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Former UK MVP still has a few points to make  Former University of Kentucky basketball player and championship winner Jeff Sheppard was among January's special guests from Operation UNITE, U.S. Congressman Hal Roger's southeastern Kentucky anti-drug program. Accompanied by UNITE Field Coordinator Liz Wilson, who briefed the chamber on the operation's many programs and benefits, Sheppard brought a simple message to the chamber ... teamwork. "Teams win championships. Not individuals," Sheppard said. "If you try to fight this opponent, drugs, by yourself, you're not going to win. It's dangerous and deadly." But Sheppard spent much of his time talking about what he termed "dreamshapers," like the people he said encouraged him to succeed: his parents, his teachers, his coaches, but specifically his mother. "She taught me the importance of going to work every day," he said. "She didn't tell it to me with her mouth, she showed it to me with her life." Sheppard also shared an Acronym: DREAM. "Do things the right way ... be Ready ... Energy ... Attitude ... your Mind."  Wilson shared some intersting stats about Operation UNITE. Since January 15, 2004, drugs taken off the street include:
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