"We are excited to bring Coach Brooks to Ballard County to lead our Bombers out on the field. His experiences will benefit not just our football team, but also our students in the classroom," said Ballard Superintendent Casey Allen.

Teresa Salonimer contacted me about a special guest, Henry Sakaida who was coming from California to talk at the Ballard Carlisle Historical and Genealogical Society about a WWII soldier from Wickliffe, Kentucky, Col. Harry H. Melton Jr. who was killed and left a young daughter behind.