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HAROLD - Blood
shortages are increasing
~d may worsen throughout the region and the central Kentucky Blood Center
along with Gearheart
Broadcasting are attempting to aid in the problem.
Donor blood is used in
hospitals for a number of
various reasons including
cancer treatments, organ
transplants and unexpected injuries sustained in car
accidents. Increasing numbers of organ transplants,
complex surgeries and an
aging population will
increase the need for
blood by 3-to-5 percent a
year for the foreseeable
flure.
Gearheart Broadcasting
will be holding a blood
drive on Tuesday, Jan. 9,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
WPRG Studio, 98 Church
Street in Harold.
Many CKBC mobile drinow offer automated
collection, which
donors to give twice
the amount of red blood
cells, the most transfused
product at Kentucky hospitals.
To qualify as a blood
donor, you must be in gen- al good health, be at
least 17 years old and
weigh at least 110 pounds.
A picture ID is required of
all donors. Donors may
donate every 56 days and
the entire process takes
less than an hour from
start to finish.
2 DAY FORECAST
New court gets start
by RALPH B. DAVIS
MANAGING EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG - The
newly-elected fiscal court hit
the ground running their first
day in office, holding a special
meeting at 9 a.m. New Year's
Day.
"I know it's a burden to
come out on a holiday, especially New Year's Day," said
Judge-Executive Robert "Doc"
Marshall. "But it was such that
we could not do it tomorrow or
the next day. lt had to be done
today."
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
floydcountytimes.com
·nside
Obituaries .....................A2.
Opimon .............. ........... A4
Sports ........................... 81
Lifestyles ...................... 86
Classifieds .................... 89
(See COUNTY, page six)
MOUNTAIN
photo by Ralph B. Davis
Magistrates Ronnie Akers and Donnie Daniels, County
Clerk Chris Waugh, Judge-Executive Robert "Doc"
Marshall, County Attorney Keith Bartley and Magistrates
John Goble and Jackie Edford Owens sat down to the first
meeting of the fiscal court under the Marshall administration.
Post 9 tries to
stay focused
amid misfortune
ASSOCIATED PRESS
photo by Jessica Hale
Property development crews have been working for the past several weeks on a project next
to the U.S. Post Office in Prestonsburg, developing the deep hole into a useable parcel of land.
Frank Fitzpatrick, of Fitzpatrick Properties, says the land has been of no use for awhile and it's
time to prepare the parcel for potential new businesses. Once crews have finished filling in the
hole, the hillside from which the dirt was taken will then also be developed into a flat one acre
lot. Fitzpatrick says crews have been working seven days a week and they are optimistic the
project will be completed by April 1. Meanwhile, motorists are urged to use caution when passing through this intersection where large trucks are frequently crossing the roadway.
Turner keeps leadershlp post
FRANKFORT One of
the top-ranking Democrats in
the state Senate will keep his
leadership position despite his
guilty plea last month to a misdemeanor vote-buying charge.
No one stepped forward to
challenge Johnny. Ray Turner, a
popular lawmaker from the tiny
eastern Kentucky community
of Drift, for the job of Senate
minority caucus chairman, the
second highest Democratic
position in the Senate. He was
re-elected to the position in voting Tuesday afternoon.
Lawmakers returned to
Frankfort on Tuesday for the
start of a 30-day session of the
General Assembly, gaveling in
shortly after noon to choose
leaders and make committee
assignments.
State Sen. David Williams,
R-Burkesville, was re-elected
to another term as Senate preside nt. Sen. Ed Worley, D-
Richmond, was re-elected as
minority floor leader.
House Majority Leader
Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook,
said the race to replace former
Rep. Joe Barrows as the majority whip was perhaps "the
hottest contested" leadership
contest. Adkins said he anticipated leadership posts would
be determined Tuesday so legislative leaders could make
committee assignments
(See TURNER, page six)
PIKEVILLE - Eastern
Kentucky 's largest state
police post is under pressure after a recent spate of
misfortune in the past two
weeks.
Two troopers have died
- one in a car acc1dent, the
other of a heart attack and one suffered serious
injuries when he was hit by
a car. In the midst of that,
another was placed on routine leave Thursday after
being involved in a shooting.
"I've never seen a time
frame when we've had this
many emotional situations
to deal with," said Trooper
Scott Hopkins, a 16-year
veteran of the Pikeville
post.
A staff of nine detectives
and· 39 troopers makes the
post one of the largest in the
state, covering the rugged,
mountainous terrain of
Pike, Floyd, Magoffin,
Johnson and Martin counties.
The first death happened
Dec. 19, when Trooper
Jonathan K. Leonard, 28, a
three-year veteran of the
Pikeville post was killed
after he turned his cruiser
into the path of another
vehicle. Leonard, who was
not wearing his seatbelt,
was the first Kentucky state
trooper to die on duty in 18
years.
Still
reeling
from
Leonard's
death,
the
Pikeville post lost 16-year
veteran Detective Stewart
"Joey" Howard, 45, to a
heart attack on Monday.
Hopkins said the deaths
were more than a simple
loss of personnel.
"With just Detective
Howard's death, we're losing 16 years of investigative skill!> that can't be
brought back," Hopkins
said.
On Tuesday, Trooper
Billy Joe Caudill, 24, was
seriously injured when he
was strm.:k by a car while
assisting with a two-vehicle
accident along U.S . 23.
As the troopers prepared
for Howard's funeral and
Caudill recovered from his
injuries, two state police
officers shot a Pike County
man to death after a chase
Thursday night when he
refused to comply with
police orders and reached
for a gun on the passenger
side of the vehicle, state
police spokesman Lt. Phil
Crumpton said.
Trooper Chris Phillips
and state vehicle enforcement Officer Keith Justice
suffered minor lllJuries
when they opened fire on
John Keen, 26, of Elkhorn
City,
state
police
spokesman
Lt.
Phil
Crumpton said. Both were
placed on administrative
leave while the investigation continued, Crumpton
(See'POST, page six)
Gearheart to draw on 33 years teaching experience
by KATHY J. PRATER
FEATURES EDITOR
CHANGING
OF THE
GUARD
Part 7 in a seven-part series
looking at the new faces in
Floyd County government.
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County Attorney Keith
Bartley is next on the list, earning $1,627.60 biweekly, while
Coroner Roger Nelson will be
paid $1,509.63.
The county's four magistrates will earn $1,609.05 every
two weeks, while constables
will receive $102.45.
The court also approved
Marshall's appointments to his
staff. Those include Candace
O'Quinn as finance officer, Jim
Caldwell as Disaster and
Emergency Services director,
by SAM IRA JAFARI
A SSOCIATED PRESS
High: 58 • Low: 51
The meeting's agenda was
dominated by housekeeping
measures required by state law
to be completed by Jan. l. All
of the measures passed unanimously without discussion,
resulting in the meeting's end
10 minutes after it began.
Among these was a resolution setting 2007 salaries for
county officials. Jailer Roger
Webb regained his status as the
county's highest paid official,
earning $3,047.97 every two
weeks. He is followed by
Marshall , who will earn
$2,762.19.
MOVING
by ROGER ALFORD
Tomon"Ow
GA 30606 2428
Preparing to take her newly acquired seat at
the Floyd County Board of Education table this
month, Linda Gearheart, former principal of
Allen Elementary School, says that she decided
to mn for the seat in the wake of her recent
retirement in order to stay abreast of educational issues and concerns in her native county.
Of primary importance to Gearheart is the
issue of safety and security for Floyd County
students. "I just think it's important," she said.
"You never know what danger may be out there
and you have to be prepared."
Gearheart, who comes to the board table
with a total of 33 years experience in the field
of education ("I was lucky enough to get a job
teaching right out of college," she said), says
that very early on in her career, she became
aware of the need for school and student safety.
Even before the deadly school shooting at
Columbine High School in Colorado, Gearheart
had already implemented a program referred to
as "Code Green" at her school, Allen
Elementary.
"Allen was a rural school," she said. "We
weren't like Prestonsburg, with a police and fire
(See GEARHEART, page six)
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
3, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
June Dillon Collins
June Dillon Collins, 85, of
Prestonsburg, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at
Our Lady of the Way
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Hospital, in MMtin. ~
Born December 9, · •· *
1921, in Sugar Loaf, "
she was the daughter
of the late Lee Dillon and
Celia Merritt Dillion. She was
a homemaker.
In 1958, she was a Pioneer
to Women, entering the
Forestry Service by being the
first woman employed as a
forestry warden.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Mont Collins,
who died September 23, 1995.
Survivors include a daughter, Waveline C. Combs of
Pierceton, Indiana; a son,
Raymond Collins Sr., of
Prestortsburg; two sisters:
Dean Fairchild and Gladys
Dillon, both of Prestonsburg; a
brother, William Lee Dillon of
Prestonsburg; and 10 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by three sisters: Mae Dillon
Hale, Newtreen Dillon, and
Birdie Dillon; and two brothers: Dallas Dillon and Sam
Dillon.
Funeral services were held
Friday, December 29, at 1
p.m ., at the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel, with Bro.
Lonnie Bradley and Robert
Evans officiating.
Interment was in Collins
Memorial
Cemetery,
in
Prestonsburg.
The family has entrusted
arrangements to the Carter
Funeral Home.
(Paid obituary)
CJOCJ
Denver Hall
Denver Hall, 65, of Hi Hat,
died Friday, December 29,
2006, at McDowell Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
Born November 19, 1941, in
Kite, he was the son of the late
Dewey and Gladys Hall. He
was owner of Hi Hat Trucking.
He is survived by his wife,
Peggy Bryant Hall.
Other survivors include a
son and daughter-in-law:
Anthony Wayne and Anita
Hall of Drift; a daughter and
son-in-law: Tracy Lynn and
Joe Marson of Hi Hat; two
brothers:
Shannon Hall of
Orange City, Florida, and
Dennis Hall of Detroit,
Michigan; three sisters: Docie
Hall of Kite, Sally Mae
Sturgill of Dema, and Virginia
Amburgey
of
Chicago,
Illinois; four grandchildren:
Amber, Jay, Dorsa, and
Brandon; and many nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31, at
noon , at the Little Nancy Old
Regular Baptist Church in Hi
Hat, with Old Regular Baptist
ministers officiating.
Burial was in the Boyd
Cemetery in Hi Hat, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, Martin.
Visitation was at the church.
www.nelsonfrazierfuneralhome.com
(Paid obituary)
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Sadie Sturgill
Hunter
Sadie Sturgill Hunter, age
71, of Martin, passed away on
Thursday, December 28, 2006,
in the Central Baptist Hospital
in Lexington.
She was born February 24,
1935, in Martin, a daughter of
the late Crawford and Nora
Mae Risner Sturgill.
She was a retired clerk for
the
Methodist
Mountain
Mission, and a member of the
Graceway United Methodist
Church.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Everette
Hunter.
In addition to her parents,
and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Joy
Ousley; and brothers: Bill
Sturgill, Clephis Sturgill,
Adam Sturgill; and a sister,
Freda Lawson.
Survivors include, a son,
Ron Hunter of Martin; three
daughters: Darlene Hughes,
Debbie Hunter, and Trudy
Little, all of Martin; two brothers: Hasadore Sturgill of
Titusville, Florida, and Joe
Sturgill of Lima, Ohio; a sister,
Dona Pannell of Louisa.; six
grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31, at 2:00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel, in Martin, with Roy
Harlow and Joe Coleman officiating.
Burial was in the Justice
Cemetery in Martin, under the
professional care of Hall.
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers: Larry Hodge,
Dave Slone, Sam Hughes,
Wesley Case, Chris Hunter,
Carl Little, Terry Derossett,
James Clay, Rick Ellis, Estill
Reed, and Bill Hughes.
(Paid obituary)
CJCJCJ
Mary E. Johnson
Mary E. Johnson, age 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Friday,
December 29, 2006, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg.
Born January 11 , 1927, in
Prestonsburg, she was the
daughter of the late Ivory A.
and Elsie Collins Smiley. She
was a retired waitress; and
attended the Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son,
Kenneth Smiley of Flatwoods;
a daughter, Carlene Muncy of
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Prestonsburg; a sister: Phyllis
A. Boyd of Plaino, Texas; four
grandchildren: Lisa, Angie,
Kenneth, and Kevin; and a
great-grandson, Cameron.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by a
brother, Abe Smiley, and two
sisters:
Helen
Smiley
Holbrook, and Waleda Smiley.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31, at 2
p.m.,
at
Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin, with
Tom Blackburn officiating.
Burial was in the Akers
Cemetery, in Dana, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Pallbearers were: Kevin
Smiley, Jason Roberts, Gary
Holbrook, Rodney Holbrook,
P. J. Holbrook, Chris Goble,
Matt Carr, and Nick McCoy.
Honorary
pallbearers:
Kenneth D. Smiley, Clyde N.
Boyd, Keith Bentley, Harry
McCoy, Donald Boyd, and
Phil Boyd.
www.nelsonfrazierfuneralhome.com
(Paid obituary)
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Mae Mann
Mae Mann, 71, of Albion,
Michigan, passed away Friday,
December 29, 2006, at Foote
Hospital, in Jackson.
She was born May 16, 1935,
in Printer, the daughter of the
late Johnnie and Liddie
(Sammons) Conn.
On October 22, 1956, she
married Orban Mann. Bishop
Rev. Orba.t). L. Mann preceded
her in death on November 29,
2002.
She worked for Hall
Brothers Funeral Home, in
Martin, at one timt<. For 49
years
she belonged
to
Apostolic Church of Jesus
Christ in Albion, serving as
Mother of the Church. She
enjoyed singing, shopping,
helping others, and spending
family time with her grand-
children.
She will be sadly missed by
her daughters: Clarie (John)
Music, Liddie (James) Nelson
and Rosella (Marty) Aldridge,
all of Marshall; her sons:
Orban Daryl (Maria) Mann of
Marshall, and James Henry
(Karen) Mann, and Delmer
(Nancy Howard) Mann, all of
Albion; her sisters: Mary Conn
and Gracie Kilburn, both of
Martin, Pearl Sammons of
Salisbury,
and
Verlie
Sammons of Wabash, Indiana;
a brother, Harley Conn of
Salisbury; 31 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband
and parents, she was preceded
in death by four brothers:
Willie, Berlie, Doug, and an
infant brother, Johnnie Jr.; and
two sisters: Meister Maggard
and Ticker Conn.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, January 3, at 1
p.m., at J. Kevin Tidd Funeral
Home, 811 Finley Drive,
Albion,
Michigan,
with
Reverends Marvin Morgan
and Kenneth Dalton officiating.
Visitation was Tuesday,
January 2. at Apostolic Church
of Jesus Christ in Albion, from
2-8 p.m., with a prayer service
at 6 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to
the Apostolic Church of Jesus
Christ, Albion, Michigan.
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Delbert Wicker
Delbert Wicker, age 60, of
Ligonier, Indiana, formerly of
Floyd
County,
died
Wednesday, December 27,
-In Memoriam-
Atlas Dean Hall
Juanita C. Reid
Juanita C. Reid, age 76, of
Newnan, Georgia, formerly of
Prestonsburg, passed away
Friday, December 29, 2006, at
the Newnan Hosptial Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center,
Newnan, Georgia.
She was born February 16,
1930, in Melvin, the daughter
of the late Jack Caudill and
Deliah Gibson Caudill. She
was a registered nurse.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Roy Reid.
January 6,1948- November 11,2006
It Is with great sadness that we
announce the Joss of a true compatriot and
friend, Atlas Hall. He passed through the
turbid vale on November 11, 2006. His
dying request was to have a 21 gun salute
from his brothers of the SCV. Atlas was
made one of our Honorary Members, and
then later joined as an Associate Member.
He was a regular member and chaplain of
SCV Camp #1966 In North Carolina.
Card of Thanks
The family of Emma Lou Hamilton wishes to gratefully
acknowledge the thoughtfulness and kindness of friends, relatives, and neighbors, in the loss of our loved one. Thanks to
all who sent food, flowers, prayers, or spoke comforting
words. We are especially grateful to Clergyman Tracy Patton
for his comforting words, the Sheriff's Department for their
assistance in traffic control, and the Hall Funeral Home for
their professional and compassionate service.
THE FAMILY OF EMMA LOU HAMILTON
Card of Thanks
The family of Floyd Hughes would like to extend their
appreciation to all those friends, relatives, and neighbors
who helped iti any way upon the passing of their loved one.
Thanks to all those who sent food, flowers, prayers or spoke
comforting words. We are especially grateful to Clergyman
Gary Allen for his comforting words, the Sheriff's
Department for their assistance in traffic control, and the
staff of Hall ·Funeral Home for their unsurpassed service.
THE FAMILY OF FLOYD HUGHES
Atlas D. Hall was born at Lackey, Knott
County, Kentucky, and currently resides in
Ramseur, Randolph County, North
Carolina. He joined the SCV on the mil~ary
record of his great-great grandfather, Pvt.
William A. Hall, Jr., Co. C, "Diamond's'
1oth Kentucky Cavalry. He Is also descended from a large number of Confederates,
including a large number In the 1Jth
Kentucky Cavalry. Research indicates at
least 35 men who rode In the 13th are relat·
ed to him. Some of his known and proven
ancestors (In addition to Wm. A. Hall, Jr.)
who wore the Gray include:
Captain William J Hall, Co. E, 13th Ky. Cav.
Lt. Miles Hall. Co. E, 13th Ky. Cav.
Captam Robert Bates, Co. A. French's
Battalion of Infantry, Virgmia State Line
(Partisan Rangers)
Lt Marlin V. "Baby" Bates. Co. A. French's
Battal1on of Infantry, Virginra State L1ne
(PartiSan Rangers)
Lt William J. Bates, 7th Confederate Cavalry,
Vlrginra Partisan Rangers
Captain Danrel Hager. AOM ' Diamond's'
10th Ky. Cav
Sgt Lee Hall, t3lh Ky. Cav (died as a POW
at Camp Morton)
Sgt. James Bates, 5th Ky. Mtd. Int., (Killed by
Unionist Home Guards while on detached
duty obtaining homes)
Corporal Dav1d Hall, 13th Ky. Cav
Pvt. Anthony Hall, 13th Ky. Cav.
Pvt Martin Thornsberry. Co. E. 13th Ky Cav.
Pvt Enoch Thornsberry, Co. E, 13th Ky. Cav.
Pvt JohnH Hall. 13th Ky. Cav
Pvt. James Hall, Co. F 13th Ky. Cav
Pvt Hamson Hall. Co. E. 44th Vlrgmia
Infantry (Zouaves)
and_many others.
Atlas Hall was an amazmg man,
With a story to tell his own,
He was first a child of a king
In l1fe he was everything
Second he was my husband whom
stood by my s1de,
He was a m1mster 1n the 'Ole Regular
Baptist faith,
r
He stood brave, tall, and preached
pride,
fl
He was Compatriot Captain Atlas
He persevered even thoUgh he got so
frail,
He enjoyed genealogy, markmg veterans graves,
He always was about h1story with a
story to tell.
He was Pres1dent Atlas D. Hall and
loved the Clan Hall very much,
He worked qurte a number of years to
promote his Scottish Ancestry.
He designed the Hall tartan and was
very proud to wear the colors
He gave to me a lifetime of memones
greatly.
The life he liVed proved whom he was
and much more,
In January 2006, he had a near death
experience,
Where he almost passed over the vale,
In h1s own words he smelled the beauti·
ful flowers 1n bloom.
He didn't v1ew his home right then.
He asked God to allow hrm to come
back, and bring flowers to me,
He lived up to his word, and planted
roses around the house for all to see,
He knew he was living on borrow•
t1me, and he made each day the most,
He now rs around God's heavenly
throne with the mighty heavenly host
His chair is vacant around the table, and
the memories of his last few days,
He would sit there and most humbly
pray,
For our God to see us through another
day,
The fresh flowers will be placed on the
table, just l1ke he wanted them to,
The beauty of the flowers reflect his
smile and brings such peace over me.
Wntten by: Judy Hall
December 20, 2006
·c ard of Thanks
The family of Ray Virgil Prater would like to take this opportunity to thank all those friends, relatives, and neighbors, who
helped to comfort our family during this difficult time. Thanks
to all who sent food , flowers or spoke kind words to our family. We are especially grateful to Clergyman Bob Varney for his
comforting words, the Sheriff's Department for their assistance
in traffic control, and the Hall Funeral Home for their loving
care and hand of friendship to our family.
THE FAMILY OF
RAY VIRGIL PRATER
Dr. R. Bhatraju, M.D.
400 University Drive, Ste. 101
Archer Clinic
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
2006, at Parkview Hospital, n
Fort Wayne. Indiana.
Born September 15, 1946, in
Floyd County, he was the son
of the late Joe and Viola Bolen
Wicker. He was a retired factory worker for Silgan Plastics.
Survivors include two sis
ters:
Rhoda Mosley of
Ligonier, Indiana, and Irene
Watkins of Lackey.
In addition to his parents, he
was a preceded in death by a
brother, Mart.Wicker.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, December 30, at 11
a.m., at the Rock Fork Reg~ar
Baptist Church in Garrett, with
Willie Collins officiating.
Burial was in the G. W.
Bolen Cemetery in Garrett,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, m
Martin.
Visitation was at the church.
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Survivors
include
two
daughters: Deborah Reid of
Newnan, Georgia, and Linda
Vanover of Griffin, Georgia; a
grandson,
Jonathan
Roy
Vanover of Paintsville; two
sisters: Edith Hannah of
Peachtree City, Georgia, and
Flora Caudill of Arkansas.
In addition to her husband
and parents, she was preceded
in death by a brother, Marvin
Caudill.
Funeral services for Juanita
C. Reid will be conducted
Wednesday, January 3, at 2:00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel in Martin, with Jake
Tackett and John Allen officiating.
Burial will follow in the
Mayo
Cemetery,
in
Prestonsburg, with the Hall
Funeral Home caring for those
arrangements.
Visitation, at the funeral
(Paid ohituary)
home.
Card of Thanks
The family of Opal Grace Crisp wishes to thank all of those
friends, neighbors and family who helped in any way upon
the passing of our loved one. Thanks to all who sent flowers,
prayers or words of comfort expressed. We are especially
grateful to the Regular Baptist Church for their comforting
words, the Sheriff's Department for their assistance in traffic control, and the Hall Funeral Home for their kind and
trusted services.
THE FAMILY OF OPAL GRACE C RISP
Atlas was married to Judith E. 'stevens'
Hall, on 4 November 1989, In Floyd County.
Kentucky, and although they have no chll·
dren together; she has three children who
are like his own. Atlas has two children
from a previous marriage Between Judy
and Atlas, they have t 2 grandchildren,
who they attempt to spoil!
Atlas Is a graduate of Morehead State
University, In Morehead, Kentucky, receiv·
lng a Bachelors Degree in 1983. He briefly
worked as a substitute school teacher In
the Floyd and Knott County (Kentucky)
School systems. He was then employed at
Otter Creek Correctional Center, where he
advanced through the ranks to a Unit
Administrator.
Due to complications from open heart
surgery In 2004, he retired, and moved to
North Carolina, where he has two step·
daughters living. Mas had always wanted
to Jive In the area that he now lives, as his
Scottish ancestor during the
Revolutionary War, who was a Continental
soldier captured at Charleston, SC, and
who remained on a prison ship for over
two years before being released, lived only
25 miles from his present home.
Excerpts Taken trom
Colonel Ben E. Caudill Camp lf1629
-Atlas D. Hal~
The years ye had together no one
can put asunder,
One hath departed and left a void in
your heart,
Fearful anticipation of what's ahead,
Fear not little Judy for a greater
hand will guide you.
Through life's toils and tears, woeslilt.
and pain he stands beside you,
Be thankful for the gooO times ye
had with one another,
Stand straight, stand tall,
and chin out,
Be thankful for the memories.
A strong hand will be with ye,
With the coming of the morn, •
and a sunny day,
GOD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS!
Aye Macpherson's!
I will remember and feel your grief
Love Frank Russell Parsons
My brother-in-law who lives in
Shertz, Texas
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HRMC Calendar
Jan. 4, 11, 18, and 25 . Kiwanis, Meeting Place B, 121:30p.m.
Jan. 9 - Sr. Advantage,
J Meeting Place A & B, 9-11:00
a.m.
Jan. 13 - Childbirth classes,
Board Room, 8:30a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Jan. 25 - Living Well With
Diabetes Support Group,
Meeting Room A & B, 5-6:00
p.m.
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For more information concerning the support groups,
contact
the
Highlands
-Educational
Service.
Department at 886-7424.
PHS Class of '97
The Prestonsburg High
School Class of 1997 IS currently planning their 10 year
reunion. The reunion is scheduled to be held on July 14.
2007 at the Best We<;tern.
Prestonsburg. Those wishing
to attend ~hould please send in
all of their personal information mcluding name. address,
phone number, occupation,
spouse, children, and pets.
All teachers from 1993
to 1997 are also welcome.
Classmates may send their
information to phs97@bellsouth.net or mail to Mark
McKinney, 69 Hospital St..
Martin. KY 41640
Hope in the Mountains
Hope in the Mountains will
host public meetings on
Mondays, at 9 a.m., at the
junction of U.S. 23 and Rt. 80,
on Watergap Rd., behind the
Trimble Chapel Church.
Meetings focus will be to
offer inf01mation in regard to
community resources available to women seeking freedom from drug abuse. Fan1ily
members are also welcome to
attend. The Hope initiative
proposes to help women break
free from addictive lifestyles
to become self-respecting contributing members of society.
Call X74-2008 or 788-1006
for more information.
Celebrate Old Christmas
at Samuel May House
The
custom
of Old
Christmas will be observed at
, the Samuel May House in
Prestonsburg, on Sunday
1
January 7, 2007, from 2-4:00
p.m. There will be tours of the
1
House, period Christmas
: music, and refreshments. The
~ public is cordially invited to
attend this heartwarming, free
event.
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Prater Creek Baptist
Jan. 5 & 6 - Women 's
' Conference.
Will feature
~. ,guest speakers from Liberty
University, impact sessions,
I worship, live music, games,
, , prizes, food and fellowship.
For more info., contact Rachel
Hall at 422-7753 or email to:
rahall2@ li berty.edu.
There
will be no charge to attend this
event.
UNITE
The UNITE coalition of
Floyd County will meet the
FIRST Monday of each
month, at 7 p.m., at the New
Allen Baptist Church. All
interested persons welcome to
join UNITE's fight against
drugs.
•"Living Free" - A support
group sponsored by the Floyd
County UNITE Coalition.
Group will meet weekly at the
old Allen Baptist Church, on
US 23 N., between Allen and
Banner, on Tuesdays, at 1:15
p.m.
Living Fre'e is :,1 faitjl-based
12-step support group open to'
all who are searching for
...
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Hillbilly Travel Club
Now scheduling trips for
1
the upcoming year to: Myrtle
1 <Beach (Golf), March
11 -15;
1
Washington, DC, Memorial
Day weekend; Niagara Falls,
Canada, Labor Day weekend.
1
~ All trips include roundtrip
1 motorcoach, lodging, selected
meals . Others include rounds
of golf (with cart), guided
tours, entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride,
IMAX theater, and more).
1 Call Ed at 452-4149 for more
,..information.
I
I ,
1
1
ACHS Class of '96
recovery. There is no fee to
attend. For more info., contact
Shirley Combs at 874-3388 or
434-8400.
Earn extra money, Jearn new
skills. anJ help your community at the same time! To find
out more, call: 886-2929
Prestonsburg Rotary Club
External Diploma Program
Invites interested professionals and businesses to join
them for lunch each Thursday,
at 12 p.m., in the Student
Grille Conference Room,
onthe BSCTC campus.
Each weekly program is
devoted to commumty scrvtce
and its application to the
Rotary Motto: ··service Above
Self."
"Lunch is served at noon
and programs begin promptly
at 12:40. Contact Mike Vance
at 226 2075: David Kraus at
886-3082; or Nancy Johnson
at 886-1156 for more info.
Kentucky residents age 25
and older can earn a high
school diploma by demonstrating skills learned on the job or
in raising a family. Flexible
scheduling i<; prov1ded and
confidentiality maintained.
Classes are held at the Carl D.
Perkins Rehabtlitation Center,
in Thelma, Mon. thru Fri.,
with evening classes on
Thursday. EDP cla~ses are
also held at the Mullins
Learning Center, in Pikeville,
on Tuesdays, from 4:30-8:30
p.m. Contact Andy Jones at
606-788-7080, or 800-4432187. ext. 186, or Linda BelL
at ext. 160 to make an appointment.
GED classes are also available.
Free Body Recall classes
Free Body Recall Exercise
Classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, at
9:30, at the Presbyterian
Church
in
Prestonsburg.
Classes are held Monday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, at
II a.m. at the old R & S
Building. Classes are offered
by the Floyd County Health
Department. Call the health
department, 886-2788, for
more information.
'Earn While You Learn'
The Big Sandy Area C.A.P.
office is taking applications
for its "Senior Train1ng
Program." You must be 55 or
older to apply. In Floyd, call
886-2929; Johmon, call 7896515; Magoffin, call 3492217; Pike, call 432-2775: and
in Lawrence, call 638-4067.
Senior employment program
Are you a senior citizen on
a fixed income struggling with
soaring medical bills and living expenses? Could you use
some extra spending money .
but don't know how to get
back into the workforce?
u: yqu are at least age 55,
the SeniQr CQt;nmunity Service
Employment
Program
(SCSEP) may be able to help.
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:00;
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:00;
SUN. l1:30J, 7:00, 9:00
SUN. l1:30J, 7:00, 9:00
SUNDAY MATINEE- Open 1:00; start 1:30
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Homemaker Club Meetings
Allen:
I st Monday, II
HAPPILY
NEVER AFTER
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a.m..
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Christ
United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall.
Dixie: 3rd Thursday. 12:30
p.m.,
Dixie
Community
Room.
David: I st Monday, 1 p.m.,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
Martin:
1st Tuesday, 6
p.m., Martin Church of Chnst.
Maytown: 3rd Thursday, 6
p.m., Maytown Learning
Center.
Cliff: 3rd Tuesday, 12 p.m.,
Community Center.
Prestonsburg:
2nd
Tuesday.
10:30
a.m.,
Extension Office.
South Prestonsburg: 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Home of
members (call 886-2668 for
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3 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
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Worth Repeating ...
"Speak out in acts; the time
for words has passed, and
only deeds will suffice."
-John Greenleaf Whittier
?l..mendment '1
Conaress sfia[( make no (aw resyectine an esta6fisfiment of reliaion, or
tfie free exercise thereif; a6ridfJin8 tfie freedom
press; or tfie rfalit of the peop(e to peacea6(y assem6[e, and to petition tfie aovemmentJar a redress ofarievances.
G u e-s t
of syeecfi, or of the
V-i -e w
Ford's political style
served nation better
As the nation mourns President Gerald R. Ford, it is
worth remembering part of what it has lost with him - a
political style in which battles are hard-fought, but without rancor or personal animosity.
After all, Ford entered politics as a congressman from
a western Michigan district with bipartisan help. He
came back from World War II believing the United States
must be actively engaged in world affairs. The congressman from his district was an old-line isolationist
Republican. Ford set about to depose him with help from
both sympathetic Republicans and Democrats.
John Feikens, now a senior federal judge, recalls that
when Ford a few years ago attended a ceremony at the
Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, he
walked up to former United Auto Workers President
Leonard Woodcock and joked, "Are you sorry for what
you did?"
Woodcock was one of the Democrats who helped Ford
unseat the incumbent congressman in Ford's first bid for
office back in the 1940s, Feikens says.
Ford's desire for a new style of inclusive, outwardlooking Republicanism after World War II was behind his
decision to give his early support to Dwight Eisenhower
rather than Ohio's U.S. Sen. Robert Taft, who had been a
relentless foe of Franklin Roosevelt in the U.S. Senate
and was the early frontrunner for the 1952 GOP presidential nomination, Feikens notes. The judge served as
state Republican chairman in the 1950s and was an
Eisenhower activist in the early 1950s.
Feikens compares Ford to the late George Romney and
William Milliken, two Republican Michigan governors
who enjoyed broad support among citizens of both major
parties.
Ford was minority leader in the U.S. House and
engaged in his share of political donnybrooks. But as one
of his Michigan GOP House colleagues and a later U.S.
senator, Robert Griffin, notes, "everybody liked Jerry
Ford - even the Democrats."
Michigan's senior Democrat in the House, John
Dingell, observed in a Detroit News commentary that
though Ford, as minority leader, battled former President
Lyndon Johnson daily, "he never once stopped being a
gentleman and never once regressed into the vitriolic partisanship that is commonplace in today's political
debates."
Jerry Ford's political style was healthier for the nation
and the political process. One of the best ways to remember him would be for his successors to revive that style.
- The Detroit News
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�WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
3, 2007 • A
Comair crash picked as
state's top news story of 2006
b y J EFFREY McMURRAY
AssociATED PREss
LEXINGTON - Minutes
after 50 people boarded a jet in
the pre-dawn darkness, 49 perished in a fiery crash when the
plane departed from the wrong
runway - the deadliest commercial airI ine accident the
United States had seen <;ince
2001.
The Aug. 27 crash of
Comair Flight 5191 at Blue
Grass Airport was a tragedy
amplified in Lexington and
surrounding Kentucky communities because of close ties
to the victims. There was a
baseball pitcher and his newlywed, a University of Kentucky
faculty member, a horse trainer, a Habitat for Humanity
activist and so many others.
In a close vote, a panel of
editors chose the plane crash
as Kentucky's top news story
of 2006, edging out the patronage probe that led to the indictment of Republican Gov. Ernie
Fletcher.
A special grand jury in
Franklin County spent more
than a year investigating
whether the administration
illegally rewarded supporters
with jobs. Although 29 indictments came down, the charges
against Fletcher were later
dropped in a deal with prosecutors.
Before the plane crash, one
of the year's deadliest accidents in Kentucky involved
coal mining. The May 20
explosion at Kentucky Darby
Mine No. 1, which killed five
miners, crystalized the need
for better safety measures - a
story the panel selected as the
state's third-biggest of the
year.
In addition to the patronage
story, three others from the
political landscape made up
the top six as voted by the edi tors.
Lt. Gov. Steve Pence's
decision to leave the ticket and
Fletcher's choice of Robbie
Rudolph as his running mate
was fourth.
In fifth was the election of
Kentucky's Mitch McConnell
to lead the Republican Party in
the U .S. Senate - albeit as
minority leader rather than the
majority post he had sought
because Democrats won control or Congress in November.
One Republican ca<>ualty of
that election was U ..S. Rep.
Anne Northup of Louisville,
who
was
unseated
by
Democrat John Yarmuth in
what the panel selected as the
year's sixth-biggest story.
Rounding out the lop I 0
were a Jefferson County
school desegregation case
making it to the U.S. Supreme
Court, the $18 btlhon budget
that cleared the General
Assembly without the need of
a special ~ession, a judgeapproved settlement between
abuse VIctims
and
sex
Cnvi ngton 's Roman Catholic
Diocese, and a western
Kentucky social worker found
dead after taking an infant to
his mother's house.
Among others receiving
votes wl.!n:: stories from business (expansion at UPS and
production
at
hybrid
Georgetown's Toyota plant);
medicine (Fletcher's threeweek
bospitali/ation
in
Lexington and a third successful hand transplant in the
United States perrurmed in
Louisville): crime (a father
charged with murdering hi-;
children and an ex-soldier
accused of killing innocent
(See STORIES, page eight)
List of year's top Kentucky stories
Top Kentucky stories of
2006, as voted by AP members:
l. Comair flight crashes at
Lexington, Ky., airport, killing
49 people.
2. A "pecial grand jury
indicts Gov. Ernie Fletcher on
charges of violating state hiring laws. The charges are dismissed later in a settlement
with prosecutors.
3. Deadly year for coal miners. Five miners die in a smgle
Harlan County tragedy in a
year when state and federal
regulators work on better c;afety laws and regulations.
4. Lt. Gov. Steve Pence
leaves Gov. Ernie Fletcher's
Governor
chooses
slate.
Robbie Rudolph as his running
mate for 2007 re-election bid.
5. Kentucky Sen. Mitch
McConnell selected as Senate
minmity leader by his GOP
colleagues.
6. Democrat John Yarmuth
unseats Anne Northup, the
only member of Kentucky's
GOP congressional delegation
to Jose a<> Democrats win hack
control of Congress.
7. Jefferson County court
case on school desegregation
policy makes it to U.S.
Supreme Court.
tie-8. General Assembly
passes $18 billion budget without a special session.
tie-8. Judge approves settlement between sex abuse victims and the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Covington.
I 0. Western Kentucky
social worker found dead after
taking infant to h1s mother's
house for a visit.
Other stories receiving
votes: Louisville Ford plants
spared; Funds approved for
downtown Louisville arena;
UPS expan~ion; Georgetown
Toyota plant begins manufacturing hybrid Camrys; top
Kentucky
Democrats
(Chandler, Luallen, Abramson,
Junes) decline to run for
Governor: Fletcher hospital
ized for more than three weeks;
University of the Cumberlands
state financial assistance challenged after expellmg a gay
student; Democrats expand
advantage in Kentucky House,
Republicans hold majority in
Senate; Lexington voters turn
back effort to have the city try
to acquire Kentucky American
Water; father charged with
murdering his four children in
Louisville housing complex;
Fort Campbell soldiers, ex-soldier face charge~ stemming
from killings of Iraqi civilians;
Kentucky soldiers play key
roles in Iraq War; third successful hand transplant in U.S.
performed at Louisville ·s
Jewish Hospital.
Judge Barber Joins Kirk Firlll
David A. Barber, recently a Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, is now a
member of Kirk Law Firm, a firm with offices at two Floyd County locations:
Prestonsburg and McDowell. Immediately prior to his Term on the
Appe11ate Court, David was a partner with Attorney General Greg Stumbo
(STUMBO & BARBER). Prior to formation of STUMBO & BARBER,
David served as a Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge. Before
that, he was elected and served as Floyd County Attorney.
David invites his friends, former clients and others in Floyd County and
elsewhere to contact him with their various legal needs. At Kirk, David will
engage primarily in Civil Litigation and Workers' Compensation.
"I have been honored to serve as your Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals,"
David said. "At the same time, I eagerly look forward to working with John
Kirk and all the others at Kirk Law Firm. I have long admired what this firm
has done and feel that we will work well together.
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3, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Gearheart
• Continued from p1
station right outside the window. It would take some time
for anyone to get to us. l told
my teachers. 'You all might
think rm craty, but this is
what we need to do.' And we
devised a system where, in
case of an emergency. classroom doors were locked, lights
were out and children were
hunkered down in the rear of
the room. Turns out, when
. tate troopers visited for a
safety session, we were
already doing exactly what
they came to tell us."
Gearheart says that worJ,;.ing to improve safety in Floyd
County schools is something
she is looking forward to being
a part of. "Floyd County has
already made a lot of headway
and improvements," she said.
"Cameras arc already installed
at many schools and I know
our superintendent is interested in seeing our schools made
as safe as possible."
In n.:gard to a question concerning the county's school
budget and board spending
habits, Gearheart says that ~he
has confidence in the current
treasurer, Matt Wireman
"Matt knows what he's got to
work with and [ trust him
when he says that something
can, or can't, be done." she
said. A~ far as her own fiduciary decision making goes,
Gearheart says that she JiJ,;.e~ to
'"have as much information as
possible" at her disposal
hcforc castmg a final vote. "1
like to have breakdowns and I
liJ,;.e to looJ,;. at the logic behind
a decision," she said.
On current "hot topics"
presently before the board
such as student attendance
problems and what to do about
the Allen Central mascot and
Confederate flag symbol,
Gearheart say<; that she feels
that schools need "to make
sure we are doing everything
we can to make sure that stu-
Turner
dent needs are hcing met." for
instance, Gearheart says that
all students arc not necessarily
college-bound and, as such.
would like to see Floyd
County Schools develop a
greater emphasis on vocational training.
"When I was in high
school, [ wasn't aware of all
the options that existed out
there," Gearheart said. "It was
either be a teacher or be a
nurse. There's so much more
available and we need to let
our ~tudents know of all the
options available to them. not
just a select few."
Gearheart feels that in so
doing. if all students feel they
are having thc1r net:ds met.
attendance will
naturally
improve as a result. "You are
still going to have some
absences and drop-outs," she
said. "no matter what you do,
but l do feel that vocat10nal
training program~ would go a
long way in alleviating the
problem."
As far as the Allen Central
debate over whether or not the
school should adopt a new
mascot and symbol, Gearheart
says. "It's a touchy subject I can sec both sides and would
not like to see any student
hurt. I'm sure that most stu-
dents at Allen Central don't
think anything racial when
they look at their flag, having
had it as a symbol of their
school since its opening."
Gearheart says that she is waiting to gather more information
from the Allen Central community, parents, and students
before deciding on a final
stance on the issue.
All in all, Gearheart says
she is up to the challenge of
serving as a member of the
county's board of educatiOn. "I
look forward to working with
the other board members
toward promoting an effective
school board," she said.
as solid waste clerk, and Rita
Smith and Marie Holbrook as
secretaries.
Also approved was a salary
schedule for county employees, who will receive a 3.385
percent
cost-of-living
increa~e. The county employs
115 people, which include
otTicials and the j udge 's staff.
One employee was transferred during Monday's meeting. William Wells will go
from being an equipment operator to District 1 crew leader.
The court also approved
bonds for county officials,
waived a 90-day insurance
probation period for county
officials and standing orders to
pay salaries, taxes, insurance
and utilities a'i they come due.
All members of the court
were present for Monday's
meeting.
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including four chairmanships
- later in the week.
"The only thing I'm hearing is all that are involved are
campaigning very hard and
trying to round up votes,''
Adkins said.
In the Senate, Turner has
served as Democratic caucus
chairman despite a federal
election fraud investigation
that resulted in his indictment.
And although he pleaded
guilty, even Republican leaders have praised the former
teacher and basketball coach
for his integrity.
Senate Majority Leader
Dan Kelly, R-Springficld, said
he foresees no effort to remove
Turner from the Senate, especially not in the wake of the
U.S. attorney's office move to
reduce the charge from a
felony to a misdemeanor.
'There was some indication
on their part that the conduct
wasn't intentional," Kelly
said. "He certainly has been
considered a person of high
integnty and capabi lity here in
the Senate."
Turner expressed gratitude
to his colleagues in the
General Assembly.
"I would like to thank all
the membership of the Senate,
Democrats and Republican.
alike, for all the sopport theY
have shown me,'' he said. "I
would also like to thank all the
people who have called me to
congratulate me on getting all
this behind me."
Turner entered his plea last
month to a "nonwillful" violation in U.S. District Court in
Pikeville. He is scheduled to
be sentenced on March 27 in
Pikeville and faces possible
penalties of up to a year in
prison and a $100,000 fine.
The case stems from
Turner's 2000 state Senate primary race in which he defeated fellow Democrat Benny
Ray Bailey, a veteran incumbent at the time. Turner and
two others were charged in
May 2005 with mail fraud and
conspiracy.
Prosecutors
claimed Turner; his cousin,
Loren Glenn Turner: and Ross
Harris, who is now deceased,
took part in a scheme to rig
Turner's victory.
Turner finished that race
with I ,467 more votes than
Bailey, according to the state
Board of Elections. He was
unopposed in the general election.
The indictment against
Turner claimed, among other
things, that money from Harris
was funneled to Turner
through straw contnbutions.
Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a felony conspiracy
charge against Turner in
exchange for his guilty plea.
Essentially, Turner acknowledged he didn't properly manage his campaign, but he did-
n 't do anything intentionally
wrong, his lawyer sa1d.
Worley said Turner is a
respected lawmaker among
both
Democrats
and
Republicans.
"There were things that
happened in his campatgn that
he had no knowledge of,"
Worley said. "As with all 138
members of the legislature, if
something inappropriate is
involved in any campaign, the
candidate ultimately has to
take responsibility for that.
Something occurred, but he
was not a part of it nor was he
knowledgeable of it, and the
U.S. attorney and the judge
has accepted that.''
1\.fter a week of largely perfunctory tasks, the legislature
is scheduled to adjourn until
Feb. 6.
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Lon May as floodplain coordinator, solid waste director and
homeland security director.
Brian Hunter as administrative
assistant, Martha Layne as
treasurer clerk, Sandra Allen
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said.
"They've had some trying
times the past couple of
weeks," Crumpton added.
"And the calls are still coming
in to the radio room."
To keep up with day-to-day
calls, dozens of troopers and
uispatchers from other posts
have volunteered to work at
the Pikeville post, allowing
colleagues time to mourn and
recoup.
"We're here for the duration," said Trooper Ralph
Lockard, a 21-year veteran at
the Morehead post who is
assisting officers in Pikeville.
"If you're a trooper, you're a
part of a family."
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making payment. The tax bill is needed to give you
faster service. When paying by mail, please enclose
a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want a
receipt. If you have any questions concerning your
taxes, you may call my office at 886-8965.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
3, 2007 • A7
Coal industry zeros in on way to strengthen underground seals
by TIM HUBER
AP BUSINESS WRITER
,
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
The coal mining industry has
high hopes for a new material
that may harden underground
seals that don't meet federal
strength standards.
Regulators say as many as
13,000 foam block seals in
mines across the country don't
meet the new strength requiremenr the Mine Safety and
Health Administration set in
July. MSHA upped the strength
requirement after methane gas
explosions behind seals killed
17 miners m separate accidents
in West Virginia and Kentucky
this year.
411 Alternative seals must be
built to withstand explosive
forces of 50 pounds per square
inch to meet the new rule. The
old standard was 20 psi, but
West Virginia regulators suspect the explosion at the Sago
Mine on Jan. 2 unleashed at
least 95 psi and shattered the
seals. Twelve miners died as a
result.
The May 20 blast at the
Kentucky Darby Mine No. 1 in
Harlan County resulted from
igniting a torch near a poorly
built seal that was leaking
methane, according to state
investigators. Rescuers at the
time reported that the Darby
seals also failed to withstand
the blast, which killed five
miners.
Figuring out how to
strengthen those seals has been
a puzzle for regulator~ and
mine operators ever since.
How they solve that puzzle is
considered critical to making
the nation's 600 or so underground coal mines safer. And it
will affect coal companies that
do much of their business in
Appalachia,
such
as
Richmond, Va.-based Massey
Energy
and
Pittsburgh's
Consol Energy.
One answer may be a carbon fiber material called
BlastSeal.
"It seems to have a lot of
promise,"
said
National
Mining Association lobbyist
Bruce Watzman. "They believe
that it would be at least 50 psi.
It may be far in excess of that.
We just don't know."
Regulators hope to find out
by testing foam block seals
treated with BlastSeal at the
federal government's Lake
Lynn Experimental Mine in
southwestern Pennsylvania
next year.
BlastSeal 's developer, First
Defense LLC in Tucson, Ariz.,
says walls treated with the
material could survive blasts as
high as 180 psi. Vice president
Jim Butler said a concrete
block wall treated with a similar material withstood a 180psi explosion in tests for the
U.S. Department of Defense in
2003. An untreated wall failed .
The way Butler explains it,
BlastSeal works by adding
high tensile strength carbon
fiber sheets to the side of a wall
opposite the source of an
explosion. When the blast hits,
the material, which is 10 times
stronger than steel, deflects the
blast, preventing the wall from
blowing apart or over. Then it
dissipates the energy by moving back and forth much like a
plucked guitar string.
In the DOD test, the treated
wall survived the blast, then
shifted no more than 2 inches
as it oscillated, Butler said.
One sticking point might be
whether BlastSeal adheres to
foam block material.
Butler knows it sticks to
concrete and wood, but he says
material's
adhesive
the
strength might not be enough
to harden a foam wall sufficiently. "That's what we need
to tesr."
Regulators also are working
on other answers to the seal
question.
The West Virginia Office of
Miners' Health, Safety and
Training, for instance, hopes to
test a new seal design at Lake
Lynn next year. And former
acting director James Dean is
gathering information on possible solutions for the state's
Mine Safety Technology Task
Force.
New safety chief Ron
Wooten hopes to have the
Board of Coal Mine Health
and Safety review seals early
next year. Meanwhile, MSHA
director Richard Stickler says
seal rules are a priority for his
agency in 2007.
"Sitting here today, we're
not believing that we have all
the answers," he said. "But we
will complete a rule relative to
seals by the end of next year.
And we'll go thru a public
process of getting input from
the mining community and all
the experts. We hope at the end
of this process, we will have
the right answers."
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Kentucky lawmakers will pick
their leaders Tuesday and help
detennine the tone and direction of the General Assembly
over the next two years.
Four candidates are vying
for House Democratic whip,
who is traditionally responsible for counting and rounding
up votes on bills.
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The candidates for that
whip have been courting their
fellow Democratic lawmakers
for months. They've been
building alliances in hopes of
replacing Rep. Joe Barrows,
who retired from the General
Assembly after serving the last
eight years as Democratic
ip, the. Lexington HeraldLeader reported.
No senators are challenging
any of their chamber's GOP or
Democratic leaders.
Additionally, five committee chairmanships are open
because of retirements and an
., election defeat. Adding a twist
to the political maneuvering
will be 10 new Democrats who
will cast their first votes in
these elections.
The Democrats have 61 in
their ranks, and the winning
candidate for a leadership post
must receive a majority: 3 1
votes. That means the bloc of
freshmen Democrats could
account for a third of a winner's total.
House
Speaker
Jody
Richards, D-Bowling Green,
and Floor Leader Rocky
Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, are
unopposed, as are Republican
Floor Leader Jeff Hoover of
Jamestown, and Republican
Caucus
Chairman
Bob
DeWeese of Louisville.
The four Democrats vying
for House Democratic whip
are Reps. Jimmie Lee of
Elizabethtown, Ruth Ann
Palumbo of Lexington, John
Will Stacy of West Liberty and
Rob Wilkey of Scottsville.
Wilkey, a 10-year veteran
lawmaker, doled out a total of
$11,650 of his own money to
23 winning Democratic state
representative candidates in
the last year (and an additional
$6,550 to candidates who
lost).
Stacy, a legislator for 14
years, was busy "helping people go door to door" in the fall
race, Palumbo said. Stacy contributed $100 to one campaign
this fall - that of Dottie Sims,
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January 9, 2007, at 6:00 p.m., at the May Valley
Elementary School, 481 Stephens Branch, Martin,
Kentucky 41649. This meeting is an informal
gathering to encourage local participation through
community suggestions relative to future utilization
of existing school facilities and construction of new
school facilities. These community suggestions or
recommendations will be closely monitored by the
Local Planning committee in the Schools. This
meeting will be immediately followed by a meeting
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FRANKFORT - A popular New
Year's resolution in Kentucky will
likely be remembering to buckle up.
Beginning after midnight Monday
morning, motorists face a $25 ticket if
they don't fasten their seat belts under
a tougher seat belt law passed by the
General Assembly.
"It's safer to be in the car wearing
your seat belt," Kentucky State Police
Lt. Phil Crumpton said. 'That's the
bottom line."
The law allows police to stop drivers solely for not wearing seat belts.
Before, seat belt citations only came
when a driver was stopped for another
reason. The new law took effect in
July, but police could only give drivers
a warning until now.
Walter Kendall, who lives in
Indiana but works in Fort Thomas,
said he believes everyone should use
seat belts because they help save Jives.
KendalL 59, said he was in a car
crash in I 999 in Wisconsin when his
minivan flipped three times.
"I could feel the seat belt holding
me back," he said. "The car was a
mess, but I crawled out the window."
About half the U.S. states have a
similar strict seat belt law. By joining
them Kentucky will be eligible for an
additional $11.2 million in federal
funds to spend on road improvements.
Crumpton said statistics from states
that have primary seat belt Jaws show
an increase of about lO percentage
points in the number of people who
buckle up.
Kentucky's 67 percent seat belt
usage rate ranks 47th in the country,
according
to
the
Kentucky
Transportation Cabinet. The national
usage rate is 82 percent.
"Our ultimate goal is to have our
fatality rate reduced,'' Crumpton said.
Kentucky has had 899 fatalities on
roads so far in 2006 - 78 fewer than
this time last year.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher called for the
tougher seat belt Jaw in Januw in his
State of the Commonwealth address,
but a measure stalled in February in a
House vote. In the closing days of the
session, the seat belt measure was
added into an unrelated bill. With
barely 24 hours left in the 60-day session, it pac;sed on a 48-45 vote.
LIHEAP crisis component begins next week
The crisis component of the
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance
Program
(LIHEAP) is set to begin on
Monday, Jan. 8. The Crisis
component is designed to help
poverty level families and
individuals pay heating bills if
they are in danger of losing
their primary source of heat as
a result of being unable to pay
their bill.
The crisis component is
will
accept
applications
through March 31, or until
funding is exhausted.
A household shall be considered to be in a home heating
crisis if the household is within four days of running out of
bulk fuel (coal. fuel oil,
propane, kerosene or wood) as
the primary heating source; the
household has received a past
due/disconnect notice if natural gas or electric is the heat
source, or the household's
home heating costs are includ-
ed in the rent and the household has received an eviction
notice for non-payment of
rent.
To be eligible for the Crisis
assistance, households must
meet federal eligibility income
guidelines and verify that a
heating crisis exists.
For more information, con-
tact the Big Sandy Area
Community Action Program
in your county. In Pike County
(606)
432-2775 ;
Martin
County
(606)
298-3217;
Magoffin County (606) 3492217; Johnson County (606)
789-6515 and in Floyd County
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Iraqis); and education (a gay
student expelled from the
University
of
the
Cumberlands).
But the plane crash, one of
the deadliest tragedies in
Kentucky history, remained a
major story months after the
accident - not just because of
the human loss but the chilling
reality that many seemingly
simple steps could have prevented it.
Co-pilot James Polehinke,
the lone survivor, lost a leg and
sustained brain damage and
other injuries. He was released
from a Lexington rehab facility
in December.
The National Transportation
Safety Board figures to wrap
up its preliminary report as
early as January, with a fmal
one due by summer.
It has already issued an
emergency recommendation
that pilots cross-check their
runway location before taking
off, and questions about control tower staffing, airport construction and the clarity of federal notices to airmen also
have been scrutinized.
The tragedy also put the
spotlight on regional airports
such as Blue Grass, which was
undergoing a construction project - ironically, to make the
runways safer when the
crash occurred.
A series of lawsuits have
been filed, most of them
against Comair, which hac; in
tum sued the FAA and airport
to share in the costs. The legal
battles figure to postdate the
NTSB's final findings by
many years.
K~te
Shutts, MD
Pediatrician
Dr. Kate Shutts is now accepting new
patients from birth to age 18. Dr.
Shutts is a native of Prestonsburg
Calendar
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10:30 a.m., Osborne Elem.
School Library.
Special interest groups:
Nimble Thimble Quilt
Guild:
l st/3rd Wednesdays,
lO a.m. to 2 p.m., Extension
Office.
Newbees Quilt Group: 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m., Extension
Office. (The Newbees do not
meet during the months of
January and February.)
Looking for a Support
Group?
•Floyd County Alzheimer's
Support Group now meets at
Riverview Manor.
•Overeater's Anonymous Meetings
held
each
Wednesday at 6:30p.m., at the
old Allen Baptist Church,
located in Allen, just past red
light. Call 889-9620 for more
info.
•US TOO! Prostate Cancer
Survivors Support Group - For
all men with prostate cancer
and their families.
Group
meets the 3rd Thursday of
each month, at 6 p.m., a t the
Ramada Inn, Paintsville.
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30 p.m., at the
Martin Community Center.
For more info. , cal l 377-6658.
Those who have had gastric
bypass surgery most especially
welcome to attend. Meetings
being offered as support to
anyone needing extra support
in dealing with weight loss.
•Domestic
Violence
Hotline - 24-hour Crisis Line
manned by Certified Domestic
Violence counselors.
Call
886-6025, or 1-800-649-6605 .
Remember, "Love Doesn't
Have to Hurt."
•Kentucky Baptist Homes
for C hildren - Free, confidential assistance for unplanned
pregnancy concerns.
Talk
with someone who cares about
you and your baby. Call 1-
800-928-5242.
•Disabled? - You may b e
eligible for grant money to
assist in your daily living. For
an application or more information, call 886-4326.
•A.S.K. (Adoption Support
for Kentucky)- Support group
for all adoptive parents (public, private, international , and
kinship care), foster parents
and all others interested in
adoption. To be held the first
Monday of each month, at the
Depaltment for Community
Based Services office, 1009
North
Lake
Drive,
Prestonsburg, from 6-8 p.m.
Childcare will not be provided.
For more information, contact
Dedra Slone, adoptive parent
liaison, at 432-4110 or 4227927,
or
email
to:
doslone@eastky.net.
•PARENTS! - Contact the
Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program, Inc. to find
out about child care services in
your area, the STARS for
KIDS NOW licensing standards program, and how you
can earn an income by staying
home with your own children
while caring for the children of
others. Find out more by calling Cheryl Endicott at 8861280 , or 888-872-7227 (toll
free).
•East Kentucky S.T.A.R.S.
Homeschoolers -Will hold
monthly
meetings
at
the
Paintsville Recreation Center.
For more information, call
Trudy at 889-9333, or 2975 147. Everyon e welcome.
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January 5, 6, & 7, at 6 p.m.
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FLOYD COUNTY
Features Editor
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KIM'S KORNER
'Over-the-top
.- Utopian idea'
by KIM LITTLE FRASURE
'
•
Several years ago, (approximately
seven, I think) there was movie titled
"Pay It Forward" that made major
impacts in many peoples lives. The
story of a little boy's plight to pick
three people to help and then those
three people would each pick three.
and so on, became a worldwide occurrence and how awesome it would be if
we could do the same.
The movie starring Kevin Spacey,
Helen Hunt,
and
Haley
Joel Osment
has remained
one of my
most favorite
of all times.
There is
humor, suspense,
and
heartbreak
w h e n
Osment's
character
Kim Little Frasure
loses his life
as a result of
"Paying it Forward."
Making a difference or leaving our
mark in this big ol' world of ours can
sometimes seem next to the impossible. And then, as it was once said, you
may be just one person in the world,
and then again, you may also be the
world to one person.
If we could only make the "pay it
forward" effort in 2007, what an overthe-top Utopian idea it would be!
Here's hoping you pay if forward... And be blessed for doing so.
Til Next Week...
POISON OAK
How now,
cloned cow?
by Clyde Pack
A story ran in the paper last weekend, regarding the safety of eating
cloned meat and dairy products.
Apparently, those in charge of
deciding such as that, say it's O.K.,
but not to expect such products to be
available
fi
before
the
end of the
year.
At first I
was a little
worried that
since the government
won't likely
require labeling, I might
be eating one
Clyde Pack
o
f
those ... those
artificial cows, like in a hamburger or
something, and not even know it.
Apparently, since the clone is just an
identical twin (except born at a different time) of the cow from whence it
came, the consumer won't be able to
tell the difference. It just didn't seem
quite fair, and I wondered, if they
could manufacture a real, live animal,
why couldn't they mark it some way,
maybe put in a big mud streak, like in
a carp, or something?
Anyway, my fears were eased a bit
as I read on, and discovered that it
costs about $20,000 to clone one cow.
That means a good hamburger with
mustard, pickle, onions and tomatoes,
would cost about $350, and that ought
to be enough of a clue to let you know
I' that you're about to chomp down on a
very special sandwich.
At least when I was a kid, I didn' t
have to worry about whether or not
that big porkchop I was reaching for
was anything other than what it was
supposed to be. I had watched it grow
from the little squirmy, squealy piglet
Dad had carried under his arm and set
over the fence of his newly repaired
hog pen, not more than a few months
ago, to the 200-plus pound hog that he
(See OAK, page eleven)
This photograph, reminiscent of the time period of which Ralph Hall writes in his story, "Summer Dreams" is one of many featured in the book,
"Coat Camp Kids" by Barbara Ford Ritch.
Summer's dreams
by RALPH HALL
I was born in a little two room house
that was once both a church and a schoolhouse. Born April 30. 1936, my mother
later told me that it was a cold and rainy
day. Turns out that being born in this little building was a blessing for me, as later,
I became both a preacher and a schoolteacher. My mother always said our little
house was cold and drafty, but all I
remember was that it was filled with the
warmth and comfort of love of our little
family. Today, I feel as though I was the
luckiest little boy in all the world to have
had such a wonderful place as that little
house, nestled in this little county, in
which to grow up.
Most of the people in our little village
would stop by our house as they made
their daily trips to the post office. There
was a hand dug well on our property and
the water it gave forth was like a long,
cool drink straight from heaven. The visitors always talked about their cows,
chickens, lazy old hound dogs, children,
and relations. As a child, I loved to hear
these tales. Looking back today, I'm fairly sure that a lot of the stories the visitors
told were nothing short of lies. But, the
folks that told them had told them so many
times that they had reached the point that
they actually believed them, so it wasn't
really like they were doing anything so
bad, after all. I guess most everyone
wants to be heard as well as seen.
One morning, in the summertime when
I was about nine years old and my brother, Mutt, was about six, I woke up to the
sounds of our mother fixing breakfast in
the kitchen, sounds I had heard every single day of my then young life. I propped
myself up, pulled open the bedroom curtain and looked outside to see the warm
sunshine streaming through the window
on my innocent face. At that moment, I
knew that Mutt and I were in for a great
day full of fun.
Soon, we all had eaten our breakfast
and had gone about doing our morning
chores. While we worked, Mutt and I
talked about what we would do that day. I
said, "Mutt, what's up for the day?"
"Makin' a slingshot," Mutt replied.
Mutt h ad found an old inner tube the day
before and wanted to make slingshots out
of it.
Well, we gathered up all the things we
needed to make the slingshots. Strips of
inner tube torn off to make rubber bands,
the tongues from an old pair of boots to
make the pads, and forks cut from a small
tree to make the handles. All we needed
now was some string from mother's
sewing box to complete our new toys.
When we got the slingshots made, we
walked over toward the railroad tracks
near our little house. As we walked, we
filled our pockets full of small, round
rocks. Then, we took off up the creek bet!
looking for snakes, or birds, to kill. We
hadn't gone very far until I saw this big ol'
blackbird sitting on a tree limb. I took aim
and let one of the rocks fly. I saw the rock
as it landed, hitting the old blackbird m
the head.
The bird fell to the ground and I felt my
heart skip a beat in excitement. I called
(See SUMMER, page twelve)
This photograph, seen in Barbara Ford Ritch's "Coat Camp
Kids," pictures two brothers not unlike Ralph and Mutt in
today's feature story. The two pictured, however, are Pat
(left) and Tony Whitaker. Pat's mother had figured a way for
him to get a little more wear out of his overalls by lengthening the galluses with safety pins.
CRITTER CORNER
If dogs were teachers
Some would say that life is simple - it is
us humans who make it hard. What follows is some pretty darn good advice
from man's best friend:
If dogs were teachers, we would all
learn stuff like:
• When loved ones come home,
always run to greet them.
• Never pass up the opportunity to go
for a joyride.
• Allow the experience of fresh air and
the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
• When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
• Let others know when they've
invaded your territory.
• Take naps.
• Stretch before rising.
• Run, romp. and play daily.
• Thrive on attention and let people
touch you.
• Avoid biting when a simple growl
will do.
• On warm days. stop to lie on your
back on the grass.
• On hot days, drink lots of water and
lie under a shady tree.
• When you're happy, dance around
and wag your entire body.
• No matter how often you're scolded,
don't buy into the guilt thing and pout!
Run right back and make friends .
• Delight in the simple joy of a long
walk.
• Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop
when you have had enough.
• Be loyal. Never pretend to be ~orne
thing you're not.
• [f what you want lies buried. dig
until you find it.
• When someone is having a bad day,
be si lent, sit cloc;e by and nunle them
gently.
This is "Lady Dog," owned by the Hughes family, of
Langley. Mom, Cindl, says Lady seems to be saying,
"Take what you want, but I get the leg!" We think she's
saying, "This human is mine - go get your own!" Thanks
for sharing, Hughes family!
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
3, 2007
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to any
AMS student or dropped off at the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
*Sponsors needed for the YSC
Secret Santa program. Cal/886-1297.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and ervices.
Allen Central High
School
• Jan. 3 -First day back to school
following Christmas break.
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and turn
them in to homeroom teachers!**
• Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in YSC
lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
regardless of income. For more information, call Marilyn Bailey, center
coordinator, at 358-0134.
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne Elementary
• Lost and Found items will be
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Mon. thru Fri. Center offers services
to all families, regardless of income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
Family Resource Youth Service
Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC is
to meet the needs of all children and
their families who reside in the community or neighborhood by the school
in which the center is located. For further information, please contact the
center at 478-5550.
•
Brian H. Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3:154:15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark tshirts. Students, staff, parents- show
your support forCES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected dates.
Now taking appoi ntment~ for 6th
grade exams, WIC, and well-child
exams for birth-18 years. Flu shots
may also be scheduled. Call886-0815
for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center. Items not claimed
by Dec. 7 will be donated to "One
Warm Coat" program or become a
part of FRC Clothing Closet (for Clark
students).
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services for
all families regardless of income. We
are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
off your receipts at the school, or mail
them to: Duff Elementary School,
P.O. Box 129, Eastern, KY 41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 5T thru adult, for emergency
clothing use and burnouts. If you have
clothing to donate, please call the
FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is on
site three days per month. Services
include 6th grade school entry physical; kindergarten, Head Start and well-
child physicals (age birth to 18 years);
T.B. skin test; T.D. boosters; and WIC
services. Please call 358-9878 for
appointment if you arc in need of any
or these services.
• The J .A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides services for all families regardless of
income. We are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals,
kindergarten physicals, 6th grade
physicals, well-child physicals, immunizations, TB skin test, WIC program,
blood pressure checks, and more.
Must call the FRC at 285-0321 for an
appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services. and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides
services for all families , regardless of
income.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
coordinator at 587-2233.
• Feb. I - Open House. Food will
be served. Teacher and parent visits.
Date subject to change. Watch school
marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1 100.
• SFMS parent<; with concerns
about your child's grades, visit the ST£
Home! site at http://iiod.ssts.com and
click on the STI program. Select state,
county, school, child's pin number and
password. You may view your child's
attendance record, class average,
schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call 452-9607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating tn the Apples for Students program. Please save and tum in your
Food City receipts.
•Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
campus each Tuesday. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center for: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community as well as students.
• All new students and visitors,
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus, Room 232, and
see Mable Hall. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is located on the right, by the school gymnasium. Services are offered to all families, regardless of income. For more
informatiOn, call Anita Tackett, center
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center. Items not
claimed within 2 weeks become the
property of the FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes, belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items will
be appreciated and utilized by OES
students.
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building ofW.D.
Osborne Elementary. Those wishing
more information about the center are
welcome to visit, or call. Ask for
Cissy (center coordinator). Center
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telephone and fax: (606) 452-4553.
Wesley Christian
School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddlers, preschool age (2-4 ). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
2006 Fall Schedule
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCfC; 14:30 p.m. - Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learning Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC; 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts., Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier Learning
Ctr.; BSCfC; 1-4:30 p.m. - David
Craft Center, BSCTC; 6-9 p.m. -
Bscrc.
• Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. BSCTC,
Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m. BSCTC, Betsy
Layne YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 4:30-9 p.m.Martin Comm. Ctr.
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• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bonnes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephen'\.
• Program manager: Kay Hale
Ross (886-7334).
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(Items taken from
The Floyd County
Times,
10, 20,30,40,50,60,
70 years ago.)
Ten Years Ago
(January 8, and January 10,
1997)
Robert Compton, 43, formerly of East Point,
entered an Alford plea to an amended charge of
second degree sexual abuse, a class A misdemeanor. Compton had been indicted on a charge
of flrst degree sexual abuse... Robert Zane Hisel,
27, of Lexington, who wrecked his vehicle on
Route 114 Sunday, is expected to be arraigned
today in Floyd District Court on two felony
charges: driving under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, and driving on a suspended
license. He is also charged for not having any
insurance and registration plates on the vehicle.
It was said that his driver's license has been suspended for a prior DUI conviction... Floyd
District Judge James Allen issued a pick up
order, Tuesday, for Sherry Harley, 35, of Virgie,
known as Sunshine, who was to stand trial,
Tuesday, in district court on a prostitution
charge. Hurley's lawyer, public defender Amy
Kratz, told Judge Allen, Tuesday, that Hurley
was hospitalized in Ocean Springs, Mississippi,
and could not be present for trial, Kratz asked
that the case be continued. A spokesperson at
Queen Springs Hospital said, Tuesday, that
Hurley was discharged from the hospital on
January 3 ...Eugene Jared Tackett, the sixmonths-old son of Eugene and Mary Tackett of
Teaberry, apparently died in hi s sleep, Friday.
He may have been a victim of sudden infant
death syndrome, according to Floyd County
Coroner Roger Nelson ... Sam Hall, 53, of
McDowell, convicted of trying to have his
cousin murdered in order to collect insurance
proceeds, was sentenced, Monday, to ten years
in federal prison ... Christopher Castle, 16, of
Martin, pleaded guilty Monday, during arraignment in Floyd District Court to charges of DUI
and no operator's license...Winter weather hasn't slowed down construction on two of Floyd
County's biggest construction projects underway. Work continues on the renovation of
Prestonsburg High School, and the construction
of the new justice center, which is being built on
the old Prestonsburg municipal parking
lot... Senator Benny Ray Bailey thinks that the
shake up of the Senate is good for the area, but
denies that he sided with Republicans to bring it
about. The felony assault charge against Ervin
Louis Adkins, 27, of Toler Creek, accusing him
of trying to have his dog attack Kentucky State
Police Troopers, was dropped to a misdemeanor,
after a preliminary hearing Wednesday...The
Kentucky Medicaid program has asked Sandy
Valley Transportation Services Inc., to be the
sole provider for the area's Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) ...John D.
Sammons, a professor at Prestonsburg
Community College, has been elected the flrst
chairma n of the Kentucky Department of
Education's Site Based Decision Making
Advisory Committee... When firefighters with
the Prestonsburg Fire Department were dispatched to a structure fire on Spurlock, they
were informed that someone could still have
been in the residence. However, all occupants
were removed from the house when the fire
department arrived... A nationwide manhunt is
underway for a Pulaski County man charged
with murder, who could be headed to the Floyd
County area. Roy Dean West, 36, is charged in
the December 2 1 shooting death of his cousin,
Richard Hamilton Lee, 36, of Pulaski
County...When an ice storm hit Floyd County
late Wednesday night, the roads were extremely
slick, but the only accident reported occurred
when a Respond Ambulance overturned on
Route 23, near the Allen traffic lights.
Numerous accidents were reported, Wednesday,
however, after an attempt to make the roads
safer for motorists backfired ... There died:
Lucinda Patton, 84, of Martin, Tuesday, January
7, at Our Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin;
Rose Hagans Bowling. 77, of Langley,
Wednesday, January I, at Our Lady of the Way
Hospital; Charles R. Ousley, 54, of Lexington,
formerly of Prestonsburg, Sunday, January 5, at
the
Veterans Administration
Hospital,
Lexington; Franklin D. Baldridge, 57, of
Wayland, January 5; Eugene Jared Tackett, sixmonth-old son of Eugene and Mary Coburn
Tackett, of Floyd County, Friday. January 3;
Pearlie Hurd, 83, of Claypool, Indiana, a native
of Floyd County, January 6, at Extendacare in
Columbia City, Indiana; Vesta Martin, 78, or
Hueysville, Friday, January 3, at Ha.wrd
Appalachian Regional Ho<>pital; Ransom Greer,
84, of Findlay, Ohio, formerly of Bonama,
Sunday, January 5; Karen Brown, 54, of Martin,
January I, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington;
Oney Scott, 6 1, of Hueysville, Saturday. January
4, at McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital;
Dow Lorenzo Childers, 4 1. of Garner, January
1, at the Knott County Nursing Home; Jason
Samons, 78, of Martin, Monday, January 6, at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin : Dinah
Hall, 73, of McDowell, Sunday, January 5, at
McDowell; Thomas Woodrow Castle, 4 7, of
Drift, Saturday, January 4, at McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Burin Caudill,
67, of Melvin, Monday, January 6, at his residence; Delia McCown, 89, of Melvin, Thursday,
January 9, at McDowell Appalachian Regional
Hospital; Myrtle Burchett Allen, 93, of
Prestonsburg, Tuesday, January 7, at her residence; Christine Davis. 59, of Lakeview, Ohio,
died in December, at Hardin Memorial Hospital,
in Kenton, Ohio; Donald Ray Howell, 50, of
McDowell, Tuesday, January 7. at Saint Joseph
Hospital, Lexington; Loberta Spradlin, 72, of
Tutor Key, Tuesday, January 7, at Paul B. Hall
Medical Center, Paintsville.
Twentv Years Ago
(January 14, 1987)
The Prestonsburg High School academic
team was ranked third in the state, last week. at
a statewide invitational tournament held in
Pikeville ...The Floyd County Board of
Education, during its meeting, last Wednesday
night, adopted a new policy that may lead to the
establishment of attendance zones ... More than
140 holiday party-goers in Floyd County had
their spirits dampened, by ending up in jail during the holidays ... Concerned citizens in the
Maple Avenue area of Prestonsburg appeared
before the city council, Monday, and presented a
50-signature petition, objecting to any attempt
by Mountain Comprehensive Care to apply for a
zoning variance in regard to the former Lillian
Rimmer Maple Avenue property ...Dr. Grady
Stumbo promised a "non traditional" campaign
in his second bid to win the Democratic nomination for governor... There dit:d: Mabel E. Hall
England, 64. of Melvin, Sunday, following complications from open heart -.urgery... Helen Ann
Cutter Westfall, 62, of Dana, Friday, following
an extended illncss ... Conley Holman, 64, of
Martin, last Wednesday... Theodore May, 85, of
Dwale. last Wednesday... Sally Hamilton, 59, of
Teaberry, Saturday, following an extended illness ...Maggie Case Martin, 87, of Garrett, la~t
Wednesday,
following
an
extended
illness ...Mallie Taylor, 85. of Hueysville,
Saturday, following a brief illness ...L. D.
Henson, 54, of Ligon, Saturday. following an
extended illness, and Ella Faye Hall, 55, of
Allen, Thursday, following an ex tended illness.
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Thinv Years Ago
(January 12, 1977)
One murder indictment. and another, charging a mother with the attempted murder of her
16-month-old baby, were among the 2 1 reported
by the Floyd County Circuit Court grand jury
last Thursday... The flrst person ever to be
penned for bootlegging in Floyd County is in
jail here, awaiting transfer to the state reformatory, and Sheriff Joe W. Lewis said, this week,
that he will make every effort to see that it isn't
the last...McDowell's Dr. Grady Stumbo
learned, this week, that the U.S. Junior Chamber
of Commerce had named him one of America's
Ten Outstanding Young Men, and immediately
gave his boyhood friend, and current associate,
Benny Bailey. equal credit for the national
honor...Bobby Short, of Wayland, and two juveniles were arrested Monday, Jan. 3, after the robbery, the night before, of Mann 's Grocery at
Wayland ... There died: Mrs. Dollie HaJJ Griggs,
72, of Melvin, Wednesday, January 5, at
McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital;
Mrs. Tellie M. Wallen, 58, of Findlay, Ohio, formerly of Floyd County, last Thursday, at a
Toledo, Ohio, hospital; Mrs. Clara Edith Slone,
88, widow of Dr. Curtis R. Slone, Wedne day,
January 5, at Highlands Regional Medical
Center; Garland Kendrick, 76, of Lancer,
Friday, at the Paintsville Hospital; Wade Slone,
71, of Hi Hat, Tuesday, at Highlands Regional
Medical Center; Mrs. Sarah A. Manuel, 88, of
Abbott Road, Thursday, January 6, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center; George W. Tufts, 74,
of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Floyd County,
January l, at a Columbus hospital; John
Drannon Campbell, 56, Mousie merchant and
former basketball coach at Wayland High
School, Tuesday morning, at Central Baptist
Hospital , Lexington; Joseph (Joe) Brown, 87, of
Ma.ttin, at Our Lady of the Way Hospital; Mrs.
Rosa Tackett Little, 68, of Betsy Layne. formerly from Weeksbury, Wednesday, January 5, at
Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Pikeville;
Mrs. Dora M. Branham. 85, formerly from
Emma. Thursday. January 6, at the home of a
granddaughter in Lexington; Grover C. Stumbo.
89. well-known McDowell man, Monday, at a
Lexington hospital ; Fred Coburn, 89. of Hippo.
Tuesday morning, at Mountain Manor Nursing
Home, here; Dr. Harless G . Collins, 88-year-old
(See YESTERDAYS, page eleven)
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3, 2007 • A 11
Yesterdays
• Continued from p10
native of Lackey, who was thought to
be the state's oldest dentist, died at his
home in Ashland. Monday afternoon;
Everett Akers, 63, of Dana, Friday, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center.
Fonv Years Ago
(January 12, 1967)
Contract for telephone line conshllction to serve the Mud Creek section, and Left Beaver Creek, from
Clear Creek to Weeksbury, was
awarded Tuesday, by the Harold
Telephone Company to a Mississippi
construction
company... Burl
Spurlock, president of the First
National Bank, here, has acquired
ownership of the Shale Gas Company.
a gas distribution system, serving
upwards of 400 homes and hu inesses
f'*i in three Johnson County communitics ... Damage estimated at $17.000
was caused, last Wednesday afternoon, by fire at the Quick CoinOperated Laundry on South Lake
Drive, here... Two recently re-elected
members , Dr. J. H. Allen, of Langley,
and Ray Howard, of Prestonsburg,
took the oath of office at Saturday's
meeting of the Floyd County Board of
Education .. .Married:
Miss
Sue
Sparks, of Prestonsburg, and Pvt.
Charles David Melvin, of Paintsville,
December 21 ; Miss Martha Ann
Burchett, of Prestonsburg, and Mr.
-+ Charles Walker Hart Jr., of Louisville,
December 22. at the Irene Cole
Floyd County began the new year
with a personnel reduction in both its
road
department
and
relief
board... Repair of the bridge at Cliff on
U.S. 23, is not a matter of the immediate future, but is a job that must
eventually be done, M. F. Johnson,
Pikeville, district highway engineer,
told The Times, last week...The new
dial exchange at McDowell will go
into operation at noon, Saturday,
January 19... Floyd County's only
known polio victim of 1956, is tenyear-old Carolyn Gaye Hurst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hurst of
Drift...Floyd County, this week, was
assured a second Bookmobile, with a
full complement of books, to expand
the mobile library service begun two
years ago ...The year that just ended
was Leap Year, and an increasing
number of Floyd County couples took
the big leap. During 1956, a total of
328 marriage licenses were issued at
the County Clerk's office, here, as
compared with 299 in 1955 ...Miss
Mary Emma Savage, Wayland High
School senior, was the winner of the
essay contest conducted by the local
Soil Conservation District. ..Married:
Miss Elizabeth Allison May, and Mr.
Roy M. May, both of Langley,
December 29, at the Maytown
Methodist Church; Miss Bertha Helen
Dickerson, of Brainard, and Mr.
William Hackworth, of Bonanza,
Dec. 24, at the home of the bride;
Miss Joan Stephens, of Prestonsburg,
and Seaman First Class Jackie L.
Goble, of Auxier, Dec. 16, at the
home of the officiating minister, the
Rev. Isaac Stratton, of Banner... There
died: Mary Arms, 76, of Langley,
Monday, at the home of a daughter;
Mrs. Mary Douglas Mayo, 98, for-
merly of Prestonsburg, Sunday, at the
home of a daughter, in Naples (Boyd
County); William (Babe) Howard, 69,
of Prestonsburg, Friday, at the
Prestonsburg General Hospital; Cass
Stanley, 76, of Hueysville, at home,
Sunday; Laura Tackett, 69, of Hunter,
Friday, at a Martin hospital.
imagine what Mom would have done
if, one day, I had brought home a pig.
I mean, she just about died one time
when my brother Ernest brought
home a ferret.
About the only thing we ever ate
that could have been considered a pet
in any shape or form, was a big white
goose that my younger brother and I
had sort of adopted, after Dad had
brought him home, tied him up and
fed for two or three weeks before
Thanksgiving... or maybe it was
Christmas. We had named him
"Snowy,' and I think Dad was the
only one who ate him, because everybody else had grown too fond of him.
Anyway, with the government
being what the government is, if it
decides to market cloned products
without some sort of labeling, I guess
Memorial Baptist Church, here; Miss
Mm·y Jean Healy, of Yonkers, New
York, and Mr. 0. Eugene Frazier, of
Martin,
December
21,
at
Yonkers ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs.
Randall Honeycutt, of Prestonsburg, a
son, James Michael, Dec. 3 L, at the
Prestonsburg General Hospital; to
Capt. and Mrs. John Delmar Hughes,
of Phoenix, Arizona, a daughter,
Sharyl Elizabeth, Dec. 26 ... There
died: Mrs. Bonnie Archer, 45, of
Paintsville, Monday night, at the
Prestonsburg General Hospital; Allie
Long, 88, last Thursday, at the home
of a daughter, at Wayland; Zelia May
"Tootsie" Blackburn, 46, Saturday, at
her home, here; Willard Bee Hall, 79,
of Garrett, Friday, at Russell; Mrs.
Virgie Hall Hopkins, 78, of
McDowell , Wednesday, at the
McDowell Appalachian Regional
Hospital; James Estill DeLong, 55, of
Martin, last Thursday, at the
McDowell Appalachian Regional
Hospital; Frank A. Vaughan, 69, formerly of Prestonsburg, Dec. 21, in a
Marion, Ind., hospital; Mrs. Irene B.
Martin, 42, of Minnie, last
Wednesday, at the University of
Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.
FiftV Years Ago
(January 10, 1957)
Sixtv Years Ago
(January 9, 1947)
Strict enforcement of Kentucky's
new pistol law was pointed to as an
urgent need by Circuit J udgc E. P. Hill
Jr., in his instmctions to the newlyempaneled grand jury, here, Monday
morning ...As the distance from arid
territory to the nearest alcoholic oasis
has become greater, officers within
the last two weeks have encountered,
in this county, more alleged violators
of the whiskey laws ...Operation of a
city bus line will begin here, within
the next 30 days, by W. H. Jones Jr.,
and Joe Taylor Hyden...The Warfield
Natural Gas Company, one of the section's largest, ceased at midnight,
December 31, to all intents and purposes, to exist...The Floyd County
Board of Education, in its first meeting of the year, organized, Tuesday,
for a two-year period, re-electing Dr.
J. H. Allen, of Langley, chairman, and
T. H. Newsome, of Grethel, vicechairman ... Mrs. Ruth Steele, of
Dema, one of the five occupants of an
automobile which left the AllenLackey highway on a curve near
Maytown, last Thursday night, was
drowned as the car overturned in the
edge of Beaver Creek... Wayland, the
only Floyd basketball team remaining
undefeated in county competition this
season, rang up its 18th victory in 19
starts Friday night, with a topheavy,
59-27, win over McDowell ... The
Prestonsburg Blackcats defeated
Martin, here, last Friday night, 42 to
37, and lost the following night to
Wheelwright, 30-29 ... Born: A son,
Charles Elijah, on December 28, to
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. May Jr., of
Lancer...There died: Willard Collins,
44, at his Bevinsville home, Sunday;
Mrs. Bet1ha Ramey, 58, of Drift, last
Thursday, at a Martin hospital;
Jimmie Caudill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dallas Caudill, of Leander, of an accidental gunshot; Andrew Jackson
Stephens, 88, of Prestonsburg, Friday,
at a Martin hospital; L. M. Johnson,
67, last Thursday, at his home at Blue
River; Henry Gibson, 30, of Middle
Creek, last Wednesday; Mrs. Flossie
Sammons, 38, of Arkansas Creek,
Saturday, at a Martin hospital; Alex
Hall, 60, of Teaberry, Saturday, at his
home; Smith Osborne, of Ligon,
Friday, at a Martin hospital.
Seventv Years
Ago
(unavailable)
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• Continued from p9
and a couple of our neighbors had
slaughtered a few days earlier.
Of course, that was long before
people began choosing pigs for pets.
In those days, pigs were simply food,
and if you wanted a pet, you got
yourself a dog or a cat. I can only
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Local schoolteacher develops home resource CD
by KATHY J. PRATER
FEATURES EDITOR
A former local schoolteacher says that she can
put a world of resource materials at the very fingertips of parents with a need to know. Michelle
Roth, a former teacher at Adams Middle School,
recently became disabled due to complications
from a medical condition and has been homebound with an extensive amount of time on her
hands. Due to a lengthy recuperation period due
to a lung-related illness, Roth hit upon the idea of
using knowledge gained from her years teaching
school to compile what she harks as "the instruction manual parents need when their children
begin school."
According to Roth, no matter what stage your
child may be in along the educational path, her
"Home Tyme Learning Series Elementary and
High School Edition" is a valuable resource for
parents who want to learn more about how to help
advance their child's education. "I've spent many
long hours on the internet and in Libraries searching for answers to questions such as ways in
which parents can make the biggest impact on student learning, searching for good resources for
academic subjects, what to do when you feel your
child's friends are becoming a problem, and
more," Roth said. "I figured I could use my findings to create one, neat package for those finding
themselves embarking on some of the same
searches. Why search when it's all right here,"
she said.
Roth's Home Tyme Learning CD will provide
parents with information in regard to preparing
your child for school, helping your student with
problems in mathematics, science, social studies,
language arts, and fine art~), and even information
on how to prepare your child for the college experience.
Roth's research is based on national standards
in each subject area and includes professional
development information, as well as grant writing
information for educators.
"I created this series over a two year period,"
Roth said. Using her experience as a resource
photo by Kathy J. Prater
teacher, Roth's Home Tyme Learning CD com_. Michelle Roth stopped by the Times office recently to share
bines "the best information of the best web sites to
the news of her parent resource materials CD.
help parents and their children excel in all aspects
of school."
The Home Tyme Learning Series Elementary and High School Editions is available for $1 2.95 from Roth
Computing Enterprises, 874-2980. It can also be found at Big Sandy Education Supply, Woods Grocery, C&R Office
Supply, State Wide Press. Readmorc Bookstore, and Booknotes, in Pikeville's Town and Country Shopping Center.
Parents & Studentsneed assistance completing the college
financial aid application?
Become a Kentucky
organ & tissue donor.
For information contact:
l-800-525-3456, or
www.trustt'orlife.org
HaLard Community and Technical
College (HCTC) will be hosting
College Goal Sunday on Sunday, Jan.
28, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event
will be held in the University Center
of the Mountains complex, also
known as room 152 of the Jolly
Center, located on the Hazard
Campus of Hazard Community &
Technical College. College Goal
Sunday provides students and their
families the opportunity to get the
2007-2008 financial aid application
filled out with the assistance of a
financial aid professional. There are
no fees for this service. If a student is
planning to attend college starting
August 2007, use this event to get the
financial aid application completed
and submitted for processing.
Attendees should bring completed
2005 U.S. Income Tax Returns , W-2
statements, and/or proof of income
for the 2006 year. Financial aid professionals will be on hand to assist
with the completion of this extremely
important application.
For additional information, call
(800) 246-752 1, extensions 7306 1 or
73060. You may also email:
chuck. anderson@ kctcs.edu
Missoula Children's
Theatre brings The
Little Mermaid to
Hazard
The Greater Hazard Area
Performing Arts Series announces
that Missoula Children's Theatre
will bring The Little Mermaid to
the stage on Saturday, Jan.l3, at 7
p.m. at the Forum, Hal Rogers
Center. Admission is $10 per person, those age five and younger
will be admitted for free.
Here's what The Little Mermaid
is about: Deep in the salty waters
of the Sassafras Sea, there lived a
Little Mermaid. Her name was
Celia. She lived for music. In
fact, it was said that she had the
loveliest scales in all of the Deep.
Celia and her three sisters were
allowed one visit to the World
Above, each on their sixteenth
birthday, to learn the secrets of life
on dry land. Their discoveries
included
ferocious
dragons,
advancing armies and, of course. a
handsome and resourceful Prince
Charming. In a new version of the
age-old talc, lots of music, plot
surprises and humor await the
audience.
The show will consist of performers from the area. The weeklong residency begins with an
open group audition on Monday,
Jan. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the First
Federal
Center
at
Hazard
Community & Technical College,
room 123.
Around 50 to 60 students in
grades 1- 12 will be cast and well
rehearsed throughout the week,
we'll all end up eating them. But
maybe it won't hurt us. It probably
won't be any worse than some of the
other stuff that passes for food these
days.
learning lines, songs and choreography to perform as an ensemble in
producing a full-length musical.
All MCT shows are original adaptations of children's stories and
fairytales, 'a twist on the classical
stories that you know and love.
Back by popular demand,
Missoula Children's
Theatre
(MCT) i<> North America's largest
touring theatre for young people. A
team
of
two
professional
actor/directors will arrive in our
community at the beginning of the
week with a set, costumes, props
and make.up, everything it takes to
put on a play, except the cast. MCT
will conduct theatre workshops in
area schools for any grade level.
School matinees will be held on
Friday, Jan. 12,2007 at The Forum
at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Event sponsors are: Kiwanis
Club of Hazard, Greg and Noreen
Wells, International Coal Group
Inc., and Primary Care Centers of
Eastern Kentucky.
Series Grand benefactors are:
ARH Regional Medical Center,
City of Hazard, Hampton Inn and
Suites, Hazard Clinic, Peoples
Bank and Trust Company, and
Super 8 Motel. The Kentucky Arts
Council, a state agency in the
Commerce Cabinet, provides operational support funding for the
Greater Hazard Area Performing
Arts Series with state tax dollars
and federal funding from the
National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes a great nation
deserves great art.
For tickets, group rates and
more information contact Tammy
Duff, performing arts series director at (606) 487-3067 or 800-2467521, ext. 73067.
HCTC spring semester is Jan. 4, 5, 6
Registration for the spring semester at Hazard Community and Technical
College will be at all campus locations on Thursday, Jan. 4 from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at all campus locations.
Registration will be held at the Hazard Campu<> only on Saturday, Jan. 6
from 9 a.m. to noon. These dates are the last chance to register for the
spring semester. Classes will begin Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Hazard Community and Technical College offers two-year degrees,
including Associate in Arts and Associate in Science which both transfer
to four-year colleges and universities. Associate in Applied Science
degrees are: Automotive Technology, Business Administration. Education,
General Occupationalfl'echnical Studies, Human Services, Information
Technology, Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, Medical
Information Technology, Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, and
Radiography.
Diplomas arc offered in the following programs: Air Conditioning
Technology, Auto Body Repair, Automotive Technology, Business
Technology, Carpentr Clinical Laboratory. Computer Aided Drafting,
Cosmetology. Diesel Technology, Education, Electrical Technology, Fire
and Rescue Training, Heavy Equipment Operations, Human Services,
Industrial Maintenance Technology. Information Technology,
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education. Medical Information
Technology, Practical Nursing (LPN), and Welding.
Check the class schedule for a listing of classes offered or check the web
c;ite at www.Hazard.kctcs.edu
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
3, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
~uditions
Any time can be the right time for
cherries
When the weather turns cold, here's a fun variation on traditional cherry pie-Cherry Crisp Pie.
(NAPSA)-Canned, frozen and dried tart cherries are a welcome ingredient in just about any pantry. This versatile,
nutritious fruit can play a tasty role in a wide variety of
meals.
For example, when the weather turns crisp, here is a fun variation on traditional cherry pie. It can be a great addition to
family get-togethers, school gatherings, even for a fall picnic. It's quick and easy to prepare, and the ingredients are
easy to have on hand.
Cherry Crisp Pie
V4cup (112 stick) butter or margarine
314
cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
112
cup all-purpose flour
112
cup firmly packed light- brown sugar
112
cup chopped pecans, if desired
112
teaspoon ground cinnamon
2
(21-ounce) cans cherry pie filling
1
(9-ounce) prepared graham cracker crust (10-inch)
Melt butter in medium saucepan. Remove from heat and stir
in oats, flour, brown sugar, pecans, if desired, and cinnamon.
Spoon pie filling into crust. Sprinkle oats mixture over top.
Place pie on a baking sheet.
Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 40 to 45 minutes, or
until topping is golden brown. Cool on wire rack, then refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Cherry Crisp Pie is one of seven new cherry recipes developed by the Cherry Marketing Institute. All recipes are on
easy-to-read recipe cards, so you can store them away to
use again and again.
To order the free recipe cards, write to CMI: The Cherry
People, P.O. Box 30285, Dept. New, Lansing, Ml 48909-7785
or send an e-mail to assistant@usa cherries.com and
request new recipe cards.
Making smart snacking choices
(NAPSA)-An apple a day may not just keep the doctor away.
It could stop guilt in its tracks, too. A recent survey commissioned by Dole Packaged Foods found that more than 35
percent of women say they feel guilty when they snack. That
doesn't have to be the case, though, as long as people make
smart snack choices. Many nutritionists say the key is to
find delicious snacks, such as fruit, that let you indulge without the bulge-a fact that most people seem to understand,
but don't necessarily apply to themselves.
According to the survey, most women provide healthful fruit
snacks for their families, but they tend to keep the candy or
baked snacks for themselves. Here's a look at some additional snack facts from the survey:
What We Crave
Sweet beats salty when it comes to cravings
Snack attack veterans probably won't be surprised that taste
was the most important factor for respondents craving indulgent snacks-or that "sweet" was the taste they craved most.
If you want a guilt-free way to indulge your sweet tooth, try a
healthful snack such as DOLE Fruit Parfaits. They offer
' refreshing fruit, like apples, peaches and pineapples, layered
over a Jight-tasting·creme and served in take-along containers that make for easier portion control. They provide
approximately 25 percent of the RDA for vitamin C, only have
about 115 calories and are low in fat.
Where And When We Crave
Cravings hit at home
The survey found that the most popular location for snacking was at home. Work and school came in second; snacking while driving, traveling or on the go came in third. Prime
snacking time occurs throughout the week from lunch until
the evening. About 60 percent of respondents said they
snack one to two times a day. Approximately 20 percent
snack three or more times daily.
Do Calories Count?
Most people keep their snacks to 200 calories or less
According to Dr. Nicholas D. Gillitt, Ph.D., research chemist,
Dole Nutrition Institute, it's important to consider nutritional,
caloric and fat content, as well as serving size, when choosing a snack. Almost two out of five respondents agree with
Dr. Gillitt and say they keep their snacks to 200 calories or
less. One out of five people snack on 200 calories or more
and two out of five respondents take the carefree approach
and never count calories.
HRMC holds prostate cancer screening event
HRMC and Highlands Cancer Center held their annual
Prostate Cancer Screening recently at the Cancer Center.
Eighty-four men participated in the screening. PSA tests and
physician exams were provided. Digital rectal exams were
performed to determine if the prostate gland was enlarged.
Physicians volunteering to help with the screening included
Dr. Charles Thorndyke, Urologist, Dr. Francis Ogbolu,
Urologist, and Dr. Donald Spaeth and Dr. Chad White with
Highlands Community Care Clinic.
The PSA test is a simple blood test that can detect prostate
cancer in its early, more treatable stages. The PSA test measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen, a natural
serum produced by the prostate gland, present in the blood
stream. Normal levels for PSA are from 1 to 4. Levels over 4
are considered elevated and indicate the need for further
evaluation.
As men age, the prostate gland becomes more susceptible
to disease, especially cancer. According to the American
Cancer Society, 1 out of 8 men will develop prostate cancer
in their lifetime and it is the second most common cancer in
men (after lung cancer). Unfortunately prostate cancer in its
early stages has very few, if any, symptoms. The need to urinate more frequently than usual is often one of the first
symptoms. Men over the age of 50 should have
a PSA test as part of their annual physical exam.
If the PSA level is elevated, the physician will perform a digital rectal exam and perhaps an ultra-sound exam. If further
diagnosis is required, a needle biopsy may be the next step.
In this procedure, a small sample of prostate tissue is
extracted through a needle and sent to the laboratory for
evaluation. If cancer is present, treatment options include
radiation seed therapy, surgery, and other treatment modalities. The physician will recommend treatment based on the
individual's particular needs. Prostate cancer, like any other
cancer, if detected and treated in its early stages has
improved odds for a good outcome.
Highlands Regional Medical Center is a 184-bed (154 acute
care, 18 skilled nursing, and 12 geriatric psychiatric) not-for
profit, community owned and operated healthcare facility
that is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. As a full-service
facility with an active medical staff of more than 100 physicians, Highlands Regional Medical Center feature_s 24-hour
emergency care, same-day surgery and outpatient care,
advanced pulmonary care, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, broad-based diagnostic services including onsite CT and MRI, cardiac services, pediatric care, senior wellness programs and an on-site clinical laboratory.
Auditions! Auditions! Auditions!
Jenny Wiley Theatre opens its 2007 round of a~ditions with
a local call for its upcoming summer productions. JWT's
43rd season playing June 15- August 18, 2007 includes
Forever Plaid, Disney's High School Musical, and West Side
Story.
Performers, both professional and amateur, are
encouraged to attend the theatre's local casting call Friday,
January 12, from 5-9 pm and Saturday, January 13, from
1Oam-3pm at the Gearheart Auditorium in the Pike building
on the Prestonsburg campus of Big Sandy Community and
Technical College (www.kctcs.net/bigsandy). Scott Bradley,
casting director and director of West Side Story will be conducting the auditions and casting the 2007 season.
There are numerous opportunities for local performers in
this year's selection of shows. Forever Plaid is an affectionate revue of the close-harmony "guy groups" like The Four
Aces and The Four Freshman that reached the height of their
popularity during the 1950s. JWT will be seeking four male
performers in their 20's with a high level of musical training
and strong vocal ability for this show. Disney's High School
Musical is a new, staged version of the popular television
movie that has swept the world with its high-energy, contemporary music and wholesome family entertainment. JWT
will be seeking strong pop singer/dancers that can pass for
high school students, as well as two adults. West Side Story
is the dramatic, exciting and tragic modern retelling of
Romeo & Juliet set in 1950s New York City featuring some of
theatre's most famous and popular songs like "Somewhere,"
"America," "I Feel Pretty," "Tonight," and "Something's
Coming." Extensive dance training and experience and/or
exceptional vocal ability are necessary to be cast in the West
Side Story ensemble. JWT is also looking to locally cast the
roles of Lt. Shrank, Officer Krupke and Doc (all 40s+ males),
which are all non-singing/dancing roles.
JWT is also pleased to announce auditions for its new and
exciting children's theatre production. This will be a nonmusical community theatre production that will rehearse in
the spring and be performed in rotation with the other shows
throughout summer 2007. Children ages 8-16 are encouraged to audition for this production. Performers (esp. teens)
will be considered for all productions.
Please prepare a short monologue and a brief musical selection. Monologues should be age-appropriate and demonstrative of the auditionees, personality. Please bring sheet
music to the audition; a pianist will be provided. Taped
accompaniment is not acceptable and will not be allowed. A
cappella singing is discouraged, but will be accepted,
although each auditionee will be asked to sing with piano to
demonstrate ability to match pitch. Dress professionally or
"up casual," and bring comfortable alternate clothing, as
auditionees might be asked to learn a basic dance combination to demonstrate movement skills.
For more information, email Casting Director Scott Bradley
at jwtcasting@gmail.com call Jenny Wiley Theatre at 606886-9274.
JWT to offer professional audition
workshop
For even the most experienced performers, auditioning can
be a nerve-wracking event. What to sing, what to wear,
where to find a monologue?
Beginning on Saturday, January 6, Jenny Wiley Theatre will
set out to demystify the audition process by hosting a
Professional Audition Workshop. Gain insight from industry
professionals who understand the process, and learn how
best to prepare for that all-important two-minute audition.
Receive specific feedback on your current audition materials
and individualized instruction as to how to strengthen your
overall performance.
The Professional Audition Workshop will be led by Misty
Daniels, a Jenny Wiley alumna, who draws upon her years of
experience auditioning for commercials, film, and the
Broadway stage. Misty will be joined by Scott Bradley, Jenny
Wiley Theatre's casting director, who has a wealth of casting
experience from his work at JWT, the Media Theatre in
Philadelphia and Morehead State University.
Reserve your spot in the workshop's 1-day session to be
held on January 6th, from 10:00 am- 4:00 pm, in Gearheart
Auditorium, in the Pike building, on the Big Sandy
Community and Technical College, Prestonsburg campus.
The workshop is designed for participants age 8 and up and
is limited to 20 participants. Those under the age of 12 must
be accompanied by an adult. The fee for the Professional
Audition Workshop is $60. To enroll, call Jenny Wiley
Theatre at 606-886-9274 or toll-free at 877-CALL-JWT.
Educational Programming at JWT is made possible in part by
a grant from
P.A.D. And Diabetes: What You Need
To Know
(NAPSA)-The increase in the number of people in the U.S.
with diabetes is also raising concern about a condition that
is linked to diabetes but often goes undetected.
The condition is peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D. It
occurs when blood vessels in the legs are narrowed or
blocked by fatty deposits, decreasing blood flow to legs and
feet.
Experts say people with P.A.C. are at increased risk for heart
attack and stroke, and people with diabetes are at increased
risk for P.A.D.
According to one study, it's estimated that 30 percent of people with diabetes will develop P.A.D. Unfortunately, P.A.D. is
often not diagnosed in a timely fashion. One reason is that
the symptoms-such as fatigue and heaviness of the legs
when walking-are often falsely attributed to aging. Left
untreated, P.A.D. can lead to a greater risk of amputation,
stroke or heart attack.
The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) is the only nonprofit organization focused on vascular diseases with the sole
purpose of providing public education and improving awareness about vascular diseases. It recommends that all persons with diabetes over the age of 50 get screened for P.A.D.
using a test known as the Ankle Brachial Index, or ABI.
The test compares the blood pressure in a person's ankle to
the blood pressure reading taken from the person's arm. If
the reading from your leg is lower than the one taken from
your arm, it may be a sign that you have P.A.D.
Fortunately, there are steps physicians and patients can take
to manage P.A.D. According to VDF's president, Alain T.
Drooz, M.D., those with diabetes who suspect they may have
P.A.D. should do the following:
• Keep their blood sugar level in an acceptable range.
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out, "Mutt! I've killed me a big ol' blackbird!"
Mutt ran over and, taking a look, replied, "You sure did, you
killed it dead, Ralph. You killed it!"
With his words, it suddenly hit me- I didn't like killing things.
Why, when mother would send me out to kill a chicken for the
dinner table, I didn't like it. I didn't like it at all.
"Mutt," I said, "I really didn't mean to kill that old bird. I jus
wanted to scare it so I could watch it fly away."
Mutt told me to just forget about it and to come on, that he
wanted to get to the top of the hill and swing on the old grapevine
that had been growing up there for years.
So, I had to move on and try to get that old blackbird out of
my mind. I knew, though, that when we came back, that old bird
would no longer be there. By that time, one of the wild cats
around would have made lunch out of it.
It took Mutt and me about thiny minutes to climb the hill to
the old grapevine. We never saw not one single black snake or
blackbird along the way, either. When we got to the top of the
hill, Mutt cried out, "Let me swing first! Let me go first, Ralph!"
I said, "Oh, go ahead, Mutt. You always want to be first."
Old Mutt ran to the grapevine, got hold of it and pulled it up
the hill as far as it would go. Then he held on, jumped off over
the !>mall cliff and held on for dear life. "Look at me," he cried
out, "look at me, Ralph! See how high I'm going!"
Soon, I called out to Mutt that it was my tum to swing. So, I
took hold of the grapevine, pulled it to the top of the hill, just like
Mutt had done, and then climbed upon a big rock. I called to
Mutt from atop the rock, "Mutt, you ain't seen nothin' yet '" as I
jumped off the rock and over the cliff, the grapevine tight in my
grip.
As I swung high over the cliff, I called out, "Mutt! See how
high l'm tlying! See how high!" About that time, I heard a big
limb crack and, as it fell, me and that old grapevine went sailing
away and down. I hit the ground and rolled all the way down that
hill with that old tree limb and grapevine tangled up right with
~
me.
Mutt came running down the hill cussing me all the way "Can't you do nothin' right, Ralph? You old stupid thing!"
Once I landed, I looked myself over and was ever grateful to
discover that all that had broken was the tree limb. But, I must
say, my whole body did hurt all over. And I have to tell you, so
did my heart as I realized that I had just broke the old swinging
grapevine that every boy in Melvin loved to swing on. I figured
they may never forgive me. My mind, too, hearkened back to the
old blackbird and its fall from that tree branch - a fall that I
myself had caused. Unlike the old bird, though, I had been given
the opportunity to live for yet another day.
I got up, dusted myself off, and Mutt and I walked on down
the hill. After a short time, I said, "Hey, Mutt, let's go ride the
ponies." Our daddy and Uncle Monroe kept ponies that they
used to work in the coal mines over in the next holler. We went
to the barnyard and picked out two ponies and took off for
schoolhouse bottom. Most of the boys in the village ended up a
schoolhouse bottom sometime during the day - either to ride
ponies or to play basketball.
Well, we rode them little ponies the whole rest of the day. The
one I was riding, though, all of a sudden, took a notion to take off
on a dead run, then stop short and lower its head. When it did, I
fell right off, over its head. flat on my face. I cried out, "I've
done it again! Everything I do is wrong !
•nc "'
·•Mutt.'' I said, "I'm going home. I've had eno"~g« l frut 1 ehe
day."
Mutt said he'd had enough, too, and followed me on home as
we walked, not rode, those ponies home down the side of the
railroad tracks.
As we walked, I thought to myself in my mind how I had
planned my day to be one full of fun but all I kept finding was a
1
day filled with pain. I hurt all over and when we finally got"'
home, my mother took one look at me and said, "Ralph, what
have you got yourself into today?"
I replied, " Mother, I don't think you really want to know."
That night, when I went to bed, I said, "Old featherbed, please
be kind to me. I hurt from head to toe." I was soon asleep, worn
out from the day, dreaming dreams of me and Mutt and our
adventures and about what all we could get into when the next
day dawned. Right before we drifted off to the land of dreams,
Mutt said, '"Ralph, I sure hope you don't get hurt again tomorrow."
That little Mutt, he sure was the best little brother in all the
world.
As I dreamed, I saw the old grapevine that I would never
swing on again and the ponies in the barnyard and the old blackbird just before my rock hit its head. But, the wonderful part'
about dreams is how they allow us to go to Neverland where all
the world is such a wonderful place to Jive in. The sweet dreams
of childhood - may they remain with us forever.
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PIKEVILLE - The roller-coaster
ride that is Kelly Wells' first season as
head coach of the Pikeville College
Bears hit another peak on Saturday
1
when the Bears knocked off U.Va.Wise 70-48 at the Pikeville College
Gym.
The win was the fifth in a row for
the Bears and drew their record to an
even 8-8 on the season. After dropping
their first six games, the Bears have
now won eight of their last 10.
"We're playing better in a Jot of
areas," Wells said. "We're showing a
lot of improvement. A lot of it can be
attributed to Bo (Harris) and Will
(Holloman), but the rest of the guys
have responded well. We just have to
keep working. There's no room for a
letdown now."
Harris and Holloman have won all
four games in which they've played
and are the leading scorers on the club
since the end of the fall semester.
Pikeville led the entire game. jumping out to an 11-2 lead with bookend
threes by freshman Brad Lowe. The
Cavaliers got no closer than six in the
first half, and when the Bears ended
the half on a 16-6 run, the lead was 3721 at recess.
U.Va.-Wise (5-10) got within 14
twice early in the second half, but
could get no closer. Another run, this
one 13-3 late in the game, got the edge
to 25 before the margin settled at 22.
Pikeville College had three players
in double figures, led by Holloman's
18 points and 11 rebounds. He also
had seven assists as the Bears had 18
compared with only nine turnovers.
Lowe followed with 15 and
Harris added 11 to go with four
rebounds and as many
steals.
Wise was paced by
junior Seth Gibson, who
was 6-of-9 from the arc
for 22 points. He also had seven
rebounds. Zydrunas Rackauskas, who
had a double-double in the Cavaliers'
overtime win over the Bears in
November, had 11 points and eight
rebounds.
Pikeville College will now head
south, where they'll be back in
action on Tuesday night at
7:30 against Southern
Conference for Georgia
Southern. The Eagles,
who are coached by former Pikeville College
Bear Jeff Price, fell to 6-6 on Saturday
after a 68-47 loss to UNCGreensboro. The game will be a
scrimmage for the Bears, who will
remain in Georgia to play Savannah
College of Art & Design this Saturday.
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BOYS' BASKETBALL
Raiders edge
East Ridge in
Letcher event
Paintsville Tiger Hoops
Classic
Dec. 27, 2006
Moore 2, Treasure Coast, Aa. 0
(Forfeit)
Heath 68, Ballou, DC 61
Russellville 65, Brewbaker, Ala. 46
' University Heights 77, Tate, Aa. 50
North Hardin 64, Prestonsburg 45
Seneca 85, East Carter 54
Paintsville 62, Alcoa, Tenn. 55
Bullitt East 55, Morgan County 40
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by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
WHITESBURG
- South
Floyd ended play in the
Whitaker Bank Cougar Classic
at Letcher County Central on a
winning note Saturday, edging
15th Region rival East Ridge 6260.
Senior Ethan Johnson scored
19 points, grabbed five rebounds
and handed out three assists as
the Raiders won their second
game of the season, snapping a
'three-game losing streak.
Four
different
Raiders
reached double figures in the
Dec 28,2006
North Hardin 61, Ballou, DC 60
Seneca 95, Tate, Aa. 47
Moore 68, Bullitt East 57
Univ. Heights 77, East Carter62
Morgan County 72, Lawrence
County 57
Heath 82 Prestonsburg 53
&us~htiUe 81, Paintsville 79
Dec 29,2006
Alcoa, Tenn. 59, Russellville 45
North Hardin 70, Heath 67 (OT)
Seneca 79, University Heights 71
Tate, Aa. 65, East Carter 56
Ballou, DC 115, Prestonsburg 55
Paintsville 92, Brewbaker, Ala. 66
Moore 61, Morgan County 36
Dec 30,2006
Alcoa, Tenn. 64, North Hardin 59
Moore 66, North Hardin 64
Seneca 68, Moore 54
Alcoa, Tenn. 63, Seneca 46
Whitaker Bank Cougar Classic
at Letcher County Central
Dec. 28, 2006
Sheldon Clark 79, South Floyd 77
Pike Central 54, Letcher Central 52
Powell County 71, Cumberland 57
Jill Cordia 72, East Ridge 61
Dec. 29,2006
Letcher Central 77, South Floyd 49
Powell County 73, Cordia 71
Sheldon Cl. 67, Pike Cent. 61 (OT)
Cumberland 48, East Ridge 3 I
Dec. 30,2006
Cumberland 71, Letcher Central 55
South Floyd 62, East Ridge 60
Powell Co. 103, Sheldon Clark 58
Pike County Central 59 Cordia 45
(See RAIDERS, page fourteen)
Bath beats Piarist
for third-place
photos by. Steve LeMaster
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
RETURNING
FROM
HOLIDAY PLAY: The
Prestonsburg
Lady
Blackcats
and
Blackcats were each in
tournament action last
week.
The
Lady
Blackcats finished 1-3
at
the
Applebee's
Winter Classic in Boyle
County,
defeating
Caverna 63-40 for their
lone
win.
The
Prestonsburg girls suffered losses to Bullitt
Central (55-60), Fern
Creek
(39-51)
and
Whitley County (36-74).
The Blackcats went 0-3
in the fourth annual
Paintsville Tiger Hoops
Classic, falling to North
Hardin,
Heath
and
Ballou (Washington,
D.C.). This week, the
Blackcats will be back
in tournament action,
playing in the CocaCola Hoops Classic at
Pike County Central.
ASHLAND - It didn't take
the Bath County High boys' basketball team long to set the tone
Saturday in the third-place game
of the David Games Memorial
Tournament at Rose Hill
Christian. Bath County outscored
opponent Piarist 27-1 3 in the
opening quarter and never
looked back. The Wildcats
achieved another milestone
under first-year head coach Brian
Johnson, reaching the century
mark in defeating Piarist 100-54.
Four
different
Wildcats
reached double figures scoring in
the triumph. Allen Trusty and
Scott Trusty paced Bath County
with
18
points
apiece.
Sophomore Zak Metz followed
the Trustys closely in the scoring
column, adding 17 points.
Blandon Clemons was a fourth
player in double figures for the
(See BATH, page fourteen)
Ladycats finish runner-up
, in First Priority tourney
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
MIDDLESBORO - The Betsy Layne
Ladycats won three of four games last week in
the First Priority Tri-State Basketball Classic in
Bell County. Betsy Layne defeated Bell County,
Cawood and North Laurel before falling to
Claiborne, Tenn., 65-37, Saturday in the championship game.
In the semifinals Friday, Betsy Layne defeat' ed North Laurel47-42. Betsy Layne led North
Laurel 22-16 at the half and outscored the Lady
1 Jaguars 14-12 in the final quarter.
In the win over North Laurel, Megan
Hamilton led Betsy Layne with a game-high 19
points. Am by Tackett joined Hamilton in double
figures for Betsy Layne, scoring 11 points.
Lindsey Martin added seven points and Taylor
Hott tossed in six for the Ladycats. Kaitlin
Lawson and Krista Flanery rounded out the
Betsy Layne scoring with two points apiece.
Senior forward Stephanie Strange led North
1
Laurel with 13 points.
Strange was the only
North Laurel player to
reach double figures.
Caitie Jackson and Kasey
Karr added nine points
apiece for the Lady
Jaguars.
In earlier tournament
games, Betsy Layne
defeated Bell County 4635 and Cawood 53-33.
Betsy Layne will take
a 7-5 record into Shelby
Valley Thursday for a
15th Region matchup
against the host Lady
Wildcats.
Dance Etc. Elite teams
take top honors at
Jamfest Winter Jam
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Amby Tackett
First Priority Classic
at Bell County/Middlesboro
Betsy Layne 47, North Laurel42
Betsy Layne (47) - Lawson 2, Flanery 2.
Hamilton 19, Martin 7, Tackett II , Hott 6.
North Laurel (45) - Jackson 9, Kan 9. Bargo 4,
Strange 13, Prichard 6.
Betsy Layne .... ll 11 II 14-47
North Laurel... ... 7 9 13 12-42
PRESTONSBURG - The Dance Etc. Elite
All Star Dance Teams from Dance Etc. Studio
in Prestonsburg traveled to Lexington,
Saturday, Dec. 9 to compete in the Jamfest
Winter Jam Competttion. Seven-eight dancers
from eight different counties make up the
Dance Etc. Elite teams. The four teams all took
top honors at the competition and put on amazing petformances, especially considering over
70 of the dancers had just completed a full
week of rehearsals and four soldout performances of the "Nutcracker" at the Mountain
Art~ Center the previous week.
The Studio as a whole was first awarded
with the coveted Spirit Award which it had
never won at a Jamfest competition before.
The group was extremely proud of this award
because it ts voted on by all of the Jamfest staff
and is awarded to the studio or gym including
performers and fans that shows the most spirit, best sportsmanship, treats other teams with
respect and promotes a positive image.
All four teams received individual honors
as well. The Pee Wee Elite team, which is
made up of 20 dancers in grades second
through fourth, took first-place in the Mini
Jazz and Mini Porn divisions.
The Jr. Prep Elite team, which is made up of
25 dancers grades fourth through sixth, took
first place in the Youth Jazz division and second place in the Youth Porn division. This
team also received two other top awards.
Their Jazz routine entitled "SnapShot" was
awarded Class Champion for all Youth and
Mini teams. Out of all the Mini and Youth
teams in all categories including Variety,
Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop and Porn their Jazz
routine was chosen as the overall best performance. The squad was also awarded the
Choreography Award for '"SnapShot". The
Dance Etc. team was chosen and awarded the
honor out of all dance teams in all age divisions at the competition.
The Junior Elite team, which is made up of
(See DANCE, page fourteen)
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17 dancers in the seventh and
eighth grade, took first place in
the Junior Jazz division and
second-place in the Junior
Porn division. Their Jazz routine entitled "He's A Dream"
was awarded the Class
Champion for all Junior and
Senior level teams including
all Junior and Senior Variety,
Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop and
Porn routines.
The Senior Elite team,
which is made up of 16
dancers grades ninth through
12th, took first place in the
Senior Jazz division and second-place in the Senior Porn
division.
The parents even joined in
on the fun. When Dance
Dads out of the audience were
asked to join in a Dad's Dance
Off just for fun one of the
Dance Etc. Dads stole the
show. Mark Newsome of
Inez, whose daughter Mia is a
member of the Pee Wee team
broke out some of his best
moves to win the Dad's
Dance Off title.
The competition was a
great showing for Dance Etc.
Studio and overwhelmingly
successful as all four teams
came away with Gold Bids to
the Jamfest Super Dance
Nationals in Cincinnati in
February. The teams will be
busy preparing for the Jamfest
Nationals as well as the EDA
Nationals in Myrtle Beach in
March. The Dance Etc. Elite
teams are coached by Jody
Shepherd, Jennifer Smith,
Kate Lowe, Lauren Bowman
and Alicyn Dyer.
game losing streak. The
Wildcats dropped David
Garnes Memorial Tournament
games to West Carter and Rose
Hill before getting back into
the win column against 15th
Region member Piarist.
Bath County finished
strong in its win over Piarist,
outscoring the Knights 33-10
in the fourth quarter.
For Piarist, Josh Ousley led
the way with a team-high 13
points. Chris Baker scored 12
points and Jake Moak added
10 for the Knights, giving
Piarist three different players
in double figures. Eight different Piarist players provided
scoring in the tournament tilt.
The Knights nailed four
three-point field goals. Moak
was Piarist's biggest longrange shooting threat, hitting
two of his team's four three-
pointers. Doyle and James
Warrix each connected on one
three-pointer for the Knights.
Piarist finished 19-for-28
from the free throw line. The
Knights, in addition to being
members of the 15th Region
and 60th District, play out of
the Three Rivers Conference.
After falling to Rose Hill in
the first round of the David
Garnes Memorial Tournament,
Piarist dropped a 98-33 game
to West Carter. Michael
Hollingsworth paced three
Comets in double figures with
21 points. Andrew Owens
scored 12 points and and
Trevor Rayburn added lO for
the Comets.
Moak scored a team-high
10 points for Piarist. Ousley
followed with nine points for
the Knights.
Bath
• Continued from p13
Wildcats, netting 12 points.
Johnson and his coaching
staff enjoyed balanced scoring
as a host of players got into the
scoring act for the Wildcats. In
all, 10 different Bath County
players scored points. Aaron
Roberts was within one shot of
double figures for Bath
County, finishing with eight
points.
The Wildcats led 47-29 at
the half and outscored Piarist
20-15 in the third quarter.
Bath County finished 23for-33 from the free throw
line. The Wildcats connected
on five three-point field goals
in the convincing win. Allen
Trusty,
Metz,
Clemons,
Hawkins and Hayden Hunt
each knocked down a threepointer.
For
Bath
County,
Saturday's win snapped a four-
win over East Ridge. Lyle
Johnson scored 14 points, Wes
Akers netted 13 and Adam
Slone contributed 10. Slone
had the game's only doubledouble, pulling down 10
rebounds as weJI as dishing
off four assists.
The Raiders won, despite
being outscored 18-7 in the
opening quarter. East Ridge
led South Floyd 36-32 at the
half. The Raiders outscored
the Warriors in each of the
second-half quarters.
Kyle Brown added four
points and four rebounds for
the Raiders. Kory Henry was
also also active for South
Floyd (2-8), adding two points
and four rebounds.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD
Sefton
Barrett scored 22 points and
pulled down 10 rebounds to
lead Central Michigan to a 5251 win over Morehead State
Saturday afternoon in Johnson
Arena.
Central Michigan, now 5-7
on the season, also got 11
points from Giordan Watson
and 10 points from Justin
Blevins.
Morehead State, which had
a three-game win streak
snapped and is now 7-5, was
He's a complex package, jerked earlier this season and on his second try. The game
someone who can hit a police- told all his players, "If you wasn't decided until a long 3man, throw a chair across the guys still love me after every- pointer by New Mexico's J.R.
LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob court or be accused of wrap- thing I say to you and every- Giddens bounced off the rim at
Knight won 880 games doing ping his hands around a play- thing I put you through, that's the buzzer.
Red and black confetti fell
things his way. And he sure er's neck, yet never gets in a hell of a compliment to me."
Not interested in answering and the song played. There
celebrated it his way.
trouble for breaking NCAA
Long appreciated for his rules, always has high a gradu- reporters' questions, Knight were speeches by Knight and
strategy and long questioned ation rate and gave his salary instead went on a trip down administrators, plus videofor his methods, Knight added back a few years ago because memory lane that was filled taped tributes from Smith,
the crowning achievement to he didn't think he'd earned it.
with anecdotes and name- Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and
his Hall of Fame career by
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victories when Texas Tech mony and the nearly 20- obscure, such as Jake Pryne, Knight. He also received two
beat New Mexico 70-68 on minute soliloquy he gave the bus driver at Army when trophies and the game ball; a
Monday.
instead of a news conference.
Knight was 24 and the nation's banner was unfurled marking
The first person to congrat- youngest coach.
this achievement.
Having finally reached the
He seemed close to tears at
"You are the best there's
pinnacle he's long insisted did- ulate him was his son and suen't matter, Knight proved oth- cessor-to-be, Pat. He later held times. Though none fell, he ever been," said Krzyzewski,
erwise by soaking in every his two grandsons from his backed away from the micro- who played for Knight and
moment of the party that fol- other son, Tim. He introduced phone a couple of times while served as his assistant. "I'm so
lowed- especially the sound- his wife and repeatedly on the court, seemingly unable glad you've been my mentor,
track.
thanked her, although he later to speak. His eyes moistened you've been my coach and
"I've always thought that if broke a promise to her by while talking to reporters.
you've been my friend."
there's ever an occasion for a cussing.
In the coaches' locker room
Knight's career record is
song to be played on my
"The first 15 minutes of the later, Knight was asked 880-354. He recently agreed to
behalf, I wanted it to be Frank game was Karen's game plan," whether his emotions got the a contract extension through
Sinatra singing ' My Way,"' he said of his wife, a former best of him. Gently rocking his the 2010- 11 season, which
said Knight, whose usually high school coach. "The rest head, with his hands clasped doesn' t bode well for anyone
glaring facade showed hints of of it was mine, unfortunately." over his hair, he paused and hoping to break his record.
cracking during the outpouring
The first thing he did was said, "Well, I don' t know. Consider this: Krzyzewski has
of emotions.
tell Tech's current chancellor Maybe."
765 wins and is 59; he'll be 64
"I don't expect you people "what an improvement you
Knight summoned an in 2011 and might still be 100
to have agreed with what I've are" over the predecessor Associated Press reporter after wins behind.
Knight admits the record is
done - and, if I did (care), I Knight had sparred with at a the news conference because
would have asked your opin- salad bar. He called his current he was upset that he'd forgot- a byproduct of longevity. The
ion. And I have never asked athletic director one of the best ten to thank Dean Smith, ultimate standard of college
whose record he broke. He basketball coaching excelthe opinions of very many. friends he's ever had.
I've simply tried to do what I
"I've had the chance to also had a parting piece of lence is the 10 national titles
think is best in the way that I work with some really great advice.
won by UCLA's John Wooden ,
"You make damn sure you all in a 12-year span.
think you have to do it. I think athletic directors and some
I've put myself out on a limb really bad ones," he said. "I put Frank Sinatra's song in
Also
worth
noting:
at times, knowingly, simply appreciate what I learned from your article," Knight said.
Tennessee wome n's coach Pat
because I thought what I was the bad ones."
Earlier, he explained why Summitt has won the most
Knight singled out a player "My Way" was so fitting.
NCAA games, 925; and Harry
going to do or say was the best
"I've simply tried to do Statham of NAIA McKendree
way to get this kid to be the whose hustle helped pull out
best player or the best stu- this victory, which wasn't what I think is best," Knight College in Lebanon, Ill., has
dent."
easy; Tech blew a 20-point said. "Regrets? Sure. Just like won the most men's games at a
Knight has been a college lead and trailed by four points the song. I have regrets. I wish four-year college, 925.
Tony Danridge led New
coach for 41 of his 66 years, with 6:25 remaining. The Red I could done things better at
having broken in at Army and Raiders (11 -4) finally went times. I wish I would have had Mexico (11-4) with 17 points
made his mark by winning back ahead with 2:04 left and a better answer, a better way, and Giddens had 14.
at times. But just like he said, I
Jay Jackson and Martin
three national titles in 29 years managed to hold on.
at Indiana. Fired by Indiana
He introduced as "our did it my way and when I look Zeno led Tech with 22 points
after administrators could no prized student" the player he back on it, I don' t think my each.
longer tolerate his behavior, he suspended for academic rea- way was all that bad."
resurfaced at this college bas- sons at the start of the season.
The celebration began with
Associated Press Writer
ketball outpost in 2001 and has He jokingly tapped the chin of as much relief over the win as Betsy Blaney contributed to
guided the Red Raiders to the player whose chin he had the fact Knight got the record this report
unprecedented heights.
by JAIME ARON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE
Three
freshman scored in double figures as Louisville won its fifth
straight by beating North
Carolina-Asheville
66-51
Saturday afternoon at Freedom
Hall.
Freshman Edgar Sosa, Jerry
Smith and Earl Clark each
11
points
for
scored
Louisville.
Bryan Smithson led the
Bulldogs with 16 points.
Louis ville (I 0-4) held
Asheville scoreless for nearly
6-112 minutes in the first half
as the Cardinals went on a 16point nm to go ahead 22-6.
Sosa made 3-pointers on
two possessions in a row dur-
ing Louisville's scoring run.
The Bulldogs made their
second field goal, a 3-pointer
by Joey Harrell, with 7:34 to
play in the half to make the
score 24-9.
But the Bulldogs fought
back to trim the Cardinals'
lead to 29-22 with 1:15 to play
in the first half.
Louisville led 31-22 at the
half.
The loss was the fifth in a
row for the Bulldogs (4- 10).
Joey Harrell had seven
down 11 rebounds. Johnson
was one of four South Floyd
players in double figures scoring. Lyle Johnson followed
with 1I points for the Raiders.
Adam Slone and Wes Akers
each had 11 points for South
Floyd. Slone also dished out
seven assists and pulled down
six rebounds for the Raiders.
Akers had four rebounds and
four assic:;ts in the win.
Kory Henry, Tommy Joe
Hall and Kyle Brown each had
three points for the Raiders.
Brown gave South Floyd a
solid performance on the
boards, hauling in seven
rebounds.
The Raiders led Sheldon
Clark 38-34 at the half.
Eagles fall short against Central Michigan
Knight gets win No. 880, passing Smith for tops in Division I
Louisville 66,
UNCAsheville 51
For East Ridge (5-6), Adam
Coleman led the way with 16
points. Mark Bartley scored
14 points for the Warriors.
Thursday, South Floyd
dropped a heartbreaker to
Sheldon Clark, another 15th
Region rival. More on the
South Floyd-Sheldon Clark
game follows.
Sheldon Clark 79, South
Floyd 77: Brady Horn scored
a game-high 32 points as
Sheldon Clark edged South
Floyd. George Shimko scored
Millard
19 points and
Workman added I 2 for the
Cardinals.
Ethan Johnson recorded a
double-double for the Raiders,
scoring 24 points and pulling
rebounds for the Bulldogs.
Cardinals'
center
David
Padgett had l 0 points, eight
rebounds and three blocks.
The Cardinals will begin
their conference schedule at
No. 19 Notre Dame today.
led by Cordaryl Ballard who
scored 16 points and grabbed
nine rebounds. Quentin Pryor
added 14 points.
After leading by two points,
29-27, at halftime, CMU built
its lead to 13 points at 46-33
with 8:36 left in the game.
Morehead State ended the
game on an 18-6 run, but could
never take the lead despite
several opportunities in the
final minutes. Neither team
scored in the final 1:43 of the
game.
"They had us back on our
heels in the first half," said
MSU Head Coach Donnie
Tyndall. "We were hesitant
and
committed
several
turnovers that led to easy baskets for them. We did a little
better job in the second half
but couldn't get the shots to
fall."
The Eagles shot a frigid
27.1 percent (13-of-48) from
the field. The Chippewas didn't fair much better, but their
35.8 percent (19-of-53) shooting was good enough to win.
Central Michigan outrebounded MSU, 37-to-35.
The Chippewas had 21
turnovers to 19 for the Eagles.
WYMT Girls' Mountain Top 10
Week 5: Dec. 29, 2006
1. Perry County Central
2. Magoffin County
3. Shelby Valley
4. Whitley County
5. Belfry
6. Clay County
7. Breathitt County
8. Leslie County
9. Corbin
10. South Laurel
Week 5: Dec. 29, 2006
1. South Laurel
2. Bell County
3. Shelby Valley
4. Hazard
5. Paintsville
6. Breathitt County
7. June Buchanan
8. Belfry
9. Clay County
10. Cumberland
TIGER HOOPS CLASSIC
Below: Alcoa (Tenn.), after falling to host Paintsville in its
tournament opener, captured the fourth annual Paintsville
Tiger Hoops Classic title Saturday. Paintsville junior
Landon Slone is pictured above during the awards ceremony.
�WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
3 2007 • A 15
Tricky Broncos bust Sooners in wild Fiesta; USC gives taste of what's to come
by RALPH D. RUSSO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boise State and Oklahoma played a
*classic, Southern California made a
case for next season's No. 1 ranking
and Joe Paterno had a bird's-eye view
of his 22nd bowl victory.
The usual wall-to-wall New Year's
Day football featured six bowl games
_ all but one decided by 10 points or
less _ and ended with one of the
wildest finishes college football has
ever seen.
No. 9 Boise State (13-0) proved it
belonged in the Bowl Championship
Series and completed a perfect completed season with a thrilling 43-42
overtime victory against No. 7
Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on
Monday night.
'"" On the same field where topranked Ohio State and No. 2 Florida
will play for the national championship next week, the Western
Athletic Conference champs made
their case for No. I.
"We went 13-0 and beat everyone
on our schedule," said Boise State
quarterback Jared Zabransky, who
threw three touchdown passes and one
costly interception. "We deserve a
chance at the national title."
In one of the more dramatic finishes in BCS history, the Sooners and the
Broncos combined for 22 points in the
# final 86 seconds of regulation.
Boise State sent the game into
overtime with 7 seconds left by scoring a touchdown on a hook-n-lateral
play and beat the Sooners when Ian
Johnson ran in a 2-point conversion
after another trick play.
"I think we went out and proved
the nation wrong," said Boise State
safety Marty Tadman, who had two
interceptions, one of which he
returned 27 yards for a touchdown.
"I'm tired of people doubting us."
Nobody doubts USC will be on the
short list of the teams to beat next season after the Trojans beat Michigan
32-18 in the Rose Bowl.
AU-American Dwayne Jarrett was
unstoppable, catching 11 passes for
205 yards and two touchdowns. John
David Booty played the best game of
his fust season as USC's starting quarterback, passing for 391 yards and
made himself an early front-runner for
next season's Heisman Trophy.
And with many familiar faces
returning to the Trojans along with
Booty, USC appears to be heading
toward its third No. 1 preseason ranking in The Associated Press poll the
past four years - even if Jarrett leaves
early for the NFL.
"We're really excited about the
team," coach Pete Carroll said. "We're
so young. We've got so many guys
coming back. There's a feeling there's
some special stuff in this locker
room."
At the Outback Bowl, Paterno's
surgically repaired left leg wouldn't
allow him to coach Penn State from
the sideline. The 80-year-old Paterno
was stuck in a coach's box, high above
the field as the Nittany Lions beat
Tennessee 20-10.
"I don't like it up there," Paterno
said. "It's not much fun."
In other bowl action Monday it
was, West Vuginia 38, Georgia Tech
35 in the Gator Bowl; Wisconsin 17,
Arkansas 14 in the Capital One Bowl;
and Auburn 17, Nebraska 14 in the
Cotton Bowl.
In Glendale, Ariz., the fust Fiesta
Bowl played at the new University of
Phoenix Stadium will go down as one
of the best.
Adrian Peterson ran 25 yards for a
touchdown on the first play of overtime to give the Sooners (11-3) a 4235 lead. It may tum out to be the
junior's final college play if he decides
to head to the NFL.
The Broncos responded with
receiver Vinny Perretta throwing a
fourth-down touchdown pass to Derek
Schouman to make it 42-41, and Boise
State Chris Petersen decided to go for
the win.
Zabransky looked at three wide
receivers to his right, pump faked,
then handed the ball behind his back to
Johnson, who raced untouched into
the end zone.
That play was almost as amazing as
the one that tied the game.
After falling behind 35-28 on
Marcus Walker's 33 interception
return TD with 1:02 left, the Broncos
tied it with a stunning 50-yard touchdown play on fourth-and-18 with 7
seconds to play. Zabransky hit Drisan
James at Oklahoma's 35, and James
pitched the ball to Jerard Rabb, who
raced into the end zone.
"It would have been easy to give up
on us with a minute left, but we had a
lot of magic left," Zabransky said.
Michigan could've used some
magic against USC (11-2). Nothing
else worked for the Wolverines, who
thought they deserved a rematch with
Ohio State in the title game but ended
up in the Rose Bowl.
Michigan (11-2) allowed six sacks
and didn't get past the USC 20 until
they'd fallen behind 19-3.
"I don't want to compare teams,"
coach Lloyd Carr said when asked
how USC looked next to Ohio State.
"I said going into this game, USC is
the best defensive team we've played,
and there's no doubt in my mind that
they are."
USC was a win away from playing
Ohio State in next week's BCS championship game, but was upset 13-9 by
UCLA on the last day of the regular
season.
"It's a little disappointing because
we can play with anybody and we
knew that," USC coach Carroll said.
"But to have this opportunity and to
have a night like this for our fans, it's
awesome."
In Tampa, Fla., Paterno watched
Tony Hunt run for 158 yards and Tony
Davis return a fumble 88 yards for a
touchdown.
Penn State (9-4) forced three
turnovers in holding Tennessee (9-4)
to a season-low point total, and the
Nittany Lions improved to 16-6 in
New Year's Day bowls under their 80-
Steelers 23, Bengals 17, Overtime
by JOE KAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI- Joey Porter tried
to end the suspense and get an answer
for the question that all of Pittsburgh
is asking.
,. A few minutes after the Steelers
knocked the Cincinnati Bengals out
of playoff contention with a 23-17
victory in overtime Sunday, the emotional linebacker cornered his head
coach - the one he kissed after a victory early in the season- and asked if
he was staying.
"To~y was the first time anybpdy
put him on the spot," Porter said. "I
asked him. He said he doesn't know.
We love the guy regardless."
Cowher later walked through the
locker room with a peaceful smile on
his face and his black, double-breasted jacked comfortably unbuttoned.
• He stopped to embrace one player,
then another, for a little chitchat
about the game.
They all wanted to know the
answer to the overriding question.
"They brought it up to me," said
Cowher, who is 161 -99- 1 overall in
15 seasons at Pittsburgh. "It's hard
when I see those guys.
"I know where I'm leaning. I want
to make sure I'm thinking clearly
about it. I'm not burned out. When I
make a decision, it's a well-thought-
out one. I'm not a hindsight kind of
guy."
While the Steelers waited for an
answer, the Bengals (8-8) were
already deep into hindsight about a
season gone horribly wrong.
They were first in line for a wildcard playoff berth with three weeks ,
but wound up shut out of the playoffs
by an 0-3 finish. A week ago in
Denver, a bad snap on an extra-point
attempt with 46 seconds to play prevented them from clinching a spot.
There were more mistakes galore
against the Steelers (8-8), who beat
them .in the playoffs last. ..'\y~sop.
Shayne Graham was wide right on a
39-yard field goal try with 8 seconds
left in regulation.
On the third play in overtime, Ben
Roethlisberger threw a pass to
Santonio Holmes, who eluded three
defenders and dived the final few
yards into the end zone, completing a
67-yard touchdown play.
Another bad kick and another
defensive
breakdown
finished
Cincinnati off.
"That's just another game we
shouldn't have lost to another team
we feel were better than," said
Carson Palmer, who rallied the
Bengals with a pair of fourth-quarter
touchdown passes.
Four hours after their loss, the
Bengals got more reason to feel bad
about it. Denver's 26-23 loss to San
Francisco meant that Cincinnati
would have gotten the AFC's other
wild card, had Graham made the field
goal with 8 seconds left.
The Bengals won the AFC North
last season with a consistent offense.
Their playoff run ended in their first
game, when Palmer's left knee was
shredded by Kimo von Oelhoffen's
hit on his first pass at Paul Brown
Stadium.
Fans are still riled by that game Cowher stole Cincinnati's "Who
Dey" cheer afterward as part of the
Steelers; locke~ rom;n ..,8el~P.ra~i.9? and hung a banner from the upper
deck that said: "We Haven't
Forgotten."
They won't soon forget one of the
biggest meltdowns in franchise history.
"I never in a million years thought
we'd be sitting at home during the
playoffs, with the talent we have,"
running back Rudi Johnson said.
If this was Cowher's finish in
Pittsburgh, it was one worth remembering.
Palmer threw touchdown passes of
66 yards to Chris Henry and 5 yards
to Tony Stewart in the fourth quarter,
then hooked up with Henry on a 47yard completion that put the Bengals
in range for the win.
Graham, the most accurate current
year-old coach.
Gator Bowl: No. 13 West Virginia
38, Georgia Tech 35 - At
Jacksonville, Fla., Patrick White led
West Virginia back from an 18-point
deficit in the second half in the highest
scoring Gator Bowl ever.
Tailback Steve Slaton, the country's third-leading rusher at 144 yards
a game, played only the first half for
the Mountaineers (11-2) because of a
bruised left thigh.
White was 9-of-15 for 131 yards
and two touchdowns and rushed 22
times for 145 yards and a touchdown.
Taylor Bennett was 19-of-29 for
326 yards and Calvin Johnson finished
with 186 yards receiving and two TDs
for Georgia Tech (9-5).
SCOREBOARD
Saturday's Games
N.Y. Giants 34, Washingtoa 28
Sunday's Games
Detroit 39, Dallas 31
N.Y. Jets 23, Oakland 3
St. Louis 41, Minnesota 21
Houston 14, Cleveland 6
Carolina 31, New Orleans 21
New England 40, Tennessee 23
Seattle 23, Tampa Bay 7
Pittsburgh 23, Cincinnati 17, OT
Kansas City 35, Jacksonville 30
Indianapolis 27, Miami 22
Baltimore 19, Buffalo 7
San Diego 27, Arizona 20
Philadelphia 24, Atlanta 17
San Francisco 26, Denver 23, OT
Green Bay 26, Chicago 7
End Regular Season
NFL Playo s
At a Glance
kicker in the NFL, pushed the fieldgoal attempt a few feet wide, leaving
the Bengals crestfallen. Cowher had
called a timeout just before the kick,
making Graham think about it.
Saturday, Jan. 6
"I felt really good about it," said
Kansas City at Indianapolis. 4:30 p .m.
Graham, who missed for the fifth
(NBC)
time in 29 attempts this season. "I hit
Dallas at Seattle, 8 p.m. (NBC)
the ball and there wasn't a doubt in
Sunday, Jan. 7
my mind that it was good. Then I saw
New York )ets at New England, 1
the way it veered off to the right."
p.m. (CBS)
All Roethlisberger needed was
New York Giants at Philadelphia. 4:30
three plays in overtime to end the
p.m. (FOX)
Bengals' faint playoff hopes.
After Holmes darted through.
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down, :Roethhsberger ran down the
AFC game. TBA (CBS)
field with his index fingers pointing
NFC game, TBA (FOX)
toward the sky and his mouth agape
Sunday, Jan. 14
with joy, looking for someone to hug
AFC game, TBA (CBS)
after a rare, joyful moment.
NFC
game, TBA <FOX)
Roethlisberger
became
the
youngest quarterback to win a Super
Conference Championships
Bowl last season, but had little more
Swiday, Jan. 21
bad
news
this
time
around
a
than
AFC game, TBA (CBS)
motorcycle accident in the offseason,
NFC game, TBA (FOX)
followed by an appendectomy and a
concussion.
Super Bowl
The Steelers then celebrated in the
Sunday, Feb. 4
Miami
end zone after ending the Bengals'
AFC Champion vs. NFC Champion. 6
season.
p.m. {CBS)
"That's why everyone was smiling
and happy," running back Willie
Pro Bowl
Parker said. "If we don't go, they
Sunday, Feb. 11
don't go."
At Honolulu
AFC vs. NFC, 6 p.m. (CBS)
"Kentucky Wildcats 78, Easter n Kentucky Colonels 65
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Tired of being
upstaged by a freshman on an in-state
rival, Ramel Bradley decided to carry
Kentucky's defense - and offense on his back.
In the midst of six strrught 3-pointers by Eastern Kentucky guard Adam
Leonard, the Wildcats' own longrange specialist volunteered to guard
him and virtually shut him down.
~
It was Bradley's 3s - not
Leonard's - down the stretch that
made the difference in Kentucky's
78-65 victory Saturday afternoon,
extending the team's win streak to six.
"I was kind of getting a little frus-
trated," Bradley said. "Every time I'd
look up, he was knocking a shot
down. I was like, 'I can shoot it too."'
The converted point guard
matched Leonard with 20 points.
And, what Bradley couldn't do outside, Randolph Morris provided
inside. He equaled a career high with
25 points and added 10 rebounds for
his fourth double-double of the season.
Morris, who was 9 for 12 from the
field, didn' t pick up his first and only
foul until late in the game when the
Wildcats led by 13.
Last season was the fust since
1989-90 that Kentucky (10-3) didn't
manage at least one streak of six or
more wins. They moved to 10-0 all-
time against the Colonels (8-4), who
they met most recently in the first
round of the 2005 NCAA tournament.
"When we win a game, forget
about it," Morris said. "Focus on the
next one."
The Wildcats host Houston
Wednesday in their final tuneup
before Southeastern Conference play
begins.
Every time Kentucky tried to pull
away early, the Colonels seemed to
nail a 3-pointer to stay close. Leonard
made his fust seven shots - six of
them from 3-point range - including
one that cut the Wildcats ' lead to 4039 early in the second half.
"He wasn't feeling very well during the game," Eastern coach Jeff
Neubauer said of Leonard. "So we're
going to try to get him the same menu
for tomorrow."
But Bradley followed with
Kentucky's first 3-pointer in 10 tries,
then made a diving steal and fed
Morris for a layup that extended
Kentucky's lead to 45-39. Bradley
caught fire in the second half and
ended up 4-for-7 from 3-point range.
The Colonels never led after a
Leonard 3 gave them an 18-17 lead
less than seven minutes into the game,
but they did manage to tie up the
Wildcats twice after that.
Kentucky made only four of its
fust 16 shots and had no assists in the
first 10 minutes, but quickly corrected
course. The Wildcats hit 52 percent of
their shots and dominated the boards
38-26.
"When you can shoot well in the
second half like that you can make up
for a lot of mistakes," Kentucky
coach Tubby Smith said.
Kentucky held the Colonels' top
player, Mike Rose, to just 2-for-17
shooting, and Smith credited Joe
Crawford for defending him.
Crawford also had 13 points to give
the Wildcats a third player in double
digits.
The loudest cheers at Rupp Arena
came during halftime when the video
board showed clips of Kentucky's
football team, which upset Clemson
in the Music City Bowl Friday in
Nashville.
Kentucky 28, C lem son 2 0 : Music t o W ildcat fans' ears
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
A SSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE,
Tenn.
Throughout Kentucky's breakout
•football season, coach Rich Brooks
often played the role of history professor to inspire his team _ pointing
out the last time the Wildcats had
accomplished this or that.
It's time to update the textbooks
again.
Kentucky beat Clemson 28-20 in
the Music City Bowl on Friday to
capture its sixth bowl victory - first
since 1984 - and secure only its second eight-win season in 28 years.
"Obviously I am not a very bright
guy, so it takes more words than I
can explain how emotional I am
about what they have accomplished,"
Brooks said,
Heading into the year, Brooks was
on the coaching hot seat because the
probation-plagued Wildcats had
managed just a 9-25 record his previous three seasons at the helm.
But he signed a contract extension
last week, and with almost all the key
playmakers returning, the future suddenly looks bright for football in the
basketball town of Lexington.
The brightest star of Kentucky 's
potent offense was quarterback
Andre Woodson, who followed last
year's six touchdown passes with 31
TD passes as a junior - including
three against the Tigers.
He is only the second quarterback
in Kentucky history to top the 30-TD
mark, joining former NFL No. 1
draft pick Tim Couch.
"I think this win is an exclamation
mark to the season," said Woodson,
elected as the game's most valuable
player.
While Kentucky (8-5) finished
strong, with wins in five of its last six
games and a narrow loss at rival
Tennessee, Clemson (8-5) went in
the other direction. Despite beating
Wake Forest and Georgia Tech, the
teams that played for the Atlantic
Coast Conference title, Clemson lost
four of its last five.
"If I knew what happened, I'd
make sure to never do it again,"
Clemson coach Tommy Bowden
said.
Kentucky 's offense put up
impressive numbers again but its
defense, which came into the game
ranked second-to-last nationally,
made the difference.
"We didn't get any respect coming into this game," said linebacker
Wesley Woodyard, who led the
Wildcats with 12 tackles. "A lot of
people expected our defense to come
in and curl up, but that's not a
defense. If the game was played on
paper, we'd be blown out 50-0."
The Wildcats forced
four
turnovers and limited Clemson to
just six points until the final 7 minutes when they used a prevent
defense.
A large early deficit forced the
Tigers, one of the country's best
rushing teams, into passing situations. Running backs James Davis
and C.J. Spiller combined for just 77
yards, and Spiller fell short of the 86
he needed to make the tandem the
first in school history with 1,000
yards rushing apiece.
"I'm sick to the stomach right
now," Spiller said. "It's going to
carry over all through the offseason
until we play our next game."
A fake punt deep in Kentucky territory helped ignite the Wildcats
offense early, when punter Tim
Masthay threw for the first down.
"If it doesn't work, you're the
dumbest guy in the world," Brooks
said. "If it works , you get the first
down."
Woodson then lofted a deep pass
over the Clemson secondary and
found DeMoreo Ford streaking for a
70-yard touchdown - the longest
allowed all season by the nation's
12th-ranked defense.
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David Road
93' Chevy
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120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
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92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
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886-3451.
Miscellaneous
FOR SALE
1996 Dodge
'I Grand Caravan
And a 1982
Voltswagon
Rabbit
Convertable
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call 874-2421 if no
answer please
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1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
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answer please
leave message.
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that have reference
numbers,
please
indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
J' your
envelope.
Reference numbers are used to
help us direct
your feller to the
correct individual
Job Listings
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is now
taking applications
for Dietary position.
Excellent
wages
and benefits. Apply
in person at 1025
Euclid
Avenue,
Painstville,
Ky.
From Monday
Friday between 8a4:30p.
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LOOKING FOR
RN OR LPN TO
WATCH OVER 7
YEAR OLD BOY
WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY. CALL 8745473 OR 432-2 111 .
JOB OPENING
Cost
Cutters
located inside of
Pikeville Wai-Mart is
seekmg part tine/
full tine hair stylists.
Benefits
include:
Paid
vacations,
Health insurance,
ect. Apply inside or
call kay @ 606-4326629.
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor
of Pamstville is taking applications for
a LPN position.
wages
Excellent
and benefits. Apply
in person at 1025
Euclid
Avenue,
Painstville, Ky from
Monday thru Friday
between 8a and
4:30p.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only,
MERCHANDISE
Animals
Chinese Shar-Pei
Puppies
Ready for
Christmas! 1st
shots and first
wormings! Red,
brown, white, and
black. Already
potty trained.
Well socialized.
Please call 606886-0397 or 2263543 for more
information. Or
email at
sypv_king@ msn.
com
Furniture
FOR SALE
Exquisite antique
Player Piano, Rare
find. Pump or electric, 37 scrolls.
Colored glass with
lead, as sliding
doors. Great for
large foyer, or
large grandroom.
Elegance to the
eye, pleasure for
the ear. Call after
7p only! 874-3285
or 791-7558.
$3,500
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture, used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
more!
Call 606874-9790.
Miscellaneous
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER
NEEDED! Must
have previous
experience OR
have interest in
taking dance classes. Must be capeable of going to
dance class. Ages
50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
FOR SALE
Miniture Dotson 8
1/2 weeks old. Call
874-8322 or 2263211.
FOR SALE
1 BURIAL PLOT
LOCATED ON
RICHMOND
CEMETERY. CALL
886-3394.
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HRMC: 886-851 I ) www.HRMC.org
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Medical Technologist
Highlands Regional Medical Center has an opening in the
Clinical Laboratory Department for a Medical Technologist.
The Medical Technologist will work under the supervision of
the Technical Director of the Clinical L aboratory, and must
have a sound knowledge of C linical Laboratory science, and
have the ability to perform highly advanced technical and
complex analytic work.
The ideal candidate must be a graduate of an approved
Medical Technology School or equivalent. MT (ASCP), MT
(AMT), MT (ISCLT), or HEW certification is required.
Interested applicants may apply to the
Human Resources Department. HRMC.
5000 Ky. Rt. 321,
Prestonsburg. Ky. 41653
(606) 886-7530
Fax (606) 886-7534
E-mail: tclark@hrmc.org
FOR SALE
Windows for sale.
Five 36x62 Double
Pane insulated
windows. Never
been used
Windows open
from the inside for
easy cleaning. Call
606-226-0913
Leave message.
REAL ESTATE
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FOR SALE
REDUCED!
Property for sale at
Frasure
Creek.
Septic and water
ready.
$22,500.
Call
377-9221
Bobby Caudill.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Lum
DeRossett
Branch 75 acres
more
or
less.
Level
land.
Sloping I timber.
Call 606-325-2809
or 606-325-4430
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
and
1/2.
Refrigerator, stove,
washer and dryer.
Standard
appliances include a
new furnace. Very
good condition for
m o d e I
Underpinning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
1 BR furnished
apt on Rt. 1210
Five miles from
Martin.
W/D
hookup. $375 per
month.
$125
deposit. All utilities
Salyersville Health Care Center
is recruiting for a qualified candidate to fill our RN Unit Manager
position. The qualified candidate
must be a Kentucky Registered
Nurse, have knowledge of long
term care and have at least 3
yrs. experience.
Salyersville Health Care Center
571 Parkway Drive
Salyersville, KY 41465
E.O.E./A.A.P.
Personnel Assistant
Provide support in functional areas of the human
resources department which may include employee
records, recruitment and employment, employee benefits , affirmative action and HR generalist duties.
Computer skills required. Excellent interpersonal skills
required. College degree (bachelor's) preferred. Prior
HR experience preferred.
Applications will be accepted at:
Kentucky Department for Employment Services
138 College Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company is an EOE.
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PREMIER ELKHORN COAL COMPANY, Myra,
Highlands is an equal opportunity employer.
Treatment Nurse
Energetic, efficient person with accounting
experience and general office skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks, pay attention to
details & have excellent organizational skills.
A strong working knowledge of Microsoft
Office plus accmmting software.
Excellent written communication skills are
necessary.
Medical office experience preferred.
College degree welcome.
Position offers benefit package and salary
corrunensurate with experience. Til.is is a nonsmoking facility. Send resume along with three
references & phone numbers to
Medical Offices
P. 0. Box 3128
Pikeville, K Y 41 502
HELP WANTED: Waitresses, dishwashers/busboys, cooks. Paid vacation, health insurance available.
Uniforms furnished.
No phone calls, please!
Apply in person.
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
APPLICATIONS BEING
ACCEPTED FOR
1-BEDROOM
APARTMENTS FOR
PERSONS
55 AND OLDER
1, 2 3, 4 Bedrooms
available for extremely
low-income people at
Highland Heights Apts.
in Gable-Roberts Addn.,
and Cliffside Apts. on
Cliff Road, Prestonsburg.
Computerized
learning centers offer
social/educational programs for children and
adults.
All utilities
included at Highland
Hgts., utility allowance
at Cliffside. Call (606)
886-0608, 886-1927, or
886-1819. TOO: 1-800648·6056.
Highland
Heights and Cliffside
Apartments do not discriminate in admission
or employment in subsi·
dized
housing
on
account of race, color,
national origin, sex,
age, disability, religion
and familial
status.
Located behind Wendy's
and Pizza Hut in Prestonsburg. All utilities are
Included and the rent is
based upon gross monthly
income. Several activities,
such as line dancing, crafts,
bingo, movies, hair salon
and church services. The
apartmentS are Jllfnl~nPn I
with a refroiaer:~tor.
more information,
call Highland Terrace
886-1925, TOO: 1·800·64l~·l
6056 or 711, or come by
office for an application.
Highland Terrace does
discriminate in admission
or employment In subsidized housing on account
of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age,
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REGENCY PARK
APARTMENTS
One, Two and Three Bedroom Units
Kitchen Appliances Furnish~d
Water, Sewer & Garbage Paid
Located on U.S. 321 (below hospital)
For Applications, call or write:
Regency Park Apartments
61 Regency Park Dr, Box 17
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
PHONE:
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3, 2007
except
electric
included. Call anytime 285-3641.
Please call 8866184 between 8 10am. and 3-7pm.
APT FOR RENT
2 BR Townhouses
at
Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-61 86
QWIKSILVER
TOWNHOUSES
2 BR 1 112 Bath
townhouse
and
hardwood floors &
carport
$575
monthly plus utilities. No pets. Call
606-447-2192
or
606-434-6576
or
606-226-1925
Spring Into Your
New Home This
Year. Park Place
Apartments. First
month rent FREE
WI Deposit paid in
Full. Rent starting at
1 BR - $280, 2 BR
$304. Offer valid
thru 01/31107. All
electric
HUD
accepted. Call 8860039 . Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1 500 Sq.
feet with garages. 3
BR $700 per month.
$700 deposit. Half
mile from Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
1-2 BR FURNISHED
Apt.
Clean.
In
Prestonsburg. 8868366.
FOR RENT.
1 BR Apartment
for rent located at
lvel. Call 478-8100
FOR RENT
2 BR Apt accommodating only 1 or 2
people.
612 N.
Arnold
Ave,
Prestonsburg. $600
per month plus utilities. Appliances furnished
including
WID. Lease and
deposit
required.
No pets! No smoking! 886-6460.
FOR RENT
1 BR APT. (Fully
furnished).
With
washer and dryer,
$425 per month.
Referenc e s
required.
$1 75
deposit.
Utilities
included, no pets,
nb HUD. 285-31 40 .
FOR RENT
1 BR effiency Apt.
for rentprivate parking,
private
lot. Furnished
including TV. All utilities paid plus cable.
$475 per month
plus $250 deposit.
874-4330.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references . Call 2859112.
FOR RENT
New one BR apt
with
all
new
ammenities
in
peaceful
setting
near
HRMC.
Comes with electric
and water prepaid.
Must see to believe.
Call 886-6343. Call
for more info.
HOUSE FOR RENT
3 BR 2 Bath Log
Home in Oaklawn,
Hager Hill. Central
HIA low utility bills.
Large covereddeck,
Large storage barn.
Acres of privacy.
Open
Oct
31.
$1090.00 month or
best offer. 850-2222226. Leave message.
HOUSE FOR RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated com munity, references
and
deposrt
required.
Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call
4386104.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
One Mobile Home
lots for rent 1/2 mile
on
right
from
Prestonsburg
on
Town Branch Road.
Lots
have
city
water, gas, sewage,
and AEP electric.
Call Karen 8747155.
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
by Sylvia Hall. The
operation will use
the surface area
and surface contour
methods of mining.
The
application
has been filed for
public inspection at
the Department for
Surface
Mining
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
London
Regional
Office, 85 State
Police
Road,
London, Kentucky
407 41.
Written
comments, objections, or requests
for a permit conference must be filed
with the Director,
Division of Permits,
#2 Hudson Hollow,
U.S . 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601
acres.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 1 .0
miles east from Ky
Route 1428's junction with Sugarloaf
Branch Road and
located 0.1 miles
north of Sugarloaf
Branch.
The
proposed
amendment
is
located
on
the
Lancer
U.S.G.S.
7?112 minute quadrangle map.
The
amendment will use
the
underground
mining
method.
The operation will
underlie land owned
by Jewell Crider,
Lon Goble Estate,
Donald L. & Joyce
Goble, Bud Goble
Estate, Wayne &
Barbara
Wright,
Mary Lucille Willis,
NOTICE OF
Lewis
&
Emma
PUBLIC SALE
Hunt, Evan & Mari
The
following Rose , Linda Jervis,
items will be offered Floyd Harris Heirs,
at public sale on Jimmy & Ramona
Rudy
January 5, 2007, at Burchetts,
Vivian
First
Guaranty Harris,
Franklin,
John
Bank, 39 Triangle Harris,
Martha
Street,
Martin, Johnson ,
Bill
Kentucky, 41649, at Monroe Thompson,
Army
Corps
11 a.m.
Engineers,
Clark
Pergrem,
Jesse
NOTICE OF
Rudd, and Mary
PUBLIC SALE
Crawford & Charles
1998 Ford Eddie Porter Trust.
Bauer Expedition
The
amendment
VIN #
application
has
1FMPU18LOWLB28 been filed for public
inspection at the
698
Department
for
1998 Chevrolet
Natural
Resource's
Cavalier
Prestonsburg
VIN #
Regional
Office,
1G1 JF52T7W71 0543
3140 South Lake
9
D r i v e
All items are Prestonsburg, Ky
sold "as is where 41653.
Written
is." Seller reserves comments, objecthe right to bid and tions, or requests
for a permit conferto reject any or all
ence must be filed
bids. Items are to be w ith the Director,
paid following the D ivision of Mine
sale, or satisfactory Permits, #2 Hudson
arrangements are Hollow, U.S. 127
South ,
Frankfort,
made with the sell- Kentucky 40601.
er. Announcements
at the sale take priNOTICE OF
ority
over
ad.
PUBLIC SALE
Purchaser to pay all
The
following
FOR RENT
2 BR MH. Minutes
from Prestonsburg.
WID hookup. $375
and $375 deposit.
Water, Sewage, and
trash
included .
889-0036.
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty
Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O . Box 888
Martin, KY 41649
FOR RENT
Large mobile home.
Covered
porch
14x82. Newly painted, remodeled. Call
874-2720.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number
LEGALS
Amendment
No.4
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.070 ,
notice is hereby
given that Matt/Co.,
Inc., 439 Meadows
Branc h;
P re ston s burg ,
Kentucky
41 653
has applied for an
amendment to an
existing
underground/ refuse storage coal mining
operation located
2 .0 miles north of
Emma in Floyd
County.
The
amendment will add
an
additional
1521 .0 ac res of
underground a rea
for a total area within the permit boundary
of
2648.16
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8360324
DUPLEX
FOR
In
acco rdance
RENT 2 BR central with KRS 350.055,
heat
and
air. notice is hereby
Excellent
condi - given that GCAS
tion.Located on US Corporation, P.O .
23 1 mile from pre- Box 2886, Pikeville,
stonsburg.
Call KY 41 502,
has
886-9007 or 889- applied for a permit
9747. NO PETS.
for a surface coal
mining and reclaAPT FOR RENT
m ation o pe ration,
Furni s h e d located 1.0 mile
Apa rtment for rent. north of the commuSuitable for 1 per- nity of Dana, in
s on . Lease and Floyd County. The
security
deposit proposed ope ration
require. Basic utili- will disturb 24.27
ties included. $475 surface acres, and
per
month.
No will underlie 9.34
HUD, No Pets! Call acres. 6.24 acres of
886-3565
the
und erground
acreage
rests
Furnished 1 bed b eneath pro posed
room Apt. Central s urface
acreage,
heat & air. Rent and is included in
sta rting at $375. the
surface
month, + $300 . acreage. The total
deposit
wate r acreage to be perincluded . Located mitted
1s 24.27
near HRMC. 606- acres .
889-9717.
The
pro posed
operation is approximate ly 0 .2 mil e
HOUSES
s outheast
from
Johnson
Fork
HOUSE FOR RENT Road's junction with
2 BR could be Cecil Branch Road,
bought on land con- and located within
tract, with good Johnson Fork. The
down
payment. latitude is 371133'57"
Located
at a nd the longitude is
Bevinsville , Ky. Call 82 1141'1 3" .
478-9623
The
proposed
operation is located
HOUSE FOR RENT on
the
Harold
In
Prestons burg . U.S.G .S.
7
1/2
Two bedroom, living minute quadrangle
room, dining area, maps . The surface
kitchen .
Washe r a rea to be disturbed
and dryer hookup. is owned by Randy
house has Hayes, et a!. The
T he
refridg e ration and pe rmit area will
stove. Heat and air. underlie land owned
836-5334
items will be offered
at public sale on
January 19th, 2007 ,
at First Guaranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky, 41649, at
11 :00 a.m.
1. Craftsman Bench
Belt Sander
2. Craftsman Band
Saw
3. 4000 watt
Generator
4. Craftsman
Pressure Washer
5. Black & Decker
Electric Drill
6. Dewalt 4"
Grinder
7. Dewalt
Sheetrock Drill
8. Black & Decker
Jigsaw
9. Skill Belt Sander
10. Milwaukee High
Torque Driver Drill
11 . Ryobi Router
12. Skill Jigsaw
13. Rotozip Spiral
Saw
'14. Craftsman
Planer
15. Dewalt 10"
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ORDINANCE NO. 06-008
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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL WITHIN THE
at the sale take priJURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF FLOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY
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WHEREAS, the County of Floyd, acting by and through its Fiscal Court, is
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authorized,
pursuant to KRS 67.083(3)(a), to enact ordinances, issue regulations,
taxes and transfer
appropriate funds, and employ personnel in performance of the public function of the
fees.
control of animals within its jurisdictional boundaries; and
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required, pursuant to KRS 258.195(1 ), to "employ, appoint, or contract with an animal
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control officer" and "may adopt additional standards and ordinances related to public
Martin, KY 4'1649
health, safety, enforcement, and the efficient and appropriate operation of their
shelters and their animal control programs."
NOTICE OF
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE FISCAL COURT OF THE
PUBLIC SALE
COUNTY OF FLOYD, COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, AS FOLLOWS:
The
following
items will be offered
ANIMAL CONTROL
at public sale on
1. By this Ordinance No. 06-008, there is hereby enacted an ordinance which
January 19, 2007,
shall be known as the "FLOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY ANIMAL CONTROL
at First Guaranty
ORDINANCE" and which shall conform to all applicable laws of the Commonwealth
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of Kentucky, presently in effect and as from time to time amended, regarding animal
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Martin,
control in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kentucky 41649, at
11 :00 a.m.
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All items are sold
time to time amended, including but not limited to the control of animals in Floyd
"as is where is".
County, Kentucky, pursuant to KRS 67.083(3)(a) and KRS 258.195.
Seller reserves the
right to bid, and to
JURISDICTION
reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
3 .The jurisdiction of each animal control officer employed, appointed, or acting
paid following the
pursuant to a contract with Floyd County, Kentucky, by and through its governing
sale, or satisfactory
body, the Floyd County Fiscal Court, shall extend only to the unincorporated areas of
arrangements are
Floyd County, Kentucky. Each city lying within the jurisdictional boundaries of Floyd
made with the sellCounty, Kentucky, may enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with Floyd
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County, Kentucky, for the enforcement of KRS Chapter 258, and the county's animal
at the sale take pricontrol ordinance by any animal control officer employed, appointed, or acting
ority
over
ad.
pursuant to a contract with Floyd County, Kentucky. The interlocal cooperation agreePu rchaser to pay all
ment between Floyd County, Kentucky, and each respective city shall include, but
taxes and transfer
shall not be limited to, the jurisdiction, compensation, liabilities, and duties of the animal control officer while performing his or her duties with the jurisdictional boundaries
fees.
of the city in question.
First Guaranty
Bank
EFFECTIVE DATE
39 Triangle Street
P.O . Box 888
4 . This Ordinance, Floyd County Ordinance No. 06-008, shall become effective
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upon its Second Reading, adoption and passage, as required by law.
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by JOE BIESK
~~ FRANKFORT - A former ally of Gov. Ernie Ernie
Fletcher is now an official
political challenger.
Paducah businessman
Billy Harper filed candidacy
papers Friday to run
against his old friend, who
is a first-term Republican
governor.
"As I've said before, first
off the starting line, first to
the finish," Harper, who
also races cars, said.
"That's how I race, that's
what I want for Kentucky."
~ The move on Friday
wasn't unexpected. Harper
has already spent nearly
$2.5 million on his campaign for governor, primarily on television advertising.
Harper had raised a little over $2.5 million. More
than $2.4 million of that
has come from his own
loans to the campaign,
according to a report
Harper filed Tuesday with
the Kentucky Registry of
Election Finance.
Harper, saying Fletcher
is too politically weak to
win a second term, is running on a slate with fellow
ducah businessman
Dick Wilson.
Fletcher was indicted
last year during an investigation of state hiring practices, but charges against
him were dropped in a deal
with prosecutors.
Once the chief fundraiser for Fletcher, Harper had
been setting the groundwork for months to challenge the incumbent governor he helped get in office
three years ago.
The Harper campaign
began running television
s late last year in effort
to increase name recognition.
2 DAY FORECAST
by ALEX SMITH
PRESTONSBURG
Floyd
County saw the number of felony
charges filed in 2006 reach its highest
number ever, with 545 cases being
brought against residents of Floyd
County.
SKATER
inside
" Regional Obituaries ...... A2
Opinion ..........................A4
Lifestyles .......................AS
Sports ............................A7
Classifieds ...................A11
CASE'S
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The number of misdemeanor cases
filed in Floyd County was 1,656, just
30 higher than the number of misdemeanors filed in 2005. The nun;tber
filed last year was significantly lower
than the average number of cases filed
each year since the beginning of the
new millennium, which has seen an
average of 1,896 filings per year since
s
2000.
The 545 felony charge filings were
73 more than were filed in 2005, a 6
percent increase from 2005 to 2006.
Between 2000 and 2005 there were an
average of 472 felony charge cases
filed each year.
Floyd County Sheriff John K
Blackburn said although the number of
PARADISE
people arrested this year was higher
than in previous years, he believes it
can be attributed to stepped up
patrolling and officers working even
harder to reel in the number of people
who drink· and drive and deal drugs.
"It could be we are working harder
STAFF WRITER
photo by Jessica Hale
The official opening of the Prestonsburg Skate Park will take place Monday at 5 p.m. A reception wjll follow a brief introduction of the new "skater's paradise" and Archer Park's newly
appointed director, David Baldridge, will be Introduced. Prestonsburg City Council members
will also be present and " meeting will take place in City H1'!11 at 6 n.m.
Lawmaker calls for
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fom1 three inspections a year at
each underground mine, is
insufficient. His legislation
calls for at least six v1sits per
year.
The more visits state regulators maf$.e to coal mines, Yonts
said, the greater the chance
they' II find hazards that could
endanger miners.
"Something is inherently
wrong in the system," Yonts
said after filing the legislation.
"I think there is a need to be on
constant vigilance in the coal
mines, which are inherently
dangerous for a lot of reasons."
The 2006 death toll in
Kentucky coal mines was the
worst since 1993, when 18
miners died. Five miners in
Harlan County died from the
same explosion and fire in an
underground mine in May.
The U.S. Mine Safety and
Health Administration reported
47 coal miners killed on the job
nationally in 2006, up from 22
in 2005.
The General Assembly
passed a tougher mine safety
law last year, but Yonts said he
believes the spike in workplace
fatalities shows the law neeqs
to be modified.
State law now requires more
David game with
ACHS back on
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRIT ER
DAVID - A recently canceled
basketball game between The David
School and Allen Central High
School has been reviewed by the
David School Board of Directors
and the decision to cancel the gan1e
has been declared invalid.
Previously, the players on
David's basketball team voted to
not participate in a Jan. 19 game at
Eastern, based on Allen Central's
use of the Confederate tlag and
alleged taunting towards the David
School's only African American
player.
According to a press release
from The David School Board of
Directors, the decision to cancel the
basketball game with Allen Central
was made without the consent of the
appropriate school administrators.
Upon this discovery, directors
declared the decision to cancel the
(See GAME, page three)
(See SAFETY, page three)
(See FELONIES, page three)
Inmate charged
in stabbing at
Martin Co. prison
by ALEX SMITH
FRANKFORT - Inspectors
would double the number of
visits they make to underground coal mines under legislation introduced Friday by a
coalfield lawmaker.
The initiative follows one of
the deadliest years in recent
history for coal miners in
Kentucky. In all, 16 miners
were killed on the job in 2006.
Rep. Brent Yonts, DGreenville, said the current law,
which requires inspectors from
the Kentucky Office of Mine
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PIKEVILLE
An
inmate lodged in the
United States Penitentiary
Big Sandy in Martin
County was indicted in federal court Thursday for
attempting
to
murder
another inmate last year at
the prison.
Muhammad
AbdulRahman, a 25-year-old
Washington D.C. native,
was charged in the Oct. 24
stabbing of inmate Terrell
Johnson with a six-inch
piece of metal designed to
be used as a weapon.
Abdul-Rahman
was
indicted on one count each
for assault with the intent
to murder, assault with a
dangerous weapon . and
possession of a prohibited
object by a federal prisoner.
If
convicted,
AbdulRahman faces up to 20
years in prison for count
one, up to 10 years on
count two and a maximum
of five years on count
three. Each charge also
carries a $250,000 fine and
three years .of supervised
release, in addition to a
mandatory assessment of
$100 per count.
Abdul-Rahman is currently serving a 19-year
sentence for armed robbery, aggravated assault
and possession of a fuearm
during a crime of violence.
A motion for arraignment was filed in U.S.
District Court in Pikeville
on Thursday and was set
for Jan. 16 in Ashland.
Abdul-Rahman was one
of more than 350 inmates
transferred to the prison
from Lorton Penitentiary in
Washington, D.C., in 2001
after the prison there was
shut down.
Two other men at the
prison were stabbed to
death within three weeks of
Johnson being stabbed, but
no one has been indicted in
connection with those
deaths as of yet and no link
has been found between the
three incidents.
Sandy Valley
Water to dissolve
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
BETSY LAYNE - An
estimated 2,300 customers
served by Sandy Valley
Water District in Floyd and
Pike counties may soon see
their water service taken
over by the city of Pikeville
and the Southern Water and
Sewer District.
Sandy Valley Water
District, which is holds its
headquarters in Betsy
Layne, has 2,368 retail customers in Floyd and Pike
counties. If the transfer
should occur, Southern
Water and Sewer District
would take over Sandy
Valley's customers in Floyd
(See WATER, page three)
The David
Falcons are once
again scheduled
to play Allen
Central High
School, following
a decision by the
school's board of
directors last
week. The team
had originally
canceled the
game with the
Rebels, based on
Allen Central's
use of a
Confederate flag.
However, the
board found the
team did not follow proper channels in cancelling
the game.
file photo
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• June Dillon Collins, 85,
of
Prestonsburg,died
Wednesday, De<.:ember 27, at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital,
in Martin. Funeral services
were held Friday, December
29, under the direction of
Carter Funeral Home.
• Denver Hall. 65, of Hi
Hat, died Friday, December
29, at McDowell Appalachian
Regional Healthcare. He is
survived by his wife, Peggy
Bryant Hall. Funeral servi<.:es
were held Sunday, December
31, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
• Sadie Sturgill Hunter, 71,
of Martin, died Thursday;
December 28, at Central
Baptist Hospital, Lexington.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31. under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
• Mary E. Johnson, 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Friday,
December 29. at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Sunday, December
31, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
•
Mae Mann, 71, · of
Albion, Mich1gan, a native of
Printer, died Friday, December
29, at Foote Hospital, in
Jackson. Funeral services were
held Wednesdll}', January 3,
Obituaries
Pearl Frasure
Pearl Frasure, 93, of North
Manchester, Indiana, formerly
of
Prestonsburg,
died
Wednesday, January 3, 2007,
at her residence.
Born May 2, 1913, in
Magoffin County, she was the
daughter of the late Jasper
Hicks and Millie (Hale) Hicks.
She was a homemaker, and an
Avon representative. She did
housecleaning, and was a selfemployed nurses aid.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Kelly Frasure,
in February, 1970.
Survivors include a son,
Jimmie (Mary) Frasure of
North Manchester, Indiana;
three grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren. and one greatgreat-grandchild.
In addition to her husband
and parents, she was preceded
in death by four brothers and
three sisters.
Funeral services will be
held Sunday, January 7, at 2:30
p.m., at the South Pleasant
United Method1st Church,
5064W 1400 N. North
Manchester, Indiana, with
Pastor Nikki Marker officiating.
Burial will be in Oaklawn
Cemetery. North Manchester,
Indiana, under the direction of
DeLaughter-McKee Mortuary.
Visitation, Sunday, January
7. from 12:30-2:30 p.m., at the
church.
Memorials may be made to
Wabash-Miami County Home
Healthcare & Hospice, 710 N.
East St., Wabash, Indiana
46992.
Arrangments, entrusted to
DeLaugher-McKee Mortuary,
North Manchester, Indiana.
Condolences
may
be
emailed to the Frasure family
at delaughtermckee.com
(Paid obituary)
under the direction of J. Kevin
Tidd Funeral Home.
• Juanita C. Reid, 76, of
Newnan, Georgia, formerly of
Prestonsburg, died Friday,
December 29, at the Newnan
Hospital
Nursing
and
Rehabilitation Center. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
January 1, under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
• Delbert Wtcker, 60. of
Ligonier, Indiana, formerly of
Floyd
County,
died
Wednesday, December 27, at
Parkview Hospital. in Fort
Wayne. Indiana. Funeral services were held Saturday,
December 30, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
PIKE COUNTY
• Zettie Thacker Adkins,
84, of Webster, Florida, formerly of Pike County, and
Akron, Ohio, died Sunday,
December 31, in Webster.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 5, under the
direction of Justice Funeral
Home.
•
Blan Baker:, 70, of
Greenup, formerly of Pike
County,
died
Sunday,
December 31, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 5, under the
direction of Bailey Funeral
Home.
• Otta Clevinger Danburg
Barton, 95, of Pikeville, died
Monday, January 1, at her residence. Funeral services were
held Friday, January 5, under
the direction of J. W. Call &
Son Funeral Home.
• Jackie Ray Blankenship,
30,
of
Stopover,
died
Wednesday,
January
3.
Arrangements, under the
direction of R.S. Jone~ & Son
Funeral Home.
• Martha Jean Coleman,
73,
of
Raccoon,
died
Wednesday, January 3, at
Central Baptist Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 6, under the
direction of Lucas & Son
Funeral Home.
• Margaret Dotson, died
Thursday, January 4, in South
Williamson,
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital.
Arrangements, under the
direction of Chambers Funeral
Services.
• Madonna Glee Hall, 83,
of Pikeville, died Monday,
January 1, at Pikeville Medical
Center. Funeral services were
held Thursday, January 4,
under the direction of J.W.
Call & Son Funeral Home.
• Gustie Swiney Hawkins,
87, of Ashcamp, died Tuesday,
January 2, at Pikeville Medical
Center. Funeral services were
held Friday, January 5. under
the direction of Bailey Funeral
Home.
• Ellene Hunt, 72, of
Pikeville, died Saturday.
December 30, at Pikeville
Medical Center. She is survived by her hu sband , Ovil
Hunt. Funeral services were
he ld Tuesday, January 2, under
the direction of Lucas and Son
Funeral Home.
• Okie Mounts Hurley, 81,
of Phelps, died Sunday,
December 3 1, at Good
Shepherd Community Nursing
Center, Phelps. She is survived
by her husband, Elize Hurley.
Funeral services were he ld
Thursday, January 4, under the
direction of R.S. Jones & Son
Funeral Home.
• Eunice Justice, 82, of
Irving, Texas. formerly of
Phyllis,
died
Sunday,
December 31, in Irving.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 5, under the
direction of Justice Funeral
Home.
• John Michael "Mikey"
Keen, 26, of Regina, died
Thursday, December 28, in
Pikeville. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, January 2,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Mary Francis Lambert,
34, of Lenore, West Virginia, a
native of South Williamson,
died Wednesday, January 3, at
Belo. West Virginia, along
with her husband, Willard
"Clyde"
Lambert,
from
injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Joint funeral
services were held Saturday,
January 6, under the direction
of Hatfield Funeral Chapel.
• Gusta Lawhorn, 98, formerly of Pikeville, died
Wednesday, January 3, at
Manatee Memorial Hospital,
Bradenton, Fla. Arrangements,
under the direction of Thacker
Funeral Home.
• Billie Lee, 74, of Beach
Creek, W.Va., a Pike County
native, died Monday, January
I , at the South Williamson
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. He is survived by his
wife, Bertha Rose Justice Lee.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 4, under the
direction of Chambers Funeral
Services.
• Zuelma Osborne, 80, of
Virgie,
died
Saturday,
December 30, at her home.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 1, under the
direction of Roberts Funeral
Home.
• Letha Geneva Rasnick,
69, of Wolfpit, died Tuesday,
January 2, at Pikeville Medical
Center. Funeral services were
held Saturday, January 6,
under the direction of Hall &
Jones Funeral Home.
• Loretta S. Ratliff, 73, of
Wolfpit, died Wednesday,
January 3, at her residence.
She is survived by her husband, James Forest Ratliff.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 5, under direction of Bailey Funeral Home.
• Kenneth L. Reed, 52, of
Pikeville, died Thursday,
January 4, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 7, under the
direction of Lucas & Son
Funeral Home of Pikeville.
• Elza Lane Tackett, 67, of
Virgie, died Monday, January
1, at Mission St. Joseph
Hospital, Asheville, N.C. He is
survived by his wife, Lorena
Tackett. Funeral services were
, held Thursday, January 4,
under direction of Hall &
Jones Funeral Home.
January 1, at King's Daughters
Medical Center in Ashland.
She is survived by her husband,
Woody
Cantrell.
Arrangements, under the
direction
of
Paintsville
Funeral Home.
• Jason Scott Daniel, 21,
of Flat Gap, died Saturday,
December
30,
at
Staffordsville. Funeral services were held Wednesday,
January 3, under the direction
of the Paintsville Funeral
Home.
• Connie Rose Hall, 37, of
Paintsville, died Saturday,
december 23, in Lawrence
County. She is survived by her
husband, Bruce Hall. Funeral
services were held Thursday,
December 28, under the direction of Richmond-Callaham
Funeral Home.
• Opal Hayden, 79, of
Meally,
died
Sunday,
December 3, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, December 6,
under the direction of the
Childers Funeral Home.
• Gregory Steven 'Fuzzy'
Rowland, 44, of Fort Myers,
Florida, a Paintsville native,
died Sunday, December 31, at
Bay Pine VA Health Care
System in Bay Pines, Florida.
Arrangements, under the
direction of E. Dale Gunter
Funeral Home and Cremation
Services of St. Petersburg,
Florida.
•
Joyce Ann Pruitt
Stambaugh, 60, of Nippa, died
Monday, January 1, at Paul B.
Hall Regional Medical Center,
in Paintsville. She is survived
by her husband, Charles
Tilford Stambaugh. Funeral
services were held Thursday,
January 4, under the direction
of the Preston Funeral Home.
• Cecil 'Punk' Tackett Jr.,
28, of Sitka, died Thursday,
December 28. He is survived
by his wife, Jennifer Ferguson
Tackett. Funeral services were
held Sunday, December 31,
under the direction of Phelps
& Son Funeral Home.
MARTIN COUNTY
• Ronnie Lee Hensley, 51,
of
Inez,
died
Sunday.
December 24, at his residence.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December
27, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Melvin Mullins, 66, of
New Plymouth, Ohio, died
Saturday, December 23, at his
residence. He is survived by
his wife. Mahalia Brewer
Mullins. Funeral services were
held Thurc;day, December 28.
under
the
direction
of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Everett Loren Perry, 74,
of Tomahawk, died Friday,
December 22, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, i ~
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, December
26, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
•
Barbara Gail Block
Pinson, 99, of Kermit, died
Saturday, December 23, at her
home. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, December
27, under the direction of
Phelps and Son Funeral Home.
• Bessie Scott, 74, of
(See OBITUARIES, page three)
50th Anniversary
Ernest Graham and Yvonne Burchett of
Emma, will be celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary on January 8. The couple were
married in 1957, in Catlettsburg. They have
four children, eight grandchildren, and six
great-grandchildren.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Leonard ' Bud' Burton,
80, of California, a native of
Nancy,
died Wednesday,
Decembe r 20 , in Torrance,
California. He is survived by
his wife, Phyllis Ward Burton.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 3, under
the direction of the Preston
Funeral Home.
• Wathalene Cantrell, 72,
of Keaton, died Monday,
This ''Special Section''
will be published in
The Floyd County Times
January 31, 2007 edition.
·NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
THE JOINT APPLICATION OF SANDY VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, SOUTHERN
WATER A~D SEWER DISTRICT, AND THE CITY OF PIKEVILLE FOR APPROVAL
OF THE TRANSFER OF FACILITIES AND FOR THE ASSUMPTION OF DEBT BY
SOUTHERN WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT
CASE NO. 2006-00327
The Public Service Commission will hold a public meeting on January 11, 2007, at 5:00p.m.,
Eastern Time, at Betsy Layne Elementary School, 256 School Street, Betsy Layne, to receive
public comment on the application of Sandy Valley Water District, Southern Water and Sewer
District, and the city of Pikeville for authority to transfer Sandy Valley's existing water assets
and customers to Southern District and Pikeville.
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HRMC wecomes new ENT specialist
Dr. Mark Veronneau
PRESTONSBURG- Highlands
Regional
Medical
Center has added ear, nose and
throat specialist Dr. Mark
Veronneau to its staff.
Dr. Veronneau earned his
medical degree from Ohio
University
College
of
Osteopathic Medicine, completed an internship at Doctors
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,
and a fellowship in advanced
rhinology and facial plastic
surgery at Rush Presbyterian
SL Luke's Medical Center in
Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Veronneau is certified
by the American Osteopathic
Board of Ophthalmology and
Otolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery and is a member
of the American Osteopathic
Association.
Dr. Veronneau's Office is
located in the old Social
Security office at 5322 Route
321, in Prestonsburg. For an
appointment call 886-2712.
Highlands
Regional
Medical Center is a 184-bed
(154 acute care, 18 skilled
nursing, and 12 geriatric psychiatric) not-for profit, community owned and operated
health care facility that is fully
accredited by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations.
. Mongiardo engaged to marry girlfriend
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT State
Sen. Daniel Mongiardo. who
is running for lieutenant governor this year, is engaged to
marry his girlfriend of three
years.
No wedding date had been
set for Mongiardo and Allison
Patrick, 21, of Frankfort.
Mongiardo, a 46-year-old
urgeon from Hazard, is running for lieutenant governor
on a Democratic ticket with
former Lt. Gov. Steve Beshear.
He has served in the Senate
since 2002.
Patrick is working toward a
degree in communications at
the University of Kentucky.
"Our age is not a problem
for us,'' Mongiardo said
Tuesday. "My mother was 17
when she married my father,
who was in his 30s, and their
marriage worked just fine."
It will be the first marriage
for both.
administrators with the school
will take the necessary steps to
ensure respect at any games in
which its players participate.
The Floyd County Board of
Education is expected to discuss the use of the Confederate
flag at Allen Central at its regular meeting later this month.
According to directors for
The David School, the school
supports all dialogue between
the Board of Education and the
Allen Central Administration.
Game
• Continued from p1
game as invalid and the basketball schedule stands. The board
said all decisions that affect the
activities of the school need to
be made within the legitimate
lines of authority of the school.
The Board of Directors said
David A. Barber, recently a Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, is now a
member of Kirk Law Firm, a firm with offices at two Floyd County locations:
Prestonsburg and McDowell. Immediately prior to his Term on the
Appellate Court, David was a partner with Attorney General Greg Stumbo
(STUMBO & BARBER). Prior to formation of STUMBO & BARBER,
David served as a Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge. Before
that, he was elected and served as Floyd County Attorney.
David invites his friends, former clients and others in Floyd County and
elsewhere to contact him with their various legal needs. At Kirk, David will
engage primarily in Civil Litigation and Workers' Compensation.
"I have been honored to serve as your Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals,"
David said. "At the same time, I eagerly look forward to working with John
Kirk and all the others at Kirk Law Firm. I have long admired what this firm
has done and feel that we will work well together.
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oxygen supplies to be stored
along underground escape
lf'l routes in case of emergency,
better
communications
• between the surface and
underground work areas, and a
directional cord or lifeline to
make it easier for miners to
find their way to exits.
Yonts' measure requires
• additional oxygen supplies in
escape routes, and requires the
lifeline to be made of fireproof
material so that it wouldn't be
destroyed in an explosion.
Bill Caylor, president of the
Kentucky Coal Association,
has recommended that law~ makers not rush ahead with
new legislation without first
Judge Barber Joins Kirk Firm_
weighing the possible consequences.
"I think we've got enough
laws," he said earlier this
week. "We need to enforce
what we've got."
Yonts bill would allow the
Office of Mine Safety and
Licensing to undertake disciplinary proceedings against
mine officials accused by federal inspectors of violating
safety laws. It would also disqualify miners and mine offiworking in
cials from
Kentucky if their credentials
have been revoked or suspended in neighboring states.
At least two mine emergency technicians would be
required to be on duty during
each work shift, under the bill.
And th~ legislation calls for
mine rescue teams to be available within a 30 minute drive
of every underground coal
mine.
Yonts is also calling for all
underground miners to be
equipped with methane detectors while underground so they
would be aware of any
buildups of the explosive gas.
The legislation also would
require mine companies to
have a vehicle available at all
times in underground work
areas to transport miners to the
surface in the event of an accident.
Judge Barber was an excellent Judge at the Workers' Compensation Board.
After serving there, it was very impressive the way he and Greg Stumbo
established and built one of Kentucky's leading law firms. I admired that
David left that thriving firm to serve Kentucky at the Court of Appeals, where
he served honorably and admirably.
His Broad Knowledge of the Law and his Excellent Litigation Skills can
now be utilized on behalf of Injured and Disabled People, and Others who
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Felonies
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• Continued from p1
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and finding more than in the
past," Blackburn said.
According to Roger Webb,
jailer of the Floyd County
Detention Center, the population at the jail on an average
day last year was 146, up three
from 2005. The jail averaged
eight prisoners either being
booked or released every day
last year.
"We've been pretty busy
this year," Webb said. "It (population) tends to go up more
and more each year, but I think
what we're seeing is a trend as
it keeps going up all over the
nation."
Theft and forgery crimes
were the most filed felony
charges in Floyd County last
year, with 251 individuals
being arrested for a complaint
of theft, forgery, robbery, burglary or receiving stolen property. The second-most popular
felony charges filed were for
drug or alcohol related offenses, with 122 separate filings
including either drug possession and trafficking charges, as
well as several people being
arrested for multiple driving
under the influence of alcohol
charges, which becomes a
felony offense on a person's
fourth arrest in a five-year
period.
The third-most filed felony
charges involved assault, terroristic threatening or menacing charges, which occurred
on 49 occasions last year. Ten
cases were brought against
individuals on charges of
either rape, sexual abuse or
failure to comply with sex
offender regulations. Three
people were charged with
murder, with the remaining
136 felony cases involved a
myriad of charges ranging
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• Continued from p2
Lawrence County, formerly of
Martin County, died Friday,
December 29, at Three Rivers
Medical Center, in Louisa.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, December 31, under
the direction of Phelps and
Son Funeral Home.
• Eugene R. "Skeeze"
Ward, 89, of Inez, died
Saturday, December 23, at
King's Daughters Medical
Center, in Ashland. He is survived by his wife, Gaynell
Ward. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, December
27, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
from fleeing or evading police,
flagrant nonsupport (which
means a person fell behind at
least $1,000 in child support
obligations) to one case where
a woman was captured
attempting to escape from jail.
One out of every 78 people
living in Floyd County was
charged with a felony last year
based on data from the 2000
U.S. Census, which lists the
population of Floyd County at
One in 26 were
42,441.
charged with a misdemeanor
in 2006.
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County, while Sandy Valley
customers in Pike County
would be served by the city of
Pikeville.
In exchange for assets
acquired by Sandy Valley,
Southern Water and Sewer
District and the city of
Pikeville would assume Sandy
Valley's $1.4 million in debt.
The
Kentucky
Public
Service Commission will be
holding a meeting Jan. 11 in
order to receive public comment on the proposed transfer
of services. The meeting will
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Layne Elementary School
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7, 2007
THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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•
Guest V Iew--
Teens are
geHing it
A state report that didn't get as much attention as it
deserved during the Christmas holiday hustle and bustle was
full of good news for those who understand the value of
preventing teenagers from getting hooked on the deadly
addiction of cigarette smoking.
The 2006 Kentucky Youth Tobacco Survey of 3,000 students in 65 high schools and 3,700 in 74 middle schools
found that decline in youth smoking rates in the state continues despite the obvious efforts of tobacco companies to
make smoking appealing to young minds.
That's good news. The decline has been attributed to the
efforts of the state's public health programs and other organizations to reduce youth smoking, the state's first hike in
the tobacco tax in decades that increased the cost of tobacco
products for normally cash-strapped teens and the adoption
of smoke-free policies in schools.
In addition, the growing number of bans on smoking in
public places that has produced documented influence on
adults quitting should get some of the credit for discouraging teens from taking up the dirty, stinky habit, too.
Whatever the reason, or reasons, smoking among middle
school students dropped from 21.5 percent in 2000 to 12.1
percent this year. Among high school students, the decline
was from 37.4 percent six years ago to 24.5 percent this
year. There was a 3-percentage-point drop among all students in the last two years.
Significantly, the percentage of high school students who
said they have tried smoking at least once declined from 63
percent in 2004, the last time the survey was conducted, to
57 percent this year. For middle school students, the number
fell from 44 percent in 2002 to 36 percent this year. (There
are no middle school statistics for 2004).
The use of smokeless tobacco also is declining.
~ Despite these statistically significant improvements in the
youth smoking rates, state and unofficial efforts can't let
down their guards. The temptation will not go away. The
increased use of tobacco in movies and on TV are witness to
that.
Teenagers can't buy cigarettes legally, and adults can't
buy them for underage smokers, either. But listen to how
teen smokers say they get their cigarettes. In each of the last
two surveys, high school and middle school smokers said
they get their cigarettes by giving money to older people to
buy tobacco for them, by borrowing or bumming from
someone or getting them from an older person.
Fortunately, smoking seems to be losing its "in" appeal to
high school students as only 1 in 5 agree young people who
smoke have more friends. Only about 1 in 10 think smoking
looks cool; and the percentage has been declining.
Among middle school students, however, 1 in 5 think
smokers have more friends.
One of the most encouraging statistics revealed by the
2006 survey: Almost 9 in 10 high school and middle school
students understand that tobacco smoking is addictive.
Among the nonsmoking high school and middle school students, more than 90 percent believe smokers get addicted to
tobacco use the same as people get addicted to heroin or
cocaine. And the percentages of teens catching on are rising.
Kentucky teenagers get it. We're proud of them.
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- ·Rich
owryColumn
The Obama
opening
There are four words that even the
most devoted Clinton haters probably
never want to have to utter again the Rose Law Firm. And there is one
word that, after eight years, even the
most committed Bush haters will
grow tired of - Halliburton.
The Rose Law Firm was Hillary
Clinton's firm back in Arkansas that
was the focus of a little criminal
activity and a lot of obsessive rightwing
conspiracy-mongering.
Halliburton is the former Dick
Cheney energy firm that Democrats
in Congress will spend the next two
years investigating. Both entities represent, more than anything else, the
putrid partisanship and malicious
monomania that have characterized
the 14, going on 16, years of the
Clinton-Bush era.
After all this, who doesn't hunger
for a clean break? Thus the energy
behind the possible presidential bid
of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. He is
the only presidential candidate from
either party about whom there is a
palpable excitement. And that is
because everything about him says,
"I'm not a Bush, I'm not a Clinton,
and can we please talk about something else?"
It will be manifestly good for the
country if it elects a president in 2008
who doesn't elicit yowling hatred
from the other side. Hillary Clinton
probably will, and that's a mark
against her. But even on the left
there's a certain weariness with
Clinton.
On the Republican side, the most
talented
and
accomplished
Re p ublican
officeholder in
the
country,
Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush, is sitting
'08 out precisely
because of the
baggage
that
currently attaches to his last
name.
At
the
moment, nothing but sweetness and light attach to the last name
Obama. Skeptics note that he is a creation of the media, as if this speaks
badly of him. The more serious, related objection is that Obama has no
record o~ accomplishment during his
two-year stint in the Senate. There's a
political trade-off here, though. By
the time he does anything in the
Senate, he will probably be thoroughly acclimated to the institution, making him just as unappealing as the
dozen other senators who consider
running for president every four
years.
The genius of Obama is that he
has a pure liberal voting record - a
100 percent rating from the liberal
Americans for Democratic Action in
2005 - at the same time he appeals
to independents and avoids seeming
noxiously partisan. No doubt, some
of this sheen will be lost the day he
were to announce for president. But it
also reflects something reaL
Obama is willing to say that
Republicans are wrong, not evil - a
very basic concession
that
nonetheless
takes
some
bravery in the
blog - besotted
fever
swamp
that is much of
the left right
now. He has
shown that he
can speak the
language
of
religious
believers in a non-focus-group-tested, genuine way. And he has charisma, an invaluable asset that can't be
bought or faked.
In the 1990s, the phrase "move
on" became a way to try to keep
President Clinton from suffering any
consequences from the Lewinsky
affair. Then, it became the name for
the
Bush-loathing
outfit
MoveOn.org, which carried the partisan warfare of the 1990s into this
decade. Among the public, there is
much sentiment in favor of actually
moving on, creating Barack Obama's
opening on the national stage.
D'J:J
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
beyond the "' eltway
I'm afraid
we're losing,
Mr. President
by DONALD KAUL
M INUTEIIIAN M EDIA
You know the president has had a
bad year when he winds up with a
lower approval rating than Congress.
You usually have to be a journalist or
bank robber to rate below Congress.
Yet George W. Bush, mid-way
through his second term, was
outscored by Congress, 57 to 31, on
the question of who was trusted "to
do a hetter joh coping with the main
problems the nation faces." This was
the new, freshly elected incoming
Democratic Congress, mind you, not
the old, disgraced Republican
Congress slinking out the back door.
(The poll was conducted by the
"Washington Post" and ABC News
so I suppose the screaming heads on
Fox (ha-ha) News will say "Oh sure,
the liberal media would say that."
Don't pay any attention to them.
They're nuts.)
There are a lot of reasons for voters' lack of faith in President Bush
but in reality only one counts. It's the
war. stupid.
For those of you who haven't
noticed - and where have you been
living, Dick Chent!y's cave? - the
wheels have come off Mr. Bush's
War. Not one wheel. not two, all four
wheels - and the Bush administra
tion is skidding on its belly toward
disaster at the next curve in the road.
The scathing Baker-Hamilton
report put an exclamation point on
Mr. Bush's War record. Not in modern times has a sitting president been
forced to endure so devastating a
rebuke from a prestigious, credible
source. The fact that the co-author
(Baker) was the man who gave the
Bush presidency legitimacy in the
first place (with his machinations in
Florida in 2000) only rubbed salt into
the wound.
Finally, even the Great Decider
had to admit that we
were not winning the
war. "We're not winning," he said in an
interview with the
"Washington Post," but
he added, "We're not
losing."
In other words, the
Great Decider can' t
decide what's happening in his war. Such
ambivalence is uncharacteristic of him. I think I can help
him:
"Mr. President, you are the
Commander-in-Chief of the greatest
military machine in the history of the
world. It is the smartest, best-trained,
best-equipped force ever sent into
battle. Also the most expensive.
"Moreover, it is an army of volunteers- every man-Jane of them patriotic, motivated troops.
"They are fighting an enemy that
has no air force, no navy, no
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, no
nuclear weapons, an enemy with no
artillery worthy of the name, almost
no armored vehicles and few hel mets. In addition, they are badly outnumbered.
"Against such an en my, Mr.
President, if you are not winning, you
are losing ."
There is very little evidence of
anything but imminent ignominious
defeat in Iraq. Pentagon reports show
that from early August of last year
through early October, there were
960 attacks against Americans and
Iraqis (begin ital) every week, (end
ita!) the highest number yet recorded
for a comparable period.
As the Baker-Hamilton report
said:
ofl
"The level of violence is high and
growing. There is great suffering, and
the daily lives of many Iraqis show
little or no improvement. Pessimism
is pervasive."
If that's not losing, 1 hope losing
never shows up.
The
president
does not lack for
advice on what to do
about the situation.
Some want him to
start
withdrawing
troops and leave the
Iraqis to their fate,
others to send in
more troops and "stabiliLe" the situation. Still others think that the troops
already there should be redeployed to
areas of crisis, like Baghdad. Then
there are those think we should concentrate on training Iraqi troops to
fight, rather than do the fighting for
them .
The Sunnis want us to crack down
on the Shute militia and the Shia
want us to do the same to the Sunni
gangs.
All of these suggestions have
some merit and eventually the president will have to choose among
them. I wish him luck.
It remains a question, however,
whether someone dumb enough to
get us into this mess has the {?.tisdom
to extricate us gracefully.
I doubt it.
O:JD
Don Kaul is a two-time Pulit::.er
Prize-lo:,in..
1shington correspondent who, , .>' his own account, is right
more than he :1· wrong. Email him at
dkaull @verizon.net.
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Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007
FLOYD COUNTY
Features Editor
Kathy Prater
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
That-World
'Shaolin
Chastity
Kung Fu'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and former
publisher Norman Allen wrote a weekly column that looked at Floyd County
through his eyes. His columns are
being reprinted due to .request.
Add similes: As spineless as a
snowman in a warm rain.
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
PREDICKSHUNS
Woodrow Burchett is the "Ole
Man Mose" of the Prestonsburg
~ Kiwanis Club, and it is he who
comes through with predickshuns
for the year to come at the end of
each 12 months. We have a complete list of his predictions, made
for 1962 at the Kiwanis Club
meeting here, and print some of
them for your guidance as well as
entertainment.
In 1962 it will cost a nickel to
mail a letter.
There will continue to be a
shortage of doctors. They will all
get into the TV business.
You will see a new dance. The
first time you see it, you will think
the bathroom door is stuck. The
second time, you will think somelilt) body has the hives or the sevenyear itch. They act like a dog just
after it gets out of the water. It
won't go in Prestonsburg-we
don't have a chiropractor.
Dresses won't get any shorter.
Women just won't be in them, as
far. Women's fashions will change
but their designs will be the same.
With all the changes in their fashions, there will be no change in the
men's pockets. They will still face
disgrace or disaster, getting in and
out of automobiles, and doctors
will have a time trying to find a
place where the scar won't show.
~
The first frost next fall will
come the week of October 14.
WEATHER PREDICKSHUNS
I'm glad he made that fearless
prediction about the first frost. It
gives me courage to pick up the
gauntlet where somebody threw or
dropped it after I had asserted. I
could consult my pet corn and predict the weather as accurately as
the Weather Bureau does. So this
column goes plumb modern and
gives with a seven-day weather
forecast:
Friday, January 26-Cloudy;
• snow turning to rain, or vice versa.
Saturday, clearing and cool, if
the wind doesn' t shift and swing
through the NC:\ncye P. Gap.
Sunday- Enough precipitation
to keep some folks from Sunday
School and church.
Monday- U nsettled weather
but not bad enough to keep home
those who couldn't get out, the day
before.
Tuesday- Warming trend- in
some places, if not here.
Wednesday- Colder weather
following rain.
Thursday, Feb. 1-Clearing
t and cold.
We suggest you step outside
and look around before dressing
for the weather as here predicted.
If, however, we're right 50% of the
lime, we'll be ahead of the scientists, meteorologists, hoot-owls
(See ALLEN, page six)
photo by Kathy J. Prater
Unlike the corner deli Dr. Puffer visited in South Africa, this one, located within the new Food City on
University Drive, is decidedly American.
The deli in the comer
by PHYLLIS PUFFER
The deli was as I had remembered it from my previous trip two
years ago. It was set in one comer
of a square of small, artsy shops
arranged around a courtyard. This
island of upper middle class commerce was set in the Broadhurst
section of the capital city of
Botswana, a section zoned "industrial." Light industry production
was everywhere making an unexpected setting for expensive
European delicacies.
The deli was brightly lit, filled
with small tables and chairs leaving
a corner free for specialty groceries
such as square tin cans of olive oil.
The center of activity was a glass
counter displaying salads, sandwiches, and pastries. At one end of
the counter was a pile of boxes of
tea, among them Twinings Irish
Breakfast Tea. Behind the counter a
man somewhere in his 30s, and a
man and a woman probably in their
20s, took orders.
The shop was comfortably
familiar and I looked forward to the
wonderful difficulty of deciding
what to order, but at the same time
something seemed strange. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
At two tables pushed together,
two middle aged couples held husband/husband and wife/wife conversations. A stocky, little-bit-older
man sat across the table from a little
younger man. The slightly older
man alternately crossed his arms
over his chest and threw them out to
gesture emphatically as he spoke.
His English was in a heavy
Afrikaans accent which sounded
British and German at the same
time. The slightly younger, also
stocky, man listened intently.
I walked slowly down the deli
counter looking at the offerings.
The young, attractive worker
noticed my .interest and explained
each dish as I passed, "Vegetables
with quiche. Sandwich with honey
mustard. Chocolate on top, cream
in the center." She showed me to a
table and handed me a menu.
I looked at the menu and happened to glance to my left. A late
thirtyish woman was sitting by herself watching me. I felt a little
uncomfortable. It seemed that she
had marked me as a newcomer who
didn't quite know the ropes.
Everyone there had the air of
habitues. These were people who
came often and were accustomed to
the place and to each other.
I tried to straighten out the
meaning of "pita bread" and "panini" on the menu. The waitress
couldn't seem to explain the difference between them. I finally concluded that the one either wasn't the
Middle Eastern pita we know in the
US or the waitress really didn't
know what it was, and the conversation was getting so confused I
didn't try to understand the other.
At any rate, panini seemed the thing
to order.
"It doesn't impact you.... It
doesn't impact you. It's like planting a garden and telling your neighbor he can't smell the flowers."
The tone was soft and gentle but
persistent.
The accent was
American, with flat , even, lowpitched sounds rather than the highpitched, sharp, pointed Britishaccent tones of every English
speaking country in the world
except the US and Canada. She
wore a raspberry/rose colored, tight
fitting top with a deep V neckline.
She wore tight blue jeans and sandals. Her body was magnificent.
Thin, good chest, tan . An upper
class body of tennis and walks with
high protein and vegetable diet in
small portions. She and her partner
were drinking coffee With whipped
cream on top, but not a pastry
crumb could be seen between them.
There was something about her that
was different, but I couldn 't put my
Love is in the air
by LYNETTE BAKER HELMS
~ "CHICKEN SouP FOR THE BRIDE's SouL"
John and I were oq our way to St.
Louis for a quick trip of job interviews and apartment hunting. His job
promotion required him to move,
and, even though we weren't engaged
yet, he asked me to move with him.
We had discussed getting married
and already looked at rings. John
even asked tny parents for their blessing (a little old-fashioned, but it
scored points with the soon-to-be in-
laws). Everything was set, though we
weren't officially engaged.
As we boarded our plane, I found
our seats and put my bag into the
overhead bin. Behind schedule, we
sat waiting for departure and noticed
one of the pilots leave the plane.
When he returned we were ready for
takeoff.
About 20 minutes into the flight,
the captain made the usual announcements: altitude, weather. arrival time,
my name.
What? Did I just hear my name?
finger on it.
She did not notice that I was
watching her. The whole. time she
looked only and exclusively at the
man opposite her. He, like her, was
an attractive mid-forties appearing
person. He was rather large and his
hair was cut short in a businessman's cut. It was grey, nearly
white. He wore a short sleeved,
medium blue t-shirt and blue jeans.
Equally good body. He was turned
away from me and I couldn't hear
how he defended himself.
My order arrived. Delicious. A
sandwich of warm, European,
crusty, square "roll." It had melted
mozzarella with many sliced black
olives and something herbal with
orange/mango juice to drink.
"Cheese." A young man had
come to the counter. He was blond,
self confident, attractive with an
athletic body and broad shoulders.
He looked like the high school football hero in his first year of college
in premed.
"Cheese," repeated the manager
person.
"Cheese,"
repeated
the
waiter/assistant.
The young man rattled off other
ingredients, "Anchovies.. .. You
understand."
The two men behind the counter
nodded. smiled, and the customer
walked out. L finally concluded he
had ordered pizza.
Ohhh, the sandwich was good.
A mid-teens boy had joined the
first woman. They were both rather
rounded . The woman's hair was cut
short and kind of wavy. They
talked together companionably and
had a mother-son air.
"Are they similar or are they different?" The raspberry/rose top
continued her conversation. Her
hair was dark brown, cut straight all
around and turned under. Her face
was angular. There was something
(See DELl, page six)
pered, "Yes."
He placed the
My heart started pounding. Did I do ring on my hand,
something wrong? Did my bags not and we embraced
make the flight? What was going on? as the other pasEven with all of these thoughts racing sengers cheered.
through my mind, I somehow heard But wait ... I was
supposed to push
every word:
"Attention please. Attention the call button. I
Lynette Baker. Lynette, John Helms couldn't reach it
would like to know if you would with my seatbelt st(ll
spend the rest of your life with him. If fastened, so my new
you accept, please press the 'call' fiance gladly pressed it for
button, and the attendant.., will be · me. All three attendants responded,
one carrying a bottle of champagne.
wi th you shortly."
As we landed and approached our
My heart continued its thumping.
Cutesy children's humor and bone
crushing violence combine for primo
martial arts entertainment in this
effort from the outlandish Robert Tai.
Mr. Tai had previously churned out
an excellent series of Ninja movies
("Ninja vs. Mafta" and "Ninja in
Deadly
Trap")
that moved like
lightning, better
to disguise the
plot holes, and
always featured
plenty of bizarre
weapons,
outlandish costumes
and
copious
bloodshed. All of
those elements
Tom Dotv
are here as well as
a passel of chil- Times Columllst
dren must train
with a Shaolin monk in order to rescue their town from a band of colorful
villains.
The film begins in scenic Sun
Valley with your standard training
sequence which sees several adults
putting children through their paces.
Though there's not much martial arts
on display, the kids seem to be having
a ball performing some whacked out
acrobatics that could easily land them
gigs with Cirque du Soleil. The tots
then gather and cheer for one of their
instructors as he puts some moves on
a bull in an open field.
Meanwhile, a gang called "The
Nine Devils" has gathered outside the
village. Turns out they are planning to
lay in wait for a caravan that is escorting their captured leader, Golden
Tiger. It appears that Golden Tiger got
nabbed while scouting a gold shipment that came from, wait for it,
Goldenberg. The gang decides to
invade the town and take it over
before the caravan arrives and this
leads to the first fight sequence, which
is a whopper.
Each member of the gang has a
special talent or weapon and they proceed to whomp on the villagers with
iron maces, armored gauntlets and
brute strength (their resident Samson
rips one guy in half at the torso). Next
they attack the caravan for more carnage and are able to free their leader,
who dresses like a Damon Runyon
character and sports a derby that
would be more in keeping with an
episode of 'The Bowery Boys." Tiger
tells the group that they will ride out
the monsoon season in the village and
·then nab the gold shipment when it
passes through.
They decide to guard all paths into
the valley and run into a pair of
Shaolin Monks who politely kick the
snot out of them and disappear into
the woods after offering blessings
from Buddha. Next they jump a
Japanese visitor and his two sons who
are en route to meet up with the
monks for a little cultural exchange,
which amounts to combining ele(See LAGOON. page six)
gate, the captain again included us in
his announcements.
�AG.
SUNDAY, JANUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Add vapor lock to problems faced by military
by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom ru1d Ray:
I'm a soldier in Iraq, and I have a
problem with what I suspect is vapor
lock on a 2005 Polaris Rover all-terrain vehicle. Frequently (although
usually occurring during the hot parts
of the day and after d1iving about 2-4
miles), the Rover stalls out. If we let it
sit and cool off (although that's wishful thinking around here) for about 20
minutes, it starts and runs fine until it
gets hot again. I know new cars don't
have vapor-lock issues anymore (as a
rule), but this is not a typical vehicle
with PCV and other improvements,
and I'm fairly sure that's the problem.
Before you laugh me off, I should
mention that here in Southern Iraq
(Camp Bucca), the average daily
midafternoon temperature is 120-145
degrees Fahrenheit! We've cleaned
the carburetor and the air filter. There
is no fuel filter. We also checked the
cooling system and electrical system.
My mechanics can't seem to find anything specific for a cause. And most of
them are so young, they've never
heard of vapor lock. I remember the
late '60s and early '70s, when this was
a big summer rush-hour problem.
However, I don't remember a specific
remedy for this problem. Can you help
prove me wrong or help rectify this
problem? My soldiers and I would
appreciate that, because if you think
145 degrees sounds hot, try walking 24 miles in it in full body armor!
Thanks! - Major Rick
TOM: I think we can help, Rick.
Since it's 145 degrees out, I agree that
it's vapor lock.
RAY: I assume you've tried wrapping the fuel lines to try to insulate
them. If not, do that first. But the real
solution is to add a booster fuel pump
near the tank.
TOM: Modem cars prevent vapor
Jock because their fuel pumps are
inside the gas tank. That keeps the fuel
under constant pressure from the tank
all the way to the fuel injectors, and
never gives it a chance to vaporize.
But in the Polaris, you probably have
a mechanical fuel pump, which is
pulling the fuel to the carburetor rather
than pushing it.
RAY: So you need to push it. To do
that, you install · an electric pump as
close to the fuel tank as possible. Sure,
it'll have to pull the fuel a short distance out of the tank, but then it' ll
pressurize the fuel line and send it the
rest of the way under positive pre!'>sure, leaving no room for vapor.
TOM: I don't know how strong a
pump you'll need,' but just a few PSJ
might be enough to fix the problem.
RAY: If that doesn't work, you 'll
have to load up the ATV with bags of
ice. Then, when it vapor-locks, you
can either lay the ice bags over the fuel
line to cool it down, or put them on
your head for the walk back! Good
luck, Rick, and I hope you and your
fellow soldiers return home safely, and
soon.
Water a possible cause of right·
headlight blowouts
Dear Tom and Ray:
For many years, I've enjoyed your
column, with its unfailing good
humor. Now I have a problem I've
never seen, and my brother-in-lawusually my Great Guru - is stumped
by it. We have a 1993 Ford Taurus
wagon with almost 300,000 miles on
the odometer. Almost everything has
been replaced four times over. About a
year ago, it started blowing right headlights. Just the right, always the right,
AND the bulb actually shatters. We
know you can ' t touch a quartz bulb
when putting it in, and we're always
Odds & Ends
• RURAL RETREAT, Va.
- One of the newest arrivals
at Kirk Heldreth's dairy farm
is
drawing
freaked-out
crowds.
A calf with two faces was
born Dec. 27 at Heldreth Dairy
Farm, and word has spread in
southwest Virginia as residents
flock to his farm.
The calf breathes out of two
noses and has two tongues,
which move independently,
according to Heldreth. There
appears to be a single socket
containing two eyes where the
heads split.
"It's the craziest thing I've
ever seen," the dairyman said.
During the calf's birth,
Heldreth said he first thought
there were two calves. It has
two lower jaws, but only one
mouth. Heldreth feeds her
through a tube, and acknowledges he probably can't main~ain that feeding schedule for
long.
The calf was the product of
artificial insemination, which
was supposed to create a
genetically superior specimen.
"Genetically, this is one of my
better calves," he said.
Bob James, a professor in
the dairy science department at
Virginia Tech and Heldreth's
former teacher, said such
births are unusual. "In my, 25
years, I've seen it maybe two
or three times, but it's pretty
rare," he said.
The animal is normal from
its tail until its unusually large
head. Heldreth said the calf
doesn't appear to have any
other physical ailments or
complications.
"It's as healthy as can be,"
he said.
• DES MOINES, Iowa A poster promoting a girls'
high school basketball team
has been shot down because it
shows the players holding toy
guns.
The "Mission: Impossible"
themed posters were yanked
this week before they hit businesses.
AI Graziano, principal at
Des Moines Lincoln High
School, said the image of the
10 varsity players holding
guns was unacceptable.
"They posed as 'Mission:
Impossible' agents and if it
stopped there, it would have
been OK, but each held a toy
revolver in their hands and
that's what's objectionable,"
he said.
"Its inappropriate in today's
climate of school violence and
shootings," he said. "It's also
inappropriate with Des Moines
discipline policy, which prohibits displays or possession of
weapons, toy or otherwise."
School officials will contact sponsors and reimburse
them if necessary. The school
also will look at redoing the
poster or possibly editing it to
replace the guns with basketballs.
• HOOPESTON, Ill. No one around here wanted
the volunteer fire department's
old hook-and-ladder truck
when it was put up for sale last
year, so the chief came up with
a modern solution.
Auction it on eBay, figured
Chief Greg Shipman. It
worked.
The $5,000 winning bid
came from Middletown, N.Y.,
where Andrew Leider plans to
open
museum and put the
truck on display.
Shipman said Wednesday
he had hoped to get more
money for the department out
of the old truck, which was
given to Hoopeston by the city
of Watseka, IlL
The chief figures the
department spent about $7,500
on the truck's restoration,
while he and the other volunteer firefighters put in several
thousand hours of labor.
"We no more got it done
than we found another one we
were happier with," he said.
But Shipman said he is
happy the old truck has a new
home. Until it heads to New
York, "it's sitting outside, and
it's hurting," he said.
a
•
SPARTANBURG, S.C.
- Norman Rattliff Jr.'s cell
phone gave him away, police
said.
Authorities were able to
arrest Rattliff on Wednesday
night by using the global positioning system in his cell
phone to track the fleeing suspect, Sheriff Chuck Wright
said.
Rattliff, who was wanted in
West Virginia for forgery and
failing to register as a sex
offender, ran from officers trying to arrest him at a
Spartanburg home where he
had been staying for about six
months, Wright said.
But he didn't get far, the
sheriff said.
"The GPS locator on his
cell phone told us about where
he was, so we went and started
knocking on doors," Wright
said.
Deputies found Rattliff in
the back bedroom of one of the
homes and arrested him, the
sheriff said. Rattliff is awaiting
extradition back to West
Virginia.
• CHICAGO Cook
County Board President Todd
Stroger has lost his private elevator.
It hasn't gone missing but it's now open to the public,
just a few weeks after it was
set aside for Stroger's private
use.
When staff members commandeered the elevator closest
to Stroger's fifth-floor office at
the county building last
month, they said it was needed
to keep the chatty official on
schedule.
"It's really for expediting
his schedule so we can get him
places and get everything
completed," spokesman Bill
Figel said at the time. "It's one
of many features to modernize
county operations, but it also
speaks to his inclination to
stop and talk to everybody."
But spokesman Steve
Mayberry said the elevator
"simply isn't seen as necessary
and was stopped not long after
it was put in place."
"The president takes whatever elevator comes first,"
Mayberry said.
• DYERSBURG, Tenn. -
A Texas man wanted on an
outstanding warrant turned
himself in to police so he
could start 2007 with "a clean
slate," police said.
Christopher Lee Torres, 29,
was wanted on a probation
violation warrant for assaulting a police officer in Kleburg
County, Texas, in April 2006.
Torres called police from a
Dyersburg motel on New
Year's Day and told them he
wanted to be taken into custody.
Torres "said that he'd
thought about this all night and
decided he wanted to start the
new year off on a clean slate,"
officers wrote in their report.
Torres was being held in
Dyer County Jail pending
extradition to the Texas county's seat of Kingsville, about
37 miles southwest of Corpus
Christi.
•
SOUTH
PADRE
ISLAND, Texas - It wasn't
quite the kind of deposit
employees of the International
Bank of Commerce were
expecting Wednesday morning
when
Ramanbhai
Patel
showed up.
Patel's car crashed into the
bank's lobby, going through a
window and part of a wall
before stopping. No one was
injured.
Police
Chief
Robert
Rodriguez said Patel, who
lives on the island, apparently
put his foot on the accelerator
instead of the brake while trying to park.
"He stepped off the brake,
panicked, and the next thing he
knew, he was inside the bank,"
Rodriguez said. Police are still
investigating and no citations
were issued Wednesday.
• ATLANTA - Po Biddy
Crossroads will be back on the
map. So will Hopeulikit and
Doctortown.
The 488 communities
wiped from this year's version
of the state highway map will
be restored, the Georgia
Department of Transportation
said Wednesday.
"These communities are as
much a part of the fabric of our
state as our major metropolitan
areas," said Vicki Gavalas, the
department's spokeswoman.
The towns were erased
from the map after the transportation department decided
it wanted a clearer, more legible version of the map to hand
out for free at visitors centers
and tourism hotspots.
The move led to an outcry
among some small-town officials, who said the erasure of
places like Cloudland, Poetry
Tulip and Chattoogaville were
an insult to rural residents.
News of the cartographic
change prompted a flood of
map-related letters and phone
calls to the governor's office,
as well as a number of complaints from legislators.
"We're glad that they've
seen the light and put it back
on there," said Dennis Holt,
who led an effort to restore the
name of western Georgia 's
Hickory Level. "Our concern
is: Will they do this again?
We'll be waiting, we ' ll be
watching."
extra careful, han<olosh or spray, a drop or
dling the bulb with a
two hit the white-hot
clean rag. The car is
bulb and kaplow ! The
not run on rough
bulb shatters.
roads. But put a new
RAY: Have a closer
headlight in, and
look and see if you
after a j ust a few
notice any moisture in
hours of use, it pops,
there.
the glass is splinTOM: Or goldfish.
tered and we're oneSwimming goldfish are
eyed again. It occurs
a sure sign of the preswinter and summer,
ence of water.
in any kind of
RAY: And then
weather. Any ideas IW..,Lin
replace the whole headas to what could
light fixture. You can
cause this and how
buy aftermarket fixwe can stop it? - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - l tures for relatively little
money. I think that'll
Charles
TOM: Well, the first thing you've solve the problem, Charles.
got to do is buy stock in Sylvania. It's
making a fortune selling you light
In their pamphlet "Should I Buy,
Lease, or Steal My Next Car?" Tom
bulbs.
RAY: I think you have some water and Ray break down the strategies for
in the fixture, Charles. We see it a lot. buying a car, so you can make the 4
You replace the bulb, but the plastic most of your money. Send $4.75
lens that protects the bulb is 300,000 (check or money order) to Next Car;
miles old and has small cracks in it. P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL32853When you drive in the rain, water gets 6475.
in, and it can't get out.
·
Got a question about cars? Write to
TOM: It might not be easy to see Click and Clack in care of this newsthe water, but my guess is that the bulb paper, or e-mail them by visiting the
heats up, a bump causes the water to Car Talk Web site at www.cartalk.com.
Lagoon
• Continued from pS
ments of their fighting styles
to improve their ability to
pound on people. The father is
killed but his sons make it to a
remote part of the jungle
where the monks are now
training the village's children
to take back their town.
Here, we are treated to yet
another training sequence,
which includes tips from the
Shaolin Abbott. His recipe for
building a better butt kicker
starts with immersing them in
cold ·water and then rubbing
their bodies before tossing
them back into water. Then he
has them beaten with bamboo
poles to toughen them up. Any
spots on their bodies that are
spared a beating are then
smacked with sand bags.
The idea appears to be to
make them resilient to pain
before putting them through
more acrobatic routines, which
include building human pyramids. The kids get spared any
fu ture indignities when the
gang corners the Abbott in the
woods and gives him a sound
thrashing, which comes to an
abrupt end rvhen they drop a
huge boulder on his head.
Though it was· not clear
how the training was supposed
to make the kids better fighters
it still pays off with the finale
which finds the children,
several
accompanied
by
adults, ripping into the nine
devils and thrashing them in
several well choreographed
battles that, once again, feature
oodles of gore.
This one moves so quickly
that you are better served to
just sit back and ignore the
plot inconsistencies. Try to
forget that it's a remote village
since everyone in the region
appears drawn there. Ignore
talk of monsoons since you
never get one and accept that
in this film's world gold comes
from Goldenberg, so maybe
leave your common sense in
senseberg while you enjoy the
antics on display.
While you're at it don' t
bother adjusting your set every
time their is a dramatic change
in lighting. It appears that they
used a well worn print to
record this one and it often
feels like you're watching a
film that was shot through a
glass of milk.
The good news is that you
can find this for $3 just about
anywhere kung fu movies are
sold, so it won't put a hole in
your budget, though your sanity is another issue.
Best line: "The most difficult thing in learning kung fu
is to have pliable bones."
1981, rated R.
of the case:
''I'm sorry abou bein' late,
but we had an awful time, out
on the farm last night.
Something got in the chickenhouse, and you never heard
such squawkin' and cacklin'
and thrashin' around in your
life, Pa, he grabbed the old
double-barrelled shotgun and
lit out for the chicken-house in
his long underwear, a-swearin
he'd git that varmit, and I took
off after him. I got there in
time to hold up the flap at the
bottom of the door for Pa, and
he started crawlin' through
holdin' the old double-barrel
ahead of him, and both barrels
cocked. Just then Old Beaver
run up and stuck his cold nose
against the part of Pa that hadn' t got inside. Pa finched, and
both barrels went off.. .I tell
you, boss, we been cleanin'
chickens ever since.
~
Allen
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and other prophets used by the
Weather Bureau.
TROUBLE ON THE FARM
Have you heard the story of
the young fellow who worked
in town but lived in the country, and wound up four hours
late for work, one morning?
His boss was in something of a
dither and an explanation was
in order, he indicated. This
was the young man's v·e rsion
Deli
• Continued from p5
about her....
"They are different."
Directly across from me on
the other side of the dining
area was a glass display case.
On the top shelf was a carrot
cake straight out of California.
On the shelf beneath it was a
flat-topped chocolate torte
straight out of Paris. How to
decide between them.
"Are they going to the same
~.:ollege or diffe1ent om:s?"
The magnificent body was
talking again. They were discussing the man's daughters.
She tilted her head a little as
she talked. Her hair... Her
face.... Her face. The face
was long rather than round.
The cheeks were thin rather
than full and round. Her nose
was straight rather than round.
Her nose was very straight.
Thin cheeks ... Thin chh ....
That was it! She was WHITE !
Then I got it. I was white!
I had not seen ·so many
whites in one place in six
weeks. All the professors in
the department of sociology
were black Africans. The five
bi-lingual interviewers with
whom I worked night and day,
seven days a week were black
Africans. All the people we
interviewed day after day were
black Africans. My two roommates in university housing
were
black
Africans.
Everyone in the stores, on the
buses, on the streets were
black. Goodness gracious.
These people were different. They were white Africans
and the deli was one of their
hangouts. They and their
great-grandfathers, grandfathers, and fathers were born in
Zambia, the Central African
Republic or here in Botswana
just as we and our ancestors
were born in America. They
are not English or French or
German any more than we are
English or French or German.
They are South
African,
Botswanan, Namibian , and
Senegelt::,e just a:, we a1·e
American. They are a tiny
minority on the continent and
we think of them only as the
bad guys, but here they looked
pretty innocuous.
It had warmed up a bit. The
short, southern-hemisphere,
cold season of May through
July was ending. It was about
noon and was warm enough so
nearly all the deli . diners had
moved
outside.
Raspberry/rose and her friend
had left. I slowly and most
reluctantly decided there was
no space left for either carrot
or chocolate cake. As I walked j
through the crowd of white
people who were now under
the awning outside, I overheard a white man talking to
the white football hero. "You
can buy one over they (southern African English for
"there") for eight cents, then
sell for. ... "
A white man with white
beard and abundant but well
trimmed, wavy, grey/white
hair was standing just outside
the awning. He was on a ceJI
phone. Presumably he was
another business man.
We do not often get the
opportunity to see ourselves as
others see us, to refer to Robert
Bums' famous poem. From
some points of view, we look a
little odd.
Editor 's Note:
Phyllis
Puffer is a professor of sociology at Big Sandy Community
and Technical College. As
such, she enjoys observing the
people and p laces around her.
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Louisville Football • A9
Bengals • A10
Sunday Classifieds • A11
Hall hits late shot, Blackcats beat Leslie for first win
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BUCKLEYS
CREEK
Prestonsburg broke into the win column for the first time in the 2006-07
season Thursday night. The Blackcats
posted their first win over a fellow
boys' basketball program that had a
20-win
season
last
winter.
Prestonsburg junior Jordan Hall
knocked drove and got a shot to go
before the buzzer Thursday night as
the Blackcats edged Leslie County
60-58. The defending WYMT
Mountain Classic Champion, Leslie
County put together a 20- 10 record
last season, reaching the 14th Region
Five Wildcats
to play in AllStar Game
jj
Tournament Semifinals.
Prestonsburg's win snapped this
season' <; eight-game losing streak.
Leslie County, which feature~ one
of Eastern Kentucky's top backcourt
tandems in Ryan Howard and Brian
Hubbard, struggled to keep up inside
with the bigger Blackcats. ln the second half, Prestonsburg went strictly to
a man-to-man defense. The Blackcats
ultimately reaped the rewards of the
defensive decision.
"We kept Trevor (Patton) in the
lane and he was able to clean up anything that got past our guards," said
Prestonsburg Coach J ackic Day
Crisp. "Our man-to-man (defense)
was better than o~r zone."
The two teams swapped leads
throughout the tournament game.
Leslie County led 14-12 at the end of
the first quarter. Prestonsburg
outscored the Eagles in the second
quarter and took a 30-27 lead into the
break.
The Blackcats were ahead 44-42 at
the end of the third quarter.
Crisp saw his team get its first win
of the season. The Blackcats (1-8)
have been able to shake slow starts
and finish strong in previous seasons.
"Now, we know what it feels like
to win," added Crisp. "We were able
to close out and win a close game
against a good team."
The Prestonsburg scoring was bal-
anced. Bobby Hughes and Nathaniel
Stephens led the Blad:.~ats with 12
points apiece. Hall added II points
for the winnmg team. »'hile Trevor
Patton narrowly missed double figures, scoring nine. Chayse Martin and
Mason Vance finished with seven and
five points, respe~tively.
Taylor Clark and Austin Gearheart
rounded out the Blackcat scoring with
two points apiece.
Ryan Howard scored a game-high
17 points for Leslie County. Brian
Hubbard added 15 points and Jimmie
Joe Morgan pushed in 13 for the
·
Eagles.
(Sec HALL. page e1ght)
UK PREPPED
(See WILDCATS, page two)
Clint Stepp leads
JBS over Owsley
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES - Visiting
Owsley County could do little
Thursday night to combat host
June Buchanan School's outstanding long-range shooting.
Freshman guard Clint Stepp set
a JBS record with eight threepointers as the Crusaders defeated Owsley County 101-51.
Stepp tossed in a game-high 24
points in the home win over
Owsley County.
With the win, June Buchanan
broke a two-game losing streak.
The Crusaders lost to Lexington
Catholic and Louisville Trinity
one week earlier in the Fifth
Third Invitational.
June Buchanan (8-3) never
let Owsley County get close.
The Crusaders led 32-7 at the
end of the first quarter. June
Buchanan took a 54-27 lead into
the half. In the second half, June
Buchanan picked up right where
it had left off, outscoring the
Owls in each of the last two
quarters.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Kentucky
head coach Rich Brooks, offensive coordinator Joker Phillips,
offensive lineman Michael
Aitcheson,
center
Matt
McCutchan and defensive end
Durrell White are scheduled to
parttc1pate in the inaugural
IntaJuice North-South All-Star
Classic on Jan. 13 in Houston.
Brooks and Phillips will guide
the offense for the North team.
The players' team assignments
have not been made as of this
writing.
The Wildcats are coming off
t\ an 8-5 season, capped by a win
over Clemson in the Gaylord
Hotels Music City Bowl.
Aitcheson was a two-year starter
in the offensive line and earned
second-team All-Southeastern
Conference honors as a senior.
McCutchan was a three-year regular at center, twice being named
SEC Offensive Lineman of the
Week during his career. White
was a four-year starter, totaling
153 tackles as a Wildcat, including 22.5 tackles for loss.
Returning its top offensive
players
for
next
season,
1A Kentucky could grab a spot in
one or several preseason Top 25
polls.
• The UK men's basketball
team has been playing well as of
late - and individual honors
haven't been scarce.
Kentucky
junior
center
Randolph Morris was named the
SEC Player of the Week this past
week.
Morris helped lead the
Wildcats to a 78-65 win over
Jordan Hall
(See JBS, page eight)
Prestonsburg High School student-athlete Taylor Clark, a junior, was part of the 2006 Class of Kentucky. At PHS,
Clark excels in the classroom and in the sports of football, basketball and track and field. Above, Clark is pictured with UK President Lee Todd.
Clark part of 2006 Class of Kentucky
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG - Prestonsburg High School junior
Taylor Clark was chosen to represent his school last July in
the 2006 Class of Kentucky. The program was developed
to encourage Kentucky' s best and brightest students to
attend the University of Kentucky. The students were honored at a luncheon in which several community leaders,
including University of Kentucky President Lee Todd,
spoke. The 2006 Class of Kentucky was recognized at a
UK football home game at Commonwealth Stadium, Nov.
18, 2006.
Clark was chosen to participate in the HOBY Youth
Leadership seminar this past summer at Transylvania
University. HOBY is a three-day seminar with many activities and speakers involving the importance of leadership.
The seminar is to motivate students to make a difference in
society through excellent leadership qualities.
Clark is the son of Eddy and Robin Clark of
Prestonsburg.
WYMTMtn.
Classic tips
off Tuesday
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HAZARD - One of Eastern
Kentucky's most storied high
school boys' basketball tournaments will tip off in Perry
County Tuesday when the
WYMT-Whayne
Supply
Mountain Classic gets its start
Tuesday.
The Leslie County High
School boys' basketball team
will have a chance to win backto-back Mountain Classic championships.
This year's tournament also
includes
Pineville,
June
Buchanan,
defending
14th
Region
champion
Hazard,
Shelby Valley, Bell County,
Perry County Central and
Pikeville.
At press time, Shelby Valley
remained as the state's only
undefeated boys' high school
basketball team.
Tuesday's opening round
(See CLASSIC, page eight)
Winter bass? Think wartning days, stnall waters, slow retrieves
by STEVE VANTREESE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
j!f
PADUCAH - On one hand, this is not
a great time for bass fishing.
On the other, if it scratches an itch you
can't reach any other way, it makes more
sense than doing without.
Bass are cold-blooded creatures that
match the temperature of their surroundings and slow down accordingly in the
cold. Bass are even more sluggish in winter than some other fish species.
From the fisherman's perspective,
most discouraging is that the bass' winter
metabolism doesn't require it to eat often.
Nevertheless, there are anglers who
feel trapped by the present "offseason."
Their sanity may hinge on fishing, and
bass fishing at that. They may long for
spring but aren't willing to wait for it.
For them there may be relief in bass
fishing right now. The catch might not
rival that of spring, but there is potential
for positive results as well as the safety
valve to diffuse cabin fever.
There is certainly potential for winter
bass fishing on the state's big reservoirs.
Most of that would involve slow, deep
fishing on a typical winter's day.
A key toward turning fortunes around
on a winter day is milder weather, air temperatures and sunshine that can raise the
water temperatures. Even a rise of a couple of degrees can affect fish to the plus
side of the equation. That might be experienced on a big impoundment, but no
place warms and improves more quickly
than a small body of water.
Small lakes, watersheds and farm
pond!> are recommended choice for winter
bass fishing during a warming trend merely because small waters, especially those
of modest depth, respond favorably to a
warm-up more quickly.
Dir~ct sunlight is a detriment to the
bass fisherman mo<;t of the time, but solar
exposure is the angler's friend now. A
combination of mild air temperatures plus
direct sun can have a warming effect on
small waters, especially along northern
and eastern shorelines of a lake or pond
that get the most direct exposure.
Choice banks arc those with riprap.
gravel or any other stone material that can
absorb the sun's energy and leach the heat
into the water surrounding it. Water that i~
three or four degrees warmer than sur-
photos courtesy of flwoutdoors.com
(See BASS, page eight)
Eastern Kentucky fishermen Tee Watkins (left) and Tim
McDonald (right) have teamed up to fish together in 2007.
�AS.
SUNDAY, JANUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Hall
Wildcats
• Continued from p7
• Continued from p7
In Thursday's other Coca-Cola
Hoops Classic game, Lawrence
County defeated Cordia 72-60. Lewis
Michael scored a game-high 19
points for Lawrence County. Michael
was one of four different Bulldogs to
produce double figures in the scoring
department. The Bulldogs outscored
Cordia in three of four quarters.
Josh Mosley had 16 points and
Zach Hurt added 15 for Cordia.
PRESTONSBURG 60, LESLIE
COUNTY 58
LESLIE COUNTY (58) - Poloni
4, Roberts 7, Hubbard 15, Howard
17, Browning 2, Morgan 13.
PRESTONSBURG (60) - Hall
11, Hughes 12, Patton 9, Stephens 12,
Martin 7, Clark 2, Vance 5, Gearheart
2.
LeslieCounty..... 14 13 15 16-58
Prestonsburg ...... l2 18 14 16-60
instate rival Eastern Kentucky,
recording his fourth double-double
of the season, sixth of his career and
his third in the last fiVe games. The
last Wildcat to achieve such a stretch
was Chuck Hayes in the 2004-05
season.
Morris' 25 points tied a career
high for the 6-11 junior. He also
recorded a 20 point-! 0 rebound
game for the second time this season. He is the first Wildcat to have
two 20- J 0 games in the same season
since Tayshaun Prince in 200 1-02.
Morris has scored in double figures
in every game but one this season.
It is the first SEC weekly honor
in Morris' career and the second this
season for the Wildcats. Freshman
Jodie Meeks was named the conference's SEC Freshman of the Week
on December 18.
Winter bass trying to soak up
warmth along a sunny shore may
suspend near the bank, often in little
water, and they often bask where
there is no visible wood cover that
they prefer for shelter most of the
year.
One of the preferred cold-water
lures is the minnow-shaped jerkbait,
especially the neutral-buoyancy suspending variety that can be twitched
along below the surface, with sluggish pauses in which the lure can be
allowed to "hang" without rising or
sinking. A tempted bass may softly
take the jerkbait during a pause,
simply being "there" when the fish-
erman again moves to twitch the
lure.
Similarly a shallow- to mid-depth
crankbait, especially a suspending
model, can probe warming banks. A
stop-and-go retrieve may be the
ticket, but a slow retrieve is most
critical.
Some winter bass, especially
those in a slight warming mode, can
be taken on a spinnerbait by slowrolling it through basking areas. A
spinnerbait can be modified by
upsizing the spinner blade or blades
to provide more "lift" at a slowerthan-normal retrieve speed - a plus
in the cold water.
Bass
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Classic
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matchups will have Pineville taking
on June Buchanan at 6:30 and
Hazard playing Shelby Valley at
8:15.
Leslie County is scheduled to
meet Bell County in the opening
round of the
WYMT Classic on Wednesday at
6:30. The final opening round
matchup has Perry County Central
paired up against Pikeville.
Perry County Central High School
is hosting this year's tournament.
All WYMT Mountain Classic
games will be played at the John C.
Combs Arena at PCCHS.
Leslie County captured last season's Mountain Classic championship, defeating Harlan 78-72 in
overtime last season at Knott County
Central.
2007 WYMT-Whayne Supply
Mountain Classic
Sponsored by Food City.
Presented by Kentucky Farm
Bureau.
At Perry County Central High
School/John C. Combs Arena
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 6:30p.m.
June Buchanan vs. Pineville
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m.
Hazard vs. Shelby Valley
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 6:30p.m.
Leslie County vs. Bell County
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.
Perry County Central vs. Pikeville
Friday, Jan. 12
Semifinals
Saturday, Jan. 13
Consolation and championship
games
(Games will be televised on
WYMT)
rounding areas well might attract
bass, and bass that lounge in the
warmer water may feel a bit more
frisky - perhaps enough to seize a
bit to eat.
The winter fisherman's chore is
to put something near the bass that
looks edible and, of vital importance, is easy to catch. Cold water
bass are less apt to move far or fast
to take a lure.
Consequently, winter bass fishing calls for slow-moving lures and
not necessarily the largest of them.
Bass appetite, after all, remains
modest as long as metabolism and
energy use remain low.
Gators use underdog role as
motivation to beat the Buckeyes
by RALPH D. RUSSO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JBS
• Continued from p7
Clark Stepp followed with 22
points for the Crusaders. Tate Cox
also reached double figures for June
Buchanan, adding 16 points. Senior
guard Brock Childers chipped in 10
points for the winning team.
Ten different June Buchanan
players provided scoring.
For Owsley County, Trey
Congleton and Adam Mcintosh each
had 19 points.
Following the loss, Owsley
County dropped to 5-9. The Owls
had put together a two-game winning streak before falling Thursday
night.
Jets QB Pennington
wins AP Comeback
Player ofYear award
supported me throughout the entire
and have put in a lot of hard
work with me," Pennington said. "To
me, it's a group award and it involves
so many people in so many different
areas in so many different places that
have taken time out of their schedules
that have helped me get back to being
the player I want to be, and to have a
chance to play the game that I love to
play."
Pennington came to training camp
determined to win a four-roan competition at quarterback.
"When you' re put in difficult situations, I think you have to fight human
nature sometimes and human nature
sometimes wants to feel sorry for itself
and come up with excuses and look
for ways to get out of a situation," he
said. "I just chose not to listen to my
own human nature."
Or to the naysayers, of whom there
were plenty.
After all, how could an NFL quarterback who already had a reputation
for not having a strong arm possibly
come back from two operations on his
shoulder in consecutive years? There
was no precedent for it.
"In Chad's mind, there was never
any doubt," coach Eric Mangini said.
"He was extremely committed to
doing everything he could possibly do
to put himself in a position to come
back from those injuries."
The latest occurred last season ·in
Week 3 when Pennington was sacked
by Jacksonville's Paul Spicer, who hit
the quarterback from behind and
pulled his right arm behind his back as
he was about to throw. Pennington
keeps a picture of the play on his desk
at home as a framed reminder of how
far he's come.
"I would say that at some times
during the rehab and at some times
during the competition, I think I had to
look at it as if the slate was wiped
clean," he said. "What I had done in
the past didn' t matter anymore."
Once he was medically cleared to
practice, Pennington was ready to run
the offense instituted by Mangini and
new
coordinator
Brian
Schottenheimer.
"It didn' t matter what time I was
passing through (the training room), if
Chad was getting rehabbed, he was
multitasking with his playbook,"
Mangini said. "It was like a mobile
study center where he was getting
worked on and working at the same
time."
Pennington easily beat out Patrick
Ramsey, Brooks Bollinger and Kellen
Clemens for the starting job, and
proved he was back with consecutive
300-yard games to start the season. He
has also routinely bounced back from
hard hits to the shoulder.
"If this situation did anything for
me, it showed me how important staying in the present and staying in the
now is, because that's the only part of
your life that you can control at that
moment," Pennington said. "You can't
control the past and you have no idea
what the future holds."
by DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.
Chad
Pennington spent two nerve-racking
weeks at home in Tennessee last fall
wondering if his right shoulder would
ever be the same.
"That was the lowest point, not
knowing what direction I would go in,
whether it was good or bad or whether
it was with football or without football," the New York Jets quarterback
said. "I had no idea."
Pennington overcame a second
tom rotator cuff in as many years and incredible odds - to win The
Associated Press NFL Comeback
Player of the Year award Thursday.
The seven-year veteran acknowledged that dark thoughts passed
through his mind in the days following
the injury in Week 3 of last season.
"Not having a goal, not having a
challenge, not having a carrot out in
front of you as an athlete is a bad place
to be," Pennington said. "It's sort of
like ' The Twilight Zone.' You have no
drive, you have nothing to go for."
His outlook improved after he had
surgery and the Jets' medical team
helped him focus on his rehabilitation.
"Then I had a challenge 'ahead of
me," he said. "I had a goal, I had
something to go after and my total
mind-set and attitude changed. I was
starting to get back to normal."
And he came back, maybe even
better than before. The seven-year veteran has led the Jets to a surprising 106 record and a wild-card berth one season after they went 4- 12 - most of it
with him sidelined - and changed
coaches. He started all 16 games in a
season for the first time, finished second in the AFC with a 95.7 passer rating and threw for a career-high 3,352
yards, along with 17 touchdowns and
16 interceptions. Most importantly, he
re-emerged as a leader.
"No situation rattles him," receiver
Jerricho Cotchery said. "I've never
seen him rattled. Obviously, when you
have your leader like that, you feel the
same way he feels, that we can't get
rattled out there."
Pennington earned 27 votes in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50
sports writers and broadcasters who
cover the NFL. He finished ahead of
two other quarterbacks, Drew Brees of
New Orleans (8 112) and Cincinnati's
Carson Palmer (5 1/2). Pennington,
the fifth quarterback to win the award
in its nine years, is the first Jet to
receive the honor.
Last year's recipients were New
England linebacker Tedy Bruschi and
Carolina receiver Steve Smith.
•'It does mean a lot to me because
t•"Ve put in a lot of hard work and
there's been a lot of people that have
proc~ss
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The
Florida Gators are feeling unappreciated and they're not happy about it.
There's no doubt the Gators are
the underdogs heading into the BCS
championship game against topranked Ohio State on Monday night.
The unbeaten Buckeyes have
been No. 1 all season and rarely challenged, outscoring opponents by 26
points per game. They've got the
Heisman Trophy winner in Troy
Smith and a coach in Jim Tressel
with a national championship on his
resume and a reputation for being as
good it gets in big games.
The Gators have an imperfect
record, several too-close-for-comfort
victories and their only All-American
is safety Reggie Nelson.
In Las Vegas, Ohio State is a
seven-point favorite.
To hear the Florida Gators tell it,
the '0' and ' H' have already been
engraved into the championship tro·
phies.
"Every time you pick up a paper
or magazine you see Ohio State, then
you see one page of Florida or just
the title, Florida Gators," Gators
defensive tackle Joe Cohen. "And
you know, we fought to get here, too.
We want a little credit that we're
here. At least acknowledge that we' re
in the game. I guess Jan. 8 we'll show
that we're in the game."
Football players are always looking for an opportunity to feel disrespected. It can be a powerful motivational tool. Just ask Texas, which
rode Vince Young's need for redemption to a national title last year. Or the
2002 Buckeyes, who pulled off one
of the biggest BCS upsets.
And the Gators really have been
on the defensive for months, first trying to prove they deserved to play for
the national title, then defending their
selection for the big game over
Michigan.
Thanks to USC, the Michigan
problem went away in the Rose
Bowl. Still, the Gators know many
skeptics remain.
'The way the talk is we don't
deserve to be here really," receiver
Dallas Baker said. "We played a lot
ofTop-25 teams and defensive teams
and they're still saying that we don't
deserve to be here, so this is an
opportunity to prove everyone
wrong."
Even back home in New Smyrna
Beach, Fla., for Christmas, Baker
heard the Gators being badmouthed.
As he walked around the mall, he
overheard a couple of kids predict
gloom and doom for the Gators.
"A kid didn't even know I was
standing there and I heard him tell
another little kid - they were probably like in sixth or seventh grade they were saying 'I can't wait 'til the
game to watch Ohio State beat up on
Florida,"' Baker said. ''I'm like this is ,
a Florida guy not even giving us an
opportunity. He had on a Florida
Gator hat but was saying we were
going to lose."
Ohio State can relate, at least a little.
The Buckeyes' fifth-year seniors
were part of Ohio State's '02 championship team.
Those Buckeyes were unbeaten,
but their opponent was a Mian1i team
that had won 34 consecutive games
and was looking for its second
straight national title.
"Our mind-set was that we wanted to play the best we could. We
wanted to shock the world," Ohio
State defensive lineman Joel Penton
said Thursday. "Miami had some
weaknesses."
Not many, but Ohio State exploited them and beat Willis McGahee,
Jonathan Vilma, Andre Johnson, Ken
Dorsey and the rest of the
Hurricanes, 3 1-24 in double overtime.
Just like the Gators are doing now,
the Buckeyes played the no-respect
card.
"I remember we got a little flier
about a victory party in Miami for
when they got back before the
game," Penton said. "We did feel
slighted. I think it definitely helped."
There's been comparisons made
between that Ohio State, Tressel's
second, and these Gators under second-year coach Urban Meyer.
"The obvious similarity is that
they're in the second year of their
building process and that you have.a
mix of guys that you' ve just grown to
get to know and a mix of guys that
you recruited," Tressel said.
Like the current Gators, those
Buckeyes were good, not great,
offensively. Their approach was very
different from the Gators. Ohio State
used the power running of freshman
Maurice Clarett and some clutch play
from quarterback Craig Krenzel to
score. Florida's offense has sputtered
at times because it lacks an inside
running game and appears too reliant
on its fast perimeter players such as
freshman Percy Harvin, Andre
Caldwell and Baker.
Both teams played stingy defense
and lots of close games. Half of Ohio
State's 14 wins were by seven points
or fewer. Half of Florida's victories
have been by 10 points or fewer.
The Buckeyes have been careful
not to feed Florida's us-against-theworld attitude by throwing nothing
but praise at the Gators.
"I don't look at ourselves as a
huge favorite," Penton said. "We're
looking at (the Gators) on film and
they're as good as anybody we've
faced."
Besides, how much of an underdog can a team playing for a national
championship really be.
·'People say we are (the underdog)
but we really don't feel like that,"
defensive tackle Ray McDonald said.
"The top two teams in the country arc •
playing. Why should there be an
underdog? Why shouldn't it be
even?''
SHOOTING FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Prestonsburg businessmen competed in this year's free throw contest for Ill
the PHS boys' basketball team.
Annual free throw contest a success for Blackcat program
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG
Prestonsburg High School held its
annual Meet the Blackcats Night
Nov. 18, 2006. Part of the program
was the annual businessmen's free
throw contest in which local businessmen helped to raise money for
the Prestonsburg High basketball
program. This year 's participants
were Wimpy Clark, John Thomas
Clark, Barry Crum, Thomas Nairn,
Les Staple ton and Marty Minix.
Nairn was this year's winner.
making 24 of 25 free throws. The
PHS Fast Break C lub, the PHS
boys' basketball team and coaches
expressed their appreciation for the
time, hard work and entertainment
the contest participants provided.
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THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
SUNDAY, JANUARY
7' 2007 • A9
Louisville Cardinals eager to take next step
by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI - Bobby Petrino needs to
find a new motto to drill into the heads
.,. of his Louisville players. The
Cardinals, it seems, are finished with
"finish."
Petrino's players showed during
their remarkable 2006 season that they
were listening when the coaching staff
chanted "finish" over and over during
every workout, practice and game.
The Cardinals' 24-13 victory over
Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl
capped a breakout year in which the
school enjoyed its first 12-win season
and perhaps finally proved it has
arrived.
"In the near future, if not now,
we' re going to be a powerhouse," running back Kolby Smith said. "Coach
f \ Petrino is building a program that is
fighting to be one of those top
schools."
Brian Brohm
shines, mulls
return
by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
il
MIAMI - Brian Brohm's poise
helped make him one of the top quarterbacks in the country.
So even in the giddy aftermath of
No.5 Louisville's 24-13 win over No.
15 Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl
on Tuesday night, the junior quarterback wasn' t ready to make a hasty
decision about the NFL.
"We'lllet everything settle down,"
Brohm said. "I'll sit down with my
parents and my family and see what
the best thing to do is. Right now,
coming back trying to win a national
-.~ UK Women
defeat USC in
SEC opener
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Junior guard
Samantha Mahoney (Detroit) scored
a game-high 19 points and junior center Sarah Elliott (McKee) added 16 as
Kentucky held off a late South
Carolina charge to post a 59-55
Southeastern Conference opening
win over the Gamecocks Thursday.
~ The Cats, who won their eighth consecutive game, played in front of a
season-high 6,010 in Memorial
Coliseum.
In a matchup between two of the
league's top defensive teams, the
Tennessee Tech
tops Colonels,
75-53
TIMES STAFF REPORT
COOKEVILLE, Te nn. - The
Eastern Kentucky University men's
basketball team netted a season-low
three three-pointers and missed 17
free throws allowing host Tennessee
The Cardinals may already be
there. Only a second-half meltdown at
Rutgers on Nov. 9 prevented
Louisville from finishing the season
undefeated and earning a shot against
Ohio State in the BCS title game.
Not bad for a team that lost star running back Michael Bush to a broken
right leg in the opener against
Kentucky and played parts of three
games without quarterback Brian
Brohm, who injured the thumb on his
throwing hand in a win over Miami in
September.
Louisville persevered without its
stars and showcased the depth of talent
Petrino has cultivated during his four
years at the helm. Backups and role
players like quarterback Hunter
Cantwell and running back Anthony
Allen made vital contributions for a
team aching to show it belonged
among the nation's elite.
"We showed that we're a team, not
just one guy or two guys," said wide
receiver Harry Douglas. "It takes all of
us to get it done."
Whether the Cardinals enter the
2007 season with legitimate national
title hopes could depend on what happens over the next two weeks. Brohm
and Bush have until Jan. 15 to decide
whether they will return in the fall.
Brohm, who was named the
Orange Bowl's Most Valuable Player
after throwing for 311 yards, was noncommittal about his intentions after
the game. Bush, who has applied for a
medical redshirt from the NCAA, said
he'd wait to get feedback from NFL
scouts before making his decision.
If they do return, the Cardinals
could find themselves in the spot
Petrino promised they'd be in when he
took the job. Four years ago Petrino
challenged his staff and his players to
dream big. The Cardinals delivered
this sea'lon with the kind of electric
play that's made them one of the most
dynamic teams in the country.
After beating the mantra "finish"
into his players' heads all offseason,
the Cardinals showcased the killer
instinct they lacked at crucial times in
year past. Louisville beat rival West
Virginia on a national television audience to briefly enter the national title
picture, then rebounded from the upset
at Rutgers to run the table and win
their first Big East title.
Playing in their first-ever Bowl
Championship Series game, the
Cardinals drew on the lessons they'd
learned, dominating the fourth quarter
against Wake Forest and era-;ing any
doubt about their ability to play their
best when the game is on the line.
"That's what we'd been working on
all year, finishing games, playing all
four quarters," said center Eric Wood.
"To go out like this and win it the way
we did just shows the strides we've
made."
The strides may continue, with or
without Brohm and Bush.
Petrino regarded as one of college
football's most innovative playcallers
-has had little trouble finding ways to
move the ball no matter who is under
center. And the injuries to Brohm and
Bush provided players like Cantwell
and Allen invaluable playing time.
Cantwell showed promise in relief
of Brohm, while Allen proved to be
Bush-lite. He finished with 14 touchdowns and became the team's go-to
option at the goal line.
Wide receivers Harry Douglas and
Mario Urrutia will be also back, as will
most of the offensive line. The defense
will take some hits, notably defensive
tackle Amobi Okoye and linebacker
Nate Harris, two of the unit's leaders.
"We've got some holes to fill,"
Petrino said.
But the Cardinals won't Jack for
volunteers.
"Next year, nothing less than the
national championship (will do),"
Douglas said.
title looks very appealing."
Considering the way Brohm shredded the Demon Deacons in the second
half, it should be.
Brohm threw for 311 yards - the
third-highest total in Orange Bowl history - and was at his best in the fourth
quarter. He completed 9 of 11 passes
on back-to-back touchdown drives
that gave the Cardinals the lead and
served as an exclamation point on a
season Louisville hopes will propel it
to the upper echelon of college football.
It's a neighborhood the Cardinals
could live in comfortably if Brahm
returns. He said last month he would
almost certainly come back for his
senior season, but was more vague in
the days leading up to the game. Some
NFL experts are predicting Brohm
could be a first-round selection in the
NFL Draft in April.
But after helping the Cardinals to
their ftrst 12-win season in school history, and with a majority of starters
returning on both sides of the ball, wait around and wait for somebody
Brahm knows he has a chance to do else to do something. Let's go make
something special at his hometown some plays right now,"' Brohm said.
And like he has over much of the
school next year.
"We've got a great team corning last three seasons, when the plays
back and it would be very hard to pass needed to be made, it was Brohm who
made them.
that up," Brohm said.
He was at his efficient
Wake Forest did it's best
best over the game's final I 5
to ruin what may be
minutes, guiding Louisville
Brohm's final bow. The
on a pair of methodical
Demon Deacons frustrated
touchdown
drives
that
the nation's second-ranked
secured the win and likely
offense for three quarters.
The Cardinals had little trouassured the Cardinals of a
top-five ranking in the final
ble moving the ball, but
polls.
wer hurt by dropped passes
Brian Brohm
"He just has a knack for
and turnovers in Wake
the game," receiver Harry
Forest territory.
Trailing by three early in the fourth Douglas said of Brohm. "Some guys
quarter, Brohm and his teammates are just born with it, and he's one of
held an impromptu pep talk on the them."
sidelines, with the normally quiet
Brohm, whose older brothers Jeff
and Greg and father Oscar all played
Brohm right in the middle of it.
"Basically, we just all got together at Louisville, has plenty of reasons to
and we got into each other's faces and return. He knows all about the history
said 'Let's go win this game and not of the program and how important
football bas become to a community
long hooked on basketball.
"This is huge," he said. "It's just
another step in the direction of ultimately reaching the goal of a national
title. We not only got to a BCS Bowl
game but I think it's huge that we
came in here and won it. It's good for
all the guys on the team to come back.
We all know how to do it now."
Brohm laughed when asked if the
"we" he was referring to meant he'd
already made up his mind about
returning.
While his teammates respect the
position he's in, there's little doubt
where their hopes lie. Brohm has until
Jan. 15 to decide.
"Tt' II be exciting to see what he
does and hopefully he'll come back
because I like our chances with him
back there," center Eric Wood said.
So do the Louisville fans. The
thousands at Dolphins Stadium chanted "one more year" to Brohm as he
ran off the field.
Wildcats (12-3, 1-0 SEC) and
Gamecocks were nearly even in
every statistical category. Kentucky,
which has now won five of its last
eight league openers, led the entire
game and held a 10-point lead (5545) with 1:51 remaining before the
Gamecocks began a late rally.
South Carolina (10-5, 0-1 SEC)
fought to the very end by scoring five
consecutive points to pull within five,
55-50, with 59 seconds remaining in
the game. After a pair of free-throws
by senior guard Jenny Pfeiffer (North
Vernon, Ind.), a three-pointer by
USC's Brionna Dickerson brought
Carolina as close as four points, 5753, with 13 seconds left. A pair of
clutch charity shots by Mahoney
allowed UK to hang on for the win.
Mahoney's 19 points, 14 scored in
the first half, came on 6-of-14 shooting from the floor and 6-of-8 from the
free-throw line. She notched double
figures for the 51st time in her career.
Elliott's 19 points helped her reached
the 900-career point plateau as she
now has 902 points as a Wildcat.
Senior forward/center Jennifer
Humphrey (Memphis, Tenn.), who
played a career high 37 minutes,
brought down a game-high 10
rebounds for the Wildcats, who were
out-rebounded (41 -31) for just the
third time this season. It marked the
fourth consecutive game with double-figure rebounds for Humphrey.
Sophomore point guard Carly
Ormerod (Louisville) had a careerhigh eight rebounds to complement
three steals in a season-high 38 minutes of action.
The Cats were forced to combat an
obvious size disadvantage as the
Gamecocks have seven players 6foot or taller. Free-throws proved to
be advantageous for the Wildcats,
who connected on 13-of-21 (61.9
pet.) from the charity stripe, while
South Carolina was just 3-of-6.
Despite shooting just 40 percent from
the floor (21-of-52), Kentucky continued its solid defensive play, holding South Carolina to 39.1 percent
(25-of-64) from the field. It marked
only the sixth time in 15 games the
Gamecocks have been held under 40
percent shooting.
T4e Wildcats broke to a 9-4
advantage to begin the game thanks
to four points from Mahoney during
that stretch. With Kentucky leading
13-8, back-to-back baskets by the
Gamecocks allowed them to whittle
their deficit down to one, 13-12.
From there, Kentucky outscored
South Carolina 20-9 over the remaining 9:00 of the first half to take a 3321 le ad to the locker room. Kentucky
held South Carolina without a basket
for 3:27 during the run.
The Wildcats went into the locker
room ahead 33-21 after shooting 44.4
percent (12-of-27) after limiting the
Gamecocks to just 34.5 percent (1 0of-29) from the field and scoreless
from beyond the arc. Kentucky has
allowed 25 points or less in the first
half in seven of the last eight games.
The two teams traded baskets for
much of the early part of the second
half before consecutive baskets by
senior guard Nastassia Alcius
(Lexington) and Elliott put the
Wildcats ahead by 13, 46-33, with
10:51 remammg in the game.
Kentucky was able to keep its distance before the Gamecocks sparked
a late rally.
Lakesha Tolliver led the way for
USC with 14 points as one of three
Gamecocks averaging double-figure
point totals. USC's leading scorer Iva
Sliskovic, who entered the game
averaging 10.2 ppg, was held scoreless.
Tech University to earn a 75-53 win
Thursday night in Eblen Center. The
Golden Eagles (6-8, 2-3 OVC) broke
a four-game losing skid while the
Colonels (8-6, 3-3) have now
dropped three straight contests.
Senior Julian Mascoll led the
Colonels with 16 points on 75 percent
(6-of-8) shooting, his 12th straight
game shooting at least 50 percent
from the field . Freshman Adam
Leonard was the only other EKU
player in double figures, scoring 13
points while hitting 2-of-8 threepointers.
Four TTU players tallied at least
10 points, led by forward Amadi
McKenzie's 16 points. McKenzie
also hauled in a game-high seven
rebounds. Belton Rivers added 15
points and six assists.
Tennessee Tech Jed from start to
finish for its eighth straight home win
over Eastern dating back to 1997-98.
After Leonard connected on a threepointer to level the game at 8-all, the
Golden Eagles responded with the
next five points and never looked
back. With a little over five minutes
left in the half. Leonard had the
chance to even the score at 23, but
missed the front end of a 1-and- 1 situation. Tennessee Tech then put
together a 13-3 run to end the half
and took a 36-24 lead into intermission.
Eastern stepped up its defense
early in the second half, forcing
numerous TTU turnovers which led
to a few EKU fast break opportunities. The Colonels would close the
gap to six points, 41 -35, but four
missed free throws kept them from
getting even closer. Tennessee Tech
finally ended any thoughts of an
Eastern Kentucky comeback by
recording 12 of the next 13 points to
establish a 53-36 cushion with 9:48
remaining.
The Colonels were 3-of-23 (13
percent) from behind the arc and only
connected on one three-pointer in the
final 34 minutes of action.
Meanwhile, Eastern struggled at the
free throw line, hitting just 14-of-31
(45.2 percent) attempts.
Eastern Kentucky will host OVC
rival Morehead State on Tuesday.
ESPNU will be covering the game
live beginning at 7 p.m.
UK ranked 30th in Baseball America
Preseason Top 50
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - The Kentucky
baseball team has been ranked 30th in
the 2007 Baseball America preseason
Top-50 poll, the magazine announced
Thursday.
The ranking is the first such honor
for the Wildcats this preseason and a
major change from a year ago when
UK was picked to finish last in the
Southeastern Conference. Kentucky
eventually won a school-record 44
games and claimed the school's first
Southeastern
Conference
Championship during a historic 2006
campaign. UK's 2006 squad became
'1 the only team in conference history to
go from worst-to-first in the course of
a year, behind an explosive offensive
philosophy which translated into UK
plating a school-record 500 runs and
blasting 99 home runs.
Kentucky finished the 2006 season
ranked 20th in the final Baseball
America poll, its highest final ranking
in 18 years.
Several Kentucky players have
garnered preseason honors so far,
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including catcher Sean Coughlin and
outfielder Collin Cowgill, both of
whom were named to the Brooks
Wallace Award Watch List, annually
given to the best college baseball
player in the nation. Coughlin also
was named a first-team preseason
All -Ameri can while Cowgill and
right-handed ace Greg Dombrowski
earned third-team preseason honors
from the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association.
Joining Kentucky in the top-50
were nine other SEC teams, including
nine of UK's 2007 opponents - South
Carolina (No. 6), Arkansas (No. 7),
Vanderbilt (No. 8), Tennessee (No.
11), Evansville (No. 2 1), Ole Miss
(No. 25), Georgia (No. 27), Auburn
(No. 36) and LSU (No. 50).
The 2007 Kentucky baseball season starts with a three-game road trip
(Feb. 16- 18) to Greenville , S.C. to
face off with the Furman Paladins.
The home slate begins with a Feb. 2 1
matchup against cross-state rival
Murray State at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
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The David School basketball team is still looking for its first win in the 2006-07 season.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
7, 2007
THE fLOYD CouNTY TIMES
Cincinnati Bengals at ~n 8-8 crossroads
by JOE KAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI - Coach Marvin
Lewis wa!> widely praised for turning
the woeful Cincinnati Bengals mto an
average team in his first season.
Three years later, the
Bengals are stuck at average.
Significant
offseason
changes are needed if Lewis
wants his team to be anything more than an also-ran.
The Bengals have finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs - in three
of Lewis' four seasons.
Fans who survived one of the
longest stretches of futility in NFL history are starting to get antsy. An 0-3
finish that cost the Bengals a playoff
spot this season left players with a
sense that something is seriously
wrong and needs to get fixed in a
hurry.
"There's definitely some things
that need to change," quarterback
Pollack undergoes
surgery for
cracked bone in
neck
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vince Young:
Associated Press
Offensive Rookie
of Year
by BARRY WILNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -Vince Young looks
as if he'll make the NFL his personal
playground, too.
The dynamic quarterback for the
Tennessee Titans won The Associated
Press Offensive Rookie of the Year
Award on Wednesday. He did it in the
same fashion he turned around the
Titans' season - running away from
the rest of the field.
Young, who led Texas to the 2005
national championship and was the
third overall pick in la~t April's draft,
Carson Palmer said.
The changes have to start at the top.
No, Lewis isn't going anywhere.
He still has more sway over the front
office than any of his recent predecessors. But Lewis acknowledged on
Tuesday that he got too lax with discipline this season, something that he
plans to change.
Eight Bengals were arrested
and two suspended during
2006, drawing the concern of
commissioner Roger Goodell.
The misbehavior raised questions
about the type of players that the
Bengals were choosing and whether
they were being tough enough on
them when they got into trouble.
Several veterans have urged Lewis
to take a tough line on everything the
way he did during his first season in
Cincinnati, when the Bengals made
that sudden turnaround.
"I think there's an outcry from our
guys to go back that way," Lewis said.
"I hear it and see it, so that's my chal-
lenge to go back to that.
"We've tried to allow guys to grow
both as men and mature as players.
But the thing we continue to find is
they've got to be constantly coached,
policed and corrected so that at times
of adversity, we can do the right
things."
For better or worse, Chad Johnson
was the face of the '06 Bengals.
He was on a self-promotion kick to
open the season. He had a new look a golden Mohawk - got Degree
deodorant to sponsor his who-covered-me list, and renamed himself
"Ocho Cinco" for one game.
He did a touchdown dance in front
of a cornerback teammate when he
scored during a training camp practice, and proclaimed that the defending AFC North champions would
dominate.
Lewis hated it.
When Johnson got double coverage and his numbers dropped during a
4-5 start, the Pro Bowl receiver
groused that he wasn't getting the ball
enough. It started a trend. Running
back Rudi Johnson also complained
about his lack of carries, and right
tackle Wi Ilie Anderson suggested the
Bengals weren't tough enough.
The team pulled together, won four
in a row to get into playoff contention,
then fell apart in the last three games.
Ultimately, Cincinnati missed out on a
wild-card berth because of a botched
extra-point in Denver and a missed
field goal in the final game against
Pittsburgh.
"We have enough talent to win
games," Anderson said. "We, as a
team, will never get over the hump
with the selfishness."
No one mentioned Johnson by
name, but his free-spirited ways
rubbed teammates the wrong way.
Lewis pointed out that Johnson had
his best games after he got rid of the
antics - he ended up leading the
league's receivers with 1,369 yards.
"After we got through the whole
Mohawk, Degree thing and Ocho
Psycho and all that stuff, we were
good," Lewis said. "And you know
what? Things went up.
"He's just got to make sure that all
the time he's bemg the right guy for
his teammates _ all the time. And I
think that's important to them. It's
important to them that I don't have a
double standard for Chad."
Lewis and the front office can keep
the core of the team together, if they
choose. Guard Eric Steinbach, tight
end Reggie Kelly, defensive end Justin
Smith and cornerback Tory James are
starters who can become free agent<;.
The biggest changes have to come
from within. Those are sometimes the
toughest.
"We're a very average football
team," Palmer said. "We have the
potential to be a good team. We should
be 10-6. It's a whole lot more than
selfishness. From the coaches to the
players, some things need to change.
"Marvin's in for a long offseason."
CINCINNATI - Bengals linebacker David Pollack underwent
surgery Wednesday in Cincinnati for a
bone he cracked in his neck in a game
nearly four months ago.
There were no complications in the
surgery performed by spine specialist
Dr. Anthony Guanciale, and Pollack
was resting comfortably, the Bengals
said in a statement released
Wednesday.
Pollack was expected to remain in
the hospital for a few days, the
Bengals said.
"No forecast of Pollack's eventual
return to football will be made at this
time," the Bengals said.
Pollack cracked the bone while
tackling Cleveland running back
Reuben Droughns during the second
game of the season on Sept. 17. He
was placed in a halo brace that immobilized his neck.
Doctors told him that if the fracture
healed without surgery, he could
resume his career.
During an interview in October,
Pollack said that his career would
most likely be over if he had to have
surgery.
"If it heals by itself, then I'm fme,"
he said at the time. "It's just like anything else. I'll be fme to play again.
It's just a matter of how it heals."
Pollack was a first-round draft and
17th pick overall in 2005 out of
Georgia, where he played defensive
end.
overwhelmed one of the strongest
rookie classes in NFL history. He
received 23 votes from a nationwide
panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league.
That easily beat New Orleans wide
receiver Marques Colston and
Jacksonville running back Maurice
Drew, who had nine apiece; San Diego
tackle Marcus McNeill (6); and Saints
running back Reggie Bush (3).
Running back Carnell "Cadillac"
Williams of Tampa Bay won the
award last year. Young is the third
member of the Tennessee-Houston
franchise to take top rookie honors:
Earl Campbell in 1978 and Eddie
George in 1996 did it for the Houston
Oilers.
Young was the catalyst in
Tennessee' rally from 0-5 to 8-8, at
times looking as unstoppable for the
Titans as he did with the Longhorns. A
starter from Week 4, Young sprinkled
all kinds of spectacular big plays with
a growing maturity in joining Ben
Roethlisberger (2004) as the only
quarterbacks to win top rookie honors
in the 49-year history of the award.
He became the first rookie quarterback to rush for more than 500 yards
in the Super Bowl era, and his passing
skills improved all year under coach
Jeff Fisher and offensive coordinator
Norm Chow.
"I like to go out there and play the
game and show that I can deliver the
ball down the field, and that I can use
my legs at the right time, when its time
to use my legs, and checking the ball
down, just being a quarterback,"
Young said. "I want to change the
game a little bit."
He's already helped change the
perception of what a flrst-year quarterback can do given playing time.
Young sat and learned for barely a
month while Kerry Collins started and
the Titans struggled. Then Fisher
turned to the youngster well before
he'd planned.
And Young delivered as the Titans
threatened to become the first team to
lose its opening five games and then
make the playoffs. They were in contention until the final weekend, thanks
greatly to a six-game winning streak
that included a remarkable comeback
from 21-0 down in the fmal 10 minutes to beat the Giants.
"He was very prepared when he got
here because of the experience he had
in college," said Fisher, who along
with Tennessee's scouts and general
manager Floyd Reese chose Young
over Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler in the
draft. "We knew that he had a chance
to improve and obviously that's why
we went ahead and started him when
we did. We felt like he was ready."
Chow, who worked with Heisman
Trophy winners Leinart and Carson
Palmer at Southern California, is considered one of the finest teachers of
quarterbacks in the business. What
does he like most about Young, who
left Texas after his junior season?
"Besides the physical skills, it's the
will and the strength inside, the 'it'
factor that a quarterback either has or
doesn't
have,"
Chow
said.
"Obviously, he has it. The quickness
in which he won the team over and the
quickness in which he became the
leader, the guy everybody looked up
to, that was special.
"Vince Young has this great ability
to lift others around him. To see him
do it so quickly, that wasn't a surprise,
but it was certainly good to see."
Perhaps Young's finest moment
was a 39-yard TD run in overtime to
beat Houston, his hometown team ;-,.
which bypassed the Lone Star State
hero to take defensive end Mario
Williams atop the draft. There seemed
to be as many Titans No. 10 jerseys in
Reliant Stadium as any Texans shirts.
"It was a great ending," Young
said. "Being from Houston and being
in front of my family and the fans that
respect me as a player and a person, as
well, it can't get any better than that."
M1ll!
Finley named crew chief for Mayfield, No. 36 team
TIMES STAFF REPORT
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Bill Davis
Racing announced on Thursday that
Derrick Finley will serve as crew chief
for the No. 36 OTC 360 team and driver Jeremy Mayfield. In addition, the
team has added several key employees
to its organization.
"Derrick has been an important
part of the Bill Davis Racing organization for several years," owner Bill
Davis said. "We look forward to once
again giving him the opportunity to
utilize his abilities both as an engineer
and as a leader. He and Jeremy have
had the chance to get to know one
another over the past couple of months
and we think the two of them will
make a powerful and successful combination."
Finley, 35, began his tenure at Bill
SPEED announces
its preseason testing
lineup
TIMES STAFF REPORT
SPEED will begin its NASCAR
season with coverage of Preseason
Thunder testing days at 7 p.m. ET on
Jan. 8. The 30-minute highlight shows
will feature testing coverage from the
Kentucky Speedway tickets go on sale Monday
TIMES STAFF REPORT
SPARTA - Kentucky Speedway
will place tickets for its 2007 race and
Fanfest events on sale Monday at 9
a.m. ET. The nine-event Kentucky
Speedway season will span five weekends from May 12 to Aug. 11 .
The speedway's high-profile
NASCAR Busch Series Meijer 300
Presented by Oreo weekend will be
June 15-16, where last year saw David
Gilliland pull off an upset and become
the first non-Cup driver in 2006 to win
a Busch races.
The 66,089-seat venue will open its
eighth season of operation with the
Davis Racing near the end of the 2003
season and was chosen to become the
crew chief of the No. 22 Caterpillar
team for the final two races of the
2004 campaign. Finley spent 2005
calling the shots for that team before
moving to the No. 55 team for the
2006 season.
Midway through 2006, Finley
returned to his engineering roots and
became a key part of both the No. 55
and No. 22 teams' efforts.
"This is a great opportunity to work
with a driver who is as experienced as
Jeremy," Finley said. "He's worked
with some of the best teams out there
and I've been impressed with his talent, attitude and ability. We' ve spent a
lot of time together with the rest of the
team testing and getting the chance to
know each other and I think we have a
ton of potential.
"Kevin Hamlin [crew chief of the
No. 22 team] and I worked closely last
year and there's no doubt we'll continue that relationship, which will make
both of the Bill Davis Racing Cup
teams stronger in the process. I'm
looking forward to the challenges
ahead of us."
Finley, a native of Albuquerque,
N.M., and a 1996 graduate of the
University of New Mexico, began
working in NASCAR right out of college when he was hired by Dale
Earnhardt Inc. He remained at DEI
until moving to Travis Carter Racing
in 1999 and it was there that he was
given his first opportunity to move
into t e crew chief position in
NASCAR's premiere series in 2003.
Finley called the shots for driver
Todd Bodine at BelCar Racing for 17
races before moving to the Bill Davis
organization.
In addition, Bill Davis Racing has
added several key employees to its
roster. Gene DeHart has been called
upon to oversee the team's speedway
program. DeHart most recently was
involved with DeHart Inc., using his
expertise hanging bodies and building
Chassis for various Nextel Cup, Busch
and Truck series teams. Prior to that he
was with Kevin Harvick Inc.
Gary Grossenbacher has also
joined BDR and will function as the
Cup
program
aerodynamicist.
Grossenbacher spent the past three
years working as the Technical
Director for Synergy Racing in the
Grand American Sports Car Series.
Before that, Grossenbacher worked
for G2 Inc., on its General Motors
Motorsports Technology Group contract, which included engineering
design, manufacturing, application
and support of NASCAR suppliers
and race teams.
Veteran crew chief Gene Nead has
also been hired by Bill Davis Racing.
Nead comes to BDR from KHI. where
he guided the No. 77 Busch Series
team. At BDR, Nead will oversee
research and development as well as
lead the ARCA Re/Max and Busch
series programs for BDR driver
Bobby Santos.
The engine department has added
the knowledge and skills of Dr.
Andrew Randolph. Dr. Randolph '
received his Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from Northwestern
University in 1985. During a 22-year
career at General Motors and in
NASCAR, Dr. Randolph's work has
ranged from fundamental engine
research to mass-production engine
Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman
Truck series sessions at Daytona
International
Speedway, g1vmg
NASCAR fans their first looks at new
drivers, new teams and new racecars.
"This is going to be a huge year for
SPEED and NASCAR fans," said
Hunter Nickell, SPEED Executive VP
and General Manager. "High-profile
events, including the Duel 150's and
the NASCAR Nextel All-Star
Challenge come to SPEED for the first
time.
"SPEED continues as the home to
the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
and we'll continue to deliver the most
experienced
and
entertammg
NASCAR event coverage every
weekend of the entire season."
NASCAR testing coverage will
lead into SPEED's 12-day Daytona
Speedweeks program schedule, highlighted by livecoverage of the
Gatorade Duels repeated in prime
time, the Truck Series season opener,
the inaugural SPEED Performance
Awards, the Bud Shootout Drawing,
the ARCA season opener and the
return of popular SPEED shows,
including
NASCAR
RaceDay,
Trackside, NASCAR Live!, Wind
Tunnel, Tradin' Paint, NASCAR
Performance, Inside Nextel Cup,
NASCAR Victory Lane, The SPEED
Report and the debut of the SPEED
Road Tour Challenge.
"NASCAR RaceDay was a big hit
for SPEED last year," Nickell added.
"We took a big-event, fan-first
approach to our live, at-track programming and people responded in a big
way. Ratings for the show were up 16
percent overall and nearly 30 percent
with the younger audiences.
"We can't wait to introduce the first
SPEED Performer of the Year, the four ,
fans participating in the Road Tour
Challenge and some new wrinkles to
our SPEED stage shows."
Beginning Jan. 29, SPEED also
will cover NASCAR test sessions
from Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
ARCA REIMAX Series Buckle-Up
Kentucky 150 on May 12. The track's
first street stock Frank Kimmel
Enduro Invitational will be held on
June 2.
After the Busch Series race, the
track will host the ARCA RE/MAX
Series for the Channel 5-150 and the
Craftsman Truck Series for the Built
Ford Tough 225 Presented by the
Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers during the weekend of July 13-14.
It will close the campaign with the
first Indy Racing League IndyCar and
Indy Pro series twilight and night
races in track history, to be held Aug.
10-11.
Fan-friendly promotions for the
season include the June 15
Clearchannel Cincinnati Fanfest and
Aug. 10 Indy Racing League Fanfest.
Guests will be able to see series practice sessions, meet drivers, enjoy live
music and be entertained by interactive displays in garage areas during
both days.
Season ticket plans also are on sale
and will save fans an average of 20
percent off single ticket rates. Plans
include the same reserved seats for
four main race events, membership in
the new VIP Rewards Program, one
VIP parking pass for each race, admission passes for both Fanfest events,
one race day cold pit pass with each
ticket purchased, a 15 percent discount
on the purchase of additional race tickets and the option to purchase admission to the June 16, July 14 and Aug.
11 Outback Steakhouse Tailgate
Parties for a combined total of $60.
Each party will include complimenta-
ry Outback Steakhouse catering selections and Coca-Cola beverages, visits
by competitors and race celebrities,
games, music and more.
Season ticket members also will be
eligible to receive special event-relat-
ed giveaways following all weekends.
Season plans can be reserved through
the official Kentucky Speedway Web
site, speedway ticket offices and by
phone at 859-578-2300.
photo courtesy of Kentucky Speedway
Denny Hamlin found success at Kentucky Speedway during the 2006
race season. Kentucky Speedway tickets go on sale Monday.
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David Road
93' Chevy
Shortbed 4x4 automatic VB.
120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
miles. $1,795
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
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886-2842
886-3451.
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'79 Dodge Power
Wagon. 4x4,
works-runs great.
Some rust. $1 ,200.
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886-6219.
MISC.
FOR SALE
1996 Dodge
Grand Caravan
And a 1982
Voltswagon
Rabbit
Convertable
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call 874-2421 if
no answer please
leave message.
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FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
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sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
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answer please
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numbers,
please indicate
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.Job Listings
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JOB OPENING
Timer
cutters,
Dozer operators.
Expe ri ence
preferred. Call after
5:30. 285-2654.
HELP WANTED
100 Positions available. Customer service. No experience
needed . Call 778892-4356.
JOB OPENING
Cost
Cutters
located inside of
Pikeville Wai-Mart
is seeking part tine/
full tine hair stylists.
Benefits include:
vacations,
Paid
Health insurance,
ect. Apply inside or
call kay @ 606-4326629.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions. ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
Animal
AKC
Registered Golden
Retriever male. 10
Weeks old. Asking
$250.00. Call 8744330.
Furniture
FOR SALE
3 Pc Cherry Slate
top Brunswick pool
table with red cloth
top + Leather top
covering 4 sticks
with rack- Set of
chalk and balls.
Asking $1,500
OBO. Also,
Sunvision Pro 28
LXT Wolf tanning
bed with face tanner- Asking $1 ,200
OBO. Call 606874-9352 or 606874-9548
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture, used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
.more!
Call 606874-9790.
Misc.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeable of going
to dance class.
Ages 50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story
3 BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached
garage. 13 acres,
located at Allen .
Call 205-4425.
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
16 Ac res of land for
sale on left fork of
Little Paint, East
Point, KY. All mineral rights go with
it. Call 886-3060.
FOR SALE
Property for sale
b e t w e en
Prestons burg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Lum
DeRossett
Branch 75 acres
more or less. Level
land. Sloping I timber. Call 606-3252809 or 606-3254430
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
and
1/2.
Refrigerator, stove,
washer and dryer.
Standard
appliances include a
new furnace. Very
good condition for
m o d e I
Underpinning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
APT FOR RENT
2
BR
Townhouses
at
Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-61 86
Spring Into Your
New Home This
Year. Park Place
Apartments. First
month rent FREE
WI Deposit paid in
Full. Rent starting
at 1 BR - $280, 2
BR $304. Offer
valid thru 01/31/07.
All electric HUD
accepted. Call 8860039 . Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
1-2 BR FURNISHED
Apt.
Clean.
In
Prestonsburg. 8868366.
FOR RENT.
1 BR Apartment
for rent located at
lvel. Call 478-8100
FOR RENT
1 BR APT. (Fully
furnished).
With
washer and dryer,
$42 5 per month.
Ref e r e nc es
required.
$1 75
deposit.
Utilities
included, no pets,
no HUD . 285-3140.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical cente r on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 2 85911 2.
QUIKSILVER
Town houses now
available large 2
BR house, over
sized garage, hardwood
floors.
extremely
nice
$750 per month
plus $750 deposit.
No pets. Call 606434-6516 or 606226-1925 or 2260324 or 886-0035.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
House
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 2 BR could
be bought on land
contract, with good
down
payment.
Located
at
Bevinsville, Ky. Call
478-9623
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
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FOR
RENT At Rt. 23
Allen intersection.
Less than
100
yards
off
23.
Carport, garage,
fenced in back
yard, new kitchen.
Immaculate inside
and out! Call 606886-2444.
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1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
One
Mobile
Home lots for rent
1/2 mile on right
from Prestonsburg
on Town Branch
Road . Lots have
city water, gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
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2
BR
MH.
Minute s
from
Prestonsburg. W/ D
hookup.
Water,
Sewage, and trash
included.
889 0036.
TRAILER
for
rent. 3 BR. Call
874-2818.
FOR RENT
La rge
mobile
home.
Covered
porch
. 14x82.
Newly
painted ,
remodeled.
Call
874-2720.
LEGALS
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
FLOYD
CIRCUIT
COURT
CIVIL BRANCH
DIVISION II
CIVIL ACTION
No. 06-CI-00963
HSBC Mortgage
Services, Inc.
Assignee of
Mortgage
Electronic
Registration
Systems, Inc.,
nominee of
Executive
Mortgage, LLC
Plaintiff
V. NOTICE OF
LEGAL ACTION
Blake E.
Campbell aka
Blake Campbell,
Melissa
Campbell, the
Unknown
Occupants!Tenan
ts,
If any, of 75
Hatfield Estates,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653,and
Commonwealth
of Kentucky,
County of Floyd,
by and on behalf
of Secretary of
Finance and
Administration
Defendants
On October 27,
2006,
I
was
appointed warning
order attorney to
notify
Melissa
Campbell and/ or
the
Unknown
0
c
e
u
pants/Tenants, if
any of 75 Hatfield
Estates,
Prestonsburg ,
Kentuc-ky, of a lawsuit filed in Floyd
Circuit Court. A
copy of the complaint in this action
may be obtained
from the
Floyd
Circuit Court, Floyd
County
Justice
C e n t e r',
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653. In
the complaint, the
plaintiff claims that
Defendant,
the
Melissa Campbell,
executed and delivered to Executive
Mortgage, LLC , a
Note, and in order
to secure the Note
they executed a
Mortgage upon a
certain parcel of
real property, more
commonly known
as
75 Hatfield
Estates, Pres-tonsburg,
Kentucky,
41653, located and
lying
in
Floyd
County, Kentucky,
which mortgage is
of
record
in
Book
Mortgage
489, Page 99, in
the office of the
Floyd
County
Clerk, which is now
in default. If you
are
Melissa
Campbell and/or
the
Unknown
Occupants/Tenants
, if any, of 75
Hatfield Estates,
Prestons-burg,
Kentucky, then you
may want to make
an entry of appearance in this action.
Under our civil
rules , you must
answer the complaint within 50
days of October 2,
2006. If you fail to
file an answer, you
might forfeit your
rights to challenge
these allegations.
You may need the
services of a local
Please
attorney.
understand that I
am the warning
order attorney and
do not and cannot
represent you. My
function
is
to
attempt to notify
you and report my
findings
to the
court. Should you
decide to answer
the complaint yourself, your answer
should be mailed to
Floyd Circuit Clerk,
Floyd
County
Justice Center, 127
S.
Lake
Drive ,
Prestons-burg,
Kentucky, 41653.
This
warning
order notification is
being made by
publication in the
Floyd
County
Times, and this
notification will be
published for two
consecutive weeks
beginning
12/31 /06.
Ralph H. Stevens
Warning Order
Attorney
P.O. Box 466
142 West
Branham Street
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
NOTICE
RE:
Heirs
of
Earsel Webb
I
have
been
appointed by the
Greenup
Circuit
Court to inform the
heirs of Earsel
Webb that a lawsuit
has been filed by
the
City
of
Raceland in regard
to property in which
the heirs of Earsel
Webb may have
ownership interest.
The property has
the legal description of Lots 133,
134 and part of Lot
132 in the West
Russell Addition to
the
City
of
Raceland,
Ke ntucky.
The
property has the
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Local Industrial Distributor
requires the services of a
warehouse attendant for its
Pikeville area operation. 2-3
years warehouse experience
preferred. Qualified individual
should have forklift experience. High School grad
preferred and computer
knowledge is helpful. This is a
full-time position (M-F) with
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EOE, M,F,D,V
PUBLIC NOTICE
Bet.:omc a Kentl.Jt.:ky
organ & tis sue donor.
For information contac t:
1 -800-525~ 3456,
common address
of 911 Greenup
Avenue, Raceland.
The lawsuit seeks
that the property be
sold at courthouse
auction, or otherwise conveyed by
the
Master
Commissioner of
the Greenup Circuit
Court to the City of
Raceland.
The City claims
that the property
should be condemned, because
it is d ilapidated,
unsafe and constitutes a fire hazard.
The lawsuit was
filed pursuant to
KRS 99.700, and
all other applicable
law.
Under
the
Kentucky Rules of
Civil
Procedure,
any person owning
or claiming interest
in this property has
50 days from the
date of this Notice
in which to answer
or
othe rwise
respond to the lawsuit. If any such
person fails to
answer or respond
within 50 days, the
lawsuit may proceed without further notice.
This the 27th day
of
December,
2006.
Katherine
K.
Kendall
Warning
Order
Attorney
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Notice is hereby given that Straight Creek Gathering, L.P., has
filed an application with the Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet to construct a 60-mile long
natural gas pipeline traversing Carter, Lawrence, Johnson and
Floyd Coun.ties. The 60-mile pipeline will begin in ·Maytown,
KY at KY Hwy 80, and extend north to CR 773 in Denton, KY.
The pipeline will cross main branc hes and tributaries to
Straight Creek, Cook Creek, Lost Creek, Bells Trace Creek,
Dry Fork, Caney Fork, Blaine Creek, Hood Creek, Paint
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
003095 12/27/2024
LEWIS BINOEHY
190 LANDOR DR
GA 30606 2428
TOURNAMENT
t~J RESUlTS
-PageB1
City expects Highlands
annexation to go to trial
by JESSICA HALE
t!Fr~J
a
f
STAFF WRITER
s
Luallen
files for
re-election
PRESTONSBURG
Monday's Prestonsburg City
Council meeting packed in a
full house of both city officials
and members of the community.
The council immediately
went in to an executive session
for approximately 30 minutes
in which only the mayor, coun-
cil members and attorney Jim
Webb participated. The private
session was aimed at discussing personnel and acquisition of property.
When the executive session
was over, council member Don
Willis immediately requested
an update from Jim Webb
regarding the disputed annexation of Highlands Regional
Medical Center. Webb told the
council that the judge on the
case has not yet set a date, but it
looks like the case will go to
trial.
In other city news, former
Archer Park Director Ralph
Little, presented the council
with a report regarding the traffic flow through the park during the Christmas lights display
this past holiday season. Park
employees placed a counter in
photo by Jessica Hale
New Prestonsburg City Council member Morris Copley,
right, and Council Member Kelly Moore, center, comment
on some of the many topics brought up in Monday's City
Council meeting.
(See COUNCIL, page nine)
• The Associated Press
FRANKFORT- State
Auditor Grit Luallen filed
Tuesday to seek a second term, nearly two
months after declining to
enter the gubernatorial
fray.
Luallen, a 54-year-old
cancer survivor, filed her
candidacy papers to enter
the Democratic primary in
May. So far, no other
Democrats have filed for
the office.
Only linda Greenwell,
~ho Luallen beat by
"'~ 5,370" votes in the 2003
general election, has
entered the Republican
primary.
In November, Luallen
decided not to seek the
governor's office. At the
time, Luallen said she
wanted balance in her life
and did not want to divert
from her family the time
that would be needed to
run a gubernatorial campaign.
'While the auditor's job
is a vitally important job, it
_,s a much more focused
job than serving as governor, and I know from my
record of accomplishment
in the auditor's office that
I can perform this job well
and still have the kind of
balance that I need in my
life," Luallen said.
2 DAY FORECAST
Today
Mostly
sunny
SKATER'S
for
mine cleanups
by SAMIRA JAFARI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
photo by Jessica Hale
Prestonsburg opens park
for area skateboarders
by JESSICA HALE
Prestonsburg's
Economic
Development Director, Brent
Graden, to provide a safe place
for teenagers to practice their
skateboarding skills other than
on city streets, but it has been a
long road to success.
"Just because skateboarders
don't wear soccer uniforms and
ride in minivans, doesn' t mean
they shouldn't have a place of
STAFF WRITER
10
ty."
Kentucky, a major coalmining state, has roughly
150,000 acres in abandoned
mine property.
Hohmann said his division is aware of some $320
million in reclamation costs
stemming from "high-priority" abandoned mine
sites. He wouldn't elaborate
their own," Graden said as be
spoke to the onlookers present
at the opening of the park.
Mayor Jerry Fannin was
present at the opening, along
with several Prestonsburg City
Council members and employees of the Prestonsburg Fire
Department, as well as fotmer
on which sites top the list,
saying state officials were
still evaluating individual
cases as they await the
funding.
Coal-producing states
will get an estimated $6.3
billion for abandoned mine
cleanup and another $1.6
billion to pay for health
care for retired miners who
worked for coal companies
that no longer exist, according to the federal Office of
Surface
Mining.
Pennsylvania is getting the
largest chunk for abandoned mines - $1.3. billion.
The money will e distributed from 2007 to 2025.
The program is based on a
per-ton fee that coal companies pay into a fund.
Kentucky officials and
environmentalist
have
pushed for more federal
funding for the past decade,
citing concerns over erosion, water pollution and
safety.
Particularly in eastern
coalfields, toxins from
abandoned mines pollute
streams.
"I am pleased that we're
getting money for that,"
said Patty Amburgey, a
member of Kentuckians for
the Commonwealth, a
group that focuses on environmental justice.
(See CLEANUPS, page nine)
(See PARK, page nine)
Trial date set for gambling case
by ALEX SMITH
Obituaries .....................A2
Opinion .........................A4
Sports ...................... .....B1
Lifestyles ..... ................. 86
Classifieds ............... .....89
PIKEVILLE With
$500 million in federal
funding on the way,
Kentucky officials are eyeing hundreds of cleanup
projects at abandoned coal
mine sites that we posing a
threat to the p:.1blic and the
environment.
The state is expected to
get the funding over the
next 18 years under legislation, signed last month by
President Bush, that gives
billions of dollars to coalproducing states to clean up
the sites and pay for health
care for retired miners.
"This is going to be a
good shot in the arm for us
to get some significant
work done," said Steve
Hohmann, director of the
of
state
Division
Abandoned Mine Lands.
"In Kentucky, we're going
to focus on the abandoned
mine sites that cause the
most threat to public safe-
The opening of the new Prestonsburg Skate Park was a success despite the cold temperatures
Monday. Several skaters joined in to test out the new ramps.
PRESTONSBURG
Prestonsburg's new skate park
was officially opened as
teenage skaters tried out some
of their best tricks for an audience of city officials on
Monday.
It's been sort of a dream for
T n s·i de
State officials
plann~g
STAFF WRITER
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
floydcountytimes.com
PARADISE
PRESTONSBURG - A trial date was set
Monday for the chief executive officer of a local
community club for illegal possession of a gambling device.
Jimmy Hall, the CEO of McDowell-MinnieDrift Community Club in Minnie, had a jury trial
set for Feb. 22 in the case. The charge, a misdemeanor, is punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and
a maximum of one year in jail.
Six slot machines were seized at the club Aug.
24 by the Kentucky Office of Charitable Gaming
after they were discovered in the club's office
during a routine compliance check of the facility.
A compliance check is part of the application
process needed to obtain a charitable gaming
license in Kentucky.
The slot machines found in the office cannot
legally be used in Kentucky because under
Kentucky law it is illegal to knowingly manufacture, sell, transport, place or possess a device for
use in the advancement of unlawful gambling
activities. A slot machine that is set to make payouts falls under this definition in Kentucky.
The Kentucky OCG is an organization that
created to allow charitable gambling in lhe state
to help in fundraising efforts. Members of the
compliance branch of OCG were the ones to discover the slot machines at the community club,
as they are the ones who conduct regular onsite
inspections of licensed charitable establishments.
&vdy .Attutning
photo by Jessica Hale
Former Archer Park Director Ralph Little posed for a
picture with newly appointed Director David Baldridge
at the opening of Prestonsburg Skate Park. Monday
was Baldridge's first day as Archer Park director.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1 0, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
Eula Dean Little
Frazier
Eula Dean Little Frazier, age
71, of Price, died Sunday,
January 7, 2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg.
Bom April 7, 1935, tn Knott
County, she was the daughter of
the late Esttll and Bertha
Mullins Little. She wa~ a retired
nurse
at
McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital.
She is survived by her husband, Glenn 0. Frazier.
Other survivors include a
brother, Alvin Dale Little of Hi
Hat; three sisters: Edna Carol
Lawson (Teddy) of Nancy,
Linda Faye Lockhart of
Proctorville, Ohio, and Glenda
Gaye Dawson (Danny) of Hi
Hat; and several nieces and
nephews.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by a
brother, Alton Leo Little; and
two sisters: Wanda Jean
Gilliam and Janet Ruth
Scheiderich.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 9, at I I a.m.,
at the Little Nancy Old
Regular Baptist Church in Hi
Hat, wtth Old Regular Baptist
ministers officiating.
Burial was in the Frazier
Family Cemetery in Price,
under the direction of NelsonFrazter Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation was Sunday,
January 7, at 6 p.m., at the
funeral home, and Monday,
January 8, at 11 a.m., at the
(Pa1d ohlluary)
church.
Card of Thanks
The family of Valetta "Weedie'' Osborne Halbert wishes to
gratefully acknowledge the thoughtfulness and kindness of
friends. relative!>. and neighbors, in the loss of our loved one.
Thanks to all who sent food , flowers, prayers, or spoke comforting words. We are especially grateful to Clergyman Roy
Harlow for his comforting words, the Sheriff's Department
for their assistance in traffic control, and the Hall Funeral
Home for their professional and compassionate service.
THE FAMILY OF
VALETTA "WEEDIE" OSBORNE HALBERT
Card of Thanks
•
The family of Pearlie Wallace Hicks would like to extend their
appreciation to all those friends, relatives, and neighbors who
helped in any way upon the passing of their loved one. Thanks to
all those who sent food, flowers, prayers, or spoke comforting
words. We are especially grateful to the Regular Baptist ministers
for their comforting words, the Stone Coal Regular Baptist Church
for all the kindness shown to our family, the Sheriff's Department
for their assistance in traffic comrol. and the staff of Hall Funeral
Home for their unsurpassed service.
THE FAMILY OF PEARLIE WALLACE HICKS
Free of federal charges, Hays
returns to Pike County politics
The Associated Press
PIKEVILLE- After years
of fighting federal mail fraud
charges, former state Sen.
John Doug Hays is working at
a courthouse.
·'Isn't it odd, how the world
turns?" Hays, 62, told the
Lexington Herald-Leader.
Hays has been appointed
Pike County deputy judgeexecutive by his political mentor Wayne T. Rutherford, who
was elected to his fifth term as
judge-executive after a lengthy
ab~ence.
"He fit the bill," Rutherford
said.
Hays was in the same position in 1979, when Rutherford
. helped Hays oust state Sen.
Kelsey Friend Sr., D-Pikeville,
for one term.
The post is a welcome one
for Hays, a Pikeville lawyer
who along with his wife,
Brenda, faced jail time for
nearly two years after a 2004
mail fraud conviction stemming from a Pike County judicial race.
The jury acquitted the couple of vote fraud charges but
found that they mailed false
campaign finance reports
involving "straw" contributions supplied by Ross Harris,
a wealthy Pikeville political
fundraiser who died of cancer
after his own conviction.
Hays and his wife were
Man sentenced to five years
for threatening letter to Patton
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT
An
inmate who pleaded guilty to
mailing former Gov. Paul
Patton a threatening letter was
<;entenced to five years in
prison Monday.
U.S. District Judge Karen
Caldwell also ordered Aaron
Rivers, 34, to spend three
years on supervised release
and required him to pay a $100
special assessment, according
to the U.S. attorney's office.
Last October, Rivers pleaded guilty to sending Patton a
letter in November 2003 that
"ANTHRAX,
Die
said,
American official.''
Rivers, who once lived in
central Kentucky, pleaded
guilty to a count of mailing a
threatening communication.
He was indicted in 2004 but
underwent at least two evaluations related to the charges.
Patton, who left office in
December
2003,
was
unharmed by the mailing.
Card of Thanks
The family of Sadie Hunter would like to take this opportunity to thank all those friends, relatives. and neighbors, who
helped to comfort our family during this difficult time. Thanks
to all who sent food, flowers, or spoke kind words to our family. We are especially grateful to Clergymen Roy Harlow and
Joe Coleman for their comforting words, the Sheriff's
Department for their assistance in traffic control, and the Hall
Funeral Home for their loving care and hand of friendship to
our family.
THE FAMILY OF SADIE HUNTER
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The family of Juanita C. Reid wishes to thank all of
those friends, neighbors, and family who helped in any
way upon the passing of our loved one. Thanks to all who
sent flowers, prayers, or words of comfort expressed. We
are especially grateful to Clergymen Jake Tackett and
John Allen for their comforting words, the Sheriff's
Department for their assistance in traffic control, and the
Hall Funeral Home for their kind and trusted services.
sentenced to six months and
four months in prison, respectively. While they were free on
appeal, however, the 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals on
Aug. 31 decided in a separate
but related case that the government cannot use the federaJ
mail-fraud statute to prosecute
vote-fraud cases.
Prosecutors subsequently
asked that the Hayses' convictions and indictments be dismissed.
Since then, Hays has graduated from the Rev. Jerry
Falwell's
seminary
in
Lynchburg, Va. His law
license also was restored by
the Kentucky Bar Association.
Hays was preaching parttime at Forest Hills Baptist
Church in Pike County when
Rutherford offered him a job.
"It's a door God put in front
of me, and I walked through
it," Hays said.
Former state Rep. Herbie
Deskins, D-Pikeville, said
Rutherford '·made a good
choice."
"I think, personally, that's
CARD OF THANKS
The fami ly of Willard Osborne would like to take this
opportunity to extend our appreciation to all friends,
relatives, and neighbors who helped in any way upon the
passing of our loved one. We would like to thank all who
sent flowers, fooGI , prayers, and gave comforting words. We
are grateful to the many friends who helped to dig the grave,
and to those who served as pallbearers.
We would like to thank the Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home
for their compassionate service; the Floyd County Sheriff's
Dept. for all their assistance; and the Samaria Old Regular
Baptist Church and officiating ministers for their sympathy
to our family's wishes and needs. We are especially grateful
to Willard's brothers and sisters for all their love and support.
We appreciate you, each and every one.
THE OSBORNE FAMILY
Peggy, Bud, Stephanie and Nicholas
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~ Roderick A. Wooten ~
When it seems that our sorrow is too great to
be borne,
Let us think of the great family of the heavyhearted into which OJlr grief has given us
entrance,
And inevitably we will feel about us their
arms, their sympathy, their understanding.
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the finest appointment Wayne
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anybody who will criticize it."
Assistant U.S. 'Attorney
Ken Taylor of Lexington, who
prosecuted the Hayses, has
said that the appeals court
decision addressed only a
jurisdictional issue and "in no
way exonerates the underlying
conduct."
Hays has failed to win public office .since I 979, but Hays
has what Kentucky Bar
Association executive director
Bruce Davis called "an easygoing demeanor."
He remains well-liked in
Pike County, Deskins said.
"I don't think anybody in
this county wanted to see John
Doug and his wife go to jail,"
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18 at 7:00pm at the Allen Pire
Dept. All tire officers are welcome to attend. For more
in formation, conta<.:t Assn.
Secretar) Gary Dotson at 8861010
Diabetes support group
The Floyd County Health
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from 5 to 6. and on January 16,
from ll to 12. Classes will be
held at the Hoyd County
Health Department, and are
free of charge. For more information. contaLI Cheryl Younce
at 886-2788. ext. 21 4.
Alice Lloyd College
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Registration
Registration for the 2007
Spring Semester at Alice
Lloyd College will take place
~ on January 16 and 17, on the
campus in Pippa Passes.
Seniors and Juniors v.ill register on Tuesday. January 16.
from
H:30- 12.
and
Sophomore~ from I :00-3 :30.
Freshmen wtll regi<.;tcr on
Wednesday. January 17. from
8:30- 12 and 1:00-3:00. All
ne ' and transfer students,
i duding residents and com
muters, arc required to attend a
meeting on Sunday, January
14, at 7:00 p.m .. in Ralph
Edwards Auditorium. Classes
begin on Januat') 18 For more
111formation, call 606-36H6036.
Rev. Donald Harding to be
at Daniels Creek Church
Re\ erend Donald liard i ng
of Wise Virginia. wtll be at the
Daniels Creek Church 111
Banner. on January 5-7.
Services start at 6 p m , weather permitting .
Contact: Pastor Henry
Le\vis. 874-9402 for mon::
information.
SS Representative to
visit Mud Creek Clinic
A
Social
Security
ReprescnUtive will be at the
Mull Creek Clinic. lo..:ated on
Route 979 m Grethel, to assist
people in filing claims for
Social Security Retirement.
Disability Social St:cunty. and
Sun ivors Benefits. People can
also apply for Supplemental
Security Income (SST). Black
Lung (BL), and a Social
Security Number (SSN).
The Repre-;entattrc "'ill
also assist in filing appeals and
answering questions:
The
Social
Security
Representative will be at the
Mud Creek Clinic on the following dates for the next qu«rter:
January: Tuesday. January
2 ; Tuesday, January I 6; and
Tuesday. January 30.
February:
Tuesday.
February I 3; and Tuesday.
February 17
March. Tuesday, March 13;
and Tuesday. March 27.
!"IRMC Calendar
Jan 4 , ll. IH, and 25 Kiwanis, Meeting Place B. I 21:30 p.m.
Jan. 9 - Sr. Advantage.
Meeting Place A & B. 9-11 :00
a.m.
Jan 13 - Chtldbirth classes,
Board Room, 8:30a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Jan. 25 - Livmg Well With
Dtabcte'i Support Group,
Mt:cting Room A & B. 5-6:00
p.m.
Por more information con
cerning the support groups,
contact · the
ll igh lands
Educational
Services
Department at HHh-7424.
Hillbilly Travel Club
Now s<.:heduling trips for
the upcoming year to: Myrtle
Bea..:h (Golf), March I 1-15;
Wushington. DC \llemorial
Day weekend; Niagara Falls,
Canada. Labor Day weekend
All trips include roundtrip
motorcoach. lodging. selected
meals. Others include rounds
of golf (with cart). guided
tours. entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride,
IMAX theater. and more )
Call Ed at 452-4149 for more
information.
ACHS Class of '96
The Allen Central High
School Class of 1996 will be
Injured
holding their I0 -yc"r retmion.
1-'or more information, call
Amanda at 285 -9491 or I t:-;lie
at ~H6 H003
PHS Class of '97
'J he Prc'.tonsburg lligh
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2007 <tt the Best \\'cslern
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to attend 'Ohould please send in
all of their personal mformation mclud111g name, address.
phone number, ot·cupation.
spouse, childten, and pets.
All leacht:rs from 191)3
to llJ97 are also welcome.
Classm,ltcs may send their
information to phs97@bcll
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
,
Worth Repeating ...
"Speak out in acts; the time
for ·words has passed, and
only deeds will 5uffice."
-John Greenleaf Whittier
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Program will
help employees
With the coming of the new year, thousands of
Kentuckians employed by small businesses will really
have something to celebrate - health insurance.
Beginning Jan. 1, state funds will be available for
small businesses that have applied for the ICARE
(Insurance Coverage Affordability and Relief to Small
Employers) program.
The money will help the businesses provide health
insurance for their employees. The state began accepting applications from businesses with fewer than 25
employees in November, and so far 91 have applied.
Once approved, they will receive vouchers of either
$40 or $60 per month per employee to defray the cost
of health insurance premiums. Employees will have to
pay no more than 50 percent of the premium cost.
The state put $20 million into ICARE for two years
to get it started as a pilot program, and that is enough
for hundreds of businesses and thousands of workers to
take advantage of the program.
In an age when even large corporations have difficulty sharing health insurance expenses with employees, small businesses often don't even try. Small businesses provide the bulk of employment in Kentucky,
but their inability to provide adequate health insurance,
or any at an, leaves thousands of Kentuckiansworkers an
- dangerous! exposed
to the financial risks of sickness or injury.
We've followed closely and frequently supported
ICARE, even before it had a name, when it was initially proposed by Rep. Tommy Thompson, a Philpot
Democrat, in 2004. Thompson stuck with his idea even
though it was initially met with resistance and objections. It failed to survive the legislative process in 2004
and 2005, but after modifications were made to eliminate objections, the bill made it through the 2006
General Assembly.
It is gratifying now to see companies lining up to
take advantage of ICARE. As more small businesses
learn about it, participation should rise. State officials
are working to educate the public about the program.
We urge small-business owners who have wanted to
help their employees obtain health insurance but simply couldn't afford it to check out ICARE.
Families and individuals without health insurance
are at risk, physically and financially. Putting off treatment, followed by visits to expensive emergency
rooms are typical for people who don't have insurance.
That is where ICARE can be a real force for good.
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Letters
ACHS should
stand strong
As anyone that has followed the
torturous trail of heritage violations in
this country in recent years knows,
government schools have often been
in the lead when it has come to trying
to ban or do away with any symbol
that might seen Southern or
Confederate. T.his hfis been the rule of
the d and the herd of politically correc cattle as feared to deviate from
it. So little deviation has occurred except in one recent case in Ployd
County, Kentucky, in the heart of
Appalachia. It seems that, at least up
to this point, government school officials in Floyd County have been willing to think for themselves, thank
God.
In this one case, a local government school. Allen Central High
School, in Floyd County. not only has
Confederate symbols and a mascot as
part of the schoors persona, but they
are quite content to have it remain that
way. These folks, both students and
teachers, do nut view Confederate
symbols as racist. They appear to have
done enough homework that they
realize the truth, which puts them
miles ahead of most.
Although I am no fan of government education, yet I agree with these
folks that Confederate symbols are
not raci-;t. were not racist in the beg inning, aijd should not be so considered
now, ju ·t because some questionable
groups have used and abused them.
The original intent of the Confederate
battle flag had nothing whatever to do
with racism, and blacks fought under
that noble banner as well as whites.
Yet in our day, certain ambulance
chaser types have found it mo<>t convenient for their own purposes (often
financial) to portray the Confederate
flag in a highly negative manner. To
call some of these people dishonest
would be charitable. Groups such a-;
the NAACP have zealously promoted
the ··confederate flag is racist" issue
over the years in order to perk up a
flagging membership or to refill their
financial coffers when contributions
had fallen off. Sadly, it has worked.
In the '>ituation at Allen Central
High SchooL supposedly students at a
basketball game were "taunting" a
black player from another school by
waving Confederate flags at him as he
went to the foul line to take a foul
shot. Some folks, upon reflection. <>ay
they can't recall this student being
"taunted" by waving Confederate
flags, but hey, never mind that. If
we've got one Confedemte flag ,lnywhere in the auditorium, whether
being waved or not, the ambulance
chasers are going to attempt to make
hay out of it.
The visiting coach for the team
with the black player is a liberal
lawyer (supposed!)' a supporter of Bill
Clinton) and so he's making a big
fuss. On top of that a "civil rights"
activist all the way from Louisville
has come onto the scene, to, naturally,
try to persuade the local school people
to do away with their Confederate
flags. That would be the Rev. Louis
Coleman, who is apparently pretty
well known in Kentucky for involving
himself in issues like this. One columnist called Coleman "the man £or all
protests." In other words, no matter
what the issue, it seems that Coleman
will be out there fussing. But, then, a
chance to fuss about Confederate
symbols must be like a dream come
true to him. A vest-pocket version of
Je$$e Jack-ion?
Coleman sent a letter to the county
school officials in Floyd County
telling them in no uncertain terms that
an all -white student body with
Confederate symbols simply will not
be prepared to partake of a "diverse
society where these symbols have
already been eliminated." In other
worus, folks. you will never be
accepted as part of the New World
Order unless you are willing to trash
your culture and show the correct
amount of "everlasting repentance;·
for ever having treasured it to begin
with! That's all it takes. folks. Just
renounce your hi~tory and he1itage. be
properly ashamed of it. and you will
be duly admi tted (to second-class citizenship) among the ranks of the politically correct tOmbies who know no
better.
So far. the folks at Allen Central
High School have rebuffed the "tender
mercies" o f the ambulance chasers
and history benders. Let's fervently
hope they continue to do so.
There is supposed to be a school
board meeting in Floyd County sometime this month at which Rev.
Coleman wtll appear to give the 1oc;a1
lolks one last chance to <>lit their c 1tural and historical throats. Let us pr y
that they continue to show both good
sense and backbone. and tell Coleman
to go back to Louisville and mind his
own business. Rev. Coleman sounds
to me somewhat like a modem day
carpetbagger.
Kenneth Hensley
!Inpkin.n-ilie
VOA offers help
We are Volunteers of America.
Kentucky. We operate on a grant from
Department of Labor. Homeless
Veteran Reintegration Project. We
provide a variety of serv1ces to veterans in the 23 Eastern counties of
Kentucky.
I am contacting you in attempt to
get the word out to veterans in the area
that there IS assistance available.
Some of the services \Ve offer includ
housmg assistance, j ob skills assessment. job skills training, job search
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1 0, 2007 • AS
College scholarships available for local students
LOUISVILLE
The
Kentucky Dataseam Scholar
·~ Program at the University of
Louisville
(UofL)
was
announced last week, which
provides $320,000 in college
scholarships for students graduating from Kentucky high
schools.
The program is for students
interested in tudying science,
math or other technology relat-
ed fields like engineering or
teaching
science.
The
announcement was made during Kentucky Dataseam's
annual Technology Institute.
The scholarship provides
each of I 0 students with
$2,000 a year for fouf years to
cover costs at the UofL starting in fall 2007. The scholarships were set up specifically
for students in local coal pro-
ducing counties that are partie- . computers for everyday class
ipating in the Kentucky work, the machines also proDataseam Initiative. Students vide computing power for cancan learn more about the pro- cer drug research at the UofL.
gram by asking their school Kentucky Dataseam also
counselor or contacting UofL works with the district techadmission office directly at nology staff and teachers to
help better use technology
tom.brammer@louisville.edu.
The Kentucky Dataseam with the students.
In addition to the Kentucky
Initiative supplies participating school districts new com- Dataseam Scholar at UofL,
puters. In addition to using the students may also be eligible
the
new
National
for
Academic Competitiveness
Grants (AC) designed to
encourage first year college
students to explore studies in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Governor's KEES money is
also available to fu rther student's education at colleges
and universittes in the state.
actively seeking work. They Additionally, third and fourth
do not include unemployed
Kentuckians who have not
looked for employment within
the past four weeks. The statistics in this news release are not
seasonally adjusted to allow
for comparisons between
United States, state and counties figures.
Jobless rates down in 107
'" counties from year to year
1..1.
~
FRANKFORT
Unemployment rates fell in
107 . Kentucky
counties
between November 2005 and
November 2006, rose in 11
counties and stayed the same
in two counties, according to
the Kentucky Office of
Employment and Training in
the Education Cabinet.
Woodford County's 3.7
percent jobless rate was the
lowest in the commonwealth.
Other counties with low rates
were Boone County, 3.8 percent;
Fayette,
Gallatin,
Jessan1ine and Warren counties,
4
percent
each;
Henderson and Scott counties,
4.1 percent each; Madison
County, 4.2 percent; and
Grant, Kenton and Webster
counties, 4.3 percent each.
Jackson County recorded
the state's highest unemployment rate- 11.7 percent, followed by Clay County, 10.1
percent; McCreary County, 9.7
percent; Wolfe County, 9.3
percent; Leslie County, 9.2
percent; Magoffin County, 8.6
percent; Harlan, Muhlenberg
and Owsley counties County,
8.4 percent each; and Fulton
County, 7.7 percent.
Unemployment statistics
are based on estimates and are
compiled to measure trends
rather than actually to count
pt:uple wurk.ing. Civilian labor
force statistics include nonmilitary workers and unemployed Kentuckians who are
year scholarships are available
for students majoring in a
STEM field. Financial aid and
scholarship programs are
available. Students simply
need to apply.
"It is critical that we grow
our next generation of scientists and innovators," said
Brian Gupton, executive director of the Kentucky Dataseam
Initiative. "These scholarships
will help today's youth drive
Kentucky's knowledge-based
economy."
Executive Director of
Admissions at UofL, said,
"We are tremendously excited
to be part of this program and
we want bright interested students from across the state to
explore the future at the
University of Louisville," said
Jenny Sawyer, executive
director of admissions at
UofL.
Gupton said that he hopes
additional universities step up
in the future to make it possible for additional students to
enter technology programs. He
also expressed Kentucky
Dataseam 's gratitude to the
UofL offering this opportunity
so young people from coalproducing counties can take
advantage of the great health
science and other programs at
the university.
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Paul B. · Hall Regional
Medical Center
welcomes
On October 24, 2006, Cody Lawrence Meade (8), of Martin, had
the wonderful opportunity to meet the 42nd President of the
United States, William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton. Cody is the son of
Charles (Chuck) and Jackie .Meade. He is a 3rd grade student at
May Valley Elementary School, and in Mrs. Castle's room.
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1 0, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Calendar
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south.net or mail to Mark
McKinney, 69 Hospital St.,
Martin, KY 41640
Hope in the Mountains
Hope in the Mountains will
host public meetings on
Mondays, at 9 a.m., at the
junction of U.S. 23 and Rt. 80,
on Watergap Rd., behind the
Trimble Chapel Church.
Meetings focus will be to
offer information in regard to
community resources available to women seeking freedom from drug abuse. Family
members are also welcome to
attend. The Hope initiative
proposes to help women break
free from addictive lifestyles
to become self-respecting con
tributing members of society.
Call 874-2008 or 788- 1006
for more information.
Prestonsburg Rotary Club
Invites interested professionals and businesses to join
them for lunch each Thursday,
at 12 p.m. , in the Student
Grille Conference Room,
onthe BSCTC campus.
Each weekly program is
devoted to community service
and its application to the
Rotary Motto: "Service Above
Self."
" Lunch is served at noon
and programs begin promptly
at 12:40. Contact Mike Vance
at 226-2075; David Kraus at
886-3082; or Nancy Johnson
at 886- 1156 for more info.
UNITE
The UNITE coalition of
Floyd County will meet the
FIRST Monday of each
month, at 7 p.m., at the New
Allen Baptist Church. All
interested persons welcome to
join UNITE 's fight against
drugs.
•"Living Free" - A support
group sponsored by the Floyd
County UNITE Coalition.
Group will meet weekly at the
old Allen Baptist Church, on
US 23 N. , between Allen and
Banner, on Tuesdays, at 1: 15
p.m.
Living Free is a faith-based
1'2-step support group open to
all who arc searching for
recovery. There is no fee to
attend. For more info. , contact
Shirley Combs at 874-3388 or
434-8400.
Employment
Program
(SCSEP) may be able to help.
Earn extra money, learn new
skil ls, and help your community at the same time! To find
out more, call: 886-2929
External Diploma Program
Kentucky residents age 25
and older can earn a high
school diploma by demonstrating skills learned on the job or
in raising a family. Flexible
scheduling is provided and
confidentiality maintained.
Classes are held at the Carl D.
Perkins Rehabilitation Center,
in Thelma, Mon. thru Fri.,
with evening classes on
Thursday. EDP classes are
also held at the Mullins
Learning Center, in Pikevi lle,
on Tuesdays, from 4 :30-8:30
p.m. Contact Andy Jones at
606-788-7080, or 800-4432187, ext. 186, or Linda Bell,
at ext. 160 to make an appointment.
GED classes are al o available.
Floyd County Extension
Homemaker Club Meetings
Allen:
lst Monday, 11
a.m ., at Christ United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall.
Dixie: 3rd Thursday, 12:30
p.m.,
Dixie
Community
Room.
David: 1st Monday, 1 p.m. ,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
Martin:
1st Tuesday, 6
p.m.. Martin Church of Christ.
Maytown: 3rd Thursday, 6
p.m., Maytown Learning
Center. ·
Cliff: 3rd Tuesday, 12 p.m.,
Community Center.
Prestonsburg:
2nd
Tuesday,
10:30
a.m. ,
Extension Office.
South Prestonsburg: 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m. , Home of
members (call 886-2668 for
info.)
Left Beaver: 2nd Tuesday,
10:30 a.m., Osborne Elem.
School Library.
Special interest groups :
Nimble Thimble Quilt
Guild: I st/3rd Wednesdays,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Extension
Office.
Newbee s Quilt Group: 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m. , Extension
Office. (The Newbees do not
meet during the months of
January and February.)
Free Body Recall classes
Free Body Recall Exercise
Classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday, and Frida y, at
9:30, at the Presbyterian
Church
in
Preston sburg.
Classes are held Monday,
Wednesday, and Thursday, at
11 a.m. at the old R & S
Building. Classes are offered
by the Floyd County Health
Department. Call the health
department, 886-2788, for
more information.
'Earn While You Learn'
The Big Sandy Area C.A.P.
office is taking applications
for its "Senior Training
Program." You must be 55 or
older to apply. In Floyd, call
886-2929; Johnson, call 789651 5; Magoffin, call 349221 7; Pike, call432-2775 ; and
in Lawrence, call 638-4067 .
Senior employment program
Are you a senior citizen on
a fixed income struggling with
soaring medical bills and living expenses? Could you use
some extra spending money
but don' t know how to get
back into the workforce?
If you are at least age 55,
the Senior Community Service
Looking for a Support
Group?
•Floyd County Alzheimer's
Support Group now meets at
Riverview Manor.
•Overeater 's Anonymous Meetings
held
each
Wednesday at 6:30p.m., at the
old Allen Baptist Church,
located in Allen, just past red
light. Call 889-9620 for more
info.
•US TOO! Prostate Cancer
Survivors Support Group - For
all men with prostate cancer
and their familie s. Group
meets the 3rd Thursday of
each month, at 6 p.m., at the
Ramada Inn, Paintsville.
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30p.m., at the
Martin ·c ommunity Center.
For more info., call 377-6658.
Those who have had gastric
bypass surgery most especially
welcome to attend. Meetings
being offered as support to
anyone needing extra support
in dealing with weight loss.
•Domestic
Violence
Hotline - 24-hour Crisis Line
manned by Certified Domestic
Violence counselors.
Call
886-6025, or 1-800-649-6605.
Remember, "Love Doesn't
Have to Hurt."
•Kentucky Baptist Homes
for Chi ldren - Free, confidential assistance for unplanned
pregnancy concerns.
Talk
with someone who cares about
you and your baby. Call 1800-928-5242.
•Disabled? - You may be
eligible for grant money to
assist in your daily living. For
an application or more information, call 886-4326.
•A.S.K. (Adoption Support
for Kentucky) - Support group
for all adoptive parents (public, private, international, and
kinship care), foster parents
and all others interested in
adoption. To be held the first
Monday of each month, at the
Department for Community
Based Services office, 1009
North
Lake
Drive,
Prestonsburg, from 6-8 p.m.
Childcare will not be provided. For more information, contact Dedra Slone, adoptive
parent liaison, at 432-4 11 0 or
422-7927, or email to:
· doslone@eastky.net.
•PARENTS ! - Contact the
Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program, Inc. to find
out about child care services in
your area, the STARS for
KIDS NOW licensing standards program, and how you
can earn an income by staying
home with your own children
wh ile caring for the children of
others. Find out more by calling Cheryl Endicott at 8861280, or 888-872-7227 (toll
free).
•East Kentucky S.T.A.R.S.
Homeschoolers -Will ho ld
monthly
meetings
at
the
Paintsville Recreation Center.
For more information, call
Trudy at 889-9333, or 2975147. Everyone welcome.
Anonymous
•Narcotics
(NA) - Each Wednesday, from
7-8 p.m., in the A trium
Conference Room, 2nd floor,
May
Tower,
Pikeville
Methodist Hospital. For more
info., contact Chris Cook at
606-433-1119 or christophercook @hotmail.com.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
1 0, 2007 • A7
Money beginning to flow into governor's races
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT- Potential
candidates for the 2007 governor's race still have about
three weeks to file their official candidacy papers, but
money has already been flowing in by the millions.
The four candidates actively raising money for the May
primary have tallied a combined $4.6 million. A little
more than half of that has
already been spent, and there's
still nearly four months before
the election.
"It's not going to be a cheap
race,
obviously,"
said
Republican candidate Billy
,_, Harper, who has already spent
more than $2 million of his
own money on the race. "We '11
just have to see how it plays,
but we're in it for the long
haul."
Active gubernatorial candidates reported their campaign
finance
reports
to
the
Kentucky Registry of Election
Finance last week. The reports
provide the public- and their
opponents - a snapshot of
candidates' political donors,
how much they have and how
they're spending funds.
Currently, state Treasurer
Jonathan Miller and former Lt.
Gov. Steve Beshear are competing for the Democratic
nomination. while Harper and
Gov. Ernie Fletcher seek the
GOP bid.
Reports filed with the state
last week cover candidates
through the end of 2006.
Harper and Fletcher, who is
<;eeking a second term as governor, reported a combined
$4.2 million. Harper poured in
all but about $86,000 of the
$2.5 million he reported to the
registry.
Fletcher, who became the
state's first Republican governor in more than 30 years with
his 2003 election, had raised
about $1.7 million to date
nearly $593,000 during the
past three months.
That's more than he hoped
for, considering it was rai ed
during the November election
and subsequent holiday season, Fletcher said.
"Actually, I'm very pleased
with that," he said.
Fletcher
spent
about
$192,000 tQ Harper's approximately $2.5 million, according
to state records.
In a financial report filed
Friday, Miller and running
mate Irv Maze reported contributions totaling $221,561.21.
The contributions are from
328 donors. They did not
report having spent money on
the campaign.
"I am humbled by the hundreds of people who took time
from their holiday activities to
attend our meet-ups and make
contributions to our campaign," Miller said. "The
grass-root~ support Irv and I
have received is truly overwhelming."
Beshear and his running
mate, state Sen. Danit!l
Mongiardo,
have
raised
Downticket
"races ftlling
with candidates
byJOESimK
m
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT
Republican Melinda Wheeler
is hoping to jump from
Kentucky's judicial branch to
the executive branch, as the
former head of the state court
system's administrative ann
on Monday entered the race
for treasurer.
Wheeler joined state Rep.
Brandon Smith, R-Hazard ,
who filed official papers last
week to seek the GOP nomination for treasurer in the May
primary.
Wheeler,
the
Administrative Office of the
Courts ' former director, said
her experience as an administrator should give her an
advantage in a potentially
'- crowded field.
""'
"I have the administrative
experience that it takes to be
an administrator over an office
in the state of Kentucky,"
Wheeler said before filing her
papers at the secretary of
state's office.
Candidates for statewide
office have until Jan. 30 to
officially enter the race. Aside
from the governor's race, the
treasurer's race so far has the
most official candidates signed
up.
Add!titihtl
ca.qd1oittes,"
however, have filed papers
with the Kentucky Registry of
E lection Finance allowing
them to raise or spend money.
Wheeler, 58, is making her
first run for elected office, she
said. Brett Hall, a former
spokesman for Gov. Ernie
Fletcher,
will
manage
Wheeler 's campaign.
Smith, a state legislator
since 2001, is the only other
Republican officially involved
in that race.
Patrick
Dunmire
of
Frankfort is currently the lone
candidate filed
for the
Democratic nomination. But
Matt Wyatt of Elinbethtown
has filed with the registry to
raise money for a possible
race, according to records.
Smith said his plans, if
elected, include establishing
programs
to
boost
Kentuckians' financial literacy. Smith, 39, said he would
also push for a fund to help
military families cope with the
financial burden of deployment.
Smith said he respected
Wheeler for getting into the
race.
"I respect anybody that
$219,000 on contnbutions
from 279 people. Beshear and
Mongiardo also each lent the
campaign $25,000, but have
not spent anything.
"This shows the excitement
and energy surrounding this
campaign," Beshear said in a
statement when the report was
filed Thursday.
During the entire 2003
Republican primary, candidates raised a combined $3.2
million. Fletcher led the f1eld
then, with receipts of about
$2.1 million.
On the Democratic side,
primary candidates raised
more than $12 million during
the 2003 primary. That figure,
however, was inflated by
Democratic candidate Bruce
Lunsford who spent $8 million
of his own money before dropping out just days before the
race.
Still, candidates involved in
the 2007 race seem to have
more money available when
compared to their counterparts
from four years ago. By
January 2003, Republican candidates had raised about
$53X,OOO while Democrats
took in about S353,000.
according to regi-.;try records.
Whether the fundraising
and spending contmues is
um:ertain.
Phil Laemmle ,, University
of' Louisville political science
professor, s<ud it could be an
expensive gubenwtorial elec•
t1on year. but that depends on
how many more candidates
file.
''The cost is directly dependent on how many people are
in the race," Laemmle said.
"The way it is now, it wouldn't
be a particularly expensive
race. The more crowded it
get~. then the cost goes up
because you've got to hone
your message and turn out
your voters, and that takes
money."
l-Ious<.!
Speaker
Jody
Richards, D-Bowling Green,
sought the Democratic nomi-
The
natton m 2003 but lost to nowU.S. Rep. Ben Chandler.
Rtchards, who has not ruled
out another run for governor
this year. said he thought
money would play less of a
role during the primary than in
2003.
"Everybody's getting a late
start," Richards said. "This is
the latest I ever remember it
startmg. so money may play a
little smaller part."
Harper, who was once
Fletcher\ chief fundraiser, has
said he's willing to "spend
what it takes" to unseat
Fletcher. Harper has said a hiring
investigation
ruined
Fletcher's hopes for re-election, and he wants to keep
state ~overnrnent's top elected
office away from Democrats.
On Friday. Harper officially
filed his candidacy papers and
said he was launching a new
advertising campaign.
"When you're in a drag
race, you don't look side to
side," Harper said. "You look
to the end."
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1 0, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
PC students say trip to Germany 'unforgettable'
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From left, Pikeville College students Amy Stiltner and Jessica Van Zant, and Dr. Nancy Cade
and student Joshua Pauley traveled to Germany to explore the historical sites associated
with the fall of the Third Reich and the rise of the Cold War. The photograph was taken in
front of Allied Checkpoint Charlie, one of many notable landmarks, memorials and museums
t hey visited during their stay.
PIKEVILLE Perhaps
Maya Angelou said it best.
"History, despite its wrenching
pain. cannot be unlived, but if
faced with courage, need not
be lived again.''
For one group of students
and their professors, the words
of the famed poet and writer
may ring true. Their recent
visit to Germany to explore the
historical sites associated with
the fall of the Third Reich and
the rise of the Cold War were
unforgettable.
Pikeville College students
Joshua Pauley, Amy Stiltner.
Jess1ca Van Zant and Nancy
Cade, professor of history and
political science, joined students and faculty from Alice
Lloyd College. Emory and
Henry College and LeesMcRae College on the trip
which was made possible by
the Appalachian
College
A<,sociation (ACA) and the
Berger Foundation.
'Tve seen so much that is
important to history, and I
appreciate it all so much more
as a result," saitl Pauley.
"Experiences like these are
Races
"'hat truly make education
come to life."
The group experienced
remarkable culture and cuisine. the breathtaking beauty
of the land. and learned the
compcllmg stories of the pco·
pic and places that arc etched
111 history. The trip began with
a tour of Munich and a visit to
the Dachau Concentration
Camp Memorial Site where
the students plac~.:d roses at the
memorial and met with· Sister
Jrmengard Schu<;ter, the moth
er superior of the Convent at
Dachau.
''Actually getting to walk
through a concentration camp
was an overwhelming experience, knowing the horror<, that
people in the camps faced and
that Dachau was only one of
many," said Van Zant. "lt was
scary to walk into the gas
chamber disguised as a <;bower. even knowing that nothing
was going to happen.''
The
group
visited
Berchtesgaden, a town in the
German Bavarian Alps, and
the Kehlsteinhaus, also known
as "Hitler's Tea House'.' or the
Eagle ·s Nest, which was built
as a 50th birthday present and
retreat for Adolph Hitler. Their
travels included visits to
Nuremberg, the fascination
and Terror Documentation
Center, and Berlin. .
Both the students and their
professors have dcscnbed the
trip as an incredible adventure.
"I enjoy the opportunity to
bond with students from other
schools and to network with
faculty from other schools,"
said Dr. Cade. "As a student of
history and political science, r
enjoy the opportunity to visit
places I have spent my life
studying about, such as
Dachau and the Berlin Wall.
As a professor, l enjoy the
o pportunity to see these things
through our students' eyes. To
talk to them about events ol
history as we walk through the
mu-;eums or historic sites is an
educational
experience
beyond measure. I cannot
thank the ACA and the Berger
roundation enough ror allowing me the great privilege of
sharing these experiences with
o ur students:·
The vi~it to Germany isn't
the only opportunity for students to travel a broad. Cade
also said that Pikeville ·
College. through a grant from
the ACA and the Berger
Foundation, will be sending
two students to Belgium, the
Netherlands,
Luxembourg,
and France during the summer
of 2007. The purpose of the
trip is to study the European
Union, v1siting significant
sites in the formation of the
union. Cade <.aid the students
and faculty will also serve as.
ACA a mbassador:- in their
meetings with Europeans in
formal and informal settings.
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Smith said.
Meanwhile, Secretary of
State Trey Grayson is seeking
re-election and so far the only
candidate entered in the race.
Attorney General Greg
Stumbo, a Democrat, has not
filed his candidacy papers to
seek a second term. Stumbo
has not ruled out a run for governor but has filed fundraising
papers with the registry.
Timothy
Coleman,
a
Republican
from
Morgantown, has filed on the
GOP side.
State Auditor Crit Luallen.
a
Democrat,
has
not
announced whether she'll seek
a second term either. Late last
year. Luallen declined to enter
the governor's race and said
she hadn't decided whether to
seek re-ele~.: ion. She's filed
fundraising papers with the
state.
Linda
Greenwell,
a
Republican who sought the
office in 2003, has filed for the
GOP nomination.
Agriculture Commissioner
Richie Farmer, a Republican,
has not filed candidacy papers
for a second term but ha-; filed
with the registry. Meanwhile.
Democrat David Neville of
Pleasureville has filed his candidacy papers.
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1 0, 2007 • A9
Kentucky State Parks offer ~olf Trail Cards for 2007
FRANKFORT
The best
golf in Kentucky is now avail able at the 21 courses operated
by the Kentucky Department
of Parks. For 2007, the
Kentucky Golf Trail is again
offering a "trail card" that provides unlimited paid green
fees for the cardholder.
The trail card fees have
remained the same as the prior
two years. Trail cards are sold
at all state park golf courses
and are valid through Dec. 31 ,
2007. Cards start at $350 for
senior players (62 and older).
For more information on the
trail
card,
visit
www.parks.ky.gov .
The trail cards can be used
at all state park courses,
including the seven "Signature
Series" that offer championship play surrounded by
some of the most scenic natural beauty the parks have to
offer. Four of the Signature
Series courses have received
national accolades from Golf
Digest as Best New Affordable
and Best New Places to Play.
Lake Barkley State Resort
Park is the newest member of
th~ Signature Series courses.
"Traditionally Lake Barkley
has been a favorite among
golfers in years past," said
State Park Golf Director Dan
Strohmeier. "The course has
improved dramatically over
the past two years with
improvements and condition-
ing warranting this new status ."
Besides the addition of
Lake Barkley to the Signature
Series, new clubhouses are
being built at Mineral Mound
in Eddyville, Dale Hollow
near Burkesville, Yatesville
Lake in Louisa and Grayson
Lake near Grayson. New driving ranges are scheduled to
open in the spring at Dale
Hollow and late fall at
Yatesville Lake in 2007.
Stumbo warns of 'Consumer Loyalty Reward Program' scam
Attorney General Greg
Stumbo is warning consumers
.W to beware of "Consumer
Loyalty Reward Programs."
This latest scam to hit
Kentucky mailboxes involves
notifications
and checks
mailed to consumers stating
that previous purchases made
at popular retail outlets have
qualified the consumer for a
"prize pool'' in an amount of
$36,000 or more. The mailing
is from Reckitt Point of Sales
Systems of New York and
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a "claim processing represenof Canada.
The letter indicates that the tative" who tells the consumer
consumer was selected as a that a previous purchase from
result of purchases made in · commonly used retailers such
previous months and claims as Wal-Mart or Kroger entitles
that the receipt number from them to a prize. The represenone of the purchases was tative then instructs the conattached to a "winning ticket sumer to deposit the check into
number." The letter includes their bank account and wire
what appears to be a valid the "processing fees" to
check for the amount of at Canada in order to receive the
least $3 ,875 to pay for "pro- prize money.
cessing fees" prior to receiving
the "prize pool."
· The consumer is instructed
to call a number to speak with
Amburgey, who lives within a mile of an abandoned strip
mine, said that for the past 30
years, the resulting erosion and
piles of refuse have resulted in
severe water pollution of
creeks and streams in her area
of Letcher County.
"I think it's a real disgrace
to Mother Earth," she said.
Also of concern to federal
and state officials is the dangers of people hiking, fourwheeling and swimming at
abandoned mine sites.
Last year, 28 fatalities at
abandoned mine sites were
reported to the U.S. Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration - three of them
occurred in Kentucky.
Hohmann said the federal
funding will allow the state to
make many sites safer and
more friendly, but abandoned
mines will always be a concern.
"There is so much abandoned mine land in Kentucky
that I think problems will continue to crop up over time," he
said. "No one knows if we'll
see the end of them."
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Archer Park Director Ralph
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"It's taken a lot of hard
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build the park, with insurance
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Fannin also wanted to make
sure both the skaters and their
parents are aware of the rules
associated with the park.
Skaters under the age of 18
along with their parents must
sign a waiver at the Archer
Park Office before entering the
skate park, acknowledging that
they are aware of the risks
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Other rules at the park are
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absolutely not permitted.
Swearing or bullying will also
not be permitted.
Josh Stevenson, one of the
skaters present for the opening, said he's really glad to
have the park.
"For a small park, it's a nice
one," Stevenson said.
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the park in order to measure
how many visitors were driving through the park each
day. The highest daily count
was reported on Nov. 26 during which 999 yehicles traveled through the park. The
ending total from Nov. 22
through Jan. 1 was 21,229.
Through license plate
observation, park officials
noted visitors from 12 different counties in Kentucky and
nine other states including
Ohio, West Virginia and even
Florida.
Monday was also the first
working day for David
Baldridge, newly appointed
Archer Park director. Little
expressed his opinion regard-
ing the new hire saying, "I
think you all will be very
pleased with Mr. Baldridge."
Baldridge himself said he's
looking forward to meeting
everyone and was quick to recognize all of Little's hard
work.
"I've got some big shoes to
fill," said Baldridge.
Eric Thomas with the East
Kentucky Science Center was
also present to update the
council on its progress. The
center will be ·launching
Discovery Saturdays which
will feature activities for parents and children. Discovery
Saturdays will take place
every three weeks.
DISTRICT
REPORT CARD
AVAILABLE
The Floyd County School District is making
its District Report Card Available for the 20052006 school year. A copy of the District Report
Card is available on the district web site at
http://www.floyd.k12.ky.us/cdip.htm
A copy of the Report Card
will be available at the
Floyd County Public Library at
161 North Arnold Avenue,
Prestonsburg, Kentucky 41653.
GLWS1339CC
Off
Case XX
ALL KNIVES IN STOCK
25% off
Plumbing
112 HP Shallow Well Pump ............ $119.98
112 HP Deep Well Pump.................$149.98
3/4 HP Deep Well Pump.................$169.98
112 HP Submersible Pump .............$199.98
3/4 HP Submersible Pump .............$259.98
1 HP Submersible Pump ................$299.98
40 Gal. Elec. Water Heater ............$185.00
50 Gal. Elec. Water Heater ............$195.00
40 Gal. Gas Water Heater..............$259.00
Boyd's Bears-25% Off
$289.00
Dryers
Radio Flyer ·
34" Steel Wagon ..............................$39.98
Speedy Pedal Car............................$89.98
Liberty Spring Horse ....................$99.98
Washers
GLWS1339CS $269.00
AU
Council
Since 1877 Tire Science ofMt d1ciM. Tht Ht art ojCompoU IOt,.
0
Carhartt B13 Carpenter Jean
Park
at $89 per person per night
from
November through
March and $109 April through
October.
Ke~tucky State Park resorts
also feature lodges, cottages,
campgrounds, restaurants and
other activities such as hiking,
swimming,
boating,
and
wildlife programs. For more
information about state park
golf trail cards, Tee's and
Zzz's packages, and course
photos,
visit
www.parks.ky.gov
PTs and OTS invited to join our winning team
Cleanups
• Continued from p1
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"Consumer beware," said
Attorney General Stumbo.
"The check is counterfeit and
any money you send is gone.
Consumers should not deposit
the check or call the telephone
number listed in the letter."
To report these scams, contact the Attorney General's
Office of Consumer Protection
at 1-888-432-9257.
General Burnside Island
State Park is currently undergoing a complete renovation
for a new 18-hole golf course.
Brian Ault, designer of Dale
Hollow and Hidden Cove at
Grayson Lake, both recogni.l.ed nationally by Golf
Digest, was selected as the
architect for the course. The
course is projected to open in
spring 2008.
Kentucky State Parks will
continue offering the Tee's &
Zzz's golf and lodging packages at resort parks. Rates start
GLER341AS $229.00
GLER341CC
$239.00
All Bonn Coffee Makers ........10%
off
Oster Blender .......Cioseout ..........$39.00
148 Piece Crescent Tool Set.........$55.00
Delta 10" Miter Saw ......................$97 .00
Reddy Heaters
40 Thousand BTU
$139.98
70 Thousand BTU
$189.98
26 Thousand BTU Infared Heater ..$159.98
30 Thousand BTU Infared Heater ..$169.98
2000 Watt Wall Heater .....................$149.98
3000 Watt Wall Heater .....................$159.98
4000 Watt Wall Heater ..................... $169.98
4800 Watt Wall Heater .....................$179.98
Kerosene Heater
Reconditioned 23,000 BTU ................$69.98
Electric Radiator Heater ...................$34.00
28,000 BTU Propane Heater ...........$149.98
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
ATT NTI N KENt
EMPLOYE
The Associated General Contractors of Kentucky is providing free
safety training incyour area. This free safety training
is open to all
.
construction employers and employees in Kentucky and is designed to
reduce construction workplace hazards. Since January 2006 there have
been 25 work-related fatalities within Kentucky's commercial
construction worknlace. All of which were one of the following: Falls,
Electrocution, Struck-By, and Caught In/Between.
:.,:;
AGC of Kentucky is committed to
'
reducing workplace hazards by
providing free training in the following
areas:
\
II Jan. 16th from 8am to 2pm at the Hazard
City Hall, 2nd Floor, Hazard, KY
II Jan. 17th from 8am to 2pm at the Mountain
Arts Center, Prestonsburg, KY
II Jan. 18th from 8am to 2pm at the Paintsville
Recreation Center, Paintsville, KY
Space is limited so register
today for this free training by calling
1-800-456-0215 or visit our website at
http:/lwww.agcky.org
This advertisement paid for with
Training Grant, US Dept. of Labor
http://www.agcky.org
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007 • A11
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CLASS I Fl EDS
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rent -
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PHONE#:
AUTOMOTIVE
Car's
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
93' Chevy
Shortbed 4x4 automatic V8.
120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
miles. $1,795
92 Pathfrnder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451.
FOR SALE
'79 Dodge Power
Wagon. 4x4,
works-runs great.
Some rust. $1,200.
Call 226-5812 or
886-6219.
FOR SALE
Tool box 2 fit full
sized pickup truck
bed, needs
repainting. $50.00
Call 886-0474.
FOR SALE
1996 Dodge
Grand Caravan
And a 1982
Voltswagon
Rabbit
Convertable
stored since 1991
call 874-2421 if no
answer please
leave message.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call 606791-6052, rf no
answer please
leave message.
,When respond-
ing
to
Employment ads
that have reference
numbers,
please
indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
your
envelope.
Reference numbers are used to
help us direct
your letter to thecorrect individual
Job Listings
IMMEDIATE
OPENING
The Floyd County
Health Department
is currently recruiting for a full-time
Family
Support
Worker/Home
Visitor
for
the
HANDS program.
Minimum Education
and Experience for
the position is high
DEADLINES:
Wednesday's paper @ Mon., noon
Friday's paper @ Wed., 5 p.m
Sunday's paper @ Thurs. 5 p.m.
Visa - MC - Discover
Check
(approximately
18 letters
per line)
CREDIT CARD: ___________________________
Our CLASSIFIEDS Will WORK For You!!!
~
Our hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Call: (606) 886-8506, LeighAnn Williams
Fax: (606) 886-3603
E-mail: classificds@floydcountytirncs.com
Stop by: 263 S. Central Avenue, Prestonsburg
Mail: P.O. 390, Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Write your
ad here:
Begin with a key word (item for sale, etc.)
Use descriptive words to identify your items
State your price or terms
Include a phone number and/or e-mail address
The
FLOYD
COl/NTY TIMES
does not knowingly accept false
or
misleading
advertisements .
Ads
which
request or require
advance payment
of fees for services or products
should be scrutinized carefully.
u!
Over 18,000 Readers every issue!
hire -find I
Local Rates Include Online
Bargain Basement - Items under $1 00 -
k for
school diploma or
GED.
No experience is required.
Minimum salary for
this position is 7.90
per
hour.
Applications may be
obtained at 283
Goble
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY
41653 and returned
that
same
to
address with copies
of transcripts and
license by close of
business
on
January 19, 2007.
Must have current
driver's
valid
license.
Criminal
background checks
are required. The
Floyd
County
Health Department
is
an
Equal
Opportunity
Employer.
JOB OPENING
Construction
Superintendent for
major building project in Pikeville. Ten
years supervisory
experience. Send
resume wrth references to Harbour,
Box
22444,
Lexrngton,
KY
40522.
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
applications for a
LPN (7a-7p) position.
Excellent
wages and benefits.
Apply in person at
1025
Euclid
Avenue, Painstville,
KY from Monday
thru Friday between
8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
JOB OPENING
Timer •
cutters,
Dozer operators.
Experience
preferred. Call after
5:30. 285-2654.
HELP WANTED
100 Posrtions available. Customer service. No experience
needed. Call 778892-4356.
JOB OPENING
Cost
seekrng part tr
full tine hair styl
Benefits
Pard
in Prestonsbu
now hiring fo
positions.
Day and
Apply
only.
table with red cloth
top + Leather top
covering 4 sticks
with rack- Set of
chalk and balls.
Asking $1 ,500
OBO. Also,
Sunvision Pro 28
LXT Wolf tanning
bed with face tanner- Asking $1 ,200
OBO. Call 606874-9352 or 606874-9548
m o d e I
Underprnning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture,
used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
more!
Call 606874-9790.
APARTMEN T
··Miscellaneous
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER
NEEDED! Must
have previous
experience OR
have rnterest in
taking dance classes. Must be capeable of gorng to
ance class. Ages
50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LerghAnn at 8868506 to apply.
REAL ESTATE
i"'
HOUSES
HOUSE for sale. 3
BR above ground
pool, new appliances, chain link
fence. Newly
paved drive way,
large back porch.
Located 2 miles
from Highway 80
and 23. Call 606874-0529 for more
information.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story 3
BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached garage.
13 acres, located
at Allen. Call 2054425.
RENTALS
APT FOR RENT
2 BR Townhouses
at Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-6186
Spring Into Your
New Home This
Year. Park Place
Apartments. First
month rent FREE
WI Deposit paid in
Full. Rent starting
at 1 BR - $280, 2
BR $304. Offer
valid thru 01/31/07.
All electric HUD
accepted . Call 8860039.Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages. 3
BR
$700
per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-771 5
1-2 BR FURNISHED
Apt.
Clean.
In
Prestonsburg. 8868366.
FOR RENT.
1 BR Apartment
for rent located at
lvel. Call 478-8100
FOR RENT
1 BR kitchen furnished
Apt.
References
required. Located
at Sugar Loaf. Call
874-9174
FOR RENT
1 BR APT. (Fully
furnished).
With
. washer and dryer,
$425 per month.
References
Sale or Lease
required .
$175
deposit.
Utilities
FOR SALE
16 Acres of land for included, no pets,
sale on left fork of no HUD. 285-3140.
Little Paint, East
Point, KY. All minerAPT FOR RENT "
Newly remodeled
al rights go with it.
unfurnished ground
Call 886-3060.
floor
apartment.
FOR SALE
Located
across
Property for sale from Floyd County
between
Technical center on
Prestonsburg and
Route
122
at
Painstville.
Also,
Martin. $500 per
double wide for month plus utilities.
Must furnish referrent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606- ences. Call 285789-6721 or 792- 9112 .
792-6721 . No pets.
QUIKSILVER
Town houses now
FARM FOR SALE
avarlable large 2
Floyd county 75
BR house, over
acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23 sized garage, hardfloors.
East Point Upper wood
extremely
nice
Little Paint. Lum
$750 per month
Derossett Branch.
plus $750 deposit.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
No pets. Call 606434-6516 or 606Level- Sloping and
226-1925 or 226timber.
0324 or 886-0035.
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
Furnished 1 bed
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
room Apt. Central
and
1/2. heat & air. Rent
Refrigerator, stove,
starting at $375 .
washer and dryer. month, + $300.
Standard
appli- deposit
water
ances include a
included . Located
new furnace. Very
near HRMC 606good condition for 889-9717.
Houses
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 2 BR could
be bought on land
contract, with good
down
payment.
Located
at
Bevinsville, Ky. Call
478-9623
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
Leave message.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT At Rt. 23
Allen intersection.
Less
than
100
yards
off
23.
Carport,
garage,
fenced
in back
yard, new kitchen.
Immaculate inside
and out! Call 606886-2444.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1 600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
1 2/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
Nice
furnished
mobile home for
rent. Suitable for 2
or 3 people. Just off
Mtrr. Parkway on
old 114. Phone
886-8724
FOR RENT
One Mobile Home
lots for rent 1/2 mile
on
right
from
Prestonsburg
on
Town Branch Road .
Lots
have
city
water,
gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
TRAILER for rent.
3 BR. Call 8742818.
FOR RENT
Large
mobile
SPECIAL- HOT- SPECIAL
Our CLASSIFIED$ Work for you!
Your items under $1 ,000
,~A=-'DVERTISE FOR ONLY $5.00!!!
• Personal Items • No Businesses
• Must Advertise Price
• Runs for one day only
• No refunds
Write your
ad here: -----------------(llmrt 4 lines)
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Nurse Practitioner
Hazard ARH
Reg1onal
fl/edical
Cenler is curren•ly seekmg a Nurse
Prac1111oner
Requrrernents rncude graduation of
an accrediled school of prof~ssional
nursing, a successfu completio'l of a
nurse practilioner train ng program
th a certilicalion or degree Meel
Vv
all requirements in KeniJcky to function as
a rurse praclilioner
We offer compelll ve salaries, an
excellent berefits package
Please
send resurre Ia Debbie Fugale, 100
Airport
Gardens
Kenlucky
41701 606-487 -7532
Road,
~5
email dfugale@arhorg
Or apply online al
wwwarh org. EOE
Ad llllSI be sub11ilted 00 tt IS
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Hazard,
ARH
a'X1 'Mf'l $5.01. Cash ?1 Ctro<.
Offer expires on 2/1/07
Our CLASSIFIEDS Will WORK For You!!!
IMMEDIATE
OPENING:
Local Industrial Distributor
requires the services of a.
warehouse attendant for its
Pikeville area operation. 2-3
years warehouse experience
preferred. Qualified individual
should have forklift experience. High School grad
preferred and computer
knowledge is helpful. This is a
full-time position (M-F) with
excellent benefits, including
health, dental, life insurance,
401 (k) and bonuses.
Send resume or letter
detailing experinece to:
Employment
P.O. Box 8300
Bristol, VA 24203-8300
EOE, M,F,D,V
PHYSICit\.NS FOR WOMEN CENTER
seeks candidates for
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)
or
Phlebotomist
MLT candidates must have a MLT degree. Desired qualifications include ASCP certification. and ability to demonstrate
knowledge of CLIA regulations.
Phlebotomist candidates must have a high school diploma
and successfully completed phlebotomy school.
Mail or fax resume to:
Attn: Jessica Conn, BRA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Fax: (606)886-8548
E-Mail: j.conn@bshc.org
A proud tradition of providing access to quality health care!
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc .
is an Equal Opportunity Employer
·~
RESTAURANT
Prestonsburg
HELP WANTED: Waitresses, dishwashers/busboys, cooks. Paid vacation, health insurance available.
Uniforms furnished.
No phone calls, please!
Apply in person.
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
1, 2 3, 4 Bedrooms
available for extremely
low-income people at
Highland Heights Apts.
in Goble-Roberts Addn.,
and Cliffside Apts. on
Cliff Road, Prestonsburg.
Computerized
learning centers offer
social/educational programs for children and
adults. All utilities
included at Highland
Hgts., utility allowance
at Cliffside. Call (606)
886-0608, 886-1927, or
886-1819. TDD: 1-800648-6056.
Highland
Heights and Cliffside
Apartments do not discriminate in admission
or employment in subsi·
dized housing on
account of race, color,
national origin, sex,
age, disability, religion
and familial
status.
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Save on auto insurance.
At Nationwide·, we go the extra mile to save you
money. Thars why we offer a variety of auto premium
discounts, including our multi-car discount, our safe
driver discount, airbag discount and more.
Call u; and 'tart "l\'ing money today
Natiouwide Is 011 Your Sid£':!1
Kimber McGuire
303 UnivcrsitJ Orhc
Pre;tonsburg, KJ.
!606) 886-0008 tOme• I
(606) 886-9483 (fa\
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Nattonwtde'
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Insurance &
Financial Services
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 8ld aff.~ated Comp<'lrves
Home OHIOO: One Natr0nw1de P&aza Columbus. OH 43215-2220
Nahon;a=~ ~~~r:'!>~=l =n~art< of
REGENCY PARK
APARTMENTS
One, Two and Three Bedroom Units
Kitchen Appliances Furnished
Water, Sewer & Garbage Paid
Located on U.S. 321 (below hospital)
For Applications, call or write:
Regency Park Apartments
61 Regency Park Dr.. Box 17
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
PHONE:
606-886-8318
or 1-800-686-4447
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�A12 •
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
home.
Covered
porch 14x82. Newly
painted, remodeled.
Call 874-2720.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8365334 Amendment
No. 4
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.070,
notice is hereby
given that Matt/Co.,
Inc., 439 Meadows
Branch;
Prestonsburg ,
Kentucky
4 i 653
has applied for an
amendment to an
existing
underground/refuse storage coal mining
operation located
2.0 miles north of
Emma in Floyd
County.
The
amendment will add
an
additional
i 52i .0 acres of
underground area
for a total area within the permit boundary
of
2648.16
acres.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 1 .0
miles east from Ky
Route 1428's junction with Sugarloaf
Branch Road and
located 0. i miles
north of Sugarloaf
Branch.
The
propose d
amendment
is
located
on
the
Lancer
U.S.G.S.
??i/2 minute quadrangle map.
The
amendment will use
the
underground
mining
method.
The operation will
underlie land owned
by Jewell Crider,
Lon Goble Estate,
Donald L. & Joyce
Goble, Bud Goble
Estate, Wayne &
Barbara
Wright,
Mary Lucille Willis,
Lewis &
Emma
Hunt, Evan & Mari
Rose, Linda Jervis,
Floyd Harris Heirs,
Jimmy & Ramona
Burchett,
Rudy
Harris,
Vivian
Franklin,
John
Harris,
Martha
Johnson,
Bill
Monroe Thompson,
J.G . Porter et. at,
Landon
Charles
Heirs, John Hunt,
John
Branham,
Clark Pergrem and
Jesse Rudd, and
Mary Crawford &
Charles
Porter
Trust.
The
amendment
application
has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resource's
Pr e ston s burg
Regional
Office,
3i 40 South Lake
D r i v e ,
Prestonsburg, Ky
4 i 653.
Written
comments, objec tions, or requests
for a permit conference must be filed
with the Director,
Division of Mine
Permits, #2 Hudson
Hollow, U.S. i 27
South,
Fra nkfort,
Kentucky 4060i.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8360324
In
accordance
with KRS 350.055,
notice is hereby
given that GCAS
Corporation , P.O .
Box 2886, Pikeville,
KY 4 i 502,
has
applied for a permit
for a surface coal
mining a nd reclamation ope ration,
located 1 .0 mile
north of the community of Da na, in
Floyd County. The
proposed operation
will disturb 24.27
surface acres, and
will unde rlie 9.34
acres. 6.24 acres of
the
unde rg round
acreage
rests
beneath proposed
surface
acre age,
and is included in
the
surface
acreage. The total
acreage to be permitted
is
24.27
acres.
10, 2007
The
proposed
operation is approximately 0.2 mile
southeast
from
Johnson
Fork
Road's junction with
Cecil Branch Road,
and located within
Johnson Fork. The
latitude is 372 33'57"
and the longHude is
822 4i 'i3".
The
proposed
operation is located
on
the
Harold
U.S.G.S.
7
i /2
minute quadrangle
maps. The surface
area to be disturbed
is owned by Randy
Hayes, et al. The
permit area will
underlie land owned
by Sylvia Hall. The
operation will use
the surface area
and surface contour
methods of mining.
The
application
has been filed for
public inspection at
the Department for
Surface
Mining
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
London
Regional
Office, 85 State
Police
Road,
London, Kentucky
40741.
Written
comments, objections, or requests
tor a permit conference must be filed
with the Director,
Division of Permits,
#2 Hudson Hollow,
U .S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
January 5, 2007, at
First
Guaranty
B k 39 T .
an '
nangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky, 41649, at
1i a.m.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
1998 Ford Eddie
Bauer Expedition
VIN #
1FMPU18LOWLB28
ii98
1998 Chevrolet
Cavalier
VIN #
1G1JF52T7VV710543
9
All items are
sold "as is where
is." Seller reserves
the right to bid and
to reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
paid following the
sale , or satisfactory
arra ngeme nts a re
made with the seller. Announcements
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty
Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O . Box 888
Martin, KY 4i649
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
January i 9th, 2007,
at First Gua ranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky, 41649, at
1i :00 a.m .
1 . C raftsman Bench
Belt Sander
2. Craftsman Band
Saw
3. 4000 watt
Generator
4. Craftsma n
Pressure Washer
5. Black & Decker
Electric Drill
6. Dewalt 4"
Grinder
7. Dewalt
Sheetrock Drill
8. Black & Decker
Jigsaw
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
9. Skill Belt Sander acres, located 0.5
i 0. Milwaukee High mile south of Price,
in Floyd County.
Torque Driver Drill
2. The operation is
11 . Ryobi Router
approximately 1.90
i 2 . Skill Jigsaw
mile north from
13. Rotozip Spiral
State Route 122's
Saw
junction with State
14. Craftsman
Route 979 , and
Planer
located 0.1 mile
15. Dewalt i 0"
east of Left Beaver
Bench Table Saw
Creek. The latitude
16. Dewalt Sawzall is 37 degrees 23
17. Stanley Air
minutes 21 seconds, and the longiCompressor
tude is 82 degrees
18. Bostitch Nail
44 minutes 42 secGun
onds. The operation
i 9. Wood Lathe
20. Craftsman Mitre is located on the
McDowell U.S.G.S.
Saw
7 1/2 minute quad21. Bostitch
rangle map.
Industrial Nail Gun 3. The bond now in
22. Skill - Skill Saw effect for permit
23. Craftsman
number 836-5459
Router
are
Letters
of
All items are sold Credit:
"as where is". Seller Increment
#1 '
reserves the right to $4,600.00
#2 ,
bid, and to reject Increment
any or all bids. $26 ,000.00
Items are to be paid Approximately 60%
following the sale , of the original bond
is included in the
or
satisfactory
application
for
arrangements are
release.
made with the sell- 4.
Reclamation
. er. Announcements work
performed
at the sale take pri- ~includes: backfilling,
ority
over
ad . final grading, seedPurchaser to pay all ing and mulching,
taxes and transfer completed October
i 5 , 2006. All disfees.
turbed areas have
First Guaranty
been seeded as to
Bank
39 Triangle Street provide adequate
growth for plant
P.O. Box 888
species and provide
Martin, KY 41649
appropriate conditio ns tor the surNOTICE OF
rounding wildlife.
PUBLIC SALE
5 . Written comThe
following ments, objections,
items will be offered and requests tor a
at public sale on public hearing or an
January 19, 2007, informal conference
at First Guaranty must be filed with
Director,
Bank, 39 Triangle the
Street,
Martin, Division of Mine
and
Kentucky 41649, at Reclamation
Enforcement,
#2
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Hudson
Hollow,
1 998 Chevrolet
U .S. i 27 South,
Cavalier VIN
Frankfort, Kentucky
#1G1JF52T7W7105439 40601, by February
All items are sold 28, 2007.
"as is where is". 6. A public hearing
Seller reserves the on the application
right to bid , and to has been scheduled
reject any or all for March i, 2007 ,
bids. Items are to be at 9:00 a.m., or as
paid following the soon thereafter at
sale, or satisfactory the Division of Mine
and
arrangements are Reclamation
Enforcement's
made with the sellPr e stonsburg
er. Announcements
Regional
Office,
at the sale take pri- 3140 South Lake
ority
over
ad. D r i v e ,
Purchaser to pay all Prestonsburg , Ky.
taxes and transfer 41653. The hea ring
fees.
will be cancelled it
no requests for a
First Guaranty
hearing or informal
Bank
conference
are
received
by
NOTICE OF
BOND RELEASE February 28, 2007.
1. In accordance
with KRS 350.093,
notice is here by
given that King
Brothers
Coal
Company, Inc., P.O.
Box 524, Hindman,
41822,
Kentucky
has
applied tor
S.i,tl 6\.c: b111ct \)t ·)
Of pl..(
f)Qtlt'lf JhH. ~·~~ •t
Phase
I
Bond ltcel~
&:.Jd.l.>qa(~.w,.~
Release on permit
h:.r tntt.lr'f1Wi<m (Clum·.:.t
number 836-5459,
1 . fo:(H)·$2 $,..\.4,So.,
'C1I W¥t'1f~lf'111 !J.1lu.rUfeAuriJ
Increment #1 and
#2, whic h was last
issued on 01/09/06.
The application cove rs an area of
approximately 5.1
surface
bonded
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE
Pursuant to Application Number
836~5437 ,
Renewal
In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice is hereby g iven that F ras ure Creek Mining ,
LLC, 1051 Main Street, Suite 100, Milton, West V i rginia 25541 , h as a pplied for
renewal of a permit for an underground coal m ining and recl amation o peration, located 2.5 miles northwest of Minnie, in Floyd Count y. Th e p roposed ope ration will disturb 11.77 surface acres and will underlie 591.50 acres, and the total area w ithin the
permit boundary will be 603.27 acres.
The proposed operation is approximately 1.74 mi le southeast fro m K Y R oute 80's
junction with KY State Route 680, and is located along Gosling Branch.
The proposed operation is located on the Wayland USGS 7 1/2 minute quadrangle
map. The surface area to be disturbed is owned b y The El k Horn Coal Company,
LLC and Commonwealth of Kentucky. The operation will u nderlie land o wned by The
Elk Horn Coal Company, LLC, Rendell arid Jacquline Laws on, Rebecca Conle y
Estate , Ida Hunter, Manda Pratt, Wendell Sexton, R icha rd Griffith , T. J . Hoov er,
Lafayette Gayheart, Gosling Branch Coal Co ., Inc. , Shanno n W allen, Mich ael Collett,
David Hawley and Nancy Lee Scott, Larry Co llett, J o hn M oore Estate, J ames a nd
Mary E. Patton, George Ousley and Peggy Hanover, F red Gib son, J ames and
Michelle Hall, Fred and Sherry Lyons, Lee and Lizzie W allen Est a t e, and Gen e
Mullins.
The application has been filed for public ins pection at the D epartment for Mine
Reclamation and Enforcement's Prestonsburg Region a l Office, 3 1 40 South L ake
Drive , Suite 6 , Prestonsburg , Kentucky 41653 . Written com men ts, object ions, or
requests for a permit conference must be filed with th e Director of the Divisio n o f
Mine Permits , #2 Hudson Hollow Complex, U .S. 127 Sout h , Frankfort, Ke ntucky
40601.
IMMEDIATE OPENING
The Floyd County Health Department has a fulltime position for a Public Health Nurse II to over·
see the Diabetes Care Management Grant for the
funding period of January 2007-June 2008.
Minimum Education is a Bachelor's Degree in
nursing from an accredited college or university
and one year's experience.
Minimum salary is 20.15 per hour.
Preference will be given to candidates with prior
experience in management and working with
diabetes programs.
Major responsibilities will include overseeing a
care management program "The Diabetes Center
of Excellence." Must have some computer skills,
data collection skills, and possess good oral and
written communication techniques.
Applications can be picked up and returned to the
Floyd County Health Department at 283 Goble
Street in Prestonsburg by COB on January 16th,
2007, and must include transcripts and a copy of
current KY RN license.
The Floyd County Health Department is an
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Big Sandv
Community & Technical Colleg e
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Information Technology Specialist- (Mayo Campus)
Example of Duties: Troubleshoot and repair computers and
printer hardware, monitor server performance and respond to
malfunctions, install and maintain server-based software and
lab workstations for faculty, staff and students, perform installation of software, virus removal, installation of data line and
user account ma nagement, administer faculty and staff
computer accounts, email accounts and telephones, develops
special applications to provide maximum system use and
reliability and monito rs network for sec urity issues .
'!Vijnimum Requirements: Associate degree (Computer, technical or related field) and three years of related work experience or equivalent. Minimum Monthly Salary : $2,668.00
Maintenance Worker (Ma yo campus- First shift)
Example of Duties: provide HVAC monitoring/maintenance.
install receptacles, switches, breakers, ball asts, replace light
fi xtures, power equipment repairs, waterline repairs. valve
repairs, drain line maintenance, perform drywalling, painting.
door repair, installation of partitions, installation of ceiling and
floor tile, perform .ground maintenance. ability to operate a
fork lift, backhoe and tractor, ability to lift 100 pound~ and
perform general custodial duties.
Minimum Requirements: High school diploma(GED ) and
one year of related experience or equivalent. Minimum
Monthly Salary: $ 1,757.00
"Lost: three-month-old male puppy
named Faraday, at Dewey Dam on
Wednesday, January 3rd. Please
call Ned Pillersdorf at 606 886 6090
or 606 886 9645 if you have any
information. Will pay reward for
safe return of daughter's puppy."
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Straig ht Creek Gathering, L.P., has
filed an application wi th the Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet to construct a 60-mile long
natural gas pipeline travers ing Ca rter. Lawrence, Johnson and
Floyd Counties. The 60-mile pipeline will begin in Maytown ,
KY at KY Hwy 80, and extend north to CR 773 in Denton, KY.
The pipeline will cross main branc hes and tributa ries to
Straight Creek, Cook Creek, Lost Creek, Bells Trace Creek,
Dry Fork, Caney Fork, Blaine Creek, Hood Creek, Paint
Creek, Big Lick Fork, Abbott Creek, Middle C reek, and Conley
Fork. Any comments or objections concerning this application
shall be directed to: KY Division of Water, Water Resources
Branch, 14 Reilly Road , Frankfort Offi ce Park, Frankfort, KY
40601 . Phone: (502) 564-3410.
Custodial Worker 11- (Prestonsburg campus- Third shift)
Example of duties : Clean restrooms, chalkboards and glass;
sweep and vac uum floors, stairs and stairwells; du st, pick up
trash; change light bulbs and check supplies in restrooms and
classrooms; maintain grounds. operate fork li ft and lawn
equipment and setup for special events.
Minimum Requirem ents: High School diploma plus six
months of related work experience or equivalent. Minimum
monthly salary: $ 1,450.00
Procedure: Formal applications arc avatlablc at Big Sandy
Community & Techni cal College, Office of Human
Resources, Johnson Administration Building. Room 11 0 or via
email request: jackie.cecil @kc tcs.edu or by phone: (606) R863863 Ext. 67370. Review of applications will beg in Januaty
19, 2007. A pplications accepted unti l positions are fill ed.
Appli~.:an ts must !>Ubmit a ~.:ompleted application to: Jackie B.
C ecil, Director of Huma n Resources, Rig Sandy
Community & Technical College, One Bert T. Combs
Drive, Prestonsburg, Kentucky 41653.
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Big Sandy Community and Technical College 1s an equal opportunity employer and
education institution. Women and mlr'lnties are encouraged to apply
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Odds & Ends
• COLUMBUS, Ohio Doughnuts will no longer be
served to Franklin County jail
inmates.
County
Commissionc1
Mary Jo Kilroy put a $55.000
annual contract for the doughnuts on hold last month over
questions about their nutritional value and trans-fat content.
"It was not a frequent food
item to begin with," said Chief
Deputy Sheriff Mark Barrett,
the jail administrator.
Prisoners at the county's
two correctional centers were
served doughnuts every few
weeks on a menu developed
by a dietitian under contract
with the county.
Sheriff's officials have now
dropped a request asking commissioners to approve a contract that would have supplied
glazed and jelly doughnuts, as
well as crullers. at $4 a dozen.
• MEXICO, Mo. - Ray
Heilwagen has his wallet back
- 62 years after he lost it in
Fr-ance during World War II.
Late last year, he received a
call from Stephen Breitenstein
of Palatine, Ill.
"He said, ' Did you lose a
billfold?' and I remembered I
did," Heilwagen said. "Then
he said, 'I found it and will
send it to you.' I could hardly
believe it."
Breitenstein's father, who
also served in France during
World War II, recently died.
Digging through his father 's
possessions - ironically on
Veteran's Day his son
found the old wallet. He figured his dad found it during
the war and brought it home.
but couldn't locate Heilwagen.
Using
the
Internet,
Breitenstein tracked down
Heilwagen. After their phone
conversation, he mailed the
wallet to him. It included some
francs, pictures and some
receipts.
Hcilwagen served with the
Army's 79th Infantry Division
of the U.S. Army and he was
in combat in France from its
arrival in July 1944 until he
was
hospitalized
that
November with leg wounds.
He received a Purple Heart
and a Bron:r.c Star.
"I was impressed that a
stranger would go to such
trouble to locate me and return
my walkt," llcilwagen said.
• DES MOINES, Iowa The woman who created
sculptun.:s or cows out of butter for the Iowa State Fair for
decades has switched matenals.
Nmrna "Duffy" Lynn, 77,
has cast a cow in bronze for
the Iowa Stale U111versity
Dairy Farm.
Her life-si:re metallic cow
called "Jersey Jewel," which
took six months to complete,
began with clay around a
metal frame and was shipped
to New York where it was cast
in bronte.
Lyon earned an animal science degree from Iowa State in
1951 . Her career as a sculptor
kicked mto high gear when she
took two courses from artist
Christian Petcnen.
Doug Kenealy, a dairy science professor at fowa State,
says the university wanted to
make a statement at the
entrance of its new dairy farm,
which will open later his year.
"Duffy is the internationally known Iowan in the area of
sculpting butter cows," he
said. "We thought, what better
thing to do than to hire an
Iowan who is talented, studied
with Christian Petersen and is
known internationally?"
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Even college students might
need a lesson or two about dating.
Beginning in February, the
Universit:r of Sioux Falls will
offer a one-credit dating
course called "Finding Dates
Worth Keeping."
Laurie Chaplin. a relationships counselor and licensed
therapist who's been married
28 years. will be the instructor.
The course is being offered
through the USF Learning
Institute. the same agency that
offers seminars on wellness,
job hunting and business communication.
··some people may think
it's a slack course, but I think
they'll come out with something that changes their lives,"
Chaplin said. "We go to college and get an education. But
our love relationships impact
us more than anything else."
Today's young adults are
"working harder to get smarter
about their mates" and want
lifelong relationships, she
said.
In class they'll learn about
infatuation and when it's best
to break up.
"Sometimes it's much more
loving and smart to break up,"
she said.
• DUBLIN, N.H. A
would-be thief found himself
foiled, under gunfire - and
without pants.
Police said a homeowner
discovered an intruder one
night two weeks ago. T he
homeowner pulled a gun, fired
what police described as warning shots, and told the intruder
to shed his pants and shoes.
The two scuffled and the
burgla~ ran from the home,
barefoot and pantless.
"I believe his thinking was
that by taking away the suspect's pants, it would slow him
down or prevent him from trying to get away, or make it easier for us to find him if he did
get away," New HampshireState Police Sgt. Christopher
Aucoin said.
The homeowner called
police, who swanned the area
with search dogs. Police are
still looking for the man, and
it's not clear if anything was
stolen.
The homeowner wasn't
hmt.
• BOZEMAN, Mont. More
than
I ,000
old
Christmas trees were loaded
onto a flatbed truck and taken
to a lake with the hope of
deep-sixing them - literally.
A walleye fishing club
Saturday dumped the trees on
the banks of Canyon Ferry
Lake, one step in a plan to create a suitable nesting space for
perch to lay their eggs, which
will hatch and become food
for other fish, namely walleye.
"Some people think we're
crazy," said Marvin Hansen,
president of a local chapter of
Walleyes Unlimited, the group
doing the picking up and the
dumping.
What makes the effort even
more unusual is that no one is
sure how effective it wil l be.
"There's no proof it works,"
Hansen said. "But there's no
evidence against it, either."
The group has been tree
dumping for almost a decade,
hoping that laying a Christmas
tree carpet on the lake bottom
will improve the lake's ecosystem. They are officially authorized
by
the
Montana
Department of J-iish, Wildlife
and Parks to dump the trees.
In a few months, Walleye
Unlimited members will drill
holes into the trunks, thread
cables though, and attach the
cables to ci nder blocks. Then
the trees will be dragged to a
spot on the frozen lake to wait
for the thaw, when the trees
sink to the bottom.
• HAYWARD, Calif. Terence Candell Jr. works hard
in college. He gets decent
grades. But the California
State University-East Bay
sophomore needs to call his
father to get a ride home.
Terence is only 11 years
old.
The precocious Oakland
resident started college when
he was 10 hoping to become
an astronaut. Now the campus's youngest student says
he's more interested in mass
communications.
Terence was doing highschoollevel work by age 6 and
would get in trouble at school
because he was bored, he says.
He started attending a private
academy founded by his father
in East Oakland and took the
SAT when he was 9.
But academic success has
been a mixed blessing for
Terence.
"If I could do it over again,
I probably wouldn't have
gone," he says. "My parents
are always working, and I'm
studying so much that sometimes I wish I can spend more
time with my family.''
• BANGKOK, Thailand
A Bangkok municipal
office has launched a new program to increase productivity:
Lights go out just past noon
and civil servants are invited
to take an afternoon nap.
Seeking to infuse city
workers with a bit more pep,
the Pathurnwan district office
in central Bangkok has set up a
lunchtime "nap room" with
soft music, sweet-smelling
flowers and strict rules barring
mobile phones and talking,
said Surakiet Limcharoen, the
district's top official who started the program.
"I've been taking naps at
lunchtime for a long time, and
decided to introduce the project to my staff in November,"
he said, noting that many use
the naps to recharge their batteries ahead of evening shifts.
Of 200 employees at the
mun icipal office, there are
about 20 regular nappers who
have reported feeling "fresher
and brighter" after a midday
snooze, Surakiet -;aid.
Ben Detwiler hoped to make the world a better place.
That hope died when he was killed by a drunk driver.
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Sports Editor
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BIRD OF A DIFFERENT FEATHER:
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - To say Betsy
Layne dominated South Floyd Friday
night in a 58th DistrictJFloyd County
Conference girls' basketball matchup
would be a vast understatement. The
Ladycats never let South Floyd score
more than eight points in any one quarter, beating the Lady Raiders 60-25.
Taylor Hott claimed game-high
scoring honors for Betsy Layne, finishing with
13 points. Megan
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level South Floyd
Hamilton and Lindsey Martin joined
Hott in double figures, scoring 12
points apiece. Amy Tackett tossed in
eight points and Andie Meade added
six for the Ladycats. Nine different
Betsy Layne players worked themselves into the scoring column. Kaitlin
Lawson, Krista Flanery and Kendra
Case aided the Betsy Layne offensive
effort with two points apiece. Faith
Reynolds also scored for Betsy Layne,
hitting one of two attempts from the
free throw line.
As a team, Betsy Layne hit 20 field
.~
goals, four three-pointers and shot 12for-16 from the charity stripe.
The Ladycats didn't let South
Floyd get within single digits of them
after the first quarter. Betsy Layne led
20-8 at the end of the first quarter and
owned a 36- 12 advantage at the break.
Flanery pulled down a game-high
e1ght rebounds for the Ladycats.
Martin had seven rebounds and
Reynolds added five caroms.
Megan Hamilton, Martin and
Betsy Layne's
Amby Tackett dribbled against South
Floyd Friday night.
The Ladycats
defeated South
Floyd in convincing fashion,
remaining undefeated against
opposing 58th
District/Floyd
County Conference
teams.
(See LADYCATS, page two)
photo by Steve LeMaster
16th Region
favorite
Russell tops
Lady Rebs
rikeville
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by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PIKEVILLE - The David
School dropped its 12th straight
game Saturday and remained winless following a 59th District road
loss to Pikeville. The Panthers
outscored David 31-6 in the opening quarter. Pikeville didn't let
David get much accomplished
offensively, beating the Falcons
113-43.
Thirteen different Panthers
scored in the 70-point victory.
ASHLAND - Allen Central
drew the tough task of taking on
16th Region favorite Russell
Saturday in the Ashland Kitten
Shoo tout at Ashland Blazer High
School. Russell, playiqg on the
gymfloor of longtime rival
Ashland, make itself right at
home. The Lady Devils led Allen
Central 29-9 at halftime and
(See DAVID, page three)
(See LADY REBS, page two)
'Lawrence
holds off
P'burg for
third-place
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
Lady
photos by Steve LeMaster
Jarod Newman pulled down a rebound Friday night in Betsy Layne's 58th District/Floyd County Conference win
over South Floyd.
Bobcats hold on,
beat rival Raiders
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BUCKLEYS CREEK - In a
f5th Region matchup played
Saturday as part of an annual
tournament at Pike County
Central, Lawrence County held
on and defeated Prestonsburg 7672.
Lawrence County entered the
fourth quarter with a 14-point
lead and held off Prestonsburg
for the four-point victory in the
third-place game of the CocaCola Hoops Classic.
,. Chandler Thompson led
BETSY LAYNE - Playing at home Friday night in the
friendly confines of its Dome, Betsy Layne put together an
all-important 58th District/Floyd County Conference win
over visiting South Floyd. After going 1-3 last week in the
First National Bank Holiday Classic at Bracken County,
Betsy Layne returned to the win column with a 62-57 victory over the Raiders.
The game went back and forth . Neither team would exit
any of the first three quarters with more than a two-point
lead. The two teams were tied at 14-all when the first quarter ended. Betsy Layne took a f:7-25 advantage into the
half.
"Each win is a big win for us," Betsy Layne Coach
' (See BLACKCATS, page three)
(See BOBCATS, page two)
Blackcats
race past
Pikeville
Betsy Layne junior Brennan Case drove against the
Raider defense.
PRESTONSBURG
- The
Prestonsburg Lady Blackcats
defeated Pikeville 64-44 Friday
night and in the process snapped
a two-game losing skid that consisted of tournament losses to
non-region foes Fern Creek and
Whitley County.
Prestonsburg, which dropped
its last two games in the
Applebee's Winter Classic at
Boyle County in late-December,
held Pikeville to nine or fewer
points in each of the first three
quarters on its way to the 20point win over the Lady
(See PHS, page three)
Rebels claim ·coca-Cola
Hoops ~lassie title
Bank shot from Hammonds
gives AC championship
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
CHAMPIONSHIP FORM: Allen Central claimed the Coca-Cola Hoops Classic championship
Saturday night, beating host Pike County Central for the tournament title.
BUCKLEYS CREEK Allen Central put the fini<>hing
touches on a championship run
in the Coca-Cola Hoops
Classic al Pike County Central
Saturday night. Earlier in the
season, Allen Central held on
to beat Pike County Central
64-6 2. In the latest meeting
between the two teams, a contest which just happened to be
tht.: championsh ip game of the
Coca Cola Hoops Classic.
Allen Centra l grabbed another
close win over the Hawks.
Junior
guard
Alex
Hammonds banked in an
eight-footer at the buzzer to
send Allen Central to a 57-56
win OYer the host Hawks.
Seniors Josh Martin and
Tyler Slone led Allen Central
in scoring with 15 points
apiece. Ryan Collins, another
senior. added 12 points for
Allen Central. Sophomore
Josh Prater pushed in eight
points for the Rebels and
Hammonds finished with
seven points after the gamewinning shot.
which
Allen
Central,
defeated Lawrence County
and Cordia by 20 or more
points in its earlier tournament
games, won its fourth straight
game.
(See REBELS, page two)
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Rachel Hamilton each had four
assists.
Hott led the Ladycats in
assists, recording five swipes.
Megan Hamilton and Amby
Tackett each had three steals.
With the win, Betsy Layne
improved to 3-0 in the Floyd
County
Conference/58th
District and 8-6 overall.
"We shot the ball well and
played good defense," Akers
commented. "We took care of
business at home - you always
won-y when you are 2-0 in the
conference and coming into
your first home game that you
will have a letdown. We were
able to avoid that, thank goodness."
The Ladycats played a
sound basketball game. Betsy
Layne pulled down a total of 39
rebounds. The Ladycats dished
out 21 assists opposed to committing ju~t 15 turnovers.
Betsy Layne led 48-18 when
the fourth quarter got underway.
Kayla Hall led South Floyd
with nine points. Danielle
Tackett and Ashley Castle each
had four points for the Lady
Raiders. In other Lady Raider
scoring, Heather Dean and
Chelsie Tuttle addetl three
points apiece for South Floyd.
Rounding out the South Floytl
scoring was Gabrielle Bailey.
who finished with two points.
South Floyd was heltl to just
four field goals. The Lady
Raiders connected on four
three-point field goal attempts
and linishcd five-for-nine from
the free throw line.
Betsy Layne 60, S. Floyd 25
BETSY LAYNE (8-6) - Lawson 2,
Flanery 2. M. Hamilton 12, Tackett 8,
Martin 12, Meade 6, Reynolds 1, Hott 13,
Case 2.
SOUTH FLOYD (3-7) - Hall 9, Dean 3,
Tuttle 3, Tackett 4, Bailey 2, Castle 4.
South Floyd........ 8
4 6 7-25
Betsy Layne ..... 20 16 12 12-60
Panthers.
Mcaghan
Slone
led
Prestonsburg with a gamehigh 22 points. Amber
Whitaker followed Slone in
the Lady Blackcat <>coring column
with
.19
points.
Sophomore Linsey Fields gave
Prestonsburg three different
players in double figures, finishing with 10 points.
The win didn't come without setbacks for the Lady
Black<.:ats. Slone and Fields
both exited the game with
knee injuries in the third quarter. Neither of the players
returned to the Prestonsburg
lineup. Their status for the rest
of the season was not known at
the start of the week..
''I've coached a long time
and I've never seen anything
like this happen," said
Prestonsburg Coach Jack
Pack. "It's devastating for
them and for our team."
The
Lady
Blackcats
outscored Pikeville 12-7 in the
first quarter and led 33-14 at
the break. Pikeville enjoyed its
most successful run in the
third quarter when it outscored
the host Lady Blackcats 21-17.
Julianne Frye scored six
points and Li1. Chaffin added
three for the Lady Blackcats.
Hannah Fitzpatrick and Nikki
Bradley added two points
apiece in the Prestonsburg
scoring column.
Erica Cecil led Pikeville
with 14 points.
Prestonsburg 64,
Pikeville 44
PIKEVILLE - Davis 3, Cecil 14, Johnson
6, Sanders 7, Shull 2 , Francisco 12
PRESTONSBURG
Fields
10,
Whitaker 19, Chaffin 3 , Slone 22, Frye
6,
Fitzpatrick 2, N. Bradley 2.
Pikeville ............... 7 7 9 21-44
Prestonsburg ..... 12 21 17 14-64
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Brent Rose commented following his team's latest victory. "I thought we played well
at times. We knew going in
that it was a big game."
Betsy Layne played the
best at the end. In an offensive-heavy fourth quarter,
Betsy Layne outscored South
Floyd 25-22.
Justin Collins led Betsy
Layne with a game-high 19
points. Sam Keathley followed
Collins in the Betsy Layne
scoring column, adding 17
points. Trai Witt wound up
scoring 12 points for the
Bobcats. In a scoring effort
that featured seven different
scorers, Brennan Case had
eight points while James
Michael Lafferty, Brandon
Blair and Jerod Newman contributed two apiece for the
Bobcats.
Betsy Layne finished 14-
of-29 from the free throw line.
Wes Akers hit a game-high
five three-pointers led South
Floyd with 17 points. Ethan
Johnson, despite facing early
foul trouble, added 13 points
for the Raiders. Lyle Johnson
also reached double figures for
South Floyd, ending the game
with 11 points. Adam Slone
scored eight points. Kyle
Brown chipped in four and
Tommy Joe Hall added two for
the Raiders.
South Floyd hit 11-of- 15
free throws. The Raiders relied
heavily on the three-point
shot. South Floyd drained
eight three-pointers in the district/conference setback. The
Raiders were held to just I 0
field goals.
With the win, Betsy Layne
improved to 5-6 overall and 21 in the district/conference.
The loss dropped South Floyd
to 2-9 overall and 0-3 in district/conference play.
Betsy Layne was on the
road at Piarist Tuesday
evening. Results from the
Betsy Layne-Piarist game
were unavailable at press time.
Betsy Layne 102, Big
Creek, W.Va. 52: Fifteen dif-
ferent Betsy Layne players
scored points Saturday as the
Bobcats blistered Big Creek,
W. Ya. The win was Betsy
Layne's second straight.
Justin Collins scored 17
points, Tyler Kidd netted 15,
Trait Witt tossed in 14 and
Richie Tackett added 13 fo r
the Bobcats.
Two Big Creek players
reached double figures.
Betsy Layne improved to 57.
Betsy Layne 62,
South Floyd 57
BETSY LAYNE- Collins 19, Case 8,
Lafferty 2, Witt 12, Keathley 17, Blair 2,
Newman 2.
SOUTH FLOYD - E. Johnson 13, Hall
2, L. Johnson 11, Akers 17, Slone 8,
Kyle Brown 4.
Betsy Layne ..... 14 13 10 20-62
South Floyd ...... 14 11 10 22-57
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wound up defeating the Lady
Rebels 68-27.
Jessica Fortman led Russell
with a double-double effort of
22 points and 12 rebounds.
Chinwe Okoro also turned in a
double-double for Russell ,
scoring 15 points and pulling
down 10 rebounds. Russell
.....1il,..ru;..:t~·a significant r boundedge over the Lady Rebels.
The Lady Devils finished
eight-for-14 from the charity
stripe
Amanda Thacker led Allen
Central with a team-high 11
points. Thacker hit the only
three-pointer of the game for
the Lady Rebels and was the
only Allen Central player to
score over six points. Sara
Johnson and Jessica Toole
each had six points for the
Lady Rebels.
Russell 68, Allen Central 27
RUSSELL (661) - Sirtl~!l: II, Ff;!fguson
2, Gullett 3, ParSley 6, ~ Sparks
9, J. Fortman 22, Lavendtl , Moore 2,
Holmes 1, Chtnwe Okoro 17.
ALLEN CENTRAL (27)
Thacker 11,
Dingus 2, Johnson 6, Toole 6, Mullins 2.
Russell.............2 1 18 17 12-68
Allen Central. .. 6 3 6 12-27
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Tyler Slone (second from right) was named tournament MVP
and teammates Alex Hammonds (25), Josh Martin (34) and
Ryan Collins (far right) made it onto the Coca-Cola Hoops
Classic all-tournament team.
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While his team didn't play
its best basketball, Allen
Central Coach John Martin
was pleased to get the win.
"They played well enough
to win," said Martin. "Being
able to win a close game is
something that we haven' t
been able to do the last couple
of years."
Slone was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Hammonds,
Martin
and
Collins each earned a spot on
the event's all-tournament
team.
"these kids have played
hard all season," Martin
added. "Tyler has stepped up
and turned it on over the last
five games, playing really
well.
Each team had its share of
leads in the toulllament title
game. The Rebels eased out of
the first quarter with an 11 -8
lead, but had to play from
behind throughout the last
three quarters. Pike Central
took a 27-2 1 lead into the half
and led the Rebels 42-37 at the
end of the third quarter.
Senior forward David Hess
led the Hawks with 2 1 points.
With the win, Allen Central
improved to 9-2.
Following the loss, Pike
County Central dropped to 87.
Allen Central was back in
action Tuesday night, playing
on the road at Johnson CentraL
Results from the Allen
Central-Johnson Central were
unavailable at press time.
All en Central 70, Cordia
45 : Ryan Collins scored 17
points and Tyler Slone added
15 Friday nighl as the Rebels
rolled to a 70-45 win over
Cordia. Josh Prater tossed in
eight points and Josh Martin
added seven for the Rebels.
Allen Central led at the end
of every quarter, taking a 3419 lead into the half.
Coca-Cola Hoops Classic at
Pike Co. Central
Championship Game
Allen Central 57, Pike Co.
Central 56
ALLEN CENTRAL (9-2) - Marttn 15,
Collins 12, Slone 15, Hammonds 7,
PraterS.
PIKE CO. CENTRAL (8-7) - Hess 21,
Varney 5, Hamilton 7, Nicholas 13,
Slone 8, Adkins 2.
Allen Central..... 11 10 16 20-57
Pike Co. Cenlral...8 19 15 14-56
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Adam.s B-Teant
wins 8 straight
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG - The Adams
Middle School B-Team basketball team has
been on a roll recently. The B-Team
Blackcats have won eight straight games,
including victories over previously undefeated Betsy Layne and Allen Central. The
AMS B-Team is coached by Bryan Allen
and Ronnie Baldridge. The team will be
playing in the county tournament later in
the week.
Pictured from right to left, back row:
Coach Bryan Allen, Chase Baldridge, Blake
Goble, Alex Gamer, Joseph Jamerson,
Brant Smith, Wesley Robinson and Trey
Stapleton.
Right to left, front row: Austin Sloan,
• Gary Arnett, JD Adams, Adam Castle,
Bryson Williams, Adrian Neeley, Tyler
Shelton and Charlie Joseph.
The Adams
Middle
School
B-Team has
recorded
eight
straight
wins.
David
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~
Four Panthers reached double
figures scoring in the rout.
Pikeville, under the guidance
of second-year head coach Bart
Williams, led David 31-6 at the
end of the first quarter. The
Panthers packed a 61-14 lead
into the half. Pikeville outscored
David 27-15 in the third quarter.
With the win, Pikeville
improved to 6-2. The Panthers
will open up play in the
WYMT-TV Mountain Classic
tonight against Perry County
Central. PCC's John C. Combs
Arena, is playing host to this
year' Mountain Classic.
Pikeville 113, David 43
DAVID (0-12)- Robinson 14, Ousley 12,
Dingus 8, Parsons 2, Campbell 3, Taylor
2.
PIKEVILLE (6-2) - Hannon 13, Bell 6,
Burchett 7, Sword 12, Clevenger 17,
Shockey 2, Brinker 8, Branham 4, Clark
22, McAnallen 8, Adams 2, Baker 7,
Keenes.
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Lawrence County with 24
points. Tyler Brewer scored 21
points and Chet Pelphrey
added I 0 for the Bulldogs.
Jordan
Hall
paced
Prestonsburg with a game-high
25 points. Chayse Martin
scored 16 points and followed
Hall in the Prestonsburg scoring column. Three different
~ Blackcats reached double figures as Bobby Hughes added
11 points. Trevor Patton and
Mason \'ance each had seven
points for Prestonsburg.
Eight Blackcats dented the
scoring column in the tournament's third-place game.
The Blackcats dropped two
of three games in the Pike
Central
tournament.
Prestonsburg posted its first
win of the season during the
event when it edged Leslie
County 60-58.
Coca-Cola Hoops Classic
At Pike Co. Central
Third-Place Game
Lawrence Co. 76,
Prestonsburg 72
PRESTONSBURG (1 -9) - J . Hall 25,
Hughes 11 , Patton 7, Stephens 3,
Martin 16, Clark 2, Vance 7, K. Hall1.
LAWRENCE CO. (7-5) -Thompson 24,
Brewer 21 , Michael 4, Pelphrey 10,
Lester 9, Newsome 8.
Prestonsburg.... 16 21 8 27-72
Lawrence Co.....18 24 17 17-76
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from Dec. 16
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A team of Betsy Layne High freshmen won their own tournament Saturday.
Betsy Layne's T.J. Tackett {not pictured), Megan Hamilton, Lindsey Martin, Faith Reynolds,
Amby Tackett and Taylor Hott were named to the all-tournament team.
Betsy Layne hosts, wins freshman tourney
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BETSY LAYNE - The
Betsy Layne Ladycats hosted
their ninth annual freshman
tournament this past Saturday.
Teams participating included
Betsy Layne Team 1 and Betsy
Cardinals 'shocked'
at Petrino's departure
by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE - When
tears filled Louisville coach
Bobby Petrino's eyes as he
prepared to speak to his players Sunday night, defensive
lineman Earl Heyman knew
what was coming: Petrino was
leaving the program he'd help
build into an emerging national power.
"He said he loved us, but he
had -a decision to make and he
made it," Heyman said.
The decision - accepting
the top coaching job with the
NR...'s Atlanta Falcons - was
one Petrino had tlirted with
seemingly since the day he
assumed the head coaching job
four years ago. Less than six
months after signing a 10-year,
$25 million contract with the
Cardinals and saying "this is
where I want to be, Petrino
made the decision public.
But after leading Louisville
to a 41-9 record over the last
four years - including a 12-1
record this season and a win
over Wake Forest in the
Orange Bowl last week Petrino couldn't tum down an
offer to run an offense featuring one of the NFL's most
dynamic players in quarterback Michael Vick.
"At first, you're kind of
shocked. You think, What are
we going to do now?' But were
going to come together," said
defensive tackle Adrian Grady.
Petrino's departure could
have a ripple effect on a program that was talking about
competing for a national
championship next year after
beating Wake Forest for the
first Bowl Championship
Series win in school history.
Junior quarterback Brian
Brohm and injured running
back Michael Bush have until
Jan . 15 to decide whether
they'll return next fall, and a
coaching change could be factor in their decision to come
back. Neither player was made
available to the media on
Sunday night, as most players
walked out of the Howard
Schnellenberger
Football
Complex talking in small
groups with slightly stunned
looks on their faces .
"I think it'll bring us extracloser," said defensive lineman Earl Heyman. "We've
faced diversity this whole season."
Louisville athletic director
Tom Jurich said in a statement
Sunday
night that the
Cardinals will move quickly to
fill the head coaching job.
Jurich is expected to address
the opening during a news
conference Monday.
The Falcons are the latest in
a long line of college and NFL
teams that have courted
Petrino seemingly since the
day he succeeded John L.
Smith after the 2002 season.
Petrino flirted with jobs at
Auburn, LSU and the NFL's
Oakland Raiders, but said no
each time.
When Petrino's
name
popped up as a candidate for
the Alabama job in late-
November, he hastily put out a
statement saying, ''I'm not a
candidate for any job openings."
"I thought he was going to
be here for 10 years," Heyman
said. "But you can't fault him
for looking out for his family."
Layne Team 2, Lawrence
County, South Floyd, Knott
Central and Shelby Valley. In
the end, Betsy Layne Team I
prevailed and took the tournament title.
The day started at 10 am
with Betsy Layne Team 2 taking on Knott County Central.
Knott Central was ahlc to
defeat Betsy Layne Team 2 in
the opener.
Game two featured Betsy
Layne Team 1 and Lawrence
County. Betsy Layne Team I
started its championship run
with a win over Lawrence
County.
Game three was between
Shelby Valley and Knott
County Central with the Knott
County team emerging victorious. Game four featured Floyd
County rivals Betsy Layne
Team 1 and South Floyd, Betsy
Layne Team I won the Floyd
County battle.
Game five featured Betsy
Layne Team 2 and Shelby
Valley as the co-host team wa<;
defeated. Pool play rounded out
game six with Lawrence
County and South Hoyd. South
Floyd , defeated Lawrence
County.
The championship game
featured Betsy Layne Team 1
against Knott County Central .
The Lady Patriots jumped on
Betsy Layne early and led 15-9
after one quarter. But the
Ladycats turned up the defense
and held Knott Central to two
second quarter points and went
into halftime tied at 17 -all.
The third quarter saw a
swarming Betsy Layne defense
leading to 26 points while holding the Lady Patriot<; to seven
tallies. The Ladycat'i then held
a 43-24 lead. The Ladycats
held on to win the game 51-34.
Betsy Layne was led by
Megan Hamilton's 21 points,
Taylor Hott added 16, Faith
Reynolds scored 'iix and
Lindsey Martin added four,
with Amby Tackett and Emily
Stanley each scoring two. The
Lady Patriots were led by
Sasha Pike's 11 points. Keisha
Slone added seven points and
Chandra Yonts scored six for
the Lady Patriot<;. Kelli Combs
and Keisha Perkin<; scored four
points each, while Caitlyn
Collins added two for Knott
County Central,
HONORED: Players named
to the All-Tournament team
included
Kayla Hackney
(Lawrence County), Brook
Coleman (Shelby Valley),
Kayla Hall (South Floyd). T. J.
Tackett (Betsy Layne Team 2),
Sasha Pike Keisha Slone,
and Kcisha Perkins from Knott
County Central; and Megan
Hamilton, Lindsey Martin,
Faith Reynolds, Amby Tackett
and Taylor Hott from Betsy
Layne Team l.Coaches Gloria
Mullins and Brook Hamilton
guided the winning team.
�Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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KIM'S KORNER
·Remembering
Aunt Eula
By: Kim Little Frasure
Our family lost one of the most
high spirited, spunky women I've ever
been blessed to know this past
Sunday. Aunt Eula definitely lived her
life to the fullest.
She worked thirtysome years as a
nurse at McDowell ARH. And since
the
second
~
week
of
August, she
endured such
suffering it
was
heartbreaking to
witness.
T h i s
woman was
as tuff as
nails from as
far
back as I
Kim Little Frasure
can remember. To have
to see her so weak and in such horrendous pain was well, horrible.
•
Somewhat of a tomboy in her
younger days, she drove race cars and
once ended up with a black eye from a
crash I will never forget. And, she
loved every minute of it.
She was definitely something else!
She ~nd my Uncle Greener (Glenn
Frazier) used to take turns taking
ncle Greener's nephew Luke and
myself on their summer vacations to
the Smokey Mountains.
Uncle Greener says I always wanted it to be "my turn" to go. And he's
(See KORNER, page eight)
POISON OAK
Cold, colder
and coldest
by Clyde Pack
Here we are already more than a
week into January, undoubtedly the
most
drab
month of the
year. Well, it
would
be
drab if the
sun
would
stop shining
long enough
for it to look
(and feel) like
January
is
supposed to
look and feel.
But
then
Clyde Pack
again, what
you're reading now was written a few days before
you're reading it, and by now we
might be knee deep into a blizzard.
Anyway, although I don't quite
understand all I know about all this
global warming stuff everybody talks
so much about, I do know that it's not
my imagination that Januarys of late
are not nearly as bad weatherwisenor have the entire winters been as
bad- as they were when I was a kid
50 or 60 years ago.
Ironically, I can remember my
father saying the same thing about the
winters he remembered from the early
1900s. He never talked much about
his childhood, but when it came to the
weather, I remember him telling us
about how hard winters were on him
~ personally after his father died, and he
became the "head of the house" at age
14, and had to fend for half a dozen
younger siblings.
I've heard him talk about having to
break ice in the water bucket that was
kept in the kitchen, before his mother
could make coffee in the mornings. I
used to wonder what kept him from
freezing to death at night if the house
got that cold.
He said he' d borrow a neighbor's
mule and start in the early fall cutting
(See OAK, page seven)
Edwin, the brother of author Barbara Ford Ritch, "Coal Camp Kids," seemingly about to embark on a day of fun as outlined in Ralph Hall's story
about Grandma's house.
Grandma's house and the graveyard
By Ralph Hall
Mutt and I used to enjoy spending the night
with Grandma and Grandpa when we were little.
It was always a great adventure to go to their
house. Grandma had two beds in each bedroom
of her house. But. Mutt, Uncle Jame. and I
always slept in the same bed. The three of us boys
would lay in bed and talk until Grandma would
call out to us that she couldn't "stand it no more."
"Boys," she'd say, "blow out that coal oil lamp
and go to sleep!" It was easy to fall asleep on
Grandma's soft featherbed; easy to drift off to the
world of dreams where I was always the hero.
Around 5 a.m., we would hear Grandma calling out again; this time to tell us to "get up, breakfast is on the table!" I'd jump up in my long johns
and go into the kitchen and Grandma would say,
"Get back in there and put you on some clothes!"
That Grandma of mine, she was such an old-fashioned lady.
Grandma had rules about how one dressed and
looked. She always told me that I was the "best
blond-headed kid in all the world." This caused
my head to swell beyond my young years of living.
Grandma was also the best cook in the world,
or at least she was to me. You could always smell
sugar, apples, allspice and cinnamon in
Grandma's kitchen. It made her whole house
smell wonderful. Grandma had a big (what she
called) "ice box" in her kitchen. It was a large
chest in which ice was placed in the top to keep
food cool. Grandma's ice chest was always filled
with fried apple pies, eggs, butter and milk.
Grandma also kept what she called a "spring
house" over in the hollow where she kept miJk all
the time. Grandma used every means she could
think of to keep milk cold. Sometimes, she put
milk in jars and placed them in a water bucket and
lowered them down into the deep, open well.
And so our days would begin at Grandma's
house at 5 a.m. with a good breakfast meal.
Afterwards , we' d make plans for the day.
Grandma's plans, however, always included
work. She'd say, "Boys, I want me a bean patch
dug up today. I got to get them beans in the
ground."
When Grandma would say something like this,
my first thought would be "Grandma doesn't have
a mule."
No problem, that, according to Grandma. "The
&,round is soft. You bo. C{U1 p
the I
take turns holding it n t
:t)u
Well, me, Mutt, Uncle James and Uncle Virgil
pulled that plow and broke up that ground. I
worked "like a mule" and decided that I didn't
much care for it. Grandma would come out and
look over our work and tell us that we did a good
job, but my Aunt Boot would laugh at us and tell
us that we looked like mules. I'd yell at Aunt
Boot that I was going to find me a rock and knock
her fool head off but Grandma would put an end
to it by telling us both to "hush up."
When Grandma w.ould give us a break to find
something to eat, I'd head for her ice box and get
me two fried apple pies and a big glass of milk. I
liked sitting on the front porch in the porch swing
as I munched on those pies and enjoyed that milk.
The first time I can remember working for
Grandma in the garden, Uncle Virgil was 12,
Uncle James was seven, I was almost nine and
Mutt was 6 years old. We sure worked hard for
four little boys. Grandma wanted us to have
strong bodies and sharp minds. She always did
say that "work never hurt nobody."
After our rest, we got busy sowing the beans,
covering them with dirt and giving them a good
kick. Seems like we were a long time sowing
seeds and kicking dirt. We got to where we
sowed, kicked and cussed the day away.
On one particular day, once we were done with
our field chores, we asked Grandma if we could
go play on the graveyard that was nearby. She
told us to go on, but to "watch out and don't step
on any of them graves." As if we might hurt the
dead or something. We told her that we'd watch
out and then ran on. My great-grandpa Coal
Johnson and my Grandpa Isdora were buried in
that cemetery. Us boys liked to get up there and
play cowboys and Indians. I always wanted to be
Wild Bill, a cowboy; I never wanted to be an
Indian.
Sometimes some of our cousins would get to
come along and play. We'd spend long afternoons
on that graveyard. Sometimes we would get
kinda wild; other times, we'd just sit still and lay
around on the grass and watch the birds and the
clouds go by. Most times Uncle Virgil would tell
s too old to go play our games and
us that
he'd stay , and read fun,ny books.
,
Each of us boys had us a homemade wooden
gun to play our games with. We carried them
around with us because we never knew when
we'd get in a game where we would need them in
a shoo tout. We'd spend hours poking our heads
out from behind trees and "shooting" our little
guns and yelling, "You're dead! Fall down, I
killed you!"
After we got tired of playing cowboys and
Indians, cousin Luther said, "Let's have a race!"
Cousin Eddie said, "Yes, let's!" and then we'd
arrange a foot race around the graveyard. Not
once did I ever win a foot race.
We'd all take off at once crying, "Catch me if
you can!" Sonu:::limt:s we'll run until our sides
hurt. Once, I tripped over a rock and fell on a
stick and drove it into my leg. "Oh, no!," Mutt
cried, "Ralph's got hurt again!"
My playmates helped me up and held me up as
I limped on down the hill back to Grandma's
house, blood running down my leg from my
injured knee. "Why is it always me," I moaned
and cried. "I have more scars than anybody!"
When we got back to Grandma's, she cleaned
my leg and told me it wasn't as bad as I was Jetting on. Most every kid I knew played on that
graveyard at Hen Pen, but I'm the only one that I
ever knew of that got hurt while playing there.
Hen Pen was a great place to live. There was
a small stream that flowed slowly down the holler
until it emptied into Beaver Creek at Melvin.
There were fish in the creek back in those days
and after Grandma bandaged my leg, us boys figured we'd go down to the creek to fish for awhile.
We caught a string of fish and took them home for
Grandma to clean. That evening, we had fried
fish for supper. I ate my fill of that good fried
fish, too.
(See GRANDMA'S, page eight)
CRITIER CORNER
Pixel
By Phyllis Puffer
Regular readers might remember the
Halloween kttty living in South Africa
named Gremlin. Today we meet Gremlin's
roommate, Pixel. First of all, the name
might seem strange. Gremlin and Pixel are
owned by a scientist. My friend Gisella is a
chemist and is good with technology, including things digital. As I understand it, a pixel
is a measurement of some kind in connection with digital photographs. At any rate,
Pixel is a cute nan1e for a fine kitty.
Gisella insisted that Pixel is a Burmese.
However, he is a very light tan/beige, and in
my experience Burmese are a deep, dark,
sable brown. I have heard of champagne
Burmese in the US, and perhaps that's what
Pixel is.
I knew Pixel as very independent and
very active. Whereas Gremlin would sit still
and keep me company while I talked to
Gisella, Pixel was all over the place. He
jumped up on a corner of the kitchen counter
and then he jumped down again. He raced
from there through the dining room, into the
living room and off to who knows where.
This was normal behavior for him.
My last morning there, Gisella was in her
office earning a living, and l had the lovely
house to myself. It was late July, still chilly
in the Southern-hemisphere winter, but the
sky was completely clear and the sun was
bright and warm. Ptxel and I went out on the
porch to enjoy the weather. An apple was
sitting at the edge of the porch. which he
found interesting. He sniffed it over carefully. When he finished his study of the apple,
he walked all over the porch, making sure
everything was in order. He allowed himself
a bit of rest on his four paws, then went back
into the house to make sure everything was
still under control there. This kitty docs not
' need aerobics to keep slim and healthy.
Pixel, the Burmese.
�86 •
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1 0, 2007
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to any
AMS student or dropped off at the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and tum
them in to homeroom teachers!**
• Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in YSC
lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
regardless of income. For more information, call Marilyn Bailey, center
coordinator, at 358-0134.
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne Elementary
• Lost and Found items will be
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Mon. thru Fri. Center offers services
to all families, regardless of income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Family Resource Youth Service
'Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC is
to meet the needs of all children and
their families who reside in the community or neighborhood by the school
in which the center is located. For further information, please contact the
center at 478-5550.
•
Brian H. Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3:154: 15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark tshirts. Students, staff, parents - show
your support for CES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected dates.
Now taking appointments for 6th
grade exams, WIC, and well-child
exams for birth-18 years. Flu shots
may also be scheduled. Call 886-0815
for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services for
all families regardless of income. We
are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
offyour receipts at the school, or mail
them to: Duff Elementary School,
P.O. Box 129, Eastern, KY 41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
clothing use and burnouts. If you have
clothing to donate, please call the
FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is on
site three days per month. Services
include 6th grade school entry physical; kindergarten, Head Start and wellchild physicals (age birth to 18 years);
T.B. skin test; T.D. boosters; and WIC
services. Please call 358-9878 for
appointment if you are in need of any
of these services.
• The J.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides ser-
vices for all families regardless of
income. We are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
schooL Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals,
kindergarten physicals, 6th grade
physicals, well-child physicals, immunizations, TB skin test, WIC program,
blood pressure checks, and more.
Must call the FRC at 285-0321 for an
appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides
~ervices for all families, regardless of
mcome.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• Feb. 1 - Open House. Food will
be served. Teacher and parent visits.
Date subject to change. Watch school
marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1100.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your child's grades, visit the STI
Home! site at http:/liiod.ssts.com and
click on the STI program. Select state,
county, school, child's pin number and
password. You may view your child's
attendance record, class average,
schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call 452-9607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating in the Apples for Students program. Please save and tum in your
Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
campus each Tuesday. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center for: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community a'> well as student'>.
• All new students and visitors,
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus, Room 232, and
see Mable Hall. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Jan. 11 - Parent support meeting,
1 p.m., in center.
• Jan. 16 - Food Pyramid program, 12-2 p.m, for 3rd and 4th grade.
• Jan. 16- Tobacco prevention, 5th
grade.
• Jan. 25 -Family Read Night, 6-7
p.m.
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is located on the right, by the school gymnasium. Services are offered to all fami-
lies, regardless of income. For more
information, call Anita Tackett, center
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center: Items not
claimed within 2 weeks become the
property of the FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes, belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items will
be appreciated and utilized by OES
students.
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building ofW.D.
Osborne Elementary. Those wishing
more information about the center are
welcome to visit, or call. Ask for
Cissy (center coordinator). Center
telephone and fax: (606) 452-4553.
Wesley Christian School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddJers, preschool age (2-4). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC; 14:30 p.m. - Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learning Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC; 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts., Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier Learning
Ctr.; BSCTC; 1-4:30 p.m. - David
Craft Center, BSCTC; 6-9 p.m. BSCTC.
• Thursdays: 8 a,m. to 12 p.m. BSCTC,
Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m.BSCTC, Betsy Layne YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 4:30-9 p.m.Martin Comrn. Ctr.
• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bormes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephens.
• Program manager: K~ Hale
Ross (886-7334).
(Items taken from
The Floyd County
Times,
10,20,30,40,50,60,
70 years ago.)
Ten Years Ago
(January 15 and January 17,
1997)
The Prestonsburg Dance Cats, a third-year
program, coached by Jody Shepherd, added yet
another title to their brief history by claiming
the national title in Porn Dancing last weekend,
in St. Louis Missouri ...A lawsuit, filed by the
City of Prestonsburg, alleges that Ed and
Rebecca Kuss did not pay net profits tax or
withhold the license fee on their employee's
wages from 1990-95 on their businesses,
Trader's World and Pawn Inc., and the Hock
Shop. The suit also stated that the Kuss's owe
from
1991
through
proprty
taxes
1996...Whether the Salisbury Old Regular
Baptist Church will rebuild, or dissolve, after it
was destroyed Friday, by a fire, is a question its
members will discuss next month. Local police
and fire departments responded to the fire at the
Printer Church around 3:30p.m., Friday... When
told she had been indicted for the theft of funds
solicited for a medical organ transplant, Susan
Stumbo of Wayland, tearfully denied the
charge, and referred other questions to her
attorney. Stumbo was one of the main fundraises for Terri LaShae Jarvis, an 18-month-old
Banner girl who needed a liver and small bowel
transplant. Jarvis, died in September 1995 of a
blood infection before she could receive a
transplant...Prestonsburg City Council held first
reading, Monday, on an ordinance to establish
its own E-911 emergency service system.
Mayor Jerry Fannin said that council decided to
go ahead with implementing its own system
because a 24-hour dispatch service would have
to continue in the city, regardless of which
agency provides the service... An armed masked
gunman entered the Lakeview Mart, Tuesday
evening, around 6 p.m., forcing a store employee to hand over an undisclosed amount of cash
before fleeing. Police are continuing to investigate...Two ambulance workers, arrested last
February for allegedly hauling a dead patient to
the hospital, have filed a federal multi-million
dollar lawsuit against Floyd County Coroner
Roger Nelson and state police detective Dave
for
alleged
civil
rights
Maynard,
violations ...The Prestonsburg High School renovation project is $2 million over budget now,
and Phase II costs could wipe out the system's
bonding potential for the next decade ... Randy
Hamilton of McDowell, was bitten by a brown
recluse spider, last month, while repairing a
floor furnace under his house. He will have to
undergo surgery to remove dead tissue from his
knee...Floyd County School officials, approved
$150,000 in budget cuts, Tuesday, in instruction, transportation and maintenance, and
declared several pieces of property as surplus
for sale. But would not approve cutting classified employees' work schedules by 10 days,
which would save $100,000. The board also
voted not to relocate Opportunities Unlimited
to the Martin Middle School campus ...A move
to amend a construction management contract
for Phase II of Prestonsburg High School was
tabled, Tuesday, by the board of education, after
the board attorney said he had not seen the contract... Telephone service to hundreds of customers in and around Prestonsburg was interrupted, Thursday afternoon, for about 20 minutes, putting businesses on hold and emergency
service providers on their toes. Only customers
in the 886 exchange were affected by the outage, which began just before 2 p.m., Thursday,
but other services also experienced some related difficulties... Construction moved most of a
mountain when they built the Route 23 bypass
around Prestonsburg. Since the four-lane
bypass opened four years ago, on December 22,
1992, 11 people have died in accidents at the
intersection of Route 23 and Route
1428...American Standard, which has a manufacturing plant in Johnson County, apparently
has rejected a friendly takeover offer from Tyco
International, Ltd. The Wall Street Journal
reported, this week, that Tyco, a manufacturer
of plumbing products, fire and security control
systems, offered to buy American Standard in
December for a premium price of $50 per
share ... Six-month-old Sarah Lafferty completed
her first round of chemotherapy, Thursday, and
is in remission, but the infant is still waiting for
a bone marrow donor to be found who will save
her life...Israel Boyd, 30, of Betsy Layne, was
convicted, Thursday, of first degree stalking
and terroristic threatening for accosting his wife
last April. He will be sentenced on Valentine's
Day...There died: Christeen Osborne Yeary, 72,
of Prestonsburg, Saturday, January 11, at Our
Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin; Jack Burman
Johnson, 64, of Mouthcard, Monday, January
13, at Pikeville Methodist Hospital; Glenda
Faye Howell, 56, of Teaberry, Saturday,
January 11, at McDowell Appalachian Regional
Hospital; Marie Collins Bingham, 78, of
Prestonsburg, Sunday, January 12, at her residence; Garnet Mae Goodman, 84, of
Prestonsburg, Monday, January 13, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center; Louella
Music Boggs, 86, of Little Paint, Friday,
January 10, at her residence; Pearlie Hurd, 83,
of Claypool, Indiana, January 6, at Extendacare
in Columbus City, Indiana; Rev. Henry W.
Crider, 94, of Endicott, Thursday, January 9, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center; Martha R.
Lee, 64, of Wayland, Saturday, January 11, at
her residence; Stonewall J. McKinney, 71, of
Weeksbury, Saturday, January 11, at Central
Baptist Hospital, Lexington; Dinah Hall, 74, of
McDowell, Sunday, January 5, at McDowell;
Pauline Sparks Martin, 83, of Big Stone Gap,
Virginia, formerly of Dema, Tuesday, January
14, at the Indian Path Hospital, in Kingsport,
Tennessee; Preacher Frank Slone, 70, of Pippa
Passes, Thursday, January 16, at Hazard
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Dock Hall Jr.,
71, of lvel, Tuesday, January 14, in
Prestonsburg, following an auto accident;
Brandie Mashae Scott, eight, of Teaberry,
Tuesday, January 14, at Pikeville Methodist
Hospital; Ashbie "Squire" Samons, 76, of
Martin, died Monday, January 13, at Our Lady
of Bellefonte Hospital, in Russell; Mary Ellen
Roberts, 63, of Banner, Tuesday, January 14, at
the Paul B. Hall Medical Center; Mont Gibson
Jr., 76, of Dana, Tuesday, January 14, at his residence.
Twentv Years Ago
(January 21, 1987)
The statewide outbreak of flu that led to
school closings in three counties last week, and
two more counties this week, apparently has
been kind to Floyd County so far... Placing aside
Prestonsburg Police Chief Elmo Allen's request
for funding for two more dispatchers, the Floyd
Fiscal Cburt is seeking funding to better the gas
system... The Floyd County Ministerial
Association, sponsored a meeting of church
leaders with representatives from cooperative
ministries in other parts of the state to discuss
the formation of a coordinating agency to more
effectively aid the area's needy... A 53-signature
petition was presented to C. Leslie Dawson,
secretary of the Department of Transportation,
requesting action on the dangerous intersection
on Route 23 and KY 1428 at Allen...A minor,
Enoch Hanna, 19, of Staffordsvile, who bought
vodka and later became sick as a result of drinking it, is suing T. J. Gulley and Jenny Wiley
Village Liquors for $2,200 to cover medical
expenses and $10,000 for pain and suffering ... Robert V. May, 80, well-known
Prestonsburg business and civic leader, died
Friday, at Highlands Regional Medical Center,
following a brief illness ...There died: Jake
Hollifield,
77,
of
Auxier,
last
Thursday...Sanford Ousley, 69, of Martin,
Monday.. .Dovie Williamson Stratton, 85, of
Betsy Layne, last Wednesday...Topsy S. Meade,
86, of Hunter, Saturday...Robert Hinkle
McCloud, 75, of Hunter, Monday...Grover
Johnson, 69, of Buckingham, Monday...and
Ann E. Fitch Music, 59, of Auxier, January 4.
Thinv Years Ago
(January 8, 1977)
Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company officials say it has already submitted its best contract proposal, and that further negotiation
between company and striking workers will
serve no purpose at this time...Strikebound
Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company
announced, Monday, that it intends to reactivate
one compressor station and two booster stations ... Floyd County's schools are su ering
their longest freeze-out ever, and if they remain
closed through this week, as is now expected,
the earliest the term could end, without suffering another day of lost time, would be June
2l...The Central Kentucky Blood Center will
bring its staff and equipment to the First
Presbyterian Church, here, Saturday...Snow
upon snow, bitter cold that dropped the ther(See YESTERDAYS, page seven)
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES .
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007 • 87
Yes~erdays
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mometcr here to 14 below zero,
schools closed. some businesses shut
down, and all businesses seriously
affected .. .ln theory the next state taxation of mineral properties will not be
'IIi as costly to the taxpayer as the taxation during preceding years by county, schools and state ...There died:
Mrs. Mary Teny, 87, of Hueys vi lie,
Sunday, January 2, at Mountain
Manor Nursing Home, here; Fred
Coburn, 89, of Hippo, Tuesday,
January 11, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home; Jack Hall, 81. native
of Floyd County, Sunday, January 9,
at Oak HilL Ohio; Mrs. Eva Adams
Holbrook, 84. native of Floyd
County, Tuesday. January I l, at
Whitley
County
Ho!-.pital
in
Columbia City, indiana: Paul P. Pope,
76, of Hollybush. Saturday, January
•\ l, at Mountain Manor Nursing
Horne; Mrs. Lillie May Preston, 66,
native of Floyd County, who lived in
Paintsville, Sunday, January 16, at
Jewish Hospital in Louisville; Raben
Pratt. 35, of Garrett, Tuesday, January
11, at Methodist Hospital in
Pikeville; Mrs. Susan Owsley, 82, of
Griffithsville, West Virginia, formerly of Floyd County, Thursday,
January 13, at Holzer Medical
Center, Gallipolis, Ohio: James W.
Preston Jr., 54, of West Dennis,
Massachusetts. formerly of Martin,
~ Monday, January 10, at a hospital in
West Dennis.
Fonv Years Ago
(January 19, 1967)
A fire which was not brought
under control until after five hours of
firefighting, destroyed Wright's
Supermarket at West Prestonsburg,
Sunday night, and left two nearby
strutures
gutted
and
useless ... Nineteen-year-old Billy Ray
Ousley was fatally cmshed beneath
an automobile on which he was
working at his home at Pyramid,
Wednesday
afternoon ... Bert T.
Comb<;, the former Prestonsburg
lawyer who became Governor of
Kentucky, was nominated, last
Friday, by President Johnson. for a
judgeship on the Sixth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeai~ ... The horne of
Homer J. Wells burned at Bonant.a,
Sunday, with its contents ... Married:
Miss Donna Faye Cook, of Price, and
Mr. Jame~ Rodney Johnson, of
Ligon, December 23, at the First
Bapttst Church, Wheelwright ...Born:
to Mr. and Mrs. Bill H. Hall, of Betsy
Layne, a son, Richard Edgar, January
16, at the Methodist Hospital,
Pikeville; Dr. and Mrs. Ronald M.
Yabroff. of Cornwall, New York, a
daughter, Ann Deirdre, January 15.
Mrs. Yabroff is the former Dorothy
Gay Mattin, of Martin ...There died:
Mrs. Charlestine Rice, 45, of Little
Paint Creek, Monday, at the
Mountain Manor Nursing Home,
here; Mrs. Addie Auxier, 64, of Van
Lear, Monday, at the Paintsville
Hospital; Calvin Estep, 41, of Price,
Tuesday,
at
the
McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Mrs.
Frona Slone, 62, of Wheel wright, last
Tuesday,
at
the
McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital.
FiUV Years Ago
(January 17, 1957)
Coal production in the field repre-
sented by the Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Coal Operators Association rose
507,940 tons in 1956, over the preceding year, according to a recent
report. .. Fire caused an estimated
damage of $1 ,000 in the Church of
Christ at Martin early Monday
evcning ... Operations begun by the Hi
Hat Elkhom Coal Company on a 400acre tract of coal on Mud Creek may
be the beginning of widescale development of the coal in that section of
the county, it was said here this
week ... Miss Lyda Mae Francis, who
has been a vice consol in the Foreign
Service of the United States, serving
in various embassies and consulates
in Asia, South America and Europe,
recently resigned from the Service,
and is now visiting relatives in
Prestonsburg ...Floyd County had a
net loss of 8,271 in population in the
five years ending June 30, last year,
according to a study by the
University of Kentucky... Showing at
the Martin Theatre this week is
"Don't Knock the Rock," with Bill
Haley and the Comets, and "Rumble
on the Docks," with James Darren.
among others ... There died: Lloyd
Hammonds, 56, Friday, at home at
Garrett: Mrs. Rose Caudill Hall, 64,
of Hi Hat, last Thursday, at the
Paintsville Hospital; William H.
Chandler, 82, of Wheel wright,
January 2, at the Paintsville Hospital;
Mrs. Rose Thacker, 80, Thursday, of
last week, at home at Hi Hat.
Sixtv Years Ago
(January 16,1947)
Edward P. Hill ruled this morning,
(Thursday), in dismissing the contest
action of Bill Hall, Prestonsburg
liquor store owner... Arthur Hall, 33year-old miner, was shot and killed at
a roadhouse near Boldman, shortly
after midnight Saturday...Tentative
recapitulation by Tax Commissioner
Clive Akers of the l 946 tax assessment for Floyd County, shows a total
property evaluation of more than
$15,000,000-an increase of around
$4,000,000 over the previous year's
assessment...Luther Osborne, 20
years old, was instantly killed at 8:30
p.m. , last Thursday, when struck by a
coal train near his home at
Bevinwille ... Burns suffered last
Wednesday, when her clothing ignited from an open grate at the home of
her parents, resulted in the death, on
the following day, of two-year-old
Eugondi Watson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Watson, of Dana... Bom:
to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reynolds Jr., of
Martin, a son, January 7; to Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, of Martin, a
son, January 7; to Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Rice, of Martin. a daughter,
Brenda; to Mr. and Mrs. Mann
Preston, of David, a daughter,
Sunday... There died: Mrs. Mary
Newsome, 36, of Teaberry, Monday,
at the Beaver Valley Hospital, Martin,
following the birth of her eighth
child; James Stidham, 76, Saturday,
at the home of his step-son, W. R.
Middleton, of Wayland; Mrs. Albert
Childers, 63, at home in West
Prestonsburg, last Thursday morning;
Randall Shepherd, six months old,
last Wednesday, at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Shepherd of Hueysville.
Floyd County's dry vote of
September 30 stands , Circuit Judge
Seventv Years
Ago
(January 8, 1937)
The Prestonsburg City Council, at
its first meeting of the new year,
faced a literally dark prospect; a
power company
representative
informed the council that unless the
city pays its overdue power bill, the
city's "treet lights would be shut
off. .. Grand jury action, this week,
saw a total return of 70 true bills,
with three murder indictments
included .. .The Floyd County Grand
Jury, this week, heard testimony to
the effect that a group of Magoffin
County men, as part of an organized
band, known as the " Black Leg
Legion," crossed the county line on
Middle Creek, April 2, and severely
beat Miles Barnett, 40-year-old Floyd
farmer...Dan Thacker, of Jones Fork,
was struck and killed by a hit-and-run
auto, Saturday night, on the LackeyHindman road, near the Stu mbo
Memorial Hospital...Ellis Hale, 28,
principal of the Bonanza High
School, is in critical condition in the
Paintsville Hospital, as a result of
"cald burns received, Monday
evening, when a boiler exploded at a
saw-mill at Bonanza. Seven others
were seriously injured in the explosion ... Reports, this week, from the
local relief offices, state that approximately 1,076 men and women at present, are employed by WPA projects
in the county... Married: Miss Helen
Darnell, of Frankfort, and Mr. Ed
O"bome, of Catlettsburg, here, Dec.
31.. .There died: Patrick Harmon, of
Bonanza, Wednesday.
Oak
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and hauling ftrewood in order for the
family to have heat all w inter long.
He said sometimes, they'd use 25 or
30 cords of wood if it was especially
cold, and apparently, it always was.
That was a lot of wood, when you
consider a 'cord' measures eight feet
long, four feet wide and four feet
high. By today's standards, that
would be about a pick-up tmck's
worth.
He talked about how he'd gather
apples and dry them or the hearth or
on the mantel, so they'd have some
sort of fruit come winter, and how
instead of popcorn, his mom would
either parch or roast dried com as a
treat when they'd gather around the ·
fire at night before bedtime.
I found it interesting to learn how
they stored their potato crop by digging a big hole a.nd putting them in
the ground. He said they'd cover the
bottom of the hole with straw, put the
potatoes in, then cover them with
straw before covering the whole
thmg with a thick layer of dirt. Then
all winter long, when they needed
potatoes, they'd simply dig them up
again. He said the problem with that
was sometimes the ground would
freeze so hard he couldn't get to them
until spring.
Now in his case, it's hard to say if
the weather was that much worse
then than it· was when lwas a boy, or
whether things just seemed more difficult, due to his lack of modern conveniences.
But as I said earlier, modem conveniences or no modern conveniences, I'm certain winters were
colder in the 1940s that they are now
2006 Kids Festival
(II
The lawn at the Lees College
Campus of Hazard Community &
Technical College was decorated during the holiday season for the 2006
Kids Christmas Festival, which was a
huge success. There were 72 smiling
faces in attendance. Counties represented at the event were Letcher,
Breathitt, Lee and Owsley. This event
was hosted by the Lees College
Campus UNITEd Coalition. Once the
children arrived at the college campus, they were greeted by two of
Santa's helpers and from there they
made their way down the stairs into a
room filled with magic, juggling,
• singing, refreshments and much
more. The dorm students rehearsed
for many hours to e nsure that the caroling would be perfect for the event.
Once the show was over, they made
their way back upstairs into the
lobby. In the lobby, they found Santa
& Mrs. Claus. Each child was able to
have their picture taken with Santa.
Gifts were distributed to the children
by Mro;. Claus & Santa's helpers. All
of the childre n left with smiling
faces. The Department of Protection
& Permanency was very impressed
with the festival and wanted to let
HCTC know how much they appreciated the group putting on this event.
~HEALTH AWARENESS
P.A.D. And Diabetes: What You Need
To Know
(NAPSA)-The increase in the number of people in the U.S.
with diabetes is also raising concern about a condition that
is linked to diabetes but often goes undetected.
The condition is peripheral arterial disease, or P.A.D. It
occurs when blood vessels in the legs are narrowed or
blocked by fatty deposits, decreasing blood flow to legs and
feet.
Experts say people with P.A.D. are at increased risk for heart
attack and stroke, and people with diabetes are at increased
risk for P.A.D.
According to one study, it's estimated that 30 percent of people with diabetes will develop P.A.D. Unfortunately, P.A.D. is
often not diagnosed in a timely fashion . One reason is that
the symptoms-such as fatigue and heaviness of the legs
when walking-are often falsely attributed to aging. Left
untreated, P.A.D. can lead to a greater risk of amputation,
stroke or heart attack.
The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) is the only nonprofit organization focused on vascular diseases with the sole
purpose of providing public education and improving awareness about vascular diseases. It recommends that all persons with diabetes over the age of 50 get screened for P.A.D.
using a test known as the Ankle Brachial Index, or ABI.
The test compares the blood pressure in a person's ankle to
the blood pressure reading taken from the person's arm. If
the reading from your leg is lower than the one taken from
your arm, it may be a sign that you have P.A.D.
Fortunately, there are steps physicians and patients can take
to manage P.A.D. According to VDF's president, Alain T.
Drooz, M.D., those with diabetes who suspect they may have
P.A.D. should do the following:
• Keep their blood sugar level in an acceptable range.
• If they smoke, they should stop. If they can't stop on their
own, they should ask their health care provider for assistance.
• Work to get their blood pressure below 130/80.
• Get their LDL (bad) cholesterol below 100 mg/dl.
• Talk to their health care provider about taking aspirin or
other anti-platelet medicines.
• Studies have also shown that exercise, such as walking,
can be used to treat P.A.D. and, in some cases, prevent it.
VDF supports the P.A.D. Coalition and the National Heart
Lung and Blood Institute's national campaign "Stay in
Circulation: Take Steps to Learn About P.A.D." To learn more,
caii1-866-PAD-INFO or visit www.vdf.org.
Conservation scholarships available
The Floyd County Conservation District is now accepting
scholarship applications from graduating Floyd County High
School Seniors for the 2007-2008 school year. Priority will
be given to those students majoring in Agriculture and /or
the Conservation of Natural Resources.
This is a scholarship awarding a one time payment of $1000
with proof of college enrollment. Eligible students must
have at least a 3.0 G.P.A. verified by a high school counselor.
The completed applications must be returned to the Floyd
County Conservation District Office by January 31, 2007 to
be eligible. Applications are available at the Floyd County
Conservation District Office located at Mayo Branch of
Brandykeg (approximately 1/4 from the Lancer-Watergap
Intersection traveling toward Jenny Wiley State Resort Park).
For more information, contact the Floyd County
Conservation District at 889-9800 or email us at conserve@bellsouth.net.
P-16 talks about education Jan. 11
Persons interested in education at all levels in the region are
invited to attend the next meeting of the Kentucky River P-16
Council Thursday, Jan. 11 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p .m. in
Hazard. The meeting will be held in the University Center of
the Mountains administrative offices in the Jolly Classroom
Center on the Hazard Campus of Hazard Community and
Technical College. Lunch will be served so please RSVP for
the meal count.
The Council goal is to encourage learner success from preschool through postsecondary education. The Council is a
collaborative partnership among interested citizens, parents,
educational providers, organizations, local and regional officials and anyone else who desires to raise educational levels in the region. The Council serves Perry, Breathitt,
Letcher, Leslie and Knott counties, but is expanding Into
Lee, Owsley and Wolfe counties this year.
The group will meet briefly together and break into four
workgroups for discussions and planning on four areas of
priority.
For more information contact Ron Daley, the Kentucky River
P-16 Co-Chair and director of the UCM at 487-3158 or by
email at ron .daley @kctcs.edu The UCM offices hosting the
meeting are located on the Cardinal Chevrolet parking lot
side of the Jolly Classroom Center in Room 152.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
'Anniversary
Celebrate 56 years of marriage
Children Create Storybooks To Help Others With Chronic Illness
Clarence and Emma Lou Martin celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on December 28, 2006. They have two children: Mary Lou Bailey (Neil), of Prestonsburg, and Fred
Martin, of Charlotte, North Carolina. They have been blessed
with four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
(NAPSA)-At an age when most kids are reading storybooks, 8-year-old Emma and 3-year-old Charlie were each creating their
own books to help them deal with their chronic disease-primary immunodeficiency (PI).
PI is a group of genetic, lifelong disorders of the immune system that make the body unable to protect itself from germs.
The condition makes Emma and Charlie, who are not related, vulnerable to serious and potentially life-threatening infections. By the time they were toddlers, both children had logged more time in hospitals than many people do in a lifetime.
Now they have turned their experiences into books designed to help other kids and their families as they face the frustrations and fears of ongoing medical conditions.
Healing Expressions
Thanks to advances in medicine, PI can be successfully treated with regular infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
that allow most patients to lead more normal lives because of the reduced risk of infection. Children usually can go to
school, play with friends and participate in sports. But sometimes an accurate diagnosis can take years and_IVIG treatment
requires frequent visits to the hospital for ongoing care. !Tor parents, the experience is life-changing. For kids, it is scary
and confusing.
Creative expression became an important tool for Emma and Charlie to understand PI and share their anxieties with their
parents and caregivers. Emma, diagnosed at age 3, and Charlie, diagnosed at 2, used pictures to work through their experiences.
With assistance from their parents, Emma and Charlie then created books to capture what they learned and help other kids
cope with PI or other types of chronic disease, such as asthma, epilepsy or diabetes. The books tell children and their families that the more you know what to expect from a situation, the less scary it is. And the more you express your anxieties
and fears, the better able people are to help you.
Cutting Home Energy Bills
(NAPSA)-The average family spends approximately $1 ,900 a
year on energy bills, with heating and cooling accounting for
as much as half of a home's energy use. To help you get the
most out of your heating and cooling system, experts recommend properly maintaining your existing equipment,
using a programmable thermostat and finding and sealing
air leaks around windows, doors and ducts that cause drafts
and make your heating and cooling system work overtime.
If you're in the market for new equipment, Energy1 Star(r)qualified models can reduce your annual energy costs by as
much as 20 percent. Energy Star is a voluntary partnership
of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), local utilities, product manufacturers, retailers, builders and financial institutions. The partnership helps consumers identify and purchase the most energy-efficient products on the market. To
be Energy Star-qualified, products must meet strict energy
efficiency guidelines set by the DOE and the EPA.
When compared to standard models, Energy Star products
are between 15 and 25 percent more efficient. This means
the products use less energy, helping to improve the environment.
It could make sense, then, for homeowners to consider
Energy Star models as they shop for new furnaces or heat
pumps this heating season. To help consumers purchase the
most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products
on the market, the York(r) brand of Johnson Controls offers
a variety of Energy Star-qualifying home heating products.
For example, the York Latitude(tm) 14 SEER model heat
pump and the York Affinity(tm) 15 and 18 SEER model heat
pumps are Energy Star qualified and offer Heating Seasonal
Performance Factors (HSPF) of 7.4 through 8.5+ energy efficiency.
The Affinity 92+ percent Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
furnaces are also Energy Star qualified and include singlestage, two-stage and modulating models. A modulating furnace with variable speed and ClimaTrak(tm) technology
offers maximum energy efficiency, effective humidity control, reduced sound levels and improved indoor air quality.
To learn more about energy efficient home-heating equipment, visit www.yorkupg.com, or call (BOO) 910-YORK
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right, it was so much fun.
One of my favorite childm emories
is
the
hood
Christmas the two of them got
me a bicycle that looked like a
motorcycle . It had a key and
when I turned it on, it actually
sounded like one ! It was too
cool!
Aunt Eula was so strongwilled and never did she ever
look ne ar the age of 60 to me,
let alone 7 1. How she managed that one is beyond me.
Just to give you a little
example of her spunkiness:
During the beginning of her
hospitalization, one physician
asked he r what her age was.
She told him 7 1 and he said,
"Well, Mrs. Frazier, you certainly don' t look your age, but
you do have hospital hair." Ut
oh, he had no idea who he had
just insulted ! No m atter how
bad she felt, she was quick
with the comeback s and comeback she did. She looks up at
the Dr. and says, " Well , l
might just have hospital hair,
but there's one thing about it I can do something about that,
but you can' t do anything
about ugly !" He lost it! He
cracked up! I told you she was
spunky.
She brought much laughter
and would put you in your
place with the snap of a finger.
She had no problem speaking
her mind and then some.
We most certainly miss her
already.
To those of you who so graciously prayed for Aunt Eula
during her illness, spoke suc h
kind words and sent s uc h
beautiful flo wers and food
during the funeral , our entire
family wants you to know we
appreciate your love and kindness so very much.
'
'Til Next Week,
God Bless ...
Be
an
Become a Kentudcy
organ & tissue donor.
For information contact:
1-800-525-3456,or
www.trustforlife.org
Emma's Story"The ABCs of Kids Like Me"
Emma, now 11, was inspired to share her story after she read a book about a boy living with cancer. " I wanted to do one for
kids like me," she said.
Her book, " The ABCs of Kids Like Me," uses each letter of the alphabet and colorful illustrations to suggest ways for patients
to cope with different aspects of a chronic disease. Packaged with a set of crayons, the book includes blank pages that invite
other children to record their own stories.
Emma advises children who are just beginning treatment for a chronic condition to remember, " You g~t tougher the longer
you do it." Emma adds that her family has made life easier by " treating me normal, not like an alien or something!"
Charlie's Story" This is My IVIG Book"
At age 5, Charlie is the oldest of three kids who have Pl. It was Charlie's mother, Dayna, who initially developed his book
when he was a toddler to help him understand his condition and accept his monthly IVIG treatments. Using photos that
Charlie took and his own words whenever possible, Dayna crafted a story that reviewed his treatment step by step to reassure him about the process and people involved.
Dayna says that perhaps the fact that all of her kids have PI makes it easier to raise her family. She is acutely aware that her
children will one day be adults faced with supporting themselves in a working world . She's made it a priority to help them
accept their medical condition and learn to differentiate between acceptable leve ls of discomfort and real pain that requires
help from caregivers.
" Our perspective is different than most people's," Dayna said. " We' d rather teach our kids how to live with this disease than
how to die with it. We choose to teach them to overcome."
Charlie's story comes with a book containing blank pages for photos and a collection of stickers for other kids to create
their own stories.
Both books, published by Baxter Healthcare Corporation, which processes and distributes IVIG treatment, are complimentary upon request. To order Charlie's or Emma's book, or get additional information about PI, visit www.immunedisease.com.
Appalachian Food: Defining a Culture
In celebration of Appalachian History Month, Big Sandy
Community and Technical College library is proud to present
Dr. Mark Sohn. Dr. Sohn will discuss Southern Appalachia
as a culturally distinct mountain region that extends from
Maryland to northern Georgia. From stack cakes and shuck
beans to moonshine and cast iron cookpots, he will discuss
the region 's unique cuisine. A food tasting Will follow the
presentation.
Mark Sohn is a Professor of Psychology at Pikeville College
in Kentucky and has published several cookbooks. The most
recent cookbook is entitled Appalachian Home Cooking:
History, Culture and Recipes published by the University of
Kentuc ky Press.
For questions, please call Judy Bowen at 889-4750. The pres entation is part of the Library Seminar Series and is free
and open to the public.
Date: January 17, 2007
Time : 11 :30 AM
Place: Art Gallery in the Magoffin Building on the
Prestonsburg Campus Big Sandy Community and Technical
College
JWT announces Youth/Teen Company
2007 summer production
Jenny Wiley Theatre is pleased to announce the 2007
Youthffeen Company production of Han's Christian
Anderson's The Princess and the Pea. This production joins
the previously announced lineup of Disney's High School
Musical, Forever Plaid and West Side Story. This ingeniously hilarious and highly entertaining version of The Princess
and the Pea tells the story of Prince Valiant's search for the
"perfect" bride that will also' satisfy the requirements of his
royal family. Will Princess Olivia pass the test involving a
pea and a stack of mattresses, or will Prince Valiant fail in his
quest for true love? Watch this enchanting story unfold this
summer on the JWT Mainstage.
Saturday, June 23, Sunday, June 24, Tuesday, July 10,
Sunday, July 15, Tuesday, July 24, Sunday, July 29, Sunday,
August 5.
Adult Tickets $10
Youth Tickets $6
For Ticket s c a111 -877-CALL-JWT or visit www.jwtheatre.com
Grandma's
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After supper, we all just sat around and talked about our day.
Before we went to bed, G randma said, "Let me tell you about
when I was a c hild." We all loved to hear Grandma's stories as
she talked about her father who she called "Pap." She told us
about the time she went with Pap when he took com to the mill
over at Melvm. He wanted the com ground into com meaL
Grandma said they filled their little wagon with com and as they
headed toward Melvi n, they talked of life on the farm. Grandma
said that Pap told her that one day .she would grow into a fine lady
and be a wonderful mother and grandmother.
Grandma said that Pap was a Newsome. Strong and proud and
a man who ls)Ved working with his hands. Grandma painted pictures so vivid we could see Pap standing there and watch as he
and Grandm a rode in the ir little wagon.
Sometimes Grandma would shed a few tears and say that Pap
was the best man in all the world .
When storytime was over. Grandma would tell us that it was
time for bed. I liked to lay on the bedside closest to the window.
I wanted to look out and see the trees on the hillside and watch
the bats as they filled the night sky. I'd look at the stars and think
about Grandma and Pap· and all the fun the boys and I'd had playing on the graveyard . The graveyard was never a scary place to
me. Mostly because I knew of e veryone that lay buried there. A
part of me rested m that graveyard.
As I heard Grandma call out to "tum out that lamp," I would
close my eyes and pray thi s little prayer. "God, bless me and my
famil y."
Sleep woul d come easy as I began to dream about the next day
and the adventures it would bn ng.
Editor's Notice: The Floyd County Times is happy to
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birthday or family reunion free of charge. Howcwr,
space is limited and we can offer no guarantee of the
exact day your announcement will run. Readers may
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The American Cancer
Society is continuing to
provide assistance to can-·
cer survivors even after
they have conquered their
illness.
The Mid-South Division
of the society will soon be
accepting applications for
a scholarship program
designed to give financial
assistance to survivors
now attending college. For
the fourth consecutive
year, this division will
award $1 ,000 scholarships
to eligible individuals who
~ave fought cancer and
are attending an accredited university, college or
vocationaVtechnical
school.
Since the beginning of
the American Cancer
Society scholarship program in 2000, more than
950 scholarships have
been awarded. Last year,
216 survivors received the
scholarship.
"Childhood cancer survivors have faced incredible challenges and overcome them.", said Teresa
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Representative for the mid
south division of the
American Cancer Society.
(See ACS, page 18)
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TackeH indicted for murder
with murder for allegedly killing
Hall by strangling her. The jury also
charged Tackett with first-degree
rape, alleging there was fon;ible
compulsion involved. and with firstdegree unlawful imprisonment, for
allegedly restraining Hall by binding
her hands together.
Hall was reported missing March
30, 2006, and had last been seen
March 18 before her body was discovered April I off a strip-mine road
near Big Branch in Harold.
A statement issued last month by
the Kentucky State Police stated that
Hall and Tackett had met each other
before but did not go into the
specifics of their relationship.
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Forty-four year
old Tony Ray
Tackett was
arraigned In
Floyd Circuit
Court on murder,
rape and unlawful imprisonment
charges. Judge
Danny P. Caudill
kept Tackett's
bond at $1 million, saying
since It is a capital case he must
pay the full
amount to be
released.
PRESTONSBURG - A Printer
man was indicted on murder, rape
and unlawful imprisonment charges
Wednesday in the murder of 56-yearold Margaret Hall.
The murder charge, a capital
offense, tS eligible for the death
penalty.
Tony Ray Tackett, 44, waived the
formal reading of his indictment during his arraignment in Floyd Circuit
Court Thursday morning and entered
a not guilty plea to the charges. A $1
million cash bond remained in place
and a pretrial conference was set for
April 15 to set a trial date.
The grand jury charged Tackett
photo by Alex Smith
HANDING
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CHECKS
(See MURDER, page 18)
Tourism says
no to park
money for now
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF W RITER
The
Prestonsburg
Tourism Commission held
its first meeting of the new
year Wednesday and the
main topic of discussion
.....,..._'"".as funding for Archer
Park.
New
Archer
Park
Director David Baldridge
and Prestonsburg Park
Commission
Chairman
Randy Polk were on hand
to discuss the possibility of
photo by Ralph B. Davis
receiving additional fundThe Equitable Resources Foundation presented a $25,000 grant Wednesday to the Floyd
Service Project. The money is to be used to build a welcome center at the project's Elkhorn
ing for the park through lhe
Park near Minnie. The Equitable Resources Foundation is the charitable arm of Equitable
commission in the upcomResources and provides funding to educational programs and for projects that Improve habiting year.
ability for senior citizens. In 2006, the foundation awarded over $300,000 in Kentucky. Also on
Commission members
hand were two other recent recipients of the foundation's grants. LINKS recently received
agreed unanimously that
$25,000 to be used for two homes at Stambaugh in Johnson County, while the East Kentucky
the park is a fantastic place
Science Center received $15,000 for educational programming and to offset ticket prices for
that offers many activities
school groups that visit the center.
to the community, but said
they were bound by law to
continue funding the park at
the current level.
"Our objective as a
board is to promote
tourism, and our interpretation is that we are held to
the 1990 cap as a board,"
Judge allows grand jury
documents released to feds
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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FRANKFORT
A
Franklin County judge authorized the release of evidence
collected during the investigation of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's
administration's hiring practices to federal prosecutors and
three other investigatory agencies.
Circuit Judge Reed Rhorer
on Wednesday allowed state
prosecutors to hand over confidential grand jury evidence
from the state hiring probe to
the Kentucky Personnel Board,
the Executive Branch Ethics
Commission and the Kentucky
Bar
Association.
Deputy
Attorney
General
Pierce
Whites said the three state
agencies requested evidence
from the lengthy Fletcher
administration probe.
"It's a very good outcome, I
think, for law enforcement and
for the people of Kentucky,"
Whites said of Rhorer's decision.
The attorney general's office
began investigating allegations
in May 2005 that Fletcher's
administration illegally rewarded political supporters with
state jobs after he took office.
Fletcher, who maintained the
investigati0n was politically
motivated, gave a blanket pardon in August 2005 to anyone
except himself who could be
charged in the probe.
A Franklin County special
grand jury indicted Fletcher on
misdemeanor charges that were
eventually dropped in a deal
with prosecutors.
The grand jury, in a report
released in November, said it
found that Fletcher had
approved a "widespread and
coordinated plan" to skirt state
hiring laws.
Stumbo said in August
2005, following the pardons,
that his office would turn over
any evidence of federal law
violations to the FBI. To date,
the attorney general 's office
had not given any evidence in
the matter to federal prosecutors, Whites said.
There were "hundreds of
thousands" of pages of documents collected during the
probe, and each of the agencies
would have total access to them
including a searchable database, Whites said.
The ethics panel would
investigate whether Fletcher
administration officials broke
any ethics rules, while the personnel board would judge
whether candidates for state
jobs were handled fairly,
Whites said. He declined, however, to say what interest the
bar association had in the matter other than to "look at the
ethics applicable to members of
the bar."
A call to the Kentucky Bar
Association's counsel was not
said comm1sswn member
Mark Miller.
The cap, which was set
at $186,000 in July 1990,
prohibits the board from
giving additional money to
the park unless they can
prove the park has brought
in tourist'> from outside the
county. The commission
said economic impact of
those coming in from outside the area must be measurable, either by the
money they spend at restaurants, gas stations or by
spending the night in a
motel, to justify giving
additional funds. Examples
given by the commission
included the Mountain Arts
Center and Jenny Wiley
State Resort Park, which
are able to count the number of people coming from
outside a 50-mile radius to
attend events.
"Show us some kind of
proof of economic impact
so we can give more
money," said Fred James,
(See TOURISM, page 18)
photo by Jessica Ha le
Joseph Skeans of Mud Creek participated in his sixth
blood
donation
Tuesday
at
the
Gearheart
Communications blood drive at WPRG Studios in
Harold. "I heard Dr. Don on the radio on the way home,
so I turned around and came back," Skeans said.
(See PROBE, page 18)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
Grace Ousley
Flanery
Grace Ousley Flanery, age,
94. of Martin, wife of the late
Parley B. Flanery, passed
away. Wednesday, January 10.
2007, at her residence.
She was born February 28,
1912 in Floyd County, the
daughter of the late James
Ousley and Emma Frasure
Ousky. She was a former
teacher. and a member of the
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, in Martin.
Survivors include her live
daughters: Nora Sue (Gerald)
Tomberlin, of Weaverville,
North Carolina, Doris Elaine
(Charles) Porter of Unoci,
Emma
Lois
Tennessee,
"Goose" (Alger) Pigman of
Hindman. Mavis Ann (Elman)
Blair of Lexington. and Flora
Grace (Bat) Bartrum of
Foristell, Missouri: three f>Ons:
Billy James "Bill" (Judy)
Flannery of Jackson Michigan,
Jessie Calvin "Joe" (Barbara)
Flanery of Scott Depot, West
Virginia, and Parley Bryan
"Dickie'' (Joan) Flanery Jr.. of
Ashland;
three brothers:
Willard
Ousley,
Dewey
Ousley, and Orville Ousley, all
of Prestonsburg; 43 grandchildren. 88 great grandchildren.
and 23 great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her husband
Parley, and parents, she was
preceded in death by her
daughter. Eunice Mae Flanery
Hall; one brother, Sanford
Ousley; three sisters: Susie
DeRossett, Mae Calhoun
Slone and Inas Campbell
Stephens; and·thrcc grandchildren: Jeffery Arnold Hall,
Jennifer Grace Hall Crum, and
Isaac Wayne Pigman.
Funeral services for Grace
Ousley Flanery will be conducted at noon, Saturday.
January 13, at the the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, in Mattin, with Elders
of the church officiating.
Burial wi11 follow in the
Wright Cemetery, in Martin,
with the Hall Funeral Home.
Martin. caring for those
ruTangements.
Visitation is at the Hall
Funeral Home, and 1 hour
prior to services at the Church.
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Gladis Holbrook
Gladis Holbrook, age 72, of
David, died Thursday, January
4, 2007, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home, in Paintsville.
Born December 26, 1934, in
Floyd County, she was the
daughter of the late Henry
Hanson and Darcus Marsillett
Holbrook. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include an aunt,
Katie Spegiel of Claypool,
f ndiana; and several cousins
and friends.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by
three brothers, and a <;ister:
Randall
Scott Holbrook,
Hanson Jr.. Holbrook, Jobie
Holbrook, and Ruby Holbrook.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 10, at 11
a.m., at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin, with Jimmy
Price officiating.
Burial was in the Hale
Cemetery, in Blue River, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation, was at the funeral
home.
(Paid obituary)
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David Marsillett Jr.
David Marsillett Jr., age 59,
of Prestonsburg, died Tuesday,
January 9, 2007, in Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
Born May 29, 1947, in West
Prestonsburg, he was the son
of the late Ethel Marsillett
Wallen, He was a retired City
of Preston~ burg employee.
He is survived by his wife,
Doris Craft Marsillett.
Other survivors include his
sons: Tom Marsillett of
Prestonsburg, and Tim (wife
Rhonda) Marsillett of Allen;
and
his
grandchildren:
Timothy, Courtney, Zacharey,
Devin, Megan, and Katalin.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, January J 2. at 2 p.m .. at
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home,
in Martin. with Clifford Austin
officiating.
Burial will be in the Hale
Cemetery, in Blue River, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Paid obituary)
home.
ono
Alice Josephine
Stephens Prater
Peterson. Also nieces, nephews
and several friends in Floyd
County.
Memorial services will be
held at 11 :00 a.m. on Friday,
January 12. at the SchraubenLehman Funeral Home, 220
Rich St., Ionia, with Pastor
Kenneth
Harger,
Shiloh
Community Church officiating.
Online condolences may be
made at www.schruubcnlchman.com
was a homemaker, and a member of the Maytown Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two sons:
Bobby Reffitt (Mildred) of
Langley, and Tom Reffitt of
Martin;
two
daughters:
Claudette Reffitt of Maytown, •
and Oma Elkins of Pikeville; •
nine grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
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(August 13, 1920 ·January 8, 2007)
Julia Reffitt
AI ice Josephine Stephens
Prater, age 86, of Ionia,
Michigan, passed away on
Monday, January 8, 2007.
Alice was born on August
13, 1920, in Prestonburg, the
daughter of the late Robert and
Minnie Stephens. She loved
ewing and crocheting. She
also enjoyed going home to
Kentucky to spend time with
her family.
She is preceded in death by
her husband, Earl in 1989, and
by several sisters and brothers.
Surviving are her sons:
Doug Prater of Lake Odessa
and Gary (Nancy) Prater of
Lady Lake. Florida; grandchildren: Daniel Prater of Grand
Rapids,
Wendy
(Dave)
Peterson of Grand Rapids and
Derek (Krista) of Ionia; greatgranddaughter,
Kayla
Julia Reffitt, age 72, of
Langley,
died
Thursday,
January ll, 2007, at Our Lady
of the Way Hospital, in Martin.
Born November 14, 1934, in
Manton, she was the daughter
of the late Erbie Litton and
Minnie Steele Samons. She
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - State investigators
found numerous problems in the state's foster care progrrun in the Elizabethtown area
and will alert prosecutors to possible criminal conduct, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday.
Investigators found that some regional
managers for the Kentucky Cabinet for
Health and Family Services abused their
power in removing children from their biological parent<>, failed to follow standard
operating procedure~. and retaliated against
staffers who complained about the problems.
To prevent such problems in the future,
investigators recommended opening court
proceedings that deal with terminating
parental rights, implementing inspection
teams to make unannounced visits to child
welfare offices across the state, and reviewing every case that includes a recommendation for termination of parental rights.
"For example, we believe strongly, the
cloak of secrecy that currently dominates this
process is not in the best interest of
Kentucky's children and must be removed as
part of any material reform," the inspector
general's report said.
"Simply stated. these are not matters of
national security, wherein effectiveness often
requires -secrecy. Rather, they are social service issues that demand the full light of day
To the
Voters of the
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The family of Denver Hall would like to express
their gratitude and appreciation to each and everyone
for their kindness and compassion during the loss of
our loved one.
Thank you for the food, flowers, words of comfort,
prayers, and cards. These acts of kindness shall
always be remembered and cherished.
We would like to thank the staff of McDowell ARH
for their prompt and efficient service in getting
Denver stable enough to transport, and a special
thank-you to each and everyone who was instrumental in getting Denver back to the hospital before his
passing. These acts of kindness and compassion will
always be treasured.
To those of you who stopped briefly at the church,
and those who sat for hours with us-thank you from
the bottom of our hearts.
Thank-you to the Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, the
Left Beaver Rescue Squad, Floyd County Sheriff's
Dept., and the Little Nancy Regular Baptist Church.
Special thanks to the ministers for their comforting
words, to the pallbearers and the gentlemen who
attended to the gravesite. Thank you from the bottom
of our hearts.
It's impossible to name each person individually,
but to each and everyone who held us in your
thoughts and in your prayers during this difficult time,
we thank you. Your kindness and compassion will
always be remembered and treasured in our hearts.
in order to better ensure the integrity of the
process. The fact that children are involved
in the process should no longer be used as an
excuse to protect these proceedings from
meaningful public oversight."
Health and Family Services Secretary
Mark D. Birdwhistell said he has reviewed
the report and is prepared to act on it.
''I fmd it troubling, but not entirely surprising," he said in a statement.
Investigators said they found a culture
that thrived on the power of controlling families by removing children from their biological parent<; and terminating their pru;ental
·ghts.
(See PROBLEMS, page seven)
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Card of Thanks
Problems found in foster care program
by ROGER ALFORD
In addition to her parents, :
she was preceded in death by a
brother, Billy Litton.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, January 12, at 11 a.m.
at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin, with Roy
Harlow officiating.
Burial will be in Davidson
Memorial Gardens in Ivel,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
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Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Constituents:
We are beginning a new year and a new term of
office for an almost brand-new Court of Appeals.
Eleven of our fourteen judges are newly elected
to this Court, and I have before me the serious
but challenging task of leading this Court in the
direction it will take for the next several years.
I want to thank you for giving me that opportunity
by re-electing me on November 7. Without your
support, confidence, and faith, I would not be
doing work that I love so dearly. I would not have
the opportunity to enrich my life with the public
service surrounding the care and protection of
our system of justice.
You have placed your trust in me, and I assure
that I will do my very best to continue to earn
that trust and confidence. I want to thank you
for your vote and for your continued support in
the critically important work of safeguarding the
principles of justice in this Commonwealth. I am
part.i cularly proud to be representing the
wonderful people of eastern Kentucky.
Thank you most sincerely for giving me this
splendid opportunity to serve. May your new year
be joyous and blessed, prosperous and healthful.
Very truly yours,
Sara Walter Combs
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007 • A3
For the Record
Marriage Licenses
Ill
Tonya Marie Allen, 22, of
David, to Michael Dwayne
Goble, 26, of Prestonsburg.
Henrietta
Renee
Cassady,24, of Salyersville, to
Kevin Stewart Webb, 30, of
East Point.
Florence Regina Boyd, 35,
of Auxier, to Malcom Jr.
Wallen, 35, of Auxier.
Jeannie Lynn Sparks, 22, of
Prestonsburg, to Joshua Kevin
Branham, 22, of Prestonsburg.
Carolyn Sue Keathley, 38,
of Galveston, to Kenny Lee
Akers, 44, of Galveston.
Robin Tuttle, 46, of
~Prestonsburg, to Paul Bryan
Fairchild, 31, of Prestonsburg.
Treva Elisha Risner, 20, of
Salyersville, to Jeffrey Darrell
Stephens, 34, of Allen.
Lyncoln Gabrielle Blair, 18,
of Hager Hill, to Brian Lee
Prater, 24, of Prestonsburg.
Judy Carol Moore, 40, of
Hueysville, to Tildon Howard,
49, of Hueysville.
Kaula Renee Bryant, 20, of
Weeksbury, to Nicholas Heath
Short, 23, of Weeksbury.
Civil Suits Filed
Cash In Hand vs. Angela
Hall; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Nathan
Hoskins; to collect debt
Eric C. Conn vs. Jirruny D.
Hall; to collect debt
Eric C. Conn vs. Lori D.
Fields; to collect debt
Portfolio
Recovery
Associates, LLC vs. Erica
Reid; to collect debt
Appalachian
Regional
Healthcare, Inc. vs. Jimmy
Patrick; to collect debt
Appalachian
Regional
Healthcare, Inc. vs. Rosemary
Reed; to collect debt
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Asset Acceptance LLC vs.
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Tarruny R. Ratliff; to collect
debt
Atlantic Credit & Finance
Inc. vs. Rosalee Gillespie; to
collect debt
Capital One Bank vs.
Bethel Bryant; to collect debt
,!'\dams Real Estate vs.
Antbnia Farias; eviction
Rugene
and
Rebecca
Salisbury vs. Sharon Carroll;
eviction
McDowell
Appalachian
Regional Hospital vs. Ricky
D. Johnson; to collect debt
McDowell
Appalachian
•Regional Hospital vs. Marty
Tackett; to collect debt
Nick and Kaye Pugh vs.
Stephen Bradley; compensatory and liquidated damages
Steven and Rita Moore vs.
Festa Salisbury; compensatory
and punitive damages
Mark Robert Burchett vs.
Frankie and Gerald George;
compensatory and punitive
damages
Larry and Ima Case vs.
McCoy
Elkhorn
Coal
Corporation; injunctive relief
and punitive damages
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Sherry
and
William
Newsome vs. Moharrunad Y.
Mannan, Highlands Hospital
Corporation,
Highlands
Regional M edical Center,
Philip N. Zambos and Eastern
Kentucky Imagin g; compensatory and punitive damages
Palmer and Billie Hamilton
vs. Bizzack, Inc.; compensatory damages
Derald Lara vs. Heather
Keathley Lara; petition for
immediate e ntitleme nt to
physical custody
Erin Capital Management
LLC vs. Sharon L. Skeens; to
•collect debt
Glenn Spears vs. Susan
Danielle George; petition for
custody
Ronda Caudill vs . John
Jenkins; petition for child support and health care insurance
Loretta Wright vs. Matthew
W. Wright; petition for child
support and health care insurance
Jarrod L. Johnson vs.
Michael L. Hancock and
Warco Land Improvement Co.
Inc. ; compensatory and punitive damages
Countrywide Home Loan s,
«rnc. vs. John and Me lissa
Harris; affidavit for appointment of warning order attorney
Atlantic
Credit
and
Finance, Inc. vs . Tonya G.
Williams; to collect debt
Vicki Black vs. Joseph D .
Collins; compe nsatory and
punitive damages
Ricky and Deresa Slone vs.
Equitable Resources, John M .
Bradley and unknown operators
of equipme nt
for
Equitable Productions; comM
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pensatory and punitive damages
Small Claims Filings
Levi Johnson Sr. vs. Jim
Perry; to collect debt
Levi Johnson Sr. vs. Derby
Osbourne; to collect debt
Tommy Spears vs. Minnie
Rogers; to collect debt
Cardinal Country Store vs.
Rhonda Mitchell; to collect
debt
Charges Filed
Nathaniel J. Campbell, 18;
speeding 6 MPH over limit,
first-degree possession of a
controlled substance, operating a motor vehicle under the
influence of alcohol or drugs
Brandon Hatfield, 25; operating a motor vehicle under the
influence of alcohol or drugs,
third-degree possession of a
controlled substance, firstdegree possession of a controlled substance, no/expired
Kentucky registration receipt,
failure to produce insurance
card, no tinting label on vehicle, excessive window tintingwindshield, obstructed vision
and/or windshield, license to
be in possession, two counts of
first-degree controlled substance prescription not in original container, failure of owner
to maintain required insurance/security
Misty Miller Damron, 32;
first-degree robbery
Brandon Lee Combs, 20;
first-degree promoting contraband, use/possession of drug
paraphernalia
Inspections
Giovanni's, Martin, regular
inspection. Violations noted:
Lack of numerically scaled
thermometer for checking
cooking and holding temperature of potentially hazardous
food, lack of effective hair
restraints, floors not in good
repair, attached equipment on
walls and ceiling not in good
repair. Score: 96
Kentucky Fried Chicken,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
effective hair restraints, cloths
used for wiping spills on food
contact surfaces being used for
other purposes, floors not in
good repair, attached equipment on walls and ceiling not
in good repair, lighting not
provided as required. Score:
95
Meade's Stop-N-Go Inc.,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, lack of effective hair
restraints, non food contact
surfaces not properly maintained, improper storage of
single service articles, toilet
room doors not self closing,
attached equipme nt on walls
and ceiling not in good repair,
light fixtures not shielded as
required, cleaning and maintenance equipment not properly
stored. Score: Food, 92, Retail,
95.
Long
John
Silvers,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: All
plumbing not maintained
according to law, garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required, attached equipm ent on walls and ceiling not
in good repair. Score: 96
Martin Senior Citizens,
Martin, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing pote ntially hazardous
foods, sanitary towel or hand
drying device not provided at
lavatory or handwashing sink,
garbage and refuse containers
not covered as required. Score:
95
Hillbilly
Pizza,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, Jack of effective hair
restraints, operators not providing and using chemical test
kits where chemical sanitization methods are employed,
cloths used for wiping spills
on food contact surfaces being
used for other purposes, light
fixtures not shielded as
required, employees personal
items not stored properly.
Score: 94
Giovanni ·s Piu:a House,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Food
not protected during storage,
cloths used for wiping spills
on food contact surfaces being
used for other purposes. hand
cleaner not provided at lavatory or hand washing sink, adequate garbage and refuse containers not provided, cleaning
and maintenance equipment
not properly stored. Score: 92
Hometown IGA, Martin,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
food not protected during storage, non food contact surfaces
not properly constructed,
cloths used for wiping non
food contact surfaces being
used for other purposes,
improper storage of single service articles, all plumbing not
maintained according to law,
toilet room doors not self closing, floors not in good repair,
attached equipment on walls
and ceiling not in good repair,
light fixtures not shielded as
required, employees personal
items not <>tared properly,
cleaning and maintenance
equipment not properly stored.
Score: Food, 89, Retail, 89.
Speedway, Martin, regular
inspection. Violations noted:
Lack of accurate thermometers
in all refrigeration and freezing units storing potentially
hazardou s foods, non food
contact surfaces not properly
constructed, lighting not pro·
vided as required, light fixtures not shielded as required.
Score: Food, 97, Retail, 98.
Rite Aid #2459, Martin,
regular inspection . Violations
noted: Improper storage of ~in
gle service article..,, propel
waste receptacles not provided. Score: 96
Dollar General
Store,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Food
not protected during storage,
food not protected during display, floors not constructed
properly, floors not in good
repair. Score: 97
Skean 's Marathon, Allen,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and free1ing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
lack of numericalJy scaled
thermometers for checking
cooking and holding temperature of potentially ha;:ardous
food, food not protected during preparation, food not protected during service, ice dispensing utensi l not properly
stored, lack of effective hair
restraints, operators not providing chemical test kits where
chemical sanitization methods
are employed, cloths used for
wiping food contact surfaces
not stored and rinsed frequently in water sanitizing solution,
hand washing facility not
properly designed, toilet room
doors not self closing, floors
not clean. Score: Food, 86,
Retail, 96
Seasons Inn, Allen, regular
inspection. Violations noted:
Food not protected during
preparation, food not protected
during service, lack of effective hair restraints, cloths used
for food and non food contact
surfaces not stored and rinsed
frequently in water sanitizing
solution. food contact surface
of equipment and utensils not
clean, all plumbing not maintained according to law, sanitary towel or hand drying
device not provided at lavatory
or hand washing sink, floors
not in good repair. Score: 90
Newman Country Store,
Grethel, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, food not protected during storage, toilet room doors
not self closing, employees
personal items not stored properly. Score: 94
Red Hed Oil lnc. , Lackey,
follow
up
inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
<>toring potentially hazardous
foods, floors not in good
repair, attached equipment on
walls and ceiling not constructed properly, light fixtures
not shielded as required,
cleaning and maintenance
equipment not properly stored.
Score: 95
Property Transfers
Doris E. Alley to Charlene,
Edna M., James A, and Robert
A Arms, property located at
Bear Branch.
Lather
D . Alley
to
Charlene, Edna M., James A.,
and Robert A Arms, property
located at Bear Branch.
Inis Bradford to James
Bradford, property located at
Middle Creek.
Anna F. Burke to Charlene,
Edna M., James A, and Robert
A. Anns, property located at
Bear Branch.
Jonathan B. Burke to
Charlene, Edna M., James A.,
and Robert A Arms, property
located at Bear Branch.
Irene Conn to Brenda A.
and Donald D. Ousley, property located at Arkansas Creek.
James Howard Conn to
Brenda A. and Donald D.
Ousley, property located at
Arkansas Creek.
Joseph Conn to Brenda A.
and Donald D. Ousley, property located at Arkansas Creek.
Julia Conn to Brenda A.
and Donald D. Ousley, property located at Arkansas Creek.
Jerry Fannin to Jimmy
Calhoun, property located at
Stephens Branch.
Jerry Fannin to Jimmy
Calhoun, property location
undisclosed.
David L. Flannery to
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Santa was at the Fire Department on December 20, 2006, for
the children. Two days before Christmas we made and
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needed for a good Christmas dinner. In addition, to the above,
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The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune, on the new Congress:
For the first time since 1994 there is a total shift in power
for the legislative branch of the United States as the latest
incarnation of Congress was sworn in Thursday in
Washington, D.C.
In the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi takes over as speaker of the House, which marks the first time a woman has ever
held that position.
Since Election Day back in November, members on both
sides have been discussing their plans for the 110th Congress
and how they seek to end the image of corruption and begin
working again for their constituents - rather than wealthy
interests.
And now is there chance.
Talk is cheap, and if the American people are going to take
the new leadership seriously, it must make good on those
promises and do so early....
The Express-Times, Easton, Pa., on amniotic stem cells:
... Researchers announced Sunday they're toying with stem
cells from amniotic fluid, the substance protecting the fetus
in the womb.
So far, the news is encouraging.
These cells have been prodded to form muscle, tissue, tendons and cartilage. They've been nudged into becoming
heart, liver and nerve cells.
The stem ce11 debate has focused mainly on adult stem
cells and embryonic stem cells.
Many in the scientific community believe embryonic stem
cells offer the best hope to cure diseases such as Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's and diabetes.
But religious conservatives and others have raised ethical
concerns because it involves destroying embryos. President
Bush has exercised his veto power just once- to block
expanded federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The Democrats - now firmly in control of Congress have promised to renew this debate.
Embryonic stem cell opponents will no doubt point to
amniotic stem cells as the solution.
Promising? Yes. The solution? Probably not. ...
Unless there is convincing evidence to the contrary, scientists should search for answers on all three fronts: adult,
embryonic and amniotic stem cells.
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, on the need for better infant
safety seat tests:
Anyone who buckles an infant into a car seat should be
aware of a recent study from Consumer Reports showing
most of those seats fail in higher-speed car crashes. The car
seat manufacturers are disputing these findings, and the solution to these conflicting opinions is new government tests.
The respected magazine tested rear-facing infant car seats
in 35 mph frontal crashes and 38 mph side crashes. Those are
the speeds at which the government tests cars for crash safety. The conflict is that the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration tests infant seats only in 30 mph crashes .
... The Consumer Reports test found that in the higherspeed crashes, seven of 12 car seats failed.
One of the toughest things a new parent has to do is to buy
the right car seat and install it properly. The NHTSA needs to
move swiftly and perform its own review of infant seat safety
standards at higher crash speeds and give parents the guidance they need.
-Letter s
Proud of team
The recent letter to your newspaaccu~s me of being a Bill
Clinton supporter, carpetbagger
and/or ambulance chaser deserves a
response. In Mr. Hensley's letter, he
accurately points out that I am a Bill
Clinton supporter. This is true. I
along with 9,654 other Floyd
Countians voted to give Bill Clinton
a landslide in Floyd County in 1996.
In fact, I voted for Bill Clinton
every time I saw his name on the ballot. Exactly what my support of
President Clinton has to do with the
David School basketball team is
beyond me.
In his letter, Mr. Hensley repeatedly states that I am either a carpetbagger and/or an ambulance chaser.
Since his letter primarily discusses
my relationship with the David
School basketball team, I am writing
to set the record straight. First of all,
per which
I am a volunteer coach at the David
School, a team r organized and started five years ago. I receive absolutely no compensation for my services.
In fact, I along with my law firm, my
wife (Janet Stumbo) and Paintsville
attorney Michael Endicott have paid
every financial expense associated
with the David School basketball
team. I am perplexed as to how our
volunteer support for the David
School basketball team qualifies us
as carpetbaggers and/or ambulance
chasers.
To the extent that Mr. Hensley's
letter could also be viewed as an
atlack on my players, I must say I
take great exception to that. While
my players are not the most talented
team in the state, I am extremely
proud of their efforts and dedication.
This Saturday (Jan. 13), the David
School basketball team will be hosting our rival from the Three Rivers
Conference, when the Red Bird
Cardinals play us a rare home game
Published Sunday, Wednesday and Friday each week
at the Prestonsburg High School gym
at 7 p m . If Mr. Hensley or anyone
else were to come to the game, they
would see a group of dedicated
young men who, despite the face they
are less talented than practically
every team we play, constantly continue to try their best. While my team
has witnessed countless instances of
bad sportsmanship, taunting and
technical fouls by other teams, the
David School team has never participated in any such behavior. They
have been outstanding ambassadors
not only for the David School, but for
the county as well.
While Mr. Hensley may have a
First Amendment right to make certain insinuations about myself and
my team, I believe I have a First
Amendment right to say that there is
no coach in the state who is prouder
of his team than I am .
Ned Pillersd01j
Coach, David School
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
A new day, a new round-the-dock
crisis
for
Jack
Bauer:
Fox's
'24'
returns
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AP TELEVISION
WRITER
NEW YORK - For Jack
Bauer, saving America is all in
a day's work.
But early in this new day on
the Fox thriller "24," his call'ing as the counter-terrorist goto guy has clearly taken its toll.
"Tell the president I'm
sorry." Bauer sobs into his cell
phone just four hours into the
current dnylong ordeal. ''I
can't do this anymore."
By now, even staunch "24"
' fans may feel the same way,
having suffered with Jack and with the preyed-upon
nation whose very survival
depended on him - for the
past five seasons.
But he will carry on, of
course. And so will we.
answering the call of the
explosive first four episodes of
"24" when they air Sunday
and Monday from 8 to lO p.m.
EST.
Two years have elapsed
since last season's crush of
,r. crises du jour. a day that saw
Bauer (Emmy winner Kiefer
Sutherland) bring down treasonous President Charles
Logan - and then. in a cruel
twist. get k1dnapped and
thrown in the hold of a Chinabound tanker to face punishment for raiding a Chinese
consulate.
The present day finds the
United States 111 turmoil as,
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
A small slate of films sluggishly arrived on the shelves
this week but offered plenty of
variety.
''Crank" - Probably the
best film to h1t DVD this
week. It is actually an homage
to a film noir from the 1950s
tailed "D.O.A." That film centered on a man who is poi'>oned and has 24 hours to
• bring his killer to justice. This
version ups the action quotient
by combining a poisoning with
eleme nts from the film
"Speed." The result is a man
gets poi soned by a drug that
will only kill him if his heart
rate drops. The result is a fastpaced actioner with some great
sequences that is
well
anchored by star Jason
Statham ("The Transporter" ).
''The Night Listener" This low-key thriller follows a
radio
personality
who
becomes involved with the
, plight of an abused child.
Things get creepy when a trip
to the child's location reveals
that there is more to this story
than meets the eye. Can' t give
away any more than that but
this is worth a look and not the
least for the talent involved,
which includes a controlled
performance
by
Robin
Williams and an equally fine
turn by Toni Collette as a
social worker.
'The Illusionist"- A turn-
moments after 6 a.m., an L.A.
city bus is blown up by a suicide bomber. Thought to be the
work of Islamic militants, it's
the latest in a series of bombings
that have pushed
Americans to the brink of hysteria.
"They're afraid to leave
their homes,". says President
Wayne Palmer (younger brother of former President David
Palmer), reaching out to Bauer
in desperation. "They're actually starting to tum against
each other."
The president has managed
to get Jack sprung from the
Chinese and returned to L.A.
He needs him for a quid pro
quo to stop the carnage.
It will mean (what else is
new?) Bauer's almost certain
death.
"It will be a relief," says
traumatized, tormented Jack.
But relief is something
Bauer never gets. Always in
motion and obliged to cheat
death, he's a slave to againstall-odds endurance. For the
sake of America. And at the
price of high anxiety for "24"
devotees.
It's been that way since the
series premiered.
"24" took flight from an
ambitious if gimmicky concept: a multi-strand narrative
of action and intrigue whose
indefatigable hero would fight
domestic terrorism in an hourby-hour, real-time rush track-
of-the-century magician uses
his skills to woo a young
woman away from a crown
prince of Vienna in this
drama/thriller that sports some
fine photography. Though the
pacing could have used a
boost, this one benefits from a
crackerjack cast that includes
Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti
and Jessica Biel.
"Murder Set Pieces" Horror fans should avoid this
Iow rent serial killer film like
the plague. Director Nitk
Palumbo ("Nutbag") snagged
some real talent for this one
(Tony Todd and Cerina
ing a single day that would
span a full sea on.
But then, just weeks before
its premiere, "24" received
unbidden, awful validation:
the events of 9/11. Indeed, the
series got off to a particularly
uncomfortable start when, on
its first episode (aired Nov. 6,
2001), a terrorist blew up the
jetliner in which she had been
a passenger, cleverly parachuting to safety.
Through no fault of its own,
"24" arrived seeming far too
close to real life. The hoppedup dread that propelled "24"
must have struck many viewers that first season not as
sleek escapism, but as quite
the opposite: a disturbing ricochet off their own altered
world.
The first season, "24" won
critical acclaim as Bauer foiled
an assassination plot against
David Palmer, then a black
U.S. Senator on the fast track
to the Oval Office. But "24"
wasn't a hit. It ranked 74th
place in viewers.
Its ratings ascendancy has
come in recent years (last season it was tied for 24th),
maybe owing to the passage of
time since 9/11.
But, more likely, it's thanks
to the series' knack for somehow raising the apocalyptic
stakes of each crisis Bauer
confronts. And to the growing
assurance with which "24"
somehow
straddles
the
Vincent) but the film is more
interested in exploiting taboo
imagery than delivering a
good horror movie. The onscreen mayhem includes disturbing scynes of violence perpetrated on children which is
not handled in such a way as to
have any artistic merit whatsoever. Ignore this effort and
films of this nature will go
away.
Next week look for the
martial arts opus "The
Protector," which centers on a
hero's search for a sacred elephant. It's better than it
sounds.
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extremes of hyper-real and
preposterous: "24" is patently
absurd on so many levels, yet
it's as white-knuckles gripping
as anything on TV. If we look
too close, it's laughable. But it
cuts too near the truth to not
keep watching.
"24" fans were blown away
by last season's fearsome frolic with President Logan. A
foppish wretch, he turned out
to be behind a cockan1amie
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terrorists. But then they threw
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Now it's a new day dawning, and if 6 a.m. through 10
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Created in a nation that no
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vision of some day looming
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"24" is a wildly idealized
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Jack Bauer, the nation's point
man for homeland security, is
valiant but steadily unraveling.
So "24" triumphs as a
series it surely never set out to
be: an exceptional adventure
about lowered expectations.
Its message is clear: Prevailing
is too m4ch for a nation to
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD
First Assembly of God, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Lorie Vannucci, Minister.
In Victory Assembly of God, West Prestonsburg; Sunday
School, 10:00; Worship Service, 11:00 & 6:30; Wednesday
Evening. 6:30; Gary Stanley, Pastor
New Bethel Assembly of God, Burning Fork Rd.,
Salyersville; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Arthur (Sam) Smith,
Minister.
Praise Assembly, 1 mile S. of Prestonsburg, intersection of Rt.
80 and U.S. 23; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; J.M. Sloce,
Minister.
BAPTIST
Allen First Baptist, Allen; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Arnold
Turner, Minister.
Auxier Freewil Baptist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 pm.; Thursday, 7 p.m.; Bobby
Spencer, Pastor.
Benedict Baptist, Slick Rock Branch, Cow Creek; Sunday
School, 10 a.m: Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Gordon Fitch, Minister.
Betsy Layne Free Will Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Tracy Patton, Minister.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Baptist
Student Union, J 102; Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.; Vera Joiner,
886-3863, ext. 67267.
Bonanza Freewill Baptist, Abbott Creek Road, Bonanza;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jimmy D. Brown, Minister.
Brandy Keg Freewill Baptist, Corn Fork; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
Music, Minister
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7: p.m.
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Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
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Grethel Baptist, State Rt. 3379,
(Branham's Creek Rd.); Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday,
6:30p.m.
Garrett Regular Baptist, Route
550, Garrett; Worship Service, 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
6:30 p.m.; Will1e Crace, pastor;
Assist. Larry Patton. Phone 3584275.
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patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
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Highland Avenue Freewill Baptist;
Sunday School, 9:50 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; David Garrett,
Minister.
Weeksbury Church of Christ;
Sunday School, 10 a.mm.; Worship
Service, 10:45 a.m and 6 p.m. Mike
Hall, Minister.
Katy Friend Freewill Baptist, 2
miles up Abbott; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jim Price,
Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
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Lancer Baptist Church; 71 Cooley St., Prestonsburg,
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.,
Evening Woship, 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting and
Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.; Pastor Bobby Carpenter
Community Freewill Baptist, Goble Roberts Addition;
Sunday School. 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Paul D. Coleman, Minister.
liberty Baptist, Denver; Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Merle Little,
Minister
Cow Creek Freewill Baptist, Cow Creek; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Nathan
Lafferty. Minister.
Drift Freewill Baptist, Drift; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Jim Fields,
Minister.
Endicott Freewill Baptist, Buffalo; Sun. School, 10 a.m.;
Church every Sun. Morning 11 :15 a.m.; Wed. evening Bible
Study & Prayer Meeting, 7:00p.m.; Third Sun. evening Service,
6 p.m.; First Sat. evening Service, 7 p.m. Hobert Meek, Pastor,
welcomes everyone.
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Faith Freewill Baptist, 1/4 mile above Worldwide Eqpt. on
Rt. 1428; Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Buddy Jones, Minister.
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Faith Worship Center, US 460, Paintsville; Worship Service,
11 a.m.; Thursday, 6 p.m.; Buddy and Maude Frye, Minister.
Full Gospel Community, (formerly of Martin) moved to Old
Allen; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. ;
Sunday evening, 6:30p.m.; Wed., 6:30pm.; Lavonne Lafferty,
Minister.
Living Water Ministries Full Gospel Church, Rt. 3, just
before Thunder Ridge; Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. , Sunday
Evening, 6:00 p.m. Pastor: Curt Howard.
The Ligon Church of God of Prophecy, Saturday Services,
7.00 p.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Ralph Hall, Pastor.
Town Branch Church; Sunday School1 0 a.m except for first
Sunday in each month.; Worship Service, Sun. morning 10:00
a.m.; Evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.: No Sunday night
services on first Sunday of each month. Tom Nelson, Minister.
Maytown First Baptist, Main St., Maytown: Sunday School,
10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday, 6
p.m.; Bob Varney, Minister.
McDowell First B~pt,st, McDowell; Sunday School, 9:45
a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6
p.m.; Gene Bracken, Minister.
Middl$ Creek Bap,tist, Blue River; ~
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Worship ervioe '11 a.m. and 6 p • Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
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Lighthouse Baptist, 2194 KY At 1428, Prestons!iUJg;
Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Donald Crisp, Minister.
home phone 285-3385
Prater Creek Baptist, Banner; Sunday School, 10 a.m;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; J.B.
Hall, Pastor. Phone: (606) 874-3222.
Rock Fork Freewill Baptist; Garrett Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Wendell
Crager, Minister.
Sammy Clark Branch Freewill ·Baptist, Dana; Sunday
School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Stephens Branch Missionary Baptist, Stephens Branch;
Sunday Serv1ce, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 6 p.m.
The Third Avenue Freewill Baptist; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7
p.m. Phillip Ramey, Pastor.
Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist, U.S. 23 (north of Layne
Brothers); Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Chuck Ferguson, Minister.
Tom Moore Memorial Freewill Baptist; Cliff Road; Sunday
School. 10 a.m., Worship Serv1ce. 11 a.m.; Youth Serv1ce. 5:00
p.m.; Evening Serv1ce, 6:00p.m.; No Service the 1st Sunday
of each month; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jody Spencer, M1nister.
United Community Baptist, Hwy. 7, Hueysville; Worship
Service, 2 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Carlos Beverly, Minister.
EPISCOPAL
St. James Episcopal; Sunday Service, 9:45 a.m.; Holy
Eucharist 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Study Group 6:00p.m., Holy
Eucharist & Healing 7:30 p.m. Father Johnnie E. Ross.
Rector.
LUTHERAN
Our Savior Lutheran, Sipp, S)~ Room Carriage House
Motel. Paintsville; Sunday.SetViee, 11 a.m., WKLW (600 am}
12:05 p.m.; Rolland Bentrup, Mffiistsr.
METHODIST
Auxier United Methodist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Garfield Potter,
Minister.
Betsy Layne United Methodist, next to B.L. Gymnasium:
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship ServJce, 11 a.m.·
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy Blackburn, Minister.
Allen Christ United Methodist, Allen; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth
Lemaster, Minister.
Community United Methodist, 141 Burke Avenue (off
University Drive and Neeley St.); Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Steve Pescosolido, Minister.
Youth Feltowship Cehte'r, Wheelwright;
p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m.
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Zion Deliverance, Wayland; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Prayer Line: 358-2001; Darlene W. Arnette, Pastor
Taylor Chapel Community Church, formerly the old Price
Food Service building, located 1 quarter mile above
Worldwide Equipment, Rt. 1428. Sun. Bible Study, 10 a.m.;
Sun. Morning Service, 11 a.m.; Sun. Evening, 6:30 p.m.
Kenny Vanderpool, Pastor.
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International Pentecostal Holiness Church, 10974 N. Main
St., Martin; Rev. Ellis J. Stevens, Senior Pastor.
Rising Sun Ministries, 78 Court Street, Allen, Ky.; Sunday,
10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m. Pastor· D.P Curry
Church of God of Prophecy, Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship Service 11 a.m., Sunday Night- 6 p.m., Wednesday
Night- 6 p.m Pastor Glenn Hayes. West Prestonsburg.
Horn Chapel Methodist, Aux1er Road, Aux1er: Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Sunday Morn1ng Service, 11 a.m.; Mid-week
Serv1ce, 7 p.m.; Sunday Evening Service held on the 1st and
3rd Sundays of each month at 6 p.m.; Larry J. Penix, Minister.
506 Bucks Branch, Martin
Graceway United Methodist, Rt. 80, Sunday School, 9:45
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Night, 7 p.m.;
Roy Harlow, Minister.
Salisbury United Methodist, Printer; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Bible Study, 6 p.m.; Bobby G. Lawson, Minister.
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Wayland United Methodist, Rt. 7, Wayland; Sunday School,
10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Jack
Howard. Pastor.
Wheelwright United Methodist, Wheelwright; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 f').m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Bobby Isaac, Minister.
Vogle Day United Methodist Church, Harold; Sunday
School, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 11 :00 a.m.;
Wed. Bible Study, 7:00p.m.; Dennis C. Love, Pastor.
Drift Pentecostal, Drift; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, Saturday/Sunday, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Ted
Shannon, Minister.
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Free Pentecostal Church of God, Rt. 1428, East Point;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Thurs .. 6:30p.m.; Buster Hayton, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Deliverance, Ext. 46 off MI.. Parkway at
Campton Worship Service, Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m.;
Patricia Cnder. Minister
Victory Christian Ministries, 1428 E.; Sunday School, 1130
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m; Sherm
Williams, Mimster.
Free Pentecostal Holiness, Rt. 122, Upper Burton; Sunday
School, 11 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 6 p.m; Friday. 7 p.m.; Louis
Sanlan. Minister; David Pike Associate Minister.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Goodloe Pentecostal, Rt. 850. David; Worship Service. 6
p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
Highland Church of Christ, Rt. 23, Hager H1ll; Sunday
School, 10 a.m., Worship Service. 11 a.m and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Hueysville Church of Christ; Sunday School. 10 a.m.,
Worship Service, 11 a.m and 7 p.m.; Wednesday. 7 p.m.
Chester Varney, Minister.
The Tabernacle, Rt. 321 (Old Plantation Motel), Christian
Educator, 10:00; Sunday Morning, 11 :00; Sunday Evening,
7:00; Wednesday, 7:00; Pastors, Paul and Ramona Aiken.
First United Methodist, 256 South Arnold Avenue; 9 a.m.
Contempory Service; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship
Service, 10:55 a.m. and 5 p.m. UMYS Service: Wednesday, 7
p.m.; Mark D. Walz, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN
First Christian, 560 North Arnold Avenue: Sunday School 10
a.m.; Worship Serv1ce. 11 a.m.; Jim Sherman Minister
Harold Church of Christ, Harold; Sunday School, 10 a.m.,
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
James H. Harmon, Minister.
The Father House, Big Branch, Abbott Creek; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m.; J.J. Wright,
Minister.
Emma United Methodist, Emma; Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Pastor David Profitt.
Free Pentecostal Church of God, Weeksbury: Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday/Saturday, 7 p.m.; John "Jay" Patton, Minister.
Prestonsburg Church of Christ, 88 Hwy. 1428; Worship
Service, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Richard
Kelly and Nelson Kidder, Ministers.
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Elliott's Chapel Free Methodist, Rt. 979, Beaver; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Philip
T. Smith, Minister.
St. Martha, Water Gap; Mass. Sunday, 11 :15 a.m.; Saturday,
5 p.m.; Sunday.; Father Robert Damron, pastor.
Betsy Layne Church of Christ, Betsy Layne; Sunday
School, 10 a.m., Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Tommy J. Spears, Minister.
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Lighthouse Temple, Main St. and Hall St.; Worship Service,
12 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday/Friday, 7 p.m.; Roy Cosby,
Minister.
Martin Freewill Baptist, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
John L. Blair, Minister.
CATHOLIC
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Faith Revelation Ministery, 1/4 mile above Worldwide
Equipment; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m. ; Randy Hagans, Minister.
Spurlock Bible (Baptist), 6227 Spurlock Creek Rd. ,
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jim Stephens, Minister. 886-1003.
Wheelwright Freewill Baptist, Wheelwright Junction;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Louis Ferrari, Minister.
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Faith Deliverance Tabernacle, West Prestonsburg; Sunday
School, 10 30 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. ; Don Shepherd,
Minister.
Little Paint First Church of God, 671 Little Paint Road, East
Point; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.. ; Charles Heater Jr., Minister.
Trimble Chapel Freewill Baptist; Intersection of U.S. 23 and
KY 80, Water Gap; Sunday School, 10 a.m:; Morning Worship
Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and Evemng Worship Serv1ce 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m .. Youth Services 7 p.m.;
Everyone Welcome.
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Grace Fellowship Prestonsburg,(next to old flea market) ,
Sunday School, 10 a.m. Worship, 11 a.m. Bill Stukenberg,
Pastor 889-0905.
Martin Branch Freewill Baptist, Estill; Sunday Service, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7
p.m., James (Red) Morris, Min~ster.
Salt Lick United Baptist, Salt Lick, Hueysville; Worship
Service. 2nd & 4th Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Pastor, Allen
Chaffins, phone 946-2123.
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Drift Independent, Drift; Sunday, 11 a.m .; Thursday, 6:30
p.m.
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Old Time Holiness, 2 miles up Arkansas Creek, Martin;
Sunday School, 11 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7
p.m.; John W. Patton, Minister.
Rock Fork Regular Baptist, Garrett; Worship Service, 9:30
a.m.; Jerry Manns, Pastor; Willie Crace Jr., Assistant Pastor.
SUSPENSIONS
OTHER
Pastor Atha Johnson welcomes everyone to attend services
at the CHURCH of GOD of PROPHECY TRAM KENTUCKY.
Sunday school10 a.m., Worship service 11 a.m.
Landmark Church of God, Goble Roberts Addition; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 :10 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth E. Prater, Jr., Minister.
Pleasant Valley Old Regular Baptist Church, Tinker Fork;
Meeting time 1st Saturday & Sunday of each month, 3rd
Sunday Evening at 6:00 p.m.; Moderator, Gary Compton;
Assist. Moderator, Jimmy Conley.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;
Sacrament Mtg., 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 11:20 a.m.;
Relief Society/Preisthood/Primary, 12:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 6
p.m. Church Meeting House address, Hwy. 80, Martin, KY
41649; Meeting House telephone number: 285-3133; Ken
Carnere, Bishop.
Ligon Community Freewill Baptist, Ligon Worship Service,
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Thursday, 7 p.m.
First Baptist, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Greydon Howard, Minister.
Office: (606) 874-2151
Toll Free: 800-826-7413
Fax: (606) 874-9136
First Church of God, Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worsh1p
Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Steven
V. Williams, Pastor.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATIER DAY SAINTS
Martin House of Worship, Old Post Office St. ; Worship
Service, 7 p.m., Saturday/Sunday.
Pleasant Home Baptist, Water Gap Road, Lancer; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Mark Tackett, Pastor.
Fitzpatrick First Baptist, 1063 Big Branch, P.O. Box 410,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
Tommy Reed.
Community Church of God,
Arkansas Creek, Martin; Worship
Service, 11 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Bud Crum, Minister.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Seventh-Day Adventist, 5 miles West on Mountain Parkway;
Church Service, 9:15; Sabbath School, 10:45; John Baker,
Pastor, 358-9263; Church, 886-3459, leave message .
Everyone welcome!
Garrett Church of God, Garrett; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Donald Bragg, Minister.
First Baptist, Garrett; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy
Osborne, Minister.
First Baptist, Prestonsburg, 157 South Front Street;
Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wed., 6:30 p.m.; Jerry C. Workman, minister.
Betsy Layne Church of God, Old
U.S. 23; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jud1th Caudill,
Minister.
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Calvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Doug Lews, Minister.
Daniels Creek Baptist Fellowship Church of God, Banner.
Services: Saturday night, 7 p.m.; Sunday morning, 11 a.m.;
Sunday night, 7 p.m.; Henry Lewis, Minister.
Martin Church of Christ, Martin;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service. 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Gary Mitchell,
Minister.
Maytown Church of Christ, 66
Turkey Creek Rd., Langley Sunday
Bible Study 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning worship 11:00 a.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6:00 p.m.
Upper Toler Church of Christ, 3.5
miles up Toler Creek on right; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Tommy Dale Bush, Minister.
Jacks Creek Baptist, Bevinsville;
Sunday School, 10 a.m ; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m ; Pastor Roger
Trusty.
Lackey Freewill Baptist, Lackey;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Johnny J. Collins. Minister.
Lower Toler Church of Christ,
Harold, Sunday School, 10 a.m.,
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Lonie
Meade, Minister.
Mare Creek Church of Christ,
Stanville, Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Floyd and Magoff1n
County Line; : Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
M1n1ster. 297-6262.
Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Holiness, Main St., Martin;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; 2nd Sat., 7
p.m.; Thurs., 7 p.m.; Elllis J. Stevens, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Church, Dwale; Services Saturday, 6 p.m.;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Services, 11 a.m.; No Sunday Night
Service.
PRESBYTERIAN
Drift Presbyterian, Route 1101, Drift; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
First Presbyterian, North Lake Drive; Sunday School, 9:30
am.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Rev. V1cki Poole, pastor.
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Problems
• Continued from p2
The Lincoln
Trail office in
Elizabethtown was allowed to operate
autonomously by accepting, rejecting or
altering standard operating procedures at
will, investigators said in the report.
1 Regional managers, according to the
report, were able to act at their sole discretion, free from any meaningful oversight.
When staffers complained about the
way the Elizabethtown office was handling
cases, the complaints were not properly
investigated. Investigators said those who
raised concerned would be disciplined,
even fired.
"At mmtmum, this environment
allowed the now-discovered misconduct to
continue," the investigators said.
The inspector general's office said evidence of possible criminal activity will be
sent to prosecutors with the next month.
"Such individual rillsconduct is cause
for grave concern and must not, in any way
whatsoever, be condoned, minimized, or
excused," investigators said in the report.
Birdwhistell said the problems have to
do with decentralized management that
lacked appropriate checks and balances to
protect the integrity of the system.
The investigation began after the
Louisville-based National Institute on
Children, Youth and Families Inc. and the
Kentucky Youth Advocates released a
report raising questions about the state's
adoption system in the Lincoln Trail region,
which includes eight counties in the central
part of the state around Elizabethtown.
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The groups had received numerous
complaint<> about children in the area being
abruptly taken from their families and
rushed into adoption.
Child advocates have said they're worried children are being pushed through the
adoption process so the state can qualify for
more federal funding.
The Department for Community Based
Services wa~ realigned la~t September, and
16 regions were combined into nine.
Lincoln Trail joined with a neighboring
region to form the 17-county Salt River
Trail Region.
The reorganization allows for more
accountability by enhancing supervision,
requiring more supervis01y training, giving
staff greater access to front-line supervisors
and providing more support from the central office.
"It's important to note that the va~t
majority of our staff do a tremendous job
and are dedicated to their work," said Tom
Emberton Jr., Kentucky's undersecretary
for children and family services.
The state also will continue to use foster
care review boards, which are managed by
the Administrative Office of the Court<;, to
provide a system of checks and balances to
protect foster children.
"Our investigators worked diligently to
ensure the allegations were fully and thoroughly investigated," said Inspector
General Robert J. Benvenuti ill. "We
believe the recommendations we have
made will have a positive impact on both
the cabinet and the citizens of the
Commonwealth."
FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007 • A 7
Pictured is Prestonsburg Mayor Jerry Fannin accepting a plaque from the Brothers of the Wheel with sincere thanks for helping to contribute to another successful Bike Rally at Corn Fork. The event raises
funds as well as awareness for the St. Jude Children's Foundation, which helps kids in need. Pictured lett
to right are Don Hughes, Ballard Plummer, Mayor Jerry Fannin and "Wolfman." The Brothers of the Wheel
is a group of community-minded individuals who have a passion for both riding free and helping others.
For more information about the club call Ballard at 606-886-2853.
Record
• Continued from p3
Johnny Michael Flannery,
property location undisclosed.
Ray E. Gayheart to Fletcher
Gayheart Jr. and Linda Sue
Gayheart, property location
undisclosed.
Bill Goble to Delcie A.
Endicott, property located at
Buffalo Creek.
Billie Harris to Jesse L.
Rudd, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
Billie Harris to Clark D .
Pergrem, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
John Harris to Jesse L.
Rudd, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
John Harris to Clark D.
Pergrem, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
Karen Harris to Jesse L.
, Rudd, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
Karen Harris to Clark D.
Pergrem, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
Rudy Harris to Jesse L.
Rudd, property located at
Brandy Keg creek
Rudy Harris to Clark D.
., Pergrem, property located at
Brandy Keg creek.
Pamela Hazelnut to Melissa
C. and Michael Stanley, property located at Lick Branch.
Donna Jarvis to Larry D.
Jarvis, property located at
Graham Street.
William H. Jarvis to Larry
D. Jarvis, property located at
1
1 Graham Street.
1
J. Elmer Johnson Jr. to
I
Thelma Irene Hayes, property
located at Hueysville.
:
Elizabeth Joseph to Martha
1 and Robert Himes, Clyde,
~ • Ervell,
Ethel,
Margaret,
1 Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
~ Sheila Jackson and Edith
I Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
1
Robbie Joseph to Martha
I and Robert Himes, Clyde,
I Ervell ,
Ethel,
Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
l Stone Coal Creek.
Ruby Justice to William H.
Jarvis, property located at
1
r Nelson Branch.
I Clarence E. Kidd to Danny
~ 'I and Teresa Hall, property location undisclosed.
l Sheliah Kidd to Danny and
f Teresa Hall, property location
: undisclosed.
f Earl Ray Lawson to Nancy
! Harris, property located at Left
I Beaver Creek.
Rebecca Lawson to Nancy
Harris, property located at Left
Beaver Creek.
Kathy Lovely Donnie R.
Barnett
and Kathy Lovely,
I
1 property located at Abbott
r Creek.
May Johnson Properties
l LLC to Allen Maynard, prop• JI erty located in City of
Prestonsburg.
Mary Miller to Gary and
• Victoria Beverly, property
located
at
Richmond
: Memorial Cemetery.
L
William L. Miller to Gary
1 and Victoria Beverly, property
located
at
Richmond
Memorial Cemetery.
Betty H. Minix to Brent
Graden
and
Joanna
Santiesteban, property located
in Prestonsburg.
II Catherine J. Moles to
l
I
l
1
..
Charlene, Edna A., James A.,
and Robert A. Arms, property
located at Bear Branch.
Floyd Brian Moles to
Charlene, Edna A., James A.,
and Robert A. Arms, property
located at Bear Branch.
James
L.
Moles
to
Charlene, Edna A., James A.,
and Robert A. Arms, property
located at Bear Branch.
Patricia Moles to Charlene,
Edna A., James A., and Robert
A. Arms, property located at
Bear Branch.
Christopher Shane Moore
to Forrest Ray Moore, property located at Right Fork of
Beaver Creek.
Connie Moore to Forrest
Ray Moore, property located
at Right Fork of Beaver Creek.
Julius Randle Moore to
Forrest Ray Moore, property
located at Right Fork of
Beaver Creek.
Melissa Moore to Forrest
Ray Moore, property located
at Right Fork of Beaver Creek.
Connie
Newsome
to
Martha and Robert Himes,
Clyde, Ervell, Ethel, Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
Denver
Newsome
to
Martha and Robert Himes,
Clyde, Ervell, Ethel, Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
Stephanie Newsome to
Thelma Irene Hayes, property
located at Hueysville.
Edgel Osborne to Nathan
C. Ousley and Kimberly F.
Tackett, property location
undisclosed.
Donna Potter to Cola Vance
and Sheli~ Tackett Vance,
property located at Bucks
Branch.
Timothy Potter to Cola
Vance and Shelia Tackett
Vance, property located at
Bucks Branch.
Billy Ray Robinson to
Brenda and Derwin Merion,
property located at Right
Beaver Creek.
Vennessa Robinson to
Brenda and Derwin Merion,
property located at Right
Beaver Creek.
Lawrence Sammons to
Martha and Robert Himes,
Clyde, Erven, Ethel, Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
Lucy Sammons to Martha
and Robert Himes, Clyde,
Ervell,
Ethel,
Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
Alicia Kay Scott to Ted
Thornsberry, property located
at Mill Creek.
Rodney Scott to Ted
Thornsberry, property located
at Mill Creek.
Glenna Slone to Clarence
and Linda Davis, property
located at Little Paint Creek.
Taylor Slone Jr. to Clarence
and Linda Davis, property
located at Little Paint Creek.
Louise Spears to Bobby
and Vickie Spears, property
located at Branhams Creek.
Peggy Tackett to Maranda
and Ronnie Martin, property
located at Stone Coal Branch.
Peggy Tackett to Ronnie,
property location undisclosed.
Sabrina Tackett to Ronnie
Martin, property location
undisclosed.
Mary Wright to Kathy
Stanley, property located in
Gracie Yates to Martha and
Robert Himes, Clyde, Ervell,
Ethel, Margaret, Roberta, and
Ruth Hoover, Sheila Jackson
and Edith Lewis, property
located at Stone Coal Creek.
Louise Yates to Martha and
Robert Himes, Clyde, Ervell,
Ethel, Margaret, Roberta, and
Ruth Hoover, Sheila Jackson
Floyd.
Robbie Wright to Kathy
Stanley, property located in
Floyd.
Danny Yates to Martha and
Robert Himes, Clyde, Ervell,
Ethel. Margaret, Roberta, and
Ruth Hoover, Sheila Jackson
and Edith Lewis, property
located at Stone Coal Creek.
and Edith Lewis, property
located at Stone Coal Creek.
Timothy Yates to Martha
and Robert Himes, Clyde,
Ervell,
Ethel,
Margaret,
Roberta, and Ruth Hoover,
Sheila Jackson and Edith
Lewis, property located at
Stone Coal Creek.
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12, 2007
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Students in Mrs. Martin's class at Duff Elementary worked with Melissa Perry on studying about the human skeletal system. Mrs. Perry is a Health Careers Special Project Coordinator for
Southeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center.
'
JMS students visit Fort Boonesborough
Jumping for good cause
Congratulations and thank you to the Duff Elementary students who participated in the Jump
Rope for Hearttund raiser. By jumping rope and securing sponsors, these students raised
over $1,800 for the AIJlerican Heart Association.
4th and 5th grade students from Stumbo Elementary went to Fort Boonesborough (Kentucky
history is a content area for fourth grade and colonial history is a content area for fifth grade)
on November 9. Students learned about colonial life through hands-on presentations (i.e.,
blacksmith, spinning wool into cloth, hunting methods, making fire, writing with a quill and
ink, and the history of Fort Boonesborough.
MVE staff, students 'Tickled Pink'
May Valley Elementary students and staff recently declared a " Tickled Pink" celebration in honor of the school's CATS score of 103.3. MVE teachers greeted students on Highway 80
dressed in pink from head to toe:: to show their appreciation to the students for all their hard work!
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page A9
Friday, January 12, 2007
FLOYD COUNTY
Sports Editor
Ste1•e I ~Master
Phune: (606) 886-8506
Ftw (606) 886-3603
Members:
Associated Press
Kentucky Press Association
National Newspaper Assnciwion
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Adams-South Floyd • page AB
Lady Bears • page A9
~ittle
League signup dates announced
INSIDESTU
Harold-Allen-Prater Little League will host signups Saturday, Jan. 14 and Saturday,
Jan. 21. Signups will be held each day from 1-5 in Betsy Layne at the Dome.
Lifestyles • page A13
Classifieds • page A16
Martin Junior Pro • page A10
"The
www.floydcountytimes.com
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Email: sports @floydcountytimes.com
Bobcats top Piarist for third straight win
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MARTIN - Visiting Betsy Layne,
which had defeated Piarist earlier in
the season in a game played prior to
Christmas, completed a season sweep
of the Knights Tuesday night. Betsy
Layne fought off a much-improved
Piarist team, winning 71-53.
The Bobcats went out in front
early and defeated their former 58th
District counterparts in convincing
fashion.
Forward Justin Collins, a player
who has emerged as a proven scorer
for Betsy Layne, tossed in a teamhigh 23 points for the Bobcats. Betsy
Layne benefitted from balanced scoring as four different players reached
double figures. Senior center Trai
Witt tossed in 12 points and teammates Brennan Case and James
Michael Lafferty each had 10 for the
Bobcats.
Sam Keathley hit three first-half
three-point field goals and added nine
points for the Bobcats.
Josh Ousley, Jake Moak and Matt
Doyle led the charge for homestanding Piarist.
Piarist (3-13) was playing on the
road Thursday at Oneida Baptist
Institute. Results from the Piarist-OBI
boys ' basketball game were unavail-
able at press time.
Tuesday night\ win was Betsy
Layne's third straight triumph. The
Bobcats (6-7) will be back in action
tonight on the road at Greenup
County against theM usketeers, members of the 16th Region. Tip-off for
the Betsy Layne-Greenup County
game is set for 7:30p.m.
Mountain
Classic:
Fifteenth
Region members Shelby Valley and
Pikeville each suffered first round setbacks earlier in the \\;eck in the
WYMT-TV Mountain Cla%ic ut
Perry County Central'~ John C.
Combs Arena.
June Buchanan opened this year's
Mountain Classic on a winning note
Tuesday night. In the tournament's
opener. June Buchanan defeated
Pineville 77-51. In Tuesday's nightcap. Hazard handed Shelby Valley its
first loss of the season, beating the
Wildcats 56-48.
In Wcdnesday·s games. Bell
County edged Leslie County 48-45
and Perry County Central topped
Pikeville 80-70.
Shelby Valley was taking on
Pineville and Pikeville was pitted
against Leslie County Thursday night.
Thursday night's games ended too
(See BOBCATS, page ten)
McCarty-led
· Eagles escape
Rebels
Cats clawing
back onto
national
scene
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
by RICK BENTLEY
TIMES COLUMNIST
The Kentucky Wildcats used
Wednesday night to run their winning streak to nine straight thanks
to an 84-57 win over Auburn. The
stretch includes a 2-0 start to play
in the rugged Southeastern
Conference, for my money the
nation's best league this season.
The streak, Kentucky's longest
since the 200405 campaign,
has the record
at 13-3, with
all the losses
coming
to
ranked (and
highly-regarded) teams.
Rick Bentley
Nay sayers
will point out
the nine straight wins haven' t
been against the toughest of opponents, but I beg to differ.
Remember, this run includes wins
over traditional powerhouses not to mention longstanding rivals
- Louisville and Indiana, a good
Santa Clara team and up-andcomers like UMass (12-4 on the
season) and Eastern Kentucky (9-
'
photos by Jamie Howell
Prestonsburg won its second game of the season Tuesday night, beating host Sheldon Clark. Above: Mason
Vance (4) and Taylor Clark (11) applied defensive pressure for the Blackcats. Below: Prestonsburg senior center
Trevor Patton (15) blocked a shot during the first half.
Hot-shooting leads
Cats past Cards
(See EAGLES, page ten)
Jenkins turns back
Lady Raiders
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
Hall's six treys lead
.
P'burg in 64-48 w1n
And you could say Ole Miss
and Auburn aren't the cream of
the SEC crop, but don't hold them
against the Cats. Those are games
they must play and win, and they
did both of those, with the former
coming on the road. Any road win
in the SEC has to be considered a
good thing.
Besides, consider what happened to Tennessee Wednesday
night when it played another of
the so-called also-rans in the
league. Vandy came away with an
82-81 win. There are no sure bets
in the Southeastern Conference.
Wednesday's was the biggest
win of the season, at least by margin, thanks to hitting a super 56
percent of their shots. The Cats
INEZ - After showing vast signs of improvement in the
Coca-Cola Hoops Classic last week, the Prestonsburg
Blackcats traveled to Sheldon Clark on Tuesday with
hopes of picking up their second win of the season.
Prestonsburg broke into the win column Thursday, Jan. 4
in the Coca-Cola Hoops Classic with a two-point win
over Leslie County. The Blackcats then followed that win
up with a four-point loss to Lawrence County.
Prestonsburg trailed the Bulldogs by as many a~ 17 points
in the second half before mounting a rally that fell just
short of a win. Sheldon Clark entered Tuesday's game
fresh off of a trip to Tennessee- where it had participated in a holiday tournament. Looking to get back in the win
column Tuesday night, Sheldon Clark wouldn ' t have any
(See BENTLEY, page ten)
(See CATS, page ten)
(See JENKINS, page ten)
by JAMIE HOWELL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
National City/KHSAA
Trophy Tour begins
TIMES STAFF REPORT
•l
PAINTSVILLE
Allen
Central has taken on the look of a
15th Region contender. The
Runnin' Rebels took to the road
Tuesday night, traveling to
Johnson Central for a game
again<>t the defending 15th Region
champion. Johnson Central,
which had struggled over the last
three weeks, put together one of
its best games since last March's
15th Region championship run.
Senior Jamie McCarty scored a
game-high 39 points and his
teammates also came ready to
play as the host Golden Eagles
held on and defeated Allen
Central 79-76.
Johnson Central was able to
snap a four-game winning streak
JENKINS -South Floyd posted its second win of the 2006-07
season Dec. 19 at home against
visiting Jenkins. The Lady
Raiders made the trip to Jenkins
Monday night for a second game
with the Lady Cavaliers. In the
first meeting, South Floyd prevailed 48-41. Playing on the road
Monday night, South Floyd
wouldn't fare as well against the
14th Region member. The Lady
Raiders led ,t hrough one quarter,
but found themselves being
outscored the rest of the way.
Host Jenkins gave South Floyd a
third straight loss, beating the
Lady Raiders 56-48.
Nicole Revis paced Jenkins
with 23 points. Ashley Williams
joined Revis in double figures for
Jenkins, finishing with 12 points.
6).
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Piarist's Caleb Hoskins went up for
a shot Tuesday night against Betsy
Layne senior center Trai Witt.
LEXINGTON - Again as part of its title sponsorship of the
Boys' Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament, National City is
touring the Boys' Championship trophy for the fourth consecutive year. First stop on this year's tour was Tuesday in Northern
Kentucky at the Ryle-St. Henry game.
On the tour, students are able to pick up scholarship applicatio n forms on each stop (forms may also be accessed through the
KHSAA website). Again this year, 16 boys and 16 girls (one boy
and one girl from each region) will receive a one-time $1,000
scholarship courtesy of National City.
Scholarship recipients will be honored with a reception prior
to the Championship game of the National City/KHSAA Boys'
Sweet 16 as well as being recognized on the floor during the contest. The scholarship application deadline is Friday, Feb. 23 . For
(See KHSAA, page ten)
Martin Junior Pro
Basketball - a program designed to
teach the fundamentals and sportsmanship of basketball has enjoyed another
successful season.
Sponsors of the
league are Mountain
Yamaha; Hazard
Wai-Mart;
Prestonsburg WeiMart; Downtown
Drug; McDowell
Professional
Pharmacy; L & B Oil
& Gas; Dairy Queen
of Martin ;
McDonald's of
Martin, Coach Jim
Rose; Johnny Ray
Harris AHorney at
Law; Walturn
Engineering, Kinzer
Drilling, Meade's
Wholesale and
Artrip's
Photography.
�A 10 •
FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Bentley
• Continued from p9
got some good pcrlormanccs ...
• Junior Joe Crawford tossed in 2 1
to lead the Cah, giving him 20-plus
points in both lt:ague games. He's now
made 7-of-8 from the arc the last two
outings:
• Junior Ramel Bradley is just one
of those players wlh.l will flat dnve
you nuts. Sometimes he embarrasses a
teammate and gets quality face tunc
from Coach Smith. Other nights. he
posts 18 points, 12 rebounds and
seven assists. As my hoy Joaquin
Andujar once said about baseball, he
can be summcu up \\ ith one woru:
You never know:
• And there was a Bobby Perry
sighting in Rupp on Wednesday, when
• Poor Sheray Thomas. It seems
nothing goes his way these days. His
stat line from Wednesday shows five
minutes and four turnovers, all in the
lirst half Mayhe Tubby felt sorry for
him and left him on the sidelines after
recess. Maybe he's finally seen
enough. Either way, until Kentucky
docs something at the weak (should be
strong) forward position, it'll be rough
sailing I'm afraid;
• Big Woo had all of two points in
all of I 0 minutes. Two poor nights,
both from seniors;
• And then there's Randolph
Morris. who was below average with
12 points and six rebounds. r point this
out mostly because during the previous two <>easons Cat fans would have
taken 12 and six and ran with it. But
he's played so well this season that 12
and six is clearly an off night for the
big man.
Are the Cats reall) ready to roll?
Probably not, although the schedule
does look promising: At nine straight
and 2-0 in the league, the next four are
Mississippi State at home, at South
Carolina, home against Vandy and at
Georgia.
The good guys could easily be 6-0
in the league and riding a 13-game
win streak when they visit Chris
Lofton and the Vols on Jan. 28.
Wouldn't that be some fun?
But as of now, the Cats need to be
treated with baby steps and kid gloves.
This is far from a dominant team, but
who exactly is dominant these days?
Florida, clearly, is great. In my estimation, they're the best team in the country.
Then there's UCLA and North
Carolina.
And that's about the list.
Yes, Wisconsin is rolling along
with only one loss and Kansas obliterated Eddie's little boy and
Oklahoma State Wednesday night.
But are they elite? Not hardly. And
please, easy with the - sorry - The
Ohio State University. They're about
as offensively challenged as the Cats.
So is this team terrific? No, they
aren't. Are they Top 25 worthy?
Probably not at this stage of the season.
But I'll tell you what they are: They
are a team that is taking care of business. It's not the most aesthetically
pleasing team around, but somehow,
some way, they're 10 games over .500
and tied with Florida atop the SEC
East.
And who else can say that?
Nobody, that's who.
outscoring South Floyd 15- 12 in the
third quarter.
Kayla Hall led South Floyd with
23 point,. Ilall was the only South
Floyd player to reach double figures.
Lind;;cy Dye narrowly missed double
figures lor the Lady Raiders, adding
nine points. Andrea Conn scored five
points and Danielle Tackett t1ipped in
four as the Lady Raiders fell short.
South floyd led ll-7 at the end of
the first quarter.
The victory was a third straight
win for Jenkins.
South Floyd will be in action
Saturday when it hosts Prestonsburg
as part of a girls-boys doubleheader.
Tackett
4, Dye 9.
JENKINS (9-6) - Caudill 5,
Gibson 8, Williams 12, Maggard 8,
Revis 23.
South Floyd ...... ll 17 12 8-48
Jenkins .................? 22 15 12-56
the sen101 broke out of his shell to
score 12. Baby steps. people, baby
steps.
Anu some. \Vell, not-so-good out·
111g'i .. .
Jenkins
• Continued from p9
Lindsay Gibson and
Heather
Maggard each had eight point<; for the
Lady Cavaliers. Erin Caudill added
five for host Jenkins.
Jenkins toted a slim 29-2R lead
into the half. The Lady Cavaliers
added to their lead in the seconu half.
Bobcats
Jenkins 56, South f<loyd 48
SOUTH FLOYD (3-8) - Conn 5,
Hall 23, Dean 3, Tuttle 2, Little 2,
Cats
• Continued from p9
• Continued from p9
late to make this edition.
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PIARIST (65) - Warrix 6,
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Blackcat football
banquet set for
Sunday
PRESTONSBURG - The
Prestonsburg High School
football program will host its
annual banquet Sunday at the
Mountam Arts Center This
year's banquet will run from 2at
the MAC.
4
p.m.
Prestonsburg finished the 2006
football season 7-5. The
Blackcats won four of their
last five games.
luck against Prestonsburg. Despite trailing at
the end of the opening quarter, Prestonsburg
managed to pull out a 64-48 win.
"It was definitely a good win for us," said
Prestonsburg Coach Jackie Day Crisp. "We
played real well the last three quarters."
Damon Hensley got the Cardinals off and
running, tossing in nine of his team-high 12
points in the first quarter as host Sheldon Clark
led 20-15 lead at the end of the opening quarter.
Prestonsburg guard Jordan Hall led all scorers with a game-high 21 points, knocking down
six three-point shots. Hall and junior guard
Taylor Clark led a 14-5 Prestonsburg run in the
second quarter, knocking down three straight
long range bombs. Prestonsburg took a 30-24
lead into the half.
Mason Vance came in off of the Blackcat
bench to add 12 points.
Prestonsburg outscored Sheldon Clark 1410 in the third quarter and took a 44-34 lead
into the final eight-minute frame.
Danny Hinkle also tossed in 12 points for
the Cards in the losing effort. Chayse Martin
scored nine points and Trevor Patton added
eight as the Blackcats improved to 2-9. Martin
and Patton helped lead Prestonsburg to a
rebounding advantage.
A 20-14 fourth quarter edge in favor of the
Blackcats set the final score.
Prestonsburg connected on 13-of-22 freethrows for the game. Sheldon Clark hit on fiveof-eight shots from the charity stripe.
Prestonsburg will travel to East Ridge
tonight to take on the Warriors. Tip-off for the
Prestonsburg-East Ridge game is set for 7:30
p.m.
INSIDE THE SCORING
PRESTONSBURG (64): Hughes 7, Hall21,
Clark 4, Stephens 3, Patton 8, Vance 12, Martin
.9.
SHELDON CLARK (48): Hinkle 12, Goble
7, Hensley 12, Horn 11, Stroud 6.
KHSAA
• Continued from p9
additional information, contact Butch Cope at
the KHSAA.
Following are the sites of the remaining
2007
National
City/KHSAA
Trophy
Scholarship Tour: Jan. 12 - Mason County at
Scott County; Jan. 23 - Bell County at Clay
County; Jan. 26 - Daviess County at Apollo;
Jan. 27- Williamsburg at South Laurel; Jan. 30
- Scott County at Henty Clay; Feb. 1 Campbell County at Covington Catholic; Feb. 3
- Raceland at Ashland Blazer; Feb. 6 - Bowling
Green at Warren Central; Feb. 9
Jeffersontown at DuPont Manual; Feb. 16 Mercer County at Danville.
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• Continued from p9
the Rebels had put together with wins over
Shroder Paideia (Ohio), Lawrence County,
Cordia and Pike County Central.
ln Tuesday's 15th Region matchup, rebounding went a long way as Johnson Central won the
battle of the boards.
"We didn't rebound well and that hurt us,"
said Allen Central Coach Johnny Martin. "Still,
we played hard and the effort was there.
McCarty, Welch and Crum all had good games
for Johnson Central."
Sophomore Ian Welch tossed in 16 points and
Justin Murray added 12 for the Golden Eagles
Johnson Central was ahead 18- 15 at the end
of the first quarter, but found it~elf playing from
behind in the second session. Allen Central led
Johnson Central 34-27 at the half.
Senior Ryan Collins led Allen Central with a
team-high 24 points. JR Robinson added 17
points for the Rebels. Josh Martin scored 12
points and Tyler Slone tossed in ll for Allen
Central.
In a big offensive second-half, Johnson
Central outscored Allen Central in each of the
last two quarters. The Rebels managed to take a
Adams beats South
Floyd in OT
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PRESTONSBURG - The Adams Middle
School A-team traveled to South Floyd Monday
to take on the Raiders and came away with a 4543 win in overtime. South Floyd pounced on
the Blackcats to take a 14-4 lead after the f'rrst
quarter which extended to 20-4 before Adan1s
rallied with a furious run to tie the score at 1020. The Raiders led 25 22 at halftime. Adams
again rallied in the fourth quarter to tie the score
at 38-3!-S and force overtime. In the overtime
period, Adams jumped out to a 43-38 lead
before South Floyd rallied to tie the score at 43.
With 12 seconds remaining, Adams called a
time out to set up the final play. Nate Fraley
then hit Joseph Jamerson with a pass in the lane
and Jamerson nailed a shot at the buzzer to give
Adams the win.
Adams was led by Alex Griffith with 18
points.
Adams is now 2-0 in overtime games as the
Blackcats beat Inez in overtime earlier in the
69-56 lead into the final quarter.
McCarty, who ranks as one of the state's most
explosive scorers, helped to push Johnson
Central over the top in the game's fmal quarter.
Point guard Jaryd Crum, a transfer from
Sheldon Clark, added eight points for host
Johnson Central.
With the win, Johnson Central snapped an
eight-game losing streak that dated back to midDecember.
Johnson Central will be back on the hardwood Tuesday at home against rival Paintsville.
Allen Central, following the loss, dropped to
9-3. The Rebels will be back in action tonight on
the road at Jackson City.
Johnson Central 79, Allen Central 76
ALLEN CENTRAL (9-3) - Robinson 17,
Collins 24, Slone II , Prater 6, Hammonds 2,
Martin 12, Cole 4.
JOHNSON CENTRAL (5-9) - Whitaker 2,
Murray 12, McCarty 39, Crum 8, Welch 16,
Smith 2.
Allen Central............. 15 19 26 16-76
Johnson Central...... l8 9 29 23- 79
season to win the Shag Campbell tournament.
In the B-Team game, Jamerson scored 14
points and Wes Robinson added 10 as Adams
defeated South Floyd 35-29.
Tyler Shelton scored six points, Blake Goble
netted three and Chase Baldridge had two for
the Blackcats.
Tyler Moore led South Floyd with nine
points. Freddy Ousley scored eight points for
the Raiders, Courtney Conn had seven and
Austin Castle contributed five.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
12, 2006 • A11
Tulsa's Kragthorpe named head coach at Louisville
by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE
Steve
W> Kragthorpe's whirlwind journey left
him a little confused.
Moments after being introduced
as
Louisville's
head
coach,
Kragthorpe was midway through an
answer about how he'll approach
recruiting when the day's dizzying
events finally caught up with him.
"We're going to try and find the
best players that fit the University of
Tulsa," Kragthorpe said Tuesday,
before catching himself. "University
of Tulsa? University of Louisville. I
haven't slept in two days."
Yup, Louisville athletic director
Tom Jurich didn't waste any time in
luring Kragthorpe away from Tulsa.
The hiring came less than 48 hours
""' after Bobby Petrino resigned to
become head coach of the Atlanta
Falcons.
"We might have just concluded
the shortest search in the history of
the NCAA," Jurich joked.
The process was less of a search
and more of a mission for Jurich,
whose relationship with Kragthorpe
dates to 1990, when Jurich was the
athletic director at Northern Arizona
and Kragthorpe was hired as quarterbacks coach.
After four successful years under
the relentless but ultimately restless
Petrino, Jurich wanted some stability. And with national signing day less
than a month away, Jurich knew he
didn't have time to form a search
committee and go through a formal
interview process.
"It was very important for me to
continue to build on this momentum
we have in this program and the continuity that is going on right now,"
Jurich said. "I wanted a person who
could lead this program for many,
many years to come and would look
at this program as a destination. I
certainly found the guy."
Kragthorpe, 41, signed a fiveyear, $1.1-million deal that runs
through the 2012 season, the first of
. what he hopes will be several con-
tracts he signs with the Cardinals.
"I don't want to be a guy that
moves around, I want to be a guy that
stays in one place," he said.
Kragthorpe
takes
over
a
Louisville program that tlourished
under Petrino. The Cardinals went
12-1 this season, won the Big Ea..,t
and the Orange Bowl and fini<>hed
sixth in the final Associated Press
poll.
It's a long way from Kragthorpe's
first days at Tulsa four years ago,
when he took over a program that
had won just two games in the two
years before he arrived.
But after posting a 29-22 record in
four seasons - includtng three bowl
appearances and the Conference
USA championship in 2005 Kragthorpe knew he was at a crossroads. Though he'd turned down
numerous job offers in the past, he
didn't hesitate when Jurich called.
"I feel like I'm in the middle of a
great dream right now and I don't
want to wake up," Kragthorpe said.
If he can find a way to convince
•
junior quarterback Brian Brohm to
stay with the Cardinab lllstcad of
entering the Nf<L draft, Kragthorpc
might not have to wake up i'ur
awhile.
Brohm ha\n't '>poken to the media
since winning the Orange Bowl
MVP last week and has until Jan 15
to decide whether to return for his
senior season Kragthorpc inknlb to
do his best to assure Brohm that the
high-flying offense that made the
Cardinals so successful under
Petrino didn't end when Petrino
headed to Atlanta.
The two have already spoken ~ev
eral times, and Brohm stood quietly
off to the side while Kragthorpe
addressed the media.
"Obviously I want Brian to be
part
this football program,"
Kragthorpe said. "The first statement
that people make about Brian is what
a wonderful person he is. That's a
Steve Kragthorpe kind of guy."
Brohm 's decision could rest on
~hether any of the current staff
remains with the program next year.
of
Brooks plays comedian tn postseason
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - The sarcasm
level of coach Rich Brooks often is a
good barometer of the state of
Kentucky football, so judging by his
quips Friday, things are looking up.
In a wide-ranging news conference, the coach of the Music City
Bowl champions joked about possible departures to the National
Football League, his own contract
and Nick Saban's return to the
Southeastern Conference to lead
Alabama.
But, he saved some of his best
lines for remarks about the resurrec-
tion of his own image in Lexington wouldn't reveal how many years, citnow that his team has tasted success ing the vacationing "legal beagles"
by beating Clemson for its first bowl who are still working out the details.
Two star offensive playwin since 1984.
er.s,
receiver
Keenan
"It's kind of interesting
how the rope burns on my
Burton and running back
Rafael Little, may be
neck have healed," Brooks
said. "Even though I'm
courted to leave college
early to join the NFL.
the same guy I was six
Brooks says he expects to
months ago or three
talk to them in the next
months ago or six weeks
three to four days but has
ago, the perception is
totally different at this
no gut feelings about
which way they are leanpoint."
Rich Brooks
ing.
Brooks has agreed in
"The only gut feelings I
principle to a contract
extens ion that will keep him at have are on fake punts," said Brooks,
Kentucky several more years. He who successfully called a fake punt
n~""s
against Clemson that proved to be
the momentum changer of the game.
Another possible departure is
defensive coordinator Mike Archer,
who is considered a leading contender to assume the same role at
North Carolina State. Brooks said
courtship of coaches is nothing new.
"That happens this time of year,"
he said. 'When you have a good
statl, it probably ought to happen."
Junior
quarterback
Andre
Woodson, whose 11 touchdown
passes rank him behind only two seasons by Tim Couch as the most in
Kentucky history, will return under
the center for Kentucky.
In fact, Woodson's breakout was
Older brother Jeff Brohm was the
tea111'~ quarterbacks coach under
Petrino. Kragthorpe plans to meet
wnh current assistants on Wednesday
before choosing his staff.
Kragthorpe's hiring, however,
wasn't tast enough to persuade running back Michael Bush to stay with
the Cardinals. Bush said Tuesday
that he was gomg to enter the NFL
draft rather than accept a medical
red..,hirt after breaking his right leg
agaimt Kentucky in September.
For the players that remain,
Kragthorpe's easygoing personality
is provmg to be a stark contrast to the
button-downed Petrino.
"He gives off a really good vi be,"
said defensive tackle Adrian Grady.
"J felt a Jot more comfortable around
him than the first time I met the other
guy that was here."
It's a feeling Kragthorpe hope
translates to fans who felt jilted by
Petrino's sudden departure.
"There's no question that we feel
like thi-. is a place that we've come to
stay," he said.
conference
significant, Brooks said he has
talked with sophomore quarterback
Curti-. Pulley about taking a redshirt
to sit out a year. If he doesn't, he'd
likely suit up as a receiver next year
instead, Brooks said.
"If I were he, I would redshirt and
try to be the starting quarterback in
two years," Brooks said.
As for Saban, who left the JSFL's
Miami Dolphins this week to sign an
eigh t-year contract estimated at $32
million with Alabama, Brooks questioned the need to fire Mike Shula
and said the astronomical number
could send the wrong signal.
"l guess the rest of the league is
grossly underpaid," he quipped.
'>O
EKU holds off MSU
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1
~
RICHMOND - In front of a
national
television
audience
(ESPNU), Morehead State engineered a remarkable rally but fell to
Ohio Valley Conference rival Eastern
Kentucky, 73-65, Tuesday evening.
MSU, now 9-6 overall and 5-2 in
the OVC, trailed by 20 points at halftime and by 21 points early in the second half. The Eagles rallied to cut
the margin to four points twice in the
last 90 seconds of the game. But, on
both occasions, EKU's Darnell Dialls
hit two free throws, and the Colonels
held on to win. Eastern Kentucky is
also 9-6 overall, 4-3 in the conference.
"It was such a big deficit to overcome," said MSU Coach Donnie
Tyndall. "We had 16 turnovers in the
first half, and many of those led to
easy baskets. Their 1-3-1 zone
defense was very effective. We didn't read it well and threw too many
bad passes.
"The second half was better. We
were much more physical and made
better
decisions. Give
Eastern
Kentucky the credit, they are wellcoached and played an excellent
game."
EKU's Mike Rose led all scorers
with 23 points. Julian Mascoll had
17 points, and Dialls and Adam
Leonard had 10 points each.
MSU was led by Shaun Williams
who hit all seven of his field goal
attempts, scored 18 points and pulled
down a game-high seven rebounds.
Maze Stallworth came off the bench
to scored 14 points, and Cecil Brown
added 10 points.
MSU hit 55.8 percent (24-of-43)
from the field for the game, including
64.3 percent (18-of-28) after intermission. The Eagles out-rebounded
the Colonels, 30-to-20. But, the
telling statistic was MSU's 16 firsthalf turnovers and 20 miscues for the
game. EKU had 12 turnovers and hit
49 percent (24-of-49) from the field.
The Eagles will p lay host to
Tennessee-Martin for a conference
doubleheader on Saturday. The
women's game will tip off at 2 p.m.
EST, the men's contest at 4:15.
Lady Bears beat Spalding
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with 9:03 to go, pushed the lead to 20
points. With 1:05 to go, senior Tonya
PIKEVILLE - Sometimes it helps Amburgey (Pinetop) hit a layup,
to come back home.
securing the game and giving the
After losing seven of its last eight Lady Bears their largest lead of the
games, the Pikeville College contest at 73-46.
women's basketball teain
"It felt good to finally
got back to its wiiming
~l ay the way we're supways by routing Spalding
posed to play," said Watson.
University 73-46 on
"We played hard, even when
we fouled or turned the ball
' Saturday at the PC Gym.
The Lady Bears looked
over. I really felt like we got
like a completely different
a lot of good, strong minutes
team at the start of the
from
everybody
that
game, storming out to an
played."
18-2 lead within the first
Krista! Daniels
With three players sidefive minutes . A threelined, the Lady Bears needed
pointer
from
Amy
a big game out of the
Etherton helped the Golden Eagles remaining eight and got it. Freshman
cut the lead to 10 with 5:11 to go in Heather Martin (Kite) led all scorers
the half. But Spalding would get no with a game-high 13 points to go
closer, as the Lady Bears took a com- along
with
seven
rebounds .
fortable 31 - 19 lead into the locker Sophomore Krista! Daniels (Betsy
room.
Layne) had· a game-high lJ rebounds
"The test," said Pikeville head and 10 points for the Lady Bears
coach Bill Watson, "was seeing how while Jessica Lovell dished off eight
• we would respond at the half."ln assists, also a game-high.
recent
games,
including
last
Whitney Hogg had 11 points and
Tuesday's heartbreaking 77-69 loss Amburgey added JO for the Lady
to Milligan, the Lady Bears have Bears.
either held the lead at the half, or
Courtney Graves and Jill Karrer
played well for the first 20 minutes, led Spalding (1 - 15) with seven points
only to let the game slip away in the apiece.
The Lady Bears improved to 5- 11
second half.
This day, however, the Lady Bears following the when. Pikeville was
made certain that didn't happen. hosting the Lady Cavaliers of the
Spalding tried cutting the lead, but University of Virginia's College at
the Lady Bears forced seven second- Wise on Thursday. Results were
half turnovers and, one a layup by unavailable at press time.
junior Beth Patterson (Middleburg)
MAKING A MOVE: Piarist's Matt Doyle looked to work the basketball during Tuesday's non-district game
against the Betsy Layne Bobcats. Betsy Layne won 71-53.
TITLE TIME: The Allen Central Rebels celebrated last Saturday's Coca-Cola Hoops Classic championship
victory over tournament host Pike County Central.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
MARTIN JUNIOR PRO
BULLS- Coaches: Glen Floyd and Todd Meadows. Players:
Jon Ross Gibson, Josh Handshoe, Kennedy Stumbo, Megan
Layne, Kevin W. Shepherd, Austin Salisbury,· Blake Patton,
Zach Tackett, Nathan Lafferty and Deshea Elliott.
CELTICS - Coaches: Ruben Hall and Lenny Hall. Players:
Ronica Martin, Reece Endicott, Lauren Wright, Landon Hall,
Tanner Gayheart, Payton Martin, Paige Couch, Payton Hall,
Kenneth Williams, Will Callihan and Blayze Stumbo.
HEAT- Coaches: Ronnie Samons and Kris May. Players: Allen
Michael May, John Brandon Turner, Austin Branham, Santana
Spradlin, Payton Conn, Nick Newsome, Kaitlyn Allen,
Mackynzie A. Samons, Emily Kilgore and Cameron Ousley. Not
pictured: Ashley Salisbury.
KNICKS - Coach: Carl Watkins. Players: Corey D. Davis,
Devin Adams, Tazxena Flannery, Tanner Hamilton, Alex
Holbrook, Andrew Watkins, C. Tyler Vanderpool and Jordan
Slone.
LAKERS- Coaches: Robert Huff and Tim Stephens. Players:
Dylan Dalton, Brandi Carroll, Dylan Caudill, Brody Adkins,
Jackson Dye, Amanda Tackett, Olivia Clemons, Blake
Warrens, Dawson Stephens, Joshua Huff and Olivia Lowe.
LIL' KNICKS - Coaches: Joanna Caudill and Brian Conn,
Players: Ashley Caudill, Abigail Conn, Chantz Cole, Justin
Couch, Tucker Reffett, Autumn Bailey, Keagan Martin,
Chayse Meade and Colby Fugate.
LIL' HEAT - Coaches: Ronnie Samons and Jason Hall.
Players: Rylee Samons, Madeline Duff, Connor Hall, Jonah
Porter, Emily Salisbury, Danielle Deitz, Clark Frazier and Cole
Porter.
LIL' LAKERS - Coaches: Stonney Burke and Tiffany Burke.
Players: Taylor Burke, Colby Fulks, Lucas Brown, Destiny
Elliott, Lukas Manns, Andrea Dye, Tanner Stephens, Dylan C.
Banks and Cole Williams.
MAGIC - Coach: Mike Little. Players: Brianna Kilgore, Ashley
Burchett, Sabrina Wireman. Front row, left to right: Derrick
Griffith, Elias Little and John Mullins. Not pictured: Kevin
Hagans, Nicholas Hancock, Devin Yates, Devin Kidd.
ROCKETS - Coaches: Ruben Hall and Robert Lawson. Players:
Zachery Hall, Austin Lawson, Breanna Prater, Jackson Flannery,
Bryce Moore, Seth Hall, Cody Meade, Elizabeth Prater. Not pictured: Jordan Pack, Blake Howell and Brady Ousley.
SONICS - Coaches: Todd Meadows and Glenn Floyd.
Players: Bailey Wright, Mackinzie Scott, Aaron Wright, Shad
Click, Kaleb Scarberry, Chris Lawson, Jamie T. Lawson and
Codey Howell. Not pictured: Williams Shep~erd.
SPURS - Coe)ches: Rhonda Chaffins and Christy Johnson.
Players: Ronnie Martin, Logan Chaffins, Brody Chaffins,·Star
Sparkman, Hali Johnson, Jadon Hake, Kari Watkins and
Nicholas Combs.
BluegrassPreps.Com
High School Basketball Polls
TRAILBLAZERS - Coaches: Jimmy Artrip and Charles
Kendrick. Players : Dillon Samons, Kayla Dames, Shane
Kidd, Shawn Kidd, Elaina Tackett. Savannah Tac k ett,
Zachary Flannery, Christian McKinney and Josh Artrip. Not
pictured: Tyler Kenmore.
LIL' BLAZERS - Coaches: Adam Hicks and Leslie Slone.
Players: Kobie Hic ks , Andrew Smith, Michael B. Fraley,
Morgan Halbert, Larry B. Mars hall, Paul Sparkman, Skye
McCarty and Preston Crase.
BGP Boys' Top 20
1. Scott County
2 . Male
3 . Ballard
4. Warren Central
5. Jeffersontown
6. Tates Creek
7 . Pleasure Ridge Park
8. Bryan Station
9 . Lexington Catholic
10 . Clark County
11 . Mason County
12. Covingto Catholic
13. South Laurel
14. Madison Central
15. Trinity
16. Doss
17. Henderson County
18. Fairdale
19. Bishop Brossart
20. Iroquois
BGP Girls' Top 20
1. Lexington Catholic
2. Scott County
3 . Franklin-Simpson
4 . Iroquois
5 . Central Hardin
6. North Hardin
7. Sacred Heart Academy
8 . Butler
9 . Elizabethtown
10. Lexington Christian
11 . Henry Clay
12. DuPont Manual
13. Paul Dunbar
14. Clay County
15 . Boone County
16. Russell
17. Nelson County
18. Perry County Central
19. Christian AcademyLouisville
20. Marshall C ounty
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FLOYD COUNTY
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Kathy Prater
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THROUGH MY EYES
~
The Good
Old Days
Cheating a little today and
sharing some email that brought a
smile to my face. I think it will
bring one to yours, also, so,
enjoy!
"Congratulations! To all the
kids born in
.,.
the
1930s,
40s, 50s, 60s
and 70s!
They took
aspirin,
ate
blue cheese
dressing, tuna
from a can,
and didn't get
tested for diaKathy Prater
betes.
Lifestyles editor
Then, after
that trauma, their baby cribs were
covered with bright colored leadbased paints.
They had no childproof lids on
~ medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when they rode their
bikes, they had no helmets, not to
mention, the risks they took hitch(See EYES, page fifteen)
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Goodtyme Bluegrass At The MAC
Don Rigsby's Homecoming Saturday, Feb. 10 -7:30 PM
DINNER DIVA
Meal making
begins with
• basic skills
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Saturday, March 3-7:30 PM
For the last 10 years, Goodtyme
Productions has been producing
some of the best bluegrass events
available along the Country Music
Highway. Two of the most wellattended
and
entertammg
events/groups have been the Don
Rigsby's Homecoming Show and the
multi-award winning act, Doyle
Lawson and Quicksilver.
Don's Homecoming Show will
have feature guest artist J.D. Crowe
and New South. J.D. Crowe was an
*IB MA Hall of Honor inductee in
2003 and the 2004 IBMA Banjo
Player of the Year. The group recently released a new CD on Rounder
Records.
In addition to J.D. Crowe and
New South. a very entertaining
regional
· bluegrass
group,
Bottomline. will be the opening act.
Les Mcintyre from Bluegrass
Unlimited Magazine says that
·'Bottomline is one of Kentucky's
premier bluegrass bands, and they
certainly hve up to their reputation
with their latest recordmg". ('"Pig In
A Pen").
Of course, Don Risgby will have
his great band "Midnight Call" available to play many great songs including those on their new Rebel Record
CD, Hillbilly Heartache which is currently# 2 on the Bluegrass Unlimited
chart! And who will be Don's sur-
by Leanne Ely
~
Losing
weight is, by
far, the most
popular New
Year's resolu- ·
tion. A. lot of
people
start
fad diets in the
New Year but
give up before
long· and go
Lenne Ely
back to old
habits.
One
healthy practice that will make a
big difference is cooking your own
food. To do that, you need to cook
and in order to cook, you need
some basic skills.
Basic skills translate into meal
making, which is also a crucial
component to running a home .
Now before you start to panic, rest
assured knowing that you don' t
need a degree from Cordon Bleu in
order to make dinner for your family! You need skills- that is all.
That and a good recipe or two.
(And I can help you with that!)
Cooking skills fall into two different categories: preparation and
actual
cooking.
Preparation
involves getting the food ready to
(See DIVA, page ~fteen)
)
by Marla Cilley
Since starting FlyLady, I have continually harped on putting your shoes
on your feet each morning. I want you
to do this and YOU are NOT the exception to the rule.
Several years ago, I sold skin care
products for M ary .Kay. One m ain rule
for that company was that you could
prise g uest?
Goodtyme's other major concert
is Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver.
This has to be one of the best combinations of talent and entertainment
on the bluegrass circuit today. DL &
Q just recently received their 6th (in
a row) IBMA Vocal Group of the
Year Award ! Last year Doyle was
one of 11 recipients of the National
Heritage Fellowships, which the
National Endowment for the Arts
describes as the "country's highest
honor in the folk and traditional
arts." Their single He Lives In Me is
currently #5 on the Bluegrass
UnlillWed Chart.
Ticket Information: Toll Free 1888-622-2787 Local: 886-2623 or
visit www.goodtyme.com
International Bluegrass Music
Association
The Kentucky Arts Council
*The Kentucky Arts Council, a
state agency in the Commerce
Cabinet, provides operational support funding for the Mountain Arts
Center with state tax dollars and federal funding from the Nation~l
Endowment for the Arts.
Don Rigsby
==-===- - -
Lace up
~those shoes!
2007
not make a single phone call in the
morning unless you were totally
dressed, and l mean really dressed, all
the way to dress shoes. The reason
behind this duty, was that you act differently. when you have clothes and
shoes on. You are more professional.
The customer can tell when you don ' t
feel good about the way you look., e ven
when you think you do. So, if getting
dressed makes that bi g of an impression on someone that can' t even set:
you, then what is going to happen to
those that can sec you ; mainly yourself?
Putting shoes on your feet that lace
up are better than slip-ons or sandab.,
because they are harder to take off.
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Instead of kicking your shoes off for a
quick snooze on the couch, you actually have to go to a hit more trouble.
Maybe , in that short instant, you wil l
realize that there is something more
that you can do. With shoes on those
feet of yours, your mind says it's time
to go to work. You have no CX(.; USC for
not taking the trash out or putting that
box of give-away stuff into the car. You
arc literally ready tor anything. Believe
me, when you get that call from ~chool
that your child needs you, or that dear
friend call<; up and says that .;;he needs
to talk, and asks, "Can we h<. ve
lun ch'! ," you arc ready! Including
down to the shoes.
I see this problem more in the stay-
at-home moms because they don't
leave ho111e for their job and it is not
necessary to get dressed eYcry morning. only their children are gomg to see
them. I want you to listen very closely:
You have the most important job of all,
raising productive adults. NOW, do
you want your children to remember
that mom didn't get dressed until it was
time for dad to get home, or do you
want them to have to answer the door
because you m·e still in your gown tail
and bathrobe? If you would look at
your day just like other people who
leave the house, get up and get dressed
all the way to ~hoes because it is time
(See FLY LADY, page fourteen)
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2001 FlvLadv All Rtqhts Reserved
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
12, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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Reader most likely has
organic idiopathic urticaria
Martha A Simpson, D.O., M.BA
ltrsociate Professor
ifFRmiJy Medicine
Q
estion: For nearly a year
now, I've been plagued
with hives. I have been to
a nu
f doctors and tried a number of treatments including allergy
shots, steroids and avoiding many
products that I like, such as wheat. I
am 68 years old and basically healthy
and have never had anything like this
before. Can you tell me anything
about hives?
nswer: Many of us experience a bout with hives
from
time to
time.
Doctors call the condition "urticaria,"
and it's marked by itchy, red blotches
or welts all over the body, especially
A
on the face and torso. The condition
you are describing, however, is
chronic urticaria. It i~ characterized
by daily or almost daily hive outbreaks for greater than six weeks'
duration. This is a very frustrating
condition and a cau e can be difficult
to run down.
Chronic urticaria is more common
in women and affects about 25 percent of the population at one time or
another. In chronic urticaria a clear
cause is usually not found, even with
extensive testing. When all known
causes of urticaria have be,en ruled
out, it is considered chronic idiopathic urticaria. The word "idiopathic" is
inserted because it means that the
urticaria has arisen spontaneously
from unknown cause.
·
In recent years about half of those
cases we previously categorized as
idiopathic have been discovered to
actually have an autoimmune basis
- the body is allergic itself. There
is, unfortunately, no easy way to test
for this in individual cases.
In a minority of cases we can identify an underlying factor that's causing a person's chronic urticaria. This
can be very difficult detective work
for you and your doctor. I can,
though, give you a few tips about the
kinds of things to be on the lookout
for.
Medications even over-thecounter drugs, v1tamms and herbal
remedies can cause urticaria.
Foods and food additives can be the
cause of hives. Food additives can be
difficult to eliminate from the diet
and difficult to identify as a cau~e of i-; seldom a symptom of a serious
hives.
underlying medical problem. 1\lso,
Some infections can cause chronic there are new antihistamines that can
hives, like hepatitis B and C. Patients be used to control many of the outwith autoimmune diseases like breaks of urticaria welts and the itchrheumatoid arthritis can also, at ing that goes along with them. More
times. experience chronic urt1caria. good news is that over 50 percent of
Infestations with intestinal parasites people with chronic urticaria are better in about a year.
can cause hives as well.
Substances in the environment
Fw11ily Medicine® is a weekly collike animals, plants and jewelry can
cause hives shortly after contact. In umn. To submit que.Ttions, wnte to
these cases, the hives are usually at Martha A. Simpson, D.O.•. M.B.A., Ohio
Unil'ersity College of Osteopathic
the site of the contact.
Medtcme, P.O. Box 110, Athens, Ohto
There has been speculation about 45701, or via e-mail to readerquesa relationship between H. pylori (a tions@familymedirinenews.org. Medical
stomach bacteria that causes ulcers) information in lhis column i~· provided
and hives. This link, however, has as wt educational sen•ice only. It don;
not been definitively established.
not replace the judgment of your perFinally, let me end with some sonal physician, 1\IW should be relied on
good news. Since you and your doc- . to diagnose and recommend treatment
tor have not been able to identify a jar any medical conditions. Past
cause, it sounds like you have chron- columns are available online at
www.famif:\ilnedic·inenews.org.
ic idiopathic urticaria. This condition
Schoo{ t]-{ayyenings
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to any
AMS student or dropped off at the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
Coordinator is Michelle
p.m.
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for infom1ation on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and turn
them in to homeroom teachers!**
• Jan. 16 - Alcohol Awareness presentation, 7th & 8th.
• Jan. 16 - Respect Class
• Jan. 17 -Alcohol Awareness, 7th
& 8th
• Jan. 23 - Dental & Personal
Hygiene, 6th
• Jan. 24 - Respect Class, 7th
grade girls
• Jan. 30 - WYMT-TV's "Do As I
Say, Not As I Do," 4 p.m.
• Jan. 31 - Respect Clas 7th
grade girls
•
Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in YSC
lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
regardless of income. For more information, call Marilyn Bailey, center
coordinator, at 358-0134.
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne Elementary
• Lost and Found items will be
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Mon. thru Fri. Center offers services
to all families, regardless of income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
Family Resource Youth Service
Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC is
to meet the needs of all children and
their families who reside in the community or neighborhood by the school
in which the center is located. For further information, please contact the
center at 478-5550.
•
Brian H . Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3: 154:15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year Long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark tshirts. Students, staff, parents - show
your support forCES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected dates.
Now taking appointments for 6th
grade exams, WIC, and well-child
exams for birth-18 years. Flu shots
inay also be scheduled. Call 886-0815
for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services for
all families regardless of income. We
are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
off your receipts at the school, or mail
them to: Duff Elementary School,
PO. Box 129, Eastern, KY 4 1622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
clothing use and burnouts. If you have
clothing to donate, please call the
FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is on
site three days per month. Services
Fly Lady
• Continued from p13
"to go to work," your day would be
more productive.
I don't want to hear that you don ' t
wear ·shoes in your house. Buy or
clean up a pair just for that reason.
It's not going to be you who tracks in
the dirt, anyway. You are still the boss
and you can require your children to
remove their shoes. What is the problem here? In most homes, you have
had trouble even finding the floor,
much less keeping the carpet clean.
Do you even know what color it is
supposed to be? And when you vacuum once or twice a week the dirt goes
away. Teach your children to not
track in stuff. Have a mat
outside the door for them to remove
unwanted dirt and mud. I bet you
have 10 pair of shoes at the door right
now. What does that do to your vacuuming schedule? Make the kids take
their shoes outside and clean them
up, then take them to their rooms. If
they had to pay for those expensive
tennis shoes they would take better
care of them!
That is enough of my ranting
today. Now get dressed and put those
shoes on your lovely feet! No excuses! Lace up your shoes and start to
FLY!
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check out Marla~· website and
join her free mentoring group at
www.FiyLady.net or her book, Sink
Reflections, published by Bantam and her
new book, Body Clutter, published by
Fireside. Copyright 2007; Marla Cilley
Used by permission in this publication.
include 6th grade school entry physical; kindergarten, Head Start and well
child physicals (age bi11h to 18 years);
T.B. skin test; T.D. boosters; and WIC
services. Please call 358-9878 for
appointment if you are in need of any
of these services.
• The J.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides services for all families regardless of
income. Wy are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals,
kindergarten physicals, 6th grade
physicals, well-child physicals, immunizations, TB skin test, WIC program,
blood pressure checks, and more.
Must call the FRC at 285-0321 for an
appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services, and school physicals.
Call377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141 , Mon. thn1 Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian c;chool.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m. -4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides
services for all families, regardless of
income.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• Feb. I - Open House. Food will
be served. Teacher and parent visits.
Date subject to change. Watch school
marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1100.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your child's grades, visit the STI
Home! site at http://iiod.ssts.com and
click on the STI program. Select state,
county, school, child's pin number and
password. You may view your child's
attendance record, class average,
schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call 452-9607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating in the Apples for Students program. Please save and turn in your
Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor wilJ be on the South Floyd
campus each Tuesday. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center for: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a -one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community as well as students.
• All new students and visitors.
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus. Room 232, and
see Mabie Hall. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Jan. 16 - Food Pyramid program. 12-2 p.m. for 3rd and 4th grade.
• Jan. 16 - Tobacco prevention, 5th
grade.
• Jan. 25 - Family Read Night. 6-7
p.m.
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is locat-
ed on the right, by the school gymnasium. Services are offered to all families, regardless of income. For more
information, call Anita Tackett, center
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center. items not
claimed within 2 weeks become the
property of the FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes. belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items will
be appreciated and utilized by OES
students .
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building of W.D.
Osborne Elementary. Those wishing
more information about the center are
welcome to visit, or call. Ask for
Cissy (center coordinator). Center
telephone and fax: (606) 452-4553.
Wesley Christian School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddlers, preschool age (2-4). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.. Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC: 14:30 p.m. - Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learnmg Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC: 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts. , Betsy Layne
FRYSC. BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier Learning
Ctr.; BSCTC; 1-4:30 p.m. - David
Craft Center," BSCTC; 6-9 p.m. BSCTC.
• Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. BSCTC,
Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m. BSCTC,
Betsy
Layne
YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 4:30-9 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.
• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bonnes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephens.
• Program manager: Kay Hale
Ross (886-7334).
Kids And Pets: Introducing A
New Resource For Parents
(NAPSA)-There are some facts parents should
bone up on before welcoming four-footed
friends into the family.
"Pets have always been very special to children and are important for childhood development, but parents need to play an active role in
ensuring a healthy environment and interaction between children and pets," said Dr. Lynn
Buzhardt, a nationally recognized veterinarian
on family/pet concerns and consultant to a new
resource, GrowingUpWithPets. com, presented
by Novartis Animal Health US, Inc.
For example, did you know that dogs and cats
are susceptible to parasites? These five parasites pose a threat to a dog's health: heartworms, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and fleas. Intestinal parasites can also be life-threatening to
dogs and some can transfer diseases to humans, which is known as zoonosis.
Children are especially susceptible to zoonotic diseases because they often touch things and stick their
hands in their mouths without washing them first. As many as 4 to 20 percent of American children contract
roundworms from their pets each year. Fortunately, there are easy ways to protect your children and pets
from parasites:
• Have your pet's stool examined by your veterinarian every six to 12 months .
• Have your veterinarian place your dog on a y ear-round heartworm, intestinal parasite and flea preventive,
as recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Companion Animal
Parasite Council. Ask your veterinarian about a convenient oral 5-in-1 product that prevents heartworm,
intestinal parasites and fleas.
• Use a pooper-scooper. As feces breaks down, parasite eggs are deposited into the soil. This is one of most
common ways of contracting parasites.
• Always wash your children's hands after playing outside and before eating.
GrowingUpWithPets.com provides helpful information on topics such as pet health, behavioral issues, training tips, how to choose the right pet for your child and integrating pets into a home wittt children. The site
was created with the help of veterinarians, OB/GYNs, pediatricians and parents.
'
�FRIDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
12, 2007 • A15
'Birthday
What To Do About The Flu
Look who's 1!
Lydia Grace Clark will turn one year old on January 14, 2007.
She is the daughter of Jeremy Clark and Stephanie Halbert
who say their "little angel is cute, sweet, and so much fun"!
Her parents wish her the happiest of birthdays and look forward to sharing her special day with her! Lydia Grace is the
granddaughter of Anita and Gary Clark, and Todd and
Beverly Halbert. She is the great-granddaughter of Ruby
Halbert and Lillie Watson .
Weddina
Hall-Bolton
Donna Michael Hall and John Matthew Bolton, both of
Johnson City, Tennessee, are pleased to announce their
engagement and forthcoming wedding.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Donald Jerry Hall and
Stella Jo Hyden and the step-daughter of Bill Hyden and
Patricia Hall, all of Prestonsburg.
She is a 1996 graduate of Prestonsburg High School, and a
2000 graduate of East Tennessee State University, from
which she holds a bachelor of science degree in education.
She will graduate from the the Appalachian School of Law
this coming May.
She is the granddaughter of Ann Gibson, of Prestonsburg,
and the late George and Stella Vires, of Burket, Indiana.
The prospective groom is the son of Richard A. Bolton and
Kern H. Mckee and the stepson of Thomas C. Mckee and
Dena E. Bolton, all of Johnson City, Tennessee.
He is a 1998 graduate of Science Hill High Sc hool, a 2002
graduate of the University of Tennessee, from which he
holds a bachelor of science in communications, and a 2006
graduate of the Appalachian School of Law.
He is the grandson of Ruth C. Henry and the late John E.
Henry, of Johnson City, and the late Carl 0. and Ma bel
Bolton, formerly of Johnson City.
He is an attorney with the law offices of Herndon, Coleman ,
Brading & Mckee. A member of the Lambda Chi Alpha
Fraternity, he is also on the board of directors for Dawn of
Hope, in Johnson City.
The couple will wed in a private ceremony to be held on May
19, 2007, at the home of the groom's parents located near
Boone Lake, in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Diva
Tips On Creating A Wedding To
Remember
(NAPSA)-Brides everywhere know that you don't need a tortune to look like a million dollars on your wedding day.
The same holds true for the service and the reception.
Experts say that with a little i n genuity and attention to detail,
it's possible to put together an exotic event to remember for
under $15,000.
Here are some tips:
• Using a wedding planner can be a wise investment.
According to Jenny Bauman of Bliss Events in San Diego, a
wedding planner often knows the vendors and venues and
can actually help keep a wedding on budget and on schedule.
• Do the invitations yourself. Since invitations provide the
first impression for a wedding, think about making your own.
Some brides gather their bri desmaids together to make the
invitations. It can add the personal touch and eliminate or
reduce professional printing costs.
• Create a signature drink that goes with the theme of the
wedding. When Jaelee Jones was planning her wedding,
Bauman suggested that Jones create a signature cocktail to
make the day more memorable.
Jones decided to make somett'ling with Kahlua; her favorite
cocktail. The drink, aptly named the Kahlua Exotic Bliss, was
a combination of Kahlua, Stoli vodka, Hiram Walker raspberry schnapps, half & half and grenadine. The rich and elegant
drink was a perfect cocktail to toast the happy bride and
groom.
Additionally, Bauman suggested that Jones go to the Web
Site www.kahlua.com to order customized gift labels for
small Kahlua bottles.
The bottles were used as place cards on each table at the
reception, and then as a keepsake for the guests.
" This unique and personal memento was a big hit with all of
our guests. No one at the reception had ever received anything like it," said Jones. "And the best part about it was that
the gift labels were free!"
• Location, location, location. Even though the event location
can frequently be one of the most exorbitant costs of a wedding, there are ways to reduce it.
For example, look for a venue where catered food and liquor
could be brought in. This can increase your menu options
and make it easier to stay within your budget.
Using a wedding planner when selecting vendors and
venues can help to keep a wedding on budget and schedule.
Homemaker Leader Training Women's Health
Homemaker leader training se ssions will be conducted
through the Floyd County Exte nsion Services office on
January 17, from 10:30 a.m. t o 12:15 p .m ., at the Floyd
County Extension Office.
Becky Simpson, Ky. Cancer Program Specialist, Suellen
Zornes, Boyd County FCS Agent, and Theresa Scott, Floyd
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences,
will conduct the sessions on " Women and Heart Disease"
and " Women's Health."
Heart Healthy refreshments will b e served.
Please feel free to bring family photos along as part of the
lesson will include a hands-on activity using the photos to
"scrapbook your heart."
For more information, contac t The resa Scott at 886-2668.
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be cooked, using skills such as chopping.
dicing, and other fun stuff with a knife. All
of this translates into preparation or prep
work as we Dinner Dtvas like to call it.
The cooking part (this is where you dispense of the knife and start using the heat)
can be a little tricky, but mostly it's becau-;e
the cook doesn't know the sto ve. Getting to
know your own ~ tovetop is essenttal , as is
understanding concepts like pre heating
(don' t put the food in until the oven is heated to the indicated temperature), broiling
(food cooked under the heat source), and
my favorite, grilling outdoors on a barbecue grill .
I have noticed that mcxpcricnccd cooks
either o vercook or undcrc ook the food
when they make their cooking goofs. so
following the advice above should he lp
eliminate that problem.
Another problem for co oks is the speed
in which they chop. I once had someone
email me saying that my recipes took too
long to prepare. After correspond ing with
this gal a few times, I had her break down
how long it took he r to do everything.
• Continued from p13
When I found out it took her a full five
minutes to c hop one o nion, I knew what
the problem was- she had no knife skills.
This is a tough one to write about without showing you, but I will do my best.
Believe it or not, th is is easy. When you' re
choppmg. you need to use both handsone for holding whatever it is that you 're
cutttng (that will he the opposite hand you
will be cutting with) and the hand that you
are going to cut With. The hand that holds
the food we will be transforming te mporarily into a claw. Yes, a claw. Why a claw!
Glad you a~k ed . Because when you .tre
hold ing the food in a claw-like fashion, if
your kn tfe accidentally gets too close to
your fingers, the worst that will happen is
your li ngers will get too clo~c a shave. hut
you won' t be lo ing any fingers ' Important
safety precautio n!
Now as far as making the chopping go
smoothly and quickl y like they do on Food
TV; that j ust requires a rhythm, whic h w ill
come as you get bette r at choppi ng. T he
idea is to " rnck' the blade sltg htly as you
c hop. T his will build a rhythm and eventua lly. your speed. Next ttme you' re watching the Food Network, pay attention as
Emcril chops e ffortlessly. He's got his claw
going; he'-; a- r~1ckin ' and a-choppt n'- -the
whole thing is an art fo rm. Remember
thoug h, you're not Emeril. Go easy and
slow and be careful. Th e~c arc sharp knives
we're work111g with here. not rubber spatulas.
If you need a visual of what this all
loob like. I ha' e a ...ketch of it all in m)
Sm ing Dinne r Basics book. If you want to
see me do it, _y ou can -.ec my DVD. Sa\ ing
Dinner Basics. The How-To Pan.
I want to see you succeed in the kitchen.
D eveloping skills and usmg them is yo ur
key to making th 1t happen.
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(NAPSA)-Fiu viruses spread mainly from person to person
through coughing or sneezing from people with influenza.
Most adults may be able to infect others beginning one day
before symptoms develop and up to five days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu
to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as
while you are sick.
In fact, a study published in the New England Journal of
Medicine showed that most influenza infections in children
were not diagnosed clinically.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the population will get the flu
and up to 200,000 people will be hospitalized. Worse, every
year, approximately 36,000 people in the U.S. die from
influenza. Influenza can also lead to secondary complications including pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus and ear infections and worsening of chronic health conditions.
Influenza is a contagious disease caused by a virus that
attacks the respiratory tract and has a variety of symptoms,
including muscle aches, fever, headache and sore throat.
Because the flu can be difficult to diagnose based on symptoms alone, it is critical that you get tested so that appropriate treatment can begin as soon as possible.
One test that has gained widespread popularity among
physicians is the QuickVue(r) Influenza test, a fast and painless test that can check for the presence of the influenza
virus. The test is simple and can provide results in 10 minutes or less.
Using a rapid diagnostic test like the QuickVue test can prevent unnecessary testing and treatment. Thus sparing you
and your child from additional tests, which can sometimes
be difficult.
For more information, visit www.flutest.com or ask your
physician about flu testing.
A rapid diagnostic test for influenza can help physicians
identify flu accurately.
EKSC to host new Astronomy Club
First meeting set for Jan. 18
1
Do you like astronomy and stargazin!;J.A.m.l,, 1pon;t kpow ):'9~!
to get more informatibn on it? Do you want to snare your
interest with others? We' re starting an all-ages astronomy
club, and would love for you to join! No prior knowledge of
astronomy is necessary, but you're welcome to bring some
if you've got it!
The club will partner with the East Kentucky Science Center
to host monthly meetings and observing sessions, and will
also help plan, promote and participate in events such as the
annual Astronomy Day. A junior section of the club will be
formed for school-aged astronomy fans.
The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 18th at
7:00p.m. at the East Kentucky Science Center.
Contact
Kate
Zylstra
at
(606)
889-0303
or
kzylstra@setel.com, or Mike Burchett at (606) 297-6917 for
more information.
Eyes ----hiking.
A s children, they rode in
cars w ith no seat belts o r air
bags.
Thei r doctors and de ntists
nev.er wore latax gloves.
R iding in the back of a p ick
up on a warm day was alway s
a special tre at to them.
They drank water from a
pump or the garden hose and
NOT from a bottle.
They shared one soft drink
wi th four friends - from o ne
bottle -. and NO ONE actually
died from thi~.
They ate cupcakes , white
bread and real butter and drank
soda pop with sugar in it. but
we ren ' t
o\·erwe ig ht
because ...... T hey were always
out<;tde playing! '
They would le ave home in
the morning and play all day,
and a" long as they we re back
when the streetlig hts c ame on
or before dark. no one panicked.
No one was able to reach
the m all day long - and they
were okay.
The y would "pe nd hours
buil ding soap box cars or goc arts out of scraps and then
ride them down the hill. only
to lind out they had forgotten
the brakes. After running into
the bushes o r a ditch a fc v.
times. tlu.:y le amed to solve
that probk m
The)
did
not
have
Play station s. Nintendo ' s, X bo xe'> - no " ideo ga me s at .til.
No 99 channels o n cable. no
Yidl.!o tape movies , no surround sound, no cell phone s.
no pe rso nal computer, , no
Inte rnet or Internet chat
• Continued from p13
rooms, B UT, they h ad friends !
AND, they went outside and
found them!
They fell ou t of trees. got
cut, broke bones and teeth and
there were no lawsuits from
these accidents.
They ate wonns and mud
pies made from dirt. and the
worms did not live in them foreve r.
They were given BB guns
for their lOth birthday s, made
up games w ith s ticks and tennis balls and, althoug h they
were told it would happen.
they did not put out very many
eyes.
They rode bikes or wal ked
to a friend ' s ho use an d
knocked on the door o r rang
the be ll . or j ust )elled for
them'
Little League had tryouts
and not everyo ne made the
team. T hose v. ho didn't had to
learn to deal with disappointme nt. Imagine that !
The ide a of a parent hailin g
them out if they broke the law
v. as unheard of - pi us. their
parents actually sided wtth the
law !
These ge nerat ions have
produced some ot' the best
risk-takers, proble m solvers
and inve ntors ever!
T he past 50 years have been
an explosi<)n of in novation and
new ideas
Those of us from these generations have had freedo m.
failure s, successes a nd rcsponsibilitie-;, and through 1t al L we
have learned how to deal w ith
it all !
Congrats to all of us! Now,
shO\\ this to your ktd-; so they
will know how bra\ e thet r parents were !"
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JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
applications for a
LPN (7a-7p) position.
Excellent
wages and benefits. Apply in person
at 1025
Euclid
Avenue, Painstville,
KY from Monday
thru Friday between
8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
AUTOMOTIVE
JOB OPENING
Timber
cutters,
Dozer operators.
Experience
preferred. Call after
5:30. 285-2654.
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
93' Chevy
Shortbed 4x4 automatic V8.
120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
miles. $1,795
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451.
Misc.
FOR SALE
06' Toyota Siona.
$10,000. 06'
Nissan Sentra 4k.
$9,500. Call 606478-5808.
FOR SALE
Tool box 2 fit full
sized pickup truck
bed, needs
repainting. $50.00
Call 886-0474.
FOR SALE
1996 Dodge Grand
Caravan And a
1982 Voltswagon
Rabbit Convertable
stored since 1991
call 874-2421 if no
answer please
leave message.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call 606791-6052, if no
answer please
leave message.
EMPLOYMENT
JOB OPENING
A nationally known
company
has
recently opened a
full sized factory
authorized
sales
and service center
in the Painstville
area. Responsible
people needed in
all
departments.
$375 per week to
start. Paid vacations and advancements
available.
People who are
ready to work and
advance,
call
Mgnday, Jan 15
9am to 5pm. Call
606-788-7334.
JOB OPENING
Metal framers, drywall hangers and
finisher's, acoustical ceiling installers
for Prestonsburg
school. 859-2816828.
JOB OPENING
Timber cutters,
Dozer
operator.
Call after 5:30. 2852654.
JOB OPENING
Cost
Cutters
located inside of
Pikeville Wai-Mart
is seeking part tine/
full tine hair stylists.
Benefits
include:
Paid
vacations,
Health insurance,
ect. Apply inside or
call kay @ 606-4326629.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
When respondIng
to
Employment ads
that have reference
numbers?
please Indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
your
envelope.
Reference numbers are used to
help us direct
your letter to the
correct individual
Job Listings
JOB OPENING
Construction
Superintendent for
major building project in Pikeville. Ten
years supervisory
experience. Send
resume with references to Harbour,
Box
22444,
KY
Lexington,
40522.
Animal
FOR SALE 8
Mo. old Boxer, for
more information
please call 606434-5704.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeable of going
to dance class.
Ages 50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
FOR SALE
Large bounty of
timber in Magoffin
County. 606-8845557. Evenings
best to call.
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE for sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0.70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
HOUSE for sale. 3
BR above ground
pool, new appliances, chain link
fence. Newly
paved drive way,
large back porch.
Located 2 miles
from Highway 80
and 23. Call 606874-0529 for more
information.
HOUSE FOR
SALE By owner
call 886-6733 or
587-2872 in
Prestonsburg.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story
3 BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached
garage. 13 acres,
located at Allen.
Call 205-4425.
' Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
16 Acres of land for
sale on left fork of
Little Paint, East
Point, KY. All mineral rights go with
it. Call 886-3060.
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial location.
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg Rt.
1428. Call 8742421. $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721 . No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Lum
DeRossett
Branch 75 acres
more or less. Level
land. Sloping I timber. Call 606-3252809 or 606-3254430
RENTALS
APARTMENT
APT FOR RENT
2
BR
Townhouses
at
Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-6186
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
FOR RENT
1 BR, kitchen furnished
Apt.
References
required. Located
at Sugar Loaf. Call
874-9174
FOR RENT
New 1 BR near
HRMC most utilities
furnished.
$500 per month.
$250 deposit. 8866343.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 2859112.
QUIKSILVER
Town houses now
available large 2
BR house, over
sized garage, hardwood
floors.
extremely
nice
$750 per month
plus $750 deposit.
No pets. Call 606434-6516 or 606226-1925 or 2260324 or 886-0035.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
House
FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town, 3
BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month. $440
security deposit.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT $400 Per
month, 2 BR @
Betsy Lane . Call
478-5403
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Home
Large
mobile
home.
Covered
porch
14x82.
Newly
painted,
remodeled.
Call
874-2720.
LEGALS
FOR RENT
Nice
furnished
mobile home for
rent. Suitable for 2
or 3 people. Just
off Mtn. Parkway
on old 114. Phone
886-8724
FOR RENT
One
Mobile
Home lots for rent
1/2 mile on right
from Prestonsburg
on Town Branch
Road. Lots have
city water, gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
FOR RENT
2
BR
MH.
Minutes
from
Prestonsburg. W/D
hookup.
Water,
Sewage, and trash
included.
8890036.
FOR RENT
Trailer for rent, 3
miles
from
Prestonsburg on
404 David Road.
Quiet
neighborhood. Call 8863902.
TRAILER
for
rent. 3 BR. Call
874-2818.
FOR RENT
Carl
NOTICE OF
BOND
RELEASE
Pursuant to
Permit No. 858-
0165
Increment No. 11
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.093,
notice is hereby
given that Czar
Coal Corporation,
HC 64, Box 915,
Debord, Kentucky
41214, has applied
for a Phase 1 bond
release
on
Increment #11 on
permit 858-0165,
which was last
issued on March
26,
2006. The
application covers
an area of 601.58
acres, located 1.89
mile southeast of
Odds, in Martin,
Johnson,
and
Floyd Counties.
The permit area is
approximately 1.89
mile southeast of
County
Road
#129's
junction
with KY Route 3,
and
is
located
along the Right
Fork of Daniels
Creek.
The bond now in
effect
for
the
Increment #11 is a
surety bond for
$288,500.00 .
Approximately 60%
of the original bond
amount
of
$173,100.00
is
included in the
application
for
release.
Reclamation work
performed
includes: backfill ing, grading, fertil izing, seed ing, and
mulching .
The
revegetat io n
achieved
is
in
accordance
with
the approved plan
as outlined in the
permit application.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a public hearing or informal
conference
must be fi led with
the Director of the
Division of Field
#2
Services,
Hudson
Hollow
Complex ,
Frank f or t,
Kentucky 40601 ,
by February 26 ,
2007.
A public hearing on
the application has
been scheduled for
9:00
a.m. ,
on
February 27, 2007,
at the Department
for Surface Mining
Reclamation and
Enforcement ' s
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Suite 6,
Drive,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653 .
The hearing will be
D. Perkins Job Corps Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Has an Immediate Opening for a
Recreation Superviso~
Education and Experience Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Recreation or physical education and
one year experience in supervisory capacity. Must possess
current CPR, first aid and water safety certifications.
Responsibilities:
Supervises the recreation assistants, Responsible for the
provision of structured well-rounded Recreation Program .
Salary based upon experience beginning at $24,822.00
Competitive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Paid
Sick Leave, Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Tuition
Reimbursement and 401-K Retirement.
Applicant must have valid driver's license with acceptable driving record and be able to pass a drug test and background
check.
Applicants not qualified need not apply.
Qualified candidates only, should submit resume to:
Human Resources Department
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps
478 Meadows Branch
Prestonsburg, Kentucky 41653
Fax (606) 886-6073 or
Email: scott.mabellne@jobcorps.org
Equal Opportunity Employer
M/FN/D
I
121 N. Dawkins Ave., West Van Lear, KY
FOR SALE
~I
1998 28x72 Mobile Home
and Lot for Sale
Spacious, 3 BR, 3 BA, living room, family room
wlfireplace, large utility room, walk-in closet, front
deck and large wrap-around back deck, fenced
yard, blacktop drive, central air/heat, 12x20 storage
bldg., and excellent school district. $94,900
Cali 606-789-9005
Nurse Practitioner
Hazard ARH Reg1onal Medical
Cenler is currently seeking a Nurse
Pracl il ioner
Requirements include gradualion of
an accredited school of professional
nursing, a successful complet ion of a
nurse practitioner training program
wilh a certificalion or deg ree Meet
all requirements in Kentucky lo func l ion as
a nurse proctilioner
We offer competitive solar es, an
excellenl benefits packoge
Please
send resume lo: Debbie Fugate, 100
Airport Gardens Rood, Haza rd,
Kentucky 41701 606-4~7-7532
email dfugate@orhorg
Or apply online at
www.arhorg. EOE
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IMMEDIATE
OPENING:
Local Industrial Distributor
requires the services of a
warehouse attendant for its
Pikeville area operation. 2-3
years warehouse experience
preferred. Qualified individual
should have forklift experience. High School grad
preferred and computer
knowledge is helpful. This is a
full-time position (M-F) with
excellent benefits, including
health, dental, life insurance,
401 (k) and bonuses.
Send resume or letter
detailing experinece to:
I
r
Employment
P.O. Box 8300
Bristol, VA 24203-8300
EOE, M,F,D,V
PHYSICIANS FOR WOMEN CENTER
seeks candidates for
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)
or
Phlebotomist
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 2 BR house
for rent. 3 miles
from Prestonsburg
on David road.
Highway
404.
Quiet
neighborhood. Call 8863902.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
MLT candidates must have a MLT degree. Desired qualifications include ASCP certification, and ability to demonstrate
knowledge of CLIA regulations.
Phlebotomist candidates must have a high school diploma
and successfully completed phlebotomy school.
Mail or fax resume to:
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Fax: (606)886-8548
E-Mail: j.conn@bshc.org
A proud tradition of providing access to quality health care!
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
is an Equal Opportunity Employer
.)
"Lost: three-month-old male puppy
named Faraday, at Dewey Dam on
Wednesday, January 3rd. Please
call Ned Pillersdorf at 606 886 6090
or 606 886 9645 if you have any
information. Will pay reward for
safe return of daughter's puppy."
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canceled
if
no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by February 26,
2007.
This is the final
advertisement
of
this application; all
comments, objections or requests for
a conference or
hearing must be
received within 30
days of the day of
this notice.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8368041
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Operator Change
In accordance with
405 KAR 8:010,
notice is hereby
given that FCDC
Coal, Inc., P.O. Box
77, !vel, KY 41642,
intends to revise
permit No. 8368041 to change the
operator. The operator
presently
approved in the permit
is
Zag
Resources,
Inc.,
P.O.
Box
639,
Stanton, KY 40380.
The new operators
will be Hendrickson
Equipment,
Inc.,
P.O.
Box
467,
Hindman,
KY
41822, and Twin
R
i
d
g
e
Development, Inc.,
209 Second St.,
Paintsville,
KY
41240.
The operation is
located 1.9 mile
southeast of Printer,
in Floyd County.
The
facility
is
approximately 1 .4
mile southeast from
KY 122's junction
with State Route
2030, and located
0.004 mile northeast of Spurlock
Creek. The operation is located on
the Harold U.S.G.S.
quadrangle map at
latitude is 37 2 31'
25" and longitude is
82Q 43' 30".
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resource's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
Written comments
or objections must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Mine Permits, #2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601. All comments or objections
must be received
within fifteen (15)
days of today's
date.
SOUTHERN
WATER
& SEWER
DISTRICT
REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS
BANK LOAN
The Southern Water
& Sewer District is
requesting proposals from qualified
lending institutions
to
provide
the
District with a term
loan to purchase a
mini-excavator and
trailer. The amount
of the loan will be
$27,550.00 and the
if term will be three
years, with payments to be made
on a monthly basis.
The District will
accept proposals for
the proposed loan
until 4 :00 p.m.,
January 19, 2007.
Proposals must be
mailed
or hand
delivered to the following address:
Southern Water &
Sewer District
Loan Proposal,
ATTN:
Hubert
Halbert, Chairman
245 KY Route 680
~P.O. Box 610
McDowell,
KY
41647
Any questions or
concerns may be
addressed to Bob
Meyer at the above
address, or by calling (606) 377-9296.
NOTICE OF
BOND RELEASE
Pursuant to
Permit
No. 836-5090
Single Area
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.093,
notice is hereby
given that Frasure's
Branch
Coal
Company, P.O. Box
101,
Minnie,
Kentucky
41651 ,
intends to apply for
a Phase II & Ill bond
release for single
area on permit number
836-5090,
which
was
last
issued on June 5,
2002. The application covers a surface area of approximately 3.28 acres,
located 1.9 mile
northwest
of
Grethel, in Floyd
County.
The permit area is
approximately 1.9
mile north of the
junction of Ky. 979's
junction
with
Frasure
Branch
Road, and located
0.2 mile east of
Frasure
Branch.
The
Latitude is
372 28'35". Tl'le longitude is 82 2 40'
19".
The total bond now
in · effect
for
Frasure's Branch
Coal Company is as
follows: Single Area
- $6,300.00.
Reclamation work
performed includes,
grading,
seeding
and mulching, and
successful establishment of the postmining land use,
which was completed April, 2001.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a public
hearing or informal
conference must be
filed
with
the
Director
of
the
Division of Field
Services,
#2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601 , by
March 5, 2007.
A public hearing on
the application has
been scheduled for
March 6, 2007, at
9:00 a.m., at the
Department
for
Surface
Mining
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
The hearing will be
cancelled
if
no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by March 5, 2007.
NOTICE OF
BOND RELEASE
Pursuant to
Permit
No. 836-5253
Single Area
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.093,
notice is hereby
given that Dema
Coal Company, Inc.,
HC 80, Box 1070,
Dema,
Kentucky
41859, intends to
apply for a Phase Ill
bond release for
Single Area on permit number 8365253, which was
last issued February
3, 1994. The application covers an
area of approximately 83.15 acres,
located 1.60 mile
southeast
of
Wayland, in Floyd
County.
The permit area is
approximately 0.50
mile northwest from
Ky. 7's junction with
Ky. 899, and lo,cated
0.10 mile north of
the Right Fork of
Beaver Creek. The
latititude
is
37
degrees, 25 minutes, 22 seconds.
The longitude is 82
degrees, 47 minutes, 59 seconds.
The bond now in
effect for permit No.
836-5253 is a certificate of deposit for
$4,000.00.
Approximately
100% of the original
bond amount of
$4,000.00 is included in the application
for release.
Reclamation work
performed includes
grading,
seeding
and mulching, and
successful establishment of the postmining land use,
which was completed June, 1996.
Written comments,
objections,
and
requests for a public
hearing or informal
conference must be
filed
with
the
Director, Division of
Field Services, #2
Hudson
Hollow,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601, by March 5,
2007.
A public hearing on
the application has
been scheduled for
March 6, 2007, at
9:00 a.m., at the
Department
for
Surface
Mining
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
The hearing will be
cancelled
if
no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by March 5, 2007.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number
836-8065
Renewal
In accordancce with
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Martin
Coal
Processing
Corporation, P.O.
Box 77, !vel, KY
41 642, has applied
for a ren'ewitl of a
permit for a coal
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The proposed facility is approximately
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THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Ethics complaint against Mongiardo is dismissed
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT State
Sen. Daniel Mongiardo has
been cleared of an ethics violation complaint, but the order
dismissing the complaint chastised him for not researching
ethics laws before associating
himself with a political action
committee.
The Legislative Ethics
Commission dismissed the
complaint Wednesday. The
complaint had been filed by
the Kentucky Republican
Party.
Commission
Chairman
George Troutman said in a
four-page dismissal order that
"the evidence does not establish by clear and convincing
proof that Senator Mongiardo
intended to, or did, use his
official position to secure or
create privileges or advantages
for himself or others by organizing, forming or registering
a permanent committee."
Mongiardo, D-Hazard, is
running
mate
of
the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear.
The commission found
"probable cause" in December
to further investigate allegations that Mongiardo violated
the law by associating himself
with the independent fundraising committee.
"I respect the professional
manner in which the commission and its staff conducted
their inquiry and am pleased
that I can now focus once
again on helping to address the
challenges confronting our
Commonwealth," Mongiardo
said in a statement. His lawyer,
Jeff Morgan of Hazard,
the
opinion
released
Wednesday night.
The commission found that
Mongiardo willingly agreed to
serve as an adviser for the
Democratic Activist Political
Action Committee and even
received DANPAC business
cards that included his name.
"The cards were never used
by the senator and were
thrown away by him," according to the order.
The commission's order
questioned the soundness of
Mongiardo's decision to associate with a fund-raising committee without first researching the law.
"Although aware that his
involvement with DANPAC
might raise legal problems, he
apparently made no effort to
explore exactly what those
might be with any apprqpriate
agency," said the order.
"Instead he relied, at least initially, on the advice of someone whose knowledge of
Kentucky election law appears
to have been somewhat short
of adequate.
"Looking into the law
before leaping into involvement of any kind with a permanent committee would have
been a better course to follow
and likely would have rendered this proceeding unnecessary as well as sparing the
Senator unwanted publicity,"
the order said.
State legislative ethics laws
forbid lawmakers from forming "a permanent committee"
other than their own election
campaign fund panels. Had the
commisston
found
that
Mongiardo knowingly violated the law, he could have been
prosecuted for violation of a
Class D felony.
Mongiardo cut all ties with
the group in June 2006, about
10 weeks after its formation,
following a newspaper story
about his involvement in the
group.
"As soon as anybody mentioned there might be a problem, he disassociated himself
completely, and that was about
two months before the com-
plaint was filed," Morgan said.
Republican Party Executive
Director Michael Clingaman
declined to comment on the
dismissal Wednesday night,
saying he hadn't yet reviewed
it.
DANPAC, chaired by Ryen
Greer of South Carolina, was
formed to help Democratic
candidates across the nation.
State reports show the group
brought in $2,750 in 2006.
Tourism
• Continued from p1
executive director of Prestonsburg
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Baldridge said the park's dilemma is
finding a way to document everyone who
comes from outside the area. Polk added
that the park's budget is around $300,000,
with revenues averaging around $II 0,000
per year. He said with the amount of
money they currently receive from both
the city of Prestonsburg and the commission, they cannot afford to do what needs
to be done to bring in more out-of-town
visitors and qualify for additional funding.
A motion was passed to draft a letter to
the city to clarify the city's position on the
cap and to come up with a more comprehensive plan of what the city can do to
enhance tourism.
In other news, the commission
approved a grant proposal for $2,500 from
Dance Etc. for their winter festival at the
Mountain Arts Center. Mark Miller said
the festival, which brought in 49 dance
teams from eight counties, is exactly the
type of event the city needs more of to
bring in additional tourism dollars.
The board tabled discussion of the
Tourism Commission Audit until their
next monthly meeting so they can invite
the firm that conducted the audit attend
and answer any qustions the commission
may have.
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the result of an eight-month
investigation into the murder.
A third-degree rape charge
was brought against Tackett in
1993 in Floyd County and he
faced an unlawful imprisonment charge in Pike County in
1991. In both instances the
charges were dismissed.
The murder investigation
remains open as detectives
working the case have not
ruled out the possible involvement of other suspects.
Probe
• Continued from p1
returned.
Whites also declined to say
whether he thought any federal laws had been broken.
A provision in Rhorer's
order Wednesday, however,
required they remain confidential.
Paul Harnice, a defense
attorney representing the state
Transportation Cabinet, said
the proceedings of the special
graml jury that conducted the
investigation should remain
confidential.
"All we're saying is that
that concept, that tenet of law,
should remain in place,"
Hamice said.
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Volume 81, Issue 6
FLOYD COUNTY
briefs
PC to hold
King service
2 DAY FORECAST
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG -A plea agreement was unable to be reached
Thursday in the case of former May
Valley Elementary teacher's aide
Marty Mullins, and a trial date is likely
to be set during the next scheduled
motion hour in Floyd Circuit Court.
Commonwealth's Attorney Brent
Turner said he expects the trial date to
be set for some time in the spring or
this summer at the latest. Turner could
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not comment about the case, other than
to say the two sides were unable to
reach a plea deal.
Thursday's pretrial conference was
the third conference scheduled in the
case since last November in an effort to
settle the case without a trial. A trial
date for the case could be set as early as
Jan. 19.
Mullins was indicted last July following a yearlong investigation into
the abuse of several students that
allegedly occurred at the school
between January 2001 and September
2002.
Mullins faces 13 separate counts of
criminal abuse against a child under the
age of 12, with each charge carrying a
maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted. He also is being charged with
five counts of perjury after he allegedly lied while giving testimony during a
hearing in July 2004, when he said he
never made fun of a child's personal
appearance or locked a child in a bathroom, and was never notified about any
discontent with his job performance
before Sept. 17, 2002.
LESSONS
Mullins was originally charged with
six counts of perjury and nine counts of
criminal abuse when he was indicted
July 7 by a Floyd County grand jury.
After the jury listened to 14 witnesses
testify and reviewed hundreds of documents in the case, they decided that
there was enough evidence against him
to move forward.
The same jury issued a scathing
report in conjunction with the indictment, saying the school's staff, as well
(See MAY VALLEY, page three)
Three drug
cases heard
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m ctrcutt court
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
photo by Jessica Hale
Lt. Deputy Shawn Roop, with the Floyd County Sheriff's 0 partment, educated a classroom full
of Prestonsburg Head Start students Monday on the bas·cs of the war in Iraq. Roop, a soldier
himself, thinks it is important for children of all ages to be aware of the things that are happening between the two countries. Roop discussed things such as American uniforms, differences
in culture and also presented a slldeshow of photos taken by his platoon In Iraq.
Former It. gov. intends to file
for governor's race next week
The Associated Press
High: 57 • Low: 32
CASE'S
No plea deal in May Valley case
by ALEX SMITH
PIKEVILLE - Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. once said,
"The ultimate measure of a
man is not where he
stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but
where he stands at times
of challenge and controversy."
On Monday, the community is invited to join
Pikeville College as the
school honors the life and
works of Dr. King. The featured speaker will be the
Rev. Lester D. Lattany,
pastor of Mt. Zion
Missionary Baptist Church
in Kingsport, Tenn. The
fT. Pikeville College Concert
Choir will also pertorm
under the direction of
Jennifer Hughes, assistant
professor of music. The
program will begin at 2
p.m. in Booth Auditorium.
Lattany currently serves
as president and CEO of
the Johnson City Area
United Way Inc. A member
of the Greater Kingsport
Area Ministerial Alliance,
he is also involved in a
number of civic and educational boards and organizations in his community. He
has served in several leadership positions in the
church, including Sunday
school teacher, choir director, president of Faith
Searchers Young Adult
Auxiliary, deacon, and
financial analyst and
church accountant.
He earned his associate
degree from Brunswick
College in Georgia and his
bachelor's and master's
degrees from Tusculum
College in Tennessee.
Lattany, along with his
wife, Stephanie, are the
parents of two children,
Lester Demetrius and
Catrina Verae.
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LOUISVILLE Former
Lt. Gov. Steve Henry said he
intends to fLle his candidacy
papers to run for the
Democratic nomination for
governor on Wednesday.
"It will be a multi-city
announcement," he told The
Courier-Journal on Thursday.
Henry declined to discuss
details about his running mate,
except to say he's "pretty far
along" in vetting potential partners.
The Louisville orthopedic
surgeon said he does not intend
to put his wife, former Miss
French
America
Heath r
Henry, on the ticket.
But if Henry wins, he said
he
would
elevate
the
Department of Veterans Affairs
to a cabinet and name French
Henry to lead it. She would
make $1 a year, he said.
State Treasurer Jonathan
Miller, former Lt. Gov. Steve
Beshear, and Otis Hensley of
Harlan are also seeking the
Democratic nomination.
The deadline for candidates
to enter the governor's race is
Jan. 30.
PRESTONSBURG
Three Floyd County men
arrested earlier this year in
three separate drug raids by
agents working for the
Floyd County Drug Task
Force were in circuit court
Thursday to try and work
out plea agreements in their
cases.
Brent Holbrook, Billy
Stanley and Carlos Carbide
Little were each indicted in
September of drug traffick. g charges, each being
charged with two counts of
trafficking in a controlled
substance within 1,000
yards of a school. Little netted an additional charge of
second-degree trafficking in
a controlled substance.
Stanley's case was the
only one in which a deal
was reached on Thursday,
with him agreeing to enter a
guilty plea Jan. 19. Stanley
accepted the commonwealth's offer of two years
in prison, but will claim
during his sentencing hearing that the sentence should
be lessened due to medical
problems.
Holbrook and Little both
saw their hearings continued until next week.
Twenty-six year old
Brent Holbrook was the first
of the three men to be arrested when officers working
for the drug task force surrounded his home and executed an arrest warrant following two prior alleged
drug transactions with task
force agents. A search of his
home the morning of Sept.
20, which sits less than a
half-mile from South Floyd
High School, uncovered a
large amount of pills in
addition to scales used to
weigh and sort drugs.
Carlos Carbide Little,
53, was arrested a week
later to close out a sixmonth investigation into the
aUeged
drug-trafficking
habits out of his home in
Martin
near
the
Opportunities Unlimited
school. After allegedly conducting three undercover
drug buys with Little,
agents searched his home
and found a large number of
pills in a recreational vehicle parked in his back yard.
Agents found hydrocodone
pills, Xanax: tablets, several
types of prescription piJis,
marijuana, $1 ,500 cash and
scales in their search of the
RV. A 12-gauge shotgun
was found in the trunk of a
car and marijuana was also
found in the home.
As is standard procedure
for the task force, each man
was recorded on either
audio or videotape at least
twice
while
allegedly
engaged in a drug transaction with an undercover
agent working for the force.
The policy's purpose is to
help secure a conviction by
showing that they have sold
more than once, providing
evidence that the accused
will likely continue to deal
drugs.
Four Floyd County teachers
receive national certification
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
Four local teachers have received
national recognition for their extended
efforts to bring quality education into
our area.
National Board Certification, a voluntary process established by the
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards, is a performance
based assessment which measures
what accomplished teachers should
know and be able to do. Teachers who
earn this advanced credential are said
to be among the best qualified in the
nation to improve instruction, raise
student achievement, and improve
teaching practices in their classrooms,
schools and districts.
Wendy Poe, an art teacher at
Prestonsburg Elementary, is one of
four teachers in Floyd County to
achieve National Board Certification
in 2006. Poe has been a teacher in
Floyd County for 12 years and currently teaches art to 560 students at
Prestonsburg Elementary.
Poe holds a bachelor's degree in
elementary education K-4 and art K-
12 and a master's degree in elementary school counseling. Upon earning
the National Board Certification, Poe
has also earned a Rank I degree in
early and middle childhood art. She
will receive a $2,000 stipend each
year for her accomplishment.
"This process, although difficult
and time consuming, was the most
rewarding of my career," said Poe. "I
became more confident in my ability
to identify student learning and
achievement."
(See TEACHERS, page three)
Susan Greene
Amy Halbert
Wendy Poe
Sandra Stapleton
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• Clifford P. Childers, 92,
or
Prestonsburg,
died
Wednesday, December 27, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center,
in
Prestonsburg.
Funeral services were held
Saturday. December 30, under
the direction of the JonesPreston funeral Home.
• Grace Ousley Flanery,
94,
of
Martin,
died
Wednesday, January 10. at her
residence. Funeral services
were held Saturday, January
13, under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
• Eula Dean Little Frazier,
71, of Price, died Sunday,
January 7. at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. She is survived
hy her husband, Glenn 0.
Frazier. Funeral services were
held Tuesday, January 9. under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Gladis Holbrook, 72, of
David, died Thursday, January
4, at Mountain Manor Nursing
Obituaries
Warren Allen
Mitchell
Warren Allen Mitchell, age
56, of Harold, died Thursday,
January 11 , 2007, at his residence.
Born July 4, 1950, in
Craynor, he was the son of the
late Noah and Vcmie Osborne
Mitchell. He was a disabled
coal miner.
Survivors include a son and
daughter-in-Jaw:
Allen
Douglas and Mary Mitchell of
Harold; a daughter, Brittany
Mitchell of Betsy Layne; two
brothers: Bobby Mitchell of
Prestonsburg,
and
Larry
Mitchell of Clyde, Ohio; three
~isters: Carol Jean Mitchell of
Shelby, Susie Wicker of Ohio,
and Roxie Hamilton of
Craynor; and two grandchildren: Geneva Mae and Allen
Douglas Jr.
In addition to his parents,
ht> was prece~d in death by
two brothers: Billy Mitchell
and Charles Mitchell; and a
sister, Shirley Jean Mitchell.
Funeral services will be
held Sunday, January 14, at 11
a.m., at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin, with Old
Regular Baptist ministers officiating.
Burial will be in the
Mitchell Cemetery, at Mink
Branch in Craynor, under the
direction of Nelson-Frat:ier
Funeral Home.
Visitation , at the funeral
home.
(Paid obituary)
Home, in Paintsville. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
January 10 under the direction
of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
• David Marsillett Jr., 59,
of Prestonsburg, died Tuesday,
January 9. in Highlands
Regional Medical Center. He
ts survived by his wife, Doris
Craft Marsillett. Funeral services were held Friday,
January 12, under the direction
of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
• Warren Allen Mitchell,
56. of Harold. died Thursday,
January 11, at his residence.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday, January 14.
under the direction of NelsonFruier Funeral Home.
• Alice Josephine Prater.
86, of Ionia, Michtgan. a
native of Prestonsburg, died
Monday, January 8. Memorial
services were held Friday.
January 12, under the direction
of Schrauben-Lehman Funeral
Home.
• Julia Reffitt. 72, of
Langley,
died Thursday,
January II, at Our Lady of the
Way Hospital, in Martin.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 12, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Robert William "Bob"
Zeltner, 83, of Interlachen.
Florida,
died
Thursday,
January 4. at the Putnam
Community Medical Center,
in Palatka, Florida. He is survived by his wife, Nova Jean
Boyd
Workman
Zeltner.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday. January
10, under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
PIKE COUNTY
• Jackie Ray Blankenship.
30,
of
Stopover,
died
Wednesday, January 3, at Pike
Community
Hospital,
Waverly, Ohio. Funeral services were held Monday.
January 8. in the Stopover
Church of God, under direction of R.S. Jones & Son
Funeral Home.
• Lillie Branham. 79. of
Hardy,
died
Wednesday,
January
10,
at Trinity
Healthcare
Center
in
Williamson, W.Va. Funeral
services will be held Sunday.
January 14, at 1 p.m ., under
the direction of Hatfield
Funeral Home.
• Mary Brown, 63, of
Grimsley, a Pikeville native,
died Saturday, December 16,
at
Cookeville
Regional
\1edical Center. She is survived by her husband, Burton
Brown. Funeral services were
held Thursday, December 21.
under the direction of Jennings
Funeral Home, Clarkrange,
Tennessee.
• Jackie Chapman. 81, of
Huddy, a Martin County
native, died Sunday, January
7, at the South Williamson
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. She is survived by
her husband, William "Bill"
Chapman. Funeral services
were held Wednesday, January
I 0, under the direction of
Rogers Funeral Home.
• Kyler Grant Coleman,
son of Jason and Nicole Pinion
Coleman of Rockhouse, was
stillborn Friday, January 5, at
Pikeville Medical Center.
Graveside services were held
Sunday, January 7, under the
direction of Lucas and Son
Funeral Home.
• Esther Coleman, 65. of
Raccoon, died Thursday,
January 11, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Saturday,
January 13, under the direction
of Community Funeral Home.
• Mark Andrew Diles, 40,
of Phelps, died Friday, January
5. at his home. He is survived
by his wife, Billie Joann
Lassiter Diles. Funeral services were held Monday,
January 8, under the direction
of Phelps Funeral Services.
• Harvey Douglas Hardin,
63, of Freeburn, died Saturday,
January 6, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 9, under the
direction of R.S. Jones & Son
Funeral Home.
• Okeh Luke Harris, 52, of
Raccoon, died Thursday,
December 28, at Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Ruth Ann Howell
Harris. Funeral services were
held Sunday, December 31,
under
the
direction
of
Community Funeral Home.
• Delmon Hayton Jr. , 66,
of Pikeville, died Wednesday,
January 10, at his home. He is
survived by his wife, Joan
Hayton. Funeral services were
held Friday, January 12, under
the dtrection of Thacker
Funeral Home.
• Steven Clyde Jackson.
30, a Pike County native, died
December 23 7 at Jenny's
Creek, West Virginia. Funeral
services were conducted
Friday, at Jenny's Creek
Gospel Church, under the
direction
of
RichmondCallaham Funeral Home.
• James A. Justice, 86, of
East Shelbiana, died Sunday,
January 7, at Pikeville Medical
Center. He is survived by hi~
wife, Gladys Kinney Justice.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 10, under
the direction of Lucas & Son
1fo~ ~ r~
Funeral Home.
• Madge Sanders Justice,
I 0 l , of Ashcamp, died
Wednesday, January 10, at
Mountain View Health Care
Center, Elkhorn City. Funeral
services were held Friday,
January 12, under direction of
Bailey Funeral Home.
• Willie Justice Jr., 61, of
Greenville, a Pike County
native, died Sunday, January
7. He is survived by his wife,
Mary Simons Justice;. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
January 10, under the direction
of Thacker Funeral Home.
• James Gary Lee, 58, of
Pikeville, died Friday, January
5. at his residence. Funeral services were held Monday,
January 8, under the direction
of J. W. Call Funeral Home.
• Jack Donald Reed, 74, of
Williamson, W.Va., a Belfry
native, died Sunday, January
7, at the Charleston Area
Medical Center, Charleston,
W.Va. He is survived by his
wife, Ida Mae Williamson
Reed. Funeral services were
held Tuesday, January 9, under
the direction of R. E. Rogers
Funeral Home.
• Michael Allen Reprogel
Jr. (Woogie), 28, of Newtown,
West Virginia, a native of
South
Williamson,
died
Wednesday, January 10, at Rt.
6, Mate Creek Road, Mingo
County, W.Va. Funeral services were held Saturday,
January 13, under the direction
of R.E. Rogers Funeral Home.
•
Evelyn
Daugherty
Wolford Roberts, 80, of
Phelps, died Tuesday, January
9, at her home. Funeral services were held Friday,
January 12, iunder direction of
Phelps Funeral Services.
• Virginia Rutherford, 85,
of O'Fallon, Mo., formerly of
Grapevine, died Sunday,
January 7. Funeral services
were held Friday, January 12,
under the direction of Thacker
Funeral Home.
• Emerson Melvin "Bud"
Sanson, 75, of Stanton, formerly of Majestic, died
Sunday, January 7. at his
home. He is survived by his
wife,
Filomena
Sanson.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 10, under
the direction of R.S. Jones &
Son Funeral Home.
• Ricky Edward Vandyke,
42, of Grundy, Virginia, died
Thursday, January 4, at the
Pikeville Medical Center. He
is survived by hi~ wife,
Patricia Ann Deel Vandyke.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 6, under the
direction of Grundy Funeral
Home.
• Cleve Wolford, 84, of
Phelps, died Tuesday, January
9, at St. Joseph Hospital in
Lexington. He is survived by
his wife, Clara Campbell
Wolford. Funeral services
were held Sunday, January 14,
under direction of Phelps
Funeral Services.
MARTIN COUNTY
• Ruth Davis, 64, of Inez,
died Tuesday, January 2, at
Martin County Health Care
Facility in IncL. Funeral services were held Friday,
January 5, under the direction
of
Richmond-Callaham
Funeral Home.
•
Clay Maynard Jr.
'Scooby", 53, of Lovely, died
Saturday, January 8, at ARH.
He is survived by his wife,
Joan Newsome Maynard.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 9, under the
direction
of
RichmondCallaham Funeral Home.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Helen Frances Gray, 86,
of Paintsville, died Tuesday,
January 2, at King's Daughters
Medical Center, in Ashland.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 5, under the
direction of the Paintsville
Funeral Home.
• Marie Gullett Haney, 86,
of
Paintsville,
died
Wednesday, January 3, at Paul
B. Hall Regional Medical
Center, in Paintsville. Funeral
services were held Saturday,
January 6, under the direction
of the Jones-Preston Funeral
Home.
• Lillian Hitchcock, 90, of
Van Lear, died Tuesday,
January 2, at Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center, in
Paintsville. Funeral services
were held Thursday, January
4, under the direction of
Phelps & Son Funeral Home.
• Carlie Kestner, 42, o
Thealka,
died
Sunday,
December 31, at his residence.
He is survived by his wife,
Tammy Kestner. Funeral services were held Wednesday,
January 3, under the direction
of Childers Funeral Home.
• Francis Leon Slone, 50,
of Meally, died Tuesday,
January 9, at Paul B . Hall
Regional Medical Center. He
is survived by his wife, Lola
Butcher Slone. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Jan~\
14, 11 a.m. at the PaintsviiHsr
Funeral Home Chapel.
• Viola Miller Williams,
90, of Paintsville, died
Thursday, December 28, at the
Jackson
Nursing
Home.
Memorial services will be held
Sunday, January 14, at the
First Baptist Church of
Paintsville.
Arrangements,
under the direction of the
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home,
Hindman.
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PAINTSVILLE - Morehead State University's Small
Business Development Center
has announced the appointment of Philip D. Greene to
the position of general management consultant for the
Paintsville SBDC office.
The announcement was
made by Mike Morley, district
director for Morehead State's
East Kentucky Small Business
Development Center.
"This is an important addition for the Paintsville office,
which in connection with the
Pikeville office, covers I 0
counties," Morley said. "With
20+ years of 'business experience, both in private companies and in business for himself, Philip can provide our
clients with the knowledge and
assistance necessary to help
them make their business a
Philip D. Greene
success."
Greene is an MSU alumnus
where he received a Bachelor
of Business Administration
and Master of Business
Administration degrees. The
Floyd County native is a
licensed CPA in the state of
Kentucky.
The
Small
Business
Development Center provides
management consulting for
existmg businesses as well as
start-up companies. The center also provides training
workshops throughout the year
on recordkeeping and accounting, small business tax issues
and women and minority business owner issues.
The SBDC also provides
potential and existing business
owners
with
countless
research resources including
small business publications,
videos, demographic information, entrepreneurial start-up
guidance
and
Internet
resources.
The
Small
Business
Development Center is a onestop destination for business
information and assistance.
KHS launches new website
The Kentucky Historical
Society has launched a new
website that offers enhanced
content and services.
Visitors to the KHS Web
site at www.history.ky.gov can
explore a wide variety of features such as an online exhibit
of the Toyota Kentucky Hall of
Governors, conduct family
history and genealogical
research using KHS databases,
view KHS's calendar of
events, and plan a visit to the
Kentucky Historical Society's
History
Campus,
which
includes the Thomas D. Clark
Center for Kentucky History,
the Old State Capitol, and the
Kentucky Military History
Museum. Visitors can also
sign up for KHS's monthly enewsletter by submitting their
e-mail address on any page of
the Web site.
"We hope visitors notice
some of the positive changes
that come with this new Web
site which help us provide a
world-wide audience with the
best
Kentucky
history
resources,"
says
Kent
The office is located in
Paintsville at the Kentucky
Highlands
Entrepreneurial
Center, 120 Scott Perry Drive,
Teays Branch Road. Office
hours are Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
After-hours appointments are
available.
Additional information is
available by calling Greene or
Sabnna Jude at (606) 7886008 or (606) 788-6022.
Appointments mny be scheduled and walk-ins are welcome.
The
Small
Business
Development Center is patti ally funded by the U. S. Small
Business
Administration.
Small
Business
Administration funding is not
an endorsement of any products. opinions, or services.
Programs are extended to the
public on a non-discriminatory
basis. Reasonable accommodations provided for persons
with disabilities if requested
two weeks in advance.
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Whitworth, executive director
of KHS. "The new website is
another tool that assists KHS
in providing connections to the
past, perspective on the present, and inspiration for the
future."
News releases and general
announcements will also be
placed on the Web site. To post
a comment about the Web site,
suggest additional Web site
services, or suggest content
changes, visitors can use the
"Contact Us" section of the
website.
: Teachers
• Continued from p1
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Susan Greene, also a
teacher
at
Prestonsburg
Elementary, earned National
Board Certification for 2006.
Greene has been a teacher for
1~ years in both Paintsville
Independent Schools and the
Ployd County School District.
She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in education from
Morehead State University.
"The certification process
required me to analyze my
teaching methodology and
instructional strategies to
improve
student
performance," said Greene. "By participating in the National
Board Certification process, I
hoped to continue my professional growth as a classroom
teacher and receive national
recognition as an educator."
Allen Central Middle
May Valley
• Continued from p1
as county education administrators, had failed to protect the
safety and well-being of the
children by not taking immediate action upon notice of the
complaints.
A civil suit filed in
September 2003 by seven families against the school and
several employees after an
investigation by the Cabinet
for Families and Children
reported there was enough evidence to warrant the lawsuit.
That lawsuit was settled Jan.
14, 2005, when the defendants
in the case agreed to pay the
victims a lump sum payment
of $725,000.
Mullins was a defendant in
the case along with the Floyd
County Board of Education
and six other instructors,
including the school's principal, for failing to report the
allegations and investigate
them thoroughly.
A new incident report policy was enacted districtwide as
a result of the suit, making it
mandatory for staff members
to file a report whenever there
is an incident which requires
restraining a student.
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School also employs one of
the four teachers in the county
to receive the certification.
Sandra K. Stapleton, English
language arts teacher, received
the prestigious credential also.
Stapleton has been a teacher
for eight years and nolds and
master's degree with a Rank I
status in middle school education of mathematics and
English communications and a
K-8 Guidance Counselor
Certificate.
Stapleton says one of her
goals is to use the process for
enhancing student learning
during teaching experiences
and she encourages all
Kentucky teachers to seek certification.
"Achieving National Board
Certification is a testimony for
my dedication to the profession," Stapleton said.
Amy Halbert, math teacher
at Allen Central High School,
says she is thrilled to have
received the certification.
Halbert has been a teacher for
15 years and holds a master's
degree in secondary education
specializing in mathematics.
"The National Board for
Professional
Teaching
Standards guided me to refocus my efforts on helping all
my students to get the most out
of their education," said
Halbert. '" It has directed e to
be more aware of how my
teaching impacts my students."
The four teachers are
among 7,700 teachers nationwide who received the
National Board Certification
in 2006.
Roy E. Barnes, chair of the
NBPTS Board of Directors,
said, "The single most important school related factor in
raising student achievement is
the quality of the teacher in the
classroom. National Board
Certification strengthens and
reaffirms quality teaching
strategies, adds credibility to
the teaching profession, represents the profession's highest
standards, and has a positive
impact on student learning."
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Local Planning Committee
Forum and Meeting
The Floyd County Schools' Local Planning
Committee will conduct a PUBLIC FORUM
on January 24, 2007, at 6:00p.m. at the May
Valley Elementary School, 481 Stephens
Branch, Martin, Kentucky 41649. This
meeting is an informal gathering to encourage local participation through community
suggestions relative to future utilization of
existing school facilities and construction of
new school facilities. These community
suggestions or recommendations will be
closely monitored by the Local Planning
Committee in the Schools. This meeting will
be immediately followed by a meeting of the
Floyd County Local Planning Committee.
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And so, like Lord Raglan ordering the 13th Light Dragoons into
the Tennyson's "Valley of Death,'' like Denothor ordering Faromir
back to Osgiliath in "The Lord of the Rings," George W. Bush has
ordered 21,500 more U.S. troops into the streets of Baghdad.
There was something strangely chilling in the president's "new
way forward in Iraq" speech Wednesday night. Here was a man bent
on pursuing tactics that hardly anyone at the Pentagon, including the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, thinks will work. A concept that a majority of
the Congress, both Democrats and Republicans alike, oppose, as do
nearly two-thirds of the American public in new polls. A concept
and tactics that defy the bi-partisan gray eminences of the Iraq
Study Group and perhaps even his own father. A concept and tactics
that will be bought in blood. And yet, as Tennyson wrote:
"Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die."
Make no mistake: Someone has blundered again. Bush is determined to salvage something he can call "victory" out of the dog's
breakfast he has made of Iraq. If only he could; Iraq, and the world
as a whole, would be better off if the president's new way were to
work.
We hope he's right. We wish that this time the Iraq government
abides by its promises to achieve specific milestones in controlling
sectarian violence; we wish that Iraqi soldiers, thrust into a leading
role, this time will decide the notion and nation of "Iraq" are more
important than their religious preferences; we wish that other
nations in the Middle East will suddenly change their minds about
cooperating with the U.S.; we wish that the new U.S. billions will
be·spent on jobs programs that create opportunity - and not just for
graft. We wish that Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the new U.S. commander, will be able install the Army's new counterinsurgency tactics that he developed, winning hearts and minds in a hurry.
But wishing doesn't make it so.
''There's a reason t-o .t ry all of these ideas, and that's why we have
tried•them before," one U.S. official in Iraq told The Los Angeles
Times. "We're reliving all the issues that have been discussed since
2003. It's like 'Groundhog Day."' Four years ago, before the invasion, before the rise of sectarian militias, Army Chief of Staff Eric
K. Shinseki suggested "something on the order of several hundred
thousand soldiers" would be needed to contain post-war Iraq. Bush
now proposes to do it with 153,500 soldiers and Marines in the
midst of a full-blown civil war.
Many of them will be National Guard troops and reservists. By
next year, the only way for the Army and Marines to fill the slots in
Iraq will be to redeploy reserve units, thus breaking faith with its
citizen-soldiers. Many of the active duty troops who will be
"surged" into Baghdad are on their second or third tours in Iraq, and
now they find their deployments will be extended by three months.
The first of some 21,500 new troops to reach Baghdad are expected
to be the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division. Literally, a
light brigade.
Can't anybody stop this? Congress dithers. Rep. John Murtha, DPa., says he'll use his Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to
challenge it. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., wants the president to get re-authorization from Congress. But Sen. Joe Eiden, DOe!., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says,
"As a practical matter, there's no way to say, 'Mr. President, stop."'
Congress must swallow its doubts; military families must hold
their breath. Any effort by Congress to assert its constitutional powers over spending and choke off funding for the war would been
seen as imperiling U.S. troops, whose peril only will grow as the
politicians argue. It's damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Damned is the correct word.
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owry Column
America gets
richer
If you don't yet believe that we
live in a de facto caste system, just
wait until the new Democratic economic populists take over Congress.
They will rely on the usual myths to
portray the American economy as an
engine of inequity and dispossession,
benefiting only the very rich.
In advance of this onslaught, Cato
Institute scholar Alan Reynolds has
written a new book, "Income and
Wealth," that explodes much of the
downbeat economic conventional
wisdom.
The key difference between the
richest and poorest households,
Reynolds finds, is simply work:
"Most income in the top fifth of
households is from two or more people working full time. Most income
in the bottom fifth is from government transfer payments." According
to the Census Bureau, there are
almost six times as many full-time
workers in the top households as in
the boltom, and 56.4 percenl of the
bottom households didn't have anyone working at all in 2004.
For Reynolds, the small number of
workers in poor households casts
doubt on the category of the "working poor." A member of the working
poor is commonly defined as someone earning an hourly wage too small
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ership of stocks, bonds and larger
homes less concentration of
wealth, rather than more."
The economy is not a zero-sum
game, frozen in place. A Business
Week article in 2004 reported that the
top 50 percent of families own 95
percent of the
country's
assets, meaning
"the gains from
nsmg wealth
have effectively
left out half the
population."
Reynolds
explains
that
the
wealthy
tend to be older
and more estab'
.lished.
They
will be replaced by younger wo,rker~
as they age in turn.
What's most important. to wealth
creation in the long run is human capital, and that has become more widely dispersed. According to Reynolds,
"fewer than 8 percent of those above
the age of 25 had a college degree in
1960, but that fraction doubled to
more than 16 percent in 1980, and
nearly doubled again to almost 28
percent in 2004."
It is America - not just the rich
- that is getting richer, even if
Washington's newly empowered
populists don't want to hear it.
000
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
beyond the Jeltway
Gerald Ford
wasn't so hot
after all
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to support a family of four. But
Reynolds points out that most of
these low-wage workers "are not supporting more than one person." He
notes that the poverty rate among
married couples was just 5.4 percent
in 2003, and a mere 2.6 percent
among
fulltime, year-round
workers more
than 16 years of
age.
"The vanishing
middle
class" is another
concept
Reynolds doesn 't buy. If the
middle class is
perpetually
defined as those
earning between $35,000 and
$50,000, it will constantly vanish as
people get richer. In this vein, one
liberal study complained that 31.3
percent of families earned more than
$75,000 in 2002, whereas only 11.1
percent earned that much in 1969.
"By this measure," it concluded,
"America's broad middle class has
been shrinking." No, members of the
middle class were getting richer.
The New York Times reported in
2005 that the number of households
with assets worth more than $10 million grew 400 percent since 1980.
The Times called this a sign of
increasing concentration of wealth.
Reynolds counters, "Having four
times as many wealthy households in
2001 as in 1980 suggests wider own-
Gerald Ford died last week to generally excellent reviews. Obituaries
were careful to point out that he was
a decent man. You heard that again
and again. (It tells you something
about Washington that being thought
decent is enough to qualify you for
sainthood.)
I don't know about that; I never
met the man let alone had him toast
me an English muffin (which seemed
to be the credential that verified one's
standing in the Washington press
corps, having had him toast your
muffin) but I will tell you this:
No one who gave us Donald
Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney can be
all good.
You could argue I suppose that
both Rumsfeld and Cheney were
spawn of the evil Richard Nixon
since it was his White House they
entered first. But it was Ford- good
old decent Jerry Ford - who drew
them into the inner sanctums of the
White House, making one first, then
the other his Chief of Staff and raising Rumsfeld to the exalted status of
Defense Secretary.
If you want to pick a moment in
our recent history when things began
to go seriously wrong, it was then.
Rumsfeld and Cheney have been
with us in one guise or another ever
since, throwing sand in the gears of
democracy, dragging us toward perpetual warfare. I would classify Mr.
Ford as one of those modest men who
had a great deal to be modest about.
He had other flaws too. Early in
his congressional career, he advocated impeaching Supreme Court
Justice William 0. Douglas because
Douglas had published
an article in what he
considered a "pornographic" magazine. (It
wasn't.)
Still, he was not a
right-wing zealot; he
was more the kind of
fellow you'd meet at
the head table at the
Kiwanis or Rotary.
Decent.
You could argue that
after the fury of the
administrations of Lyndon Johnson
and Richard Nixon, the chaos of the
Sixties, he was the calm presence the
nation needed.
If only he hadn't pardoned
Richard Nixon. Those of us of a certain age and political persuasion had
spent our entire political lives hating
Richard Nixon. We thought we'd tied
garlic around his neck when he lost
the presidency to Jack Kennedy in
1960, then the California governorship two years later. He even told us
he was through. ("You're not going
to have Dick Nixon to kick around
anymore," he said.) But he kept coming back, and back.
And when he was forced to resign
his presidency in 1974, we wanted to
make sure he was gone once and for
all - no more comebacks. We wanted him in jail.
Then Ford went and pardoned
him, thereby cheating half the nation
of its just revenge. Ford always
claimed he never made a pardon deal
with Nixon and I suppose I believe
him. (Hey, he's decent. Would he
lie?) But if there's one thing the
episode taught me, it was this: When
you get a vampire down, you drive a
stake through his heart.
Ford paid a price for his leniency.
It was the pardon as
much as anything
that caused him to
lose the next election
to Jimmy Carter. But
he was also made the
target of cheap shots
(some of which were
mine) by a less than
serious press (some
of which was me).
This former allAmerica
football
player had the misfortune to stumble and fall in public
once or twice and from then on, the
pratfall became the metaphor for the
clumsiness of his administration.
He was also labeled dumb, which,
as a graduate of the University of
Michigan and Yale Law School, he
most certainly was not.
What he was, was a little stolid
and, of course, decent.
He led a long and successful life,
filled with good fortune, and he
leaves behind few enemies. (Of
Nixon's "enemies list," he one said:
"If you need a list to keep track of
your enemies, you've got too many
enemies.")
All of us should be so lucky.
I"JC10
Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer
Prize-losing Washington correspondent who, by his own account, is right
more than he:~ wrong. Email him at
donald.kau/2@1·eri;:_on.net.
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
That World
'Relentless'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and fanner
publisher Norman Allen wrote a weekly column that looked at Floyd County
through his eyes. His columns are
being reprinted due to request.
If I change jobs, it will not be to
go into the weather-forecasting
business ...But, with the "outs" I
granted myself, and with a bit of
tacking and filling, my long-range
forecast made last week was as
accurate as what you get from
most of the experts.
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
Duff Elementary School Fall Classic winners
TRY IT SOMETIME
Children, these days, do not
know the real comforts of a bed.
Central heating, furnaces, insulation and other conveniences make
it impossible. To know how delectable a bed is, you must awaken to
look outside on a world of snow
and ice, in a room where the frost
has made fancy patterns on the
windows and the temperature is
down to near-freezing. You must
know that the touch of a bare foot
on the uncarpeted floor will be like
ice, that you'll have to build a fire
in the grate-and that, there isn't a
stick of wood or a lump of coal in
the house. Only then can you
know how delightful it is to remain
in bed, beneath a load of quiltsand never mind the day or the
time, or world events, or anything
much.
BUSINESS GOES TO THE
DOGS
"Dognapping" appears to be
among the more prevalent of
Floyd crimes, these days. The
~ report we have is that a Tennessee
man is buying dogs at the rate of
10 cents a pound, and that certain
individuals have been, as a consequence, conducting a winter
roundup, corralling every dog,
stray or cherished pet, they can
find, then on Fridays taking the
week's collection to Pikeville to
market.
For those involved in the dogmarket, we suggest:
1. That they read a little boy's
ad in this week's Times by which
he hopes to recover his pet.
2. That the purchaser of these
.., dogs will consider that, in many
cases, he is receiving stolen property.
Moreover, we'd like to know
when times got so hard in eastern
Kentucky that the going price for a
dog was as low as 10 cents a
pound. I have owned, or been
owned by, some pretty onery mutts
in my day, but I have never had a
dog that wasn't worth at least a
dollar a pound-if he was for sale
at any price.
JUST BREAKING
THE SAD NEWS
I've heard this one from various
angles, one time with the mayor of
a certain town as one of the characters, another with a preacher in
his stead. It runs to this effect:
The preacher telephoned a
nearby funeral home to tell the
director thereof that a mule had
exercised the poor judgment of
(See ALLEN, page six)
South Floyd High School Fall Classic winners
Fall Classic attendance winners
Students in Floyd County
Schools responded excitedly during
the Fall Classic attendance competition. The Fall Classic ran during
the month of October, 2006 and
proved to be successful. The Fall
Attendance Classic is one of three
competitions occurring this school
year. Attendance district-wide for
the month was 93.7 percent compared to 92.7 percent for the same
period last year. Congratulations to
all Floyd County students, staff, and
parents with special recognition to
the schools with best attendance
during the month. The schools with
best attendance in October were:
• High School Winner - South
Floyd High School
A IIe n
• Middle SchoolElementary School (Middle School
Students)
• Elementary School D u f f
Elementary School
Celebration events recognizing
over 744 students occurred at these
schools. Students and staff were
presented with a banner to display
at their schooL a cookout for all students and staff, and a c.ommercJ<ll
recognizing the school.
The Fall Classic Attendance
Keeping the harvest
by CAROL McADOO REHME
"CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GARDENER'S
SOUL"
He rounded the comer where cornstalks still stood, tattered heroes of the
garden patch. Late-afternoon sunlight
filtered through a canopy of bare
branches, laying down a grid of shadows. Undei;foot, the crunch of dry,
caramel-colored leaves sounded the
m-usic of a Colorado autumn.
It was the season for "after harvest." Or, what Emma called their
"time of plenty." A time to count their
many blessings. Long after the last
sun-ripened tomato was picked, the
last of the autumn raspberries eaten
and the garden put to bed for the winter, his wife alway!> insisted on seeking out the later gifts of nature.
Fred knew the best places to start.
Hadn't he searched and gathered on
every square foot of this property for
44 years now? Planted it~ Tended it?
If Emma were here, she'd be out here
with him.
But Emma wasn't here. So he
would do alone what they had always
rejoiced in doing together.
At the grape arbor. Fred took out
his pocketknife and cut away aged
vines, careful to take only the overgrowth. When he had enough, he
tuck.ed and plaited, wove and
wrapped, shaping the supple lengths
to form a wreath.
At the lir of t11l'Ir hand-dug pond.
rred pawed through the disheveled
heads of cattail\. Finding l\~O -;till
nappy and whole. he snapped them
from their stalks and laced them
through one side of the urcle.
At the fence line, f--rt>d clipped u
few twigs of juniper bcrnes and har-
competition is one part of the "Got
School Attendance Campaign" that
began last school year. The attendance campaign is intended to
increase awareness about the
importance of school attendance
and recognize students for attendance. Our thanks to Wai-Mart
BeiiSouth. Highlands Regional
Hospital, Pepsi, CitiLens National
Bank, Community Trust Bank,
Coalfields. Western Construction
and Nortcl, for contributions last
year. Their support has made this
and many other attendance recognitions and events possible.
vested two feathe ry plumes from the
towering pampas grass.
Thick fingers knew
automatically where
to put them, how to
secure them.
He
paused
beneath a naming
mountain ash. lts
clumps of jacko' -lantern-orange
berries added d festive touch. SatJ-;Iied,
he studied the wreath,
inspecting it for soundne ...s. For balance. For beauty.
The drive to the AILhcimer's unit
wa~ ~hort and pleasant. Humming
under his breath, Fred nodded a greet-
A pair of detectives track a serial
killer who appears to be choosing his
victims from the phone book in this
edgy thriller that beget three sequels.
Urbanites fear two things, with
random acts of violence being numero
uno. This film exploits that fear quite
effectively, though it totally ignores
the second greatest city-life fear,
which involves air conditioners
falling from high rise apartments and
threatening passers by.
The film begins with a slow pan
over L.A. to set the scene and establish that the place
is so big that no
individual matters much. The
camera identifies
a lone figure jogging and we follow him home,
where he receives
a phone message
asking if he will
be home that
Tom Dotv
night because the Times Columllst
caller plans to kill
him.
The jogger takes the tape to the
police, who say that it will be examined within 48 hours due to a high
volume of evidence that came in
ahead of it. The man gawks but does, n't appear surprised. He is, however,
very surprised when he arrives hbmel
and is promptly set upon by a
walleyed maniac who makes good on
his phone threat.
Meanwhile Detective Sam Dietz is
glimpsed at home before heading in
for his first day as a plain clothes
investigator. We learn that he is a
transplant form New York and that he
is anxious to make a good first
impression. Unfortunately for Dietz,
he gets the case of the jogger from the
opening. Later he and his grizzled
partner receive the first of many clues
which amount to pages torn from the
phone book with the victim's address
and phone number listed therein.
Each page also includes a note asking when they will stop him and
pleading for an end to the killer's torment. It turns out to be difficult for the
pair to raise any sympathy as the
killer continues to operate on a daily
basis.
Things get ratcheted up to another
level when the assassin targets Dietz
and makes it personal. None of this
helps Dietz make the adjustment to
his new position any easier, but he
eventually begins to put the pieces
together which leads to a grim finale
at his own home, where he is forced to
use deadly force in his own kitchen.
It's a crackerjack finale to a tense
story and delivers the goods, which
included three more outings for Dietz.
What makes this crime drama click
is
excellent
directing
from
horror/crime guru William Lustig,
who scored previously with "Maniac
Cop." Here he crafts a story about the
kind of excessively bad parenting
which creates killers and he doesn't
shy away from scenes of the abuse
which fostered the film's killer.
There is no mystery as to who the
killer is as Lustig introduces you to
(See LAGOON, page six)
ing at the nurses' station and walked
into the day room.
Emma stared unseeingly out the bank of windows
while
her
veined hand plucked
rhythmically at her
blouse. Erect laid
his offering on a
round table and
leaned to kiss her.
"Look what I
made today, sweetheart. It's 'after harvest,' and the property
is brimming with all your
favorite things." Fred pointed to the
circle. Emma's bleached-blue eyes
(See SOUP, page
~ix)
�A6 •
SUNDAY, JANUARY
14, 2007
THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Specialti
by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
I have a 2005 Honda Odyssey that
needs new tires after only 32,000
miles, and a neighbor has the same
issue. They are run-flat tires. My tire
dealer says I cannot just buy new runflat tires; I have to also replace the
rims, and only the dealer can do it.
The dealer agrees with the requirement of replacing the rims with the
run-flats at a cost of $580 per
tire/wheel combination. He says it's
possible to just replace the tires, but
he can' t do it, and says I'd have to go
to another dealer for that. Is this for
real - almost $2,400 for new tires?
Can I just mount regular tires on my
current run-flat rims, and tell the runflat industry to run away? - Mike
TOM: Doesn ' t that frost your
Fruit of the Looms, Mike? Actually,
32,000 miles is pretty good for a set
of run-flats.
RAY: We're seeing a lot of run-flat
sticker shock these days. When folks
go in for their first set of replacement
tires and find out that the tires themselves cost three times as much and
last only half as long as conventional
tires, they panic.
TOM: And do crazy things ... like
write to us!
RAY: The high-end Touring edi-
s cause sticker shock
tion of the Odyssey came with runflat tires. And run-flats are expensive.
They have additional supports in the
sidewall that allow them to hold up
the weight of the car, even when
there's no air in them.
TOM: The rims (aka wheels) that
hold the run-flat tires are specially
designed, roo. They have large lips.
Like my Aunt Brunhilda.
RAY: The lip, or "land," is the outside edge of the wheel, what the bead
of the tire presses out against. The
larger lip makes mounting any tire on
that rim - even the run-flats - a
challenge.
TOM: Some dealers can't even
mount run-flats because they don't
have the proper machine. Your dealer
sounds like one of them. If you don't
have the right equipment, you can
cause the installer bodily injury and
ruin the tire-pressure monitor that's
built into the valve stem. That's why
your Honda dealer is sending you
elsewhere.
RAY: And you ' d be well-advised
to go elsewhere. The run-flat tires for
your Odyssey sell for about $240
each. The extra labor involved in
mounting them adds about $100 to
the cost. But still, that's $340 a tire
instead of $580.
TOM: I suppose if you were really determined to get rid of the run-
flats , you could buy a whole new set
of regular wheels, and put a regular
set of tires on them. But that would
get pretty expensive, too. Plus you' d
have to buy a spare tire, and you'd
lose your car's tire-pressure monitoring system, since it's designed for the
run-flat rims.
RAY: So I'd say the best of the
bad options is to find a dealer who
can sell you just the new run-flat
tires·, and suck it up, Mike. You're
paying double what you'd normally
pay for tires in exchange for the
peace of mind of never having to
change a tire by the side of a busy
expressway. In the rain. Finding out
that the lug nuts are too tight. And
your spare is flat. We're trying to help
you look on the bright side, Mike.
Work with us here!
Putting out fires
Dear Tom and Ray:
My hubby is getting a '69 Dodge
Coronet 440 restored, and the fellow
who is doing the work has routed the
new gas line through the wheel well.
Is this a safety hazard? The car
caught fire twice already (both were
electrical fires), and the gas line is on
my side of the car (passf)nger). I do
keep a fire extinguisher next to me at
all times when I ride with him, but I
just want to know if I need to buy
another extinguisher to put out gas
fires, too. - Linda
RAY:
Should
you carry another
fire
extinguisher
with you? Yes maybe two or three.
A flame-retardant
suit and a football
helmet wouldn't be
bad ideas, either.
TOM: Not so
much because of the .........~••
fuel
line,
but
because the car has
already tried to fry
you twice. That's
not exactly a vote of confidence in
the guy who's doing the restoration.
RAY: I don't think the fuel line is
terribly unsafe in the wheel well.
Mter all, the line is made of steel, and
it's usua1ly routed underneath the car,
where it's subject to road debris and
tall armadillos. So it's pretty tough.
TOM: On the other hand, in the
wheel well it would be subject to
debris being hurled at it from a spinning tire. And if you're going 75
miles an hour, some of the stuff coming off the tires could be going 150
mph. Or if you have a blowout, a
piece of the tire itself could even
strike the fuel line. And that may be
more than the line is
designed to take.
RAY: So I'd have
him move it back to its
normal position. Why
not? In fact, it's probably easier to route it
under the car than it is
to take it through the
wheel well.
TOM: I don't know
why he put it there,
Linda. But have him
put it back in its traditional place. It's easy
to do, and it'll mean
one less fire you'll
have to put out over the
coming weeks.
000
To buy or not to buy - options,
that is. Are options w.orth what you
pay for them, or are you better offjust
going with the basics? Order Tom
and Ray 's pamphlet "Should I Buy,
Lease, or Steal My Next Car ?" to
find out. Send $4.75 (check or money
order) to Next Car, PO. Box 536475,
Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
Got a question about cars? Write
to Click and Clack in care of this
newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting
the Car Talk Web site at
www.canalk.com.
Odds & Ends
• YONKERS, N.Y. - A
homeowner used a kitchen fire
extinguisher to beat back an
intruder before catching him
early Thursday, police said.
The homeowner woke up
around 1:30 a.m. when he
heard a man banging on the
kitchen door and fumbling
with the doorknob while trying
to get in, police said. When the
homeowner opened the door to
see who was there, the man
barged in.
The homeowner, fearing for
the safety of his wife and children upstairs, grabbed the fire
extinguisher, sprayed the
intruc\er with foam, smacked
him over the head and held him
on the floor, said police, who
arrested the thug and took him
to a hospital.
The intruder, who was treated for minor injuries, was
scheduled to be arraigned late
Thursday in Yonkers City
Court on a felony charge of
second-degree attempted burglary, police said.
In the letter, the man said he
had
been
traveling
in
Scandinavia with his young
brother and girlfriend, now his
wife, when they stopped in
Lorn, a town of about 2,300
people 155 miles north of
Oslo.
He said he shoplifted about
$15 worth of items from a
local store, which he recalled
only as "a souvenir shop with
a big parking lot." He asked
Bjoergen to find the shop
owner and give him the check,
and if that was not possible to
use the money for a good
cause.
Bjoergen finally found
retired 78-year-old shop owner
Gabriel Lund, who owped the
Fjoset gift shop in 1970, and
gave him the check.
In a letter to the German,
the Mayor said Lund asked
him to say "that he forgives
you" and that he had given the
money to the local retirement
home to do something nice for
its residents.
• PORTLAND, Ore. - A
20-pound stray cat whose girth
got him stuck in a pet door
while trying to plunder some
dog food was reunited with his
owner Thursday.
Owner Geoff Ernest said
the tubby tabby, Hercules,
went missing while he was in
Seattle for a lung transplant six
months ago.
Jadwiga Drozdek, who lives
in suburban Portland, found
the feline stuck in the dog door
of her home a few days ago,
helped free him and gave him a
plate of food on her patio.
While at the Humane
Society, Hercules was diagnosed
with
Feline
Immunodeficiency Virus, similar to HIV in humans.
The society says cats can
live years with the virus and
still make good pets, but owners should keep them indoors
to keep it from spreading.
Veterinarians say about 40
percent of America's cats are
obese, putting them at risk for
a variety of diabetes-related
disorders.
Hercules, meanwhile, has
had his 15 minutes of fame ,
piling up stacks of hits on
YouTube and other Web sites.
• SYRACUSE, N.Y. Brian Valentino sure picked
the wrong hiding place to
elude police. The 33-year-old
burglary suspect was being
transported yesterday to the
Onondaga County jail in
Syracuse when he kicked out a
back window of the police car
and dove headfirst through the
opening.
Still handcuffed, Valentino
ran a short distance and
ducked into a building, where
he ran down a hallway and hid
behind a door.
There was one problem.
His hiding spot was inside the
headquarters of the county
sheriff's office. Apparently,
Valentino didn' t notice the big
yellow star on the entrance.
A retired deputy working
part time in the building
noticed the snow-covered,
handcuffed man dash into the
lobby. He followed him down
the hall and held onto
Valentino until the officer he
escaped from arrived on the
scene.
Valentino now faces additional charges for the escape
attempt.
•
OSLO, Norway
Thirty-six years of suffering a
guilty conscience finally has
proven too much for a German
who shoplifted from a small
store while on vacation in
Norway in 1970.
Seeking to make amends,
he sent a check for $375 to the
small mountain town of Lorn,
and asked them to find the
shopkeeper, Mayor Simen
Bjoergen said on the town's
Internet site on Thursday.
"For many years, my conscience has bothered me. With
the enclosed check, I hope to
free myself from that and
request your help," wrote the
German, whose name was not
released. "I would also like to
ask for forgiveness for the
wrong I did so long ago."
• ATMORE, Ala. - A
man shot a friend when the
two got into an argument over
James Brown's height, police
said.
Dan Gulley Jr. was charged
with assault in the shooting of
David James Brooks Jr., police
said.
Officers said the men were
at a friend's home on Monday
when, according to witnesses,
the argument over the height
of "The Godfather of Soul"
escalated, with Gulley shooting Brooks twice in the
abdomen. Brooks went to his
car, got a gun and shot at
Gulley but missed, then went
to the police station, officers
said.
Gulley, 70, also went to the
station and told police he had
shot Brooks. He remained in
the Escambia County Jail on
Wednesday.
Police said Brooks, 62, was
taken
to
a
hospital.
Information on his condition
was not available.
The Press-Register of
Mobile said officers did not
believe alcohol was a factor in
the argument.
Brown, who was known to
wear lifts, died of heart failure
Dec. 25 at age 73. Accounts of
his height vary.
• NEW PORT RICHEY,
Fla. - Eve and Steven Greene
made a simple plea to the burglar who broke into their
house: Keep the valuables.
Return the cremated remains
of their 4-year-old son.
"Just drop it off somewhere
with a note on it," Steven
Greene said. "And that'll be
that."
It worked.
Someone left the urn containing the ashes of 4-year-old
Zachary Greene at the end of
the
Greenes'
driveway
Wednesday morning, two days
after it was taken in a burglary.
Police said a burglar broke
into the home, snacked · on
Cheerios and tracked mud all
over the house as he filled pillowcases with about $10,000
worth of valuables - and
Zachary's ashes.
Zachary died of cancer in
2005. His parents kept the urn
above their fireplace next to a
Play Doh fire truck Zachary
made before he died.
• WISCONSIN RAPIDS,
Wis. - The city will soon find
out if its campaign to keep the
stink out of a rink is working.
The Witter Field ice rink
has a 2-year-old, $196,000
warming house - as well as a
not-so-savory reputation for
its late-season odor.
Bill Mohr says visits to the
rink often end back home at
the washing machine to clean
his daughters' winter clothes
of the stink after they fall on
the ice.
"You ask just about anybody who goes out there and
they will tell you. ... It's almost
like a sewer," Mohr said.
Dan Morzewski, relief
supervisor with the city's Park
and Recreation Department,
said the problem isn' t believed
to be the ice but the dead grass
beneath it.
In late January and
February, sunshine heats the
ground and causes an ooze of
mud and grass that bubbles to
the surface at soft spots in the
ice, he said.
"We end up with what we
call boils - areas where it
boils up kind of like a volcano," Morzewski said. "It
smells in my opinion like
manure."
Because of the mild winter
this year, the city has only
opened the rink two days, but
a cold snap this week allowed
for reflooding the rink to
reopen it for the rest of the season, he said.
If the weather cooperates,
skaters should learn in coming
weeks whether the city solved
the problem this year by scraping away the grass before
flooding the rink.
Even if it works, there will
be more questions for the city,
Morzewski said
like
whether it will be cost-effective to go through the scraping
operation and then have to
replant grass each spring.
•
TUCSON, Ariz.
Residents of a neighborhood
next to the University of
Arizona say small white rats
have been swimming through
sewer pipes and into their toilets.
Laura Hagen Fairbanks,
spokeswoman for the county's
Wastewater
Management
Department, said she doesn't
know where the rodents come
from, though they are the kind
researchers use in labs.
University representatives
note that the same type of rats
are sold in pet stores as food
for snakes and other animals.
George
Humphrey,
spokesman for the Arizona
Health Sciences Center, said
university researchers follow
strict guidelines for their lab
specimens. Lab rats are euthanized, then double-bagged in
biowaste plastic bags before
they are taken to Phoenix and
cremated.
"There would be no evidence that these are connected
to us, and I wouldn't want that
to become an urban myth,"
Humphrey said.
Hagen Fairbanks said no
one knows why the rats are
found in only one small area of
town 'or why they show their
faces only once or twice a
year.
Making it from the sewer
up the lines into someone's
toilet is a difficult trip, she
said.
A four-inch wide pipe
called the house connection
sewer runs from the house to a
sewer main. There's no "trap
door" or other barrier in place,
she said.
If the lines are running, the
rats have to hold their breath
and swim uphill in the pipes
against the water current.
"If the rat makes it through
your HCS, that's a determined
rat," she said.
When caJls come in, the
department can dispose of the
rat if the homeowner hasn' t
done so already. County workers then flush the sewer line as
a precaution to keep any others
from making their way up.
Lagoon
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him at the outset. Here Lustig
helps his film out tremendously by casting a post "Brat
Pack" Judd Nelson in the role
of the madman. Nelson swings
for the fences here and succeeds admirably.
In what has to be his best
screen outing, he resists the
urge to make the killer an overthe-top madman and settles for
crafting a socially inadequate
loser who has been stripped of
all self-esteem and willingness
to live. The character is dying
to be put out of his misery but
doesn' t have the courage to do
so himself and instead begins
hunting others in the hope that
he will be put down without
mercy. It's not your typical villain and Nelson understands
that fac't and relishes it.
He gets admirable support
from screen veteran Robert
Loggia, who is well cast as
Dietz's partner who is just
counting the day s till he 's
ready to retire.
Despite the stellar le ads it is
third-billed Leo Rossi who
steals the film. It is a fine bit of
stunt casting as audiences at
the time this was released only
knew Rossi as a sneering coward who incited the rape of
Jodie Foster in 1988's "The
Accused." Rossi is a revelation here and plays Dietz as a
wise ass who has more on the
ball than his partner or adversary gives him credit for.
Despite not getting roles anywhere near as good since this
film, you can still enjoy this
character for the next three
films in the series, though
number two was so awf ul
Rossi is about the only reason
I'd recommend it.
Another reason to check
this one out is an early screen
appearance
by
Locky
Lambert. Though the Internd
Movie Database states she was
born in Florida, this fin e
actress grew up in Floyd
County and still drops by on
occasion. Locky (or Elizabeth)
began [fer movie career by
doing extensive work in the
horror genre, with turns in
"Class of Nuke'em High,"
"The Bare Fish Project" and
"Witchcraft 3." Though she
has since gone on to rack up
plenty of TV gigs, with
appearances on "Jack and
Jill," among others, she did an
admirable job of bringing class
to plenty of B-movies. Here
she has a small role as a victim
who just happens to be in the
wrong place at the wrong time.
So if you ' re a fan of horror
movies you might just want to
check out some of Locky's
resume and keep an eye out for
her when you grab a rental.
Her best work is in a low-budget crime thriller called
"Detour," in which she holds
her own with accomplished
Michael
thespians
like
Madsen, Jeff Fahey and Gary
Busey.
Best line: "I called to see if
you were home. I have to kill
you tonight."
1989, rated R.
Allen
• Continued from pS
lying down on the church lawn
and giving up the ghost.
The undertaker wasn ' t
looking for that kind of
remains, so he told the preacher: "You're in the funeralizin'
business so why don ' t you
take care of the body?"
"I could," retorted the
preacher, "but when I do, I
always take time to notify the
next of kin."
One fisherman told me that
he heard a bluebird singing
outside his window, Tuesday
morning. Another suggested
we load up with nig htcrawlers
and go jigging. It was indicated that spring is just around
the corner and that hope again
was springing in the angler's
breast. But by nightfall the jig
was up, temporarily at least,
for the snow was coming
down.
"Why, looky here. Pampa~
grass. And cattails, two of
them. One for you and one for
me." Her tentative finger
traced the velvety lengths.
"And, oh, sweetie, these
beauties are clustered thick on
the mountain ash. Nearly had
to fight off the grackles to get
them this year!"
Emma was smiling. Fred
squeezed her hand and grinned
back. If she couldn't tromp
through the season herself,
then he would bring those
blessings to her. After all, it
was a "time of plenty" - plenty of memories.
And Fred had gathere d
enough for both of them .
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Soup
• Continued from pS
focused on the wreath.
"Just see how thick and
sound the grapevines are now,
Emma. Remember how you
insisted we plant those spindly
things the very first year we
moved to the farm ?" Stilling
her hand with his own, he
guided her fingers around the
broad circle.
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Garrett Christian • A9
Lady Bears • A10
Sunday Classifieds • A11
Letcher Central holds off Ladycats
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - For one half,
Betsy Layne controlled Wednesday's
game against defending 14th Region
champion Letcher County Central.
Take away the third quarter and Betsy
Layne was the better team. After being
on the losing end of a 23-18 score at
• halftime, Letcher County Central
1
outscored Betsy Layne 22-6 in the
third quarter and held on in the final
eight-minute frame, beating the
Ladycats 52-48.
AshJey Sexton led Letcher County
Central with a game-high 18 points.
Sexton was one of two players to
score a dozen or more points for the
Lady Cougars. Tierra Baker tossed in
KHSAA Board
approves FB State
"' Finals schedule
12 points for Letcher County Central.
Sarah Brashear narrowly missed double figures for Letcher County
Central, adding nine points.
The Lady Cougars were 18-of-28
from the free throw line. Betsy Layne
limited Letcher County Central to just
14 successful field goals. Letcher
County Central connected on a pair of
three-point field goals as Sexton made
a successful connection on each of the
long-range tries.
The win was Letcher Central's
third straight victory. T~e Lady
Cougars improved to 12-4.
Betsy Layne outscored Letcher
Central 12-8 in the first quarter. The
Ladycats started strong and also had a
stout effort late, outscoring Letcher
County 19-12 in the final quarter
Taylor Hott led Betsy Layne with
18 points. Hott, who shared gamehigh scoring honors with Letcher
Central's Sexton, made a game-high
seven field goals.
Junior Kaitlin Lawson was the only
other Betsy Layne player in double
figures. Lawson tossed in 11 points for
the Ladycats. Krista r!anery just
missed double figures for Betsy
Layne, scoring nine points.
Betsy Layne made 17 field goals
and connected on 14-of-28 free throw
attempts. The Ladycats didn't connect
on any three-point field goal tries.
Megan Hamilton added three
points and Amby Tackett and Linds~y
Martin each had three for the
Ladycats. Betsy Layne, due to the
loss, dropped to 8-7.
Betsy Layne will meet Allen
Central Monday at 7 p.m. at
Paintsville in the opening round of the
15th Region Girls' All "A" Classic.
Tipoff for the Betsy Layne-Allen
Central tournament' game is set for 7
p.m.
Letcher Central 52, Betsy Layne 48
LETCHER CENTRAL (52) - Kincer
2, Baker 12, A. Sexton 18, Bra<>hear
9, Mynster 4, B. Sexton 1. Griffie 6.
BETSY LAYNE (48)- Lawson 11,
Aanery 9, Hamilton 4, Tackett 3,
Martin 3, Hott 18.
Letcher Central... .. 8 10 22 12-52
Betsy Layne...... 12 11 6 19-48
STAYING BIG BLUE
TIMES STAFF REPORT
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ALLEN - Brandon Kinzer
kicked off his 2007 racing season
over the weekend at the
Talladega Short Track in
Eastaboga, Ala. The Allen native
,_ timed his Kinzer Drilling
Company/Eastco Supply/Quality
Oil & Gas/ Art's Radiator &
Wei ding/Commonwealth
Chiropractic Center No. 18 GRT
machine in eighth fastest during
qualifying on Saturday, Jan. 6 in
the annual Ice Bowl. The qualifying effort gave Kinzer the
inside second row starting spot in
the fifth heat race.
Kinzer had a solid run going
at the drop of the green flag in his
heat race, but was involved in a
first-lap incident that took him
out of contention for the weekend. As Kinzer battled hard for
the second spot on the bottom of
the racetrack, a competitor
squeezed him into the inside
retaining wall, causing them both
to spin.
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CINCINNATI
The 2007
Cincinnati Reds Winter Caravan,
sponsored by Cincinnati USA
Regional Tourism Network, is scheduled to make 26 stops in 2 1 cities and
towns in four states covering four
days and 1,300 miles. The caravan
kicks off Thursday, Jan. 25 and will
include 13 fan stops that will be open
to the public, 12 Hot Stove stops at
Reds on Radio affi liates, a field renovation dedication ceremony in
Louisville and a visit to Shriners
Hospital for Children in Lexington.
The 2007 version will consist of
two separate caravans touring simul-
Piarist
ONEIDA - Through one
quarter Thursday night, visiting
Piarist School found itself within
a couple of shots of drawing even
with host Oneida Baptist
Institute. The final three quarters,
however, spelled defeat for the
Knights. After leading 28-15 at
the half, OBI pull away and beat
Piarist 62-32.
Eight different Oneida Baptist
players dented the scoring column. Seventh-grader Shawn
Arthur paced Oneida Baptist
with a game-high 14 points.
Arthur was one of three players
in double figures for the
Mountaineers.
Oneida Baptist put the game
out of Piarist's reach in the third
quarter, outscoring the Knightl
20-6 in the first frame aftet the
intermission.
Jake Moak led Piarist with a
team-high eight points. Chris
Baker scored seven points for the
(See OBI, page eight)
photo by Jamie Howell
Talented wide receiver Keenan Burton (19) will return for his senior season at the University of Kentucky. Burton
announced his decision Friday during a press conference.
Burton bypassing ~FL, returning to Kentucky
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON
Kentucky wide
receiver Keenan Burton said Friday
he will return to the Wildcats for his
senior <>eason.
"I think it would be in my best
interest to return to Kentucky next
season," Burton said at a news conference.
His father, Ed Burton, said before
the press conference that he didn't
know what his son planned to do.
The elder Burton said he won't
pressure his son either way.
"I believe with my influence I
could probably influence my son to
come back to University of Kentucky
football," Burton said. "But if I influence him to come back and he comes
back and gets hurt, he'll point the finger at me. I want him to do what's best
for him. He's the one who has to live
with it."
With the 6-foot-2, 195-pound
receiver's return, Kentucky has back
all of the key offensive playmakers on
the team that beat Clemson last month
in the Music City Bowl - the
Wildcats' first bowl victory since
1984.
Earlier this week, junior running
back Rafael Little - the team's top
rusher the last two seasons announced he would return.
Burton led the Wildcats in touchdowns ( 13 ), receptions (77), receiving
yards (1 ,036) and all-purpose yards
(1 ,845).
Going into the season, he appeared
to be the only reliable target for quarterback Andre Woodson, whose 31
touchdown passes ranked third on
Kentucky's all-time list. But receiver
Dicky Lyons quickly established himself by catching multiple touchdown
pa<;se<; in three straight games_
.With Lyons taking off some of the
double- team pressure, Burton was
able to match Lyons' feat later in the
year and finish with a flourish .
Going pro was tempting, in large
part because of his injury history.
Although he never missed a football
game while playing for Louisville
Manual High School, injuries plagued
Burton throughout his Kentucky
career until this season.
After a promising freshman season
in 2003, Burton suffered a hairline
fracture in his wrist during practice
prior to his sophomore year. After two
games, he decided to take a medical
redshirt.
Then, during his second attempt at
playing as a sophomore last year, he
broke his foot during the Wildcats'
second game and was sidelined for
four more.
He is good friends with Louisville
running back Michael Bush, who
broke his right leg in the eason opener this year against Kentucky. Bush
said earlier this week that he would
leave school early to enter the draft.
taneously. The 13 stops open to the
public will be free, and at each stop
the Reds will raffle off two tickets to
the 2007 Opening Day game against
the Chicago Cubs.
Last year 's Caravan made eight
stops and covered 1,165 miles. The
2006 edit1on of the Caravan included
a stop in Ashland as fans from sever
al Eastern Kentucky counties were in
attendance.
The very popular Reds Winter
Caravan provides fans with the
opportunity to interact with Reds
execut1ve vice president and general
manager Wayne Kri vsky, manager
Jerry Narron, players, broadcasters
and other members of the front office
staff. At each stop, the group will
field questions from fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
Sales representatives will be on hand
to discuss season tickets and group
sales, while the Reds Hall of Fame
and Museum, the Reds Community
Fund and Cincinnati USA Regional
Tourism Network also will attend
selected stops.
Already scheduled to appear in
stops on the Northern Leg arc Narron.
pitcher Todd CoJTey, outfielder Chris
Dickerson , new Reds broadcaster
Thorn Brennaman and senior vice
president of business operations Phil
Castellini.
The Southern Leg group includes
Bears stunned
at Newark
TIMES STAFF REPORT
NEWARK, Ohio - For the
second straight game, the
Pikeville College Bears were
outplayed in thtt second half and
lost for the second straight game,
losing to Ohio State-Newark 9885 Wednesday night.
Four days after losing a fourpoint halftime lead in suffering a
14-point loss to Savannah
College of Art & Design, the
Bears led by eight at recess on
Wednesday night only to be
outscored 58-37 down the stretch
by a determined OSU-Newark
squad.
The win for the Titans
avenges a 78-50 loss suffered to
the Bears on Nov. 26 in Pikeville.
And for the Bears, it was the
seventh loss in as many road
games this season and their 18th
consecutive loss on an opponent's home floor, dating back to
Feb. 16, 2005 when they
knocked off Campbellsville
University 58-55.
Sophomore Bo Harris led the
(See BEARS, page eight)
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Reds announce ctttes,
dates for 2007 Winter Caravan
TIMES STAFF REPORT
OBI blasts
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON
The
Kentucky High School Athletic
Association (KHSAA) approved
championship game schedules for
the 2007 football finals at its regular January meeting Thursday.
Also as a part of the Association's
outreach to professional educational organizations, Kentucky
of
School
Association
Superintendents President Dale
Brown presented a report to the
KHSAA Board on current educa., tional initiatives of KASS.
.
The Board approved a two-day
tripleheader for the 2007 State
Football Championships to be
played at Papa John's Cardinal
Stadium in Louisville. Three
games will be played on Friday,
Dec. 7, followed by three games
on Saturday, Dec. 8. Class games
and times will be announced at a
later date.
The move accommodates the
expansion of the KHSAA State
Football Finals from four cla<;ses
to six.
Early-race mishap
collects Kinzer in
season-opener
photo by Steve LeMaster
Lindsey Martin (1) scored three
points in Betsy Layne's setback to
Letcher County Central.
Krivsky, executive vice president and
chief operating officer John Allen,
Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty
Brennaman,
infielder
Brandon
Phillips and the organization's Minor
League Player of the Year, which will
be announced at the LaSalle High
School stop Jan . 24.
Two area cities - one in West
Virginia and the other in Kentucky will host the Winter Caravan.
Huntington Mall will host the
Caravan Saturday, Jan. 28 from 2 to 3
p.m.
The Reds Winter Caravan will
make a stop in Boyd County at the
Ashland Town Center Saturday, Jan.
28, visiting from noon to 2 p.m.
YOUTH BASEBALL
SIGN UPS
HAP Little League
Sunday, Jan. 14, 1-5 p.m. at
the Betsy Layne Dome
Sunday, Jan. 21, 1·5 p.m. at
the Betsy Layne Dome
Prestonsburg Little League
Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m.-2
p.m.at Adams Middle School
during Prestonsburg
JuniorBasketball
Saturday, Jan. 27, 8 a.m.-2
at Adams Middle School
during Prestonsburg Junior
Basketball
p.m.
�A8 •
SUNDAY, JANUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
OBI
Bears
• Continued from p7
Knights. Josh Ousley and
Caleb Hoskins each tossed in
six points for the Knights
while Zach Parsons contributed five.
Oneida Baptist led 14-10 at
the end of the first quarter.
With the win, Oneida
Baptist improved to 5-6.
Following the loss, Piarist
dropped to 3-14.
Oneida Baptist 62, Piarist
32
PIARIST (3-14) - Ousley
6, Moak 8, Baker 7, Hoskins 6,
Parsons 5.
ONEIDA BAPTIST (5-6)
- Sahey 4, Smith 7, Brown 5.
Moss 13, Arthur 14, Hen~ley
4, Somowou 11, Holcomb 4.
Piarist. .................... lO 5 6
11-32
Oneida Baptist... ... 14 14 20
14- 62
• Continued from p7
Bears with 30 points, scoring
22 in the second half. Senior
Will Holloman tos~ed in 23.
having 15 at the break.
Senior Donald Thomas
chipped in with 14.
Newark (12-7) was paced
by Joe Swartz, who had 30
thanks to knocking down five
three-point shots, four coming
in the second half. Kelon
Broadus tossed in 28, w1th
Kevin Seals chipping in 17
and Freddie Biehl adding 15.
Pikeville (8-1 0) will be
back in action on Jan. 20 when
it beg1ns play in the Mid-South
Conference by visiting West
Virginia Tech. Tipoff is slated
for 4 p.m.
Archer resigns as UK Defensive Coordinator
LEXINGTON
-Mike
Archer, defensive coordinator
at the University of Kentucky,
has resigned in order to accept
another coaching position.
Archer has been the defensive coordinator at UK for the
past four seasons, working to
build a unit that has been challenged by low scholarship
numbers, injuries, and inexperience. Archer's patient building began showing signs of
improvement during the 2006
season, as the Wildcats posted
an 8-5 record, including a 2820 victory over Clemson in the
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Bowl.
After allowing 34.1 points
per game in 2005, UK
improved to 28.4 points per
game during the 2006 season.
The Wildcats also generated
32 takeaways on defense and
the turnover margin of + 15
will put UK as one of the top
teams in the nation in that category when final NCAA statistics are released. The defense
played some of its best football in the final two games of
the season in a 17- 12 loss to
Tennessee in Knoxville, followed by the bowl win m
which the Wildcats surrendered only six points until the
fourth quarter and also held
the powerful Clemson running
game well below its season
average.
"I appreciate everything
Mike Archer has put into the
UK program," Coach Rich
Brooks said. "Obviously, we
had a very difficull rebuilding
job but he got it done this year
with a relatively young defensive group. We wish him well.
Karen and I have enjoyed
Mike and Barbara personally
as friends and we're sorry to
see them go. We'll be making
an announcement on a replacement soon."
"I greatly appreciate what
Coach Brooks has done in sup-
MSU clips EKU
TIMES STAFF REPORT
RICHMOND - fn its first overtime
game of the season, the Eastern Kentucky
women's basketball team fell 91-88 to
Morehead State in two extra stanzas
Thursday night. With the loss, their fourth
straight, the Lady Colonels drop to 5-11,
2-5 in the league while the Lady Eagles
improve to 6-10, 5-2.
In double overtime, Morehead State
connected on two consecutive field goals
to go ahead by three points with 17.5 seconds left and the Lady Colonels missed
their final shot of the night.
Senior Andrea Jenkins and junior Niki
Avery led the Lady Colonels, each scoring
20 points. Both Jenkins and classmate
Tamika Bowers were one rebound shy of
tfouble-doubles with nine rebounds a
piece.
Following three tie scores, Eastern
Kentucky took a three-point lead (9-6) at
the 16:30 mark off a three-point basket
from junior Ashley Cazee. The Lady
Colonels twice went ahead by five points
before the Lady Eagles jumped in front
(20-19) midway through the opening stan-
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port of me," Archer said. "I
also thank our coaches, our
players, and our fans. The
bowl game was a great experience, something I'll never forget, especially how our fans
turned out for the 'Cat Walk'
before the game. I'm looking
forward to the next opportunity and challenge."
A native of State College,
Pa., Archer played his college
football at Miami (Fla.). He
has coached at Miami , LSU,
Virginia, Kentucky (1993-95),
and the Pittsburgh Steclcrs
before returning for a second
stint at UK in 2003.
-TIMES STAFF REPORT
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tn overtime
za with Tarah Combs' basket from the top
of the key.
Morehead State used a 9-0 run, during
which Eastern Kentucky missed four
shots and turned the ball over on three
consecutive possessions, to build five
point lead before going ahead by as many
as eight.
Sophomore Lauren Dubbert's threepoint basket ignited an 11 -0 scoring run
from the Lady Colonels and with just
under two minutes remaining, in the midst
of the run, Eastern Kentucky regained the
advantage (32-31) with a Crystal Jones'
jumper. Both teams closed the half with
an additional basket as the Lady Colonels
took a 34-33 into the locker room at the
break.
In the second half, the Lady Colonels
rattled off seven unanswered points,
capped off by a Jenkins' lay-up, to take an
eight point lead (51-43), their largest of
the contest, w1 th 12:05 remaining in the
game.
With just over eight minutes left,
Morehead State battled back to knot the
score at 54 and took a two point lead with
a pair of free throws a minute later.
With 5:05 on the clock, Avery's threepoint field goal gave the Lady Colonels' a
three point edge but Morehead State agai
tied the score (61-61) at the 3:50 mark.
Less than two minutes later, Avery
restored Eastern Kentucky's lead but the
Lady Eagles went back in front on their
next possession.
A C. Jones ' lay-up got Eastern
Kentucky within one point and after a
quick Lady Colonel foul, Morehead State,
in the double bonus, connected on one of
two free throws to take a 73-71 lead. With
6.2 seconds on the clock, C. Jones hit a
pair of free throws to tie the game at 73
and Morehead State was unable to score
on its final possession, forcing overtime.
In overtime, Eastern Kentucky held a
two point lead with 17 seconds left but
LaKrisha Brown's field goal evened the
score with 1.2 seconds left. With a Lady
Colonel foul n ibe bac;ket, Morebead
State had a chance to take the lead but
Brown missed the free throw attempt.
Amanda Green led the visitors with 31
points, going 13-of-20 from the field, and
added eight rebounds.
Reds get INF
Keppinger
from Royals
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI- The Reds
obtained
infielder
Jeff
Keppinger from the Kansas
City Royals on Wednesday for
minor league pitcher Russ
Haltiwanger.
Keppinger, 26, was traded
by the Mets to the Royals last
July 19. He hit .300 in 87
games for Triple-A Norfolk
IROC to start
of '07 season
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
TINTON FALLS, N.J. The International Race of
Champions (IROC) officials
on Tuesday announced a delay
in the start of the 2007 season
due to not having a title sponsor.
The traditional IROC season opener at Daytona in
February will not take place
while the Series continues to
pursue a new title sponsor.
"We're very disappointed
about not making it to Daytona
this year and we're working
very hard to find a title sponsor," IROC President Jay
Signore said. "Our hopes are
to find a new title sponsor in
enough time to be able to have
1Vs, iPods help
.
some exerctsers,
break mind-body
connection of
serious-mined
by MICHAEL HILL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jennifer Unruh can run a
mile in two songs.
"I've got it figured out,"
said Unruh, who moves to the
beat of Van Halen and The
Fray on her iPod. "Usually,
every song lasts about four
minutes. I run a mile in a little
over eight. So if I can get
through two songs, I know I'm
a mile though my run."
Gyms are jammed with
people like Unruh _ the guy on
the treadmill watching ESPN,
tne aerobic class bouncing to
"Hollaback Girl," the spinner
reading Self magazine. Words,
images and especially songs
can provide inspiration for
exercisers, as well as a distraction from tedium and discomfort.
Unruh, director of wellness
support at the YMCA of
Metropolitan Atlanta, uses her
songs-per-mile mind games as
a way to keep engaged.
But are those distractions
good or bad for exercisers?
Researchers say it cuts both
ways. Yes, a dose of video or
photos by Steve LeMaste't and Jamie Howell
FOURS - Above, left: Betsy Layne's Justin Collins (4) fired up a shot against heavy defensive pressure during a Floyd audio can inspire better workCounty Conference/58th District game against county rival South Floyd. Above, right: Prestonsburg's Mason Vance defend- outs. But distractions can also
ed a Shedlon Clark player earlier in the week.
hurt performance. In a way,
music can add some static to
the mind-body connection.
Since the dawn of the
Walkman, headphones have
been as important as sneakers
to many exercisers. Jacqueline
Wojtusik, a fashion designer
who lives near Albany, N.Y.,
and wears headphones for her
regular workouts, listens to
di-sco, '80s dance, electronic anything as long as it has a fast
beat.
"1f it has a higher beat per
minute," she said, "then I tend
to stay with that beat."
Science i on her side.
In a 2005 study, British
researchers put 18 undergraduates on stationary bicycles to
pedal either to silence or to
"popular electronic dance
music"
on
headphones.
Participants worked about 13
percent harder to the up-tempo
music compared to silence.
One of the researchers, Sam
Carr. suggested in an e-mail
interview that music competes
with an exercisers' awareness
of how hard they're breathing,
photo courtesy of UK Athletics
SHOOTING ON NEW HARDWOOD: University of Kentucky head coach Tubby Smith lofted a shot Thursday inside the or how much their legs ache.
school's new men's basketball practice facility.
Psychologists sometimes
and .354 in 22 games for
Triple-A Omaha. He also
played in 22 games for the
Royals, hitting .267 with two
homers.
Haltiwanger, 22, spent last
season at Class A Dayton,
going 0-4 with one save and a
4.15 ERA in five start<; and 35
relief appearances.
To
make
room
for
Keppinger on the 40-man roster. the Reds designated
infielder Ray Olmedo for
assignment to the minors.
Olmedo, 25, hit .282 in 100
games for Triple-A Louisville
last season. He also appeared
in 30 games for the Reds, hitting .205.
a full four-race season withm
2007.
"I want to thank Robin
Braig and his entire staff at ~
Daytona
International
Speedway for all of their
patience and support during
this difficult period. All of
IROC's partners and associates have been, and continue to
be, very loyal and supportive
of our efforts to continue the
IROC Series."
The elite All-Star invitational competition, which
matches 12 drivers from different disciplines of auto racing in equally prepared cars,
celebrated its 30th anniversary ~
season in 2006 with NASCAR
Nextel Cup champion Tony
Stewart winning the $1 million
IROC championship.
All plans regarding the
remainder of 2007 are pending
the procurement of a title:
sponsor.
use the phrase "dissociation
effect" to describe distractions
like music and TV, and they
have found it can have other
benefits.
Dr. James Annesi, a health
psychologist who works at the
same Atlanta YMCA as
Unruh, found that novice exercisers given a choice of TV or
music were more apt to stick
with an exercise program than
those told to focus only on
their exertions or people limited to one type of media. If the
gyms look like media centers,
that's fine by Annesi, as long
as it encourages people to
exercise.
'The more dissociation the
better, the more we can distance the people from their
discomfort," he said.
Still, athletes digging deep
for peak performance would
do well to ditch the headphones and focus on their bodies. Studies have shown that
the more distracted the athlete,
the slower the times, said Ohio
University psychology professor Benjamin Ogles.
"If you want to maintain a
high level of intensity, you
pretty much have to focus on '
your body," he said.
This is related to the belief
that noisy gadgets interfere
with the intensely focused
mental state many athletes
refer to as "flow." For
instance, visitors to the •
Kripalu Center for Yoga & l
Health, in Stockbridge, Mass.,
are encouraged to leave the
headphones behind. Jennifer
Young, director of healthy living programs, said she wants
to keep visitors' mind-body
connections strong.
Hikers at Kripalu are
coached to "scan" their bodies l1i
by concentrating sequentially
on their ankles, hips, shoulders
and so on. E:ven during
weightlifting - an activity
linked more to Metallica then
meditation - people are asked
to visualize what their muscles
are doing, or to focus on their
breathing.
"Don't turn out and tum
off," Young said, "because ·
then there's that underlying
signal, 'Oh, working out is
something I don't want to do.
I'm escaping it by doing this. "'
Even Anna Fyodorova, a
triathlete from New York City
who calls the iPod one of the
"greatest creations made" for
training, sees its limits. When
other runners wore their ear
buds during a recent 60 kilometer race, she decided against
it.
"When you're racing, you
have to concentrate," she aid,
''you have to be totally in the
moment."
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
SUNDAY, JANUARY
14, 2007 • A9
Billherry named KHSAA Assistant Commissioner
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Darren Bilberry
~as been hired as an Assistant
Commissioner for the Kentucky High
W,School Athletic Association, KHSAA
Commissioner
Brigid
DeVries
announced. Bilberry fills the vacancy
created with the retirement of
Assistant Commissioner Roland
Williams, who left in December following four and one-half years service to the Association. Bilberry
brings a wide array of experience to
the Association with over 14 years
working in athletics and education.
He most recently worked in the
Fayette County Public School
System, teaching secondary students
while serving as an assistant football
coach at Henry Clay High School.
"We are excited to have Darren
join
the
KHSAA
staff,"
Commissioner Brigid DeVries said.
"His experience working within the
school system both on the field and in
the classroom will be of great benefit."
Bilberry's other past experience
includes stints with the University of
Kentucky Advising Service and
Transfer Center as an Academic
Advisor; the University of Kentucky
Athletics Department as an Academic
Counselor;
Southern
Illinois
University Athletics Department as
an Academic Coordinator for
Student-Athletes;
and
Auburn
University as an Academic Counselor
for Student Athletes.
"I am excited about joining the
KHSAA staff. because I feel spotts
more so than any other endeavor is
essential to instilling values such as
discipline, leadership, and teamwork
into young people,'' Bilbcrry said. "I
look forward to the opportunity to
use my past experiences in athletics
to help the association continue to
move forward with its mission."
Bilberry is a 1985 graduate of Fort
Knox High School and was an All-
State honoree on the football field for
the Eagles. Playing under Coach
Jerry Claiborne, Bilberry was a threeyear letterman for the University of
Kentucky football team from 198789 and he received Academic AllSoutheastern Conference honors in
1989. He and his wife Cathy are the
proud parents of two girls, Emma (7)
and Jane (5) and the family resides in
Lexington.
Bilberry will begin his
duties with the KHSAA Feb. l.
Little League signs 8-year TV contract extension with ESPN
TIMES STAFF REPORT
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Little
,,...eague International has signed an
eight-year television contract extension with ESPN that will expand
national coverage to include all eight
of its baseball and softball world
series
tournaments,
it
was
announced today by Stephen D.
Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball
and Softball, and John Skipper,
executive vice president, content,
ESPN, Inc.
At least 49 games in all eight
divisions of Little League Baseball
and Softball will be televised nationally each year starting in August
~2007. The U.S. and World
Championship games in the Little
League Baseball World Series will
again be televised on ABC, with
other games appearing on ESPN's
expanding family of networks.
Previously, the greatest number of
Little League games to be televised
nationally was 43, in 2006.
"Having Little League games on
national television has helped us
communicate the benefits of our
program to millions of viewers
annually since 1963," Keener said.
"We're grateful that our partners at
ESPN share that vision, and we are
pleased to announce that the coverage has now expanded to all divisions of Little League play. We also
are pleased to announce that this
new contract means that Little
League International will be able to
provide more than $1 million in
direct financial benefits to local
Little League programs."
The
multimedia
agreement
includes coverage across 15 ESPN
platforms- ESPN on ABC, ESPN,
ESPN2, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD,
ESPN Classic, Spanish-language
ESPN
Deportes,
ESPNEWS,
ESPNU, ESPN International, ESPN
Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN360 (the
company's growing interactive and
customizable broadband service),
Mobile ESPN Publishing (ESPN's
wireless content licensing business)
and other ESPN-branded services
(i.e. iPod, video-on-demand, etc.).
"Little League Baseball captures
the heart of sport - a balance of
competitiveness, sportsmanship, and
passion for the game," Mr. Skipper
said. "This new deal will allow fans
to enjoy - any way they choose these moments that touch so many."
In 2007, for the first time, all 32
games of the Aug. 17-26 Little
League Baseball World Series in
Williamsport, Pa., will be televised
on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.
In addition, ESPN and ESPN2
will continue to carry all eight of the
U.S. Regional Championship finals
in the Little League Baseball division. The U.S. regional finals have
been televised by ESPN and ESPN2
every year since 1997.
In this photo, two Little League
Softball players prepare for their
scene. The players in each of the
PSAs arc wearing uniforms from the
Official Little League Uniform
Program. Local Little Leagues can
purchase uniforms like these, with
any lettering desired, at XP Apparel
The two semifinal game and the
World Championship game of the
Little League Softball World Series
(11-12- year-olds ), scheduled for
Aug. 9-15 in Portland, Ore., will be
televised on ESPN or ESPN2.
The championship games of the
following tournaments also will be
televised on ESPN or ESPN2: Junior
League Baseball (13-14-year-olds),
at Taylor, Mich., Aug. 12-18; Senior
League Baseball (14-16-year-olds),
at Bangor, Maine, Aug. 12-18; Big
League Baseball (16-18-year-olds),
at Easley, S.C., July 28-Aug. 4;
Junior League Softball (13-14-yearold girls), at Kirkland, Wash., Aug.
12-18; Senior League Softball ( 1416-year-old girls), at Lower Sussex,
Del., Aug. 5-11; and Big League
Softball (16-18-year-old girls), at
Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 13-18.
The contract extension calls for
more than 390 Little League
Baseball and Softball tournament
games to be televised nationally
through 2014, which will mark the
75th anniversary .of Little League's
first season, in 1939.
KHSAA basketball stats now online
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - The Kentucky
High School Athletic Association
(KHSAA) started its weekly basketball stats ran kings Thursday. Stats are
~osted on the KHSAA website under
the basketball sports link. Rankings
will be compiled weekly throughout
the remainder of the regular season.
A final season ranking (including
postseason games) will be conducted
on April 15. Individual school-by-
school stats reports are posted on the
Riherd's/KHSAA Scoreboard as they
are received from member schools.
n Tickets to the 2007 National
City/KHSAA
Boys'
and
Houchens/KHSAA Girls'
State
Basketball Tournaments continue to
be on sale through the KHSAA office
and online at khsaa.org. At this time,
only full tournament sets of tickets
(one ticket to each of the eight sessions) are available. Lower arena
seats are priced at $108 each and
upper arena seats are priced at $58
each. Tickets will be on sale through
the KHSAA until Feb. 23. Beginning
March 2, tickets will only be available through the Rupp Arena (boys)
and Diddle Arena (girls) box offices
and/or the venue's respective online
ticketing agent.
Following are the dates for the
2007 National City/KHSAA Boys' &
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball
Tournaments:
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16,
PHElPS
March 14-17, WKU E.A. Diddle
Arena, Bowling Green. National
City/KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16, March
21-24, Rupp Arena, Lexington.
UPCOMING KHSAA EVENTS Jan. 29-Feb. 3: Regional Swimming
& Piving Meets: Feb. 9- 10: State
Swimming & Diving Meet; Feb. 910: Regional Wrestling Tournaments;
Feb.
15-17:
State
Wrestling
Championships; Feb. 26-March 3:
District Boys' and Girls' Basketball
Tournaments.
Sponsored By
photos by Steve LeMaster
ALL 'A' BOUND: The Betsy Layne Ladycats will meet the Allen Central
Runnin' Rebels Monday during the opening round of the 15th Region
All "A" Classic. South Floyd, pictured in regular-season district/conference action against Betsy Layne, will take on Pikeville Monday in
another opening round game.
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TIMES STAFF REPORT
CARR
CREEK
Garrett
Christian hosted Gate City Christian
Academy Tuesday at the historic Carr
Creek Gymnasium in a matchup that
'White Out' set for Jan.
22 in Freedom Hall
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
LOUISVILLE - White will cerinly be fashionable on Jan. 22.
University of Louisville men's
basketball fans are encouraged to
wear white for the Cardinals' Jan . 22
game against Connecticut in an effort
to "White Out" Freedom Hall. ESPN
will televise the 7 p.m. Big Monday
contest.
"The Miami Heat, U of L football
and others have had similar events
with great success," said Louisville
Coach Rick Pitino. "It's a fun way to
everyone to get involved and enhance
the game atmosphere. It's tough to
PAINTSVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL
Jan. IS"' 16"' &
featured balanced scoring from the
home team. The Garrett Christian
Warriors had one their most balanced
offensive efforts of the season as 10
different players broke into the scoring column. Garrett started the game
on a successful note and never looked
back. The Warriors led from start to
finish on their way to a 68-48 win.
Three different Garrett players
reached double figures as the
Warriors posted the 20-point win.
find people today who can come up
with an all-white outfit. I know our
fans will get creative and see what
they can do. Of course, everyone will
want to make sure they stay in fashion and keep it winter white."
The official T-shirt for the "White
Out" event is currently available in
Louisville area stores Dawahare's
and JD Becker, as well as the game
day merchandise booths in Freedom
Hall operated by Centerplate. A similar "Black Out" promotion for the
Cardinals' Nov. 2 football game
against West Virginia in Papa John's
Cardinal Stadium this season was
highly successful, with nearly every
U of L fan in attendance wearing
black at the game.
19'~.
2007
Matthew Potter paced the Warriors
with 13 points. Jan Hicks and Wes
Prater followed closely with 10
points apiece for Garrett Christian.
Kyle Green narrowly missed double figures for the Warriors, fmishing
with nine points. Andrew Zabo added
eight points for Garrett Christian in
the victory. Travis Johnson finished
with seven points for Garrett and
Kyle Hamilton added four.
Louisville 81,
South Florida 55
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA,
Fla.
With
Louisville's top frontcmrrt player
sidelined by injury, coach Rick
Pitino made some hasty adjustments that worked to perfection.
With Juan Palacios sitting out
because of a bruised wrist that
made him an offensive liability the
previous four games, Terrence
Williams had 17 points and
Brandon Jenkins keyed a decisive
second-half surge to help the
Cardinals (11 -5, 1- 1 Big East)
rebound from losing their confer-
ence opener 78-62 at Notre Dame.
Jenkins finished 5-of-6, including all four of his 3-point attempts,
and scored eight straight points to
thwart South Florida's last push to
get back in the game early in the
second half.
Jenkins scored 14 points. Edgar
Sosa had 12 and David Padgett and
Jerry Smith added 11 apiece for
Louisville, which started three
guards and two forwards. The 6foot-6 William!. led the Cardinals
with nine rebounds.
Kentrell Gransberry led South
Florida (9-8, 0 -3) with 19 points
and eight rebounds. Melvin
Buckley had 15 points for the
Bulls, who have lost 18 of 19 Big
East games since entering the
league last season.
South Florida was held to a pair
of field goals by Gransberry in the
first seven minutes of the game and
never fully recovered.
The Bulls trimmed a 10-point
deficit to six late in the first half.
However, Louisville answered with
Chris Current's 3-pointer and two
free throws by Padgett to rebuild
the lead to double figures .
It was 27- 19 at the half, and the
closest South Florida would get the
rest of the way was four.
Louisville made 13 3-pointers
and ~;hot 53 percent overall. South
Florida shot 42 percent and was
held to three field goals in the final
eight minutes.
�A1 0 •
SUNDAY, JANUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Meyer starts focusing o n Florid a's future
by MARK LONG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Florida
coach Urban Meyer posed for countless pictures with four different
national championship trophies
Tuesday, smiling for every shot.
When the moderator asked photographers, "Is everybody good?"
Meyer responded, "Awful."
There's little doubt Meyer would
rather have been somewhere else,
most likely recruiting and getting
ready for next season. Believe it or
not, he's got a big job ahead.
The Gators could lose as many as
17 starters from their championship
team, including six underclassmen
and 10 defensive starters. Meyer, of
course, hopes to use Florida's 41-14
drubbing of Ohio State to boost
recruiting and reload for another title
run .
If he were a recruit, Meyer said, '1
know where I would want to go. Am
I allowed to say that for recruiting?
Say that again. Print that. I know
where I would want to go. Our guys
have a lot of fun playing.
"What's the future look like? I
think it looks really good. That's part
of the reason why our staff went to
Florida, because you can recruit the
best players in the country at that
place."
Meyer plans to sign 27 recruits
next month, including 10 who were
expected to enroll in classes Monday
and go through spring practice.
Many of the freshmen could play
next season, too, especially with so
many losses.
Quarterback Chris Leak, receivers
Jemalle Cornelius and Dallas Baker,
center Steve Rissler, running back
DeShawn Wynn and fullback Billy
Latsko are seniors. So are defensive
linemen
Steven
Harris,
Ray
McDonald and Joe Cohen, linebackers Earl Everett and Brian Crum and
cornerback Reggie Lewis. Even
punter Eric Wilbur and place-kicker
Chris Hetland are gone.
Then there are the juniors.
Defensive end Jarvis Moss, safety
Reggie Nelson, receiver Andre
Caldwell and cornerback Ryan Smith
are expected to jump to the NFL.
Linebacker Brandon Siler and defensive end Derrick Harvey also might
join them in the draft.
Moss, Nelson, Smith, Caldwell
and Siler already sent paperwork to
the NFL's advisory council, which
gives underclassmen an idea where
they might get drafted if they leave
school early.
"I want to break the news to my
coaches before I say anything," Moss
said following the blowout.
Added Smith: "I can't talk about
that until I speak to my coaches."
Meyer said Tuesday he had a feel
ing who might stay and who might
leave.
"Our feeling is if it is for the right
reasons, God bless you, go get it, we
are supporting you," he said. "The
one thing about Florida guys from
here on out will be very well-educated decisions about whether they go
out or not."
Underclassmen
have
until
Monday to apply for the draft.
In the meantime, the Gators will
continue celebrating their second
football national championship and
second title in nine months. The
men's basketball team won its first
championship in April.
The football team flew back to
Gainesville on Tuesday, and selected
players were to be honored at halftime of Florida's basketball game
against Arkansas. Quarterback Chris
Leak also was to appear on the as a
guest on "The Tonight Show" with
Jay Leno.
A championship celebration was
scheduled for Saturday inside Ben
Hill Griffin Stadium.
Although Meyer surely will enjoy
the festivities, he might also catch
himself thinking about his rebuilding
task for next season. He already envisions offensive changes that include
quarterback Tim Tebow running
more option-<;tyle plays and Percy
Harvin having an expanded role.
"It is Tim Tebow's team as of right
now," Meyer said. "It is Tim Tebow's
team and a lot of these young players
will have to pick up the slack."
Leak, for one, believes they're
ready.
"We expect these guys to be right
back in this position next year," Leak
said. "That's what you expect out of
the Gator team every season, to compete for an SEC and national title.
That (would be) a great thing to be
able to get here two years in a row
because not too many teams are able
to do that.
"They're a very young and talented group. They have a lot of success
ahead of them. They're learning now
how to prepare for these big games."
Litde remaining at Kentucky; skipping out on NFL draft
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Tailback Rafael
Little has announced that he will
forego this year's National Football
League draft and will remain at the
University of Kentucky for his senior
season.
"1 have a lot of things to improve
on," Little said of his decision. "I
enjoy all our coaches and my teammates. I've had a great time at UK and
I'm excited about the (upcoming) season. And, it will help me get my
degree."
Little helped lead the Wildcats to
an 8-5 record this season, capped by a
win over Clemson in the Gaylord
Hotels Music City Bowl. Little played
in nine games, missing four because of
a knee injury sustained on Sept. 9 vs.
Texas State. He tried to play with the
injury, but finally had arthroscopic
surgery on Oct. 9 and missed the next
three games. He returned for the
Vanderbilt game and played as if he'd
never been away, delivering a dominating performance with 246 rushing
and receiving yards in UK's victory
over the Commodores.
For the season, Little was the
team's leading rusher with 619 yards,
averaging 5.0 yards per carry, with
three touchdowns. He caught 29 passes for 377 yards and two TDs. He
averaged 22.6 yards per punt return
and would have led the nation in that
category but he did not play in enough
games to qualify.
Little enjoyed a fabulous sophomore season in 2005, when he led the
Southeastern Conference in all-purpose yardage and punt returns, ranking
fifth in the nation in both categories.
He rushed for 1 ,045 yards that year,
only the sixth player in school history
to accomplish that feat, and also led
the team in pass receiving. His 16.9yard punt return average and 1,982 allpurpose yards set school records. He
was named Sophomore All-America
and first-team All-Southeastern
Conference.
"Obviously, we're pleased to have
Rafael back," Coach Rich Brooks
said. "He needs, and we need to help
him, strengthen his position for next
year's draft by working on the things
he needs to improve."
Returning for his senior season also
will enable Little to enhance his position as one of the most outstanding
players in Kentucky footbal l history.
He is sixth on the UK career rushing
list with 1,983 yards and fifth on the
all-purpose yardage chart with 3,856
yards. He is nearing the school's alltime top- 10 list for pass receptions and
needs only 23 receiving yards to reach
I ,000 in his career. He already rates as
the single-season and career record
holder for punt returns.
The deadline for college juniors to
apply for the NFL draft is Monday.
Mahoney's jumper gives UK win over Alabama
TIMES STAFF REPORT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Junior
guard Samantha Mahoney's (Detroit)
five-foot jumper with 1.8 seconds
remaining
Thursday
allowed
Kentucky to escape Coleman
Coliseum with a 63-62 victory over
Alabama - its first win in Thscaloosa
since the 2003 season. The Wildcats,
who trailed for the majority of the
game, were forced to overcome a
seven-point halftime deficit for the
win.
Kentucky (13-4, 2-0 Southeastern
Conference), which trailed 62-59 with
46 seconds remaining, scored the final
four points of the game as junior center Sarah Elliott (McKee) knocked in
a shot with 35.4 seconds remaining.
The Cats forced a steal with 19 seconds left, but a three-pointer by senior
guard Jenny Pfeiffer (North Vernon,
Ind.) went off the mark. UK instantly
fouled Alabama's Talisha Chandler,
who missed her charity shot to set \lP
Mahoney's heroics.
Mahoney finished with a teamhigh 20 points, while Pfeiffer followed with 16 points including three
clutch three-pointers. Elliott recorded
her eighth consecutive double-figure
scoring performance with 15 points,
including 13 in the second half.
Kentucky) which led only five
timttS during the game, shot 36.7 percent (22-of-60) from the floor and
was forced to overcome a hot shooting night by the Crimson Tide.
Alabama connected on 48.1 percent
(25-of-52) of its shots from the field,
but was forced into 24 turnovers that
resulted in 25 points by the Wildcats.
UK was out-rebounded (40-31) for
just the fifth time this season and was
led by senior forward/center Jennifer
Humphrey's (Memphis, Tenn.) eight
boards. Humphrey also dished out a
career-high nine assists.
Freshman forward Lydia Watkins
Big start leads Lady Bears to win
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - The Pikeville
College Lady Bears scored the
game's first 12 points and led by 17
halfway through the first half en route
to a 75-65 win over U.Va.-Wise
Thursday night.
The win was Pikeville's second
straight after dropping seven of eight
as they close in on the beginning of
play in the Mid-South Conference.
Pikeville (6- 11) jumped out to a
12-0 lead, getting points from four
different players. Wise, on the other
hand, missed their first nine shots
before senior Sarah Helton scored on
a layup with 14:30 to play.
The Lady Bears continued to
drive, and when sophomore Whitney
Hogg drilled a three with 10:54 to
play in the half, the lead was 21-4.
But Wise wouldn't fold, getting
three straight three-pointers to cut the
lead to eight (21-13). They cut it to
seven on a three by Helton with 3:53
left, but the Lady Bears scored the
last six of the half and led 34-21.
Pikeville's impressive half was
aided by a woeful performance from
the floor from Wise, who was 6-of-32
(18.8 percent) from the field.
The second-half lead got under
single figures only once, coming with
20 seconds left when Helton scored
on a layup as the Lady Bears cruised
to the 10-point win. The home team
followed up a 52 percent first half by
hitting 64 percent (16-of-25) after
intermission.
The Lady Bears hit 57.7 percent
from the floor and dominated the
glass to the tune of 49-23. In fact, the
23 rebounds came off Lady Bear
misses, and the home team got 13 of
those boards.
The balanced scoring attack saw
four players in double figures, led by
Hogg's 13. The Whitesburg product
added five rebounds and three assists.
Sophomore Kristal Daniels followed
with 12 and six rebounds, while
senior Tony a Amburgey had 10
points, five boards and four assists.
Junior Vicki Hall turned in a double-double, scoring 10 and grabbing
10 rebounds. The double-double performance ranks as one of the Belfry
High graduate's top efforts of the season.
Freshman Heather Martin came
off the bench for eight points and
eight rebounds.
Helton led all scorers with 26 for
Wise, adding five rebounds and three
assists. Terry Ann Hill and Rachel
Helton had 10 markers each. Point
guard Chelsea Lee had five points,
eight assists and five steals.
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(Hopkinsville) was one point shy of
her career high with seven points, all
of which came in the first half.
Pfeiffer and Watkins led a strong
effort by the Kentucky bench, which
outscored the Alabama reserves 2610.
The Crimson Tide took a 32-25
advantage into the locker room at
halftime after shooting an impressive
54.2 percent (13-of-24) from the
floor. Leading scorer Kate Mastin had
11 points in the opening period and
was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field.
The two teams combined for 23
turnovers in the first half. Alabama
broke to an early 10-4 advantage at
the 14:46 mark of the first half thanks
to its sharpshooter Kate Mastin.
Kentucky, however, forced four
turnovers on Alabama's next five possessions and used a 5-0 run over the
next 1:14 to pull within one, 10-9. The
Wildcats took their first lead of the
game at 14-13 after a three-pointer by
Pfeiffer and a jumper by Watkins on
back-to-back possessions. From there,
the Crimson Tide used an 8-2 run to
go ahead 21-16 with 7:11 remaining
until intermission. Alabama held its
largest lead of the game, 32-23, with
49 seconds left in the opening period.
The Wildcats stormed out of the
locker room with the first six points of
the second half, including four from
Mahoney, before the Crimson Tide
scored four consecutive points to go
up 36-31. After two three-pointers by
Pfeiffer, including a four-point play,
gave UK a 40-38 advantage, Alabama
scored five in a row to go back in
front by three with 11:39 left. The
Cats led by as many as four, 51 -4 7,
after four consecutive free throws, but
the Tide was relentless. Back-to-back
baskets by Courtney Strauthers and
Navonda Moore put Alabama ahead
60-59 with just over two minutes
remammg.
Alabama was led by Navonda
Moore's double-double of 22 points
and 10 rebounds. Moore had four
three-pointers in the loss. Mastin, the
squad's leading scorer, finished with
15 points.
Kentucky returns to action today
(Sunday) when it plays host to Ole
Miss. Tipoff in Memorial Coliseum is
set for 2 p.m. EST and the game will
be carried live on the Big Blue Sports
Network (radio) with Neil Price.
The game is Fallen Solider
Recognition Day as 565 members of
fallen Kentucky soldiers will be recognized. Single-game general admission tickets are available for $5
adults/$2 senior citizens and children
6-18. Ages five and under are admitted free. UK students, faculty and
staff also are admitted free with valid
identification based on availability.
For ticket information, log on to
ukathletics.com or call the UK ticket
office at 859-257-1818 or 1-800-928CATS (2287).
PIARIST BASKETBALL
KNIGHT
TIME:
Me mbers of
the Piarist
School basketball and
dance team s
are i n the
middle of the
20 06-07
hoops seaso n. The
Piarist
School basketball team
is gearing up
to complete
in t his year 's
15th Regio n
AII "A"
Classic.
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AUTOMOTIVE
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
93' Chevy
Shortbed 4x4 automatic V8.
120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
miles. $1,795
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
;.> 11 0'1<' 88,9 ·3451.
MISC.
FOR SALE
06' Toyota Siona.
$10,000. 06'
Nissan Sentra 4k.
$9,500. Call 606·
478·5808.
FOR SALE
Tool box 2 fit full
sized pickup truck
bed, needs
repainting. $50.00
Call 886-0474.
FOR SALE
1996 Dodge
Grand Caravan
And a 1982
Voltswagon
Rabbit
Convertable
stored since 1991
call 874-2421 if
no answer please
leave message.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call 606791-6052, if no
answer please
leave message.
EMPLOYMENT
When respondIng
to
Employment ads
that have reference
numbers,
please indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
your
envelope.
Reference numbers are used to
help us direct
your letter to the
correct individual
.Joh Listings
JOB OPENING
Construction
Superintendent for
major building pro·
ject in Pikeville. Ten
years supervisory
experience. Send
resume with references to Harbour,
Box
22444,
Lexington,
KY
40522.
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
applications for a
LPN (7a-7p) position.
Excellent
wages and bene·
fits. Apply in person
at
1025
Euclid
Avenue, Painstville,
KY from Monday
thru Friday between
8:00am to 4:30pm.
JOB OPENING
Timer
cutters,
Dozer operators.
Experience
preferred. Call after
5:30. 285-2654.
MARTIN-HINDMAN AREA The
Lexington Herald·
Leader has a morning
newspaper
route
available.
Route takes about
3-4 hours daily, with
an
approximate
profit potential of
$1,500
monthly.
Dependable transportation and ability
to
be
bonded
required. Call 1800-999-8881
JpB OPENING .
Employee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part time. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
JOB OPENING
A nationally known
company
has
recently opened a
full sized factory
authorized
sales
and service center
in the Painstville
area. Responsible
people needed in
all
departments.
$375 per week to
start. Paid vacations and advancements
available.
People who are
ready to work and
advance,
call
Monday, Jan 15
9am to 5pm. Call
606·788-7334.
JOB OPENING
Metal framers, drywall hangers and
finisher's, acoustical ceiling installers
for Prestonsburg
school. 859·2816828.
JOB OPENING
Prestonsburg
Health Care is looking for an RN.
Every other week·
end off. Call Lynn
Fletcher or Elane
Jones. 886-2378.
JOB OPENING
Timber cutters,
Dozer
operator.
Call after 5:30. 285·
2654.
JOB OPENING
Cost
Cutters
located inside of
Pikeville Wal-Mart
is seeking part tine/
full tine hair stylists.
Benefits include:
Paid
vacations,
Health insurance,
ect. Apply inside or
call kay @ 606-4326629.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring tor all
Shiftspositions.
Day and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
Animal
FOR SALE 8
Mo. old Boxer, for
more information
please call 606434-5704.
I
Misc.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeable of going
to dance class.
Ages 50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
REAL ESTATE
House
HOUSE tor sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0.70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
HOUSE for sale at
Goble Roberts. 3
BR 1 bath. Call
886-3047.
HOUSE for sale. 3
BR above ground
pool, new appliances, chain link
fence. Newly
paved drive way,
large back porch.
Located 2 miles
from Highway 80
and 23. Call 606874-0529 for more
information.
HOUSE FOR
SALE By owner
call 886·6733 or
587-2872 in
Prestonsburg.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
2 Bedroom 1
Bathroom, GREAT
DEAL $10,000
Located at
Corntork near
Jenny Wiley Lake
Road.
call 226-6392
or 886-0726.
Land Contract possible. Call
today!!!!!!!
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
16 Acres of land for
sale on left fork of
Little Paint, East
Point, KY. All mineral rights go with
it. Call 886-3060.
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial
location.
Located halt way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg Rt.
1428. Call 8742421 . $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide tor
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606·325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
and
1/2.
Refrigerator, stove,
washer and dryer.
Standard
appliances include a
new furnace. Very
good condition for
m o d e I
Underpinning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
APT FOR RENT
BR
Townhouses
at
Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-6186
2
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606·434-7715
FOR RENT
New 1 BR near
HRMC most utili·
ties
furnished.
$500 per month.
$250 deposit. 8866343.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 285·
9112.
AFFORDABLE
SPECIAL
Park
Place Apartments
First month rent
FREE with deposit
paid in 3 installments. To qualified
applicants. 1 BR
$280, 2 BR $304.
Offer valid thru
11/30/06. All electric HUD accepted.
886-0039. Equal
Hous1ng
Opportunity.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-97'17.
Houses
FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town,
3 BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month. $440
security deposit.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT $400 Per
month, 2 BR @
Betsy Lane. Call
478-5403
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
Leave message.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq tt house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
Nice
furnished
mobile home for
rent. Suitable for 2
or 3 people. Just
off Mtn. Parkway
on old 114. Phone
886-8724
FOR RENT
One
Mobile
Home lots for rent
1/2 mile on right
from Prestonsburg
on Town Branch
Road. Lots have
city water, gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
FOR RENT
2
BR
MH.
Minutes
from
Prestonsburg. W/D
hookup.
Water,
Sewage, and trash
included.
8890036.
FOR RENT
Trailer for rent, 3
miles
from
Prestonsburg on
404 David Road.
Quiet
neighborhood. Call 8863902.
TRAILER
for
rent. 3 BR. Call
874-2818.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF
BLASTING
SCHEDULE
Permit No. 8360330
In
accordance
with the provisions any or all bids funds or any other
of KAR 16: 120E, received.
reason, the utility
moved for the
Wolverine
account for which adoption of the
Resources
Inc. ,
ordicheck, draft, note foregoing
P.O. Box 77, lvel,
Invitation to Bid
or other negotiable nance.
Kentucky 41642,
The
Carl
D.
ir>strument
was
Commissioner_
phone {606) 889Perkins Job Corps received shall be
8440 proposes the C e n t e r ,
subject to immedi- seconded
the
following blasting
Prestonsburg, KY,
ate termination and motion.
schedule.
The
is now accepting
immediate disconUpon roll call, the
blasting site conbids
for
4,000
sists of approxi- square ft of VCT nection of the utili- votes were as folmately
417.24 tile, 400 ft of vinyl ty(s) without any lows:
to
the
acres, located in cove base, and 40 notice
Floyd and Magoffin gallons of g lue.
account holder.
~
Counties, located The deadline for
Paragraph 23(b). NQ
primarily 0.75 mile
bids
will
be
When a check,
Frank Morris, Mayor
southwest from KY Wednesday,
draft, note or other
114's junction with
1/19/07. Late bids
negotiable instruPrater Branch, and will not be accept·
ment is received by Gene
Davis,
located 0.92 mile ed. For more inforthe utility depart- Commissioner
southwest
of mation,
please
ment for payment
Middle Creek. The contact
Tracy
of a utility account
latitude
is
Reichenbach
at
and
is returned Sharon
Clark,
37 239'26". The lon- (606)
886-1037
gitude is 82254'44".
ext. 131 or Thomas without payment Commissioner
and/or dishonored
Detonations
of Rainey at (606)
explosives are pro- 886-1 037 ext. 104 for payment for
posed to occur between 8 a.m.
non-sufficient Wanda
Wilson,
from sunrise to and 4:30 p.m., funds or any other Commissioner
sunset,
Sunday Monday - Friday.
reason,
the
thru Saturday. The The
Carl
D.
account shall be
blasting schedule
Perkins Job Corps treated as if no Bill
Blackburn,
is for the period Center
reserves
payment had been Commissioner
from January 22, the right to reject
received and the
2007 to January any or all bids
delinquent penalty
22, 2008. Entry to
received.
shall be assessed The Mayor declared the
the blasting area
pursuant to the within ordinance adopt·
will be regulated by
Ordinance
of ed.
signs and barriers.
Amending Code r provis.ions
Paraar1(h
3 of
the
c
k MQ(f1Stll¥Jayor
· ..
A,n•.~uth~nr,ed pqmi ,.. ,...1 1
of ,
..-~
,al> H._
v l H d.IIVri>tlln
pany representa.
, Utiltty
ules, P,n
, , • ,
tive will prohibit
Ordmances and
Regulations and
An Ordinance
access to the blastthe Utility Rules
final notice issued
Related to the
ing area by unauand
(and tagging of the
Amendment of
thorized persons at
Regulations so
~usto~er's . door)
§ 55 .06 of the
least 10 minutes
to Provide for
1mmed1ately 1f one
Code of
prior to each deto·
Immediate
~as
not
b~en
Ordinances
and
nation. Prior to
Disconnection
tss~ed. If a ft~al
the City of
each
blasting
of Utilities
not1ce and/or a d1sPikeville Utility
e~ent, two signals
Obtained by
connect
notice
Rules and
w!ll be so.unded
a Check Draft
w1th an a1rhorn,
'
'
tagged to the cusRegulations
whose signal
is
Note or. Other
tomer's door was
issued
before
Adopted by 0audible up to within
Negotiable
91-014 so to
one-half mile of the
Instrument
receipt of the disProvide for
blast site, as per
which
honored payment,
the following: (1)
is Dishonored
no notice or tagPayment on the
Five (5) minutes
for Not
ging of the cusFifteenth Day
prior to the blast
Sufficient
tomer's door will be
Following the
signal, a warning
Funds for Any
issued before the
Bill for Service;
si!iJnal of a ?ne ( 1)
Other Reason;
utilities are disconProviding for a
mmut~ senes of
Providing For
nected.
Penalty of 5%
long a1rhorn, blasts
.
The
ordinance
after Fifteen
Immediate
will be blasts will be
shall be in full force
Days;
given. After the
Disconnection
And
blast has been sue- of Utilities when and effect after it is
Discontinuance
cessfully conductCheck, Draft,
passed and pubof Service After
ed, an all-clear sigNote or Other
lished as required
Twenty Days
nal of one blast
Negotiable
by law. The above
ORDINANCE
lasting twenty (20)
Instrument is
ordinance
was
seconds duration
Dishonored for
NO. 0-2005
given first reading
Now Therefore,
will be sounded
Non-Sufficient
this _
day of
Be It Ordained by
fr_om the sa~e
Funds or Any
___2000; the ordia1rhorn followmg
the
City
of
was
given
a
nance
the inspection of
Other Reason
Pikeville that §
second
reading
on
the blast area.
After
the _
day of 55.06 Is amended
Events which could
the Account
as follows:
___
2000.
necessitate
an
has Received a
§ 55.06 Billing
Final
unscheduled blast
Procedure; Late
Passed
this
include, but are not
Notice and
Payment;
day of
l~mite~
to, rain,
Subject to
Remedies
For
2000.
l1ghtnmg,
other
Disconnect
Commissioner_ Nonpayment.
atmospheric condiFor
tions, or deteri~ratNonpayment
ed
explostves
.
Prestonsburg Park
Without the
which involve perCommission
sonnel, operational
Cus~o~er
or public safety
Rece1vmg a
is seeking Administrative
Further
Assistant to work in office to
Final Notice.
Invitation to Bid
perform Administrative responORDINANCE
The
Carl
D.
sibilities. Responsibilities
Perkins Job Corps
NO. 0-2000-020
include all levels of executive
Be It Ordained
Center,
support including written correby the City of
Prestonsburg, KY,
is now accepting Pikeville that the
spondence, calender managebids tor installation Utility Rules and
ment, file organization, and
of drain tiles and Regulations,
special
projects.This position
basins around cen- adopted
by
will
also
involve handling daily
ter. The deadline Ordinance No. 0for bids will be
bank
transactions.
The posi91-014 are amendWednesday,
tion
requires
good
communicaed
to
add
1/19/07. Late bids
tion skills and organization
Paragraphs 23(a)
will not be acceptas
follows:
and
{b)
skills.
Some experience worked. For more inforParagraph 23(a).
ing with Microsoft Works Office
mation,
please
contact
Tracy When a check,
is a plus. Candidates must be
Reichenbach
at draft note or other
highly energetic, flexible, and
(606)
886-1037 negotiable instruable
to multi-task. Please drop
ext. 131 or Thomas ment received by
off resumes to the Archer Park
Rainey at {606) the
Utility
886-1 037 ext. 104 Department as a
office between the hours of
between 8 a.m.
deposit for a utility
8:30a and 4:00p or mail to:
and 4:30 p.m.,
account is returned
Archer Park: P.O. Box 911,
Monday - Friday.
without payment
Prestonsburg, KY 41653.
The
Carl
D.
and/or dishonored
Perkins Job Corps
Resumes will be accepted until
Center
reserves for payment for
January 19, 2007.
the right to reject non-sufficient
�A 12 •
SUNDAY, JANUARY
(A) All users shall
be billed monthly.
Billings for any particular month shall
be made within ten
(10) days after the
end of the month.
Payments are due
within fifteen ( 15)
days following the
date of bill for service; after the close
of ordinary business
hours on the fifteenth (15th) day
following the date of
billing, the utility
account shall
be
delinquent and a
late payment penalty of five percent
(5%) of the current
user charge bill will
be added to each
delinquent bill.
(B) After twenty
(20) days following
the date of billing
and 24 hours notification to the customer (by tagging of
customer's door) of
the City intention to
disconnect
services, the City shall
discontinue service
to the delinquent
customer and service shall not be
restored until the
account is paid in
full, plus a service
charge for discontinuing and restoring service .
(C) When any bill
(including interest
and
penalty)
remains unpaid for
one (1) year after
the date due, such
bill shall be recorded in the land
records of Pike
County by the treasurer and shall constitute a lien on the
property. If such lien
(including interest
and
penalty)
remains unpaid for
a period of one (1)
year after date of
recordation, such
property shall be
subject to public
sale by the treasurer.
Further the Utility
Rules
,... and
Meglllatldns adopted by the City by
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
ordinance 0-91-014
are hereby amended to conform with
the changes set
forth above.
The above ordinance was given
first reading this
26th
day
of
September, 2005.
The
ordinance
was given a second
reading on the _ _
day of _ _ 2005.
Passed this
day of
2005.
Commissioner
_ ____ moved
the adoption of the
foregoing
ordin a n c e
Commissioner
_ _ _ _ seconded the motion.
Upon roll call, the
votes were as follows:
Yes
No
Franklin D. Justice, II,
Mayor
James
A.
Commissioner
Eugene W.
Commissioner
Shane
Commissioner
Dallas
Commissioner
Carter,
Davis,
Hall,
Layne,
The Mayor declared the
within ordinance adopted.
Franklin D. Justice, II,
Mayor
Attest:
Karen W. Harris, City
Clerk
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
FLOYD
CIRCUIT COURT
CIVIL BRANCH
DIVISION II
CIVIL ACTION
No. 06-CI-00963
HSBC Mortgage
Services, Inc.
burg,
Kentucky,
41653, located and
Floyd
lying
in
County, Kentucky,
which mortgage is
of
record
in
Mortgage Book 489,
Page 99, in the
office of the Floyd
County Clerk, which
~TICEOF
LEGAL ACTION is now in default. If
you are Melissa
Blake E.
Campbell and/or the
Campbell aka
Blake Campbell, U n k n o w n
Occupants/Tenants,
Melissa
if
any, of 75 Hatfield
Campbell, the
Estates, PrestonsUnknown
Kentucky,
Occupants!Tena burg,
then you may want
nts,
to make an entry of
If any, of 75
Hatfield Estates, appearance in this
action.
Prestonsburg,
Under our civil
Kentucky
rules , you must
41653,and
answe r the comCommonwealth
plaint within 50 days
of Kentucky,
of October 2, 2006.
County of Floyd,
If you fail to file an
by and on behalf answer, you might
of Secretary of
forfeit your rights to
Finance and
challenge
these
Administration
allegations.
You
Defendants
may need the serOn October 27,
vices of a local
2006, I was appointattorney.
Please
ed warning order
understand that I
attorney to notify
am the warning
Melissa Campbell
order attorney and
and/or the Unknown
do not and cannot
0
c
c
u
represent you. My
pants/Tenants,
if
function
is
to
any of 75 Hatfield
attempt to notify you
Estates ,
and report my findPrestonsburg ,
ings to the court.
Kentuc-ky, of a lawShould you decide
suit filed in Floyd
to answer the comCircuit Court. A
plaint yourself, your
copy of the comanswer should be
plaint in this action
ma1led to Floyd
may be obtained
Circuit Clerk, Floyd
from
the
Floyd
County
Justice
Circuit Court, Floyd
Center, 127 S. Lake
County
Justice
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Me~ber AP, KPA, NNA
Sa1'i11g. tlw Citiz rm of Floyd C01mty si11re 1927
·.
. Volume 81 . Issue 7 • 75 Cents
Lawmakers join widows to support mine safety
COUNTY
TOURNAMENT
-PageBl
briefs
Pike man
killed in
ATV wreck
The Associated Press
HAZARD- State Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday joined mining widows, safety advocates and union officials in Eastern Kentucky's coalfields
to support newly introduced mine safe-
T R U S T
ty legislation.
"We've got to make sure miner~ are
safe in Kentucky's mines," House
Speaker Jody Richards said.
The mine safety bill, sponsored by
Rep. Brent Yonts, would increase the
number of mine inspections, require all
miners to carry a methane detector and
beef up onsite emergency personnel.
Melissa Lee, whose husband Jimmy
Lee was one of five miners killed May
20 in the Kentuck,y Darby Mine explosion in Harlan County, said the proposed legislation would prevent similar
L I F E
F 0 R
Road deaths
fall in county,
across state
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
~
MILLARD - An ATV
accident in Pike County
has claimed the life of an
18-year-old Shelbiana resident.
At approximately 8 p.m.
Sunday, emergency officials were dispatched to
an ATV accident in the
Millard area of Pike
County. Upon arrival, first
responders found that the
single ATV accident had
injured both the driver,
Todd A. Prater, 18, and his
passenger, David E.
Blackburn, age 17.
According to Kentucky
State Police 1 Prater was
•traveling on U.S. 460 in
Millard when he turned
onto Fishtrap Road and
collided with a guardrail.
Both Prater and
Blackburn were transported by Elkhorn City
Ambulance to Pikeville
Medical Center, where
P-rater was later pronounced dead by Pike
County Coroner Russell
Roberts.
The passenger, David
Blackburn, suffered moderate injury and was listed in
stable condition at PMC.
' KSP reported that a lcohol or drug involvement is
not yet known. Toxicology
reports are pending and
neither Prater nor
Blackburn were wearing a
helmet.
2 DAY FORECAST
Today
by AL~X SMITH
STAFF WRITER
,
phot, by Jessica Hale
Floyd County Circuit .Clerk Douglas Hall assists Harold resident Rodney Hall as he renews his
driver's license and donates a dollar to the Trust For Life Organ and Tissue Donation Fund.
County still leads state
in T ust for Life onations
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
Residents of Floyd County
have once again proved their
support for the Trust For Life
Organ and Tissue Fund, which
i!> implemented throughout the
state by circuit court clerks.
Trust For Life was created in
1992 by the Kentucky Circuit
Court Clerks Association and
the state legislature with the
intent to collect money to fund
a year-round education and
promotion effort to encourage
all Kentuckians to sign their
driver's licenses for consent to
be organ and tissue donors.
Each time a person receives
or renews a drivers license,
they are asked to donate $1 to
the Trust. In 2006, the Floyd
County Circuit Clerk's office
collected the $1 donation from
68 percent of those obtaining
their driver's licenses last year,
an above average percentage in
the state.
According to Douglas Hall,
Floyd County Circuit Court
Clerk and president of the
Trust's Board of Directors, his
office has been number one in
Kentucky for the last three
years for donations received.
(See DONATIONS, page five)
New science exhibit to open
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
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Opinion .. ....................... A4
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Lifestyles ...................... B5
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disasters.
"My husband died because of a lack
of equipment," Lee told the lawmakers.
The miners died after two of the
men accidentally ignited a methane
leak by using a torch to do maintenance
work, a state investigation found.
PRESTONSBURG - Before bulldozers,
cranes and other modern construction equipment
were available for use, ancient cultures found
other ways to build impressive structures in the
Ohio Valley, some of which c;till survive today.
The Eastern Kentucky Science Center, in conjunction with the Cincinnati Museum Center will
be unveihng an exhibit Jan. 26 to display several of the remaining structures built by these
ancient civilizations at 39 different locations in
the Ohio Valley. The exhibit, entitled
"Earthworks: Virtual Explorations of the Ancient
Ohio Valley," will be open to the public through
May 6 and will mclude topographic models, virtual artifact kiosks and virtual reconstructions of
earthworks that are still standing.
Earthworks, which are constructions or works
of art designed by modifying a portion of land,
were constructed by native cultures that lived in
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia
between eight and 24 centuries ago. Included in
the exhibit will be earthworks made by the
Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient cultures.
The exhibit is part of a traveling exhibit from
the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union
Terminal. The reconstruction of the ancient cultures for the exhibit is the end result of 10 years
of work by a team of architects, archaeologists,
historians, technical experts and Native
Americans working for the museum. Much of
the exhibit will be navigable through a system of
interactive videos put together by the Center for
the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and
Archaeological Sites.
A large portion of the Ohio Valley's ancient
architecture was destroyed long before any
record of it could be made. The purpose of the
exhibit is to preserve the history of the region
and to give people a glimpse into what ancient
societies were able to accomplish without the use
of modem tools and technology.
Included in the exhibit will be artifacts recovered at the excavation of the C&O Mounds in
Paintsville in Johnson County in the mid-1930s.
Photographs of the discovery and several of the
Adena culture artifacts found at the site will also
be on display.
Last year was a landmark year for safety on
Kentucky's
roadways,
which saw the number of
accident fatalities drop 8
percent from the previous
year, while the state
received praise for its
efforts in passing three driver safety laws from the
Washington-based
Highway and Auto Safety
group.
Floyd County had eight
traffic fatalities last year,
compared to lO the previous year, while statewide
there were 79 fewer roadway fatalities in 2006 (907)
compared to 2005 (986).
But even with -;uch a significant drop. state officials
believe that when given a
full year to enforce the new
legislation, the number of
fatalities will only dip further.
"While we lost 79 fewer
lives on the roadways of
this Commonwealth last
year, compared to 2005, we
are striving for much lower
fatality rates in 2007," said
Commissioner
of
Transportation Safety Tim
Hazlette. "We will leave no
stone unturned in our effort
to find ways to save more
lives."
Kentucky's new primary
seatbelt Jaw went into effect
Jan. 1, with drivers now
receiving a $25 fine if anyone in their vehicle is seen
not wearing a seatbelt. In
the past, drivers were simply given a warning.
Another law passed last
summer was an expansion
photo by Alex Smith
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(See ROADS, page five)
When someone dies in a traffic accident on a roadway
It Is common to see a memorial of the person appear
shortly thereafter placed by family and friends. This
cross is located near the Route 114 intersection on the
southbound side of U.S. 23 and is less than 100 yards
from a separate memorial for another victim who died
on the same stretch of highway.
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of Kentucky's graduated
driver's license program.
Under the new format, a
driver will have restrictions
placed on their driving for a
six-month period after they
get their learner's permit
which they must adhere to
before earning an unrestricted license.
New
requirements under the law
include 60 hours of supervised driving with an adult
and a ban on driving
between midnight and 6
a.m.
The law was passed in
April to reduce the number
of teenagers involved in
crashes; Kentucky currently has one of the highest
rates in
the
nation.
According to the Kentucky
Transportation Cabinet, 18
percent of all fatal crashes
in Kentucky and more than
20 percent of all highway
crashes in the state occur
with a teenager behind the
wheel.
"North Carolina and
Michigan, for example,
have done studies which
have shown as much as a 25
percent reduction in crashes
involving 16-year-old drivers after passing GDL legislation,"
said
Transportation
Cabinet
Secretary Bill Nighbert
before the legislation was
passed. ''These are the lcind
of positive results we're
striving for in Kentucky."
Also enacted last year
was a "quick clearance"
law, established to clear
accidents and other roadway obstructions quickly
and safely while preventing
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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Obituaries
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Virginia "Jean"
Layne
Virginia "Jean" Layne. 74,
.. widow of the late Chester
Layne, "The Friendly Tom's
Man" of Ivel, died Monday,
January 15, 2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg.
Jean was a devoted wife,
mother, grandmother, and
great-grandmother.
She was born on August 14,
1932, in Dwale.
Jean and Chester were both
active members of the community, where they developed
real estate throughout Eastern
Kentucky, and Central Florida.
Her loving generosity, and
wit and charm. endeared all
who knew her. She possessed
a sharp intellect, an engaging
personality, and truly loved
everyone.
She is survived by her oldest
son and daughter-in-law,
David
and
Paula
of
Prestonsburg,
and
her
youngest son and daughter-inlaw, "to be," Malcom of !vel
and Betsy Jo Mounts of
Pikeville; one grandson and
granddaughter-in-law, David
Allen
and
Martha
of
Prestonsburg; one stepgranddaughter, Heather Ousl ey of
Prestonsburg; one stepgranddaughtcr "to be." Sara Beth
Mounts of Pikeville; one
great-grandson, Trey Layne of
Prestonsburg; and one brother,
Martin Collins of Denver. She
is also survived by several
nieces, nerhews. grandnieces,
and grandnephews.
She was preceeded in death
by her husband, Chester
Layne; her parents Theodore
and Thelma Edwards Collins;
her brother, Ernest Little; and
her -.ister, Garnett Hayden.
Funeral servic~s will be held
on Saturday at l :00 p.m., at
the Christ United Methodist
Church in Allen.
Burial will follow at the
Layne Family Cemetery at
lvel.
Pallbearers will be John
Caudill, Paul Hunt, Andy
Lewis, Melvin Lewis, Scott
Hall, Doug Marcum, Thomas
Nairn, and Paul N. Thompson.
Visitation will be from 4-9
p.m. ,
on
Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, at the
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home
in Martin.
Jean requested that expressions of sympathy be sent to
the American Cancer Society
at P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma
City. OK 73123- 1718.
(Paid obituary)
DOD
Julia Reffitt
Julia Reffitt, age 72, of
Langley, died Thursday,
January 11, 2007, at Our Lady
of the Way Hospital, in Martin.
Born November 14, 1934,
in Johnson County, she was
the daughter of the late lrby
Litton and Minnie Steele
Litton Samons. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Methodist Church.
Survivors include two
sons: Bobby Reffitt (Mildred)
of Langley. and Tom Reffitt of
Martin ;
two
daughters:
Claudette Reffitt of Langley,
and Oma Elkins of Pikeville;
eight grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by a
brother, William Litton; and
her stepfather,
Eugene
Samons.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 12, at 11 a.m.,
at' Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Joe
Ryan officiating.
Burial was in Davidson
Memorial Gardens in Ivel,
under the direction of NelsonFra/ier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral home.
Active pallbearers: Bobby
Reffitt, Beckham Reffitt,
Roman Reffitt, Joel Branham,
Jeffrey Robinson, and Gene
Snyder.
(Paid obitu•ry)
'I
'In
Elizabeth Nell
(Bobby) Sadler
Elizabeth Nell (Bobby)
Sadler of Prestonsburg, formerly of Charleston, West
Virginia, died on Saturday,
January 13, 2007.
She was born in Wheeling,
West Virginia. February 7,
1916, the daughter of John
Edward and Grace Vivian
Hamilton Marschner. She
spent her younger childhood
in Wheeling, before moving
to Oak Hill, West Virginia,
where she met her husband,
James Carter Sadler.
After their marriage in
1939, Jim served in the
Army, stationed in India, for
nearly three years.
Following his return from
military service, Bobby and
Jim moved to Charleston,
West Virginia, and had a
daughter, Linda. Jim, died in
1986, and Bobby continued
to live in Charleston, until
moving to Prestonsburg in
2000.
Bobby was preceded in
death by her parents, her
husbap.d, and one sister,
Margaret Berginnis.
She is survived by a
daughter, Linda Francis, and
husband, Bill; a granddaughter, Carrie Francis Cabot,
and husband, Doug; a greatgranddaughter,
Lyda
Douglas Cabot; a niece,
Charlotte Berginnis Cole;
and several cousins.
(Paid obituary)
ODD
Brian Samons
Brian Samons, age 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Saturday,
January 13,2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
· Born December 15, 1927, in
Martin, he was the son of the
late Newton and Sue Samons.
He was a general laborer for
the Greenhouse, and was a
member of the Church o
Christ, at Arkansas Creek in
Martin.
Survivors include a brother,
Samons
of
Roger
Prestonsburg: three sisters:
Faye Samons of Martin,
Mildred Taylor of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and Lois
Hughes of Taylorsville; and
several nieces and nephews.
Jn addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
brothers: Lester Samons and
Leeland Samons.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16, at 2 p.m.,
at Nelson-Frazier funeral
Home in Martin, with Church
of Christ ministers officiating.
Burial was in the Samon<;
Cemetery, Arkansas Creek,
Martin, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
(Paid obituary)
':JC10
Maetta Faye
Shepherd
Maetta Faye Shepherd, age
76, of Prestonsburg, died
Saturday, January 13,2007, at
her residence.
Born May 30, 1930, in
Magoffin County, she was the
daughter of Anna Howard
Arnett of Royalton, and the
late Owen Arnett. She was a
retired housekeeping supervisor for Our Lady of the Way
Hospital in Martin.
In addition to her mother,
she is survived by her husband, Donald Shepherd.
Other survivors include a
son and daughter-in-law:
David and Terri Shepherd of
Allen; a daughter and son-inlaw: Kathy and Henry Ramey;
three brothers: Donald Ray
Arnett of Emma, Paul Edward
Arnett of Royalton, and
Lowell Grey Arnett of
Salyersville; three grandchildren: Beth Moore, Ashley
Thompson and Josh Shepherd;
and a great grandchild, Bryce
Moore.
:BeShear favors casino gambling
••
•
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Beshear suppolted a plan for casino gambling on Tuesday,
saying it could generate hundreds of millions in tax revenue to help fund education and road construction.
Casino gambling - comple te with
slots and table games should be
allowed at horse tracks and freestanding
locations. said Beshear, a former lieutenant governor.
State lawmakers should pass a proposed constitutional amendme nt that
would ultimately leave the gambling issue
with Kentucky voters, Bcshcar said.
"It is time that the people be allowed to
vote on whether they want expanded gaming in our state and the resulting economic benefits that it will provide for each and
every county in Kentucky,'" Beshear said
in prepared remarks.
The policy announcement by Beshear
marked the first of his campaign. Beshear,
who was flanked by his running mate Sen.
Daniel Mongiardo, said his future proposals would be funded through money
brought in by casino gambling.
Beshear is facing state Treasurer
Jonathan Miller and Otis Hensley Jr., of
Harlan, in the May primary. Candidates
have until Jan. 30 to officially enter the
race.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16, at 1 p.m.,
at Nelson-Fra.Gier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Tommy
Reed officiating.
Burial was in Davidson
Memorial Gardens in Ivel,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
(Pa1d obituary)
home.
Aster Hunter
Nov. 22, 1912 - Jail'. 17, 2005
It has been two long years
since you went to live in
Heaven. When God chose
you, He chose ·a hero, the
greatest husband and daddy
in this world. You are missed
and loved as much now, as
the day Jesus called you
home. We are reminded each
and every day that "with God
there are no endings, only
endless beginnings."
You know you are always
with us.
Tony, Norma, Ollie,
Shirley, Aster Jr., Loretta,
Esther, Brenda, and Your
Loving Wife, Mae.
THE HUNTERS
Card of Thanks
The family of Cecelia L. Parks wishes to gratefully
acknowledge the thoughtfulness and kindness of friends,
relatives, and neighbors, in the loss of our loved one.
Thanks to all who sent food, flowers, prayers, or spoke comforting words. We are especially grateful to Clergyman Karl
Hansen for his comforting words; the Sheriff's Department
for their assistance in traffic control; and the Hall Funeral
Home for their professional and compassionate service.
THE FAMILY OF CECELIA L. PARKS
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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your communay event, you
may hand-deliver your item to
The Floyd County Times
office, located at 263 S.
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on a first-come, first-serve
basis as space permits.
Public forum on wellness,
health and nutrition plans
Parents and citizens are
invited to attend a public
forum
discussion
about
Wellness.
Health,
and
Nutrition plans in Floyd
County Schools. This forum
will be hosted by the Floyd
County Board of Education
Health, Nutrition and Physical
Activity Committee.
The
meeting will take place Jan.
22, 5 p.m. at May Valley
Elementary.
Fire Chiefs to meet Jan. 18
Floyd County Fire Chiefs
Assn. will meet Thursday, Jan.
18 at 7:00 pm at the Allen Fire
Dept. All fire officers are welcome to attend. For more
information, contact Assn.
Secretary Gary Dotson at 8861010.
Alice Lloyd College
Spring Semester
Registration
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Registration for the 2007
Spring Semester at Alice
Lloyd College will take place
on January 16 and 17, on the
campus in Pippa Passes.
Seniors and Juniors will register on Tuesday, January 16,
from
8:30-12,
and
Sophomores from 1:00-3:30.
Freshmen will register on
Wednesday, January 17, from
8:30-12 and 1:00-3:00. All
new and transfer students,
including residents and com-
muters, are required to attend a
meeting on Sunday, January
14, at 7:00 p.m., in Ralph
Edwards Auditorium. Classes
begin on January 18. For more
information, call 606-3686036.
55 Representative to
visit Mud Creek Clinic
A
Social
Security
Representative will be at the
Mud Creek Clinic. located on
Route 979 in Grethel, to assist
people in filing claims for
Social Security Retirement,
Disabihty Social Security, and
Survivors Benefits. People can
also apply for Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), Black
Lung (BL), and a Social
Security Number (SSN).
The Representative will
also assist in filing appeals and
answering questions:
The
Social
Security
Representative will be at the
Mud Creek Clinic on the following dates for the next quarter:
January: Tuesday, January
2; Tuesday, January 16; and
Tuesday, January 30.
February:
Tuesday,
February 13; and Tuesday,
February 17.
March: Tuesday, March 13;
and Tuesday, March 27.
HRMC Calendar
Jan. 25 - Living Well With
Diabetes Support Group,
Meeting Room A & B, 5-6:00
p.m.
For more information concerning the support groups,
contact
the
Highlands
Educational
Services
Department at 886-7424.
Hillbilly Travel Club
Now scheduling trips for
the upcoming year to: Myrtle
Beach (Golf), March 11-15;
Washington, DC, Memorial
Day weekend; Niagara Falls,
Canada, Labor Day weekend.
All trips include roundtrip
motorcoach, lodging, selected
meals. Others include rounds
of golf (with cart), guided
tours, entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride,
IMAX theater, and more).
Call Ed at 452-4149 for more
information.
ACHS Class of '96
The Allen Central High
School Class of 1996 wi II be
holding their 10-year reunion.
For more information, call
Amanda at 285-9491 or Leslie
at 886-8003.
PHS Class of '97
The Prestonc;burg High
School Class of 1997 is currently planning their I 0 year
reunion. The reunion is scheduled to be held on July 14,
2007 at the Best Western,
Prestonsburg. Those wishing
to attend should plea!>e send in
all of their personal information including name, address,
phone number, occupation,
spouse, children, and pets.
All teachers from 1993
to 1997 are also welcome.
Classmates may send their
information to phs97@bellsouth.net or mail to Mark
McKinney, 69 Hospital St.,
Martin, KY 41640
Self."
"Lunch is served at noon
and programs begin promptly
at 12:40. Contact Mike Vance
at 226-2075; David Kraus at
886-3082; or Nancy Johnson
at 886-1156 for more info.
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UNITE
The UNITE coalition or
Floyd County will meet the
FIRST Monday of each
month, at 7 p.m., at the New
Allen Baptist Church. All
interested persons welcome to
join UNITE's fight against
drugs.
•"Living Free·· - A support
group sponsored by the Floyd
County UNITb Coalition.
Group will meet weekly at the
old Allen Baptist Church, on
US 23 N., between Allen and
Banner, on Tuesdays, at J: 15
p.m.
Living Free is a faith-based
12-step support group open to
all who are searching [or
recovery. There is no fee to
attend. For more info., contact
Shirley Combs at 874-3388 or
434-8400.
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:15:
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:00:
SUN. 11:301, 7:00, 9:15
SUN. l1:30J, 1:00, 9:00
SUNDAY MATINEE- Open 1:00; start 1:30
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Hope In the Mountains
Hope in the Mountains will
host public meetings on
Mondays, at 9 a.m., at the
junction of U.S. 23 and Rt. 80,
on Watergap Rd., behind the
Trimble Chapel Church.
Meetings focus will be to
offer information in regard to
community resources available to women seeking freedom from drug abuse. Family
members are also welcome to
attend. The Hope initiative
proposes to help women break
free from addictive lifestyles
to become self-respecting contributing members of society.
Call874-2008 or 788-1006
for more information.
Prestonsburg Rotary Club
Invites interested professionals and businesses to join
them for lunch each Thursday,
at 12 p.m., in the Student
Grille Conference Room,
onthe BSCTC campus.
Each weekly program is
devoted to community service
and its application to the
Rotary Motto: "Service Above
Free Body Recall classes
Free Body Recall Exercise
Classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. at
9:30. at the Presbyterian
Church
in
Prestonsburg.
Classes are held Monday,
Wednesday, and Thursday. at
11 a.m. at the old R & S
Building. Classes are offered
by the Floyd County Health
Department. Call the health
department, 886 2788, for
more information.
'Earn While You Learn'
The Big Sandy Area C..A.P.
office is taking applications
for its "Senior Training
Program." You must be 55 or
older to apply. In Floyd. call
886-2929; Johnson, call 789-
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17, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
Worth Repeating ...
"Speak out in acts; the time
for words has passed, and
only deeds will suffice."
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A major new Census Bureau report on the status of
America's children was released last week. The report, "A
Child's Day: 2003," contains statistics gathered from a
2003 survey of parents on various aspects of their children's lives, including education, leisure-time activities and
parent-child interaction. The purpose of collecting the data
was to examine the daily activities and wel1-being of the
nation's 73 million children.
A news release accompanying the report presents the
data in glowing terms: "More kids 'on track' at school - 1
in 4 gifted." But the report is all hat and no cattle.
On the surface, some of the statistics look encouraging.
For example, the number of parents restricting the TV
viewing of their 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds (67 percent), was up
significantly from 1994. (Who knew so many 3-year-olds
had unlimited access to "Elmo's World"?) Fifty-seven percent of parents wanted their kids to get a college education,
and slightly more said they thought they would.
Closer inspection of the report turns up some dubious
data. Can it be true that 47 percent of parents never felt
angry with their children? (Never ever? How about now,
Mom? Mom! Mom! How about now?) Or that only 5 percent of parents say their kids do things that bother them a
lot? (We want to meet these children who never were
shrieking toddlers who refused to get dressed right before
the relatives arrived for dinner, always went to the potty on
cue and never woke up with a pimple and loathed the
world, especially the adults hogging all the oxygen and the
car.) Or that only 18 percent of parents said they had children
sometimes take up more time than expected?
(Like, fo inst ce, every ble ed moment of pare t ' ak
ing hours Unfil they die?) Other statistics seem dubious. For
example, 7 5 percent of schoolchildren ages 12 to 17 were
said to be academically "on track," meaning they were performing at or above the grade level. That was a 6 percent
rise since 1994. But there's no context. Does that mean
they're getting the preparation they need for college or for
working at Wal-Mart?
One in four children were said to be attending a class for
gifted students or doing advanced work in an academic subject. But what objective standards were used to label kids
or classes "advanced"?
Another finding: Teenagers were less likely to eat a meal
with a parent than children under 6 were. Duh.
Measuring the well-being of the nation's children is a
reasonable idea, as long as the methods are sound, the sample size is representative, the questions and terminology are
well-defined and the data are valid. Good data can help
guide public policy - identifying problems, designing effective education programs and determining where limited
resources should go. But this report, with its squishy numbers and lack of context, doesn't provide the kind of firm
foundation needed to make such decisions.
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- Letters-- - - - -- - - -Support Allen
Central's flag
I think it's pathetic that there is
nothing more important to discuss at a
board meeting that Allen Central's
display of the Confederate flag, like
maybe how we could keep drugs and
weapons from entering our schools,
things that are actually harmful to our
kids.
That flag has been flying there for
over 30 years and I have never known
of it hurting anyone. But we always
have some people who like to stir in
something that doesn't need stirring.
I graduated from Allen Central and
etime: d I look that flag and
feel hate or think of slavery. If the
truth were known, most of the students at Allen Central now or in the
past have no idea what that flag represents, and I bet none of them ever
looked at it as a symbol of hate or
slavery. Maybe they should discuss
history teachers at the next meeting
(nothing intended toward any teachers).
Like the man from Teaberry wrote,
"It has nothing to do with a gang or
race. It is simply a representation of
Allen Central." We were proud to be
Rebels and of our flag. Nothing more!
I myself have never had a slave,
nor do I know anyone that ever had a
slave. I don't know of anyone today
who was a slave. I do, however, agree
with Mr. Coleman, head of the activist
group, that the community is still Jiving in the past. Well, just because they
choose to stay in the past instead of
moving forward doesn't give them the
right to condemn our flag. Honestly, I
think it's just something to pick at,
because they have nothing better to
do. Why can ' t they pursue something
worthwhile that may actually be beneficial?
I think along with a lot of others
that it would be an absolute shame and
disgrace to take the flag from the
Rebels. It's a shame that these symbols are already being eliminated .
When will this nonsense stop? Prayer
has been taken out of school, the Ten
Commandments are under fire, and
certain words that are offensive
shouldn't be said. What will be next?
And we have men and women
dying every day in a war and they
can't find anything better to complain
about. I found it ironic after 9/11 busines. es everywhere had up signs, "God
bless our troops" and ''God bless
Am~nca. " But yet you can' t pray at
school and want God taken out of the
Pledge and a judge rules in favor of
one student not to have prayer at graduation. I commend these students for
doing it anyway. And what happened
to majority rules?
You know, there's a lot of things I
see and hear on the TV and radio that
I don't like. But I don't try to take
these things from everyone just
because I don't like it. I change channels or. in this case, don' t look at it.
I hope everyone at Allen Central or
anyone who just believes this is
wrong will be at the board meetings
on Jan. 17 and Jan. 22 at 6:30p.m. at
May Valley. The discussion of the flag
is on the agenda for both meetings.
Let's all, Rebels and Rebel believers,
stand together. Don't let them take our
flag. It's been there 30 years. Let's
keep it 30 more. And please, let's all
remember our First Amendment right
and exercise it.
Karen Caudill
Hueysville
Bad examples
in schools
I'm a mother of four kids who
attend May Valley Elementary and
Allen Central Middle School. I'd like
for someone to explain to me how
some things that go on at school are
fair or right. Day after day, my kids
(ages 7, 9, 11 and 12) come home
complaining about several things.
They ask me why and I have no
answer.
1 The kids are not allowed to have
pop and only fat-free. spgar-free or
baked sweets, but yet the teachers
drink Pepsi and eat a Snickers right In
front of our children.
2. Cell phones are forbidden, but.
again teachers and staff te.xt message
each other while trying to teach a
class.
3. Dress codes call for no low-cut,
spaghetti-strap shirts, skirt: and shorts
no more than three inche above the
knee, and no pants with hoes in them.
But once again. every day principals,
teachers and staff are seen wearing
these items, which is very inappropriate.
They say our kids are obese, so
they've changed the menus and
snacks, but the staff members are just
as obese as anyone else. I though we,
as adults, were supposed to et exanlples and be good role models. If we
can't follow the rules, how do we
expect our kids to?
As for lunch and snack. that should
be left up to the parents.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007 • AS
Donations
• Continued from p1
"I attribute much of our
succe s to my deputies for asking people to donate." said
Hall.
"Douglas Hall and his staff
hould be very proud of their
efforts in collectmg the $I
donations," said Trust For Life
Director Berkeley Scott, "and
a special thank you should go
out to all of those Floyd
County residents that donat-
ed."
Hall says that he and the
other members of the board of
directors are encouraging
other counties to try to raise
their percentages. "In 1999,
we were ranked II 5th in the
state," said Hall, while
explaining that it is possible
for other counties to improve
their numbers.
Kentucky drivers may sign
the back of their license to
indicate their willingness to be
organ and tissue donors_
Licenses can either be signed
at the clerk's office or at home,
but participants are encouraged to notify family members
of their decision Bright
orange "donor dots" are also
available to be placed on the
rront or the license.
Currently, there are nearly
800 Kentuckians who are on
waiting lists for lifesaving
organ transplants and many
more need life enhancing procedures requiring donated tissues such as corneas, heart
valves and veins. Many of
these patients may die while
waiting.
"Someone in everyone's
life has been touched by the
need for an organ or tissue
donation," said Hall. "I hope
that the county continues to be
so generous."
Kentucky residents with a
valid state driver's license may
now make their wish to be a
donor known by registering
with Kentucky's Organ Donor
Registry
by
visiting
www.DonatcLifeKY.org. The
registration process is quick,
easy and secure. Interested
Kentuckians may call (866)
945-5433 for more information.
Roads
• Continued from p1
secondary accidents which
sometimes occur when people
do not react quickly enough.
While most programs and
laws the state has implemented
in the name of safety are met
with praise, some researchers
at the Kentucky Transportation
Center believe that safety measures already in place need to
be looked at more closely.
Jerry G. Pigman, the principal
investigator for a study commissioned by the KTC in
November 2005, said that one
such safety device, the shoulder and centerline rumble
strips which are increasingly
used on more roads statewide
to warn drivers when they are
leaving the roadway or crossing into oncoming traffic, need
to be studied to determine if
they are really needed on all
roads where they are currently
being installed.
"Everyone assumes they
are beneficial without any
studies being done," Pigman
said. "Other studies conducted
nationwide have concluded
they are, but there are some
roads that probably don't need
them."
Rumble strips are grooves
or rows of raised pavement
placed either on the side of a
lltJ road or along the centerline to
provide a warning to drivers
that they are in danger and
need to move back into their
lane. The strips produce a
loud rumbling sound and a
matching vibration, which
alerts the driver they have left
the roadway. Pigman said he
believes the strips should be
used on all major highways
and two-lane parkways where
there is a chance of crashes as
a result of driver fatigue, but
said that their installation in
urban areas where there is
already sufficient shoulder
space and where bicyclists
have a hard time manuevering
around the strips are areas
where they are unnecessary.
"Pretty much every cement
contract in Kentucky was having them installed when they
repaired a road," Pigman said.
The past 10 to 15 years has
seen a surge in the implementation of the strips as a part of
many repavement projects at
the
behest
of
the
Transportation Cabinet. The
question posed by the cabinet
now, which is being studied by
Pigman's research group, is
whether the state should continue to install the strips in
places they have been in the
past. An example used by the
group where they are unnecessary would be on regular
winding roads. where when
you go off the road, as Pigman
put it, you are already off the
road and the warning the strips
produce may startle someone
to the point of actually causing
a crash.
The group's report, which
will be released later this year,
is looking at a wide range of
issues, ranging from the incidence of accidents on certain
roads before and after their
implementation to complaints
by bicyclists that they cannot
stay on the road when riding
over them. Pigman said the
strips are needed in many
areas, but said the research
will lead to more studies and
with that, better road safety.
"In my opinion, safety belts
are the best for safety,"
Pigman said.
" Get Healthy Kentucky initiative
kicks off with launch of website
For Kentuckians who've
made getting healthy their New
Year's resolution, finding the
tools to achieve their goal will
be a whole lot easier in 2007
thanks to Governor Fletcher's
new initiative, Get Healthy
Kentucky (GHK).
The program is charged with
constructing a statewide wellness plan for all residents,
~ including access to reliable,
unbiased information on the
GHK Web site, www.gethealthy.ky.gov. When the public
logs on to the site, they will
more
about
the
learn
Governor's Challenge program
an innovative fitness program
designed to help participants
meet physical activity, nutrition
and smoking cessation challenges.
"When I first envisioned Get
Healthy Kentucky, I wanted
something that would directly
involve the residents of the
commonwealth and make each
~ of us feel that we are a part of
improving the health status of
our state," said Governor Ernie
Fletcher. "With so much information out there, that can be a
daunting
challenge.
Get
Healthy Kentucky provides a
single, accurate source of health
information alOng with unique
challenges and promotions to
inspire Keqtuckians to lead
healthier an~, ultimately, more
fulfilling liv s."
Through the Governor's
Challenge, participants will be
able to cho<;>se how to become
and remain physically active.
There are more than 100 activities from which to choose,
allowing a fun and exciting
bevy of Get Healthy Kentucky
options.
The Governor Challenges
gives participants the capability
to track progress on an activity
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are three levels of achievement:
bronze, silver and gold_
Kentuckians should start
looking for the GHK logo and
staff at events across the state
selected to help spread the message about the program and
give the public a chance to sign
up to take the Governor's
Challenge. By being one of first
1,000 citizens that become a
member, you will receive a free
Get Healthy Kentucky pedometer to begin your challenge.
"One of the most exciting
components of Get Healthy
Kentucky will be creating or
supporting community and state
events," said GHK Executive
Director Chris L. Corbin.
"Look for us at various sporting
events and physical activity initiatives that will help us spread
our message about improving
our lifestyles and creating environments more conducive to
healthy living for schools and
families."
The public can now log on to
the Get Healthy Kentucky Web
site to access extensive and reliable information about nutrition, physical activity and
tobacco cessation-related tools
(See HEALTH, page six)
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6515; Magoffin, n1ll 3492217: Pike, call432-2775: and
in Lawrence, call 638-4067.
Senior employment program
Are you a senior citi/.CI1 on
a fixed income struggling with
soaring medical bills and living expenses? Could you use
some extra spending money
but don't know how to get
back into the workforce?
If you arc at least age 55,
the Senior Community Service
Employment
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skills. and help your community at the same time ' To find
out more, call: 886-2929
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and older can earn a high
1-school diploma by demonstrating skills learned on the
job or in raising a family.
:Flexible scheduling is provided and confidentiality main: tained . Classes are held at the
:Carl D. Perkins Rehabilitation
Center, in Thelma, Mon . thru
Fri., with evening classes on
Thursday. EDP classes arc
also held at the Mullins
Learning Center, in Pikeville,
on Tuesdays, from 4:30-8:30
p.m. Contact Andy Jones at
606-788-7080, or 800-4432 J 87, ext. 186, or Linda Bell,
at ext. 160 to make an appointment.
GED classes are also available.
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, Floyd County Extension
, Homemaker Club Meetings
Allen:
lst Monday, J 1
a .m .,
at Christ United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall.
Dixie: 3rd Thursday, 12:30
p.m. ,
Dixie
Community
Room.
David: 1st Monday, 1 p.m .,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
Martin:
I st Tuesday, 6
1 p.m., Martin Church of Christ.
Maytown: 3rd Thursday, 6
p.m., Maytown Learning
Center.
C liff: 3rd Tuesday, 12 p.m.,
Community Centel.
Prestonsburg:
2nd
uesday,
10:30
a.m ..
Exte nsion Office.
South Prestonsburg: 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m. , Home of
,members (call 886-2668 for
info.)
Left Beaver: 2nd Tuesday,
10:30 a.m. , Osborne Elem.
~chool Library.
Special interest groups:
Nimble Thimble Quilt
Guild:
I st/3rd Wednesdays.
10 am to 2 p .m . Extension
Office.
Ncwbccs Quilt Group: 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m. . Extension
Office. (The Newbces do not
meet during the months of
January and Fcbmary.)
Looking for a Support
Group?
•Floyd County Alzheimer's
Support Group now meets at
Riverview Manor.
•Overeatcr's Anonymous Meetings
held
each
Wednesday at 6:30p.m., at the
old Allen Baptist Church,
located in Allen, just past red
light. Call 889-9620 for more
info.
•US TOO! Prostate Cancer
Survivors Support Group - For
all men with prostate cancer
and the ir families.
Group
meets the 3rd Thursday of
each month, at 6 p.m. , at the
Ramada Inn, Paintsville.
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30p.m .. at the
Martin Community Center.
For more info. , call 377-6658.
Those who have had gastric
bypass surgery most especially
welcome to attend. Meetings
being offered as support to
anyone needing extra support
in dealing with weight loss.
•Domestic
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Hotline - 24-hour Crisis Line
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Call
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pregnancy concerns.
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•Disabled? - You may be
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•A.S.K. (Adoption Support
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Based Services office, 1009
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Lake
Drive,
Prestonsburg, from 6-8 p.m.
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parent liaison, at 432-41 10 or
422-7927, or em ail to:
doslone@eastky.net.
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can earn an income by staying
home with your own children
while caring for the children of
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
17, 2007 • A7
Galbraith says he'll run for govemor
by BRUCE SCHREINER
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Lexington attorney Gatewood
Galbraith, a fixture on
Kentucky's
ballot,
aid
Monday he plans to enter the
growing field of Democrats
running for governor this year.
Meanwhile, former Lt.
Gov. Steve Henry pushed back
his planned gubernatorial
announcement because of the
death of kmgtime supporter
and political mentor Bettie
Weyler, a retired Jeffer~on
County teacher. Henry, a
Democrat, had planned to
make
his
announcement
Wednesday, but said it now
probably won't come until
next week.
Asked if he has selected a
running mate, Henry replied,
"I think it's safe to say I have,"
but wouldn't elaborate.
The 60-year-old Galbraith
said he intends to file his candidacy papers next week in
Frankfort. He said he has a
running mate lined up but
declined to identify who will
fill out his slate.
Galbraith ran unsuccessfully for governor three times
before - twice as a Democrat
and once as a Reform Party
candidate drawing 15 percent
of the vote in 1999. His losing
campaigns include two bids
for Congress, once for agriculture commissioner and in 2003
as an independent candidate
for attorney general.
Galbraith portrayed himself
as the most conservative candidate in this year's race.
'Tm for limited government," he said. "That's what
the constitution was set up to
do."
Already
seeking
the
Democratic
gubernatorial
nomination are state Treasurer
Jon athan Miller, former Lt.
Gov. Steve Beshear and Otis
Hensley of Harlan. House
Speaker Jody Richards plans
to announce in the coming
days whether he'll run for governor. Attorney General Greg
Stumbo also is considering
entering the race.
Henry welcomed the large
field of Democratic rivals,
saying it would beneftt him.
Henry has been on the
statewide ballot as a candidate
for lieutenant governor and
U.S. Senate. He also has ties to
several areas - he grew up in
Daviess County, graduated
from
Western
Kentucky
University in Bowling Green
and has been a surgeon in
Louisville. His wife, former
Miss America Heather French
Henry, is from northern
Kentucky.
"I think the higher number
of people in the race, the more
that favors my candidacy," he
said.
Galbraith tried to link other
candidates to the party's
decline in Kentucky, where
Republicans hold both U.S.
Senate seats, four of six congressional seats, the governor-
ship and the state Senate.
"The Democratic Party
needs to be resurrected, but it
cannot be in its past image,"
he said. "We offer the only
ticket that has enough sense
not to take part in what the
Democratic Party became."
Galbraith said state officials have not put enough
money into education.
He said he will propose
giving every Kentucky high
school graduate a $5,000
voucher to use for college,
vocatioqal school or other specialized worker training. He
said rising university tuition
rates are "casting off a lot of
middle-income families from
being able to" afford college.
Galbraith said undcrfunding for education has contributed to Kentucky's economic underperformance.
"Our economic development policy is not Working and
has not been working for a
long time," he said.
Galbraith gained notoriety
early in his political career for
his support to legalize mariJuana. He said Monday that he
supports allowing marijuana
use for some medical purposes
for the "sick and dying."
"That's as far as I go," he
said.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep.
Harold "Hal" Rogers, a
Republican from Kentucky's
5th District, appeared to rule
out a run for governor in an
interview on WYMT-TV 's
"Issues and Answers" program
that aired Monday night.
Rogers, mentioned as a
possible candidate for governor, said he thought he could
do more good for the state, and
especially
his
eastern
Kentucky
district,
in
Washington than in Frankfort.
Rogers said he did not plan
to endorse anyone in the GOP
primary for governor.
Republican Gov. Ernie
Fletcher is facing a primarychallenge
from
election
Paducah businessman Billy
Harper. Former U.S. Rep.
Anne Northup of Louisville
may announce a possible bid
in the coming days.
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Subspecialty Certification in
Headache Medicine by the
United Council for Neurologic
Subspecialties (UCNS). This
notification identifies Dr.
Ahmed as the only physician
in Kentucky to hold this
Subspecialty Certification.
Dr. Ahmed practices at the
Spine
and
Neurology,
Headache Center, PLLC. He is
a Clinical Professor and
Chairman of the Neurology
Program at Pikeville College,
School
of
Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Ahmed served
hs a Clinical Fellow in Spinal
Cord Injury Medicine at
Harvard Medical School, West
Roxbury
VA
Hospital,
Spaulding
Rehabilitation
Hospital and Brigham and
Women's Hospital in Boston.
He has also served residencies
in Neurology and in Internal
Medicine. He was a Fellow in
Neuro-Rehabilitation at Stony
Brook University Hospital in
New York.
The UCNS is an independent, non-profit, professional
medical organization designed
to recognize added competence and enhancing the quality of training for physicians in
neurological subspecialties
and the quality of patient care.
Headache Medicine is a
subspecialty concerned with
the diagnosis and treatment of
head and facial pain. Its scope
includes the diseases or categories of disease causing central and peripheral disturbance
of structures or functions causing head and face pain and
includes both primary and secondary disturbances of these
structures or functions.
As one who suffers from
migraine headaches himself,
Dr. Ahmed's interest in
headache medicine and in
advancing this neurological
subspecialty is not wholly professional. "This has been a
passion for me," he acknowledges. "I have suffered from
migraines myself and realize
they should be treated with
respect."
Preparing for the four-hour
exam, a prerequisite for certification, including six months
of study, all the while continuing his private practice and
teaching as chair of the
Department of Neurology at
Pikeville College, was a challenging but gratifying experience for Dr. Ahmed.
As his thriving practice
confirms, headache medicine
(and its recognition as a neurological subspecialty) "has been
a passion for me," Dr. Ahmed
admits.
His enthusiasm echoes that
of Alan G. Finkel, MD, a
Neurologist active in promoting headache medicine as a
subspecialty within UCNS.
"The experience of taking
the Headache Medicine exam-
ination in this new specialty
was thrilling (something most
of us don't feel when sitting
for yet another test)." Finkel
said. "The general neurologist
would not be able to pass this
examination without significant exposure and experience.
This is the true mark of subspecialty certification."
Dr. Ahmed received his
medical training in Mysore,
India, at the Mysore Medical
College where he was awarded
his Doctor of Medicine
degree.
He is a member of the
American
Academy
of
Neurology, American Society
of
Neuro-Rehabilitation,
American Society of Internal
Medicine, Kentucky Medical
Association and the National
Headache Foundation. He is a
widely published author of
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including the Journal of Spinal
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Two coal miners were buried
in debris and killed Saturday in
a southern West Virginia mine.
The miners were part of a
crew engaged in a technique
called retreat mining when a
collapse occurred before 11
a.m. at the Cucumber Mine,
said Ted Pile, a spokesman for
Abingdon, Va.-based Alpha
Natural Resources. Alpha's
Brooks Run Mining subsidiary
operates the mine.
"The day crew was in the
process of pillaring, which is
actually pulling out of a mined
out area," Pile said.
Retreat mining involves
removing pillars of coal that
were first left as roof supports.
It is unknown whether the
miners were killed by falling
roof material or a collapse of
one of the mine's pillars.
The deaths are the first in
West Virginia's coal mines this
year and the second and third
in the nation and follow 47
fatalities in 2006, the highest
death toll since 1995. Twentyfour of the deaths occurred in
West Virginia.
Pile said 35 miners were
underground at the time of the
accident. The rest of the
dayshift left the mine safely, he
said.
"We're in the process of
notifying the families," Pile
said. "We will probably release
the names once the families are
notified."
The mine was closed
Saturday and will remain
closed until regulators allow it
to reopen, Pile said.
Emergency dispatchers said
the accident occurred more 2004 and is located about 90
than a mile from the entrance miles west of Roanoke, Va.
of the mine.
MSHA director Richard
Additional details weren't Stickler said the agency was
immediately available. State "saddened by the tragic acciOffice of Miners' Health, dent" and said it was working
Safety and Training Director closely with the state to find
Ron Wooten said it is unclear out the cause.
whether a pillar or portion of
"We will take appropriate
the roof collapsed.
action on our findings," he
"We won't know until they said.
complete the underground • The mine produced 375,665
investigation," Wooten sa1d. tons of coal Jast year. Federal
State and federal Mine Safety inspectors cited it 65 times in
and Health Administration 2006 and proposed penalties
investigators were at the mine totaling $5,000, according to
and planned to begin inter- MSHA's Web site.
viewing witnesses Monday.
Alpha also has safety officials
at the mine, Pile said.
Wooten said the miners'
bodies had been taken to a hospital in Welch.
The fatality was the first at
the mine, which opened in
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007 ,
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Odds & Ends
• VALLEJO. Calif.- Irs
every gadget fan's nightmare·
A cell phone apparently ignited in a man's pocket and staned a fire that caused severe
burns over half his body.
Luis Pica<,o, 59, was in stable condition Monday at UC
Davis Medical Center with
second and third-degree burns
to his upper body, back. right
arm and right leg. Vallejo Fire
Department assistant chief
Kurt Henke said.
Firefighters arrived at a residential hotel late Saturda)
night to find Picaso lying on:t
the bathroom floor after the
cell phone in his pants- pocket
set fire to his nylon and polyester clothes, department
spokesman Bill Tweedy said. '
"It was either a malfunction
or some type of glitch 111 his
phone,'' Tweedy said. adding
that investigators found no
other possible ignition source,
such as matches or open
flame, nearby.
The tlames spread to a plastic chair. setting off a sprinkler
that held the fire in check until
firefighters arrived, he said.
Authorities declined to name
the manufacturer and model of
the phone.
The fire and water caused
$75,000 damage.
1900 when a man rushed into
the restaurant asked for something he could cat on the run.
K:en
Lassen's grandfather
grabbed a broiled beer patty
and put it between two slices
of bread.
Mayor John DeStefano Jr..
advocating for his city. backs
the La-;scns and their claims.
''We arc even the birthplace
of George Bush who wants
people to think he's from
Texas," the mayor said. '"So
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About a year after being
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customers
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Franklin was as much of a
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miles south of Cleveland as
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Matt
Schwendiman, who cuts hair
and at the shop. which he
owns. "[ haven't met anyone
who comes in here who doesn't like Franklin. He just gets
along with everybody."
But the 4-year-old dog was
• NEW HAVEN, Conn.A burger battle is brewing kicked out about a year ago
between a Texas state legisla- when an inspector for the Ohio
tor and the owners of a restau- State Barber Board told
rant who claim the hamburger Schwendiman that animals are
was invented here.
not allowed.
With the new session of the
During a 10 month exile to
Texas legislature now under the barber's home, Franklin
way, Republican State Rep. just didn't seem happy.
Betty Brown has proposed a
"At my house, he scratched
resolution declaring Athens, my
window
sills
up,''
Texas, the original home of the Schwendiman said. "When I'd
hamburger.
leave. he would look out the
Brown, an Athens resident, picture window. He wanted to
says that a long-ago resident of go to the barbershop.''
the town had a luncheonette in
After a local newspaper did
the late 1880s and sold the first a story, rules were passed that
burgers there.
allow one animal per barberThose claims are not sitting shop, as long as it belongs to
well with Ken Lassen Sr., 89. the shop's owner. a vet attests
the third-generation owner of to the animal's health, and the
Louis' Lunch, established in owner obtains liability insur1895. He says his,~~fher ..t'W'i,;• 'l C\V"h ' . t "' l'-'1#
came up with the firsr'H~~6'i .. JPs-~ <1 great Ao~: T'Smtl{;
burger there.
Schwend1man. "He's just so
Lassen said it happened in pi~Mtt .. MHe Mal&'- • )ifjJ''
r=
relaxed; he reminds me of
myself when I'm home sleepmg.'
• Hf01SDALE, fll. cAP)A man who set an apparent
record by riding a stationary
hi kc for 85 hours finished the
feat by checking into .t hospital.
After two days of recovery
and lots of flu1ds and sleep.
49 year-old George Hood of
Aurora pronounced himself
almost back to normal
Monday. His bid for a record
was still awaiting certification
for a place in the Guinness
World Records book.
'Tve got a few aches in my
left leg. but it's nothing that l
can't handle,'' he said by
phone -.hartly before ending
what he called a precautionary
stay at Adventist Hinsdale
Hospital.
Statistics from the ride
were eye-opening: the equivalent of nearly l ,083 miles spun
and 27.854 calories burned,
which had him curious to step
on a scale to find out how
many pounds he'd lost.
Hood, a Drug Enforcement
Administration
supervisor,
raised approximately $30.000
for the Illinois chapter of
COPS. an organization that
helps the families of slain
police officers, through the
long bike ride.
• NEW YORK - Think
you
love
New
York?
Marguerite Drucker REALLY
loves New York.
The 84-year-old housewife,
who moved away several
years ago, sent the Big Apple a
$7,000 cashier's check and an
anonymous note professing
her enduring fondness for the
city.
''Dear sir," her handwritten
letter said. "Please find
enclosed check for the poor of
the City of New York. The city
has been very good to me."
The letter, sent to the camptroller's office, didn't have a
return address, but Drucker's
f\a~ ~fi'i\On we .,<IQfCk.
m..,'t>'ruc1Cet, ~a~'lormer nurse,
was married to a pediatrician
in,qthe borough of Queens.
where they raised seven children. participated in church
activities and contrihuted to
charities. friend'> said. She
now live-. in another state and
didn't wish to discuss her gift.
But the city's comptroller.
William Thompson Jr., was
eager to praise her.
''She stands a~ a wonderful
symbol or New York and all
that\ good about this city and
what It's done for so many
people over the years."
Thompson said. "It's vel),
very rare to receive a basically
anonymous donation of th1s
si/e.''
Drucker's check, received
Nov. 29, will go into the city's
general fund. which pays for a
variety of services, including
helping the poor.
• WATERBURY, Conn.
A kiss has landed a criminal
defense attorney in hot water.
Ralph CrO/icr. 55, was
arrested Thursday for ki-;sing a
female judJcial marshal at
Waterbury Superior Court on
Dec. 22. The marshal told
police she did not invite the
kiss. which was why a criminal disorderly conduct charge
was filed.
'This is the biggest baloney
I've ever seen in my life:·
Crozier said Thursday. "How
many tens uf thousands of
people in Connecticut wished
their co-workers and friends
'Merry Christmas· the day
before Christmas''"
The incident was capture(
on security video.
Crozier sa1d the video will
prove he meant nothing sexual
by the kiss, which he
described as a peck on the
cheek. He says the incident is
an example of political C(lfrectness run amok.
"It was a Christmas greetmg. I had no intention to
annoy or hara~~ anybody."
Cro/ier ~aid. "Every one of us
knew we v.ere on camera. 1 his
was a peck on the check. That
was the extent. There was
nothing here that was weird or
<;cxual."
The arrest warrant aftidav1t
is sealed until Jan. 24, when
Cro.t.ier is scheduled to be
arraigned. He is free on a
$10,000 bond.
• SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.
- The local Wachovia Bank
here was a busy place last
week - for robberies.
On Jan. 10 around 9:14
a.m. a man walked into the
bank and presented a note to a
teller that read "give me the
money or I will shoot,'' police
said. The man escaped in a silver Honda Civic or Saab with
an undisclosed amount of
money.
Earlier, around 2:}0 p.m.
the day before, a different man
entered the bank showing an
automatic gun and presented a
note demanding money. police
said. He also left with an
undisclosed amount of money.
"That's the first tirnl.! I've
seen anything tiki.! that within
24 hours of each other," Lt.
Steve Rose of the Sandy
Springs Police Department.
"It's weird."
Police smd they considered
the two hank rohherics independent- for now "It may be
they coulcl know each other
but that ~ives us another angle
to pursul.!.'' Rose o.;aid. "There's
someone out there that knows
these two guys.''
• HbRSHEY. Pa. - I'his
Valentme·s Day. you can really seal youi lcttl.!r\ with <I kiss.
In conJunction Vv ith the
I OOth
anniversary
of
Hershey's Kisses. the U.S.
Postal Service on Saturday
held a ceremony to issue the
:19-cent "With Love and
Kisses" stamp. fcatunng the
iconic chocolate treat.
U.S. Poo;tmaster General
John E. Potter a self-described
(See ODDS, page nme)
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Pictured is newly-elected State Representative Brandon Spencer (0-95th District) reviewing
some proposed economic development plans for the City of Prestonsburg. "I'm here to
reach out to local leaders who represent our needs and the needs of the area. When you listen to what others are saying, then you get a clearer picture of what needs to be done." Rep.
Spencer will be traveling back to Frankfort for General Assembly before February 6th. His
Frankfort office can be reached at 502-564-8100.
17,2007. AI
This ''Special Section''
will be published in
andall joins PBH
as health info manager
PAINTSVILLE - Jeffrey
W, Randall, MBA, RHIA,
CPHQ, CHC, has joined the
staff at Paul B. Hall Regional
Medical Center as Health
Information
Management
Director.
Randall
earned
his
Bachelor's
Degree from
Illinois State University and
was awarded a Master in
Business
Administration
degree
from
Fontbonne
College of St. Louis. He holds
certifications in healthcare
compliance, healthcare quality
and is a Registered Health
Information Administrator.
In addition to his ten years
of experience in health information management, Randall
is a published author, having
been published in Health Care
Compliance Today magazine.
Before joining the staff of
PBH, Randall served as
Compliance Specialist, HIM
S peci a I is tiC ompli ance
Auditor, Director of Medical
Records
and
Health
Information
Management
Coordinator at medical facilities in Missouri, Tennessee,
Guam and Georgia.
The Floyd County Times
January 31, 2007 edition.
Tabloid in size, and will feature information
aod helpful hints from the
Beginning of Preparing for a Newborn,
to things needed as your child reaches
the toddler stages.
A complete guide to "New Beginnings"
from choosing the Physician,
place of birth, and the latest in items
every parent needs for their
"New Beginning" with their newborn.
Phone 606-886-8506, to reserve your space today!
~adtine:January24,2007
Aide: Northup will challenge
letcher in GOP primary
by BRUCE SCHREINER
AssociATED PREss
LOUISVILLE - Former
U.S. Rep. Anne Northup will
challenge Gov. Ernie Fletcher
in this year's Republican
gubernatorial primary and will
name veteran legislator Jeff
Hoover as her running mate, a
Northup aide said Tuesday.
Northup, who served five
House
terms
from
a
Louisville-area district until
her defeat last November, will
file her candidacy papers for
e
May
primary
on
Wednesday at the Capitol in
Frankfort, said her campaign
manager, Cam Savage.
Fletcher,
the
first
Republican elected Kentucky
governor in a generation, also
is being challenged by
Paducah businessman Billy
Harper in the GOP primary.
Northup and Hoover planning a campaign tour of the
state on Thursday and Friday.
"Anne plans to be in all corners of the state between now
and Election Day," Savage
aid.
Odds
• Continued from p8
" chocoholic," told the hundreds gathered at Hershey's
Giant Center that "this stamp
will echo the message of love
and caring."
Designed by illustrator Jose
Ortega of New York City and
Toronto, the Hershey's stamp
features a Kiss and a red heart.
Written on the heart is "Love,"
while "Kisses" appears on a
ume that extends from the
top of the foil-wrapped chocolate.
"Think of all the Valentine
cards you can send sealed with
a kiss," said Richard H. Lenny,
president and chief executive
officer of The Hershey Co., the
nation's largest candy maker.
Hoover, a Republican from
Jamestown in south-central
Kentucky, is the top GOP
leader in the Democratic-controlled Kentucky House.
"Anne really feels like she's
found a perfect running mate,"
Savage said. "He's respected
by
Republicans
and
Democrats. He's got a record
of success, and I think they
make a great team."
Northup defeated freshman
Democratic Rep. Mike Ward
to win the 3rd District congressional seat in 1996. She
defeated a string of challengers in the Democraticleaning district until losing to
John Yarmuth in November.
Northup
and
Fletcher
served together in Congress
until Fletcher's election as
governor in 2003.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Kentucky Arts Council offers
technology workshops for
artists and arts organizations
FRANKFORT The
Kentucky Arts Council, a state
agency in the Commerce
Cabinet, will partner with
Spencerian
College,
Lexington to provide a series
of technology workshops
specifically designed for
artists and individuals working
in arts organizations. The
half-day Saturday sessions
will cover a range of topics at
the beginner level including
photographing artwork, preparation of photographs for
online applications, website
development basics and creating marketing materials for
print.
The sessions will be held
from 9 a.m. to noon, on
Saturdays, at Spencerian
College, Lexington, 1575
Winchester Road, Lexington,
KY 40505. The fee is $10 per
session which includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Participants who attend two or
more technology sessions may
attend a wrap-up session in
June, at no charge, to receive
assistance on individual projects. Early registration is
advised due to limited class
size. For registration and
information,
go
to:
www.artscouncil.ky.gov/forms
/Techworkshop.htm
The following workshops
are being offered from late
January through June:
•
Overview: Learning
Digital Imaging from A-Z
(January 27 and February 17)
is a basic, beginners class providing a general overview of
how to take quality digital
images, terms, definitions and
software programs for PC or
MAC. This session will be
especially helpful to visual
artists and craftspeople that
intend to apply to the
Kentucky Arts Council for one
of the four adjudicated programs that have applications
due on March 15, 2007. The
applications for the Arts
Education Artist Roster,
Individual Artist Fellowships,
Kentucky Crafted and the
Visual Arts at the Market programs
along
with
the
Performing Arts Directory will
be made through the Kentucky
Arts Council's new electronic
granting system, Kentucky
Arts
Services
OnLine
(KASOL). For more information about these programs,
visit the Kentucky Arts
at
Council
Web
site
www.artscouncil.ky.gov.
•
Hands-on Learning
Digital Imaging from A-Z
(March 17 and April 21) is a
more intensive hands-on class
to further explore aspects of
digital imaging. The class
includes instruction on taking
quality digital images, software programs and manipulating images. Partictpants are
asked to bring their digital
cameras to the session.
• Marketing Yourself on
the Web (March 17 and May
19) is a basic course on the
mechanics of developing a
website, terminology and
review of software programs
for MAC or PC.
• Marketing Yourself in
Print (April 21 and May 19)
will explore the use of software programs, digital photographs and quality print
techniques for producing
brochures and other marketing
materials.
• Wrap-up Session (June date to be determined)
The Kentucky Arts Council
is pleased to enter into this
public/private partnership with
Spencerian
College,
Lexington to provide technology training for Kentucky's
artists. For over a century,
Spencerian College has helped
fulfill the dreams of many
ambitious
students
who
believe a rewarding career is a
worthwhile goal. Programs
include degrees in Allied
Health, Computer Graphic
Design, Computer Aided
Design Drafting (CADD),
Computer
Engineering
Technology
(CET)
and
Electrical
Engineering
Technology (EET).
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Deadline for entries: Monday, Feb. 5, 2007
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After all Discounts
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
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applications for a
LPN (7a-7p) position.
Excellent
wages and benefits.
Apply in person at
1025
Euclid
Avenue, Painstville,
KY from Monday
thru Friday between
8:00 am to 4:30 pm .
JOB OPENING
The Appalachian
Outdoor JOUrnal ("
East Ky's only outdoor publication").
Is now hiring Sales
Consultants! Earn
up to $44,000 per
year, very competitive pay with bonuses and possible
benefits package
after 120 days. For
more info or to
schedule an interview call 606-3779734.
FOR SALE
1982 performance.
~0 HP. Johnson
new trolling motor.
Call 886-6378.
HICKS AUtO
SALES
David Road
93' Chevy
Shortbed 4x4 automatic V8.
120,4000 miles.
$3,995.
96' GrandAm 2
door V6 80,000
miles. $1 ,795
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2.495
96 Jeep Grand
herokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451.
MARTIN-HINDMAN AREA The
Lexington HeraldLeader has a mornnewspaper
ing
route
available.
Route takes about
3-4 hours daily, with
an
approximate
profit potential of
$1,500
monthly.
Dependable transportation and ability
to
be
bonded
required. Call 1800-999-8881 .
JOB OPENING
Employee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part time. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
FOR SALE
'79 Dodge Power
Wagon. 4x4,
works-runs great.
Some rust. $1 ,200.
Call 226-5812 or
886-6219.
Miscellaneous
JOB OPENING
Metal framers, drywall hangers and
finisher's, acoustical
ceiling installers for
Prestonsburg
school.
859-2816828.
FOR SALE
06' Toyota Scion.
$10,000. 06'
Nissan Sentra 4k.
miles. $10,500.
Call 606-478-5808.
JOB OPENING
Preston sb urg
Health Care is looking for an RN. Every
other weekend off.
Call Lynn Fletcher
or Elane Jones.
886-2378.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call606791 -6052, if no
answer please
leave message.
JOB OPENING
Cost
Cutters
located ins ide of
Pikeville Wai-Mart is
seeking part tine/
full tine hair stylists.
Benefits
include:
Paid
vacations,
Health in surance,
ect. Apply inside or
call kay @ 606-4326629.
EMPLOYMENT
When responding
to Employment
ads that have reference numbers,
please indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
your envelope.
Reference numbers are used to
help us direct
your letter to the
correct individual
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
.rob Listings
JOB OPENING
onstruction
Superintendent for
major building project in Pikeville. Ten
years supervisory
experience. Send
resume with references to Harbour,
Box
22444,
Lexington,
KY
40522.
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
MERCHANDISE
Animals
FOR SALE 8
Mo. old Boxer, for
more information
please call 606434-5704.
Furniture
'
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture, used
appliances , living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
more!
Call 606874-9790.
Miscellaneous
FOR SALE
Piano, Wurlitzer,
good sound board.
$250.00. Call 8866378.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER
NEEDED! Must
have previous
experience OR
have interest in
taking dance classes. Must be capeable of going to
dance class. Ages
50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE for sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0. 70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
HOUSE for sale at
Goble Roberts. 3
BR 1 bath. Call
886-3047.
HOUSE for sale. 3
BR above ground
pool, new appliances, chain link
fence. Newly
paved drive way,
large back porch.
Located 2 miles
from Highway 80
and 23. Call 606874-0529 for more
information.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
2 Bedroom 1
Bathroom, GREAT
DEAL $10,000
Located at
Cornfork near
Jenny Wiley Lake
Road.
call 226-6392
or 886-0726.
Land Contract possible. Call
today!!!!!!!
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
16 Acres of land for
sale on left fork of
Littl e Paint, East
Point, KY. All mineral rights go with it.
Call 886-3060
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial
location
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg Rt.
1428. Call 8742421. $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also.
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 11 00 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
and
1/2.
Refrigerator, stove,
washer and dryer.
Standard
appliances include a
new furnace. Very
good condition for
m o d e I
Underpinning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
bedroom,
living
room, dining area,
kitchen.
Washer
and dryer hookup.
The house has
refridgeration and
stove. Heat and air.
Please call 8866184 between 8 10am. and 3-7pm.
Spring Into Your
New Home This
Year. Park Place
Apartments. First
month rent FREE
WI Deposit paid in
Full. Rent starting
at 1 BR - $280, 2
BR $304. Offer
valid thru 01/31/07.
All electric HUD
accepted. Call 8860039.Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages. 3
BR
$700
per
month .
$700
deposit. Half m1le
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-81 00
or 606-434-7715
FOR RENT
New 1 BR near
H RMC most utilities furnished. $500
pe r month . $250
deposit. 886-6343.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month , + $300.
deposit
water
included . Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
HOUSES
FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town, 3
BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month . $440
security
deposit.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
In
Prestonsburg. Two
Call
886-
TRAILER for rent.
3 BR. Call 8742818.
LEGALS
HOUSE
FOR
RENT $400 Per
month, 2 BR @
Betsy Lane. Call
478-5403
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn . Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
Leave message.
No. 860-5290
Transfer
In accordance with
405 KAR 8:010,
notice is hereby
given that Kentucky
May
Coal
Company,
Inc.,
1876 Yellow Creek
Road, Sassafras,
Ky. 41759, intends
to transfer permit
number 860-5172
to
Enterprise
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq It house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Home
APT FOR RENT
2 BR Townhouses
at Prestonsburg.
$600 with $600
deposit and $650
with $650 deposit.
Call 886-6186
hood.
3902.
FOR RENT
Nice
furnished
mobile home for
rent. Suitable for 2
or 3 people. Just off
Mtn. Parkway on
old 114. Phone
886-8724
FOR RENT
One Mobile Home
lots for rent 1/2 mile
on
right
from
Prestonsburg on
Town Branch Road.
Lots
have
city
water,
gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Kare n
874-7155.
FOR RENT
2 BR MH. Minutes
from Prestonsburg.
W/D
hookup.
Water,
Sewage,
and trash included.
889-0036.
FOR RENT
Trailer for rent, 3
miles
from
Prestonsburg
on
404 David Road.
Quiet
neighbor-
Mining Company
LLC, 117 Madison
Avenue, Suite B,
Whitesburg,
Ky.
41858. The new
permit number will
be 860-5290. The
operation disturbs
5.85 surface acres,
and
underlies
1451.11 acres. No
new
acres
are
being affected by
this transfer.
The operation is
located 2.00 miles
southeast of Halo,
1n Knott and Floyd
counties
in
Kentucky.
The
operation
is
approximately 2.00
miles
southeast
from KY Rt. 1498's
junction with Arnold
Fork Road, and
located 0.18 mile
north
of
Pigeonroost Fork.
The operation is
located
on the
Wheelwright
U.S.G.S. 7 1/2
minute quadrangle
map, at latitude
37 9 17'05"N. The
longitude
is
82°42'28"W.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resource's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653.
Written comments
or objections must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Permits,
#2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601. All comments, objections,
must be received,
within fifteen (15)
days of today's
date.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The following items
will be offered at
public
sale
on
February
2nd,
2007,
at
First
Guaranty Bank, 39
Triangle
Street,
Martin, Kentucky
41649, at 11:00
a.m.
1997
Pontiac
Grand Prix VIN
# 1G2WP52K3VF3
18253
All items are sold
"as is where is."
Seller reserves the
right to bid and to
reject any or all
bids. Items are to
be paid following
the sale, or satisfactory
arrangements are made
HELP
WANTED
Receive a demo
automobille, 401 K, and
vacation with holidays.
Earn up to
$30,000 to $60,000.
For more info call Jerry
at 1-800-789-5301
Prestonsburg Park
Commission
is seeking Administrative
Assistant to work in office to
perform Administrative responsibilities. Responsibilities
include all levels of executive
support including written correspondence, calender management, file organization, and
special projects.This position
will also involve handling daily
bank transactions. The position requires good communication skills and organization
skills. Some experience working with Microsoft Works Office
is a plus . Candidates must be
highly energetic, flexible, and
able to multi-task. Please drop
off resumes to the Archer Park
office between the hours of
8:30a and 4:00p or mail to:
Archer Park: P.O. Box 911,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653.
Resumes will b~ accepted until
January 19, 2007.
Music Car-ter Chevrole-t Buick
Cadillac Pon-tiac
in Pres-tonsburg
has an opening for a sales person. We offer: - UnlimiTed
earni ng poTenTial $40k- $100k GreaT benefiTS - Including
demo and gas, paid vacaTions,
401k reTiremenT, healTh insurance. QualificaTions: InTegriTy,
STrong sal es skills, self esTeem,
auTomoTive background preferred . Call 886 -9 181. Ask for
Virgil Slone or Mike Hun-t To
make appoinTmenT.
RESTAURANT
Prestonsburg
•HELP WANTi.t!>: Waitresses, dish!)
washers/busboys, cooks. Paid vaca-'r
tion, health insurance available.
Uniforms furnished.
No phone calls, please!
Apply in person.
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
APPLICATIONS BEING
ACCEPTED FOR
1-BEDROOM
APARTMENTS FOR
PERSONS
55 AND OLDER
1, 2 3, 4 Bedrooms
available for extremely
low-income people at
Highland Heights Apts.
in Goble·Roberts Addn.,
and Cliffside Apts. on
Cliff Road, Prestons·
burg.
Computerized
learning centers offer
sociaVeducational programs for children and
adults. All
utilities
included at Highland
Hgts., utility allowance
at Cliffside. Call (606)
886·0608, 886-1927, or
886·1819. TOO: 1·800·
648·6056.
Highland
Heights and Cliffside
Apartments do not dis·
criminate in admission
or employment in subsidized
housing
on
account of race, color,
national origin, sex,
age, disability, religion
and familial
status.
Located behind Wendy's
and Pizza Hut in Pres·
All utilities
included and the rent is
based upon gross monthly
income. Several activities,
such as line dancing, crafts,
bingo, movies, hair salon
and church services. The
apartments are furnished
a refrigerator, stove,
emergency alarm system,
and air conditioner. For
more information, please
call Highland Terrace at 606·
886-1925, TDD: 1-800..648·
6056 or 711 , or come by
office for an application.
Highland Terrace does
discriminate in dum•~~•um
or employment i
dized housing on
of race, color, creed,
gion, sex, nation·
ai origin, age,
familial status or
I
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REGENCY PARK
APARTMENTS
One, Two and Three 8edroom Units
Kitchen Appliances Furnished
Water, Sewer & Garbage Paid
Located on U.S. 321 (below hospital)
For Applications. oall or write:
Regency Park Apartments
61 Regency Park Dr., Box 17
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
PHONE:
606-886-8318
or 1-800-686-4447 1}:)
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�A12 •
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
with
the
seller.
Announcements at
the sale take priority
over ad. Purchaser
to pay all taxes and
transfer fees.
First Guaranty Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O. Box 888
Martin, KY 41649
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 836-0337 NW
In accordance with
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given
that
PIA
Company, Inc., P.O.
Box 1590, Martin,
Kentucky
41649,
has applied for a
permit for a surface
coal mining and
reclamation operation,
located
approximately 1.55
mile southeast of
Blue Moon, in Floyd
County. The proposed operation will
disturb 46.93 acres
of surface, and
have 70.00 acres
overlying highwall
mining area, for a
total of 116.93 acres
within the total permit boundary.
The proposed operation is located on
Little Mud Creek of
Big Mud Creek,
approximately 0.80
mile south from the
junction of Morgan
Fork
(CR) with
Little Mud Creek
(CR).
The proposed operation is located on
the
McDowell
U.S.G.S.
7
1/2
minute quadrangle
map. The surface
area to be disturbed
is owned by Akers
Estate, Dedra Hall,
and Terry Hall. The
permit area will
underlie land owned
by Akers Estate,
Dedra Hall, and
Terry Hall. This
operation will use
the contour and
highwall methods of
mining.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resources'
PrestonsbUrg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a permit
conference
must be filed with
the
Director,
Division of Mine
Permits, #2 Hudson
Hollow, U.S. 127
South,
Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601.
This is the final
advertisement
of
the application. All
comments, objections, or requests
for a permit conference
must
be
received within thirty (30) days of
today's date.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
January 5, 2007, at
First
Guaranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky, 41 649, at
11 a.m.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
1998 Ford Eddie
Bauer Expedition
VIN #
1FMPU18LOWLB28
698
1998 Chevrolet
Cavalier
VIN #
1G1 JF52T7W71 0543
9
All items are
sold "as is where
is." Seller reserves
the right to bid and
to reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
paid following the
sale, or satisfactory
arrangements are
made with the seller. Announcements
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty
17, 2007
Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O. Box 8BB
Martin, KY 41649
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
January 19th, 2007,
at First Guaranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky, 41649, at
11:00 a.m.
1. Craftsman Bench
Belt Sander
2. Craftsman Band
Saw
3. 4000 watt
Generator
4. Craftsman
Pressure Washer
5. Black & Decker
Electric Drill
6. Dewalt 4"
Grinder
7. Dewalt
Sheetrock Drill
B. Black & Decker
Jigsaw
9. Skill Belt Sander
10. Milwaukee High
Torque Driver Drill
11 . Ryobi Router
12. Skill Jigsaw
13. Rotozip Spiral
Saw
14. Craftsman
Planer
15. Dewalt 10"
Bench Table Saw
16. Dewalt Sawzall
17. Stanley Air
Compressor
1B. Bostitch Nail
Gun
19. Wood Lathe
20. Craftsman Mitre
Saw
21. Bostitch
Industrial Nail Gun
22. Skill - Skill Saw
23. Craftsman
Router
All items are sold
"as where is". Seller
reserves the right to
bid, and to reject
any or all bids.
Items are to be paid
following the sale,
or
satisfactory
arrangements are
made with the seller. Announcements
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty
Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O. Box 888
Martin, KY 41649
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
January 19, 2007,
at First Guaranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Martin,
Street,
Kentucky 41649, at
11:00 a.m.
1998 Chevrolet
Cavalier VIN
#1G1JF52T7VV7105439
All items are sold
"as is where is".
Seller reserves the
right to bid, and to
reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
paid following the
sale, or satisfactory
arrangements are
made with the seller. Announcements
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty
Bank
NOTICE OF
BOND RELEASE
1. In accordance
with KRS 350.093,
notice is hereby
given that King
Brothers
Coal
Company, Inc., P.O.
Box 524, Hindman,
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Kentucky
41822,
has applied for
Phase
I
Bond
Release on permit
number 836-5459,
Increment #1 and
#2, which was last
issued on 01/09/06.
The application covers an area of
approximately 5 1
surface
bonded
acres, located 0.5
mile south of Price,
1n Floyd County.
Lancer
U.S.G.S.
Floyd County,
7?1/2 minute quad- Kentucky, and more
rangle map.
The
particularly
amendment will use
described as folunderground
the
lows:
mining
method. Lying and being in
The operation will Gable-Roberts
underlie land owned Addition to the City
by Jewell Crider, of
Prestonsburg,
Lon Goble Estate, Kentucky,
and
Donald L. & Joyce being Lots Nos. 1, 2
Goble, Bud Goble and 3 in Block G as
Estate, Wayne & shown by plat or
Barbara
Wright, map on tile in the
Mary Lucille Willis, office of the Clerk of
Lewis &
Emma the Floyd County
2. The operation is Hunt, Evan & Mari Court, to which refapproximately 1.90 Rose, Linda Jervis, erence is hereby
mile north from Floyd Harris Heirs, made,
and
all
State Route 122's Jimmy & Ramona improvements
junction with State Burchett,
Rudy located and situated
Vivian thereon.
Route 979, and Harris,
John Being the same
located 0.1 mile Franklin,
Martha property conveyed
east of Left Beaver Harris,
Bill to Michelle Roth by
Creek. The latitude Johnson,
is 37 degrees 23 Monroe Thompson, deed dated October
minutes 21 sec- J.G. Porter et. al, 22, 1997, of record
Charles
onds, and the longi- Landon
in Deed Book 417,
tude is B2 degrees Heirs, John Hunt, Page 647, in the
Branham, Office of the Floyd
44 minutes 42 sec- John
onds. The operation Clark Pergrem and County Clerk.
is located on the Jesse Rudd, and
McDowell U.S.G.S. Mary Crawford & TERMS OF SALE:
Porter (a) At the time of
7 1/2 minute quad- Charles
rangle map.
Trust.
sale, the successful
The
amendment bidder, if the other
application
has
3. The bond now in
than the Plaintiff,
effect for permit been filed for public shall either pay
number 836-5459 inspection at the cash or 10% of purfor chase price, with
are
Letters
of Department
Natural Resource's the
Credit:
balance on
Increment
#1, Prestonsburg credit for thirty (30)
Regional
Office, days, and required
$4,600.00
Increment
#2 , 3140 South Lake to execute a bond
D r i v e , with good surety
$26,000.00
Approximately 60% Prestonsburg, Ky thereon
for the
of the original bond 41653.
Written unpaid
purchase
is included in the comments, objec- price of said properapplication
for tions, or requests
ty, if any, bearing
release.
for a permit confer- interest at the rate
ence must be tiled of twelve percent
Reclamation with the Director, (12%) per annum,
4.
work
performed Division of Mine from the date of
includes: backfilling, Permits, #2 Hudson sale until paid, havfinal grading, seed- Hollow, U.S. 127 ing the force and
Frankfort, effect of a judging and mulching, South,
completed October Kentucky 40601.
ment.
15, 2006. All dis(b)The
property
turbed areas have
COMMONshall be sold subject
been seeded as to
WEALTH
to any easements
provide adequate
OF KENTUCKY
and restrictions of
growth tor plant FLOYD CIRCUIT record in the Floyd
species and provide
County
Clerk's
COURT
appropriate condiOffice, and such
DIVISION
No.
II
tions for the surCase No. 05-CI- right of redemption
rounding wildlife.
as may exist in
00934
favor of the United
(Consolidated
5. Written comStates of America
ments, objections, C.A. Nos. 04-CI- and/or the record
and requests for a
01221 & 05-CIowners thereof.
public hearing or an
00934)
(c) The purchaser
informal conference
U.S. Bank, NA
shall be required to
must be tiled with
assume and pay all
Plaintiff
the
Director,
Floyd County, and
vs.
Division of Mine
City
of
Reclamation
and Michelle Roth, et Prestonsburg,
al.
Enforcement,
#2
Kentucky, real propDefendants
Hudson
Hollow,
erty taxes tor the
and
U.S. 127 South,
year 2006, and all
Frankfort, Kentucky
Blue View
subsequent years
40601, by February
Corporation
which are not yet
2B, 2007.
Plaintiff
due and payable .
vs.
Any and all delin6. A public hearing Michelle Roth, et quent Floyd County,
on the application
and
City
of
al.
has been scheduled
Paintsville,
Defendants
for March 1, 2007,
Kentucky,
real
RE-NOTICE
at 9:00 a.m., or as
estate taxes will be
OF
soon thereafter at
paid from the sale
COMMISSIONthe Division of Mine
proceeds.
Reclamation
and
ER'S
(d) In the event the
Enforcement's
SALE
Plaintiff is the purPrestonsburg
BY VIRTUE OF
chaser of the above
Regional
Office,
Summary/Default
described property,
3140 South Lake
tor an amount equal
Judgment and
D r i v e ,
Order of Sale of the to, or less than, its
Prestonsburg, Ky.
first lien, it shall take
41653. The hearing Floyd Circuit Court, a credit against said
the
31st
entered
on
will be cancelled if
lien tor the amount
day of October,
no requests tor a
of the bid, and no
2006,
in
the
Floyd
hearing or informal
bond
shall
be
conference
are Circuit Court, in the required
of the
received
by above styled action, Plaintiff, and it shall
February 28, 2007.
in the principal sum only be obligated to
of $23,227.08,
pay court costs, the
NOTICE OF
together with inter- tees and costs of
INTENTION TO
Master
est, costs and fees, the
MINE
Commissioner, and
I shall proceed to
Pursuant to
offer for sale at the any real estate
taxes
assessed
Application
Old Floyd County
against the real
Number 836Courthouse Door,
estate.
5334 Amendment
South Central
Any
announceNo.4
Avenue,
ments
made on
In accordance with
Prestonsburg,
date of sale take
the provisions of
Kentucky, (behind
precedence
over
KRS
350.070,
the new Floyd
printed matter connotice is hereby
tained herein.
County Justice
given that Matt/Co.,
Plaintiff's Attorney:
to
the
Center),
Inc., 439 Meadows
Hon .
Frank
highest bidder, at
Branch;
Heaberlin
Prestonsburg,
public auction, on
119 East
Kentucky
41653
Thursday, the 1st
Street
has applied for an
day of February
amendment to an 2007, at the hour of Prestonsburg, KY
41653
existing
under9:00a.m., the folWilliam S. Kendrick
ground/refuse storlowing described
M a s t e
age coal mining
operation located real estate, located Commissioner
P.O. Box 26B
2.0 miles north of at 4 North Roberts
Prestonsburg, KY
Drive,
Emma in Floyd
41653
Prestonsburg,
County.
The
amendment will add
an
additional
1521 .0 acres of
underground area
for a total area within the permit boundary
of
264B.16
acres.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 1 .0
miles east from Ky
Route 1428's junction with Sugarloaf
Branch Road and
located 0.1 miles
north of Sugarloaf
Branch.
The
proposed
amendment
is
located
on
the
.Prepare your home, family
'&.community'fbr survival.
.latlt-1·1. vour local nre
depanment or vour local
Division of Forestrv oftice
Ordinance Amending Code of
Ordinances and the Utility Rules
and Regulations so to Provide lor
Immediate Disconnection
of Utilities Obtained by
a Check_ Draft, Note or Other
Negotiable Instrument which
is Dishonored lor Not Sufficient
Funds for Any Other Reason_Providing For Immediate
Disconnection of VIII/ties when
Check, Draft, Note or Other
Negotiable Instrument is
Dishonored for Non-Sufficient
Funds or Any Other Reason After
the Account has Received a Final
Notice and Subject to Disconnect
ForNonpaymentWflhoutthe
Customer Receiving a Further
Final Notice.
An Ordinance Related to the
Amendment of §55.06 of the Code
of Ordinances and the City of
Pikeville Utility Rules and
Regulations Adopted by 0-91-014
so to Provide lor Payment on the
Fifteenth Day Following the Bill for
Service_- Providing for a Penalty of
5% after Fifteen Days_And Discontinuance of Service 1
After Twenty Days
ORDINANCE NO. 0-2005-022
Now Therefore, Be It Ordained by the
City of Pikeville that§ 55.06 is amended
as follows:
§ 55.06 Billing Procedure; Late
Payment; Remedies For Nonpayment.
(A) All users shall be b1lled monthly.
Billings for any particular month shall be
made within ten (1 0) days after the end of
the month. Payments are due within fifteen
ORDINANCE NO. 0-2000-020
(15) days following the date of bill for serBe It Ordained by the City of Pikeville vice; after the close of ordinary business
that the Utility Rules and Regulations, hours on tre fifteenth (15th) day following
adopted by Ordinance No. 0-91-014 are the date of billing, the utility account shall
amended to add Paragraphs 23(a) and (b) be delinquent and a late payment penalty
of five percent (5%) of the current user
as follows:
Paragraph 23(a). When a check, draft charge bill will be added to each delinque t
note or other negotiable instrument bill.
received by the Utility Department as a
(B) After twenty (20) days followmg the
deposit for a utility account is returned date of billing and 24 hours notification to
without payment and/or dishonored tor the customer (by tagging of customer's
payment for non-sufficient funds or any door) of the City intention to disconnect
other reason, the utility account tor which services, the City shall discontinue service
check, draft, note or other negotiable to the delinquent customer and service
instrument was received shall be subject shall not be restored until the account is
to immediate term1nat1on and immediate paid in full, plus a serv1ce charge for disdisconnection of the utility(s) without any continuing and restoring service.
(C) When any bill (including interest and
notice to the account holder.
Paragraph 23(b). When a check, draft, penalty) remains unpaid for one (1) year
note or other negotiable instrument is after the date due. such bill shall be recordreceived by the utility department for pay- ed in the land records of Pike County by
ment of a utility account and is returned the treasurer and shall constitute a lien ~ ;
without payment and/or dishonored for the property. It such lien (including interest
payment tor non-sufficient funds or any and penalty) remains unpaid tor a period of )
other reason, the account shall be treated one (1) year after date of recordation, such
as if no payment had been received and property shall be subject to public sale by j
the delinquent penalty shall be assessed the treasurer.
)
Further
the
Utility
Rules
and
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3
of the Utility Rules and Regulations and Regulations adopted by the City by ordi- {
final notice issued (and tagging of the cus- nance 0-91-014 are hereby amended to \
tomer's door) immediately if one has not conform with the changes set forth above. !
been issued. If a final notice and/or a disThe above ordinance was given first
connect notice tagged to the customer's reading this 26th day of September,
door was issued before receipt of the dis- 2005.
honored payment, no notice or tagging of
The ordinance was given a second
the customer's door will be issued before
reading on the 1Oth day of October
the utilities are disconnected.
2005.
The ordinance shall be in full force and
Passed this 1Oth day of October.
effect after it is passed and published as
required by law. The above ordinance was 2005.
Commissioner Layne moved th
given first reading this 23rd day of October
2000; the ordinance was given a second adoption of the foregoing ordinance.
read1ng on the 27th day of November Commissioner Carter seconded the
2000.
motion .
I
Upon roll call, the votes were as folPassed this 27th day of November lows:
2000.
No
Commissioner Clark moved for the Franklin D. Justice, II Mayor
adoption of the foregoing ordinance.
James A. Carter, Comm1ss1oner
Commissioner Davis seconded the Eugene VV. Davis, Commissioner _L
Shane Hall, Commissioner
_L
motion.
_L
Upon roll call, the votes were as fol- Dallas Layne, Commissioner
The Mayor declared the within ordinance adopted.
lows:
Frank Morns, Mayor
Absent
Gene Dav1s, Commissioner _L
Sharon Clark, Commissioner _L
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Kevin Blair • page B3
UK Basketball • page B4
ALC Basketball • page B4
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Blackcats beat South Floyd for third straight win
•
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
The district win was Prestonsburg's
first of the season.
Prestonsburg opened the game redhot, outscoring South Floyd 29-14 in
the opening quarter. The Blackcats led
44-34 at the half.
Junior Jordan Hall led the
Prestonsburg scoring effort with 24
points. Hall also had four rebounds
and three assists in Prestonsburg's
third straight win.
"Going in and beating South Floyd
on the road was a real big win for us,"
said Prestonsburg Coach Jackie Day
HI HAT - Prestonsburg exited
South Floyd's Raider Arena Saturday
night as one of the 15th Region's
hottest teams. The Blackcats put
together their third straight win
Saturday
night,
beating
58th
District/Floyd County Conference
tival South Floyd 81-70. The
Blackcats jumped out in front against
South Floyd and maintained a"lengthy
lead for most of the district matchup.
COUNTY
Lady
Raiders
upset
r'burg
Crisp. "We've been playing better here
the last couple of weeks - more like
we arc capable of playing."
Bobby Hughes, Hall's running
mate in the Blackcat backcourt, added
18 points, eight rebounds and three
assists. Senior Chayse Martin turned in
a double-double for Prestonsburg,
scoring 13 points and hauling in 11
rebounds.
Nat Stephens <;cored nine points
and pulled down nine rebounds for the
South Floyd's Lyle
Johnson looked to
make a move
against
Prestonsburg's
Chayse Martin
during Saturday
night's 58th
District game.
(See BLACKCATS, page two)
TOURNEY
photo by Steve LeMaster
T I P S
0 F F
TIMES STAFF REPORT
WILLIAMSON, W.Va.
Host Williamson (W.Va.) committed 36 turnovers and struggled to slow down the Allen
Central Runnin' Rebels over the
weekend. Allen Central applied
stout defensive pressure and
defeated the Wolfpack 85-37 in
the West Virginia-Kentucky
Hatfield-McCoy Shootout at the
Williamson Fieldhouse.
Allen Central led 34-20 at the
half before enjoying a 40-point
lead (62-22) in the second half.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HI HAT - After losing senior
Meaghan Slone for the season
and sophomore Linsey Fields
(both due to knee injuries) for at
least a couple of weeks,
Prestonsburg hacl the tough task
on playing on the road at South
Floyd Saturday night minus two
of its five starters. The one thing
Prestonsburg had to avoid in
order to get past Floyd County
~onference/58th District rival
South Floyd was foul trouble.
Foul
trouble
hindered
Prestonsburg's efforts Saturday
night. That and a hungry South
Floyd girls' basketball team was
able to cut down a 10-point Lady
Blackcat lead. South Floyd took
advantage of Prestonsburg's foul
trouble and defeated the Lady
Blackcats 46-43.
"This is a big win for us," said
South Floyd Coach Tony Isaac.
"As young as we are, this means
,.
(See SOUTH FLOYD, page three)
(See REBELS, page two)
HSBASKETBALLROUNDUP
photos by Jamie Howell
POSTSEASON COMPETITION: Floyd County grade school boys' basketball A·, B-, and C·team tournaments got
underway Saturday in Betsy Layne at The Dome. Taking off Monday for the holiday, play in this year's tournament resumed Tuesday night. The Adams Middle School B-Team and A-Team squads were two of the teams that
prevailed Saturday.
FLOYD COUN1Y
TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD
A-TEAM
Betsy Layne 44, Allen 19
Allen Central 39, MCA 34
Adams 43, Adams 28
South Floyd-Wesley
(No score was available.)
South Floyd senior Heather
Dean tried to split a pair of
Prestonsburg
defenders
~turday night.
Bobcats
fall to
Greenup
TIMES STAFF REPORT
GREENUP - T he Betsy
Layne Bobcats stepped outside
of the 15th Region and traveled
to Greenup County Friday for a
game against the Musketeers.
Greenup County held Betsy
Layne to just 18 points in the first
half. The Musketeers met the
challenge of taking on 15th
Region member Betsy Layne
impressively,
beating
the
Bobcats 55-40.
Mitchell
Brown
paced
Greenup County with a teamhigh
15
points.
Tyler
Wolfenbarker added 14 points
for the Musketeers.
8-TEAM
Allen Central 36, MCA 7
South Floyd 26, Allen 25
Betsy Layne 41, John M. Stumbo 6
Adams 36, W esley 24
photo by Steve LeMaster
Rebels rout
Williamson
(W.Va.)
C-TEAM
Al len 12, John M . Stumbo 7
Osborne 30, Allen Central 14
Wesley 33, MCA 14
McDowell 20, Adams 17
(See ROUNDUP, page three)
Late Brescia run
closes out Pikeville
Newsome
named KI 4 C
Player of the Week
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES - Alice Lloyd College senior guard
Shawn Newsome was named the KIAC Conference
player of the week for the week endi ng Jan . 7 .
't 1 Newsome claimed the award after his effort in the
E'mbry-Riddle University Tournament at Daytona
Beach, Fla., Jan . 5-6.
Newsome, an Allen Central High School grad uate,
scored 34 points in a 73-63 win over Farmingdale State
University from New York in the first round of the tournament. He hit seven-of- II three-point field goals and
ended the contest nine-of-10 from the free throw line.
The Allen Central High product also had five rebounds
in the tournament game. In Alice Lloyd's second tournament game, a matchup against number six-ranked
Embry-Riddle, Newsome scored eight points and handed out three assists. He was also named to the five-player all-tournament team.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Shawn Newsome
PIKEVILLE - The Brescia
University Lady Bearcats went
on an ll-2 run in the final three
minutes to score a come-frombehind 64-61 win on the road
over Pikeville College Saturday
evenin g.
Brescia (I 0- 12) trailed 56-53
with 3:30 to play after sophomore Whitney Hogg sank a free
throw for Pikeville. But junior
Danielle Jenkins followed an
old-fashioned three-point play
with a tipm with 2:05 to play to
put BU on top '58-056.
The lead stretched to five
when sophomore Paula Carver
sank a three with 56 seconds
left. Pikeville got single free
throws from sophomore Krista!
Danie ls and senior J essica
Lovell to trim it to three, but
after that. three more Brescia
free throws - including two
from Carver with 18 seconds left
- got it to 64-58.
Pikeville (6-12) led most of
the way in a game that never
saw a double-digit margin. The
Lady Bears led 41 -33 after two
straight buckets by sophomore
Camille Cook wtth 14: 17 left in
tht:! game for the largest lead of
the night. Brescia's six-point
lead late was its biggest margin
of the night.
Neither team shot that ball
well at all, with Brescia picking
up the road win despite hitting ·
only 37.3 percent from the field.
Pikeville, meanwhile, saw a
two-game win streak go by the
boards with a 3 1.3 percent effort
from the floor.
Cook came off the bench to
lead three Lady Bears in double
figures with 13. Hogg turned in
a double-double with 12 points
and a gadl.e-high 11 boards,
including five off the offensive
(See LADY BEARS, page two)
�82 •
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Blackcats
• Continued from p1
Blackcats. Senior center Trevor
Patton had six points and nine
rebounds for Prestonsburg.
After having its double digit
lead cut down early in the second
half, Prestonsburg wound up
outscoring South Floyd 23-20 in
the fourth quarter.
Mason Vance scored eight
points and Taylor Clark tossed in
three for the Blackcats. Vance
and Clark had four rebounds
apiece.
With the win, Prestonsburg
improved to 4-9 overall and 1-2
in the district.
Ethan Johnson dumped in a
game high 30 points for South
Floyd. Johnson also had 12
rebounds for the Raiders.
Four
different
Ra1ders
reached double figures. Adam
Slone added 13 points and a
game-jligh 13 rebounds for
South Floyd. Lyle Johnson and
Wes Akers each had 10 points for
the Raiders.
With the loss, South Floyd
dropped to 2-11 overall and 0-3
in the district.
Jn another game late last
week, Preston!>burg traveled to
Lick Creek Friday night and
defeated the East Ridge Warriors
67-59.
HONORED:
Former South
Floyd boys' basketball standouts
Michael Hall and
Rusty Tackett
were presented
with plaques
Saturday night
when the Raiders
hosted
Prestonsburg. Hall
and Tackett each
had their jerseys
retired.
Prestonsburg 81,
South Floyd 70
PRESTONSBURG (4-9)- Hughes 18. Hall
24, Patton 6. Stephens 9, Martin 13, Clark
3, Vance 8.
SOUTH FLOYD (2-11}- E. Johnson 30,
Henry 2, Akers 10, L Johnson 10, Slone
1~. Patrick 2, Brown 3.
Prestonsburg .. 29 15 14 23-81
South Floyd .... 14 20 16 2o-70
photo by Steve LeMaster
Roundup
• Continued from p1
Greenup County improved
to 9-4 following the win.
Justin Collins scored a
game-high 19 points for Betsy
Layne. Collins was the only
Betsy Layne player to reach
double figures scoring. Trai
Witt added nine points for the
Bobcats.
With the loss, Betsy Layne
dropped to 6-8. The loss was
Betsy Layne's first setback in
four games.
At Jackson, host Jackson
City Drew Davidson scored a
game-high 27 points and
Dustin Kilborn tossed in 21 to
lead Jackson City to a hardfought 71-69 win over Allen
CentraL
Jackson City outscored
Allen Central 21-12 in the
opening quarter. The Runnin'
Rebels battled back and tied
the game at 27-27 to send it
into the halftime deadlocked.
Seniors Ryan Collins and
Josh Martin led Allen Central
with 24 and 22 points, respectively.
Tyler Slone and Alex
Hammonds each had seven
points for the Rebels.
Jackson City went back out
in front in the third quarter,
outscoring Allen Central 2017.
At Buckleys Creek, Tyler
Hamilton scored a game-high
23 points as Pike County
Central drilled Piarist 75-52 in
a 60th District matchup.
Caleb Hoskins scored a
team-high 22 points for
Piarist. Jake Ousley added 12
points for the Knights.
At Hi Hat, Breathitt County
outscored host South Floyd
27-13 in the fourth quarter and
won 70-61.
Hayes dumped in a gamehigh 23 points for victorious
Breathitt County. Holland
joined Smith in double figures
for Breathitt County, adding
19 points.
Lyle Johnson led South
Floyd with a team-high 21
points. Ethan Johnson and
Adam Slone each had 13
points for the Raiders.
Following
the
win,
Breathitt County improved to
15-l.
Jackson City 71 ,
Allen Central 69
Pike Co. Central 75,
Piarist 52
Breathitt County 70,
South Floyd 61
BETSY LAYNE (6-9) - Case 3, Collins
19, Lafferty 3, Keathley 4, Witt 9.
GREENUP CO. (9-4) - Wolfenbarker
14, Ty. Wright 4 Tr. Wright 9, Middleton
5, Brown 15, Craft 3, Cornett 3 ,
Newberry 2.
Betsy Layne ............ 9 9 7 15-40
Greenup County.... 14 12 6 23-55
ALLEN CENTRAL (9-4) - Martin 22,
Collins 24, Slone 7, Hammonds 7,
Prater 3, Robinson 6.
JACKSON CITY (3-9) - Watkins 9,
Kilborn 21, Davidson 27, Howard 6,
Lusk 8.
Allen Central 12 15 17 25-69
Jackson City 21 6 20 24-71
PIARIST (3-14) - Ousley 12, Moak 7,
Hoskins 22, Friend 6, Doyle 3, Parsons
BREATHITT COUNTY - Holland 19,
Smith 8, Hayes 23, Fugate 9, Allen 7,
lllitchie 4.
SOUTH FLOYD - E. Johnson 13, Hall
3, L. Johnson 21, Akers 9, Slone 13,
Brown 2.
Breathit1 County.... 17 14 12 27-70
South Floyd........... 15 14 19 13-81
2.
PIKE COUNTY CENT~AL (9-7) -Hess
7, Varney 8, Hamilto~ 23, Nichols 8,
Slone 13, Thompson 7, Adkins 3, J.
Meade 2, D. Meade 2, Tackett 2.
Piarist... ........... 9 15 13 15-52
Pike Central...8 24 21 22-75
Dr. Mark Veronneau
Rebels
• Continued from p1
JR Robinson, a player who
has emerged as a consistent
scorer, paced Allen Central
with a game-high 17 points.
J
lartin and Josh Prater
e$:~:hatl 12 points for the
bels.
Allen Central led the
Wolfpack 62-27 at the end of
the third quarter.
Greenup Co. 55,
Betsy Layne 40
The Rebels, thanks to the
win, snapped a two-game losing streak.
RJ Wells was the only player to reach dou~ fj.gure for
Williamson. Wei tad
ouble-double of 16 points and 10
rebounds.
With the win, Allen Central
improved to 10-4.
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• Continued from p1
glass. Senior Tonya Amburgey
had 11 and four assists.
Daniels, a product of Betsy
Layne High School, had seven
points, 10 rebounds and eight
blocked shots in the loss.
Brescia was paced by
Carver's 16 thanks to four
three-pointers. She shared
rebounding
honors
with
Jenkins, who had 13 markers
and five assists, with eight.
Senior Andrea Self finished
with 14 points, seven rebounds
and three blocked shots.
Pikeville will return to
action on Thursday night when
a five-game homestand ends
with a visit from Virginia
Intermont College at 6 p.m.
Eagles roll past
Tenn.-Martin, 70-48
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD - Junior
guard Brandon Callahan
scored a career-high 22 points
to lead a blistering Morehead
State offensive attack in a 7048 Ohio Valley Conference
win over Tennessee-Martin
Saturday in Johnson Arena.
MSU, now 10-6 overall
and 6-2 in the OVC, hit 61.9
percent (26-of-42) from the
field for the game, 68.2 percent (15 -of-22) in the second
half alone. The Eagles also
hit
10-of-18
three-point
attempts.
Callahan hit seven-of-eight
field goal attempts, including
four-of-five from behind the
arc. MSU also got 11 points
from Quentin Pryor.
Tennessee-Martin, now 514 overall and 3-6 in the
league, was led by Cleve
Woodfork who scored 15
points and pulled down a
game-high seven rebounds.
"I was pleased with our
defense in that we held them
under 50 points and to only
35.5 percent shooting from
the field," said MSU Coach
Donnie
Tyndall.
"Offensively, we were very
efficient with 23 assists on 26
made baskets. And, we only
lost the rebound battle by one
to a much taller team."
The Eagles never trailed in
the contest, led by as many as
12 points in the first half and
took a 29-23 lead to the locker room at intermission.
MSU led by as many as 23
points in the second half
Morehead State will begin
a two-game OVC road swing
to Alabama when they take on
league-leading Samford on
Thursday in Birmingham.
The road trip will conclude
with an afternoon game on
Saturday at Jacksonville
State.
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Prestonsburg Little League
• Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m.-2
p.m. at Adams Middle School
during Prestonsburg Junior
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p.m. at Adams Middle School
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17, 2007 • 83
South Floyd
• Continued from p1
a lot to our program."
Chelsie Tuttle led South
Floyd with a team-high 13
points. Tuttle was the only
.l-ady Raider to reach double
''ligures, but South Floyd
enjoyed balanced scoring.
Kayla Hall just missed double
figures, finishing with nine
points. Heather Dean scored
eight points and Lindsey Dye
had six for the Lady Raiders.
Andrea Conn and Danielle
Tackett added three points
apiece for the Lady Raiders.
Jessie Tackett and Gabrielle
Bailey rounded out the South
Floyd scoring with two points
.Blair wins
toughman
contest
apiece.
South Floyd, a team that
averages hitting over five
three-pointers per game, connected on seven treys in the
district win over Prestonsburg.
South Floyd shot 50 percent (nine-of-18) from the free
throw line. The Lady Raiders
hit eight field goals.
South Floyd led early on in
the first quarter, but soon had
to play from behind until late
in the game.
Prestonsburg led 18-13 at
the end of the first quarter. The
Lady Blackcats extended their
lead in the second quarter and
took a 29-23 lead into the
break. Limiting Prestonsburg
to just 14 points the entire second half, South Floyd
outscored the Lady Blackcats
18-7 in the fourth quarter.
Tuttle and Dye each hit cru-
cial fourth quarter three pointers for the Lady Raiders.
Amber Whitaker scored a
game-high 17 points for
Prestonsburg. Julianne Frye
and Hannah Fitzpatrick joined
Whitaker in double figures
with I 0 potnts apiece. Frye, a
junior, hit a trio of three-pointers. Rikki Hughes and
Elizabeth Chaffin each had
three points for the Lady
Blackcats.
Prestonsburg hit six threepointers and finished five-for12 from the free throw line.
WORKING
THE BALL:
South Floyd's
Lindsey Dye
dribbled
against
Prestonsburg
senior
Elizabeth
Chaffin during
Saturday
night's 58th
District/Floyd
County
conference
contest.
South Floyd 46,
Prestonstiurg 43
PRESTONSBURG (6-10) - Whitaker
17, Hughes 3, Chaffin 3, Frye 10,
Fitzpatrick 10.
SOUTH FLOYD (3-8)- Hall 9, Conn 3 ,
Dean 8, Tuttle 13, Dye 6, q. Tackett 3,
J . Tackett 2, Ba1ley 2 .
Prestonsburg ......... 18 11 7 7-43
South Floyd ........... 13 10 5 18-46
TIMES STAFF REPORT
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - It
had been 12 years since
Johnson County businessman
•J<.evin Blair had competed in
the boxing ring. In the early
1990s, Blair made a name for
himself in the tri-state area as a
successful boxer and tough
man event competitor. During
that time he won King of the
Hill in Pikeville, King of the
Ring in Lexington, was runnerup in Williamson, W.Va., runner-up in Huntington, W.Va.
Toughman in 1994, and
Huntington, W.Va. winner in
1995. Following his 1995 win,
Blair was invited to Knoxville,
Tenn., for a shot at a national
title and a chance to fight on
the FX channel and Showtime.
~e won two fights in Knoxville
before losing a decision to the
eventual champ. Around this
time be bad opportunities to
fight some undercard pro bouts
that
Lexington promoter
George Gentry had put together. After his fights in 1995,
:Slair got busy with work, famiJY and weekend dirt track racing; there was no more time for
boxing. Over the weekend,
Blair returned to the ring, ultin:tately emerging victorious
once again
Early last year Blair starting
~going back to his old training
grounds at Boyd Hill's Wildcat
Boxing Club in Morgan
County. At the time he was
mainly teaching his son
Braxton to box, as well as getting him into condition for
football and basketball seasons. In the meantime, Blair
began to pick up the pace him- •
self on the various bags and by
sparring in the ring. Feeling
that he still had something at
age 34, he entered this year's
19th annual Toughman event
held over the weekend at the
Huntington Civic Center.
;. The elimination rounds of
this years event began Friday
night with a record 181 total
fighters grouped in three different weight classes. In his first
fight Blair faced Huntington
resident and former Marine Eli
Boland. Blair won the bout
with a third round TKO. On
Saturday night, Blair was faced
with the task of winning four
fights in one night to win the
title. Blair opened strongly by
knocking out veteran fighter
Scott Ramos of Chesapeake,
Ohio. Blair's next opponent
~as Jonathan Preston of Coal
'/Grove, Ohio. Preston fell to a
KO from third round left hook.
After this fight Blair, who
fights under the nickname
"Tasmanian Devil" began to
pick up support from the
capacity Huntington Civic
Center crowd. The semifinal
round proved to be the toughest
of his opponents as Blair
defeated Huntington's "Nasty"
Nate Butcher with a third
round unanimous decision .
This set up the championship
bout with 19-year-old Joseph
"The Python" Plybon of
@untington, W.Va. Plybon had
been a difficult opponent for
others because of his 6-3 height
and long reach. Blair immediately came at Plybon with
aggression knocking him down
twice in round one. Just 25 seconds into round 2 Blair
knocked out Plybon to win the
event. Winners of each weight
class then entered the ring for
the postfight ceremonies in
which fighters were awarded
$1,000 and a patented Original
Toughman black jacket.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Eagles can't back battle versus IU-SE
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ALBANY
Indiana
University-Southeast took a
l 0-point into balftime and held
on in the second half Saturday
night against visiting Alice
Lloyd College. After leading
41-31 at the half, Alice Lloyd
went on to post an 80-74 win.
Craig Bryant led a balanced
Indiana University-Southeast
offensive effort with 17 points.
Antonio Gilkey and Carlos
Mitchell each had lO points
for the Grenadiers. Jeremy
Holland narrowly missed double figures for IU-SE, scoring
nine points. Nick Gullinger
and DcJon Gary scored eight
points apiece for the winning
team.
IU-SE finished 30-for-63
from the field. The Grenadiers
connected on four-of-16 threepoint field goal attempts and
hit 16-of-32 free throw
attempts.
Rodney Mitchell paced
Alice Lloyd with a game-high
19 points. Eric Mullins followed with 15 points for the
Eagles. William Dillard scored
13 points and Corey Hairston ·
added I I for Alice Lloyd.
The Eagles were 30-of-67
from the field. Alice Lloyd
connected on thrce-of-15
three-point field goal attempts.
The Grenadiers outrebounded Alice Lloyd 43-36.
;• IU-Southeast outlasts Lady Eagles
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ALBANY, Ind. - Host
Indiana University-Southeast
outscored the Alice Lloyd
College women 30-23 in the
first half Saturday afternoon
and held off the Lady Eagles in
the second half. IU-Southeast
claimed a KIAC win over
Alice Lloyd, prevailing 58-49.
Tiffiani Slaughter paced
Indiana University-Southeast
with a game-high I 8 points.
Slaughter was one of three IU-
Southeast players to reach (Betsy Layne) and Kaylan
double figures. Brittany Caple Richardson each had 10 points
and Kayla Rieckers each had . for . the Lady Eagles. Alice
10 points for the Grenadiers. Lloyd finished 21-for-55 from
Rieckers had the game's only the field and two-for-20 from
double-double, pulling down behind the three-point line.
The Lady Eagles made five
10 rebounds.
The Grenadiers were 20-of- of nine free throw attempts.
IU-Southeast outrebounded
68 from the field. From the
free throw line, IU-Southeast Alice Lioyd 42-37.
The Lady Eagles were
went 13 for-20.
A lien Central High School forced into committing 20
graduate Becky Thomas led turnovers in the conference
Alice Lloyd with a team-high setback.
14 points. Whitney Lykens
.;• Kentucky 64, Miss. State 60
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Mississippi State's best shooter
cruised toward the basket with
a chance to tie, Kentucky center Randolph Morris knew the
block had to be perfect.
It was.
Morris
swatted
away
Jamont Gordon's layup with
five seconds left as the
Wildcats - and Morris - survived their worst shooting performances of the season to
defeat the Bulldogs 64-60
Saturday night for their lOthstraight win.
"J guess you could say I
gambled on it and I came up on
tl;le better end of the stick,"
Morris said.
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It was the third block of the
game for the Kentucky center,
whose layup with a minute left
put 'the Wildcats ahead for
good.
"He came up big," said forward Bobby Perry. ''That's the
mark of a great player - for him
to step up like he did."
After the block, Joe
Crawford made a diving play to
give the Wildcats the basketball
and dished it to Ramel Bradley,
who clinched it with two free
throws after he was fouled.
Morris, who was ice cold
earlier in the game, finished
with 17 points- seven from the
free throw line, including two
with 20 seconds remaining.
Afterward, he acknowledged
he was tired.
Other than a foul-plagued
game against Louisville when
he missed his lone shot,
Morris' 5-for-12 game was his
worst shooting percentage of
the season.
"When you're not making
spots, it can zap your energy,"
coach Tubby Smith.
The Wildcats (14-3, 3-0
Southeastern
Conference)
would need both of Morris' late
free throws because Barry
Stewart nailed a 3-pointer with ·
less than 12 seconds remaining.
Mississippi State (10-6, 1-2
SEC) came just short in its
effort to beat Kentucky for the
first time in four years and only
the <;econd time ever at Rupp
Arena - the previous on Feb.,
14, 1995.
Until the end, it appeared
they might get it.
With less than five minutes
left, it took a 3-point play by
Kentucky point guard Derrick
Jasper to tie the game at 53.
Then Jasper grabbed his teamhigh eighth rebound on the
defensive glass and fed Morris
for a go-ahead layup.
" I' m a tall point guard,"
Jasper said. "Getting rebounds
means a lot."
But Jasper also made a key
mistake at the 1:40 mark, letting the shot clock expire
before he could get off a 3point shot.
The Bulldogs got the ball
back and tied the game at 57 on
a tip-in by Charles Rhodes
before Kentucky took the lead
for good on Morris' layup.
Crawford had 14 points,
including three 3-pointers, for
the Wildcats and Bradley had
II - his 1Oth straight double-
digit scoring effort since moving from point guard to shooting guard.
Gordon was the Bulldogs'
lone double digit scorer with
13.
"It's coming," Gordon said.
"We're right there. Every game
we play on the road, we're right
there. We got to learn how to
close out. We're frustrating
teams. We're i'n teams' heads."
Kentucky shot a season
worst 36 percent from the field
- including several ugly misses
by Morris early. But he connected on seven of eight free
throws and hit the shots from
the field down the stretch.
Despite getting no offemive
rebounds in the first half,
Kentucky won the battle of the
boards
37-36
over
the
Bulldogs.
photo by Steve LeMaster
TOP CATS: Betsy Layne is looking to repeat previous success in this year's Floyd County
grade school boys' basketball tournaments .
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by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE - Louisville
quarterback Brian Brohm will
return to the Cardinals next
season rather than enter the
NFL draft, he announced
Monday.
Brohm said he haJ an
opportunity to "get a good
position in the draft," but
decided that he wanted to come
back for his senior season and
try to lead his hometown
school "to greater heights.'·
"We've accomplished a lot
of great things and there are
still some things we can
accomplish.'' he told report rs.
Brohm said he made the
final decision Saturday night.
Brohm threw for 3,049
yards and 16 touchdowns for
the Cardinals in 2006 while
helping Louisville to a 12-1
record, a Big East title and a
win in the Orange Bowl.
Louisville finished sixth in the
final Associated Press poll,
tied for the highest final ranking in school history.
Brohm's decision caps a
tumultuous week for one of
the nation's hottest programs.
Coach Bobby Petrino resigned
eight days ago to become the
head coach of the Atlanta
Falcons and running back
Michael Bush opted to enter
the NFL draft rather than
accept a medical redshirt.
New
coach
Steve
Kragthorpe met with Brohm
several times since accepting
the job on Tuesday afternoon
in an attempt to get Brohm to
remain at the school he help
put on the map.
Kragthorpe said he looked
forward to spending a year
coaching the prize quarter
back.
"I think it makes a huge
statement about his commitment, not only to this program
but to the city of Louisville,"
he said. " ... He's going to lead
this team to great things and
great heights."
Brohm
said
after
Louisville's regular-season
finale last month that he
"expected" tu return, but
wavered in the days leading up
to the Orange Bowl. He called
the idea of coming back next
fall "appealing'.' after throwin
for 311 yards in I:.ouisville'.
24-13 win over Wake Forest,
but said he'd weigh all the factors before making a final
decision.
Brohm had been projected
as a first-round pick by some
draft experts who thought his
6-foot-4, 226-pound frame and
accurate right arm will translate easily into the NFL.
Brohm has thrown for 6,751
yards and 41 touchdowns in
three season. Both marks are
fourth on the school's all-time
list.
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KIM'S KORNER
God bless mothers
who drugged us!
By: Kim Little Frasure
Sometimes some of the best stories come via email, just as the one
you are about to read here. This one
was sent to me recently by one of the
most precious people my life has been
blessed to know, Charlotte Compton
Shelton.
Wonder how many of you will
relate to this
form of being
drugged? My
guess is
Several!
Read on:
"The other
day, someone
at a store in
our town read
that
a
methamphetamine
lab
Kim Little Frasure
been
had
found in an
old farmhouse in the adjoining county:
He asked me this rhetorical question,
'Why didn' t we have a drug problem
when you and I were growing up?'
I replied, 'I had a drug problem
when I was young. I was drug to
church on Sunday morning. I was
drug to church for weddings and
funerals. I was drug to family
reunions and community socials no
matter the weather. I was drug by my
ears when I was disrespectful to
adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed
when I disobeyed my parents, told a
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POISON OAK
A quick half
century
by Clyde Pack
Wilma Jean and I have been meeting, of late, with a group of our high
school classmates for the express purpose of planning our 50th
high school
reunion.
It's sometimes hard to
believe that
t
half a century
t
passed
has
•
since the 60
of us marched
across
the
stage of the
Clyde Pack
old
gym
building on
the campus of what was then Meade
• Memorial High School-now simply
~ known as Meade Elementary- and
eagerly snatched our diplomas from
the hand of Johnson County
Superintendent Verne P. Horne.
Of course, being the class of '57
means we now have a special interest
in the decade that put us on the way to
adulthood, and whatever life we managed to make for ourselves.
The fif~es, especially the four years
we were in high school- from the fall
of 1953, to the spring of 1957- have
proven to be historically significant.
Problem is, at the time, we were a bit
too busy be ing teenagers to pay much
attention to anything going on outside
our little circle of friends, to be aware
j. of world events that would affect our
lives, as we made our way to where we
are.
For instance, we were likely no
more than vaguely aware that in 1953,
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard
Nixon were inaugurated as president
and vice president of the United
States; Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin,
leader of the USSR since the late
1920s, died; and Julius and Ethyl
Rosenberg, convicted in 195 1, of espionage, were executed at Sing Sing
The store where Grandma sold her eggs in the early 1940s.
Berry picking at the flat woods
By Ralph Hall
Once again, Mother has agreed to let Mutt and
I stay all night at Grandma's house. We know that
with the next morning, we, along with Uncle
James, will find ourselves doing morning chores.
But, after, we will be allowed to venture into that
world called "play."
Around mid-morning the next day, Grandma
said, "Boys, go over to the flat woods and pick us
some huckleberrjes." She handed us a an eightpound lard buck~t and a coffee can and watched
us as we headed up Hen Pen hill to the flat woods.
Flat Wood got its name from these fiat woods
because treed grew on top of nearby cliffs, making the land flat. The cliffs were about 75 feet
high or so. On the main top, there was a large
open area that the sun hit most of the day. This
area was filled with huckleberries. Grandma had
to have her some huckleberries every year for her
blueberry cobbler that was such a blessing to eat.
On the day in question, us three boys were on a
mission to fill our buckets with berries.
As we walked, we sang, "Row, row, row your
boat," a little song we had learned in the threeroom school over at Melvin. A deep hol ow ran
through the flat woods, an area of land owned by
the Bryant and Tackett families . We always
climbed up the left hand side of the hill because
that was the way the cows walked to pasture.
Once we reached this pasture land, we would
walk through deep grass for about 500 feet before
we reached the trees that would lead us into the
flat woods. It was probably about a three mile
trip into the flat woods from Grandma's house.
At last, we would eventually reach the foot of
the rocks that would take us up to 'fhere the
berries grew. We had to climb up a narrow path
he ~i:l u the rock path that led to Grandma's
kitchen oor. My Grandma",s kitchen was? ~lace
where the wills and hearts of many who ate her
cooking were melted. What my Grandma could
cook and bake with that old coal stove!
To continue, Mutt was the first to walk into
Grandma's kitchen with his load of berries.
Grandma was pleased. She said, "Lord, how
many you all have gathered! Just look at them
big, old huckleberries!" Grandma told us that she
now had to wash and inspect the berries and then
she'd get to work on making us a big, old blueberry cobbler!
I could hardly wait for a serving of that tasty
cobbler and a big, cold glass of fresh cow's milk!
Grandma told us to go out and play while she
was busy making the cobbler and so we went out
to play and walk around a bit on our stilts. At one
point, Grandma looked out and said, "Mind you,
Ralph, don't you get hurt on those things now!" I
knew why she pointed me out. Because it was
me. and never Mutt or James, that got hurt.
A!ld if Mutt and James ever did get hurt, I
can't remember it because I was usually always
busy dealing with my own pain!
Before I go any further, maybe I should
explain to you what stilts were to us .. Stilts were
long, tall . ticks with forks on one side. We would
leave about 12 inches of the tree limb on the bottom of the stick c;o that W v could place our feet in
the forks and walk way high up in the air. The
rest of the stick, we cut t > arm's length.
We headed down the holler on our stilts. Back
then, you could walk all day, heck, even all week,
on that old dirt road and never sec a car coming.
Not too many old timers had cars back then.
Most of the roads on Hen Pen went right up the
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BERRY, page seven)
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(See OAK, page seven)
between two cliffs to reach the top of th r
We had to be very careful because it was in ttti
area that one could easily meet up with a timber
rattlesnake. And we didn' t want to meet up with
no snake- of any kind.
Up on the flat woods, hawks rested high up in
the tops of tall trees .
Once we got ourselves up this high, we would
have to lie down to rest and catch our breath.
What a boy will do to get himself a huckleberry
pie!
As we would lie there for what seemed forever, we would finally get up and begin to fill our
buckets with berries. We never had a hard time
filling our buckets, the flat woods was an abundant area.
Though on this afternoon we, luckily, saw no
rattlesnakes, we did see a few chicken hawks and
a couple of young hound dogs that had trailed
behind us. As we walked back down the hill, we
had to pay close attention to not stumble and spill
the berries we had worked so hard to gather.
We were so proud to have our buckets full.
Grandma would be so happy! Finally. we had
made it to the foot of the hill and were headed
back down our "holler" road . Passing by Hillard
Bryant and Victor Tackett's houses, me, Mutt and
Uncle James felt like a real team. We were "one
for all and all for one," that's for sure.
I always felt so blessed to be Uncle James '
nephew. I felt like I was the only nephew in the
world to have an uncle that was younger than me.
How lucky could a boy be - to have an uncle who
looked up to him?
I told Mutt and James that we would be back
at Grandma's house in about five minutes. Mutt
started to speed up then and managed to make it
to the front gate first. He unlatched the gate and
Inner Strength
If you can start the day without caffeine,
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If you can ignore a fnC'Ild "s limited education and never correct him.
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can resist treating a rich friend
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring
aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring
people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day
and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved
ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment
better than a poor friend,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor.
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs.
... Then you arc probably the family dog!
Learn more adopting a pet for your own
family by calling, or visiting, the Floyd
Cou~ty Animal Shelter at 886-3189.
This is "Maggie." Fourteen year old Maggie is a member
of the Hughes family of Langley. Owner, Cindi, writes:
" Maggie is often called 'Black Shadow' around our house
because she follows me everywhere I go!" Cute, and
we're guessing also very sweet, little shadow to have
aroundl Thanks for sharing!
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
17, 2007
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to
any AMS student or dropped offat the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and turn
them in to homeroom teachers!**
• Jan. 17 - Alcohol Awareness,
7th & 8th
• Jan. 23 - Dental & Personal
Hygiene, 6th
• Jan. 24 - Respect Class, 7th
grade girls
• Jan. 30- WYMT-TV's "Do As I
Say, Not As I Do," 4 p.m.
• Jan. 31 - Respect Class, 7th
grade girls
• Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in
YSC lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
regardless of income. For more
information, call Marilyn Bailey,
center coordinator, at 358-0134.
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne Elementary
W Lost and Found items will be
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Center offers
services to all families, regardless of
income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
Family Resource Youth Service
Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC
is to meet the needs of all children
and their families who reside in the
community or neighborhood by the
school in which the center is located.
For further information, please con, tact the center at 47B-5550.
•
Brian H. Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.l.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday. after school, 3: 154:15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark tshirts. Students, staff, parents - show
your support for CES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected
dates. Now taking appointments for
6th grade exams, WIC, and wellchild exams for birth-18 years. Flu
shots may also be scheduled. Call
886-0815 for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services
for all families regardless of income.
We are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
off your receipts at the school, or
mail them to: Duff Elementary
School, P.O. Box 129, Eastern, KY
41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
clothing use and burnouts. lf you
have clot:ping to donate, please call
the FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is
on site three days per month.
Services include 6th grade school
entry physieal; kindergarten, Head
Start and well-child physicals (age
birth to 18 years); T.B . skin test; T.D.
boosters; and WIC services. Please
call 358-9878 for appointment if you
are in need of any of these services.
• The J .A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides
services for all families regardless of
income. We are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents fer video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals, kindergarten physicals, 6th
grade physicals, well-child physicals,
immunizations, TB skin test, WIC
program, blood pressure checks, and
more. Must call the FRC at 285-0321
for an appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at
the center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services, and school physicals. Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides services for all families, regardless of income.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• Feb. I -Open House. Food will
be served. Teacher and parent visits.
Date subject to change. Watch school
marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1100.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your child's grades, visit the
STI Home! site at http://iiod.ssts.com
and click on the STI program. Select
~tate, county, school, child's pin number and password. You may view
your child's attendance record, class
average, schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call 4529607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating in the Apples for Students
program. Please save and turn in
your Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
campus each Tuesday. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center f.or: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community as well as students.
• All new students and visitors,
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus, Room 232, and
see Mable Ha11. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Jan. 25- Family Read Night, 67 p.m.
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is
located on the right, by the school
gymnasium. Services are offered to
all families, regardless of income.
For more information, call Anita
Tackett, center coordinator at 5872233.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center. Items not
claimed within 2 weeks become the
property of the FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes, belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items
will be appreciated and utilized by
OES students.
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building of
W.D. Osborne Elementary. Those
wishing more information about the
center are welcome to visit, or call.
Ask for Cissy (center coordinator).
Center telephone and fax: (606) 4524553.
Wesley Christian School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddlers, preschool age (2-4). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC;
1-4:30 p.m. -Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learning Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC; l-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts. , Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier
Learning Ctr.; BSCTC; l-4:30 p .m.David Craft Center, BSCTC; 6-9 p.m.
- BSCTC.
• Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. BSCTC, Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m. BSCTC, Betsy Layne YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 4:30-9 p.m.Martin Comm. Ctr.
• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bormes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephens.
• Program manager: Kay Hale
Ross (886-7334)
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(Items taken from
The Floyd County
Times,
10,20,30,40,50,60,
70 years ago.)
Hackworth got the first handcuff on Tackett, he
allegedly began to fight with the probation official. Tackett is being held in the Floyd County
(January 22 and January 24, Adult Detention Center in lieu of a $20,000
bond... Larry D. Isaacs, 27, of Grethel, and an
1997)
unidentified 17 -year-old male were arrested,
Tuesday night, after they allegedly broke into
Parents have won their fight to restore a spe- three vehicles at Betsy Layne school. The
cial education unit at Betsy Layne High School thieves took advantaging of school spirit,
and closer state scrutiny of the district's special Tuesday, burglarized a parking lot full of cars
needs programs has been ordered. The state's while the owners rooted for their high schools
Exceptional Children's Appeals Board ruled basketball teams ... Joe Trimblin, 42, of
January 17, that Floyd school officials had Webbville, was fined after the Kentucky
acted improperly by closing the special educa- Division of Plumbing charged him with practiction unit at Betsy Layne, and ordered that it be ing plumbing in Floyd County without a
reopened immediately. The school board attor- license, in April of last year... A Knott County
ney
said
the
decision
will
be circuit judge is expected to rule by January 30,
appealed ...Rumpke's Dave Cooley announced, whether Charlotte Slone, a juror who heard eviFriday, to the Floyd Fiscal Court, during its reg- dence in a murder case, lives in Knott or Floyd
ular monthly meeting, that a new company will County. Michael Scott Sparkman, 20, was conbe providing the county's garbage service. victed in November of first degree manslaugh"Rumpke assigned its contract with the county ter in the shooting death of Troy Minor of Pippa
to United Waste of Kentucky," Cooley said Passes. The defense claimed Minor was shot in
Monday...A recent wave of robberies and bur- self-defense. Minor was killed on November
glaries in Floyd and surrounding counties 10, 1995 ... Charges of burglary and criminal
means the Kentucky State Police will be putting ' mischief were dismissed against Clifford
a lot of time into investigating the numerous Adkins Jr., 22, of Harold, and Randall !ricks,
crimes ...Ervin Printice Gunther, 34, of Auxier, 19, of Tram, Wednesday, but before his release,
was arrested, Saturday, and charged with theft Adkins was served a second warrant for receivby unlawful taking of an automobile; two ing stolen property. !ricks was released,
counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree kid- Wednesday...There died: Ethel Cains Slone, 63,
napping and possession of a firearm by a con- of Topmost, Friday, January 17, at Central
victed felon. He was arrested, Saturday night, Baptist Hospital, Lexington; Nancy C. Duff,
after he allegedly kidnapped a Floyd County 94, of Greenfield, Indiana, formerly of Garrett,
man, stole his car, and then robbed Monday, J ariuary 20, at her residence; Annetta
Prestonsburg's Winn-Dixie at gunpoint ...John C. Greene, 58, of Warsaw, Indiana, January 17,
M. Rosenberg, a Prestonsburg attorney, who at her residence; Kclsie Kay McElroy, 80, of
heads the legal services organization for the Clarksville, Indiana, formerly of Floyd County,
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, was Sunday, January 19, at the Clark Memorial
awarded the Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Hospital, in Indiana; Sylvia Ann Quillen, 84, of
Rights Award at Hazard High School, Monday Abingdon, Virginia, Thursday, January 16, at
night...Wheelwright City Commissioners are Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon ,
eying layoffs in the city utility department, after Virginia; Tammy Gwen Garriott, 34, of Turner
auditors reported the agency is on the verge of Station, formerly of Hindman, Saturday,
going broke ...Nearly $6 million in renovation January 17, in Louisville; Bessie Ann Howard
work is underway at Jenny Wiley State Park, Beatty, 82 , of Burnside, Thursday, January 16;
with the bulk of repairs being applied at May Julia Mayo May, 60, of Prestonsburg, Saturday,
Lodge ... Edmond Collins of Prestonsburg, was January 18, at Val Harbor, Florida; Rev. Jack
killed, Tuesday afternoon, in a remote area near DeRossett, 86, of Prestonsburg, Thursday,
Allen, in an accident involving an all-terrain January 16, at Highlands Regional Medical
vehicle ...Probation and Parole officer Dewey Center; Toy Caudill, 72, of Ligon, Monday,
Hackworth was arresting Andy Tackett, 50, of January 20, at Paul B. Hall Medical Center;
Beaver, Friday, for violating his probation on Eliza Hall, 79, of Winchester, formerly of Kite,
charges of arson, third degree wanton endan- Thursday. January 16, at her daughter's resigerment, and trafficki ng in marijuana. When
Ten Years Ago
dence in Winchester; Birble B. Akers, 57, of
Galveston, Sunday, January 19, at his residence; Dolly Moore Pettrey, 93, of
Prestonsburg, Saturday, January 18, at Pine
Meadows Health Center, in Lexington;
Margaret Ann Porter Music, 46, of
Prestonsburg, Tuesday, January 21, at her residence; Nancy C. Duff. 94, of Greenfield,
Indianfl, formerly of Garrett, January 20, at her
residence; Trudy· Crum, 53, of Pikeville,
Wednesday, January 23, at her residence; Ernest
Honeycutt, 62, of Floyd County, Monday,
January 13; Ronnie Edward Moore, 38, of
Langley, Sunday, January 19, at his residence;
Edmund Collins, 39, of Martin, Tuesday,
January 21; Christopher Moore, 15, of Langley,
Sunday, January 19, at his residence; Gary
Jones , 44, of Fisty, Wednesday, January 22, at
his residence; Randall Vance, 3 1, of Columbus,
Ohio, January 20; Martin Dallas Collins, 75, of
West Van Lear, Wednes<;iay, January 15, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center; Bobby
Darrell Bailey, 36, of Hippo, Friday, January
2 1, at McDowell Appalachian
Regional
Hospital.
Twentv Years Ago
(January 28, 1987)
County attorney David Barber, Sheriff
Henry Hale, along with deputies and state
police, paid a vi sit to the Silver Fox Lounge,
because complaints had been received, and confirmed by patrons, that the entertainment
included topless dancers ... Stephens Branch residents allege that a tipple fill poses an increased
threat of flood ... Under-rep01ting by local companies may mean that the eastern extension of
the Mountam Parkway, through Floyd and
Magoffin counties, will be off-limits to coal
trucks weighing more than 40 tons... The season's first snow blanketed Floyd County and
shut down classrooms ... Charges against two
former Floyd County officials, Thomas D.
Lafferty Sr., and his son, Thomas D. Lafferty
Jr., were dismissed a second time ...The U.S.
Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of
William Oakie Bevins, 76, who pleaded guilty
in 1983 to the slaying of five men, and the
wounding of three others in an Allen truck parts
store in l981...There died: Andrew J. "Andy"
Conley, 85, of Garrett, Sunday; Artl}ur T.
"Hawk" Lucas, 79, of Ligon, Saturday; Elsie C.
"Granny Cotton" Fitch Wheeler, January 20;
Claude Wallen, 72, of Prestonsburg, Saturday;
John Quentin Salisbury, 67, of Martin, Sunday;
Edna Allen, 64, of Price, last Thursday; Maude
Evelyn Snodgrass, 68, of Allen, January 21;
Calvin Reynolds, 80, of Halo, Sunday;
Charlena Merwine, 38, of Prestonsburg,
Monday; Lillie Mae Bradley Prater, 57, of
Martin, Thursday; Amos Tackett, 42, of Beaver,
Sunday.
Thinv Years Ago
(January 26, 1977)
The longest strike in Kentucky West Virginia
Gas Company's history ended at 12:01 a.m.,
Sunday, after union members ratified the company's latest offer of settlement...The City of
Prestonsburg, this week, offered a hand to those
who are unable to help themselves during the
prolonged period of bad weather, and, at the
same time, asked those who are riot in extreme
need not to take advantage of the free services
offered ... One of the busiest places in Floyd
County, these days of snow and ice, is the
Unemployment Insurance office ...The cost of
home heating in certain areas of the county has
been, to put it midly, dramatic this
winter...More than 300 homes in the upper Mud
Creek section of the county have been without
water for six weeks or longer...Last Sunday it
appeared that Floyd County's schools would
reopen the next day after their longest "vacation" ever, because of weather conditions ...The
Floyd County Fiscal Court declared the lack of
water service in the Allen-Dwale area an emergency, and called on Gov. Carroll for a $30,000
grant...There died: Kelly Howard, 69, January
19, at his home in Garrett; Elbert Combs, 58. of
Mou ie, Jan. 14, at Our Lady of the Way
Hospital at Martin; Hazel Ramey, 50, formerly
of Hueysville, Jan. 14, in LaGrang , Ind.;
Howard (Deacon) Jones, 66, of Stanville, Jan.
24, at Methodi st Hospital, in Pikeville; William
A. Solomon, 75, of Drift, Jan. 25, at Mountain
Manor Nursing Home; Victor Jenkins Clark,
65, of Allen, Jan. 21. at the home of a sister, in
Allen; Ira Mullins, 52, of Price, Jan. 20, at
McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital;
Earnest Garrett, 68. formerly of the DriftMcDowell area, Jan. 20, after being struck by a
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Yesterdays
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truck in Dayton, 0.; Dexter Dean
McCarty, 36, of Martin, Jan. 23, at
Good
Samaritan
Hospital
in
Lexington; Maude Harris Boyd, 71,
of Allen, Jan. 23, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center; Ruth
.) Branham Wilson, 57, formerly of
Tram, Jan. 17, in Pontiac, Mich.;
Eugene Halbert, 46. formerly of
Martin, Jan. 24, at the Cold Water
(Mich.) Community Health Center;
Odis Hall, 50, of Weeksbury, Jan. 21,
at U.K. Medical Center, in
Lexington.
Fonv Years Ago
(January 26, 1967)
41
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'7
The University of Kentucky board
of trustees gave the nod, Friday, to
enlargement of the Prestonsburg
Community
College
physical
plant...East Kentucky Mack Inc., a
firm which will employ about 35
skilled workers. has leased from H.
B. Ranier his office building, shop
and yard, near Sugar Loaf, at a
monthly rental of $2.000 for a period
of 10 years, it was announced here,
last Thursday... Congressman Carl D.
Perkins announced, in Washington,
Wednesday afternoon, that the
Department of Defense had awarded
to Irving Air Chute Company,
Lexington, a $1,521,284 contract to
manufacture 6,840 general purpose
tents ... Bom: to Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Ratliff, Prestonsburg, a son, Darwin
Dwayne, last Wednesday, at the
Prestonsburg
General
Hospital...There died : Billy Ray
Ousley, 19, last Wednesday, while
repairing a car at his home at
Pyramid; Mrs. Hannah Crum, 74, of
Dwale, last Wednesday, at lhe home
ncar Van lear of a son; Mrs. Lillie
Caudill Nelson Slone, 53, of
Bonanza, Sunday. at Our Lady of the
Way Hospital, Martin; Kelly Bolen.
71, last Wednesday, at his home on
Rock Fork at Garrett.
FiUV Years Ago
(January 24, 1957)
County and state officers were
joined by a Federal Bureau of
Investigation agent in a probe of the
dynamiting here, around Sunday
midnight, of the auto of Sheriff
Gorman Collins, and the blasting in
the same manner, about half an hour
earlier, of the car of Deputy Sheriff
Silas DeRossett at the DeRossett
home on Bull Creek ...The Southern
Bell
Telephone
&
Tclgraph
Company's newest dial installation is
its exchange which was opened at
McDowell, last Saturday noon ...The
city council, Monday night, opened
officially, acted on three separate
items of business, but the story of the
meeting is that of businessmen's call
for police protection, and the resultant discussion, with just about everybody taking part...Henry Davidson
Fitzpatrick Sr., 77, of Prestonsburg,
banker and former State Senator, was
found dead in bed at his home on the
Middle Creek road, near here, last
Thursday morning ... Three Martin
juveniles who were jailed here
Saturday
afternoon
by
State
Detective E. L. Cornett and Deputy
Sheriff Willie Johnson, entered pleas
of guilty, Monday morning, to
charges of breaking and entering on
six counts ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Callihan Jr., a son, William R. III,
Jan. 22, at the Prestonsburg General
Hospitai. .. There
died:
William
Garfield Webb, 73, of Auxier, last
Tuesday. at the Paintsville Hospital;
Mrs. Sarah Patton Lafferty, 71, of
Water Gap, last Wednesday, at the
Prestonsburg General Hospital;
Talmadge DeWitt Mayo, 77, Floyd
County native, and for many years a
school superintendent and a teacher
in the Dallas County, Texas, schools,
Dec. 15, at Dallas; Roy Akers, three
years old, of Banner, Monday, at Our
Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin."
Sixtv Years Ago
(January 23, 1947)
Joe McGuire, 46 years old, Dwale
gas compressor station employee,
was struck and killed, early
Wednesday morning, by a freight
train ... Norman Bell, 41-year-old
miner, was killed, Saturday night, by
a slatefall in the mine of the Inland
Steel
Company,
at
Wheelwright...Otto Hall, 43, of Hi
Hat, died Wednesday, in the
Methodist Hospital, Pikeville, of
injuries sustatined two days earlier in
a slatefall in the mine of the Inland
Steel Company at Wheelwright...The
warehouse and office building of
Henry Porter & Company, Frigidaire
dealers, burned at Allen, late
Wednesday night, at an estimated
$25,000 loss ...Four Floyd County
miners were injured, Saturday, in an
explosion in a mine at Tram ... They
were: Rufus Wallace, of Tram,
Galloway Hinton, Betsy Layne;
Frank Simpson, of Boldman, and
Curtis Delong, of Justell; two Pike
County miners; Ted Belcher, 45 , of
Praise, and Walter Kayser, of
Pikeville, were killed, Saturday,
when caught beneath a slatefall in the
Williams Belcher Coal Company
mine in Pike County...W. H. Jones Jr.,
of Prestonsburg, was elected the first
commander of District 15, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, at the recent district
election in Pikeville ...Married: Miss
Anita Lewelling, of Huntington,
Tenn., and Mr. Paul Gentry Smith, of
Glo, Dec. 21; Miss Harriet Elizabeth
Messer, of Garrett and Mr. John J.
Robbins, of Boswell, Ind., Dec. 21 , at
Pikeville ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs.
James Sellards, of Allen, a son,
Saturday, at the Gearheart Hospital,
Martin; to Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee
Roberts, of Harold; a sonLawrence-Jan. 10, at the Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville ...There died:
Bourbon Setser, 39, of Buffalo Creek,
last Wednesday; Mrs. Polly Miller
Rose, 82, at home at Katy Friend,
Friday; Mrs. Ida Hall Carroll, 40, at
home, at Jump, Saturday; John
Jarrell, 78, Saturday, at the home,
near Allen, of a daughter, Mrs.
Ballard McGuire.
Seventv Years
Ago
(J anuary 22, 1937)
Work will be started soon on four
miles of uncompleted road between 1
Wheelwright
Junction
and
McDowell, Robert Humphrey, State~
Highway Commissioner, said this~
week. ..Robert Kelly, 24, of Ironton,'
Ohio, was shot and killed early
Monday
morning,
near ,
Weeksbury... The Betsy Layne High
School building was destroyed by"
fire
late
last
Tuesday 1
night. .. Maryland McCown, 38, was J
struck and killed by a train last
Monday near Melvin.. .In another
recent rail tragedy, Frank Estep, 24year-old deaf-mute, of Printer, was
killed Jan. 8, when he was struck by a
train on the tracks at Garrett.. .Bonnie
Bess Layne, of Betsy Layne, and
Clarissa Sargent, 11, of Harold, were.
killed, Sunday night, when struck by
a truck on the highway at Betsy
Layne...Married: Miss Opal Wright,
of Pikeville, and Mr. William Dingus,
of Prestonsburg, Dec. 24, at
Williamson, W.Va...There died: Mrs.
Martha Sammons, 50, Monday, at the,
home of a daughter, Mrs. Mildred
Martin, at Pumpkin Center, near,
Estill; Jesse W. Fillinger, 54, of Betsy
Layne, Tuesday, at the Jefferson •
Hotel, Pikeville; Adam Brown, 35, of
Wayland, Saturday, at the Stumbo.
Memorial Hospital; Garvie Marshall,
12, of Langley, Sunday.
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Oak
Prison.
The year we were sophomores,
1954, Jonas E. Salk came up with a
polio vaccine that eradicated the disease that had our mothers deeply concerned, every time we got a crick in
our necks. That was also the year that
President Eisenhower signed legisla,., tion that changed the wording of the
Pledge of Allegiance from "one
nation, indivisible," to "'one nation,
under God, indivisible."
About the only significant event
we might have noticed was Elvis' first
record. "That's All Right" and "Blue
Moon of Kentucky" on Sun Records.
And it's a 100 pefc:ent certainty
that the Class of '5I benefited
although many years later-from Ray
A. Kroc's opening the first
McDonald's restaurant in Des
Plaines, Illinois, in 1955.
In 1956 "In God We Trust" was
added to new coins and currency, and
the Federal Aid Highway Act was
passed by Congress, authorizing the
construction of 41,000 miles of inter-
estate highways.
And finally, the year we graduated,
Congress passed the first civil rights
legislation since Reconstruction, and
later, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas,
to protect nine black students seeking
to attend all-while Central High
School. And, of course, it was also in
• Continued from ps'
1957, that the Russians launched
Sputniks I and II, the latter carrying a'
dog named Laika, the first living crea- ~
ture in space.
Even if we weren't aware of it at
the time, a great deal of history was
being made when our class was
becoming educated.
Berry
• Continued from p5,
Mark Sohn wrote the book Appalachian Home Cooking which explores
• Appalachian food history and culture. He was one of several speakers at
the College.
creeks, anyway. In the early 40s, hood. Loving me, teaching me, and It had benches all along each side
people mostly walked wherever taking the very best car<; of everyone for us kids to sit on. On the middle
they wanted to go. There was little she loved. She was the best grand- of that table .'iat two large pans of
need to stray far, anyway, because mother in the world. I was so proud that delicious berry cobbler. We
most of what we needed was right of her. She was like a second moth- said a quick, "Thank you, God, for
there on the farm, anyhow. Back er to me and isn't that what a grand- this food" and then we went to work
then, people
ma should be, after on filling our bellies.
all?
raised what
Climbing that hill to the flat
they ate on
And as far as my woods, staying on the lookout for
their
little
own mother went, rattlesnakes, navigating that narrow
hillside
well, all I can say is, rock path, and picking those berries
"Like mother, like in the warm afternoon sun was sudfarms.
daughter." Mother denly all well worth the effort as we
About the
only time my
and Grandma were sat, eating and enjoying the fruits of
Grandma
different in many our labor. I ate all I could hold and
ever went to
. ways, yet both so then headed to Grandma's frontmuch alike, too. porch to set myself in a homemade
the store was
when she had
Both were strong, rocking chair and listen to the frogs
family-oriented as they began to croak as evening
gathered 111
began to settle in. Soon, the fireflies
women.
about
ten
Well, getting back would light up their tails and my '
dozen eggs to
sell.
This
to the stilts (did you aunts and uncles would gather round
was
about
think I had forgot- to play their music and sing. One of
ten?), me, Mutt and my favorite songs back then was
twice a week
Uncle James walked "Will the Circle be Unbroken." And
or
so.
on them things for it still is today, too.
Grandma
I thought back to what a good~
would
sell Ral ph Hall, age 10. "School about two hours or
more when Grandma day it had been. I had managed to4
the eggs at Days, 1946-47."
finally
called, not get hurt even one time and I had!
the store and
then u<;e the money to buy things for "Boys! Come get you some cob- got to eat my fill of blueberry cob->
her sewing room. That sewing room bler!" As we tumbled up the path to bier. I joined in the singing, loud
was sure something to see, too. her kitchen, Grandma set out a pan and proud ("Will the circle be
unbroken ..."). We'
Grandma had an old sewing of water and a
were a happy peo-:
machine with a wheel that she had to bar of soap on a
tum by hand and a paddle she had to little bench outpie. Living in a
time when we1
operate with her feet to get the side the door
machine to sew. Grandma's sewing and told us to
knew what a family was - a group
machine was a Singer.
wash up first
And the way Grandma would before we c.;ould
of people whor
sew on that machine would make eat. "Real clean
loved one another
anyone want to "sing"!
and made the very
now, or no cobGrandma also had a quilting bler,"
she
best of the times
we lived in. How
frame which she would hang from warned .
sweet life is when
We all took
the ceiling. She did most of her
quilting, though , in the wintertime to
a home is filled
scrubbing
with love. There
as
we
when there were no crops to tend. fast
Grandma managed to get most of could .
Uncle
is no place like
home and my
what she wanted by selling her eggs James said, " Let
Grandma certainme have that
and quilts.
ly knew how to,
Aunt Doll y, my mother, and soap. I gotta get
make a house a:
Grandma would all work together my hands clean
home.
After
on many a cold winter day making or
Mommy
Mutt, age 7.
awhile, Grandma
those qui Its. They talked as they won ' t let me
told us all that ir
As we
worked and it was one more thing to eat."
washed, our mouths began to water. was time to turn in and so we all
hear and listen to their stories!
What a way to live - growing We knew how good that cobbler was made our way to our beds for a good
night's rest.
things, gathering a harvest and mak- going to be!
Grandma inspected our hands
As I lay down and drifted toward
ing things, too. With all the family
nearby and around, there was little and pronounced them clean enough sleep, I thought, "What good things
to want for. I used to wish, though, and we all sat down at the table, will tomorrow bring?"
that I could have known my nearly running over one another to
Grandpa Johnson. He was killed in get there. "Don't you all need to be
1933 and I wac; born in 1936, so I runnin,"' Grandma said. "There's
plenty to go around."
never got to know him.
Grandma's table was a long,
But my Grandma was always
there for me throughout my child- homemade table crafted from wood.
)
Year in Review-Key Ingredients
at HCTC
A highlight at Hazard Community
& Technical College during 2006 was
the Key Ingredients display which
attracted more than 1,400 people to
think, talk, and observe about the
foods of America.
Speakers during the series included: Daryl Harris on "Someonc's in
,. the Kitchen with Dinah," examining
the role of African American women
in shaping Southern food. Rufus
Fugate discussed edible wild plants;
Julie Maruskin discussed the history
of tomatoes in Eastern Kentucky;
David Magee talked about his book
on Moonpies; and Deb Campbell prepared foods from biblical times.
School groups from the region visited
the display, which was a traveling
exhibit from the Smithsonian
Institute
and
the
Kentucky
Humanities Council.
Hall Funeral Home welcomes Jeremiah Swiger
Tommy and John C. Hall, Jr., of
Hall Funeral Home of Martin, are
plea<;ed to announce that Jeremiah
Swiger of Eastern, has joined their
staff as Funeral Director and
Embalmer. He is the son of James
and Patsy Case Swiger, also of
Eastern, and the husband of Kristy
Thornsberry Swiger with which he
,. has three children, Chelsea, Sophie,
and Luke Swiger.
He is a graduate of the MidAmerica College of Funeral Service
in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A licensed
embalmer and funeral director, and
formerly associated with Nelson &
Frazier Funeral Home. He is also a
member of the John W. Hall Masomc
Lodge# 950 F.& AM . and a member
of the Little Rosa Regular Baptist
Church at McDowell.
Jeremiah is pleased to be a part of
the Hall Funeral Home staff and
would like to invite his many friends
and family to stop by and visit him.
Jeremiah Swiger
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
27, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
%w ~rrivafs
Funniest man in America coming to Hazard
The Greater Hazard Area t>erforming Arts Series announces James Gregory will perform on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the First
Federal Center at Hazard Community & Technical College. The show will include a dinner, which begins at 6 p.m. Admission
is $30 per person for dinner and show.
James Gregory is a comedian dubbed as, "The funniest man in America." He is a regular guest on talk radio, most notable
In this region on The Big Show with John Boy & Billy. For almost 25 years, the unforgettable caricature of veteran comic
James Gregory has stood grinning: h1s blue shirt un-tucked, his arms outstretched, and a carefree welcome to a downhome, hilarious storytelling experience. The trademark caricature is the essence of James Gregory's comedy: whimsical
reflections on life from the front porch.
Event sponsors are Whitaker Bank, Mine Service Company, Bank of Hindman, and American Woodmark.
Series underwriters are: ARH, City of Hazard, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hazard Clinic, Peoples Bank & Trust Company, and
Super 8 Motel. The Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet has provided funding and educational
programs with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation,
deserves great art.
·
For more information, contact Tammy Duff, performing arts series director, at (606) 487-3067 or 800-246-7521, ext. 73067.
COOP.E.RATI,;rE EXTENSION SERVICE
hl.i,..·ersity (>f Kentucky - <-'"'.:ollege of ...1\.griculture
Dec. 19, 2006 A daughter, Gracie Ann Jacobs, to Wilma
Lee Jacobs, of Martin
Family and Consun'ler Sciences
Dec. 20, 2006 A daughter, Chloe Catherine Adkins, to
Aimee Adkins, of Paintsville
The res a
Dec. 20,2006 A son, Braden Chandler Childers, to
Shaunna Childers, of East Point
Dec. 20, 2006 A son, Jacob Michael Blanton, to Melissa
& Shawn Blanton, of River
Dec. 20, 2006 A son, Tommy David Henry Howard Jr.,
to Roxie & David Howard, of Salyersville
Dec. 21, 2006 A daughter, Salem Gregory Short, to
Regina & Ranior Short, of LittCarr
Dec. 22, 2006 A daughter, Sadie Sue Justice, to Natasha
& Scotty Justice, of Craynor
Dec. 22,2006 A son, John Edward Menendez, to Dena
Lou May, of Paintsville
Dec. 22, 2006 A daughter, Jailyn MaKenau Mae Sims,
to Megan & Denver Sims, of Yerkes
Dec. 23, 2006 A daughter, Olivia Sabrina Shae Coomer,
to Ann Marie Combs, of Wolverine
Dec. 23, 2006 A son, Taylor Allen Lewis, to Amanda
Baker, of Hazard
Dec. 23, 2006 A daughter, Jerica Nicole Turner, to
Jasmine & Phillip Turner, of Hardshell
Dec. 24, 2006 A daughter, MaKayla Rose Conn,
Leavodis Ann Casebolt, of Sitka
to
Dec. 25, 2006 A son, Rickie Braydcn Wheeler, to
Melissa & Rickie Wheeler, of Paintsville
Dec. 27, 2006 A son, Austin DaKota Staniford, to Donna
Sue Horn, of Wittensville
Dec. 27, 2006 A son, Robert Lee Hale III, to Rebecca &
Robert Hale Jr., of Sitka
Dec. 27,2006 A daughter, Mya Marie Orwig, to Brandi
Leigh Orwig, of Salyersville
Scott
Floyd County Extension .Agent for
Farn ily &_Consumer Sciences
Heart Health Hints for a Healthier New Year
By Theresa M. Scott,
Dec. 21, 2006 A daughter, Zoey McKenzie Hall, to
Jennifer Lynn Marcum, of McDowell
r\11.
FlOYD COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE
hope everyone is having a Happy
New Year and yes, it's the beginning of
another year. If your resolution is ''To Get
Healthy in 2007" perhaps increasing your
knowledge will give you motivation.
One out of three women dies of heart
disea~e. The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services says that in 2003
more women died from cardiovascular
issues than all types of cancer combined.
The older women get the more likely they
arc to get heart disease and even though
women and men both suffer from heart
altacks, women are more likely to die of
them.
lt is statistics like this that shoul d cause
women to want to stay healthy and take
care of themselves to prevent herut disease and stroke. Henrt diseases are abnormal conditions affecting your heart and
blood vessels within it. There are numerous types uf heart disease.
Coronary artery disease or CAD, is the
leading cause of heart attacks. In CAD
your arteries grow hard and narrow and
your heart has trouble getting all the blood
it needs. 'I his leads to angina, the chest
pain that occurs when your heart isn't getting enough blood. Heart attacks take
place when an artery is securely blocked
and adequate flow to your heart cannot
occur.
Heart failure is another type of heart
disease that occurs when your heart is
unable to pump enough blood throughout
your body as effic iently as it should. This
prevents your other organs from receiving
the blood they need to function properly.
Signs that you may be suffering from
heart failure include: shortness of breath,
swelling of feet, legs and ankles, and
extreme fatigue.
Heart arrhythmias are the flutters you
feel when your heart changes its beat. In
most people these changes in heartbeat do
not cause problems. As we get older arrythmias may occur more frequently.
Arrhythmias associated with dizziness,
faintness and shortness of breath require
immediate attention from your doctor.
Preventing heart disease can be done.
Heart disease is often the result of genetics but if you take the time and precaution
to protect yourself and sK!y healthy your
chances of getting heart disease decrease.
Some things you may want to know about
your body are to know your blood pressure. Your blood pressure rises when your
heart is working harder to move blood
throughout your body. Ways to prevent
your blood pressure from getting to high
are to exercise and eating less salt.
Smoking can increase your risk of
heart disease so if you are a smoker ask
your doctor or nurse for help quitting the
habit. Have your cholesterol checked regularly and get tested for diabetes. Having
high c holesterol can clog your arteries
which will keep your heart from receiving
blood. People with diabetes have high
blood sugar and are more at risk for heart
disease. Those with Diabetes (and prediabetes) should consider that the higher
the blood sugar reading - the thicker the
blood. This causes additional stress for
the heart and cardiovascular system.
Think about the difference in pumping the
equivalent of ketchup vs. tomato juice!
There are ways to help prevent heart
problems in your daily life. You can start
by maintaining a healthy weight. Eat
healthy by incorporating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in your diet.
Exercise for at least 30 minutes for a few
days each week, walk short distances
instead of driving and opt for taking the
stairs instead of the elevator. Limit your
alcohol consumption and cope with your
stress in positive ways like exercising,
talking with friends or writing in a journal.
Hearl disease can sneak up on you and
you may not show any symptoms. You
may want to talk to your doctor if you are
having chest or arm pain, if you are feeling short of breath, diZLy, nauseous, tired,
or if you are feeling very fatigued.
For more information, please contact
Theresa M. Scott, at the Floyd County
Cooperative Extension Agent for Family
and Consumer Sciences, 606-886-2668 or
email tmscott@ uky. edu, or visit your
County Extension Office at 921 S. Lake
Drive, Prestonsburg, Ky. 41653
Dec. 28, 2006 A daughter, Ciana Brce Tuozzo, to Mickie
& Charles Tuozzo, of Pikeville
Dec. 28, 2006 A daughter, Kristin Faith Bowling, to
Jennifer & Christopher Bowling, of Hager Hill
Dec. 29, 2006 A daughter, Hay lee Brianna Scott
Woodard, to Samantha & Joseph Woodard, of Royalton
Dec. 30, 2006 A daughter, Kay lee Alyssa Blevins, to
Ashley Powers, of Tutor Key
Dec. 30, 2006 A daughter, Katelynn Maude McComas.
to Tamara Lynn Davis, of Salyersville
Dec. 31, 2006 A daughter, Kylie Rae Osborne, to
Amanda & Dwayne Osborne, of Drift
Dec. 31, 2006 A son, Alexander Grant Scoggins, to
Latisha & Rodney Scoggins, of Minnie
Jan. 1, 2007 A son, Jessie Morgan Chaney, to Jillian
Jones, of Minnie
Jan. 1, 2007 A son, Nicholas Ray Howard, to Nora &
Jeffrey Howard, of Salyersville
Jan. 1, 2007 A son, George William LeMaster, to Sheila
& Larry LeMaster, of Tomahawk
Jan. 1, 2007 A son, Mason Dean Hall , to Stacy & Earl
Hall , of Hi Hat
Jan. 2, 2007 A son, Brandon Donnie Turner, to Davina
Sue Turner, of Jackson
Jan. 3, 2007 A son, Dylan Wayne Lyons, to LaPaula &
Charles Lyons, of Paintsville
Jan. 4, 2007 A daughter, MaKayla Brooke Adams, to
Stacy Lynn Adams, of Beaver
Jan. 4, 2007 A son, Christopher Ryan Jarrell , to Tasha
Nicole Patton, ,of Prestonsburg
Jan. 4, 2007 A daughter, Emmalee Nicole Reed, to
Jennifer & Donald Reed, of Paintsville
Jan. 4, 2007 A daughter, Emillie Grace Slone, to Jessica
& Robby Slone, of Hmdman
Jan. 5, 2007 A son, Guy Dylan Castle, to Brittany &
Steven Castle, of Eastern
Jan. 5, 2007 A daughter, Lamikka LeAnn Hall , to
Amanda & Denver Hall , of McDowell
J an. 5, 2007 A son, Jason Ricky Moore, to Casey &
Jimmy Moore Jr., of Garrell
Shown above, from left, are Rebecca and Michael Phillips; Judy Lucas and Ethan Hamblin, Valerie Hamblin and Sherry
Bettinazzi, Mari Cornett and Greg Cornett, Pam Cornett and Bill Bettinazzi, Germaine Shaffer and Tim Ashmore.
Put on your dancing shoes
.
Hazard Community & Technical College offers social dancing classes. Sherry & Bill Bettinazzi will be your instructors for
this 6-week course in which students will learn the basic Swing (Jitter Bug), Free Style moves to advanced moves, the
Electric Slide and more. Be prepared to hit the dance floor for upcoming dances and weddings. Classes will begin Tuesday,
Feb. 6. Beginner classes will meet on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and intermediate c lasses I & II will meet on Tuesdays at 8:15p.m.
at the HCTC First Federal Center. Cost of the course is $40 per single person and $70 for a couple. Call Janet at ext. 73068
to register. Pre-registration and pre-paym"ent are required.
Korner
• Continued from p5
lie , brought home a bad report card. did
not speak w1th respect. spoke ill of the
teacher or the preacher, or if I didn ' t put
forth my best clfott in everything that was
asked of me.
I was also drug to the kitchen sink to
have my mouth washed out wi th soap if I
uttered a profane four- letter word. And I
was drug out to pull weeds in mom's gard.:n anu flower bells and the cockleburs
out ol dad' s I 1c lds.
I was drug to the homes of family,
friends , and nt:ighbors to help out some
poor soul who h<td no ont' to mow the
yard, rt:pair the clothesline, or chop some
firewood; and, if my mother had ever
known that I took a single dime as a tip for
this kindness, she would have drug me
back to that wood.;;hed again!
Those drugs arc still in my veins; and
they affect my behavior in everything I
do, say, and think.'
Stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin:
and, if today 's children had this kind of
"drug" problem, America would be a better place.
Author Unknown
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MARTIN - School officials decided Friday to postpone a high school
basketball game instead of banning one
of the schools from displaying the
Confederate flag at the event.
Officials had decided earlier in the
week that not allowing the flag to be
displayed in the Allen Central Rebels'
gymnasium would be the best way to
defuse a flap over the issue.
David School, a small private Floyd
County school with only eight players,
had attempted to boycott the game.
David coach and athletics director Ned
Pillersdorf said the display of
Confederate emblems was a form of
taunting to his lone black player. But
David's board of directors overruled
the coach and told him to play.
However, school board members
agreed this week "to remove any
opportunity for there to be any distraction, be it a flag or a mascot" at the
Floyd
County
schools
game,
Superintendent Paul Fanning said.
Lorena Hall, principal of Allen
Central, said postponing Friday night's
game was a mutual decision between
her and Emma Kriz, principal at David
School.
"There's so much controversy, we
decided to have it at a later time," Hall
said.
Kriz agreed, saying, "My reason for
postponing was that I fearful for my
student<; ... .I didn't want anyone hurt."
A new date for the game has not
been scheduled.
'A truck driver who was
arrested last August for
driving a commercial
vehicle while under the
influence was sentenced
to a year in prison
Friday morning.
Jimmy D. Naylor, 35,
of Virgie, pleaded guilty
Wl operating a commercial motor vehicle under
the influence, firstdegree possession of a
controlled substance
and two traffic violations.
Naylor agreed to an
offer of one year in
prison suspended for 24
months of supervised
probation. He also was
required to surrender his
commercial driving
license for the duration
of the sentence.
Naylor was pulled
ver in lvel and was driVing a truck owned by
BWB Trucking out of
Jenkins at the time of
his arrest.
NATIONAL
WINNER
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
Stumbo Elementary second-grader Alex Andrea Dutch Sisco won second place in the National
School Bus Safety Poster Contest. The National Association for Pupil Transportation 2006
Conference was held on November 5-9 In Kansas City, Mo., where the selection was
announced. Alex's poster was designed following ~e theme "Be Aware! Gross with Care." The
poster was selected to represent Floyd County in the stat& competition in September, where
she was a state winner In Division I. This latest award earns her top honors for Division 1Grades K-2. Alex is the daughter of Angela Sisco and Todd Wolfe.
3DAY FORECAST
Woman pleads gullty to
selling cocaine, hydrocodone
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
A Floyd County woman
who was recorded two times in
two seperate investigations
selling drugs to agents working
undercover for the Kentucky
State Police and Operation
UNITE pleaded guilty in both
cases Friday morning and will
serve five years in prison.
Brenda C. Benton, 44,
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pleaded guilty to trafficking in
cocaine and hydrocodone. She
entered a guilty plea to both
charges, each one carrying a
five-year prison term, which
will run concurrently with one
another. Benton will be sentenced March 6.
The second-degree trafficking in hydrocodone case began
when Benton sold the drug to
agents working for l.JNITE
twice at her residenc . She was
Counterfeiter pleads
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STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
A
Garrett man who was convicted
in federal court on a counterfeiting charge last year pleaded
guilty to drug possession charges
and several misdemeanors in
Floyd Circuit court Friday stemming from the same arrest.
Jackie Hall Grant, 34, pleaded
guilty to a charge of cocaine possession in addition to two thirddegree drug possession charges.
A charge of criminal possession
of a forged instrument was dismissed because he had already
been convicted in federal court
and could not be convicted a second time for the same offense.
Grant accepted the prosecution's offer of three years in
prison, followed by an additional
three years of supervised probation. His sentencing was set for
March 6.
Grant was originally sentenced to six months in jail by a
federal judge on one count of
counterfeiting and finished serving that sentence late last year.
After Grant was released from
jail, the state filed the drug possession charges and he was
indicted by a grand jury last
(See POSSESSION, page three)
recorded on audio and videotape during both transactions.
Benton was later recorded
on audio and videotape selling
cocaine to KSP investigators.
In those drug buys, the investigators met her in the Food City
parking lot in Prestonsburg and
drove to the Microtel Inn to
complete the transaction.
Benton was indicted in
(See GUILTY, page three)
DAVID - With all of
the rumors flying around
concerning the dispute
between The David School
and Allen Central's basketball team, players on the
David School team want to
set the record straight.
Several weeks ago, the
The David School was
reported to have voted not
to participate in a basketball
game against Allen Central
High School due to their
use of the Rebel flag and
fear of allege taunting
towards the only African
American player on the
team. Following that decision, the David School
Board of Directors released
a statement regarding the
decision to cancel the
game, stating that the decision was made without the
proper authorization from
school administrators and
therefore the basketball
schedule would stand as it
was.
But players on The
David School team have a
different story as to how the
decision was made to cancel the game. The only
African American player on
David's
team,
Justin
Bryant, says the players
were given a choice by their
coach, Ned Pillersdorf.
"We were given the
option to either play South
Floyd or Allen Central,"
said Bryant. "Several of us
voted to play South Floyd
because of competition, not
the Rebel flag. I don't have
a problem playing Allen
Central and I don't have a
problem with their flag.
They have had that flag for
a long time and I don't see
why they should get rid of it
now."
Bryant went on to say
that he does not believe the
flag's purpose is to symbolize racism and he does not
understand why the situation was blown out of proportion.
Several other players on
the team said that it had
been mentioned during the
meeting when the game
was decided to be canceled
that Allen Central had a
reputation for taunting
African American players
on opposing teams, but this
had nothing to do with their
decision to cancel.
"I don't have any hard
feelings towards Allen
Central," said David player
Kasey Ousley. "But now
everything ha<; been turned
into something it's not."
Another
player
on
David's team, Brandon
Ratliff, said prior to
Friday's matchup between
the two schools that he
thought it would be hard to
play Allen Central again,
but also said Allen Central
is a good school.
(See PLAYERS, page three)
County Judge·
Executive Robert
"Doc" Marshall presented Floyd
County Schools
Community
Education
Coordinator Beverly
Crisman with a
proclamation on
Friday designating
January as "School
Board Member
Recognition
Month." In his
proclamation,
Marshall said board
members "play a
crucial role in promoting student
achievement by creating a vision,
establishing poli·
cies and budgets
and setting clear
standards of
accountability for
all involved."
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• John Earl (Catfish John)
Bentley. 72, of Hazard, a Floyd
County native, died Sunday,
January 14, at the Hazard ARH
Hospital. He is survived by his
wife. Jean Bentley. Funeral services were held Friday, January
19. under the direction of Hall
and Jones Funeral Home.
• Ruby Jewell Howell, 72,
of McDowell, died Wednesday.
Jar.uary I 7, at the Pikeville
Medical Center. She is survived
by her husband. Homer
Howell. Funeral services were
held friday, January 19, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Virginia "Jean" Layne,
74, died Monday, January 15,
at Highlands Regional Medical
Center,
in
Prestonsburg.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 20, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
•
Julia Reffitt. 72. of
Langley,
died
Thursday,
January l I, at Our Lady of the
Way Hospital, in Martin.
Funeral ·services were held
Friday, January 12, tinder the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Elizabeth Nell (Bobby)
Sadler, 90, of Prestonsburg,
formerly of Charleston, West
Virginia, died on Saturday,
January 13, 2007.
• Brian Samons, 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Saturday,
January I 3, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16, under the
dJrect1on of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Maetta Faye Shepherd,
76, of Prestonsburg, died
Saturday. January 13, at her
residence. She is survtved by
her husband, Donald Shepherd.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16, under the
direction of Nelson Frazier
Funeral Home.
•
Edward R. "Eddie"
Stratton, 46, of Johannesburg,
Michigan,
formerly
of
Obituaries
William Henry
Leedy
William Henry Leedy, age
89, of LoUisa, formerly of
Prestonsburg. died Wednesday. January 17, 2007, at
Three Rivers Hospital in
Louisa.
Born June 4, 1917, in Pike
County, he was the son of the
late William B. and Elsie Bray
Leedy. He was a retired truck
driver for Kentucky West
Virginia Gas Company; and a
U.S. Navy World War II veteran.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Cloeva Warren
Leedy.
Survivors include a son:,
Bob Leedy (wife, Alma) of
Waverly, Ohio; a brother:
Edward Lee Leedy of Betsy
Layne; three sisters: Maxie
Reynolds of Tennessee, Cleo
Thomas of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Helena Justice of
Betsy Layne; 19 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren;
13 great-great-grandchildren;
three
daughters-in-law:
Bonnie Leedy, Myrtle Leedy,
and Betty Leedy.
In addition to his parents
and wife, he was preceded in
death by three sons: Bill
Leedy. Larry Leedy, and
Harmon Leedy; a sister, Lillie
Compton; two grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 20, at 2
p.m., at the Louisa Freewill
Baptist Church, with Venny
Vanhoose and Clifford Austin
officiating.
Burial was in Green Lawn
East Cemetery in Louisa,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation wa~ Thursday,
January 18. at 5 p.m .. at the
Petch and Jenny Ross; 24
great-grandchildren. Kelvie
Brooks, Shaina, Zechariah and
Grace McDavid, Amanda,
David, Brittany, Bethany,
Reanna, Emily and April
Brooks. Dylan Black, Devon
and Aidan Lopez, Nathan
Sanders Jr., Jayson Szpytck,
Christina Ross, Chelsea and
Demitri Pitch, Amber and
Tyler Wright, and Christopher,
Brian and Chrystal; five brothers: Freddie "Cott", Curtis,
Arthur, Silas and Burkland
Meadows;
grandchildren,
Johnathan, Raymond, Jennika
and Aaron; one deceased
grandchild; and several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, an infant daughter,
Candace Renee; a grandson,
Mark Sanders Jr.; a sister,
Goldie Scutchfield; and three
brothers, Dennis, Frank and
Joe Wheeler Jr.
The funeral service was held
at 11 a.m., Saturday, January
20, at Stark Funeral Service
Moore Memorial Chapel, with
Rev. Rudy Shankle of First
Free Will Baptist Church officiating.
Burial was in Highland
Cemetery.
Vtsitation was at the funeral
home.
Please sign his guest book at
www.starkfuneral.com.
funeral home, and Friday,
January 19, at 5 p.m. in the
Louisa
Freewill
Baptist
Church, in Louisa. (Pa1d ob1tuary)
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George Jefferson
Meadows
George Jefferson Meadows
of Ypsilant1. Michigan. age 81,
passed away Wednesday,
January 17,2007, at St. Joseph
Mercy Hospital, following an
extended illness.
He was born April 3, 1925
in Prestonsburg, the son of Joe
W.
and
Mary
(Grey)
Meadows. George served in
the Pacific during World War
II as a gunner's mate, surviving the torpedoing of the
U.S.S. Houston CL-81.
On December 24, 1947, he
married Ida Belle Miller, and
she survives.
George retired from Ford
Motor Company in 1991, after
37 years of employment. He
was active in the Senior
Citizens groups in both
Ypsilanti
and
Pittsfield
Townships; he loved the
seniors and he loved to travel.
George was a beloved husband, father, grandfather,
great-grandfather and friend,
and he will be greatly missed.
In addition to his loving
wife of 59 years, survivors
include: five children, Georgia
(Roy) Brooks, Teddy (Mickey)
Black,
Billy
(Susan)
Meadows, Rhonda (Mark)
Sanders, and Bonita Bowling;
16 grandchildren: Christopher
Brooks, Melissa Robinson,
Tina McDavid, Eric Black,
Holly Lopez, Sara Black,
Jefferson Meadows, Michelle
Melhorn, Rebecca Meadows,
Billy Jean, Nathan Sanders,
Heather Szpytek, Dwayne
Dunn, Stacey Dunn, Jackie
stepmother, the late Florence
Hall Newsome.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Raymond
Silva.
Survivors include two sons:
Larry Silva of Cromwell.
Indiana, and Teater Moon of
Ligon; three stepbrothers:
Curtis Hall and Perry Hall
both of McDowell, and Mack
Hall of Michigan; and many
nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents;
her stepmother. and her husband, she was preceded in
death by her brothers and sisters: Stoney Newsome, Sadie
Slone, Ada Slone, Belv1e
Newsome, Mary Brown, Bill
Newsome, Hazel Bentley,
Elvie Newsome, Hannah
Stewart, Rosalee Newsome
and Claude Newsome; and
three stepbrother : Ishmael
Hall, Elmer Hall, and Homer
Hall.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, January 22, at I p.m.,
at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Randy
Osborne officiating.
Burial will be in the Tackett
Cemetery, in Beaver, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visita~ion is after 7 p.1J1 ..
Saturday, at the funeral home.
(Pa1tl obituary)
Ypsilanti,
a
native
of
Prestonsburg, died unexpectedly Saturday. January o. The
funeral service was held
Monday. January 8, under the
direction of Stark Funeral
Service Moore Memorial
Chapel.
PIKE COUNTY
• Everett "Abc" Adkin~.
78. of Pikeville, died Sunday.
January 14. at his home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 17, under
direction of Lucas & Son
Funeral Home.
• Lillie Branham, 79, of
Hardy,
died
Wednesday,
January
10,
at
Trinity
Hcalthcare Center. Williamson,
W.Va. Funeral services were
held Sunday, January 14, under
the direction of Hatfield
Funeral Home.
• Cleo Justice Chaney, 87,
of Pikeville, died Monday,
January I 5, at her home.
Funeral services were held
· Wednesday, January 17, under
the direction of J.W. Call &
Son Funeral Home.
•
Hibbard
"Hiblee"'
Clevinger, 89, of Elkhorn City.
forn1erly of Sycamore Bottom,
Freeburn,
died
Saturday.
January 13, at Mountain View
Healthcare Center, Elkhorn
City. Funeral services were
held Tuesday. January 16.
under the direction of R.S.
Jones & Son Funeral Home.
• Anna Rhea Damron, 80,
of Wyandotte, Mich., a Pike
County native, died Sunday,
January 14, in Wyandotte .
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 17, under
the direction of R.J. Nixon
Funeral Home of Wyandotte.
• Mildred L. Da\•is. 82. of
Hardy, died Monday. January
15, at the South Williamson
Appalachian
Reg10nal
Hospital's Skilled Nursing
Facility. Funeral servtces were
held Saturday. January 20,
under the direction of R.E.
Rogers Funeral Horne.
• Johnny James Elswick,
70, of Mouthcard. died Friday.
January 12, at Mountain Vie
Health Care Center. Elkhorn
City. Funeral services were
held Sunday, January 14, under
the direction of ShortridgeRarncy Funeral Home of
Grundy, Va.
• Flossie Yates Hall, 85. of
Chloe Creek, died Monday.
January 15, in Pikeville. She is
survived by her husband,
Howard Hall. Funeral services
were held Thursday, January
I 8, under the direction of Lucas
& Son Funeral Home.
• Joy B. Lawson, 68, of
Osborne Fork of Indian Creek,
died Monday, January 15, in
Jenkins. Funeral services were
held Friday, January 19, under
the direction of Lucas & Son
Funeral Home.
• Beulah Mullins, 95, of
Birmingham, Ala., formerly of
Pinsonfork,
died
Friday,
January 12, 2007 in Alabama.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16 under the
direction of R.E. Rogers
Funeral Home.
• Todd Avery Prater, I 8, of
Greasy Creek Road, died
Sunday, January 14, on US
1441,
Millard
Highway.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January I 9, under the
direction of Roberts Funeral
Home.
• Helen Ford Pruitt, 93, of
Millard, died Sunday, January
14, at her home. Funeral services were held Wednesday,
January 17, under the direction
of Lucas & Son Funeral Home.
• M ildred Ramey Ratliff,
84, of Belcher, died Monday,
January 15, at Pikev i lie
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Thursday,
January 18. under the direction
of Bailey Funeral Home.
• Verna Rowe Reed, 85, of
Canada, died Sunday, Jan. 14,
in the South Williamson
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital 's Skilled Nursing
Facility. Funeral services were
held Thursday, January 18,
under the direction of R.E.
Rogers Funeral Home.
• Johnny Wayne Riddle,
57, of Little Creek, died
Sunday, January
14, at
Pikeville Medical Center. He i
survived by his wife, Bely<,~
(See OBITARIES, page three)
(Paid obituary)
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Sarah Jane Newsome Silva,
age 82, of Ligon, died
Thursday, January 18, 2007, at
the McDowell Appalachian
Regional Healthcare.
Born August 23, 1924, in
Beaver, she was the daughter
of the late William and
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
21' 2007 • A3
One year after Aracoma, W.Va. still struggles to solve problems
by TIM HUBER
AP BUSINESS WRITER
CHARLESTON, W.Va.For an industry and state still
reeling from the Sago Mine
explosion that killed 12 men
Jan. 2, 2006, what happened 17
days later at the Aracoma Alma
No. 1 Mine was unthinkable.
Two more miners died in
what investigators later concluded was a preventable con
vcyer belt fire. Preventable
because the mine's owner,
Richmond, Va.-based coal
giant Massey Energy violated
numerous state and federal
safety standards.
Some violations led to the
fire, others caused miners Don
I. Bragg and Ellery Elvis
._ Hatfield to get lost in the thick,
choking smoke, where rescuers
found them dead of carbon
monoxide poisoning.
"I think what makes ours
more discomforting is that it
did come on the heals of Sago
and all the warning signs that
had been given in Aracoma
and had been ignored," says
Bruce Stanley, a lawyer suing
Massey on behalf of Hatfield's
and Bragg's widows. "Then to
see Aracoma happen on the
heals of that, that's a lot to ask
people to bear."
~
Massey resumed production
at Aracoma in July after correcting problems found by
state Office of Miners' Health,
Safety and Training investigators. The fire remains the target
of federal civil and criminal
probes.
Chief
Executive
Don
Blankenship responded to an
interview request by e-mail.
"The changes at the mine are
too numerous to mention," he
said. "But essentially we have
greatly upgraded our fire suppression system."
Unlike International Coal
Group, which closed Sago on
the first anniversary of the
explosion, Massey planned to
run coal Friday. "The mine will
run after a plaque presentation
ceremony, prayer and a safety
meeting," Blankenship said.
The state's reaction to
Aracoma wa'> swift.
Gov. Joe Manchin ordered
safety legi slation to be ready in
48 hours and persuaded the
Legislature to pass it in just a
day. Other coal states and
eventually Congress followed
suit, but many of those mandates remain unmet.
And work on key problems
at Aracoma is just getting started.
Even Manchin concedes,
"We've got a lot more to do."
Mines still routinely use
conveyer belt tunnels to pump
fresh air underground, a practice the United Mine Workers
contends fanned the Aracoma
fire by pumping oxygen on the
flames. And Manchin, who has
promised to make West
Virginia the nation's safest
mining state, took nearly a full
year to propose belt-air legislation and a law to allow inspectors to close mines for repeat
violations of safety laws.
"The larger, more reputable
operations are certainly trying," said UMW health and
safety director Dennis O'Dell.
"I think there are some skeptics
out there that continue to say
that changes can't be made
overnight and so they drag
their feet. They worry about
what the cost is going to be."
And with good reason. The
Congressional Budget Office
estimated federal legislation
passed last year will cost the
industry $128 million - but
that figure doesn't include
some costs. such as lost production when miners are training.
One thing that hasn't been
done is finding a way to
address mistakes by mine
inspectors. The federal Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration reviews its
own actions in each serious
accident and director Richard
Stickler says he's comfortable
with his tools for dealing with
poor performance.
The state Office of Miners'
Health, Safety and Training, on
Players
the othe1 hand, can't fire
inspectors who miss problems.
The agency ha)> conceded its
inspector~ overlooked missing
air control walls and other
problems. The federal Mine
Safety
a nd
Health
Administration has reassigned
two inspectors responsible for
examining Aracoma to its
academy in Beaver pending an
investigation.
"The power structure of
mine safety was disregarded in
the case of Aracoma," says J.
Davitt McAteer, a former
MSHA direl:tor who conducted
parallel Sago and Aracoma
investigations for Manchin.
"There hasn't been a significant undertaking to change the
situation."
Manchin says he's not in
favor of disciplining inspectors
until the state has exhausted
every possible way to improve
their performance with training
and management tools. "Do we
have the proper management
tools in place'?'' he says.
There has, however, been
progress.
For instance, the state is
buying equipment and training
inspector& for two new mine
rescue teams.
And three of the largest
U.S. coal companies St.
Louis-based Peabody Energy,
Linthicum Heights, Md.-based
Foundation
Coal,
and
Pittsburgh-based
Consol
Energy - say they expect to
meet the state's deadline.
Manchin says the agonizing
search at Sago, where rescuers
had no way of knowing the
location of 13 miners trapped
by the explo<;ion made him
realit.e that communications
and tracking were vital. That
message was driven home at
Aracoma, where dozens of rescuers were sent underground.
"That definitely tells me that
we have to have tracking and
communications," Manchin
says.
West Virginia, which has
the second highest number of
underground coal mines, last
year approved a regulation that
gives mines until July 31 to
submit plans for installing
wireless communications and
tracking devices.
Officials with three of the
nation's largest mine operators
Foundation, Consol and
Peabody - recently told state
officials they expect to meet
that deadline with so-called
leaky feeder systems that rely
on wires and handheld radios.
Such systems provide good
coverage underground , even
allowing
communications
around obstructions such as
coal pillars left as roof supports, says George Allekotte,
chief electrical engineer for
Foundation's
Pennsylvania
Services Corp. subsidiary.
Tracking is a bit more complicated, but Allckotte and
Consol senior electrical engineer John Burr say they will
have electronic tags that track
miners during normal operations. They say they should
work after explosions or fires,
but may not receive MSHA
approval by next summer. The
tags, which attach to a miner's
cap lamp, have been submitted
for MSHA approval, but electric readers have not.
The progress is good news,
says Steve Webber, a member
of the state's Mine Safety
Technology Task Force. ''I'm
impressed and encouraged."
• Continued from p1
All of the students agreed
that they wanted to play South
Floyd because they knew a lot
of people who played on the
team and they believed it
would be a good competition.
"I don 't have anything
against Allen Central. They're
not racist, they never have
~ been," said Alex Hall, a player
for The David School. "It's
just a school symbol."
Another player commented
that he hadn't ever seen Allen
Central fans wave flags at any
particular person in a racist way.
Ned Pillersdorf, coach for
the David School team, was a
little hesitant to speak about
his players' decision, saying
that he didn't not want to break
the confidentiality between
himself and his team. He did
go on to say that the possibility of taunting was discussed
with his players.
"The obvious decision to
make when you cancel a game
is to replace it," said
Pillersdorf. "I'm looking at the
best interests of my team."
Pillersdorf is confident that
his team will not experience
any taunting at future games
with Allen Central, saying that
Floyd County Supt. Dr. Paul
Fanning assured him that there
wouldn't be any displays of
the Rebel flag at the game
scheduled between David and
Allen Central on Friday night.
The players for David's
team insist that the Rebel flag
had nothing to do with their
decision not to play. They just
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alleviated because they really
don't have a problem with
Allen Central, its basketball
players, or ACHS's choice to
represent their school with the
Rebel flag.
Guilty
• Continued from p1
September and October 2006
in the two cases.
Benton was supposed to be
remanded to the Floyd County
Detention Center until her sentencing hearing, but her lawyer
said she has two scheduled
chemotherapy treatments to
attend before the sentencing,
and she was allowed to remain
free on bond until that date.
Would like to welcome you to the new
Possession
• Continued from p1
April.
Grant was originally arrested Dec. 5, 2004, at Family Inn
Restaurant in Garrett after he
and his girlfriend, Cassandra
Ramey, attempted to purchase
a pizza with counterfeit $100
and $20 bills. Grant sent
Ramey into the restaurant to
try to buy a pizza with a counterfeit $100 bill but was told
by the staff that they did not
have enough money to make
change for it. Ramey paid for
the pizza with a counterfeit
$20 bill , and after the bill was
inspected by the manager,
who concluded it was not real ,
he directed his staff to tell
Ramey to wait in her car for
the pizza while he notified the
Floyd
County
Sheriff's
Department.
Both Grant and Ramey
Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center
were arrested by officers
working for the sheriff 's
department and Grant gave
permission for them to search
his vehicle. The officers found
an uncut sheet of counterfeit
$100 and $20 bills totaling
$3,020 and large amounts of
Oxycontin,
Xanax
and
cocaine in the vehicle's glove
compartment and underneath
the seats.
~ ---------------------------------------------------
Obituaries
• Continued from p2
Newsome Riddle. Funeral services were held Wednesday,
January 17, under the direction
of Roberts Funeral Home.
• Violet Muncy Roberts,
80, of Pikeville, a native of
Louisa, died Monday, January
15, at Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 19, under the
direction of J.W. Call Funeral
~Home.
• Tessie Conley Smith, 83,
of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly
of Pikeville, died Monday,
January
15, in Florida.
Arrangements, under the direction of Thacker Funeral Home.
• Viola White, 95, of
Beetbide,
died
Tuesday,
January 16, at Bristol Regional
Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 18, under
the direction of Hall & Jones
Funeral Home.
• Stephen D. Williams, 35,
of Zebulon, died Saturday,
i 1January 13, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 16, under the
of
Community
direction
Funeral Home.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Virginia Litteral. 82, died
Thursday, January 11 , at
Mountain Manor Nursing
Home in Paintsville. Funeral
services were held Saturday,
January 13, under the direction
of the Paintsville Funeral
Home.
• Doris Miller, 84, a native
of Auxier, died Monday,
January 15, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home in Paintsville.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 19, under the
direction of the Paintsville
Funeral Home.
• Freddie Lee Murphy, 4 1,
of Van Lear, died Saturday,
January 13, at Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center, in
Paintsville.
Arrangements,
under the direction of the
Phelps & Son Funeral Home.
• Sharon Kay Moore Rice,
55, of Wittensville, died
Saturday, January 6, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg. She is
survived by her husband,
Danny Lee Rice. Funeral services were held Monday,
January 8, under the direction
of the Jones-Preston Funeral
Home.
• Nannie L. Ward, 83, of
Williamsport, died Saturday,
January 13, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home, Paintsville.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 15, under the
direction of the Phelps & Son
Funeral Home.
• Gretta Williams, 72, of
Salyersville, died Tuesday,
January 16, at the Appalachian
Regional Healthcare facilty in
West Liberty. She is survived
by her husband, Henry Clayton
Williams Jr. . Funeral services
were conducted Saturday,
January 20, under the direction
of Magoffin County Funeral
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•
Guest V tew--
Few minds
changed
Most Americans probably had their minds made up when
they recently tuned in to President Bush's revised Iraq strategy and heard only what was necessary to validate their
opposition or support of the U.S. role in Iraq. Few minds, if
any, were changed.
Talking heads on television, radio shock jocks and their
call-in audiences, and newspaper editorialists immediately
jumped on the plan to send 21,500 more U.S. troops to the
combat zone to reinforce the 132,000 already there. And
Democrats who just took control of both houses of Congress
targeted the part of the president's revised strategy that
deploys additional troops to Iraq.
They either missed the most important words uttered by
the president or ignored them.
Some of us have waited a long time to hear the president
say what so critically needed to be said: "I have made it
clear to the prime minister and Iraq's other leaders that
America's commitment is not open-ended."
The so-called "surge" of U.S. troops targeted by critics is
nothing of the kind. Nor is it an escalation of the war. The
21,500 additional American troops would bring the total
only to 153,500, still fewer than the 165,000 deployed as of
December 2005. But that's about all you've been able to
hear or read about since the speech broadcast live from the
White House.
Although many Americans apparently didn't get the real
message, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sure did.
Even before Bush spoke to the nation, Maliki warned Shiite
militiamen at the center of sectarian violence in his country
to surrender their weapons. Previously, U.S. troops had been
blocked from cracking down on fighters loyal to Maliki's
chief political ally, Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric who
controls a substantial percentage of votes in the Iraqi parliament.
Bush still hasn't defined victory adequately but came
closer than he has in saying it will come when Iraq becomes
a functioning democracy that polices its territory, upholds
the rule of law, respects fundamental human liberties and
answers to its people.
Bush stands almost alone in dealing with Iraq. The public, according to polls, is 70 percent against sending more
troops to Iraq. Democrats who took over control of
Congress largely because of the administration's failures in
Iraq oppose the new plan. And his fellow Republicans are
abandoning him in growing numbers.
So, clearly this is Bush's last opportunity to resolve the
conflict in Iraq. lie made it clear to the Iraqis that their fate
is in their own hands. The U.S. will continue to provide firepower and protection a while longer. But the Iraqis will
have to take the lead to end their civil war, stabilize their
country and make the political reconciliations necessary for
peace, economic development and the establishment of a
stable government.
Will the reworked Bush strategy work?
That's up to the Iraqis.
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-· Rich
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The apocalyptic
centrism
of Lou Dobbs
Listening to Lou Dobbs - the
CNN business anchor who has built
his show around a straight-talking
populism - there is inevitably a
moment when you nod your head and
think. "Yeah, right on."
The other day when he was speaking at a luncheon event in Manhattan,
my nodding moment came when he
complained that the Iraq War has been
going poorly, yet "not a single general has been fired for his failure." That
seemed bracing common sense, but
with Dobbs, the longer you listen, the
more self-discrediting he becomes.
His trick is to spout cliches drawn
from the right and the left - any one
of which has a 50/50 chance that the
average person will agree with it and give them a patina of freshness by
wrapping them in angry and dire
rhetoric. That rhetoric is their essential glue, making Dobbs the country's
foremost practitioner of apocalyptic
centrism.
Dobbs once made a living at CNN
hosting a show that tlacked for corporate America. After leaving to try to
cash in on the dot-com bubble just as
it burst, he has returned to make a living·at CNN hosting a show that trash-
beyond the
es corporate America. (Full disclosure: I am a commentator for the rival
Fox News Channel.)
Dobbs is no ordinary corporate
basher, since he
also rails against
political correctness,
illegal
immigration ,
" Communist
China" and radical jihadists. His
economic populism is always
sold in ternns of
the middle class
and the national
interest. Unless
we address the foreign economic
threat, he warns, "this century· will be
named for another nation." Indeed, he
says, "we're facing a real crisis that
will materialize in a couple of years,
and we'd better hope that it takes that
long."
Evidence of this imminent crisis is
thin. Dobbs basically has to ignore the
record stock market, an unemployment rate of 4.5 percent and the 20
years of growth since the early 1980s.
interrupted by only two brief recessions. Dobbs is worried because the
U.S. imports more than it exports and
China sends a lot of its capital here,
making us "a debtor nation." But his
alarmist case really relies on the tired
stupidities of old-fashioned protectionism.
At the luncheon, he thundered :
"Ninety-six percent of our clothing is
imported. This nation cannot even
clothe itself." But if we literally
couldn't clothe ourselves, we'd be
naked. Dobbs' line is like saying we
can't feed ourselves because
we buy groceries
from
supermarkets.
Textiles inherently are not an
advanced, highpaid industry,
and it is no
wonder that an
economic
superpower
doesn't do a Jot
of textile production. Would Dobbs
prefer thatomqro of us were hunohad
uv~t~; sewing qtachin~ ratiH::r. _th.ft1l
employed in industries like software
development, financial services, law,
accounting, biotech and pharmaceuticals?
But never mind. Dobbs demands
action now! We need to "do far more,
and do it with a vengeance." Someone
in the 2008 primary sweepstakes from
one of the parties will probably
embrace some of the Dobbs shtick.
Meanwhile, he pledges "to continue
to raise a lot of hell" - naturally
enough, ~ince anger and outrage are
mostly what apocalyptic centrism is
about.
Rich Lowry is ed itor of the
National Review.
eltway
Can we go
home now?
by DONALD KAUL
MINUTEMAN MEDIA
All things considered, that was the
most entertaining execution I've seen
since "Deadwood" went off the air. I
mean, when they put the rope around
Saddam' s neck and the hooded
guards started yelling, "Go to Hell 1"
at him ... it doesn't get much better
than that.
Dropping him through the trap
door as he was in the midst of his
final prayer was a nice touch too.
Kind of had a lynch mob feel to it.
I know we're a proud country but
we shouldn't be too proud to learn
from others and Iraq could teach us
something about how to conduct an
execution.
• Televise it. (Oh, I know, Iraqi
officials said that tho e grainy, cellphone pictures that came out of the
death chamber were taken surreptitiously, but you don' t seriously
believe that, do you? You're all in
this little room and some guy is waving around a cell-phone and nobody
notices? If you swallow that, I have
some real estate in downtown
Baghdad I can let you have cheap.
Zoned rubble.) If the object of an
execution ts to convince people that
the wages of sin is gruesome. why
not televise it?
• Grant taunting rights This to
me was the great innovation of the
Saddam hanging. Having your enemies shout curses in your face at an
official state execution really puts a
different cast on things. Your typical
execution is so .. .I don't know... cold.
This taunting thing adds a muchneeded personal touch. (I'd keep the
hoods on the guards, though. A touch
of the sinister helps heighten the
mood at an execution, don ' t you
think?)
The only part of Saddam's execution I would argue with
is the method - hanging. Hanging is fine up
to a point. But it is not
as sure as one would
like it to be and it often
takes a while. We can
do better.
American systems
of execution, past and
present, are a hodgepodge of hanging,
lethal injection. gas
chambers, electrocution and firing squad. We need to
decide on one method and stick to it.
Damn me for a Francophile but I
like the guillotine. It's quick. It's
final . And you get a drum roll .
There are those, of course, who
say that killing Saddam like that was
a bad idea, that all it did was make a
martyr of him to his Sunni brethren.
inflame an already inflamed insurgency and embarrass us
as the
controlling power - in the eyes of
the civilized world.
Picky, picky, picky. I think those
people need to lighten up. Perfection
is the enemy of good.
We went into Iraq to get Saddam
Hussein, didn't we? (Why did you
think we went in? Weapons of Mass
Destruction? Where are they?
Democracy? Give me a break.)
Well, he is now got. Can we go
home now?
Apparently not. The Great
Decider last week announced he has
come up with a new strategy to make
Iraq Switzerland with oil. More
troops.
Yes, he said he was sending another 21,500 American troops as
well as more Iraq soldiers - into
Baghdad and elsewhere in order to
"stabilit.e" things there. He called it
··a surge" (largely
because the Vietnam
War gave "escalation" a bad name).
To some this will
seem an example of
the "When You Find
Yourself In a Hole, ~
Ask For a Bigger
Shovel" school of
problem-solvt ng.
Others will say
that even 20.000 new
troops aren't enough.
To truly subdue the country wiii
require at least I 00,000 more troops,
they'll say.
Both will be right.
We've tried ·'surges" in Iraq
before. They work for a while. then
they don ' t. It's unlikely the result will
be any better this time.
And to put 100,000 troops in there
you need a draft. l .ots of luck convincing the American people of that.
As has been noted here before,
one of the working definitions of
insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again and expecting a different result.
By that criterion, our president has
officially gone nuts.
000
Don Kaul ;,, a two-time Pulit::.er
Pri::.e-losing Washington correspondent ll'ho, bv his own account, is right
more than he :1· wrong. Email him at
donu/d.kau/2 @ \'eri::.un.net.
�Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
That World
'Massacre in
Dinosaur
Valley'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and former
publisher Norman Allen wrote a weekly column that looked at Floyd County
through his eyes. His columns are
being reprinted due to request.
~
This week we are getting
around to something we have long
considered, but about which nothing, till now, has been done. At last
we get around to introducing readers of this family publication to a
new column which we've dubbed,
"Our Yesterdays." As you may surmise, this is material taken from
our files of years ago----30, 20 and
10 years ago, to be exact.
It was news then, is rather
ancient history now. "Echoes from
the past" might more accurately
describe this collection of items
about what folks did, and about
what happened to people of the
county, 'way back then.
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
photo by Kathy J. Prater
~rlsp
winter days and scenes like this one set the author of "From the Top Rail of the Fence" to reminiscmg on days past.
IT STUCK
Saw a television play, the other
night, one of those science fiction
things which I finally walked out
on, but it had one line which
sticks. I do not attempt to quote it
verbatim, but it ran to the effect,
that in old age, man runs himself
to death or madness, trying to find
his youth, or his young body...This
may account for some of the
strange antics some oldsters perform to the amazement, sometimes
the consternation, of those who
love them most.
TROUBLE AHEAD
I am not optimistic, these days.
Any nation which can stomach
some of this cacophony that passes
~, for modern music, and can go
mildly nuts over the twist, is in
danger... Every day or so, somebody asks me if I've heard that latest caterwauling opus, "Norman."
I am happy to report that these old
ears have not been assailed with
that particular classic yet.
000
~
Speaking of The Twist did you
see that mother of five-and the
oldest only six-who cracked up
both knees doing that so-called
dance? I thought it was the spine
that was in danger. I am just
reminded of another of my many
blessings...! have two left feet, and
that leaves me completely of the
terpsichorean field.
000
I am just reminded of one of the
weaknesses of a set-up wherein
you're your own boss. I, for
instance, have nobody to tell me
what to write, how to write,
nobody to correct or edit what l
pound out on this typewriter... For
this I am thankful! I am not "mad"
at anybody, and if I were, I would
not use my uncensored typewriter
' to beat a tattoo on anybody's hide.
What would you do? Skin
somebody alive and leave their
pelt on the bam door. No----please!
DOD
Monday was not as "blue" as
it's traditionally supposed to be. I
(See ALLEN, page six)
Meanderings
by IMOGENE CALDWELL
Well, just before I went to bed
last night, the weatherman on t.v.
said to get ready, because, when
tomorrow comes, we will get up to
see a big snow on the ground. He
has said this before, too, in the past
few weeks. But, I'm up this morning and the sun is shining and the
birds are flying around in my trees.
A boy just rode by my door on a
bicycle and he doesn't even have a
jacket on. Some January weather.
Do you suppose that weatherman's
Doppler weather predictor has quit
working? Maybe he failed to wind
it up again. Well, no matter, it's sure
to snow before it's over with. And
when it does, I'm going to limp out
on my patio, tum my face upwards
and feel a few flakes melt away on
my nose ...
****
I've been thinking lately about
how many birthdays I have experienced and how many thousands of
gifts I have been given. Out of all
those thousands, though, I can only
really remember one of all of them.
My mother had no way to get to
town one year to buy me a gift so
she took a beautiful glass bowl
down from the top of her kitchen
cabinet, washed it and wrapped it in
one of her handmade pillowtops and
put it in my hands.
That bowl sets on my chest in my
back room this morning, as always,
and when the sun comes through the
window every morning, there's a
ray of light coming from inside my
bowl. It was my mother's grandmother's bowl and soon, it will
belong to my Judy.
****
Last March, Chad brought me a
fish tank and all the things that go in
it so that I can have some goldfish.
Lorna, with a laugh, said, "Granny,
what do you want with those little
old fish?"
My answer was, "I don't have a
cat, nor a dog. I don't have a bird or
even a chicken. The closest thing to
a pet that I've had in years is a pregnant mouse that played around in
my kitchen floor until Jim caught it
in a trap. Oh, but I almost forgot,
there was that btg, black cockroach
that came out in my bathroom now
and then, but I stepped on it and
squashed it with my foot. I guess if
it weren't for Jim's traps and my
foot, I'd have me some pets.
"But now, I've got me some
goldfish and the only way I will lose
them is to let them starve to death!''
****
It's still January and today the
weather is dreary and bone chilling.
I think it\ a good time to wrap up
and turn up the heat and write a
good story or two. So, that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm thinking
about how, last year, my Jim and my
Kenny both underwent some medical procedures.
Jim had a
colonoscopy and Kenny a heart
catherization and artery stent.
Both did well and are still doing
fine and their problems are taken
care of. I've solved my problems,
too, because my boys are fine and
even though my knee still hurts,
that's all that matters.
As I write in my little journal, I
realize that no matter how cold the
weather outside, I'm glowing inside
with gratefulness and smiling to
myself about how good everything
really is. Things just have a way of
working out for those who have
faith and my faith is working overtime.
****
Though my boys are with me,
many, many others have boys far
away - in Iraq. This war is still
going on. These have been dangerous years for millions of our young
men. Three thousand have lost their
lives. With knowledge like this, it's
hard to keep a strong, steady faith
amidst the situation we find our
country in.
Gallery of love
by DIANE M. VANOVER
"CHICKEN SOUP TO INSPIRE A W OMAN'S
SouL"
My slightly bruised ego whispers
in my ear that il's time for another
one-woman show in my private
gallery. After yesterday's mail delivered a rejection letter in response to
what I considered the best piece of
writing I'd ever submitted, I'm feeling too thin-skinned to put up much of
an argument with my inner urgings. J
trust the gentle voices of my soul.
They know when my self-esteem
needs replenishment.
I enter the room housing my personal collection of framed treasures.
No expensive Picassos in gilded
frames adorned with jewels on the
walls here. Just an ordinary beige wall
with a dozen or so thin black frames
hanging in random order. Behind the
bordered rectangles of glass lie the
riches of my achievements. More
valuable than Rembrandts are certificates and diplomas with shiny gold
seals and looping calligraphy detailing each of my hard-earned awards.
The morning sunlight is the lone
observer of my sacred ritual. Peeking
silently between angled vertical
shades, its reflective rays make the
simple frames on my wall daule as if
they were dwmonds. A peace lily in
an earth-tone pot spreads shiny emerald leaves, absorbing the warmth that
pem1eates the small room. My index
finger traces <In outline in the gray
dust accumul ated on a dark frame. It's
been a while since my last visit.
My gallery was born with the
hanging of a single "plaque of recognition" when I was in my early 50s,
soon after entering college as a fir::.t
Someone should tell George
Bush that we hope he's a better
rancher, a better oil man, and a better human being than he is a
"Commander in Chief' for our
country.
If he's not, a'l(his cattle will die,
all his oil wells will dry up, and as a
human being, he'll find himself
mumbling more and more to himself.
****
A neighbor and I were talking the
other day about the age of accountability. We were talking about children committing terrible crimes at
early ages. Well, think about this:
Last Sunday, all my children were
here at home and little Matthew,
who is only nearly three years old,
went through my house closing all
the doors. Now, he calls himself,
"Me-chew.'' 1 was on the couch in
the living room when "Me-chew"
was walking by.
I said, "Matthew, why are you
closing
all
the
doors?"
He answered in his baby broken
English, "I keep Me-chew out."
"Why do you want to keep Mechew out," I asked him.
"He gets into trouble in there," he
said.
Now, if a tiny baby boy like this
knows about trouble, how much
older does one have to get to know
right from wrong? Take this little
message and ponder it - you never
know who is wise and who is foolish these days.
****
Though it's January, I still have a
Christmas wreath hanging on my
front door. I f!gure if I just wait long
enough. it'll be back in style again.
****
A while ago, when some frost
was covering everything with shiny
crystals of ice, a jaybird flew down
upon my garbage can. He probably
A plane loaded with hastily
sketched characters crash lands in the
titular location and all manner of
mayhem ensues in this hodgepodge of
Italian genre cliches that will surely
entertain you on brain candy night in
front of your television.
It all begins
with a way-toolong
opening
sequence
that
introduces
the
characters as if
the audience has
something invested here other than
some cheap jack
The
titillation.
roster includes
Tom Dotv
Kevin Hall, as an
Indiana Jones-type Times Columnist
paleontologist
who can't seem to keep a shirt on;
Captain Heinz, an impotent and bitter
war veteran; and Betty, Heinz's harpy
of a wife who dresses as though she
was Marilyn Monroe's stand-in for
"The Seven Year Itch" but more
closely resembles a plastic surgety
disaster.
They all agree to make an unscheduled stop, while passing over the
Amazon, at scenic Dinosaur Valley,
which may be home to some dino fossils and is most definitely the stomping rounds for a tribe of cannibals
called the Aquara. Let's face it this
group doesn't exactly have any potential Mensa candidates amongst them.
Said stopover goes poorly (huge
surprise there) when their pilot loses
control of his aircraft and plummets
into the jungle. The weary survivors
decide to hoof it out of there since no
rescue party will know to search for
them.
Heinz volunteers to lead and the
group agrees, though they should
have voted him out while they were
still airborne. Heinz proceeds to leer
at the women in the group and proves
most unsympathetic to the group's
photographer by smashing his cameras even though the guy doesn't
complain about the burden. He then
makes matters even worse by running
the photographer through with a
machete when his screams (from a
nasty piranha attack) threaten to alert
the Aquara to their position.
Turns out Heinz has no one to
blame but himself and he promptly
leads the group smack into the cannibal's hunting grounds. Hall lucks out
here and isn't captured since Heinz
tossed him into a waterfall after Hall
reacted poorly to killing a member of
their own group.
The cannibals actually see Heinz
as the perfect appetizer so he never
makes it to the village, but the smviving women don't fare as well. They
soon find themselves sporting native
gear and totally zonked on local
mushrooms before being dragged
before a Shaman who drags a claw
(See MEANDERINGS, page six)
time grandmother. One by one, new
frames would decorate the
wall, and fo ur more
grandchildren would
arrive before I fulfilled my dream of
receiving a college
degree.
Somehow, dunng
those
stressful
years of studying
and final exams, I
managed to find a
balance
between
~chool and home. 1 coped
with, and survived. hectic
holiday cclcbrattOns, illness and the
deaths of beloved fan1ily members.
You've never been a quitter,
reminds the voice within. Don't start
(See LAGOON, page six)
now.
(See SOUP, page si"<)
�A6 •
SUNDAY, JANUARY
21' 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Blue smoke is signal·ng a p
by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
I have a 2001 Toyota Avalon that I
bought in January 2006 with 88,000
miles. Within the fust week of owning
the car, it started blowing blue smoke.
By the time I brought it back to where
I'd bought it, they said they couldn't
find anything wrong with it. By this
time, the warranty was up. I took it to
another garage, and they told me that
they had talked to a Toyota dealer
about the problem, and Toyota told the
garage that with a six-cylinder car, the
rings are "gold plated," and when the
car hits I 00,000 miles, the rings will
seal themselves and will stop blowing
the blue smoke. Well, guess what? I hit
100,000 miles a couple of weeks ago
and it's STILL blowing blue smoke.
The garage told me that if I wanted the
rings changed, it would cost me
$4,000! No thanks. And yes, it IS lo<>ing oil, but I don't notice anything on
the ground. Can you help me with
what I might be able to do? - Dora
RAY: I Jove the "gold-plated rings"
story. I'm going to incorporate that
into my routine immediately.
TOM: I think what they meant to
say was that the rings will "seize" at
I 00,000 miles and stop blowing blue
smoke. Because once they seize. they
won't be doing anything.
RAY: I think you have a sludged
engine, Dora. Yes, even mighty
Toyota screws up sometimes. And this
was an engine they had problems
with.
TOM: Apparently the oil-return
holes were barely big enough, and if
they got sludged up at all, too much oil
would get stuck at the top of the
engine, starving the bottom of the
engine for oil. And that led to stuck
rings and, sometimes, complete
engine failure. This was a problem
wi th the V-6 engines Toyota sold in
Camrys, Avalons and Lexuses
between 1997 and 2002.
RAY: Toyota claims that the problem occurred when customers didn't
change their oil frequently enough.
And it's certainly possible that the car
you bought had not been properly
maintained. But there were also
Toyota customers who insisted that
they had done their maintenance right
on time and their engines were still
damaged.
TOM: At this point, your best bet
would be to go to a Toyota dealer.
They'll take off the front valve cover,
and they'll be able to sec immediately
whether the cngme i<; full of sludge.
For a while, they were replacing or
rebuilding sludged engines free of
charge. But with 100,000 miles on
your car. they might not reel so generous.
RAY: But try begging for mercy,
Dora. Maybe they'll at leac;t give you
a break. on the price of the ring job
(they' ll have to replace the valve
guide seals, too). Or maybe they'll
give you a deal on a trade-in. Let us
know what happens.
Putting out fires
Dear Tom and Ray:
My hubby is getting a '69 Dodge
Coronet 440 re).tored, and the fellow
who is doing the work has routed the
new gas line through the wheel well.
Is thi s a safety hazard? The car caught
ftre twice already (both were electrical
fires). and the gas line is on my side of
the car (passenger). I do keep a fue
extinguisher next to me at nil times
when I ride with him, but I just want to
know if l need to buy another extinguisher to put out gas tires. too.
Linda
RAY: Should you carry another fire
extinguisher with you? Yes - maybe
two or three. A
name retardant suit
and a football helmet wouldn't be bad
idea~. either.
TOM: Not so
much because of the
fuel
line,
but
because the car has
already tried to fry
you twice. That's
not exactly a vote of
confidence in the
guy who's doing the
restoration .
RAY: I don't
think the fuel line is
terribly unsafe in the
wheel well. After all, the line is made
of steel, ami it's usually routed underneath the car, where it's subject to road
debris and tall armadillos. So it's pretty tough.
TOM: On the other hand, in the
wheel well it would be subject to
debris being hurled at it from a spinning tire. And if you're going 75 miles
an hour, some of the stuff coming off
the tires wuld be going 150 mph. Or if
you have a blowout, a piece of the tire
itself could even strike the fuel line.
And that may be more than the line is
blem
de~igned
to take.
RAY: So I'd have
hm1 move it back to its
normal position. Why
not? In fact, it's proba- ,
bly easier to route it
under the car than it is
to take it through the
wheel well.
TOM: I don't know
why he put it there,
Linda. But have him
put it back in its traditional place. lt's easy to
do, and it'll mean one
less fire you'll have to
put out over the coming
weeks.
To buy or not to buy
options,
that is. Are options worth what you
pay for them, or are you better offjust
going with the basics? Order Tom and
Ray:\ pamphlet "Should I Buy, Lease,
or Steal My Next Car?" to find out.
Send $4.75 (check or money order) to
Next Car, PO. Box 536475, Orlando,
FL 32853-6475.
Got a question about cars? Write to
Cltck and Clack in care of this newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting the
Car Talk Web site at www.cartalk.com.
Lagoon
• Continued from pS
over their chests to draw
enough blood for a taste test.
Hall shows up in the nick of
time and scares off the canni-
bals by introducing them to the
staccato beat of an assault rifle
fired at full automatic. He then
helps the ladies escape in a
Soup
• Continued from pS
self-inflicted wounds to my
ego are soothed, and selfdoubting thoughts dissipate in
the glow of a new day.
I am happy and proud of me
again - just the way I am.
Before I leave, I must ready
the wall for my next visit.
Gently wipe the dust from each
frame and pass a cloth over the
glass mirroring my reflection,
smile lines and all. It might be
a while before I return. Dust
will surely gather while I am
busy working on the next best
piece of writing I've ever done.
Allen
• Continued from pS
opened an envelope, expecting
a bill, and pulled out a check,
instead.
And another envelope contained a real "pepper-upper," a
nice letter from a nice guyNevyle Shackleford.
canoe. The tribe tries to
ambush them along the
Amazon with a large net but
Hall proves to be a dead shot
who can take out a slip knot at
20 paces.
Exhausted, the trio finally
stops to rest, but with a halfhour left you know that they
aren't through yet. After spotting dinosaur tracks they are
kidnapped by a mining crew
that is illegally harvesting diamonds. These guys turn out be
more brutish than the cannibals. They toss Hall to their
hogs and then set their sights
on the females.
• Hall ~prings into action by
tricking the hogs into freeing
him. then it is time for showdown with the mine's Blutotype leader. Here the film
scores a few extra points by
having the men face each other
down with spears, which
makes for a messy finale as
only an Italian exploitation
film can deliver.
Thi~ one i~ a real stew but
director Michele Tarantini
pulb it off by adding plenty of
spice. Though this came along
five years after the cannibal
fi lms were in vogue, it manages to incorporate enough
genres to stretch out 90 minutes. The most obvious inspiration is the "fndiana Jones"
films, but Tarantini also adds
oodles of erotica and gross out
gore scenes which would definitely earn this one a hard rating, if it actually sported a rating.
This one is also good for
unintentional laughs, which
are aplenty. The plane crash
displays the modest budget
and was obviously accomplished by tossing a child's toy
into some shrubbery. The
actors
apparently
never
rehearsed together, which
leads to two separate pronunciations of the main villain's
name with some thespians
choosing to call him China
while others are content to
identify him as Cheena.
All in all this is about three
films in one, with none of
them being particularly good
but all served with plenty of
gusto. Dig in and give your
grey matter the night off.
Best line: "Judging from
the difference between the
three of you, I'd say your
mother was awfully busy."
1985, unrated
Meanderings
• Continued from pS
didn't know that ice crystals
are as slick as ice.
He slid off the can lid and
landed on his back in my yard.
He must not listen to Jim
Caldwell, our local weatherman. Jim said, just before bedtime last night, that we should
watch out for "slick spots."
Blue Jay didn't - and he
crashed!
****
Last March 30th, it was on a
Thursday, Judy and I went to
Pikeville. She pushed me in my
little wheelchair all around
Wal-Mart. I did great but when
we got home, my nose began to
bleed. Then, my blood pressure went up to 220/102. I had
to visit the emergency room.
Visiting the emergency
room was quite an experience.
There were people with slashed
wrists, broken noses, high
blood pressure (like me), and
lots of pill seekers.
I laid there on my back until
1: 15 Friday morning. Oh, well,
after an overnight stay in that
relaxing ER bed and a lot of
runarounds with no help, no
breakfast, and no medicine, I
finally got to come back out to
fresh air and a lovely rainstorm.
I do wish, though, that I had
got to bring that lovely bed
home with me because I sure
wouldn't sleep my life away
like I do now in my own good
old crashing place.
And, by the way, I'll share
that Judy enjoyed her night in
the recliner by my bed. When
she laid back in it, it's head
slammed against the wall to
keep from falling into the floor.
The footrest was gone so she
got to pull her knees up under
her chin. When she turned, it
twisted and squeaked and when
I tried to scoot back up in my
own bed (I kept trying to slide
off), she'd stir and ask,
"Mommie, are you alright?"
Oh well, we didn't need to
sleep, anyway. We enjoyed
each other's company in
between little visits from nurse
aide girls flipping the lights on
and off at no predicted time.
I'm sure it was worth it,
though. Because the next day, I
didn' t even have any blood
pressure. Do you suppose I had
left it in that good old slippery
bed?
Well, one thing about it, I
never had an ill word to say
when that old car with the bad
muffler passed my house six
times in about six minutes the
very next morning.
****
I took a few minutes this
morning to look backwards and
to remind myself of some of the
many days that have slipped
away from time, but not from
my mind and soul. I'm thankful for a host of memories that I
have collected and stored
somewhere in my mind. I'm
grateful for my abilities and my
choices. And I'm thankful that
I can still take perr to paper and
share my thoughts with others.
Though in some of my notes
and writings, some are sensible
while some are just plain foolish and stupid, but in most, my
sense of humor creeps out in
the most unexpected places.
But, when all is said and done,
I say thanks to my Lord, my
family. my friends, and my
neighbors.
And, believe it or not, right
now, as I'm in a very pensive
mood, I just looked up and saw
a fellow stooped down to adjust
one of those "Vote for Me" or
"A Fan Lives Here" signs in
the yard across from me. It's
cold out and very windy this
morning. This fella's jacket is
too short and his pants are riding way down low. All I can
really see of him is that part of
him that lays between his waist
and his lower behind - crack
and all. Well, that's just the
way things seem to work out
for me. What a lucky girl I an1,
I guess!
Well, again, thanks for reading, and for listening as I ramble. Maybe I'll have more for
you a little later. Until then,
enjoy that snow when it final ly
gets here. Buy your hot c hocolate, popcorn and white bread
now, so that you' ll be ready
when the time arrives!
Note:
Mrs.
Caldwell is a retired Floyd
County schoolteacher. She is
the author of the book, "From
the Top Rail of the Fence."
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Daniels p owers Lady Bears past Virginia team
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE- Powered by a double-double from sophomore Krista!
Daniels (Betsy Layne), the Pikeville
College women's basketball team
closed out a five-game homestand by
edging out Virginia Intennont 75-73
on Thursday night.
The Lady Bears controlled the
tempo of the game for most of the
first half, taking their largest lead on a
ll' layup from Daniels, which gave the
Lady Bears an 11-point cushion at the
1:02 mark. The Lady Cobras would
cut into the Pikeville lead, but the
home team would carry a 38-30
advantage into the locker room at
halftime.
Knott Central
fends off Jenkins
Like many games as of late, the
Lady Bears' true test would come in
the second half. VI caught f1re early,
thanks to a 16· 2 that was capped off
by a three from Sheena Chesney at
the 16:37 point to put the Lady
Cobras on top 46-40.
Pikeville (7-12) quickly subbed its
second half 1:.tarters. and it again
looked like a game would slip
through the Lady Bears' claws. But
the Lady Bears stood their ground,
cutting into the Lady Cobra lead. A
pair of layups from senior Tiffany
Howard (Oil Springs) and a layup
from Daniels allowed the Lady Bears
to retake the lead at 48-46 with 14:28
to go.
But VI would not go away. Over
the next eight minutes the Lady aged to cut the lead to one with a
Cobras went on a 17-1 0 run and led layup from Tara Hanson with 42 secby five with 6:18 to play. But the onds left.
The Lady Bears were held
Lady Bears stepped up.
sc01·ele~s on their end of the
picking up key dcfemive
tloor, and VI took over.
stops and finally retook
Chesney drove fo1 a layup
the lead on jumper from
but missed with 1.5 seconds
senior Tonya Amburgey
remammg. Amburgey was
(Pinetop). After holding
there to secure the board for
the Cobras on the other
Pikeville, and after being
end of the floor, Pikeville
fouled, hit one of her two free
got a tip-in from Daniels,
throws to give the Lady Bears
providing
a
72-69
a 75-73 lead. With only one
Krista! Daniels
padding with 4:00 left.
second left on the clock, VI
VI called a timeout but
could not manage to get a shot
would not manage to
retake the lead. The teams exchanged off, and Pikeville earned its third win
baskets for the next three and half in four games.
"We finally caught a break," said
minutes, and the Lady Cobras man-
P'BURG 73, WOLFE 34
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~
Pikeville coach Bill Watson. "Over
those last six minutes it seemed that
we finally started putting our game
together on both ends of the floor.
Krista! and Tiffany kept us in the
game. I can't say enough about their
effort tonight."
Daniels picked up her second double-double of the year, pouring in 16
points and a game-high ll rebounds.
Sophomore
Whitney
Hogg
(Whitesburg) led all scorers with 17
points, going along with three assists,
while Amburgey collected 12 points.
VI (5-13) was led by 16 points
from Ana Medic, while Ida Sammons
and Kendra Newman also collected
15 points apiece.
Eldora Speedway
releases 2007
schedule
HINDMAN - After falling to
Lee County earlier in the week,
Knott County Central got back in
the win column Thursday night
after beating Jenkins 43-39.
Knott County Central won
despite facing an 11-point deficit
at the half.
Freshman
guard
Stuart
Stamper led Knott County
Central with a team-high 14
points, equaling his scoring average from last season. Senior
point guard Scott Mosley joined
Stamper in double figures for the
Patriots, finishing with 11 points.
Knott County Central led
Jenkins 11-10 at the end of the
opening quarter. The visiting
Cavaliers, after outscoring Knott
County Central 14-2 in the second quarter, led 24-13 at the half.
Knott County Central (6-8)
held Jenkins (7-11) to less than
nine points in each of the last two
quarters.
Chris Puckett paced Jenkins
with a game-high 18 points.
Puckett was the only Jenkins
player to reach double figures.
ROSSBURG,
Ohio
Working off of a successful formula of previous years, Tony
Stewart has released an aggressive slate of 2007 events for
Eldora
Speedway,
his
Southwestern Ohio one-half mile
clay oval.
"We will mirror very closely
the schedule that has worked in
the past for Eldora", commented
Stewart. He continued with,
"we've added a date for the
World of Outlaw Late Models; a
few of the dates have been
switched around, and some modifications have been made to
some of existing shows, but other
than that it is business as usual,
and we're raring to go."
Eldora's traditional major
events continue to highlight the
schedule.
For the Late Model enthusiasts, the $100,000 to win Dirt
(See KNOTI, page eight)
(See S PEEDWAY, page eight)
TIMES STAFF REPORT
' T igers remain
perfect in 57th
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photos by Jamie Howell
Senior Trevor Patton (above) and junior Taylor Clark (below) were each instrumental in Prestonsburg's home win
over Wolfe County on Thursday night. The Blackcats have won four of their last five games.
PAINTSVILLE
The
Paintsville Tigers kept their perfect 57th District record intact
Thursday night, beating visiting
Magoffin County 66-50. Host
Paintsville started and finished
~ strong, scoring 20 points against
the Hornets in both the first and
final quarters.
Two different Paintsville
players produced double-double
efforts in the district triumph.
Landon Slone scored a gamehigh 28 points and pulled down
a game-high 12 rebounds to lead
host Paintsville over Magoffin
County.
JD VanHoose contributed 17
points and 11 rebounds for the
Tigers. Slone and VanHoose arc
two of Paintsville's five starters,
all of whom are juniors.
IIIII.
With the win, Paintsville
~ improved to 5-0 in the 57th
District and ll -5 overall. Earlier
PRESTONSBURG - After struggling on the road
Tuesday against June Buchanan, Pre~tonsburg returned to
the win column on Thursday in a home game versus Wolfe
County. In its second outing against a 14th Region opponent in as many games, Prestonsburg put together a stellar
all-around gan1e. The Blackcats never let Wolfe County
lead after just a few minutes into the game. Prestonsburg
never Jet Wolfe County score more than 10 points in any
one quarter as it won 73-34.
Wolfe County didn't have an answer for Prestonsburg at
any time in the non-region matchup.
Twelve different Blackcats broke into the scoring column. That's a season-high.
"It was a whole team effort,'" commented Prestonsburg
(See TIGERS, page eight)
(See BLACKCATS, page eight)
Eagles to host
winter clinics,
coaching seminars
Feb. 3-4
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Blackcats ro ut Wolfe County
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
MOREHEAD
The
Morehead State University softball coaching staff will host its
winter clinics and interactive
coaching seminars, scheduled for
Feb. 3-4. The clinics are open to
all ages. The event will kick off
on Feb. 3 with the pitching and
defensive clinics and coaching
seminar I. On Feb. 4, the staff
will conduct a hitting clinic and
coaching seminar II.
The clinics will be held at
University Softball Field on the
campus of Morehead State. For
more information, call the
Morehead State softball office at
606-783-5283.
A registration form and camp
brochure will soon be available
on www.msueagles.com.
Slone, MU baseball tean1 begin practice
TIM ES STAFF REPORT
ing staff, the Herd roster takes on a distinctively new look this season with 14
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.
The new faces in the fold, including six freshMarshall University baseball team, led men and eight transfers who are expected
by first-year head coach Jeff Waggoner, to make an immediate impact on the proofficially begins its 2007 season gram.
Wednesday with its first team
Marshall re turns just two
practice at Joan C. Edwards
of its nine starting position
Stadium. Waggoner is joined by
players from 2006, Brendan
first-year assistant coaches Tim
Murphy (Sr., Chattanooga,
Adkins, Tim Donnelly and
Tenn.) and Brit Vincent (Sr,
George Brumfield.
Bow ling Green). Murphy
"We are excited to begin
earned Second-Tea m A!! practicing today," Waggoner
Conference USA and Allsaid on Wednesday. "Everyone
Mideast Region honors last
in our program has worked very
season and has earned preseahard in getting to this point, but
son honors this year with
we have a lot of work ahead of
J eremy Slone
NCBWA Second-Team Allus as we work toward winning a
America recognition and a
Conference USA championship."
nod on the 2007 Wallace Award watch
Aside from Waggoner and his coach - list.
The Herd returns two of its three regulars in the starting rotation , as
Paintsville High School graduate Jeremy
Slone, a right-handed senior. and Brian
Chrisman (Jr., Pittsburgh. Pa.) are
expected to be two of the three cogs in
the weekend starting staff. In the bullpe n,
left hander
Andrew
Blain
(So.,
Huntington, W.Va.) return~ after postmg
the lowest ERA on the c.;taff in 2006
(2.25).
Marshall will opens its 2007 regular
season Feb. 16 at Charlc..;ton Southern.
The Herd\ home opener is the following
weekend, Feb. 24, agamst LaSalle at
University Heights Field. Mar~hall once
again will play its 12 home Conference
USA games in Charleston. W.Va., at
Appalachian Power Park. beginning with
a three-game \Ct March ~1 25 against
preseason No. 16 Tulane.
photo by Steve LeMaster
DUE TO RETUR N: The Prestons bu rg High School girls' basketball team is schedule d to be back in action Monday a t
home against Phelps. Tip-off for the Prestonsburg-Phelps
game is set for 7:30 p.m.
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21' 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Speedway
Tigers
• Contin ued from p7
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Late Model will be contested
over the weekend of June 8-9,
while the famed World 100,
Eldora's premier event, will
fill its usual time slot of Sept.
7-8.
Sprint Car racmg takes center stage in July with the annual running of the Kings Royal
by Crown Royal. The two-day
showdown, July 13-14, with
complete shows each night,
will again feature the World of
Outlaw Sprints, topped by
Saturday's $50,000 to win
extravaganza.
Tickets for these major
events are available now
thro ugh the track's website
www.eldoraspeedway.com or
by calling the track office at
937-338-3815.
A uni4ue twist to the USAC
(United States Auto Club)
Four Crown Nationals will sec
it contested in one busy
September day (Sept. 22), with
the World of Outlaw Sprints
and UMP (United Midwestern
Promoters) Modificds kicking
off the weekend with a Friday
night show.
While the Nextel Prelude
will fill its accepted spot on
the Wednesday prior to the
Dirt Late Model Dream, the
Old Sptce Summer Siu.Ier has
been moved from August to
the Tuesday prior to the Kings
Royal (July 10), which will
make for a busy week of
Sprint Car racing at the famed
facility.
As in the past, a variety of
sanctioning bodies will be
involved with Eldora in 2007.
fn addition to the World of
Outlaws, the All Star Sprints
will have a pair of dates,
USAC will have several dates,
as will the National Racing
Alliance
(NRA)
Sprint
Invaders and the Sunoco
American Late Model Series.
• Continued from p7
bad loss like we had at June
Buchanan, and to go out and
take care of business against
Wolfe County says a lot about
our kids. We're real proud of
the effort we got."
No Wolfe County player
scored more than seven points.
Freshman guard Devon Evans
and sophomore point guard
Brandon Campbell each had
seven points for the Wolves.
Tyler Phipps added five
points for visiting Wolfe
County.
Prestonsburg
outscored
Wolfe County 16-9 in the third
quarter.
The
win
was
Prestonsburg's fourth in five
games.
The Blackcats were back in
action Saturday on the road
against Lawrence County. The
game ended too late to make
this edition.
Prestonsburg 73, Wolfe
County 34
WOLFE COUNTY (4-9)Evans 7, Campbell 7, Hayes
2, Howard 2, Ten·ill 4, Phipps
5, Beasley 3, Ross 2, Graham
2.
PRESTONSBURG (5-10)Hall 6, Hughes 12, Patton 6,
Stephens 14, Martin 5, Clark
12, Vance 4, Rodebaugh 4,
Setser 2, Gearheart 2,
Hernandez 5, Tackett I.
Wolfe County....... 9 9 6
10-34
Prestonsburg .... 22 21 19
11- 73
YOUTH BASEBALL SIGNUPS
HAP Little League
Middle School during Prestonsburg Junior
Basketball
Sunday, Jan. 21, 1-5 p.m. at the Betsy
Layne Dome
Prestonsburg Little League
Saturday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Adams
Paintsville 66, Magoffin
County 50
Magoffin County (9-11)Eric Arnett 16, Fletcher 8,
Rice 14, Hunley 8, Minix 4.
Paintsville ( 11 -5) - Ferguson
13, Slone 28, VanHoose 17, >
Grim 8.
Magoffin .... 13 12 9 16-50
Paintsville .... 20 14 12 20-66
Knott
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Blackcats
Coach Jackie Day Crisp. ''All
of our kids got into the game
and played well."
Junior forward Nathaniel
Stephens led Prestonsburg and
all scorers with a game-high
14 points. Bobby Hughes and
Taylor Clark finished with 12
points
apiece
for
the
Blackcats.
Prestonsburg led Wolfe
County 22-9 at the end of the
first quarter and 43-18 at the
half.
The Blackcats owned the
boards, limiting Wolfe County
to very few rebounds - especially on the offensive end.
"Our rebounding was very
good and that's something
we're real pleased with,"
added Crisp. "To come off of a
in the week - on Tuesday Eric Arnett led Magoffin
County with a team-high 16
points. Devin Rice followed
with 14 points for the
Hornets. Tyler Hunley was
within a field of double figures for Magoffin County as
he finished with eight pomts.
The loss was Magoffin
County's second straight setback. The Hornets fell to 8-9
overall and 2-2 in the district.
Van
Ferguson
gave
Paintsville a third player in
double figures in the scoring
column. Ferguson, who is in
his first season as a member
of the Tiger basketball team,
netted 13 points.
Shane Grimm added eight
points for Paintsville, which
featured just four scorers.
Paintsville will begin play
at home on Tuesday in the
15th Region All "A" Classic
against longtime rival South
Floyd.
Saturd,ay, Jan. 27, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Adams
Middle School during Prestonsburg Junior
Basketball
Keith Wright narrowly missed
double figures for Jenkins,
ending the district matchup
with nine points. Senior center
Kevin Potter pushed in six
points for the Cavaliers.
The Patriots outscored
Jenkins 18-6 in the third quar-
Brothers
working on
documentary
film about
Kentucky
Derby
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE
Two
brothers working on a documentary about the Kentucky
Derby are nearing completion
of the project.
John and Brad Hennegan
putting the finishing touches
on "The First Saturday in
May," a film they conceived
after seeing stories surrounding popular Derby wins by
Funny Cide and Smarty Jones.
"Along the way, we happened to come across the most
famous horse arguably in the
last 60 years," John Hennegan
said of 2006 Derby champ
Barbaro.
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL:
Cats Fall to N o.
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BATON ROUGE, La. Sylvia Fowles scored 16
points and grabbed
12
rebounds, and No. 8 LSU beat
Kentucky 76-58 on Thursday
night for its 40th consecutive
victory at home.
Fowles did most of her
damage in the second half as
the Lady Tigers (17-2, 3- 1
Southeastern Conference) protected their 18-point halftime
advantage.
Jacksonville
State gets
past Colonels
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala.
Jacksonville State's Courtney
Bradley hit a three-pointer
with 3:04 remaining to give
the host team the lead for good
as the Gamecocks scored the
final 10 points in a 66-56 win
over the Eastern Kentucky
University men's basketball
team Thursday night in
Mathews Coliseum. The win
snaps an eight game losing
streak for Jacksonville State
(4-14, 2-7 OVC) while the
Colonels (10-7, 5-4) have now
dropped three straight road
tilts.
Sophomore Mike Rose led
three EKU players in double
figures with 15 points. Senior
Julian Mascoll chipped in with
13 points and junior Darnell
Dialls added 10 second-half
tallies.
For Jacksonville State,
Bradley posted a game-high
23 points, 19 of which came in
the second half. Meanwhile,
DeAndre Bray came off the
bench to finish with eight
ter.
Knott County Central 43,
Jenkins 39
JENKINS (7-11) - Grimm
4, Puckett 18, Wright 9, Wilder
2, Potter 6.
KNOTT COUNTY CEN-
TRAL (6-8) - Mosley 11,
Stamper 14, Lindon 3,
Amburgey 3, Everage 6, Huff
3, Mullins 3.
Jenkins .. tO 14 6 9-39
KCC...... ll 2 18 12-43
"Our whole thing was we
want to make horse racing
cool. ... and we've been following it the last couple years
to see if it could sustain a documentary."
Beginning in July 2005, the
Hennegans started following
2006 Derby contenders and
the humans around them. They
settled on six horses for the
film, five of which ran in the
Derby, including Barbaro.
The Hennegans shot about
500 hours of footage in locations on both coasts, in
Kentucky and everywhere
from Dubai to Hot Springs,
Ark.
The movie includes how
Louisville native Dale Romans
reached a career goal of having a horse in the race, told
considerably through his relationships with his son, Jacob,
and his cousin Paul Parrish. It
also tells the stories of Dan
Hendricks, a paralyzed trainer
who conditioned Brother
Derek; Bob Holthus, Lawyer
Ron's trainer and groom; and
Michael Matz, the Olympic
equestrian medalist who
turned to thoroughbred train-
ing.
The brothers said their family members were supportive
of the venture from the outset.
John's wife had just had a
baby, and Brad left a job with
a college television network.
"I don't think they ever
know what we're doing but
they support us," John said.
"It's very foreign to them."
Brad estimated the film has
cost less than $100,000.
In June, the Hennegans
started editing the footage
down to a 90-minute film,
which ends at the Derby. An
epilogue mentions Barbaro's
injury and efforts to save him.
Barbaro suffered a career-ending leg injury in the Preakness.
Veterinarians operated on
Barbaro Saturday and put his
lower right hind leg back in a
cast for support.
Some people featured in the
film have seen advance prints.
"I thought they did a brilliant job," said Kiaran
McLaughlin, a horse trainer
and Lexington native who is
battling multiple sclerosis. "I
can promise you any racing
person will really enjoy it."
After missing four of her
five first-half shots, Fowles
made all four field-goal
attempts and three free throws
in the second half. She got
help from Quianna Chaney,
who was 5-of-10 from the
field and finished with 14
points. RaShonta LeBlanc
added 13, including three 3pointers.
Sarah Elliott led Kentucky
(13-6, 2-2) with 19 points.
Samantha Mahoney scored 17.
LSU, which extended the
nation's longest homecourt
winning streak, settled the outcome in the first II l/2 minutes when it outscored the
Wildcats 23-4. Chaney and
Ashley Thomas accounted for
most of those points.
Chaney made three field
goals, including one 3-pointer,
for seven points. Thomas, who
was averaging fewer than five
points per game, scored six.
LSU opened the game by
hitting nine of its first 17 shots.
Kentucky had almost as many
turnovers
as
field-goal
attempts during that stretch;
The Wildcats were 2-of- q
from the field and committed
nine turnovers.
The only Kentucky points
came on baskets by Mahoney
and Lydia Watkins. LeBlanc
scored eight points in the final
3 minutes to help put the Lady
Tigers ahead 37-19 at halftime.
The Wildcats never trailed
by less than 14 points in the
second half
assists and five points.
Three-pointers from Rose,
sophomore Harrison Brown
and senior Michael Brock
helped put the Colonels ahead
early, 14-8. Eastern maintained its slim cushion
throughout most of the period
and took a 22-16 lead with
2: 18 left thanks to Mascoll
dunk. However, Jacksonville
State finished the half on a 103 run, capped by a Bray oldfashioned three-point play
with three ticks remaining, and
went into the locker room
ahead, 26-25.
The second half featured
six lead changes and four ties.
Eastern Kentucky jumped out
of the gates quickly and scored
the first seven points to regain
the advantage, 32-26. Dialls'
third bucket of the period gave
EKU its largest lead of the
game, 38-31 . From there,
Jacksonville State responded
with lO straight points, highlighted by one of Bradley's
four three pointers, to earn a
4 1-38 edge.
JSU managed to stretch its
lead to five on two different
occasions over the next several minutes, but a Mascoll
three-pointer with 4:50 left put
the Colonels back on top, 5453. A Bradley three-point play
followed by a Rose basket
evened the score with 3:21
remaining, 56-all. Bradley
then netted a three-pointer
from the right wing to give the
Gamecocks the lead for good,
59-56.
Neither team would score
again until JSU's Harold Crow "hit a pull-up jumper with :44
remaining to push the
Gamecock cushion back to
five, 61-56. The Colonels
missed their final five field
goal attempts of the game
while Jacksonville State went
5-of-6 at the free throw line in
the last 30 seconds to secure
the victory.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
21' 2007 • A9
Parker returns to Kentucky gridiron program
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
LEXINGTON- Fonner University
of Kentucky wide receiver Gerad
Parker has returned to his alma mater
as a graduate assistant coach, UK
Coach Rich Brooks has announced.
Parker will be the graduate assistant for offense, with his duties including analysis of opponent film, preparing scouting reports, conducting "self
scout" of UK tendencies, overseeing
the offensive scout team, and assisting
with on-campus recruiting. He also
will help coach the Wildcat wide
receivers.
"I'm really happy to get a former
Wildcat back after coaching in high
school the last two years," Brooks
~Morehead
said. "Gerad will bring a lot of energy
and enthusiasm to the job and will be
a great asset to (offensive coordinator)
Joker Phillips and the offensive staff."
Parker has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Raceland
High School, guiding the receivers
and defensive backs. In Parker's first
season at Raceland, the Rams went 74 and reached the state playoffs in
Class A. In 2006, the Rams improved
to 11-2 and advanced to the third
round (quarterfinals) of the playoffs.
Parker was a four-year letterman
for Kentucky (2001-04). His best season came as a senior when he caught
15 passes for 168 yards. Having overcome numerous injuries during his
career, his teammates voted him UK's
positiou at Rm.:eland. }laving
Most Inspirational Player
already completed his bache
following his senior year.
lor's degree in secondary
Also an outstanding stueducation and his master's in
dent, Parker was a threeteac hing, Parker plans to
year member of the
work on another master's
Southeastern Conference
degree or get additional
Academic Honor Roll and
teaching ccrtilications during
in 2004 was voted secondhis new term at Kentucky.
team
Academic All'Tve always believed in
District IV by the College
Kentucky football and in
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Gerad Parker
what Coach Brooks and
Directors of America. He
Coach Phillips are doing."
was selected for the Frank
G. Ham Society of Character by UK Parker said of his decision to return to
UK. "This is an opportunity 1"01 a great
Athletics.
After his playing career, Parker learning experience, to learn at the
stayed on as a UK graduate assistant highest level and become a better
for spring practice in 2005 before coach."
Parker said that his two years at
accepting the coaching and teaching
Eagles fall to conference foe
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -Samford
shot 65 percent from the field, including 53 percent from three-point range,
and defeated Morehead State, 66-53,
in an Ohio Valley Conference game
Thursday evening in Seibert Hall.
MSU is now l0-7 overall, 6-3 in
the OVC. Samford is 10-8 overall, 72 in the league.
"I was disappointed in our defensive effort," said MSU Coach Donnie
Tyndall. "But, give Samford credit.
They are very difficult to guard.
And, when they get a lead, they are
very hard to catch."
The Bulldogs scored the first six
points of the game and never trailed.
Randall Gulina led Samford with a
game-high 18 points. He hit threeof-five three-pointers. Travis Peterson
hit six of his eight field goal attempts,
including two-of-three from behind
the arc, and had 16 points, and Curtis
West added 12 points.
MSU was led by Quentin Pryor
who scored II points. Cecil Brown
and Vincent Crutcher each had eight
points.
The Eagles hit only 41.7 percent
from the field. They outrebounded
the Bulldogs, 27-to-22.
MSU's men and women were on
the road at Jacksonville State for a
conference doubleheader Saturday.
Results from the games were unavailable at press time.
Raceland taught him a lot.
"To be able to teach and coach, you
have to know it I 0 times better than
they do," Parker said. " Each player
has his own way of learning, and you
have to tind the way that each player
learns. As a coach, technical knowledge is important, but you have to be
able to teach it."
Born in Huntington, W. Va., Parker
became the all-time leading receiver
in Kentucky history at Lawrence
County High School with 238 career
receptions, 4,814 yards and 52 touchdowns. He is married to the former
Kandi Brown, who was an all-state
basketball player and member of the
2000 West Carter HS state champion
team.
ALL-CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL
MSU women battle back, beat Samford
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - What a
difference a half makes. The
Morehead State women's basketball
team trailed host Samford 38-27 at
halftime Thursday at Seibert Hall,
but the Eagles regrouped for the
final 20 minutes and turned up the
defense as they held the Bulldogs to
just 19 points in the second half and
scored 33 themselves for a crucial
60-57 Ohio Valley Conference road
win. The Eagles won their sixth
straight game, improving to 8-9 and
7-2 in the OVC. The win also
allowed the Eagles to keep at least a
hold on second place in the league.
Samford shot 70 percent, making
J2 of its 17 shots in the first half,
wthile-t the. Eagles ,cQU.ltln'tr find ,the
range, shooting just 33 percent to
trail 38-27. The Eagles actually
trailed by as many as 15 (24-9) mid-
way throug h the first half. But,
junior guard Anitha Smith-Williams
ignited the second half rally by scoring 12 of her game high 17 points in
the final 20 minutes. Meanwhile, the
Eagles' defense forced Samford to
shoot just 31 percent (5-of-16) in the
final half, including just l-of-6 from
three-point range. The Eagles also
overcame a one-sided scoring
advantage at the free throw line,
where Samford hit 20-of-31 to the
Eagles' 6-of- 11.
Samford increased its lead to 10
(39-29) with 17:39 left in the game,
but the Eagles held tpe Bulldogs
scoreless for the next 5: 11 and went
on an 11-0 run to take their first lead
(40-39) with 12:40 left after SmithWilliams' three-point play. The
Bulldogs wou-lc,ln't back down, tmwl
ever, moving back ahead 44-40 with
II :46 left. Samford led 48-44 with
9:57 left, but the Eagles put together
an 8-1 run to move ahead 52-49.
The game was tied at 56 with 3:38
left in the contest, and then MSU's
LaKrisha Brown hit a free throw that
gave the Eagles a 57-56 lead they
never relinquished. Amanda Green's
jumper bumped the MSU advantage
to 59-56 before Alex Munday's free
throw was the last point Samford
would muster with 1: 11 left. Brown
hit one of two free throws with 14
seconds left for the final margin.
For the second straight game,
MSU got great prduction off its
bench, scoring 37 of the 60 points.
Brandi Rayburn had nine points for
MSU, while Holly Williams provided six points. Brown finished with
seven points and a team high seven
boards as MSU won the battle on the
to glass, 33-3(). Samford was paced by
Munday with 13 points. Taryn
Towns had 12, and Veronica Pike tallied 10.
The Adams Middle School Football Blackcats, Floyd County
Conference champions, were awarded individual honors earlier in the
week during the county basketball tournament.
!nman earns 300th victory at Eastern Kentucky University
TIMES STAFF REPORT
'I
·' JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Eastern
head women's basketball
f.Oach Larry Joe Inman earned his
~OOth victory at the school tonight as
e
Lady
Colonels
defeated
acksonville State 80-70. With its secnd consecutive victory, Eastern
Kentucky improves to 7-11,4-5 in the
OVC while the Gamecocks drop to 5t3, 2-7 in the league.
Junior Crystal Jones, one of five
Eastern Kentucky players to reach
double-figures in the scoring column,
led the Lady Colonels with 19 points
and added four assists. Junior Niki
(}very grabbed seven rebounds while
~lassmate Ashley Cazee dished out a
team-high five assists.
~entucky
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Jacksonville State won the battle of
the boards, outrebounding Eastern
Kentucky 50-37, but the Lady
Colonels shot 26 more free throws
than the Gamecocks.
Eastern Kentucky went ahead 8-4
before Jacksonville State evened the
score at 10 off an offensive put-back at
the 14:36 mark. The Lady Colonels
rattled off seven unanswered to take a
seven point advantage but the
Gamecocks cut their deficit to three
(20-17) midway through the opening
period.
The Lady Colonels built an eight
point advantage on five occasions
before taking a slight 38-36 lead into
the locker room at the break. During
the final 10 minutes, C. Jones scored
10 of Eastern Kentucky's last 17
points.
On the Gamecocks' first possession
of the second half, Jacksonville State
tied the game and went ahead, for the
first time since the opening minutes of
the game, on their next trip down the
court. Eastern Kentucky used six
unanswered points to retake the lead
and went by five (55-50) with just
under nine minutes on the clock.
The Lady Colonels extended their
advantage to seven (59-52) but
Jacksonville State got within one point
at the 4:51 mark. The Gamecocks got
no closer as Eastern Kentucky claimed
the 10 point win.
Jacksonville
State's
Jolie
Efezokhae posted a double-double
with 20 points and 14 rebounds,
including 10 offensive.
Betsy Layne Elementary was well-represented on the 2006 all-conference team.
Garrett Christian holds off M t. Cartnel
TIMES STAFF REPORT
JACKSON - In a district matchup
Monday night, Garrett Christian traveled to Breathitt County to play Mt.
Carmel Christian Academy. The two
teams battled back and forth before
Garrett Christian broke through and
won 82-65.
Garrett took a 16- 15 lead out of
the first quarter. At the half, Garrett
led 30-29.
The Warriors started to pull away
in the third quarter, taking a 60-43
lead into the fourth stanza.
Five different Garrett players
reached double figures scoring in the
win over Mt. Carmel. Kyle Green led
Garrett with a teamchigh 24 points.
Jan Hicks followed with 17 points for
the Warriors. Andrew Szabo, Wes
Prater and Travis Scott each had I 0
points for visiting Garrett.
Matthew Potter turned in one of
the game's best all-around performances for the Warriors, ending the
contest with eight points and a season-high 11 assists.
Justin Shepherd rounded out the
Garrett scoring with three points.
Garrett Christian 79, Hope
Christian 50: All10 Garrett Christian
players broke into the scoring column
on Tuesday night as the Warriors
defeated Hope Christian.
Travis Scott led Garrett with a
team-best 16 points. Matthew Potter
followed with 14 points for the
Warriors. Andrew Szabo and Wes
Prater each had 12 points for the
Warriors.
Steve Johnson scored seven points
and Shane Prater added six for the
Garrett team. Jan Hicks and Bobby
Prater exited the contest with four
points apiece for the Warriors.
Complimenting a balanced scoring effort, Kyle Hamilton and Jackie
Hall rounded out the Garrett scoring
with two points apiece.
Allen Central Middle had players earn all-conference recognition.
BluegrassPreps.Com Rankings
Boys' Basketball Ranklngs
1. Scott County
2. Ballard
3. Warren Central
~. Tates Creek
5. Bryan Station
6. Male
1. Mason County
8. Clark County
9. Doss
10. Jeffersontown
11 . Covington Catholic
12. Lexington Catholic
13. Pleasure Ridge Park
14. South Laurel
15. Madison Central
16. Trinity
17. Henderson County
18. Christian County
19. Fairdale
20. Bishop Brossart
Girls' Basketball Ranklngs
1. Lexington Catholic
2. Scott County
3. Franklin-Simpson
4. Iroquois
5. Central Hardin
6. North Hardin
7. Sacred Heart Academy
8. Butler
9. Elizabethtown
10. Lexington Christian Academy
11. Henry Clay
12. DuPont Manual
13. Paul Dunbar
14. Clay County
15. Boone County
16. Russell
17. Nelson County
18. Perry County Central
19. Christian Academy-Louisville
20. Marshall County
South Floyd Middle football players are pictured after receiving allconference honors.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
21 ' 2007
THE F LOYD COUNTY T IMES
Kentucky moves to allow children to hunt for free
by ROG ER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - Like so many
other rural kids, 10-year-old Sierra
Thomas is an avid hunter.
The southeastern Kentucky girl
has been pursuing squirrels, turkeys
and deer for years, and last month she
bagged a 600-pound elk on an
Appalachian mountaintop. She was
thrilled. Her father, Donald Thomas,
ecstatic.
In Kentucky, like other rural
southern states, children have traditionally started hunting early - some
as soon as they're old enough to
shoulder a gun and walk through the
woods with Dad.
"We have a motto," said Thomas,
a Laurel County taxidermi t who
always accompanies his daughter.
"Take a child hunting, and you won't
be hunting your child."
The
Kentucky
Wildlife
Commission has taken steps to make
it easier for children to hunt, even
removing the requirement for the
state's youngest hunters to purchase
licenses.
The move5. have triggered debate
in some circles about what is the
appropriate age for children to hunt
with firearms.
''It differs from child to child,"
said Ron Toler, a member of the
Kentucky
Fish
and
Wildlife
Commission. "Some kids at 7 years
old are fully capable of going out and
hunting. Others, at 16, I would have
concerns about."
The state Fish and Wildlife
Commission approved the regulation
in December that sets the minimum
age for children enrolling in hunter
education training and test at 9. The
regulation also increases the age at
which children have to pass the test
from 10 to 12, giving kids two more
years of hunting before they face
mandatory safety training.
The regulation also drops a
requirement for children under 12 to
purchase a "j unior" hunting license.
Previously, children were required to
have such a license, regardless of age.
The initiatives must be approved
by a legislative committee before
they take effect, probably in July.
Other states have taken loimilar
steps to promote youth hunting.
Some, like Ohio, have created
apprentice hunting licenses for children, which allows them to be mentored by veteran hunters even before
they complete the hunter education
course.
Sales of youth hunting licenses in
Ohio rose 45 percent last year to
60,628, according to the Ohio
Division of Wildlife. Of those, 7,666
were apprentice youth hunting licenses.
Michael Markarian. executive
vice president of the Humane Society
of the United States, said there is no
uniform standard for when kids are
allowed to hunt with a firearm.
In Kentucky, children any age can
hunt as long as they have an adult
within arms' reach. Rhode Island
requires children to be at least 15 to
hunt with a firearm. And in New York
state, youths must be at least 16 to
hunt deer with firearms and 12 to
hunt small game animals with
firearms.
Markarian said the Humane
Society hasn't taken a posttlon on
when children should be permitted to
hunt. He said the group, however,
frowns on government wildlife agencies sponsoring programs in an
attempt to recruit children into hunting.
"Frankly, we think if a parent is
going to take a child hunting, that's
the family's personal decision, but
the state really shouldn't have an
interest in getting involved in a controversial issue," Markarian said.
"For a state agency to spend its
resources trying to recruit children
into hunting, we believe it retlects
misplaced priorities. There are so
many other things the agencies could
be focusing on."
Thomas said he feels it is important that parents pass along the hunting heritage to their children at the
appropriate age. Although he says his
daughter, a fifth-grade honor student,
is mature and responsible, others her
age may not be.
"It's hard to put an age on that," he
said.
The National Wild Turkey
Federation, the U.S. Sportsmen's
Alliance and the National Shooting
Sports Foundation have teamed for
an initiative called Families Afield
that is lobbying states to allow parents to decide when their children
reach the appropriate age.
"Who knows better when that kid
is actually ready to go, the parent or
the government?" asked Rob Keck,
head of the National Wild Turkey
Federation. "For us to come up with
an arbitrary number really isn't fair. I
don't think we ought to put any kind
of a bottom on it. The parent needs to
make that choice."
Through the initiative, the groups
are lobbying officials in 20 states that
have minimum age limits on hunting
big game animals like turkey and
deer. Of those, 16 states require
hunters to be at least 12 years old
before they can hunt big game. And
one, New York state, requires youth
hunters to be at least 16 before they
can hunt deer with a firearm.
The number of kids who hunt
declined by 26 percent between 1990
and 2000. according to the Sporting
Goods Manufacturers Association.
Keck said easing restrictions may
help curb the decline.
"We don't want to turn kids loose
unsupervised with firearms," Keck
said. ··some people have gotten the
wrong idea. We're talking about mentored youth who will get a chance to
experience the thrill of the hunt."
•
Again, Manning 1 wtn from a Super Bowl
by EDDIE PELLS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS - The debate
will rage for as long as footballs fill
the air on Sundays.
Can an NFL quarterback truly be
defined as "great" if he has never won
a championship?
It's a debate Peyton Manning no
longer wants to be a part of, and the
next step toward extracting himself
from it comes Sunday, when the
Indianapolis Colts play the New
England Patriots with a trip to the
Super Bowl on the line.
Heading into the AFC championship game, Manning is clearly The
Greatest Quarterback to Never Make
a Super Bowl. His coach and teammates hate that it always seems to
come to this.
"It's totally unfair to him," tight
end Dallas Clark said. "He has his job
to do and he can't do anything else.
It's sad, but that's wily you guys do
what you do. He handles it great. He's
a professional."
Manning was not available for
interviews Wednesday. The Colts
chose to delay his availability until
Friday, when he'll undoubtedly offer
the candid, introspective, realistic
thoughts on the subject that he has
repeated many times over his nine
years in the NFL.
It's a career filled with records, Pro
Bowls, MVP awards. But he is 5-6 in
the playoffs with an 0-2 record
against New England's Tom Brady,
the less-spectacular quarterback who
has always been best when the stakes
have been the highest. Brady is 12-1
in the p layoffs with three Super Bowl
rings.
Brady entered the league as a
backup, a sixth-round draft pick in
2000 - the kind of player who comes
with no hype or expectations.
Manning was the first pick of the
1998 draft - the kind of player who
has "legacy" attached to his name
before he takes a snap.
"I don't know that he'll be judged
against Tom Brady," Colts coach
Tony Dungy said. "But every quarterback will be judged against Joe
Montana and Terry Bradshaw and
Bart Starr and guys who have won
Super Bowls. That's the way it is. I
think we have appreciation now for
Dan Marino and Boomer Esiason and
Dan Fouts and guys who haven't won
it. But at the time, we talk about how
many Super Bowls you've won. As
time goes by, history is a little easier
on you."
Manning, of course, is hoping he
won't need friendly historians to
cement his legacy. A Super Bowl ring
is the easiest - maybe the only - way
to avoid that.
Funny thing is that he finds himself on the cusp of the Super Bowl
again -Manning's second appearance
in the AFC championship game after a most un-Peyton-like run
through the playoffs.
He has 438 yards in two games,
fewer than he recorded in his second
playoff blowout over the Broncos in
2004. He has one touchdown pass and
five interceptions. His quarterback
rating is 58.3.
Yet just as he has struggled, the
defense that has often derailed Indy's
Super Bowl hopes also has been
uncharacteristic- allowing only a single touchdown and an average of 63.5
rushing yards in two games.
"The NFL has a funny way of
highlighting the quarterbacks, like it's
Peyton versus Brady," defensive end
Dwight Freeney said. "That's all right
for the media, the fans and the game,
but there's a lot more going on out
there than just two quarterbacks going
at it."
Still, as a defensive end - even a
great defensive end - Freeney will
never be held under the spotlight the
way a quarterback is.
Especially a quarterback like
Manning.
Nobody can stand at the line of
scrimmage and dissect a defense better, and nobody has thrown for more
yards over the last nine seasons than
Manning, who is essentially on pace
to own every significant quarterback
record in league history if he plays
five or six more years without injury.
Come playoff time, he hasn't been
the same.
.
Rushed and beaten up, he threw
four interceptions in the 2003 AFC
title game at New England. The next
year, in the divisional playoffs, he suffered a similar fate - no touchdown&,
one interception in a 20-3 loss- a terrible close to a season in which he
threw an NFL-record 49 touchdowns.
Last season, the Colts started 13-0 and
appeared destined for the Super Bowl.
Manning was good in the playoffs 290 yards and one touchdown - but
not good enough to win.
"It was as low as it can be,"
Manning said during training camp.
"You work so hard to get home-field
these days. It's so competitive. It's a
great lesson."
The Colts have home-field again,
though they weren't the AFC's top
seed. They're playing the Patriots,
which gives Manning a storybook
chance against the team that has
bedeviled him most.
Some might say the pressure
mounts as the years pass and Manning
inches closer to the end of hi career
than he is to the beginning.
Dungy insists that nobody in this
locker room sees it that way.
"I think it's the same thing at stake
for him as there is for all of us,"
Dungy said. "We've got a group that
hasn't been to the Super Bowl.
They'd like to get there. We're one
step away. Everyone in the locker
room wants to do that and Peyton's no
different. It's not make-or-break for
them and it's not make-or-break for
him. We'd just like to get there and do
it."
Legends have 16 ADI Fireworks Nights scheduled
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - The Lexington
Legends unveiled their promotional
schedule on Thursday afternoon. The
schedule is loaded with fan favorites
including a club record 16 ADI
Fireworks nights.
"The fireworks nights are the most
popular at Applebee's Park so we've
decided to give the fans more of what
they want to see," said Legends
General Manager Kevin Kulp.
Opening Day is sure to be a spectacular night. The Legends will open
up the 2007 season on April 5th
against the Delmarva Shorebirds at
Lucas Oil Late M odel
D irt Series East Bay
Win ternationals tire
rule announ ced
TIMES STA FF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series Officials have
announced adjustments to the Series
tire rule that will be in effect for the
31st
Annual
East
Bay
Winternationals at the East Bay
Raceway in Tampa, Fla., scheduled
for Feb. 5- 10.
Tires that will be legal for competition at the 31st Annual East Bay
Winternationals Feb. 5-l 0 will be:
Hoosier - 1100, 1300, 1600,
LM20 and LM40
American Racer - SD23, SD44
and MD56
Drivers and car owners who did
not receive their pre-entry blanks in
the mail can obtain one by visiting
the
series
website
at
www. lucasdirt.com/PDF/ebentryform.pdf. Race teams can save $100
per entry by pre-registering prior to
Jan. 26. The standard entry fee for the
entire six nights of racing is $500, but
race teams can enter all six events
Applebee's Park. It will be a Thirsty
Thursday and fans can watch "Rally"
while enjoying their favorite beverage for just one dollar. There are a
total of 12 Thirsty Thursday promotions on the schedule.
The Legends have several new
promotions in 2007. Saturday, June
23 is Soap Opera night with Cameron
Mathison (Ryan) of "All My
Children" set to appear. "Rubber
Boy" will twist and bend himself on
Saturday, June 2nd. Don't forget to
walk the plank on Thursday, May 24
on "Pirate Night" and the week of
May 21 will be devoted to the
Legends interns trying to outwit and
outlast each other in "Intern
Survivor".
The popular Faith Nights will
return in 2007. The Legends have
two Faith Nights scheduled including
Sunday, July 8, with "The Crabb
Family" performing.
The Legends expect Saturday,
July 7 to be one of most anticipated
dates on the promotional calendar.
Legends fans who witnessed the
Rocket Re-Launch in 2006 can relive
that memorable night with a limited
edition Roger Clemens figurine doll.
Diamond Digs always gets the
heart racing and this year all women
18 and over will get two chances to
dig up the infield at Applebee's Park
searching for diamonds valued at
thousand of dollars. Ladies, circle
Friday May 11 and Friday, July 6.
Animals will have the spotlight on
two nights this summer. Bring your
pet to the game on Saturday, June 9
for another addition of "Bark in the
Park". "Jake the Diamond Dog will
also perform. Friday, July 13 will be
devoted to equine industry on "Horse
Appreciation Night".
Three popular nights are back.
Every Monday is a "Member's
Heritage Kids Eat Free Night".
Quarter hotdogs return for every
Tuesday night home game and
Winning Wednesdays give Legends
fans a free item from Chick-fil-a
regardless of the outcome.
The nations top Minor League acts
will make stops in Lexington in 2007.
The popular Bucket Boys return to
Applebee's Park on Saturday, July
21. Zooperstars stop by on Saturday,
Aug. 11 and Myron Noodleman
returns to Applebee's Park on Friday,
April 27.
Opening night is set for April 5.
For ticket information. contact the
Legends box office at 859-422RUNS (7867).
during the week for $400
Two time and defending Lucas
Oil Late Model Dirt Series National
Champion, Earl Pearson, Jr. of
Jacksonville, Fla.. and 2006 Dart
Machinery East Bay Winternationals
Points Champion, Dennis Erb, Jr. will
be among the entrants for the 2007
edition as the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series season gets underway.
Both Pearson and Erb will be seeking
their first career wins at the l/3 mile
race track. The Winternationals at
East Bay began back in 1977 and the
Late Models first joined the popular
winter destination stop in 1978.
The week long action of the
nation' premier dirt Late Model
sanctioning body the Lucas Oi l Late
Model Dirt Series will kickoff on
Sunday, Feb. 4 with an open practice
session for all Late Model competitors. There will be a complete show
of time trials, heat races, B-mains and
main events each night starting on
Monday, Feb. 5. A top prize of $5,000
to win will be on the line Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, on
Thursday night the purse goes to
$7,000 to win with Friday's main
paying $10,000 to win and the
Saturday finale will pay $ 12,000 to
the winner.
For more information on the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series you
can visit them on line at www.lucasdirt.com or by calling the Series
Office at 951/532-2503. There are
currently six day passes and reserved
seating available for the 31st Annual
East Bay Winternationals by contacting the track office at 877/457-5611.
More information on East Bay
Raceway Park can be found at
www.eastbayracewaypark.com.
Cup testin g to
hit Bristol t rack
Feb. 2 8
teams prepare for the March 25
Food City 500 with the muchtalked-about Car of Tomorrow.
"We believe 2007 will be a huge
year for Bristol Motor Speedway
and the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
teams," said BMS president and
general manager Jeff Byrd. "The
Food City 500 will be the first race
featuring what has been labeled as
the 'car of tomorrow' and we expect
nearly every NEXTEL Cup team to
be here at the end of February for
the testing."
The Bristol test session is open
to spectators and admission is free.
2007 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series East Bay Winternationals Race
Schedule
Sunday, Feb. 4 - Open Practice
Session
Monday, Feb. 5 - Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series ($5,000 to win)
Tuesday - Feb. 6 -Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series ($5,000 to win)
Wednesday - Feb. 7 Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series ($5,000 to
win)
Thursday - Feb. 8 - Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series ($7 ,000 to win)
Friday - Feb. 9 - Lucas Oil Late
Model Dirt Series ($10,000 to win)
Saturday - Feb. 10 - Lucas Oi l
Late Model Dirt Sencs ($ 12,000 to
win)
TIM ES STAFF REPORT
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Bristol
Motor Speedway will be one of the
host tracks for NASCAR's 2007
NEXTEL Cup Series testing schedsanctioning
body
ule,
the
announced.
The two-day session is scheduled for Feb. 28 and March l as
photo courtesy of Chris Combs Racing
A NEW SEA SON: Let cher County resident Ch ris Combs has a full s late
of races scheduled for the 2007 season. Combs ranks as o ne of the
st at e's top dirt track Late Mo del driv ers.
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AUTOMOTIVE
Boats
FOR SALE
1982 performance.
90 HP. Johnson
new trolling motor.
Call 886-6378.
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
99' Eddie Baures
Explorer, loaded.
$5.495.
2002 Ford Tarus
STS 80,000 miles.
$5,495, Moonroof.
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call 606791-6052, if no
answer please
leave message.
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.Job I ,istings
DRIVER NEEDED
PTI- Seeking drivers for 7 passenger mini-vans for on
call work in Shelby
area, drug screen,
clean driving record
and 7 years driving
e x p e r i e n c e
required. Call 1800 - 471 - 2440 .
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JOB OPENING.
CCA/Otter Creek
Correctional Center
is accepting applications for the following
positions:
Medical
Doctor,
Nurse Practitioner,
L P N ' S ,
Psychologist- Must
be licensed 1n the
state of Kentucky.
Apply in person at
327
Correctional
Road, Wheelwright,
KY 41669, or apply
online at www.correctionscorp.com.
CCA/Otter Creek
Correctional Center
is an equal opportunity
employer.
M/F/DN.
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
applications for a
LPN (7a-7p) position.
Excellent
wages and benefits. Apply in person
at 1025 Euclid
Avenue, Painstville,
KY from Monday
thru Friday between
8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
JOB OPENING
COL Drivers needed. Apply in person
at The HT Hackney
Company. Harold,
KY. Benefits available. Call 4789591.
JOB OPENING
The Appalachian
Outdoor journal ("
East Ky's only outdoor publication").
Is now hiring Sales
Consultants! Earn
up to $44,000 per
year, very competitive pay with bonuses and possible
benefits package
after 1ZO days. For
more info or to
schedule an interview call 606-3779734.
MARTIN-HINDMAN AREA The
Lexington HeraldLeader has a morning
newspaper
route
available.
Route takes about
3-4 hours daily, with
an
approximate
profit potential of
$1 ,500
monthly.
Dependable transportation and ability
to
be
bonded
required. Call 1800-999-8881.
JOB OPENING
Employee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part t1me. Computer
expenence would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
JOB OPENING
Metal framers, drywall hangers and
finisher's, acoustical ceiling installers
for Prestonsburg
school. 859-2816828.
JOB OPENING
Prestonsburg
Health Care is looking for an AN.
Every other weekend off. Call Lynn
Fletcher or Elane
Jones. 886-2378.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
1n Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
Animal
FOR SALE
AKC Registered
Yorkshire Terriers.
6 weeks old. First
shots due claw
removed. Asking
$950.00. Call 606-
237-1225.
FOR SALE
AKC
Bloodhound puppies, first shot,
wormed, 5 females,
2 males. Call 6524986
Misc.
FOR SALE
Antique petal
sewing machine
$75.00 13' color
TV both good.
Condition $50.00
wooden magaxine
rack $10.00 fender
stratocaster
$75.00. 1 carrat
diamond cluster
$150.
FOR SALE
Piano, Wurlitzer,
good sound board.
$250.00. Call 8866378.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeable of go1ng
to dance class.
Ages 50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
FOR SALE
2 Burial plots in
The Mayo
Cemetery. Call
886-2295.
.REAL ESTATE
House
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
Includes all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
YOUR AD COULD
BE HERE! 1
MONTH WITH A
PICTURE
INCLUDED JUST
$75.00. CALL
LEIGHANN
WILLIAMS
TODAY TO SALE
YOUR HOUSE
FAST! 886-8506.
HOUSE for sale at
Wayland. 2 story.
Asking $28,000
firm. 606-9462271. or 606-7855556
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Call
791-3913
HOUSE for sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0. 70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606-
358-9346
HOUSE for sale. 3
BR above ground
pool, new appliances, chain link
fence. Newly
paved drive way,
large back porch.
Located 2 miles
from Highway 80
and 23. Call 60687 4-0529 for more
information.
HOUSE FOR
SALE New four
bedroom three and
1/2 bath, 3,500 sq.
ft. house on half
acre lot located on
Crestwood Drive,
Stone Crest Golf
Course,
Prestonsburg. 606886-9331.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
2 Bedroom 1
Bathroom, GREAT
DEAL $10,000
Located at
Cornfork near
Jenny Wiley Lake
Road.
call 226-6392
or 886-0726.
Land Contract possible. Call
today!!!!!!!
Sale or Lease
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
FOR SALE
16 Acres of land for
sale on left fork of
Little Paint, East
Point, KY. All mineral rights go with
it. Call 886-3060.
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial location.
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg At.
1428. Call 8742421. $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
FOR SALE
1978 Mobile Home
12 x 70, 3 BR bath
and
1/2.
Refrigerator, stove,
washer and dryer.
Standard
appliances include a
new furnace. Very
good condition for
m o d e I
Underpinning
included. Need a
home? Look here!
$3,800. Must be
moved. Call 606886-9544 days or
606-886-3386
nights.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
APT FOR RENT
3 BR 1 bath, central heat and air,
wall to wall carpet.
$475 per month
plus utilities. 2853412.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
FOR RENT
New 1 BR near
HRMC most utilities
furnished.
$500 per month.
$250 deposit. 8866343.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 285911 2.
AFFORDABLE
SPECIAL
Park
Place Apartments
First month rent
FREE with deposit
paid in 3 installments. To qualified
applicants. 1 BR
$280, 2 BR $304.
Offer valid thru
11/30/06. All electric HUD accepted.
886-0039. Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
Houses
pets,
1 2/29
6104.
available
call 438-
Mobile Home
Our CLASSIFIED$ Work for you!
FOR RENT
Nice
furnished
mobile home for
rent. Suitable for 2
or 3 people. Just
off Mtn. Parkway
on old 114. Phone
886-8724
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FOR RENT
Trailer for rent, 3
miles
from
Prestonsburg on
404 David Road.
Quiet
neighborhood. Call 8863902
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FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town,
3 BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month. $440
security deposit.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
In
Prestonsburg. Two
bedroom,
living
room. dining area,
kitchen.
Washer
and dryer hookup.
The house has
refridgeration and
stove. Heat and air.
Please call 8866184 between 8 1Oam. and 3-7pm
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SALES I SALES MANAGER
Due to our company growth in Eastern
Kentucky and South West Virginia, we need
sales manager trainees at once. If you have
an athletic or rural background and enjoy
meeting people, don't miss this opportunity.
We are a forty·year-old nations~ company 1
marketing a unique product. We offet leads,
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average reps earn $35,000-545,000 first year.
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FOR
RENT $400 Per
month, 2 BR @
Betsy Lane. Call
478-5403
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
Leave message.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
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Highlands Home Health is recruiting for:
Home Health Aides
Highlands Home Health is a good place to work;
offers a co mpetitive salary and a generous
benefits package, including:
• Seven {7) Paid Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• $500 Sign-on bonus
Interested applicants may apply to the
Highlands Home Health
P .O . Box 757
188 Collins Circle Drive
Prestonsburg. Ky. 41653
Contact: Bllena Elkins, R.N .. Nurse Aide Supervisor
(606) 889-9967
Fax {606) 886-7633
e-mail: bilenad@hrmc.org
Highlands Home Health is an Equal
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�A12. SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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NOTICE TO PRESTONSBURG CITY'S UTILITIES
NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS
NATURAL GAS FACTS
Natural gas is lighter than air, non-toxic and contains no poisonous ingredients. Breathing natural gas is not harmful as
long as there is adequate air to breath along with it. Natural
gas will not burn by itself. Combustion can occur only when
there is a mixture of gas and air containing between 5 percent and 15 percent natural gas and between 95 percent and
85 percent air. Because of its unique qualities of being lighter
than air with a narrow band of combustion, natural gas is one
of the safest energy sources available. It is also one of the
most economical sources. Understanding and following safety procedures will make natural gas an even safer choice.
THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF NATURAL GAS
Gas accidents can be avoided if you understand the potential hazards.
(1) FIRE
Natural gas can be a fire hazard, if you let it. Don't let it. A
very hot stove, open flame or pilot light can ignite any combustible materials that happen to be near. Keep paper, curtains, paints. solvents.,etc., away from gas appliances.
(2) EXPLOSION
Natural gas can be ignited by open flames or sparks. That's
why unburned natural gas should never be allowed to
escape into a room. A spark, flame, lit match or cigarertte,
even the flick of a light switch may be enough to cause an
explosion.
(3) CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Even though natural gas itself isn't poisonous, gas burners
that aren't adjusted properly can produce deadly carbon
(11.0!;lOXide. You can't see or smejl Cf',rQon monoxide, l:lut it's a
killer. To avoid its dangers, always make sure thai any natural gas appliances in your home are properly adjusted and
vented to the outside ... so they'll burn safely and efficiently.
(4) SUFFOCATION
Natural gas can cause suffocation if it replaces air containing
oxygen. (Only air that has oxygen can sustain life.) This is
another reason why natural gas should never be allowed to
leak from appliances or build up in an enclosed area or room.
FOLLOW THESE COMMON SENSE SAFETY RULES ...
IT'S UP TO YOU TO USE SAFE GAS APPLIANCES AND
TO USE GAS APPLIANCES SAFELY!!!
(I) KEEP COMBUSTIBLES such as papers, fluids,
paints, curtains and rags away from furnaces, water
heaters and gas ranges and dryers.
(2) TEACH CHILDREN never to light or play with the
controls of any gas appliances.
(3) KEEP PILOT LIGHTS of your gas range lit. If you put
them out to save energy, a dangerous gas build-up
can occur if someone accidentally turns on the
range.
(4) KEEP GAS RANGE CLEAN - make sure burner
bowls are free of used matches, grease, paper, etc.
(5) AND, NEVER USE YOUR GAS RANGE to heat your
home or apartment. This practice creates a serious
fire hazard and puts you and your family at risk from
dangerous carbon monoxide fumes.
(6) MAKE SURE APPLIANCES ARE VENTED Natural gas needs air containing oxygen to burn
safely and efficiently. Without enough air, dangerous
carbon monoxide is produced. For this reason,
always make sure that your gas furnace and water
heater are vented to the outside of the building. If
you re not sure your appliances are vented properly,
have them checked by a qualified heating contractor or plumber.
(7) KEEP FLUES AND CHIMNEYS CLEAR Have your fluepipe and chimney checked to make
sure they're not blocked with debris such as nests,
branches, or ivy. (Your heating contractor can
inspect and clean fluepipes for you.)
(8) SIGNS OF POOR FLUE VENTILATION Indoor wetness (condensation); unusual smell in your
home that doesn't go away; sick houseplants; yellow
or wavering appliance flames; soot in your home;
pilot light that keeps going out.
CERTAIN OLDER GAS CONNECTORS MAY BE
DANGEROUS!
Gas connectors are corrugated metal tubes used to connect gas appliances in your home to fuel gas supply pipes.
Some older brass connectors have come apart, causing fires
and explosions resulting in deaths and injuries.
These older brass connectors have a serious flaw in the
process used to join their tubing to their end pieces. Over
time, the end pieces can separate from the tubing, and cause
a serious gas leak, explosion, or fire. To our knowledge,
these dangerous uncoated brass connectors have not been
made for more than 20 years, but many of them are still in
use. The older these connectors get, the greater the possibility of failure.
Although not all uncoated connectors have this flaw, it is
very difficult to tell which ones do. Therefore, any uncoated
brass connector should be replaced immediately with either
a new plastic- coated brass or a new stainless steel connector. Connectors can wear out from too much moving, bending, or corrosion . Connectors should always be replaced
whenever the appliance is replaced or moved from its location.
WARNING: Only a qualified professional should check your
connector and replace it if needed. Don't try to do this yourself!
Moving the appliance, even slightly, whether to clean behind it
or to inspect its gas connector, can cause the complete failure
of one of these older weakened connectors, possibly resulting
in a deadly fire or explosion.
PORTER
PLUMBING
Serving Floyd and
surroundi11g counties for
over 40 years.
PRESTONSBURG CITY'S UTILITIES COMMISSION
Phone Number- 606-886-6871, Day or Night
Phone Number- 606-886-2900, Day or Night
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A GAS LEAK OUTSIDE HOUSE OR
BUILDING - Gas leaks outside are uncommon, but it rs a good
idea to know how to recognize them. Common signs include:
I) A gas odor.
2) A blowing or hissing sound.
3) Dirt being blown or thrown into the air.
4) Water bubbling or being blown into the air at a pond.
5) Fire coming from the ground or burning above the
ground.
6) Brown patches in vegetation on or near gas pipeline.
If you detect any signs of a gas leak outside, call Prestonsburg
City's Utilities Commission immediately.
NOTICE TO PRESTONSBURG CITY'S UTILITIES
COMMISSION
NATIJRAL GAS CUSTOMERS ABOUT
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINES
1. Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission does not maintain
customers' service lines beyond the gas meter setting.
Customers are responsible for properly maintaining and
repairing their service lines.
2. If customers' buried piping is not maintained, it may be subject to the potential hazards of corrosion and leakage.
3. Buried gas piping should be:
I. Periodically inspected for leakage.
II. Periodically inspected for corrosion if piping is metallic.
Ill. Repaired if any unsafe conditions are discovered .
IV. Repaired, located, inspected and maintained by plumbers
or heating contractors.
4. When excavating near buried gas piping, the piping should
be located in advance, and the excavation done by hand.
Safety comes first with Prestonsburg City's Utilities
Commission. Below are some of the steps taken by
Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission to insure the safety of
our employees and customers.
1. Continuous patrolling of gas system.
2. Monitoring pressures at various points in gas system.
3. Annual/ semi-annual leak surveys.
4. Immediate response to any reported problem.
5. Proper! operation and maintenance of system
6. Continuing education of gas pipe line employees, including
emergency response to gas emergencies/accidents.
Together with the help of our customers we can maintain a safe
and reliable gas system.
NOTICE TO ALL CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATION
COMPANIES
In accordance with federal and state regulations governing natural gas pipeline safety, Prestonsburg City's Utilities
Commission is pursuing a damage prevention program to minimize accidents and/or disruptions that could involve its underground pipeline facilities. If you observe any type of construction or excavation, or if you plan to do any work requiring digging near a company pipeline, please call the Prestonsburg
City's Utilities Commission so that we can send qualified personnel to locate and properly mark the exact location of the
pipeline . Knowing the exact location of the underground
pipeline will reduce the possibility of property and/or personal
and financial loss to both parties.
David M. Ellis, Superintendent
Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission
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5 AND 6 INCH AND METAL
ROOFING
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788-1474 (Home)
Leave message.
OR
226-2237 (cell)
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No Job Too Big or Too Small!
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606-265-3336 or 606-265-4678
New Construction • Remodeling
Vinyl Siding • Window Replacement
Hardwood Flooring
~ Shinglemn Roofing
-~Decks/Porches/Garages
Concrete Work
FREE ESTIMATES
HOW DO I KNOW IF A GAS HAZARD EXISTS???- YOUR
SENSE OF SMELL SHOULD TELL YOU
(A) IF THE ODOR IS STRONG:
1) Do not light matches.
2) Do not turn lights on or off.
3) Do not operate any controls or pull any plugs from
outlets.
4) Do not use the telephone.
5) Notify everyone in the building or house to leave
immediately, and leave the door open.
6) If possible, ventilate the building by opening doors and
windows, starting where the odor is strongest. Do not
re-enter the building for this purpose.
7) Call the utility company or fire department from a nearby building or house. Do not use the telephone in your
house.
8) Do not re-enter your home until the utrlity company or
fire department has released you to do so.
9) Never take chances! If your safety is threatened, get out
quickly.
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DO NOT MOVE YOUR APPLIANCE TO CHECK
THE CONNECTOR!
(1) A GAS LEAK IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS!
-Gas may leak from faulty appliances, broken pipes
or broken mains. Make sure all members of your
family know what to do if they smell gas.
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Electrical
Contractors
Licensed and
insured CALL
TODAY! 377-0707
OR 791-6142
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Over 20 sought in Floyd, Pike drug bust
by ALEX SMITH
Mike Justice sat
with his head
down prior to
being processed
by a Kentucky
Bureau of
Investigation
officer and then
taken to jail.
Justice has been
charged with two
counts of firstdegree trafficking.
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE - Seven people suspected of
dealing drugs in Pike and Floyd counties were
arrested Thursday after months of investigations
headed by Attorney General Greg Stumbo's
Drug Task Force.
The roundup, which began early Thursday
morning, targeted more than 20 drug dealers
throughout Pike and Floyd counties who had
been under investigation between 12 and 15
months, Stumbo said.
"We're focusing in our office on cutting off
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by ALEX SMITH
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by JESSICA HALE
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Payday loans criticized;
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GRETHEL
Eula
Hall, founder of the Mud
Creek Clinic, a lady who
many agree is one of the
most dedicated and community oriented people in
the area, received news last
week that after a decision
made by Floyd County's
new judge-executive, she
would no longer be serving
as a commissioner for the
Southern Water and Sewer
District.
The decision made by
Floyd
Co1.mty
JudgeExecutive. R.D. Marshall
shocked Hall and led her to
believe that Marshall did
not reappoint her because
she had supported Ben Hale
during last year's judgeexecutive's race.
"I didn't support him, I
supported Ben Hale." said
Hall. "I've known Ben Hale
for years and I supported
him from the beginning."
Snow showers Thursday provided areas of beautiful white scenery throughout the area, such
as this scene of the old walking bridge crossing the Big Sandy River at Ball Alley Curve In
Prestonsburg.
by ALEX SMITH
•
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Hall says she
was booted
due to politics
STAFF WRITER
BOWLING GREEN Surrounded by some 250
cheering hometown supporters, House Speaker
Jody Richards announced
Wednesday that he would
seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
"The foundation of our
campaign will be honesty
and integrity," Richards
said. "The most effective
leaders are those who let
moral and ethical values
be their guide."
Richards, accompanied
ffJ his running mate, former Secretary of State
John Y. Brown Ill,
promised to cut "fat and
waste" from state government, to make improving
education a priority and to
create more high-paying
jobs. He said he also
wants to provide prescriwtlon drug benefits to senior
citizens and he wants to
improve state services for
veterans, in part by creating a cabinet level position
to oversee veterans'
affairs.
11t1 Richards and Brown
planned to visit four other
western Kentucky towns
Wednesday before travel
the source of these drugs," Stumbo said. "It's
something we'll not be able to alleviate
overnight."
Officials would not immediately comment on
what kind of drugs had been recovered, saying
they had found a wide variety of prescription
pills and other illegal substances.
As of noon Thursday, seven people had been
arrested, with Pike County Sheriff Charles
Keesee saying the rest would be picked up later
in the day or the next few days. He said he is
grateful that Stumbo has followed through on his
PRESTONSBURG - For
people who have bills to pay
but cannot wait until their next
paycheck to pay them, taking
out a payday loan with a check
cashing service may seem like
a good idea.
Commercials for the service
are on television all the time,
and if you scout the landscape
while driving through almost
any city street, you will notice
their large signs with bold typeface seemingly screaming for
your attention, with slogans
such as "Get $200 today, Pay
$202 later."
But many experts say these
businesses are not the quick
solution they appear to be,
maintaining that by taking out
one of these loans, people are
simply burying themselves
deeper in debt.
Kathy Moats, director of
Eastern Kentucky University
Small Business Development
Center, says payday loans may
provide a short-term fix for
people in a bind, but overall
they encourage dependence on
quick-fix loans that may eventually prove costly.
"In the long run, I think
these types of loans are hurtful
to people. What people need
arc tools to assist them to budget and manage their finances,"
Moats said.
She says her support for
Hale is what eventually led
to her being "booted" from
her position.
Hall has been serving as
a commissioner with the
water district for over 30
years and in the beginning
commissioners did not
receive monetary support
for their work. Currently,
cornmlSSlOners
receive
$500 a month, which Hall
says she has always gave
back to the community by
helping people get their
medications or other things
they might need.
"There didn't used to be
commissioner fees," Hall
said. "I took my $500 a
month and helped people
with it."
Hall was recognized for
her accomplishments a couple of months ago when
Route 979 in Mud Creek
was renamed the Eula Hall
Highway. Several other
(See HALL, page two)
Martin looks at
A payday loan is a service
provided by check cashing
companies that loan people the
money they need until they
receive their next paycheck.
The procedure is quick and
simple; the borrower writes a
personal check made out to the
lender for the amount of money
they need, plus a fee charged by
the lender. The lender then
gives the borrower the
"advance" they need and a payback date is stipulated, usually
two to four weeks, depending
on when the borrower receives
their next paycheck. The lender
cashes the check on the date
agreed upon, but if the borrow-
new garbage hauler
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
MARTIN - Residents
of Martin may soon see a
change in their garbage
bills if the city council
chooses to switch its service to a private sanitation
business.
The owner of D & J
Sanitation was present at
Tuesday's Martin City
Council meeting to propose
that his company take over
(See LOANS, page two)
garbage removal in the city.
D&J Sanitation is a privately owned business which
serves larger cities such as
Coal Run in Pike County.
If D&J took over
garbage removal in Martin,
residents would likely see a
decrease in their monthly
bills, as would the city of
Martin. D&J Sanitation,
unlike Waste Management,
will also pick up large items
(See MARTIN, page two)
Suit over fatal coal truck wreck settled
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
INEZ - A $20 million civil action
filed in the March 2004 death of Rev.
Lonny Preece in a car accident with a
coal truck on Route 40 was settled Jan.
19.
An agreed order of dismissal was
entered in Martin Circuit Court by both
sides, effectively ending the case. The
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terms of the agreement were undisclosed.
"Confidentiality was a condition of
the agreement," said John Kirk, a
Paintsville attorney who handled the
case for the estate through his wife,
Doris Preece. "I' II just say that the
right and just things were done, the
legal aspects of this tragedy [are] over,
and the Preece family has been spared
the ordeal of reliving the accident at a
trial."
Preece was killed on a Monday
morning in March 2004 on Route 40
near Sheldon Clark High School while
he was on his way to work. Police
reports of the accident and the cornplaint filed on behalf of his estate
charged that the accident was caused
when the driver of the coal truck,
Charles Wiley, was unable to avoid
crashing into Preece's pickup truck that
morning because his truck had been
overloaded. In a court deposition,
Wiley testified he could not stop the
truck "because it was overloaded."
The coal truck was weighed by
Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement officers and cited for weighing 150,150
pounds, which was nearly three times
the approved weight of 62,000 pounds
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promise to help investigate drug
dealers in Eastern Kentucky.
"As a result, today there
will be probably be 20 drug
dealers taken off the streets,"
Keesee said.
In a press conference held
at the Pike County Hall of
Justice, Stumbo said some of
the arrests were made by using
the KASPER (Kentucky All
Schedule
Prescription
Electronic Reporting) System,
which is used by law enforcement to track controlled substance prescriptions in the
state. Stumbo said the system
has worked well to slow the
number of dealers able to sell
prescription pills by obtaining
multiple prescriptions from
several doctors statewide.
Even while praising the program, Stumbo pointed out that
if other states do not have a
similar program, dealers can
either drive to another state to
obtain pills or can order them
online through what he called
"rogue pharmacies."
"Most online pharmacies
are legit, but some are just pill
factories,"
Stumbo said.
"Sometimes all you need to do
is call a number, say your back
hurts, give your credit card
number, and they ask you how
many pills you need."
Stumbo said his Internet
Pharmacy Task Force has
made several inquiries into the
legitimacy of some online
pharmacies, including a few
instances in which boxes of
pills were delivered to his
office in Frankfort. He shook
his head and said it is sad this
is possible, but said he soon
hopes more stringent legislation will be in place nationally
to force these companies to
either comply with the Jaw or
Martin
• Continued from p1
such as refrigerators on a regular basis. The owner of the
company says if it will fit on
his truck, he' 11 take it to the
dump with no extra charge.
Mayor
Thomasine
Robinson seemed to be very
interested in the proposal and
agreed that she would discuss
the issue with Floyd County
Judge-Executive
R.D.
Marshall.
A representative with the
Army Corps of Engineers was
also present at the meeting to
update the council on the
progress of the redevelopment
project. The council was
informed that construction
crews still had six concrete
panels to complete on the current section they are working
on, completing approximately
one every 30 days. The Corps
also gave an estimated contract completion date to be
reached in August. The wall
currently under construction is
expected to be completed in
April.
close shop. He added that the
pharmacies that delivered the
illegal shipments of prescription pills to his office were
quickly shut down.
"In all my years, I've never
seen such a problem," Keesee
said. "These drugs not only
destroy our young people, it
kills our young people and is
hurting our coal industry. We
are having problems finding
people to hire."
Stumbo said his office will
continue to turn up the heat on
anyone who sells drugs in
Kentucky. He said the problem
is an immense one that has
touched the lives of nearly
every family in the state,
including his own.
"I tell people that if your
family has not been affected,
you should go home and get
down on your knees and thank
God," Stumbo said.
Hall
• Continued from p1
community leaders were present to congratulate her and
wish her well.
"I have never been so proud
to know someone who has
moved more mountains than a
coal company", said then-state
Rep. Chuck Meade, recalling
all of the accomplishments that
Hall had made over the years.
Hall says she tried to contact Marshall before last
week's fiscal court meeting
when the decision was made to
let him know that she still
wanted to work as a commissioner, but he did not return
her calls. Hall's term as commissioner expired over one
year ago, but she was not reinstated.
Marshall says his reasoning
for not reappointing Hall was
not political.
"I just wanted to move in a
new direction," Marshall said.
"It's not a political endeavor
on my part."
Marshall went on to say
Hall's
replacement,
that
Scarlet Stumbo, and the other
newly-appointed commissioners were people he'd had in
mind for a while.
"Her term had already
expired and another appointment had never been made,"
Marshall said.
Although Marshall says he
has always had and still has
the utmost respect for Hall,
Hall says she is truly hurt by
the decision.
"It really hurt me," said
Hall. "I worked so hard."
Although her official duties
of commissioner have been
discontinued, Hall says she
intends on continuing to help
the citizens in the area.
"I've got a mind of mr,
own," says Hall.
Richards
Settled
• Continued from p1
• Continued from p1
on the road.
Also named in he suit was
Appalachian Fuels, New River
Energy Resources and Robert
Hall Trucking. Individual lawsuits against Appalachian
Fuels and New River had previously been settled. Terms of
those settlements were not
released.
According to depositions,
the estate of Preece alleged
that the truck had been hired
by New River Resources to
haul coal from Appalachian
Fuel's Sidney mine to
Catlettsburg and they were
participating in a scheme to
place the overloaded truck on
the road.
The charges were contested
by both Appalachian and New
River, with both companies
saying they had no control
over which road the driver
traveled while delivering the
coal.
ing to Frankfort on Thursday
to file candidacy papers with
the secretary of state's office.
Richards is the state's
longest serving House speaker,
having served in the position
for 12 years.
He
lost
the
2003
Democratic primary for governor to now-U.S. Rep. Ben
Chandler.
Richards' announcement
came one day after former Lt.
Gov. Steve Henry entered the
race. Henry, a Louisville
orthopedic
surgeon who
served as the state's second in
command from 1995 to 2003
under former Gov. Paul
Patton, chose Fayette County
Property
Valuation
Administrator Renee True as
his running mate.
Other Democrats who have
announced their candidacies in
the May 22 gubernatorial primary are state Treasurer
Jonathan Miller, former Lt.
Gov. Steve Beshear, Lexington
lawyer Gatewood Galbraith
and Harlan County demolition
contractor Otis Hensley Jr.
Loans
• Continued from p1
er is unable to repay on time,
an additional fee is tacked on
or interest begins to build. This
is where the problem begins; if
the borrower cannot pay th&
money owed, they often take
out a second loan to pay off the
first, which can quickly compound and lead to soaring
debt.
Under current Kentucky
law, borrowers can take out
two $500 loans per lending
institution, wtth a 14-day
annual percentage rating cap
set at 459 percent. But with
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than five located in Floyd
County, the service is widely
available and people can easily find other locations to take
out more loans. The chance
that someone will secure additional loans increases for each
loan a borrower takes out that
goes into default, as evidenced
by the more than 50 small
claims and civil suits filed last
year in Floyd County by cash
advance businesses to recover
money lent out.
At Cash Express LLC in
Prestonsburg, the process of
applying for a loan is similar
to that at most payday loan
establishments; a person must
show proof of a current bank
account, pay stub, valid identification and a proof of residence. The borrower produces
these items and signs a contract stating they understand
the Truth in Lending Act and
agree to repay the loan in the
agreed upon time, which in the
case of Cash Express is two to
four weeks. The entire process
takes less than ten minutes,
depending on how prepared
the borrower is.
Garry McNabb, the owner
of
Cash
Express
in
Prestonsburg, said the business is a necessity these days
because it allows people to get
small short-term loans which
they would be unable to procure through a bank for a variety of reasons, including having no collateral, bad credit or
the bank simply doesn't generate such small loans. McNabb
said his business, which does
not compound interest for late
payment and charges $25 to
$30 for each check cashed, is a
cheap alternative for people
who may otherwise write four
or five checks that bounce and
end of paying a penalty equal
to the single loan fee on each
individual check.
"It's (our service) a good
thing and, truthfully, we serve
those who cannot get their
check cashed somewhere
else," McNabb said. "It's sad
for people today because of all
the government restrictions on
loans."
McNabb said that a small
portion of his customers
default on their loans and are
taken to court, and said there
are very few people who take
out multiple loans a year
through his business. But this
runs counter to a report
released by the Center for
Lending
in
Responsible
November, which found that
payday lenders collected nearly 90 percent of their revenue
in 2005 from borrowers who
could not pay on time, which
were the same results the
group has reported every year
since 2003. The report also
stated that the average borrower eventually pays $793 on a
$325 loan.
In the 2003 report they concluded that only 1 percent of
all payday borrowers take out
one loan a year and pay it back
on time; 91 percent of payday
borrowers take out five or
more loans a year. In many
cases, people who fail to pay
on time take out additional
loans to pay off the previous
loans. In most states, annual
interest rates on loans are
capped at 36 percent, while
payday loans rates remain
under separate legislation and
average between 390 and 780
percent annually.
In a forthcoming report set
to be released later this year,
Donald P. Morgan, a research
officer for the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, and
Samuel G. Hanson, a Harvard
graduate student, report that
contrary to what many reports
say about the business, payday
loans are not predatory and
may actually help get people
out of debt in the long run. The
report notes that payday loan
fees and interest rates are
lower in cities that have multiple loan stores, which they
conclude is a sign that competition helps limit the amount
being charged.
The payday loan business
arose in the mid-1990s in
response to a number of problems people faced, including
rising bounced check and
overdraft fees and higher fees
on late bill payments. The
Community
Financial
Services
Association
of
America estimates there was a
rise in payday advance loan
firms from 10,000 in 2000 to
more than 22,000 in 2004. The
purpose is to provide money
for people who have no place
to turn, and as the service is
needed, people will line up to
provide it.
"We basically loan money
to people who cannot get a
loan at a bank for whatever
reason, and it's a good thing,"
McNabb said.
Lloyd Ronald
Blackburn
Lloyd Ronald Blackburn,
81, of Little Paint, East Point,
departed this life on January
23, 2007, at his residence, surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born in
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son of Joe and
Sola
Osborne
Blackburn.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and one sister,
Constance Blackburn.
Lloyd owned and operated
the Four Sisters
Meat
Wholesale for 30 years before
retiring in 1987. He proudly
served in the U.S. Marine
Corps as a member of the
Marines Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Division, 1st
Battalion, during WWII, and
participated in action against
the enemy at Okinawa, and in
the occupation of China.
He is survived by his loving
wife of 60 years, Loretta
Burchett Blackburn; and four
daughters: LaDonna Miller
(David) and Beverly Jo
Blackburn, both of Little
Paint, Sheryl Jurich (Roger) of
Richmond, and Connie Miller
(Mark) of Prestonsburg.
He also leaves behind 10
grandchildren:
Kimberly
Jurich Jeansonne, Michael
Lloyd Lyons, David Todd
Miller, Elizabeth Lyons Ellis,
Jody Burton Shepherd, Dara
Jurich Stepp, Kate Miller
Shutts, Tara Miller Elliott,
Mark Joseph Miller, and
Stephen Nicholas Jurich; and
12 great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted
Thursday, January 25, at 11
a.m., in the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev. Bob
Coppings officiating.
Visitation began Wednesday, January 24, at 5 p.m., and
interment was made in the Joe
Blackburn Cemetery, at Little
Paint, under the direction of
Carter
Funeral
Home,
Prestonsburg.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the
Markey
Cancer
Center
Foundation, 800 Rose Street,
CC160, Lexington, Ky. 40536.
Grandsons and grandsonsin-law served as pallbearers.
Military graveside services
were conducted by the Big
Sandy Chapter No. 18 DAV.
The family has entrusted
arrangements to the Carter
Funeral Home.
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Frederick Allen
James
Frederick Allen James was
born August 14, 1927, the
third child of Ballard and
Ginevra Williams James of
Prestonsburg. One older brother, Billie James, died in his
infancy. One older
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Upon graduation ~· . ' ~:· ··
from
Prestonsburg High
School, Fred attended the
University of Kentucky and
Morehead State University. He
eventually volunteered for service in the United States Navy,
where he served his country
during WW II, stationed on the
aircraft
carrier
USS
Shangraliah.
After the war, he returned to
Prestonsburg, and began his
career with Southern Bell
Telephone, where he retired
after 33 years of service.
He married Ruth Hall, and
began his family in 1949, in
Prestonsburg.
He served in numerous cornoM
munity programs.
While a member of the First •
Presbyterian
Church
of
Prestonsburg, he was a deacon,
and a beloved youth leader. He
was a member of Zebulon
Masonic Lodge where his
father had served previously;
his mother having served as
worthy matron of the Eastern
Star. He was President of the
Communication Workers of
America. He was a member of
the Floyd County Rescue
Squad, a leader of Boy Scout
Troop No. 21, and a little
league football coach, a member of the Bell South Pioneers,
and also a member of the
James Younger Gang Society.
He married Sue Milam in
1972,
and
resided
in
Prestonsburg, continuing his
career with Southern Bell.
He married Joy Leatrice
Jones in 1980.
He became a member of the
Floyd County and the Big
Sandy
Historical
and •
Genealogy Societies in his
later years.
He is survived by four children: Freddy Allen James II, of
Prestonsburg, Mary Ann
James and Emily Abbott
James Anderson, both of
Frankfort,
and
William
Matthew James of Virgie; and
two
stepchildren:
Peggy
Turner of Salt Lake, City,
Utah, and Brent McCormick
of Inez; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Frederick passed away,
January 18, 2007.
Funeral services were held at ·
1 p.m., Saturday, January 20,
at Carter Funeral Home
Chapel, with Rev. Vicki Poole,
Phillip Haywood, and Allen
James, officiating.
Military services were conducted by Big Sandy Chapter
No. 18 DAV.
Contributions are requested
to the Floyd County Historical
and Genealogy Society, 113 S.
Central Ave., Prestonsburg,
Ky. 41653.
Pallbearers: Johnny Heinze,
Earl Castle, Shorty Copley,
Jimmy
Larry
Lyons,
Blackburn, Charlie Tackett,
Bill Callihan, Jimmy Goble,
Brent McCormick, David fl)
Games, Danny Hamilton,
Allen James, and Brett James.
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Shepherd
Ronald Ray Shepherd, 52,
of Hippo, died Tuesday,
January 23, 2007, at his residence.
Born May 16, 1954, in
Paintsville, he was the son of•
Josceaylen Rowland Shepherd, and the late William H.
Shepherd. He was a disabled
coal miner.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by a brother and
sister-in-law: James L. and
Bessie Shepherd of Prestonsburg; two nephews: Thomas J.
Shepherd and Paul Sizemore;
and several aunts and uncles.
In addition to his father, he
was preceded in death by a
nephew, Michael L. Shepherd.
Funeral services will be held~
Friday, January 26, at I p.m.,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin, with Ronald
Spriggs and Isaac Rowland
officiating.
Burial will be in the Ashland •
Shepherd Cemetery, in David, •
under the direction of Nelson- •
Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral •
home.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
For the Record
Marriage Licenses
Lenora Sue Slone, 38, of
Hueywille, to Phillip Martin
Jr., 41, of Hueysville.
Margie A. Kendrick, 52. of
Prestonsburg, to Daniel L.
Samons, 54, of Banner.
Amanda Dawn Harrington,
24, of Wheelwright, to Dustin
Kenneth
Hall,
26,
of
Weeksbury.
Samantha FalTah Creech,
20. of Prestonsburg, to Ronnie
Adam Ash, 23, of Inez.
Civil Suits Filed
ARH McDowell Hospital
vs. David D. Dawson; to collect debt
ARH McDowell Ho..,pital
vs. Charley Bartley; to collect
ebt
Atlantic Credit & Finance,
Inc. vs. Peggy Stephens; to
collect debt
NCO
Portfolio
Management, LLC vs. Janet
Estep; to collect debt
ARH Williamson Hospital
vs. Jimmy and Jennifer
Adkins; to collect debt
ARH McDowell Hospital
vs. Robert Fraley; to collect
debt
Portfolio
Recovery
Associates, LLC vs. April L.
Gayheart; to collect debt
• ) Capital One Bank vs.
Michael Fraley; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Judy
Collins; to collect debt
Housing Authority
of
Martin vs. Tina Huff: breach
of lease
Housing Authority
of
Martin vs. Margaret Akers;
breach of lease
Housing Authority
of
Martin vs. Jennifer Bryant;
breach of lease
MTGLQ Investors, L.P. vs.
Regina Jervis; to collect debt
First Financial Credit, Inc.
vs. Kenny and Rcnca Greer; to
,fOllect debt
., Jeffery Owens vs. Tracey
Owens; order to transfer
Joshua D. Carroll vs.
Sharlonda Lynn Carroll; dissolution of marriage
Atlantic Credit & Finance
Inc. vs. Mary A. Patton; to collect-tlebt •
·cC1ndy •M. Murphy vs. John
C. MUrpfty~ petition for health
care insurance
Ronda Caudill vs. Felicia
Jenkins; petition for health
care insurance
Amanda G . Hall vs. Regina
L. Hall; petition for child suport and healthcare insurance
Nancy F. Collins vs. Roy
Collins; petition for child support and health care insurance
Kayla Elliot vs. Joshua
McCray; petition for child
support and health care insurance
Hassel B. Howard vs. Mary
J. Mullins; petition for health
care insurance
Katherine N. Howell vs.
Benjamin R. Hoge: petition
for health care insurance
Beneficial Kentucky, Inc.
vs. Mary Moore, Bobby
~oore, Gregory D. Stumbo
and Paul H. Thompson ; complaint with reformation of
mortgage
Barry W. Tackett vs.
Michelle I. Tackett; dissolution of marriage
Sandy Valley Financial
Services, Inc. vs. Allee Pack;
to collect debt
Small Claims Filings
Eric C. Conn vs. Lori D .
Fields; to collect debt
Randy Allen vs. Allyson
Conley; to collect debt
Housing Authority
of
~artin vs. Tina Huff; to collect
debt
Housing Authority
of
b
Martin vs. Margaret Akers; to
collect debt
Housing Authority
of
Martin vs. Jennifer A. Bryant
to collect debt
Charges Filed
Kenneth Spriggs, 25; thirddegree burglary
Deborah Ann Armstrong,
26, receiving stolen property
under $300, theft by unlawful
taking/shoplifting over $300
Dawn Slone, 28; receiving
stolen property under $300,
theft
by
unlawful
taking/shoplifting over $300
Inspections
Bob's
Catering,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Cloths
used for wiping spills on food
contact surfaces being used for
other purposes, improper storage of single service atticles.
Score: 98
McDowell
Appalachtan
Regional Hospital, McDowell,
regular tnspcctton. Violations
noted: Cloths used for wiping
spills on food contact surfaces
being used for other purposes,
employees personal items not
stored properly. Score: 98
The
Perfect
Setting,
McDowell, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, lack of effective hair
restraints, cloths used for food
and non food contact surfaces
not stored and rinsed frequently in water sanitizing ~olution,
improper storage of single service articles, garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required, employees personal items not stored properly. Score: 93
Creekside Mobile Home
Park, McDowell, regular
inspection. Violations noted:
Mobile home lots not systematically numbered, several lots
have accumulation of debris.
Score: 96
Champs Country Cookin'.
McDowell, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
numer\cally scaled thermome-,,
ter for checking cooking and
holding temperature of potentially hazardous food, lack of
effective hair restraints, cloths
used for food and non food
contact surfaces not stored or
rinsed frequently in water ~an
itizing solution, cloths used for
wiping spills on food contact
surfaces being used for other
purposes, all plumbing not
maintained according to law,
lighting not provided as
required, light fixtures not
shielded as required. Score: 95
McDowell Stop & Shop,
McDowell, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freeLing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, lack of numerically
scaled thermometer for checking cooking and holding temperature of potentially hazardous food, lack of effective
hair restraints, cloths used for
food and non food contact surfaces not stored and rinsed frequently in water saniti1.ing
solution, toilet room doors not
self closing, attached equipment on walls and ceiling not
constructed properly or in
good repair, light fixtures not
shielded as required. Score:
Food, 94, Retail, 95.
Dwale Mobile Home Park,
Dwale, regular inspection. No
violations noted. Score: 100
Yates Mobile Home Park,
Right Fork of Bull Creek, regular inspection. Violations
noted: Mobile home lot siLes
not of compliance standards,
park lightmg docs not meet
compliance standards. Score:
96
Double Kwik, Allen regular inspection. Violations
noted: Potentially hazardous
food not maintained at 140
degrees fahrenheit or higher at
all times during necessary
periods of preparation and service, lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazhrdous foods,
food not protected during -;ervice, cloths used for wiping
'>pills on food contact surfaces
being used for other purposes,
attached equipment on walls
and ceiling not in good repair.
Score: Food, 90, Retail, 98.
Riverview
Healthcare,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Food
contact surfaces not properly
maintamed,
device
not
installed to prevent back flow
of back siphonage. S<.:ore: 93
Injured
By A Careless Driver?
Wendy's,
Prestonsburg,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Potcnttally hazardous
food not maintained at 140
degrees fahrenheit or higher at
all times except during necessary periods or rrcparation and
service, food not protected
during storage, non food contact surfaces not properly
maintained. Score: 92
Dairy Queen, Martin, regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refngeration
and freezing unit.., storing
potentially hazardous foods,
non food contact surface<> not
properly maintained, cloths
U<>ed for wiping ..,pills on food
contact surfaces betng used for
other purposes, non food contact surface of equipment and
uteno;;ils not clean, employees
personal items not stored properly. Score: 95
Exxon, Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of a<.:curate ther-
mometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units <;toring
potentially hazardous foods,
food not protected during storage, lack of effective hair
restraints, operators not providmg chemical lest kits where
chemical sanitization methods
are employed, cloths u~;cd for
wiping spills on food contact
surfaces being used for other
purposes. Score: Food, 97,
Retail, 97
Peking Chinese buffet,
Prestonsburg. regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, in use ice dispensing
utensil not properly stored,
chlorine sanitizer concentration level for mechanical
chemical sanitizmg of uteno;;ils
and equipment less than 50
ppm, cloths used for w1ping
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Editorial roundup
Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., on Consumer Reports recalling
a report on child safety seats:
Who on earth can we trust if not Consumer Reports?
Nonetheless, it appears the magazine, known for its objective
consumer advocacy and product testing, has unnecessarily
alarmed parents and grandparents in its February issue.
The magazine reported 10 out of 12 child safety seats failed
"disastrously" in tests that simulated 38-mph side crashes. Some
seats twisted off their bases. One threw the test dummy 30 feet.
It is now believed, however, that the conditions actually simulated 70-mph crashes. Oops.
It was the National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration, looking at its own data, that got the magazine
to recheck its data. Consumer Reports is redoing its study.
Most often, Consumer Reports provides a meaningful service
to consumers, ferreting out the worthiness of a product regardless of how powerful the manufacturer might be. Normally,
consumers would be more likely to trust Consumer Reports
than the federal government. But, the magazine says, this time
the feds were right.
An important point that the magazine and the NHTSA each
make is that at any speed there is a risk of tragic consequences
for any child who is not secured in a properly installed car safety restraint.
The Dallas Morning News, on the drug war:
When a Peruvian federal judge was gunned down as he
lunched with a nephew near his office last summer, his murder
was a big wake-up call about the power of Mexican drug cartels. Federal Judge Heman Satumo Vergara probably would be
alive today if he had not been on a major case against alleged
members of the Tijuana cartel, one of the five Mexican cartels
believed to be bankrolling state-of-the-art cocaine processing
labs in Peru.
Closer to home, the Tijuana and Gulf cartels are behind the
escalating violence along the border, especially in south Texas,
the leading port for cocaine.
That's why a group of Texas lawmakers all from border districts has filed a bill in the House seeking $850 million for federal aid to Mexico over five years. That may sound like a lot of
money, but not when you consider that, for last year alone,
Colombia received $561 million in U.S. dollars to combat narcotics cultivation and trafficking. Peru got another $146 million.
Mexico, our neighbor and trading partner, received only $69
million.
Now that Mexican cartels are the dominant drug-trafficking
organizations in the hemisphere, Washington must look for
ways to stop these vicious empires from spreading. Already
Mexican cartels are blamed for drug-related murders in north
Texas. And despite recent federal deployments of military and
police officials to Mexican border states, the violence continues
to spread across the Rio Grande.
The aid bill introduced by Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo also
calls for greater cooperation between U.S. and Mexico law
enforcement agencies, especially when it comes to finding missing Americans. Included in the bill are plans to upgrade law
enforcement technology and train judges and prosecutors handling drug-related cases, hopefully strengthening Mexico's judicial branch.
Some of the money would go to creating anti-corruption programs and for economic and social development, such as microlending and trade-capacity building, to address the chronic
poverty that feeds the success of the drug wars.
These resources could give authorities in both countries the
needed boost to build a solid partnership to whack away at the
far-reaching tentacles of the drug cartels.
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Bush's doublethink
by SHELDON RICHMAN
The most peculiar passage in
President Bush's much-dissected
"surge" speech was this: "I have
made it clear to the prime minister
[Nouri al-Maliki] and Iraq's other
leaders that America's commitment is
not open-ended. If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its
promises., it will lose the support of1
the American people.",
What could the president have
meant by that? On one level it's a
waste of time to even ask the question. Bush says what he needs to say
in order to justify whatever it is he
wants to do. The standard isn't truth
and logic but appearance. How will it
look to the American people and, presumably, historians far in the future'1
But on another level it profits us to
examine his words, for they measure
how deeply this administration insults
the intelligence of the American people. Judging by the polls, they aren't
falli ng for it.
"America's commitment is not
open-ended." No? So may we assume
that if al-Maliki and his government
don't fulfill certain conditions. Bush
is ready to withdraw American forces
and bring them home? That's the
implication - except he can't really
mean that. He has spent too much
time lecturing us that Iraq is the central font in his "war on terror,'' "the
Column
decisive ideological struggle of our
time," and that failure would be catastrophic for America.
If that's all true, how could he pull
out simply because the Iraqi government isn't making nice with the
Sunnis? (How could al-Maliki do it
anyway? His brutal patron Muqtada
al-Sadr wouldn't stand for it.)
And don't you think al-Maliki
knows Bush can't withdraw? He
hears Bush's speeches. too, and he's
no dummy. So in fact he has Bush
over a barrel.
.So which is it? Is Iraq a place the
' United States can't afford to leave?
Or is leaving a threat credible enough
to force al-Maliki to shape up?
There's a third possibility: Bush may
practice Orwellian doublethink, the
ability to hold two contradictory ideas
at once, never letting himself see that
both can't be true.
As for losing the support of the
American people, Frank Rich of the
New York Times had it right: "Since
that support vanished long ago, it's
hard to imagine an emptier threat or a
. more naked confession of American
impotence, all the more pathetic in a
speech rattling sabers against Syria
and Iran."
Perhaps I've misinterpreted Bush
and that it's not withdrawal that he's
threatening al-Maliki with. Perhaps
he's threatening something else:
regime change. That's actually the
only Plan B consistent with Bush's
apocalyptic line. Al -Maliki might
want to watch his back - and read a
biography of Ngo Dinh Diem, the
assassinated first president of the
Republic of Vietnam.
Does anything the administration
says add up? "Surge" may be the
word du jour, but what Bush intends
is not a surge, just a plain old phasedin increase in troops. A small one at
that, considering what the neoconservative hawks think is needed for victory. It all has the feel of a face-savingf
operation designed to kick the can up
the road until January 20, 2009.
And notice the lack of talk about
democracy. It has fallen into the
memory hole. When Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice went to
Egypt the other day she didn't mention democracy or the rule of law. As
the New York Times reported, "lt was
clear that the United States - facing
chaos in Iraq, rising Iranian influence
and
the destabilizing
IsraeliPalestinian conflict - had decided
that stability, not democracy, was its
priority, Egyptian political commentators, political aides and huma')
rights advocates said." The Egyptian
strongman, Hosni Mubarak, can do
stability. Maybe he's available for service in Iraq.
Then there's Iran and Bush's open
threats. Did he really not know that
taking out the barrier to Iran's expansion would pave the way for its
regional hegemony? Does anyone
think a move or two ahead in that
administration?
::JO:J
Sheldon Richman is senior fello~·
at The
Future
of Freedom
Foundation, author of TethererJ....
Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfar-r
State, and editor of The Freeman
magazine.
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• STRAND TWIN
'Naked Brothers Band': Real-life kids play
themselves (and their songs) in Nick's new comedy
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by FRAZIER MOORE
AP TELEVISION WAITER
NEW YORK - If you should come
within earshot of a TV being commandeered by youngsters, prepare yourself:
Certain pop-music memes could soon be
lodging in your brain.
Hear bubblegum riffs like "Cra-ya-yazee car." Like, "Chatler, chatter, chatter,
chatterbox!" Like, "If that's not love, then
what is? If that's not music, then what is?"
If that's not infectious, then what is?
Nickelodeon's "The Naked Brothers Band
Movie," premiering Saturday at 8 p.m.
EST, dispenses comedy laced with alltoo-catchy rock'n'roll. Then the following
week it will spin off a half-hour series.
Consider yourself warned. (Thanks to
Nickelodeon's promotional assault, it's a
cinch all kids are on high alert.)
"The Naked Brothers Band Movie" is a
arody of tuneful tweeners poised to conquer the world. In its fancifully conceived, child-centric version of New York,
kids enjoy equal footing with adults and young and old agree the Naked
Brothers Band is the greatest (even Uma
Thurman, in one of the film's many
cameos). The mockumentary-style action
blends "This is Spinal Tap" with "Our
Gang," all by way of "A Hard Day's
Night."
And one more thing: It's based on an
element of truth.
The Naked Brothers Band - which,
by the way, is fully clad - is fronted by
.,11-year-old keyboardist-lead singer Nat
Wolff, with his 8-year-old brother Alex on
drums. Nat really did form a band back in
preschool. And he really writes the songs.
Now, by virtue of his and Alex's
by TOM DOTY
TiMES COLUMNIST
A hefty number of releases
this week includes one action
';classic of the 1970s, the latest
installment in a popular franchise and an actioner with a
little heart.
•
"The Guardian" Ashton Kutcher and Kevin
Costner
team
for
this
action/drama which traces the
training of a new batch of
, Coast Guard recruits. Kutcher
is a young cadet who lacks
direction but doesn' t let that
stop him from having an
excess of confidence, while
Costner appears as a veteran
rescuer who is still tortured by
ltla disastrous mission that
claimed his whole crew. The
two clash at first, but you all
know where this headed.
• "Saw III" - A devious
serial killer who designs
clever, and appropriate, traps
for his victims returns in this
third outing alongside his new-
wherewithal (and that of their mom,
actress-turned-filmmaker Polly Draper)
they are starring as themselves on TV.
Even though this is a family affair,
Draper (best known from the drama "thirtysomething" long before Nat and Alex
were born) isn't playing their mom. She's
too busy behind the camera with writing,
producing and directing chores. Onscreen, Nat and Alex are motherless.
But their dad, Michael Wolff (an
acclaimed jazz musician who led the
house band of the late-night "Arsenio Hall
Show"), plays the dad - albeit clownishly larger than life.
Meanwhile, most of the Naked band
mates use their real names, including
David (Levi) and Thomas (Batuello), who
were members with Nat and Alex way
back when.
A personal note on the show's alignment with reality: Thomas, who plays
cello, is a friend of my son from their toddler days. Thanks to this fortuitous connection, I was present for an early performance by the group at the Manhattan flat
where Nat and Alex live - video from
which is seen as "archival footage" in
"The Naked Brothers Band Movie."
The movie, whose filming consumed
most of summer vacation two years ago,
begins with a grievance.
"It was a big pain in the patootie making it!" declares Alex, then 6. "The cameras were always following us around,
and we never got any privacy for the
whole summer!"
"Big pain"? Sure, that's what the script
said. But the kids had a blast, which is
obvious on the screen.
In the best "Behind the Music" tradition, the film chronicles the band's origi.p.
and evolution. Its struggles on the road
found assistant. Once again
the pair design killer scenarios
for people who don't appreciate the gift of life. This one
observes the rules of sequels
that were laid out in "Scream
2" and, thus, ups the body
count as well as the gore factor. Tobin Bell and Shawnee
Smith return as the killer and
his protege and there is also an
appearance from their nemesis
in the last film, a hardened cop
played by Donnie Wahlberg.
All in all, this is a tense timewaster, though it lacks the
moral underling which propelled the first sequel.
•
"The
Invincible
Ironman" - If you can't wait
for the live action Ironman,
due next year, then you are
sure to enjoy this animated
effort from Marvel Films.
Here the armored avenger's
origin is revealed and they
introduce the super villain
Mandarin. Good stuff from the
folks who produced both
"Avengers" films for the same
Grand
and in the studio. The show-biz excesses:
Alex (who serves as a rascally, do-ragsporting counterpoint to the sensitive,
soulful Nat) battles substance abuse in the
form of lemon-lime soda before successfully completing soda-holic rehab.
And there's a feud that threatens to tear
the group apart: Nat is sweet on a girl
named Rosalina. Other members argue
that boys rule and girls drool.
By the film's conclusion, the band is
reunited - with Rosalina a new recruit,
breaking the Naked Brothers' gender barrier.
But hold on: How did that name come
about? Alex explains, "We were naked at
the time" (cut to a home video of him and
Nat as moppets clowning in their boxers)
and Nat points out, "We're brothers!"
Throughout the film, the band must
deal with adoration unmatched since the
age of Beatlemania. And not just from kid
fans.
Uma Thurman wants Nat's autograph.
Julianne Moore wants Nat to help her
understand the deeper meaning of his
song, "Crazy Car."
Draper even pops up with "thirtysomething" co-stars Peter Horton, Melanie
Mayron, Mel Harris, Patricia Wettig and
Timothy Busfield as well as Ken Olin,
who reflects how "over the years, we'd all
drifted apart." But that was before their
mutual love for the band "just brought us
all together."
The cast and crew of "Naked Brothers
Band" were brought back together last
summer to shoot the series' first season.
One episode will find Nat, hoarse from
laryngitis, fearful that his voice problems
indicate puberty and, with it, the end of
video line.
• "Sherrybaby" - Maggie
Gyllenhaal gives a take-noprisoners performance in this
downbeat tale of a woman trying to reconnect with her
daughter after a three-year
prison term. There isn't one
wasted inch of film in this
stark saga, which charts the
parolee's struggle with addiction and the dangers of reconnecting with the people who
helped get you in trouble in the
first place. Hard to watch, but
we mean that as a compliment.
• "The Yakuza" - An
excellent thriller from the
1970s finally surfaces on DVD
with the release of this neonoir from acclaimed director
Sidney
Pollack.
Robert
Mitchum stars as a shady
detective who helps a buddy
out by traveling to Japan to
rescue the man's daughter
from the Japanese mafia (see
title) who have kidnapped her
after dad welshed on a shipment of guns. Great stuff here
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"Do they really exist?" Well, if you have been to BLHS you have seen some. The Art II and
Ill classes have answered this question with their imagination and art skill to create new and
exciting possibilities. While studying the art element Form and using a three-dimensional
medium, they have created alien life and exciting masks that represent many stories.
Masks created by the Art II and Ill students at Betsy Layne High School.
BLHS students explore 'appearances'
Students of Mr. Shannon Shepherd's Art II and Ill classes at Betsy Layne High School studied artistic form by creating three dimensional paper-mache masks and/or sculptures. When
asked about the goal of the unit, Mr. Shepherd simply commented, "We all wear masks,"
implying that the unit explored more than just artistic form, but also how our outward
appearances sometimes "mask" our inner person.
Real entertainment!
Osborne Elementary's primary students entertained their audience, consisting of fellow students and parents, with a variety of theme's during their 2006 Christmas play. They began
with a very heartfelt tribute to our nation's soldiers who could not be with their families
throughout the Christmas holiday. Next, they performed the "Night before Christmas." And
following, they did a presentation of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."
Osborne
Elementary wishes to thank both, their faculty and students, for the time and effort they
spent to make this play such a success! We appreciate you!
BLHS Beta Club students learn recruiting techniques
Central Kentucky Blood Center's Donor Recruitment Specialist, Russ Cassady spent some
time recently at Betsy Layne High School training Beta Club students to be blood donor
recruiters. Betsy Layne High School Beta Club sponsors several blood drives a year at the
school and Mr. Cassady gave them pointers on how to get the donors needed. He told the
students how to counter comments such as, '"It will hurt' and 'I need my blood."'
Students were also shown statistics on how many lives are saved through blood donations
and how much blood is needed daily. One thing mentioned to the students was the fact that
: all blood donated through the Central Kentucky Blood Center stays in this area. One student
commented he thought the training was educational and he had learned a lot. Students who
participated in the training are Wes Akers, Lindsey Boyette, Kayla Bryant, Brennan Case,
Kendra Case, Darlena Hall, Martha Hall, Brittany Hamilton, Keisha Hamilton, Jim Henson,
Teresa Hinkle, Arial Hopkins, Tyler, Kidd, Cody McKay, Cassie Morton, Cesilee Newsome,
Sasha Osborne, Shaina Parsons, Rebecca Ratliff, Brett Rogers, Brittany Rogers, Brandon
Tackett, and Jordan Tackett.
Central Kentucky Blood Center also provides to each of the high schools that participate in
' blood drives a scholarship for a graduating senior. The amount of the scholarship is determined by the number of donations received during the blood drives throughout the year.
Betsy Layne High School's Beta Club has sponsored two drives so far this year. If you are
interested in participating in any way, contact Central Kentucky Blood Center or Vicky Ratliff
at Betsy Layne High School.
Neat TREATS for all!
ACHS Academic team defeats PHS for Quick Recall Title
~The
Allen Central Academic Team defeated Prestonsburg High School to claim the Jenny
Wiley Conference Quick Recall Title. This is the first time in five years that ACHS has
clinched the Quick Recall Title. The ACHS Academic Team is coached by Chase Goodman.
The ACHS Academic Team is pictured: Top: Coach Chase Goodman, Captain Josh Manuel.
2nd row Zach Hamilton, Jamie Meade, Brittany Frasure, Taran Parsons, and Chelsie Cordial.
3rd row: Clyde Hamilton, Elizabeth Hughes, Lindsay Webb, Zack Griffith, and Jeremy Davis.
· Bottom: Weston Reid.
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W. D. Osborne Elementary had
treats for both parents and students before dismissing for
Christmas break. Many parents
were entertained through presentations of Christmas plays and
songs. Each classroom had it's
own unique performance- faculty
and students were wonderful!
The school and the PTO had purchased plenty of presents and all
student names were put in for
drawings. Many happy winners
were chosen. last, but not least,
were the drawings for four bicycles, also purchased by the
schooi/PTO.
Winners of the
bikes were:
Ryan Branham,
Sydney Little, Alexis Hall and
Brandon Taylor.
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FLOYD COUNTY
Sports Editor
Steve LeMaster
Phone. (606) 886-8506
Fax: (606) 886-3603
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SFHS cheerleaders hosting pageant
Morehead Reunion • page AB
BLES C-Team • page A9
P'burg Girls • page A9
HI HAT - The Miss Sweetheart Pageant, hosted by the South Floyd High School cheerleaders, will be held at SFHS on Feb. 11, beginning at 1 p.m. Categories are Beauty;
Photogenic; Prettiest Eyes; Prettiest Dress; Prettiest Smile; Best Personality; and
Sportswear. Age divisions are 0-12 months; 13-18 months; 19-24 months; 3-4 years; 56 years; 7-8 years; 9-10 years; 11-12 years; 13-14 years; 15-16 years; and 17-18 years.
For more information or to register, contact Denise Isaac at 452-9606 or 377-0469.
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Knights down David
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE - Piarist School
and David School basketball teams
resumed their heated rivalry Monday
night in the first round of the 15th
Region All "A" Classic at
Paintsville. The Knights kept an
unblemished record versus David
perfect, defeating the Falcons 75-43.
Piarist, which beat David for the
third time this season, enjoyed a
double-digit lead most all of the way.
All nine Piarist players got into
the scoring column. Josh Ousley led
Piarist with a game-high 13 points.
Jake Moak scored 11 points and
Caleb Hoskins added 10 for the
Knights. Moak was Piarist's top
long-range shooter, hitting a teamhigh three three-pointers. Matt Hicks
and Jordan Friend added nine and
eight points, respectively.
As a team, Piarist drained seven
three-pointers.
Piarist outscored David 23-10 in
the opening quarter. The Knights put
the game out of David's reach in the
second quarter, outscoring David 204. Ahead 43-14 at halftime, Piarist
kept a big cushion between itself and
David in the second half.
David, which remained winless
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opener
following the first round setback,
featured seven different scorers.
Andrew Conn was the leading
contributor for David, finishing with
13 points and sharing game-high
scoring honors with Piarist's Ousley.
Kasey Ousley joined Conn in
double figures for the Falcons with
11 points. J.R. Robinson netted
seven points and Josh Dingus
dumped in five for David (0-16).
With the win, Piarist broke a sixgame losing streak and improved to
4-18. The Knights were back in
action Thursday night at press time
in the 15th Region All "A" Classic
against Betsy Layne. Results from
the Piarist-Betsy Layne game were
unavailable at press time.
15th Region All "A" Classic
First round at Paintsville
Piarist 75, David 43
DAVID (0-16)- Ousley 11,
Robinson 7, Bryant 2, Haze 3,
Dingus 5, Ratliff 2, Conn 13.
PIARIST (4-18)- Ousley 13, Moak
11, Hicks 9, H0skins 10, Parsons 7,
Doyle 6, Baker 6, Hollyfield 5,
Friend 8.
David....... lO 4 14 15-43
Piarist... ... 23 20 15 17-75
DRIVING IN: Piarlst's Josh Ousley
drove to the basket Monday night
during the 15th Region All "A"
Classic opener against David.
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Notes from
the week
HOLDING ON
by RICK BENTLEY
PAINTSVILLE - Johnson
Central senior Jamie McCarty
ripped the nets for a game-high
26 points and Ian Welch followed with 16 Tuesday night as
Johnson Central turned back visiting Prestonsburg 69-57.
Johnson
Central
(7-10)
jumped out in front in the first
quarter. The Golden Eagles led
21-15 at the end of the first quarter, but Prestonsburg was ahead
35-34 at the half.
Senior center Trevor Patton
had a team-high 16 points for
Prestonsburg. Jordan Hall tossed
in 13 points and joined Patton in
double figures for the Blackcats.
Mason Vance scored nine points
and Bobby Hughes contributed
eight for visiting Prestonsburg
(6-11).
+
~-----------------(See BENTLEY, page eight)
photo by Jamie Howell
Lyle Johnson worked his way through the Paintsville defense during Tuesday night's tournament game. Johnson
poured in a game-high 29 points in the 15th Region All "A" Classic contest.
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE - It didn't take
Pikeville long to get out in front of
Phelps Tuesday night in the opening
round of the 15th Region All "A"
Classic at Paintsville. The Panthers
outscored Phelps 23- 11 in the first
• ~ quarter and remained in control
throughout. The game ended with the
Panthers out in front 74-58.
Matt Clevenger scored 18 points
and Tim Honaker added 16 to lead
Pikeville to the opening round win.
The Panthers Jed 32-21 at the half
Pikeville outscored Phelps 22- 15 in
the third quarter.
Daniel Harmon and Deven Adams
aided the Pikeville effort with eight
points apiece.
Johnson Central outscored
Prestonsburg 21-13 in the third
quarter.
In other Prestonsburg scoring,
Chayse Martin had four points
while
teammates
Michael
(See HARDWOOD, page eight)
Tigers spoil South Floyd's upset bid
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE - Tournament
host Paintsville avoided an opening round upset in the 15th Region
All "A" Classic, but had to fight to
do so. In a rematch of last year's
15th Region All "A" Classic
championship game, Paintsville
was able to enact some revenge.
The Tigers did just enough to get
past two-time defending champion
South Floyd in the opening round
matchup, beating the Raiders 7567.
Paintsville
High
Veteran
School Coach Bill Mike Runyon
has been quoted as saying, "Floyd
County also produces some good
shooters," several times. Runyon
and his team encountered a good
shooter on Tuesday night.
South Floyd senior Lyle
Johnson put on a three-point
shooting show against the Tigers.
Johnson, a first-year member of
the Raider starting lineup, shot 50percent from beyond the arc, hitting six-of- 12 three-point field
goal attempts. Johnson also pulled
down six rebounds in the tournament loss.
As a team, South Floyd hit 11 of-40 three-point field goal
attempts. The Raiders were quick
to fire from beyond the arc.
Looking to make its first trip to
Eastern Kentucky University's
McBrayer
Arena
for
the
Touchstone Energy All "A"
Classic since 2003, Paintsville had
all five of its starters reach double
figures Tuesday night in the tournament game.
Landon Slone led Paintsville
(See TIGERS, page eight)
B Y ' 15TH E ION
ALL 'A' CLASSIC
SCOREBOARD
Jan.22
Piarist School 75, David 44
Jan.23
Pikeville 74, Phelps 58
Paintsville 75, South Floyd 67
Jan.25
Sheldon Clark-Allen Central
Piarist School-Betsy Layne
(Scores unavailable)
Jan.26
Paintsville vs. Pikeville, 6:30 p.m.
SC-AC winner vs. Piarist-Betsy
Layne winner, 8 p.m.
Prestonsburg junior
Taylor Clark
ALC teams split
with Asbury
Panthers pound Phelps
by STEVE LeMASTER
McCarty leads
JC past P'hurg
TIMES STAFF REPORT
TIMES COLUMNIST
Spanning the globe for the
best in sports . . . or, in this case,
the things that caught my eye
during the last week:
• How about that NHL AllStar game Wednesday night?
,;
Did you see . . . (ital) anything? (ital)
Oh. Me too.
Let's just move on.
• Oh, for those wondering
how Kentucky managed to lost to
an
inferior
Georgia team
after leading
by 17, I have
two words for
you: Heart and
pride.
• Looks
like
Floyd
Rick Bentley
County was
nearly assured
of a team in the finals of the All
"A". In last night's quarterfinal
bracket, only Sheldon Clark
could prevent Floyd from being
represented in the finals with
Betsy Layne playing Piarist and
Allen Central meeting the Cards.
• There are a lot of conspiracy theories in sports, most of
which are pretty easily seen
through. But let me dig into one
that I'm beginning to believe in
• more and more as time goes by.
Let's look at the 2006 New
Orleans Saints. Here's a franchise that was on the brink of
ruins, and all of a sudden they
wound up one game from the
Super BowL
First, the Houston Texans
inexplicably pass on Reggie
Bush and take a defensive lineman who was a bust as a No. I
overall pick and always will be,
mainly because he had no business being a top pick. That leaves
Bush, the biggest name in last
year's draft, to fall to the Saints.
Within a couple of days,
16
HARDWOOD ROUNDUP
Eight different Pikeville players
broke into the scoring column.
Robert Boyd scored four points and
Jordan Bell added three for the
Panthers. Tyler Baker rounded out the
Pikeville scoring with two points.
Phelps, which brought the 15th
Region's second-best record into
Tuesday night's tournament game,
never got into much of an offensive
rhythm.
Charlie Hunt led Phelps with a
game-high 29 points. Ryan Dotson
followed Hunt in the Phelps scoring
column , scoring 12 points. Robert
Gannon chipped in eight points for
the Hornets.
The Panthers, thanks to the win,
improved to 8-5. Phelps dropped to
photo by Steve LeMaster
(See PANTHERS, page eight)
Pikeville's Jacob Sword (1 0) lofted a shot over the Phelps defense In
the fourth quarter on Tuesday.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES - Alice Lloyd
College basketball teams hosted
Asbury College hoops squads
Tuesday evening
at the Grady Nutt
Center. In the
men's game, visiting
Asbury
pulled out a 19point win. The
Alice Lloyd Lady
Eagles took the
women's game,
posting a 20-point
Becky Thomas
victory.
More on each
(See ALC, page eight)
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26, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
ALC
Bentley
• Continued from p7
• Continued from p7
Houston GM Charlie C<Jsserly
suddenly resigns to take a
mysterious position with the
NFL. Clearly he has no duties
there, because he also took a
gig with CBS to "analyze"
things going on in the league.
Think about that: When was
the last time a member of the
front office of any professional sports league was allowed to
go on national television on a
weekly basts and talk about
moves a tt.:am could or should
make?
Obviously this worked out
better than the powers that be
planned. Sean Payton turned
out to be a terrific choice as
head coach, and the signing of
quarterback Drew Brees - a
source of a completely different conspiracy theory altogcth
er - turned out to be magical,
and as a result, the Saints
wound up in the NFC championship game.
Now, why do I bring this up
today? Simple.
Last week during the title
till, Bush took a little screen
pass 88 yards for a touchdown.
Toward the end of the run, he
openly taunted the Bear
defenders chasing him, did a
summersault into the end zone
and then did a prolonged boogie while Fox cameras ate it
up
And, in the year the league
proved why it's been dubbed
the No Fun League, what hap
pened'1 How many tlags flew
for unsport~manlike conduct,
for disgracing the game or
causing Dick Butkus to have
an aneurism?
That's right! None.
Conspiracy theory? Makes
the Knicks drafting of Pat
Ewing look like your normaL
nm-of-the-mill occurrence to
me.
• Am I the only one who
tunes out when the lead story
on any sports cast has to do
with the NBA? I didn't think
so.
• I'm not much of a
Louisville basketball fan, but
naming the court after Denny
Crum is long overdue. In fact.
nammg this long-debated oncampus facility after him
would be even better.
• NASC'AR hit .500 in the
changes it made to its Chase
this week.
I'm in favor of giving 10
points for a win. For too long it
ha~n't been rewarding enough
to make a run at the win when
the difference was nearly nothing. Now maybe we'll get a little more excitement at the end
of those smooth Sunday drives, and we all like that idea.
But adding two more driver~ to the Chase isn't as good
an idea. I don ' t understand
why NASCAR just doesn' t
say, "We're going to have Dale
Jr., Tony Stewart and Jeff
Gordon in the Chase every
year, and we' ll add a few more
drivers for good measure."
Pant
game follows.
A~bury 95, Alice Lloyd 74
(Men'c:; Game): Four different
Asbury players reached double
figures scoring in the scoring
department.
Al-.bury led 43-37 at halftune.
Senior Shawn Newsome,
an Allen Central High School
graduate, pushed in L9 points
for the host Eagles. Rodney
Mitchell followed Newsome
in the scoring column with L7
points of his own. Corey
Hairston chipped in eight
points for Alice Lloyd.
Each team hit five threepoint field goals.
Alice Lloyd 81, Asbury 61:
The Lady Eagles led Asbury
44-39 at halftime and pulled
away in the second half.
Former Allen Central High
standout Becky Thomas tossed
in a game-high 25 points for
host Alice Lloyd. Kaylan
Richardson turned in a double-
Hardwood
• Continued from p7
Burchett and Taylor Clark
added two apiece.
At Louisa on Tuesday
night, host Lawrence County
turned back visiting Belfry 6152.
Belfry (13-6) outscored
Lawrence County 14-12 in the
opening quarter, but trailed at
the end of every other quarter.
Chandler Thompson led
Lawrence County with a teamhigh 13 points. The Bulldogs
produced balanced scoring.
Chet Pelfry followed with 12
points for the host team. Tyler
Brewer and Lewis Michael
each had eight points for
homestanding
Lawrence
County. Marc Lester netted
seven points antl Josh Wilks
added six for the Bulldogs.
Lawrence County (8-8) was
out in front 27-25 at intermission. The Bulldogs finished
strong, outscoring Belfry 2014 in the fourth quarter.
Aaron Warren scored a ~
team-high 12 points for Belfry.
Dustin May and Justin Steele
each had nine points for the
Pirates.
Raiders got within one possession of drawing even with the
Tigers in the second half
before Paintsville pulled away.
Four different players provided scoring for South Floyd.
Ethan Johnson contributed a
double-double for the Raiders,
finishing with L9 points and 12
rebounds. Adam Slone scored
J 0 points and Wes Akers
added nine for South Floyd.
Kyle Brown didn't score,
but gave South Floyd a strong
inside presence, finishing with
12 rebounds. Brown had seven
rebounds on the offensive end.
The Raiders fell to 4-12
after the loss.
Paintsville ( 12-6), follow-
mg the wm, advanced to meet
Pikeville in the tournament's
semifinals.
Tig_ers
• Continued from p7
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THE
Amber Whitaker,
Prestonsburg
Basketball
W EEK
Lyle Johnson,
South Floyd
Basketball
13-4 after the loss.
Pikeville will play tournament host Paintsville tonight in
one of two semifinal games.
Tip-off for the PikevillePaintsville game is set for 6:30
p.m.
Pikeville 74, Phelps 58
15th Region All "A" Classic
at Paintsville
PHELPS ( 13-4) - Gannon 8,
Hunt 29, Blankenship 4.
Dotson 12, Stiltner 5.
PIKEVILLE (8-5) - Harmon
8, Honaker 16, Bell 3, Sword
15, Clevenger 18, Adams 8,
Boyd 4, Baker 2.
Phelps ...... II I 0 15 22- 58
Pikeville ....23 9 22 20- 74
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double effort for Alice Lloyd,
scoring 20 points and pulling
down 12 rebounds. Chasity
Fox followed with 12 points
for the Lady Eagles. Elisha
Hall added I 0 points as Alice
Lloyd pulled away for the win.
Alice Lloyd outrebounded ,
Asbury 37-31.
Whitney Lykens, a product
of Betsy Layne High School,
added six points for the Lady
Eagles.
OF THE WEEK
• Continued from p7
past South Floyd. Slone hit a
trio of three-pointers and led
Paintsville with a team-high
26 points. Following Slone in
the Paintsville sconng column
were Shane Grimm and Blake
Bundy, each of whom finished
with 12 points apiece.
JD VanHoose and Van
Ferguson, a first-year player
for Paintsville. added II points
each.
Daniel Meade was the only
non-starter to score for the
Tigers. Meade had three points
for victorious Paintsville.
The Tigers took a 38-33
lead into halftime. Paintsville
outscored South Floyd 21 -17
111
the third quarter. The
15th Region
All "A'" Classic
First round at Paintsville
Paintsville 75, S. Floyd 67
SOUTH FLOYD (4-12) E. Johnson 19, L. Johnson 29,
Akers 9, Slone lO.
PAINTSVILLE (12-6) Ferguson 11, Slone 26,
VanHoose 11, Grimm 12,
Bundy 12, Meade 3.
SF. ........ l4 19 17 17-67
P. ..........20 18 21 16-75
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Bobcats cruise
past Riverside
Christian
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BETSY LAYNE
Betsy
Layne outscored Riverside
Christian 23-6 in the opening
quarter Thursday night, Jan.
L8, and didn't have any trouble
getting past the visiting Ram'>.
Betsy Layne never trailed on
Basketball
reunion set for
Morehead
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD - There will
be a Little something for everyone when Morehead State
plays host to Eastern Illinois
for a key Ohio Valley
Conference basketball doubleheader on Saturday. The
women's game will tip off at 2
p.m., the men' s game at 4: 15
p.m. Tickets will be available
at the Academic-Athletic
Center ticket windows on
its way to a convincing 72-32
win over Riverside Christian.
Justin Collins led Betsy
Layne with a game-high 21
points. Collins was one of 13
different players to score
points for the Bobcats. Sam
Keathleytossed in eight points
and Brennan Case added seven
for Betsy Layne.
Only three players provtded
scoring
for
Riverside
Christian. Brett Stacy paced
the Rams with a team-high 14
Brandon Hudson
points.
scored 12 points and Jason
Napier netted six for Riverside
Christian.
Betsy Layne led Riverside
Christian 42- 16 at halftime
and 55-25 at the end of the
third quarter.
The Bobcats were back til
action Thursday night in t
opening round of the 15tw'
Region All "A" Classic against
former 58th District rival
Piarist. The Betsy LaynePiarist game ended too late to
make this edition.
gameday
Eagle men's basketball
coach Donnie Tyndall has
extended an invitation to all
former Morehead State men 's
basketball players, coaches,
and managers to a reunion on
Friday (Jan. 26) and asked all
of those former Eagles to stick
around for the games on
Saturday.
It will be " Old School
Night," and there will be free
MSU pennants, costume contests and student organization
participation contests. The
Tildon Hogge Elementary
School Choir will be singing
the national anthem.
Those
attending
a
Kentucky Governor Scholars
reunion will be in attendance.
MSU hosted a Governor
Scholars program this past
surruner, and all participants
are invited back to campus.
The game can be heard on
the Eagles Sports Network,
including flagship stations
WIVY-FM (96.3), and on
msueagles.com. Video web
streaming will also be availfJ1
able on OVCSPORTS.TV.
The MSU women will be
looking for their ninth win in a
row. The Eagles will be battling for a first-round home
game in the OVC Tournament
and will be trying to break a
three-game losing streak.
Both teams are 10-9 on the
season.
If you are the sports fan circled here ...
it's your lucky day!
If you are the sports fan circled, you are entitled to a
free 8-inch ice cream cake of your choice, redeemable at
DAIRY QUEEN OF PRESTONSBURG. When claiming your ice cream
cake, present this newspaper.
photo by Jamie Howell
South Floyd senior Ethan Johnson looked to pass during Tuesday's game against
Paintsville. Junior Van Ferguson Is pictured for Paintsville.
�FRIDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
26, 2007 • A9
IN OT: Georgia Bulldogs 78, Kentucky Wildcats 69
by PAUL NEWBERRY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Ga. - This time, it was
Georgia pulling off the improbable
comeback.
Takais Brown scored 20 points,
1
Sundiata Gaines had 19 and the
Bulldogs overcame a 17-point deficit
to hand Kentucky its second straight
Southeastern Conference loss, beating the Wildcats 78-69 in overtime
Wednesday night.
Georgia (12-6, 4-2 SEC) bounced
back from a disheartening loss
Saturday at No. 12 Alabama, in
which the Bulldogs squandered a 19point lead and were beaten on a disputed shot at the buzzer.
Just four days later, they found out
what it was like to be on the other
side. It sure felt a lot better.
"My tutor said something to me
the other day: 'For every game you
~win at the buzzer, you lose one at the
buzzer,"' said Brown, who made 10of-15 shots and was virtually unstoppable on the inside. "I don't know if
that's true or not, but it sure worked
out for us."
Kentucky ( 15-5, 4-2) dominated
the first half, pushing its lead to 43
26 when Sheray Thomas got free
under the basket for a layup. Joe
Crawford had 17 of his 29 points
before halftime.
But something ominous happened
to the Wildcats with just under 5 minutes left in the opening half.
Randolph Morris got called for his
third foul, forcing him to sit out the
rest of the period and the start of the
second half, as well.
Georgia, which trailed 43-30 at the
break, scored the first eight points of
the second half, pounding the ball
inside for every one of them. After
Dave Bliss drew a foul underneath
and made both free throws, the
Bulldogs went to Brown on their next
three possessions.
He dunked the first one, then hit a
pair of jump hooks to bring the sellout crowd to its feet.
"That's one of the things the
coaches told us in the walkthrough,"
Brown said. "If we could get (Morns)
our of there, we would eat them alive
in the post because they were too
small."
The game went to ovcrttme tied at
65. Gaines took control in the extra
period, making a huge 3-pointer just beating the shot clock- with 1:45
remaining that gave the Bulldogs a
73-69 lead. Final!}·, after struggling
most of the game at the foul line, he
clinched the win by sinking a pair o.f
free throws with 28 seconds left.
Crawford's pull-up jumper with
2:20 remaining would be Kentucky's
final points. He didn't get much help
from his teammates; Morris with 11
pomts and Jodie Meeks with 10 were
the only other Kentucky players in
double figures.
Morris fouled out in overtime,
having played just 29 minutes. Yfore
telling, he managed only two
rebounds, a sign of Georgia's dominatinbg performance in the lane over
the final 25 minutes.
The
Bulldogs
outrebounded
Kentucky 28-12 after halftime.
"They out-toughed us and outfought us in just about every category," said Kentucky coach Tubby
Smith, who was especially impre~sed
with Brown. "He just manhandled us
in there."
The Wildcats lost to Vanderbilt at
home over the weekend, snapping an
11 game winning streak. Suddenly,
they've got a losing streak.
"We haven't learned how to finish
yet," Smith said. "We had a great first
half, but you've got to put two halves
together.''
During a frenetic final minute of
regulation, Georgia's Steve Newman
threw a pass away and Kentucky took
off on a fast break, only to turn it
back over when Gaines hustled back
to swipe a bounce pas~ by Meeks,
trying to hit a teammate breaking
loose under the basket.
Gaines drew a foul at the other end
with 37.1 seconds left, going to the
line with a chance to put Georgia
ahead. He missed both free throws
but jumped in front of Crawford to
steal away the rebound on the second
one, giving the Bulldogs a chance to
win it with a final shot.
But the half-court offense bogged
down near midcourt, forcing Gaines
to attempt a desperation shot that
failed to hit anything. But Smith didn't like what he was seeing.
"Some terrible turnovers, not boxing out at the free throw line - those
things hurt," the coach moaned.
The Wildcats seemed to have
weathered Georgia's second-half
flurry when Meeks hit one from
beyond the arc, pushing the lead back
to double-figures at 50-38.
But the Bulldogs just wouldn't go
away, ripping off a 19-5 spurt that
culminated with Brown scoring again
on the inside for a 57-55 lead with 5
l/2 minutes to go.
"We're at the phase now where
we're starting to turn the comer as a
team," Georgia coach Dennis Felton
said. "We're not just expecting to
compete. We're expecting to be successful if we're relentless enough in
what we do."
Betsy Layne tops Wesley Christian for C-Team title
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE- On an evening
when three Floyd County grade
~school basketball champions would
be crowned, Betsy Layne Elementary
claimed the first hardware. Betsy
Layne outscored C~ Team championship game opponent Wesley
Christian 11 -1 in the first quarter and
didn't have any trouble against the
Riders the rest of the way last Friday.
The Bobcats, under the guidance of
coaches Jeff Stumbo and Harold
Tackett, never trailed en route to a
34-7 win.
Forward Dylan Hamilton led
Betsy Layne with a game-high 19
points. Hamilton had 15 points in the
first half.
Guard Brian Watkins was Betsy
~Layne's second-leading scorer with
five points. Chase Hall and Dustin
Rogers each had three points for the
Bobcats. Rogers hit the game's only
Betsy
Layne
Elementar
y captured the
Floyd
County
grade
school Cteam
championship
last
Friday
night.
three-point field goal.
Betsy Layne outscored Wesley in
every quarter. The Bobcats held
Wesley to just a free throw in the first
half and led 20-1 at halftime.
Peyton Case and McKenzie Akers
added two points apiece for Betsy
Layne in the championship win.
The Bobcats hit five-of-nine
attempts from the free throw line.
Jarrin Hall, Daulton Meade and
Elias Little each had two points for
Wesley. Tyler Lewis rounded out the
Wesley scoring with a free throw.
Betsy Layne led 29-3 at the end of
the third quarter.
UP CLOSE WITH THE BOBCATS: Members of the Betsy Layne
C-Team are Dylan Hamilton, Chase
Hall, Brian Watkins, Dustin Rogers,
Blake
Rogers,
Peyton
Case,
McKenzie Akers, Braxton Tackett,
Blake Spencer, Austin Burchett,
Steven Adkins, Seth Tackett, Gage
Pinson, Dalton Maldonado and
Glenn Conn.
photo by
Jamie Howell
Prestonsburg turns hack Phelps
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo by Jamie Howell Senior Amber Whitaker had the biggest scoring push for
Prestonsburg on Monday night in its win over visiting Phelps.
PRESTONSBURG
- The
recently
injury-plagued
Prestonsburg High School girls'
basketball team ended a twogame losing skid Monday night
at
home
against
Phelps.
Prestonsburg welcomed back to
the hardwood sophomore Linsey
Fields. a player who had been out
of action due to a knee injury.
Prestonsburg, which has lost
senior guard Meaghan Slone for
the rest of the season, maintained
some sort of lead over visiting
Phelps in every quarter. Four different Lady Blackcats provided
scoring as Prestonsburg won 4136.
Senior Amber Whitaker paced
Prestonsburg with a team-high 15
points. Whitaker was the only
Prestonsburg player and one of
only two players in the game to
break into double fi gures.
The Lady Blackcats jumped
out to an early lead over Phelps.
Prestonsburg led 12-3 at the end
of the first quarter. Visiting
Phelps livened up and outscored
the Lady Blackcats 15- LO in the
second quarter, but Prestonsburg
still found itself out in front 22- 18
at the half.
Jasmine Hall tossed in a
game-high 22 points for Phelps
(4- LO). Kayla Johnson added
seven points for the Lady
Hornets. Sheena Wolford scored
four points and Taylor Keene
added three.
Hannah Fitzpatrick finished
the game near double figures,
scoring nine points. Fields scored
eight points and Julianne Frye
added six. Elizabeth Chaffin
rounded out the Prestonsburg
scoring with three points.
With the win, Prestonsburg
improved to 7-1 1.
Prestonsburg 41, Phelps 36
PHELPS (4-10)- Johnson 7,
Keene 3, Hall 22, Wolford 4,
McGuireO.
PRESTONSBURG (7- 11) Whitaker 15, Fields 8, Chaffin 3,
Frye 6, Fitzpatrick 9.
Phelps............... 3 15 8 lG-36
Prestonsburg.. . 12 10 10 9-41
lfl
Garrett Christian falls to Mountain Mission, heats Wahaco
TIMES STAFF REPORT
GARRETT
The Garrett
Christian Warriors traveled to
Grundy, Va., earlier in the week to
play the Mt. Mission Challengers.
Host Mt. Mission started quickly and
led 15-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The Warriors managed to battle back
as Mt. Mission only led 27-24 at the
half.
During the third quarter, Mt.
Mission outscored Garrett 17-13. The
Challengers led 44-37 at the start of
the fourth quarter. Garrett never
backed down, outscoring Mt.
Mission 22-21 in the final quarter.
The effort, however, left Garrett short
of claiming the victory as Mt.
Mission held on and won 65-59.
Kyle Green was Garrett's leading
WYMT Girls'
Pulley not enrolled
Mountain Top 10 for spring; plans to
1. Magoffin County
2. Perry Cqunty Central
3. Clay County
4. Shelby Valley
5. Breathitt County
6. Leslie County
7. Johnson Central
. 8. Belfry
9. South Laurel
10. Owsley County
WYMT Boys'
• Mountain Top 10
1 . South Laurel
2. June Buchanan
3. Breathitt County
4 . Paintsville
5. Bell County
6. Shelby Valley
7. Clay County
8. Hazard
9 . Southwestern
10. Belfry
return in fall
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Curtis Pulley, a
quarterback and wide receiver on the
University of Kentucky football team,
is not enrolled in UK this spring but
plans to return in the fall while redshirting the 2007 season, Coach Rich
Brooks announced.
Pulley has served as a reserve quarterback, wide receiver and special
teams player during his two seasons
with the Wildcats. In 2006, he played
in all 13 games, completed 8-of-14
passes for 72 yards, rushed 23 times
for 124 yards, caught 2 1 passes for
201 yards and one touchdown, and
blocked two kic ks on special teams.
After redshirting the 2007 season,
Pulley will have two years of eligibility remaining in 2008 and '09.
scorer in the game against Mt.
Mission. Green finished .with 22
points. Andrew Sz abo scored 14
points and Matthew Potter added 13
for the Warriors. Wes Prater netted
five points, Travis Scott scored four
and Jan Hick added one for Garrett.
Garrett 7 1, Wabaco 50: Garrett
Christian was able to get back into
the win column against Wabaco. The
Warriors put together a stellar second
half and pulled away from the
Wabaco team.
Garrett led Wabaco 18-7 at the end
of the first quarter. At halftime,
Garrett clung to a 26-24 lead.
The Warriors applied man-to-man
defensive pressure in the second half
and took control of the game.
Kyle Green paced Garrett with a
game-high 24 points. Andrew Szabo
and Travis Scott joined Green in double figures with 16 and 10 points,
respectively.
Wes Prater nearly accounted for
the game's only double-double, finishing with 13 rebounds and nine
points. Jan Hicks flipped in eight
points and Matthew Potter added two
for the Warriors.
KEEPING UP
IN THE
CLASSROOM:
The Mountain
Christian
Academy
boys' basketball team was
honored last
Friday for
having the
highest grade- ·
point-average
of any Floyd
County grade
school squad.
photo by Jamie
Howell
�A1 0 •
FRIDAY, JANUARY
26, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
NASCAR announces changes to points system, Chase
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.- Race
victories will become more important than ever in 2007 as a result of
adjustments to the points system and
the Chase for the Nextel Cup format
announced Monday by NASCAR.
The adjustments are designed to
establish more balance between winning and consistency, but there is a
new emphasis on the former.
"The
adjustments
taken
[Monday] put a greater emphasis on
winning races," NASCAR chairman
and CEO Brian France said.
"Winning is what this sport is all
about. Nobody likes to see drivers
content to finish in the top 10. We
want our sport - especially during
the Chase- to be more about win-
ning ."
The Chase - con~isung of the
season's last 10 races- will further
reflect the importance of racing to
win, via a variety of adjustments.
During the format's first three
years, the top-10 drivers in points
after the 26th race of the season
qualified for the Chase; in addition.
any other driver outside the top l 0
but within 400 points of the standings ' leader also was eligible.
Starting this season, the 400point cutoff is eliminated and the top
12 drivers in the points after Race 26
will qualify for the Chase.
All 12 drivers will have their
point totals reset to 5,000; each will
then receive a 10-point bonus for
each race victory they had during the
first 26 races.
The Chase drivers wJll be "seeded" to start the Chase based on the
number of wins amassed dunng the
regular season.
"I like thai the points for each of
the now 12 th ivers in the Chase will
be set at 5,000 with an additional I 0
for each race win," sa1d team owner
Rich ard Childre s ~. who had two drivers m the 200(> Cha-;c .
In line with th<.: Chase adjustments, wins throughout the season
will be more valuable.
Race winner-; throughout the 36race <>eason wi II now receive 185
points, a five-point in<.:rease.
''I'm happy to see NASCAR
increase the points for winning a
race," Childress said. "It makes winning that much more important ...
After all, winning is what this sport
is all about."
Counting the five -point bonuses
avatlahlc for leading at least one lap
and leading the most laps, a race
winner now <.:an earn a maximum of
195 points, n<.:ating a possible maximum or 25 points between first and
second-place fini~hers.
"Will it help us at the gate? Time
will only tell, hut if No. ll and No.
12 arc Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff
Gordon or 1n last year's case two
time series champ Tony Stewart obviou~Jy the answer is a definite
'yes,' " said Eddie Gossage, president of Texas Motor Speedway.
"This is a good move by NASCAR
for the speedways hosting the I 0
races in the Chase.
"Long term, NASCAR has to
make ~ure that they don't go too far
and water down the pl ayoff field like
we have seen in other sports. Water
cooler talk - even the debate over
whether this is good or not - is
important to the sport."
.
The 2006 season of Kasey Kahne
provides a dramatic illustration of ,j
the adjusted Chase format's implications.
Kahnc qualified for last year's
Chase, but started it in I Oth place despite having won a series-high
five ra<.:es. Under the new format,
Kahne would begin the Chase in
first place, with 5,050 points.
"The~e changes should make the
Chase for the championship even
more exciting for the race fans and
more competitive for the teams,"
Childress noted
I
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Banquet slated for Feb. 24
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - For the first time
in Series history, the O'Reilly NARA
Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
iand NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
!Modified Series will be hosting their
~nnual
Awards
Banquet,
a
Celebration of Champions, on the
same evening, Saturday, Feb. 24.
The Celebration of Champions will
held at the Springs Inn in
xington, and will honor the top-1 0
points from each Series as well as
ther award winners.
In 2006, veteran Mike Jewell
ecame the first ever two-time
~hampion of the O'Reilly NARA
attle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
resented by Arizona Sport Shirts.
ewell picked up two victories, one at
~
201 Speedway and one at Richmond
Raceway, en route to the title.
Behind Jewell, 2006 Rookie of the
Year Justin Rattliff edged 2005
Rookie of the Year Chris Combs for
second in the final points tally with
Combs third, 2005 Series CoChampion Tim Tungate fourth, and
2004 Series Champion Aaron Hatton
fifth. Bobby Wolter Jr., Bryan
Barber, Dan Deaton, Greg Johnson,
and Brad Neat rounded out the top10.
The nation's most competitive
regional racing Series produced 13
different winners in 22 events. Aside
from the whopping 10 victories credited to Mother Nature, Greg Johnson
led the Series notching five wins.
With the 13 different winners and
over 250 different drivers participat-
ing with the Series in 2006, the
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass DirtCar Series can once
again stamp itself as not only one of
the best regional Series in the country,
but the most competitive of them alL
In the 109-racc history of the
O'Reilly NARA Battle of· the
Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented
by Arizona Sport Shirts, there have
been 43 different drivers reach victory lane at least once with Mike Jewell
leading the all-time win list with nine
victories. ln the five year history of
the Series, only Aaron Hatton has finished in the top ten of the final points
.standings each season.
For the second year m a row, Joey
Kramer will be crowned the NARA
Battle of the Bluegrass Modified
Series Champion. In a highly enter-
taining points battle, the top four drivers in the final points rundown finished within 200 points of each other.
Kramer's title didn't come as easJiy in
2006 as it did in 2005. The Hoosier
State hotshoe nabbed three Series victories in 2006 and was in a constant
battle with fellow drivers Don
Adams, Jimmy Payne, Kelly Warren,
and Tommy Bailey throughout the
Series in a nip-and-tuck points chase
that <.:arne down to the season finale at
Lake Cumberland Speedway.
Behind Kramer, Don Adam<; was a
close second in final points standings
with Jimmy Payne third, inaugural
Series Champion Kelly Warren
fourth, and 2005 Rookie of the Year
Dustin Linville fifth. Completing the
top- I 0 were Shon Flanery. Tommy
Bailey, Cale Coffee, Clint Shutts and
Victor Lee. Kramer and Bailey led
the Series with three wins each, while
Adams had two wins, with Warren,
Lee, and Payne garnering one win
apiece.
The Springs Inn will host the
Celebration of Champions in its
Kentucky Room. The cost of the banquet is $25 per person and tickets can
be obtained by contacting the Series
office. The social hour will be at 5
p.m. with the meal being served at 6
p.m. The Celebration of Champions
will follow the meal at approximately
7 p.m.
For more information on the
Celebration of Champions, contact
the Series office at 859/433-5707.
Ticket orders must be received no
later than Feb. 17. There will be no
tickets sold at the cloor.
tBristol Dragway named Southeast Division Track of the Year
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BRISTOL, Tenn. - For the sectond time in six years, the National
iHot Rod Association awarded
ristol Dragway the title of
outheast Division Track of the Year
eds acquire
Saarloos, sign
Bellhorn
TIMES STAFF REPORT
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati
Reds acquired RHP Kirk Saarloos
~pronounced SAHR-lohs) and a player to be named in exchange for RHP
David Shafer and a player to be
named from the Oakland Athletics
today.
Saarloos, 27, last season for the
A's went 7-7,4.75 with 2 saves in 16
starts and 19 relief appearances. In
his 5-year Major League career he is
at the Southeast Division Awards
Banquet in Jacksonville, Fla.
Bristol Dragway received the
designation of favorite track in the
Southeast Division through an
online poll of competitors, fans and
spectators.
27-25, 4.79 with 3 complete games, 2
shutouts and 2 saves in 123 appearances, including 69 starts, for the
Astros and the A's. Shafer, 24, last
season at Class AA Chattanooga posted a 2.36era with 26 saves in 44 relief
appearances. In November he was
added to the Reds' 40-man roster.
IF Mark
Versatile veteran
Bellhom has agreed to terms on a
minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training
camp. Bellhorn, 32, spent last season
with the National League West
Division champion Padres. He has
more than 200 career appearances at
both 2B and 3B and also has played
lB (4lg) and SS (3lg). He was a
member of the 2004 World Series
champion Red Sox, and also has
played for the Athletics, Cubs,
Rockies, Yankees and Padres.
"Everyone at Bristol Dragway
deserves credit for thi~ award," said
Bristol
Dragway
Operations
Manager Jack Cocklin. who accepted the award on behalf of the track.
"We will use this as motivation to
exceed the expectations of those
who visit our track and continue to
voice their opinion that Bristol
Dragway stand<; among the hest
facilities in the country.''
In 2001, the NHRA named
Bri<;tol Dragway "Quarter Mile
Track of the Year" in the NHRA's
Southeast Division.
NHRA's Southeast Div1sion consists of 19 tracks in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Puerto
Rico.
PIARIST-DA¥10
~Bengals
Carson Palmer
CB
Joseph arrested to voice character
in TV animated
.
for marijuana sertes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI
Cornerback
Johnathan Joseph was arrested early
Monday and charged with possession
of marijuana, the ninth Cincinnati
Bengals player arrested in the last
nine months.
The arrest came three weeks after
coach Marvin Lewis promised to get
tougher on player misconduct, hoping to stop the series of arrests that
had embarrassed the team and drawn
the attention of commissioner Roger
Goodell.
Joseph was the team's first-round
draft pick last season, and had positioned himself to take over a starting
job next season.
Joseph was arrested in northern
Kentucky, where he lives. The arrest
report said he was the passenger in a
vehicle driven by a woman who had a
suspended license, was driving slowly and weaving.
When a Boone County sheriff's
deputy asked Joseph to get out of the
vehicle, he smelled marijuana. The
deputy searched Joseph's black backpack with a Super Bowl logo and
found a bag of marijuana in a pouch,
the arrest report said.
Joseph's first court appearance is
scheduled for Feb. 5. Marijuana possession is a misdemeanor that carries
a maximum one year in jail and a
maximum $500 fine.
BURBANK, Calif. - Cincinnati
Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer
will make his acting debut on Feb. 3,
but he will be heard and not seen.
Palmer will play himself in the
Disney C hannel 's anim ated series,
"The Replacements," which will air
the night before the Super BowL
"I am very thankful that .Disney
afforded me this great opportunity
and I am now a big fan of the show,"
Palmer said.
Palmer won the Heisman Trophy
as a senior at Southern California in
2002, and the Bengals made him the
first overall pick in the 2003 NFL
draft He has been the Bengals' starting quarterback the past three seasons
and was chosen to play in the Pro
Bowl in Hawaii on Feb. I 0.
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KNIGHTS ON: Nine different Piarist players scored points Monday night as the Knights defeated David in the
15th Region All "A" Classic.
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0 P E RATION
BABY
by Kathy J_ Prater
FEATURES EDITOR
Yep, I think I'd have to agree
with those who refer to it as a miracle. I'm talking about the
process
by
which human
beings come
into
this
A
world.
process that I
got to witness,
up close and
personal,
standing right
there
Kathy Prater down
beside
Dr.
Ric
Lifestyles editor
Ascani
this
past Sunday
morning.
My eldest daughter's friend,
Hollie, became a mother to six
pound Jade, a baby girl , on
January 21, at four o'clock in the
morning, no less.
And, although I myself know
virtually nothing about that
"breathe, push, focus" routine
(having had each of my own
babies via Cesarean section), Ms.
Hollie wanted me there, anyway.
And so, I was. Hollie knows I
(See EYES, page thirteen)
DINNER DIVA
Enjoying
comfort food
,
by Leanne Ely
I have been contemplating this
idea of comfort food. Right now,
all the maguines have their usual
line up of cold
weather
recipes- the
word "comfort
food" seems
to be the hallmark of good
cooking as the
weather turns
cool, apparently.
Lenne Ely
Now listen,
I'm one who
will go the extra mile for comfort
food. Nothin' says lovin' like
meatloaf from the oven, in my
opinion. I love a good fashioned
roast chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and the whole nine
yards. This is my son's favorite
meal and I make it for him on various occasions, like his birthday,
Sunday dinner, etc. I have a feeling he' 11 be looking for a gal who
can make chicken like his mama
once he gets to a marrying age.
But that's not for a few years,
thank heavens. In the meantime,
this dilemma about what constitutes "comfort food" continues to
weigh on my mind. What is it that
makes a comfort food a comfort
Rebecca Lynn Howard came home to eastern Kentucky this past
Christmastime to perform in concert and to participate in Operation
· Baby Doll. Ms. Howard provided concert tickets, gifts and new holi~
day clothing for the family.
Country music star shares holiday
spirit through Operation Baby Doll
Rebec<.:a Lynn Howard perfanned in concert on December 21.
2006, at the Country Music
Highway Mu~eum, in Paintwille.
Showing the spirit of the season, as
well as her loving heart, Rebecca
signed on to be the first celebrity
participant of the ·'Operation Baby
Doll" program. Operation Baby
Doll is a newly implemented pro
gram with the objective of bringing
Christmas joy into the lives of a
fanuly that might otherwise experience a fairly bleak holiday season.
Rebecca sponsored a Floyd County
family"" ith three <.:hildren. two girls
and one boy. Not only did Ms.
Howard provide a more than generous amount of gifts for the children
and family, but she also provided
tickets to her concert and new holiday clothing to wear on their spe-
(See DIVA, page twelve)
cia! night out. Operation Baby Doll
thanks her profusely for sharing her
Christmas holiday in such a special
way with this family. To learn more
about Operation Baby Doll, you
may contact Melissa at 886-1416.
Fans can preview songs fro$
Rebecca's self-titled album by visiting: www.myspace.com/rlhoward.
Booking Rebecca regarding a
charity can be requested by contacing:
Full Force Managament
Re. Charity/Donations
1053 Burhhman Drive South
Hendersonville, TN 37075
F._LY LADY
Laundry-we
all have it!
by Marla Cilley
All of us have to do laundry, some
only a couple of loads a week, while
others have a dozen. It affects us all the
same way; we put it off till it gets to be
such a big job that we are paraly1ed by
the thought of it. You know exactly
what I am talking about. This week, we
are in our master bedrooms and we are
going to tackle our laundry monster.
Do you have piles of dirty laundry
in your bedroom floor that j ust keep
growing? Do you want to know why
they continue to multiply' 1 You have
too many clothes, be<.:ause you have
compensated for not doing laundry by
buying more clothes to <.:over this problem. Then you struggle for two days to
fini sh it all , but it never really gets put
away, because your drawers are too full
to put anything away. So then you live
out of a clothes basket or the piles un
top of the dresser or dumped on your
bed or in a chair. After a while, you
can't tell the dirty clothes from the
clean ones. So they all get tossed back
into the dirty dothcs plie.
How in the world can I <;lop you
from doing this to yourself?
Let me tell you how I quit doing th1s to
myself.
I . I cleaned out one drawer for
myself and one fm each f<unily member.
2. Then I labeled the drawers, so I
would kno\1.- where to put the clothes.
3. At one time. when !lived alone. I
would have everything I owned dirty,
before I would go lo the laundry and do
them. (l did not have a washe1 or
dryer!) l mean. two huge garhage hags
of dirty clothes. Did I tell you I had too
many clothes'! '[hen I would go to the
laundrymat and spend half a day getting them dune. At least they \\.-ere
done, but I would start the 'idou,
cycle all over ag,un. 1t wa« so draming.
I could go several weeks without doing
the laundry.
4. My remedy was to cut out some
or the steps that would trip me up and
keep me from taking the first step to
doing the laundry. Sorting!! As I took
otT my dtrty <.:lothes, I would sort them
into a dark basket and a light basket.
Yes. I actually have a dark colored and
a light colored basket to remind me to
sort. Robert does it, too. In fact, I think
he taught me this. He also taught me to
tak~..: my socks off. right side out. Push
them down over your heels and then
pull the toes Poof! - your socks arc
right side out. No more having tu turn
(See FLY LADY, page twelve)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
26, 2007
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
OHIO
tr:MIYSUITY
Martha A Simpson, no, MllA.
cissot:iate Profeswr
rJfF11:mily Metlieine
Q
uestion: I've recently
developed a hemorrhoid,
·
and it itches and is slightly
pai f
s before, I can feel a small
pea-sized lump in the rectal area. I
have no signs of bleeding. The last
time I had a hemorrhoid, I went to the
doctor and he examined me, confirmed it was a hemorrhoid, and told
me that it would probably go away on
its own. A few weeks later it was
gone. How long would it be reasonable for me to wait before seeing a
doctor this time?
nswer: As you probably
know, hemorrhoids are a
very common ailment of
the human race. It's been estimated
that by age 50, more than half the
U.S. population will have had one or
more bouts with hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids are virtually never life
threatening, and as your experience
indicates, they usually do resolve
spontaneously. When they don't get
better on their own, there are a number of surgical options that can shrink
and/or remove the hemorrhoidal tissue. Many of these can be performed
right in your doctor's office.
Before I answer your question
directly, I need to give you and my
other readers a little background on
hemorrhoids and how they develop.
Adams Middle School
' Youth Services Center
mation, call Marilyn Bailey, center
coordinator, at 358-0134.
A
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to any
AMS student or dropped off at the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
N_ew members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• Jan. 26 - "Dangers of Body
Piercing and Tattooing," presented by
Carol Jo May, Our Lady of the Way
Hospital; for 7th graders.
• Feb. 13, 27 - Magic Me, 3:304r30.
• Feb. 14 - Advisory Council
meeting, 4 p.m., in center office.
Members are encouraged to attend and
ail others are invited.
I
, • Feb. 22 - Parent Support Group,
&:30 a.m., in center.
Topic:
"Wellness."
Refreshments, door
prizes. Adams and Clark parents welcome to attend.
• Sign-ups for spring semester of
Respect Society for 6th grade girls
tiSWlgeing on. Those interested may
.~y'the center.
' • Exercise class for adults now in
session. Classes conducted by Floyd
County Health Dept. staff. Those
interested may contact the center for
fllOre information.
• Exercise class for students also
being offered. Those interested may
tontact the center to sign-up.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
J<.eathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and tum
'them in to homeroom teachers!**
• Jan. 30 - WYMT-TV's "Do As I
,Say, Not As I Do," 4 p.m.
• Jan. 31 - Respect Class, 7th
grade girls
• Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in YSC
lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
'regardless of income. For more infer-
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne
Elementary
• Lost and Found items will be
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Mon. thru Fri. Center offers services
to all families, regardless of income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
Family Resource Youth Service
Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC is
to meet the needs of all children and
their families who reside in the community or neighborhood by the school
in which the center is located. For further information, please contact the
center at 478-5550.
•
Brian H. Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3:154:15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark tshirts. Students, staff, parents - show
your support forCES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected dates.
Now taking appointments for 6th
grade exams, WIC, and well-child
exams for birth- 18 years. Flu shots
may also be scheduled. Call886-0815
for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services for
all families regardless of income. We
are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
off your receipts at the school, or mail
them to: Duff Elementary School,
P.O. Box 129, Eastern, KY 41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
If rectal problem not better
in few weeks, see doctor
There are two types of hemorrhoids
-internal and external. I'll tell you,
briefly, about each.
A hemorrhoid that arises above the
line where the skin from the outside
meets with the mucosal skin of the
inside of the rectum is called an internal hemorrhoid. When the hemorrhoid originates below this mucosal
junction, it is called an external hemorrhoid.
Both types of hemorrhoids develop by a somewhat similar process.
The only difference is the location of
the blood vessels involved. The rectum - on both sides of the mucosal
junction - contains a large number
of veins which are all interconnected.
A hemorrhoid develops when one of
these veins becomes swollen and
dilated in a process similar to the
development of a varicose vein in the
leg.
The primary symptom of an inter-
nal hemorrhoid is bright red bleeding
on the toilet tissue or in the toilet. It
may also protrude to the outside and
become painful and irritated. An
external hemorrhoid is commonly
first noticed as a painful swelling or
lump in the rectal area. Frequently
people with hemorrhoids complain of
rectal itching, as well.
From your description, it sounds
like you may have an external hemorrhoid. Since you report no bleeding,
I think it would be safe to wait a couple of weeks. We doctors call this
"watchful waiting." However, if at
the end of that watchful waiting period you are still bothered by the same
symptoms, I'd schedule an appointment with your doctor. Though the
odds are that you are suffering another bout of hemorrhoids, it's always
best to err on the safe side.
Symptoms like those that you
describe can in rare circumstances be
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
clothing use and burnouts. If you have
clothing to donate, please call the
FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is on
site three days per month. Services
include 6th grade school entry physical; kindergarten, Head Start and wellchild physicals (age birth to 18 years);
T.B. skin test; T.D. boosters; and WIC
services. Please call 358-9878 for
appointment if you are in need of any
of these services.
• The J.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides services for all families regardless of
income. We are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
May Valley
Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals,
kindergarten physicals, 6th grade
physicals, well-child physicals, immunizations, TB skin test, WIC program,
blood pressure checks, and more.
Must call the FRC at 285-0321 for an
appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services, and school physicals.
Call377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides
services for all families, regardless of
income.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Fly Lady
• Continued from p11
socks after they are washed. I love
this part.
5. Now, as a basket gets almost
full, I can do a small load and it actu•ally takes less time to do a small load
,than a huge one. It is no longer overwhelming to me. It gets put away
much faster, too. The socks are easier
to mate, as well. I hated that part, but
not anymore.
6. Now, you have to have a simple
routine to accomplish this. I have it
included in my morning routine. As I
leave my bedroom in the morning, I
grab one of the baskets that looks
almost full and take it to the basement.
I turn on the washer, then
oome upstairs and set my timer for 40
minutes. This is how long it takes for
my washer to do a load. Do
not leave the washer running while
you are going to be away from home.
Just stop the washer and let them
soak. Never leave appliances running
when no one is home. Also, have a
smoke alarm in the area of my washer and dryer. Many home frres are
started because of these appliances.
7. After the washer has stopped,
(we need washers with buzzers, men
must design these appliances or
maybe "born organized" people),
grab some hangers and head for the
dryer. Put the clothes in the dryer.
Now when the buzzer goes off, you
will already have the hangers at the
dryer. Now here is the rule! You have
to go to the dryer when you hear the
first buzzer. No excuses. Hang up the
good clothes first and put the rest in
the basket and go to the room where
they belong. I have a secret, I do not
fold underwear. l just put it in the
drawer. Then I mate the socks and
fold everything else in the small bas-
ket. I have timed me and I can do this
in 2 minutes. I'll wager you can, too.
I don't have to do a load every
day, but I still check my baskets to
see if I do, every single day. It is so
much easier to do, when you just get
a routine for it. This is why I have 3
reminders every day, to keep me on
top of my laundry. It is so easy to forget. This reminder is one of our most
beloved.
I hope this will help you to FLY
Through your Laundry struggles.
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check out Flylady's website and
join her free mentoring group at
www.FlyLady.net or her book, Sink
Reflections published by Bantam arul her
new book, Body Clutter published by
Fireside. Copyright 2007 Marla Cilley
Used by permission in this publication
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• Feb. 12 - Open House. Food
will be served. Teacher and parent
visits, 6-8 p.m. Date subject to
change. Watch school marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1100.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your child's grades, visit the STI
Home! site at http://iiod.ssts.com and
click on the STI program. Select state,
county, school, child's pin number and
password. You may view your child's
attendance record, class average,
schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call 452-9607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating in the Apples for Students program. Please save and turn in your
Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
campus half a day on Mondays and for
a full day on Fridays. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center for: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community as well as students.
• All new students and visitors,
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus, Room 232, and
see Mable Hall. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is located on the right, by the school gymnasium. Services are offered to all families, regardless of income. For more
information, call Anita Tackett, center
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
the first sign of rectal cancer. As with
all cancers, early detection is the key
to successful treatment and a complete cure.
In the meantime, you can use
over-the-counter preparations to
receive some symptomatic relief.
Also, taking a sitz bath a few times a
day, and eating a high-fiber diet to
soften your stool can be helpful.
Family Medicine® is a weekly column. To submit questions, write to
Martha A. Simpson, D.O., M.B.A., Ohio
University College of Osteopathic
Medicine, PO. Box 110, Athens, Ohio
45701, or via e-mail to readerquestions@familymedicinenews.org. Medical
information m this column is provided
as an educational service only. It does
not replace the judgment of your personal physician, who should be relied on
to diagnose and recommend treatment
for any medical conditions. Past
columns are available online at
www.familymedicinenews.org.
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
•
Monthly
meetings:
"Nutrition/Plan Healthy" - second
Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m., in
library; "OES Homemakers" - second
Tuesday of each month, 11 a.m., in
library.
• Resource Center is now taking
sign-ups for those students attending
OES who would like to participate in
the "Eagle's" basketball program.
Deadline to sign-up is Friday, Feb. 9.
Late sign-ups cannot be accepted!
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center. Items not
claimed within 3 weeks become the
property ofthe FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes, belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items will
be appreciated and utilized by OES
students.
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building ofW.D.
Osborne Elementary. Those wishing
more information about the center am
welcome to visit, or call. Ask for
Cissy (center coordinator). Center
telephone and fax: (606) 452-4553.
Wesley Christian
School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddlers, preschool age (2-4). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC; 14:30 p.m. - Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learning Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC; 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts., Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.- ~
Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier Learning
Ctr.; BSCTC; 1-4:30 p.m. - David
Craft Center, BSCTC; 6-9 p.m. BSCTC.
• Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. BSCTC,
Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m.BSCTC,
Betsy
Layne
YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 4:30-9 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.
• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bonnes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephens.
• Program manager: Kay Hale
Ross (886-7334).
Report on UCM New Economy Summit is
available on-line
More than 200 people attended the Oct. 20, 2006 "New Economy In
Southeastern Kentucky Summit" in Hazard, with keynote speaker
Congressman Hal Rogers. The participants have offered 81 recom·
mendations to enhance or bring the New Economy to the region. The
majority of the recommendations concern education. The report
defines the "New Economy" and details specific challenges In the
Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD). The report can
be viewed on the UCM website www.ucmky.org
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'Birthday
University of Kemucky- College of Agriculture
Extension Notes
Cutting Home Energy Bills
Alexis is 8!
1
Alexis Makenzi Hall, the daughter of Kevin and Krystal Hall,
of Wayland, celebrated her eighth birthday on January 10,
2007. Alexis was joined by many family members and
friends at her "That's so Raven" theme party, held at the
Martin Community Center. Alexis is the maternal granddaughter of Bruce and Kathy Scott, of Garrett. Her maternal
great-grandmother is Sybol Bentley, of Wayland. She is the
paternal granddaughter of Palmer Hall, of Cleveland,
Tennessee and Ann Tignor, of Wayland. Her paternal greatgrandmother is Marie Slone, of Estill.
(NAPSA)-The average family spends approximately $1,900 a
year on energy bills, with heating and cooling accounting for
as much as half of a home's energy use. To help you get the
most out of your heating and cooling system, experts recommend properly maintaining your existing equipment,
using a programmable thermostat and finding and sealing
air leaks around windows, doors and ducts that cause drafts
and make your heating and cooling system work overtime.
If you're in the market for new equipment, Energy Star(r)qualified models can reduce your annual energy costs by as
much as 20 percent. Energy Star is a voluntary partnership
of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), local utilities, product manufacturers, retailers, builders and financial institutions. The partnership helps consumers identify and purchase the most energy-efficient products on the market. To
be Energy Star-qualified, products must meet strict energy
efficiency guidelines set by the DOE and the EPA.
When compared to standard models, Energy Star products
are between 15 and 25 percent more efficient. This means
the products use less energy, helping to improve the environment.
It could make sense, then, for homeowners to consider
Energy Star models as they shop for new furnaces or heat
pumps this heating season. To help consumers purchase the
most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products
on the market, the York(r) brand of Johnson Controls offers
a variety of Energy Star-qualifying home heating products.
For example, the York Latitude(tm) 14 SEER model heat
pump and the York Affinity(tm) 15 and 18 SEER model heat
pumps are Energy Star qualified and offer Heating Seasonal
Performance Factors (HSPF) of 7.4 through 8.5+ energy efficiency.
The Affinity 92+ percent Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
furnaces are also Energy Star qualified and include singlestage, two-stage and modulating models. A modulating furnace with variable speed and ClimaTrak(tm) technology
offers maximum energy efficiency, effective humidity control, reduced sound levels and improved indoor air quality.
To learn more about energy efficient home-heating equipment, visit www.yorkupg.com, or call (800) 910-YORK.
Joey is 3!
Joseph Henderson Bays turned three years old on January
19, 2007. He celebrated his birthday with family and friends
and a "Thomas the Tank Engine" theme party. Joey is the
son of Sam and Amy Bays, of McDowell. He is the grandson
of Cheryl Carter, of McDowell, Fred Carter, of Jenkins, and
Sam and Brenda Bays, of Prestonsburg. He has one little
bl!otber,. Tanner.
Five Generations
Five generations are represented in this photo as tiny KawLiga Ray Compton takes a seat in his great-great grandmother Eula Stumbo's lap. Also pictured are the baby's
mother, Brittany Compton, of Knoxville, Tenne:ssee; tJis
grandmqther, Latrecif'i Lflm9ert1,-«:Jf :;ta,ljlyil · and his _gr~~t-, 1
grandmother, Brenda ;.Jones, ~\so ~fS'tanv1 . Mrs~r~furt'lbo
is a resident of Prestonsburg.
Diva
• Continued from p11
food? Is it the warmth and
coziness of the food or the
fond memories it instills (like
mom's
home
cooking)?
Maybe it is the creaminess of
the mashed potatoes or the
stick to your ribs feeling you
get after eating some good old
fashioned beef stew.
Whatever it is, there is definitely something about comfort food that satisfies a very
primal need we all have. I
think it is because we feel really FED after we've had comfort food. We feel fed, loved,
happy and warm. Comfort
food is like a warm puppy,
except you can eat it!
There are however, "issues"
with comfort food. And those
are that most of them are just
dang unhealthy. I hate that. But
that doesn't mean they need to
STAY unhealthy- they just
need an extreme makeover and
that's something I love to do.
So here you go-my very fabulous
Beef
Stroganoff,
extremely made over- lower
in fat, lower in carbs and every
bit as comforting as "the real
thing". I ADORE this recipe
(we had it at my house last
week as a matter of fact)- it is
from Saving Dinner the Low
Carb Way (the book that
helped me lose over 50
pounds). I know low carb is no
longer the " in" way to do
things, but doing things in a
lower carb way is a dream
come true for me and for
FlyLady, too. Here's the
recipe:
Low Carb Skillet
Beef Stroganoff
Serves 4
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion - chopped
1 1/2 cups mushrooms sliced
1 pound top sirloin, sliced
thinly
salt and pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons whole
wheat nour
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 cup beef broth
1/2 cup sour cream (to
substantially lower fat grams,
use low or nonfat sour cream)
4 cups fresh spinach
1 teaspoon paprika
In a skillet over medium
high heat, heat the olive oil
and saute the onions for about
three minutes. Add the mushrooms and keep cooking till
the mushrooms begin to lose
their liquid. Remove and keep
warm. Add the beef and cook
till completely browned, salt
and peppering as you go.
Drain the fat, if any, and
sprinkle the flour over the top
of the beef. Add the broth and
cook until slightly thickened.
Add back the mushroom
mixture and mix welL Season
again with salt and pepper and
add the thyme finally. Once
hot, turn down the heat and
add the sour cream. Don' t let it
boil, or the sour cream will
turn into nasty little curds like
cottage cheese and you don't
want that.
Place 1 cup of raw spinach
on each plate and top with the
stroganoff. The heat from the
stroganoff will wilt it nicely.
You can saute it first if you
like, but it's good this way.
Sprinkle the top with paprika.
Per Serving: 370 Calories;
26g Fat (64.4% calories from
fat);
26g
Protein;
7g
Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary
Fiber; 78m g Cholesterol ;
420mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0
Grain(Starch); 3 1/2 Lean
Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat.
LC SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Just add a big salad.
For more help puttmg dinner
on your table check out the
Dinner
Diva '.1
website.
www.Saviltf?Dinner.com or Iter
Saving Dinner Book series published by Ballantine and her new
book Body Clutte1; published by
Fireside .. Copyrif?ht 2007: Leanne
Ely Used by permission in this
publication.
26, 2007 • A13
Pictured from left to right are: Gerald Robinette, CEO East
Kentucky Network, Henry Webb, Director of Instruction
Floyd County Schools, Dr. George Edwards, President, Big
Sandy Community and Technical College, and Greg Wilson,
CEO First Commonwealth Bank. The men each attended the
opening session of Leadership Floyd County, speaking on
the importance of leadership.
Floyd County Chamber announces
Leadership Floyd County Class of
2007
The opening session of the 2007 Leadership Floyd County
Academy was held on November 16, 2006 at the East
Kentucky Science Center. The Leadership Floyd County
Academy was designed to give the participants insight into
the operations, available programs and services, as well as
issues facing Floyd County. All sessions of Leadership Floyd
County contain a variety of information but most importantly give the participant the opportunity to build a communication network with individuals willing to assist in advancing
the county's growth, along with spurring new and innovative
ideas. The Leadership Floyd County Class of 2007: Joe
Stewardson, Mike Dixon, and Bobby McCool of Big Sandy
Community & Technical College; Nikki Shepherd and Barry
Davis, First Commonwealth Bank; Donna Wiete, Big Sandy
Area Development District; Lisa Moore, Carl D. Perkins Job
Corp; Chris McClurg, Highlands Regional Medical Center;
Joshua Byers, The Floyd County Times; Paula Howard,
Citizens National Bank; Mae Jarrell, Appalachian Wireless;
and Brenda Davenport, WYMT-TV.
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Family and Consumer SciencP.'>
Making small dietary changes leads t
large weight loss
By making some relatively simple lifestyle changes, you can
begin to lose those extra pounds that have crept up over the
years. Most Americans gain an average of 10 pounds during
each decade.
Did you know that by eating just 100 fewer calories each day
for a year, you can lose 1 0 pounds in that year?
When trying to lose weight, some people try unusual actlvl·
ties like eating some awful-tasting foods, trying a monotonous, limited diet, or quitting eating out with friends. Instead,
a single dietary change might be all it takes to lose excess
pounds.
Nutritionists usually recommend gradual weight lose-no
more than one-half to two pounds a week. It's also suggest•
ed that obese children and older adults lose weight under
the guidance of a healthcare provider. It's hard to attain adequate nutrition if you consume less than 1 ,200 calories a day.
Seek the supervision of your physician or a registered dietitian if you drop below this caloric level.
It's easy to consume half or more of your daily calories at
one fast-food meal, especially if you're super-sizing portions. You can easily save 1 00 calories or more by following
these suggestions when next visiting a fast-food restaurant.
If you're not very hungry, order the smallest hamburger the
restaurant offers.
Order the smallest size of French fries, or split them with .friend.
Better yet, order a side salad with fat-free or reduced-calorie
dressing. Remember to check the number of calories on the
dressing. A reduced-calorie dressing still might contain
about 100 calories or more per packet. Try using half a packet of dressing.
Instead of a regular soft drink, order a diet version or plain..
water.
Skip the mayonnaise or sauce when ordering your favorite
hamburger or other sandwich.
Since many fast-food restaurants provide nutritional Information, including calories, on site or at the company Web
site, total the calories in your favorite fast-food meal.
Below are some more suggested single dietary changes
equal to cutting 100 calories. Following just one of theH
suggestions could help you lose 10 pounds a year. If you'd
like to lose more weight, try two or more changes dally.
Drink two glasses of one-percent, low-fat milk or skim milk
rather than two glasses of whole milk. The nutrients are
comparable.
Substitute two tablespoons of low-fat mayonnaise for regular mayonnaise, or use mustard to replace mayonnaise.
'
Don't drown your salad in dressing. If you've been using
three-plus tablespoons of dressing per two cups of salad, try
cutting back to one and one-half tablespoons or less. Some
nutrition sources recommend about one tablespoon of
dressing for each two cups of salads. Also, experiment wit"
reduced-calorie salad dressings.
Salad dressing slides off damp greens to collect in the bot·
tom. So, thoroughly wash and dry salad greens to obtain
more flavor with less dressing. The easiest way to dry salad
greens is with a salad spinner. Avoid bruising greens by not
overcrowding them. After spinning, use clean paper towels
to remove remaining moisture. If you don't have a salad
spinner, thoroughly dry greens with paper towels.
Bagged, pre-washed salad greens labeled "ready to eat"
should be dry eno,u gh as is. ·
A\~ult~, qtten e~t .flWf~ th~r~np, ~Utl'\(~g,pf AGreal, bll~ QJl
the size listed on the box. This might be one way calories a..,
sneaking into your diet. Compare the amount you're eating
to the serving size cited on the cereal box to determine If
you're pouring more calories. To aid portion control, try
using a smaller bowl.
It's easy to put a couple of tablespoons of butter or margarine, which can contain up to 200 calories, on a baked
potato without giving it a second thought. By switching to
sour cream, you can have as much as one-fourtt\,cup for 100
calories. For even fewer calories, use a light or fat free sour
cream, or substitute yogurt for the sour cream.
Microwaving popcorn at home or work is a common occurrence. It's easy to eat one-half a bag or more at one sitting.
Even two cups of buttery popcorn might contain about 100
calories. To gauge how much you're eating, remember one
cup is about the size of a baseball, or your fist. While
microwave popcorn is a great snack, experiment with low-fat
versions if you'd like to eat more than a few cups at one time.
Remember calories consumed in beverages contribute to
significant calories too.
If you've been drinking a 20-ounce regular soft drink, downsize to a 12-ounce container size. Even better, substitute a
12-ounce can of a diet soft drink, with no calories, for a similar amount of a regular soft drink at 150 calories. An alternative is to drink a glass of cold water, perhaps with a slice
of lemon or lime. If you drink alcohol, limit your dally consumption to one drink for women and two drinks for men, as
recommended by the United States Dietary Guidelines for
Americans. Typically, a five-ounce glass of wine and onehalf ounces of distilled spirits contain 100 calories; a 12·
ounce serving of beer, 150 calories.
For more information on our "Weight The Reality Series",
and to learn how to prepare healthier foods for your family,
general nutrition and health materials, contact Theresa M.
Scott, your Floyd County Cooperative Extension Service
Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, 921 S. Lake Drive,
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653, Phone 606-886-2668, email
tmscott@uky.edu .
Eyes
• Continued from p11
love her and I feel honored to
realize that I represent some
form of security to her.
That said, let me now tell
you that never, in my entire
life, have I witnessed such a
awe-inspiring occurrence as
watching baby Jade come into
this world. Words cannot
describe it, so I needn't try.
After spending the entire
evening feeling pretty helpless
as Hollie's pain increased bit
by bit, I have to admit that
tears did fill my eyes as Dr.
Ascani laid that beautiful newborn on its mother's belly and
mama got her first look at what
she had brou~ht into the world.
Both motner and baby are
safely hom as of this writing
and. as all mothers know,
Hollie's adventure into parenthood is only just beginning.
But for now, all is idyllic and
baby Jade seems perfectly
content to be here, napping
and cooing and barely ever
even crying. That might be
because her mama, and daddy,
Jus tin, rarely ever let her out of
their arms, but can you blame
them? Is there anything better
than the feel of a newborn's
soft head on your fingertips or
the warm, fuzzy feeling you
get as you snuggle one close to
your body? Very little can
compare.
To Jade, welcome little girl!
And to mama Hollie, well,
girl, it's only just begun ...and
believe me, I'm talking about
the adventure of a lifetime.
My girls and I will ways try
to be here for you.
(And to Dr. Ascani - thanks
for allowing us to be there with
you and your team. You did
good catchin' that little critter!)
See y' all next week...
�A14 •
FRIDAY, JANUARY
26, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
This devotional and directory is made possible by these businesses who encourage all of us to to attend worship services.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
First Assembly of God, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Norship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
~orie Vannucci, Min1ster.
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7: p.m.
n Victory Assembly of God, West Prestonsburg; Sunday
School, 10:00; Worship Service, 11:00 & 6:30; Wednesday
evening, 6:30; Gary Stanley, Pastor.
'lew Bethel Assembly of God, Burning Fork Rd.,
Salyersville; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
l.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Arthur (Sam) Smith,
\1inister.
Free
United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday Scrool, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m.
Praise Assembly, 1 mile S of Prestonsburg, intersection of Rt.
30 and U.S. 23; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
1.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; J.M. Sloce,
\1inister.
BAPTIST
~lien First Baptist, Allen; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
3ervice, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Arnold
rurner, Minister.
~uxier Freewil Baptist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Norship Service, 11 a.m. ard 6 pm.; Thursday, 7 p.m.; Bobby
3pencer, Pastor.
3enedict Baptist, Slick Rock Branch, Cow Creek; Sunday
3chool, 10 a.m; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Nednesday, 7 p.m.; Gordon Fitch, Minister.
3etsy Layne Free Will Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Nednesday, 7 p.m.; Tracy Patton, Minister.
3ig Sandy Community and Technical College Baptist
3tudent Union, J 102; Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.; Vera Jo1ner,
386·3863, ext. 67267.
3onanza Freewill Baptist, Abbott Creek Road, Bonanza;
3unday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Nednesday, 7 p.m.; J1mmy D. Brown, Minister.
3randy Keg Freewill Baptist, Corn Fork; Sunday School, 10
1.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
~usic, Minister.
;alvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
J:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7
p.m.; Doug Lewis, Minister.
~ommunity Freewill Baptist, Goble Roberts Addition;
3unday School, 10 a.m .. Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
~ednesday, 7 p.m.; Paul D. Coleman, Minister.
;ow Creek Freewill Baptist, Cow Creek; Sunday School, 10
tm.; Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Nathan
•afferty, Minister.
>aniels Creek Baptist Fellowship Church of God, Banner.
3ervices: Saturday night, 7 p.m.; Sunday morning, 11 a.m.;
>unday n1ght, 7 p.m.; Henry Lewis, Minister.
>rift Freewill Baptist, Drift; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Service, 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Jim Fields,
.1inister.
~orship
:ndicott Freewill Baptist, Buffalo; Sun. School, 10 a.m.;
.;hurch every Sun. Morning 11:15 a.m.; Wed. evening Bible
>tudy &Prayer Meeting, 7:00p.m.; Third Sun. evening Service,
l p.m.; First Sat. evening Service, 7 p.m. Hobert Meek, Pastor,
velcomes everyone.
'aith Bible Church, an independent Baptist Church, located
m 1428, between Allen & Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
c3unday Morning, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening, 6 p.m.;
Vednesday Bible Study & Prayer, 6 p.m.; Pastor, Rev. Stuart
:. Swanberg.
Grethel Baptist, State Rt. 3379,
(Branham's Creek Rd.); Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday.
6:30p.m.
Garrett Regular Baptist, Route
550, Garrett; Worship Service, 10:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
6:30 p.m.; Willie Crace, pastor;
Ass1st. Larry Patton. Phone 358·
4275.
Highland Avenue Freewill Baptist;
Sunday School, 9:50 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; David Garrett,
Minister.
Jacks Creek Baptist, Bevinsville;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor Roger
Trusty.
Lower Toler Church of Christ,
Harold; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.; Lonie
Meade, Minister.
$rom one man He
made every nation of
men, that they should
inhabit the whole earth
... God did this so that
men would seek Him
and perhaps reach out
for Him and find Him,
though He is not far
from each one of us.
Acts 17:26,2 7
Katy Friend Freewill Baptist, 2
miles up Abbott; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jim Price,
Minister.
Lackey Freewill Baptist, Lackey;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Johnny J. Collins, Minister.
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Lancer Baptist Church; 71 Cooley St. , Prestonsburg,
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.,
Evening Woship, 6:00 p.m , Wednesday Prayer Meeting and
Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.; Pastor Bobby Carpenter
Liberty Baptist, Denver; Sunday Service, 10 a.m., Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Merle Little,
Minister.
Ligon Community Freewill Baptist, Ligon Worship Service,
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Thursday, 7 p.m
Martin Branch Freewill Baptist, Estill; Sunday Service, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7
p.m.; James (Red) Morris, Minister.
Martin Freewill Baptist, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. ;
John L. Blair, Minister.
Maytown First Baptist, Main St., Maytown Sunday School,
10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6
p.m.; Bob Varney, Minister.
McDowell First Baptist, McDowell; Sunday School, 9:45
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday, 6
p.m.; Gene Bracken, Minister.
Middle Creek Baptist, Blue River; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Eugene Cook, Minister
Lighthouse Baptist, 2194 KY Rt. 1428, Prestonsburg;
Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Donald Crisp, Minister.
home phone 285-3385
=irst Baptist, Garrett; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship
iervice, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy
')sbome, Mimster.
Pleasant Home Baptist, Water Gap Road, Lancer; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Mark Tackett, Pastor.
·irst Baptist, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
iervice, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
~p.m.; Graydon Howard, Minister.
·lrst Baptist, Prestonsburg, 157 South Front Street;
iunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
.m.; Wed., 6:30 p.m.; Jerry C. Workman, minister.
'":itzpatrick First Baptist, 1063 Big Branch, P.O. Box 410,
'restonsburg, KY 41653; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
.ervice, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
ommy Reed.
Pleasant Valley Old Regular Baptist Church, Tinker Fork;
Meeting time 1st Saturday & Sunday of each month, 3rd
Sunday Evening at 6:00 p.m.; Moderator, Gary Compton;
Assist. Moderator, Jimmy Conley.
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Fax: (606) 285·6422
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11203 Main St. Box 910 Martin, KY 41649
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Betsy Layne Church of God, Old
U.S. 23; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Judith Caudill,
Minister.
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'aith Freewill Baptist, 1/4 mile above Worldwide Eqpt. on
11. 1428; Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
1nd 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Buddy Jones, Minister
Office: (606) 874-2151
Toll Free: 800-826-7413
Fax: (606) 874-9136
Mare Creek Church of Christ,
Stanville; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Martin Church of Christ, Mart1n;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Gary Mitchell,
Minister.
Maytown Church of Christ, 66
Turkey Creek Rd., Langley. Sunday
Bible Study 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning worship 11:00 a.m., Evening
Worship 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6:00 p.m.
Upper Toler Church of Christ, 3.5
miles up Toler Creek on right; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Tommy Dale Bush, Minister.
Weeksbury Church of Christ;
Sunday School, 10 a.mm.; Worship
Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mike
Hall, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
Prater Creek Baptist, Banner; Sunday School, 10 a.m;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; J.B.
Hall, Pastor. Phone: (606) 874-3222.
Rock Fork Freewill Baptist; Garrett Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m.: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Wendell
Crager, Minister.
Rock Fork Regular Baptist, Garrett; Worship Service, 9:30
a.m.; Jerry Manns, Pastor; Willie Crace Jr., Assistant Pastor.
Salt Lick United Baptist, Salt Lick, Hueysville; Worship
Service, 2nd & 4th Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Pastor, Allen
ChaHins, phone 946·2123.
Sammy Clark Branch Freewill Baptist, Dana; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Stephens Branch Missionary Baptist, Stephens Branch;
Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 6 p.m.
The Third Avenue Freewill Baptist; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7
p.m. Phillip Ramey, Pastor.
Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist, U.S. 23 (north of Layne
Brothers); Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Chuck Ferguson, Minister.
Tom Moore Memorial Freewill Baptist; Cliff Road; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Youth Service, 5:00
p.m.; Evening Service, 6:00p.m.; No Service the 1st Sunday
of each month; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jody Spencer, M1mster.
Trimble Chapel Freewill Baptist; Intersection of U.S. 23 and
KY 80, Water Gap; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morning Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and Evemng Worship Serv1ce 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m., Youth Services 7 p.m.;
Everyone Welcome.
United Community Baptist, Hwy. 7, Hueysville; Worship
Service, 2 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Carlos Beverly, Minister.
Wheelwright Freewill Baptist, Wheelwright Junction;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Louis Ferrari, Minister.
CATHOLIC
St. Martha, Water Gap; Mass: Sunday, 11 :15 a.m.; Saturday,
5 p.m.; Sunday.; Father Robert Damron, pastor.
CHRISTIAN
First Christian, 560 North Arnold Avenue; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m., Jim Sherman, Minister.
Victory Christian Ministries, 1428 E., Sunday School, 11:30
a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m; Sherm
Williams, Minister.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Betsy layne Church of Christ, Betsy layne; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.:
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Tommy J. Spears, Minister.
Prestonsburg Church of Christ, 88 Hwy. 1428; Worship
Service, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Richard
Kelly and Nelson Kidder. Ministers.
Harold Church of Christ, Harold; Sunday School, 10 a.m..
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
James H. Harmon, Minister.
Highland Church of Christ, Rt. 23, Hager Hill; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Hueysville Church of Christ; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Chester Varney, Minister.
Community Church of God,
Arkansas Creek, Martin; Worship
Service, 11 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Bud Crum, Minister.
First Church of God; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.; Steven
V. Williams, Pastor.
Garrett Church of God, Garrett; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Donald Bragg, Minister.
Landmark Church of God, Goble Roberts Addition; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:10 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth E. Prater, Jr., Minister.
Little Paint First Church of God, 671 Little Paint Road, East
Point; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.. ; Charles Heater Jr., Minister.
The ligon Church of God of Prophecy, Saturday Services,
7:00p.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.· Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Ralph Hall, Pastor
EPISCOPAL
St. James Episcopal; Sunday Service, 9:45 a.m.; Holy
Eucharist 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Study Group 6:00p.m., Holy
Eucharist & Healing 7:30 p.m. Father Johnnie E. Ross,
Rector.
LUTHERAN
Our Savior Lutheran, Sipp Bayes Room Carriage House
Motel, Paintsville; Sunday Service, 11 a.m.; WKlW (600 am)
12:05 p.m.; Rolland Bentrup, Minister.
METHODIST
Auxier United Methodist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a,.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Garfield Potter,
Minister.
Betsy Layne United Methodist, next to B.L. Gymnasium;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy Blackburn, Minister.
Allen Christ United Methodis~ Allen; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth
Lemaster, Minister.
Community United Methodist, 141 Burke Avenue (off
Umversity Dnve and Neeley St.); Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Steve Pescosol!do, Minister.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Seventh-Day Adventist, 5 miles West on Mountain Parkway;
Church Service, 9:1 5; Sabbath School. 10:45; John Baker,
Pastor, 358·9263; Church, 886·3459, leave message.
Everyone welcome!
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATIER DAY SAINTS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints;
Sacrament Mtg., 10:00 am., Sunday School, 11:20 a.m.;
Relief Society/Preisthood/Primary, 12:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 6
p.m. Church Meeting House address, Hwy. 80, Martin, KY
41649; Meeting House telephone number: 285-3133; Ken
Carriere, Bishop.
OTHER
Pastor Atha Johnson welcomes everyone to attend services
at the CHURCH of GOD of PROPHECY TRAM KENTUCKY.
Sunday school 10 a.m., Worship service 11 a.m.
Drift Independent, Drift; Sunday, 11 a.m.; Thursday, 6:30
p.m.
Grace Fellowship Prestonsburg,(next to old flea market),
Sunday School, 10 a.m. Worship, 11 a.m. Bill Stukenberg,
Pastor 889-0905.
Faith Deliverance Tabernacle, West Prestonsburg; Sunday
School, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m.; Don Shepherd,
Minister.
Faith Revelation Ministery, 1/4 mile above Worldwide
Equipment; Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Randy Hagans, Minister.
Faith Worship Center, US 460, Paintsville; Worship Service,
11 a.m.; Thursday, 6 p.m.; Buddy and Maude Frye, Minister.
Full Gospel Community, (formerly of Martin) moved to Old
Allen; Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Sunday evening, 6:30p.m. Wed., 6:30 pm.; lavonne Lafferty,
Minister
Lighthouse Temple, Main St. and Hall St.: Worship Service,
12 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday/Friday, 7 p.m.; Roy Cosby,
Minister.
Living Water Ministries Full Gospel Church, Rt. 3, just
before Thunder Ridge, Wednesday, 7.00 p.m., Sunday
Evening, 6:00 p.m. Pastor: Curt Howard.
Martin House of Worship, Old Post Office St. ; Worship
Service, 7 p.m., Saturday/Sunday.
Old Time Holiness, 2 miles up Arkansas Creek, Martin;
Sunday School, 11 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7
p.m.; John W. Patton, Minister.
Spurlock Bible (Baptist), 6227 Spurlock Creek Rd. ,
Prestonsburg: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jim Stephens, Minister. 886·1003.
Town Branch Church; Sunday School 10 a.m except for first
Sunday in each month., Worship Service, Sun. morning 10:00
a.m., Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday, 6 p.m.; No Sunday night
serv1ces on first Sunday of each month. Tom Nelson, Minister.
The Father House, Big Branch, Abbott Creek; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m.; J.J. Wright,
Minister.
The Tabernacle, Rt. 321 (Old Plantation Motel), Christian
Educator, 10:00; Sunday Morning, 11:00; Sunday Evening,
7:00; Wednesday, 7:00; Pastors, Paul and Ramona Aiken.
Youth Fellowship Center, Wheelwright; Monday-Tuesday, 6
p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m.
Zion Deliverance, Wayland; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m.
Prayer ltne: 358-2001; Darlene W. Arnette, Pastor
Taylor Chapel Community Church, fonnerly the old Price
Food Service building, located 1 quarter mile above
Worldwide Equipment. Rt. 1428. Sun. Bible Study, 10 a.m.;
Sun. Morning Service, 11 a.m.; Sun. Evening, 6:30 p.m.
Kenny Vanderpool, Pastor.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church, 10974 N. Main
St., Martin; Rev. Ellis J. Stevens, Senior Pastor.
Rising Sun Ministries, 78 Court Street, Allen, Ky.; Sunday,
10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m. Pastor: D.P. Curry.
Church of God of Prophecy, Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship Service 11 a.m., Sunday Night· 6 p.m., Wednesday
Night · 6 p.m. Pastor Glenn Hayes. West Prestonsburg.
Elliott's Chapel Free Methodist, Rt. 979, Beaver; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Philip
T. Smith, Minister.
Emma United Methodist, Emma; Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Pastor David Profitt.
First United Methodist, 256 South Arnold Avenue; 9 a.m.
Contempory Service; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship
Service, 10:55 a.m. and 5 p.m. UMYS Service; Wednesday, 7
p.m.; Mark D. Walz, Pastor.
Horn Chapel Methodist, Auxier Road, Auxier; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Sunday Morning Service, 11 a.m.; Mid-week
Service, 7 p.m.; Sunday Evening Service held on the 1st and
3rd Sundays of each month at 6 p.m.; Larry J. Penix, Minister.
Graceway United Methodist, Rt. 80, Sunday School, 9:45
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Night, 7 p.m.;
Roy Harlow, Minister.
Salisbury United Methodist, Pnnter; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Bible Study, 6 p.m.; Bobby G. Lawson, Minister.
Wayland United Methodist, Rt. 7, Wayland; Sunday School,
10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Jack
Howard, Pastor.
Wheelwright United Methodist, Wheelwright: Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Bobby Isaac, Minister.
Vogle Day United Methodist Church, Harold; Sunday
School, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.;
Wed. Bible Study, 7:00p.m.; Dennis C. Love. Pastor.
Drift Pentecostal, Drift; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, Saturday/Sunday, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Ted
Shannon, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Church of God, Rt. 1428, East Point;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Buster Hayton, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Church of God, Weeksbury; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday/Saturday, 7 p.m.; John "Jay" Patton, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Deliverance, Ext. 46 off Mt.. Parkway at
Campton; Worship Service, Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m.;
Patricia Crider, Minister.
US 23 Prestonsburg
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Member AHA and KHA
Accredited by JCAHO
Physician Referral
886-7586
Highway 160 E.
1 (800) 511-1695
Free Pentecostal Holiness, Rt. 122, Upper Burton; Sunday
School, 11 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m; Friday, 7 p.m.; Louis
Sanlan, Minister; David Pike, Associate Mimster.
Goodloe Pentecostal, Rt. 850, David, Worship Service, 6
p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
East Kentucky Metal
Roofing & Siding Supplies
Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Floyd and MagoHin
County Line; ; Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
Minister. 297·6262.
(Next door to East KY Roof Truss Co.)
Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Holiness, Main St., Martin;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; 2nd Sat., 7
p.m.. Thurs .• 7 p.m., Elllis J. Stevens, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Church, Dwale; Services Saturday, 6 p.m.;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Services, 11 a.m., No Sunday Night
Service.
PRESBYTERIAN
Drift Presbyterian, Route 1101, Drift; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
First Presbyterian, North l ake Drive; Sunday School, 9:30
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Rev. Vicki Poole, pastor.
East KY Metal
3095 S. Lake Drive • Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone: (606) 889·9609 or (606) 886·9563
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AUTOMOTIVE
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
99' Eddie Saurer
Explorer, loaded.
$5.495.
2002 Ford Tarus
STS 80,000 miles.
$5,495, Moonroof.
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451 .
FOR SALE
Tool box 2 fit full
s1zed pickup truck
bed, needs
repainting. $50.00
Call 886-9474.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
Cab w/4 door fiberglass cab. Super
sharp and clean
maroon with tan
interior. Asking
$8,500. RUNS
GOOD. Call 606791 -6052, if no
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correct individual
Job Listings
ROUTE DRIVER/
WAREHOUSE
Airgas has a career
opportunity available
for
Route
Driver/Warehouse
position
at
our
Bowling Green, KY
location. This position requires a minimum Class B CDL
with HAZMAT &
T a n k e r
Endorsement.
Knowledge of the
welding industry &
customer service
experience is a
plus. Airgas offers a
competitive salary
and benefits which
include paid vacation days, holidays,
sick days, 401 (k),
employee
stock
purchase plan, life
insurance,
short
and long term disability.
Please inquire at:
A i r g a s
Prestonsburg
Water Gap Road,
Jet 23 & Rt. 80
Prestonsburg KY
41653
Contact
Mitch
Walker
Phone: (606)8748001
EOE M/FN/H
Visit Airgas on the
web at www.airgas.com.
Rent
to
Own
Account Manager
We are interested
in finding people
with excellent communication skills, 1
yr retail experience
in furniture sales,
delivery & installation, valid driver's
license with good
driving record, and
criminal
background check. We
offer paid holidays,
vacation, and 401K with company
match, health, cancer and life insurance,
and
Christmas
Club
Savings Account.
Apply in person at
A-Plus Rentals 144
Collins
Circle
Prestonsburg, KY
or
online
at
shopaplusrentals.c
om
JOB OPENING.
CCA/Otter Creek
Correctional Center
is accepting applications for the following
positions:
Medical
Doctor,
Nurse Practitioner,
L P N ' S ,
Psychologist- Must
be licensed in the
state of Kentucky.
Apply in person at
327
Correctional
Road, Wheelwright,
KY 41669, or apply
online at www.correctionscorp .com .
CCA/Otter Creek
Correctional Center
is an equal opportunity
employer.
M/F/DN.
JOB OPENING
Part time house
keepers needed.
Must have experience and work
weekends. Come
by and apply at
Microtel Inn.
JOB OPENING
COL Drivers needed. Apply in person
at The HT Hackney
Company. Harold,
KY. Benefits available. Call 4789591.
JOB OPENING
Employee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part time. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
Misc.
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FOR SALE
Antique petal
sewing machine
$75.00 13' color
TV both good.
Condition $50.00
wooden magaxine
rack $10.00 fender
stratocaster
$75.00. 1 carrat
diamond cluster
$150.
886-1859.
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
Includes all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
Check out the picture of this house
listed at the bottom
of the page!
YOUR AD COULD
BE HERE! 1
MONTH WITH A
PICTURE
INCLUDED JUST
$75.00. CALL
LEIGHANN
WILLIAMS
TODAY TO SALE
YOUR HOUSE
FAST! 886-8506.
HOUSE for sale at
Wayland. 2 story.
Asking $28,000
firm. 606-9462271 . or 606-7855556
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Call
791-3913
HOUSE for sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0.70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
1/12 2 wk
JOB OPENING
Prestonsburg
Health Care is looking for an RN.
Every other weekend off. Call Lynn
Fletcher or Elane
Jones. 886-2378.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
2 Bedroom 1
Bathroom, GREAT
DEAL $10,000
Located at
Cornfork near
Jenny Wiley Lake
Road.
call 226-6392
or 886-0726
Land Contract possible. Call
today!!!!!!!
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story
3 BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached
garage. 13 acres,
located at Allen.
Call 205-4425.
MERCJiANDISE
Sale or Lease
FREE with deposit
paid in 3 installments. To qualified
applicants. 1 BR
$280, 2 BR $304.
Offer valid thru
11/30/06. All electric HUD accepted.
886-0039. Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR SALE
2003 16X50 Vinyl
siding, shingle roof,
laminated flooring,
and new tile in
kitchen and bathroom, appliances
included. Must be
moved.
$25,000
285-1596
FOR SALE
Commercial property 12 acres next
to
Walmart
&
McDonald's
in
Prestonsburg. 8863023 after 5pm.
FOR RENT
2 BR 1 Bath
Duplex Apt. Stove,
refrigerator. US 23
and 80 City limits.
$485 + utilities. No
pets 1 year lease.
606-237-4758.
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial
location.
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg Rt.
1428. Call 8742421. $300 monthly
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
House
'
FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town,
3 BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month. $440
security deposit.
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721 . No pets.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31.
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850-222-2226.
Leave message.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 11 00 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Lum
DeRossett
Branch 75 acres
more or less. Level
land. Sloping I timber. Call 606-3252809 or 606-3254430
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 2 BR in quiet
Neighborhood.
886-3146
after
8:00pm.
1/26 1 wk
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
Branham Heights
Apartments - Now
accepting applications for 1 and 2
BR
apts.
Rent
based on 30% of
income. Appliances
furnished.
very
nice, central heat
and air,
water,
garbage and sewer
included.
Please
contact the manager
606-4524777.
q
u a I
E
Opportunity housing.
APT FOR RENT
3 BR 1 bath, central heat and air,
wall to wall carpet.
$475 per month
plus utilities. 2853412.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month .
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-81 00
or 606-434-7715
AFFORDABLE
SPECIAL
Park
Place Apartments
First month rent
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LEGALS
PUBLIC
NOTICE
Neeley
Investments Inc.,
dba Tlaque Paque
Mexican
Restaurant,
409
Bryanwood
Parkway,
Lexington,
Ky.
40505,
hereby
declares
intention(s) to apply for
a
Restaurant
Liquor Beer, Wine
by drink license(s)
no later than 2-107. The business to
be licensed will be
located at 1332
North Lake Drive,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653,
doing business as
Tlaque
Paque
Mexican
Restaurant.
The
(owners); principal
officers and directors, limited partners or members
are as follows:
Owner: Carol J.
Neeley, of 405
Bryanwood
Parkway,
Lexington,
Ky.
40505.
Any
person,
association, corporation,
or body
politic may protest
the granting of the
license(s) by writing the Department
of
Alcoholic
Beverage Control,
1003 Twilight Trail,
Frankfort,
Ky.
40601-8400, within
30 days of the date
of this legal publication.
NOTICE OF
BOND
RELEASE
Pursuant to
Permit
No. 836-5253
Single Area
In accordance w1th
the provisions of
KRS
350.093,
notice is hereby
given that Dema
Coal
Company,
Inc., HC 80, Box
1070,
Dema,
Kentucky 41859,
intends to apply for
a Phase Ill bond
release for Single
Area on permit
number 836-5253,
which was last
issued February 3,
1994. The application covers an area
of approximately
83.15 acres, located 1.60 mile southeast of Wayland, in
Floyd County.
The permit area is
approximately 0 .50
mile
northwest
from Ky. 7's junction with Ky. 899,
and located 0.10
mile north of the
Right
Fork
of
Beaver Creek. The
latititude
is
37
degrees, 25 minutes, 22 seconds.
The longitude is 82
degrees, 47 minutes, 59 seconds.
The bond now in
effect for permit
No. 836-5253 is a
certificate
of
deposit
for
$4,000.00.
Approximately
100% of the original bond amount of
$4,000.00 is included in the application for release.
FC>FI S.A.LE
Commercial
p r o p e r t y 1.2 a c r e s
ne:x:t t o \1\/almart &
l'v'l cC>ona l d ' s
in
Prestonsburg_
886-30.23
af'ter
5pm_
Reclamation work
performed includes
grading, seed ing
and mulching , and
successful establishment of the
post-mining land
use, which was
completed June,
1996.
Written comments,
objections,
and
requests for a public hearing or informal
conference
must be filed with
the
Director,
Division of Field
Services,
#2
Hudson
Hollow,
Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601,
by March 5, 2007.
A public hearing on
the application has
been scheduled for
March 6, 2007, at
9:00 a.m., at the
Department
for
Surface
Min ing
Reclamation and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite 6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653.
The hearing will be
cancelled if no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by March 5, 2007.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number
836-8065
Renewal
In
accordancce
with KRS 350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Martin
Coal
Processing
Corporation, P.O.
Box 77, !vel, KY
41642, has applied
for a renewal of a
permit for a coal
processing facility
affecting
12.0
acres located 0.15
miles east of Hite in
Floyd County.
The proposed facility is approximately
0.67
miles
Southeast from KV
122's junction witli
KY 80 and is locat·
ed adjacent to the
Left Fork of Beaver
Creek. The latitude
is 37 degrees 33
minutes 19 seconds. The longi•
tude is 82 degrees
44 minutes 58 seC'onds.
The facility is located on the Harold
and Martin USGS 7
1/2 minute quadrangle maps. The
surface area is
owned by Martin
Coal
Processing
Corporation
and
CSX/Chessie
System.
.,
The application has
been filed for public;:
inspection at thli
Division of Min~
Reclamation and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive, Suite #6,
Prestonsburg, KY
41653.
Writte?
comments, objec;
tions or requests
for a permit conference must be filed
with the Director,
Division of Mine
Permits,
#2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex,
Frankfort,
KY
40601 ,
NOTICE OF •
BOND
RELEASE
Pursuant to '
Permit
No. 836-5090 ·
Single Area
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.093,
not1ce is hereby
given
that
Frasure's Branch
Coal
Company,
SALES I SALES MANAGER
Due to our company growth in Eastern
Kentucky and South West Virginia, we need'
sales manager trainees at once. If you have•
an athletic or rural background and enjoy
meeting people, don't miss this opportunity.
We are a forty-year-old national company
marketing a unique product. We offer leads,
complete training, advancement opportunities, and outstanding fringe benefits. Our
average reps earn $35,000·$45,000 first year.
You may earn more.
For a personal interview, call 605·254·8876.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. Excellent condition. $350 per
month + utlities and
security deposit.
References
required. Call 606874-2802
FOR RENT
One
Mobile
Home lots for rent
1/2 mile on right
from Prestonsburg
on Town Branch
Road. Lots have
city water, gas,
sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
FOR RENT
Large
mobile
home.
Covered
porch
14x82.
Newly
painted,
remodeled .
Call
874-2720.
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�A 16 •
FRIDAY, JANUARY
P.O.
Box
101 ,
Minnie, Kentucky
41651, intends to
apply for a Phase II
& Ill bond release
for single area on
permit number 8365090, which was
last issued on June
5, 2002. The application covers a surface area of approximately 3.28 acres,
located 1.9 mile
northwest
of
Grethel, in Floyd
County.
The permit area is
approximately 1.9
mile north of the
junction of Ky. 979's
junction
with
Frasure
Branch
Road, and located
0.2 mile east of
Frasure
Branch.
The
Latitude
is
37228'35". The longitude is 82 2 40'
19".
The total bond now
in
effect
for
Frasure's Branch
Coal Company is as
follows: Single Area
- $6,300.00.
26, 2007
Reclamation work
performed includes,
grading,
seeding
and mulching, and
successful establishment of the postminmg land use,
which was completed April, 2001.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a public
hearing or Informal
conference must be
filed
with
the
Director
of
the
Division of Field
Services,
#2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601 , by
March 5, 2007.
A public hearing on
the application has
been scheduled for
March 6, 2007, at
9:00 a.m., at the
Department
for
Surface
Mining
Reclamat,on
and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Kentucky
41653.
The hearing will be
cancelled
if
no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by March 5, 2007
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8365437, Renewal
In accordance with
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Frasure
Creek Min1ng, LLC,
0165
1051 Mam Street,
Increment No. 11
Suite 100, Milton,
In accordance with West Virginia 25541
the provisions of has
applied for
KRS
350.093, renewal of a permit
notice is hereby for an underground
given that Czar coal mining and
Coal Corporation, reclamation operaHC 64, Box 915, tion located 2.5
Debord, Kentucky miles northwest of
41214, has applied Minnie in Floyd
for a Phase 1 bond County. The prorelease
on posed operation will
Increment #11 on disturb 11.77 surpermit 858-0165, face acres and will
which
was
last underlie
591.50
issued on March 26, acres, and the total
2006. The applica- area within the pertion covers an area mit boundary will be
of 601.58 acres, 603.27 acres.
located 1.89 mile
The
proposed
southeast of Odds, operation is approxin Martin, Johnson, imately 1. 7 4 miles
and Floyd Counties. southeast from KY
The permit area is Route 80's junct1on
approximately 1 .89 with KY State Route
ORDINANCE NO. 1-2007
mile southeast of 680 and is located
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND
County
Road along
Gosling
ADOPTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY #129's junction with Branch.
KY Route 3, and is
The
proposed
OF PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY.
located along the operation is located
WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Right
Fork
of on the Wayland
Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, has com- Daniels Creek.
USGS 7 1/2 minute
pleted the 2006 supplement to the Code of The bond now in quadrangle
map.
for
the The surface area to
Ordinances of the City of Prestonsburg, effect
disturbed
is
which supplement contains all ordinances Increment #11 is a be
of a general nature enacted since the prior surety bond for owned by The Elk
Coal
supplement to the Code of Ordinances of $288,500.00. Horn
Approximately 60% Company, LLC and
this municipality, and,
of the original bond Commonwealth of
WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing amount
of Kentucky.
The
Corporation has recommended the revi- $173,100.00
is operation will underin
the lie land owned by
sion or addition of certain sections of the included
for SEQ CHAPTER \h
Code of Ordinances which are based on or application
make references to sections of the release.
\r 1The Elk Horn
Reclamation work Coal
Company,
Kentucky Revised Statues; and,
performed includes: LLC, Rendell and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of Council to backfilling, grading,
Jacquline Lawson,
accept these updated sections in accord- fertilizing, seeding, Rebecca
Conley
ance with the changes of the law of the and mulching. The Estate, Ida Hunter,
Commonwealth of Kentucky; and,
revegetation Manda
Pratt,
is
in Wendell
Sexton,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED achieved
accordance with the Richard Griffith, T. J.
by the City of Prestonsburg;
approved plan as Hoover, Lafayette
Section 1. That the 2006 supplement to outlined in the per- Gayheart, Gosling
Branch Coal Co. ,
the Code of Ordinances of the City of mit application.
Written comments, Inc.,
Shannon
Prestonsburg, Kentucky, as submitted by
objections,
or Wallen,
Michael
American Legal Publishing Corporation of requests for a public
Collett,
David
Cincinnati, is hereby adopted.
hearing or informal
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take conference must be
effect and be in force and after its date of filed
with
the
passage, approval and publication as Director
of
the
required by law.
Division of Field
Services,
#2
Passed this 22nd day of Januarv. 2007.
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601, by
February 26, 2007.
A public hearing on
- the application has 1
been scheduled for
9:00
a.m.,
on
February 27, 2007,
at the Department
for Surface Mining
First reading: 1/8/07
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
Second reading: 1/22/07
Prestonsburg
Publication date: 1/26/07
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
ORDINANCE NO. 2-2007
Prestonsburg,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
Kentucky
41653.
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
The hearing will be
PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY,
canceled
if
no
ESTABLISHING A REGULAR
request for a hearing or informal conMEETING TIME OF THE CITY
ference is received
COUNCIL TO BE THE SECOND
by February 26,
AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH 2007.
MONTH AT 6:00 P.M.
This is the final
WHEREAS, a meeting time must be advertisement of
this application; all
established according to law; and,
comments, objecWHEREAS, the City Council is tions or requests for
c;tesirous of informing the public and a conference or
tjle press of their Regular Meeting hearing must be
received within 30
time;
days of the day of
NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE
IT this notice.
NOTICE OF
BOND RELEASE
Pursuant to
Permit No. 858-
Hawley and Nancy
Lee Scott, Larry
Collett, John Moore
Estate, James and
Mary E. Patton,
George Ousley and
Peggy
Hanover,
Fred Gibson , James
and M1chelle Hall,
Fred and Sherry
Lyons, Lee and
Lizzie
Wallen
Estate, and Gene
Mullins.
The
application
has been filed for
public Inspection at
the Department for
Mine Reclamation
and Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a permit conference must
be filed with the
Director
of
the
DivisiOn of Mine
Permits, ff2 Hudson
Hollow
Complex,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601.
This is the final
advertisement
of
the application. All
comments, objections, or requests
for a permit conference
must
be
rece1ved within 30
days of today's
date
Call LeighAnn
today to place
your ad!
886-8506.
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ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PRESTONSBURG,
AS FOLLOWS:
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The
following
items will be offered
at public sale on
February 2nd, 2007,
at First Guaranty
Bank, 39 Triangle
Street,
Martin,
Kentucky 41649, at
11:00 a.m .
1997
Pontiac
Grand Prix VIN
#1 G2WP52K3VF31
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in 8253
All items are sold
full force and effect from and after its
"as is where is."
adoption and publication, as required Seller reserves the
by law.
right to bid and to
Section 3. All Ordinances or any parts reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
in conflict with the provisions herein paid following the
<;~.re expressly repealed to the extent of sale, or satisfactory
such conflict.
arrangements are
made with the sellAdopted this 22nd, day of January. er. Announcements
2007.
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First
Guaranty
Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O. Box 888
Martin, KY 41649
First reading: 1/8/07
Section 1. The Regular Meeting time
<!>f the City Council of the City of
Prestonsburg shall be the second
~2nd) and the fourth (4th) Monday of
~very month at 6:00 p.m. The meeting
will be held in the Council Room of the
Municipal Building, located at 200
North Lake Drive, Prestonsburg,
Kentucky.
Second reading: 1/22/07
rublication date: 1/26/07
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FRIDAY, JANUARY
PRESENT OPENING DEVICE
26, 2007 • A17
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got everything
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you are defining the depth of each facial feature.
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of drawing "N: This is especially noticeable
on the nose and chin.
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THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
• Continued from p3
spills on food co
being used for o
l1oors not clean,
rs not in
~ood repair, light fixtures not
~ielded as required. Score: 91
Double Kwik, Harold, follow up inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods, in
yse ice dispensing utensil not
~roperly stored, lack of effective hair restraints, operators
not providing and using chemical test kits where chemical
$anitization methods are
employed, attached equipment
on walls and ceilings not in
good repair, light fixtures not
shielded as required, cleaning
and maintenance equipment
not properly stored, unnecessary articles in or around the
establishment. Score: Food,
94, Retail, 97
Country
At
Heart,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, cloths used for wiping
.spills on food contact surfaces
being used for other purposes,
~oilet room doors not self clos)ng. Score: Food, 96, Retail,
98
I
Food
City
#471,
)>restonsburg, regular inspection.
Violations
noted:
Commercially canned or packages products improperly
labeled, food not protected
during storage, cloths used for
'wiping spills on food contact
surfaces being used for other
purposes, improper storage of
single service articles, sanitary
~owel or hand drying device
not provided at lavatory or
hand washing sink, employees
personal items not stored properly, toxic items not properly
tored, cleaning and mainte~ance equipment not properly
stored. Score: Food, 90, Retail,
~9
Wee Care, Prestonsburg,
regular inspection. Violations
poted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and frel(zing units storing
J)otehHaity hazardous foods,
light fixtures not shielded as
required. Score: 98
D's Grocery, Teaberry, regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
lack of numerically scaled
thermometer for checking
cooking and holding temperature of potentially hazardous
food, food not protected during storage, lack of effective
hair restraints, food contact
surfaces not properly maintained or constructed, cloths
used for food and non food
contact surfaces not stored and
rinsed frequently in water sanitizing solution, garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required, lighting not provided as required. Score:
Food, 93, Retail, 94
Hamilton's Mobile Home
Park, Teaberry, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lots
not located properly, lots not
numbered
systematically,
large pot holes on both driveways as well as parking areas,
sewage system malfunctioning, sewage running to near by
ditch from trailer, park in need
of cleaning, park in need of
supervision. Score: 84
Skean's
Shell
Mart,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Cloths
used for food and non food
contact surfaces not stored or
rinsed frequently in water sanitizing solution, light fixtures
not shielded as required,
cleaning and maintenance
equipment not properly stored.
Score: Food, 97, Retail, 99
Jarrell and Woodrow Jarrell
Jr., property located at Jarrell
Branch.
Lloyd Daniels III to Carria
Jarrell and Woodrow Jarrell
Jr., property located at Jarrell
Branch.
Edd Decoursey to Sandra
Branham, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Patricia Decoursey to
Sandra Branham, property
located at Beaver Creek.
First Guaranty Bank to
Karen Irvin, property located
at Left Beaver Creek.
Vivian Leigh Franklin to
Jessee L. Rudd, property location undisclosed.
Vivian Leigh Franklin to
Clark D. Pergrem, property
located at Brandy Keg Creek.
Drexel Hall to Arnold and
Lois Gayle Newsome, property location undisclosed.
Jemima Hall to Arnold and
Lois Gayle Newsome, property location undisclosed.
Johnny Hall to Arnold and
Lois Gayle Newsome, property location undisclosed.
Kimberly Hall to Timothy
Hall, property location undisclosed.
Kimber
Hamilton
to
Barbara A. Ferrell and Ottis B.
Slone, property location undisclosed.
Loren Hamilton to Barbara
A. Ferrell and Ottis B. Slone,
property location undisclosed.
Loren Hamilton to Barbara
A. Ferrell and Ottis B. Slone,
property location undisclosed.
James W. Hazelett Estate to
Lula G. Bradley, property
located
at
Richmond
Memorial Cemetery.
Pamela
G.
Hazelett
Administratrix to Lula G.
Bradley, property located at
Richmond
Memorial
Cemetery.
David P.
Henton
to
Prudential Relocation Inc.,
pcoperty located at Pinhook
Branch.
Theresa M. Henton to
Prudential Relocation Inc.,
property located at Pinhook
Branch.
Karen Irvin to Gary Lee
Mitchell, property location
undisclosed.
Donna Jarvis to Larry D.
Jarvis,
property location
undisclosed.
William H. Jarvis to Larry
D. Jarvis, property location
undisclosed.
Charles Johnson to Jessee
L. Rudd, property location
undisclosed.
Charles Johnson to Clark
D. Pergrem, property located
at Brandy Keg Creek.
Martha Johnson to Jessee
L. Rudd, property location
undisclosed.
Martha Johnson to Clark D.
Pergrem , property located at
Brandy Keg Creek.
Sayeeda Kadeer to David
and Mary Hall, property location undisclosed.
Avanelle Neeley to Teresa
James, property located at
Abbott Creek.
Donald B. Neeley to Teresa
James, property located at
Abbott Creek.
America Nichols to Melissa
Nichols Baker, property located at Beaver Creek.
Ray Porter to Barbara A.
Ferrell and Ottis B. Slone,
property location undisclosed.
Sally Porter to Barbara A.
Ferrell and Ottis B. Slone,
property location undisclosed.
Prudential Relocation Inc.
to Carla and Steven Lough, ,
property located at Pinhook
Branch.
Eric Brian Pugh to Brenda
Gail Biliter, property located
at Hamilton Addition.
Misty D. Pugh to Brenda
Gail Biliter, property located
at Hamilton Addition.
Bradley Thomas Runyon to
Brian and Misty Pugh, property located at Little Mud Creek.
Glenda F. Runyon to Brian
and Misty Pugh, property
located at Little Mud Creek.
Fredericka C. Tuttle to
Patty and Timothy Howell,
property location undisclosed.
Terry Tuttle to Patty and
Timothy Howell, property
location undisclosed.
Frank Vaughn to Barry J.
and Tamara R. Slone, property
located at Middle Creek.
Leva K. Vaughn to Barry J.
and Tamara R. Slone, property
located at Middle Creek.
Property Transfers
Bashir Ameji to David and
Mary Hall, property location
undisclosed.
Bank of New York to
Jessica Huff Crockett and
Joseph B. Crockell, properly
location undisclosed.
John Alan Barker to Jerry
and Sally Johnson, property
location undisclosed.
Sarah Dae Barker to Jerry
and Sally Johnson, property
location undisclosed.
Brenda Gail Biliter to Amy
and Christopher Newsome,
property location undisclosed.
Gay Conley to Jerry and
Sally Johnson, property location undisclQsed.
Connor
Grant
and
Associates LLC to Henrietta
and James Pennington, property location undisclosed.
CWABS to Jessica Huff
Crockett and Joseph B.
Crockett, property location
undisclosed.
Anita Daniels to Carria
NO GAMES, NO HULA HOOPS
Top Dollar on All Trades!
Band
• Continued from pS
his singing career. In another,
fashion-forward Alex launches
a clothing line. And, for the
series premiere Feb. 3, the
band attends MTV's Video
Music Awards - where they
are among the nervous nominees.
Even if there hadn' t been a
show to film, the studio in
Brooklyn was a great place for
Jhe kids to hang out. A basketball hoop, pinball machine and
trampoline were among the
amenities for spending their
downtime. Plus there was
plenty of snacks.
Between scenes, Nat noted
that making a film is a lot bigger deal than he expected.
"I just thought there would
be my mom and my dad and
the actors, and someone with a
camera."
And though acting is lots of
fun, Alex identified one challenge: "Learning my lines."
How does he do it?
"Work really hard on
them," he said. "Or put them
under my pillow."
And, brother, if that's not
savvy, then what is?
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That hope died when he was killed by a drunk driver.
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FRANKFORT- State
government's expected
surplus this year will be
smaller than the $279 million Gov. Ernie Fletcher
has been advertising for
months, a panel of economists predicted Friday.
The Consensus
Forecast Group estimated
he state will collect an
extra $231.9 million, about
$47 million less than
Fletcher has touted.
The panel estimated the
state would have a $169
million surplus in 2008.
State Budget Director
Brad Cowgill said he was
"exceedingly pleasedn by
the panel's prediction.
Kentucky state budgets
run on two-year cycles.
Last year, state lawmakers
passed an $18.1 billion
two-year budget, which
expires in June 2008.
In an effort to limit the
tate's debt, Fletcher cut
about $370 million in various projects across the
state, including millions of
dollars from state universities.
In October, however, his
administration predicted a
surplus, and since then the
g vernor has been touring
the state asking for Ideas
on how to spend it.
Lawmakers, who return to
business in Frankfort next
month, have indicated a
willingness to restore some
of the vetoed university
jfrojects.
Fletcher has said several other ideas are being
considered.
2 DA Y FORECAST
Today
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE- Eleven of 15 targeted drug dealers were arrested Thursday
during a roundup of suspected drug
traffickers in Pike and Floyd counties.
All 15 names of the alleged drug
traffickers were contained in sealed
indictments from a Pike County grand
by Alex Smith
Sheriff John K Blackburn looked over several pill bottles and plastic bags filled with marijuana and various other drugs on his desk Thursday preparing them for their trip to Frankfort to
be tested at their drug laboratory. "We have a few bags, including a bag containing some sort
of powder which we don't know for sure what It Is yet," Blackburn said.
Drug suspect re-arrested after
more drugs found in.search
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large amount of cash and drugs.
"We had several complaints
on him that he was selling prescription pills," said Floyd
County Sheriff John K
Blackburn. "He had other people's pills and pill bottles that
didn't belong to him."
A search of the residence of
Anthony Salisbury turned up
several bottles of prescription
pills, many which had labels
showing they were prescribed
to someone else, something
Blackburn said his department
is investigating. Sheriff's
department officers also found
$546, marijuana and two drugs
they were unable to identify,
including a powder substance,
which will be sent to a lab for
testing.
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FRANKFORT
Almost everyone who follows any type of sport will
be watching the Super
Bowl on Feb. 4 and law
enforcement
agencies
across the state are urging
sports fans to play it safe
during their celebrations.
The Kentucky State
the
Kentucky
Police,
Transportation Cabinet and
other law enforcement
agencies throughout the
state are joining together to
help make the roadways
safe the weekend of the
Super Bowl.
The National Highway
Safety
Traffic
Administration reports that
during recent years, almost
50 percent of all traffic
fatalities during the Super
Bowl weekend were caused
by drivers impaired by
alcohol. In Kentucky there
were 51 total crashes that
involved the use of alcohol
during the Super Bowl
weekend in 2006. One person was killed and 44 were
injured.
"If consuming alcohol is
part of your Super Bowl
game plan, pass your keys
to a sober, designated driver
kickoff,"
said
before
Transportation
Cabinet
Secretary Bill Nighbert.
"It's the best way to avoid a
tragic crash or an arrest for
impaired driving."
KSP Captain Tim t.Uias
says alcohol affects ditT~r·
ent peot>le in differen:t
ways. '·'The less a ptrsQn
weighs. !hefaster ~d mote
intense ~their • teaetion.
Women-have stronger reac·
tions than men and first·
time drinkers will have
greater· reactions. Often a
person
can
become
impaired after consuming
just one drink."
According to KSP,
impaired drivers can lose
their licenses, time from
their jobs and lose money
due to fines, car towing and
high court costs. They can
also face higher insurance
rates and possible imprisonment for repeat offenses,
assault
and
vehicular
manslaughter.
"Driving impaired or
riding
with
someone
impaired by alcohol is just
not worth it," said KSP
Commissioner Jack Adams.
"The consequences are serious and real, including
potential death, disfigure·
ment and disability. Be
responsible during your
Super Bowl activities.
Avoid alcohol or hand off
your keys to a sober, desig·
nated driver. You don't
want to face a sudden death
situation or be penalized for
illegal procedure."
KSP says citizens can
contribute to highway safe·
ty be reporting erratic drivers to law enforcement
officials.
Fletcher defends his
administration in forum
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Regional Obituaries ......A2
Opinion .......................... A4
Lifestyles .......................A5
Sports ............................ A7
Classifieds ...................A11
(See ROUNDUP, page three)
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STAFF WRITER
by BRUCE SCHREINER
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ers pay is our top priority, and Pike
County Sheriff Fuzzy Keesee has done
a great job on this bust. This type of
joint operation is critical to protect all
Kentuckians."
All individuals arrested during the
raid are currently being held at the Pike
County Detention Center awaiting
by JESSICA HALE
McDOWELL- A 52-yearold McDowell man who agreed
to warrantless searches by law
enforcement as part of an order
that allowed him to remain out
on bond pending his drug trafficking and possession case
was arrested Wednesday after a
search of his home uncovered a
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including the Kentucky Bureau of
Investigation, Operation UNITE and
HIDTA
(High
Intensity
Drug
Trafficking Area). The arrests were
made by officers working for all three
agencies as well as officers working for
the Pike County Sheriff's Department.
"We have a drug epidemic in the
commonwealth,"
said
Attorney
General Greg Stumbo. "Making push-
for big game
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jury. Two additional suspects who
were not targets of the roundup but
were found to be in possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia were arrested, including one who
was found with cocaine.
The 11 suspects who were arrested
all allegedly sold drugs to undercover
agents during a 12-month sting operation conducted by several agencies,
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LOUISVILLE - Republican
Gov. Ernie Fletcher stoutly
defended his accomplishments at
a political forum Friday while
his political rivals argued that
Kentucky still lags behind in
education and economic expansion.
Fletcher and five gubernatorial challengers had their first
face-to-face meeting at the
the
forum sponsored by
Kentucky Press Association in
Louisville.
Notably absent from the discussion was any direct mention
of Fletcher's political baggage
- an investigation of whether
his administration illegally
rewarded political supporters
with state jobs.
"We're not perfect," Fletcher
said. "But I will say this, we
brought the state out of some
very difficult times."
Fletcher, the first Republican
governor elected in more than 30
years, said when he took office
he inherited a massive budget
deficit, a broken Medicaid system and an outdated tax system.
Fletcher took credit for more
jobs, more toads and education
(See FORUM, page three)
Cub Scout Pack 877 of the First Presbyterian Church conducted a "Space Race" on
Jan. 14. The Scouts constructed rockets that are propelled by a rubber band and propeller, then raced them down a 4().-foot stretch of fishing line. There were three ntee
winners - Gregory Shepherd, Bradley Woods and Isaac Owens - and three dealgn
winners - Ryan Goodman, James Isaac and Zachary Patrick. The Scouts are echeduled to go on to the Lonesome Pine District Space Race at the East Kentucky Science
Center.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY
28, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• Barbara Ann Akers, 56, of
Dana, died Monday, January
22, at her residence. She is survived by her husband, Bobby
Curtis Akers. Funeral services
were conducted Thursday,
January 25, under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
• Lloyd Ronald Blackburn,
81, of Little Paint, East Point,
died Tuesday, January 23,
2007, at his residence. He is
survived by his wife, Loretta
Burchett Blackburn. Services
were conducted Thursday,
January 25, under the direction
of Carter Funeral Home.
• Lillie Mae Davidson, 68,
of Wolcottville, Indiana, a
native of Hazard, died Monday,
January 22, at her residence.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 25, under
the direction of Young Family
Funeral Home.
• Artie "Doll" Epley, 75, of
Mooresville, Indiana. a native
of Cow Creek, died Saturday,
January 20, at her residence.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 24, under
the direction of Jones Family
Mortuary,
Mooresville,
Indiana.
• Delmer Hunter, 81, of
Harold, died Sunday, January
21 , at Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 24. under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
• Frederick Allen James,
79, of Prestonsburg, died
Thursday, January 18. Funeral
o.;ervices were held Saturday,
January 20, under the direction
of Carter Funeral Home.
• Michael Lee Justice, 40,
of Sevierville, Tennessee, died
Monday, January 15, at Ft.
Sanders Sevier Medical Center,
in Sevierville. Funeral services
were held Ftiday, January 19,
with burial in the Branham
Cemetery, Mud Creek, under
the direction of the JonesPreston Funeral Home.
• Barbara Marie Labugen,
82, of Prestonsburg, died
Monday, January 22, at the
Prestonsburg Health Care.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 25, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazter
Funeral Home.
• Ronald Ray Shepherd,
52, of Hippo, died Tuesday,
January 23, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 26, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Ethel Woods, 90, of
Melvin, died Wednesday,
January 10, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Preston~burg. Funeral services
were held Saturday, January
13, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
PIKE COUNTY
•
Simpson Randolph
"Randy" Adams, 74, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of
Pikeville,
died
Tuesday,
January 2. He is survived by his
wtfe, Alma Lenora Adams.
•
Eva Belcher, 83, of
Elkhorn City, died Friday,
January 19, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Wednesday,
January 24, under the direction
of Bailey Funeral Home.
•
Wennis Gail Moore
Boggs, 65, of Toledo, Ohio,
formerly of Hardy, died
Sunday, January 21, at her
home. Funeral services were
held Saturday, January 27,
under the direction of Hatfield
Funeral Chapel.
•
Jane Anne Blevins
Colley, 59, of Hanceville,
Alabama,
formerly
of
Pikeville, died Sunday, January
21, at the Baptist Medical
Center-Princeton
in
Birmingham, Alabama. She is
survived by her husband, Tom
Colley. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, January 24,
Obituaries
Ralph Akers
Ralph Akers, age 61, of
Teaberry, died Wednesday,
January 24, 2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg.
Born August 6, 1945, in
Floyd County, he was the son
of the late Vernon and Love
Parsons Akers. He was a disabled coal miner.
Survivors include a daughter, Sheila Akers of Teaberry; a
brother,
Daniel Akers of
Teaberry; two sisters: Vonda
Lee Oney of Columbus, Ohio,
and Brenda Hall of Teaberry;
two grandchildren: Cody Lee
and Makay1a; and several
nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by three
brothers: David Akers, Glen
Ray Akers, and Randall Akers;
and two sisters: Lois Krinn
and Dorothy Sue Akers.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 27, at 11
a.m., at the Samaria Old
Regular Baptist Church, in
Teaberry, with Old Regular
Baptist ministers officiating.
Burial was in the Newsome
Cemetery in Craynor, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin.
Visitation was at the church.
(Paid obituary)
ODD
Lucy F. Adams
Campbell
Lucy F. Adams Campbell,
age 70, of Prestonsburg, died
Monday, January 22, 2007, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg.
Born January 19, 1937, in
Floyd County, she was the
daughter of the late John
Adams and Vina Patton Hale
Hatfield; and a step-father, the
late Tandy Hale. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Third Avenue Freewill
Baptist Church, in Prestonsburg.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Ernest
CampbelL
Survivors include two
sons: Ernest Jr. Campbell
(Patty) and Tandy Campbell,
both of Prestonsburg; six
daughters: Vina Branham
(Dallas).
S~ndy
Carroll
(Gary), and Wilma Campbell,
all of Prestonsburg, Brenda
Bentez (Chris) of Mascot,
Flonda, Amy Campbell of
Ashland, and Ella Campbell of
Lexington; a stepson, Estill
Campbell of Grethel; a sister:
Edna Music of Prestonsburg;
II grandchildren; mne greatgrandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; several stepgreat-grandchildren;
a
nephew, Kenneth Music; and
several other nieces and
nephews.
In addition to her mother,
husband, and step-father, she
was preceded in death by a
son, Ellis Joe (Bo) Campbell;
and
a
stepson,
Bennie
Campbell.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 25, at 1
p.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home in Martin, with
Shane Powers and Bill
Marsillett officiating.
Burial was in Gethsemane
Gardens at Prestonsburg,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral home where church services
were held Wednesday night, at
7 p.m.
(Paid obituary)
ODD
Anna Mae Parker
Anna Mae Parker, 88, of
Bellefontaine, Ohio, formerly
of Minnie, died Thursday,
January 25, 2007, at her residence.
Born June 12, 1918, in
Morgan County, she was the
daughter of the late Kenton
and
Mirna Wolfenbarger
Smith. She was a retired custodian at McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital; and a
member of the Drift Freewill
Church.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, C. C. (Lum)
Parker.
Survivors include a daughter
and son-in-law: Wilma Faye
and Bobby Bradley of
Bellefontaine, Ohio; a daughter-in-law, Rita Parker of Mt.
Sterling; two sisters: Mavery
Kennard of Miamisburg, Ohio,
and Evaleen Dotson of
Warren, Michigan; five grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a son:, Lowell
Parker; a brother, Charles
Boggs; and three sisters:
Florence Boggs, Ida Watts,
and Sebra Caudill.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, January 28, at 10 a.m .,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Steven
Williams officiating.
Burial will be in the
Davidson Memorial Gardens
in Ivel, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Paid obituary)
home.
under
the
direction
of
Hanceville Funeral Home.
• Bobby Dean Damels, 50,
of Freeburn, died Sunday,
January
21,
at
South
Williamson
Appalachian
Regional HospitaL Funeral services were held Thursday,
January 25, under direction of
Phelps Funeral Services.
• Della "Blossom" Hunt
Elliott, 83, of Pikeville, died
Sunday, January 21, at
Pikeville Medtcal Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 24, under
the direction of J.W. Call &
Son Funeral Home.
• Tabitha Gibson, 36, of
Douglas Park, Robinson Creek,
died Wednesday, January 24, at
the University of Kentucky
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Saturday,
January 27, under the direction
of Pikeville Funeral Home.
• Ira Gillespie, 70, of
Louisville, a Pike County
native, died Tuesday, January
23, at his home. He is survived
by his wife, Anita Louise
Shoemaker. Funeral services
were held Friday, January 26,
under the direction of Lucas &
Son Funeral Home.
• Lonzo Johnson Jr., 61, of
Oasis Fork, Letcher County,
formerly of Long Fork, died
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at his
home. He is survived by his
wife, Francis Ann Meade
Johnson. Funeral services were
held Friday, January 26, under
the direction of Hall & Jones
Funeral Home.
• Palmer "Pell" Little, 82,
of Jonancy, died Monday,
January 22, at Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Hazel Roberts
Little. Funeral services were
held Thursday, January 25,
under the direction of Hall &
Jones Funeral Home.
• Mary H. Maynard, 74, of
Campton, formerly of Detroit,
Mich., and Sidney, died
Monday, January 22, at Wolfe
County Health Care. Campton.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 25, under
the direction of R.E. Rogers
Funefal Home.
• Mildred Laughlin McVey
of Pikeville, died Monday,
January 22, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Friday, January
26, under the direction of J.W.
Call & Son Funeral Home.
• Connie Lee Meade, 55, of
Regina, died Wednesday,
January 24. He is survived by
his wife, Patricia Meade.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 27, under the
direction of Thacker Funeral
Home.
• Callie Newsome died
Wednesday, Jan. 24. Funeral
services were held Saturday,
January 27, under the direction
of Polly & Craft Funeral Home.
• Jewell Justice Stratton,
71, died Monday, January 22,
at Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 25, under
the direction of Thacker
Funeral Home.
• Mary Magdeline Sperry
Tessneer, 58, of Casar, North
Carolina, a Pike County native,
died Sunday, January 21, at
Cleveland Regional Medical
Center. She is survived by her
husband, Wesley Joe Tessneer.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 24. under
the direction of Stamey Funeral
Home of Fallston, North
Carolina.
• James Lonis Williamson,
80, of Sidney, died Tuesday,
January
23,
at
Trinity
Healthcare Center in Logan,
W.Va. He is survived by his
wife, Dixie Young Williamson.
Arrangements are under direc
tion of Hatfield Funer'
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• Hubert Davis Jr., 59, fm
merly of Paintsville, die
Tuesday,
January
22
Memorial services will be hcl•
at a later date. Arch L. Heady
Cralle Funeral Home is i
charge of arrangements.
• Golda Mae Estep, 93, o
Springfield, Ohio, a Johnso
County
native,
die.
Wednesday,
January
24
Funeral services were he1•
Saturday, January 27, under th
direction of the Jackson Lytl
Williams Funeral Home ~
Springfield.
• Barbara Fraley, 68, o
West Van Lear, died Thursday
January 18, at Paul B. Hal
Regional Medical Center. Sh
is survived by her husbanc
Bob Fraley. Funeral service
were held Sunday, January 21
under the direction of th
Phelps & Son Funeral Home.
• Lucille VanHoose Gullett
80, a Floyd County native, die<
Sunday, January 21, at Paul B
Hall Regional Medical Cente1
in Paintsville. Funeral servi~
were held Wednesday, Januai:
24,under the direction of th•
Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
• Michael Lee Justice, 40
of Sevierville, Tennessee, die<
Monday, January 15, at Ft
Sanders Sevier Medical Center
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�THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
SUNDAY, JANUARY
28, 2007 • A3
Forum
• Continued from p1
initiatives in Kentucky.
Democrat Steve Beshear,
who is seeking the Democratic
nomination, said Kentucky has
failed to tum around its historically low national rankings in
job creation, education and
health under Fletcher's stewardship.
"We're not gaining any
Beshear
said.
ground,"
we're
losing
"Actually,
ground."
Candidates who took part
Roundup
• Continued from p1
arraignment.
Those arrested so far
,. include:
• Tiffany Carol Thacker,
33, Pikeville
• Avery Newsome, 42,
Pikeville
• Gary Hall, 47, Elkhorn
City
• Tammy Hall, 43, Elkhorn
City
•
Eddie Helton, 50,
Elkhorn City
• Michael Wayne Justice,
56, Elkhorn City
-
•
Donnie Kinder, 74,
Mouthcard
• Patrick Wolford, 40,
Phelps
• Steve Hackney, 44,
Belfry
• Carl Rayburn Jr., 56,
Majestic
• Judina Ann Blankenship,
29, Stopover
• John Lewis Hurley, 56,
Stopover
• Roy C. Blankenship Jr.,
29, Stopover
I,
Obituaries
• Continued from p2
in Sevierville. Funeral services
were held Friday, Jan.uary 19,
under the direction of the
Jones-Preston Funeral Home.
• Walter Calvin Pack, 50,
of Leander, died Saturday,
January 20, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 24, under
the direction of Jones-Preston
Funeral Home.
• LeOra Jayne Skaggs, 96,
of Pompano Beach, Florida,
formerly of Paintsville, died
Monday, January 22, in
Pompano Beach. Funeral services were held Saturday,
January 27, under the direction
of the Steen Funeral Home of
Ashland.
• Rexford Stapleton Sr., 78,
of Flat Gap, died Wednesday,
January 17, at Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center,
Paintsville. He is survived by
his wife, Jean Sisco Stapleton.
Funeral services were held
Friday, January 19, under the
direction of Jones-Preston
Funeral Home.
• James L. Sturgill, 63, of
Hazelhurst, Georgia, a Johnson
County native, died Thursday,
:January l1 at his residence.
Fu ral services were held
Sunday, January 14, under the
direction of the Miles Funeral
Home of Hazelhurst.
• Helen Marie 'Mama
Bear' VanHoose, 69, of Falcon,
a Van Lear native, died Friday,
~ January 19, at her residence.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 22, under the
direction of the Magoffi.n
County Funeral Home.
MARTIN COUNTY
••
..
• Phyllis Ann Chapman,
46, of Louisville, formerly of
Inez, died Saturday, January
20, at Norton Audabon
Hospital. Funeral services were
held Tuesday, January 23,
of
under the
direction
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Gary M. Goble, 64, of
Inez, died Thursday, January
18, at King's Daughters
Economist: Tax credit
would help working poor
The Associated Press
9
Medical Center, in Ashland.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 21, under the
of
Richmonddirection
Callaham Funeral Home.
• Jennifer Hodge, 33, of
Kermit, died Sunday, January
28, at her residence. Funeral
services were held Thursday,
January 25, under the direction
of Phelps and Son Funeral
Home.
• Riley (Tootsie) Hom Sr.,
76, of Inez, died Saturday,
January 13, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Wednesday, January
17, under the direction of
Phelps and Son Funeral Home.
• Billy June Copley Loy,
died Friday, December 14, in
Florida. A memorial service
was held Monday, December
18, at Hardage Giddeus
Edgewood
Chapel,
Jacksonville, Florida.
• Everett (Ebb) Maynard,
84, of Inez, died Thursday,
January 11, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Saturday, January 13,
under the direction of Phelps
and Son Funeral Home.
• James Kelly Meeks, 45,
of Fallsburg, a Martin County
native, has died at Fallsburg.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, January 14, under the
of
Richmonddirection
Callaham Funeral Home.
• Nannie L. Ward, 83, of
Williamsport, died Saturday,
January 13, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home, in Paintsville.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 15, under the
direction of Phelps and Son
Funeral Home.
• Jackie Lorraine Ward, 31,
of Beauty, died Saturday,
January 20, at her residence.
She is survived by her husband,
Ronnie Ward. Funeral services
were held Monday, January 22,
of
under the direction
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
A
FRANKFORT
University of Kentucky economist says giving the working
poor an income tax credit
would be more helpful than
raising the minimum wage.
''The argument is frequently made that raising the minimum wage would help the
working poor," but a tax credit
would put more money in the
hands of those who need it
most, Ken Troske, director of
the UK Center for Business
and Economic Research, told
the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Troske believes increasing
the state's current minimum
wage of $5.15 hour to $7 or
more would cause the loss of
up to 6.4 percent of the state's
jobs.
An article on the minimum
wage versus tax credit issue is
in the 2007 Kentucky Annual
Economic Report, which was
released Thursday at an economic conference in Frankfort.
An earned income tax credit, like those offered by other
states and the federal govern-
ment, would allow workers
who earn less than a certain
amount, depending on the size
of their household, to reduce
their state tax bill or even
claim a refund.
The issue has lost some of
its early steam, Troske noted,
because Congress is discussing an increase in the federal minimum wage to as
much as $7.25 an hour.
Troske said about one in
four minimum-wage workers
in Kentucky are students under
the age of 25 who live with
parents or relatives.
More than 60 percent of all
minimum-wage workers will
work for that wage for "less
than a year," he said. They
"will grow out of the minimum wage very quickly."
But the state's lowest
income workers tend to be
older and single, often with
children, and they work an
average of only 33 hours a
week, Troske said. They might
be unable to work more
because of health problems,
poor transportation or childcare demands.
in the forum discussed a broad
range of issues, from education to transportation to the
environment.
Beshear, a former lieutenant
governor,
said
Kentuckians are "crying out
for leaders with experience
and character."
Fletcher has maintained
that the investigation into his
administration's hiring prac.
ticcs was politically motivated
and gave a blanket pardon in
2005 to anyone except himself
who could be charged in the
probe.
A Franklin County special
grand jury indicted Fletcher on
misdemeanor charges that
were eventually dropped last
year in a deal with prosecutors. The grand jury's report
found that Fletcher had
approved a "widespread and
coordinated plan" to skirt state
hiring laws.
Fletcher faces a GOP primary against former U.S. Rep.
Anne Northup and Paducah
businessman Billy Harper.
The other Democrats running in the May 22 primary are
House Speaker Jody Richards,
State Treasurer Jonathan
Miller, former Lt. Gov. Steve
Henry, Lexington attorney
Gatewood Galbraith and
demolition contractor Otis
Hensley Jr. of Harlan.
Northup, Richards and
Hensley did not attend the
forum.
In another development
Friday, Attorney General Greg
Stumbo, whose office was
involved in the investigation
of the Fletcher administration's hiring practices, said he
will not run for governor.
Fletcher contended during the
investigation that Stumbo was
trying to improve his chances
in the governor's race.
However, Stumbo said
Friday that wasn't the case.
"The only person who ever
said I was going to run for
governor was the governor,"
Stumbo said.
Stumbo said he will either
run for re-election as attorney
general or enter the race for
lieutenant governor with a
potential Democratic gubernatorial candidate who he
declined to identify.
"I'm leaning toward the
attorney general's race," he
said.
Kentucky is one of three
states that will elect a governor
in 2007.
The forum's participants
offered broad policy outlines
with a few specifics sprinkled
in.
All the candidates said they
would oppose raising taxes.
Henry, who officially filed
as a candidate Friday afternoon, said if elected he would
create the job of state surgeon
general to lead efforts to
reverse Kentucky's health
woes, including high rates of
cancer and cardiovascular disease. Henry, an orthopedic surgeon, said he also would push
for health coverage for every
Kentucky child.
Beshear touted a proposed
constitutional amendment to
let voters decide whether
Kentucky should expand gambling. He said any ambitious
initiatives need funding, and
said broader gambling would
be such a source.
"It is time to quit educating
Indiana
children
with
Kentucky money," he said.
Harper, a Padecah businessman who got an early start
with TV commercials promoting his campaign, stressed the
need to improve education and
bring a business approach to
state government.
"We need business leadership in Frankfort, not more of
the same," he said.
Miller talked about making
government more open to public scrutiny, which he said
would help restore faith in
government.
"They say that sunlight is
the great disinfectant," he said.
Galbraith, a perennial candidate, said Kentucky is in
decline and that both major
political parties share the
blame. Galbraith said his
Democratic rivals have "all
been a part of the problem."
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Salisbury was arraigned
Thursday on three drug possession charges and a charge of
possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $7,500 but a
hold on his release was put in
place in both circuit and district court until a bond revocation hearing in his previous
case is held. Commonwealth's
Attorney Brent Turner said he
plans to ask for his bond to be
revoked based on the new
charges because he had agreed
less than two weeks ago to the
conditions he was under at the
time of his arrest.
Salisbury was indicted in
December 2005 for three drug
trafficking charges, including
one for marijuana. A $20,000
surety bond was set and posted
in that case last February, and
after he was charged with
additional drug charges Jan.
10, the cases were merged into
one case to be prosecuted by
the commonwealth.
At his latest hearing on Jan.
12, Turner said he asked that
the bond he had previously
posted be raised because of the
additional charges, but Circuit
Judge John David Caudill told
Salisbury if he agreed to
placed on home incarceration
with the stipulation that his
home or person could be
searched by any law enforcement officer at any time, he
would be allowed to remain
out on bond prior to his case
going to trial.
Sheriff Blackburn said after
receiving several complaints,
his department executed a
search of his residence and
found the drugs. A preliminary
hearing has been set for Jan.
30 for Salisbury for the new
charges.
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Advances in
law enforcement
Technological advances in law enforcement and policing that make it harder on law breakers and safer for
everyone else are always welcome, and this community
has seen its share lately.
First, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration has
established a national online registry of methamphetamine labs across the nation by address. Similar to a sex
offender registry, anyone can go to the agency's Web site
and see all methamphetamine lab and dumpsite locations
reported by local law enforcement. Although the registry
is still in the startup phase, 22 former meth sites are listed
for Daviess County.
The idea of the registry is to allow people, including
prospective buyers or renters, to know if a property has
been contaminated by the chemicals and waste associated
with a meth lab, and to help make sure those properties
are cleaned properly. It might make a homeowner th~nk
twice before setting up a meth lab in his or her home.
Second, a new system to track arrest warrants across
Kentucky will allow law enforcement to instantly know
warrant information from every county in the state. The
E-Warrant system is a product of 10 years of work by
several state agencies to create a program to keep track of
warrant information electronically, preventing those
records from becoming lost or unavailable.
The system promises to prevent offenders from remaining free simply because the warrant naming them has
been misplaced or stuck in a backlog. For instance, if
Owensboro police stop an individual for a traffic violation, they may discover through the E-Warrant system
that an arrest warrant for the individual is in place in
Jefferson County. The big payoff would be if a mostwanted criminal is nabbed far from the county in which
the crime occurred.
Finally, the new GPS Automatic Vehicle Locator system implemented in Kentucky allows dispatchers to
instantly know where law enforcement vehicles are, by
each vehicle's Mobile Data Terminal. The system has a
map of every road in the state to enable local dispatchers
or supervisors to pinpoint the location of police vehicles.
The advantages are obvious. At a glance, dispatchers will
know which officer is closest to an emergency call, or
where to send help if an officer needs it, or simply to give
the officer driving directions.
Advances in technology have been part of law enforcement for generations. These latest ones continue the trend
and we're glad that officers in this area are able to take
advantage of them.
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- Rich L owry Column
When the
media's right
First lady Laura Bush spoke for
many conservatives when she excoriated the media's coverage of Iraq
recently. She complained that "the
drumbeat in the country from the
media ... is discouraging," and said
"there are a lot of good things happening that aren't covered."
What are those things, one wonders? One can only imagine how
Mrs. Bush can figure that they outweigh the horrors in Iraq. The United
Nations' High Commissioner for
Refugees estimates that more than
1.6 million Iraqis have fled the country, about 7 percent of the population.
But that means that an overwhelming
93 percent haven't left. Why doesn't
the liberal media ever report that?
About 120 Iraqis are killed per day,
nearly 4,000 a month. But most are
still living. Couldn't one of the morning shows do a soft feature on this
heartwarming fact?
The mainstream media is biased,
arrogant, prone to stultifying groupthink and much more fallible than its
exalted self-image allows it to admit.
It also, however, can be right, and
this is most confounding to conservatives.
In Iraq, the media's biases happen
to fit the circumstances. Being
primed to consider any military con-
- beyond the
I
flict a quagmire and another Vietnam
is a drawback when covering a successful U.S. military intervention, but
not necessarily in Iraq. Most of the
pessimistic
warnings from
the mainstream
media
have
turned out to be
right - that the
initial invasion
would be the
easy part, that
seeming turning
points (the capture of Saddam,
the elections, the
killing
of
Zarqawi) were illusory, that the country was dissolving into a civil war.
Partly because he felt it necessary
to counteract the pessimism of the
media, President Bush accentuated
the positive for far too long. Bush
allowed himself to be cornered by his
media critics. They wanted him to
admit mistakes, so for the longest
time, he would admit none. They
wanted him to fire Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld, so for too long he
kept him on. They wanted him to
abandon "stay the course," so he
stuck to it. In so doing, he eroded his
own credibility and delayed making
the major strategic readjustment he
needed to try to check the downward
slide in Iraq.
The "good news" that conservatives have accused the media of not
reporting has generally been pretty
weak. The Iraqi elections were
indeed major accomplishments. But
the opening of schools and hospitals
is not particularly newsworthy, at
least not compared
with
American casualties and with
sectarian
attacks meant to
bring Iraq down
around everyone's heads in a
full-scale civil
war.
In their distrust of the
mainstream
media, their defensiveness over
President Bush and the war, and their
understandable urge to buck up the
nation's will, many conservatives lost
touch with reality on Iraq. They
thought they were contributing-to onr
success, but they were only helping
to forestall a cold look at couditi()ns
there and the change in strategy and
tactics that would be dictated by it.
Conservatives need to realize that
something is not dubious just because
it's reported by The New York Times,
and that the media ultimately will be
wrong about Iraq only if - fully
acknowledging how bad it is there the Bush administration takes bold
steps to reverse the tide.
DOD
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Re view.
eltway
If you can't win,
get out
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At the risk of being thought a
bigot, I must confess I'm beginning
to suspect that deep within the dark
recesses
of
the
collective
Arab/Muslim mind, there is a loose
wire.
My first intimation came when I
noticed that people in an Arab country often expre ss extreme happiness
by running into the street and firing
guns in the air. They also do this
when they are angry, making it very
difficult at any given moment to
judge their m ood.
Then there is the civil war gene.
They have one.
Take Palestine for example:
Palestinians pretty much agree that
they have a common enemy Israel. They believe Israel the devil
incarnate, the source of all their problems. You would think they could put
aside individual differences long
enough to form a common front
against this enemy.
Wrong.
The two dominant political parties
have decided instead to wage a modest civil war against each other.
Fighting Israel can wait. (lsn ' t it
amazing how often life imitates
"West Side Story"?)
Finally, there 's Iraq. At considerable cost in blood and treasure, we
have liberated Iraq from the iron rule
of its cruel dictator, Saddam Hussein.
You would think that grateful Iraqis
would take the opportunity to
embrace freedom , rebuild their
Barack Obama, who has been
nation and make it the democratic against the war from the beginning,
beacon of the Middle East so we isn't quite so bold. He wants a pull could all live happily ever after.
out, but he's not willing to cut off.
Wrong.
funds and face charges of failing to
The various religious sects, tribes, support the troops. Hillary Clinton,
political parties and gangs of Iraq meanwhile, is at the brink of opposhave instead decided to duke it out ing the war, inching towards courage.
for control of the country. This is why She's not nearly as good at being on
President George W.
both sides of an issue
Bush's plan for Iraq
as her husband was,
(which he 's been hawkbut she's trying.
ing everywhere this
The fact is the
side of Sesame Street)
Democrats have no
is almost certain to fail.
place to go other than
There is no Iraq, there
being the anti-war
are
only
warring
party in the next elecgroups, each of whom
tion.
The
wants justice, a word
Republicans have the
they use interchangewar-mongering vote
ably with revenge.
sewed up. If the Bush
Thus, expecting that
plan, against all odds,
a Shiite Prime Minister like Nuri works, the Democrats aren't going to
Kamal al -Maliki will go after Shiite cash any chips anyway. They might
insurgents, like Moktada al-Sadr and as well unite against the war. The
his Madhi army, is futile. You might wild card in this game is Iran. Each
as well expect George Bush to get rid day Bush officials bring new expresof Dick Cheney. The Madhi are sions of alarm at Iran's intentions.
Maliki's shock troops. He can ' t get The suggestion is that it's trying to
along without them.
develop a - gulp - Weapon of
What Maliki would really like, Mass Destruction.
what he's proposed, as a matter of
Preemptive war, anyone? This is
fact, is for us to stay out of the way so getting scary. Republicans are fond
that he and his friends can cleanse of saying that the Democrats don't
Baghdad of its unhealthy Sunni influ- have an alternate plan that will yield
ence. We might be able to jam a con- victory and they're right. There is no
trary policy down the Prime easy way out of this mess and pre-,_
Minister's throat for a time, but its cious few hard ones. This much
chances of working in the long run seems clear, however:
are virtually nil.
Taking on a third war won' t make
In the face of this ongoing foreign things better.
policy train wreck, the Democrats are
DOD
milling around, getting their act
together. Some, like John Edwards.
Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer
are for abandoning the Bush plan and Prize-losing Washington corresponbeginning an immediate pullout. dent who. b.v his own account, is right
He' d be for withholding funds for more than he s wrong. Email him at
Bush's escalation.
dkaull @verizon.net.
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FLOYD COUNTY
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
That World
•
'1990: The
Bronx
Warriors'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and former
publisher Norman Allen wmte a weekly column that looked at Floyd County
through his eyes. His columns are
being teprinted due to request.
Let me write this next paragraph now, for I will grow more
unpleasant, further down in the
column.
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
THE PLEASANT
A number of pleasant things
have happened to me this week,
• and one of the most pleasant was a
chance meeting on the street, here,
with the Rev. Isaac Stratton, of
Banner, on Monday, which was his
88th birthday. It did a poor sinner
good to hear this man tell how "the
Lord took hold of me, and has
never let me go." And to know
how real that experience has been
for him all these years, while he
walked mostly country roads to the
sick and dying, to homes where
death had come, answering every
demand on the strength of body
and spirit.
"He has given me some pretty
tough jobs, but I've been happy
" ' with them, every one. He has
never let me go, and he has never
let me down." So Faith spoke as
we stood on a Prestonsburg sidewalk last Monday.
The years have been kind to
this preacher. He ages little. He
simply says. "God has been good
to me:" His voice is a little weaker,
oa f~}¥1 more crow's feet are about
'the rb~es, but his face is almost
unlined.
And the few lines there-not
one of them was written by a
frown.
THE RIDICULOUS
Now the Gripe Department
speaks.
I do not propose to go, in detail.
Into this postal bill which has
passed the House and is to go to
the Senate, except to say that it
means a five-cent stamp for mailing a letter, and one cent extra
postage on every newspaper
mailed. We will not harangue the
reader with the woes of the weekly newspaper, with postal costs,
materials and everything else in
orbit. Permit us, instead, to point
out just how ridiculous lawmakers,
_. the post office department, et
cetera, can get.
At this very time when the
Postmaster General and President
Kennedy are busy convincing the
Congress that the poor P.O.D.
must balance the budget and show
a profit- even if every other
department of the National
Government shows a deficit; at
this hour, when newspapers and
other publications, large and small,
are being afflicted with extra
postal charges and the ordinary citizen is taking another beating, this
same Post Office Department permits recordings, all kinds of
~ recordings, to be mailed as "educational material."
What's so ridiculous about
that? Don't be ridiculous.
Can you imagine an Elvis
(See ALLEN, page six)
photos by Kathy J. Prater
Cathy Neeley, of the East Kentucky Science Center, prepares ancient Adena culture artifacts excavated
!~om Paintsvill~'s C&O Mouf!ds in the late _1930s,
display at the East Kentucky Scien~e Center's
~a~hworks: V1rtual Explorations of the Anc1ent Oh1o Valley" exhibit, now open at the center for public
v1ewmg.
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East Kentucky Science Center's new
exhibit brings lost heritage to life
i\
Among the tributaries of the
Ohio River lies one of the most
spectacular concentrations of
ancient architecture in the world.
Earthen effigies, embankments,
mounds, roadways and enclosures
of astonishing size and precision
were constructed by prehistoric
native cultures that once flourished
in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and
West Virginia, eight to 24 centuries
ago. Some of these earthworks are
astronomical markers Lhat often
rival Stonehenge in their astronomical accuracy. Others stretch over
several miles while rising to heights
of 15 feet or more.
Yet these ruins are little known
today. A few of them are still visible, such as Serpent Mound in
Adams County, Ohio. However,
most of the region's ancient architecture were either gouged out or
plowed under in the 19th century or
paved over for development in the
20th.
This lost heritage from the
Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient
cultures is now returning in the
form of "Earthworks:
Virtual
Explorations of the Ancient Ohio
Valley," a traveling exhibit from the
Cincinnati Museum Center at
Union Terminal. This exhibit features new techniques of visualization and interactive design, bringing
these sites and cultures into the public consciousness as never before
with vivid imagery and multiple
interpretations.
The exhibit includes topographic
models, virtual artifact kiosks and
virtual reconstruction's of earthworks from 39 sites in the Ohio
Valley. These reconstruction's represent nearly ten years of work by
Discovery
by EUGENE E. BEASLEY
"CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TEENAGE
•
SOUL
II"
My class was two weeks away
from the opening night of our play
when Sherry walked into my classroom and, in a hesitant voice,
announced that she would have to
quit.
Hundreds of reasons for such a
declaration rushed through my mind
- tragic illness, death in the family, a
terrible family crisis.
The expression on my face
prompted a further explanation.
Sherry stammered: "My boyfriend
Dave wants me to quit. The rehearsals
are taking too much time away from
our being together. I bring him sandwiches after football practice."
Her boyfriend was a football player who later went on to play in the
pro~ . He was the opposite of his
brother Dan, who also played on the
high-school team. While Dan was
easygoing, had a terrific sense of
humor and was liked by nearly everyone, Dave seemed to always be angry
and in need of someone to boss
Dr. Th?mas Matijasic, a_ history professor at Big Sandy Community and
Techmcal College, ass1sted EKSC Director Eric Thomas in preparing
the _ce~te_r's curre_nt exhibit ~or public _vi~wing. Dr. Matijasic will present
penod1c tnformatronal sess1ons for v1s1tors at selected times while the
exhibit is on display at the center.
an extensive team of architects,
archaeologists, historians, technical
experts and Native Americans and
are displayed through an interactive
video navigation system developed
by the Center for Electronic
Reconstruction of Historical and
Archaeological Sites (CERHAS).
Earthworks will be open to the
public at the East Kentucky Science
Center from January 27 until May
6. During this time, the Science
Center will also be displaying various Adena culture artifacts from the
C&O Mounds, Paintsville, in
Johnson County. The artifacts were
excavated from the mounds in the
late 1930s. Pictures taken during
the excavation of the mounds will
also be on display. The artifacts and
photos will be on loan to the
around.
"Sherry," I said, "we're only two
weeks from opening. You ' re outstanding in your role. I'd never be
able to replace you."
"Really?" She beamed.
" Really," I said. and I meant it.
"Everyone should be allowed to do
the things he or she is good at. You're
a good actress. Dave should realize
that. 1 know you know how much he
loves football."
"Yes,'' she agreed. "But I still have
to quit."
'Ti l bet you're his best fan."
She measured her words. "I am.''
she said.
"Has he ever been to a Saturday
morning rehearsal to see how good
you are?"
Science Center from the University
of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology.
For more informatwn, call the
East Kentucky Science Center at
889-0303. or visit www. wedoscience.org. The East Kentucky
Science Center and Planetarium are
located on the Prestonsburg campus
of Big Sandy Community and
Technical College. The Science
Center is a nonprofit educational
organization.
The Earthworks exhibit is provided in part by grants from Olin
and Muriel Prather Charitable
Foundation,
Berea
College
Appalachian
Fund,
First
Commonwealth
Bank,
and
Equitable Resources.
Italian drive-in movie specialist
Enzo Castellari strikes again with this
homage (that's film geek for "ripoff') to several popular (read, profitable) films of the 1980s. Here he
blends elements of three flicks
("Escape from New York," "Mad
Max" and "The
Warriors") and
manages to deliver an okay time
waster
that's
much longer on
style than substance.
The
story
posits that New
York City has
written off the
Bronx and shut it
Tom Dotv
off from the other Times Columalst
four boroughs. The
region has been left to several gangs
who occasionally rumble and dress in
all manner of exquisite costumes. The
Riders sport leather and ride motorcycles, the Zombies prefer plastic helmets and drape bath mats over their
shoulders and the Elite favor disco
clothes while driving 1950s style
autos.
The story begins when, a young
woman named Ann ventures irt 6'll\e
area and is promptly set upon by the
Zombies. She is rescued by members
of the Riders, who happen upon the
scene and are delighted for an opportunity to separate the Zombies from
their snot with a righteous beating.
The lead Rider, Trash, takes an interest in Ann and she reciprocates by
telling him she is on the run from the
Manhattan Corporation, which runs
60 percent of the planet. She is about
to turn 18 and would rather live in
squalor than inherit the business. This
lady is no Paris Hilton, folks.
Conflict
arises
when
the
Manhattan Corporation opts to send
in a mercenary to bring Ann back and
turns to an ex-cop called "The
Hammer." Turns out that this guy isn't
big on protocol and his methods
include igniting a gang war in the
Bronx that will make all the groups
turn on the Riders and thus make it
easier for him to swoop in and grab
Ann. To accomplish this goal,
Hammer enlists the aid of a guy
named Hot Dog and the pair set Trash
against the prince of the Bronx, a guy
named Ogre.
It all comes down to Trash outwitting Hot Dog to win over Ogre, or it's
gonna be Hammer time. He sets out to
do this by sneaking into Ogre's castle
via the sewers, but his plan isn't
helped by mutants who Jive in the
sewers or a rival gang that grabs Ann
while she is enjoying a stroll on the
deadly streets that once played home
to the New York Yankees.
Meanwhile, Hammer calls in an air
strike on the Ogre and happily sprays
gang members with napalm while
Trash finally gets his act together and
•••
(See LAGOON, page six)
'~No."
hoping that my voice wouldn't shake
the way my knees were.
"He should," I told her.
"He should be your
He never got beyond
,..,------.:.
number one fan.''
"you" before he turned
and stomped out the
The next day
door. I listened until
after sixth hour.
my door flew
the heavy footsteps
started down the
open with a thud.
(~·
stairs to the first
Dave thundered
toward me. lookfloor.
ing twice as big as
Sherry did continue with the play,
hi_s 260 pounds .
and I can honestly
H1s arms dangled by
c)'
his side. his large fists
say she starred in her
clenched as if around my
art. I also noticed that
neck.
she smiled more, and I occaHe leaned across my desk, veins sionally saw her interacting with other
popping. race red as a beet. ''You ... students with a great deal of poise.
you ... you ... " he stammered.
Dave, I heard, found another girl"Can I help you, Dave?" I asked, friend.
g}ht.cken
oup
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SuNDAY, JANUARY
28, 2007
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Dealer took reader for a ride with unnecessary service
by TOM and RAY MAGUOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
We purchased a new 2005 Jeep
Liberty for our daughter last year and
have faithfully taken it in to the dealership where we bought it for routine
maintenance. At the time of the last
maintenance checkup (11,784 miles),
the repair shop performed rear and
front differential service, at a cost of
$240. They said it should be performed every 12,000 miles. I've
never had routine differential service
performed on any car I've ever
owned. Is this legitimate? Federico
TOM: Hmm. How to put this gently, Federico? Did the service manager have binoculars hanging around
his neck? Because be definitely saw
you coming.
RAY: Most cars never need differential service. That's a component
that, under normal driving conditions, should last for the life of the car
without needing any attention.
TOM: If you do what manufacturers call ''severe duty driving," then
Jeep does recommend changing the
fluid in both differentials every
12,000 miles. But severe duty means
you're doing things like extensive
off-road driving, using the vehicle as
a taxi, driving mostly in extreme hot
or cold temperatures, or regularly
towing around a couple of Angus
bulls.
RAY: If that describes your daughter's driving, then the dealer is doing
the service that Jeep recommends.
But if your daughter is like 99 percent of America's drivers and uses
the Liberty to go to school or work,
or take road trips with her friends,
then the dealer took you for a ride.
And you should go back and ask for
some money back.
TOM: For future reference, if you
look in the back of your owner's
manual, the recommended services
for each mileage interval are listed
there. So you can see for yourself
what the manufacturer actually recommends at 12,000 miles. Look
under Schedule A, which for Jeep is
normal use.
RAY: If your daughter's Liberty
doesn't do severe duty, and you don't
get satisfaction from this dealer,
remember that you can take the car to
any mechanic you like for its regular
service - it does not have to be done
at a dealership. Simply band them the
owner's manual, point to your
mileage interval and say, 'These are
the services I'd like you to perform."
Keep the receipts, and it will have
absolutely no effect on any free warranty work you need to have done by
the dealer.
An idle question about oil
changes
Dear Tom and Ray:
You guys are great. Thanks for all
your knowledge and insights. My
question: My vehicle's manufacturer
suggests changing the oil every 5,000
miles. If I were averaging a speed of
60 mph for that 5,000 miles, it would
take just over 83 hours to reach that
mileage. I have installed an hour
meter on my vehicle so that I know to
change my oil every 83 hours. Does
the manufacturer figure in idle time
(caused by heavy traffic and such)? I
drove an 18-wheeler for 11 years, and
idle time on a big rig is astronomical.
That is when I came up with this
crazy question. Am I actually crazy,
or overprotective, or do I simply have
too much free time on my hands? Dale
TOM: All of the above, Dale.
RAY: Actually, you're not crazy.
Five thousand miles is the manufacturer's estimate of when the oil will
need changing, based on the average
person's
driving
and idling time. But
it's just that: an estimate.
TOM:
And
you're right. The
time your engine
spends idling certainly does contribute to the breakdown of the oil.
Which is why vehicles that idle a lot,
like 18-wheelers,
taxis and police
cars, get their oil
changed more frequently than your
car does.
RAY: If you look in your owner's
manual, you'll see that they change
the estimate if you use your car
abnormally.
TOM: Does living in your car constitute using it abnormally?
RAY: Yes, but not with regard to
oil life. Your owner's manual proba·
bly lists two different oil-change
intervals. One is for "normal" duty,
the other is for "severe" duty. Severe
duty is dermed as operation in
extremely bot or cold weather, towing or using the vehicle like a taxi
(stopping, starting and
idling a lot). And the
severe-duty oil change
is more frequent, to
account for that extra
wear and tear.
TOM: Even better
than those estimates, a
number of cars' com- til
puters now actually
calculate when the oil
needs to be changed.
They do it based on an
algorithm that takes
into account idling
time, engine temperature and driving conditions. So your idea is
perfectly logical, Dale. It's just
another way to estimate oil life.
RAY: But you might be overdoing
it a bit. It would take you 83 hours to
reach 5,000 miles IF you were driving at 60 mph. But you're not driving at 60 mph all day, every day. If
you were, you'd have a hell of a time
getting out of your driveway without
wiping out your mailbox and your
neighbor's prized Uzbeki tulips.
TOM: Assuming you do a normal
mix of highway and city driving, it
would probably take you more like
100 to 125 hours to reach 5,000
Odds& ·nds
• COVINGTON, La.Police said they caught a 16year-old robbery suspect who
previously eluded them after
his baggy pants fell down,
causing him to stumble as offi' cers chased him.
"We literally caught him
with his pants down," Lt. Jack
West said.
The teenager, wbo was not
identified because be is a juvenile, is suspected of robbing a
man at gunpoint and stealing
· another man's car after beating
him with a brick, West said.
The suspect bad run away
from police several times in
recent weeks, he said.
An officer spotted the teen
standing on a street corner
Monday, called in for two
backup officers, then tried to
make an arrest.
"'They all converged on him
from different directions,"
West said. "He started to run,
but bis low-riding pants fell
down and be stumbled to his
knees."
The teen was booked on
warrants for armed robbery,
carjacking, two counts of
aggravated battery and being a
child in need of supervision.
•
AUBURN, Ind. Nicole Cramer bad little idea
when she went to the hospital
to see her twin sister's newborn son that within hours, sbe
would give birth to a son of
her own.
Her sister, Naomi Sale, bad
scheduled a Caesarean section
on Tuesday morning and gave
birth to Ethan Alexander at
8:29 a.m. Cramer, also nine
months pregnant, visited Sale
and her new nephew in the
hospital but was having contractions and didn't stay long.
"I thought, after I did the Csection, on my way home, 'I
wonder if her sister would go
into
labor?'"
said
Dr.
Thaddeus Weghorst, the obstetrician for both women.
Within hours, Cramer was
in the delivery room of
DeKalb Memorial Hospital.
After 90 minutes of labor,
Cramer delivered Carter
Nathaniel Birchfield.
'This solidifies the theory
on the bond between twins,"
Weghorst said. "Even their
uteri have a bond."
Cramer and Sale turn 23 on
Monday. They were due to
give birth within a day of each
other at the end of the month,
but Weghorst's office didn't
figure out they were twins
until they were eight months
along.
The sisters explained, in
unison, that they usually had
their appointments on the
same day, but at different
times.
Wegborst, who bas been in
practice for eight years, said
the close deliveries were a first
for him.
"I've delivered two sets of
twins in the same day, but
never this," he said.
• TAIPEI, Taiwan - A
man has been sentenced to
four months in jail for cutting
down more than 40 trees planted by a neighboring apartment
complex, claiming they would
undermine the geomancy of
his house, a newspaper reported Friday.
Geomancy - also known
as feng shui - is an ancient
Chinese practice of arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment.
People in Chinese communities frequently consult feng
sbui experts on the locations of
their homes and placement of
household objects to improve
their livelihoods.
Lo Pu-yi, a feng shui
expert, was convicted by the
Taipei District Court of cutting
down the trees in a complex
next to his home on a hill in
suburban Taipei, the Apple
Daily reported.
Lo's neighbors accused him
of cutting down the banyans,
willows and bamboos, saying
the trees blocked the flow of
air and could undermine his
livelihood, the newspaper
said.
A separate court will handle
his neighbors' claim for
$12,000 in damages, the paper
said.
Lo could not be reached for
comment.
• SARATOGA, Calif. Who was that undressed man?
That's the question startled
hikers, bikers and horseback
riders are asking about a jogger seen streaking through an
open space preserve wearing
nothing but sneakers, glasses
and a black tam hat.
"He passed me and said
'Good evening,"' said Sue
Bowdoin, who spotted the
naked man - middle-aged
and sporting a pale paunch while riding her horse on a
trail in Fremont Older Open
Space Preserve last summer. "I
thought: Ugh!"
Although numerous park
users have reported seeing the
exhibitionist over the last year
and a half, rangers have been
unable to identify and arrest
him for exposing himself, said
Gordon
Baillie of the
Midpeninsula Regional Open
Space District.
By most accounts, the man
is polite and does nothing
other than run in the buff.
A woman who saw him
said he looked scared and
backed away after she cornered him with her horse and
told him be was offending
people.
People who use the park
regularly have not reported
recent sightings in the cold
weather, theorizing be may be
unrecognizable because he is
clothed. With dark hair,
sweaty red skin and lack of
body hair, be wouldn't be hard
to spot, Bowdoin said.
"He's frumpy. Plain. Not in
good
physical
shape,"
Bowdoin told the San Jose
Mercury News in Thursday
editions. "It' s not a pretty
sight."
• DULUTH, Ga. - The
story of runaway bride
Jennifer Wilbanks is becoming
a rock opera.
The show is scheduled to
open in October at Duluth's
Red Clay Theatre and Arts
Center.
Mark Pitt, the theater's
owner, says the show will not
spoof Wilbanks' infamous disappearance before her scheduled 2005 wedding. Instead, it
will show how the community
came together and bonded
over the experience, which
included a massive search for
Wilbanks before she turned up
a few days later.
Wilbanks and her thenfiance, John Mason, will only
be minor characters, Pitt said.
'The story is more about
the city and the tenacity and
camaraderie of its citizens," be
said.
Initial reactions to the
upcoming show have been
mixed, ranging from laughter
to shock.
"When some people bear
about the show, their chins
drop to the floor," Pitt said.
"Other people, they just laugh.
Some people worry that it will
be harmful to the family, but
that is not at all our intention."
Wilbanks got her nickname
"runaway bride" after fleeing
before her wedding and making up a story about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted.
Actually, she got cold feet and
fled to New Mexico. She later
recanted, saying she ran away
because of personal issues,
and pleaded no contest to
telling police a phony story.
She was sentenced to two ~
years' probation and per- ~
formed community service
that included mowing the
lawns at public buildings.
Wilbanks and Mason later
ended their engagement and
filed lawsuits against each
other, which were dropped last
month.
• SALT LAKE CITY Firefighters have been forced
to abandon a busy station
because it's infested with bedbugs.
The pests were rrrst discovered in November after two
firefighters reported bites,
spokesman Dennis McKone
said.
Station House No. 2 downtown was vacated for a week
and sprayed, but that didn't
solve the problem. Four subsequent sprayings still have not
killed the bugs, McKone said.
The aepartment is removing carpets from living quarters and installing linoleum.
All beds and bedding have
been swapped out.
Officials believe a nearby
homeless shelter, where firefighters and paramedics are
often sent, may be the source.
"Our understanding is
they've bad quite a problem
with bedbugs," McKone said.
Bedbugs hide in mattresses,
bedding, crevices and even
behind loose wallpaper. The
flat, wingless creatures get no
larger than ladybugs and do
not carry disease.
· Lagoon
• Continued from
figures out that the time for
lalking is over. The ensuing
aftermath includes a ton of
well choreographed battles
and a heap of bloodshed as
· everybody turns on each other.
The finale sees just about
everyone with a speaking role
get deep-sixed in creative
fashion and employs a nihilistic coda that probably didn't
• go down too well with 1980s
: audiences who weren't ready
fO£ the return of a 1970s-style
ending.
All in all, this is a fun time
waster that gets by on more
sizzle than steak. There isn't a
whole lot of plot but the action
sequences are plentiful and
CasteUari proves to have a
great eye for decrepit locations. He filmed most of the
exteriors in the Bronx but all
of the dialogue scenes were
finished in Italy where a dollar
went a longer way in 1984.
That said, the best way to
appreciate this one is to sit
back and count everything
about this enterprise that is
woefully inept.
The biggest boners belong
to the cinematographer, who
manages to film scenes in the
worst sections of the South
Bronx but always captures a
highway in the background.
It's kind of hard to accept that
the Bronx has become a prison
when viewers can plainly spot
tons of commercial trucks
moving through the background. The locations also
include generous use of a
bridge spanning the Hudson
River. Unfortunately it's the
Brooklyn Bridge, which
destroys any semblance of
credibility (like they bad a
whole lot of it in the first
place).
Things only get worse
when you spy the costumes on
display here. Most characters
seem to be sporting way too
much make-up, but that's
nothing compared to the gang
of chorus boys who attack
Trash and company while performing a musical revue. Most
of the costumes appear to have
been fashioned from throw
rugs, except for the Riders,
who appear to be wearing
leather products fresh off the
back of a truck that never
made it to the warehouse.
The best bit here though is
the cast, which includes several Americans such as Fred
Williamson,
Christopher
Connelly and the late Vic
Morrow.
Connelly
and
Williamson ham it up a bit but
kudos should go to Morrow,
who clearly enjoys playing the
evil hammer. Unfortunately,
he is badly dubbed by another
actor as he was killed on the
set of the "Twilight Zone"
movie before be could do postproduction work and sync his
own voice.
The real find here is newcomer Mark Gregory, who
was all of 17 when he landed
his role. He cuts an imposing
figure at 6 feet, 5 inches tall
with a smashed in nose and
rippling
muscles.
Unfortunately
his
facial
expressions are severely limited and he has the most awkward gait ever seen on screen
since John Hurt played the
Elephant Man. His stiff
backed lope was so distracting
that I made a mental list · of
what factors could affect a
man's
perambulation
so
intensely and carne up with the
following:
A. In all his 17 years he
never encountered footwear.
B. H e was planning to
smuggle a Louisville Slugger
back to Italy and was walking
quite naturally for a man with
a bat in his rectum.
C. He was suffering from
the onset of an anal fistula.
The real answer, according
to Fred Williamson in an interview included on the DVD, is
p5.
even more bizarre, if it's true,
and makes the Williamson
interview required viewing if
you still decide to rent this
one.
All this and Gregory looks
more like a Cher impersonator
than a gang leader, though be
handles the action sequences
well.
This actually inspired a
sequel that landed on Mystery
Science Theater 3000 and was
ripped to shreds by the
Peabody winning writers of
that show whose plan to also._
ron this movie was thwarted
when the morons at the Sci-Fi
Channel canceled the series.
Best line: "You've gotta be
kidding. You' ve got your gray
matter in your butt."
1984, rated R.
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: Presley record being educational materi~ al? Rock-and-roll, the blues, the bowlings
a and mowlings - all are lumped, along
f with classics, as "educational material,"
and carted off, hither and yon- storm and
sleet, the mails must go through, notwithstanding - to those poor dealers who
need to sell those records to an uneducat: ed public, at the usual profit.
•
Amos, I'se regusted ...
THE ZANY
The temperature outside got into the
70's, and the fishing fever inside some of
us who don't know any better, went still
higher, Tuesday. Who can explain what
fascination the sport holds for some people? Bernard Venable, an Englishman puts
it this way:
"When you start to fish it is simple
enough. The sense of wonder that never
entirely dies in all but the dullest of men,
is seized and transfixed. That sense of
wonder that holds the small boy in a
dream on the bank of a small pond, staring
into the water, guessing at the mystery of
it, seizes the grown man with an intensity
that is the stronger for long keeping.
"There he is, rod in hand, a boy again,
staring at the water that is utter mystery, in
an intense delight of fascination. He
knows almost nothing of the glinting,
shadowed, weed-fretted life that lies
below the water's surface.
'The casting of a line, the watching of
a float, is something of deep significance,
a probe into the mystery. If that still bright
float top should dip, actually dip, dip from
the pull of something unseen belowwell, that has the nature of a miracle.
·'And if that should be followed by the
pulsing pull, the vibrance of unseen life at
the other end of the line, it is perhaps the
most wonderful and strangely stirring
experience that life has given."
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" Bristol Dragway releases '07 event schedule
TIMES STAFF REPORT
•
BRISTOL, Tenn. - The return of
Thunder Valley's most popular
events, as well as a few exciting new
additions have the 2007 season at
Bristol Dragway poised to be one of
the best.
The O'Reilly NHRA Thunder
Valley Nationals presented by Q
returns for the seventh year and headlines the 2007 Bristol Dragway
schedule. The event, scheduled May
18-20, will see NHRA's top drivers in
Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock
come to Bristol in an attempt to beat
the track, and each other, to claim top
FloydNWTF
banquet set
for Saturday
honors in Thunder Valley. Among
the drivers coming to Bristol
Dragway are defending Top Fuel
champion Tony Schumacher, last
year's race winner Doug Kalitta, and
14-Tune Funny Car Champion John
Force.
Street Fights returns for its seventh
season and kicks off the 2007 Bristol
Dragway schedule on Saturday,
March 3. Nineteen Street Fights
events will take place on Tuesday and
Thursday nights, with the remainder
scheduled for Friday nights. The
Street Fights Finale takes place
Friday, Sept. 21.
The Sunoco Bracket Racing Series
returns with a new name, and a new
attitude, for 2007. The Sunoco
Thunder Valley Shoot Outs begins
with an Open House on Saturday,
March LO, with the first of 15 pointpaying races set for March 31. A special non-points ..King of the Track"
race will close the Shoot Outs season
on Sunday, Sept. 9. Themed nights
and special promotions planned for
Street Fights and Sunoco Thunder
Valley Shoot Outs are scheduled to
provide spectators and participants
even more fun and excitement.
Bracket racers will have a chance
to break the bank and take home part
of a $100,000 purse in one of Bristol
Dragway's newest events, the World
Footbrake Challenge. The 1/8-mile
event, scheduled for April 13-15, will
see footbrakers from across the country attempt to put their car in victory
lane. In footbrake competition, drivers are not allowed to use electronic
equipment to help them achieve a perfect start. The reward will be worth
the effort, as Saturday's winner will
take home the top prize of $50,000.
Winners on Friday and Sunday will
pocket $10,000 each.
On April 28, Bristol Dragway will
play host to the ultimate high-school
rivalry, the Inaugural High School
Nationals. High-school students will
WI NING WAYS
represent their schools as they race
for bragging rights and scholarships.
To participate, students must be 16-19
years old and have a valid driver's
license.
Jr. Dragsters will bit the track in
July with two events that will keep
Bristol bopping for more than a week.
The Sixth Annual Mike Bos Chassis
Craft Jr. Dragster Nationals kicks
things off with action July 7-8.
Beginning on Monday, July 9, Bristol
Dragway will be the home of the
Fourth Annual NHRA O'Reilly Auto
Parts Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern
(See BRISTOL. page eight)
Tigers too m uch
for Bears, 78-57
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - Georgetown
College ran its win streak to nine
straight with a 78-57 win over
homestanding Pikeville College
Thursday night.
In addition, the 1Oth ranked
Tigers improved to 2-0 in MidSouth Conference play and
knocked Pikeville to 1-1 against
league competition.
Georgetown
(18-3)
fell
behind 5-0 after Pikeville sophomore Bo Harris opened the game
with a dunk and three-point shot,
but quickly tossed in 10 straight
points to take the lead The Bears
bounced back with five to tie the
game, but the Tigers scored
seven unanswered to regain control at 17-10 with 10:14 left in
the half.
Pikeville went on an 8-3 run
to pull back within two, but
would get no closer, stretching
the lead to 10 (36-26) by the half.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG
- The
Floyd County Chapter of the
National Wild Turkey Federation
will have its Sixth Annual
Hunting
Heritage
Banquet
Saturday (Feb. 3) at the
Wilkinson-Stumbo Convention
Center.
The National Wild Turkey
Federation is a national, nonprofit, educational conservation organization comprised of state and
local affiliates working for the
restoration and wise management of the American Wild
Turkey and other valuable naturtt\ a1 resources. It supports scientific wildlife management on public, private, and corporate lands.
It also supports traditional
American sport hunting and
every citizen's right to enjoy
clean air and water and an esthetically pleasing outdoor environ(See NWTF, page eight)
PC looking for
academy, training
school athletes
photo by Jamie Howell
Alex Hammonds passed over the Sheldon Clark defense Thursday during the 15th Region AII"A" Classic.
Rebs, Bobcats advance to All 'X Sem.is
Lady Tigers
edge Pikeville
TIMES STAFF REPORT
TIMES STAFF REPORT
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PIKEVILLE
Pikeville
College is looking to its past, and
to the community for help.
Pikeville College is searching
for student-athletes from the
Pikeville College Training
School and Pikeville College
Academy in an effort to honor
them later this season.
"It's very important that those
who attended those schools
know they have a place here,"
said Ron Damron, vice president
for student services and director
of athletics. "We will honor them
later this season, but we're needing help locating them."
Anyone who attended the
training school or the academy or
knows someone who did can
contact Pikeville College by
phone at 606/218-5224 or via
email at HYPERLINK ..mailto:athletics@pc.edu"
athletics@pc.edu.
"We hope to find as many of
our former student-athletes as
possible," Damron said. "We'd
love to have every one of them at
our event."
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVlLLE -After ending the
first quarter in a 13-13 tie, Allen
Central put some distance between
itself and opponent Sheldon Clark in
the first round of the 15th Region All
"A" Classic Thursday night at
Paintsville. The Rebels put together a
run just before halftime and pulled
away in the final two quarters, winning 70-53.
The Rebels led 32-24 at halftime of
their small-school regional tournament opener.
Junior Alex Hammonds led Allen
Central with a game-high 17 points.
Seniors Ryan Collins and Tyler Slone
followed with 13 points apiece for
Allen Central. Josh Martin added 10
points, giving Allen Central four players in double figures. Josh Prater narrowly missed double digits for Allen
Central, finishing with nine points.
Allen Central stretched its lead
over Sheldon Clark out in the second
half, leading the Cardinals 54-32 at
the end of the third quarter.
Robbie Cole and Justin Robinson
rounded out the Allen Central scoring
with five and three points, respectively.
Brady Horn paced Sheldon Clark
with a team-high 14 points. Bigman
Millard Workman scored 13 points
and Damon Hensley added 11 for the
Cardinals.
Point guard Garrett Stroud contributed six points for Sheldon Clark.
Betsy Layne 85, Piarist 41: In the
nightcap, Betsy Layne punched its
ticket to the semi!mals, beating former 58th District rival Piarist.
The Bobcats sprinted out to a 12-0
lead before Piarist answered with any
scoring. Betsy Layne led 24- lO at the
end of the first quarter and owned a
54-24 lead at halftime.
Justin Collins scored 14 points as
the Bobcats leveled the Knights. Trai
Witt added 11 points as Betsy Layne
jumped out in front and never trailed
en route to the win over Piarist.
Betsy Layne led Piarist 70-27 at
the end of the third quarter.
Brennan Case and Jarod Newman
netted 10 points apiece for the
Bobcats.
Matt Doyle led Piarist with 14
points. Caleb Hoskins and Chris
Baker each had seven points for the
Knights. Piarist defeated David 75-44
in the tournament's opening game
Monday night.
With the win, Betsy Layne set up a
semifinal meeting against Floyd
County rival Allen Central.
Editor's note: Look for a recap of
the 15th Region All "A" Classic,
including the semi!mals and championship game in Wednesday's edition.
STATE
ALL 'A' CLASSIC
The Kentucky Touchstone Energy All
"A" Classic basketball tournament
will begin Wednesday and run
through Sunday, Feb. 4. The tournament will include one boys' and one
girls' basketball team ftom each of
the state's 16 regions. WYMT-TV in
Hazard will carry each of the state
championship gallleS. Paintsville captured the girls' 15th Region All "A"
Classic title. Last night's boys• championship game ended too late to make
this edition.
PIKEV1LLE - This one stung
a little.
When the no. 17 team in the
country comes to your house, not
many people are going to give
you much of a chance. But the
Pikeville College women's basketball team put up a fight
against the Lady Tigers of
Georgetown College, only to fall
by the 58-51 score.
Early on it seemed that the no.
17 Lady Tigers would have no
trouble handling the Lady Bears,
opening the game on a 7-0 run
over the first four minutes. Still,
the Lady Bears, who opened the
game by going 0-12 ftom the
field, managed to claw back into
the game with a 6-0 run of their
own, capped off by a jumper
from freshman Heather Martin
(Kite), which cut the lead to
7-6.
The Lady Bears would eventually tie the Lady Tigers when
Martin went in for a layup and
was fouled. The ensuing free
throw made it an 11- 11 game,
(See PIKEVILLE, page eight)
Martin named top A-Team player
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
ONE OF THE BEST: South Floyd senior Heather Dean
remains one of the state's top girls' high school basketball
rebounders.
BETSY LAYNE - Following his
team's championship win in the Floyd
County
Grade
School
A -Team
Tournament, Betsy Layne Elementary
eighth-grader Nathan Martin was named
Floyd County Conference Player of the
Year. Martin played a pivotal role for a
Betsy Layne A-Team that put together
one of the best seasons in Floyd County
grade school history. Betsy Layne defeated South Floyd 59-37 in the A-Team title
game.
Conference champion Betsy Layne
had a total of five players honored.
Adams, the conference runner-up, placed
three players on the team. A list of the
players chosen from each school follows .
BETSY LAYNE: Nathan Martin,
Derek Tackett, Dylan Maldonado, Casey
Adkins, Nick Conn. ADAMS: Alex
Griffith, Warren Blackburn, Joseph
Jamerson. SOUTH FLOYD: Brandon
Marson. ALLEN CENTRAL: Micah
Harlow. MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY: Alex Hartgrove. WESLEY:
Brandon Jarrell. JOHN M. STUMBO:
Donovan Salyers. ALLEN: Mickey
Parsons.
The Bobcat A-Team never lost to a
Floyd County foe during the regular-season.
Betsy Layne mentor Harold Tackett
was named the Floyd County Conference
A-Team Coach of the Year.
Nathan Martin
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Roberts, Jamerson share B- Team player honor
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - Andrew Roberts
hit b1g shot after h1g shot for the Betsy
Layne Bobcats throughout the the 200607 Hoyd County Grade School basketball season. When awards were handed
out at the conclusion of the Floyd County
B-Tcam Tournament earlier in the month,
Roberts and Adams seventh-grader
Joseph Jamerson shared the Floyd
County Conference Player of the Year
Award.
Betsy Layne and Allen Central were
Floyd County Conference co-champion~.
Adams was the conference's runner-up.
The Floyd County Conference B-Team
honorees, broken down by schools, follow.
HETSY LAYNE: Andrew Roberts,
Kory Jarrell, Dylan Hamilton, Chase
Hall, Joey Fitch. ALLEN CENTRAL:
Micah Harlow, Jacob Prater, Brax ton
The Floyd County Conference C-Team All-Conference Team is pictured above.
Joseph Jamerson (left) and Andrew Roberts.
NWTF
ears
Bristol
• Continued from pB
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Conference Finals. The event,
which concludes on Saturday,
July 14, will host more than
700 racers from all states east
of the Mississippi River.
The 2007 Bristol Dragway
schedule features many special
events that will please everyone. The 27th Annual Super
Chevy Show will come to
Bristol June 22-24, with the
exciting Night of Fire on June
22. Fans of the blue oval have
their weekend August 3-5 during the 16th Annual O'Reilly
Thunder Valley Fun Ford
Weekend. Bristol Dragway
plays host to drag racing on
two wheels when the S & S
Cycle Thunder In The Valley
Nationals presented by Smith
Brothers
Harley-Davidson
roars into town August I 0-12.
Mopar fans will want lo visit
Thunder Valley Sept. 28-30
when the Eighth Annual
Hensley Performance Mopar
Thunder presented by Parts
Depot/Bumper to Bumper visits Bristol.
Tackett, Sheldon Rice, Jon Ross Gibson.
ADAMS: Joseph Jamerson, Wes
Robinson, Blake Goble. SOUTH
FLOYD: Cartney Conn. ALLEN: Adam
Crisp. WESLEY: Cody Bentley. JOHN
M. STUMBO: Justin Reynolds.
Allen Central won the Floyd County
Grade School B-Team Tournament, edging Betsy Layne 38-36 in the championship game.
The second half belonged
to the Tigers as well. Pikeville
got within seven twice but
Georgetown led by as many as
26 twice before settling with
the 21-point win.
Senior Kevin Reinhardt had
24 to lead Tiger scorers, doubling his average for the season. Senior Brian Silverhorn
tossed in 20, while sophomore
Eric Fields flipped in 10.
Senior Will Holloman
paced Pikeville with 21 points
and also handed out five
assists in the loss. Senior
Donald Thomas added J 1.
Georgetown, which leads
the country in rebounding
margin at plus-14. 7 per game,
won this battle 41-36, getting
nine from senior Chris Lee off
the bench. Pikeville was paced
by Harris, a sophomore from
Winchester, with eight.
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ment.
The NWTF supports youth
programs suck as an annual
scholarship award to an outstanding graduating <>enior
pursuing an education in conservation, 4-H programs,
Archery in Schools Programs,
an annual Jakes Uuniors
acquiring knowledge, ethics,
and sportsmanship) Event for
members l 7 years of age and
under. The group also supports
Whee lin' Sportsmen programs
and Women in the Outdoors
programs.
The Floyd County Chapter
of the NWTF holds regular
meetings at Martin City Hall
the first Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m.
The 2007 Floyd County
NWTF scholarship applications are due before Thursday.
Applications are available -.
through school counselors.
Banquet tickets are available now by calling 606/285-
Pikeville ·
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and from there the two teams
were deadlocked, with neither
leading by more than four
pointe; for the remainder of the
half. With Georgetown up 3029 and only three seconds
• remaining, sophomore Alice
Daniel (Meally), who had
missed the last five games due
to a broken finger, connected
on a three as time expired. giving Pikeville the 32-30 halftime lead.
With the momentum on
their side, the Lady Bears
<>tormed out to an eight point
lead quickly. But the Lady
Tiger<; proved why they're so
dangerous; going on a 13-4
run over seven minutes and
taking the 43-42 lead on a pair
of Megan Gray free throws.
But the Lady Bears would
r.ot fall. Pikeville re-took the
lead on a jumper from senior
1
Tanya Amburgey (Pinetop)
with 9:16 to go.
For the next eight minutes
• the lead changed hands six
• times. Georgetown led 54-41
1
with 2:00 left, when Gray
picked up a key offensive
' rebound, put it back in the
hoop, and picked up the foul.
Gray missed her free throw
attempt, but Meek was there
for the rebound. She dished the
ball off to Katie Filatreau, who
was promptly fouled. After
both free throws were sunk,
Georgetown held a 58-51 lead
with only a minute left to play.
The Lady Bears could edge no
closer, and the Lady Tigers
managed to leave with the victory.
"If we box out, we win,"
said Pikeville coach Bill
Watson, referring to the 18
offensive rebounds the Lady
Bears surrendered. "We had
that game, and we let it slip
away."
But there was at least one
bright spot. "We competed
tonight," added Watson. ''We
took a good team to the limit."
The Lady Bears were led by
Amburgey's 15 points and
seven assists. Martin also
pitched in a double-double,
pulling down 12 rebounds and
putting up 11 points.
Georgetown (16-5, 2-0)
was led by a game-high I 7
points from Gray, the topranked shooter in the MidSouth Conference. Kim Ingle
also provided 12 points and
seven steals, while Jayroe
Gilbert had 10 points in the
win.
The loss drops Pikeville to
7-14 overall and 0-2 in the
MSC.
Be
Floyd County Conference A-Team All-Conference Team is pictured above.
Halllilton nallled C-Tealll Player of the Year
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE
Dylan Hamilton
enjoyed significant playing time on each
of the Betsy Layne Elementary School's
boys ' basketball teams during the 2006-07
season. At the conclusion of the Floyd
County Grade School C-Tournament,
Hamilton claimed the Floyd County
Conference C-Team Player of the Year
Award. The Betsy Layne C-Team beat
Wesley 34-7 for the county championship.
Wesley finished as the conference's runner-up.
Five different Betsy Layne players
were named all -conference. Runner-up
Wesley had three different players named
to the all-conference unit.
C-Team All-Conference honorees were
as follows.
BETSY LAYNE: Dylan Hamilton,
Brian Watkins, Chase Hall, Blake Rogers,
Dustin Rogers. WESLEY: Dylan Meade,
Kannon
Newsome. Tyler Lewis.
OSBORNE: Weston Little. ADAMS:
Bryson Williams. MCDOWELL: Corey
Thornsberry. ALLEN CENTRAL: Brian
Handshoe. MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY: Matthew Ison. JOHN M.
STUMBO: Tyler Daniels.
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Floyd County Conference B-Team All-Conference Team is pictured above.
�SUNDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
28, 2007 • A9
Pikeville College bowlers continue solid season
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - The Pikeville
College bowling teams returned
home this week after participating in
their fourth tournament in as many
weeks. The men came away with finishes of fourth (Las
Vegas
_, Invitational), second (Collegiate
Shoot-Out), fifth (Hoinke Bearcat
Classic), and second (Eagle Classic).
Meanwhile, the lady bowlers finished
in third (Las Vegas Invitational), first
(Collegiate Shoot-Out), second
(Hoinke Bearcat Classic), and third
(Eagle Classic) in their respective
tournaments.
The first stop for the Bears
bowlers was Las Vegas, Nev., where
the teams competed in the Las Vegas
Invitational and the Collegiate ShootOut. For the Las Vegas Invitational,
held Dec. 17-19, the men had strong
performances
from
Gerald
Richardson (Raleigh, N.C.), who finished sixth and averaged 213.5, and
Michael Marisco (Owings, Md.),
who averaged 204.4 and finished
16th in the 50-man tournament.
While none made the all-tournament
team, the squad did manage a solid
fourth-place finish.
The ladies, meanwhile, were led
by Jamie Foster (Mesquite, Texas)
who finished second overall and
earned a spot on the all-tournament
team with an average of 204.1. Sarah
Germano (Rochester, N.Y.) placed
seventh, finishing with a 195.2 average in her nine games. The strong
performances helped the Lady Bears
finish third in the 14-team tournament.
Vegas was also the site of the
Collegiate Shoot-Out, held Dec. 2021. The men captured second place in
the tournament, led by Marisco, who Hoinke Bearcat Classic hosted by the
averaged 207 during his six games University of Cincinnati and held
Jan. 13-14. The men did have
and placed eighth overall,
a great outing, as they could
and
Nathan
Hause
only muster a fifth place fin(Charlotte, Mich.), who
ish overall. Aaron T.ove
placed ninth and finished
(Dayton. Ohio) was the only
with an average of 206.
Pikeville player to fini;;h in
But this tournament
the top ten, earning a ninth
belonged to the Lady
place fimsh with a 2 I 8.1
Bears, who captured their
average.
fifth tournament champiOnce again, the · Lady
onship this season. Once
Gerald
Bears had a strong <;howing,
again, Foster made the allRichardson
finishing second overall.
tournament team with a
Kayla Bandy (Danville, Va.)
second place finish, while
averaging 206.2 in her six games. had the best showing for the l.ady
Germano placed sixth with a 194.2 Bears, finishing third and earning a
average, Michelle McKay (Guelph, spot on the all-tournament team with
Ontario) took seventh place with her a 218.1 average over her nine games.
193.2 average, and Becky Sulligan Foster also finished in the top ten,
(Greenville, S.C.) earned an eighth placing ninth with a 205 average.
Last weekend the Bears traveled
place finish with her average of 191.
On to Cincinnati, Ohio for the to Lexington for the Eagle Classic.
There the men had their best outing in
a month, fini;;hing second overall.
Dakota Jordan (Anderson, S.C.) finished fifth, averaging 207 over his six
games and earning a spot on the alltournament team. Josh Burkhardt
(Beavercreek, Ohio) also placed in
the top ten, finishing seventh with an
average of 203.
Meanwhile, the Lady Bears
earned their second third-place finish
in the last month. Bandy again had a
strong showing. finishing fifth overall with a 177.5 average, and earning
another all-tournament team selection. Germano was the only other
Lady Bear to finish in the top-1 0,
placing nmth and averaging 175.6
over her six games.The teams will
return to action on Saturday, Feb. 3,
when they travel to Fairview Heights,
111. for the weekend-long McKendree
Baker Challenge.
• Lofton looks doubtful for Tennessee's game at Kentucky
by ELIZABETH A. DAVIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
•
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee
guard Chris Lofton appears doubtful
for the Volunteers' game Sunday at
rival Kentucky because of a sprained
right ankle.
Lofton, the Southeastern
Conference's top scorer, sat
out Tennessee's 83-69loss at
Mississippi on Wednesday.
He hurt his ankle during the
game against South Carolina
last Saturday.
"If you're asking me in
my non-medical opinion,
he's doubtful," coach Bruce
Chris
Pearl said Thursday.
Lofton, however, said it's too early
to say.
"I don't know. We're taking it day
by day right now," he said after prac-
tice.
Lofton was averaging 21.5 points a
game and is one of the best 3-point
shooters in the country.
The Maysville native made seven
3-pointers and scored 31 points in
Lexington last year when the
Vols won 75-67.
"It's feeling a lot better.
I'm walking real well on it
today," Lofton said. "This is
probably the first time I've
ever missed games and stuff.
I'm just trying to get my
ankle back to 100 percent
and just try to come back and
play as soon as possible."
Lofton
He would love to play in
his home state this weekend,
but he's not willing to play too soon.
"I want to go bad, but 1 don't want
to take a chance of re-injuring it
again," Lofton said.
Pearl has said Lofton could be out
anywhere from one to three weeks
depending on how quickly his ankle
heals.
The Vols could certainly use him
after losing four of their last five
games. Tennessee played well in the
first half against Ole Miss and were
ahead by 10 at halftime, but they could
not keep it up in the second half.
"Look at the way our kids responded. Andy Kennedy told me that was
some of the best basketball somebody
has played against him for 20 minutes.
We did well," Pearl said.
Lofton said it was difficult to sit on
the bench and just watch.
"It's the worst feeling right now,
especially last night sitting on the
bench," Lofton said. "It was hard, but
hopefully I will get back as soon as
possible."
THREE-POINT THREAT: South Floyd's Wes Akers ranks as one of the
state's top three-point shooters. Akers and his South Floyd teammates
favor the long-range attempts.
Cardinals to name Freedom Hall court in honor of Denny Crum
TIMES STAFF REPORT
·~
LOUISVILLE- The University of
Louisville will name its basketball
court in Freedom Hall in honor of
former men 's basketball coach
Denny Crum, who guided the
Cardinals to 675 victories and a pair
of national titles in his 30 years with
the university.
The Cardinals' playing surface in
Fr om Hall will be named "Denny
Crum Court" in a pregame ceremony
when U of L faces Georgetown on
Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
"For three decades, U of L
Basketball was Denny Crum," said
Vice President and Director of
Athletics Tom Jurich. "It's a fitting
tribute to honor him with this unique
distinction for his success and years
of hard work in guiding our men's
basketball program consistently on a
national level. We had envisioned
honoring him within the new arena,
but Rick Pitino and I were talking
and thought 'Why wait?' Let's not
wait any longer in getting his name
on the court in Freedom Hall, where
he coached for 30 years."
The man admirably labeled "Cool
Hand Luke" by former commentator
AI McGuire was inducted into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame on May 9, 1994.
Crum directed Louisville to the
1980 and the 1986 NCAA
Championships, ranking him as one
of only 11 coaches in NCAA history
Louisville to open '07 season against Murray State
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LOUISVILLE - The University of
Louisville football team will open its
2007 season against in-state rival
Murray State on Thursday, Aug. 30 at
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, but both
institutions have agreed to move the
WOMEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Mississippi State
edges Wildcats
in2ndOT
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Senior forward/center Jennifer Humphrey
(Memphis, Tenn.) recorded her
second consecutive double-double, but it wouldn' t be enough,
however, as Mississippi State
• outscored the Kentucky women's
basketball team 8-0 in the second
overtime to notch an 83-75 double-overtime win in Rupp Arena
Thursday.
Kentucky
(14-7,
3-3
Southeastern Conference) was
playing its second overtime game
this season and its fifth game in the
last six decided in the waning minutes. Humphrey notched a careerhigh 22 points to complement 16
rebounds and in a career-high 43
minutes of action. The Wildcats
managed just 39.2 percent (29-of7 4) from the floor and were a mere
2-of-20 from long distance.
~
Junior
guard
Samantha
Mahoney (Detroit) became the
25th member of UK's 1,000 point
club. Mahoney had 12 points to
improve her career total to 1,010
in a career-best 48 minutes, while
sophomore point guard Carly
Ormerod (Louisville) added 13
points in a c areer-high 42 minutes.
The two teams were nearly
even in every statistical category
contest to Thursday night. The contest will be the first between the two
universities since 1990, a 68-0 win by
the Cardinals.
Louisville finished the 2006 season with a 12- l record, its first Big
East Championship and a victory
over Wake Forest in the FedEx
Orange Bowl. U of L finished ranked
sixth in the final AP Poll and seventh
in the final USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Cardinals also return 21 starters,
who started at least one game, from
last season 's squad.
The Cardinals lead the all-time
series, 10-6.
The remainder of the Cardinals'
2007 schedule will be released at a
later date.
and were tied after every period
until the Bulldogs outscored the
Wildcats 8-0 in the second overtime. Kentucky drops to 4-3 alltime in double-overtime, playing
its first 20T contest since the
semifinals of the 2005 Women's
National Invitation Tournament
against West Virginia.
With the Wildcats trailing 66-64
after an Imesia Jackson basket,
Mahoney scored consecutive
buckets - her last jumper coming
with 27.8 seconds remaining in
regulation. After Mississippi State
nearly ran the game clock out, a
scramble on the floor led to a jump
ball with the arrow pointing
toward the Lady Bulldogs. Off an
inbounds
play,
Bethany
Washington found the basket with
0.2 seconds left to send the game
into overtime at 68 apiece.
Kentucky fell behind by three,
71-68, with 4:18 remaining in the
first overtime period before tying
the score at 71 with 3:48 left. After
another tie, Washington's jumper
with 1:01 left put the Lady
Bulldogs ahead 75-73. Elliott
notched a jumper in the paint with
44 seconds left to send the game
into a second overtime.
Out of halftime, the Wildcats
stormed out of the halftime locker
room with four consecutive baskets to go up 43-36 with 16:46 left,
as Kentucky held the Lady
Bulldogs scoreless for the first
4:28 of the second half. Elliott had
four points during that stretch.
After Mississippi State came within two, 43-41, at the 15-minute
mark, Ormerod nailed a basket
and Humphrey knocked down a
pair of free throws to go back
ahead by six, 47-41, with 14:06
remaining. With UK leading 43-
41, the Wildcats used an 11-2 run
to take a 54-43 advantage with
10: 17 left in the game. The run
included
six
points
from
Humphrey.
The Lady Bulldogs knocked
down four consecutive free throws
to come as close as five, 59-54,
with 6:12 remaining before a
three-point play by Ormerod
pushed the UK lead out to 61 -54.
Mississippi State would not give
up, going on an 8-0 run over the
next 2: 19 to tie the score at 62-all.
Mississippi State took an early
8-4 lead and extended the ir advantage to 15-10 on a three-pointer by
Alexis Rack at the 12:35 mark of
the opening period. From there,
Kentucky scored five consecutive
points to knot the score at 15 after
a three by Mahoney and a jumper
by Ormerod at the 11 :49 mark.
MSU extended its advantage to
23-19, but Pfeiffer was fouled
shooting a three-pointer and
knocked down each of her three
free- throws to bring the Cats within one, 23-22, with 6:06 left.
Kentucky then used a 12-3 run
over the next 3:45 that included
five points from Watkins. The two
teams entered intermission tied at
36 as the Lady Bulldogs shot 53.6
percent (31 ~of-78) from the floor
in the opening period.
Jackson led Mississippi State
with 22 points, while Robin Porter
added 18.
Kentucky will returns to action
today when it travels to Columbia,
S.C., for a re-match with the South
Carolina Gamecocks. UK defeated
USC earlier in the season in
Memorial Coliseum, 59-55. Tipoff in the Colonial Center is set for
3p.m.
to win two or more titles. Six times
he guided the Cardinals into the
NCAA Final Four, including four
times in the decade of the '80s. Only
three coaches all-time have coached
more Final Four teams than Crum.
Crum directed the Cardinals to 23
NCAA Tournament appearances,
ranking as the sixth highest all-time.
Three of his squads participated in
the NIT, reaching the NIT semifinals
in l 9~.). The Cardmals captured or
shared 12 Metro Conference regular
season titles and 11 post-season
lournament championships under
Crum's guidance. Crum's teams won
20 or more games in 21 of hi~ 30
seasons, the 11th most all-time.
Crum's 675 victories rank him
26th all time, holding a 675-295
career
record.
His
NCAA
Tournament mark is 42· 23. He
retired at the conclusion of the 200001 season and continues to work as a
special assistant to the U of L president.
SOUTH FLOYD CHEER
RAIDER SPIRIT: The South Floyd High School cheerleaders cheered
their team on during games earlier in the season.
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_Homer Bailey named Reds' Minor League Player of the Year
TIMES STAFF REPORT
CINCINNATI - Right-handed
pitcher Homer Bailey has been
named winner of the Sheldon "Chief'
Bender Award as the Cincinnati
Reds' Minor League Player of the
Year for 2006. IB Joey Votto was
named the organization's Hitter of the
Year and RHP Johnny Cueto Pitcher
of the Year.
Reds minor league field coordinator Tim Naehring presented Bailey
his award at Wednesday's LaSalle
High School sports stag. General
manager Wayne Krivsky, manager
Jerry Narron, pitcher Todd Coffey,
infielder Brandon Phillips and outfielder Chris Dickerson were also in
attendance at the dinner. Hall of
Fame third
baseman Brooks
Robinson was this evening's guest
speaker.
Bailey, Krivsky, Narron, Coffey,
Phillips and Dickerson, along with
broadcasters Marty and Thorn
Brennaman, are participating in the
26-stop Reds Winter Caravan, in
partnership with Cincinnati USA
Regional Tourism Network and
cincinnatiusa.com. Two separate legs
of the caravan will make 26 stops in
21 cities and towns in four states covering four days and more than 1,300
miles. At reds.com, fans can listen to
selected radio station Caravan stops.
See the web site for that schedule. At
every stop, the Reds are raffling off
two tickets to Opening Day against
the Cubs.
Bailey, 20, has been rated the top
prospect in the organization since he
was selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the June 2004 firstyear player draft. Last season he went
10-6 with a 2.47 ERA in 26 starts
split evenly between Class A Sarasota
and Class AA Chattanooga. He was a
Baseball America Minor League and
Class AA All-Star, and in an in-season poll of that publication he was
voted Best Pitching Prospect and
Best Fastball in the Florida State
League. Following the season, Bailey
wac; voted the top prospect in both the
Southern League and Florida State
League.
Votto,
23, at Class AA
Chattanooga was the Southern
League's Most Valuable Player and
batting champion and TOPPS'
Southern League Player of the Year.
He led the SL in hitting (.319), hits
(162), doubles (46), on-base percentage (.408), slugging percentage
(.547), extra-base hits (70), total
bases (278), runs scored (85) and
walks (78) while finishing second in
homers (22). He fell 1 double shy of
the Southern League single-season
record.
Cueto, 21, last season went 15-3
with a 3.00 ERA in 26 starts at Class
A Dayton and Sarasota. He led all
Reds minor league pitchers with 15
wins and finished second in the organization with 143 strikeouts.
The organization's minor league
player of the year award is named
after Sheldon "Chief' Bender, who
spent 64 years in bac;eball. He spent
his last 39 years in the game with the
Reds in their scouting and player
development departments.
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Bristol putting down new surface after M arch race
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BRISTOL, Tenn.- NASCAR's
most popular track, known for its
rousing thrill-a-second action, will be
getting a new look this summer that
• should make for even more exciting
racing as the .533-mile oval at Bristol
"' Motor Speedway receives a new concrete surface after the March 25 run-
~ Texas
of unrelated Baker Construction
companies (Baker Construction
Services of Bluff City, Tenn., is the
other) head the project that should be
completed by mid-July.
SMI's development team hopes
the new surface promotes even closer
racing and a much smoother ride for
the drivers.
Bristol's 36-degree banking in the
corners will remain the same.
Crews plan to begin demolition of
the entire racing surface, track apron,
pit road, inside retaining walls and 80
percent of the outside walls on March
26, the day after the Food City 500.
This project marks the first time
since 1992 that the entire track will
undergo a complete resurfacing. In
the summer of that year, then-track
owner Larry Carrier created
NASCAR's first all-concrete racing
surface.
Project specifications call for
more than 14,520 square yards of
concrete to be used for the track surface alone.
Bristol's resurfacing project will
employ a crew of 130 and cover in
excess of 30,000 worker hours.
Moter Speedway ftxes dip in turns after Earnhardt Junior's comments
TIMES STAFF REPORT
rI
ning of the Food City 500.
And just like the one-of-a-kind
racing fans get at Bristol Motor
Speedway, officials commissioned a
one-of-a-kind machine to do the job.
Baker Concrete Construction Inc.
of Monroe, Ohio, developed the
Gomaco Slope Paver, an all-new
machine to handle the specifications
of Bristol's high-banked oval. A pair
FORT WORTH, Texas - Texas
Motor Speedway concluded a special
track renovation process Thursday
that is expected to help alleviate a dip
that has formed between Turns 1 and
2 on the 1.5-mile superspeedway,
Texas Motor Speedway president
Eddie Gossage announced.
The delicate process, known as
"concrete lifting by structure urethane," will in essence "pump" up the
surface below the track and ultimately
raise targeted areas in the affected
200-foot stretch over the South
Tunnel that is situated in the middle of
the two turns. The depth of the dip
varies throughout, but it is at a maximum of 2 inches at any given point.
The track work is being addressed
in response to the comments made by
Nextel Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
during the Dickies 500 race weekend
in November and the previous week at
the race in Atlanta. Earnhardt said that
the dip was an issue for drivers and
the speedway further investigated his
claim. Speedway officials, known for
being proactive to drivers' suggestions
over the years, spent the time since his
comments consulting with a variety of
surveyors and going as far as having
structural X-rays taken of the area.
"While Junior's comments at the
time surprised me since he never mentioned it before, it was a concern and
we thought it would only be appropriate to investigate the issue further and
determine if it warranted any action,"
Gossage said. "We spoke with several
drivers, team owners and NASCAR
officials in carrying out our due diligence. After further consultation, we
decided it would be beneficial to alleviate the dip as much as possible
through this process. We've been
proactive since Day 1 to the suggestions of the drivers and fans of this
facility and we will continue to do so
in the future."
Earnhardt spoke in positive tones
in November about Texas Motor
Speedway being a fun track to race at,
but also discussed the need to address
the dip to enhance the racing.
"Texas is a fun racetrack,"
Earnhardt said in November. "We've
had a lot of success here and it is a fun
track so I'm glad it is in it [the Chase
for the Nextel Cup]. It [the track surface] is starting to age a little bit and it
is starting to move the grooves up a
little bit so you can race side by side
through the corners a bit. It's really
starting to come into its own. The
asphalt or the dirt underneath the
asphalt has settled over the tunnel,
which it does at every racetrack they
build, but it seems to be a little more
pronounced here. And that will hold
this place back for a few years to
come until they repair that. As far as
being able to run two- and three-wide
through that comer, it will hold it
back a little bit."
The two-day process was done by
Uretek ICR of Arlington, Texas. The
method employed high-density special polymers to lift, realign, underseal and fill voids under the concrete
slabs, which are resting directly on
base soils. As the resin mixture
expands, voids are filled and a con-
trolled mold pressure is exerted on a
limited area of the slab. Uretek uses
multiple-pattern drilled injection
locations to resupport and accurately
realign the slab. The composite material quickly cures into a strong, stable
and long-lasting replacement base
material.
This process involves drilling
roughly 15 to 20 half-inch holes in
the area, inserting a three-eighthsinch copper tube through the asphalt
and into the soil below in each hole,
and then injecting a special structure
urethane through the tubing. The urethane is expected to raise the different
surfaces that exist between the track
and the soil - an 8-inch thick
drainage mat, a 12-inch thick concrete slab and 4 inches of asphalt and help alleviate the dip.
,
.Keller to drive for Brewco Motorsports at Kentucky Speedway
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
SPARTA - NASCAR Busch
Series veteran Jason Keller will be
behind the wheel of the No. 27
Kleenex Ford for five races during
the 2007 season including the Meijer
' 300 Presented by Oreo at Kentucky
Speedway June 16.
"I'm excited for the opportunity to
work with Brewco again, and with a
sponsor
like
Kleenex®
and
Kimberly-Clark," said Keller. "I'll be
· Doug Williams
basks in landmark
day for NFL
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by DAVE GOlDBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK - Doug Williams
two decades ago became the
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first black quarterback to start a
: -~ Super Bowl. He says this past week
: ~ advanced the cause of blacks in the
NFL as never before.
Williams cited not only the
1 ~ ~Jmost
driving at tracks where I have a lot of
experience, and have had some sucCf<SS, so I'm really looking forward to
the challenge."
Keller has teamed-up with Brewco
previously, making his 400th career
NASCAR Busch Series start driving
for the teain last year at O'Reilly
Raceway Park. He also had prior seat
time in Brewco's No. 66 Ford Fusion,
having stepped in for Greg Biffle. In
five previous starts at Kentucky
Speedway, Keller has had two top-Ss
and led laps in 2003 and in 2005. He
finished second in 2003 to Bobby
Hamilton, Jr.
Keller made his NASCAR Busch
Series debut in 1991 and ran the
series full-time from 1995-2005. In
those 11 full-time seasons, he finished in the top-10 in final driver's
points nine times.
The
nine-event
Kentucky
Speedway season will span five
weekends from May 12 to Aug. 11.
The 66,089-seat venue will open its
eighth season of operation with the
AR.CA RE/MAX Series "Buckle-Up
Kentucky 150" May 12, co-promote
its first street stock "Frank Kimmel
Enduro Nationals" May 26, follow up
with its high-profile NASCAR Busch
Series "Meijer 300 Presented by
Oreo" weekend June 15-16, play host
to the ARCA RE/MAX Series
"Channel 5-150" and NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series "Built Ford
Tough 225 Presented by the Greater
Cincinnati Ford Dealers" July 13-14,
and close the campaign with the fust
Indy Racing League Indl:
an~
Indy Pro series twjlight an
ight
races in track history Aug. 1
Fan-friendly promotions for the
season include the June 15 Clear
Channel Cincinnati Fanfest and Aug.
10 Indy Racing League Fanfest.
Guests will be able to see series practice sessions, meet drivers, enjoy live
music and be entertained by interactive displays in garage areas both
days.
matchup of Tony Dungy and Lovie
Smith in the Super Bowl, the first two
black coaches to get there, but the
promotion by the New York Giants of
Jerry Reese to general manager and
the hiring by Pittsburgh of Mike
Tomlin as its head coach.
"What happened in New York on
Monday,
what
happened
in
Indianapolis and Chicago on Sunday
and what happened in Pittsburgh the
next Monday may make it the most
significant week ever for AfricanAmericans in football," Williams told
The Associated Press by phone from
Mobile, Ala., where he is attending
the Senior Bowl as a personnel executive for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"It shows what people can do if you
just give them the opportunity."
Williams threw for a 340 yards,
then a Super Bowl record, and four
touchdowns in the Washington
Redskins' 42-10 win over Denver in
the 1988 Super Bowl and was the
game's MVP.
That followed a week in which he
was asked question after question
about his role as the fust black quarterback to play in the NFL's championship game, including the now-storied query: "How long have you been
a black quarterback?"
Black quarterbacks have since
become prevalent in the NFL - as
many as a dozen have started in a
given week. And the likes of Steve
McNair, Donovan McNabb and
Daunte Culpepper have become
perennial Pro Bowl players whose
race is secondary to their accomplishments.
Williams had a successful career
as the coach at historically black
Grambling, his alma mater. He left
coaching three years ago to join the
Bucs.
He noted that while NFL rules
require that minorities be interviewed
for head coaching vacancies, the rule
does not apply to front offices. He
was especially happy the 43-year-old
Reese and the 34-year-old Tomlin
were hired by the Giants and Steelers,
noting those teams and the Mara and
Rooney families who run them have
the NFL's deepest roots.
"If the Giants step up like that and
the Steelers step up like that, it sends
a message around the league,"
Williams said. "It's as important as
Tony and Lovie winning because
those two teams are among the storied franchises in league history. If
they can do it, the other owners can at ..
least give minorities a chance."
As for the conference championship victories by Dungy and Smith,
Williams said: "Winning the Super
Bowl that day wasn't as significant to
me as this past Sunday. I didn't see it
then. I can see this. I can feel this."
Ali, wife buy home
The couple closed on the
$1,875,000 home, according to
Jefferson County property valuation
records. They own a home in Berrien
Springs, Mich., that has been for sale
and a residence in Phoenix.
in eastern Jefferson
County
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
photo by Jamie Howell
MOTORIN': Cameron and Christian Crider, the sons of Ricky and Rachel Crider of Dwale, competed Inside
the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center when the Toyota Arena Cross visited Pikeville recently.
LOUISVILLE -Muhammad Ali
and his wife, Lonnie, have bought a
$1.8 million home in eastern Jefferson
County.
The move will bring the three-time
heavyweight boxing champ closer to
his native Louisville.
Mike Fox, president of the
Muhammad Ali Center, told The
Courier-Journal that the Alis have
tried to come to Louisville to visit the
center every two or three months, but
that travel is becoming increasingly
difficult for the 65-year-old Ali.
Although it is uncertain when the
Alis will move, "it is our understanding that at certain times of the year
they intend to spend extended time in
the community they love," Fox said.
The Alis were deeply involved in
construction of the Ali Center, which
is a museum and education center, and
in development of its programs.
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AUTOMOTIVE
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
99' Eddie Bauer
Explorer, loaded.
$5.495.
2002 Ford Tarus
STS 80,000 miles.
$5,495, Moonroof.
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee Limited
Edition. $3,495.
01 Chevy Ventura
80,000 Miles.
$5,500
886-2842
886-3451 .
MISC.
FOR SALE
Tool box 2 fit full
sized pickup truck
bed , needs
repainting. $50.00
Call 886-9474.
FOR SALE
1999 Ford F150WD PK Ext.
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sharp and clean
maroon with tan
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to
Own
Account Manager
We are interested
in finding people
with excellent communication skills, 1
yr retail experience
in furniture sales,
delivery & installation, valid driver's
license with good
driving record, and
criminal
background check. We
offer paid holidays,
vacation, and 401 K with company
match, health, cancer and life insurance,
and
C hristmas
Club
Savings Account.
Apply in person at
A-Plus Rentals 144
Collins
Circle
Prestonsburg, KY
or
online
at
shopaplusrentals.c
om
JOB OPENING
Part time house
keepers needed.
Must have experience and work
weekends. Come
by and apply at
Microtel Inn.
JOB OPENING
COL Drivers needed. Apply in person
at The HT Hackney
Company. Harold,
KY. Benefits available. Call 4789591.
JOB OPENING
Emp oyee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part time. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary. Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
HELP WANTED
100 Positions available. Customer service. No experience
needed. Call 778892-4356.
JOB OPENING
Prestonsburg
Health Care is lookinQ" for an RN.
Every other weekend off. Call Lynn
Fletcher or Elane
Jones. 886-2378.
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Call
791-3913
HOUSE for sale.
Two houses one
two bedroom
kitchen living room
with bath built over
work shop and
wash house. One
four bedroom
kitchen dining and
living room with
bath. All carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. All on
0.70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
I
are~. ~46,000, ,
OBO in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
HOUSE FOR
SALE New four
bedroom three and
1/2 bath, 3,500 sq.
ft. house on half
acre lot located on
Crestwood Drive,
Stone Crest Golf
Course,
Prestonsburg. 606886-9331 .
HOUSE FOR
SALE
2 Bedroom 1
Bathroom , GREAT
DEAL $10,000
Located at
Cornfork near
Jenny Wiley Lake
Road.
call 226-6392
or 886-0726.
Land Contract possible. Call
today!!!!!!!
MERCHANDISE
Misc.
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeable of going
to dance class.
Ages 50-70. If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story
3 BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached
garage. 13 acres,
located at Allen.
Call 205-4425.
REAL ESTATE
Sale or Lease
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard .
Includes all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
YOUR AD COULD
BE HERE! 1
MONTH WITH A
PICTURE
INCLUDED JUST
$75.00. CALL
LEIGHANN
WILLIAMS
TODAY TO SALE
YOUR HOUSE
FAST! 886-8506.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721 . No pets.
HOUSE for sale at
Wayland. 2 story.
Asking $28,000
firm. 606-9462271 . or 606-7855556
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
House
1428. Call 87 42421. $300 monthly
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
;
FOR RENT
Branham Heights
Apartments - Now
accepting applications for 1 and 2
BR
apts.
Rent
. D<;~selq on 30%
thcbm~. Appliances
furnished .
very
nice, omtral heat
and air, water,
garbage and sewer
included. Please
contact the manager
606-4524777.
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Opportunity housing.
of
FOR RENT
1 BR furnished
apt on Rt. 1210
Five miles from
Martin.
WID
hookup. $375 per
m onth.
$125
deposit. All utilities
except
electric
included. Call anytime 285-3641 .
APT FOR RENT
3 BR 1 bath, central heat and air,
wall to wall carpet.
$475 per month
plus utilities . 285341 2.
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 pe r
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-81 00
or 606-434-7715
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FOR SALE
2003 16X50 Vinyl
siding, shingle roof,
laminated flooring,
and new t1le in
kitchen and bathroom , appliances
included. Must be
moved .
$25,000
285-1596
FOR SALE
Commercial property 12 acres next
to
Walmart
&
McDon ald's
in
Prestonsburg. 8863023 after 5pm.
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
FOR RENT OR
LEASE 150 Ft.
ro ad Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial
location.
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg Rt.
FOR RENT
1 BR effiency Apt.
for rent private
private
parking,
lot. F urnish e d
including TV. All
utilities paid p lus
c able. $475 per
month plus $250
deposit. 874-4330.
FOR RENT
New 1 BR near
HRMC most utilities
furnished.
$500 per month.
$250 deposit. 8866343.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apa rtm ent.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin . $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 28 59 11 2.
AFFORDABLE
SPECIAL
Park
Place Apartments
First month rent
FREE with deposit
paid in 3 installments. To qualified
applicants. 1 BR
$280, 2 BR $304.
Offer valid thru
11 /30/06. All electric HUD accepted.
886-0039 . Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
FOR RENT
2 BR 1 Bath
Duplex Apt. Stove,
refrigerator. US 23
and 80 City limits.
$485 + utilities. No
pets 1 year lease.
606-237-4758.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
Houses
FOR RENT
House and trailer
at Mcdowell, must
have references.
Call 377-6346.
FOR RENT
Walking distance
from down town , 3
BR 2 bath. New
double wide. $550
per month. $440
security deposit.
Call 226-0380.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn ,
Hager
Hill. Central H/ A
low utility bills.
Large
covereddeck, Large storage barn. Acres of
privacy. Open Oct
31 .
$1090.00
month or best offer.
850- 222- 2 22 6 .
Leave message.
hereby given that
Lightsource Mining
Company, P.O. Box
3601 , 142 Roberts
Circle, Pikeville, KY
41501, intends to
revise permit number 836-0316 to
change the operator. The operator
presently approved
in the permit is the
permittee. The new
operator will be
Mountain Source
Energy LLC, P.O.
Box 416, 702 E.
Main Street, Apt. A,
Grayson,
KY
41143.
The operation is
located 0 .2 mile
east of Minnie, in
Floyd County. The
operation
is
approximately 0.4
mile
southeast
from Ky. Rt. 1101 's
junction
with
Simpson Branch
Road, and located
0.5 mile southeast
of Left Fork Beaver
Creek. The operation is located on
the
McDowell
U.S.G.S . 7 1/2
minute quadrangle
map at latitude
372 28'21" and longitude 822 44'12" .
The application
has been filed for
public inspection at
the Department for
Surface
Mining
Reclamation and
E nforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive, Suite 6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653.
Written comments
or objections must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Permits,
#2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort ,
Kentucky 40601.
All comments must
be received within
fifteen (15) days of
today's date.
BLASTING
SCHEDULE
This is notice
that Genesis Coal
Corporation , 268
East Friend Street,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653,
Permit No. 8365490, will be blasting at Little Mud
Creek,
Latitude
37 2 28'01 " ,
Longi t ude
822 41 '41 ". Blasting
will be done daily.
No Blasting will be
conducted before
sunrise or after
sunset. At least ten
(1 0) minutes before
the blast, access to
the area will be
controlled by company
personnel.
Before each blast
is detonated, the
following type(s) of
audible warning will
be given: WARNING SIGNAL - A
one (1) minute
series
of
long
blasts five (5) minutes prior to the
blast
signal ;
BLAST SIGNALA series of short
blasts one minute
prior to the detona-
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
Doublewide for
rent at Banner. Call
874-0267.
FOR RENT
Trailer for rent,
all electric. Call
587-1004
LEGALS
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 836-0316
Operator
Change
In acco rdance
with
405
KAR
8:010, notice is
long blast of a
siren. Also prior to
detonations
in
emergency situations the permittee,
using audible signals, shall notify all
persons within onehalf (1 /2) mile of
the blasting site.
Become aKen!w:kv
ocgan& tissueOOt!or.
Foc informaboo twtact
1·800-525-3456,or
;
m.tmtforlife.org
SALES I SALES MANAGER
Due to our company growth in Eastern
Kentucky and South West Virginia, we need
sales manager trainees at once. If you have
an athletic or rural background and enjoy
meeting peopre, t!on't miss this opportunity.
We are a forty-year-old national company
marketing a unique product. We offer leads,
complete training, advancement opportuni·
ties, and outstanding fringe benefits. Our
average reps earn $35,000-$45,000 first year.
You may earn more.
For a personal interview, call 605·254-8876.
WELDING POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
Execellent pay, drug
screening required. Call
Mon-Fri 8a-5p 285-9358.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 2 BR in quiet
Neighborho o d.
886-3146
after
8:00pm.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
av ailable
12/29 call 4386104.
tion. The all-clear
signal(s)
after
blasting will be:
one long blast of a
siren. Blasting will
not be conducted
at times different
from those given
above, except in
emergency situations where rain,
lightning,
other
atmospheric conditions , or operator
or public safety
requires unscheduled
detonation.
Prior to these detonations, the following audible warning
will
be
given:
WARNING
SIGNAL- A one (1)
minute series of
long blasts five (5)
minutes prior to the
blast
signal;
BLAST SIGNAL A series of short
blasts one minute
prior to the detonation. The all-clear
signal(s)
after
blasting will be one
House For Sale
3 Bedroom, 11/2 bath
completly remolded
all new appliances w/d
close to school.
for more information
please call 886-6186
day
886-8286
Serious inquires only
Drift, 3BR, 1Bath,
multi level deck and
porch, paved driveway,
detached garage, large
fenced in yard. Includes
all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
United States Department of Labor
73 S. Circ le Dr. Prestonsburg,
Briarwood subdivision . $249,000.
2,307 Sq ft . 4 BR 2.5 bath, 2 car
garage, firepla ce, LR. , Fam.R,DR
completly remolded like new. NEWheating and cooling, carpet, tile,
kitc hen cabinets with Corian counter
tops. In ground pool/ new liner and
beautiful landscaping.
Re d Brown and Williams Real Estate,
Teresa Preston. Call 789-8119 or
205-7890 www.rbandw.com
Career Opportunity
I am looking for a particular
type of person.
One who will take a personal interest
in my local business.
If you' re willing to work and
follow instructions
you will have the ability to experience advancement limited
only to your own ability.
We offer $40k-$60k 1st year potential
Cash bonuses
Incredible Incentives
Great retire ment plans
5 days work week
[f you are teachable and driven, we
will match this career
against anything you see in this
paper.
Call Monday only, 9 a.m;-5 p.m.
(866) 534-6174
Contact Marty Wilhoite
MSHA
Mine Safety and Health Administration
COAL MINE SAFETY AND
HEALTH INSPECTOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
SCREENING
March 2-4, 2007
Pikeville College
Community Technology Center
119 College Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration is seeking candidates
for Coal Mine Inspectors
throughout District 6. Candidates with
Underground and/or Electrical
experience are strongly encouraged
to attend.
A minimum of one-year of mining
experience performing a full range of
tasks and operating a variety of
equipment is required. After P-assing
math and writing tests, interviews will
be conducted for possible employment.
Specific requirements and online
registration for MSHA-07-030-KY-0 6 is
located at www.doors.dol.goy.
Online advance registration closes
February 16, 2007.
For more information about MSHA's
Inspector Career Intern Program, and
what to expect, please visit our
websi de at www.msha.goy.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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28 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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FOR BIDS &
SPECIFICATIONS
,
SALES I SALES MANAGER
Sealed Bids will be accepted by the
Floyd County Fiscal Court, until
Thursday, February 8th, 2007, at the
hour of 9:30 a.m., for the following:
Lease(s) for Three (3) Dump Trucks,
Tandem Axle
Any add1t1onal spec1ficat1ons for the
above-listed item may be obtained at
the Office of the Floyd County
Judge/Executive, on the Second Floor
of the old Floyd County Courthouse,
149 South Central Avenue, Suite 9,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653,
(Telephone (606) 886-9193), during
regular business hours, from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
General specifications are as follows:
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Axle, with:
a) Sixteen foot (16') dump beds
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b) Fifty-six Inch (56") two-way air
tailgates
c) Electric tarps
d) One (1) year lease term for each
truck
e) Delivery date within 30 days from
award of bid, Q! by date negotiated at time of any bid award
The bid will be awarded to the lowest
and/or best bidder at the Special
Meeting of the Floyd County Fiscal
Court, to be held on Thursday,
February 8th, 2007, at the hour of
10:00 o'clock a .m., in the County
Courtroom, located on the Second
Floor of the old Floyd County
Courthouse, 149 South Central
Avenue,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
The Floyd County Fiscal Court has
the right to accept and/or reject any/or
all bids.
Robert D. Marshall
Floyd County Judge/Executive
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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Pike man
killed in
one-car crash
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE - A 24year-old Freeburn man
died early Saturday
morning when his car
slid off the road and
crashed into a creek.
Eddie D. Wolford was
traveling west on
Barrenshee Creek Road
around 2 a.m. Saturday
when his Chevrolet
Camaro slid off the
roadway and into a
creek. The vehicle continued sliding until it collided with the underside
a bridge.
Wolford was pronounced dead at the
scene by Pike County
Deputy Coroner Ernest
Casebolt. He was not
wearing a seatbelt at
the time of the accident,
which is still under
investigation.
State Trooper Jared
Alfrey was the first one
to arrive at the scene
and was assisted by the
Pike County Sheriff's
Department, Pike
-f;ounty Coroner's
Office, DHP
Amubulance Service
and Phelps Volunteer
Fire Department.
DAY FORECAST
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - A wealthy businessman on
Monday joined the already crowded Democratic
race for governor, announcing his candidacy
with a running mate who prosecuted Republican
Gov. Ernie Fletcher last year on political patronage charges.
Bruce Lunsford spent $8 million of his own
money before dropping out of the last governor's
race days before the primary. He also broke
ranks with his fellow Democrats and endorsed
Fletcher in the 2003 general election but now
says he considers that a mistake.
"This time I really feel a calling," said
Lunsford, the seventh Democrat to enter the
race.
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Fire kills two
in Prestonsburg
PRESTONSBURG- A
95-year-old woman and her
caretaker died Friday night
in a house fire on Riverside
Drive in Prestonsburg.
The owner of the white
two-story
home, Jane
Wallace, was being tended
to by 40-year-old Lisa
Keith at the time of the fire.
Both victims were found in
a small upstairs bedroom,
with Wallace located lying
on the floor next to a bed
that Keith was lying in.
The Prestonsburg Police
Department was alerted to
photo by Jessica Hale
Prestonsburg resident Patricia Watson had a rude awakening Sunday night when a large sportutility vehicle drove into her house, causing significant damage. Watson who lives on Goble
Street next to the Floyd County Health Department, says she was home at the time of the incident and neighbors who heard the impact saw a white Chevrolet Tahoe simply back out of the
front lawn and drive away. The house sustained two broken windows and major damage to one
corner near the front door. The driver of the vehicle later returned to the scene Monday and
apologized to Watson, agreeing to reimburse her for the damages. Watson says she thinks the
weather may have contributed to the incident and is relieved the driver returned to confess.
Suspect confesses to
two armed robberies
GARRETT - Two armed
robberies in Floyd County
which took place on two con
secutive days have led police to
a suspect who has now confessed to both incidents.
Obituanes ..................... A2
Opinion .........................A4
Classifieds ..................A13
Sports ........................... B1
Ufestyles ...................... 85
(See STUMBO, page eight)
photo by Alex Sm1th
The home of 95-year-old Jane Wallace caught on fire
Friday evening, killing her and her caretaker, Lisa
Keith. The home was still standing on Monday, but
everything inside was either destroyed or blackened
from the fire.
STAFF WRITER
STAFF WRITER
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
floydcountytimes.com
The Democrats and two GOP challengers
hope to oust Fletcher, the first Republican elected governor in more than 30 years.
Lunsford, who served in the early 1980s as
commerce secretary under former Gov. John Y.
Brown Jr., said he would spend "as much as it
takes to get the governor's chair back for the
Democrats," and would "prime the pump" with
an initial $2 million.
Lunsford was the founder of Louisville-based
Vencor, a company that operated nursing homes
and made him a multimillionaire. The company
went bankrupt in 1999, emerging two years later
as Kindred Healthcare.
His principal business now is Lunsford
Capital, a Louisville private investment firm in
by ALEX SMITH
by JESSICA HALE
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At approximately 10:30
p.m. on Friday, Kentucky State
Police received a call from an
employee at Newsome Wine &
Spirits, located in McDowell,
reporting they had just been
robbed.
The
employee
described the suspect as a white
male wearing a green jacket
and a gray ski mask.
According to KSP, the suspect entered the store armed
with a knife and demanded
cash. After obtaining an undetermined amount of money, the
suspect fled on foot.
(See ROBBERIES, page eight)
STAFF WRITER
PAINTSVILLE The
second leg of the Gora Wicker
eBay case began Monday in
Johnson County, as she was
arraigned for a felony count of
receiving stolen property.
A Feb. 14 preliminary
hearing date was set by
District Judge Susan Mullins
Johnson. A $5,000 cash bond
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
LEANDER Police
have now found a man who
allegedly kidnapped a
woman at gunpoint Sunday
in Auxier and led police on
a difficult chase through
dangerous weather conditions .
According to Kentucky
State Police, at approximately 9:40 p.m. Sunday
night. Post 9 received a call
regarding a kidnapping at
Meade's BP on Route 321
in Auxier.
The victim, Nancy
Lemaster, 39, was working
in the store when Charles
Lemaster, 49, Nancy's
estranged husband, allegedly entered the store armed
with a semiautomatic handgun. Charles Lemaster then
allegedly kidnapped Nancy
Lemaster from the store and
fled the scene in a late
1990s
model
white
Chevrolet truck.
After already being
advised of the incident.
KSP Det. Mike Goble
observed a vehicle fitting
the description of the suspect's vehicle in Johnson
County at approximately
11:25 p.m. Goble attempted
to stop the vehicle, but it
(See SUSPECT, page eight)
Kentucky House Speaker Jody
Richards held a rally with
John Y. Brown Ill at the
Mountain Arts Center on
Saturday as the pair wrapped
up its "Honest Talk for Real
Change Tour." Richards
entered the race for governor
Jan. 25, with Brown as his
running mate for lt. governor.
"I plan to reorganize state
government to bring in good,
high-paying jobs to Eastern
Kentucky," Richards said.
Richards said his campaign
platform will become more
clear in the upcoming weeks,
but said when elected, voters
in Floyd County can count on
more jobs as he plans to add
on to the Mountain Parkway
by expanding it to four lanes.
was set, but Wicker is ineligible for release because she is
currently serving a IS-year
sentence for multiple felony
burglary and theft convictions
in Floyd County.
Wicker,
59,
of
Prestonsburg, who began
serv ing the 15-year sentence
in November after pleading
guilty to 19 theft and burglary
(See WICKER, page etght)
photo by Alex Sm1th
6 a.m.-11 a.m., Monday-Friday
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Biscuits or Toast served w/Jelly
Fresh cooked Oatmeal (good for heart)
(2) 2 Pancakes, Bacon or Sausage.. 2.99
served wlbutter and syrup
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{3) Country Gravy and B1scu1ts ....... 1.99
2 Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy
(See FIRE, page eight)
Tips lead police to
kidnapping suspect
Wicker appears for
Johnson charges
by ALEX SMITH
the fire when they received
a call at 9:47 p.m. from a
caller who said smoke and
fire was visibly coming out
of the residence.
Floyd County Deputy
Coroner Roger Rowe pronounced the victims dead at
the scene at 11:01 p.m.
An investigation into the
cause of the fire is underway by Maj. Bobby
Carpenter of Prestonsburg
Fire Department and Det.
Steve Little of
Sgt.
Prestonsburg
Police
Department. Foul play is
not suspected as a cause of
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31' 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
Edgel "Delano"
Davis Jr.
Edge! "Delano" Dav1s. Jr.,
age 73, of Nokomis, Florida,
formerly of Hueysville. passed
away Monday, January 29,
2007, at the Sarasota Hospice
House, Sarasota, Flordia.
He was born November 19.
1933, in Hueysville, the son of
the late Edge! Davis and
Nannie Patton Davis. He was a
retired construction worker,
and an U.S. Air Force veteran.
Survivors include two sons:
Edge! Davis III, of Old Town,
Florida, Het.ekiah James
Davis of Fremont, Indiana; a
daughter. Deloris Corbin of
Nokomis, Florida; a brother,
Carmel Ray Davis of Hippo;
three sisters: Sandy Manns and
Sally
Adkins,
both
of
Hueysville, and June Salyers
of Ashland; and six grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were
his parents; two brothers:
Johnnie Darrell Davis and
Franklin Elmo Davis; and two
sisters: Thelma Osborne and
Brenda Joyce Centers.
Funeral services for Edge!
"Delano" Davis Jr., will be
conducted Saturday, February
3, at noon, at the Hall Funeral
Home Chapel, Martin.
Burial will follow in the
Cooley Family Cemetery, in
Eastern, under the professional
care of the Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation is Friday, from
10:00 to 11 :00 a.m., and from
6:00 to 7:00p.m .. at the funer(Prud obltuary)
al home.
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Orville (Tom) Hall
Orville (Tom) Hall, age 74,
of Harold, died Friday,
January 26, 2007, at the
Pikeville Medical Center.
Born November 19, 1932, in
Floyd County, he was the son
of the late Willie and Florence
Hall. He was a former
mechanic in the construction
business, and a member of the
Church of Christ at Betsy
ayne.
He is survived by his wife,
Rothey Evans HalL
Other survivors include his
children:
Sharon
Hall
(Kevin),of Harold; Sander!
Hall (Bobby), Tommy Hall
(Miranda), Charlotte Hall
(Richard Lane), Timmy Hall
(Loretta), Scottie Hall, and
Tammy Clark (Christopher),
all of Galveston; five brothers:
Forrest Hall of Paintwille; 0.
C. Hall of Grethel; Phil Hall
and Willie Hall Jr., of Lorain,
Ohio;
and Ottis Hall of
Harold; two sisters: Shirley
Bauer
of
Paramount,
California; and Ruby Keathley
of Betsy Layne; 14 grandchil-
dren: Selina, Shelia, Tina, P.J.,
Timmy, Calvin, Anthony,
Amy, Earl, Ryan, Casey,
Syrvelvia, Jessica, and Wendy;
and I 5 great- grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
brothers: Ray Hall and Oliver
Hall; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 29, at 1 p.m.,
at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Tommy
Spears officiating.
Burial
was
in
the
Greenberry Hall Cemetery in
Galveston, under the direction
of Nelson -Frazier Funeral
Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
(Paid nhiruary)
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Hattie Jarrell
Hattie Jarrell, age 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Sunday,
January 28, 2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg.
Born February 23, 1927, in
Endicott, she was the daughter
of the late John and Virgie
Burchett Fannin. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Benedict Baptist Church,
in Prestonsburg.
Survivors include a son and
daughter-in-law: Jan1es E. and
Brenda Jarrell of Prestonsburg; a daughter and son-inlaw: Joann and Ronnie Goble
of Prestonsburg; a brother,
Charles Fannin of Prestonsburg; six sisters: Sarah
Endicott of Homer, Michigan;
Edna
Faye
Farmer
of
Marshall, Michigan; Mary
Bell Rose and Alice Jarvis,
both of Prestonsburg; Gypsie
Jean Huff of Arkansas: and
Louella Straight of Jackson,
Michigan;
a
half-sister,
Dorothy
McCloud
of
Marshall, Michigan; four
grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.
ln addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death by a
son, Jackie Lee (Buddy)
Jarrell; four brothers: Grover
Fannin, Bourbon Fannin,
Braxton Fannin, and Ballard
Fannin; five sisters: Effie
Thompson, Magaline Blackburn, Laura Jarrell, Angie
Blackburn, and Wynonia
Fannin; a half-brother, Perry
Fannin; and two half-sisters:
Ruth Jarrell and Mary Alice
Fannin.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, January 31, at
noon, at the Nelson-Frat.ier
Funeral Home in Martin. with
Bill Collins and Bud Crum
officiating.
Burial will be in the Jarrell
Family Cemetery, at Slick
Rock, in Prestonsburg, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Ilome.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Pmd obituary)
home.
oon
Norcie Lee Lewis
Jarrell
Norcie Lee Lewis Jarrell,
age 69, of Paintsville, died
Sunday, January 28, 2007, at
Mountain Manor Nursing
Home, Paintsville.
Born September 15, 1937,
in Endicott, she was the
daughter of the late Thomas
Lee and Maudic Jervis Lewis.
She was a member of Auxier
Freewill Baptist Church, and a
retired janitor at Prestonsburg
High SchooL
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Luther Jarrell.
Survivors include her sons
and daughters-in-law: Troy
Gene and Frieda Jarrell of Flat
Gap; John Henry Jarrell of
Lexington; James Allen and
Selena
Jarrell
of
Staffordsville;
and
John
Anthony and Heather Jarrell of
Lexington; a daughter and
son-in-law: Charlotte Jarrell
and Richard Powers of Auxier;
a brother, Charles Lewis of
Prestonsburg; a sister, Mary
Alice Goble of Prestonsburg;
12 grandchildren, and 10
great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers:
Ollie Lewis, Glenn Lewis,
Richard Lewis, and Woodrow
Lewis (her twin); a sister,
Edna Faye Burchett; and a
great-grandchild, Keith Hunter
Taulbee.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, January 31, at 1
p.m., at the Auxier Freewill
Baptist Church, with Bobby
Joe Spencer, Southie Fannin
Jr., and Robert Shane Powers
officiating.
Burial will be in the
Burchell Cemetery, Cow
Creek, Prestonsburg, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation, at the church.
(Paid obituary)
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Joe Alex Poe
Joe Alex Poe, age 70, of
Salyersville, died Friday,
January 26,2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
Born September 23, 1936,
in Floyd County, he was the
son of the late Ned Poe Jr., and
Mary Ellen Hughes Poe. He
was a general laborer for a
concrete construction company.
Survivors include six brothers and sisters-in-law: Bill
Henry and Christine Poe of
Salyersville; Leonard Edward
and Francis Poe of David;
Charles Gene and Vicky Poe
of Prestonsburg; Johnny Bruce
and Kathy Poe of North
Manchester, Indiana; Isaac
(Ike) and Alpha Poe of
Prestonsburg; and Malcolm
Poe of Claypool, Indiana; sisters and brothers-in-law:
Pauline and Joner Ousley of
Claypool, Indiana; Dorothy
and Doug Smith of Scotts,
Michigan; and Goldie and Lon
Ed Shepherd of Waddy; a
companion of many years,
Eula Mae Ousley; and many
nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 30, at 11
a.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home in Martin, with
Carl Hughes and Richard
Shepherd officiating.
Burial was in the Fitzpatrick
Cemetery, Middle Creek,
Prestonsburg, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Active pallbearers: Chris
Poe, Joe Poe, Larry Wells,
Tommy Marsillett, Richard
Mollette, Lon Ed Shepherd,
Michael Ousley, and Doug
Smith.
(Paid obituary)
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Nancy Jane
Stephens Wallace,
ter, Dr. Zelia Wells of
Paintsville; a son, Dr. Gabriel
R . Wallace of Huntsville,
Alabama; a granddaughter, Dr.
Pamela Jane Wallace of
Huntsville, and a grandson,
Jeffery Wayne Wallace of
Houston, Texas; and one greatgrandson, Jonathan Nelson of
Huntsville. She is also survived by one sister, Callie
Gambill of Catlettsburg.
She was preceded in death
by Robert J. Wallace, her husband of 65 years, who died
September 29, 1999; six sisters; and two brothers.
She was a devoted wife and
mother, and provided nursing
care to thousands of eastern
Kentuckians throughout her
distinguished career. In 1987,
she was awarded a commendation by the U.S. Department of
Health for outstanding service
Card of Thanks
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people
who supported me and my family during the recent loss of my
Dad, Stewart "Joey" Howard. Throughout this time of sadness I
have been constantly reminded of how blessed my family and I
are to be surrounded by such thoughtful and caring friends. A
special thanks to the Kentucky State Police for therr help m honoring my Dad in a way that I know he would want. He will be
truly missed by all those whose lives he touched. Thanks again,
and God Bless.
SELINA HOWARD
RN
Nancy
Jane
Stephens
Wallace, 95, died Friday,
January 26, 2007, at her home
in Prestonsburg.
Born in Stanton, May 14,
1911 , she was the
,;:;~
daughto' of the~
late Henry and
-.."' . "''
Elizabeth Swango
Stephens. She was ·•·< ' '·-, .
a registered nurse,
· · ·
retired from the Floyd County
Health Department. She was
one of the first public health
nurses in Floyd County. She
lived an active life of service
to the community and region.
She was a member of the First
United Methodist Church, in
Prestonsburg,
the
Prestonsburg Woman's Club,
Adah Chapter No. 24, Order of
the Eastern Star, Miriam
Rebekah Lodge No. 31,
Prestonsburg Homemakers,
Methodist Womens Circle, and
the Floyd County Board of
Health for 19 years.
She is survived by a daugh-
2/1/1966- 10/17/2006
In
Judith
Loving
Memory
Mae
Owsley
We Love You and Miss You
Mother-Zella Shepherd, late Thomas Owsley, late stepfather-Glenn
Shepherd, son-Jonattian Barnett, brothers-Ray Owsley and family, Steven
Shepherd and family, late sister-Linda Kay Owsley, grandmother-Arlene
Griffith (Slone), late grandfather-Milford Slone, late husband-David
Shepherd, all her co-workers, Family and Friends.
God looked around his garden and found an empty place.
He looked down on His earth and saw my sister's loving face.
He put His arms around her and lifted her to rest.
He knew that she was suffering, He knew she was in pain.
She truly was an angel sent from God in Heaven above.
So please understand why we still cry,
You don't know how we are feeling or how much we still hurt.
People think we should go on with our life, but without you, we have none.
But deep down we are so sad, our life now has changed forever.
We'll never be the same again, Not today, not tomorrow, but never.
Each and every day it's hard to remember you.
But we will never forget you. You are in our hearts and soul.
It breaks our heart every day that you are not here, but we know that you are
flying with the angels.
We love you, Judy, you are deeply missed. When we saw you sleeping, so
calm and free of pain,
We would not wish you back to earth to suffer once again.
You now will never hurt again, Judy. So go fly with the angels, we will meet
again in that loving place.
ft~ntl.s
Dr. Olatunji
is an associate of
the Cumberland Clinic
based in London.
Dr. Olatunji 's office
is located at
Seton Complex
Second Floor
Monday & Friday
606.285.3690
t
CATHOLIC HEALTH
INITIATIVES
Phone: (606) 285-6400
Fax: (606) 285-6409
Our Lady of the Way Hospital
11203 Main St. Box 910 Martin, KY 41649
to the field of public health. ill
Funeral services were held
on Tuesday, January 30, at
1:00 p.m., at Carter Funeral
Home, with Dr. Harold Dorsey''
and Rev. Robert Coppings'
officiating.
Interment was at Davidson
Memorial Gardens, in lvel.
Serving as pallbearers:·
Brian Derickson, Bradley
Derickson, Tommy Wallace,
Mike McCormick, Ashland
Gearheart, John D. Sammons,
Ralph
Davis
Jr.,
Bob
Lewandowski and "Little"
Shag Branham.
Contributions are suggeste4.tr.
to the First United Methodist
Church, 256 S. Arnold Ave.,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653.
The family has entrusted
arrangements
to
Carter
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
31, 2007 • A3
Community Calendar BIG Trucks Cause
Calendar items will
be printed as space
permits
Editor's note: To announce
.vour community event, you
may lwnd-delil·er vour item to
The Floyd County Times
office, located at 263 S.
Central Avenue. Prestonsbur:~t:
or mail to: The Floyd County
Time!>,
P. 0.
Box
390,
Prestonsburg, KY 4/f>53; or
fax to 606-886-3603; or email
to:
features@jlo.vdcountytimes.com. lnj(Jmzation will
not be taken over the telephone. All items will be placed
on a first -come, first -serve
~~asis as space permits.
HRMC February Calendar
Kiwanis: Feb. l. 8; Meeting
Place B; 12-1 :30 p.m.
Childbirth: Feb. 10; Board
Room: 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Senior Advantage: Feb. 13;
East Kentucky Science Center:
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Kiwanis: Feb. 15, 20:
Meeting Room C; 12- 1:30
p.m.
Ky.
Mountain
Dental
Society: Feb. 24; Meeting
• flace A & B; 9:30-11:30 a.m.
AARP 55 Alive Mature
Dnving Course: feb. 26, 27;
Meeting Place A & B; 9:00
a.m. to l :30 p.m.
Living Well With Diabetes
Support Group: Feb. 28;
Meeting Place A & B; 5-6:00
p.m.
For more information con1-:erning these support groups,
contact
the
Highlands
Educational
Services
bepartment at 886-7424.
I
public is encouraged to attend.
Please
contact
Jeff
Sizemore at 606-886-2374 or
jeff sizcmorc@bigsandy.or
g to RSVP by February 5.
2007 .
SS Representative to
visit Mud Creek Clinic
A Social Security representative will be at the Mud Creek
Clinic, Grethel, to ass1st people in filing claims for Social
Sccuri ty retirement, disability
and survivor), benefits. People
can
also
apply
for
Supplemental Security Income
(SSI), Black Lung (BL), and a
Social
Security
Number
(SSN).
The representative will also
assist in filing appeals and
answering questions:
The represent-ative will be
at the Mud Creek Clinic on the
following dates for the next
quarter:
Tuesday, February 13; and
Tuesday, February l 7.
Tuesday, March 13; and
Tuesday, March 27.
Hillbilly Travel Club
Now scheduling trips for
the
upcoming
year to:
Washington, DC, Memorial
Day weekend; Niagara Falls,
Canada, Labor Day weekend.
All trips include roundtrip
motorcoach, lodging, selected
meals. Others include guided
tours, entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride,
!MAX theater, and more).
Call Ed at 452-4149 for more
information.
A $100 deposit must be
paid no later than Feb. 10 for
those wishing to take the
Washington, DC trip.
ACHS Class of '96
The Allen Central High
School Class of 1996 will be
holding their 10-year reunion.
For more information, call
Amanda at 285-9491 or Leslie
at 886-8003.
2007 at the Best Western,
Prestonsburg. Those wishing
to attend should please send in
all of their personal information including name, address,
phone number, occupation.
spouse, children, and pets.
All teachers from 1993
to 1997 are also welcome.
Classmates may send their
information to phs97@ bellsouth.net or mail to Mark
McKinney, 69 Hospital St.,
Martin, KY 41640
Hope in the Mountains
Hope in the Mountains will
host public meetings on
Mondays, at 9 a.m., at the
junction of U.S. 23 and Rt. 80,
on Watergap Rd., behind the
Trimble Chapel Church.
\1eetings focus will be to
offer infonnation in regard to
community resources available to women <;eeking freedom from drug abuse. Family
members are also welcome to
attend. The Hope initiative
proposes to help women break
free from addictive lifestyles
to become self-respecting contributing members of society.
Call 874-2008 or 788-1006
for more information.
UNITE
The UNITE coalition of
Floyd County will meet the
FIRST Monday of each
month, at 7 p.m ., at the New
Allen Baptist Church. All
interested persons welcome to
join UNITE's fight against
drugs.
•"Living Free" - A support
group sponsored by the Floyd
County UNITE Coalition.
Group will meet weekly at the
old Allen Baptist Church, on
US 23 N., between Allen and
Banner, on Tuesdays, at l: 15
p.m.
Living Free IS a faith-based
12-step support group open to
all who arc searching for
(See CALENDAR, page six)
PHS Class of '97
The Prestonsburg High
School Class of 1997 i currently planning their 10 year
reunion. The reunion is scheduled to be held on July 14,
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Trucks hauling Coal, Trucks hauling Equipment, Trucks hauling just
about everything. It's my belief that most Truck Drivers are skilled,
competent drivers who are hard-working men and women with a job
to do- but, their job is inherently dangerous, their job is to get a
product-like coal, for example-to market in the shortest period
of time that they can do so, because they are paid by the load.
That's why all of the rest of us should do everything we can do to assist
truck drivers, things like letting them out in traffic, giving them "the
road" so to speak, things like that. True, some Truck Drivers seem to be
"bullies" and seem to drive way too fast and way too reckless and
sometimes-way too often, it seems-horrible crashes occur and other
people are seriously hurt or killed. We have seen a large and growing
number of such accidents over the past few years and we have seen the
devastation they often cause to innocent and grieving families.
Overloaded Trucks Often Cause Crashes
Big, Overloaded Coal Trucks on Little, Narrow Roads,
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the coal company that Overloaded the Truck should also bear
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Worth Repeating ...
"Speak out in acts; the time
for words has passed, and
only deeds will suffice. "
-
?lmenament '1
John Greenleaf Whittier
Congress slia{{ marie no {aw respecting an esta6{isltment <if re{it]ion, or
die .free exercise tftere<if, a6r-id3ing tfte jreeaom of ~eeclt, or <if tfte
yr-ess; or- tfte rigltt <if tfte yeoy[e to yeacea6(y assem6{e, ana to yetition tfte government for a rearess ofgrievances.
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$274,000 a day
Michael E. Toner, the chairman of the Federal Election
Commission, last week estimated that the unofficial entry
fee for the 2008 presidential race will be at least $100 million. Candidates who haven't raised that much by the end
of 2007 might just as well not leave the barn.
To raise $100 million, a candidate has to raise $8.33 million a month, almost $2 million a week, nearly $274,000 a
day. Every hour of every day, waking or sleeping, he or she
bas to find five Americans willing to give the maximum
$2, 100 donation to his or her primary election campaign
fund, plus a few smaller donors. Whoever wins the nomination has to start all over again; the eventual cost of winning
l:he presidency in 2008 will be at least $500 million.
• There is a word for this: "Obscene."
.. Thirty years ago, fresh from the revelations that bigmoney donors to Richard M. Nixon campaign fund had
funded the Watergate operation, Congress enacted reform
laws. Taxpayers could check otf a box on their income tax
orm to help pay for presidential elections; candidates who
i!ltgreed to abide by the spending limits were eligible for fed;ral matching funds.
The idea was to take some of the influence of big money
out of politics, while still abiding by the Supreme Court's
decision that campaign donations were a protected form of
speech. It wasn't perfect, but it was something. It made it
possible for candidates who didn' t kowtow to big-monied
interests to be competitive. Naturally, big-monied interests
quickly found ways around it, first with "soft money" contributions to party committees and, after that was outlawed,
with contributions to special entities set up under Section
527 of the Internal Revenue Code.
But with the ever-growing importance of television ad
tampaigns, and with states moving their delegate selection
r.oc es up in the ~enclar, CCUl.<;ti.dates found they ne~d~d
ill~~ money, and iliey -n tle it ear iet. .It'\.2004, botb
si nt George W. Bii h an hi. Democratic challenger?
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., opted out of the public financing
+ limits in their primary races. Bush raised and spent $270
million before the GOP convention and Kerry raised and
spent $235 million before he was nominated. Had they
stuck with the federal matching funds, they would have
been limited to about $125 million each.
Now comes Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N .Y., who, in
announcing her bid for the presidency, said she wasn't
interested in the federal matching funds at all. That triggered a kind of arms race among other candidates. Sen.
Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former Sen. John Edwards, DN.C., are expected to follow suit, as are Republicans Sen.
John McCain of Arizona, former Gov. Mitt Romney of
Massachusetts and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
The arms race already has caused some would-be candidates to drop out. Who knows if Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., or
former Gov. Mark Warner, D-Va., could have caught fire?
Who knows if Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., or former Gov.
Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., will want to spend the next year
raising money? Who knows if Gov. Bill Richardson of New
Mexico or former Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa can raise
enough money to stay in the Democratic race? The test of a
person's qualifications to be president should be ideas and
experience, not the ability to raise cash.
It's too late to do anything about the problem for the
2008 campaign, but whoever is elected must pledge to
restore and expand public financing for campaigns.
Meanwhile, America is getting shortchanged.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Letters
More pressing
issues
We would like to preface our opinion and comments with the fact that
my husband was a better than 50-year
resident of Floyd County and I more
than 16 years. We have also had our
children attend school in Floyd
County.
We ~w ~nd u~dcis~a ~d have
bee.n v'icttr,Rili tlie"cy-cl' c politi®~d
narrow tnindcd tli ugh proce. s s that
so heavi)y burden that area of the
country. There were many years that
we too saw "our way of living in
Floyd County" as being the only and
more importantly the right way.
Well that myth has since been disabled since we found Christ and He
moved us outside the box. We have a
new view on the world and most
importantly our hometown.
You might not think that news travels far but items of a controversial
nature can develop wings and go into
places that feet can't travel. Is this
how we want our area of the world to
be represented?
We have watched the area lose
lives through an epidemic that has
more of a hold on our young people
than a flag or the thoughtless opinions
of onlookers who simply want something else to talk about. Illegal drugs
have saturated the hills and hollers of
eastern Kentucky. We see small steps
being taken toward making those
accountable for poor choices but I'm
afraid that the efforts of some
becomes redirected by insignificant
and obviously trivial topics.
Please don't discount the monumental task that John K. Blackburn
has as Sheriff of Floyd County 1s
faced ith. We appreciate the difference th {lis work is contributing to
the cause. 'm sure when he reads this
letter that he has a view similar to
ours.
Our nephew spoke at one of the
meetings held concerning the flag
topic and he spoke from personal
experience as a student of Allen
Central and being of Hispanic
descent. Our observation is the only
biased, prejudice or hate that reveals
itself is that which is placed in the
minds and hearts of our children by
adults. No one is born hating; this is a
behavior that is learned. If it's allowed
and nurtured it can become a less than
desirable trait that destroys people,
families and communities. It can be as
deadly as the drugs that are circulating
through the community today. Either
way, good or bad life is about choices.
Is Floyd County going to continue
to choose to be the victim of generations of poor choices or are they going
to pass on the torch of qualities that
are of good report such as love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness. goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are the things that we
MUST concentrate on as God has prepared the road to be traveled.
Our prayer of hope is with all of
our family and friends in Floyd
County and we would like to hear and
read that other pressing issues are
being tackled head on instead of the
mascot of emblem of a school. B~d
together as a community aod become
the catalyst to a brighter tomorrow !
David and Sarah Martin
Milton, Fla.
Formerly of McDowell
Thanks contest
sponsors
My name is Dian Music and I was
the winner of Prestonsburg Bingo.
I want to thank all of you that contributed to the contest. Not only did I
discover stores I didn't realize were
here, but I also experienced the friendliness and helpfulness that small
downtown businesses can give you. It
made for a very merry Christmas at
my house.
Once again, thank you.
Dian Music
Prestonsburg
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007 • AS
Pike service offers free tax preparation, bigger refunds
by MICHAEL CORNETT
EKCEP INC.
•
What would you do with up
to $4,500 in extra cash in your
pocket? If you earned less than
$36,348 in 2006, you should
be asking yourself that question thanks to the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC).
The EITC is a refundable
federal income tax credit for
low-income working individuals and families. When the
EITC exceeds the amount of
taxes owed, it results in a tax
refund to those who claim and
qualify for the credit.
A free service in Pike
County will help you prepare
and file your tax return,
including helping you determine how much refund you
are eligible for under the
EITC.
At the Pike County
JobSight, staff trained by the
Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) will prepare and file
your tax returns and review the
details of the EITC with you to
figure out exactly how large of
a credit you deserve. Your tax
returns will be filed electronically, meaning you will
receive your refund as quickly
as possible. The services are
provided free of charge.
The staff also can determine if you have been eligible
Local students win
Imagine America
Scholarships
.)
PIKEVILLE
Cindy
Chafin, of Hardy, Tracy
Coleman, of Pinsonfork,
Derek Thacker, of Turkey
Creek, Rebecca Wallace, of
Prestonsburg,
Whitney
Williams, of Shelbiana, and
Naioma Wolford, of Canada,
are winners of the Imagine
America Scholarship.
The Imagine America
Scholarship exists to aid high
school seniors planning to
attend a career college.
Graduating seniors from secondary schools with a GPA of
at least 2.5 may be considered
for the Imagine America
~ Scholarship. This award is
funded by National College
and up to three $1,000 scholarships may be awarded for each
participating high school.
Wallace and Williams are
planning to attend
the
Pikeville Campus of National
College. Coleman, Thacker
and Wolford are all currently
attending in Pikeville.
The Pikeville Campus,
located on 50 National College
Blvd., has been educating students in the Eastern Kentucky
region since 1975. The campus
offers 5 associates degree programs and 7 diploma programs
in fields of business, computer,
and health care education.
National College is celebrating 120 years of higher
education dedicated to the
training and educating of men
and women for a full life and a
successful career in a number
of general and particular
fields. Founded in 1886 in
Roanoke, Virginia, the College
continues to develop students
intellectually, culturally and
socially. The college enrolls
more than 7,000 students at 21
campus locations in Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio,
and Indiana.
for the EITC during the past
three years and help you file
amended tax returns for those
years to claim any past EITC
refunds.
Getting free tax preparation
and finding out how much bigger your refund can be through
the EITC is as easy as contacting the Pike County JohSight,
where those services will be
offered free of charge beginning Jan. 23. The Pike County
JobSight is located within the
Pikeville Campus of Big
Sandy
Community
and
Technical College, 120 South
Ri verfill Drive. Call Jim
Stewart at 218-2106 to schedule an appointment.
According to EITC guidelines, families with two or
more children who earned less
than $36,348 in 2006 (or less
than $38,348 if married and filing jointly) could get a credit
of up to $4,536. Families with
one child who earned less than
$32,001 (or less than $34,001
if married and filing jointly)
could get a credit of up to
$2,747. Workers without children who earned less than
$12,120 (or less than $14,120
if mruried and filing jointly)
could get a credit of up to
$412.
Taxpayers are not eligible
for the EITC if they file as
"mruTicd, filing separately."
Tax officials estimate more
than 22 million taxpayers collected more than $41 billion in
EITC payments nationally last
year. However, 15 to 25 percent of the taxpayers who qualify for bigger refunds through
EITC do not claim them. As
much as $125 million could be
added into Kentucky's economy if all who are eligible for
EITC claim it this year.
When you call the Pike
County JobSight to schedule
an appointment for the free tax
preparation service, staff will
tell you what financial and taxrelated information to bring to
your appointment. You can
also get detailed directions. It's
your money, so keep more of it
with the EITC.
The EITC free tax preparation service is brought to you
through a grant from the Annie
E. Casey Foundation and the
combined efforts of: the
Eastern
Kentucky
Concentrated
Employment
Program, Inc. (EKCEP); Bell,
Clay, Perry, and Pike County
JobSights;
Hazard/Perry
County
Community
Ministries;
Bell-Whitley
Community Action Agency;
Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program; Daniel Boone
Development
Council;
L.K.L.P. Community Action
Council; Owsley County
Action Team; Kentucky Office
for Employment and Training;
Hazard/Perry County Housing
Development Alliance; and the
Kentucky Department for
Community Based Services.
The service is part of the
Kentucky Asset
Success
Initiative, which also includes
EITC efforts in Clay, Bell,
Owsley, Daviess, Magoffin,
Whitley, Pulaski, Perry, and
Jefferson counties.
Contact the free tax preparation site at the Pike County
JobSight today and ask about
scheduling an appointment if
you think you might be eligible
for the EITC. You don't have
to wait any longer to reclaim
the cash that is already yours,
and you don't have to pay for
help filing your tax return in
order to get it.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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recovery. There is no fcc to
attend. For more info., contact
Shirley Combs at 874-3388 or
434-8400.
Prestonsburg Rotary Club
Invites mterestcd professionals and businesses to join
them for lunch each Thursday,
)it 12 p.m., in the Student
, Grille Conference Room.
: onthe BSCTC campus.
Each weekly program is
pevoted to community service
~ lind its application to the
, Rotary Motto: "Service Above
Self."
"Lunch is served at noon
and programs begin promptly
at 12:40. Contact Mike Vance
-at 226-2075; David Kraus at
886-3082; or Nancy Johnson
at 886-1156 for more info.
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Free Body Recall classes
Free Body Recall Exercise
Classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, at
::J:30, at the Presbyterian
'Church in
Prestonsburg.
Classes are held Monday.
Wednesday, and Thursday, at
•11 a.m. at the old R & S
Building. Classes are offered
. by the Floyd County Health
Department. Call the health
t .department, 886-2788, for
.more information.
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'Earn While You Learn'
The Big Sandy Area C.A.P.
.office is taking applications
, ,for its "Senior Training
•Program." You must be 55 or
'older to apply. In Floyd, call
886-2929; Johnson, call 789:6515; Magoffin, call 349'2217; Pike, cal!432-2775; and
1 ·in Lawrence, call 638-4067.
••
Senior employment program
ing expenses? Could you use
some extra spcndmg money
but don't know how to get
back into the workforce?
If you arc at least age 55,
the Senior Community Service
Employment
Program
(SCSEP) may be able to help.
Earn extra money, learn new
skills, and help your community at the same time! To find
out more. call: 886-2929
External Diploma Program
Kentucky residents age 25
and older can earn a high
school diploma by demonstrating skills learned on the
job or in raising a family.
Flexible scheduling is provided and confidentiality maintained. Classes arc held at the
Carl D. Perkins Rehabilitation
Center, in Thelma, Mon. thru
Fri., with evening classes on
Thursday. EDP classes are
also held at the Mullins
Learning Center, in Pikeville,
on Tuesdays, from 4:30-8:30
p.m. Contact Andy Jones at
606-788-7080, or 800-4432187. ext. 186, or Linda Bell,
at ext. 160 lo make an appointment.
OED classes are also available.
Floyd County Extension
Homemaker Club Meetings
Allen:
1st Monday, 11
a.m.,
at Christ
United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall.
Dixie: 3rd Thursday, 12:30
p.m.,
Dixie
Community
Room.
David: lst Monday, l p.m.,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
Martin:
1st Tuesday, 6
p.m., Martin Church of Christ.
Maytown: 3rd Thursday, 6
p.m., Maytown Learning
Center.
Cliff: 3rd Tuesday, 12 p.m.,
Community Center.
Prestonsburg:
2nd
Tuesday,
10:30
a.m.,
Extension Office.
South Prestonsburg: 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., Home of
members (call 886-2668 for
info.)
Left Beaver: 2nd Tuesday,
10:30 a.m., Osborne Elem.
School Library.
Special interest groups:
Nimble Thimble Quilt
Guild:
I st13rd Wednesdays,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Extension
Office.
Newbees Quilt Group: 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m., Extension
Office. (The Newbees do not
meet during the months of
January and February.)
Looking for a Support
Group?
•Floyd County Alzheimer's
Support Group now meets at
Riverview Manor.
•FCHD Diabetes Support
Group - Will meet on Feb. 5,
from 5-6 p.m., and on Feb. 22,
from 10-11 a.m. Classes will
be held at the Floyd County
Health Dept. and are free of
charge. For more info., call
Cheryl Younce at 886-2788,
ext. 214.
•Alzheimer
Caregiver
Support Group - Will meet
Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5 p.m., at
Ahmed's
office,
Dr.
Weddington Plaza, Pikeville.
Refreshments wiH be served.
For more info., call 432-1072
and speak with Kim. Debra or
Valerie. This support group is
affiliated with the Alzheimer's
Association.
•Overeater's Anonymous Meetings
held
each
Wednesday at 6:30p.m., at the
old Allen Baptist Church,
located in Allen, just past red
light. Call 889-9620 for more
info.
•US TOO I Prostate Cancer
Survivors Support Group- For
parent liaison, at 432-4110 or
422-7927, or email to:
doslone@eastky.net.
•PARENTS! - Contact the
Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program, Inc. to find
out about child care services in
your area, the STARS for
KIDS NOW licensing standards program, and how you
can earn an income by staying
home with your own children
while caring for the children of
others. Find out more by calling Cheryl Endicott at 8861280, or 888-872-7227 (toll
free).
all men with prostate cancer
and their families.
Group
meets the 3rd Thursday of
each month, at 6 p.m., at the
Ramada fnn, Paintsville.
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30p.m., at the
Martin Community Center.
For more info., call 377-6658.
Those who have had gastric
bypass surgery most especially
welcome to attend. Meetings
being offered as support to
anyone needing extra support
in dealing with weight loss.
•Domestic
Violence
Hotline - 24-hour Crisis Line
manned by Certified Domestic
Call
Violence counselors.
886-6025, or 1-800-649-6605.
Remember, "Love Doesn't
Have to Hurt."
•Kentucky Baptist Homes
for Children - Free, confidential assistance for unplanned
pregnancy concerns.
Talk
with someone who cares about
you and your baby. Call 1800-928-5242.
•Disabled? - You may be
eligible for grant money to
assist in your daily living. For
an application or more information, call 886-4326.
•A.S.K. (Adoption Support
for Kentucky) -Support group
for all adoptive parents (public, private, international, and
kinship care), foster parents
and all others interested in
adoption. To be held the first
Monday of each month, at the
Department for Community
Based Services office, 1009
North
Lake
Drive,
Prestonsburg, from 6-8 p.m.
Childcare will not be provided. For more information, contact Dedra Slone, adoptive
Philip D. Greene, CPA,
announces the opening of his new office for
Tax Preparation
Do you have to take time off from work to get your
taxes done? Or, do you have to sit in a public place
discussing your tax situation? No more! Income taxes
are a personal matter and will be treated as such in my
office. Appointment hours are available from 5:00 pm
till 11:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
with Saturday hours from 10:00 am till 6:00pm. Most
taxes will be electronically filed and refunds available
within 7-10 days with Direct Deposit. Rapid Refund,
processed as fast as 24 hours, is available if needed
for an additional charge.
Ask me about a Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL). It is
easy and can be obtained with an additional charge.
My office is also able to process tax filings for C-corporations, S-corporations, LLC's, and partnerships, both
federal and state returns, through electronic filing.
Where else can you make that much money in an
hour? Call today to set up your appointment with a tax
professional!
Philip D. Greene, CPA
Phone (606) 874-9419 or (606) 226-1486
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What a sweet looking face
upon this little lad,
It's kinda hard to believe he's
now a Grand-Dad!
;.$1,400 approved for
r
shared-use program in Floyd
Just in case you're wondering
who this could possibly be;
He wore Maroon & White with
Chuck Taylor's on his feet.
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Are you a senior citizen on
a fixed income struggling with
,soaring medical bills and li v-
FRANKFORT
The
Kentucky
Agricultural
Development Board, chaired
by Gov. Ernie Fletcher,
approved $1,400 at their
monthly meeting in support of
a shared-use program in Floyd
County.
The
Floyd
County
Conservation District submitted a proposal for cost-share
assistance to the Floyd County
Agricultural
Development
Council and the Kentucky
• Agricultural
Development
1 Board.
The shared-use program
, was established with the purpose of impacting a high number of producers, who cannot
justify ownership expenses
• associated with certain equip' ment, by helping them access
: technology
necessary
to
; improve their operations in an
1 economical manner. Eligible
· investment areas include for' age improvements, cattle handling, goat handling, horticulture and other equipment.
"The shared-use program
will help the smaller farmers
in Floyd County that can't
afford the expensive equipment," said state Sen. Johnny
Ray Turner, D-Drift. "This
program will give these farm
ers the chance to use the modem day equipment."
Gov. Fletcher and the
Kentucky legislature continue
to make great strides toward
lessening Kentucky's dependence on tobacco production
while revitalizing the farm
economy by investing 50 percent of Kentucky's Master
Settlement Agreement into the
Kentucky
Agricultural
Development Fund. To date,
Kentucky has invested more
than $231 million to an array
of county, regional and state
Come on in.
The rates
projects designed to increase
net farm income and create
sustainable new farm-based
business enterprises. The
Floyd County diversification
programs represent more than
2,745 projects that have been
funded through Agricultural
Development Fund, since the
mccption of the program in
January 2001.
For more information about
the sign-up period and the
guidelines for this program,
contact Tony Grubb with the
Floyd County Conservation
District at (606) 889-9800. To
learn more about cost-share
and loan programs available in
your
area
contact
the
Governor's
Office
of
Agricultural Policy at (502)
564-4627.
•East Kentucky S.T.A.R.S.
Homeschoolers -Will hold
monthly
meetings
at
the
Paintsville Recreation Center.
For more information, call
Trudy at 889-9333, or 2975147. Everyone welcome.
•Narcotics
Anonymous
(NA)- Each Wednesday, from
7-8 p.m., in the Atrium
Conference Room, 2nd floor,
May
Tower,
Pikeville
Methodist Hospital. For more
info., contact Chris Cook at
606-433-1119 or christophercook@ hotmail.com.
His hair may have even gotten
a little touch of grey,
But he's still as sweet as ever
on his 47th Birthday!
So may it be a good one, and may there be many more ahead,
Lots of Love - Best Wishes
and
Happy Birthday, Greg!
Grand Opening
are great.
The staffof McDowell ARH Hospital
cordia lly invites you to attend the
Grand Opening and a Reception
fort he new practice of
Evelyn Fraley, ARNP
Thursday, February 1
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an
4:30 p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Evelyn Howard Fraley,
Nurse Practitioner
ARNP
Become a Kentucky
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1-800-525-3456, or
Route 122
ARH McDowell
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Route 122
McDo'\'vell, Kentuc1~y
Everyone is invited to come by and
·welcome Evelyn to our community
Light refreshments 1-vill be served.
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To schedule an
appointment, call
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SOMERSET
Floyd
County and the City of Allen
won trophies yesterday at the
fourth annual Roadside PRIDE
Awards ceremony at The
Center for Rural Development
in Somerset. The county and
city earned flrst place among
counties and cities of their size.
Both were flrst-time winners.
The friendly Roadside
PRIDE competition was held
during October 2006. Counties
and cities in southern and eastern Kentucky earned points for
the number of volunteers they
recruited, number of road
miles cleaned, and an10unt of
trash collected. Counties and
cities competed in populationbased classes, with Class 1
being for the smallest popula
tions.
Floyd County competed in
Class 4, which included counties with populations above
30,000. The county recruited
1,127 volunteers, cleaned 14
road miles, and picked up
1 14,052 bags of trash and 34 old
tires. The participation of 10
t> local schools- public and private - played a big role in
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helping the county win its ftrst
Roadside PRIDE Award. ] ,047
students volunteered 1,695
hours cleaning their school
campuses and nearby roadways. They collected 1,024
1 bags of trash and 20 tires.
Allen competed in Class 4
against other cities with fewer
than 1,000 residents. The city
recruited
16
volunteers,
1 cleaned 2.5 road miles, and
picked up 410 bags of trash
and 15 old tires. This was the
ftrst time the city competed in
"'- the annual Roadside PRIDE
~ competition.
The Roadside PRIDE competition was sponsored by the
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State Environmental and Public Protection Secretary Teresa J. Hill, left, and PRIDE
Chairwoman Jean Dorton, right, presented the trophies to Floyd County PRIDE Coordinator
Marie Martin-Holbrook and her daughter, Shawna Marie Holbrook.
nonprofit Eastern Kentucky
PRIDE Inc., which spearheads
an environmental cleanup and
education campaign in southern and eastern Kentucky.
Across the region, a total of
5,493 volunteers participated
and 20,095 bags of trash were
collected. PRIDE provided
cleanup supplies to Roadside
PRIDE participants and reimbursed local governments for
their trash disposal expenses.
"Keeping our roads litter
free is one of the easiest ways
to improve the appearance of
our region" said Congressman
Hal Rogers (KY-5), who
founded PRIDE. "Through
joint efforts like Roadside
PRIDE, we are making our
region cleaner and more prosperous. I encourage everyone
to build on this momentum and
help keep our roads clean in
2007."
"I
congratulate
the
Roadside PRIDE winners on a
job well done," Rogers added.
"Your community spirit served
you well. Elected officials and
citizens alike should take pride
in what you accomplished by
working together as a team."
"Roadside PRIDE taps each
community's competitive spirit
to beautify the roads that connect us," said Richard Thomas,
PRIDE Executive Director.
"Neighboring communities
have fun 'talking trash' with
each other, the top performers
take home trophies, and we all
benefit from cleaner roadsides."
The PRIDE initiative promotes Personal Responsibility
In a Desirable Environment in
38 counties. Rogers and the
late James Bickford, former
Secretary of the Kentucky
and
Natural
Resources
Environmental
Protection
Cabinet, started PRIDE in
1997 to provide government
resources to local citizens as
they work to clean up the
region's environment. PRIDE
is funded by grants from the
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric Administration.
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31' 2007
THE FLOYD CoUNTY TIMES
Two candidates enter race to ftll
Stumbo's spot on last day to ftle
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT Two candidates
entered the attorney general's fray
Tuesday, a day after the incumbent
Attorney
General
Greg
Stumbo
announced he was taking a chance at
higher office.
Republican state Rep. Stan Lee of
Lexington and Democrat Jack Conway of
Louisville threw their names into an attorney general field that now tallies six two Democrats and four Republicans.
Stumbo, a Democrat in his fust term,
declared Monday he was foregoing a second term to serve as millionaire Bruce
Lunsford's running mate.
With hours left before Thesday's filing
deadline, Lee announced his candidacy
pefore filing the required paperwork mak-
ing it official.
Conway, who lost a tight congression
al race to former U.S. Rep. Anne No1thup
in 2002, also filed Tuesday.
Lee said that as attorney general he
would push for tougher laws against sexual offenders, and fight drug abuse and
gang activity among illegal immigrants.
"I have the right kind of experience,"
said Lee, who has been a state representative since 2001. "I promise to treat the
office of attorney general as a full-time
job."
Conway said he would focus on things
such as being an advocate for consumers.
"l want the office and it was just an
opportunity that I couldn't pass up,"
Conway said at a Capitol rally attended by
state Auditor Crit Luallen and former
Kentucky Supreme Court Justice John
Palmore.
Conway's entry made the May 22
Democratic primary a two-way race, but it
was possible for more candidates to enter
before Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline.
Conway faces Robert Bullock, a former
longtime assistant attorney general.
Three other Republicans have fLied Louisville lawyer Philip Kimball, Jon
Larson and Tim Coleman.
Conway's name had been mentioned
as a possible candidate for either governor
or lieutenant governor, but Conway said
he was not looking at the attorney general
position as a springboard to higher office.
Conway said the fact that he had not
previously held public office and was
mostly known within Jefferson County
contributed to his decision.
"I'm known in Jefferson County, but I
need to begin a dialogue with people
statewide," he said.
Stumbo
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which he serves as chairman
and chief executive officer. He
also is a thoroughbred horse
owner and breeder and a partner in a Louisville film production company whose film,
"Grace Is Gone," won the
audience award for favorite
U.S. drama as chosen by balloting
among
Sundance
movie-goers. The movie is a
tear-jerker
starring
John
Cusack as a father who takes
his young daughters on a road
trip to postpone breaking the
news that their Army sergeant
mother has been killed in Iraq.
Lunsford's running mate,
Attorney
General
Greg
Stumbo, led the investigation
into Fletcher's administration.
The governor was indicted last
year on charges that he illegal-
ly rewarded political supporters with protected state jobs.
The indictment was dismissed in a deal with prosecutors, but the special grand jury
later issued its findings in the
case, saying Fletcher had
approved a "widespread and
coordinated plan" to skirt state
hiring laws.
Fletcher has maintained
that the investigation was
politically motivated.
Other candidates who have
declared for the May 22
Democratic primary are state
Treasurer Jonathan Miller,
demolition contractor Otis
Hensley, Lexington attorney
Gatewood Galbraith, House
Speaker Jody Richards and former lieutenant governors Steve
Henry and Steve Beshear.
• Continued from p1
continued to flee.
The chase continued on to
Hannah Branch and then on to
a rough dirt road, which given
the snowy conditions on that
night did not allow for Goble
to pursue the vehicle any further. Lemaster traveled on the
road until his truck stalled out
of Goble's sight. Nancy
Lemaster was able to escape
and fled on foot back to
Goble's car.
Nancy Lemaster was transported to Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center following the incident and was
treated and released.
Police continued to look for
Charles Lemaster and, after
rece1vmg anonymous tips
from the public, he was arrested at a residence in the
Leander
community
of
Johnson County on Tuesday at
approximately 2 p.m.
Charles Lemaster is lodged
in the Floyd County Detention
Center and charged with kidnapping,
second-degree
assault, first degree unlawful
imprisonment,
first-degree
burglary, three counts firstdegree wanton endangerment,
violation of a protective order
and possession of a handgun
by a convicted felon. He is
also charged with assault and
unlawful imprisonment in
relation to a prior incident in
Lawrence County.
Representatives of KSP
said they appreciate all of the
support they received from the
community which led to the
arrest of Lemaster.
The Republican side of the
race has drawn former Rep.
Anne Northup of Louisville
and businessman Billy Harper
of Paducah.
Kentucky is one of three
states that w1ll elect a governor
in 2007.
Don Dugi, a political science professor at Transylvania
University in Lexington, said
he's not sure how appealing
Lunsford will be to Democrats
after having endorsed Fletcher
last time around.
"It's hard to read at this
point, but I imagine that initial
reaction will certainly be a bit
of suspicion," Dugi said. "I
really, at this point, wouldn't
label him the leading contender by any stretch of the
imagination."
Lunsford was appointed by
Fletcher to head a 15-member
comm1sswn charged with
studying the efficiency and
organization of state government. Lunsford expressed
regret Monday for supporting
Fletcher..
"The mistake was I really
Ernie,"
overestimated
Lunsford said.
the fire.
Wallace, who was horn and
raised in Floyd County, was a
retired public health nurse. She
served 19 years on the Floyd
County Board of Health and
received an award from the
U.S. Department of Health in
1987 for outstanding service in
the field of public health.
Lisa Keith's brother, Danny
Keith, said his sister was the
kind of person who would go
out of her way to help anyone
and everyone that she could.
"It was ironic that this is
how she died," said Danny
Keith, who drove from
Kokomo, Ind., on Monday to
look over what remained of
the residence before his sister's body was taken to Fort
Smith, Ark., for burial this
weekend. "Our house burnt
down when I was in high
school in 1983 and we lost
everything then.''
"She was well-loved by the
church and everyone that
knew her; she couldn't say no "'
to anyone who asked her for
help:' Keith said.
Lisa Keith became friends
with Jane Wallace after meeting her at First United
Methodist
Church
in
Prestonsburg. Keith spent a lot
of time helping Wallace with
her activities around the house
such as cooking, cleaning and
grocery shopping.
Henry Compton Jr., who
rented an apartment out to
Keith in Betsy Layne, said she
assisted him and his wife with
many of the same things she
helped Wallace tend to.
"She always wanted to help
somebody, and we'll miss
her," Compton said.
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charges in Floyd County, was
charged June 15 with receiving
stolen property valued at over
$300, which included plates,
jewelry and Dale Earnhardt
memorabilia.
Wicker was arrested June 6
for the theft and burglary of
what turned out to be estimated at more than $300,000
worth of items stolen from at
least nine homes in Floyd
County. Prestonsburg police
recovered more than 1,000
pieces of evidence, including
many items that had been
packaged and readied for
delivery to buyers on eBay.
At the time of her arrest, the
seller's account which was
registered to Wicker and
another Floyd County woman
who received a 10-year sentence in the same case showed
that tnore than I ,000 items had
been sold prior to their arrests
and another 93 items were on
sale.
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Kevin J. Slone, 27, of
Garrett, was arrested and interviewed by police, at which
time he reportedly confessed
to both robberies.
Both cases are still under
investigation.
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male wearing a green jacket
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�WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
31, 2007 •
A~
Biographical info on candidates for governor Injured
The Associated Press
REPUBLICANS
•
NAME: Ernie Fletcher
AGE: 54
HOME: Frankfort
FAMILY:
Married
to
Glenna Fletcher, with two
children.
OCCUPATION: Kentucky
governor
PARTY: Republican
EXPERIENCE: Fletcher
began his political career as a
state representative in 1994.
He was elected to the U.S.
House in 1998. He ran for governor and was elected in 2003,
beating
former
Attorney
General Ben Chandler. His
administration
has
been
• dogged by a patronage investigation that he has called politically motivated. Before politics, Fletcher served as an F4E aircraft commander and
NORAD Alert Force commander. He worked as a family
practice physician for 12 years
and served as CEO of the Saint
Joseph Medical Foundation.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
degree in engineering from the
University of Kentucky in
1974; medical degree from the
University
of
Kentucky
~ College of Medicine.
RUNNING
MATE:
Robbie Rudolph, secretary of
the Executive Cabinet
WEBSITE: http://www.
erniefletcher.com
NAME: Billy Harper
AGE: 62
HOME: Paducah
FAMILY: Married to Laura
Harper, with four grown children.
OCCUPATION: Owner of
Harper Industries, a holding
company for several construction-related businesses
PARTY: Republican
EXPERIENCE: He was
chairman of the Kentucky
Chamber of Commerce in
1989-90 and has promoted
education reform as a stimulus
for economic development. He
once was the chief fundraiser
for Gov. Ernie Fletcher but
ecided to
run against
Fletcher, saying he is too politically weak to win a second
term. He's also a professional
racecar driver.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
degree in mechanical engi neering from the University of
Kentucky in 1966.
RUNNING
MATE:
Paducah businessman Dick
Wilson
WEBSITE: http://www.
harperforgovernor.com
•
NAME: Anne Meagher
Northup
AGE: 59
HOME: Louisville
FAMILY:
Married
to
Robert "Woody" Northup and
mother of six children.
OCCUPATION: Former
member of Congress, state
" representative, teacher and
Ford Motor Co. employee
PARTY: Republican
EXPERIENCE: Northup
was a state representative from
1987 to 1996 and won five
terms as a member of the U.S.
House from 1997 to 2006.
EDUCATION: Bachelor' s
degree in economics and business from St. Mary's College,
Notre Dame, Ind., in 1970.
RUNNING
MATE:
Kentucky House Minority
Leader Jeff Hoover
WEBSITE: http://www.
t) northup-hoover2007 .com
DEMOCRATS
NAME: Steven L. Beshear
•
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AGE: 62
HOME: Lexington
FAMILY: Married to Jane
Beshear, with two children and
one grandchild.
OCCUPATION: Lawyer
at Stites & Harbison
PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE: Elected to
state House of Representatives
in 1974, elected Kentucky
attorney general in 1979 and
elected lieutenant governor in
1983. Ran for governor, but
lost, in the 1987 Democratic
primary. Also lost 1996 bid for
U.S. Senate.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
degree Ln history from the
University of Kentucky in
1966; law degree from lJ K m
1968.
RUNNING MATE: State
Sen. Daniel Mongiardo
WEBSITE: http://www.
stevebeshear.com
Gatewood
NAME:
Galbrmth
AGE: 60
HOME: Lexington
FAMILY: Single
OCCUPATION: Attorney
PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE: Galbraith
is a perennial candidate in
Kentucky politics. He's run for
governor four times, twice as a
Democrat, twice as a Reform
Party candidate. He was a
Reform Party nominee for
U.S. House in 2000. He ran as
an independent in the 2003
attorney general's race. He's
been a longtime advocate of
medical maiijuana use.
EDUCATION: Law degree
from the University of
Kentucky in 1977.
RUNNING
MATE:
Transportation
Cabinet
employee Mark Wireman
WEBSITE: http://wwww.
gatewood.com
NAME: Steve Henry
AGE: 53
HOME: Louisville
FAMILY:
Married
to
Heather French Henry, a former Miss America; two children .
OCCUPATION: Orthopedrc surgeon
PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE: Served
two terms as lieutenant governor under the administration of
Gov. Paul Patton from 1995 to
2003. He became embroiled in
a medical misbilling case
brought by federal prosecutors. He maintained he did
nothing wrong, but settled the
lawsuit by paying the federal
government
more
than
$150,000. He also helped
develop beads containing large
doses of antibiotics that can be
packed directly into soldiers'
wounds on the battlefield or in
other emergency situations.
He holds appointments at the
University
of Louisville
School of Medicine and the
Untversity
of
Kentucky
College of Medicine.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
degree in biology from
Western Kentucky University
in 1976; med1cal degree from
the University of Louisville in
1981.
RUNNING MATE: Renee
True. Fayette County property
valuation administrator.
WEBSITE: http://www.
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NAME: Otis Hensley
AGE: 50
HOME: Wallins Creek
FAMILY: Married Stdney
Mae Hensley, with two grown
sons.
OCCUPATION: Owner of
Hensley Construction, a firm
that demolishes buildings on
land acquired for highway
right-of-way projects.
PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE: Hensley
has owned his company for
eight years. He al so worked
for Harlan Farmer's Supply
for 20 years as a delivery truck
driver and salesman. He's
been hauling a large fiberglass
bull from town to town ,
remarking that he' ll "run the
bull out of Frankfort."
EDUCATION:
High
school graduate.
RUNNING MATE: Coal
miner Richard Robbins
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AGE: 38
HOME: Lexington
FAMILY: Married to Lisa
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OCCUPATION:
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PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE:
First
elected in 1999, Miller is in his
second term. He formed a
h1partisan commission to
determine how to best promote
better financial literacy among
Kentucky citizens.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
and law degree from Harvard.
RUNNING
MATE:
Jefferson County Attorney Irv
MaL.e
WEBSITE: http://www.
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NAME: Jody Richards
AGE: 68
HOME: Bowling Green
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FAMILY: Married to Neva
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OCCUPATION:
House
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Books Inc.
PARTY: Democrat
EXPERIENCE: Richards
has been House speaker since
1995. He was first elected in
1975. He has been chairman of
the
House
Education
Committee; was elccted chairman of the Majority Caucus in
1987-1994; and was chairman
of the Southern Legislative
Conference trom 2000-0 I . He
natTowly finished second in
the 2003 Democratic gubernatorial
primary
to
Ben
Chandler, who lost to Fletcher.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's
degree in English from
Kentucky Wesleyan; master's
degree in journalism from the
University
of
MissouriColumbia.
RUNNING
MATE:
Former Secretary of State John
Y. Brown III
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Lunsford Capital, a Louisville
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007 • A 1
State takes steps to address needs of aging baby boomers
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'
FRANKFORT- What for
decades was simply a warning
is becoming reality: A huge
population of baby boomers
have become bona fide senior
citizens.
With
that
in
mind,
Kentucky officials are pushing
to ensure that boomers, the
first of whom turn 60 this year,
have adequate services as they
enter their later years.
That means communities
around the state need to make
sure businesses are accessible,
sidewalks are safe, elevators
are numerous, and homebuilders stop constructing so
many "Peter Pan houses" for
people who think they'll never
grow old, because the 60-plus
population is about to explode.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher has created the Kentucky Department
for Aging and Independent
Living to help make sure that
hundreds of thousands of
boomers in the state have the
services and resources they
need in years to come.
"By
being
proactive,
Kentucky will be better prepared to provide needed services, deal with the economic
and social impacts and meet
challenges we are anticipating
from a growing aging population," Fletcher said Friday.
His administration has also
begun what's known as the
Kentucky Elder Readiness
Initiative, a collaborative effort
that involves government
workers
and
university
researchers in identifying
potential problems and recommending solutions as the
largest segment of the state's
population grows old.
"I think we've taken fairly
significant steps in the right
direction,"
said
Mark
Birdwhistell, secretary of the
Kentucky Cabinet for Health
and Family Services. "This is
government facilitatmg the initiative to raise awareness of
what we need to do to be prepared for the growing senior
population. Government alone
can't do this. We're creating
the mechanism through which
all sectors of our society will
become aware and become
engaged in the solution."
Leaders of the readiness initiative have been working to
identify strengths and weaknesses in services to the elderly at the state and local levels,
and among public and private
providers.
While the aging of the baby
boomers will affect all states.
the increase in Kentucky's
elderly population is projected
to be much greater than for the
nation as a whole.
In Kentucky, which now
has nearly 675,000 residents
older than 60, nearly a fourth
of the population will be over
65 by 2030. And by 2050,
more Kentuckians will be 65
or older than will be 18 or
younger.
Dr. Graham Rowles, director of the University of
Kentucky
Center
on
Gerontology, said the 60-plus
population in Kentucky will be
one of the largest in the nation,
which is why communities
should be making plans now to
deal with the needs of elderly
baby boomers.
Birdwhistell said a series of
public meetings across the
state has helped to identify
strengths and weaknesses at
the community level. A more
comprehensive study, howev-
cr, is under way to determine
just what is available as far as
community
resources
to
improve the quality of life for
the elderly. That study will
look at such areas as medical
services for the elderly, geriatlic care, even the availability
of recreational activities.
Michael Childress, executive director of the Kentucky
Long-Term Policy Research
Center, said some regions of
the state will have a much
higher concentration of elderly
residents than others.
Childress, in a report looking at how the aging population will affect government
spending, said Kentucky will
be hit harder than most other
states. Childress said Kentucky
ranked 28th among the 50
states in the number of people
65 or older in 1995. By 2025,
he c;aid the state is expected to
rank 14th.
The increase in the number
of households headed by individuals 65 and older is important because retirees tend to
pay fewer taxes, Childress said
in the report. And some parts
of Kentucky, especially the
western and south-central portions, will have an even higher
percentage of elderly.
"Consequently, these counties might begin to feel the
effect~ on their tax bases soon-
cr than others," Childress sai
Birdwhistell said the stat
has increased funding for pr<i
grams to help the elderly. Th~
includes more funding for pr
grams that help senior citize •
including an additional $7
million over the next two ye
for home health care and ad
day care.
Lawmakers
have
al
enacted tougher laws to prate(
senior citizens from elde
abuse.
Birdwhistell
said
he
pleased
with
the
step
Kentucky has taken.
"Do we have all the answer
and arc ready?" he asked. "J•,
have to say not yet."
EKU, Morehead
offering tuition
assistance
The Associated Press
~
FRANKFORT - Two more
Kentucky colleges are offering
to help some students cover the
cost of college above what
financial aid pays.
Eastern
Kentucky
and
Morehead State universities
announced programs Monday
to pay the cost of books, tuition,
and room and board not covered
by scholarships or other financial assistance. The University
of Louisville, the University of
Kentucky
and
Western
Kentucky University have
already enacted similar programs.
EKU President Joanne
Glasser said Monday her university's BEACON - Bring
Educational Access to the
Commonwealth and Our Nation
- would be launched with $2.8
million in scholarships in the
fall and would grow to $9.9 million by 2010-2011. Eastern
Kentucky will offer five kinds
of scholarships, offering a variety of financial aid to students
based on academic background
and family income.
Morehead State's Eagle
Access will cover the difference
between the student's financial
aid package and the full cost of
attending school for students
whose family income is at or
below 120 percent of the federal poverty level, University
President Wayne Andrews said.
Morehead State will also
offer the Kentucky Community
and Technical College System
Transfer Scholarships for
between $2,000 to $2,500 to
encourage qualified community
and technical college students
and graduates to transfer to
Morehead, Andrews said.
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completion of other work.
• Site construction for gas company wells
Ranger Contracting has the equipment and workforce to complete the largest of reclamation jobs. We worked in the cleanup of the Martin County Coal Corporation Slurry Spill in
Inez, Kentucky and recently we have been involved in the cleanup of the mudslide closing
KY 699 at Leatherwood. We offer by the hour rates or contract labor bids.
Ranger Contracting is highly qualified and ready to assist in your reclamation project.
Brown's Ford
Paintsville, Ky. •1-800-789-5301
LL C.
,
Ptiarmacists: Sam Waddel, Cheryl Little and Jennifer Flannery
with over 20 years of experienced service.
Friendly, Courteous, Certified Pharmacy Technicians
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
our patl nto In h lplng to chooo th
t M lc r Part
Diabetic Shoes available.
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Alrgas has a career
.~pportunity
avail~ble
for
Route
Driver/Warehouse
position
at
our
Prestonsburg, KY
location. This position requires a minimum Class B COL
With HAZMAT &
T a n k e r
Eindorsement.
~nowledge of the
welding industry &
customer service
e(<perience is a
pJus. Airgas offers a
competitive salary
ahd benefits which
.jt1clude paid vaca"'Aon days, holidays,
sick days, 401 (k),
employee
stock
purchase plan, life
insurance,
short
and long term disability.
Please inquire at:
A i r g a s
Prestonsburg
Water Gap Road,
Jet 23 & At. 80
Prestonsburg KY
41653
Contact
Mitch
Walker
Phone: (606)8748001
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web at www.airgas.com.
Rent
to
Own
Account Manager
We are interested in
finding people with
excellent communication skills, 1 yr
retail experience in
furniture
sales,
delivery & installation, valid driver's
license with good
driving record, and
criminal
back-
ground check. We
offer paid holidays,
vacation, and 401-K
with
company
match, health, cancer and life insurance,
and
Christmas
Club
Savings Account.
Apply in person at
A-Plus Rentals 144
Collins
Circle
Prestonsburg, KY
or
online
at
shopapl usrentals. c
om
IMMEDIATE
OPENING
The Floyd County
Health Department
has an immediate
opening for a Public
Health
Service
Manager to oversee
a new care management program ,
the Diabetes Center
of
Excellence.
Minimum
Education, Training,
or Experience is a
Master's
Degree
from an accredited
college or university
in Nursing and two
years of progressive responsibility in
a supervisory or
management
capacity in a community or public
health organization
or a Bachelor's
degree with four
years experience in
public health, community health or
similar capacity that
would demonstrate
the
necessary
knowledge, skills,
and
abilities.
Minimum salary is
20.93 per hour Job
responsibilities will
include
financial
budgeting and program and policy
development.
Candidates
must
have some computer and data collection skills and possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
Applications may be
obtained at and
returned to the
Floyd
County
Health Department
at 283 Goble Street
in Prestonsburg, KY
by COB February
7th,
2007.
Applicants
must
include a copy of
current
KY
AN
license and a tranThe Floyd
script.
County
Health
Department is an
Equal Employment
Opportunity
Employer.
JOB OPENING
Part time house
keepers
needed.
Must have experience and
work
weekends. Come
by and apply at
Microtel Inn.
JOB OPENING
CDL Drivers needed. Apply in person
at The HT Hackney
Company. Harold,
KY. Benefits available. Call478-9591.
JOB OPENING
Employee needed
for Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part time. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
Furniture
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture,
used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
more!
Call 606874-9790.
Miscellaneous
FOR SALE
Antique petal
sewing machine
$75.00 13' color
TV both good.
Condition $50.00
wooden magaxine
rack $10.00 fender
stratocaster
$75.00. 1 carrat
diamond cluster
$150.
886-1859.
1/21 1 wk
water/sewage.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Call
791-3913
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER
NEEDED! Must
have previous
experience OR
have interest in
taking dance classes. Must be capeable of going to
dance class. Ages
50-70 . If this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
FOR SALE
2 Burial plots in
The Mayo
Cemetery. Call
886-2295.
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
Includes all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 1 1/2 Story 3
BR 2 Bath, 2700
Sq. Ft. New red
metal roof on
house and 27x32
unattached garage.
13 acres, located
at Allen. Call 2054425.
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YOUR AD COULD
BE HERE! 1
MONTH WITH A
PICTURE
INCLUDE[) JUST
$75.00. CALL
LEIGHANN
WILLIAMS TODAY
TO SALE YOUR
HOUSE FAST!
886-8506.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
HOUSE FOR
SALE New four
bedroom three and
1/2 bath, 3,500 sq.
ft. house on half
acre lot located on
Crestwood Drive,
Stone Crest Golf
Course,
Prestonsburg. 606886-9331.
LEASE 150 Ft.
road Frontage by
150 Ft. Deep commercial
location.
Located half way
between Allen and
Prestonsburg At.
1428. Call 8742421. $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 plus
deposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-6721. No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd county 75
acres more or less,
rt. 11 00 off US 23
East Point Upper
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Branch.
Call 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
County Cottage
2 BR 1 1/2 bath LG
LA eat in Kit and
dining room. W and
D hookup. 1 1/2
miles from Clark
School. Lease only
$475 per month.
886-6219 or 8868459 ( after 7pm).
FOR RENT
Branham Heights
Apartments - Now
accepting applications for 1 and 2 BR
apts. Rent based
on 30% of income.
Appliances
furnished. very nice,
central heat and air,
water, garbage and
sewer
included.
Please contact the
manager 606-4524777.
Equal Opportunity
housing.
FOR SALE
Commercial property 12 acres next
to
Walmart
&
McDonald's
in
Prestonsburg. 8863023 after 5pm.
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call7911986
FOR
RENT
OR
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 285-1
9112.
FOR RENT
1 BR effiency Apt.
for rentprivate parking,
private
lot. Furnished
including TV. All
utilities paid plus
cable. $475 per
month plus $250
deposit. 874-4330.
AFFORDABLE ~
SPECIAL
Park
Place Apartments
First month rent •
FREE with deposit •
paid in 3 install- ,
ments. To qualified
applicants.
1 BR
$280, 2 BR $304.
Offer valid thru
11/30/06. All electric HUD accepted.
886-0039.
Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
FOR RENT
2 BR 1 Bath
Duplex Apt. Stove,
refrigerator. US 23
and 80 City limits.
$485 + utilities. No
pets 1 year lease.
APT FOR RENT
3 BR 1 bath, central heat and air,
wall to wall carpet.
$475 per month
plus utilities. 2853412.
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
2003 16X50 Vinyl
siding, shingle roof,
laminated flooring,
and new tile in
kitchen and bathroom, appliances
included. Must be
moved.
$25,000
285-1596
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages. 3
BR
$700
per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mile
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
Mine Safety and Health Administration
COAL MINE SAFETY AND
HEALTH INSPECTOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
SCREENING
HELP WANTED: Waitresses, dish·
washers/busboys, cooks. Paid vacation, health insurance available.
Uniforms furnished.
No phone calls, please!
Apply in person.
March 2-4, 2007
Pikeville College
Community Technology Center
119 College Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration is seeking candidates
for Coal Mine Inspectors
throughout District 6. Candidates with
Underground and/or Electrical
experience are strongly encouraged
to attend.
A minimum of one-year of mining
experience performing a full range of
tasks and operating a variety of
equipment is required. After passing
math and writing tests, interviews will
be conducted for possible employment.
Specific requirements and online
registration for MSHA-07-030-KY-06 is
located at www.doors.dol.gov.
Online advance registration closes
February 16, 2007.
For more information about MSHA's
Inspector Career Intern Program, and
what to expect, please visit our
webside at www.msha.gov.
Equal Opportunity Employer
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
1, 2 3, 4 Bedrooms
available for extremely
low-income people at
Highland Heights Apts.
in Gable-Roberts Addn.,
and Cliffside Apts. on
Cliff Road, Prestons·
burg.
Computerized
learning centers offer
social/educational programs for children and
adults. All utilities
included at Highland
Hgts., utility allowance
at Cliffside. Call (606)
886·0608, 886·1927, or
886-1819. TOO: 1·800·
648·6056.
Highland
Heights and Cliffside
Apartments do not discriminate in admission
or employment in subsidized housing on
account of race, color,
national origin, sex,
age, disability, religion
and familial
(5)
status.
based upon gross
income. Several
such as line dancing,
bingo, movies, hair
and church
apartments are furnished I
with a refrigerator, stove,
emergency alarm system,
and air conditioner.
more information,
call Highland Terrace
BBG-1925, TOO: HI~IHi411·1
6056 or 711, or come by the
office lor an application.
Highland Terrace does not
discriminate in admission
or employment in subsl·
dized housing on account
of race, color, creed, reli·
gion, sex, nation·
al origin, age,
familial status or
=
Save on auto insurance.
CAD TECHNICIAN
Immediate position available
for a CAD Technician
Job duties include, but not
limited to, mapping services
for property and lease maps
Applicants must have
experience and knowledge of
AutoCAD, version 2004
(or higher).
Experience with ArcGIS is
preferred but not required.
House For Sale
3 Bedroom, 1 1/2 bath
completly remolded
all new appliances w/d
close to school.
for more information
please call 886-6186
day
886-8286
Serious inquires only
Drift, 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck and
porch, paved driveway,
detached garage, large
fenced in yard. Includes
all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377·0251.
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303 Unh ersity Drive
Prestonsburg, Ky.
l606l 886-000StOI!i«l
(606) 886-9.t83 (fn.<l
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Financial Services
NatiOnwide Mutual lrsurance Company and atrritalad Compa1'118s
Home Offtee· One Nabonw11Je Plaza. Colt.rnbtJs. OH 43215-2220
Nat.oowide® is a rt95tered federal seMCe marX of
NahonMde Mulualln&urance Com an
REGENCY PARK
APARTMENTS
Pay based upon experience.
Benefit package included.
Serious inquiries only.
One, Two and Three Bedroom Units
Kitchen Appliances Furnished
Water, Sewer & Garbage Paid
Located on U.S. 321 {below hospital)
Fax resume to:
For Applications, call or write:
(606) 874-2203
Regency Park Apartments
61 Regency Park Dr., Box 17
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
or Mail to:
Kinzer Drilling Company, LLC
P. 0. Box 460
Allen, KY 41601
No phone calls
or watk-ins accepted.
PHONE:
606-886-8318
or 1-800-686-4447
(11)0 for >IJC<.'<h I\. heanng 1mpau-.d 711)
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
606-237-4758.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
HOUSES
FOR RENT
House and trailer at
Mcdowell,
must
have
references.
Call 377-6346.
HOUSE FOR RENT
3 BR 2 Bath Log
Home in Oaklawn,
Hager Hill. Central
H/A low utility bills.
Large covereddeck,
Large storage barn.
Acres of privacy.
Open
Oct
31 .
$1090.00 month or
best offer. 850-2222226. Leave message
HOUSE FOR RENT
At Rt. 23 Allen intersection. Less than
100 yards off 23.
Carport,
garage,
fenced in back yard,
new
kitchen.
Immaculate inside
and out! Call 606886-2444.
HOUSE FOR RENT
2 BR in quiet
Neighborhood. 8863146 after 8:00 pm.
HOUSE FOR RENT
EXCELLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD
1600 Sq ft house 3
BR 2 bath, kitchen,
utility room, heat
pump, built in vaccume. Gated community, references
and
deposit
required.
Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call
4386104.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric.
Excellent condition.
$350 per month +
utlities and security
deposit. References
required. Call 606874-2802
FOR RENT
Doublewide
for
rent at Banner. Call
874-0267.
LEGALS
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
lfhe
City
of
Prestonsburg will
be accepting bids
for the construction
pf a concession
stand to be located
at
Stonecrest
f{ecreational Fields.
Bid must include
labor and materials.
Approximate size of
the two-story building will be 1250
square feet, and is
to be built to match
the existing concession stand. For a
copy
of
the
Preliminary Plan,
please
contact
Ronnie
Rice
at
(606)
886-3537.
Sealed bids must
be submitted no
later than 4:00 p.m.,
Friday, February 9,
2007, attn. City
Clerk.
The
City
of
Prestonsburg
reserves the right to
accept or reject any
and all bids.
31 2007
face acres. No new
acreage is affected
by the transfer.
The operation is
located 2.2 miles
northwest of H1ppo,
in Floyd County.
The operation is
approximately 0.2
mile northwest of
KY 850 junction
with CR 1288, and
located on Prater
Branch. The operation is located on
the David & Martin
U.S.G.S.
7
1/2
minute quadrangle
maps.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resources'
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
Written comments
or objections must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Mine Permits, No. 2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601. All comments or objections
must be received
within fifteen ( 15)
days of today's
date.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 836-8055
Operator Change
In accordance with
405 KAR 8:010,
notice is hereby
given that DFM
Processing, LLC,
P.O. Box 726, 173
North Lake Drive,
Prestonsburg, KY
41653, intends to
revise permit number 836-8055 to
change the operator. The operator
presently approved
in the permit is
Appalachian Fuels,
LLC, 1500 North
Big
Run
Road,
Ashland, KY 411 02.
The new operator
will
be
Frasure
Creel< Mining LLC
1 051 Main Street,
Suite 100, Milton,
West
Virginia
25541.
The operation is
located 1 .5 mile
east of David, in
Floyd County. The
operation is located
approximately 0.6
mile west from KY
Route 404's junction with KY Route
850, and located
along Lick Fork of
Middle Creek. The
operation is located
on the David and
Martin U.S.G.S. 7
1/2 minute quadrangle maps.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
Natural Resources
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
Written comments
or objections must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Mine Permits, No. 2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601 . All comments or objections
must be received
within fifteen (15)
days of today's
date.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to KRS
231 .040, application for a permit to
NOTICE OF
operate a place of
entertainment, has
INTENTION
been
made
by
TO MINE
Ricky D. Bingham.
Pursuant to
The name of the
Application
proposed business
Number 836of entertainment is
0341
R & S Amusement.
Transfer
The nature of the
In accordance with business will be
405 KAR 8:010, video
games.
notice is hereby Pursuant to KRS
given
that 231.070, the Floyd
Appalachian Fuels, County
Attorney
LLC, 1500 North shall
investigate
Big
Run
Road, whether the appliAshland, KY 411 02, cant lacks good
intends to transfer moral character, or
permit number 836- whether the appli0320 to Frasure cant will obey the
Creek Mining, LLC, laws
of
the
1051 Main Street, Commonwealth in
Suite 100, Milton, the operation of the
WV 25541 . The business,
or
new permit number whether the appliwill be 836-0341 . cant, within the last
The operation dis- two (2) years prior
turbs 154.00 sur- to the date of filing
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
the application has
been convicted in
Kentucky of maintaining a public nuisance. Pursuant to
KRS 231 .080 any
person desiring to
oppose the permits
shall file with the
County Clerk no
later than February
15, 2007, in writing,
allegations
that
show cause as to
why the application
shall not be granted. Said written
information shall be
signed, dated and
reflect the current
address of said person providing the
information.
Pursuant to KRS
231.080, a hearing
has been scheduled
for February 15,
2007, at the hour of
2:30 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as
same can be heard
before the Floyd
C o u n t y
Judge/Executive at
the Floyd County
Justice Center, 2nd
Floor,
in
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky.
The
Floyd
County
Judge/Executive
shall hear evidence
in support of or in
opposition to the
granting of the permit.
HON.
KEITH
BARTLEY
FLOYD COUNTY
ATTORNEY
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC SALE
The following items
will be offered at
public
sale
on
February
16th,
2007,
at
First
Guaranty Bank, 39
Triangle
Street,
Martin, KY 41649,
at 11:00 a.m.
1997
Pontiac
Grand Prix VIN No.
1G2WP52K3VF318
253
All items are sold
"as is where is."
Seller reserves the
right to bid and to
reject any or all
bids. Items are to be
paid following the
sale, or satisfactory
arrangements are
made with the seller. Announcements
at the sale take priority
over
ad.
Purchaser to pay all
taxes and transfer
fees.
First Guaranty Bank
39 Triangle Street
P.O. Box 888
Martin, KY 41649
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby
given that Maurice
and Brenda Minix at
151 Peach Street,
lvel, Ky. 41642, has
filed an application
with the Natural
Resources
and
Environmental
Protection Cabinet,
to build a personal
garage,
30x50,
used by family only.
The property is
located 151 Peach
Street, lvel, Ky.
41642, 350 feet,
beside U.S. 23, 1/2
mile from Big Sandy
River. Any comments or objections
concerning
this
application shall be
directed
to:
Kentucky Division
of Water, Water
Resources Branch,
14 Reilly Road,
Frankfort
Office
Park,
Frankfort,
Kentucky
40601 .
Phone: (502) 5643410.
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division I
C.A. No. 06-CI01213
Commonwealth
of Kentucky
County of Floyd
By and On
Relation of
Sarah Jane
Schaaf,
Secretary,
Revenue
Cabinet
Plaintiffs
Vs.
Scottie Allen
Stanley
Defendant
NOTICE OF
COMMISSIONER'S SALE
BY VIRTUE OF a
Default Judgment
and Order of Sale,
referring to Master
Commissioner of
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on
the 1 st day of
December, 2006, in
the Floyd Circuit
Court, in the above
styled action, in the
principal sum of
$3,980.00, together
with interest, costs
and fees, I shall
proceed to offer for
sale at the Old
Floyd County
Courthouse Door,
South Central
Avenue,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky, (behind
the new Floyd
County Justice
Center), to the
highest bidder, at
public auction, on
Thursday, the 15th
day of February,
2007, at the hour of
9:45 a.m., the following described
real estate, lying in
Floyd County,
Kentucky, and more
particularly
described as follows:
Land and
1999
Doublewide at the
Mouth of Stumbo
Hollow m Floyd
County, Kentucky.
Property is recorded in Deed Book
422, Page 258,
Floyd
County
Clerk's Office.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time of sale,
the successful bidder, if the other than
the Plaintiff, shall
pay one-fourth (1/4)
cash of purchase
price, with the balance on credit for
six (6) months.
(b) The successful
bidder shall
be
required to execute
a bond with good
surety thereon for
the unpaid purchase price of said
property, if any,
bearing interest at
the rate of twelve
percent (12%) per
annum from the
date of sale until
paid, having the
force and effect of a
Judgment.
(c) The property
shall be sold subject
to any easements
and restrictions of
record in the Floyd
County
Clerk's
Office, and such
nght of redemption
as may exist in
favor of the United
States of America
and/or the record
owners thereof, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
2410
or
KRS
426.530.
(d) The purchaser
shall be required to
assume and pay all
Floyd
County,
Kentucky, real property taxes for the
year 2007, and all
subsequent years
which are not yet
due and payable.
Any and all delinquent Floyd County,
Kentucky,
real
estate taxes will be
paid from the sale
proceeds.
(e) In the event the
Plaintiff is the purchaser of the above
described property
for an amount equal
to, or less than, its
first lien, it shall take
a credit against said
lien for the amount
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be
required
of
the
Plaintiff, and it shall
only be obligated to
pay court costs, the
fees and costs of
the
Master
Commissioner, and
any real estate
taxes
assessed
against the real
estate.
Any
announcements made on
date of sale take
precedence
over
printed matter continued herein.
Plaintiff's Counsel:
Hon. Dwight s.
Marshall
Assistant
Floyd
County Attorney
P.O. Box 1000
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
William s. Kendrick
M a s t e r
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division I
C.A. No. 06-CI00358
Maggie Marcum
Plaintiff
Vs.
William Martin
and
Comellia Martin,
His Wife
Defendants
NOTICE OF
COMMISSIONER'S
SALE
BY VIRTUE OF
an Agreed Order,
referring to Master
Commissioner of
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on
the 23 day of
October, 2006, in
the Floyd Cicuit
Court, in the above
styled action. I shall
proceed to offer for
sale at the Old
Floyd County
Courthouse Door,
South Central
Avenue,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky, (behind
the new Floyd
County Justice
Center), to the
highest bidder, at
public auction, on
Thursday, the 15
day of February,
2007, at the hour of
10:00 a.m., the followi ng described
real estate, located
on Frasures Creek
Road, in Floyd
County, Kentucky
and described as
follows:
"Beginning at a corner with the Barry
Stumbo
property
and Frasures Creek
road; thence following said road up the
creek approximately 313 feet to a
stake; thence turning right in a straight
line to the main
channel of Frasures
Creek; thence following the creek
down approximately
313 feet to a stake;
thence running right
in a straight line
back
to
the
Frasures
Creek
Road, to the point of
beginning.
Included
in the
above
described
property,
but
excluded from this
conveyance is that
certain tract or parcel of land previously
conveyed
to
Thomas Meade and
Carol Meade, his
wife, by Deed dated
May the 4th, 1988,
and recorded in
Deed Book 318,
Page 679, records
of the Floyd County
Court Clerk's Office.
Being the same real
estate conveyed to
William Martin married by Deed dated
October 30, 2000,
and recorded in
Deed Book 456,
Page 33, in the
office of the Floyd
County Clerk.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time of sale,
the successful bidder, if the other than
the Plaintiff, shall
either pay cash or
10% of purchase
price, with the balance on credit for
thirty (30) days.
(b) The successful
bidder shall
be
required to execute
a bond with good
surety thereon for
the unpaid purchase price of said
property, if any,
bearing interest at
the rate of twelve
percent (12%) per
annum from the
date of sale until
paid, having the
force and effect of a
Judgment.
(c) The property
shall be sold subject
to any easements
and restrictions of
record in the Floyd
County
Clerk's
Office, and such
right of redemption
as may exist in
favor of the United
States of America
and/or the record
owners thereof, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
2410
or
KRS
426.530.
(d) The purchaser
shall be required to
Clerk
of
Floyd right to bid, and to Frankfort, Kentucky
C o u n t y , reject any or all 40601, by February
Prestonsburg, KY.
bids. Items are to be 28, 2007.
Cecil
Donaldson paid following the
died in September sale, or satisfactory 6. A public hearing
15, 2005, thus con- arrangements are on the application
veying all his rights
has been scheduled
made with the selland interest in the
for March 1 , 2007,
aforementioned er. Announcements at 9:00 a .m., or as
property to Esta at the sale take pri- soon thereafter at
over
ad. the Division of Mine
Donaldson,
in ority
accordance with the Purchaser to pay all Reclamation
and
survivorship clause taxes and transfer Enforcement ' s
in the Deed, execut- fees.
Prestonsburg
ed on December 7,
Regional
Office,
First Guaranty
2000, recorded in
3140 South Lake
Bank
Deed Book 454,
D r i v e
Page 419, of the
Prestonsburg , Ky.
NOTICE OF
records in the office BOND RELEASE 41653. The hearing
of the Court of Floyd 1. In accordance will be cancelled if
C o u n t y , with KRS 350.093, no requests for a
P r e s to n s b u r g , notice is hereby hearing or informal
Kentucky.
are
given that Kmg conference
TERMS OF SALE
by
Brothers
Coal received
(a) At time of sale, Company, Inc., P.O. February 28, 2007.
the successful bid- Box 524, Hindman, This is the final
der, if the other than
of
Kentucky
41 822, advertisement
the Plaintiff, shall
this application. All
has applied for
either pay cash or Phase
I
Bond comments, objec$5,000.00 of pur- Release on permit tions, or requests
chase price, with number 836-5459, for a conference or
the balance
on
hearing must be
Increment #1 and
credit for thirty (30) #2, which was last received within 30
days.
issued on 01/09/06. (thirty) days of the
(b) The successful The application cov- day of this notice.
bidder shall
be ers an area of
required to execute approximately 5.1
COMMONa bond with good
WEALTH
surlace
bonded
surety thereon for acres, located 0.5
OF KENTUCKY
the unpaid pur- mile south of Price, FLOYD CIRCUIT
chase price of said in Floyd County.
COURT
property, if any,
DIVISION
No. II
bearing interest at 2. The operation is
the rate of twelve approximately 1.90 Case No. 05-CI00934
percent (12%) per mile north from
(Consolidated
annum from the State Route 122's
C.A. Nos. 04-CIdate of sale until
junction with State
paid, having the Route 979, and
01221 & 05-CIforce and effect of a located 0.1 mile
00934}
Judgment.
U.S. Bank, NA
east of Left Beaver
(c) The property Creek. The latitude
Plaintiff
shall be sold subject is 37 degrees 23
vs.
to any easements minutes 21 secand restrictions of onds, and the longi- Michelle Roth, et
al.
record in the Floyd tude is 82 degrees
COMMONDefendants
County
Clerk's
WEALTH
44 minutes 42 secand
OF KENTUCKY Office, and such onds. The operation
Blue
View
right
of
redemption
Floyd Circuit
is located on the
as may exist in McDowell U.S.G.S.
Corporation
Court
favor of the United 7 1/2 minute quadPlaintiff
Division II
States of America rangle map.
vs.
C.A. No. 06-CIand/or the record
Michelle
Roth, et
518
owners thereof, pur- 3. The bond now in
al.
Long Beach
suant to 28 U.S.C. effect for permit
Defendants
2410
or
KRS number 836-5459
Mortgage
RE-NOTICE
426.530.
Company
are
Letters
of
OF
(d) The purchaser Credit:
Plaintiff
COMMISSIONshall
be
required
to
Vs.
Increment
#1'
ER'S
Esta Donaldson assume and pay all $4,600.00
Floyd
County, Increment
SALE
#2,
The First
Kentucky, real prop- $26,000.00
BY VIRTUE OF
National
erty taxes for the
Summary/ Default
Bank of Pikeville year 2007, and all Approximately 60%
of
the
original
bond
Judgment and
Red's Furniture subsequent years
is included in the Order of Sale,g,f the
and Pawn Shop which are not yet
application
for Floyd Circuit GQurt,
Unknown
due and payable. release.
entered on the 31st
Any and all delinDefendant,
day of October,
quent
Floyd
County,
Spouse of
4.
Reclamation
2006, in the Floyd
real work
Esta Donaldson Kentucky,
perlormed
estate taxes will be includes: backfilling, Circuit Court, in the
Defendants
paid from the sale final grading, seed- above styled action,
NOTICE OF
proceeds.
ing and mulch ing, in the principal sum
COMMISSION(e) In the event the completed October
of $23,227.08,
ER'S SALE
Plaintiff is the purBY VIRTUE of a chaser of the above 15, 2006. All dis- together with interturbed areas have est, costs and fees,
Judgment and
described property been seeded as to
I shall proceed to
Order of Sale,
for an amount equal provide adequate
referring to Master to, or less than, its growth for plant offer for sale at the
Old Floyd County
first lien, it shall take species and provide
Commissioner of
Courthouse
Door,
a
credit
against
said
the Floyd Circuit
appropriate condilien for the amount tions for the surSouth Central
Court, entered on
of the bid, and no rounding wildlife.
Avenue,
the 1st day of
bond
shall
be
Prestonsburg,
November, 2006, in required
of
the 5. Written com Kentucky, (behind
the Floyd Circuit
Plaintiff, and it shall ments, objections,
the new Floyd
Court, in the above only be obligated to
and requests for a
County Justice
styled action, in the pay court costs, the
public hearing or an
Center), to the
principal sum of
fees and costs of informal conference
bidder, at
highest
the
Master
$60,040.74, togethmust be filed with
public auction, on
Commissioner, and the
er with interest,
Director,
Thursday, the 1st
any real
estate Division of Mine
costs and fees, I
day of February
taxes
assessed
Reclamation
and
shall proceed to
against the real Enforcement,
#2 2007, at the hour of
offer for sale at the
estate.
9:00 a.m., the folHudson
Hollow,
Old Floyd County
Any
announce- U.S. 127 South,
lowing described
Courthouse Door,
ments made on
South Central
date of sale take
Avenue,
precedence
over
Colorama Rental Center
printed matter conPrestonsburg,
a leading home furnishings rental purtinued herein.
Kentucky, (behind
chase company since 1984 is currentPlaintiff's Counsel :
the new Floyd
ly hiring for Customer Account
Hon. Kristen Mudd
County Justice
Manager and Manager Trainee. To be
Lerner, Sampson &
Center), to the
successful with the Colorama family,
Rothfuss
highest bidder, at
you need a strong des1re to succeed,
P.O. Box 5480
public auction, on
love working with the public and have
Cincinnati, Ohio
Thursday, the 15th 45201-5480
good leadershp skills. We are looking
day of February,
for high energy, career minded individWilliam S. Kendrick
2007, at the hour of M a s t e
uals to join our team and grow with us.
9:15a.m., the folCommissioner
Come join a great company where you
P.O. Box 268
lowing described
are an important part of the organizareal estate, lying in Prestonsburg, KY
tion , not just another number.
41653
Floyd County,
We.Jill~G
We reQuire:
Kentucky, and more
Great benefits
Dependability
NOTICE
OF
particularly
401 k
Ability to lift 50 to 75 lbs.
PUBLIC SALE
described as folPaid holidays
Clean driving and criminal
The
following
records
lows:
items will be offered
Competitive salary 21 years or older
Beginning at the
at public sale on
Training
High school diploma or
highway;
thence
GED
with
Roosevelt January 19, 2007,
Great products
Career m1nded
Henson Line to the at First Guaranty
Growing company Multi-task oriented
branch; thence run - Bank, 39 Triangle
Martin,
ning
down
the Street,
For an opportunity with a great company, apply
branch to Roosevelt Kentucky 41649, at
in person at:
line; thence with 11 :00 a.m .
said Henson line
1998 Chevrolet
Colorama Rental Center
and a wire fence
Cavalier VIN
51 Glynview Plaza
back to the high- #1G1JF52T7VV7105439
Prestonsburg. KY 41653
way; thence up the
Or Call: 606·886·6211
All items are sold
highway to
the
Equal Employment Opportunity
beginning.
Being the same
property conveyed
by deed to Cecil
Dance Instructor- Caryol Allen
Donaldson
and
Hambley Athletic Complex (Upstairs attached to the city pool) Pikeville, Ky
Esta
Donaldson
BEGINNING LINE DANCING
from James E. Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007- 7:00·830 p.m. • Fee: $7.00 per person
and
Lynn
Hall,
BEGINNING CLASS IN PRESTONSBURG
dated December 7,
ON THURSDAYS, 6:30-8 p.m.
2000, recorded in
At A Little Bit of Country
Deed Book 454,
Located on Irene St.,near H&R Block
Page 419, of record
"u••su<ms: e-mail:
• Call ~;m;.:~:~1;. 1 R.71
in the office of the
assume and pay all
County,
Floyd
Kentucky, real property taxes for the
year 2007, and all
subsequent years
which are not yet
due and payable.
Any and all delinquent Floyd County,
Kentucky,
real
estate taxes will be
paid from the sale
proceeds.
(e) In the event the
Plaintiff is the purchaser of the above
described property
for an amount equal
to, or less than, its
first lien , it shall take
a credit against said
lien for the amount
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be
required
of
the
Plaintiff, and it shall
only be obligated to
pay court costs, the
fees and costs of
the
Master
Commissioner, and
any real
estate
taxes
assessed
against the real
estate.
Any
announcements made on
date of sale take
precedence
over
printed matter continued herein.
Plaintiff's Counsel:
Hon.
Billy
J.
Moseley
P.O. Drawer 712
Pikeville, KY 41502
WilliamS. Kendrick
M a s t e r
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
real estate, located
at 4 North Roberts
Drive,
Prestonsburg,
Floyd County,
Kentucky, and
more particularly
described as follows:
Lying and being in
Goble-Robarts
Addition to the City
of Prestonsburg,
Kentucky,
and
being Lots Nos. 1,
2 and 3 in Block G
as shown by plat or
map on file in the
office of the Clerk
of the Floyd County
Court, to which reference is hereby
made,
and
all
improvements
located and situated thereon.
~ Being the same
property conveyed
to Michelle Roth by
deed
dated
October 22, 1997,
of record in Deed
Book 417, Page
647, in the Office of
the Floyd County
Clerk.
TERMS OF SALE:
(a) At the time of
sale, the successful bidder, if the
other than
the
Plaintiff, shall either
pay cash or 10% of
~ purchase
price,
with the balance on
credit for thirty (30)
days, and required
to execute a bond
with good surety
thereon for the
unpaid purchase
price of said property, if any, bearing
interest at the rate
of twelve percent
(12%) per annum,
from the date of
sale until paid, having the force and
effect of a judgment.
(b)The
property
shall be sold subject to any easements and restrictions of record in
the Floyd County
Clerk's Office, and
such
right
of
redemption as may
exist in favor of the
United States of
America and/or the
recdtd
owners
thereof.
(c) The purchaser
shall be required to
assume and pay all
Floyd County, and
City
of
!6. Prestonsburg,
l'/ Kentucky,
real
property taxes for
the year 2006, and
all
subsequent
years which are not
yet
due
and
payable. Any and
all delinquent Floyd
County, and City of
Paintsville,
Kentucky,
real
estate taxes will be
paid from the sale
proceeds.
(d) In the event the
Plaintiff is the purchaser
of
the
• above described
property, for an
amount equal to, or
less than , its first
lien, it shall take a
credit against said
lien for the amount
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be
required of the
Plaintiff, and it shall
only be obligated to
pay court costs, the
fees and costs or
the
Master
Commissioner, and
any real estate
taxes
assessed
•1
against the real
estate.
Any
announcements made on
date of sale take
precedence over
printed matter contained herein.
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Hon.
Frank
Heaberlin
119 East Court
Street
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
William S. Kendrick
M a s t e
Commissioner
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division II
C.A. No. 06-CI317
Cumberland
Lake Shell, Inc.
Plaintiff
Vs.
Robert Stumbo
and Any
Unknown
Spouse of
Robert Stumbo
Defendants
NOTICE OF
COMMISSIONER'S
SALE
BY VIRTUE OF
a Default
Judgment and
Order of Sale,
referring to Master
Commissioner of
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on
the 28th day of
September, 2007,
in the Floyd Circuit
Court, in the above
styled action, in
the principal sum
of $154,284.09,
together with interest, costs and
fees, I shall proceed to offer for
sale at the Old
Floyd County
Courthouse Door,
South Central
Avenue,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky, (behind
the new Floyd
County Justice
Center), to the
highest bidder, at
public auction, on
Thursday, the 15th
day of February,
2007, at the hour
of 9:00 a.m., the
following described
real estate, lying in
Floyd County,
Kentucky, and
more particularly
described as follows:
TRACT ONE:
A certain tract or
parcel of land lying
and being on the
Right
Fork
of
Middlecreek on the
east
side
of
Kentucky
Route
114 near the Floyd
and
Magoffin
County
line
in
Floyd
County,
Kentucky,
and
being a portion of
Tract No. 1 and all
of Tracts No. 2 and
3 of the Parker
Subdivision
at
Brainard and being
more particularly
described as fol lows:
Beginning at an
iron pin (set), in the
existing right of
way of Kentucky
Route 114, said
point being 60 feet
left of the centerline of Kentucky
Route 114, and
also being a corner
to Lewis Dotson;
thence leaving the
line
of
Lewis
Dotson and with
the existing right of
way of Kentucky
Route 114 along an
arc to the left having a radius of
954.93
feet,
a
chord bearing of
North 52 degrees
07 minutes 03 seconds West and a
long chord distance
of 557.88 feet to a
point, said point
being 60 feet left of
Kentucky
Route
114 centerline station 4374+53.35;
thence continuing
along an arc to the
left having a radius
of 954.93 feet, a
chord bearing of
North 73 degrees
29 minutes 20 seconds West, and a
long chord distance
of 243.26 feet to an
iron pin (set), said
point being a corner to lsom and
Katherine
Poe;
thence leaving the
right of way of
Kentucky
Route
114 and up the hill
with the lsom and
Katherine Pole line
North 05 degrees
53 minutes 18 seconds East, 83.23
feet to a point;
thence continuing
with the lsom and
Katherine Poe line
North 04 degrees
38 minutes 18 seconds, East, 179.30
feet to a point;
thence North 00
degrees 23 minutes 18 seconds
East, 107.70 feet to
a point; thence
North 07 degrees
07 minutes 18 seconds East, 152.00
feet to a point;
thence North 17
degrees 49 minutes 18 seconds
East, 83.70 to a
point; thence North
15 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds
East, 183.20 feet to
a point; thence
North 03 degrees
36 minutes 18 seconds East, 127.40
feet to a point;
thence North 1 9
degrees 33 minutes 18 seconds
East, 143.1 0 feet to
a point; thence
North 55 degrees
23 minutes 18 seconds East, 113.80
feet to a point;
thence North 49
degrees 13 minutes 18 seconds
East, 157.00 feet to
a point on top of
the ridge, said
point being a corner to John W. and
Carol J . Marsillett;
thence leaving the
line of lsom and
Katherine Poe and
with the line of
John W. and Carol
J. Marsillett down
the ridge South 46
degrees 16 minutes 42 seconds
East, 195.90 feet to
a point; thence
continuing with the
line of John W. and
Carol J. Marsillett
down the ridg e
South 33 degrees
01 minutes 42 seconds East 138.60
feet to a point;
thence South 32
degrees 06 minutes 42 seconds
East 145.30 feet to
a point; thence
South 10 degrees
41 minutes 42 seconds East, 187.80
feet to a point;
thence South 01
degrees 06 minutes 42 seconds
East, 81.00 feet to
a point; thence
South 08 degrees
21 minures 42 seconds East 129.70
feet to a point;
thence South 57
degrees 58 minutes 42 seconds
East 128.20 feet to
a point; thence
South 59 degrees
06 minutes 42 seconds East 105.00
feet to a point;
thence South 01
degrees 23 minutes 18 seconds
West 163.90 feet to
a point; thence
South 02 degrees
36 minutes 42 seconds East, 106.70
feet to a point;
thence South 21
degrees 41 minutes 42 seconds
East 103.00 feet to
a point; thence
South 07 degrees
59 minutes 05 seconds East 88.26
feet to an iron pin
(set), said point
being a corner to
Lewis
Dotson;
thence leaving the
line of John W. and
Carol J . Marsillett
and with the Lewis
Dotson line down
the hill South 48
degrees 43 minutes 51 seconds
West 333.71 feet to
an iron pin (set), 10
feet East of the
Northeast corner of
the existing store
building;
thence
continuing with the
line
of
Lew1s
Dotson South 48
degrees 43 minutes 51 seconds
West, 30.10 feet to
an iron pin (set), 10
feet East of the
southeast corner of
the existing store
building;
thence
South 48 degrees
43 minutes 51 seconds West, 50.51
feet to the point of
beginning and containing 949,948.29
square
feet or
21.8032 acres as
determined by survey. Being all of
Tract No. 2 and
Tract No. 3, part of
Tract 1 and part of
Tract 55 and part of
Tract 56 of the
Parker Subdivision
and more particularly described in
the plat of record in
Map File No. 234 in
the Floyd County
Court
Clerk's
Office, Kentucky
Being the same
property conveyed
to
Cumberland
Lake Shell, Inc., by
deed
dated
September
6,
2001, from Roland,
Patrick, single, of
record in Deed
Book 464, Page
602, Floyd County
Clerk's Office.
TERMS OF SALE
{a) At the time of
sale, the successful bidder, if the
other than the
Plaintiff, shall either
pay cash or 10% of
purchase
price,
with the balance on
credit for thirty (30)
days.
(b) The successful
bidder shall be
required to execute
a bond with good
surety thereon for
the unpaid purchase price of said
property, if any,
bearing interest at
the rate of twelve
percent (12%) per
annum, from the
date of sale until
pa1d, having the
force and effect of
a Judgment.
(c) The property
shall be sold subject to any easements and restrictions of record in
the Floyd County
Clerk's Office, and
such
right
of
redemption as may
exist in favor of the
United States of
America and/or the
record
owners
thereof, pursuant to
28 U.S.C. 2410 or
KRS 426.530.
(d) The purchaser
shall be required to
assume and pay all
Floyd
County,
real
Kentucky,
property taxes for
the year 2007, and
all
subsequent
years which are not
yet
due
and
payable. Any and
all delinquent Floyd
County, Kentucky,
real estate taxes
will be paid from
the sale proceeds.
(e) In the event the
Plaintiff is the purchaser
of
the
above described
property for an
amount equal to, or
less than, its first
lien, it shall take a
credit against said
lien for the amount
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be
required of the
Plaintiff, and it shall
only be obligated to
pay court costs, the
fees and costs of
the
Master
Commissioner, and
any real estate
taxes
assessed
against the real
estate.
Any
announcements made on
date of sale take
precedence over
printed matter continued herein.
Plaintiff's Counsel:
Hon.
John
S.
Gillum
117 North Main
Street
P.O. Box 1147
Somerset,
KY
42502
William S. Kendrick
M a s t e
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division I
C.A. No. 06-CI00744
HSBC Mortgage
Services, Inc.
Assignee of
Choice Capital
Funding, Inc.
Plaintiff
Vs.
Bill Justice; The
Unknown
Spouse, if any,
of Bill Justice;
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
parcel of land, lying
and being on the
waters of the Big
Sandy River at
Auxier,
Floyd
County, Kentucky,
and
being
the
same property conveyed to the First
Commonwealth
Bank
of
Prestonsburg, Inc.,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky,
by
M a s t e r
Commissioners
Deed, by and thru
Marshall Davidson
as
Master
Commissioner of
Floyd
County,
Kentucky,
dated
December 9, 1983,
and of record in the
office of the Floyd
County Clerk in
Deed Book 281, at
page 364, being
more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a
stake in the fence
line
at
the
Intersection of the
street
and
the
alley; thence leaving the street and
crossing the bottom with the fence
line and the alley N
27-41 E 188.02
feet to a stake on
the south bank of
the
Big
Sandy
River; thence running up the river S
64-40 E 97. 90 feet
to a stake, a corner
to Lot No. 1; thence
leaving the river
and crossing the
bottom and with
the west line of Lot
No. 1 S 28-17 W
1 93-40 feet to a
stake on the north
line of the street;
thence leaving Lot
No. 1 and with the
north line of the
street N 61-30 W
95.70 feet to the
point of the beginning,
containing
0.42 acres more or
less, and being the
western one-half of
The Unknown
OccupantsfTena
nts, if any,
of 130 Ward
Avenue, Auxier,
Kentucky
41602;
Larry D. Jarvis;
and
Commonwealth
of Kentucky,
County of
Floyd, By and
On Behalf of
Secretary of
Finance and
Administration
Defendants
NOTICE OF
COMMISSIONER'S SALE
BY VIRTUE OF a
Default Judgment
and Order of Sale,
referring to Master
Commissioner of
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on
the 14th day of
November, 2006, in
the Floyd C1rcuit
Court, in the above
styled action, in the
principal sum of
$54,918.20,
together with interest, costs and fees,
I shall proceed to
offer for sale at the
Old Floyd County
Courthouse Door,
South
Central
Avenue,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky, (behind
new
Floyd
the
County
Justice
Center), to th
highest bidder, at
public auction, on
Thursday, the 15th
day of February,
2007, at the hour of
9:30 a.m., the following described
real estate, lying in
Floyd
County,
Kentucky,
and
more particularly
described as follows:
That certain tract or
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
COUNTY OF FLOYD ... SCT
I, Douglas Ray Hall, Clerk of the Floyd District Court, do hereby certify that the following
settlements of estates have been filed in my office. Anyone desiring to take exceptions to
said settlements must do so on or before March 2, 2007, at 9:00a.m.
Case
Number
Estate Of:
Fiduciary
Date
Filed
Delcie Gayheart
James Douglas Collins
Rhoda Lanman
Peggy Sue Collins
10-20-06
12-20·06
04-P-420
05-P-3
04-P-473
04-P-254
Roy Ratliff
Gerla Elliott
Vernon Flannery
Rutherford H. James
Goldia M. Salyers
Eulene Hamilton Ratliff
William M. ElliOtt
Johnny M. Flannery
William James
David Bruce Salyers
12-27-06
12-28-06
01-01-07
01-12-07
01-17-07
Final
Final
06-P-167
04-P-380
Marrow Bentley Jr.
Clyde Hogsed
01 -17-07
01-18-07
Final
Final
04-P-470
04-P-275
Ida Geneva Artrip
Julius Forrest Moore
Loretta Bentley
Linda Turner, Donna Hicks
and Constance Barnette
Kenny Artrip & Helen V. Wright
Forrest Moore
Settlement
Final
Final
04-P-361
04-P-152
04-P-413
Final
Final
Final
Final
Final
Date of Appointment
12-18-06
12-21-06
12-28-06
12-28-06
01 -03-07
01-03-07
01 -04-07
01-04-07
01-04-07
Case Number
06-P-439
06-P-447
06-P-449
06-P-450
07-P-4
07-P-5
07-P-6
07-P-7
07-P-8
Estate Of:
Ethel Mae Meade
Harry E. Lafferty
Sarah Katheryn Moore
Opal Branham Crisp
Clifford P. Childers
Stewart Howard, Jr.
Ray Virgil Prater
William E. Griffith
Doris Ann Hyden
01 ·08-07
01-08-07
01 -08-07
01-09-07
01-11 -07
11-13-06
01 -17-07
01-18-07
01 -18-07
01 -22-07
01 -22-07
01 -23-07
01 ·23-07
01 -23-07
01 -23-07
07-P-9
07-P-10
07-P-12
07-P-14
07-P-15
06-P-393
07-P-22
07-P-23
07-P-25
07-P-30
07-P-31
07-P-32
07-P-33
07-P-34
07-P-35
Richard E. Price
Alva Spurlock
Lillian Irene Wells Watson
Sadie Hunter
Eula D. Frazier
Carmel Lee Akers
Joseph Osborne
Grace Flanery
Alma Meade
Hubert G. Frye
Barbara Marie Labugen
Fred James
Brian Samons
Marvin Ray Stratton
Freeman Newman
Fiduciary
Rita Faye Ridgway
Franklin Howell
Robert Nelson Moore
Jackie Crisp
Patricia A. Shepherd
Selina Howard
Sandra Lynn Flanery
Della Griffith
Jack Clark Hyden
Judy Hyden Combs
Donna L. Price
Kenneth H. Spurlock
Marsha Watson Heedick
Trudy Little
Glenn 0. Frazier
Nickie C. Hall
Maxine C. Osborne
Emma Louis Pigman
Trula Mae Meade
Glenda Frye
Randell D. Jervis
Fred James II
Randall Keith Samons
Sue B. Stratton
Melva Newman
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COUNTY OF FLOYD
I, Douglas Ray Hall, Clerk of the Floyd District Court, do hereby certify that the following persons have
been appointed fiduciaries by the District Court. All persons indebted to an estate should settle with the fiduciary within six (6) months from the date of appointment.
United States of
America and/or the
record
owners
thereof, pursuant to
28 U.S.C. 2410 or ,
KRS 426.530.
(d) The purchaser
shall be required to
assume and pay all
Floyd
County,
Kentucky,
real
property taxes for
the year 2007, and
all
subsequent
years which are not .
yet
due
and
payable. Any and
all delinquent Floyd
County, Kentucky,
real estate taxes
will be paid from
the sale proceeds.
(e) In the event the
Plaintiff is the purchaser
of
the
above describe<;!
property for an
amount equal to, or
less than, its first
lien, it shall take a
credit against said
lien for the amount
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be
required of the
Plaintiff, and it shall
only be obligated to
pay court costs, the
fees and costs of
the
Master
Commissioner, and
any real estate
taxes
assessed
against the real
estate.
Any
announcements made on
date of sale take
precedence over
printed matter continued herein.
1
Plaintiff's Counsel: ,
Hon. William H.B.
Rich
Clunk, Paisley &
Associates
130 North Hamilton
Street
Suite 101B
Georgetown, KY
40324
William S. Kendrick
M a s t e
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
NOTICE
(OF FINAL SE:"Flil·EMENT)
STUMBO
LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTS
Lot No. 1 as originally layed out.
And
being the
same land conveyed to Anthony
W.
Bryant and
Selena Bryant, his
wife, by deed from
William
Henry
Jarvis, deed ·dated
6th day of March
1998, of record in
Deed Book 416,
Page 567, records
of the Floyd County
Court
Clerk's
Office.
Being the same
property acquired
by Bill Justice, from
Anthony W. Bryant
and Selena Bryant,
husband and wife,
by deed dated
September
15,
2005, of record in
Deed Book 517,
Page 156, in the
office of the Clerk
of Floyd County,
Kentucky.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time of sale,
the successful bidder, if the other
than the Plaintiff,
shall either pay
cash or 10% of purchase price, with
the balance on
credit for thirty (30)
days.
{b) The successful
bidder shall be
required to execute
a bond with good
surety thereon for
the unpaid purchase price of said
property, if any,
bearing interest at
the rate of twelve
percent (12%) per
annum from the
date of sale until
paid, having the
force and effect of
a Judgment.
(c) The property
shall be sold subject to any easements and restrictions of record in
the Floyd County
Clerk's Office, and
such
right
of
redemption as may
exist in favor of the
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SECTION
FLOYD COUNTY
Sports Editor
Steve LeMaster
Phone: (606) 886-8506
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INSIDESPORTS
JBS Cheerleaders • page B3
All u A" Semis • page B3
McDowell Elem. • page B4
Lifestyles • BS
Classifieds • A section
UK-UT Men's College Basketball • 84
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lackcats clip HalArks
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BUCKLEYS CREEK - Visiting
Prestonsburg jumped out in front early
on and forced homestanding Pike
County Central to play from behind
Friday night. The Blackcats doubled up
host Pike Central in the opening quarter.
Prestonsburg took an 18-9 lead out of
the first quarter and played well enough
the rest of the way to post an impressive
74-69 win over the 15th Region rival.
~ Seniors Chayse Martin and Mason
combined
for
38
of
Vance
Prestonsburg's 74 points. Each player
hit a pair of three-pointers as the
Blackcats hurried out in front in the first
quarter.
Hall and Martin each hit a threepointer early in the second quarter, leading to a 24-9 lead over the Hawks.
The Blackcats had one of their best
shooting performances of the season.
Prestonsburg hit a total of nine threepointers in the win.
Pike Central battled its way back into
the game in the second quarter. The
Hawks went on a 13-3 run.
Prestonsburg eventually took a 30-24
lead into halftime.
Pike Central mounted a couple of
comeback attempts in the second half,
but could never go out in front of the
Blackcats.
Prestonsburg sealed the win from the
free throw line in the fourth quarter, hitting 14-of-20 charity shots
Bobby Hughes scored 15 points and
fellow junior guard Jordan Hall added
Senior Chayse
Martin helped to
lead
Prestonsburg to
an impressive
road win over
Pike County
Central.
photo by
Steve LeMaster
· (See BLACKCATS, page two)
Lady Tigers
pull away
Lady Bears
lose 20T
thriller
from P'burg
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG - The
~ntsville Lady Tigers are headed back to the Touchstone
Energy All "A" Classic statewide
tournament for a second straight
year. On Friday night, Paintsville
didn't rest on its smallschool
tourney success. The Lady Tigers
visited neighboring Prestonsburg
and took care of business, beating the homestanding Lady
Blackcats 43-33.
After playing even with
Prestonsburg in each of the flrst
two quarters, Paintsville pulled
away in the second half. The two
teams were knotted at 12-12 at
J.Pe end of the first quarter and
~3-23 at the half. Paintsville,
which defeated Sheldon Clark
less than two weeks ago to earn
the right to make the return to the
Touchstone Energy All "A"
Classic in Richmond, held
Prestonsburg to just flve points in
each of the last two quarters.
Western Carolina University
signee Kendra Carroll led the
Mark
Baldwin-coached
Paintsville team with a teamhigh 18 points. Lorrin Welch followed with 13 points for the
Lady Tigers.
~~
(See TIGERS, page two)
photo by Jamie Howell
4r1nsey Fields went up for two
points in Friday's game against
Paintsville.
photo by Jamie Howell
Allen Central senior Ryan Collins {14) worked the basketball against Paintsville junior guard Blake Bundy during
Saturday's 15th Region All "A" Classic championship game.
ftgers top Rebs for
1 5th Region All 1 A' title
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE
- Paintsville
claimed its seventh 15th Region All "A"
Classic title in convincing fashion on
Saturday night. The Tigers sprinted out
to a 15-2 lead and never let Allen
Central challenge for the championship,
beating the Rebels 77-63.
Van Ferguson scored a game-high 25
points and Landon Slone netted 24
points and pulled down 13 rebounds as
the Tigers won their first 15th Region
All "A" title since 2003.
"We couldn't overcome the 15-2
start," said Allen Central Coach John
Martin. "Now, we have to get back to
work and focus on the rest of the season."
Senior Ryan Collins, despite being
saddled with two early fouls, led Allen
Central with 24 points. Josh Martin,
another senior, joined Collins in double
figures with 15 points. No other Allen
Central player had more than six points.
Paintsville outscored Allen Central
20-8 in the opening quarter. The Rebels
put together a run and cut the Tiger lead
down to a 11-point advantage (36-25)
before halftime. Paintsville was able to
keep the Rebels at a distance in the second half. The Tigers took a 60-42 lead
out of the third quarter.
Paintsville's five starters accounted
for all of the Tiger scoring. JD
VanHoose added 17 points for the
Tigers.
Eleven different Rebels broke into
the scoring column. Josh Prater added
six points for Allen Central.
Paintsville will play 16th Region
champion Elliott County on Thursday
night in Richmond inside Eastern
Kentucky University's McBrayer Arena
at 9:30 p.m. in the final opening round
game of the Touchstone Energy All "A"
Classic. The statewide small school
tournament
will
get
underway
Wednesday morning when the girls'
teams hit the McBrayer Arena hardwood. The Paintsville Lady Tigers captured the 15th Region girls' All "A"
championship.
Boys' 15th Region All
'A' Classic Scoreboard
Jan.22
Piarist School 75, David School
CAMPBELLSVILLE
The sharp shooting of Bubba
Long helped propel the No. 15
li;ampbellsville
University
Tigers to an easy 68-55 victory
over the Pikeville College men's
basketball team at the Powell
Athletic Center on Saturday.
Campbellsville never trailed
during the game, jumping out to
a 19-91ead after the game's first
six minutes. The Tigers
increased their lead to 13 after a
pair of free throws from Zach
Allender at the 7: 17 mark.
Pikeville, however, would cut
into the Tigers' lead with a 12-6
run over the next six minutes and
eventually get within five points
•
on a running jumper from senior
Will Holloman (Jacksonville,
Fla.) with 2:20 left. The Tigers
would add a bucket and take a
32-25 lead into the locker room.
But any momentum the
Bears had was quickly quelled
hot
hand
of
by
the
Campbellsville junior Bubba
Long. The guard had only three
points in the first half, but he
stormed out of the locker room
and scored his team's first 14
points, connecting on a layup
and four three-pointers in the
first six minutes.
Long's shooting was part of a
11-4 run to start the half, which
lifted the Tigers to a 43-29 lead,
their largest of the game.
Pikeville would cut into the
lead, getting as close as eleven
points down with 54 seconds
left in the half. But it would not
be enough, as Campbellsville
held on for the 68-55 win.
The Bears (9-12, 1-2 in the
MSC) got a team-high 17 points
and nine rebounds from sophomore Bo Harris (Winchester),
while freshman Brad Lowe
(Pikeville) added 13 points, and
senior
Donald
Thomas
(Baltimore, Md.) pi tched in II
points.
Campbellsville ( 19-2, 2-1 in
the MSC) was led by 18 points
from Long. Zach Allender also
pitched in a double-double,
bringing down 11 rebounds and
scoring 17 points in the win for
the Tigers.
(See BEARS, page two)
Eagles
stumble
versus
Brescia
44
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Jan.23
Pikeville 74, Phelps 58
Paintsville 75, South Floyd 67
Jan.25
Allen Central 70, Sheldon Clark
53
Betsy Layne 85, Piarist School
41
Jan.26
Paintsville 67, Pikeville 59
Allen Central 66, Betsy Layne 47
Jan.27
Paintsville 77, Allen Central 63
(Championship)
Campbellsville University
knocks out Bears
TIMES STAFF REPORT
CAMPBELLSVILLE
Forty minutes just wasn't
enough. Apparently, neither was
forty-five.
It took two overtimes for the
Campbellsville University Lady
Tigers to finally put away the
Pikeville College women's basketball team, picking up a big
Mid-South Conference win, prevailing 85-82.
The two teams were evenly
matched during the first half. A
layup from sophomore Whitney
OWENSBORO - Matt West
scored a game-high 22 points and
Andrew Howard added 19 as
host Brescia University rolled
past Alice Lloyd College 73-55
on Saturday in a men's basketball
game at the Campus Center.
Brescia shot 52 percent from
the field (27 -for-52) and outrebounded the Eagles 38-24.
Defensively, Brescia held Alice
Lloyd to 20-for-55 shooting for
36 percent.
Brescia was able to win without starting point guard Doug
(See EAGLES, page two)
Thomas takes
weekly player honors
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
Allen Central High School
graduate Becky Thomas, an
Alice Lloyd College freshman, earned a pair of player
of the week honors last
week. Thomas is in her first
season with the ALC
women's basketball program. She has helped the
Lady Eagles into a firstplace tie with Berea in the
KIA C.
PIPPA PASSES - Becky
Thomas, a six-foot freshman center for the Alice
Lloyd College women's
basketball team, claimed
KIAC and National Player
of the Week honors for the
week ending Jan. 21. In a
91 -82 win over 17th ranked
Berea, Thomas had 27
points, 12 rebounds and
four blocked shots. In an
88-75 win over Spalding
University, she had 34
points, nine rebounds, two
assists and two blocked
shots. She finished the
week hitting an amazing
25-of-38
field
goal
attempts. A Floyd County
native, Thomas currently
ranks fourth in the country
in Division II field goal percentage. Thomas is an Allen
Central High School graduate.
The Lady Eagles are
playing their best basketball
of the season. They are currently tied with Berea
College for flrst place in the
KJAC. Last week, Alice
Lloyd beat Asbury 81-61
and Midway 94-38, before
losing on the road to
(See THOMAS, page two)
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31, 2007
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Bears
• Continued from p1
Hogg (Whitesburg) gave the
Lady Bears their largest lead
of the first half at 17-8 with
9:33 to go. Campbellsville cut
into the lead and eventually
took a 24-23 lead on a
Maranda Wilkinson layup.
Still, the Lady Bears managed
to regain the lead on a jumper
from
sophomore
Beth
Patterson (Middleburg) with
3:04 to go and would hold a
30-24 advantage at halftime.
The second half was not
much different. The Lady
Bears controlled the tempo for
the first ten minutes of the
half, even pushing their lead to
as many as nine with 10:37 to
play.
But here came the Lady
Tigers. Campbellsville cut the
lead to two with 2:12 left. A
jumper from Pikeville freshman Heather Martin (Kite)
gave the Lady Bears a fourpoint advantage, but it would
prove to be the last field goal
the Lady Bears would have in
regulation.
With 13 seconds left and
her team leading by two, senior
Tonya Amburgey (Pinetop)
went to the line to shoot one
and one. But the senior missed
the
first
shot,
and
Campbellsville picked up the
board. Kristi Ensminger ran
Blackcats
• Continued from p1
10 for the Blackcats. Trevor
Patton and Nat Stephens
rounded out the Prestonsburg
scoring with five and four
points, respectively.
David Hess paced Pike
Central with a game-high 22
points. Colby Slone followed
with 13 points for the Hawks.
Tyler Hamilton had 11 points
and Joe Nichols netted nine for
the Hawks. Michael Boyd
Thompson complimented the
Pike Central offensive attack
with seven points.
The win was Prestonsburg's
third in four games. The
Blackcats will host South
Floyd Friday night in a key
58th District matchup.
Prestonsburg 74,
Pike County Central 69
the floor and was fouled with
less than five seconds left. The
freshman hit both free throws,
tying the game at 62 and sending the fans into overtime.
After winning the tip in
overtime, Campbellsville got a
jumper from Julija Ilic and
took a 64-62 lead, their first
since the 3:23 mark in the first
half.
The Lady Bears answered
with a jumper from Martin,
and the two teams proceeded
to trade buckets for the final
four minutes of the overtime.
With the Lady Tigers leading
73-72, Wilkinson went to the
line to ice the game with LO
seconds left. But the sophomore missed both free throws,
and Ilic was called for an overthe-back while trying to get
the board.
Pikeville
sophomore
Krista] Daniels (Betsy Layne)
went to the line to shoot two.
Daniels hit the second of her
two free throws, tying the
game at 73 and forcing yet
another overtime.
In the second overtime,
however, the hot shooting of
Campbellsville sophomore
Juliana Brown took over.
After hitting an NBA-range
three to give her club a 76-73
advantage, the guard connected on a four-point play after
being fouled by Daniels.
With the score 80-75 and
only 3:33 to go, it seemed the
Lady Bears were done. But a
couple of key defensive stops
allowed Pikeville to cut the
lead to 84-82 with 45 seconds
to go.
Lady Tigers sophomore
Meagan Murphy missed a
jumper, but the Lady Bears
could not secure the rebound.
With Campbellsville in control
of the ball, Pikeville had to
foul. But Megan Overton
missed the one of her two free
throws, giving the Lady Bears
one last chance, down 85-82
with seven seconds remaining.
Senior Jessica Lovell
(Turkey Creek) tried to get a
three off with two seconds left,
only to have it blocked, and
the Lady Tigers celebrated
their first conference win of
season.
"We battled," said Pikeville
head coach Bill Watson, "but
we just couldn't finish."
This was the second
straight loss in which the Lady
Bears held the lead at halftime.
Pikeville was led by
Amburgey's team-high 23
points, while Hogg added 14
points and nine rebounds.
Sophomore Camille Cook
(Whitesburg) pitched in 11
points for the Lady Bears.
But if there were an offen-
sive player of the game it
would
have
gone
to
Campbellsville's Julija Ilic,
who threw in a double-double;
bringing down 10 rebounds
and scoring 30 of her team's
85 points, despite not playing
the final six. minutes. The hothanded Brown also had 23
points in the win for
Campbellsville (11-1 0, 1-2 in
the MSC).
The loss was the third
straight for Pikeville and
dropped the Lady Bears to 715 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
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Paintsville,
which
improved to 10-6, featured six
different scorers.
Sophomore guard Linsey
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game-high 19 points. Fields
was the only Lady Blackcat to
reach double figures. Amber
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for host Prestonsburg.
Paintsville 43,
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Thomas
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Brescia University 87-55.
In the game against Asbury,
Alice Lloyd led 44-39 on its
way to the win.
Thomas followed up her
National Player of the Week in
fine fashion with 25 points,
five rebounds and three
blocked shots. She was followed by three other teammates in double figures:
Kaylan Richardson (20 pts., 12
rebs.), Chastity Fox (12 pts.,
seven assists) and Elisha Hall
(10 pts., 5 rebs.).
On Thursday night, the
Lady Eagles hosted Midway
College and came away with a
aonvincing 94-38 win. Five
players were in double figures
for
the
Lady
Eagles.
Richardson (16 pts., six
assists) and Whitney Lykens
(16 pts., five rebs., three
assists) led the way for Alice
Lloyd. Taran Cody had 15
points and II rebounds in
Alice Lloyd easy win.
Thomas had 12 points and five
rebounds and Sierra Wynn
chipped in 10 points for the
Lady Eagles.
The Lady Eagles traveled to
Owensboro on Saturday to
University.
play Brescia
Alice Lloyd trailed 45-30 at
halftime before finishing on
the short end of an 87-55 final
score. Cody led the ALC
women's team with 16 points
and eight rebounds. Thomas
had 13 points and six rebounds
in the setback.
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Eagles
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Penton, who was out of action
f.'ith an ankle injury.
West turned in a doubledouble for the Bearcats,
pulling down a game-high 11
rebounds to go along with his
~arne-high 22 points.
Randy Cayasso added 13
points for
homestanding
Brescia.
Floyd County native Shawn
Newsome and Clay County
product Rodney Mitchell each
had 11 points for Alice Lloyd.
William Dillard, a point guard
from West Virginia, added lO
points. Corey Hairston just
missed double figures for the
Eagles, chipping in nine
points.
The ALC men's team was
back in action Tuesday on the
road at Pikeville in the Eastern
Kentucky Exposition Center
against the Pikeville College
Bears. The men's game was
being played as part of a
men's/women's doubleheader
which also featured the ALC
Lady Eagles and Pikeville
College Lady Bears. Results
from both games were
unavailable at press time.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007 • 83
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JBS Middle School Cheerleaders win State
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PIPPA PASSES - The June Buchanan Middle School cheerleading team traveled to
Lexington on Saturday to compete in the Kentucky Middle School State Cheerleading
Championships. All of the team's hard work paid off as the JBS team was named the
Kentucky State Middle School Cheerleading Champion in the small division for the 2007 season. Members of the JBS Middle School Cheerleading Competition squad are Kelsie Jacobs,
Brynnan Jacobs, Reagan King, Morgan Adams, Hannah Champion, Hailey Champion,
Ramsey Dixon, Charity Cook, Kennedy King, Kennedi Damron, Kaydee Smith and Alyssa
Gregory.
Rebels rout Betsy Layne
in All 'A' Semifmals
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE - Allen
Central broke open a close
game on Friday night and
ousted 58th District rival
Betsy Layne from the 15th
Region All "A" Classic. The
Rebels outscored Betsy Layne
22-5 in the second quarter on
their way to winning 66-47 in
the semifinals.
Senior Josh Martin led
Hen Central with a gamehigh 19 points. Martin posted
15 points in the first half of the
semifinal
game.
Fellow
seniors Ryan Collins and Tyler
Slone added 13 points apiece
for the Rebels. Josh Prater
·ll scored six points and Alex
"'l Hammonds had five for Allen
Central.
Before blowing the game
open in the second quarter,
Allen Central clung to a 14-12
lead at the end of the first period. The Rebels led 36-17 at
halftime.
Betsy Layne struggled to
produce offensively after the
opening quarter.
Samuel
Keathley was the only Bobcat
to reach double figures .
Keathley drained three threepointers and scored 12 points
for Betsy Layne. Justin Collins
•) scored eight points and Jarod
Newman added six for the
Bobcats. Allen Central held
Trai Witt and Brennan Case,
two of Betsy Layne's key
players, to five and four
points, respectively.
Allen Central led 53-29 at
the end of the third quarter.
In the first game of the
semifinals, Paintsville pushed
past Pikeville.
Paintsville 67, Pikeville 59:
Host Paintsville won its way
into the 15th Region All "A"
photo by Jamie Howell
Allen Central senior Tyler Slone (20) looked to move the basketball Friday night against Betsy Layne in the 15th Region
All "A" Classic.
Classic title game for the second year Friday night. Landon
Slone scored a game-high 24
points to lead the Tigers past
longtime rival Pikeville.
J.D . VanHoose followed
Slone in the Paintsville scoring
column, adding 12 points.
Shane Grimm and Blake
Bundy each had 11 points for
the Tigers.
Van Ferguson and Jarod
Keaton rounded out the
PaintsviJle scoring with seven
and two points, respectively.
Matt Clevenger paced
Pikeville with a tean1-best 21
points. Jacob Sword scored 18
points and Tim Honaker had
nine for the Panthers.
Paintsville
outscored
Pikeville 18-10 in the first
quarter and led 32-23 at halftime. The Tigers outscored the
Panthers 21- 14 in the third
quarter.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Men's College Basketball: Kentucky 76, Tennessee 57
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON
With
Tennessee's outside shooting
specialist Chris Lofton sidelined by an ankle injury,
Kentucky's players pulled off a
decent impersonation of their
state's native son.
The Wildcats got five of
their 11 3-pointers as part of a
20-2 run and pulled away from
the rival Volunteers 76-57
Sunday afternoon.
"We're a good shooting
team - probably a lot better
th;m people expected," said
freshman Jodie Meeks, who
made four of five 3-point
attempts - two of them during
t~ second half stretch.
It wasn't that the Wildcats'
victory over Tennessee in the
202nd meeting between the
rivals was a surprise. It was the
way they did it.
Without
Lofton,
the
Maysville native who leads the
Southeastern Conference in
scoring average, the Volunteers
(14-7, 2-4) not only couldn't
answer the bigger Wildcats'
inside game but also got beat
from outside.
Kentucky ( 16-5, 5-2) led
47-46 with lO minutes left
when the Wildcats' shooters
started mimicking Lofton by
hitting long-range buckets with
regularity.
"When you lose a Chris
Lofton, you miss him on the
offensive end obviously, so
you are not going to score as
much," Tennessee coach Bruce
Pearl said. "Once they started
shooting it, we were in trouble."
During the run, which lasted seven minutes, Bobby Perry
had one of the 3-pointers and
Ramel Bradley, who led
Kentucky with 21 points,
added two more.
The motivation, Bradley
said, came from the last two
games, in which the Wildcats
squandered leads - including a
17-point one against Georgia to end up losing.
"We let up against Georgia,
and we didn't want that to happen again," Bradley said.
Tennessee's JaJuan Smith
led all scorers with 25 points,
including five of 11 from 3point range. But, without
Lofton - the All-America candidate - the Volunteers could
manage only eight long-range
buckets out of 27 attempts.
"We were fortune to catch
them
without
Chris,"
Kentucky coach Tubby Smith
said. "Chris is a gifted athlete
with unbelievable range. He
makes clutch shots."
Kentucky learned that the
hard way last year as Lofton
set what was then a career high
with 31 points - including
The
seven
3-pointers.
Volunteers, who went on to
win the SEC's regular season
title, used the victory at Rupp
as a major launch point for
their season.
The deficit could have been
even worse for Tennessee,
which was outrebounded 4227, if Kentucky center
Randolph Morris hadn't gotten
into foul trouble. He picked up
two of his four fouls early and
was a non-factor for much of
the game, finishing with just
nine points and four rebounds.
However, nine Wildcats got
rebounds - and seven of them
had at least three.
"It just demonstrates how
much we have grown, how
much we can depend on other
players to come in and contribute," Morris said.
The Wildcats trailed 32-31
at halftime after Joe Crawford
beat the buzzer with a dunk.
Crawford had 15 points for his
lOth-straight double-digit scoring game.
Kentucky had moved into
the Top 25 after an 11-game
winning streak, but dropped
out last week following their
back-to-back
losses
to
Vanderbilt
and
Georgia.
Tennessee has now dropped
five of the last six - including
back-to-hack losses without
Lofton.
Until Kentucky went on its
run, the two teams traded
leads, and it appeared the game
would go down to the wire.
Although the Wildcats shot 64
percent in the second half, they
made just 32 percent of their
shots in a sloppy first half.
"It was comforting to see us
bounce back and play a decent
second half," Smith said. "It's
something we haven't seen in a
while."
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The McDowell Elementary Boys' Varsity Cheerleaders won first-place in the cheerleadlng
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Crowned Homecoming Queen: Lauralee Johnson was
recently crowned basketball Homecoming Queen at
McDowell Elementary. She Is In the sixth grade at McDowell
Elementary where she Is a member of the boys' varsity
cheerleadlng squad and on the school's academic team.
Lauralee Johnson Is the daughter of Leigh Ann and Robbie
Fraley of McDowell and Charles Johnson of Bevinsville.
Virginia team finishes third
in Canadian tournament
Sean Hogan, the 10-year-old son of Kelly and Philip Hogan of
Haymarket, va., and the grandson of Lou and Connely
McCray of Prestonsburg, is a member of the Squirts, a
Northern VIrginia tee hockey team that recently traveled to
Hlagra Falls, Ontario, Canada, to participate in a tournament,
which featured 50 teams from the United States and Canada.
The Squirts progressed Into the semHinals with a 4-0 record.
They faced both Canadian teams that eventually played for
the championship, defeating one, and losing to the other.
Sean Hogan's team earned the invitation to Canada by winning a regional tournament In Philadelphia In September.
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FLOYD COUNTY
Features Editor
Kathy Prater
Phone: (606) 886-8506
Fax: (606) 886-3603
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KIM'S KORNER
Great truths and
~ other wisdoms
By Kim Little Frasure
Great truths that little children
have learned:
l) No matter how hard you try, you
can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your
Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit
her back. They always catch the. second person.
4) Never
ask your 3year
old
brother
to
hold a tomato.
5)
You
can't
trust
dogs to watch
your food.
6)
Don't
sneeze when
someone is
cutting your
hair.
Kim Little Frasure
7) Never
hold a DustBuster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
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9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear
under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when
you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
Great truths that adults have
learned:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing
Jell-0 to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge. .. mostly
sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's
•
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A flood of
•
memories
by Clyde Pack
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January 31 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1957 flood.
W hi I e
backwater
from
the
Levisa Fork
of the Big
Sandy was all
too frequently
creeping into
our neighborhood when I
was growing
up, this time
it
didn't
creep,
it
Clyde Pack
rushed.
Being
a
high school senior that year, this was
one of the first times that flooding
became a serious matter to me,
because I was now old enough that I
didn' t look upon the event as just
another adventure in the life of a coalcamp kid; just something else to experience, then forget, as I continued to
do all those things that kids did to
entertain themselves in the days
before TV and video games.
But to be perfectly honest, when
one is a kid, there's no way on earth he
could expect to feel a sense of disaster
when he sees his school surrounded
by backwater--on a school day.
When the water would fill the
schoolhouse bottom, it was common
practice for boys in the neighborhood
to put those ever-present railroad
gravels into the pouches of our homemade slingshots and shoot at the
dozens of brown Clorox bottles that
bobbed up and down among everything ese that could float. And rats.
There were always rats swimming
around or perched on floating chunks
of wood. They made good targets, too.
Perhaps it speaks of the innocence
of the times, but I honestly never
thought of floods as anything other
than something to be enjoyed, like a
(See OAK, page seven)
Ralph and Mutt's parents, Harold and Goldia Hall.
The author's childhood home.
Melvin, a little town in a big world
By Ralph Hall
Melvin is a little village nestled between hills
on every side. Left Beaver runs alongside of the
hill behind the village. Melvin was the shopping
center for Tackett Holler, Muddy Gut, Hen Pen,
and Abner Fork. In the 1930's, some saw
shootouts in the street of the tiny village.
The J.D. Hatfield General Store, in Melvin,
and the E.H. Hall General Store, at the mouth of
Hen Pen, both were places a kid could go for a
candy stick, men for a plug of chewing tobacco,
and women to look at a piece of cloth for a new
dress.
The post, office that ser:ved all the hollers was
in the center of the village. The post office was
one place where everyone showed up at one time
or another. The postmaster's name was Gracie.
Gracie had two boys, Allen and Phillip (who we
called "Moe"). Gracie and her boys lived in a
three room house on the hill behind the post
office building. Their house was much like the
one Mutt and me lived in.
The mail arrived every morning by train. It
was brought in from Martin, a nearby town.
Martin was a hub for Right and Left Beaver
Creeks which ran into the Big Sandy River, at
Allen.
The train ran from Martin to Weeksbury twice
a day. There was a passenger car on the train and
the fare to ride from Weeksbury to Martin and
back again was ten cents. Some people went just
for the ride, while others went to buy things from
the stores in Martin. The train station, back in
those days, was no more than a platform where
the train dropped the mail and picked up the people who wanted to ride.
Being born in 1936, the post office meant
more to me in the 1940's. I always liked going to
the post office. I loved Postmaster Gracie. She
was a sweet lady who knew how to get along with
everyone in our village. I also enjoyed playing on
the hillside behind the post office.
Wherever we went, when I was a kid, we
walked the railroad tracks. Some of us walked
the rail. At night, though, we walked on the dirt
road. Reason being that too many stories got told
about all the people who got shot down in the
middle of the tracks at night, or got run over by
the train.
People would tell stories about seeing lights on
the tracks and spirits floating above the tracks.
The ones who told me stories were mostly on
spirits for sure - the kind that came in a mason jar
called moonshine. After drinking that moon-
shine, one was liable to see about anything.
It really was something to see that old coal
train up the tracks. It's whistle blowing and
smoke a-billowing high into the sky. When the
train stopped at the station platform, all of us who
lived near ran out into our yards to see how many
people got off the train, or how many bags of mail
came in that day.
There are two stories I want to share with you
today. They are too good to keep to myself. Are
you ready? Welll, okay, then, here we go:
My dad's father was a preacher man in the Old
Regular Baptist Church. He married a woman
from somewhere on Beaver Creek who loved to
d ce•. J'.hcir..rnaniageudidn' go. well because.f
they didn't get along {M welt
My father, who was 17 years old at the time,
took matters into his own hands one day. When
Grandpa got up early to go to work in his country
store, Daddy told her, "Pack your clothes, you're
leaving on the morning train."
She said, "Oh, no, I'm not going anyplace."
My daddy said back, "Oh, yes, you are." Then
he got the old Hog rifle down from over the fireplace and said, "Start packing."
Well, she did just that and after she was all
packed, Daddy said, "Let's hit it down the road
now so you don't miss your train."
He marched her down to the station and stayed
with her until she got on the train. Daddy said
that when she got on that train, she danced a step
or two and said, "See you around, boy." That was
the last day that she ever lived with Grandpa and
the best thing that ever happened to either of
them.
There was another day I will never forget for
the rest of my life. One of the Tackett girls from
over in Hen Pen ordered her a mail order cowboy.
Well, we all heard he was coming on the train. I
think everyone from all the hollers around came
to the train station that day. The train pulled up to
the station and stopped. A man threw out the bags
of mail. Every eye was on that door. Well, the
cowboy came through the door, stepped down on
the platform and every eye there popped right
out!
What a sight to see! Six-foot-three, wearing a
real cowboy hat, boots and the whole cowboy
outfit! The only cowboys I had ever seen were
old Gene and Roy over at the showhouse in
Melvin. After seeing that cowboy that was
ordered up from Texas, I <;wore I'd never play
"Wild Bill" over at the graveyard again. Hadn't
never been an Indian before, but I thought I'd just
have to do my best. That was a hard notion for a
little country boy, I sure missed playing Wild Bill.
That Tackett girl kept that cowboy hid well. I
never saw him again. I guess she kept him hid
from the other girls in the village.
One day, Mutt and me went over to the post
office to buy a three-cent stamp for Mother. She
was going to write a letter to my Uncle Sylvian
who was overseas somewhere fighting with some
general called "Patton." We had two pennies left ,
from the nickel she had given us for the stamp, so •
me and Mutt took off down the tracks to J.D.•
Hatfield's store to get us a peppermint stick. AS.
always, when we got to the store, a bunch of olcl. ~
lazy hound dogs were lying out in the yard. So~.
old men were sitting on the potcb. tellillg fiih ~T
ries. We listened to them for awhile and theft toolee
off up the tracks for home. When we got there,
we were still licking on our candy sticks.
Mother asked us, "Did you boys get mt-:
stamp?"
.....
"Sure did," said Mutt.
Mother stamped the letter and sent me back tc!•!
the post office so the letter would go out with the;:,
afternoon mail.
: • !~
It being a hot afternoon, Mutt and I walk~cl:!
down to the big hole of water for a swim. Mutl :
jumped first. He walked out on the root of a big :
old tree that stood over the water and did a cant~;
nonball into the swimming hole. After we ha<t::
been swimming for a little, two of our cousinsr =;
John D. and Danny Ray, came by for a dip in thl::
creek.
John D. asked, "Is the water cold?"
:~•
We told him,"Come on in, it's warm!"
w ;
About that time, Danny hit the water headfirst£ !
All of us boys had a wonderful time swimming in '
old Beaver Creek that afternoon. We stayed in ...
the water until it was time for Daddy to com&.. •f
home from work. Daddy worked at Kopper&.:•
Coal Company over in the town of Weeksbury. : •:
Mother liked to have supper waiting on th¢!:
table when Daddy got home. I went out to sit o't•'
the porch and wait for Daddy to get home. The::
truck Daddy rode in was owned by a man named •:
Ellis Johnson who lived in Pike County, up Long ...,
Fork.
••
Soon, the truck, and Daddy, came along..-••
Daddy got out of the truck and came walking.·•
slowly up our yard. I could tell he had worked:~
hard that day. I was so proud of him, he was :r.;;
good man who had pretty much raised himself. •
after his mother had died when he was nine years '
old. I wanted to be just like him.
- I met him at the edge of the porch and said, ,
!i
-:!
(See MELVIN, page eight}. '
\'
CRITTER CORNER
Trueisms
The reason a dog has so many friends
is that he wags his tail instead of his
tongue.
-Anonymous
Don' t accept your dog's admiration as
conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
-Ann Landers
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then
when I die I want to go where they went.
-Will Rogers
There is no psychiatrist in the world
like a puppy licking your face.
-Ben Williams
A dog is the only thing on earth that
loves you more than he loves himself.
-Josh Billings
The average dog is a nicer person than
the average person.
-Andy Rooney
We give dogs time we can spare, space
we can spare and love we can spare. And
in return, dogs give us their all. It's the
best deal man has ever made.
-M . Acklam
Dogs love their friends and bite their
enemies, quite unlike people, who are
incapable of pure love and always have to
mix love and hate.
-Sigmund Freud
I wonder if other dogs think poodles
are members of a weird religious cult?
-Rita Rudner
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times
(See CRITTER, page seven)
This is "Lady Dog," a member of the Hughes family, of
Langley. Her owners write, "Lady Dog is a hyper burst of
energy in our home! She loves to travel, riding In the front ~
seat and sitting pretty like a statue."
..
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�86 •
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts/ Receipts may be given to any
AMS student or dropped off at the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
Thursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• Feb. 13, 27 - Magic Me, 3:304:30.
.. Feb. 14 - Advisory Council
meeting, 4 p.m., in center office.
Members are encouraged to attend and
all others are invited.
• Feb. 22 - Parent Support Group,
8:30 a.m., in center.
Topic:
"Wellness."
Refreshments, door
prizes. Adams and Clark parents weiCOljl1e to attend.
• Sign-ups for spring semester of
Respect Society for 6th grade girls
now going on. Those interested may
stop by the center.
• Exercise class for adults now in
session. Classes conducted by Floyd
County Health Dept. staff. Those
interested may contact the center for
mqre information.
• Exercise class for students also
being offered. Those interested may
contact the center to sign-up.
• The Youth Services Center is
open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all families regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and tum
them in to homeroom teachers/**
• Jan. 30- WYMT-TV's "Do As I
Say, Not As I Do," 4 p.m.
• Jan. 31 - Respect Class, 7th
grade girls
•
Career Decisions and Job
Development videos available in YSC
lending library.
• The ACMS Youth Service
Center offers services to all families,
regardless of income. For more information, call Marilyn Bailey, center
coordinator, at 358-0134.
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
appointments.
Betsy Layne
Elementary
• Lost and Found items will be
located in the center. Items not
claimed within two weeks will
become FRYSC property.
• Center hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Mon. thru Fri. Center offers services
to all families, regardless of income.
• The Betsy Layne Elementary
Family Resource Youth Service
Center is located in the 7th and 8th
grade wing. The goal of the FRYSC is
to meet the needs of all children and
their families who reside in the community or neighborhood by the school
in which the center is located. For further information, please contact the
center at 478-5550.
•
Brian H. Akers, Center
Coordinator.
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3:154: 15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit"
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark
colors (green and gold) or Clark !shirts. Students, staff, parents - show
your support forCES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County
Health Department nurses will be in
the Resource Center on selected dates.
Now .t aking appointments for 6th
grade exams, WIC, and well-child
exams for birth-18 years. Flu shots
may also be scheduled. Call 886-0815
for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
• The Clark Elementary Family
Resource Center provides services for
all families regardless of income. We
are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City
receipts again this year! Please drop
off your receipts at the school, or mail
them to: Duff Elementary School,
P.O. Box 129, Eastern, KY 41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
clotlting use and burnouts. If you have
clothing to donate, please call the
FRC.
• Floyd County Health Dept. is on
site three days per month. Services
include 6th grade school entry physical; kindergarten, Head Start and wellchild physicals (age birth to 18 years);
T.B. skin test; T.D. boosters; and WIC
services. Please call 358-9878 for
appointment if you are in need of any
of these services.
• The J.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides services for all families regardless of
income. We are located in the tan
metal building at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley
Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for video check-outs.
A variety of topics are available.
• Floyd County Health Dept.
nurse at school every Wednesday.
Services include Head Start physicals,
kindergarten physicals, 6th grade
physicals, well-child physicals, immunizations, TB skin test, WIC program,
blood pressure checks, and more.
Must call the FRC at 285-0321 for an
appointment.
McDowell Elementary
and Family Resource
Center
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center each Monday to administer
immunizations, T.B. skin tests, wellchild exams, WIC, prenatal and postpartum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource Center
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides
services for all families, regardless of
income.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
Family Resource Center
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• Feb. 12 - Open House. Food
will be served. Teacher and parent
visits, 6-8 p.m. Date subject to
change. Watch school marquee.
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-1100.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your cltild's grades, visit the STI
Home! site at http://iiod.ssts.com and
click on the STI program. Select state,
county, school, child's pin number and
password. You may view your child's
attendance record, class average,
schedule, grades, and discipline referrals. Questions? Call452-9607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be participating in the Apples for Students program. Please save and turn in your
Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
campus half a day on Mondays and for
a fuJI day on Fridays. If you need to
contact the counselor, please call the
Youth Service Center.
• Call center for: list of visiting
speakers and presentations to be held
throughout year; to make appointments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special events).
• The center has a one-stop career
station satellite that is available to the
community as well as students.
• All new students and visitors,
stop by the Center, located on the
South Floyd campus, Room 232, and
see Mable Hall. Open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
• For more information call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
• Lost & Found located in Family
Resource Center.
• The Mud Creek FRYSC is located on the right, by the school gymnasium. Services are offered to all families, regardless of income. For more
information, call Anita Tackett, center
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
•
Monthly
meetings:
"Nutrition/Plan Healthy" - second
Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m., in
library; "OES Homemakers" - second
Tuesday of each month, 11 a.m., in
library.
• Resource Center is now taking
sign-ups for those students attending
OES who would like to participate in
the "Eagle's" basketball program.
Deadline to sign-up is Friday, Feb. 9.
Late sign-ups cannot be accepted!
• Lost & Found located in the
Family Resource Center. Items not
claimed witltin 3 weeks become the
property of the FRC.
• The FRC accepts donations of
children's clothing, shoes, belts, book
bags, etc. May be used but need to be
in good condition. Donated items will
be appreciated and utilized by OES
students.
• The Family Resource Center is
located in the central building ofW.D.
Osborne Elementary. Those wishing
more information about the center are
welcome to visit, or call. Ask for
Cissy (center coordinator). Center
telephone and fax: (606) 452-4553.
Wesley Christian
School
• WCS Learning Center accepts
toddlers, preschool age (2-4). Hours:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fri.
BSCTCAdult
Education & GED
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC; 14:30 p.m. - Layne House, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., Auxier Learning Ctr.
• Tuesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Mud Creek Clinic, BSCTC; 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts., Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier
Learning Ctr.
• Wednesdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.; Auxier Learning
Ctr.; BSCTC; 1-4:30 p.m. - David
Craft Center, BSCTC; 6-9 p.m. BSCTC.
• Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 12 p .m. BSCTC,
Mud
Creek
Clinic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m. BSCTC,
Betsy
Layne
YSC.,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr. ; 4:30-9 p.m. Martin Comm. Ctr.
• Adult Education teachers are:
Ron Johnson, Stephania Conn, Lynn
Hall, Nancy Bormes, Vanessa Adkins
and Susan Stephens.
• Program manager: Kay Hale
Ross (886-7334)
(Items taken from
The Floyd County
Times,
10,20,30,40, 50,60,
70 years ago.)
Ten Years Ago
(February 5 and February 7,
1997)
Traffic lights will be installed as a temporary
safety measure at the intersection of Route
23/1428, where 11 people have died in traffic
accidents ...Kimberly Brown, 30, of Garrett,
w~ arrested, Monday, for allegedly phoning
ff Elementary with one of two bomb threats
flmt was made. She is charged with wanton
endangerment and terroristic threatening- 600
counts, representing the number of students and
employees at the school, on each charge...The
financial impact of the state's prevailing wage
law on the Prestonsburg High School renovation project is not known, according to construction manager Sam Martin, because the
increased wage figures have not been set by the
state labor cabinet. But, according to documents obtained by the Floyd County Times, the
prevailing wage rate for Floyd County was
determined by state officials on June 15,
l996 ... Construction of the new Floyd County
judicial annex has put the relocation of the
Prestonsburg Post Office on the fast track. Plans
to relocate the office were initiated 10 years
ijgo, and postal officials expect to be in a new
facility this year...Floyd County's Board of
Education has again ignored the advice of one
of its employees, voting Monday, to approve
another revised cost estimate for the
Prestonsburg High School renovation proj ect... Floyd County School Board member
Eddie Patton says he will resign his seat on the
board after a new superintendent is
chosen ... The
Prestonsburg
Nationwide
Insurance office was closed, Friday, after
Nationwide security officers seized the company's eq uipment ... Fred Bingham, 48, of
Prestonsburg, a Floyd County school bus driver, is facing 11 charges, including three felony
charges of third degree rape, and two charges of
third degree sodomy. He was suspended from
his job after being charged with sexual crimes
involving an underage female .. .lnterest has
apparently grown for the job of superintendent
in Floyd County, according to board member,
Ray Brackett, who said Thursday, that there are
now 17 applicants for the job ...Helene
Branham, co-chairman of the Jenny Wiley
Pioneer Gospel Sing, resigned during a meeting
of the Jenny Wiley Pioneer Festival, Monday
night, at Prestonsburg City Hall...Unless the
Floyd County school system comes up with
enough money to balance its already broken
budget, it looks like there will be five less
school board members in office after the end of
the school year. Local board members are
threatened with removal, because of the budget
deficit...A bone marrow donor has been found
for seven-month-old Sarah Lafferty, who has
been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia... The Floyd County Times, this week,
won, in part, its appeal of the City of
Prestonsburg's denial of an open records
request to obtain information about delinquent
occupational taxpayers. The state Attorney
General's Office, this week, determined that the
City of Prestonsburg misinterpreted the Open
Records Law when it refused to issue the names
of delinquent occupational taxpayers to the
newspaper... There died: Jessie May Massie, 72,
Friday, January 31, in Ypsilanti, Michigan;
Mary Thornsberry, 75, of Kite, Sunday,
February 2, at her residence; Rosanna
Thornsberry, 83, of Dema, Sunday, February 2,
at Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital;
Fredrick A. Bailey, 49, of Betsy Layne, Friday,
January 31, at his residence; Quentin R . Terry
Sr., 85, formerly of Floyd County, December
29, at Batavia, Ohio; Estle Johnson, 83, of
Virgie, Monday, February 3, at Jenkins
Community Hospital; Lula Wills Walle n, 94, of
Prestonsburg, formerly of Wheelwright,
Wednesday, February 5, at Mountain Manor
Nursing Home, Pikeville; Ryan Allen
Pennington, infant son of George and Janie
Scott Pennington of Willliamsport, was stillborn, February I, at Highlands Regional
Medi cal Center; Lona Childers , 78, of
Bevinsville, Wednesday, February 5, at Lake
Hospital East in Painsville, Ohio; Alberta Rhea,
61, of Wheelwright, Wednesday, February 5, at
McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital;
John Paul Martin, 63, of Prestonsburg, former-
ly of Reynoldsburg, Ohio,
February 5, at his residence.
Wednesday,
Twentv Years Ago
(February 11, 1987)
Another deficit is looming for the Floyd
school district, and immediate staffing cuts
must be made in an effort to head it off... Floyd
County remains one of only 11 Kentucky counties whose garbage disposal plans still lack state
approval...The last picture show may already
have flickered across the big screen of the
Prestonsburg Drive-in ...A state official ducked
the main issues when he spoke before a legislative committee on the collapse, last October, of
a steel culvert under KY 80 at Martin, House
Majority Floor Leader Greg Stumbo charged
last week...Former Governor John Y. Brown Jr.,
and Lt. Governor Steven Beshear were in Floyd
County, Monday, and, for a well-publicized
moment, found themselves in the same
place... Winston Fairchild, 34, of Paintsville,
died last Wednesday morning, after he wrecked
in Floyd County... There died : Chester Inmon,
61, of Garrett, last Tuesday...Wanda Lee
Samons, 49, of Manton, Wednesday...Herbert
Preston, 64, of Pikeville, Wednesday... Former
Floyd County Clerk Harry T. Hill, of Abbott
Creek, died Friday... Hattie Frazier Wright, 95,
of State Road Fork, Sunday...Tyler Lee Adkins,
infant son of Donnie Wayne and Monica
McKinney Akers, of Dana, was stillborn last
Wednesday... Harold L. Senterfeit, 57, of
Emma, Friday... Lucinda Slone Janow, 67, of
Eastern , Monday... Dewey Banks, 87, of
Weeksbury, Friday... and William Mitchell, 68,
of Dwale, last Thursday.
Thinv Years Ago
(February 9, 1977)
Fire departments of five towns were at the
scene of the blaze, which, last Wednesday
morning, destroyed the warehouse of the
Tackt>tt FnrnihJrf' C:omn l'! nv in Nf>w A lll'n hnt
lack of water rendered them powerless to save
the building.. State help in meeting the water
shortage emergency in Allen and vicinity is
confidently expected, but a decision as to the
source of funds is causing a delay... Unless the
five counties involved, find themselves in
greater agreement later, than their delegations
were, Monday night, in a meeting at May
Lodge, to discuss the location of a regional airport, there may be two airstrips instead of the
proposed one...An order voted by the Floyd
County Board of Education, last Wednesday,
became effective immediately upon adoption,
and it marked all Floyd County school facilities
for school purposes only...An amended school
calendar, calculated to end the Floyd school
term on schedule, was adopted, at last
Wednesday's meeting of the Floyd County
Board of Education, and it does not include
Saturday classes... One of two men held in the
Breathitt County jail for want of the $150,000
bond asked of him and his alleged accomplice,
for the murder of Richard Hicks of Garrett, has
confessed his guilt, state police detectives said
last week. ..There died: Mrs. Elsworth Crum,
57, of Auxier, February 3, at UK Medical
Center in Lexington; Dayrus Montgomery, 87,
of Abbott Creek, February 4, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center; Josie Pearl Crace, 81,
of Town Branch, February 6, at the Middle
Creek home of her daughter; Lee Wltitt, 72, formerly of Garrett, January 31, at a nursing home
in Huntington, Ind.; HazelL. Bentley, formerly
of Left Beaver Creek, February 7, at a hospital
in Wayne, Michigan; Andy K. Hatcher Sr., 75,
formerly of Harold, February 5, at a hospital in
Huntington, W.Va.; Bobby Ray Howell , 3, of
Jus tell, February 1; Anna M. Barnott, 77, of
Weeksbury, February 2, at Paintsville Hospital;
McKinley Turner, 80, formerly of Floyd
County. February 6, at Highlands Regional
Medical Center; Tivis Colley, 55, formerly of
Floyd County, January 23, at a hospital in
Cleveland, 0 .; Kate Foster, 85, of Wayland,
February 5, at her home; Lloyd L. Bias, 27, of
Glendale Heights, Ill., February 3.
•
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY JANUARY
31, 2007 • 87
Yesterdays
• Continued from p5
Fonv Years Ago
(February 9, 1967)
•
~
The Floyd County Board of
Education, last Saturday, voted to
construct a six-room addition to the
McDowell Elementary School, which
will cost an estimated $82,000... An
eight-inch snow, which fell, Monday
night, and Tuesday morning, closed
all schools in the county and, followed by bitter cold, slowed all normal activities ...Four cottages in the
Clark Branch vicinity of Dewey
Lake, have been burglarized, Sheriff
Joe W. Lewis was notified,
Tuesday... Coach Gene Fra,der's
Maytown High School Wildcats
annexed three more victories last
week, bringing their season record to
20 won, 3 lost...Bom: to Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Adams, of Prestonsburg, a
daughter-Rhonda Susan- Jan. 30,
at
the
Prestonsburg
General
Hospital...There died: Mrs. Nancy
Honeycutt Collins, 78, of Weeksbury,
last Thursday, at the McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Mrs.
Mousie Marshall, of Lima, 0., formerly of Martin, Saturday, at Lima;
Leo Allen, 69, of Prestonsburg, last
Wednesday, at the Methodist
Hospital,
Pikeville;
Raymond
Johnson, 53, formerly of Blue River,
Monday, at Louisville; Henry C.
McCowan,
83,
formerly
of
Prestonsburg, last Thursday, at
Jeffersonville, Ind.; John Hamilton,
72, of Grethel, Saturday, at the
Methodist Hospital, Pikeville; Mrs.
Lindy Mitchell, 81, Sunday, at her
home at Beaver; Mrs. Rosa Allen, 85,
of Eastern, Sunday, at the Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville.
FiltV Years Ago
(February 14, 1957)
The American Red Cross is here to
see Floyd County through to rehabilitation after the recent flood disaster,
and before it has finished that work, it
will have spent in this county alone,
upwards of $300,000, it was said here
this week... While the Big Sandy
River was raging to a record crest on
Wednesday morning, two weeks ago,
a house came downstream and struck
a line tree on the farm of Shirley
Morrison, near Cliff. When Morrison
and family looked inside the house
after the river had receded, they
found, from letters, receipts, etc., that
the house belonged to Morrison's
niece, Patsy J. Hall, who resided in
the house at Mullins, Pike
County...The Floyd County Board of
Education sat down, last week, to
undertake the job of cutting back
wherever possible on its budget, in
order to meet the school crisis created by the recent destructive
flood ...The Floyd County Civil
Defense organization was formally
completed at a courthouse meeting,
here, Sunday, and Wayne Ratliff,
supervisor of Floyd County Schools,
will head the organization ...A petition
bearing the signatures of 215 residents of the town of Wayland was
filed in circuit court, last Wednesday,
calling on Circuit Judge Edward P.
Hill to dissolve the charter of the
town ...Born: to Dr. and Mrs. Jack D.
Salisbury, at the Prestonsburg
General Hospital, Feb. 2, a daughter-Mary Halbert ... There died:
Charlie Hinkle, 87, of Hite, Jan. 22,
at Prestonsburg; Burley Akers, 61, of
Betsy Layne, Thursday, of last week,
at the Prestonshurg General Hospital;
Rev. Winifred Scott Burke, 99, of
Left Beaver Creek, Saturday, at the
home of a daughter in Lawrence
County; Mrs. Maggie Miller Nelson,
76, of Dock, last Thursday, at
Ashland.
Sixtv Years Ago
(February 6, 1947)
Final report of the grand jury,
upon its adjournment here, last
Friday, suggested the possibility of a
sweeping probe into gambling in all
its forms by the grand jury of the
April court term... Deputy Constable
Robert Taylor, 42 years old, of Hite,
died Wednesday, at the Beaver Valley
Hospital of revolver bullet wounds
received Tuesday night, in a Martin
restaurant...Properties damaged or
destroyed by fire, this week, were the
home of Vernon Blackburn on
Highland Avenue here, extensively
damaged, Thursday night; home of
Oak Osborn, on Salt Lick, near
Hueysville, completely destroyed
Saturday, the second residence on the
same site that Mr. Osborne has lost to
fire; home of Norman Martin, on
Carter Street, here, damaged,
Thursday night; a barn on Short
Street, owned by Mrs. W. P. Runnels,
burned to the ground, Monday
night ... Two
well-known
Floyd
County men, Dan Prater, of
Prestonsburg and Clayborn Bailey, of
Justen, were appointed this week by
the Farmers Home Administration to
the position of committeemen for this
county... Born: to Mr. and Mrs.
Bennett Mullins, of Morehead, a
daughter-Karen Lynn-Jan. 28 in
St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington; to
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ousley, of
Maytown, a son, at the Beaver Valley
Hospital, Martin; to Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Hall, of Maytown, a daughter...There
died: Miss Mary Johnson, 19, at
home at Melvin, Friday; Clabe
Conley, 77, at his home on Rock
Fork, Saturday; Mrs. Lou Ann
Calhoun Marshall, 73, at home on
Bull Creek, Tuesday; Mrs. Rose
Anna Daniels, 49, of River, January
• Continued from p5
foot-deep snow, or any other unexpected day off from school. Matter
of fact, as the little sticks I'd stuck in
the ground to measure the rapidity of
the rising water would appear to
grow taller as the water receded. I'd
feel kind of low myself; perhaps a
sense that another exciting time in
my life was about to end.
But then came the flood of '57,
and as seen through the eyes of a
young adult, all I saw was tragedy.
Although our house was too far
removed from eminent danger, those
nearest the river-in the vicinity of
the school and the post office-had
water all the way to the ceiling. The
school and post office were not
affected, however, as they were both
built on higher ground.
Although I didn't witness it personally, since we were completely
cut off, folks in town were reportedly riding boats down the middle of
Paintsville's Main Street.
Newspapers reported that when
the water stopped rising, it was at 46
feet, 14 feet above flood stage, and
had done more that $40 million in
damages.
It all happened 50 years ago.
Health And Well-Being
'{, T
Seventv Years
Ago
(February 5, 1937)
Foul play is suspected in the mysterious circumstances surrounding an
injury on the head that caused the
death of James E. (Boy) Wells, 39, on
Wednesday. An investigation is being
conducted to determine wheth~r·'
Wells was struck by a hit-and-run
motorist, as first believed, or if he' '
was slugged by a bandit...While
stooping to repair a wagon in the drl- ~
veway, Bill Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. ·
Jim Hunt, of Prestonsburg, wft'S '
struck by a bus backing up to tum,'·
near the bus station here. The youth
suffered broken ribs... An automobile,
reported belonging to Elza Hall, ran
amuck, Saturday night, at 6:30, on
the Mayo Trail, just above the city
limits of Prestonsburg, and injured
seven persons ...There died: Josephitie
Calhoun, daughter of Mrs. Agnes"·
Calhoun and the late William '
Calhoun, of Water Gap, Feb. l, of
pneumonia; Shirley Triplett, infant·
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Triplett, of Wayland; and Mrs. Mary
Salisbury, 49, wife of Millard
Salisbury, Wayland chief of police.
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America's Moms Not Getting Enough Sleep
(NAPSA}-Today's modern mom, who often balances work, family life and household responsibilities, does not
get enough sleep-a potentially chronic problem that can take a toll on the whole family. Results from a new
survey reveal that only 14 percent of moms get a good night's sleep every
day of the week and more than half say they would be better parents and
be happier if they got more shut-eye.
Moms are the family CEO, which means they are "on call" 24 hours a day
and juggle a variety of tasks. More than just lacking the time to get a good
night's sleep, many mothers find themselves lying awake at night thinking
about the next day's "to dos," stressing about the family's finances or
worrying about family issues. For those who consistently cannot fall
asleep or remain asleep, it could be insomnia.
"As a working mother, I need to get a million things done in a day. When I
get into bed at night, I'm often kept awake because my mind is so busy
thinking about my next-day 'to dos,'" said Debi Mazar, an insomnia sufferer for almost 20 years and series regular on the HBO hit "Entourage."
"As I struggle to fall asleep, I become more agitated because I know I'll be
suffering the next day."
In an effort to help other moms struggling with insomnia, Mazar has
teamed up with sleep specialist Suzanne Griffin, M.D., FAPA, Clinical
Psychiatrist, of Georgetown University Hospital, to lead the "Sleepless
Moms" campaign. The campaign's goal is to let sleepless parents know
that they are not alone and to provide useful information about sleep
hygiene and educational resources on insomnia and its treatments.
Many moms do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep per night.
In a survey, 71 percent of mothers reported getting an average of seven or
fewer hours daily. Although sleep problems are common among mothers,
many are reluctant to seek treatment. In fact, four out of five have never
spoken to their doctor about their sleep problems, and 82 percent have
never considered using a prescription sleep medication.
"Consistently not getting enough sleep and lying awake at night worrying about day-to-day challenges could
be more than just sleep deprivation-it could be a sign of insomnia," said Dr. Griffin. "Many parents are afraid
to take sleep medications because they feel they will become addicted and/or they want to be alert should
their children need them in the middle of the night. Sleepless parents should talk to their doctor to find a treatment option that is right for them."
As part of the "Sleepless Moms" campaign, Mazar and Griffin are encouraging parents to speak to their health
care providers about their sleep problems and are providing helpful SLEEP tips:
• Stick to a sleep schedule. Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day, including weekends.
• Lifestyle changes help. Avoid alcohol and foods and drinks high in caffeine late in the afternoon and before
bedtime.
• Establish a relaxing bedtime routine to help you wind down from your day before you get into bed (e.g., take
a warm bath}.
• Environment is key. Create a sleep environment that is cool, quiet, dark and comfortable.
• Prioritize your day. Avoid bringing work and responsibilities to bed.
For more information about the campaign and to get a copy of a free e-brochure, visit www.sleeplessmoms.com.
Electrical 101
(NAPSA}-A house's electrical power needs to be maintained
just like any other part of a home.
A good place to start is with the service cable-or where
power enters your home from the street. Of course, rule
number one is to never touch exposed cables and to never
get near a power line with a ladder. In fact, most issues with
service cables should be addressed by the utility company.
But there are still steps homeowners can take to keep power
flowing.
The experts at HouseMaster, leaders in the home inspection
industry, recommend doing a visual inspection of the power
line that runs to your home. Are any tree branches encroaching on it? Does it hang too low? Is its covering frayed? If you
see any of these conditions, contact the utility company.
If the service entrance cable is buried, assume it runs in a
straight line from your meter to the nearest utility pole and
make certain no digging, trenching or stake driving takes
place along that line.
For more tips on electrical issues and other areas of home
maintenance, visit www.house master.com/homedefects.
Become a Kentucky
organ & tissue donor.
For information contact:
1-800-525-3456, or
www .trustforlife.org
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befor lying down.
-Robert Benchley
Anybody who doesn't know what
soap tastes like never washed a dog.
-Franklin P. Jones
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have
known will go to Heaven, and very,
very few persons.
-James Thurber
If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
-Unknown
My dog is worried about the
economy because Alpo is up to $3 a
can. That's almost $21 in dog
money.
-Joe Weinstein
Ever consider what our dogs must
think of us? I mean, here we come
from a grocery with the most amazing haul, chicken, pork, half a cow.
They must think we're the greatest
hunters on earth!
-Anne Tyler
Women and cats will do as they
please, and men and dogs should
relax andget used to the idea.
-Robert A. Heinlein
If you pick up a starving dog and
make him prosperous, he will not
bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
-Mark Twain
You can say any foolish thing to a
dog, and the dog will give you a look
that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never
would've thought of that!'
-Dave Barry
Dogs are not our whole life, but
they make our lives whole.
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-Roger Catas
If you think dogs can't count, try
putting three dog biscuits in yout
pocket and then give him only two of
them.
-Phil Pastoret
My goal in life is to be as good a
person as my dog thinks I am.
-Anonymous
Patient's Birthday Wishes
Benefit Shriners Hospitals
(NAPSA)-Osteogenesis imperfecta are big words, especially for a 6-yearold. But the words are a medical term that Leigh Dittman is not only able to
easily say; she knows exactly what it means.
Leigh was registered as a patient at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa
before she was even born. Her parents realized their baby would need
orthopaedic care when technicians noticed Leigh's legs were shorter than
normal during one of Ellen Dittman's sonograms. Doctors were unable to
diagnose the problem before Leigh's birth but knew it was orthopaedic-related. Ellen and her husband, David, contacted the Tampa Shriners Hospital.
When Leigh was born, she measured only 15.5 inches long, and doctors
discovered she had broken five ribs and fractured a femur in utero. A few
hours after her birth, Leigh
was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a
genetic disorder caused by
imperfectly formed bone
collagen. The condition is
commonly known as "brittle bone disease" and is
characterized by bones
that break easily, often
from little or no apparent
cause.
First Treatment At 3
Weeks Old
Leigh received her first
treatment at the Tampa
Shriners Hospital when
she was three weeks old.
She now goes in every few
months to receive intravenous medicine meant to Leigh and her father, David, accept a dona~
increase bone density, but tlon to the Leigh Dittman Foundatidn-.
Leigh usually stops by the Leigh's third-annual fundraising event
hospital at least once a raised more than $50,000 for the Tampa
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month to visit her doctors Shriners Hospital.
and the many friends she's
made there. "We love it," said Ellen. "That hospital is like our second home."
In appreciation of the loving care Leigh receives at the Tampa hospital, the
Dittman family began raising money for Shriners Hospitals. "It was actually
Leigh's idea," said Ellen. "She says Shriners helps her, so she wanted to help
them. "
An Overwhelming Response
Beginning with Leigh's fourth birthday party in 2004, the Dittmans asked
that, in lieu of bringing gifts, guests donate money to Shriners Hospitals. Due
to the overwhelming response from loved ones and the community, Leigh and
her family decided to make it an annual fundraising event.
Approximately 450 people attended Leigh's sixth birthday party in
August. The event, which included dinner, a special video about the Tampa
Shriners Hospital, a chance drawing, a silent auction and dancing, raised
more than $50,000. In total, Leigh's birthday party extravaganzas have result·
ed in nearly $78,000 in donations to the Tampa Shriners Hospital.
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIME~
'Birth
'Birthday
Welcome, baby girl!
Happy 80th, Edgar!
onica Hopkins and Scott Gayheart, of McDowell, are
to announce the birth of their daughter, Alexis Faith
~ayheart, born on January 20, 2007, at 9:22a.m., at Pikeville
r1edical Center. She weighed 7 lbs. and was 19 3/4 inches
on g.
~lexis is the granddaughter of Greg and Deborah Hopkins,
tnd Thomas and Kim Gayheart, all of McDowell.
"hanks to everyone who helped, called, visited, and brought
tifts. Your efforts and kind words have not gone unnoticed.
Edgar "Ted" Tackett, of Prestonsburg, celebrated his 80th
birthday on Saturday, January 27, 2007 with family and
friends. Bonnie, son Teddy Ray, and Edith all wish him many
more happy years to come.
~leased
~nniversary
Risner-Stephens
Jeffery Darrell Stephens and Treva Elisha Risner are pleased
to announce their upcoming wedding which will take place
on Saturday, February 3, 2007, at half past three o'clock in
the afternoon, at the Katy Friend Freewill Baptist Church, in
Prestonsburg. A reception will follow immediately afterwards in the church annex. All family members and friends
are cordially invited to attend.
Melvin
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Jan. 6, 2007 A daughter, Sarah Ashley Boyd, to Jennifer
& Steven Boyd, of Eastern
Jan. 6, 2007 A son, Blake Harlan Phillips, to Rebecca &
John Phillips, of Meally
Jan. 6, 2007 A son, Bryson Trent Chandler, to Chandra
Renee & Thomas Chandler, of Prestonsburg
Jan. 6, 2007 A son, Johnathen David Scott, to Karen
Scott, of Inez
Jan. 8, 2007 A daughter, Allie Grace Minix, to Sabrina &
Greg Minix, of Salyersville
Jan. 8, 2007 A daughter, Sara Rose Whitaker, to Wanda
& James Whitaker, of Salyersville
Jan. 8, 2007 A son, Damarco James Ybarra, to Mary &
Jose Ybarra, of Staffordsville
Jan. 8, 2007 A son, Cameron Joseph Wheeler, to Randi
Lynn Boyd, of lvel
Jan. 8, 2007 A daughter, Emileigh Grace Wheeler, to
Randi Lynn Boyd, of lvel
Jan. 9, 2007 A daughter, Emma Grace Murriell, to Lori &
Brandon Murriell, of Garrett
Jan. 9, 2007 A daughter, Anna Faye Arnett, to Amanda
Jarrell, of David
Jan. 9, 2007 A daughter, Shaylee Brooke Prater, to
Jaime McCarty, of Salyersville
Jan. 9, 2007 A son, Logan Tanner Wheeler, to Becky &
David Wheeler, of Salyersville
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Julian V. Campbell, of Wiggins, Mississippi, formerly of Floyd County, celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary on December 29, 2006, at the Wiggins Senior
Citizens Center. Mr. Campbell is a native of Prestonsburg,
and his wife, the former Billie Hall, is a native of Melvin.
The couple, who met while both were attending Morehead
State University, married in 1956, at Melvin, and have spent
the years traveling extensively throughout the continental
United States and to countries overseas, due to Mr.
Campbell's employment with Aerojet General, a corporation
that deals in defense and space programs.
They have three daughters, Kim Toney, of Petal, MS; Vonnie
Werth, of Cocoa, FL; and Tracy Masouirk, of Conroe, TX.
They have 11 grandchildren.
Jan. 9, 2007 A son, Adam Isaac Harris, to Billie
Maynard, of Flat Gap
Jan. 10, 2007 A son, Dawson Brody Nelson, to Kelli &
Robert Nelson, of Tutor Key
Jan. 10, 2007 A son, James Dillon Hatfield, to Nakita
Maria Mallette, of Staffordsville
Jan. 10, 2007 A daughter, Oliva Kaydance Johnson, to
Rachel Lorraine Johnson, of Prestonsburg
"Let me carry your dinner
bucket," as I had done so many
times before. Sometimes he
would leave a cookie in his
bucket for me, but not today.
This day, he had eaten everything. When he walked into
the kitchen, Mother said,
"How was your day, Harold?"
"Not too bad," he replied.
He went over to the wash
bench and washed his hands in
a pan of clean water that
Mother had set out for him.
Then, the four of us, Daddy,
Mother, me and Mutt, sat
down to a soup bean and combread supper. We had no sooner set down at the table until
John D. and Danny Ray
walked through the back door.
I guess the smell of those good
old soup beans had j ust pulled
their noses and feet toward our
kitchen.
Daddy told them, "Get a
plate and pull up a chair." My
daddy never turned anyone
away from our table. John D.
loved soup beans - he would
take a piece of cornbread,
break it up, scatter it all around
his plate, then pour soup beans
on top of it. Then, he· d top it
off with a big. spoon of homemade cow butter. Danny Ray
never took time for all that, he
just poured beans into a plate,
broke a piece of cornbread and
said, '"Goldia, pass me them
taters."
I sure did love them two
boys.
After supper, John D. and
Danny Ray said they had better head down the tracks for
home before it got too dark.
Never knew how many spirits
would be floating the rails on a
given night, you know.
After they left, Mutt and I
fed the animals before we
went to bed. Before I went to
sleep, I thought back over the
day, as was my custom. What
a day it had been! A cowboy
had come up from Texas to
marry a girl over in Hen Pen
Holler, I had made two trips to
the post office and bought a
candy stick at the store. I had
heard tales from old men of
days gone by, had taken a dip
in the swimming hole, and ate
supper with two of my cousins
and my family.
For two little boys who
seemingly had so little in the
world, me and Mutt were both
the happiest little boys in all
the world. After all, we had
the whole world right before
our eyes to explore everyday,
didn't we? I couldn't wait to
wake up the next morning to
see what the world had in store
for me and Mutt, so I went
ahead and closed my eyes and
said, "Good night, world. See
you in the morning."
"Shut up, big mouth," Mutt
said. "And go to sleep!"
I just smiled and dug my
head into my pillow.
Jan. 10, 2007 A daughter, Gabrielle Lynn Howell, to
Patricia & Andrew Howell, of Salyersville
Jan. 11, 2007 A son, Chance Landon Amburgey, to
Melissa Pennington, of Pinetop
Korner
Jan. 11, 2007 A son, Payton Logan Goble, to Angela
Goble, of Garrett
like joggmg on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you
choose your cereal for the
fiber, not the toy.
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Jan. 12, 2007 A son, Seth Andrew Caudill, to Elisha &
Larry Caudill, of Vicco
Great truths about grow-
Jan. 14, 2007 A daughter, MiaRyan Queen-Gilliam, to
Leslie & David Gilliam, of Langley
Jan. 15, 2007 A son, Caleb Lee Davis, to Andrea Sue
Ratliff, of Paintsville
Jan. 16, 2007 A daughter, Kate lynn Marie Elizabeth
Maynard, to Dorothy & Jessie Maynard, of Inez
Jan. 16, 2007 A daughter, Alyssa Joy Ritchie, to Melissa
& James Ritchie, of Vest
Jan. 17, 2007 A daughter, Alexis Jade Howard, to
Lonnie Michelle Spence, of Paintsville
Jan. 17, 2007 A son, Adam Christopher Alley, to Alicia &
Benjamin Alley, of Louisa
Jan. 18, 2007 A daughter, Hannah Marie Bailey, to
Shirley May & William Lee Bailey, of Falcon
Jan. 18, 2007 A daughter, Kailee Brooklyn McG uire, to
Angela & Charles Jason McGuire, of Langley
Jan. 19, 2007 A son, Carter Jase Clemons, to Christina
Robinson, of Combs
Mosley honored with family
celebration
Mary Howell Mos ley, of Wheelwright, was honored by her
family with a special New Year's Eve celebration, held at
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. Family members traveled
from cities in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana and
Ohio to attend this special event. During the evening, family members exchanged gifts, played games, sang songs,
enjoyed a variety of refreshments and shared memories.
Mrs . Mosley honored her family by offering a special prayer
for the new year as family members held hands in fellowship
and worship.
ing old:
I) Growing old is mandatory : growing up IS optionaL
2) Forget the health food. I
need all the preservatives I can
get.
3) When you fall down, you
wonder what else you can do
while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when
you get the same sensation
from a rocking chair that you
once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you
know all the answers but
nobody bothers to ask you the
questions.
6) Time may be a great
healer. but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age,
but sometimes age comes
alone.
The four stages of life:
I) You believe in Santa
C laus.
2) You don't believe in
Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa
Claus.
Success:
At age 4 success is ... not
peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is ...having friends.
At age 16 success is ...having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is ...having money.
At age 50 success is ...having money.
At age 70 success is ...having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is ... having friends.
At age 80 success is... not
peeing in your pants.
Always remember to forget
the troubles that pass your
way: BUT NEVER forget the
blessings that come each day.
'Til next week...
God bless!
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THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES • WEDNESDAY, JANUAR'(
31, 2007
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 20lSf
NEW BEGINNINciJ • THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
·Babyproofing is no child's play
Many parents attest to the fact that early
infancy is the stage of their child's life that
- they dislike the most. After all, with 2 a.m.
feedings, diaper duty around the clock and
the inability to understand the needs of their
infant, it's easy to see how these challenging
few months can be troublesome. However,
the real "fun stuff' may be yet to come.
Enter the mobility months and the toddler
years. At this point in a child's developmental state he is learning to move and communicate on his own. This involves exploring
the world around him, first and foremost his
home environment. When baby starts getting into just about everything in the house
- even those items deemed off limits you may wish for the days where your little
sweetheart stayed put.
At this age your child is also most prone
to accidents - with choking, falls and suffocation among the top causes. In fact,
according to a study conducted by the Home
Safety Council, children under age one have
the highest rates of unintentional homeinjury death of all children under 15. That is
why babyproofing the home is essential and
should be at the top of your list of priorities,
even before your little one starts crawling or
walking.
GETIING STARTED
It is impossible to predict just what trouble your child will get into when he becomes
mobile. However, there are general guidelines you can follow to ensure overall safety.
To begin, view your home from a child's
level, meaning get down on hands and knees
and see what items may be of interest to an
inquisitive young mind. Also see what items
are in easy reach. Among your first discoveries may be electrical outlets and power
cords, plants, and any knickknacks that you
keep on coffee or end tables.
Go from room to room and make an
inventory of potential hazards. Don't worry,
once you head to the store with list in hand,
you'll find a bevy of safety products that
will remedy most hazards on your list.
KITCHEN
If there is one room in the home that has
the largest number of potential hazards for a
child, it is the kitchen. Plus, this is a room in
which your attention is often divided
between cooking, cleaning and watching
your baby.
There are many steps you should take to ensure the space is safe. First, purchase cabinet locks to keep little fingers out of cabinets. These come in a variety of styles, so
experiment with the type of lock that is most
comfortable and safe. Move all cleaning
products and suffocation hazards like trash
and sandwich bags to a higher cabinet.
Remember, locks aren't foolproof and a
determined toddler may be able to figure out
a lock.
Purchase stove guards and refrigerator
locks so that these doors cannot be opened.
There are also guards that prevent a toddler
from reaching up and turning stove knobs.
When cooking, use the back burners so that
hot pots and pans cannot be pulled off of the
stove.
Keep petfood bowls off of the floor when
your child is given free reign of the kitchen.
Pet food presents a choking hazard and may
also contain meat that has not been screened
for mad cow disease. It only takes a few
inches of water to drown a child, so remove
the water bowl as well.
areas that are off limits.
become a hazard.
Consider window treatments without
NURSERY
cords, such as vertical blinds or curt ·ns in
Your child will spend a lot of time in the lieu of mini-blinds. Or, use cord containers
crib - moments when you are not likely to that keep the cords wrapped up so they don't
be in the nursery. If your child can pull to a pose a strangulation danger.
standing position, make sure the crib matIf you are placing a toy chest in the room,
tress is in the lowest position so that he can- use one that has an open top or has a gap
not climb out of the crib. Also, remove any between the lid and the top of the chest so
toys that can be used to step up and out of
(See BABYPROOFJNG, page three)
the crib or mobiles that can be pulled off and
When that special one arrives,
Let Linda's Flowers & Gifts deliver
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LIVING ROOM
The greatest dangers in this room are
unprotected outlets, sharp-edged furniture
and heavy electronics.
Secure televisions, entertainment centers
and bookcases with safety hooks to prevent
them from toppling onto a child who is
using these items to pull to a standing position.
Put outlet safety plugs in all outlets and
place cushioned corner guards around
tables, hearths and any other sharp edges.
Use baby "corrals" and gates to block off the
head and the foot of staircases and any other
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unique gift, we can customize any
arrangement for the special bundle of joy.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
31, 2007 • C3
Place at Highlan s offers:
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6 Labor/Delivery/Recovery Suites (all private)
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Central Monitoring System on Labor/Delivery
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2 Operating Room Suites for Cesarean Sections/T ubals
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2 4-Hour Level 1 Nursery
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Lactation Consultant on Staff
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tJ
31, 2007
NEW BEGINNINGS • THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
From the cradle through college
Varia's commitment to 'her children' lasts through life
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
MARTIN - Even though Dr. Chandra
Varia has not delivered a baby since 1993,
she said there isn't really anywhere she can
go where she hasn't run into someone that
she helped bring into this world.
At the grocery store? Sees them all the
time.
While going door to door to campaign
for a seat on the Floyd County Board of
Education? A boy she delivered was riding
his bicycle down the street when he asked
her, "Do you know you delivered me?'' and
then joined her while she went down the
street.
At the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington?
Even there, she has run into people on several occasions who she has known since
birth, and because so many people have
taken the time over the years to say kind
words to her, she decided to do something
kind in return by establishing a scholarship
fund to be given exclusively to those that
she had delivered.
"I just love it, being able to help these
kids succeed," Varia said. "You just feel
blessed, to be able to help them go on to
college."
The $1.6 million scholarship program,
which Varia says is currently disbursing
$40,000 to $50,000 a year, is awarded to
students who plan to attend one of nine colleges in Kentucky. There are two requirements for students to be eligible for the
scholarship; they must have at least a 2.5
GPA, and their parents cannot have a combined income of more than $100,000 per
year. She said after a student is awarded a
scholarship, the school then takes over the
leadership role by placing requirements on
the student to retain the scholarship, which
is distributed every semester for up to four
years.
Varia said she has not kept a running tab
of the number of students who have graduated from college through her program, but
she did say all the colleges involved in the
program typically award at least one scholarship per year. The colleges that administer
the money include Alice Lloyd College,
Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State universities, Hazard and Prestonsburg community colleges, Hazard and Mayo technical
colleges, the University of Kentucky and
Pikeville College School of Osteopathic
Medicine.
The move to Floyd County was an
unplanned one for Varia, who was born in
India and served her residency in New
York. She was invited to open a practice in
Dayton, Ohio, but remembers saying she
could not envision herself working there
because she found the city of more than
160,000 to be "too small." Shortly after that
opportunity is when she paid a visit to a
friend living in Martin, who took her to Our
Lady of the Way Hospital. The staff at the
time was able to pry her away from New
York, but going in Varia said she planned to
give the area six months and decide what
she wanted to do after that.
Four thousand children and 28 years
later, she said she can't imagine living anywhere else.
Varia retired from obstetrics in December 1993 to focus solely on gynecology, but
When it comes to your
child's medicine, put
your trust in the
experienced staff
at McDowell
Professional
Pharmacy.
(See VARIA, page nine)
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'Dr. Charlie' says many women can
improve health of babies, themselves
by JESSICA HALE
cessful career in obstetrics and gynecology at
Highlands Regional Medical Center in November 1977. Dr. Charlie operated his own practice
PRESTONSBURG - Sixty years old and up until 2002 when malpractice insurance rates
still kicking, obstetrician Dr. N arong became so high that he could no longer afford
Chalothom believes that getting important to pay them. Currently, he sees patients at the
medical care before and during pregnancy is the Women's Center of Paintsville.
key to a healthy mother and baby.
Dr. Charlie has delivered approximately
Originally from Bangkok, Thailand, Dr. 6,000 babies in his nearly 30 years as an obsteChalothom, more commonly known as "Dr. trician and he's very proud that he has been forCharlie," came to the United States in 1971. tunate enough to help so many families. But he
After attending medical school, he began a sue- says many expectant mothers are not taking
STAFF WRITER
care of themselves the way they should.
According to Dr. Charlie, nearly 50 percent
of pregnancies don't receive the needed medical attention they require. "It is important to
guide patients to be healthy," says Dr. Charlie.
According to him, early detection of possible
complications during pregnancy can most likely be found in a patient's family history and it is
very important for patients to be honest with
their doctor. A patient's social history is also
Dr. Narong Chalothorn, better
known as "Dr. Charlie."
(See DR. CHARLIE, page nine)
Taking ·care of body is important part of preparation for pregnancy, motherhood
She knew that pregnancy and motherhood
are physically challenging to any woman, so
when Samantha happily found herself pregnant for the first time at age 40, a lot of attention went into staying healthy, strong and
flexible. The fact that she was a dancer and
is currently a Pilates instructor definitely
gave her a head start. Her goal was to gain a
healthy amount of weight and stay as strong
and as flexible as possible.
Samantha Binah started each day with
breakfast. She is a believer in eating three or
small balanced meals a day, as opposed to
skipping meals and eating one large meal at
the end of the day. Breakfast, for example
usually consisted of a slice of whole-wheat
toast and a soft boiled egg. She often picked
yogurt for a midday snack. Lunch was usually a salad with protein, and for dinner she
chose a protein with vegetables, rice or potatoes. She allowed herself one sweet each day.
Sometimes that meant fruit and sometimes
that meant chocolate. During her pregnancy,
there were certain periods when her hunger
increased. During those times she definitely
ate more, but always tried to make healthy
choices.
Normally her exercise program consisted
of three, one-hour sessions of Pilates and
three, one-hour walks per week. During her
pregnancy, she continued these two types of
exercises, but varied the time spent and types
of movements performed to support the
changes in her body. For example, some
weeks she opted to do 20 minutes of Pilates a
day instead of the three full hours. As a
Pilates instructor, she knew that 20 minutes a
day instead of three hours would be an
invaluable way to safely stay strong and prepare for pregnancy and motherhood. Pilates
is a weight bearing and low impact strengthening technique.
Samantha chose four areas of the body on
which to focus: legs, back, arms and pelvis .
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She strengthened all the muscles in her legs
and focused on stretching the inner thighs and
hamstrings. She worked to keep her ever
growing tummy comfortable, and gently
stretched to ease any nagging backaches.
She knew that motherhood would challenge her lower back muscles with constant
carrying and lifting of baby and baby gear.
As she strengthened the biceps and triceps of
her arms, she paid special attention to her
posture. Keeping a straight, strong upper
back would assist with the lifting in future more tightening.
months.
Working with a pregnant client, she might
The last area of focus was the pelvis. She encourage abdominal strengthening for a
performed several variations of pelvic lifts very short period into the pregnancy. Anothand mimicked Kegel exercises to strengthen er reason to be cautious about abdominal
the pelvic floor. Surprisingly, she did not exercises is that late in pregnancy abdominal
work to strengthen her abdominals. Due to muscles can separate. This is called diastasis.
her body awareness, she knew that she
When she practiced her own routine for
already had very strong and tight abdominals. pregnancy and when she worked with pregFor her body, it was important to allow her
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Pregnancy in the workplace - know your rights
You work full time and just found out
you are pregnant. Besides thinking about
what kind of mother you will be and how
your life will soon change, you also wonder
how your pregnancy will affect your professional life. Will morning sickness cause you
to take too many days off from work? Will
you get overlooked for that next big promotion? Will your job be there when you return
from maternity leave? When is the right
time to tell your boss and coworkers? Will
you even want to return to work?
These are important issues that all pregnant working women face and should be
concerned about. Though the Pregnancy
Discrimination Act of 1978 states that
employers cannot refuse to hire a woman
because she is pregnant, cannot fire her for
being pregnant, and cannot treat her differently in any way because of her pregnancy,
pregnancy discrimination still exists in
today's workplace. According to the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the number of charges of
pregnancy discrimination filed with them
has increased from 3,385 in 1992 to 4,512 in
2004. That's a 33 percent increase over the
last 12 years! With numbers like that, all
working women, pregnant or not, need to
know what their legal rights are and what
kind of maternity benefits their company
provides.
So before you decide to tell your boss and
coworkers you are expecting, read these
helpful suggestions on how to protect yourself and your job, courtesy of Parents magazine.
1. Know your rights in the workplace
during pregnancy:
• If you work for a company with 15 or
more employees, your pregnane~ m_u_st be
treated like any other employee disability or
medical condition.
• You can't be fired because you are
pregnant or may become pregnant as long as
you can perform the major functions of your
job.
• You can't be forced to take leave as
long as you can do your job.
• You are entitled to the same benefits
received by other employees with medical
conditions.
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• You can take part of your maternity
leave before your baby is born. .
• Fathers: You are entitled to msurance
coverage for your wife's pregnancy-related
conditions if your company's health plan
includes spousal coverage.
• You cannot be denied the standard
benefits if you are a single mothe~-to-be.
• Under the Family and Medical Leave
Act, your job will be protected for up to 12
weeks if you are an employee of a company
with 50 or more employees or work for a
local state or federal government, and have
Know your rights as a pregnant woman in the workplace.
worked for your employer for one year and
at least 1,250 hours during the previous year.
• Fathers are entitled to up to 12 weeks
of unpaid leave.
• You need not take all 12 weeks of
leave consecutively.
• Breastfeeding is not covered under
federal law, but some states do protect a
mother's right to breastfeed at job sites and
other public places. (Learn the law in your
state at the La Leche League Web site,
www.lalecheleague.org.)
2. Research your company benefits. Read
your employee handbook to determine
whether the company offers maternity leave,
what the sick leave policy is, and whether it
provides short-term disability insurance.
3. Get feedback from coworkers. Speak
privately with coworkers who have had children while working at the company. Find out
what sort of leave they received.
4. Devise a plan for when you're on
leave. Think about how much leave you'll
want to take, how you can help organize
your work while you're gone, and who
might cover your job.
5. Tell your boss when the time is right
for you. The timing of your announcement is
a per onal dedsion. However, most women
wait until their first trimester is over, when
there is less risk of miscarriage. But make
sure you talk to your boss before you are
showing or word has spread through the
office grapevine.
6. Arrange a meeting to tell your boss. Be
firm and fully prepared. Don't apologize
when you tell your boss that you're pregn:mt. Instead, say, "I have some really great
news I want fo tell you: I'm having a bapy."
Be prepared to discuss the duration of your
leave and offer suggestions for covering
your work while you are gone.
7. Write a thank-you note. Send your
boss a note immediately after the meeting to
get your agreement in writing. Include your
due date, anticipated leave, and any
specifics that you discussed about how your
work will be redistributed among your colleagues. That way, you'll be protected
should your employer try to renege on the
agreement.
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OY OUT OF SORROW
Family finds happiness in new child, despite shocking loss
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
The dawn of new beginnings often offer us
a chance to reshape the lives that we live.
Oftentimes we celebrate these joyous occasions with the ones we love. Other times, new
beginnings test our courage, strength and will
to survive and sometimes hit us unexpectedly.
We spend our lives planning for everything. We plan for school, we plan for work,
and we plan for marriage and family. One
may assume that's the reason the word "unexpected" was invented. If something is not
planned, then we don't expect it.
A lot of parents will say that their only reason for living is their children. But even in the
event of the loss of a child, somehow parents
find a way to survive.
In November, an entire family was faced
with a new beginning, one that they wish had
come under better circumstances.
Samantha and Anthony Osborne were
married last June 3. Young newlyweds, they
were expecting their frrst child in December.
Anthony, was a young man with a bright
future, beginning to work his way up in the
circulation department at The Floyd County
Times. Shortly before he was hired, Anthony's mother, Evelena. began working as the
receptionist at the newspaper office and was
very happy to know that her only son was well
on his way to providing a future for his family.
Nineteen-year-old Anthony worked nights
at the newspaper while his wife, Samantha,
stayed home and prepared herself for the
upcoming birth of their frrst child.
Everyone who has ever worked at a newspaper knows that the hours can be unpredictable at times and on Nov. 10, Anthony was
working a little later than usual, doing his part
to make sure that everyone got their morning
newspaper. Once the papers were ready to be
taken to the post office, Anthony said goodbye
to his mother, and left on his way home to see
his wife, who at the time was eight months
pregnant.
A few moments later, Evelena received a
call that would be the start of an unexpected
new beginning for her family. Anthony had
been in an automobile accident A coworker
rushed her to the scene, where she was notified that Anthony had not survived his
injuries.
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Samantha wears a necklace given to her by family on Christmas, bearing a picture of herself and Anthony which
keeps him close to her heart. Courtney will always be surrounded by her family's memories of her Daddy.
That day would forever change the lives of
Anthony's family. His wife, his unborn child,
his parents and the rest of the family who
adored him were forced to face a situation for
which they could have never planned. Some
way, somehow, they had to find strength in
each other to get through.
Three weeks away from her due date,
Anthony's wife Samantha went through a
whirlwind of emotions. This unexpected tum
of events made her realize that her life would
never be the same without her husband at her
side.
The weeks following Anthony's accident
were filled with sorrow when they should
have been filled with excitement and joy.
While still healing from her loss, Samantha
had to pull it together for her daughter Courtney who decided her time to enter into the
world was very near.
In the early morning hours of Dec. 4,
Samantha was taken to the hospital to deliver
her first child. Of course, Anthony's mother
Evelena called into the off'ace at The Floyd
County Times that morning to let everyone
know that she would soon be a grandmother.
With a crackle in her voice she said, "Anthony should have been here."
Trying to juggle two emotions at the same
time, especially two that are so far from each
other on the spectrum, was hard for the entire
family. They were about to bring life into the
world. shortly after one had been taken away.
Courtney Nicole Osborne was born in the
afternoon of Dec. 4. All seven pounds and 14
ounces of her came into a place where so
many were waiting to see the child that
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Joy
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Anthony didn't get the chance to see. To family and friends, Courtney is the poster child
for perfection.
Samantha knew that Courtney's well being
depended on her ability to cope with her loss
and face a new beginning.
"Not in my wildest dreams would I have
imagined I would have been a single mom,"
said Samantha. "Anthony was always there
before and I guess I took it for granted he
always would be."
Courtney, now approaching 2 months old,
is growing beautifully. Samantha says Anthony was a wonderful husband and she knows
he would have been an even better father.
"He was already wrapped around her little
fi nger," she says. "He loved her so much. He
was constantly talking to and feeling my belly,
asking if she was moving."
Samantha says once Courtney gets older
she will answer any questions she may have
about her dad.
"I talk about him now to her because I
want her to know what a wonderful and caring person he was and how much he loved
her," said Samantha.
Her hopes for Courtney are to experience
life to the fullest.
"I want her to follow whatever dreams she
may have and not be afraid to pursue them. I
don't want her to be afraid of trying new
things, nor do I want her to let fear of failing
keep her from something she really wants to
do, and if for some reason she does fail at
whatever it may be, I want her to pick herself
right back up and try again."
Samantha said, "One of my favorite quotes
has always been, "Dream as if you' ll live forever, live as if you'll die today," (James
Dean).
Dr. Charlie
• Continued from p6
important in regards to the possibility of
drug and or alcohol abuse and sexually
transmitted diseases.
Among the list of important health
aspects for expectant mothers to think about
is nutrition and exercise. According to Dr.
Charlie, expectant mothers should steer
away from high fat foods and coffee or soda
with high amounts of caffeine. They should
consume more protein, grains and foods that
contain folic acid. Moderate exercise is also
good for the baby and the mother.
With the rates of caesarean births increasing over the years, many expectant mothers
may have concerns about the upcoming
birth of their babies. Dr. Charlie says that
caesareans are performed mainly due to the
risk of death or injury to the baby or mother.
"Women do request to have caesareans,
but I always tell them that the benefits and
risks are equal;' said Dr. Charlie.
According to Dr. Charlie, expectant
mothers are becoming more aware of potential complications during delivery. Complications may vary from having very large
babies to life-threatening conditions such as
toxemia.
Toxemia is the presence of abnormal substances in the blood. Toxemia may cause
pregnancy induced hypertension, or as it is
more commonly referred to as high blood
pressure. This condition is more common
among first pregnancies. The condition may
vary from mild to severe cases in which both
the mother and child are at risk.
Dr. Charlie says that it is ideal to deliver
babies after 39 weeks, at which point they
have had sufficient time for their lungs and
other vital organs to develop completely.
Sometimes life-threatening conditions may
jeopardize the well-being of the child or
mother, and the baby must be delivered
immediately.
Being an obstetrician carries a lot of
responsibility, but Dr. Charlie enjoys every
minute of it.
"I enjoy helping people," he says. "People retire at 65 right? Well, I've got a few
more years."
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she has never been able, or tried, to get
away from all the children she has seen
grow up around her. She said the scholarship will continue until the final group of
children she delivered move on to college.
Even though that scholarship program will
end with those children, she has no plans to
cut off her aid to children in Floyd County.
"I'm never going to retire, I enjoy my
practice too much," Varia said. "I'm going
to continue working, and give money to
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How to fmd an obstetrician-gynecologist
Deciding who should be your obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) is a decision
that shouldn't be taken lightly. After all,
this person will be bringing your baby into
the world, so you want to trust, feel comfortable with, and like this person.
One way to learn about OB-GYNs in
your area is to call your local hospital's
labor and delivery department and ask to
speak to the labor and delivery charge
nurse, according to a tip from the forum on
OBGYN.net, an online resource for
women's health, obstetrics, gynecology
and infertility. A sonographer on the forum
advises that once you have the nurse on the
line, tell her you're new in town and ask
her for several references.
Mark Lawson, a sonogarpher, says that
you should also call back and speak with
the other charge nurses to hear their references. Any matching referrals are likely to
be good doctors. You can also call the chief
residents of the OB-GYN department at
the hospitals near you and ask who they
would choose to see if they had your condition. Other options are checking with
family and friends to see who they've used
and if they would recommend them again.
If you don 't come up with any good
names on your own, try calling the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) at (202) 638-5577, or visiting their Web site at www.acog.org, to get
names of board-certified OB-GYNs in
your area.
Once you have some names, you need
to set up an introductory in-person interview with each doctor so he or she can
answer any questions you may have. Call
all of your references directly to set up a
time to meet. At this time, it's also advisable to check if the doctor accepts your
insurance plan. This will help you narrow
down your choices. Remember, most
physicians have only about 10 to 15 minutes to spare for an interview. If the interview takes longer, some physicians may
charge a consultation fee. Always call to
confirm your appointment the day of, as
the doctor may have been called away to
deliver a baby.
Here are some questions you may want
to ask during your interview.
THE BASICS
• How long has the doctor practiced
obstetrics?
• Approximately how many babies has
the doctor delivered?
• How much time does he/she allow
for each prenatal visit?
• How long is the average office wait?
• What percentage of his own patients
does he perform deliveries in any given
month?
• How can you reach the doctor in an
emergency?
• Is the doctor in a solo or group practice? If solo, who covers for him when he's
unavailable? If group, how often will you
see other doctors within that group?
PRENATAL CARE
• What tests does she routinely perform during a pregnancy?
• How much experience does she have
with high-risk pregnancies?
• What kind of childbirth classes does
she recommend?
LABOR AND DELIVERY
• Does he or one of his partners meet
you at the hospital when you're in labor?
• At what point in your labor does he
come to the hospital, and who will be in
charge of your care until then?
• What does he suggest to help you
deal with labor pain?
• What procedures does he routinely
perform at the hospital (i.e. enemas, continuous fetal monitoring, IVs, episiotomies, etc.)? What if you want something else, can he do that as well?
• Will he help you develop a birth
plan?
• If you have complications or need a
cesarean, who is the backup obstetrician?
• How often does he perform c-sections? What is the frequency of this procedure for the group as a whole?
• Does he perform VBACs (vaginal
births after cesareans)? What is his rate of
success with this procedure?
After the interview, here are some questions you need to ask yourself.
• Did you feel comfortable with the
doctor?
• If your partner went with you to the
interview, did the doctor make an effort to
include him or her as well?
• Is the office convenient for you to get
to?
• How long did you have to wait?
• How helpful were the nurses and support staff at the office?
If you have a serious medical or obstetrical problem that will require attention
above and beyond the usual prenatal care,
consider seeing a perinatologist. A perinatologist is a specialist in maternal-fetal
health.
Only after you figure out what your
needs are, which OB-GYN can provide
you with the right coverage, and which one
fits best with your personality, can you feel
confident in your choice and make that
first appointment.
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Prenatal tests
During a woman's pregnancy,
she wants to make sure that she
and her baby are healthy and
remain that way until the fetus
reaches full term. That entails eating healthier and taking prenatal
vitamins, getting enough rest, regularly visiting the doctor, and possibly undergoing a variety of prenatal tests.
Prenatal tests can detect many
problems that may occur during a
pregnancy including infections,
viruses and birth defects. Done at
specific stages of a pregnancy, they
provide vital health information so
that both mother and baby can
receive the best care possible.
Obviously, prenatal tests have
their advantages, but some are not
always accurate and may carry
risks. Some may cause "false positive" results, indicating that the
fetus has an abnormality when, in
fact, it does not. Others have a
slight chance of causing a miscarriage. Some are done routinely and
others are optional. That's why it's
important to discuss the proce-
dures with your doctor so you are
fully aware of the risks involved. If
any test shows abnormal results,
the American Pregnancy Association (APA) strongly recommends
seeking second opinions to rule out
possible testing errors.
Here is a guide to some of the
tests available.
1. Urine Test (urinalysis): Done
routinely as part of prenatal care
during first prenatal exam and then
frequently during subsequent prenatal visits. Used to assess bladder
or kidney infections, diabetes,
dehydration and preeclampsia by
screening for high levels of sugars,
proteins, ketones and bacteria.
2. Blood Test: Done routinely as
part of prenatal care during first
prenatal exam. Used to assess
blood type, Rh factor, glucose, iron
and hemoglobin levels. Also used
to assess immunity to rubella, any
sexually transmitted diseases, or a
toxoplasmosis infection (a parasitic disease that affects pregnant
women). Can also be used to diagnose certain genetic diseases
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including cystic fibrosis, sicklecell anemia and Tay-Sachs disease.
3. Ultrasound (sonogram): A
non-invasive procedure that uses
high-frequency sound waves to
scan a woman's abdomen and
pelvic cavity, creating a picture
(sonogram) of the baby and placenta. It confirms normal fetal
development and diagnoses potential problems. Poses no risk to the
mother or developing fetus and
may be performed at any point during pregnancy. Frequency varies
depending on your doctor. Additional ultrasounds will be ordered
if an abnormality or pregnancyrelated problem is suspected.
4. Chorionic Villus Sampling
(CVS): An invasive diagnostic test
that detects chromosome abnormalities (i.e. Down syndrome) and
other genetic disorders (i.e. cystic
fibrosis) with 98 to 99 percent
accuracy, but does not measure the
severity of these disorders.
The procedure involves removing chorionic villi cells from the
placenta by using an ultrasound to
guide a thin catheter through the
cervix to the placenta. Recommended if either partner has a family medical history that reveals
potential risks.
Usually performed between
nine and 12 weeks of pregnancy,
one miscarriage can occur out of
every 100 procedures performed.
The Mayo Clinic reports a one percent chance of getting "false positive" results.
5. AFP Plus (multiple marker
screening and triple test): Performed during the 15th and 17th
week of pregnancy, AFP Plus is a
noninvasive and routine maternal
blood screening test (with no risks
or side effects) that looks for
genetic disorders by identifying
the levels of three specific substances:
• AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) - a
protein that is normally produced
by the fetus
• HCG (human chorionic
gonadotropin) - a hormone produced within the placenta
• Estriol - an estrogen produced by both the fetus and the
placenta
This test only notes that a mother is at risk of carrying a baby with
a genetic disorder and may have
"false positive" results. All pregnant women should be offered the
AFP Plus test, but it is highly recommended for women who have a
family history of birth defects, are
35 years or older, have used possible harmful medications or drugs
during pregnancy, have diabetes
and use insulin, had a viral infection during pregnancy or have
been exposed to high levels of
radiation.
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NEW BEGINNINGS • THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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Is
always colic?
Figure out the reason for baby's cries
Most parents expect for their newborn to
cry at certain times during the first few
weeks to months of life outside of the
womb. But many parents are blessed with a
baby who cries much more than others,
some to the point where it is greatly impeding the health and sanity of the parents.
Upon looking for an answer from their
pediatrician, many parents are given a onesize-fits-all answer: the baby has colic. In
fact, Dr. William Sears, a well-known pediatrician and child expert, has admitted that
even a few of his colleagues have offered
colic as a diagnosis to distraught parents
when they weren't quite sure why a baby
was so irritable. But the term "colic" is
often misused and largely not a five-letter
substitute for "I don't know what is wrong."
And it could be preventing a parent from
discovering the root cause of their infant's
trouble.
SIGNS OF COLIC
Although colic, which comes from the
Greek word kolikos, meaning "suffering in
the colon," is largely a mystery to doctors
and parents alike, most understand that it
has to do with stomach pain. Many pediatricians follow the "Rule of Threes" when
diagnosing the condition. Infants should
have extreme crying fits that:
• start in the first 3 weeks of life
• last for 3 or more hours per day
• occur 3 or more days per week
• continue for at least 3 weeks since
birth
• very rarely occur longer than 3 months
Colic should not be used to categorize a
baby who is just high-need or fussy. Colic
cries are truly cries of pain. While some
fussy babies may quiet after being held or
comforted, typically nothing satiates a colicky baby.
In order to get to the bottom of the colic
situation, it is important for parents to make
a diary of what triggers these crying jags in
their baby, since the baby himself cannot
verbalize what is paining him. Do they
occur at the same time each day? Does a
particular food or feeding style exacerbate
the problem? If you are breast feeding, .do
the episodes of colic change dependmg
upon what you have eaten? Are the baby's
bowel movements consistent?
WHEN IT COULD BE MORE
Dietary factors are often a part of colic.
Sometimes an infant is allergic or just intolerant to something that is being consumed
by a breast feeding mother or elements of
infant formula. Changes in diet may be one
of the first steps a doctor will offer to. help
quiet a colicky baby. Other techmques
include smaller, more frequent feedings and
holding or rocking techniques to break up
excessive gas trapped in the baby's
intestines.
For some infants, the root cause of their
pain is acid reflux, known as GER (Gastro
Esophageal Reflux) or GERD (Gastro
Esophageal Reflux Disease). Just as adults
experience moments of heartburn or stomach aches from food, so, too, do babies.
However, in many cases, the suspect cause
is an immature LES (Lower Esophageal
Sphincter), which is the muscle between the
stomach and esophagus. This immaturity
causes acid from the stomach to sneak back
up into the baby's throat and burn. In fact,
many cases of colic are actually undiagnosed and untreated cases of reflux.
Babies who have GER typically exhibit
some, if not all, of these symptoms:
• irritability and pain, particularly after
eating
• gulping during feeding (the formula or
breastmilk temporarily soothes the throat,
so baby eats quickly, but soon the reflux
begins anew)
• frequent or excessive spitting up or
vomiting after feedings
• poor sleep habits with frequent waking when placed flat in the crib; prefers to
sleep sitting up or on parent's chest
• arching neck and back during or after
eating
• frequent ear infections or sounds of
sinus congestion
Infants who have GER typically outgrow
the condition on their own, but it could take
a few months. Many doctors prescribe medication and offer parents techniques to help
soothe the baby. Here are some help scenarios:
• prescription drugs that limit the
amount of acid production
• smaller, more frequent feedings
• hypoallergenic formulas that are more
easily broken down by baby's stomach, or
cereal-thickened formulas that keep down
the food
• keeping the infant elevated for 20 to
30 minutes post-feeding to limit reflux
• crib wedges to elevate the child while
sleeping
For parents who have an infant who cries
very frequently and are concerned about
their child's health, share your feelings with
the child's pediatrician to narrow down the
causes. A good idea is to videotape the baby
when he or she is most irritable so the doctor can truly determine if the cries are paininduced. Some doctors may refer parents to
a pediatric gastroenterologist to do more
testing to rule out GER and other digestive
problems.
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2007
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Gestational diabetes a risk for pregnant women
According to the American Diabetes
Association, about 4 percent of all pregnant
women in the United States are diagnosed
with gestational diabetes. It is a type of diabetes that starts during pregnancy (usually
between the 24th and 28th week) when the
body is unable to make and use all the
insulin it needs for pregnancy. And without
enough insulin, glucose (blood sugar) cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy, causing a dangerous situation for both
mother and baby.
Most women with gestational diabetes
have no symptoms indicating the presence
of the disease, though it's possible to experience extreme hunger, thirst or fatigue. You
are at increased risk if you are over age 30,
obese, have a family or personal history of
diabetes or previously gave birth to a baby
who weighs more than 9 pounds or was
stillborn. That's why you'll probably be
screened for gestational diabetes between
the 24 and 28 week of pregnancy, when gestational diabetes can begin.
If you have gestational diabetes, here's
what's happening inside your body. Your
glucose levels continue to rise from inadequate production of insulin. The extra glucose can pass through the placenta to your
fetus, subsequently causing high sugar levels in your baby. Receiving more energy
than it needs at this stage in life, your baby
stores the extra energy as fat, creating a
larger-than-normal baby, or macrosomia.
These babies may grow so large that a vaginal delivery becomes unlikely. In addition,
they may have jaundice, low glucose levels
and be at higher risk for breathing problems.
Treatment for gestational diabetes needs
to be started immediately. It may include a
special diet, regular exercise, insulin injections and/or regular blood tests. Your doctor
will devise a plan that is safe and healthy
for you and your unborn baby.
Gestational diabetes usually goes away
after pregnancy. But it does put these
women at a higher risk for developing diabetes in their next pregnancy and later in
life. The best ways to prevent the future
onset of diabetes are to lose weight, eat a
healthy diet and exercise regularly.
A healthy diet is a key component to controlling the blood sugar levels in
pregnant women who have gestational diabetes.
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6. Amniocentesis: A diagnostic test performed during the 15th and 18th week of
pregnancy, or following an abnormal triple
test result, to detect chromosome abnormalities (i.e. Down syndrome or Trisomy 21),
neural tube defects (i.e. spina bifida) and
genetic disorders (i.e. cystic fibrosis) with
98-99 percent accuracy. It does not measure
the severity of these disorders and may
cause miscarriage even though it's considered a safe procedure. According to the
Mayo Clinic, the procedure is performed
approximately 200,000 times a year, and the
risk of miscarriage ranges from 1 in 400 to 1
in 200, depending on how frequently it is
performed at the facility being used.
Amniocentesis may also be used in the
third trimester if membranes have ruptured
prematurely to assess for uterine infections,
to help determine the severity of fetal anemia in babies with Rh disease, and to help a
physician determine whether the fetus
requires blood transfusions. It may also be
done shortly before delivery to assess baby's
lung maturity.
Amniocentesis involves collecting a sample of amniotic fluid through a needle that is
inserted into the abdomen to the placenta.
Although extremely rare, it is possible for
the needle to come in contact with the baby.
Precautions are taken by using a sonogram
to guide the needle away from the baby.
7. Glucose screening: A blood test given
between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy to check for gestational diabetes, a high
blood sugar condition that some women get
during pregnancy. Pregnant women are most
at risk for gestational diabetes if they: have
had the disorder during an earlier pregnancy,
have previously delivered a very large baby,
are over age 35, have high blood pressure or
are greatly overweight. Those with parents
or siblings who have diabetes are also at
risk.
This is not a painful test, but a long one.
After drinking a sugary solution, a blood
sample is taken an hour later to check the
level of sugar in the blood. A positive result
doesn't necessarily mean gestational diabetes is present. A second, more definitive
exam called a glucose tolerance test (GIT)
must be taken to confirm. Source: American
Pregnancy Association.
Fitness
• Continued from p6
nant clients she encouraged avoiding the
supine (lying flat on the back) position in the
third trimester and sometimes even into the
second. This is because oxygen may be
slightly cut off to the baby in this position.
She advises those not familiar with an exercise routine to work with a trained professional if exercising when pregnant. During
pregnancy, ligaments loosen due to hormonal
changes and special care should be taken.
On September 23rd, Samantha's bundle of
joy arrived. She delivered her 6 pound, 9
ounce baby naturally, which was a dream
come true. Soon after arriving from the hospital she started to get Noah used to his sleeping arrangement.
Placing her baby next to her own bed,
Samantha chose the Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper
Bassinet. It fastens securely to the adult bed
yet keeps the baby close.
"I am breast feeding and the Co-Sleeper
allows me easy access to the baby without
getting out of bed. I love it," says Samantha.
For information about the benefits of
keeping your baby close, particularly in his
early days, log on to www.armsreach.com.
Babyproofing
• Continued from p2
that fingers cannot be caught. Also, place
door stoppers atop doors to prevent pinched
fingers as well.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
You'll need to modify your childproofing
methods as your child grows older. Here are
some other tips to consider:
• Vacuum regularly to pick up any loose
change, paper clips or other items on the
floor that your child can find and choke on.
• Remove the rubber tips of door stop-
pers because they can be a choking danger.
• Check the batteries of all smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. There
should be alarms on each floor of the house.
• Keep bathrooms off limits if possible.
There are just too many potentially dangerous items in there. Use a toilet cover lock to
prevent drowning in the toilet.
• Don't leave your child alone in a room,
even with the best afety methods employed.
And NEVER leave him unattended in the
bath.
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~JEONESDAY, JANUARY
31' 2007 • C15
Understanding and
recognizing autism
Expectant parents often try to ensure the
health of their unborn child, be it precautionary measures taken to ensure the baby is
born healthy or regular doctor visits
designed to keep a watchful eye on everything going with the unborn child's development. Parents can never be too cautious
when it comes to their child's health.
Each year, however, an unexpected foe
that can be hard to diagnose strikes fear in
the hearts of parents. Affecting one in every
166 births, autism is the most common of all
pervasive developmental disorders, which
include Asperger's Disorder as well as
Rett's Disorder. And those numbers figure to
increase, according to the U.S. Department
of Education and other government agencies, which estimate that instances of autism
are growing at an alarming rate of 10 to 17
percent each year. All told, nearly four million Americans could be suffering autism in
the next decade.
While those numbers justifiably cause
concern in many people, it's important to
remember autism affects different individuals in different ways. That makes identifying
some of the criteria indicative of autism all
the more important. While some autism sufferers might only experience mild side
effects such as slight delays in language or
trouble interacting socially, the Autism Society of America (ASA) warns parents to be
on the lookout for the following traits as
well.
• Resistance to change: Autism sufferers
insist on never breaking from their routine, a
trait that was characterized in the 1988 film
"Rain Man," where Dustin Hoffman's character is an adult with autism who strongly
resists change and breaking from his routine
throughout the film.
• Not verbalizing their needs and wants:
In lieu of speaking, autism sufferers often
resort to pointing or gestures when exp~es~
ing needs. While this is a common trrut m
many young children, it is abnormal for toddlers who have already developed language
skills.
• Verbal repetition: Rather than holding
a conversation, autism sufferers will simply
repeat a phrase to reflect a need or want.
• Not wanting to be cuddled or make eye
contact: While these are separate traits, they
both can be extremely difficult for parents to
cope with, possibly making parents feel ~s
though their child is not reciprocating t~eu
love. Children will react negatively to bemg
hugged or cuddled and some autism sufferers refuse to make eye contact as well.
• Unresponsive to verbal cues: Children
with autism often act as if they are deaf,
despite hearing tests that show their hearing
is in normal range.
• Difficulty in mixing with others: At
times, autism can be a heartbreaking disorder for a sufferer's loved ones, mainly due to
the difficulty autistic children have in communicating and befriending other children.
Lacking the capacity to communicate with
others is one of the more prevalent traits
associated with autism. Paren s of children
who can't seem to mix with other children
should consider consulting a physician.
While each of these are traits associated
with autism, parents should know not all of
these traits, if any at all, are prevalent in
autistic children. As a difficult a disease as
autism can be to live with, it can be equally
difficult to diagnose. To learn more, visit the
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2007
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