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Gov. Beshear has good as it gets rally/fundraiser at VFW Hall After four years of tough times and balancing the budget nine times, Governor Beshear tells Adair Countians that Kentucky has turned the corner: More business leaders are telling him they are hiring; and state revenues are climbing faster than anticipated. Now, he tells local gathering, Kentucky is poised to take advantage of healthy position, of his efforts to preserve educational funding, money for Medicaid, and to aggressively build state's economy from within and from outside the Commonwealth By Ed Waggener Supporters of Gov. Steve Beshear were practically ecstatic about the turnout at a fundraiser held last night at the VFW Hall. H.D. (Dwayne) Loy, an event organizer and father of party leader Ben Loy, estimated the crowd at 300 - in the Coy Downey/Pete Walker tradition of crowd estimation - but the real figure, closer 175 than 300, was still an outstanding achievement for a political gathering in Adair County, especially a fundraiser for an incumbent who does not even face a primary. In his address, Governor Beshear told the crowd that Kentucky's problems are not political ones. "The education of our children is not a political issue: It's a Kentucky issue," he said, and used that refrain to describe his other major focuses: Medicaid, developing the economy, balancing the budget in the toughest economic times since the Great Depression, and maintaining the infrastructure. The problems he told his supporters will be solved through coming together. "I've worked with a Republican senate and a Democratic house," and together, he says, the state has been able to weather the financial downturn better than almost any other state. He told the crowd that Kentucky had gone through the crisis without Draconian cuts in high priority sectors, and, he noted, without broadbased tax increases as some other states have had. "Anytime I've felt sorry for the situation I was in," he said, "I just went to other states and found that most of them them were having a tougher time than we." Crowd had incentives to come, but big attraction was Governor himself There were incentives for the large crowd: Food was served by the Adair County Democratic Women's Club. And the incomparable Pure Country Band from Knifley, KY, kept the occasion lively. But the real attraction was a Kentucky Governor who's popularity has derived, not from the traditional Kentucky political fare of bombast and humorous oratory, but from a sincere, pragmatic, almost an apolitical approach to governance. Time was when the local party in power, with control of the State employees, could have a head start with 100 or more obligated state workers in attendance. This time, the Governor's campaign specifically told state workers and those doing business with the state not to attend. There were a few visitors from out of town, including Mannsville, Eastern Taylor County business center political power Brent Cox. Mostly, however, it was an Adair County gathering. Governor Beshear arrived a few minutes early and met and spoke with practically every one in attendance. He was introduced by long time ally and former Adair County Judge Executive Richard L. Walker after Walker was introduced by Ben Loy. It was an emotional introduction, with Walker uncharacteristically choking back tears as he closed and the Governor walked on stage. From his walk through the crowd, the Governors remarks focused on local leaders, including a conservation with Grover Gilpin. But he got the biggest cheers when he recalled talking with Ralph Shearer - whom he did not call by name, but everyone knew - and one of his first encounters with Adair County, when his hometown high school, at Dawson Springs in Madison County, made it to the State Tournament only to be beaten by the Adair County team led by Shearer. Lots of notables in attendance Many notables were in attendance. Mayor Mark D. Harris welcomed the Governor and delivered the invocation. Columbia/Adair County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sue Stivers came. Former Kentucky State Police Post 15 Public Affairs Officer Dwayne Barnett, now the Governor's chief of security and and driver, was in the Governor's entourage. Adair County officeholders at the fundraiser included Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy, Adair County Regional Jailer Rick Wilson, Adair County Sheriff Harrison Moss, Adair County PVA Junior Feese, and Adair County's current senior Magistrate Joe Rogers (District 6), and Adair County's all-time longest serving magistrate, Wid Harris. Most of the officeholders were accompanied by wives, and/or other family members and/or staff. Young Grant Loy, the son of Adair County Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy, and Grant's grandfather, Robert J. Loy, came with the circuit clerk. Sam Tucker's Pure Country Band, from Knifley, KY, played before and after the event, with Tucker backed up by Neal Tucker, William Bennett, Jackie Monday, Diane Tucker, and Troy Wright. A high point of the evening was the presentation by Governor Beshear of the Berniece Flowers Scholarship to Adair County High School Senior Cassie Rogers, daughter of Magistrate Joe Rogers and Sandy Rogers. She's bound for a biology major at Lindsey Wilson College. V.T. Yarberry, a steadfast Beshear supporter, was there, as was longtime party supporter Martha Burris.Members of the Adair County Democratic Women's Club, including Frances Glasgow and Gertrude Browning, were at the welcoming table, accepting checks for the campaign . Adair County political leader and banker Doug Sapp was present, and expressed high optimism about the Governor's odds of being re-elected, based on the surprising turnout. He also gave high praise to his party's elected officials and the excellent reviews being given new Jailer Rick Wilson and new Sheriff Harrison Moss."I picked Harrison Moss as the winner the first time I met him," he said, "The first time he knocked on my door and asked for my vote." The checks seemed to pour in, with some returning with checks left in their cars to deliver to the coffers. Richard Walker's coy estimate of the total raised, "About a thousand dollars," was far more an understatement than H.D. Loy's crowd estimate was hyperbole. It's doubtful even Loy's brother-in-law, Paul Hayes, the dean of Adair County political reporters, bought either story. That will be learned only after his Hayes' account is published in the, April 27, 2011, Wednesday Adair Progress. Media representatives from ColumbiaMagazine.com, Adair County Communty Voice, the Adair Progress, and WHVE-The WAVE all covered the event. Credit for staging affair Victoria Pike, spokesperson for the party, said that credit for the success of the affair would go to a lot of people:Members of the Adair County Democratic Women's Club which included Donna Feese, Margie Collins, Evelyn Phelps, Cynthia Rowe, Pam Shearer, Gertrude Browning, Frances Glasgow, Sandy Rogers, Susan Loy, Marsha Walker, Glenda Butler, Martha Martin, Yvonne Arnold,and Victoria Pike were in charge of serving the food. Drink servers: Jack Collins, Dennis and Grant Loy served drinks. Support by presencesAdair County Democratic Women's Club and/or the Adair County Democratic Party Executive Committee and othe party dignitaries were in the crowd, including Barbara Barnes, Jill Smith, Sue Stivers, Sharon Harris, Sandy Wilson Joyce Cheatham, Robin Hancock, Shiryl Moore, and Marla Shelley.The Cooking Crew and set up crew included Ben Loy, J.M. Shelley, Gary Pike, ,H.D. (Dewayne) Loy, and Kenny Buck Downey. Also, Victoria Pike said, most of the Adair County Democrat Executive Committee which sponsored the event was in attendance. This story was posted on 2011-04-22 07:13:07
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