish<br />

and Mennonite populations, it is common<br />

to see horse-drawn carriages and<br />

bicycles traveling the roads or men working<br />

with horses and mules to plow fields.<br />

Most noticeable though, is the 351-<br />

foot obelisk reaching to the sky, commemorating<br />

the life of Jefferson Davis,<br />

the first and only president of the<br />

Confederacy.<br />

The monument, part of the Jefferson<br />

Davis State Historic Site rises next to the<br />

birthplace of Davis, now home to Bethel<br />

Baptist Church and can be seen several<br />

miles out of Fairview.<br />

The park is open daily from May 1 to<br />

Oct. 31 each year. During the rest of the<br />

year the monument is closed, but the<br />

museum and gift shop are open Fridays,<br />

Saturdays and Sundays.<br />

The obelisk draws many people —<br />

some passionate about Civil War and<br />

Confederate history, others curious as to<br />

why such a site exists.<br />

“A present day Army captain at Fort<br />

Campbell came through here in the winter<br />

months on a Saturday,” said Ron<br />

Sydnor, who has been the director of the<br />

site since May of 2010. “I walked out and<br />

he looked up and saw me and froze. He<br />

stared at me for 35 or 40 seconds and he<br />

said ‘You’re the last person I expected to<br />

see here.’ I started laughing.”<br />

Sydnor, who gets similar comments<br />

from other people, is African-American.<br />

Many people find it ironic that he<br />

operates a site about the South and its<br />

history. Sydnor often surprises people<br />

when he tells them he is the descendant<br />

of a Confederate soldier. And while it is<br />

a historic fact that thousands of black<br />

men served on the Confederate side during<br />

the Civil War, Sydnor surprises even<br />

more when he reveals his ancestor was a<br />

white soldier who married a black<br />

woman.<br />

The first and only president of the Confederacy was born in Fairview.<br />

Sydnor said people often believe the<br />

Civil War was based on slavery and he<br />

feels it is his duty to teach people a more<br />

in-depth history which shows the war was<br />

based more on economics in general.<br />

While the site hosts an annual<br />

Jefferson Davis Birthday Celebration,<br />

Sydnor is currently working on a fiveyear<br />

project commemorating the sesquicentennial–<br />

150th anniversary — of the<br />

Civil War. The event kicked off in June<br />

2010 with a three-day combined birthday<br />

and Civil War celebration.<br />

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Jeff Davis Days comes to Fairview the first weekend in June and features Civil War re-enactments.<br />

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The event included two<br />

battle re-enactments, the Miss<br />

Confederacy pageant, time<br />

period music, a re-enactors<br />

ball and historical impersonators.<br />

People came from all<br />

over the region with many<br />

wearing time-appropriate<br />

clothing.<br />

Most recent news in<br />

Fairview is that of the possible<br />

closing of its post office.<br />

Nearly 80 people gathered at<br />

Bethel Baptist Church in late<br />

June to hear a postal service<br />

representative speak and<br />

voice their own opinions.<br />

For a town like Fairview<br />

with a few businesses and the<br />

historic site, its citizens feel<br />

the post office is important to<br />

the liveliness of the community.<br />

“I think it would be a great<br />

loss to the community here,”<br />

said Margaret Taylor, Fairview<br />

resident and Fairview P.O.<br />

Box user, during the meeting.<br />

“This is a historic community<br />

and the post office is the center<br />

of things. That’s our identity.<br />

We have a zip code.”<br />

The postal service representative<br />

said because of the<br />

historic importance of<br />

Fairview, several options<br />

would be explored that are<br />

looked at in communities of<br />

similar size. Closing small<br />

post offices is one of many<br />

ways the postal service,<br />

expected to go bankrupt in<br />

October 2011, is looking to<br />

cut expenses.<br />

The postal service planned<br />

to complete the survey of the<br />

post office by July 2011. If<br />

the decision were made to<br />

close the operation, it would<br />

happen by the end of the<br />

year.<br />

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ALLEGRE<br />

ALL AGREE IT IS A SWELL PLACE<br />

BY MEGAN SISCO<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

There’s a town situated in<br />

northern <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> that<br />

takes its name from an<br />

agreement long settled. An<br />

agreement to all agree on a<br />

name. And “All-Agree”<br />

stuck.<br />

The residents of this<br />

small burg still agree on one<br />

thing. “I Love Allegre! The<br />

happiest place on Earth!”<br />

The people of Allegre are<br />

happy in their small community.<br />

They work together to<br />

make things happen, such<br />

as the fundraiser for the<br />

Allegre Fire Department. By<br />

coming together as a community,<br />

they manage to<br />

accomplish more than many<br />

larger towns could.<br />

The secret? The people<br />

of Allegre love one another<br />

sincerely. When deaths<br />

occur, the small community<br />

bands together. When a<br />

baby is born, the town celebrates.<br />

When local legends,<br />

like the great Donnie<br />

McGegee pass on, the community<br />

mourns and places a<br />

plaque in memory of him<br />

because that’s what a hometown<br />

does.<br />

The small community,<br />

located between Elkton and<br />

Kirkmansville, has a draw to<br />

it that simply can’t be<br />

explained. Jessica Gant, a<br />

former local, regrets her<br />

move away from the place<br />

that she grew up: “I’m moving<br />

back. There’s no place<br />

like Allegre. It’s home.”<br />

A major part of this home<br />

is the little small-town shop<br />

that serves it. Welcome to<br />

Above: Pam’s Quick Stop is the Allegre gathering place.<br />

Below: A tobacco barn is another familiar sight around Allegre.<br />

Pam’s Quick Stop. The<br />

small grocery lies in the<br />

heart of the town. Your onestop<br />

shop for all the little<br />

things you forgot while<br />

shopping in the larger<br />

towns. Bread, milk, an irresistible<br />

mouthwatering BBQ<br />

ham sandwich, and an ever<br />

important substance known<br />

as gas.<br />

Of course there’s also the<br />

pull to stay a while in the<br />

classically decorated shop<br />

with Coca-Cola bottles and<br />

red checkered tableclothes,<br />

just to hear the local men<br />

gossip, I mean share stories,<br />

about what’s going on in<br />

their lives.<br />

J.C. Monroe, the owner<br />

of Pam’s, has heard so many<br />

tales in his lifetime that he<br />

seems to know everything to<br />

do with anything involving<br />

Allegre. “People talk in<br />

here. Mostly because people<br />

here listen.”<br />

Indeed, Allegre citizens<br />

listen to one another, they<br />

keep up with one another.<br />

The joys of this hometown<br />

include the gossip that<br />

comes along with knowing<br />

the family history to everyone<br />

on your street.<br />

Maybe that explains the<br />

mysterious draw that the<br />

locals have for Allegre. They<br />

were born there.<br />

There is something about<br />

Allegre that once there, the<br />

place implants itself in your<br />

heart. Nestled in the heart of<br />

phenomenal countryside,<br />

this old-fashioned town has<br />

survived because the people<br />

who live there love it far too<br />

much to let it drift into oblivion.<br />

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end up getting ditched. Depending on where you want<br />

the relationship to go, you could use this local legend<br />

about Pilot Rock to your advantage if you’re in love (or<br />

decidedly not).<br />

Long a favorite trek for JROTC students, adventurous<br />

spirits or just folks with an extra few hours on the<br />

weekends, Pilot Rock is a 200-ft. nearly perpendicular<br />

configuration ... or, yes, a big rock.<br />

It is also, by far, the highest point in Western<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> claims three-fourths of it; Christian<br />

<strong>County</strong> gets the rest and once used its lookout tower to<br />

spot fires.<br />

Situated between Hopkinsville and Allegre, Pilot<br />

Rock, or so the story goes, was sacred to the Cherokee,<br />

who used it as a signal mound.<br />

In fact, along with the ubiquitous “[insert teenagers’<br />

names here] wuz here” graffiti, there are supposedly<br />

Native American inscriptions on the rock, along with<br />

smoke holes used for signaling. When a group of<br />

Cherokee, for instance, was nearly massacred entirely<br />

while hunting near the eastern slope of Pilot Rock, it<br />

sent signals to warn its village, preventing further attack.<br />

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attack by just avoiding climbing the rock with a significant<br />

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SHARON GROVE<br />

IT’S THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE PLACE<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

It’s about five miles from<br />

nowhere and not far enough.<br />

It is that rural seclusion of<br />

Sharon Grove in the east part<br />

of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> that has kept<br />

Doug Heltsley around for 60<br />

years.<br />

In his time he’s seen the<br />

feed mill, the post office and<br />

the school shut its doors and<br />

stores coming and going.<br />

“It’s like everything else,”<br />

said Heltsley. “It’s going<br />

downhill, but it’s still here.”<br />

Larry Shemwell, who has<br />

called Sharon Grove home for<br />

55 years, recognizes those<br />

changes, but finds another to<br />

be just as evident.<br />

“The biggest change has<br />

been the people,” said<br />

Shemwell. “People have<br />

moved from all over the country<br />

to <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

I’ve lived here my whole life<br />

and there are a lot of them I<br />

don’t know who live right<br />

around me.”<br />

Heltsley, who used to farm<br />

himself, said agriculture is the<br />

lifeblood of the north <strong>Todd</strong><br />

community. Farmers raising<br />

corn, beans, wheat, tobacco<br />

and cows fill the roads with<br />

pick-up trucks and farm<br />

machinery.<br />

“It’s not a major metropolis<br />

by any means,” said<br />

Shemwell. “It’s been a farming<br />

community as long as I<br />

can remember.”<br />

Other traffic is made up of<br />

those commuting to and from<br />

their factory jobs and those<br />

who have found themselves<br />

off the beaten path.<br />

As the future of economic<br />

and population<br />

Hwy. 106 Market is the place to be in Sharon Grove.<br />

The Sharon Grove Park is a good place for family fun.<br />

growth is ambiguous,<br />

Shemwell said he hopes for<br />

one thing in a community<br />

where faith is an essential<br />

part of life.<br />

“The only thing I hope<br />

does happen is our churches<br />

grow,” said Shemwell.<br />

“There are several churches<br />

around here. I hope they<br />

grow and people get right.”<br />

Sharon Grove’s hot spot<br />

is that of the Highway 106<br />

Market with a gas pump<br />

outside and several shelves of<br />

snacks and necessities inside.<br />

It’s there where a passer-by<br />

can see the character of the<br />

small community.<br />

It has become the sitting<br />

place with the closing of the<br />

other businesses in town. Men<br />

filter in and out for breakfast<br />

and lunch, gathering around<br />

the two tables to talk weather,<br />

sports and anything else that<br />

comes to mind.<br />

“This table right here is<br />

known as the table of knowledge,”<br />

said Heltsley, patting<br />

its wooden surface with a<br />

laugh. “If you want to know it,<br />

you’ll hear it. If you don’t hear<br />

the straight of it, you’ll hear a<br />

lie about it.”<br />

For Heltsley, the people<br />

make the place.<br />

“It’s the heart of the community,”<br />

he said. “It’s just nice<br />

people around.”<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 21


BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

CLIFTY<br />

NORTHERN TOWN HAS CHARM, GOOD PEOPLE<br />

With most of <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>’s industries and businesses<br />

located in the southern<br />

part of the county, Clifty, a<br />

small community northeast of<br />

Elkton, doesn’t have as much<br />

going on. But residents are<br />

grateful for what it does have.<br />

The breaking news in the<br />

town? An ATM coming to the<br />

United Southern Bank<br />

branch.<br />

Boasting the only <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> post office north of<br />

Highway 68-80, Clifty is<br />

home to Clifty Café and<br />

Patty’s Place, not to be confused<br />

with Patti’s 1880s<br />

Settlement, as it often is.<br />

“We tell them, ‘Honey,<br />

you don’t need a reservation<br />

here,’” said Patty Mansfield,<br />

owner of Patty’s Place for<br />

eight years, who receives<br />

many calls for the Grand<br />

Rivers restaurant. “We got a<br />

call for a bridal party once, so<br />

we said, ‘I don’t mind you<br />

coming, but we’re just a little<br />

(gas) station with subs and<br />

sandwiches.’”<br />

With the nearest grocery<br />

store 20 miles away, Patty’s<br />

Place works to keep the<br />

necessities in stock.<br />

“We try to keep whatever<br />

they ask for, if they’re our regulars,<br />

we try to keep it for<br />

them,” said Tracy Enlow, who<br />

works at the gas station-convenience<br />

store combo. “It is<br />

20 miles to get a loaf of bread<br />

if we don’t have one.”<br />

For both of those locally<br />

owned family businesses,<br />

there is joy for the owners in<br />

serving their loyal customers.<br />

That’s why Kent and Susan<br />

Griffin bought and reopened<br />

Clifty Park is the former site of the Clifty Elementary School.<br />

Clifty Café on Jan. 15, 2011.<br />

“The community needed<br />

something, somewhere to<br />

eat, a place for the men to do<br />

all of their sitting, talking and<br />

chatting,” said Susan Griffin,<br />

who believes the restaurant<br />

has filled that void.<br />

Serving a buffet from<br />

5:30 to 7 on Friday nights,<br />

Griffin said many families stop<br />

by to eat, though most of her<br />

business comes from her early<br />

morning patrons.<br />

Opening at 6 a.m. Monday<br />

through Saturday, the restaurant<br />

quickly fills with the smell<br />

of sausage and bacon and the<br />

chatter of men who sip their<br />

coffee while crowded around<br />

a long table at the front.<br />

“It’s a morning gossip<br />

group,” said Josh Griffin, one<br />

of the younger men at the<br />

table. “It’s like a news channel.<br />

You always know the<br />

weather. You always know<br />

what’s going on.”<br />

While conversation shifts<br />

from the weather to community<br />

happenings to politics,<br />

Griffin said the most important<br />

thing is knowing that<br />

those men along with the rest<br />

of Clifty’s residents will do<br />

anything to help each other<br />

out.<br />

“It’s a small town. If anybody<br />

needs anything, anybody<br />

will help you out. Ninety<br />

percent of the people, if you<br />

needed a vehicle, would tell<br />

you to go on and take it<br />

because the keys are in it,” he<br />

joked, though his words carry<br />

truth of the trustworthiness of<br />

the people who live there.<br />

It is those people who<br />

brought Gene Douthit and his<br />

wife from Georgia to the<br />

small community in<br />

September of 2005. Deciding<br />

it was time to retire, he and<br />

his wife sold their business<br />

and farm and took root in<br />

Clifty.<br />

“A friend of mine lives in<br />

Paducah so we started looking<br />

around here,” said Douthit.<br />

“The people are so nice.”<br />

Douthit is one of the many<br />

men you can find around the<br />

Clifty Café table at breakfast<br />

and again for a bite at lunch<br />

before it closes at 1 p.m.<br />

“My wife quit cooking<br />

since we moved up here,”<br />

said Douthit with a laugh.<br />

“She retired, too.” Harold<br />

Ray Rager, an Allegre boy<br />

who married a Clifty girl, has<br />

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lived in the community since<br />

he and his wife wed 53 years<br />

ago. He said the face of the<br />

community has changed a<br />

great deal as younger families<br />

have moved out and people<br />

from eastern <strong>Kentucky</strong> and<br />

retired couples have moved in.<br />

“The makeup of the little<br />

community is a lot of the locals<br />

moved away when they were<br />

young and the older ones<br />

died,” Rager said. “More of<br />

our people are beginning to<br />

get age, too. The personality<br />

has changed completely, but<br />

there’s still enough of the original<br />

Clifty blood. We have<br />

grown a lot from our own.<br />

We’ve grown from people<br />

moving in.”<br />

Rager said he’s not sure<br />

why people choose to move<br />

there, but said some could be<br />

attributed to the fact that housing<br />

is cheaper, <strong>Kentucky</strong> taxes<br />

are lower and the people are<br />

good to be around.<br />

He said he wishes the community<br />

had more economic<br />

Patty’s Place is one of only four places in northern <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> where one can get<br />

gasoline. It is the only such place in Clifty and is the town’s hub.<br />

success and has hope the<br />

Hemlock plant will help.<br />

“We’re not incorporated;<br />

we’re a village,” Rager said.<br />

“We’re not (an official) town<br />

and that hinders us some from<br />

getting grants and different<br />

things that might bring in a little<br />

industry right in town.”<br />

Rager said while the economy<br />

may not be at its best, the<br />

people make Clifty home. He<br />

specifically commended the<br />

volunteer fire department,<br />

which converted the lot where<br />

the school used to be into a<br />

community park with covered<br />

picnic tables and a playground.<br />

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TYEWHOPPETY: UNIQUE NAME AND PLACE<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

A dot on the map, a spot in the road, blink and<br />

you’ll miss it, but you’ll remember the name of<br />

Tyewhoppety.<br />

The small community nestled along Highway 181<br />

between Clifty and Lewisburg is straddled by two<br />

churches: Trinity Baptist on the south and New<br />

Harmony on the north. Tyewhoppety is home to a few<br />

houses and a hand-painted sign.<br />

The sign is the town’s identity.<br />

If it wasn’t there, one would not know they’ve<br />

entered a place with a name. The sign welcomes visitors<br />

to the community, boasts a population of 33 people<br />

and asks God to bless America.<br />

What Tyewhoppety may lack in population and<br />

size, it makes up for in name.<br />

While the name’s origin is unknown, an article written<br />

by August C. Mahr titled “Shawnee Names and<br />

Migrations in <strong>Kentucky</strong> and West Virginia” suggests<br />

the town may be an alteration of the Shawnee word<br />

“Tywhapita.”<br />

True or not, Tyewhoppety is among some of the<br />

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ALLENSVILLE<br />

HISTORIC TOWN WITH LOTS OF CHARM<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Allensville actually has two<br />

locations. The first is the town<br />

on Highway 102, just southeast<br />

of Highway 79 on one<br />

end and kissing the Logan<br />

<strong>County</strong> border on the other.<br />

The second is in the heart of<br />

Doug Penick, an 83-year-old<br />

native who owns most of the<br />

town’s empty storefronts and<br />

many pieces of Allensville<br />

memorabilia that are in his<br />

home.<br />

Clearly, farmer Penick<br />

treasures Allensville and its<br />

history. He owns bulging<br />

scrapbooks of bits of paper —<br />

recital programs, advertisements,<br />

photos of everything<br />

from buildings to baseball<br />

teams, ration cards, postcards.<br />

Each yellowed page is<br />

dear to Penick, who is sort of<br />

the unofficial historian of<br />

Allensville.<br />

At one point, his father,<br />

mother, brother Bill and he,<br />

as regular carriers and substitutes,<br />

delivered mail out of<br />

Allensville for a span of 92<br />

years. (Allensville boasts the<br />

first rural free delivery of mail<br />

in <strong>Kentucky</strong> in 1897.) In his<br />

house he displays an old Post<br />

Office oak window with a<br />

grille where one bought<br />

stamps and such. Penick<br />

added brass plaques honoring<br />

those people who worked<br />

there in 1945: Annie R.<br />

Young was postmistress; and<br />

his dad, Frazier Penick, was<br />

one of the carriers.<br />

He has hanging on the<br />

wall of the Penick parlor —<br />

once a log cabin — an old<br />

bank clock and several paintings<br />

of old downtown<br />

Allensville, copied from photographs<br />

he owns. He and<br />

his wife Nona also framed<br />

Above: Allensville was once a thriving railroad town.<br />

Below: A piece of Allensville memorabilia, owned by Doug<br />

Penick.<br />

charming promotional calendars<br />

from the early 20s.<br />

When Penick was in grade<br />

school, classes sold candy and<br />

as a reward were given festive<br />

wooden shields with American<br />

flags and photos of historical<br />

figures that could be interchanged,<br />

depending on what<br />

the class was studying at the<br />

time. He found one in the<br />

basement of the old school<br />

when it was being auctioned<br />

off and was allowed to keep it.<br />

Naturally, he and his wife display<br />

that too.<br />

Originally Allensville was<br />

built on Highway 79, but the<br />

town was moved in the 1860s<br />

to its present location due to<br />

the railroad line that was built<br />

there. Penick remembers<br />

many of those buildings, for<br />

example, Adams Block, the<br />

biggest building in town constructed<br />

shortly after the move<br />

and eventually demolished in<br />

1979 due to a fire. During<br />

reconstruction after the Civil<br />

War, many people from the<br />

winning side moved to the<br />

area, building homes and businesses.<br />

One such charming<br />

residence, Pepper Place, now<br />

belongs to Mary and Malcolm<br />

Rust. Across the street stands<br />

another outstanding piece of<br />

architecture, a large home<br />

built in the Italianate style now<br />

belonging to Suzanne and<br />

Danny Dew.<br />

Prior to WWII, the town<br />

was “bustling,” he recalls,<br />

with at one time two doctors,<br />

three groceries, a hardware<br />

store, two livery stables, a<br />

flour mill, a clothing store, an<br />

opera house, filling stations, a<br />

skating rink, two banks and a<br />

millinery shop. His wife Nona<br />

chuckles at a story she heard<br />

of that shop’s sales promotion.<br />

It was called a<br />

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Continued from Page 25<br />

“promenade,” when on a<br />

weekend women would stroll<br />

the streets, modeling the hats,<br />

changing every so often, hitting<br />

the streets again.<br />

Penick guesses that the<br />

largest the population of<br />

Allensville has ever been is<br />

about 350, the number on the<br />

street sign Penick grew up with<br />

and now owns. After World<br />

War II the town started to<br />

decline, Doug Penick recalls.<br />

Few places are open for business<br />

these days—a convenience<br />

market, a city park, post<br />

office and some churches are<br />

about all that’s left. Vacant lots<br />

and storefronts mark where<br />

that bustling town once stood.<br />

Now Penick owns “all them<br />

old store buildings” where he<br />

houses an amazing collection<br />

of antiques behind windows<br />

papered to keep the contents<br />

safe. While he has enough<br />

treasures to open several<br />

museums, he has no plans for<br />

that.<br />

“I’d be the oldest thing<br />

there,” he says with a laugh.<br />

Serving the area for more than 50 years<br />

Old storefronts serve as reminders of Allensville’s past.<br />

His collections spill to several<br />

sheds and barns at his<br />

farm, just a few miles away<br />

from town. There a visitor<br />

would see 20 antique tractors,<br />

eight or 10 vintage cars, such<br />

as Studebaker, Hudson and<br />

Packard, scores of dinner bells,<br />

things that could be anybody’s<br />

guess and “every kind of old<br />

farming implement that was<br />

made, just about,” he says.<br />

There is even a kitchen sink.<br />

All his life he has scoured<br />

newspaper advertisements,<br />

flea markets and auctions to<br />

find items to add to his collections.<br />

“I just walk upon it,” he<br />

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COME ON DOWN FOR FOOD, FUN AND DANCING<br />

BY MEGAN SISCO<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Kirkmansville was a once<br />

thriving city. The city, founded<br />

in 1882, was named after<br />

Peter Kirkman, a co-founder<br />

of the city. It was an active<br />

place and home to four<br />

churches, several doctors, a<br />

hotel, a bank, a post office, a<br />

funeral home, a jail, four general<br />

stores and a school. It was<br />

larger than modern day<br />

Elkton by far.<br />

This thriving community<br />

did well until a series of fires<br />

destroyed the promising burg.<br />

In 1944, the first fire swept<br />

through, taking with it the<br />

bank, post office, and a residence.<br />

The town attempted to<br />

rebuild, but every rebuild was<br />

brought down by more<br />

flames.<br />

Out of the ashes a new<br />

generation is born. Maybe it<br />

came many years later, but<br />

Kirkmansville is finally recieving<br />

attention again. The new<br />

dance hall, tentatively named<br />

JRs Place, located across the<br />

street from Helen’s Place, is<br />

drawing crowds in from the<br />

surrounding areas offering<br />

both adults and children a fun<br />

place to relax and have fun on<br />

a lazy Tuesday afternoon and<br />

a great way to kick off a weekend<br />

on Friday nights.<br />

JRs Place offfers local<br />

music talents such as the<br />

Benny Pryor Band and Rocky<br />

and the Pond River Boys. As<br />

well as offering a place for<br />

people to sing karaoke. The<br />

talents keep the dance floor<br />

jumping all night long with<br />

dances such as the twist, line<br />

dances, the electric slide and<br />

the waterfall- a dance<br />

designed to allow people to<br />

make acquantainces swiftly<br />

Helen’s Place hosts a popular weekly dance.<br />

“I come to have fun and dance,<br />

And to eat.”<br />

and easily.<br />

Helen’s Place was where<br />

the bluegrass music was generally<br />

played, in a room that<br />

the Jones’ had built on the<br />

store specifically for that reason,<br />

neither of them were<br />

expecting the crowds that<br />

would show up for the show.<br />

“We had to expand the store<br />

[further]. On Fridays, when<br />

the music was playing, it was<br />

so crowded in here that no<br />

one could move,” says Helen<br />

of the recent acquisition of the<br />

building across the street. The<br />

overcrowded dining area of<br />

Helen’s was an almost desperate<br />

situation, so when the<br />

building went up for sale they<br />

bought it.<br />

The brightly lit dance hall<br />

presents a place for people to<br />

go to just have fun. “I come<br />

for the fun, the excerise, and I<br />

get to meet new people,” Flo<br />

Powell of Kirkmansville<br />

explains when asked about<br />

what draws her to the dance<br />

floor. “I come to have fun and<br />

dance,” stated Calvin<br />

Shemwell of Sharon Grove,<br />

“And to eat.”<br />

Indeed, when asked why<br />

people flock to Helen’s Place<br />

of Kirkmansville, the first<br />

answer would be the food.<br />

Helens tantalizing menu that<br />

features mouthwatering burgers,<br />

teasing cakes, and an<br />

ever-changing line-up of food<br />

draws many a person to the<br />

small town of Kirkmansville.<br />

The second answer would<br />

be the atmosphere. In both<br />

Helen’s Place and<br />

Kirmansville alike there is a<br />

true sense of friendship. It’s<br />

that 1950s hometown feel.<br />

Merely meandering down<br />

the streets of Kirmansville<br />

will afford you a smile, a<br />

wave, and a happy, genuine<br />

greeting. The people<br />

here care about one another.<br />

It is a community in<br />

which children roam<br />

because the entire neighborhood<br />

looks out for<br />

them.<br />

Helen’s Place is no different.<br />

When stepping into<br />

the store, people call out<br />

greetings from across the<br />

floor. Everyone is welcome<br />

here. Everyone is wanted.<br />

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SMALL COMMUNITIES<br />

HADENSVILLE<br />

We know Hadensville exists if<br />

for no other reason than there<br />

is a sign to prove it. Today this<br />

tiny southeast <strong>Todd</strong> farming<br />

area is home to several houses,<br />

some large farms and, like<br />

many <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> communities,<br />

a railroad crossing.<br />

Once the area was said to<br />

have been located where<br />

“Guthrie, Clarksville,<br />

Russellville, Hopkinsville,<br />

Trenton, Keysburg and Adams<br />

roads crossed...” In 1821 Joseph<br />

Haden was granted a license to<br />

operate a tavern in his home in<br />

Hadensville; in 1850 a school<br />

opened briefly. The Memphis<br />

branch of the Louisville &<br />

Nashville Railroad was routed<br />

through Hadensville on a plantation<br />

owned by two of the<br />

wealthiest and most influential<br />

families in the area, the Wares<br />

and Gradys. They were the<br />

largest tobacco growers in the<br />

vicinity and among the first to<br />

join the Dark Tobacco Growers<br />

<strong>Association</strong>.<br />

Sometime around 1950<br />

most of the property between<br />

the railroad and north to the<br />

creek at Reeves Hill was owned<br />

by M.B. Nickell of Centerville,<br />

Tenn., who divided his hundreds<br />

of acres among four of<br />

his daughters and their husbands:<br />

Christine and Bill<br />

McClannahan, Anne and Jesse<br />

Reeves, Mary and Al Rochelle<br />

and Martha and E.L. Warren.<br />

Much of that land is still owned<br />

by their heirs.<br />

Old-timers familiar with the<br />

area remember Belcher’s<br />

Grocery Store next to the railroad.<br />

Torn down many years<br />

ago, memories of the rustic<br />

one-room store bring back<br />

fond remembrances of penny<br />

The Tack Store in Penchem is the perfect place to outfit both you and your horse.<br />

candy and bottles of Coca-Cola<br />

on ice.<br />

Hadensville is considered<br />

part of the Guthrie district.<br />

WILHELMINA<br />

This little area didn’t always<br />

have such a fanciful name. The<br />

community formerly known as<br />

Collier Springs, Wilhelmina is<br />

directly off Highland Lick,<br />

slightly northwest of Elkton<br />

and, according to a 1923 deed,<br />

on the waters of Clifty Creek.<br />

In the Collier Springs Baptist<br />

Church history, it’s noted that<br />

citizens were “pleased the little<br />

community of Wilhelmina<br />

would have its very own woodframed<br />

church house.”<br />

People must have been<br />

pleased: this one-room church<br />

with outdoor restrooms was<br />

dedicated in 1914 and stayed in<br />

such a primitive state for 70<br />

years.<br />

MT. TABOR<br />

You can really say this community<br />

is built around its<br />

church. Mt. Tabor Missionary<br />

Baptist is the area’s most outstanding<br />

feature, with a wonderful<br />

view of the lovely hilly<br />

countryside.<br />

While its presence is a stalwart,<br />

Mt. Tabor Missionary did<br />

change venues; the old church<br />

was on Tuckertown Road while<br />

the new building is two miles<br />

north of Allegre on<br />

Kirkmansville Road.<br />

Originally called Powell<br />

Grove and built in 1857, Mt.<br />

Tabor School succumbed to<br />

consolidation when Allegre<br />

School opened, but until it did,<br />

according to local legend, a<br />

Mrs. I.D. Jones rode a horse to<br />

her teaching job every day<br />

from 1904-06.<br />

MT. SHARON<br />

The Mt. Sharon neighborhood,<br />

like Mt. Tabor, is associated<br />

with its eponymous<br />

Methodist church.<br />

The first Mt. Sharon was built<br />

out of logs in 1819—and was<br />

roughly the same style and<br />

shape as the newer structure,<br />

which was built in 1894.<br />

TABERNACLE<br />

Even the name sounds like a<br />

church—and Tabernacle<br />

Methodist features heavily in<br />

this Butler Road area.<br />

Three incarnations have<br />

existed in this spot: once a log<br />

building, the current church<br />

was built in 1878 and renovated<br />

in 1963.<br />

BRADSHAW<br />

A band of fed-up farmers<br />

made for Bradshaw’s juiciest tale.<br />

In the early 1900s, <strong>Todd</strong><br />

tobacco growers were among<br />

the 5,000 who formed the Dark<br />

Tobacco Productive <strong>Association</strong><br />

in opposition to price fixing by<br />

the American Tobacco Co.<br />

Their belief that farmers<br />

should set their own tobacco<br />

prices led to the infamous Black<br />

Patch Wars, and demonstrations<br />

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involving the destuction of<br />

tobacco, vigilantism and outright<br />

violence led to trouble in<br />

<strong>Todd</strong>. Men wearing black masks<br />

and white scarves who came to<br />

be known as the Night Riders<br />

boarded the coach at<br />

Bradshaw’s Switch the same<br />

night the tobacco factory in<br />

Elkton was blown up as collateral<br />

damage of the Black Patch<br />

Wars, an event that made the<br />

international news.<br />

WHIPPOORWILL<br />

It’s the name of a creek<br />

almost everyone has fished in,<br />

cooled off in or floated on at<br />

some point. A community<br />

about five miles northeast of<br />

Elkton, it is plentiful with<br />

wildlife; in The Early Settlement<br />

of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>: Sketches by<br />

Urban Ewing and Kennedy<br />

Family History, there’s a recount<br />

of wolves roaming the area in<br />

1827.<br />

PINCHEM (PENCHEM)<br />

Of course everyone knows the<br />

area for its well-stocked tack<br />

shop appropriately situated near<br />

Trenton horse country. People<br />

also say there used to be a<br />

bunch of bootleggers in town<br />

operating out of a dilapidated<br />

building, and to let them know<br />

you wanted some of their finest,<br />

you had to literally“Pinch‘em”—<br />

hence the name.<br />

Four Amish families settled<br />

there in 1958 from Virginia.<br />

Through word-of-mouth, they<br />

enticed others to follow, enriching<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> with businesses<br />

such as bakeries, furniture stores,<br />

quilting and farm machinery<br />

shops.<br />

Pity the poor school bus riders<br />

through the years who yelled<br />

“Pinchem,”when they came<br />

upon the community. Everybody<br />

took leave to pinch the arms of<br />

people around them. At least it<br />

was that way in the ‘60s. Let’s<br />

hope that custom is long-forgotten.<br />

HERMAN<br />

Herman has witnessed miracles<br />

and near misses.<br />

Seven miles from Guthrie,<br />

the community was the site of<br />

another old-fashioned camp<br />

meeting. The first stirrings of<br />

revival began in 1873-74 at what<br />

was probably called the Parsons<br />

Camp Meeting. The Methodists<br />

were so inspired that the<br />

Herman Camp Meeting in 1907-<br />

08 covered five acres and lasted<br />

two weeks, with some families<br />

staying in shelters or tents so<br />

they wouldn’t have to make<br />

what was then an arduous trip<br />

home each night.<br />

As the railroad once made<br />

three trips daily and one on<br />

Sunday through the town, the<br />

near-miss miracle in Herman’s<br />

history is the Dec. 7, 1902 train<br />

derailment with not one injury.<br />

LIBERTY<br />

It’s really the south end of<br />

Allegre, but Liberty has seen<br />

more independent days. Settled<br />

primarily by members of Liberty<br />

Church, the community was<br />

served by Woodland School<br />

until the great consolidation<br />

that sent kids to Allegre proper.<br />

DAYSVILLE<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> has had its share<br />

of famous folk, but Daysville<br />

illustrates the area’s modern<br />

brush with celebrity. Five miles<br />

east of Elkton, the town can<br />

boast promoting the early<br />

careers of artists such as Garth<br />

Brooks—possibly country<br />

music’s Poet Laureate for the<br />

1990s. Business began there as<br />

early as 1833 when a Mr. Day<br />

opened a store there.<br />

What drew such artists as<br />

Trisha Yearwood and Tracy<br />

Lawrence—who candidly credits<br />

his visits to Daysville as his big<br />

break—was Libby’s Steakhouse,<br />

a sort of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge<br />

for <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, where biggername<br />

singers, as well as those<br />

just beginning to climb the<br />

rungs of fame, could take the<br />

mic.<br />

Owner and operator Libby<br />

Knight of Russellville ran<br />

Southern Beef and the steakhouse<br />

and promoted country<br />

music through the famous“Live<br />

at Libby’s”radio show beginning<br />

in 1984. Knight died in 2004,<br />

and while Libby’s is an empty<br />

building today, no one—least of<br />

all the singers whose careers got<br />

a boost there—will forget the<br />

music of those days in Daysville.<br />

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TODDʼS UNIQUE PLACES<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Southern <strong>Kentucky</strong> Flea<br />

Market: This weekend<br />

daytrip is well-known not<br />

just to <strong>Todd</strong> Countians, but<br />

to bargain-hunters from<br />

points beyond. Many out of<br />

town dealers have booths<br />

in this huge barn of a place,<br />

and frequent it quite often<br />

to look for steals to furnish<br />

their more pricey booths<br />

elsewhere. Shoppers looking<br />

for regular household<br />

items can find them there,<br />

as well as antiques and collectibles.<br />

Most of the booth<br />

dealers know how to price<br />

what is in books: Fire King,<br />

McCoy and so forth; however,<br />

they often under-price<br />

hand-made and one-of-akind<br />

pieces with original<br />

paint or hand-stitching, for<br />

example. Quirky collectors<br />

can have a field day there.<br />

It’s a great place to spend<br />

a chilly winter’s day or a hot<br />

summer afternoon without<br />

spending a lot of money.<br />

Located on the Dixie<br />

Beeline Highway between<br />

Tiny Town and the City of<br />

Guthrie, its hours are 10<br />

a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday-<br />

Sunday.<br />

Bingo: Of course Guthrie<br />

didn’t invent bingo, but it<br />

seems to have more than<br />

its share of the game with<br />

two locations near the<br />

Tennessee state line to lure<br />

gamblers from that state<br />

and others.<br />

The Bingo Barn, operated<br />

by National Wheelcats,<br />

an organization that sponsors<br />

sports for the disabled,<br />

is located at 7009<br />

Life is sweet at Schlabach’s Bakery.<br />

Russellville Rd. (Highway<br />

79) just a few miles from<br />

the state line. Open on<br />

Saturdays at 6:45 p.m. and<br />

Sundays at 4:45, the place<br />

offers food from nearby<br />

Mike’s Barbecue.<br />

On a recent Saturday<br />

night, Karen Broadway<br />

drove 80 miles from<br />

Smyrna, Tenn., to play. She<br />

makes the drive “not as<br />

often as I’d like,” drawn to<br />

the Barn because<br />

Tennessee doesn’t have<br />

bingo and she likes the<br />

area.<br />

Tiny Town Bingo, located<br />

at the four-way stop in<br />

Tiny Town, is just a whisper<br />

away from the state line.<br />

That establishment is open<br />

Thursdays and Fridays at 5<br />

p.m., Saturdays at 4:15 and<br />

Sunday at 3, although one<br />

might find early arrivals<br />

anxious to play cards<br />

before the bingo games<br />

begin.<br />

The Mennonites influence<br />

the stretch between<br />

Tiny Town and Elkton.<br />

Highway 181 is ripe with<br />

the Mennonite farming<br />

presence and their knack<br />

for selling goods that<br />

attract out-of-towners.<br />

If one is coming from<br />

Tennessee, turn left on 181<br />

just past the state line, and<br />

a few miles down the road<br />

is the Country Pantry.<br />

Store shelves are stocked<br />

with new household items,<br />

bulk goods and repackaged<br />

bulk goods, the majority at<br />

affordable prices and, some<br />

things one doesn’t often<br />

see on traditional grocery<br />

store shelves. One of its<br />

biggest draws is good<br />

cheese and elk meat. Check<br />

outspicepricesthatare<br />

more than reasonable,<br />

along with homemade<br />

jams and jellies. Hours are<br />

Monday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-<br />

5 p.m.<br />

Another stretch of 181<br />

brings people to a <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> institution:<br />

Schlabach’s Bakery,which<br />

has been around since<br />

1970. It is widely known for<br />

its homemade breads,<br />

breakfast rolls, cakes, and<br />

pies, fried and regular.<br />

Saturday morning’s homemade<br />

doughnuts are worth<br />

the drive.<br />

Hours are 8-5 every day<br />

except Thursday and<br />

Sunday when it is closed.<br />

Food can be ordered ahead<br />

of time by calling (270) 265-<br />

3459.<br />

Farther down the road in<br />

the tiny community of<br />

Penchum, or Pinchem—it<br />

answers to both spellings—<br />

is the Penchum Tack Store,<br />

said to be a mecca for the<br />

horsey set. Open since<br />

1970, saddle shop owner<br />

Johnny Yoder says customers<br />

come from all over<br />

for the variety of saddles,<br />

horseshoes and such. Hours<br />

are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-<br />

Saturday.<br />

Fairview Produce<br />

Auction: Ok, it’s officially<br />

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across the Christian <strong>County</strong><br />

line, but a good golfer could<br />

hit a driver in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>,<br />

have it land smack dab in the<br />

middle of a box of tomatoes<br />

at this amazing display of<br />

plants (in the spring) and inseason<br />

produce.<br />

Local farmers bring their<br />

wares Mondays, Tuesdays,<br />

Thursdays and Fridays to sellin<br />

bulk to ambitious homepreservers<br />

and vendors who<br />

generally turn around and resell<br />

at farmer’s markets and<br />

roadside stands. Anyone with<br />

a bidding number obtained<br />

on site can buy. Best advice is<br />

to get there a little early (the<br />

auction begins at 10 a.m.) to<br />

get a number and scout the<br />

lots. The auction moves pretty<br />

quickly and is usually over<br />

by noon.<br />

The auction is located at<br />

10292 U.S. Highway 68 E.,<br />

officially in Pembroke.<br />

One <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> plant<br />

and produce stand that regularly<br />

sells goods from the<br />

Fairview Auction is Tiny<br />

Town Produce, open 8 a.m.-7<br />

p.m. spring-Halloween. That<br />

place sells in much more reasonable<br />

quantities and again,<br />

like a lot of the Tiny Town<br />

businesses, attracts people<br />

from across the state line.<br />

Robert Penn Warren<br />

Birthplace/Museum<br />

The favorite son of Guthrie,<br />

and, for that matter, one of<br />

the favorite sons of the<br />

Pulitzer Committee, was born<br />

in a brick home in Guthrie<br />

between Third and Cherry<br />

streets. A delightful museum<br />

well-maintained by the<br />

Robert Penn Warren<br />

Committee, it houses Warren<br />

memorabilia and other<br />

pieces of Guthrie history.<br />

Warren was the country’s first<br />

poet-laureate and winner of<br />

the Pulitzer for both poetry<br />

(twice) and fiction.<br />

Hours are normally 11:30<br />

a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday-<br />

Saturday and by appointment<br />

on Sunday. Call (270)-<br />

483-2683 for more information<br />

or to make an appointment.<br />

The RPW Committee also<br />

owns Guthrie Railroad<br />

Museum, which is home to a<br />

lot of L&N memorabilia. It is<br />

open by appointment only<br />

by calling the above number.<br />

Helen’s Place and J.R.’s<br />

Place:<br />

Those eating, music and<br />

dancing meccas are the cornerstones<br />

of Kirkmansville,<br />

owned and operated by two<br />

of the nicest people you’ll<br />

ever want to meet. Helen<br />

and J.R. Jones have been the<br />

proprietors of Helen’s for<br />

many years, with food and<br />

good music, but no place for<br />

dancing. This year, they<br />

opened J.R.’s Place across the<br />

street to add dancing to the<br />

Kirkmansville bill of fare.<br />

Helen’s is open from 6 a.m.-<br />

7:30 for food and—when the<br />

mood strikes local pickers—<br />

music. Mondays, Helen’s<br />

closes at 3, on Saturday at 2.<br />

Dancing across the street at<br />

J.R.’s happens at from 7-10<br />

p.m. on Tuesdays, with the<br />

Benny Pryor Band playing<br />

good, old-fashioned country<br />

music covers. Once a month<br />

on Saturdays, there is a potluck<br />

with dancing. For further<br />

information call (270) 269-<br />

7447.<br />

Jefferson Davis<br />

Monument<br />

The third largest obelisk in<br />

the nation was dedicated in<br />

1929 in Fairview, built by the<br />

United Daughters of the<br />

Confederacy as a memorial<br />

to the President of the<br />

Confederacy. Davis, who<br />

served in that office during<br />

the War Between the States,<br />

was born in a log cabin on<br />

the property in 1808. A lifesized<br />

monument is in a room<br />

at the base of the sculpture.<br />

Located at 258<br />

Pembroke/Fairview Road, it is<br />

open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., seven<br />

days a week between May 1-<br />

Oct.31. Call (270) 889-6100<br />

for more information about<br />

entry fees and to book tours.<br />

Pilot Rock<br />

The highest point in<br />

Western <strong>Kentucky</strong> at 200 feet,<br />

Pilot Rock, located between<br />

Allegre and Hopkinsville, is<br />

said to have been sacred to<br />

the Cherokee, likely used as a<br />

smoke-signaling site. In later<br />

years, the huge rock has traditionally<br />

attracted many<br />

sweethearts, some of whom<br />

felt compelled to leave their<br />

names behind. Today’s youth<br />

just might spot the initials of<br />

their grandparents and greatgrandparents.<br />

Yes, kids, we<br />

were all young once.<br />

Buzzard Ball Field (or<br />

Barn Yard, depends on who<br />

is telling the story)<br />

In the cliffs of Clifty, north<br />

of Elkton and south and east<br />

of Clifty, is an area that is<br />

notable if for no other reason<br />

than its name. Once a spot of<br />

hiking trails, Buzzard (whatever)<br />

is said to have some of<br />

the most beautiful vistas in<br />

the county. And yes, buzzards<br />

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GOVERNMENT<br />

<strong>County</strong> government is<br />

comprised of a judgeexecutive<br />

and five magistrates<br />

who are elected every four<br />

years.<br />

• Judge-Executive Daryl<br />

Greenfield - (270) 265-9966<br />

ext. 5<br />

MAGISTRATES:<br />

• District 1 Alfred Blake -<br />

(270) 265-2801<br />

• District 2 Rex Johnson -<br />

(270) 277-9306<br />

• District 3 John Camp -<br />

(270) 265-2354<br />

• District 4 Brent Spurlin -<br />

(270) 265-2657<br />

• District 5 Jimmy Turner -<br />

(270) 483-2388<br />

COUNTY OFFICERS:<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Clerk Kim<br />

Chapman -(270) 265-9966<br />

ext. 201<br />

• Circuit Court Clerk Mark<br />

Cowherd - (270) 265-5631<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Attorney<br />

Harold “Mac” Johns - (270)<br />

265-2912<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriif Joey<br />

Johnson - (270) 265-9966<br />

ext. 207<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Coroner<br />

Robert Whittlesey - (270)<br />

265-2501<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Jailer Greg<br />

Allen - (270) 265-9966 ext.<br />

211<br />

• <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> PVA Perry<br />

Stokes - (270) 265-9966 ext.<br />

504<br />

CITY GOVERNMENT<br />

Elkton and Guthrie have<br />

mayor-council forms of<br />

government with mayors<br />

elected every four years and<br />

council members elected<br />

every two. Trenton has a<br />

mayor-commission form,<br />

with mayors elected every<br />

four years and commissioners<br />

every two.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> has two<br />

committees in conjunction<br />

with the City of Elkton.<br />

The Elkton-<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Recreation Commission<br />

(Park Board) and the<br />

Airport Board are<br />

comprised equally by<br />

county and city<br />

representatives. The<br />

Airport Board manages<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s airport,<br />

while the park board<br />

manages countywide<br />

sports such as youth<br />

baseball or adult softball.<br />

Elkton also has a planning<br />

commission and a board<br />

of adjustments that<br />

manages zoning and land<br />

use and related permits or<br />

changes. The <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Community Alliance also<br />

assists with events like<br />

Christmas in Elkton.<br />

Guthrie has a Planning<br />

and Zoning Board<br />

appointed by the mayor<br />

and four full-time<br />

policemen; Trenton has a<br />

planning commission by<br />

mayoral appointment.<br />

ELKTON<br />

Nancy T. Camp is the Elkton<br />

mayor. Council members are<br />

Doug Gibson, Eugene<br />

Jefferson, Danny O. Laster,<br />

David Powell, Cindy<br />

Sidebottom and Jimmy Scott.<br />

Elkton City Hall: (270) 265-<br />

9877<br />

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CONTINED FROM PAGE 34<br />

TRENTON<br />

Trenton’s mayor is JoAnn<br />

Holder; its commissioners are<br />

Peg Coots, Barbara Crouch,<br />

Barry Groves and Tom<br />

Meyer.<br />

Trenton City Hall: (270) 466-<br />

3332<br />

GUTHRIE<br />

Scott Marshall is Guthrie’s<br />

mayor. Its council members<br />

are George Winters, Melba<br />

Smith, Albert Thomas, David<br />

England, Norma Johnson<br />

and Mary King.<br />

Guthrie City Hall: (270) 483-<br />

2511<br />

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<br />

U.S. Representative Ed<br />

Whitfield - District Offices in<br />

Hopkinsville: Main - (270)<br />

885-8079 Toll free- (800)<br />

328-5629<br />

Senator Rand Paul - District<br />

Office in Bowling Green:<br />

(270) 782-8303<br />

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s<br />

office in Paducah: (270) 442-<br />

4554<br />

STATE GOVERNMENT<br />

Representative Martha Jane<br />

King - District 16 - Logan<br />

and <strong>Todd</strong> counties<br />

Frankfort Office: (502) 564-<br />

8100 ext. 618<br />

Sen. Joey Pendelton - District<br />

3 - Christian, <strong>Todd</strong> and<br />

Logan counties<br />

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HEALTH<br />

TODD COUNTIANS HAVE VARIETY OF SERVICES<br />

BY TONYA S. GRACE<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is home to<br />

four clinics that serve local<br />

residents as well as the <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> Health Department,<br />

dental, eye and chiropractic<br />

offices and hospitals located<br />

in surrounding counties.<br />

The Bell Clinic at 105 Elk<br />

Fork Road in Elkton has two<br />

full-time nurse practitioners<br />

and two doctors on staff,<br />

including a pulmonologist and<br />

sleep apnea specialist.<br />

The clinic offers well-child<br />

immunizations, school and<br />

sports physicals, an on-site<br />

lab, pulmonary function and<br />

bone density tests and ultrasounds.<br />

Patients may call the clinic<br />

at 265-2574.<br />

The Helping Hands Health<br />

Clinic is at 102 N. Main St. in<br />

Elkton and is one of 20 free<br />

clinics licensed across the<br />

state to provide affordable<br />

healthcare and prescriptions<br />

for working people who don’t<br />

have health insurance.<br />

The clinic serves residents<br />

of <strong>Todd</strong>, Muhlenberg and<br />

Logan counties.<br />

It provides free office visits<br />

for clients and networks with<br />

resources throughout<br />

Tennessee and <strong>Kentucky</strong> to<br />

offer special services like X-<br />

rays and MRIs.<br />

The Helping Hands clinic<br />

may be reached at 265-5600.<br />

The Elkton Clinic at 713<br />

W. Main St. in Elkton is the<br />

newest facility in the county.<br />

Opening in 2010, it serves<br />

individual needs from pediatrics<br />

to geriatrics in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> and surrounding communities.<br />

Patients can receive pulmonary<br />

function tests,<br />

Department of Transportation<br />

and commercial driver’s<br />

license physicals, well-child<br />

checks and school and sports<br />

physicals. The clinic may be<br />

reached at 265-5353.<br />

The Trenton Clinic at 120<br />

N. Main Street in Trenton is a<br />

family practice clinic that<br />

serves all ages. The clinic<br />

offers flight and commercial<br />

driver’s license physicals, wellchild<br />

physicals and complete<br />

physicals.<br />

Patients may contact the<br />

Trenton Clinic at 466-9300.<br />

The <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Health<br />

Department in Elkton is open<br />

from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />

Monday through Friday at its<br />

location at 205 McReynolds<br />

Drive.<br />

Phone is 265-2362.<br />

Public health director is<br />

Jen Harris, and environmentalist<br />

is Robbie McLellan.<br />

The health department<br />

offers services for children<br />

and adults. Walk-ins are<br />

accepted for some services,<br />

although appointments are<br />

appreciated.<br />

Children’s services include<br />

immunizations, well-child<br />

exams, yearly physicals<br />

through Medicaid for youngsters<br />

through age 10 and a<br />

home visitation program that<br />

helps new parents give their<br />

children a healthy start in life.<br />

Additionally, the Women,<br />

Infants and Children supplemental<br />

food program is available<br />

to families who qualify<br />

financially and nutritionally.<br />

Adult offerings are mammograms,<br />

testing and treatment<br />

for sexually-transmitted<br />

diseases, tuberculosis screening,<br />

pregnancy tests, family<br />

planning and prenatal services.<br />

The health department<br />

also participates in community<br />

health fairs, offers a<br />

variety of education classes<br />

on topics such as nutrition<br />

and breast and cervical cancer,<br />

and has satellite clinics<br />

staffed with registered nurses<br />

at local schools.<br />

Nurses at the clinics perform<br />

well-child exams,<br />

immunizations and other<br />

services.<br />

The clinics have been<br />

funded with grants provided<br />

through the <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

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Continued from Page 36<br />

Coalition for a Healthy<br />

Community. The coalition is a<br />

local resource created a few<br />

years ago through a partnership<br />

of the health department<br />

and <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Schools to<br />

address the need for better<br />

healthcare in the county.<br />

The health department’s<br />

environmental program conducts<br />

yearly inspections of<br />

food establishments, schools,<br />

daycares and mobile home<br />

parks, and inspections of septic<br />

systems and on-site evaluations<br />

are performed.<br />

The environmentalist also<br />

handles dog bite cases, suspected<br />

rabies cases and wellwater<br />

testing in the local community.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> has no hospital<br />

of its own but does have<br />

access to facilities in nearby<br />

communities, including<br />

Muhlenberg <strong>County</strong> Hospital<br />

in Greenville, The Medical<br />

Center in Bowling Green,<br />

Northcrest Medical Center in<br />

Springfield, Tenn.; Logan<br />

Memorial Hospital in<br />

Russellville, Gateway Medical<br />

Center in Clarksville, Tenn.;<br />

Jennie Stuart Medical Center<br />

and Trover Clinic in<br />

Hopkinsville and hospitals in<br />

Nashville, Tenn.<br />

Other available services<br />

include local dentist Dr. James<br />

<strong>Standard</strong> (265-5140), Sites<br />

Vision Clinic (265-9036) on<br />

the Public Square in Elkton,<br />

Mark Wyatt Chiropractic<br />

(466-5447) in Trenton and<br />

Dr. <strong>Todd</strong> Harkelroad (265-<br />

5101), a chiropractor with<br />

offices in Russellville and<br />

Elkton.<br />

Earlier research showed<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> has fared poorly<br />

in terms of healthcare for its<br />

residents. The county trailed<br />

others in the state for its numbers<br />

of healthy residents and<br />

placed high on a list of counties<br />

needing help getting<br />

healthcare for their residents.<br />

About a third of <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>’s residents are identified<br />

as obese, according to<br />

data provided by the<br />

Foundation for a Healthy<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>. Seventy percent<br />

are overweight, and a third<br />

are smokers.<br />

The American Cancer<br />

Society notes that the county<br />

has high rates of lung, breast,<br />

colorectal and prostate cancers<br />

and deaths attributable to<br />

lung, breast and colorectal<br />

cancers.<br />

The county is also a part of<br />

the Diabetes Belt, a geographic<br />

area defined as a portion<br />

of the Deep South and<br />

Appalachia where diabetes is<br />

common.<br />

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EDUCATION<br />

SCHOOLS TO MAKE CURRICULUM MORE CHALLENGING<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

With a new principal at<br />

the high school, new<br />

Common Core <strong>Standard</strong>s<br />

adopted by the state and the<br />

renovation of several facilities,<br />

the <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

school system is embracing<br />

change.<br />

The TCCHS principal<br />

selection committee interviewed<br />

four candidates for<br />

principal in June, choosing<br />

to hire <strong>Todd</strong> Marshall.<br />

Marshall, who has experience<br />

as an athletic director,<br />

guidance counselor and<br />

high school assistant principal,<br />

left his most recent post<br />

as principal of Slaughters<br />

Elementary School in<br />

Webster <strong>County</strong> to take the<br />

position.<br />

Kenner said he feels<br />

Marshall was the strongest<br />

candidate, though the race<br />

was a close one.<br />

“He’s got a proven<br />

record and came highly recommended,”<br />

said Kenner.<br />

“We’re excited to have him<br />

on board.”<br />

The recently adopted<br />

curriculum is expected to<br />

create more of a challenge<br />

for students with the intentions<br />

of making expectations<br />

more clear, said Mike<br />

Kenner, superintendent.<br />

“Teachers have been<br />

very busy already doing<br />

some work on that, getting<br />

their units and plans<br />

tweaked to match up with<br />

those standards,” said<br />

Kenner. “I am hopeful that<br />

this will give us something<br />

we can dig into and grab<br />

hold of and increase the<br />

rigor for all of our students<br />

with the ultimate goal of all<br />

of our students being college<br />

and career ready.<br />

We’ve got to get them<br />

ready.”<br />

Also on the state level is<br />

the adoption of end-ofcourse<br />

assessments for the<br />

high school.<br />

Along with that, <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> is one of five school<br />

districts in the state piloting<br />

the Board Exam System,<br />

which would be an addition<br />

to the end-of-course assessments<br />

and give students the<br />

chance to earn college<br />

credit.<br />

“We’re doing more<br />

things to make sure students<br />

meet certain guidelines to<br />

be career ready,” said<br />

Kenner. “Our students<br />

would have the opportunity,<br />

if they score well enough, to<br />

spend their last two years of<br />

high school doing college<br />

level work so conceivably if<br />

they do well enough they<br />

could come out after four<br />

years of high school having<br />

an associate’s degree.”<br />

While Kenner said he<br />

realizes that achievement<br />

would be difficult, he is<br />

excited about the possibility<br />

for students to work hard<br />

and reap that reward.<br />

Kenner is also in a continuous<br />

push to get a career<br />

technical center. Students<br />

currently use the center in<br />

Russellville and while<br />

Kenner is grateful for that<br />

“students are on the road an<br />

hour going back and forth<br />

rather than in classes.”<br />

“Until we can actually<br />

get one we’re just working<br />

with the high school to try<br />

to add areas to the vocational<br />

field as we can and<br />

hopefully, eventually this<br />

economy will turn around<br />

and we’ll keep lobbying the<br />

legislature to try to get the<br />

funding for a center here on<br />

our campus,” Kenner said.<br />

“If we’re wanting our students<br />

to be college- (and)<br />

career-ready, we need to<br />

provide them those opportunities.”<br />

Part of a years-long<br />

process to update facilities<br />

and plan for growth, the<br />

addition of wings to North<br />

and South <strong>Todd</strong> Elementary<br />

schools was completed in<br />

2011.<br />

“We ended up making<br />

them preschool wings<br />

because that just gave the<br />

preschool an area more<br />

suited to them,” said<br />

Kenner. “It’s also going to<br />

have room for family<br />

resource center that’s a lot<br />

more private.”<br />

The newly renovated<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Horizons<br />

Academy opened in the<br />

spring.<br />

For Kenner and all others<br />

serving in the <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> School District, the<br />

mission is to provide opportunity<br />

for all students, making<br />

changes to ensure readiness<br />

and success.<br />

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seeing patients<br />

Monday thru Friday,<br />

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pediatrics to geriatrics.<br />

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Diabetes<br />

Heart Disease<br />

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EVENTS<br />

Martin Luther King Jr. Day<br />

In Elkton, the community<br />

churches, local students and<br />

officials participate in events<br />

honoring the late Rev. Dr.<br />

Martin Luther King Jr., such<br />

as a March from the <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>/ Elkton Park to the<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Central High<br />

School auditorium for a<br />

tribute program.<br />

Eggstravaganza and<br />

Carnival<br />

Carnival rides, vendor<br />

booths, and yard sale booths<br />

entertain the community of<br />

Elkton. Set up on a Thursday<br />

evening at the old Elkton Die<br />

Cast property, the event<br />

continues throughout the<br />

weekend ending late<br />

Saturday night. Admission on<br />

event grounds is free, though<br />

charges apply to carnival<br />

rides.<br />

Bike Night<br />

Trenton<br />

From Memorial Day<br />

through October, bikers and<br />

bike enthusiasts gather at the<br />

Elkton suare every Thursday<br />

afternoon. There are<br />

generally local bands for<br />

entertainment. Food vendors<br />

set up on the square and<br />

local restaurants offer “Bike<br />

Night” specials.<br />

Jefferson Davis Days<br />

The first weekend in June,<br />

this event at the Jefferson<br />

Davis Monument State<br />

Historic Site in Fairview,<br />

commemorates the birthday<br />

of the only president of the<br />

Confederacy. The “Days”<br />

involve elaborate Civil War<br />

battle re-enactments<br />

complete with authentic<br />

cannons, troop camps and<br />

tents. The festivities also<br />

include a picnic basket<br />

auction, the Miss<br />

Confederacy pageant and a<br />

grand ball.<br />

400-Mile Yard Sale<br />

Dozens of communities,<br />

hundreds of yard sales,<br />

antique shops, food vendors<br />

and fundraisers participate in<br />

the annual four day event the<br />

first weekend in June.<br />

Thursday through Sunday,<br />

shop the 400 miles along<br />

68-80 from Maysville to<br />

Paducah, including many<br />

stops in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Allegre Volunteer Fire<br />

Department<br />

Around the beginning of<br />

June, the Allegre Volunteer<br />

fire Department holds its<br />

annual fundraiser with<br />

barbecue, live music, a cake<br />

walk, go-kart rides and an<br />

auction.<br />

Relay for Life<br />

Kicking off June is Relay<br />

for Life. This event raises<br />

money for cancer research<br />

and honors cancer survivors,<br />

those who have lost their lives to<br />

the disease or have been<br />

touched by it in any way. Local<br />

businesses, clubs and churches<br />

set up booths to sell food, treats,<br />

toys,etc. Individual “teams” host<br />

events in conjunction with the<br />

big night. There are also games,<br />

ceremonies and a talent show.<br />

Heart of Trenton/ Main<br />

Street Festival<br />

Traditionally the last<br />

weekend in June, the streets of<br />

Trenton are turned into a festival<br />

and yard sale where you can find<br />

homemade ice cream, furniture,<br />

fresh produce and an occasional<br />

rare find.<br />

Guthrie Volunteer Fire<br />

Department<br />

The Guthrie Volunteer Fire<br />

Department hosts a barbecue<br />

chicken dinner at Heritage<br />

Days.<br />

Settled in 1796<br />

City Hall<br />

111 S Main St •Trenton<br />

270-466-3332<br />

Hours:<br />

Monday-Friday<br />

8:00 am-4:00 pm<br />

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Guthrie Heritage Days<br />

The Guthrie Heritage Days<br />

festival is held the fourth<br />

weekend in June. Vendors<br />

from the surrounding area sell<br />

goods, food and novelty items<br />

along Main Street. The “Mail<br />

Robbery” re-enactment is a<br />

favorite amongst festival goers.<br />

There is an antique tractor<br />

show and cruise-in and the<br />

Robert Penn Warren<br />

Birthplace Preservation<br />

Committee presents the<br />

Guthrie Quilt Show, a display<br />

of antique and modern quilts.<br />

Fourth of July<br />

Elkton’s 4th of July<br />

celebration is held on July 3.<br />

With vendors offering a variety<br />

of items, it is the perfect time<br />

to celebrate with family and<br />

friends. The fireworks begin at<br />

nightfall at the Elkton/ <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> Park or in the soccer<br />

field at <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Central<br />

High School.<br />

In Kirkmansville, Helen’s<br />

Place holds a “Customer<br />

Appreciation Day” on the 4th<br />

with fireworks and a dunking<br />

booth. Proceeds benefits<br />

charities.<br />

O’Dell Martin Day<br />

People gather for singings at<br />

Allegre’s Martin Homeplace to<br />

honor the late O’Dell Martin,<br />

the “<strong>Kentucky</strong> Thumbpicker,”<br />

every July 21st, the<br />

anniversary of his death.<br />

Clifty Volunteer Fire<br />

Department Barbecue,<br />

Membership Drive<br />

This event, held in early fall,<br />

raises money and awareness<br />

for the Clifty Volunteer Fire<br />

Department. Entertainment<br />

includes a tractor show.<br />

Trenton Community Dinner<br />

and Singing<br />

This mid-September benefit<br />

event at the community center<br />

in Trenton features tons of<br />

food, fellowship and talent.<br />

Elkton Run/Walk<br />

The mid-to-late September<br />

event features running and<br />

walking races down Elkton’s<br />

Streets Avenue, with prizes to<br />

the top three overall finishers<br />

in both events, as well as the<br />

top two in each age group,<br />

both male and female.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Central High<br />

School Football Homecoming<br />

Alumni are invited to attend<br />

TCCHS every fall for the<br />

Homecoming Football game.<br />

Taking place every fall, it is<br />

usually near the middle to the<br />

end of September.<br />

HarvestFest<br />

Typically the first Saturday<br />

of October, HarvestFest is a<br />

celebration of the harvest<br />

season and offers fun for all<br />

ages on the Elkton square.<br />

Vendors set up booths selling<br />

various items from homemade<br />

candles to blooming onions<br />

and funnel cakes.<br />

Local bands provide<br />

entertainment throughout the<br />

day. Festivities generally<br />

include bouncers, pony rides, a<br />

talent show and gospel singing.<br />

Allensville Volunteer Fire<br />

Department<br />

The late October fundraiser<br />

features barbecue and hot dog<br />

plates, a cake walk and a raffle.<br />

Sharon Grove Volunteer Fire<br />

Department<br />

This mid-November<br />

fundraiser for Sharon Grove’s<br />

Volunteer Fire Department<br />

features an auction and a<br />

barbecue meal.<br />

Christmas<br />

The month of December<br />

includes many festive<br />

traditions throughout <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>. “Christmas in<br />

Elkton” kicks off the month<br />

with carolers and a tree<br />

lighting on the square, a visit<br />

with Santa and horse-andcarriage<br />

rides about town.<br />

Businesses also host open<br />

houses. The Milliken<br />

Memorial Community House<br />

Tour of Homes is another<br />

Elkton tradition during the<br />

Christmas season. Trenton<br />

hosts a Christmas parade and<br />

tree lighting at the community<br />

center early in the season.<br />

Guthrie lights its tree outside<br />

city hall at the first of the<br />

month and hosts a big<br />

Christmas parade in the<br />

middle of December.<br />

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LOCAL/AREA ATTRACTIONS<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is so much<br />

more than most people credit<br />

it for. With woods to explore,<br />

creeks to swim in, ponds to fish<br />

in, fields to work in and admire,<br />

the beauty of nature abounds<br />

in this small county. The<br />

hometown feel only adds to<br />

the attraction of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Stop saving the small<br />

marvels of where you live for<br />

“someday” and get to know<br />

the many facets of the county.<br />

Find out the story behind<br />

Robert Penn Warren. Reflect<br />

upon the splendor of the<br />

Jefferson Davis monument and<br />

take a moment to appreciate<br />

what it represents. Climb Pilot<br />

Rock, the highest point in<br />

Western <strong>Kentucky</strong>, just for the<br />

pleasure of being able to say<br />

that you did.<br />

Take a minute to consider<br />

just how fortunate and blessed<br />

you are to be living in a place<br />

that has a unique beauty that<br />

nowhere else can claim.<br />

So explore <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> and<br />

the treasures that are hidden in<br />

your own backyard.<br />

Jefferson Davis<br />

Monument:<br />

This memorial, located in<br />

Fairview, is a place of pride for<br />

the county. The grounds open<br />

year round for fun and family<br />

reunions.The monument and<br />

museum are open seven days<br />

a week May 1 through Oct. 31<br />

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. An<br />

obelisk tour by elevator is<br />

offered every half-hour. (270)<br />

889-6100<br />

Robert Penn Warren:<br />

The RPW Birthplace Museum<br />

on Third and Cherry streets in<br />

Guthrie is open from 11:30 a.m.<br />

to 3:30 p.m Tuesday through<br />

Saturday and from 2 p.m. to 4<br />

p.m. on Sundays. Special<br />

arrangements can be made for<br />

an alternative touring<br />

schedule. (270) 483-2683<br />

Other sites that <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

has to offer include the<br />

Milliken Memorial Community<br />

House on West Main Street in<br />

Elkton, the first privately<br />

donated community house in<br />

the United States; the Guthrie<br />

Railroad Museum , a renovated<br />

caboose that contains vintage<br />

railroad displays from theL&N<br />

Railroad; and the Martin<br />

Homeplace in Allegre offers a<br />

quiet place to relax in one of<br />

the most picturesque places<br />

northern <strong>Todd</strong> has to offer.<br />

If there isn’t enough<br />

recreational resources available<br />

for your pleasure in <strong>Todd</strong>, the<br />

county is perfectly situated to<br />

allow for short outings to<br />

tourist sites, lakes, state parks<br />

and shopping centers.<br />

Shakertown:<br />

The longest lived Shaker<br />

Community in the West,<br />

Shakertown was active from<br />

1807-1922. The Shaker<br />

Museum at South Union is<br />

open for tours March 1<br />

through November 30 from 9<br />

a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday<br />

and from, 1-4 p.m. on Saturday.<br />

1-800-811-8379<br />

Pennyrile Forest State<br />

Resort Park:<br />

Named for the tiny<br />

Pennyroyal plant found in the<br />

woodlands that surround this<br />

resort, the getaway located at<br />

20781 Pennyrile Lodge Road in<br />

Dawson Springs claims a<br />

restaurant Clifty Creek, which<br />

serves traditional <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

cuisine, a 68-acre campground,<br />

13 cottages and a lodge<br />

surrounding Pennyrile Lake.<br />

(270) 797-3421 and 1-800-325-<br />

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we’re at the center of it all.<br />

We are the largest producer and marketer<br />

of shell eggs in the United States<br />

Roeder Implement Co. is a full line John Deere dealer<br />

offering both Ag and Consumer products. Since 1964 we<br />

have been your local dealer with national and international<br />

sales. In addition to new equipment, be sure to check out<br />

our large inventory of used equipment.<br />

Our 33,000 square foot service<br />

department has ample room to<br />

service your largest John<br />

Deere combine or your John<br />

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your service needs, we have<br />

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technicians to handle them.<br />

Cal-Maine Foods<br />

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Lake Malone State Park:<br />

Spanning 768 lake acres in Dunmor, natural wonders abound in<br />

this park. Featuring 50-foot sandstone bluffs and hiking trails, this<br />

park is just a quick trip away for fishing, hiking, camping, or simply<br />

for enjoying the food offered at Shady Cliff Restaurant & Marina.<br />

(270) 657-2111. 321 State Route Road, Dunmore<br />

The Pennyroyal Area Museum:<br />

Located on East Ninth Street in Hopkinsville, this museum<br />

features rotating exhibits by local artists and emphasizes the<br />

history of the Pennyroyal Region. Operating hours are 8:30 a.m.-<br />

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on<br />

Saturday. (270) 887-4270.<br />

Shopping/ Entertainment in the region:<br />

Besides being home to many unique shops and restaurants of<br />

its own, <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is within a short driving distance of several<br />

places to buy that “must-have” item or enjoy a fun night out.<br />

Clarksville, Tenn. has Governor’s Square Mall and a row of familiar<br />

restaurants. Hopkinsville has Bradford Square Mall and many<br />

places to eat. If you’re up for driving a little farther, Bowling Green<br />

is the home to Greenwood Mall, while Nashville, Tenn. boasts of<br />

the Grand Ole Opry, many concert venues and many<br />

opportunities for shopping.<br />

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INDUSTRY<br />

OUTLOOK FOR DEVELOPMENT IS POSITIVE<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

A rural county with rolling hills of<br />

farmland dappled with houses and barns<br />

centered around the one-way square in<br />

Elkton — that’s the view many have on<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>. But agriculture is not the<br />

only lifeblood of these surrounding communities.<br />

Several industries call <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

home with many residents employed at<br />

such workplaces on this and that side of<br />

the <strong>Kentucky</strong>-Tennessee state line.<br />

While Elkton Mayor Nancy Camp said<br />

there are no industries currently looking<br />

to take root in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> soil, the city<br />

and <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Industrial Foundation is<br />

doing what it can to draw further industrial<br />

development.<br />

“If we can grow from within and<br />

expand outward somebody is going to<br />

see us and want to come here and they’ll<br />

certainly be welcome when they do,” said<br />

Camp. “The city will do everything we<br />

can to make it convenient for them and<br />

provide everything we can for them.”<br />

Camp said the city is annexing land<br />

on the outskirts of Elkton in hopes to<br />

develop housing and future factories. The<br />

city and <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Industrial<br />

Foundation is actively searching for<br />

industries to move to the area to improve<br />

the county’s unemployment rate of 9.6<br />

percent, according to Workforce<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

Signs along U.S. 68-80 read that<br />

more than 1,000 acres are available.<br />

Elkton is home to two industrial parks<br />

while Guthrie has three.<br />

As construction takes place along<br />

Highway 181 North, Camp said she<br />

believe the future looks bright for further<br />

industrialization.<br />

“The road to the north is not in good<br />

shape but they’re beginning to work on<br />

it,” said Camp. “I think our turning point<br />

will be the road to Greenville.”<br />

Camp said she also wants to see a<br />

road built connecting West <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

Parkway to Interstate 24 because <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> “would be in the hot spot.”<br />

Until then, Camp said she hopes factories<br />

such as the Hemlock<br />

KELLY SHANKS/STANDARD<br />

Workers at Refine Tile in Elkton make a product that is sent all over the<br />

world.<br />

Semiconductor plant will continue to<br />

draw workers who will be attracted to the<br />

welcoming vibe of Elkton and its surrounding<br />

communities.<br />

“As more people come and they drift<br />

this way they’re going to like our small<br />

town and I’m hoping they’ll move over<br />

here if we provide good housing,” said<br />

Camp. “They’ll spend part of their<br />

money here as far as the restaurants and<br />

the groceries and the utilities are all paid<br />

in this area.”<br />

Hemlock – producer of polycrystalline<br />

silicon, or polysilicon, used in the growing<br />

solar cell technology and electronics<br />

industries – announced in December<br />

2008 that it would be opening a plant in<br />

Commerce Park in Clarksville, Tenn. And<br />

while the plant will not bring payroll tax to<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>, it is expected to increase<br />

city revenue with employees spending<br />

money earned here. The place should initially<br />

provide 500 jobs, increasing to 800<br />

when it becomes fully operational. The<br />

facility is expected to open in 2012.<br />

Guthrie Mayor Scott Marshall and<br />

Camp are both hoping to see satellite<br />

plants for Hemlock take root in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>.<br />

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Until then, Camp said she<br />

and others are working hard to<br />

bring industries and show them<br />

that <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> would be a<br />

successful place to locate.<br />

“We have good utilities and<br />

(they are) adequate enough to<br />

serve factories,” said Camp.<br />

“We’re ready for them when<br />

they get ready to come.”<br />

While hope for future industrial<br />

development is high,<br />

Camp said she is proud of what<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> already has<br />

including:<br />

Dilling Group, Inc. in<br />

Guthrie specializes in providing<br />

institutional and industrial engineering,<br />

construction, HVAC<br />

service, construction management,<br />

building temperature<br />

controls and maintenance.<br />

Martin Industries manufactures<br />

farm equipment, producing<br />

planter attachments<br />

designed and patented by<br />

founder and owner Howard<br />

Martin. The company added<br />

computer numeric controlled<br />

machines, plasma cutting and<br />

welding and custom-build spray<br />

Refine Tile workers prepare the tile product in the factory located in Elkton.<br />

boons to its list of specialization.<br />

Refine Tile in Elkton came<br />

in 2008, after its president and<br />

founder of ReVision LLC<br />

acquired Accretia Products.<br />

The company serves the<br />

ceramic tile industry with services<br />

such as diamond saw and<br />

waterjet cutting, mosaic, border,<br />

deco, bullnose and rotary<br />

silk screens production.<br />

Other companies important<br />

to <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> include Cal-<br />

Maine Foods Inc. in Guthrie, the<br />

largest producer and distribution<br />

of fresh shell eggs in the U.S.;<br />

Cumberland Ridge Forest<br />

Products LLC in Guthrie, a<br />

sawmill producing timber and<br />

lumber; Koppers Industries Inc. in<br />

Guthrie, producer of treated<br />

wood used in the railroad industry;<br />

RLR-Hop Custom<br />

Specialities Inc. in Elkton, offering<br />

residential and commercial lighting;<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Pallet LLC in<br />

Elkton, specializing in the wood<br />

pallets and skids industry; Tooltec<br />

in Elkton, providing general<br />

machining and tool and die work.<br />

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AGRICULTURE<br />

TODD COUNTY PUTS THE BUSINESS IN AGRIBUSINESS<br />

BY CATHERINE DARNELL<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

It doesn’t take a genius to know that<br />

there is a whole lotta farming going on in<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Just look at the countryside of cattle,<br />

hogs, wheat, soybeans and corn while<br />

driving on a two-lane blacktop at 20<br />

miles per hour behind some machine that<br />

takes up the whole road. That should be<br />

enough evidence.<br />

And then there are numbers to back it<br />

up. The whole of <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> has<br />

241,000 acres, according to a 2007<br />

USDA census (that census is taken<br />

every five years). Farmers have<br />

197,976 acres at their disposal. Do the<br />

math.<br />

“We do live in a good location, a<br />

productive environment agriculturally, ”<br />

says Curt Judy, <strong>County</strong> Extension<br />

Agent for Agriculture. “The folks here<br />

have done a good job in maintaining<br />

their soil. In recent history, some of our<br />

soil types are the best in <strong>Kentucky</strong>.”<br />

That report shows there were 759<br />

farms here, with an average size of 261<br />

acres, which is above the state average<br />

of 164. On those acres, 70 percent are<br />

cropped, 18 percent used as a woodland,<br />

10 for pasture and 4 percent for<br />

a mixed use.<br />

The top crop is corn, with 48,390<br />

acres in 2007 (eighth in the state) with<br />

a 2009 estimate of 45,200, followed<br />

by soy beans at 42,975 (tenth in the<br />

state) with a 2009 estimate of 45,900,<br />

then 15,010 of wheat in 2007 (with an<br />

update estimate of 32,800 for 2009, a<br />

huge jump), followed by acres of forage<br />

and silage. In 2007, Tobacco ranked<br />

fourth in the state at sales value by<br />

commodity group with a 2009 estimate<br />

of more than 20,000 acres of dark air,<br />

burley and dark fired. The 2009 USDA<br />

estimates for cattle, for all cattle and<br />

calves, is 20,500.<br />

About 34,000 people farmed full-time<br />

in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> in 2007, with others<br />

farming on a seasonal basis. The average<br />

age of a farmer was 53.2 years.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is number one in the<br />

state when it comes to layers/pullets in<br />

Tobacco hangs in a barn between Kirkmansville and Allegre in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>.<br />

the chicken production and fourth in the<br />

state in poultry and egg sales. <strong>Todd</strong>’s cattle<br />

and calf-related sales value is fourth in<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

The 2009 estimate numbers for cash<br />

receipts from farm marketings has <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> at $146,086, ranking fifth in the<br />

state in total receipts.<br />

Makes you appreciate those horses<br />

and buggies a little bit more.<br />

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JUDICIAL SYSTEM<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

Fixing problems that have been building<br />

a lifetime — that’s what District Judge<br />

Sue Carol Browning says is the most difficult<br />

part of her job.<br />

In her 16 years as district judge for<br />

Logan and <strong>Todd</strong> counties, Browning has<br />

sat in on many hearings and made many<br />

decisions. Hearing most criminal cases,<br />

with few exceptions, Browning also handles<br />

civil, juvenile, probate and small claims<br />

court. Cases range from abuse and neglect<br />

cases, child support, and paternity cases to<br />

domestic violence and mental health cases.<br />

“I’m not sure everyone realizes that I<br />

am on call 24 hours a day, seven days a<br />

week, 365 days a year,” said Browning. “I<br />

set bonds for people who have been<br />

arrested and deal with emergency matters<br />

such as domestic violence, mental health<br />

warrants and emergency custody orders<br />

for children who are neglected or abused.<br />

These things come up every single day of<br />

the year. Often things will come up in the<br />

middle of the night.”<br />

While constantly working can be<br />

exhausting, Browning said that does not<br />

compare to the biggest challenge of her<br />

job — juvenile court.<br />

“Often we’re dealing with young adults<br />

and we’re dealing with someone who has<br />

no work ethic, no sense of responsibility<br />

for their own actions, no sense of morality<br />

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Hours of Business:<br />

Monday to Friday<br />

8 AM - 5 PM<br />

Saturday<br />

8 AM - 12 PM<br />

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206 East Main Street<br />

P.O. Box 506<br />

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Phone 270-265-5619<br />

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instilled in them and these are<br />

things that it takes a lifetime to<br />

do,” said Browning. “The ones<br />

that are challenging are the<br />

people in some cases just simply<br />

weren’t raised. I’m supposed<br />

to change behavior in<br />

the brief period of time that I<br />

have them in court and that’s<br />

very very difficult when it’s<br />

something that should be done<br />

over a lifetime.”<br />

Other cases are much easier,<br />

she said.<br />

“A lot of the people I deal<br />

with are very good people who<br />

have just made a mistake and<br />

those cases are easy,” said<br />

Browning. “Everybody makes<br />

mistakes.”<br />

Browning said many times<br />

she relies on God when presiding<br />

over difficult cases.<br />

“For me to do the job it<br />

takes a lot of prayer,” said<br />

Browning. “I’m often dealing<br />

with situations in which there is<br />

no good answer, there is no<br />

good solution so I try to pray<br />

and ask that God will give me<br />

the best solution.”<br />

Working around the clock,<br />

Browning spends Monday<br />

afternoons and Tuesdays in<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> and Monday<br />

mornings, Wednesday and<br />

Thursdays in Logan <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Browning said she typically visits<br />

both counties on Fridays.<br />

Tyler Gill started in<br />

Browning’s position in 1993<br />

before being elected circuit<br />

judge in 1995, a position he’s<br />

filled since then and considers<br />

the best job in <strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

Unlike the district judge position<br />

which is re-elected every<br />

four years, <strong>Kentucky</strong> circuit<br />

judges serve eight-year terms.<br />

Circuit court is just a rung<br />

higher on the ladder of the judicial<br />

system, with the judge<br />

hearing cases of higher matters.<br />

“Circuit judges handle conflicts<br />

involving more permanent<br />

changes in families, larger<br />

sums of money, more critical<br />

property issues and more serious<br />

crimes than do district<br />

courts,” said Gill. “Circuit<br />

courts also rule upon appeals<br />

from district courts.”<br />

These cases include adoptions,<br />

actions to terminate<br />

parental rights, custody disputes,<br />

divorces, felony criminal<br />

cases and civil disputes over<br />

property or money involving<br />

more than $5,000 among others.<br />

Because the <strong>Kentucky</strong> legislature<br />

does not fund a family<br />

court judge for the Logan and<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> county circuit, Gill hears<br />

those cases. He said making<br />

decisions in disputes involving<br />

families is the hardest part of<br />

the job.<br />

“Decisions … involving children<br />

are among the most challenging<br />

and stressful<br />

decisions judges make,” said<br />

Gill. “They differ from other<br />

cases since they usually<br />

involve many disputed facts<br />

and few hard and fast rules to<br />

guide judges. Broad general<br />

principles such as “the best<br />

interest of the child”<br />

are often the only legal guidance<br />

for these decisions. Yet<br />

the consequences of these<br />

decisions are generally greater<br />

than any other category of case<br />

because it can affect generations.”<br />

Gill also serves on Project<br />

Development boards that oversee<br />

construction of new judicial<br />

buildings in Logan and <strong>Todd</strong><br />

counties.<br />

Per request of the chief justice,<br />

Gill oversees a program<br />

commonly referred to as drug<br />

court.<br />

“The title is misleading<br />

because this program is not a<br />

court of law but is simply an<br />

intense drug treatment program<br />

undertaken as a collaborative<br />

effort between the three<br />

branches of government,” said<br />

Gill. “It is designed<br />

to better address the drug<br />

addiction problem that is at the<br />

root of many felony crimes and<br />

family problems.”<br />

Being a judge for 18 years,<br />

Gill said there are still public<br />

misconceptions of a judge’s<br />

responsibility, especially the<br />

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idea that judges may cheat<br />

the system. He said these<br />

come about by a general lack<br />

of public interest in judicial<br />

and civic matters.<br />

“It is not uncommon<br />

for people to express genuine<br />

surprise when told that I am<br />

not free to simply<br />

ignore laws,” said Gill. “I am<br />

referring to people who<br />

believe that judges are<br />

authorized to change<br />

or break clearly<br />

established rules with a wink<br />

and a nod.<br />

If judges were allowed the<br />

luxury of being able to cheat<br />

by imposing our own personal<br />

will or whim, this<br />

would meet the definition<br />

of tyranny.”<br />

He said this is avoided by<br />

the allowance of higher<br />

courts to appeal to reverse<br />

the decision of a lower<br />

court.<br />

For Gill, the most rewarding<br />

part of the job is being<br />

able to provide justice and a<br />

fair process along the way to<br />

those citizens who elect him.<br />

“My work is to oversee<br />

the mechanism of the Circuit<br />

Courts in these two counties<br />

so as to create an atmosphere<br />

where justice stands<br />

the best chance,” said Gill.<br />

“I enjoy seeing our circuit<br />

clerks, prosecutors, criminal<br />

defense attorneys, civil attorneys,<br />

police, probation officers,<br />

sheriffs, bailiffs, jurors<br />

and others working together<br />

in a proper process.”<br />

Gill said justice is a combined<br />

effort.<br />

“In these rural communities,<br />

the end result, justice or<br />

injustice, good or<br />

bad, belongs to us,” said Gill.<br />

“Justice is a community<br />

effort. We can blame no one<br />

else. We can trust no one<br />

else to do it. It is too important<br />

a task to be entrusted to<br />

government. I am rewarded<br />

when I see our system work<br />

as it should.”<br />

Gill said his schedule<br />

depends on the time of year<br />

and what types of cases are<br />

on the docket. However, he<br />

is in Elkton every Wednesday<br />

from 8:30 until noon handling<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Criminal<br />

Cases and then handles civil<br />

motions in the afternoon.<br />

He does the same on<br />

Thursdays in Logan <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Mondays, Tuesdays and<br />

Fridays are used for trials<br />

hearings and administrative<br />

business. Trials without juries<br />

are held throughout the year.<br />

Trials by jury are held<br />

January, February, April,<br />

May, August and September<br />

in Logan <strong>County</strong> and March,<br />

July and November in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>.<br />

Gill estimates about onefourth<br />

of his cases take place<br />

in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

With Browning and Gill<br />

handling both Logan and<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> counties, <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Circuit Court Clerk Mark<br />

Cowherd keeps all <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> judicial court records<br />

on file.<br />

“I’ve always thought of it<br />

in a sense that I’m kind of like<br />

the librarian of court proceedings<br />

for <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>,”<br />

said Cowherd, who became<br />

clerk in 1998 after working<br />

in the office for several years.<br />

Handling all district and<br />

circuit court cases, Cowherd<br />

said the files range from a<br />

“parking ticket to a DUI to a<br />

cold check, misdemeanor,<br />

felony, all civil suits, all juvenile<br />

cases, all adoptions, all<br />

domestic violence cases.”<br />

Cowherd said many people<br />

are surprised when they<br />

find out the wide spectrum of<br />

his job responsibilities as well<br />

as the duties of all judicial<br />

officials.<br />

“We do drivers’ licenses,<br />

which is what most people<br />

who have never been<br />

involved with the court system<br />

probably think we do, is<br />

take pictures,” said Cowherd.<br />

“That’s actually the smallest<br />

portion of what we do. I<br />

don’t know that some people<br />

realize just how much is<br />

involved in the court system.”<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> State House of Representatives<br />

Proudly Representing<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> & Logan <strong>County</strong><br />

Rep. Martha Jane<br />

KING<br />

Frankfort, <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

Contact Information<br />

Frankfort: (502 )564-8100 ext. 618<br />

Home: (270) 657-2707<br />

Fax: (270) 657-2755<br />

marthajaneking@lrc.ky.gov<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 49


Justice Center should be ready by 2012<br />

BY ELIZABETH JOHNSON<br />

TODD COUNTY STANDARD<br />

After an Oct. 16, 2009<br />

groundbreaking ceremony, <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> residents should expect<br />

the completion of the Judicial<br />

Center in mid-March 2012. The<br />

$11.1 million project, authorized<br />

by the <strong>Kentucky</strong> General<br />

Assembly in 2006 with the budget<br />

approved in 2008, has been<br />

faced with few obstacles.<br />

“We’ve had several delays<br />

because of weather — a bad<br />

winter and the rain this spring,”<br />

said David Welker, on-site construction<br />

manager with Codell<br />

Construction. “Other than that<br />

the project is going great.”<br />

Mark Cowherd, <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> circuit court clerk, said<br />

there has been some negative<br />

feedback on spending so much<br />

money during the recession, but<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> was added to the<br />

list for a judicial center in the<br />

1990s when the administrative<br />

office of the courts began pushing<br />

for updated court houses.<br />

When the family court amendment<br />

was passed in 2000, the<br />

push for judicial centers became<br />

stronger.<br />

“It amazes me that people<br />

still don’t realize the state is paying<br />

for this,” said Cowherd.<br />

“It’s not like the jail where the<br />

county has to pay for that. The<br />

state is paying for this, if we<br />

had said no somebody else<br />

would’ve got it. With the economy<br />

like it is they’re saying why<br />

did we do this, but they don’t<br />

realize that it’s one of these<br />

deals where the state is giving<br />

them out.”<br />

At 34,000 square feet, the<br />

building will house two courtrooms<br />

and offices for the circuit<br />

court clerk, circuit and district<br />

judges, the court designated<br />

worker, pretrial release officers<br />

among others. Other offices<br />

will keep their location at the<br />

current court house.<br />

Cowherd said the biggest<br />

advantage of the new judicial<br />

center will be additional space.<br />

Circuit and district court are<br />

TODD COUNTY SCHOOLS<br />

• More than 2,100 students and 400 staff.<br />

• Two elementary schools, one middle<br />

school one high school, one alternative<br />

school<br />

Our mission is to TEACH all students from a<br />

rigorous and aligned curriculum; CARING by<br />

building positive mentoring relationships with all<br />

students; SERVING by using varied, research-based<br />

instructional strategies that make learning relevant to<br />

the needs of our students and community.<br />

sharing the one courtroom at<br />

the current location and when<br />

the state budget permits, family<br />

court will be added to the mix,<br />

said Cowherd.<br />

“We have to use the conference<br />

room if we have more<br />

than one court going on,” said<br />

Cowherd. “It’s a logistic nightmare.<br />

The courthouse we are<br />

in is not that old but it was<br />

designed before they changed<br />

the court system in the state of<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>.”<br />

Cowherd said there are also<br />

plans to expand the drug court<br />

program as well as programs<br />

aimed to prevent juvenile<br />

crimes. Another advantage of<br />

the new building is the setup of<br />

the courtrooms, said Cowherd.<br />

“As weird as it sounds,<br />

Judge (Tyler) Gill will always tell<br />

people, believe it or not, our<br />

courtroom was not designed to<br />

have trials in,” said Cowherd.<br />

“There’s no place to separate<br />

witnesses. There’s no place to<br />

keep the victims or victims’<br />

family away from the families of<br />

the defendant. One of the big<br />

things they pushed on these judicial<br />

centers is to provide the<br />

space to keep all of the parties<br />

separated so that you can have a<br />

trial without any problems.”<br />

Because of the unique functions<br />

of a courthouse, fulfilling<br />

those needs is a priority.<br />

“You’ve got obviously more<br />

security and a lot more electrical<br />

issues to deal with court houses,”<br />

said Welker.<br />

Having built nearly 60 courthouses<br />

in <strong>Kentucky</strong>, Codell<br />

Construction is familiar with the<br />

process, but Welker said the<br />

architects at JKS Architects and<br />

Engineers envisioned this project<br />

being unique to <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

The building will be red brick<br />

with a charcoal roof and limestone<br />

detailing and columns on<br />

the front. There will also be a circular<br />

emblem in the front lobby<br />

floor sporting the state slogan<br />

and images of the old courthouse<br />

on the square, the<br />

Jefferson Davis Monument and<br />

a horse in a rolling pasture.<br />

TODD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION<br />

205 AIRPORT ROAD<br />

ELKTON, KENTUCKY 42220<br />

Look for us on the internet at<br />

www.todd.kyschools.us<br />

270.265.2436<br />

50 DISCOVER TODD COUNTY <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong>


EATERIES<br />

GUTHRIE<br />

American Cafe<br />

306 S. Ewing St.<br />

483-2288<br />

5:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. daily<br />

Try this: Breakfast<br />

Longhurst Grocery<br />

231 S. Ewing St.<br />

483-2932<br />

8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-<br />

Friday; 8 a.m.- 12 p.m.<br />

Saturday<br />

Try this: Baloney and<br />

Cheese Sandwich<br />

Moss’s<br />

5145 Hwy. 41<br />

485-2359<br />

10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.<br />

Monday- Saturday; 10:30<br />

a.m.- 2 p.m. Sunday<br />

Try this: Catfish<br />

Mike’s Bar-B-Cue<br />

9926 Russellville Road<br />

483-8001<br />

6 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday; 6<br />

a.m.- 7 p.m. Tuesday- Friday;<br />

6 a.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday<br />

Try this: Prime Rib<br />

Special<br />

Red Top BBQ<br />

10360 Russellville Road<br />

Tiny Town<br />

483-1328<br />

10 a.m.- 7 p.m Tuesday-<br />

Saturday<br />

Try this: Pork Chops<br />

Tiny Town Pizza & Subs<br />

10155 Dixie Beeline Hwy.<br />

483-7000<br />

10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Monday-<br />

Thursday; 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.<br />

Friday- Saturday; 12 p.m.- 7<br />

p.m Sunday<br />

Try this: Philly Cheese<br />

Steak Sub<br />

ELKTON<br />

2Kates<br />

10 Public Square<br />

265-3545<br />

Dining: 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.<br />

Monday- Friday<br />

Gifts: 10:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.<br />

Monday- Friday<br />

Try this: Chicken Salad<br />

Hampton’s Dairy Mart<br />

528 W. Main St.<br />

265-2011<br />

6:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. daily<br />

Try this: Cheesesticks<br />

Dairy Queen<br />

625 W. Main St.<br />

265-9040<br />

6 a.m.- 10 p.m Monday-<br />

Saturday; 7 a.m.- 10 p.m.<br />

Sunday<br />

Try this: Oreo Blizzard<br />

The Gathering Place<br />

(270) 265-9144<br />

4:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.<br />

Monday- Saturday; 6 a.m. to<br />

11 p.m.<br />

Try this: Salad<br />

L & R Soda Bar<br />

Elkton Square<br />

265-2155<br />

8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday-<br />

Wednesday; 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.<br />

Thursday- Saturday; 12:30- 5<br />

p.m. Sunday<br />

Try this: S’mores<br />

Sundae<br />

Subway<br />

Elkton Square<br />

(270) 265-9929<br />

7 a.m. to 10 p.m.<br />

Monday- Saturday; 9 a.m. to<br />

10 p.m.<br />

Try this: Sweet Onion<br />

Chicken Terryaki<br />

El Torito<br />

54 Public Square<br />

265-3904<br />

11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Tuesday-<br />

Sunday<br />

Try This: Combo fajitas<br />

Pizza Place<br />

Elkton Square<br />

(270) 265-5255<br />

11 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />

Monday- Friday; 4 p.m. to 9<br />

p.m. Saturday<br />

Try This: Pizza Sub<br />

KIRKMANSVILLE<br />

Helen’s Place<br />

12349 Allegre Road<br />

269-7447<br />

6 a.m.- 3 p.m. Monday; 6<br />

a.m.- 7 p.m. Tuesday-<br />

Thursday; 6 a.m.- 10 p.m.<br />

Friday; 6 a.m.- 2 p.m.<br />

Saturday<br />

Try this: Cheeseburger<br />

basket<br />

ALLEGRE<br />

Pam’s Quick Stop<br />

5715 Allegre Road<br />

6:30 a.m.- 6 p.m.<br />

Monday- Saturday<br />

Try this: BBQ Ham<br />

CLIFTY<br />

Patty’s Place<br />

13210 Greenville Road<br />

277-6682<br />

6 a.m- 6 p.m. Monday-<br />

Saturday<br />

Try this: Sub<br />

sandwiches<br />

FAIRVIEW<br />

Fairview Quickshop<br />

10998 Jefferson Davis<br />

Hwy.<br />

885-1120<br />

5:30 a.m.- 6 p.m.<br />

Monday- Saturday; 1 p.m.-<br />

4p.m Sunday<br />

LAKE MALONE<br />

Shady Cliff Restaurant<br />

& Boat Dock<br />

530 Lake Malone Road<br />

Lewisburg<br />

(270) 657-9580<br />

11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Tuesday-<br />

Thursday; 8 a.m.- 8 p.m.<br />

Friday- Sunday<br />

Try this: Prime rib<br />

Refine Tile produces quality mosaics, borders, decos,<br />

medallions and bullnose as well as silk screens for<br />

tile manufacturers and tile and stone distributors.<br />

We want to be your partner in design and production<br />

for mosaics, decorative tile and trim needs.<br />

101 Industrial Drive<br />

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<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> DISCOVER TODD COUNTY 51


LOCAL GROUPS/CLUBS<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Community<br />

Alliance<br />

A non-profit organization<br />

established in 2009 to promote<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>. It includes residents<br />

and business owners that are<br />

dedicated to helping <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> grow and prosper.<br />

Green River Academy<br />

Preservation Society<br />

Formed to save the Green<br />

River Academy building on 204<br />

Goebel Avenue in Elkton.<br />

President: Matthew Bailey;<br />

Contact: 1-649-719-0137<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Women’s Club<br />

Promotes friendship and fun<br />

for its members, it also supports<br />

higher education and fosters<br />

good social conditons in the<br />

community.The club helps needy<br />

children at Christmas time and<br />

awards scholarships to graduates.<br />

President: Diane Higgins;<br />

Contact: (270) 265-5239<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Cattlemen’s<br />

<strong>Association</strong><br />

President: Don Laster; Vice-<br />

President: Tony Berry; Contact<br />

Curt Judy,<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> extension<br />

agent for agriculture.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Farm Bureau<br />

Founded in 1938, it offers<br />

programs and other supporting<br />

services for its member families.<br />

Call (270) 265-2120 for more<br />

information.<br />

The Committee for the<br />

Preservation of the Robert<br />

Penn Warren Birthplace in<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Inc.<br />

Contact Jeane Moore at (270)<br />

483-2683<br />

Trenton Garden Club<br />

Co-Chairmen Gil Frederink<br />

and Linda Capps. Contact: (270)<br />

466-9230<br />

Silver Triangle Main Street<br />

Corporation<br />

A non-profit organization<br />

that pursues downtown<br />

revitalization and historic<br />

preservation for Trenton and<br />

Guthrie. The group also<br />

promotes businesses in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong>. Contact Tracy Robinson<br />

at (270) 483-2511 on Wednesday,<br />

Thursday and Friday.<br />

Homemakers Clubs<br />

There are eight homemakers<br />

clubs serving <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Among them are the Town and<br />

Country Homemakers with Linda<br />

Chester at (270) 466-566; the<br />

Sunset Homemakers with Carrie<br />

Joy Brookshire at (270) 466-5589;<br />

the Allegre Homemakers Club<br />

with Donna Settle at (270) 277-<br />

9239; Country Pals Homemakers<br />

Club in the Guthrie and Sharon<br />

Grove area with Geri Howard at<br />

(270) 265-9992; Folks and Friends<br />

Homemakers Club in Elkton with<br />

Kathy Dickinson at (270) 264-<br />

3242; The Git R’ Done<br />

Homemakers Club in north <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> with Debbie Rager at<br />

(270) 277-9269; The Kirmansville<br />

Homemakers with Ida Colley at<br />

(270) 269-7150; and the South<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> Homemakers with Melba<br />

Smith at (270) 483-0278. For more<br />

information call the <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Extension Service at (270) 265-<br />

5659. Ask for Jill Harris.<br />

4-H Clubs<br />

Available at all local schools<br />

for ages 9 to 19; there are also<br />

community and project clubs<br />

that focus on a variety of interests<br />

from cooking to shooting, For<br />

more information, call the<br />

extension service at (270) 265-<br />

5659.<br />

Trenton Civic Club<br />

Contact Jere McCuiston at<br />

(270) 466-5373<br />

Ladies Progressive Club<br />

Contact Susie Wilson at (270)<br />

466-5482<br />

Trenton Senior Citizens<br />

Contact Trenton City Hall at<br />

(270) 466-3332<br />

Elkton Rotary Club<br />

Steve Walters, President.<br />

Contact Bryan Blount, secretary<br />

at (270) 265-2368.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Senior Citizens<br />

Center<br />

Call (270) 265-5935 for more<br />

information.<br />

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meant quality & service first<br />

for over thirty years. We<br />

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We have a wide variety of<br />

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along with a Parts & Service<br />

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qualified salespeople show<br />

you our wide selection. We<br />

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(270) 726-9551<br />

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BAPTIST<br />

Joines Chapel General<br />

Baptist<br />

5955 Greenbriar Road,<br />

Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 338-3366<br />

Keysburg Baptist<br />

14760 Orndorff Mill Road,<br />

Guthrie<br />

Parsonage: (270) 483-2636<br />

Church: (270) 483-6793<br />

Mt. Vernon General<br />

Baptist<br />

Mickey Travis, Preacher<br />

4925 Coal Bank Road,<br />

Sharon Grove<br />

Church: (270) 525-6133<br />

New Harmony General<br />

Baptist<br />

Bro. Tony Evitts<br />

17299 Greenville Rd<br />

Church: (270) 277-9014<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-8888<br />

Collier Springs Victory<br />

General Baptist<br />

David N. Blake, pastor<br />

Collier Springs Road<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-6691<br />

Trinity General Baptist<br />

Bro. Donald McGehee<br />

PLACES OF WORSHIP<br />

11769 Greenville Road,<br />

Clifty<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-9936<br />

Northside Baptist<br />

Bro. Irving Cummings, pastor<br />

532 N. Main St., Elkton<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-9936<br />

Pastor Cell: (270) 791-8474<br />

Allegre Baptist<br />

Bro. Eddie Mitchell<br />

Allegre<br />

Pastor: (270) 265-5795<br />

Mt. Tabor Baptist<br />

Bro. Jimmy Fuller<br />

7863 Allegre Rd, Allegre<br />

Parsonage: (270) 265-3606<br />

Church: (270) 265-5288<br />

Bellview Baptist<br />

225 Pilot Rock Road, Allegre<br />

Church: (270) 265-3885<br />

Sharon Grove Baptist<br />

Mike Dukes, pastor<br />

5350 Sharon Grove Road,<br />

Elkton<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-8145<br />

Cedar Grove Baptist<br />

Bro. Ron Noffsinger<br />

8620 Greenville Road,<br />

Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 277-4837<br />

Reform Baptist Church<br />

Elder David Fletcher, pastor<br />

Contact: (270) 640-5808<br />

Calvary Baptist<br />

Rev. Randy Davenport<br />

611 South Streets Avenue,<br />

Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-3901<br />

New Hope Missionary<br />

Baptist<br />

230 Heltsey St., Lewisburg<br />

Church: (270) 277-9574<br />

Tiny Town Baptist<br />

Rev. Larry J. Baker<br />

9963 Dixie Beeline Hwy.,<br />

Guthrie<br />

Pastor: (270) 483-2083<br />

Mt. Gilead Baptist<br />

Josh Tharpe, pastor<br />

9129 Allensville Road,<br />

Allensville<br />

Trenton Baptist<br />

Rev. Dean Anderson, pastor<br />

334 Guthrie Street, Trenton<br />

Church: (270) 466-5429S<br />

Britmart Baptist<br />

6150 Butler Road, Elkton<br />

Guthrie Baptist<br />

Bro. Stephen Childers<br />

417 Park St., Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 483-2533<br />

Pastor: (270) 483-2922<br />

Mt. Zion Baptist<br />

Charlie Jones, pastor<br />

26 Watts Road, Trenton<br />

Bethel Baptist<br />

Greg Gibson, Pastor<br />

281 Miller Road, Fairview<br />

Phone: (270) 886-2386<br />

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Bill Gentry (270) 886-7634<br />

Elkton Baptist<br />

Rev. Mark Keith<br />

301 E. Main St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-2239<br />

Lester’s Chapel Baptist<br />

Johnson Road, Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 485-4211<br />

Antioch Baptist<br />

Carmel Hoskins, pastor<br />

7596 Duncan Ridge Road,<br />

Lewisburg<br />

Church: (270) 755-2656<br />

Queen Ann Baptist<br />

Rev. Robert L. Jones<br />

108 4th St., Trenton<br />

Church: (270) 466-3509<br />

First Baptist<br />

Rev. Phillip Suber<br />

McReynolds Drive, Elkton<br />

Macedonia Baptist<br />

Kenneth Day, Pastor<br />

7905 Guthrie Rd., Guthrie<br />

Johnson Chapel Baptist<br />

Rev. Robert Clark<br />

Elkton<br />

Mt. Pleasant Baptist<br />

Rev. Frank J. Johnson<br />

60 Mt. Pleasant Lane,<br />

Allensville<br />

Church: (270) 265-3329<br />

Little Union Baptist<br />

Rev. Robert Butler Sr.<br />

Elkton<br />

St. Paul Missionary<br />

Baptist<br />

103 Merriweather St.,<br />

Guthrie<br />

Guilfield Baptist<br />

Rev. William B. Kirby<br />

Guthrie<br />

Silver Star Baptist<br />

Rev. Vincent<br />

Pembroke<br />

Mt. Pisgah Baptist<br />

Rev. R.L. Miller<br />

355 Watts Road, Trenton<br />

Pleasant Union General<br />

Baptist<br />

Arno Kranz, pastor<br />

5529 Deer Lick Road,<br />

Lewisburg<br />

Pastor: (270) 277-9463<br />

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Cliff Hill Baptist<br />

Bro. Clarence White<br />

Clifty<br />

Freedom Baptist<br />

Bro. Lucian Moore<br />

4530 Butler Road, Elkton<br />

Pastor: (270) 265-7500<br />

House of Prayer General<br />

Baptist<br />

Bro. Gary Slaughter<br />

Clifty<br />

Church: (270) 277-9948<br />

CATHOLIC<br />

St. Susan’s Catholic<br />

Heriberto Rodriguez, deacon<br />

and parish life coordinator<br />

221 Allensville St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-5263<br />

St. Mary & St. James<br />

Catholic<br />

Heriberto Rodriguez, deacon<br />

and parish life coordinator<br />

Third Street, Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 483-2571<br />

CHRISTIAN<br />

Elkton Christian Church<br />

(Disciples of Christ)<br />

Rev. Scott Murphy<br />

401 E. Main St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-2321<br />

Clifty Christian Church<br />

Rev. Jerry Sweeny<br />

church: (270) 277-9911<br />

Guthrie Christian Church<br />

(Disciples of Christ)<br />

Rev. Scott Murphy<br />

124 Green St., Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 483-9900<br />

CHURCH OF CHRIST<br />

Westside Church of Christ<br />

John Partlow, minister<br />

715 W. Main St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-5217<br />

Pleasant Grove Church of<br />

Christ<br />

Ben Wiles, minister<br />

6025 Guthrie Road, Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 265-9120<br />

Parsonage: (270) 483-2326<br />

Sharon Grove Church of<br />

Christ<br />

Richard Perry, minister<br />

2351 Sharon Grove Road,<br />

Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-3027<br />

Clifty Church of Christ<br />

Bro. Paul Moore<br />

Church: (270) 348-4092<br />

Guthrie Church of Christ<br />

233 West Park, Guthrie<br />

Church: (502) 483-2812<br />

Allensville Church of Christ<br />

Allensville<br />

Mt. Vernon Church of Christ<br />

Malcolm Rust, minister<br />

2692 Jason Ridge Road,<br />

Lewisburg<br />

Church: (270) 657-2240<br />

THE CHURCH OF JESUS<br />

CHRIST OF LATTER DAY<br />

SAINTS<br />

The Church of Jesus Christ<br />

of Latter Day Saints<br />

Paul E. Addison, bishop<br />

122 Murray Ct., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-5733<br />

NON-DENOMINATIONAL<br />

Elkton Gospel Church<br />

Timothy D. Hughes Sr., pastor<br />

Michael Harmon, assistant<br />

pastor<br />

402 E. Washington St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-5090<br />

Stokes Chapel<br />

Gary Chapman, pastor<br />

1480 Stringtown Road, Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-9530<br />

Shepherd’s House of Prayer<br />

& Deliverance<br />

3440 E. Jefferson Davis Hwy.,<br />

Elkton<br />

(270) 277-9508<br />

Pea Ridge Full Gospel<br />

Rev. Eddie Fowler Jr.<br />

102 Goebel Avenue, Elkton<br />

Pastor: (270) 265-5601<br />

Community Prayer House<br />

Joy Leaster, pastor<br />

J.W. Johnson Road, Sharon<br />

Grove<br />

Pea Ridge House of Prayer<br />

Bro. Don Neal<br />

Church: (270) 265-0127<br />

Evening Light Tabernacle<br />

(Tress Shop)<br />

Thomas Bayler, pastor<br />

Church: (270) 265-3673<br />

Emberry Church<br />

Bro. Larry Chapman<br />

3030 Emberry Church Road,<br />

Clifty<br />

Pastor: (270) 755-2893<br />

METHODIST<br />

Allensville & Bethel UMC<br />

Jeff Dimatties, pastor<br />

Allensville<br />

Church: (270) 265-2034<br />

Elkton Circuit United<br />

Methodist<br />

Mount Sharon and Providence<br />

Butch Hester, pastor<br />

Pastor: (270) 265-2130<br />

Guthrie United Methodist<br />

Doug Lyons, pastor<br />

249 Park St., Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 483-2460<br />

Pastor: (270)483-1182<br />

Kirkmansville United<br />

Methodist<br />

Bro. Michael Ladd<br />

12448 Allegre Road,<br />

Kirkmansville<br />

Petrie Memorial United<br />

Methodist<br />

Dr. Ted Beam, pastor<br />

202 E. Main St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-2298<br />

Pleasant Hill United<br />

Methodist<br />

Brent Arn, Pastor<br />

7428 Highland Lick Road,<br />

Elkton<br />

Parsonage:(270) 277-0149<br />

Church: (270) 277-3339<br />

Bethel United Methodist<br />

Church<br />

Rev. Jeff Dimatties<br />

Pond River Road, Elkton<br />

Trenton & Bells Chapel UMC<br />

Will Campbell, pastor<br />

Church: (270) 277-0149<br />

Sebree Chapel C.M.E.<br />

Rev. Will Campbell<br />

Church: (270) 466-5618<br />

Phillips Chapel CME<br />

Rev. Claudette Snorton<br />

305 S. Allen St., Elkton<br />

Church: (270) 265-9824<br />

Pastor: (270) 305-4767<br />

Mt. Zion Methodist<br />

Rev. W.J. Holmes<br />

3940 Guthrie Road, Guthrie<br />

Church: (270) 265-5755<br />

Lane Chapel C.M.E.<br />

Ewing Street, Guthrie<br />

Spillman C.M.E. Church<br />

William Coleman, pastor<br />

Allensville<br />

Church: (270) 265-0017<br />

Tabernacle Methodist<br />

Church<br />

Gayla Webb, pastor<br />

2763 Butler Road, Elkton<br />

NAZARENE<br />

Elkton Church of the<br />

Nazarene<br />

Rev. Chad Kaminski<br />

516 W. Main St., Elkton<br />

Parsonage: (270) 265-2221<br />

PENTECOSTAL<br />

Trenton Assembly of God<br />

Rev. Mike Dorsey<br />

2239 Clarksville Road, Trenton<br />

Church: (270) 265-9133<br />

The Arm of the Lord Trinity<br />

Rev. Irene Cain-Street<br />

Fairview<br />

Church: (270) 886-2721<br />

New Life Pentecostal<br />

Bro. Jimmy Dukes<br />

1090 Pond River Road, Elkton<br />

Pastor: (270) 265-9520<br />

PRESBYTERIAN<br />

Gill’s Chapel Cumberland<br />

Presbyterian<br />

Bro. Sam Romines<br />

The Harmon Community<br />

Trenton Presbyterian<br />

336 Hopkinsville St., Trenton<br />

Proudly Serving<br />

The Citizens of<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

• Kim Chapman<br />

• Cindy Stokes<br />

• Connie Smith<br />

• Amy Deason<br />

• Leslie Cunningham<br />

Office of the<br />

TODD COUNTY CLERK<br />

Kim Chapman<br />

202 East Washington Street<br />

P.O. Box 307<br />

Elkton, KY 42220<br />

kimberlyr.chapman@ky.gov<br />

270.265.9966, Ext. 1<br />

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COMMUNICATIONS<br />

Mediacom<br />

Provides cable television,<br />

Internet and telephone services.<br />

Cable TV: 1-866-755-2225<br />

Internet: 1-800-874-2924<br />

Telephone: 1-877-304-7466<br />

AT&T<br />

Provides residential and<br />

commercial telephone services<br />

as well as Internet services.<br />

Residential: 1-800-288-2020<br />

Commercial: 1-866-620-6000<br />

Wireless: 1-800-331-0500<br />

Internet: 1-500-288-2020<br />

COMMUNITY FACILITIES<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Library<br />

302 East Main Street<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

270-265-9071<br />

Hours: Vary daily<br />

Milliken Memorial Community<br />

House<br />

Open for public events. Deposit<br />

and rental fee required. Call<br />

Patsy at City Hall at 270-265-<br />

9877 for inquiries.<br />

Senior Citizens Center<br />

104 Morris Weathers Street<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

270-265-5935<br />

Senior Citizens of Guthrie<br />

South Ewing Street<br />

Guthrie, Ky. 42234<br />

270-483-2617<br />

Trenton Community Center<br />

270-466-5628<br />

EDUCATION<br />

North <strong>Todd</strong> Elementary<br />

7300 Greenville Road<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 277-6800<br />

South <strong>Todd</strong> Elementary<br />

4115 Guthrie Hwy.<br />

Guthrie, Ky, 42234<br />

(270) 265-5785<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Middle School<br />

515 W. Main Street<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2511<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Central High<br />

School<br />

806 S. Main Street<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2506<br />

Board of Education<br />

Superintendent Michael Kenner<br />

205 Airport Road<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2436<br />

Covenant Christian Academy<br />

1090 Pond River Road<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW<br />

(270) 265-9520<br />

Austin Peay State University<br />

601 College Street<br />

Clarksville, Tenn. 37044<br />

1-877-861-APSU<br />

Western <strong>Kentucky</strong> University<br />

1906 College Heights Blvd.<br />

Bowling Green, Ky. 42101<br />

(270) 745-0111<br />

Hopkinsville Community<br />

College<br />

720 North Drive<br />

Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240<br />

(270) 707-3700<br />

HOSPITALS<br />

Jennie Stuart Medical Center<br />

320 West 18th Street<br />

Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240<br />

(270) 887-5762<br />

NorthCrest Medical Center<br />

100 NorthCrest Drive<br />

Springfield, Tenn. 37172<br />

(615) 384-2411<br />

Logan Memorial Hospital<br />

1625 Nashville Street<br />

Russellville, Ky. 42276<br />

(270) 726-4011<br />

Greenview Regional Hospital<br />

1801 Ashley Circle<br />

Bowling Green, Ky. 42104<br />

(270) 793-1000<br />

The Medical Center<br />

50 Park Street<br />

Bowling Green, Ky. 42101<br />

(270) 745-1000<br />

Gateway Medical Center<br />

651 Dunlop Lane<br />

Clarksville, Tenn. 37040<br />

(931) 502-1000<br />

Baptist Hospital<br />

2000 Church Street<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37236<br />

(615) 342-1000<br />

Centennial Medical Center<br />

2300 Patterson Street<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37203<br />

(615) 342-1000<br />

Skyline Medical Center<br />

3441 Dickerson Pike<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37207<br />

(615) 769-2000<br />

St. Thomas Hospital<br />

4110 Harding Pike<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37205<br />

(615) 222-2111<br />

Vanderbilt University Medical<br />

Center<br />

211 Medical Center Drive<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37232<br />

(615) 322-5000<br />

MEDIA<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong><br />

41 Public Square<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2439<br />

WEKT 1070 AM<br />

P.O. Box 577<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-5636<br />

Fax: (270) 265-5637<br />

TRANSPORTATION<br />

Nashville International<br />

One Terminal Drive<br />

Suite 501<br />

Nashville, Tenn. 37214<br />

615-275-1675<br />

<strong>Standard</strong> Air Field<br />

Located approximately .5 mile<br />

southwest of Elkton, the<br />

<strong>Standard</strong> Field is classed as a<br />

“Basic Utility Airport,” which<br />

refers to airports designed to<br />

handle single-engine and light<br />

twin-engine propeller driven<br />

aircraft. The turf runway is 3.500<br />

feet with the only traffic control<br />

being a wind sock.<br />

CSX Transportation<br />

1101 Skyline Drive<br />

Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240<br />

(270) 885-5161<br />

Provides main line rail service to<br />

Guthrie and Trenton. The nearest<br />

piggyback facility is in Nashville,<br />

Tenn.<br />

R.J. Corman Railroad<br />

145 First Street<br />

Guthrie, Ky. 42234<br />

(270) 483-9000<br />

Operates a short line railroad<br />

from Bowling Green through<br />

Guthrie to Zinc, Tenn.<br />

UTILITIES<br />

Atmos Energy<br />

P.O. Box 650205<br />

Dallas, Texas 75265-0205<br />

Customer Service: 1-888-286-<br />

6700<br />

Emergency: 1-866-322-8667<br />

Elkton Utilities<br />

71 Public Square<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-9877<br />

Logan- <strong>Todd</strong> Regional Water<br />

248 Tower Street<br />

Guthrie, Ky. 42234<br />

(270) 483-6990<br />

Pennyrile Rural Electric<br />

204S.MainStreet<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2545<br />

1-800-297-4708<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Water District<br />

617 W. Main Street<br />

Elkton, Ky. 42220<br />

(270) 265-2229<br />

WHERE TO PAY<br />

Convenience Center trash<br />

card: They are renewed anually<br />

after Aug. 31 for $36 each. To<br />

replace your card or if you<br />

missed registration, go to the<br />

judge-executive’s office in the<br />

courthouse in Elkton.<br />

Property taxes: <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Clerks’s Office<br />

202 E. Washington Street (inside<br />

courthouse), Elkton<br />

(270)265-9966<br />

Property Values/disputes:<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Property Valuation<br />

Administration<br />

202 E. Washington Street,<br />

Elkton. (270)265-9966<br />

Vehicle taxes and<br />

registration: <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Clerk’s Office 202 E. Washington<br />

Street, Elkton<br />

MISCELLANEOUS<br />

Animal Control Issues:<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is contracted with<br />

Christian <strong>County</strong>’s animal<br />

shelter to take in its stray<br />

animals with the help of the<br />

road department. For more<br />

information, contact Christian<br />

<strong>County</strong>’s animal shelter at (270)<br />

887-4175.<br />

Damaged Roads/Tiles: Contact<br />

your district’s magistrate or<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> Road Department<br />

Foreman Walton Epley, Jr. at<br />

(270) 265-5262.<br />

Hunting: <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> is in<br />

Zone 2 for hunting seasons.<br />

Marriage License/<br />

Ceremonies: Marriage licenses<br />

are$35.50fromthecounty<br />

court clerk’s office in the<br />

courthouse in Elkton. There is<br />

no waiting period in <strong>Todd</strong><br />

<strong>County</strong> to wed, but you must<br />

be married within 30 days of<br />

purchase for the wedding to be<br />

valid. Ceremonies may be<br />

performed by the judgeexecutive.<br />

Passports: Cannolongerbe<br />

acquired in <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

For gently used clothing, toys,<br />

books, furniture, etc.: Elkton’s<br />

Interfaith Center at 602 S.<br />

Streets Ave. accepts donations<br />

of these items and provides<br />

them to the public free or at a<br />

nominal fee for those that can<br />

afford it. Call (270) 265-3948 for<br />

more information. There are<br />

also drop boxes around Elkton<br />

for donated clothing.<br />

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For the price of a steak dinner,<br />

you can get a year's worth<br />

of the <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong><br />

delivered to your home!<br />

The<br />

Lasts<br />

longer and<br />

fewer calories<br />

for just $30<br />

a year!<br />

WE WERE THERE WHEN....<br />

NO MEDIUM COVERS TODD COUNTY<br />

LIKE THE <strong>Standard</strong><br />

Serving <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> since 1893<br />

41 Public Square • P.O. Box 308 • Elkton, <strong>Kentucky</strong> 42220 • 270-265-2439<br />

56 DISCOVER TODD COUNTY <strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Standard</strong>


More and more families are understanding the difference<br />

in locally owned and corporate-owned funeral homes.<br />

Stop in to visit and learn the difference.<br />

We are proud to have remained locally-owned.<br />

<strong>Todd</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Funeral Home<br />

720 West Main Street<br />

Elkton<br />

Phone: 265-5616<br />

Obit Line: 265-5080<br />

Cook-Webb<br />

Funeral Home<br />

216 West Park Street<br />

Guthrie<br />

Phone: 483-2157<br />

Obit Line: 483-2000

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