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From Nov. 10 to Dec. 23, the local Salvation Army collected $87,860, down $34,140 from the $122,000 collected in 2016, according to Maj. Steven Story. Donations to The Salvation Army each year go toward its general operations and the pro- grams it offers, Story said.

The Salvation Army will focus on raising enough money to off- set the shortfall in the spring. But for now, there are no plans to cancel or cut back on any pro- gram currently offered. will cause us to have to look at our spring fundraising and see what we need to do to offset the money that we Story said. Meanwhile, donations to The Salvation Army that were sub- mitted online, through the mail or delivered to The Salvation office appear to have increased slightly. The main reason for the decrease is probably the preva- lence of credit and debit cards, meaning people carry less cash, Story said.

keep hearing a lot of people say not carrying as much cash or not carrying cash he said, referencing reports from bell ringers around Bowling Green. Other factors that might have contributed to the downturn include a flu that resulted in sev- eral bell ringers falling ill in the first half of December, and the fact that no bell ringing took place on Christmas Eve, Story said. Story said The Salvation Army always able to find substi- tute bell ringers for the locations where the sick volunteers were supposed to be stationed. And typically, the last night of the Salvation bell-ring- ing campaign is Christmas Eve, but The Salvation Army Salvation Army falls short on kettle donations Christmas drive ends $34,140 below last year By WES SWIETEK Getting a commercial license in 1937 was no easy feat now imagine trying to do so as an African-American woman from a small Kentucky town. That accomplishment alone is note- worthy enough, but Willa Brown added plenty more during her life, includ- ing being the first black woman to run for Congress.

why the Aviation Heritage Park is working to honor her alongside other noteworthy pilots with southcentral Kentucky roots. Brown was born in 1906 in Glasgow. She and her family eventually moved to Indiana, where she earned a degree from Indiana State Teachers College. She then earned an MBA from Northwestern University in Evanston, in 1937. Around the time she was attending Northwestern, she decided she want- ed to learn to fly and began taking les- sons.

In 1937, Brown became the first African-American woman in the U.S. to earn a commercial license. was stacked against her, but she had a vision of who she was and what she wanted to said Bob Pitchford, an Aviation Heritage Park board member. She eventually married her former flight instructor, Cornelius Coffey. They opened the Coffey School of Aeronautics in Chicago, the first black- owned and operated private flight train- ing academy in the country.

The acade- my was fully integrated, with both black and white students. was a real pioneering effort for the Pitchford said. had a SUBMITTED PHOTO Pioneer pilot Willa Brown in an undated photo wears her U.S. Civil Air Patrol uniform. She was the first African-American officer in the CAP and the first African-American woman in the U.S.

to earn a commercial license. BAC Bob Pitchford, Aviation Heritage Park board member, talks Friday about a 1943 Piper J-3 Cub airplane at Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport. The airplane will be restored to honor Glasgow native Willa Brown, the first African-American woman to get a commercial license. Aviation Heritage Park to honor Glasgow native Willa Brown became the symbol of black Bob Pitchford Aviation Heritage Park board member By DEBORAH HIGHLAND An organization that serves abused and neglected children in the region needs volunteers who are willing to serve as court-ap- pointed special advocates. CASA of South Central Kentucky recruits and trains citizen volunteers to advocate for abused, neglected and dependent children in Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe and Warren counties.

Volunteers work directly with involved parties, including the child, social services, the court sys- tem, foster parents, biological par- ents, caseworkers, doctors, thera- pists and teachers. Through that contact, CASA vol- unteers report to a family court judge their observations in an effort to secure the best outcome for the child. CASA of South Central Kentucky is entering its 19th year of service and has 63 volunteers who served 147 children in 2017, Executive Director Jana Sublett said. need to serve over 1,000 more she said. CASA volunteers must initial- ly go through 30 hours of train- ing, conduct a monitoring session of family court and are sworn in through the family court system.

They meet the child they advocate for, build a report and then share the information with the family court. stone is Sublett said. of Kentucky Revised Statutes, we have the abil- ity to seek out information on the child we are assigned. minimum, we ask that our CASA volunteers see the child they are assigned at least once a month, and then you typically have court a couple of times a CASA has scheduled two sem- inars, one in Warren County and the other in Barren County, for people interested in learning about the program in an effort to recruit more volunteers. All volunteers must be 21 years old and pass a series of background checks.

just trying to be real- ly creative with our recruiting Sublett said. CASA 101 in Bowling Green is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at the Warren County Justice Center, in Courtroom on the sec- ond floor. CASA 101 in Barren County is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 9 at the T.J. Health Pavillon Community Center. hope that people will come and hear us out and hopefully go through our Sublett said. the foster care system being so overburdened, we hope that folks see us as a solution to the overburdened system.

We are here to help, and we are here to alleviate some of that Volunteer training begins in February and will be held for four Saturdays during February. To reserve a spot for the CASA 101, call 270-782-5353 or email Sublett at Follow Night Editor and Senior Reporter Deborah Highland on Twitter or visit bgdailynews.com. Group needs volunteers to help kids in court system CASA of South Central Kentucky is entering its 19th year of service and has 63 volunteers who served 147 children in 2017, Executive Director Jana Sublett said. See AVIATOR, 7A See DONATIONS, 7A.