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By NATALIE JORDAN The Daily News Anational nonprofit health organization, March of mission is the prevention of birth defects, infant mortality and, recently, a more direct focus on preventing premature births, and one Bowling Green native has found herself in a position to help this worthy cause. Jennifer Reynolds is the new director of the Barren River District a division of the Greater Kentucky Chapter of March of Dimes. Reynolds replaces Kathleen Kennedy, who vacated the position in April. Since April, several different people had temporarily filled the position, said Jenny Druschke, division director for the Ohio Valley. She said the position was advertised nationally, and others were interviewed.

had the qualifications and experience to suit our Druschke said. As division director, Reynolds will seek support from the community to serve on the March of Dimes Board of Directors and volunteers for the March for Babies event its biggest fundraising event, Reynolds said. She said she is mainly in charge of fundraising efforts in the Barren River District and for the March for Babies event, here in Warren County, Barren County, Taylor County and Marion County. Education is also a part of her job. Reynolds said she will speak at schools and businesses about healthy pregnancies, the benefits of folic acid and the dangers of prematurity.

know that when I was pregnant the first time, I knew about folic acid and how it prevents birth defects, and I knew that through March of said Reynolds, a mother of three. of the organization, I took folic acid throughout my pregnancies and I had three healthy babies. of Dimes helped in that aspect of being a mom and knowing how important it is to be healthy while pregnant. Anyone pregnant benefits through the research and education pro- vided by March of March of Dimes emphasizes that not only does it stand for all babies, it stands for a solution and not a problem, Reynolds said. With that notion in mind, the organization has been selected as a regional partner of the largest retail brand of Inc.

Under the annual Thanks for Sharing Program, for a one-time $25 enrollment fee, cardholders will earn rewards equal to 10 percent off most store and online purchases from the time of their enrollment to Dec. 31. For each enrollment, will make a $10 donation to March of Dimes one of the charities benefiting from the program. November also is Prematurity Awareness Month, and Wednesday is Prematurity Awareness Day, Reynolds said. Reynolds said TGIF Fridays is partnering with them to help save babies by donating a portion of all sales the entire day to March of Dimes.

have fabulous support from our businesses and volunteers who are dedicated to March of she said. not doing it to get recognition, doing it because they really care about The restaurant will also ask patrons to sign the petition for preemies, a national push by the organization urging the federal government to increase support for prematurity-based research. feel the number of people who sign this petition really can make a Reynolds said. Reynolds, a graduate of Western Kentucky University, has worked in the field of marketing and sales. Before taking the position as division director, she was a sales representative for Fruit of the Loom for three years.

Looking to gain more experience in sales and marketing, Reynolds said she answered the online advertisement for the position and was offered the job. was like a week-long process. It went she said. absolutely love my job. The cause is wonderful.

We are all about babies, not just sick babies but healthy babies I think of anything more important in our community than our babies and our Reynolds said her goal as division director is to raise the awareness about pre- maturity in babies. She said one in seven babies are born prematurely in Kentucky, which is higher than the national average. Kentucky, she said, is doing poorly and people need to be aware. want to go out in the community and make people aware of this, bring in volunteers and get people motivated in helping to raise funds for this she said. time for moms to have healthy babies what we are looking for for every baby to be born By BURTON SPEAKMAN The Daily News Agencies throughout southcen- tral Kentucky received thousands of dollars in funding to improve traffic enforcement.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awarded the grants, which are intended to help improve highway safety. The Glasgow Police Department received the most funding of local agencies at $20,000 because the department was able to more than double its DUI arrests, going from 78 in 2006 to 181 during the last grant cycle, said Amanda Miller, grant coordinator for the department. recognize a problem she said. This grant will allow the department to pay for several weeks of overtime for traffic enforcement, Miller said. The department also will be able to afford more time for road block efforts.

entire grant will be used for overtime with the exception of a minimal amount for fuel said Capt. Kent Keen, spokesman for the department. Any additional time that officers can spend patrolling makes them more visible and reduces accidents and other traffic violations, he said. There are a number of young officers willing to put in overtime and work hard toward traffic enforcement, Keen said. The Logan County Office received $8,870, which will be split with half going to pay for overtime for deputies and the rest being used for equipment such as in-car cameras and breath test equipment, said Capt.

Stephen Stratton. was not a particular reason why we focused on DUIs for the grant, but the county did have a large number of DUIs last he said. During the last year the office did not receive a grant, it issued 179 DUIs, Stratton said. During the current year, when the office did receive the grant, it made 139 DUI arrests. The number was reduced because the public was aware of the additional patrol.

The public is aware of the additional patrol out on the roads, Stratton said. a great program and something Kentucky should be proud he said. Statewide, the number of fatalities is down by 90 compared to this point last year, Stratton said. Those results show how effective the grants are. The Bowling Green Police Department received $7,500 that will be used to pay for officer overtime to focus on DUI enforcement, said Officer Barry Pruitt, spokesman for the department.

is a 50 percent matching grant, which means we will spend $15,000 on overtime for DUI he said. The Franklin Police Department received $9,770 and the Russellville Police Department received $15,000. The state Transportation Cabinet provided more than $2.3 million to law enforcement throughout the state. Law enforcement is critical in keeping Kentucky highways safe, said Joe Prather, Transportation Cabinet secretary. There were about 90 agencies statewide that received the funding grants will provide needed resources to improve safety in local communities across he said.

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WBKO-TVwill be dropping its analog signal about Dec. 7. That means anyone wishing to watch WBKO then will need to be a cable customer, own a digital television or have a digital converter box installed All TVstations must make the switch to digital signals by Feb. 17, which is when WNKY-TV and WKYU-TVwill be switching. Rick McCue, general manager for WBKO, said his station is changing earlier than most because it is actually moving an existing digital signal from Channel 33 to the old analog frequency for Channel 13.

we are doing that, it requires some extra time and McCue said. made that decision because VHF is a little bit cheaper to operate than Dec. 7 is the target for the switch. date may have to change depending on tower he said. In preparation for the switch, WBKO has been urging viewers to make sure their TVs are ready by temporarily throwing the switch to digital during newscasts.

started out the first week and did it quite a he said. we are doing the test once a day in various McCue said the station has gotten a few calls from viewers, with most of the issues revolving around a converter box that may not have been hooked up properly or cable systems that ready for the switch. Insight Cable already is OK but a small number of viewers served by other cable systems may not be, he said. Time Warner Cable subscribers see the WBKO signal from Dec. 7 to Dec.

22 while they get equipment ready. McCue said he still is talking with both Dish Network and DirectTVabout carrying WBKO as a local channel. we have nothing worked out at this he said. McCue said there has been anxiety on the part of some people about the switch, somewhat like the whole Y2K fear that computers would fail when the year 2000 came. But that turned out to be a non-issue.

think people are beginning to pay closer he said. When WKYU makes its switch with everyone else, Jack Hanes, director of Education Telecommunication for Public Radio and Television, is hopeful that all potential issues for local viewers would have been resolved already. Hanes said when the switch is made, the picture will be much crisper for viewers. The station is making a switch thanks to a grant from the Public Broadcasting System and a USDARural Service Utility grant. While not a mandated switch, Public Radio switched this month to a digital signal at 88.9.

render old radios Hanes said. for those that do get an HD radio, the signal will be crystal The switch will allow the station to eventually broadcast multiple programs at once. Radios are available for home or auto installation, starting at about $100, he said. Retailers have the radios and they are available through the radio station at www.wkyufm.org. TVconverter boxes are available at most stores that sell electronics and each household can get up to two $40 coupons to help pay for the boxes which start at $49.95.

Marissa Eversole, manager of hhgregg, said her store is selling Zenith boxes, which are very easy to install, have remote controls and are $59.97. first we keep them on the she said. sales are starting to slow down The store has sold 748 boxes since June. The other alternative is to purchase a digital television. people are deciding to do that when they come she said.

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Attendance at the educational session is a requirement for application and applications will not be available at any other time. This will be a 50-50 match program with a $750 maximum cost share allowance. For more information or a list of cost share items, contact the Warren County Extension Office at 842-1681. Applications must be completed and returned to the office by 4:30 p.m. Nov.

24. Local authorities receive grants WBKO to switch to digital next month BG native to head local March of Dimes chapter Hunter Daily News Jennifer Reynolds is the new director of the Barren River District a division of the Greater Kentucky Chapter of March of Dimes..