Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) articles from May 2001

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) archives from May 2001

Rise in Gas Prices Hurts Western Kentucky Delivery Services.
May 29, 2001... Byline: Mike Baggett May 29--High gasoline prices are hurting regular commuters at the pump and local businesses that specialize in delivery service. In Darrell Toomey's case, high gas prices have crippled his business. Owner of...

Energy Plan A Mixed Bag for Western Kentuckians.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Steve Vied May 23--President Bush doesn't have to convince Doris Niehaus of Owensboro that more energy needs to be produced here at home. Niehaus wants the United States to depend less on foreign oil. "Why should we let...

Owensboro, Ky., Contractor to Take Over Sewer Line Project.
May 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Vied May 21--Ernie Davis and Sons Inc., an Owensboro contractor, will finish what Uticon couldn't. Uticon is the Morgantown contractor that was hired by the Regional Water Resource Agency in 1999 to extend sewer lines...

Baptisttown, Ky., Sweetens Deal for Certain Unsold Houses.
May 21, 2001... Byline: Joy Campbell May 21--A new house built in the Baptisttown area using the city's federal HOME funds just became more affordable for qualified buyers. The city and five developers have agreed to sweeten the offer. "This will...

Bluegrass it isn't, but look `Through Her Eyes'.
May 21, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence X X X LORRAINE RAWLS, "Through Her Eyes," Prairie Schooner. 11 cuts. X X X OK, this isn't bluegrass. It's soft acoustic western music or western folk or country music with a western theme. What...

Kentucky Farmers Face Multiple Challenges while Trying to Make Ends Meet.
May 20, 2001... Byline: James Mayse May 20--When Daviess County farmer Joe Elliott began farming for himself in 1962, the world was a different place. Although agriculture was always a business fraught with risk, it was still a business that offered a...

Rising Costs for Blood Products Won't Hurt Two Owensboro, Ky.-Area Facilities.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Lydia Carrico May 19--The American Red Cross will increase prices for red blood cells it ships to hospitals nationwide beginning July 1, but the cost won't affect Owensboro Mercy Health System. It and the Ohio County Hospital...

Kentucky Governor Names Task Force for `Smart Growth' Issues.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Mark Cooper May 19--It's too early to tell if a new governor's task force will make it harder for land developers like himself to do business in the state, Owensboro developer Tommy Thompson said Friday. Thompson and McLean...

Some Owensboro, Ky., Gas Stations Hurt Severely by Drive-Offs.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Patrick Avery May 18--Debbie Woods of Hardinsburg drove around a prepay gas station island in her tan Geo Prizm before pulling in behind another vehicle because she didn't want to pay before she pumped. "I don't want to pay...

Employees, Residents of Greenville, Ky., Nursing Home Celebrate Restructuring.
May 18, 2001... Byline: David Blackburn May 18--GREENVILLE, Ky.--A cookout Thursday unofficially completed the transition from a former Vencor nursing home whose parent company went through bankruptcy to the restructured Kindred Healthcare Inc. ...

Owensboro, Ky., Officials Seek New Company to Plan Riverfront Development.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Joy Campbell May 18--Owensboro officials are negotiating with a new consulting firm to prepare a master plan for developing the city's riverfront. "Contract negotiations broke down, and that's about all I can say," Assistant...

Owensboro, Ky., Utility Company to Upgrade Emissions on Power Plant.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Steve Vied May 18--Owensboro Municipal Utilities got the go-ahead Thursday to spend an estimated $27.5 million to bring the Elmer Smith Station power plant into compliance with federal nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission requirements...

Owensboro, Ky., Street Music Festival to Begin Soon.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 16--What began four years ago as a free concert series in the RiverPark Center's courtyard has grown into a summerlong street festival this year. And the crowd for each of this year's 15 Friday After Five...

Daviess County, Ky., Officials Hope for Growth in Tourism in 2001.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 16--Last week, a state report listed the Owensboro-Henderson area as the only place in Kentucky where tourism spending failed to grow in 2000. But the Owensboro-Daviess County Tourist Commission expects a...

Speaker Urges Kentucky Wesleyan College Graduates to Support School.
May 12, 2001... Byline: Matthew Francis May 12--James E. Rogers took a different approach to his commencement address at Kentucky Wesleyan College, choosing not to talk about the future facing graduates, but rather the future facing the institution. ...

Doctor Search for Small Towns in Kentucky Can Be Difficult.
May 12, 2001... Byline: Lydia Carrico May 12--When Dr. Bernard Gawne told his family he was considering practicing in Owensboro, they thought the city was in a rural part of Kentucky. But once they got here and saw the amenities and the colleges, they...

Owensboro, Ky., Newpaper Names New City Editor.
May 12, 2001... May 12--Dan Heckel has been named city editor of the Messenger-Inquirer, replacing Mike Alexieff, who is leaving to become managing editor of the Daily News in Bowling Green. Heckel, 36, came to the Messenger-Inquirer in May 1986 and...

Owensboro, Ky., Health System Removes Nonprofit from Bond Float Plan.
May 9, 2001... May 9--With its finances strong, Owensboro Mercy Health System no longer needs a co-signer to borrow money and, therefore, removed ODCH Inc. from its plans to float $201 million in bonds. ODCH Inc. board of directors approved the decision...

Owensboro, Ky., Readies for International Bar-B-Q Festival.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 8--Friday's opening of the 23rd annual International Bar-B-Q Festival will take on a Wild West flavor. When the steamboat Delta Queen pulls into the riverfront about 3 p.m. Friday for the festival, its...

Owensboro, Ky., Cemetery Faces an Auction.
May 8, 2001... Byline: James Mayse May 8--A group of citizens concerned about Greenwood Cemetery's future is unhappy about plans to sell the cemetery at public auction this month. The citizens met Monday with county officials to discuss ways to...

Kentucky Lawmaker Says State Has High-Tech Future.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 8--BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--For most of America, Kentucky means images of horses, distilleries and coal mines. But House Speaker Jody Richards says Kentucky has quietly moved onto a fast track toward a high-tech...

Tourism Spending Rises in Kentucky.
May 8, 2001... Byline: Steve Vied May 8--Tourism picked up in 2000 in all of Kentucky except the Owensboro-Henderson area, a fact state tourism officials blame on Evansville riverboat gambling and problems, since overcome, at Owensboro's Executive Inn...

Barbecue Is Anchor for Owensboro, Ky., Tourism.
May 6, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 6--Owensboro. You can't spell it without a Q. As in "bar-b-q." "I travel extensively across Kentucky," said state Sen. David Boswell, D-Sorgho, who's been in state politics for more than two decades....

Tuition to Rise at Owensboro, Ky.-Area Colleges.
May 6, 2001... Byline: Mark Cooper May 6--Tuition and fees at Owensboro Technical College will jump 61 percent next fall while tuition at Owensboro Community College will rise 16 percent. The higher tuition has put Bethany Blan's academic future in...

Road Drainage Improvements Planned This Summer in Owensboro, Ky.
May 6, 2001... Byline: Joy Campbell May 6--Scherm Road will receive more drainage improvements this summer -- this time on the west end -- as city officials try to minimize flooding and prevent more erosion of a section of the street from Christie...

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Karen Owen Column.
May 5, 2001... Byline: Karen Owen May 5--One local church is hoping its message will stick in people's minds like barbecue sauce on a clean shirt next weekend. Members of Wesleyan Heights United Methodist Church will be handing out "barbecue festival...

Mattel Toy Company Shelves Plan for Replica of D.A.R.E. Car.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Matthew Francis May 4--The Mattel toy company has scrapped plans to produce a replica of the Daviess County Sheriff's Department D.A.R.E. car for its Matchbox brand. Apparently, the plan fell victim to the ever-changing fads...

Kentucky Technology Entrepreneur to Speak at Junior Achievement Luncheon.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Mark Cooper May 1--The University of Kentucky's next president, Lee T. Todd Jr., will speak May 8 at the Owensboro Junior Achievement Spirit of Free Enterprise Business Luncheon. Todd, one of Kentucky's most successful...

Executive Marina to Open During Barbecue Festival in Owensboro, Ky., Area.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Keith Lawrence May 1--There's nothing but water there now. But in 10 days, Executive Marina plans to open its 80-slip-plus boat dock on the Ohio River just west of the Executive Inn Rivermont's Showroom Lounge. "We received...