The Gleaner from Henderson, Kentucky • 1

r-rrtT- 'I i' i a for Henderson County Fair 1C 'fur Ri -t PART OFTHEUSA TODAY NETWORK SUNDAY JULY 16 2017 THE6LEANERCOM $200 UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN RB TTT L-s( -lv i '4y tir i s3T k3 a PHOTOS IY MIKE LAWRENCE THE GLEANER Henderson Flash pitcher Chase Brantley helps Rachel Jackson load a car fuH of food boxes for Henderson Housing Authority residents at the Senior Service Day held at Community Baptist Church on Tuesday IT TAKES A VILLAGE Henderson County group raises $690000 for local nonprofits Jailers say e-cigarettes help resolve issues with inmates Devices are designed specifically for prisoners ERIN SCHMITT ERINSCHMnreTHEGLEANERCOM As a non-smoker Jamie Mosley never dreamed he would one day own a small company that sells e-ciga-rettes CrossBar Electronic Cigarettes supplies specially designed e-cigarettes to the Henderson County Detention Center as well as to other jails and detention centers across the United States Contraband issues at the Henderson facility have decreased drastically since they were introduced there about three years ago said Jailer Amy Brady Mosley started Ids company about four and a half years ago never smoked a cigarette in my life and I never expected to have a company that sold he said was just something that Mosley worked as a dispatcher for the Kentucky State Police for 15 years and was also a driver in the Nascar Busch Series He joked that not much a retired racecar driver can do so he ran for elected office About six and a half years ago Mosley was elected Laurel jailer Laurel County is located in southeastern Kentucky south of Lexington and east of Somerset His command staff quickly noticed that there was a contraband problem at the Laurel County Correctional Center "Much to my surprise it drugs It was he said adding that inmates would go to any extreme to get tobacco into jail As he was dealing with the contraband issue Mosley was also trying to find funding for jail rehabilitation programs He came up with a solution for both problems ordering 1000 disposable e-cigarettes from the Internet to sell to inmates from the commissary our fights went down behavior improved among our inmate community morale improved and our tobacco contraband issue went Mosley said The jail made a substantial amount of money off the sales for its inmate welfare fund but another problem emerged after a few weeks Officers discovered during cell searches that inmates were breaking the e-ciga-rettes which were half hard metal and half plastic to make a weapon Mosley ordered his officers to remove the e-cigs and stop selling them Back to square one Mosley began thinking about how to make an e-ciga- Sae JAIL Page 3 A rv 7" Copyright 0 2017 The Gleaner Henderson Flash catcher Justin Robison helps load food Into Jennie Shelton car during Senior Service Day at Community Baptist Church ERIN SCHMITT ERiriSCHMrnOTHEGLEANERCOM An ever-increasing number of people are seeking help from Christian Community Outreach The 31-yearold Henderson nonprofit is primarily an income-based food pantry ministry but also assists people with paying their utilities rent emergency medication and with getting emergency gas if a client needs to visit a doctor that is out of town the price of groceries and utilities going up and the way the economy is our numbers are rising every said Director Mary Dunham The nonprofit had 5693 clients in 2016 which was up from 5330 in 2015 There were 5057 food orders in 2016 This operating budget is $119000 for client assistance Christian Community Outreach relies on donations from churches and agencies like United Way of Henderson County to keep its doors open The United Way has earmarked $60000 of the money raised through its annual campaign to Christian Community Outreach Christian Community Outreach was the agency receiving the largest amount of funding from United Way in took a team of people to do this thanking the community we're thanking the businesses the professionals the Industries the private donors that pave for their MELISSA CLEMENTS UNITED WAY Of HENDERSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2016 know what we would do without United said Dunham United Way wants its donors to know that the money they give to United Way is allocated to local nonprofits like Christian Community Outreach and is being used for various programs to benefit community members said United Way of Henderson County Executive Director Melissa Gements United Way runs a fundraising cam- Soe UNITED Page 3A fc 'V rxwpp sa -A A 49 Er 'I.