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Contact: Mary Anne Medlock
Phone: 270-251-6187
March 1, 2010

 

 PADD Announces Upcoming Meeting Schedule for March 2010

The following is a list of meetings scheduled for March, sponsored by the Purchase Area Development District (PADD). Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the PADD Office, 1002 Medical Drive, Mayfield, and all are open to the public. Call 270-247-7171 for further information. The PADD is an EOE/AA/ADA employer.

Date

Meeting

Time

March 2

Paducah Uranium Plant Asset Utilization Task Force

(Paducah City Hall, 300 South 5th St)

2:00 p.m.

March 4

Water Management Council

10:00 a.m.

March 9

Purchase Area E-911 Board

3:00 p.m.

March 15

PADD Board Meeting

3:00 p.m.

March 24

Regional/Statewide Transportation Committee

10:30 a.m.

March 25

Ombudsman Advisory Council

2:00 p.m.

March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Business Orientation Workshop at PADD

(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

3:00 p.m.

March 4, 11, 18, 25

Business Orientation Workshop at WKCTC

WKCTC, Anderson Bldg., 2nd Floor

(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

10:00 a.m.

March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Energy Orientation Workshops

(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

11:00 a.m.

The Purchase Area Development District will make every reasonable accommodation to assist qualified disabled persons in accessing available services or in attending agency activities. If there is a need for PADD to be aware of a specific accommodation, you are encouraged to contact this agency at least one week in advance of the meeting so that suitable arrangements can be considered for the delivery of the service or attendance requirement prior to the activity.

*Since there is the possibility that a meeting could be cancelled, relocated or rescheduled, please call the PADD office at 270/247-7171 to confirm a meeting prior to attending.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Purchase Area Development District
Contacts: Mary Anne Medlock
(270) 251-6187

PADD Board of Directors Meeting Cancelled

Mayfield KY, (February 15, 2010) The Purchase Area Development District’s February Board of Directors meeting which was scheduled for today, Monday, February 15, 2010 at 3:00 has been cancelled due to weather and road conditions.  For more information, please contact PADD office (270) 251-6187.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Purchase Area Development District
West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
Contacts: Mary Anne Medlock, (270) 251-6187
February 10, 2010

INNOVATONS 2010 Rescheduled for February 19th

Mayfield, Kentucky  Innovations 2010 has been rescheduled for Friday, February 19th. 
Hazardous weather conditions required the event to be postponed. To be held at WKCTC Skilled Craft Training Center located at 70 Hickory Road, Hickory KY, the event will feature regional companies and celebrate industrial innovation occurring in our area.

Innovations 2010 will also feature workshops about becoming an entrepreneur, interviewing for your future and planning for a high-demand occupation. "We are very excited to offer the public an opportunity to meet companies in our area who are innovating industry," said Mary Anne Medlock, special projects coordinator with the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board at the Purchase Area Development District in Mayfield. "Industry, manufacturing, and business is changing. Companies are utilizing technology more than ever – they need a skilled workforce, one that is adaptable to their changing needs. Visitors to Innovations 2010 will discover what those skills are and how they can gain them."

A number of companies, including Wacker Chemical Corporation, Computer Services, Inc., West Kentucky Rural Telephone and National Maintenance are participating in the event, including special guest includes Mr. Ken Carroll of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. Innovations 2010 will open to the public from 10:00 – 2:00 and is sponsored by the West Kentucky Workforce Investment Board, the Office for Employment and Training, the Office for Vocational Rehabilitation, and West Kentucky Community and Technical College’s Workforce Solutions Center.

For more information, contact Mary Anne Medlock at (270) 251-6187.  Click here for Innovation 2010 Invitation.


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Contact:   Deana Burkeen
Office:       (270) 247-7171
For Immediate Release
November 11, 2009

PADD Recognizes Feeding America Partner Donations 


Have you ever wondered how food banks stock their shelves? The Purchase Area Development District (PADD) serves as the regional distribution source for 35 agencies that feed the hungry.   In the past year, when the economy has driven thousands of families seeking nutritional help, the PADD Commodity and Food Bank program has been there providing support along with local residents promoting food drives.  In observation of National Hunger and Homeless Awareness week, PADD honors their partners in the Feeding America program.
Feeding America (formerly known as America’s Second Harvest) is the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity.  Feeding America recruits national food retailers with local stores to join area hunger-relief efforts.  In September 2008, Sam’s Club began donating their soon-to-expire bakery, meat and other items to the PADD for distribution.  The four Kroger stores joined in November 2008.  Then in April 2009, Wal-Mart began donating items from their stores.  Since our partnership began, 247,321 pounds of food have been donated by local partners and distributed throughout the eight counties of Purchase Region.  In addition, the PADD received 98,000 lbs of food and personal products which were distributed during last winter’s ice storm for which the PADD received an Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations.

“Through our agency distribution network, we’re serving thousands families each month,” says Deana Burkeen, PADD Commodity and Food Bank program coordinator. “With the holidays fast approaching, we encourage area residents to consider donating their time or funds to support their local food bank.  Now more than ever, these non-profit organizations need your help as thousands of individuals and families are seeking help.

The PADD Commodity and Food Bank programs are funded federally through the US Department of Agriculture, shared maintenance donations from participating organizations, and public and private donations.  For more information or locations of the food banks, needlines or community kitchens located in the Purchase Region please call PADD at (270) 247-7171 or visit our website www.purchaseadd.org

Kroger Stores

Store #

Total

Pounds

Wal-Mart Stores

Store #

Total Pounds

Lone Oak

250

2,393

Benton

143

20,180

Murray

435

2,382

Fulton

106

10,566

Paducah Irvan Cobb

338

2,366

Mayfield

430

26,427

Paducah, Park Ave

414

1,075

Murray

410

12,009

 

 

9116

Paducah, Mall

491

29,614

 

 

 

Paducah, South

431

20,333

 

 

 

 

 

119,129

Sam’s Club

6449

119,076

 

 

 

Participating Agency Distribution Centers in the Purchase Region
 BALLARD COUNTY                           St. Mary’s Catholic Church                       270-665-555
                                                                West Ky. Allied Services                            270-335-5201

CALLOWAY COUNTY                       Murray/Calloway Co. Need Line            270-753-633
                                                                Glendale Church of Christ                        270-435-4253

CARLISLE COUNTY                           Bethlehem Baptist Church                        270-642-2320  
                                                                Carlisle Co. Senior Citizens                       270-628-5474
                                                                WKAS of Carlisle County                         270-628-3941

FULTON COUNTY                             
First United Methodist Church                 270-472-3514

GRAVES COUNTY                             Cuba Baptist Church                                 270-382-2871
                                                                First Assembly of God Church                  247-5677 ext. 108
                                                                Food Pantry        270-247-6333
                                                                Hickory Baptist Church                             270-856-3427 
                                                                Lynnville Community Church                  270-247-4317
                                                                New Life Baptist Church                           270-705-2913
                                                                St. Joseph Church                                      270-247-2843

HICKMAN COUNTY                         Mission House                                            270-653-3271

MARSHALL COUNTY                       Christian Fellowship Church                    270-527-8369
                                                                First United Methodist Church                 270-527-3990
                                                                Marshall Co. Caring, Inc.                          270-527-0024

MCCRACKEN COUNTY                    Family Service Society                               270-443-4838
                                                                Highland Baptist Church                          270-442-6444
                                                                Lone Oak Church of Christ                       270-554-2511
                                                                Paducah Cooperative Ministry                 270-442-6795
                                                                Salvation Army                                          270-443-8231
                                                                St. Vincent de Paul Society                        270-575-1008
                                                                Trinity Baptist Mission Team                    270-442-1013 
Participating Group Homes and/or Community Soup Kitchens
                                                                    Genesis Home                                    270-623-6144
                                                                    Hope for Life                                      270-247-3190
                                                                    Lighthouse Children’s Home            270-247-9330
                                                                    New Pathways for Children             270-674-6013
                                                                    Shedd Academy                                  270-247-8007
                                                
                    Marshall Co. Exceptional                  270-527-1327
                                                
                    Merryman House                               Not a public number
                                                     
                    River City Mission                                         270-442-7921
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Contact: Brad Davis
Office: (270) 247-7171
For Immediate Release
November 5, 2009

Judge Executive Vickie Viniard Elected President of
Jackson Purchase Local Officials Organization

Ballard County Judge/Executive Vickie Viniard was recently elected President of the Jackson Purchase Local Officials Organization (JPLOO) Board of Directors by her local government peers.  The sixteen member JPLOO Board is made up of the eight Purchase county judge/executives and one mayor from a city within each of those counties. Judge Viniard has been county judge/executive since 2007 and served two terms as a magistrate in Ballard County before being elected county judge. 

The Jackson Purchase Local Officials Organization (JPLOO) was created in 1975 to work in conjunction with the Purchase Area Development District (PADD) in organizing, promoting, managing, and operating public service, social, and health and welfare programs benefitting local units of government within the Purchase area.  JPLOO is the administrative entity that owns, leases, rents or otherwise acquires real and personal property necessary for the purpose of implementing or carrying out the programs operated by the PADD within the eight counties and eighteen cities of the Purchase region.  

For more information about JPLOO and its activities, please contact Brad Davis at 270-247-7171.

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Contact: Mary Anne Medlock
Phone: 270
2516187
October 29, 2009

 

PADD Announces Upcoming Meeting Schedule for November 2009

 
 
The following is a list of meetings scheduled for November 2009. These meetings are sponsored by the Purchase Area Development District (PADD). Unless otherwise noted, all meetings will be held at the PADD Office, 1002 Medical Drive, Mayfield, and all are open to the public. Call 270-247-7171 for further information. The PADD is an EOE/AA/ADA employer.
 

Date

Meeting

Time

November 3

Paducah Uranium Plant Asset Utilization Task Force
(Paducah City Hall, 300 South 5th St)

2:00 p.m.

November 10

Purchase Area E-911 Board

3:00 p.m.

November 12

Commodity & Food Bank Task Force

Noon

November 16

PADD Board Meeting

3:00 p.m.

November 19

Child Care Advisory Board

Noon

November 3, 10, 17, 24

Business Orientation Workshop, Tuesdays at PADD
(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

3:00 p.m.

November 5, 12, 19

Business Orientation Workshop, Thursdays at WKCTC
WKCTC, Anderson Bldg., 1st Floor
(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

10:00 a.m.

November 4, 11, 18, 25

Energy Orientation Workshops, Wednesdays at PADD
(Please call PADD to register – by appointment only.)

11:00 a.m.

 
The Purchase Area Development District will make every reasonable accommodation to assist qualified disabled persons in accessing available services or in attending agency activities. If there is a need for PADD to be aware of a specific accommodation, you are encouraged to contact this agency at least one week in advance of the meeting so that suitable arrangements can be considered for the delivery of the service or attendance requirement prior to the activity.
*Since there is the possibility that a meeting could be cancelled, relocated or rescheduled, please call the PADD office at 270/247-7171 to confirm a meeting prior to attending.
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Contact:    Lisa  Marshall  
Office:    (270)  247‐7171   
For  Immediate  Release  
August  14,  2009  
 
PADD  Participates  in  USDA  Child  and  Adult  Care  Food  Program  
 Purchase  Area  Development  District  announces  their  participation  of  Family  Day  Care  Homes  in  the  USDA  Child  and   Adult Care  FoodProgram  administered  by  the  Kentucky  Department  of  Education.  

Meals  will  be  served  at  no  separate  charge  to  enrolled  participants  at  the  center  and  are  provided  without  regard  to race,  color,  national  origin,  sex,  age  or  disability.   If  you  believe  you  or  any  individual  has  been  discriminated  against  in the  Child  and  Adult  Care  Food  Program,  write  immediately  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.C.  20250.  

Participants  eligible  for  free  and/or  reduced  price  meals  must  have  a  complete  application  with  documentation  of eligibility information  which  may  include  a  food  tamp  or  K-TAP case number, or names of household members and income  information.  

If  you  have  questions  regarding  the  Program,  please  contact  Lisa  Marshall  at  270‐247‐7171   or  1‐877‐352‐5183.   The Purchase  Area  Development  District’s  Family  Day  Care  Homes  serves  Ballard,  Carlisle  Calloway,  Fulton,  Graves,  Hickman, Marshall,  &  McCracken  counties.  
 
Will  Dee  Stahr,  PADD  Staff  member  (left)  and  Heather  Ball,  a  Graves  County  family  day  care owner
admire a toddler breakfast which follows the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program nutritional guidelines. 

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Contact:    Deana  Burkeen 
Office:    (270)  247‐7171    
For  Immediate  Release  
July  23,  2009  

PADD Food Bank Program Distributes 1 Million lbs in 2009 On a warm July morning, dozens of people sat in metal chairs waiting for their numbers to be called. Mostly women, some with small children, they watched as volunteers carried cardboard boxes filled with this week’s distribution from the Mayfield First Assembly of God Food Bank.

"Each month we help about 250 families with this food bank. It's just a supplement, but it makes a big difference" said Raymond Bailey who coordinates the church’s food bank ministry. First Assembly of God is one of thirty-three agencies served by the Purchase Area Development District’s (PADD) Commodity and Food Bank distribution program.

The Commodity and Food Bank program has seen tremendous growth in the last year and recently achieved an important milestone. The program has now distributed more than 1.2 million pounds of food and non-food products to area needlines, food banks and community kitchens. "The program has grown right when it was needed most" says program coordinator Deana Burkeen. "The agencies we serve are seeing more families and individuals than ever before."

The million pound distribution was made possible in part by a successful partnership with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity. Feeding America recruited national food retailers who have local stores to join their relief efforts. Last fall, Sam’s Club began donating their soon-to-expire bakery, meat and other items to the PADD for distribution across the region. The four Kroger stores joined in November 2008 followed by Big Lots. Then in April 2009, Wal-Mart began donating items from their stores.

Together, the Feeding America donations meant that the PADD was able to distribute an additional 330,382 pounds of food to area families rather than have it destroyed. "As an agency that provides emergency groceries to 450 McCracken County households each month, we appreciate the increased distribution," said Heidi Surheinrich of Paducah Cooperative Ministries.

The PADD Commodity and Food Bank program has also benefited from the American Recover and Reinvestment Act through receiving stimulus commodity and emergency food inventory. This inventory provides bonus items and funding to offset the cost of distributing additional food-- food that is making its way to families in need, as in the case of Jamie Hall who visited First Assembly’s weekly distribution. Hall is an unemployed, young mother of two. "It’s hard to afford daycare, food and try to find work," she said. "This helps me to make ends meet for my family."

The PADD Commodity and Food Bank programs are funded federally through the US Department of Agriculture, shared maintenance donations from participating organizations, and public and private donations. For more information or locations of the food banks, needlines or community kitchens located in the Purchase Region please call Purchase Area Development District at (270) 247-7171 or visit our website www.purchaseadd.org  

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Purchase Area Housing Corporation
1002 Medical Drive, P O Box 588
Mayfield KY 42066

For Immediate Release
Contact: Tom Meurer
270-251-6113

PURCHASE AREA HOUSING CORPORATION Receives AmeriCorps Member;
Offers Community CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS

MAYFIELD, Ky. (July 16, 2009) – To support the community and provide case management and housing assistance to the homeless, Purchase Area Housing Corporation (PAHC)has been awarded one AmeriCorps member through a competitive application process with the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky (HHCK). This member will be committed to a year of service in our eight-county Purchase Area. Penny Young, Executive Director of the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky, Inc., stated that "the Purchase Area Housing Corporation did an excellent job in describing the need and rationale for an AmeriCorps member in their organization and has outlined a strong commitment to provide the member with a challenging year of growth and community service experience while serving the needs of their clients".

 

For 25 years, PAHC has helped the eight-county Purchase Area to provide low- and moderate-income, elderly, handicapped, homeless, and other persons with housing facilities and services. PAHC will use their AmeriCorps member to assist the homeless in obtaining safe, decent, permanent housing, referring them to community resources, providing budgeting and money management skills, and following up with these families to aid in maintaining permanent housing and expect, through these endeavors, to provide the eight-county Purchase Area with stable housing for their homeless population.

 

AmeriCorps members receive a monthly living allowance of $950 before taxes, insurance coverage for the member, child care assistance if eligible, and an education award of $4,725. If the member is 55 or older and does not want to utilize the education award, they may give the award to a child or grandchild. Resumes for the AmeriCorps position are being accepted until August 7, 2009. Resume and cover letter should be sent to Tom Meurer, PAHC, P O Box 588, Mayfield KY 42066 or emailed to tom.meurer@purchaseadd.org.

 

Historically, AmeriCorps members with HHCK have made a long-term difference in Kentucky. In the year 2008, site members and the members they recruited and managed contributed over 90,000 hours of service, built 27 homes for low-income families, renovated and weatherized 157 homes, and helped secure housing, services, and resources for over 4,500 Kentuckians.

The AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The CNCS provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Together with the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation is working to build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America. For more information, visit www.nationalservice.gov.

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