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C4 MESSENGER-INQUIRER, Tuesday, July 2, 201 3 Some Kentucky cities crack down on fireworks Officials in northern towns targeting temporary stands porary commercial displays, but vendors can't sell aerial fireworks at temporary stands. They can sell only the consumer fireworks allowed before 2011. Last summer, Edgewood authorities shut down Indianapolis-based USA Fireworks for fire code violations and failure to get the proper local and state permits after vendors set up a tent in the Kmart parking lot. From Edgewood, the fireworks vendor moved to Elsmere, where authorities cited USA Fireworks for failure to comply with the uniform fire code and local zoning regulations after discovering two adults and a child sleeping alongside explosive merchandise after hours. A can of diesel fuel to run a portable generator sat underneath a table loaded with office is supposed to notify the local fire departments and give them an inventory (of fireworks at temporary stands) said Paul LaFontaine, chief of the Elsmere Fire District.

"It's up to the local fire departments to enforce the code, conduct the inspections and make sure these vendors are operating within the letter of the law. But we get no funding to do any of that stuff." Florence, a regional retail center, has since prohibited temporary fireworks stands, but it allows permanent fireworks stores. However, the smaller bedroom communities of Walton and Union allow temporary fireworks sales but don't allow fireworks to be sold from permanent stores In unincorporated Boone County, fireworks can be sold from permanent stores and tem changed state law to allow the sale of larger, more powerful aerial fireworks that enthusiasts previously had to travel south to Tennessee to buy. Kentucky's new law allows for the sale of larger, more powerful fireworks such as bottle rockets, Roman candles and items that shoot exploding fireballs. Last summer, the state fire marshal's office issued a permit to an out-of-state fireworks vendor that set up tents in several Kenton County cities after the state belatedly received the required $250 fee.

However, Kentucky law does not require the state fire marshal's office to inspect temporary fireworks stands. "The state fire marshal's BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EDGEWOOD Several northern Kentucky cities are or are considering cracking down on temporary fireworks stands that pop up on roadsides as the July 4th holiday nears. Within the past month, city councils in Edgewood and Els-mere banned the sale of fireworks outside of permanent buildings. Those cities took action after Florence officials prohibited the sale of fireworks from temporary stands last year, prompting out-of-state fireworks vendors to move north into Kenton County. A committee of Kenton County fire chiefs also has asked officials in that county to consider countywide legislation.

Edgewood Police Chief Tony Kramer told The Kentucky Enquirer that temporary fireworks stands are like dandelions because as soon as one out-of-state vendor shuts down, another pops up in a neighboring community. "We're not against fireworks sales as long as vendors obey the laws," Kramer said. "If (fireworks vendors) are in a building, we can regulate them and make sure they're safe. This year, we're going to keep an eagle eye out for (temporary fireworks stands) and shut them down right away." The stricter laws and enforcement come two years after the Kentucky General Assembly State Briefs Murray to resubmit bid for Quidditch tournament tom line is we are still in the running." In a statement, Benepe said many cities have expressed interest and appear ready to submit bids by the July 12 deadline. "No one, including Murray, has been eliminated," Benepe said.

The game became popular with the rise of the "Harry Potter" books and movies. The game is described as a combination of dodge ball, lacrosse and rugby with all players having to carry the traditional broomsticks of Harry Potter fame between their legs the entire time they are on the field. Murray is interested in luring the tournament because of its success with sports tourism. That had a large hand in the town amassing nearly $72 million in tourism cash in 2012. Cassi Olazabal of Murray, a sophomore at Murray State University, hopes to lure at least 60 players to form a league with 15 players per team.

'We are hoping to put together at least four teams that would play in an on-cam-pus league," Olazabal said. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MURRAY A southwestern Kentucky city plans to resubmit an application to host a tournament based on the "Harry Potter" game Quidditch. The Murray Convention and Visitors Bureau hoped to land the event for 2013, but its application was never received. Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Erin Carrico told the Murray Ledger Times it appears the application was lost in cyberspace. Carrico is also feeling a bit better about this bid for 2014 because the package will include the fact that Murray State University is showing stronger interest in the sport.

An organizational meeting has been planned for late August on the campus to discuss the formation of an actual league. "We are re-submitting our bid for an event in 2014, and the encouraging thing to us is they wanted us to turn it in," Carrico said of discussions she had with Alex Benepe, commissioner of the International Quidditch Association, which is sanctioning the tournament. "The bot University of Louisville Hospital settles false billing claims LOUISVILLE University of Louisville Hospital has reached a $2.8 million settlement with the federal government to end allegations that it submitted false Medicare billing claims. The agreement announced Monday covers a time span of Jan. 1, 2006, through Dec.

31, 2010. University of Louisville Hospital operates a unit within the emergency department to address non-urgent care. The center, FirstCare, is staffed by University Medical Center-employed physician assistants and nurse practitioners under the direction of the Department of Emergency Medicine physicians. According to the settlement, the salaries and benefits paid to FirstCare physician assistants and nurse practitioners were claimed on UMC cost reports filed with Medicare. At the same time, University Emergency Medicine Associates physicians treated the employees as their own and at times billing and collecting from Medicare for their professional services.

UMC disclosed in 2011 to federal prosecutors that it may have violated federal law. Jenkins school district debates future of 100-year-old facility JENKINS An eastern Kentucky school district is trying to decide whether a 100-year-old community school can be kept open or if it has shrunk beyond the point of viability. Members of the Jenkins Independent Schools Board of Education are set to meet at 5 p.m. Monday at Jenkins Middle High School to discuss the future of McRoberts Elementary. The McRoberts school was organized with 490 students in August 1912 at the same time the Jenkins system was organized.

It was absorbed into the Jenkins system on April 26, 1915. Since the closing of the Beth-Elkhorn Division of Bethlehem Steel, enrollment has declined. The Mountain Eagle reported that since June, enrollment at McRoberts Elementary for the coming year stood at 34 students. That's down from 40 students a year ago. Search fruitless in effort to find missing teen-age woman RICHMOND Investigators say the search is ongoing for an 18-year-old woman missing from her home in central Kentucky.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Paul Blanton told The Richmond Register that no further foot searches were planned as they continue to try and find Brookelyn Shae Farthing. Farthing was last seen more than a week ago near her home in the Red Lick community of Madison County. Troopers on Saturday directed more than 80 people who searched through 500 acres. Detectives are still trying to develop information about Farthing's disappearance. The home where Farthing was last seen was on fire on June 22 and she was missing.

Blanton says investigators have reason to believe Farthing did not disappear on her own. Jefferson County Public Schools go smoke free on campus LOUISVILLE Kentucky's largest public school district has gone smoke free on all campuses. Jefferson County Public Schools enacted the regulation Monday, barring parents, visitors and employees from lighting up on any school properly or in district vehicles. The Jefferson County Board of Education approved the revision to the district policy, which had prohibited tobacco use or possession on campus or at school functions. School superintendent Donna Hargens says the new policy will ensure adults will model a tobacco-free lifestyle.

Hargens added that the tobacco free policy will mean students aren't exposed to secondhand smoke, a leading trigger of asthma attacks. Human remains found in Hopkins had the vehicle towed. The area was heavily searched in the months following Hale's disappearance, Latham said. "Remains were found scattered behind both residences," Detective Scott Troutman said Monday. "Everything started showing up after that 6-inch rain." Troutman said the timing of the discovery is interesting.

"I have assumed the Bo Hale missing person case," he said. "Ironically, I did that two weeks ago and now this happened. A few weeks ago Frankie (Latham) and I sat down and put a plan together to revisit this case." missing persons. According to reports, Rodney "Bo" Hale, 42, was last seen at 1688 Continental Drive on Nov. 29, 2010, where he was doing construction work.

The location is off Anton Road between Madisonville and Anton. George Furgerson, who lives at 1670 Continental Drive, said in a previous interview he noticed a black crew cab truck, later identified as belonging to Hale, near his home on the morning of Nov. 30, 2010. When no one had come to move the truck by that evening, Furgerson phoned the Sheriff's Department and provided the license plate number. On deputies' advice, he Authorities are investigating human remains found off Continental Drive in Hopkins County, a residential area where a missing Nebo man was last seen 2lk years ago.

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