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Kentucky High School Athletic Association Commissioner Julian Tackett on Sunday told the Herald-Leader that Trimble County High was the one thus in Kentucky to can- cel its football season. On Friday, after sever- al people voiced their opposition on social media, school district officials held an emer- gency public meeting to discuss the decision. The school had 374 students in 2016-17, according to the most recent informa- tion on the Kentucky Department of Educa- tion website. In announcing the meeting, district officials said on the Facebook page that they would make a decision on Monday whether to reverse the decision. Tackett confirmed that are supposed to finalize things by Mon- day there still not be enough players to field a team the decision that has been made will the district Face- book post said.

Trimble County Super- intendent Steve Miracle and Trimble County High Football Coach Mike Isley did not imme- diately return messages to the Herald-Leader. WAVE-TV in Louis- ville reported that only nine players had initially shown up at practice and at the emergency meet- ing, other potential play- ers came to say they wanted to join the team. Another football prac- tice has been scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday to determine the fate of the program, WAVE report- ed. personal deadline is noon WAVE quoted Trimble County superintendent Steve Miracle as saying.

the coaches and principal can tell me that they feel comfortable with where at and they want to move forward with the season, then we are happy to do that, but if they tell me there are still not enough, either ineligible players that are interested and just play, or based upon the physical aspect of the players that are there and their ability and it not looking like enough to be safe with what doing, then we do School district rethinking decision to cancel football season BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS WhenMary Pat Shely was young, she taught herself to fly in a Piper Cub bought for her by her father. On Sunday, she was given a Congressional GoldMedal for her service in the Civil Air Patrol duringWorldWar II. The World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the United States Air Force, were awarded the gold medal as a group in 2014. Since then, the organiza- tion has worked to find the surviving members of the patrol who served during World War II. More than 75 years after she joined the patrol in 1942, current Civil Air Patrol members, family members and neighbors gathered at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky to watch Shely receive the medal from Andy Barr, U.S.

Representative for Sixth District. deserved and distinguished award did not, in the case of the Civil Air Patrol, come without pain or Barr said Sunday. the end ofWorldWar II, 65 Civil Air Patrol civilian aviators had paid the ultimate sacrifice helping to protect the shorelines of the Unit- ed States and our mer- chant vessels against enemy submarine attacks, while actively saving the lives of countless Amer- icans and our After service with the Patrol, she went on to be an award-win- ning athlete and had an accomplished teaching career, said Major Jill Smith said, historian for the Kentucky Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. behalf of the citi- zens of the Sixth Con- gressional District of Kentucky, and on behalf of the United States Con- gress and a grateful na- tion, we sincerely thank you for your courageous service to your country during World War II and for the life you have chosen to live by teach- ing generations of Amer- icans who came after Barr told Shely at ceremony. Shely has been very humble, almost secretive about what she did dur- ing her time in the patrol, said Jim Stewart, her fourth cousin.

Stewart and his wife, Gail, are among closest remaining rela- tives. In 1971, he visited Shely at her family farm in Clark County and has made a point to come down to see her every year since. On Sunday, Jim and Gail Stewart were in from Muncie, to see She- ly receive her medal. heard the stories throughout the years, but you never knew quite the depth and the extent of what actually Jim Stewart said. very humble, and she like to be on the forefront, but one that very much de- serves to be on the fore- front because some done some amazing, amazing things.

And to be able to serve the coun- try during World War II, just Shely is now in a wheelchair and those who know her said she may have had a hard time hearing some of the things that were said, but Jim Stewart said he knows what it meant to her. know that age has come on with her, but I know deep down in her memory she remembers all of this and this means a lot to he said. Themedal was emo- tional for her family to see her service remembered. think for us, we are able to see her history through her scrapbooks and all the wonderful things done in her life, but tonight actually is for her, and nice that she can be recog- Gail Stewart said. Shely still lives on her historic Kettle Springs Farm in Clark County and it is her de- sire to her full life out on the Jim Stewart said.

Over the years, Shely has become an important member of her commu- nity and was given the Good Neighbor Award by the Southwest Clark Neighborhood Associ- ation in 2016. is very much a pillar of our community and if gone to visit Pat over the years, one of the things absolute- ly most proud of is her Civil Air Patrol work, way back when she was 18 or 19 years said Deb- orah Garrison, the presi- dent of the neighborhood association. Her history of flight is well known in the com- munity, including one report that she may have once flown her plane under the Old Boones- boro Bridge, according to the Winchester Sun. Provided by the Kentucky Wing of the Civil Air Patrol More than 75 years after she joined the Civil Air Patrol to serve her country during World War II, 2nd Lt. Mary Pat Shely was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Sunday in Lexington.

Self-taught pilot, now 94, receives gold medal for her WWII service BY MORGAN EADS Longtime Blue Grass Airport board chairman and retired surgeon Dr. George Gumbert, 90, died Friday. Gumbert was an avia- tion en- thusiast who fought for the expan- sion of the airport and helped found the Aviation Musuem of Kentucky. Eric Frankl, executive director of Blue Grass Airport, said in a statement that Gumbert made contributions to the air- port. He served on its board for 35 years, in- cluding 21 years as chair- man, according to an obituary.

was instrumental in so many areas of the expansion in its formative years that not only benefited Blue Grass Airport but as a result allowed our region to grow and Frankl said. has touched the lives of so many in the aviation community and will always be in our The aviation museum, which opened in 1995, was an outgrowth of the Kentucky Aviation Roundtable, which Gum- bert co-founded in 1978. He hoped the museum would help preserve aviation history and get future generations in- terested in flight. Through the years, more than 6,000 youngsters have participated in the aviation camps. really believed in said Jim McCormick, who is the current chairman of the board.

was a leader that would get down in the trenches. He was a good person to McCormick said Gum- bert was responsible for helping form the Ken- tucky Aviation Hall of Fame, which is housed at the museum. Several years ago, Gumbert him- self was inducted into it. Though passionate about flying, Gumbert spent his career as an orthopedic surgeon. Before the University of Sports Medicine Department was created, he was the team physician for basketball and football teams for more than 20 years, according to his obituary.

A native of Richmond, Gumbert graduated from Eastern Kentucky Uni- versity and the Uni- versity of Louisville Med- ical School. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. He was married for 49 years to the late Eva Gumbert, who also was a private pilot and was active in avia- tion organizations. Their children are Mary Jo Moloney and George M.

Gumbert III, both of Lexington. Funeral arrangements are pending at Milward Funeral Directors. GEORGE GUMBERT, 1928-2018 Aviation enthusiast helped Blue Grass Airport expand BY KARLAWARD George Gumbert CLEARLAKE, CALIF. A utility worker was killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews working in swel- tering conditions battled multiple blazes, includ- ing twin fires that ex- ploded in size and forced hundreds more to evac- uate rural communities, officials said Sunday. The Pacific Gas and Electric employee was fatally injured in a vehi- cle-related accident Sat- urday on the western edge of the Carr Fire in Shasta County, utility spokeswoman Melissa Subbotin said.

Jairus Aye- ta was working in gerous she said. Utility worker killed in California Associated Press.