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Kidnapping suspect appears in court
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
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briefs
Pike man
charged
in stabbing
by JESSICA HALE
PRESTONSBURG - A man who
allegedly abducted his estranged wife at
gunpoint Sunday night while she was
working at a gas station at Auxier was in
Floyd District Court Wednesday morning
to be arraigned on multiple charges.
Charles Lemaster, 49, was arrested
shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday at a Leander
residence in Johnson County. His bond
was set at $250,000 cash and a preliminary
hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 5.
A hold has been placed on his release
because of prior assault and unlawful
imprisonment charges filed against him in
Lawrence County.
According to state police, 39-year-old
N arrey Lemaster was abducted by Charles
Lemaster at Meade's BP station on Route
321 at Auxier before 10 p.m. Lemaster
allegedly entered the store armed with a
semiautomatic handgun and forced his
wife into his late 1990s model white
Chevrolet truck and fled the scene.
State Police Det. Mike Goble witnessed
Lemaster drive by in Johnson County at
11 :25 p.m. and attempted to perform a traffic stop but was forced to give chase when
the driver refused to pull over.
Goble followed the vehicle on Hannah
Branch and attempted to continue the pursuit but was forced to call off the chase
when the dirt roads became too dangerous
to allow him to continue. The truck sped
away, but minutes later stalled out just a
(See KIDNAPPING, page six)
LESSON
H
School plan
makes kids
get active
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE Sibling
rivalry between two broth·
ers in Pike County alleged·
ly landed one m the hospital and the other in jail.
At approximately 4:24
a.m. Tuesday, Kentucky
State Police received a call
from
Pikeville Medical
Center advising them that
they were treating a stabbing victim who had been
involved in an altercation
on Island Creek Road.
The victim, Charles
Worrix, had been taken to
the hospital by a neighbor
ctJ:>iiowing the altercation at
his residence. According to
KSP,
Charles'
brother
Timothy
Worrix,
28,
allegedly stabbed Charles
during the altercation.
After responding to the
hospital, troopers and
detectives went to the residence and arrested two
suspects, Timothy Worrix
and Jill Roberts.
Worrix is charged with
first-degree assault and
tampering with evidence.
Roberts, 26, is charged
with tampering with evi4!ence. Both suspects are
lodged in the Pike County
Detention Center.
This incident remains
under investigation by Det.
Eddie Crum.
Dr. Thomas Matijasic, Professor of History at the B1g Sandy Community and Technical College
- Prestonsburg Campus was on hand Friday evening talking to members and guest about the
new exhibit "Earthworks - Virtual Explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley." This exhibit looks
at the cultures of the Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient peoples whose civilizations populated the Ohic Valley and adjacent areas beginning approximately 3,000 years ago.
Home incarceration drug
arrest case sent to grand jury
2 DAY FORECAST
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG A
McDowell man arrested last
Wednesday for allegedly selling drugs out of his home while
he was on home incarceration
had his case referred to a Floyd
County grand jury Tuesday.
Anthony Salisbury, 52, was
arrested last week after the
sheriff's department received
several complaints that he had
been selling drugs out of his
residence. He has been charged
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Opinion ......................... A4
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Lifestyles .................... A13
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with possession of marijuana
and drug paraphernalia in addition to a charge of possessing
controlled substances and not
having them in their original
containers.
Sgt. Terry Chaffins, of the
Floyd County Sheriff's Office,
testified at Salisbury's preliminary hearing and said that upon
entering his residence there
was a strong presenee of marijuana. A search of the home
turned up several marijuana
roaches in an ashtray and seeds
located on a coffee table, in
Charles Lemaster
addition to numerous bottles of
prescription pills that did not
have his name on them.
Chaffins said test results have
not yet identified many of the
drugs. but he said he believes
that some of the pills found
were Valium, which can only
be obtained through a prescription, which he said Salisbury
did not have. Rolling papers
traditionally used for rolling
marijuana and $546 were found
on Salisbury at the time of his
(See DRUGS, page six)
Well ahead of many others, Floyd County Schools
appointed a committee in
March 2001 to begin formulating a wellness policy
for their district. In 2005,
Senate Bill 172 came into
existence and by June of
that year, all Kentucky
school districts had been
required to create health
and wellness policies for
their schools.
"By then, we were well
ahead of things since we
had started ln 2001 to write
our own policy," said Floyd
County Asst. Supt. Pete
Grigsby.
Last week, Grigsby presented a report to the local
board of education detailing the results of last year's
wellness policy implementation and informing on
ways in which improvements to the policy would
be implemented this coming school year.
"We have some new
things to unveil, some progressive things we're going
to be doing." he said.
"We're working toward
bringing physical education
back into the schools. We
feel that it's a needed
thmg."
On Jan. 22, a public
forum was held at May
Valley Elementary School,
in Martin, to gather public
input into the district's
health and wellness policy.
(See PLAN, page six)
Stutnbo, Fletcher
teatn on drug bill
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT
They've been political enemies for nearly two years,
but on Thursday Gov. Ernie
Fletcher and Attorney
General Greg Stumbo put
their differences aside to
push an anti-drug bill.
They even shook hands
over it.
"We must put policy and
the people of Kentucky
above
any
politics,"
Fletcher said at a Capitol
press conference.
Stumbo's office investigated Fletcher and other
administration officials for
more than a year on allegations that the governor's
political supporters were
being rewarded with protected state jobs.
A grand jury eventually
(See BILL, page six)
Health department receives $48,750 grant
FRANKFORT - Governor Ernie Fletcher
recently announced that Floyd County Health
Department, received $48,750 in grant funding to improve its facilities.
The local health department was one of 24
around Kentucky selected to receive grant
funding for infrastructure improvements. The
funding comes from $10 million set aside by
the 2006 General Assembly to create the Local
Health
Department
Infr~structure
Development Pool.
''These funds were set aside to address a
pressing issue facing the commonwealth - the
needs of our health departments," said
Governor Fletcher. "Our local health departments play a cruc ial role in the delivery of
public health services in Kentucky. For
decades, they have delivered programs that
have been absolutely vital to lives of
Kentuckians."
The awards were made possible with the
support of the Kentucky legislature, which
approved the $10 million for the Department
for Public Health in the 2006-2008 budget.
Funding for the grants will come from the sale
of bonds.
"This funding will be of great assistance to
our local health departments as they work to
meet the growing demands of public health in
Kentucky," said Health and Family Services
Secretary Mark D. Birdwhistell. "We're
extremely grateful to Governor Fletcher and
the Kentucky General Assembly for making
such a significant contribution to our local
health departments."
The General Assembly created the Local
(See GRANT, page six)
Gov. Ernie Fletcher and state Sen. Johnny Ray Turner presented the Floyd County Health Department with a $48,750 grant.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
2, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
MichaelA.
Fitzpatrick
Michael A. Fitzpatrick, 67,
of Prestonsburg, passed away,
Wednesday, January 31, 2007,
at Norton
Hospital
in
Louisville.
Arrangements,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
(1(1[1
: Billy Joe Harrington
Billy Joe Hanington, age
72, of Somerset, formerly of
Wheelwright, died Tuesday,
January 30, 2007, at his resi' deuce.
Born February 13, 1934, in
Drift, he was the son of the late
Homer Harrington and the late
Maudie Bell Parker Harris. He
was the step-son of the late
Willie Harris.
Survivors include three
sons: Ray Harrington (Paula)
and Rodney Harrington, both
of Somerset, and Roger Ray
Harrington of Wheelwright;
three daughters: Dinah Gibson
and Joann Harrington, both of
Prestonsburg, and Billie Lou
Gilliam (Ernie) of McDowell;
a brother, James Harris of
Lenoir, North Carolina; four
sisters: Hazel McCown and
Justine Isaac, both of Detroit,
Michigan, Norma From of
Louisville, and Pauline Martin
bf Wheelwright; 25 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
• In addition to his parents
and step-father, he was preceded in death by two sons: Terry
Dean Harrington and Ronnie
Harrington; two brothers:
Earnest Ray Harrington and
Eddie Harris; two sisters:
Peggy Meyers and Betty Jean
Newman; and a grandson.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, February 3, at 11
..
a.m., at the Wheelwright
Freewill Baptist Church, in
Bypro, with Louis Ferrari and
John Allen officiating.
Burial will be in the Harris
Cemetery, in Melvin, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin.
Visitation is at the church.
(Paid obituary)
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Glenn "Archie"
Harris
Glenn "Archie" Harris, 73,
of Grove City, Ohio, passed
away, Wednesday, January 24,
2007, at Grant Medical Center.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, George and Flora
(Patton) Harris; his brothers :
George Harris Jr., Bill Harris,
and Troy Harris; and a sister,
Virginia Harris Cravello.
Archie is survived by his
wife, Barbara Gee Harris.
Other survivors include a
brother, Roy Gene (Dreama)
Harris of Paris; a sister, Anna
Joyce Harris Moore of Price;
many nieces and nephews; and
many friends.
He retired from Kinetics
Noise Control, after 32 years
of service.
Funeral services were held
at 10:00 am., Saturday,
January 27, at the Newcomer
Funeral Home, Southwest
Chapel, in Grove City, with
pastor Ed Linville, and special
speaker, Brian Davis, officiating.
Interment was held at 2
p.m., at Memorial Burial Park,
in Wheelersburg, Ohio.
Visitation was held 4:008:00 p.m., Friday, January 26,
at the funeral home.
Messages of condolence
may be left at:
www.Newcomerfarnily.com
(Paid obttuary)
ODD
Leon]. Perkins
Leon J. Perkins, age 94, of
Greenwich,
Ohio,
died
Tuesday night, January 30,
2007, at his home.
He was born January 1,
1913, in Pike County, son of
the late Walter J. and Ethel
Perkins. He had lived in
Martin, for about 30 years
before moving to Greenwich
in 1969. He served in the U.S.
Army during World War II.
He worked for several mining
companies in Kentucky, and
also had worked at Mid-West
Industries in Willard , and
Akron Standard Mold in
Greenwich. He was a member
of the United Mine Workers.
He is survived by Edna
(Reed) Perkins, his wife of 61
years.
Other survivors include five
sons: Terry Perkins of Warsaw,
Indiana, Steve Perkins of
Willard, Carl Perkins of
Milan, John Perkins of
Greenwich, and Jerry Perkins
of New London; three daughters: Ruth Perkins, Pat Sexton,
and Mary Poll, all of
Greenwich, 14 grandchildren,
and four great-graridchildren.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
daughters: Ethel Duff and
Shirley Perkins.
Friends may call from 6-9
p.m., Friday, February 2, at the
First Baptist Church, 96
Townsend St., Greenwich,
where funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m., Saturday,
February 3, with Pastor Gary
Adkins officiating.
Burial, with military rites,
will follow at Maple Grove
Cemetery, New Haven, Ohio.
Eastman Funeral Home, 49
West Main St., Greenwich, is
in charge of arrangements.
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DOD
]aylin Slone
Jaylin Slone, age 9 months,
the daughter of Kelly Slone
and Tina Woods, of Louisa,
died Saturday, January 27,
2007, at Cincinnati Children's
Hospital.
She was born April 10,
2006, in Prestonsburg.
In addition to her parents,
survivors include her paternal
grandparents: Joe and Viola
Slone of Louisa; and her
maternal grandparents, Darrell
Conley of Prestonsburg; and
Sandy and Larry Coffey of
Steams.
She was preceded in death
by a sister, Jasmine Woods.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, February 2, at 1 p.m.,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Larry
Adams officiating.
Burial will be m the Slone
Family Cemetery at Blaine,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
(Paid obituary)
OLIO
Malvary Stumbo
Malvary Stumbo, age 61, of
McDowell, died Wednesday,
January 31, 2007, at Hazard
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital.
Born February 27, 1945, in
Bevinsville, she was the
daughter of Dina Collins
Mullins of McDowell, and the
late Duaval Mullins. She was a
homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, John M. Stumbo.
Other survivors include a
daughter and son-in-law:
Lorraine and Shannon Hall of
McDowell; five brothers:
Chester Mullins of Indiana,
Egory Mullins of Martin
County, Gregory Mullins and
Eddie Mullins
both of
McDowell, and Curtis Mullins
of Prestonsburg; three sisters:
Christine Frasure and Norene
Hall, both of McDowell, and
Geneva Whitt of Hopkinsville;
and a granddaughter, Katelyn
Amelia Faith Stumbo Hall of
McDowell.
In addition to her father, she
was preceded in death by a
hrother, Charles Mullins.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, February 3, at 1
p.m., at the Little Rosa Old
Regular Baptist Church, in
McDowell, with Old Regular
Baptist ministers officiating.
Burial will be in the Lucy
Hall Cemetery, in McDowell,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation is at the church,
with nightly services at 6:30
p.m.
{P:ud obJtuary)
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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
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
Injured
For the Record
Marriage Licenses
Kristie Anna Craft, 31, of
Estill, to Ricky Ashland
Thomas, 29, of Estill.
Victoria Leigh Rice, 35, of
Melvin, to Harold Glen
Thornsberry, 50, of Melvin.
Ashley Michelle Brown,
19, of Langley, to Rodney
Daniel Mosley, 20, of Langley.
Phyliss Ann Conn, 40, of
Tram, to Gregory Allen Little,
51, of Tram.
Civil Suits Flied
Cash In Hand vs. Alvin
Noble; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Dusty
Scott; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Landon
Frazier; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Melissa
1
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Hall; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Ervin
Osbourne; to collect debt
DH Capital Management,
Inc. vs. Jennifer Martin; to col' lect debt
Hawker
Financial
Corporation vs. Gregory K.
Mullins; to collect debt
FAN Distributing LLC vs.
: Danny Jarrell; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Doris
Dingus; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Helen
S. Hatcher; to collect debt
Jimmy Boyd vs. Tyra
Boyd; dissolution of marriage
Harold Newsome vs. Susan
Newsome; dissolution of marriage
Jerry Randall Gibson vs.
Bonnie Ward Gibson; dissolution of marriage
Seabreeze
Security
Distributors vs. Wes Hamilton;
to collect debt
Brandon Boling vs. Angie
Boling; dissolution of marriage
Rochine Sabo vs. John
David Sabo; dissolution of
marriage
Christy Newsome vs.
James Newsome; dissolution
of marriage
Progressive
Insurance
Company vs. Claude Adams;
to collect debt
Melissa Weaver vs. Donald
Bradley; petition for child support and health care insurance
Charles Hall vs. Towayna
Hall; petition for child support
and health care insurance
Jack Hill vs. Crystal Hill;
petition for child support and
health care insurance
Discover Bank vs. Haskell
G. Collins; to collect debt
Bridgette and Stephen
Sanders vs. Discount Auto
Brokers, Inc.; complaint with
demand for trial by jury
Rachel Lena Cooley vs.
Harold Lester Cooley, II; dissolution of marriage
Alex Eugene Hughes vs.
Victoria Hughes; dissolution
of marriage
Palisades Collection LLC
vs. Florene A. Wallen; to collect debt
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Small Claims Filings
Jimmy D. Hall vs. Mike
Mosley; to collect debt
Tackett's Stop and Shop vs.
Katheryn Boyd; to collect debt
Charges Flied
Ellis G. Blackburn, 37; flagrant nonsupport
Jimmy Harold Derossett,
30; flagrant nonsupport
Anthony Salisbury, 52; possession of marijuana, use/possession of drug paraphernalia,
controlled substance not in
original container, thirddegree possession of a controlled substance
Phillip Matthew Hagans,
22; first-degree fleeing or
evading police
Anna L. Crenshaw, 22; two
counts third-degree assault
Michelle
Ainsworth
Meade, 48; fugitive from
another state
Jimmy L. Nelson, 34; second-degree burglary
Inspections
Wayland
Fountain,
Wayland, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, lack of effective hair
restraints, food contact surfaces not properly constructed,
cloths used for wiping spills
on food contact surfaces being
used for other purposes. Score:
95
McDonald's, Prestonsburg,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Cloths used for wiping
spills on food contact surfaces
being used for other purposes,
improper storage of single service articles, garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required. Score: 96
Food
City
#471,
Prestonsburg,
follow
up
inspection. Violations noted:
Commercially canned or packaged products improperly
labeled, food not protected
during storage. Score: Food,
99, Retail, 98.
Wayland Quick Mart Inc.,
Wayland, 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 wiping spills on food contact surfaces being used for other purposes, improper storage of single service articles, sanitary
towel or other hand drying
device not provided at lavatory
or hand washing sink, attached
equipment on walls and ceiling
not in goof repair. Score: Food,
93, Retail, 98.
Daniel's Trailer Park,
Prestonsburg. regular inspection. Violations noted: Mobile
home lots not systematically
numbered, drive ways in need
of resurfacing, gravel or blacktop, lot size not of compliance
standards. Score: 94
Pizza Den, Ivel, regular
inspection. Violations noted:
Lack of accurate thermometers
in all refrigeration and freezing
units storing potentially hazardous foods, food not protected during storage, lack of
effective hair restraints, food
contact surfaces not properi y
maintained, cloths used for
wiping spills on food contact
surfaces being used for other
purposes. Score: 93
Younce Septic Service,
Prestonsburg, regular inspection.
Violations
noted:
Company not properly bonded.
Score: 97
Alpike Motel, Allen, regular inspection. Violations
noted: Chewing gum embedded into the carpet in room
210, bedside lamp not operable
in room 215. Score: 96
Cardinal Mart, Stanville,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
toilet room doors not self closing, attached equipment not
constructed properly on walls
and ceiling. Score: Food, 97,
Retail, 97.
undisclosed.
Clara Ellis to Charles Ellis, ·
property location undi~clo~ed.
Clara Ellis to Patricia
Leonard, property location
undisclosed.
Larry Goble to William
Powell, property located at
Brandy Keg.
Thelma Irene Hayes to
Mark and Robin Shepherd,
property located at Hueysville.
Thelma Irene Hayes to
Mark and Robin Shepherd,
property located at Hueysville.
Jerome Kinzer to Ronald
Mullins, property location
1
undisclosed.
Ruby Kinzer to Ronald
Mullins, property location
undisclosed.
Betty Litsey to Allen and
Sheila Rose, property located
at Prestonsburg.
Charles Litsey to Allen and
Sheila Rose, property located
at Prestonsburg.
W. Porter Mayo Estate to
Mayo Cemeteries, property
located at Mayo Family
Cemetery.
P. Walker Mayo III
Executor to Mayo Ccmete1ies,
property located at Mayo
Family Cemetery.
Robert Mo01 c to Scott
Porter and Tonya Moore
Porter, property located at
Stephen's Branch Road.
Craig Ousley to Allen and
Sheila Rose, property located
at City of Prestonsburg.
Gordon Ousley to Allen and
~heila Rose, property located
at City of Prestonsburg.
Molly Owens to Ina Faye
Owens Robinson, property
location undisclosed.
Pooling and Servicing
Agreement to Ernie and
Vanessia S. Gillispie, property
located at Dewey Lake View
Inc.
Oples Reynolds to Roger
Reynolds, property located at
Banner
Brenda Rice to Jack
Bartley, property located at
Left Beaver Creek.
Douglas Rice to Jack
Bartley, property located at
Left Beaver Creek.
Jennifer Kay Slone to Tunis
Michael Slone, prope1ty location undisclosed.
Milton Trusty to Deborah T.
Bates Rumble and John R.
Trusty, property location
undisclosed.
Olga Trusty to Deborah T.
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Bates Rumble and John R.
Trusty, property location
undisclosed.
Carol Wells to James
Ratliff, property location
undisclosed.
Charles Britton Wells to
James Ratliff, property location undisclosed.
Charles C. Wells to James
Ratliff. property location
undisclosed.
Shelia Wells to James
Ratliff, property location
undisclosed.
to
Lorraine
Williams
Belinda Williams Greer, property location undisclosed.
Connie Simpkins Woods to
Connie Simpkins Woods and
Larry Wood~. property location undisclosed.
Larry Woods to Connie
Simpkins Woods and Larry
Woods, propelty location
undisclosed.
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Property Transfers
J.M. Bailey to Matthew
Castle, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Jonna Faye Bailey to
Matthew Castle, property
located at Beaver Creek.
Lou Edith Bailey to
Matthew Castle, property
located at Beaver Creek.
Betty L. Bays to Gail and
Ricky Powers, property location undisclosed.
John Bays Jr. to Gail and
Ricky Powers, property location undisclosed.
Kellie 0. Billiter to
Coleman Transport Inc., property located at Mare Creek.
Samuel T. Billiter to
Coleman Transport Inc., property located at Mare Creek.
Citibank Trustee to Ernie
and Vanessia S. Gillispie, property located at Dewey Lake
View Inc.
Ernestine J. Collins to
Sherri Compton Allen, Angela
Compton
and
Frederick
Compton, property located at
Lancer.
Oscar Collins to Sherri
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The Times Tribune, Corbin, on school accountability:
A basic tenet that keeps capitalism going in this country is the belief that
competition breeds innovation, and the consumer is the one who benefits.
So it would follow that Kentucky schoolchildren would be the benefactors of the current state education system touting "school choice." When
county and independent districts are competing for schoolchildren (and the
state dollars that come with them) districts should be working even harder
to attract good teachers, build better facilities and come up with innovative
ways to educate children.
But school choice in Kentucky is being undermined by an outdated formula for school funding.
Take for example, the case in Breathitt County.
By 2004, the growing Jackson Independent School District had attracted
more than 300 students from Breathitt County schools.
According to an opinion piece by the Bluegrass Institute, Jackson
Independent was named one of the top I 0 most improved school districts in
Kentucky and met all 10 of its target goals in 2003.
Breathitt County High School, however, vias among the state's 20 lowest-ranking high schools in 2003 and met only six of its 12 target goals for
2003.
In this case, the school choice seemed obvious.
Jackson Independent was doing the better job of educating children and yet, a funding loophole threatened the district's growth.
Public schools receive state funds based on the number of students
assigned to the district. If a student chooses another public school, many
districts have reciprocal agreements whereby the state money is forwarded
to the student's new transfer school. ...
When Breathitt County saw too many of its students (and their money)
draining into Jackson Independent, it called off the reciprocal agreement
and kept funds for students it didn't even teach.
That's not a competitive marketplace.
.
When competition happens in the workplace, businesses succeed or they
close down - and when it happens in the school system, the same method
should apply. A district that fails to attract students with curriculum or high
standards should be forced to improve or consolidate.
The nature of a "choice" implies that one option is better than the other.
If we want a real choice in our schools, we must demand accountability
-and we can't demand accountability until the funding formula changes.
The solution seems simple - to the victor should go the spoils.
Districts that are actually teaching the students should receive the money
to do so.
The Kentucky Enquirer, Fort Mitchell, school bus drivers:
Arrests of three school bus drivers in Kentucky and Ohio have shaken
comfortable assumptions that our kids are safely in the hands of thoroughly
vetted, responsible employees.
Two of the three were arrested on illegal drug possession charges,
including Angelynna Young, 28, who drove her bus off a Grant County
road Jan. 17, crashed into a utility pole and sent 17 middle school students
to hospitals - including two in critical condition. After Columbus school
bus driver Lawrence Battle, 53, was pulled over a week ago and found with
a cocaine syringe, it was discovered that his employer - First Student Inc.
- had not submitted all drivers' fingerprints to Ohio authorities for background checks. Buses were parked, forcing Columbus public school classes
to be canceled Thursday. First Student also contracts with Cincinnati Public
Schools. Boone County school bus driver Andrew Grabow, 40, was arrested on charges of having sex with a Ryle High School sophomore numerous
times off school property and videotaping her in sexual performances.
Obviously more rigorous background checks, frequent oversight and
perhaps new legislation are needed. But school districts at the very least
need to carefully screen drivers, whether schools do their own hiring or
outsource transportation. School officials also should be quick to follow up
on complaints from parents or children.
The vast majority of school bus drivers are conscientious, responsible
employees. But districts should be every bit as rigorous in running background checks on bus drivers as on classroom instructors and other school
building employees. National criminal background checks generally cost
more than twice those of state tests, but for border state regions such as
ours, national checks may be the only way to discover offenses committed
just across a state line. And even then, national checks may not catch old
t::riminal records.
Battle had three convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence
in the 1980s. Would a forgiveness policy have excused Battle anyway for
long-ago violations? Young drove for Grant County for four years. She is
charged with possessing cocaine, hydrocodone and marijuana. Should districts require periodic rechecks on all drivers?
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Let's simplify the
process for
disenfranchised
voters
by R. DAVID STENGEL
Over 100,000 Kentuckians were
not able to vote in the last election.
These are people who may very
well be interested in voting, but are
baned because they have a previous
felony conviction. The Kentucky
League of Women Voters' recent
report on felon disenfranchisement
has brought this to everyone's atlention.
According to the report, laws that
disenfranchise people with felony
convictions exist in 48 states, but
Kentucky maintains the distinction of
being one of only three states that
permanently ban all felons for life
unless the governor specifically
restores their civil rights.
Consider this: An 18-year-old
with a first-time felony drug possession, who is sentenced to a drug treatment program which she successfully
completes, can never vote again, no
matter how law abiding a life she
subsequently leads. Only Florida and
Virginia maintain policies as restrictive.
Because of the broad sweep of
Kentucky laws, the impact on the
Kentucky electorate is among the
most severe in the country. One of
every 17 adults in the state is ineligible to vote, double the national aver-
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age. Among African Americans, the
disenfranchisement rate is the
nation's highest, with nearly one in
four (23.7 percent) adults barred
from the voting booth.
Felons in Kentucky who have
completed their sentence can apply to
the governor to restore their voting
rights. ln practice, the current process
is finding far fewer persons having
their rights restored than in the recent
past. Part of this is because in 2004,
Governor Fletcher made this process
far more burdensome and time consuming than it had previously been.
He started requiring that al applicants submit a statement detailing
why their rights should be restored
along with three letters of recommendation. The stated reason for this
when it was presented to the commonwealth's attorneys was that the
Governor wanted it to be "harder, so
they'll appreciate it more." At the
time I joked that it sounded like an
essay contest for the right to vote.
Since then, one enterprising individual who was screened by my
office, and knew the audience to
whom he was playing actually wrote
that he wanted his rights back so he
could vote Republican!
Not surprisingly, both the number
of applicants and the approval rate
have plummeted. Only 464 people
had their rights restored in fiscal year
2004, a decline of more than 60 percent from two years previous.
Why should we care about the
rights of people who have committed
crimes in the past? These people have
completed all the obligations of the
sentence imposed on them. They are
living in the community, hopefully
working, paying taxes, and being
expected to take on all the responsibilities of citizenship. Annually we
spend millions to rehabilitate offenders and bring them back into society
only to let an outdated system push
back with one hand while we pull
with the other.
Research shows that for
offenders who vote are less likely to
be re-arrested than nonvoters. This is
related to the reality that a key element of a successful transition home
after prison is a positive relationship
with community institutions. Voting
shows a commitment to the future of
the community.
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As a veteran of 23 years as a prosecutor, two primaries and five ge11.eral elections I believe I know what I'm
talking about. I also know it's easy to
win votes talking tough about crime.
It's time we looked at the reality of
the situation and do something positive for our fellow Kentuckians
ow-selves. Governor Fletcher should
at least immediately revert to the previous method of restoring rights
where applicants don't have to supply an essay and three recommendations. Previous governors were able
to appropnately review applications
without taking this step.
It is time for a change though and
we should seriously consider allowing those previously convicted of a
felony to vote upon completion of
their sentences. They've done the
crime, but they've also done their
time.
D:::JD
R. David Stengel is a former state
representative, and now commonwealth's attorney for the 30th
Judicial Circuit in Jefferson County.
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• STRAND TWIN
Commentary:
Cameras,
knives,
Skoal,
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·. umbrellas and other favorites
by JESSICA RUNYON
MARKETING DIRECTOR
,
EAST KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER
After every concert held at the Eastern
Kentucky Expo Center I'm always
amazed at the countless trash cans. barrels
and envelopes that are filled with umbrellas, Skoal, knives and yes, even cameras.
·Some of these digital cameras are way
nicer than any model I've ever owned.
Why people leave these items behind is
beyond ane. I know if it were me, I certainly wouldn't be leaving it for a stranger
to keep track of.
While we've printed our policy on the
side of the building and we have
announcements that run upon enu·y at
both our Huffman Avenue and Main
Street Entrance, we still have a number of
guests who attempt to enter with these
'items and are upset when they are asked to
not bring them inside the building.
This being said, I feel we are not doing
the best we can to notify the public of our
'safety policies. I've talked to other facilities and I've been to concerts in other
,venues and seen first hand their policies
• are black and white. You do not bring prohibited items in and if you do, they are
taken. There are no envelopes with your
name where they accept responsibility for
the item and you come claim it the next
day. I know people like this policy, but I
beg of you to take a moment and look at
I# the situation from our side and I believe
you will understand why we do not allow
certain items, especially during concerts
and why we can not accept responsibility
for items from our patrons.
The following items arc not permitted
in the Expo Center by guests:
• Outside food or beverage upon entry
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• Cans, bottles, coolers or other similar containers
• Video cameras or audio recorders
• Laser pens or laser products
• Air horns or noise makers
• Weapons of any kind (this includes
pocket knives)
• Professional Cameras (Please note:
Some shows do not allow cameras of any
kind.)
• Any other item deemed unacceptable by Expo Center management.
• No pets or animals are allowed in
the Expo Center with the exception of service animals.
• No large bags or boxes are allowed
in the building.
ln the event that items are revealed
during a search, the guest(s) will be permitted to return to their vehicle with the
item or they can dispose of the item. The
Expo Center will not safeguard any personal belongings or items of any type.
Expo Center management has the sole
right to determine the type of pre-event
screening.
In addition, the following behavior or
activities are grounds for eviction from
the Expo Center:
• Use of profanity or unacceptable
1:-.nguage of any type.
• Possession of illegal or unauthorized
items inside the Expo Center.
• Unacceptable or indecent dress.
• Failure to obey or follow Expo
Center tobacco policies. The Expo Center
is a Tobacco Free Facility.
• Use of illegal substances or drugs;
Public drunkenness.
• Entering or attempting to enter any
"off limits" areas such as playing surface,
stage area, backstage or restroom of the
opposite sex.
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• Pruticipating m a fight.
• Verbally abusing, threatening or
intimidating other guests or arena
employees.
• The throwing of any objects or pro
jectiles in seating areas, from balcomes,
ramps, stairwells or any other areas.
Another issue I've received e-mails on
is our lost and found policy. The Expo
Center provides lost and found services
for guests at the Guest Services Desk
located in the Main Street Lobby. Any
items that are not claimed at the end of an
event will be turned in at the Guest
Services Desk. Items turned into Lost and
Found can be claimed during regular business hours Monday - Friday 8:30 AM 5:30PM. The Expo Center is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.
Finally, a very hot topic has been the
entry policy for events. We have received
some e-mails expressing concem about
this policy. Typically doors open for most
events an hour before show time, however, the door times vary depending on the
event. If you are concerned about the door
time, please feel free to contact the building in advance to see what time doors for
a particular event will be.
All jackets and bags may be searched
upon entry. Purses, diaper bags and other
small personal bags ru·e allowed, but will
be inspected at all gate entrances.
Exiting and re-entering the building
with the same ticket is not permitted.
f;xceptions are only made in the case of
medical situations and emergencies ..
Guests with medical emergencies or other
guests who want to leave and then return
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Several films that failed to
catch fire at the box office got
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1 ' shelves.
• "Open Season" - This
animated comedy may be a little lowbrow, but it is sure to
please parents and children
, just looking for a few laughs.
, •Martin Lawrence voices the
, ·main character, a bear, and
, ,teams up well with Ashton
, Kutcher, who supplies vocals
" .for a mule deer. The pair meet
· when the bear, who is domesticated, finds itself lost in the
woods on the eve of hunting
season. Kutcher's fast-talking
deer decides to help lead the
,, bear to safety, but the movie
r .really takes off when they opt
v,to build a rag tag army of forest critters and give something
' back to the hunters.
• "The Marine" - WWE
champion John Cena stars here
as a discharged soldier who
must track a band of diamond
thieves after they take his wife
hostage. Cena acquits himself
IIi well, though the film only
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offers PG-13 rated chills .
• "Flyboys" James
Franco (Spiderman's tortured
nemesis Harry Osborne) stars
in this effective aerial thriller
which examines the exploits of
American fighter pilots who
joined the French air force
before America entered World
War I. This is a well rendered
account of a war that hasn't
been the subject of enough
films and offers some well
executed dog fight sequences
as well as a gruff supporting
turn by Jean ·Reno as a seasoned commander.
•
"Catch a Fire" Apartheid era Africa is the setting for this offbeat thriller that
casts Tim Robbins as a policeman who accidentally creates
a terrorist when he imprisons
an innocent man. Though it
often drags a bit and is hampered by yet another PG-13
rating, this is a reas~nablc time
passer.
•
"Dirty"
Cuba
Gooding Jr. and Clifton
Collins star as two LAPD cops
who are ex-gang members in
this grungy account of greed
and brutality. Though this one
has a similar framing device to
''Training Day," it. surpasses
that effort by offering a more
realistic and . nihilistic story.
The film includes a Russian
roulette scene that will leave
you hissing at Gooding but
astonished that a film can still
surprise and repel you.
• "Warner Brothers" The folks at WB studios came
up with a great idea to choose
which of their films debut on
DVD by letting film fans vote
on what films get the treatment. Last year film fans went
to Amazon.com and voted on
their favorites from a list compiled at the WB headquarters
and two of this column's picks
made the grade and are available now. "There Was a
Crooked
Man"
is
a
comedy/westem with an
excellent cast and a 1970s vibe
in which anything can happen.
Kirk Douglas stars as a bandit
who butts heads with warden
Henry Fonda at a remote
prison. A great supporting cast
includes Warren Oates and
Burgess
Meredith.
"The
lllustrated Man" stars Rod
Steiger and is faithful to the
Ray Bradbury novel that
inspired it. The film consists of
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:reen boys ·accused Of·ftting on herd of park horse
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The Associated Press
PIKEVILLE ""- Two Eastern
teenagers were in jail
t Wednesday, accused of killing three
horses,and wounding several more of
1 the animals, which are used for trail
rides at a park on the KentuckyVirginia state line.
Police told the Lexington HeraldLeader on Wednesday that one of the
•horses was shot more than 50 times
t and that the &uspects chased the hors•'~es for about seven miles after the
, .shooting began.
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The horses were grazing on a stnp
mine when the 17-year-old boys stai1ed shooting at them on the afternoon
of Jan. 25, Pike County Chief Deputy
Sheriff Melvin Sayers said One of the
boys turned 18 three days later.
Trish Hayes of Virginia owns the
animals and Breaks Stable in Breaks,
Va. They are used for rides at Breaks
Interstate Park. She said she hoped
the boys would be prosecuted as
adults.
The boys were charged with criminal mischief and cruelty to animals
and were being held m the Breathitt
.. Kidnapping
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• , little fru1her down the road out
•of Det. Goble's sight. After the
vehicle stalled Nancy Lemaster
was able to escape from the
vehicle and flee on foot back to
Goble's cruiser.
Nancy Lemaster was admitted to Paul B. Hall Regional
Medical Center for treatment
and was released.
Lemaster is facing five
felonies, including assault, burglary and kidnapping charges.
He also has been charged with
violating an emergency protective order filed by his wife.
Lemaster was convicted of
misdemeanor carrying a concealed deadly weapon last
October in Johnson County.
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charged Fletcher with three
misdemeanors stemming from
the probe, but Stumbo subsequently signed off on a deal
dismissing those charges.
Fletcher and Stumbo may
yet find themselves adversaries again. The governor is
running for a second term, and
Stumbo is running for the spot
of lieutenant governor in the
May 22 Democratic primary
a ticket with millionaire
candidate Bruce Lunsford.
Still, the drug, addiction
problems facing Kentucky is
pervasive enough to bring
them together, both men said.
They are asking the General
Assembly to pass a plan this session that includes, among other
things, tougher restrictions on
Internet pharmacies, limits on
secret vehicle compartments
and electronic monitming of
certain drug purcha~es.
Sayers said. 'They said they took a
couple pills, but didn't know what
kind," he said. "But one of these kids
had a 3.4 grade-point average, so
you're not dealing with little dummies"
Area residents identified both the
suspects and the truck, Sayers said.
Ray said one suspect was once
injured by a horse and dislikes the
animals,
The boys told police they had two
.22-caliber rifles and a .22-caliber
pistol.
One of the horses was shot six
County Juvl:nile Detention Center. A
hearing was scheduled for Thursday
in Pike County.
The teens told Sayers and
Dctecti vc Richard Ray that they
drove to the site to shoot rabbits. "But
one of the juveniles jumped out and
satd, 'I don't hkc these horses,"'
Sayers told the newspaper. "and they
just went to shooting horses."
The other horses fled. but the boys
apparently went back to their truck
and chased the horses for about seven
miles on the strip mine, officials said.
Drugs might have been involved,
times but survived, Hayes said.
She said she released most of th
horses on the mountaintop strip mine
next to her father's home in October
after the riding season ended. Th¢
horses rarely strayed from the strip
mine even though there are no fences,
Hayes said.
"You've got miles and miles of
flat land where these horses graze and
just stay," she said.
"When they're up there, they look
like a band of wild horses, but when
you drive up, they'll come right up to
your window," Hayes ~aid.
Whitehead receives certification
Hollis Whitehead, Rl\1,
Clinical Manager of Highlands
Regional Medical Center
emergency
department,
received certification in emergency nursing. Certification is
a mechanism in which the
public and employers arc able
to identify practitioners who
have met certain standards in
their particular nursing specialty. The CEN(r) certification is the certification specific
to emergency nursing and
measures the attainment of a
defined body of nursing
knowledge pertinent to that
particular specialty. The CEN
exam is based on emergency
nursing practice in the United
States and the examination
evaluates knowledge of current emergency nursing practice.
Whitehead
ha~
been
employed at Highlands for
approximately two years; ftrst
as a staff nurse in the ED, then
Hollis Whitehead
as manager. He has experience
m medical surgical intcnsi ve
care units, pediatrics, telemetry, and has worked as a flight
nun;c. When asked about
obtaining his CEN, Hollis said,
·· I feel fortunate and excited to
obtain the certification for my
professional growth and for
my organization. I think a basic
element to all personalities is
the need to feel good about
one's self and their professional efficiency. Having a
National Board certification in
Emergency Nursing helps that
person to achieve this need.
For me having the certification
means that I have been f0!1unate enough to learn nursing
skills related to Obstetrics,
Oncology,
Pediatrics,
Geriatrics, General Medicine,
and Trauma care. It ensures
that l can manage patients that
are non-emergent, and emergent with confidence in the
skills that I have learned."
The Certification is also
good for the hospital. It helps
build a reputation that nurses
are committed to educational
excellence, in order to provide
the highest quality of care to
their community. Certification
provides the consumer and/or
patient the knowledge that
their health care professional is
competent and responsible.
This translates to a stronger
belief in the ability of the nurs
and the credibility of the institution.
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 fea-~
tures 24-hour emergency care,
same-day surgery and outpatient care, advanced pulmonary
care, physical therapy and
rehabilitation services, broadbased diagnostic services
including on-site CT and MRI,
cardiac services, pediatric care,
senior wellness programs and
an on-site clinical laboratory.
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Those attending learned
that the county's wellness policy now includes requirements
for increasing daily student
It physical activity as well as
prutnersh1ps with local health
agencies to bring health and
~J:ition related programs into
schools. Online food and
fitrition information as well
as online software that allows
parents to monitor student
meal choices is also available.
"Many of our schools have
already established exercise
clubs;· Grigsby said.
Walking clubs, intramural
sports and physical activities
incorporating
community
mvolvement arc planned, or
1 cutTently being implemented,
to introduce students to the
s importance of regular physical
activity.
Additionally, many of the
wellness policy requirements
that were previously imple' mented in the district's ele~entary sc~~ols have now
tw
t
been extended to the county's
middle and high schools, as
well.
"We've extended everything to K-12 ... with Dr.
Fanning's (Floyd Supt. Dr.
Paul Fanning) permission,"'
Grig~ Htid. ]
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Gt'igsby ahb r~~otted 1 th"tit
teachers will begin to play a
more active role in the implementation of the district's
wellness policy and that each
school will be equipped with
the tools necessary to adequately assess the progress
that their individual programs
are making. The health and
wellness committee, of which
Grigsby is the chair, wtll gather this information throughout
the year and report back annually to local and state boards.
"We're proud of the efforts
and progress we have made
thus far and are committed to
incorporating further improvements toward the health of our
children," said Grigsby.
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~
!
Health Department Infrastructure Pool to address some
of the construction and renovation needs of local and district. health departments. Rules
established for infrastructure
' grants require that no more
than $500,000 cah be spent on
l a local health capital project.
There is a minimum matching
requirement of $125,000.
Submissions were judged
t based on: the age of the facility, particularly if a facility was
50 years old or older; how well
the health department clinic
serve its clients; whether
facility is meeting the
needs of the community; and
the health aepartment's capacity to fulfill environmental
operations, such as restaurant
inspections.
Applicants also received
higher scores if their communities have a higher percentage
of residents served by the
health department and a higher
percentage of poverty. If residents have a low level of
access to other local health
care providers and a lower
capacity to provide funding
through the existing local public health tax, additional points
were given.
arrest.
When Chaffins was asked why
Salisbury's home had been searched, he
said Sheriff John K Blackburn had
received several credible complaints that
Salisbury may be dealing drugs, and
because he had agreed to allow wanant~s._lieP\·<Jhes in exchan&e for home incarC"eration, Blackburn. felt ' a searcfi, d111 ·s
home was warranted.
The warrantless
came about Jan. 12 in a hearing in circuit
court in a separate drug case. Salisbury
had been indicted in December 2005 on
three drug trafficking offenses. He posted
a $20,000 surety bond last February and
had been out of Jail on the bond untll he
was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with
several additional drug charges.
A: q Jan. 12 ~ri~g•Gqthm9P ~all •
Attorney Brent Tu111er requ!; ted a higher
bona in the case as the new charges were
merged together with the older ones
Instead of his bond being raised he was
allowed to go free if he agreed to allow
any law officer to search him or his residence at any time if they saw fit.
A hold has been placed on Salisbury in
both circuit and district comt pending the
outcome of any potential indictme t
handed down by the grand jury.
Local officials worry about cost of runoff election
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT
Local
officials in Kentucky are urgang
state lawmakers to revoke a
provision that could lead to a
runoff election following the
May 22 primru-y. .
Most view the $5 million
cost of a runoff election as an
avoidable expense, Boyd
County Clerk Debbie Jones
said. And the $3 million shru·e
of the cost that will have to be
paid by county governments
makes it unaffordable.
''That's money that could be
used to pave roads.· Jones said.
Key lawmakers haven't dismissed the possibility of changing the state law that could ttig-
gcr the runoff election. The
provision has been on the
books since 1992 but so far
never used. It says if no one
gets at least 40 percent of the
vote, the top two candidates go
into the runoff.
With seven candidates running in the Democratic primary
for governor, the chances that a
runoff will be needed arc high.
Secretary of State Trey
Grayson said he opposes the
runoff, but he said he doesn't
favor changing the law in the
midst of the gubernatmial primary.
However, Grayson said he JS
aware that local officials are
concerned about the cost and
would rather see the runoff
eliminated.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher. who
has two opponents in the
Republican primary, hasn't
taken a position on the 1ssue.
He said he would suppmt whatever lawmakers dec1de to do.
House Speaker Jody Richards,
who is seeking the Democratic
nomination for governor. has
said he favors eliminating the
runoff.
Senate President David
Williams said he has "never
been a fan of the runoff' but
that he has heard sentiment
among lawmakers not to
change the provision in an election year. Williams· said he has
no position on the issue.
"I could live with it either
way," he said.
Jones said if the runoff elec-
tion is necessary, it will cost
Boyd County about $75,000.
That pays for such expenses as
setting up machines, printing
ballots and paying poll workers.
"Ifs a big expense to the
state and to the county that is
unnecessary," Jones aid. "It's
just a strain on the counties to
subsidize the cost of an election."
Trigg County Clerk Wanda
Thomas said the runoff 35 days
after the primary could cause
logistical problems. She said ~
would also create an unexpected expense of about $20,000
for Trigg County taxpayers.
"I've already started worrying about it," Thomas said.
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Jessica@ EastKyExpo.com. As
always, these'( will be brought
to the attention of our full time
staff in our weekly staff meeting for discussion.
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Your story will be entered into our
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rrom
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Duff students studying nature in new lab
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Mrs. Martin's class worked on classifying rocks during a science activity in the newly constructed Nature/Drama Lab at Duff Elementary School.
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OES Literacy program
Once a month, the Family Resource Center at Osborne Elementary School sponsors a Family Read/Activity program.
Parents/guardians, grandparents or other adult's within the community are welcome to bring their children and attend. We host a variety of events throughout the evening; we have a
guest reader, parents and children take time to read to one another, a craft/activity is offered (based on the evening's theme), refreshments are served and we draw for door prizes.
Why not come out and join us next time?
Pet Rocks inspire writing activity
"OES" Homemaker's
Fourth grade students in Mrs. Martin's class at Duff Elementary School enjoy a fun experience of creating pet rocks for each other. The rocks will be used as inspiration to write short
stories.
The Osborne Elementary School Homemaker's club held a meeting before Christmas that
consisted of sharing baked breads and homemade candies. The Homemakers had lunch
, together and exchanged recipes of the homemade items that were brought to the meeting.
The OES Homemakers meet at Osborne Elementary School on the second Tuesday of each
month at 11 :00 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Pictured, from left to right, are the OES Homemakers: (Standing) Cissy Williams, Virginia
Davis, Brenda Hall, and Barbara Carroll. (Seated) Pam Johnson, Kasey Ramirez, Brenda
Newsome and Pat Johnson.
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Mystery guest at OES
Osborne Elementary's primary classes received a visit from a very unique character. He had
red hair and BIG red shoes, you guessed it· it was Ronald McDonald! Through his program,
"Go Active," Ronald got the students involved in several fun activities designed to help them
lead a more balanced, active lifestyle. At the end of the program, students and faculty were
given coupons for free yogurt parfaits and/or muffins. The students hope Ronald comes
back to visit again.
Melvina Newman, pictured here with her family, was one of the first graduates of McDowell
High School. Melvina graduated from McDowell High School in 1934
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Steve LeMaster
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Ladycats post back-to-hack wins
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - The Betsy
Layne Ladycats claimed their second
straight victory on Tuesday with a 4831 win over East Ridge at the Dome.
Mter only leading 6-5 at the end of
the opening quarter, Betsy Layne put
some distance between itself and East
Ridge before the half, leading 20-11
when the second quarter concluded.
East Ridge failed to score more
apiece for the winning team. Hott
dished off four assists and recorded
three steals while Lawson had three
steals and three blocks.
Betsy Layne (1 1-8), behind 12
points from Megan Hamilton,
outscored East Ridge 16-4 in the third
quarter.
TheLadycats hit 16 field goals and
finished seven-for-12 from the free
throw line. Betsy Layne hit three
three-point fteid goals.
Caitlin Conley led East Ridge with
than six points in any of the first three
quarters.
Megan Hamilton led Betsy Layne
with a game-high 24 points, four steals
and two blocks. Lindsey Martin followed with five points, four assists
and four steals for the Ladycats. Krista
Flanery chipped in four points and
pulled down a game-high nine
rebounds for Betsy Layne. Rachel
Hamilt0n added four points to the
Betsy Layne scoring total. Taylor Hott
and Kaitlin Lawson added three points
a team-best 10 points. Hollie McCarty
added nine points for the Lady
Warriors. East Ridge struggled from
the free throw line, finishing eight-for18. Betsy Layne held East Ridge (414) to just six field goals and a trio of
three-pointers.
The loss was East Ridge's fourth
straight.
Betsy Layne is slated to host Allen
Central tonight in an all-important
58th Dtstrict matchup. The Ladycats
remain undefeated in the district.
SHIPWRECKED
Shedding light
on Super Bowl
XLI
Betsy Layne 76,
Phelps 53
PHELPS - Playing on the road last
Friday didn't phase the Betsy Layne
Ladycats. The visiting Ladycats made
themselves at home in Pike County,
beating host Phelps 76-53.
(See LADYCATS, page ten)
Lady Rebs
upend P'burg
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
by RICK BENTLEY
TIMES COLUMNIST
EASTERN - The Allen
Central Lady Rebels returned to
the win column on Saturday in a
home game against visiting Floyd
County Conference/58th District
rival Prestonsburg. Allen Central
defeated Prestonsburg 57-54 for
both its second overall and district
win of the season.
The victory helped Allen
Central, last season's 58th District
runner-up, gain some confidence
here in the second half of the regular-season.
"We're starting to play much
better," said second-year Allen
Central Coach Jennifer Hopkins.
"Our key is to keep consistency
throughout the game. I hope that
we are coming around at the right
time. I'm glad to see that the team
is starting to execute offensively
and defensively. Even with the
absence of Meaghan Slone,
Prestonsburg is still a very com-
In my office at the Bentley
estate . on the Left Fork of
Rockhouse, a framed jersey
hangs on a wall. It's blue, dark
blue, with orange and white trim.
It belonged to my friend Brad
Lockard, the former sports editor
of the News-Express. Brad was a
huge football fan, and of all the
teams in the
league,
his
favorite was
the Chicago
Bears.
This made
Lockard the
source of more
than a few
jokes in those
Rick Bentley
many years in
which the Bears were, shall we
say, mediocre. Sadly enough,
there weren't many years he had
bragging rights, and as is usually
the case, he didn't have to look
far for ridicule.
Brad's cousin, David Gross, is
a huge fan of the Redskins. You' d
think Cousin David wouldn't
have a lot of room to boast, what
with the state of the Skins the last,
say, quarter century. But those
two had a friendly banter going
most all the time, and on years
when the schedule caused the two
to meet, it was a loud, vocal time
wherever they would be.
"'!
On at least one occasion they
actually traveled to Washington, I
believe, to see the Skins and
Bears play. I can only wish I'd
been along on that ride to listen to
the sparring on the way up and
the boasting on the way back.
Sadly, Brad won't be around to
watch Super Bowl XLI this
Sunday. We lost him nearly four
years ago, taken too early by a
cancer he had once beaten. But I
believe in heaven, and I believe
Brad is there awaiting me. And I
believe heaven is a real place
where they can see us and watch
over us, so I believe - I honestly
• J hold this - that Brad Lockard
won't need a hi-def big screen
television on Sunday to follow his
beloved Bears.
And were it not stitched into a
frame, I might put on Brad's jer-
INEZ - Maybe Sheldon Clark is a second-half basketball team. Trailing at the end of each of the first quarter<; on
Tuesday night at home against visiting South Floyd,
Sheldon Clark heated up after the intermission. The
Cardinals saved their best basketball for last. Sheldon
Clark scored 22 points in each of the last two quarters en
route to a 79-65 win.
Bigman Millard Workman led Sheldon Clark with 2 I
points, but it was the outside shooting of Justin Porter that
put the Cardinals over the top. Porter had 18 points, draining six three-pointers, including five in the second half.
Steven Goble also had 18 points for the Cardinals.
Sheldon Clark won without Danny Hinkle - one of its
usual starters.
South Floyd put on a three-point shooting exhibition in
the first half. Guard Wes Akers hit four three-pointers in
the first half on his way to 16 points for the Raiders. Akers
. finished with a game-high 22 points, but was held scoreless in the fourth quarter.
South Floyd led Sheldon Ciar·k 23-19 at the end of the
opening quarter. The Raiders threatened to take a double-
RICHMOND - Paris sprinted
out to a 15-2 lead and held off
more than one Paintsville charge
late in the game Wednesday afternoon in a frrst round matchup of
the Touchstone Energy All "A"
Classic at Eastern Kentucky
University's McBrayer Arena. In
a second half where points were
half to come by, Paris managed to
hang on to beat 15th Region
1. champion Paintsville 46-41.
Nakita Jones paced lOth
Region champ Paris with 13
points and six rebounds. Paris
held a sizable rebounding advantage over the Lady Tigers. The
Lady Hounds outrebounded
Paintsville
43-27.
Lauren
Forsythe was the leading
rebounder for Paris, pulling down
a game-high 10 rebounds.
Western Carolina Universitybound Kendra Carroll led
(See BENTLEY, page ten)
(See CARDS, page ten)
(See TIGERS, page ten)
(See REBS, page ten)
photos by Steve LeMaster
South Floyd's Lyle Johnson (above) drove to the goal during Tuesday night's road game at Sheldon Clark. Wes
Akers (23) led South Floyd in the scoring department.
Cards complete comeback, heat South Floyd
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
Lady Tigers
fall at All 'N.
state tourney
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Rebels rout East Ridge
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - It was right back to business
Tuesday night for the Allen Central Runnin'
Rebels. Coach Johnny Martin and his Rebels
returned to the hardwood follbwing a bitter 15th
Region All "A" Classic championship game loss
to longtime rival Paintsville. The Rebels were
able to shelve Saturday's dismal outing against
Paintsville and return to their winning ways.
Playing in just its fourth home game of the season, Allen Central turned back East Ridge in
convincing fashion. The Rebels rolled over the
visiting Warriors, winning 72-46.
"We played well - it was good to get back
home and play,'' satd Martin. "Being at home
helped us. We played hard and I thought our
press got to East Ridge."
Senior guard Ryan Collins led Allen Central
with a game-high 19 pomts. Collins was one of
four different Allen Central players to hit a
three-pointer in the game. Josh Prater hit a
gan1e-high eight field goals and added 16 points
for the Rebels.
Defensively, Allen Central held East Ridge to
just 30 points through the ftrst three quarters.
Allen Central led 16- I 0 at the end of the first
quarter. Collins, Tyler Slone and J.R . Robmson
each hit a three-poi nter in the second quarter as
(See AC, page t..:n)
BACK ON THE HARDWOOD: Following Saturday's runner-up finish in the 15th Region All
"A" Classic, Allen Central returned to the win column Tuesday night with a convincing triumph over visiting East Ridge.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Bentley
• Continued from p9
sey this Sunday. It's a beautiful one,
with the number 76 of one of his
favorite Bears on the chest. But the
,name on the back isn't that of Steve
"Mongo" McMichael, a member of
that vaunted 1985 Bear defense that
steamrolled to their last Super Bowl
crown.
No, on the back of this jersey is his
dwn seven letters: "L-0-C-K-A-RD." When Brad left us, I told his wife
' Kristy that if she ever parted with it,
fd love to have it. I told her it'd be in
safe place, and it is. It's one of my
most cherished possessions.
Shortly after he graduated from
high school, my younger brother
David Keith moved with his family to
northern Indiana. He'd found work
there in a factory that made
Winnebago's, the kind people drive
from place to place and live out of for
.a
months at a time.
While he never really talked a lot
about his work, he did bring home a
new love. Apparently northern
Indiana is a hotbed for the
Indianapolis Colts, and because he'd
never really had a favorite team
before, he became a fan of the horseshoe.
Much like my friend Brad, he didn't really have a lot to cheer about in
those early days, but soon his luck
would change. The Colts managed to
land the top pick in the NFL draft nine
years ago, and with it, they looked to
Rocky Top and landed the most prized
quarterback prospect the league had
seen in years.
And with Peyton Manning in tow,
it didn't take long for the tide to turn.
Manning soon found comfort in
the lightning-fast arms of receiver
~AC
Marvin Harrison, and the sky was the
limit. Predictions of Super Bowls
have long filled preseason magazines
and the voices of television's talking
heads, and regardless of who the running back was - first Marshall Faulk,
then Edgerrin James and now a twoheaded beast led by rookie Joseph
Addai - success came the way of the
Colts
Back up a minute. Make that regular-season success. Because in the
postseason, Manning showed an
uncharacteristic bend toward struggling, which caused many to doubt
he'd ever be able to clear the hurdle
that faces all top-notch signal-callers:
Winning The Big One.
But through regular-season thick
and post-season thin, my brother has
stood by his Colts. And two weeks
ago when he'd finished sweating out
the final seconds of their AFC championship exorcism of the New
England Patriots, my phone was the
first to ring.
"How you like me now!" he yelled.
I laughed because I too had grown
fond of his Colts. I was happy for him,
that he'd fmally be able to see his
team play in the brightest spotlight of
them all.
I'll watch alongside him on
Sunday, and pull for his Colts along
with him.
As I thought about that phone call,
I realized the one I'd missed only a
few hours earlier. Because rest
assured, had Brad Lockard still occupied his home in Flatwoods, my
phone would have rang earlier that
evening as his Bears shredded the
New Orleans Saints in the NFC title
game.
And odds are good I'd have figured out a way to watch with him too
on Sunday as his Bears tried for their
first title in 21 years.
On Sunday night, I'll be one of the
billions watching the championship
game that is so much larger than a
football contest. And when it comes to
an end, I'll likely be a little melancholy.
Because one of their teams will
have won and the other lost.
Either way, I'll be happy. Either for
Brad, who will likely be in the huddle
with Brian Urlacher and Co., or for
David Keith, who will rise and fall
with every Peyton Manning pass.
One of their teams will be Super
Bowl champions.
And either way, be it for my brother or the friend I watched pass, I' 11 be
happy.
Rebs
• Continued from p9
Allen Central pushed out to a 38-21
,halftime lead.
Robinson hit a pair of three-point
.fj.eld goals and added nine points for
, the Rebels. Alex Hammonds had
seven points and Robbie Cole netted
six for host Allen Central.
Senior center Josh Martin saw limited playing time and along with
Slone, added five points. Clinton
Thrner and Logan Crowder rounded
out the Allen Central scoring with
three and two points, respectively.
The Rebels took a commanding
59-30 lead into the fmal quarter.
r
East Ridge didn't feature any scorers in double figures. The Warriors
dropped to 8-11 after the loss.
Allen Central finished 11-of-16
from the free throw line. The Rebels
hit 23 field goals and five three-pointers.
Allen Central (14-5) will host
Oneida Baptist Institute on Saturday
night for Homecoming.
Allen Central 72, East Ridge 46
EAST RIDGE (8-11) - Coleman 8,
Rowe 2, Webb 2, Bentley 9, Mullins
5, Ratliff 4, Fields 7, Looney 4
Williams 2, Slone 3.
ALLEN CENTRAL (14-5)- Martin
5, Collins 19 Slone 5, Hammonds 7,
Prater 16, Cole 6, Robinson 9 Turner
3 L. Crowder 2.
East Ridge ......... tO 11 9 1~6
Allen Central..... l6 22 21 13-72
•'
• Continued from p9
petitive and well coached team."
Allen Central led at the end of
each of the ftrst two quarters before
Prestonsburg rallied in the third quarter. The Lady Rebels outscored
Prestonsburg 13-7 in the opening
quarter and led 27-17 at halftime.
Amanda Thacker and Brandi
Brown each had 12 points for the
host Lady Rebels. Liz Dingus and
Sara Johnson joined Thacker and
Brown in double figures with 11 and
10 points, respectively.
Prestonsburg put together a strong
second-half
comeback
effort,
outscoring the Lady Rebels 20-7 in
the third quarter. Allen Central, however, managed to hit its free throws
down the stretch and pull out the win.
The Lady Rebels finished 14-for24 from the charity stripe.
Jessica Toole tossed in eight
points and Kim Biliter added two for
homestanding Allen Central.
Sophomore Linsey Fields led
Prestonsburg with a game-high 17
points. Julianne Frye hit a trio of
three-pointers and added 11 points
for the Lady Blackcats. Amber
Whitaker netted nine points as
Prestonsburg dropped its second
straight game.
Paintsville 69, Allen Central 31:
In a final tuneup Monday night
before the Touchstone Energy All
"A" Classic, Paintsville defeated
Allen Central handily.
Lorrin Welch scored a game-high
21 points for the host Lady Tigers.
Kendra Carroll joined Welch in double figures for Paintsville, adding 11
points.
Jessica Toole paced Allen Central
with eight points. Kim Biliter, Liz
Dingus and Sara Johnson followed
with four points apiece for the Lady
Rebels.
outscored Allen
Paintsville
Central 17-1 in the ftrst quarter and
led 38-9 at halftime.
Allen Central will be on the road
tonight at Betsy Layne in another
58th District matchup. Tipoff for the ·
Allen Central-Betsy Layne girls'
game is set for 6 p.m.
Paintsville 69, Allen Central31
ALLEN CENTRAL (2-12)
Thacker 3, Biliter 4, Dingus 4,
Johnson 4, Brown 3, Toole 8, Jones
2, Owens 3.
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Russell 6, Adams 2, Jarrell 6, Lo.
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Allen Centrall 8 13 9-31
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LEXINGTON - The draws for the
2007 National City/KHSAA Boys'
and Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball Tournaments will be conducted today. WKYT-TV27 in
Lexington will again air the draws
live beginning at 1 p.m. Insight of
Northern Kentucky will air the program live while Insight in Louisville
will air the program on a delayed
basis.
Brackets will be posted on the
Riherd's/KHSAA Scoreboard at the
conclusion of the program.
Again as part of its title sponsorship of the Boys' Sweet 16 State
Basketball Tournament, National
City will be touring the Boys'
Championship trophy for the fourth
; consecutive year. Four stops remain
• on the 2007 tour.
On the tour, students are able to
... pick up scholarship application 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 additional information, contact Butch Cope at the KHSAA.
Following are the remaining sites
of the 2007 National City/KHSAA
Trophy Scholarship Tour
Feb. 3
Raceland at Ashland
BlaL:er
Feb. 6- Bowling Green at Warren
Central
Feb. 9 - Jeffersontown at DuPont
Manual
Feb. 16 - Mercer County at
Danville
Be
an
digit lead into halftime, but Sheldon
Clark was able to hold it under 10
before the break. The Raiders led
Sheldon Clark 42-35 at halftime.
Sheldon Clark heated up in third
quarter while South Floyd struggled
to keep up the offensive pace it had
set in the first half. The homestanding Cardinals Jed 57-54 when the
third quarter ended.
Five South Floyd players scored
and four had 10 or more points. Lyle
Johnson netted 14 points and Ethan
Johnson added 13 for the Raiders.
Kyle Brown, after going scoreless in
the opening quarter, finished with
10 points. Adam Slone rounded out
the South Floyd scoring with six
points.
Sheldon Clark (4- 16) is set to
host 57th District foe Lawrence
County tonight.
South Floyd (3-16) will be back
on the hardwood tonight on the road
Sheldon Clark 79, South Floyd 65
SHELDON CLARK (79) - Stroud
2, Mollette 8, Horn 3, Todd 2,
Porter 18, Hensley 7, Goble 18,
Workman 21.
SOUTH FLOYD (65)- E. Johnson
13, L. Johnson 14, Akers 22, Slone
6, Brown 10.
Sheldon Clark........ 19 16 22
22-79
South Floyd ............ 23 19 12
11-65
Morgan County 74, South Floyd
60: Kaitlin Haney poured in a game-
high 25 points on Saturday in West 'Liberty as Morgan County turned
back visiting South Floyd. Wes
Montgomery and Derrick Young
added 16 points apiece for the
Cougars.
Ethan Johnson scored 20 points
and pulled down six rebounds for
South Floyd. Lyle Johnson score?
15 points and Wes Akers added 14
as the Raiders fell short.
South Floyd led at the end of
each of the ftrst two quarters. The
Raiders, after outscoring Morgan
County 17-11 in the first quarter, led
32-30 at the break.
Morgan County hit 21-of-28 free
throws. South Floyd hit two of three
charity shots.
Each hit 24 field goals in the nonregion matchup.
Morgan County led 56-50 at the
conclusion of the third quarter.
Lady cats
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Betsy Layne doubled up Phelps
12-6 in the ftrst quarter and led
throughout.
Megan Hamilton led Betsy Layne
with a team-high 16 points. Kaitlin
Lawson, Krista Flanery and Taylor
Hott fmished with 15, 14 and 10
points, respectively. Flanery had a
10
double-double,
securing
rebounds. Hamilton pulled down
nine rebounds and Lawson hauled in
seven caroms for Betsy Layne, which
shot 57 -percent from the field.
Betsy Layne led Phelps 40-14 at
halftime.
Jasmine Hall had a game-high 19
points for host Phelps.
Betsy Layne 48, East Ridge 31
BETSY LAYNE (11-8) - Martin 5,
M . Hamilton 24, Hott 3, Reynolds 1,
Flanery 4, Lawson 3, Tackett 2,
Meade 2, R. Hamilton
EAST RIDGE (4-14) - Baldridge 3,
Ratliff 2, Swindall 7, McCarty 9,
Conley 10.
Betsy Layne.....6 14 16 12-48
East Ridge........ 5 6 4 16-31
Betsy Layne 76, Phelps 53
BETSY LAYNE - Martin 8, M.
Hamilton 16, Hott 10, Reynolds 2,
Flanery 14, Lawson 15, Tackett 8,
Meade 3.
PHELPS - Johnson 14, Keene 12,
Halll9, McGuire 3, Wolford 5.
Phelps ................... 6 8 12 27- 53
Betsy Layne ...... l2 18 21 25-76-
Tigers
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Paintsville with 13 points, five assists
and four rebounds.
Paintsville dropped to 12-7 after
the loss.
The Paintsville Tigers were in
action on Thursday night against
tournament favorite Elliott County in
the final opening round game of the
Boys' All "A" Classic. The
Paintsville-Elliott County boys'
game ended too late to make this edition.
Cumberland County 76, Hazard
32: Fourtet<nth Region Champion
Hazard was on the losing end of a 3917 halftime score and failed to recover in the second half Wednesday
night in the Girls' All "A" opening
round finale. C umberland County
shot a blistering 625 percent in the
final two quarters.
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Kristen Rowe paced Cumberland (111
County with a double-double performance of 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Sarah Sullivan added 19 points for
the Lady Tigers, champs out of the
4th Region.
Taylor Niece was the only
Paintsville player to reach double figures.
GIRLS:
S. Floyd 50,
JBS 46
quarters, outscored June Buchanan
23-5 in fourth quarter on its way to
winning 50-46.
June Buchanan j~mped out in
front and led 15-4 at the end of the
first quarter. At halftime, June
Buchanan owned a 25-18 advantage.
Kayla Hall led South Floyd with a
game-high 16 points. Chelsie Thttle
followed with nine points for the
Lady Raiders. South Floyd point
guard Andrea Conn also had nine
points. Conn had five assists, six
steals, five rebounds and six deflections to go along with her nine points.
Conn didn't have any turnovers in
the late-regular season game.
Danielle Tackett dumped in eight
points, Lindsey Dye scored three and
Faith Little had two for the Lady
Raiders.
South Floyd senior center Heather
Dean didn't score, but had 13
rebounds and three blocks - both
game-high totals.
South Floyd hit 18-of-24 free
throws. The Lady Raiders hit 10 field
goals and four three-pointers.
South Floyd outscored June
Buchanan in each of the second-half
quarters.
Cody Centers and Maris Hovee
led June Buchanan with 13 points
apiece. The Lady Crusaders struggled from the free throw line, hitting
just five-of-27 attempts. June
Buchanan is under the guidance of
first-year head coach Larry Hayes.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
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at 58th District rival Prestonsburg.
Tip-off for the South FloydPrestonsburg boys' game is set for 6
p.m. A Prestonsburg-South Floyd
girls' game will follow 20 minutes
after the conclusion of the boys'
game.
PIPPA PASSES - The visiting
South Floyd Lady Raiders started
slow, but finished fast on Saturday in
a non-region matchup against the
June Buchanan School Lady
Crusaders. South Floyd, after trailing
at the end of each of the first three
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
FRIDAY, FEBRURAY
2, 2007 • A11
UK basketball, football prices get first hike in 3 years
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON- The University of
Kentucky is raising sports ticket
prices and fees for the first time in
three years - with the steepest hike
for men's basketball and new incentives for football season-ticket holders.
While single-game basketbaJJ
tickets for Rupp Arena are increasing
just $6 - to $33 for lower-level and
$28 for upper-level seats - occupants
of some 6,700 premium seats will be
asked to contri butc an additional
$100 to a university scholarship fund
for the right to buy them.
The hike in the K-Fund, approved
Monday afternoon by the school's
athletic board, would raise the annual
fees to $300 to $1 ,350, depending on
seat location. Season tickets, which
are in high demand with only about
150 made available via lottery each
year, will now cost $108 more for an
18-game schedule.
Increases arc more modest for
Kentucky football, which last month
won its first postseason game since
1984 when it beat Clemson in the
Music City Bowl.
Single-game football tickets,
which were $29 for sideline and $22
for end zone last year, will all be
priced at $30 for the 2007 season.
The exception is the Louisville game,
which is deemed as a premium
matchup costing $70. The Wildcats
and Cardinals would play in
Louisville in 2008, so no premium
ticket will be on the schedule that
season.
Football season tickets will
increase a total of just $5 - to $177
for end zone and $219 for sideline.
They would climb to $195/$230 in
2008 and $200/$235 in 2009.
Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart
said the bigger increases for basketball over football was an effort to
encourage more football fans to fill
up Commonwealth Stadium. That ha:;
never been a problem at Rupp, which
has been selling out men's basketball
for decades.
"We've got growth in the basketball program," Barnhart said. "We
don't need to gww that demand. The
demand of football is something we
want to continue to grow."
Even with the new increases,
Barnhart said he expects Kentucky
will remain II th among the i2
Southeastern Conference schools in
prices.
Also Monday, the athletic board
completed a contract extension for
football coach Rich Brooks. He
would receive $1 million, with the
potential for incentives, for four years
- with a university option for a fifth.
Brooks has agreed in principle to the
deal but still must sign it.
•
UK FOOTBALL: Brooks gets new four-year deal that includes fifth-year option
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - The University
of Kentucky and head football coach
Rich Brooks have finalized a new
four-year contract, including a
University option for a fifth year.
The new contract replaces Brooks'
initial five-year deal, which had one
year remaining, and covers the 200710 seasons, plus the University
option to renew for 20 ll . Including
endorsements and broadcasting services, the coach's base pay will be $1
million per year, with additional
incentives for winning five or more culminating in an 8-5 season in 2006
that included a win over
Conference
Southeastern
Clemson in the Gaylord
games, the SEC Eastern
Hotels Music City Bowl.
Division or overall league
The accomplishments
championship, participation in
in 2006 were compiled
bowl games, increases in footagainst a schedule that
ball ticket revenues, and acadwas rated as the nation's
emic performance by the team.
13th most difficult
Brooks arrived at UK
beginning with the 2003 seaaccording to the Sagarin
Ratings. UK played
son, inheriting a program on
Rich Brooks
major scholarship penalties
eight teams during the
because of NCAA violations
season that eventually
committed by a previous staff. advanced to bowl games.
Broob patiently rebuilt the program,
Kentucky could return for the
2007 season as many as 15 starters
(seven offense, eight defense),
including five players who have been
first- or second-team All-SEC during
their careers- wide receiver Keenan
Burton, tailback Rafael Little, tight
end Jacob Tamme, quarterback
Andre' Woodson, and linebacker
Wesley Woodyard.
During a press conference on
Tuesday, Brooks opened up with the
following statement: ''First I would
like to thank Dr. Lee Todd and Mitch
Barnhart for extending the contract,
recognizing that the staff also has
"
done some things and given us some
more money for the assistant coaches. I think their salary pool is a little
higher in the league then mine is and
that is always a very good sign. I
think it is critically important as we
move forward to have an experienced
and talented staff that can not only
recruit but teach and I am very
pleased that basically all the coaches
are under contract at this point in
time. We are ready to go to work a
week from tomorrow."
NAIA MEN'S BASKETBALL: Bears get revenge on longtime rival Alice Lloy<:f
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - The Pikeville
College men's basketball team
avenged a 15-point loss earlier in the
season, as they routed their rivals
from Alice Lloyd College 78-63 at
the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
Tuesday night.
The win, the third straight for the
Bears at the Expo Center, snapped a
two-game losing streak for the home
team.
With 13:33 to go in the first half, a
layup from sophomore Bo Harris
(Winchester) put the Bears on top 12- 42.
10. From that point on, the Bears did
For most of the second
not surrender the lead. With 3:32 to half the Bears used tough
go, freshman Brad Lowe (Pikeville) defense to force Eagle
connected on one of his six three- turnovers, which helped the
pointers, giving the Bears their home team cruise to the 78largest lead of the half, 36-22.
63 win.
Pikeville took a 40-26 lead into
The Bears forced 18
halftime and came out with the same ALC turnovers, scoring 13
Brad
intensity in the second half. The points.
Bears opened the first ten minutes on
"A win a win is a win,"
a 26-16 run, capped off by a jumper said Pikeville Coach Kelly Wells.
from
senior
Will
Holloman "We forced turnovers and pushed the
(Jacksonville, Fla.), which gave them • ball; we played with the kind of
their largest lead of the game at 66- intensity that we're going to need to
is
compete in our conference.
With Lindsey coming up,
we needed this one."
Not only was the win
over their rivals a sweet
one, but the Bears' victory
completed the sweep for
the evening, as the Lady
Bears took care of the Lady
Lowe
Eagles 91-68. The wins
marked the first time all
season that Pikeville basketball swept
an opponent in a given night.
The Bears' onslaught was carried
by Lowe, who had a game-high 24
points. Harris threw in a double-double, scoring 18 points and bringing
down 10 rebounds, while Holloman
also contributed 15 points and a
game-high seven assists.
Alice Lloyd (8-13) was led by
Rodney Mitchell's 15 points. William
Dillard and Corey Hairston added 12
points each for the Eagles in the loss.
With the win the Bears improved
to 10-12. The Pikeville College
men's team was hosting sixth-ranked
Lindsey Wilson on Thursday night at
the Expo Center. The game ended too
late to make this edition.
NAIA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Lady Bears run past ALC Lady Eagles
TIMES STAFF REPORT
evening. The win snapped a threegame losing streak for the Lady
Bears, who improved to 8-15 on the
PIKEVILLE - One of the most
!"bnjoy,(\ble basketball rivalries in the
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Ahce Lloyd cut into an
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early Pikeville lead when
Exposition Center when
Chastity Fox hit a three
the Lady Eagles of Alice
with 14:42 to go, making it
Lloyd College visited the
11-9 in favor of the home
Pikeville College Lady
team.
Bears.
But the Lady Bears went
The Lady Bears never
on a ferocious 14-0 run
trailed throughout the
over the next 3:08, capped
game and coasted to a
Heather Martin
off by a jumper from fresh91-68 win over their
man
Heather
Martin
rivals from Pippa Passes Tuesday (Kite), pushing their lead to 25 -9.
The Lady Eagles responded with
a layup from Kaylan Richardson, but
from there the Lady Bears went on
24-8 run over the next ei9ht miqutes.
increasing their lead to a game-high
28 points. Alice Lloyd attempted to
cut into the Pikeville lead but still
trailed 49-31 at halftime.
Once again the Lady Bears held a
halftime lead, but this time it was
more than secure. A pair of free
throws from ALC's Whitney Lykens
cut the Pikeville lead to 53-39 with
16:46 remaining, but the Lady
Eagles would get no closer.
Pikeville got a career night out of
senior Tonya Amburgey (Pinetop),
who poured in a double-double (18
points, 10 assists) and missed a
Ui.ple-doul;lle by onl) one rebound.
Martin led all scorers with 20 points,
while sophomore Whitney Hogg
(Whitesburg) provided 14 points and
eight boards, and fellow sophomore
Camille Cook (Whitesburg) had 13
points.
The Lady Eagles, who entered the
game leading the KIAC, fell to 1210 with the loss. Lykens led her
squad with 16 points, while Fox
added 15 points.
"With the exception of the Tech
game, that's the way we've competed since winter break," said
Pikeville head coach Bill Watson.
"That'
ay we're s~ppp~ed to
play, and when we play that way, we
feel confident that we can win any
game. We were scrappy; we were
tough. It was a really good win.
Anytime you beat your rival it feels
good, but this was impressive."
The Lady Bears were hosting
Lindsey Wilson on Thursday
evening at the Expo Center. At press
time, the game was being played.
UP FOR TWO: Allen Central's Josh Prater lofted a shot during Tuesday night's home win over East Ridge.
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The AMS squad includes Brittany Blankenship, Ashley Tackett (sponsor), Brianna Blankenship, Celeste Hall, Brittany
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
2, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Kentucky's first Boone and Crockett Elk scored
Soon to be on display at Jenny Wiley State Park
TIMES STAFF REPORT
FRANKFORT- A bull elk taken
'I Franklin Scott of Floyd County tS
)t only the new state record typical
111, but also Kentucky's first Boone
1d Crockett Club record elk.
fficials
with
the
Kentucky
epartment of Fish and Wildlife
esources measured the bull 's antlers
[onday at an official scoring event at
1e Salato Wildlife Education Center
1 Frankfort.
The bull's final score was 361 4/8
1 the Boone and Crockett Club offial' scoring system, surpassing the
,rmer state record typical bull elk
;ore of 319 6/8 held by Paul
ummins of Mt. Vernon. The Boone
1d Crockett Club officially recogzes trophy elk when they score at
ast 360.
"This is the first bull we've had
rat qualifies for the Boone and
rockett
three-year
Awards
rogram," said Tina Brunjes, big
une program coordinator for
entucky Fish and Wildlife. "Having
E>one and Crockett-caliber animals
indicative of the overall quality of
u elk resource. We have a healthy
elk herd now. It's time to grow it and
manage it."
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife,
together with the Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation, began restoring freeranging elk to Kentucky in 1997. The
elk herd now numbers an estimated
5,700 animals in southeastern
Kentucky. Scott took his state record
bull in Knoll County during the 2006
bull elk hunt. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing," Scott said. 'Til cherish
it, that's for sure."
Seventh District Fish and Wildlife
Commission Member Doug Hensley
announced the official score and congratulated Scott on his successful
hunt. "This is a magnificent animal,"
Hensley said. 'Tm proud to live in
Kentucky and to have an organization
like the Department of Fish and
Wildlife to take a chance and release
elk in this state."
Knott County Judge Executive
Randy Thompson is proud that the
official state record elk came from his
home county. "It doesn't surprise me
at all," Thompson said. "We have the
largest elk herd east of the
Mississippi here in Kentucky. The
potential for tourism for this state and
for Knott County in particular is
tremendous."
Elk enthusiasts will soon be able
to see Kentucky's new state record at
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in
Prestonsburg. The park, known for its
guided elk tours, will display the elk
mount in the lobby of its May Lodge.
"We are fortunate and very honored (Scott) chose to give us the
opportunity to display it here at the
park," said Park _Manager Scott
Ringham. "It will be the first thing
you see when you walk into our main
building."
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials also scored the non-typical bull
elk taken by Danny Waldroup of
Waynesburg. The bull scored 342 3/8,
larger than the former non-typical
state record of 320 2/8, taken in 2005
by Matthew "Train" Hall of
Middlesboro. Officials expect Hall's
non-typical bull elk record to fall this
year. However, a new non-typical
record has not yet been declared
because another large non-typical
bull of similar size, which was taken
during the 2006 hunt, has not yet
been officially scored.
Kentucky's state record has fallen
almost every year since llmtted elk
hunting began in 2001. With a growing herd and quality elk habitat in
southeastern Kentucky. hunters may
again see a new state record in future
years.
"Everything that's happened until
now has been exciting:' said Chad
Miles, Kentucky's representative for
the Rocky Mountain Elk foundatton.
"But what happens in the next 10
years will be even better."
For your chance at hunting elk in
Kentucky this year, pick up an elk
lottery application before July 31
anywhere hunting licenses are sold.
Lottery applications co~t $10 and
winners are drawn randomly in early
August.
Floyd County resident Franklin Scott has hunted his way into the record
books.
Kentucky Afield TV to include novelist, record elk
TIMES STAFF REPORT
FRANKFORT - Noted Kentucky
Ithor Ron Ellis pages through his
)01 outdoor novella, Cogan's
roods, this weekend on Kentucky
field television.
Cogan's Woods, a fictionalized
memoir. is a son's remembrance of
journeys taken with his father in the
imaginary countryside of Belden
County, Kentucky. Host Tim Farmer
chats with this Kenton County writer
about the true story behind the story,
set along the Ohio River town of
Persimmon Gap.
Also on the show: Elk hunters are
rewriting the record book again.
Kentucky Afield cameras watch as
Boone and Crockett Club certified
wildlife biologists score the new state
record for a typical bull elk harvested
in Kentucky.
Elk hunting in the east is beginning •
to rival opportunities out west. This
week, the Kentucky Afield crew sits
down with a member of the Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation to look at
efforts to restore this species in
Kentucky and the Eastern U.S.
Kentucky Afield is a production of
the Kentucky Department of Fish and
\CHS set to host Basketball Hon1ecoflling
TIMES STAFF REPORT
EASTERN - Allen Central High
::hool will host its 2007 Basketball
omecoming on SatUrday, beginning at 6
m. inside J.E. Campbell Arena. The
CHS boys' basketball team will play
)St to visiting Oneida Baptist Institute
'ter the Homecoming festivities.
year's ACHS Basketball
This
omecoming court includes the following
udents.
Freshman Attendant: Kaitlyn Denise
anderpool of Hippo, the 14-year-old
mghter of Cindy and Dennis
Vanderpool.
Sophomore Attendant: Elizabeth
Nicole Hughes of Langley, the 16-yearold daughter of Bryon and Tamyra
'Hughes.
Junior Attendant: Deanna Davis of
David, the 16-year-old daughter of Kathy
and Mike Prater of David and Deanie and
Martha Davis of Hippo.
Senior Attendant: Ctu·istina Michelle
Blevins of Langley, the 18-year-old
daughter of Chris and Kathy Blevins.
Senior Attendant: Stacia Nicole Crace
of Martin, the 18-year-old daughter of
Greg and Sherry Crace.
Senior Attendant: Brittany Lynn
Frasure of Langley, the 17-year-old
daughter of Keith and Pam Frasure.
Senior Attendant: Candice Marie
Halbert of Eastern, the 18-year-old daughter of Jennifer Halbett and Larry Osborne.
Senior Attendant: Emily Jordan Kidd,
the 18-year-old daughter of Doug and
Sarah Kidd.
Senior Attendant: Tiffany Victoria
Owens of Garrett, the 18-year-old daughtey of Joe and Teresa Owens.
Heather
Danielle
Travis
Prestonsburg, the 18-year-old daughter of
Sandra Travis and Tony Travis.
Wildlife Resources. It is the longest
continuously 1unning outdoor television show in the nation. Kentucky
Afield airs Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Eastern /7:30 p.m. Central and is
repeated on Sunday at 4 p.m.
Eastem/3 p.m. Central on KET.
ATTACK
photo by Steve LeMaster
WORKING AGAINST THE PRESS: Pikeville guard Jordan Bell
worked against Phelps during this year's 15th Region All "A"
Classic. The Panthers made it into the 15th Region
Tournament last season and are looking to make a return to
the tournament, which will again be played at the Eastern
Kentucky Expo Center.
SF - SHELDON CLARK
Stacia Nicole Crace
Elizabeth Nicole Hughes
Tiffany Victoria Owens
<aitlyn Denise Vanderpool
photos by Steve LeMaster
Candice Marie Halbert
Heather Danielle Travis
Brittany Lynn Frasure
Emily Jordan Kidd
Above: South Floyd Coach Barry Hall talked with his team
during a timeout Tuesday night. Lyle Johnson worked
against the Sheldon Clark defense.
�Friday, February 2, 2007
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FLOYD COUNTY
Features Edttor
Kathy Prater
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Clark Elementary • page A14i
Duff Elementary • page A14
B-Day • page A15
Battle of Middle Creek • page A15
MLK Jr. Day • page A15
FAMilY MEDICINE
Most cases of TMD respond to simple
measures in time - Page 114
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THROUGH MY EYES
A dose of
'Kathy'
by Kathy J. Prater
FEATURES
EDITOR
Well, the
pressure's on
this
week.
One of my
daughter's
friends commented
a
week or so
Kathy Prater ago that she
Lifestyles editor doesn't much
like it when
she buys our little paper on Friday
mornings to get a dose of "Kathy"
and all she gets is one of those
cute little email's I've passed
along. Well, I have to agree with
Shea that when I find myself
rushed or suffering from a bout of
writer's block and I decide to pass
along a "funny-cutesy" that it
does feel a whole lot like "cheating." My boss would probably
say it's more like flat not doing
my job, however. Others of you
Community United Methodist Cornerstone Service, 1977. One of several historical photographs contained in Jean Burke's book.
photo by Kathy J. Prater
Jean Burke, of North Prestonsburg, recently published a book about the
early history of one of the town's most loved church communities,
Community United Methodist. The book contains not only historical information, but several humorous tales and many photographs as well.
Local 'first lady' pens book about Community Methodist's early years
by Kathy J. Prater
FEATURES EDITOR
(See EYES, page fifteen)
DINNER DIVA
The joy of
chicken
by Leanne Ely
In the world of exotic foods and
flavors,
inevitably
someone tasting
snake,
frogs legs or
some other so
called delicacy for the first
time
will
make
the
crack that it
" tastes
like
Lenne Ely
chicken." In
my economy (and I mean that figuratively and literally), why not
just go for chicken in the first
place?
Chicken is a wonderful thing to
behold, especially those boneless,
skinless breast of chicken. How
easy, convenient and cheap!
(Particularly when the grocery
store has a buy one/get one free
sale) The meat is lean, the waste
nearly non-existent and the preparations are endless.
I love sauteed chicken breasts
in the skillet- you can make a
myriad of sauces, flavor your
chicken however you like, make it
ethnic, slice it up and make it
fast. .. those little frozen "blanks"
are truly amazing!
(See DIVA, page fifteen)
I
One of our town's best loved
ladies has recently become an
author/historian, as well. Emma
Jean Herald Burke, of Prestonsburg.
the wife of the late Hem Burke, coowner/operator of the old Fountain
Komer Drugstore.
Jean, a woman who has shown
her dedication to her church,
Community
United Methodist
Church,
located
in
North
Prestonsburg, throughout her life
and to the present day, has compiled
a history detailing the hard work and
many service projects of the
women 's guild of that church in a
book entitled "First Ladies of
Commumty Methodist:
Church
Memories."
From the first chapter entitled
"The Beginning," to the last page
which shares a poem written by R.A.
Burke "three weeks before his
death," according to the author, the
book is one that will delight anyone
with a personal history of worshipping ai Community Methodist.
"I just wanted to write it all
down," Jean Burke said, "I have
always kept minutes , notes and
scrapbooks and I just felt that detailing some of the church's history and
honoring some of those women who
worked so hard to help build it might
be a good thing to do."
The book contains many wonderful memories and much praise for
the church's firs t pastor. Dr. Harold
Dorsey. a man who, according to
Jean, was not only a pastor but a
good friend as well to many in his
congregation. "I still see Pastor
Dorsey when I can," Jean said. "He
Jives in Lexington now, but we manage to stay in close touch by phone.
We all still love him as much as we
ever did."
From the groundbreaking for
Community Methodist in 1953, up
to the late 1970s, Jean chronicles
many of the highlights of those years
such as women's circle fundraiser
dinners ("Aunt Sally Spradlin and
Miss Ollie Hill raised chickens at
their homes on Abbott Creek. They
supplied the chicken and dumplings.
Margaret Jackson also made good
dumplings, but she had to buy her
chickens. We always had mashed
potatoes made by Aunt Bertha
(Dickerson), plenty of green beans,
corn pudding by Leslie Burke, and I
can't count the cherry and apple pies
I made. Viola Cooley made cakes
easier than I could make cornbread.
We had slaw and cornbread, always
made from scratch. Our guests had
to have the best.'... "), weddings
(Hansel and Frances Cooley's being
the first, in 1955), funerals, baptisms, Eastar Egg hunts and more.
She even shares a delightful t~e
about "Skip - the faithful dog" who
was once awarded an attendance pin
for his dedication in showing up
each week for Sunday services. ·
"I hope people will enjoy my ljttle book," Jean said. "Maybe before
too long, I can get together another
one about the last 35 years."
To inquire about purchasing ·a
copy of "First Ladies of Community
Methodist: Church Memories" you
may contact Jean Burke at 8862654.
Oklahoma student excels in athletics, has roots in Floyd County
Tigers team in her junior year.
Courtney produced a break-out season that year when she led her team
Courtney Baldridge, the daughter in scoring (ll points per game) and
of William "Bill" Baldridge, of rebounding (7/game). Her junior
Prestonsburg, and the granddaughter ye r season was highlighted by a 30of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baldridge, point outburst in a win over a rival
also of Prestonsburg,
school.
was recently profiled
This exemplary seain her hometown
son of basketball play
newspaper,
The
was followed by an
Newkirk
Heraldequally impressive seaJournal, of Newkirk,
son on Newkirk's track
Oklahoma, for her outand field teams when
standing athletic a biliunleashed her bestties.
ever throw of the shot
Courtney, a 17-year
put at a regional track
old senior at Newkirk
meet.
held
in
High School, excels
Pawhuska,
OK.
on the basketball
Reaching the mark of
court. emerging as a
33'5,"
Courtney's
key
player
on
Courtney Baldridge
throw advanced her to
Newkirk's
Lady
the Class 3A state meet
By Kathy J. Prater
FEATURES EDITOR
as an additional qualifier.
This season, Courtney is again
instrumental in her team's success.
She is averaging nine points and nine
rebounds per contest, thus far, in the
2006-07 season, and has also upped
her free-throw shooting efficiency to
76 percent.
Though Courtney excels in both
basketball and track, she shares that
basketball stands out as her favorite
endeavor. "It's a lot more of a team
sport, " she said. "Throughout the
whole game, it depends on everyone
on the court," she added.
Throughout her high school
career, thus far, Courtney has compiled 422 points, 322 total rebounds
( 114 offensive boards), 76 assists,
and 56 steals.
The 5' 8" senior plans to attend
Oklahoma State University to pursue
a degree in veterinary medicine following her graduation from NHS .
She currently spends her weekends
working at North Central Veterinary
Clinic under the guidance of Qr.
Adam Free.
Tagged the "class clown" by r
peers and teachers, Courtney · s
described as an intelligent, quiclwitted young woman with hi~h
morals and an upbeat personality. "I
always make someone laugh," she
said of herself. "That's pretty much
what I'm known for."
In addition to her athletic pursuits,
Courtney also enjoys watchiag
movies, going places with her
friends, and spending extra time at
the gym improving her basketball
skills. She is also a member of several campus organizations such ns
"Bleacher Creatures," the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes, the National
Honor Society, and GATS (Gifted
and Talented Students).
She is the daughter of Dianne
Free, of Newkirk.
-----
Don't poke
the bear
by Marla Cilley
What is it about sleep! We hate to go
to bed at night but then in the morning
we can't pour ourselves out of bed! I
can tell you all about this. In our perfectionism, we want to do one more
thi:ng before we go to bed and it gets
later and later. When we finally do
crawl underneath the covers, our bodies are starving for the sleep we have
been deprived of. No wonder we don ' t
want to wake up when the alarm clock
goes off at dawn. I can hear you now;
"just a few more minutes."
Our children have/had bedtimes. We
can' t wait to put them down to bed so
we can have our alone time. Why don' t
you have a bedtime too? Going to bed
is not difficult if you plan for it! This is
what our Before Bed Routine is all
about; gearing down your body so you
can sleep well when you finally do get
to bed.
Sleep is a nutrient to your body JUSt
like food and water. When you sleep,
your body repairs itself. When you
don ' t get enough rest, your body feels
like you arc being tortured. Why do we
torture ourselves every day by not getting enough rest? I know your excuses.
"There are not enough hours in a day to
get everything done." This does not,
however, give you the right to rob your
sleep account to pay for your too busy
schedule.
Let's look at what happens when
you don ' t go to bed at a decent hour
and get your rest·
The first thing that happens is we
don' t want to get up in the morning, so
we hit the snooze button several times.
By the time we finally do get up we are
running late already. Our bodies are
already stressed enough since we didn't get enough sleep and then we add to
that pressure cooker by being late and
having to rush. Can't you just feel the
adrenaline pumping through your
veins? I am getting stressed out just
writing this because I have lived it.
Then, the next thing we do is add to our
adrenaline addiction with a caffeine
fix. Before you know it; you are
buzzing and everyone around you is
walking on eggshe lls because they
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uestion: About a week ago, • :-ro add to the' alphabet soup that we
my jaw randomly popped, doctors love, inflammation in this
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and since then I have been joint is referred to by another
' hav
pain. When I wake up in1 acronym. It's called 1MD, which
the moming, one side of my jaw ~s stands for temporomandibular disorvery sore and I find it difficult to eat per.
TMD can be caused by many
breakfast. As the day continues, my
jaw begins to hurt less, however, when thing~. If there has not been any direct
I open my mouth wide, it continues to trauma or injury to the jaw, but there's
hurt. Any idea what is going on? pain when you wake up, you may
have been grinding your teeth during
Should I go to the doctor?
nswer: It sounds to me like the. night. Grinding or clenching the
an inflammation of the teeth for extended periods of time can
temporomandibular joint, put too much pressure on the joint and
or TMJ. This joint is located where lead to inflammation. TMD is also
the temporal bone in the skull and the associated with bad alignment of the
lower jaw bone (or mandible) meet. back teeth, dislocation of the TMJ,
A
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.
• Feb. 13, 27 -Magic Me, 3:30,4:30.
• 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
welcome 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 b FJmul
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 1 T Cl b
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and Wednes~ay after. s~~ool, 3:154:15 p.m. (Fitness actlvJUes for 3rd,
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• Exercise class for students also co~ors (green and gold) or Clark tbeing o"" red Th
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contact the center to sign-up.
your support or.
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• Nurse servtces: Floyd County
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open each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4 Health Department nurses Will be m
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center programs and services.
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886-0815 for an appointment.
Allen Central High
• Lost and Found located in
Resource Center.
School
• The Clark Elementary Family
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins, Resource Center provides services
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048. for all families regardless of income.
Center provides services for all fami- We are located in the Adams Middle
School building.
lies 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 Servl.ce
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.
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. 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
are in need of any of these services.
• The J .A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides
arthritis in the TMJ, and injury to the
jaw or the side of the head.
TMD often causes jaw pain in the
morning. The pain is usually just in
front of the ear on the affected side.
Sometimes the pain can radiate to the
ear, cheek, temple and even the neck
or shoulder. People also complain that
their jaw just doesn't seem to be working correctly. They can have difficulty opening their mouth wide, feeling
like the jaw catches or they have noise
when they open and close their mouth.
Frequently the pain is made worse by
chewing.
You should see a physician about
this problem. Usually it can be diagnosed by physical exam. Sometimes
an X-ray or MRI is ordered to further
assess the problem, but this is only
necessary in long-standing cases. The
good news is that about 80 percent of
cases are temporary and respond to
very simple measures. Some of these
are eating a soft diet, avoiding chew-
ing ice, gum and hard candy, using hot
packs or ice packs on the painful area,
and taking over-the-counter, antiinflammatory drugs such as naproxen
or ibuprofen.
Many people - even some with
long-standing TMD - find osteopathic manipulative treatment, or
OMT, is helpful. Though all D.O.s
learn how to administer this treatment
as part of their training, you might
want to look for one who devotes a
large portion of his or her practice to
OMT if you're seeking relief from
TMD.
Jf poor teeth alignment is the cause
of your problem, you may need to see
a dentist. Or, if the cause is grincling
your teeth, then a simple dental protector worn at night may keep you
from grinding your teeth. This can
often be very beneficial.
Low-dose antidepressants are
effective in some cases. However, a
new study published in January found
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.
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.
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
• Feb. 7 - Parent meeting, 1 p.m.
Topic: "How to Teach Your Child to
Read/Improve their Reading Skills."
Meeting will be conducted by
hama Conn, of BSCTC.
• Feb. 13 - Parent meeting, 1 p.m.
Topic: "Wellness." Meeting to be
conducted by Lola Ratliff, of Floyd
County Board of Education.
• Feb. 20 - Program on nutrition,
to be conducted by Carol J o May, of
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, for
first graders, from 9-11:25 a.m.
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at
the center the first three Mondays
each month to administer immunizations, T.B. skin tests, well-child
exams, WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
director, at 377-2678. The McDowell
FRC provides services to all MES
students and their families, regardless
of income.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5 141, 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
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? Cal14529607.
• 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 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.
that patients seeking treatment for
TMD were five times more likely to
already be taking an antidepressant
than those who go to the dentist for
routine dental care. This raises interesting questions about the proper
treatment for 1MD in these patients.
Fortunately, you probably won't
need surgery. The need for it is rare.
Statistically, it is indicated in less than
5 percent of all cases.
Family Medicine® is a weekly col-
umn. To submit questions, write to Martha
A. Simpson, D.O., M.B.A., Ohio
University College of Osteopathic
Medicine, P.O. Box I lO, Athens, Ohio
45701,
or
via
e-mail
to
readerquestions @familymedicinenews.or
g. Medical information in 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.familymed.icinenews.org.
W.D. Osborne
"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 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 buil rlg 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; 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).
Fly Lady
• Continued from p13
don't want to "poke the bear."
Then you hop in the car still rushing and half dressed. You have to run
back into the house because you forgot your keys and purse and ;ill the
while the stress is mounting. Since
you were in such a hurry; you didn't
eat any breakfast. Now you are running on empty and you are praying
that your car is not on empty, too,
kcause who has time to stop and get
gas? This is when we are pushing the
limits of our cars and our bodies to
points they should not have to go.
This kind of stress causes more
accidents than anything. Why do we
do this to ourselves every single day
all in the name of perfectionism? We
need our rest and we can't play catchup on the weekends to get it. Start
your Before Bed Routine right after
dinner. Slow down your thinking by
reading or listening to music. Lay out
your clothes for tomorrow. Put the
things you need to take with you by
the door. We call this our launch pad.
Now here is the most important thing
to do: Set a bedtime for yourself. Yes,
I know you think you are an adult
now and don't need a bedtime but,
you really do! Do it for your body,
mind and spirit and for those around
you! Getting enough sleep will make
you a different person! Think about
your child when they don't, or didn't,
get their naps.
Are you ready to FLY by Finally
Loving Yourself enough to go to bed
at a decent hour?
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check out Flylady's website and
join her free mentoring group at
www.FlyLady.ne/ or her book, Sink
Reflections published by Bantam and her
new book, Body Clutter published by
Fireside. Copyright 2007 Marla Cilley
Used by p ermission in this publication.
THfN YOU SH THf POWfR Of COMMUNITY COALITIONS.
They help community grou ps organize resources and fight t o keep kids away from
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THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Saluting Histo
'Birthdays
On J•n.-y 10, membera of the Sons of Confederate
V......,.l oommemotMid the 145th anniversary of the B~ttle
of Middle CI'Mk lit the Mtddle Creek National Battlefield !leat
Pre.ton8burg. Glltt1erwd to Hlute the Confederate Sold1~r~
who fought th4lre were: OWen Wright, Jim Taylor, O~en
Wright IV, o.nny 1'8ylor lnd David Chaltas. Also in atfen·
dence - - mMy olttana from surrounding local communi·
u...
Look who's 2!
Look who's 8!
Alexis NaCole Blair celebrated her second birthday on
February 2, 2007, with a party held at her home on Saturday,
February 3. Many family members and friends were in attendance for birthday cake and refreshments and the birthday
baby received many nice gifts and cards. Alexis is the
daughter of William and Jamie Blair, of Twin Branch, of Cow
Creek. She is the granddaughter of Robert and Esther Blair,
and A.J. and the late Rose McCoy.
Wesley Dalton Slone recently celebrated his eighth birthday
with friends and family with a "Spongebqb" theme swim·
ming pool party held at the Ramada Inn, in Paintsville.
Everyone in attendance enjoyed birthday cake and refreshments and the birthday boy received many nice gifts.
Wesley is the son of Virgil Jr. and Robin Slone, of Meally. He
is the grandson of Joyce and the late Virgil Slone, of Hi Hat,
and Charles T. and Rosetta Collins, of Prestonsburg.
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On JMulry 10, 2007 member~ of the Sons of Confederate
V...,.na flr8d off t Ulutl to those who fought at the Bat;tle
of Middle ere.k on Jllnuary 10, 1862. The salute was given
by Owen Wright, Jim Taylor, Owen Wright IV, Danny Tay/or
end Dmd CMHM. ·
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Here are two recipes I love,
using those" oh, so convenient" chicken breasts:
Herbecl Skillet Chkken
Serves 6
Pictured at the BSCTC celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are, from left to right: Marla D. King, Vera Joiner,
Dr. Nancy Johnson, David Profitt, Bernadette Tiapo, Dewanda Green, Jean Dorton and Erwin Roberts.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College celebrates Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
•
On Thursday, January 11. 2006, Big
Sandy Community and Technical College
(BSCTC) celebrated the achievements of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of
events devoted to his life and work. Vera
Joiner, BSCTC director of student services, and Bernadette Tiapo, BSCTC
director of cultural diversity, organized
the day events on the BSCTC
Prestonsburg campus.
The commemoration began at 10:50
a.m. with Round Table Discussions in the
BSCTC Student Center Atrium. Dr.
Thomas Matijasic, BSCTC history professor, began the discussion entitled,
"Economic Justice." Guest speakers
included, Jessica Hayes and Reverend
John Rausch. Bernadette Tiapo, BSCTC
cultural diversity director, followed with a
discussion entitled, "I Have a Dream."
Eyes
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The pinnacle ceremony entitled, "A Day dance which left the audience captivated.
of Reflection" followed in the BSCTC Dewanda Green, BSCTC political science
Gearheart Auditorium at 12:30. BSCTC instructor, provided a PowerPoint presenPresident, Dr. George Edwards and tation entitled, "A Reflection of the King's
Provost, Dr. Nancy Johnson presided over Journey," while David Profitt, BSCTC
the event. Jean Dorton, BS€TC commu- instructor of philosophy and religion,
nity liaison, introduced guest speaker, drew the ceremony to a close with a
Erwin Roberts of Frost, Brown and Todd, speech entitled, "King as a Philosopher."
LLC. Mr. Roberts intrigued the audience Dr. Nancy Johnson closed the event with
with a summation of what Dr. King's a moment of silence in remembrance of
work meant to him and how far society Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
had matured toward acceptance and
More information about this event may
appreciation of all cultures, beliefs and · be obtained by contacting Vera Joiner,
ideas. Susan Scott of the Big Sandy BSCTC director of student services, at
Singers provided inspirational music 606-886-3863, ext. 64789 or e-mail:
including a beautiful rendition of "Some vera.joiner@kctcs.edu. Information may
Where over the Rainbow." Miss Marla D. also be obtained by contacting Bernadette.
King of Spirit of the Word Ministries, Tiapo, BSCTC director of cultural diversiWashington, D.C. displayed her talents ty, at 606-886-3863, ext. 67374 or e-mail:
with a powetful and intense spiritual BTIAPOOOOJ @kctcs.edu
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out there (especially the ones
struggling to maintain home,
health and sanity with a
teenager in the home (and I,
folks , happen to have a pack of
'em) just like me) wouid probably offer your deepest sympathies and condolences.
That said. however, I will
attempt to give Shea her weekly dose of Ka!hY for this
Friday morning. After all,
there's little worse than a danged cheater, you know?
Okay, so my focus of
thought for this week is on
preparing for my younger
brother, Barry, and his family
to visit my house this weekend. I haven't seen "Bear" in
quite awhile. Maybe not since
he was in for our mother's
funeral last December. It's
quite a drive in from Fort
Wayne and I don' t much
blame him for not wanting to
make the trek more often. He
stays busy with his job and in
the summer, he's quite the gardener and lawn maintenance
type man.
Lailie, his eldest daughter,
is also coming this way. Her
trip in is even longer than her
dad's. She's coming all the
way from Los Angeles. I last
saw her last December, also.
And none of us were exactly
very happy for that reunion.
So, I'm looking forward to
happier moods and no forced
smiles this time around. As
well as meeting Lailie's
boyfriend, Trevor, for the first
time. Thoughts run through
my mind - generated mostly
by television : "Will he be one
of those blonde surfer types?,"
"Or a 'metrosexual'?," "Is he
expecting to come in and meet
the Beverly Hillbillies?,"
"Will he be a
'Dash
Riprock'?"
Lailie assure.s us that
Trevor will not be a stereotype, and neither is he expecting us to be. (Whew!) "His
parents are from Ohio," my
niece tells us, "and he's real
laid back.. .. sorta 'country."'
Okay, sounds like a pretty
good fit for our family. We'll
keep the old eagle eye on him,
though, 'til we decide ...
Along with Lailie and
Trevor, I'm also looking forward to seeing my younger
niece, Sarah. Her dad sent me
a couple of beautiful photographs, via email, this past
week and from the looks of
things, I'd best be prepared to
have her greet me a little closer to my own eye level this
time around. She just gets
taller, and prettier, every time I
see her. And talk about precious!
She possesses the
sweetest little personality one
could ever imagine. Polite,
cheetful, and full of interesting
facts.
Yep, sounds like a weekend
chocked full of activity. I'm
looking forward to it.
Hope yours is just as much
fun and, hope also, that Miz
Shea gets the weekend off!
Love you, Shea girl! (And
you too, "Subway Sheena"!)
See you all next week, good
Lord willin' .
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
2, 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 G~, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.:
Worship Service, 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 Serv1ce, 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, Com Fork; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
Music, Minister.
Calvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Doug Lewis, Minister.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Faith Bible Church, an independent Baptist Church, located
on 1428, between Allen & Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening, 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer, 6 p.m.; Pastor, Rev. Stuart
E. Swanberg.
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Faith Freewill Baptist, 1/4 m1le 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.
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, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.rn.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Greydon Howard, 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.
Fitzpatrick First Baptist, 1063 Big Branch, P.O. Box 410,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
Tommy Reed.
Office: (606) 874-2151
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Fax: (606) 874-9136
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11203
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Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7: p.m.
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m.
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.
qesus went through
0. all the towns and
villages, teaching in
thejr synagogues,
preaching the good
news of the kingdom
and healing every
disease and sickness.
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;
Assist. Larry Patton. Phone 3584275.
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,
Matthew 9:35
Mini~ter.
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.
Weeksbury Church of Christ;
Sunday School, 10 a.mm.; Worship
Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.JT]. Mike
Hall, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
Katy Friend Freewill Baptist, 2
m1!es 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.
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.
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.
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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.
World rights reserved.
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.
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.
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!
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATIER DAY SAINTS
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
Carriere, Bishop.
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.
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 Minlstery, 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., 6:30pm.; 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.
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.
Old nme 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.
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.
Little Paint First Church of God, 671 Little Paint Road, East
Point; Sunday Schbol, 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.. ; Charles Heater Jr., 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.
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, Min1ster.
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.
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
Town Branch Church; Sunday School10 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.
The Father House, Big Branch, Abbott Creek; Sunday
School, 10 a.m. ; Worship Service, 6 p.m.; J.J. Wright,
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.
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.
Lighthouse Baptist, 21p4 KY fl~ 1428, Prestonsburg;
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METHODIST
Sunday Service, iO a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
Auxier United Methodist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Donald Crisp, Minister.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Garfield Potter,
home phone 285-3385
Minister.
Pleasant Home Baptist, Water Gap Road, Lancer; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Betsy Layne United Methodist, next to B.L. Gymnasium;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Mark Tackett, Pastor.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy Blackburn, Minister.
Pleasant Valley Old Regular Baptist Church, Tinker Fork;
Meeting time 1st Saturday & Sunday of each month, 3rd Allen Christ United Methodist, Allen; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Evening at 6:00 p.m.; Moderator, Gary Compton; Worship Service, 11 am. & 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth
Lemaster, Minister.
Assist. Moderator, Jimmy Conley.
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.
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
Chaffins, phone 946-2123
Sammy Clark Branch Freewill Baptist, Dana; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 6:30p.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,110 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, Minister.
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 Evening Worship Service 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.; Fnday, 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 i-.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 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.
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 Se!Vice, 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 Serv1ce, 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, Printer; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. ; Wednesday
Sible 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, 7:00 p.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., 6:30p.m.; Buster Hayton, Minister.
Free Pentecostal Church of God, Weeksbury; Sunday
School, 10 ·a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 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.
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 Minister.
Goodloe Pentecostal, Rt. 850, David; Worship Service, 6
p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Royd and Magoffin
County Line; ; Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
Minister. 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 Dnve; Sunday School, 9:30
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Rev. Vicki Poole, pastor.
506 Bucks Branch, Martin
1-800-264-9813
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AUTOMOTIVE
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
Fof:Juai')
~pee
ali
'99 Jimmy 4x4 2
door $2,500.
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.
$4,995
886-2842
886-3451.
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Visit Airgas on the
web at www.airgas.com.
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
of
Authority
Prestonsburg has
an immediate opening
for
a
Maintenance
Mechanic. This is a
full-time
position
with health insurance,
retirement
and other benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office located at 12 Blaine Hail
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1:30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
16-, 2007.
General
requirements for this position are ability to
perform
difficult
skilled work in general maintenance,
repair and modification of authority
owned
buildings
and related equipment and appliances.
FOR SALE
r;95' GMG Jimmy
4x4 4.3 automatic,
AG powered, windows, leather.
$3,500. Cali after 5
285-3047
FOR SALE
2006 Cargo trailer,
6x1 Ox6 ft high, vnose, red single
axle. Driven only
100 miles. $3,000
Cali 285-9600.
2/2 sh
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· to
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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.
J'ob Listings
ROUTE DRIVER/
WAREHOUSE
Airgas has a career
opportunity available 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
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
JOB OPENING
Fat boys pizza and
grill has openings
for a cook and
delivery drives in
Martin . call 2851000
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstvilie 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
8:00am to 4:30pm.
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
RN/LPN- competitive wages based
on
experience,
health and dental
insurance, up to 4
weeks vacation, 9
paid holidays, no
weekends,
send
resume to PO Box
2887 Pikeville.
JOB OPENING
Local medical office
is seeking an energetic, experienced
collection I billing
clerk. Excellent pay
depending on experience with health
and dental insurance. Send resume
with photo to PO
Box 2887, Pikeville
41502.
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an immediate opening for a
Maintenance Aide.
This is a full-time
position with health
insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office located At 12 Blaine Hail
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1:30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
16,
2007.
Knowledge
and
experience of general apartment and
grounds
maintenance and upkeep
are preferred.
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 RN
license and a transcript. The Floyd
County
Health
Department is an
Equal Employment
Opportunity
Employer.
JOB OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for ali
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
PROM DRESS
Size 2. Coral in
color, worn twice.
Cali 886-7980
874-2972 or 454·
4579.
Wanted To
Rent:
Researcher needs
lodging in
Wheelwright June
1 through August
4. Prefer furnished
or semi-furnished
w/utilities included.
Will pay up to
$1800. Project
information available at www.coaitowns.net. Contact
Lisa at lisa@coaitowns.net or 870316-8534.
FOR SALE
Antique Sewing
Machine with cabinet. First electric
model made in
1935. Sounds
good. Looks good.
587-2777
ATTENTION
BALL ROOM
DANCE PARTNER NEEDED!
Must have previous experience
OR have interest
in taking dance
classes. Must be
capeabie of going
lo dance class.
Ages 50-70. if this
applies to you
please call
LeighAnn at 8868506 to apply.
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom. Ail
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
Ail new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over lool<ing 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard . 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min to downtown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
immediate occupancy.
Cali 285-9277 4228197 226-4551 .
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
Includes ail appliances. $82,000.
Cali 377-0251 .
YOUR AD COULD
BE HERE! 1
MONTH WITH A
PICTURE
INCLUDED JUST
$75.00. CALL
LEIGH ANN
WILLIAMS
TODAY TO SALE
YOUR HOUSE
FAST! 886-8506.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Alien at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
Only.minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstviiie.
$167,500. Cali
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Cali
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. Ail carpet,
except baths. Two
storage buildings,
natural gas. Ali on
0.70 acres fenced
in lot. Hueysville
area. $46,000
OBO in next 30
days. Cali 606358-9346
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
2003 16X80 Vinyl
siding, shingle roof,
laminated . flooring,
and new tile in
kitchen and bathroom, appliances
included. Must be
moved.
$23,000
285-1596
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Cali
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. Cali 8742421 . $300 monthly
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
double wide for
rent. $500 pius
deposit. Cali 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.
Cali 606-325-4430
or 606-325-2809.
Level- Sloping and
timber.
RENTALS
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717
APARTMENT
House
County Cottage
2 BR 1 1/2 bath LG
LR eat in Kit and
dining room. Wand
D hookup. 1 1/2
miles from Clark
School. Lease only
$475 per month.
886-6219 or 8868459 ( after ?pm)
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.
Ali electric HUD
accepted. Cali 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.
Cali 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
FOR RENT
House and trailer
at Mcdowell, must
have references.
Call 377-6346.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oakiawn,
Hager
Hili. 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
Alien intersection.
Less than 100
yards
off
23.
Carport, garage,
fenced in back
yard, new kitchen.
immaculate inside
and out! Cali 606886-2444.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. Excellent condition. $350 per
month + utlities and
security deposit.
References
required. Call 606874-2802
FOR RENT
New MH parts.
Allen/Dwale area.
Restrictions apply.
paved
streets ,
lighted area. All
sizes.
606-377 2357.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 836-0230
Operator Change
in accordance with
405 KAR 8:010,
notice is hereby
given
that
Appalachian Fuels,
LLC, 1500 North
Big Run Road ,
Ashland,
KY
411 02, intends to
revise permit number 836-0320 to
change the operator. The operator
presently approved
in the permit is the
permittee. The new
operator will be
Frasure
Cree
Mining, LLC, 105·
Main Street, Suit
100, Milton, Wer
Virginia 25541.
The operation i
located 2.2 mile
northwest of Hipp<
in Floyd Count~
The operation i
approx
located
mately 0.2 mil£
northwest of K'
850 junction wit
CR
1288,
an
located on Prate.
Branch. The opere
tion is located o
the
David an
Martin U.S.G.S.
1/2 minute quae
rangie maps.
The application ha
been filed for pubii
inspection at th
Department
fc
Natural Resource~
Prestonsburc
Regional
Office
3140 South Lakr
Drive , Suite 6
Prestonsburg
Kentucky 41 653
Written comment~
or objections mus
be filed with th1
Director, Division c
Mine Permits, No
2 Hudson Hoilo'AU.S. 127 South
Frankfort
Kentucky 40601
Ail comments o
objections must b<
received within fif
teen (15) days o
today's date.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month pius utilities.
Must furnish references. Cali 2859112. NO HUD
FOR RENT
1 BR apt utilities
paid. No pets $425
per month. $175
deposit. Cali 2260999. Winchester
Apartments.
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
. , Happy Birthday Bertha!!!!
I know you didn't want me to put this in the newspaper,
but how could I resist! I work here! I have to announce
the Birthday of my sweet Grandma' who lights up my
life! I love you so very much! You truly have a beautiful
soul, and I wouldn't be who I am today without your love
and support. You are the wind beneath my wings, the
sunshine on my cloudy day, and my best friend. I love
you so much Bertha Mae Ratliff! So does your daughter
Debbie, and your son-in-law, my husband Brian, and of
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
2, 2007
application
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
follows: Single Area
for
- $6,300.00.
release.
NOTICE OF
NOTICE OF
BONO RELEASE Reclamation work BOND RELEASE Reclamation work
performed includes,
performed includes:
Pursuant to
Pursuant to
grading,
seeding
backfilling,
grading,
Permit
Perm It No. 858and mulching, and
fertilizing, seeding,
No. 836-5090
0165
successful estaband mulching. The
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
The longitude is 82
degrees, 47 minutes, 59 seconds.
The bond now in
effect for permit No.
836-5253 is a certificate o f 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,
comments, objections, or requests
for a conference or
hearing must be
received within 30
days of the day of
this notice.
Single Area
lishment of the postrevegetation
In accordance with
mining land use,
achieved
is
in
NOTICE OF
the provisions of
which was complet- BOND RELEASE
accordance with the
KRS
350.093,
ed April, 2001.
approved plan as
Pursuant to
notice is hereby
Written comments,
outlined in the perPermit
given that Frasure's
objections,
or
mit application.
No. 836-5253
Branch
Coal
requests for a public
Written comments,
Single Area
Company, P.O. Box
hearing or informal
objections,
or
In accordance with
101,
Minnie,
conference must be
requests for a public
Kentucky
41 651 ,
the provisions of
filed
with
the
hearing or ·informal
KRS
350.093,
intends to apply for
Director
of
the
conference must be
notice is hereby
a Phase II & Ill bond
Division of Field
filed
with
the
given that Dema
release for single
Services ,
#2
Director
of
the
Coal Company, Inc.,
area on permit numHudson
Hollow
Division of Field
ber
836-5090,
HC 80, Box 1070,
Complex, Frankfort,
Services,
#2
Dema,
Kentucky
which
was
last
Kentucky
40601
,
by
Hudson
Hollow
41859, intends to
issued on June 5,
March 5, 2007.
Complex, Frankfort,
2002. The applicaapply for a Phase Ill
Kentucky 40601, by tion covers a sur- A public hearing on bond release for
the application has
February 26, 2007.
Single Area on perface area of approxbeen scheduled for
A public hearing on
mit number 836imately 3.28 acres,
March 6, 2007, at
the application has
5253, which was
located 1.9 mil~
9:00 a.m., at the
been scheduled for
northwest
of
last issued February
Department
for
9:00
a .m .,
on
3, 1994. The appliGrethel, in Floyd
Surface
Mining
February 27, 2007,
cation covers an
County.
Reclamation
and
at the Department
area of approxiThe permit area is
Enforcement's
for Surface Mining
approximately 1 .9
mately 83.15 acres,
Prestonsburg
Reclamation
and
located 1.60 mile
mile north of the
Regional
Office,
Enforcement's
southeast
of
junction of Ky. 979's
3140 South Lake
Prestonsburg
Wayland, in Floyd
junction
with Drive,
Suite
6,
Regional
Office,
County.
Frasure
Branch
Prestonsburg,
3140 South Lake
The permit area is
Road, and located
Kentucky
41653.
Drive,
Suite
6,
approximately 0.50
0 .2 mile east of
Prestonsburg,
The hearing will be
mile northwest from
Frasure
Branch.
cancelled
if
no
Kentucky
41653.
Ky. 7's junction with
The
Latitude
is
request
for
a
hearThe hearing will be
Ky. 899, and located
371128'35". The loning or informal concanceled
if
no
0 .10 mile north of
gitude is 8211 40'
request for a hearference is received
19".
the Right Fork of
ing or informal conby March 5, 2007.
Beaver Creek. The
The total bond now
ference is received
This is the final
latititude
is
37
in
effect
for
advertisement
of
by February 26,
degrees, 25 minFrasure's Branch
this application. All
2007.
Coal Company is as
utes, 22 seconds .
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation has asked the Public
Service Com mission, Frankfort, Kentucky, for approval of an adjustment of rates to become effective March 3,
2007, for service rendered on and after March 3, 2007. The present rates charged In all territory served by
Columbia are as follows:
Gas Cost
Total
Gas Cost
Billing
Adjustm ent
Adjustment
Base Rate
Demand
Rate
Charee
Commodit~
$
$
$
$
RATE SCHEDULES !;2~
•
Residential (GSR) 1/
15.3854
First 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
7.0085
6.95
1.4269
Over 1 Mcf per Mo.
7.0085
10.3069
1.8715
1.4269
EAP Rider
0.0579
0.0579
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
0.0105
Commercial or lndustrlaf (GSO) 1/
First 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
Next 49 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1 000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&D Rider
Qelive(Y Service
Adminialrative Charge
18.88
1.8715
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0.0105
.- .....
.5f?,9(}
- ::: ~·
Standby Service Demand Qharg§!
Demand Charge times Daily Firm
Volume (Mcf) In Customer Service Agreement
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
~
-,z;=~
H.
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
:·~~·;.
27.3154
10.3069
10.2507
10.1 650
10.01-56
0.0105
,.
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0.0206
0.0105
0.0206
0.0105
BAIE SCHEDULE IS
Custom er Charge per Mo.
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Met
NGR&D Rider
116.55
0.5467
0.2905
O.D105
· :i!ti!nQI;ly Service Demang Qharg!;l
Demand Charge tim es Daily Firm
Volume (Met) in Customer Servi~ Agreement
7.0085
7.0085
Del ive(Y ServiQ§! 1
Administrative Charge
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Commodi!l
$
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
0.0206
0.3038
0.0105
D~i~!:Y Setyice
Administrative Charge
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
55.90
0.3038
1.4269
7.0085
8.7392
0.0105
55.90
1.7307
0.0206
0.0105
1.4269
0.0206
0.0105
MAINLINE DELIVERY SERVIQE
Administrative Charge
Delivery Ra1e Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
Total
Billing
Rate
$
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
0.0206
0.0105
0.0105
RATE SCHEDULE l!.l~ 1/
For All Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
NGR&D Rider
116.55
7.5552
7.2990
0.0105
6.5482
6.5482
Base Rate
Charge
$
..,.,
6.5482
6.5482
Delive!Y Rate Per Mcf
First 400 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
All Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
.
55.900
0.0858
55.90
0.0858
0.0206
0.0105
0.0206
0.01 05
1/ Customers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Sel"llice (SVGTS) are charged the Base Rate Charge
and applicable Riders only. The Base Rate Charge is also applicable to General Service Propane.
The proposed rates to be charged In all territory served by Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. are as follows:
Base Rate
Charge
$
RAT~ QQHED!.!LE ~S ·
Residential (GSR) 1/
Customer charge
All volume consumed
EAP Rider
NGR&D Rider
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Commodit~
$
Total
Billing
Rate
$
GE~ EBAI.. Qt,LE~ SEB~ICE:
Commercial or Industrial (GSO) 1/
Customer charge
First 50 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&O Rider
12.75
1.8241
0.0579
0.0105
28.00
1.8241
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
O.D105
B&Tt; ~Qtl~Q !./1. 1;; I~ - INTEBB!.!EII6L.E: S8L.fS S!;B~I~E:
200.00
Customer Charge per Mo.
0.6027
First 30,000 Mcf
0.3192
Over 30,000 Mcf
0.01 05
NGR&D Rider
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
7.0085
12.75
10.2595
0.0579
0.0105
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
28.00
10.2595
10.1496
10.0678
9.91 60
0.0105
7.0085
7.0085
200.00
7.6112
7.3277
0.0105
Prestonsbur g,
Kentucky
41653.
The hearing will be
cancelled
if
no
request for a hearing or informal conference is received
by March 5, 2007.
This is the final
advertisement
of
this application. All
comments, objections, or requests
for a conference or
hearing must be
received within 30
(thirty) days of the
day of this notice.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number
836-8065
Renewal
In accordancce w ith
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Martin
Coal
Processing
Corporation, P.O.
Box 77, lvel, 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 KY
122's junction with
Firm Service Demand Charge
Demand Charge times Daily Firm Volumes (Mcf)
In Customer Agreement
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby
given that Maurice
and Brenda Minix at
151 Peach Street,
BAIE SCHEDULE SS- STANDBY SERVICE
Standby Service Demand Charge per Met
Demand Charge times Standby Service Volumes (Met)
in Customer Agreement
1.4269
Delive!Y Rate · Grandfathered Service only
First 400 Mcf per billing period
Next 600 Mcf per billing pe~iod
All Over 1000 Mcf per billing period
Delive!Y Rate- Intrastate Utili!l: only
All volumes per billing period
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
The
City
of
Prestonsburg will be
accepting bids for
the construction of a
concession stand to
be
located
at
Stonecrest
Recreational Fields.
Bid must incl ude
labor and m aterials.
Approximate size of
the two-story building w ill be 1250
square feet, and is •
to be built to match
6.5482
7.0085
255.00
9.0259
0.0105
6.5482
55.90
200.00
28.00
255.00
55.90
200.00
28.00
255.00
0.6027
0.3192
0.6027
0.3192
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Charli!~~'"rr;:::.: De!faru:h ·•
$
$
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Commodit:t
$
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.5905
Total
Billing
Rate
$
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.0105
2.0174
0.0206
0.0105
RATE SCt:JEQ!.!I..E MW S- MAit:lLit::lE DELIYERY SERVICE
Administrative Charge
55.90
Customer Charge per billing period
200.00
Delivery Rate Per Met
0.0858
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
Banking and Balancing Service
55.90
200.00
0.0858
0.0105
0.0206
1.4269
0.0206
0.0206
1/ Customers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Service (SVGTS) are charged the base rate charge
and all applicable riders only.
21 Applicable to all Rate Schedule OS custom ers except those served under Grandfathered or Intrastate Utility
provisions
MISCEL~N EOUS
T8 !31EE Ql:j8~!:iiES
Miscellaneous Fees
The Company is proposing to increase the following fees as indicated:
Current
Return Check Fee
$8.00
Reconnect Fee
$15.00
.
ProQosed
$15.00
$55.00
The foregoing rates reflect an Increase of approximately 7.99% to Columbia. The estimated amount of
increase per customer class is as follows:
Residential
$1 0,539,821
11.07%
$1,498,857
Commercial
277%
Industrial
$382,525
4 89%
Wholesale
$12,400
5.29%
$211,920
21.57%
Other
The avera~e monthly bill for each customer class to which the proposed rates will apply will increase
approximately as follows:
Residential
$7.38
11.0%
Commercial
$9.61
3.0%
Industrial
-$ 16.45
·0.5%
Transportation
$9 .29
11 .0%
Wholesale
$517.00
6.5%
.
The rates con1a1ned in this notice are the rates proposed by Columbia; however, the Public Service
Commission may order rates to be charged that differ from the proposed rates contained in this notice.
In addition to the adjustment of rates described above, Columbia is also seeking approval from the Public
Service Commission for an Accelerated Main Replacement Program and a Post In-Service Carrying Charge.
The Accelerated Main Replacement Program is designed to accelerate the replacement of th e aging pipes and
facilities on Columbia's system In order to maintain safe and reliable service for customers. The Post In-Service
Carrying Charge is designed to encourage the investment in pipeline extensions and facilities for new
customers to receive gas service.
Any corporation, association, or person with a substantial interest in th is matter may, by written request, with1n
thirty (30) days after publication of this notice of the proposed rate changes, request to Intervene; intervention
may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good cause shown. Requests to intervene should be
submitted to the Public Service Commission at the address listed below.
Any person who has been granted intervention by the Commission may obtain copies of the rate application
and any other filings made by the utility by contacting Cynthia Benham at:
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1018
(859) 288-0261
Any person may examine the rate application and any other fil ings made by Columbia at the offices of
Columbia or the Commission, as listed below:
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1018
1-800-432-9345
Public Service Commission of Kentucky
211 Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602
(502) 564-3940
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ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
6.5482
Base Rate
""'"'7' •'""'
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.
41 642, 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.
6.5482
BAT!; SCHEDULE IUS - INI!36~2T8T(;; !,JTILITJ:: i!ERVICE 1/
Customer Charge per Mo.
255.00
For All Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
0.5905
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
RAil; ~C t:!!;Q!.!LE: DS - DELIVERY ~ERVIQE
Administrative Charge per billing period
Customer Charge per billing period 21
Customer Charge - Grandfathered Service only
Customer Charge- Intrastate Utility only
Deilverv Rate per Mcf 2/
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
KY 80 and is located adjacent to the
Left Fork of Beaver
Creek. The latitude
is 37 degrees 33
minutes 19 seconds. The longitude
is 82 degrees 44
minutes 58 seconds.
The facility is located on the Harold
and Martin USGS 7
1/2 minute quadrangle maps. The surface area is owned
by
Martin
Coal
Process in g
Corporation
and
CSX / Chessie
System.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Division of Mine
Reclamation
and
Enforceme n t ' s
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive, Suite #6 ,
Prestonsburg, KY
41653. Written comments, objections or
requests for a permit conference must
be f iled with the
Director, Division of
Mine Permits, #2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
KY 4060 1.
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�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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.
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highway maintenance crews
st~ed monitoring the roads
Jn District 12 at midnight
when Johnson County
Maintenance crew was
called out. Martin County
Maintenance followed at
about 2 a.m. and all 10
crews in the district's seven
counties were out by 3 a.m.
clearing a path through
snow and slush.
"Mostly what we've
found is slush and wet
pavement," said Tarnell
P~on, point man at
Hrghway District 12's Snow
Command Center in
Pikeville. "In higher elevations there is some accumulation, and we are always
careful to treat bridges and
cold spots." Patton
explained that cold spots
ate usually found in places
where there has been a cut
in the mountain to make
room for the road bed.
"As temperatures warm,
and traffic warms the pavement," he explained, ''the
slush will likely tum to water.
We expect a rainy mix of
precipitation the rest of the
morning and into the afterr'r:ton, maybe some sleet,
but probably not any more
snow today."
Patton reminded
motorists that wet pavement
can be just as treacherous
as ice or snow. "Drive cautiously, slower than usual,"
he advised. "Buckle up, use
your headlights, be especially careful at intersections
and when making left turns
across oncoming traffic. Just
use common sense and be
safe out there. Our crews
will stay on the job until this
weather situation has
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and we just ask drivers to
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Attempted
murder case
goes to court
b-g ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
photos courtesy of Jean Burke
Shortly after the 1957 flood hit, local residents turned to their boats
for transportation, as floodwaters converted city streets to rivers.
1957 flood remains
county's worst disaster
Improvements reduce chance of repeat
PRESTONSBURG
The West Virginia man who
was charged with attempted
murder last August after
wrestling with a Floyd
County sheriff's deputy at
. an Allen motel pleaded not
guilty to all charges Friday.
Twenty-one- year-old
Justin Russell was indicted
by a Floyd County grand
jury Jan. 24 on charges of
third-degree assault of a
police officer, disorderly
conduct, resisting arrest and
the attempted murder
charge. He waived his formal arraignment Friday,
pleading not guilty to all
four charges. A pretrial conference was set for May 17.
A $25,000 cash bond
was set for his release
which he was able to post.
As a non-financial condition of his bond Russell will
be required to remain on
home incarceration until
the case is concluded.
Russell was indicted on
the charges one day after he
had finished serving a 60day sentence stemming
from a separate arrest last
July for public intoxication,
disorderly conduct and
resisting arrest. Russell was
found guilty and received
the sentence on Oct. 30
after he failed to appear at a
scheduled pretrial conference.
State police had been
called to a gas station July
21 after Russell had placed
a phone call to his father
claiming his life was in
danger and he needed
money. Trooper Shawn
Little was di ~patched to the
scene and attempted to
place Russell under arrest
for public intoxication,
which is when Russell
allegedly took a swing at
Little, leading to the other
charges.
(See COURT, page three)
by ALEX SMITH
Bank honors
50-year employee
STAFF WRITER
Fifty years ago this week,
residents throughout Eastern
Kentucky began to embark on a
massive reconstruction effort
the likes of which the region
had not seen since the Civil
War.
A devastating flood had just
swept through the region,
beginning Jan. 28, caused by
heavy rainfall which could not
be contained within the banks
of the Big Sandy River. The
waters quickly overflowed and
blanketed entire cities under
several feet of water. Floyd
County, which had not seen
such a damaging flood since
1862, was hit especially hard
during the flood, with nearly
every city and town incurring
some amount of damage.
One woman whose home
escaped the floodwaters but did
see limited damage to her family's drugstore and nearby
photo shop was Jean Burke,
who was 30 years old at the
time. Burke lives less than 100
yards from where the floodwaters crested in Prestonsburg in
1957, in the same house which
is located off of University
Drive between Prestonsburg
High School and where the current Prestonsburg campus of
the Big Sandy Community and
Technical college is situated.
Burke recalls watching little
waves of water splashiqg their
way onto her front porch but
not quite making it to the doorway, caused by townspeople
who had stirred up the waters
as they manuevered their boats
past her home attempting to
follow the roadways, which
were invisible beneath several
feet of water.
"It was really something to
see that water," Burke said.
"When I looked out over the
river I didn' t see any houses, I
just saw trash and more trash."
The waters, which began to
overrun the riverbanks on
Monday, Jan. 28, quickly
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
Little was left untouched by floodwaters
in downtown Prestonsburg.
flooded several areas of Floyd
County and neighboring Pike
and Johnson counties, rose so
high in Prestonsburg that the
telephone company, located
where the Strand Theatre is
currently located, was knocked
out of commission, effectively
cutting off the area from the
rest of the country. For 14
hours between Wednesday and
Thursday there was no telephone service, with only one
line operational for 41 hours
after the connection was
restored.
The region's main radio station, WPRT, went off the air on
Tuesday, Jan. 29, and was
unable to resume broadcasting
until the following Tuesday.
News of the disaster began
reaching across state lines
through the use of ham radio,
which even then was limited to
just three during the flood .
The Red Cross, Salvation
Army and several other groups
converged on the area to offer
food, shelter and help reconstruct the area, but in the immediate days following the flood,
residents in affected areas were
on their own, relying on friends
and family for refuge.
One such refuge was
Burke's parents' house in West
Prestonsburg. Their home,
which was one of the few unaf-
fected in West Prestonsburg
because of its location on a hill,
served as a temporary shelter
for many local residents.
"West Prestonsburg was
completely devastated," Burke
said. "I don't remember how
many people daddy picked up
in his boat and took to his
house."
Burl Wells Spurlock, the
current chairman of the board
for First Commonwealth Bank,
said he remembers the downtown Prestonsburg area being
completely devastated. He
recalled hearing that nine feet
of water sat in the streets
around the home offices of the
bank, which was then located
in the Legal Arts Building
across the street from the current Floyd County Justice
Center.
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"All the equipment, all the
records were underwater, and
water also got into the vault,"
Spurlock said. "It was probably
several months before we were
able to complete renovations
and move back to do business
there."
The waters began to recede
Jan. 30, two days after the
flooding began , and as word of
the disaster trickled to outsiders, help began pouring into
(See FLOOD, page three)
PRESTON.SB URG
"The floodwaters (of 1957)
receded and we found
Gilva,"
said
First
Commonwealth
Bank
President/CEO
Greg
Wilson, as he described the
beginning of Gilva Horn's
career at a celebration held
Friday in honor of her 50th
year as an employee.
Hom has become somewhat of a fixture within the
bank, serving the citiLens of
Floyd County since Feb. 2,
1957. She was hired on
Feb. 1 of that year, at which
time First Commonwealth
was known as First
National Bank and was
under eight feet of fl odwater. With those murky darkened waters came an individual who has made her
mark in the business of
banking, working her way
up the ladder to her current
position as assistant vice
president.
During her 50 years of
service, Horn has served
under four bank presidents
and moved along with the
times as banking became
computerized and changed
the business forever.
"Throughout all of the
change
at
First
Commonwealth
Bank
(See EMPLOYEE, page rhree)
photo by Jessica Hale
First Commonwealth Bank Chairman Burl Wells
Spurlock assisted Gilva Horn as she opened a gift from
the employees of the bank during a surprise celebration given in honor of her 50 years of service.
�A2 •
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
4, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
•
Edge! "Delano" Davis
Jr., 73, of Nokomis, Florida,
formerly of Hueysville, died
Monday, January 29, at the
Sarasota Hospice House,
Sarasota, Flordia. Funeral services
were
conducted
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
• Michael A. Fitzpatrick,
67, of Prestonsburg, passed
away, Wednesday, January 31,
at
Norton
Hospital
in
Louisville.
Arrangements,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
• Orville (Tom) Hall, 74,
of Harold, died Friday,
January 26, at the Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Rothey Evans
Hall. Funeral services were
held Monday, January 29,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
• Billy Joe Harrington, 72,
of Somerset, formerly of
Wheelwright, died Tuesday,
January 30, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Glenn "Archie" Harris,
73, of Grove City, Ohio, died
Wednesday, January 24, at
Grant Medical Center. He is
survived by his wife, Barbara
Gee Harris. Funeral services
were held Saturday, January
27, under the direction of
Newcomer Funeral Home,
Grove City.
• Norcie Lee Lewis Jarrell,
69, of Paintsville, a native of
Endicott, died Sunday, January
28. Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 31, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Hattie Jarrell, 79, of
Prestonsburg, died Sunday,
January 28, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Wednesday, January
31, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
• Sandra Kaye Justice, 50,
of Harold, died Wednesday,
January 31, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Saturday,
February 3, under the direction
of J. W. Call Funeral Home.
• Leon J. Perkins, age 94,
of Greenwich, Ohio, died
Tuesday night, January 30, at
his home. He is survived by
his wife of 61 years, Edna
(Reed) Perkins. Funeral services were held Saturday,
February 3, under the direction
of Eastman Funeral Home.
• Esta M. "Sissie" Stegall,
79, of Hi Hat, died Tuesday,
January 31, at McDowell
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. Funeral services
were held Friday, February 2,
under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
• Malvary Stumbo, 61, of
McDowell, died Wednesday,
January
31, at Hazard
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. She is survived by
her husband, John M. Stumbo.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Nancy Jane Stephens
Wallace, 95, died Friday,
January 26, at her home in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held on Tuesday, January
30, under the direction of
Carter Funeral Home.
LAWRENCE COUNTY
•
Jaylin Slone, age 9
months, the daughter of Kelly
Slone and Tina Woods, of
Louisa, died Saturday, January
27, at Cincinnati Children's
Hospital. Funeral services
were held Friday, February 2,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
PIKE COUNTY
• Nelba Adkins, 77, of
Rockhouse, died Monday,
January 29, at home. Funeral
services were held Thursday,
February 1, under the direction
of Lucas & Son Funeral
Home.
• Ray Jesse Brown, 59, of
Lick Creek, died Saturday,
January 27, at his home. He is
survived by his wife, Shirley
W. Williams Brown. Funeral
services were held Monday,
January 29, under the direction
of Bailey Funeral Home.
• Harold Douglas Bullock,
54, of Elkhorn City, died
Friday, January 26, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Monday,
January 29, under the direction
of Bailey Funeral Home.
• Lewis Farley Jr., 81, of
Catlettsburg, formerly of
Phyllis, died Saturday, January
27, at his home. He is survived
by his wife, Lassie Smith
Farley. Funeral services were
held Tuesday, January 30,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Anita Louise Hackney,
57, of Ransom, died Tuesday,
January 30, at Williamson
Memorial Hospital. Funeral
services were held Friday,
February 2, under the direction
of Rogers Funeral Home.
• Peggy Jessie, 77, of Paw
Paw, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, at
the Pikeville Health Care
Center. Funeral services were
Obituaries
MichaelA.
Fitzpatrick
Michael A. Fitzpatrick, age
67, of Prestonsburg, died
Wednesday, January 31, 2007,
at Norton Hospital, in
Louisville.
He was born April 9, 1939,
in Prestonsburg. He was a corporate pilot, retired alcohol
and beverage control officer
for the state of Kentucky, a
member of the First United
Methodist Church, a member
of Zebulon Masonic Lodge
No. 273, and a member of the
Scottish Rite.
He is survived by his wife,
Della Clark Fitzpatrick.
Other survivors include two
Michael
Rene
sons:
Fitzpatrick and Mark Loren
Fitzpatrick, wife Robin, both
of
Prestonsburg;
Carol
Fitzpatrick, mother of Michael
and Mark, of Prestonsburg;
one brother, Ralph Little, wife
Scarlet, of Prestonsburg; and
his mother-in-law, Grace
Clark.
ln addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
brothers: Paul T. Fitzpatrick
and Dal Little.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 4, 2007 at
2:00 p.m., at the First United
Methodist Church in Prestonsburg, with Mark Walz officiating.
Burial
will
be
in
Gethsemane
Gardens
at
Prestonsburg, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin.
Visitation was Friday and
Saturday, at the funeral home,
and after 1 p.m., Sunday, at the
church.
Masonic funeral rites were
conducted Saturday, at 7 p.m.,
at the funeral home.
In
Lieu
of
flowers
Donations may be made to
First United Methodist Church
in Prestonsburg.
(Paid obituary)
000
Eldon G. Hall
Eldon G. Hall, age 59, of
McDowell, died Thursday,
February 1, 2007, at Ha.tard
Appalachian Regional Hospital emergency room.
Born March 12, 1947, in
Martin, he was the son of the
late Yerman and Melvina (Pet)
Newman Hall. He was a former maintenance worker for
the State Parks Department,
and a United States Army
Vietnam veteran.
Survivors include three
daughters and sons-in-law:
Melissa and Greg Hunter of
Wabash, Indiana; Belinda Gay
Hall (Jack Ousley) of Garrett;
and Stacy Michelle and
Anthony Castle of Hueysville;
two brothers and sisters-inlaw: Phill M. and Connie Hall
of Wabash, Indiana; and Terry
D . and Wanda Hall of
McDowell; five sisters and
brothers-in-law: Eulavene and
Hobert Preston of Lexington;
Loretta Bolin of McDowell;
Joyce Smith of Ft. Wayne,
Indiana; Janet Bowling of
Tram; and Deborah and Roy
Frazier of Price; seven grandchildren:
Justin,
Dalton,
Damon, Breanna, Corey,
Blake and Devon; several
nieces, nephews, great nieces,
and nephews, cousins, and
friends.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by one
brother, Carl Gene Hall; and
two brothers-in-law: Willis
Smith and Donnie Bowling.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 4, at 1 p.m.,
at Little Rosa Old Regular
Baptist Church of the New
Salem
Association
at
McDowell, with ministers of
the Old Regular Baptist
Church officiating.
Military Service by DAY
Chapter 128 at Garrett.
Burial will be in the
Newman Cemetery at Hi Hat,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation is at the funeral
home, and at the church after
11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Active pallbearers: Justin
Boyd, Anthony Castle, Jack
Rister, Landon Frazier, Mark
Bowling, Bryan Bowling,
Tommy Grierson, and Tim
Preston.
Honorary pallbearers: Roy
Frazier, Hobert Preston, Terry
Hall, Phill Hall, Anthony
(Harpo) Castle, and Ralph
Smith.
(Paid obituary)
ono
Lorraine Little
Lorraine Little, age 72, of
Salem Township, Michigan,
passed away Wednesday,
January 31, 2007.
She was born December 5,
1934, in Bevinsville, the
daughter of Edward and Carrie
(Osborne) Hall.
She was united in marriage
to the late Paul E. Little, on
August 13, 1954.
Survivors include her children:
Kimberly
(Dave)
Marlowe and Paula (Mark)
Cesarz; her siblings: Janette
(Chuck) Ramey, Jim (Anita)
Hall, Joann (Jim) Wright,
Barbara Harris, and Emily
(Pete) Younger; and her grandchildren: Jennifer (Matt)
Murdza, Kevin Marlowe,
Cody Cesarz, and Chad
Cesarz.
She was expecting her flnt
great-grandchild,
Addison
Lorraine Murdza, in April.
She was preceded in death
by her husband .and parents.
A funeral service was held
Saturday, February 3, at
Casterline Funeral Home Inc.,
of South Lyon, Michigan. She
was laid to rest at South Lyon
Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to
Humane Society of Huron
Valley, attn: Development
Director, 3100 Cherry Hill
Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105, or
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, Donor Services, P.O.
Box · 4072, Pittsfield, MA
01202, will be appreciated.
Something a little different,
just my own special way,
of saying you mean the
world to me, Keith,
and a very
Happy Birthday!
I Love You!
Pam
(Paid obituary)
held Friday, February 2, under
the direction of Community
Funeral Home.
• Ernest Ray Lovern, 77,
of Pikeville, died Sunday,
January 28, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 31, under
the direction of J.W. Call &
Son Funeral Home of
Pikeville.
• Rushia May, 88, of
Phelps, died Sunday, January
28, at her home. Funeral services were held Thursday,
February 1, under the direction
of R.E. Rogers Funeral Home
of Belfry.
• Luria Agnes "Aggie"
McHone Michael, 77, of
Steele, died Friday, January
26, at Pikeville Medical
Center. She is survived by her
husband, Donald Michael.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, January 29,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Patty Jo Michael, 66, of
Lexington, a Pike County
native, died Saturday, January
27, at her home. Funeral services were held Tuesday,
January 30, under the direction
of Bailey Funeral Home.
• Faye Newsome, 79, of
Jonancy, died Friday, January
29, at Pikeville Medical
Center. Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday, January
30, under the direction of the
Hall & Jones Funeral Home.
• Mary Lee Adams Riley,
62, of Big Rock, Va., a Pike
County native, died Friday,
January 26, at Buchanan
General Hospital, Grundy, Va.
She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Wayne Riley.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 30, under the
direction of Grundy Funeral
Home.
• Maudy Robinson, 89, of
Shelbiana, died Tuesday,
January 30, at the Parkview
Manor Nursing Home. Funeral
services were held Friday,
February 2, under the direction
of Pikeville Funeral Home.
• Ollie L. Powell Sayers,
70, of Right Fork of Greasy
Creek,
Shelbiana,
died
Saturday, January 27, at
Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 31, under
the direction of Lucas & Son
Funeral Home.
• Della Beatrice Cassell
Blackburn Shelton, 87 , of
McAndrews, died Saturday,
January 27, at her residence.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, January 30,
under the direction of Rogers
Funeral Home.
• Luther Edward Smith,
87, of Canada, died Saturday,
January 28, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 1, under
the direction of R.E. Rogers
Funeral Home.
• Paulette Stiltner, 61, of
Elkhorn City, died Monday,
January 29, at the Mountain
View Health Care Center,
Elkhorn City. She is survived
by her husband, Bobby
Stiltner. Funeral services were
held Thursday, February 1,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Wally Len White, 49, of
Long Fork died Tuesday,
January 30, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction of Hall & Jones
Funeral Home of Virgie.
• Eddie Wolford, 24, of
Freeburn, died Saturday,
January 27, in Freeburn.
Arrangements, under the
direction of Phelps Funeral
Services.
• Roman Wright, 93, of
Dorton Creek, died Friday,
January 26, at his home. He is
survived by his wife, Gustie
Burke Wright. Funeral services were held Sunday,
January 28, under the direction
of Hall & Jones Funeral
Home.
MAGOFFIN COUNTY
•
Joe Alex Poe, 70, of
Salyersville, a Floyd County
native, died Friday, January
29, at Highlands Regional
Medical Center. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday,
January 30, under the direction
of Nelson Frazier Funeral
Home.
MARTIN COUNTY
• Virgie (Oma) Harless
Maynard, 77, of Inez, died
Tuesday, January 23, at J.J.
Jordan Geratric Center, in
Louisa. She is survived by her
husband, Jack Maynard.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 27, under
the direction of RichmondCallaham Funeral Home.
•
Sharon K. Butcher
Meyer, died Monday, January
29, at St. Rita's Medical
Center. Services were held
Friday, February 2, under the
direction of Love Funeral
Home, Ottawa, Ohio.
• Walter Mullett, 85, of
Martin County, died Tuesday,
January 23, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Thursday, January
25, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Betty Lou Mcintosh
Griffith, 72, of Oil Springs,
died Tuesday, January 30, at
U.K. Medical Center, in
Lexington. Funeral servi ~
were held held Saturday.
February 3, under the direction
of the Jones-Preston Funeral
Home.
• Steven Bradley Harmon.
20, of Oil Springs, died at his
home Saturday, January 27.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, January 31, under
the direction of Phelps and
Son Funeral Home.
• Mary Daniels Moore, 70,
of Paintsville, died Sunday,
J~nuary 28, at the J.J. Jordan
\l'lJsing Facility in Louisa.
<t.itveside services were held
Wednesday, Jan. 31, under ~e
direction of the Prest~n
Funeral Home.
•
Pamela
Parson
Nesselrotte,
49,
of
Whiteshouse, died Friday,
January 26, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, January
30, under the' direction of
Preston Funeral Home.
• Ruth Lee Rowland, 82,
of East Point, died Saturday,
January 27, at Paul B. Hall
Regional Medical Center, ·
Paintsville. She is survived
her .husband, Creval Rowland.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 30, under the
of
Paintsville
direction
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House speaker won't be
at top of ballot, anywhere
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT In an
effort to be fair, the Kentucky
secretary of state's office lists
gubernatorial candidates on
election ballots in a rotating
alphabetical order.
The system is intended to
allow each slat to appear at
the top of the ballot in at least
one of Kentucky's six congressional districts.
However, House Speaker
Jody Richards and running
mate John Y. Brown III, who
are among seven slates of candidates in the May 22
Democratic gubernatorial primary, are the only ones who
won't get their names at the
top of a ballot anywhere.
Secretary of State Trey
Grayson posted the line ups on
his Web site Friday. The
Richards-Brown ticket makes
it no higher than second on any
of the ballots.
" I think that the current balloting system is less than ideal,
and it probably will hurt Jody
and I a small but insignificant
amount," Brown said Friday.
"I've seen a number of studies
that show that candidates
being on top of the ballot often
have an advantage. But that's
typically in races that voters
know little about. Because of
the nature of the governor's
race, voters are going to know
much more than they ever
wanted to about each of the
major candidates, and it won't
have as much of an impact on
the governor's race."
!II'~
Grayson said political races
are a lot like horse races when
it comes to ballot positions.
"There is a lot of speculation about whether a horse
should start on the rail, in the
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Flood
• Continued from p1
the region.
"The Red Cross came pret1 ty fast. but they didn ' t have
any way to get the word out,"
I Burke said.
'
Gov.
A.B.
"Happy"
I. ·~·' c handler declared martial law
'' ' in Floyd County that Thursday
and sent the National Guard to
h
?
the area to subdue looters who
:,' had taken advantage of both
Lt the limited communications
' and police presence. A week
;~:- after the floodwaters had
retreated, Gov. Chandler estl" mated the total amount of
'' damage in 23 Eastern
1
·•: '
Kentucky counties at $1 bile.~ llon. Areas hit hardest by the
flood in Floyd County were
"' \,. Martin. Allen, Betsy Layne,
t
Prestonsburg and Emma.
The waters had receded by
Friday, Feb. l , to the pomt
where people could begin
assessing the damage and
begin wading through the mud
in their homes and businessess
to take account of what had
happened. The Red Cross set
up clinics in local churches to
give tetanus shots for fear of a
typhoid epidemic, which they
believed could break out from
exposure to the cold, unclean
water.
The initial Red Cross flood
statistics revealed just how
devastating the flood had been
to the region; 10 houses
destroyed and 2,214 homes
damaged, with 2,500 families
affected, as well as 301 businesses damaged. More than
1,200 people were sheltered
for at least a week at five shelters, and 1,600 people received
meals at three feeding stations.
As Guardsmen and other
aid groups helped with the initial cleanup and humanitarian
effort, eventually it was up to
the people to rebuild what they
could, which in many cases
took years.
"No flood insurance was
available back then, and even
if it was, no one was required
to offer it or pay out very
much on it," Spurlock said.
The flood destroyed but
also
brought
substantial
change to the area, including
laws making it mandatory that
all homes and businesses purchase flood insurance in desig
nated flood zones. Prior to the
flood , the only safeguard
against the overflow of the Big
Sandy River was Dewey Dam,
which had been completed in
1949. Since the flood, dams
have been constructed in the
Levisa Fork region in
Yatesville,
Paintsville,
Pikeville and in neighboring
Virginia along the river and its
watershed to prevent future
floods.
Many cities have built their
own floodwalls, levees and
ringwalls to prevent future
flooding. But with dams that
are able to regulate water lev-
Court
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Russell was arrested August 18 after
Deputies Jeremy Shepherd and Justin
Jones were called to the Seasons Inn
Motel and Restaurant in Allen to investigate a disturbance complaint in one of the
rooms. When the two arrived they went to
the room where the complaints had originated from and began questioning the
three men who were inside.
Russell allegedly refused to follow the
deputies orders to remain quiet while they
talked to one of the other men, and after
repeated attempts to calm him down he
was informed he was under arrest. A fight
allegedly ensued between Russell and
Shepherd, where Shepherd was overpowered by Russell who had put him into a
headlock. Russell finally released
Shepherd after Shepherd was able to
reach his baton and hit Russell with it sev-
eral times before he momentarily passed
out.
A second fight allegedly took place
outside after Shepherd regained consciousness and caught up with Russell in
a field behind the motel. Shepherd said he
was hit in the face by Russell and had to
use pepper spray and his baton to subdue
him and place him under arrest.
els and with other flood protections put in place, the possibility of destruction equal to
that of the 1957 flood is
remote. According to Dewey
Lake Park Manager Stonney
Burke, an estimated $80 million in flood damages have
been prevented as a direct
result of dam construction,
which cost a mere $6 million.
Even with all these safeguards in place. the area will
never be wholly free from
smaller floods. An April 1977
flood, compared by many
expe1ts on scale with the 1957
flood , caused an estimated
$198 million in damage in the
Levisa Fork Basin area. which
includes
Floyd
County.
Several smaller floods caused
major damage to smaller areas
in 1984, 2001 and 2003. As a
result, the city of Martin has
undertaken a $95 million redevelopment project which will
move the existing downtown
area, which is located in a valley floor that has left it
exposed to constant flooding
over the years, to a higher elevation. The majority of cities
in Floyd County receive more
than 40 inches of rain a year,
leaving the Big Sandy prone to
overflow, with the surrounding
mountains accentuating floods
by allowing water to flow
quickly downhill during heavy
rains.
The l 957 flood left an
indelible mark on the region
which has helped reshape it
into a safer area in which to
Iive. The probability of a "1 00ycar flood," a name given to a
highly destructive flood which
has a 1 percent chance of
occurring 10 any given year,
has been reduced significantly
since 1957. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers has labeled
the 1977 flood a 100-year
flood, and although it •caused
extensive damage, the water
levels in almost all areas
struck by it were considerably
lower than the 1957 flood.
Spurlock and Burke, who
have witnessed the effects of
flooding many times over the
years. both agree that because
of safeguards built in the
region since 1957, the chances
of another catastrophic flood
hitting the n~gion on that scale
are slim.
"It's unlikely, but I won't
say it won't happen," Burke
said. "It's unlikely with the
new warnings we have."
Groups call for action to shore up state retirement system BIG Trucks Cause
retirement systems for local given only 61 percent of the
government employees and money estimated necessary ~o
teachers.
pay for its future liabilities. The
"It is important that inde- national average is 86 percent.
The Teachers ' Retirement
pendent professionals conduct
this review," said David System has funds to cover 76
Adkisson, president of the percent of its estimated needs,
Kentucky
Chamber
of while the County Employees
Commerce.
Retirement System can cover
Jodi Whitaker, a spokes- 81 percent of its future needs.
woman for Fletcher, said the
governor's office hasn't heard
directly from the groups, but
their input is welcome.
• Continued from p1
Whitaker said Fletcher hasn't
appointed the task force he throughout the years, Gilva has
announced in December.
remained a constant," said
The Kentucky Retirement Wilson.
Systems recently estimated a
Horn's supervisor, Phillip
deficit of $12 billion caused by Elliott spoke a few words dur<:hronic underfunding by the 'ing the presentation, saying
General Assembly &nd recent that he did not see himself as
governors as well as the rising Horn's supervisor because she
costs of health benefits.
always knew what she was
That system, which pro- doing and what needed to be
vides retirement benefits to
done next.
most state workers, has been
"I think everyone who
~------------------------------------------------ works here knows that she
doesn't need a supervisor,"
Elliott said.
Bank Chairman Burl Wells
Spurlock was also on hand to
give his thanks to Horn.
"Gilva has gone from the
horse and buggy days to the
days of space flight," Spurlock
said as he described her career.
Friday's celebration included a slideshow of photographs
of Horn throughout the years
and a reception with friends
and family afterwards in her
Cover
honor.
placed over
"I appreciate everyone
a low-permeable cap
coming very, very much,"
layer at the
Horn said as she fought back
old Floyd
tears of joy.
FRANKFORT
The
state's retirement system is
falling into financial peril and
Gov. Ernie Fletcher should act
"before we reach a crisis," a
coalition of advocacy groups
said.
The groups, including the
Kentucky League of Cities, the
• " Kentucky
Chamber
of
f'
Commerce and the Prichard
" ' Committee for Academtc
~ •', Excellence, said the spiraling
•"' cost of providing health insurance and pensions to retirees is
•. ; , a "u·ain wreck waiting to hap";) , pen."
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They have called on
- Fletcher to appoint a task force
:... ' .to recommend solutions and
want lawmakers to spend the
projected
surplus
state's
: shoring up the systems.
"Cities stand the chance,
folks, of going broke if we
don't fix the system," Sylvia
Lovely, executive director of
.J
the Kentucky League of Cities,
said Thursday.
Some municipalities, such
as West Buechel in Jefferson
County, have started laying off
police
officers
because
increased contributions to the
County Employees Retirement
System have gotten too high.
"Our cities are crying out for
attention to this crisis of epic
proportions and for a bipartisan
effort toward finding long-term
solutions," Lovely said.
Fletcher
has
already
announced plans to appoint a
panel to study the Kentucky
Retirement Systems and has
recommended spending at least
$50 million of a projected $231
million surplus for $e fiscal
year that ends June 30.
The groups want Fletcher to
broaden the task force's mandate to include an analysis of
the public employee health
insurance program and the
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L_.
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FRANKFORT More
than $3 million in environmental remediation work at
f
the old Floyd County Landfill
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is near completion.
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Improvements
include a
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.._ barner-type
cap to prevent
I ~ entry of rainwater and minimize leachate, surface water
drainage, a leachate collection
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and pumping system and a
~ sewer line to the city of Martin
waste water treatment plant.
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Leachate is water that collects
contaminants as it seeps
through the landfill.
The Floyd County project
is among several being conducted under oversight of the
state Environmental and
Public Protection Cabinet
(EPPC) at old, closed landfills.
Upgrades at these old landfills
are aimed at protecting human
health and the environment - a
top priority of the cabinet and
the Fletcher Administration,
said EPPC Secretary Teresa J.
Hill.
Funding is from the
Kentucky Pride Program created by the General Assembly
in 2002.
Program money
comes from a $1.75 per ton fee
paid by generators of waste
disposed at municipal solid
waste landfills and proceeds
from a $25 million bond issue.
Other Democratic candidates include state Treasurer
Jonathan Miller, demolition
contractor Otis Hensley,
Lexington attorney Gatewood
Galbraith, Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford and former lieutenant governors
Steve Henry and Steve
Beshear.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher, considered politically vulnerable
after two years of legal turmoil, is being challenged for
the Republican nomination by
former U.S. Rep. Anne
Northup of Louisville and millionaire race car driver Billy
Harper of Paducah.
Fletcher was indicted last
year on charges that he illegally rewarded political support-
ers 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,
the
first
Republican elected governor
in Kentucky in more than 30
years, has maintained that the
investigation was politically
motivated by Democratic
Attorney
General
Greg
Stumbo, who is running for
lieutenant governor on a ticket
with Lunsford.
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states that will elect a governor
in 2007.
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ress1o
Freedom of the press is
not an end in itself but a
means to the end of
[achieving] a free society.
- Felix Frankfurter
•
Our V Iew
l)emocracy
too expensive?
The Associated Press reported last week that county
officials across the state are lobbying legislators to
eliminate a state law requiring runoff elections under
certain circumstances.
As it stands now, if no candidate in a gubernatorial
primary receives at least 40 percent of the vote, the top
two vote-getters in that primary would square off for
another election to determine who represents his or her
party in November. The law, enacted in 1992, has never
been implemented because candidates in gubernatorial
primaries since that time have always met the threshold.
That likely will not happen this year, particularly in
the Democratic primary, where seven slates are seeking
the nomination. In all likelihood, the winner of that
race will emerge with only 20-to-25 percent of the vote.
That prospect has many county officials scared,
because holding a runoff election will cost an estimated
$5 million statewide. Critics of the law point out that
$5 million - $3 million of which would be shouldered
by county governments - could be spent on other
things, such as improving roads.
Yes, $3 million does sound like a large amount of
money that could be used for all sorts of local projects,
but keep in mind that that amount would be split '
between the state's 120 counties, averaging out to
$25,000 a county. Of course, larger, more populated
counties would pay more and smaller ones would pay
less.
That kind of money might fix a few potholes, but it
certainly won't do much more than that. But let's put
money aside, as it should be, and focus on whether the
law itself serves a good purpose.
Certainly, most people believe it is impmtant under
our system of government to ensure that the will of the
people is heard. The runoff election facilitates that, by
requiring that gubernatorial nominees be supported by a
significant portion of their parties.
Taking this year as an example, without a runoff
election, we could very well see a race this fall between
a Democrat who was opposed by 80 percent of
Democrats and a Republican opposed by 65 percent of
Republicans.
That is hardly democracy and it poses a danger to our
system of government. Allowing elections to be won
with such small percentages increases the effectiveness
of vote fraud and the ability of special interests to
hijack the party system.
Our way of life has been paid with the blood of
countless soldiers over the years. It would be a shame if
their sacrifice were voided for the convenience of filling a few potholes.
- The Floyd County Times
-Rich -owry Column
The default
majority
The "do-nothing Congress" is
dead. Long live the "do-nothing
Congress." Such should be the
proclamation with the ascension of
Democrats to control of Congress.
The Republican congressional
majority foundered on its inabillty to
address important issues during the
past two years, so Democrats are set
to fill the breach with an energetic
burst of pretending to address important issues. This effort is so urgent
that they promised to do it in 100
business hours, trumping Newt
Gingrich's first 100 days of legislative action in 1995.
Gingrich mistakenly thought he
could govern the country from the
speaker's chair and disastrously overreached as a consequence. Speaker
Nancy Pelosi's only early oveneaching will be exhausting all of her
party's popular, largely symbolic
measures in a matter of days. What
will Democrats do to fill the countless other hours before their term is
done?
Some of the Democrats' internal
reforms are worthy, especially curtailing privately funded travel and
enhancing the transparency of em·marks. It is telling that the late GOP
congressional majority couldn't manage even these relatively tepid
reforms, since some members of its
leadership would have been practi-
beyond the
eltway
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of the union
ain't good
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cally immobile without a corporate be meaningless because the adminisjet.
tration opposes such negot1ations.
But all rules have their loopholes,
An important political conseand th ultimate ethics measure is quence of the Democratic takeover is
rigorous selfthat it liberates
policing. Watch
Republicans
Pelosi ally Rep.
from the comJohn Murtha. If
pulsion
they
his friends con· had felt to abantinue to fatten
don their princithemselves on
ples in order to
federal money
try to protect
steered
their
their majority.
way by Murtha
As
Nanc~)
and return the
Pelosi took the
favor with camspeaker's gavel,
paign contribuPresident Bush
tions, nothing
sounded
the
will have changed in Congress except sort of clarion calls on fiscal responthe party affiliation of the self-inter- .sibility - endorsing a balanced budested barons running the place. get in five years - and earmark
reform that he never did when freePrediction: They will.
The Democratic substance is van- spending Republicans controlled the
ishingly thin. They will raise the. min- Hill. He hopes to box in Democrats
imum wage, but 29 states a1ready with their own anti-deficit rhetoric
have a minimum wage higher than and force them either to forgo major
the federal rate. The effec·t of the hike new spending or embrace. politically
mainly will be to give a small boost perilous tax increases.
to the wage of teenagers working
This is the kind of choice
summers or after school. FDR would Democrats were able to avoid i
yawn.
November when they became a
On prescription drugs, Democrats default majority - a majority elected
promised to have the government not for what it stood for, but for what
negotiate for lower drug prices. But it was not. Eventually, Democrats
the case for major overhaul of the will have to move beyond their
Medicare prescription-drug program default position if they want a record
has weakened, as the program has of substantive accomplishment after
proven reasonably popular with the pageantry and symbolism of the
seniors and cheaper than expected. 100 hours have passed.
Democrats simply might give the
Bush administration the authority to
Rich Lowry is editor of the
negotiate lower prices, which would National Review.
Presidential State of the Union
addresses tend to be like second marriages: triumphs of hope over experience.
President Bush's speech last week
was a lot like that, except that the
hope seemed rather desperate. It was
a perfunctory list of national problem
areas yoked to half-baked solutions.
Balanced budgets, more education,
better health care, (ho-hum) fairer
immigration laws, less dependence
on foreign oil, (yawn) less global
warming; all got their turn in the box,
each to be rendered trivial by the
tepid nature of the President's
response to their challenge.
Oh, and there was the war of
course. Having unveiled his "new
strategy" just the week before, he
didn't have anything new to say.
Speaking to a Congress that was
skeptical if not openly hostile his
tone was almost plaintive.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said,
reaching vainly for Churchillian eloquence, "on this day. at this hour, it is
still within our power t6 shape the
outcome of this battle. Let us find our
resolve, and turn event toward victory."
I half-expected him to break into
the old Neo-Conservative hymn: "All
We Are Saying, Is Give War a
Chance." It would have cheered
things up some anyway.
The speech had an eerie "Twilight
Zone" quality. It could have been
given two years ago or four, for that
matter. None of the problem's he
mentioned were new. It was as
though someone else had been
President for the past six years and
left all of these messes to be cleaned
up.
Actually, the messes are his. It's
somewhat amusing that
now, as he faces a
Democratic Congress
"Democrat"
(or
Congress as he childishly insists on calling
it) he speaks sternly of
attacking global warming. You mean there's
global warming? Who
knew?
Perhaps he intends
to u·ick the Democrats
into actually doing something about
these problems, thereby angering the
electorate and sparking a Republican
comeback.
If there's anything the electorate
hates worse than problems, it's solutions. Anything you do to solve global warming or save Social Security or
give everybody health care or reduce
dependence on foreign oil is going to
cost people money or inconvenience
or pain. If it doesn't do that, then it's
probably not much of a solution.
Which is the category Mr. Bush's
solutions fall into. Give tax breaks to
people too poor to pay taxes in hopes
they'll buy health insurance. Balance
the budget by making nickel-anddime cuts in discretionary spending.
Reduce dependence on foreign oil by
forcing car manufacturers to increase
~as mileage by a mile-a-year for the
next few years.
It's a good thing Noah wasn't anything like Mr. Bush. When God told
h1m a flood was coming, he'd have
buill a rowboat.
So lacking in confidence was the
President that he didn't even throw
any red meat to his conservative
base- nothing on gay matriage or
flag burning bans or "activist" judges
or the evils of stem-cell research.
(Neither did he mention the rebuilding of New Orleans, which he
promised to do after Katrina and has
not.)
And when he
closed by saying that
"The state of our
union is strong; our
cause in the world ~
right," his heart die!'
n't seem in it. It was
a weak speech, weakly delivered.
know
a
You
Presidential address
is in trouble when it
gets blown out of the water minutes
after its conclusion by a nine-minute
speech by a rookie senator maki'ng
his first appearance on a national
stage.
Jim Webb of Virginia, responding
f01 the Democrats, delivered a simple
and forceful message, based on facts:
Our leaders, he said, in taking us
t9 war owed us "sound judgme ~
clear thinking, concern for our we
fare, a guarantee that the threat to our
country was equal to the price we
might be called upon to pay in
defending it.
"The President took us into this
war recklessly... We are now, as a
nation. held hostage to the predictable and predicted disarray that
has followed."
That hits the neo-con on the head.
Don Kaul is a two-time Pu/it:::er
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
That World
'The Brainiac'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and fanner
publisher Norman Allen wrote a weekI)• column that looked at Floyd County
· througb his e:ves. His columns are
being reprinted due to request.
by TOM DOTY
TIMES COLUMNIST
I refuse to believe that we are to
be no more when we die than an
old shoe--even if we are heels.
WHAT WILL SATISFY?
For weeks now there have been
few conversations in places of
business, at home or on the streets,
which did not include the junior
college, and the bill in the General
Assembly at Frankfort.
One of these following the
splendid vote given by the House,
last week, discussed those who
had led the fight here, those who
helped, commended Senator
Burnis Martin, Representatives
Allen Slone and Ben Martin for
their work. This was one of those
rare conversations in which there
was little, if any, criticism of anybody.
Then said one of the group:
"If this bill passes the Senate,
regardless of who has been for it
and is still for it, we can give credit to one man-Bert Combs. If you
don't think so, imagine what
would have happened to the bill if
he had been against it."
"
Thq.t was followed by a comment that the Governor "has stuck
his neck out for us" on more than
one occasion, and just about as far
as it would go. "What else do we
want him to do?''
"Give everybody 40 acres and a
mule," replied another. But that
suggestion was immediately
vetoed. Another remonstrated:
"That won't do-a-body would
have to feed the mule!"
ADVICE FOR THE ASTRONAUT
Lennie Moore, who failed to
renew his driver's license in time,
, after driving a car 40 years or
more, had to go through the examination and road test all over from
scratch. Not one time, but twice.
He finally made it Wednesday, and
between sighs of relief asked us to
notify Colonel Glenn that if he
expected to do much more traveling to be sure and keep his driver's
license renewed, and that if he didn't, not to come to Floyd County to
take the examination.
NO HELP HERE
August Hahn, 425 Grand Ave.,
Cincinnati 5, Ohio, subscribed for
The Times, a year ago, and we
wondered, at the time, wherein lay
' his interest in Floyd County. This
week carne a letter from Mr. Hahn
explaining that he is retired, that
he wanted to move to a small
town ,
and
had
thought
Prestonsburg might be the spot. So
he subscribed for the paper to
watch the "for rent" ads. Now he
writes:
"I have written to several persons advertising places...The only
answer I got from any of them was
from a Mr. Wells at West Liberty. I
can't understand the reluctance of
the nicest and friendliest people on
(See ALLEN, page six)
A close up of the beautiful flowers that adorn the bird tree.
The Bird Tree
by DR. PHYLLIS PUFFER
In the dusk about 5:30 pm, the
tree was really loud. It hosted a
large flock of small birds whose
calls filled the whole area. They
sounded somewhat like a small
river rushing over rocks, but there
was also a rusty edge to it, like an
old hinge with only a little bit of
rust here and there. Just on the very
edge of dusk, seconds before any
detectable change in the light, they
started coming in from all over the
University of Botswana campus
and who knows where else. They
flitted restlessly from branch to
branch, looking for just the right
spot for the night, exchanging the
news of the day.
"This branch is too thin. Last
night it bobbed and twisted and I
didn't get a minute's rest."
"Did you hear? Bernard was
eaten by a cat."
"Are you sure? Now just how
many cats do you see around here,
anyway?"
"No. No. You never get anything right. Bernard chased a cat."
"It's getting awfully crowded
here."
"Come on over. There's plenty
of room in this part. But hurry
before the others get in."
"Don't you think it's about time
for everyone to settle down? Why
did I have to choose a branch with
the night owls."
"I never liked Bernard anyway."
By 6:15 it was dark, dark night,
the lights in the courtyard were on,
and the tree was silent.
At dusk was the only time I ever
heard those little birds make a
sound. They were small, about the
size of Goldfinches. They were
brown striped with little black caps
and looked like our sparrows.
During the day they pecked busily
but noiselessly at minute specks on
the bricked surface of the courtyard
Dusty, the ·wonder dog
by MARY SARACINO
"CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE PRETEEN
SOUL"
When I was a kid, my godparents,
Uncle Nell and Aunt Frances,
brought me a 4-month-old puppy.
She was half German shepherd, half
collie. As her pink tongue tickled my
face with wet licks, it was love at fust
hug.
My family named the puppy
Dusty. Although I wanted to lay sole
claim to her affections, in a family of
seven kids, no one lays permanent
claim to the family pet.
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Dusty was our dog, not my dog.
We soon realized that she had the
patience of Buddha. My baby sister
often transformed Dusty's warm fur
into a nap-time pillow - falling
asleep on the rug. Like a protective
mother, Dusty waned - without
moving - until my sister woke.
Dusty doubled as a school crossing guard, too. Monday through
Friday she'd walk us kids two blocks
to St. Patrick's Parochial, looking
both ways to check for traffic before
allowing us to cross the street. We· d
wave goodbye as we entered the
door, knowing Dusty would be wait-
A lone bird among the fallen leaves.
floor. They flew in and out all day
long.
I passed under the tree every
morning and every evening and
often several times dming the day
as I entered and left the courtyard
where the University of Botswana
Social Science building was located. The "tree" was actually three
trees and a trunk. Three small trees
grew so closely together that their
branches intermingled. From some
angles they looked like a single
tree. The trunk of a fourth leaned
sharply into one of the end trees.
The whole top of this one had been
removed for some reason. The
birds also spent their nights in two
other larger trees across the com1yard, but the three smaller ones
together formed their main social
center.
When I fu·<>t an;ved at the university during the second week of
June, it was the middle of the southern-hemisphere winter and cold
enough for my all-weather coat
with liner. The "tree" was thick
with leaves and the birds impossible to see. You could see them flying into the tree and out of it, but
ing at the school door to claim us at
the close of the school day.
Of all the contributions Dusty
made to our family, one incident
stands out far and above all others.
Late one night, Dusty rushed to
my parents' bedroom. She barked and
barked. When she got no response,
Dusty raced upstairs to my bedroom
and my brothers ' bedroom and
barked again and again. When she
failed to fully wake us, she flew back
down the steps and retumed to my
parents' room. Finally she got Mom's
attention.
"What are you doing, Dusty?"
Mom snapped, still halfway 111
dreamland. Dusty persisted. Finally
my mother gave in. "OK, what is itT
Dusty whined ano rushed out of
once inside it you could only hear
them. All that was visible of the
birds was their overnight-dried
droppings lying under the tree early
in the morning before any of the
cleaners had gone through. If it
hadn't been for the courtyard's
brick floor, the soil under the tree
would have been unusually fettile.
A week or two after I arrived, a
bright red flower appeared at the
very top of the tree, slightly off center. For a week or more, only a few
flowers gradually appeared at the
top and I thought that was going to
be all. However, about the second
week in July the tree began more
changes more rapidly. More and
more flowers appeared. As the
flowers increased in number, the
leaves began to fall. So many fell
that it finally became possible to see
the birds. They were tiny shapes
flying and hopping among the
branches.
Then the flowers began to fall,
following the path of the leaves to
the ground, and bits of red lay
among the dried leaves and the
(See TREE, page seven)
A persecuted heretic seeks
vengeance on the descendants of the
men who sentenced him to death by
immolation, 300 years earlier, in this
Spanish thriller.
The ftlm opens in the 17th century
as the Spanish Inquisition is sitting in
judgment on Baron Vitelius. The
group's leader steps up to the podium
and recounts the Baron's charges in
the tones of a game show host awarding the grand prize. He notes that the
Baron engaged in necromancy, witchcraft and the time-honored tradition of
seducing married
women and the
odd maidJn. A
friend
named
Marcos appears
as a character witness, but his testimony goes over
like a lead balloon and sees him
handed 200 lashes for his trouble.
Tom Dotv
The scene shifts Times Columnist
to the Baron's
roast and Vitelius
fmally speaks as he notices a comet
streaking overhead. He outs his
inquisitors and threatens that he will
be back in 300 years, when the comet
passes again, and that he will kill the
descendants of his accusers.
' to 300 years later and the offCut
spring of Marcos, now named Ronnie,
who has become a renowned
astronomer. He spots the comet coming back and is shocked to see something fall from it. As he jets to the
scene, a random and highly unlucky
dude gets there first and is shocked to
see a bulbous-headed beast emerge
from the smoking rock. The critter
turns out to be the Baron, but he sure
has changed and now sports a footlong tongue which he uses to suck out
the brains of his victims. He also has
two pincers instead of hands, a mound
of unsightly hair scattered around his
dome and the ability to change back
into his old self after he's noshed on
some brain food. His first victim is
found later and has been stripped
down to his civvies (turns out the
Baron must like to go commando).
The local police assign a droll
detective to investigate a mounting
series of deaths in which the victim
has had there brains sucked out and he
is, not surprisingly, perplexed.
Meanwhile the Baron invites all of the
descendants to dinner and sizes them
up. He also invites the detective, for
security purposes.
All of the guests appear to like the
suave Baron, even though he refuses
to drink with them by begging off
with a bizane excuse saying, "It so
happens liquor does me damage, I
once had a very strange disease."
Each guest leaves an open invitation
to him on their way out and much to
their chagrin he takes them up on it.
What follows are several scenes of
the Baron showing up at their homes
and making nice for a few minutes
before proceeding to hypnotize them
and subsequently change into his
other self before sucking out their
brains. These actions eventually raise
(See LAGOON, page seven)
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by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
Am I right, or does my husband
know what he's talking about? When
my husband fills up his car with gas,
he always turns the car off and
removes the key from the ignition,
which turns the radio off - even if
I'm busy listening to "Car Talk" on
NPR! It drives me crazy, but he
insists that having current passing
through the vehicle is a disaster waiting to happen while filling up the gas
tank. I'm sure he's being a little well, maybe a lot - too cautious,
because I often hear radios playing in
other people's cars while they're filling up, yet I have NEVER seen a car
blow up from an electric short during
that process. Please tell him that I can
safely listen to the radio while he's
filling up! -Cathy
RAY: He probably just doesn't
want you listening to us, Cathy. And
can you blame him?
TOM: There are several reasons
why gas stations tell you to tum off
your ignition while refueling. No. 1 is
that if you accidentally leave your car
in drive, or if it slips out of park or
your dog knocks it out of park, the
car could run somebody over. Or,
worse, bash into the station's new
Mountain Dew machine.
RAY: Reason No. 2 is that they
want to lessen the chances that you'll
drive off without removing the nozzle, yanking their hose out of its
socket.
TOM: No. 3 is that they don't
want anybody to be tempted to hop in
your running car and steal it. It happens.
RAY: Reason No. 4 is that, with
modern cars, running the engine with
the gas cap off will tum on the "check
engine" light.
TOM: And reason No. 5 is that
there are various sources of ignition
in a running automobile. Aside from
the ignition system itself, there are
relays, fan motors and other electrical
devices that could, theoretically, provide a spark if a bunch of fuel were
spilled and gasoline vapor enveloped
the car.
RAY: In reality, most gas stations
now have vapor-recovery systems, so
vapors would only come from a fuel
spill. It would have to be a pretty sizable spill to create enough vapor to
cause a problem. So the explodingcar scenario is pretty unlikely. After
all, how many knucklehead gas-statiOn attendants have you seen pumping gas with a Tipparillo dangling
from their lips, with a 3-inch-long,
glowing ash hanging off the end of it?
TOM: And the odds get even slimmer of having any kind of problem if
the engine is off and the key is only in
the accessory position - where it
would be if you were listening to the
radio. In fact, I can't really imagine a
scenario in which you could ignite
anything that way.
RAY: So tell your husband he can
rest easy, Cathy. There's no problem
with you listening to the radio while
he refuels, as long as the key is in the
accessory position. And if you want
to turn the tables on him, tell him a
greater spark danger comes from the
static electricity he's building up
because he's still wearing those skyblue polyester leisure suits.
Pros and cons of low-profile tires
Dear Tom and Ray:
There has been a recent upsurge of
extremely low-profile tires and extraordinarily large-diameter wheels on
all types of personal vehicles. Is this
good: stiffer sidewalls - less lateral
movement? Or is this bad: more
unsprung mass changing suspension requirements?
Or is this just an
expensive affectation?- Frank
RAY: It's primarily about style,
Frank. People want
bigger
wheels
because they look
cooler.
TOM: And if
you use a bigger 1. . . . . . .
wheel, you have to
use a lower-profile
(i.e., shorter sidewall) tire so the
wheel/tire combination still fits in the
car's wheel well.
RAY: The weight isn't much of an
issue, because alloy wheels are pretty
light. And when you go with a bigger
wheel/smaller tire combination, it's
pretty much a wash.
TOM: You do get some handling
benefits with lower-profile tires. The
less-expansive sidewall you have, the
less the sidewall will flex on turns.
That's good for handling.
RAY: But you pay a high price in
ride quality. Because you have less
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sidewall, there's less of
it to absorb bumps and
potholes. So lowerprofile tires give you a
much harsher ride.
TOM: The other
significant argument
against
low-profile
tires is that with less
sidewall, the wheels
themselves are much
more vulnerable to
being bent from potholes and scraping up
against
curbs.
Especially if you live
in a city. And when
you have to replace a
19-inch alloy rim and it costs you
$750, you're going to wish you'd
gotten the smaller wheels with bigger
tires, even if you don't look quite as
cool when you go to pick up your dry
cleaning.
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Odds & Ends
• BALTIMORE - Prison
officials and poison control
centers can add a new substance to their list of intoxicants - hand sanitizer.
A usually calm 49-year-old
prisoner prompted a call to the
Maryland Poison Control
Center after guards found him
red-eyed, combative and "lecturing everyone about life."
Other inmates and staff reported the unidentified prisoner
had been drinking from a gallon container of hand sanitizer,
which is more than 70 percent
alcohol, according to an article
appearing in the February
issue of the New England
Journal of Medicine.
The call was one of about a
half dozen the center has
received involving hand sanitizers, said Dr. Suzanne
Doyon, the center's director
and co-author of the article.
While the hand sanitizer
contains other chemicals in
smaller amounts, it is primarily the same type of alcohol
found in liquor, and acts on the
body in the same way, Doyon
said.
"I don't think a lot of people realize these are ethanol
containing, or alcohol containing. They are really no different than a really concentrated
liquor," she said.
However, other types of
hand sanitizers contain isopropyl alcohol, which is
metabolized differently by the
body, and has different health
effects, she said.
Alcohol-based sanitizers
are credited with being more
effective against germs and
less irritating, but health-care
providers and hospitals and
correctional facility administrators should be aware of the
poiential misuse, the authors
said in the article.
• PENSACOLA, Fla. - A
packet of U.S. savings bonds,
washed out of a house
destroyed during Hurricane
Ivan more than two years ago,
was found and returned to its
owner.
Jan Meade and her husband, Timothy, a Fort Walton
Beach attorney, received the
bonds TUesday after they were
found by two people on the
shoreline of East Bay, the
Pensacola News Journal
reported.
The Meades fled their
home just before Ivan struck
on Sept. 16, 2004. When they
returned the next day, they
found the back half of their
house had been blown out and
almost all of their possessions
gone or in ruins. Damage was
so severe that the house had to
be razed.
"I had been buying a few
savings bonds every now and
then for some time, and they
were in the house," Meade
said. I really didn't know how
to replace them. I just thought
they were gone forever."
On
Saturday,
Trudie
Childers and her 75-year-old
mother, Claudie Tolbe11, spotted a plastic bag as they walk
along the beach.
"When I pulled it out, it
• SEATTLE - If you car, I was like 'Uh-oh,"'
looked like just one bond think rush-hour traffic is frus- Kirkman, 28, said TUesday. "I
wrapped in plastic," Childers trating, imagine what it was started doing the math in my
said.
like for three women who gave head and thought, 'I am cutBut when she got home, she birth in their vehicles because ting this real close.' Then l got
saw many more and hung they couldn't make it to the this urge to push."
them on a clothesline to dry.
Finally she propped her leg
hospital
along
clogged
When she returned to work · Interstate 5.
up on the dashboard and delivMonday, Childers, an employTwo little girls entered the ered Juliet, her seventh child,
ee of Holley-Navarre Water world during the morning as her husband drove in the car
System, checked the water commute in as many days this pool lane. He got off the freedepartment's computers to week, and a boy was born way shortly afterward and
locate Meade. She then called along the north-south artery on drove a short distance to
to say she'd found the bonds.
Northwest Hospital, where
Jan. 5.
Meade greeted Childers
"We simply attribute it to mother and baby stayed until
with a hug and tears when she coincidence," State Patrol TUesday night.
reclaimed the bonds, estimated Trooper Jeffery L. Merrill
That's also where Jenny
to be worth about $1,000.
said. "Who wants to have their Miller, 29, went with her baby
baby in their car on the free- Ian after he insisted on enter• HUNTINGTON, N.Y. ing the world while she and
way?"
Two puppies born with cleft
On Tuesday, Trooper Chad her husband headed for the
palates have had their first cor- Williams was parked on an hospital on Jan. 5.
rective surgeries and are said off-ramp in the- city's south
All, ~oopers are trained to
to be doing well.
eo,d when a ToyQta 4Runf\er deliver babies, Merrill said.
The puppies, named Magic stopped and a frantic Magm
'"It's part of ·our basic curand Merlin, are about three Rodriguez leaped out, forming riculum at the academy," he
months old. They were taken the shape of a pregnant belly said. "You secretly hope you
in by the Little Shelter Animal with his hands and gesturing don't have to use it in the
Adoption Center last year after toward the passenger door.
field. "
a worker found them in a New
Williams got to the sport
York City shelter, unable to eat utility vehicle just in time to
• LYNCHBURG, Va. and likely to die.
greet the arrival of7-pound, 7- Audrey Hudgins never saw it
While recuperating from ounce Alexa, whom he placed corning, but then, who would
Tuesday's surgery, they're in the lap of her mother, have?
receiving pain medication and Wendy Meza-Jimenez. He
Hudgins, a sophomore
are wearing medical collars so called for emergency medical · from Durham, N.C., was sitthey won't · scratch their aid and mother and daughter ting on a bench outside the
mouths, said veterinarian Priti were reported in good condi- campus' Main Hall on
Karnik.
tion that evening at a nearby Tuesday when a squirrel
They have been fed through hospital.
crawled up her leg and sat in
a tube, but should be able to
A day earlier, Liz Kirkman her lap.
"They come close to you,
eat on their own soon, she and her husband Brian got
said.
caught in a rush-hour slow- they 're really friendly, but
Karnik will determine later down while driving to a hospi- they don't climb on you,"
how many more surgeries will tal east of the downtown area. Hudgins said Wednesday.
be necessary.
To Hudgins' surprise, the
"Once I was in the moving
Lagoon
squirrel - described as an
infamous chowhound named
Toby - snatched a piece of
the strawberry Nutri-Grain bar
she was holding.
"I said to myself, 'That
doesn' t happen every day."'
But when Toby went back
for a second bite it locked on,
and bit through Hudgins' right
thumbnail.
At that point, the communications major said she tried to
unlatch the squirrel by beating
it against the bench.
"What else do you do in
that situation?" she asked.
"There's no stop, drop and
roll."
After Hudgins shook Toby
off, she sat in shock.
"He's looking at me, I'm
looking at him," she said of
the moment just before the
squirrel grabbed the NutriGrain bar that she had dropped
during the struggle and ran off.
A while later Hudgins met
up with her friend Amberly
Fradsham, a senior, who took
her to the hospital to get the
first in a series of rabies shots
she'll need this week as a precaution.
"After everybody at the
hospital laughed at her, I took
her to Cold Stone Creamery
for ice cream," Fradsham said.
In an e-mail on TUesday,
school officials told students
about what had happened to
Hudgins.
The e-mail's subject line?
"Please don't feed the
squirrels."
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• Continued from p5
the suspicions of Ronnie and
the police but not b efore
Ronnie finds himself at the
Baron's home and about to
lose his brains to the Baron.
This one scores points for
the originality of the Baron's
make-up. Why he turns into a
cross between a rat, a mosquito and a man is anyone' s
guess, but the special effects
are pretty good, with the
Baron's head appearing to be
part balloon as it pulsates from
within.
Obviously the producers
were out to emulate the success of "Black Sunday," which
opened two years earlier and
had the same plot. "Sunday,"
however, had a talented director, Mario Bava, who could
work miracles on a small budget.
As rip-offs go, this one
goes to the head of the line for
being totally out there and
including some mean spirited
scenes of the Baron relishing
his revenge. One such moment
sees the Baron break in on one
victim during her wedding
night and depriving her of the
pleasure of consummating the
ritual. He does put off killing
the bride until she has a chance
to see what remains of the
groom, and it ain't pretty.
You also get some lousy
dubbing and a fair share of
cheap effects such as the
Baron's hypnotic talents which
are achieved by shining a
flashlight on the actor's eyes.
Best yet is the bug-eyed
expressions of his victims who
are forced to watch their loved
ones get their brains sucked
otit through the back of their
necks before the Baron makes
a cerebral stew of them as
well.
The best news is that this
one is available on the cheap
and shares a disc with two
other horror fests . The other
films included on the disc
("Fury of the Wolfman" and
"Doctor Blood's Coffin") are
technically better than this
one, but nether is anywhere
near as wild.
Best line: "The cephalic
matter was sucked out through
these small openings."
1962, unrated.
• Continued from p5
I put my arms around my
dog's neck and kissed her
square on the tip of her wet
nose. "Thank you for saving
Marianne," I whispered into
Dusty's tan and black ear.
"You' re the bravest dog I've
ever known."
Dusty wagged her tail and
licked my face. That old famil-
iar rush of puppy love overtook me. I smiled and
promised to let her sleep in my
bed for the rest of her life.
Tree
• Continued from p5
droppings. Friends told me
that by the end of July the tree
would be bare and would
remain so for a month or two.
Then, in a process thoroughly
reversed from our own, leaves
would begin sprouting in the
"spring" months of September
and October to return to the
fully leafed tree I had known
in June. The end of the cycle
would be flowers.
I asked around for the name
of this tree, but social scientists often are low in botanical
knowledge and no one knew.
For me it was just The Bird
Tree.
Editors Note: Dr. Phyllis
Puffer is a professor of sociology at Big Sandy Community
and Technical College. She
enjoys traveling, writing, gardetzing and observing the
world, and people, around her.
Allen
• Continued from p5
earth to answer a letter... Can you tell me
why?"
And I, too, fail to give Mr. Hahn an
answer.
ROCKET FUEL
This definition of moonshine whiskey
was sent from this county to an English
girl who had expressed some curiosity
about the subject: "Moonshine (Mountain
Dew) is our secret-weapon to paralyze
any enemy who might invade us. It is a
concentrated vodka-old-timers say it
represents 30 gallons of vodka squeezed
into a one-gallon jug. Folklore would
have us believe it was used as a flamethrower to dislodge Indians from caves;
that a tobacco-chewing frontiersman
could hold a teacup full of it in his mouth,
inhale, then light it with a spark as he
exhaled mightily, and throw a stream of
fire to the back of a 20-foot cave. One of
the legends tell of one visitor who had
imbibed a quart to insulate him against the
wintry winds, who hiccoughed near the
open fire of a neighbor, and the explosion
blew the roof off the house."
AH, MEMORIES!
This also was contributed:
Every man is a born collector.
First, he collects, beetles, toads, and
marbles.
Then girls, kisses, and fancy ties. Then
dollars, troubles, and a family. Later goldcups, after dinner stories, old pieces of
string. And lastly, aches, symptoms, and
memories.
ODD
The same law that forbids a teacher to
instruct her pupils in the Bible, and the
knowledge of God, should make it illegal
for a teacher to stand before a class and
deny God and the Bible.
They help commumty groups organize resources and fight to keep kids away from
drugs. Contact a commumty coah!IOn and find out what your group can do.
www.helpyourcommunity.org
or 1·877-KIDB13
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FLOYD COUNTY
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Sunday Classifieds • A12
StoneCrest Golf course announces pricing for 2007
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG
StoneCrest
Golf Course has announced pricing
for the 2007 season, with some new
programs to encourage play on one of
the state's top courses.
The Prestonsburg course has opted
to set annual rates at the same level as
2006. An annual membership for an
individual is $1,420 for unlimited
play including a cart. A senior membership for every day is $1,280, while
a weekday pass, good for Monday
through Friday, is $1,020. Juniors can
get a membership for $420, and each
additional member in a family plan
after the first individual is $420.
Those fees all include cart usage.
A pass that is good for 20 plays at
any time is available for $650. New
this year is a weekday pass that is
available for $500. Daily fees for the
weekend have increased this year to
$42. The weekday rate is still set at
$30. StoneCrest will continue to offer
offseason rates through end of
February at $24 for weekdays and $30
for the weekends. There are discounts
on daily rates for both seniors and
juniors in-season. Another new item
this year is the lowering of what is
considered a senior age from 65 to 60.
There will be active programs this
year for various golfers. Thursday
will be women's league in the morn
ing and men's league during the
evening. Monday will be instructional
night for women's clinics with an
opportunity to play afterwards.
Saturday mornings will be the time
for jumor clinics. There will be a couple ·s nine-and-dine the final Friday of
every month. Late Sunday afternoons
will feature an opportunity for families to get out and play without pressure. All of these programs will work
in conjunction with scheduled play,
not negatively impact anyone's ability
to enjoy the course and will begin in
April.
After an extremely successful ini
tial year for the Food City/StoneCrest
Amateur in 2006, an even better version for 2007 is planned for June 910. StoneCrest will ho~t the Two Man
InvitatiOnal
July
14-15. The
Prestonsburg course will host its firstever Cou pies Invitational Oct. 6-7. All
three of the events will be geared
towards brining in more out-of-town
visitors to Prestonsburg and showcasing not only the golf course, but the
whole area.
SWEET 16s
Tigers oust Elliott
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
RICHMOND - Paintsville
knocked off favorite Elliott
County 60-53 on Thursday night
in the final opening round game
of the Touchstone Energy All
"A" Classic boys' basketball
tournament at Eastern Kentucky
University's McBrayer Arena.
Paintsville, which trailed at the
end of each of the first three
quarters, outscored 16th Region
champ Elliott County 18-8 in the
final frame.
Landon Slone led Paintsville
with 21 points. Van Ferguson
was Paintsville's second-leading
scorer, finishing with 14 points.
J.D. VanHoose added 13 points
and Blake Bundy pushed in 12
for the Tigers.
Elliott County enjoyed the
better start of the two teams. The
Lions led Paintsville 19-13 at the
end of the opening quarter.
Elliott County took a 27-26 lead
into halftime.
Paintsville, which improved
to 15-6, saved its best for last in
the smallschool state tournament
game. Elliott County o}\'n~d .a
45-42 lead at the start of the third
Bears shock
Lindsey Wilson
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - It was a thrill
ride at the Eastern Kentucky Expo
Center.
Even though it took an extra
period, the Pikeville College
men's basketball team managed
to edge out the No. 6 Lindsey
Wilson Blue Raiders 65-64 on
Thursday night.
The win, in Pikeville's fmal
home game of the season to be
played here, raised their record to
4-0 this season in the two-yearold Expo Center.
The Bears controlled the
tempo for most of the first half,
but the Blue Raiders went on a
10-0 run over the final seven minutes, giving them a 23-19 lead at
the break.
But the Bears came out determined to regain the lead at halftime. And regain it they did, using
a 13-0 run over six and half minutes, capped off by a jumper from
senior Donald Thomas (Baltimore
Md.), to take a 49-39 lead with
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5:53 to, go.
It looked as though t~c:: game
(See BEARS, page nine)
(See TIGERS, page nine)
Little League again
offering free
background checks
file photo
Johnson Central and Shelby Valley met up in last season's 15th Region boys' basketball championship game at
the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center. An underdog, Johnson Central claimed the title.
State tourney draw-s·pit 15th vs. 16th
TIMES STAFF REPORT
The start of new Little League
baseball and softball seasons are
just around the comer. In partnership with ChoicePoint, Little
League International will provide every local Little League in
the U.S. with 80 free criminal
ackground checks of volunteers
m each league, including local
charters. Additional checks will
e $1 each. This represents a savmgs of more than $1 million
annually for local Little Leagues.
• For the first time in Little
League's 68-year history, the
fees paid by the local volunteer
rganizations to become "chartered" Little Leagues will
decrease fo~; every division of
lay. In 2006, charter fees were
$18 per team. In 2007, fees have
oeen lowered to $16 per team,
representing a savings of more
than $350,000 per year for local
eagues.
(See BACKGROUND, page nine)
StoneCrest is open for public play
seven days a week. Owned and operated by the City of Prestonsburg,
StoneCrest first hosted play in 2001.
In its short history, the course has
hosted host the Kentucky Women's
State Amateur (2003) and Kentucky
State Women's Amateur (2005).
Tee times at the Prestonsburg
course are taken up to one week in
advance. The StoneCrest Golf Shop
features the top companies in golf,
r.
and offers many services.
For more information, call PGA
Professional Rick Frye at 886-1006.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
LEXINGTON - The draws for the
2007
National
City/KHSAA
(Kentucky High School Athletic
Association)
Boys'
and
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball Tournaments were held
on
Friday. WKYT-TV27
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Lexington aired the draws. In each
draw, the 15th Region was paired up
against the 16th Region. The National
City/KHSAA Boys' State Basketball
Tournament is scheduled for March
2 1-24 at Lexington, inside Rupp
Arena. The Houchens/KHSAA Girls·
State Basketball Tournament is
scheduled to precede the boys' event.
March 14-17 at E.A. Diddle Arena on
the campus of Western Kentucky
University.
Both tournament brackets are posted online on the Riherd's/KHSAA
Scoreboard portion of the KHSAA
website. Opening round matchups for
each tournament follow.
The 2007 National City/KHSAA
Boys' Sweet Sixteen State Basketball
Tournament, March 21-24 at Rupp
Arena, Lexington, Wednesday, March
21: Region 5 vs. Region 12, Noon;
Region 11 vs. Region 8, 1:30 p.m.;
Region 13 vs. Region 6, 6:30 p.m.;
Region 9 vs. Region 1. 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 22: Region 3 vs.
Region 7, Noon; Region 10 vs.
Region 2, 1:30 p.m.; Region 16 vs.
Region 15, 6:30 p.m.; Region 14 vs.
Region 4, 8 p.m.
The
2007
Houchens
Industries/KHSAA Girls' Sweet
Sixteen State Basketball Toumament.
March 14- 17, E.A. Diddle Arena,
Bowling Green, Wednesday, March
14: Region 6 vs. Region 14, Noon;
Region 13 vs. Region 5. 1:30 p.m.;
Region 3 vs. Region 4. 6:30 p.m.:
Region 12 vs. Region 7. 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 15: Region 16 vs.
Region 15, Noon; Region 8 vs.
Region 9, 1:30 p.m.; Region 11 vs.
Region 2, 6:30 p.m.; Region 1 vs.
Region 10, 8 p.m.
The Eastern Kentucky Expo
Center will again host this year's 15th
Region basketball tournaments.
Wildlife commissioner defends hike in cost of hunting licenses
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - The state wildlife commis;ioner is defending a 30 percent hike in the cost
of hunting and fishing licenses, saying it is still
far cheaper to participate in outdoor sports than
go to the movies.
Jonathan Gassett, head of the Department of
Fish and Wildlife Resources, said the increase is
necessary to avoid cutting programs and services.
The agency has budgeted expenses of $38.8
million this year. Of that, $29.1 million goes for
!mp1oyee wages, benefits and other personnel
::osts.
Under a plan approved by the Kentucky Fish
and Wildlife Commission and a legis lative
·eview subcommittee, the price of hunting and
fishing licenses will increase from $15 to $20
beginning March 1. A combination hunting-fish
ing license goes up from $22.50 to $30.
Gassett said the price of hunting and fishing
licenses is "the hest deal going" even w1th the
increase.
"So the cost of going to a movie for one night,
the cost of bowling for one night, the cosl of
playing a round of golf for one afternoon far
exceeds what it costs to hunt or h sh for ar) entin!
year in Kentucky," Gassett said.
Mark Marraccmi, spokesman for the agency,
said license and permit sales generated $22.4
milliOn in 2006-2007. He sai d the price increases will generate an additional $2.8 million.
Michael Taylor, a hunter from rural Franklin
County near Frankfort, said Thursday the cost of
the licenses and permits can become burdcn~ome
for families when spouses and teenage children
also hunt and fish.
tScc WILDLIFE, page nine)
ROADTORUPP
CONTINUES
Area boy~' basketball games
srlzeduled.for Tuesda.~~ Feb. 6
Allen Central vs. Prestonsburg
Buckhorn vs. Hazard
Cumberland vs. Cawood
Elliott County vs. Ashland Blazer
Fleming County vs. West Carter
Greenup County vs. East Carter
Jackson City vs. Riverside Christian
Jenkins vs. Cordia
Lee County vs. Magoffin County
Letcher Central vs. Knott Central
North Laurel vs. Leslie County
Paintsville vs. East R1dgc
Pike Central vs. Belti·y
Raceland vs. Fairview
Rockcastle County vs. Powc.::ll Co.
Rowan County vs. Lewis County
Shcloy Valley vs. Pikeville
South Flo:y d vs. Betsy Layne
Wolfe County vs. Morgan County
Bristol CoT
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open
to public
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BRISTOL, Tenn. - With
NASCAR debuting the Car of
Tomorrow during the Food City
500 weekend at Bristol Motor
Speedway March 23-25, Nextel
Cup teams will be visiting the
famed half-mile oval in advance
to put the new car through i
paces.
The Feb. 28-March 1 COT
test session, which is expected to
feature nearly every Nexte1 Cup
team, will be open to the public
both days. The test sessions will
begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m.
An hour break in on-track action
is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m.
each day.
Fans wishing to watch the test
sessions will enter BMS through
the South entrance and will enter
the backstretch grandstands
through Gate 6. Parking will be
in the lot directly across fro
Gate 6. Spectator gates will open
at 8:45 a.m. both days.
(See BRISTOL, page nine)
BATTLE
FOR THE
BALL:
Sheldon
Clark was
able to
turn away
visiting
South
Floyd
when the itlil.
two teams
met up in
ln~z on
Tuesday.
photo by Steve
LeMaster
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Bristol
SUNDAY, fEBRUARY
Bears
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Concessions also will be available for Sharpie MINI 300 also are available
spectators.
online at www.bristoltix.com or may
Tickets for both Pole Day and the be purchased by calling the BMS
Sharpie MINI 300 Busch Series race ticket office at (423) 989-6900.
Practice for both the Sharpie MINI
will be available in the ticket office
ljj: during the test sessions. Tickets for 300 and the Food City 500 will take
the Sharpie MINI 300 start at $45 for place on Friday, March 23.
adults. Tickets for children 12 and Qualifying for the Food City 500 is
under are only $10 when the child is set for 3:45 on Friday while qualifyaccompanied by an adult. Pole Day , ing for the Sharpie MINI 300 takes
tickets are $15 for adults and when place on Saturday at II: lO a.m. The
accompanied by an adult, children 12 race gets the green tlag later that
afternoon at 3 p.m. Sunday's Food
and under will be admitted free.
Tickets for Pole Day and the City 500 has a 2 p.m. start time.
Background
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n Still being formulated, it is Little
League International's intent to offer
an on-line coaches resource center
~ and training program at no charge to
all Little League managers and
coaches worldwide. Based on the
fees charged to individual coaches or
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leagues in other youth baseball and
softball programs, this initiative represents a potential savings of millions
of dollars for hundreds of thousands
of local Little Leagues and volunteers.
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was in hartd, but the Blue Raiders
would not go away. Lindsey used a
14-4 run of its own, topped off by a
layup from John Fit;;gerald, which
tied the game at 55 apiece with only
52 seconds left.
With the Bears up 56-55 with less
than 20 seconds left, the Blue
Raiders drove down the floor As the
time ticked away, Lloyd Lewis went
up for a layup and was fouled by
Pikeville's Brad Lowe (Pikeville).
The call drew boos from the stands;
nevertheless, Lewis went to the line
to shoot a pair.
The 6-4 forward hit the first, but
his second shot hit the rim and fell
into the arms of Bears big man Steve
Stickler (Green Bay, Wise.), sending
the game to overtime.
With 1: II on the clock in the extra
period, Lowe hit a pair of free
throws, giving the Bears a four-point
lead. But Lindsey's Brandon Adams
knocked down one of his two threes
on the night, cutting the Pikeville
lead to 65-64.
The Blue Raiders managed to stop
the Bears on the other end of the
floor and retained position with 15
seconds left and a chance to win. As
time ticked away, Lewis went in for a
layup, only to have it blocked by big
Bo Harris (Winchester). The ball
rolled to Adams, who let fly a jumper
as time expired.
But Harris was there once more,
swatting away the last of his gamehigh six blocks, and giving his club
its second conference win, both of
which have come in overtime, both
ending with Harris blocks of shots
from point-blank range to preserve
them.
"We flipped the switch on at halftime," said Pikeville College Coach
Kelly Wells. "But the difference was
our bench. Benny (Valentine) had a
great game. And Steve (Sickler) was
solid; we had 19 in the first half and
he had nine of them. That's what we
have to have. (Will) Holloman and
(Bo) Harris will do their thing most
nights, but we have to have those role
guys step up in order to compete. We
had that tonight, and in this conference, that's big."
The sharp shooting of senior Will
Holloman (Jacksonville, Fla.) led all
scorers with 28 points. Harris pitched
in his sixth double-double of the season, pulling down a game-high 15
boards and scoring 14 points. Senior
center Ben Valentine (Nelson, New
Zealand) also collected a game-high
three steals in the win.
Lindsey Wilson (16-6, 1-3 in the
MSC) was led by Adams, who had
18 points and five assists, while
Lewis provided 13 points, and Brian
Campbell added 11.
The upset victory improved the
Bears to 11 -12 overall and 2-2 in the
conference, putting them in a secondplace tie at the end of the evening.
Warming trend can turn on winter crappie
Tigers
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quarter.
Shane Grimm and Daniel Meade
both played, but did not score for the
Tigers.
Sophomore Jonathan Ferguson led
W Elliott County with 21 points, sharing
game-high scoring honors with
Paintsville's Slone. Ethan Faulkner
netted 12 points and Evan Faulkner
added 10 for the Lions.
With the loss, Elliott County
dropped to 14-5.
PAINTSVILLE (15-6)- Meade 02 0-0 0, Slone 7-15 7-7 21, Ferguson
6112 1-2 14, Grimm 0-3 0-0 0,
VanHoose 6-15 0-1 13, Bundy 4-5 34 12. Totals 23-52 11-14 60.
ELLIOTT COUNTY (14-5) - Et.
Faulkner 5-11 0-2 12, Ev. Faulkner 411 2-3 10, C. Knipp 2-6 0-0 4,
Ferguson 9-22 0-3 21, Morgan 0-3 00 0, T. Knipp 1-7 0-0 2, Maynard 1-5
0-0 2. Totals 23-67 2-8 53.
Paintsville .......... 13 13 16 18-60
Elliott County.... l9 8 18 8-53
Online: www.allaclassic.org
Paintsville 60, Elliott County 53
Wildlife
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"It's getting a little ridiculous,"
Taylor said.
Jeffery Farthing, a hunter from
Irvine, said he expects occasional
price increases and generally supports them if the money goes to
improve wildlife.
"If it's going for personnel costs,
I'm definitely not for it," he said.
Gassett talked about the need for
the license and permit fee increases in
a le{ter to hunters and anglers last
September. He said the last increase
was in 2000, and that finances have
become so tight over the past seven
years that the agency was in financial
need.
At a press conference with Gov.
Ernie Fletcher on Wednesday, a
crowd of agency employees and
sportsmen cheered when Gassett
defended the price hikes.
"We still think we've got one of
the best deals going," he said.
Cards announce 2007
football schedule
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LOUISVILLE- The University of
Louisville and the BIG EAST
Conference released the 2007 football schedule for Steve Kragthorpe's
first season with the Cardinals.
Louisville will face seven teams that
earned bowl bids in 2006. Utah,
Rutgers, West Virginia, Middle
Tennessee, South Florida, Cincinnati
and Kentucky all went to bowl games
last season and those teams were a
combined 5-l in post-season contests.
Kragthorpe's Cardinals will face
two teams ranked in the final
Associated Press poll, with the highest-ranked foe being No. I 0 West
Virginia. Rutgers finished at No. 12.
As was the case in 2006, the
Cardinals will face both teams in
nationally-televised ESPN Thursday
night games. However, this season
they won' t be on back-to-back
Thursday night contests.
Louisville
will
travel
to
Morgantown, W.Va. , to face the
Mountaineers on Nov. 8 at 7:30p.m.
Last season, Louisville defeated the
then third-ranked Mountaineers, 4434, at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The Cardinals will look for revenge
for last season's 28-25 last-second
loss, when the Scarlet Knights invade
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on
Thursday, Nov. 29.
The Cardinals open the season
with a pair of contests at home, where
the Cardinals have won 18 straight
games - the second longest streak in
the nation. Louisville begins the
Kragthorpe era on Thursday night,
August 30 with a visit from Murray
State. Louisville will stay home to
face Middle Tennessee on Saturday,
Sept. 8.
For the first time since th~ series
resumed in 1994, U of L and
Kentucky won't open their respective
seasons against each other, as the
Cardinals and Wildcats face off in
Lexington on Saturday, September 15
- the third game for both teams.
The Cardinals are 11 -3 in their
first two seasons in the BIG EAST,
which included their first BIG EAST
title and a BCS win in the Orange
Bowl in 2006. Louisville opens its
third season in the BIG EAST with a
visit from Syracuse on Saturday,
Sept. 22 at Papa John's Cardinal
Stadium.
This year, the Cardinals will play
four of their six road games against
BIG EAST foes: Cincinnati (Oct. 13),
Connecticut (Oct. 20), West Virginia
(Nov. 8) and South Florida (Nov. 17).
Besides the Kentucky game,
Louisville's other road contest will
come at NC State on Saturday,
September 29.
The Cardinals' other two league
home games are an Oct. 27 visit from
Pittsburgh and the Rutgers game on
Nov. 29. The Cardinals will also face
Utah on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Papa
John's Cardinal Stadium.
The dates are tentative and could
change at a later date. Times for
games have also yet to be determined
and will be announced at a later date.
by STEVE VANTREESE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAIRDEALING- The middle of
winter might not be the best time to
go crappie fishing, but catch a
milder hiccup in the weather and it
isn't half-bad.
Kirk Weber, a fishing guide on
crappie-famous Kentucky Lake,
says crappie are a little difficult to
"work with and fishing might be
nearly intolerable on typical cold
winter days. Low temperatures can
make the fish sluggish and harder to
find , and cold and wind can add
misery to the effort.
However, Weber, who operates
Captain Kirk's Guide Service, said a
mild stretch and a warming trend
that's good for at least a couple of
days can reverse one's fishing fortunes while making the conditions
such that fishing can be enjoyed.
What happens during a mild
respite from winter - temperatures
that are on the high side of average,
especially when sunshine is in the
mix - is that water temperatures
near the surface warm. Particularly
with black crappie, the species now
dominant in Kentucky Lake, fish
often respond by rising from the
depths to suspend nearer the surface,
and they. too, wam1 up and invigorate.
"It's not up to spring standards,
but when the water warms up by just
a few degrees the fish get more
active and feed better," Weber said.
"I don't try to fish much this time of
year. I try to take some time off, do
some family things and put brush
out. But when you get a warming
trend like that, I don't mind doing
some winter fishing.
"I don't look for clients this time
of year, but I had one of my regulars
call a little while back during a mild
spell, so I took him and we caught
14 keeper (at least 10-inch) crappie
- enough to make it worth going,"
Weber said.
On these occasional mild winter
trips, Weber typically finds black
crappie holding near the mouths of
major bays. He looks for fish along
creek channel and drop-off structures where there is relatively deep
water - 20 feet and more next to
much shallower water.
Weber eyeballs his electronic
depth-finder for signs of schooled
fish, often locating crappie along the
edges of drop-offs. During a warming trend, those fish often are seen
nearer the surface than to the bottom.
"Black crappie will rise as it gets
warmer,"' Weber said. "The water
near the surface warms up first, and
the fish suspend up in the warmer
elevation.
"Sometimes they'll be over nothing, but a lot of times you'll find
crappie hanging up near the surface
above a brush pile on the bottom,"
he said.
Weber said it is possible to catch
deep crappie throughout the winter,
primarily by fishing deep water with
a vertical presentation. That fishing,
with jigs or minnows offered near
bottom structure, primarily targets
white crappie, which nowadays is a
minority species.
"I'd prefer to cast and fish for
black crappie in shallower water,"
he said.
Weber elects to fish by casting
light jigs (usually one-sixteenth or
three-thirty-seconds of an ounce) on
4- or 6-pound line with light, sensitive spinning gear. He casts, counts
a jig down to a depth that he wants
to sample, then brings it back especially slowly.
"The crappie still will be pretty
sluggish, so I keep the retrieve slow,
and sometimes I may stop reeling
altogether and let it sink a little,"
Weber said.
"I've seen crappie suspend as
shallow as 2 feet below the surface,"
he said. "That near the surface, I like
to fish a jig under a bobber because
I can bring it along and stop the
retrieve and let the jig just hang in
front of their faces."
When to go? It makes more sense
when temperatures are rising relative to what they've been and have
been for two or three days. Warmer
water temperatures are a key.
"A rule of thumb for me is when
water temperatures rise to 46
de~~6~ dr 'ttl'ote,'' Weber said.
"When they're much below that, say
down to 43 degrees, I don't much
want to go because the crappie will
be less active."
Fletcher supports hunting and fishing land plan
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - Gov. Ernie
Fletcher wants private landowners
to get an income tax break for conserving their property and opening it
to hunters and anglers.
Currently, about 94 percent of
Kentucky's land - much of which
outdoors enthusiasts might consider
prime real estate - is privately
owned. Fletcher endorsed a plan
Wednesday aimed at freeing up
some of that .coveted private land for
public use through tax breaks.
"This is a very high-impact, lowcost way to achieve a dramatic
increase in land conservation and
wildlife recreation access," Fletcher
said at a news conference touting
the plan.
Approved landow_ners, under the
plan, would agree to protect their
land from development and allow
members of the public to usc the
land for certain outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing, Fletcher
said. In exchange, landowners
would retain ownership and management of their land and qualify for
a maximum $250,000 annual credit,
and a $2.5 million lifetime break, on
their personal or corporate income
taxes, Fletcher said.
The incentives would help give
. hunters and anglers additional sporting options and boost the state's
tourism industry, Fletcher said.
Because of the limited amount of
public land, many hunters are priced
out of hunting or fishing in certain
places. Freeing up more land could
help some of the low and middle
income participants, Fletcher said.
Beyond hunting and fishing, the
plan would also give more opportunities to bird watchers, hikers and
bicyclists, Fletcher said.
"The nice thing about this is it
takes away the advantage that
wealthy sportsmen have and it
opens this up to everyone, regardless of their demographic disposi tion ," Fletcher said.
To qualify, a landholder would
have to apply to the state, which
would then conduct a blind review
of the property, said Jon Gassett,
head of the Kentucky Department of
Fish and Wildlife Resources,
If the proposal became law,
applicants could begin applying in
2008, state Budget Director Brad
Cowgill said. The credits would be
limited to a total of $3 million in the
first year and then gradually
increase to $10 million by 2012,
Cowgill said.
State Rep. Robin Webb, DGrayson, and Sen. Gary Tapp, RShelbyville, said they intend to push
proposed legislation when the
General Assembly returns to business next week.
Webb said such legislation was
"a long time coming" and a priority
for sportsmen both nationally and in
Kentucky.
"It's easily justifiable because of
the benefits that it's going to bring
in recruiting and retaining hunters
and fisherman license holders for
future generations," Webb said.
Reds agree to minor league deal with Meadows
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI - Right-handed
reliever Brian Meadows agreed to a
minor league contract with the
Cincinnati Reds on Thursday and was
invited to spring training.
Meadows appeared in 53 games
for Tampa Bay last season, going 3-6
with e ight saves and a 5.17 ERA. He
gave up 14 homers in 69 2-3 innings.
The '3 1-year-old Meadows also
has pitched for Florida, San Diego,
Kansas City and Pittsburgh during his
nine-year career.
He would get a $600,000, oneyear contract if added to the major
league roster and the chance to earn
$100,000 in performance bonuses.
R
School boys' basketball team continues to
ment. The Knights are gearing up for their upcoming district tournament.
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A1 0 • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Combs, Strayer career-highs lift MSU over EKU ·
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TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD- Junior guard Tarah
Combs hit six three-pointers, leading
to a career high 23 points, and junior
point guard Stacey Strayer recorded
her first career double-double with 11
points and a career high II assists as
the Morehead State women's basketball team completed a season series
sweep over Eastern Kentucky, 82-72,
Thursday at Johnson Arena and set a
single season school record with their
I Jth OVC win.
The Eagles, who placed six players
in double figures and tied a season
high with 11 three-pointers, improved
to 12-10 overall and 11-3 in the
league, bettering the 2001-2002
team's 10 league wins. EKU fell to 913 and 6-7 in the OVC. It was also the
first season sweep over EKU for MSU
since 1988-89.
Combs, whose previous career
high of 20 was equaled this year at
Jacksonville State, tied her three-point
career high with six, hitting 6-of-1 0
from beyond the arc. Strayer, who
entered the game as the OVC's leading assister, tied a career high with 11
that she had set previously this season
at Jacksonville State. She also nearly
had a triple-double with 11 points and
a career high six steals. As a tean1, the
Eagles record a sea<>on high 24 helpers
on their 31 successful baskets.
Senior LaKrisha Brown picked up
her eighth double-double of the season
and the 26th of her career with 12
points and II rebounds as the Eagles
out-rebounded the Lady Colonels, 3526. Anitha Smith-Williams came off
the bench for 10 points and tied a season high with six assists, while Jessie
Plante and Holly Williams also
notched 10 points. Williams was a
flawless 5-of-5 from the field, while
Plante hit 4-of-6, including two threepointers.
Ea<;tern Kentucky got a team high
22-point performance from Andrea
Jenkins and got 17 from Crystal Jones.
Jones also handed out a team-best six
assists and had three steals. Ashley
Cuee notched 14.
The Eagles shot 55 percent (31-of56) for the game, including a scorch-
ing 65 percent (17-of-26) in the second half. Both teams found it easy to
score however, as EKU managed to
shoot a respectable 48 percent (29-of61) from the floor during the 40•
minute affair.
Leading 37-34 at halflime,
Morehead State opened the second
half on an 11-4 scoring run to open up
a 10-point (48-38) lead. At the 7:29
mark of the second half, EKU had cut
the Eagle lead to five (61-56), but the
Eagles responded with a I 0-0 run,
capped by a Brown free throw, to push
ahead 71-56 with 5:28 left. That
would prove to be MSU's largest lead
of the night as the Lady Colonels
could only cut it under double digits
once more in the final tive minutes.
TARAH COMBS
Pulling away: Strong second-half sends Colonels past Eagles, 69-61
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TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD Thanks to shooting 68.8 percent from the field in the
second half, the Eastern Kentucky
University men's basketball team
was able to build a 14-point cushion
before fighting off a late Morehead
State University rally to earn a 69-61
victory Thursday night in Johnson
Arena. With the win, the Colonels
(12-9, 7-6 OVC) completed the season sweep over the Eagles (10- 12, 68).
Four EKU players finished in double figures, Jed by sophomore Mike
Rose's 20 points, his seventh 20point performance of the year. Junior
Darnell Dialls equaled his season
high with 15 points, 13 of which
came in the second half, on 85.7 percent (6-of-7) shooting. Meanwhile,
senior Julian Mascoll and freshman
Adam Leonard each chipped in with
12 tallies.
Morehead State netted a seasonhigh 14 three-pointers with Quentin
Pryor going 6-of-1 0 ( 60 percent)
from behind the arc for 18 points.
Maze Stallworth added 10 points and
a game-best six rebounds.
Eastern opened the contest by hit-
ting its first five shots from the field,
four of which were three-point buckets, helping the visitors establish a
14-6 lead. The Colonels stretched
their advantage to 10, 21-11, before
settling on a five-point edge at intermission, 24-19.
EKU maintained the lead
throughout the early stages of the second half until a 7-0 Morehead spurt
put the Eagles ahead for just the second time in the game, 40-38. After a
four-and-a-half minute scoring
drought, freshman Josh Taylor hit
perhaps the biggest shot of the game,
a long-range three-pointer from the
left wing, to allow the Colonels to
jump back in front, 41-40.
The Colonels then forced a
turnover on Morehead State's next
possession and converted an easy
lay-up to stretch the cushion back1 to
three points. A Dialls dunk a minute
later gave Eastern some more breathing room at 45-40. Neither team
could find the range over the next two
minutes before Eagle foul trouble put
the Colonels in the bonus with 5:45
remaining.
Eastern Kentucky was able to convert six consecutive free throws and
Rose hit a key three-pointer with 2:29
left to make the score, 56-42. w
However, Morehead State would not
go away and after making five three- '
pointers in the final two minutes, the ·~
Eagles found themselves trailing by
just four, 65-61, with :21 on the clock. The Colonels held off
Morehead by netting their final four
~
free throws of the contest.
The win allowed Eastern to break
a four-game road losing skid and
move to 3-3 in OVC road games.
Also, the Colonels improved to 6-0
this season when shooting better than
50 percent from the field (54.1).
Jackson's triple-double leads Lindsey Wilson past Lady Bears
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE- On Thursday night,
Lindsey Wilson junior guard Krista!
Duncan was a perfect 10.
Duncan recorded her first career
triple-double with 10 points, 10
rebounds and 10 assists as her Lady
Raiders continued the Pikeville
College women's basketball team's
struggles through the Mid-South
Conference, winning 68-56 at the
Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
Thursday night.
The loss dropped the Lady Bears
to 0-4 in the MSC and 8-16 overall
this season.
The Lady Bears took a 4-3 lead
after a jumper from senior Tonya
Amburgey (Pinetop) with 16:42 to go
in the first half; it would be the last
time Pikeville held the lead.
Lindsey Wilson proceeded to go
on an 11 -0 run over the next three
minutes, capped off by a three from
Kara Osterfeld. Leading 33-21, the
Lady Raiders got a last-secon d
jumper from Kera Gibson as time
expired, giving them a comfortable
35-21 lead at halftime.
With their first possession of the
second half, Pikeville got a three
from Amburgey, cutting the lead to
ll points, but Lindsey Wilson quickly took over, leading by as many as
25.
With 4 1 seconds left in the half,
sophomore
Camille
Cook
(Whitesburg) was fouled after making a layup. The subsequent free
throw cut the Lindsey lead to ten, but
it was too little, too late, as the Lady
Raiders ran out the clock and preserved the 68-56 win.
No. 15 Vanderbilt 63, Kentucky 62
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Dee Davis made
a driving layup with less than 2 seconds left, lifting No. 15 Vanderbilt to
a 63-62 victory over Kentucky on
Thursday night.
Christina Wirth scored 14 points
and Carla Thomas added 11 to help
the Commodores (18-4, 4-4) win
their ll th straight against Kentucky.
The Wildcats, seeking their first
win against a ranked team since beating then-No. 25 Florida in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern
Conference tournament last season,
have lost five of six.
Kentucky took a 62-6 1 lead when
Am ani Franklin scored inside with 11
seconds left. Vanderbilt called timeout with less than 7 seconds to go.
Preseason coaches poll
tabs UK baseball team
fourth in SEC East
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - A year after winning its first Southeastern Conference
Championship in school history, the
University of Kentucky baseball
team has been picked to finish fourth
in the SEC East as voted on by the
league's 12 baseball coaches in the
16th annual preseason SEC poll, the
league office announced Wednesday.
The Wildcats completed the most
improbable league championship in
SEC history a year ago as UK
climbed from a last place 2005 finish
to the 2006 league crown. Kentucky
entered last season having been
picked to finish last in the conference, only to rise from the conference
cellar to win a school-record 44
games and host the first NCAA
Regional in school history.
Kentucky returns several starters
from the champion!;hip club, including preseason All-Americans Sean
Coughlin (Sr. , C), Collin Cowgill (Jr.,
After
Davis
scored,
the
Commodres picked off Je nnifer
Humphrey's inbounds pass to preserve the win.
Humphrey led the Wildcats with
16 points, and Nastassia Alcius
matched a season high with 14.
Vanderbilt scored the first ni.ne
points of the game and led by nine in
the second half, too.
Kentucky went on a I 0-2 spurt to
tie the score at 25. Vanderbilt went
ahead 31 -28 when Thomas scored on
a layup, but Alcius hit a jumper 52
seconds before halftime to cut the
Commodores' lead to 3 1-30 at the
break.
The Commodores, who lead the
nation in 3-point field-goal percentage, shot just 3-of-9 from behind the
arc.
OF), and Greg Dombrowski (Jr.,
RHP). Coughlin and Cowgill will
provide some significant pop to the
lineup after combining for 33 home
runs and 116 RBI a year ago.
Dombrowski established himself as
the ace of the staff in 2006, picking
up 10 wins and a 2.83 ERA as the
Sunday starter.
Joining the trio of All-Americans
as a returning starter is arguably the
best defensive centerfielder in all of
college baseball, Antone DeJesus.
DeJesus (Jr., CF), a career .333 hitter,
will yet again be a force as the
Wildcats disciplined leadoff hitter.
Atop of the coaches poll sits the
South Carolina Gamecocks, who
were picked as both the Eas tern
Division champ and the overall SEC
Champion. Following closely behind
are the Arkansas Razorbacks who
were selected as the Western Division
Champions.
The 2007 Kentucky baseba ll season gets started with a three-game
road series at Furman (Feb. 16- 18) in
Greenville, S.C. The Wildcats then
open up the home portion of their
schedule with a 20 game homestand
beginning with Murray State on Feb.
2 1.
"Jackson had a great game, no
doubt about that," said Pikeville head
coach Bill Watson. "But we hurt ourselves, giving up 19 offensive boards
and turning it over 18 times. We battled near the end, but we just dug ourselves too big of a hole."
The Lady Bears got a game-high
15 points out of Amburgey, while
sophomore Vicki Hall (Belfry) threw
in nine.
Jackson's 10 points, 10 assists,
and 10 rebounds were more than
enough to help her team to victory.
Still, three other Lady Raiders scored
in double-figures in the win, with
Osterfeld and Duncan leading the
balanced attack with 12 each and
Kera Gibson scoring 11 off the
bench.
· The win improved Lindsey to 9-15
overall and 1-3 in the MSC.
State tourney
tickets available
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - 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 onhne 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 pri ced at $ 108 eac h
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
photo by Steve LeMaster
UP WITH A JUMPER: South Floyd's Adam Slone lofted a shot during
Tuesday's night game against Sheldon Clark. South Floyd was scheduled to play on the road Friday night at Prestonsburg, but the game
was canceled due to inclement weather.
(boys) and Diddle Arena (girls) box
offices and/or the venue's respective
online ticketing agent. ·
Basketball stats are posted on the
KHSAA website under the basketball sports link. Rankings will be
coRJpiled weekly throughout the
remainder of the regular season. A
final season ranking (including postseason games) will be conducted on
April 15.
1
Individual school-by-school stats
reports are posted
on
the
Riherd's/KHSAA Scoreboard as
they are received from member
schools.
• The next meeting of the
KHSAA Board of Control is a special meeting to review appeals and
will be held on Monday, Feb. 19
beginning at 9 a.m. at the
Association office in Lexington.
For an agenda, contact the KHSAA
or log on to www.khsaa.org/boardofcontrol.
• Following are the dates for the
2007 National City/KHSAA Boys'
& Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball
Tournaments:
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16,
March 14- 17,
1!
WKU E.A. Diddle Arena,
Bowling
Green.
National
City/KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16,,.
March
2 1-24,
Rupp Arena,
Lexington.
UPCOMING KHSAA EVENTS
Feb. 9-1 0 State Swimming & Diving Meet
Feb. 9-10 Regional Wrestling lour. 6
Feb. 15-17 State Wrestling
Championships
Feb. 26-March 3 District Boys' & r
Girls' Basketball Tournaments
NUMBER ONE IN THE CLASSROOM: Mountain Christian Academy was awarded the trophy as county academic champion during the recent Floyd County Boys ' Grade School Basketball Tournament. The team had
a combined GPA above 3.7, the highest grade point average by any Floyd County boys' basketball team in
conference history. The team members pictured (not in order) are Alex Hartgrove, Minus Helton, Matthew,
Prater, Joseph Kidd, Jacob Bartley, Alex Davis, lan Hall, Matthew lson, Chase Perkey, Tyler Stumbo, Matt
Kidd, Zack Clark and Colson Bartley. Shawn Quesenberry and Jeremy Ousley are absent from the photo.
The t eam is coached by Rick Hughes. Ass istant coaches are Jerry Kidd and Eddie Hartgrove.
�SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
4, 2007 • A 11
Bears try to emerge from '85 team's sh adow
by STEVEN WINE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
'+
MIAMI- Now a 300-pound guard
for the Chicago Bears, Ruben Brown
wa big even as a 13-year-old Pee Wee
League lineman in 1985.
The Bears were big then, too. They
had Walter Payton, Jim McMahon and
William "The Refrigerator" Perry, a
375-pound defen. ive tackle who occasionally doubled as a ball carrier and
became a folk hero.
That's why Brown's Pee Wee
teammates wanted him to switch positions.
"It wac; kind of funny, because people started thinking, 'Hey, let's put
Ruben at running back,"' Brown said.
"I was one of the biggest kids, and
• 'hey wanted me to be the
Refrigerator."
Brown declined. He was huge, but
Fridge and the '85 Bears were larger
than life - a team remembered for its
colorful characters, Hall of Fame running back and a defense that ranks
with the best ever.
That team also is remembered for
winning the Super Bowl, an achievement this season's Bears will try to
match Sunday by beating the
Indianapolis Colts.
"We love the '85 Bears, but we're
trying to make some footprints of our
own," Chicago receiver Bernard
Berrian aid. "We're going to be in
their shadow until we win this game."
The '85 Bears are the franchise's
lone championship team in the past 43
years, and that's only part of their
legacy. With the Fridge, nonconformist McMahon and fiery coach
Mike Ditka, the Bears may have set a
league record for charisma.
They even came with a soundtrack.
The Bears recorded "The Super Bowl
Shuffle" way before they got to
Bourbon Street, and were still dancing
when the big game ended.
'The characters they had ... '' current Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs
said. "When I run into them in a bar,
they tell stories about what they did.
They were a wild group."
At least two Colts have ties to the
legacy.
Indy
receiver
Aaron
Moorehead's dad, Emery, was a tight
end for the '85 Bears. Leslie Frazier,
who coaches the Colts' defensive
backs, started at cornerback for
Chicago in the Super Bowl 21 years
ago.
"The bravado of that team guys
who had so much confidence in their
ability,'' Frazier said. "Some were bigger than the sport.
McMahon was huge.
The Fridge was huge
in his own way. Just
big personalities."
They were at their
best during Super
Bowl week in New
Orleans, where the
national media turned
every quirky quote and escapade into
a headline. Even a closed team practice made news when McMahon
mooned a TV helicopter.
"lt was probably the tirst time the
Super Bowl was more like a rock concert," said Ron Rivera, a linebacker
for those '85 Bears and now their
defensive coordinator. "We didn't
have a curfew until Friday night. We
had a quarterback who was fun-loving
and enjoyed himself, and a lot of guys
followed him."
Most teams seem dull in comparison, and that's the case this week.
Instead of stories about bar-hopping
Bears, there are profiles of Chicago's
Lovie Smith and Indy's Tony Dungy
as laid-back coaches who win without
yelling or cursing.
Their teams reflect that personality.
"This Bears team is
similar to us- they're just
playing,
doing
what
they're supposed to be
doing,"
the
Colts'
Moorehead said. "That
Bears team had so much
personality. Those guys
are legends. The Bears
could win championships
for a long time coming, but that team
will always be something very special."
Payton gave the '85 Bears an
offensive weapon difficult to match.
One thing Chicago's only two Super
Bowl teams do have in common is a
dominating defense.
Perry, Mike Singletary, Wilber
Marshall, Dan Hampton and Richard
Dent made the Bears the Monsters of
the Midway in 1985. They shut out
back-to-back playoff opponents
before overwhelming New England
46-10 in the Super Bowl.
With Pro Bowl starters Briggs,
Brian Urlacher and injured Tommie
Harris, defense was again Chicago's
But while the current unit
thrives on speed to force turnovers, the
'85 Bears were a more bruising bunch.
"My dad always said the biggest
thing their team tried to do was take
out the starting quarterback every single game," Moorehead said. "And if
they took him out, they were trying to
take out the backup.
"They were a rock 'em, sock 'em,
kill 'em type of team. That's not the
type of defense this Bears team plays.
They're good, but it's not knock 'em
down, take 'em out."
The mercurial McMahon has distanced himself from football, saying
this week he hasn't watched a game in
10 years. But some members of the
'85 Bears are frequent visitors to the
team's complex, serving as a reminder
that there's a legacy to live up to.
The current Bears say they don't
mind.
"This team has nothing but respect
for those guys," Brown said. 'They're
our·idols. Why not be in the shadow of
your idols? They're kind of like your
big brothers. We look up to them, just
like everybody else does."
streng~.
..Js Peyton performing magic or blowing smoke?
by BARRY WILNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI- He points, he pivots, he
barks out more orders than a coffee
shop waiter at lunchtime.
When Peyton Manning is running
the show for the Indianapolis Colts,
it's difficult to decipher if he is perforrning magic or just blowing
smoke.
"That would be impossible to
answer without giving away secrets,"
Manning said with a smile.
When Manning brings his offense
(f)o the line against the Chicago Bears
in Sunday's Super Bowl, at times he
will resemble a maestro conducting a
finely tuned orchestra. Other times,
he'll look like a disoriented traveler
seeking directions.
"To me, our offense, like any
offense, is about execution," said the
L's leading passer. "We do call
certain plays at the line of scrimmage,
that's no secret there.
"I think you have to be confident
~Tony Dungy's
coaching tree
keeps growing
by JIM LITKE
ASSOCIAYED PRESS
MIAMI - It was an impossibly
small space to begin something so
grand.
The office the Pittsburgh Steelers
assigned Tony Dungy after making
him the league's youngest defensive
,£Oordinator in September 1984 was
"'Jeep in the bowels of Three Rivers
Stadium. It was essentially an
unmarked, oversized broom closet,
so nondescript that visitors occasionally stumbled in accidentally, thinking it was a restroom.
The first clue that something more
important was going on inside, that
its occupant was putting down roots
for what would become one of the
NFL's great coaching trees, was the
steady hum of a film projector that
always seemed to be running.
Dungy was 28 at the time Steelers
coach Chuck Noll handed him the
job, younger than many of the players
e coached. No black man had yet
ascended that hi gh up the organizational ladder of an NFL franchise.
Palmer: Bengals' run
of arrests have to stop
by TIM REYNOLDS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Carson
Palmer is tired of seeing the Cincinnati
Bengals pile up more arrests than
wins.
a The quarterback's frustration level
·--with his teammates has grown steadily
over the last nine months, and for reasons that have nothing to do with onfield play.
"Enough is enough," Palmer said
Wednesday at the Super Bowl media
center. "It's something we're definitely not proud of."
When
cornerback
Johnathan
Joseph was arrested last week and
charged with possession of marijuana,
he became the ninth Bengals player
arrested in a nine-month span - and
Palmer isn ' t making any more
attempts to hide his disappointment
with the run of trouble.
in your offense. That's part of playing
in the NFL, and the reason you have
confidence -is because of how hard
you worked and how hard you prepared. I've used this quote before, but
my dad gave it to me when I was a
kid. It was by Chuck Noll, which
said, 'Pressure is something that you
feel only when you don't know what
you are doing.' "
Do his teammates and coaches
know exactly what Manning is doing
when he gestures toward the defense?
Or when Manning backs away from
center Jeff Saturday as if he can't
remember what he's supposed to do?
"We work together so often, when
you come to the line of scrimmage, I
have a pretty good feel for what he
likes, what he sees and if he is going
to check (off) or not," said Saturday,
who obviously must be in tune with
whatever concerto Manning is leading on each play. "He sees things that
I would not see, because of my position.
"When I am down in my stance, he
can see things so much better. He
does a good job throughout the week
of pulling guys aside and saying,
'Hey, I see this, or I am going to get
to this, do you like it?' He makes sure
that as you prepare for the week, you
feel.comfortable on Sunday of knowing what checks we are going to go
to."
No other quarterback perfonns all
those machinations. Few - Brett
Favre, Tom Brady on occasion - call
or change plays at the line as much as
Manning. In offensive coordinator
Tom Moore's system,
which
Manning has played under since he
was the No. 1 overall draft choice in
1998, most of the decision-making is
left in the quarterback's hands.
But don't watch the hands if
you're playing defense against him.
"You can't get caught.up in all of
that," Bears defensive ~nd Adewale
Ogunleye said. "We're not going to
worry about the auuibles, we're not
going to worry about what he's doing
at the line of scrimmage. At the end of
the day, he's going to have to call a
play and snap the ball."
But before the ball is snapped,
Manning has chosen what he believes
is the proper play for the defensive
alignment he sees. He has all kinds of
options, both for passes and runs.
Sometimes, the call he has gotten
from the sideline is perfect, and all
Manning does is, well, nothing. He's
like a third-base coach sending false
signals to the batter.
In other instances, he is changing
the play, the blocking assignment, the
formation - everything but his uniform, it seems.
"I give him an idea of what we're
thinking," Moore said. "We have a set
game plan and I give him certain
ideas and he goes from there. He
makes a lot of great calls. Any of the
bad ones are mine."
Hardly. And Manning has not been
nearly as prolific in the playoffs as he
was during his Pro Bowl season. That
hasn't changed his approach or eliminated his gesticulations.
Maybe Bears middle linebacker
Brian Urlacher- Chicago's Manning,
if you will - might come up with
some arm-waving and foot-stomping
of his own on Sunday. Perhaps
Urlacher can distract the distractor.
'Tm not going to try and change
our defenses for what he does
because I don't know what they're
doing, number one," Urlacher said.
"He may not be changing the play at
all, so we're just going to line up, read
our keys and try and play fast. I'm not
going to try and listen to him and get
into what he does, because he does do
a lot of stuff and he's good at it, and
he's won a bunch of games.
"We've been watching him long
enough to know that's what he does.
That's what he's been doing. It's not
frustrating or annoying or anything
like that, but it's just what they do on
offense. They're successful, so I don't
know how you can <>ay it's annoying
when all they do is move the ball on
pretty much everybody. If we stop
them it will be really fun."
But Dungy harbored no illusions
about how much tougher the climb
would become for him, or any other
African-American, who wanted to
lead his own team. He guessed it
would be another 10 years before that
day came along.
"If it never happens · for me," he
told Associated Press sports writer
Alan Robinson, who
wandered into his office
during his first day on
the job, "I won't be
unhappy."
Fast forward two
decades.
Art Shell proved
Dungy's
prediction
wrong by becoming the
league's first black coach in 1989 and
Dungy is now five years into his second stint as a head coach. Four of his
disciples - Berm Edwards in Kansas
City, Lovie Smith in Chicago, Rod
Marinelli in Detroit and Mike Tomlin
in Pittsburgh - now hold the same
title.
And
ever
since
Dungy 's
Indianapolis Colts beat New England
and booked a trip to the Super Bowl,
he's been asked over and over about
the journey. That he and Smith, one
of his closest friends, would arrive
together as the first black head coaches in their sport's biggest game has
doubled the number of queries.
So Dungy patiently recounted it-
ting in outer offices when the wait to
be interviewed lasted longer than the
interviews themselves. He remembered another time, when a potential
employer suggested he cut off his
beard because "people were looking
for a certain kind of person."
He told each and every story with
characteristic grace, and without so
much as a trace of bitterness.
"I think there was a
subconscious harrier."
he said. "I don't think
it was directed at
African-Americans per
se, but I think we had a
vision of what a head
coach looked like.
"The head coach of a successful
team, to many people, looked like
Vince Lombardi. It was a white, middle-aged coach who screamed fire
and brimstone, and that's what we
saw on NFL Films and everything,
and it was a great picture."
Thanks to Dungy, though , no
longer is it the only one.
''I've been thinking about my generation of kids who watched Super
Bowls and never really saw AfricanAmerican coaches and didn't think
about the fact that you could be a
coach," Dungy said. "Hopefully,
young kids now will say, ' Hey, l
might he the coach someday.' That's
special."
The history of NFL coaching trees
begins at the league's inception. But
it wasn't until staffs expanded in the
late 1940s and early 1950s and
enough assistants moved on to
become head coaches that tracing
their lineage became a point of pride
for the founder. One of the most
notable, Giants coach Jim Lee
Howell, had eventual Green Bay
Packers legend Lombardi running his
offense and equally legendary Dallas
Cowboys coach Tom Landry calling
his defenses in the 1950s.
Usually, the trees trace back not
just to a founder, but to a scheme that
revolutionized
play.
So
San
Francisco's Bill Walsh, whose
apprentices include Mike Holmgren
and Dennis Green, is forever linked
with the West Coast offense, while
Bill Parcells, whose students included Bill Belichick and Romeo
Crennel, tend to feature some variation of the 3-4 defense.
In a similar vein, Dungy and his
cohorts are usually linked to the
cover-2 defensive scheme, a zone
defense that leaves two safeties in
deep coverage and places a premium
on stopping long pass plays. Dungy
learned it from Steelers coach Chuck
Noll, who provided that first opportunity, and employed the scheme when
he got his first head coaching job in
Tampa Bay in 1996.
Dungy assembled a like-minded
staff that included Smith, Edwards,
Marinelli, Tomlin and former
Alabama coach Mike Shula. But perhaps even more than the scheme,
what linked the group was Dungy's
directive that they teach instead of
scream. That, and his insistence that
by doing things the right way, that
group of assistants would make it
easier for those who followed to grab
the opportunities that lay ahead.
Edwards, who was the first member of Dungy's staff to leave for a
better job, did so reluctantly. He took
over the Jets in 2001, the same year
Smith left to become defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams.
"My ambitions weren't to be a
head coach," Edwards said recently.
"My ambition was to be a player and
eventually become a secondary coach
and just coach my eight or 10 guys
and not worry about having to make
all those decisions.
"But when I went down there with
Tony, he said, 'You've got to do this.'
I understood what he meant. I had to
do. It was for a lot of reasons and not
just for me. It was for the people who
were going to follow me."
"From here on out, guys just need
to make better decisions," Palmer said.
"Life is about making the right decisions and moving on. The decisions
they've made are not the right one~."
Along with the arrests, linebacker
Odell Thunuan and receiver Chris
Henry were suspended by the NFL for
misconduct. Henry, who has been
arrested four times in the last 14
months, could be facing another suspension at the start of the 2007 season
over two court cases that were settled
last week.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
even took the step of telling the team
to behave during a visit to Cincinnati
last fall. Bengals coach Marvin Lewis
is implementing new, tougher rules
and regulations for the team to follow
- something Palmer supports.
"There's really nothing that Marvin
can do in the offseason," Palmer said.
"Right now, you can't put a curfew on
guys. You can't call guys every single
night to · make sure they' re in bed,
they're not running around."
The Bengals started the year 4-5,
then won four straight to get into playoff contention before dropping their
final three games. It was a disappointing end to a season that wasted a
strong comeback by Palmer, who
threw for a career-high 4,035 yards
and 28 touchdowns even after suffering a knee injury against Pittsburgh in
last season's playoffs.
But all that was overshadowed by
the off-field problems.
" I don't know if I got angry,"
Palmer said. "I got more and more
frustrated. When something happens
once, you hope that a slap on the wrist
will take care of it and things would
resolve themselves.... We're professionals. We're all supposed to be professionals and handle ourselves like
professionals. That didn' t always happen with our team ."
Palmer was a finalist for the FedEx
Air and Ground players of the year
awards that were given to San Diego
running back LaDainian Tomlinson
and New Orleans quarterback Drew
Brees. Palmer won the award last season.
Jim Litke is a national sports
columnist for The Associated Press.
Write to him at jlitke@ap.org
NFL Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 6
NFC
Indianapolis 23, Kansas City 8
Seattle 2 l, Dallas 20
Sunday, Jan. 7
New England 37, New York Jets
16
Philadelphia 23, New York Giants
20
Chicago 39, New Orleans 14
AFC
Indianapolis 38, New England 34
Divisional PJayoff:
Saturday, Jan. I 3
Indianapolis 15, Baltimore 6
cw Orleans 27, Philadelphia 24
Sunday, Jan. 14
Chicago 27, Seattle 24. OT
New England 24, San Diego 21
Conference
Championships
Sunday, Jan. 21
Super Bow]
Today
Miami
Chicago vs. Indianapolis. 6:25
p.m. (CBS)
Pro Bowl
Saturday, Feb. I 0
At Honolulu
AFC vs , NFC, 6 p.m. (CBS)
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Ky from Monday
thru Friday between
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be energetic, neat
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the Martin Location.
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41502.
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be helpful but not
necessary. Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
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color, worn twice.
Call 886-7980
Misc.
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JK'S Cafe in
Downtown
Winchester, KY
Gourmet sandwiches- SoupsDesserts. Annette
Goebel Tom
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Wanted To
Rent:
Researcher needs
lodging in
Wheelwright June
1 through August
4. Prefer furnished
or semi-furnished
w/utilities included.
Will pay up to
$1800. Project
information available at www.coaltowns.net. Contact
Lisa at lisa@coaltowns.net or 870316-8534.
FOR SALE
Antique Sewing
Machine with cabinet. First electric
model made in
· 1935. Sounds
good. Looks good.
587-2777
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.
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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
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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.
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HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom. All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard. 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min to downtown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
Immediate occupancy.
Call 285-9277 4228197 226-4551.
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.
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3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstvi lle.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
or 606-434-771 5
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 SALE
2003 i 6X80 Vinyl
siding, shingle roof,
laminated flooring,
and new tile in
kitchen and bathroom, appliances
included. Must be
moved.
$23,000
285-1596
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
Ho use
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 tim ber. Call 606-3252809 or 606-3254430
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.
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. Excellent condition. $350 per
month + utlities and
security deposit.
References
required. Call 606874-2802
RENTALS
FOR RENT
New MH parts.
Allen/Dwale area.
Restrictions apply.
paved
streets,
lighted area. All
sizes.
606-3772357.
APAR TMENT
LEGALS
DOUBLEWIDE for
sale 3 BR 2 bathroom Doublewide.
Central heat and
air. Highland Ave.
$45,000.
Prestonsburg. Call
791 -3913
Spring Into Your
New Home This
Year. Park Place
Apartments . First
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WI Deposit paid in
Full. Rent starting
et 1 BR - $280, 2
BR $304 . Offer
valid thru 01/31/07.
All electric HUD
accepted. Call 8860039.Equal
Housing
Opportunity.
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
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 oo
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 836-8057
Operator Change
In accordance
with
405
KAR
8:010, notice is
hereby given that
Prater Creek Coal
Corporation, 750
Town
Mountain
Road, Pikeville, KY
41501 , intends to
revise permit number 836-8057, to
change the operator. The operator
presently approved
in the permit is
Appalachian Fuels,
LLC , 1500 North
Big Run Road,
Ashland,
KY
41102. The new
operator will be
Black
Diamond
Mining Company,
LLC, P.O. Box 77,
lvel, KY 41642.
The operation is
located 0 .25 mile
south of lvel, in
Floyd County. The
operation
is
approximately 0.25
mile south from US
23's junction with
Ivy Creek Road,
and located 0.25
mile
south
of
Levisa Fork of Big
Sandy. The operation is located on
the
Harold
U.S.G.S. 7 1/2
minute quadrangle
map at Latitude
37 235'25"
and
Longitude
82234'56".
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 of the
Division of Mine
Permits,
#2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, 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. 836-9024
Operator Change
In accordance
with KRS 405 KAR
8 :010, notice is
hereby given that
Prater Creek Coal
Corporation, 750
Town
Mountain
Road,
Pikeville,
Kentucky 41501,
intends to revise
permit
number
836-9024,
to
change the operator. The operator
presently approved
in the permit is the
permittee. The new
operator will be
Black
Diamond
Mining Company,
LLC , P.O . Box 77,
lvel, KY 41642.
The operation is
located
1
mile
s·outh of lvel, in
Floyd County. The
operation
is
approximately
1
mile south from Ivy
Creek Road's junction with US 23,
and located . 75
mile south of the
Levisa Fork. The
operation is located
on
the
Harold
USGS 7 1/2 mtnute
geologic quadrangle map, at latitude
37235'21" and longitude 82 2 40'14".
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 41 653.
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. 836-8058
Operator Change
In accordance
with
405
KAR
8:010, notice is
hereby given that
Prater Creek Coal
Corporation, 750
Town
Mountain
Road, Pikeville, KY
41501, intends to
revise permit number 836-8058, to
change the operator. The operator
currently approved
in the permit is the
permittee. The new
operator will be
Black
Diamond
Mining Company,
LLC, P.O. Box 77,
lvel, KY 41642.
The operation is
located 0.25 mile
east of lvel, in
Floyd County. The
operation
is
approximately 0 .25
mile south from US
23's junction w ith
lvel Road, and
located 0 .25 m ile
south of Levisa
Fork of Big Sandy.
The operation is
located on the
Harold U.S.G.S. 7
1/2 minute quadrangle map, at
Latitude is 3712 35'
19.7"
and
Longitude 822 39'
54.5".
The application
has been filed for
public inspection at
the Department of
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Happy 23rd!!
Trisha and Ronald Burke!
We all love you and wish you
23 more years of happiness!
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limited to, mapping services
for property and lease maps
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(or higher).
Experience with ArcGIS is
preferred but not required.
Pay based upon experience.
Benefit package included.
Serious inquiries only.
Fax resume to:
(606) 874-2203
or Mail to:
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P. 0. Box 460
Allen, KY 41601
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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
of
the
Division of Mine
Permits, #2 Hudson
Hollow
Complex,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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Lawmakers return with election looming
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by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - One initiative
would eliminate the state income tax
for active duty soldiers. Another would
require middle school girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted
disease that can cause cancer. Another
would outlaw eating horses.
It's an ele~tion year in Kentucky,
with candidates for governor and other
constitutional offices jockeying for an
advantage in the May primary and
beyond. One expert says that could
tum the legislative session that begins
Tuesday into quite a show for voters.
"lt's a fact of legislative life that
bills arc crafted with an eye toward
potential voting blocs," said Michael
Baranowski, a political scientist at
Northern Kentucky University. "That's
even more true during an election season, without a doubt."
The heads of both the House and
Senate have vowed, however, not to
allow the legislative session to degen-
2 killed
in Johnson
accident
STAFF WRITER
2 DAY FOR EC AST
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High: 29 • Low: 17
(See LEGISLATURE, page eleven)
Martin cop
suspended
after allegations
by JESSICA HALE
_, WITTENSVILLEAn accident involving an
tractor-trailer and a car
has resulted in the
death of two people in
Johnson county.
According to
Kentucky State Police,
t(1e accident took place
at approximately 4:30
Monday evening.
Joseph Rigsby, 35, of
Martha, was driving a
silver Hyundai passenger car south on U.S.
a3 at Wittensville when
tle apparently drove into
the path of the 18~heeler while pulling
from the shoulder of the
road. The driver of the
large truck, George
Hamilton, struck
Rigsby's vehicle, at
which time his truck
then overturned.
Both Rigsby and his
passenger, Stacy
Quesenberry, 28, of
Louisa, died as a result
of their injuries.
This accident is still
tnder investigation by
KSP Det. Eddie Crum
and Trooper Brad
Austin.
erate into a political sideshow.
"I think everybody will be careful
not to allow that to happen," said
House Speaker Jody Richards, who is
one of seven Democrats running for
governor.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a Republican
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
photo by Alex Smith
With weather reports predicting up to six inches of snow Tuesday night in Floyd County, many
people hit local stores to make sure they would be able to get out of their driveways
Wednesday morning. Karen Cornett, of Prestonsburg, made her way to Layne's Hardware to
prepare for the snow, which included purchasing a'new shovel, salt and a small sled.
MARTIN - For three
Floyd County women, a
night of playing a popular
video game with a group of
friends allegedly turned
into a nightmare after they
accused a Martin police
officer of sexually assaulting them.
The incident. which
occurred around 3 a.m. on
Feb. 1, allegedly began
after four or five couples
had gathered at the three
women's apartment in
Martin to play video games.
Attorney David Barber,
who is representing all
three women, said the
group was playing the popular video game Guitar
Hero when apparently they
became a little too loud,
which precipitated a noise
complaint by some neighbors.
A Martin city police
officer and a Floyd County
Sheriff's deputy arrived and
broke up the party, sending
those who did not live in
the residence home. But
according to the three
women, the Martin police
officer returned to the home
between 15 and 30 minutes
later by himself and used
his position as a police officer to gain entry to the residence . Barber said his
clients were then physically
and sexually abused by the
officer in a bedroom.
(See OFFICER; page eleven)
Pike funeral directo_.,
Kidnapping
charged with 19 counts case sent
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE - A former
Pikeville funeral home owner
was arrested and charged with
19 felonies last Friday, including acting as a funeral home
director without a license.
Richard A. Justice, 53, was
arraigned Monday afternoon
and had a preliminary hearing
set for Feb. 15. A $100,000 full
cash bond was set.
Justice owned and operated
the Justice Funeral Home in
Pikeville for many years, closing the funeral home in
November 2006 after a complaint was filed against l}im in
October.
The
Insurance
Fraud
Investigation Division of the
Kentucky Office of Insurance
began investigating a complaint against Justice after an
elderly women claimed she had
given Justice money for a prepaid burial arrangement, which
she said he failed to forward to
an insurance company or
deposit into a trust, a violation
of the Kentucky Funeral Trust
Act.
During the course of the
investigation, the KOI uncovered 11 additional instances of
alleged insurance fr d where
they believe Justice pocketed at
least $94,000 from the victims,
many of whom are senior citi-·
zens.
Justice has been charged
with 12 felony counts of violating the Funeral Trust Act, six
counts of felony fraudulent
insurance acts, one count of
felony theft and one count of
acting as a funeral director
without a license between 2004
and 2006. The alleged insurance fraud occurred between
2002 and 2006.
Justice has denied f.he allegations, claiming that ~mploy
ees at the funeral homq embezzled the money. The arlest warrants against him sthe that
Justice kept more than $94,000
from several families
who gave him the mpney to
(See DIRECTOR, pagd eleven)
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to grand jury
by ALEX SMITH
S TAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG - A
Johnson County man who
is accused of abducting his
estranged wife while she
was working at a gas station
at Auxier Jan. 28 had his
case referred to a Floyd
County grand jury on
Monday.
Charles Lemaster, 49, of
Leander, was arrested two
days after he allegedly
escaped from state police
on an icy dirt road at the
head of Hannah Branch
near Leander in Johnson
County. Following up on an
anonymous tip, state police
tracked Lemaster to a home
in Leander, . where they
found him hiding in a closet sitting on top of the .38
semiautomatic
handgun
which allegedly had been
used two days earlier in the
kidnapping of his ex-wife,
39-year-old
Nancy
(See CASE, page eleven)
High: 30 • Low: 11
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
floydcountytimes.com
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Obituaries ..................... A2
Opinion ................. ..... ...A4
Classifieds ........ .......... A13
Sports ........................... B1
Lifestyles ...................... 85
OLW earns statewide
employer award
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
MARTIN - Our Lady of
the Way Hospital was recently
named one of the top 25 best
places to work in Kentucky.
The program from which the
hospital received its recognition
is an initiative designed to motivate companies to achieve
excellence in the workplace.
Headed by the Kentucky
Society for Human Resource
Management State Council and
the Kentucky Chamber of
Commerce, the program was
derived from the well known
Fortune Magazine's "100 Best
Places to Work for in America"
"It is an honor to receive
recognition as one of the top 25
best places to work in
Kentucky," said Kathy Stumbo,
(See OLW, page nine)
•
photo by Jessica Hale
Employees at Our Lady of the Way Hospital held a celebration in honor of the hospital
receiving statewide recognition as one of the top 25 Best Places to Work in Kentucky.
6 a.m.-11 a.m., Monday-Friday
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Fresh cooked Oatmeal (good for heart)
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Additional ltems-99¢ each
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
·Obituaries
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James E. Allen
January 17, 1919
February 1, 2007
James E. Allen, beloved
husband of Violet Coburn
Allen, passed from this life,
peacefully in his sleep, on
February 1, 2007. He was 88.
James was born January 17,
19 19, in Northern. He was one
of 11 children born to Melvin
J. and Lula Gayheatt Allen,
now deceased.
He was a Maytown High
School graduate. He was also
a veteran, and served as a combat engineer in World War II.
James was a devout member
of the Graceway United
Methodist Church, at Langley.
James worked at Kentucky
West Virginia Gas Company
for a time, but left to establish
his own company, J.E. Allen
Drilling and Construction
Company Inc., in 1947. He
thoroughly enjoyed his work,
and his contact with people.
His hobbies included watching the U.K. Wildcats, gardening, and golf; but his greatest
joy was his family. He derived
the most pleasure from vacationing, traveling with his
wife, and other members of
the family. In his long life, he
developed many close friendships which he deeply valued,
and is remembered most for
his love of life, and his wonderful sense of humor.
He is survived by Violet
Coburn Allen, his wife of 65
years; two sons: Nick D.
Turner, and his wife, Corene
Gibson Turner of Vienna,
Virginia; and James Lynn
Allen, and his wife, Ann Mayo
Allen of Prestonsburg; four
grandchildren: James David
Turner of Raleigh, North
Carolina, Barron and Jonathan
Allen of Langley; and a stepgranddaughter, Robyn Francis
Tackett of Richmond; seven
great-grandchildren:
Erin
Taylor, James Barron, Noelle,
Jonna, and Paula Allen, James
Justin, and William Joseph
Turner; a daughter-in-law,
Gloria Thrner Allen of Garrett;
and one sister, Anna Mae
Curtis of Greenfield. Indiana.
Funeral services for James E.
Allen were conducted Sunday,
February 4, at I p.m., at the
Hall Funeral Home Chapel, in
Martin, with Clergyman Roy
Harlow officiating.
Entombment was in the
Davidson Memorial Gardens,
in lvel, under the professional
care of the Hall Funeral Home.
Pallbearers: Barron Allen,
Jonathan Allen, James David
Turner, Melvin May, Charles
Bradley, Tony Harris, and
Jamie Han·is.
Honorary: The men of the
Graceway United Methodist
Church, in Langley. (Paid obituary)
000
Ranny Gene
Blankenship
Ranny Gene Blankenship,
age 57, of Beaver, died
Saturday, February 3, 2007, at
the McDowell Appalachian
Regional Healthcare emer
gency room·.
Born August 2, 1949. in
Martin, he was the son of the
late Harrison and Tamery
Slone Blankenship. He was a
disabled coal mirier.
He is survived by his wife,
Judy Pennington Blankenship.
Other survivors include his
children:
Ranny
Robert
Blankenship of Winchester;
James Lee Blankenship, wife
Jamie Lynn, of Prestonsburg;
Eric Gene Blankenship, wife
Jessica, of Weeksbury; Justin
Lee Blankenship of Ligon; and
Tammy Angeline Gibson of
Lexington; a brother, Danny
Blankenship of Broadway,
Ohio; and four sisters: Ilene
Gilliam and Patsy Blankenship, both of Portsmouth,
Ohio; Linda Sue Akers of
Teaberry; and Judy Sizemore
of McDowell; and seven
grandchildren: Brett, Keisha,
Micheal, Brittian, Brianna,
Ashley, and lssabella.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by a
son, William (Billy) Blankenship ; and two brothers:
Kenneth Blankenship and
Larry Blankenship.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, February 7, at
noon, at Samaria Old Regular,
Baptist Church in Teaberry,
with Old Regular Baptist ministers officiating.
Card of Thanks
The family of Barbara Ann Akers 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
words of comfort; to the Sheriff's Department for their
assistance in traffic control; and the Hall Funeral Home
for their professional and compassionate service.
James Cancer Hospital, 300
Burial will be in the ,Glenn (Lora) Handshoe of was a retired nurses aid.
She was preceded in death West Tenth Avenue, Suite 519,
Blankenship Family Cemetery Hueysville; three daughters:
in Ligon, under the direction Gladys (Herman) Hale and by her husband, Orville J. Columbus, Ohio 43210.
(Paid obituary)
of Nelson Frazier Funeral Oma (Ronnie) Bolen, both of Hicks; her parents, Elmo and
Kendallville, · Indiana and May Wallen; and her sisters:
Home, in Martin.
noo
Mary (Jvan) Stanfield of Dorothy !lick<;, Maude Lucas
Visitation is at the church.
Topmost; 17 grandchildren, 18 and Ruth Collins.
Joey Edwin Howell
(Paid ohituary)
Survivors include her
great-grandchildren and three
Joey Edwin Howell, age 30,
na~
daughters: Alice Wellman of husband of Misty Dawn
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Johnstown, Ohio, and Dorothy Howell,
passed
away
Juanita Hatfield
Tuesday, February 6, at II :00 R. (James T.). Bower of Saturday, February 3, 2007, at
Boatwright
a.m., in the Hall Funeral Westerville; grandchildren: his residence in McDowell.
Juanita Hatfield Boatwright, Chapel at Martin, with Bethel Robert J. Marlowe, Scott H.
He was born July 2, 1976, in
81, of Prestonsburg. died Bolen and Carlos Beverly offi- (Kate) Marlowe, Lucian G. Martin, the son of Deborah
Monday, February 5, 2007, at ciating.
(Hilary) Wellman III, April L. Kaye Howell of McDowell, ·
Highlands Regional Medical
Burial w~s in the Wilson (Rick Sherburn) Phillips, and and Tim Yates of Martin.
Center, in Prestonsburg.
Survivors, in addition to his
Handshoe
Cemetery
on Mandie (Chris) Davis; 10
Born January 13, 1926, in Quicksand Rd. at Hueysville, great-grandchildren; a brother, wife and parents, include three
Water Gap, she was the daugh- under the direction of Hall Bill Wallen of Arizona; and daughters:
Cheyenne
ter of the late Jordan and Funeral Home of Martin.
several nieces and nephews.
"Mekyla" Howell, Hannah
Martha Campbell Hatfield.
Funeral services were held "Jo" Howell, and Taylor
Pallbearers: Brian HandShe was a homemaker.
shoe, Barry Bolen, Ricky Tuesday, February 6, at 11 Brooke Howell,
all of
She was preceded in death Handshoe, Gary Handshoe, a.m., at the Moreland Funeral McDowell; a half-brother,
by her husband, William (Bill) Jeff
Stanfield,
Kedrick Home, 55 East Schrock Road, Timmy Yates; a sister,
Boatwright.
Stanfield, Randy Handshoe Westerville, Ohio, with Pastor
Survivors include her son and Brody Dixon. rPa•d ob1tuary> Bob Tussing officiating.
(See OBITUARIES, page eight)
and daughter-in-law, Mark
Interment was in the
n'Jn
(Hazel)
Boatwright
of
Blendon Central Cemetery,
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(JoAnn) Hatfield of Ulysses;
Emogene Hicks, age 79, of Moreland Funeral Home.
four grandchildren:
Paul
Visitation was at the funeral
Nelsonville,
Ohio,
died
J &: J
(Kelley) Fleming, William Saturday, February 3, 2007, at home.
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(Nancy) Fleming, Amy (Joe)
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Burchett Jr. , and Steven
contribute to the Arthur G.
Boatwright: eight great-grandchildren: Megan, Brittany,
Cody Fleming, Meredith,
Hunter Fleming, Andrew,
Benjamin, and Leah Kate
Burchett.
In addition to her parents,
a11d husband, she was preced.
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ed in death by a daughter, Ruth
(Just past Highlands Hospital, on the right)
Ann Boatwright Fleming; and
a brother, Joe Hatfield.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, February 8, at 11
a.m ., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin, with
Bill Campbell offic1ating.
Burial will be in the
Richmond
Cemetery,
in
Prestonsburg, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Paid obituary)
home.
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Annie Handshoe
Annie Handshoe, age 83 of
Hueysville, passed away on
Friday, February 2, 2007, fll
the
Hazard Appalachian
Regional Medical Center.
She was born February 24,
1923, at M"agoffi n County,
being the daughter of the late
Reps and Cynthia Fitzpatrick
Howard.
She was a Grocery Store
operator
the
owner of
Handshoe
Grocery
at
Hueysville.
In addition to her parents
and
husband,
Grover
Handshoe, she was preceded
in death by two sons: James
Lloyd Handshoe and Thee
Handshoe.
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We accept most Medicare Part D plans, all major insurance companies, most
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Card of Thanks
The family of Edge! "Delano" Davis Jr., 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 m·e especially grateful to Jerry Manns 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.
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THE FAMILY OF EDGEL "DELANO" DAVIS JR.
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is located at
Seton Complex
Second Floor
Monday & Friday
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features@floydcountytimes.com. Information wiff
not be taken over the telephone. Aft items wilt be placed
on a first-come, first-sen·e
basis as space permits.
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ACT assessment
Cancellation
The February 10, administration
of
the
ACT
Assessment, scheduled to be
given at Alice Lloyd College.
Pippa Passes. has been cancelled due to low registration
numbers
for
this
site.
Registered examinees will
receive official notification
from ACT. This announcement
is only for those examinees
registered at or planning to
come in on a stand-by/walk-in
~ status, at Alice Loyd College.
HRMC February Calendar
Kiwanis: Feb. 1, 8; Meeting
Place B: 12-1:30 p.m.
Childbirth: Feb. 10: Board
Room; 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Senior Advantage: Feb. I 3;
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
Place A & B; 9:30-11:30 a.m.
AARP 55 Alive Mature
Feb. 26, 27;
Meeting Place A & B; 9:00
a.m. to I :30 p.m.
Living Well With Diabetes
Support Group: Feb. 28;
Meeting Place A & B; 5-6:00
p.m.
For more information concerning these support groups,
contact
the
Highlands
Educational
Services
Department at 886-7424.
Big Sandy Regional Citizen
Corps meeting planned
The qmu-terly meeting of
the Big Sandy Regional
Citi;en Corps Council will be
held on February 8, 2007, at
11:00 a.m., at the Big Sandy
Area Development District,
located at I I0 Resource Court
at Cliffside. A representative
from the Kentucky Office of
Homeland Security will be
attending the meeting and
answering any questions that
the public might have. The
public is encouraged to attend.
Please
contact
Jeff
Si,emore at 606-886-2374 or
jeff.sit.emore@ bigsandy.or
g to RSVP by February 5,
2007.
Tue~;day, February 13; and
Tuesday, February I 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 lnps include roundtrip
motorcoach, lodging, selected
meals. Others include guided
tours, entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride.
IMAX theater, and more).
Call Ed at 452-4149 for more
information.
A $100 deposit must be
paid no later than Feb. I 0 for
those w1shing 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 285-949 I or Leslie
at 886-8003.
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Absher
Enterprises
H( pe in the Mountains will
host public meetings' on
Mon ys. at 9 a.m.. at the
juncti n of U.S. 23 and Rt. 80,
on W tergap Rd .. behind the
Trimb Chapel Church.
Me tings focus will be to
offer i formation in regard to
comm1 nity resources available tc women seeking freedom frc m drug abuse. Family
membc are also welcome to
attend. The Hope initiative
to help women break
free fro addictive lifestyles
to becon e self-respecting contributing embers of society.
Call 8 4-2008 or 788-1006
for more nformat1on.
Preston burg Rotary Club
Invites interested professionals an businesses to JOin
them for I nch each Thur~day,
at 12 p. .. in the Student
Grille C nfercnce Room.
onthe BSC C campus.
Each w ekly program is
devoted to ommunity service
and its a ~lication to the
Rotary Mott : "Service Above
Self."
PHS Class of '97
The Prestonsburg High
School Class of 1997 is curSS Representative to
rently planning their I 0 year
visit Mud Creek Clinic
A Soc1al Security represen- reunion. The reunion is schedtative will be at the \l!ud Creek uled to be held Dn July 14,
Clinic, GretheL to assist peo- 2007 at the Best Western,
ple in filing claims for Social Prestonsburg. Those wishing
Security rcllrcmcnt, d1sab!lity to attend should please send in
and survivors benefits. People all of their personal informacan
also
apply
for • tion including name, address,
Supplemental Security Income phone number, occupation,
(SSl), Black Lung (BL), and a spouse, children, and pets.
All teachers from 1993
Social
Security
Number
to 1997 are also welcome.
(SSN).
The representative will also Classmates may send their
assist in filmg appeals and information to phs97@bellsouth net" or mail to Mark
answering questions:
The representative will be McKinney. 69 Hospital St..
at the Mud Creek Clinic on the Martin, KY 41640
following dates for the next
Hope in the Mountains
quarter:
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Worth Repeating ...
"Speak out in acts; the time
for words has passed, and
only deeds will suffice. "
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Conaress sfia({ mafe no (aw respectirttJ an esta6Cisltment of re{itJion, or
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John Kerry did Americans a favor recently by deciding not to run for president. Apparently voters saw
enough of the dour, know-it-all Massachusetts senator
four years ago that even he got the message of his
polling in the single digits.
Sadly, too many others did not. Indeed, you could
field a baseball team with the number of Republicans
and Democrats who think they're Oval Office material.
What could they be thinking? Haven't they looked at
past occupants? Prematurely old, gray and unloved. If
political opponents aren't hounding the president, the
press is. There's no peace. Literally.
Sure, America should consider herself fortunate that
there are so many citizens who want to serve. The public debate is good for the body politic, at least until the
attack ads. Still, the campaign is that time once every
four years that voters are asked if the nation is headed
in the right direction. It's special, having the power to
so shake the world.
But there are a couple of problems this time. First,
there are so many candidates you can't tell them apart.
How many really have a chance? How many are
putting their name in for other reasons?
Our second concern is that it's 21 months before the
2008 general election, almost a year before the first
primary vote is cast. Why, Bobby Kennedy didn't get
into the 1968 race until after the early primaries. Oh,
for the good ol' days.
We suppose there's no avoiding it. We just wish
there was some respite between campaigns, some relief
from 2417/365 politics. Forget the candidates and their
ability to get away, outside the glare of the television
lights, for study and reflection on the issues that plague
a dangerous world. The real question is, where can we
constituents hide?
There's still time, by the way, for those of you interested in putting together your own "exploratory committee" and making a trip to Iowa, perhaps even New
Hampshire - hear the skiing there isn't too bad - to
"consult" with "leading power brokers" in those early
primary states regarding the "viability" of your potential "candidacy" before making your "formal
announcement." What's to lose by taking the plunge?
You can always pull the plug later; why, you can even
hold a press conference announcing your "withdrawal"
and throwing your "support" to some other "frontrunner."
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What are they
up to?
In the odd and strange world of
ose who despise Confederate her·tage and symbols many things occur,
often defying common sense. I guess
this situation could be listed in that
category until a few more answers
are forthcoming.
Back in December of 2006 (it
seems so long ago now) there was, so
some alleged, a problem with the
Confederate flag at Allen Central
High School in Floyd County in
Eastern Kentucky. The way the story
went, at least from the media perspective, was that a black basketball
player from the private David School
in Floyd County was "taunted" by
Confederate flag wavers at a game
against Allen Central when he came
to the line to make a foul shot.
The coach for the David School,
Ned Pillersdorf, proceeded to make a
big fuss about this alleged "incident"
and he sought to get other schools to
boycott Allen Central. He also sought
cancellation of a game between his
team and the Allen Central team that
was to be played on the 200th
anniversary of Robert E. Lee's birthday, on Jan. 19. The "news" media
naturally presented this situation as
though the students at Allen Central
were little more than a bunch of rednecked racists, waving their "rebel"
flags at students of color to taunt
them whenever opportunity arose.
Supposedly, Pillersdorf took a vote of
his team and they agreed to boycott
the Jan. 19 game.
About this time (coincidentally of
course) a Rev. Louis Coleman, all the
~ay from Louisville, appeared in
Floyd County, complaining loudly
about how the Confederate flag was a
symbol of slavery and that students
that used it as a symbol would not be
prepared to deal with a real world in
which that horrible symbol had been
eliminated. How do you address such
hogwash and still keep it printable?
Either Rev. Coleman learned this
twisted version of "history" at some
politically correct government school
somewhere, or he hoped that was the
situation with his audience. Rev.
Coleman would be hard put to document that the Confederate flag was a
symbol of slavery, but, then, I supposed he felt if he just made enough
noise he might be able to silence his
critics without the thorny problem of
having to come up with any facts.
Those on the political Left usually
operate that way.
And speaking of the political Left,
Rev. Coleman has had some interesting associates over the years, among
them the late Anne Braden, who,
with her late husband, Carl Braden,
was a member of the Communist
Party. There are sources that can be
checked out for any interested
enough to take the trouble. Coleman
once had his picture taken standing
next to Anne Braden at a birthday
party given for the founder of the
Highlander Folk School in
Monteagle, Tenn., a school that has
been listed as a "Communist training
school" in the Louisiana Report. So it
seems that Rev. Coleman's good buddies are all over on the political far
Left. That being the case, what business has he got telling patriotic
Americans anything? I don't know
exactly how he showed up in this situation, or what connection, if any, he
has with Ned Pillersdorf, but let's
wait and see.
Now, though, the plot thickens!
Mr. Pillersdorf sent a letter to the athletic director of Allen Central High
School stating that his players had
voted unanimously not to play the
scheduled game with Allen Central
on Jan. 19. However, there was a
small fly in that buttermilk. The
administrator of David School,
Emma Kriz, issued a press release
dealing with all of this in which she
said: "I want to set the record straight
... The David School's ball team
players never voted to boycott the
game at Allen Central." He says they
did and she says they didn't. It would
appear, according to Emma Kriz'
press release, that the players on the
David School team had no real problem playing the scheduled game at
Allen Central. Her release stated:
''The team said they had no problem
playing Allen Central." And the allegation about the black player being
"taunted" by the Confederate flag
seems to be rather largely undocumented. Kriz's press release stated
that there was no evidence that the
taunting situation occurred. Does
something smell rotten in Floyd
County?
[n regard to Allen Central High
School, the players on the David
School team have stated that they
realize the Confederate flag used by
Allen Central is 'just a symbol" and
that there has never been any racist
intent in it. One player even stated
that he had never seen Allen Central
fans wave flags at any particular person in a racist way. (Wonder how
long he'll remain on the team after
his coach read that!) The David
School team did end up playing
another team instead of Allen Qen
on the date in question, but they
insisted that the Confederate flag had
nothing whatever to do with that
decision. One David School P.layer
made quite a revelatory comment
when he said that he had no bad feelings toward Allen Central but that " ... 41
now everything's been turned into
something it's not." Good observation on his part. That is exactly what
has happened. Allen Central has been
branded as a nest of racists (and even
that word is becoming a bit suspicious) when they have done absolutely nothing to deserve that reputation.
One has to wonder why and whose
agenda is at play here.
Why did Pillersdorf create a
mountain out of something that wasn't even a molehill, and why did this
Rev. Coleman from the Left-wing
environs of Louisville show up to put
his. two cents worth in? Since Allen 411
Central seems to be an all-white
school, is there some sort of behindthe-scenes ploy going forward to create some sort of busing situation
whereby they bus in black kids to
Allen Central from somewhere else
and bus some of Allen Central's
white kids out to a black area somewhere? I realize that sounds a bit far
out, but you do have to wonder just
what is going on here. Are supposed
"racism" and the Confederate flag
being used as scapegoats to promote
some other agenda?
It is worthy of note that, years
ago,' when the Marxists promoted
some project it was often two,_.
pronged, in that it was engineered so
that it would accomplish two different goals with the one action
more
bang for your buck!
So it seems that, in the final analysis, Allen Central seems to be guilty
of exactly nothing. The "news"
media should now take some pains to
report that fact. And then, if they are
really interested in investigative journalism (which I doubt) they should
start digging into just why this phony
situation came up in the first place.
However, on that last part, folks, I
ain' t holding my breath!
AI Benson Jr:
Sterlington, La~
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Calendar
• Continued from p3
Living Free is a faith-based
12-stcp 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.
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 arc 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 Training
Program." You must be 55 or
older to apply. In Floyd, call
886-2929; Johnson, call 7896515; Magoffin, call 34922l7; 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?
If you are 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 teamed 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 Pikeville,
on Tuesdays, from 4:30-8:30
p.m. Contact Andy Jones at
606-788-7080, or 800-4432 187, ext. 186, or Linda Bell,
at ext. 160 to make an appointment.
GED 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: l stMonday, 1 p.m.,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
Martin:
I st Tuesday, 6
p.m., Martin Church of Christ.
Maytown: 3rd Thursday, 6
p.m., Maytown Learning
Center.
Cliff: 3rd Tuesday, 12 p.m. ,
Co1nmunity 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,
I 0:30 a.m., Osborne Elem.
School Library.
Special interest groups:
Nimble Thimble Quilt
Guild: 1st/3rd Wednesdays,
J0 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 I 0-1 1 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
Dr.
Ahmed's
office,
Weddington Plaza, Pikeville.
Refreshments will be served.
For more info., call 432-l072
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! 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., at the
Ran1ada Inn, Paintsville.
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30 p.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
Violence counselors.
Call
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, l009
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
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).
•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
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May
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Pikeville
Methodist Hospital. For more
info., contact Chris Cook at
606-433- L119 or christophercook@ hotrnail.com.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
7, 2007 • A7
Governor hopefuls seeking campaign cash amid crowded field
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
conference~ proposing
tax
credits and other legislation
for the upcoming General
Assembly. Former U.S. Rep.
Anne N01thup, the third candidate in the GOP primary, also
spent time campaigning and
building her campaign organization, a spokesman said.
But to campaign, as
Stumbo said, costs money.
Secretary of State Trey
Grayson predicted the gubernatorial campaign will cost
''millions and millions of dollars" to wage. Grayson said
the record amount of spending
in a gubernatorial primary was
believed to have occurred in
1991, when candidates spent
about $20 million combined.
[n the 2003 primary,
Democratic candidates spent a
combined $12. 1 million,
FRANKFORT
:andidates for governor have
l. window of less than four
nonths remaining to court vot!rs before the primary, and
iuring that time they'll also be
naking a different sales pitch
- they want money.
That could be a tough sell
his year.
Seven Democrats and three
Republicans - some with the
;arne political friends and
)Qtential donors - are com)eting in the May 22 primary
md going after the same pot of
noney to finance their cam)aigns. Not to mention, there
l.re two candidates
Democrat Bruce Lunsford and
Republican Billy Harper .vho gave their campaigns a
1ead start by dropping ·about
&2 million each from their own
.vealth into their war chests.
So the question remains
10w much money will the
~ampaign cost, and how do the
~andidates snag the cash above
heir competitors?
"The fact of the matter is in
nodern elections ratsmg
noney is an integral part of
hat, to get your message out
:o make sure people under;tand what you're talking
1bout," said Attorney General
Jreg Stumbo, lieutenant gov!rnor candidate on Lunsford's
jcket. "And I think it's going
.o be a problem because of the
:ield."
Last week marked the
ieadline for candidates to
~nter the governor's race, and
.vith it candidates scrambled in
1early every direction to get
)Ut on the campaign trail, to
~reet voters, deliver stump
;peeches and raise some quick
~ash. Kentucky is one of three
ilates in the country electing a
~overnor this year.
Former Lt. Gov. Steve
Beshear, one of seven
Democratic candidates for
~overnor, said that at this point
1e considers the race a sprint.
"That has a certain limiting
!ffect on those folks in terms
)f fupwaising," Beshear saio.
Some candidates traveled
l.cross Kentucky last week,
~ither by bus or car, making
Efferent campaign stops
.vherever they could draw a
~rowd. Others worked behind
'
he scenes.
State Treasurer Jonathan
Miller tried a creative
lpproach by flipping a criti~ism of his sideburns a
·emark that they were a throw)ack to the 1870s - into a
.vay to make money. Nay, they
.vere inspired by the l970s
.ook of Elvis Presley, Miller
;aid, and asked people to
.veigh in with either $18.70 or
&19.70 contributions.
The other Democrats in the
·ace are: Lexington attorney
Jatewood Galbraith, former
.ieutenant governor Steve
Henry, demolition contractor
)tis Hensley and House
;;peaker Jody Richards.
t
On the Republican side,
f;:Iarper started a bus tour last
.veek, while Gov. Ernie
Fletcher, who's seeking re~lection, held a series of news
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although about $8.2 million ot
that
total
came
from
Lunsford'<>
pockyts.
Republicans in that race spent
about $3.1 million, according
to Kentucky Registry of
Election Finance records.·
Exactly how wel l candidates have done during this
cycle won't be known for
some time. Candidates aren't
required to file their financial
reports with the state until 32
days before the primary,
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make his finances public 90
days out.
Stumbo said he suspected
some traditional donors whether
Democratic
or
Republican - may withhold
contributions until after the
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Bill would require girls to receive cancer vaccine
by BRUCE SCHREINER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE - As a public health official in eastern
Kentucky, Sherry Coil ins
knows the risks of cervical
cancer and the ravages it
inflicts.
So she wants her teenage
daughter to be immuni1.ed
against a virus that causes the
disease.
"If my daughter could
receive a vaccine that could
possibly save her life later, I'm
all for it." said Collin-;, nurs~
administra•or f01 the Pike
County l Iealtb Department.
A bill introduced in the
2007
Kentucky
General
Assembly. which reconvene'
Tuesday, would require that
middle-school girls receive the
immunit.attons.
Rep. Kathy Stein. DLexington, says her proposal
would help spare girls from the
threat of cervical cancer. which
claims the lives of nearl~ 4,000
women nationally every year.
"Jfwe don't make it manda-
tory, then very often you miss
the most vulnerable population
of young women who need it"
those who likely won't
undergo health screenings later
in life, Stein said.
CritH..:s >.ay the bill would
erode parental choice in making health decisions for thetr
children.
'·Different people have different levels of comfort with
vaccinations like this that are
new," said Martin Cothran, a
spokesman for the Lexingtonbased Family Foundation of
Kentucky. "We think we need
to take those people into
account as well."
Cothran said the Family
Foundation supports the availability of the vaccine, but that
the immunitations ·are "better
promoted through education
than coercion."
"It gives us another choice,"
he said. "But we'd like it to
remain a choice for parents."
The Gardasil vaccine,
approved by the federal government last year for girls and
women ages 9 to 26, is made
Glen H. Martin
Elizabeth Williams of Florida;
four sons: William Morrison
and Greg Morrison, both of
Auxier, Roger Morrison of
Paintsville. and Melvin (Bud)
Morrison of Lexington; one
sister, Marsha Goshorn of
Tennessee; 30 grandchildren,
and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3. at 2
p.m., at the AuxlCr Freewill
Baptist Church, with Pastor
Bobby Joe Spencer, Brother
Shane Powers, and Calvin
Setser officiating.
Interment was in the
Morrison Family Cemetery, in
Auxier.
The family has entrusted
arrangements
to
Carter
Funeral Home.
(Paod obituary)
preceded in death by a brother,
Malcolm S. Ousley; four sisters: Gracie Flannery, Susie
DeRossett, Mae Calhoun
Slone, and Innis Stephens; two
grandchildren and one stepgrandchild.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 5, at 1 p.m.,
at Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin. with Paul
Coleman and Clifford Austin
officiating. A night service
was held on Sunday, at 6 p.m.
Burial was in the Willard
Ousley Cemetery, Spurlock,
Prestonsburg, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Active pallbearers: Jack
Richard
Ousley,
Tom
Stanforth, Brian Holbrook.
Bruce Jilek, Glen Chadwick
Ousley, Robert Goble, Blake
Goble.
Bradley
Goble,
Timothy Goble, and Jeff
Goble.
Honorary pallbearers: Wilse
Rose, Leon Younce, Eddie
Spriggs, Eddie McGuire,
Vernon
Powers,
Tom
Branham,
Dr.
Charles
Hieronymus, Charlie Crase,
Russell Adams, Buddy Bates,
Jeff Wells. Chris Campbell,
James F. Conley, Dallas
Ousley, Ira Joe Tussey, Steve
Tussey, Frank Fitzpatrick, and
Dennis Ousley.
(Paod obituary)
Obituaries
• Continued from p13
Caitlynn Jo Howell of
McDowell; and a half sister,
Olema Yates of Martin.
Funeral services for Joey
Edwin Howell were conducted
Tuesday, February 5, at l :00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel, in Martin, with·
Clergymen Homer Howell.
Abe Howell, and Mike Justice
officiating.
Burial was in the Howell
Cemetery, in McDowell, under
the professional care of the
Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Pallbearer<>: Glen Compton.
Monroe Newsome, Scotty
Mosley, Jackie Hall, Mikie
Newsome, B.J. Moore, Stevie
Hamilton,
Tim
Yates,
Johnathan Hall, Darrell Ratliff
and Shawn Henderson.
(Paid ohitual") '
DD"J
Erma Johnson
Erma Johnson, age 80, of
Prestonsburg, died Thursday.
February 1, 2007, at her residence.
Born July 5, 1926. in Floyd
County, she was the daughter
of the late Mat and Ada
Stumbo Moore. She was a
homemaker.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Jesse James
Johnson.
Survivors include a son.
Dwayne Moore of Prestonsburg; two brothers: Willie
Moore of McDowell, and
Rufus Moore of Minnie; three
sisters: Elva (Teddy) Moore of
Price, and Alma (Mickie) Hall,
and Betty Whitlock, both of
Ashtabula, Ohio; and three
grandchildren: Justin Moore.
Brianna Wills, and Jessica
Moore.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Roy Gene
King; a brother, Beverage
Moore; two sisters: Judy
Barnes and Clova Howell; and
a great-grandchild, Jesse
Aldan Harris.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 4, at 11 a.m.,
at Pilgrims Rest Old Regular
Baptist Church. in Price, with
Old Regular Baptist ministers
officiating.
Burial was in the Stumbo
Cemetery, in Price, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin.
Visitation was Friday, at the
funeral home, and at the
church, on Saturday.
ACtive pallbearers: Mike
Stumbo, Phillip Moore, Jerry
McBrayer, Carl Whitlock. Tim
Patrick, Justin Moore, Wanen
Combs, and Josh Stephens.
(Paid obituary I
DOD
Glen H. Martin. age 60, of
Wayland, husband of Joyce
Cook Martin, passed away
Sunday, February 4, 2007, at
his residence.
He was born March 6, 1946.
in Wayland, the son of the late
"Marion Martin and Thelma
Terry Martin. He was a fanner
employee of Job Corp.
Survivors. in addition to his
wife, Joyce. include two sons:
Marion Wade Martin and
Wesley Glen Martin. both of
Wayland; two brothers: Bobby
Slone of Willard, Ohio, and
Charles Martin of Wayland;
and two grandchildren: Leslie
Lynn Martin and Logan
Martin.
In add1tion to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
brothers: Robert Martin and
Carl Ray Marttn.
Funeral services for Glen H.
Martin will be conducted,
Thursday, February 8, at II :00
a.m., at the Hall Funeral
Home, in Martin. with Danny
O'Quinn officiating.
Burial will follow in the
Martin Cemetery. in Wayland,
under the professional care of
the Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Paid obituarvJ
home.
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Margie Lee Ward
Morrison
Margie Lee Ward Morrison.
83, of Auxier.
died Thursday.
February
I,
2007, at Highlands Regional
Medical Center.
Born March
,
29, 1923, in Edgar, she ~as the
daughter of the late Jefferson
Ward and Rosa Lilly Ward.
She was a homemaker and a
member of the Auxier Freewill
Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death
by
her
husband,
Jack
Morrison, who died April 16.
1987.
Survivors
include
six
daughters: Jeanie Perry of
Auxier, Geraldine Wells of
Allen. Kathleen Butcher and
Carol Fannin, both of Van
of
Lear.
Lucy
Woods
Columbus,
Ohio.
and
'"l'"l"J
Willard L. Ousley
Willard L. Ousley, age 86,
of East Point, died Friday.
February 2. 2007. at Highlands
Regional Medical Center.
Born January 20, 1921, in
Spurlock, he was the son of the
late James and Emma Frasure
Ousley. He was a member of
the Community Freewill
Baptist Church in GobleRoberts. Prestonsburg, and
was a disabled coal miner.
He was preceded in death by
his first wife, Kathelene
Tussey Ousley, his wife of 62
years. He is survived by his
wife. Lillian Griffith Conley
Ousley.
Other survivors include his
children: Jack Ousley, wife
of Prestonsburg;
Karen.
Joanne
Goble,
husband
Norman, of Prestonsburg;
Barbara Brewer, husband.
John. of Benton, Illinois:
Rudolph Ousley of Prestonsburg; and Glen Ousley, wife
Gina.
of
Prestonsburg;
stepchildren: James F. Conley
of Paintsville; Rita Conley of
Sharpsburg; Mary Careces of
Hillard, Ohio: and Faye
Ruffing of Marysville, Ohio;
two brothers: Orville Ousley
and Dewey Ousley, both of
Prestonsburg; nine grandchildren. II great-grandchildren,
I 0 stcpgrandchildrcn, and nine
stepgreat-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents,
and Kathelene Tussey Ousley,
his wife of 62 years, he was
by Merck & Co. The three-shot
regimen, at a cost of $360, protects girls and women against
strains of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or
HPV, that are responsible for
most cases of cervical cancer.
A government adviwry panel
recommended that all girls get
the shots at 11 or 12, before
they are likely to be sexually
active.
Kentucky is part of a larger
debate that will play out in
many state capitols this year as
lawmakers decide whether to
require that schoolgirls receive
the new vaccine. On Friday,
Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed
an order making it the first
state to require that all girls
receive the vaccine.
Kenneth Adkins, principal
of Johns Creek Elementary, a
kindergarten-through-eighthgrade school in Pike County,
said the decision whether to
receive the vaccination should
rest ultimately with parents.
"Any decision that\ made
for the child should go through
the parent," he said.
Stein noted that under
Kentucky law, parents can
refuse to have their children
receive an immunization by
objecting through a written,
sworn statement based on religious reasons. Cothran coun-
tered that parents "shouldn't
have to jump through hoops to
preserve their right as a parent."
Gov.
Ernie
Fletcher's
spokeswoman. Jodi Whitaker,
said in a statement that the vaccine has potential in a state
with one of the nation's highest
death rates from cervical cancer, but added that "mandating
vaccination of young girls at
this stage is not the best policy." She said the state Cabinet
for Health and Family Services
is "developing a policy which
will better address the need."
Dr. Stanley Gall, a professor
of obstetrics and gynecology at
the University of Louisville
School of Medicine, said he
considered cervical cancer a
mostly preventable disease
thanks to the vaccine.
"Every day you dither
around, some more people get
infected," he said.
The American Cancer
Society estimates there were
about 9.710 new cases of inva(See VACCINE, page nine)
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chief executive ofticcr of OLW. "We have
wonderful employees 'hho arc committed
to our mi-.sion and provide excellent care.
We have a great team."
The assessment that identifies where a
company stands measures employe,• poli., cies and procedures through a survey which
is then used to enable companies to dc\elop
the plans and implement the steps necessary
to create a great workplace and continue to
improve the performance of their busines;..
Recipients of the award are selected in two
categories: medium, 25 to 249 employees
and large, 250 employees or greater. 01 .W
won in the medium category.
Our Lady of the Way has seen several
achievements on a local. state and nation,\1
level over the last several years. In 2005,
OLW was chosen as the Business of the
Year hy the Hoyd County Chamber of
Conuncrcc and also won the coveted first
place Commitment to Excelknce Overall
Employee Satisfaction award given by the
Jackson Organin1lion research firm in
2006. A reader's choice poll conducted by
The Floyd County Times in 2006 named
the hospital's emergency department as the
"Best of the BcsC·m Floyd County.
''Our employees m·e remarkable and Our
Lady of the Way is very special," <>aid Debi
Bentley, manager of human resources at
OI.W. "We have a very low turnover rate
ami those who do leave, the majority return.
That is the kind of work place OLW is- it
is the best place to work."
According to the Kentucky Society for
Human Resource Management, the goal of
Best Places to Work in Kentucky is to raise
the bar among state employers and create
excellence and employee satisfaction in the
workplace that will attract talented people
for years to come.
Representatives from OLW will attend
an awards di nner April 24 in Lexington to
rece ive their awm·d.
"It is a privilege to be associated w ith an
organil'.ation that has such an impeccable
history of caring for their comm unity," said
Gerald Wally McMasters, O LW board
chair.
OLW wa~ not the only company in the
region to receive the recognition . Southeast
Telephone and Pikeville Medical Center
were two other recipient<;.
In recognit ion for their hard work and dedication, Heather
Blair, Brenda Thornsberry, Penny Marcum and Kristal
Bradley have achieved Clinician I recognition in Highlands
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Vaccine
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Association.¥
• Continued from p1
. , sive cervical cancer in the
U ni ted States in 2006. and
about 3.700 women die from
the
disease
edch
year.
Kentucky has the 12th highest
cervical cancer incidence rate
n ationally and the secondhighest cervical cancer death
rate.
Cervical cancer is the lOthleading cause of cancer deaths
i n Kentucky, according to 2003
data from the federal Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Gall said if the state
n:quires the vaccinations. it
should make sure people can
afford q1em.
Most insurance companies
now cover the vaccine .
Kentucky's Medicaid program
will decide soon whether to
cover the vaccine. the Cabinet
for Health and Family Services
said.
Stein said the immunizations will yield considerable
savmgs in long-term health
costs.
"It's much easier to prevent
a disease than to try to treat it
and cure it," she said.
She said she thinks the bill
has a good chance to win passage. The measu re has been
assigned to the House Health
and Welfare Com mittee.
Cothran said he hopes the
bill's supporters and opponents
can agree on a compromise.
"We think in most cases,
Candidates
• Cont inued from p7
dida te~ .
Ill
she said.
Donors also tend to back
leading candidates, Stewart
said.
Incumbents usually haYe an
advantage because they typically have better chances to
win. Stewart said.
Fletcher's
Republican
opponents,
Northup
and
Harper, both say the governor's past legal troubles have
rendered him too politically
damaged to win .
For more than a year.
Stumbo's office investigated
allegations that the governor's
political supporters were being
rewarded with protected state
jobs. Fletcher was indicted on
three misdemeanors stemming
from the probe; charges that
were later dropped in a deal
with prosecutors.
Throughout. !'letcher maintained the probe was motivated by politics.
Whether that hurts Fletcher
in
campaign
donations
remains to be seen, Stewart
said.
Hetchcr had collected
ahout $1.7 million when candidates v\ere last required to
report their campaign's financial conditions.
"He's going to have the
greatest name recognition, in
general, simply because he's
the governor and he still controls the bully pulpit more so
than the other candidates,"
Stewart said.
While Harper has sunk his
own millions into the race, he
said he's still going to rely on
political contributions. So fm·,
Harper has had only one
fundra iser in his home area of
Paducah, but h e's planni ng
more elsewhere.
Harper said he views the
ca~h he put in as "seed money
in starting a bminess." That
should put h im ahead of
Northup and Fletcher, Harper
said.
Nevertheless, H arper said
he hasn't put a cap on how
much of his own money he's
w ill ing to spend .
Lunsford h as al so ~aid he
was willing to spend "pretty
much" whatever it takes to
w in .
people are going to choose to
take advantage of the vaccine,"
he said .
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7, 2007 • A11
. Legislature
• Continued from p1
fli
who is seeking re-election,
also has taken up the cause of
soldiers and vetera~s, pushing
for the tax exemption and
rushing construction of a nursing home for veterans in westem Kentucky by providing $6
million in bond funds.
Republicans intend to push
legislation to help soldiers
because it's the right thing to
do, said Senate President
David Williams. Legislation
should provide relief not just
to Kentucky National Guard
troops, he said, but also to regular Army troops from Fort
Campbell and Fort Knox,
many of whom do not vote in
the state.
Baranowski, however, says
aspirations to higher office
could motivate much of what
some legislators do this session.
The list of candidates is
long and includes Richards, DBowling Green, who is running for governor. State Sen.
Daniel Mongiardo, D-Hazard,
is campaigning for lieutenant
governor on a ticket with
gubernatorial candidate Steve
Beshear, a Democrat from
Lexington. And state Rep. Jeff
Hoover, R-Jamestown, is the
running mate of Louisville
Republican Anne Northup, a
Director
• Continued from p1
purchase burial insurance and
to place it into trust funds as
required by law.
If convicted, Justice faces
up to 20 years in prison, a fine
of up to $10,000 for each
count, (or twice the amount of
gain), or both.
The Justice Funeral Home
has been renamed as the
Pikeville Funeral Home and
has reopened under new management.
former congresswoman.
In addition, state Reps.
Lonnie Napier of Lancaster,
Brandon Smith of Hazard and
Ken Upchurch of Monticello
are seeking the Republican
nomination for state treasurer.
State Rep. Stan Lee of
Lexington is seeking the
Republican nomination for
attorney general.
All would have to defend
any controversial votes as they
go
forward
with
their
statewide campaigns.
That could include a bill to
require girls to be vaccinated
against the human papillomavirus, which is known to
lead to cervical cancer.
Rep. Kathy Stein, DLexington, says mandating the
vaccine would help save lives.
But Martin Cothran, lobbyist for the Family Foundation
of Kentucky, an influential
conservative Christian group
based in Lexington, argues
that parents should decide
whether their children receive
the vaccine.
Legislation proposed by
Sen.
Tom
Buford,
Rmeanwhile,
Nicholasville,
may enjoy success free of politics.
He expects no opposition to
a bill that would outlaw the
slaughter of horses, but likely
would have no practical effect.
Kentucky has no slaughterhouses for horses, and the state
has no jurisdiction over two
other states that do - Illinois
and Texas.
Republican gubernatorial
candidate Billy Harper, a
Paducah businessman and
advocate for tax breaks for
struggling businesses, said he
expects legislators enact little
if any substantive legislation.
One political question the
session may address is
whether to scuttle the state's
provision for a gubernatorial
runoff if no candidate in a
party primary gets more than
40 percent of the vote.
With seven candidates
seeking the Democratic nomination for governor and three
on the Republican side,
chances of a runoff are good.
But some lawmakers want that
provision eliminated.
"It's tough to argue that this
isn't politically motivated,"
Baranowski said.
Stein believes the runoff,
which could cost state and
local governments about $5
million, has the potential to be
a politically touchy issue.
"It's going to be very
important that when we consider this, that it not be a lot of
political maneuvering," she
said. "We need to look at
whether it's a good thing to
begin with, and whether it's
something that justifies the
cost."
It's not about
getting even,
just simply
wanting to say,
You're turning 50,
Carol,
and little sister,
Charlotte, still has
a long way!
Officer
• Continued from p1
'*4-
"It is my observation in my
many years as a Floyd County
attorney and as a judge,
assuming what my clients say
is true, and I believe them, that
this is one of the most outrageous violations of these people's civil rights I've seen,"
Barber said.
Martin Police Chief James
Sloan was unavailable for
comment, but Trooper Scott
Hopkins of the Kentucky State
Police said the investigation is
ongoing.
"We're working with the
Commonwealth's Attorney's
office to determine if charges
will be brought or if it will go
straight to the grand jury,"
Hopkins said.
The officer, who was hired
onto the Martin police staff
just over three weeks ago, has
been suspended with pay
pending the outcome of the
investigation. Barber said
regardless of the outcome, he
hopes people understand that
this was an isolated incident.
"This is just a case of one
bad apple, so to speak. It's not
an indictment of all law
enforcement," Barber said.
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Case
• Continued from p1
Lemaster.
began chasing Lemaster.
State Police Det. Mike Goble was forced to terminate
Goble was called to Meade's the pursuit when the road
BP station on Route 321 in became too slick and steep to
Floyd Count}! W,!ly after 10 continue the chast1 gear
p.m. and interviewed two Hannah Branch.
female employees who had
Goble was soon met at the
been working at the time of the scene by several state troopers,
robbery.
Goble
testified and while he was relating the
Monday he watched the store's story, a bloodied Nancy
security
tape
and
saw Lemaster walked up from
Lemaster pull into the parking behind them, wearing a bloodit\ lot driving a late 1990s white . soaked black hooded sweatZ71 Chevy Silverado.
shirt, bleeding profusely from
During the abduction, a gash on her head. She said
which began at 9:43 p.m.. and her ex-husband's truck had
lasted just a few minutes, stalled just up the road, and
Lemaster is allegedly seen when he stopped she had
waving a handgun wildly in jumped out the door and ran
the air as he entered the store. toward the lights she saw in
Nancy Lemaster is seen trying the distance from the police
to escape out a back door when cruisers.
she first saw Charles enter the
In an interview with Det.
store, but could not escape and Goble, Nancy Lemaster said
was chased around several after they sped away from the
aisles before Lemaster finally BP station she was taken to an
caught her and forced her out area in Van Lear she had never
of the store and into his truck seen before. She was forced
"'\ with the gun pressed firmly from the vehicle and told to
against the back of her head.
put on the black sweatshirt.
While he was in the store, She said she thought he was
Nancy Lemaster told Det. going to kill her afler he fired
Goble that her former husband one round into the air while
had said she was to blame for she was putting the sweatshirt
what was happening. She also on. Instead he forced her back
said Lemaster told her he into the truck and he drove
hoped she had everything until he became involved in
squared away with Jesus, the chase with Det. Goble.
because, "Tonight is your
Lemaster faces
seven
night."
felony charges, including
Goble later traveled to assault, burglary, kidnapping
Johnson County after receiv- and wanton endangerment, in
ing a call from dispatch report- addition to violating an emering that a young woman had gency protective order filed
called and said she believed last November stemming from
~ she had seen Lemaster in
an assault in Lawrence
Johnson County. When he County. His bail has been set
arrived in Johnson County, at $250,000.
Goble made a telephone call
after 11 p.m. to a local television station with the hope that
they could air a description of
Lemaster and his vehicle.
Halfway through the interview, Goble saw the vehicle
drive by, which is when he
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2002
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JG Discount - $100
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JG Discount - $100
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Kawasaki KX 125 (Dirt Bike) ........................$3, 195*
Mitsubishl Eclipse (Sharp Car) ..................... $4,995*
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Buick LeSabre ...........................................v ...... $7,995*
Chrysler PT Cruiser........................................ $7,995*
Chevy Malibu................................................... $3,995*
Jeep Grand Cherokee.............. CALL FOR PRICE
Infinity G35 Coupe.................................... $21,680*
Ford Ranger......................................................$8,995*
Chevy Cavalier............................... $9,995 $8,495*
Ford F150 (Ext. Cab.) ..................................$15,495*
NOTICE
In the event of bad weather,
the Job Fair scheduled for
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2005 Chevy Monte Carlo (Low miles) ................$12,895*
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix........................................$11,995*
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2007 GMC Envoy..............-.......................................$21,995*
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7, 2007
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Deadline to enter: Thursday, Feb. 8th by noon.
Mail: your submission to
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JOB OPENING
Part tine cleaning
person needed for
corporate
office
building
in
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$8.00 per hour.
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JOB OPENING
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clerk. Excellent pay
depending on experience with health
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with photo to PO
Box 2887, Pikeville
41502.
41653.
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only.
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
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computer
desk,chair.
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ed At 12 Blaine Hall
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JOB OPENING
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appliances, living I
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suits,
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each
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applications for a pm
Call 606LPN (7a-7p) posi- through February 874-9790.
tion.
Excellent 16,
2007.
wages and bene- Knowledge
and
Miscellaneous
fits. Apply in person experience of genEuclid eral apartment and
at 1025
Avenue. Painstville, grounds
mainteFOR SALE
Ky from Monday nance and upkeep
JK'S Cafe in
thru Friday between are preferred.
Downtown
8:00am to 4:30pm.
Winchester, KY
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4. Prefer furnished
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w/utilities included.
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Antique Sewing
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model made in
1935. Sews good.
Looks good.
587-2777
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HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom. All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard . 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min. to downtown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
Immediate occupancy.
Call 285·9277 4228197 226-4551.
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
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Includes all appliances. $82,000.
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sq ft. Basement
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Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
Qntvl miDt~ets ~r.QI\1
Pikevilre:
'
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874·2972 or 4544579.
DOUBLEWIDE for
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room 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
080 in next 30
days. Call 606358-9346
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LEGALS
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 1st 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
7, 2007
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 following 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
COMMONassume and pay all
WEALTH
Floyd
County,
OF KENTUCKY Kentucky, real propFloyd Circuit
erty taxes for the
Court
year 2007, and all
Division I
subsequent years
C.A. No. 06-CI- which are not yet
due and payable.
00358
Maggie Marcum Any and all delinquent Floyd County,
Plaintiff
real
Kentucky,
Vs.
estate taxes will be
William Martin
paid from the sale
and
proceeds.
Camellia Martin, (e) In the event the
His Wife
Plaintiff is the purDefendants
chaser of the above
described property
NOTICE OF
for an amount equal
COMMISSIONto, or less than, its
ER'S
first lien, it shall take
SALE
BY VIRTUE OF a credit against said
lien for the amount
an Agreed Order,
of the bid, and no
referring to Master bond
shall
be
Commissioner of
required
of the
the Floyd Circuit
Plaintiff, and it shall
hignest 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 in 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
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,
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
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
only be obligated to and a long chord South 10 degrees of record in Map of the bid, and no November, 2006, in
shal l
be the Floyd C ircuit
pay court costs, the distance of 243.26 41 minutes 42 sec- File No. 234 in the bond
of the Court, in the above
fees and costs of feet to an iron pin onds East, 187.80 Floyd County Court required
Office, Plaintiff, and it shall styled actton, tn the
the
Master (set), said point feet to a point; Clerk's
only be obligated to principal sum of
Commissioner, and being a corner to thence South 01 Kentucky.
any real
estate lsom and Katherine degrees 06 minutes Being the same pay court costs, the $54,918.20, togethtaxes
assessed Poe; thence leaving 42 seconds East, property conveyed fees and costs of er with interest,
Master
Cumberland the
against the real the right of way of 81 .00 feet to a to
costs and fees, I
estate.
Kentucky Route 114 point; thence South Lake Shell, Inc., by Commissioner, and
shall proceed to
any
rea
l
estate
deed
dated
08
degrees
21
minAny
announce- and up the hill with
assessed offer for sale at the
ments made on the
lsom
and ures 42 seconds September 6, 2001, iaxes
Roland against the real Old Floyd County
date of sale take Katherine Pole · line East 129.70 feet to from
Courthouse Door,
point; thence Patrick, single , of estate.
precedence
over North 05 degrees a
announce- South
in
Deed Any
Central
printed matter con- 53 minutes 18 sec- South 57 degrees record
tinued herein.
onds East, 83.23 58 minutes 42 sec- Book 464, Page ments made on A v e n u e ,
Plaintiff's Counsel:
feet to a point; onds East 128.20 602, Floyd County date of sale take Prestonsburg ,
precedence
over
Hon.
Billy
J. thence continuing feet to a point; Clerk's Office.
Kentucky, (behind
printed matter conMoseley
with the lsom and thence South 59 TERMS OF SALE
the
new
Floyd
P.O. Drawer 712
Katherine Poe line degrees 06 minutes (a) At the time of tinued herein.
County
Justice
Pikeville, KY 41502 North 04 degrees 42 seconds East sale, the successful Plaintiff's Cou nsel:
to
the
William S. Kendrick 38 minutes 18 see- 105.00 feet to a bidder, if the other Hon. John S. Gillum Center),
highest
bidder,
at
than
the
Plaintiff,
117
North
Main
M a s t e r onds, East, 179.30 point; thence South
public auction, on
Commissioner
feet to a point; 01 degrees 23 min- shall either pay Street
Thursday, the 15th
P.O. Box 268
thence North 00 utes 18 seconds cash or 10% of pur- P.O. Box 1147
KY day of February,
Prestonsburg, KY
degrees 23 minutes West 163.90 feet to chase price, with Somerset,
balance on 42502
41653
18 seconds East, a point; thence the
2007, at the hour of
107.70 feet to a South 02 degrees credit for thirty (30) William S . Kendrick 9:30 a.m ., the folM a s t e
point; thence North 36 minutes 42 sec- days.
COMMONlowing
described
07 degrees 07 min- onds East, 106.70 (b) The successful Commissioner
WEALTH
real estate, lying in
OF KENTUCKY utes 18 seconds feet to a point; bidder shall be P.O. Box 268
Floyd
County,
East, 152.00 feet to thence South 21 required to execute Prestonsburg, KY
Floyd Circuit
Kentucky, and more
a
point;
thence degrees 41 minutes a bond with good 41653
Court
particu l ar ly
North 17 degrees 42 seconds East surety thereon for
Division II
described as folCOMMON49 minutes 18 sec- 103.00 feet to a the unpaid purC.A. No. 06-CI- onds East, 83.70 to point; thence South chase price of said
lows:
WEALTH
317
a
point; thence 07 degrees 59 min- property, if any,
OF KENTUCKY That certain tract or\
Cumberland
North 15 degrees utes 05 seconds bearing interest at
parcel of land , lying\
Floyd Circuit
and being on t he
Lake Shell, Inc. 25 minutes 18 sec- East 88.26 feet to the rate of twelve
Court
onds East, 183.20 an iron pin (set), percent (12%) per
waters of the Big\
Plaintiff
Division
I
annum,
from
the
Sandy
River at
feet to a point; said point being a
Vs.
C.A. No. 06-CIAuxier,
Floyd
Robert Stumbo thence North 03 corner to Lewis date of sale until
00744
thence paid, having the
County, Kentucky,
degrees 36 minutes Dotson;
and Any
18 seconds East, leaving the line of force and effect of a HSBC Mortgage and being the same
Unknown
Services, Inc.
property conveyed
127.40 feet to a John W. and Carol Judgment.
Spouse of
to
the
First
Assignee of
point: thence North J. Marsillett and (c) The property
Robert Stumbo 19 degrees 33 min- with the Lewis shall be sold subject Choice Capital
Commonwealth
Defendants
Bank
of
utes 18 seconds Dotson line down to any easements
Funding, Inc.
NOTICE OF
Prestonsburg, Inc.,
East, 143.10 feet to the hill South 48 and restrictions of
Plaintiff
Presto n sb u rg,
a point; thence degrees 43 minutes record in the Floyd
COMMISSIONVs.
Clerk's
Kentucky,
by
North 55 degrees 5 1 seconds West County
ER'S
Bill
Justice;
The
M a s
e r
23 minutes 18 sec- 333.71 feet to an Office, and such
SALE
Unknown
Commissioners \
BY VIRTUE OF a onds East, 113.80 iron pin (set), 10 right of redemption
Spouse,
if any,
as
may
exist
in
Deed, by and thru
feet
East
of
the
feet to a point;
Default Judgment
of Bill Justice;
Marshall Davidson
thence North 49 Northeast corner of favor of the United
and Order of Sale,
The Unknown
as
Master
degrees 13 minutes the existing store States of America
referring to Master 18 seconds East, building;
thence and/or the record OccupantsfTena Commissioner
of
Commissioner of
Floyd
County,
157.00 feet to a continuing with the owners thereof, purnts, if any,
the Floyd Circuit
Kentucky,
dated
point on top of the line of Lewis Dotson suant to 28 U.S.C.
of 130 Ward
or
KRS
Court, entered on
ridge, said point South 48 degrees 2410
Avenue, Auxier, December 9, 1983,
being a corner to 43 minutes 51 sec- 426.530.
the 28th day of
Kentucky 41602; and of record in the
office of the Floyd
John W. and Carol onds West, 30.10 (d) T he purchaser
September, 2007,
Larry D. Jarvis; County Clerk in
in the Floyd Circuit J. Marsillett; thence feet to an iron pin shall be required to
and
Deed Book 281, at
Court, in the above leaving the line of (set), 10 feet East of assume and pay all Commonwealth
County,
page 364, being
lsom and Katherine the southeast cor- Floyd
styled action, in the
of Kentucky,
more
particularly
Poe and with the ner of the existing Kentucky, real propprincipal sum of
County of
building; erty taxes for the
described as folline of John W. and store
$154,284.09,
lows:
Carol J. Marsillett thence South 48 year 2007, and all
Floyd, By and
together with inter- down the
ridge degrees 43 minutes subsequent years
Beginning
at
a
On Behalf of
est, costs and fees, South 46 degrees 51 seconds West, which are not yet
stake in the fence
Secretary of
I shall proceed to
line
at
the
16 minutes 42 sec- 50.51 feet to the due and payable.
Finance and
Intersection of the
offer for sale at the onds East, 195.90 point of beginning Any and all delinAdministration
feet to a point; and
containing quent Floyd County,
street and the alley;
Old Floyd County
Defendants
real
thence leaving the
thence continuing 949,948.29 square Kentucky,
Courthouse Door,
NOTICE OF
street and crossing
with the line of John feet or 21.8032 estate taxes will be
South Central
COMMISSIONthe bottom with the
W. and Carol J. acres as deter- paid from the sale
Avenue,
ER'S SALE
fence line and the
Marsillett down the mined by survey. proceeds.
Prestonsburg,
ridge
South
33 Being all of Tract (e) In the event the BY VIRTUE OF a alley N 27-41'"' E
Kentucky, (behind
degrees 01 minutes No. 2 and Tract No. Plaintiff is the pur- Default Judgment 188.02 feet to a
the new Floyd
42 seconds East 3, part of Tract 1 chaser of the above and Order of Sale, stake on the south
County Justice
138.60 feet to a and part of Tract 55 described property referring to Master bank of the Big
Center), to the
point; thence South and part of Tract 56 for an amount equal Commissioner
River;
of Sandy
the
Parker to, or less than, its
32 degrees 06 min- of
highest bidder, at
the Floyd C ircu it thence running up
and first lien, it shall take
the river S 64-40 E
utes 42 seconds Subd ivision
public auction , on
a credit against said Court, entered on 97.90 feet to a
more
particularly
East
145.30
feet
to
Thursday, the 15th
a point; thence described in the plat lien for the amount the 14th day of stake, a corner to
day of February,
2007, at the hour of
9:00a.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 1.14
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 follows:
Beginning at an iron
pin (set), in the
existing right of way
of Kentucky Route
said
point
114,
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
needed. Your contribution will help the victims of the
Victims of the recent hurricane need help immediately.
Kentucky Route 114
along an arc to the
recent hurricane and thousands of other disasters
The American Red Cross is on the scene-providing
left having a radius
across the country each year.
shelter, food and counseling. But your help is urgently
of 954.93 feet, a
chord bearing of
North 52 degrees
Make a financial contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund.
07 minutes 03 secPlease contact the Red Cross at
onds West and a
long chord distance
of 557.88 feet to a
point, said point
being 60 feet left of
redcross.org
Kentucky Route 114
centerline station
4374+53.35; thence
continuing along an
arc to the left having a radius of
Amerlc:an Red Cron
954.93 feet, a chord
T~ ""arn SDI't o life
bearing of North 73
degrees 29 minutes
20 seconds West,
1-800-HELP NOW
+
�WEDNESDAY, FEBUAAAY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Lot No. 1 ; thenc{ ~
leaving the rive r
and crossing th• e
bottom and wit h
the west line of L< )t
No. 1 S 28-17 \N
193-40 feet to a
stake on the north
line of the streE ~t;
thence leaving L ot
No. 1 and with tt 1e
• north line of tt 1e
street N 61-30 W
95.70 feet to tl1e
point of the beg fnning,
containi1 ng
0.42 acres more or
less, and being the
western one-half of
Lot No. 1 as ori•ginally layed out.
And
being
1che
same land c' onveyed to Anthc :>ny
W.
Bryant 1 1nd
Selena Bryant, his
wife, by deed f1 ·om
William
HEmry
Jarvis, deed dated
6th day of M< :trch
ltJ 1998, of record in
Deed Book • ~ 16,
Page 567, records
of the Floyd Cc 1unty
Court
Cl< erk's
Office.
Being the :: ;ame
property acq1 Jired
by Bill Justice, from
Anthony W. Br yant
and Selena Br ;ant,
husband and wife,
by deed r:Jated
September
15,
2005, of record in
Deed Book 517,
Page 156, in the
" office of the Clerk
of Floyd C :ounty,
Kentucky.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time 1of sale,
the succes~ ;ful bidder, if the 1 other
than the F)laintiff,
shall eithE H pay
cash or 10°/ 0 of purchase pric :e, with
the balar 1ce on
credit for t~ 1irty (30)
days.
(b) The SL ICCessful
bidder sl ,1all be
required tc' execute
a bond Vv rith good
surety thE ~reon for
• the unp: 3.id purchase pric ~e of said
property,
if any,
bearing i nterest at
the rate of twelve
percent 1:12%) per
annum from the
date of sale until
paid, h: 3.Ving the
force an d effect of
a Judgm ,ent.
(c) The 1 property
shall be sold subject to any easements <md restrictions of ' record in
the Flo yd County
Clerk's Office, and
~ such
right
of
redemp 1tion as may
exist in favor of the
United States of
Americ a and/or the
record
owners
thereof , pursuant to
28 u.~ >.C. 241 o or
KRS 4 26.530.
(d) Th ,e purchaser
shall t 1e required to
assurr 1e and pay all
Floyd
County,
KentL 1cky,
real
prope rty taxes for
the yt ~ar 2007, and
a ll
subsequent
years yvhich 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. William H.B.
Rich
Clunk, Paisley &
Associates
130 North Hamilton
Street
Suite 101 B
Georgetown, KY
40324
WilliamS. Kendrick
M a s t e r
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
PUBLIC
NOTICE
Pursuant to KRS
231 .040, application for a permit to
operate a place of
entertainment, has
been made by
Ricky D. Bingham.
The name of the
proposed business
of entertainment is
R & S Amusement.
The nature of the
business will be
video
games.
Pursuant to KRS
231.070, the Floyd
County
Attorney
shall
investigate
whether the applicant lacks good
moral character, or
whether the applicant will obey the
laws
of
the
Commonwealth in
the operation of the
business,
or
whether the applicant, within the last
two (2) years prior
to the date of filing
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
latj:lr than February
15, 2007, in writing,
allegations
that
show cause as to
why the application
shall not be granted. Said written
information shall be
7. 2007 • A15
above-styled action
to the Unknown
Spouse of Mary
Collins
of
the'
nature and pendency
of
this
action.
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 County
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
IS C»UR
LEGAL NOTICE
Lisa
Stumbo,
Attorney at Law,
.112 West Court
Street, Suite 100,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky,
has
been
appointed
Warning
Order
Attorney by the
Floyd Circuit Court,
to
notify
the
Unknown Spouse
of
Linda
G.
Johnson of the
nature and pendency of a certain
lawsuit, filed on or
about January 25,
2007, in which the
above were named
as
Defendants.
Said suit has been
filed in Division
Number 1, of the
Floyd Circuit Court,
and is represented
by Civil Action No.
06-CI-00981. The
basis of the suit is a
Complaint
for
Default against the
Defendants
for
mortgage on property, located on
Mare Creek of the
Big Sandy River,
Floyd
County,
Kentucky.
The
Unknown
Spouse of Linda G.
Johnson shall have
fifty (50) days from
the date of the
Warning Order to
file an Answer with
the Floyd Circuit
Court Clerk, if he
desires to do so. If
he does not appear
in the suit and
defend
it,
a
Judgment will be
entered at the discretion of the court.
Anyone
having
information
concerning
the
Unknown Spouse
of
Linda
G.
Johnson,
please
contact Han. Lisa
Stumbo at (606)
886-1020.
Lisa Stumbo
C.V. Reynolds Law
Offices, PS.C.
112 West Court
Street
Suite 100
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
LEGAL NOTICE
Civil Action
No. 06-CI-1 095·
THE PUBLIC IS
HEREBY
NOTIFIED THAT AN
ACTION
HAS
BEEN FILED BY
CitiMortgage, Inc.,
dba CitiFinancial
Mortgage
Company, Inc., in
the Floyd Circuit
Court, Civil Action
No. 106-CI-1 095,
against
Mary
Collins,
her
unknown spouse,
consorts, cohorts,
assigns,
heirs,
devisees, legatees
or anyone else
through them, all
other persons or
parties who may
have an interest in
the property that is
in question in this
case, or parties
who may be claiming or may have an
interest in and to
the subject real
property, located at
Wayland, Kentucky
41666.
I, Nathan Collins,
Box
240,
P.O.
Lackey, Kentucky
41643, being a
duly licensed and
practicing attorney
of the Knott Circuit
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SECTION
Sports Editor
Steve LeMaster
Pirone: (606) 886-8506
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INSIDE·
INSIDESPORTS
UK Basketball • 84
Lifestyles • BS
Classifieds • A section
source for local and regional sports news"
Email: sports@floydcountytimes.com
• Lady Bears • page B3
II Grady Wallace • page B3
II Cheer rules • page B4
"The a~
....,
Libero allowed to serve in high school volleyball
'
'TIMES STAFF REPORT
INDIANAPOLIS - The libero - a backrow, defensive specialist in volleyball - will
now be able to serve in one position in the serving order in high school volleyball, effective
with the 2007-08 season.
This was one of several changes made by the
National Federation of State High School
Associations (NFHS) Volleyball Rules
Committee at its January 7-8 meeting in
Indianapolis. The rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of
Directors.
Twenty-one states received permission to
experiment with the libero serving this season,
which was the first year for the full use of the
libero in high school volleyball.
"This change creates an additional avenue
for the libero to participate fully while in the
back row," said Becky Oakes, NFHS assistant
director and liaison to the Volleyball Rules
Committee. "The team may now receive full
benefit of the libero being a defensive specialist
by no longer requiring the player to sit out
while another player serves. Many times, the
libero is one of the better servers on the team, so
this should enhance overall play."
Several other rules related to the libero were
altered. The penalty for an illegal libero
replacement found in the game will now be an
alignment infraction rather than unnecessary
delay. In Rule 8-1-5, a libero replacement shall
not take place during a re-serve. In Rule 10-4,
(See'VOLLEYBALL, page two)
Kinzer team
set for
Raceweeks
2007
Rebels
tum back
0neida
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - Allen Central
improved to 15-5 overall on
Saturday night following a 73-61
win over visiting Oneida Baptist.
1'he Rebels were on the losing
end of a 20-18 score at the end of
tlle first quarter, but managed to
ltt\tle back and beat the
M,ountaineers (9-12).
"Oneida (Baptist) an athletic
team, better than what their
record reflects," said Allen
Central Coach Johnny Martin. "It
was a definitely a good win for
us. We played well."
Ryan Collins led Allen
Central with a game-high 24
points. Collins was one of three
Allen Central players to reach
(See REBELS, page two)
ltady Eagles
ltoo much
l~or
"
photos by:Jarnie Hbwelf
Prestonsburg senior Chayse Martin (30) eyed a shot during Saturday's home game against Morgan County.
Martir. had 15 points for the Blackcats.
Blackcats beat Morgan
for second straight win
by STEVE LeMASTER
IUS
SPORTS EDITOR
PIPPA PASSES- Each starter
for the Alice Lloyd College
~.!i.•men's basketball team had 11
)l"J more points as the Lady
Ba,gles
defeated
Indiana
University Southeast 72-59 on
Saturday at the Grady Nutt
A.tbtletic Center.
'Whitney Lykens and Kaylan
Ric,hardson led Alice Lloyd with
14 points apiece. The starting
five accounted for all but eight of
Alice Lloyd's points.
B'<ecky Thomas tossed in 13
points and Elisha Hall added 12
for the Lady Eagles. Chasity Fox
was also in double figures for
Al-ice Lloyd. Fox scored 11
PRESTONSBURG -The Prestonsburg
Blackcats won their second straight game
and fourth in five tries Saturday night at the
Fieldhouse. Prestonsburg defeated Morgan
County 60-53 for its latest win. The
Blackcats improved to 8-11 with the win
over the Cougars.
Prestonsburg shook off a slow start en
route to the win. Morgan County outscored
the Blackcats 20-12 in the opening quarter.
At halftime, Morgan County owned a 28-26
lead.
The Cougars, however, couldn't keep up
their high intensity after the initial quarter.
Senior center Trevor Patton paced
Prestonsburg with a team-high 16 points.
Patton was one of three Prestonsburg players with a dozen or more points. Chayse
Martin scored 15 points and Bobby Hughes
added 12 for the Blackcats. Jordan Hall and
Mason Vance aided the Prestonsburg scoring effort with six points apiece.
(See ALC, page two)
(See BLACKCATS, page two)
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
B~ears
WILLIAMSBURG- The
Pikevi lie College men's baske:tballl team dug themselves a
huge hole, trailing by 31 at
';l.alftim.e and never getting on
argainst the University of
Cumberlands Patriots,
ro.lled to the 93-56 MidS th l':::onference win at the
Rc llins Center on Saturday.
How
bad
was
it?
Cdmbeb·lands had two players,
Samuel Brown (15) and
Darnell Howell (14), in double~figu res before the end of
the~st half. Pikeville looked
leth· gic on the glass, as well,
getti g out-rebounded 18-6
befo the break. By the end
of the ha If, the Pats held a 522llead.
The Bears would have to
overcome their largest halftime deficit of the season.
While the Bears scored five
unanswered points to open the
second half, the Patriots
would not allow a miracle
comeback on their home floor.
The game's signature
moment came with 15:26 to
play, when UC's Chad Byron
let fly a three, only to have it
hit the front iron. But 6- I forward Ryan Williams was there
for the one-handed slam on
the rebound.
The SportsCenter-worthy
highlight gave the Pats a 35point lead and ignited the
Rollins Rowdies, who went
berserk at the sight, which
seemed to seal the deal for
UC. The body language of the
(See KINZER, page two)
PHS Cheer
Clinic set
for Feb. 17
by JAMIE HOWELL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Junior guard Bobby Hughes looked to make a pass over the Morgan
County defense. Hughes added 12 points for the Blackcats.
Prestonsburg senior center Trevor Patton (not pictured) led the
Blackcats with 16 points.
Bears said it all: it's only a
matter of time.
"We weren't ready to
play," commented Coach
Kelly Wells after t.he game.
"We laid down."
The Bears looked like a
completely different team
from the one that defeated No.
17 Lindsey Wilson on
Thursday. They were outrebounded 26-18; they had 6
assists to the Pats' 13; and
they had 18 turnovers.
Pikeville also got little production out of the guys that
caused so many fits for
Lindsey Wilson just two days
earlier. Sophomore Bo Harris
(Winchester) led the Bears
with 23 points, but only had
(See BEARS, page two)
PRESTONSBURG
- The
2007 Prestonsburg High School
(PHS) Varsity Cheer Clinic will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 17
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the PHS
Fieldhouse.
Children
ages
Preschool through Sixth Grade
levels are invited to attend.
Those who plan to attend arc
encouraged to pre-register before
Monday Feb. 12 in order to guarantee a t-shirt on the day of the
clinic. Cost for the clinic is $25
per child and $20 for siblings.
The 2007 PHS cheerleading
squad will be acquiring sponsorships from the community once
again for the clinic T-shirts. All
(See CLINIC, page three)
IU Southeast
edges Eagles
no match for Patriots
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ALLEN - One local raceteam
is gearing up for a return to the
track.
After a month off since their
opening event of 2007 at the 'Ice
Bowl' back in early-January,
Brandon Kinzer and the Kinzer
Motorsports team are readying
their equipment for ' Raceweeks
2007' at the Volusia Speedway
Park in Barberville, Fla. The
Daytona Beach area oval will
host six nights of D irt Late
Model racing action Feb. 12-17.
Three $5,000-to-win shows and a
trio of $1 0,000-to-win events
will highlight the week at VSP.
Both UMP Dirtcar Racing and
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo courtesy of U. of the Cumberlands
The University of Cumberlands
men's team didn't have any trouble turning back Pikeville.
PIPPA PASSES - Nick
Stephens hit a shot with 2.9
seconds remaining to lift
the host Indiana University
Southeast Grenadiers to a
91-89 KIAC (Kentucky
Intercollegiate
Athletic
Conferenc ) victory over
host Alice Lloyd College
on Saturday afternoon. IU
Southeast (19-8, 4-2 KTAC)
was led by Brandon Richie
and Craig Bryant. Both
players scored 23 points
apiece. Stephens added 17
points for the Grenadiers.
IU Southeast hit 16-of-
31 three-point field goal
attempts. The Grenadiers
led Alice Lloyd 40-37 at
halftime.
Center Rodney Mitchell
led Alice Lloyd with a
team-high 21 points.
All five Alice Lloyd
starters reached double figures in the scoring column.
Corey Hairston had 18
points and William Dillard
dumped in 15 for the
Eagles. Daniel Day, a freshman from Leslie County.
added 13 points for Alice
Lloyd.
Senior
Shawn
Newsome. a Floyd County
native, added 12 pomts as
Alice Lloyd fell short.
�82 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Volleyball
• Continued from p1
the libcro replacement shall be completed prior to the whistle and signal
for serve, and the libcro can be
replaced once a time-out i<> completed and all players have returned to the
court.
Three changes were made in Rule
4 regarding player equipment and
uniforms. A penalty was revised in
Rule 4-1-6 to ensure that jewelry is
not worn in warm-ups and competition to minimize the risk of injury.
Regarding uniforms, bare midriff
tops will be prohibited and the uniform top shall be tucked in or hang
below the waistband of the uniform
bottom.
A change to Rule 4-2-4c will per-
mit more than one color to be used in
the trim surrounding the uniform
number. A uniform will be in comphance with the rules if either the l:nlor
of the trim completely surrounding
the number or the number itself is in
~harp contra<;t to the uniform top. The
number may now be made clearly
visible by the trim and/or the body of
the number.
Regarding officials uniforms, the
state association adoption to modify
officials uniforms will be deleted
from the body of the rules, cffcl:tivc
with the 2009-10 season. Uni fnrm
requirements m Rule 5-2-1 consist of
a white-collared polo shirt, black
slacks, black shoes and sol:ks.
"The state adoption was previously included because the uniform wa<>
in transition from the stnpcd shirt,
which is no longer prominent,"
Oakes said. " To provide for consistency in appearance fi.lr all officials,
the state assocwtion adoptions will be
removed from the rules."
In Rule 7, the method of submitting the lineup will be changed next
year. The previous policy of submitting the lineup using a player lloor
position method will be replaced by
listmg the uniforn1 numbers of the
starting players in proper serving
order.
"Scorers sometimes have a difficult time accurately transferring the
order or the lmcups to the scorcshcct
when the starters arc li~ted in lloor
position, especially for the receiving
team," Oakes said. '"By listing numbers in serving order, the lineup coincides with the scoresheet and will
minimize problems tran~fcrnng the
lineup to the scoresheet."
Regarding back-row play. a
change in Rule 9-5 4 makes it illegal
when a back-row player, on or in
front of the attack line, contacts the
ball completely above the height of
the net and completes an allack.
In other changes, Official Signal
No. 17 was changed to extend the
arm in the direction of the team that
will serve. There is no longer a need
to signal point with rally scoring in
high school volleyball, since each
rally ends in a pmnt. In Rule 1-8, the
committee claritied when music and
sound effects may be used and prohibit~ the usc of artificial noisemakers at all ttmcs.
According to the 2005-06 High
School
Athletics
Participation
Survey, volleyball 1s the thtrd-most
popular sport for girl<. at the high
school level with 390,034 participants. In terms of the number of
schools, volleyball ranks fourth for
girls behind basketball, outdoor track
and fast-pitch softball. In addition
42,X78 boyc; participate in voJJeyball
at I, 726 schools.
Blackcats
• Continued 1rom p1
The
Blackcats
hadn't
played in eight days. After
Friday night's home district
game against South Floyd was
postponed due to inclement
weather, Prestonsburg had to
wait another day to return to
the hardwood in a regular-season matchup.
Prestonsburg went ahead in
, the third quarter, outscoring
the Cougars 17-10. The
Blackcats built on a 43-38 lead
at the end of the third quarter,
pulling away from Morgan
County in the final frame.
Patton was a big presence
for the Blackcats - especially
in the last two quarters. The
Prestonsburg center tossed in
12 of his team-high 16 points
in the second half.
Patton put Prestonsburg
ahead 35-33 in the second
quarter when he scored on a
layup.
"Trevor played a great
game,'' said Prestonsburg
Coach Jackie Day Crisp. "It
was a good win for us after the
layoff that we had."
Brandon Ferguson' paced
Morgan County with a game
high
23
points.
Wes
Montgomery joined Ferguson
in double ligures for the
Cougars , finishing with II
points.
The Blackcats held .\1organ
County standout K,nlin Haney
to just eight points. Derek
Young added s1x points for the
Cougar~ .
Morgan County, which
dropped to 5-12 after the loss,
hit a trw of three-point field
goals and fini~.;hcd 10-for-16
from the free throw line.
Pre<;tonsburg
which
improved to 8-1 I with the win
over Morgan County - was
back in action Tuesday night
on the road at Allen Central.
Results from the PrestonsburgAllen Central game were
unavailable at press time.
Prestonsburg 60,
Morgan County 53
Morgan County (5-12) - Lopez 2,
Henderson 3, Ferguson 23, Young 6,
Haney 8, Montgomery 11
Prestonsburg (8-11) - Hall 6, Hughes
12, Patton 16, Stephens 4, Mart1n 15,
Vance 6, Clark 1
Morgan County.••••.20 8 10 15-53
Prestonsburg..•.•....,12 14 17 17-60
Kinzer
• Continued from p1
the 360 OTC World of
Outlawo.; Late Model Series
will sanction events during the
week at the Volusia track.
The Kinzer team started the
2007 season on a down note in
the 'Ice Bowl' event, getting
caught up in an accident during the first lap of the fifth heat
race.
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during qualifying
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annual Ice Bowl. The effort
gave Kinzer the inside second
row starting spot in the heat
race.
Dr.
Ear,
ark Veronneau
ose & Throat Specialist
ALC
• Continued from p1
points, pulled down six
rebounds and dished off a
game-high five assists for the
Lady Eagles.
Taran Cody entered the
game in off of the ALC bench
and added eight points and a
game-high 12 rebounds.
The Lady Eagles forced IU
Southeast into committing 20
turnovers.
Alice
Lloyd
led
IU
Southea:.t 33-29
halftime.
The Lady Eagles finished the
game 25-for-56 from the free
throw line.
Tiffam Slaughter paced IU
Southeast with a double-double effort of 23 points and 11
rebounds.
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two rebounds. Senior Will
Holloman (Jacksonville, Fla.)
had 13 points and three assists
in the loss.
The Patriots (14-8 , 2-3 in
the MSC) were led by 22
points from Howell and 17
points from Brown. The
University of the Cumberlands
also played nine different players, seven of which scored.
The loss, while devastating,
was not the worst of the season: Mountain State University
beat the Bears by 38 points
back m November.
Pikevi lie dropped to 11-13
overall and 2-3 in the conference. The Bears were back in
action Tuesday night on the
road at Bresda University.
Results from the PikevilleBrescia men's basketball game
were unavailable at press time.
Rebels
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double figures . Josh Martin
followed with 18 points for the
Rebels. Junior guard Alex
Hammonds had 10 points for
host Allen Central.
The win was Allen Central's
second straight and its sixth in
the last seven outings.
After trailing at the conclusion of the opening quarter,
Allen Central went out in front
and led Oneida Baptist 38-32
at halftime. The Rebels pulled
away in the third quarter,
outscoring Oneida Baptist 2619.
Tyler Slone netted eight
points and Josh Prater chipped
in six for the Rebels. Farley
Joseph rounded out the Allen
Central scoring with four
points.
Allen Central was scheduled to travel to Betsy Layne
Friday night for a Floyd
County
Conference/58th
District matchup against the
rival Bobcats as part of a boysgirls doubleheader. Winter
weather forced the postponement of the Allen CentralBetsy Layne games.
Allen Central was bal:k in
action Tuesday night at home
agai'nst Prestonsburg. The
Allen Central-Prestonsburg
game ended too late to make
this edititm.
Allen Central 73,
Oneida Baptist 61
ONEIDA BAPTIST (9-12) - Arthur 7,
Moss 15, Smith 16, Somowou 12,
Sayeh 4, Brown 7.
ALLEN CENTRAL (15-5) - Martin 18,
Collins 24, Slone 8. Hammonds 10.
Prater 6, Joseph 4, Robinson 3
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7, 2007 • 83
.No. 8 Cumberlands rolls past Lady Bears
WILLIAMSBURG - For
the Pikeville College women's
basketball team, the MSC
should probably sl:alld for Most• Strenuous Conference.
The Lady Bears' struggles
continued Saturday afternoon,
·as they fell to the Lady Patriot<;
of the University of the
Cumberlands 83-69 at the
Rollins Center. With the loss,
the Lady Bears remain winless
in the Mid-South Conference,
now 0-5 (8-17 overall).
The Lady Patriots, who
.entered the game ranked eighth
in the latest NAJA national poll,
improve to 4-1 in the MSC and
21-3 overall. The win also
moved UC into sole possession
of first place in the Mid-South
Conference.
•
The Lady Patriots took control of the game early, winning
the opening tip and taking a
quick lead on a layup from
Becky Summer. As. it turned out,
UC would hold that lead for the
duration of the game.
The Lady Bears cut the lead
to 27-25, but an 8-0 run - during
~hich freshman Amber Neace
~cored all of her team's pointsj)ropelled the Lady Patriots to a
-;35-25 lead, en route to a 43-30
fidvantage at halftime.
But Pikeville senior Tonya
cAmburgey (Pinetop) managed
• o get her team back into the
~arne, scoring six points in the
first six minutes of the second
half. That cut the Lady PatJ.iot
lead to 46-41 , but the Lady
Bears would manage to get no
closer.
The Lady Pats used a 19-11
run over the next seven minutes,
capped off by a three from
Shannon Antunez, which gave
UC some breathing room and a
10-point lead. The home team
would lead by as many as 16
before rolling to the 83-69 win.
"We had a tough time stopping them on offense," said
Pikeville head coach Bill
Watson. ''The fact that they had
13 more assists than us is evidence of that. They're a good
team, and we just couldn't
match up with them."
Not only did the Lady
Patriots pick up 20 assists to the
Bears' seven, but the Lady
Bears were also out-rebounded
19-38 (2-13 on the offensive
glass).
"They're the best rebounding
team in the conference," added
Watson. "I think that was the
difference."
Amburgey led the Lady
Bears with 24 points and a
team-high
four
assists.
Sophomore Camille Cook
(Whitesburg) also provided a
career-high 20 points in the loss.
The well-balanced UC attack
saw four players in double-figures and four with at least three
assists. Summer put up a double-double, scoring a game-high
27 points and bringing down a
game-high
11
rebounds.
Jennifer Nagy threw in 19
points, Amber Neace pitched in
13 points, and scrappy point
guard Lissi Fuller contributed
10 points, five boards, and five
assists.
The loss was the second
straight for the Lady Bears and
the fifth in their last seven
games. The Lady Patriots,
meanwhile, ran their current
win streak to four straight
games.
The Lady Bears will look to
get back on track on Saturday,
Feb. 10) when they welcome
West
Virginia
UnivefSlty
Institute of Technology for a
Mid-South Conference rematch.
That game, part of a
men's/women's conference doubleheader, will begin at 2 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
7, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
New spirit rules changes address risk minimization
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
INDIANAPOLIS - In its
ongoing focus on minimizing
risk of injury of high school
spirit participants, the National
Federation of State High
School Associations (NFHS)
Spirit Rules Committee adopted several rules changes during the group's annual meeting
January 8-9 in Indianapolis.
The six rules changes made
by the Spirit Rules Committee
subsequently were approved
by the NFHS Board of
Directors.
Rule 2-1-7 was modified to
clarify th~t spring-assisted
floors, mini-trampolines and
other height-increasing apparatuses are not permitted during
performances or competitions.
"Spring floors are designed
to assist a performer in tumbling skills," said Susan
Loomis, liaison to the NFHS
Committee.
Spirit Rules
"Therefore, they can give a
false sense of security to athletes who are not performanceready, potentially resulting in
additional risks."
In addition to gaining popularity as a practice device,
spring-assisted floors have
drawn more attention because
of their increasingly common
use in "all-star" events that are
not school-sponsored or do not
include high school cheer
teams.
"Spring floors are typically
associated with high-level
tumbling skills such as double
full twisting layouts, which are
prohibited for high school
spirit teams," Loomis said.
"The standard of care for
school cheerleading performance surfaces is generally
accepted as the non-spring
floor."
The committee's other
KCC holds off Leslie
TIMES STAFF REPORT
HYDEN - The Knott
County Central Patriots won
for the second time in three
games Saturday night, beating
Knott County Central 46-41.
Stuart Stamper led the Scott
Mosley-coached Knott County
Central squad with a team-best
14 points. Stamper was the
only Knott County Central
player to reach double figures.
Jarrod Amburgey scored nine
points and Matt Everage added
seven for the Patriots.
Leslie County went out in
front and led 14-12 at the end
of the first quarter. Knott
County Central managed to
battle back and led the Eagles
24-19 at halftime.
The Patriots held on late,
outscoring Leslie County 8-5
in the fourth quarter.
Ryan Howard led Leslie
County with a game-high 15
points. Brian Hubbard followed with 11 points for the
host Eagles.
major modification addressed
the expanding capacity of
bracers. The group established
two new exceptions to Rule 28-3, which states that " in
braced partner stunts/pyramids, at least one bracer of
each pair must be at shoulder
height or below."
The first exception allows
three different extended stunts
- chairs, multi-base deadman
lifts and multi-base straddle
lifts - to brace any additional
extended stunt. The committee
determined this addendum did
not "present an unreasonable
risk to participants."
"Certain extended stunts
are very stable and therefore
acceptable to brace other
extended stunts," Loomis said.
The second exception
states that extensions may
brace chairs, multi-base deadman lifts and multi-base strad-
Knott Co_unty Central
improved to 8-10 while Leslie
County dropped to 8-15.
dle lifts and other extensions,
aside from totem poles.
Another
rule
change
addressing
extensions
involves Rule 2-5-2, which
now states that the "bases of
extended stunts must have
both feet in direct weight-bearing contact with the performing surface."
Rule 2-1-4 is, also new and
risk-management related. The
rule specifies that props,
incl uding signs that are made
of solid material or have corners or sharp edges, must be
tossed or placed gently when
discarded.
An additional condition,
(c), was added to Rule 2-9-1,
which regulates the conditions
that a forward suspended roll
must meet to be legal. Now,
suspended rolls are allowed if
"in multi-based stunts, the
flyer maintains continuous
hand-to-hand/arm contact with
two posts."
Tosses were also addressed
by the committee, which
amended Rule 2-10-4, adding •
letter (a) to state that flyers
"must not hold objects in
her/his hands." The only
exception involves "load-in
tosses," which the committee
previously called "tosses into
partner stunts" or "toss to
hands," etc.
Competitive spirit squads
rank ninth in popularity in the
2005-06 NFHS High School
Athletics Participation Survey,
with 98,570 girls participating
last year. It ranks lOth for girls
in school sponsorship, with
3,914 schools offering spirit,
which includes dance, drill
and porn squads, in addition to 41
cheerleading. An additional
2,366 boys in 488 schools are
involved in spirit programs.
GOVERNMENT FORECLOSURE SALE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
AT THE SITE OF THE BELOW DESCRIBED PROPERTY
HOUSE AND LOT LOCATED AT
RT 404, DAVID, KY 41616 IN FLOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Knott County Central46,
Leslie Co. 41
KNOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (8-10) Mosley 5, Stamper 14, Lindon 6, Huff 2,
Bartrum 3, Amburgey 9, Everage 7.
LESLIE COUNTY (8-15)- Howard 15,
Hubbard 11, Roberts 5, Browning 3,
Poloni 4, Hacker 1, Morgan 2.
Knott Co. Central....12 12 14 8-46
Leslie County.......... 14 517 5-41
This is a ranch style home on public water and public sewer. It is well located in a quite neighborhood. It cons1sts of a living room, kitchen, 3
bedrooms, 1 bath and laundry room. This property is considered suitable for the Rural Development, Rural Housing Program. This would be
an excellent buy for an investor interested in rental property or for resale after repairs.
Virginia Tech outlasts Morehead
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BLACKSBURG, Va.
JuniorTarah Combs and senior
LaKrisha Brown each had 13
points, but host Virginia Tech
got 28 points from senior
guard Kirby Copeland to lead
her team past the Morehead
State University women's basketball team, 77-64, Saturday
at Casse11 Coliseum.
Copeland had 16 in the first
half and added 12 in the final
half as the Hokies were able to
pull away after MSU trailed
just 43-35 at the half.
Morehead State fell to 12-11
overall, while VT moved to
15-9.
The Eagles shot 44 percent
for the game (24-of-54), but
the Eagles were outscored 207 at the free throw line. Anitha
Smith-Williams added 11 for
the Eagles, while Jessie Plante
led the Eagles with five assists.
Also, Morehead State was able
to take advantage of a Holde
defense that ranks last in the
t .
Kentucky 82, Arkansas 74
by NOAH TRISTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
Ramel Bradley scored 22 of
his 24 points in the second
half, and Kentucky rallied
from a 14-point deficit to beat
Arkansas 82-74 Saturday.
The Wildcats have now won
seven straight in the series.
They came from 18 down last
season to beat the Razorbacks.
Arkansas led 45-31 in the
second half and 49-41 after
Sonny Weems finished a fast
break with a thunderous twohanded dunk. But Kentucky
(17-5,
6-2
Southeastern
Conference) was relentless,
consistently beating Arkansas
( 14-8, 3-5) to rebounds and
loose balls.
The Wildcats took a 54-53
lead on Jodie Meeks' transition
layup after Randolph Morris
blocked a shot. They eventually pushed the lead to eight at
63-55.
The Razorbacks scored the
next five points, but Bradley
answered with a 3-pointer and
Meeks stole a pass and went
for a one-handed dunk to make
it 68-60 with 3:12 remaining.
The Wildcats didn't flinch
down the stretch, and Bradley
dribbled out the final few seconds. He then taunted the
Arkansas fans by holding his
hands up behind his ears as if
straining to hear them.
Freshman Patrick Beverley
led the Razorbacks with 25
points.
Bradley's 24 points were a
career high, and he added six
rebounds and five assists.
Meeks finished with 15 points,
and Moms added 14.
Weems scored 14 for
Arkansas, and Steven Hill and
freshman Stefan Welsh had 13
each. Gary Ervin had six
assists for the Razorbacks but
was held scoreless. Darian
Townes· had nine points and 10
rebounds.
Arkansas shot 54 percent
from the field, but Kentucky
shot 53 percent. The Wildcats
had 11 offensive rebounds,
nine in the second half.
The Razorbacks have struggled with turnovers all season,
and this game was no exception. They finished with 19.
Arkansas forward Charles
Thomas, who is averaging
11.9 points, sat out with a
strained right shoulder.
Arkansas had trouble with
Kentucky's press early and
looked stagnant against a zone
defense. At one point, the
Razorbacks became so bogged
down Hill had to try his first
career 3-point attempt with the
shot clock running down. The
7-footer missed, and Joe
Crawford dunked at the other
end to put Kentucky ahead 2115.
But Arkansas went on a 172 run over a span of about tive
minutes, taking a 35-28 lead
on Welsh's 3-pointer with 1:02
remaining.
The Razorbacks led 35-30
at the half, then Hill scored the
first two baskets of the second.
His alley-oop dunk from Ervin
made it 39-30.
Kentucky has won 33 of its
last 35 against the SEC West,
including a 4-0 mark this season. Arkansas is 0-4 against
the East.
All three of Arkansas' SEC
wins this season were against
ranked teams.
Arkansas' Vincent Hunter
was called for an intentional
foul against Bobby Perry
under the basket early in the
first half.
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ACC in three-point defense,
hitting nine treys, Combs hit
three to lead MSU.
Tech also got 13 points
from Brittany Cook and 12
from Britney Anderson.
After trailing by eight at the
half, the Eagles cut the Holde
lead to seven (56-49) with
13:48 left in the game.
Virginia Tech, however, was
able to seal the game with a
19-6 run that pushed its lead to
as much as 20 (75-55) with
4:11 left.
Morehead State, the current
first-place team in the OVC,
will travel to Southeast
Missouri on Thursday for a 6
p.m. game at the Show-Me
Center.
The minimum acceptable bid for this property will be
Payment of the current year's property taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser.
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LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 2:00 pm., at the property site, at Rt 404, David, in Floyd County, Kentucky,
in order to raise the sum of $29,800.78 principal, plus an interest credit subsidy granted in the amount of $9,630.89, plus ipterest in the
amount of $3,317.02 as of December 4, 2006 and interest thereafter on the principal at $5.9939 per day from December 4, 2006, until the
date of this judgment, plus interest to the date of judgment amount (principal plus interest to lhe date of judgment) at the rate of 4.98%
computed daily and compounded annually, until paid in tull and for the costs of this action, pursuant to Judgment and Order of Sale, being
Civil Action No. 06·142 GVFT on the Pikeville Docket of the Un~ed States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, entered on
January 9, 2007, in the case of the Untted States of America vs Lanora Harless, flk/a Lanora Collins, the Unknown Spouse of Lanora Harless,
Ilk/a Lanora Collins, the following described property will be sold to the highest and best bidder:
House and Lot located at Rt 404, David, Floyd County, KY. Being the same property conveyed by Deed dated August 15, 1995, and
recorded in Deed Book 388, Page 734 in the Floyd County Clerk 's Office.
Terms of Sale: Ten percent (10%) of the bid price (in the form of a Certified Check made payable to the U.S. Marshal) on the day of the sale
w~h good and sufficient bond for the balance, bearing interest al the rate of $1.83 per annum until paid. due and payable in sixty (60) days
and said bond having the effect of a Judgment. Upon a default by the Purchaser, the deposit shall be forfeited and retained by the U.S.
Marshal as a part of the proceeds of the sale, and the property shall again be offered for sale subject to confirmation by the Court.
This sale shall be in bar and foreclosure of all right, title, interest, estate claim, demand or equity of redemption of the defendant(s) and of all
persons claiming by through, under or against them, provided the purchase price is equal to two·thirds of the appraisal value. If the purchase
price is not equal to two·thirds of the appraised value, the Deed shall contain a lien in favor of the defendant(s) reflecting the right of the
defendant(s) to redeem during the period provided by law (KRS 426.530). Under law, lhe purchaser IS deemed to be on notice of all matters
affecting the property of record in the local County Clerk's Office.
Inquires should be directed to:
Peggy T. Meade, Rural Development Manager
Rural Development
Prestonsburg, Kentucky · Telephone: 606/886·9545
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The three-room schoolhouse
By: Kim Little Frasure
..
The topic of this week's column
has been a part of our lives for the last
seven years.
So many times I have penned my
thoughts, agony, and pain to the point
this keyboard was soaked with tears
and I would end up deleting my writings and thinking those words just
couldn't be set into print.
Yet we've all heard there is the
"right" time and place for everything,
and whether
this is it or not
I have finally
decided it is
for me and
have actually
hit the send
button instead
of delete this
time.
Maybe it's
because for
the past two
Kim Little Frasure
weeks it has
seemed
as
though so much more attention and
emphasis have been paid to "words"
more than actions in a very long time.
Matter of fact, just a few Sunday's
ago the sermon at church was on
words.
Yes, our words have been topics for
columns and so many discussions
many times before. Still, for many of
us, that infamous light-bulb going off
in our brains to make us more aware
of what we say before we say it seems
to be lacking more often than not.
Words can hurt like nothing else.
The pain they cause can last decades
and the wounds they leave are like
open sores. Words can cut as deep as a
(See KORNER, page seven)
POISON OAK
A chance to get out
of the doghouse
by Clyde Pack
t
I was probably a teenager before I
realized that a real human heart wasn't
shaped like a valentine. I guess my
ignorance of anatomy resulted from
the fact that
those once-ayear valentine
at
parties
school,
far
outweighed
anything
I
chose
to
remember
from
my
once- a- week
health classClyde Pack
es.
As the big
, day rolled around, the teacher would
write the name of everybody in the
room on the blackboard. I'd copy the
list, take it home, and on the designated day- usually the Friday closest to
February 14-I'd bring everybody on
the list a little Valentine that Mom had
bought for about a penny a piece, at
Murphy's five and te n.
There was always a big, colorfully
1 decorated hat box with a silt in the top,
in the middle of the teacher's desk, in
every room, and that's where we'd
deposit our cards.
The only time I ever made a homemade valentine, was when I was about
ten, and got the silly notion that a cer
tain blue-eyed older woman (she was
at least eleven), in another room ,
would think I thought her more special if I took the time and effort to
make her one, instead of giving her
one of the store-bought ones. As it
turned out, she wasn't the least bit
impressed, and I learned why that
naked little Cupid feller carries a bow
and arrow.
Valentine's Day is one of those hol idays that has been wonderful to two
(See OAK, page seven)
Not exactly a "schoolhouse," but reminiscent of one, this three-windowed little bungalow is actually a square from a quilt handcrafted by one of
the county's "Nimble Thimble Quilt Guild" mem~ers.
'
By Ralph Hall
In the 1940s, our little schoolhou se and post
office were the two most important buildings in
our little village.
In Melvin, life was no different than in the
other villages around and our little schoolhouse
was like mimy others in that day. It was a little
three-room building with two outhouses in the
back, near the side of the hill. There was a pot
belly stove in each room that was fueled by wood
and coal. On cold mornings while we waited for
the stove to beat up the room, we would sing
songs with lyrics like, "Pickin' up paw paws,
puttin ' them in our pockets." We would also say
our pledge to Old Glory. After, we would get
down to the business of work.
Before I get too deep into this story about our
old school, let me update you a bit on the cowboy
l spoke of last week: I am told that he stayed in
Hen Pen for a bit and then left out on the same
train he came in on. But. while he was m our little village, he started a new trend .in Melvin. All
of us boys in Melvin had worn overalls most of
our lives, but those who saw the cowboy over at
the showhouse in his Levis and Wrangler jeans
wanted some for themselves so the local stores all
started stocking the m. That summer, I worked in
my Uncle Crit's garden for two days. I earned a
dollar for those two days of work.
I liked them Wranglers like the cowboy had, so
I took off for the store that Uncle Crit and Aunt
Perle owned. I walked into that store and said, "I
got me a dollar. Give me a pair of them cowboy
Wranglers." They cost 98 cen ts. With the two
cents I had left over, 1 bought t'wo sticks of rootbeer candy. As I walked home that day, I must
have been the happiest boy in al.l the world.
"Wait until Mutt sees me in them cowboy
Wranglers," I thought. "He will want a pair, too."
So. now I had me a pair of cowboy pants, but
I still wouldn't play Wild Bill over at the graveyard. After all , l had become an Indian c hief and
now I was a hero to all the little Indians. I had
found out that I really didn 't care that much about
being Wild Bill or an Indian chief - what I really
wanted was to be the hero of every game! If old
Gene or Roy could be the heroes in the movies
over at the Melvin showhouse, then why couldn 't
I be the hero over at the graveyard? I guess there
is a little hero in all of us.
Getting back to our school the school was the
center of attention in our village. What went on
there didn't stop at three o'clock when we were
dismissed. The first things my mother would say
as I walked through the door was, ''How was
school?" and "Don't throw your books on the
floor." (How did she always know what I was
going to do next?)
When Daddy got home from work, he would
say. "Hi, boy.
How was school today ?"
I used to think to myself, '"School' is all I ever
hear."
But l would answer my daddy and say, "Yes, I
did all my work and yes, 1 do have homework."
Then daddy would say, "Well , boy, make sure
you do it."
The teachers in those days always stressed the
"3 R'<;" theory - readin," ' ritin,' and 'rithmetic.
They wanted to make sure we cou ld read. write
and count.
We had recess twice a day back in that time once at 10 o ·clock in the morning and again at I
o'clock in the afternoon. Each recess period lasted for 15 minutes. Some of us boys would play
"hoops" in the school yard, while others played
"roll at the bat."
There wasn't one overweight kid in our
school. We ate good home cooked meals every
day to keep us healthy and we all had white teeth.
We got 45 minutes for lunch every day and many
of us would go home to eat. I would take off
down the tracks for home and find a lunch of
maybe a biscuit and a pork chop left over from
breakfast. Sometimes it might be j ust a tall glass
of milk and some cornbread. It didn't matter,
anyway. I never knew what a bologna sandwich
and a moon pie were.
The kids who lived too far to go home for
lunch brought their lunch with them in small lard
buckets. Sometimes they would have milk and
cornbread, too. Times were hard back then, there
was a war going on and we had to make out with
·
what we had.
I always ate whatever mother put on the table.
I was always aware that she was doing her best.
After I ate my lunch, mother would say, "Get on
back to school now, Ralph. And do your work."
School was the center of activity for our community. When men ran for a county office, they
would come to our school and give speeches on
the schoolhouse steps. When the Holy Rollers
came to town, they would -set up a tent on the
school grounds. The night air would fill with
music, singing, dancing and shouting. Little did I
know then that I would grow up and become a
Holy Roller myself.
When I was in the third grade, Hall's Store
(next door to the schoolhouse) started selling ice
cream by the cone. One day, one of the boys in
my class had a nickel and bought himself an ice
cream cone at recess. I kept begging for a bite
(See SCHOOL, page eight)
CRITTER CORNER
Canine Oral Health
Continues To Make
Significant Advances
(NAPSA)-Veterinarians now have an
additional tool available to aid in the prevention of periodontitis in their canine
patients. The first of its kind. the
Porphyromonas
Denticanis-GulaeSalivosa Bacterin is now available.
"Many dog owners don't check the ir
dog's teeth and gum s until they notice bad
breath or the1r veterinarian identifies periodontal di sea~c. yet maintaining healthy
teeth is critical to keeping a dog healthy,"
said David Haworth, DVM, Ph.D .. associate director, Veterinary Medicine Re~earch
& Development, Biologicals Clinica l
Development, Pri~:er Animal Health.
·'We are linall y able to provide pets with
an additional layer of prevention against
canine periodontitis," he added. "This is a
strong step toward helping veterinarians
combat the problem:·
Canine periodontal disease continues to
be a widespread issue. In fact, according to
Beard et al . by the age of 3, an estimated
8'i percent of all dogs have some form of
periodontal disease, underscoring the need
for additional canmc pcnodontal disease
advancements.
The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license, which means the product has
met the requirements for purity, safety and
a reasonable expectatton of efficacy. Longterm efficacy studies are currently in
progress. The label claim approved by the
l SDA for this product is as an aid in the
prevention of canine periodontitis, as
demonstrated by a reduction in bone
changes.
Many veterinary practices already offer
dental services for their patients. The core
or this program is general cleaning and pol
(Sec CRITTER, page seven)
Poor oral
hygiene in pets
can be forestalled with a
few steps. Dry
food is always
best for cats
and dogs. Wet
food and people
food actually
helps plaque
develop more
quickly. Dry
food, conversely, should keep
a pet's teeth
from developing significant
plaque.
�86 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,
2007
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
;receipts! Receipt 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.
• Feb. 13, 27 Magic Me, 3:304:30.
• Feb. 14 - Advisory Council
meeting, 4 p.m., in center office.
Members arc encouraged to attend
and all others arc invited.
• Feb. 22 -Parent Support Group,
8:30 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
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
:more ii:tforination.
• 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
fp .m.
Coordinator is Michelle
Keathley. Center telephone is 886• 1297. Please call for information on
1center 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!**
• Feb. 7 -Advisory Council meeting, 8: 15 a.m.
• Feb. 9 - "Serious O'Sillies," a
.juggling presentation for all students.
, • Feb. 13, 14 - Tobacco aware:ness presentation, 7th & 8th grades.
• Feb. 20 - Bullying and Conflict
,Re~olution presentation, 6th grade.
• Feb. 21, 27 - Res{)el;t class, 7th
1
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
• 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
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedT
ule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WJC
appointments.
Betsy Layne Elementary
• Lost and Found items wili 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 locat~d 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.
Start and well-child physicals (age
birth to 18 years); T.B. skin test; T.D.
boosters; and WIC servtces. Please
call 358-9878 for app~intment if you
are in need of any of these services.
• The J.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides
service 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 and Family
Resource Center
For more information, call Anita
Tackett, center coordinator at 5872233.
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekday<> 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.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
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
• Feb. 7 - Parent meeting, 1 p.m.
Topic: "How to Teach Your Child to
Readllmprove their Reading Skills."
Clark Elementary
• F.I.T. Club meets each Tuesday Meeting will be conducted by
and Wednesday after school, 3:15- Stephania Conn, of BSCTC.
4: 15 p.m. (Fitness activities for 3rd,
• Feb. 13 -Parent meeting, 1 p.m.
Topic: "Wellness." Meeting to be
4th, and 5th grade students.)
**Fridays are "School Spirit" conducted by Lola Ratliff, of Floyd
days! (All year long!) Wear Clark County Board of Education.
colors (green and gold) or Clark t• Feb. 20 - Program on nutrition,
shirts. Students, staff, parents - show • to be conducted by Carol Jo May, of
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, for
your support for CES!!
• Nurse services: Floyd County first graders, from 9-11:25 a.m.
Health Department nurses will be in
•
Floyd
County
Health
the Resource Center on selected Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at
dates. Now taking appointments for the center the first three Mondays
6th grade exams, WIC, and well- each month to administer immunizachild exams for birth-18 years. Flu tions, T.B. skin tests, well-child
shots may also be scheduled. Call exams, WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals.
886-0815 for an appointment.
• Lost and Found located in Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
Resource Center.
• Parent lending library available
• The Clark Elementary Family to all parents for video/book checkResource Center provides services outs. A variety of topics are availfor all families regardless of income. able.
• Family Resource Center is open
We are located in the Adams Middle
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
School building.
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Duff Elementary
**School is collecting Food City Elementary School campus. For furreceipts again this year! Please drop ther information, call Clara Johnson,
The
off your receipts at the school, or director, at 377-2678.
mail them to: Duff Elementary McDowell FRC provides services to
School, P.O.~ Box 129, Eastern, KY all MES students and their families,
regardless of income.
41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
Mountain Christian
sizes 3T thru adult, for emergency
Academy
clothing use and burnouts. If you
•
Call
285-5141,
Mon. thru Fri.,
have clothing to donate, please call
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.,m.
the FRC.
• MCA is an accredited non• Floyd County Health Dept. is
denominational
Christian school.
on site three days per month.
Services include 6th grade school
entry physical; kindergarten, Head
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"
day care 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 4529607.
• 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 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.
•
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 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
OE$ 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; 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
Cljnic,
Weeksbury Comm. Ctr.~ 1-4:30 p.tn. 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).
(Items taken from
The Floyd County
Tin1es,
10,20,30,40,50,60,
70 years ago.)
Ten Years Ago
(February 12 and February
14, 1997)
Sherry Hurley, 35, of Virgie, pleaded guilty,
Tuesday, to a prostitution charge for trying to
solicit sex, last July, from a state police trooper.
'She was sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined
$ 100, and ordered to undergo testing for HIV,
1 the virus which causes AIDS ...The City of
. Prestonsburg will not appeal an opinion by the
. state Attorney's General office that the names
, of delinquent occupational taxpayers, and the
• number of years those accounts have been
delinquent, are public record, and will release
, that information to the Floyd County Times by
• the end of thi s week... Sherry Baker, 36, of
Langley, who is scheduled to appear in Floyd
District Court today, (Wednesday), for a pre, liminary hearing on a cocaine charge, is now a
suspect in an armed robbery... Prestonsburg's
' City Council is stepping up its efforts to build a
' recycling program, and Councilman Gormon
Collins Jr., who is chairman of the recycling
. committee, said that he would promote the sys• tern on his radio station, WQHY/WDOC ...The
state Treasury Department has more than
$22,000 in unclaimed property that belongs to
Floyd Countians. The unclaimed property
includes bank accounts, insurance policies,
stocks, bonds, dividends, payroll checks, gift
• certificates, utility deposits, c redit balances,
, safe deposits boxes, and other forms of proper, ty, accor9ing to state Treasurer John Kennedy
· Hamilton ... A Floyd County Grand Jury
returned 14 indic tments last week, four of whch
were sealed, pending the arrests of those
accused ... Four Floyd County schools were
closed, Tuesday, in observance of the accidental
death of Kennith Ray Akers, a retired school
teacher... Two unidentified persons were transported to a local hospital, Saturday afternoon,
after being injured in a two-vehicle accident,
Saturday, at Allen ... Fioyd County's Board of
Education has a new attorney. Jerry Patton was
hired, Tuesday, to replace Phil Damron, who
resigned January 3 l...Ervin Ginther, Sherry
Baker, and Michelle Mullins have been implicated·in the robbery of the Lakeview Mart on
Route 3 at Lancer, last month .. Kimberly
Brown, 30, of Garrett, was apparently caught
on film February 3, when she allegedly phoned
in a bomb threat to Duff Elementary. She was
arrested after Floyd detective James Rederick
viewed a tape, and she was identified by school
personnel. .. State education officials who have
questioned contracts approved by the Floyd
County Board of Education, are apparently
reviewing an agreement between the board and
Sheriff Paul Hunt Thompson ... Eight Floyd
County schools: Betsy Layne High School, and
Clark, Harold, Stumbo, McDowell, Melvin,
Prater and Osborne Elementary Schools, wilJ
share almost $400,000 in state funds as rewards
for exceeding goals set for KIRIS test scores.
Steve Spriggs, 44, who works at the Floyd
County school bus garage, was acquitted of a
first degree stalking charge, last week, after the
jury deliberated for about 20 minutes .. .Interim
Floyd superintendent Louie Martin has been
sent back to the chopping block by the board of
education, which directed him to make additional budget cuts to head off a year-end
deficit...There died: Luther Johnson, 90, of
Bevinsville, Friday, February 7, at McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Hazel M .
Haywood, 77, of Prestonsburg, Friday,
February 7, at her residence; Charles Edward
Martin, 58, of Hueysville, Monday, February
I 0, at the Markey Cancer Center, Lexington;
Sill Hall, 74, of Banner-, Friday, February 7, at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin; Edith Regional competitiOn in Pikeville next
Marie Watkins, 48, of Teaberry, Saturday, week... The husband of Brenda Sue Bentley, 36,
February 8, at Highlands Regional Medical who was a pregnant Langley woman, killed on
Center, Prestonsburg; Delbert Blair, 56, of December 5, filed a suit against Glennis R.
Prestonsburg, Friday, February 7, at Highlands Reynolds Jr., who was driving a coal truck that
Regional Medical Center; Christopher Hobert struck Bentley's car at the intersection of Route
Watson, three-day-old son of Chris and Anita 23 and Route 1428... Several area residents are
Karen Watson of Hazard, Saturday, February 8, suspicious of what they think is a thriving trade
at the U.K. Medical Center, Lexington; Ida Jean of stolen pets at the popular stock auction-flea
Lynch, 55, of Clarksville, Indiana, February 7, market, at Staffordsville, but police have turned
at Norton Hospital, Louisville; Maggie Bailey up no evidence of criminal activity...Floyd
Taylor, 83, of Martin, Friday, February 7, at St. County escaped the brunt of the worst winter
Joseph Hospital, Lexington; Kennith Ray storm this year, as hundreds of others in surAkers, 56, of Drift, Saturday, February 8, at the rounding areas were left without power for sevU .K. Medical Center, Lexington; Lenora eral. hours ...There died: ArviJ HalJ, 71, of Kite,
Wheeler Leslie, 57, of Prestonsburg, Monday, Friday, following a brief illness .. . Richard
February 10, at the U.K. Medical Center; Nora Slone,
54,
of
Blue
River,
last
Holbrook, 55, of Warsaw, Indiana, formerly of Wednesday... Virgil
Shepherd,
56,
of
Middle Creek, January 8, at Indiana University Hueysville, last Wednesday...Dewey Salisbury,
Medical Center, in Indianapolis; Rusha Conley, 69, of Harold, last Wednesday ... Woodrow
99, of Leander, Friday, January 3 1, at Lewis, 57, of Martha, Monday...Willie Edith
Highlands
Regional
Medical
Center, Caldwell, 73, of Betsy Layne, Sunday... Sarah
Prestonsburg; Chad Meade, 57, of Auxier, McClure McQueen, 83, who was a longtime
Friday, February 7, at his residence; Herma teacher in the Floyd school system.
Gayheart, 86, of Hindman, Thesday, February Saturday... Goldie Mae Tussey Pitts, 74, of
11 , at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Prestonsburg, last Thursday...Verlie Rose, 65,
Hospital; Don Edward Hall, 45, of Grethel , of Galveston, Tuesday... Hiram R. "Buddy"
Tu esday, February 11 , at the McDowell Couch, 50, director of pupil personnel for Floyd
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Odis Michael schools, last Wedneday...Polly Hamilton, 99, of
Watson, 16, of Monroe, Michigan, formerly of Teaberry, Saturday...Thomas Meade. 67, of Hi
Knott County, Monday, February 10, at his res- Hat, Thursday.. .and Narcisco Ferrari. 95. of
idence; OIJie Marie HalJ, 72, of Topmost, Bypro, Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 11 , at her residence.
Twentv Years Ago
(February 18, 1987)
The Prestonsburg Academic Team beat
teams from Allen Central and McDowell High
Schools, Saturday, and will advance to
Thinv Years Ago
(February 16, 1977)
The rate at which Dewey Lake is filing in
with sediment was, in the two-year period,
(See YESTERDAYS, page seven)
�WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7,
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
2007 • 87
Yesterday~--• Continued from p6
November, 1973, to November 1975,
almost three times the rate during the
preceding
21
years ... Governor
Carroll's office has verbally authorized the Prestonsburg Utilities
Commission to contract, to the extent
of $31,000, for the construction of a
water main to connect the
Prestonsburg system, and its ample
water supply, with the Allen Water
Company's lines, which have pretty
well run dry in New Allen, Dwale
and vicinity... Lack of water, last
Wednesday night, figured, for the
second time within a week, in heavy
loss to fire in the county... A jury of
three women and nine men will
decide the fate of a local man, and his
two juvenile daughters, who are on
trial in Floyd Circuit Court this week,
charged with the murder, last year, of
Gerald McBrayer... There is a possibility that the solution to the water
shortage which prevails in the southem section of the county, particularly
in the Mud Creek area, may be construction of a water preparation plant,
it was indicated, after a second meeting on the situation was held here,
Monday... Floyd County has only
three archaeological sites on record,
but that number is expected to be
increased soon, as the result of a new
survey... Gary E. Johnson is returning
to Floyd County to fill the vacancy
which has existed, since last year, in
the office of Public Defender...There
died: Jessie Maynard, 60, formerly of
Floyd <;ounty, February 9, in a
Columbus, 0., hospital; Clyde
(Junior) Evans, 54, formerly of
Wayland, February 14, at King's
Daughters Hospital; Mrs. Ollie
Belcher, 88, of West Van Lear,
Febmary 13; Ruben Reed, 70, of
Wayland, February 12, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center; Wade
Martin, 49, formerly of Floyd
County, January 30, at Sarasota (Fla.)
Memorial Hospital; Hazel. Lee
Bentley, 56, formerly of Left Beaver
Creek, February 7, in a hospital in
Wayne, Mich.
Fonv Years Ago
(February 16, 1967)
Prestonsburg's second housing
development will be ready for bids in
April, George Lee Shannon, architect, who is now preparing the f1nal
plans for the project, said this
week... Lake Bowling Lanes Inc., was
purchased, recently, by Estill Lee
Carter, Prestonsburg, Harold Lloyd
Patton, Auxier, and Robert Griffith,
of Garrett. ..Word has been received
from Carl Abbott, Bedford, Ky., that
the strawberry processing plant will
not operate here during the 1967 season ... George E. Robinson, 49, of
Langley, was electrocuted, last
Thursday, while at work in the mine
of the Hall Coal Company at
Lackey... Married: Miss Marlene
Pennington and Mr. Robin Phillip
Goble, Dec. 17, at Floydsburg,
Kentucky ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Lewis Stapleton, of Lexington,
a daughter-Elizabeth Scott-Feb. 8,
at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington; to
Mr. and ~vlrs. Clyde Hall, of Genoa,.
Ohio, a son-Charles Steven-Jan.
19, at Port Clinton, Ohio ...There
died: Mrs. Eva Collins, 75, of Little
Paint, Saturday, at the Prestonsburg
General Hospital; Ed Wright, 51, of
Bypro, Friday, at the University of
Kentucky
Medical
Center,
Lexington; Estill Conley, 42, of
Garrett, Saturday, at a Lexington hospital; Mrs. Mille Vanderpool, 73, last
Thursday, at her home at Gunlock;
Mrs. Belle Conn, 67, of Harold,
Monday, at the Methodist Hospital,
Pikeville; Estill Little, 57, of Price,
Saturday,
at
the
McDowell
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Ray
Meade, 67, of Prestonsburg, Sunday,
at Mountain Manor Nursing Home,
here.
Kidd, 47, of Grethel, last Wednesday,
at the McDowell Appalachian
Regional Hospital.
Sixtv Years Ago
(February 13, 1947)
FiRv Years Ago
Discovery of a jail break attempt
here, early Monday evening, by
(February 21, 1957)
Deputy Jailers Chester and Bill
Senator John Sherman Cooper Potter, uncovered a wholesale delivannounced, last week, that he has pre- ery plot, with the names of a lifetersented both immediate and long- mer, and a man under two-year penirange recommendations to the . tentiary sentence, figuring in the subinvestgation ... Dick
President, the Director of the Bureau sequent
of the Budget, and the Chief of the Robinson, 52, of Dinwood, and
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for Oliver Hall, 38, workmen for the
action designed to provide flood pro- C.&O. Railway Company were seritection for the Big Sandy, and ously hurt at 8 o'clock, Tuesday
Cumberland river valleys
in morning, when dynamite, believed to
Kcntucky...County-owned roads and
have been left several years ago by
bridges suffered damages totaling
$52,294 in the recent flood, accord- WPA employees, atop a cut on the
ing to estimates made by Northcutte Turkey Creek road at Maytown,
National
Coal
Rawlings, Pikeville engineer... A con- exploded ... The
tract has been awarded the Hoosier Association, Tuesday night, served
Engineering Company, Columbus, notice that a new bituminous coal
0., for construction of the Kentucky strike is "inevitable" by July 1, unless
portion of a 132,000-volt transmis- John L. Lewis agrees to give up the
sion line from Beaver Creek, station miners' welfare fund, or Congress
at Clear Creek, to the Clinch River passes a remedial law...In what was
plant at Carbo, Virginia ... There died: described by fans as the most perfect
T. J. McCoy, 82, Feb. 12, at his home
basketball exhibition ever seen in this
near Thomas; Mrs. Bertha Patton, 70,
of Prestonsburg, Friday; George W. county, Wayland High School won,
Vicars, 79, of Bypro, last Monday, at Saturday night, at Martin, in the
Virgie; Mrs. Lula Mahan Sluss, 67, of finals of the "Pre-Tournament," at
Auxier, Saturday, at the Prestonsburg least the temporary championship of
County, . defeating
the
General Hospital; Mrs. Emmalene Floyd
Tackett, 76, last Thursday, at her Prestonsburg Black Cats, 37 to
home at Langley; Ancil Gilliam Jr., 31...Married: Miss Martha Coffey,
30, of Amba, Saturday, in a and Mr. James Frazier, both of
Lexington hospital; Mrs. Maggie M. Ypsilanti, Mich., Feb. 7; Miss Hazel
Mellon, 56, of West Prestonsburg, Jean P1ckle, of Hi Hat, and Mr. James
Thursday, at Ashland; Mrs. Pauline
Seventv Years
Ago
(February 12, 1937)
Plans for the realization of a
national park and game preserve at
the "Breaks," on the KentuckyVirginia state line, are moving forward there, with a tentative committee appointed to msh the movement,
it was announced... A meeting of the
Safety Council was held at the courthouse here, Wednesday, Feb. 10, to
discuss means of bringing about law
enforcement
for
traffic
offenders ...Two and one-half hours of
competitive spelling at the grade
school auditorium here, Saturday,
Feb. 6, resulted in Jewel Prichard, 12year-old seventh-grade pupil, at
Garrett, being declared Floyd County
spelling champion for the second
consecutive year...Wayne Allen, 46,
was found dead on the C.&O. railroad tracks, near Midas, on Right
Beaver, Tuesday morning ...There
died: Mrs. Dewey Thompson, 34,
Tuesday, Feb. 2, at her home at
Wonder; David Cooley, 41, of
Garrett, Feb. 8.
Critter
Oak
• Continued from p6
groups: it's made millions for card
companies, and it's helped bail out
many erring husbands from the doghouse. Even though it's not designated a religious holiday, according to
legend, the day was named for a
Roman named St. Valentine who, in
269 A.D., was jailed and later
beheaded for refusing to denounce
Christianity. The story goes that he
left a note to the jailer's daughter,
with whom he had become friends.
There's no record of what the note
said, but he was supposed to have
Arthur Matheson, of Morehead, Feb.
9, at the home of the bride...There
died: Joe Caldwell, 38, Tuesday, at
Garrett; Alex Hackworth, 76, Sunday,
at his home at Bonanza; Mrs. Dollie
Goodman, 75, Saturday, at the home
of her daughter at David; Garland
Walker Mayo, 73, Sunday, at his
home at Lancer; Harold Branham,
29, of Wayland, last Thursday, at the
home of his father-in-law.
signed it. "From your special
Valentine."
There's also an old superstitution
L4at if an unmarried woman sees a
robin in flight on Valentine's Day,
she'll marry a sailor. If she spots a
goldfinch, she'll be wed to a millionaire. Although it's not bird-related, I
guess if she sees a church mouse,
she'll marry a school teacher.
Another interesting tale about
Valentine's Day is set in the MiddleAges, when boys and girls would
draw names from a hat tb see who
their special valentine was going to
be. They would then pin the name to
their sleeve and wear it for one whole
week. Talk about wearing your heart
on your sleeve!
Anyway, while we today prove
our undying love by spending three
or four dollars for a thirty-nine-cent
card, in some countries, other gifts
are exchanged. For example, in some
parts of Europe, if a girl accepts
clothing from a boy on Valentine's
Day, it's considered as an agreement
that she ic; willing to marry him.
Guess that's why plain paper cards
are so popular here.
Just make sure you don' trlforget to
send yours.
the printing costs due to rising print
costs. And to this very day my heart
aches that we can't put our little
paper out.
Regardless of what my children
may go through, God blessed us with
them. He gave them to Spouse and I
to love, and protect, and we've tried
to do our best with both of them.
Sometimes our children may not
take a path that we can understand
nor do we have an answer as to why still, they are ours.
And not to throw them out, put
them down, or result to pretend they
don't exist because they have chosen
a way of life unlike our own or what
we may have wanted for them as their
parents.
There are so many things as parents that we have to deal with when it
comes to our children.
They can bring joy like we've
never known, make us so proud we
literally feel as though we may burst,
and also break out hearts into a million tiny pieces. And it can all happen
in a 24-hour period or over several
years.
Oh, I love those who live in glass
houses themselves yet can somehow
throw some of the biggest boulders
out of their mouths that it boggles the
mind, indeed.
But I'm here to tell you that I am
so thankful for my children. For their
beautiful dark hair, big brown eyes,
and hearts the size of Texas, the kindness they show to others, and each of
their imperfections, as well. For all
of these things make them the unique,
God-created individuals that they are.
I will never disown either of them,
turn my back on either of them, or
stick my head in the proverbial sand
and utter the words, "my child would
never do anything like that" to anyone. For the minute those very words
would be uttered and heard by these
ears they would tend to bounce back
as if they were a boomerang and
smack the one who had just had the
audacity to speak them in the face .
Did I ever want one of mine to get
a piercing anywhere other than their
ears, NO!
Did they, you better believe they
did!
Were Spouse and I wrong for the
way we handled that situation? Some
think we were, others think we
weren't hard enough with our punishment.
Our firstborn wanted so badly to
have one of those shiny little belly
button rings in her ever-so-cute little
belly button. She asked for permission, but she was told "absolutely
not."
Did she manage to get it, anyway?
Yes, and was even able to keep it hid
from us for some time. But then there
was one night in particular as she
stood in our living room floor sharing
her day with her Dad and I that she
bent over to wrap her long wet hair in
a towel. And, as she fljpped that
bea tiful head of hers back up and
raised her arms above her head to
tuck the towel in, her shirt raised up
and the glare from her "belly bling"
was blinding to her Dad's eyes.
Just as I thought we were about to
have to purchase a new roof, for I
was sure his blood pressure was
going to blow the one we had clean
off the top of the house, he simply
walked out the door, headed for his
tool shed and came back with some
needle nose wire pliers. He then told
our firstborn to hit the Door.
She pleaded and apologized and
begged to keep it, but Dad wasn't
having ·any part of it. I sat sobbing
nearby as he removed the bling from
her belly button and grounded her for
a month.
Then, a few years later, came her
younger sister wanting a tattoo. Did
we give permission for a tattoo?
Again, absolutely NOT, not a tiny
one, not a medium one, not one of
any size, color, or anything else.
Did this child manage to accomplish getting what she wanted? You
better believe she did - and then
some!
Well, how on earth was her Dad
going to handle this one, I thought to
myself. He can't remove those suckers like he did the belly bling. "Oh,
no!," I thought, "He's going to beat
my child within an inch of her life!"
was the thought that kept going
through my mind.
She got her speech alright, and she
got it loud. I'm not sure if our neighbors remember hearing it or not. I
sure do, though. She got her punishment from a whipping to a grounding
and sat there taking it like Clint
Eastwood himself - starring her Dad
• Continued from p6
ishing under anesthesia. In addition,
most practices recommend other oral
health management items, such as
specialty foods and dental care products. Where the challenge arises is in
the education of owners and the
compliance of owners in following
their veterinarians' recommendations, as well as having their dog
examined on an annual basis.
"Canine dental disease is a condition that is widely diagnosed,"
explained Jan Bellows, DVM,
Hometown Animal Hospital and
Dental Clinic, Weston, Fla. "And
although canine oral health has been
a low priority for many companion
animal health care practices, more
and more veterinarians are working
to fully integrate it into their practices."
Veterinarians will now be able to
provide a more complete oral health
care program for their canine
patients with the Porphyromonas
vaccine, launched by Pfizer Animal
Health.
For additional information on
canine periodontitis or pet health in
general, see your veterinarian. For
additional information on Pfizer; ·
visit www.pfizerah.com.
Korner
• Continued from p6
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freshly sharpened knife. They can
sting as if someone has just poured
salt into an open wound. And, also
more often than not, the person
spouting them seems to do so with
such disregard or an ounce of compassion we sometimes conclude they
had to be in the back of line when the
good Lord was passing out the "ability-to-care-for-others" gene.
In the year of2000, when we started the Christian Messenger and
placed them around the county, and
those adjoining, at various locations I
will never forget an experience while
standing in line at a local restaurant
waiting in line to pay our bill as I
overheard a gentlemen (and I regret
to use that term for "gentle" he was
not) spout the following: ·
There, along with members of an
area congregation, one of the ladies
had picked up a Christian Messenger
lying on the counter and began to flip
through its pages. "Put that down,"
this "gentleman" said. The lady, looking quite perplexed, asked," What?"
"Put it down," he again replied.
"We will not read that paper. The
woman that does it has a child that is
gay and if she can't take care of those
in her own house the right way, we
will not take part by reading what she
writes. Put it down."
The lady then laid down her copy
of the Christian Messenger.
Needless to say, I had a frog the
size of an elephant in my throat. My
heart ached so badly I actually
thought I was going to pass out right
there in that restaurant. "Surely that
man did not say what I think I just
heard," I said to myself. But, he had.
My eyes filled with tears and no
matter how hard I tried to hold them
back, they came pouring.
I was trying so hard to do what I
felt God had called me to do. To share
with others His Blessings, His Words,
through the only way I knew how
which was to write and publish a publication for people that may not go to
church or own a Bible to be able to
read and do so for free. Maybe while
they sat eating, or in a waiting room
at a hospital, or in a Senior Citizens
center. We tried to place those papers
anywhere and everywhere we were
allowed.
We did that publication for four
years, until we could no longer afford
eye-to-eye as if to say," Go ahead
make my day'"
"Lord help us," I prayed and
prayed. And, though those days of
piercing and tattoos are long behind
us, thank God, we've still had many
more trials to face.
Did we toss either of our children
out on the street to fend for themselves, never knowing whether they
had a roof over their head, food in
their bellies, or heat when it was
cold?
Absolutely not.
A couple of years ago, again
standing in line, this time at a local
general store, a mother and approximately eight-to-nine-year-old daughter were behind me. The daughter
picked up one of those tabloid magazines and began to read it aloud. The
mother tapped her on the hand and
told her to put it down because it was
"filth." She told her she wasn't reading about those gay and lesbian stars
that were all going to burn in Hell.
The child looked up at her as if she
were shocked at what she had just
heard.
Then it came out of her young
mouth, to all our ears in hearing distance, "What if I turn out gay, Mom?"
Right there in that store, that mother
raised her voice and said, "Oh, don't
you even worry about the likes of that
happening, sweetherut. I will see you
dead and in your grave first before I'd
let that happen."
Oh, my good heavens. I thought I
was going to have a heart attack
standing right there in line.
The look on that child's face was
so horrified that my stomach felt as
though someone had just suckerpunched me in the gut. My knees
buckled, my neck began to fill with
heat so hot as 1t moved up to my face
that it felt as if someone was holding
a match to me.
Before I could stop my words and
mouth from opening, it erupted out of
me like a volcano.
"Lady, I pray you won't have to
experience those words you just
uttered," I said.
She snapped back at me, "Oh
don't you worry. I won't! I wouldn't
tolerate a fag!"
So, what did I do, but utter out
loud, "God, I pray you give this
woman the strength to tolerate what-
ever comes her way," picked up my
purchase and left with such an ill
feeling no flu could hold up in comparison.
To say there aren't times in any
parent's lives that they actually think
or feel they can't handle their child or
children anymore and they just want
to give up on them and put them out
of their homes, hearts and minds
would be untrue. These thoughts and
feelings may come in fleeting
moments, but for both Spouse and I,
those types of actions were just never
an option.
For no matter what they have done
or the paths they have chosen, God
gave them to us. I carried them, gave
birth, and until the day He takes me
home, I will love them and cover
them in prayer with every ounce of
my being. I will cherish every daggone minute I have on this earth with
them and if there is anyone that passes me on the street, sits behind me in
a restaurant, or is a part qf my family
or life that thinks I should do otherwise, then I am also here to tell them
keep it to yourself!
Go right ahead and pass judgment
on me and mine, and when it comes
time for us to meet our Maker at the
pearly gates we'll all have to answer
for our own actions and, most certainly, our words!
Oh yeah, "I'm just sayin'" and
now I've said it in print.
Every single one of us best be
very, very careful about the words we
let erupt out of our mouths'
Having to eat them can leave such
an unbelievable bitter taste - and then
you get to swallow them!
"Be very careful what your prejudices are," ( words from a sermon I
will never forget) for they will be
placed right before you, in your face,
in your home, and God will see just
exactly how you handle them then!"
Til next week, here's hoping your
words won't bounce back and whop
you upside your ·head and that when it
comes to prejudice, may you be free!
God Bless .. . .
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W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,
2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Radon Alert; Smoking is not the only
cause of Lung Cancer in KY
By Jean Rosenberg ,
Community liaison, Floyd County Health Department
Kentucky has the highest rate of lung cancer in the United
States. 160,000 people die each year from lung cancer attributed to smoking according to 2004 figures from the
American Cancer Society. While smoking is the primary
cause of this disease, radon gas is the second leading cause
and secondhand cigarette smoke is the third. Radon and
secondhand smoke together spell danger to anyone unlucky
enough to come in contact with them. Wherever radon
exists, it can team up with secondhand smoke. Radon has a
molecular structure that produces a kind of static electricity
which attracts the particulate mater of secondhand smoke.
Together they cause an estimated 24,000 lung cancer deaths
each year.
Radon Is an odorless, radioactive gas that comes from the
natural decay of uranium which is found in the soil. Eastern
Kentucky is reported to have a seam of uranium. As the uranium releases radon, the gas makes its way into the atmosphere. Along the way, it can creep into homes through
cracks or other holes in the foundation, holes in the floor and
gaps around pipes. It can also be detected in water in wells.
If undetected, the amount of radon can build up in a home
and create a potentially deadly situation for the residents
especially children with developing lungs.
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends testing
all homes and schools for the presence of radon. Homes
built on concrete slabs need to be checked as they have contact with the soil. Radon test kits are available for free
through the Floyd County Health Department. The short-term
kits are smaller than a deck of cards. They are placed in the
lowest living space in the home for 48 hours and mailed to a
laboratory for analysi s. Once high levels of radon are detected, homes can be modified to release the radon into the
atmosphere away from the living space.
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• Continued from p5
pd. to my surprise. he said
Okay, but make it a small
ne."
I took what was left of the
ip into my mouth, pulling
very bit of the ice cream left
1 that cone into my mouth.
'hat kid hit me square in the
hest. I didn't mind, though,
ecause I had gotten what I
1anted - a big old bite of that
:e cream!
We often had parties at our
~ hoolhouse.
We had a fall
; sti val
every
year
at
!alloween.
All the desks
;ould be put in one room,
~aving the others open for the
arty.
We would bob for
pples out of a big tub of water
I never caught one in all my
chool years.
We would eat popcorn bal1s
nd homemade candy. We had
cakewalk, square danci ng
nd box suppers. The girl s
vould make big baskets full of
,ood food to eat and they
vould be auctioned off to the
lighest bidder. I got i nto this
·vent one time in all my school
'C<Jrs. I had saved .25 cents so
could bid on this one little
~irl's box of food. I got the
>ox of food for . 15 cents and
~ot to go off with her to eat m y
'ood. All that was in my box
NUS a fried appl e pie.
I
hought to myself that I had
Nasted my money because l
them fried
;ould have all
1pplc pies I wanted over at my
~randma 's house where the ice
)OX was always full of them.
f the way to a boy's heart is
hrough his stomach, that little
Jie sure did miss the spot.
fhat was the last ti me I ever
ttc pie with that little girl.
The next big party wuulu be
tl Christmastime.
The stuJents from Caney Creek
:::'ollege would come to our
;chool with toys. People from
:~ther -;tales would send the
toys. T hey wanted to help
make sure that each child in
lhc hi ll s got a toy for
or
Christmas.
Sometimes they
would give me the best toy I
got that year, plus they always
gave us a bag of candy, too.
When I was in the thi rd
grade, my daddy bought me a
western flyer over at the company stor e at W eek sbury. A
western flyer was a l i ttle red
wagon. I hauled apples and
taters in that littl e wagon, or
any other thing I could pull
around.
My l i ttle brother,
M utt, was about three years
ol d and I would pull him
around in our yard for hours at
a time. M any times that summer, I would pull Mutt up the
di rt road to schoolhouse bottom. I woul d gi ve other kids a
ride, too. A penny a ride i n the
little red wagon . When I had
made a dime, I would buy me
and Mutt an i ce cream cone.
Mutt would l ick that cone all
the way home. What a little
boy l ike me wouldn' t do for an
ice cream cone.
W e al so had a party at
Easter, too. With a big egg
hunt. The Easter p arty w as
great. So m any kids playing
around outside pushing bicycle rim s with a sticks or rolling
old car tires ar ound. Some
would slide down the hill on
feedsack s. Whatever the activity, the day was all about f un,
fun , fun.
It was nice, too, knowi ng
that wi th Easter, summer vacation would soon be coming.
B ack then, school always w ent
out the first week of M ay.
As I did m y homework by
the light of a coal oil lamp, I
didn' t realize how my little
school had opened up a big
world for me, a w orld far aw ay
as well as near.
No place
could ever mean so much to us
as our little three-room school
house in the hills of Eastern
K entucky.
For more information about obtaining free information and a
free radon kit_ contact the Floyd County Health Department
at (GOG) BBG-2788 and ask tor the environmentalist
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Editor's Notice: The Floyd County Tintes is happy
to announce your· cngagerncnt, new ntarTiagc, rH.:w
baby, birthday or· f~unily r·eunion free of ch;ugc.
llowever, space is lintitcd and we can offer no gu;ll'anlec of the exact day your announu.:ntcnt will run .
Readers may opt to purchase ad span: if 1hc,c.: <:<>11 -~
ditions are not satisfactory. With the purchase of a
paid ad, run date, size and placernent ntay be guar·anteed.
Local Cub Scouts and their leaders and parents attended the first annual Lonesome Pine District Space Race at the Eastern
Kentucky Scienc e Center.
A day at the races
On Saturday, January 20, 2007, the East Kentucky Science Center hosted Cub Scouts from a six county area for the First
Annual Lonesome Pine District Space Race. Similar to the Pinewood Derby, the scouts use "space ships" that are launched
along a string by a rubberband-driven propeller instead of rolling cars down a ramp. The scouts and parents work together to construct t he racers f rom a balsa wood kit and then paint them. Once the " space ships" are all finished, scouts race
in their own packs to compete for medals, and a chance to go to the district competition. "This is our first district-wide Space
Race, and it was g reat! We are already talking about next year' s event and with a venue like the Science Center, it's a perfect match," s aid Norm Marcum, Commissioner for Scouting in the district.
All sco u ts participat ing in the event received a Space Derby patch for their collection. Additionally scouts and their parents
were t reated t o a Planetarium show and drinks, courtesy of Southeast- Telephone.
The Space Race Winners are as follows :
1st Place - Jacob Johnson, Pack 802
2nd Place - Matthew Barber, Pack 802
3rd Place - Casey Justice, Pack 802
The Space Race Design Winners are as follows:
1st Place .- Jordan Marcum, Pack 802
2nd Place - Casey Justice, Pack 802
3rd Place - Corey Thompson, Pack 804
Crowd of 200 attend Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Celebration
More than 200 people attended the second annual "Diversity
and the Dream" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Prayer Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 15 at Hazard Community
& Technical College, sponsored by Kentucky Power. Cordon
Porter, Deputy Commissioner in the Kentucky Department of
Labor, was the guest speaker for the event.
" I am humbled by the community's support of this event,"
noted Veronica A. Oxford, Director of Cultural Diversity &
Special Assistant to the President for Community Relations,
"Remembering and celebrating the legacy of Dr. King
renews the hopes, determination, and spirit of ail people
seeking to improve their own lives and advance the principles of humanity in their own community and across the
nation."
Rev. Mike Barnett, pastor at New Hope Christian Center
offered the opening prayer. The Prayer for the Community
was offered by Pat Riestenberg, pastoral assistant at the
Mother of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Charlie Douglas,
pastor at Bowman Memorial United Methodist Church gave
the Prayer for the Children. The Prayer for the Nation was by
Dr. Lyle Snider, NAACP Hazard Chapter Member, lights a can- Rev. Ricky Ray, pastor at First Baptist Church. Rev. Ellen
dle in honor of African American teachers in the region.
Peach, pastor at First Presbyterian Church gave the benediction.
Students Josi Stidham and Shavani Pampati each gave speeches on their interpretation of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream"
speech. The students are in Melinda Meehan's fifth grade class at Roy G. Eversole. Following the program, Ms. Meehan was
presented with a complete reference library of African American history books as a gift to the school for their students.
Soloists for the event were Arthur Christon of Letcher Independent Baptist Church; Jeremy Wood, physics professor at
Hazard Community & Technical College; and Evangelist Jake Ravizee of the Greater Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Lynch, who
also served as the Master of Ceremony for the event.
Ludrenia Hagans-Shepherd, interim president of the NAACP, honored African American educators during a candle lighting
ceremony with Dr. Lyle Snider, NAACP Hazard Chapter member.
Cordon Porter served as guest speaker on behalf of Troy Body, Gov. Ernie Fletcher's executive director for the Governor's
Office of Minority Empowerment, who was called away on a special assignment for the Governor. Porter was introduced by
Dr. Jay K. Box in his last day as president/CEO of Hazard Community & Technical College.
Humanitarian Award Presentation
Troy Body, Gov. Ernie Fletcher's executive director for the Governor's Office of Minority Empowerment, was honored with
the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award at the breakfast. Accepting on behalf of the honoree was Carden Porter.
The award was presented by Mary Holliday Begley, Service Manager for Kentucky Power.
Prior to this Troy Body's current post, he was a press secretary for the Governor.
Born in Harlan County, Body graduated from Harlan Independent High School. He received a bachelor's degree in communications with a journalism emphasis from the University of Kentucky before moving on to work for ABC News in
Washington, D.C.
Body has a master's degree in political science from Marshall University with an emphasis in urban, state and local government.
He worked as an English instructor at Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea, before returning to the states to take a
position with the state of West Virginia. In West Virginia, he was employed by the West Virginia Department of Education
and the Arts, where he worked in the Office of the Secretary as a public information specialist.
Body was eventually promoted to commissioner for the West Virginia Division of Culture and History where he managed the
state's archives, arts, history, museums, and historic preservation offices. He was also chairman of the Capitol Building
Commission and the Records Management Board. He also served as the state's Historic Preservation Office.
Body ser ved as the liaison to the Governor's Minority Students Strategies Council which conducted groundbreaking
research on the academic achievement gap between minority and non-minority students in West Virginia. The council introduced sweeping legislation aimed at closing the gap that is still active to this day. He also serves on the Kentucky Advisory
Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Tribut e to African American Educators
African American educators who have served this community were honored during the event. Those include: Goodloe
Adam s, Mollie Adams, Edna Arnold, Ovetta Bassey, Mazy Boclair, Louvica Cannon, Wayne Clayton, John Willie Combs,
Robert Combs, Ethel Cornett, Pearl Brown Cornett, Lewis Hagans, Ludrenia Hagans-Shepherd, Charity Hampton, Burgin
Herald, John Higgins, Roy Higgins, Mabel Jones, Daniel Boone Olinger, John Brown Olinger, A.D. Puryear, Susie Puryear,
Lillard Turner, Karl Walker, Karen Washington, Andrew Williams, Elmer Williams, Noel Williams, Virginia Williams, and
Florence Zimmerma.
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PRESTONSBURG - Five of the eight
people who conspired to smuggle drugs into
the Floyd County Detention Center pleaded
guilty Wednesday and Thursday to conspiring
to introduce drugs into the jail last May.
Two of the conspirators were inmates of the
jail at the time of the indictments, with one
scheduled for sentencing March 2 while the
other will be sentenced on March 16. Two others charged in the drug-smuggling case have
CENTER
not yet entered a plea in the case but are
expected to on March 2. All eight of the conspirators were indicted in June on charges of
conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance,
conspiracy to traffic in marijuana and conspiracy to promote contraband.
The investigation began last May when 46year-old Auxier native Velma Sparkman was
arrested outside the jail after visiting her son,
Travis Banks, who was an inmate at the time
awaiting a trial for burglary. Sparkman was
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(See SMUGGLING, page two)
ACTIVITY
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PRESTONSBURG Thursday's special
Floyd County Fiscal
Court Meeting was very
short and to the point,
with several resolutions
on the agenda.
Two resolutions to
void a couple of checks
passed through
approval quickly and
made way for the next
resolution to hire new
employees. Matthew
Stephens will be hired
as a full-time Floyd
County
deputy jailer at a
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'rate of $11.29 per hour.
Pamela Clark will be
replacing one of the fulltime cooks at the jail at
an hourly rate of $8.50
per hour.
The last resolution
was an action to open
bids for the purchase of
three dump trucks. The
court only received one
bid from Worldwide
Equipment FOR a total
amount of $276,204,
with each truck costing
tt.J$92,068. The court
accepted the bid and
will receive the trucks
within the next week.
2 DAY FORECAST
PRESTONSBURG- A
Teaberry woman who handcuffed and robbed an elderly man at his home after he
allowed her into his home
thinking she was an officer
working for Operation
UNITE, pleaded guilty to
impersonating a peace officer Wednesday and will
serve 10 years in prison.
Evelyn Delynn Hall, 30,
also pleaded guilty in an
unrelated case to five
felon forgery charges and
a misdemeanor theft charge
after using a friend's stolen
checkbook to cash fraudulent checks in Stanville.
The
robbery
case
occurred July 16, when
photos by Ralph B. Davis
May Lodge at Jenny Wiley
State Resort Park was campaign central Thursday, as two
candldatua for statewide office
appeared at lunchtime. Gubernatorial candidate Gatewood
Galbraith, above right, greeted
voters before conducting a
press conference. Coincidentally, Jack Conway, right back
corner, stopped at May Lodge
for lunch with former Judge·
Executive
Paul
Hunt
Thompson, County Attorney
Keith Bartley and Magistrates
John Goble, Ronnie Akers and
Donnie Daniels.
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Obituaries .....................A2
For the Record ............. A2
Opinion .........................A4
Entertainment ...............A5
Sports ...........................A7
Lifestyles..................... A11
Classifieds ..................A16
The nominations for the
20th Annual East Kentucky
Leadership Conference in
Pikeville on April 26 and 27 are
now in.
Twenty
leaders
from
throughout the state who have
helped shape the history of East
Kentucky have been chosen.
The leaders who are nominated
must have either been born in
or lived most of their lives in
one of the counties of the East
Kentucky Coal Fields, and
have had a significant impact
on their community, region,
state or nation. Nominees can-
Hall used a fake badge,
which was later found to be
nothing more than a black
wallet with an honorary
Fraternal Order of Police
badge slid into a slot for
pictures inside, to enter the
home of Herman Johnson,
saying she was there as part
of a drug raid for illegal
prescription drugs.
handcuffed
Hall
Johnson's hands behind his
back and searched his home
for over an hour, taking
with her eight guns, $360
and several prescripilon pill
bottles. When Hall was
leaving to load the items
into her car, she told
Johnson that her partner
was waiting outside for the
(See GUILTY, page two)
Former county judge,
RECC president dies
not currently be elected officials.or seeking elected office.
Nominations are still being
accepted through the web site
until Feb. 28.
Currently the nominations
are:
• Harriette Louise Simpson
Arnow (1908-1986)
• Alexander Alan Arthur
(1846-1912)
• James Black (1849-1938)
•
William
O'Connell
Bradley (1847-1914)
•
Mary
Carson
Breckenridge (1881-1965)
• Bert T. Combs (19111991)
• John Sherman Cooper
(1901-1985)
• William J. Fields (18741954)
• Mary Elliot Flannery
(1867-1933)
•
Larry Claxton Flynt
(1942-)
•
Theophilus Toulmin
Garrard (1812-1902)
• Eula Riley Hall ( 1927-)
• Tom T. Hall (1936-)
• Mathias "Tice" Harman
(1726-1832)
• Martin Himler (1888-)
•. Elhanan M. Howard
(1886-1968)
•
Katherine
Gudger
Langley (1888-1948)
• Alice Geddes Lloyd
(See LEADERS, page two)
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
Former Floyd County
Judge-Executive Bill Wells
died Wednesday at Highlands Regional Medical
Center.
He was 75.
Wells was born April 23,
1931, in Glo. Wells worked
for Floyd County JudgeExecutive Henry Stumbo in
the 1980s and served the
final two years of Stumbo's
term, after he died while in
office. Wells ran for reelection and won, serving
one term. Before becoming
judge-exective, Wells' was a
three-term magistrate for
District 1 in the 1970s.
Wells worked as an
assistant at Big Sandy
RECC from 1959 until
1965. He served as RECC
president from 1969 until
his retirement in 1995,
when he was also serving as
general manager. For more
than a year following his
retirement, Wells continued
working for RECC as a
consultant.
Wells was a member of
the Spurlock Bible Church
and was an active member
of Zebulon Masonic Lodge
and was a member of the
32nd Mason for 50 years.
Wells is survived by his
wife, Pauline Sparks Wells
of Prestonsburg, as well as
two sisters, two sons and
two stepsons.
A full obituary appears
on page A2.
Murder charge ftled after fatal accident
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
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Woman pleads
guilty to acting
as UNITE officer
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by JESSICA HALE
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
floydcountytimes.com
photo by Alex Smith
by ALEX SMITH
Influential leaders being chosen
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Twenty-eight-year-old
Shawn Thacker was one of
five people who conspired
tD smuggle methadone and
marijuana into the Floyd
County Detention Center
last year. He received a twoand-a-half-year sentence for
his role In the case, which
saw four other defendants
plead guilty to conspiracy ·
charges Wednesday and
Thursday.
PRESTONSBURG - A 34-yearold Allen woman was indicted for murder Tuesday after she was involved in a
fatal two-vehicle accident Oct. 20.
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Melissa M. Conn, of Allen, was
indicted by a Floyd County grand jury
on a murder charge. The indictment
states that Conn wantonly killed 61year-old Lorene S. Griffith, of Martin,
by crossing the center line of Route
1428 near Allen and hitting Griffith's
car head-on.
The accident occurred Oct. 20 at
approximately 1 p .m. while Conn was
traveling westbound in a 1999 Nissan
Altima when she crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a 1990 Chevy
Lumina being driven by Griffith.
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Martin and was later transferred to
Saint Mary's Medical Center in
Huntington, W.Va. Conn suffered head
and abdominal trauma in the accident.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
9, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
For the Record
Marriage Licenses
Jennifer Lynn Mills, 26, of
Prestonsburg, to Christopher Neil
West, 32, of Prestonsburg.
Civil Suits Filed
Midland Funding NCC-2 Corp.
vs. Shirley Anderson; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Lorrina
Samons; to co1Ject debt
Daniel Gardner v . Wes Hamilton
and Artisha Hamilton Sturgill; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Rebecca A.
Fraley; to collect debt
Midland Funding, LLC vs. Billy
Slone; to collect debt
ARB-Whitesburg Hospital vs.
Erica Bryant; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. James S.
Robinson: to collect debt
Sandy Valley Financial Services,
Inc. vs. Pamela Bentley and Billy
Hunt; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs. Glenn D.
Rackey; to collect debt
MRC Receivables Corp. vs.
Kimberly Hall; to collect debt
McDowell Appalachian Regional
Hospital vs. Brenda Lawson; to collect debt
Hazard Appalachian Regional
Medical Center vs. Kendall N.
Lafferty; to collect debt
MRC Receivables Corp. vs.
Brenda C. Owens; to collect debt
Asset Acceptance LLC vs. Gwen
Justice; to collect debt
First Resolution Investment Corp.
vs. Audra J. Gayheart; to collect debt
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company vs. Kattie Collett and Arik
Hall; to collect debt
Midland Funding LLC vs. J~anita
Smith; to collect debt
U.S. Bank vs. Kathy Lynn and
Jason Johnson; motion for appointment of guardian and litem
Walter Mullins vs. Troy Spradlin
and Kaley Transport, Inc.; collateral
source certification
Betsy Newman vs. Oliver Pipe
and Equipment, Inc. and Donald A.
Baldwin; compensatory and punitive
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The Associated Press
HAZARD C. Vernon
Cooper Jr., a wealthy retired
banker who traveled the world
but loved his home in eastern
Kentucky, died Wednesday.
He was 83.
The retired president of
People's Bank and Trust Co.
died at Hazard Appalachian
Regional Healthcare Medical
Center.
"I've been around the
world, but this is the most special place in the world to me,"
Cooper said in 2005. "Hazard
is my home, and where there's
a need, I like to help."
A 1941 graduate of Hazard
High School, Cooper still
attended the school's football
games in his 80s.
He gave the Hazard
Independent School District
$120,000 in 2003 to install
lights at the high school baseball and softl~all fields . A much
smaller 1999 donation - $500
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Bank of America vs. Pamela S.
Baker; to collect debt
Small Cia ms Filings
Big Sandy Physical Therapy Inc.
vs. Joy Osbourne; to collect debt
Charges Filed
Charles Lemaster, 49; seconddegree assault, violation of Kentucky
emergency protection order, three
counts frrst-degree wanton endangerment, fLrst-degree unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping with serious physical injury, fLrst-degree burglary
David Lee Hall, 27; obscuring the
identity of a machine over $300,
receiving stolen property over $300
Angela M. Howell, 28; theft by
unlawful taking over $300
Jonathan Eric Coleman, 29;
receiving stolen property over $300
Tracey Mullins, 31; theft by
unlawful taking over $300
Kevin J. Slone, 27; fLrSt-degree
,
(Ill
(See RECORD, page three)
• Continued from p1
Cameron Wells; five greatgrandchildren:
Madison,
Dakota, Zachary, Hunter, and
Olivia; three stepgrandchildren and one stepgreat-grandson.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, February 10, at 1
p.m., at the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev. Jim
Stephens and Rev. Steve
Pescosolido officiating.
Interment will
be in
Richmond Memorial Cemetery, Prestonsburg.
Visitation is Friday, 5 p.m.,
until 9 p.m. Masonic services,
will be conducted Friday, at 7
p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to:
Spurlock Bible Chapel, 6227
Spurlock
Creek
Road,
Prestonsburg.
Active pallbearers: Zack
Wells, Todd Wells, Wesley
McGuire, Worth McGuire II,
William
McGuire,
Dan
Hitchcock and
Cameron
Wells.
Honorary pallbearers: Frank
Fitzpatrick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Worth McGuire,
Albert Burchett, Dr. Charles
Arnett,. Dr. Larry Leslie, Dr.
Chuck Tackett, Dr. Jack
Kendrick, and Henry (Mutt)
Harris Jr.
The family has entrusted
arrangements
to
Carter
Funeral Home.
(Paid obituary)
Hazard banker,
phllanthrophist
dies at 83
Edward Layne; dissolution of marriage
Tina Padgett vs. Ronnie Jackson
Padgett; dissolution of marriage
Coe E. Lewis vs. Charlene A.
Lewis; petition for health care insurance
Tony R. Conley vs. Melissa J.
Slone; petition for health care insurance
Danny Allen vs. Corey B. Allen;
petition for child support and health
care insurance
Don E. Craft vs. Tina G. Hall;
petition for health care insurance
Danny Allen vs. Kristy D. Dorton;
petition for child support and health
care insurance
Nancy Hurt vs. Eric Newsome;
compensatory and punitive damages
Penni Martin vs. William R.
Hackworth; compensatory and punitive damages
Michael Howell vs, Linda Howell,
Bill Howell and Allstate Insurance
Company; compensatory and punitive damages
~muggling
Obituaries
and a former magistrate of
District No. 1. He was a member of the Spurlock Bible
Church, and a member of
Zebulon Masonic Lodge No.
273, and was a
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32nd
degree
Mason.
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He was preceded ~
in death by his first wife,
Lottie Francis (Billie Jo)
Fitzpatrick Wells, who died
October 12, 1988.
He is survived by his second
wife, Pauline Sparks Wells of
Prestonsburg.
Other survivors include two
sons: Kenneth Ray Wells (Jan)
of Prestonsburg, and Michael
Keith Wells (Heather) of
Prestonsburg; two stepsons:
William McGuire of Emma,
and Worth McGuire of
Richmond; two sisters: Betty
Palmer and Peggy Conley,
both of Lexington; four grandchildren: Zack Wells, Todd
Wells, Kalan Wells and
damages
Tammy K. Braggs vs. Donald R.
Braggs; petition for health care insurance
Gma R. Holbrook vs. Randal C.
Holbrook; petition for health care
insurance
Rosemary Carroll and Ivan Ugene
Carroll vs. Cecil E. Boyd and Floyd
County Board of Education; interrogatories and request for production
of documents to defendant, Cecil E.
Boyd
Jaime
Michelle
Kohl
vs.
Christopher William Kohl; status quo
order
Olen Cornett vs. Joan Gayheart
Cornett; dissolution of marriage
NCO Portfolio Management Inc.
vs. James D. Hunt; to collect debt
Dara Damron vs. Derek Damron;
dissolution of marriage
Paul R. and Elaine Gearheart vs.
Linda Saylor; to collect debt
Citifinancial Auto Corporation vs.
Stuart King; to collect debt
Kimberly Layne vs. James
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for football summer camps at
the University of Kentucky was pivotal in an investigation
into the uruversity's football
program.
Recruiting
coordinator
Claude Bassett endorsed and
misappropriated
Cooper's
check and was eventually
fLred, and in 2002 the NCAA
sanctioned UK for recruiting
violations.
Cooper also gave $200,000
to the hospital in Hazard to
help build an open-heart
surgery
unit.
Ashland,
Pikeville, and London - each
more than 60 miles from
Hazard - had been the only
eastern Kentucky towns to
offer the open-heart procedure.
He also served as chairman
of the Kentucky River Area
Development District and
chairman emeritus of the State
Advisory
Council
on
Libraries.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at
Hazard High School 's gymnasium. Visitation will be at the
school on Friday from 4 to 8
p.m.
arrested by Prestonsburg
police after a brown paper bag
she was carrying was found to
contain methadone and marijuana.
An
investigation
was
opened by County Attorney
Keith Bartley and Officer
George Tussey, who listened
to over 100 hours of recorded
phone calls originating from
the jail. They determined that
Banks and another inmate, 28year-old Shawn Thacker, had
put the operation together.
The phone calls, which
started with the inmates contacting their mothers or girlfriends and having them call a
third party to obtain the drugs,
asked them to drop the drugs
off at a predetermined location
after they came for visits
behind the old courthouse in
Prestonsburg
where
the
inmates would have access to
them. The investigation also
turned up several letters written by Travis Banks to Angela
Banks, who pleaded guilty to
charges in January, containing
information about his plans to
sell the drugs inside the jail.
Assistant Commonwealth's
Attorney Wayne Taylor said
that once Sparkman was
arrested and investigators had
listened to the suspects' phone
recordings, it was fairly easy
to make a case against all eight
suspects.
"What's interesting about
this case is all phone conversations are recorded at the jail,"
Taylor said. "All the proof is
taped telephone conversations
to their mothers and girlfriends, asking them to bring
the drugs to the jail."
Travis Banks and his moth-
er, Sparkman, both entered
their
guilty
pleas
on
Wednesday. Banks, who is
currently serving a 10-year
sentence at Eastern Kentucky
Correctional Complex in West
Liberty, agreed to a six-year
sentence. Sparkman avoided
jail time by agreeing to cooperate fully against all of the
other defendants in the case,
agreeing to a five-year sentence which was suspended
and probated for five years.
Shawn Thacker, 53-yearold Lucille Thacker, his mother and 29-year-old Lisa Marie
Compton, pleaded guilty to
two counts of conspiracy to
traffic in a controlled substance and conspiracy to promote contraband on Thursday.
Shawn Thacker agreed to a
two-and-a-half-year sentence
for criminal conspiracy to traf-
fie in controlled substances
and two 12-month sentences
for conspiracy to traffic in
marijuana and promoting contraband. He will be formally
sentenced March 16.
Lucille Thacker and Lisa
Marie Compton both were
sentenced on Thursday to
matching 12-month sentences
on all three charges, which
were suspended and probated
for a period of 24 months.
The final two members of
the group, 34-year-old Robbie
Kennard and his mother
Deborah Kennard, 54, both of
Salyersville, are scheduled to
enter pleas on March 2. Both
were indicted on the same
offenses and allegedly were in
charge of supplying the other
conspirators with the drugs
they planned to introduce into
the jail.
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local police to arrive and to
remain seated until they
arrived.
As Hall walked out the
door, Johnson's daughter was
coming in. Hall told her the
same story and Johnson's
daughter, having no reason not
to believe that Hall was who
she said she was, helped her
load the items into Hall's cru;.
Johnson and his daughter
waited for the police to arrive
for several hours before finally
contacting the state police, who
arrived and called the local fire
department to come and cut the
handcuffs off of Johnson.
An officer for UNITE
began investigating the incident and received a tip that
Hall had apparently been
telling people she worked for
the agency. The officer
acquired a photograph of Ball
from the caller, and was able to
begin searching for her after
confirming with Johnson that
Hall was the one who had
robbed him.
On July 19, a second complaint was received from a couple who reported that a woman
claiming to be an officer for
UNITE had tried to gain access
to their home, but they turned
her away and called the police.
The investigator arrived at the
couple's home the same day
and was able to confum Hall
was the woman who had tried
to rob them. Hall's car was
found parked near the couple's
residence and Hall was located
and arrested later that day. A
search of her vehicle turned up
the black wallet and badge
used to gain entry to Johnson's
residence, as well as a matching pair of handcuffs and over
$600.
"Obviously it's a very
unusual case, but it's very serious what she did here, particularly with the elderly victim
who was, handcuffed," said
Commonwealth's
Attorney
frt
Brent Turner. "Obviously he
was traumatized, and someone
could have really been hurt."
Hall will be sentenced in
both cases on March 2. She
agreed to five years each on
five counts of forgery and 12
months for a theft charge, all of
which will run concurrent with
one another and concurrent
with the plea agreement in the
robbery case. Hall agreed to a
plea of five years in prison for
three counts or impersonating a
peace officer and the unlawful
imprisonment of Herman
Johnson, and a 10-year sentence for second-degree mbbery.
Leaders
• Continued from p1
(1876-1962)
• John P. Martin (1811 1862)
• Andrew Jackson May
(1829-1903)
• John C.C. Mayo, Sr.
(1864-1914)
• Edwin P. Morrow (18771935)
• Paul E. Patton (1937-)
• Carl D. Perkins (19121984)
• Flem Sampson (18751967)
• Harland Sanders (18901980)
• Willie Sandlin (18901949)
• Cora Wilson Stewart
(1875-1958)
• Jesse Stuart (1906-1984)
• Grady Stumbo (1945-)
• Ida Lee Willis (18971978)
• Simeon Willis (18791965)
• Fred Vinson (1890- 1953)
Kentucky ranks third in prescription
drug use, BlueCross says
The Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA,
Tenn.
Tennessee led the nation in prescription
drug use and ranked second in prescription drug spending in 2005, according to a
report by BlueCross BlueShield of
Tennessee.
The
insurer 's
study
"Inside
Tennessee's Medicine Cabinet" found that
the state's prescription drug use stood at
17.3 prescriptions per person compared
with the U.S. average of 11.3 prescriptions per capita.
The insurer cites data from 2005, the
same year that Gov. Phil Bredesen began
cutting 170,000 adults from TennCare and
cutting prescription benefits to thousands
more.
It's not yet known if data for 2006
would show a significant change in the
state's prescription drug use.
Other Southeastern states also ranked
above the national average: West Virginia
with an average of 16 prescriptions,
Kentucky with 15.7 and Alabama with
15.2.
As for costs, prescription drug spending in Tennessee equates to $1,192 for
every resident.
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"For all our drug use and spending,
Tennessee still ranks 47th in health status
for its citizens," said BlueCross health
policy director Bill Cecil, citing the state's
ranking in a report issued in November by
the United Health Foundation.
He added that criteria for appropriate
prescription drug use is needed to prevent
health risks, as well as maximize the benefits.
Each year, medication mistakes injure
more than 1.5 million Americans, according to the Institute of Medicine. The drug
enors and prescription overuse can result
in accidental poisonings, drug addiction,
and even death.
"The dangers that prescription overuse
pose to our health and our wallets should
cause concern for all Tennesseans," said
Terry Shea, director of pharmacy services
for BlueCross.
"Fortunately, the health care communi-
ty is engaging in many collaborative
efforts that explore mechanisms such as
electronic health records and education to
address our prescription drug problem."
Blue Cross Blue Shield has been chosen to administer the state's new health
insurance program for low-income working Tennesseans, beating out bids from:
United Healthcare, Aetna and Cigna.
The Cover Tennessee plan calls for the·
state, workers and participating employers to each pay one-third of the average,
monthly premium of $150.
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Express Scripts, Inc. is the contractor:
hired to administer the prescription drug•
benefits of the Cover Tennessee program, I
called Cover Rx.
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9, 2007 • A3
Record
• Continued from p
robbery
James D. Kerr, 31; seconddegree forgery
Earnest Bowman, 38; fugitive from another state
•
Vemecia J. Perry, 47; operating a motor vehicle on a suspended/revoked
operators
license, failure to surrender
revoked operators license, rear
license not illuminated, three
counts of failure to wear seat
belts, no/expired registration
plates, no/expired Kentucky
registration receipt, failure of
owner to maintain required
insw-ance/security, fail to give
right of way to vehicle passing
opposite, careless driving,
operating a motor vehicle
under the influence of alcohol
or drugs, two counts controlled
substance prescription not in
• original container, third-degree
possession of a controlled substancG, second-degree traffic in
a controlled substance, firstdegree promoting contraband,
license plate not legible
Ronald W. Blackburn, 51;
operating a motor vehicle
under the influence of alcohol
or drugs, failure to wear seat
belts, no/expired Kentucky
registration receipt, failure of
owner to maintain required
insurance/security, reckless
driving, resisting arrest, firstdegree terroristic threatening,
• disorderly conduct
Estate of Donna Jean
Branham
to
Pl.!lphrey
Investments LLC, property
location undisclosed.
Monty Dean Branham
Executor
to
Pelphrey
Investments LLC, property
location undisclosed.
Roberta Burchett to Charles
Burchell, property location
undisclosed.
Deborah Hall Calhoun to
Lisa R. and Terry Von
Chaffins, property located in
Martin.
Mud Creek Baptist Church
MiSSIOnary
to
Riverside
Baptist Church, property location undisclosed .
Jill Fen·rui to JP Morgan
Chase Bank, property location
undisclosed.
John Ferrru·i to JP Morgan
Chase Bank, property location
undisclosed.
Joyce Rene·e Gilkerson to
Joyce Rcnc'c Gilkerson,
William Douglas GJlkerson
and James E. Hargrove. property located at Crestwood
Subdivision.
Wilham Douglas Gdkcr~on
to Joyce Renc'c Gilkerson,
Wilham Douglas Gilkerson
and James E. Hargrove, property located at Crestwood
Subdivision.
Billy Hamilton to Olivia
Mitchell. property location
undiscl9sed .
Tiffany Holbrook to Ricky
and Toma Robinson, property
located
at
Creekside
Development.
William E. Holbrook to
Ricky and Tonia Robinson.
property located at Creekside
Development.
JP Morgan Chase Bank to
JP Morgan Chase Bank, prop-
erty location undisclosed.
fstate of llclen Prevost
Mayo to Mayo llarkcy LLC.
property location undisclosed.
Helen Prevost Mayo Trust
to Mayo Harkey LLC, property location undisclosed.
W. Porter Mayo 1 rust to
Mayo Harkey LLC, property
location undisclosed.
Estate of Walker P. Mayo II
to Mayo Harkey LLC, property location undisclosed.
Walker P. Mayo ff Trustee
to Mayo Harkey LLC, property location undisclosed.
Gary McCoy to Lisa R. and
Terry Von Chaffins. property
located in Martin.
Terri Hall McCoy to Lisa R.
and Terry Von Chaffins, property located at Martin.
Malin Mitchell .Jr. to Olivia
Mitchell, property location
undisclosed.
Mud Creek Baptist Ch•trch
to
Rivcrstdc
Missionary
Baptist Church, property loc:ation undisclosed.
Anna Lee Ousley to Carl
Bai Icy Jr.. property located at
Jim Potter Branch.
Unknov.n spouse of Anna
Lee Ousley to Carl Bailey Jr.,
property located at Jim Potter
Branch.
Molly Owens to Joseph
Owens. property location
undisclosed.
Danny Ray to Darren J.
Combs, property located at
Mare Creek.
Sharon A. Ray to Darren J.
Combs, property located at
Marc Creek.
Ri<.:ky Robinson to Tiffany
S. Holbrook and William E.
Holbrook II, pt;opcrty located
at Abbott Creek.
Tonia Robinson to Tiffany
S. Holbrook and William E.
Holbrook II, property located
at Abhou Creek.
Ruth Runnels to Lonzo and
Ramona Bowling, property
located at West Prestonsburg.
William P Runnels to
Lonzo and Ramona Bowling,
property located at West
Prestonsburg.
Albert D. Scalf to Anita and
Darren Stapleton, property
located at Marc Creek.
Albert Devon Scalf to Anita
and Darren Stapleton, property
located at Mare Creek.
John Schickel US Marshall
to Carl Bailey Jr., property
locnted at Jim Potter Branch.
Henry Setser Jr. to Fannin
Enterprises, property located at
Allen.
Sharon Setser to Fannin
Enterprises, property located at
Allen.
Inspections
Double
Kwik
#2065,
Grethel, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, food not protected during storage, operators not providing chemical test kits where
chemical sanitization methods
are employed, cloths used for
wiping nonfood contact surfaces being used for other purposes, improper storage of sin1.;1gle service articles, garbage
and refuse containers not covered as required, lighting not
provided as required, cleaning
and maintenance equipment
not properly stored. Score:
Food, 93, Retail, 96.
Jerry's Food Mart, Grethel,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accw-ate ther~~ in aH refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
dishwashing facility not properly designed, toilet room
doors not self closing, floors
not in good repair, attached
~ equipment not in good repair
on walls and ceiling, cleaning
and maintenance equipment
not properly stored. Score:
Food, 93, Retail, 95.
Property Transfers
Garland Lewis Arnett Jr. to
Larry Michael Jervis, property
located at Holbrook Branch.
Lisa Lynn Arnett to Larry
Michael Jervis, property located at Holbrook Branch.
Buena Bentley to Patricia
Cooper, property location
.undisclosed.
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Lonzo L. Bowling to
Charles and Victoria Ray,
property
located
at
Prestonsburg.
Ramona Kay Bowling to
Charles and Victoria Ray,
property
located
at
Prestonsburg.
Donna Boyette to Kentucky
Power Company, property
location undisclosed.
Jim Boyette to Kentucky
Power Company, property
location undisclosed.
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Editorial roundup
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on backing
the U.S. Senates proposed minimum-wage increase:
Small business is the backbone of the U.S. economy. A minimum-wage increase that cripples small business is likely to be
counterproductive.
Therefore, Americans should support the Senate version of legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour over
two years. The House has approved similar legislation, but the
Senate added tax breaks for small business that House leaders
oppose.
The House should be reasonable. A wage hike that hurts small
businesses, which generally operate on low profit margins, is one
that could also hurt workers by costing them jobs.
The Senate has the more sensible approach and the one most
likely to truly benefit workers. It's also revenue-neutral, because
the tax breaks would be offset by tax increases on corporations and
their top executives. The House should join the Senate so the bill
can move quickly to the president's desk.
Times Union, Albany, N.Y., on the Bush administration ~nd
taxes:
Throughout his six-plus years in office, President Bush has carefully polished his image as a tax cutter. Even today, with the costs
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continuing to escalate, he continues to press Congress to make his 10-year, $1.7 trillion tax-cut
package permanent - a policy he maintains is essential to stimulating the economy. But now comes his latest budget, at $2.8 trillion, and what can only be described as a backdoor tax increase.
Not something one would expect from a tax cutter.
According to a New York Times article ... Mr. Bush will ask
Congress to cease indexing the thresholds that determine who will
pay higher premiums for Medicare. Without indexing for inflation,
more and more middle-class families would suddenly be deemed
as upper-income, and subject to the higher premiums ....
The $10 billion that the White House expects to generate by
ending indexing is seen as a way of meeting Mr. Bush's goal of
balancing the budget by 2012. But if fiscal prudence is the goal and it should be - then there are other, more equitable ways to
raise revenue ....
The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., on the Democratic presidential candidate~ and Iraq:
The Democratic contenders itching to replace President Bush
are using the Iraq inferno as a source of rhetorical heat, but they're
mistaken if they think fighting words alone will win the White
House for them.
It's true that Iraq looms large in voters' minds right now; in one
recent poll, 65 percent of voters said the president should not send
more troops if Congress votes for a nonbinding resolution against
doing so.
But to be credible, Democrats need to do more than urge a pullout or chide a weak Iraqi government- as Sen. Hillary Clinton
and others have - for not doing a better job of dealing with the
long-standing sectarian rivalries unleashed by the security vacuum
that followed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. They need to
acknowledge that Iraq might very well implode after American
troops leave, exacerbating an already horrific refugee problem and
causing even greater bloodshed in a country for which the United
States now has a certain responsibility. Should we have taken on
that responsibility? Right now, that's almost beside the point. ...
If Democrats fall into the trap of attacking the Bush administration and one another for their past votes on Iraq, they will miss the
opportunity they have right now to show they are worthy to lead.
They need to drop the snarky sound bites and offer some thoughtful approaches to how to end a miserable war without exacerbating
human and diplomatic costs that are already too high.
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Text of Gov. Fletcher's State of the Commonwealth address
The Associated Press
Before I begin, I would like us just to
take a moment of silence for the children
and individuals that lost their life this
morning in the fire in Nelson County, so if
you will with me, let's just take a moment
of silence in memory of them.
Thank you.
First lady, constitutional officers, justices, Speaker Richards, President
Williams, legislators and my fellow
Kentuckians, it's good to be here tonight.
I want to begin by welcoming
Kentucky's new legislators to this august
body.
I also want to welcome our new
Supreme Court justices.
1 had the honor of appomting Justice
McAnulty, the f1rst Afiican-Amcrican to
serve on Kentucky's Supreme Court. Not
only that, but let me congratulate you and
the people of Jefferson County for your
election.
This is the ftrsl short session where we
don't have to write a budget; in that sense
it's historic.
Remember, a little over three years
ago I gave my first State of the
Commonwealth address.
Before that, prisoners released early to
balance the budget were committing
crimes, elderly and disabled patients saw
their nursing home benefits slashed,
employment was stagnant and revenues
had dropped. We faced a large deficit.
Proposals of tax increases came from
many voices. They said raising taxes was
the only way that we could fund the needed services and education.
Well, together, you and I, we decided
that wasn't the real solution to our problem. We hved within our means and
reformed our taxes, lowering the income
tax rate on 78 percent of working
Kentuckians and reduced the tax margin
on businesses and eliminated the tax on
capital investments to a total of about 30
percent reduction.
We funded those changes by closing
loopholes for out-of-state businesses, and
we increased the cigarette tax.
It may have not pave been the easy
answer, but it honored our dedication to a
guiding set of conservative principles.
And it worked. We are encouragmg
growth, restoring hope and creating
opportunity.
Three years ago, with thrift, courage
and vision, we faced the challenge that
was before us .
We had the thrift to wean government
from much waste and inefficiency.
We reduced the size of government by
over 2,000 employees through attrition.
We increased the collection of delinquent taxes by $54 million each and every
year.
We now have over $80 million more
each year to build roads in your communities. Why? Because we tightened our
change orders and reduced the size of
bureaucracy in that cabinet.
We also faced our challenge with the
courage to reform.
We substantially reformed an antiquated tax system, as I've stated.
We transformed state employee health
insurance to a self-insured program, saving millions in cost increases, while we
kept our benefits stable.
And we reformed Medicaid, endmg
decades of neglect.
And we answered ow· challenge with
the vision to build more than ever in the
history of our commonwealth.
We built roads and bridges that are so
much more than asphalt and concrete;
they're safer paths to expanding dreams,
new horizons and over 100,000 new jobs.
By creating an atmosphere of growth,
we now have more people working than
ever before. Businesses are more profitable.
New companies are springing up all
across the state, and the country is now
looking to Kentucky as an emerging
biotech player.
We built places of learning and
research to strengthen hope, build careers
and prepare a smarter, more capable work
force.
And we did it together. And we did it
without cutting benefits for our most vulnerable citizens and without raising taxes.
We designed our reform with timehonored and proven values.
From the Old Testament, we are
admonished to "Execute true justice,
show mercy and compassion."
I believe we've followed those values,
treating our vulnerable more compassionately, providing better protection and justice for our unborn, caring for our newboms more thoroughly and strengthening
our commitment to education and to those
who teach our c hildren.
We're also redeeming the lives of
those ravaged by drugs and toughening
laws agamst those who manufacture ille
gal drugs.
We're ensuring that Kentucky ages
gracefully. In fact, recently I created the
Department for Aging and Independent
L1ving.
Finall y, Frankfort Will provide a clear
votce of advocacy on behalf of aging and
disabled Kentuckians.
Already this new department is implementing a long-term livmg initiative to
develop a single place to ftnd information
and resources so aging and disabled
I know each of you will have priorities
Kentuckians can find the best care, in the as well, and I look forward to working
right setting.
with you on your initiatives.
In just three years, we have made a difI believe we can now responsibly
ference, sometimes a difference between move forward on those vetoed projects,
life and death.
and let me say here and now, I stron
Rebecca Gambrel never wore her seat support restoring all of them.
belt, was angered when she heard of the
Now some of those projects have
primary scat belt law. Yet, she didn't want changed slightly, and I've made a few
to break the law, so she buckled up.
revisions and recommendatiOns. For
On Oct. 11, 2006, Rebecca was in a example, I support funding the design of
head-on collision. The officer who the Breathitt Veterinary Center in western
responded said, "You're one lucky lady.
Kentucky as it has significance for homeYour seat belt may have saved your life."
land security and for the integrity of our
Now no one rides in Rebecca's car livestock industry. 1 appreciate working
without their seat belt. Rebecca IS with us
with our agriculture commissioner, Richie
tonight, and she wants to thank you for Farmer, on that initiative. Commissioner,
passing the seat belt law. Please welcome thank you very much.
Rebecca GambreL
I also want us to look at some of our
Tonight, I'd also like for us to recogother needs with an eye on saving for the
nize a Kentuckian, another Kentuckian,
future by placing nearly half the total surone who epitomiJ:es the bravery of each of plus into a combination of our reserve
our soldiers.
fund and the state pensions program.
Thts soldier showed remarkable
Kentucky made a commitment to
courage during an intense battle against al
public servants, and I want to assure all
Qaeda
and Taliban
fighters
111 retirees and those who are currently workAfghanistan.
ing that we will keep those promises made
On March 4, 2002, his demonstration
to them.
of pure valor helped 10 wounded
Last year, I placed $24 million from
Americans receive lifesaving treatment the '06 surplus into the state employee
and led to the recovery of seven servicepension programs.
men killed during grenade and mortar
Now, after discussion with many of
attacks.
you, I recommend that we put at least $50
Please welcome Silver Star recipient million into the retirement accounts for
Master Sgt. Keary Miller.
both state workers and teachers.
We've had more than 8,500 National
The most effective way to use this
Guard soldiers and airmen deployed to
money is to put it toward the health care
tight the global war on terror. Let me say
retirement benefit plans since they have
thanks again to you. Every time we've
the fastest growing liability.
asked for support from you, the General
This funding addresses our short-term
Assembly, you've given it for our troops, need, and yesterday, I formed a blue grass,
and I believe they have the best training or blue ribbon commission to assess and
and the best equipment of any u·oops in
make recommendations for the long-te
America because of the support that stability of our retirement program.
you've given and because of the leaderWith the significant surplus we now
ship that we have in our National Guard.
have, I recommend an allocation of $150
They understand the teamwork that is
million to the reserve trust fund bringing
necessary for a rrussion's success.
the balance to approximately $385 milRecently, we witnessed two other lion, the largest in the history of our comexamples of what can be accomplished
monwealth.
when you assemble a great team.
There are three reasons why this is
In fact, when was the last time a
important.
Kentucky governot.could boast of accomFirst, it allows us to better prepare for
panying two football teams to winning
unexpected downtwns and disasters.
bowl games? I don't know, have UK and
Secondly, it helps keep our strong credU of L ever in the same year won two it rating.
bowl games? Not in my recollection.
And thirdly, it allows us to plan for iniCoach Brooks is with us here tonight.
tiatives in the budget session next year,
Please join me in congratulating him, his
including major health care and educationteam and the University of Kentucky on a al proposals.
As Bill Gates says and as he's writte)i;l,
fantastic season.
I also want to congratulate the "We are moving at the speed of thought.;t'l'•
University of Louisville football team for
The people of Kentucky voted for
an outstanding season as well and its vicannual sessions because they understood
tory in the Orange Bowl. I'm proud to that needs of our state cannot always wait
welcome quarterback Brian Brohm and to be addressed every two years.
his father, Oscar.
The other proposals I make tonight
Brian was considering an early entry should not wait until the next session.
into the NFL draft but decided to stay for
I'd like to thank the thousands of
one last shot at a national championship. Kentuckians who attended my 14 town
Brian, we'd like to see you get there. And hall meetings, voted on the town hall Web
again thanks to both of you and coach site or sent letters or called my office.
Brooks for joining us tonight, and I'm
When I traveled around the state durglad to see that you both stood to applaud ing the forums, one of the messages I
one another. A great example of teams- heard was that we need more investment
in education.
manship and sportsmanship.
Wins like this are good for all of
The question arises, how should we
Kentucky and help us recruit not only talnow build on the 25 percent increase in
ent for the field but also for the classroom our current budget for primary and s'e and the laboratory.
ondary education?
And let me again thank you. That was
You know, I believe that we have
assembled one of the finest teams this a tremendous bipartisan effort and the
state has ever seen and that this team does strongest education budget this assell\bly
an excellent job implementing the legisla- has passed probably since 1990. Thjtnk
tion that you pass as well as helping you you. You deserve a congratulation.
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serve your constituents.
The Read to Achieve Program that :the
For their expertise, hard work, please first lady championed is working, bul in
join me m thanking not only our cabinet order to help us compete nationally IUld
secretaries and their staff, but all of internationally. we all recogruze that jwe
Kentucky 's public servants. They do an
must do better also in math and sciertce.
excellent job of serving Kentucky.
Let me thank Rep. Moberly and Sen. Ktlly
A year ago this body passed a robust
for their work in this area.
budget that took on nearly twice the debt
I recommend tonight that we inves an
of any previous one in our history.
additional $7 million in our MJath
The budget included sound invest- Achievement Fund to make this prog4am
ments in education and infrastructure.
available to more than a hundred additipnHowever, as you know, I vetoed some al schools across the state.
I also want to applaud Sen. Winters
projects to avoid assuming a debt level
that 1 felt would threaten our state's bond
Sen. Kelly for sponsoring Senate B4I
rating.
and 2, which will encourage more into•the
The vetoes accomplished my goal.
fields of math and science and encour~ge
Wall S treet respected our responsible
teachers into those disciplines.
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We are above the national averag~ on
actions. As a result, Kentucky 's outlook
from Standard and Poor's was moved ACT scores in reading. And if we raise pur
from stable to positive.
math and science scores to the natiqnal
Our revenues are so 1mproved, that our average, Kentucky will have overall ~T
debt ratio now, even after restoring the scores above the national average. \V.Jeare
projects in this session, will be less than finally that close.
the budget was including the vetoed proThat's why 1 think it's extre ely
jects.
important this session that we move forTonight. I'm here to report that the ward on initiatives in math and scienct. It
state of the commonwealth is much cannot wait until next session.
stronger and healthier than it was three
Since we're talking about educa on,
years ago, but we still have some chal- let me take this opportunity to recog4-ize
lenges that lie ahead in order to reach the the 2007 Kentucky Teacher of the Ye4.
goals that you may recall I laid out in the
Susanne BUJckhardt is a nati<mal
last State of the Conunonwealth.
board-certified teacher at Simpson{
Now it's time to ask, where do we go Elementary. She represents the qul!lity
from here?
teacher that we want to keep in and att:J'act
We have the opportunity to build an
to Kentucky. I believe your pay incr4ase
even stronger reserve fund and revisit
and increased support for teachers hst
unmet needs.
time will do just that, and I want to thl:mk
As you know, that the Consensus
you for that. Susanne, thank. you for ~ur
Forecasting Group has projected an addiwork and for being here tonilht.
tional $401 million, bringing the total sur- Congratulations.
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plus of the last two budget cycles to more
We also have many poor conditioned
than $700 million.
school buildings in every regwn of 1the
This is not a budget year, but our effort commonwealth. Therefore, I'm worMing
to run govemment effec tively has created on developing a long-tern1 plan to allevlate
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the opportunity to address some of
Kentucky's pressing needs in this session.
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.Johnson named PMC chief operating officer II STRAND TWIN
PIKEVILLE - Pikeville
Medical
Center's
Jerry
Johnson was promoted last
week to the position of Chief
Operating Officer (COO) of
the hospital. Johnson had been
serving as Special Assistant to
the President and CEO prior to
accepting his new job.
With over 24 years of
hands-on experience in management and a strong public
service background, Johnson
brings strength and proven
ability to this new position.
Before coming to PikeVille
Medical Center last May,
Johnson worked as Chief
Jerry Johnson
Executive Officer of Pikeville
Medical
Development
Corporation in Louisville, a
development corporation of
Pikeville Medical Center, a
post which he has held since
March 2005. This corporation
finds and facilitates new
research opportumttes for
Pikeville Medical Center, and
assists in creating new economic opportunities in the
area.
Prior to his work in
Louisville, Johnson spent 10
years working in state government, with eight of those years
in the governor's office.
Johnson has managed new
construction projects, the hospital's physician staff offices,
many of the hospital's operations units and other special
projects as needed, since arriving in Pikeville last spring. He
also continues his work with
the
Pikeville
Medical
Development Corporation.
The Harlan native accepted
his new position after former
COO Debbie Puckett accepted
her own promotion and new
role at PMC as the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the
Rehabilitation Hospital.
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preference plan clears committee
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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FRANKFORT - Military veterans
protected state jobs would have
·•.lan advantage over regular civilians going
" ·for the same post under a bill before the
Kentucky General Assembly.
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Veterans already receive a preference
1
.,, when they apply for state jobs under the
, I
v current system. The plan, which on
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•u: give them an added boost.
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"Veterans really don't have a prefer•1 ence in state government hiring," said
Rep. Mike Cherry, D-Ptinceton, the bill's
,n -'s ponsor.
'•'-" The legislation is among a number of
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bills pending in the legislature this year
,,<~ ,that aim to help military veterans, active
·"·duty members and their families. A separate plan, for example, would give an
ti 1income tax break to active duty military
·~,, ,seeking
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Kentucky's merit system, the state's
version of civil service jobs, was at the
center of a lengthy investigation into Gov.
Ernie Fletcher's administration. A
Franklin County special grand jury investigated allegations that Fletcher and other
administration officials doled out protected state jobs to the governor's political
supporters. According to state law, such
jobs are supposed to be based on a candidate's qualifications, not political ties.
Fletcher was indicted on three misdemeanors stemming from the probe, but the
charges were eventually dropped in a deal
with prosecutors.
Cherry and other supporters of the pla
said that veterans, however, should get an
advantage over other applicants when
seeking employment with the state.
Currently, veterans get a five-point bonus
when they apply for a protected state job,
and disabled vets get a 10-point boost.
Cherry said that's not enough of a preference because only about 14 percent of
the protected jobs in state government
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require a test in which the added points
can be calculated.
Under the proposal, every veterans'
application would be clearly marked and
state officials would be required to interview at least five candidates who are veterans for every job.
Similar plans cleared both chambers
during the 2006 session but failed to
become law.
The measure sailed through the House
committee on the legislature's second full
day of work. It was part of the House
Democrats' 2007 agenda.
Now, it heads to the full House for consideration.
Paul Schlisser, a Vietnam veteran and a
veterans' service office at Fort Knox, said
he thought it was "a great bill." It would
give someone with military service
chance to "catch up" with those who did
not serve.
"It's about time that the veterans get a
preference," Schlisser said.
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this week and the good news is
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d.,,Tamblyn). Shimizu has proved
he can do this stuff in his sleep
11•-and deserves a chance to direct
1 'something new. Avoid this one
1
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en years with this adaptation
of a book about the men who
raised the flag at lwo Jima and
became instant celebrities. The
movie follows the prewar life
of all six men and h1ts'its stride
when it places them all at the
battle of lwo Jima. The film
then embarks on an examination of how the participants
felt that they betrayed their fellow Marines when they were
whisked off to promote bonds
while their friends died in
massive numbers in the Pacific
theater. Eastwood manages to
tell this story without l}lelodrama and presents some of the
grittiest war sequences since
"Saving Private Ryan."
"Running with Scissors" There are plenty of laughs and
heartfelt drama in this adaptation of Augusten Burroughs'
novel about growing up in a
family that must cope with
mental
illness.
Annette
Benning, Brian Cox and Jill
Clayburgh star.
"Hollywoodland" - Film
fans will get a kick out of this
dramatic retelling of the death
of actor George Reeves (TV's
Superman). Many of Reeves'
friends have insisted that the
actor never would have taken
his own and life and this
movie looks at an alternate
scenario. Reeves is played by
Ben Affleck, who does a fine
job and gets ample. support
from Bob Hoskins, Diane
Lane and Adrien Brody. This
one fizzled at the box office
but deserves a second chance
on DVD where it should get
off to a good start after the
blitz of Superman titles which
hit the racks in the wake of the
release
of
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"Flags of Our Fathers" -?;" Clint Eastwood continues his
,.. trend of making his best films
rf; as he sloughs through his gold-
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all of the worst conditioned school
facihties. includmg the challenges
endured by those super high
growth districts we have. Let me
thank President Williams and
Senator Winters for agreeing in
advance to work on th1s plan.
Experts have concluded that
there is a direct relationship
between the physical condition of a
school facility and a student's academic achievement.
The plan, at a minimum, will
b1ing all school facilities to a level
where the condition of the school
buildmg does not impede a child's
ability to learn.
Because of the extensive number of urgent needs schools. the 50
million additional dollars m the
current budget helped but clearly
left many schools still in need.
You have expressed the desire
not to expand the budget in this
session, and I respect that, hut
please know that there are areas of
urgent need and super high growth
that could use additional funding
now. And should the budget be
opened for such a purpose, I would
be willing and encouraged by
working with you t9 invest more in
ow- school facilities.
We Kentuckians set a lofty goal
of increasing the percentage of
Kentuckians with bachelor's
degrees to reach the national average by 2020. Higher education
means higher earnings. In 30 years,
a person with a professional degree
makes $2.3 million more on average than a high school graduate.
Tremendous difference in the
opportunities of education and the
opportunities to increase one's
earnmg capacity.
And higher education is the
only way for our state to remam
competitive. To achieve our goal,
higher education should be available to every Kentuckian regardl.yss of financial condition.
And let me thank the university
presidents for their recent focus on
needs-based tuition assistance.
Several have already begun their
own programs.
But the fact remains that tuition
has increased 145 percent in the
last 10 years. And half the qualified
students who apply for our College
Assistance Program are turned
down for lack of funds. Statistics
show that college enrollment for
those turned down is 21 percent
lower than for those who receive
help. A small survey at Kentucky
State University showed that
dropout rates have been magnified
by increasing costs.
I also believe there are lowincome students in middle school
and high school that give up on the
hope of attending college because
of the financial barriers. We can do
something about that.
We should extend to every student and family in Kentucky a single, overriding message. Let me
call it the Kentucky Covenant, a
pact that if you work hard, get
good grades and take rigorous
courses, we will guarantee you an
affordable college education here
in this state regardless of your
financial means. This covenant
would provide incentives for high
achievement in math and science
as well.
I am asking you to join me as
we work with our universities and
community colleges to make this
Kentucky Covenant a reality with
every student in our state. Working
with leading experts in education
and financial models, we will be
working to develop a sustainable
program and a plan for the '08 session. And working with the universities, which has already begun,
and combining resources with
orne of the surplus money that we
put in the reserve fund, I believe
we can and will develop a plan to
guarantee every Kentucky student
a chance to succeed.
But some students can't wait
until then, so I also propose that
$20 million be invested in more
needs-based assistance through our
college access program and the
Kentucky Tuition Grant program.
These funds will reduce the waiting Jist and result in more
Kentuckians going to college, providing fmancial aid to an additiOnal 11,800 Kentuckians, and about
2,400 of them who would not have
otherwise enrolled.
Also, there's more than half a
million Kentucky adults with some
college education but who have no
deg ree or bachelor's degrees.
Because there are no needs-based
state-funded programs for adult
part-time employed students to
address this need, I request you
invest $5 Jtlillion to allow
Kentucky adults to finish their college education.
Some will say wait until '08,
and r understand your concern, but
I believe if we are to meet our 2020
goals, which this body established,
rightfully so, we should help all we
can when we can. We are capable
of helping now. I encourage you to
do so.
There are two critical areas that
need action now to address our
urgent health care needs and bring
lower cost, higher quality health
care to Kentucky families.
We have the highest or, excuse
me. we have the second highest
rate of cervical cancer deaths in the
nation. Most of these deaths arc
caused by the human papilloma
virus.
Thanks to a new vaccine devel-
oped, in part, by three individuals
in our audience, future deaths can
be avoided. These three dedicated
researchers from
our own
University ot Louisv1lk helped to
create and test the world's first cerVIcal cancer vaccine.
Please join me in welcoming
Dr. Ben Jenson, Dr. Shin "G" Gim
and Dr. Stanley Gall.
If you've ever watched a
patit:nt die of cervical cancer, and I
have, you would do everything you
could to make this vaccine available.
I am moving forward with
funding this vaccine for our
Medicaid patients out of the existing budget. But for low-intome
individuals or those without insurance, it is not an affordable option.
For these Kentuckians, I ask you to
appropriate $4.1 million to make
this vaccine available to them.
We're not in the business of
parenting. So I propose we properly educate parents about the vaccine and give them the option for
their children to receive this vaccmc. But I encourage you to support this human papilloma vaccine
this session. It may be a difference
in life and death.
We're also working to make
health care more affordable for
Kentucky families through our ehealth efforts. One of the major
barriers to achieving this goal is
that health care is still dominated
by inefficient paper processes.
I recently received a call from
Secretary Leavitt of the federal
Department of Health and Human
Services. He wanted to let me and
you know that Kentucky is to
receive a $4.9 million federal grant
to help our Medicaid program lead
our state's e-health eff01ts. Let me
thank you for passing the e-health
bill last year. I know that bill languished, but I want to say thanks to
Sen. Williams for his leadership of
helping pass the e-health legislation and establishing the e-health
board. It IS because of that that we
are receiving this grant, so thank
you.
The federal funding is a boost
to our efforts to bring lower cost,
higher-quality health care to
Kentucky. Now I ask you to allocate an additional $4.1 million of
state funding to ensure all
Kentucky families and communitics can benefit from c-health.
Also, from the town hall meetings, I heard about the need of our
private child-care providers, those
who take care of children with very
intense care needs. Recognizing
our providers' increasing challenges, I propose $7.5 million be
allocated to irlcrease payments to
ensure our most vulnerable children continue to receive the services they need. This funding,
when added to matching federal
dollars will bring a total of $16.4
million to this effort. And I don't
want us to pass up the opportunity
of making a difference in those
children's lives with this matching
money. While the majority of this
funding will support all providers,
I am asking that a portion of these
funds be used to address the more
intense-care needs of some our
most vulnerable children.
Let me now move to economic
incentives that will help our state
continue to grow.
Tonight I'll offer several economic development initiatives.
The fust is a package that will
help keep our outstanding corporate citizen, Ford Motor Co., prosperous in Kentucky. This package
includes $10 million for training
and other incentives. Both Senate
and House leadership, including
Sen. Seum and Rep. Clark, have
worked with us to develop this legislation. Now I ask you for your
support.
Additionally, I will ask for an
econom.ic development bond of
$10 million to allow us to create
even more job opportunities in
Kentucky because of existing
opportunities that we have currently available.
In another area, achieving energy independence is one of our
major opportunities as well.
Last year, you passed HB 299,
which represented the beginning of
Kentucky becoming a part of the
solution to our nation's dependence on foreign oil. That bill was
a good start. Now it's time to go to
the next level.
To help our nation achieve
energy independence, I propose
that we enact legislation that does
four thmgs to bring Kentucky to
the forefront m this industry.
First, provide tax incentives
and credits for state-of-the-art electric and coal-to-liquid generating
facilities . This will make us competitive in attracting capital for
these large projects.
Second, provide revenue bonds
and grant opportunities for new
facilities that provide new and
clean methods for generating fuel
and energy.
Third, extend the clean-coal tax
credit for coal-fired generating
facilities that use clean-coal technologtes, such as IGCC.
Fomth, adopt tax credits for
individuals and budders who
install Energy Star certified energy
savmg products. Thts will encourage Kentuckians all across our
state to conserve_
Energy independence transcends politics. It's good policy for
our nation, our state and our citi-
zens. Reps. Adkins, Gooch and
Pullm and Sen. Stivers have done
great work in this area already. Let
me say thanks to you. I hope that
you can continue to work and work
with me to pass this legislation
during this session.
Another legacy· we have to
leave our children i~ one of preserving our landscapes and the natural beauty that we have in
Kentucky. Opportunities to participate in outdoor recreation provide
numerous benefits to building
strong communities, including
enhanced quality of life, improved
public health, new tourism opportunities and an added amenity for
our economic development efforts.
No one is more supportive of good
development than this administration.
We also realize that a growing
economy needs new homes and
new businesses, but over 47,000
acres each year are lost to development. We are getting to the point
where only the wealthy can afford
access to land for hunting, fishing
and wildlife observation. We need
more accessible land for all
Kentuckians, habitat for wildlife
and recreational opportunities.
The bill sponsored by Reps.
Webb and McKee and Sen. Tapp is
the most significant piece of legislation for conservation and sportsmen
and
sportswomen in
Kentucky in our lifetime.
This
voluntary
program
respects personal property rights.
There is no cost in this biennium.
In 2009, the cost is $3 million. The
amount increases each year and
will be capped at $1 0 million per
year beginning in the year 2012.
I hope you can join me and the
1 rnilliott Kentuckians who have
hunting and fishing licenses, as
well as the thousands who enjoy
viewirlg wildlife, by passing this
legislation.
As I've said, we have become
the buzz of the high-tech industry
with the incentives you passed last
session. Again, let me thank you.
They are working. With those
tools, Commissioner Clayton has
worked to add 101 high-tech companies to our growing knowledgebased economy in this year or in
the last year alone, in 2006.
We have more interest than we
expected, and let me ask that you
allocate some more - $2 million
in this fiscal year and $5 million in
'08 for the purpose of attracting
more companies and providing
opportunities for the companies
we've already attractive as we are
becoming a new biotech player in
the nation.
In less than four years, we will
bring the world's focus to
Kentucky for the 2010 Alltech
World Equestrian Games at the
Kentucky Horse Park. After our
trip to Aachen, Germany, to
observe the 2006 Games, it
became apparent that to host the
finest World Equestrian Games
ever. we had more work to do.
I am asking you to fund a
10,000-seat outdoor spectator
arena expandable to 30,000 temporary seats as well as other improvements to the indoor arena you
authorized last year.
I'm also asking that you authorize to spend road fund money to
make transportation improvements
in order to accommodate the 5,000
expected visitors that we'll have to
the World Equestrian Games and
other events in the future.
With these additions, we can
showcase Kentucky to over 200
countries and hundreds of thousands of people.
This will make the Horse Park
the finest equestrian facility in the
world for annual legacy events
already in the making.
The total cost - $28 million in
bonds and $10 million in road
funds.
The economic impact - about
$150 million annually.
The value of this chance to
showcase the world our beautiful
commonwealth - priceless.
I hope you will join me in this
effort.
Every county judge and local
official knows how important
Kentucky Area Development
Districts are to their communities'
and their counties' success. The
ADDs budgets have been basically
level for a number of years, yet
these ADD districts continue to
add valuable service to our counties and local goverru11ent. And as
we ask for more regional plaruling
and cooperation, it's important to
give them the tools they need.
I support increasing their funding in the fiscal year '08 by just
$ 1.5 million and then looking at
funding again as we review and
come back in '09.
Recently, because of concerns
regarding the integrity of Wolf
Creek Dam, the Corps of
Engineers announced that the
water level m Lake Cumberland
will be lowered. Taking this situa
tion seriously, I assembled an mteragency working group to plan for
and respond to the needs which are
likely to ar1se from thts circumstance.
My fust priority, of course, IS
the safety of the citizens in that
region. We're also doing our part
to assist with the potential Impact
on tourism, fishing and tl1e general
economy in this area.
This situation has n potential
for far-reaching challenges includ-
One other thing I ask you to of Pearl Harbor and represents the
ing water and energy supplies, as
thousands of veterans that will
well as emergency response plans consider in this session is to make
that are needed for development in the KLEFPF fund whole by mak- benefit if we pass this legislation
ing all certified peace officers eliOn the morning of Dec.
the event of breach.
1941, Herman woke up and e
So we can be better prepared gible.
Together we must begin our Japanese were bombing and straffor t11is Situation like this and other
focus on an issue critical to the ing everything in sight. Mr. Horn's
needs that 1 heard about as I traveled across this state, I'm a~king fmancial stability of all counucs all
unit escaped the m1tial attack and
you to look at bonding an amount across this commonwealth - the took action to stage a counterattack.
to place in our in our Community cost of operating county jails. This
is a problem that's developed over
He is now the president of the
Economic Growth Grant fund and
years and now is becoming more
$20 million be used to rccapitali:te
Kentucky Pearl Harbor Survivors
significant as it affects the budgets Association, and for many years
Fund B of the Kentucky
of many counties. We have he's shared his experience with
Infrastructure Authority.
increased the per diem recently, hundreds of students.
In addition, I'm asking you for
and thank you for your work m
Herman, again let us thank you
some flexibility in how may
expend surplus funds proactively doing that. But a comprehensive for corning and ~baring your story
to assist the citizens and communi- long-term solution has not been with us.
Our soldiers with uncommon
ties in this regiOn to help With the undettaken.
possible challenges ansing from
Indeed, the l!me IS now for the valor protect our freedom. Their
the Wolf Creek Dam situation. My
development of a bipartisan short- families make financial sacrifices
hope is that that need would never time solution to address immediate - the deployments, the lonelirless,
needs, followed by a comprehen- the anxiety. We can afford easil
arise, but if it does, we must be presive reexamination of our correc- ease some of that burden
pared for what may occur.
This funding will help us
tions program across the cominon- exempting the pay of active,
respond to citizens and local govwealth. I hope during this session National Guard and reserve solernments not only in this area, but that action to relieve the short-term diers from the state income tax.
all across the state.
concerns as well a5 a plan for a
This legislation is sponsored by
Let me recognize Sen. Jensen
long-term solution is undertaken.
Reps. Siler, Ballard, Dossett and
and Thayer for their support of Alld I look forward to working Sen. Ton. The cost: $8.6 million
with you on thts significant probother initiatives to strcarnlmc how
this budget cycle, then about $16.5
communities apply for and receive
lem in our commonwealth.
million annually thereafter. The
funding. Thank you for your work.
In 2005, I also established a benefits are numerous. Many solThis fall, an unconscionable
panel to study the Kentucky
diers change their residency to
tragedy occurred in Henderson Commission on Human Rights.
other states because of our income
County. Boni Frederick, one of our The results, to be reported later this
tax.
state's social service aides; was
We can attract many of the
week, revealed the commission's
killed during a visitation between a staffing level is inadequate to eight out of 10 Fort Campbell soltoddler and his mother.
decrease the number of discrimina- diers who make Tennessee rather
Every day in Kentucky, our
tion cases it receives.
than Kentucky their home beca
Tonight, I request the commis- of the income tax. I believe tha
social service aides walk into dangerous situations. For too long
sion be given $300,000 in fiscal
and of itself, may make up a good
we've provided too few resources
year '08 to meet its mission of portion of the cost of this initiative.
to those public servants who pro- encouraging fair treatment and disI ask for your support to do this
tect our children.
couraging discrimination against to honor those who fight for our
My administration will help
all racial and ethnic groups in freedom and security.
make the jobs of our social workKentucky. I hope you can join me
In closing, let me say that here
ers safer. Rep. Burch, Wayne, Lee, in that effort.
in Frankfort, the well-heeled voicSen. Denton and many others are
In my last State of the es are easy to hear, hard to ignore
proposing ways to fundamentally
Commonwealth, I closed with a and inviting to heed.
change our social service system salute to our soldiers and especialBut if we listen carefully, we
so that we keep families and state ly our veterans.
will hear the soft and timid voices
employees safe.
In the past year, more of the poor, the fatherless, the
This is what I promised Boni's
Kentuckians have sacrificed per- downtrodden, those who have
co-workers, and what I call on all sonal freedoms, physical well- served us and fought for our freeof us to live up to now. I conunit to
being and sometimes their lives to doms and provided our communiworking with these legislators to stand up to the forces of terronsm.
ties their safety and secunty.
Since last year, over 20 brave
fund this initiative, and I hope all
It is often in the still, small
of you will join us.
Kentuckians gave their all, dying voice that truth resounds.
This past year we had another in the fight to oppose those who
Let us listen more carefull
the crash of Flight would threaten our freedom. This do justice to those that our creator
tragedy 5191. Nothing we can do can year I propose a comprehensive set called "the least of these, my
return the loss or fill the void left of initiatives to begin to pay back brethren," as we have done these
by that tragedy. So many of us lost those who serve and have served years.
friends and some lost family.
so selflessly for you and for me.
It is good that I stand here
below "Tn God We Trust," and I
I wish to recognize the families
I am establishing a veterans
of the victims of Flight 5191. I also advocate and benefit~ specialist in
want to say thank you for posting
wish to recognize the Kentuckians • the Personnel Cabinet to assist
that.
who responded to tllis disaster.
Kentucky veterans through the
Addirionally, through cautious
They did an outstanding job.
application and interview process
management, honest debate and by
Members of the Lexington- for state jobs.
putting aside our political leanings,
Fayette
Urban
County
I announced my support recentwe have together turned Kentucky
Government and the Blue Grass ly for bonding the full $6 million around. Thousands of people are
Airport have met to assemble a expansion
of the
Western
now hearing about our unbridled
Flight
5191
Memorial Kentucky Veterans Center so that spirit. and they like what they hear.
Commission to oversee the design,
we can move forward on construcOver the next few years, we
selection and construction of a
tion of a place of more than 40 will have nearly a million visitors
memorial to those who lost their beds. Through a federal grant, we attending world-class events ~
lives in this tragedy. Let me thank will be reimbursed for this cost in
the Lincoln bicentennial celebraMayor Newberry and his staff and the future.
tion. Because of the work we have
Michael Gobb for their leadership
done together, they will like what
I also ask the secretary of the
in this respect.
Fin~ce
and
Administration
they see.
I encourage you in this session Cabinet to write a letter of gracious
Thank you and God bless.
to provide some financial support acceptance to allow us to accept
for a fitting memorial to these vicland from Fort Knox for an additims and their families. It is the tional state veterans nursing home
LEGAL NOTICE OF
right thing to do.
and to extend our state veterans
ANNUAL
MEETING
Let me turn to a deep concern cemetery.
Last session you autholized a
that plagues not only Kentucky,
The Burley Tobacco
but the nation.
veterans personal loan program. I
Growers Cooperative AsWe all have witnessed the am now asking for $2.5 million to
destructive power of drugs to ravfund this program in the current
sociation will hold its Anage lives and families, to weaken budget.
nual Meeting of memberFor veterans unable to care for
our communities and to overload
ship at its Tobacco Farmer
our criminal justice system. It is an their own affairs by the federal VA,
I've also propo ed a conservator
epidemic.
Appreciation Day at 2:of
We have taken some important program to help veterans manage
p.m., Friday, February 16,
their fmancial and personal affairs.
steps.
2007
in Room 101 of the
We're also working with Rep.
To fight not only drugs, but the
chronic homelessness it causes, we Wilkey, who has introduced a
South Wing at the KY
have established 10 recovery cenwounded and disabled veterans bill
Fair
and Exposition Centers across the state with I ,000 that Will provide lifetime support
beds of hope.
and case management to those
ter in Louisville, KY durWe've strengthened our reha- scarred from the battlefield.
ing the National Farm
Tonight, T wish to introduce to
bilitation efforts in our prisons and
Machinery Show.
have increased those beds from
you Hennan Hom. He is a survtvor
400 to 1,400.
With the methamphetamine
legislation you passed, we are
making true progress. There are 57
percent less reported meth labs and
an estimated 69 percent reduction
in exposure of children to methamphetamine.
It's now time to take the next
step in our fight to tackle this problem.
Joining Sens. Stivers and Kelly
along with General Stumbo, we
announced legislation that would
help us take one of the most significant steps this state has ever taken
to ~top the scourge of drugs
It is an approach to attack the
problem at every point, to stop illegal transportation of drugs and the
seizure of funds of dmg traffickers,
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Internet pharmacy enforcement
and rehabilitation for Kentuckians
strugglmg with substance abuse. I
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Betsy Layne to honor Wallace as .first inductee into Hall of Fam.e
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - In between
tonight's home Floyd County
Conference/58th District basketball
games against Prestonsburg High
teams, Betsy Layne High School officials will honor legendary alumnus
Grady Wallace as the first inductee
into the school's Hall of Fame. The
Betsy Layne-Prestonsburg boys' basketball game is scheduled for a 6 p.m.
tipoff. The Hall of Fame ceremonies
will be held at the conclusion of the
boys' game.
Wallace and the other members of
the 1953 BLHS team, as well as
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cheerleaders and manag~rs will be
recognized during the ceremony. The
Betsy Ladycats and Prestonsburg
Lady Blackcats will take to the court
for a conference/distJ.ict matchup in
the nightcap.
Under the guidance of Coach
William Hunter, Wallace played basketball at Betsy Layne High School
from 1950-1953. The Mare Creek
native played at a couple of different
colleges on a path that would result in
him leading the nation in scoring.
When he ended his prep career at
Betsy Layne, Wallace moved on to
nearby Pikeville College, where he
played two seasons under Coach Walt
Hambrick. Upon Hambrick accepting
a position as an assistant coach,
Wallace followed. It was in South
Carolina where Wallace notched
himself into the college basketball
record books.
Wallace played for South Carolina
from 1955-1957. The Mare Creek
native averaged 23.9 points per game
during his junior season in 1956. He
followed the junior campaign with
his record-breaking season in 1957.
Wallace led the nation in scoring
in 1957, averaging 31.3 points per
game. He was the nation's leading
scorer, ranking ahead of Mississippi' s
Joe Gibbon, Seattle's Elgin Baylor,
Kansas center Wilt Chamberlain and
Coach Brent
Rose will
guide his
Betsy Layne
Bobcats into
tonight's
home game
against the
Prestonsburg
Blackcats.
photo by Steve
LeMaster
(See WALLACE, page eight)
Fleming-led
Valley turns back
Lady Rebels
Cleaning out
the notebook
by RICK BENTLEY
TIMES COLUMNIST
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
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Kicking the weekend off with
another edition of notes:
• Wanna talk about a good
night? Does it get any better than
a day when Kentucky wins and
Duke loses? I think not, even
when North Carolina gets the
"W" over the Devils.
,r
• Then again, when South
Carolina puts 44 on you in a 12minute stretch (the last 12), you
ll'
. have to wonder what's going to
I'
·
happen when
Donnie Jones
leads
the
Florida Gators
to town on
Saturday
night.
.,
• Alright,
let's pause for
just a minute
Rick Bentley
and examine
some football.
One of the latest people to
interview to be the person who
• fronts for Jerry Jones as head
coach of the Cowboys is Chicago
defensive
coordinator
Ron
Rivera.
Think about that. I know the
•1 Bears had a good defense this
,
year, but that's nothing new. They
1
always play solid on the defensive
J
side of the ball. But how seriously can you consider Rivera when
, he had two weeks to prepare for
Peyton Manning and that :S the
best he could do.
• That said, at the risk of really ticking off Jerry Boggs, I was
pretty happy for Manning. He
doesn't need that saddle strapped
1
around him the rest of his career.
Manning is a prolific quarterback
who could be, in time, the best to
ever play the position.
Right now you'd have to say
there are two categories of quarterbacks when breaking down the
best. There's the winners and the
top statistical guys.
Really, on the list of winners,
I
I
there's only two names: Joe
I
Montana and Tom Brady.
"
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(See BENTLEY, page eight)
CHAMPIONSHIP FORM: The Prestonsburg High School Varsity Cheerleaders are 15th Region KAPOS Champs
and headed to state competition in Richmond.
P'burg takes 15th Region KAPOS title
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG
Floyd
County is again home to a regional
champion. The Prestonsburg High
School Varsity Cheerleaders recently
captured the 15th Region KAPOS
(Kentucky Association of Pep
Organization Sponsors) Traditional
Division championship. By winning,
Prestonsburg eamed the right to compete for a state title on Feb. 24 in
Richmond at Eastern Kentucky
University's
McBrayer
Arena.
Prestonsburg is scheduled to begin
competition that rooming at 11:30
a.m.
This is the only the third time in
history a 58th District cheerleading
squad has accomplished the feat of
winning a regional championship and
the first time in 25 years. The 1981
Prestonsburg High
girls' varsity
squad and the 1982 varsity unit captured regional titles.
Members of the regional championship cheerleading teams; as well as
any former PHS cheerleaders and
coaches, will be honored at
Prestonsburg High School on
Monday, Feb. 12 in between games of
a P'burg-South Floyd boys~girls basketball doubleheader. Blackcat fans
are asked to wear red in support of the
2007 championship squad.
Woods signs with EKU
by JAMIE HOWELL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
PRESTONSBURG - After recently completing a stellar gridiron career at
Prestonsburg High School, Wes Woods signed a national letter of intent with
Eastern Kentucky University on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2, 256-pound senior
l _ will head to Eastern Kentucky, where he will play on either the offensive or
_ defensive lines.
Woods led a much-improved Prestonsburg defense to a regional championship game appearance in 2006. While attending football camp at EKU over
the summer, Woods claimed the outstanding lineman award.
Several factors contributed to Woods choosing Eastern Kentucky.
"I liked the camp and the facilities at Eastern and I was also pleased wtth
the coaching staff," said Woods.
Playing college football close to home and at a place like EKU played
major roles in helping Woods make his decision. The coaching staff at EKU
has told Woods to expect to redsh.irt during the upcoming 2007 season.
(See WOODS, page eight)
...
Spon~ors
being sought: The
Prestonsburg High School varsity
cheerleaders are currently acquiring
individual or group sponsorships in
the amounts of $25, $50, $100 or
greater in order to attend the 2007
KAPOS '
State
Cheerleading
Competition.
The PHS cheer squad doesn't.
receive any designated Title lX or
local school funding. As a result,
squad members and their families are
responsible for all fees related to
cheerleading. These fees include, but
aren't limited to purchasing uniforms,
accessories and supplies, participating
in camps and competitions, and travel
expenses throughout the school year.
Each sponsor will be recognized
on the back of the annual basketball
season youth cheer clinic T-shirt on
Saturday, Feb. 17. The T-shirt will be
given to each clinic participant (80100 youth cheerleaders from across
the region). In addition , sponsors will
be recognized at the remaining home
basketball games. Anonymous sponsors will not be publicly acknowledged per their request.
For more information on sponsorship, call any of the following individuals: Leslie Ousley (874-0317);
Janice Hamilton (478-2139, 2261399) or Cindy Porter (886-1642,
226-3447).
MEETTHE PHS
VARSITY CHEER
TEAM
Seniors: Jennifer Belcher, Kristin
Boyd, Ashley Fletcher, Jackie
Joseph, Allison Hamilton, Ashley
Moore, Pam Slone.
Juniors: Kim Collins, Courtney
Gullet, Andrea Johnson, Ktif>ten
Little. Nakeesba Maines, Brittany
Phillips, Emily Stanley.
Sophomore: Chelsea Lafferty.
Freshman: Kate Herrick.
Coaches: Leslie Ousley, Nikki
Shepherd, Janice Hamilton.
Mascots: Maddy Ousley, Emma
Grace Porter.
Trainers: Steve Slone, Jody
Hackworth.
Porn Routine Choreographer: Jody
Shepherd, of Dance, Etc.
ROBINSON CREEK - The
Allen Central Lady Rebels
dropped their second straight
game on Monday night, falling to
host Shelby Valley. Senior Esther
Fleming scored a game-high 29
points and Sally Roberts tossed
in 10 as the Lady Wildcats rolled
to a 73-47 win over the Lady
Rebels.
Nine different Shelby Valley
players scored in the rout.
The Lady Wildcats wasted little time in going out in front of
Allen Central. Shelby Valley
outscored the Lady Rebels 20-6
in the opening quarter. Allen
Central, the 58th District runnerup last season, crept back into the
game in the second quarter,
(See FLEMING, page eight )
Early soccer
signups scheduled
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG - Floyd
County Youth Soccer Association
will conduct early registration on
Saturday during Prestonsburg
Junior Pro basketball games. The
youth basketball games are held
beginning in the morning at
Adams Middle School in
Prestonsburg. All children at least
four (4) years of age, but less than
19 years of age on August I,
2006, are eligible to participate in
the recreational soccer league.
Parents may be asked to provide a
birth certificate or other record for
verification of the child's birthdate. The registration fee, which
covers costs associated with
youth soccer, is $40.
Floyd County Youth Soccer
Association enjoyed another successful fall season. The league
fields teams in vruious age groups
in both fall and spring seasons.
Among
family,
coaches,
teammates
and friends,
Prestonsburg
High School
senior Wes
Woods
signed
Wednesday
to play
football at
Eastern
Kentucky
University.
pholo by Jamie
Howell
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
9, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Bentley
• C o ntinued from p7
Everybody else and this is a
fairly short list, like Bl'adshaw
and Aikman is well back in
the field.
As for the top stat guys. you
have to look at Manning and
Favre and then the guys without titles like Marino and
Fouts.
What
would
separate
Manning from the pack would
be if he could find himself onand therefore, clearly, atop -
both lists. (ita!) Then (ita!) we'd
have something.
• So Duke has lost three
~traight? Excellent.
• Seriously. was that a
sweet throw-down by Derrick
Jasper Wednesday night or
what? Of course, it was the
nnly second-half highlight for
the Big Blue, but it was special
indeed.
• So what about the Reid
kids?
Britt Reid, the son of
Philadelphia Eagles Coach
Andy Reid, was arrested on
about nine counts recently for
allegedly pulling a gun which
he claims was a large flashlight
on a motorist.
Oh by the way, he was also
charged with possession of
cocaine, Oxycodone and marijuana after those, urn, items,
were found in his vehicle.
This happened short! y - and
I mean very shortly, as in later
in the day -before his brother
Garrett was involved in a traffic
incident and admitted to the
cops he'd used heroin earlier in
the day.
In an unrelated note, the
Reid brothers are at the top of
the wish list in the Bengals' war
room for draft day.
•
Last night before
Georgetown knocked
off
Louisville, the powers that be
finally got around to honoring
Denny Crum by naming the
court in Freedom Hall after
him.
• I know Tubby Smith
doesn't delve into personnel
issues a lot, but I'd sure like to
know why freshman Perry
Stevenson spends so much time
on the bench.
• Yes, that actually was
Bobby Peny scoring 18 points
Wedn~sday night. And I'm as
confused ac; any of you.
• Yes, Ramel Bradley had
21 points Wednesday, but I was
much more impressed with his
nine assists. He has to keep
dishing the ball if this team is to
be successfuL
• Think there's a chance
Tubby might vote for Tre'
Kelly on the all-conference
team? In two blowout losses to
the Cats this season, Kelly
burned them for 55 points.
Wallace
Fleming
• Continued from p7
• Continued from p7
outscoring Shelby Valley 1710.
After leading 30-23 at halftime, Shelby Valley nearly
equaled its first half point total
in the third quarter. The Lady
Wildcats outscored Allen
Central 27-11 in the third quarter.
Laura Perkins pushed in
nine points and Kayla Cantrell
added seven for Shelby Valley.
Brook Coleman contributed
six points for the Lady
Wildcats.
Sara Johnson led Allen
Central with a team-best 14
points. Brandi Brown followed with 13 points for the
Lady Rebels. Amanda Thacker
narrowly missed double figures scoring for Allen Central,
finishing with nine points. Liz
Dingus, Kim Biliter, Jamie
Mullins and Cynthia Meade
each had two points for visit-
ing Allen Central.
Shelby Valley (18-2) will
host Pikeville (7 -11) tonight in
a 59th District contest.
Allen Central (2-13) will
return to the hardwood tonight
against
Floyd
County
Conference/58th District rival
South Floyd (5-9) in a game
played as part of a boys-girls
doubleheader.
Shelby Valley 73, Allen
Central47
ALLEN CENTRAL (47)Johnson 14, Brown 13,
Thacker 9, Dingus 2, Biliter
2, Mullins 2, Meade 2.
SHELBY VALLEY (73)Fleming 29, Roberts 10,
Perkins 9, Cantrell 7,
Coleman 6, Salinas 4, Tackett
4, Sadler 2, Smallwood 2.
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sv. .....2o 10 27 16-73
Woods
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Prestonsburg Coach John
DeRossett discussed what a
taleted player that Eastern is
getting in Woods.
"Wes is such a great player
and his work ethic is tremendous," said DeRossett. "Wes
will make Prestonsburg proud
and we look forward to traveling to Eastern to watch him
play on Saturdays."
Woods was named to the
All District team this sca~on
and was also a Louisville
Courier-Journal
All-State
Honorable Mention selection.
Woods is the son of Larry
Woods and Debbie StiJmbo of
Prestonsburg.
SPORTS FAN
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OF THE WEEK
Columbia's C het Forte. That
same season, Wallace also led
the Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) in rebounding.
Wallace set the South
Carolina school record for
points in a single-game, tossing in 54. The Floyd County
product was named AllAmerican during his senior
season at the Columbia, S.C.
school.
Wallace
scored
1,456
points in his two seasons at
South Carolina. His career
scoring average of 28 points
per game remains the best in
school history.
After college, Wallace
played a couple of 70-game
seasons for the industrial
league's Phillips Oilers. After
graduation
from
South
Carolina, Wallace remained
instate and coached at
Cardinal
Newman
High
School for nine seasons. He
led the South Carolina high
school to a pair of state championships.
Wallace
resided
inColumbia, S.C., before passing away in June of 2006.
At a later date, the D.W.
Howard Fieldhouse gymfloor
will officially be named "The
Grady Wallace Basketball
Court" in honor of the legendary Bobcat.
C ollege honoring 2007 Hall of Fame class
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - Four standout student-athletes from
Pikeville College's history will
reeei ve the school's highest
honor on Saturday when
they're inducted into the
Pikeville College Athletics
Hall of Fame.
Basketball players David
Collier and Claire Fuller West
will join baseball star Craig
Delong and baseball coach
Johnnie LeMaster as new
members of the Hall of Fame.
Also, two longtime friends
of Pikeville College athletics
will be enshrined into the
Honorary Hall of Fame. They
are Herb Kin~sley and Charlie
Pinson. And Pikeville College
will recognize all former student-athletes
from
the
Pikeville Colle~e Acad~my
and the Pikevt11e College
Training School during the
noon ceremony.
The induction ceremony
will take place Saturday at
noon in Booth Auditorium on
the campus of Pikeville
College. Between games of
the basketball doubleheader
with West Virginia Tech that
day, the honorees will be introduced to the crowd.
In addition, during halftime
of Saturday's men's game the
college will announce its representative for this spring's
Mountain Laurel Festival.
The basketball action will
begin Saturday at 2 p.m. with a
women's game. The men follow at 4.
David Collier - In an era
when players had only three
seasons of eligibility, David
Collier posted some amazing
numbers. He played in 98 consecutive games, scoring 1,860
points in his stellar career. He
had 21 double-doubles as a
Bear, and during the 1968-69
season, Collier was named his
team's Most Valuable Player
thanks to pulling down ll
rebounds per game and hitting
92 percent from the free throw
line.
For his career, he averaged
15:25 points per game and was
an 87 percent free throw
shooter.
Craig Delong -A four-year
starter at third base for the
Bears, Johnson Central High
School product Craig Delong
had an impressive career at
Pikeville College. Delong
made an immediate impact on
the KIAC, winning the triple
crown as a freshman in 1990
en route to being named allconference and all-district as
well as being named honorable
mention All-American.
That was the first of three
All-KIAC seasons for Delong,
who was named All-NAIA
District 32 twice in his career.
In his four seasons as a Bear,
Delong had a lifetime batting
average of .348 with 28 home
runs and drove in 198 runs.
· Johrylie
LeMaster
Paintsville native Johnnie
LeMaster finished up a 13year career in Major League
Baseball and was named head
coach of the Bears during the
1994-95 season. During his 12
seasons with the Bears,
LeMaster became the all-time
leader in career coaching wins
with 277.
LeMaster was the 1997
Coach of the Year in the
Kentucky
Intercollegiate
Athletics Conference and Jed
the Bears to a school-record 40
wins during the 2000 season.
His career as baseball coach
was highlighted by helping
four players sign contracts to
play professional baseball with
Major League affiliates.
Claire Fuller West
Mention the name of Claire
Fuller to any basketball fan in
the mountains of Eastern
Kentucky and you' ll get one
immediate reaction: She was a
remarkable tliree-point shooter. After graduating from Feds
Creek High School, where she
averaged 33.3 points per game
as a senior and scored 2,625
points, she brought with her to
Pikeville College the shooting
touch that enabled her to set
the national record for three-
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point shots in a single game
when she hit 13 against the talented Elkhorn City Lady
Cougars.
As a Lady Bear, Claire
scored 1,167 points in a career
that saw her excel bqth on the
playing floor and in the classroom. Personifying the term,
student-athlete,
she
was
named academic all-conference three times and academic
all-district once.
Honorary Inductees
Pikeville College is pleased to
honor Herb Kingsley and
Charlie Pinson for their long- · ~
time friendship and contributions to the department of athletics.
Kingsley has served the
athletics department in many
roles, assisting several teams
in their day-to-day prep¥a"
tioll$ and practice s i n~ •
we r as in-game performance.
"I honestly don't know what
we'd do without Herb," said
Bill Watson, head coach of the
Lady Bears.
"If there's anything at all
that needs to be done, Herb is "
always there to step in and
take care of it. He has also
been a loyal friend to many of
our players through the years.
He deserves this as much as
anyone who has ever received
it."
Pinson is the longtime
voice of Pikeville College ·
football on the local cable television station, WPRG. "In
many ways, Charlie is responsible for much of the publicity
Pikeville College has gotten
through the years, particularly
in the early stages of the football program," said Rick
Bentley, sports information
director.
"The Gearhart family,
which has owned WPRG from.
its inception, have been very!
generous to us through the'
years, and Charlie has been the1
guy making long road tripsf
and providing us outstanding~
coverage from the beginning.
1
It will be a pleasure for us to
1
honor him on Saturday."
Girls
Boys
1 . Lexington Catholic
2. Sacred Heart Academy
3. Scott County
4. North Hardin
5. Central Hardin
6. Iroquois
7. Franklin-Simpson
8. Assumption
9. Butler
10. Elizabethtown
11 . Lexington Christian
12. DuPont Manual
13. Paul Dunbar
14. Henry Clay
15. Nelson County
16. Clay County
17. Notre Dame
18. Perry County Central
19. Russell
20. Simon Kenton
1. Scott County
2. Ballard
3. Bryan Station
4. Mason County
5. Warren Central
6. Lexington Catholic
7. Covington Catholic
8. Ma le
9. J effersontown
10. Doss
11. Clark County
12. Madison Central
13. Pleasure Ridge Park
14. South Laurel
15. Trinity
16. Tates Creek
17. Christian County
18. Eastern
19. Fairdale
20. Simon Kenton
�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
9, 2006 • A9
College Basketball: No. 20 Kentucky 95, South Carolina 89
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Kentucky coach
~ Tubby Smith doesn't tend to boast
after blowouts, let alone games in
which his team comes within an eyelash of giving up a 28-point lead.
So, when Smith started waxing
philosophical about the greatness of
his Wildcats following their 95-89
victory over Southeastern Conference
cellar dweller South Carolina on
Wednesday night, arcasm was clearly at work.
"We've got the best concentration
of any team in America," Smith said.
"I never sec a slip. Our concentration
is at an all-time high."
Later, he deadpanned: "I've got to
laugh instead of cry."
With top-ranked and defending
national champion Florida coming to
Lexington on Saturday night,
Kentucky approached this tuneup as a
major test. The No. 20Wildcats (18-5,
7-2) got a passing grade in the first
half, but failed miserably in the second - giving up 61 points to a team
they had previously defeated by 38.
"It was a combination of two
things," said Kentucky forward
Bobby Perry, who had 12 of his season-high 18 points in the first half.
"We had a mental lapse, and South
Carolina- they weren't going to give
up."
Last
month
in
Columbia,
Kentucky handed the Gamecocks
( 12-10, 2-7) their worst home loss
since 1915. This one appeared headed
that way too before South Carolina
made a furious second-half run to
make it close.
Kentucky built a 50-28 halftime
lead - its highest first-half point total
since getting 60 against Florida A&M
in the first round of the 2004 NCAA
tournament.
''I thought we were fortunate to be
within the same county at halftime,''
South Carolina coach Dave Odo'm
said.
But with 3 minutes left, South
Carolina used two <;teals to get three
baskets _ two by Brandon Wallacein the span of just 12 seconds to cut
the lead to 87-77. Tre Kelley got five
of his career-high 36 points in the
final seconds before time ran out on
the comeback attempt.
Smith made the first change to his
starting lineup in I 6 games, putting
Lukasz Obrzut at center in place of
the team's leading scorer, Randolph
Morri~. Smith said Morris, who ended
up playing 22 minutes, had violated
an undisclosed team rule.
Morris had 17 points and showed
off some new dunks, including a thundering backward one. Morris said he
wasn't lettmg off steam because of his
temporary demotion .
"I was just trying to get up in the
air," he said.
Ramel Bradley scored 21 to lead
four Wildcats in double figures.
Defense was the focus after a letdown Saturday against Arkansas. The
Wildcats held the Gamecocks to 38
percent shooting in the first half, but
57 percent in the second.
Kentucky never trailM in the game
as Obrzut made an immediate impact,
getting the opening tip and scoring on
a three-point play. After that, Perry
provided the offense to give the
Wildcats an early cushion.
Perry had I0 points before South
Carolina scored its sixth as the
Wildcats got out to a 20-5 lead. He
scored eight -of his points including
two 3-pointers- in about a minute.
The Wildcats used a 13-0 run early
in the first half and a 15-2 run a few
minutes later on the way to what
appeared would be their second
straight rout of the Gamecocks. But
Kelley - a senior whose previous
career high was 29 last month against
Vanderbilt- had four of the team's 12
3-pointers.
"It means nothing to me when we
lose the game," Kelley said. "I just
tried to do anything positive."
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•
Not tn the Cards: No. 22 Georgetown
by WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE- On a night when
Louisville honored one of its greats, it
was Georgetown that ended up turning back the clock.
The 22nd-ranked Hoyas continued
their rise Wednesday night, easing by
._ Louisville 73-65 for their sixth
..-; straight win.
"We are definitely settling into a
groove and a lot of the experiences
that we went through earlier in the
year are paying off now," said
Georgetown coach John Thompson
III.
If the Hoyas (17-5, 7-2 Big East)
keep dominant performances from
center Roy Hibbert, their early season
struggles may finally be behind them.
Hibbert controlled things at both
ends of the floor, scoring 20 points
and grabbing 11 rebounds while making 9-of- 10 from the field and limiting
Loui ville center David Padgett to just
Bearcats
beat
Pikeville
TIMES STAFF REPORT
~
OWENSBORO - Brescia
University hit 56 percent from
the field in the first half to build
a 17-point lead and rolled to an
80-59 win over Pikeville
College Tuesday night.
On senior night, two
Bearcats went out with a bang.
Matt West, a hometown product, tossed in a game-high 27
PC bowlers
•
conttnue
~
to roll
TIMES STAFF REPORT
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill.
- The Pikeville bowling teams
had another strong showing at
the
McKendree
Baker
Challenge, which was held
Feb. 3-4 at the St. Clair Bowl in
Fairview Heights. While the
Bears took home gold in the
event, the Lady Bears finished
third.
What made the McKendree
~Baker Challenge different from
past tournaments was the fact
1
one field goal.
"I just wanted to be dominant as
much as I could," Hibbert said. "I was
just open on the baseline _. and my
teammates got me the ball down
there."
Hibbert scored in a variety of
ways, getting dunks, lay-ups and even
mixing in a jump shot. He never tired
despite playing a season-high 35 minutes and helped the Hoyas keep their
composure whenever the Cardinals
made a run.
"I just felt we needed to keep him
in there," Thompson said. "His presence at both ends was felt. What I didn't want was David to get into a comfort zone. I felt Roy's size would kind
of contain him a little bit."
Earl Clark tied a career-high with
14 points for Louisville (16-8, 6-4),
who had been searching for a signature win to bolster its hopes for an
NCAA Tournament bid. But the
Cardinals shot just :)3 percent from
the floor in losing their 13th straight
game to a ranked opponent, spoiling a
night when Louisville named the floor
at Freedom Hall in honor of former
coach Denny Cmm.
"We could have played them 10
times and they would have won nine,"
said Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
"We would have had to play almost a
perfect game to win."
The Cardinals were nearly perfect
in one sense, committing just one
turnover to set a school-record low
and setting a Big East record in the
process. Still, it wasn't nearly enough
to stop the Hoyas, who rarely let the
Cardinals get off an uncontested shot
and came up with every important
rebound and loose ball.
The Hoyas outrebounded the
Cardinals 35-30, outscored them 3014 in the paint and shot 56 percent
from the floor. Forward Jeff Green
was nearly as hot as Hibbert, making
7 -of-10 from the field and adding
seven rebounds.
"We used our heigpt advantage and
points while classmate Randy
Cayasso tossed in 13 in the
win.
Pikeville ( 11- 14) rallied in
the first six minutes of the second half, opening with a 12-2
run capped by a dunk by
sophomore Bo Harris to cut the
17-point halftime deficit to
seven at 44-37. But from there
the Bearcats righted the ship
and held on to secure the win.
The win earned Brescia a
split in the season series;
Pikeville knocked off the
Bearcats 74-69 in Pikeville on
Dec. 9.
West and Cayasso were
joined in double figures by
freshman Andrew Howard,
who tossed in 16 in the win.
Harris paced the Bears with
25, 17 of which came after
halftime. Senior Will Holloman
joined him in double figures
with 17.
The Bears will be back in
action on Saturday afternoon
when they return to Mid-South
Conference play. They will
entertain West Virginia Tech in
the second half of a doubleheader, which begins with a
women's game at 2 p.m.
Saturd8y is Hall of Fame
day at Pikeville College, with
four alumni entering 'the Hall
and two longtime supporters
being inducted in the honorary
Hall of Fame. In addition, former athletes from the Pikeville
College Academy and Pikeville
College Training School will
be honored.
That ceremony will be held
in Booth Auditorium on the
campus of Pikeville College at
noon.
that tinal point-standings made
little difference. Rather than
ending the tournament after six
games, the top eight teams
advanced to a mini head-tohead tournament. Because of
this, there was ho all-tournament team.
The Bears finished seventh
overall in points, earning them
a spot in the head-to-head
event, which was set up as a
best two-out-of-three playoff.
The Bears handled
the
University of Wisconsin in the
first match, and then took care
of Linden wood, the 2005
National Champion. In the
championship match, the Bears
faced Newman University. The
Pikeville squad defeated the
Newman University team easily in two games, 208- 182 and
215-203.
The Lady Bears took third
place in the overall point standings,
taking
on
host
McKendree College in the first
round of match play. Pikeville
handled their hosts, but fell to
Ball State in the semifinals.
Ball State went on to take tournament crown by beating
Western Illinois University.
The victory was the second
of the season for the men's
bowling team. The women,
meanwhile, have not placed
lower than third in any tournament this season.
The Pikeville bowlers will
retum to tournament play when
they travel to Indianapolis,
Ind ., Feb. 17- 18 to compete in
the University of Indiana's
Hoosier Classic.
Kentucky Signings
I,layers
who signed to play football at Kentucky
1n Wednesday, with position, height, weight,
1
11igh school:
1toncell Allen, rb, 5-7, 225, Fork Union Mil.
cademy, New Orleans, La.
lychal Bailey, db, 6-0, 185, La Grange HS, La
range, Ga.
lSS Beets, ol, 6-2, 290, Saddleback College,
ancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
!mdall Burden, db, 6-2, 168, La Grange HS,
1 Grange, Ga.
•
1ris Cessna, lb, 6-3, 219, North Laurel HS,
ndon
1rls Drayton, db, 6-1, 196, Hargrave Military
ademy, Evans, Ga.
;ob Dufrene, lb, 6-2, 210, John Christian
, Cut Off, La.
td Durham, ol, 6-5, 310, Rockcastle County
, Mount Vernon
wane Glenn, de, 6-4, 235, Broome HS,
~olet, S.C.
lip Hibbard, ol, 6 -7, 300, South Laurel HS,
vy
1rt Hines, ol, 6-5, 275, Bowling Green HS,
•ling Green
1don Jackson, rb, 5-11, 202, Maris t HS,
ene, Ore.
tn Jefferson, wr/db, 6-0, 180, Holmes HS,
Covington
Jake Lanefski, ol, 6-4, 255, Toolan Catholic,
Mobile, Ala.
Kyrus Lanxter, wr, 6-3, 180, Alcoa HS, Alcoa,
Tenn.
Matt Lentz , qb, 6-3, 205, Greenville HS,
·Simpsonville, S.C.
Shane McCord, dl, 6-3, 260, Hart County HS,
Hartwell, Ga.
Greg Meisner, de, 6-2, 240, Hempfield Area ,
Greensburg, Pa.
Anthony Mosley, wr, 6-0, 170, Tucker HS,
Ellenwood, Ga.
Billy Joe Murphy, ol, 6-7, 280, Monroe County
HS, Gamaliel
Charles Mustafaa, de, 6-3, 231, Westlake HS,
College Park, Ga.
Taiedo Smith, wr/db, 6-0, 175, Dennellon HS,
Dunnellon, Fla.
Ronnie Sneed, lb, 6-2, 230, Tallahassee, Fla.
D. J. Stafford, de, 6-3, 262, La (3range HS, La
Grange, Ga.
Antonto Thomas, wr/db, 6-2, 195, Broome HS,
Cowpens, S.C.
Ryan Tydlacka, kip, 6-1, 201 , Trinity HS,
Louisville
Greg Wilson, db, 6-2, 185, North Clayton HS,
Atlanta, Ga.
Josh Winchell, ol, 6-4, 330 NW Mississippi
Comm. Coli, Southaven, Miss.
73, Louisville 65
they couldn't defend us," Green said.
"We got stops on defense and ran our
offense."
The Hoyas did whatever they
wanted offensively, getting it inside to
Hibbert and Green with ease.
Whenever the Cardinals sent extra
bodies to double-team, the Hoy as simply kicked it out for open 3-pointer~.
The win was Georgetown's first by
single digits this season. And while
the Hoyas were never really threatened - Louisville never got closer
than five in the second half Georgetown responded each time the
Cardinals made a run.
"We've been in this environment,
in very difficult environments like this
all year," Thompson said. "The crowd
gets into it, they go on a run and our
guys are used to that. We did a good
job of just settling down."
Louisville pulled within 58-53 on a
free throw by Edgar Sosa with under
four minutes to play, but Hibbert
dunked on Georgetown's next posses-
sion, and DaJuan Summers followed
with a 3-pointer to push the lead up to
I 0. Louisville would get no closer
than seven the rest of the way.
"We stuck together when they
made runs," Hibbert said. "We didn't
want to go back-and-forth. We wanted
to keep it to our tempo."
As dominant as the Hoyas were,
Thompson is wary of getting ahead of
himself. Georgetown started the season ranked in the Top 10, only to fall
all the way out of the rankings in
December. They're back in the Top 25
and confident they're not the same
unfocused bunch that stumbled out of
the blocks three months ago.
"We're much more of a team,"
Hibbert said. "We've gotten older and
we're smarter."
The Hoyas will need that maturity
in the coming weeks, beginning
Saturday against No. II Marquette.
"The games are getting tougher,"
Green said. "We've just got to keep
playing this way. We can't let down."
Jeff Musgrave
Jessica Drake
Alice Lloyd College cross country runners Jeff Musgrave and Jessica Drake were
recently honored tor their work in the classroom.
ALC runners ·honored
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES - Alice
Lloyd College cross country
runners Jeff Musgrave and
Jessica Drake were recently
named NAIA All-American
Scholar-Athletes for the
2006-07
school
year.
Musgrave
is
· from
Barbourville. He is a graduate of Barbourville High
School.
Drake is from
Campton. She is a graduate
of Wolfe
County High
School.
In addition to other
requirements. a recipient of
the award must be a junior
academically with a minimum 3.5 cumulative Grade
Point Average.
Both
ALC
runners
enjoyed a successful 2006
season, finishing competition in the campaign during
the fall.
DUE TO PLAY AGAIN : The South Floyd Lady Raiders will host the Betsy Layne Ladycats
in a makeup game later this month.
�A1 0 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
9, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
EKU Football program adds 17 signees for 2007
TIMES STAFF REPORT
RICHMOND -Eastern Kentucky
University head football coach
Danny Hope announced. Wednesday
that 15 student-athletes, including
three from the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, signed National Letters of
rntent to play for the Colonels next
fall. In addition, two other studentathletes joined the EKU program this
past January. The class includes six
linemen, three linebackers, three
defensive
backs,
three
wide
receivers, one quarterback and one
kicker. Prestonsburg High lineman
Wes Woods was among the l 7
signees.
''I was really pleased with the
class that we signed," J-Iope said.
"The recruiting process went very
smooth this year. We went after players that would make a difference for
our program and love to play football. We also specialized a little more
this year - wide receivers, edge rushers, cornerbacks, a punter/kicker and felt like we hit on every need that
we had."
Six of the incoming players earned
all-state
honors
including linebacker
Trey Blackman and
defensive
back
Jeremy
Caldwell.
Blackman wa~ a first
team 6A all-state player out of Lake
Brantley High School. The native of
Altamonte Springs, Fla., helped his
squad reach the 6A state champi
onship game. He also played both
ways in the Central Florida All-Star
game. Caldwell, a native of
Chattanooga, Tenn .. was the 2006
Region 4-4A Defenc.;ive Player of the
Year. A three time all-region player,
Caldwell compiled 41 tackles, three
interceptions, 12 pass break-ups and
two PAT blocks in
2006.
Quarterback
Trevor
Hoskins,
wide
receiver
Charles and Woods
all
hail
from
Kentucky. Ho:-kins
earned
2006
Conference Player of the Year accolades after throwing for 2, 106 yards
and 24 touchdowns at Middlesboro
High School. The Middleboro native
also rushed for 779 yards and 14
scores. Johnson was a two-year
at Lloyd Memorial High
School where he twice picked up allcounty honors. He was also a member of the school's 4x I 00 relay team
which )Vas runner-up for the state
champ10n~hip. Woods was the 2006
EKU Line Camp MYP.
Both Aaron Jones Ill and Irving
Fryar, Jr. enrolled at Eastern
Kentucky for the 2007 spring senJCster. Jones , a tran~fer from Florida
State, was a USA Today se<:ond-team
All -American defensive lineman as a
prcpstcr at Edgewater (Pia.) High
School. An all-league, all-area and
all-state player in his senior season,
Jones racked up 80 tackles and five
sacks on his way to being rated the
I Oth best defensive tackle in the
nation by Rivals.com. Jones' father,
Aaron Jones, played football at
Eastern from 1984-87 and was draft~tarter
cd in the first round of the 19SH
National Football League draft by the ~
Pitt~burgh Steclers.
Fryar was a first team itll-district
and all-academic performer at
Northern Burlington County (N.J.)
Hi gh School. The wide receiver compi led 90 catche~ for I, I()() yards and
30 touchdowns as a senior prepster.
He originally signed with New
Mexico State out of high school.
Fryar's father played I 7 years in the
NFL, mainly with the , ew England
Patriots, and was a five-time ProBowler.
Eastern Kentucky finished the
2006 campaign with four straight
wins to finish o-5 overall and tied for
fourth in the OYC with a 5-3 record.
EKU will be in search of its 30th con- ~
secutivc winning season next year
and first league title since 1997.
KHSAA Notebook: State svvilll llleet set for this vveekend
2007
KHSAA
State
The
Swimming & Diving Meet is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 910, at the Ralph Wright Natatorium
on the University of Louisville campus. Preliminary heats and competition will be held on Friday with the
State Championships awarded on
Saturday. Tickets are $6 per person
per session. Children under six will
be admitted free. Seating capacity is
limited and likely to sell out for all
sessions.
Parking will be free of charge at
designated lots at Papa John's
Cardinal Stadium. A shuttle, courtesy
of UofL, will run throughout Friday
and Saturday.
For detailed parking instmctions,
go online to the KHSAA website at
www.khsaa.org/swimming. Friday's
preliminary entries are posted on the
site as well. Results will be posted
on the site following each event.
• Wrestling enters regional competition this weekend in prep for the
2007 State Wrestling Championships
scheduled for next Thursday through
Saturday, Feb. 15-17, at the Frankfort
Convention Complex. The top four
wrestlers in each weight class from
each of the eight regions will advance
to
double
elimination
State
Championships. Wrestling qualifiers
and draws for the 14 weight classes
will be posted on the Association
website next Monday, Feb. 12.
• The
2007
National
City/KHSAA Boys'
Basketball
Tournament Trophy Tour is winding
down with just two stops left On the
tour, students are able to pick up
scholarship application forms on each
stop (forms may al~o be accessed
through the KHSAA website). Again
this year. 16 boys and 16 girls (one
boy and one g irl 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 f1oor during the contest. The scholarship application deadline is Friday, Feb. 23. For
Education board hears sports eligibility plan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - State education
, officials listened Wednesday to a
debate raging between Kentucky's
public and private schools over
stricter sports eligibility mles that
could be in place by 2008.
A vote on the Kentucky High
School Athletic Association's plan to
create a "feeder system" for high
school athletes likely won't come
until April, said David Webb, a
Kentucky Board of Education member. Still, one of the board's committees heard arguments about the plan,
aimed at limiting recruiting in J:iigh
school sports.
Students who switch to schools
outside of their feeder system would
lose a year of eligibility under the
plan.
The proposal already has been
approved by the KHSAA's 18-member control board but requires
approval by the state school board
before it can be implemented. A
majority of KHSAA member
schMis have also signed off on the
plan.
But debate over the matter hasn ' t
ceased.
Sen. Tim Shaughnessy, D Louisville, said the plan interfered
with parents ' rights to choose where
their children go to school.
"To penalize these children
because their parents have made a
decision grounded in their faith 's
tradition strikes at the very core of
the fundamental value of which
America was founded _ the right to
worship without governmental interference," Shaughnessy said.
additional information, contact Butch
Cope at the KHSAA .
Following are the remaining sites
of the 2007 National City/KHSAA
Trophy Scholarship Tour: Feb. 9 Jeffersontown at DuPont Manual;
Feb. 16 - Mercer County at Danville.
•
The next meeting of the
KHSAA Board of Control is a special
meeting to review appeals and will be
held on Monday, Feb. 19 beginning at
9 a.m. at the Association office in
Lexington. ror an agenda, contact
the KHSAA. - Times Staff Report
15TH REGION BASKETBALL
BOYS
GIRLS
Team
Shdby Valley
Allen Central
Paintsville
Phelps
Belfry
Magoffin County
Pikeville
Lawrem.:e County
Pike Central
Ben,y Layne
Prestonsburg
East Ridge
Johnson Central
Sheldon Clark
Piarist School
South Floyd
David School
Record
19-3
15-5
,
15-7
14-4
14-7
11 -12
10-6
10-10
10-11
Team
Record
Magoffin County
Shelby Valley
Belfry
Paintsville
John~on Central
Pike Central
Sheldon Clark
21-3
18-2
Lawrence County
Betsy Layne
15-5
11-7
13-8
13- 10
13-10
12- t 0
11-8
8-12
Pikeville
Prestonsburg
South Flo) d
7-14
East Ridge
5-16
Phelp~
4-14
Allen Central
2-13
(Thursday's games not included in
records.)
8-11
8-11
4-21
3-17
0-20
7 -I I
7-13
5-9
5-15
Garrett Christian upends Gate City Christian
TIMES STAFF REPORT
GATE CITY, Va. - The Garrett
Christian Warriors traveled to neighboring Virginia on Monday night to
take on Gate City Christian. Playing
on the road, Garrett Christian managed to pull out a 71 -61 win over the
Virginia team.
Both teams got going on a fast
start with Gate City hitting three
three-point field goals. Garrett
answered Gate City's mn with all five
of its starters scoring during the first
quarter. The Warriors held a 22-16
lead at the end of the first quarter.
· The two teams would soon be
deadlocked again. Gate City continued its hot-shooting and was able to
tie the game at 34-all and send it into
halftime even.
After some defensive adjustments
made during halftime, Garrett started
to create some turnovers during the
second half. The Warriors led 52-45
at the conclusion of the third quarter.
Keeping pressure on Gate City in the
fourth quarter, Garrett was able to
pull away for the win .
Travis Scott led Garrett with a
double-double of 21 points and I 0
rebounds. The double-double was
Scott's first of the season.
Jan Hicks and Andrew Zsabo followed with 16 points apiece for the
Warriors. Wes Prater added a solid
effort of eight points and nine
rebounds for Garrett.
Matthew Potter pushed in eight
points and dished off six assists for
Garrett in the winning case. Bobby
Prater added two points for the victorious Warriors.
LOOKING AHEAD: South Floyd's Wes Akers (23) worked against
Prestonsburg's Jordan Hall during a game last month. Prestonsburg
will entertain South Floyd Monday night in a district game.
Prestonsburg cheerleaders to be honored Monday night
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PRESTONSBURG
The
Prestonsburg High School boys' varsity cheerleaders, under the direction
of Leslie Ousley, have captured the
15th Region c hampionship and
advanced to the State KAPOS competition. This year's state competition
will be held in Richmond on Feb. 24.
Only two other times in the history of
Prestonsburg High School School has
a cheerleading squad claimed a
regional championship. The 1980-81
PHS girls' varsity cheerleaders won
the regional competitiOn and
advanced to the State KAPOS competition. The 1981 -82 PHS boys' varsity cheerleaders also achieved the
feat. Both squads were the direction
of coach Bonnie Spencer. Others who
were involved with the squads were
Sally Allen, Faulty Sponsor; Henry
Young, Gymnastics Trainer; and
Sally Anne Goebel, Choreographer.
Tim Collins and Steve Slone assisted
Young in gymnastics at the time and
Slone is now the gymnastics trainer
for the curre nt award-winning squad.
The members of the current and
previous PHS regional championship
cheerleading squads will be recognized on Monday night (Feb. 12)
when the Prestonsburg basketball
teams host South Floyd in a pair of
Floyd C ounty Conference/58th
District games.
Members of Prestonsburg High School's 1980-81 Girls' Varsity and 1981 -82 Boys' Varsity regional KAPOS
championship teams will be recognized Monday night at PHS. The 1980-81 team (pictured above) included
Denise Ousley, Paula Spencer, Doris Click, Laura Hereford, Jonni Harris, Mary Porter, Rachel Allen, Ramona
McKinney, Gina Little and Stephanie Branham.
The 1981-82 team (left) included Jonni Harris, Paula Spencer, Hope Sword, Mary Burchett, Brenda Stapleton
Rachel Allen, Linda Whitten and Mary Porter.
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A11
FLOYD COUNTY
Features Ediror
Kathy Prater
Phone: (606) 886-8506
Fax: (606) 886-3603
Members:
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Clark Elementary • page A12
Duff Elementary • page A12
FAMilY MEDICINE
Ken Mellons • page A13
Black History Month • page A13
College honors • page A13
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High fever, body aches, fatigue - telltale
flu symptoms -Page 112
source for local and regional society news"
Email: features@floydcountytlmes.con
THROUGH ~lY EYES
Sometimes we
~ just gotta cheat...
Okay, so last week I noted that
some consider it cheating to use
friendly email in place of actually
sharing thoughts, feelings, angst
and worries in this space. But,
sorry Shea! Once you make it past
40, you'll understand why this little
offering
from CBS 60
Minutes correspondent
Andy Rooney
is a gem I simply could not
refuse to use!
A
n
d
Rooney !>ays:
"As I grow
in age, 1 value
Kathy Prater
women over
Lifestyles editor 40 most of all.
Here are just a
few rea ons why:
A woman over 40 will never
wake you in the middle of the
night and ask, 'What are you
thinking?' She doesn't care what
you think.
If a woman over 40 doesn't
want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it.
She does something she wants to
do, and it's usually more interesting.
Women over 40 are dignified.
They seldom have a screaming
(See EYES, page thirteen)
DINNER DIVA
Take-out
confessional
by Leanne Ely
Have you ever been in position
of finding yourself with a couple
of
extra
pounds
on
your
frame
and you can't
figure out how
they got there?
How did they
get there, anyway? This is
especially
valuable for
those of us
Lenne Ely
who
have
taken off a
considerable amount of weight. I
asked myself that que!>tion ami
came up empty-handed, so you
know what I did?
I blamed everyone and everything else for the weight gain
except myself. Since I got married
right around the same time that we
self-published Body Clutter, I
blamed my new happy, marital
state (eating more, enjoying a
glass of wine several times a week
with my sweet man). !And while I
was happy, I was also tired-I
began getting about an hour's less
sleep a night due to my new husband's sleep habits. I also had an
issue getting my thyroid medication right, so I blamed my sluggish
photo by Kathy J. Prate1
Riding the "combi" is an experience any visitor to Botswana should not miss out on, according to the author.
Riding the Combis
By Dr. Phyllis Puffer
A slim, active, teenage boy leaned
out the open side door of a white van
driving along the city street. He
looked at me standing by the side of
the road and held up four fingers. I
nodded slightly. This was the one I
was waiting for.
The van stopped briefly. The boy
jumped down. One or two people
climbed out. I climbed in. The boy
jumped back in and slid the door
shut. The dtiver started up.
This was a combi in Gaborone,
the capital of Botswana, followmg
route four, which was named
"Klokweng" after a street on the
city's edge. This important information was clearly printed on the vehicle's si.de and front.
The combi is a great invention. A
combi is a white van and dozens and
dozens of them sh.ittcr around the city
of Gaborone. This African city is
known informally as '·Gabs," especially when the conversation is racing along and the talkers want to
hurry on to the next word. Inside, a
combi has four rows of seats. The
front row holds the driver and two
passengers. The two middle rows
hold two passengers each, but when
business is brisk and lots of people
are traveling, a fold up ~;eat at each
end of the middle rows adds a third.
The back scat holds four. It') a little
crowded but nobody is crammed in
and nobody has to stand·. The worst
problem I ever faced as a very frequent rider is when I had to sit in the
back row ancl both fold-up seats
(See DIVA, page twelve)
Make it fun
and the family
will help
by Marla Cilley
As Sidetracked people, we arc put
off by anything that sounds like mundane housewo~k! We are a fun-loving
people. Why do we have to be stuck
doing jobs that we think will take us
forever, when others are out having a
great time, we wonder. I have heard
you all many times, as well as my own
voice. We have a challenge every day
to muster up enough gumption to get
our frannies moving. Th1s is why I
have tried to make it fun.
Timer<> have added an extra bit of
fun and challenge to a project, but they
also hdp keep us on tnu.:k. We all need
to be reminded from time to time what
we are working on. We can stay
focused if all we have to do is 15 minutes. Children love timers. too.
House work is such an ugly word.
Thts IS why I have tried to help you
realize that you .trc not working when
I
•
tn
ahead of me had bodies sitting in
them. Under those conditions, my
need to get out when nobody else did
caused general amusement.
It would be lots of fun to be able
to say that a combi ride is a wild,
adventurous experience. Not so.
You could take your two-year-old
grandchild on a combi or your 85
year old grandmother. Both ride
them all the time.
While the ride is safe and unexciting, plenty of color in a combi ride is
provided by the "conductor" and the
radio. Not all combis have a conductor, espe<.:ially on slow days and
hours. The conductor ts a teenage
boy whose job it is to drum up business and to take the money. The
combi stops at regular points at the
sides of the roads. The conductor's
job begins when the vehicle stop~.
He slides the van door open, jumps
down and calls out the route number
the van follows, which is also conspicuously painted on the front and
sides of the van. At the &arne time
that he calls out the number, he holds
out one, two, three, four. or five fingers for the different routes.
In places and times of day with
few passengers, the "'advertising··
part of the <.:onductor's job becomes
especially important. lie looks all
around quickly, vigilantly, and frequently, scanning the surroundings
for passengers. When the van is
stopped, he stands up with his head
sticking out over the roof to see better. He calls out. He encourages. He
gestures. He tells the far-off passenger to hurry. His is an athletic and
Gabs with the Bots
sometimes acrobatic and diverting
performance. Reasonably enough,
conductors are a thin group of people. Some conductors are especially
active and entertaining, but all are
serious when the c'ombi has filled up.
When the combi is full or no other
passengers can be seen, the most
Important of the young man's duties
commences. He slides the door shut
and looks at the passengers. People
start handing him two pula or about
30 or 40 cents. It's about the best
deal in town.
Besides the conductor, the second
source of entertainment is the
eombi's radio. Some drivers like
silence but, in my experience, about a
third or half enjoy some diversion
and share it with their passengers.
During the World Cup, many combis
played what was clearly the soccer
games. Interestingly, the programs
didn't air the crowd sounds, but it
was clearly a play-by-play atmouncer. rt was all in Setswana and I don't
follow sports anyway, so much of it
was lost on me, but I could see that
the other passengers were following
the program. Whenever I asked who
was playing or what the score was,
anybody could answer.
After the World Cup ended, sometimes the comhi radio played music.
None of it thank heavens from my
biased viewpoint. heavy metal or
related and ccrtaml)' not amplified.
The saints be praised. The selections
were various kinds of popular instrumental tunes which in turn were a
combination of indigenous music
heavily influenced by Western music,
you are blessing your family! We have
been raised to believe that house cleaning is an all day atfair. No one needs to
spend that kind of time maintaining a
home. When you establish your routines and start dancing through your
day with every move "'blessing" your
family, it is not like work at all!
I have always hated to dust. My
mother made us remove everything
from the tables, then dust and put
everything back; it took what seemed
hours. Now all I do is pull out my
magic feather dusting wand and buu
around my home while I am on the
phone and before I know it, our whole
notably a heavy, regular, drum beat
Beyond ·that, I am helpless t<
describe it. It was just good to lister
to.
The other passengers were al
Bots, the shortened form fo1
"Botswana" which foreign Englisl
speakers, such as I, found easy an<
convenient to pronounce. The Bot~
were friendly but quiet as bus riden
are elsewhere, not spending enougl
time together to start up a conversa
tion. The little children tried not t<
stare at my strangeness but couldn'
resist peeking. I smiled and waved a
them as adults often do in such situa·
tions with children, and sometime~
the adults smiled faintly, also. I arr
quite sure those adults wished the)
were children too, so they could start
a bit.
The passengers, the drivers, anc
the conductors were all eagerly help·
ful. Whenever I voiced the tinies1
need for help with directions or a1
combi stops, help with which one tc
take, everyone sprang into action
Often I received more informatior
than I could handle. On one partieu·
larly complicated route, volunteen
even esc01ted me to the next stop.
Anyone who visits Gabs and doe~
not take a combi at least once is miss·
ing an important and easily accessi·
ble part of the "real" Botswana oft
the tourist track.
Dr. Phyllis Puffer is a professor o)
sociology at Big Sandy Community
and Technical College. She enjoys
travel, both regionally and abroad.
may
contact
her
at
You
phyllis.puffer@kctcs.edu
home every surface - has been dusted.
No mess or fuss! It has been done and
I felt like a fairy pnncess gliding and
dancing around my home! When was
the last time you had that much fun
dusting?
If you taJ.,.e 2 minutes and feather
dust every day, you will never have to
see dusty finger streah on your furniture. You know. the ones where someone in the family writes, "DUST ME!"
In fact, you may never see dirt and dust
again.
A real feather duster is a fun tool
and mine even has some purple feath(See FLY LADY, page thirteen)
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�A 12 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
9, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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UNIVBUI1'Y
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Martha A Simpson, D.Q, M.B.A.
Assoeiate ProfesstW
if'Flf.mi/y MeJ.U:ine
Q
estion: How do I know if I
have the flu or a cold?
When should I go to the
doc
veryone at work is sick.
They all seem to have the same symptoms, but each one says they have a
different thing. Also, if this is the flu,
is there anything the doctor can do
about it?
nswer: This is a timely
question because we arc
right in the middle of flu
season. While you can come down
with influenza at any time of the year,
it is most common in the United States
from December to March - give or
A
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 welcome 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
more 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 irtformation 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!**
• Feb. 9 - "Serious O'Sillies," a
juggling presentation for all students.
• Feb. 13, 14- Tobacco awareness
presentation, 7th & 8th grades.
• Feb. 20 - Bullying and Conflict
Resolution presentation, 6th grade.
• Feb. 21, 27 - Respect class, 7th
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
•
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
Fly Lady
ers in it. I feel so special when I use
it. Just let me warn you, they can be
addictive. When your family sees
how much fun you are having, they
will want to do it for you! This is kind
oflike Tom Sawyer whitewashing the
fence. Children love them, too; a tool
becomes a toy that does a job in the
hands of your babies. Of course, you
have to set the example and teach
them how to use it.
Have you ever wondered how to
get your children excited about keeping their rooms clean? I have a friend
who figured it out many years ago
and now she is making it available to
everyone. Her creativity has children
cleaning their rooms all over the
take month or so. During some winters it can reach epidemic proportions.
There are three types of influenza
virus: A, B and C. Two of these - A
and B - are usually the most severe
and contagious. These viruses are
constantly mutating and the strains
that circulate around the world change
every year. It's hard for the body's
defense mechanisms to keep up with
these changes. That's why it's important to get a flu shot each year.
The flu vaccine is generally made
to cover the A and B viruses. This is
because C usually produces only very
mild symptoms, if its presence is even
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
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,
PO. Box 129, Eastern, KY 41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is aloo 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
--------• Continued from p11
world. Pam Young created the persona of the House Fairy. Go check
out this other great tool for our children; www.HouseFairy.org. Your
children will run to clean their rooms.
Housework doesn't have to be
dreaded, it can become a fun family
game with everyone pitching in. You
just need to make it enjoyable.
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check ow Flylady 's website and
join her free mentorinR group at
www.FlyLady.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 thi.~ publication.
High fever, body aches, fatigue
- telltale flu symptoms
noticed at all. It does not produce epidemics and is not a public health concern.
Type A and B influenza attack the
nose, throat, and lungs. The symptoms usually come on suddenly and
may include high fever, headache,
cough, sore throat, nasal congestion,
body aches and fatigue.
With a cold, the onset is more gradual, the fever is usually low grade if
present, and the symptoms are primarily in the upper respiratory tree head, nose and throat. It's much less
common to have high fever, body
aches and fatigue with a cold.
Both the flu and colds are spread
by air-borne droplets from coughing,
sneezing and even talking by an
infected person You may be infected
and spreading the virus for several
days before you have symptoms of illness. The virus can live on surfaces,
like the phone, the counter top, the
door handle and the remote control. If
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
appointmeQt 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
• Feb. 13 - Parent meeting, 1 p.m.
Topic: "Wellness." Meeting to be
conducted by Lola Ratliff, of Floyd
County Board of Education.
• Feb. 20 - Program on nutrition,
to be conducted by Carol Jo May, of
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, for first
graders, from 9-11 :25 a.m.
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center the first three Mondays each
month to administer immunizations,
T.B. skin tests, well-child exams,
WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals. Call 3772678 for an appointment
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
director, at 377-2678. The McDowell
FRC provides services to all MES students and their families, regardless of
income.
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
you touch a contaminated item and
then rub your nose, mouth or eyes,
you can give yourself the virus.
There is a rapid test for influenza
that your physician may do in his or
her office. 1l is a nasal swab that in
about 15 minutes can detetmine if you
have intluenza type A or B. This can
help the physician determine if antiviral medications should be used.
Antiviral medications shorten the
length of tl:ie viral illness and help to
lessen the symptoms as well.
Though anti-viral medications are
being developed for the common cold,
none have been approved by the Food
and Drug Administration at this time.
If you don't have the flu, the currently
available antivirals will not be of
much help.
If you get the flu and your doctor
rules out anti-viral medication, you
should try the ~tandard old-fashioned
treatments. These include bed rest,
drinking plenty of fluids, and taking
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. 12 - Open House. Food
will be served. Teacher and parent
visits, 6-8 p.m. Date subject to
change. Watch school marquee.
• Parents needing ass1tance 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 appomtments to attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for infmmation
in regard to Adult Education programs.
• Walking track open to public
(track closed during special event<;).
• 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
irtformation, call Anita Tackett, center
medication, like acetaminophen
(Tylenol), to manage the fever and
body aches. If you have a cold, the
treatment is somewhat stmilar: bed
rest, tluids and ibuprofen or acetaminophen. If you have a scratchy or
sore throat, you may also find it helpful to gargle with warm salt water or
use throat sprays or lozenges.
For. both colds and influenza, the
best treatment is, of course, prevention.
Family Medicine® i~ a weekly column. To
submit questzons, write to Martha A. Simpson,
D.O.. M.B.A., Ohio University College of
Ostenpathir Medicine, P.O. Box llO. Athens,
Ohio 45701, or via e-mail to readerquesrwns@familymedicinenews org. Medical information in this column is provided as an educatwnuf serv1ce only. It does not replace the
judgment of your personal physician, who
should be relied on to diagnose and recommend treatment for any medical coruiitions.
Past columns are availuble online at www.familymcdicinellews.org
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"Rainbow Junction"
Family Resource Center
•
Monthly
meetings:
"Nutrition/Plan Healthy" - second
Tuesday of each month, lO 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 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.
.-r'he 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 Comrn. 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 Conun. Ctr.; 1-4:30 p.m. BSCTC,
Betsy
Layne
YSC.,
Weeksbury Corum. 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).
Eyes
• Continued from p11
match with you at the opera or in the
middle of an expensive restaurant.
Of course, if you deserve it, they
won't hesitate to shoot you if they
think they can get away with it.
Older women are generous with
praise, often undeserved. They
know what it's like to be unappreciated.
Women get psychic as they age.
You never have to confess your sins
to a woman over 40.
Once you get past a wrinkle or
two, a woman over 40 is far sexier
than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and
honest. They'll tell you right off
you are a Jerk if you are acting like
one. You don't ever have to wonder
where you stand with her.
Yes, we praise women over 40
for a multitude of reasons.
Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal.
For every stunning, smart, wellcoiffed, hot woman over 40, there is
a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants
making a fool of himself with some
22-year old waitress.
Ladies, I apologize. For all those
men who say, 'Why buy the cow
when you can get the mtlk for
free?,' here's an update for you:
Nowadays 80 percent of women
are against marriage. Why?
Because women reali7e it's not
worth buying an entire pig just to
get a little sausage!"
And, as a woman over 40, what
more can we say?
Have a great weekend, folks!
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Conservation District Cost Share
Program announced
The Floyd County Conservation District will be accepting
requests for cost share funding under the Kentucky Soil
Erosion and Water Quality Cost Share Program beginning
February 1 and extending through February 28, 2007.
The Kentucky Soil Erosion and Water Quality Cost Share
Program was in 1994 created by the Kentucky General
Assembly to help agricultural and silviculture operations
protect the soil and water resources of the Commonwealth.
This financial and technical assistance program assists individual agriculture producers in the development and implementation of their agriculture water quality plans, which are
required under state law. Any person engaged in agricultural or silvicultural operations is eligible to apply through
the local conservation district, which oversees the installation of best management practices. The State Cost Share
program gives a high priority to animal waste related problems and agricultural district participants where pollution
problems have been identified. The best management practices, approved through the State Cost Share Program, help
reduce animal waste nutrients, prevent the loss of topsoil,
and minimize sediment and other pollutants to Kentucky's
streams, rivers, lakes and groundwater supplies. Among the
eighteen practices eligible under the State Cost Share
Program, some of the most frequently installed practices are
Agricultural Waste Control Facility, Heavy Use Area
Protection, Rotational Grazing System Establishment,
Stream Crossing, and Streambank Stabilization. Please
contact your local conservation district office for details on
all eligible practices. In the first twelve years of this program,
the Division of Conservation has received 21,465 applications seeking $214 million in cost share assistance. Based
on the available funds to the programjn each of these years,
7,725 of those applications have been approved for a total of
$82.5 million.
Funding for practices will be approved by the Soil and Water
Conservation Commission and the Kentucky Division of
Conservation, located in Frankfort, as funds are available.
Approved applicants will be notified in July of 2007 and they
will have 12 months to complete their practice.
For more information stop by your local conservation district
office located at 18 Mayo Branch Brandykeg, Prestonsburg
Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Phone:
889-9800
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
9, 2007 • A13
Big Sandy Collllllunity and Technical ,
College Celebrates Black History Month ]
Pictured are: Faith Lyons, Dominique Mccloud, Le' Andrew Brown, Marquisha Matthews, lan Betea, Dr. Nancy Johnson, Dr.
Aaron Thompson, Bernadette Tiapo, Bonita Dove, Michelle Richardson and Andre Fountain.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) kicked
off a month long celebration of Black History Month with the
opening of the Ernest Withcrc; Exhibit. Mr. Withers is a photo
journalist from Memphis, Tennessee who is world renown for his
photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. Withers said, "I look
for things of time and value. None of my images deal in violence
- they deal in time." The Withers exhibit will be on display
through February 13 in the BSCTC Prestonsburg Campus Art
Gallery. BSCTC/ Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students also have on·
display at the BSCTC Diversity Resource Center drawings, and
disp lay boards featuring African American Timelines, Notable
African American Government Officials and Civil Rights Leaders.
This display will be available through out the month of February,
2007. The public is welcome to both of these exhibits.
Dr. Nancy Johnson, BSCTC Prcrvost, welcomed those gathered
in the Gearheart Auditorium on Monday, February 5 to hear Dr.
Aaron Thompson speak on "Turni ng Obstacles Into
Opportunities." Dr. Thompson presented an inspired lecture
which detailed his life as a young black boy growing up in rural
Appalachia. He presented the audience with a story of determination, focused goals, and perseverance which had helped him overcome economic and social barriers to become a successful educator and author. Dr. Thompson summed up his presentation by saying, "My story is not a story about black people. lt is a story of
humanity."
BSCTC and Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students; Faith Lyons,
Michelle Richardson, Danielle Banbridge, Andre Fountain, Ian
Berea, Marquisha Matthews, Altez Green, Dominique Mccloud,
and Le' Andrew Brown presented a program of inspiring readings
in poetry. songs and dance.
Black History Month will continue with The Bathroom
Cleaner. a monolog performance written by Elizabeth Orndorff,
which will be presented by Regina Lang on Tuesday, February 20
at the PJkoville Otinpus and on Wednesday, February 21 at the
• ~ayo atkl Prestonsburg Ca~PI.!-'>1'!,~, . j1;SCT~ 1 an0. Carl D. P!i\rliins
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Job Corf{s Students will perform another selection of music and
biographies on Wednesday, February 21.
Lindsey Wilson College honors 19 degree earners at Big Sandy-Prestonsburg
Ken Mellons joins Don Rigsby's
Homecoming Show
Popular singer songwriter, Ken Mellons, has just been
announced as a special guest at Don Rigsby's Homecoming
Show at the Mountain Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Ken Mellons, his self-titled debut album released in 1994
boasted the smash hit "Juke Box Junkie" which received
ASCAP's and BMI's 1 million airplay award. Other releases
from that album included his first single " Lookin' in The
Same Direction," "Workin' for The Weekend," and the fan
favorite "I Can Bring Her Back," which Mellons considers
one of his favorite songs he's ever written and recorded.
On his second album in 1996 Ken shared his more humorous
side with the hit song, "Rub-A- Dubbin." This sophomore
release continued to showcase his mastery of soulful ballads and hard core hanky tonk music.
Sweet, the independent album, which was released in 2004,
contains his version of the hit song, "Paint Me a
Birmingham." Packed full of star power including guest performances by such artist as, George Jones, Vince Gill,
Rebecca Lynn Howard and Earl Scruggs, Mellons claims this
is his best work yet.
Singles
"Lookin' In The Same Direction"
" Jukebox Junkie"
"I Can Bring Her Back"
"Workin' For the Weekend"
"Rub-A -Dubbin"
"Ladies Night"
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Other special guest performers at Don Rigsby's
Homecoming Concert include J .D. Crowe and New South
with opening act Bottomline.
What? Don Rigsby's Homecoming Concert
Where? Mountain Arts Center
When? Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 PM
Who? Don Rigsby and Midnight Call, J.D. Crowe and New
South, Ken Mellons, Bottomline and Surprise Guest?
How? Reserved seating - 1-888-MAC ARTS or locally 8862623.
A total of 19 graduates of Lindsey Wilson College's School of
Professional Counseling program were honored recently during
a pinning ceremony held at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park.
A total of 11 undergraduate students received bachelor of arts
degrees in human services and counseling and eight graduate
students received master of education degrees in counseling and
hu~an development from Lindsey Wilson thanks to a cooperative program with Big Sandy Community ami Technical
College-Prestonsburg Campus.
Local educators challenged the graduates to invest in the
community as much as Lindsey Wilson had invested in them.
"We have enjoyed our relationship with Lindsey Wilson
Coll ege, which has so wi llingly provided the opportunity to
learn to our community and students," said Nancy Johnson, Big
Sandy Community and Technical College prm ost. "By bringing
their program, they are bringing an important facet of education
and growth to our area. Invest in yourself, in your career. in your
friends and in your family. Have fun on the journey. and face it
Family Pride
with a smile."
Tiffany Leigh McCoy of Prestonsburg and her husband,
The students earned their degrees by attending weekend Nicholas, share a happy moment for their family during
classes at Big Sandy CTC- Prestonsburg. The classes were taught Saturday's Lindsey Wilson pinning ceremony, held at Jenny
by full time Lindsey Wilson faculty, who drove to Prestonsburg Wiley State Resort Park.
each weekend from the college's Columbia campus in
Southcentral Kentucky.
Lindsey Wilson named Big Sandy CTC President George Edwards the Community Advocate Award, which recogniLes a community me mber who has supported the college's extended campus in Cumberland, Ky. As president of Big Sandy CTC, Edwards
has ''been instrumental in establishing the School of Professional Counseling program in Prestonsburg" said Dean of the School of
Professional Counseling John Rigney.
The following students were honored for earning a bachelor of arts degree in human servrces and counseling: Tracy Collins of
Vanlear, Ky.; Stacy E l Harrab of Thelma, Ky. ; Wendell Hamilton of Pikeville, Ky.: Anna Harvey of Dema, Ky.; Kevin Horn of
Hueysville, Ky.; Joshua Justice of Betsy Lane, Ky.; Tiffany McCoy of Prestonsburg; Andrea Meade of Harold. Ky.; Ashley Newsome
of Pikeville; Jessica Perkins of Prestonsburg and Micca Ratliff of Hueywille.
The following students were honored for earning a master of education degree in counseling and human development: Jamie
Adkins of Shelbiana, Ky.: Karen Browning of Matewan, W.Va .: Chadwick Grlham of Prestonsburg ; Martha Humble of Printer, Ky.;
Deborah Maynard of Inez, Ky. ; Kristin Overstreet of Elkhorn City, Ky.; Nona Thornsbury of Williamson, W.Va.; and Donna Todd
of !net..
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metabolism on my under-medicated thyroid.
All of these are contributing factors, to be sure. But do
you know what the real c ulprit
was? My newly allained hankering for takeout Chinese
o nce a week. Oh yes, I love
this place and like I always tell
my Menu-Mailer subscribers,
the reason we only give you
the menu for 6 days is because
even God rested on the 7th
day! And in my opinion, getting C hinese takeout was
about as good as it gets. Talk
about your easy button!
But I always thought
C hinese food was relatively
healthy. Better than pizza,
reasoned. But I just went by
what I THOUGHT. 1 never
really did the math. Till today.
Okay, now for the moment
of truth. Can I have a drum roll
please?? Here 's what this
"easy button" was costing me
in calories and fat. Put your
scatbelts on, it will BLOW you
away !
Spring roll, 200 calories. 12
grams of fat (an occasional
indulgence)
Low Mein , 240 calories, II
grams of fat
· Kung Pao C hicken, 720
calories, 4 5 grams of fat
Fried Rice, 450 calories, 14
grams of fat
The grand total, ladies and
gent Iemen, is 1610 calories,
with 82 grams or rat!!
l'his is for ONE MEAL!
No WONDER I've gained
weight! I cat about 1600 calories daily- not lor ONE STUPID MEAL!!
For now, I' m swearing off
Chinese lood. as much as I
love it. Yes, I know you can
have steamed Chinese vegeta
blcs, plain rice and all and it's
real!~ quite healthy, but that's
not why I order Chi nese food'
Sometimes we all need a
reality check of what we arc
REALLY doing. Keeping a
food. journal of what you fix
yo urself and cat at home is all
very good and fine, BUT the
rub is what you're eating when
yo u get takeout or go out (you
wam to talk about portron distortion? ALWAYS split your
meal with someone or at least
a to-go box- you don ' t NEED
that much food , I promise').
This week let's remember
to write down EVERYTHING
that crosses the thresholds of
our lips. Doing this will help
us keep tabs or what's going to
our hips! We also need to
rcmemher th<~t INCLUDES
food we eat in restauranh and
takeout. a~ well.
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100- a number to celebrate
Mrs. Miller's first grade class at Betsy Layne Elementary School recently celebrated the fact that they are now "100 days smarter." The students have been doing activities geared toward
reinforcing the number 1 00 along with marking the tOOth day of school. One activity included having the children design t-shirts with 100 objects on them.
Prestonsburg Elementary School Honor Roll
First Grade
Mrs. Allison
A Honor Roll: Seth Hammonds,
Jacob Dyer
B Honor Roll: Brooke Ratliff,
Jakob Osborne, Destiny Wright,
Charley Hinton, Nikki Burchett,
Niah Andueza, Cory Smith, Ashly
Jones, Cameron Smith
Mrs. Stewart
A Honor Roll: Aaron Blevins,
Olivia Francis, Rachel Hale, Kate
Lackey, Isaac Owens
8 Honor Roll: Cheyenne
Combs, Jonathan Dotson, Jacob
Gardner, Brandon Goble,
Cheyanna Hatfield, Kerrie
Rackey, Skyla Slone, Alexis
Stricklin, Michael Taulbee
Ms. Tackett
A Honor Roll: Nikolis Wagner
8 Honor Roll : Allanis Carroll,
Mikia Mccoy, Samantha Mendes,
Christina Phillips, Elijah Tackett
Mr. Tackett
A Honor Roll : Ryan Goodman,
Jada Morgan, Micheal Shepherd
Ill, Blake Tarver, Dalton Trust,
Shaleigh Walker, Robert Eli Wilks
8 Honor Roll : Lauren Click, Phil
Cornett, Lauren Dotson,
McKenzie Holliday, Dakota
Hughes, Sarabeth Johnson,
Aaron Nelson, Katie Slone,
Joshua Sparks
Mrs. Walker
A Honor Roll : Katherine Bailey,
Alyssa Blair, Logan Dotson ,
Embry Gullett, Alyssa Hensley,
Carley Hyden, Anna Rose,
Camryn Slone, Ryne Slone,
Makensie Willoughby
B honor Roll: Montanna
Cavins, Morgan Davis, Kinsey
Hall, Hannah Kelly, Cade Lara,
Paige Lemaster, Chandler
Nelson, Isaiah Nixon,
Jordan Pennington, Katrina
Salsibury,Gavin Slone, Hannah
Stratton, Madison Willoughy,
Second Grade
Mrs. Bingham
A- Grace Tackett, Grace Maynard
8 - Kirstin Blair, Tanner Allen,
Tyler Jarrell, Emily Dillon, Karissa
Wall, Dalton Goble, Dylan Slone,
Tabitha Coburn, Vanessa Hall,
Kaitlyn Mohan, Austin Ratliff,
Kirklen Wireman, Brenden
Wright, Austin Samons, Camron
Price, Andrea Wallen, C.J Gray,
Madison Stricklen
Mrs. Justice
A Honor Roll: Samantha Prater ,
Alexa Scott , Bryce Tucker
B Honor Roll : Kari Blackburn,
Nicholas Caudill, Kayla Cobern,
Zion Echols, Kassidi Ellis, Ryan
Gayheart, Alexandra Goble,
Dawson Hamilton, Haley Maines,
Amira Pinson, Blake Ratliff,
Justin Rowe, Jonathan Spradlin,
Cody Wallace
Ms. McCoy
A Honor Roll: Kelsey Bates,
Chelsey Moore
8 Honor Roll: Shelby Allen,
Andrew Blackburn, Angelena
Collins, leShea Collins, Ahmad
lskandarani, Keilee Justice,
Jakob LeMaster, Mason McCoy,
Morgan Meade, Alexis Reynolds
Mrs. Turner
AI Honor Roll: Hannah Depoy,
Lucas George , Jenna Layne,
C lay Slone,
8 Honor Roll- Brianna Branham,
Katlyn Conn, Brayden Hall,
Angela Hayden, Tanner Hicks,
Reece lson, Drake Nunnery,
Shannon Patrick, Katlyn Stanley,
Megan Thompson
Third Grade
Mrs. Bragg
A Honor Roll: Tanner Rorrer
8 Honor Roll: Alex Campbell,
Jacob Carpenter, John Wesley
Cooksey, Charity Hess, Caitlyn
Johnson, Amber Marsillett, Tyra
Nairn, Grace Powers, Nicholas
Rowe, Scott Stapleton
Mrs. Little
8" Honor Ro ll: Kaitlyn Allen,
Aaron Bertrand, Alison Collins,
Brennan Goble, Destiny Knox,
Courtney Lafferty, Makayla Minix,
Maddy Ousley, William Salisbury,
Kyle Salyer, Austin Slone, Shawn
Walker, R.J. Wallen, William
Wallen, Cameron Wells, Emily
Williamson, Ethan Wright
Steven Little, Chelsea Osborne,
Miles Goodman,Tyler Bays,
Lauren Davis, Makala Silcox,
John Dillon,Grace Boleyn
Mrs. Slone
A Honor Roll- Tate Greene,
Kaleigh Kendrick, Hannah Little
8 Honor Roll- Emily Wright,
Caroline Frye, Wyatt Martin,
Kaitlyn Branham, Shelby
Hitchcock, Kyle Owsley, Hannah
Hunt, Katie Goble
Mrs. Minix
8 Honor Roll: Christian Kelley,
Heaven McCown, Jordan Ray,
Shaelyn Hicks, Alyvia Hall,
Mariah Ratliff, Amber Kidd, Kyle
Branham, Aleshia Hall
Mrs. Stumbo
A-Honor Roll, Dustin Blair,
Dakota Collins, Tanner Hall Grant
Minix, Dylan Slone
8-Honor Roll, Jaden Clark,
Tiffany Clifton, Brittany Hall,
Darian Marsh, Morgan Marshall,
Cole Ousley, Ryan Rice, Adam
Treadway
Mrs. Conn
8 Honor Roll: Heather Bailey,
Griffin Baker, Johnathan Boyd,
Ashley Case, Allyson DeRossett,
Kendra Gambill, Taylor
Hackworth, Ashleigh Hayton,
Haley Howell, Makala Jones,
Jenna Little, Macy Minix, Marissa
Thompson
Fourth Grade
Mrs. Holland
8 Honor Roll-Jacob Blair, Sarah
Hackworth, Weston Martin,
Kayanna Mullins, C. Jay Ousley,
Kierra, Shelton, Lizzie Wilson,
Madison Wright.
Mrs. Goble
8 Honor Roll: Sarah Ratliff,
Emma George, Courtney Mosley,
Grant Martin, Mariah Hackworth,
Makayla Wells, Alexis Younce,
Seth Marcum, Taelor Slevin
Mrs. Cornett
"A" Honor Roll, Kelli Marsillett,
Masann Potter
"8" Honor Roll Josh Crider,
Alexandria Caudiii,Gabriel
Walker, Katie Porter, Ronnie
Newsome,
Fifth Grade
Mrs. Nairn
A Honor Roll: Austin Bailey
8 Honor Roll: Allison Hale,
Jordon Marcum, Kaegan Dove,
Cathryn Clhoun, Hunter Brown,
Kaitlyn Campbell, Kaylee Collins,
Austin Bertrand, Chastity
Sizemore
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David Road
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2002 Ford Tarus
SES 80,000 miles.
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92 Pathfinder,
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96 Jeep Grand
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886-2842
886-3451.
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1994 Ford
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must see! 24 foot
round above
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decking $2000.
Call after 4:00.
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606-889-0123.
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J'ob
Listings
JOB OPENING
Part tine cleaning
person needed for
corporate
office
building
in
Prestonsburg.
$8.00 per hour.
World
Wide
Equipment,
Inc.
Contact H R office
@
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apply in person
@1428
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Prestonsburg, KY
Corporate offices.
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JOB OPENINGS
C & S Vaults, manufacture of steel
is
burial vaults
seeking a driver for
the
Inez warehouse. Applicants
must have a class B
CDL license. Ablity
to perform physical
Must be
labor.
dependable .
Drivers
load,
unload, and deliver
steel grave vaults
through out regions
in
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
and
Ohio, Virginia, and
West Virginia. Must
be
comfortable
dealing with c us tomers.
Benefits
available after 90
days. Full time positions. Please fill out
an application and
sign up for an interview at C & S Vaults
Industrial Dr. Inez,
Ky 41224
JOB OPENING
Communications
construction-Labors
and CDL drivers
needed class A or B
experience helpful
but not mandatory.
Insurance- Holidayand
Vacation401 K. To apply call
Star Construction at
874-1263
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an immediate opening
for
a
Maintenance
Mechanic. This is a
position
full-time
with health insurance,
retirement
and other benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office located at 12 Blaine Hall
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1 :30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
16,2007.
General
requirements for this position are ability to
perform
difficult
skilled work in general maintenance,
repair and modification of authority
owned
buildings
and related equipment and appliances.
MARTIN TO HINDMAN AREA. The
Lexington HeraldLeader has a morning
newspaper
route available in
your area. Routes
take about 3-4
hours daily with an
approximate profit
potential of $1 ,500
monthly.
Dependable transportation and ability
be
bonded
to
required. Call 1800-999-8881.
JOB OPENING
Mine Component
Mechanic, Welder
Fabricator.
Both
positions are for
shop work. May
inquire at 60687496441 between
the hours of 8:30am
to 4 :00pm.
JOB OPENING
Fat boys pizza and
grill has openings
for a cook and
delivery drives in
Martin. call 2851000
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
8:00am to 4:30pm.
JOB OPENING
Wright
Lumber
Company has job
openings for inside
sales person. Must
be energetic, neat
in appearance and
willing to· work.
Apply in person at
the Martin Location.
No phone calls.
JOB OPENING
RN/LPN- competitive wages based
on
experience,
health and dental
insurance, up to 4
weeks vacation, 9
paid holidays, no
weekends,
send
resume to PO Box
2887 Pikeville.
JOB OPENING
Local medical office
is seeking an energetic, experienced
collection I billing
clerk. Excellent pay
depending on experience with health
and dental insurance. Send resume
with photo to PO
Box 2887, Pikeville
41502.
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an opening for an
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker.
The
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker must have
a high school diploma or equivalent
plus at least three
years office experience
including
basic
computer
skills.
General
requir eme nts
include the ability to
communicate orally
and in "Vriting, organizational skills, the
ability to work with
confidential information and to work
well with the public.
Applicants
must
have a valid KY
Drivers License.
This is a full time
position with health
insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office in
Prestonsburg from
10:30 am to 3:30
pm
each
day
through February
23,2007.
JOB
OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions . ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave ,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
com . p u t e r
desk,chair.
Call
358-2330 or 3580180
PROM DRESS
Size 2. Coral ·in
color, worn twice.
Call 886-7980
Furniture
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture, used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
morel
Call 606874-9790.
Misc.
FOR SALE
JK'S Cafe in
Downtown
Winchester, KY
Gourmet sandwiches- SoupsDesserts. Annette
Goebel Tom
Goebel and company. 859-7490342
www. tomgoebel.
com
Wanted To
Rent:
Researcher needs
lodging in
Wheelwright June
1 through August
4. Prefer furnished
or semi-furnished
w/utilities included.
Will pay up to
$1800. Project
information available at www.coaltowns.net. Contact
Lisa at lisa@coaltowns.net or 870316-8534.
FOR SALE
Antique Sewing
Machine wfth cabinet. First electric
model made in
1935. Sews good.
Looks good.
587-2777
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 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master be droom . All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard. 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min to d owntown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
Immediate occupancy.
Call 285-9277 4228197 226-4551 .
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.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
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
080 in next 30
days. Call 606. 358-9346
Sale or Lease
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
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Al so,
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.
RENTALS
APARTMENT
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
NOTICE OF
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
apartment located
in
Prestonsburg ,
above safelite. 1
BR, 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price.
FOR RENT
1 BR efficiency
apt
$350
per
month. 1 BR with
garage $500 per
month. 2 BR 1 1/2
bath w/ carport.
$575. 2 BR house
2 bath $675. Call
434-651 6 or 2261925 or 285-9639.
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. NOT HUD
APPROVED.
GroundHog Day
Special.
Park
Place Apartments.
First month rent
FREE W/ Deposit
paid in full. Rent
staring at 1 BR $208, 2 BR- $304.
Offer valid thru
2/28/07. All electric
HUD
accepted.
Call 886-0039.
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 161 Lafferty
BR $550 monthly.
$550
security
d e p o si t .
References
required.
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
LEGALS
NOT
RESPONSIBLE
Upon and on this
date after publication of this notice, I,
Frank
Michael
Slone ,
will
no
longer be responsible for any debts
incurred by anyone
other than myself.
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8368041
Operator Change
In
accordance
with
405
KAR
8:010, notice is
hereby given that
FCDC Coal, Inc.,
P.O. Box 77, lvel,
KY 41642, intends
to revise permit No.
836-8041
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
Energy LLC, 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 372 31 '
25" and longitude
is 822 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 ,
LPN orCMA
for Medical Office in Pikeville.
·M ust be efficient w/ a friendly smile
and proficient with computea·s.
Traveling required.
Good Pay & Benefits
References required. Send resume to:
Medical Offices
P. 0. Box 3128
Pikeville. KY 41~02
EXPERIENCED WEB DESIGNER
WANTED
Well established company in need of an experienced
web designer.
Qualified candidates must be
proficient in HTML, C++, Dream Weaver 8, Adobe
Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, JavaScript, My SQL
Database and Microsoft Access. Must possess two
years' experience and have good graphic design
capabilities.
Responsibilities would include designing,
maintaming and enhancing design content of
company website and emails. Must possess good
communication skills and have the ability to work on
projects individually as well as in a team environment,
adhe1ing to strict deadlines.
Please send resume along with three references to:
WEB DESIGNER
P.O. Box 390
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Mobile Home
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. Excellent condition. $350 per
month + utlities and
security depos it.
References
required. Call 606874-2802
LOTS
FOR
RENT
New MH park.
Allen/Dwale area .
Restrictions apply.
paved
streets,
lighted area. All
s izes.
606-3772357.
Da11ce lnstructor-Caryol Allen
Hambley Athletic Complex (Upsllllrs atl!lched to the city pool) Pikeville, Ky.
BEGINNING LINE DANCING
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007-7:00-8:30 p.m. • Fee: $7.00 per person
BEGINNING CLASS IN PRESTONSBURG
ON THURSDAYS, 6:30·8 p.m.
-4t A Little Bit of Country
For
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.
Located on Irene St.,near H&R Block
e-mail:
• Call 606-226·1820
urg,
subdivision. $249,000.
Sq ft. 4 BR 2.5 bath, 2 car
fireplace, LA., Fam.R,DR
l r.n1mnletlv remolded like new. NEWand cooling, carpet, tile,
en cabinets with Corian counter
In ground pool/ new liner arid
landscaping.
Red Brown and Williams Real Estate,
Teresa Preston. Call 789-8119 or 2057890 www.rbandw.com
Drift, 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck and
porch, paved driveway,
detached garage, large
fenced in yard. Includes
all appliances. $82,000.
Call377-0251.
�A 16 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
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.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number
836-8065
Renewal
In accordances with
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Martin
Coal
Processing
Corporation, P.O.
Box 77, lvel, 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 KY
122's junction with
KY 80 and is located adjacent to the
Left Fork of Beaver
9, 2007
Creek. The latitude
is 37 degrees 33
minutes 19 seconds. The longitude
is 82 degrees 44
minutes 58 seconds.
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 the
Division of Mine
Reclamation
and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive, Suite #6,
Prestonsburg, KY
41653. Written comments, objections or
requests for a permit conference must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Mine Permits, #2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
KY 40601 .
This is the final
advertisement
of
this application. All
comments, objections or requests for
a permit conference
must be received
within thirty (30)
days of today's
date.
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
er 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
9:15 a.m., the foldescribed
lowing
real estate, lying in
Floyd
County,
Kentucky, and more
particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the
highway;
thence
with
Roosevelt
Henson Line to the
branch; thence running
down
the
branch to Roosevelt
line; thence with
said Henson line
BY VIRTUE of a and a wire fence
Judgment
and back to the highOrder of Sale, refer- way; thence up the
ring
to
Master highway to the
Commissioner of beginning.
Being the same
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on property conveyed
the 1st day of by deed to Cecil
and
November, 2006, in Donaldson
Donaldson
the Floyd Circuit Esta
Court, in the above from James E. Hall
Lynn
Hall,
styled action, in the and
principal sum of dated December 7,
$60,040.74, togeth- 2000, recorded in
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division II
C.A. No. 06-CI518
Long Beach
Mortgage
Company
Plaintiff
Vs.
Esta
Donaldson
The First
National
Bank of
Pikeville
Red's Furniture
and Pawn
Shop
Unknown
Defendant,
Spouse of
Esta
Donaldson
Defendants
NOTICE OF
COMMISSIONER'S SALE
Deed Book 454,
Page 419, of record
in the office of the
Clerk
of
Floyd
County,
Prestonsburg, KY.
Cecil Donaldson
died in September
15, 2005, thus conveying all his rights
and interest in the
aforementioned
property to Esta
Donaldson,
in
accordance with the
survivorship clause
in the Deed, executed on December 7,
2000, recorded in
Deed Book 454,
Page 419, of the
records in the office
of the Court of Floyd
County,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time of sale,
the successful bidder, if the other than
the Plaintiff, shall
either pay cash or
$5,000.00 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
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky COfl:loration has asked the Public
Service Commission, Frankfort, Kentucky, for approval of an adjustment of rates to become effective March 3,
2007, for service rendered on and after March 3, 2007. The present rates charged in all territory served by
Columbia are as follows:
Total
Gas Cost
Gas Cost
Base Rate
Adjustment
Billing
Adjustment
Demand
Commodit;(
Rate
Charse
$
$
$
$
RATE SCHEDULES GS
Residential (GSR) 1/
First 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
1.4269
7.0085
15.3854
6.95
Over 1 Met per Mo.
7.0085
10.3069
1.8715
1.4269
EAP Rider
0.0579
0.0579
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
0.0105
Commercial or Industrial (GSO) 1/
Rrst 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
Next 49 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&DRider
Delivery SeM<:e
Administrative Charge
18.88
1.8715
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0.0105
Rt\!E SCHEDULE IS
Customer Charge per Mo.
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
NGR&D Rider
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
27.3154
10.3069
10.2507
10.1650
10.0156
0.0105
55.90
Stan db~ Service Demand Qharg!i!
Demand Charge times Daily Firm
Volume (Met) in Customer Service Agreement
Delive!Y RatetP~r Mcf
First 400 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
All Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
6.5482
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0 .0206
0.0105
0.0206
0.0105
116.55
0.5467
0.2905
O.D105
7.0085
7.0085
116.55
7.5552
7.2990
0.0105
~~~!Jdt!::t: ServjQ!i! D!i!mSlml Qharg!i!
6.5482
Base Rate
Charge
$
Delive!Y Service 1
Administrative Charge
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
RATE SCHED!,!l!; IUS j/
For All Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
NGR&D Rider
Delivery Service
Administrative Charge
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
MA!NLINE DELIVERY SERVIQE
Administrative Charge
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
Gas Co st
Adjustment
Demand
$
6.5482
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Commodi~
$
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
0.0206
55.90
0.3038
1.4269
Total
Billing
Rate
$
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
0.0206
0.0105
0.0105
0.3038
0.0105
7.0085
8.7392
0.0105
55.90
1.7307
0.0206
0.0105
1.4269
0.0206
O.D105
55.900
0.0858
55.90
0.0858
0.0206
0.0105
0.0206
0 0105
1/ Custom ers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Service (SVGTS) are charged the Base Rate Charge
and applicable Riders only. The Base Rate Charge is also applicable to General Service Propane.
The proposed rates to be charged in all territory served by Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. are as follows:
Base Rate
Charli!e
$
RATE SQHEDU!,E GS - GENERAL SALES S!;;RVIQE
Residential (GSR) 1/
Custom er charge
12.75
All volume consumed
1.8241
EAP Rider
0.0579
N GR&D Rider
0.0105
Comm ercial or Industrial (GSO) 1/
Customer charge
First 50 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&D Rider
28.00
1.8241
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.0105
BAI E ~QI::!EOULE IS - lt:H!;;BBUEIIE!LE SALES S!;EWIQE
Custom er Charge per Mo.
200.00
0.6027
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
0 .3192
0.0105
NGR&D Rider
Firm Service Demand Charge
Demand Charge times Daily Finn Volumes (Mcf)
In Customer Agreement
RA!E SCHEDULE SS - STAND BY SERVICE
Standby Service Demand Charge per Mcf
Demand Charge times Standby Service Volumes (Mcf)
in Customer Agreement
RATE SCHEQULE DS- DELIVERY SERVICE
Administrative Charge per billing period
Customer Charge per billing period 2/
Customer Charge - Grandfathered Service only
Customer Charge - Intrastate Utility only
Delivery Rate per Mcf 2/
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Commodit;(
$
Total
Billing
Rate
$
12.75
10.2595
0.0579
0.0105
1.4269
7.0085
1.4269
1 4269
1.4269
1.4269
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
70085
28.00
10.2595
10.1496
10.0678
9.9160
O.Q105
7.0085
7.0085
200.00
7.611 2
7.32 77
0.0105
Services,
#2
Hudson
Hollow
Complex, Frankfort,
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
Drive,
Suite
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
41653.
The hearing will be
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 permit conference
must be received
within thirty (30)
days of today's
PUBLIC NOTICE
Bates Quick Shop
doing business at
Melvin, Ky 41650
owned by Brian
Bates
hereby
declares their intention to apply for a
license as a retail
beer dealer under
state law.
6.5482
1.4269
7.0085
6.5482
255.00
9.0259
O.D105
6.5482
55.90
200 .00
28 .00
255 .00
55.90
200.00
28.00
255.00
0.6027
0.3192
0.6027
0.3192
Base Rate
Charge
$
Delive!Y Rate - QranQfSJth!2red Service
First 400 Mcf per billing period
Next 600 Mcf per billing period
All Over 1000 Mcf per billing period
Delive!Y Rate - lntrastat!;l WililY onl~
All volumes per billing period
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
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
for
the
effect
Increment #11 is a
surety bond for
$28 8 ' 500 .00.
Approximately 60%
of the original bond
amount
of
$173,100.00
is
included
in
the
for
application
release.
Reclamation work
performed includes:
backfilling, grading,
fertilizing, seeding,
and mulching. The
revegetation
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
filed
with
the
Director
of
the
Division of Field
6.5482
RAT!; ~~l::lED\.lL.!i I!.!S- IN!BA§T8Tfi UTILITY §~RVK;E ]/
Customer Charge per Mo.
255.00
For All Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
0.5905
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
55.90
6.5482
Demand Charge times Daily Firm
Volume (Met) in Customer Service Agreement
date of sale until only be obligated to
paid, having the pay court costs, the
force and effect of a fees and costs of
the
Master
Judgment.
(c) The property Commissioner, and
shall be sold subject any real estate
to any easements taxes
assessed
and restrictions of against the real
record in the Floyd estate.
County
Clerk's
Any
announceOffice, and such ments made on
right of redemption date of sale take
as may exist in precedence
over
favor of the United printed matter conStates of America tinued herein.
and/or the record
Plaintiff's Counsel:
owners thereof, purHon. Kristen Mudd
Lerner, Sampson
suant to 28 U.S.C.
2410
or
KRS & Rothfuss
426.530.
P.O. Box 5480
(d) The purchaser
Cincinnati, Ohio
45201-5480
shall be required to
assume and pay all
William
s.
Floyd
County, Kendrick
Kentucky, real propM a s t e r
erty taxes for the Commissioner
year 2007, and all
P.O. Box 268
subsequent years
Prestonsburg, KY
which "are not yet
41653
due and payable.
Any and all delinNOTICE OF
quent Floyd County, BOND RELEASE
real
Kentucky,
Pursuant to
estate taxes will be
Permit No. 858paid from the sale
0165
proceeds.
Increment No. 11
(e) In the event the
In accordance with
Plaintiff is the purthe provisions of
chaser of the above
KRS
350.093,
described property
for an amount equal notice is hereby
given that Czar
to, or less than, its
Coal Corporation,
first lien, it shall take
HC 64, Box 915,
a credit against said
Debord, Kentucky
lien for the amount
41214, has applied
of the bid, and no
bond
shall
be for a Phase 1 bond
release
on
required
of the
Increment #11 on
Plaintiff, and it shall
permit 858-0165,
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
Gas Cost
Adj ustment
Commodi!l
$
Total
Billing
Rate
$
onl~
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.5905
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
1.4269
0.0206
0.0105
2.0174
0.0206
0.0105
M!E ~Qt:JEQULE MLQS- MAINLINE DELIVERY SERVICE
Administrative Charge
55.90
Customer Charge per billing period
200.00
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
0.0858
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
Banking and Balancing Service
55.90
200.00
0.0858
O.D105
0.0206
0.0206
1/ Customers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Service (SVGTS) are charged the base rate charge
and all applicable riders only.
21 Applicable to all Rate Schedule DS customers except those served under Grandfathered or Intrastate Utility
provisions
MISQ~LLA~~QUS T8BIEE QtlA~GES
Miscellaneous Fees
The Company is proposing to increase the following fees as indicated:
Current
Return Check Fee
$8.00
Reconnect Fee
$15.00
Prooosed
$15.00
$55.00
•
The foregoing rates reflect an Increase of approximately 7.99% to Columbia. The estimated amoont of
increase per customer class is as follows:
Residential
$1 0,539,821
11.07%
Commercial
$1,498,857
2.77%
Industrial
$382,525
4 .89%
Wholesale
$12,400
5.29%
Other
$211,920
21.57%
The average monthly bill for each customer class to which the proposed rates will apply will increase
approximately as follows:
Residential
$7.38
11 .0%
Commercia!
$9 61
3.0%
Industrial
-$16.45
-0.5%
Transportation
$9.29
11 .0%
Wholesale
$517.00
6.5%
.
The rates contain,ed in this notice are the rates proposed by Columbia; however, the Public Service
Commission may order rates to be charged that differ from the proposed ra tes contained in this notice.
In addition to the adjustment of rates described above, Columbia is also seeking approval from the Public
Service Commission for an Accelerated Main Replacement Program and a Post In-Service Carrying Charge.
The Accelerated Main Replacement Program is designed to accelerate the replacement of the aging pipes and
facilities on Columbia's system in order to m alntain safe and reliable service for customers. The Post In-Service
Carrying Charge is designed to encourage the investment in pipeline extensions and facilities for new
customers to receive gas service.
Any corporation, association, or person with a substantial interest in this matter may, by written request, withrn
thirty (30) days after publication of this notlce of the proposed rate changes, request to Intervene; Intervention
may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good cause shown. Requests to Intervene should be
submitted to the Public Service Commission at the address listed below.
Any person who has been granted intervention by the Commission may obtain copies of the rate application
and any other filings made by the utility by contacting Cynthia Benham at:
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1018
(859) 288-0261
Any person may examine the rate application and any other filings made by Columbia at the offices of
Columbia or the Commission, as listed below:
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky40511 -1018
1-800-432-9345
Public Servrce Commission of Kentucky
211 Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602
(502) 564-3940
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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.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
lone 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 At.
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, Com Fork; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
Music, Minister.
Calvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Doug Lewis, Minister.
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.
Cow Creek Freewill Baptist, Cow Creek; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Nathon
lafferty, 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.
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.
Faith Bible Church, an independent Baptist Church, located
on 1428, between Allen & Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening, 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer, 6 p,m.; Pastor, Rev. Stuart
E. Swanberg.
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.
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
6:30p.m.; Wednesday, 7: p.m.
Free
United
Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
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;
Assist. Larry Patton. Phone 3584275.
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.
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.
~t us be self-controlled,
putting on faith and love
as a breastplate,
and the hope
of salvation as
a helmet.
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.
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 J>.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
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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, 6:00p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting and
Bible Study, 7:00p.m.; Pastor Bobby Carpenter
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.
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.
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
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 Service, 10 a.m.; Worship S~rvice, 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.
Member FDIC
Tom Moore Memorial Freewill Baptist; Cliff Road; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 1.1 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, Minister.
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 Evening Worship Service 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.; CaJ1os 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.
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Our Lady of the Way
Hospital
11203 Main St.
Box 910 Martin, KY 41649
www.olwh.org
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.
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.
St. Martha, Water Gap; Mass: Sunday, 11:1 5 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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
services on first Sunday of each month. Tom Nelson, Minister.
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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Faith Worship Center, US 460, Paintsville; Worship Service,
11 a.m.; Thursday, 6 p.m.; Buddy and Maude Frye, 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.
Rock Fork Regular Baptist, Garrett; Worship Service, 9:30
a.m.; Jerry Manns, Pastor; Willie Crace Jr., Assistant Pastor.
Main Street, Inez, Ky. • 298-3511
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.
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.
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.
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Faith Deliverance Tabernacle, West Prestonsburg; Sunday
School, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m.; Don Shepherd,
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.
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.
Inez Deposit Bank
Grace Fellowship Prestonsburg,(next to old flea market),
Sunday School, 10 a.m. Worship, 11 a.m. Bill Stukenberg,
Pastor 889-0905.
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.
Allen Christ United Melhodist, Allen; Sunday School, 9:45 am.;
Worship Service, 11 am. & 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth
Lemaster, Minister.
WE'R£ GEfliNG THINGS DONE
Drift Independent, Drift; Sunday, 11 a.m.; Thursday, 6:30
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.
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.
886-1234
welcomes everyone to attend services
at the CHURCH of GOD of PROPHECY TRAM KENTUCKY.
Sunday school10 a.m., Worship service 11 a.m.
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.
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
OTHER
Pasto~ Atha Johnson
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 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
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
Tommy Reed.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATIER DAY SAINTS
The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints;
Sacrament Mig., 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
Carriere, Bishop.
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.
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, 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wed., 6:30p.m.; Jerry C. Workman, 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!
The Father House, Big Branch, Abbott Creek; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m.; J.J. Wright,
Minister.
The Tabernacle, At. 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 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, At. 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.rn.; 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, Rl. 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.
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, Mimster.
Vogle Day United Methodist Church, Harold; Sunday
School, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.;
Wed. Bible Study, 7:00 p.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, At. 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 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.
Free Pentecostal Holiness, Rt. 122, Upper Burton; Sunday
School, 11 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m; Fnday, 7 p.m.; Lou1s
Sanlan, Minister; Dav1d Pike, Associate Minister.
Goodloe Pentecostal, At. 850, David; Worship Service, 6
p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Floyd and Magoffin
County Line; ; Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
Minister. 297-6262.
Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Holiness, Main St., Martin;
Surlday 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
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a . ~. Rev. Vicki Poole, pastor.
506 Bucks Branch, Martin
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PRESTONSBURG The Prestonsburg Office
of Employment and
Training will be hosting a
job fair next Thursday
for Lowe's Home
Improvement Center of
Paintsville in hopes of
finding people to fill
r;..ore than 50 positions
available for the spring
through fall season.
A representative from
Lowe's will be at the
Employment Service
Office in Prestonsburg
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Feb. 15, to conduct
interviews. Positions
avavilable include telephone operators, customer service associates, garden center personnel, load pullers,
loaders, cashiers and
assemblers.
• Anyone interested is
encouraged to attend on
the day of the fair. For
more information contact
the Employment Office
at (606)889-1772.
Hi Hat(
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
FRANKFORT Local Floyd
County residents are teaming up with
state legislators to try to save the areas
streams and rivers from the drastic
effects of mining wastes.
House Bill 385, or the "stream
saver" bill, if passed would prohibit the
dumping of mining wastes into any
stream in the state.
According to the citizens group
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth,
not only are the immediate streams
close to the mines affected, but areas
much further downstream are seeing
negative impacts of heavy sediment
pollution caused by the release of overburden soil and wastes being pushed
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into nearby streams by strip mining
companies.
For communities downstream,
heavy sediment pollution means
increased costs for treating municipal
water supplies and the loss of recreational and economic return from the
rivers and lakes fed by Eastern
Kentucky headwaters. Most of HB
385's cosponsors represent districts
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photo by Alex Smith
Louisville native Ezrael Allen was in the wrong place at the wrong time Friday afternoon when
he was arrested as part of a drug bust that originally targeted four people in Floyd County.
Allen was stopped and charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana
and contraband after he pulled into the driveway while the drug bust was taking place. His passenger was one of the raid's target~ and was also arrested.
FRANKFORT House
and Senate leaders said Friday
that lawmakers will likely be
selective in spending a $401
million budget surplus that
spurred Gov. Ernie Fletcher to
propose a broad range of initiatives.
House budget chairman
Harry Moberly said the governor outlined some good priorities, but said action will likely
be limited to matters needing
urgent attention before 2008,
when lawmakers put together
the next two-year state budget.
"We will not open up the
budget to the extent that the
governor
has
proposed,"
Moberly, D-Richmond, said in
an interview.
Leaders from both chambers
met Friday to discuss their priorities for the current 30-day
General Assembly session,
including to what extent lawmakers might tinker with the
current $18.1 billion budget
passed by lawmakers ast year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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(See BUDGET, page three)
PRESTONSBURG - A
Beaver man will spend six
'years in prison after he
pleaded guilty on Thursday
to four counts of trafficking
cocaine.
Thirty-four-year-old
John Robinson Jr. also
pleaded guilty to two additional counts of trafficking
controlled
substances,
which included several prescription pills as well as
ecstasy, which netted him
two 12-month sentences. All
six guilty pleas Robinson
agreed to will run concurrent with one another, and
will also run concurrent with
a sentence he is currently
serving in federal prison.
A sentencing hearing has
been set for March 16.
Robinson was indicted in
November 2005 after agents
working for Operation
UNITE raided his home
July 29 and found a variety
of drugs scattered throughout the dwelling. Xanax,
ecstasy, plastic bags of
cocaine and scales, cutting
devices and other paraphernalia where found on tables,
shelves and even in a backpack.
Robinson was not home
during the raid but was
arrested a few days later.
When he was arrested over
$1 ,000 was found in his
pants, $60 of which had serial numbers
matching
money used by UNITE to
purchase
drugs
from
Robinson.
Robinson sold cocaine
the ftrst time to a UNITE
detective on July 26~at his
home. Two days later an
informant was used to perform a second buy, both of
which had been recorded for
later prosecution on audiotape.
Trucker pleads guilty
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to selling methadone
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG- A
former truck driver who
sold methadone while he
was driving a coal truck
pleaded guilty to two
counts of drug trafficking
Thursday.
Wornald David Slone,
35, of Auxier, entered a
guilty plea to two counts of
trafficking in a controlled
(See TRUCKER, page three)
Bill would require schools
to provide physical activity
by BRUCE SCHREINER
•Regional Obituaries ......A2
Opinion ..........................A4
Lifestyles .......................A5
Sports ............................A7
Classifieds ...................A11
"What should or should not
be open, or what rises to the
level of compelling, is what
we're talking about," Senate
President David Williams said
of the budget talks.
Williams, R-Burkesville,
said there appeared to be a sentiment not to reopen the budget
"anymore than absolutely necessary."
In his State of the
Commonwealth speech this
week, Fletcher proposed using
(See STREAMS, page three)
Man gets six
years for
selling cocaine
STAFF WRITER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
i:nside
downstream from the coalfields.
Representative Don Pasley (DWinchester), HB 385's chief sponsor,
says the issue will directly impact the
lives of future generations.
"To me this issue is about our children's future," Pasley said. "It's obvious to me this (pollution) is coming
by ALEX SMITH
by BRUCE SCHREINER
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FRANKFORT - Baretta Casey,
who treats plenty of overweight
children at her eastern Kentucky
medical practice, offered a prescription Thursday to make youngsters
leaner and healthier - more exercise.
Casey, president of the Kentucky
Medical Association, was among
health advocates who endorsed legislation that would require public
elementary and middle schools to
include 30 minutes of physical
activity daily, or 150 minutes each
week.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers
took up the cause of making physical fitness part of the school routine.
They said it could prolong lives and'
cut health care costs.
"It's preventive medicine at its
finest," Rep. Robin Webb, DGrayson, said at a Capitol news
conference.
The proposal is a follow up to
legislation passed two years ago
that put restrictions on the types of
food and drinks sold at Kentucky
schools to promote healthy eating
and curb childhood obesity. It also
required elementary schools to have
a wellness plan that includes daily
physical activity but gave no time
(See ACTIVITY, page three)
photo by Jessica Hale
The frigid temperatures in the area this week left little room for swimming, but
didn't deter these geese at Dewey Lake boat dock from taking a dip in one of
the few areas of water that wasn't frozen over.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
11, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• James E. Allen, 88, died
Thursday, February 1. He was
88. He is survived by his wife,
Violet Coburn Allen. Funeral
services were conducted
Sunday, February 4, under the
direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
•
Ranny
Gene
Blankenship, 57, of Beaver,
died Saturday, February 3, at
the McDowell Appalachian
Regional Healthcare emergency room. He is survived by
his wife. Judy Pennington
Blankenship. Funeral services
were
held
Wednesday,
February 7, under the direction
of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
•
Juanita
Hatfield
Boatwright,
81,
of
Prestonsburg, died Monday,
February 5, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Pre. tonsburg. Funeral services
were held Thursday, February
8, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
• Jack Booth Jr., 81, of
Stone, died Sunday, Feb. 4, at
his home . Funeral services
were
held
Wednesday,
February 7, under the direction
' of R.E. Rogers Funeral Home.
• Elma Y. Bryant, 76, of
Douglas Parkway, died Friday,
February 2, at Pikeville
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Monday,
February 5, under the direction
of Hall & Jones Funeral
Home.
• Beruice Marie "Vernie"
Hall Hampton, 70, of Jonancy,
died Friday, February 2, at her
residence. She is survived by
her husband , Clarence Clemjt
Hampton. Funeral services
were held Monday, February
5, under direction of J.W. Call
Funeral Home.
• Annie Handshoe, 83 of
Hueysville,
died
Friday,
February 2, at the Hazard
Appalachian
Regional
Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday,
February 6, under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
• Emogene Hicks, 79, of
Nelsonville,
Ohio,
died
Saturday, February 3, at the
James Cancer Center. Funeral
services were held Tuesday,
February 6, under the direction
of Moreland Funeral Home.
• Joey Edwin Howell , 30,
died Saturday, February 3, at
his residence in McDowell. He
is survived by his wife, Misty
Dawn Howell. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday,
February 5 . under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
• Erma Johnson, 80, of
Prestonsburg, died Thursday,
February 1, at her residence.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 4, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Glen H. Martin, 60, of
Wayland,
died
Sunday,
February 4, at his residence.
He is survived by his wife,
Joyce Cook Martin. Funeral
services were conducted,
Thursday, February 8, under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
•
Margie Lee Ward
Morrison, 83, of Auxier, died
Thursday, February 1, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center. Funeral services were
held Saturday, February 3,
under the direction of Carter
Funeral Home.
• Willard L. Ousley, 86, of
East Point, a native of
Spurlock,
died
Friday,
February 2, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center. He
is survived by h1s wife, Lillian
Griffi th
Conley
Ousley.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 5, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Christa "Chris" Spears,
56, of Martin, a Knott County
native, died Friday, February
2, at Our Lady of the Way
Hospital, Martin. He is survived by his wife, Helena
Shepherd Spears. Funeral ser
vices were held Monday,
February 5, under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
•
Bill Wells, 75, of
Prestonsburg,
died
Wednesday, February 7, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center. He is survived by his
wife, Pauline Sparks Wells.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 10, under
the direction of Carter Funeral
Home.
PIKE COUNTY
• Mable Baldridge, 82, of
Virgie, formerly of Allegheny,
died Sunday, February 4, at
Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, February 7, under
direction of Hall & Jones
Funeral Home.
• Jack Booth Jr., 81, of
Stone, died Sunday, Feb. 4, at
his home. Funeral services
were
held
Wednesday,
February 7, under the direction
of R.E. Rogers Funeral Home.
• Arnold Lee Hamilton,
79, of Hager Hill, fonnerly of
Sookeys Creek, died Sunday,
February 4, in Jackson, Mich.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 8, under
the direction of Hall and Jones
Funeral Home.
• Frances Helton, 82, of
McRoberts,
died
Friday,
Obituaries
Eula Hughes Hurd
Eula Hughes Hurd, age 71,
of Martin, died Thursday,
February,
8,
2007,
at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg.
Born June 6, 1935, in
Prestonsburg, she was the
daughter of the late Estill and
Bessie Marsillett Hughes. She
was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Glen E. Hurd.
Survivors include three
sons: Ross Keith Hurd, Mark
Hurd, and Paul Hurd, all of
Martin; a daughter, Gwyen
Meade of Martin; four brothers: Oliver B. Hughes of
Prestonsburg, Toby L. Hughes
of
Huntington,
Indiana,
William H.
Hughes of
Rochester, Indiana, and Glen
E. Hughes of Mentone,
Indiana; three sisters: Betty J.
Collins of Winona Lake,
Indiana, Brinda K. Bocook of
Claypool, Indiana, and Linda
L. Evans of Silver Lake,
Indiana; seven grandchildren:
Mary Marsillett, Mark Hurd,
Estill Hurd, Marshavie Meade,
Phillip Meade, Robert Meade,
and Melinda Hurd; and two
great-grandsons,
Logan
Meade and Nicholas Meade.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter,
Charlotte Hurd; a brother,
Elmer Hughes; and two sisters: Doris Conley and Jewel
Hughes.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 11, at noon,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home m Martin, with Phil! ip
Meade ofliciating.
Burial will be in the England
Cemetery in Prestonsburg,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
(Paid obttuary)
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Charles Edward
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of Prestonsburg, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at the
V.A. Medical Center, in
Lexington.
Born December 6. 1939, in
Minnie, he was the son of the
late Kenneth and Edna Mosley
Hurst. He was a disabled coal
miner; a U.S. Army veteran;
and a member of the Martin
First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Violet Wright Hurst.
Other survivors include
three sons: Charles Glen Hurst
and Gary Rex Hurst, both of
McDowell, and David Lynn
Hurst of Knott County; three
daughters: Mary Alice Howell
and Sharon Hurst, both of
McDowell , and Sherry Hurst
of Chapel Hill, Tennessee; a
brother, Bobby Hurst of
9oshen, Indiana; 18 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded m death by a
brother, Gary Rex Hurst; and
a sister, Betty Carol Hurst.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 10, at I
p.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home in Martin, with
Bill Campbell, Joshua Meade,
and Andy Wright officiating.
Military services were conducted by DAY Chapter 128 in
Garrett.
Burial was in the Drift
Cemetery, under the direction
of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home, with nightly services at
7 p.m.
(Paid ohttuary)
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Wells,
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was the son of the late Everett
Wells and Bessie Whittaker
Wells. He was a retired president and general manager of
RECC, a former Floyd County
judge/executive and a former
magistrate of District No. 1.
He was a member of the
Spurlock Bible Church, and a
member of Zebulon Masonic
Lodge No. 273, and was a
32nd degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by
his first wife, Lottie Francis
(Billie Jo) Fitzpatrick Wells,
who died October 12, 1988.
He is survived by his second
wife, Pauline Sparks Wells of
Prestonsburg.
Other survivors include two
sons: Kenneth Ray Wells (Jan)
of Prestonsburg, and Michael
Keith Wells (Heather) of
Prestonsburg; two stepsons:
William McGuire of Emma,
and Worth McGuire of
Richmond; two sisters: Betty
Palmer and Peggy Conley,
both of Lexington; four grandchildren: Zack Wells, Todd
Wells, Kalan Wells and
Cameron Wells; five great.
grandchildren:
Madison,
Dakota, Zachary, Hunter, and
Olivia; three stepgrandchildren, and one stepgreat-grandson.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 10, at 1
p.m., at the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev. Jim
Stephens and Rev. Steve
Pescosolido officiating.
Interment was in Richmond
Memorial Cemetery, Prestonsburg.
Visitation was Friday, 5
p.m., until 9 p.m. Masonic services were conducted Friday,
at 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to:
Spurlock Bible Church, 6227
Spurlock
Creek
Road,
Pres tons burg.
Active pallbearers: Zack
Wells. Todd Wells, Wesley
McGuire, Worth McGuire II,
William
McGuire,
Dan
Hitchcock and
Cameron
Wells.
Honorary pallbearers: Frank
Fitzpatrick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Worth McGuire,
Albert Burchett, Dr. Charles
Arnett, Dr. Larry Leslie, Dr.
Chuck Tackett, Dr. Jack
Kendrick, and Henry (Mutt)
Harris Jr.
The family has entrusted
arrangements
to
Carter
Funeral Home.
(Paid obituary> •
February 2. Funeral services
were held Monday, February
5, under the direction of Carty
Funeral Home of Neon.
• Dathel Inaz Hinkle, 79,
of Stone, died Wednesday,
February 7, at Appalachian
Regional Hospital. Funeral
services were held Saturday.
February 11, under the direction of R.E. Rogers Funeral
Home.
•
Pearl Hunt, 83, of
Blackburn Bottom, Pikevtlle,
died Friday, February 2, at
Pikeville Medical Center.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 6, under the
direction
of Community
Funeral Home.
• Everett E. Justice, 71, of
Pikeville,
died
Tuesday,
February 6, at Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Donna Sue
Mullins Justice. Funeral services were held Friday,
February 9, under the direction
of J.W. Call & Son Funeral
Home.
• Ancel Little, 75, of
Virgie, died Friday, February
2, at Parkview Manor Nursing
&
Rehabilitation Center,
Robinson Creek. He is survived by his wife, Linda
Thompson Little. Funeral services were held Monday,
February 5, under the direction
of Roberts Funeral Home.
• Mary Lowe, 104, of Big
Branch, Brushy, a Floyd
County native, died Sunday,
February 4, at Pikeville Health
Care Center. Funeral services
were
held
Wednesday,
February 7, under the direction
of Community Funeral Home
of Zebulon.
• Cecil Prater, 71, of
Edgarton,
W.Va.,
died
Saturday, February 3, at the
Charleston Area Medical
Center, Charleston, W.Va.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 6, under the
direction of R.S. Jones & Son
Funeral Home.
• Ricky Dale Queen, 35, of
Stone, died Saturday, February
3, at his home. A memorial
service was held Tuesday,
February 6,under the direction
of R.E. Rogers Funeral Home.
• Robert Rayburn, 67, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of
Majestic, died Wednesday,
January 31, in Cincinnati.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 5, under
direction of R.S. Jones and
Son Funeral Home.
•
Teresa Ann Sesco
Stewart, 50, of Elkhorn City,
died Wednesday, January 31,
at her home. Funeral services
were held Sunday, February 4,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Blanche Tackett, 73, of
Williams Hollow, Pikeville,
died Tuesday, February 6, at
Pikeville Medical Center. She
is survived by her husband,
Franklin E. Tackett. Funeral
services were held Saturday,
February 10, under the direc-.
tion of Pikeville Funeral
Home.
•
Jimmy
Chase
Thompson,
68,
of
Harrodsburg, a Pikeville
native,
died
Saturday,
February 3, at the V.A.
Medical Center, Lexington.
He is survived by his wife,
Carole Roland Thompson.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 6, under the
direction of Ransdell Funeral
Chapel.
MARTIN COUNTY
• Arthur Dingess, 66, of
Goodman, W.Va., a Martin
County native, died Sunday,
February
4,
at Trinity
Healthcare of Mingo County,
W.Va. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, February 7,
under the direction of R.E.
Rogers Funeral Home.
• John L. Howard, 91, of
Hade, died Friday, February 2.
He is survived by his wife,
Otta Mae Dinge!.S Howard.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 5, under the
direction of Phelps and Son
Funeral Home.
• Mary Pea rl Callaham
McCoy, 93, of IneL, died
Monday, February 5, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday, February
10, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• James Everett Preece,
67, of Lovely, died Thursday,
February 1, at his residence.
He is survived by h1s wife,
Ollie M. Preece. Funeral services were held Sunday,
February 4 , under the direction
of
Richmond-Callaham
Funeral Home.
• Armentie Jude Maynard
Ward, 92, of Beauty, died
Monday, February 9, at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg. She is
survived by her husband,
Elmer Ward. Funeral services
were conducted Thursday,
February 8, under the direction
of Phelps and Son Funeral
Home.
of Ashland.
• David K. Thomas, 47, o[i;,
Albany,
formerly
of
Paintsville, died Sunday,
February 4 , at Clmton County
Hospital. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, February
6, under the direction of the
Campbell Funeral Home of
Albany.
LEGAL NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
The Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association will hold its Annual Meeting of membership at its Tobacco Farmer
Appreciation Day at 2:00
p.m., Friday, February 16,
2007 in Room 101 of the
South Wing at the KY
Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, KY during the National Farm
Machiner Show.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Howard Charles Borden
Sr., 84, of Paintsville, died
Sunday, February 4, at
Mountain Manor Nursing
Home, in Paintsville. Funeral
services
were
held
in
Michigan.
• Oscar Jason Gray, 79, of
Wittensville, died Thursday,
February 1, at J.J. Jordan
Geriatric Center, in Louisa.
Arrangements, under the
direction of the Jones-Preston
Funeral Home.
•
Catheryn
Rebecca
Lemaster, 69, of Flat Gap, died
Sunday, February 4, at Paul B.
Hall Regional Medical Center,
in Paintsville. She is survived
by her husband, Willis
Lemaster. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, February
6, under the direction of
Preston Funeral Home.
• Anna Marie Lemaster,
90, of Cardington, Ohio, a
Johnson County native, died
Wednesday,
January
31.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction of Preston
Funeral Home.
• Dollie G. Salyer, 85, of
Westwood, a Johnson County
native,
died
Saturday,
February 3, at the King's
Daughters Medical Center,
Ashland. Funeral services
were held Monday, February
5 , under the direction of
Preston Family Funeral Home
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Coal mines must provide four days of air
by TIM HUBER
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CHARLESTON, W.Va.Underground coal mines must
provide up to four days of
breathable air to keep miners
alive in emergencies such as
an explosion or a tunnel collapse,
federal
regulators
announced Thursday.
A law enacted last year
after a string of deadly accidents, including the deaths of
12 miners at the Sago Mine in
January 2006, required mine
operators to provide enough
air to keep miners alive in an
emergency but did not specify
how much.
On Thursday, the federal
Mine Safety and Health
Administration gave mine
operators several options to
comply with the requirement.
Among the options were
providing a 96-hour supply of
air in a shelter or an area of the
mine designated for barricading against contaminants or
drilling boreholes to provide a
constant flow of fresh air to a
designated area or shelter.
Mine operators have 30
days to submit plans to the
agency, which has been criticized by the United Mine
Workers labor union and
members of Congress for not
implementing the law quickly
enough after it took effect in
June.
If miners cannot evacuate
in an emergency, "they need a
safe location that maintains an
adequate supply of breathable
air for them to use while they
await rescue," said Richard
Stickler, MSHA's director.
National
Mining
A
Association spokesman had
not heard of the new requirement and declined ·to comment.
Bill Raney, president of the
Coal
West
Virginia
Association, said he was concerned the rule would disrupt
similar efforts by the state.
The state Office of Miners'
Health, Safety and Training is
in the process of approving
underground shelters that can
provide 48 hours of air. Mine
operators have until mid-April
to submit plans for installing
the shelters.
"We're on a very thoughtfd, practical path here in West
Virginia," Raney said. "Now
all of a sudden we seem to get
a press release that dictates
different times, different dates,
different things."
In the Sago accident, one
miner was killed in an explosion and 12 others were unable
to escape. Eleven died of car-
bon monoxide poisoning and
only one, Randal McCloy Jr.,
was rescued after more than 40
hours trapped underground.
A company trying to get a
mine shelter approved in West
Virginia said it supported the
96-hour rule from the beginning.
Ed Roscioli, chief executive of Allentown, Pa.-based
ChemBio Shelter Inc., said he
wants to give rescuers plenty
of time so they don't risk their
own lives out of fear that
trapped miners have only a
few hours of air.
Trucker
• Continued from p1
substance and received fiveyear sentences for each count.
Slone will serve two years
while the remaining three years
will be suspended and probated
for three years.
Slone received a call Feb.
13, 2006, from an informant
working with a detective for
Operation UNITE to arrange a
drug deal. Slone told the infor-
mant that he was driving a
black coal truck and that he
would meet them near the parking lot of Highlands Regional
Medical
Center
in
Prestonsburg. The informant
and detective were both present
and purchased methadone from
Slone and recorded the transaction on audiotape, which took
place inside the coal truck.
A second drug deal was
scheduled for the next day at
Slone's residence in Auxier.
Both the informant and detective were present during the
second drug deal, which
occurred inside of Slone's car
and was recorded on audio and
videotape.
Slone will be formally sentenced March 16.
stronger action to promote
healthy lifestyles among
Kentucky's children.
"We have studied this issue
enough to know that the time
has come to make a firm commitment, to save our children
from this epidemic and to
improve the quality of life for
the next generation
of
Kentuckians," she said.
Supporters cited statistics
indicating large numbers of
Kentucky children are overweight, saying it was part of a
larger national health problem.
"Kentucky's children are in
appalling condition," said
Boone County Republican
Rep. Addia Wuchner.
Stine noted that Kentuckians
spend $1.1 billion a year on
medical expenses resulting
from being overweight.
Casey said a pilot research
project in Perry County in
eastern Kentucky showed that
64 percent of children in the
first through fifth grades were
obese. She said obesity is
linked to a host of medical
problems, including diabetes
and heart disease.
"Those are preventable diseases for our children," she
said.
She said physical activity
can lead to better performance
in the classroom.
"An unhealthy mind cannot
learn," she said.
Budget
• Continued from p1
$50 million to protect retirement systems for teachers and
state employees from financial
problems that could put their
health care and pensions at
risk in corning years.
The proposals by Fletcher,
who is seeking re-election this
year, also included:
• $25 million to supplement financial aid for needy
college students.
• $10 million to pay for
retraining of workers at two
Ford plants in Louisville.
• $5.8 million to purchase
antiviral drugs to guard against
bird flu.
• $4.1 million to cover the
cost of voluntary vaccines
against a sexually transmitted
virus known to cause cervical
cancer.
Fletcber
recommended
putting $151 million into a
trust fund used in emergencies.
"We didn't open up the
budget and start doing a lot of
new projects, only what we
felt was essential and has
short-term needs," Fletcher
told reporters Friday.
Moberly said his priorities
include reinforcing the retirement systems for teachers and
state employees and hiring
more social workers and making their jobs safer. Moberly
said he also supports putting
money toward the anti-cervical cancer vaccinations.
House
Speaker
J ody
Richards, a Bowling Green
Democrat who is running for
governor, said that taking care
of the pension systems and the
rainy day fund were priorities.
One Fletcher proposal with
widespread support is restoring more than $351.6 million
in construction projects that he
vetoed last year, primarily at
the state's public colleges and
universities. Moberly estimated the projects would cost the
state's general fund about $11
million, and the rest would be
paid for with agency bonds.
"Everybody is looking at
restoring
the
projects,"
Richards said. "Not adding
anything, not subtracting anything."
ignore this law and allow coal
companies to dump their mining wastes into massive valley
fills that are sometimes hundreds of feet high and up to a
mile long. In 2005, there were
79 new stream buffer zone
waivers granted by the
Department
of
Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement
that allowed mining waste to
bury 146 named streams.
Across the state, valley fills
have buried more than 420
miles of mountain streams.
Handshoe is confident the
state legislature will correct
the problem.
"It's clear the legislators
who are sponsoring the Stream
Saver Bill care about our
future,"
said
Handshoe.
"Water runs downhill and
what happens here is affecting
everything downstream to the
Ohio River. I hope the Stream
Saver Bill gets passed. It will
protect our streams and
wildlife for everyone."
According to data presented
by the Kentucky Division of
Water at a meeting of the
Environmental
Quality
Commission in Pikeville, 87.5
percent of the streams in the
Big Sandy basin are "impaired"
by human activity. This encompasses mining, logging and oil
or gas drilling. These types of
human activity reported to be
impairing the streams account
for three times more pollution
than any other source.
Reps. Brandon Spencer and
Hubert Collins, who both sit
on the Natural Resources
Committee, will have the first
vote on the HB 385. Floyd
Countians can express opinions concerning the bill using
a toll free legislative message
line, (800) 372-7181.
Streams
• Continued from p1
from Eastern Kentucky, where
they are taking off the tops of
mountains and pushing the
overburden into the streams
below."
Hueysville resident Rick
Handshoe says he is very concerned about all of the areas
that are being affected and,
like some others, he places all
of the blame on the coal companies themselves.
"The coal companies above
me have killed everything in
.-, the streams," said Handshoe.
"It's time our elected officials
fix the problem."
Federal and state law
requires that the impacts of
surface mining operations be
kept at least 100 feet from a
stream, an area known as a
"stream buffer zone." But
according to Kentuckians for
the Commonwealth, state and
federal officials routinely
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requirement.
the
so-called
Now,
"Healthy Kids Act 2007"
would require elementary and
middle schools to include a
half hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day
by the 2008-09 school year.
Schools would have the
flexibility to tailor their physical activity programs.
The proposal, introduced
this week in both the House
and Senate, drew criticism
from the Kentucky School
Boards Association.
Alicia Sells; the group's
director of governmental relations, agreed that good health
habits should be promoted to
students. But she said in an
interview that the proposal
would eat into classroom time
and weaken local school officials' authority to make decisions about curriculum.
"This is a mandate that not
only diverts a phenomenal
amount of time from instruction, but also erodes local decision-making authority," she
said.
Sen. Katie Stine, RSouthgate, said it's time for
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11, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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Guest View--
Governor counting
chickens too soon
There are practical reasons some expressions we use frequently in our daily lives become cliches: Though trite, they
work. Sometimes there's no better way to say what you
mean.
Take for instance the admonition, don't count your chickens before they hatch.
·
Since November, Gov. Ernie Fletcher has been touting a
projected $279 million surplus the state will collect by the
end of the fiscal year June 30, as a result of his tax modernization plan. He even has been asking taxpayers how they
would like to spend the leftover money projected by his
budget director, Brad Cowgill.
Encouraged by December's general fund receipts of
$900.3 million, the largest in the commonwealth's history,
the governor has been promising people around the state he
would consider spending the surplus on their suggestions
and pet projects. He said he would restore some of the $350
million in projects approved by the General Assembly but
vetoed by the governor too late for the lawmakers to override.
Budget Director Cowgill, at Fletcher's direction, asked
the Consensus Forecast Group, an independent group that
formulates the official revenue estimates for the state budget, to update its last forecast, December 2005. The group
said state revenues would exceed the year-old estimates by
$401 million by June 30, 2008, the end of the state's twoyear budget cycle.
Eight paragraphs later, a press release pointed out that
revenues for the current fiscal year ending in about six
months would be $232 million. That's about $47 million
less than the governor's budget director estimated in his
Quarterly Economic and Revenue Report in November.
Revenue for the Oct. 1, 2007-June 30, 2008, budget year
would be an additional $169.3 million above previous estimates.
Cowgill told The Associated Press he did not see the $47
million difference as a "significant reduction." Hmmm.
Sounds as if legislative leaders were right to suggest that
any surplus be retained in the state's rainy day fund to balance the next state budget. The rainy day fund today is at a
level only slightly more than half of the statutory target of 5 •
percent of the state's general revenues.
Of course, we have to excuse the governor for being so
enthusiastic about any unanticipated budget surplus. He is
seeking re-election this year under the dark cloud of a state
hiring scandal, for which he was indicted, and abuse of his
pardon privileges hanging over his head. And his biggest
threat to date is not those scurrilous Democrats, but challengers from within his own party.
Important to remember also is that the governor does not
have the authority to spend one penny that bas not been
authorized by the General Assembly has gathered for a brief
session in Frankfort.
Regardless of the final revenue figure, touting a surplus
and askiiJ.g the public how to spend. it puts the governor in
the position of being able to tell voters later this year that he
tried to get the General Assembly to spend the money the
way their constituents wanted, but the lawmakers declined.
That might be good politics for the governor, even if he is
counting his chickens too soon.
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a tolerable civil social order is
attained, nor can freedom be anything better than violence until order
gives us laws."
This is why
Secretary
of
President Bush didn't talk about Defense Donald
the yearning of the human heart for Rumsfeld's infafreedom in his latest Iraq speech. mous statement
Such reductive anthropology used to during the rioting after the fall
be a staple of his pronouncements Saddam
everywhere human hearts were hun- of
Hussein
that
gering for freedom, and the global
is
mission of the U.S. was to release "freedom
untidy" was so
'this pent-up desire for liberty.
Bush still talked of advancing lib- wrong-headed.
erty, but his key claim about the Freedom ultihearts of Iraqis was a stripped-down mately has to be
(but still somewhat dubious) one: tidy, because it depends on bound"Most of Iraq's Sunni and Shia want aries and rules - a societal consensus- that have existed for so long in
to live together in peace."
If this is the case and it the West that we often forget about
becomes ever less so as the civil war them. The historian Theodore Von
intensifies - it speaks less to a Laue called them "the invisible subhunger for freedom than for order, structures of individual and collective
which the Bush administration has discipline."
Iraq had few such substructures.
foolishly neglected at both the conIn the Saddam era, it had only the
ceptual and practical levels.
Calls for order do not make for top-down coercive power of the state.
stirring lines in poetic presidential When that was removed, there was
chaos, without the U.S. ever substispeeche~>. It is a cliche to say we take
freedom for granted, but it is not so. tuting enough force to give the Iraqi
Freedom is constantly invoked by all people the blessings of order - an
sides of the American political order that obviously would be more
debate. It is order - the underpin- ' just and free than that imposed by
ning of freedom - that is taken for Saddam.
As Fred Kagan of the American
granted.
In his book "The Roots of Enterprise Institute - the intellectual
American Order," the conservative godfather of the Bush "surge" - has
intellectual Russell Kirk explained noted, the absence of order is fatal to
that "justice cannot be enforced until any government: "Continual violence
A campaign
for order
beyond the
I_
and death eliminate the people's support for the government, leading to an
increase in violence, as individuals
and groups undertake to protect and
avenge themselves independently of state
structures, legal
institutions or
government
sanction."
In
other
words,
they cling to
militias, insurgents and all the
other
force
bedeviling us in
Iraq.
The surge is meant finally to
check this process. But American
troops won't be able to do it alone.
There is a reason that so many
democracies have been created out of
reforming autho~itban governments.
They ptoVIded the'' prerequisite•;,('Jf
order, but with enough 1tireathing
space so that eventually freedom
could flourish.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki already has a kind of democratic mandate. Now, he needs to act
with enough strength to hold hi~·
country together. So far, he simply
has been demonstrating Edmund
Burke's insight that "nothing turns
out to be so oppressive and unjust as
a feeble government."
Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
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by DONALD KAUL
Published Sunday, Wednesday and Friday each week
Freedom of the press is
not an end in itself but a
means to the end of
[achieving] a free society.
Is it safe to come out now? Is the
Super Bowl finally over? Of all the
over-hyped works of our hype-weary
society, the so-called "Super Bowl"
tops the list. It's a football game. for
crying out loud. What's the big deal?
Somebody wins; somebody loses. So
what?
The best thing about it is that it
means Baseball isn't far behind.
Good riddance to it. But on to more
substantial fare:
Admit it, you were fooled. You
listened to that wimpy State of the
Union address and you thought
President Bush was in full retreat
before an angry electorate.
Yet again you misunderestimated
the man. The retreat was merely tacticaL
Less than a week after the speech,
he returned to the fray, guns blazing.
He signed a Presidential directive
that, in effect, grants him effective
control over all federal rules and policies developed to protect public
health, safety, the environment, civil
rights and privacy.
The directive, which does not
need
Congressional
approval,
requires regulatory agencies to have
a policy office run by a political
appointee who makes sure proposed
regulations don't cost the regulated
industries too much. (And by "too
much," I would imagine, they mean
"anything.")
now will take care of him down the
In the past such regulations have ro~.
~
been the responsibility of career civil
I do worry about our Vice-presiservants and scientists. From now dent, however. He seems to have
on, political hacks will be running the gone a little .. .I don't know... soft in
show, preferably ones who don't the head I guess you ' d call it.
believe in atlortion, stem cell
A couple of weeks ago Mr.
research or evolution. If you liked Cheney sat down with CNN's Wolf
Katrina, you're going to love the next Blitzer and answered critics of the
two years .
war
in
Iraq.
As Rep.
Henry
"'Hogwash." That's
Waxman (Dem.) said:
what he called the
"The executive order
criticisms. The war,
far from being a failallows the political
staff at the White
ure, has been a string
House to dictate deciof "enormous sucsions on health and
cesses," he said. We
safety issues, even if
got rid of Saddam,_
we got rid of his.,.IJ
the government's own
impartial experts dis sons, we established
a democracy in the
agree. This a terrible
Middle East, we gave
way to govern, but
great news for special interests."
Iraqis a constitution.
"The world is much safer today
It occurs to me that what President
Bush is doing, in his way, is resur- because of it," he said.
I don't know what else he said
recting the administration of Richard
Nixon. Like Bush Nixon tried to put because I had to go lie down and put
his political operatives at key posi- a cold cloth on my forehead.
He reminds me of Saddam's
tions in virtually every department of
the government, better to exercise Minister of Information, Muhammad
power. Like Bush he wiretapped his Said al-Sahhaf. All through the invaenemies, opened their mail and spied sion he scoffed at reports of
on them. He also had a burglary team American successes. He rejected the
working for him and we don't know validity of telecasts . showing
whether President Bush has one of American tanks on Baghdad streets.il
those - yet.
Hi last press conference feature<YThe genius of Bush, however, is American tanks advancing on him in
that while Nixon had to resign his the background. even as he denied
Presidency and nearly went to jail for their existence. That's our boy Dick.
his crimes, Bush commits them openPeople worry about Iran getting
ly and no one lays a glove on him.
the atom bomb. Not me. I worry
It's the War on Terror, don't you about Cheney getting it.
know. Everything he does is legal
D:JO
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MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
This Town,
·That World
'Rapid Fire'
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.
by TOM DOTY
T IMES COLUMNIST
The Ides of March once was a
time of foreboding. To us in
Floyd County, the time of dread is
the "tides" of February.
DOD
At a time such as this, when so
many are facing property damage
and deep discouragement from
the ravages of floodwaters, we
struggle harder than usual to
come up with a column that is
neither dreary nor over-carefree.
But we can find solace in the fact
that things could be, and have
been, worse... that better days are
ahead, and the clouds will part.
DOD
The busiest woman in Floyd
County, during times of flood or
J other disaster, is Dame Rumor.
Some of the tales we've heard are
lulus.
DOD
Now comes one to contribute
something of a lighter nature, saying, "George Washington, I will
~gree, never told a lie-but he
never had to fill out Form 1040."
DOD
IT WORKS!
Here's a little formula this column may have printed, years ago,
t
but lest you have as much trouble
as I do remembering it, we hurry
to get it down in print again. Try
it!
1. Put down your age.
2. Double it.
3. Now add five.
4. Multiply by 50.
5. Subtract 365, the number of
days in the year.
6. Add the amount of loose
change in your pocket, less than
$l.OO.
7. Add 115.
~
The first two figures of your
answer will be your age, and the
last two will be the amount of
loose change in your pocket.
DOD
I'M STRUGGLING
Temptation appears in the most
unusual forms, and so pleasing.
This week',s tempter is Walter
Hall, who spoke at length of the
stripers in the Ross-Santee reservoir, down in South Carolina, of
the big bass, the record crappie, et
cetera, of how little it would cost
rrf1 fellow to go fishing there if he
camped out - and then extended
the invitation .. .I appreciate the
invitation, but to tempt a fellow
after a long, hard winter, and just
when the fishing fever has him in
its grip, is sort of slipping up on
his blind side, so to speak.
.BSCTC, MAC looking
for 'Big Sandy Idol'
Big Sandy Idol
Regional Music Scholarship
Competition
Friday and Saturday~ March
16 and 17 at 7 p.m. at the
Mountain Arts Center
Tickets: $5 general admission
Call 1-888-MAC-ARTS locally
886-2623 for ticket information
Tickets go on sale now.
Get
your tickets now for
BIG SANDY IDOL
This
year,
Big
Sandy
Community and Technical College
(BSCTC) launched its new music
scholarship program for high school
students. Big Sandy Idol, sponsored
and organized by the Music
Department of BSCTC, is a talent
and scholarship competition that
offers two winners from 14 high
schools in Pike, Floyd, Johnson,
Magoffm, and Martin Counties, a
chance to compete for a demo CD
recording, an full-album recording,
a $1,200 vocal scholarship to attend
BSCTC, along with a cash prize and
a spot with the Big Sandy Singers
who are directed by Laura Ford
Hall.
Clayton Case, BSCTC's Music
and Drama Assistant Director,
serves as the coordinator of the Big
Sandy Idol Program. Case, Hall and
Technical Director Timothy Cooley,
have worked to organize sign-ups,
auditions, recordings, and shows for
each high school.
Through the sign-ups and audition process, approximately 10 to 15
students were chosen to compete at
the local high school level - in front
of the student body at their own high
school.
Now, all of the winners
have been chosen and two winners
from each high school will compete
BSCTC~s
The princess and the toad
by JOAN SUTULA
"CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CAT & DOG
f~
LOVER'S SouL")
Some years ago, our family
expanded to include a 1-year-old
Siberian husky named Princess
Misha. Like all Siberian huskies,
Misha had an innate love of the outdoors, and, of course, the cooler the
better. She would lie curled up in a
ball on top of a snowdrift on the
coldest of winter days, with her tail
flicked over her only vulnerable spot
- her nose. When fresh snow fell,
she would lie so still that she soon
disappeared under a blanket of snow
and became part of the landscape.
Every so often, she stood up, shook
off, turned in a few circles, and then
laid back down to keep watch over
her domain.
On warm summer days, she fo~nd
the coolest corner in the house and
spent her days napping. Then after
her nightly walk, she'd spend the rest
of the evening stretched out on the
cool cement of the front patio. All
through the hot summers and into the
fall, this was her nightly ritual.
One summer evening, as we sat
out on the front patio relishing a late-
at the Mountain Arts Center for the
Big
Sandy
Idol
Regional
Competition, held Friday and
Saturday, March 16 and 17 at 7 p.m.
each evening.
The Friday night show will feature the runners-up from each
school and the Saturday night show
will feature the first place winners.
The students who will be competing in the BSI Regional competition are:
Friday Night
James Greer - Allen Central
High; Hillary Keesee- Belfry High;
Carmi Baxter - East Ridge High;
Ashley Hall - Johnson Central
High; Lindsey Carty - Magoffin
County High; Tyler Childers Paintsville High; Trusonda Dotson Phelps High; Daniel Zienkiewiez Pike Central High; Kara Hall Pikeville High; Katie Lemaster Prestonsburg High; Holly Pack Prestonsburg High; Britta Hall Shelby Valley High; Candace
Preece - Sheldon Clark High;
Savannah Bartley - South Floyd
High
Saturday Night
Josh Martin- Allen Central High;
Caleb Tackett - Belfry High;
Brennan Case - Betsy Layne High;
Waylan Nelson - Betsy Layne High;
Isaac Thacker - East Ridge High;
Kristina Pescosolido - Johnson
Central High; Nathan Arnett Magoffin County High; Katelyn
Webb - Paintsville High; Ryan
Lester - Phelps High; Eric Madden
Pike Central High; McKinzie Carter
- Pikeville High; Holly Rice Prestonsburg High; William King Shelby Valley High; Daniel Tungate
- Shelby Valley High; Allison
Daniels - South Floyd High; Tierra
Davis - Sheldon Clark High
evening breeze, we saw a small toad
hop out of the grass, then down the
sidewalk to a few feet away from
where Misha was lying. Suddenly,
Misha stood up, walked over to the
toad, picked it up in her mouth and
then walked back to her resting place
and lay back down. She then put her
chin down on the walk, opened her
mouth and let the toad hop out while
we watched in astonishment The
toad sat there in front of Misha's
eyes, the two seeming to stare at one
another for some time. Then the toad
hopped down the walk and back into
the grass.
On other nights that summer, we
noticed this same ritual. We com
mented on the fact that Misha
seemed to have a fondness for toads.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 9
and are $5 each. 50 percent of sales
will go to promote the Music and
Drama
Community
Outreach
Program at BSCTC and further
scholarship opportunities for vocal
music students.
In addition to the Big Sandy Idol
program, the college also offers the
following community programs:
Children's Music and Drama
Summer Camp; The Big Sandy
High School Singers; InHarmony
Community Women's Chorus;
Serenade Community Women's
Ensemble; Community Theatre
Troupe;and the college's elite student singing ensemble The Big
Sandy Singers.
"We are so excited about the Big
Sandy Idol Regional Competition,"
said Case. "We hope everyone will
come out to support the representatives of their school and to see the
show. It would be hard to beat the
talent we have among our eastern
Kentucky high school students. It is
amazing!"
Out of the 14 students competing
on Friday night, one will be
crowned the "wild card." The ''wild
card" will receive a recording contract for a ten song album from
BSCTC Productions Studio and
then go on to Saturday's competition to compete for the other prizes.
"We hope the community will
come out and support these kids,"
Case concluded. "We are excited to
provide an opportunity for our high
school students to receive performance and recording experience,
and ultimately a college scholarship."
For more information on Big
Sandy Idol, contact Clayton Case at
886-3863 or ccaseOOOS @kctcs.edu.
We worried because some toads can
be poisonous, but since she
never experienced any
j)) effect and never
hurt them, we didn't interfere. If she
spotted a toad in
the street on one
of her walks, she
would actually
run over to it and
nudge it with her
nose till it had safely hopped off the
street and back onto the
grass, out of harm 's way.
The following summer was the
same. Misha enjoyed cooling off by
lying out on the front patio after
nightfall. Many times, we noticed a
Chicago gangsters, Hong Kong
drug runners and a corrupt FBI agent
learn that it's never wise to mess with
an art student in this action fest from
seasoned director Dwight L ittle
("Hard to Kill").
The film opens in China during the
student protests that led to the
Tiananmen Square massacre. Jake Lo
can only watch in horror as his father
is ground into the pavement by a tank
while several fellow students pull him
to safety. The scene then shifts to Las
Angeles, where he is continuing his
art studies.
Meanwhile, a
Chicago mobster,
Tony
Serrano,
legs it to Hong
Kong to try and
shake down his
cocaine connection, Tau, for
more bucks by
appealing to his
sense of nostalTom DOll
gia. Turns out he
helped give Tau Times Ctlumnlst
his start but that
doesn't stop Tau from taking memory
lane off his travel itinerary. A rebuffed
Serrano heads back to the States with
a plan to wipe out Tau's middleman.
This all comes together when the
middleman is revealed to have a political bent. He hosts a student gathering
to protest Tiananmen Square and Jake
attends the meeting after being lured
in by a comely artist's model. Lo is
still in denial about the incident but
stays on and rues that decision when
Serrano crashes the party and shoots
the Hong Kong connection in front of
him.
This gives Loa bird's eye view of
Serrano and makes him an ideal witness for the FBI team charged with
investigating Serrano. They are totally taken with Lo, who produces a
sketch of Serrano, drawn from memory, that is spot on. They quickly
induce him to fly to Chicago to testify
before a grand jury. Lo reluctantly
takes the trip but becomes downright
opposed to working with the feds
when he learns that the officer in
charge of the investigation is deep in
Serrano's pocket and plans to have
him killed.
Lo winds up on the run in the
windy city, with no one to trust until a
rogue cop convinces him to play a
deadly game of cat and mouse in
which they plan to turn the FBI agent
to their side and use him to deliver Lo
to Serrano while recording the meet
alongside a trigger-happy SWAT
team.
Well, everyone knows how the
best laid plan of mice and men turn
out, but things get even worse when
one of the mice is a major rat. Covers
get blown and a lot of bullets fly as Lo
must take out the armed mobsters
from inside an Italian restaurant while
lead flies through the air from both
sides. Lucky for lo he is an adept martial artist and his fists of fury level the
playing field considerably.
Unfortunately, Serrano isn't a very
helpful witness, which leads to an
excellent finale during which Lo must
infiltrate Tau's drug laundering site,
(See LAGOON, page six)
toad within inches of her face. At
other times, we watched as
she walked into the grass
and came back to her
resting spot with a
toad in her mouth,
only to release it.
The toads always
stayed near her for
some time before
hopping off into
the night. The only
difference from the
previous
summer
was that she spent
more nights in this manner,
and the toads were bigger. A toad
always seemed to be close at hand.
(See SOUP, page six)
�..
A6 •
SUNDAY, fEBRUARY
11' 2007
THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
No mechanical damage, but what about marital damage?
by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
I sometimes roll-start our new
Honda Fit. My wife didn't care when I
did this to our old '91 Civic, but she
claims it hurts the new car. My wife
says her father taught her that rollstarting is only for when the battery is
dead or the starter breaks. I'm sure my
father-in-law, a food scientist and
automatic-transmission driver for the
past 30 years, would admit no expertise in the more esoteric areas of manual-car usage. So she ordered me to
contact you two. She knows you have
the wisdom to always side with the
wife. What damage or benefits result
from roll-starting a car down a lightly
sloped driveway once or twice a
week? - Michael
RAY: Well, there are two types of
damage to look at, Michael. There's
the mechanical damage, and there's
the marital damage.
TOM: As far as mechanical damage, there is none. Zilch. You're not
harming anything. You're simply
replacing the function of the starter
motor with rolling wheels.
RAY: And as long as you pop the
clutch at, say, 3 mph to 5 mph, and not
40 mph, no harm is being done to any-
thing. I suppose that any additional
clutch wear might even be offset by
your lighter usc of the starter motor
and battery.
TOM: But in the interests of marital harmony and father-in-law relations, Michael (you don't want to be
served nothing but turkey butt at
Thanksgiving, do you?), I would suggest you say the following: "Hon, r
checked with Tom and Ray. They said
there's no real damage done from rollstarting the car, but there are no real
benefits either. So if it bothers you, I
won't do it."
RAY: Then only do it when she's
not in the car, Michael.
Is collision coverage worth it?
Dear Tom and Ray:
I have a 2001 Saturn SL2 with
87,000 miles on it. The car is paid off.
I live in the congested New York City
area and drive it on weekends only.
My boyfriend suggests I drop the collision coverage on the car to save
money, and says that the car is not
worth keeping under collision coverage. I am undecided. My gut instincts
tell me to keep the coverage, but at a
high deductible. I am known to be
overly cautious, though. Do you have
a "system" that helps you determine
when it is time to drop the collision
coverage on a car? Thanks! Jennifer
RAY: Our system is that anything
my brother might conceivably be
interested in owning is not worth having collision coverage on.
TOM: Actually. there's not a system, per se. But we can help you think
through the logic.
RAY:· The collision and comprehensive portions of your insurance
policy pay for damage to your car,
whether it's caused by an accident,
vandalism or a toilet that lands on the
hood after a neighbor throws it out of
his second-floor window while doing
a particularly frustrating bathroom
remodel.
TOM: If your car is totally
wrecked, the insurance company will
pay you UP TO the book value of your
car, minus your deductible. So, in your
case, let's say your car is worth about
$4,000 right now. You probably have a
$500 deductible. So, in the case of a
total loss, you could collect up to
$3,500 to put toward a replacement
car.
RAY: But remember, for each year
that goes by, your car will b~ worth
less, sq your potential payoff is
decreasing all the time, while your
insurance bill probably is not.
TOM: Now, how much do you pay
for collision and comprehensive insurance? You can look on your insurance
binder. Let's guess it's
about $500 a year. It
could be more in New
York City, just like
everything else.
RAY: It's impossible to know the odds
of you totaling your
car in the next few
years. After all, that's
why they call them
"accidents."
So
there's no absolute
right or wrong answer
here. The question is
what makes you feel
comfortable.
TOM: If you're in
a position to either
buy another car if you need to or live
without a car if you need to, then you
can drop the coverage and take your
chances, knowing that if worse comes
to worst, you'll have to lay out some
money for new wheels or rent a car-for
your weekend excursions.
RAY: Or borrow the money for
another car from your devil-may-care
boyfriend.
TOM: And in exchange for accepting this risk, you'll have an extra $500
in your pocket.
RAY: Now, if the car were worth
$15,000 and you had a
$12,000 loan on it, ,,.)
it'd be a no-brainer to
keep the collision and
comprehensive. But
with a car that's only
worth a few thousand
bucks, it's really up to
you whether you'd be
willing to just walk
away with no compensation if you really
wreck i t - and pocket the savings now.
TOM: Considering
how little you drive
the car, if it were me,
I'd dump the coverage. But if you're the
kind of person who would be up
nights worrying about it, Jennifer, then
keep the collision and comprehensive
coverage for now. And when the book
value of your car gets low enough so
that you really wouldn't care if it was
a total loss, dump it then. The good
news is, it won't be long until that day
arrives.
Odds & Ends
• FARMINGTON, W. Va. checked and verified by a
- It was bad enough that booking officer, Undersheriff
police say a man and his Blue Comeliusen said.
Once outside, authorities
father illegally killed two
bucks on the first day of hunt- say Sparks spotted a beer van
ing season, but what got them at a convenience store, which
into trouble was bragging he commandeered.
Eventually, Sparks showed
about it on the Internet.
Robert Daniel "Murphy" up at a different convenience
Kane II, 26, and his father store, where workers who had
were fined after the state heard about the escape called
Division of Natural Resources authorities.
"There was some really
was tipped off Jan. 23 to the
Internet
posting,
which good work done by the
included photos, on an out- clerks," Lewis and Clark
County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle
doors-related message board.
In the posting, Kane said.
Sparks left the store and
bragged of killing two bucks
on the first day of the 2006 was stopped by Lewis and
County
sheriff's
buck season, even though the Clark
legal limit is one buck a day, deputies about a mile down
said Sgt. Roy Cool of DNR's the highway. He was arrested
District 1 law enforcement without incident, Liedle said.
Sparks has outstanding
section in Farmington.
"I guess you can say that warrants on felony deceptive
Kane's boasting of his deer practices and theft charges
kills on the Web drew plenty from Billings and Texas. He
of attention, but not the kind had been jailed in Cascade
he wanted," Cool said in a County on Jan. 8 and now
. faces new charges of felony
news release.
Kane, of Bridgeport, was escape, misdemeanor theft
charged on Jan. 27 with five and misdemeanor criminal
to
a
vehicle,
wildlife violations, including trespass
conspiring to violate wildlife Comeliusen said.
laws.
• RAISINVILLE TOWNKane has pleaded no contest before Magistrate Gizzy SHIP, Mich. - Tina Burlett
Davis and paid $861.50 in thought someone broke into
fines and costs, including a her house and stole her cus$200 replacement fee for the tom made, $5,000 wedding
illegally
killed
buck. ring, so she called the police.
But Burlett's grandmother
Investigators also confiscated
Kane's 10-point rack, which had a different suspect in
was waiting to be mounted at mind: the family pooch.
X-rays proved the grandthe taxidermist, the DNR said.
His father, Robert Daniel mother right. The valuable
Kane I, 53, of Clarksburg was bauble was inside the belly of
fined $381 on charges includ- Burlett's pit bull, Missy, who
ing conspiring with his son in has a taste for diamonds .
"I couldn't believe it,"
game law violations.
Burlett told The Monroe
• GREAT FALLS, Mont. Evening News for a story
- Richard Sparks was on the Thursday. "I didn' t think so at
the time, but it's funny now."
run. A beer run.
Missy had previously been
Authorities say the 33year-old Sparks fled the coun- caught gnawing on VCRs,
ty jail by changing his clothes, electric blankets and even
hair and mattress to imperson- Burlett's diamond earring.
Dr. Linda Fung of the
ate another inmate who was
Creek
Animal
scheduled to be released Country
Hospital said she was not surThursday morning.
When guards called for the prised to learn that Missy
other inmate to be released, swallowed jewelry.
"I did have a dog eat a
Sparks stepped forward and
out the door after being watch once," Fung said.
"Animals swallow a lot of
stuff. It's not an unusual thing.
We just made her throw it up."
Fung gave Missy some peroxide and the ring came out
intact.
• MANCHESTER, N.H.
Two men have been
accused of breaking into a
probation and parole office in
an apparent attempt to retrieve
drug-tainted urine samples.
Peter O'Neill, 33, who was
on parole at the time of the
Jan. 4 break-in, is accused of
giving a friend dark clothes, a
mask and tools and sending
him off to burglarize the
Manchester
Office
of
Probation and Parole.
When the friend, Michael
Neuner, 19, was unsuccessful,
O'Neill returned with him to
finish the job, court records
show.
People on parole or probation routinely provide urine
samples to prove they are not
using alcohol or drugs. The
samples are stored in freezers
at parole offices until being
sent to the State Police
Laboratory for testing, said
Jeff Lyons, spokesman for the
Department of Corrections.
"I think they had an idea of
whose samples were in there,"
Lyons said.
The burglars destroyed the
keypad entry system on the
building's front door, used a
crowbar to try to pry it open
and smashed a window to get
in. More than a dozen samples
were stolen.
O'Neill was arrested soon
after. When he was searched,
police found a letter written
by Neuner to his sister in
which he confessed to burglarizing the office, according
to court records .
Neuner later told police he
didn't want to burglarize the
office but did it because he
was afraid of O'Neill. He said
O ' Neill told him to smash the
office's computers to make it
look like juveniles broke in.
• DECATUR, Ill. - Scott
Wiese is a man of his word.
But soon his friends will be
saying that about Peyton
Manning.
Wiese, a die-hard Chicago
Bears fan, will legally change
his name to that of the Indiana
Colts quarterback after signing a pledge in front of a
crowd at a Decatur bar last
Friday night. He vowed to
adopt Manning's name if the
Bears lost Sunday's Super
Bowl.
The final score was Colts
29, Bears 17.
So on Tuesday, Wiese went
to the Macon County Courts
Facility and started the
process of changing his name.
"I made the bet, and now
I've got to keep it," said the
26-year-old, who lives in
Forsyth, just north of Decatur.
Wiese will now have to
advertise his intention in the
local newspaper - the Herald
& Review for several
weeks and then have a judge
give him the OK to become,
legally
anyway,
Peyton
Manning.
The men have little in common, Wiese acknowledges .
Manning the quarterback is
30 years old, stands 6-foot-5
and has a contract with the
Colts worth more than $100
million.
Wiese is 5-foot- 11 and
works at a Staples office-supply store for somewhat less.
"I think I kind of represent
all Bears fans," he said. "Not
that I'm saying they're all
idiots like me, but I represent
their passion because I really
care about my team. you
know?"
While he pledged to take
on the new identity, Wiese
didn't make any promises
about how long he would
keep it.
BEIJING - No spitting
and get in line.
That's the message BeiJing
city officials are trying to get
across I 8 months before the
Olympics open in China's
capital.
"Everyone will be fined
for spitting," read the headline in Thursday's Beijing
Daily Messenger.
In a chaotic city of 15 million, jumping ahead in line is
common. So is spitting and
littering, which officials hope
to restrain in an effort to
improve the city's image.
Officials have announced a
range of measures including
"punishment and reward"
programs to improve conduct.
One campaign for "civilized behavior" will be kicked
off Sunday in the upmarket
Wangfujing shopping area,
located
just
east
of
Tiananmen Square. This will
be the first "Queuing Day,"
which will take place on the
11th of each month.
The ll th was picked
because the two numbers 1-1 - resemble two people
lining up.
People spitting could be
fined up to 50 yuan, equal to
about $6.50, the daily income
of a Chinese college graduate.
It can buy 16 subway tickets
on the Beijing system.
"Fifty yuan is a fairly hefty
warning for spitters," said
Zhang Huiguang, director of
the Beijing Civil Affairs
Bureau. "The amount of
money is not the most important, the most important is to
warn people."
•
KUALA LUMPUR,
Malaysia - It's never too late
for toilet training.
Some Malaysian colleges
may soon offer courses on
how to keep public restrooms
clean, the national news
agency reported Thursday.
The effort is meant to help
Malaysia's public lavatories
become as hygienic as those
in countries such as Britain
and
Singapore,
Deputy
Housing
and
Local
Government Minister Robert
Lau was quoted as saying by
Bernama news agency.
"Clean toilets cannot
merely be judged by the
eyes," Lau was quoted as saying. "'This matter also
involves the use of cleaning
equipment, soap, fragrances
and proper tissues."
Courses would involve
managing washrooms by the
highest standards in design
and sanitation technology,
said Lau.
Malaysia's
government
recently said it wanted to start
a "toilet revolution" in a
country
where
public
Lagoon----------------------------------------------------- Soup
price. It also includes two short featurettes
wherein Lee and the cast are interviewed.
The cast members, which include veterans
such as Powers Boothe and Nick Mancuso,
lavish heaps of praise on Lee and note that
he is the real deal who can act as well as he
can punch and kick.
Lee also acted a one of the film' s fight
choreographers and it's obvious that he
knew how to mesh action with the local
scenery. His fight scenes include inventive
use of any objects lying around and have
the same aesthetic as the work of Jackie
Chan, who is definitely the master when it
comes to tncorporating imagination with
action.
All this and you get a happy, if a little
sappy, end~ng in which Lo gets to save a
surrogate father from doom as he could not
do at the film 's outset.
Best Line: "Jake, why don' t you take
those 'fists of fury ' of yours outside?"
1992, rated R.
One night early tn the third
summer, after letting Misha out,
we watched as a large toad
hopped out of the grass and over
to her, stopping inches in front
of her. Misha gently laid her
head down so that her nose
almost touched the toad. That
was when it finally dawned on
us - perhaps there was just one
toad! Could Misha have shared
the past three summer~ with the
same toad? We called a local
wildlife expert who told us that
toads can live three to six years,
so it was entirely possible.
Somehow these two unlikely
companions had formed a bond.
At first it seemed so strange to
us . But then we realized we
were very different from Misha
too, but the love between us
seemed completely natural. If
she could love us, we marveled,
why not a toad?
Misha had a minor operation
that summer, and we kept her
indoors for a while afterward to
recuperate. Each night she went
to the front door and asked to be
let out. but we didn't let her.
Instead. leash in hand, we took
her for short walks. One evening
a few days later, 1 went to the
front door to turn on the porch
light for guests we were expecting. When the light came on
illuminating the front stoop,
there. to my uttet amazement,
sat Toad (as we came to call
him), staring up at me through
the screen door! He had hopped
up the three steps from the patio,
and we supposed he was looking
for Misha. Such devotion could
not be denied. We let Misha out
to be with her pal. She immediately picked the toad up in her
1
• SEATILE - An 82year-old Seattle man whose
walking stick was damaged
when he struck a younger
man who witnesses ,say had
doused him with light81 fluid
is getting a replacement cane
from the Seattle Police
Officers' Guild.
Gus Jones responded to the
Jan. 31 downtown Seattle
attack by smacking his
assailant with his cane. Police (11}
say the attacker then ran over
to two women, doused them
with lighter fluid and lit a
match, singeing their coats
and one woman's hair. The
women were not seriously
injured.
Paul Pearson, 50, arrested
shortly after the attacks, has
been charged with two counts
of first-degree assault.
The older man survived the
ordeal with just a cut to his
ring finger. His cane, however, was bent in the attack and
rendered unusable.
When the Police Guild
heard about the case, its board
decided to buy Jones a
replacement aluminum cane,
inscribed with his name, said
Sgt. Richard O'Neill, guild
president.
"Hopefully he won't have
to whack someone with it,"
O'Neill said.
"Maybe if he didn't take
the action he did, more people
could've been hurt," O'Neill
said. "He was going to fight
back - he wasn't going to be
a passive victim."
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which turns out to be, of all things, a
Chinese laundry. The final fight is a doosy,
with Lo punching out Tau while an el train
hurtles towards them and the third rail is
perilously within inches of their wheel
kicks.
While this may all sound routine, it is
well rendered and totally saved by a charismatic turn by Brandon Lee as Lo. Lee, the
son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, turns
out to be a worthy successor to his father's
mantle. He displays a fair amount of chopsockey skills here as well as an "aw shucks"
screen presence that makes it all look easy.
This was the first movie built around his
skills and it shows that he had an awesome
future ahead of him which was. unfortunately, cut short when he was fatally shot by
a prop gun while making "The Crow" in
April 1993. That film solidified what audiences who had seen this film already knew,
that Lee was destined for superstardom.
The DVD edition of this film is available
for $6 at Wal-Mart and is a steal at that
restrooms have long nauseated citizens and tourists with
their lack of basic items such
as toilet paper, soap and
sometimes even toilet seats.
Lau said his ministry plans
to soon introduce a system for
the public to lodge complaints
about filthy toilets via cell
phone text messages.
Other recent measures
have included setting up modern self-cleaning toilets in
popular shopping districts of
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's
largest city, and scrapping the
business licenses of restaurants found to have foul lavatories.
mouth and took it down the
steps, where she and Toad
stayed nose to nose until we
brought her in for the night.
After that, if Misha didn't come
out soon enough, Toad frequently came to the door to get her.
We made sure that the porch
light was turned on before dark
and posted a big sign on the
porch: "Please don't step on th
toad!"
We often laughed about the
incongruous friendship - they
did make a comical sight, gazing into each other's eyes. But
their devotion sometimes made
me wonder if I should regard
them so lightly. Maybe it was
more than just friendship.
Maybe in her stalwart toad,
Princess Misha had found her
Prince Charming.
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Rebels dismantle David in ·front of small crowd
The Rebels outscored David 33-9 in
the opening quarter. Allen Central held
a commanding 64-23 lead at halftime.
"Glad lhe game is over," said veteran Allen Central Coach Johnny
Martin. Clearly relieved to have the
game behind him and his program,
Martin added, "this has been a major
distraction in whal has been a wonderful season."
Allen Central held a convincing
75-29lead over David at the end of the
third quarter. Eleven different Allen
Central players played and scored in
played earlier in the season, but under attend the regular-season game held at
J .E. Campbell Arena, home to the
protest, postponed.
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Central
Rebels.
No fans nor members of
Fanning and additional
the media were allowed
school district officials
inside the gym for
w<mted to avoid any problems
Thursday night"s game.
that might arise from individuFloyd County Schools
als and organizations who had
Superintendent Dr. Paul W.
expressed concerns about Allen
Fanning made the decision
Central's
use
of
the
to not allow the public to
Confederate flag and "Rebel"
attend the boys' basketmascot.
ball game. Only parents,
In the game, Allen Central jumped
team players and school
district employee~ were allowed to out in front early on and never trailed.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - In a much-debated
boys' basketball game played in front
of a sparse crowd Thursday night, host
Allen Central didn't have any trouble
prevailing over the visiting David
School. The Rebels cruised to their
16th win of the season, defeating the
Falcons 95-41.
Allen Central and David finally
li met for the regular-season matchup
that was originally scheduled to be
RACING HISTORY
Eagles
edge Cavs
TIMES STAFF REPORT
WISE, Va.- UVA-Wise let go
of a 13-point lead early in the
second half before the Alice
Lloyd College Eagles scored
twice in the final 40 seconds for a
76-73 men's basketball victory.
The Highland Cavaliers had two
three-point attempts in the final
12 seconds but neither fell.
The Eagles finished the season series with two wins,
improving to 9-13 overall. The
Highland Cavaliers dropped to 820.
Jarred Soles paced UVA-Wise
with 27 points on 10-of-20
attempts with five three-point
field goals. Zydrunas Rackausk
turned in a double-double, scoring 24 points on eight-of- 12 shots
f to go with a game-high 17
rebounds. Cassidy Vaughn handed out five assists for the host
Cavs.
Alice Lloyd had five double
figure scorers. Rodney Mitchell
made six of 12 shots for 17 points
before fouling out for the Eagles.
Eric Mullins had 14 points while
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Texaco/Havoline is currently celebrating 20 years in racing. The company has produced a new book
which chronicles its past 20 years in racing. Included in the book is Prestonsburg native Lorin
Ranier and information on the Ranier family and its involvement with Texaco/Havoline and NASCAR.
Lorin Ranier, who is now heavily involved with Chip Ganassi Racing, met with Texaco Havoline officials in Prestonsburg last fall. Copies of the Texaco/Havoline racing book are available inside the
Prestonsburg Tourism Building, which also houses the Ranier Racing Museum.
the non-district contest.
The win was Allen Central's third
straight and seventh in eight games.
Allen Central came into Thursday's
game knowing a key Floyd County
Conference/58th District game against
longtime rival South Floyd loomed.
The Rebels and Raiders were doing
battle Friday night at J .E. Campbell
Arena. In the loss to Allen Central,
Andrew Conn accounted for the
majority of David's scoring. Conn hit
seven three-pointers and led the
Falcons with a game-high 36 points.
Floyd Youth
Soccer holding
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by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG - Floyd
County
Youth
Soccer
Association has announced that
registration for the Spring 2007
season will be held on Saturday,
Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 24 at
the Prestonsburg McDonald's.
League volunteers will be present at McDonald's to accept registrations between the hours of
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The fee,
which covers uniforms and the
other costs associated with the
soccer program, is $40 per child.
Parents may also register their
children online by accessing the
league website at HYPERLINK
http://www.kysoccer.net/ekysa,w
ww.kysoccer.net/ekysa. The registration form posted online
should be printed, completed by
the parent, and mailed to Robin
Simpson Smith, Registrar, P. 0.
Box 746, Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653. A check or money order
in the amount of $40 should be
included for registration fees.
Floyd County Youth Soccer is
(See SOCCER, page eight)
(See EAGLES, page eight)
MSU releases '07
football schedule
Helton leads
UVA-Wise over
Lady Eagles
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Helton's 33
points over
Alice Lloyd,
88-79.
The Lady
Cava li ers
swept
the
season series
with the vicBecky Thomas tory
and
improve to 819. The Lady
Eagles, following the loss, fell
to 13-10.
Helton connected on 12 of 20
points for 33 points, 22 of which
came in the first half, to go with
a game-best eight rebounds.
Chelsea Lee hit for 16 points
and Terri Ann Hill added 14.
-,Rachel Helton dished out a
MOREHEAD - A renewal of
a series with Western Kentucky
and games against Northeast
Conference members St. Francis
(Pa.) and Robert Morris highlight
the non-conference portion of
Morehead State University's
2007 football schedule released
Thursday. Seven
Pioneer
Football League games and a
home contest against West
Virginia Tech complete the 11game slate.
"We open the season with
three non-conference games that
should prepare us well for our
PFL schedule," said MSU Coach
Matt Ballard. "Then, after seven
consecutive league games, we
will face a truly outstanding
Western Kentucky program.
"It's a challenging schedule as
always, but also one we believe
we can have success with. The
PFL will be more balanced than
ever. It will be a battle every
week."
Prestonsburg native John
Gilliam guides the MSU defense
as its coordinator.
(See HELTON, page eight)
(See MSU, page eight)
TIMES STAFF REPORT
WISE, Va. - For the second
time in three nights, the
University of Virginia's College
of Wise claimed a women's basketball victory on the strength of
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Driver boycott at Talladega kills NASCAR union
by MIKE HARRIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In September 1969, NASCAR's best-known driver:-.
formed the Professional Drivers Association, an organization they hoped would make their jobs safer, guarantee
their futures and raise their paltry incomes.
Just weeks later, the PDA was dead, victim of the iron
~hand of NASCAR founder William Henry Getty "Big
Bill" France and genuinely bad timing.
"The week before Talladega we had a meeting in
Detroit," explained Richard Petty, one of the biggest
names in racing and a key union organizer. "Everybody
sat down and said, 'It's time we did something like this."'
That included drivers such as David Pearson, Cale
Yarborough, Buddy Baker and Bobby A llison.
An earlier attempt to organize drivers - by NASCAR
pioneer C urtis Turner and the Teamsters Union - was
crushed by France in 196 L. He banned Turner for "life,"
which wound up being four years .
But eight years later, the drivers were talking union
again.
NASCAR ran 54 races in 1969, some paying as lillie
as $1 ,000 to the winner. In a far more dangerous era, drivers were insured for a maximum of $15,000.
"When you go back to me and Allison and Pearson
and all of them, we was just making a livmg,'' said Petty,
who wa:; elected president of the PDA. "I drove 35 years
and didn ' t take in but $7 1/2 million dollars. It took me
15 years to wtn the first million.
"These guys today start out with $2 or $3 million dolJars in their hand before they ever get in the race car.
Then they go out and win another $2 or $3 million dollars or whatever.... If they can't take care of themselves
with the money flowing through their hands now then
nobody could look after you."
Today's driver<; appreciate the fact lhat NASCAR and
the Frances, the founding family. have given them the
(See NASCAR, page eight)
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photo by Steve LeMaster
RACING RELICS: Memorabilia of Cale Yarborough - a former driver for
Ranier Racing - is on display inside the Prestonsburg Tourism
Building as part of the Ranier Racing Museum.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
11 , 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Eagles
Soccer
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each scored 12 points for the ALC
n'len's team. Corey Hairston chipped
in I 0 points for the Eagles.
Leading 38-35 at the half, OVAWise opened the first six minutes on a
16-6 spurt to lead 54-41. Alice Lloyd
chipped away at the difference until
taking its first lead of the latter stan-
za, 65-64, on a three-pointer from
Mullins.
The Eagles increased its new lead
to five points before Rackauskas
drained a three-pointer, Daniel
Adams tipped a miss in and
Rackauskas added another layup for a
71-69 Cavs lead at 2:57.
Dillard stole the ball from Vaughn
and tied the contest, 73-73, with 41
seconds. The Cavs' Soles missed a
jumper in the lane on the ensuing trip
before former Allen Central High
School standout Shawn Newsome
made a conventional three-point play
for the deciding points.
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not responsible for mail delivery,
and registrations are accepted on a
"first come, first served" basis.
All children at least four years of
age, but less than nineteen (19)
years of age on August 1, 2006, are
eligible to participate in recreational soccer. Parents may be asked to
provide a birth certificate or other
record for verification of the child's
birthdate. Players in the Under 6
and Under 8 divisions play against
other Floyd County teams only.
Teams in the Under 10 division and
older also play teams from surrounding counties. Games are
played on the fields at the Christ
United Methodist Church at Allen.
During the fall season, approximately 180 boys and girls from
Floyd County participated in youth
soccer. For more information, call
Smith at 886-9562.
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six assists with eight
1
points. UVA-Wise won the board
: battle, 40-29, and forced 28 Alice
Lloyd turnovers.
•
Kaylan Richardson made 10 of
! 15 attempts for 25 points to lead the
visiting team. A11en Central High
School graduate Becky Thomas
t dumped in 20 points for the Lady
I
Eagles. Whitney Lykens, a Betsy
Layne High School graduate, added
13 points of her own for ALC.
The game was close with a margin of no more than five points in the
opening 12 minutes as the Lady
Eagles led 25-24. UVA-Wise went
on an 11-2 run in the next four minutes to lead 35-27 and would never
trail again even with a 44-42 intermission score.
The Lady Cavs built an advantage of as many as 10 points, 69-59,
on a three-pointer from Crystal
Ratcliffe at 7:08. The home team led
by 12 points five minutes later
before going on for victory.
huge racetrack in Talladega, Ala., a
2.66-mile superspeedway oval.
In testing, neither Goodyear nor
Firestone came up with a tire that
stayed together for more than a handful of laps at speeds near 200 mph.
Charlie Glotzbach won the pole at
199.466 mph, and the drivers were in
an uproar over the high speeds and
tire quality.
Tom Higgins, now retired motorsports writer for the Charlotte
Observer, witnessed the showdown
between the drivers and France the
day before the race.
Although Richard Petty said, initially, not>ody wanted to boycott the
event, Pearson asked France to postpone the race until there was a better
tire. He wouldn't consider it.
"We run tomorrow," Higgins
reported France as saying. "If you
don't want to run, then load your car
and go home."
That's exactly what they did, driving their rigs out in an impromptu
parade.
France patched together a 36-car
field, and 60,000 spectators watched
Richard Brickhouse, a relative newcomer who quit the PDA to run the
race, win. It was his only NASCAR
victory, and he ran just eight more
NASCAR events in his career.
The PDA was in trouble.
"The very next week all the promoters and NASCAR called a meeting in Charlotte, and that's where
they started coming up with the
Winner's Circle program and all
that," explained Petty, referring to the
program that still pays money to winning drivers who run the entire series.
"In the overall deal, (the PDA)
was a benefit to racing, because I
think it woke NASCAR up to looking
at some of that stuff. They just didn't
want it organized. Of course, I can't
blame them for that."
Four nights after the Talladega
race, Petty and Pearson raced in a
NASCAR event in Columbia, S.C. A
week later, nearly all the drivers who
took part in the boycott were back
racing at Martinsville, Va.
The PDA was dead.
For at least one driver, the boycott
was the start of a great success story.
"It was the biggest break that I got
in racing," said Childress, then a
struggling 23-year-old owner-driver
who raced in a Grand American event
on Saturday and stuck around to
drive his first race in NASCAR's top
series Sunday. "I was down there and
didn't even have hardly enough
money to get home.
"I won some money on Saturday,
and ey paid me extra money to race
on Sunday. I came home with
$10,000 or $12,000 and I thought,
'Hell, I'll never have to work again.'
That's the most money I'd ever
seen," he said. "But I came back and
bought some land and built a shop
with that money. So that race means a
lot to me today."
His racing team went on to win six
championships with Dale Earnhardt
in the driver's seat and remains a
major Nextel Cup team.
Jim Hunter, vice president of communications for NASCAR, said it
would be unlikely for today's drivers
to start a union because times are so
different.
"I think we would say that we represent the drivers and would certainly
have discussions with them," Hunter
said. "I would hope they would want
to have discussions with us."
Petty, long retired as a driver but
still the primary owner of the Petty
Enterprises team, said he doubts the
PDA ever would have had any power
- "from the standpoint of dictating
anything to NASCAR" - had it survived.
"It would be the same now,"
added Petty. "NASCAR wasn't as big
as it is now, and the drivers weren't as
big as they are now. But NASCAR is
still bigger than the drivers.
"It would hurt them for a while if
all the drivers of today went away
and they had to start next week with a
bunch of local guys coming in to run
in Cup. But the first thing you know
they'd develop heroes out of them.
The best ones would step forward,
and, all of a sudden, you'd have Cup
racing again."
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NASCAR
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platform to earn millions. But they
also see NASCAR taking in massive
amounts of television and sponsorship revenue, just like other major
pro sports, without giving its athletes
the benefits other players receive.
"Nobody is wanting to strong arm
or anything like that because the
sport is good; we don't want to rock
the ship," said four-time champion
Jeff Gordon.
That's probably not going to
change.
Veteran Kyle Petty, who saw his
father's effort to start a union fizzle,
subscribes to the idea that today's drivers don't care about anything
beyond who has the swankiest house
on Lake Norman or the biggest flatscreen TV in his motorhome.
"Can you imagine Kasey Kahne
and Denny Hamlin sitting talking
about a pension plan?," Kyle Petty
said. "They're not thinking about it,
and they won't think about it,
because they'll make enough money
during a period of time where when
they get ready to think about it, it'll
be too late to do something."
Privately, drivers said they believe
a union only would work if Gordon,
Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
were on board. Without that trio, an
organi7ed effort wouldn't hold any
weight.
Even then, there's skepticism.
'Trust me, nobody wants the drivers· in charge of anything," Kevin
Harvick said. "And I really doubt that
even if there was some sort of union,
nobody would agree on everything."
There's also the issue of who
would be in charge. In the six years
since Dale Earnhardt was killed, no
driver has stepped up to replace him
as the leader in the garage.
Even so, today's drivers have several issues they'd like to see
addressed, with no leader and no
leverage to force NASCAR to
change.
In 1969, the drivers decided to
fight for the help they needed, and the
PDA seemed like the way to do it.
Its first test came a week after its
inception - the debut of France's
MSU
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The complete 2007 schedule follows. Date Opponent Time
Sept. 8 at St. Francis (Pa.), TBA
Sept. 15 West Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.
Sept. 22 Robert Morris, 1 p.m.
Sept. 29 *Dayton, 1 p .m.
Oct. 6 at Davidson, TBA
Oct. 13 at Jacksonville, TBA
Oct. 20 Butler (Homecoming), 1
p.m.
Oct. 27 at Valparaiso, TBA
Nov. 3 Drake, 1 p.m.
Nov. lO *San Diego, TBA
Nov. 17 at Western Kentucky, TBA
Dec. I Gridiron Classic, TBA
(PFL Winner vs. Northeast
Conference Winner)
*Pioneer Football League Game.
All Times Eastern and subject to
change.
Apply now for
summer fun at
.
conservation
camps
in some of the most beautiful areas
of the state. Camp Currie sits on the
banks of Kentucky Lake. Camp
Earl Wallace is located on Lake
Cumberland. Camp Robert C .
Webb is on Grayson Lake. All have
rural settings perfect for kids to
roam and experience nature.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife
employees staff each conservation
camp. The department provides
transportation to and from camps
from a central pick-up point. Each
camp session runs from Monday
through Friday, beginning June 4
and going through Aug. 3. The registration deadline is May 1.
Enrollment is $215. The fee
includes transportation, insurance,
overnight lodging, meals and all
activities.
Camps are a great experience for
kids staying away from home for
the first time. In addition to numerous outdoor activities, kids can earn
their boater education certificate •
and their hunter education certificate. It may be cold outside now,
but it's a good time to plan for some
summer fun.
For an application or more information, calll-800-858-1549 from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time)
Monday through Friday. Receive a
$15 discount when you 'apply
online at fw.ky.gov.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
FRANKFORT
Fishing.
Boating. Bow shooting. Swimming.
There's a whole lot of fun in store
for Kentucky kids this summer at
conservation camps.
Applications are now being
taken for all three conservation
camps operated by the Kentucky
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources. Each weeklong camp
session promises a world of adventure for kids in the fourth through
sixth grade.
"A lot of our campers are from
the city, and camps may be the first
time that they catch a fish, shoot a
bow or shoot a real gun," said Jay
Webb, assistant director of
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife's
Information
and
Education
Divisioh. "Not only do kids meet
new friends at camp, but they can
test their skills and try things that
they don't get to do often."
Conservation camps are situated
FIGHT NIGHT: David Slone is pictured In action against Daven
Plaiseance in GFC XI, held in Jenkins in late-January.
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Mobile ESPN to relaunch through Verizon Wireless
by BRUCE MEYERSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK- ESPN is relaunching its shuttered cell phone service
through Verizon Wireless, this time
: delivering its flashy feed of sports
1 scores, news and video highlights
: through a top industry player instead
: of competing for ~ubscribers with its
1 own full-blown wtreless brand.
I The multiyear agreement giving
: Verizon Wireless exclusive U.S.
t rights to offer the Mobile ESPN
~ application on its V Cast phones was
~ announced Thursday.
ESPN also announced that a
1
~ broadcast TV service for cell phones
~ that Verizon plans to introduce soon
~ will feature an ESPN channel with
r sports programming drawn from its
I cable networks. Verizon expects to
: offer the service over MediaFLO - a
: separate wireless network developed
: b) Qualcomm Inc. that can broadcast
: up to 20 TV channels - in at least one
1 market by the end of March. Sprint
: Nextel Corp. has been testing
: MediaFlo, but no launch has been
I announced.
1
The Mobile ESPN service, expect: ed to launch in the coming months, is
• to he included free as part of the $15
a month or $3 a day charge for V
' Cast's assorted multimedia offerings,
the executives said.
The Verizon relationship is the
first example of the new strategy that
ESPN executives promised last
September in announcing they were
pulling the plug on Mobile ESPN as a
standalone cell phone company featuring its own handsets, calling plans,
customer service and monthly phone
bills.
That ambitious venture, launched
in late 2005 by parent company Walt
Disney Co., is believed to have
signed up fewer than 30,000 customers despite drawing positive
reviews for the sophisticated multimedia application that ESPN created
to deliver its popular TV and Web
content within the cramped constraints of a cell phone.
By contrast, Verizon Wireless has
59 million subscribers, a third of
whom have phones compatible with
V Cast.
"Not all people with V Cast-capable handsets use V Cast. We expect
ESPN will drive additional adoption," the Verizon executive said.
The companies declined to disclose the financial terms or exact
length of the deal, though one executive noted that a multiyear arrangement is lengthier than a typical wireless content agreement.
The Mobile ESPN application will
be adapted to all phones compatible
with V Cast, starting with perhaps a
couple of models at the outset, the
executive said.
Mobile ESPN offers real-time
scoring updates, video highlights,
short newscasts and news alerts.
Many features can be customized
around a user's favorite sports or
teams. Participants in ESPN.com fantasy sports will be able to manage
their teams via cell phone.
Verizon has been beefing up V
Cast with marquee names in hopes of
generating more revenue from nonvoiee services as it invests billions to
upgrade its cell network for speedier
data connections. In late November,
the company reached deals to feature
user-generated video from YouTube
and Revver.com.
The shutdown of Mobile ESPN as
an independent wireless carrier
marked the first major bust in a rush
of specialized cell ventures targeting
niche audiences they contend are
underserved by the Cingulars and
Verizons of the world.
Last year, Disney said it had
invested a combined $150 million in
developing Mobile ESPN and Disney
Mobile, another so-called "MVNO,"
or mobile virtual network operator,
that is still available. An MVNO
doesn't have its own wireless network. Instead, it puts its brand on
another wireless operator's service whose name is hidden trom the customer - and offers its own lineup of
handsets and calling plans.
Food City 500 is 50th straight sellout
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BRISTOL, Tenn. -The cost of a
first-class stan1p was 20 cents.
Martina Navratilova and Jimmy
Connors were Wimbledon champs.
Ronald Reagan was president. The
world population was 4.6 billion.
And Michael Jackson's vaunted
Thriller album (yes, it was an album
back then) was the talk of the music
world.
When did all those events occur?
In 1982, the same time that Bristol
Motor Speedway's consecutive
streak of Nextel Cup sellouts, which
reaches 50 with the upcoming Food
City 500 on March 25, began.
No
other
speedway
in
NASCAR's stabl~ can boast of such
an impressive statistic. It began on
Aug. 28. 1982 when Darrell
Waltrip's Buick edged Bobby
Allison by .70 second in front of a
sold-out crowd of 30,000 to capture
the Busch 500 title. Twenty-five
years later, the world's population is
a couple billion more and the seating capacity at BMS has grown to
nearly 160,000. Yet the fans continue to come and the trac , home of
the toughest tickets in the sport to
come by, is always filled to capacity.
"It's a pretty significant accomplishment," said BMS President
and General Manager Jeff Byrd. "I
don't know of any race track that
can even come close to 50 straight
sellouts. The amazing thing about
the streak is that no matter what the
seating capacity was throughout the
years, the fans always bought tickets and always came to Bristol to fill
those seats.
"It all goes back to the loyalty
fans feel toward Bristol and the fact
that they love the experience that is
Bristol Motor Speedway. The short
track action, the high banks, the
ability to see everything that's happening on the track? it's very
unique and they appreciate it."
Since the streak began there have
been 17 different winners at Bristol.
Leading the pack is Rusty Wallace
wid1 nine wins, followed by Dale
Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip, both
with seven, Jeff Gordon and Kurt
Busch with five apiece and Terry
Labonte, Alan Kulwicki, Mark
Martin and Matt Kenseth, all with
two each. Tony Stewart, Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Dale
Jarrett, Elliott Sadler, Bill Elliott,
Ernie Irvan and Davey Allison each
had one victory during the streak.
The spring race of 1996, the first
under Bruton Smith's OWDfrship,
and that sellout registered 71,000
fans in attendance. One year later an
additional 47,000 seats had been
built and sold. In August of 1998,
135,000 people were part of the
sold out half-mile oval while the
sellout of March 2003 boasted the
first nearly crowd of nearly
160,000.
~
�SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
11, 2007 • A9
Pelphrey-coached Jags hold off Western Kentucky University·
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
MOBILE, Ala. - The University
of South Alabama Jaguar held off a
.) furious second half rally by Western
Kentucky University Hilltoppers on
Thursday night and needed overtime
for a 73-71 victory at the Mitchell
Center. With the win, the Jags
improved to 18-7 overall and 12-2 in
conference play, while extending the
nation's fourth best winning streak to
11 games.
''This was an unbelievably exciting
basketball game," Jaguar head coach
John Pelphrey, a Paintsville native
said. "I thought we played well for
much of the game and you have to
give WKU a lot of credit coming back
like they did in the late stages of the
second half."
"I am really proud of how our guys
persevered tonight, we hung in there
and got the job done."
In the second overtime game of the
season for the Jaguars, USA took the
early one point lead on a free throw by
junior Daon Merritt.
WKU's
Courtney Lee put the Hilltoppers up
one with a putback, but senior
Leandro Buboltz hit a big time 3pointer in the comer to put USA back
up 67-65 with just over two minutes
left. Junior Demetric Bennett drove to
the hoop on the ensuing possession to
put the Jags up four with 90 seconds
left.
WKU's Jeremy Evans cut the
deficit in half with another putback
and two free throws by Evans evened
the game at 69 with 56 seconds left.
Junior Daon Merritt drove to the hoop
and was fouled putting him at the line
where he made both free throws with
34.4 seconds left.
The Hilltoppers went for the quick
score by A.J. Slaughter giving the Jags
the final possession with 17.2 seconds
on the clock. Merritt drove to the
hoop for the go-ahead score with 2.2
seconds left.
WKU had one last chance as it put
the ball in play and had to go the
length of the court. Lee heaved a ball
from just inside halfcourt to no avail.
The Jaguars built a 26-16 on a
layup by Merritt with just over five
minutes to play in the first half. A
trey by Hilltopper Orlando MendezValdez cut the deficit to 26-19 with
four minutes to play and another trey
by Tyrone Brazelton cut the deficit to
five point<> at 27-22 with two minutes
left in the half.
Bennett countered with two treys in
the final minute of the half to put the
Jags up 35-25 at halftime.
For the half USA shot 43.8 percent
from the floor on 14-of-32. The Jags
were live-of-13 from beyond the arc
and two-of-four from the line.
Bennett had I 0 points to lead the team,
while Merritt and Davis each had
eight.
WKU was led by eight points from
Brazelton as the Hilltoppers shot I 0of-26 from the floor for 38.5 percent,
after starting the half making just two
of their first 12. WKU was four-of-12
from beyond the arc and I of 2 from
the line.
WKU held a 20-16 lead in
rebounds. The Jaguars played much
of the first half without junior Ernest
Little who had two quick fouls early in
the game.
Each time WKU cut the deficit
under ten, the Jags responded and
pushed the lead back to nine or I 0.
Little hit two free throws to put USA
up 53-42 with ll minutes to play in
regulation.
WKU rallied from a 60-48 deficit
to tie the game at 60 with two minutes
and change left. Courtney Lee hit a
key bucket as the shot clock was winding down to put the Hilltoppers up 6260 with 33 seconds left. USA ended
the 14-0 run by WKU with a 3-pointer
by junior Daon Merritt to tie the game
with 21.8 seconds left. It was in just
about the exact spot where he hit the
game-tying 3-pointer against North
Texas to send that game to overtime.
For the game, USA was led by
Merritt who tied his career-high with
24 points on seven-of-nine from the
poor and eight-of-11 from the line.
Also in double figures was Bennett
with 14 and Davis had I 0 points off
the bench.
Lee led Western Kentucky with 21
points. Brazleton scored 15 points and
Evans added 11 for the Hilltoppers.
"I am very happy for our kids,"
Pelphrey added. "It is not every day
that your are fourth in the nation in
something. I am very happy for our
school and our fans were awesome
tonight."
photo courtesy of South Alabama
Paintsville native John Pelphrey
guided his University of South
Alabama Jaguars to a close win
over the
Western
Kentucky
University Hilltoppers Thursday
night.
Cardinals, Wildcats try to reload on National Signing Day
•
By WILL GRAVES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE - Steve Kragthorpe
was in a mall somewhere in California
recently when the new Louisville
coach realized he didn't have to worry
so much about selling the Cardinals to
prospective recruits.
There, in a store a thousand miles
away from Papa John's Stadium, was
a Louisville hat mixed in with gear
from more traditional college football
powers.
"It's all over. People know about
Louisville football now," Kragthorpe
said. "When you look at all four corners of the country, you look at all 50
states, you ask somebody who is a
• J football fan or who follows football,
'Tell me about Louisville football,'
they'll tell you about Louisville."
The challenge for Kentucky coach
Rich Brooks on the recruiting trail was
a little different. Rather than convince
recruits that better days are ahead, as
he's had to do the past, Brooks went
in!o living rooms trying to build on the
m<j).m.entum the Wildcats created after
going 8-5 last season and winning a
bowl game for the first time in 22
years.
Brooks didn't lack for volunteers.
UK women
top Ole Miss
TIMES STAFF REPORT
OXFORD, Miss. - The Kentucky
women's basketball team used a big
second half Thursday to overcome a
16-point first-half deficit and notch a
69-61 win against Ole Miss in C.M.
"Tad" Smith Coliseum. Senior guard
Jenny Pfeiffer (North Vernon, Ind.)
scored a team-high 16 points, including 8-of-8 free throws, to lead four
~ Wildcats in double figures as the Cats
posted their second consecutive win.
Kentucky (16-9, 5-5 Southeastern
Conference) out-rebounded the
Rebels by 20 (47-27) - its largest
*
Redhawks too
much for MSU
women
~
TIMES STAFF REPORT
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Junior Tarah Combs scored a careerhigh 25 points, hitting on a career
high seven three-pointers, and senior
center LaKrisha Brown posted her
second 20-point game of the season,
but the host Southeast Missouri
Redhawks outscored the visiting
Morehead State women's basketball
team, 30-5, at the free throw line, as
SEMO outlasted MSU 84-70
Thursday at the Show Me Center.
Despite the setback, MSU remains in
~ a tie with SEMO and Murray State
for first place in the ave at 11 -4.
Combs was 4-of-6 from beyond
the arc in the first half, leading to a
team-best 14 points. She nailed three
more three-balls in the final 20 minutes as she now has 128 career treys
in less than three seasons. That figure
moved Combs past former Eagle
Kelly Downs and into sixth place in
career treys at MSU. She now needs
just eight more to eclipse former
Eagle and last season's teammate
The Wildcats signed 28 players on
National Signing Day on Wednesday,
splitting the class evenly between
offensive and defensive players.
"I think this class is as talented as
last year's class, if not more talented,"
Brooks said. ''There are guys in this
class that are clearly an upgrade for
us."
The Cardinals signed 15 players
Wednesday,
including
former
University of Miami linebacker Willie
Williams and quarterback Matt
Simms, son of former NFL quarterback Phil Simms.
While not a large class in terms of
numbers, Kragthorpe said the
Cardinals got the players they wanted.
Not bad for a coach who's been on the
job less than a month.
"It was tough, I spent a lot of times
in planes and rental cars (and places) I
didn't know existed," Kragthorpe
said. "It's been fast. It's been furious,
but I do my best work under the
crunch."
Many of the signees may have to
wait to make an impact on a team that
returns plenty of starters from a squad
that went 12-1 and finished sixth in the
fmal Associated Press poll. Williams,
who will be a junior next fall, is
expected to play right away.
Kragthorpe said the off-the-field
The Wildcats focused on bolstering
troubles that followed Williams to a defense that was the team's Achilles'
Miami three years ago- he was arrest- heel last season. Kentucky signed four
ed I 1 times during his high school defensive backs and four linebackers,
career - are gone. Kragthorpe and including La Grange (Ga.) High teammates Mychal Bailey and
Louisville
Athletics
Randall Burden. The two are
Director Tom Jurich spoke
extensively with Williams
among eight players from
and his family during the
Georgia
the
Wildcats
recruiting process, and both
brought in, one more than
believe Williams has put his
the number of players they
signed from Kentucky.
legal troubles behind him.
"He's had some chalBrooks credited the
lenges in his life, but he's
Georgia pipeline to current
distanced himself from
Wildcats like linebacker
Steve
those things," Kragthorpe
Wesley Woodyard, who is
Kragthorpe
said. "It's been three years
also from La Grange.
since he's had any issues
"It just makes it a lot eascome up."
ier when you have someone who is
Kragthorpe also hopes he contin- having success in your program and
ued a tradition started by former can tum right around and tell them,
Louisville coaches Bobby Petrino and 'Yeah, that's what it is, it is what they
John L. Smith: keeping the city of are telling you it is,"' Brooks said.
Louisville's best players close to 'They bring a pretty good work ethic,
home.
and they are not shy from contact."
Running back Doug Beaumont,
Brooks hopes this class has the
who won the state's Mr. Football kind of speed that will allow the
Awarq last fall after rushing for I, 169 Wildcat<; .to keep up with the li~es of
and 24 to1,1cbdowns as a senior at Florida and Georgia in the
Louisville Male, will play wide Southeastern Conference.
receiver for the Cardinals, while St.
"I think there are guys in this class
Xavier star Victor Anderson will play - not only from the linemen but from
running back and return kicks.
the skill, DB-type guys - that when
they get off the bus they look more
like the type of player you see in the
SEC," Brooks said. 'There is speed in
this class, quite a bit of speed."
Things at Louisville have been
moving so fast for Kragthorpe since
he took the job on Jan. 9, he admits
he's dizzy. But the Cardinals kept
nearly all the recruits who committed
when Petrino was still the coach,
including Simms, who originally
wavered after Kragthorpe took the job.
"I don't know if I actually changed
his mind, but I think I reassured him
that this situation was going to be very
positive for him," Kragthorpe said.
"He was kind of back and forth for
quite a bit of time there but ... (assistant head coach) Jeff Brohm did a
great job during the recruiting process
with Matt and with the family."
Kragthorpe will wait until training
camp begins to determine whether
Simms will redshirt. But with quarterback Brian Brohm returning next fall,
there's no rush to get Simms on the
field. In fact, Kragthorpe said his
biggest recruit was the one he got a
week into the job, when Brohm chose
to return for his senior year rather than
enter the NFL Draft.
"Brian will be included in this
class," Kragthorpe said with a laugh.
rebounding edge in a conference game
this season- and had two players tally
double-figure rebound performances
for the first time since Nov. 18, 2006.
The Wildcats, who dropped a 67-65
overtime decision to Ole Miss (18-7,
7-3) in Lexington earlier this season,
have now won five of the last seven
meetings between the two teams and
two consecutive in Oxford.
Senior forward/center Jennifer
Humphrey (Memphis, Tenn.) led the
UK rebounding effort for the 15th
time this season with a game-high 16
boards, while junior center Sarah
Elliott (McKee) charted her fourth
double-double this season with 14
points and 11 rebounds. Elliott also
tallied a double-double against the
Rebels earlier this season. The Cats
held Ole Miss, the league's leader in
offensive rebounds at 20.0 per game,
to just 12 offensive rebounds and
seven second-chance points.
Junior guard Samantha Mahoney
(Detroit) scored 13 points, all in the
second half, brought down a seasonhigh eight rebounds and dished out
five assists. Sophomore point guard
Carly Ormerod (Louisville, Ky.)
scored in double figures for the fifth
time in the last six games with 11
points to complement six assists.
Kentucky, which trailed by 16
points at 24-8 with 6:51 remaining in
the first half, began employing a stifling 3-2 zone that allowed the
Wildcats to close the period on a 15-3
run to enter the locker room down just
four, 27-23.
Kentucky stormed out of the locker
room after intermission and quickly
knotted the score at 30-30 on a lay-up
by Ormerod at the 17: 11 mark of the
second half. After another tie at 32-all,
Ole Miss went back in front 36-33
after a pair of free-throws by Danetra
Forrest with 14:17 remaining. From
there, the Wildcats used a 9-0 run and
held Ole Miss scoreless for more than
three minutes to take a 42-36 advantage after back-to-back baskets by
Elliott and Mahoney. A pair of freethrows by Pfeiffer pushed the
Wildcats ahead by seven, 46-39, with
6:54 left, but Ole Miss would not go
away.
A basket by Shawn Goff and a
three-point play from Alliesha Easley
allowed the Rebels to get back into the
game at 46-44 with 6:09 remaining.
With UK leading 50-48, the Wildcats
went on a 9-0 run that was capped off
by a three-pointer from Pfeiffer to take
an 11 -point lead at 59-48 with 1:47
left in the game. Ole Miss began fouling, but the Cats were clutch.
Kentucky made 10-of-11 charity shots
in the game's final 1:08 to seal the vic-
tory.
The Wildcats shot an impressive
63.6 percent (14-of-22) from the floor
in the second half to finish with a 47.9
percent (23-of-48) {nark from the field
for the game. Ole Miss shot just 33.3
percent (11-of-33) in the final period
and connected on 36.5 percent (23-of63) of its shots for the game.
Ashley Awkward scored a gamehigh 22 points to lead Ole Miss.
Senior Arrnintie Price, who is second
in the SEC in scoring at 18.9 ppg, was
limited to 13 points to complement 10
rebounds.·
Kentucky will return to action
Sunday when it travels to Knoxville,
Tenn., to face the No. 3 Tennessee
Lady Vols. Tip-off is slated for 5:25
p.m. EST in Thompson-Boling Arena.
The game will be carried live on
ESPN2 and the Big Blue Sports
Network (radio) with Neil Price.
Megan Gearhart. Combs also connected on a pair two-pointers, giving
her a career-high nine field goals
made.
Brown had by far her most productive ave game so far with 20
points as she hit 9-of-14 from the
field in 35 minutes. She also collected a team best six rebounds. As a
team the Eagles tied a season high
with 11 three-pointers, but were able
to hit just 5-of-12 on free throws.
Meanwhile, Southeast Missouri,
which improved to I6-7 overall, hit
30-of-38 at the charity stripe on its
own floor.
For the Redhawks, Missy Whitney
had a game high 28 points and had 10
of the Redhawks' 39 rebounds.
Whitney shot as many free throws
(12) by herself as MSU did for the
game. Lachelle Lyles also had a double-double of 12 points and I2
rebounds. MSU was able to hold her
fiv.e below her nationally-leading 17rebound-per-game average. Ashley
Lovelady and Tarina Nixon also
added 14 each as well as SEMO
improved to 12- 1 in its own facility.
For the game, Morehead State outshot the hosts as it hit 48 percent (27of-56) from the field. SEMO shot 44
percent from the floor.
MSU trailed throughout the first
half but took its first lead with 1:02
left before the break after a Strayer
trey. Lovelady though hit jumper on
her end of the floor and SEM0 held a
35-34 halftime advantage. The
Redhawks pushed their lead to 43-38
with 16:42 left, but the Eagles put
together an 8-0 run and moved ahead
46-43 with 15:02 left. Combs' seventh three-pointer put her team on top
56-55 with 11 : 10 left, but the hosts
strung together a 12-0 run to seal the
game. At the 7:54 mark, SEMO held
a 67-56 lead it never relinquished.
Morehead State was only able to
climb to within as low as eight the
rest of the way.
PC HALL OF FAME
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HONORED: David Collier (top left), Craig Delong (top, right), Johnnie
LeMaster (bottom, right) and Claire Fuller West (bottom, left) were
inducted into the Pikeville College Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday
during a ceremony held In the Booth Auditorium.
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A10 •
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
11, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
2007 promises to be season of change for NASCAR
by JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Buckle up,
race fans, for a season that promises
to be like nothing ever seen before.
With the mandated Car of
Tomorrow, changes to the Chase for
the championship, Toyota's arrival,
ESPN's return and the introduction of
former Formula One driver Juan
Pablo Montoya, 2007 will prove this
ain't your Daddy's NASCAR.
Indeed, this season will be a pivotal one for NASCAR, which looks to
rebound after a mediocre 2006 that
saw television ratings slip and made
many wonder if the sport had reached
its plateau.
But NASCAR chairman Brian
France hasn't strayed from his belief
that all is well in his family-owned
business.
"We're in a very strong position,"
he insisted. "We are still the No. 2
sport on television. Promoters continue to enjoy great ticket sales throughout the year, and I know 2007, with
alf of the things that are going on, will
make for an exciting season."
It starts this weekend at Daytona
International Speedway, where the
best of the Nextel Cup Series will
kick-start the season with Saturday
night's
exhibition
Budweiser
Shootout.
Preparations begin the very next
day for the Feb. 18 season-opening
Daytona 500. The race will mark the
first time a Japanese automaker will
take the green flag in NASCAR'<; top
series as Toyota's expected to have at
least a handful of its Carnrys in the
field. Seven different drivers will race
Camrys this season, including twotime Daytona 500 winner Michael
Waltrip and 1999 Cup champion Dale
Jarrett.
The inclusion of a foreign maker
in a decidedly American sport has
rankled many longtime fans, which
Jarrett believes is closed-minded.
"I'm as American as the next person that's here and I pay my taxes just
like everybody else and I love this
country," Jarrett said. "Toyota is a big
part of the United States economy.
They're going to put a lot of dollars in
the sport, in promoting our sport, and
that's going to be good for our sport
as a whole."
The race also will include
Montoya, a native of Colombia who
will be the only non-white driver in
NASCAR's top series this season. A
former
CART
champion,
Indianapolis 500 winner and popular
F 1 driver, Montoya is starting what is
expected to be a bumpy transition devote hours upon hours of air time
from open-wheel dominance to stock- and a nightly ''NASCAR Now" news
program.
car struggles.
"A lot has changed at ESPN since
An aggressive and outspoken driver, he's also proven to be a quick we did our last race in 2000," said
study, leading many to predict he'll John Skipper, vice president of convisit Victory Lane at least once this tent. "We no longer think of the races
as a three-hour event. We think of the
season.
Montoya just wants to take it one races as an opportunity for us to
establish ESPN as the 24-7 home of
race at a time.
"This is a learning process for me, the NASCAR fan."
The network also will be home to
and there's no rush for me to be perpromising
fect," Montoya said. "But I am also the Busch Series,
not here for fun. This is serious busi- NASCAR's junior varsity the first
stable programming schedule in its
ness, and I plan on winning races."
Montoya is expected to bring new history.
All that coverage should make it
fans to NASCAR, and they'll have no
problem finding him as he'll be fea- easy to decide if NASCAR's Car of
tured heavily on satellite radio and · Tomorrow helps or hinders the sport.
The futuristic vehicle, designed
television.
NASCAR is ramping up its expo- and developed by NASCAR, will be
sure through Sirius Satellite Radio, phased into competition this season
which has an entire NASCAR chan- with 16 races, beginning with the
nel that will provide flag-to-flag cov- March event at Bristol Motor
erage on race day, and by welcoming Speedway.
Intended to improve racing, cut
back ESPN after a long hiatus.
ESPN was one of NASCAR's costs and bolster safety, the CoT has
original broadcast partners, but the drawn a wide difference in opinion
network was frozen out of coverage around the garage. And many believe
in the 2001 television package that the team that adapts the fastest will be
awarded the TV rights to Fox and crowned Nextel Cup champion - the
car will be used in tive of the 10
NBC.
But the sports network is back Chases.
"I think it's really going to come
with a vengeance, promising to
down to who has the best feel for that
car," said two-time champion Tony
Stewart, a vocal critic. " It's a crapshoot, I think, and we're all going to
have to wait and see who has theit'
stuff together on the Car of
Tomorrow."
It also comes down to winning, as
NASCAR puts an emphasis on finishing first through tweak'> to the Chase
format.
NASCAR always has been an
exercise in consistency, with most
drivers content to settle for a top 10
finish. But France hopes to change
that by awarding five more points for
victories this year.
Those wins also will be good for
bonuses when the Chase begins - for
every victory scored during the "regular-season," a driver will get a 10point cushion to be used in seedjn iii:
the playoff field.
'
It's all a lot to ingest, but France is
confident fans will adapt.
"We're very careful with our fan
base and loyalties, and we're not
going to squander that away," he said.
"We're going to make changes that
we think they'lllike, and that enhance
competition on the track first and
foremost. That's where it starts for
us."
GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS IN THE CLASSROOM: Schools now a proving ground for various racing teams•
by JOHN SEEWER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LIMA, Ohio - Michael Klenke
learned in class how to assemble a
race-car engine and tear apart its
transmission. He also learned the best
way to handle a problem that crops up
when a stock car is flying around a
dirt race track at 60 mph.
"It's more than just step on the gas
and turn left," Klenke said of driving
for the University of Northwestern
Ohio's stock-car team. "It makes you
realize you really are going to use
what you learn here."
Klenke's school is one of a handful
of places where students can study
how to build a race car from the bottom up. The high-performance motorsports program readies them for a
career in auto racing - whether it be
working in a pit crew or in the shop.
"A lot of people just see NASCAR
on Sundays," said Steve Klausing, an
instructor who works with the
school's race club. "There's a lot that
goes into the six days before the
race."
Auto racing's growing presence on
television and its widening appeal to
mainstream fans has led to more
leagues, teams and job opportunities
in a sport that increasingly needs
highly skilled crew members.
"It used to be that growing up with
your dad in the garage was good
enough to get you through," said Don
Radebaugh, spokesman for the
ARCA series. "But it requires more
than turning wrenches in a garage.
We're seeing more and more drivers
and crew members who are college
graduates."
ARCA has become a stepping
stone race league for not only the drivers, but also crew members.
About 20 students from the Ohio
school spent their weekends last year
working with ARCA teams. A group
from the school traveled to Florida
this week to work at the ARCA 200
on Saturday at Daytona International
Speedway.
They'll work on the engines, clean
the cars for the race and watch how
the pros adjust the aerodynamics of
the cars to make them run faster.
"It gives any racing program a
place to look for help," said Dill
Kimmel, crew chief for eight-time
ARCA champion Frank Kimmel. "If
you take a kid off the street, we have
to show them every step of the way."
He usually pairs a student with an
experienced crew member. Kimmel's
team, based in New Albany, Ind.,
hired one of the students who worked
for him a year ago to be a mechanic.
Motorsports students at Indiana
University-Purdue University in
Indianapolis compete for internships
in the Champ Car World Series and
with the Panther Racing team in the
Indy Racing League.
"We work with teams to configure
the classes around what the teams
need," said Peter Hylton, director of
the IUPUI motorsports program.
ARCA car owner Wayne Hixson,
of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., said there's
still a learning curve when students
start working with a pro team.
"We're looking for somebody who
can carry tires over the wall and put
them on," he said. "I teach them how
to carry tires, put them on and put air
in them."
About 1,000 students are enrolled
in the motorsports program at the
University of Northwestern Ohio,
which offers two- and four-year
degrees in business and technologies.
The new $7 million motorsports
complex is where they learn about
building transmissions, welding
frames and shaping fenders.
Classrooms are attached to the
garages where stock cars and dragsters are taken apart and put back
together. "There's a lot of big-boy
toys here," said Tom Grothaus, a dean
in the college of technologies.
In one of the garages, the metal
frame of a stock car sits on a lift, but
soon it will be fitted with an engine
and ready for the racing season in
April. Outside, there's a 500-foot
track for drag racing and a small oval
for stock cars. Mounds of rocks and
dirt are for the off-road racers.
The school also boasts what it calls
the world's largest motorsports classroom - a 1/4-milc banked dirt track
that the university bought nine years
ago. As many as 100 students line up
on Friday nights in the spring and
summer to work on the pit crews with
weekend drivers who come to the
Limaland Motorsports Park.
Anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000
fans show up on race night to watch
the sprint cars, stock cars and trucks.
The university's first stock-car
team started competing there last
year. This season, it will have two
teams racing in cars with "student driver" on the rear bumper.
"It lets everyone know that they're
out there to learn and not to push the
other guys into the wall," said university president Jeffrey Jarvis, who can
be found on race nights talking with
fans and drivers.
The motorsports program at the
Ohio school started in 1993. Other
colleges have since added the training, including Lincoln Tech in
Indianapolis and WyoTech at its campus in Fremont, Calif.
The University of Northwestern
Ohio doesn't track how many graduates end up in racing. But former students now work for teams in
NASCAR, the Indy Racing League
and minor league circuits.
The education in the classroom
can't compare with practicing at the
track, Klausing said.
"It's just not the same thing as
when the car's coming in all hot," he
said. "It gets your adrenaline going."
2007 NASCAR
Nextel Cup
Schedule
Feb. 10- x-Budweiser Shootout,
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 18- Daytona 500, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
Feb. 25 -Auto Club 500, Fontana,
Calif.
March 11- UAW-Daimler Chrysler
400, Las Vegas.
~i
March 1S -Atlanta 500, Hampton, ~
Ga.
March 25 -Food City 500, Bristol,
Tenn.
April 1 -Goody's 500, Martinsville,
Va.
April 15- Samsung 500, Fort Worth,
Tex.al>.
April 21- Subway Fresh 500,
1:>f• Avondale, Ariz.
'
' April 29 -Aaron·~ 499, Taliadega.
Ala.
May 5 - Crown Royal 400,
Richmond, Va.
May 12- Dodge Avenger 500,
Darlington, S.C.
May 19- x-NASCAR Nextel AllStar Challenge, Concord, N.C.
tl~
May 27 - Coca Cola 600, Concord,
N.C.
June 3 - TBA, Dover, Del.
June 10- Pocono 500, Long Pond,
Pa.
June 17- TBA. Brooklyn, Mich.
. On the Net:
June 24 - Dodge/Save Mart 350,
University of Northwestern Ohio:
Sonoma, Calif.
July 1 -LENOX Industrial Tools
http://www.unoh.edu/
:300, Loudon, N.H.
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Fla.
July J 5- USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet,
Harang gets $36.5 Illillion, 4-year deal frolll Reds
by JOE KAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI
Right-hander
Aaron Harang avoided arbitration by
agreeing to a $36.5 million, four-year
contract Tuesday that made him the
Cincinnati Reds' highest-paid pitcher.
Harang emerged as one of the'NL's
top starters last season despite pitching in a ballpark that is one of the
most homer-friendly in the major
leagues. He tied for the league lead
with 16 wins and led the NL with 216
strikeouts and six complete games.
"They showed me dedication by
coming to me with this type of deal
before I was a free agent," Harang
·
said.
General manager Wayne K.rivsky
talked to agents Sam and Seth
Levinson about an extension last summer, but they were far apart in years
and money.
"We kind of had a stalemate,"
Krivsky said. "We both agreed we
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were too far apart. We decided to
rekindle those talks once the numbers
were filed for arbitration. We made an
offer, and they weren't that far apart."
Harang made $2.35 million last
season, and wanted $5.5 million in
arbitration. The Reds countered with a
$4.25 million offer in arbitration, then
went about trying to avoid the hearing
by getting a long-term deal.
Harang gets base salaries of $4.25
million this season, $6.75 million in
2008, $11 million in 2009 and $12.5
million in 2010. There is a club option
for 2011 at $12.75 million with a $2
million buyout.
If Harang pitches 21 0 innings in
2010, the option increases to $13 million. If he is traded, the option
becomes mutual and increases to $14
million, with a $2.5 million buyout.
The 28-year-old pitcher's deal
eclipses that of left-hander Eric
Milton, who is entering the final season of a $25.5 million, three-year cont.!"act.
Cincinnati acquired Harang from
Oakland as part of their 2003 midseason trading splurge. The ballclub
moved into Great American Ball Park
that season, and fired general manager Jim Bowden when it failed to contend. The Reds traded their veterans
for prospects, and obtained Harang
for outfielder Jose Guillen.
Since he joined the Reds, Harang
has been the most dependable member of a pitching staff that has been
the club's biggest weakness. He had
his best season last year, going 16-11
with a 3.76 earned run average in 35
starts.
Harang was the only Reds player
in arbitration. Less than an hour
before the Reds held a news conference to announce his signing, Krivsky
received a copy of the brief that
Harang's agents had prepared to argue
for the bigger amount in arbitration.
The agents' brief pointed out that
Harang is one of only eight pitchers
since 1960 to lead the NL in wins and
Reds extend
Arroyo's contract
through 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS'
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati
Reds extended right-handed starter
Bronson Arroyo's contract through
2010 on Thursday.
The two-year extension makes
Arroyo's contract worth about $33 million. There is a club option for 2011.
It comes two days after the Reds
signed their other star starter, Aaron
Harang, to a four-year deal worth $36.5
strikeouts. The others: Randy
Johnson, John Smoltz, Dwight
Gooden, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver,
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
"So Aaron had a heck of a year,"
Krivsky said. "He's just gotten better
and better every year. He keeps setting the bar higher each year."
He also got some help in the rotation after the Reds acquired right-hander Bronson Arroyo from Boston during spring training. Arroyo went 1411 with a 3.29 ERA in 35 starts, and
led the team by pitching 240 2-3
innings. Arroyo will make a total of at
least $8,075,000 during the two
remaining years of his contract.
Harang is impressed with the way
Krivsky has retooled the team since
he took over a year ago.
"I'm looking forward to the direction we're going," Harang said. ·'I
think they've done a lot to improve it.
Just last year, it showed in how much
better we got."
Ill.
July 29 - Allstate 400 at the
Brickyard, Indianapolis.
Aug. 5 -Pennsylvania 500, Long
1 ~)
Pond, Pa.
Aug. 12 - NEXTEL Cup at The "' ~
Glen. Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 19- TBA, Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 25 - Sharpie 500, Bristol. Tenn.
Sept. 2 - TBA, Fontana, Calif.
Sept. 8- Chevy Rock-and-Roll400,
Richmond, Va.
Sept. 16 - Sylvania 300, Loudon,
N.H.
Sept. 23 - TBA. Dover, Del.
Sept. 30- Kansas 4.00, Kansas City,
Kan.
Oct. 7- UAW-Ford 500. Talladega,
Ala.
Oct. 13 -Bank of AmeJica 500,
Concord, N.C.
Oct. 21 - TBA, Martinsville, Va.
Oct. 28 - TBA, Hampton, Ga.
,lj l\
Nov. 4 - Dickies 500, Fort Worth, ~ R"
Texas.
Nov. J1 -Checker Auto Parts 500,
Avondale, AJiz.
Nov. 18- Ford' 400, Homestead, Fla.
x-non-points race
million through 2010. The team also
has a 2011 option on Harang, 28, also a
right-hander.
Arroyo, a National League All-Star,
led the major leagues with 240 2-3
innings pitched and was 14-11 with an
ERA of 3.29.
He and Harang, who won 16 games
and pitched 234 1-3 innings, became
the first pair in Reds history to each
pitch at least 200 innings and have at
least 184 strikeouts. Harang led the
National League with 216 strikeouts.
The Reds obtained Arroyo, 30, from
Boston Jast March in a trade for outfielder Wily Mo Pena.
RETURNING TO FLOYD COUNTY: Gladiator Fighting
Championships XII will be held Saturday (Feb. 17) at the
Wilkinson-Stumbo Convention Center at Jenny Wiley State
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JOB OPENING
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and
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Baptist Homes for
Children has an
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for the right candidate who will recruit
and train Foster
care Families, as
well as coordinate
the Foster Care
marketing program
in the Big Sandy
and kentucky River
area.
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or related experience is required.
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to jobs@kbhc.org
or mail resume indicating
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to Kentucky Baptist
Homes for children.
PO Box 1429 Mt.
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Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
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LPN (7a-7p) position.
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wages and benefits. Apply in person
at
1 025
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Avenue. Painstville,
Ky from Monday
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The
Housing
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of
Prestonsburg has
an opening for an
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
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Manager/1 ntake
Worker must have
a high school diploma or equivalent
plus at least three
years office experience
including
basic
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taken at the Green
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10:30 am to 3:30
pm
each
day
through February
23, 2007.
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Employee needed
for Dental Office.
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be helpful but not
neces~ary.
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resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
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positions.
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8197 226-4551 .
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
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Call 377-0251 .
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Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
computer
desk,chair.
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358-2330 or 3580180
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Call 452-4249.
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Winchester, KY
Gourmet sandwiches- SoupsDesserts. Annette
Goebel Tom
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www. tomgoebel.
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lodging in
Wheelwright June
1 through August
4. Prefer furnished
or semi-furnished
w/utilities included.
Will pay up to
$1800. Project
information available at www.coaltowns.net. Contact
Lisa at lisa@coaltowns.net or 870316-8534.
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3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
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5 BR house 1 1/2
bath. 2 story on
approx 3 1/2 level
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Could develope as
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area. $124,900
Call 874-9456.
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location .
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betw een Allen and
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Rt.
1421 ~- Call 874242 1. $300 monthly
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Flo yd county 75
acr ·es more or less,
rt. 11 00 off US 23
Ea 1st Point Upper
Lit ,tie Paint. Lum
D1 HOSSett Branch.
C: :ill 606-325-4430
or · 606-325-2809.
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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
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Newly remodeled
apartment located
in Prestonsburg,
above safelite. 1
BR, 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price
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1 BR efficiency
apt
$350
per
month. 1 BR with
garage $500 per
month. 2 BR 1 1/2
bath w/ carport.
$575. 2 BR house
2 bath $675. Call
434-6516 or 2261925 or 285-9639.
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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. NOT HUD
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Place Apartments.
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FREE W/ Deposit
paid in full. Rent
staring at 1 BR $208, 2 BR- $304.
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2/28/07. All electric
HUD
accepted.
Call 886-0039.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717
House
HOUSE
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RENT 161 Lafferty
BR $550 monthly.
$550
security
deposit.
References
required.
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1/2 m1le on right
from Prestonsburg
on Town Branch
Road. Lots have
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sewage, and AEP
electric. Call Karen
874-7155.
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Hammond Ad
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom . All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
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Prestonsburg .
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by JESSICA HALE
Stumbo
STAFF WRITER
w;mrns ol
s1;ams
As part of National
Com;umer Protection
Week (February 4-10},
t.;torney General Greg
~umbo issued a consumE•r alert today, cautioning Kentuckians to be wary
of new trends in Internet
auction scams.
Online shoppers have
become recent targets of
"second chance" offers in
whicr" they are given an
opporiunity to purchase an
item they may have previously· viewed or bid upon.
The '"ictims are contacted
by a con artist and lured to
illegit.imate auction sites to
purchase the item, which
usually does not exist.
"While the lflternet has
co me a valuable tool
cornr'1only used for online
cornn1unication, banking
and shopping, it has unforttmatt31y also become a
haven for swindlers ready
to ta:~,e advantage of consumelrs," said Attorney
Genmal Stumbo. "These
croc•ks are getting sawier
in th eir approach and can
mak.e an illegitimate offer
look very realistic. In
rece nt months my office
has received several consum er complaints from
Ken1 ucky residents who
VEl fallen victim to online
auct on scams."
The scams have recently surfaced on eBay, a
(~):ee SCAMS, page eight)
photo by Alex Smith
Floyd County Sheriff John K Blackburn catalogued evidence seized during a drug raid last
Friolay. Blackburn was unable to fit everything he found on top of his desk, as there were so
marly prescription pill bottles recovered that it took several hours to count and sort through
everything.
Sheriffs office seizes
drugs, guns and cash in raid
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
Three of the five people arrested during a drug raid in Floyd
County last Friday were
arraigned Monday morning.
Two of those arraigned had
preliminary hearings set for
Feb. 19, while one, Ballard H.
Allen, 46, pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor charge of public
intoxication, paying a small
fine and ending the case. The
two remaining suspects have
posted bail and will be
arraigned Feb. 20.
The raid began Friday afternoon after the Floyd County
Sheriff's Office had received
information from a resident living near the home on Route 4
near Middle Creek that there
was a high amount of drug
activity taking place at the
house. A search warrant was
obtained and executed by the
Floyd County Sheriff's Office
with help from Magoffin
County Sheriff Bob Jorcian.
Those who still face felony
charges stemming from the raid
include Ezra Allen, 51 , Jason
Howard, 27, Jessica Howard,
25, and Phillip Wilkerson, 28,
all of Prestonsburg.
Ezra Allen and Jason
Howard where both charged
with a felony drug possession
charge and a possession of drug
paraphernalia charge. Allen has
been charged with felony trafficking in marijuana, while
Howard is charged with a misdemeanor marijuana posses-
sion charge.
Jessica Howard faces a trafficking in a controlled substance charge, a felony. Ezra
Allen and Jessica Howard are
both scheduled for arraignment
Feb. 20. Allen posted a $20,000
cash bond on Monday, and
Howard posted a $5.000 bond
on Sunday.
Wilkerson, who remru.ns in
the Floyd County Detention
Center on a $25,000 cash bond,
faces the. most charges, including felony trafficking in marijuana, two counts of possession
of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, having a prescription not in its original container, and felony trafficking in
a controlled substance. He has
(See BUST, page eight)
FRANKFORT
A
recent resolution adopted
by the Kentucky Board of
Education aims to urge all
schools throughout the state
to review the appropriate
ness of their school mascots
and symbols that may be
offensive to some groups of
people.
Recent concerns regarding Allen Central High
School and Allen Central
Middle School's use of the
Confederate flag and mascot have attracted national
attention and sparked disputes that garnered attention on the state school
board level.
Last Thursday, the KBE
adopted a resolution which
recommends "schools and
school districts should set
an example and provide
leadership in their communities in supporting and furthering human rights."
Also, the resolution goes on
to say that the board "urges
all schools to review the
appropriateness of their
symbols and mascots and
recommends
that
all
schools and school districts
abandon the use of symbols
and mascots that- are offensive to any group of people.''
Floyd County Supt. Dr.
Paul Fanning was contacted
and asked what the next
step would be to alleviate
the dispute, and in his
response he seems to think
that the issue will resolve
itself over time with the
cooperation of site-based
councils and the district
itself.
"I've sent copies (of the
resolution) to all of our
schools," Fanning said.
"We are going to let this
process work."
According to Fanning,
Rev. Louis Coleman, a civil
rights activist who has
recently brought himself
into the spotlight in our
area, has been in contact
with him on several occasions regarding the mascot
dispute. In his opinion,
Fanning says Coleman was
probably a significant pusher for the state board to take
some son of action, noting
that Coleman told him that
he planned on asking the
state board to get involved.
Fanning says that Allen
Central's flag and mascot
are not the only schools
throughout the state that
have been questioned in the
past, but he wants to be
careful with any decisions
due to what he says are
"legal issues" that should
not be overlooked.
Fanning also made mention of similar incidents in
our nation's past, such as
the Tinker vs. Des Moines
case in 1969, in which two
high schools students were
suspended from school
because they protested the
Vietnam War by wearing
black armbands. That case
made it all the way to the
U.S. Supreme Court, where
it was decided that the students could wear the armbands as long as it did not
cause any son of disruption.
Fanning cited "grossly
misinformed information"
on the issue as the cause of
the dispute from the beginning. He also said that the
school board welcomes
suggestions from citizens
(See BOARD, page eight)
2 U AY FORECA S T
Duncan addresses
party in Western Ky.
The Associated Press
High: 25 • Low: 7
For •Up-to-the-minute
fore,:::asts, see
floy~ tcountytimes.com
·MURRAY
A new
Republican
National
Committee chairman called for
unity and embracing the party's
core
values
in
western
Kentucky as three GOP candidates for governor pitched their
messages to the party faithful
on Saturday.
Longtime GOP activist Mike
Duncan, who grew up in Inez,
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serves as Republican National
Committee chairman with Sen.
Mel Martinez, R-Rla. The two
will share the chairmanship
duties.
As keynote speaker to
approximately 340 people
attending the dinner at Murray
State University, Duncan said
that Republicans have a historic
pattern of winning elections
(See DUNCAN, page eight)
Highlands establishes new foundation
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
Kathy Rubado
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Members of the Healthy Floyd County 2010 Dental/Oral Health Action Team were present for the sigt1ing of the proclamation by Judge Executive Dr. R. D. "Doc" Marshall
recognizing February as Children's Dental Health Month.
PRESTONSBURG
Highlands Regional Medical
Center hopes to funher expand
health care service for the area
through a new nonprofit foundation.
HRMC was opened in 1973
and since that time it has been
critical to the health of the surrounding
communities.
According to HRMC, the hospital
would not be here today without
the generous support of the community.
Highlands Foundation Inc.
will focus on promoting philanthropic support to the hospital for
the purpose of promoting health,
development of community services, and establishing programs
of community education and
involvement.
Currently the foundation is
developing goals and objectives
to lead them along the path to
success and is working on developing a community board.
Various community action programs and suppon groups wi11 be
formed through the foundation as
well as expansion of inpatient and
outpatient services, new technology funding, and capital building
projects.
Kathy Rubado, former direc(See FOUNDATION, page eight)
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
Obituaries
Olin Amburgey
Olin Amburgey age 81, of
Louisa. formerly of Langley,
husband of Shirley Ratliff
Amburgey, passed away Friday,
February 9, 2007, at the Three
Rivers Medical Center, Louisa.
He was born January 20,
1926, in Red Fox, the son of the
late Ruben and Minnie Adams
Amburgey. He was a retired
coal miner, a World War II
Army veteran, and a member of
the U.M.W.A.
Survivors, in addition to his
wife, Shirley, include two sons,
Olin Gene (Glenda) Amburgey
of Louisa, and Stephen Allen
(Edwina)
Amburgey
of
Langley;
two
daughters,
Jacqueline (Lenny) Garrison of
Howell, Michigan, and Sherry
Ann (Randy) Amburgey of
Cincinnati, Ohio; nine grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Olin
Amburgey were conducted
Monday, February 12, at 1:00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel, in Martin, with
Clergyman Lenny Wheeler
officiating.
Burial was in the Jimmy
Ratliff Cemetery, in Langley,
under the professional care of
the Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Pallbearers: Kevin Hughes,
Roger
Collins,
Shawn
Amburgey, Nick Amburgey,
Michael Ousley, and Brian
Ratliff.
(Paid obituary)
000
Ernest Baldridge
Ernest Baldridge, 84, of
Fountain Lakes, in Estero,
Florida, passed away at his
home, Sunday, February 4,
2007.
He was born April4, 1922, in
East Point. He served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
He studied law at the University
of Kentucky, and Ohio State
University, and worked for 33
years as a claims manager for
Westfield Insurance Company,
in Columbus and Lima, Ohio.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and he was an excellent
carpenter and mechanic. He
became, late in life, very skilled
with computers.
He leaves behind Mary Pat
Baldridge, his beloved wife of
almost 62 years; and children
Betty Schuster of Hansville,
Washington; Teri Kozsey
(Philip) of North Royalton,
Ohio; and James Baldridge
(Sue) of Dayton, Ohio.
He is also survived by his sister, Janet Taylor of Columbus,
Ohio;
his
brother Jack
Baldridge (Ernestine) of Rock
Island, illinois; and three grand-
Card of Thanks
The family of Esta M. "Sissie" Stegall wishes to gratefully
acknowledge the thoughtfulness and kindness of friends,
relatives, and neighbors, in the loss of our loved one. Thanks
to all those who sent food, flowers, prayers, or spoke words
of comfort. A special thanks to the Regular Baptist ministers
for their 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 ESTA M. "SISSIE" STEGALL
Card of Thanks
The family of Joey Edwin Howell 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 Clergymen Homer
Howell, Abe Howell, and Mike Justice, for their words of comfort, the Sheriff's Department for their assistance in traffic control,. and the staff of Hall Funeral Home for their unsurpassed
service.
THE FAMILY OF JOEY EDWIN HOWELL
Card of Thanks
The family of Edgel "Delano" Davis wishes 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. Thanks to the Hall
Funeral Home for all they did; special thanks to Brother
Jerry Manns for his service; a very special thanks to
Magistrate Jackie Owens and crew; and also to the Floyd
County Sheriff's Department.
Thanks,
Carmel, Janet, and The Davis Family
children. and two great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be
held Thursday at 10:00 a.m., at
Naples Memorial Gardens, 525
Ill th Avenue. Naples.
(Paid ObitUary)
000
Farish Bradley
Farish Bradley, age 77, of
Prestonsburg, died Thursday,
Febmary 8, 2007, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg.
Born December 26, 1929, in
Prestonsburg, he was the son of
the late Jake and Phoebe Hyden
Bradley. He was a disabled coal
miner.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Emma Jean Ousley
Bradley.
Survivors include: a son,
Farish Timothy Bradley Jr.
(Renea) of Prestonsburg; three
daughters: Linda Johnson,
Melissa Stanley (Tim), and
Phoebe Michelle Hughes
(Rick), all of Prestonsburg; five
brothers: Otis Bradley, Jake
Bradley Jr., Jimmy Bradley,
Frank Bradley, and Loren
Bradley, all. of Prestonsburg;
four sisters: Alva Hackwortl1 of
Pyramid, Winnie Ellen Ousley
of Prestonsburg, and Phyllis
Bolen and Dorothy Bolen, both
of Garrett; and six grandchildren: Eukie Jean, Brandon,
Nicole, Dakota, Cody, and
Briana.
In addition to his parents and
wife, he w~s preceded in death
by two brothers: Woodrow
Bradley and Edgel Bradley; a
sister, Susie Ousley; and a sonin-law. Donald Johnson.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 12, at 11
a.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home in Martin, with
Jimmy Stephens, Malcolm
Slone, Glen Slone, and Bethel
Bolen officiating.
Burial was in the Stephens
Family Cemetery, at Mays
Branch, in Prestonsburg.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
(Paid obituary)
000
Mae Clay
Mae Clay, age 86, of
Jamestown, formerly of Ligon,
died Thursday, February 8,
2007, at her residence.
Born January 28, 1921, in
Jacks Creek, she was the
daughter of the late Dave and
Nancy Hall Mullins. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Joppa Old Regular Baptist
Church in Melvin.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, William
(Brother) Clay.
Survivors include a son,
William Ronald Clay of
Jamestown; three daughters:
Blanche Patton of Lawrenceburg, Kathleen Caudill of
Martin, and Nesba Dailey of
Ligon; a brother, Clinis Mullins
of Franklin Fumance, Ohio; 14
grandchildren, and 14 greatgrandchildren.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded
in death by a son, Arnold Clay;
seven brothers: Ellis Mullins,
Frank
Mullins,
Crockct
Mullins, Enis Mullins, Hilbert
Mullins, Jerry Mullins, and
Fines Mullins; and six sisters:
O,kla
Tackett,
Frankie
Hamilton, Fancy Isaac, Anna
Mullins, Lizzie Newman, and
Mary Holbrook.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, Febmary 11, at 11 a.m.,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Old
Regular Bapti~t ministers officiating.
Burial was in the Dave
Mullins Family Cemetery in
Melvin, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
(Paid obituary)
home.
CJ:::JO
Jeremy Ellis Gibson
Jeremy Ellis Gibson, age 27,
of Langley, passed away
Monday, February 12, 2007, at
Our Lady of The Way Hospital_,
in Martin.
He was bam November 24,
1979, in Pikeville, the son of
Deborah Gail Sturgill Gibson of
Allen, and the late Charles
Brent Gibson.
He was employed by ACS of
Pikeville, and attended the
Church of Christ, in Prestonsburg.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, include a sister, Leann
Nicole Gibson of Allen; his
paternal grandmother, Joyce
Ann Ellis Gibson of Langley;
an uncle, Michael Gibson; and
several aunts, uncles and
cousins.
In addition to his father, he
was preceded in death by his
paternal grandfather, Charles
Laban Gibson. and his maternal
grandparents, Forrest and Katie
Sturgill.
Funeral services for Jeremy
Ellis Gibson will be conducted
Thur:-day, February 15, at 2:00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel, in Martin, with
Clergyman Rick Kelley officiating.
Burial will follow in the
Davidson Memorial Gardens,
in Ivel, under the professional
care of the Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home
Pallbearers: Steven Slone,
Chris Caudill, Corey Little,
Landon Slone, Justin Prater,
and Todd Sturgill.
Honorary: Dustin Little and
Jerry Stanley.
!P:<id ObitUary)
000
000
Eliza Thomsberr~
Johnson
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Denzil Humble
Denzil Humble, age 68, of
Printer, died Monday, February
12, 2007, at the Pikeville
Medical Center.
Born February 18, 1938, in
Printer, he wa'! the son of the
late James Isaac and Ollie
Meade Humble. He was a
retired materials superintendent
for Johnson Controls, in
Plymouth, Michigan; a member
of John W. Hall Lodge No. 950,
F&AM, in Martin; a past master of Livingston Lodge No. 76,
in Pinckney, Michigan, in 1999;
an
Honorable
Kentucky
Colonel; and a member of the
Spurlock Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife.
Rose M. Stephens Humble.
Other survivors include two
sons and daughters-in-law;
Randy Isaac and Martha
Humble of Printer, and Rodne•y
A. and Carrie Humble
Pinckney, Michigan; a daughter
and son-in-law: Deborah Sue
and Danny McCoy of Printer; a
sister, Patricia Conn of Printer;
10 grandchildren: Amos, Adam,
Maggie, Andrew, Austin, Eri·n,
Natalie, Brett, Larry, and
Brody; and six great-grandchildren: Megan, Makayla, Jessie,
Wesley, Waylan, and Logan.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two
brothers: James Milton Humble
and Leonard Humble; a sister,
Juanita Conn; and two half
brothers: Ivan Carroll and
Dwayne Carroll.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, February 15, at 1
p.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin, with
Bmce Coleman, and others,
officiating.
Burial will be in the Meade
Cemetery, at Spurlock, in
Printer, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home, and Masonic rites will be
held on Wednesday night, at
6:30p.m.
(Paid obituary)
Eliza Thornsberry Johnson,
age 88, of Stanford, formerlly of
Kite, widow of George
Johnson,
died
Saturday,
February 10, 2007, in the
Ephriam-McDowell Hospital,
in Danville.
She was born December 13,
1918, in Kite, a daughter of the
late M.L. and Rosanne Hall
Thornsberry. She was a homemaker, and a member of the Old
Regular Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons,
Theodore Johnson ,of Topmost,
Elwood
Johnson
and
Brownlow Johnson, both of
Kite; a daughter, Betty JliJ
Gallagher, of Stanford; a brother, M.H. Thornsberry of
Belleville, Michigan; f•our
grandchildren, four step grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and several step greatgrandchildren.
In addition to her husb~md
and parents, she was preceded
in death by six brothers:
Claude, French, Joneth, Amos,
Roscoe, and Mack Thornsberry; five sisters Alice, Ha;~l.
Barbara,
and
Gracie
Thornsberry, and Allie Halij(JJ
and two grandchildren: Cynfthia
Ann Johnson and Michael
"Pee-Wee" Johnson.
Funeral Service of E"liza
Thornsberry Johnson were •<:onducted Tuesday, February 13, at
11 a.m., in the Hall Funeral
Home Chapel, in Martin, vvith
Regular Baptist ministers tJfficiating.
Burial was in the K.ing
Cemetery, in Kite, with Hall
Funeral Home caring for th ose·
oif
(See OBITUARIES, page eight)
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From the Family of Annie Handshoe
The family of Annie Handshoe would like to extend our
heartfelt gratitude to the many people who helped comfort us
during our time of sorrow.
Whether you said a prayer, sent flowers, brought food, or
gave of a monetary gift, we thank you for your thoughts and
generosity.
To all the doctors and nurses who cared for our mother, we
appreciate everything you did to ease her pains and keep her
comfortable.
To the pastors and singers for giving of their time, and con~
soling us with songs and prayers.
To Hall Funeral Home for providing a place for family and
friends to gather together to mourn the loss of our mother.
To all the family members who came from far and near, it
meant so much to have you all here.
Words cannot express enough our deepest appreciation, but
to you we say, Thank you!
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HRMC February Calendar
'IP) Kiwanis: Feb. 15, 20;
Meeting Room C; 12- 1:30
p.m.
Ky.
Mountain
Dental
Society: Peb. 24; Meeting
Place A & B; 9:30-11:30 a.m.
AARP 55 Alive Mature
Driving Course: Feb. 26, 27;
Meeting Place A & B; 9:00
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Living Well With Diabetes
Support Group: Feb. 28;
Meeting Place A & B; 5 6:00
p.m.
Topic: "Get in the
Rhythm: Taking Care of Your
~iabetic Heart."
For more information concerning these support groups,
contact
the
Highlands
Educational
Services
Department at 886-7424.
WHS Classes of '87 and '88
The Wheelwright High
School Classes of 1987 and
1988 will have a combined
class reunion on Saturday June
23, 2007. A family picnic will
be held at Dewey Lake Dam,
Shelter #2, from I 0 a.m. until 2
p.m. An evening event is
planned at 7 p.m., at the Best
Western. in Prestonsburg.
Those wishing to attend should
please
contact
Reunion
Coordinators Steve Cole and
Jarni Campbell Cole at (859)
986-1883.
Auxier Lifetime Learning
Center\ Spring Classes
Basic Computer: Mondays
- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Tuesdays
& Thursdays - 5-7 p.m.
Computer Keyboarding:
Fridays- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Sewing Class: Mondays 6-9 p.m.; Wednesdays - 9 a.m.
to l p.m.
Quilting Class: Mondays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesdays- 68p.m.
Classes begin on Monday,
March 12. Cost: $30 for 8
weeks. Pre-registration necessary as class space is limited.
Also, earn a free computer by
registering for classes! For
more information, call 8860709.
SS Representative to
visit Mud Creek Clinic
A Social Security representative will be at the Mud Creek
Clinic, Grethel, to assist people
in filing claims for Social
Security retirement, disability
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 representative will be at
the Mud Creek Clinic on the
following dates for the next
quarter:
Tuesday, February 17.
Tuesday, March 13; and
Tuesday. March 27.
Hillbilly Travel Club
Now scheduling trip for the
upcoming year to : Niagara
Fall , Canada, Labor Day
weekend.
Trip includes
roundtrip motorcoach, lodging,
selected meals. Also, guided
tour, entry to area attractions
(Maid of Mist boat ride, IMAX
theater, and more). Call Ed at
452-4149 for more information.
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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 resource:; available
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The Allen Central High
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For more information, call
Amanda at 285-9491 or Leslie
at 886-8003.
The Prestonsburg High
School Class of 1997 is currently planmng their 10 year
reunion. The reunion is scheduled to be held on July 14,
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
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14 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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It's real. It's here.
No one can seriously argue anymore that global warming isn't happening and
that human activity isn't a significant part of the cause. The question now is what
to do about it.
The summary of the latest report by an international panel of scientists put
together by the United Nations says that global warming is a reality and that it is
very likely - a 90 percent probability, the panel says - that human activity in the
form of greenhouse gas emissions is making a significant contribution to the
warming trend. The full report won't be available until May, but the summary for
policymakers recently released makes clear what the final report will sa,y.
Yes, there are still serious questions on the details - just h~w much the average temperature will increase, how high sea levels will rise, how crops and the
environment will be affected but the crux of the matter has been settled.
Now, the debate needs to move to policy issues and questions of how to best
mitigate the effect. The most important question to ask is not what the world will
be like 20 or 30 years from now but what it will be like 100 or 200 years from
now if nothing is done.
Since it's a global problem, the warming trend requires a global response.
There will be winners and losers, and some will bear more of the cost than others. Mitigating global warming won't be easy, and it won't be cheap. But spread
the cost as broadly as possible -.share the pain - and it should not be unbearable
for any single country or people.
The basic answer lies in reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and reducing the emissions of the fuels when they are used.
Everything should be on the table. This includes a new international agreement on global warming, new taxes on oil and on carbon emissions, rewarding
conservation, placing caps on emissions, promoting mass transit and the research
of alternative fuels and finding safer ways to dispose of nuclear waste. Yes,
nuclear power - which emits nothing -can be a part of the solution if the will and
a way can be found to deal with the significant problems caused by nuclear waste.
So can energy-efficiency and the development of technology that, for example, would allow buildings to use less energy to heat or cool.
Internationally, a new agreement is necessary to supplant the ineffective and
unpopular Kyoto treaty. That new agreement needs to spell out the responsibilitie~ of each country and set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. And it needs to
include China, India and other nations that are rapidly expanding their economies
and their use of fossil fuels. Chinese leaders are right when they say that wealthier countries need to take the lead on curbing emissions, but China needs to commit to being part of the solution.
Nationally, a federal tax on oil consumption - perhaps in conjunction with a
tax on carbon emissions- needs to be considered. Consumers aren't likely to cut
back on driving or to buy vehicles that use less gasoline unless consuming gasoline becomes more expensive. Utilities will no doubt pass along the costs of any
carbon emissions tax to ratepayers, so perhaps some sort of subsidy could help
offset the cost. New investments will have to be made in clean coal technology,
but the most significant increase should come in non-fossil fuel alternatives.
Right now, that means biomass, wind and solar, but more is needed, and President
Bush' s initiatives- announced in his State of the Union address- are a step in the
right direction.
In Wisconsin, Gov. Jim Doyle has taken a bigger step with his call for a state
task force on global warming and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Other
measures should include a reconsideration of the state's heavy reliance on coal
plants. Because of that reliance, Wisconsin's emissions have grown faster than
the average of other states, as the f'rrst installment in a series of articles on global warming points out in Monday's Journal Sentinel.
That reconsideration should include a very careful look by the state Public
Service Commission at last week's proposal by Alliant Energy Corp. of Madison,
Wis., to build a new coal plant in southwestern Wisconsin. The PSC needs to ask
just how badly the plant is needed and whether alternatives could meet the need.
We Energies, which is building two coal plants in Oak Creek, Wis., says it is
experimenting with cleaner coal technology at its Pleasant Prairie, Wis., plant.
Such experiments need more of a push.
Do state residents really want to place such a heavy reliance on coal when it
is likely that they will be paying a greater price for use of that coal, perhaps
through a tax on carbon emissions or a cap on those emissions?
Consumers also need to start thinking about what they can do to curb their use
of fossil fuels. This includes driving less, buying more fuel-efficient cars and
energy-saving light bulbs and using the furnace and air conditioner a little less.
One family turning down the thermostat may not mean much. But a million families doing so makes a difference.
Just what effect global warming will have remains an open question. The U.N.
panel offers six scenarios, ranging from an almost negligible effect to far more
dire consequences. In most, sea level increases are actually less than earlier predictions.
But even if the final result is less serious than some fear, reducing the consumption of fossil fuels will still leave the world a better place with less smog,
less small-particle pollution and reduced ozone levels. Doing whatever it takes to
mitigate global warming will be worth the effort and will help make the world of
2107 one worth living in.
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- Letters
Fill in the gaps
My name is Kenton Dickerson and
I live approximately lO miles west of
Prestonsburg. I feel I speak for concerned citi7ens in this letter. r have
tried all available sources to gain high
speed broadband or DSL to my area,
without any success.
I have contacted Bellsouth,
Intermountain Cable, Gearheart
Communications. Sudden-Link (formerly Charter Communications),
Appalachian Wireless and Cingular
Wireless. I don't understand why I
can't obtain high speed internet. All
my friends have it. It seems that all the
hollows, byways and hard-to-reach
places are receiving this service
before I do.
l would understand if I lived up an
unreachable area, but I live 50 feet
from Route 114 that travels from
Lexington to Prestonsburg. I have
been met with an attitude of, "We
don't have the money, resources or
time" to fix my problem. I have a
degree in computers and this delay
really hampers my ability to interact
with various software and updates.
I have come to the end of my rope.
I was hoping this letter would attract
attention to this problem. High speed
internet can be obtained 1.5 miles east
(Charter) and 1.5 miles west
(Foothil1s) of my location. Why don't
they fill in the gap of about 25-to-30
households?
Kenton Dickerson
Mid(ile Creek
Teachers are
rewarded eternally
As a fom1er teacher, I have always
taken great pleasure in all former students excelling in any walk of life.
Since retirement, I have had even
more times to reflect how gratifying
the teaching profession has been. All
through Jife, you continue to be
blessed by having former students
achieve greatness - and my rewards
keep coming.
Recently, Dr. Jack Justin Turner,
son of former Floyd County school
superintendent V.O. and Virginia
Turner and a former Maytown High
School
student,
called
from
Murfreesboro, Tenn., to let me kno
he had a new book published an((
would be sending me a copy. 1\vo
weeks ago the book arrived with an
appreciated and thoughtful autograph.
What a jewel I The Sheriff's Murder
Cases is Volume 1 of Justin's
Cumberland Mountain Trilogy and is
delightful reading.
The book, even though it1 ~~ fict"i'on,
is easy for those of us llv~ in the
mountains to relate. T autfior's great
literary skill and love for mountain
people is evident from the beginning
to the end of the book.
It is easy to reconunend this book.
It is so enjoyable, so well-written, and
please note the author is "hom
grown."
You may visit Justin and his lovely
wife Judy at a public reception and
book signing at the Floyd County
Public Library, feb. 17', from 1 to 3
p.m. and get your book personally
autographed.
Eloise Allen Hall
Hueysville
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Doctors:· Rural residents far
less likely to survive crashes
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by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT- With the
help of her father, Christi
Teitloff made her way to the
front of a conference room
crowded with doctors and
paramedics to show just how
important their work is.
The 32-year-old, limping
slightly but wearing a broad
smile, beat the odds by surviving a horrific car era h in rural
Kentucky, overcoming a long
list of ailments that included a
severe brain injury, ruptured
f)spleen, collapsed lung, broken
hip and three months in a
coma.
Doctors pushing for a
statewide trauma system say
Teitloff was fortunate to have
survived her life-threatening
injuries in a remote part of the
state.
Dr. William Barnes, a westem Kentucky trauma surgeon,
said people critically injured in
rural areas are 50 percent more
likely to die than those injured
in urban areas with major hospitals.
"That puts everybody in
western Kentucky and their
children and their grandchildren in grave danger," Barnes
said.
The American College of
Emergency Physicians lists
Kentucky among 14 states
without trauma systems for
routing critically injured people to the closest appropriate
trauma center.
People in far eastern and
western Kentucky towns have
no nearby trauma centers and
have to be transported to distant cities for treatment, said
• Barnes, a Livingston County
' physician. He is among a
group of doctors urging lawmakers to create a statewide
trauma system that would
ensure the most critical
patients be moved as quickly
as possible to big-city hospitals that can provide necessary
medical care.
Kentucky has only three
designated trauma centers at the University of Kentucky
and University of Louisville
medical centers and at Taylor
Regional Medical Center in
~ Campbellsville.
Dr. Andrew Bernard, a trauma surgeon at the University
of Kentucky, said people give
little thought to the issue until
they or a family member are
critically injured. Even so,
Kentucky needs to create
regional trauma centers in outlying towns like Pikeville and
Paducah, which would allow
patients to stay closer to home
and reduce the amount of time
they spend in ground and air
ambulances, Bernard said.
Under current protocol,
every trauma victim in outlying communities gets transported to big -city hospitals,
whether in Kentucky or an
adjoining state.
Barnes said people have the
misconception, primarily from
watching prime-time television, that every hospital emergency room has the latest technology and is capable of handling whatever medical emergencies arise.
"In reality, that is not true,"
he said.
Dr. Jeff Violette, an emergency
physician
from
~ Lexington, said that makes it
all the more important to have
an established protocol that
would get the most seriously
injured people to top-tier trauma centers fast.
"You've got about an hour
to make a difference in saving
lives in a serious injury,"
Violette said.
Legislation introduced last
week by state Rep. Mary Lou
Marzian, D-Louisville, would
require the state to create the
Kentucky Office of Trauma
Care that would oversee the
development of a cooperative
system between emergency
doctors, hospi tal~ and paramedics.
In the bill, Marzian cited
the importance of providing
medical care within the "golden hour," the hour immediately following traumatic injury.
To ensure that happens,
Marzian is calling for the creation of the statewide trauma
care system.
Trauma centers see large
numbers of uninsured patients
and face high malpractice
insurance premiums. That,
Marzian said, discourages
them from operating full-scale
trauma centers.
Because of that, Marzian is
proposing the creation of a
trauma fund to provide financial assistance for creating
new trauma centers, for operating the Office of Trauma
Care, to cover the cost of
uncompensated care provided
by hospitals and physicians.
Ashlee M. Melendez, executive director of the Kentucky
Chapter of the American
College
of
Emergency
Physicians, said the bill intentionally requests no specific
level of funding.
"My hope is that they pass
this bill, and then we can work
on how best to fund it," she
said.
Teitloff, who was 16 when
she had her car crash, urged
officials to do what's necessary
to provide medical care to trauma victims.
Barnes,
who
treated
Teitloff, said she survived
because the local hospital had a
trauma center. That's no longer
the case.
"It's scary," said Teitloff's
mother, Mikey. "If this had
happened today, 1>he probably
wouldn't have survived."
Barnes said rural trauma
patients are likely to spend
hours being shuttled about,
flrst in a ground ambulance to
a local emergency room to be
assessed by the physician on
call, then put on a helicopter
and sent to an urban hospital.
He said the transfers, plus the
local emergency room triage,
often taken four to six hours.
"Where is that golden
hour?" he asked.
Dr. Kraig Bumbaugh, a
the
state
physician
at
Department for Public Health,
said traumatic injuries are the
leading cause of death for
Kentuckians under 45. In most
cases, those injuries are the
result of car crashes and falls .
Some rural Kentucky counties, Rumbaugh said, have car
crash rates three times higher
than urban counties.
Paramedic Mark Harrison
of Benton, president of
Kentucky
Ambulance
Providers Association and
director of the Marshall
County ambulance service,
Federal judge stalls Fletcher
deposition in hiring case
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT - A federal
judge on Monday stalled the
possibility of Gov. Ernie
Fletcher giving a deposition as
part of a case connected to the
state hiring probe.
Attorneys were planning
for Fletcher to give a deposition in the case of former
Transportation Cabinet official
Mike Duncan on Feb. 20. But
the ruling by U.S. District
Judge Karen Caldwell delays
that possibility until a decision
is made on the governor's
request for a summary judgment in the case.
Duncan, a Democrat with
ties to U.S. Rep. Ben
Chandler, is claiming in a federal lawsuit that his civil rights
were violated when Fletcher
administration
officials
allegedly fired him for his
political affiliation. Duncan
was fired as the cabinet's top
investigator in May 2005.
For more than a year,
Attorney
General
Greg
Stumbo investigated allegations that Fletcher and other
administration officials steered
protected state jobs to political
supporters. Fletcher was eventually indicted on three misde(See PROBE, page twelve)
said routing patients to local
hospitals, then to Louisville or
Nashville, can take much too
long.
"It's a logistical nightmare,"
Harrison said. "Without a
statewide plan , everyone is
really on their own."
Melendez said if paramedics and ambulance personnel know what services are
being offered at each hospital
at any given time they would
know where to transport
patients. And a state trauma
system, she said, would make
that information available.
Under the current, uncoordinated approach, paramedics
have to gather that kind of
information themselves.
"It works when it work'>,
and when it doesn 't work, it's
bad," Melendez said. "It really
depends on the luck of the
draw."
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UC5160- 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan ........................ $15,995*
UC5156 - 2006 Chevy lmpala .......................................... $12,995*
UC5131 -2006 Pontiac Grand Prix ............................... $11 ,995*
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Calendar
• Continued from p3
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.
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, on the
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, beginning in March, on the SECOND Monday of each month,
at 5:30 p.m., at the New Allen
Baptist Church. All interested
persons welcome to join
UNITE's fight against drugs.
•March 12 - KASPER drug
monitoring program.
•"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
12-step support group open to
all who are searching for
recovery. There is no fee to
attend. For more info., contact
Shirley Combs at 874-3388 or
434-8400.
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, call886-2929;
Johnson,
call
789-6515;
Magoffin, call 349-2217; 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?
If you are 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
I ..
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
Pikeville. on Tuesdays, from
4:30-8:3C p.m. Contact Andy
Jones at 606-788-7080, or 800443-2187, ext. 186, or Linda
Bell, at ext. 160 to make an
appointment.
GED 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: 1st Monday, 1 p.m.,
at St. Vincent's Mission.
1st Tuesday, 6
Martin:
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: lst/3rd 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.)
•Community Weight Loss
Support Group
Meets
Thursday's at 6:30 p.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
Violence counselors.
Call
886-6025, or l-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
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).
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 6:00 pm. 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, $-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
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 will 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! 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., at the
Ramada Inn, Paintsville.
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�WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
THE Ft.OYD COUNTY TIMES
14, 2007 • A7
Pike group wins Governor's Award in the Arts
FRANKFORT- The spotlight is on Kentucky as Pike
County has bragging rights on
pioneering
the
· first
Cooperative
Extension
Program m the nation to focus
on the arts.
Cooperative
Extension
Service agencies, with oversight
from
the
U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
connect land grant universities
to local communities with educational programs that usually
focus on agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences and 4-H youth
development. With the changing times, the universities and
the extension services have
~ also found the need to provide
ervices in areas of community
and economic development.
In just a few short years, the
Pike County Extension for
Fine Arts, a cooperative program of the University of
Kentucky
College
of
Agriculture, the College of
Fine Arts and the Pike County
District Board of Cooperative
Extension has demonstrated
the power of the arts in
strengthening commumtJes
and the economic benefit they
can provide. Pike County
Extension Agent for Fine Arts
Stephanie Richards, along with
an action based 25-member
advisory board have been
paving an expansive path of
success for the arts.
Through community based
planning,
the
Extension
Service established Pike Arts
as a non-profit organization to
develop arts partnerships and
deliver quality programming"in
llo
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Free child safety seat
. checks planned in
· Pike, Johnson counties
Certified child passenger
safety
technicians
have
planned free child safety seat
inspections this week in
Eastern Kentuc;.ky.
Suetta Clevinger, child
safety seat training specialist
with the Pike County Health
Department, will join volunteer from Highway District
12 as well as several area fire
departments in conducting the
inspections.
Drivers must have with
them the child who normally
uses the safety seat. If a seat is
deemed in appropriate for the
child's height or weight, is in
some way defective, or does
not meet federal safety seat
specifications, the driver will
have an opportunity to acquire
an appropriate, approved safety seat by tradin_g in their old
~>'Mf~M~l
be nSf) c~d on.-a
served basis.
Each inspection takes about 20
minutes. There is no charge.
The locations, dates, and times
are as follows:
• Thursday, February 15,
from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the
Belfry Fire Department, Pike
County.
• Thursday, February 15,
from 1 until 4 p.m. at the
Pikeville Fire Department,
Chloe Road, Pikeville.
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me,
frr~r
• Friday, February 16, 10
a.m. until 1 p.m. at John Gray
Motors, 1004 Third Street,
Paintsville, Johnson County.
You do not have to be a resident of Pike or Johnson counties to take advantage of this
free service. The Kentucky
Child Passenger Safety Team
and the Kentucky Department
of Transportation Safety periodically conduct ·these free
inspections so that Kentucky's
infants, toddlers, and young
children will be safe and protected while traveling in vehicles.
"Our only concern is for the
safety of the child," said Terry
Drive
Smart
Tackett,
Coordinator for Highway
District 12. "Whether you're a
parent,
grandparent,
or
babysitter ~ Qe ' t matter. If
you ha\ e a cl dd safety seat in
your ve eYe, orittg it and the
child who normally uses the
seat and we will make sure the
seat is installed correctly, is an
approved model, and is appropriate for the child's weight
and height."
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all art forms. Pikeville , Belfry,
Shelby Valley, Phelps and
Elkhorn City were identified as
geographic anchors to serve
every resrdent of Pike County.
Pike Arts successfully incorpo
rates an aggressive arts marketing plan, a collaborative
program to assist Pike County
schools in arts implementation
across the curriculum and
active partnerships and collaborations with the Pike County
Artisan
Center,
Arti<>ts
Collaborative Theatre, the
Pikeville Medical Center, Pike
County Homeless Shelter,
local media and area churches.
Pike' County Extension for
Fine Arts and Pike County
Schools collaborated to form
the Pike Arts Cooperative
Extension initiative, which
enhances the resources available to advance the creative
arts in every school, for every
child. The initiative has established a professional development plan to make a noticeable
dillcrence in day-to-day learning, improve testm g scores and
utilitc the arts across the curriculum. An arts and humanities resource library is available to educators and opportunities were created for students
to create artwork for patient
rooms at Pikeville Medical
Center.
Pike Arts was instrumental
in opening the Pike County
Artisan Center in May, 2006
which encourages all artistic
endeavors with classes, perfor-
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Some of the highlighLr; have
been art exhibits, joumaling
classes,
ballroom
dance
lessons and play productions.
The Pike County Extension
for Fine Arts has been the orgamzing force to bring an already
arts-rich county together to
improve the quality of life for
its residents, strengthen community tics and leverage the
arts' potential to enhance the
area's economy.
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Men's Chore Coat ..........................$43.98
Men's Coveralls...............................$53.98
Men's Bib Coveralls ......................$43.98
Frigidaire Appliances
Refri2erators
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Radio Flyer
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manc~s and a revolving vi-,ual
art exhibit highlighting a different local artist each month.
It has also worked with the
Artist Collaborative Theatre,
home of the highly successful
Kentucky
Women 's
Playwright Festival, in its capital campaign to raise funds to
complete the construction of a
5,000 square feet, 120-seat
black box theatre in Elkhorn
City. Pike Arts has also
focused on the needs of the
medical community by provid-
Knives
Ruger
Knives
30% Off
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Smith & Wesson
Kerosene Heaters
New 23,000 BTU ..........................$1 09.99
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Infrared Heaters
18,000 BTU Infrared ...................$139.98
25,000 BTU Infrared ...................$159.98
30,000 BTU lnfrared ...................$169.98
Plumbin~:
112 HP Deep Well Pump ............. $148.00
3/4 HP Deep Well Pump ............. $168.00
112 HP Submersible Pump ......... $198.00
3/4 HP Submersible Pump ......... $257 .00
40 Gal. Electric Water Heater ... $179.00
50 Gal. Electric Water Heater ... $189.00
Boyd's Bears-30% Off
Washers
GLWS1339CS $269.00
GLWS1339CC $289.00
Dryers
GLER341AS $229.00
GLER341CC $239.00
Miscellaneous
Oster Blender .......Closeout ..........$29.00
148 Piece Crescent Tool Set.........$54.00
12/2 Wi~e WG 250' Roll ...............$59.98
10-Pack Duplex Receptacle ............$3.50
Electric Radiator Heater..............$33.00
112" x 10' Lufkin Tape......................$1.96
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200-Amp 30 Pole Breaker Box ...$85.00
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Power Tools
Clarke 13-Amp Power Saw .........$49.98
Dewalt 3/8" Drill .........................$49.98
Skil 18-Volt Cordles~ Drill ...........$74.98
Bosch 9-Amp Sawzall ....................$89.98
Delta 10" Miter Saw ......................$97 .00
Kawasaki 19.2-Volt Tool Set ..... }99.98
Milwaukee 10-Amp Sawzail ....$109.98
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Bust
• Continued from p1
a Feb. 19 preliminary hearing
scheduled.
Aoyd County Sheriff John
K Blackburn said he had never
seen so many pills in one place
at one time. More than 20 pre-
scnpt1on piJl boules containing pills were found at the
home, many of which had to
Foundation
• Continued from p1
tor of marketing and public
relations at HRMC, has been
chosen to head the foundation
and will serve as the executive
director and chief operating
officer.
When asked what she
hopes the new foundation will
bring to the area, Rubado said,
"An added dimension of com-
munity development, continued improvement in health
care services for the community and collaboration with other
charitable organizations."
Hospitals around the country that have similar foundations have seen much higher
growth and expansion of services in their own communi-
ties. Highlands Foundation
will make it possible to bring
new specialists to the area and
make a difference in the health
care available for area citizens.
Donations to Highlands are
tax deductible. Anyone interested in learning more about
the new foundation can call
(606) 886-6271.
be <>ent to Frankfort for testing.
Hundreds of pills were confi\cated during the raid, includ ing two bottles of methadone
wafers as well as Valium.
Sheriff's deputies also seit.cd
over $6,000 in addition to a
large cache of firearms ,
including eight handguns. five
shotguns and nine rifles
Sheriff Blackburn said his
department had been looking
into several of those arrested
for quite some time, but the
amount of drugs they found at
the home was larger than they
expected. Many of the prescription pills were filled at
various pharmacies around the
state, as well as in ~orth
Carolina, which Blackburn
said led him to believe that
several of those arrested during the raid had been doctor
shopping. People who doctor
shop generally visit several
doctors and obtain large
amounts of medication which
they sell.
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• Continued from p1
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well-known Internet auction
company.
Investigators
believe that scammers are contacting losing bidders of an
auction. The scammer redirects the victim to a site unregulated by eBay and then
entices them to pay through
anonymous payment methods.
Scammers may also obtain the
email address of their target by
researching profiles and bids,
matching victims with emails
and initiating contact off-eBay.
Another way people are
falling prey to online fraud is
through phishing. Phishing
takes place when a scammer
sends emails to ''spam lists."
The targeted victims are told
to log-on to eBay by a provided link which then redirects
victims to a fake website. The
scammer then has access to
vital information enabling him
or her to take over the eBay
account.
Blackburn said he is not
sure .whether
additional
charges will he filed against
those arrested for allegedly
bringing controlled suhqances
across state lines for sale, but
he said both sides. doctors and
law enforcement, need to work
together to stop incidents like
this from happening.
"Doctors need to work with
law enforcement to cut down
on the prescription pill problem," Blackburn said.
who think they may have a
solution or an alternative
stance regarding the current
problem.
"We're trying to take a calm
perspective on this thing,"
Fanning said.
He expects that A II en
Central's site-based council
will come to some sort of resolution by spring and resolve
the situation from any further
controversy.
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Education· Committee
Ai:l lodayl
Duncan
• Continued from p1
when they push for lower taxes
and limited government, and
return power to working men
and women, the Paducah Sun
reported.
The
first
step
for
Republicans is to keep a
Republican
governor
in
Frankfort and then move on to
2008 and elect a Republican
successor to President Bush and
retake both houses of Congress,
Duncan said.
Making only his second trip
outside Washington, D.C., since
11is selection, the Eastern
Kentucky banker stressed the
upcoming elections need to
have a united party effort.
"I want to talk my two passions - the Republican Party
and the commonwealth of
Kentucky," Duncan said. "We
are going to be proud this
December when we gather in
Frankfort to inaugurate a
Republican governor. Then in
2008, we will retake the House,
retake the Senate and keep a
Republican in the White House.
"I'm not going to try to spin
things for you. Last year was
not a good year. But what
should we change? The programs? The policies? When we
don' t embrace our core values,
we lose ground. We can't shy
away from who we are." .
Also speaking were Gov.
Ernie Fletcher and his two GOP
challengers in the May 22 primary, Paducah businessman
Billy Harper and former 3rd
District congresswoman Anne
Northup of Louisville.
The audience included state
and local elected officials, candidate supporters, and college
students.
Duncan urged everyone to
become involved in grassroots
campaigns and be prepared to
answer attack questions about
values of the party. He used
two-term President Ronald
Reagan as an example.
"He easily beat an incumbent president (in 1980) and
won 49 states four years later.
How did he do that? He did not
shy away from who he was,"
Duncan said.
Harper was the ftrst candidate to give brief remarks, followed by Northup and Fletcher.
Both Harper and Northup alluded to the investigation into the
administration's hiring practices that marred Fletcher's
term.
Fletcher has called the investigation politically motivated.
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arrangements.
Pallbearers: Mark Johnson,
Danny
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Johnson, Bobby Joe Hall,
William· Johnson and Charles
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LILILI
Buell Spears Jr.
Buell Spears Jr., age 52, of
Langley, passed away Monday,
February
12,
2007,
at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, Prestonsburg.
He was born August 1, 1954,
in Pike County, the son of
Virginia Allen Spears, of
Langley, and the late Buell
Courtney Spears.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by a son, Jonathan
Richard Spears of Langley; a
daughter, Michael Courtney
Spears of Pike County; a brother, Joey Douglas Spears of
Pikeville; two sisters: Carol
Robinson and Marsha Wade,
both of Port St. John, Florida;
and a grandson, Steven Spears.
Funeral services for Buell
Spears Jr., will be conducted
Friday, February 16, at 1:00
p.m., at the Hall Funeral Home
Chapel, in Martin, with
Clergyman Roy Harlow officiating.
Burial will follow in the
Leonard Allen Cemetery, in
Langley, 11nder the professional
care of the Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation is after 1:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, at the funeral
home.
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Lonnie Little of Cecilia; 13
grandchildren, and several
great- and great-great-granchildren.
In addition to her parents and
husband, she was preceded in
death by a son, Landis "Buster"
Thornsberry; se'ven brothers
and four sisters: Uriah Bates,
Andrew Bates, Clarence Bates,
Landis Bates, Ernest Bates,
Columbus (Dib) Bates, Tilden
Bates, Mary Ann Gibson
Meade, Rosie Cole, Lilly Flair
Lucas, and Nebraska Bates.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 11, at 1 p.m.,
at the Joppa Old Regular
Baptist Church in Melvin, with
ministers of the Old Regular
Baptist Church officiating.
Burial was in the Little
Cemetery in Melvin, under the
direction of the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin.
Visitation was at the church.
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THE FLOYD C o uNTY TIMES
14, 2007 • A9
Legislature Briefs: House panel seeks limits to gubernatorial pardons
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT Future
governors could not pardon
people until after they have
actually been charged with a
crime, under a proposed constitutional amendment that
cleared a House panel
Tuesday.
"Before you can have a pardon, you have to be charged
with a crime," Rep. Rob
Wilkey, the bill's ~ponsor, told
the
House
Elections,
Constitutional Amendment\ &
Intergovernmental
Affairs
Committee.
Wilkey said the proposal
was not about Gov. Ernie
Fletcher and his decision to
pardon his entire administra)tion after some officials were
indicted during a grand jury's
investigation into state hiring
practices. The amendment,
however, would prevent future
governors from granting the
same kind of pardon Fletcher
did.
Under the proposal, voters
would be asked to change the
wording of Kentucky's constitution so that those who
receive pardons would have to
be chargl!d with or convicted
of a crime and then accept
amnesty.
An investigation into state
hiring practices began in May
2005 after allegations arose
that protected state jobs were
being steered to Fletcher '
political supporters
By the time Fletcher issued
the blankl!t pardons late r that
summer, nine administration
officials or supporters had
been charged with variou!-i
crimes stemming from the
probe. Later. Fletcher himself
was charged with three misdemeanors that were eventually
dropped in a deal with prosecutors.
Fletcher has maintained
that the investigation was
politically motiv ated.
The proposed amendment
cleared the committee and
heads to the full House for
consideration. If approved by
the General Assembly, the
matter would go before
Kentucky voters in the 2008
general election.
Panel clears proposed
amendment on felons' voting rights
People convicted of nonviolent crimes would automatically have their voting rights
restored under a proposal
approved Tuesday by a House
panel.
The proposed amendment
to Kentucky's constitution is
intended to bypass a regulation
requiring fe lon~ to ask the
governor to restore their voting rights.
Supporterl> of the amendment say a policy imposed by
Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration delays felons from getting their voting rights
restored.
Under the proposal, people
convicted of murder or sexual
offenses would still have to
seek intervention from the
governor.
The proposed amendment
heads to the full House for
consideration. If the General
Assembly approved the idea, it
would go to voters in the
November 2008 general election.
additional points for veterans
and 10 for disabled veterans.
Separate plans under consideration before the General
Assembly seek to help veterans in other ways , such as a
proposal to give an income tax
Jbu a.r e i nvi t e::i to a
to a rook aut ogr aphi n g and r
Veterans hiri ng p referenc e
clears House
A bill aimed at giving military veterans a preference
when ~eeking a state government job cleared the Kentucky
House on Monday.
When filling state jobs, hiring officials would be required
to interview at least five candidates who are miijtary veterans. And veterans' m ilitary
background would be highlighted on state government
applications under the plan.
Currently, military veterans
receive a boost over other
applicants when seeking a
state job. They get extra points
on state hiring exams; five
break to active-duty military
personnel.
The veterans' preference
measure cleared the House on
a 95-0 vote and heads to the
Senate for further consideration.
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McDOWELL - One of the
county's top blood donors is
urging people to step up to
close a dangerous gap in the
regional blood supply. Recent
winter storms and the flu bug
are taking a toll on local donations.
" We can ' t . tress e nough
how important it is for healthy
donors to donate now, rain or
shine, through ice or snow, to
help prevent an emergency situation," said Seldon Horne of
Prestonsburg, who has. personally donated 135 pints of blood
in and around the area.
The region has been hit
hard on two fronts . "Bad
weather has canceled a t least a
dozen blood drives and health
officials have also li sted
Kentucky in the widespread
flu category," said Dan
Dickson, the Blood Ce nte r 's
Communications Director.
Bad weather and illne ss
have forced the cancellation of
12 blood drives during the first
week of February, preventing
an estimated 4 16 pints of
blood from being collected.
In January and so far in
February, transfusions at the
67 Kentucky hospitals served
by CKBC ran ahead of the
number of donations that were
received. That's why a n
upcoming community blood
drive in Floyd County is
important to refill the blood
bank. Community drives are
open to everyone and are a
convenient way for people to
donate near where they live or
work.
The blood drive is scheduled for Monday, Feb.. 19,
from I 0:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the bloodmobile at McDowell
ARH Hospital, 97 88 Route
I 22, McDowell.
At the drive. every donor
will receive the Blood Center's
new "lifesaver" t-shirt.
Donor<> must p rec;ent a
photo I.D., be at least 17 years
of age, weig h a minimum of
llO pounds, and be in general
good health.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Odds & Emds
• OKLAHOMA CITY Two Oklahomans who moved
to Oregon lost all their possessions when their moving van
was stolen, but people in their
new home - led by an NFL
quarterback - are helping the
couple recov~r from their losses.
Nicole Bennett, 29, and
Eddy Fagan, 39, moved with
their three children last month
to Clackamas, Ore. Last week,
their moving van - which
contained all their possessions
- was stolen. It was later
found abandoned and empty.
Since their story went public, the family has received
numerous offers of help.
Miami Dolphins quarterback
Joey Harrington visited the
family Sunday and brought a
laptop computer, a printer, a
fax machine, a $3,000 gift certificate from Nike and donations of appliances and furniture.
The Clackamas County
Sheriff's office set up donation
drops for the family, and within two hours, a truck larger
than the stolen moving van
had been filled with donated
items.
"Our faith in people has
been totally restored. It's just
been unbelievable how people
have responded. This has been
the worst and best thing to
ever happen to us," Bennett
said Monday.
•
MIAMI If you
thought pillow menus in hotels
were over the top, how about
customized mini-bars?
The Catalina Hotel and
Beach Club in Miami's South
Beach is offering themed
mini-bar packages for $50
each and up. Forget pretzels
and tiny bottles of vodka; the
hotel is calling this deal "Pimp
Your Fridge."
You'll actually get that bottle of vodka in the Rock Star
mini-bar, which also comes
with Krispy Cremes and Red
Bull. For the morning after,
you get Visine, Alka Seltzer, a
chilled eye mask, and
Gatorade. You get a pack of
cigarettes with that, too, but
there's no smoking in the
hotel, so you'll have to step
outside to light up.
The Get It On mini-bar
paclcage includes edible body
paint, champagne, whipped
cream, maraschino cherries,
strawberries, scented candles
and oil and a Barry White CD.
The Sweet Tooth mini-bar
has chocolate goodies, while
the Nostalgia mini-bar will
take you back to your youth
with fruit roll-ups, candy cigarettes and a cheese-like substance in a spray can.
Nightly room rates start at
around $130. The mini-bar
packages must be reserved in
advance.
•
KENTON, Ohio Someone's getting some extra
kibble.
A man in western Ohio said
the family dog likely saved
him and his fiancee from a
weekend fire at their home.
The dog, named Katie Bell,
was sleeping near the couple
after they went to bed in an
upstairs room. She woke them
around 4 a.m. Sunday by
whining and acting restless,
said Greg Weaver.
When Weaver tried to let
the dog out of the bedroom,
she tried to stop him by blocking the doorway, Weaver said.
When he did open the door, he
was greeted by black smoke.
Weaver and Misty Parker
escaped the fire by climbing
out a window and jumping
into the bed of Weaver's pickup truck below••he said.
"We lost a lot of things that
are unreplacable," Weaver
said. "But if it weren't for
Katie crying, we wouldn't
have woken up."
Kenton Fire Chief Russ
Blue said the fire started on the
first floor, where an extension
cord was plugged into a space
heater.
• AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Romeo, Romeo,
where are your clothes
Romeo?
An Amsterdam judge has
ruled that pee·p shows where sex workers performing
strip shows and explicit acts
can be watched from booths
- are a form of theater and
club owners are therefore entitled to a hefty tax break.
"Admitting customers to
peep shows is equivalent to
admitting them to a theater
performance," an Amsterdam
Appeals Court judge wrote in
a ruling late last month that
was publicized Tuesday. "The
erotic character of the performance does not diminish that."
The national daily De
Telegraaf reported that owners
of peep shows could receive
thousands of dollars back as a
result of the ruling.
"Working in a peep show is
very labor intensive, so it's
great if you have to pay less
tax," Andre van Dorst, of an
association of Dutch sex club
owners, told De Telegraaf.
• MAPLEWOOD, N.J. The last thing Lorraine
Grossman expected to see as
she gazed out the kitchen window of her daughter's home
was a 211-pound bear.
"I was making a pot of coffee, and I turned around and
there he was in the window
looking
at
me,"
said
Grossman. "For a minute I
didn't realize there was a glass
between him and me."
The scream Grossman let
out was loud eno gh to startle
the wandering bear, who
turned tail and scurried some
40 feet up a tree.
More than 50 neighbors
gathered to watch and the
beast soon grew tired. As the
bear gave a lazy yawn, the
crowd cooed loudly in appreciation.
"He's really kind of cute,"
said Joanne Penaluna.
The bear remained wedged
in a web of branches until it
was shot with a tranquilizer
dart Sunday. The bear hung on
for 10 minutes before dropping neatly into a taut net set
up below.
The bear, a male estimated
to be 2 or 3 years old, was
released at a state wildlifemanagement area.
"It's not something you get
Parks honors Ritz-Bennett
for outstanding sales work
FRANKFORT
The
Department of Parks recently
recognized Mary Ritz-Bennett
for her outstanding work as
group sales coordinator for
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
near Prestonsburg.
Ritz-Bennett received the
"Run, Run Reindeer Award,"
which honors the park with the
overall best number of holiday
parties and revenue.
Ritz-Bennett has been with
Jenny Wiley for the past 11
years. Before her work with
state
government,
RitzBennett was perfecting her
hospitality talents as the director of sales and marketing for
the Carriage House Hotel and
Conference Center in 1985 in
Paintsville.
She has also
served on the Paintsville
Tourism Board and Kentucky
Travel Council.
Jenny Wiley State Resort
Park offers a variety of activities including nature trials,
fishing, disc golf, boating and
to see every day," said Pete
Samek, who hoisted his 5year-old daughter, Lucy Rose,
on his shoulders. "Bears
falling out of trees."
• TRENTON, Ohio
Edgewood
City
Schools
Superintendent Tom York said
he was perplexed when he
logged onto the district's Web
site to announce a one-hour
delay for cold. He found an
announcement that school was
canceled for snow - which
wasn't in the forecast.
"I didn't make that call, and
I'm the guy who does, so I
knew something was up,"
York said.•
Indeed. Now two teenage
girls are accused of gaining
unauthorized access to the
Web site and posting the fake
winter school closing.
The two Edgewood High
School students were charged
Friday and face expulsion. The
fake notice, posted last
Monday, confused many parents and persuaded some students to stay home.
The company that runs the
Web site, RCH Networks Inc.,
said no security breach was
detected. Administrators say
the girls must have gotten the
password somehow.
• MANILA, Philippines
A 66-year-old German
tourist, annoyed by stringent
security at Manila's airport,
dropped his pants before walking through an X-ray machine,
newspapers said Monday.
not
Authorities
were
amused.
Instead of boarding a flight
to Frankfurt on Friday, Hans
Jurgen
Oskar
von
Naguschewski was detained
after police filed a complaint
of lasciviousness against him,
the Philippine Daily Inquirer
and the Philippine Star reported.
"He must have been
annoyed that he was asked to
walk through the X-ray twice
so he took off his pants," airport security chief Angel
Atutubo said
Oskar spent the weekend in
police detention and was to
face the prosecutor Monday. If
convicted, he could face six
months to six years in jail.
"He was clearly irked and
he showed it by disrobmg,"
police Superintendent Atilano
Morada told the Inquirer.
•
WASHINGTON
Drivers on their way to breakfast in northern Virginia found
it all over the road after nearly
165,000 eggs spilled out of an
overturned tractor trailer on
the Capital Beltway.
"It looked like a large
omelet,"
said
Michael
Karbonski, of the Virginia
Department of Transportation.
The tractor-trailer crashed
into a guard rail early Sunday,
spilling its runny load and
forcing officials to close an
exit ramp to Interstate 66 and
the far left lane of Interstate
495 north for several hours.
Everything reopened just after
11 a.m.
The truck driver fled the
scene before police arrived.
State police spokesman Sgt.
Terry Licklider said the driver
would likely face charges for
tleeing and possibly other
offenses.
"For him to just up and
leave like that, that's kinda
odd," Licklider said.
Transportation
spokeswoman Joan Morris said the
eggs made their way to a
drainage ditch, where they created "a river of yellow yolk."!
The cleaning crew used
kitty litter - 250 pounds of it
to absorb the highway
omelet then swept it up and
took it away in three trash
bins, Morris said.
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WEDNESDAY, fEBRUARY
14, 2007 • A11
Creativity and
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important in r.heir lives. Over me years. tbat trend has
rontmne.d, und 1\xfay, o~.arly 40 fH'Ct'nt ·of ru.t v:tle.ntines
' !lfel~llt ·lf):.l)~r f.1m;t-y.me~nllelt:. 911d friend.<~
In.I" h
''&cllangifJg school ~endnes.has also beoao» ' :)
m; Alllf.nc~o tradition. For most c.hilchen, derot:tting
Valentine's Day shoehoxes or p;tper haJ.1!'. amf ~igning
:Uld dcliv~ng vl11cntincs to classmates will be one of
the fust hur.s they will expr~ their apprecia.flon to
with a C.'lJ,t1'
V;tlentine,s Day
other~
isn't just for
couples. There arc
t-elections for family
und friends und
t>ven cards tlmt .ioke
'fbis year~ ifts all about e'i-pressing
personality and style. Pictured are
a Yariety of Valentine's Oay cards
fromAmtrkan Greetings tlaat
are as diverse as the people
about being ~inglc.
sendin~
t.hem.
lf yoo~rc best known for vour standout
of fashion and des~n, t:onsider an
sense
unusut~l form~:~l of vulcnlinc, like this one
from American Greetings that reatures
ro.lllllnlic mcssugcs on scvcnll strips
attached by a metal grnmmet
Valentine's Day Entertainment Ideas
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u:;:xtt Co:t~ii.lcr U!~ way j'ljU r.:ekbrute t~ well.
1t.lt'ssa_g~. Wlt~l·~
"Whether you're COtik>ng a romant1c din11er for two m planning an inf011nal
girls' night in for your sin~hl friends, rcday 1t'3 all ab~ t expre£-&ng your own style
ami ~Jiling y<.'Uf OW!Il.:!~:tliv~ i.OUL!Je::;," ~aid &mdru l..etl. hl~ auu style e.\~fl. ~t>w
York Tim~ he~t-l'.ellin;:.: allfhilr and ·'~emi-Homemade'' Food l\etwl'1ll roar. ''Here
.1te some quick and easy ideas tha· wilJ make the celebration extra 5p!cial."
An Enchanted Evening for Two
1 p,ar.:e a. v<.tlenUJ,~ l'l'lilt :m wvilalwnm~ick 011 Uu~ir pillow Ut~ uighl bd(.'ft', or
S?nd ~n e-\it<> to \l.'.-Jfk
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1
rvr.J:lntic lllll&C'.
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blue cl tee!)e, a balaJ tlllcl ~~t'~lllJ.ed greeu tea!l!> t~v<•tr i( yuulJ<IVt' to order il in
because oftin~ m cnlinmy conRtll'tinrs}
• [l;).f the big finish,
feed e~ch other a sensual d.es:5ert :iki: white and. dark
cJm~olalL ·oov~:red
c.:ltcmt·;, or ::~lruwb(.'rri.:s -or umybL' a nnu r~p!x:rry triilc
served ill a champagne tlnle or me~·\ot glatls.
Girls' Night In
• Movie ~iW1t - Send ·'ticket'' invitations requesting guests MnA theu· fa.vorlte chick flick and movie snack to share.
• "Jusl JJe.s~trts' - Sliow your gal pul~ )JOW lipc~,'tal UJ.;y ::t£(. by ~cnmg _sweet bulk\ oJ dccaJ.i.'lJl dn~.:rls. like a
Chocolare Rox (made wirll chiJCOhte hars and tilled w:th an e;if>Y mou~!'.e of sJore-houl/ht pudding from i:TJack cup!'
mir.ed witll whipped .;;ream) and Wonton l\"apoloons •luscious layers of fried wont.ons,
v.llippt:u i,:tt!Ull1 :.md b::rry shr.:esl. Mure tle~st'rl re'-'lp~s '-lit' avuil.able in Lee'~ buvk
"Senu Hom:made Desserts;' or oo her \\eb &ite: WW\V seroihomem.1cle con~
• Qaeen ornearts Card Party - Settle in for a card night. Decorate wilh card.-; and
Bt?!.lk ont rhe board gan:f.s. D:cowti' ..,,ith die<>., ~arne boards
and p1eces. Dust off the Jf!lden oldks like Myslfty Jar.e, Oue, the Crazy Eigl:t BJJ.I
or the Ouija .board and s.;rvc candy you enjoyed as a kid.
3· 1ablf'spoons lmltt>r
3{.:.1 cup confectioner--s' sugar
31.:.1 1easpoon Imitation rum e;\1ract
3 to blespoon~ watet
tJ2 cup raspberry jam
1 rroz~n pound cal\e tU... ounce), thawed and cut into quarter-size cubes
t.4 OllfiCl'.'!lt~iiChl nofngatllRd pn•rJim•tl vumllll pudding
Frtsh raspberries, for garni~h
He;ti buller m a.1ar~ Ml~'l> bov\1 u, mkruwav~ unlu.1~h uttul mdted. a11!Jul.{0 l>~'-->lld::l. Wlti:;'du ~i..lJ!Jediot~n· ,:ugar, rtm exiT.tct,
anct Walcr, f>tirring "' torm a smo,)J~
~ance
Heal jsm in a ~mall
Jil~s
howl in trkr•N'a·ve on high until ju<:t 111elted, al-ont 10 secMl(l~.
In six ~mall bowl~ or wiue~lasses, evenl~ distribute J'Ouud C3ke cube;; Pact Cllre~ dow.'1 )]lghtly. Drizzle rulll sauce m1d jam e\·eHiy
ovtr <'<IC''t. Spooo .i
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quawt little Cnpid and l1i ~ bow :tud :urow; now <'.3fds J.XUnt a runc.h. more authentic picture of
teal-tife relationships. The arrwotk and messages are as diverse as the peoJ>le who send them
Arc )'OU a romunlk who wants to cxpr~ your tk-cpcst cmolion.s? Ro:w.auce willH~'IIt'!
go Ollt of style. This year, .heartfelt, ramantic au:ds :ue a& diwrse a& the people. rending the.m.
f'<lr instance, one of Ametica.n Greetings' new cards says, "IIands are meant to he held. Ups
arc ~n:am to be kissed. Words arc IOOLnt robe spo~n. Dr~~ are ~m to come tr~. You
and I me meant for eoc.h ot.IJ.e.r." If yoUI ~tyle lS &!K•rt and swee.t, youn11g.ht opt inf>te~d for o.oe
that pictures :raffle tickets on the front, and says: "I won tile pnze, Happy Valentine's Day:'
Are you In a new reJatlonsJtlp? You could sclc.ct a card in the nontradilion~ oolor of
Tiffany hlne witll a hearr. com.lw;ed l)fhmwn veher ch)t'! \\~th the S1n1Jlle v:cml:r "Ymt'n~ my
boyfriend. I Jov·e ~<wing that:'
Looking Lor :l .>tigbll)' suUr)' card It! u prdud~ lo 11 romantic ~\-tning 111 home'!
/\metican Greeting~ offerR one that rea:k 1''vfy husha-nd. My hottie Remme .. today, tonight,
trouhle getting started, '-'1nside.r these ~'Pl':
J)()n't get too hung up on how to sa~ it.'l'lli5 is nlo\'C no~ !or til~ mostro!lliUir.ic. day
of U1e ye:rr Ex.pr~~~ JJOw you f~d ill u wuy Uutl souml3 n.tluml :md nght for you, and
it will be wonderful.
I Stllrl by u.t.akiug Juu li~ls:
• Things yotllo-.;e about your alentine, like "your bot, paSsionate kis~s" or
··whal t~ woud.:Il'til Ja.lln:r you ar.: w our cltildn:n''
1 Things the two of you love doing together
• Pnv:.tt.:'. jc.kes. ltidOJclllJ::'l> or ;.ouJe Yivnls
• Favorite mernmie~ starting with hnw yon met
• Thm'l stoj.: aller fmdiug ju~tllre ngiH t<~rJ uml Ject:triug your ft>.eliugll inside Get t'n'ulive
with lhe preo.entatinn llle. une.xpectec! F-llT)ni~e of rlioc.-,\~Jing a. carrl1n a hriefcafle m the
spechll delivery of a valentine with a single red rose on rhe ~d pillow is sure to deHgbt.
1
Raspberry Tritl<: With Rwn Sauce
~·ontmn('r8
Rolllil1ll'e i~ shll a big :part uf tht' day, uf i.'.l'to:se. Tilt! Jiffer<'ut-.e is U1at uuw U1ere llr<'. c.:arcJ::, fur
evezy oonceiva.Ne staj!e of a relationship, frQm tll.Qse w.llo are just fllrlinJ:, to new CVlll'les, ro
'til the end of time. L<lve vou."
'1 v make Ute mo~L 1wpact. lllkc a k¥~ minutes. tu write a J'l.'l'.Wilul m:~ag~. li ycu 'rc hanng
dtt•e,:mJ crown <".adJ friend will1 'lll:lra uellilht> lL'y deparlUk.'J.l
• f.'ume Ont 'n Pby
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How to Find,
Personalize and
Present a Valentine
That's ''You"
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�A 12 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY T IMES
Medicaid applicants struggle with new ID, citizenship rules
by MATT LEINGANG
A SSOCIATED P RESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio
With money tight, Melinda
Shea and her family turned to a
government program to pay
their medical bills.
But she is one of thousands
of Ohioans whose Medicaid
applications have been denied
or delayed because they are
having trouble getting birth
certificates or other documents
proving U.S. citizenship.
Advocates for the poor say it is
an unintended consequence of
a federal mandate to deny the
coverage for illegal immigrants.
"It's extremely frustrating,"
said Shea, 27, of Cincinnati.
Shea and her 2-year-old son
could not get Medicaid benefits for a month while they
waited until January for a local
health department to provide
certified copies of their birth
certificates. Their Medicaid
eligibility cards finally arrived
last week.
Shea's husband, however,
remains without coverage
because he hasn't received his
birth certificate from state
health officials in Kentucky,
where he was born.
"He's uninsured, and all we
can do is hope he doesn't gel
sick," said Shea, who works
part-time at a day care center.
The couple make about $1 ,600
a month.
Ohio began enforcing the
citizenship
verification
requirement in late September.
Medicaid enrollment fell by
22,000 over the next three
months, according to the latest
state data.
It's the largest drop since
2000, when a stronger economy helped produce more jobs
that provided employees with
private health insurance and
reduced the number of
Ohioans seeking Medicaid
benefits, said Jon Allen, a
spokesman
with
state
Department of Job and Family
Services.
Delays obtaining citizenship papers for people who
should be eligible appears to be
the only factor driving the
decline in enrollment, but state
officials want more time and
more data before reaching that
conclusion, Allen said.
Documentation problems
also have caused Medicaid
enrollment to decline in
Wisconsin, Virginia, Kansas,
Iowa, Louisiana and New
Hampshire, according to a
study of data from those states
released last week by the
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities,
a
nonpartisan
research group in Washington.
Again, the burden is falling
mostly on U.S. citizens in
those states, the group said.
The
federal
mandate
requires all people applying for
Medicaid or renewing their
coverage to show a passport,
birth certificate or other documentation. A driver's license
alone doesn't suffice because it
doesn't prove citizenship.
Previously, Ohio and many
other states required people to
check a box on their Medicaid
applications to attest, under
penalty of perjury, that they
were citizens. Case workers in
Ohio's 88 counties, who determine eligibility, also had the
right to request further proof if
they felt it was necessary.
Immigrants
obtaining
Medicaid by falsely claiming
citizenship was not considered
a widespread problem in Ohio,
Allen said.
"What we have here is a
solution looking for a problem," said Mary Wachtel,
director of public policy at
Voices for Ohio's Children in
Columbus who is a critic of the
documentation requirement.
People who are already
enrolled in Medicaid and can't
provide proof of citi~:enship
are allowed. to continue receiving benefits as long as they
demonstrate that they are trying to obtain the necessary
paperwork, Allen said. But
first-time applicants who can't
meet the requirement must
remain uninsured.
People seeking certified
copies of their birth certificates, which cost $16.50, can
get same-day service at the
Ohio Department of Health
offices in Columbus, spokeswoman Moriah Needham said.
However, it can take up to
three weeks to process mail-in
requests, she said.
State officials are working
on reducing the red tape. said
Loretta Adams, executive
director the Ohio Job and
Family Services Director's
Association. In the coming
months, upgrades to a computer system will allow county
case workers who are review-
ing Medicaid applications to
directly access birth certificates and other vital records in
Ohio, she said.
"For a lot of people, this
.J.)
should help accelerate things,"
Allen said. Cost of the upgrade
is $250,000, but the federal
government wil l cover half the
cost, he said.
cW~ o/~ ~ &>~
Anthony
We Love and Miss You, Always.
Mom, Dad, Samantha,
Courtney, and all the family
Happy 20th Birthday
Anthony
Probe
• Continued from p5
meanors stemming from the
case, but the charges were
dropped in a deal with prosecutors.
Fletcher has asked the federal court to dismiss Duncan's
claims of civil rights violations.
"Frankly, it's not a lawful
suit when you look at it,"
Fletcher said. "It's a frivolous
suit, and I think our appeal to
dismiss that was appropriate."
Thomas Clay, one of
Duncan's lawyers, said he
planned to ask Caldwell to
reconsider her decision and
allow him a chance to respond.
"I haven't had a chance to
respond to anything, and that
Feb. 19, 1987 - Nov. 10, 2006
does cause me some concern,"
Clay said.
GOVERNMENT FORECLOSURE SALE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 AT 2 :00 P.M.
AT T HE SITE OF THE BELOW DESCRIBED PROPERTY
HOUSE AND LOT LOCATED AT
R T 404, DAVID, KY 41616 IN FLOYD COUNT Y, KENTUCKY
This is a ranch style home on public water and public sewer. It is well located in a quite neighborhood. It consists of a living room, kitchen, 3
bedrooms, 1 bath and laundry room. This property is considered suitable for the Rural Development, Rural Housing Program. This would be
an excellent buy for an investor interested in rental property or for resale after repairs.
The minimum acceptable bid for this property will be $15,075.00.
Payment of the current year's property taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser.
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LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 2:00pm., at the property site, at Rt 404, David, in Floyd County, Kentucky,
in order to raise the sum of $29,800.78 principal, plus an interest credit subsidy granted In the amount of $9,630.89, plus interest in the
amount of $3,317.02 as of December 4, 2006 and interest thereafter on the principal at $5.9939 per day from December 4, 2006, until the
date of this judgment, plus interest to the date of judgment amount (principal plus interest to the date of judgment) at the rate of 4.98%
computed daily and compounded annually, until paid in full and for the costs of this action, pursuant to Judgment and Order of Sale, being
Civil Action No. 06·142 GVFT on the Pikeville Docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, entered on
January 9, 2007, in the case of the United States of America vs Lanora Harless, fil</a Lanora Collins, the Unknown Spouse of Lanora Harless,
fil</a Lanora Collins, the following described property will be sold to the highest and best bidder:
House and Lot located at Rt 404, David, Floyd County, KY. Being the same property conveyed by Deed dated August 15, 1995, and
recorded in Deed Book 388, Page 734 in the Floyd County Clerk 's Office.
Terms of Sale: Ten percent (1 0%) of the bid price (in the form of a Certified Check made payable to the U. S. Marshal) on the day of the sale
with good and sufficient bond for the balance, bearing interest at the rate of $1.83 per annum until paid, due and payable in sixty (60) days
and said bond having the effect of a Judgment. Upon a default by the Purchaser, the deposit shall be forfeited and retained by the U.S.
Marshal as a part of the proceeds of the sale, and the property shall again be offered tor sale subject to confirmation by the Court.
This sale shall be in bar and foreclosure of all right, title, interest, estate claim, demand or equity of redemption ot the defendant(s) and of all
persons claiming by through, under or against them, provided the purchase price is equal to two-thirds of the appraisal value. If the purchase
price is not equal to two-thirds of the appraised value, the Deed shall contain a lien in favor of the defendant(s) reflecting the right of the
defendant(s) to redeem during the period provided by law (KRS 426.530). Under law, the purchaser is deemed to be on notice of all matters
affecting the property of record in the local County Clerk's Office.
Inquires should be directed to:
Peggy T. Meade, Rural Development Manager
Rural Development
Prestonsburg, Kentucky ·Telephone: 606/886-9545
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Robinson
of Langley, Ky.
Winner of the
Prime Rib
Dinner for Two
at
Billy Ray's Restaurant
The day you were born was the happiest day of our lives. We are so lucky
that God gave us a child whose spirit He molded from the best of both your
Dad and me. We're proud to have had you as a son. Though it was only
for a short period of time .. .it was the most fulfilling years we will ever see.
The future looked so bright for you and your growing family. Recently
married to your sweetheart, Samantha, in June, you were going to be a
Daddy in December, but unfortunately you never got to hold your baby
daughter, Courtney. We never thought that you would be taken away
from us so soon, but we know that you are now resting in Heaven under
God's watchful eyes.
It's hard to believe we are now celebrating your 20th Birthday without
you.
You'll always be in our hearts, and we miss you very much.
We'll always love you,
Mom, Dad, Samantha, Courtney, and all the family
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AUTOMOTIVE
Car's
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
Febuary Special!
'02 Ranger 4 cylinder 5 speed,
$4,495.
2002 Ford Tarus
SES 80,000 miles.
$5,495, Moonroof.
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
2001 Impala
75,000 miles LS
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::Job Listings
JOB OPENINGS
C & S Vaults, manufacture of steel
burial
vaults
is
seeking a driver for
the
Inez warehouse. Applicants
must have a class B
CDL license. Ablity
to perform physical
labor.
Must
be
dependable .
Drivers
load,
unload, and deliver
steel grave vaults
through out regions
in
Kentucky,
and
Tennessee,
Ohio, Virginia, and
West Virginia. Must
be
comfortable
dealing with customers.
Benefits
available after 90
days. Full time positions. Please fill out
an application and
sign up for an interview at C & S Vaults
Industrial Dr. Inez,
Ky 41224
JOB OPENING
Communications
construction-Labors
and COL drivers
needed class A or B
experience helpful
but not mandatory.
Insurance- Holidayand
Vacation401 K. To apply call
Star Construction at
874-1263
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an immediate opening
for
a
Maintenance
Mechanic. This is a
full-time
position
with health insurance,
retirement
and other benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office located at 12 Blaine Hall
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1:30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
16, 2007.
General
requirements for this position are ability to
perform
difficult
skilled work in general maintenance,
repair and modification of authority
owned
buildings
and related equipment and appliJ
ances.
JOB OPENING
AN/LPN
Competitive wages
based on experience, health and
dental insurance,
up to 4 weeks vacation, 9 paid holidays, no weekends.
Send resumes to
PO
Box
2667,
Pikeville KY 41502
JOB OPENING
Mine Component
Mechanic, Welder
Fabricator.
Both
positions are for
shop•· work. May
inquire at 60687496441 between
the hours of 8:30am
to 4:00pm.
nance and upkeep
are preferred.
JOB
OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now · hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
computer
desk,chair.
Call
358-2330 or 3580180
Furniture
ALLEN
FURNITURE
ALLEN,KY
Furniture, used
appliances, living I
bedroom
suits,
bunk beds, and lots
more!
Call 606S.74,9790,
Miscellaneous
LOOKING TO
JOB OPENING
RENT in the
The
Housing
McDowell or
Authority
of
Wheelwright area.
Prestonsburg has
Call 452-4249.
an opening for an
Assistant Property
ATTENTION
Manager/Intake
BALL ROOM
Worker.
The
DANCE PARTAssistant Property
NER NEEDED!
Manager/Intake
Must have previWorker must have
ous experience
a high school diploOR have interest
ma or equivalent
in taking dance
plus at least three
classes. Must be
years office expericapeable of going
ence
including
to dance class.
basic
computer
Ages 50-70. If this
skills.
General '
applies to you
requirements
please call
include the ability to
LeighAnn at 886communicate orally
8506 to apply.
and in writing, orgaFOR SALE
nizational skills, the
Antique refrigerability to work with
confidential inforator made in
mation and to work
1925 + antique
well with the public.
glass shower
case 8 ft. long.
Applicants
must
have a valid KY
Other items to
Drivers License.
many to mention.
This is a full time
Call to take a
position with health
look. 874-2421
•insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Houses
Acres Office in
Prestonsburg from
10:30 am to 3:30
HOUSE FOR
pm
each
day
SALE 388
through February
Hammond Rd
23,2007.
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
JOB OPENING
jacuzzi tub in masThe
Housing
t8r bedroom. All
Authority
of kitchen appliances,
Prestonsburg has
security system,
an immediate openfamily room has
ing for a
hardwood floors
Maintenance Aide.
with gas fire place.
This is a full-time
All new paint. 1 car
position with health
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
insurance, retirement and other
acre flat fenced
yard. 2 min. to RT.
benefits.
Applications will be
23, 5 min to downtaken at the Green
town
Acres Office locatPrestonsburg.
ed At 12 Blaine Hall
Recently appraised
Street,
at $156,000.
Prestonsburg, KY,
Priced for quick
between the hours
sale $145,500.
Immediate occuof 1:30 pm and 4:00
pancy.
pm
each
day,
through February Call 285-9277 42216,
2007.
81 97 226-4551 .
Knowledge
and
HOUSE for sale at
experience of genDrift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
eral apartment and
multi level deck
grounds
mainte-
REAL ESTATE
and porch, paved
driveway, detached
garage, large
fenced in yard.
Includes all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251.
garage $500 per
month. 2 BR 1 1/2
bath w/ carport.
$575. 2 BR house
2 bath $675. Call
434-6516 or 2261925 or 285-9639.
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.
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. NOT HUD
HOUSE FOR
SALE
3 BR 2 bath 2000
sq ft. Basement
area, located near
Allen at traffic light,
excellent neighborhood, city
water/sewage.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
APPROVED.
GroundHog Day
Special.
Park
Place Apartments.
First month rent
FREE W/ Deposit
paid in full. Rent
staring at 1 BR $208, 2 BR- $304.
Offer valid thru
2/28/07. All electric
HUD
accepted.
Call 886-0039.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
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To my special
Valentine Veronica.
I love you so very
deep in my heart.
Your beautiful
smile, your great
looks.
FOR SALE
5 BR house 1 1/2
bath. 2 story on
approx 3 1/2 level
acres with barn
and out buildings.
Coulo develope as
5 building lot.
Located in banner
areQ.. $124,900
Call 874-9456.
Sale or Lease
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
APARTM ENT
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 oo
or 606-434-7715
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
apartment located
in Prestonsburg,
above safelite. 1
BR, 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price.
FOR RENT
1 BR efficiency
apt
$350
per
month. 1 BR with
HOUSE
FOR
RENT A nice 3 BR,
two
bathroom
house at lvel, $550
a month plus plus
utilities. If interested cal 87 4-6700
after 6:00pm.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 161 Lafferty
BR $550 monthly.
$550
security
deposit.
HOUSE
FOR
RENT 3 BR 2 Bath
Log
Home
in
Oaklawn,
Hager
Hill. Central H/A
low utility bills.
L~rge
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, reference~
and
deposit
required. Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call 4386104.
Mobile Homes
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. Excellent condition. $350 per
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LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
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.
HOUSES
References
required.
It's Valentines
Day, The day
about love. The
angels are
singing, loud up
above. Will you
be my angel?
Want to be mine?
I love you so
much, you're my
Valentine! Happy
Valentines Day
An'geiBaby,
Love Parker
You have a job that is rewarding
because it helps save lives. For that
reason I met the one that saved my life.
I 'l:lidn~ know that someone could make
a big difference in my life. You are my
true love and soon to be wife. I love you
so much and your beautiful children
mean the world to me. Happy Valentines
day! Love Billy
FOR LEASE
5,000 Sq. Ft. office
or retail building for
lease or land contract. Located at
Garrett. 606-4386104.
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
we've met. We were"
g, and God, you werel
most beautiful girl I had•
seen. You smiled at mel
Happy First
did not speak, I smiled
and I knew I was on the·l
Valentines Day
track. Being very shy I
Courtney!
We love
to say "I'm going to•
you! - Mamaw &
you". You smiledl
but did not speak.•.
Papa.w
thereafter, I wasl
lrln•ftP•rl into the Army. For 3
"1/2 years we kept in touch.
Soon after my discharge we
•were married. It will soon be·
years. These have beenl
very happy years. I have
• raveled to several Countries
several States and met
people that were fair, •
·s.illiOO•oa,better, and best, butf
····htJrvu are the best of the best.•
are the friendliest andl -----------~ ~==s::;;;;;;;;;.~;
thoughtful person I
r.i
ever known. Your love
God and people young
d old is proven everyday.•
people of all ages,l
parents, parents, and.
n children 5 and up rushl
hug you every where you
•go. I think they are some-•
lwhat like you, sincer, truthful,l
.and honest. You are even.
more beautiful than you were1
From the first time we met, I knew. I can1 expla1n
sixty years ago. My love fori
it but rt was there. Maybe rt was the bounce in
your step, the sparkle in your eyes, or the gleam
look in your eyes tells me how
'you have grown a thousand"
in your smile, but it was there. Now after two
'ltimes stronger. You will forev-1 much you care, and your actions
years of being together, every day just brings
•er be in the hearts of those• show me. You make all my days
more joy, more laughter, and more love in my
fwho have known you. I amf start out bright, and there always
heart for you. The love you gtve to get me through
,sure God smiles on you,
the rough times, the anen110n you show me to get
full of happiness. You make my
me through the lonely times, and the advice you
ryday.
~~ life worth living, and our relationH
LEIBER DICH
gave to get me through the tougher decisions in
ship
well
worth
while.
HAPPY
EIN SCHATZE.
"
my life. You are a beautiful, sweet, canng, wonderful wife. I love you more today than I did yes·
. . VALENTINES DAY
terday and I will love you more tomorrow than 1do
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BABYDOLL!
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159
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today. Happy Valentine's Day, Heather, my love
Va{entines1Jay to
ntha, a wonderjU(!auehter i11
Happy Valentines Day!
I love you so much!
-Le1ghAnn
Happy
Valentines Day
from the Floyd
County Times
�A14 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
month + utlities and
security
deposit.
References
required. Call 606874-2802
LOTS FOR RENT
New MH park.
Allen/Dwale area.
Restrictions apply.
paved streets, lighted area. All sizes.
606-377-2357.
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.
LEGALS
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 1st 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 in 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
pa id, 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
14, 2007
426.530.
(d) The purchaser
shall be required to
assume and pay all
Floyd
County,
Kentucky, real property taxes tor 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 following 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 teet 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
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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 solq 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,
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
taxed
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
William S. Kendrick
M a s t e
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
COMMONWEALTH
OF KENTUCKY
Floyd Circuit
Court
Division II
C.A. No. 06-CI-
317
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 tees,
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
9:00a.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,
and
Kentucky,
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 follows:
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
1 8 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
19 degrees 33 minutes 18 seconds
East, 143.10 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
ridge
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 teet 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
1 03.00 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 Lewis Dotson
South 48 degrees
43 minutes 51 seconds West, 30.10
teet 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, si ngle, 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
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
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. John S. Gillum
117 North Main
Street
P.O. Box 1147
Somerset,
kv
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, Jnc.
Plaintiff
Vs.
Bill Justice; The
Unknown
Spouse, if any,
of Bill Justice;
The Unknown
Occupants!Tena
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
Old Floyd County
Courthouse Door,
South
Central
A v e n u e ,
P r e s to n s b u r g ,
Kentucky, (beh ind
the
new
Floyd
County
Just1ce
November, 2006, in
the Floyd Circuit
Court, in the above
styled action, in the
principal sum of
$54,918.20, together with interest,
costs and fees, 1
shall proceed to
offer. for sale at the
Center),
to
the
highest bidder, at
public auctio n, 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,
APPLICATIONS BEING
ACCEPTED FOR
l·BEDROOM
APARTMENTS FOR
PERSONS
55 AND OLDER
Located behind
and Pizza Hut In
tonsburg. All
Included and the
based upon gross
Income. Several activities,
such as line dancing, crafts,
bingo, movies, hair salon
and church services.
apartments are furnished
with a refrigerator, stove,
emergency alarm system,
and air conditioner. For
more Information, please
call Highland Terrace at 606886-1925, TOO: 1·80o-6486056 or 711, or come by the
office for an application.
Highland Terrace does not
discriminate in admission
or employment In subsl·
dlzed housing on account
of race, color, creed, rell·
sex, national origin, age, ~
familial status or
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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, Prestons·
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886-1819. TOO: 1-800·
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p a rt i c uIa rIy
described as tellows:
That certain tract or
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
Common we a It h
Bank
of
Prestonsburg, Inc.,
Preston s b u r g ,
Kentucky,
by
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e
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Kitchen Appliances Furnished
Water, Sewer & Garbage Paid
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Prestonsburg, KY 41653
PHONE:
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Commissioners bond
shall
be
Deed, by and thru
required of the
Marshall Davidson
Plaintiff, and it shall
as
Master only be obligated to
Commissioner of pay court costs, the
Floyd
County, fe~s and costs of
Kentucky,
dated the
Master
December 9, 1983, Commissioner, and
and of record in the any real estate
Office of the Floyd taxes
assessed
County Clerk in . against . the real
Deed Book 281, at estate.
page 364, being Any
announcemore particularly ments made on
described as foldate of sale take
lows:
precedence over
Beginning at a printed matter constake in the fence tinued herein.
line
at
the
Plaintiff's Counsel:
Intersection of the
Hon. William H.B.
street
and
the
Rich
alley; thence leav- Clunk, Paisley &
ing the street and Associates
crossing the bot- 130 North Hamilton
tom with the fence
Street
line and the alley N Suite 101 B
27-41 E 188.02 Georgetown, KY
feet to a stake on 40324
the south bank of William S. Kendrick
the
Big
Sandy M a s t e
River; thence run- Commissioner
~ning up the river S
P.O. Box 268
64-40 E 97.90 feet Prestonsburg, KY
to a stake, a corner
to Lot No.1; thence
PUBLIC
leaving the river
NOTICE
and crossing the
Pursuant to KRS
bottom and with 231.040, applicathe west line of Lot tion for a permit to
No. 1 S 28-17 W
operate a place of
193-40 feet to a entertainment, has
stake on the north been made by
line of the street;
Ricky D. Bingham.
thence leaving Lot The name of the
No. 1 and with the · proposed business
north line of the of entertainment is
street N 61-30 W
R & S Amusement.
95.70 feet to the The nature of the
~point of the begin- business will be
ning,
containing video
games.
0.42 acres more or Pursuant to KRS
less, and being the 231.070, the Floyd
western one-half of County Attorney
Lot No. 1 as origi- shall
investigate
nally layed out.
whether the appliAnd
being
the cant lacks good
same !arid conmoral character, or
veyed to Anthony whether the appliW.
Bryant and cant will obey the
Selena Bryant, his laws
of
the
wife, by deed from Commonwealth in
William
Henry the operation of the
Jarvis, deed dated business,
or
6th day of March whether the appli1998, of record in cant, within the last
Deed Book 416, two (2) years prior
Page 567, records to the date of filing
,. of the Floyd County the application has
Court
Clerk's been convicted in
Office.
Kentucky of mainBeing the same taining a public nuiproperty acquired sance. Pursuant to
by Bill Justice, from KRS 231.080 any
Anthony W. Bryant person desiring to
and Selena Bryant, oppose the permits
husband and wife, shall file with the
by deed dated Cou,nty Clerk no
Septembe1
15, later than February
2005, of record in 15,2007, in writing,
Deed Book 517,
allegations
that
Page 156, in the show cause as to
office of the Clerk why the application .
of Floyd County, shall not be grantKentucky.
ed. Said written
TERMS OF SALE
information shall be
(a) At time of sale, signed, dated and
the successful bid- reflect the current
der, if the other address of said
than the Plaintiff, person providing
shall either pay the information.
cash or 10% of pur- Pursuant to KRS
chase price, with 231.080, a hearing
the balance on
has been schedcredit for thirty (30) uled for February
days.
15, 2007, at the
(b) The successful hour of 2:30 p.m.,
bidder shall be or as soon thererequired to execute after as same can
a bond with good be heard before
surety thereon for the Floyd County
the unpaid pur- Judge/Executive at
chase price of said the Floyd County
property, if any, Justice Center, 2nd
bearing interest at Floor,
in
the rate of twelve
Prestonsburg,
percent (12%) per Kentucky.
The
annum from the
Floyd
County
date of sale until Judge/Executive
paid, having the shall hear evidence
force and effect of in support of or in
a Judgment.
opposition to the
(c) The property granting of the pershall be sold sub- mit.
ject to any ease- HON.
KEITH
ments and restric- BARTLEY
tions of record in FLOYD COUNTY
the Floyd County ATTORNEY
Clerk's Office, and
such
right
of
COMMONredemption as may
WEALTH
.~.~ exist in favor of the
OF KEN..,. United States of
TUCKY
America and/or the
Floyd Circuit
record
owners
Court
thereof, pursuant to
Division II
28 U.S.C. 2410 or
KRS 426.530.
C.A. No. 06-CI(d) The purchaser
518
shall be required to
Long Beach
assume and pay all
Mortgage
Floyd
County,
Company
Kentucky,
real
Plaintiff
property taxes for
Vs.
the year 2007, and
Esta
all
subsequent
Donaldson
years which are not
The First
yet
due
and
payable. Any and
National
all delinquent Floyd
Bank of
County, Kentucky,
Pikeville
real estate taxes
Red's
will be paid from
Furniture
the sale proceeds.
and Pawn
(e) In the event the
Shop
Plaintiff is the purUnknown
chaser
of
the
Defendant,
above desc ribed
Spouse of
property for an
amount equal to, or
Esta
less than, its first
Donaldson
lien, it shall take a
Defendants
credit against said
NOTICE OF
lien for the amount
COMMISSIONof the bid, and no
ER'S SALE
BY VIRTUE of a
Judgment
and
Order of Sale,
referring to Master
Commissioner of
the Floyd Circuit
Court, entered on
the 1st day of
November, 2006, in
the Floyd Circuit
Court, in the above
styled action, in the
principal sum of
$60,040 . 74,
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
9:15 a.m., the following described
real estate, lying in
Floyd
County,
Kentucky,
and
more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at the
highway;
thence
with
Roosevelt
Henson Line to the
branch; thence running down the
branch
to
Roosevelt
line;
thence with said
Henson line and a
wire fence back to
the
highway;
thence up the highway to the beginning.
Being the same
property conveyed
by deed to Cecil
Donaldson
and
Esta
Donaldson
from James E. Hall
and Lynn Hall,
dated December 7,
2000, recorded in
Deed Book 454,
Page
419,
of
record in the office
of the Clerk of
Floyd
County,
Prestonsburg, KY.
Cecil Donaldson
died in September
15, 2005, thus conveying all his rights
and interest in the
aforementioned
property to Esta
Donaldson,
in
accordance
with
the
survivorship
clause in the Deed,
executed
on
December 7, 2000,
recorded in Deed
Book 454, Page
419, of the records
in the office of the
Court of Floyd
County,
Prestonsburg ,
Kentucky.
TERMS OF SALE
(a) At time of sale,
the successful bidder, if the other
than the Plaintiff,
shall either pay
cash or $5,000.00
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
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.
Kristen
Mudd
Lerner, Sampson
& Rothfuss
P.O. Box 5480
Cincinnati, Ohio
45201-5480
William
S.
Kendrick
M a s
e r
Commissioner
P.O. Box 268
Prestonsburg, KY
41653
NOTICE OF
PERMIT CONFERENCE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8360330 AM #2
In accordance with
KRS
350.070,
notice is hereby
given that a permit
conference
is
scheduled
for
January 23, 2007
at 10:00 a.m. at the
Prestonsburg
Regional Office for
the Department of
Natural Resources,
Division of Mine
Reclamation and
Enforcement, concerning the above
application filed by
Wolverine
Resources,
Inc. ,
P.O. Box 77, lvel,
Ky. 41642 (606)
889-8440.
The
proposed operation
has applied for an
amendment to an
existing
surface
coal mining and
reclamation operation located 1.0
miles southwest of
Brainard, Kentucky
and in Floyd and
Magoffin Counties.
The
amendment
will add 386.77
acres of surface
disturbance making a total area of
632.67 acres within
the amended permit boundary.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 0. 75
miles
southwest
from
KY 114's
junction with Prater
Branch and located
0.92 miles southwest of Middle
Creek. The latitude
37oo39'26".
The
longitude
82oo54'44".
The
proposed
amendment
is
located
on the
Ivyton U.S.G.S. 7?
minute quadrangle
map. The surface
area to be disturbed
by
the
amendment
is
owned by Kennie
Carpenter Jr. &
Ron
Cooley,
Debbie & Phillip
Ousley,
Luther
Miller Estate C/0
Kathleen
Miller,
Fork Farm Inc. C/0
Della W. Burke,
Osie Dunn, Green
Holbrook Heirs C/0
Charles Bays, Bill
England Heirs C/0
Glen Allen, Jamie
& Lisa Powell. The
operation will be
use the area mining method of surface mining. The
operation will affect
an area within 100
feet of Puncheon
Camp Creek Road
and Rough and
Tough Road. The
operation will not
involve relocation
of the public road.
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Depa rtment
for
Natural Resources,
Division of Mine
Reclamation and
Enforcement's
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive,
Ste.
6,
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky 41653-
1410. Any person
whose interest may
be
adversely
affected by the
issuance of the
proposed
permit
may present information relevant to
the permit, in oral
or written form, at
the time of the conference.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application
Number 8605275
In accordance with
the provisions of
KRS
350.055,
notice is hereby
given that Miller
Bros. Coal, LLC,
P.O.
Box
990,
Allen ,
Kentucky
41601 has applied
for a permit for an
underground mining operation located 2.3 miles southwest of Betty in
Knott County. The
proposed operation
will disturl::i 5 .61
surface acres and
will underlie 431.30
acres, and the total
area within the permit boundary will
be 436.91 acres.
The
proposed
operation
is
approximately 0.9
mi les
southeast
from KY 550's Junction with Big Spring
Branch Road and
located adjacent to
Big Spring Branch.
The
proposed
operation is located
on the Wayland
U.S.G.S.
7?1/2
minute quadrangle
maps. The surface
area to be disturbed is owned by
CONSOL
of
Kentucky Inc. The
operation
will
underlie
land
owned by CONSOL of Kentucky
Inc., Teddy Slone Heirs, Otis Cox Heirs, et.al., Alex
Ritchie,
Homer
Gibson, Ella Keen
- Heirs and Ernest
Keen. The operation will affect an
area within 100
feet of public road
Big Spring Branch w
County Road, but
no closer than 0' of
Big Spring Branch
County Road. The
operation will not
WEDNESDAY, FEBURARY
involve relocation
or temporary closure of the public
road
The application has
been filed for public
inspection at the
Department
for
M
n
n g
Reclamation and
Enforcement's
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
D r i v e ,
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.
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SECTION
:ports Editor
:teve LeMaster
'hone: (606) 886-8506
"ax: (606) 886-3603
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rentucky Press Association
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• Piarist • page B3
"The
source for local and regional sports news"
Ladycats edge Prestonsburg
L dsey Martin
:ilshed off a
pass during
!lost Betsy
Layne's district/conference
game versus
Prestonsburg.
ohoto by Jamie Howell
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE
Despite a threepoint shooting barrage from Preston~burg
junior Julianne Frye, Betsy Layne held on
to beat the visiting Lady Blackcats 56-53
Friday night.
Frye hit a game-high five three-point
field goals for the Lady Blackcats. The
Prestonsburg j unior hit five three-pointers
in the second half.
With the win, Betsy Layne remained
undefeated in the Floyd County
Conference/58th District.
Megan Hamilton led Betsy Layne with
a game-high 26 points. Taylor Holt followed with 16 points for the Ladycats,
giving Betsy Layne two players in double
figures. Kaitlin Lawson scored five points
and Krista Flannery added three for the
Lad yeats.
Hamilton hit fo ur three-pointers for the
Ladycats. The Betsy Layne freshman
scored 15 of her game-high 16 points in
(See LADYCATS, page two)
Lady Raiders
post first-ever
district win
vs. Lady Rebs
Senior trio
lifts AC ·past
South Floyd
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - The senior trio
Qf Ryan Collins, Josh Martin and
Tyler Slone combined for 52
points Friday night as host Allen
Central defeated Floyd County
Conference/58th District foe
South Floyd 75-58. In a close
game, Allen Central pulled away
i~.the fourth quarter. The Rebels
dfttscored South Floyd 27-11 in
the final period.
Allen Central faced a 10-point
deficit at halftime.
"It was a tough game for us,"
said Allen Central Coach Johnny
Martin. "They shot the ball well
- especially in the first half. In
the second half, we were able to
pull away late. Defending the
three-point shot better in the second half helped us a lot."
Martin also said he was
pleasep to see his team return to
the hardwood and play well
despite being out of the normal
rfbtine of being in school every
day. All Floyd County schools
were out of school last week due
to winter weather.
Collins paced Allen Central
With a game-high 27 points.
Martin scored 13 points and
grabbed seven rebounds for the
Rebels. Slone finished with 12
points and eight rebounds.
The two teams were tied 15(See REBELS, page two)
photo by Steve LeMaster
Senior Josh Martin scored 13
points to help Allen Central to
an all-important conference/
~trlct win over South Floyd.
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo by Jamie Howell
Betsy Layne's Justin Collins worked inside against Prestonsburg defenders Chayse Martin and Trevor Patton as
he looked to go up with a shot on Friday night.
Case leads Bobcats over P'burg
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE - After suffering two
straight losses, Betsy Layne returned to the
win column on Friday night with a hardfought 57-50 home victory over Floyd
County Conference/58th District rival
Prestonsburg. Betsy Layne held some sort
of lead over Prestonsburg at the end of each
quarter.
Junior guard Brennan Case paced Betsy
Layne with a game-high 17 points. Senior
center Trai Witt followed with 10 points for
the Bobcats.
"It was a real good win for us," said
Betsy Layne Coach
Brent Rose.
"Obviously, both teams have improved a
huge amount since we played in
December."
When the two teams met at Prestonsburg
in December, Betsy Layne pulled out a 6455 win.
Rose liked the way his team distributed
the basketball in the conference/district win.
photo by Steve LeMaster
(See BOBCATS, page two)
Junior Brennan Case paced Betsy Layne in Friday's conference/district win over Prestonsburg.
EASTERN - Any homecourt
advantage the Allen Central
Lady Rebels may have had heading into Friday night's Floyd
County Conference/58th District
matchup against longtime rival
South Floyd didn't go too far.
The Lady Raiders posted their
second straight conference/district win, beating Allen Central
6 1-54.
It was the first-ever conference/district win for South Floyd
over an Allen Central girls' basketball team.
"Our kids steppe<l up and
played well," said South Floyd
Coach Tony Isaac. "Being out of
school and then having to come
in and play was a big concern.
We hadn't played since Jan. 27.
Balanced scoring and making
our free throws when we had to
helped tremendously."
South Floyd got over the top
in the final quarter when it
outscored Allen Central 17-10.
Eighth-grader Chelsie Tuttle
paced South Floyd with a gamehigh 21 points. Senior Heather
Dean turned in a double-double
performance of 11 points and I I
rebounds for the Lady Raiders.
Andrea Conn also had 11 points
(Sec RAIDERS, page two)
UP STRONG: South Floyd
senior Heather Dean pulled
down a rebound in Saturday's
win over Pikeville.
Blackcat lineman Layne
signs with Pikeville College
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo by Steve LeMaster
.With family, coaches, teammates and friends in attendance Monday afternoon,
Prestonsburg senior Tyler Layne signed to play football next fall at Pikeville College.
PRESTONSBURG
Prestonsburg High School
senior Tyler Layne made his
college choice on Monday after
noon during a signing ceremony. Layne, a lineman, signed
with Pikeville College as family
members, coaches, teammates
and friends joined him for the
ceremony.
'T m looking forward to
attending Pikeville College and
playi ng football ," Layne commented. "It's close to home and
that's good. too."
Pikeville College assistant
coach BJ Connolly attended the
signing.
"Our number one goal is to
recruit Eastern Kentucky kids,"
Con nolly said. "It's important
for us to get the area kiJs into
our program."
During his prep grid iron
career, Layne received numerous accolades. including all-district honors. He was a leader on
both the offensive and defensive
lines during various parts of his
four-year high school career.
"Tyler was an asset to our
program," said Prestonsburg
Coach John DeRossett. "We're
proud of him and his choice to
attend Pikeville Coltege and
play football for the Bears.
Pikeville College is getting a
student-athlete who' 11 get in
there and work hard - both on
and off of the football field."
Layne joins a Pikeville
College football program under
the direction of second yearyear head coach Mac Bryan.
The Bears play out of the
Mid-South
Conference.
Pikeville ended its first season
under Bryan with a record of 46 overall and 2-3 in the East
Div1sion.
Layne has been invited to
attend Pikeville College's spring
practice in March.
�82 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Amburgey reaches 1,000, but Lady Bears fall
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - Pikeville senior
Tonya Amburgey (Pinetop) reached
the 1000-point plateau, but the
Pikeville College women's basketball
team was unable to avenge an earlyseason loss and fell to the West
Virginia University's Institute of
Technology 69-66 at the Pikeville
College Gym.
The Lady Bears, who have now
lost their last three games, fell to 0-6
in the Mid-South Conference and 818 overall this season.
As the game began, it appeared
that the Lady Golden Bears would
pick up where they left off earlier this
season, when they beat Pikeville 7656 on Jan. 20. Though Tech scored
the first six points of the game,
Pikeville quickly rebounded, taking
the lead at 12-11 on a jumper from
Amburgey with 14:00 left to play.
The lead switched hands three
more times before the Lady Bears
went up 30-29 on a free throw from
sophomore
Camille
Cook
(Whitesburg) with 30 seconds left in
the half.
Once more the Lady Bears held
the lead at halftime, but Tech was
determined to jump back in front,
again opening the half with six unanswered points and taking a 35-30
lead.
Tech led by as many as nine, but
the Lady Bears would not go away.
Pikeville cut the lead to 48-41 when
Amburgey hit a jumper with 10:37
left, scoring her 1,001st career point
for the Lady Bears.
That seemed to ignite a fire
beneath the Lady Bears, who used
two consecutive threes from sophomore Alice Daniel (Meally) to tie the
game at 49 with 9:45 left.
The lead changed hands three
more times before the Lady Bears retook the lead at 59-57 on a jumper
from sophomore Krista! Daniel<>
(Betsy Layne) with 3:42 to play.
But from there the Bears went
cold. Tech guard Kierra Wilkins
swiped three straight steals and
scored six points in less than a minute
and a half and suddenly the Pikeville
saw itself on the short end of a 66-59
game with l :29 remaining.
With little time left, the Lady
Bears were forced to foul. However,
Tech managed only to drain two of
six free throws over the final minute
and a half, still Pikeville a fighting
chance.
Daniel connected on the last of her
six three-pointers with 12 seconds on
the clock, cutting the Tech lead to 6866.
.
After being fouled with only four
ticks left, Tech's Shantrelle Matthews
bucketed only one of her free throw
attempts. Down three, the Lady Bears
tried running down the floor but
could not manage to get a shot off as
time expired, giving Tech the season
sweep.
"We do everything but win
games," said Pikeville head coach
Bill Watson, shaking his head.
"We've had so many games like that
this year, where we take a good team
down to the wire. The only way we're
going to feel better about ourselves is
if we win one of these tight games."
Like games earlier this season
against
Campbellsville
and
Georgetown, the Lady Bears struggled in the final minutes, managing
only two field goals once they took
the lead with 3:42 left.
"We just can't finish," added
Watson.
Daniel led all scorers with a season-high 20 points, going 6-11 from
beyond the arc, while Amburgey
added 11 points. Freshman Chel~ee
Jarrell (Paintsville) also had a seasonhigh 12 rebounds in the loss.
West Virginia Tech (19-5, 4-2 in
the MSC) got double-digit scorers
out of three players: Matthews with a
team-high 18, Wilkins with 12, and
Marche Westray with I 1. Orlandrea
Moore also had a team-leading 11
points in the victory for the Lady
Golden Bears.
The Lady Bears will be back in
action Thursday (Feb. 15) when they
travel to Georgetown College for a
rematch with the Lady Tigers. That
game, part of a men's/women's MidSouth Conference doubleheader, will
tip-off at 6 p.m.
No. I Rolida holds off Ke111ucky, 64-61
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Last year,
Florida ran through the NCAA
tournament. This season, the
Gators are dominating the
Southeastern Conference.
Top-ranked Florida (23-2,
16-0) won its 16th straight
overall, 64-61 on Saturday
night, and fifth in a row against
No. 20 Kentucky - the program that has been the league
'standard bearer.
"We're just trying to build
and be like Kentucky is,"
Gators coach Billy Donovan
said. "Sometimes maybe people have harsh expectations,
and that's unfair. We're trying
to build a program, build a tra-
dition."
This one came down to a
last-second 3-point attempt by
Ramel Bradley that would
have tied the score, but the
defending national champions
held on for the victory.
"I thought it was going to
fall in," Bradley said. "It was a
tough shot to get off."
Florida was up 63-54 with
20 seconds left before Bradley
hit consecutive 3s to cut the
margin to three. Prior to that,
Kentucky (18-7, 7-3) had made
just one of 19 attempts from
beyond the arc and was threatening the school-worst 1-of-19
performance set in 2002
against South Carolina.
It had been 20 years since
the Wildcats, college basket-
ball's winningest program, lost
five times in a row to one
opponent. Tennessee was the
last to do it from 1975-77. No
team has beaten Kentucky in
six straight.
"Everyone just stepped it up
a little more, and you definitely need to do that when playing
in front of a great crowd like
(Kentucky's), here at a historical place," Florida guard
Taurean Green said.
A record crowd of 24,465
was hoping to see Kentucky's
400th victory at Rupp Arena.
Instead, the Gators won backto-back games in the building
for the first time since 198889.
During practices this week,
Kentucky players watched
.Raiders
8 Continued from p1
for host South Floyd.
Kayla Hall gave South
Floyd a fourth player in double
.figures, adding 10 points.
Allen Central led South
Eloyd 12-11 at the end of the
opening quarter. At halftime,
outh Floyd owned a 30-25
lead.
South Floyd won, despite
hitting just 16 of 35 free throw
attempts. The Lady Raiders,
however, hit nine-of-12 free
throws in the final quarter.
Faith
Little,
Danielle
Tackett and Lindsey Dye each
had two points for the Lady
Raiders. Gabrielle Bailey and
Ashley Castle each hit a free
throw for visiting South Floyd.
Sara Johnson led Allen
Central with a team-best 15
points. Amanda Thacker and
Brandi Brown each had 12
points for the Lady Rebels.
Jamie Mullins scored four
points and Liz Dingus netted
three for Allen Central.
Allen Central (2-14) finished 21-for-36 from the free
throw line. South Floyd held
the Lady Rebels to just 16 total
field goals. Allen Central only
hit one three-pointer.
The loss was Allen
Central's third straight.
South Floyd 59, Pikeville
51 : The South Floyd Lady
Raiders enacted some revenge
FREE THROW EFFECTIVE: South Floyd's Kayla Hall hit a
free throw during Saturday's non-district game against
Pikeville.
against Pikeville on Saturday.
Playing on the road at
Pikeville against the Lady
Panthers, South Floyd took a
10-point lead into halftime and
pulled away to beat the Lady
Panthers 59-51. Earlier in the
season, Pikeville beat South
Floyd in the opening round of
the 15th Region All "A"
Classic.
Kayla Hall led South Floyd
with a game-high 18 points.
Danielle Tackett scored 11
points and Chelsie Tuttle
tossed in nine for the Lady
Raiders . Andrea Conn and
Lindsey Dye tossed in six
footage of a game between the
two teams in 2003 in which
Florida came in No. 1 but
instead was walloped by the
Wildcats 70-55.
This one was far different,
both in the outcome and the
margin.
Corey Brewer scored 16
points to lead the Gators.
Bradley had 20 points and
Randolph Morris added 18 for
the Wildcats.
Green nailed a 3-pointer
with 8 minutes to go in the first
half that gave the Gators their
biggest lead at 30-14. But
Kentucky followed seconds
later with a l 0-0 run, pulling
within four on a jumper by
Bobby Perry.
Green hit his third 3-pointer
in three attempts to stop the
run, and Jonathan Mitchell
made a layup just before halftime to stretch the Gators' lead
to 36-27.
The Gators kept tt!e
Wildcats at a distance until
early in the second half, when
Florida big men Joakim Noah
and Al Harford picked up their
third fouls. That's when Morris
went to work.
Morris scored three straight
buckets for the Wildcats midway through the second half ·
and used an off-balanced
jumper to cut the Florida lead
to 43-40. Florida misfired on
several possessions to keep
Kentucky close.
Backup Florida center Chris
Ladycats.
Betsy Layne was out in
front 49-35 at the conclusion
of the third quarter.
Friday night's victory completed a season sweep for Betsy
Layne. The Ladycats slipped
past Prestonsburg 56-55 when
the two teams met earlier in the
season on Dec. 19.
Frye finished with 21
points, a team-best total for the
Lady Blackcats. Linsey Fields
scored 13 points and Amber
Whitaker added
11 for
Prestonsburg.
Fields pulled Prestonsburg
to within a field goal (53-51)
with 30.4 seconds remaining.
Lawson helped to send Betsy
Layne to the win, hitting three
of five free throws in the final
quarter.
The
loss
was
Prestonsburg's third straight.
Hannah Fitzpatrick scored
four points, Rikki Hughes
added two and Elizabetij
Cnaffln connected Qj1 a fred
throw for the Lady B1ackcats.
(See KENTUCKY, page three)
Lad yeats
8 Continued from p1
the second half.
The win was Betsy Layne's
third straight and fourth in five
games .
Betsy Layne threatened to
run away with the win as early
as the first half, outscoring
Prestonsburg 15-6 in the first
quarter. The Ladycats eventually doubled up Prestonsburg
in the first half and Jed 30-15
at intermission.
Lindsey Martin, Amby
Tackett and Andie Meade each
had two points for host
8:36a.m. Friday
points apiece for South Floyd.
Senior Heather Dean pulled
down 14 rebounds for the
Lady Raiders . South Floyd led
33-23 at halftime and took a
42-33 advantage out of the
third quarter.
The Lady Raiders connected on 23-of-33 free throw
attempts. South Floyd hit six
three-pointers in the late-regular-season win.
Christina Johnson paced
Pikeville with 15 points. Anna
Sanders added nine points for
the Lady Panthers.
South Floyd (7-9) has won
four of its last five games.
Blackcats
8 Continued from p1
"I was really happy with the
way we shared the basketball,"
Rose added. "That is the best
we have passed and looked for
our teammates all season."
Betsy
Layne
led
Prestonsburg 17-14 at the conclusion of the opening quarter.
The Bobcats went into halftime ahead 28-24.
Jarod Newman entered the
game in off of the bench and
added nine points for the
Bobcats. Justin Collins and
Samuel Keathley finished with
eight points apiece for host
Betsy Layne. James Michael
Lafferty rounded out the
Bobcat scoring with four
points.
Betsy Layne clung to a 3533 lead at the end of the third
quarter before pulling away.
Jordan
Hall
led
Prestonsburg with a team-best
11 points. Chayse Martin
tossed in 10 points and Bobby
Hughes added eight for the
Blackcats. Trevor Patton and
Nathaniel Stephens each had
seven points for Prestonsburg.
Mason Vance and Taylor Clark
got into the scoring act for
Prestonsburg, adding five and
two points, respectively.
Friday night's loss broke a
two-game Prestonsburg winning streak.
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• Continued from p1
15 at the end of the first quarter. South Floyd ultimately hit
six first-half three-point field
goals and led Allen Central 3828 at halftime.
Allen Central went back
• out in front in the third quarter,
' outscoring the Raiders 20-9.
' Leading 48-47 at the start of
the final quarter, Allen Central
limited the Raiders offensively
in the final eight minutes. The
• Rebels held South Floyd to
just one second-half three-
pointer.
Josh Prater added seven
points and nine rebounds for
Allen Central (17-5). JR
Robinson and Farley Jo~eph
each had six points in off of
the bench for the Rebels. Alex
Hammonds scored four points,
pulled down two rebounds and
dished off two assists for Allen
Central.
Allen Central finished 14for-21 from the free throw
line.
Ethan Johnson led South
Floyd (3-18) with a doubledouble effort of 24 points and
12 rebounds. Johnson also
dished out five assists in the
South Floyd setback. Lyle
Johnson followed with 15
points for the Raiders. Adam
Slone scored seven points and
Wes Akers added five points
for South Floyd.
The Raiders were seven-of] 1 on free throw attempts.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
AUTOcOBILE
ACCIDENT?
Brescia beats Alice Lloyd
TIMES STAFF REPORT
The Plarist School boys' basketball
team
celebrated
Senior Night on Friday with a
55-31 win over Riverside
Christian. Piarist seniors
include dancers Hannah
Blackburn, Whitney Howell
and Alyssa Reed, and basketball
players
James
Warrix, Matt Doyle, T J
-. Hollyfield, Chris Baker, Matt
Hicks, Josh Ousley and Jake
Moak.
PASSES
PIPPA
Freshman Andrew Howard hit
six-of-nine attempts from
behind the 3-point line and finished with 24 points as the
Brescia University men's basketball team topped Alice
Lloyd 76-67 on Saturday at the
Grady Nutt Athletic Center.
Matt West contributed a
double-double for the visiting
Bearcats (12-16), finishing
with 16 points and 10
rebounds. Randy Cayasso
added 10 points and eight
rebounds for Brescia.
Rodney Mitchell led Alice
Lloyd with a team-best 20
points. Former 14th Region
standouts Eric Mullins and
Daniel Day added 17 and 16
points, respectively.
14, 2007 • 83
Brescia led Alice Lloyd 3425 at halftime. The Bearcats
outrebounded Alice Lloyd 3527.
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Richard had a dunk less than 8
minutes into the game to set a
season high with 11 points.
"He's a talented player,"
Kentucky coach Tubby Smith
said. "He would be starting on
many teams in many programs
in America."
Kentucky held the nation's
field-goal percentage leader to
47 percent, but the Wildcats
managed to make just 38 percent of their shots- and 14 per
cent from 3-point range.
"We learned that we can
play with anybody," Kentucky
freshman guard Jodie Meeks
said. "Florida is the No. 1 team
in the country, and we came
out and played them hard."
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Riverside
Christian 33
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game-high 22 points and Matt
Doyle added 11 as the Piarist
Knights rolled to a 51-33 win
over Riverside Christian.
Jake Moak added seven
points while Chris Baker and
Caleb Hoskins scored three
apiece for the Knights.
Piarist outscored Riverside
15-13 in the opening quarter.
The Knights led 20- 19 at halftime.
Piarist pulled away in the
second half. The Knights
outscored visiting Riverside
Christian 20-6 in the final
quarter.
Only one player reached
double figures for visiting
Riverside.
With the win, Piarist
improved to 5-22 and snapped
a four-game losing streak.
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KIM'S KORNER
:Shedding
some light
By: Kim Little Frasure
The following article was recently
published
in
the
Salyersville
Independent.
If you have ever experienced
divorce - be it yourself, your parents,
" family or friends - I am guessing you
will find this
article most
interesting, I
sure did.
D-I- V-OR-C-E
By: Pastor
Michael
R.
Tackett
I want to
look at the
touchy subject
of
Kim Little Frasure
divorce this
w e e k .
Although a lot of preachers don't want
to deal with this subject, I think it is
' imperative seeing that the divorce rate
is the same among church-going people as it is with those who don't attend
church.
When Jesus spoke about divorce in
the book of Matthew, he let us know
that divorce was not God's Will.
However, he did give fornication as a
reason for divorce.
So we can conclude that divorce is
wrong except in the case of fornication.
Wf< can also conclude that if it is
wrong then it is a sin.
Now let's look at the good news. If
J
(See KORNER, page seven)
POISON OAK
One-eyed Jacks
andtheman
with the ax
By Clyde Pack
.,.
•,
,
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:•
•,
1
,.
..
From the wheel to the paper clip,
there's always been an invention so
simple that we wonder why we couldn't have thought of it ourselves, why it
couldn't have been us riding high on
the
tater
wagon,
instead
of
some
other
person, who
simply
thought of it
frrst.
All
this
came to mind
the other day
as I was play.
ing with the
remote, and
Clyde Pack
came across a
bunch of guys
playing poker--on one of the sports
channels, no less.
Since it was on TV, a lot of people
other than the players are making a lot
of money. Who would have ever
thought that poker would ever be considered a spectator sport, and that anybody could make money by charging
people to sit around watching a bunch
of other people sitting around discussing deuces, one-eyed Jacks, and
the man with the ax?
I was probably not more than lO
years old when watching people play
poker was a regular occurrence for me.
I might add here, however, it never
made me one red cent. It was a bit educational, though, as it vastly increased
my vocabulary... with words forbidden
within ear~hot of Mom and Dad, or any
other adult in the camp.
Anyway, poker playing in Muddy
Branch in 1949, was an outdoor activity, as most every day-until the weather got so cold the dealer couldn't
deal-a game would be in progress
behind the machine shop, which sal
(See OAK, page six)
Melissa Johnson Napier, the author's grandmother, in later years, standing before her corncrib.
Grandn1a-w-'s
little corncrib
By Ralph Hall
Grandmaw always grew corn on her hillside
farm. She used the com to feed the animals on
her farm. Each one of us who were a part of
her clan, helped to raise the com, it was a lot
of hard work. We worked from early spring
until fall just to raise a crop of com. Hoeing
a crop of com on a hot summer day is an itchy
job. A cool dip in the old swimming hole after
working in the cornfield all day was a small
blessing one would not soon forget.
I always hoed com in a long sleeve shirt. I
couldn't stand for the blades of the com to
touch my bare skin. I remember I was always
so happy when Grandmaw would finally say,
''Today, we are going to lay that field of corn
by." What Grandma was saying was, "This will
be the last time we will hoe that field of com
this season." But, Grandmaw had more than
one field of com!
There are so many ways com can be made
to eat. That's why Grandmaw wanted to raise
it every year. I can't remember, though, of Mutt
ever working in the corn field. He was too little, I
guess. I mostly remember Grandmaw, reason
being, she was the com hoeing-est woman T
ever did see. She would hoe her row out real
fast and then help me hoe my row out real
fast. I always hated having to realize that my fifty
-year -old grandmother could hoc corn faster
than I could'
The cornfield was the only place I knew of
that I couldn't play "Wild Bill" or an Indian
chief. You know, I couldn't be the hero! Dag
gone it, why did Grand maw want to be the hero
in her cornfield, anyhow ?
When Grandmaw would, lay down them
hoes and say, "We're gonna rest for a spell," I.
would think to myself that no words were ever
spoken that ever sounded so sweet. I would
throw down my hoe
and head for a shade tree. I would prop
myself right down under that shade tree, my
whole body soaked with sweat and dripping right
into my eyes like someone had thrown a bucket of water in my face. One couldn't get no
relief because of the bugs and sweat bees, the
only "Off' they had back in those days was,
"Get away from me, you stupid bugs!'' Didn't
seem to help. though, they were to stupid to
understand. So there we were, under the shade
tree, fighting bugs with one hand and fanning
sweat with the other. Hoeing com was more fun
than the break we took from it! The only way I
know how lo enjoy a cornfield is on a cold
winter day when it's covered with snow!
Well, before that cold winter day would come,
we found ourselves in the cornfield almost
everyday during the hot summer. About the end of
summer, we would hear Grandmaw say, "The
com is coming in, it's ready to eat. You boys
get a bucket and head on up the hill and bring
them buckets back filled with some com ears."
Some of lhe corn we ale, while some of it
Grandmaw sold over in the village of Melvin.
"Well," Grandmaw would say, ''I am going to
boil some of them 'roastinears', then I'm going
to fry some of that good old sweet corn.'' At
that moment, my mouth would begin to water,
and I would begin to smack my lips. All my
brain could think of was com and cornbread.
When Grandmaw set that good old com on the
table that all of us had worked so hard to grow,
it was almost a fight to see all those spoons and
forks going into those bowls. 1 got me some of
that fried
corn right fast being hungry as I always was
and all. Well, I wa!> like John D. and the soup
beans, I broke me off a piece of cornbread,
grabbed the dish of cow butter, took my spoon
and got me out a hig chunk of that butter and
pul it on lop of my hot, fresh corn. As it began
to melt down onto my plate of com. I could
hear my mouth saying, "Com, that first bite
was like manna sent down from heaven!" After
all, only God could make something that grew
on a
cob taste so good! We forgot about all the
hard labor and pain it had taken to grow it,
now our only thoughts were of how good it was
and to say to our table partners, "Pass the com!"~J
Well, we couldn't sit there and eat com forever, we did have a farm to run, after all. My
grandfather got killed by a train in 1933, leaving Grandmaw with eight children to raise. But,
if ever there was a woman up to the task it was
her. She pickled com, canned it and sold it by
the bushel. She sold eggs, com, stack cakes, fried
apple pies. chickens, and pigs, Loo. She was a
good businesswoman. The way I saw. her, .she
was the best Grandmaw a boy could et{ter hope
for, a good mother who worked hard to take
care of her family. Proverbs 31: 10 says, "Who
can find a virtous woman ? For her price is far
above rubies." Grandma was also well loved in
her community. It was hard for me to admit
that she was my hero. but Wild Bill, Gene o~
Roy could never take her place. I could say that
without any doubt. she wa-; the best thing that
ever happened to my family. She made every
day "Grandparents Day.·· I could tell stories
about her for the rest of my life and all the
stories would never get told.
One day, Grandmaw came into the house
with an ear of com in her hand and said, "The
corn is ready to pick." So, everyone who was
big enough got a bucket and took off up the
hm to the cornfield.
L. A. hitched 'Tony the Pony" to the sled
and had him pull the sled to the cornfield. Then
he turned the sled around and had it ready to
head down the hill once we filled it with com.
We went through all the rows, filling our buckr,.
ets with com. We emptied the buckets into tht:
sled until the sled was full. Then Uncle L.A.
would say, "Get up Tony, and get down the
hill." The two of them would go off to put the
corn in the barn. After a little while, they
would come back up the hill to get another
load of com. In between, we waited with our
buckets filled with com to put in the little sled.
I loved that little sled. Many times. I rode in
it up and down the holler road.
L.A.. Tony and the sled made many trips up
and down the hill on those days. I never knew
how many days it would take to get all the
com in the barn loft. I just knew we needed to
(See CORN, page six)
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CRITTER CORNER
People looking for
longevity should start
looking at the nearest
animal shelter.
According to numerous studies dating
back more than a century, interaction with
animals has a beneficial effect on human
health. The Centers for Disease Control
reports that pets can decrease blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and triglyceride
levels, as well as alleviating feelings of
loneliness and the depression that can
result.
''Our animal companions serve as a
link to Nature and through Nature our
spirits are elevated. Yet, sadly many of us
have lost awareness of this relationship this connectedness," says noted pet expert
Dr. Diane Pomerance m her book Finding
Peace After the Loss or a Loved Animal
Companion, which is the fifth book in her
Animal Compan1on Series consisting of
books and CDs (Polaire Publications).
"Pets can provide us with so many gifts.
They can increase the longevity and
improve the quality of life physiologically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually."
Not only does interaction with pets
decrease stress and related cardiovascular
illnesses, but caring for a pet has practical
everyday benefits. Having a dog, for
example. increases the likelihood of regular outdoor exercise. Daily walking is a
known benefit for cardiovascular fitness,
and having a dog to walk increases opportunity not only for exercise but for socialization. Indoor pets also provide substantial benefits. A study published in the
Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society reported that senior citizens who
own pets are less likely to be depressed.
are better able to tolerate social isolation,
and are more active than those who do not
(See CRITTER, page six)
These two cuties are "Flutters" and "Sandy," two "basket
buddies" that spend lots of time grooming one another in the
laundry basket at the home of the Hughes family, in Langley.
What sweet kitties!
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
eceipts! Receipts may be given to any
MS student or dropped off at the
chool office.
*Book Club will meet on
1zursdays, after school until 5 p.m.
Vew members can still sign up in the
'SC office.
• Feb. 27 - Magic Me, 3:30-4:30.
• Feb. 14 - Advisory Council
•1eeting, 4 p.m., in center office.
..iembers are encouraged to attend and
II others are invited.
• Feb. 22 - Parent Support Group,
:30 a.m., in. center.
Topic:
Wellness."
Refreshments, door
>rize . Adams and Clark parents weiorne to attend.
• Sign-ups for spring semester of
>espect Society for 6th grade girls
10w going on. Those interested may
top by the center.
• Exercise class for adults now in
ession. Classes conducted by Floyd
~ounty Health Dept. staff.
Those
nterested may contact the center for
nore information.
• Exercise class for students also
'Jeing offered. Those interested may
·ontact the center to sign-up.
• The Youth Services Center is
>pen each weekday from 8 a.m. to 4
J.m.
Coordinator is Michelle
(eathley. Center telephone is 886297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Central High
School
• Center hours: 8 a.m. to 3:30
.m., Mon. thru Fri. Sharon Collins,
coordinator. Telephone 358-3048.
Center provides services for all famiies regardless of income.
Allen Central Middle
School
**Collect Food City receipts and
"Box Tops for Education" and tum
'hem in to homeroom teachers!**
• Feb. 14 - Tobacco awareness
presentation, 7th & 8th grades.
• Feb. 20 - Bullying and Conflict
Resolution presentation, 6th grade.
• Feb. 21, 27 - Respect class, 7th
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
• 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, immunization<;, 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. Call886-081~
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. 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 WJC
services. Plea<;e 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
• Feb. 20 - Program on nutrition,
to be conducted by Carol Jo May, of
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, for first
graders, from 9-11:25 a.m.
•
Floyd
County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at the
center the first three Mondays each
month to administer immunizations,
T.B. skin tests, well-child exams,
WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals. Call 3772678 for an appointment.
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Center
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
director, at 377-2678. The McDowell
FRC provides services to all MES students and their families, regardless of
income.
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
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
• Feb. 20 - SBDM Council will
hold a speciah:alkd meeting, from 58 p.m., at the Jenny Wiley Convention
Center, Cherokee Room, for the
Council on Council's meeting.
• 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
• 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? Call452-9607.
• 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 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 o attend Parent Volunteer
Training sessions; or for information
in regard to Adult EducMion 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 a<> 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 fami-
14, 2007 • 85
lies, regardless of income. For more
information, call Anita Tackett, center
coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"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 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.O.
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
(February 19 and February
21, 1997)
Four Prestonsburg High School teenagers
died Sunday morning, in an Slccident, described
by rescue workers as "the worst" they have ever
seen. Pronounced dead at the scene were:
Gregory Todd Walters, 17; Thomas Lee Word II,
18, Forrest L. Howell, 17, and P.H.S. graduate,
Sean
Alexander
Pilch,
19,
all
of
Prestonsburg, ..The investigation into a possible
arson in Wayland, that led to the arrest of
Wallace C!haffins on charges of theft by deception and arson, has now led to the arrest of his
wife, Evelyn Michelle Chaffins, 28, for allegedly starting a fire with her husband, at their
Wayland residence on January 29, to collect
insurance... Randy Wright, 30, of Martin, became
"agitated" during a poker game, Saturday morning, and shot Linda Burchett, 35, and Steve
Burchett, 24. Wright was stabbed by Ronnie
Knox with a pocket knife during the in£ident.
The Burchetts and Wright were admitted to area
hospitals ...Floyd County may be the only school
system in the state where grief counseling seems
to be a regular part of the curriculum . [n addition
to the four who died Sunday, in an automobile
accident, eight other students have died in the
last two years. Seven of those students died in
accidents, and one wa<; the result of a homicide... The Floyd County School Board approved
a contract, Monday, for attorney Jerry Patton,
which lowers the monthly retainer to $750 a
month with a $90 per hour charge for additional
work; it will now be chrged for daily phone
calls concerning legal advice ...The City of Allen
has one week to provide information that shows
the sewer project is ready for bid, or grant money
allotted for the project may be pulled ...A
Wheelwright woman may have been singled out
for a Klan-type warning, Wednesday morning,
when she found a bundle of switches and Ku
Klux Klan (KKK) propaganda on her
car...Edward Collins, 33, of Hueysville, is faci ng
24 charges, including felony assault counts, after
an alleged altercation with police Wednesday
night. He was placed under a $20,000 cash bond,
Thursday, by Floyd District Judge James
Allen ...A bone-marrow drive held in
Prestonsburg for leukemia patient Sarah
Lafferty, in December and January, held no miracles for the infant, but it may have for someone
else, Sarah's mom, Paul etta, said Thursday.
Through the drive, a match was found for a 41year old woman whose last hope is to have a
bone marrow transplant...Born to Evelena and
Stewart Osborne of Wheelwright, a son,
Anthony Paul, on February 19 at Our Lady of the
Way, in Martin. There died: Hobert Newman, 49,
of Martin, Thursday, February 13, at the U.K.
Medical Center, at Lexington; Mabel Slone, 79,
of Lackey, Tuesday, February 11 , at Hazard
Appalachian Regional Hospital; Arnold Burkett,
72, of Prestonsburg, Saturday, February 15, at his
residence; Thelma Shepherd, 57, of Gunlock,
Sunday, February 15, at Our Lady of the Way
Hospital, Martin; Mary Ellen Hall, 50, of
Claypool, Indiana, Friday, February 14, at
Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Thomas
Lee Word II, 18, of Prestonsburg, Sunday,
February 16, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident; Loraine "Rainey" Hunter, 72,
of Harold, Tuesday, February 18, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg; Michael
David Moore, 32, of Garland, Texas, Saturday,
February 15, in Garland, Texas; Sean Alexander
Pilch, 19, of Prestonsburg, Sunday, February 16,
from injuries sustained in an automobile accident
at Lancer; Acie Tackett, 70, of Melvin, Friday,
February 14, at McDowell Appalachian
Regional Hospital; Ernest Little, 69, of Ivel,
Thursday, February 13, at I;Iighlands Regional
Medical Center, Prestonsburg; Forrest L.
Howell, 17, of Prestonsburg, Sunday, February
I 6, from injuries sustained in a automobile accident; Gregory Todd Walters, 17, of Prestonsburg,
Sunday, February 16, from injuries sustained in
an automobile accident; Carolyn Joyce Hager
Howard, 6 1, of Clearfield, Wednesday, February
19, at St. Joseph Hospital, in Lexington; Lillian
Hicks, 88, of Garrett, Thursday, February 20, at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital , Martin; James
Edward Lowe, 42, of Pikeville, Wednesday,
February 19, at his residence; John Tyler Nelson
Ill, twenty-eight-month old son of John Nelson
II and Pamela Shepherd Nelson of Hueysville,
Wednesday, February 19, at the U.K. Medical
Center; Gladys Cooley, 79, of Prestonsburg,
Tuesday, February 18, at Highlands Regional
Medical Center; Anna May Hieronymus, 82, of
McKee, Wednesday, February 19; Cecil Eldon
Willis, 90, of Prestonsburg, Wednesday,
February 19, at Riverview Manor Nursing
Home, in Prestonsburg.
Twentv Years Ago
(February 25, 1987)
Public good, not private profit, was the
promise made by Grady Stumbo, who filed
papers with the board of elections, making him a
candidate for governor... An assault charge
brought against Charles Martin, 42, of Wayland,
in the scalding of his girlfriend's two year-old
son last October 9, was dismissed... Pauline
Goble, 64, of Prestonsburg, was charged with
first degree manslaughter in the shooting death
of her husband, Dan Goble, this past December
18... Charged with murder and two counts of first
degree assault was Frank B. Stephens, 35, of
Prestonsburg, who allegedly walked away from
a car accident in which three of his companions
were injured. One of them, C. Winston Fairchild
of Paintsville, died several hours later... Glennis
Ray Reynolds Jr., of Bush, was charged with
murder and first degree assault, for a December
5 accident, in which his coal truck ran a red light
at Allen and smashed into a car driven by Brenda
Sue Bentley, of Langley. Bentley was killed and
her three-year-old daughter was seriously
injured ... After a lengthly deliberation, a Floyd
Circuit Court jury decided, last week, that a
Prestonsburg gynecologist, Dr. Sutip Kunajukr,
was not negligent in treating a woman whose
pregnancy he failed to diagnose...The Big Sandy
Development District voted to join two other
development districts in purchasing a 100-acre
industrial site near the Mountain Parkway in
Wolfe County...There died: Mary Jane Frazier,
86, of Spurlock Creek, died Tuesday, at the
University of Kentucky Medical Center; Sybel
Cooley, 79, of Water Gap, died Thursday, at
Riverview Manor Nursing Home; Elder Chester
E. Hamilton, 66, of Teaberry, last Thursday, at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital; Rev. Henry
Harmon Music, 89, of Prestonsburg, Tuesday, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center; Everett
Collins, 68, of Weeksbury, Sunday, at Rt. 122 at
Melvin ; Fred Gibson, 64, of Garrett, died
Tuesday, in Lima, Ohio; Thomas Meade, 67, of
Hi Hat, February 12, at his residence; Elizabeth
"Lizzie" White Keathley, 90, of Harold, Sunday,
at Pikeville Methodist Hospital; Mary Collins
Ratliff, 81, of Ivel, Saturday, at Pikeville
Methodist Hospital.
ThidV Years Ago
(February 23, 1977)
The energy crisis is far from over for Floyd
County schools. In fact, Supt. E. P. Grigsby Jr.,
said this week, Columbia Gas now has placed all
the schools it serves on an allotment, that means
an ever sharper curtailment of natural gas, than
the 15 percent asked last month ... County
Attorney Harold J. Stumbo said, last week, that
he has a number of condemnation suits against
landowners to be ftled in another attempt to get
the long-delayed Martin stream improvement
and flood control project off the ground ...A solution to Mud Creek's water problem is still being
sought, and Congressman Carl D. Perkins, who
helped get the project funded a few years ago, is
among those interested ...A re latively new Floyd
County manufacturing concern, S.&H.
(See YESTERDAYS, page five)
�86 •
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
14, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Yesterdays
• Continued from p4
\tianufacturing Company, began operltion on Brush Creek about a year and
a half ago, and has been quietly thriving ever since ...The vacancy in the
office of juvenile judge, which was
;;reated by the resignation of Richard
E. Fitzpatrick, has not been flied ...Bill
H. Howard, superintendent of the
Prestonsburg Utilities System, said
Monday that he has received, from
Governor Carroll, his written commitment to fund connection of the Allen
water system with the Prestonsburg
system,
to
the
extent
of
$3l,OOO...Three new members to repon
the
resent
Prestonsburg
Prestonsburg-Paintsville
Airport
Board were named by Mayor Harold
Cooley, at last Thursday's meeting of
the city council...Mter losing three
more days to the weather last week
and one this week, Floyd County
schools had 13 days of lost time to
make good ... There died: Eliz!lbeth
(Lizzie) Boyd, 76, of Betsy Layne,
died February 17, at Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville; Denver Bartley,
26, of East McDowell, died February
19, at St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington;
Martin Goble, 93, formerly of Floyd
County, died February 19, at Scioto
Memorial Hospital, Portsmouth, 0.;
Ben Williams, 88, of Tram, died
February 16, at Methodist Hospital,
Pikeville; Russell Ward, 65, formerly
of Wheelwright, died recently in a
Pike County, Ohio, hospital; William
Woods Cooley, 83, of Wheelwright,
died February 15, at Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville; Bertha Marsillett
Shepherd, 73, died February 17, at her
home in Pyramid; James Edgar
Johnson, 50, of Allen, died February
16, at his home; Dr. Joseph E. Triplett,
86, of Softshell, formerly a Floyd
County chiropractor, died February l,
at Veterans' Hospital, Lexington;
Wayne Conn, 39, of Allen, died
February 17, at his home; Carl H.
Martin, 56, of St. Mary's 0., died
February 15, at a hospital there; Grace
Vanhoose Watson, 89, a Johnson
County native, living in Henderson,
Nev., died February 14, in Nevada;
·Larry Douglas Sherman, 29, formerly
of Johnson County, died February 20,
at his home in Ypsilanti, 'Mich.; Gary
M. Damron, 25, of Honaker, was
killed, February 15, inside the
Maranatha Coal Company mine on
Cow Creek while operating a batterypowered scoop.
Fonv Years Ago
(February 23, 1967)
Approximately 1,500 "unemployed fathers" will be dropped from
the payroll by April 1, but the Work
Experience and Training (Happy
Pappy) program will continue in all of
the 19 Kentucky counties where it
now operates, state and federal officials have agreed ...A Prestonsburg
delegation was encouraged, last week,
by Washington's reaction to its application for Office of Economic
Opportunity assistance in expansion
of the water system here... A giant
shovel employed by the coal operation
of William B. Sturgill, and others, on
Lott's Creek, Knott County, was
destroyed by a dynamite blast last
Sunday night, at a loss of approximately $90,000, it was learned here
this week...Prestonsburg has won the
Community Travel Award as the
Kentucky community which, during
1966, did most to promote tourism in
the state ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Dillon, of Wellington, 0., a daughter-Karen Leigh-Feb. 12, at
Oberlin, Ohio ... There died: Elihu
Triplett, 77, Monday, at his home at
Garrett; Mrs. Mrytle B. Crisp, 76, formerly of Martin, Feb. 9, at Mesa,
Ariz.; Allen D. Snyder, 62, of Ashland,
formerly of Betsy Layne, Sunday, at
Ashland; Mrs. Christie Canterbury
Childers, 72, of Emma, Friday, at
Mountain Manor Nursing Home, here;
Sidney Harrulton, 80, Wednesday, at
his residence at Teaberry.
FifiV Years Ago
Deputy Highway Commissioner
Bert
Kiser
assured
State
Representative
Lon
C.
Hill,
Prestonsburg Tax Commissioner Clive
Akers, of Drift, and Jerry F. Howell, of
Price, last Thursday, that the AuxierPrestonsburg section of relocated U.S.
23, will be let to contract by the first of
July... Six persons are taking rabies
immunization treatment here, this
week, due to contact with a dog and a
cat declared rabid... Flood protection
for most of Prestonsburg, with work
on the project to begin this year, was
considered a certainty, this week, after
representatives of the U.S. Corps of
Engineers'
dstrict
office
in
Huntington,
W.Va.,
conferred,
Monday night, with Mayor Harry
Sandige, other city officials, and citizens ...Application has been filed by
Gordon Collins, of Lackey, with the
Federal Communications Commission
for permit to put into operation, here, a
second radio station ...Although a fire
in the Magoffin County courthouse, at
Salyersville, was suppressed, Tuesday
morning, of last week, after damage to
the County Attorney's office, a new
blaze, on Friday, completely destroyed
the 64-year-old structure ... A Friday
evening fire destroyed the 90-year-ld
residence of the late Dr. H. H. Mayo,
near Martin, on Ky. 80...Bom: to Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde E. DeRossett, a son,
Clyde E. Jr., Feb. 17, at the Paintsville
Hospital; to Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Morgan Flanery, a son, James David,
Monday,
at
the
Paintsville
Hospital ...There died: Joseph E. Joy,
73, who pioneered the development of
mechanized mining, chief of his
inventions, being the Joy Loader, and
brother of W. R. Joy, Prestonsburg,
last Tuesday, at Fort Pierce, Florida;
Charles Elliott, 38, formerly of
Wayland, Friday, at Columbus, Ohio;
Mrs. Bird Smith, 59, of Justell, last
Thursday, at Miners Memorial
Hospital, Pikeville; Mrs. Lou
Hollifield
Burchett,
78,
of
Prestonsburg, Friday, at St. Mary's
Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia.
(February 23, 1967)
here, Thursday...Dr. Jacob Allen
Wells, 66, first physician to serve the
old Pike-Floyd Coal Company at
Betsy Layne, Saturday, at St. Mary's
Hospital, Huntington; Mrs. Rosa Mae
Skeans Ferguson, 63, at her home at
Wheelwright, Saturday; Freda M.
Stanley, 22, at home, at Garrett,
Sunday.
Sixtv Years Auo
(February 27, 1947)
The Floyd Fiscal Court, Saturday,
formally entered into an agreement
with the State Forestry Department,
whereby the 173,348 acres of forest
land in the county will receive fire
protection, beginning July ~ ...Bums
suffered, Jan. 4, when her clothing
was ignited from a gas stove in the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Pratt, of Stone Coal Creek,
resulted Tuesday, in the death at the
Beaver Valley Hospital, Martin, of
eight-year-old Meri Lea Pratt...Silent,
while teachers in other sections threatened to strike against "starvation
wages,'' 26 members of the Wayland
Consolidated School faculty joined in
a letter to Gov. Simeon Willjs. requesting he call a special session of the
General Assembly to enact legislation
providing
a
teacher
salary
increase...Death, within the last week,
claimed, at 95, two of the county's
oldest citizens. Mrs. Belle Branham
died Monday at the home, at Allen, of
her daughter, Mrs. Farris Porter,
Saturday; Henry Maggard died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Melvin
Frazier, near Martin...Married: Mrs.
Sylvia Varney and Mr. J. R. Worland,
both of Prestonsburg, Feb. 19 ...Bom:
to Mr. and Mrs. David L. Francis, of
David, and Huntington, W.Va., a
son-James Draper Francis-at a
Huntington hospital, Feb. 22; to Mr.
and Mrs. Chalmer Frazier, of
Prestonsburg, a daughter- Elizabeth
Lynne-Feb. 26, at the Prestonsburg
General Hospital; to Mr. and Mrs.
William L. Baldridge Jr., of Little
Paint, a daughter, Sandra Lynn, Jan.
21; to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Crisp,
of Martin, a son, Clarence Howard Jr.,
at the Methodist Hospital, Pikeville,
Jan. 31; to Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Boyd,
tf Betsy Layne, a son, Feb. 22; to Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Goble, of I vel, a son,
Kenis Allen, Feb. 17 ...There died: Dr.
Curtis Randolph Slone, 58, Prominent
Prestonsburg dentist, at his home,
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Seventv Years
Ago
(February 19, 1937)
Plans for the construction here of a
22-room, brick, air-conditioned grade
school building to cost an estimated
$100,000, have been approved by the
bureau of the budget, Washington, it
was announced, this week, by
Congressman A. J. May and Mayor A.
C. Carter... An eight-inch pipeline, 12
miles long, running from Rock Fork,
near Lackey, to the mouth of Possum
Trot Creek, near Hindman, was started
last week by the Inland Gas
Corporation...An estimate from the
county clerk's office, Wednesday,
showed only a small percentage of
motor vehicles in Floyd County registered so far this year-248 cars and
106 trucks being licensed since Jan.
l...Doke Griffith, Prestonsburg, watch
repairman, has invented a "talking
clock," one that instead of merely
striking the hour-speaks it...James E.
Miller Jr., of Wayland, and Edgar P.
Stephens, of Prestonsburg, were elected president and vice-president,
respectively, of their national social
fraternity, Epsilon Phi Zeta Chapter of
Lambda Chi ...Born: to Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Ratliff, of Wheelwright, a
son-Wayne
Wendell-Saturday,
Feb. 13 ...There died: Mrs. Josie
Crider, of German, Feb. 13, at the
home of her nephew, Stonewall Cline,
on Johns Creek; William J. (Uncle
Will) George, 66, of Wheelwright,
Feb. 13; the infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Adkins, of Harold, Feb. 14,
at the parents' home.
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get it in the dry before the fall rains
c!ame. The com would be used to
~ed the stock, chickens, and ducks
• through the winter months. It
took u several days to get all the
c!orn off the bll and into the bam.
~eing a farmer isn't a "nine to five"
job, it is a job filled with hard
The
only
machines
work.
Grandmaw had on her farm were
called, L. A, Virgil, Boots, Ralph,
Little James, and little Mutt who
finally got big enough to help shale
the com. We got all the com out
of the field that was worth picking
and still left plenty for the birds to
eat. I didn't care if them old crows
got one grain, though, because they
had stolen plenty of it all summer
long! The scarecrow hadn't done a
real good job - two or three times I
saw some of them crows setting
right pretty on his old raggedy arms.
I' thought to myself, "That won't happen next year, we'll make a scarecrow so ugly it will even scare us
if we look at it!"
At last, the day came when it
was time to shale com to take to
the mill to be ground into commeal. Two or three of us would sit
around a wash tub with a bucket
of corn and begin to shale corn into
the tub. When the corn began to hit
the sides and bottom of the tub, you
could hear the grains of corn go
"ping - pong" as they bounced
around. I can almost still hear them,
and hear Grandmaw say, "You sure
are doing a good job!" When
Grandmaw would say that, then our
fingers worked even harder. Some
of the corn would be pickled in
large barrels. That com sure tasted
good on a cold winter's day. One
day I watched Grandmaw as she
took some it out into the yard to
feed some little baby chicks. Why,
she just got down there on the goumd
with them little chickens and
looked over them like they were her
kids.
Once the corn was shelled and
ready
for
the
village
mill,
Grandmaw said, "We won't go to
the mill until we get the fodder cut
and shocked." "Another itchy job,"
I said to myself. It would be the
bigger boys who would cut the
corn stalks and us smaller ones
who would tic them
up. So us small children bunched
the stalks of corn up into what
were called "shocks." Then, we
would tie the shocks up with blades
of corn that we used for rope. We
had to make do with what we had
- no reason to waste money on
rope. We gathered stalks of com, and
tied corn shocks for days. After we
got the fodder ready to stand up,
the bigger boys would help us little boys steady it. Once, when all the
fodder was stood up, while walking
home one evening I looked back at
the field and at those fodder shocks
- they looked like a field of tee pees,
for a whole tribe of Indains to move
into for the winter months.
By the time Halloween rolled
around, we had gathered pumpkins,
cushaws, and squash and placed
some of them around the fodder
shocks for decoration.
I knew what people meant when
they said "there will be frost on the
pumpkins tonight."
One day, Grandmaw tied up two
sacks of corn and said, "Ralph, take
this com down to the mill and have
it ground into cornmeal." So, I
loaded up my little western flyer
red wagon, and I headed down the
dirt road to Uncle Johnnys mill. Me
and my little red wagon were
happy as we pulled our load down
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between the company store and the tipple. Anyone behind the machine shop
could not be seen from any other location
in the community, which made it an ideal
place for the older boys and grown men
to spread a big red banana on the ground,
hunker on their haunches, and pull out an
old deck of cards, so worn and pasty, that
after a couple of hands, you could read
them from the back, as easily as you
could from the front.
Talk about poker playing champions!
I saw one fellow win nearly $3 on one
hand.
So why didn't I think of setting up a
tournament of my own? However, it
would never have occurred to me to televise such an event, because I was still a
few years away from seeing my first TV
set.
But had I been as clever as whomever
it was that finally did think about doing
it, I could have formed a team of Muddy
Branchers to play other poker players
from other coal towns, up and down the
Big Sandy. Maybe I could have charged
a dime a head to people who wanted to
watch.
Of course, if a big crowd started gathering behind the machine shop, the nonpoker players in the camp might have
become suspicious and found us out. Dad
would have worn me out, and likely as
not, made me put my profit in the collection plate at church on Sunday morning.
Still, when I see those guys on TV...
I
I
I
us a pone of cornbread:" I watched
her as she got a large bowl, dipped
a cup of meal from the sack,
poured the meal into a sifter and
begin to sift the meal into the
bowl. Grandmaw made a pone of
cornbread from that fresh- ground
meal, and my mouth watered as I
sank my teeth into the first bite of
that wonderful home baked bread.
For a monment, I forgot about
planting corn, blades of com itch- ,::
ing my hands and neck, and picking
and shelling com. The only thing on
my mind was another piece of combread. For there was nothing better
than to sit in my Grandmaw's
kitchen and eat a piece of combread she had just baked with her
own hands.
Summer would soon be around
again and I would be back in the
cornfield again, but for now I was
just going to enjoy the fruit of our
labor.
So, until next year, "would someone please pa~s the com ?"
The little corncrib was filled with (JII)
cornmeal and cans of com lined the
pantry shelves. So, let it snow, for
during the winter we would eat our
fill of com.
Oak
Critter
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Hen Pen Hollow. How could any little boy be so lucky as to get to take
a load of com to the village mill all
by himself?
The mill was something to see, too.
A T-model Ford motor was used to
turn the belt that caused the grindstone to grind the meal. Uncle
Johnny would pour one sack of
corn into the hopper to be ground
into cornmeal and the other sack he
would pour into a large box to keep
for himself. Johnny cranked that old
T-model motor with a hand crank.
When it started, every time a piston
hit a stroke, it sounded like the
motor would fall apart. But, it never
did. It just kept on a -ticking. Well,
Johnny helped me put my sack of
cornmeal in the little wagon and I
took off back up the holler for
Grandmaw's house. I could smell
that fresh ground meal - still warm
from the grindstone.
As I walked through the gate that
led to Grandmaws kitchen door, she
would open the door before I got to it
and say, "Ralph, are you back
already?"
"Yes, Grandmaw," I would say.
She would open the little sack of
meal and say, "I'm going to make
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Cosmetology chosen
as the No. 1 program
at HCTC
~nniversary
Celebrate 45th Wedding Anniversary
Crandell and Wanda (Crisp) Slone, of Shelbyville, formerly of
Allen, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on
• December 2, 2006, with family and friends. Crandell and
Wanda were married on December 2, 1961, in Clintwood, VA.
Crandell retired from his duties as a Kentucky State Police
Trooper in April, 1991, and in 2001 from his duties as a
Kentucky State Police Civilian Certified License Examiner, in
Louisville.
Crandell and Wanda have lived in Shelbyville since January,
1968, upon Crandell's graduation from the Kentucky State
Police Academy. They have one son, Crandell Jr. (Janis), of
New Boston, Ml, and three grandsons, Crandell " CJ" Ill, of
Shelbyville (CJ resides with his grandparents), and Coty, and
Jacob, of New Boston.
Crandell is the son of Nova Slone Conn, of Martin (Arkansas
Creek) and the late Miles Slone.
Wanda is the daughter of the late Gomer and Lottie (Pitts)
Crisp.
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13irthday
14, 2007 • 87
The Cosmetology department at Hazard Community &
Technical College has been named the No. I program for 200607 because of its overall academic excellence. Cosmetology was
awarded the third annual STARR award, which stands for,
Student Success and Service, Teaching Excellence, ,
Advancement, Recognition, and Resource development. Susan 1,
Johnson, program coordinator and Rachel Sexton, program.,
instructor, were honored with the award.
Interim President/CEO Dr. R. Kathy Smoot said she was most~
impressed by the enthusiasm and the student focus of Ms.
Johnson and Mrs. Sexton. "Susan and Rachel are two of our~
great shining stars and their commitment to excellence has made"
their program very attractive to the large number who enroll,"
Susan Johnson, cosmetology program coordinator {left) and Dr. Smoot said.
Rachel Sexton, program instructor, were honored with the
"Most of our students are prepared to go to work the day after
STARR award at Hazard Community & Technical College for
they successfully complete their board exams," stated Ms. ·r
being the No.1 program at HCTC tor 2006-07.
Johnson. "We have trained students who have continued to
excel. Some are traveling from coast-to-coast and performing
platform work. Students have the capability to leru.n right here and master their skills to be able to go anywhere and have a successful career."
Ms. Johnson and students praised the facilities at the Technical Ca.J.llpus, where the program is housed. "We have state-of-the-art
equipment. We have equipment that is presently not available at some salons," noted Ms. Johnson. Student Bridget Jones Clemons
said she explored other colleges before she enrolled at HCTC. "We have more modem equipment here at Hazard," Bridget said.
Besides praising the facilities, students also praised the faculty. Student Ashley Sexton shared, "The teachers are wonderful. They
have incredible knowledge and they are always willing to help in any given situation."
Student L. Trent Conley echoed, "Both are excellent instructors. They've been in the industry for an extensive period of time and
that helps them be exceptionable instructors. I researched several others schools before enrolling, both public and private, but this
program was the best."
Conley wrote a letter of support for the program to be honored. He stated in his letter, "I consider my education at HCTC the most
thorough, informative, and inspiring of any of my other choices."
Working in the cosmetology field was natural for faculty member Rachel Sexton, whose mother and two aunts are hairdressers.
"Teachmg is my passion. It excites me to see students learning," Mrs. Sexton said. "Our students are definitely prepared when they
leave us and go into the workforce," she added.
The program's involvement in the community also warranted their award. Not only does the progra.J.ll open their doors to provide
hair and nail services for the public at a reduced cost, the students also go out and provide services for our Senior Citizens in addition to other community based projects, noted Dr. Smoot. "Just ab~ut every salon in the region is either owned by a former gradu-,
ate or has one of our graduates working for them," Dr. Smoot said. One such owner, Charlene Boggs of Cut-Ups Salon, prru.sed the,
program. "The knowledge and skills attained in the program along with the encouragement and support o[ my instructor, Susan
Johnson, has enabled my business to be successful for the last 14 years."
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Dr. Smoot also praised the program for having a retention rate increase of 24 perfent. "This is an excellent testimony to the fact
that students believe cosmetology is a quality program," she said, adding that the number of credentials awarded last spring was more .
than double the number awarded in the previous year. Graduates of the program have had a 100 percent pass rate on the Kentucky~
State Board Examinations each year.
Past recipients of the HCTC STARR program awards are the Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education program in 2006 and
the Radiography Program in 2005.
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Pictured are: Heather Blair, Krista! Bradley, Brenda Thornsberry, Penny Marcum, Deanna Rice, April Collins and Deitra
Hackworth.
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HRMC Nurses Achieve Clinician I Recognition
Jayla Nicole Little will turn 2 on Thursday Feb. 15 and celebrate her birthday with a JO JO circus party on Saturday, Feb
·11. Jayla is the daughter of John and Stacy little of Drift.
13irths
In recognition for their hard work and dedication, several HRMC nurses have achieved Clinician I recognition in Highlands
Regional Medical Center's Clinical Ladder program.
The Clinical ladder program was initiated in the 1980's to recognize registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who provide direct patient care and who exemplify an extraordinary commitment to their profession, hospital, and community. The ·
requirements for the program are extremely stringent requiring nurses meet attendance, education, and performance guide-'
lines. The program stresses professional development, customer service, and community involvement.
Highlands Regional Medical Center is a 184-bed (154 acute care, 18 skilled nursing, and 12 geriatric psychiatric) not-for prof-~
it, community owned and operated healthcare facility that is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of,
Health care Organizations. As a full-service facility with an active medical staff of more than 100 physicians, Highlands
Regional Medical Center features 24-hour emergency care, same-day surgery and outpatient care, advanced pulmonary
care, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, broad-based diagnostic services including on-site CT and MRI, cardiac ·
services, pediatric care, senior wellness programs and an on-site clinical laboratory.
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divon.:e is a sin, then the same blood that
Jesus shed on Calvary to wash all other
sins away is also efficient to wash away the
sin of divorce. In the eyes of God sin is sin
and the blood cleanses all.
I am not making this point to give someone a license to divorce, but to help those
who may already be in that position to
understand that God still loves them. Many
church organizations have taken such a
strong stand in this area that a person who
has been divorced is almost shut outside of
the very place that should be trying to help
restore them.
Let's look at some of the scriptures that
have caused some of this kind of thinking
to get into the church;
And I say unto you, whosoever shall put
away his wife, except it be for fornication,
and shall marry ·another, committeth adultery: and whoso manieth her which ts put
away doth commit adultery Matthew
(19:9)
It is apparent that dtvorce, except m the
New Arrival
Terry and Shirley (Wise) Willis Jr., of Richmond, are pleased
to announce the birth of their daughter, Alexandria Jaye
•J Willis, born December 23, 2006, at 9:11 p.m., at Central
Baptist Hospital, in Lexington. She weighed 4 lbs., 10 oz.,
and was 17 inches long. Alexandria is the granddaughter of
Jimmy and Valerie Wise, of Dwale, Virginia Willis, of Albany,
Oregon, and Terry Willis Sr., of Pocatello, Idaho.
case of fornication is l.:Onsidercd adultery.
However, many have perceived that the
married couple is Jiving in a state of adultery. Not so, Jesus only said that they were
committing adultery when they married
another. Adultery falls under the category
of sin, so it too is a sin that is washed away
by the blood when one repent;,.
People tend to try to hold others in
s pport
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bondage according to their thinking instead
of what the bible really says. For example,
some even try to hold it against someone
who was divorced prior to their conversion. In either case, whether before or after
they were saved, God still forgives sin
when a person truly repents.
Let's look at a scripture concerning
preachers (bishops);
A bishop then must be blameless. the
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to
teach (1 Timothy 3:2)
This scripture has always been taken by
many denominations to mean a man could
not preach if he had been divorced. Read it
for yourself, it does not mention divorce. t
does say he must be the husband of one
wife. Well, even a divorced man that is
remarried only has one wife, in most states
it is the law.
What if we take a different view of this
scripture? It says he must be the husband of
one wife. Taken literally, that would mean
he must be married. In that case a single
man could not be a Bishop. Also, a preacher who had been in the ministry for years
would have to quit if he lost his spouse. He
would no longer be the husband of one
wife.
Could it be that Paul was instructing
Timothy to make sure the preachers were
lined up with God's idea of a family, one
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man married to one woman?
During the time of Paul's writing it was
not uncommon for a man to have more
than one wife. I believe this to be the case.
We can get a little more instght from Paul's
letter to the Corinthian church:
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to
be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife?
Seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou
hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she
hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall
have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you ( 1
Corinthians 7:27-28)
Paul did not condone divorce nor
encourage it, but he did recognize that
there were those who were in that position
to which he added, "But and if thou marry;
..,
thou has not sinned."
It amazes me that a person could have
been a murderer, child molester, rapist, or
some other vile thing and still be welcomed
to take part or even preach in some churches. However, if they have been divorced;
then they cannot be used.
Jesus shed his blood to wash away all sin.,
When a per~on is born again old things are
pas~ed away and all things become new. There
are some wonderful people sitting around in,
churches. They are just waiting to be used. How
about forgetting their pa~t the way God does
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and give them a chance?
Be Ble~sed.
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by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG- It was a sad scene
Thursday morning at Dewey Lake after an elk
had to be put down following an attack by a
pack of wild dogs while trapped in the frigid
icy water.
Officials say the wild dogs are beginning to
be a real problem.
Wildlife otlicials received the call early
that morning before dawn and upon their
arrival were shocked to see what wa<; taking
place. A large bull elk had apparently been try-
MAKING
ing to cross the ice covered water when the tee
gave way and the elk was unable to get itself
out. A pack of wild dogs had surrounded the
elk and viciously attacked it.
The wild dogs fled the scene and officials
were able to take a boat out to the elk, which
was still struggling. Upon their inspection of
its condition, they determined that they wouldn't be able to rescue it without putting themselves in danger on the icy water.
Charlie Logsdon, who works for the
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife,
(See DOGS, page seven)
ALLEGATIONS
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF W RITER
PAINTSVILLE - Gora
Iicker, one of two women
.onvicted in Floyd County
'1 November as part of the
Bay theft case, waived
imilar charges brought
gainst her in Johnson
::ounty to a grand jury on
Vednesday.
Wicker, 59, of
restonsburg, was
harged June 15 with one
Jlony count of receiving
tolen property valued at
ver $300. She has been
ccused of being in posession of stolen plates,
3welry and Dale Earnhardt
emorabilia.
J A $5,000 cash bond
emains in place, but
Vicker is ineligible to be
eleased because she is
urrently serving a 15-year
entence for multiple
alony burglary and theft
onvictions in Floyd
]ounty.
Wicker was arrested
une 6 for the theft and
1urglary of what has been
Jstimated at more than
1300,000 worth of items
.tolen from at least nine
tomes in Floyd County.
~restonsburg police recoved more than 1,000
(See EBAY, page seven)
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SOlid ·w aste
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•
rate mcrease
STAFF WRITER
phot6 b~ AleJI Smith
Attorney Oi:lvld Barber listens as the three women explain what happened the night they allege
they were sexaully abused by a Martin city pollee offlcet. "It's still very fresh, still very real for
the women at this time," Barber said. " But this is a very serious allegation that should not be
taken lightly."
Suit alleges Martin officer
sexually abused women
STAFF WRITER
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by JESSICA HALE
by ALEX SMITH
High: 28 • Low: 18
This was the
scene Thursday
morning at Dewey
Lake after a bull
elk fell through
the ice and was
savagely attacked
by a pack of wild
dogs. The elk was
put down before It
was removed from
the icy water.
PAINTSVILLE - A complaint was filed Thursday
against Martin police officer
Jeremy Shepard by three
unnamed women who allege
they were sexually assaulted by
the officer in the early mOrning
hours of Feb. I .
The lawsuit, which also
names the city of Martin as a
defendant, asks for a trial by
jury and compensatory and
punitive damages.
"I want him stopped, I don't
want him to do anything like
this to anyone else," said the
teary-eyed victim listed as Ann
Doe in the complaint. It was at
the 22-year-old 's Grigsby
Heights apartment in Martin
where the incident took place.
The incident began after 3
a.m. on Feb. 1, when Shepard
and a Floyd County sheriff's
deputy arrived at the residence
in response to a noise complaint filed by a neighbor living
in the complex. A ll three
women said they had been
hanging out with seven or eight
of their friends and playing
video games all night.
The women allege that during the first visit, Shepard told
everyon~ that they needed to
leave except the women, and
that they would come back in
20 minutes to make sure everyone had dispersed. One of the
women said she thought it was
strange that Shepard only made
the men who were present and
another girl who he thought
was younger than 2 1 leave,
even though one of the men
was living at the apartment and
another had asked if it was all
right if he just went upstairs to
bed.
"It made me think he had
done this before because of the
way he acted," she said.
Many of the those asked to
leave went across the treet to
an apartment where one of the
other woman lived. The officers returned 20 minutes later
as they had promised, and the
three women said the only
question that Shepard asked
was if all the men had left,
which she said they had.
David Barber, an attorney
for Kirk Law Firm, which is
(Sec LAWSUIT, page two)
PRESTONSBURG
The Floyd County Solid
Waste Board held a special
meeting Wednesday in
which board members
introduced recently elected
Judge-Executive
R.D.
Marshall and filled him in
on some of the board's ins
and outs.
Much of Wednesday's
discussion related to the
improvements that have
taken place over the years
with the county's wa'\te
manag~ment. According to
Lon May, waste management collections in the
county are now at approximately 97 percent, a significant increase from the 30to-35 percent they were
seeing back in 1994.
According to board
member'\, county officials
haven't
always
been
involved with the solid
waste board, but in recent
years since the county has
become more aware of its
importance, they have seen
Floyd County move in a
positive direction . With
countywide
educational
programs
in
schools,
renewed respect towards
the board from citizens, and
cornmit'ment towards making the right decisions for
the betterment of the all
communities, members are
'\ure that they are t1ow
doing very well.
Board members also discussed the possibility of a
(See INCREASE, page seven)
Hearings in murder
case postponed
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PAINTSVILLE
Pretrial hearings for the two
men charged with the murder of former Johnson
County constable James
Edward Mallette were
rescheduled on Wednesday
for April 20.
The hearings were continued . for a second time
after one of the defendants,
Christopher Fairchi ld, had a
pretrial conference in a separate assault case rescheduled for April 20. The
rescheduling led to the murder case pretrials being
reset for the same day to
make it easier to schedule
for attorneys involved with
the case.
Tommy Baldridge, 21,
and Fairchild, 23, were both
arrested Sept. 27, two days
after the body of the 68year-old Mollette was dis~
covered by his neighbors at
his home on Middle Greasy
Creek near the Boons Camp
post office on Route 40.
State Police Det. Mike
Goble said Mollette had
been shot once in the arm,
and there was evidence that
someone had attempted to
cut his throat.
In Goble's report of the
(See HEARINGS, page seven)
Mine safety bill stalls; widows urge lawmakers to take action
by ROGER ALFORD
A SSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - Tearful testimony
by widows and children of coal miners
killed on the job wasn' t enough to persuade a key lawmaker to allow a vote
on legislation intended to take some of
the dangers out of working underground.
"I'm just hoping that our voices will
be heard , so that no other families go
through what we' ve went through,"
said a weeping Claudia Cole, who testified before the House Natural
Resource s
and
En vironment
Committee on Thursday. "They' re not
doing enough. We're still here fighting
to try to get some of these laws
passed."
Committee chairman state Rep. Jim
Gooch, D-Providence, said at the close
of a hearing T hursday that he still hasn't decided whether to bring the legislation up for a vote" in the natural
resources committee, which he chairs.
Cole's husband , Russell Cole, was
killed when the roof caved in inside a
Harlan County coal mine in 2005. She
and her two teenage da ughters were
among a group Appalachian residents
who came to the Capitol to lobby in
favor of tougher laws.
Paul Ledford of Dayhoit, who survived of an explosion that killed five
miners in Harlan County last year, said
he was discouraged that lawmakers listened more closely to coal industry lobbyists than to miners and their widows.
"They don' t care about the common
man," he said.
The legislation that's pending in
(See BILL, page seven)
�A2 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
16, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Eula Hall recognized by McConnell
On behalf of U.S. Sen.
Mitch McConnell. Donna
McClure presented Mud Creek
Clinic's Eula Hall with a
"Congressional Record" from
the I 09th Congress dated Nov.
16, 2006.
McClure made the presentation during the Floyd County
Chamber of Commerce mem
bership luncheon meeting at
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
on Monday, Feb. 12.
An excerpt from the document reads, "Mr. President, I
rise before you today to honor
a great humanitarian and fellow Kentuckian, Eula Hall.
"Over 30 years ago Ms.
Hall opened a medical clinic in
Pike [sic Floyd] County, Ky., at
a time when very few people
had medical insurance. Such is
her dedication to the people of
eastern Kentucky that she soon
gave up her home to house the
expanding clinic, moving herself and her young family into
much smaller housing.
"At 78 years old, Ms. Hall
continues to work in the clinic
every day, usually starting at 8
in the morning and going late
into the evening.
"Recently the Kentucky
General Assembly passed a
resolution to rename Kentucky
Highway 979 the Eula Hall
Highway. On Oct. 24, 2006,
The
Pike
County
[sic
Appalachian1 News Express
profiled Eula Hall and her
accomplishments and sacrifices for the people of
Kentucky.
"I ask unanimous ·consent
that the full article be printed in
the Record and that the entire
Senate join me in paying
respect to thi~ beloved
Kentuckian.
"There being no objection,
the material was ordered to be
printed in the Record ... "
McConnell signed the document presented to Hall as tallows: "To my friend Eula Hall
with admiration and respect."
Obituaries
Ernest Baldridge
Donna McClure presented Mud Creek Clinic's Eula Hall with
a "Congressional Record" from the 109th Congress
Legislative Briefs: Higher speed
limit bill clears Senate panel
Ernest Baldridge, 84, of
Fountain Lakes, in Estero,
Florida, passed away at his
home, Sunday, February 11,
2007.
He was born April 4, 1922,
in East Point. He served in the
U.S. Army during World War
II. He studied law at the
University of Kentucky, and
Ohio State University, and
worked for 33 years as a
claims manager for Westfield
Insurance
Company,
in
Columbus and Lima, Ohio.
He enjoyed fishing_ and
hunting, and he was an excellent carpenter and mechanic.
He became, late in· life, very
skilled with computers.
He leaves behind Mary Pat
Baldridge, his beloved wife of
almost 62 years; and children
Betty Schuster of Hansville,
Washington; Teri Kozsey
(Philip) of North Royalton,
Ohio; and James Baldridge
(Sue) of Dayton, Ohio.
He is also survived by his
sister,
Janet Taylor
of
Columbus, Ohio; his brother
Jack Baldridge (Ernestine) of
Rock Island, Illinois; and three
grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.
A memorial service was
held Thursday at 10:00 a.m., at
Naples Memorial Gardens,
525 lllth Avenue, Naples.
(Paid obituary)
The Associated Pr-ess
The legislation is Senate Bill 83.
A proposal to raise the speed limit on
parts of Kentucky's Interstate highways
cleared a legislative hurdle on Wednesday.
The Senate Transportation Committee
approved a plan that would increase the
interstate speed limit up to 70 mph.
Currently, the maximum speed permitted
on state interstate highways is 65 mph.
Gov. Ernie Fletcher called for the
increased speed limits last year, but the
idea never became law.
The bill heads to the full Senate for further consideration.
Fire-safe smokes clears Senate panel
Cigarettes sold in Kentucky would
have to be made out of fire-safe paper,
which extinguishes itself when left alone,
under a bill that cleared a Senate committee on Thursday.
"It will definitely save lives," Russ
Sanders, a spokesman for the National
Fire Protection Association:' told the
Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and
Public Protection Committee.
So far, s1x other states have passed legislation requiring manufacturers to sell
only cigarettes equipped with fire-stifling
"speed bumps." Similar measures are
pending in more than a dozen other states
across the country, supporters said.
Fire-safe cigarettes, which are already
required in New York, California and
Vermont, don't cost more to make or have
an effect on taste, Sanders said.
•
The measure cleared the committee
without opposition and heads to the full
Senate.
A similar version is pending in the
House.
l11e legislation is Senate Bill 134 and
House Bill 278.
DOD
Orris Eugene
Frazier
House panel OKs.bill raising state minimum wage
by BRUCE SCHREINER
AssociATED PRESS
FRANKFORT
Kentucky's lowest-wage workers would get a pay raise under
a bill aP.proved by a House
panel on Thursday that would
raise the state minimum wage.
The version that cleared the
Labor and Industry Committee
on a 14-2 vote was stripped of
a couple of provisions backed
by labor advocates.
Under the revised bill,
Kentucky's minimum wage
would increase from $5.15 an
hour to $5.85 at the time the
legislation took effect. The
minimum wage would go to
$6.55 an hour beginning July
1, 2008, and to $7.25 an hour
the following July 1.
Committee chairman J.R.
Gray, D-Beriton, said that version mirrors the federal minimum-wage boost currently
being considered in Congress.
Gray said he favored the
original proposal, but accepted
the stripped-down version to
try to improve its chances of
passing the General Assembly.
Kentucky's ~inimum wage
has been at $5.15 an hour since
1997.
Labor activists preferred the
originar proposal, which would
have
immeditltely
raised
Kentucky's minimum wage to
$7 an hour, followed ~y annual
cost-of-living
adjustments.
Another provision removed
from the bill would have eliminated the current wage floor of
$2.13 an hour for employees
such as waiters and waitresses
who get most of their pay from
tips, and would have raised
their wages to $7 an hour.
"We think this bill is basically half a loaf," Bill
Landrigan, head of the
Kentucky AFL-CIO, said after-
ward.
The committee heard from
a woman who has relied on
minimum-wage jobs to support
her family for nearly two
decades. Cara Prince, 41, of
Louisville asked lawmakers to
raise the state minimum wage
to a "living standard''
She urged lawmakers to
take immediate action and not
wait for Congress to act.
"I struggle every month,
every week wondering if I'm
going to get put out of my
house," she said.
The legislation is House Bill
305.
ed last year were sufficient to
protect miners.
"We wanted to see how
what we did last year was
working before I brought
something else new," he said.
The legislation 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.
Five of the deaths were from a
single Harlan County underground mine explosion in May.
Yonts said he believes the
spike in workplace fatalities
shows state law needs to be
modified.
State law now require.s
more oxygen supplies to be
stored along underground
escape routes in case of emergency, better communications
between the surface and
underground work areas, ~nd a
directional cord or lifeline to
make it easier for miners to
find their way to exits.
Yonts'
measure
also
requires the lifeline to be made
of fireproof material so that it
wouldn't be destroyed in an
explosion.
State Rep. Tim Couch, RHyden, a former coal miner,
said he has concerns abput
level of regulation that the
state is putting on the mining
industry.
"You can regulate the business out of business," said
Couch, a member of Gooch's
committee.
Bill Landrigan, head of the
Kentucky AFL-CIO labor
group, said it appears the coal
industry has been able to pressure certain lawmakers into
not taking action on the legislation.
"It looks like it's being held
victim to politi~s," Landrigan
said. ''We think that's unconscionable."
Steve Earle, a lobbyist for
the United Mine Workers of
America, said he had been
assured
that
leading
Democratic lawmakers would
support the mine safety bill.
"If we don't get mine safety legislation through this session," Earle said, "we're going
to hold people accountable."
If the legislation proposed
by Yonts had been in effect last
year, it would have done nothing to save any of the miners
who died on the job, said Bill
Caylor, president of the
Kentucky Coal Association.
He said the legislation isn't
needed.
"It's the rush to pass legislation that creates unintended
consequences and loopholes,"
Caylor said.
However, Stella Morris,
whose husband David Morris
Jr. bled to death after being
struck by a machine in an
underground mine in 2005,
said a provision in the legislation that would require two
trained medics to be on duty at
each mine would indeed save
lives.
Morris said her husband
wouldn't have died if someone
had known how to properly
apply a tourniquet to stop
bleeding after his legs were
severed in the accident.
"Common sense is common sense," Morris said.
"Why not fix the problem to
see that it doesn't happen
again?"
The legislation is House
Bill 207.
Bill
• Continued from p1
Kentucky would increase
the number of mandatory state
inspections done at underground mines each year from
three to six, require additional
oxygen supplies along escape
ways, provide methane detectors to every miner, put trained
medics at each mine, and give
grieving families direct access
to information and testimony
about deadly accidents.
"It has· very commonsense
things in it that are designed to
protect safety," said state Rep.
Brent Yonts, D-Greenville,
who is sponsoring the legislation.
However,
Gooch
has
refused to allow a vote on the
measure. Even after the testimony by Cole and others that
had some lawmakers and
members of the gallery in
tears, Gooch would not commit to bringing the matter up
for a vote in the current legislative session.
Gooch said the committee
would hear testimony from
representatives
of
the
Kentucky Dep€\rtment of
Natural Resources and the
Office of Mine Safety and
Licensing next week to determine whether new laws enact.-
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Orris Eugene Frazier, age
65, passed away on Thursday,
February 8, 2007 in La Porte,
Texas.
Born July 31, 1941, in
Martin, he was the son of
Calvin Eugene and Etta Vearl
Frazier. He was a graduate of
Martin High School in 1959,
and Morehead State University with an M.A., in 1970.
He is survived by his wife,
Gloria Guerrero; his sons,
Colin of Westerville, Ohio,
and Ronald of Temecula,
California;
a
daughter,
Rhonda, of La Pone, Texas;
his grandchildren Isaiah and
Maya; his· brothers, Larry
Frazier and wife, Linda, of
Prairie City, Iowa; George
Frazier and wife, Teresa, of
Betsy ' Layne; and Steven
Frazier and wife, Margo, of Ft.
Walton Beach, Florida.
Services were held Monday,
February 12th, at 9:45 a.m., at
Houston National Cemetery,
Houston, Texas.
(Paid obituary)
his daughter, Cherry!; his
grandson, Brian; his sister,
Callie; and his brothers,
Woodrow and Munroe.
Funeral services for Worni(ff)
Hale, will be held at I l a.m.,
on Monday, February I 9, at
the Hall Funeral Home, in •
Martin, with the Rev. Chester
Vam~::y officiating.
Burial will be in the Hale
Family
Cemetry,
in
Hueysville, under the direction
of Hall Funeral Home.
Friends may call after 5
p.m., on Saturday, February
17, and after 7:30 p.m., on
Sunday, February 18, at the
funeral home.
(Pa1d ob•tuary)
Raleigh Shepherd Jr., age 53,
of Lykins Creek, Pikeville,
passed away Tuesday, Feb. 13,
2007, at the University ~
Kentucky Medical Center in
Lexington, Kentucky.
Born May 20, 1953, he was a
son of the late Raleigh and
Virgie Shepherd of Gunlock,
Ky. He was employed by
Kentucky Power Company as
an electrical engineer, and was
a member of the House of
Prayer, at Marrowbone, Ky.
Survivors include five sisters, Janet Gay Conley (Willie)
of East Point, Ky.; Wanda Fay
Bailey (Billy) of Garrett, Ind.;
Pauline Schrader (Billy Paul)
of Plymouth, Ohio; Jewel
Dean Joseph (Claude) of
Canton, Ohio; and Joyc~1
Aileen Hale (Jesse) of Canton,
Mich. Seven brothers, Haskel
Shepherd of Auburn, Ind.;
James Gordon Shepherd of
Lansing,
Mich.;
Kermit
Shepherd (Virginia) of Wabas4, Ind.; Edward Lee
Shepherd (Stella Fay) of
Pierceton, Ind.; John Clayton
Shepherd of Ha..z.ard, Ky.;
Kenneth Shepherd (Beverly)
of Claypool, Ind.; and Eugene
Shepherd (Myrtle) of Greenwich, Ohio.
In additon of his parents,
preceding him in W:ath wen•
three sisters, Gertrude Pattee,
Ethel Vanderpool, and Maxine
Shepherd; and one brother,
Buell Shepherd.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 17,
at 11:00 a.m., at the Hall
Funeral Home in Martin, with
ministers Richard Crisp, Jerry
Manns and Jennings Norman
officiating.
Burial will be in the Raleigh
Shepherd Fan1ily Cemetery, at
Gunlock.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
MRP TAX·AIDE
~People Helping People
DOD
Wornie Hale
Wornie Hale, 87, of
Hueysville, died Tuesday,
February 13, 2007, at Hazard
Regional Medical Center.
Prior to his death, he had been
a resident at the Eastern
Kentucky Veterans Center, in
Hazard.
He was born March 7,
1919, in Co lie, the son of the
late Green and Lillia (Prater)
Hale. He was married on
September
1,
1945, in
Paintsville, to Clara Hicks. He
was a veteran of World War 11,
where he served in the United
States Army in North Africa
and Italy. He was a retired
member of the United Mine
Workers of America, and a
member of the Hueysville
Church of Christ.
Survivors
include hi"
daughter, Lillie (Jeff) McNutt;
his son, Denzil (Linda) Hale;
his brother, Clyde (Bessie)
Hale; his si~>ter, Gladys
(Charles) Lawson; five grandchildren: David Hale, Shawn•
McNutt,
Nedra
(Dan)
McDaniel, Sheena McNutt,
and Margaret Hale; two greatgrandchildren: Silas and Jonah
McDaniel; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, his wife, Clara;
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THRU APRIL lOth
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Prestonsburg
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tax information for 2006.
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�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
16, 2007 • A3
For the Record
Marriage Licenses
Patricia Ann Litchkowski,
39, of Mount Washington, to
Michael Lendon Goble, 42, of
Prestonsburg.
Conme L. Little. 45, of
Martin, to Jeffery B. Joseph,
42, of Martin.
Kristen Marie Hurley, 18,
of Melvin, to Ronald Dean
Collins, 36, of Melvin.
Doni ella Ann Fields, 33, of
I vel, to Kevin Grant Lowe, 35,
ofT vel.
Penny K. Hinkle, 40, of
Prestonsburg, to Walter A.
Fulford, 20, of Prestonsburg.
Jennifer Deleah Slone, 19,
of Topmost, to Jeremy
Clarence Sexton, 24, of
Martin.
McKell a N asha Case, 20,
of Betsy Layne, to Calvin
Derrick Hall, 23, of Betsy
Layne.
Carrie Louise Blevins, 28,
of Lowmansville, to Jeffery
Byron
Collins,
36,
of
Prestonsburg.
Cloteen Slone, 32, of
Wayland, to Chi Coby Spears,
31, of Wayland.
Gross; pdition for child support and health care insurance
Stacy L. Hall vs Earl D.
Hall; petition for health care
insurance
Ella L. Vance vs. Wendell
D. Vance; petitton for health
care insurance
Hugh Hall and K&H
Trucking vs. Keith Griffith:
compen~atory and punitive
damages
Dennis R. Hall and Carol
Welh vs. Marcta Walh and
1\auonw1de General In~urance
Company; compensatory and
punitive damages
Tyrone Lindon vs. Vivian
Lin(lon; dis<;o]ution of marriage
The Courtland Company.
LLC', NO Ventures III, LLC;
Sherry Lynn Crace · vs.
David Lee Crace; dissolution
of marriage
Donald H. and Leslie A.
Combs, Steven D. and Teresa
H. Combs. and Robert P.
Combs vs. Black Diamond
Mining Company. LLC; compensatory and punitive damages
Vera Hale vs. CMH of KY.
Inc.; agreed order transferring
venue to Floyd Circuit Court
Midland Funding LLC vs.
Loretta Slone; to collect debt
Angela Moore v~ Garland
Nelson Moore; dissolution of
maniage
First Commonwealth Bank
vs. Palmer and Cheryl A.
Slone; to collect debt
Glenn A. Akers vs. Paul W.
and puntt1vc damages
William Osendott vs. Estate
of Jamcy Wicker. Accordia of
West Virginia Inc. a nd.
Progressive Direct Insurance
Company; compensatory and
punitive damages
Garry
D.
Evans
vs.
California Casualty Indemnity
bxchangc; interrogatories and
requt:sts for production of documents propounded to defendant. California Casualty
Indemnity Exchange by plaintiff
Brandon Blackburn. individually and Atisha Damron,
individually vs. Delmas R.
Hall; complaint with demand
for a trial by jury
Amy Michelle Bays and
Sam Bays vs. Mark E. Patton;
NG Ventures IV, LLC: NG
Ventures V, LLC, NG Ventun.!'>
VJ. LLC; NG Ventures Vll.
LLC; NG Venture!>. Vfii, LI.C'
vs. Pamela Williams and P&J
Re!\ources, Inc.; motion to
enforce agreement and action
for possession
Kristi Dawn Howard vs.
Ricky Layne I toward; dts<.;olu·
tion of marriage
Star Equipment. Inc. vs.
American
Mining
&
Manufacturing Corp.; to collect debt
Jimmy R. and Pearl
Johnson v<>. Richard Lewis
and Kentucky Farm Bureau
Insurance Company; notice of
fihng of subrogation listings
Shane and Meranda B1shop
vs. Jodie Hall; compensatory
plaintiff's first set of interrogatorie~ and request for production of documents to defendant, Mark E. Patton
Small Claims Filings
Cardinal Country Stores vs.
Mike Cantrell; to collect debt
Jamie Martin vs. Mary and
Robb1e Wnght; to collect debt
Charges Filed
Shawn Sexton, 23; seconddegree assault, second-degree
criminal trespassing
Phillip D. Wilkerson, 28;
traffic in marijuana 8 oz. to 5
lbs., traffic in a controlled substance, controlled <>ubstance
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(See RECORD, page six)
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16, 2007
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Worth Repeating ...
"Before God we are all
· equally wise - and
equally foolish. "
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Congress sfia(( make 110 (aw resyectlng an esta6(fsfiment
re(igion, or_P.rofii6iting the free exercise tfierecf; a6ridjpng tfie freedom
_press; or the rlgfit of die yec:P[e to yeacea60J assem6(e, and to yetition tfie government Jor a redress grievances.
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The Los Angeles Times, on the North Korean nuclear disarmament deal:
In an increasingly scary world, score one small point for
pragmatism and global sanity: North Korea has agreed in principle to a nuclear disarmament deal.
The very tentative one-page agreement struck in Beijing ... is
only a shaky first step after years of paralysis .... And yes, North
Korea will receive a bit of fuel oil to sweeten the deal, something the Bush administration had long viewed as anathema.
Conservatives, predictably, are hollering betrayal. The Bush
administration's once preeminent hawk, former U.N.
Ambassador John R. Bolton, said the deal "contradicts fundamental premises of the president's policy he's been following
for the past six years."
Bolton is right. President Bush has changed course abandoning a failed policy in favor of one that might have a prayer of
succeeding.
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... Only when Bush acceded to the other countries' desire to
include the fuel component in the deal did the talks get
unblocked. This is what multilateralism looks like ....
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The Denver Post, on diplomacy with Iran:
The Bush administration has intensified its rhetoric against
Iran in recent weeks, but to what end is uncertain. Officials are
straining to make the case that Iran is training Shiite militants
inside Iraq and supplying them with sophisticated explosive
weapons that imperil American soldiers and Iraqi civilians ....
The president has backed up the rhetoric by sending a second
aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf and positioning more Patriot
anti-missile batteries in the region. He's ordered the capture or
killing of Iranian agents in Iraq, while the Treasury Department
has quietly persuaded some investors and banks to stop doing
business with a nation Bush has called part of an "axis of evil."
We don't doubt for a minute that Iran poses a significant
threat in Iraq and elsewhere in the.Middle East. But we haven't
heard a word about <.liplomacy from the Bush administration,
and it's high time. Given Iran's ailing economy, and the current
regime's loss of popularity due to President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's defiance of the U.N. Security Council's request
to halt its uranium enrichment program, now would seem a
good opportunity for negotiations ....
The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury, on another $1 coin:
Susan B. Anthony couldn't get so much as a jingle. Nor
could Sacagawea get America to change its pocket change. Now
the U.S. Mint is calling out the heavy hitters- our presidents
- in an attempt to succeed where two women important in our
history failed.
New $1 coins are coming out this week, and, starting with
three months of George Washington, they'll bear the images of
U.S. presidents. Americans familiar with their history will know
that John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison will
follow. Like the Sacagawea dollar, the new coins wil1 be golden.
Folks who prefer President Washington on paper money
needn't worry, at least not anytime soon. The new dollar coins
will complement, not replace, their paper brethren.
With the approval of Congress, the U.S. Mint is proceeding
with its succession of president dollars in the hope that
Americans get accustomed to dollar coins. Maybe we'll take to
the president dollars with the same enthusiasm we have pursued
the state quarters. The difference, of course, is that we were
already used to quarters ....
"I don't care about roses or chocolates ... how far would you
drive for me in a diaper?"
- Guest
The true purpose
of government
Co
u m n
gregate through government to collectively contribute to the common
good.
My experience with the Pcll Grant
also tells a story about why I'm worby DANA BEASLEY-BROWN
ried about our state's future. The
grant started out as a great opportuniI grew up in a very poor family.
ty, but each year, the aid I received
My parents and my five siblings
dwindled, not because my family was
squeezed into a singlewide trailer,
making more mortey, but because
doing the best we could to get by.
tuition was risin~ and the funding for
When I was very young,. I reali.md •
grants was eroding. l paid my bills by
how economic policies affected my
going hungry toward the end of each
everyday life. I decided then to
month. Now my husband and I are
devote my life to becoming a voice
trying to pay back all the loans. He's
for the low-income community. In
in seminary, I'm working two jobs,
2000, I received a Pell Grant to
and we're still struggling.
attend Western Kentucky University,
1 know my story is not a unique
and I plan on becoming an advocate
one in this state. Over the last five
for the low-income community after
years, our state government has
my husband graduates from semiendured $1 billion in budget cuts.
nary.
Kentuckians are feeling the pinch
The Pell Grant that helped me
because we all see that our state has
afford to go to college is an example not been moving forward. The
of why I believe in government. It
Kentucky Science and Technology
makes sense that we open OPJ?Ortuni- Corporation just released a study that
ties to people who can grow from
found that it will take 153 years for
them. It is our collective responsibilKentucky's
median
household
ity to do this, and we work through
income to meet the national average.
government to fulfill that responsibilAnd despite the rhetoric about the
ity.
'
importance of education, Kentucky
So often, though, in the political
leadership has failed to adequately
arena, the true purpose of governfund our educational system.
ment gets lost. Already, we're hear- Governing Magazine ranks Kentucky
ing about plans to outsource our chil50th in per capita K-12 education
dren's education to businesses, or to
funding. Just recently, Education
depend on casinos to share their profWeek released a study determining
its to fund our state's public structhat because of high poverty rates and
tures. Can't we do better than this?
low investments in education, a child
Go.vernment is part of civil sociborn in Kentucky is significantly less
ety; it is the vehicle that all
likely to succeed than children born
Kentuckians use to make this state. in 40 other states.
, what it needs to be. We fill our potWe, the people - my friends, my
holes , we educate our children, and family, and the people at my church
we make sure that everyone has - are worried about Kentucky's
access to running water. We can't do
future. We don't need studies to tell
these things individually, but we con- us that things aren't good here. But
we know that with the right leadership, we can be a better state. We can
invest in our public structures so that,
all Kentuckians have a chance to succeed. We're looking for elected officials who see Kentucky's reality
squarely, and will help us fix it. This
is our state-not the casinos', or the
highest bidders' -and we need leadership that respects the potential that
we have.
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We- the people who are here living and working and making this
state what it is - want to fairly and
adequately address our budget's
structural deficit, and we want a
leader who invests in Kentuckians'
ability to move forward with the rest
of the country. We want every-.
Kentucky family to have access to
adequate housing and good health
care. We want students to be able to
afford college. We want jobs to be
sound and sustainable. We want our
children to want to stay here. We
want to come together for the common good, and we need a governor
who supports us in that.
This is what the people in
Kentucky are talking about. We're
looking for leaders who will join our
conversation.
Beasley-Brown, is a graduate of
Western Kentucky University with ~
degrees in political science and com
munication. She works part-time with
Spouse and Family Ministries at
Asbury Theological Seminary and
part-time for a licensed marriage
and family therapist in Lexington.
She is also on the Economic Justice
Committee for Kentuckians For The
Commonwealth, an organization
working to build grassroots support
for economic justice in Kentuckv.
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'Bridge.to Terabithia' offers
quaint, wholesome tale for kids
by CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP MOVIE CRITIC
There's something endear
ingly quaint about the images
and ideas presented in "Bridge
to Terabithia." the notion that
the most troubling furl:e in a
kid's life could be the fear of a
bully on the school bus, and that
frolicking in the woods could
provide the pettect escape.
The special effects in this
coming-of-age fantasy tale,
though, are extremely high-tech
- yet feel distractingly literal
and clunky. (They come from
Weta Digital, the same company that designed the visuals for
the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.)
Killer birds and giant squilTels
and menacing trees come out of
nowhere and dart about in this
live-action feature debut from
Hungarian anunation artist
Gabor Csupo, who helped create "The Simpsons."
It's what you don't see that's
usually more l:Ompelling. If
you're a fan of the genre (say, a
fantac;y geek, and that's meant
in the warmest of ways), all this
"Bridge to Terabithia," a
Walt Disney Pictures release,
is rated PG for thematic elements including bullying,
some peril and mild language.
Running time: 95 minutes.
Two and a half stars
out of four.
probably will seem totally fme,
however.
Effortless
performances
from the two young stars ultimately make this movie worthwhile, regardless of the age of
the kids watching. Josh
Hutcherson and AnnaSophia
Robb star as Jess and Leslie, the
outcasts of Katherine Paterson's
novel who form a friendship
based on loneliness and a
shared love of imagination.
(Paterson's son, David, for
whom she wrote the story in
1978, co-wrote the script with
Jeff Stockwell.)
Jess and Leslie merge his
artistic skills with her talent for
storytelling to create Terabithia,
a magical land in the forest
behind their homes where they
rule as king and queen, and
where they can exact their elaborate revenge on the mean kid~>
who taunt them at school. He's
one of five children in a family
where financial problems constantly loom; she's the new kid
in school, the wealthy only
child of two successful, quirky
writers.
If this were reality, Jess and
Leslie would probably be
sneaking cigarettes in their tree
house and complaining about
how much life sucks. Instead,
they challenge each other to
foot races down long, dirt roads
and swing on a rope across a
stream to their favorite hiding
spot - and never once come
close to kissing.
It's refreshingly sweet, and
the two young stars are an easy
tit for each other. Hutcherson is
a subtle and suitably stoic preteen, but Robb ("Because of
Winn-Dixie," "Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory") is just radiant, with her bright eyes and
confident style.
Robert Patrick co-stars a<;
Jess' gruff, hardworking dad,
with the impossibly adorable
Bailee Madison as his tag-along
little sister, May Belle. And
Zoo~y Deschanel, lovely a<;
always, plays the kids' supportive music teacher. (Her presence toward the end does feel
like a bit of a plot contrivance,
though.)
If you've never read the
book, here's a bit of advice:
Bring Kleenex. What starts out
idyllic and wholesome can be
heartbreaking by the end. That's
all we'll say. After all, some
things are better left to the
imagination.
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A mixed bag of releases
this week was highlighted by
the latest from director Martin
Scorsese and, surprisingly, an
animated adventure. from The
Cartoon Network.
"The
Departed"'
Scorsese revisits the mob, this
time in Boston, with an intricately plotted drama about
spies who are deeply embedded in both a crime family and
the Boston Police Department.
The film charts a game of cat
and mouse between each spy
as he tries to uncover the other.
This is based on a fine Hong
Kong epic called "Infernal
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ferret each other out. The pair
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but it'c; a doozy which comes
in the final act. The film also
features a seasoned supporting
cast that includes Mark
Wahlberg, Martin Sheen and
Ray ("Sexy Beast") Winstone.
"Marie Antoinette"
Sofia Coppola follows up her
pitch
perfect
"Lost
in
Translation" with this incredibly boring account of the
French Revolution'~ central
figure. Eat your cake in front
of another movie.
"Masters of Horror: Pelts"
Horror maestro Dario
Argento crafted this entry for
Showtime's terror series. It is
one of the better entries in a
very mediocre second season
that adapts an F. Paul Wilson
story about the fur trade. Here
some prime skins, from raccoons inhabiting a haunted
cemetery, refuse to stay dead,
which makes trouble for a
hard-on-his-luck businessman.
Meatloaf stars as the tycoon
and gets good support from Bmovie stalwart John Saxon.
"Hellboy:
Sword
of
Storms" The cast of
Guillermo Del Toro's film
return for this animated adventure which debuted on the
Cartoon Network. This time
Hellboy must confront a
mythological Japanese beast
after a professor unearths an
Yau
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bo.o.lc
ancient scroll that should have
stayed hidden. The action is
fairly nonstop and another animated Hellboy adventure is
forthcoming before Del Toro
returns with a second live
action opus based on Mike
Mignola's satanic superhero.
"Zoom:
Academy
of
Heroes" - Tim Allen stars in
this superhero-themed comedy
that should appeal to youngsters. Allen is pretty much
wasted as an ex-hero (his
super speed has long since
faded) who gets a chance to
leave his auto shop to train a
gang of teenage upstarts at a
private academy. Chevy Chase
looks miserable here as does
Kevin Zegers (who was off to
a great start after his fine work
in "Transamerica").
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"Half Nelson" - A high
school teacher forms an
unlikely relationship with one
of his female students in this
drama about human frailty.
Ryan Gosling gives an all-systems-go performance as the
teacher who has a drug problem. His relationship with the
student actually begins when
she realizes his problem, but
giving away anymore would
cost me an apple from viewers
so check this one out and polish that mackintosh for me
because you will definitely
enjoy this one.
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Pitt in the ensemble drama
''Babel" and check out Hugh
Jackman and Christian Bale as
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Bradley is the son of John and Wilma Moore of McDowell. He
Attention:
Floyd County Residents
The Floyd County PRIDE Committee
will be meeting on
Thursday, February 22, 2007
at 10:00 a.m.
At the Floyd County Annex Building
2nd Floor Conference Room
Located at 313 Westminster Street
behind the old Floyd County
Courthouse
and his wife, Crystal (Jones), have three children, Trey, age 7,
Dylan, age 2, and Ashley, age 1.
He was a member of the fir-st graduating class of South Floyd
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Passes and the Pikeville Osteopathic School.
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If you have any questions, please call
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PO# 49258
To schedule an appointment,
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container. use/posses.~ion of
drug paraphernalia
Jason F. Howard, 27: possession of marijuana. firstdegree traffic in a controlled
suhstance. usc/possession of
drug paraphernalia
J.ames Douglas Cole, 35;
first-degree fleeing or evading
police, resisting arrest, disor
derly condu<.:t
Mistie Lamartz, 21; flagrant non support
Jessica Lee Howard, 2'i;
first degree traffic in a con
trolled substance
Ezra Allen. 5 I ; traffic in
marijuana 8 oz. tv 5 lbs .• first
degree possession of a conolled substance, use/posses. ion of drug paraphernalia
tion. Score: Cloths used for
wiping food contact surfaces
not stored and rinsed frequently in water sanitizing solution,
improper dispensing of single
service articles, improper storage of single service articles,
96
sanitary towel or hand drying
Adkins
Quick
Stop,
device not provided at lavatory
Honaker. regular inspection.
or hand washing sink, garbage
Violations noted: Lack of
and refu~e containers not cova<.:curale thermometers in an
ered as required, employees
refrigeration and rree:r.ing un1ts
personal items not stored propstonng potentially ha7ardous
erly, cleaning and maintenance
foods, sanitary towel or hand
equipment not properly stored.
<trying device not provided at
Score: Food, 93, Retail, 96.
lavatory or hand washing siqk,
Allen Mobile Home Park,
cleaning and maintenance
Allen, regular inspection.
equipment not properly stored.
Score: 96
Violations noted: Mobile
Baptist
Daycare,
home lots not systematically
numbered, parts. lacks suffiPrestonsburg, regular inspection. Violations noted: Lack of
cient number of individual
Inspections
garbage containers, park lacks
accurate thermometers in all
sufficient lighting. Score: 94
T Ma.rt. 'Teaberry, regular refrigeration and freezing units
i)lspection. Violations noted: stonng potentially hazardou.~
Red
Top
Tobacco,
l.ack of accurate thennometers foods, lack of numerically
Hueysville, regular inspection.
fn all refrigeration and freez- scaled thermometers for
Violations noted: Lack of
mg units storing potentially checking cooking and holding
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
hazardous foods, lack of temperature of potentially hazstoring potentially hazardous
aumerically scaled thermome- ardous food, improper storage
foods, lack of effective hair
crs for checking cooking and of single service articles, clean
restraints, cloths used for wipholdmg temperature of poten- linen not properly stored.
Score: 97
ing spills on food contact sur~ally hazardous food. cloths
Ryan's Mobile Home Park,
sed for wiping food and non
faces being used for other purfood contact surfaces not Banner, regular inspection.
poses.
Martha's Pizza & More,
stored and rinsed frequently in Violations noted: Mobile 94.
Long John Silver's Martin, Ivel,
regular
inspection.
water sanitizing solution, toilet home lots not systematically
room doors not self closing, numbered, driveways and regular inspection. Violations Violations noted: Lack of
attached equipment on walls walkways in disrepair, mobile noted: Lack of accurate ther- accurate thermometers in all
and ceiling not in good repair home lot size not of compli- mometers in all refrigeration refrigeration and freezing units
or constructed properly, clean~ ance standards, park lacks suf- and freezing units storing storing potentially hazardous
mg and maintenance equip- ficient number of garbage con- potentially hazardous foods, foods, lack of effective hair
.QJent not properly stored. tainers, park has scattered Jack of numerically scaled restraints, food contact surface
debns over entire lot. Score: thermometers for checking of equipment and utensils not
Score: 94
cooking and holding tempera- clean. toilet room doors not
Hi-Lite Piua. Minnie. reg- 90
Jar inspection. Violations
Speedway
#9566, ture of potentially hazardous self closing, attached equippoted: Lack of accurate ther- Prestonsburg, regular inspec- foods, non food contact sur- ment on walls and ceiling not
mometers in all refrigeration tion.
Violations
noted: faces not properly constructed in good repair. Score: 93
and freezing units storing Improper storage of single ser- or maintained, operators not
Hobart's
Pizzeria,
potentially hazardous foods, vice articles, 1mproper dis- providing chemical test kits Prestonsburg, regular inspecJoack of effective hair restraints, pensing of single scr\'ice arti- where chemical sanitization tion. Violations noted: Lack of
eperators not providing and cles, adequate garbage and methods arc employed, cloths accurate thermometers in all
using chemical test kits where refuse containers not provided, used for wiping food contact refrigeration and freezing units
chemi<.:al sanitization methods garbage and refuse <.:ontainers surfaces not stored or rinsed storing potentially hazardous
are employed, toilet room not covered as required. frequently in water sanitizing foods, lack of effective hair
doors not self closing. light attached equipment on walls solution. hand deaner not pro- restraints, cloths used for wipfixtures not shielded as and ceiling not in good repair vided at lavatory or hand ing spills on food conta<.:t suror
constructed
properly, washing sink. Score: 94
required. Score: 94
faces being used for other purBetsy
Layne
Senior employees personal items not
Wal- Mart, Prestonsburg, poses, floors not in good
, Citizens Center, Betsy Layne, stored properly. Score: Food, regular inspection. Violations repair, attached equipment on
regular inspection. Violations 96, Retail, 97.
noted: Food not protected dur- · walls and ceiling not in good
Jan
and
Ben 's
Inc., ing storage, employees per- repair, -employees personal
•oted: Improper storage of sin~
glc service articles. Score: 99
Bevinsville, regular inspec- sonal items not stored proper- items not stored properly.
Subway. Prestonsburg, reg- tion. Violations noted: Lack of ly. Score: 97
Score: 94
ular inspection. Violations numerically scaled thermomeFood
#457,
Hall's Community, Bypro,
noted: Cloths used for wipmg ters for checking cooking and prestonsburg.
inspec- regular in~pection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freezing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
food not protected during storage, food contact surfaces not
properly maintained, toilet
room doors not self closing,
garbage and refuse containers
not covered as required, floors
not in good repair, attached
equipment on walls and ceiling not in good repair, toxic
items not properly stored,
unnecessary articles in or
around the establishment,
cleaning and maintenance
equipment not properly stored,
litter on the premises. Score:
82
Big Sandy Properties,
Betsy Layne, regular inspection. Violations noted: Mobile
home lots not systematically
numbered, drive ways and
main street in need of repair,
From left to right, Senator Turner, Martin Childers and Kentucky Arts Council ElCecutive mobile home lot size not of
Director. Lori Meadows.
compliance stan'tlards, park
lacks of sufficient number of
individual garbage cans, several lots have accumulation of
debris, park lighting not suffi cient. Score: 88
McDowell Senior Citizens
Center, McDowell, regular
inspe<.:tion. Violations noted:
garbage and refuse containers
not covered as required. Score:
food and non food conta<.;t sur
faces not <>tored and rinsed frequently in water sanititing
solution, toilet rooms doors
not self closing, noors not
constructed properly. Score·
holding temperature of potentially hazardous foods, lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing unJts
storing potentially hat.ardous
foods, food contact surfaces
not properly constructed or
maintained, operators not providing chemical test kits where
chemical sanitization methods
are employed, improper storage of smgle service art1cles,
improper dispensing of single
service articles, floors not constructed properly, floors not in
good repair, attached equipment on walls and ceiling not
in good repair or constructed
properly, employee:-. personal
items not stored properly.
Score: 92
Martin';;
Quick
Stop,
Martin, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Lack of
effective hair restramts, non
food contact surfaces not properly designed or constructed,
toilet room doors not self closing, garbage and refuse containers
not covered
as
required, floors not clean, light
fixtures not shielded as
required , cleaning and mamtenance equipment not properly
stored. Score: Food, 95, Retail,
98
Property Transfers
Betty Bayes to Billy and
Rhonda Hall, property location undisclosed.
John Bayes Jr. to Billy and
Rhonda Hall. property location undisclosed.
Robert Beeman to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Shery I Ann Beeman to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
From left to right, Kentucky Arts Council Board Member Retha Tarter, Representative Meadows Branch.
Betty Jo Beverly to Matt
Spencer and Executive Director Lindy Casebier, Office of Arts and Cultural Heritage in the
Co. Inc., property located at
Commerce Cabinet.
Meadows Branch.
Glen Beverly to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Richard Bevins to Richard
General Operating Support· Bevins, property location
FRANKFORT
Arts FY2007 General Operating
grants from the Kentucky Arts undisclosed.
leaders from across the Support Grant.
Jenny Wiley • Theatre was Council provide operational
l=ommonwcalth
came
to
Richard Bevins to R •chard
frankfort on Feb. 13 to cele- awarded $30,103 by the funding assistance on a com- Bevins, property location
Kentucky Arts CounciL a state petitive basis to arts and cul- undisclosed.
~rate Arts Day and meet with
heir lcgislat01s. During this agency in the Cornmer<.:e tural organi .wtions ami <.:omMarline
Burchett
to
munity arts program~ to ensure Matthew Castle, property
ime, Sen. Johnny Ray Tumer Cabinet.
that year-round participation located at Beaver Creek.
nd Rep . James B. Spencer
"l grew up attending the
resented a check to Martin Jenny Wiley Theatre. It '~ a m the arts 1s availahle to peoEdith B. Butcher to Mall
t'hilders. Executive Director vital piece of our culture," said ple across Kentucky.
Co. Inc., property located at
br Jenny Wiley Theatre, for its Sen. Turnet.
Turner, Spencer present grant to ]WT
Meadows Branch.
Jerry L. Butcher to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Rhonda Clay to Cheryl and
Paul Fannin, property location
undisclosed.
Patrina K. Compton to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
William D. Compton to
Pike Floyd Land Company,
property location undisclosed.
Betty J. Conley to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Donald Conley to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Annette Ditto to Trula Mae
Meade, property located at
Hen Pen Fork.
Garnis Ditto to Trula Mae
Meade, property located at
Hen Pen Fork.
Gordon Ray Ditto to Trula
Mae Meade, property located
at Hen Pen Fork.
Anna Doner to Marline
Burchett, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Firstar Bank to US Bank,
property location undisclosed.
Brenda Goble to Eve
Jarrell, property location
undisclosed.
Larry Goble to Eve Jarrell,
property location undisclosed.
Billy Hall to Rhonda Clay,
property location undisclosed.
Daisy May Hall to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch .
Helena Hall to Austine and
Isabella Hall, property location undisclosed.
Oley Hall Jr. to Austine and
Isabella Hall, property location undisclosed.
Ronnie Hall to r Hall
Limited Partnership, property
location undisclosed.
John M. Hamilton to John
M. and Shirley Hamilton,
property location undisclosed.
Rebecca P. Hamilton to
Jackie and Madonna Lawson,
property location undisclosed.
Shirley Hamilton to John
M. and Shirley Hamilton,
property location undisclosed.
Martin Thomas Hicks to
Anita and Randy Allen, property location undisclosed.
Berty Hun.tl'!r to Ronald
Hunter and Tony Lawson,
property location undisclosed.
Caner Hunter to Ronald
and Tony Lawson, property
location undisclosed.
Caner Isaac to Marline
Burchett, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Irene Isaac to Marline
Burchett, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Rose Isaac to Marline
Burchett, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Freida Justice to Kimberly
Reed, property location undisclosed.
Millard Justice to Kimberly
Reed, property location undisclosed.
Juanita Kay Keeton to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at at
Meadows Branch.
Willis ~eeton to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Don D. Kidd to Pike Floyd
Land Company, property location undisclosed.
James Gray Kidd to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Larry Kidd to Pike Floyd
Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Leonard Kidd to Pike Floyd
Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Lois Kidd to Pike Floyd
Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Roy Kidd to Pike Floyd
Land Company, property location undisclosed.
David Lindon to Matt Co.
Inc. , property located at
Meadows Branch.
Selena Lindon to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Tanzi! Martin to Oga Mae
Combs, property location
undisclosed .
Arthur lee Meadows to
Matt Co. Inc .. property located
at Meadows Branch.
Betty Meadows to Matt Co.
Inc.. property located at
Meadows Branch.
C~rolyn S. Meadows to
Matt Co. Inc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Clyde Franklin Meadows to
Matt Co. lnc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Cottrell Meadows to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Crystal Meadows to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
MeadoVIS Branch.
Curtis Ray Meadows to
Matt Co. Inc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Dennis Franklin Meadows
to Matt Co. Inc., property
located at Meadows Branch.
George Meadows to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Ida Belle Meadows to Matt
Co. Inc., propetty located at
Meadows Branch.
Jacqueline Meadows to
Matt Co. Inc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Marion Berklyn Meadows
to Matt Co. Inc., property
located at Meadows Branch.
Silas Berklyn Meadows to
Matt Co. lnc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Susan Faye Meadows to
Matt Co. Inc., property located
at Meadows Branch.
Connie Miller to Warren H. ~
O'Shaughnessy,
property
located on Highland Avenue.
Mark E. Miller to Warren
H. O'Shaughnessy, property
located on Highland Avenue.
Kennith Newman to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property lacation undisclosed.
Mary A. Newman to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Jo K. Newsome to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
William Newsome Jr. to ,.,
Pike Floyd Land Company,
property location undisclosed.
James Osborne to Robert
Duncan and Wanda Murphy,
property located at Right Fork
of Beaver Creek.
Patricia Osborne to Robert
Duncan and Wanda Murphy,
property located at Right Fork
of Beaver Creek.
Montivlle
Parsons
to
Kristina N. Parsons, Sherry L.
Parsons and Melinda Parsons
Williams, property location
undisclosed.
Shirley Parsons to Kristina
N. Parsons, Sherry L. Parsons
and
Melinda
Parsons
Williams, property location
undisclosed.
Mary Jo Patterson to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Michael David Patterson to
Matt Co. Inc ., property,,lo~~ted
at Meadow;; f\ranch.,~~J>-'
Kathy Prater to DFM ~oal
LLC, property located at Left
Fork of Middle Creek.
Michael Prater to DFM.
Coal LLC, property located at
Left Fork of Middle Creek.
Ruth Runnels to Lonzo and
Ramona Bowling, property e
location undisclosed.
William P. Runnels to
Lonzo and Ramona Bowling,
property location undisclosed.
Elvey Salisbury to Glen
Salisbury, property located at
Tolers Creek.
Laura Salisbury to Glen
Salisbury, property located at
Tolers Creek.
Doc Scutchfield to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Myra Slate to Marline
Burchett, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Kayla Tackett to Irene
Moore, property located at
Clear Creek.
Kevin Tackett to Irene
Moore, property located at
Clear Creek.
Jack Theide to Matt Co.
Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Pearl Fay Theide to Matt
Co. Inc., property located at
Meadows Branch.
Clifford Walker to Marline
Burchett, property location
undisclosed.
Elizabeth
Walker
to
Marline Burchett, property ~
location undisclosed.
Nancy Walker to Marline
Burchett. property located at
Beaver Creek.
Lois K. Walker to Pike
Floyd Land Company, property location undisclosed.
Jenny P. Ward to Sandra
Sue Martin, property located
at Prestonsburg.
Larry Ward Jr. to Sandra
Sue Martin, property located
at Prestonsburg.
Bessie W.oods to Cindy and
Larry J. Mullins, property
location undisclosed.
�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
16, 2007 • A7
Lawsuit
• Continued from p1
representing the women, said
he has many questions about
the police officer's actions outside of the sexual assault allegations. One question he has is
why he would tell everyone to
leave the residence when some
.l
of them had had a few drinks
earlier in the evening. Two of
the women bringing the lawsuit
said they had had a few drinks
hours earlier, while one had not
had anything to drink because
she was babysitting her niece.
Dogs
• Continued from p1
said he was forced to make the
decision to put the elk out of its
misery.
"It had bite marks all over
one side and on its rear," said
Logsdon. "He was suffering
traumatically."
According to Logsdon, the
wild dogs at Dewey Lake are
becoming more of a problem,
although they aren't positive
.,) these animals are wild.
1
Logsdon says that as officials
were removing the elk from the
icy water, the dogs returned and
didn't seem to be intimidated
by their presence, making him
think they are domesticated.
"These may be free ranging
dogs," Logsdon said. "The
owners may just let them run
loose."
According to officials, this
isn't the first time they have
seen this particular pack of
dogs. They had previously been
seen chasing deer at the Jenny
• Wiley Disc Golf Course. Big
game officials in Frankfort say
the Wildlife department does
not have jurisdiction over
"domesticated" animals, and
therefore cannot do anything
about it.
"We'd like to sec the local
animal control deal with these
dogs," said Kentucky Elk
Program representative Tina
Brunjes. "Obviously these dogs
are comfortable with people."
Floyd County does have two
animal control officers and
Judge-Executive R.D. Marshall
said on Thursday that he plans
to notify them of the situation
immediately and see what
course of action they need to
take in order to alleviate the
problem.
Logsdon says that an elk in
any other situation than this
one, probably could have
defended itself, but the ice
made it extremely difficult for
it to walk.
Thursday's incident is the
first one of its kind in the
immediate area since elk were
introduced in 1997 and have
become the largest free ranging
elk herd in the eastern half of
the United States.
"In what manual of police
training do you ever tell people
who had been drinking to go
home?'' Barber said. "That
alone is something that does not
sit well with me."
The third time Shepard came
to the residence he was alone
and, according to the women,
he came in without evening
knocking. The woman who
lived in the apartment said
Shepard asked to talk to her in
private, and the two went to talk
downstairs away from the other
two women, but to her surprise
he said he wanted to go into the
bedroom and talk in private.
The woman was wiping tears
from her eyes as she said she
did not want to talk about what
had happened, but said it wa~ at
this time that Shepard sexually
assaulted her.
"I just thought he was doing
his job. He made no threats or
anything like that," she said,
"You're thinking it's the law, so
you just do what he said."
The 19-year-old woman
who had been babysitting
there earlier that morning told
Shepard to stay until the state
polite arrived, but he left in his
police cruiser.
The women charge in the
complaint that Shepard committed acts of sexual assault and
battery and false imprisonment.
Shepard and the c1ty of Martin
are jointly accused of negligent
hiring and retention, violation
of the Kentucky Civil Rights
Act, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress or
outrage.
Barber said the defendants
have 20 days to respond to the
echoed the sentiments of the
other_s.
"All my life I've been raised
to trust [police officers], and
then this happened to me."
When she saw that her friend
was taken to another area of the
house to talk to Shepard, the 20year-old woman ran to another
room to call her boyfriend, who
had been there earlier in the
evening. She told him to call the
state police and tell them to
hurry, which he did. Four or
five calls where made by him
throughout the night. The parents of the woman who lived in
the apartment lived only two
doors down, and shortly after
the other two women had
allegedly been sexually assaulted, they were contacted as to
what was happening and came
down to the apartment. At this
point the women said Shepard
grabbed a bag, which they said
he had brought with him, and
left the residence, telling the
parents that nothing was wrong
and that it was "a false alarm."
Some of the men who had been
complaint, and he said he
believes if charges are filed that
a special grand jury will be
formed to hear the ca<;e. He also
said all three women have
agreed to take polygraph tests,
while he said Shepard has
allegedly declined to take a lie
detector test.
"[ had those initial feelings
that this (story) is too outrageous to be true, but then after
talking to them separately, their
stories and how they didn't
want to talk about what happened too much makes me
believe," Barber said.
Hearings
• Continued from p1
crime scene, he said there were
no signs of forced entry, but the
home had been ransacked and
Mollette's pockets had been
turned inside out, leading
investigators to believe that
Mollette had been killed in a
robbery.
Both men face identical
charges, including complicity
to commit murder, first-degree
complicity to commit robbery,
complicity to commit theft and
complicity to tampering with
physical evidence. The complicity to murder charges in
both cases are death penalty
eligible cases.
Court records reveal that
both men have criminal
records and prior convictions.
Baldridge has been arrested
previously for receiving stolen
property, theft by unlawful taking, criminal mischief, aggravated assault, public intoxication and two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor.
Fairchild's record includes
charges of public intoxication,
DUI, two counts of burglary
and robbery of a convenience
store in Staffordsville in 2002.
Fairchild pleaded guilty to the
robbery charge and was sentenced to five years in prison,
serving one year.
Mollette served as constable
for Johnson County from 1994
to 1998. He was arrested Aug.
26 on drug trafficking and possession of a controlled substance charges. Mollette was
free on bond at the time of his
death and had not been indicted in the case .
• Increase
• Continued from p1
75 cent rate increase for
garbage pick up in the county,
citing that they need the extra
money to operate successfully.
"The rate increase should
give us enough money to operate on," said board member
Barney Walker.
Altho,ugh the county has
eliminated most of its debt
over the years, they still need
the added income of the rate
(if. increase to insure that they can
operate successfully and continue to pay their bills. Board
members say if the increase
took place in the near future,
any additional increase would
not
be permitted until
December 2010. Board members said since they were at a
special called meeting, no
decision regarding the rate
increase could be made.
In other discussions at the
meeting, Marshall was notified
that the board needs an additional representative, noting
'• 1 one board member had to discontinue his service due to illness. Marshall says he has
someone in mind who
expressed interest in serving
within the county and board
members agreed that Ernie
Moore, the suggested replacement, would do well with the
position. Marshall says he will
discuss the issue with Moore
and let the board know what
his decision is.
Floyd County Solid Waste
is now actively working on
cleaning up illegal dumps in
the area and they want help
from citizens. Board members
say if anyone wants to report
an illegal dump, they should
call 886-7890 and their office
will send an official out to
inspect the problem and take
the needed steps to alleviate it.
Judge Marshall says keeping
our county "clean, green and
beautiful" affects every aspect
of its success, including
tourism and business.
"I've instructed my magistrates that when they are having a slow day, that we are
going to pick up garbage on
the roadsides," said Marshall.
"Keeping our county clean is
very important."
Regular meetings of the
Floyd County Solid Waste
Board will take place at 10
a.m. on the first Wednesday of
each month.
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• Continued from p1
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 more than 1,000 items had
been sold prior to their arrests
and another 93 items were on
sale.
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16, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Feawn•s l:ditor
Kathy Prater
Phone.· {()(!6) 88t>-8506
Far: {M!6) 886-3603
Members:
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Stumbo students excel
Stumbo students to represent county
The John M. Stumbo Forensics Team received 3rd place at the regional forensics competition held at South Floyd High School and they are
statebound. They are the only students who will be representing Floyd County.
Stumbo Elementary students Nakeya
Hall placed in Poetry and Prose;
Amberly Hall placed in Broadcasting
and Poetry; and Savannah Swiney
placed in Storytelling. These three
girls will be competing at the state
level in Bowling Green, March 22nd(IPJ
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From left to right: Bridget Slone, Cassie Hyden, and Samantha Wilson.
Sharing family history
May Valley Elementary student McHana Sword proudly shares a photo of her father who is
an armed forces veteran. Hannah is in Mrs. Meade's 3rd grade class and is a 4-H club mem•
ber. Students honored our country's veteran's with a display of photos in the lobby of the ~
school.
Stumbo Elementary students enjoy the "fruits of their labor."
Learning tastes good
Second and third grade students at John M. Stumbo Elementary learned about placement of
colors on the color wheel by making an ed,ible color wheel in class. The media used was graham crackers and low-calorie, colored whipped topping. The students first frosted crackers
with the primary colors, then they mixed the primary colors together·to make the secondary
colors and placed them in their correct places on the color wheeL After photographing the
edible color wheels the students got to eat their work.
Stumbo Elementary designs KSBA banner
Stumbo Elementary was chosen to design a banner for the KSBA (Kentucky School Boards
Association) Conference held in Louisville, Feb. 23-25.
This banner represents all schools in Floyd County. Stumbo staff and students share that
they feel honored to have been chosen for this project. Looking at the banner, one can see
that each school's mascot is represented. Angie Martin was the supervisor for this project
and obviously did a wonderful job, as did the students who contributed to the banner's
design and completion. JoAnn Martin also donated time and help in getting the banner completed. Thanks to all who were involved in the creation of this lovely banner.
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Patricia Swiney, April HarM
Terry Hinkle, Tanner Martin,
Cody
Akers,
Amanda
Newsome, Brittany Gibson,
Gabriel
Vance,
Landon
Tackett and Crit Mitchell. Not
pictured
is
Christopher
Blackburn.
(Left) Close-up of banner
designed
by
Stumbo
Elementary students to represent Floyd County at the
upcoming KSBA conference.
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Friday, February 16, 2007
Sports Editor
Steve LeMaster
Phone: (606) 886-8506
Fax: (606) 886-3603
Membqrs:
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Prestonsburg
junior Julianne
Frye prepared
to deliver a
pass during
Monday's district game
between the
Lady Blackcate
and visiting
South Floyd.
Lady Blackcats beat South Floyd for second straight win
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG
Prestonsburg overcame a slow start
on Monday night and defeated Floyd
County Conference/58th District foe
South Floyd 49-36 ·in an all-important girls' basketball matchup.
Sophomore Linsey Fields scored a
game-high 18 points and senior
Amber Whitaker added 15 to lead the
Lady Blackcats to the win. Junior
Julianne Frye hit a pair of three-point
field goals and added eight points for
Prestonsburg.
The Lady Blackcats applied pres-
sure and limited South Floyd offensively. Prestonsburg was able to hold
South Floyd to eight or fewer points
in each of the first three quarters.
South Floyd held a slim 5-4 lead at
the end of the opening quarter. But
Prestonsburg Coach Jack Pack got
his team turned around after the first
eight-minute period. The Lady
Blackcats jumped out in front m the
second quarter, gomg on a 9-0 run.
Prestonsburg never trailed after the
scoring spurt.
The Lady Blackcats led South
Floyd 23-13 at halftime. Any hopes
South Floyd had of battling back in
the third quarter were dashed when
Prestonsburg went on a 15-6 run.
The Lady Rl<~ckcnts hit 19 shots
from the floor, but finished just ninefor-20 from the free throw line.
Hannah Fit/patrick scored five
points, Elizabeth Chaffin chipped in
two and Alicia Mayfield scored on a
free throw for Prestonsburg.
The win was Prestonsburg's second straight. The latest victory
allowed the Lady Blackcats to
improve to 9-14.
Chelsie Tuttle scored a team-high
13 points to lead South Floyd. Kayla
Hall and Danielle Tackett each had
photo by Jamie
Howell
(See BLACKCATS, page ten)
College made
Rebs dodge
Betsy Layne
Wise choice
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by RICK BENTLEY
TIMES COLUMNIST
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
Some 32 years ago, the idea of
basketball teams for females was
just coming back into vogue for
high schools and colleges.
Locally the initiative was just
swelling back up, with high
schools only a few years into
adding girls '
basketball to
the very brief
roster of sports
and Pikeville
College still a
couple
of
years
from
starting a team
of its own.
Rick Bentley
But down
in
Taylor
County, Campbellsville College
hired themselves a new coach 32
years ago.
And tomorrow, that now-legendary instructor will lead what
is
now
Campbellsvi lle
University to Pikeville one final
time.
Ask most people to name a list
of legendary
coaches
in
Kentucky and they'll mention the
big guys - Rupp, Crurn, Pitino,
Smith. Dig a little deeper and
you'll find names like Ed Diddle
at Western and Morehead's Ellis
Johnson.
But the heart of college basketball in Kentucky has been
beating thanks to the work of
some absolute legends at its
small colleges. Ask around them
and you'll hear about guys like
Jim Reid at Georgetown,
Campbellsville's
Lou
Cunningham, Randy Vernon at
Cumberland, Transy's Don Lane
and Roland Wierwille at Berea.
In women's basketball, the list
is even shorter.
With the exception of Susan
Johnson at Georgetown, the list
begins and ends with Donna
Wise.
"What Donna has done is really amazing," said Vernon, now
the
athletics
director
at
Cumberlands. "The fact that she
stayed at Campbellsville for the
32 years is something you just
don't see that happing very much
anymore. It's do a good job and
move on. She has done a great
BETSY LAYNE - Allen
Central stayed a shot or two
ahead of Betsy Layne for most
all of Monday night's Floyd
County Conference/58th District
matchup. The Rebels Jed at the
conclusion of each quarter and
held on late to win 51-48 in what
was a makeup contest of a previously scheduled game which was
postponed due to inclement
weather.
Josh Martin led a balanced
Allen Central scoring effort with
15 points. Martin;s scoring total
included seven field goals. Tyler
Slone joined Martin in double
figures for the Rebels, adding 12
points. Ryan Collins scored eight
points while Alex Hammonds
and Josh Prater flipped in seven
apiece for Allen Central.
(See BENTLEY, page ten)
(See REBS, page ten)
photos by Jam1e Howell
Above: Prestonsburg senior Mason Vance (pictured contesting a shot from South Floyd senior Ethan Johnson)
gave the Blackcats a boost In off of the bench.
Below: Jody Tackett, a Prestonsburg sophomore, defended against South Floyd's Wes Akers.
Hughes, Patton push P'burg past Raiders
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG -After dropping a key Floyd
County Conference/58th District game to Betsy Layne
on Friday night, Prestonsburg started a new week on a
winning note against another county opponent. Tlu!
Blackcats averaged just over 22 points per quarter on
Monday night, rolling to a convincing 89-63 win over
South Floyd.
Bobby Hughes fired in a game-high 23 points for
the Blackcats. Trevor Patton followed with 22 points
for defending 58th District Champion Prestonsburg.
Mason Vance and Nathaniel Stephens joined Patton m
double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Patton scored seven points in the opening quarter
and led Prestonsburg out to a 20-15 first quarter lead.
Hughes scored 10 pointl> and Patton had nine in the second quarter as the Blackcats led 41 -35 at halftime.
Prestonsburg (9- 12) separated itself from the
(See P·BURG, page ten)
Ladycats remain
perfect in county
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo by Steve LeMaster
Amby Tackett scored seven points In
Betsy Layne's 56-28 win over Floyd
County Conference/58th District
counterpart Allen Central.
BETSY LAYNE - The Betsy Layne Ladycats
went one step closer to finishing the regular-season
portion of the Floyd County Conference/58th
District regular-sca-;on undefeated on Wednesday
night. In a makeup game of a previOusly postponed
contest, Betsy Layne held Allen Central to just five
second-half points and coasted past the Lady
Rebels 56-28.
.
In doubling up Allen Central, Betsy Layne
outscored the Lady Rebels 24-5 in the second half.
(See LADYCATS,
p<.~gc
ten)
Knights drop .·
regular-season
district finale
TIMES STAFF REPORT
FOREST HILLS - After
beating Riverside Christian on
Homecoming Saturday night, the
Piarist School boys' basketball
traveled to Belfry Monday for its
regular-season finale. Looking to
end the season on a winning note
against a 60th District opponent,
Piarist found a talented Belfry
team waiting to entertain. After a
back-and-fourth first quarter,
Belfry managed beat Piarist 9360.
After taking an 18-15 lead out
of the first quarter, Belfry led
Piarist 45-29 at halftime.
Belfry led the Knights 74-42
at the end of the third quarter.
Jamie Case was the catalyst
for Belfry, scoring a game-high
(See KNIGHTS, page ten)
HONORED:
Prestonsburg High
School head football coach John
DeRossett presented seniors Wea
Woods (OUDL) and
Seth Moore (K) with
certificates
for
being members of
the
(Louisville)
Courier-Journal's
All-State
Team.
DeRossett present·
ed the certtflcatee
Monday afternoon
after
receiving
them
from
the
Louisville newspaper.
photo by Steve LeMnter
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
16, 2007
THE FLOYD CoUNTY TIMES
Bentley
• Continued from p9
job but felt her calling was at
,Campbellsville, and that says a
_lot about her."
What is the span of the legend of Donna Wise? Consider:
• 21 different 20-win sea.son
• 14 20-win seasons in a
t 15-year period
• 23 NAIA All-Americans
t
•
16 national-tournament
,.appearances
• 17 conference champi( onships
~
•
Three-lime national
'i coach of the year
• Seven-time conference
coach of the year
• And. entering Thursday,
she had 657 caree1 wins
Those numbers are staggering and leave even legends like
Vernon in awe. 'The consistency of her program cannot be
matched. Look at the number
of wins, the championships,
the national tournaments," he
said "You just don't find many
coaches who can do that and
Donna Will be missed in the
Mid South Conference for
years to come."
But for many of her peers,
it's the Donna Wise off the
floor that many will miss.
"Even though we've been
great competitors, she always
spent time with my players,
recogniZing them for what
they accomplished for us,"
sau.J Lindsey Wllson Coach
John Wethington. "She's JUSt
that kind of coach and person."
"Donna is a classy person
on the floor and off," said Bill
Watson, whose Lady Bears
will honor Wise in a pregame
ceremony on Saturday. "She'&
"but I've really enjoyed the
friend~hips."
Vernon points out that
while he had to be concerned
about what his men's basketball peers were doing, he's
always admired Wise and what
she's done at Campbellsvile.
"In terms of what she has
done, anyone in our profession
would look upon that as nothing greater or Jess than anyone
else in the profession has
done," he said. "I think all
those guys you mentioned, if
you could ask them, they have
admired her too."
Tomorrow afternoon at 2
p.m., Pikeville College will
say goodbye to an absolute
legend when Donna Wise
coaches her last game in
Pikeville.
Opponents come and opponents go, but quite frankly, seldom do they make an impression. But the great ones, they
always leave a mark.
Donna Wise? She's coaching royalty.
And Donna Wise will be
missed.
P'burg
~Rebs
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t
s
Nearly
all
of Allen
!(Central's scoring (50 of 52
points) came from its starters.
r Farley Joseph entered the
1 game in off of the bench and
added two points for the
Rebels.
The Rebels ended the first
quarter out in front of Betsy
Layne 14-1 I. Allen Central
held a slim 25-23 lead al halftime.
The Rebels prevailed,
despite hitting just six-of- I 5
free throw attempts. Allen
Central owned a 35-32 lead
when the third quarter concluded.
W EEK
Justin Collins hit three
three-pointers and led Betsy
Layne with 17 points, Samuel
Keathley hit one of two fourth
quarter three-pointers and
added nine points for the
Bobcats. Trai Witt and Jarod
Newman followed with eight
points apiece for Betsy Layne.
Betsy Layne hit SIX threepointers m the setback. The
Bobcats connected on six ·Of
11 foul shots.
Allen Central 51, Betsy
Layne 48
BETSY LAYNE (9-13) Case 3, Collins 17, Lafferty
3, Keathley 9, Witt 8,
Newman 8.
ALLEN CENTRAL (18-5)Martin 15, Collins 8, Slone
12, Hammonds 7, Prater 7,
Joseph 2.
AC. ...... l4 11 10 16- 51
BL.. ... .. l1 12 9 16-48
Knig_hts
•'
very involved in the sport on a
national level and is someone
I've always tried to emulate."
Wise says Pikeville will
always have a place in her
heart, as will people like
Watson and former Pikeville
College Coach Roy Cutright.
"Roy and Lynn are friends
of mine, and they had some
outstanding players go through
their program there. It's been a
good rivalry with Roy, and
with Bill as well. I can't say
I'm going to miss the trip," she
said this week with a chuckle,
Brennan Case,
Betsy Layne
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20 points. Dustin May
chipped in 18 points for the
Pirates. Brodie Reed finished
with 12 points as homestanding Belfry (17 -7) won easily.
Jake Moak hit a trio of
three-pointers and led Eiarist
with a team-best 19 point<>.
Josh Ousley followed with 17
points for the Knights.
Matt Doyle scored nine
points while Chris Baker and
Caleb Hoskins added six
apiece for the Knights.
Piarist dropped to 5-23
after suffering the loss.
SPORTS FAN
OF THE WEEK
Raiders in the third quarter.
Hughes hit two more threepoint field goals in the third
quarter
as
Prestonsburg
outscored South Floyd 25-9.
Monday night's win over
South
Floyd
was
Prestqnsburg's second over the
Raiders this season. The
Blackcats beat the Raiders 8170 on Jan. 13 in the first regular-season
district
battle
between the two teams.
The loss was South Floyd's
seventh straight. South Floyd
hasn't won since beating East
Ridge 62-52 on Jan. 19.
Wes Akers led South Floyd
(3- I 9) with 20 points. Akers,
one of the 15th Region's top
three-point shooters, finished
with 20 points. Senior Ethan
Johnson hit a trio of threepointers and scored 16 points
for the Raiders. Tommy Joe
Hall added nine points in off of
the Raider bench and Lyle
Johnson tallied seven.
Adam Slone scored five
points and Kyle Howell netted
four as South Floyd·remained
winless in the month of
February. Kyle Brown rounded out the South Floyd scoring
with two points.
Prestonsburg 89, South Floyd
63
PRESTONSBURG (9-12) Hughes 23, Hall 5, Patton 22,
Stephens l 0, Martin 4, Clark
2, Vance 13, Burchett 4,
Tackett 2, Gearheart 4.
SOUTH FLOYD (3-19) - E.
Johnson 16, L. Johnson 7,
Wes Akers l 0, Slone 5,
Brown 2, Hall 9, Howell 4.
Prestonsburg ....20 21 25
23-89
South Floyd ...... 15 20 9
19-63
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L,adycats
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Betsy Layne has now won
four of its last five games.
Kaitlin Lawson led Betsy
Layne in scoring with a gamehigh 14 points. Kristy Flanery
added a double-double of 11
points and 10 rebounds for the
Ladycats. Lindsey Martin,
Faith Reynolds and Amby
Tackett each had seven points
for host Betsy Layne.
Betsy Layne (13-9) held
Allen Central to just six field
goals. The Ladycat<> rolled out
in front early, leading Allen
Central I 7-4 when the second
quarter got its start. Betsy
Layne withstood a red-hot
scoring run from the Lady
Rebels in the second quarter
a.Itd led 32-23 at halftime.
Sara Johnson accounted for
nearly half of Allen Central's
scoring, finishing with 13
points.
The Lady Rebels (3- 15)
struggled from the free throw
line, hitting just 13-of-3 1
attempts.
Johnson Central 50, Betsy
Layne 43: Fre.~hman Megan
Hamilton scored a game-high
24 points on Monday night,
but it wasn't enough to lift host
Betsy Layne over Johnson
Central.
Brianna Ritz scored 13
points and Hayley Meek added
12 for the victorious Lady
Eagles. Ashley Young netted
eight points and Chelsey
Salyers followed with seven
for visiting Johnson Central.
Center Emily Wireman posted
six points for the Lady Eagles.
Johnson Central outscored
Betsy Layne 17-4 in the opening quarter. Tlie
adycats
bounced back in the second
quarter and Johnson Central
only led 25-16 at the break.
The Lady Eagles were
ahead 34-29 at the end of the
third quarter.
Johnson Central was 15for-17 from the free throw
line.
Betsy Layne played from
behind for most of the game,
but pushed Johnson Central especially late.
Taylor Hott scored nine
points and Kaitlin Lawson
added six for Betsy Layne.
Lindsey Martin and Faith
Reynolds each finished with
two points for the Ladycats.
Betsy Layne 56, Allen Central •
28
BETSY LAYNE (13-9)Martin 7, M. Hamilton 5,
Reynolds 7, Flanery 11 ,
Lawson 14, Tackett 7, Meade
1, R. Hamilton 4.
ALLEN CENTRAL (3-15) Johnson 13, Thacker 3, Biliter
2, Dingus 4, Brown '3,
Mullins I , Shepherd 2.
BL.. ..... . l7 15 13 11- 56
AC......... .4 19 3 2-28
Blackcats
• Continued from p9
six points for the Lady
Raiders. Ashley Castle entered
the conference/district game
from the bench and added
three points for South Floyd
(7- 10). Heather Dean, Faith
Little and Garbielle Bailey
each had two points for the
Lady Raiders.
P'burg 49, South Floyd 36
PRESTONSBURG (9-14) Whitaker 15, Fields 18, Frye
8, Fitzpatrick 5, Chaffin 2,
Mayfield 1.
Eagles open season
at Union College
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES - The Alice Lloyd College
baseball season is now officially underway.
The Eagles traveled to Barbourville on Sunday
afternoon for their first game of the year, a contest against Union College. Coach Scott
Cornett began his 18th season a~ ALC head
coach. Lamar Williams was the starting pitcher
for the Eagles. The team collected eight hits on
the day. However, Union came away with a 163 win. The season will continue this weekend
with a road trip to Montreat College (NC).
SOUTH FLOYD (7-10) Conn 1, Hall 6, Dean 2, Tuttle
13, Little 2, Tackett 6, Bailey
2, Castle 3.
P'burg ....... .4 19 15 11-49
SF. .............. 5 8 6 17- 36
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CELEBRATING CURRENT AND PAST SUCCESS: Members of the 1981 Prestonsburg High
School girls' varsity and 1982 PHS boys' varsity cheerleading squads were honored on
Monday night along with the 2007 PHS boys' varsity unit. All three squads captured 15th
Region KAPOS championships.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
16, 2007 • A11
Rocky Top prevails: Tennesseee 89, No. 20 Kentucky 85
by ELIZABETH A. DAVIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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•
that blinding orange blazer.
"I thank Kentucky and (coach)
Tubby Smith and his basketball team
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee for helping us celebrate this with a
celebrated the return of one of its tremendous basketball game. It
greatest all-time players and his team- wouldn't be the same without them."
mates with a victory over its biggest
King
and
teammate Ernie
rival.
Grunfeld, who is now director of basChris Lofton scored 23 points and ketball operations for the Washington
Duke Crews added 18 to help the Wizards, formed "The Ernie & Bernie
Volunteers upset No. 20 Kentucky 89- Show" in the late 1970s when
85 on Tuesday night.
Tennessee ruled the rivalry.
Tennessee (18-8, 6-5 Southeastern
After King lost to Kentucky as a
Conference) had plenty of motivation freshman in 1975, he vowed he would
with the school's big promotion of the never lose to the Wildcats again, and
game - "Paint the Town Orange" his team ~on five straight.
and a halftime ceremony to retire No. ·
But Kentucky has ruled the series
53 worn by former All-American and lately.
NBA All-Star Bernard King.
The Wildcats had won 10 of 11
Not to mention the opponent was against Tennessee and four straight in
border rival Kentucky (18-7, 7-4), Knoxville. Kentucky won this year's
which as usual had its share of Big earlier meeting in Lexington 76-57,
Blue fans who made the trip to but Lofton didn't play in that game
Thompson-Boling Arena.
because of a sprained right ankle.
"It's a great night for Tennessee
The SEC's leading scorer made a
basketball and Bernard King is still difference this time when the Vols had
beating Kentucky. That's six in a row a key 15-5 run in the first half that
for Bernard," said Tennessee coach gave them the lead for good.
Bruce Pearl, who was again wearing
But Kentucky didn't go away and
set up a dramatic finish. After
Tennessee pushed its lead to 16 with
16:38 left, the Wildcats kept chipping
away.
"I thought our team fought hard
and showed a lot of character after
being down," Smith said. "You can't
give a team like Tennessee this many
chances."
A 7-0 run by Kentucky cut it to 7068 with 6:22 left. The Wildcats
trimmed it to one point twice after that
and finally tied it at 77 with
3:54 to go, but the Vols didn't give up the lead.
After
Kentucky's
Randolph Morris scored with
1:46left to make it 83-81, the
Wildcats had two straight
turnovers and couldn't get
off a shot until it was too late.
Lofton went 5-of-6 at the
Chris
foul line in the final29.5 seconds to ice the game.
Wayne Chism added 16 points and
Ramar Smith had 10 for Tennessee.
Kentucky was led by Joe Crawford
with 24 points while Ramel Bradley
and Morris each added 14 and Jodie
Meeks had 10. Morris also grabbed 12
rebounds.
'There was no point in the game
we thought we would lose no matter
how many we were down," Morris
said. "We clawed our way back, but
came up short in the end."
Bradley, who had scored at lea~t 20
points the previous four games, picked
up his fourth foul early in the second
half and fouled out in the final seconds.
The game was even
most of the first half until
Tennessee got hot from the
outside, hitting five 3-pointers in a 15-5 run that broke
a tie and ended up putting
the Vols ahead 36-26 with
3:28 remaining before the
break. Smith immediately
called timeout and took his
Lofton
jacket off.
Lofton and Jordan Howell each had
two and Ryan Childress had another 3
during the spurt.
Tennessee was ahead 40-30 at halftime.
"We showed pretty good poise,"
Pearl said. 'They made some plays
and so did we. We didn't just sit back
and take what they gave us. We dictated at times with our defense."
Lofton, a native of Maysville, Ky.,
has had big games against the
Wildcats. He was 6-of-14 from the
field and 7-of-8 at the free throw line.
"At the end, we were trying to keep
the ball from one of the best freethrow shooters in the country, Chris
Lofton, and we couldn't," Tubby
Smith said.
Kentucky finished with 19
turnovers ,__ 10 from steals by the Vols
- but outrebounded Tennessee 39-27
and shot 56 percent from the field (31of-55).
The Vols improved to 14-0 at home
against one of the toughest road teams
in the league.
Kentucky lost 64-61 to top-ranked
Florida on Saturday, but came to a
place Tuesday where the Wildcats
have had success recently.
Kentucky had won four straight in
Knoxville since 2002 and swept
Tennessee the three seasons before last
year when they split the series.
Bears sign 39 in recruiting class; Jamerson returns
TIMES STAFF REPORT
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PIKEVILLE - Anyone still is
under the misguided impression that
coaches only work during their playing season need only talk with the
Pikeville College football staff to be
corrected.
Coach Mac Bryan and his staff
have been busy signing 29 members
of the incoming freshman class in the
last couple of weeks to go along with
10 players they added to the roster at
the beginning of the spring semester.
And, Bryan is excited about the
return of Prestonsburg native Nick
Jamerson, a talented receiver who has
returned to the club after taking last
year off. "Nick is a solid receiver who
will make an immediate impact on
our team," Bryan said. "He has
already shown the ability to play on
this level and we're excited about his
return."
Jamerson had 15 catches for 259
yards (17.3 yards per catch) and five
touchdowns for the Bears, helping
the team to a 7-3 record and the
school's first playoff berth in 2005.
Bryan is also thrilled with the new
signees.
"We've been here for a year now
and the guys have a better understanding of what it takes to win in the
Mid-South Coqference," said Bryan
on Monday, the day 25 of the 29 players signed letters of intent. "We're
very excited about what we've been
able to accomplish and think we've
addressed some issues that needed to
be taken care of.
"On a personal note, I'm very
pleased with our coaching staff.
These guys have worked tirelessly
since the end of the season and they
are to be commended. I'm very
pleased with the job they've done."
Of the ~9 new additions, nine are
offensive linemen, the most of any
position. Also, eight are labeled "athletes," a tag given to players who
could fill multiple needs. Excluding
the athletes, 20 of the 31 signees are
on the offensive side.
The list includes Mid-Term
Signees: Nate Howard, 6-3, 290pound JR OL, a transfer from
Marshall University; Robbie Pauliso,
6-4, 305 FR OL, a transfer from
Citrus College, a junior college in
Glendora, Calif.; Jesse Jackson, 6-1,
190 FR WR from Greer, S.C.;
Antwan Surratt, 5-10, 180 JR ATH, a
transfer from Newberry College;
Darnel Lytle, 6-1, 190 JR DB, a
transfer from east Central Mississippi
JC; Michael Adams, 5-11, 180 SO
DB, a transfer from Louisburg, N.C.,
JC; Aaron Cavanaugh, 5-10, 175 FR
DB from Cincinnati; Traymel Jones,
6-1, 200 FR ATH from Camilla, Ga.;
Deril Dennison, 6-0, 210 FR LB from
Calhoun Falls, S.C.; Billie Watson, 61, 280 SO DL from East Mississippi
JC.
FRESHMAN SIGNEES: Michael
Tackett, 5-10, 200 LB from Johnson
Central; Blake Johnson, 6-2, 250 FB
from Johnson Central; Casey Allen,
6-0, 270 OL from Breathitt County;
Casey Rowe, 5-11, 240 DL from
Pikeville; Jordan Tibbs, 6-2, 270 OL
from Pikeville; Russell Johnson, 5-9,
180 RB from Phelps; Ryan Howard,
5-9, 185 RB from Leslie County; Joe
Begley, 5-9, 200 LB from Perry
Central; Aaron Mullins, 6-0, 250 OL
from Breathitt County;Jonathon
Tucker, 6-1, 185 WR from Letcher
Central; John Adams, 5-9, 165 WR
from Letcher Central; Hank Simpson,
6-0, 215 LB from Letcher Central;
Tyler Layne, 6-0, 245 OL from
Prestonsburg; Josh Childers, 5-9, 160
ATH from Jenkins; Josh Belcher, 5-8,
170 RB from Jenkins; Spencer
Fields, 5-11, 235 OL from Jenkins;
Bobby Owens, 5-10, 175 ATH from
Knott Central; Cody Surface, 6-5,
300 OL from Oldham County; Brent
Gordan, 6-1, 195 LB from Fitzgerald,
Ga., High School; Mario Roberts, 59, 200 RB from Camden County, Ga.,
HS; Nick Hitchcock, 6-3, 300 OL
from Pickens, S.C., HS; G.J. Gordan,
5-l 0, 205 RB from Stratford, S.C.,
HS; Hodges McGriff, 6 -3, 230 DE
from Pageland Central, S .C., HS;
Tron Bush, 5-9, 185 ATH from
Pageland Central, S.C., HS; Kass
Ethridge, 6-0, 190 WR from NinetySix, S.C., HS; Jarell Paschel, 5-8, 180
ATH from Fitzgerald, Ga., HS; Alton
Norris, 5-11, 210 RB from
Spartanburg, S.C., HS; Don Don
Evans, 5-8, 170 ATH from Abbeville,
S.C., HS ; Anson Cunningham, 6-0,
185 ATH from Clinton, S.C., HS.
Bobcats fall short against Tigers
I
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by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
BETSY LAYNE
Visiting
Paintsville built an early lead on
Tuesday night and was able to hold
on late against Betsy Layne. After
leading Betsy Layne at the end of
each of the first three quarters,
Paintsville held on for a 75-69 win.
Landon Slone pac.e d Paintsville
with 23 points. All five of
Paintsville's starters reached double
figures in the scoring column. JD
VanHoose pushed in 16 points and
Shane Grimm added 12 for the
Tigers. Van Ferguson, a first-year
player for Paintsville, finished with
12 points. Blake Bundy, another
member of Paintsville's all-junior
starting-five, contributed 10 points.
Phelps 90,
South Floyd 66
TIMES STAFF REPORT
HI HAT - Charlie Hunt had a
game-high 27 points and Dillon
Stiltner added 26 on Tuesday night as
Phelps cruised to a 90-66 win over
host South Floyd.
Phelps outscored South Floyd in
f>
Paintsville ( 17 -7) outscored Betsy
Layne 20-12 in the opening quarter.
The Tigers were even more impressive in the second quarter, outscoring
Betsy Layne 17-9 to take a 37-21
lead into halftime.
With the win, Paintsville tied
Allen Central for the 15th Region's
third-best record.
Six different Paintsville players
provided scoring in the late regularseason matchup.
Daniel Meade flipped in three
points for the Tigers.
Betsy Layne made a charge late,
outscoring Paintsville 28- 17 in the
final quarter. The run, however,
couldn't pull the Bobcats back even.
Justin Collins paced Betsy Layne
with 23 points, sharing game-high
scoring honors with Paintsville's
Slone. Three teammates joined
Collins in double figures for the
Bobcats. Jarod Newman netted a
career-high 19 points for host Betsy
Layne. Brennan Case and Trai Witt
each had 10 points for the Bobcats
(9-13).
Samuel Keathley rounded out the
Betsy Layne scoring with seven
points.
each quarter, pulling away in the final
period.
The Hornets led 24-21 at the end
of the first quarter and 42-34 at the
intermission.
Ethan Johnson and Lyle Johnson
led South Floyd with 22 points
apiece. Wes Akers followed with 11
points for the Raiders. Adam Slone
scored eight points as South Floyd
dropped its eighth straight game.
South Floyd will return to the
hardwood tonight at 7:30p.m. when
it hosts Shelby Valley.
Phelps added some distance
between itself and South Floyd in the
third quarter, outscoring the Raiders
26-14.
Paintsville 75, Betsy Layne 69
PAINTSVILLE (17 -7) - Ferguson
11, Slone 23, VanHoose 16, Grimm
12, Bundy 10, Meade 3.
BETSY LAYNE (9-13)- Case 10,
Collins 23, Keathley 7, Newman 19,
Witt 10.
Paintsville..........20 17 21 l7- 75
Betsy Layne .... 12 9 20 28-69
Phelps 90, South Floyd 66
PHELPS (15-5) - Gannon 7, Hunt
27, Blankenship 4, B. Workman 8,
Stiltner 26, Hager 8, Sullivan 8, R.
Workman 2.
SOUTH FLOYD (3 -20) - E.
Johnson 22, Hall 1, L. Johnson 22,
Akers 11 , Slone 8, Brown 2.
Phelps ............. 24 18 26 22-90
South Floyd.... 21 13 14 18-66
--------------------------------------------------~---------------------------------
Garret tops
Oakdale
apiece for the Warriors. Kyle
Hamilton contributed 12 points to the
Garrett victory. Shane Prater scored
nine points, Travis Scott added eight
points and eight rebounds and Matt
Potter had seven markers and dished
out seven assists for the Warriors.
Bobby Prater rounded out the
Garrett scoring with six points.
TIMES STAFF REPORT
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photo by Jamie Howell
Betsy Layne Coach Brent Rose looked on Tuesday night during his
team's home game against Paintsville. The Bobcats -before falling made the game interesting late.
JACKSON
The Garrett
Christian Warriors went out on the
road to Breathitt County on Tuesday
night for a road game aga~nst
Oakdale Christian Academy. Visiting
Garrett Christian eventually pulled
away from Oakdale, beating the host
team 92-70.
In a conference game, Garrett
managed to get past an Oakdale
squad playing without three of its
starters.
Garrett led at the end of every
quarter.
Kyle Green led Garrett with a
team-best 20 points. Steve Johnson
and Andrew Zsabo added 14 points
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Monday night on
the road at
Belfry. Jake
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above) scored a
team-high 19
points for the
Knights. Plarlst's
Matt Doyle (lett)
is pictured working against the
Belfry defense.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
itewart wins Shootout to solidify contender status for Daytona 500
by JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -Tony
tewart again drove his way into
ictory Lane at Daytona.
It just wasn't the race that really
)unts.
Stewart won the exhibition
udweiser Shootout on Saturday
ight, setting himself up as a top con:nder to win the season-opening
1aytona 500. That's the last of the
'ASCAR crown jewels that Stewart
and
he reported
to
·ants,
peedweeks intent on adding it to his
:sume this year.
"We've definitely figured out how
1 win Saturday night races here at
1aytona," Stewart said. "We've just
otto figure out how to win a Sunday
tee."
The Shootout win was his lOth
ictory at Daytona in various series,
ut none have come in the "Super
owl of Racing." His best finish was
!COnd in 2004, when he pushed Dale
arnhardt Jr. to the win.
"I'm still just happy every time I
get a chance to come to Victory Lane
here at Daytona," he said.
"Obviously, I'd trade all three of
these Shootouts and both Pepsi 400s
to win one Daytona, the 500 on
Sunday."
He's off to a very good start.
Stewart nudged Kyle Busch out of
the lead with eight laps to go, then
calmly drove to his third victory in
the all-star event when runner-up
David Gilliland never challenged.
"I don't think we touched him. It
looked really close, obviously, but I
don't think we touched him," Stewart
said. "If we could have touched him,
it would have sent him up the race
track and he would have crashed."
Busch, who needed a huge save to
keep his car off the wall, finished seventh and seemed certain that Stewart
made at least slight contact.
"He wasn't on me hard, it was just
that little bit enough to where I just
kept getting loose, kept getting loose
and kept chasing it," he said. "And by
the time you get so far you're pretty
much gone and I was able to keep it.
So thankfully for that."
As Stewart closed in on the finish
line, Eamhardt ran into the back of
Elliott Sadler to start a four-car pileup far from the leaders that collected
defending race winner Denny Hamlin
and Greg Bittle.
Toyota, making its Nextel Cup
debut, had two cars in the field as the
Japanese automaker made its longawaited debut. But neither Brian
Vickers or Dale Jarrett ever contended for the win.
Ja.rrett started on the pole in his
new Carnry, but quickly fell to the
back of the field and finished 18th out
of 21 cars. Vickers briefly drove his
new Team Red Bull Toyota to the
front and paced the field for two laps,
but faded and wound up eighth.
"We need to be a little bit better,"
Vickers said. "The c~ wasn't bad,
but it was our first race and we have
a top I 0. We wish we could have
done a little better there at the end."
Stewart didn't have that problem,
and asked if he can carry anything
over from this Shootout to the 500, he
didn' t flinch.
"Absolutely," he said, promi,mg
his Chevrolet for the big event would
be stout.
Stewart, the two-time Nextel Cup
champion, has been on a tremendous
roll since missing out on NASCAR's
title hunt last September. Despite
being shut out of the Chase, he won
three of the final l 0 race), in an outstandi ng close to an' otherwise
mediocre season.
Then he took a brief December
break before jumping into a sprint car
- his first love - and dominating at
the grassroots level. He won two
January events, including the prestigious Chili Bowl, a sprint race that
Stewart treasures as much as he does
his NASCAR titles.
It has given Stewart momentum at
the start of the season, and he'll try to
carry it for one more week and into
the 500.
"I think Tony's worked extremely
hard to get ready for this year, and we
always think we have a chance in any
race that Tony's in," car owner Joe
G1bbs said. "It's so tough to win the
500. Winning this race is a big deal
for us. but winning the 500 is a very
hard thing to do."
Busch led six times for a race-high
42 laps and had the race in command
when a caution for debris came out
with 16 laps to go to set up a quick
round of pit stops. Busch went onto
the service road as the leader and held
the position after taking four tires.
But Kasey Kahne picked up five
spotc; with a two-tire stop that put him
in second, followed by Kurt Busch
and Stewart.
Earnhardt, who over5hot his stall
as he entered the pits, came out in
II th place. Racing resumed with 13
lap<; to go, and Stewart wasted little
time motoring into second place.
Then he worked his way onto Kyle
Busch's bumper and, with a subtle
push at 185 mph, knocked Busch out
of the way as he shd into the lead.
Kurt Busch finished third and was
followed by Nextel Cup champion
Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.
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Earnhardt tries to keep focus on racing - not contract dispute
aby JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - He's
lASCAR's most popular driver, with
devoted fan base known as The Red
..rmy. He's mobbed at tracks, stars in
: munercials with Jay-Z and routinely
: invited everywhere from the MTV
1usic Awards to parties with the
layboy playmates.
Yet for a long time, Dale Earnhardt
·.didn't seem to realize his worth.
"You don't like public opinion or
1edia opinion to sway your decisions,
ut in this case, I have a real bad habit
f being way too modest about my
osition in this sport," Earnhardt
=rid." A lot of people, including the
1edia, have sort of helped me under:and what I'm actually worth- what
1e situation really is."
The deal is Earnhardt's contract
1ith Dale Earnhardt Inc. is up at the
nd of the year. Apparently, he finally
!Ceived the memo that he holds all
1e cards.
He opened Speedweeks at Daytona
International Speedway by announcing he wants majority stake in DEI,
the company formed by his late father
and now run by his stepmother,
Teresa.
"I think in any set of business negotiations, you've got to ask for it (all),"
said Max Siegel, new president of
global operations at DEI.
"When people don't want the most
and the best for themselves, and
they're not pushing me to be the best I
can possibly be, you've got to wonder
why you're in business with them."
But it took the past six weeks for
Earnhardt to recognize he had the
power to ask for the moon.
Last December, he was offended
when Teresa Earnhardt seemingly
questioned his commitment in an
interview with The Wall Street
Journal. He went public with his frustration during preseason testing here,
opening his heart and describing an
icy relationship with his stepmother
that "ain't no bed of roses."
Sympathy and support for Junior every weekend and that his personal
came pouring in from fans and even situation doesn't derail the entire DEI
rival drivers Jeff Gordon and Kevin organization, which includes Martin
Ha.rvick, who referred to
Truex Jr. and rookie Paul
Teresa as "a deadbeat
Menard.
owner."
Truex said he doesn't
Now, Junior frnally has
believe it will be an issue.
"Everybody knows what
made it clear he wants to
stay at DEI, provided he
their job is," he said. "We go
gets what he wants. If he
to the race track or to the
doesn't, he just might walk
shop every day. And none of
and
take
sponsor
that changes as far as what
Budweiser with him. The
everybody is doing and what
Dale Jr.
beer company has closely
they're working on and what
they're trying to accomplish.
tied itself to Earnhardt as a
pitchman, and its DEI deal also is up I don't think it distracts anybody."
at the end of this season.
DEI will do its part to prevent it
It adds up to what promises to be from happening, Siegel srud. Even
the most closely watched contract though Teresa Earnhardt has removed
negotiations in NASCAR history. It's herself from negotiations, the team
also a major distraction that could president said her top priority is getderail his entire season.
ting a deal completed and winning a
Some predict this is the year he'll championship.
finally win his first Nextel Cup chamJunior's been on an upswing since
pionship. For that to happen, Junior a disastrous 2005 season that saw him
will have to make sure the contract miss the Chase for the championship
issue isn't carried into the race track and finish a career-worst 19th in the
standings. It all went awry when the
higher-ups at DEI mistakenly decided
it would be a good idea to swap
Earnhardt's crew with teammate
Michael Waltrip's.
1ft
It put Junior in a huge hole early in
the ~eason, and he had his old crew
back for the final I 0 races of the year.
Recovering was hard. The No. 8 team
made terrific inroads la~t season - he
fini5hed fifth in the points but was
mathematically eligible to win the title
down the stretch.
Although the late Earnhardt won
seven championships, none of them
were with DEI, whose only titles were
the four Busch crowns won by
Earnhardt Jr. and Truex.
It's reru;onable to believe Junior's
team will be even better this year.
"Teresa wants to win a championship as bad as anybody in this
sport," Siegel said. "She's focused, ~
and she's putting things in place,
focusing all the resources so we can
support ... motorsports and all the drivers to do that very thing."
enske's teaftl still looking for first NASCAR title
by MIKE HARRIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Roger
enske hates the question: Why has't his NASCAR team won a champinship?
The query acknowledges failure,
nd that's not an option.
This is the man who built a small
uck rental operation in Pennsylvania
1to a multibillion dollar business
mpire that includes one of the largest
uto dealership networks in the world,
iesel engine manufacturing plants
nd one of the largest truck rental
ompa.nies around.
It's the same suave, silver-haired
tan whose open-wheel team has won
4 Indianapolis 500s, 10 series chamionships and more than 100 races
ver the past three and a half decades.
lis various racing teams have won 20
ational championships.
But in NASCAR: Zero.
The stock-car team, which Penske
)Ok full time in 1991, has 78 poles
nd 58 victories in 989 races. Rusty
:hamp Kelly
1amed llorsemen
:;eneral Manager
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - Former stand•ut wide receiver/defensive back
\nthony "Champ" Kelly has been
tamed the General Manager of the
.exington Horsemen,
owner
..ennie House announced Monday.
Kelly has been a member of the
Iorsemen organization since its
nception. The former University of
Centucky wide receiver played
our seasons for Lexington (2003)6) and was a two-time Unite.d
ndoor Football All-Star. Last sea.on, Kelly was the co-recipient of
he UIF Man of the Year Award,
IVhich recognizes players who are
JOt only leaders on the field, but
tlso off the field and in the comnunity.
Kelly led the Horsemen in tackes each of the past two seasons,
ncluding holding the franchise's
lingle-season tackle record with
~4.5 'stops in 2006. In 2005, he led
he squad and was tied for the
eague lead in interceptions during
he regular season with nine. He
·etumed those picks for 188 yards.
In addition to his front-office
iuties, Kelly also will work as an
Wallace, his biggest star over the
years, won lO races and finished second in the points in 1993, the closest
Penske has come to a Cup title.
Last season, however, was a disaster.
Kurt Busch, the 2003 Cup champion who replaced the retired Wallace in
the No. 2 Dodge, won one race and
finished 16th. Ryan Newman, who
had not finished outside the top seven
in his first four seasons in the No. 12
entry, failed to win a race and was
18th in the points.
The team has worked hard to get
back into the competition for
NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup
championship, including extra effort
on the new Car of Tomorrow, which
will be raced in 16 of the 36 races.
The first step is Sunday's Daytona
500, a race Penske has never won.
Although Busch and Newman
don't have to worry about qualifying
for NASCAR's Super Bowl, both
want very badly to get off to a good
start.
"We had a good preseason test at
Daytona, and we started at the rear in
the Bud Shootout last Saturday night
and came to the front," said Busch, a
two-time Daytona 500 runner-up with
Roush Racing. "I think I learn something new every time I get back out
there in a race at Daytona and
Talladega."
Part of the team's problem last season was the Dodges' less-than aerodynamic nose. Newman, particularly,
was affected, switching between the
new Charger and the older Intrepid
models early in the season.
Now, Newman has a new crew
chief - former team engineer Mike
Nelson - and a renewed determination.
"I remember how to drive," said
Newman, who finished third in last
year's 500. "But the tough part about
a season like 2006 is getting the confidence back on the team. Last year
was fun for about three weekends.
"Hopefully, 38 weekends will be a
lot of fun this year. Part of fixing the
problem is understanding it, and
where it's coming from. I think we
have that figured out."
Penske agreed and was confident
things will tum around, especially
after consolidating his teams - including N AS CAR, IRL and American Le
Mans - in Mooresville, N.C. under
the leadership of Tim Cindric, president of Penske Racing.
"This (NASCAR) isn't easy for
anybody," said Chip Ganas~i. who
also owns IRL and NASCAR teams
and has yet to win a title in stock cars.
"But Roger does things the right way.
"He proves you don ' t have to do
the same thing as everyone else to be
successful, and that you can be honorable, too. .. . When you beat Roger
Penske on the race track, you know
you've beaten the best."
At 69, Penske still has worlds to
conquer.
"My commitment is the same," he
said. "I wouldn't go racing if I didn't
want to be competitive and win overall. I've been to enough races. I've
won a lot of races, a lot of poles and
championships. I'm fully committed
to this."
NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
2006 FINAL STANDINGS
1. Jimmie Johnson, 6,475
2. Matt Kenseth, 6,41 9
3. Denny Hamlin, 6,407
4. Kevin Harvick, 6,397
5. Pale Earnhardt Jr., 6,328
6. Jeff Gordon, 6,256
7. Jeff Burton, 6,228
8. Kasey Kahne, 6,183
9. Mark Martin, 6,168
10. Kyle Busch, 6,027
11. Tony Stewart, 4,727'
12. Carl Edwards, 4,428
13. Greg Biffle, 4,075
14. Casey Mears, 3,914
15. Brian Vickers, 3,906
16. Kurt Busch, 3,900
17. Clint Bowyer, 3,833
18. Ryan Newman, 3,748
19. Martin Truex Jr., 3,673
20. Scott Riggs, 3,619
assistant coach in charge of the
team's wide receivers.
Kelly was a four-year letterwinner as a wide rel:eiver at UK frum
1998-2001. He played in 37 career
games and finished his career with
18 receptions for 289 yards with
one touchdown. As a senior, Kelly
had 10 receptions for 225 yards
with his lone touchdown coming as
a 62-yard reception against
Tennessee. He was named to the
SEC Good Works Team his senior
season for his community service
efforts.
Kelly holds a bachelor's degree
in computer science from the
University of Kentucky. A native of
Graceville, Fla., Kelly was bom
Nov. 27, 1979 and resides in
Lexington.
photo courtesy of Grover Motorsports
Eddie Carrier Jr. (right}, the 2002 Thunder Ridge Raceway Late Model Track Champion, started the 2007 dirt
track season last week in Florida with a series of races.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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FLOYD COUNTY
Features Editor
Kathy Prater
Phone: (606) 886-8506
Fax: (606) 886-3603
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Soldier • page A15
Anniversary • page A16
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CUMBERLAND
MOUNTAIN
TRIO LOGY
Through my eyes
Wow! What a busy past couple of weeks I've had!
Snowstorms, power outages, visitors from California, a trip to
Cincy to see a rock concert,
Valentine surprises, and last
minute deadlines for our upcoming coal publication! I promise to
catch you up real soon, but for
this week, I
gotta cheat a
bit and share
another email
goodie. Oh!,
but I will mention that we all
need to get out
and
see
"Ghost
Rider," starKathy Prater ring Nicolas
Lifestyles editor Cage,
Eva
Mendes, Peter
Fonda,
and
Matthew Long. Why? Well, not
only does it sound like an awesome movie with an engaging
plot and terrific special effects,
but Matthew Long, who plays the
younger version of the Nicolas
Cage character during the first 20
minutes or so of the movie, is a
native Kentuckian. Hailing from
nearby Winchester, Matthew is
the husband of Floyd County
native, Lora Chaffin, a graduate
of South Floyd High School.
Lora's uncle, Arnold Turner,
(See EYES, page fifteen)
Justin Turner, author, "The Cumberland Mountain Trilogy," will be at the Floyd County Public Library this Saturday to sign copies of "The Sheriffs'
Murder Cases," the first volume of the series.
DINNER DIVA
Dinner habit
by Leanne Ely
One of the pitfalls in trying to
get a new habit going (like making
dinner, for example) is not being
clear on the goal. It's one thing to
say you're going to make dinner
every
night
instead of eatmg
takeout
(stay
away
from
the
Chinese takeout! See last
week's Dinner
Diva column
on
my
"Takeout
Lenne Ely
Confessional"), but it's another
thing entirely to quantify your
goal.
Here are three things you need
to do to make a new habit:
l - Make a serious commitment, not just run your mouth. As
SHE's (sidetracked home executives) we are the Queens of
Running Mouths. We talk a blue
streak, but actually doing something about it takes a while before
we get that it isn't the talking
about it that will do it, it's the
DOING something about it that
will do it! For dinner making, that
means committing to meal planning, making a grocery list, shopping and then making the time to
prepare the meal. It takes a little
(See DIVA, page fifteen)
Closet mumblings
by Marla Cilley
Our journey through life starts with
our first breath and it ends with our last
one. Since our birth, we have packed
many bags for our trip. We are born
naked but then we have to put clothes
on our bodies. These clothes tell our
history; from the baby shoes we took
our first steps in, to the dress we wore
to the prom, our wedding dress and
then to the maternity clothes we wore
when we gave birth. I'll wager that
your closet recounts many of the chapters of your life.
Floyd native to appear'at book signing for newly released trilogy
By Kathy J. Prater
FEATURES EDITOR
Floyd County native, Justin
Turner, grew up in the tiny community of Maytown, the son of then Floyd
Board
of Educatton
County
Superintendent V.O. Turner. Upon
his graduation from high school,
Turner left home to attend Berea
College wh(!re he embarked upon a
successful educational path that
eventually led to earning a doctoral
degree from the University of
Kentucky. He currently '\erves a'\
Professor Emeritus for International
Relations for Middle Tennessee
University.
Turner, pictured above standing
between the headstones of his greatgrandfather, Jobe Turner, and his
grandfather, Jack Turner, on the
grounds of the Turner family cemetery, located on Turner's Branch, five
miles west of Maytown, is proud of
his Floyd County heritage and relishes in the rich and colorful history of
his native Appalachian Mountains.
As such, he has used his talents to
pen an engaging trilogy highlighting
Kentucky mountain . sheriffs and a
series of puzzling murders. "The
Cumberland Mountain Trilogy" consists of (volume I) "The Sheriffs'
Murder Cases," recently released,
and volumes II and III, "The Sheriff
of Frozen's Murder Cases," scheduled for release in July, 2007, and
"The Sheriff of Hell's Murder
Cases," due to be released in January,
2008.
Turner's highly acclaimed novel,
"The Foxes and the Hounds," i~
scheduled for release in April, 2007.
Turner will appear this Saturday,
February 17, for a book signing to be
held at the Floyd County Public
Library, located on North Arnold
Avenue, in Prestonsburg, from 1-3
p.m. Each book signed will receive a
special collector's edition bookmark.
Books will be available for purchase
at the signing.
Refreshments will be served and
the author is looking forward to seeing many old friends and meeting
new ones at this event. He and his
wife, Judy, also a native of Maytown,
enjoy <>taying on a hillside farm,
located in Maytown, that has been in
the family since 1858 when returning
home to Floyd County. Perhaps this
visit, they may spot that bear
rumored to be in the area ...
This photo
entitled
"Scattered
Clouds" was
shot by
Willis atop
Stonecrest
Mountain.
The Mountain Arts Center Art Gallery Presents ...
The Photography of Kaye Willis
February 2 through February 28
Kaye is an amateur photographer who
lives in Prestonsburg. Her interest and
eventual passion for photography began as
a child while watching her dad, the late Joe
Burke, and her uncle, the late Hem Burke,
in the family business, Fountain Korner
Drug. She finds great inspiration in landscapes, in particular, sunsets, sunrises and
moon gazing . Kaye loves looking for
bright, vibrant colors that nature so freely
provides. God has surely blessed Eastern
Kentucky with amazing natural beauty. She
enjoys hiking on Stonecrest with her golden
retriever Jake, especially during sunset
hours. Most of Kaye's work has been shot
Our closets are filled to overflowing. Each time we open our closet door
we have a conversation with those
clothes. If the truth be known, we
actually wear only a few items in our
closet. The rest are there to beat us up
and pretend to rescue us. Our clothes
have a way of making us feel bad.
Just think about your wedding dress
that no longer fits your body. What are
your first thoughts? Perhaps, "How
could I let this happen to me?" or ''I
looked so good that day"? lf your
answer is yes, then I want you to think
about how you starved yourself to
death to fit into that dress in the first
place!
Why do we do this to ourselves?
in and around Prestonsburg. This is the first
exhibit of her work, and she is very excited
to be here at the beautiful Mountain Arts
Center. Her work is available for purchase
and you can also contact her by phone or by
email.
Kaye lives in Prestonsburg with her husband, Don. They have 2 children Jennifer
and Joey. Jennifer lives in Prestonsburg
with her husband Matt and their son, Ryan.
Joey is currently a student at the University
of Kentucky with plans to attend Pharmacy
School.
See Kaye's work during gallery hours:
Monday - Friday: 9 am - 6 pm and
Saturday: l 0 am - 4 pm
Why can't we just be happy with ourselves just like we are? We are trying to
fit into an unrealistic picture that only'
stays with us for a fleeting moment.
Those nasty conversations go on each
time you walk into your closet. If it
isn' t about a wedding dress, it is about
another favorite outfit that you paid
good money for that is too tight. It is
time for us to quiet these beratings and
get on with our flight without feeling
gui lty.
There is an easy way to banish these
voices from your head; get them out of
your closet and only keep items of
clothing that you absolutely adore and
feel like a miilion buck in when you
wear them. Decluttering your closet is
not going to kill you; in fact it may
just save your life.
It is time we packed for ou1 journey.
Our closets are no longer going to
stand in our way of traveling light ant:!
enjoying our trip. Most of us only wear
about 10 percent of the clothes we have
stashed in there, anyway. Lefs lighten
our loads and get rid of those nasty
voices once and for all; Out of sight,
out of mind! We can do this!
First, we need to look at the clothes we
truly love because we feel good in
them. This goes for your shoes, too.
Pull those out of your closet one at a
time and think about the words you
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during an activity without any apparent injury.
Overusing a muscle group leads to
muscle fatigue, which can cause
cramps. You often see this during an
athletic event when a player falls
down for no apparent reason and
comes back into tbe game a few minutes later after the cramp has been
attended to by the training staff.
Many people have leg cramps at
night. This is common in older adults
and can disrupt sleep. The exact
cause is not known.
If you get dehydrated due to exposure; to extreme temperature or vigorous exercise, you might get muscle
cramps. ln these cases, the cramp can
be the result of the loss of sodium or
the loss of fluid. Patients undergoing
kidney dialysis are prone to muscle
cramps if their potassium gets low,
and pregnant women get leg cramps
from low calcium or magnesium.
Bad circulation in the legs does
~A. Simpson, D.Q, M.BA
tisrO&itzte Profesror
ifFamily Mellkine
iestion: What causes realy bad leg cramps? I am
n my mid-Lhirties and in
good
. I am not overweight and
I exercise. I thought only old people
got these. Should I worry? Should I
be taking medications for this? They
happen a couple of times a week. My
mother says "Charlie-horses" are
Q
~normal.
A
nswer: A muscle cramp is
an involuntary contraction
of a single muscle or a
group of muscles. They are more
common as you get older, but can
occur at any age. Almost everyone
,experiences muscle cramps at some
time in their life. The leg is a frequent location, but they can occur in
any muscle.
After you've had a cramp, the
affected muscle is usually tender.
Many people feel that calf muscle
cramps are "normal" since they happen so often. Frequently, there is no
obvious cause for ~ calf muscle
cramp.
Usually, muscle cramps last only a
few seconds. Sometimes, though,
they can continue for more than 15
minutes. Once you have an episode,
it's common to experience recurrences. Cramps can follow an injury
to a muscle group, or they may occur
not generally cause cramps in the
legs, but instead produces pain in the
legs with activity. This type of muscle pain, however, can be difficult to
distinguish from muscle cramps.
The treatment for leg cramps is to
treat the underlying cause if it can be
found. Fluid replacement, electrolyte
replacement, and decrease in certain
activities can eliminate cramps. At
tbe time of the cramp, '>tretching and
gently massaging the muscle may
help to relieve the spasm.
For most common muscle cramps,
prevention is the best treatment.
Depending on the cause of your
cramps, there are several steps you
can take that might help prevent or
lessen future episodes. Be sure to get
adequate amounts of appropriate fluids - plain old water is usually best.
Also, make sure you are getting
enough calcium and magnesium. If
you're having nighttime cramps, try
doing a stretching exercise before
you go to bed. If your cramps are
activity related, a pre-workout stretch •
and a cool-down period before you
head to shower can be beneficial.
Some people say vitamin E is helpfuL
The good news is that common
muscle cramps are not usually the
first symptom of a serious medical
problem. They are just annoying. Of
course, if you are concerned, or have
a chronic medical condition, you _
should discuss your cramps with your
family physician.
Family Medicine® is a weekly column. To submit questions, write to
Martha A. Simpson, D.O., M.B.A., Ohio
University College of OstPnpathir
Medicine, PO. Box lJO, Athens, Ohio
45701, or via e-mail to readerquestions@familymedicinenews. org. Medical
information in this column i:. provided
as an educational service only. It does
not replace the judgment of your personal physician, who should be relied on
ro diagnose and recommend treatment
for any medical conditions. Past
columns are available online at
www.familymedicinenews. o rg.
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Adams Middle School
Yiouth Servl·ces 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, ajier school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
•. FFebb. 27 -PMagicSMe, 3 :30-4 :30·
e · 2 2 - arent upport 0 roup,
8:30
a.m., • inRefreshments,
center.
Topic:
"Wellness."
door
prizes. Adams and Clark parents
;, welcome to attend.
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•
Sign-ups for spring semester of
Respect Society for 6 th 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
more infolfllation.
xercise 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 8861" 1297. 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!**
• Feb. 20 - Bullying and Conflict
111
:.> Resolution presentation, 6th grade.
• Feb. 21, 27- Respect class, 7th
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
• 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.
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Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to sched-
ule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WIC
·
appomtments.
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 B e tsy L ayne El ement ary
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.
boosters; and WIC services. Please
call 358-9878 for appointment if you
· need o f any o f th ese servtces.
·
are m
• The 1.A. Duff Elementary
Family Resource Center provides
services for all families regardless of
income. We arc 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 availbl
t f or v·deo
check-ou ts .
a e to parens
1
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 chech, and
more. Must call the FRC at 285-0321
for an appointment.
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
co 1ors (green and go ld) or Clark t·
stud ents, sta11.n, parents- s how
sh trts.
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. 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.
and Family Resource
Center
• Feb. 20 - Program on nutrition,
to be conducted by Carol Jo May, of
Our Lady of the Way Hospital, for
first graders, from 9-11:25 a.m.
•
Floyd . County
Health
Department Nurse Joy Moore, is at
the center the first three Mondays
each month to administer immunizations, T.B. skin tests, well-child
exams, WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
is located upstairs in ·the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
director, at 377-2678. The McDowell
FRC provides services to all MES
students and their families, regardless
of income.
Mountain Christian
Academy
South Floyd Youth
Services Center
• 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 c1·tck on th e STI program. S e 1ect
state, county, school, child's pin number and password. You may view
your child's attendance record, class
average, schedule, grades, and djs~
pline referrals. Questions? Call4529607.
• SFHS and SFMS will be partie· t'mg 10
·
the A PP1es f or Stud ent8
tpa
program. Please save and turn in
your Food City receipts.
• Floyd County substance abuse
counselor will be on the South Floyd
can1pus 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 inforn1ation call 4529600 or 452-9607, ext. 243 or 153.
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Stumbo
Elementary/Mud Creek
Family Resource &
Youth Service Center
Prestonsburg
Elementary and Family
Resource 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.
• Feb. 20 - SBDM Council will
hold a special-called meeting, from
5-8 p.m., at the Jenny Wiley
Convention Center, Cherokee Room,
W.D. Osborne
"Rai·nbow Juncti·on"
Family Resource Center
• Continued from p14
Over the next week of spending 15
minutes a day culling the clothes that
do not bless you any longer, you will
begin to see a pattern to your favorite
items. I call it your personal uniform.
We all have a favorite color, fabric or
style that makes us smile. Look at your
clothes with an eye for your personal
style. It is all about what you love and
how you feel when you wear your
clothes.
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check out Flylady's website and
join her free mentoring group at
www.FiyLady.net or her book, Sink
Reflections published by Bantam an[t her
new book, Body Clutter published by
Fireside. Copyright 2007; Marla Cilley
Used by permission in this publication.
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•
Monthly
meetings:
"Nutrition/Plan Healthy" - second
Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m., in
library; "OES Homemakers" - secand 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 "Eage
1 ' s " b as k e tb a 11 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 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.{" i!-~.
• The Fanlily Resource C enter 1·
located in the central buildirtg 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). Hour~:
7:30a.m. to 5:00p.m., Mon. thru Fn.
1
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BSCTC Adult
Education & GED
1
l
• Mondays: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. -~
McDowell FRC, Martin Comm. Ctr.,
Auxier Learning Ctr., and BSCTC;
1-4:30 p.m.- La~ne Hous~, BSCTC;
4:30-9 p.m., AuXIer Learmng 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)
j
Local soldier deployed to Iraq(
Fly Lady
hear in your head when you have them
on. Now, put them back in your closet
and pull out something that does not
give you the same feeling. If the item
of clothing makes you feel bad, evokes
feelings of guilt in you, or you just
_,plain don't like it; then put it in the
give-away box. If you have changed
careers and no longer have to get
dressed into suits, then donate them so
others can start their new jobs and look
nice. Let me warn you: Going through
your closet is difficult because of all
the stories that your clothes dredge up.
This i<: why r only want you to spend
I 5 minutes at a time doing this. Do not
spend hours at this task or it will make
you feel too badly. Bless yourself by
being kind tu yourself.
McDowell Elementary
for the Council on Council's meeting.
• The Family Resource Center is
open weekd ays 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and
later by appointment. Office provides services for all families, regardless of illcome.
• Call 886-7088 for additional
information
regarding
the
Prestonsburg Elementary Family
Resource Center or its programs.
PFC Joshua Tackett, of the 3rd Infantry Division, 1st
Brigade Della Company 3-69 Aromr, in Fort Stewart,
Georgia, was deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on January 14,
2007.
While stationed at Fort Stewart, PFC Tackett received High
Outstanding medals and certificates in marksmanship.
He is the son of Michelle Hamilton, of Prestonsburg. He has
two brothers, Colby Tackett and Alex Kidd, also of
Prestonsburg. He is the grandson of Clara Hamilton, of
Teaberry, and the late Levi Hamilton.
PFC Tackett's family, many friends and girlfriend Megan
Little, of Wayland, are all anxiously awaiting his safe return
home. The family requests that your prayers go with him
during his tour of duty.
PFC Joshua Tackett would welcome correspondence from
home. You may write to him at the following address: PFC
Joshua Tackett, DCO 3/69 AR, Camp Ramadi COP IRON,
APO AE 09396.
Joshua Tackett
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
16, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
~nniversary
Weather & You
Weather 101 is a basic weather introduction
for the non-scientist. Participants will study
the atmosphere, climate, storms, and learn
to make their own forecasts. In this 10 hour
weather overview you will Investigate our
dynamic atmosphere with the help of meteorologists from the National Weather Service
office in Jackson, Ky., Sky Alert Weather
specialists from WYMT TV 57 and the staff of
the East Kentucky Science Center.
The course is Free and will be held at the
East Kentucky Science Center beginning on
March 6th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and
meet on each successive Tuesday evening
in March. Continuing Education Credit will
also be available from Big Sandy Community
and Technical College free of charge.
The Course will cover the following topics:
Tuesday March 6th
Introduction to Meteorology
Atmosphere
Weather & Climate
Temperature & Thermometers
Atmospheric Pressure & Winds
Broadcast Meteorology
Tuesday March 13th
CLIMATE CHANGE
What is Climate?
Global Warming
How do we study global warming?
What is Paleoclimatology?
The Data
Observed Environmental .Changes
Tuesday March 20th
Precipitation and Storms
Precipitation
Thunderstorm basics
Thunderstorm Structure
Severe Thunderstorm Spotting
Tuesday March 27th
Applying What You've learned
Social and Economic Impacts from Weather
Weather Preparedness: Making You and
Your Family Safer
You be the Forecaster
Forecast Lab - You Make the Call
Course Post-assessment Evaluation I
Student Survey
Space is limited to 30 participants.
To register, contact the East Kentucky
Science Center at (606)889-0303
Educational programming at the East
Kentucky Science Center is made possible
in part by funding from:
Equitable Resources Charitable Foundation
Olin
and
Muriel
Prather
Charitable
Foundation
Berea College Appalachian Fund
SuddenLink Communication
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Gertie Garrett, of Prestonsburg, celebrated their 50th wedding anniver·
sary on January 26, 2007. Pictured with the couple (seated, center) are: (seated, to left)
granddaughter Stacey Lauffer and husband, Seth; (standing, from left) granddaughter
Stephanie Goble, daughter Debbie Goble, son-in-law, Mike Goble, daughter Terri Tipton, and
grandsons Brandon and Dakota Maynard. The couple's family wish them much love and
happiness in the wonderful years to carne.
Children's
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Dr. Smoot embracing role as interim president at HCTC
Early Hearing Loss
The interim president of Hazard Community ed oversight of 14 degree, 22 diploma, and over
& Technical College will keep the college's ini
I 00 certificate programs spread across five
tiatives moving forward - including the focus campus locations--'-the Hazard Campus,
on full implementation of the new Center for Technical Campus, Lees College Campus,
College Success, which will provide that extra Knott County Branch, and Leslie County
attention in advising, career information, refer- Center. She is also involved in both the
ral, etc. that most of our students need in order Kentucky School of Craft and the University
to be successful in college. Dr.
Center of the Mountains projects.
R. Kathy Smoot will be
In her previous role, she superinvolved in the day-to-day
vised three deans who are involved
operations of the College, as
in the day-to-day activities at the colwell as workmg on continued
lege at different campus sites. She
expansion of the arts programworked tirelessly making sure HCTC
ming, including the hiring of
was up to the academic standards for
new faculty for the Kentucky
accreditation, was involved in
School of Bluegrass and
obtaining grant money for programs
Traditional Music that will
at tbe college, and worked in bringbegin accepting students in the
ing new programs and classes to the
fall.
college to meet the needs of the comJan. 16 was the first day for
munity.
Dr. Smoot as interim presiDr. Smoot's doctorate degree is in
dent, following the exit of Dr.
educational administration from the
Dr. Kathy Smoot
Jay K. Box, who resigned to
University of Kentucky. Her masaccept a Vice President positer's degree in vocational education
tion in Versailles with the Kentucky and her bachelor's degree in vocational home
Community and Technical College System economics are hoth from Morehead State
(KCTCS).
University. Dr. Smoot att~ined a perf~ct, 4A nationwide search for the president/CEO point-0 grade average in both her masters and
position is now underway. "I really appreciated doctoral work, and others have since replicated
the integrity Dr. Box brought to the position of her studies of Cooperative Education and
president," Dr. Smoot said, noting she expected Leadership Behavior.
the person hired would also have that trait. "Dr.
Dr. Smoot joined HCTC in 1996 as the result
Box also brought us a vision of what we could of the merger with Lees College in Jackson,
be and it's very impo1tant the next president has which is now the Lees College Campus of
the ability to gain the same widespread support HCTC. While at Lees, she held the position of
from everyone," Dr. Smoot sa1d. Although she Executive Vice President/Chief Operating
will not apply for the position, she noted that Officer and Vice President for Academic
the job should be very attractive to potential Affairs. Prior to that, she spent five years at
candidates -;ince the college is in sound finan- Bony-Georgetown Technical College serving
cial shape, has recently completed a $4.6 fund as dean of the Grand Strand Campus in Myrtle
raising campaign, accreditation issues are under Beach, South Carolina and evening director at
control, and as she puts it, "We have a truly the Conway Campus in Conway, S.C. The
excellent faculty and sta!f. Hazard Community remainder of her experience in higher education
& Technical College is really a great place to was earned at Northern Virginia Community
work; we change lives every day through the College, Southern West Virginia Community
success of our students!"
College, Morehead State University, University
The new president/CEO, who will probably of Kentucky, and the University of Florida
begin work July 1, will also need to be heavily Cooperative Extension Service.
involved in the communities which HCTC
Dr. Smoot was born in Hazard. She is the
serves, noted Dr. Smoot. The college has been daughter of the late John N. Catron; her mother,
and needs to continue to be a catalyst for posi- Beulah Brashear Catron, resides in Jeff (which
tive change and economic development across served as the home for the family business our service area.
Catron's Upholstery - for over 20 years). Kathy
Dr. Smoot already has a keen understanding resides in Jackson with her husband, Robert L.
of the college since she's been serving as tbe (Bob) Smoot, a former HCTC business faculty
provost and vice president of academic affairs member who retired as of Dec. 31. The couple
where she provided college-wide leadership for has one child, Sunshine, a pediatrician cunent122 full time faculty and 63 adjunct faculty, as ly completing h er first year of residency at
well as 30 academic support staff. This includ- Cabcl Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV.
HCTC Dean's List
The following Hazard Community and Technical College Floyd County students have been
named to the Full-time Students Dean List, fall semester, 2006:
Jesse Nathaniel
Blankenship, of Teaberry; Sherry Annette Gomez, of Wayland ; J ennifer Rose Hurst of
Printer; Ju.stin D. Prater, of Hueysville; Ashley Ellisa Sexton, of Wayland; Ronald Erick Sl~ne,
of Hueysville; and Bobbie Jean Willis, of Minnie.
The following Hazard Community and Technical College Floyd County students have been
named to the Part-time Dean's List, fall semester, 2006: Amanda Sadie Johnson of
Wheelwright, and Rachel Juanita Sexton, of Wayland.
'
AARP offering tax services to
low-income persons and
senior citizens at Floyd County
Library, now until April 10
Jenny Wiley Chapter No. 3528 AARP is again
offering tax preparation services to low-income
taxpayers and senior citizens. Those needing
assistance may bring their W·2's to the Floyd
County Library, located on Arnold Avenue, in
Prestonsburg, from now until April10, 2007. The
hours of service are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., every
Tuesday. Please bring a copy of your 2005
income tax return and your current tax information for 2006. This is a free, volunteer-run tax
counseling and preparation service. This free
service can answer most tax issues faced by lowincome taxpayers, with special attention given to
those age 60 and older.
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have a hearing loss that can contribute to
delayed development in learning, language and
social skills. However, early detection and
intervention can make a big difference.
"Every day, 33 babies are born in the U.S.
with permanent hearing loss," said Sue Greco,
director of marketing communications for
Advanced Bionics Auditory Division. "Early
detection and intervention can diminish and
even eliminate the negative impact of hearing
loss in children."
Hearing loss intervention includes hearing
aids and cochlear implants, which are approved
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to
functionally restore hearing, as well as programs to help the family and child. Infants as
young as 12 months can be fitted with ~
cochlear implant.
If your child does not startle at loud sounds,
respond when called, freely imitate sounds or
tum toward sounds such as your voice, talk to
your doctor about screening.
To learn more, visit www.bionic ear.com.
Diva
• Continued from p14
doing, but it is well worth the
cffo1t.
2- Examine the benefits
of doing all of this. It's hugeyour children do better in
school, are less likely to do all
the things you DON'T want
them doing and are happier,
more secure and nutritionally,
better fed. You've heard me
talk time and time again (or
you have read in my columns
time and time again) of the
value of the family dinner
tab I e-ps y c hoi o g icall y,
socially and nutritionally. One
meal can make that much of a
difference!
3- Have a back-up plan.
There is no shame in ordering
pizza ONCE IN A WHILE or
making breakfast for dinner, or
anything else that shortcuts
your way to the dinner table.
The big thing here is actually
EATING together.
And please remember this:
No one likes a dinnertime martyr any more than they like the
housekeeping martyr. Don ' t be
afraid to tell "your people"
what you need. Have your kids
help with dinner (hands on
nutrition; life skills that will
serve your children forever),
have your husband help with
grocery shopping and everyone pitch in for dishes. Dinner
and meal making can be a
family affair if you will help to
orchestrate it. Have a family
meeting, get your crew on
board and go for it' It's worth
the effort!
Here's an easy recipe to get
your dinner going in the right
direction:
Roasted Vegetable
Cheddar Soup
Serves 6
.. 2 large rutabagas, peeled
and quartered
• 2 large turnips, peeled and
quartered
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 6 cloves garlic, whole
• l large head of cauliflower,
broken up
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
• 3 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
• 1 1/2 cups half and h"alf
• 1 tablespoon flour
• l 1/2 cups low-fat cheddar
cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 425
degrees. In a large roasting
pan, add all the vegetables and
toss well with the olive oil, salt
and pepper and thyme. Cook
for 30 minutes or until veggies
start to turn brown. Remove
from the oven, set aside and let
cool.
In a blender, add cooled
roasted veggies ·and 1/4 cup of
the chicken broth (or more,
you just want to help the
blender blend the veggies and•
it needs liquid). Pulse the
blender - you don't want your
veggies liquefied, just blende
d
In a large saucepan, dump the
contents of the blender, the
rest of the chicken broth and
heat to boiling. Lower the heat
fo a simmer and add tbe cream.
When it is hot (but NOT boiling, or the cream will break!)
add the cheese tossed with the
flour. Again, bring to almost
boiling, tum down the heat and
serve.
Per serving: 345 Calories l7g Total Fat; l3g Protein; 3g
Dietary
Fiber;
14g
Carbohydrate;
111mg
Cholesterol; 616mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain
(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1
Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 7 Fat; 0
Other Carbohydrates
For more help putting dinner
on your table check out the
Dinner
Diva's
website,
www.SavingDinner.com or her
Saving Dinner Book series published by Ballantine ami her new
book Body Clutter; published by
Fireside..
Copyright 2007~
Leanne Ely. Used by permission
in this publication.
Eyes
• Continued from p14
talked with me a bit this past
week, informing that several
members of the Floyd County
family were planning a trip to
New York City to attend the
film's premiere (which would
have been held just last night).
Preacher Turner also says that
his niece and her actor husband have been more than a
tad bit starstruck as they've
had tbe opportunity to rub
elbows
with
some
of
Hollywood's fines t during the
making of this movie. Coming
from good ol' well-grounded
family stock, however, the
preacher promises that both
young people are keepi ng their
heads out of the clouds and
their feet firmly on the ground.
How exciting for the both
of the m this adventure must
be! Let's check out Matthew
this weekend when the film
bits area theaters . And, yes, I
promise to keep you updated
through Matt's Floyd County
in-laws as his career progresses!
·
But for now. enjoy the following offering:
GOD IS LIKE:
(A fifth grade teacher in a
Chnsttan sch ool asked her
class to look at TV commer-
cials and see if they could use
them in some way to comnmnicate ideas about God. Here
are some of the results:)
God is like..
BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.
God is like ...
A FORD
He's got a better idea.
God is like ...
COKE
He's the real thing.
(This one's great)
God is like...
HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send
His very best. (AMEN!)
God is like ...
TIDE!
He gets the stains out that
others leave behind.
God is like .. .
GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to
life.
God is like ...
WAL-MART
He bas everything.
God is like...
ALKA-SELTZER
Oh, what a relief He is!
God is like ...
SCOtCH TAPE
You can't see him, but you
know He's there.
God is like...
DELTA
He's ready when you are.
God is like...
ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with
Him.
God is like...
V0-5 HAIR SPRAY
He holds through all kinds
of weather.
God is like ..
DIAL SOAP
Aren't you glad you hav1'
Him? Don't you wish everybody did?
God is like ...
THE U .S. POST OFFICE
Neither rain, nor snow. nor
sleet, nor ice, will keep Him
from His appointed destination.
'Til next week!
�FRIDAY, FEBRAURY
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HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
li:' bu r}
&c'a I
'02 Ranger 4 cylinder 5 speed,
$4,495.
2002 Ford Tarus
SES 80,000 miles.
$5,495, Moonroof.
92 Pathfinder,
automatic, $2,495
2001 Impala
75,000 miles LS
$5,800.
'99 Grand Cheroke
Grand Loreato 6
cilinder. $4,995
886-2842
886-3451.
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that have reference
numbers,
please indicate
that entire reference number on
the outside of
your
envelope.
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JOB OPENINGS
C & S Vaults, manufacture of steel
burial vaults is
seeking a driver for
Inez warethe
house. Applicants
must have a class B
CDL license. Ablity
to perform physical
labor.
Must be
dependable.
Drivers
load,
unload, and deliver
steel grave vaults
through out regions
in
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
and
Ohio, Virginia, and
West Virginia. Must
be
comfortable
dealing with customers.
Benefits
available after 90
days. Full time positions. Please fill out
an application and
sign up for an interview at C & S Vaults
Industrial Dr. Inez,
Ky 41224
JOB OPENING
Communications
construction-Labors
and CDL drivers
needed class A or B
experience helpful
but not mandatory.
Insurance- Holidayand
Vacation401K. To apply call
Star Construction at
874-1263
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an immediate opening
for
a
Maintenance
Mechanic. This is a
full-time
position
with health insurance,
retirement
and other benefits.
Applications wiY be
taken at the Green
Acres Office located at 12 Blaine.JHaU
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1:30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
16, 2007.
General
requirements for this position are ability to
perform
difficult
skilled work in general maintenance,
repair and modification of authority
owned
buildings
and related equipment and appliances.
JOB OPENING
RN/LPN C{ompetitive wages
based on experience, health and
dental insurance,
up to 4 weeks vacation, 9 paid holidays, no weekends.
Send resumes to
PO
Box
2667,
Pikeville KY 41502
JOB OPENING
Mine Component
Mechanic, Welder
Fabricator.
Both
positions are for
shop work. May
inquire at 60687496441 between
the hours of 8:30am
to 4:00pm.
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an opening for an
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker.
The
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker must have
a high school diploma or equivalent
plus at least three
years office experience
including
basic
computer
skills.
General
requ ire ments
include the ability to
communicate orally
and in writing, organizational skills, the
ability to work with
confidential information and to work
well with the public.
Applicants
must
have a valid KY
Drivers License.
This is a full time
position with health
insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office in
Rre11t~nsb1Jf.g from
10:30 am to 3:30
pm
each
day
through February
23, 2007.
CAREER OPPORTUNITY A nationally known company
has
recently
opened a large factory authorized sells
and service center
in the Big Sandy
Area. Responsible
people in all departments. $375 per
week to start as per
written agreement.
Paid vacations and
adva ncements
available. People
who are ready to
work and advance
call Monday Feb.
19 only. 9a to 5p at
606-788-7334.
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
Authority
of
Prestonsburg has
an Immediate opening for a
Maintenance Aide.
This is a full-time
position with health
insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office locat-
HRMC: 886-8511 I www.HRMC.org
Come grow with us!!
Highlands Regional Medical Center™
"The Medical Center of Eastern Kentucky"
has an opening for
Medical Staff Information Specialist
Highlands is seeking a motivated Medical Staff Informational Specialist to serve
as a liaison to the Medical Staff to assist in the resolution of Gerner Millenium
System issues: this will include Identifying system, process, training, and other
technical issues, and developing appropriate responses to resolve the issues.
Communication of issues and Issue resolutions will be a key responsibility in
this position. The Medical Staff Information Specialist develops an on-going
problems inventory, monitor Gerner Service Requests and their completion. He
or she will also work in concert with the Medical Staff leadership to optimize
the use of the clinical information system and building physician care sets.
This position will report to the Medical Director.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate must be a graduate of an accredited AN nursing program
and currently licensed in the state of Kentucky. One year or more of
Information Systems experience preferred. The candidate must have
knowledge of a variety of Cerner Software Applications and knowledge
of the Cerner Organization.
Interested applicants may apply to the
Human Resources Department
Highlands Regional Medical Center
5000 Kentucky Route 321
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
(606) 886-7530 • Fax: (606) 886-7534 • E-Mail: tclark@hrmc.org
Highlands is an equal opportunity employer.
ed At 12 Blaine Hall
Street,
Prestonsburg, KY,
between the hours
of 1:30 pm and 4:00
pm
each
day,
through February
2007.
16,
Knowledge
and
experience of general apartment and
grounds
maintenance and upkeep
are preferred.
JOB
OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
Misc.
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
computer
desk,chair.
Call
358-2330 or 3580180
LOOKING TO
RENT in the
McDowell or
Wheelwright area.
Call 452-4249.
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
LeigMnn at 8868506 to apply.
FOR SALE
Antique refri9erator made m
1925 + antique
glass shower
case 8 ft. long.
Other items to
many to mention.
Call to take a
look. 874-2421
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE FOR
SALE 3 BR 2 bath
house completly
remolded inside
and out. 38 S.
River view Lane
Prestonsburg. 8869881.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom. All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard. 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min to downtown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
Immediate occu-
pancy.
Call 285-9277 4228197 226-4551.
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.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
FOR SALE
5 BR house 1 1/2
bath. 2 story on
approx 3 1/2 level
acres with barn
and out buildings.
Could develope as
5 building lot.
Located in banner
area. $124,900
Call 874-9456.
Sale or Lease
FOR LEASE
Looking for Employment
Citizens
National
Bank
5,000 Sq. Ft. office
or retail building for
lease or land contract. Located at
Garrett. 606-4386104.
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 RENT
Beauty shop equ1p
with 3 stations and
tanning bed. Would
consider renting for
commercial
use
other than beauty
shop. Rt. 122 1
mile
south
of
Martin across from
Garth
Technical
School. Must have
references. 2859112.
RENTALS
I
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
FOR SALE
Property for sale
between
Prestonsburg and
Painstville. Also,
APARTMENT
FOR RENT
New townhouses
for lease 1500 Sq.
feet with garages.
3 BR $700 per
month.
$700
deposit. Half mi le
from
Highlands
Regional Hospital.
Call 606-886-8100
or 606-434-7715
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
apartment located
in Prestonsburg,
above safelite. 1
BR, 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price.
FOR RENT
1 BR efficiency
apt
$350
per
month. 1 BR with
garage $500 per
month. 2 BR 1 1/2
bath w/ carport.
$575. 2 BR house
2 bath $675. Call
434-6516 or 2261925 or 285-9639.
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
unfurnished ground
floor
apartment.
Located
across
from Floyd County
Technical center on
LPN orCMA ·
for Medical Office in Pikeville.
!VIust be efficient w/ a friendly smile
and p•·oficient w-ith computea·s.
Traveling •·equired.
Good Pay & Benefits
References required. Send resuane to:
Mcdicnl Otlices
P. 0. Box 3128
Pikeville, KY 41502
EXPERIENCED WEB DESIGNER
WANTED
Well established company in need of an experienced
web designer.
Qualified candidates must be
proficient in HTML, C++, Dream Weaver 8, Adobe
Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, JavaScript, My SQL
Database and Microsoft Access. Must possess two
years' experience and have good graphic design
capabilities.
Responsibilities would include designing,
maintaining and enhancing design content of
company website and emails. Must possess good
communication skills and have the ability to work on
projects individually as well as in a team environment,
adhering to strict deadlines.
Now hiring for the position of
Full-Time
Documentation Clerk
Position Location: 620 Broadway, Paintsville
Please send resume along with three references to:
WEB DESIGNER
P.O. Box 390
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Min. starting pay, $8.14 per hour
The individual will maintain loan and credit files
to ensure all files are kept up to date.
Reviews files for exceptions to be reported
to the Senior Lender.
Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent
from two-year college or Technical school;
or one to two years related experience and/or
training; or equivalent combination
of education and experience.
Individual must be organized, detailed, and
have good communication skills.
Apply at any
Citizens National Bank location
P.O. Box 1488, 620 Broadway
Paintsville, KY 41240
(606) 789-4001
www.cnbonline.com
Citizens
National
Bank
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
'
subdivision. $249,000.
Sq ft. 4 BR 2.5 bath, 2 car
fireplace, LA., Fam.R,DR
remolded like new. NEWand cooling, carpet, tile,
cabinets with Corian counter
ground pool/ new liner and
landscaping.
and Williams Real Estate,
Preston. Call 789-8119 or 205-
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.
�A 18 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
Route
122
at
Martin. $500 per
month plus utilities.
Must furnish references. Call 2859112. NOT HUD
'.J APPROVED.
GroundHog Day
Special. Park Place
Apartments.
First
month rent FREE
WI Deposit paid in
full. Rent staring at
1 BR - $208, 2 BR$304. Offer valid
thru 2/28/07. All
electric
HUD
accepted. Call 8860039.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375 .
month,
+ $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
House
16, 2007
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
3 BR 2 bath house
in
Prestonsburg.
$550 per month +
deposit. 478-5389
or 477-1707
2/16
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
depo~t
required.
Located
in Knott County. No
pets,
available
12/29 call
4386104.
HOUSE FOR RENT
A nice 3 BR, two
bathroom house at
lvel, $550 a month ·
plus plus utilities. If
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric.
interested cal 8746700 after 6:00 pm. Excellent condition.
$350 per month +
HOUSE FOR RENT utlities and security
161
Lafferty BR deposit. References
$550 monthly. $550 required. Call 606security
deposit. 874-2802
References
required. 874-8482
Mobile Home
:
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
LOTS FOR RENT
New MH park.
Allen/Dwale area.
Restrictions apply.
paved streets, light·
ed area. All sizes.
606-377-2357.
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.
LEGALS
BLASTING
SCHEDUlE
This is notice that
Miller Bros. Coal,
LLC, P.O. Box 990,
436 Daniels Creek
Road,
Allen,
Kentucky
41601,
(606)
874-9003,
Permit No. 8360334, will be blasting
at
Salyers
Branch and General
Allen
Branch of
Saltlick Creek and
Mudlick Branch of
Brush
Creek,
Latitude 37!130'45";
Longitude
82!153'57". Blasting
will
be
done
Monday
through
Saturday. No blasting will be conducted before sunrise or
after sunset. At blast, a series of
least 10 minutes three
(3)
short
before the blast, sounds of a siren.
access to the area The all-clear signal
will be controlled by after the blast will
Company person- be: The all-clear signel. Before each nal(s) after blasting
blast is detonated, will be one (1) prothe following type(s) longed blast of a
of audible warning siren. Also prior to
will be given: Five detonations
in
(5) minutes prior to emergency situathe blast, a one (1) tions, the permitee,
minute series of using audible siglong sounds of a nals, shall notify all
siren;
One
(1) persons within oneminute prior to the half (1/2) mile of the
blast, a series of blasting site.
three
(3)
short
sounds of a siren.
BlASTING
The all-clear sigSCHEDUlE
nal(s) after blasting This is notice that
w ill be: One (1) pro- Miller Bros. Coal,
longed blast of a LLC, P.O. Box 990,
siren, following the 436 Daniels Creek
inspection of the Road,
Allen,
blast area. Blasting Kentucky
41601,
w ill not be conduct- (606)
87 4-9003,
ed at times different Permit No. 836from those given 0335, will be blastabove, ·except in ing
at Raccoon
emergency situa- Branch
and
tions, where rain, Plummer Fork of
lightning,
other Saltlick
Creek,
atmospheric condi- Latitude 37 2 30'52";
tions, or operator or Long i t u d e
public
safety 82253'34". Blasting
requires unsched- will
be
done
uled
detonation. Monday
through
Prior to these deto- Saturday. No blastnations, the follow- ing will be conducting audible warning ed before sunrise or
will be given: Five after sunset. At
(5) minutes prior to least 10 minutes
blast, a one ( 1 ) before the blast,
minute series of access to the area
long sounds of a will be controlled by
siren;
One
(1) Company personminute prior to the nel. Before each
NOTICE
I
Notice is hereby given that Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation has asked the Public
Service Com mission, Frankfort, Kentucky, for approval of an adjustment of rates to become effective March 3,
2007, for serVice rendered on and after March 3, 2007. The present rates charged In all territory served by
Columbia are as follows:
Gas Cost
Gas Cost
Total
Base Rate
Adjustment
Adjustment
Billing
Demand
Rate
Com modi~
Charee
$
$
$
$
RATE SCHEDULES ~!;!
Residential (GSR) 1/
First 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
6.95
7.0085
15.3854
1.4269
Over 1 Mcf per Mo.
1.8715
1.4269
7.0085
10.3069
EAP Rider
0.0579
0.0579
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
0.0105
Commercial or Industrial (GSO) 1(
First 1 Mcf or less per Mo.
Next 49 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&D Rider
18.88
1.8715
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0.0105
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0065
7.0085
27.3154
10.3069
10.2507
10.1650
10.01-56
0.0105
blast is detonated
the following type(s)
of audible warning
will be given: Five
(5) minutes prior to
the blast, a one (1)
minute series of
long sounds of a
siren;
One
(1)
minute prior to the
blast, a series of
three
(3)
short
sounds of a siren.
The all-clear signal(s) after blasting
will be: One (1) prolonged blast of a
siren, following the
inspection of the
blast area. 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: Five
(5) minutes prior to
blast, a one (1)
minute series of
long sounds of a
siren;
One
(1)
minute prior to the
blast, a series of
three
(3)
short
sounds of a siren.
The all-clear signal
after the blast will
be: The all-clear signal after blasting will
be one (1) prolonged blast of a
siren. Also prior to
detonations
in
emergency situations, the permitee,
using audible signals, shall notify all
persons within onehalf (1/2) mile of the
b lasting site.
55.90
Standby Service QemiiJnd Qb~rge
Demand Charge times Daily Firm
Volume (Mcf) in Customer Service Agreement
Delive!)( Rate Per Mcf
First 400 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
All Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
B8IE SCHEDULE IS
Customer Charge per Mo.
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
NGR&D Rider
6.5482
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
1.8153
1.7296
1.5802
0.0206
O.Q105
0.0206
0.0105
116.55
0 .5467
0 .2905
O.D105
7.0085
7.0085
.
116.55
7.5552
7.2990
0.0105
Stil!oslt!l£ i;!!:lr:Yi~ b!!:lf!liilDd Qbacg~
Demand Charge times Daily Firm
Volume (Mcf) in Customer Service Agreement
6.5482
Base Rate
Charge
$
DeliverY S!i!rvi!<e 1
Administrative Charge
First 30,000 Met
Over 30.000 Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
RATE SCHED!.!l!;; I!.!~ 1/
For Ali Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
NGR&D Rider
0.3038
0.0105
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
6.5482
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Com modi~
$
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
55.90
0.5467
0.2905
0.0206
0.0105
0.0206
1.4269
Total
Billing
Rate
$
7.0085
8.7392
0.0105
D~li~Q( ~[Yjc~
Administrative Charge
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
MAINLINE DELIVERY SERVIQE
Administrative Charge
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
55.90
0.3038
55.90
1.7307
0.0206
0.0105
1.4269
0.0206
O.Q105
55.900
0.0858
55.90
0.0858
0.0206
0.0105
0.0206
0.0105
1/ Customers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Service (SVGTS) are charged the Base Rate Charge
and applicable Riders only. The Base Rate Charge is also applicable to General Service Propane.
The proposed rates to be charged in all territory served by Colum bla Gas of Kentucky, Inc. are as follows:
Base Rate
Char~e
$
RATE SCHEDULE GS - GENERA!. SALES SERVICE
Residential (GSR) 1/
Customer charge
12.75
All volume consumed
1.8241
EAP Rider
0.0579
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
Commercial or Industrial (GSO) 1/
Customer charge
First 50 Mcf per Mo.
Next 350 Mcf per Mo.
Next 600 Mcf per Mo.
Over 1000 Mcf per Mo.
NGR&D Rider
28.00
1.8241
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.0105
BAit; ~Qt:!f;;QI.!LI;; I~ - lt;!Tt;BBUEII~LI;; ~8~~ S!;;B~I~i;
Customer Charge per Mo.
200.00
First 30,000 Mcf
0.6027
0.3192
Over 30,000 Mcf
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
1.4269
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Com mod~
$
7.0085
Total
Billing
Rate
$
12.75
10.2595
O.Oo /9
0.0105
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
7.0085
28.00
10.2595
10.1496
10.0678
9 9160
O.D105
7.0085
7.0085
200.00
7.6112
7.3277
0.0105
Residents for PrlmeTime
Attention second and third year residents!
BlASTING
We have openings lor you to work
evenings and weekends
This is notice that
Miller Bros. Coal,
LLC , P.O. Box 990,
436 Daniels Creek
Road,
Allen,
Kentucky
41601,
(606)
874-9003,
Permit No. 8365510, will be blasting
at
Salyers
Branch of Saltlick
Creek,
in
Floyd
County,
Latitude
37 2 3 0 ' 4 5 " ;
Longitude
82 253'06". Blasting
will be done daily.
No blasting will be
conducted before
sunrise or after sunset. At least 10 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: Five (5) minutes prior to the
blast, a one (1)
minute series of
th ree
(3)
long
competitive
insurance provtded
with
offers a
malpractice
Please send your
100 tvl.edical Center Drive,
KY 4 17 0 1
Administralor,
Hazard,
hburton@arh org or
call
606-439-687 4
is seeking candidates for
Part-Time Evening
CUSTODIAN
Responsible for the overall cleanliness and
attractiveness of the clinic.
High school diploma or equivalent
required. At least one year experience is
desired.
Please mail or fax resume to:
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone: (606) 886-8546 ext. 130
Fax: (606) 886-8548
Email: j.conn@bshc.org
"A proud tradition of providing access to
quality health care"
Big Sandy Health Care is an Equal Opponunhy Employer
6.5482
6.5482
B8I!;; SCHEDULE IUS - INTRASTATE UTILITY ~~RVICE 1/
Customer Charge per Mo.
255.00
For All Volumes Delivered Per Mcf
0.5905
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
1.4269
RAIE SCHEDULE SS- STAND BY SERVICE
Standby Service Demand Charge per Mcf
Demand Charge times Standby Service Volumes (Mcf)
In Customer Agreement
RAil; QQt:J!;Q!.!!.E ~S- D~LIV~RY S~BVIQE
Administrative Charge per billing period
Customer Charge per billing period 2/
Customer Charge - Grandfathered Service only
Customer Charge - Intrastate Utility only
Deliverv Bate per Mcf 21
First 30,000 Mcf
Over 30,000 Mcf
.
255.00
9.0259
0.0105
7.0085
6.5482
6.5482
55.90
200.00
28.00
255.00
55.90
200.00
28.00
255.00
0.6027
0.3192
0.6027
0.3192
Base Rate
Char9e
$
Deliva!)( Rate - Grandfathered Service on[~
First 400 Mcf per billing period
Next 600 Mcf per billing period
All Over 1000 Mcf per billing period
DeliverY Rate- Intrastate Utili~ only
All volumes per billing period
Banking and Balancing Service
NGR&D Rider
wages
ARH
resume/CV to Heather Burton, Cl1n1c
Firm Service Demand Charge
Demand Charge times Daily Firm Volumes (Mcf)
In Customer Agreement
55.90
6.5482
will be: One (1) prolonged blast of a
siren, following the
inspection of the
blast area. B lasting
will not be conducted at times different
SCHEDULE
D~liy:e(Y Service
Administrative Charga
sounds of a siren;
One (1) minute prior
to the blast, a series
of three (3) short
sounds of a siren.
The all-clear signal(s) after blasting
•
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Demand
$
Gas Cost
Adjustment
Com modi~
$
Total
..f!ill.!Jl_g
Rate
$
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
0.5905
1.7142
1.6324
1.4806
1.4269
0.0206
0.0105
2.0174
0.0206
0.0105
RAT~ S!:;!::!Eb!!.!I.E MLJ2S - MAINLINE DELIVERY SERVICE
Administrative Charge
55.90
Customer Charge per billing period
200.00
Delivery Rate Per Mcf
0.0858
NGR&D Rider
0.0105
Banking and Balancing Service
55.90
200.00
0.0858
0.0105
0.0206
0.0206
1/ Customers taking Small Volume Gas Transportation Service (SVGTS) are charged the base rate charge
and all applicable riders only.
21 Applicable to all Rate Schedule DS customers except those served under Grandfathered or Intrastate Utility
provisions
MISC~LLANEOU~
I8RIFE Ql:l8t:!!:2EQ
Miscellaneous Fees
The Company is proposing to increase the following fees as indicated:
Current
Return Check Fee
$8.00
Reconnect Fee
$15.00
ProQosed
$15.00
$55.00
The foregoing rates reflect an Increase of approximately 7.99% to Columbia. The estimated amount of
increase per customer class is as follows:
ReSidential
$10,539,821
11.07%
Commercial
$1,498,857
2.77%
, Industrial
$382,525
4.89%
Wholesale
$12,400
5.29%
Other
21.57%
$211,920
The average monthly bill for each customer class to which the proposed rates will apply wil l increase
approximately as follows:
Residential
11.0%
$7.38
Commercial
$9.61
3.0%
Industrial
-$16.45
-0.5%
Transportation
$9.29
11.0%
Wholesale
S517.00
6.5%
The rates contained in this notice are the rates proposed by Columbia; however, the Public Service
Commission may order rales to be charged that differ from the proposed rates contained in th1s notice.
In addition to the adjustment of rates described above, Columbia is also seeking approval from the Public
Service Commission for an Accelerated Main Replacement Program and a Post In-Service Carrying Charge.
The Accelerated Main Replacement Program is designed to accelerate the replacement of the aging pipes and
faciiHies on Columbia's system In order to maintain safe and reliable service for customers. The Post In-Service
Carrying Charge is designed to encourage the investment in pipeline extensions and facilities for new
customers to receive gas service.
Any corporation, association, or person with a substantial interest in this matter may, by written request, within
thirty (30) days after publication of this notice of the proposed rate changes, request to Intervene; intervention
may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good cause shown. Requests to intervene should be
submitted to the Public Service Commission at the address listed below.
Any person who has been granted intervention by the Commtssion may obtain copies of the rate application
and any other fil ngs made by the utility by contacting Cynthia Benham at:
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40511-1018
(859) 288-0261
Any person may exam ine the rate application and any other fil ings made by Columbia at the offices of
Columbia or th"e Commission, as listed below.
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc.
2001 Mercer Road
Lexington, Kentucky40511 -1018
1-800-432-9345
Public Service Comm ission of Kentucky
211 Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602
(502) 564-3940
I ~
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
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: Five
(5) minutes prior to
blast. a one (1)
minute series of
three
(3)
long
sounds of a siren;
One (1) minute
prior to the blast a
series of three (3)
short sounds of a
siren. The all-clear
signal after the
blast will be: The
all-clear signal(s)
after blasting will
be one (1) prolonged blast of a
siren. Also prior to
detonations
in
emergency situations, the permitee,
using audible signals (siren), shall
notify all persons
within
one-half
(1/2) mile of the
blasting site.
BLASTING
SCHEDULE
This is notice that
Miller Bros. Coal,
LLC, P.O. Box 990,
436 Daniels Creek
Road,
Allen,
Kentucky 41601,
(606)
874-9003,
Permit No. 8360336, will be blasting at at Grassy
Creek and Brush
Creek,
Latitude
37Q30'45";
Longitude
82a53'57". Blasting
will
be
done
Monday
through
Saturday. No blasting will be conducted before sunrise
or after sunset. At
least 10 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: Five (5) minutes prior to the
blasf, a one (1)
minute series of
long sounds of a
siren;
One
(1)
minute prior to the
blast, a series of
three (3)
short
sounds of a siren.
latitude
is notice is hereby
given
that
The all-clear sig- 37 9 28'37". The lon
INC.,
nal(s) after blasting gitude is 82°43'07". MATT/CO,
Meadows
will be: One (1) pro(3) The bond now 439
longed blast of a in effect for the per- B r a n c h ,
siren, following the
mit is a Surety Prestonsburg,
41653
inspection of the
Bond for $20,500. Kentucky
blast area. Blasting Approximately 15% intends to revise
will not be conduct- of the original bond permit number 836ed at times different amount
of 5306 to add an
from those given
$107,400 is includ- operator. The operpresently
above, except in
ed in the applica- ator
approved in the
emergency situa- tion fQr release.
permit is Little Ty
tions, where rain,
(4)
Reclamation
Coal Company, Inc;
lightning,
other work
performed
P.O.
Box
104;
atmosphenc condi- includes backfilling,
tions, or operator or grading and seed- Prestonsburg, KY
The new
public
safety ing,
completed 41 653.
operator · will be
requires unsched11/18/04.
Coal
(5) Written com- Bubba
uled
detonation.
Company Inc.; P.O.
Prior to these detoments, objections,
Box 13; Beaver,
and requests for a
nations, the following audible warning
public hearing or Kentucky 41 604.
informal
confer- The operation is
will be given: Five
located 0.5 miles
(5) minutes prior to ence must be filed
northeast of Emina
blast, a one (1)
with the Director,
minute series of Division of Field in Floyd County.
The operation is
long sounds of a Services, No. 2
located
approxiHudson
Hollow,
siren;
One
(1)
Frankfort,
KY mately 0.25 miles
minute prior to the
north
from
KY
blast, a series of 40601, by April 9,
Route 1428's juncthree (3)
short 2007.
sounds of a siren.
(6) A public Hearing tion with KY Route
194 and located
on the application
The all-clear signal
after the blast will · has been sched- 0.3 miles northeast
be: The all-clear uled for April 10, of the Levisa Fork.
The operation is
signal(s)
after 2007, at 9:00 a.m.,
on the
blasting will be one
at the Department located
Natural
Lancer U.S.G.S. 7
(1) prolonged blast for
? minute quadranof a siren. Also
Resources'
gle map at latitude
prior to detonations
Prestonsburg
37oo 38' 30" and
in emergency situaRegional
Office,
tions, the permitee, 3140 South Lake longitude 82oo 41 '
Drive, Suite No. 6,
45".
using audible sigPrestonsburg, KY The application has
nals, shall notify all
persons within one- 41653. The hearing been filed for public
half (1/2) mile of will be cancelled if inspection at the
Department
for
the blasting site.
no request for a
hearing or informal
Surface
Mining
conference
is Reclamation and
NOTICE OF
Enforcement's
. received by April 9,
BOND
Prestonsburg
2007.
RELEASE
Regional
Office,
(1) In accordance
3140 South Lake
NOTICE OF
with
405
KAR
Drive,
Suite
6,
INTENTION TO
350.093, notice is
Prestonsburg,
hereby given ·that
MINE
Kentucky 41653.
The Elk Horn Coal
Pursuant to
Written comments
Company,
LLC,
Application
or objections must
544 South Lake
Number 836be filed with the
D r i v e ,
5306 Operator
Director of the
Prestonsburg, KY
Change #5
Division of Permits,
41653, has applied
In accordance with
#2
Hudson Hollow,
for Phase II bond
405 KAR 8:010,
U.S. 127 South,
release,
permit
number 836-5450,
which was last
issued on 6/03/03.
The permit covers
an area of 26.45
acres, located 2.0
miles southeast of
Drift,
in
Floyd
County.
(2) The permit area
is
approximately
1 .25 mile southeast
from KY 122's junction with Simpson iHaPP.Y 23'rd Birthday Sarah! i
Martin
Branch
Road, and located
love,
2.0 miles east of
Beaver Creek. The .Evelena
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.
898-0779
Amendment 2
In accordance with
KRS
350.070,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
notice is hereby
given that CAM
Mining, LLC, P.O.
Box 1169, Pikeville,
Kentucky
41501
has applied for an
amendment to an
existing
surface
coal mining and
reclamation operation located 1 mile
northwest
of
McCombs in Pike
County, Kentucky.
The
amendment
will
add
73.28
acres of surface
disturbance making
a total area of
301 .54 acres within
the amended permit boundary.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 0.5
miles west of the
Bevins
Branch
Road junction with
KY 194 and located
0.2 miles west of
John's Creek. The
latitude is 37-3959. The longitude
is 82-35-48.
The
proposed
amendment
is
located
on
the
Thomas USGS 7 ?
minute quadrangle
map. The surface
area to be disturbed
by
the
amendment
is
owned
by Cliff
Blackburn.
The
operation will use
the combination of
surface and auger
mining.
The
amendment
application
has
been filed tor public
inspection at the
KYEPPC's Division
16, 2007 • A 19
of Field Services
Pikeville Regiona
Office located a~
121 Mays Braner
Road,
Pikeville
Kentucky 41502
Written comments
objections,
01
requests for a per·
mit
conference
must be filed witr
the
Director
Division of Permits.
No.
2
Hudsor
Hollow, U.S. 127
South, Frankfort
Kentucky 40601.
Victims of the recent hurricane need help immediately.
needed. Your contribution will help the vi<tims of the
The American Red Cross is on the ~ene-providing
re<ent hurricane ;;nd thou..ands of other disasters
shelter, food and counseling. But your help is urgently
across the country each year.
Make a financial contribution to the Disaster Relief Fund.
Please contact the Red Cr'.>ss at
1-800-HELP NOW
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16, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
In lieu of rebate. Term varies
per model. Excludes
Corvette Z-06. Thru GMAC.
Buyers must qualify. Prices
plus tax, title and license.
WAS
Stk#228692A, Auto, A/C, pwr win/locks, alum wheels ........................ $6,995
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McDOWELL- Recent
flu outbreaks and bad
weather have the Central
~ntucky Blood Center
worried that a severe shortage may occur in the near
future.
Donations are down
because several blood drives were canceled during
the past few weeks due to
snowy conditions coupled
with a widespread flu outbreak that shut down several school districts throughout the region.
"Bad weather has canceled at least a dozen
blood drives and health offi. Is have listed Kentucky
in the widespread flu category," said Dan Dickson,
the Blood Center's
Communications Director.
Prestonsburg resident
Seldon Horne, who has
donated a total of 135 pints
of blood said, "We can't
stress enough how important it is for healthy donors
to donate now, rain or
shine, through ice or snow,
to help prevent an emergency situation."
According to the CKBC,
transfusions at 67 Kentucky
hospitals the agency serves
rpn ahead of the number of
tlbnations that were
received in January and the
beginning of February.
An upcoming community
blood drive in Floyd County
has been scheduled at
McDowell ARH Hospital to
help refill the blood bank.
The blood drive will be held
from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Monday. Each donor will
receive the Blood Center's
new "Lifesaver'' T-shirt.
As always, donors must
present a photo I. D., be at
least 17 years of age,
~eigh a minimum of 110
l'Junds, and be in general
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by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
The first conviction is $1 00.
• The second conviction is $250. A
third conviction is jail time, usually in
the 15-to-30-day range.
These convictions may sound like
the fines levied for some trivial offense
"Such as jaywalking or a parking viola-
CITY
Member.KentuckV PressAssoctatron
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tion, but they are the penalties· a parent
potentially faces in Floyd County if
convicted for not sending their children
to school.
"I think failing to send children to
school can affect their grade~ as well as
their behavior," said Kristina Springer,
director of pupil personnel for the
Floyd County Board of Education. "If
they're not there, they get left behind."
Springer's job entails overseeing the
county's attendance and notifying parents when their children reach the
threshold of unexcused absences
allowed in Floyd County, which is six.
An absence is unexcused if a student
misses a class and does not have a note
from their parent or a doctor authorizing the absence. An absence must be
accounted for within two days, or else
RECOGNIZED
photo by Jessica Hale
PRIDE Coordinator Marie Martin Holbrook presented Allen Mayor Sharon Woods with an award
recognizing her and the efforts of numerous volunteers on roadside cleanup projects in Allen.
Court tackles housekeeping
items during Friday meeting
PRESTONSBURG - The
Floyd
County
Fiscal
Courtroom saw a substantial
audience as the agenda for
Friday's meeting was filled
with lO resolutions, many of
which were "house cleaning"
items that the court wanted to
resolve.
The first resolution was one
that would transfer funds from
several different accounts.
Magistrate Jackie Owens was
the only magistrate to vote
against the transfers, citing that
he had just received the list and
would have liked to have had
time to review it before making
a decision.
Resolution 2, which Owens
also voted against, was one that
would issue a total of
$617,583.59
to
Citizens
National Bank for bond payments. There were also several
resolutions to void checks,
some of which had not cleared
the bank and were over nine
months old.
A $25,000 check was
approved payable to the Floyd
County Sheriff's Office for its
share of the 3 percent tax on
alcohol sales.
The county also approved
hiring two additional Road
Department employees at an
hourly rate of $8.50 an hour
and passed a resolution to execute the lease agreement for the
three dump trucks which were
approved for purchase for last
week.
Southern Water and Sewer
District was approved to
receive $96,379 from the court
for the acquisition of new pump
stations needed for water projects throughout the area.
Magistrate Ronnie Akers
asked Southern Water's Bob
Meyer to update the court on
the progress of water line
extensions in the county.
According to Meyer. Southern
(See COUNTY, page three)
High: 44 • Low: 31
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Opinion ..........................A4
Lifestyles .......................A5
Sports ............................ A7
Classifieds ................... A12
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it goes into the record as unexcused.
When a stu(jent nears the sixabsence limit, it is Springer's job to
notify the parents and explain what
could happen to them. The student's
school is also charged with notifying
the parents and letting them know that
their child is nearing the maximum
Pike women charged with
snatching 71-year-old's purse
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PIKEVILLE - Two Pike County residents
were arrested Thursday night after they .allegedly
stole a purse from a 71-year-old woman as she
left Velocity Market near Pikeville.
Wesley J. Williams, 25, of Fishtrap, and
Dorothy E. Fleming, 28, of Shelby Gap, were
arrested a few hours after the robbery took place.
They were located after Jewelena Elam, of
Raccoon, was able to describe the vehicle the
alleged purse-snatchers used to flee the scene.
Just after 5 p.m. Thursday Kentucky State
Police Post 9 received a call from Elam stating
that she had been robbed as she left the Velocity
Market. According to Elam, the woman, Fleming,
distracted her while her accomplice came up
behind her and forcefully took her purse from her.
Both were located later that evening at separate locations. Fleming was arrested on Raccoon
Road while Williams was located at his home in
Fishtrap. Elam was treated at the scene for a
minor laceration and abrasion on her right hand.
Williams and Fleming were both lodged in the
Pike County Detention Center and charged with
one count of complicity to commit fir<;t-degree
robbery. Neither suspect was found with any
weapons and none are believed to have been used
during the robbery.
The incident remains under investigation by
Trooper Melissa Hampton
(See TRUANCY, page three)
Turner given
six months in
vote fraud case
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 • 75¢
Volume 81, Issue 21
briefs
•
FRANKFORT An
Floyd County man was sentenced to six months in
prison after he pleaded
guilty to lying to a federal
grand jury regarding the
source of campaign donations.
Prosecutors called Loren
Glenn Turner, 53, of
Pikeville, the "bag man" for
the late eastern Kentucky
political activist Ross
Harris. Turner will become
the second of 10 Pike
Countians indicted for vote
fraud in 2003 to go to
prison. He was sentenced
Thursday in
.S. District
Court in Frankfort, the
Herald-Leader reported .
Turner pleaded guilty in
March 2005 to lying to a
federal grand jury about the
source of the $!,000 dona-
tions his family members
and friends contributed in a
2002 Pike County judicial
race.
Turner, who supervised
engineering operations at
Harris' coal companies,
told Judge Karen Caldwell
in 2005 that in "less than
seven days" in October
2002, he traveled around
Floyd County and reimbursed 12 friends and relatives for their $1,000
checks to judicial candidate
John Doug Hays' campaign
with $1,000 in cash.
At the time, Caldwell
asked where Turner got the
$12,000 to reimburse the
contributors. On the advice
of his attorney, Mark
Chandler of Louisville,
Turner stopped short of
saying where the money
(See TURNER, page three)
Former Times GM
arraigned in sex case
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
Former Floyd County
Times general manager
William McHugh was
arraigned Friday on two
sexual abuse charges stemming from an incident
which allegedly occurred
the morning of Oct. 5.
2005, at the Holiday Inn in
Prestonsburg.
A pretrial date has been
set for May 17. Bail was set
at $50,000 at the time of his
arrest and a motion to
reduce bond was denied
based on a prior arrest after
he was originally posted
bail in the case in 2005.
According to former
Times female employees,
they were each independently invited to meet with
McHugh outside the office
on Oct. 5 to discuss a position which had recently
become vacant at the paper.
Both women agreed to do
so, hoping they would be
chosen to fill the position,
which offered an increase
in salary.
One arrived at work first
that morning and readily
accepted the opportunity to
discuss the position privately, away from the office.
The two talked over breakfast at Holiday Inn, and
after eating,
McHugh
explained that he was living
at the motel and had forgotten something in his suite
that he needed to retrieve.
The woman accompanied him to his room to
retrieve the item. Once
inside, she alleges that
McHugh
immediately
made unwarranted and
unwanted sexual overtures,
which she rebuffed. The
woman said her resistance
only provoked McHugh,
who physically and sexually attacked her.
The woman said she was
able to escape from the
suite, and after McHugh
apologized to her. she
agreed in her hysteria to
ride with him back to the
office. During the return
trip she said McHugh continued further advances and
inappropriately
touched
her.
The woman related the
incident to several coworkers upon her return to the
office shortly after I0 a.m.
She was called
into
McHugh's office for a
"business conference call,"
where she alleged that
(See ABUSE, page three)
�f'2 • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Regional Obituaries
FLOYD COUNTY
• Emily Olga Rice Allen,
94, of Willard, a Floyd County
native, died Sunday, February
11. Funeral services were held
:Wednesday, February 14,
under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
• Olin Amburgey, 81, of
Louisa. formerly of Langley,
d\ed Friday, February 9, at the
Three Rivers Medical Center,
Louisa. He is survived by his
wife,
Shirley
Ratliff
Amburgey. Funeral services
were conducted Monday,
february 12, under the direction of Hall Funeral Home.
• Farish Bradley, 77, of
Prestonsburg, died Thursday,
February 8, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, in
Prestonsburg. Funeral services
were held Monday, February
12, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
• Mae Clay, age 86, of
Jamestown,
formerly
of
Ligon,
died
Thursday,
February 8, at her residence.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 11, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
• Orris Eugene Frazier, 65,
a native of Martin, died
Thursday, February 8, in La
Porte, Texas. He is survived by
his wife, Gloria Guerrero.
Services were held Monday,
February 12th, 9:45 a.m., at
Houston National Cemetery,
Houston, Texas.
• Jeremy Ellis Gibson, 27,
of Langley, a native of
Pikeville,
died
Monday,
February 12, at Our Lady of
the Way Hospital, Martin.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, February 15, under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
• Velma Lowe Grizzle, 77,
of Rowe, Virginia, a Pike
County native, died Monday,
February 12, at her home. She
is survived by her husband,
J.B. Grizzle. Funeral services
were held Thursday, February
15, under the direction of
Grundy Funeral Home.
• Wornie Hale, 87, of
Hueysville, died Tuesday,
February 13, at the Hazard
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. Funeral services .
were conducted, Monday,
February 19, under the direction of Hall Funeral Home.
• Denzil Humble, 68, of
Printer,
died
Monday,
February 12, at the Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Rose M. Stephens
Humble. Funeral services
were held Thursday, February
15, under the direction of
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
• Flora Bates Thornsberry,
102, of Cecilia, formerly of
Melvin and Knott County,
died Friday, February 9, at her
residence. Funeral services
were held Sunday, February
11, under the direction of the
Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home.
PIKE COUNTY
• Harold Clayton Bartley,
63, of Sharps Chapel, Tenn.,
formerly of Elkhorn City, died
Tuesday, February 6, in Bean
Station, Tenn. He is survived
by his wife, Debbie Bartley.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 11, under
the direction of Bailey Funeral
Home.
• Wayne H. Dye, 66, of
Pikeville, died Wednesday,
February 14, at Pikeville
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Alta Adams Dye.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 18, under
the direction of Lucas and Son
Funeral Home.
• Robert E. Finkbone, 88,
of Meta, died Saturday,
February 10, at Parkview
Nursing & Rehabilitation
Center, Robinson Creek.
Funeral services were held at
Wednesday, February 14,
under the direction of J.W.
Call & Son Funeral Home.
• Luther Frazier, 93, of
Elkhorn City, died Wednesday,
February 14, at the Mountain
View Health Care Center. He
is survived by his wife,
Goldenia
Belcher
Ward
Frazier. Funeral services were
held Sunday, February 18,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Willie Ivan Goins, 75, of
Aflex, died Monday, February
12, at the South Williamson
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital. Arrangements, under
the direction of R.E. Rogers
Funeral Home.
•
Valentine
"V.T."
Hatfield, 76, of Plano, Texas,
formerly of Matewan, W.Va., a
native of McCarr, died Friday,
February 9, at Centennial
Medical Center. He is survived
by his wife, Gloria "Bug"
Hatfield. Funeral services
were held Thursday, February
15, under the. direction of
Chambers Funeral Services.
• Rylee LaShae Holloway,
infant daughter of Betty
Chapman
and
Travis
Holloway of Zebulon was
stillborn Saturday, February
10, at Pikeville Medical
Center. Graveside services
were held Tuesday, February
13, under the direction of
Roberts Funeral Home of
Robinson
Creek
and
Community Funeral Home of
Zebulon.
•
Eliza Thornsberry
Johnson, 88, of Stanford, formerly of Kite, died Saturday,
February 10, at the EphraimMcDowell Hospital, Danville.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 13, under
the direction of Hall Funeral
Home.
• Orpha Justice, 81, of
Pine Meadows Nursing Home,
Lexington, a Pike County
native,
died
Thursday,
February
15,
at
Pine
Meadows. Funeral services
were held Saturday, February
17, under the direction of
Pikeville Funeral Home.
• Roosevelt Lester, 72, of
Phelps, died Sunday, February
11, at his home. He is survived
by his wife, Mollie Bowling
Lester. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, February 14,
under the direction of Phelps
Funeral Services.
• O.J. '"Jimmy" Maynard
Sr., 90, of Raccoon, died
Wednesday, February 14, at
his residence. He is surviv-ed
by his wife, Ethel Moore
Maynard. Funeral services
were held Saturday, February
17, under the direction of
Community Funeral Home.
Obituaries
Mabel Berger
Mabel Berger, age 85, of
Melvin,died
Thursday,
February 15, 2007, at the
McDowell
Appalachian
Regional Healthcare.
Born September 30, 1921, in
Melvin, she was the daughter
of the late Jasper and Fannie
Gibson Bryant. She was a
retired school teacher with the
Floyd County Board of
Education; and a member of
the retired teachers association.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Steve Berger.
Survivors include seven
sons: Steve Warren Berger
(Darlene) of Bevinsville,
Stuart Wayne Berger (Gail) of
!Buford, Georgia, Stanley
Walter Berger (Jan) of
Houston,
Texas,
Shelly
Wendell Berger of Melvin,
Sherman Wallace Berger
(Paula) of Virgie, Sheldon
WiJlis Berger and Strawn
Wade Berger, both of Melvin;
six grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents;
and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother,
James Warren Bryant and a
sister: Agnes O'Roark.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, February 19, at l1
a.m., at the Joppa Old Regular
Baptist Church in Melvin,
with Old Regular Baptist ministers officiating.
Burial
will
be
in
Buckingham Cemetery, in
Bevinsville, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin.
Visitation is at the church.
(P~I!d
obttuary)
DOD
Lisa Tackett Boyd
Lisa Tackett Boyd, age 45,
of Harold, died Thursday,
February 15, 2007, at her residence.
Born December 5, 1961, in
Martin, she was the daughter
of the late Pearl and Bessie
Riley Tackett.. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Lower Toler Church of
Christ, in Harold.
She is survived by her husband, Nicky Boyd.
Other survivors include her
sons: Nicholas Casey Boyd
and Brandon Patrick Boyd,
both of Harold; brothers: Roy
Lee Tackett, Ronald Fred
Tackett, Denver Tackett, Larry
Tackett, and Andy Lee Tackett,
all of Harold;. sisters: Aretta
Scroggins and Barbara Sue
Adkins, both of Harold.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 18, at 2
p.m., at the Lower Toler
Church of Christ, in Harold,
with Joe Meade, and others,
officiating.
Burial will be in Davidson
Memorial Gardens, in Ivel,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation is at the church.
(Paid obituary)
ODD
Jean Delora Click
Jean Delora Click, 71, of
Betsy Layne, died Wednesday,
February 14, 2007, at the
Pikeville Medical Center.
Born August 18, 1935, in
Ivel, she was the daughter of
the late Oliver and Jesse
Endicott Goble. She was a
homemaker, and a member of
the Betsy Layne Freewill
Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Billy Joe
Click.
Survivors include a son,
Craig Click of Betsy Layne;
two daughters: Hattie Marie
Reynolds (Vernon) oflvel, and
Patty Cecil (Larry) of Harold;
11 brother, Burns Goble of
Dwale; a sister, Edith Faye
Click of Betsy Layne; three
grandchildren: Jeremy Craig
Click, and Cody Allen Click,
both of Betsy Layne, and
Tiffany Jean-Marie Billiter of
Harold; three special grand-
children: Kyle Bow of
Lexington, and Ian and Aidan
Case of Ivel; several nieces
and nephews; and a daughterin-law, Debbie Hurd of
Prestonsburg.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Jerry
Dean Click; five brothers:
Ballard (Bo) Goble, Adrian
Goble, Roger Goble, Oliver
Goble, and Tommy Goble; and
a sister, Clara Bolden.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 17, at
noon, at the Toms Creek
Freewill Baptist Church in
Ivel, with Tracy Patton, Tim
McCoy, and Doug Lewis officiating.
Burial was in the Old
Ferguson Cemetery, in Harold,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home, in
Martin.
Visitation was at the
church, with nightly services
(Paid obituary)
at 7 p.m.
DOD
Sherry Lee Craft
Sherry Lee Craft , age 48, of
Lackey,
died
Thursday,
February 15, 2007, at her residence.
Born September 26, 1958, in
Martin, she was the daughter
of Ruth Dooley Sexton of
Lackey and the late Billy J.
Sexton. She was a clerk for
U.S. Postal Service; and a
member of the Lackey
Freewill Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Sammy Craft of Mousie.
Other survivors include two
sons: Terry Duane Layne of
Lackey and Barry William
Layne of Jackson; three stepdaughters: Angie Thomas and
Samantha Craft, both of
Hindman and Gloria Gibson of
San Gap; three. brothers:
James Eddie Sexton of
Lackey, Billy Ray Sexton of
Garrett and Timothy Joe
Sexton of Wayland; and a sister: Kathy Sexton of Lackey.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 18, at 11
a.m., at the Lackey Freewill
Baptist Church in Lackey,
with Johnny Collins and others
officiating.
Burial will be in the Lackey
Cemetery at Lackey, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin.
Visitation was at the funeral
home and will be at the church
on Sunday at 10 a.m.
(Paid obituary)
D~D
Marvin Crum
Marvin Crum, age 65, of
Hueysville, died Thursday,
February 15, 2007, at Eastern
Kentucky Veterans Center, in
Hazard.
Born April 14, 1941, in
Martin, he was the son of the
late Hage and Katherine
Robinson Crum. He was a disabled welder and mechanic for
the coal industry; a U.S. Army
veteran; and a member of the
Hueysville Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife,
Barbara Martin Crum.
Other survivors include a
son and daughter-in-law:
Matthew and Bonnie Crum of
Martin; two daughters and
sons-in-law: Laura Ellen and
Howard Meade of Richmond,
and Amy Louise and Jerry
Hardy
of
Clarksville,
Tennessee; a brother, Dannie
Crum of Martin; a sister,
Gladys Crum, of Martin; and
six grandchildren: Gregory
Meade, Jeremy Meade, Jason
Meade, Hannah Marie Crum,
Colton Wyatt Crum, and Jerry
Thomas Hardy III.
. Funeral services will be held
Sunday, February 18, at 2 p.m.
at the Nelson Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Chester
Ray Varney officiating.
Burial will be in the family
cemetery in Hueysville, under
the direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
(Paid obituary)
home.
• Laroo Phelps, 65, of
Newark, Ohio, a native of
Feds Creek, died Thursday,
February 1, al the Selma
Markowitz Care Center of
Hospice of Central Ohio. She
is survived by her husband,
Kelley Phelps. Funeral services were held Monday,
February 5, under the direction
of Reed-Egan Funeral Home
of Newark.
• Bonnie Ramey Ratliff,
88, of Wolfpit, died Friday,
February 9, at Mountain View
Health Care Center, Elkhorn
City. Funeral services were
held Monday, February. 1'2,
under the direction of Thacker
Funeral Home.
• Jackie D. Rife, 65, of
Williamson, West Virginia, a
native of Aflex, died Thursday,
February 8, at the Cornerstone
Hospital of Huntington, West
Virginia. Funeral services
were held Sunday, February
11, under the direction of
Hatfield Funeral Chapel.
• Curtis Junior Scott, 82,
of Lookout, died Saturday,
February 10, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 13, under
the direction of Bailey Funeral
Home of Elkhorn City.
• Raleigh Shepherd Jr., 53,
of Pikeville, died Tuesday,
February 13, at the University
of Kentucky Medical Center,
Lexington. Funeral services
were held Saturday, February
17, under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
• Homer Sifers, 62, of
Elkhorn City, died Wednesday,
February 14, at his residence.
A memorial service will be
held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18,
under the direction of Bailey
Funeral Home.
• Verda T. Smith, 86, of
Canada, died Friday, February
9, at her home. Funeral services were held Sunday,
February 11, under the direction of R.E. Rogers Funeral
Home.
• Wallace Vergil Webb, 92,
of Brushy, died Thursday,
February 15, at his residence.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 17, under
the direction of J.W. Call
Funeral Home.
KNOTT COUNTY
•
Elit.a Thornsberry
Johnson, 88, of Stanford, formerly of Kite, died Saturday,
February 10, in the EphriamMcDowell Hospital, Danville.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, February 13,
under the direction of Hall
Funeral Home.
JOHNSON COUNTY
• Patricia Ann Bowens
Castle, 42, of Hager Hill, died
Thursday, February 8, at Paul
B. Hall Regional Medical
Center. She is survived by her
husband,
James
Castle.
Funeral services were held
Monday, February 12, under
the direction of Jones-Preston
Funeral Home.
• Trisha Green, 39,
Caryville,
Tennessee,
a
Johnson County native, died
Friday, February 9. She is survived by her husband, Jerry
Green. Funeral services were
held Monday, February 12,
under the
direction
of
Paintsville Funeral Home
• Anna Marie Lemaster,
90, of Cardington, Ohio, a
Johnson County native, died
Wednesday,
January
31.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3, under
the direction · of Preston
Funeral Home.
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Push to stop mountaintop mining gets no traction
by ROGER ALFORD
AssociATED PRESS
FRANKFORT What
ruman Hurt describes sounds
like the scene from a war zone:
dust
Distant
explosions,
plumes rising skyward, sudden
jolts that rattle dishes and
knock pictures off walls.
But the eastern Kentucky
resident is describing mountaintop removal mining, a
process in which some of the
state's tallest peaks are flattened with explosives and
heav~ machinery to get coal
out of the ground.
''I just don't see any good in
it," Hurt said. "We love those
mountains."
That's why Hurt has been
~rging Kentucky lawmakers to
ban mountamtop removal,
which he says creates desert-
Abuse
like landscapes where lush
forests once thrived.
For the second year,
Kentucky lawmakers are refusing to consider legislation that
could significantly slow mountaintop removal mining by barring companies from shoving
the dislodged dirt and rock into
valleys below.
"The leaders in the House
and Senate are irresponsible if
they don't address this issue
and address it while we have
some mountains and streams
and forests left in eastern
Kentucky," said Teri Blanton, a
member of the environmental
group Kentuckians for the
Commonwealth.
In the destructive mining
practice, mountaintops are
removed with explosives and
heavy equipment to get coal
out. The excess dirt and rock
unearthed in the process are
dumped into valleys, and environmentalists say that destroys
wildlife habitat and contaminates streams with sediment
and acid discharge.
State Rep. Don Pasley, DWinchester, is sponsoring the
legislation. A resident of central Kentucky, he lives far from
the coalfields, as do each of the
co-sponsors, most of whom
live in the Lexington and
Louisville areas. Not a single
lawmaker from the coalfields
has signed onto the bill as cosponsor.
That didn't escape the
notice of environmentalists
who gathered in Frankfort earlier this week to push for passage of the mountaintop
removal bill.
State Rep. Jim Wayne, D
Louisville, one of the co-spon-
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McHugh again made inappropriate sexual advances.
Shortly thereafter, the sec, ond woman, who had not been
in the office when the first
returned and had not heard
vhat had allegedly happened,
ived at work and was invited to talk privately outside the
office with McHugh. The second woman said she agreed to
so for the same reasons that
the first had. When they left
: the office, McHugh said he
needed to stop by his suite to
pick something up.
The woman went to the
'suite and McHugh again
allegedly began making sexual
advances, during which time
he allegedly sexually abused
her before she was able to
escape from the room. She
also rode back to the office
with McHugh and said he
inappropriately touched her.
The second woman related
her story to other employees,
and after hearing of McHugh's
earlier alleged actions, the two
contacted the newspaper 's
home office, at which time
McHugh left the premises.
Prestonsburg police were
called, and McHugh was
arrested when he returned to
the office a short time later.
The women have also filed
a civil complaint against
McHugh and are seeking $10
million in punitive damages,
as well as compensation for
past, present and future physical, psychological and emo-
tional distress from the incident.
McHugh's sexual abuse
case begins after he was
recently released from a
Florida jail after serving a 364day sentence in Manatee
County for false imprisonment
and grand theft auto.
McHugh was arrested Oct.
25, 2005, after he stole a car
parked outside of a bowling
alley near Bradenton, Aa. He
was arrested after an 8-yearold girl, who was in the back
seat along with a 3-ycar-old
boy and another 8-year-old
girl, used her mother 's cell
phone to call her father and
911 to describe where they
were.
sors, said the coal economy
and the polittcal establishment
is often intertwined in eastern
Kentucky, making it difficult
for lawmakers from the region
to take a stand against a practice that provides jobs to many
of their constituents.
Wayne said that leaves it up
to lawmakers from outside the
region to champion the issue.
"We have to recognize this
as rape of the land," Wayne
said. "We can sustain the economy of eastern Kentucky in
better ways than this."
State Sen. Ray Jones, D
Pikevtlle, said lawmakers from
the coalfields aren't pushing
the "ridiculous" legislation
because they know it isn't the
right thing to do. He said pushing to shut down mountaintop
removal coal mines is no different from calling for the closure of the Toyota plant in
Georgetown. Either would put
thousands of people out of
work.
"This
legislation
is
preposterous,"
absolutely
Jones said Friday. "You cannot
Turner
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shut down the mining industry
and put thousands of families
out of work. These are real
people with real needs."
State Rep. Jim Gooch,
chairman of the House Natural
Resources and Environment
Committee, said several lawmakers have gone out to see
mountaintop removal sites and
found that the process is actually beneficial in mountainous
eastern Kentucky.
"l would never be for
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came from.
Chandler asked Caldwell to
allow his client to serve his
sentence under home incarceration. Caldwell rejected the
proposal after Assistant U.S.
Attorney Kenneth Taylor told
the judge that• Turner had
received nearly $4 million
from Harris.
Chandler
denied
that
Turner had received any
money from Harris' will.
The money -- $3.87 million - came from the sale of
one of Harris' businesses, not
the will, Taylor said in an
interview later.
Until now, the only defendant to serve prison time was
Tom Varney, 71 , of McCarr.
He pleaded guilty to felony
vote-buying.
is working on prioritizing the
projects that need the most
attention at this time.
During the citizens' participation portion of the meeting,
Big Sandy Area Development
District's Sandy Runyon was
in attendance to ask the court
for funds to help with the 2007
East Kentucky Fair. Runyon
said they are already making
plans and have scheduled this
year's event to take place from
August 2 through August 5.
Last year, Aoyd County provided $5,000 to the fair and all
magistrates agreed that they
should give as much or more
this year. Judge Marshall said
the court will propose a specific amount at the next scheduled meeting.
"We arc totally committed
to this effort," said Marshall.
Bill Keathley, of Teaberry,
asked the council to consider
paying Aoyd County 's election officials amounts that
equal those of surrounding
counties.
According
to
Keathley, the officials deserve
a rate increase for all of the
work they do.
PRIDE Coordinator Marie
Martin Holbrook, was on hand
to present Allen Mayor Sharon
Woods with an award honoring the efforts of the city and
all of the volunteers who
helped with .roadside cleanup
projects. This particular group
collected the equivalent to five
dump truck loads of garbage.
"We're very proud to
accept this award and without
you Jackie, we couldn't have
done it," said Mayor Woods,
directing her thanks to
Magistrate Jackie Owens for
the assistance he gave the
group during the cleanup.
while creating an open dialogue
between school officials and
parents. The Truancy Diversion
Program, which has graduated
12 students to date who were
enrolled in the progx:am, is a
weekly after-school meeting
where students, parents and
school officials meet to discuss
the students' weekly attendance, grades and behavior.
Assistant Principal Brent Rose,
who helped create the 12-week
program with the help of Aoyd
District Judge James Allen, said
attendance hao;; improved dramatically since the program
was instituted.
"We've seen an overall drop
in missed classes, and it has
helped
students'
parents
become more involved in how
their child is doing in school,"
Rose said.
The program meets once a
week and is attended by Rose,
Springer and Judge Allen, who
attends every other week. Any
student at the high school who
compiles at least five unex-
cused absences becomes eligible for the program, with school
officials normally enrolling
freshman and sophomores in an
effort to curb the prqblem early
in the students' high school
careers before it becomes a
habitual problem. Rose said
having Judge Allen talk to students about the negative effects
that truancy can have on their
future helps steer them in the
right direction.
Rose said the most important aspect of the program is not
just getting parent<; to send their
children to school, but to get
them to study and work hard. A
major sign of the program's
success is that nearly every student who has enrolled, in the
program has not only improved
''.il.so
'their attendance, but
seen a favorable improvement
in their school work, Rose said.
In his opinion, improving their
grades and ensuring a successful future is the underlying goal.
"It would be worth it if only
one kid needed th program,
but it has been a success with
good benefit<;," Rose said.
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•Truancy
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:number of unexcused absences
:allowed.
• When a student does reach
:the limit, the school refers the
:matter to Springer, who then
r contacts the parents a second
I time and schedules a home
visit, where she discusses the
situation, what problems may
be leading to the absences, and
: informs them of the conse: quences of continuing down the
path.
• If the unexcused absences
• continue, criminal charges are
' then filed.
"It's a lengthy process, but
we have td show the court that
we ha'\'e tried to warn these
people," Springer said.
Many of the cases .are
referred to juvenile court, where
the students' and parents names
are not in the public reeord. In
cases of extreme truancy, the
charges can be filed in district
court, where the parents' names
are in the public record.
For the 2005-06 school year,
26 cases were filed against parents for failing to send their
children to school. Only four
such cases have been filed during the 2006-07 school year,
and Springer said she believes
the drop is a direct result of parents realizing that their child's
future success is being threatened when they mis~ so much
class time.
'The child is the one missing
out, and it is important that they
(parents) make sure they get an
education."
Betsy Layne High School
initiated a program last fall that
has significantly reduced the
school 's attendance problems
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• Continued from p2
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• Joe Vanhoose Jr., of
Paintsville, died Thursday,
February 8, at his residence.
' He is survived by his wife,
Evelyn Johnson VanHoose.
Funeral services were held
, Sunday, February 11, under
e direction of Jones-Preston
Funeral Home.
.
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MARTIN COUNTY
• Lillian Cornette, 80, of
Tomahawk, died Wednesday,
February 7 , at Highlands
: Regional Medical Center in
• Prestonsburg. She is survived
• by her husband , Wilburn
:James Cornette. Funeral serwere
conducted
vices
Saturday, February 10, under
the direction of Richmond: Callaham Funeral Home.
• • Dallas Crum, 74, of Inez,
ijl ied Wednesday, February 7.
~e is survived by his wife,
• Blanch Fitch Ward. Funeral
services were held Saturday,
February 10, under the direc: tion of Richmond-Callaham
• Funeral Home.
• Tony Jack n Dials, 52,
• of Little Rockcastle, died
~Monday, February 5, at his
. home. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, February 7,
of
. under the direction
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Terry Dean Evans, 37, of
: Lovely, died Wednesday,
ebruary 7. Funeral services
were held Saturday, February
10, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Rhonda Fannin, 49, of
Inez, died Friday, February 9,
at her residence. She is survived by her husband, Edwin
H. Fannin. Funeral services
were held Monday, February
12, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• James Hardbarger, 79, of
Ine7 died Saturday, February
10, at his res1dence. He is survived by his wife, Tennie
Hardburger. Funeral services
were held Tuesday, February
13, under the direction of
Richmond-Callaham Funeral
Home.
• Alex Hinkle, 76, of Inez,
died Saturday, February 10, at
his residence. He is survived
by his wife, Opal Bowen
Hinkle. Funeral services were
held Monday, February 12,
under the direction of Phelps
and Son Funeral Home.
• Delbert Howard, 49, of
Kermit, West Virginia, a native
of Martin County, died
Wednesday, February 7, at his
residence at Jennies Creek,
West Virginia. Funeral services were held Sunday,
February 11, under the direction of Phelps and Son Funeral
Home.
• Virginia C. Parsley, 84,
of Jennies Creek, died Sunday,
February 11. Funeral services
were
held
Wednesday,
February 14, under the direction of Richmond-Callaham
Funeral Home.
• James Everett Preece,
67, of Lovely, died Thursday,
February 1, at his residence.
He is survived by his wife,
Ollie M. Preece. Funeral services were conduc~d Sunday,
February 4, under the direction
of
Richmond-Callaham
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Our VIew
If promises
were asphalt
Groundhog Day was not too long ago, and if you
missed it, the weather outside should clue you in to
what that insufferable little rodent had in store for us
this year.
But in Eastern Kentucky, we have a similar tradition,
:me that comes about the same time of the year,
:Uthough only in one year out of every four. Once every
four years, many times in February but sometimes earlier or later, a gubernatorial candidate emerges from his
h.ole, surveys the landscape and promises to widen the
Mountain Parkway to four lanes.
Much like the groundhog's meteorological prognosti~ations, the Parkway Promise is not exactly a reliable
[ndicator of what we can expect in the future. On the
Jther hand, the Parkway Promise has been dead wrong
~very time is has been uttered.
In fact, if we had a mile of four-lane for each time
:he Parkway Promise has been made, we'd be able to
irive to Lexington on a 12-lane superhighway by now.
Former Gov. Paul Patton is the only one who has
~orne close to making the Parkway Promise a reality,
~xcept that his widening project wasn't exactly on the
Parkway, and at roughly two miles, it wasn't exactly
~omplete.
We have already had one candidate come to town
md make the Parkway Promise. We won't name him
~ight now because, by the time the campaign is over, all
Jf the candidates will have done the same.
All of which leads to ~n interesting question: Will the
Mountain Parkway ev'er be widened t~ four lanes
throughout?
Maybe, maybe not. But if that dream ever becomes
reality, we think it will have to start from the bottom
llp. We will never see four lanes stretching from Middle
Creek to Campton until we stop accepting empty
Parkway Promises, and start putting Public Pressure on
the politicians who make them.
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drug scam
Democrats hate that Republicans
are willing, on the issue of embryonic stem-cell research, to let their
straitened moral views supposedly
stand in the way of medical progress.
But Democrats have their own ethical
problem with medical progress based on their moral qualms about
the profit motive.
During the 2006 campaign,
Democrats argued that President
Bush's prescription-drug program Medicare Part D - could never be
costceffective unless the government
was allowed to negotiate directly
with drug companies. According to
the Democrats, the "D" in Medicare
"Part D" stood for "dystopia," forcing dazed and confused seniors to be
ripped off by ravenous drug companies.
In reality, the absence of government negotiations has been key to the
program's success. Private health
plans negotiate drug prices with the
drug companies and then offer a
menu - .a formulary - of covered
drugs through Medicare. Seniors
choose among the various plans,
picking the one with the drugs they
want at the best price.
According to the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the
robust oompetibecause they
tion has meant
know that it
that premiums
will cause a
for the basic
revolt. So their
drug
benefit
negotiation
average $22 per
scheme, passed
month, 40 perby the House
The
cent less than
last month, has
no chance of
had been projected. Seniors
lowering prices.
are estimated to
At
least
be saving, on
Democrats wil"1
average, $1,200
have struck a
a year on drugs,
symbolic blow
and 80 percent of seniors enrolled in against profits.
the program are satisfied with it.·
They used to complain that drug
As it happens, government negoti- companies made too many "me-too
ations of prices won't do any good drugs," but the variety of drugs availunless the government is empowered able to treat the same conditions has
not to offer certain drugs, thus. created healthy competition regardachieving real bargaining power. This ing price. Now Democrats complain
would require creating a national for- about one-of-a-kind breakthrough
mulary - in other words limiting the drugs, where there isn't (yet) such
drugs available to seniors in the competition.
But drug research is risky and
Medicare program.
The Department of Veterans hideously expensive. No one will do
Affairs -touted by Democrats as an it without the benefit of profits. When
ideal example of government negoti- Pfizer's new cholesterol-lowerinM
ations - has just such a formulary. If drug proved a failure late last year, it
the latest drug isn't on the VA list- lost 15 years and $1 billion in
well, there are always old drugs. research and development costs.
If Democrats continue crusading
Columbia University professor Frank
Lichtenberg reports that "only 38 against drug-industry profits, they
percent of drugs approved in the will succeed only in obstructing med1990s and 19 percent of the drugs ical progress, to the detriment of
approved by the FDA since 2000 are seniors and all of us.
on the VA National Formulary."
Democrats don't want to impose a
Rich Lowry is editor of the
formulary on Medicare Part D National Review.
Rich
Lowry
column
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beyond the 1:; eltway
Molly Ivins:
Rest in wit
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Molly Ivins died on Jan. 31. She
was 62; not young to the young, but
way too soon for a vibrant force of
nature like Molly.
She was, I would argue, the foremost liberal columnist of her time more liberal than Mike Royku,
tougher than Art Buchwald, more
down-to-earth than Russell Baker.
She spent her life giving comfort to
the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable, while making people laugh
all the while.
Not everyone laughed, of course. I
doubt Rush Limbaugh joined in. Of
the right-wing radio talker, she wrote:
"I have been attacked by Rush
Limbaugh on the air, an experience
somewhat akin to being gummed by
a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it
leaves you with slimy stuff on your
ankle."
When Pat Buchanan delivered his
bellicose speech at the 1992
Republican National Convention,
announcing that we as a nation were
locked in a cultural war. she said that
the speech "probably sounded better
in the original German."
She spent her most productive
years and did her best work in her
home state of Texas. She adopted a
good 'ol girl, homespun style that
was somewhat at odds with her
Smith College-Columbia University
resume, but which fitted her earthy
sense of humor like a cowboy boot.
Texas was invented for her. It was,
she said, ·'reactionary, cantankerous
and hilarious" and when the state's
legislature was about to convene she
would issue the warning, "every village is about to lose its idiot."
Dallas, she said, was a town "that
would have rooted for Goliath to beat
David."
Of a Texas congressman, she
wrote: "If his LQ. slips
any lower, we'll have
to water him twice a
day."
President Bush, or
"Dubya" as she called
him (when <;he wasn't
referring to him as
"Shrub" or "President
Billy Bob Forehead"),
was another of her
favorite targets.
"Denial is not just a
river in Egypt," she wrote. "It's a
court-appointed presidency and they
are behaving as if they have a mandate." "There are two kinds of
humor," she told ··People" magazine.
One kind "makes us chuckle about
our foibles and our shared humanity.
The other kind holds people up to
public contempt and ridicule. That's
what I do."
Elsewhere she would write: "I
only aim at the powerful. When satire
is aimed at the powerless it is not
only cruel - it's vulgar." Which is
perhaps the best argument I've heard
against the "politically incorrect"
folks who would have you believe
that it's brave to tread on the downtrodden in the name of free speech.
She tried reporting for "The New
York Times" but it didn't work out.
The "Times" was, then as now, a
staid and proper institution and
Molly was wild and crazy.
While working in the Denver
bureau of the "Times," she was sent
to cover a festival in Corrales, N.M~
that featured a mass slaughter of
chickens. She called it a "gang
pluck."
That never made the paper but her
use of it offended the "Times"' executive editor Abe Rosenthal who,
while a great journalist, had a sense
of humor so narrow you could slice
cheese with it. She
and the "Times" soon
parted company.
"'The New York
Times' is a great
newspaper," she later
wrote. "It is also no
fun."
She was diag
nosed with breast
cancer in 1999 and
spent the rest of her
life
fighting
it,
always with courage and characteristic flair.
Of her treatment, she said: "First
they mutilate you; then they poison
you; then they burn you. I have been
on blind dates better than that."
At the time of her death she was
syndicated in nearly 400 newspapers,
the author of several best-selling
books - several at the expense of
George Bush - and the winner of
numerous journalism awards (man )
of which she used a<: trivets on her
dining room table).
But not the grandest prize of all;
she never won the Pulitzer. I'm not
sure the award will ever fully recover
from that, nor should it.
Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer
Prize-losing Washington correspondent who, by his own account, is right
more than he's ·wrong. Email:
dkaull@ rerizon.net.
�Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007
FLOYD COUNTY
Features Editor
Kathy Prater
Phone: (606) 886-8506
Fen: (606) 886-3603
Members:
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INSIDESTUFF
CAR TALK:
II Sports .....................................................page A7
Free tire program not all it's cracked up to be
II Classifieds ........................................... page A12
see pg. A6
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This Town,
·That World
Emai I: features @floydcountytimes.com
&uudra Carter Toussaint
'Curse of the
Swamp
Creature'
Editor's Note: For years, Floyd
County Times founder and fomzer
publisher Nonnan Allen wrote a weekly column that looked at Floyd County
through his eyes. His columns are
being reprinted due to request.
If I weren't afraid you would
think the record has stuck, I would
say this hasn't been one of my better weeks.
THE PUTTEROFFER
Why I wait until the afternoon
of press-day to indite these few
lines is something of a mystery to
me. I concede the point that 'm
lazy, a chronic putteroffer, and am
usually short on material. Yet I
know the job has to be done, that
I'm the guy it has been entrusted
to, and that procrastination is simply a big word which will do me
no good whatsoever. And still I
wait till it won't wait any longer.
Then I have at it with both forefingers, punching away.
I try to remember now: Have I
recounted this experience or that
t\ story in earlier columns? I leave
them lie. I hear a definition of The
Twist that's downright clever, but I
resist the tem~tation to use it. I
pound my forehead, trying to think
of that quip I heard or concocted,
but it will not emerge from limbo.
So, there being no escape, I
write as follows.
000
I am reminded that these new
ready-tied, clip-on ties is the greatest invention to come along since
the non-sinkable fly-line.
TRY IT!
The Floyd County Times hasn't
sponsored an essay-writing contest
in a long while. It occurs to me we
could do this and offer a "grand
prize" of $50,000 (which we do
not have, and could not get) and
still be safe with this sort of thing:
Complete this sentence- "!
would not marry a beautiful young
heiress to a million-dollar fortune,
because- " and restrict your statement to 25 words or less.
REMINDER
Pity the poor hypochrondriac!
His groan is echoed by a chortle: If
• sympathy were dollars, he would
be a pauper. And finally, to everybody's suprise exci!pt his, he ups
and dies.
The only record we have of one
of these people ever getting even
with the unsympathetic world he
had departed, is a will which a certain man wrote, providing that his
mounment should bear these
words: I TOLD YOU I WAS
SICK:
THE DIFFERENCE
The visitor to Florida, told the
oldtimer there, he found the
-.. weather such that he was not able
to tell winter from summer. "Oh,
yes, you can," the other replied.
"In winter we have Cadillacs and
Lincolns, and stuffed shirts. In
summer it's Fords and Chevys,
and stuffed shorts."
ODD
(See ALLEN, page six)
...-~~oo~c:allout
growing up In Pike Counly
Sandra Carter Toussaint's 'Up Harold's Branch'
by KATHY J. PRATER
FEATURES EDITOR
To many with a shared history of
growing up in eastern Kentucky,
Saundra Carter Toussaint's soon to
be released book, "Up Harold's
Branch -A Collection of Childhood
Memories," will strike a chord of
familiarity.
Recollections of outdoor toilets,
meals of soup beans, cornbread and
fried chicken (snatched straight
from the family yard), and the
strains of old tyme mountain music
intermingled with "new time" rock
'n roll are just a few of the subjects
discussed in Toussaint's book of
memories.
Toussaint, a native of Pike
County, was born in 1946 in a fourroom house that had no indoor
plumbing. In a house with only two
bedrooms and seven children,
Toussaint recalls that brother Junior
"slept on a roll-away bed" while she
and sister Dorothy shared a bed
("that could not have been fun," the
author writes, "since I was a bedwetter").
Other familiar memories include
by LINDA COLEMAN-WILLIS
AMERICAN WOMAN'S SOUL"
All my life people have told me I
"look just like" my mother. When I
was young I paid it no attention at all
because I ~imply did not believe it.
As a teenager when I heard the words
"You look just like your mother," I
would respond with: "No, I don't.
She's an adult, and I'm not." After
all, what teenage girl wants to be told
she looks like her mother? Then, I
would run to look in the mirror to
make sure I had not changed since the
those of family members working
together to preserve and store the
vegetables and fruits they had spent
the warm weather days raising: "In
order to eat in the winter, there had
to be canning or drying of foods in
the summer. Mom would stand
ovey hot fires while she canned
white half-runner green beans,
tomatoes, bread and butter pickles,
corn relish, pickled beets (Detroit
reds) , pears, apples, jellies and
jams, and my all-time favorite Mom's apple butter. No one could
equal Mom when it can1e to apple
butter, then or now. Of course, she
never measured, so it was difficult
to get the exact recipe, but these are
her directions: MOM'S APPLE
BUTTER - Peel, core and slice
apples (wine sap or Rome beauty);
add water and cook on top of stove;
rub through colander; add sugar, oil
of cinnamon, and red-hots (candy);
bake in slow oven (300 degrees);
put loose foil on top so it will not
splatter. When it drops in sheets
from a long-handled spoon, it is
ready. Put in sterilized jars and seal.
"She also dried vegetables and
fruits. Dried green beans (shuck
beans) were a staple. This was one
of my jobs. I would string the
beans and re-string them using a big
needle and twine. Occasionally, we
would break-up (snap) the beans,
ans she would dry them on a piece
of tin . Whichever way we did it,
once they were dry, the beans
would be stored in a pillow case
with red pepper thrown in to keep
out hungry bugs. Mom would also
dry apples. In the winter, she would
make stacked apple cake and fried
apple pi"es using the dried apples."
Toussaint, who left Pike County
to attend Berea College after graduating from Mullins High School,
retired from a career as a public
health nurse and administrator of
the Madison County Health
Department, in Richmond. She
resides in Lexington, with her husband Gus.
"Up Harold's Branch - A
Collection
of
Childhood
Memories" will be released for sale
on March 12. For information on
how to obtain a copy of the book,
VISit the following website:
www.publishamerica.com.
PCC Mountain Dew Festival Reunion
planning committee to meet Feb. 19
The planning committee for the
"PCC MOUNTAIN DEW FESTIVAL REUNION" will have its first
meeting in the Johnson Buildmg at
the Big Sandy Community and
Technical College- Prestonsburg
Campus on Monday, February 19, at
6:30pm.
The Reunion date will be set at
·this meeting. All former students are
invited to attend.
Just like Mom
"CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE AFRICAN
MOVIES FROM
THE BLACK LAGOON
last time I had looked. Relieved that
it was still me in the mirror, I'd
exclaim, "Whew, that was scary."
When it happened at 25 I would
respond with: "No, I don' t. She is old,
and I'm young," and again I would
reach for the mirror to make sure
things were as they should be.
Relieved yet again, I'd mutter under
my breath : "I don't know what those
people see; they must be blind. r definitely do not look anything like my
mother."
By 35, maturity had set in, and I
would not respond at all when I heard
those intrusive words "You look jmt
Many people are excited about
returning to the former campus of
PCC for this event. They want to
tour the new buildings, meet old
friends again, share photos and
memories, and especially look forward to seeing their favorite rock
group of the 60's and 70's, Exile.
There has never been a "PCC"
reunion. It definitely will be a gathering long time overdue and one that
like your mother," but my thoughts
were, Oh no, you see her hair is thinning and turning gray, her midsection
is spreading and her walk is slowing.
That definitely is NOT me. I can walk
·a 15-minute mile, I work out every
day and my steps are quicker than
they were at 25. No, I definitely DO
NOT look like my mother. I'd still
sneak a peek in the mirror, just to be
sure.
As I prepared to celebrate my 50th
birthday, I woke up excited and
happy to be alive. As I passed the
full -length mirror in the corner of my
bedroom, I caught a glimpse of a startling figure. I stopped and took a
good long look. I could not believe
my eyes. There she was staring back
at me - my mother. When did this
can be enjoyed by the entire East
Kentucky community.
An e-mail group list has been
established for quicker information
sharing, it is; fred@prestonsburgky.org
Please feel free to participate in
this list. All ideas and suggestions
you want to send to this group e-mail
will be shared at the February 19th
meeting if you are unable to attend.
happen? As I looked, rather than
being upset or in denial over
the remarkable resemblance that had
somehow eluded
me all these years,
I found a strange
comfort in looking at my mom's
and my image
commingling in
the mirror.
Suddenly, I saw
something more than
just our physical similarities. I saw beyond the thinning hair and the expanding midsection to the strength and courage she
had always displayed in the face of
tragedy - which she had given me. I
Adventurous film fans will feel as
if they need a bath after sitting
through this lurid thriller that offers
about 80 minutes of sordid drama
before spotlighting the titular creature.
The action gets off to a sleazy start
by centering on a laboratory, deep in
the swamps of Anywhere, USA,
where resident mad scientist Dr.
Simon is offering encouragement to
his latest failed
attempt at turnin~
men into fish.
"Breathe," he
commands
the
unseen · creature
(which is secured
in a bathtub filled
with dry ice). No
dice, however,
and the next
scene finds him
Tom Dotv
dumping
the . Times Celumnlst
remains in his
swimming pool which is fully stocked
with -alligators getting fat off of his
failures.
On his way back to the house, a
man darts out from behind a hedge
and waves a knife menacingly at the
Doc. He demands to know the whereabouts of his brother but is srytnied by
the Doc's fashionably attired bodyguard, who also leaps out of nowhere
and plunges his own knife in the
assailant's back. That's one more
happy meal for the alligators and the
scene shifts to the nearest town.
Here we spy a Texas oil man who
is waiting for a geologist to arrive so
the pair can scout the swamp for signs
of black gold. Unfortunately, the guy
surprises a thief in his room and doesn't realize, until too late, that he was
local yokeled by the hotel's owner,
who employs a seductive female
(Brenda) to keep men at the bar while
her moron boyfriend tosses their
rooms. Unfortunately the boyfriend,
Jerry, kills the oil man in the ensuing
struggle.
The trio decide to get all "Mission:
Impossible" now and enlist Brenda to
pose as the oil man's wife so that they
can follow the geologist into the
swamp and get rich off any oil he may
find.
Amazingly, the plan works and the
unknowing geologist, Barry Rogers,
agrees to shepherd Jerry, Brenda and a
bonus goon (who doesn't even rate a
name) on a swamp tour. This leads to
endless scenes of people sitting on a
boat while it charges through the
swamp. You get one or two distorted
shots of swamp life but this amounts
to' 10 minutes of filler and is about as
exciting as getting an automated
phone call extolling the values of a
second home mortgage.
Meanwhile, back at the remote lab
of Dr. Simon, things couldn't be going
much worse. The Doc, who dresses in
your basic lab coat with Elton Johnstyle sunglasses, has opted to experiment on his lab assistant after the lad
questioned the morality of their work.
This doesn't sit well with the Doc's
(See LAGOON, page six)
saw the determination that had
helped her break free of the
shackles of poverty and
pain - a determination
that she had given
me. I saw her spiritual teachings the
ones
that
helped to shape
and mold my own
values and beliefs.
I saw her commitment to hard work the commitment lhat
she taught me so that I
could achieve my goals and
dreams. I saw the love and appreciation that she held for her family that
(See SOUP, page six)
�A6 •
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
18, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Free tire program not all it's cracked up to be
by TOM and RAY MAGLIOZZI
Dear Tom and Ray:
Am I being taken for a ride? I
bought a brand-new Honda CR-V and
was enrolled in a "free tires for life"
program with my dealer<>hip. The
catch (isn't there always?) is that I
have to have my tires balanced every
7,500 miles and an alignment every
year, plus routine oil changes and an
annual inspection at the dealership in
order to qualify for the free tires. Is it
necessary to have my tires balanced
every 7.500 miles and get an alignment every year if I don't get into any
accidents or drive over curbs? When
do I need an alignment? Are they
essentially getting me to "pay" for the
tires through unnecessary services?
Would I be better off finding a reliable
mechanic and getting my oil changes
and routine checkups (including rotating the tires) with him and buying my
own tires as the need arises? If they
are taking me for a ride, should I call
them on it?- Shellee
RAY: Well, this is a very clever little program, Shellee. I'm embarrassed
that I didn't think of it first!
TOM: The key part of your question is, "Are they essentially getting
me to 'pay' for the tires through
unnecessary services?" The answer is,
yes, of course they are! Dealerships
are not nonprofit, public institutions.
They're businesses.
RAY: Let's do the math. Let's say
the new tires are worth $75 each, or
$300 a set. And let's say you drive to sell you other services. So it's a
15,000 miles a year. So, if you have great way for the dealership to keep
cheap tires, you'll need new tires after you coming m. They figure that 1f they
can get you in the door regularly,
two years.
TOM: To get your free tires, the they' II probably get all of your autofirst thing you have to do is come in motive business.
every 7,500 miles and have your tires
RAY: There's nothing inherently
evil about the free-tire program,
balanced.
RAY: Do you need to have your Shellee. So you don't need to "call
tires balanced every 7,500 miles? No. them on it." They're just trying to
Once tires are mounted and balanced, build a relationship with you. But it
they almost never need rebalancing, might not be a relationship you want,
unless a customer complains about a· since it requires you to buy services
high-speed vibration. So at lO bucks a you don't need and limits your choice
wheel, that's $40 each time you come of service locations.
TOM: Right. So just plan to buy
in, and at twice a year, that's $80 a
your own tires when the time comes.
year.
TOM: Then you have to get a That leaves you free to have your car
wheel alignment once a year, which serviced wherever you want. You can
you also don't need. An alignment is do it at the dealership, or use an inde ·
$99. Let's call it $1 00. So you're in for pendent mechanic to save some
$180 a year, times two years is $360 money. And every 7,500 miles when
worth of service that is most likely you have your car serv1ced and your
unnecessary - or $60 more than the oil changed, tell your mechanic to
rotate your tires, too.
new tires would cost you.
RAY: Now, if you'll excuse us, we
RAY: But the dealership actually
gets even more out of it. Because have to go set up a free-tire program at
when you come in at 7,500 miles, that our garage!
- conveniently - happens to be the
exact mileage at which Honda calls Please place your seat back in fully
upright position
for your car to be serviced. So they get
to sell you the 7,500-mile service, the
Dear Tom and Ray:
15,000-mile service, the 22,500-mile
Please print this to save my daughservice and the granddaddy of boat- ter's (and other learners') lives. She
payment services, the 30,000-mile. drives with the back of·her seat posiThey make a nice profit on those.
tioned so far back that she's almost
TOM: Plus, they get you to come in • lying down. She insists that because
for your required "inspection" once a she leans forward, she is in total conyear, where they have the opportunity trol. Regardless of my attempts to
insist that she have back support, the
practice continues. - Danny
TOM: Danny, this is one of those
situations where you're the parent,
she's the child, and
what she wants is
tough Shinola.
RAY: The rules of
law and society put us
in charge of our kids
18.
until they're
Why? So we can keep
them from killing
themselves or anyone
else until they're old
enough to assume that
responsibility themselves. Since your
daughter is learning
to drive, !going to
assume she's 16. In
which case, if she
doesn't know enough
to protect her own life, you have to do
it for her.
TOM: I can't begin to understand
why she wants to set her seat back like
a building contractor's (you've seen
them leaning way back with a cigar in
one hand). But she can't do it.
RAY: If she's in an accident without a seat back, one of two things will
happen. The momentum will send her
forward, then backward; when she
goes back, there will be nothing to
support her back or neck - one or
both of which might then break.
TOM: Or, if she's hit from behind,
she might go backward first, end up in
a reclining position, and then slide out
under the seat belt and be completely
unprotected.
RAY: When engineers design safety equipment for cars(•
they start from the
assumption that the
driver will be properly
belted in against a
rigid
seat
back.
Otherwise, the seat
belt and air bags can't
do their jobs.
TOM: So don't ask
her anymore. Put the
seat up in the correct
position for her, and
then take the fuse out!
And if she refuses to
cooperate, let her take
the bus. Last time I
checked, seats on th~
bus don't recline
either.
Or:JO
Which is cheaper, buying or leasing? Should you keep a car forever or
dump it after three years, before trouble starts? Find out in Tom and Ray 's
pamphlet "Should I Buy, Lease, or
Steal My Next Car?" Send $4.75
(check or monex order) to Next Car,
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475.
Got a question about cars? Write to
Click and Clack in care of this newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting th~
Car Talk Web site at www.cartalk.com.
Odds & Ends
• SAN JOSE, Calif. - A
man with a habit of jogging
in a park wearing nothing
but a pair of running shoes
said he would keep his
clothes on after he was fined
$95 for indecent exposure.
Darryl
Delacruz,
a
Silicon Valley engineer, said
he would miss the "liberating feeling" of running
naked in Fremont Older
Open Space Preserve. But he
conceded his personal comfort was less important than
, the discomfort he caused
others.
11
' 1'11 go back, but I'll be
wearing clothes," he said. "I
don't want people to have
the wrong impression."
After other park users
complained about Delacruz
streaking, park rangers kept
an eye out for him and finally caught him in the buff
Jan. 9. People are allowed to
sunbathe naked in the park,
but only out of eyeshot of
others.
"We don't see it as appropriate behavior," said Kerry
Carlson, president of the
Midpeninsula Rangers Peace
Officers Association. "A significant number of people
feel uncomfortable with a
nude
person
running
around."
Delacruz, 43, said his
preferred jogging attire was
"about getting in touch with
nature, not meeting people."
•
CONNELLSVILLE,
Pa. - A woman gave birth
to a boy outside a western
Pennsylvania hospital - a
delivery that happened so
quickly that the newborn
wound up in his mother's
sweatpants.
"It happened so fast ,"
Rebecca Johnson, 24, told
the
Daily
Courier
in
Connellsville. "I didn't
know what happened until
he was in my pant leg."
Johnson had just gotten
out of the car at Highlands
Hospital in Connellsville
and was still in the parking
lot when her 5-pound, IS ounce son, Mason Matthew
Parkinson,
arrived
Wednesday.
An
emergency
room
physician cut the umbilical
cord in the parking lot, and
doctors attended to Johnson
until she could be taken to
Uniontown Hospital, which
has a maternity unit.
Mason, Johnson's fourth
child, was doing well.
a telephone they were able
to get into the house and
talking to him over a patrol
car's loudspeaker, authorities said.
A second SWAT team
went around the back of the
house after about four hours
• WALHALLA, S.C.
A Walhalla man might have
had a good reason for not
responding to officers who
surrounded his home: He
was as~eep in a recliner
when the SWAT team found
him after a four-hour standoff, authorities said.
"He did not know we
were there until we put our
hands on him," Oconee
County Sheriff's Capt. Steve
Jenkins said.
The 26-year-old had run
his mother from their home
Tuesday night by firing several shots, deputies said.
Officers surrounding the
home first heard breaking
glass and other noise, but
then heard nothing from the
man, despite making calls on
Mining ______________________
and saw him asleep in a
chair, Jenkins said.
Officers entered stealthily
and woke the man up to
arrest him. He's been
charged with discharging a
firearm into a residence, but
could
face
additional
charges, Jenkins said .
No one was injured, but
the home had bullet holes in
the walls and ceiling, he
said. Deputies said they
recovered about 15 guns 10
the house.
• Continued from p3
wholesale destruction of the
but in
east
mountains,
Kentucky there i~ not much nat
land," he said.
Gooch said the mining
process has created sites for
economic development in
commumt1es
where
the
rugged, steep mountains had
precluded it. In some cases,
Gooch said, shopping centers,
factories , airports and housing
developments have been built
on reclaimed mine sites.
"That actually improved the
quality of llfe in the mountains," Gooch said, "because
there's not existing land to
build on and develop."
Gooch said he doesn't
expect
the
mountaintop_
removal bill to be considered
in the current legislative session.
''I'm not yet convinced that
it's the real problem that these
people describe," he said.
The legislation would
restrict mountaintop removal
by banning the practice of fill ing valleys with discarded dirt
and rock. Currently, the practice is regulated by the federal
government, and has been the
subject of lawsuits in Kentucky
and West Virginia.
for
the
Kentuckians
Commonwealth claims coal
companies have alread;y buried
more than 420 mil~s. gf ~treams
with s~il and rockalfrom the
mountamtop remov process.
Cherise
Williams,
a
Louisville woman, said lawmakers and advocates from
outside the mining region have
an interest in the issue because
many of the rivers that ru1~
through Kentucky originate in
the mountains of eastern
Kentucky.
"We should all stand together to top this," she said. "It is
not a Republican issue. It is not
a Democrat issue."
The legislation is House Bill
385.
Lagoon
• Continued from pS
gorgeous wife, Pat, and it
doesn't help matters any that
native drums indicate that a
group of travelers are heading
their way. The Doc takes the
news well, noting that he
needs more humans for his
experiments, so they roll out
the welcome wagon.
The mosquito bitten oil
seekers are only to happy to
have a roof over their heads
and agree to stay the night.
Things get lurid again in a
hurry as the Doc decides to
experiment on Brenda while
Jerry takes an ill-advised walk
and runs afoul of the locals
who arc busy planning to end
the Doc's reign of terror.
Despite all of this drama
Rogers gets a good night's
sleep and doesn't even stir as
Simon slips right by him while·
carrying the tranquilized
Brenda.
The finale is as down and
dirty as the opening scenes and
finds the Doc torn between
dealing with a band of locals
armed with machetes while his
first successful swamp creature walks out of his laboratory and appears none to happy
with her makeover. Ultra-violence enc;ues and just about
everyone who has done wrong
perishes, including the bonus
goon, who gets in the way of a
warning shot fired by the rampaging mob.
There's only one way to
save material this awful and
that is through masterful execution. Unfortunately, that
doesn't happen here and the
material is so badly produced
that this can only be enjoyed
for the sheer incompetence
evident in every frame of this
low-budget monsterfest.
The curse of this swamp
creature even extends to the
latest company that has
repackaged it for DVD. It is
part of "The Family Values
Collection," which has to be a
misnomer since the film wallows in sleaze. The company,
at least, put it out on one of
those two-sided dollar DVDs
(alongside the technically
superior "Snowbeast") but
they botched the labeling so
you will see "Snowbeast" only
if you put in the side that lists
"Swamp Creature."
The Family Value people
also claim that the film is
remastered, but that's tantamount to saying your suit was
also martinized at the dry
cleaners since this film looks
like it was shot through stained
glass. All this and they have
the nerve to offer a painted
image on the box of a cool
looking creature that doesn't
even appear in the film.
The good news is that there
are enough technical blunders
herein to make for a great
party game. The audio gaffs
are a hoot and include one
scene where an actor is too far
to be recorded as well as his
cohorts.
The monster is no bargain
either. First off it's obviously a
man decked out in rubber
clothes and sporting two ping
pong balls for eyes. Then there
is the quicksand scene where
the actor is obviously in a lake
and merely lowering himself
while he screams for help.
Top that off with the brief,
I' m-just-here-to - get-paid
appearance by screen veteran
John Agar as Rogers and Yq,j
have all the ingredients for a
cheesefest that will leave a
stink in your DVD player that
will linger for days.
Fans of awful dialogue will
have a treat here, but more
demanding monster film
hunters should stay far away.
Best line: "You are ready to
make your debut in the world
of humans, my beautiful, indestructible fish man." (Actually
it's technically a fish woman,
but it's a moot point since it
only lives for 30 seconds
before becoming alligator
chow.)
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1966, unrated.
Allen
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Soup
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One fellow here became so confused by the
weather, that he couldn't decide whether to
wear f11ppers or snowshoes to work.
i,·- -changing
-C- ont nued rom pS
.
she passed on to me so that I
may honor and cherish my
own family. Yes, as I looked in
the mirror, I realized that· it
was her love of life that taught
me to live my life to the fullest
and that allowed me to wake
up that very day thankful to be
a live.
Today, when I look at my
mother, I am amazed at how
much she looks like her mother and, yes, how much I look
like her.
Now, when people say to
me. "You look just like your
mother," a loving warm th
spreads through me, and I simply smile, nod and proudly
say, "Thank you."
STEADY, FELLOWS!
Tom Dingus and I have played (?) a couple of
rounds of golf recently. I tell this to set all rumors at
rest and forestay disciplinary action from the Exalted
Order of Anglers. Liars and Alibi -Makers:
My golf game is such that I'll be with you guys,
just as soon as the water is fitten.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that the Red Cross, immediately
following the flood of 1957, spent $525,000 for the
relief of flood-stricken Floyd Countians--or had you
forgotten as we had? Well, the Red Cross is back
again to help after last week's flood.
Its dollars-and-cents expenditures will not be as
heavy as in 1957. for the need is not so great, but the
spirit of Red Cross- willing and ready to serve, not
perfectly, but gladly- is the same.
Strikes us that Floyd County 's people, especially
those of us who have been fortunate in escaping flood
losses, should get together and <;ubscribe, without
delay, that small Red Cross ~uota of $7,000 for this
year' If we can't. or don' t. or won ' t, we don't deserve
the help this county has received at the hands of the
Red Cross.
�Sunday, February 18, 2007
FLOYD COUNTY
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HS Football rules • A9
Lady Bears • A9
NASCAR • A10
Sunday Classlfleds • A12
Ladycats pushed, but prevail over South Floyd
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HI HAT - Many times this season,
Betsy Layne Coach Cassandra Akers
has commented on the youthfulness of
her basketball team. Not one to make
excuses, Akers has taken mto consideration that many of her key players
are youngsters. None of this season's
Ladycats are seniors and at times that
youthfulness shows. If this set of
·Ladycats ha<> nine lives, they used
most all of them on Thursday night
against South Floyd in the Floyd
County Conference/58th District regular-season finale for both teams.
Showing the signs of both a good team
Raiders upset
Betsy Layne
and a well-coached squad, Betsy
Layne found a way to win. After leading at the end of each of the first three
quarters, Betsy Layne held off South
Floyd in the final quarter, winning 4948.
Junior Kaitlin Lawson led Betsy
Layne with 15 points. Freshman
Megan Hamilton followed with 14
points for the Ladycats. Taylor Hott
gave Betsy Layne a third player in
double figures as she scored 10 points.
Amby Tackett and Lindsey Martin
rounded out the Betsy Layne scoring
effort with five and four points,
respectively.
Betsy Layne improved to 14-9
overall and ended the Floyd County
Conference portion of the season
undefeated at 6-0.
The Ladycats led South Floyd 1712 at the end of the first quarter and
24-18 at halftime. Betsy Layne
remained half-a-dozen points ahead of
South Floyd at the end of the third
quarter, leading 39-33.
South Floyd senior Heather Dean
grabbed both game-high scoring and
game-high rebounding honors. Dean
finished with a double-double of 16
points and 10 rebounds. The South
Floyd senior was also active on the
defensive end, finishing with five
blocks and three deflections.
Kayla Hall followed Dean in the
South Floyd scoring column. Hall hit a
trio of three-pointers and contributed
14 points for South Floyd (7-11, 2-4).
"It was a tough game to lose," said
South Floyd Coach Tony Isaac. "We
didn't shoot well, but still had a chance
to win."
Danielle Tackett scored eight points
and Chelsie Tuttle tossed in five for the
Lady Raiders.
Betsy Layne 48, Betsy Layne 47
BETSY LAYNE (14-9)- Lawson 15,
Hamilton 14, Tackett 5, Martin 4,
Hott 10.
SOUTH FLOYD (7-11)- Conn 1,
Hall 14, Dean 16, Tuttle 5, Little 1,
Tackett 8, Bailey 2.
Betsy Layne..... !? 7 15 9-48
South Floyd...... l2 6 15 14-47
DIXIE DELIGHT
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HI HAT - Behind a gamehigh 25 points from Lyle
Johnson. host South Floy.d
defeated Betsy Layne 52-49 on
Thursday night. In a late regularseason 58th District game, South
Floyd built an early lead and held
on for the victory in the second
half.
With the win, South Floyd
snapped an eight-game losing
streak. The Raiders (4-20) will
play host to this year's 58th
District Tournament.
South Floyd outscored Betsy
Layne 14-10 in the opening quar1
ter. South Floyd limited the
Bobcats even more in the second
quarter, outscoring the Raiders
19-9 to take a 33-19 lead into
halftime.
South Floyd hadn't won since
beating East Ridge 62-52 on Jan.
19 in a non-district game.
Six different players stepped
up and provided scoring for host
South Floyd. Wes Akers added
11 points for the Raiders. Ethan
Johnson scored eight points,
pulled down seven rebounds and
dished off four assists as host
South Floyd won.
The Raiders were outscored in
each of the last two quarters, but
still managed to win.
Brennan Case paced Betsy
Layne with a team-best 23
points. Jus tin Collins added 13
points for the Bobcats. Samuel
Keathley followed with five
points for hornestanding Betsy
Layne. Trai Witt and Jarod
Newman pushed in four points
apiece for the Bobcats.
Adam Slone scored four
points and hauled in six rebounds
(See RAIDERS, page eight )
photo by Steve LeMaster
Betsy Layne guard Brennan
Case scored 23 points In the
loss to South Floyd.
South Floyd's Heather Dean
blocked Betsy Layne's Kaltlln
Lawson during Thursday night's
Floyd County battle. Betsy Layne
edged South Floyd 48-47.
McCarty shoots
JC past Tigers
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PAINTSVILLE
Senior
Jamie McCarty pumped in a
game-high 33 points as Johnson
Central held on to beat host
Paintsville 71 62 on Thursday
night in a 57th District meeting
between two crosstown rivals.
McCarty was one of six different
scorers for the Golden Eagles.
Only one other Johnson Central
player reached double figures in
the district tilt
Johnson Central, the underdog in the district game,
outscored Paintsville in each of
the first three quarters, forcing
the Tigers to play from behind.
The Golden Eagles outscored
Paintsville 15-10 in the opening
quarter and led 29-21 at halftime.
Mike Conley added 10 points
and 10 rebounds for the Golden
Eagles.
Johnson Central held a commanding 50-32 lead at the end of
the third quarter.
Landon Slone and
VanHoose each had 17 points to
Jb
(See MCCARTY, page eight )
photos by Jamie Howell
Alex Hammonds (pictured above going for a loose ball) scored a game-high 21 points to lift Allen Central to the
conference/district win over Prestonsburg. Ryan Collins (No. 23, pictured below) had 20 points for the Rebels.
Rebels top P'burg for 19th win
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - In front of a fired-up
horne crowd on Thursday night, Allen
Central didn't disappoint its horne
fans. The Rebels never trailed after
the first quarter and defeated visiting
Prestonsburg 71 -58 at J.E. Campbell
Arena.
Alex Hammonds helped preserve
the win for South Floyd, hitting for 14
points in the last two quarters .
Hammonds had a game-high 21
points for the Rebels .
Ryan Collins hit three second quar~
ter three-pointers and totaled 20
points for Allen <:;entral.
Josh Prater scored 12 points and
Josh Martin added 10 for the Rebels.
Allen Central pulled away after the
two teams ended the first quarter
deadlocked 17- 17. The Rebels got 13
points from Collins in the second
quarter, outscoring Prestonsburg 2310.
Allen Central maintained a lead
throughout the entire second half.
Senior center Trevor Patton paced
Prestonsburg with 16 points. Jordan
Hall followed with 12 points for the
Lady Blackcats. Chayse Martin
worked his way into double figures
for Prestonsburg, dumping in lO
points.
Freshman Michael Burchett gave
Prestonsburg a lift in off of the bench,
adding five points for the Blackcats.
Bobby Hughes fought foul trouble
and also finished with five points for
the visiting team.
The Joss to Allen Central pushed
Prestonsburg down to 9-12 overall
and 2-4 in the conference/district.
Allen Central
County Conference championship on
Monday when it defeated Betsy
Layne. The Rebels exited Thursday
night's game against Prestonsburg 195 overall and 6-0 in the Floyd County
County Conference/58th District.
Allen Central 71, Prestonsburg 58
PRESTONSBURG (9-12)- Hughes
5, Hall 12, Patton 16. Clark 4, Vance
6. Martin 10, Burchett 5.
ALLEN CENTRAL ( 19-5) - Martin
I 0, Collins 20. Slone 4, Hammonds
21. Prater 12, Joseph 2, Robinson 2.
Prestonsburg ... !? 10 11 20-58
Allen Central.. I? 23 II 20-71
Valley turns
back Panthers
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ROBINSON CREEK - Jacob
Bryant scored 16 points and
Elisha Justice added 14 on
T hursday night to help Shelby
Valley defeat Pikt:ville 60-50 in a
59th District rnatchup.
Shelby Valley led at the end of
every quarter. The Wildcats
outscored Pikeville 16-15 in the
opening quarter. Shelby Valley
stretched its lead out in the second quarter and was ahead 34-23
at halftime.
Eight different Shelby Valley
players broke into the scoring
column in the district matchup.
Tim Honaker scored 16 points
and Daniel Harmon had 13 for
the Panthers. Matt Clevenger followed with nine points for visiting Pikeville. Deven Adams, a
Floyd County native, added
seven markers for the .P anthers.
Shelby Valley led 44-35 at the
conclusion of the third quarter.
Taylor Hatfield scored six
points and Logan Bryan added
five for Shelby Valley. Jonah
Justice netted four points as the
(See VALLEY, page eight )
Eldora Speedway building momentum for '07 season
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ROSSBURG,
Ohio
Eldora
Speedway's shifting of the Old Spice
Summer Sizzler date from its traditional
August time slot to July 10 has made for
an interesting week of Sprint Car racing at
• the venerable southwestern Ohio speed
plant.
The unique Tuesday night Sizzler,
which features NASCAR drivers Tony
Stewart and Kasey Kahne in competition
with the Sprint Invaders of the National
Racing Alliance (NRA), falls just four
days prior to Eldora's annual Kings Royal
by Crown Royal festivities (July 13-14).
"This is a win-win situation for Sprint
Car fans", commented Eldora's General
Manager. Larry Kemp. "With the number
of fans that flood our campgrounds in the
days leading up to the popular Kings
Royal, it was only a natural that we switch
the Old Spice date from August to July to
add more punch to the week. And , with
our neighbor, Lima! and Motorsports Park,
running the Brad Doty Classic for World
of Outlaw (WoO) Sprints on Wednesday
night, this is going to be one busy week of
Sprint Car racing in the area", continued
Kemp.
The temptation to race against Stewart
and Kahne has triggered a desire among
many of the Outlaw members to compete
in the Siu.ler; thus the field for the
Tuesday special could be interesting.
Joining Stewart and Kahne will be
NASCAR counterparts Kenny Wallace
and Ken Schrader as they jump behind the
wheel of United Midwestern Promoters
(UMP) Modifieds in Tuesday's (July 10)
doubleheader. While those four have confirmed their intentions, the NASCAR tla-
vored field could increase prior to race
time, hinted Stewart. who doubles as
Eldora's owner.
'
Kahne has keen interest in the week's
festivities. as he is the defending <.:ar
owner of the fabled Kings Royal. His driver, Joey Saldana, captured the $50.000
top prize last year.
Two mghts of WoO Sprint racing sptce
up tfic Kings Royal weekend. with a full
points show on Friday (July 13) in the
Knight Before the Kings Royal. followed
by the Kings Royal by Crown Royal and
the annual crowning of the King on
Saturday (July 14). That event. sanctioned
by the WoO Tour. is run under Eldora's
time-honored race format. The NRA
Sprint Imaders are included ea<.:h night , as
well.
Ticket\ for the Kings Royal cvenb are
available at www.eldoraspcedway.com.
NUMBER FIVE IN THE STATE: South Floyd guard Wes
Akers (23) ended the week ranked fifth In the state In
three-point shooting.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
18, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
Bengals put franchise tag on DE Justin Smith
Raiders
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for the Raiders. Tommy Joe Hall
added three points and Kyle Brown
scored on a free throw for South
Floyd.
The Raiders led 42-33 at the end
of the third quarter.
Betsy Layne slipped to I 0-14 after
suffering the setback.
South Floyd 52, Betsy Layne 49
BETSY LAYNE (10-14)- Case 23,
Collin<; 13, Keathley 5, Newman 4,
Witt 4.
SOUTH FLOYD (4-20)- E.
Johnson 8, Hall 3, L. Johnson 25,
Akers II, Slone 4, Brown 1.
Betsy Layne .... 10 9 14 13-49
South Floyd..... 14 19 9 I 0-52
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI - Defensive end
Justin Smith, who has led
Cincinnati's line in tackles in each
of the last five seasons, was designated as the Bengals' franchise player Thursday.
Smith would have become an
unrestricted free agent March 2 if he
doesn't reach a contract agreement
with the Bengals before then. The
franchise tag means the Bengals
could keep Smith by matching any
offer sheet he signed with another
team.
If they choose not to match
another offer, the Bengals would get
the other team's first-round draft
picks in 2007 and 2008 as compensation.
He would be guaranteed
$8,644,000, the average salary of
the top five defensive ends next sea-
son.
"This move helps us keep ou
core players together, and it gives u:
an opportunity to continue negotiat
ing for a longer-term contract witl
Justin," coach Marvin Lewis.
Smith had II 0 tackles in the
2006 season and ranked second 01
the team in sacks with 7.5. He ha
played all six of his NFL season
with Cincinnati.
MeGarty
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lead Paintsville. Van Ferguson scored
14 points and Shane Grimm added 11
for the Tigers. Blake Bundy rounded
out the Paintsville scoring as all of
Paintsville's points came from its
starting five.
The Tigers struggled from the outside - especially early in the district
tilt.
Johnson Central's backcourt was
very effective against Paintville, one
of the 15th Region's top teams.
Justin Murray aided the Golden
Eagle scoring effort with eight points.
Jaryd Crum and Jesse Meek each
had five points for Johnson Central.
Following the win, Johnson
Central improved to 9-17. Due to the
loss, Paintsville dropped to 17-8.
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Wildcats posted the win.
Shelby Valley uppeLI its record to
21-3 and Pikeville fell to 12-8.
Shelby Valley 60, Pikeville 50
PIKEVILLE (12-8)- Harmon 13,
Honaker 16, Bell2, Sword 3,
Samford downs
Morehead State
.58-48 in OVC
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD- Samford forward
Alex Munday scored 24 points and
Taryn Towns contributed· a doubledouble of 11 points and 10 rebounds
as the Samford Bulldogs ousted the
host Morehead State Eagles on their
home court Thursday, 58-48.
Morehead fell to 12-14 and 11-6 in
the OVC and missed an opportunity
to lock up a top four spot and a home
game in the upcoming O'Reilly OVC
Tournament.
Senior forward Holly Williams
was the only Eagle player in double
figures as she hit seven-of-nine from
the field and hit three charity tosses
for 17 points. Samford, however, limited the rest of the Eagles to just 11of-50 (22 percent) shooting, includ-
i
Louisville FB squad
places 12 on Big
East Academic Team
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LOUISVILLE
Twelve
University of Louisville football
players have been named to the Big
East All-Academic Football Team.
The Big East All-Academic Team
recognizes letterwinners who have
posted a cumulative grade-point
average of 3.0 or better. Student-athletes who have completed a minimum of two semesters of academic
work and earned a letter are eligible.
Quarterback Brian Brehm, centers Eric Wood and Michael Sturgeon
and fullback Deriontae Taylor were
honored for the second time in the
last two years.
The Cardinals' other honorees
were guard Daniel Barlowe, running
back Brock Bolen, offensive lineman
Nick Borgelt, safety Daniel Cameron,
placekicker Art Carmody, tight end
Scott Kuhn, offensive tackle Brian
Roche and fullback Joe Tronzo.
Name (Class, Pos., Major) Daniel
Barlowe, Jr., OL Exercise Science
Sports Medicine Brock Bolen, So.,
Clevenger 9, Adams 7.
SHELBY VALLEY (21-3)- E.
Justice 14, L. Bryant 5, Newsome
11, Hatfield 6, J. Bryant 16, Jackson
3, Goodson 1, J. Justice 4.
Pikeville .............. l5 8 12 15-50
ShelbyValley...... 16 18 10 llH50
ing Morehead State shooting just
one-for-16 from behind the arc. 'rhe
Bulldogs improved to 15-11 and 10-7
in the OVC with their fourth consecutive win.
Munday was eight-of-17 from the
floor and was an unblemished 8-of-8
from the free throw line. Her efforts
overcame an. 0-for-15 three-point
shooting performance by the
Bulldogs.
Samford,
however,
outscored the Eagles 22-11 at the free
throw line. Towns, meanwhile, pulled
down all 10 of her boards on the
defensive end as both teams grabbed
38 rebounds.
For the game, Samford shot 39
percent (18-of-46), while MSU hit
just 31 percent (18-of-57). The
Bulldogs led 22-18 at the half and
moved on top by as much as 12 at one
point in the second half. The
Bulldogs essentially sealed the
Eagles' fate with a 10-0 run midway
through the final 20 minutes. With
the game tied at 39 with 6:31 left,
Samford held MSU scoreless for the
next three minutes and hit three field
goals and four free throws to move
outby 10.
RB, Sports Administration Nicholas
Borgelt,
So.,
OL,
Sports
Administration Brian Brohm, Jr., QB,
Finance Daniel Cameron, RFr., FS,
Political Science Art Carmody, Jr., K,
Finance Scott Kuhn, Jr., TE,
Communications Brian Roche, RFr.,
OT, Finance Michael Sturgeon, Sr.,
C, Biology Deriontae Taylor, Jr., FB,
Computer Info. Systems Joseph
Tronzo, RFr., FB, History Eric Wood,
So., C, Political Science
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FLOYD COUNTY CONFERENCE GIRLS: South Floyd eighth-grader
Chelsle Tuttle lofted a pass Thursday night against the defense of Betsy
Layne's Taylor Hott.
Ligtenherg gets minor league deal from Reds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI - Right-handed
reliever Kerry Ligtenberg agreed to
a minor-league deal Wednesday
with the Cincinnati Reds, who will
give him a chance to win a spot in
their bullpen.
The 35-year-old reliever hasn't
Food City
builds legacy
with BMS
TIMES STAFF REPORT
BRISTOL, Tenn. - In 1992,
when Food City signed on as sponsor of Bristol Motor Speedway's
spring race, little did they know that
15 years later they would become
the second longest running sponsor
of a Nextel Cup race in all of
NASCAR.
Likewise, when they staged the
very first Food City Family Race
Night at their Kingsport, TN
Eastman Road Food City 20 years
ago, they had no idea the event
would turn into the biannual race
week spectacle, attended by tens of
thousands, it has become. It's been a
heck of a ride for Food City and one
the company has gladly taken.
"It's hard to believe that it's been
15 years since we sponsored our
first Cup race here at Bristol Motor
Speedway,"
said Food City
President and CEO Steven C. Smith.
Smith will watch the green flag fall
on the Food City 500 for the 15th
time on March 25. "We originally
became involved with racing
through sponsors, working with
Dale Earnhardt and several other
drivers. I've always been a big race
fan and felt we needed to play a
pitched in the majors since 2005,
when he appeared in seven games
for Arizona. He had 18 saves and a
3.57 earned run average in 53
appearances for the Cubs' Triple-A
team in Iowa last year.
Ligtenberg has played eight seasons in the majors. His best was
1998, when he became Atlanta's
closer and went 30-of-34 in savo
opportunities. He missed all tho
1999 season after surgery for a ton
ligament in his elbow.
John Rocker took over as tho
Braves' closer after Ligtenberg go
hurt. Ligtenberg saved 12 games i1
2000, but has only five saves in tho
majors since 2001.
larger role in NASCAR. Sponsoring
Bristol Motor Speedway's spring
Cup race was the perfect solution.
We've been looking forward to
commemorating our 15th anniversary for some time and we hope to
continue bringing fans to the Food
City 500 for many years to come."
Bristol Motor Speedway president and general manager, Jeff Byrd
couldn't be more appreciative of the
Speedway's relationship with Food
City, who also sponsors the August
Busch Series race.
"It's very, very difficult these
days to find sponsors who'll stick
with you for a couple of years, let
alon 15," he said. "We have a
tremendous relationship with the
~olks at Food City - they are part of
the Bristol Motor Speedway and
their support has been invaluable to
us. Fifteen years in the sport as the
sponsor of one of the most popular
races in NASCAR says an awful lot
about Food City's commitment, not
just to Bristol Motor Speedway but
to racing, as well. We feel very fortunate to have them as a partner and
also a great friend."
Before Food City began sponsoring Bristol's Nextel Cup race, the
Abingdon-based company was
already testing the waters with fans,
not just with driver sponsorships,
but Food City Family Race Nights.
Back i.n 1987, Food City decided to
set aside a special night dedicated to
the fans each Thursday prior to
BMS's race weekend. What began
as an event that drew a few hundred
fans has now grown into one of the
largest fan-related off-track event
in the country, with crowds ii
excess of 50,000. Over the past 2i
years we have raised over $450,00
for local non-profit groups and chil
dren's causes.
"If any event were to stand as
testament to how the racing worlo
has evolved, Food City Family Rae
Night would surely be it," saio
Smith. "We wanted to do somethin.
special for the fans all those year
ago and 20 years later they'v
helped it grow just as the sport ha
grown. Race fans continue to sup
port Food City Family Race Nigh
and we couldn't be more proud tha
we're able to do something specia
like this for them."
Food City is also introducing
new race logo for the spring eve01
The new Food City 500 logo will b
used for the first time in conjunctio.
with this year's event.
"We wanted to create a new loo:
to commemorate our 15th anniver
sary," said Smith. "We plan on bein.
part of Bristol Motor Speedway ano
this wonderful sport for many year
to come. Our name is synonymou
with Bristol and the Food City 5()1
and Food City 250. When you'r
part of an event that's been voted th
best on the circuit, it doesn't ge
much better than that."
Headquartered in Abing,don
Virginia, K-VA-T operates 95 retai
food outlets throughout the Tri-Stat•
regions of Southeast Kentuck)
Southwest Virginia and Northe~
Tennessee.
Kids tell comeback stories nobody in football should forget
by JIM LITKE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO - Football breaks
bodies, not just bones, more than
most of us want to remember.
Play stops for a few moments,
the crowd goes silent and prayers
follow the loaded-up cart rumbling
off the field. Some of those players
never climb down or walk again.
It happens rarely in the NFL- on
average, only once every four years
- but 10 times a year in high school
games across the country. Worse
still, we forget about nearly all of
those soon enough.
That's what made a football banquet being thrown Thursday night
by the Chicago chapter of the
American Football Foundation so
different. Thanks to tireless campaigning by a retired high school
administrator
named
Don
Grossnickle, and a little help from
some high-profile friends, a handful
of former players in wheelchairs
were invited to tell comeback stories
nobody in the audience will ever to
forget.
"Think of your own son being
paralyzed, with no insurance, an_d
what that would do to your family,
your job, your whole life," said
Bears coach Lovie Smith, who's
been instrumental with both his time
and money in helping Grossnickle's
"Halftime Book Project" reach a
wider audience.
"It's something we all live in fear
of, but until you see it, or deal with
it," Smith added, "it doesn't really
hit home. And as good as football
has been to a lot of us, it's time to do
a lot more. Especially al the grassroots level."
Progress has been slow, but signs
the game is corning to grips with
that shameful part of its legacy are
scattered throughmit recent headlines.
All during ·Super Bowl week,
Mike Ditka lobbied poignantly on
behalf of broken-down, destitute
former players too proud to beg for
the medical benefits they deserve
for helping build the game. Just
Wednesday, former Green Bay
Packers great Jerry Kramer
announced that donations and an
auction he put together to assist
some of those same pros brought in
$125,000, including $12,200 for a
ring bitka put on the block.
But none of those funds will
trickle down to where Grossnickle
and the young men he helps are
struggling. And while raising money
is a short-term goal - to help families deal with the trauma and cost of
a catastrophic injury; to make sure
high school coaches, referees and
school officials are more knowledgeable and better prepared about
how to avert them in the first placeGrossnickle has something grander
in mind.
What he envisions is a "high
school warrior alliance," a national
clearinghouse that provides not just
information and resources, but
counselors in the form of kids who
have been paralyzed themselves.
That way, he explains, it's not just
help, but self-help.
"Fortunately, it doesn't happen to
a lot of kids, but it's a byproduct of
the game we all still love, and these
kids need and deserve a reason to
get up in the morning, too," he said.
"At some point,. football has to step
up and say, 'We take care of our
own.'"
In Grossnickle's case, that happened shortly after he heard the
story of Rob Komosa, who was paralyzed while playing on the scout
team in practice at a nearby high
school, then spent months trapped in
his bedroom while his parents,
Polish immigrants who spoke little
English, tried to cope with medical
and financial problems overwhelming them.
Grossnickle began by helping
widen the door frame in Rob's bedroom. Next, he helped build a ramp
at the front door, and then started in
on the paperwork. Eventually, it
consumed so much time that
Grossnickle resigned his job as an
assistant principal -"I'm lucky," he
recalled, "I'm old enough, with
enough put away to do this" - and
made it a full-time cause.
In no time, other paralyzed high
school athletes started finding him.
So Grossnickle talked former Bears
coach Dick J auron and the late
Randy Walker, Northwestern's foot-
ball coach at the time, into helpin;
out. When Smith replaced Jauroi
with the Bears, and Pat Fitzgeralc
picked
up
the
mantle
a
Northwestern after Walker's suddei
death, those organizations' bonds tc
the "Halftime Book· Project" go
even stronger.
"We need to remember tho
opportunity the game gave us," saic
Fitzgerald, one of the speakers at tho
banquet. "This gives us an opportu
nity to give something back to those
in need."
Bears community relations direc
tor Caroline Guip plans to bring the
"Halftime Book Project" to thc
attention of the league at busines
meetings in the spring and proposc
each team in the league explore set
ting up a similar initiative in thei
towns. Grossnickle has found onl~
one other project up and running, i1
Texas, where Eddie Canales starte(
out looking after his son, Chris, wh<
was paralyzed in a high schoo
game, and now ministers more thar
a dozen kids.
"We could both use some help,'
Grossnickle said.
It could be on the way. At mos
football banquets, from Pee Wee
leagues on up to the NFL, some
awards or scholarships are hande'
out, a few people speak and the
luminaries in the crowd take a bow
All of that happened Thursday nigh
in Chicago, too.
But somewhere in the middle
after Grossnickle passed out copie~
of an inspirational book he se.If-pub·
lished to raise money for the projec
and told the stories of the kids in thf
wheelchairs surrounding him, thf
game took an important first step.
It's not enough to just look a1
these kids and say, "There but fo1
the grace of God go I.' What we' n
asking people in football to do i~
help us pull together a safety net,'
he said, "because nobody know~
when they're going to fall."
Jim Litke is a national spom
columnist for The Associated Press
Write to him atjlitke@ap.org
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
18, 2007 • A9
Georgetown beats Bears in classic conference battle
TIMES STAFF REPORT
GEORGETOWN- It was classic
Mid-South Conference basketball at
til its best, and in the end, the league's
best team had just enough.
No. 4 Georgetown wrapped up
the regular-season title Thursday
night by pilling out a thrilling 95-92
win in overtime over the Pikeville
College Bears.
Georgetown (22-3, 7-0) placed
six players in double figures, including all five starters in pulling out the
win. Pikeville had four in double
digits, including senior Will
Holloman, who poured in a careerhigh 32 points.
The teams went to overtime tied
at 84, and after the Tigers took a
quick two-point lead, the Bears
scored eight straight, ending with a
three by freshman Brad Lowe, to
lead 92-86 with 3:10 left.
But the Tigers scored the last nine
points of the game, beginning with
four by senior Kevin Reinhardt. He
had six of the nine, as the Tigers
made 7-of-8 from the line in the
final 2:24 to secure the win.
Pikeville ( 12-4, 3-4) had the ball
for the final 46 seconds and got off
two shots, but got none of them to go
and dropped the heartbreaking decision.
The Bears led 45-41 at the break,
and neither team led in the second
half by more than seven.
Senior Steve Sickler hit a free
throw to put the Bears on top 79-72
with three minutes left before senior
Craig Schoen scored five straight on
his own to cut it to two. The game
was tied at 81 when Pikeville took
an 84-81 lead on a three by
Holloman with 55 seconds left.
But Georgetown got a three from
Kyle Saxton with 36 seconds left to
tic the game and send 1t to overtime.
Holloman's 32 led a huge night
which saw him add I 2 rebounds and
five assists. Senior guard Donald
Thomas finished with J 9, 17 coming
after the half. Bo Harris, a sophomore from Winchester. had 15,
while Lowe tossed in 11 .
Georgetown
got
19
from
Reinhardt, who aho had eight
boards, and 18 from senior Brian
Silverhorn, who was four-of-seven
from the arc and also had seven
rebounds. Schoen finished with 17
to go with eight assists.
Sophomore Eric Fields and junior
Donnovan Brown finished with 13
apiece, with Brown pulling nine
rebounds and Fields five for the
Tigers. Kyle Saxton came in off of
the bench and added 12 points for
the Tigers.
Wotnen's basketball: Pikeville road rally finishes short of victory
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GEORGETOWN
The
Georgetown Lady Tigers survived a
22-9 run in the middle of the second
half to hold on for a 73-61 win over
Pikeville College on Thursday night.
The win pushed Georgetown
above the .500 mark to 4-3 in the
league and into a third-place tie with
the
losing
team
from
the
Cumberlands at West Virginia Tech
in the Mid-South Conference standings .
Pikeville, meanwhile, dropped to
0-7 and 8-19 with three games
remaining in the MSC slate.
Pikeville pulled within 16-10 in
the middle of the first half before the
Lady Tigers exploded. The rest of the
half, they outscored the Lady Bears
26-11 to take a 42-21 edge to recess.
Georgetown stretched its lead to
25 for the second time when Katie
Filiatreau hit a three with
The Lady Bears got as
close as 11, 72-61, when
12:17 to play, making it 55Martin scored with 24
30. But Pikeville went on its
run, beginning with two free
seconds left before setthrows by freshman Heather
tling with the 12-point
Martin and ending with a
loss.
jumper from the same player
Pikeville's balanced
at the 4:36 mark to make it
scoring attack was led by
64-52. In between, Pikeville
Marlin's 12 points. The
got six from sophomore Heather Martin
Kite native also had nine
~hitney Hogg on a pair of
rebounds and four assists
threes and went 7 -of-8 from the line.
to lead the Lady Bears in all three cat-
~ No. 11 Bulldogs ~age Wildcats
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Tasha Hu phrey
had a game-high 28 points and 10
rebounds as No. 11 Georgia survived
with an 82-72 overtime victory
against Kentucky on Thursday night.
Humphrey had 12 points in the
first half and scored I 0 of Georgia's
first 13 points.
Five different Bulldogs scored in
double figures and in overtime as
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Eagles claim
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S:all~an
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Football rules
changes focus on
illegal helmet
contact
TIMES STAFF REPORT
INDIANAPOLIS - In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet contact in high school football, the
National Federation of State High
School
Associations
(NFHS)
Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with
• l the intention of further reducing the
risk of injury in the sport.
Rules revisions regarding illegal
helmet contact were among 14 rules
revisions made by the committee at
its January 20-21 meeting in
Indianapolis. Tfle rules changes were
subsequently approved by the NFHS
Board of Directors.
In Rule 2, the committee placed
butt blocking, face tackling and
spearing under the heading of
"Helmet Contact - Illegal" to place
more emphasis on risk-minimization
concerns. In Rule 9-4-3, the committee added a note that lists examples of
some types of illegal helmet contact
that could result in disqualification.
Examples of illegal helmet contact
that could result in disqualification
include. but are not limited to: a) illegal helmet contact against an opponent lying on the ground; b) illegal
helmet contact against an opponent
being held up by other players; and c)
illegal helmet-to-helmet contact
against a defenseless opponent.
In addition, the committee formulated a definition of a flagrant foul, an
often-used term in the rules book but
which previously was not specifical4rl ly defined. A flagrant foul will be
defined as a foul that may or may not
involve physical contact, but
involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so
severe as to place an opponent at risk,
persistent or extreme abusive conduct
and the usc of vulgar language or gestures.
"While these changes mostly
involve reorganization, the committee is confident that the rules now
place a stronger emphasis on flagrant
•
egories.
Sophomore Vicki Hall tossed in
11 , getting nine after the break, while
Hogg hit for 10.
Georgetown also put three players
in double figures, with junior Megan
Gray leading the way with 21 thanks
to 9-of- 10 shooting from the line.
Junior Kim Ingle flipped in 14 with
sophomore Maddy Lewis finishing
with 11.
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87-72 tn overttme
Georgia outscored Kentucky 16-6 in
the extra period.
Georgia's Janese Hardrick finished with 12 points, six of them in
overtime.
The
Bulldogs
(22-5,
9-3
Southeastern Conference), who led
by as many as 11 points in the second
half, have won three straight games.
The Wildcats ( 16-11, 5-7) took
their only lead in overtime, 70-69,
when Sarah Elliott made a jumper,
but the Bulldogs answered with
seven straight points.
Tied
64-64
in regulation,
Kentucky's Sam Mahoney missed a
jumper and Hardrick was fouled
grabbing the rebound, sending her to
the line for two free throws with 10.4
seconds left.
Hardrick made both giving
Georgia a 66-64 lead before
Kentucky's Carly Ormerod made a
driving layup with 5.1 seconds left to
tie it at 66-66.
On the Bulldogs' last possession
in regulation, Hardrick missed a turnaround jumper forcing overtime.
Mahoney finished with a teamhigh 23 points and Elliott had 17 for
the Wildcats, who had four players
score in double figures.
Trailing 56-45, Mahoney ignited a
12-2 run for the Wildcats, scoring
nine points and Ormerod added a 3pointer cutting the Bulldogs' lead to
58-57.
Kentucky will return to action
today when it plays host to Arkansa<>
on Senior Day. Tip-off is set for Noon
EST in Rupp Arena and the game wil1
be carried live on the Big Blue Sports
Network (radio and television).
Seniors Nastassia Alcius, Jennifer
Humphrey and Jenny Pfeiffer, as well
as managers Emily Jones and Freddy
Perry will be honored prior to tip-off.
15 points each, and Jamyron
Steward added a career-high 14
points to lead the Morehead State
University men's basketball team to
a 71 -58 Ohio Valley Conference win
over Samford Thursday evening in
Johnson Arena.
The Eagles broke a nine-game
losing streak with the victory and are
now 11-15 overall, 7-11 in the OVC.
MSU moved into a s2vent'h place tie
with Tennessee State and both are a Randall Gulina, 15 from Jerry Smith
game ahead of ninth place and 13 points from Travis Peterson.
Jacksonville State (6-12). Only the
After suffering through an
top eight teams advance to the OVC extremely cold shooting night in a
postseason tournarr1:ent.
Tuesday night loss to Jacksonville
Samford lost its third consecutive State, MSU shot a red-hot 55.3 pergame and is 14-12 overall, 11-7 in cent (26-of-47) against the Bulldogs
the league. The Bulldogs are tied and made six-of- 14 from behind the
with Murray State for fourth place in arc . Samford managed only 34.7
percent (17-of-49), including 10-ofthe current standings.
s ·amf9rd g·ot r7 points 'from , g3 from three.!point range.
"This was obviously a big win for
us," said MSU Head Coach Donnie
Tyndall. " I thought we played well
defensively. Our
man-to-man
defense was very good tonight.
"We did a good job on the backboards, out-rebounding them 34-to25. lt was great to see our shooting
come around, especially in the second half."
acts and illegal helmet contact," said
Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director
and liaison to the Football Rules
Committee. "These revisions continue our ongoing emphasis on risk minjmization and good sportsmanship."
"Annually, the NFHS Football
Rules Committee has sought ways to
better promote the health and physical welfare of the participants and
cultivate the high ideals of good
spprtsmanship," said Brad Cashman,
executive
director
of
the
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
Association and chair of the NFHS
Football Rules Committee. "The
rules committee has again raised the
standard in regard to both areas of
concern."
Changes in the football game jersey specifications that were approved
last year for implementation in 2010
were revised slightly this ~ear, and
the implementation date was moved
back to 2012. The revised rule will
still require the visiting team's game
jerseys to be white and contrast with
the home team's jersey.
"The changes made this year by
the committee will provide manufacturers and schools a clearer direction
on the specifications," Colgate said.
"The committee extended the implementation date to give schools an
opportunity to make the necessary
adjustments during the normal uniform rotation and replacement cycles
during the next five seasons."
In Rule 8-2-2, an enforcement
option has been added when there is a
foul by the opponent of a team scoring a touchdown. In addition to its
previous option of accepting the
result of the play and having the
penalty enforced on the try-for-point,
the scoring team may choose to have
the foul enforced on the ensuing
kickoff.
Two changes were made in Rule
1-2-3 regarding "The Field and
Markings." A 4-inch-wide broken
restraining line is now required
around the outside of the field, and
the line must be at least two yards
from the sidelines and end lines. The
only exception to this rule will be in
stadiums where the total field enclosure docs not permit the line. In addition, a line, 4 inches wide by 12 inches long, that bisects the limit line at
each 5-yard line extended. may be
used.
"These lines are used to assist
line-to-gain crews, as well as providing additional safety features for
players, officials and sideline media;
helping game officials with an unobstructed sideline operating. area; and
providing coach'es with an unobstructed view from the coaching
box," Colgate said.
Rule l-2-3 now will also provide
rule support for the location and
dimension of a three-yard line marking that appears on the field diagram.
A line, 4 inches wide by a minimum
of 24 inches in length, shall be centered and placed three yards from
each goal line.
The committee added two new
articles to Rule 10-4 regarding basic
spots for enforcement of penalties.
The basic spot will be the 20-yard
line for plays when the end of the
related run is in the end zone fol lowed by a loss of possession and the
ball re-enters the playing field and
then goes out of bounds.
Following are other changes
approved by the Football Rules
Committee:
- Added the word "legal" to the
definition of a passer to help clarify
Rule 2-31-11.
- Provided an opportunity for a
coach who assumes the head coaching responsibility during a game
(when the head coach has been disqualified) to call a time-out.
- Beginning with the 2008 season,
required forearm pads to meet same
specifications as gloves and hand
pads as set forth by the Sporting
Goods Manufacturers Association in
1994. The new rule will require forearm pads to have the NFHS/NCAA
label attached beginning in 2008.
- In six-, eight- and nine-player
football, reduced the free-blocking
zone to a zone three yards on either
side of the snap and three yards
behind each line of scrimmage.
In terms of the number of participants, football is the most popular
high school sport for boys. According
to the 2005-06 NFHS High School
Athletics Participation Survey,
1,071,775 boys played 11-player
football, with another 25,000
involved in six-, eight- and nine-player footbalL In addition, 1,264 girls
played high school football in 200506.
photos courtesy of MU and UC
LOCALS SHINE ON THE
DIAMOND: Eastern Kentucky
natives
Jeremy
Slone
(Paintsville)
and
Steve
Blevins (Louisa) are each
NCAA Division I pitchers.
Slone (above), a senior,
pitches for the Marshall
University Thundering Herd.
Blevins (left), a sophomore,
hurls for the University of
Cincinnati Bearcats.
CONCENTRATION: Piarist School senior Matt Doyle eyed a free throw
attempt during a recent late regular-season game.
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SUNDAY, fEBRUARY
18, 2007
THE fLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Most fishing, hunting license fees stairstepping up
by STEVE VANTREESE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The cost to engage in fishing or
hunting in Kentucky is goirg up.
Sporting license fees will step up
smartly for the 2007-08 license year
that goes into effect March I. Licenses
from the 2006-07 year fittingly
become invalid with the passing of
Feb. 28.
As almost everything in life, licenses are subject to inflation. Fishing and
hunting license increases, however,
change only at intervals, the stairstepping invoked only by action of the
Kentucky
Fish
and
Wildlife
Commission and approval of the state
legislature.
Some examples of the new fees:
Kentucky resident fishing licenses as
well as resident hunting licenses are
jumping from $15 to $20 each, a 33
percent hike. For someone who does
both, the combination fishing-huntin~
license will be $30, up from $22.50.
For specific pursuits, the state's
deer permit goes up from $25 to $.30.
The spring turkey permit IS bemg
hoisted from $20 to $30 for the new
year.
It's not just Kentuckians who will
bear a heavier load. Nonresidents will
find themselves paying $50 for an
annual fishing license, up from $35.
An out-of-stater's vacation fishing
license, a 15-day nonresident liceme,
is now $40, increased from $21.
The nonresident annual hunting
license has inflated from $115 up to
$130.
There are some exceptions to rising
costs. The resident combination fishmg and hunting license for semors age
65 and older as well a<> those documented as disabled remains at a bargain basement $5.
Youngsters, whom the Kentucky
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources is trying hard to enlist as
sportsmen and future stewards of conservation, will find that their junior
hunting license is going down from
$8.75 to $5 under the new schedule.
Likewise, junior deer permits and
junior turkey permits each are decreasing from $15 to $10, while there is a
new discounted junior sportsman's
license that, at $25, covers them for all
Kentucky game and fish pursuits.
The reasoning behind the fee
increases for most licenses and permits is simply increased costs for
everything in fish and wildlife management with no others but sportsmen
paying the bills.
"Conservation is totally funded by
user fees in Kentucky," department
spokesman Mark Marraccini said.
"Some fish and wildlife agencies in
other states arc paid for by the general
fund or supplemented by money from
the taxpayers. Here, it's the sportsmen
who pay for fish and wildlife management through license and permit fees
and federal excise taxes on equipment
that are charged of hunters and fishermen.
"I think most people who buy
licenses understand that they're paying their own way, and they'd rather
be doing it than depend on tax
money," he said.
The increase in fees is the fint
since 2000 while department operating expenses have risen about 3 percent annually since, agency officials
say.
Fish and Wildlife Resources
Commissioner Jon Gassett said periodic license increases typically are
necessary every five to six years to
keep pack with inflation, while the
agency has stretched its last increase
to cover seven years.
"However, we have reached a point
where operating expenses will force
us to reduce or terminate the quality
programs and services that our customers have come to expect" if the fee
increases were not implemented,
Gassett said.
Gassett said the increased fees
leave licenses and permits for
Kentucky at a level that are similar to
those of other states that are user-paid
systems.
Gassett said Kentucky sportsmen
are getting their money's worth. He
cited
burgeoning
interest
in
Kentucky's quality whitetail deer
hunting, the largest elk herd east of the 1• )
Mississippi River- from which a new
world record bull elk is being predicted- a booming turkey flock and quality fishing for both warm-water and
cold-water game species as fruits of
license and permit fees well-managed.
Marraccini said a rise in license
fees typically means a decline in
licenses sold during the ftrst year of
the new rates. Most of the downturn
usually is recovered the next year, he
said.
Meanwhile, a fee increase routinely puts the state agency ahead of
expenses for a time during which
money
can
be
accumulated,
Marraccini said. That inevitably is followed by a period when costs again' ~
overtake income and the department
for a time operates off the cushion until the point comes that yet another •
round in fee increases is dictated, he
said.
AND THERE'S MORE TROUBLE IN THE GARAGE AREA: Gordon's winning car fails inspection
by MIKE HARRIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -Just
when it looked like racing would
snatch the spotlight from the cheaters
at Daytona, Jeff Gordon's winning
car failed inspection.
Gordon, who won the second of
Thursday's two 150-mile qual fying
races, now will start the Daytona 500
in 42nd place.
NASCAR inspectors said his
Chevrolet was almost an inch too low
but blamed it on a part failure - not
cheating. He was not stripped of the
victory.
"We feel it was unintentional, and
actually
fairly
unsafe,"
said
NASCAR competition director
Robin Pemberton. "We feel that it
was a part failure, and we feel that it
was unitentionally done. I think it
would be marginal at best if there was
any advantage.
"I am 100 percent sure this is
unintentional."
NASCAR said it believed a
mechanic made a mistake when the
shocks were installed before the race.
Gordon's was the sixth team in
three days to be caught with technical
violations. The earlier problems led
to expulsions, suspensions, fines and
loss of championship points - and the
season hasn't even begun.
for a deal that was similar to ours."
The most serious of the violations
Gordon learned his car had failed
was committed by the new team of inspection while finishing his postMichael Waltrip, whose Toyota failed race news conference.
"Are you serious? That sucks. T'm
inspection after an illegal substance
was found in the gas line. His crew mad about that right now," he said
chief and team director were sus- with a look of disbelief on his face.
Asked what the penalty should be,
pended indefinitely and kicked out of
Daytona
International
Gordon wasn't sure.
Speedway. Waltrip was
"I mean, what do I think
docked 100 driver and car
it should be? It's whatever
owner points.
NASCAR decides for it to
be. That's what it should be.
That was on the heels
of lesser violations by the
I mean, I think I should start
teams of Matt Kenseth,
the Daytona 500 on Sunday,
Kasey Kahne, Elliott
but where I start will be the
Sadler and Scott Riggs ,
other thing.
whose crew chiefs all were
Jeff Gordon
Turns out that will be
fined and suspended. All
next to last.
"We're not going to take a win
drivers also lost points.
"You couldn't stage this stuff, away from anybody," Pemberton
even if you wanted to," Pemberton said.
said.
Tony Stewart was the day's first
Roush Fenway Racing president winner, taking the first 150-mile
Geoff Smith said the team "clearly'' qualifying race to firmly establish
is going to file an appeal for the himself as the Daytona 500 favorite.
penalty assessed to driver Matt There were no questions about his
Kenseth earlier in the week, on the victory as he easily held off former
basis that NASCAR's system of 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the
assessing penalties is inconsistent.
closing laps.
''I'm sitting here, and Michael
To add the Daytona 500 to his 11
Waltrip gets two thirds the penalty of other Daytona· wins, Stewart likely
the last fuel additive alteration situa- will have to beat Earnhardt. It's
tion, and (Kenseth) got an unprece- expected that three-time Daytona
dented, never-seen-before penalty," winner Gordon, who charged from
Smith said. "Now you've got Jeff fourth to first on the final lap of the
Gordon, who gets absolutely nothing second race, still will be a top chal-
lenger, even starting from the rear.
Stewart said he gladly would give
up his other Daytona wins for a triumph Sunday.
"Yeah, the qualifying races and
the Shootouts and the July race are
great, but I really want this race on
Sunday badly," he said.
Four drivers two from each race
- raced their way into the lineup
Thursday, including Michael Waltrip,
who got what he wanted -a chance to
prove he idn't need to cheat to make
the 500.
With an eighth-place finish,
Waltrip and Boris Said, who nosed
out Mike Bliss for 12th, advanced in
the first qualifying race. They'll be
joined in the 500 by Joe Nemechek
and Mike Wallace, who finished
ninth and 11th in the second race.
Kyle Busch led most of the second
race but lost the lead to his older
brother Kurt, the 2003 series champion, and fell all the way to sixth on the
54th lap. Meanwhile, Gordon hung
around the leaders throughout the
race but seemed to come out of
nowhere for the victory.
He pitted for two tires during a
caution period 10 laps from the end,
while the eight cars ill froqt of him
stayed on track. Gordon was lith on
the restart on lap 54 and slowly
moved back into contention.
Gordon said it took some luck and
some drafting help from J.J. Yeley to
Waltrip begins rebuilding process by racing into Daytona 500
by JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"I'm probably the most depressed
guy you have ever seen make the
Daytona 500," he said with a sigh.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
"I'm thankful. I'm sad. I'm happy at
Michael Waltrip cheated, apologized the same time. Daytona does that to
and then vindicated himself the only you."
way he knew how: He drove his way
So does cheating.
Waltrip's humiliating debut with
into the Daytona 500.
The two-time Daytona winner Toyota began last Sunday when
almost too embarrassed to get behind NASCAR found a suspicious subthe wheel after his team was caught stance in his intake manifold. After
in NASCAR's biggest cheating scan- three days of examination, it was
dal - capped a roller-coaster week determined to be a fuel additive
Thursday by earning a spot in the designed to dramatically boost horseGreat American Race.
power in a car that previously had
"I know I am good enough to do it struggled with speed.
without having any cheating
NASCAR tossed o.ut
on my car," he said. "I don't
two key Waltrip employneed it. I can go fast without
ees, handed crew chief
it. I think we proved that
David Hyder a $100,000
today."
fine - the largest in series
Waltrip's eighth-place
history - and docked
finish in the first qualifying
Waltrip 100 points.
race
at
Daytona
But NASCAR didn't
' International Speedway was
kick him out of the garage,
good enough to get him in
something other drivers
Micheal Waltrip questioned.
the field.
Because of NASCAR's
"To tell you the truth, I
complicated qualifying format for think he got off easy," Joe Nemechek
1
this event, it also guaranteed rookie said. "It gave the sport a black eye. I
David Reutimann a spot along with think Michael Waltrip is very fortuthe two other Toyota Camrys that nate to be in this race."
Waltrip owns. Reutimann would have
Waltrip expected that reaction
had to race his way in otherwise.
from some and said president Mike
But there was little celebration at Helton encouraged him to race
the finish line, where Waltrip sat Thursday when all Waltrip wanted to ·
stone-faced inside his car as he bat- do was go home and hide.
tled a wave of conflicting emotions.
"I came real close to not racing
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TIMES STAFF REPORT
ROSSBURG, Ohio - Reserved
seat tickets for Eldora Speedway's
popular Nextel Prelude to the Dream
(June 6) and Old Spice Summer
Sizzler (July I 0) will go on sale
Sunday, April 1 at 11 a.m. (EDT), as
announced recently by track officials.
For quickest response, fans arc
encouraged to use Eldora's online
ticketing service online at www.eldoraspeedway.com. Orders will also be
accepted by calling the track office at
937-338-3815.
While the June Nextel Prelude and
the July Old Spice Sizzler are both
highlighted with NASCAR talent
recruited by Eldora owner and twotime NASCAR champion Tony
Stewart, that is where the similarities
end.
In the Prelude, the imported talent
is pitted against each other in borrowed Late Models in a full program
of events that include~ time trials,
preliminary heats and the main event.
Kenny Wallace was victorious in
2005's inaug ural Nextel Prelude,
today," Waltrip said hours before his
qualifying event. "I just felt like there
would be a cloud over whatever I
accomplished today because of what
happened. "
He was contrite at his morning
news conference, and that didn't
change after he secured his spot in the
field.
Toyota officials, conspicuously
absent in his morning apology session, gathered around him after the
race.
"I couldn't be happier for Michael
and his organization.... What a turn
of events," said Lee White, general
manager
of
Toyota
Racing
Development. "Michael Waltrip carried two cars in - that's 7,000 pounds
a pretty heavy load for the guy. "
Teammate Dale Jarrett m~hed to
Waltrip's side on a chaotic pit road,
grabbing his boss in a bear hug.
"Proud of you. Want you to know
that," Jarrett said.
"I appreciate that," Waltrip said,
lips quivering.
"I knew you could handle it, anyway," Jarrett replied.
But someone on Waltrip's crew
thought otherwise, worrymg so much
that Waltrip wouldn't make the race
that the team member broke the code
of the Nextel Cup garage by tampering with the fuel.
NASCAR suspended Hyder and
competition director Bobby Kennedy
indefinitely; Waltrip blamed an
unidentified individual or individuals
within his team, adding that no one
had been fired.
But Waltrip's profession of innocence has not gone unquestioned even by former teammate Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
"There's a fine line there because
when the driver is the owner he
should have quite a bit of knowledge
of what's going on," Earnhardt said.
"It makes me want to kind of believe
Mic hael when he says he was
unaware of it. As a driver, I would
take that for what it's worth. But it's
hard to imagine as an owner that you
wouldn't know something about
that."
Jarrett defended his boss, however. pointing out Waltrip has worked
tirelessly to put together the flagship
Toyota team.
"He's worn so many hats coming
in here. It's incredible," Jarrett said.
"He proved right there how good a
race driver he is. I told him before the
race that if anybody here could get
the car in he could do it, and he went
out and did it."
Waltrip now will focus on
Sunday's race and trying to restore
his image.
"We've just got to start trying to
rebuild people's faith and trust," he
said. "For all those fans who bought a
NAPA hat or a Michael Waltrip shirt,
I just hope you can wear it proudly
again soon."
while Stewart ruled the roost last
year. The charity driven event has
grown to become Eldora's largest
drawing race of the year; having
played to sold-out audiences each of
the past two years.
Although Stewart has not revealed
his crop of drivers for this year's edition, he promises that an exciting and
colorful group will be on hand.
July's Sizzler annually finds the
NASCAR talent racing right with
Eldora's weekly warriors. Each of the
past two years, Stewart, Kasey Kahne
and Dave Blaney have strapped
themselves into winged Sprint Cars
to do battle with the National Racing
Alliance (NRA) Sprint Invaders,
while Kenny Wallace and Kenny
Schrader joined the fray last year
with the addition of the United
M idwestern
Promoters
(UMP)
Modifieds to the Sizzler.
Despite rising costs of operation,
Stewart has held steadfast on the pricing for these two events. As in 2006,
the reserved seat pricing for adults
will remain at $25 for adults (ages 16
& up), at the Prelude, and $20 for
adults at the Sizzler. Teens (12- 15)
will be $15 (Prelude) and ($12)
Sizzler, while the Children (0- 11 )
pricing will be $10 at the Prelude and
$8 at the Sizzler.
Complete time schedules and
other information surrounding these
two maJor events will be updated on
www.eldoraspeedway.com as they
becomes available.
get to the front on the final trip
around the 2.5-mile oval.
Kurt Busch wound up second, followed by David Stremme, K yle
Busch and former series champion
Matt Kenseth, who raced from the
rear of the 30-car field after his qualifying speed Sunday was disqualified.
The first race was slowed by six
caution flags, while there were only
two in the second 150.
For a while, it looked as if James
Hylton, the 72-year-old hoping for a
comeback at Daytona, would make
the field for his first Daytona 500
since 1983. After running as high as
second by staying on the track when
others pitted during a caution, he got
shuffled back on a late restart and
faded out of contention.
Others who failed to make the race
included former open-wheel star A.J.
Allmendinger, his teammate Brian
Vickers, two-time Daytona winner
Bill Elliott, 2002 Daytona 500 winner
Ward Burton and 1990 winner
Derrike Cope.
~ AP Auto Racing Writer~..Jenna
Fryer, and AP Sports Writers Mark
Long and Chris Jenkins contributed
to this report.
Nextel Cup
Early Schedule
Feb. 10- x-Budweiser Shootout,
Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony
Stewart)
Today - Daytona 500, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
Feb. 25 - Auto Club 500,
Fontana, Calif.
March ll- UAW-Daimler
Chrysler 400, Las Vegas.
March 18 - Atlanta 500,
Hampton, Ga.
March 25- FuuJ City 500,
Bristol, Tenn.
April 1- Goody·s 500,
Martinsville. Va.
April 15- Samsung 500, Fort
Worth, Texas.
April 21 -Subway Fresh 500,
Avondale, Ariz.
April29- Aaron's 499.
Talladega, Ala.
May 5 - Crown Royal 400,
Richmond, Va.
May 12- Dodge Avenger 500,
Darlington, S.C.
May 19- x-"lASCAR Nextel
All-Star Challenge, Concord.
N.C.
May 27 - Coca Cola 600,
Concord, N.C.
It's Time For
America's
Cookies!
Order your cookies todayl
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
18, 2007
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.;
Worship Service, 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
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Allen First Baptist, Allen; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Serv1ce, 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 Service, 11 a.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
Music, Minister.
Calvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Doug Lewis, Minister.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Faith Bible Church, an independent Baptist Church, located
on 1428, between Allen & Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Sunday Morning, t1 a.m.; Sunday Evenin~, 16 p.m; ·
Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer; 6 p.m.; Pastor, Rev. Stua~
E. Swanberg.
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.
First Baptist, Garrett; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Worship
Serv1ce, t1 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy
Osborne, Minister.
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.
First Baptist, Prestonsburg, 157 South Front Street;
Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wed. , 6:30p.m.; Jerry C. Workman, minister.
Fitzpatrick First Baptist, 1063 Big Branch, P.O. Box 410,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
Tommy Reed.
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
6:30p.m.; Wednesday, 7: p.m.
Free United Baptist, West
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Grethel Baptist, State Rt. 3379,
(Branham's Creek Rd.); Sunday
School, 10 a. ~ . ; 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;
Assist. Larry Patton. Phone 3584275.
Highland Avenue Freewill Baptist;
Suntlay 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.
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.
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requests, prayers,
intercession and thanksgiving be made for
everyone - for kings
and all Lhose in
authority, that we may
live peaceful and quiet
lives in all godliness
and holiness.
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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
Serv1ce, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mike
Hall, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
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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Lackey Freewill Baptist, Lackey;
World rights reserved.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Community Church of God,
Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Arkansas Creek, Martin; Worship
Johnny J. Collins, Minister.
Service, 11 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Bud Crum, Minister.
L'ancer Baptist Church; 71 Cooley St., Prestonsburg, First Church of God; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m., Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Steven
Evening Woship, 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting and V. Williams, Pastor.
Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.; Pastor Bobby Carpenter
Garrett Church of God, Garrett; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Liberty Baptist, Denver; Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. ; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Merle Little,
Donald Bragg, Minister.
Minister.
Landmark Church of God, Goble Roberts Addition; Sunday
Ligon Community Freewill Baptist, Ligon Worship Service, School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 :10 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Sunday, 11 :00 a.m. Thursday, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth E. Prater, Jr., Minister.
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
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.
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.
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
Chaffins, phone 946-2123.
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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.
M11re 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, Martin;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Serv1ce, 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 6:00p.m.
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, Minister.
Trimble Chapel Freewill Baptist; Intersection of U.S. 23 alj)d
KY 80, Water Gap; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morning Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and Evening Worship Service 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. t428; 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.
Little Paint First Church of God, 671 Little Paint Road, East
Point; Sunday School, 9:45a.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 :DO 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 Methodls~ 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.
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, 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.
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 Serv1ce, 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 Serv1ce, Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m.;
Patricia Crider, Minister.
Free Pentecos~al 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 Minister.
Goodloe Pentecostal, Rt. 850, David; Worship Service, 6
p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Floyd and Magoffm
County Line; ; Worship Service, 6:30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
Minister. 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
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Rev. Vicki Poole, pastor.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Seventh-Day Adventist, 5 miles West on Mountain Parkway;
Church Service, 9:1 5; Sabbath School, ·to:45; John Baker,
Pastor, 358-9263; Church, 886-3459, leave message.
Everyone welcome!
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
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
Carriere, Bishop.
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.
Drift Independent, Drift; Sunday, 1t 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
Eqwpment; 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., 6:30pm.; 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 Hbuse of Worship, Old Post Off1ce 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
services 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.
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Zion Deliverance, Wayland; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30p.m.
Prayer Line: 358-2001 ;. Darlene W. Arnette, Pastor
Taylor Chapel Community Church, formerly the old Price
Food Serv1ce 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.
506 Bucks Branch, Martin
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Dependable transportation and ability
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required. Call 1800-999-8881
AUTOMOTIVE
JOB OPENING
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construction-Labors
and COL drivers
needed class A or B
experience helpful
but not mandatory.
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Star Construction at
874-1263
Cars
HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
FE
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$4,495.
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SES 80,000 miles.
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Martin - Hind man
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The
Lexington Herald
JOB OPENING
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drivers for work in
Shelby.
Drug
screen, clean MVR
ad 7 years valid DL
required .
1-800471-2440.
References
required #26, EOE.
JOB OPENING
RN/LPNCompetitive wages
b~ed on experience, health and
dental insurance,
up to 4 weeks vacation, 9 paid holidays, no weekends.
Send resumes to
PO
Box
2667,
Pikeville KY 41502
JOB OPENING
CUSTOMER SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVE
Prestonsburg, KY
Medi Home Care, a
division of Medical
Services
of
America, Inc. has
an immediate fulltime opening for a
CSR.
Duties
include
building
client relationships,
rece1ving and processing
patient
referrals, insurance
data
verification,
entry, and paperwork management.
Previous
exp.
Preferred, but we
will train the right
person. Our benefit
package includes
medical/dental
insurance, 401 (k)
retirement, a generous personal leave
time program, etc.
Complete an application
at
1900
Kentucky
Route
321, Prestonsburg,
KY 41653.
JOB OPENING
Mine Component
Mechanic, Welder
Fabricator.
Both
positions are for
shop work. May
inquire at 60687496441 between
the hours of 8:30am
to 4:00pm.
JOB
OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
JOB OPENING
Positions open for
welders
certified
and ironworkers for
local project. Pay
based on experience. Fax resume
or request for an
application to 606478-5699 or mail to
PO
Box
1~7.
Stanvile, KY 41659
JOB OPENING
Equipment
Operator/Well
Tender needed for
local gas company
Requirements:
Class B - NonHazardous - COL
Salary commensurate with experience
Drug
Screening
required
Mail
or
Fax
resumes to P.O.
Box 2144, Pikeville,
KY 41502 - Fax:
(606) 433-0632
Phone: (606) 4330107 ext. 57
JOB OPENING
A nationally known
LPN orCMA
for Medical Office in Pikeville.
Must be efficient w/ a friendly smile
and pa·oficient with computer-s.
T•·aveling required.
Good Pay & Benefits
References required. Send resume to:
Medical Offices
P. 9. Box 3128
Pilrevillc. KY 41502
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company
has
recently opened a
large factory authorized sells and service center in the
Big Sandy Area.
Responsible people
needed
1n
all
departments. $375
per week to start as
per written agreement. Paid vacations and advancements
available.
People who are
ready to work and
advance
call
Monday Feb 19th
only 9am to 5pm at
606-788-7334.
N A L
HRMC: 886-8511 I www.HRMC.org
Come grow with us!!
Hig lands Regional Medical Center™
'The Medical Center of Eastern Kentucky"
has an opening for
Medical Staff Information Specialist
Highlands Is seeking a motivated Medical Staff Informational Specialist to serve
as a liaison to the Medical Staff to assist in the resolution of Cerner Millenium
System Issues: this will include identifying system, process, training, and other
technical Issues, and developing appropriate responses to resolve the Issues.
Communication of issues and Issue resolutions will be a key responsibility In
t~fs position. The Medical Staff Information Specialist develops an on-going
problems Inventory, monitor Cerner Service Requests and their completion. He
or she will also work In concert with the Medical Staff leadership to optimize
the use of the clinical Information system and building physician care sets.
This position will report to the Medical Director.
Requirements:
The Ideal candidate must be a graduate of an accredited RN nursing program
and currently licensed In the state of Kentucky. One year or more of
Information Systems experience preferred. The candidate must have
knowledge of a variety of Cerner Software Applications and knowledge
of the Cerner Organization.
Interested applicants may apply to the
Human Resources Department
Highlands Regional Medical Center
5000 Kentucky Route 321
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
(606) 886-7530 • Fax: (606) 886-7534 • E-Mail: tclark@hrmc.919
Highlands is an equal opportunity employer.
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Ches~.
B~d
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
computer
desk,chair.
Call
358-2330 or 3580180
REAL ESTATE
Houses
HOUSE FOR
SALE 3 BR 2 bath
house completely
remodeled inside
and out. South
River view lane.
Prestonsburg. 8868991.
HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
jacuzzi tub in master bedroom. All
kitchen appliances,
security system,
family room has
hardwood floors
with gas fire place.
All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
over looking 1/2
acre flat fenced
yard. 2 min. to RT.
23, 5 min to downtown
Prestonsburg.
Recently appraised
at $156,000.
Priced for quick
sale $145,500.
Immediate occupancy.
Call 285-9277 4228197 226-4551.
HOUSE for sale at
Drift. 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi levQI 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.
Only minuets from
Pikeville,
Prestonsburg and
Painstville.
$167,500. Call
874-2972 or 4544579.
FOR SALE
5 BR house 1 1/2
bath. 2 story on
approx 3 1/2 level
acres with barn
and out buildings.
Could develope as
5 building lot.
Located in banner
area. $124,900
Call 874-9456.
2/11 2wk
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!!!!!!!
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
is seeking candidates for
Director of Development/Grants
Responsibilities include coordinating and directing health
planning initiatives and researching, planning, and writing
grant applications for external funding for primary care
organization.
Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Marketing,
Communication, Business, or related field. Experience in
grant writing, fundraising, or related experience desired.
A competitive salary and excell ent benefit package
accompany this position.
Mail or fax resume to:
Sale or Lease
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call
791-1986
FOR RENT
Beauty shop equipt
with 3 stations and
tanning bed. Would
consider renting for
commercial
use
other than beauty
shop. Rt. 122 1
mile
South
of
Martin across from
Garth
Technical
School. Must have
references. 2859112.
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..
GroundHog Day
Special.
Park
Place Apartments.
First month rent
FREE W/ Deposit
paid in full. Rent
staring at 1 BR $208, 2 BR- $304.
Offer valid thru
2/28/07. All electric
HUD
accepted.
Call 886-0039.
WELDING POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
Execellent pay, drug
screening required.
Call Mon-Fri 8a-5p
285-9358.
PHYSICIANS FOR WOMEN
is seeking candidates for
Part-Time Evening
CUSTODIAN
Responsible for the overall cleanliness and
attractiveness of the clinic.
High school diploma or equivalent
required. At least one year experience is
desired.
Please mail or fax resume to:
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321 , Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone: (606) 886-8546 ext. 130
Fax: (606) 886-8548
Email: j.conn@bshc.org
"A proud tradition of providing access to
quality health care·
B1g Sandy Health Care IS an Equal Opportunity Employer
Residents for PrimeTime
Attention second and third year residents!
We have openings for you fo work
RENTALS
evenings ond weekends
compel1tive
wages
ARH offers a
with' malpractice
APARTMENT
Insurance provided Pleose send your
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
apartment located
in
Prestonsburg,
above safelite. 1
BR, 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price.
Admlflistrator, 100 Medical Center Drtve,
re sume/ CV fo Heather Burton, Clinic
Hazard, KY 41 7 01
hburlon@arhorg or
call 606 439·687 4.
Looking for Employment
Citizens
National
Bank
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Fax: (606) 886-8548
Email: j.conn@bshc.org
"A proud tradition of providing access to quality health care"
Position Location: 620 Broadway, Paintsville
Big Sandy Health Care is an Equal Opportumty Employer
Min. starting pay, $8.14 per hour
EXPERIENCED WEB DESIGNER
WANTED
Well established company in need of an experienced
web designer.
Qualified candidates must be
proficient in HTML, C++, Dream Weaver 8, Adobe
Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, JavaScript, My SQL
Database and Microsoft Access. Must possess two
years' expenence and have good graphic design
capabilities.
Responsibilities would include designing,
maintaining and enhancing design content of
company website and emails. Must possess good
communication skills and have the ability to work on
projects individ~.mlly as well as in a team environment,
adhering to strict deadlines.
Please send resume along with three references to:
WEB DESIG~ER
P.O. Box 390
Prestonsburg, KY 4 1653
Now hiring for the position of
Full-Time ·
Documentation Clerk
The individual will maintain loan and credit files
to ensure all files are kept up to date.
Reviews files for exceptions to be reported
to the Senior Lender.
Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent
from two-year college or Technical school;
or one to t~o years related experience and/or
training; or equivalent combination
of education and experience.
Individual must be organized, detailed, and
have good communication skills.
Apply at any
Citizens National Bank location
P.O. Box 1488, 620 Broadway
Paintsville, KY 41240
(606) 789-4001
www.cnbonline.com
Citizens
National
Bank
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300.
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
J&K
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HOUSE FOR RENT
3 BR 2 bath house
Prestonsburg .
in
$550 plus deposit.
478-5389
4771707.
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
available
pets,
12/29 call
4386104.
WildCat Seamless
Guttering
PORTER PlUMBING
Floyd
TRIPLES
alld
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i-Ml-525-3456. or
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OR
226·2237 (cell)
CONSFRUCFION
R ESIDENTIAL OR COMMERC'IAI,
New Construction • Remodeling
Vinyl Siding • Window Replacement
Hardwood Flooring \
Shinglemn Roofing
Decks/Porches/Garages
Concrete Work
G&E
mmhvtrit4Dttod ~of ~~-t"t:s.
Al(rQtS I'M: ~f'J't t't<h ~
Leave message.
606-265-3336 or 606-265·4678
Electrical
Contractors
Licensed and
insured CALL
TODAY! 377-0707
OR 791-6142
RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL
Tht~ WOoKn.on.'be~·:wtd~
788-1474 (Home)
Owned and operated aolely by
peace of mind.
Vk.~oftt..~thu'U(~~hf:lpllt~:.~
Contact Matt Setser.
No Job Too Big or Too Small!
and Insured
for your
LOTS FOR RENT
New MH park.
Allen/Dwale area.
Restrictions apply.
paved streets, lighted area. All sizes.
606-377-2357.
Winter Special!
5 AND 6 INCH AND METAL
ROOFING
surrQnndillg counties for
over 40 years.
Forrest E. Porter
Licensed
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric.
Excellent condition .
$350, per month +
utlities and security
deposit. References
required. Call 606874-2802
lle..-ome: a Kmn..-ky
agan & ti»Vt OOnor
ISOUR
Bates Builders
Quality Post Frame
metal buildings.
Horse barns,
garages, storage.
Free estimates!
December special! ·
24x40x8 $5,660.
Call 1-888-530-9697
Servi11g
Mobile Home
Be
Restorations
7 years
experience on
Corvette restorations.
Call 606-789-0395 or 606-3670143. Custom body and paint,
Flames, Performance modification, Welding, Fiberglass repair
specialist, F-body Specialist.
Insurance work welcomelll
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Electrical Services
Home Improvements and Repairs
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Pager: (606) 482..()229
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Located at
<:leaning, and light drywall repair.
DEPENDABLE SERVICE
Christian owned & operated.
SERVING FLOYD AND
SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
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Office Space, Retail
Space, Houses,
Apartments,
Mobile Homes and Lots.
CALL
John K. Lewis, Master Electrician
Licensed: ME8643, CEB644
and exterior painting, pressure
1·800·HELP NOW
285-0999
Train at your convenience.
Professional Painting
Flnl11hlng Touch offers
Newly Employed
24 hr. Class (surface)
40 hr. (underground)
B hr. refresher
(surface & underground)
Also Electrical Classes
F R E E ESTIMATES
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Make a fiOlln(tlll cont•ibutlon to tttc> Ois;1stt< Rchet Fund
Pk>aw rontdct the lied Crm< at
Mine Safety &
First Aid Training
Weeksbury, Ky.
14 Years Experience
free estimates. can anvlime
606-886-8366
SHEPHERD'S
PLUMBING
Residential & Commercial
• Gas Lines
• Roto-Rooter
• Install Septic Tanks
• Small Excavating
24-Hour Service
226-2051
606-452-2490, 606-424-9858
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Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy
Coming Soon ... Aquatic Therapy
Our therapists treat patients of all ages - children
·and adults. PMC is proud to have Sandy Morris at
our Rehab Center. She is one of only five Pediatric
Certified Specialists in Kentucky.
"We are very excited about the Ortlwpedic
and Rehabilitation Center. The new location
will prot~ide our patients with much needed
convenience and accessibilit1, and they will
continue to receit~e the same outstanding
treatment in OUT State--of. . the . .art fadlit'J. n
Debbie Puckett
CEO ~ Rehabilitation Hospital
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Council gives itself fmal say on committees
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by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
The
PRESTONSBURG
Prestonsburg City Council voted 6-2 in
favor of an ordinance Monday night
which would give council members the
final say of who will sit on newly
formed or reinstated advisory committees.
The committees, which are being set
up in an effort to assist Mayor Jerry
Fannin with the city's day-to-day operations, will consist of a chairperson and
three members, all of whom will be sitting members of the city council. Two
nonvoting, non-council members will
also serve on the committees, chosen
by each committee chair, to offer additional outside voices from the commu-
nity.
The vote was not reached without
considerable discussion between council members, which at times during the
10 minutes devoted to the issue took on
an indignant tone as council members
aired grievances against one another
for comments made during and outside
of previous council meetings.
Council member Donna Wells said
she took umbrage to Shag Branham's
comments that she was a "rubber-stamper" when it came to issues brought
before the council. Also brought up
during the discussion period was a previous argument between Kelly Moore
and Branham, with Moore offering
proof that he did not call Branham a
(See COUNCIL, page 14)
Teacher
pay bill
ANOTHER
ROUNDUP
passes
House
FRANKFORT- School
' tricts that are having
trouble paying teacher
salary Increases approved
by the 2006 General
Assembly would get some
relief under a bill passed
Friday by the Kentucky
House.
House Bill 326, spon~ored by House
Appropriations and
~evenue Committee
Chairman Rep. Harry
Moberly, D-Richmond,
wbuld take $45 million to
$50 million in excess state
Qer pupil funding called
SEEK, or Support
~ucation Excellence in
i!Antucky, and reallocate
that money back to school
districts to cover the raisis. Moberly said a smaller
than expected student
population led to the
excess funding, which is
based on student average
daily attendance.
The bill passed the
House 98·0 and now goes
to the Senate for its consideration.
The reallocation would
give the districts - which
are helping meet the
~te's goal to bring
Kentucky's teachers
salaries up to the average
of the seven surrounding
(See BILL, page 10)
2 DAY FORECAST
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
photo by Alex Smith
Floyd County Sheriff John K Blackburn is assisted in the arrest of Larry Music by Deputy
Clayton Steele Monday morning. Music has been charged with two counts of trafficking in a
controlled substance, including oxycodone and hydrocodone.
Five arre ted in roundup
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG A
look of surprise came over 56year-old Larry Music's face
Monday morning as a large tan
Tahoe he was unfamiliar with
pulled into his driveway.
Music had just descended
his front steps and was walking
over his snow covered lawn
toward a rusty black pickup
Dannie Bentley
For up-to-the-minute
forecasts, see
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Drug charges
forwarded to
grand jury
truck when the driver of the
vehicle, Floyd County Sheriff
John K Blackburn, stepped out
and informed Music that he
was there to arrest him for two
counts of trafficking in a controlled substance. Within minMusic
was
being
utes
processed and jailed at the
Floyd County Detention Center
just miles from his home in
Prestonsburg.
"That was good timing on
Heather Castle
our part," said Blackburn.
"Another few minutes and we
may have missed him."
Music was one of five suspected drug dealers arrested in
Floyd County on Monday, a
collaborative effort between the
KBI and Floyd· County
Sheriff's Department. All five
suspects sold or assisted in the
sale of hydrocodone, Xanax,
(See ROUNDUP, page 14)
Stefan Jervis
David Ousley
PRESTONSBURG
Two Floyd County men
who live across the street
from one another and were
both arrested during a drug
roundup Feb. 9 were in
court for a preliminary
hearing on Monday.
During the search of the
home of Phillip Wilkerson,
28, a large amount of drugs
and cash were found in
multiple shoe boxes in a
bedroom closet. Several pill
bottles, bags of ,marijuana
and a handgun were found,
as well as cash divided into
rolls of $1 , $20 and $50
bills.
Floyd Coutity Sheriff's
Deputy Kenneth Prater,
who participated in the
roundup, said the marijuana
found in Wilkerson's closet
was packaged in several
small plastic bags, which in
his opinion proved the marijuana was being prepared
for sale.
Across the street, the
home of Jason Howard, 27,
which was searched at the
same time, contained large
amounts of drug paraphernalia, including over 30
marijuana cigarette butts in
ashtrays as well as several
empty syringes. Also discovered
were
several
unidentifiable pills and one
which Howard said he has a
prescription for.
Prater said he took photographs of the drugs and
paraphernalia found at
Howard's residence after
Howard had been arrested.
(See CHARGES, page lO)
Improvements coming soon
to mine communications
by TIM HUBER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
- There's growing evidence the underground coal
mining industry is close to
solving problems such as
poor communications and
the inability to track missing miners that hindered
rescuers called to the
January 2006 Sago Mine
explosion and other accident sites.
Federal law doesn't
require a solution until
2009. But West Virginia,
the nation's top under-
g{ound coal producer, is
requiring mines to submit
detailed plans for wireless
two-way communications
and tracking systems capable of withstanding all but
the most violent accidents
by July 31.
As
recently
as
December, the prospect of
meeting that
deadline
looked so dim that members of the state's Mine
Safety Technology Task
Force, which crafted the
regulation, doubted the
technology would exist in
(See MINES, page 14)
'Happy House' holds
party for clients
by JESSICA HALE
S TAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG - Happy
House is the name of a small
adult daycare in Prestonsburg,
given to it years ago by clients
who said, "We' re always happy
here." Employees say they are
always looking for a reason to
party and this year's Valentine's
Day celebration was a wonderful
way for all of them to celebrate
with music, food and even some
dancing from one particular outgoing client, whose smooth
moves added tons of laughter to
the festivities.
Employees at Happy House
also invited Troy Burchett, a
member of the Big Sandy
Singers, who provided music at
the celebration last week, utilizing his guitar-playing skills and
James Mitchell, a
client at Happy
House Adult
Daycare in
Prestonsburg,
enjoyed some
beautiful music by
Troy Burchett,
member of the Big
Sandy Singers who
entertained them
during a
Valentine's Day celebration.
(See PARTY, page 10)
photo by Jessica Hale
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(2) 2 Pancakes, Bacon or Sausage ..2.99
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2 Buttermilk Biscuits and
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Additionalltems-99¢ each
(1) Hash Browns or Home Fries
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obltuaries
Emily Olga Rice
Allen
Emily Olga Rice Allen, 94,
of Willard, widow of the late
Howard E. Allen, passed
away Sunday, February 11,
2007.
She was born May 2, 1912,
in Floyd County, the daughter
of the late Elder Samuel G.
and Sally Sturgill Rice. She
was a homemaker, a seam
stress, and a member of the
Farm Bureau. She was very
active in the Carter County
Homemakers, and was a
member of the New Life
United Baptist Church of
Banner.
Survivors include a sister,
Sina
Rice
Blanton
of
Prestonsburg; and several
nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter,
Sally Lou Allen Peterson; six
brothers: Elmer, Oscar Ola,
Lucian, Shirley, Willie, and
George Rice; and three sisters: Bayard Jenkins, Annie
Rice, and Madge Mauk.
Funeral services was conducted Wednesday, February
14, at 11:00 a.m., at the Hall
Funeral Home Chapel, in
Martin, with Elder Albert
King, and other United
Baptist ministers, officiating.
Burial followed in the Allen
Cem~tery, in Eastern, under
the professional care of the
Hall Funeral Home.
(Patd Obituary)
ODD
Nannie Gayheart
Nannie Gayheart, age 91, of
McDowell, widow of Roy
Gayheart,
passed
away
Monday, February 19, 2007,
at
Highlands
Regional
Medical
Center,
Prestonsburg.
She was born January 7,
1916, in McDowell, the
daughter of the late Evan
].<;~and Judy Hall Issac. She
was a retired employee of the
McDowell Appalachian Regional Hospital.
Survivors include two sons:
Jackie Gayheart of Martin,
and Ronald ,G. Gayheart of
Bevinsville; two daughters:
Barbara Martin of Sun City
West, Arizona, and Madonna
Maggard
of
Westland,
Michigan, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Nannie
Gayheart will be conducted
Thursday, February 22, at
11:00 a.m., at the Hall Funeral
Home Chapel, in Martin, with
Clergyman Arnold Turner Jr.,
officiating.
Burial will follow in the
Davidson Memorial Gardens,
in Ivel, under the direction of
Hall Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
Pallbearers:
Keith
Gayheart, Ryan Gayheart,
Aaron Gayheart, David Ison,
Adam Crum, and Frank Iorio.
(Paid obituary)
DOD
Billy Jack Moore
Billy Jack Moore, age 66,
of Lanca ter, Michigan, formerly
of Printer,
died
Wednesday, February 14,
2007, at Oakwood Heritage
Hospital, in Taylor, Michigan.
Born March 17, 1940, in
Printer, he was the son of the
late Orville and Thelma
Halbert Moore. He was a
retired truck driver, and was a
United States Air Force veteran.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Claudette Carroll
Moore.
'
Survivors include a son,
Carl Glen Moore of Dearborn
Heights, Michigan; a daughter,
Jackie (Shelly) Moore of St.
Claire Shores, Michigan; a
grandson, Cyle Scott Olesky; a
brother, Carl Jefferson Moore
of St. Claire Shores, Michigan~
his
companion,
Sharon
Martin; nieces and nephews:
Don, Tera, Sandra, and Lisa
Gearheart, Brandon, Aaron
(Peeper),
and
Shasta
Gearheart, and Stephanie and
Taylor Moore.
In addition J.O his parents
and wife, he was preceded in
death by a sister, Etta Mae
Moore Gearheart.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 17, at 1
p.m.,
at
Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home, in Martin, with
Mark Tackett officiating.
Burial was in the Halbert
Cemetery at Printer, under the
direction of Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral home.
(Paid obituary)
QCJO
Ida Slone
Ida
Slone,
81,
died
Thursday, February 15, 2007,
at 2:30 p.m., at Peabody
Retirement Community, North
Manchester, Indiana.
Born January 2, 1926, in
Johnson County, she was the
daughter of James Hall and
Cassie Mae Prater. She was a
homemaker.
She resided for the past
eight months in North
Manchester, and waJ previously of Silver Lake, Kosciusko
County, Indiana, for more than
50 years. She was a member of
the Church of God in Indiana,
Ohio,
Michigan ,
and
Kentucky. '
She was married to Rev.
Edd Slone on August 8, 1942,
who preceded her in death on
September 12, 1998.
Survivors include two sons:
Ted Slone of Wildwood,
Florida, and Will Slone of
Silver Lake, Indiana; four
daughters: Hattie Brown, .
Marcie Kirk, and Louise
Hopkins, all of Warsaw,
Indiana, and Edna Hughes of
Silver Lake, Indiana; 14
grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-greatgrandchildren.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by three sons. two
brothers, and a sister.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, February 19,
GearhtaTt
TripLe Play
Double Play
at 10 a.m., at Titus Funeral·
Home, Warsaw, Indiana, with
Pastor Terry Bradford officiating.
Burial was in the Lakeview
Cemetery, in Silver Lake,
Indiana.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Memorials may be made to
the family of Ida Slone, m care
of Will Slone, 2016 W. 900 S.
Silver Lake, ln. 46982.
(Paid ohicuary)
OO'J
Bonnie Jean Sword
Bonnie Jean Sword, age 68,
of Dwale, died Saturday,
February 17, 2007, at King's
Daughters Medical Center in
Ashland.
Born September 8, 1938, in
Prestonsburg, she was the
daughter of the late Willie
Robinson Collins, and the late
Lavada Goble Collins Eden;
she was the step-daughter of
the late Ed Eden. She was a
homemaker.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Earnest M.
Sword.
Survivors include a daughter, Batina Lynn Sword of
Dwale; a sister, Jane Back of
Prestonsburg; and several
nieces and nephews. and other
family members and friends.
In addition to her parents,
her husband, and step-father,
she was preceded in death by
three brothers: Clifford Ronald
Robinson, Otis Lee (Buddy)
Collins, and William Letcher
Robinson.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February 20, at 1
p.m., at the Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home in Martin, with
Rev. Edgar McKinney, and
others, officiating.
Burial was in Gethsemane
Gardens in Prestonsburg,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
(Paid obuuary)
Carter Beasley, Sarah Tackett,
Seth Tackett, and Amy
Tackett; and five great-grandchildren.
In addition to parents and
husband, she was preceded in
death by a son, Paul Carter
Tackett, on March 5, 1996.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, February 18, at 2
p.m., at the First United
Methodist Church, with Rev.
Mark Walz officiating.
Interment
was
at
Richmond
Memorial
Cemetery, in Prestonsburg.
Memorial contributions are
suggested to the First United
Methodist Church, 256 S.
Arnold Ave., Prestonsburg,
Ky. 41653.
.
The family has entrusted
arrangements to the Carter
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers: Dr. Charles
Arnett, Andy Jarvis, Danny
Stumbo, Tyler Whisman,
Keith Beasley, Ken Wells, and
Bryan Collins.
cPaid obituary)
:::100
Warren Carl
Wohlford
Warren Carl Wohlford, age
83, of Martin, husband of
Pamela Vicars Wohlford,
passed away Sunday, February
18, 2007, at the Hazard
Appalachian Regional Hospital.
He was born May 13, 1923,
in Hite, the son ofthe late John
C. Wohlford and Mae Osborne
MRP TAX·AIDE
~ People Helping People
Wohlford. He was a retired
coal preparation worker, formerly employed by Wheelwright Mining Company: an
U.S. Navy, World War II veteran ; and a member of Pleasant
Home Baptist Church, in
Water Gap.
Survivors, in addition to his
wife, mclude a daughter,
Janice Mitchell of Prestonsburg; two brothers: William T.
Wohlford and John
S.
Wohlford, both of Martin; a
sister, Margarette Conn of
Martin; two grandchildren:
Jamie Mitchell (Brandon)
Castle and Jerri Mitchell; and
a great-grandchild, Mitchell
Brandt Castle.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by a
brother, Robert V. Wohlford.
Funeral services for Warren
Carl Wohlford will be conducted Wednesday, February
21, at 11:00 a .m., at the Hal
Funeral Home Chapel, in,
Martin, with Clergyman Mark,
Tackett officiating. •
•
Burial will follow in the ,
Davidson Memorial Gardens,
in Ivel, under the professional•
care of the Hall Funeral Home<
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
(Paid ob1tuary)"
Card of Thanks
It is with sincere gratitude that the family of Ershel
(Cushaw) Scutchfield would like to thank our family and
friends for all your support, love and respect shown to us
during our loss. We are grateful beyond words for everything that was done to help us. Thanks to all who brought
food, flowers, visited with us, and prayed far us, during our
loss. Our lives will never be the same, but with God's love
~d help, we have continued. Sometimes the loss overtakes
us, but the love and support of others helps.
We would like to give a special thanks to our co-workers
and friends at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Betsy
Layne Elementary, Depflrtment for Community Based
Services, Worldwide Equipment, and Nelson-Frazier
Funeral Home.
We would also like to give a special thanks to Bill
Campbell and Mike Howard for the church services, and
Vickie and Rick Ellis for their beautiful singing.
The memory of our husband and father will live on in each
of our hearts, forever.
RUBY, ELIZABETH, SHIRLEY, RANDY
::JCJCJ
Virginia "Ditty"
Burchett Tackett
Virginia "Ditty" Burchett
Tackett, 82, of Prestonsburg,
died Thursday, February 15,
2007, at Central Baptist
Ho<p;taL
~
Born November . ...~ '•
13,
1924, • in
' · ·~
Suffolk, Virginia, .,,.. .
she was the daughter of the
late John Earl Burchett and
Irvy Jones Burchett. She was a
former receptionic;t for the
City of Prestonsburg, a member of the First United
Methodist Church, and a
member of the Prestonsburg
Woman's Club.
She was preceded in death
by her husband Edmond
Hershell Tackett, who died
December 29, 1975.
Survivors include a son,
Dr. Carl E. "Chuck" Tackett
(Susie) of Prestonsburg; a
brother, John Burchett of
Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Jane
Wommack
of
Suffolk,
Virginia; six grandchilren:
Jane Turk, Joe Marshall,
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VOLUNTEERS
will be working
EVERY TUESDAY
THRU APRIL lOth
9 a.m.-3:00p.m.
at the
FLOYD COUNTY
LIBRARY
Prestonsburg
Bring your 2005 income
tax return and all current
tax information for 2006.
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Senior Citizens and
low-income taxpayers.
Published as a public service of
the
limes.
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14fHRMC Febru.ary Calendar
Ky.
Mountain
Dental
Society: Feb. 24; Meeting
~lace A & B: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
1
AARP 55 Alive Mature
Priving Course: Feb. 26, 27;
:ry1eeting Place A & B; 9:00
~.m. to I :30 p.m.
1 Living Well With Diabetes
Support Group: Feb. 28;
Meeting Place A & B; 5-6:00
J1.m.
Topic: "Get in the
Rhythm: Taking Care of Your
Diabetic Heart."
: For more information con ·
S,_erning these support groups.
~ontact
the
Highlands
Educational
Services
Department at 886-7424.
I
I
:
Revival, March 5
1
The
New
Beginning
6utreach Church at Garrett,
will be having a revival beginl}ing March 5. The services will
qe at 7 p.m.• nightly. with speaial singing each night.
.Everyone welcome.
Maytown Center Upcoming
Events
• •Feb. 25 - Mountain Bike
Ride or Hike; 3-5:30 p.m.
~re~. Must call ah~ad.
• Feb. 26 - Pvza, games,
t.room hockey and more: 7th
grade and up. 6:30-9 p.m.
free.
: •Feb. 28 - Olympic games
~sorta) & more; 3rd thru 8th
grade;
3:30-5:30;
Free.
{_imit£;d transportation from
chools.
•Feb. 28 - Family Dinner &
Fun; 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.
•Mar. 1 -Karaoke, hosted by
Progressive Fitness; $3; 7-9:30
p.m. All ages.
•Mar. 2 - Community PotLuck Soup Bean lunch and dulcimer demonstration from
Meredith Slone; 12 p.m.; Free.
BLHS planning
'Decades' reunion
The Betsy Layne High
School reunion committee is
planning an event for the cla'ises of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and
60s, in June, 2007. For more
information contact Marvin
Williamson at 478-3310; Betty
Conn at 478 5987; Sue
Reynolds at 874-2574; or Joe
Hinchman at (859)-373-0518.
WHS Classes of '87 and '88
The Wheelwright High
School Classes of 1987 and
1988 will have a combined
class reunion on Saturday June
23, 2007. A family picnic will
be held at Dewey Lake Dam,
Shelter #2, from I 0 a.m. until"2
p.m.
An evening event is
planned at 7 p.m., at the Best
Western, in Prestonsburg.
Those wishing to attend should
contact Reunion Coordinators
Steve Cole and Jami Campbell
Cole at (859) 986-1883.
Also, cam a free computer by
rcgistenng for classes! For
more information, call 886
0709.
A Social Security representative will be at the Mud Creek
Clinic, Grethel, to assist people
in filing claims for Social
Security retirement, disability
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 representative will be at
the Mud Creek Clinic on the
following dates for the next
quarter:
Tuesday. March 13; and
Tuesday, March 27.
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
Watcrgap 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.
Call 874-2008 or 788-1006
for more information.
NOR BIT
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:00:
SUN. l1:301, 7:00, 9:00
MON.-SAT., 7:00, 9:00:
SUN. l1:30J, 7:00, 9:00
SUNDAY MATINEE- Open 1:00; start 1:30
RIVERFILL 10 • PIKEVILLE
Prestonsburg Rotary Club
Hillbilly Travel Club
Now scheduling trip for the
upcoming year to: Niagara
Falls, Canada, Labor Day
weekend.
Trip includes
roundtrip motorcoach, lodging,
selected meals. Also, guided
tour, 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
to hold meeting at FCHD
The Floyd County Retired
Teachers will be having a meeting on March 1, at 10:00 a.m.,
at the Floyd County Health
Department, Prestonsburg.
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.
Basic Computer: Mondays
- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Tuesdays
& Thursdays - 5-7 p.m.
Computer
Keyboarding:
Fridays- 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Sewing Class: Mondays 6-9 p.m.; Wednesdays- 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Quilting Class: Mondays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesdays - 68p.m.
Classes begin on Monday,
March 12. Cost: $30 for 8
weeks. Pre-registration necessary as class
lmited.
STRAND 1
STARTS fRI., 2/23
Hope in the Mountains
SS Representative to
visit Mud Creek Clinic
Floyd County Retired teachers
Auxier Lifetime Learning
Center\ Spring Classes
41649.
Please
v1sit
us
at
www.myspace.com/phsblackcats97 for further inf01mation.
PHS Class of '97
Members of the PHS Class
of 1997 are planning their tOyear reunion. The reunion will
be held on July 14, 2007, at
Best Westem Prestonsburg Inn.
Those wishing to attend, please
send personal information,
including name. address, phone
number, occupation, spouse,
children, and pets.
All teachers from 1993 to
1997 also welcome to attend.
Send all information to:
phs97@bellsouth.net, or mail
to:
Mark McKinney, 69
Hospital St., Martin, KY
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 tts 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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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 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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?l.mendment 1
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Cm¥Jress sfiaiJ mafe tw [aw resyecrin& an esra6fisfiment
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Americans deserve
real debate on war
The U.S. Senate is known as one of the world's most
deliberative bodies, but last week it was anything but regarding President Bush's proposed troop surge in Iraq.
The crux of Senate Resolution 470, distilled from 1, 700plus carefully chosen words, was this: "The Senate disagrees
with the 'plan' to augment our forces by 21,500, and urges
the President instead to consider all options and alternatives
for achieving the strategic goals set forth ..." The latter
included denying a safe haven to terrorists, strengthening
Iraq's unity government and training its forces.
The resolution wasn't binding. It was designed to measure
the "sense of the Congress." Yet Senate Republicans, led by
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, blocked its
consideration. Democrats and a few moderate Republicans
cried foul. The focus- the function and future of U.S. armed
forces in Iraq - was lost amid a debate about whether to hold
a debate.
,
We don't doubt that S.470 also was designed by
Democrats to put Republicans on the political spot regarding
an unpopular war. Nonetheless, McConnell and other
Republicans did themselves no political favors by opting out
of a debate many Americans feel is overdue. It's ironic that
the U.S. is trying to install democracy in Iraq while forgetting how it works here.
Likewise, it's fair to question the motives of majority
Democrats who'd rather settle for symbolic measures than
doing something real. This doesn't augur well for future,
tougher, binding decisions - specifically on funding the war,
where Congress really can flex its muscle; that's the vote
McConnell says he wants. It used to be said in this country
that politics stop at the water's edge, meaning that on foreign
policy, our representatives put aside party and work together
in the nation's best interest. We're not sure that's so anymore.
This procedural gridlock puts our soldiers in a terrible spot,
caught between a civil war in Iraq and a war of words in
Washington, D.C. They deserve real direction, not gutless
gamesmanship.
Now the matter of a sternly worded, nonbinding rebuke
falls to the U.S. House. That chamber's resolution, which
likely will receive a vote Friday, says, "Congress and the
American people will continue to support and protect the
members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving
or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and
Congress disapproves of the decision President George W.
Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than
20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq."
It's still an attempt to have it both ways, to seek little more
than political cover. The wording is unfair, because the resolution's dual focus puts potential "no" voters in a Catch-22:
What, you don't back our troops? We' ll take it as a given that
all involved support our soldiers, and propose that the question be pared to the surge alone. Then Americans who send
these people to Washington and the troops who do their dangerous bidding far from home should get the House debate
they deserve and a thumbs up or down, not a Senate dodge.
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Give miners clean air
Yesterday I read in one of the local newspapers that the
Mine Safety and Health Administration has ordered coal
mine operators to submit a plan within 30 days to allow the
miners at least 48 hours of clean air (oxygen) with a contingency plan to have more if needed to rescue the miners
if they are trapped and can't walk or crawl out of the mines.
This order grew out of the new Mine Improvement and
New Emergency Response Act that became law in June,
according to this news report.
This proposal talks about 96 hours of air in a shelter, or
drilled holes from the surface, or 48 hours with a contingency plan to supply additional air if needed. This is what
I've been asking for since the Sago Mine accident in West
Virginia. I have written more than 300 letters to legislators
in both the state and federal government, the Kentucky and
West Virginia governors and to the new media since the
Sago Mine accident asking for this extra air so miners can
breathe if trapped in the mines. This plan will save many
lives in the future if it is actually implemented. It looks
good on paper, but let's wait and see if it becomes a reality that actually gives our miners clean air to breathe if they
are trapped in the working section of the mines and can't
walk or crawl out.
Our coal miners work at a risky job, first of all to provide for their families . But let's not forget that the coal they
mine provides electricity for our homes, schools, hospitals
and nursing homes. Without coal, many of us would freeze
in the winter. Our surgeons couldn't operate without electricity. A small child with a heart defect could not receive
the heart surgery he or she needs without our coal miners
supplying electricity.
Most of our new technology could not be possible without coal miners producing electricity. The cardiologist
could not do a heart catheterization to diagnose serious
complications, nor could he or she place a stent in the coronary artery without the electricity to operate the technology that's needed to see exactly where to place the stent.
Our coal miners arc the ones that provide the coal to
make the electricity required to operate this technology. I
could not write this letter without coal. Our coal miners
help provide the electricity to make weapons, tanks, ships
and aircraft to protect our country and our freedoms. Coal
miners provide electricity to our schools and universities to
educate our children, doctors, nurses, attorneys, administrators, architects, artists, teachers, welders, mechanics,
factory workers and all the rest.
As human beings, if we can' t help to provide them with
clean air to breathe if they arc trapped in the mines, then it
deeply saddens me to say we have become something othe .
than human beings.
'
I look forward to the day when this plan is actuallY,
implemented and our miners actually have this air tCi
breathe if trapped. Then I can write a letter to our legisl~
tors in the U.S. Congress and thank them for passing thi
law, if in fact they voted for it.
Miners, I've talked to within the past week tell me the
have two-and-one-half hours of air to breathe if trappe~
without clean air, and then they die.
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Lannie Ra~
Varney
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Taxes undermine energy
s
needs
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1
In his State of the Union address, President Bush repeatr
ed his support for reducing America's reliance on foreigp.
oil and indicated his desire to work with Congress to fin~
additional funding for the development of alternative fuel6
to help achieve this.
:
Sadly, Congress is busy trying to raise taxes o
America's energy producers. The Pelosi-led House Cif
Representatives has taken action to hike taxes on the
deductions American oil producers can claim when drilling
on federally-owned land, on profits made from gas and o'l
produced in the U.S. and on oil drilled in the Gulf qf
Mexico. These higher taxes would undermine America'~
energy, security and economic needs.
•
Pelosi and congressional allies should know that these
higher taxes will raise energy prices for consumers anti
small businesses because they will increase the productiop
costs of America's energy producers. This will encourage
more energy to be imported from foreign nations
demand for American energy falls. Because foreigners whp
don't always support the U.S. will increase their mark~t
share, prices will become more volatile.
•
While Congress and the president are right to look
increased use of alternative energy sources like solar
power, hydrogen and com, America's energy needs ~
expected to grow 40 percent in the next 15 years. Th4t
means we will need all the energy we can find - oil anti
gas as well as alternative - to meet demand.
•
Let's hope president and Congress can work together tb
increase America's energy diversity and energy securitf.
Higher taxes will have the opposite effect.
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Bill Minor
Minor and Compa,:Y
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�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007 • AS
Bucks Branch woman feeling warmer
with help from Big Sandy Area CAP
by D.L. DAVIS
BSACAP
Now that Old Man Winter
has finally arrived, with his
howling winds and bone-chilling temperatures, one Floyd
County family relaxes in the
comforting warmth of their
home, and tries to forget the
Big Sandy College Educational Foundation honored Dr. times when they thought they
Charles Arnett, center, for 19 years of dedication and years might free~:e to death .
of service at their regular meeting on Feb. 8. Pictured pre"It was so cold in here you
senting Arnett with a plaque are Dr. George D. Edwards, could see your breath,"
president of BSCTC, left, and Bob Bays, chairman of the explained 59-year-old Joyce
BSCEF board.
Ousley. "The only time we
were halfway warm was when
we had the cook stove and the
furnace on at the same time."
By Thanksgiving 2005, the
home's furnace was not only
on its last legs, it was becoming .dangerous as welL
"We were afraid to run the
furnace much because you
could feel the wall around it
getting hot, and we were
scared. A lot of times we went
to hed real early just so we
could stay warm, recalled
Ousley."
Ousley is no stranger to
advcrstty, and is not one to
give up easily. Years earlier,
Big Sandy College Educational Foundation, Inc. honored she returned to Bucks Branch
Frank Fitzpatrick for 19 years of dedication and years of ser- to care for her aili g mother,
vice at their regular meeting on Feb. 8. He is shown receiv- father and four adult brothers
that need special attention.
ing his plaque from Jean Dortdn.
That was 23 years ago, and her
mother has long since passed
on, and she buried her father
and a brother within 30 days of
one another. But, Ousley made
a deathbed promise to her
mother that she would remain
in the home and care for her
brothers. Of the four, only
Ronald, 53, and Darrell, 55,
are left, their two siblings having died years earlier, one
from cancer, the other from
heart disease.
Life since returning to
Floyd County hasn't been easy
for Ousley, dealing with a succession of four deaths, taking
on the responsibilities of careBig Sandy College Educational Foundation honored Dr. taker, and just trying to keep
Larry Leslie, center, for 19 years of dedication and years of living. With limited income
service at their regular meeting on Feb. 8. Pictured present- from meager disability paying Leslie with a plaque are Dr. George D. Edwards, presi- ments, Ousley was desperate
dent of BSCTC, left, and Bob Bays, chairman of the BSCEF.
to help her family.
When she heard there
might be a program that
helped make homes safer and
more energy efficient, Ousley
picked up the phone to see
what she could learn. After
speaking with a service worker at the Big Sandy Area
Community Action Program
(BSACAP) office, Ousley
made an application for the
agency's
Weatherization
Program. Following the family's approval, an assessment
crew visited the home to determine what could be done to
help.
What they found was a disaster waiting to happen.
The crew determined the
home needed a new heating
unit, but none was available at
the moment In a desperate
attempt to help reduce the risk
of the furnace catching fire,
staff took some used parts they
had on hand to make temporary repairs. Everyone prayed
that the efforts would tide the
family through the remainder
of winter when it was hoped a
new unit would be available.
The crew returned later
with a new heat pump to
instalL Their arrival could not
have come at a better time: the
old furnace had completely
quit working just a few days
earlier.
In addition to the heat
pump, the BSACAP crew
installed moisture barriers
under flooring, replaced duct
work, restored some insulation, and repaired crumbling
sheet rock.
Ousley says the family's
electric bill has been cut by
more than half, down to an
average of $62 a month
instead of the $150 it used to
be.
"This house is much, much
warmer," declared Ousley.
"Oh Lord-a-mercy! It's a won-
Joyce Ousley stands next to her new heating unit. The Bucks
Branch woman was able to replace an old and dangerous
furnace with assistance from Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program.
derful thing to get that kind of
help. I'm just trying to do my
job for my family and keep a
promise I made to my mother.
It's made a world of difference.''
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Calendar
• Continued from p3
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.
Newbees Quill Group: 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m., Extension
Office. (The Newbees do riot
meet during the months of
January and Febnmry.)
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 I: 15
p.m.
Living Free is a faith-based
12-step support group open to
all who are searching for recovery. There is no fee to attend.
For more info., contact Shirley
Combs at 874-3388 or 4348400.
Looking for a Support
Group?
Free Body Recall classes
•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-ll 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. I, at 5 p.m., at
Ahmed's
office,
Dr.
Weddington Plaza, Pikeville.
Refreshments will 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 6:30 p.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., at 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., 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 Ce1tified Domestic Violence
counselors. Call 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 1-800-9285242.
•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 Nmth 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:
Free Body Recall Exercise
Classes will be held Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, at
9:30, at the Presbyterian
Church
m
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 CAP.
office is taking a]Jplications fm
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,
call
432-2775;
and
in
Lawrence, call o38-40o7.
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
Employment
Program
(SCSEP) may be able to help.
Earn extra money, leam 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
onfidentiality
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
Pikeville, on Tuesdays, from
4:30-8:30 p.m. Contact Andy
Jones at 606-788-7080, or 800443-2187, ext. 186, or Linda
Bell, at ext 160 to make an
appointment
GED 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: 1st 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.)
doslone @eastky.net.
_
•PARENTS! - Contact the
Big Sandy Area Community
Action Program, Inc. to tind out
about child care services m your
area, the STARS for KIDS
NOW licensing standards program, and how you can cam an
income by staying home with
your own children while caring
for the children of others. Find
out more by calling Cheryl
Endicott at 886-1280, or 888872-7227 (toll free).
•East Kentucky S.TA.RS.
Homeschoolers -Will hold
monthly meetings at the Paintsville
Recreation Center. For more
information, call Trudy at 8899333, or 297-5147. 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.
Judi's Place for Kids to hold open
house, silent auction for·expansion
PIKEVILLE
Judi's our children. This event will
Place for Kids, the Big Sandy show concerned citizen~ that
Area Child Advocacy Center, we are good stewards of our
will host an open house and current location. We have just
silent auction March 6 from 4 outgrown it A new <.:enter will
to 6 p.m. at its current location allow for increased treatment
at I 06 Williamson Street.
and prevention service~ and
The silent auction is in part- enhanced collaboration with
nership with the Pike County the community."
The open house will also
Artisan's Center, with all proceeds benefiting Judi's Place feature a new tree of life sculpfor Kids. The open house will ture, which will display
showcase the Center's current engraved leaves to represent
unique facility, which is those community members
designed as a child-friendly . making a $300 contnbution
location for a child victim of toward the larger facility.
sexual or physical abuse to
Since July 2006, the Center
receive multiple services.
The proceeds from the auction will be used toward the
purchase of a larger facility.
Executive Director Laura
Kretzer says, "A larger facility
is an investment in our community to bring safety, healing, and justice to the most
vulnerable of our citizens -
has advocated on behalf of~
more than 120 child victims of
sexual or severe physical
abuse. Over I 00 of these children received specialized
interviewing services. More
than 50 children received specialized comprehensive child
sexual abuse medical examinations. The Center is the only
location in Pike, Floyd,
Johnson,
Martin,
and
Magoffin counties for a child
to receive ~hese services. All
services are provided at no
cost to the victim or the victim's family.
Dr. Keith lson
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Keith lson, Ophthalmologist has joined the Highlands Eye Clinic, the practice of Dr. Charles
Wheeler, Ophthalmologist. Dr. lson is a native of Pikeville. a graduate of Pikeville College where he
earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry. Dr.lson received his
Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine. He
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and Kentucky Medical Association.
Now Accepting .New Patients!
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007 • A7
Pikeville Concert Association presents 'Rena.issance Man' Wayland Pickard
PIKEVILLE
The
Pikeville Concert Association
is pleased to present Wayland
Pickard,
award-winning
instrumentalist, singer, entertainer, and humorist on
Thursday. Feb. 22, at 7:30p.m.
in Pikeville College's Booth
Auditorium.
A true "Renaissance Man,"
Pickard is a piano recording
artist, songwriter and composer, actor, author and filmmaker. This multi-talent from
Hollywood has done it all and
hts unique versatility of combining comedy, music and
celebrity impressions has
made him a hit around the
country.
Pickard is a television
"Ace" award nominee and a
Cine Golden Eagle Award
winner. He has been described
The Pikeville
Concert
Association will
present Wayland
Pickard, awardwinning instrumentalist,
singer, entertainer, and humorist
on Thursday,
Feb. 22, at 7:30
p.m. in Pikeville
._College's Booth
T/1Auditorium.
Our Lady of the Way sees red
OLW saw red on Friday, Feb. 2, as employees dressed in eelebration of "Go Red For Women!"
MARTIN - Employees at
Our Lady of the Way Hospital
(OLW) observed Go Red For
Women Day on hiday, Feb. 2.
Pictured here are a few of the
many employees who wore
red that day.
Go Red For Women is the
American HearL Association's
nationwide movement that celebrates the energy, passion and
power women have to band
together and wipe out heart
disease. Thanks to the participation of millions of people
across the country, the color
red and the red dress have
become linked with the ability
all women have to improve
their heart health and live
stronger, longer lives.
Heart Disease is the No. I
killer of American women and of men. But the good news
is that heart disease can largely be prevented. Go Red For
Women empowers women
with knowledge and tools so
they can take positive action to
reduce their risks of heart disease and stroke and protect
their health.
"I am very pleased that we
arc celebrating Go Red for
Women," said Dr. Olatunji,
cardiologist and a member of
OLW's medical staff. ··women
are just as vulnerahle to hea11
disease as men. Events such as
this will help build awarcnc'ss _
about women and heart discase."
Schedule a go red health
check today. Talk to your
health care provider about factors that affect your risk of
heart disease. Together. you
can develop an effective heart
disease prevention plan.
Dr. 0. Olatunji is an associate of the Cumberland Clinic
based in London. Dr. OlatunJi
is located at Seton Complex,
second floor. You may reach
him by calling 606.285.3690.
by Jay Leno as a "sensational
musician," and by comedienne
Phyllis Diller as "the piano
variety arList of the decade."
As a composer, Pickard has
scored music for film and television. He has appeared on
'The Tonight Show," HBO, at
Carnegie Hall, and in such
films as "Beethoven's 5th" and
'The Great Santini." This
witty and charming entertainer
has been featured with symphony orchestras and at performing arts centers around
the country. He's acted in
numerous shows and also
served as musical director for
dozens of Broadway touring
shows.
As a performer, Pickard has
shared the stage with such
notables as Lee Greenwood,
Dionne
Warwick,
Larry
Gatlin. Carol Lawrence, Pam
Tillis. Bill Cosby, Andy
Williams, Sandy Patty and
many other celebrities. He
recently wrote an original
musical comedy that wlll
debut in Los Angeles this year.
He's produced albums, awardwinning commercials and
even authored a best-selling
book. From concert halls to
corporate halls, Pickard's
standing ovation shows have
delighted audiences from coast
to coast!
Tickets for the Feb. 22 performance will be available at
the door. For more information, contact the Pikeville
Concert Association at (606)
437-7878.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD CouNTY TIMES
Poll: Fletcher viewed unfavorably, but job-approval rising
The Associated Press
LOCISVILLE
Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher
is viewed unfavorably by nearly
half of all voters as he seeks reelection while at the same time
his job-approval rating is on the
rise, according to a new poll.
Conducted Feb. 8-14 by The
Courier-Journal, the Bluegra<;s
Poll questioned 801 adult
Kentuckians about the job
Fletcher is doing and 723 registered voters about how they
view the candidates. The poll
has a margin of error of plus or
minus 3.5 percentage points for
the full san1ple and 3.6 points
for the sub sample of registered
voters.
On the Republican side,
Fletcher enjoys almost universal name recognition, reaching
93 percent among respondents.
Challenger and former U.S.
Rep.
Anne Northup
of
Louisville is closest to Fletcher
in name recognition, with 64
percent of voters saying they
have heard of her. Meanwhile,
the third candidate in the
Republican race, Paducah businessman Billy Harper, was last
among the GOP candidates in
name recognition. even after
spending more than $2.5 million over the last year. Forty
nine percent of all voters said
they had read or heard something about him. Of those voters, 29 percent said they had
favorable impressions of him;
23 percent said they view him
unfavorably.
Fletcher's job-approval rating has bounced back 9 percentage points since a September
2005 poll, when he bottomed
out at 38 percent.
The latest poll found that 47
percent of those surveyed
approve of the job he is doing.
But 49 percent of registered
voters who recognized his name
have an unfavorable opinion of
him. Thirty percent said they
view him favorably.
In the Democratic primary
field, former Lt. Govs. Steve
Henry and Steve Beshear lead in
name recognition. But large
numbers of voters say they
don· t know much about the
seven candidates.
Mark Riddle, a Democratic
political consultant who is not
working for any candidate in the
race, said Fletcher's numbers
show that he is vulnerable in the
Republican primary but that he
can still win. He said that while
Democrat Henry appears to
have a slight edge, there is no
clear front-runner.
'This is a wide-open race... It
seems to me every one of these
candidates has a lot of work to
do in a short period of time," he
said.
Marty Ryall, Fletcher's campaign manager, said the results
are good news for Pletcher
because, despite his low ratings.
voter,.; increasingly believe that
he has done a good job.
"It's still very early in the
process, and Gov. Fletcher has
really only begun to tell his
story to the voter~." Ryall said.
"He's giving his vision for the
future, and his opponent is not
presenting that."
Cindy McReynolds, a 41year-old
special-education
teacher in Allen County and a
registered Republican, said she
has an unfavorable opinion of
Fletcher - not because of the
merit hiring scandal his administration ha<; been embroiled in
but because of his education
policy.
"He mandated that we
(teachers) get raises but he didn't give the school boards any
money to do it," she said. "Now
I might lose my job because of
it."
McReynolds is a poll respondent who agreed to a follow-up
interview.
Fletcher and 14 other named
people were indicted as part of
an investigation into alleged
violations of the state's merit
hiring law. A grand jury charged
that the administration made
hiring and promotion decisions
based on politics. Fletcher
issued a blanket pardon for anyone who had been or might be
charged in the investigation.
except for himself.
The charges against him
were dropped as part of an
agreement
with
Attorney
General Greg Stumbo, a
Democrat and ·lieutenant governor candidate on Bruce
Lunsford's ticket.
While Fletcher's name
recognition was at 90 percent·or
above in all parts of the state,
Northup was best known in
Louisville and surrounding
counties, at 96 percent. She also
had high nan1e recognition 73 percent
in the Bluegrass
region around Lexington.
But the poll found that fewer
voters had heard of her in eastern, northern and western
Kentucky. In eastern Kentucky,
only a third of voters knew who
she was.
The poll found that 45 percent of those voters view
Northup favorably and 26 percent view her unfavorably. The
rest were undecided.
Mike Clingaman, Northup's
campaign manager, said the poll
results reinforce what Northup
has said all along: Fletcher can't
win in November.
"For a Republican to win a
general election (in Kentucky),
you have to have support of all
the Republicans and a large
chunk of the Democrats," he
said. "These numbers make him
uneleclable."
On the Democratic side,
Henry appears to be the early
front-runner, with 59 paccnt or
voters saying they are familiar
with him, and 46 percent of
those saymg they had a favorable impression of him.
Despite unfavorable publicity after being sued by the federal government for alleged fraudulent billing on Medicart~ and
Medicaid claims a case
Henry settled in 2003 with a
payment of $162.000 - his
unfavorable rating was just 21
percent.
Beshear had nearly as much
name recognition as Henry, w1th
58 percent saying they had
heard of the former lieutenant
governor, attorney general and
U.S. Senate candidate.
But fewer than half the voters knew enough about him to
form an impression.
According to the poll. Henry
and Beshear were the only
Democratic candidates who
were known by more than half
of registered voters.
Perennial
Gatewood
Lexington atlomey who at times
his political life has favored
lcgal11.cd marijuana. was third in
name recognition, with 44 percent of voters saying they had
heard of him.
But 61 percent of this group
said they had an unfavorable
impression of Galbraith. who
hc~s moderated his position on
marijuana and now says he
favors lcgaliting only medicinal
marijuana.
House
Speaker
Jody
RichaJ·ds was next among the
Democrats. with 41 percent
name recognition. Of those who
knew him, 37 percent had favorable opinions, while 20 percent
viewed
him
unfavorably.
Richaras finished second in the
Democratic primary for governor four years ago and is the
longest-serving House speaker
in state history.
Although 39 percent of voters said they know who
Lunsford is, few have a favorable view of him.
The poll found that among
those voters, 17 percent had a
111
favorable impression and 28
percent had an unfavorable one.
Lunsii.lrd has been criticized
because he created a business
that went bcmkmpt and cost people millions of dollars. He also
ran for governor in 2(X)3 and
quit days before the primary.
After the primary, he endorsed
Fletcher instead of fellow
Democrat Ben Chandler in the
general election.
Of the major Democratic
candidates, state Treasurer
Jonathan Miller is last in name
recognition; just 27 percent of
voters said they know who he is.
Carol Andrews, a spokeswoman
tor Miller, said Miller's low
name recognition doesn't surprise the campa1gn.
"We didn't expect our name
to be up there with the good ol' N
boys who've been around for
some
time,"
she
said.
"Gubernatorial elections are not
decided by name 10. If they
were, Britney Spears would be
governor."
Only 12 percent of voters
'\aid they have heard of Wallins
demolition contractor Otis
Hensley, the seventh candidate
in the Democratic field.
Dr. Mark Veronneau
Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist
Highlands Regional Medical Center is proud to welcome Dr. Mark Veronneau. Ear,
Nose & Throat Specialist to our community. Dr. Veronneau earned his medical
degree from Ohio University College of O~teopathic Medicine, completed an
internship at Doctors H~spital in Columbus, OH and a fellowship in advanced
Rhinology and Facia! Plastic Surgery at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
in Chicago. IL. Dr. Veronneau is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of
Ophthalmo~ogy
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 of~ce at 5322 KY Rt. 321 Prestonsburg.
Instead of repealing runoff
election, lawmakers may fund it
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - Instead
of eliminating the possibility
of a runoff election after the
May gubernatorial primary,
the state might help local governments pay for the extra
costs, a House lawmaker said.
A proposal that would have
eliminated the run-off was
temporarily shelved Tuesday
by a House elections panel.
Now, lawmakers are considering a plan to keep the current law, which calls for a
runoff 35 days after the May
22 primaJ·y if a single candi-
date does not get at least 40
percent of the vote. Under the
plan, lawmakers would give
local county governments the
money to pay for administering a runoff, Rep. Rick
Nelson, D-Middlesboro, the
bill's sponsor said.
There are seven Democrats
and three Republicans seeking
the gubernatorial nomination
from their parties.
Secretary of State Trey
Grayson said the estimated
cost of a runoff would be about
$7 million, and that would be
shouldered primarily by county governments across the
state.
Attention:
Floyd County Residents
The Floyd County PRIDE Committee
will be meeting on
Thursday, February 22,2007
at 10:00 a.m.
At the Floyd County Annex Building
2nd Floor Conference Room
Located at 313 Westminster Street
behind the old Floyd County
Courthouse
If you have any questions, please call
Marie Martin-Holbrook,
Floyd County PRIDE Coordinator
at 606-886-9193.
PO# 49258
MVP
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
21, 2007 • A9
Merit system changes pass House muster
FRANKFORT A bill
that would give more job protection to state employees and
curb potential abu'>es of the
~tate's merit system passed the
House of Representatives
Wednesday by a vote of 97-0.
House Bill 62, sponsored by
Rep.
Mike
Cherry,
DPrinceton, titled the Public
Employee Protection Act
includes several provisions
affecting employees of the
state merit system, which is
dcsrgncd to base all hiring
decisions on an applicant's
qualifications. The legislation
would:
• Require the Personnel
Cabinet to set up alternative
dispute resolution procedures
for merit employees, including
peer review and mediation.
· • Hold member~ of the
state Personnel Board to
stricter standards, including a
requirement that they disclose
any conflict of interest related
to thc1 r scat on the board to
other board member-.. The
number of board members
would be expanded from seven
to nine, with classified
Booster seat bill passes House
FRANKFORT Young
children who are too large for
infant car seats but too small to
ride in regular car seats would
flave to ride in booster scats
under a bill passed by the
Kentucky House Wednesday.
House Bill 53, sponsored
by Rep. Tom Burch, DLouisville, would require that
any child under 8 years old
and between 40 and 57 inches
tall be secured in a booster seat
while riding in a motor vehicle. The penalty for drivers
who violate the provision
would be a prepayable fine of
$50, but no court costs.
HB 53 passed the House
.~9-9 and now goes to the
Senate for its consideration.
The legislation, which
resembles three previous bills
passed by the House. will protect Kentucky's youngsters in
case they are involved in
motor vehicle crashes, said
Burch.
"I have three booster scats
in my car that I use all the time
for my grandchildren," said
Burch. "It'~ something that
doesn't cost a lot, if they cost
anything.''
Motor vehicle crashes are
the number one cause of death
of,children age 1 and older in
~Kentucky, he added.
Rep. Mike Harmon, RJunction City, proposed an
amendment to the bill that
would have nullified the $50
fine for violators who prove
within 30 day<.o that they have
had a booster seat installed or
that they are below 250 percent of the federal poverty
level. The latter would be provided with a booster seat at no
charge.
The amendment, which
failed on a vote of 36-59,
would also have required all
fines for booster seat violaLions go into a fund to buy
seat~
for low-income families.
"Even though booster seats
arc not that expensive, I consider (this) a tax on the poor,"
said Harmon. Burch said the
amendment was not necessary.
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• Require former non-merit
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appointees, who become merit
system employees to serve a
probationary period or one
year unless they once served in
the merit system or have been
separated from their non-merit
jobs for at least six months.
This is to prevent -what many
call "burrowing"-or the seeking of merit jobs by non-merit
employees who would otherwise be at risk of losing- state
employment.
• Permit merit employees
and officers to hold nonpartisan elected office if the duties
of the office don't interfere or
conflict with their state job.
• Require the Personnel
Cabinet to study the reasibility
of background and reference
checks . on all Executive
Branch applicants for merit
jobs, and report on the study to
state lawmakers by this
November.
Rep. Derrick Graham, DFrankfort, who is a cosponsor
of the bill, said the legislation
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21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
C receives check
from Turner, Collins
FRANKFORT
Arts
leaders from across the state
came to frankfort on February
13 to celebrate Arts Day and
meet with their legislators.
During this time, Senator
Johnny Ray Turner and
Representative Hubert Collms
presented a check to Director
Keith Caudill and Assistant
Director Freddie Goble of the
Mountain Arts Center for its
FY2007 General Operating
Support Grant. The Mountain
Arts Center was awarded
$48,482 by the Kentucky Arts
Council, a state agency in the
Commerce Cabinet.
"Mountain Arts Center is a
great asset to our community
and to Kentucky," said
Representative Collins. "Any
money for Mountain Arts
Center is always welcome, and
I always welcome money to
Eastern Kentucky."
"Mountain Arts Center is
one of the finest facilities in
the state. Keith Caudill and
Billy Jean Osborne are to be
applauded for their fine work,"
said Senator Turner.
they usually have," he said.
Schools could also use the
money to meet their retirement
obligations, said Moberly.
Teachers who work in
career and technical education
would also get <;orne relief
under HB 326, which would
allocate $1 million in excess '
SEEK dollars to raise their
salaries both this year and
next. The teachers would have
the option of receiving a state
employee salary increase or
teacher pay"increase under the
bill.
Bill
• Continued from p1
From left to right, Freddie Goble, Keith Caudill, Kentucky Arts Council Executive Director
Lori Meadows and Representative Collins.
states by 2010 - some needed
relief, said Moberly.
"The differential between
the SEEK appropriation we
made (in 2006) and the
amount it takes to give the
salary increase does not give
them (the districts) the cushion
P~rt~------------his singing voice, which is
obviously fueled by his love
and passion for music. All of
the daycare's clients especially
loved Burchett's renditions of
some
well-known
Elvis
Presley songs as well as some
of his very own gospel ere-
• Continued from p1
ations.
Happy House was designed
to delay nursing home placement for individuals over the
age of 21 who need extra care
and supervision. According to
the staff, their clients love the
time they spend there and it's a
Charges
• Continued from p1
From left to right, Senator Turner, Kentucky Arts Council Board Member Retha Tarter, Keith
Caudill, Kentucky Arts Council Executive Director Lori Meadows and Freddie Goble.
Prater said he interviewed Allen, 51, and Jessica Howard,
Howard and took a statement, 27, were arraigned Tuesday
in which he told Prater that morning. Allen, who rented the
everything found in the house · house which Jason Howard
was staying in, faces one count
belonged to him.
Both cases were referred to of felony drug possession, posa Floyd County grand jury. session of drug paraphernalia
Howard's bond was reduced to and trafficking in marijuana.
$10,000 cash or 10 percent, He was released from jail last
with strict restrictions placed week after posting a $20,000
on him if he were to post bond. bond. Jessica Howard posted a
Bond reduction for Wilkerson $5,000 bond last week and has
was denied because he has been been charged with felony trafcharged with multiple felonies. ficking in a controlled subTwo others who were arrest- stance.
ed during the drug raid, Ezra
good way for their regular
caregivers at home to get a _.
break for themselves.
1."~""1
The program employs four
certified nurse aids. two registered nurses, and one licensed
practical nurse. Staff who
work at Happy House say that
many people don't know about
their program and they have a
Jot to offer to those in need.
The program provides personal care and physical rehabilitation, and they also were instrumental
in
starting
an
Alzheimer's support group in
Prestonsburg.
Happy House staff says
there are programs which
assist in the cost of care for ytJ
many clients. Anyone interested m applying for adult care
may call Dana or Traci at 8860265 for more information.
B£~ANA.
en you need.
lt most
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY, fEBRUARY
21, 2007 •
~11
Savor the
Sizzle of
Summer
Flavors
D
o you enjoy Lhe Duvur of steJk hot o.IT lhe bucky:!Cd !¢11- C\lt.."ll whcu the s~uru dli1Ilgc?
lf so, you're nor alone. According til the Hearth,
Patio & Barbecue Association. 60 percent of
grill owners cook out all year long, even during
the winter months:
"\-fore Amerkam: want to grill year-round.'' :;aui Kent
Harrison, spokesperson for t\J.~sPride prem.i.om beef.
''They know gril.Img giv~ be~f >~ gw_1l flavor., lllld they
want 10 savm tlu.U distinctive ll$te ulrn~tlliwe.~'
Pete Googl.u:-gli.Il, ~~orpot'lltc c.:hcl wilb An~ll!iPridc prcuritwt
bee!~ said winter grillmg docsn't rcquir" much moditlCEtti.on
!'rom: your summer grilling routine. lle reco~nds .s. cot1ple
ot varlations - 4Ild .a. jacket.
"Tfy1)u're using a ruh on your meat, throw in .a little more
'heat' by adcllng ;::orne dried, spicy chili re~ to your
se.1souing bleurl to spka tlrings up,·· he said. '~1\n.d dou 't
forg~L the-\>'ide diJ>hes with ruas!.ed rwl vegaubres - carrots,
purlmips. turnips or polatoo!:l - that are pltm.ti.ful in wmta-.
Wn!p tbcu.t up in al•m•inuw fvil wiilij~LllliLUc buller, ~lilt
and pew~. and cook them along with your steaks. You'll
have a complete meal"'
'lo get in and ()ut or me cold qukkly, Geoghegan re<;ommenif.'l dh:hes that require minimal grilling. A redpe like
Angu.\P.nde Rih Eye Steaks With Shoet>Jring Hies ha~ a
coo~ time of 8 to 12 m.iuutes. If you j11st dou'twaur
tu bruve Ote elements but still ~.·rave steak, lry Angtc.Pride
Ht>Jb :\fust..'lfd Ste.ak, whk:h cilll c-.asily be preparoo indoors
Ul1 the l>LO\-C.
Tho one thing most cooking enthusiasts agree on is tllat
great outdoor grilling, any time of me yw, begins wimlrighquality meat.
· 'When choosing premium beef, look for cuts that have
a rich. red oolor, firrr1 texture ami mhu.<:t marbHng;·
Geoghegan said.
Fur infQiliJ.ULiun on b<!l:lf !>hopping w:td 1J.l\1re r~ipe ;u.ul
ideos, v.isit wwvumgusqt1i.z.coro.
roe~ut
Five
Winter Grilling
Safety Tips
Y
ou Cl:!ll st11l cook uut:>l.Lfu d~
wmtcnirr!c, bur kOOJ1 safcry m mind
before vou fire up the grill. lcsli¢
Wheeler, spokesperson for the Hearth.
Herb Mustard Steaks
~ervings:
4
2 In 4 A ngusPride Top
Sirloin Steaks
Herb ,'Uustard
2 large dove:. garlic.
cru.'ihe.l
2
2
lcnspoon.~
wniC'r
l~bk-spoo.ru; Dijoo-~1ylc
mushml
1
drred l.Y<LSil
leaves
112 tea<;poon pepper
1/2 lt>ao;poon dried thyme
c~aspoon
leav~
h glass measure. comhine garlic
anrl W3te:r; n- icmwave 10 ">econrls
o.n hi.giL Stir u:. rem.~ iuing mustarc
ingredients; ;:pread ot1hl hotl1
side.<; nf sreaks
On fhe grill: Place steak~ ou
gnll oYer m.cdium ~ &.t. Season
steaks wtlb salt. as d 'sirl'd. Cook
B to 16 IDIOt: 1es dor 314-ioch-thick
steak:>: 1 or 7 to 2.1 minutes (for
1-m;:h-thicl; ::;re2k>.) nmi1 mtemal
tcmp-.;raturc rcacocs 160-.1:'.
In the OV<!O : Plate steak~ ou
l>xoilt-l pan, and pla~ pau ill lh<lowe1· ')'lort1on c•f the oven. R ·oil
~teaks nn high tnm1ng- nnre, mtil
!bey rcacb :m internal tcml£~hlurc
ot 16•1'1:'.
Setve m~ak~ with toa~te d vegeami ·1ce pilaf.
tahle~
RoclpC an•i photo courtc;,y of National
CattkllleU'> Bed As~ociaL.ot..
Path1 & R 1rhecue <\~soda iM , tJ ffet"!!: ~'[')me
ha.<.ic safelV f;'J1ddine.<: fnr h0moo~nerr.
to follow \Vh~n grllrtug outs1de durin2. the
winte'L' mouths. Consider these ttps.
: . A1low a minimum ot 11) teet of space
het:ween the gn ' l ::md. yDur home.
2
lnspc~t
gas lines, burners and the interior
hd of your grill, and rcrno'I"C an)' debris.
3 Don't nllO\>t oil :md fm to bUild up uJS1de
your gnU; the at·cumul:.tl!DL c0ulcl t~use
a flare-up the next time you C1.i1Jk.
4 Mnke sure ymn .grill e~.~ob c.::mpl~tdy
before it's covered <tnd $tO;a::1 away
5. Never leave \ ' Out grill unattended.
Rib Eye Steaks With
Shoestring Fries
~winak! tiro~
S~'ings: 4
10 lo 20 ruiuut~
1112 pounW> A~usPride
rib eye steaks
1'4 cup {)live oil
1/4 cup Merry vinegar
2 garlic.clo-res, crushed
1 tahJe.<;pOOn \Vorce.~r!'ihire
sauce
Sull uml pepp:r, tu tust~
SlweSlriJ~g
IIM.~ium
pobllucs (u\Mfut
11/2 pounds), cui into
.shoestrin!I;S
3 tablespoons olive oil
1
are crisp and arlges tum gnlden
brO'Ilm, iS to 20 minutes.
Grill ~t.eili to cletiired Jvuen~, 8 to
12 lllinule9 for m<!diWl!-rar~ Lt.> medium
douL'll~ . Serve shoestring fries UII tup
or steaks.
Cvuking Tp; U:;lllg a m:rudoli11 w !ill<.".:
pntalne.<; i~ qnick and easy. 'Yi1n can ptepare tbe fries up to four hours ahead; to
prevent l:towning. plaC'e shoestring fries
iu br.1wl of cold w:t!cr iur~··lri&"'.'nllor uutil
te:tdy l\) uS~:, lkn pal. lliern dry willi P'~
towels
Fries
Cooking .spruy
2
llOtato~
t~oonsalt
Pepper, to ta<lte
Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
r<nr steaks, whisk together oil, vin-
egar, g::d ic and Wo!'cestersb.lre sauc.e
in lurge glllss dish. PJuc:e stoolt::; in dish:
rnrn to coat wim ronrinadt>.. Let stellks
tlll.II'maw lO to 20 lllllllll~. tunung ont·~
Mcaow.hilc, p~ac O'.'CU to 425"'F.
Coat two ~ing sheets with cookmg
~pray
ror fries, tos~ toget*'er potmoe.<:. oil
anci salt in howl. Arrange por.atoo<; in
sillgle layt-J' ou baki.o.g sheets. &kt: uatll
Perini Ranch Steak Rob
&rvings: 4
.\'fakes: 112 cup
A~usPrick steak
1 tablespoon cornstarch
or Dour
1 lable.t;pOM.<i salt
4 table.t;{Wlons cnar~ly
ground hlatk pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
:l lcuspoom gurlit: powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 h:~pooo gruulated
beef stock. base
.\fu s~ning ingrcdicnts regether.
bither sprinkle or rub into meac.
Recive c('ortesy ot Perim
T>lxas.
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Hn:ftalo Ciar,
�A 12 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
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HICKS AUTO
SALES
David Road
!Febuary Special!
'02 Ranger 4 cylinder 5 speed,
$4,495.
2002 Ford Tarus
SES 80,000 miles.
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Reference numbers are used to
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your letter to the
correct individual
Job Listings
JOB OPENING ·
Redi Mart is on the
move and we want
you to share in our
bright future. We're
expanding our staff
and are currently
Store
seeking
Managers,
Assistant
Managers,
Customer services
representitives in
the Eastern Ky
area. We offer com·
petitive pay 401 (k),
profit sharing, great
benefits.
Send
resume to Red Hed
Oil Company Attn:
Keith Deaton PO
Box 787 Richmond,
Ky 40476. EOE.
JOB OPENING
Martin - Hindman
Area.
The
Lexington Herald
Leader had 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
Part time- Flexible
schedule. This is a
permanent
part
time position with
CCC information
services, a national
provider of auto
insurance services,
in
the
Pai nstvi lle/Pikevi lie/
Prestonsburg area.
You
should be
detail oriented have
a Flexible daytime
schedule, be prepared for work outside in inclement
weather and have a
self insured vehicle.
We offer Flexible
scheduling, competitive pay, paid
training
and
mileage readjustments. We will be
conducting interviews in your area
on
Monday,
February 26th. You
must be available
for training
on
Tuesday, February
27th through Friday,
March 2nd in the
daytime
hours.
Contact
James
Holland
anytime
prior to 5:00pm on
February
23rd,
2007 at (800) 6218070 ext. 7552
E
m
a
i
I
jholand@ ccis.com
CCS
Information
Services
WWW.CCIS.COM
EOE.
JOB OPENING
Communications
construction-Labors
and CDL drivers
needed class A or B
experience helpful
but not mandatory.
Insurance- Holidayand
Vacation 401K. To apply call
Star Construction at
874·1263
JOB OPENING
Mountain Manor of
Painstville is taking
for
applications
LPN, RN and CMA
(7a to 7p) positions.
Excellent
wages
and benefits. Apply
in person at 1025
Euclid
Ave.
Painstville
Ky
41 240 behNeen Ba
and 4p. Mon-Fri.
JOB OPENING
Seeking F!r & PfT
drivers for work in
Shelby.
Drug
screen, clean MVR
ad 7 years valid DL
required.
1-800471 -244 0 .
Ref ere nce s
required #26, EOE.
JOB OPENING
RN/LPN Competitive wages
based on experience, health and
PHYSICIANS FOR WOMEN
is seeking candidates for
Part-Time Evening
CUSTODIAN
Responsible for the overall c leanliness and
attractiveness of the clinic
High school diploma or equiva le nt
required. At least one year experience is
desired.
Please mail or fax resume to:
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Phone: (606) 886-8546 ext. 130
Fax: (606) 886-8548
Email: j .conn@bshc.org
"A proud tradition of providing access to
quality health care·
Big Sandy Health Care is an Equal Opponunity EmplOyer
dental insurance,
up to 4 weeks vaca·
tion, 9 paid holidays, no weekends.
Send resumes to
PO
Box
2667, '
Pikeville KY 41502
JOB OPENING
Mine Component
Mechanic, Welder
Fabricator.
Both
positions are for
shop work. May
inquire at 606-8749644 between the
hours of 8:30am to
4:00pm.
JOB OPENING
Positions open for
welders
certified
and ironworkers tor
local project. Pay
based on experi ence. Fax resume
or request for an
application to 606478-5699 or mail to
PO
Box
197,
Stanvile, KY 41659.
JOB OPENING
Equipment
Operator/Well
Tender needed for
local gas company
Requirements:
Class B - NonHazardous - COL
Salary commensurate with experience
Drug
Screening
required
or
Fax
Mail
resumes to P.O.
Box 2144, Pikeville,
KY 41502 - Fax:
(606) 433-0632
Phone: (606) 4330107 ext. 57
JOB OPENING
The
Housing
of
Authority
Prestonsburg has
an opaning tor an
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker.
The
Assistant Property
Manager/Intake
Worker must have
a high school diploma or equivalent
plus at least three
years office experience
including
computer
basic
skills.
General
requirements
include the ability to
communicate orally
and in writing, organizational skills, the
ability to work with
confidential infor·
mation and to work
well with the public.
must
Applicants
have a valid KY
Drivers License.
This is a full time
position with health
insurance, retirement and other
benefits.
Applications will be
taken at the Green
Acres Office in
Prestonsburg from
10:30 am to 3:30
pm
each
day
through February
23, 2007.
JOB OPENING
Employee needed
tor Dental Office.
Could be full time pr
part tim.e. Computer
experience would
be helpful but not
necessary.
Send
resume to 415 N.
Lake Drive Ste. 201
Prestonsburg, Ky.
41653.
TFN
JOB
OPENING
Renos Roadhouse
in Prestonsburg is
now hiring for all
positions.
ShiftsDay and Night.
Apply
in person
only.
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Desk,
Washer,
Dryer, Microwave,
Microwave cabinet,
Dinette,
Refridgerator,
22,500 BTU AC,
Cedar bed, Cedar
Chest,
Bed
Hollywood frame,
computer, printer,
scanner,
copier,
computer
desk,chair.
Call
358-2330 or 3580180
REAL ESTATE
Houses
BigSandv _ . .
Community & Technical College
Instructor/Program Coordinator
Career Pathways-grant funded
Example of duties: This individual will coordinate and teach an established
associate degree nursing program with a non-traditional schedule in a manner
. designed to meet the needs of working licensed practrical nurses while maintaining
established guidelines and policies of KCTCS and the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
Responsibilities will also include development and implementaiton of non-traditional
teaching/delivery methods, and supervision of other career pathway faculty and staff.
Procedure: Formal applications are available at Big Sandy Community & Technical
College, Office of Human Resources, Johnson Administration Building, Room 11 0,
or via email: jackie.cecil@kctcs.edu or by phone: (606) 886·3863, Ext. 67370, or on
our website: www.bigsandy.kctcs.edu. Applicants must submit a completed applica·
tion, currrent resume with list of references, three original, currrent letters of
recommendation, and all college transcripts, to: Jackie B. Cecil, Director of
Human Resources, One Bert Combs Drive, Prestonsburg, Kentucky 41653.
Review of applications will begin February 28, 2007. Applications will be accepted
until the position is filled.
We have openings for you lo work
competi tive
wages
wilh malpractice
insurance provided
Please send your
resume/CV to Heather Burton, Clinic
Administrator, 100 Medical Center Dnve,
Hazard, KY 4 17 01
hburlon@arh.org or
coli 606·439·687 4
United States Department of Labor
MSHA
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Big Sandy Community and Technical College is an equal opportunity employer and
education institution. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
is seeking candidates for
Director of Development/Grants
Responsibilities include coordinating and directing health
planning initiatives and researching, planning, and writing
grant applications for external funding for primary care
organization.
Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Marketing,
Communication, Business, or related field. Experience in
grant writing, fundraising, or related experience desired.
A competitive salary and excellent benefit package
accompany this position.
Mail or fax resume to:
COAL MINE SAFETY AND
HEALTH INSPECTOR
FEDERAL JOB SCREENING
MARCH 2-4, 2007
PIKEVILLE COLLEGE
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER
119 COLLEGE STREET
PIKEVILLE, KY 41501
Attn: Jessica Conn, BBA
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.
1709 KY Route 321, Suite 3
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Fax: (606) 886-8548
Email: j.conn @bshc.org
"A proud tradition of providing access to quality health care"
Big Sandy Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Friday, March 2, 2007
Testing Sessions
Register 7: 00 a.m.-until testing begins
at 8:00a.m.
Register 12:00 p.m.·until testing begins
at 1:00 p.m.
Candidates who pass ma th and writing
will be scheduled for Saturday or Sunday
morning interview.
Saturday, March 3 and Sunday March 4
Candidates can pre registe r on F riday,
March 2 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., a nd
3:00 p .m.-6:00 p .m .
Register 7 :00 a .m .-until testing begins at
8:00 a .m . Candidates who pass m ath and
writing will be intervie wed in the afternoon.
Now Hiring For All Posltlonsll!
Southern Ohio Company expands operations
into Eastern Kentucky...Consumer payment
solutions Inc, has several positions to fill.
$1723.00 bi-weekly to start ... Benefits include,
company car, fuel allowance, full medical benefits, and paid vacation. No exp. necessary,
free on-site trainlng...Must have valid driver's
license. For interview, call Wednesday,
February 21, and Thursday, February 22,
ONLY...From 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m....(606) 8743901 or (606) 874·3g02.
RESTAURANT
Prestonsburg
HELP WANTED: Waitresses~ cJi.sh~
washers/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 Gable-Roberts Addn.,
and Cliffside Apts. on
Cliff Road, Prestons·
burg.
Computerized
learning centers offer
sociaUeducational pro·
grams for children and
adults.
All utilities
included at Highland
Hgts., utility allowance
at Cliffside. Call (606)
886-0608, 886-1927, or
886·1819. TDD: 1-800Highland
648·6056.
Heights and Cliffside
Apartments do not dis·
criminate in admission
or employment in subsi·
dized
housing
on
account of race, color,
national origin, sex,
age, disability, religion
and familial
status.
=.=
Located behind
and Pizza Hut in
tonsburg. All
included and the
based upon gross
income. Several activities,
such as line dancing, crafts,
bingo, movies, hair salon
and church services.
apartments are furnished
with a refrigerator, stove,
emergency alarm system, ,.
and air conditioner. For
more Information, please
Highland Terrace at 606925, TDD: 1-800-648or 711, or come by
office for an application.
Highland Terrace does
discriminate in adrr1issiion 1
or employment
dized housing on
of race, color, creed,
gion, sex, nation·
al origin, age,
familial status or
tal
Save on auto insurance.
The
Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration seeks candidates for
Coal Mine Inspectors throughout
District 6 .
A minimum of one-year of experience
performing a full range of tasks and
operating a variety of equipment is
required. All applicants must bring a
valid driver's license and a resume in
order to participate.
HOUSE FOR
SALE
Newly constructed
house tor sale
located at Abbott
Creek. Vaulted living room ceiling, 3
Minimum Monthly Salary: $3,351.00
Residents for PrlmeTime
ARH offers a
BR, bonus room,
fireplace, with cherry hardwood floors
and cabinets with
spacious attached
garage. Located 4
miles from us 23.
Panoramic
view
located in new subdivisions.
Seller
willing to help with
closing costs! Call
606-285-0051'
evenings 606-3776042
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Requirements: Master's degree in nursing with at least 2 years of nursing experience
and experience in nursing education. Must be willing to work flexible hours.
At lention second and lhird year residents!
evenings and weekends
HOUSE FOR
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HOUSE FOR
SALE 388
Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4 BR
3 full bath, jacuzzi
tub in master bedroom. All kitchen
appliances, security
system, family
room has hardwood
floors with gas fire
place. All new
paint. 1 car garage,
large deck over
looking 1/2 acre flat
fenced yard. 2 min.
to AT. 23, 5 min to
downtown
Prestonsburg.
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$145,500.
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5 BR house 1 1/2
bath. 2 story on
approx 3 1/2 level
acres with barn and
out buildings. Could
develope as 5
(. )
building lot.
Located in banner
area. $124,900 Call
874-9456.
Sale or Lease
FOR SALE
West Prestonsburg
church and double
wide home. Ca ll
285-3051 .
FOR SALE
Commercial property 12 acres next to
Walmart
&
McDona ld's
in
tt Prestonsburg. 8863023 after 5pm.
LEASE OR LAND
CONTRACT. 2 BR
AND LOT. Call 791 1986
FOR RENT
Beaut.):• shop equipt
with 3 stations and
tanning bed. Would
consider renting for
commercial
use
other tha n beauty
shop. At. 122 1 mile
S outh of M artin
• across from Garth
' Technica l School.
Must have references . 285-9112.
FOR SALE
Property for sale
b e tw ee n
Presto ns burg and
Pa instville.
Al so,
doub le wide for
re nt.
$500 plus
d eposit. Call 606789-6721 or 792792-672 1. No pets.
FARM FOR SALE
Floyd co unty 75
• acres more or less,
rt. 1100 off US 23
East Point Uppe r
Little Paint. Lum
Derossett Bra nch .
Call 606-325-4430
or 60 6-325-2809 .
Level- Sloping and
timber.
RENTALS
A PARTM EN T
t
APT FOR RENT
1 BR pa rtially furnis he d, tv cable
included. $475 per
~m onth
$250
de posit,
utiliti es
include d . Located
between Allen and
Prestonsburg. 859402-2756
TNFTFNTFN
APT FOR RENT
Newly remodeled
apa rtm ent located
in
Preston sburg,
above s afelite . 1
BR , 1 bath. Call
478-8100 for price.
FOR RENT
1 BR effic ie ncy apt
~ $350 pe r month. 1
BR with garage
$500 pe r month. 2
BR 1 1/2 bath w/
carport. $575. 2 BR
house 2 bath $675.
Call 43 4-65 16 o r
226-1925 or 2 859639.
GroundHog Day
Special. Pa rk Place
Apartm ents. First
month re nt FREE
WI Deposit paid in
full. Rent staring at
1 BR - $208, 2 BR$304. Offer valid
thru 2/28/07. All
electric
HUD
accepted. Call 8860039.
Furnished 1 bed
room Apt. Central
heat & air. Rent
starting at $375.
month, + $300 .
deposit
water
included. Located
near HRMC. 606889-9717.
APT FOR RENT
1 BR apt all utilities paid, on Mt.
Parkway, $450. Call
886-6061 .
HOUSES
HOUSE FOR RENT
3 BR 2 bath house
in
Prestonsburg .
$550 plus deposit.
478-5389
4771707.
Mobile Home
2008, for rural community transportation services in the
Big Sandy Valley
area,
including
Floyd ,
Johnson,
Magoffin ,
Martin
and Pike counties.
There is no significant environmental
impact. Regulations
regarding the disabled and the elderly shall be complied
with
accordingly.
Comments may be
made in person or
through written submission. The grant
applications will be
available at the
SVTS office, 81
Resource
Court ,
Prestonsburg ,
Kentucky 41653, on
April 1, 2007.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
PURSUANT TO
APPLICATION
NUMBER 8365423
OPERATOR
CHANGE
In
accordance
with the provisions
FOR RENT
2 BR total electric. of 405 KAR 8:010,
Excellent condition . notice is hereby
$350 per month + given that Frasure
utlities and security Creek Mining, LLC,
deposit. References 1051 Main Street,
required. Call 606- Suite 100, Milton ,
West
Virginia
874-2802
25541 intends to
LOTS FOR RENT revise Permit No.
New MH park. 836-5423 to change
The
Allen/Dwale area. an operator.
Restrictions apply. operators presently
paved sheets, light- approved in the pered area. All sizes. m it a re Double C
Enterprises,
Inc. ,
606-377-2357.
7180 Lot 1 Millard
TRAILER
FOR Highway, Pikeville,
41501
RENT 2 BR 2 BATH Kentucky
Foggy
recently renovated, and
central heat and air, Mountain Coal Co. ,
public water, sewer, Inc., 14551 Elkhorn
and trash. $375 Creek Road, Shelby
Gap,
Ke ntucky
plus utilities.
41563.
The new
operators will b e
FOR RENT
Mountain
MH for rent, 2 BR Foggy
Co.,
Inc.,
2 bath 16ft. x 72 ft. Coal
Elkhorn
Like new partially 14551
furnished on large Creek Road, Shelby
Kentucky
private lot. 4 miles Gap,
from M.A.C. on At. 41563 and Fools
Gold Ene rgy Cor114. 886-2896.
porati on,
176
Honeysuckle Drive,
LEGALS
Pikeville, Kentucky
41501.
PUBLIC
The o pE)ration is
NOTICE
located 3.6 miles
Purs ua nt to 405 southeast
of
KAR 8:01 0, Section McDowell in Floyd
16(5), the following County. The operais a summary of tion is approx imatepermitting decisions ly 1 .50 miles southma d e
by
the east from KY Route
De partment
fo r 1929's junction with
Natura l Resouces, Ne d Fork C ounty
Division of M ine Roa d and located
Pe rmits,
with along
Popla rli ck
respect to applic a- Fork of Frasure
tion s to conduct sur- Creek. The operaface c oa l mining tion is located on
a nd
reclam ation the
McDow ell
ope rations in Floyd USGS 7 1/2 minute
County.
quadrangle map at
Frasure C reek
latitude 37°24'20 "
Mining Limite d
a nd
longitude
Liability Co.
82°41'35 ".
836-8059
T he
application
Issue d, 07/01/16
has been filed for
Matt Co.
public inspection at
Incorporated
the Department for
836-5306
Natural Resou rces'
Issue d, 07/01 / 10
P r es t o n sb ur g
Matt Co.
O ffice,
Regional
Incorporated
3140 South Lake
836-5334
Drive,
Suite
6,
Issued, 07/01 /11
P r es ton s b u rg ,
Frasure Creek
4 1653.
Ke ntucky
Mining Limited
Written comme nts
Liability Co.
or objections must
836-0303
be fil ed wit h the
Issued, 07/0 1/25
Director, Division of
DFM Processing
Permits, #2 Hudson
Limited Liability
Hollow, U .S. 127
Company
South,
Frankfort,
836-8055
40601 .
Kentucky
Issued, 07/01 / 11
All comments o r
The Elk Horn
objecti ons must be
Coal
Co mpany received within fifLLC
teen (1 5) days o f
836-5480
today's date.
Issued, 07/01/11
Genesis Coal
NOTICE OF
Corporation
INTENTION
TO
836-5490
MINE
Issued, 07/01/ 10
Pursuant to
Martin County
Application
Coal Corpo ration
Number 860880-0018
Issued, 07/01 /02
5275
In
accord ance
NOTICE OF • with the p rovisions
of K RS 350.055,
PUBLIC
notice is he reby
HEARING
Sandy
Valle y given tha t Miller
T r a n s p o rt a ti o n Bros. Coal, LLC,
Box
990,
Services,
Inc. P.O .
Kentucky
(SVTS), will host a All en ,
Public Hearing at 41 601 has ap plied
10:30 a.m ., Thurs- for a permit for an
day,
Ma rch
15,
2007, at Sandy
Valley Transportation Services, Inc., I I
P r es ton s bur g,
Kentucky.
The I
Public Hearing is fo r I
the consideration of I
grant applicatio ns I
for federal funds for I
capital and operat- I
ing assista nce fo r
I
the perio d of July 1 ,
2007 , to June 30,
•'
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underground mining operation located 2 .3 miles southwest of Betty in
Knott County. The
proposed ope rati on
will d isturb 5 .61
surface acres a nd
will underlie 431. 30
acres, and the total
area within the permit b oundary w ill
be 436.91 acres.
The
proposed
operation
is
approximately 0. 9
miles
southeast
from KY 550's junction with Big Spring
Branch Roa d and
located adjacent to
Big Spring Branc h.
The
proposed
operation is located
on the Waylan d
U.S.G.S.
7 ? 1/2
minute quadra ngle
maps. The su rface
area to b e d isturbed is owned by
CONSOL of Kentucky Inc.
T he
operation
wi ll
unde rl ie
land
owned by CONSOL
of Kentucky Inc .,
Teddy
Slone
Heirs, Otis Cox Heirs, et.al. , Alex
Ritchie,
Hom er
Gibson, Ella Keen
- Heirs and E rnest
Keen . The ope ration will affect a n
area within 1 00 feet
of public roa d Big
Sp ri ng
B ranc h
County Roa d, but
no closer than 0' of
Big Spring Bra nc
County Roa d. T h e
operation w ill n ot
involve relocatio n
or temporary cl osure of the pub lic
road.
Th e
application
has bee n file d fo r
public ins pection at
the Departm ent fo r
Mini ng
Reclamati o n
and
E nfor ce ment 's
Pre s tonsb u r g
Reg ional
O ff ice,
3140 S outh L ake
D r i v e ,
Pr estonsbu r g ,
Kentucky 41653.
Written c omme nts,
objection s,
or
req uests for a p erm it
confere nce
must b e filed wit h
the
Direct o r,
Division of M in e
Permits, #2 Hudson
Hollow, U .S. 127
South, Fran kfort,
Kentucky 40601 .
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Pursuant to KRS 353.630 and
KRS 3 53.640
An applicati on for Pooling Order to
drill and operate Eq uitable Production
Company W ell No. 566661 , is being
. filed with the Kentucky Department of
O il and Gas. The subject property is
located in Prestonsbu rg Quad rangle,
between Bays Branc h and Jane Brown
Bran ch , of Floy d County, State of
Kentucky. Said p roperty being an undivided inte rest in the W ill iam B. Harmon
Tract. Any party claiming an interest in
the proposed pooled tract shou ld contact the Kentucky Department of Mines
and Minerals C/0 the Director of the
Divis ion of Oil and Gas, and Equitable
Production Company (606-433-1240)
within twenty (20) d ays from the date of
thi s publication.
The following list comprises all known
or last known owners of the subject
property, including address if known or
last known ad dress.
Bruce Hall or Bruce Hall heirs (Bruce is
an he ir of Lee Hall and Josie Hall)
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subdivision. $249,000.
Sq ft. 4 BR 2.5 bath, 2 car
fireplace, LA., Fam.R,DR
I remolded like new. NEWg and cooling, carpet, tile,
cabinets with Corian counter
ground pool/ new liner and
landscaping.
Brown and Williams Real Estate,
Preston . Call 789-8119 or 205-
Drift, 3 BR, 1 Bath,
multi level deck and
porch, paved driveway,
detached garage, large
fenced in yard. Includes
all appliances. $82,000.
Call 377-0251 .
FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
.JOHN K. BLACKBURN, SHERIFF
P.O. BOX 152
PRESTONSBURG, KY 41653
Actua l Inc ome and Expenses for 2006
I~
Serving Papers
Commission on Taxes
State Advancement
County Payments
Arrest Fees
Auto Inspections
County Clerk Payments
Interest Earned
Lake Patrol
Acccident Reports
State Payment$
Fees Collected For Ser
C.C.D.W.
KLEFPF
Start Up Cash
Sheriff Security Ser
Misc.
Transporting
Total
$ 52,021.00
$ 335,127.26
$ 120,000.00
$ 88,146.71
$ 2,477.87
$ 16.305.00
$ 8.377.59
$ 3,593.05
$ 21,760.57
$1 ,334.00
$ 134,307.95
$ 94,082.20
$ 11,225.00
$ 17,384.74
$ 1,200.00
$ 28,663.26
563.58
$
$ 19,536.98
$956,106.76
Expenses
Payroll
Office Supplies
Postage
Auto Expenses
Uniforms
Auto Maintenance
Drug Test1ng
Accounting Fees
C.C.D.W.
Advertising
KLEFPF
Training Expenses
Unemployment Insurance
Start Up Cash
K-9 Unit
Misc.
Bonds/Dues/Convention
Fiscal Court Fees
State Advancement
Total
Total 2006
$ 575,018.88
$ 17,394.48
$ 3,644.19
$ 43,378.55
$ 19,188.00
$ 121,062.10
$ 19,188.00
$ 8,087.72
$
$
6,525.00
290.00
$ 15,142.57
$ 4,589.83
$ 6,234.55
$ 1,200.00
346.50
$
$
556.45
$ 6,063.16
$ 6,770.00
$120,000.00
$955,922.98
�A 14 •
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Mines
• Continued from p1
time.
On Friday, however, a pair
of small mine equipment suppliers surprised the state
Office of Miners' Health,
Safety and Training by submitting a jointly designed plan for
approval months ahead of
schedule.
Ona-based Marco North
America Inc. and Beckleybased Hughes Supply Co. say
their system meets the state's
reql!irements
a boast
backed by a required confirmation letter from a licensed
engineer.
Another
manufacturer,
Elkins-based
Hannah
Engineering, is putting the
final touches on its plan,
which features an underground
cellular phone system capable
of calling not only supervisors
on the surface but also numbers hundreds of miles away.
And some of the nation's
largest mine operators c:;ay
Council
• Continued from p1
derogatory term in a phone
call to one of Branham's secretaries.
After council member B.D.
Nunnery requested that the
discussion get back to the
business at hand, Mayor
Fannin said he introduced the
ordinance originally in an
effort to give the council a
greater opportunity to work
together in the decision-making process, but that the power
to have the final say in who
:;its on certain boards has rested in his hands in the past.
Council member Gorman
Collins said he did not believe
the issue at hand should be a
divisive one, while Branham
said without amending· the
ordinance to give council
members the final say, the
council would not be able , to
help the city in the ways it
should.
"I don't see Congress going
out and asking President Bush
to say 'How do you want to set
them up?"' Branham said.
After the ordinance was
amended, the animosity dissipated and the remainder of the
meeting centered on leasing,
building bids and an Equine
Center contract at Stone Crest
Golf Course. The first motion
before the board focused on
small changes in the course's
lease, including dissolution of
a mandatory $100 cleanup fee
for groups who hold parties at
the course, and a call for an
end to a mandatory rule making the operation of a beverage
cart be in operation every day,
which is not exceptionally
profitable throughout the
week. The motion was passed
by a 7-1 vote, paving the way
for the golf course to contract
with a grill operator in time for
the course's season opening,
tentatively set for April I.
Bid~ for the Stone Crest
baseball fields were brought
up, but discussion on the topic
was tabled because Fannin
said the council's hands are
tied until the county fiscal
court takes up the matter at its
March meeting.
The meeting ended after a
unanimous vote to have city
attorney Jim Webb draft and
send a letter to all parties
involved in a proposed Stone
Crest Equine Center, declaring
a previously agreed upon contract null and void due to the
fact that no funds pledged by
those involved have been
received.
they're close to ordering radiobased communications systems.
State mine safety chief Ron
Wooten says he's certain the
industry will be ready by summer
"There's been considerable
progress," he said.
Randy Harris, Wooten's
engineering consultant, says
Friday's early submission was
a surprise. He expects four or
five more within the next few
months.
Most of the planned systems will be based on what's
called leaky feeder technology
that links hand-held radios
through cables stretched
through strategic areas of
mines and boosted with antenna~.
"It's a proven technology,"
Harris said. "It's just never
been used in the manner that
we're talking about having it
used."
The gear also is tough, if
installed carefully and thoroughly. Harris says a system
installed at Intemational Coal
Group's Sycamore Mine No.2
in Harrison County proved
that. Scott Depot-base;d ICG
closed Sycamore because of
continual rock falls an9 other
problems, but the communications system worked even after
a cable took a direct hit from a
sport-utility
vehicle-sized
rock, he said.
"You had reduced signal
strength, but you could . still
talk on the radio," Harris said.
"A leaky feeder system with
some forethought will most
likely survive all but the most
catastrophic accidents."
Marco's Larry Murray Sr.
and Hughes Supply's Tom
Hughes put together a similar
system designed to boost productivity. Marco designed and
built tracking tags and actually
began selling them to U.S.
mines in 2005.
"We've been working on
this even before Sago,"
Hughes said.
The two pteced together
their system with some of their
own equipment, particularly
the tags, and off-the-shelf
components made primarily in
the U.S., making availability
and service easier, Hughes
said. "You're looking at two
small, West Virginia companies here and really the only
foreign-made products here
will be the Kenwood radios."
They've also got customers. ICG and Richmond,
Va.-based Massey Energy Co.,
the nation's fourth largest coal
producer based on revenue,
have placed orders.
Besides selling equipment,
Hughes walks customers
through the process of designing systems that meet the
state's requirements. "Let us
submit a plan before you actually buy a system," Hughes
said. While he and Murray are
reluctant to talk specific prices
because mines vary so widely,
they say systems will cost in
the $100,000 range for most
mines.
Hannah Engineering owner
Dewayne Hannah says his system, which will be submitted
soon for state approval, uses
much more advanced commu-
nications technology, akin to
cellular telephones. Hannah is
also nearly ready to seek
approval from the federal
Mine Safety and Health
Administration to allow the
equipment in coal mines, he "'
said.
MSHA certifies certain
types of mining equipment as
intrinsically safe - meaning
they won't cause methane gas
explosions but doesn't,
require vendors to prove their
gear works. West Virginia, on
the other hand, is requiring
vendors to demonstriite the
equipment provides two-way
communications and continual
tracking of miners underground.
One recent demonstration
by Hannah included telephone
calls patched through to regu- ~
lar phone lines in West
Virginia,
Alabama
and
PennsyI vania.
"We have phones that
work," said Hannah. "We have
shown that the technology
indeed works. "
Roundup
• Continued from p1
oxycodone and methadone to
undercover agents.
"I don't know why after
we've arrested hundreds of
people for these crimes that
people would risk it and continue
to
sell
drugs,"
Blackburn said.
The arrests on Monday
raised the number of people
suspected
drug
dealers
charged with drug-trafficking
in Floyd County in the last
two weeks to eight (three
were charged Feb. 9, all five
were on Monday). Blackburn
said the attorney general 's
office has been instrumental
in helping stem the tlow of
illegal drugs throughout the
county and state by providing
local law enforcement officials with the tools needed to
better investigate drug dealers.
"Anytime you get a drug
dealer off the street it makes
the county safer," Blackburn
said.
Also arrested and charged
with one count of trafficking
in a controlled substance were
Dannie Bentley, 54, of
Prestonsburg, Stefan Jervis,
45, of Prestonsburg, and
Heather Castle, 21, of
Eastern. Music faces two
counts of trafficking in a controlled
substance,
while
David Paul Ousley, 41 , of
Paintsville, was charged with
one count of trafficking in a
controlled substance and one
count of trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000
yards of a school. The drug
trafficking charges are Class
D felonies, punishable by one
to five years in prison.
"Thanks to the teamwork
between the sheriff's office
and our agents, five more
drug dealers are off the
streets,"
said
Attorney
General Greg Stumbo. "If
these suspects weren't selling
drugs to KBI agents or the
Floyd
County
sheriff's
deputies, they would have
been selling to our neighbors
and children."
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Another close one gets away from Lady Bears
TIMES STAFF REPORT
Allee Daniel
PIKEVILLE - In a year where it
seems he can't get a break, another one
went the wrong way for Pikeville College
Lady Bear coach Bill Watson.
Trailing 69-67 with three seconds left,
senior Tonya Amburgey missed the front
end of two free throws, then, trying to
miss the second saw it bounce high off
the rim and fall through to make it a onepoint game but give Campbellsville the
ball back, where they made two free
throws to make the final score 71-68
Saturday afternoon.
Pikeville got a 22-foot three-point shot
by sophomore Alice Daniel, but it was
blocked by senior Megan Overton to pre-
serve the win.
For Campbellsville, it sent the Lady
Tigers to 14-13 overall and 3-5 in the
Mid-South Conference in the final season
of play for Coach Donna Wise.
Pikeville, meanwhile, fell to 8-20
overall and winless in eight league
games, losing 20 games for only the second time in school history.
Early on it appeared Campbellsville
would run away from its host, jumping
out to a 24-5 lead after back-to-back
threes by Overton and Julie Brown with
10:54 left in the first half.
Pikeville rallied, however, with sophomore Alice Daniel leading the way. The
Leslie
(See LADY BEARS, page two)
Pirates.
upend
Allen
Central
f
holds off
P'burg
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HYDEN - Prestonsburg was
unable to put together its third
straight win on Friday night. The
injury-plagued Lady Blackcats,
4lowever, managed to make one
of the 14th Region's top girls'
basketball teams work hard for a
win. Host Leslie County turned
bat:k Prestonsburg, beating the
Lady Blackcats 55-49.
"It was the best we've played
since the injuries," Prestonsburg
Coach Jack Pack commented. "I
was pleased with the way we
played."
Prestonsburg nearly matched
Leslie County point for point in
the first eight minutes. Leslie
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTERN - Allen Central
had its six-game winning streak
snapped Friday night when
Belfry visited J.E. Campbell
Arena for a late regular-season
matchup. The Pirates outscored
Allen Central in each of the last
three quarters and pulled away to
win 70-57.
The win was Belfry's sixth
consecutive. The Pirates haven't
lost since falling to Phelps on
(See LESLIE, page two)
(See REBELS, page two)
photo by Jam1e Howell
Prestonsburg senior Chayse Martin looked to go up strong with an attempt in Friday night's game against East
Ridge.
Lady Rebs
struggle,
fall to
preenup
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
GREENUP - Six-foot-one
senior center Sara Sexton scored
a game-high 21 points and teammate Cari Berry added 16 as
Greenup County turned back
Allen Central on Friday night.
The Lady Musketeers rolled to a
68-22 win over the Lady Rebels.
Greenup County blanked
Allen Central in the opening
quarter, outscoring the Lady
~ebels
13-0.
The
Lady
(See LADY REBS, page two)
Vance leads P'burg
over East Ridge
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTONSBURG - It didn't
take the Prestonsburg Blackcats long
to shake off a Floyd County
Conference/58th District loss to the
Allen Central Rebels. Prestonsburg
returned to the win column on Friday
night - one night after falling to Allen
Central - with a 70-62 win over the
East Ridge Warriors.
After Prestonsburg and East Ridge
exited the first quarter ·of Friday
night's game tied at 11-11, the
Blackcats went on to lead at the end
of all of the other rest stops.
Senior Mason Vance led a very
balanced Prestonsburg scoring effort
with a team-high 17 points.
"Mason carne in and gave us a big
lift," said Prestonsburg Coach Jackie
Day Crisp. "It was a good win for us."
Jordan Hall added 10 points for
Four
different
Prestonsburg.
Blackcats posted double-digit scoring
totals. Chayse Martin tossed in 12
points a d Trevor Patton netted 10 for
host Prestonsburg.
The Blackcats led 30-24 at the
half.
The win was Prestonsburg's lOth
of the season. The Blackcats
improved to 10-13 with the victory.
Bobby Hughes scored seven
points, Nathaniel Stephens had six
and Taylor Clark added five for the
Blackcats.
Prestonsburg opened the second
half in solid fashion, outscoring East
Ridge 18-14 in the third quarter.
Jordan Mullins led East Ridge
(See BLACKCATS, page two)
PRESTONSBURG
BLACKCATS
BUSY FINAL WEEK OF
REGULAR-SEASON
Tuesday:
at Paintsville
(score unavailable)
Wednesday:
at Magoffin County, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday:
Hazard, 7:30 p.m.
Friday:
Valley
routs
Raiders
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
HI HAT - Shelby Valley
remained undefeated in the 15th
Region following Friday night's
road game at South Floyd's
Raider Arena. The Wildcats held
host South Floyd to just nine
points in the first half and defeated the Raiders 70-31.
Ashley Hatfield paced Shelby
Valley with a game-high 16
points. Three of Hatfield's teammates joined him in double figures. Logan Bryant and Jonah
Justice each had 12 points for the
Belfry, 7:30 p.m.
(See RAIDERS, page three)
Lady Eagles claim
top seed in KIAC
TIMES STAFF REPORT
HONORED: The University of Kentucky football team was honored by the Kentucky Senate and
Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday at the state capitol in Frankfort. State Senator
Johnny Ray Turner, a Floyd Countian, is pictured on the far left.
..
LOUISVILLE
- The
2007
Kentucky
Intercollegiate
Athletic
Conference
Women's
Basketball Tournament pairings were set 'Sunday night.
All games for the tournament
will be held Feb. 22-24 at
HOOPS in Jeffersontown.
The winner of the tournament will get an automatic
bid to the 32-team NAIA
II
Women's
Division
Basketball
r~ational
Championship Tournament
in Sioux City, Iowa, March 7-
13.
Alice Lloyd (15-11, 9-1 m
the KIAC) clinched the top
seed over IU-Southeast (207, 9-2). In a tiebreaker,
Asbury (12-13, 2-9) won
over Midway ( 10-20, 2-9)
after a coin flip for fifth and
sixth places.
The Alice Lloyd Lady
Eagles, under the guidance of
head coach David Adams,
made a great turnaround following a challenging 200506 campaign.
Quarterfinal play will take
place on Thursday. Second
seeded IU Southeast faces up
against seventh-seeded St.
Louis College of Pharmacy
(4-18, 0-6) at 4 p.m. Thirdseeded Berea ( 19-7, 7-3) will
take on sixth-seeded Midway
at 6 p.m. For the nightcap,
fourth-seeded Spalding (722, 6-5) will face fifth seeded
Asbury at 8 p.m.
The tournament semifinals on Friday will match the
IU Southeast/STLCOP winner against Berea/Midway
winner at 6 p.m. Alice Lloyd
will play the Spalding/
Asbury winner at 8 p.m. The
charnpionshtp game is set for
Saturday night at 8 p.m.
�82 •
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21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Raiders
• Continued from p1
Wildcats. Jacob Bryant added
10 points as Shelby Valley
posted the convincing win.
The Wildcats are looking to
return to the top of the 15th
Region. Shelby Valley finished
runner-up to Johnson Central
in last season's 15th Region
Tournament. Shelby Valley
has been atop the 15th Region
standings throughout the current campaign.
Shelby Valley outscored
South Floyd 13-3 in the opening quarter and led 35-9 at
halftime.
Senior Ethan Johnson was
the only South Floyd player to
reach double figures. Johnson
led host South Floyd with 11
points. Lyle Johnson, Adam
Slone and Kory Paige each
had five points for the Raiders.
South Floyd could never
recover from the slow start.
Shelby Valley took a 61-17
lead into the final quarter.
Shelby Valley 70, South
Floyd 31
SHELBY VALLEY (22-3) - E. Justice 2,
L. Bryant 12, Ta. Newsome 9, Hatfield
16, J. Bryant 10, J. Justice 12, Tackett
7, Ty. Newsome 2.
SOUTH FLOYD (4·21) - E. Johnson 11 ,
L. Johnson 5, Slone 5, Paige 5, Brown
4, Henry 1.
Shelby Valley..... 13 22 26 9-70
South Floyd......... 3 6 8 14-31
Lady Rebs
----~~----------------------------------- -- ---
Musketeers carried a 28-7 lead
into the intermission.
Allen Central couldn't
recover from the devastating
slow start. Greenup County
led the Lady Rebels 49- 13
when the third quarter came to
a close.
The win was Greenup
County's third in four games.
Sara Johnson Jed visiting
Allen Central with 16 points.
Brandi Brown was Allen
Central's next leading scorer
with three points.
Greenup County finished
on a strong note as it outscored
Allen Central 19-9 in the final
quarter.
The
Lady
Musketeers, thanks to the win,
improved to 11-12.
The loss was Allen
• Continued from p1
Central's second straight. The
Lady Rebels dropped to 3-16.
Greenup County 68,
Allen Central 22
ALLEN CENTRAL (3-16) - Biliter 1,
Johnson 16, Dingus 2, Brown 3.
GREENUP CO. (11-12) - Sexton 21,
Gibson 5, BSlry 16, Hamilton 3, Troxler
10, Box 5, Barlow 4.
Allen Centrai. .......... .O 7 6 9-22
Greenup County.....13 15 21 19-68
Lady Bea__rs______________________________
• Continued from p1
Lady Bears scored 29 of the
game's next 38 points thanks
to five three-point baskets by
Daniel, and when sophomore
Camille Cook converted an
old-fashioned three-point play
with 1:52 left, the Lady Bears
were in front 34-33.
The teams were tied at 37 at
the break.
The second half was tight
all the way, with the biggest
lead coming after a layup by
Julia Illic with 5:00 left to
make it 63-55.
Pikeville pulled within one
on a 9-2 run which ended with
a layup by Beth Patterson at
the 1:35 mark, but could get no
closer.
Illic led all scorers with 19
points and rebounders with 10,
pacing three Lady Tigers in
double digits. Brown tossed in
13 and grabbed nine rebounds,
while Meagan Murphy came
off the bench to score 10.
Pikeville got 16 points and
nine rebounds from freshman
Chelsee Jarrell. Daniel, a
Johnson Central High School
product, finished with 15.
Leslie
photo by Jamie Howell
UP FOR TWO: Prestonsburg senior center Trevor Patton went up with a field goal attempt
during Friday night's home game against East Ridge.
Blackcats
• Continued from p1
with a game-high 18 points.
Korey Fields and Andrew
Belcher each had nine points
for the Warriors. Anthony
Coleman and Mike Rowe followed with eight points each
for visiting East Ridge.
Prestonsburg was scheduled to host Hazard on
Saturday
night
for
Homecoming.
_ The
Prestonsburg-Hazard game
was postponed after snowfall
blanketed the area.
At press time on Tuesday,
Prestonsburg was traveling to
Paintsville for a road game
against the Tigers. Results
from
the
PrestonsburgPaintsville game will appear in
Friday's edition.
Prestonsburg 70,
East Ridge 62
EAST RIDGE (8-16) - Coleman 8,
Mullins 18, Rowe 8, Webb 2, Fields 9,
Ratliff 6, Belcher 9, Thacker 2.
PRESTONSBURG (10-13) - Hall 13,
Hughes 7. Patton 10. Stephens 6,
Martin 12, Vance 17, Clark 5.
East Ridge . .•. 11 13 14 24-62
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County led Prestonsburg 16-15
at the end of the opening quarter. The Lady Eagles ( 18-5)
held a 31-25 lead at halftime.
Beth Wooten led host Leslie
County with a game-high 26
points, accounting for nearly
half of the Lady Eagle scoring.
Ciara Stidham followed with
11 points for the Lady Eagles.
Beth Lewis added eight points ,.
tet<Le~ie;County.
•·
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The win was Leslie
County's fifth straj.ght.
Senior Amber Whitaker and
sophomore Lindsey Fields led
Prestonsburg with 17 points
apiece. Hannah Fitzpatrick, a
player
who
has
given
Prestonsburg a lift here the last
couple of weeks, added nine
points for the Lady Blackcats
(9- 1,5). ~kki Hughes scored
!.foutf\. · 'Elizabeth
Chaffin added
Prestonsburg.
two
for
Leslie County 55,
Prestonsburg 49
PRESTONSBURG (9·15) - Whitaker
17, Fields 17, Hughes 4, Chaffin 2,
Fitzpatrick 9.
LESLIE COUNTY (18-5) - B. Lewis 8,
Stidham 11, Wooten 26, K. Lewis 1,
Boggs 5, Cornett 2, Wilson 2.
Prestonsburg.......15 1B 11 13-49
~&lie County....... 16 15 18 6-55
'
• Continued from p1
Jan. 30.
Belfry's current win streak
also includes victories over
Williamson (W.Va.), Lawrence
County, Piarist School and
Pike County Central. The
Pirates
have
defeated
Williamson twice during the
~ix-game streak.
Jamie Case paced Belfry
with a game-high 23 points.
Dustin May followed Case in
the Belfry scoring column,
adding 18 points. Brodie Reed
had 13 points for Belfry, a
perennial 15th Region title
contender.
Allen Central led 18-17 at
the first rest stop. The Rebels,
however, ·stumbled in the second quarter. Belfry led 38-31 at
halftime.
Senior center Josh Martin
paced Allen Central with 20
points. Ryan Collins followed
Martin in the Allen Central
scoring column, finishing with
19 points. Alex Hammonds
scored five points and Tyler
Slone added five for the
Rebels. Farley Joseph and Josh
Prater rounded out the Allen
Central scoring with four and
three points, respectively.
Belfry led Allen Central 5446 at the end of the third quarter.
Allen Central was back on
the hardwood Tuesday night,
playing on the road at
Pikeville. Results from the
Allen Central-Pikeville game
were unavailable at press time.
Belfry 70, Allen Central 57
BELFRY (19-7) - Case 23, Steele 3 ,
Warren 6, May 18, Farley 7, Reed 13.
ALLEN CENTRAL (19-6) - Martin 20,
Collins 19, Slone 5, Hammonds 6,
Prater 3, Joseph 4.
Belfry................. .17 21 16 16-70
Allen Central... ... 18 13 15 11 -57
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
AT THE SITE OF THE BELOW DESCRIBED PROPERTY
HOUSE AND LOT LOCATED AT
RT 404, DAVID, KY 41616 IN FLOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Welcome Bradley Thomas Moore, DO
McDowell ARH Professional Clinic
ARH welco mes Bradley Th o mas M oore, DO, who has beg un .
his practice at the M cD o well A RH Professiona l C linic.
This is a ranch style home on public water and public sewer. It is well located in a qu~e neighborhood. It consists of a living room, k~chen, 3
bedrooms, 1 bath and laundry room. This property is considered su~able for the Rural Development, Rural Housing Program. This would be
an excellent buy for an investor interested in rental property or for resale after repairs.
The minimum acceptable bid for this property will be $1 5,075.00.
Payment of the current year's property taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser.
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Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 2:00pm., at the property site, at Rt 404, David, in Floyd County, Kentucky,
in order to raise the sum of $29,800.78 principal, plus an interest credit subsidy granted in the amount of $9,630.89, plus interest in the
amount of $3,317.02 as of December 4, 2006 and interest thereafter on the principal at $5.9939 per day from December 4, 2006, until the
date of this judgment, plus interest to the date of judgment amount (principal plus interest to the date of judgment) at the rate of 4.98%
computed daily and compounded annually, until paid in full and for the costs of this action, pursuant to Judgment and Order of Sale, being
Civil Action No. 06-142 GVFT on the Pikeville Docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, entered on
January 9, 2007, in the case of the Un~ed States of America vs Lanora Harless, ffK/a Lanora Collins, the Unknown Spouse of Lanora Harless,
ffK/a Lanora Collins, the following described property will be sold to the highest and best bidder:
House and Lot located at Rt 404, David, Floyd County, KY. Being the same property conveyed by Deed dated August 15, 1995, and
recorded in Deed Book 388, Page 734 in the Floyd County Clerk's Office.
Terms of Sale: Ten percent (1 0%) of the bid price (in the form of a Cerlified Check made payable to the U. S. Marshal) on the day of the sale
with good and sufficient bond for the balance, bearing interest at the rate of $1.83 per annum until paid, due and payable in sixty (60) days
and said bond having the effect of a Judgment. Upon a default by the Purchaser, the deposit shall be forfeited and retained by the U.S.
Marshal as a part of the proceeds of the sale, and the property shall again be offered for sale subject to confirmation by the Court.
This sale shall be in bar and foreclosure of all right, title, interest, estate claim, demand or equity of redemption of the defendant(s) and of all
persons claiming by through, under or aga1nst them, prov1ded the purchase price is equal to two-thirds of 1he appraisal value. If the purchase
price is not equal to two-thirds of the appraised value, the Deed shall contain a hen in favor of the defendant(s) reflecting the right of the
defendant(s) to redeem during the period provided by law (KRS 426.530). Under law, the purchaser is deemed to be on notice of all matters
affecting the property of record in the local County Clerk's Office.
Inquires should be directed to:
Peggy T. Meade, Rural Development Manager
Rural Development
Prestonsburg, Kentucky - Telephone: 606/886·9545
·Bradl ey is th e son of Jo hn and Wilm a M oore of M cDowe ll. He
and his wife, C rysta l (J o nesL have three c hildre n, Trey, age 7,
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He was a m ember of th e first g radu ating class of South Flo yd
High School, is a grad uate of Ali ce Lloyd College in Pippa
Passes a nd th e Pikevill e Osteopathic School.
Dr. M oore is a Fa mily Practi ce physician who has been p racticing
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WEDNESDAY, fEBRUARY
21, 2007 • 83
Harvick wins Daytona 500
by JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. So focused was Mark Martin
on
hard-charging
Kevin
Harvick, he had no inkling of
the chaos unfolding behind
him.
With less than a mile to go
in the Daytona 500, Kyle
Busch's car was spinning.
Clint Bowyer's was upside
down and on fire. Five other
cars bumped and banged,
careening into one another in a
smoke-filled mass of twisted
metal.
With the checkered flag in
._sight, Martin simply came up
short - a mere length of a car
'hood- in a wild, wreck-filled
finish.
Harvick beat the sentimental favorite to win NASCAR's
premier race Sunday, six years
to the day after Dale Earnhardt
was killed on the final lap. Just
days after his death, it was
Harvick who was hired to
replace him, and he rewarded
Richard Childress with the car
owner's second Daytona 500
victory - Earnhardt won the
other in 1998.
"This had to be the wildest
Daytona 500 I've ever
watched," Childress said. "I
kept my eyes shut there for a
little while it was so wild."
It took several moments for
NASCAR to declare the winner, finally giving it to Harvick
and spoiling what would have
been the biggest victory of the
48-year-old Martin's career.
"I really wanted to win that
thing," Martin said. "They
were going to have to pry it out
of my fmgers, man."
Harvick did just that, never
letting off the gas as he charged
from 29th to first in 22 laps.
•
"My go-kart experience
over the winter paid off,
because I didn't let off the floor
and we just kept hitting things
and the wall and bouncing off
everything," Harvick said.
"But man, this is the Daytona
500. Can you believe it?"
~fter a cheating scandal
nearly ruined the Great
American Race, it was just the
finish NASCAR needed to put
racing back in the spotlight.
Five teams were busted for
breaking the rules during
Speedweeks - including twof. time winner Michael Waltrip,
who broke the NASCAR code
by tampering with his fuel
before qualifying and humiliated Toyota in its Nextel Cup
debut.
The scandal put the sport in
the spotlight for all the wrong
reasons, and NASCAR ratcheted up its penalty process to
prevent its biggest race from
turning into a joke.
Finishes like this one might
fix everything.
"Anytime there's a good
race on the racetrack, it helps
mend things," Harvick said.
• "But I think it's still going to
take a little bit to get over some
of the issues that happened."
For at least one night, the
talk will be of the victory
Martin had in his sight and the
way Harvick yanked it from
him.
Martin, making his 23rd
attempt at a 500 win, could see
the checkered flag when
Harvick barreled along the outside of him. Just as Harvick
pushed into the lead, Busch
wiggled behind them and
bumped into Matt Kenseth to
~start a melee.
Kenseth was spinning and
Greg Biffle was, too. Bowyer
flipped onto his roof and .
through the grass, flames
shooting through the windshield.
But Harvick and Martin
continued to race side by side,
waiting for NASCAR to call
for a caution. When it finally
came, Harvick and Martin
were at the finish line, and
Harvick was just barely ahead.
The winning margin was .123
seconds, and NASCAR had to
review the tape just to be sure
• who was going to Victory
Lane.
Harvick never doubted the
outcome.
"I got so excited at the end
of the race, and I knew we had
won," he said. "I just didn' t
realize how excited I was, and
I punched the dang mirror out
of the car. Just overexcited, I
guess. Knocked the mirror
right out."
Martin finished second, followed by Jeff Burton,
Harvick's teammate, and Mike
Wallace, who raced his way
into the 500. Fifth place was
rookie David Ragan, the kid
who replaced Martin when he
left Roush Racing this winter
after 19 seasons.
Martm left the powerhouse
Roush team because he wanted
to ease his way into retirement,
and he got the opportunity to
do it with a partial schedule at
Ginn Racing - a second-tier
team bought last year by a
Florida land developer trying
to satisfy his love of
NASCAR.
The decision was questioned by those who wondered
if Bobby Ginn could give the
ultra-competitive Martin cars
capable of winning .
Boy, did he ever.
"I haven't even seen the finish. It is what it is," Martin
said. "We were inches or feet
or whatever. We were short. It
was so close, but it was second.
I let it slip away, slip through
my fingers, and I'm fine with
that. I am very proud of what
this team did for me this weekend."
Martin led 26 laps and was
out front when a five-car accident brought racing to a standstill with five laps to go. It
made for an agonizing 11 minutes, 39 seconds for Martin,
who sat idly in his car trying to
plot his strategy during the
stoppage.
When racing resumed with
two laps to go, Martin seemingly needed only to hold off
Busch in a sprint to the finish.
He weaved high and then low
to block Busch's attempts,
which may have briefly distracted him from Harvick.
Before the frantic finish, the
race was shaping up to be a
fight between Tony Stewart
and Kurt Busch, who combined to lead 130 of the 200
laps. But they wrecked each
other while leading the race
with 48 laps to go.
Stewart was leading coming
out of the fourth turn when his
Chevrolet wiggled just a bit.
Busch, closing fast, couldn't
avoid running into Stewart's
bumper, and both cars
careened into the outside wall.
Busch, who led 95 laps in
his bid to give car owner Roger
Penske his first Daytona 500
win, was heartbroken.
"We both got taken out of
the Daytona 500 on my mistake," he said from inside his
car. "I made the first mistake. I
apologize to (Stewart), but I
know that doesn't mean anything now."
Stewart: who led early but
dropped to the back of the field
after a pit road miscue, led 35
laps and just had surged back
to the front when he wrecked.
It dropped Stewart to 0-for9 in Daytona 500s, a streak he
was determined to snap when
he reported to Speedweeks
intent on adding the race to his
impressive resume. After winning the Budweiser Shootout
exhibition race and a qualifying event Thursday, Stewart
had established himself as the
favorite and said he'd trade all
11 of his Daytona victories to
just win the 500 once.
It appeared to be his race to
lose, and he knew it - saying
on pit road before the start
"this is the best chance I've
ever had, the best car I've ever
had."
He was surprisingly calm
and collected after.wrecking.
"It just wasn't meant to be
today," he said with a smile.
"I'm still disappointed, but
we've got a lot to be proud of.
We
had
an
awesome
CHAMPIONS: The Pikeville Junior High cheerleading squad Is pictured during Its 2 1/2
minute routine at the UCA Nationals In Orlando, Fla. The squad won the national championship in the Small Junior High Division. The 16-member competition squad includes three
Floyd Countlans Kathleen ·smith, Hannah Harris, and Randa McGuire, all of whom are students at Pikeville Junior High.
The Prestonsburg
High School Varsity
Cheerleaders held
their annual
Basketball Youth
Cheer Clinic
Saturday. The
Prestonsburg High
cheerleading squad
recently captured a
15th Region
championship and
will cheer at the
state competition
this upcoming
Saturday in
Richmond at EKU's
McBrayer Arena.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
21, 2007
PC baseball team opens season with snowy tie
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - If Don Ashby
coaches Pikeville College baseball
for 50 years, it's highly doubtful he'll
ever forget his very first game.
Mother Nature's interference
caused the Ashby era of Pikeville
College Baseball tO get started with a
7-7 tic against the University of Rio
Grande after 10 innings at Davis Park
Saturday afternoon.
The bitter cold did not seem to
bother the Bears early on, as Rio's
Nate Chau uncorked a wild pitch,
scoring senior Adam Collins
(Paintsville) with the game's first run
in the bottom of the second.
After Rio answered with a run in
the top of the third, the Bears
responded in force. With two men out
and a runner on first, sophomore
Ryan Bartolon (Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio) drilled an offspeed pitch into
the alley in left-center, scoring junior
John Williamson (Canada) with the
go-ahead run.
Next up was sophomore Obed
Quiles (Naranjito, Puerto Rico), who
hit a roller to third. Rio's Kyle Moore
came up with it and made an off-balanced throw to first which scooted
into right field, scoring Bartolon.
With Quiles on second and still two
down, sophomore catcher Josh
Adams (Pikeville) fought off an 0-2
pitch for a single, scoring Quiles and
making it a 4-1 Bears lead.
But as the snow started to fall on
Davis Park and the temperature
began to plummet, the Bears' bats
also went cold. Rio quickly tied the
game in the top of the fourth, taking
advantage of an error by Adams and
chasing Bears
starter Jordan
Compton (Bee, Va.). The Redmen
would add another run in the sixth,
and two more in the seventh, pushing
their lead to 7-4.
The Bears were down to their final
three outs, as freshman Nathan Free
(Kingsport, Tenn.) opened the inning
with a bullet that found the glove of
shortstop Kenta Sato for the first out.
But the Bears would soon get a break
of their own, as back-to-back walks,
sandwiched between a wild pitch, put
runners on the corners with one
down.
Another wild pitch allowed
Williamson to score, making it a 7-5
ballgarne. Two batters later, Adams
again came through with a double
into the gap, scoring Bartolon and
Quiles and tying the game at seven
apiece.
Rio went to the pen and, after a
walk a fielder's choice to load the
bases, got a big strikeout from lefty
reliever Brandan Russell, sending the
game into extra innings.
As the game continued into extra
frames, the snow continued to pound
the field. In the bottom of the lOth,
with the game still nodded at 7-7, the
Bears appeared to finally send the
chilled fans home happy, as they put
runners on the comers with two men
out.
But Russell managed to strikeout
Williamson, ending the threat, and
ultimately ending the game, which
was called a tie on account of the
ever-increasing snowfall.
"It would have been nice to get
both games in," said Ashby. "But I
still think this was good for us. We
haven't been in cold weather much,
and I think we competed, regardless
of the cold and snow.
"Sure, there were things we needed to work on, but we're happy with
the effort today, especially from our
pitchers, even if it goes in the books
as a tie."
,.,
The bullpen had a strong showing
for the Bears, giving up three earned
runs and only five hits, while striking
out five and walking two over 6-1/3
innings.
The Bears' offense was led by
Adams, who drove in three of the
squad's seven runs. Collins also collected two hits, and Quiles, Bartolon,
and Williamson all scored a pair of
runs in the effort.
Rio got 6-1/3 out of starter Nate
Chau, who gave up six earned runs
and five hits, while striking out four
and walking five. Reliever Brandan
Russell went 3-2/3 scoreless, giving
up only three hits.
!II
Sato and Cody Lawhorn both had
a pair of hits for the Redmen.
No. 25 Alabama 72, No. 20 Kentucky 61
by JOHN ZENOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. No. 25 Alabama built a big
lead and then watched it shrink
-a familiar story of late for the
Crimson Tide.
This time they tightened up
the defense, kept hitting shots
and fought off several rallies
by No. 20 Kentucky on
Saturday for a 72-61 win,
handing the Wildcats' their
third straight loss.
"We all knew it was a mustwin," said the Tide's Richard
Hendrix, who had 16 points
and nine rebounds. "When
they came out and gave us
their best shot,.we were able to
bounce back. We stayed
poised and knocked down our
shots.
"I think we all feel we're
playing our best basketball of
late, it's just unfortunate we
lost our last two games."
The Tide (19-7, 6-6
Southeastern
Conference)
never trailed and scored the
game's final seven points to
avoid •blowing a • second-half
leatl tior the third straight
game.
Quiet for much of the
game, Joe Crawford nearly
brought Kentucky (18-8, 7-5)
back from an 11-point deficit
m the final 4:37. He scored 10
of 11 points for the Wildcats,
including a 3-pointer that cut
Alabama's lead to 65-61 with
I: 12 left.
Ronald Steele then hit two
free throws and a weird play
hurt Kentucky. Ramel Bradley
lofted a shot that went in, but
the basket was waved off after
teammate Randolph Morris
accidentally tapped it back
out.
"I just hit it inadvertently,"
Morris said. "I didn't even
know that call was possible."
Brandon Hollinger hit two
more free throws with 38 seconds left to put the game away.
Alabama had squandered
an 18-point first-half lead
before losing at No. 1 Florida
on Wednesday night and had a
similar
letdown
against
Mississippi, but held firm this
time.
Steele finished with 15
points and seven assists, and
went 3-for-4 from 3-point
range in one of his better
games this season. Mykal
Riley added 12 points.
Crawford had 15 of his 17
points in the second half for
the Wildcats, who scored a
season-low 22 in the first half.
Morris added 15 points and
Bradley 12.
Freshman Jus tin Tubbs had
nine points as the Tide's Mark
Gottfried inserted a threeguard lineup for long stretches, effectively dealing with
Kentucky's full-court pressure.
For the most part, the Tide
contained Bradley, Crawford
and the rest of Kentucky's outside shooters. The Wildcats
were just 5-of-22 from 3-point
range.
That made it hard for
Kentucky to complete several
comeback attempts.
"We're just not playing the
way we should right now,"
Bradley said. "It's the same
pattern, we fall behind and try
to come back. Today was even
worse.
"We've lost three in a row.
It's devastating. We're way,
way better than this."
The Wildcats twice cut a
13-point deficit down to two in
the second half, • the last on
Jodie Meeks' basket and free
throw to make it 48-46 with
7:28 left.
The Tide scored the next
nine points, capped by two big
plays from Hendrix. He
grabbed a loose ball around
the basket for a dunk and then
drove for a reverse layup for
the 11-point cushion.
"I thought in the second
half we really defended better,
and that's something we
haven't been doing really well
at times this year," Gottfried
said.
Kentucky's Tubby Smith
pulled forward Bobby Perry
from the starting lineup for the
first time this season. Sheray
Thomas made his third start,
but was held scoreless.
The Wildcats also had 17
turnovers, 10 on Alabama
steals.
"Turnovers and everything
else hurt us in this game,"
Smith said. "We're trying find
a way to win some of these
games. We have a tendency to
dig ourselves a hole and then
we battle our way back and
don't play with the intelligence that we need to play
with in clutch situations."
Morris wasn't pleased with
his eff.ort or focus. He had
seven rebounds and four
blocked shots, but committed
eight turnovers.
"Obviously it wasn't my
day," he said. "I wasn't executing and I wasn't into the
game mentally. Turnovers, not
being aggressive, just playing
lackadaisical."
Alabama is hoping the win
will keep the team's seasonlong presence in the Top 25
intact.
The Wildcats trailed 30-22
at halftime, which represented
Eagles edge
Berea 59-56
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIPPA PASSES -Rodney
Mitchell scored a game-high
16
points
and
Shawn
Newsome added 15 as host
Alice Lloyd put together a 5956 win over Berea Saturday at
Grady Nutt Athletic Center.
William Dillard came in off
of the bench and added l 0
points for Alice Lloyd. Corey
Hairston and Preston Simon
each had lO points for the
Eagles. Simon is in his second
season with Alice Lloyd following a successful prep
career at Betsy Layne High
School.
The Eagles won, despite
being outreboundcd 42-20.
Alice Lloyd clung to a 2726 lead at halftime. The Eagles
forced Berea into committing
17 turnovers. The Eagles only
had nine turnovers in the late
regular-season matchup.
Thomas Klimas led Berea
with a double-double of 15
points and 12 rebounds.
a comeback from a horrible
start.
Kentucky's only field goal
of the first 9:55 was a breakaway dunk by Ramon Harris.
The Wildcats got few open
looks at the basket in a 1-for-9
shooting start to fall behind
15-2.
Bradley hit a 3-pointer and
another long jumper in the
final 2 minutes for his only
points of the half. Alabama
didn't make a basket over the
final 4 minutes.
But again, the Wildcats
were left frustrated by their
performance and tired of offering excuses.
"We know we're better, but
talk is cheap," Morris said.
"You can't just say it and then
keep playing the way we are."
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KIM'S KORNER
Is Rehab really
•the new Fab?
By: Kim Little Frasure
With the likes of Brittany Spears,
Lindsay Lohan, and the continuing
investigation into Anna Nicole Smith
aka Vicki Marshall's death one has to
wonder what on earth are these
celebrities thinking?
With every flick of the remote,
Anna Nicole's mysterious death is
either the top
leading storyline or . soon
there after.
The past few
weeks we've
watched as
Lindsay
Lohan
has
walked in and
out of rehab
like a shopping center,
and
now
Kim Little Frasure
reports are
flashing
Brittany Spears entered a rehab only
to check out the very next day.
*)
Then she shaves her head bald and
heads to the nearest tattoo parlor for a
dainty wrist tattoo of lips and another
on her hip?
Have the paparazzi driven these
ladies to pure loss of mind or is checking into rehab becoming the new fad?
It was good enough for Miss USA
Tara Conner after all, to totally disre~pect the rul~s and regplatit>n:> that ~o
hlong with holding·suth·a .,q,ve.ted title
that has promoted goal oriented
women whom strive to improve the
lives of others for the past 50 years.
(See KORNER, page eight)
~----------------------
POISON OAK
Looking through
Papaw's glasses
by Clyde Pack
A month or so ago I read an essay
about the grandson of an old gentlemen who had recently passed away.
When the boy's father was going
through the
'old
man's
belongings,
he asked the
boy if there
was anything
that
had
belonged to
the grandfather, the boy
would like to
keep as a
final remembrance.
Clyde Pack
"Yes," the
b
0
y
answered, "I'd like to have Papaw's
glasses."
~ As the father complied with the
boy's request, curiosity got the best of
him and he asked, "Why on earth
would a young boy like you want a
pair of old glasses?" "Well," the boy
answered, "I want to see the world
like Papaw saw 1t."
The essay ended there, but the sentiment seems to have plastered itself
to the walls of my memory, and every
once in a while it pops into my mind
when I think of my own grandfather,
Liss Baldridge.
My dad's father died when dad was
14 years old, so I never knew him. But
Papaw Baldridge, who was Mom's
• dad, and whose full name was Ulysses
Simpson Grant Baldridge (his neighbors down on Hammond Creek called
him "Uncle Liss") died in 1963.
Although before reading that essay I
had never thougQt of him in that light
before, perhaps it wouldn't have been
such a bad idea if I had viewed my
journey into adulthood as he would
have seen it.
One thing he had that I certainly
need to work on, was his optimism.
The old cliche, "If someone gives you
(See OAK, page seven)
The old three-room schoolhouse at Melvin, Old Glory, and students and teachers
from years past.
Some early Floyd Countians taking a rest by the water pump
at the old Melvin grade school.
The Little School At Melvin
schoolyard talking and what-not until one of
the teachers came out and rang the bell for
I woke up at 7 am today. It is the first day of what seemed like forever. Them teachers would
school and I am in the second grade .. I am come out on the steps and ring that bell like
seven years old. Today the little school is going they really meant it. I guess they wanted the "ten
to be filled with both laughter and crying. I o' clock scholars" to know that school was startlove school and can't wait to get there, ing up and they'd better be hurrying! I knew
because the teacher may read us a poem, or where the second grade classroom was so I titJra story from one of the "Little House" books · ried on down there. When I walked into the
written by Laura Ingles. I am counting the min- room, I saw that my Aunt Mellie was going
utes until I hear mother call, "Ralph it's time to to be my teacher for the year. The smile on
go to school."
my face showed all my teeth, I am sure. Aunt
Finally, mother did say, "Ralph, it's time to Mellie said, "Welcome to the second grade,
head up the tracks for school," so I picked up children. My name is Mrs. Hall. You all take
my writing tablet and pencil from the kitchen a seat." We all sat down real fast and then
rahle ~~,.q~aded oUt the door. "School takes Mrs Hall, said, "We're going to skip singing
up at 815:'arid as: slow as you are I don't want this morning and find out you who all of you
you to be late." It was only 7:45, but Mother all are."
knew I liked to take my time. She was a-talking
"Little girl in the first seat, stand up and
aoout how I liked to stop to talk with everyone tell us your name and where you live, please,"
I ran into on the way there_
Aunt Mellie said. The little girl stood right up
As I left my yard, that lazy old hound dog, and said, "My name is Ann, and I live over
"Sooner," took off up the tracks right behind there across the dirt road in the white house."
me. I kept saying, "Go home, you stupid old When it came my turn to tell who I was, I
hound dog," but he just kept right on behind stood up and said, "My name is Ralph Hall
me. Just acted like he didn't understand a word and I am going to write poems• when 1 grow
I was saying, so I picked me up some rocks up."
and whizzed me one of them rocks straight at
Aunt Mellie, or uh, "Mrs_ Hall," answered,
him. Well, then he just went off the tracks and "Ralph just give your name and where you
laid in the weeds. I guess that's what he want- live today."
ed to do, anyway, because that's what he was
When class got started, my cousin John D.
best at - laying around.
looked over at me and said, "You cain't write
·I thought about my mother and little Mutt no poem, Ralph. Why you cain't write nothback at home. Mutt was about 4 years old and I in' at all."
loved him so much I couldn't stand for the wind
"Can too," I cried. "You just wait and see!"
to blow on him! After all, he was my brother.
"You two boys be quiet! It's time to get
As I walked up the tracks with nothing better to work," Mrs. Hall said, and so we hushed for
to do, I started counting the ties that ran from the time being. The first class was always readmy house to the railroad crossing that would ing, after we got our new books. "Ann, you
take me over into the school yard. I had count- read first," our teacher said. Ann opened her
ed them many times before, and knew that book to the first page and began to read. She
there were 213 ties from my house to the read: "See Ben run, see Alice run." I was so
crossing, but it wouldn't hurt me to count happy because a new school year had started
then again, I figured. When I got up to Uncle and we were in reading class again! I thought
Johnny's mill, I could see the flag , Old Glory, to myself, "That old John D., he will see when
as she t1ew high on the pole in the school- my turn comes that I can read and write,
house bottom. When the school came into full too!"
view, it was the windows that I noticed first.
When it came my turn to read, I read right
For I knew if I got bored before the school day up. After each one of us twelve kids in the
was over, or if I got to day dreaming about class had read page one in the book, Mrs Hall
home and wondering what we would have for said, "Now children, take out your tablets and
supper, or what little Mutt or old dog Sooner pencils for writing class." So I reached into my
were doing, I would want to go look out them desk and took out the brand new tablet and
windows.
pencil that Daddy had sharpened for me before
Well, I got to the schoolhouse at about 8:00 he went off to work over at Weeksbury in
a.m., a few minutes early, but that was okay the coal camp this morning. Mother had warned
because all of us kids just stood around in the me when I was leaving home later that morning
By Ralph Hall
to "not fall on that sharp penciL"
"Now," I heard our teacher saying, "you all
print what you read on page one." So, I began
to print "See Ben run. See Alice run_" "I'll
show John D.," I thought, "he will see that I
can write, after all."
I guess I talked too much, though, because
Mrs Hall was always saying, "Ralph stay in
your seat and be quiet for awhile." Every time
she would ask a question, I would pop up my
hand and say, "Let me answer it, teacher!" I
had an answer for everything. Only trouble
was, as a rule my answers were wrong.
At school, too much talk gets one in trouble so 1 stayed in trouble most of the time and
got many old fashion spankings, which actually helped me a lot. It was a hot September
day and the sun became very intense at about
1:30 in the afternoon and all of us kids started hollering that we wanted a drink of water.
Mrs Hall said, "Okay, make yourselves a cup
and we will go to the hand pump." So we all
made us a cup from a sheet of our tablet paper
and took off to the pump. As I told you in
an earlier story, I drank a lot of ink when i was
a kid from making those little paper cups from
my tablet paper! The water cooled us down
some so we could concentrate a while longer. If
fans had been invented at that time, they hadn't made it to our school or to my little house
as of yet.
School was about learning so if one of us kids
were asked, "What did you learn in school
today?" If we said "nothing," our parents would
say, "That's why you have to go back tomorrow." Well, the hotter it got, the more I
thought about a fishing pole and swimming
hole as the days went on. The last class of each
day was math. I didn't care what "2 + 2"
was, so I started drawing them little stick people with big O's for heads. I never could tell
which one of them stick people was Daddy,
Mother , Mutt, or for that matter, me. So, I
put my mind on ponies and all of the other
animals I would have to feed when I got
home after school. After what seemed liked
200 years, Mrs. Hall walked out into the
schoolyard and rang that bell again. She said,
"Don't run children! And be careful as you
go down them steps!" No one seemed to pay
much attention for we all took off at a run
to the door. Two little girls fell on the schoolhouse steps, or were pushed, maybe. When we
made it to the schoolyard, we started running
in every direction toward all the different
(See MELVIN, page seven)
CRITTER CORNER
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Whether you walk dogs at your shelter,
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or assist with a fund-raising event, you can
make a difference in the lives of animals.
When you give animals the gift of your
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To learn about volunteer opportunities
with your local animal organizations, check
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headings "animal shelter," "humane society," and "animal control." Contact each
group directly to learn about volunteer
needs and opportunities.
Here are just a few of the benefits of
volunteering:
• Becoming a part of the solution_
You'll join a network of hundreds of thousands of people working to make the world
safe and more humane for all living creatures. You'll also make the jobs of everyone working for animals a little easier by
lending a hand and spreading the message
of responsible pet ownership.
• Get warm fuzzies . You'll never find a
more grateful and accepting comrade than
an animal you have comforted. Who can't
use another loyal support in life?
• Keep good company. You'll make lots
of new friends and not just the four-legged
kind. Working side by side with people
who share similar interests can forge lifelong friendships.
• Meet the new you. You'll discover
skills you never knew you had, and you
(See CRITTER, page seven)
This beautiful baby, Anna Dalila, belongs to Tish and Michele
of Webster County, WV. Dalila Is the typical spoiled baby of
the family. She loves to play and explore and be the boss of
the house. She loves her two big sisters, Puff and Boo, and
wants to do everything that they do. Dalila Is blessed to have
been found by the road and given to such a loving family
who gladly welcomed her into their home.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
Allen Elementary and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts/ Receipts may he given to
any AMS student or dropped offat the
school office.
*Book Club will meet on
J1wrsdays, after school until 5 p.m.
New members can still sign up in the
YSC office.
• Feb. 27- Magic Me, 3:30-4:30.
• Feb. 22 - Parent Support Group,
8:30 a.m., in center.
Topic:
''Well ness."
Refreshments, door
prizes. Adams and Clark parents
welcome 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
more 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
Coordinator is Michelle
p.m.
Keathley. Center telephone is 8861297. Please call for information on
center programs and services.
Allen Centr.al High
School
• Feb. 21 - Senior financial aid
workshop for parents, 5 p.m.
• Feb. 23 - Boys basketball vs.
Magoffin County (Senior Night), at
home.
• Feb. 26 - Book Fair in library.
• 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!**
• Feb. 21, 27 - Respect class, 7th
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
• 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.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-0621 to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immuni.tations, 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 arc 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.l.T. Club meets each Tuesday
and Wednesday after school, 3: !54: 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 farnilies~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. 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
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 budding at the rear of the
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
May Valley Elementary
• Parent Lending Library is available to parents for v1deo 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 the first three Mondays
each month to administer immunizations, T.B . skin tests, well-child
exams, WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
The
director, at 377-2678.
McDowell FRC provides services to
all MES students and their families,
regardless of income.
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
• Parents needing assitance with
daycare may contact Mable Hall for
information, or the "A Step Ahead"
daycare center, at 452-11 00.
• SFMS parents with concerns
about your child's grades, vis1t 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 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 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 5872233.
W.D. Osborne
"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 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; 1-4:30
p.m. - Dixie Apts., Betsy Layne
FRYSC, BSCTC; 6-8 p.m. - Auxier ,a)
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: Koay 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
(February 26 and February
28, 1997)
Some people will go to great extremes to
keep from being taken into police custody, and
some authorities will do the same to apprehend
a fugitive. This was the scenario, Saturday
afternoon, when Kentucky State police Sgt. Les
Stapleton pursued Francis Charles Hamilton,
30, a fugitive from Indiana, into the Big Sandy
River at Auxier... Thunderstorms and strong
winds swept thorugh the county Friday afternoon. The high winds caused considerable
damage throughout the area, aside from toppling a sign into a parked vehicle, and damaging the roof at the Market Place... Floyd County
Sheriff Paul Hunt Thompson says he has a valid
contract with the Floyd County School System
to provide school security services, and he produced it Monday, at a special school board
meeting. Thompson's contract has come under
scrunity because state officials have said they
were unaware of it, and it had not been submitted for their approval...Prestonsburg police officers investigating an accident, last week, that
left four teenagers dead, are reportedly close to
filing criminal charges in connection with the
accident. Police Sergeant Anthony Castle, who
is heading the city department's probe, would
not discuss the investigation , Tuesday...Floyd
County's economic development project at I vel,
is on hold, and it appears the county and contractors will be headed to court... A sting by
state Alcohol Beverage Control officers and
sheriff's deputies, Saturday night, in Floyd
County, netted two arrests, and five charges
against three others, most of which were alcohol
related ... Roy Thornsbury,
18,
a
Prestonsburg High School student, is accused
of calling in one bomb threat during a rash of
fire alarms and threats, which began at the high
school, last fall. He was s uspended in
November for allegedly calling in a bomb
threat at that school. He can return to classes at
a different school until his case is
resolved... Officials do not believe that the vandalism of the Friendship Baptist Church in
Wheelwright, is connected with the recent
reports of Ku Klux Klan activity in the
area ...The Prestonsburg Fire Deparment, and a
few area residents, worked for nearly three
hours, Monday afternoon, to put out a fire near
Dingus and Josephine Streets... Local citizens
caught dumping their trash illegally could face
up to $5,000 in fines-and a trip to Frankfortunder a new initiative taken by the state Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection
Cabinet,
and
the
Floyd
County
government. ..Lawana Lynn Heinlein, of Bull
Creek, was arrested Wednesday, after she tried
to cover up for her two sons who were skipping
school...An excited Prestonsburg crowd made
up part of the large audience in the opening
round of the 58th District tournament at the
D.W. Howard Fieldhouse, at Betsy Layne,
Friday night. Both Allen Central girls, and
Prestonsburg boys, advanced out of the early
round ... A Floyd grand jury will hear evidence
against Gary Lee Samons, 25, of Drift, who
allegedly broke into a tire store and stole four
new tires for his truck, Floyd District Judge
James R. Allen referred the case against
Samons to the grand jury, Wedne~day... Staffing
cuts have been okayed by Fioyd County school
officials in an attempt to prevent a year-end
budget deficit which could lead to the ouster of
the entire school board... Less than two weeks
after a tragic car accident claimed the lives of
four teenagers, a wrongful death lawsuit has
been filed against the estate of the teen driver
by a parent of one of the victims. Thomas Lee
Word, the father of Thomas Lee Word II, has
sued Fannie Walters, the administrix of the
estate of Gregory T. Walters .. .It looks like the
City of Allen will be able to keep the funding
for its sewer project --- for now anyway.
According to city attorney Brett Davis, the c ity
has complied with the terms of a letter from the
Department for Local Government. which was
threatening to pull funding for the
project...Floyd, Pike, Martin and Johnson counties have joined forces in the search for a large
portion of land for the development of a new
regional industrial park program, where more
jobs and revenue for the Big Sandy area are the
goals ...Miranda Slone, an eighth grade student
at Martin Middle School, successfully spelled
the word, "dromedary," mispelled by runner-up
Jonathan Tackett, and then, "mirage," to win
the district spelling bee, held at Adams Middle
School...There died: Ephriam Edwards, 90, of
Lackey, Monday, February 24, at Highlands
Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg; Eula
Ann Slone DeLong, 59, of Prestonsburg,
Friday, February 21; Herbert Gibson, 70, of
Kettering, Ohio, formerly of David, Thursday,
February 20, at Kettering Medical Center;
Elizabeth Emogene Skeans Elliott, 71, of
Hunter, Thursday, February 20, at the Vencor of
Louisville Hospital; Gladys McKinney, 79, of
Pikeville, Monday, February 24, at Mountain
Manor Nursing Home; Marie Conn Cook, 60,
9f Ypsilanti, Michigan, formerly of Floyd
County, Saturday, February 22, at her residence; Mary E. Everage, 7 1, of Leburn,
Saturday, February 22; Charles Edward Rice,
75, of Lima, Ohio, Tuesday, February 4 ;
Benjamin Alvarez III, 44, of Simpsonville, formerly of Prestonsburg, Monday, February 24,
in Lexington; Wilford Boyd, 74, of Dana,
Tuesday, February 25, at his residence.
Twentv Years Ago
(March 4, 1987)
In addition to various state offices, two
county-wide posts and the Prestonsburg City
Council will be at stake here, during the May
primary... Rumors of a major management
shakeup at the Bank Josephine are " untrue,"
according to Earl Martin McGuire, chairman of
the bank's board of directors. "There have been
very minor changes, nothing out of the ordinary," McGuire said ...Pike County officials
have begun taking the first steps toward con-
struction of a 106-bed regional jail that is
expected to ease overcrowding problems, and
accept dangerous prisoners from county jails in
Floyd, Knott and Letcher counties ...Accused of
deliberately ramming his truck, twice, into a car
full of neighbors, Forrest Gibson, 37, of Tram,
pleaded guilty, Friday, to the reduced charge of
a Class A misdemeanor, and was setenced to 12
months in jail...Directors of the Mountain
Christian Academy launched an "aggressive"
campaign to raise $10 million for an endowment fund at the school by August 15 ... Born to
Evelena and Stewart Osborne of Wheelwright,
a son, Anthony Paul, on February 19, at Our
Lady of the Way, in Martin ...There died:
Canton Lafferty, 76, of Dwale...Eva Allen, 88, ¥
of Lackey... Don Edward Prater, 33, of
David... Rebecca Ellis Messer, 78, of
Pres tonsburg .. .John Leed.y, 72, of Betsy
Layne ...Anthony (Tony) Hall, 86, formerly of
Dema ... Ruth Lunsford Allen, 73 , formerly of
Garrett... and Eugene Perkins Harris, 83, formerly of Prestonsburg.
Thirtv Years Ago
(March 2, 1977)
Found guilty of the fatal stabbing of a local
man, two teenage girls were ordered, last week,
by Circuit Judge Hollie Conley, to be committed
to the Morehead Treatment Center for delin- (·~
quent girls ... Local businessmen have been
warned to be on the lookout for at least two
juveniles who have recently forged and cashed
checks at two drug stores here ...The orgamntion and first meeting of the board of directors of
the Floyd County Chapter of the Ameri c m Red
Cross was held here, last week ... Whcn Big
Sandy ADD, la<>t week, committed itself to the
temporary management of the Allen water system, a part of the discussion hinted at an idea
that, sometime in the future, a single giant water
system may serve the Big Sandy Valley... When
(See YESTERDAYS, page seven)
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
21, 2007 • 87
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dust from the mid-west specked the
atmosphere here, last week, Floyd
County residents were reminded of
televised scenes of the scorched,
of
other
cracked
earth
states ... Prestonsburg residents will be
paying 20 cents per thousand cubic
feet more for natural gas, burned after
today, the City Utility Corrunission
announced Monday... Secondary roads
are in "terrible" condition, members
of the fiscal court were told at their
meeting here, Monday morning, and
they moved to allocate gravel for each
of the county's four magisterial districts ...The Water Gap-Bull Creek
Water District was presented, last
week, by the Prestonsburg office of
the Farmers Home Administration, a
letter setting the conditions that the
district must meet to assure federal
funding in the amount of $571,000 for
v-onstruction of a water distribution
system in its area...KY 292, in Martin
County, has suffered a battering by
the weather, nobody has done anything to repair it, and, as a result, it
was blocked for more than an hour,
Monday, by protesting coal truckers
and their friends ... Without waiting to
see if its location will be chosen by
the five counties of the Big Sandy
Area Development District for a
regional airport, Pike County is ready
to begin work on the site at
Cowpen ... There
died:
Virgil
Smallwood, 69, of Bevinsville,
February 23, at Highlands Regional
~edical Center; Ballard Thompson,
71, of Martin, February 27, at
Highlands Regional Medical Center;
Lealie Blair, 60, of Martin, February
20, at a hospital in Willard, 0.; Sally
H. Smith, 68, of Wheelwright,
February 26, at Our Lady of the Way
Hospital; Burlie Shepherd, 78, formerly of Hueysville, February 24, at a
nursing home in Kendallville, 'rnd.;
Sue Allen Crowder, 66, of Mayfield,
February 15, at a hospital in Wichita,
Falls, Tex.; Sadie Moore Hall, 59, of
Bevinsville, March 1, at her home.
Fonv Years Ago
(March 2, 1967)
As of Wednesday morning, the
beginning of a new month, Floyd
County. had 464 men in the Work
Experience & Training (Happy
Pappy) program, but it is fairly certain
this number will be reduced by April
1, because of a cut in federal
funds ... The political pot, slow to heat
this year, began simmering within the
week, as new candidates entered the
primary campaign; a move was
reported to be afoot to remove one
major candidate; and yet another
moved into this county, in preparation
for the primary battlc...The Betsy
Layne High School gym was
destroyed by fire, last Thursday afternoon, within an hour after school had
recessed for the day, and the high
school structure itself was damaged ... The newly-organized Floyd
County
Masonic
Officers'
Association at its meeting, Sunday
afternoon, elected officers to serve for
a one-year term ...The 58th district
basketball tournament got off to a
four-night stand, here, Wednesday
night, with a near-capacity crowd on
hand for the first round... Married:
Miss Ruie Berniece Horton, of
Grayson, and Mr. Emery Gayle
Colvin, of Prestonsburg, Feb. 10, at
the Irene Cole Memorial Baptist
Church, here ...There died: Elder
William Sherman Gilliam, 78, of
Bypro, Friday, at a Louisville hospital; Michael Anthony Boyd, 15, of
Allen, Sunday, at a Frankfort hospital;
Bill Bailey Moore, 61, of Harold,
Friday, at the Williamson (W.Va.)
Appalachian Regional Hospital;
Burlie Beckham Hunter, 63, former
Martin barber, last Wednesday, at Our
Lady of the Way Hospital, Martin;
Roy David Souleyrette, 55, of
Wheelwright, last Wednesday, in a
slatefall in an Island Creek mine at
Buckingham; W. H. Sexton, 64, formerly of Wayland, Feb. 11, at his
home in Arcadia, California.
Finv Years Ago
(March 6, 1957)
The Floyd
County
Health
Department and assisting agencies,
here, during the recent flood emergency, have administered 35,000
typhoid shots, according to M. V.
Clarke, county health administrator...Fioyd County schools lost. in the
recent flood, 10,809 textbooks, valued at $13,986.17, V.O. Tumer, county c;uperintendent of schools, said this
week ... Three flood debris dump sites
to serve this county, are now being
used by the Civil Defense, it was
announced, Tuesday, by M. V. Clarke,
health administrator...Rcd Cross disaster headquarters for Floyd County,
announced, with the closing of applications on March 4, that 956 families
have applied for Red Cross assistance ...The Prestonsburg City Council
enacted an ordinance at its Monday
evening meeting, increasing garbage
collection fees. Fees for collection
from residences will be increased
from 50 cents to $1.00 a
month ... Grady Wallace, of Marc
Creek, and former Betsy Layne High
School net star, this week became the
first ba<;ketball player from this area,
to
be
.named
an
aiiAmerican ...Married: Miss Florence
Billiter. of Martin, and Mr. John F.
Anderson, of McDowell, Feb. 16, at
the home of the bride's brother, in
Allen, Miss Phyllis Deen Martin, of
Hi Hat, and Mr. Donald Gene Moore,
of Orkney, Dec. 27, at the bride's
home ... Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Billy D.
Hale, of Prestonsburg, a daughter,
Cynthia Elizab_e th, Feb. 15 ...There
died:
James
Horn, 88, last
Wednesday, at his home at Brainard;
Bee Hayes, 81, of Maytown, last
Thursday, at the home of a sister;
Melvin Carroll, 71, recently at home
at Alphoretta; Raymond Ousley, 50,
of Willard, 0., formerly of this coun-
ty, Sunday, at Toledo, 0.; Lewis
Bentley, 56, formerly of Floyd
County, Tuesday, of last week, at a
Huntington hospital; Mrs. Liiiie
Smith Rainey, 66, of Wheelwright,
Wednesday, at the Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville.
Sixtv Years Ago
(February 27, 1947)
The Princess Elkhorn Coal
Company's No. I mine, at David, is
c;trikebound for the second week, with
approximately 280 men idle since
Monday of last week... Crushed by a
"trip'' of empty cars which ran wild
into his "room" of the lnland Steel
Company mine at Wheelwright, last
Saturday midnight, George McCarty,
49-year-old miner, was instantly
killcd... Scmi-finals of the VFW basketball tournament, now in progress
here, will be played tonight
(Thursday), with Garrett meeting
Pikeville, and Prestonsburg engaging
Betsy Layne...William R. Calliham Jr.,
of Prestonsburg, has been named
chairman of the 1947 Red Cross fund
drive...Four Prestonsburg firms burglari;.ed, Tuesday night, were:
Cooley's Service Station, the Pure Oil
Service Station, at the corner of
Broadway and Richmond, the Cooley
Motor Company. and the newsstand of
F. D. Ward ... Married: Miss Sadie Pitts
and Mr. Columbus Shepherd, of
David, Saturday, here; Miss Betty
Castle and Mr. Arnold Triplett, of
David, Jan. 25, at Paintsville; Miss
Myrtle Lewis and Mr. Clarence W.
Clark, of Mare Creek, Feb. 1O... Born:
to Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Spradlin, of
Prestonsb rg, a son-Joe Spradlin
Jr.- Feb. 15, at the Prestonsburg
General Hospital; to Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Ousley, of Maytown, a son
Gary Randall; to Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Morrow, of Betsy Layne, a son-'-Gary
Eugene, Feb. 8, at the Methodist
Hospital, Pikeville...There died: Mrs.
Nelle Dav1s Wicker, 82, of Lackey,
Monday, at the Stumbo Memorial
Hospital, Lackey; Mrs. Eula M.
Stanley Conley, 26, at home at Garrett,
Tuesday night; Sam Kimanska, 42,
last Thursday, at his home in Martin;
Arthur Lee, I 0-day-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul D. Kingsley. of Osborn, at
the Gearheart Hospital, Martin,
Friday.
seventv Years
Ago
(February 26, 1937)
The highway department, this
week, is surveying the Mayo Trail,
from Paintsville to Louisa. in preparing to give the 26-mile stretch a hightype surface, in accordance with
Federal Bureau of Roads specifications... Following the dynamiting of a
tractor, February 17, a result of the
dispute between teamsters and the
field officials of the Inland Gas
Corporation, the company hao:; aban- '
doned further construction of a 12mile Lackey-to Hindman pipeline,
pending an investigation by federal
authorities .... A ten-ton suspension
bridge, to be built at Banner, is now
being advertised for bids by the Floyd •
Fiscal Court... Residents from ail sections of eastern Kentucky, and northern Virginia, will meet at Pikeville,
Saturday, to form an organization to
push the proposed game preserve and
park, at the Breaks of the Big Sandy,
in Kentucky and Virginia ...The purchase of the Eagle Bus Line by the
Sparks Bros. Bus Company, of
Prestonsburg, was announced here,
this week... Bom: to Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Howard, of Prestonsburg, a
son- Donald Lee- February 18; to
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Neeley, of
Prestonsburg,
a
son- Carlos
Edward-February ? ...There died:
Solomon Perry, 18, of West
Prestonsburg,
at
the Stumbo
Memorial Hospital, February 18.
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• Continued from p5
lemons, make lemonade," could have
been his motto.
I didn't spend a great deal of time
with him when I was growing up, but
I can't ever recall seeing him in a bad
mooo. Regardless of the adversity he
faced, he always had a sparkle in his
steel-blue eyes, and although most of
his life he was what some would have
called "dirt poor," he seemed to
always see his cup as half full,
.instead of half empty.
~ Papaw Baldridge did indeed wear
glasses-at least to read by-and if
some relative of mine somewhere
still has them, I hope they're looking
at life as he did.
Wouldn't it be a wonderful legacy
if my own grandson would some day
aspire to look at his life, as I have
looked at mine?
It's an humbling thought, but if little Owen William Pack could someday remember me, as I remember
Papaw Baldridge, I would forever be
drinking from my saucer, for my cup
would runneth over.
Critter
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may be surprised at what you're capable of achieving.
• Gain a new career. You'll learn
things that may lead you to the career
or career change of your dreams.
Employers and college admissions
officers look favorably on time spent
in volunteer service.
• Enjoy a wagging tail, a purr, and
a smile. Didn't someone once say that
the best things in life are free?
For more information on animal
organizations, visit www.hsus.org
(The Humane Society of the United
States).
Melvin
• Continued from p5
hollers. We took off for Hen Pen,
Muddy Gut, and Tackett Holler and
down the tracks for Melvin, and
Abner Mountain. Some of the kids
ran down the dirt road, kicking up
dust as they ran. I made my way
down them tracks as fast as my
feet would carry me toward our little home, Mother, Mutt and old
Sooner.
I wanted to see mutt so I could
i!tell him about the "Little House
on Plum Creek" story that Mrs Hall
had read to us that day. It was from
the Laura Ingles books, just like I
had hoped for. I thought Mutt would
understand it because we lived in
a little house, too, but on Beaver
Creek. When I came into the house
I said, "Hey, Mutt! Where are you
, anyway?" Mutt answered back, "In
here with Mommy in the kitchen!"
I ran into the kitchen and said,
"Hey, Mutt, let me tell you about
this little house on Plum Creek!"
All he said was, "Ralph, Mommy
cooked chicken and apple pie!"
Mutt didn't care how many plums
there were over there on Plum
Creek, he had apple pie on Beaver
Creek on his mind! Before I could
say another word, Mother said, "I
just don't want to hear it, Ralph." ·
I guess the only person who cared
about Laura Ingells' stories at my
house was me.
After I filled my belly with
chicken and apple pie, Mother said,
"You boys rest for awhile now.
Then, in a little bit, Ralph, you go
feed the ponies and the cow and
Mutt, you feed the chickens and
the ducks."
Same thing I had done every
afternoon of my life. But, as I was
feeding the ponies and cows I still
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From lett to right: Sandi Brooks, Ginger Thacker, and Debbie Hunt of Special Occasions.
Floyd County
Chamber Of
Commece weicomes new
member: Special
Occasions
.
In February of 2006, three
women successfully nurtured a
dream into a real!ty when they
opened the doors of their own specialty shop, Special Occasions. For
many years, Debbie Hunt, Ginger
Thacker. and Sandi Brooks had been
using their talents and skills to aid
friends and fan1ily in planning, organizing, and hosting weddings, birthdays, bridal and baby showers, and
anniversaries; however, it was not
until each one of them had to plan
weddings for their own children did
they realized how stressful and time
consuming planning a wedding can
be for the families of the bride and
groom. The main goal of the three
has been to help relieve the stress of
planning special occa<>ions for all of
their clients. At Special Occasions,
customers are truly "special."
Hard work, devotion, and dedication to the value of customer <;ervice
are three things in which the staff at
Special Occasions prides themselve<>. They have found a passion
and zeal by wh1ch they channel their
creativity, experience. tmd skill to
provide the most memorable occasion for brides and grooms, moms
and dads to be, happy couples on
their anniversaries, and smiling children on their birthdays. However,
Debbie, Ginger, and Sandi do not
feel as though they have accomplished their dream alone. They
give God all the credit for helping
them in their business ventures thus
far. The three have all been members of Boldman Freewill Baptist
Church for most of their lives. They
find comfort in the support of their
church family and arc grateful to
have such a warm and friendly
church home. All three women
agree that their parents have been
positive role models by providing
them with strong Christian foundations, good work ethics, and the
belief in the sanctity of their marriage vows. Debbie, Ginger. and
Sandi have all taken these values
and applied them to their own lives.
Debbie is the wife of evangelist.
Jack Hunt. Jack is a sales representative employed by Brandeis
Machinery. They recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniver~ary.
They have two daughters Charity
and Cara and two granddaughters
Emily and Ailison.
Ginger has been married to her
husband, Danny, for 7 years.
Danny is a deacon at Boldman
Freewill Baptist and an Electrician
employed by Jenny Wiley State
Resort Park. Ginger also holds a
position as a kinJergarten aide at
Mullins Elementary School. Ginger
and Danny'-; family consists of their
two daughters Bethany and Amber,
and Bethany's husband, Jared
Arnett.
Sandi has been married to her
husband, Mike, for 27 years. Mike,
who was the owner of Brook's
Pharmacy for 17 years, is now
employed by Rite Aid and Garry's
Pharmacy. Their family consists of
their two sons Barrett and Brandt
and Barrett's wife Natalie.
Special Occasions offers the
most diverse rental items along with
planning and coordinating services
for every occasion from birthdays
and graduation parties, to weddings,
showers and anniversaries, retirement parties. corporate functions,
grand openings, holiday parties,
family reunions, and proms. The
very heart of Special Occasions
beats to assure you that your occasion runs smoothly and allows you
to savor every moment of your special day. If you need advice or assistance their skilled professionals can
guide you in planning your occasion
from start to tinish .
Special Occasions inventory and
services includes, but is not limited
to, rental items for all occasions,
catering services, home decor, bridal
registry, themed and solid colored
party supplies, and fresh or artificial
floral arrangements.
In its first year of busine~s ,
Special Occasions successfully
orchestrated 192 occasions. Debbie,
Ginger. and Sandi would like to
thank ail of their family, close
friends. loyal customers, and clients
for their support in their first year of
business.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Dec. 4, 2006 A daughter, Courtney Nicole Osborne, to Anthony
and Samantha Osborne, of Prestonsburg.
Jan. 21, 2007 A son, Vincent Travis Bowling, to Elizabeth &
Elmer Bowling, of Jackson
Jan. 21, 2007 A daughter, Madison MacKenzie Little, to
Jamie & Ronnie Little, of Partridge
Uiunrjy Musi~ u~n: Nation~ St~C1C BrT?:? Team $15,500
Fitleen Thousand Five IIun•.:fEi\·I 00/100 DOLLARS
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Jan. 21, 2007 A daughter. Jade Aedammair Josephine Collins,
to Hollie Ann Lafferty, of Prestonsburg
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Jan. 21,2007 A son, Timothy Ray Nolan Brown, to Monica
& Kevin Brown, of Langley
Jan. 23, 2007 A daughter, Destany Rushay Newsome, to
Sasha Marie Mills, of Inez
Jan. 23, 2007 A daughter, Taylor Danielle Sword, to Rita &
Roy Sword, of Jackson
Jan. 23, 2007 A son, Anthony Scott Maynard, to Mary &
Scott Maynard, of Paintsville
Jan. 24, 2007 A son, Talon Alexander Brown, to Sarah & Carl
Brown, of Prestonsburg
Jan. 24, 2007 A son, Michael William Swope, to Stacee Lynn
Stovall, of Prestonburg
Jan. 24, 2007 A daughter, Shayna Thomasia JoLynn Carroll,
to Kelly & Thomas Carroll, of Grethel
Jan. 25, 2007 A daughter, Katie MacKenzie Turner, to
Rebecca & Dennis Turner, of Jackson
Jan. 25, 2007 A daughter, Selena Hope Newsome, to
Kimberly & Larry Newsome Jr., of Hi Hat
Jan. 25, 2007 A daughter, Abigail Lashay Ratliff, to Leslie &
Paul Ratliff, of Flatgap
Jan. 26, 2007 A daughter, Harley Madison Burchett, to
Tristina & James Burchett, of Prestonsburg
Jan. 26, 2007 A son, Christopher Devon Adams, to Regina
Mae Adams, of Hazard
Jeff Crowe, Scenic Byways Director, presents a $15,500 check from the America's Byways program and Tour Southern and
Eastern Kentucky to the Country Music Highway Redbud Festival producer Ken Carriere, of Goodtyme Productions. The
money will go toward producing the US 23 Highway Highlights music event. The tickets for this event are currently on sale
through the Mountain Arts Center box office. For ticket information, please call 1-888- MAC ARTS or locally, at 886-2623
US 23 Highway Highlights to take place Sat., April 14 at MAC
One of the most exciting concerts ever
produced in this region, US 23 Highway
Highlights, will take place on Saturday,
April 14 at the Mountain Arts Center.
Some of the most talented performers
from all along the Country Music
Highway will assemble to perform in one
spectacular event. America's Byway
Program and TOUR Southern & Eastern
Kentucky have secured funding to assist
·with the implementation of this event,
with producer, Ken Carriere of Goodtyme
Productions.
The US23
Highway
Highlights will be the official Red Bud
Festival Event for he Country Music
Highway. It is anticipated that this event
will take place every year in April on the
Saturday before the Hillbilly Days
Festival will begin in Pikeville.
Some of the entertainers scheduled to
perform this coming April include Kori
Caudill, The Big Sandy Singers, Stephen
Salyers, Paul Pace, Tony Ramey, Jerica
Blair, The Carriere Family, Ron Vanover,
Laura Ford Hall, Sean Caudill, Brittany
Carter, Brittany Hamilton, Alison Lovely,
Jeff Branham, Bronson Bush, and more.
The emcee for the evening will be Fred
Goble aka "Munroe," the Kentucky Opry
Comedian, with the Kentucky Opry Band
providing their phenomenal musicianship
as the back-up band!
Jan. 26, 2007 A son, Devin Lee Maynard, to Edna & Herbert
Maynard, of Inez
Jan. 26, 2007 A son, Nathaniel Gregory Barnett, to'Kristal &
Parnell Barnett, of Hager Hill
Jan. 26, 2007 A son, Steven Anthony Gevedon, to Lisa Ladale
Haney, of Cannel City
Jan. 29, 2007 A daughter, Rileigh Paige Ramey, to Melinda
Hunt, of Riceville
Jan. 30, 2006 A son, Breland James Tackett, to Rebecca &
James Tackett, of Teaberry
Jan. 31, 2007 A son, Camron Keith Sherington, to Salena
Waller, of Martin
Jan. 31, 2007 A son, Chad Michael Wesley Gibson, to Robin
& Chad Gibson, of Pinetop
Feb. 1, 2007 A son, Peyton Dale Blair, to Shirley & Larry
Blair II, of Bulan
Feb. 2, 2007 A daughter, Ciara Michelle Meade, to Wendy &
Scotty Meade, of Wittensville
Feb. 2, 2007 A daughter, Kassidy Lea Bryant, to Kelly &
Duran Bryant, of Kite
Feb. 2, 2007 A daughter, Ciara Rachelle Henley, to Ashley &
Charles Henley, of Van Lear
Feb. 2, 2007 A daughter, Brooklyn Karis sa Stacy, to Delana &
William Stacy, of Deboard
Feb. 4, 2007 A son, Kain Alexander Clark, to Chasity & John
Clark, of Prestonsburg
HCTC New Horizon staff finalists
Hazard Community & Technical Cotleg·e has chosen the two
finalists for the staff New Horizon award of excellence.
Shown above are Amanda Spencer, of Beattyville (left), and
Mischelle Griffie, of Cornettsville. The two were nominated
because of their dedication to student learning and success
and for their professionalism.
Feb. 4, 2007 A son, Kain Alexander Clark, to Chasity & John
Clark, of Prestonsburg
Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning joins
Floyd County Chamber Of Commerce
Feb. 4, 2007 A son, Randy Jack Pollard, to Vanessa & Estill
Pollard, of Hazard
Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning, locally owned and operated
by Larry and Danita Stumbo of McDowell, recently joined the
Floyd County Chamber Of Commerce. Heaven's Best Carpet
Cleaning offers many services including the cleaning of carpet, upholstery, and tile.
Heaven's Best Carpet franchise has been offering quality
work at affordable prices since 1983. Heaven's Best Dry-InOne-Hour carpet cleaning removes soil and stains from all
carpets. Heaven's Best can give new life to your furniture by
using their cleaning solution and powerful cleaning system,
giving your furniture a beautiful new look. Cleaning of offices
and businesses is also something Floyd County's own
Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning can do.
All of Heaven's Best Carpet Cleaning professionals are
bonded and insured for their customers' protection.
Heaven's eest Carpet Cleaning is located in McDowell, KY
and can be reached by calling (606) 377-2378. For estimates
and other information please visit Heaven's Best on the
World Wide Web at www.heavensbest.com
Feb. 4, 2007 A daughter, KaSandra Dawn Thompson, to
Sandy Newsome, of Prestonsburg
Feb. 4, 2007 A son, Camron Lee Collins, to Karen & Jeffrey
Collins, of Chavies
Feb. 5, 2007 A son, Matthew Glenn Thomas Emmons, to
Sarah Ann Baldridge, of Shelbiana
Feb. 5, 2007 A daughter, Katie Elizabeth Carty, to Tara &
Joshua Carty, of Salyersville
Feb. 5, 2007 A daughter, McKenzie Ann Scalf, to Laura &
Brian Scalf, of West Liberty
Feb. 6, 2007 A daughter, Emileigh Grace Sturgill, to Kelly
Nicole Whitaker, of Martin
Feb. 6, 2007 A daughter, Alexis Ryan Taylor, to Hope
McKenzie, of Salyersville
Feb. 6, 2007 A daughter, Ilana Faye Estep, to Connie &
Steven Estep, of Prestonsburg
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Feb. 7, 2007 A son, Marshall Landon Dodge, to Rebecca
Renee & Rodney Gene Dodge Jr., of East Point
Feb. 7, 2007 A daughter, Mea Grace Puckett, to Rebecca &
Jim Puckett, of Salyersville
Feb. 7, 2007 A daughter, Carhe LaShea Meade, to Pamela
Jean & Carl Meade, of McDowell
Feb. 7, 2007 A son Barrett Ryan Sturgill, to Amanda & Barry
Sturgill, of Beaver
Feb. 7, 2007 A son, Trey Alexander Moore, to Samantha
Glasser, of Dwale
Feb. 7, 2007 A son, Conner James Gibson, to Belinda &
James Gibson, of Ptppa Passes
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Feb. 8, 2007 A son, Landon Jarrett Barker, to Tabitha Wagner,
of Prestonsburg
Debbie Justice
OLWH January Employee of the
Month
Our Lady of the Way Hospital is pleased to announce that
Debbie Justice, a member of the Housekeeping Team, has
been named Employee of the Month for January, 2007.
Debbie began with OLWH in 2001. She is the proud mother
of three children, Kevin, Melissa and Amanda. Debbie lives
at Cliff with her husband Jerry and family. She enjoys
spending time with her family, especially her three year old
granddaughter
Macy,
who
calls
her
"Granny."
Congratulations, Debbie!
Breaking boundaries afld
standing proud on what a
woman is to be in the 21st
Century, something that this
pageant has promoted for
years has taken on an entire
new meaning. What will transpire from upcoming title
holders in the years ahead will
be something else.
As for Anna Nicole, who on
earth is going to be her five
month old baby daughter
Dannielynn's father?
The quirky long-time attorney/friend/companion Howard
Stern, or the good looking
photographer/ex-boyfriend
Larry Birkhead, or Zsa Zsa
Gabor's crazy old geezer of a
husband Prince Frederick Vonwhat's his name?
Few things are sure in the
lives of all these women. All
have been in the limelight, all
have suffered love and loss, all
have partaken their own share
of drugs and alcohol and all
remain, for now, headline
news.
How sad, to have fame and
fortune and get consumed by ·
the ugly cruel evils that lurk
with drugs and alcohol instead
of the brains to use their
wealth for the good.
Til Next Week,
May God Bless ...
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by KATHY J. PRATER
FEATURES EDITOR
MARTIN - Floyd County principals will no longer be allowed to serve
as coaches in Floyd County schools,
the Floyd County Board of Education
determined at a meeting Wednesday
night.
"I feel that academics should come
before sports," board member Sherry
come on board to serve as just a
coach."
Though both Gearheart and Carol
Stumbo were in favor of allowing principals to serve as coaches, Robinson
was joined by fellow board members
Jeff Stumbo and Dr. Chandra Varia
against continuing the practice and, as
evidenced by a roll call vote, put the
matter to rest by voting to no longer
allow principals, vice principals or
Robinson had to say in regard to the
issue, as she and fellow board member
Linda Gearheart discussed the reasoning behind their respective stances.
Gearheart, a former principal herself, was in favor of continuing to
allow Floyd County principals to serve
as coaches for athletic teams.
Gearheart said that in her experience as
a school administrator, "It was sometimes very hard to get someone to
WANTING
A
CHO .ICE
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
LOUISA-A
Lawrence County social
worker resigned from her
position this week after
being charged with four
counts of unlawful transactions with a minor in
late January for allegedly
buying and serving alcohol to teenagers.
Ruth J. Horn, 32, was
arrested Feb. 11 at her
Louisa residence after
•):ling charged for providIng alcohol to four
teenage girls at a party
which took at her home
on Jan. 27.
Horn, who had
worked for five years at
the Division of Protection
and Permanency,
resigned this week following her arrest. Her
position at the agency
included work in cases
of child and adult abuse
and neglect, foster care
and adoptions.
~ The incident remains
under investigation by
Det. Mark Padgett of
Kentucky State Police.
photo by Kathy J. Prater
Larry Brown, a Prestonsburg attorney, addressed the Floyd County Boal':d of Education on
Wednesday evening in regard to the school system's reciprocal agreement with Johnson
County schools.
Board decides to keep
agreement with Johnson
FEATURES EDITOR
MARTIN - Several parents
of Floyd County students who
travel outside the county to
attend school showed up at the
special-called meeting of the
Floyd County Board of
Education, held Wednesday
evening at May Valley
Elementary School, to voice
their concerns over rumors that
the Floyd board may not sign
an agreement with neighboring
counties, specifically Johnson,
to allow Floyd County students
to attend school outside their
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message with
tough sentence
STAFF WRITER
by KATHY J. PRATER
inside
(See COACHING, page 18)
by ALEX SMITH
2 DAY FORECAST
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department heads of Floyd County
schools to serve as coaches on any
Floyd County team. Additionally, those
serving in these positions will also not
be allowed to volunteer in these capacities.
"I feel that we are taking the decision out of the hands of the site-based
councils," Gearheart said in regard to
home county.
Keith Baker, of Allen,
addressed the board to explain
his choice to have his child
attend school in Johnson
County. Baker said that after
reviewing test scores and
progress oJ both Floyd and
Johnson County schools, that
he and his wife came to the
determination that what they
were looking for in the way of
providing an education for their
child was available not in
Floyd County, but in Johnson.
"It was what was right for
our family," Baker said. "And
we feel we have the right to
choose where our child attends
school," he continued, citing
the
Kentucky
Education
Reform Act and No Child Left
Behind Act both as models for
granting them that right.
Larry
Brown,
a
Prestonsburg attorney, also
spoke, saying that although he
was
a
"proud
PHS
(Prestonsburg High School)
graduate," that he is now
"black and gold to the bone"
after having one child successfully complete his education in
the Johnson County school sys(See CHOICE, page 18)
PRESTONSBURG- A
Floyd County woman and
her Knott County boyfriend
were convicted Tuesday on
drug possession charges,
with the jury recommending that e~ch receive the
maximum
sentences
allowed under law.
A jury returned the
guilty verdicts after 7 p.m.
convicting
Tuesday,
Kimberly C. Burns, 39, of
Hueysville, of three counts
of possession of controlled
substance and one count of
possession of drug paraphernalia. The jury recommended a five-year sentence
for
possessing
methadone and 12 months
each for two counts of pos-
sessing hydrocodone and
the drug paraphernalia
charge, which was brought
for three scales found in her
bedroom along with the
methadone. Although the
jury recommended these
sentences run consecutively, by law the 12-month
convictions, which were
misdemeanor charges, must
run concurrent with her
five-year sentence.
Her boyfriend, James B.
Combs, 45, of Leburn, was
found guilty of cocaine possession and tampering with
physical evidence, for
which he was given matching five-year sentences.
The jury recommended that
the charges run consecutively.
(See SENTENCE, page 18)
KASPER to be focus
of meeting March 12
by ALEX SMITH
STAFF WRITER
An educational program
on the state's KASPER prqgram will be held in
Prestonsburg on Monday,
March 12.
KASPER, which stands
for "Kentucky All Schedule
Prescription
Reporting"
program, was initiated in
1999, and at the end of
2006 Kentucky was one of
28 states in the country
employing some form of
prescription
monitoring
program.
All medical professionals and law enforcement
officers in Floyd and surrounding counties are
encouraged to attend the
presentation. The meeting
is open to the public and
will take place at 5:30p.m.
at Allen Baptist Church,
located on U.S. 23 just
north of Route 80.
Dave Sallengs, manager
(See KASPER, page 18)
Mine safety legislation
passes ftrst hurdle
by ROGER ALFORD
A ssOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - After weeks of
intense
lobbying
by
eastern
Kentucky widows who lost their husbands in mining accidents, state lawmakers are again considering legislation to bolster safety laws for those
working underground.
A measure that would, among
other things, require more government inspections of coal mines, had
stalled in a House committee until
the widows and other mine safety
advocates kick started it with personal pleas and with protests at the
Capitol.
The committee approved revised
legislation on Thursday and sent it to
the full House for consideration.
Mine safety advocates, however,
complained that the new version was
gutted of several key features.
The new proposal requires inspectors to visit each mine at least six
times per year, up from the current
standard of three. A provision that
(See BILL, page 18)
photo by Alex Smith
Floyd County Judge/Executive Robert D. Marshall has declared the week of
Feb. 23 through March 2 as Cheerleading Week in Floyd County after the
Prestonsburg High School Varsity Cheerleading team recently won the 15th
Regional Cheerleading Competition. Marshall said he encourages all residents to congratulate the cheerleaders and coaches Leslie Derossett Ousley
and Nikki Shepherd. The team will be in Richmond this weekend competing
In the state cheerleading competition.
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THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Obituaries
Tommy Slone Jr.'
Tommy Slone Jr., 78, of
Prestonsburg, died Wednesday, February 21. 2007, at
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Born on March ·•·· · ' ·· ·
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in
· Prestonsburg, he was the son
of the late Tommy Slone and
Alice Prater Slone.
Survivors include five brothers: Herman Slone, George
Slone, and Gary Slone, all of
Prestonsburg, Johnny Slone of
Van Lear, and Oscar Slone of
Betsy Layne; five sisters:
Kathryn Johnson, Winnie Mac
Keathley. Ella Sammons. and
Marie
Lafferty,
all
of
Prestonsburg, and Garnett
Oldfather of Warsaw, Indiana.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, February 24, at I
p.m., at the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev. Jim
Stephens officiating.
Interment
will
be
at
Weddington Cemetery, in
Prestonsburg.
Visitation is Friday, 11 a.m.,
until9 p.m.
The family has entrusted
arrangements to the Carter
Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers: Tracy
Neice,
Michael Lafferty,
Robert Hamilton, Donald
Johnson, Gary Johnson, and
other family members.
Honorary: Jay Sammons,
Jack Keathley, Ed Burchett,
Lowell Robinson, Jim Kunath,
Austin Music, Terry Music,
and Allen Lafferty. (Paid obituary)
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Chester Blankenship
Chester Blankenship, age
76, of Teaberry, died Tuesday,
February
20,
2007,
at
McDowell Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
Born March 31, 1930, in
Floyd County, he was the son
of the late Hairm and Victoria
Newsome Blankenship. He
was a retired coal miner, and a
member of the Samaria Old
Regular Baptist Church, at
Teaberry.
He is survived by his wife,
Bessie Hall Blankenship.
Other survivors include
three sons: Charlie Blankenship of Galveston, Carter
Blankenship of Tcaherry. and
Lester
Blankenship
of
Wallingford; two daughters:
MildlfCd Akers of Teaberry,
and Madge Keathley of
Galveston; two brothers: Curt
Blankenship of Galveston, and
Estill Blankenship of Tca·berry: 18 grandchildren, and
28 great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by a
son, Ralph Blankenship; two
sisters: Dolly Frasure and
Edith Branham; a grandchild,
and a great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, February 23, at I p.m.,
at the Samaria Old Regular
Baptist Church in Teaberry,
with Old Regular Baptist ministers officiating.
Burial will be in the
Blankenship Family Cemetery
at Teaberry, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home, in Martin.
Visitation is at the church,
with nightly services at 6 p.m.
(Pa1d ohiwary)
DIJ:J
Josephine S. Collins
Josephine S. Collins, age 79,
of Betsy Layne, the widow of
Thomas Otto "Tom" Collins,
passed from this life on
Wednesday, February 21,
2007, in the Pikeville Medical
Center.
She was born June 10, 1927,
in Pike County, the daughter
of the late Ervin and Violet
Runyon Scalf.
She was a homemaker, and a
member of St. Martha's
Catholic Church.
Survivors include two sons:
Ernie L. (Gayle) Collins of
lvel, and Chadwick Shawn
(Shelby) Collins of Stanville; a
daughter, Sharon (Jimmy)
Akers of Dana; two brothers:
Bill Jack (Virgie) Scalf of
Columbus, Ohio. and Dean
(Donna) Scalf of Stanville;
three sisters: Jane Scalf Clark
of Betsy Layne, Juanita
Collins of Stanville, and
Margaret (Ernie) Wright of
Pikeville; six grandchildren:
Jason Akers, Myra Thompson,
Cara Collins, Chasity Ray,
Taylor Collins, and Nate
Collins; and six great-grandchildren: Connor Risner,
Thomas Riley Thompson,
Elizabeth
Akers,
Sophia
Akers, Braeden Ray, and
Landon Ray.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Rosalie
Scalf; and three brothers: Joe
Robert Scalf, John B. Scalf,
and William B. Scalf.
Funeral services: will be
held Saturday, February 24, at
II :00 a.m., in St. Martha's
Catholic Church at Water G~.
with Father Bob Damron officiating.
Minimum wage bill goes to Senate
FRANKFORT
The
Kentucky
House
voted
Wednesday to raise the state
minimum wage from $5.15 to
$7.25 an hour over the next
two years - the first minimum wage increase in the
state in a decade.
House Bill 305, sponsored
by Rep. J.R. Gray, D -Benton,
would increase the wage to
$5.85 an hour this year, $6.55
an hour in 2008 and $7.25 an
hour in 2009. The rate would
increase with the federal minimum wage rate, now being
debated in Congress, should
the federal rate exceed the
state rate.
Passing the bill "is the right
thing to do and the moral thing
to do," Gray said. "We always
hear that if we increase the
minimum wage, we will bring
about unemployment, we will
cause rising inflation, we w11l
cause people to receive shorter
work hours, but... there is no
Car,d of Thanks
The family of James E. Allen wishes to gratefully
acknowledge the thoughtfulness and ,kindness of friends, relatives, and neighbors in the loss of our loved one. Thanks to
all those who sent food, flowers, prayers, or spoke words of
comfort. A special thanks to Clergyman Roy Harlow for his
comforting words, the Sheriff's Department for their assist
ance in traffic control, and the Hall Funeral Home for their
professional and compassionate service.
THE FAMILY OF JAMES E. ALLEN
Card of Thanks
The family of Glen H. Martin 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 Clergyman
Danny O'Quinn 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 GLEN H. MARTIN
Card of Thanks
The family of Olin Amburgey would like to take this opportunity to thank all those fnends, relatives, and neighbors who
helped to comfort our family during this difficult time. Thankyou to all who sent food, flowers. or spoke kind words to our
family. We are especially grateful to Clergyman Lenny
Wheeler for hts 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.
photo by Mike Sunseri, LAC Public Information
From left, Senate Democratic Floor Leader Ed Worley, 0Richmond, Sen. Walter Blevins, 0-West Liberty {standing),
Sen. Tom Jensen, A-London, and Sen. Ray Jones, DPikeville, study legislation on the floor of the Kentucky
Senate.
credible evidence to back up
any of those claims when you
look back over the years the
minimum wage has been
increased," said Gray.
Rep . Jim DeCesare, RBowling Green, spoke against
HB 305, saying it would harm
small business and force universities to raise student
wages.
"I truly believe the market
ought to dictate wages, not
government," he said.
Rep. Brad Mantell, RShclbyville, agreed.
''This economy works best
when unfettered by government
interference,"
said
Mantell. "I believe the minimum wage is fundamentally
flawed."
The House approved the
bill by a vote of 89-10. It now
goes to the Senate for its consideration.
The family of Bill Wells would like to take
this opportunity to express their gratitude to
all those who sent food, flowers, and spoke
words of comfort in our time of need.
Special thanks to Carter Funeral Home for
their kind and professional services.
May God Bless All.
THE FAMILY OF BILL WELLS
Card of Thanks
The family of Eliza Johnson 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 ministers for
their comforting words, the Sheriff's Department for their
assistance in traffic control. and the Hall Funeral Home
fo'r their kind and trusted services.
THE FAMILY OF ELIZA JOHNSON
Violet, Glenn, Gary, David Mary, Sharon, and Sherry
Card of Thanks
CJD'J
Gladys Conn
Gladys Conn, age 74, of
Martin,
died
Tuesday,
February
20,
2007,
at
Highlands Regional Medical
Center, in Prestonsburg.
Born October 2, 1932, in
Floyd County, she was the
daughter of the late Colbert
and Drucilla Mullins Greer.
She was a homemaker, and a
member of the Prestonsburg
Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Fred Conn.
Survivors include a son and
daughter-in-law: Wilmer Neb
and
Pauline
Conn
of
Morehead; a daughter, Kathy
Ann Conn of Prestonsburg; a
brother, Elmer Greer of
Banner; a sister,
Lexie
Salisbury of Martin; fou11
grandchildren: Wilmer Gre
Conn, Freddy Joe Conn,
Jeremy Blake Conn, and
Belinda 'Adkins; and four
great-grandchildren: Dylan
Gregory Conn, Matthew Tyler
Conn, Braiden Adkins and
Heather Conn.
In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers:
Clyde Greer, Leon Greer, and
Claude Greer; and three sisters: Draxie Hancock, Bessie
Greer, and Flossie Carver.
Funeral services will be helQ._,
Friday, February 23, at 1 p .m,
at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral
Home in Martin, with Church
of Christ ministers officiating.
Burial will be in the Jeff
Hunter Cemetery, at Printer,
under the direction of NelsonFrazier Funeral Home.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
1Paod obituary)
John David Evans Sr.
John David Evans Sr., 87,
beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend,
departed thts life on December
7, 2006.
Johnny, as he was known by
his friends, was born in Akron,
Ohio, on October, 20, 1919,
and moved to Auxier, where he
was reared by hts parents,
Oscar Bob Evans, and Esther
Keaton Evans.
He was married for 57 years
to his devoted wife, Patsy
Evans. He was the father of his
daughter Karen (Ron) Stanfield
of Lexington, and his son
David (Rella) Evans of
Richmond.
Johnny lived his life as a servant of the Lord, and made a
Christian impact on the lives of
all whom he touched. He was a
Deacon Emeritus of Irene Cole
Memorial
(First)
Baptist
Church of Prestonsburg, where
he served in many capacities.
including missions and teaching Sunday school, and was a
past master of Zebulon
Masonic Lodge in Prestonsburg.
He loved his church and he
loved the Masonic order. He
was a member of Porter
Memorial Baptist Church in
Lexin&ton.
He was a veteran of World
War II, and proudly served his
country in the Pacific.
Johnny's life was a testimony
of service to his fellow man. He
helped every person who needed him at any time, and never
met a person he didn't like. He
lived a life of stability in an
unstable world. He lived his
life to serve God, and to serve
others.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Bob and Esther, his
brothers, Walter and James. and
his much loved grandson ,
Zachary Stanfield.
Survivors include his wife
and children, two granddaughters: Bethany Evans and Emily
Evans of Richmond, two sisters:
Margie Gunnell of Prestonsburg, and Virginia (Norman)
Foss of Orlando, Florida. and
several extended family members and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, December 1 1,
at W.R. Milward Funeral Home,
on Southland Drive, Lexington.
Buriar followed at Camp'
Nelson National Cemetery with
military rites.
Visitation was at the funeral
home.
Honorary P.allbearers are 1
Ronald Stanfield, Phillip Price,:
Dell Jaggers, Brandon Stanfield, :
Jack Neal. Ron Johnson, Delmas
Saunder~,' Orville Cooley, Bob
Fisher, Evan Spradlin, Matthew 1
Goble, Norman Foss, Randy
Polk, and Gus Kalos.
The family requests that in •
lieu of flowers. donations be ,
sent to Emerson Needlecraft;
Club, Cancer Kids Camp'
Sponsor, 2050 Garden Springs
Dr., Apt. 300, Lexington, KY,
40504.
www.milwardfuneral.com
Card of Thanks
The family of Charles
-~----,,...--~-.,.,
Edward Hurst would like to
extend their appreciation to
all those frie nds, relatives,
and neighbors, who helped
in any way, during the
recent and unexpected loss
of Charles. The outpouring
of love and many acts of
kindne~s shown to his loved
ones proved as a testimony
of the very perso·n he was.
We would like to thank everyone who told us stories of the
many ways he touched their lives. To the pastors and singers
for giving of their time, and consoling us with songs and
prayers. Whether you said a prayer, sent flowers, brought
food, or gave a gift, we thank you for your thoughts and
generosity. To the Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home for providing a place for family and friends to gather together to
mourn the loss of our father. words cannot express enough
our deepest appreciation, but to say we thank yo u.
THE FAMILY OF OLIN AMBURGEY
Burial will be in Davidson
Memorial Gardens at Ivel,
under direction of Hall Funeral
Home, in Martin.
Visitation is at the funeral
home.
(Paod ollotuary)
Granny,
It was hard to see you go,
But I know that it was your time.
You had such a will to live, and fought so many battles,
You fought as long as you could.
It helps to know that you have no more pain and suffering,
And can walk hand in hand with our Lord.
I will never forget you, Gran.
1 will never forget the feel of your soft wrinkled hands.
Your wonderful crooked smile that brightened my day.
The sound of you laughing.
The generosity and love you showed me,
And your love for Jesu:., as that was some of your last words.
You hold a special place in my heart,
And I know that you will always be there looking down pn me. :
Nothing will ever take our memories away,
They will stay in my heart forever.
I am "o lucky to have known and had a
great grandmother like you.
You ' ll always be my Hot Rod Granny, and I your Baby Doll.
In Loving Memory of Hattie Jarrell
Who Walked Through Heaven's Gate on January 28,2007
!Jlap11.41 8 Otli 9Jbttlidtuj, ~!!!
We
Lo~·e
and Miss You!!
�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
23, 2007 • A3
For the Record.
Marriage Licenses
Connie S. Burchett, 43, of
~lvel to Brad1s J. Goble, 49, of
I vel.
Ronda Lee Moore, 39, of
"Minnie to Shane Alan Cook,
'37, of Bevinsville.
Patty Lou Spradlin, 38, of
McDowell to Steve Edward
'Caudill. 41, of McDowell.
A!->hley Nicole Collins, 20,
of Prestonsburg to Joshua
Wade
Prater,
19,
of
.Prestonsburg.
Civil Suits Filed
Lendmark
Financial
Services vs. William Sosebee,
to collect debt
f 1 Sandy Valley Financial
Services, lnc. vs. Charles
:Halsey; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs.
Barbara Sherman; to collect
·debt
Cash In Hand vs. Rachel
Hunter Cordle; to collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Steven
Casdorph; to co'tlect debt
1
Cash
In
Hand
vs.
'Christopher M. Damron; to
collect debt
Cash In Hand vs. Dwayne
: Cornette; to collect debt
Capital One Bank vs.
Russell Shepherd; to collect
debt
Community Trust Bank vs.
Nicholas Scott lson; to collect
debt
First Financial Credit, Inc.
vs. William Sosebee; to collect
, debt
General
American
: Financial Services, Inc. vs.
1 William
Sosebee; to collect
:debt
Joyce S. Smith vs. Melissa
A. Smith; petition for child
support and health care insurance
Joyce S. Smith vs. James A.
*Smith; petition for child sup(port and health care insurance
Amy N. Miller vs. Frank D.
Reffitt; petition for health care
I.
1 msurance
Misty N. Morrow vs.
; Jeffery L. Bentley; petition for
• health care insurance
Wesley R. Castle vs. Angel
: M. Castle; petition for health
1care insurance
A.licia Click vs. Shawn
1
1
Ousley, David Shawn Ousley
and State Farm Fire &
Casualty Co.; compensatory
and punitive damages
Grayco Rentals, Inc. vs.
David Montgomery; to collect
debt
Beverly Castle Howard vs.
Donny Howard; dissolution of
marriage
Ellis Dwayne Hall vs.
Vanessa Ann Arnett Hall; dissolution of marriage
Sylvia Collett, individually
and as natural parent and legal
guardian and next friend of
Tiffany Combs vs. Patricia
Owens; compensatory and
punitive damages
Roger Reynolds vs. Oples
Elizabeth Reynolds; dissolution of marriage
Chester Baldridge vs. Gaye
Baldridge; dissolution of marriage
Terri Doe, Ann Doe and
Jane Doc vs Jeremy Shepard
and City of Martin, Kentucky;
verified
complaint
and
demand for jury trial
Nationwide
Mutual
Insurance
Company
vs.
Myshellia Mullins; to collect
debt
Bank of New York vs.
Robert
Thacker,
Jaclyn
Thacker, Teresa Thrner Ebert,
Thomas E. Ebert and County
of Floyd; complaint and reformation of mortgage and deed
Community Trust Bank,
Inc. vs. Howard C. Evans,
Aileen M. Evans. Medical
Imaging Group, Floyd County,
Kentucky
and
City of
Prestonsburg; to collect debt
Karen Adams vs. William
Adams; dissolution of marriage
Richard Bevins vs. Angela
Bevins; dissolution of marriage
Paul and Debbie Kilburn
vs. Henry and Patricia Greene,
Gary Douglas Ousley and
Alchemy
Engineering
Associates
and
H20
Laboratories, Inc.; compensatory damages
Veronica Garrett as next of
kin on behalf of Mia Sha
Garrett ami Gabriel Garrett vs.
Scottie Woods and unknown
defendant; compensatory and
punitive damages
Forest Industry Workers
Compensation
Fund
vs.
Nathan Wright; to collect debt
Violet Newsome vs. Ralph
J. Bryant; to collect debt
Small Claims Filings
Speedy Cash vs. Landon
Frazier; to collect debt
Charges Filed
Joan Hall, 47; disorderly
conduct, resisting arrest, thirddegree assault of a police/probation officer, third-degree terroristic threatening
Timothy Crum, 41; alcohol
intoxication in a public place,
second-degree disorderly conduct, four counts first-degree
wanton endangerment, three
counts third-degree terroristic
threatening, third-degree criminal mischief
Roger P. Holbrook, 69;
first-degree wanton endangerment
Bridget D. Parsons, 34; second-degree forgery
William Riley Hall Jr., 32;
operating
on
a
suspended/revoked operators
license
Inspections
Vance Quick Mart, Hi Hat,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate thermometers in all refrigeration
and freeL:ing units storing
potentially hazardous foods,
cloths used for wiping non
food contact surfaces being
used for other purposes,
garbage and refuse containers
not covered as required, floors
not in good repair, employees
personal items not stored properly, cleaning and maintenance
equipment not properly stored.
Score: Food, 95, Retail, 96
Highlands
Regional
Medical Center, Prestonsburg,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Improper storage of single service articles, floors not
in good repair, attached equipment on walls and ceiling not
in good repair, clean linen not
properly stored. Score: 96
Stop and Shop, Blue River,
regular inspection. Violations
noted: Lack of accurate ther-
"Stepping Into Freedom"
Thursday -Allen Baptist Church - 7 p.rn.-8 p.m.
Thesday - UNITE Office - 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
"Concerned Persons"
Wednesday -
Allen Baptist Church -
mometers in all refngcration
and freezing units stonng
potentially h~vardous foods,
lack or effective hair restraints,
operators not providing chemical test kits where chemical
sanitization
methods
arc
employed, hand cleaner not
provided at lavatory 01 hand
washing sink, garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required, attached equip
ment on walls and ceiling not
in good repair, cleaning and
maintenance equipment not
properly stored. Score: Food,
93, Retail, 96
Fat Boys Pina and Grill,
Martin, regular inspection,
Violations nott"d : Lack of
accurate thermometers in all
refrigeration and freezing units
storing potentially hazardous
foods, lack of effective hair
restraints, cloths used for wiping spills. on food contact surfaces being used for other purposes, improper storage of
clean equipment and utensils.
Score: 96
Our Lady of The Way,
Martin, regular inspection.
Violations noted: Garbage and
refuse containers not covered
as required. Score: 98
7 p.m.-8 p.m.
For Information on Groups, Call:
Shirley Combs-606-434-8400
Teresa Younce-606-791-1085
Ministry of UNITE Floyd County
(Allen Baptist Church) 606-874-9468
Life-Controlling Problems:
A life-controlling problem is anything that masters our lives.
'"Everything is permissible for me' - but not everything is beneficial.
'Everything is permissible for me'- but I will not be mastered by anything.)'
1 Corinthians 6 : 12
Life-controlling problems fall into three categories:
1.) Substance--drugs, alcohol, food , prescription medications
2.) Behavior- gambling, pornography, outbursts of anger, etc.
3.) Relationships- co -dependent, unhealthy, or enmeshed relationships
Lifeline can accomplish the following:
1. B((gin ministry to those who are unable to function reasonably in their
addiction, referring and assisting them to go on to a long-term residential
program, if they make the choice and have exhausted all other options.
Residential programs/ministry is possibly an option for those with pending
charges looking for alternative sentencing.
2. Provide relevant ministry to those who are reasonably functional in their
addiction. This also allows families to work through issues as a fami ly,
encouraging the participants to be responsible for daily necessities. The
participant needs to make a cornrnitroent to receive help and hope through
the support groups and caring relationships with Lifeline staff.
Provide effective follow-up to those participants who have completed
long-term recovery programs, providing contmued positive peer choice,
accountability, boundaries, and consistency.
Websites
www.tloydcountyunite.com • www.teenchallengeky.com
www.lifel ineofeastky.com
Property Transfers
Florine D. Arnett to James
Emest, John Leslie, Robyn
Neal and Steven Edward
Arnett, property located at
Hite.
Bilhe Bellamy to Scott
Bellamy, property location
undisclosed,
Bellsouth Telecommunications fnc.
to Gearheart
Communications,
property
located at Harold.
Elmer Castle to Angela
Michelle and Michael Sean
Macelhose, property located at
Wayland.
Stella Castle to Angela
Michelle and Michael Sean
Macelhose, property located at
Wayland.
David H. Derossett to
Ernest J. Lewis, property
located at Cliff Road.
Shirley A. Derossett to
Ernest J. Lewis, property
located at Cliff Road.
Gearheart Communications
to
Bellsouth
Telecommunications, property
located at Pinhook Creek.
Bonnie Goble to James and
Jamie Blankenship, property
located at Prestonsburg.
David Rick Goble to James
and Jamie Blankenship, property located at Prestonsburg.
Hall
and
Hylton
Development Inc. to Sandy
Valley Water District, property
located at Pen Hook Branch.
Mountaineer
Land
Company located at Mary E. ,
Ray, Vernon Kelly and Violet
Slone, property located at
Beaver Creek.
Avonelle Neeley to Robert
M. Neeley, property located at
,
'
Amencan Heart O
Association.V
F·~
Hearl Disease anj S'roke
Choose Healthful Foods
PSA
Abbott Creek.
Bill Parsons to Allen and
Shclia Rose, property located
at Goble Roberts.
Judy Parsons to Allen and
Shelia Rose, property located
at Goble Roberts.
Peggy Tackett to Kristi and
Michael B. Tackett, property
location undisclosed.
Penny Wiley to Phyllis A.
Wiley, property located at
Richmond Addition.
Phyllis Ann "Penny" Wiley
to Phyllis A. Wiley, property
located at Richmond Addition.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Worth Repeating ...
"Before God we are all
equally wise - and
equally foolish."
-
Albert Einstein
P..mendment '1
Conaress sfia(( mafe no (aw respectina an esta6(isfiment 1 refiaion, orRrohi6itina tfie free exercise therecf; a6ridjJina rhe jreecfom 1 speecli, or 1 the
yress; or the rfgfit 1 tfie yecy[e to yeacea6(y assem6re, ana to yetition the aovernment for a redress 1arievances.
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Editorial roundup
The (Spartanburg, S.C.) Herald-Journal, on credit cards for illegal
immigrants:
A corporation should show some sense of obligation to the society
that supports it and a willingness to uphold that society's laws. Bank
of America shows no such responsibility with its plan to issue credit
cards to illegal immigrants.
The bank announced plans to begin offering credit cards to those
without Social Security numbers or credit histories. People who don't
have Social Security numbers are usually illega' immigrants.
It does not seem to matter to this huge financial services corporation that the country for which it is named faces a serious problem
with illegal immigration . .. .
The bank will be making America's illegal immigration problem
worse. It will be exploiting mostly poor people by sucking them into
high-interest credit card debt. But the bank will be expanding its business, which is all that really matters ....
This is about quality of life, all right. But the quality of life of illegal immigrants isn't likely to be enhanced by credit card debt. And the
general quality of life in this country isn't likely to be improved by
more criminal behavior in the form of illegal immigration.
The Buffalo (N.Y.) News, on the HPV vaccine:
.
A vaccine that prevents any form of cancer has long been the holy
grail of medical research. So, when one is found, of course many people will want to rush it into widespread use. But in the case of the
new vaccine for human papilloma virus, some people are getting
ahead of themselves, and want the law to drag everyone else with
them ....
Spending $360 for the three-injection treatment before a woman
becomes sexually active can save lives and money. But making the
vaccinations mandatory for minor children would be, well, an overdose. It would transform what should be a compassionate effort to
educate and empower into an unnecessarily in-y ur-face political battle....
Mandating this vaccination for minors will be seen as an unwarranted interference with parental responsibilities, and as rewarding the
unseemly advertising and lobbying campaign by vaccine maker
Merck & Co.
A better approach is seen in places from California to Italy where,
.officials have decided, the vaccine won't be mandatory, but it will be
free.
When the moral issues are this intense and the medicine involved
is this new, families should be guided by information and judgment,
not the force of law.
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News, on the Iraq war:
An audit showing about $10 billion has been squandered in Iraq
should give members of Congress pause when they consider President
Bush's gigantic war budget next month.
In any war, at least some money is wasted. But the massive
amounts that have disappeared in Iraq are far beyond the pale.
Accordmg to the audit, more than one in six qollars charged by
U.S. contractors in Iraq were questionable or unsupportable. The
amount of waste is nearly triple the estimate made last fall by the
Government Accountability Office.
The auditors faulted Defense and State department officials for
condoning or allowing overcharges, repeated work delays, and payments for shoddy work or jobs that were never done.
There is, in fact, "no accountability" for the contractors in Iraq,
said U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker, who heads the auditing arm of Congress.
The auditors discovered overpricing and waste in Iraq contracts
totaling $4.9 billion since the Defense Contract Audit Agency began
work in 2003. While some of that money has been recovered, an additional $5.1 billion in expenses were charged without proper documentation ...
Congress is considering stiffened penalties for war profiteers. It
also wants to find ways to cut cronyism in contracting.
At the same time, it needs to be careful about giving its stamp of
approval next month when considering Bush's request for nearly $100
billion to finance wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The direction of the war is dubious enough without the massive
rip-off of public money that has accompanied it.
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Entrepreneurship and, small business
development critical to state's future
by LONNIE LAWSON
& CEO, THE CENTER
PRESIDENT
FOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
JERRY RICKETT
PRESIDENT, KENTUCKY HIGHLANDS
INVESTMENT CORP.
and DEAN ROBERT ROGOW
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
&
TECHNOLOGY
Let's begin with this fact; the 2005
Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial
Activity by State ranks Kentucky
among the nation's "bottom five
states with the lowest cumulative rate
of entrepreneurship activity."
Now, let's follow that fact with
another; the future economic success
of our Commonwealth is directly
linked to the cultivation, development and growth of entrepreneurial
business. It does not take much study
of Kentucky's economy to come to
that conclusion - the evidence is
abundant.
So, the pressing question before
us is, "How do we process these two
accurate, but conflicting statements
into a positive and proactive response
that will point to future actions and
objectives for Kentucky?" Finding
the answer will not be easy, but the
good news is it can be done. The
Policy
Kentucky
Long-Term
Research Center report, entitled
Kentucky's
Future:
Visioning
Measures and Milestones 2006, provides encouraging news that progress
is being made and that Kentucky
appears to be headed in the right
direction.
According to the report, an earlier
study from 1996 stated that "an estimated 21 percent of Kentucky's adult
population reported that they had
started a business at home at some
point in their career." Now, a full
decade later, this percentage has
climbed by 10 points to 31 percent.
The Visioning report used this fact
and others as evidence that Kentucky.
is experiencing "an encouraging
trend that suggests rising levels of
entrepreneurial skill, technological
prowess, and education."
The report continues by saying
these results point toward "a growing
capacity for entrepreneurship" in
Kentucky; a trend that should excite
anyone who understands the critical
relationship between nurturing the
entrepreneurial spirit and the future
economic success of our state.
The 2006 Report on Small
Business in Kentucky also gives reason to be optimistic about the future
of small business, and entrepreneur- non-profit and start-up. Nominated
ship, by noting that 93% of the businesses are scored on the econom71,250 business establishments in ic success of the business, contribuKentucky have fewer than 50 tion to the community, and operaemployees. The report, sponsored by tional achievement. The top sc9ring
the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic businesses in each category will be
Development, its Small Business invited to the 2007 luncheon op
Services
Division
and
the Monday, September 10 as finalists
Commission on Small Business where video profiles of each will be
Advocacy, also points out that "a . presented and award recipients
majority of businesses in Kentucky - named.
At the 2006 awards luncheon an
more than 50,000 - employ 10 or
emphasis on the importance of early
fewer."
Reports and studies from all sec- exposure to entrepreneul'Ship was
tors continue to underscore the fact added to the program. Based on its
that the small business o~ner is the success, the 2007 luncheon will again
backbone of Kentucky's economy. feature the announcement of the
Business
Concept
And with the increasingly global Collegiate
nature of business and the changes in Challenge award recipient, as well as
our business environment, especially recognition of the first place business
in large-scale, high-payroll manufac- concept team from The Center's
turing, the strength and viability of Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute
that "backbone'' is more crucial than summer youth program.
In recognition of the importance
ever.
Kentucky does have more than its and relevance of the entrepreneur to
share of ~hallenges when compared our national economy, Feb. 24
to the rest of the nation including through Mar. 3 has been designated
pockets of low educational attain- "EntrepreneurshipWeek USA." And
ment, poverty. wealth inequality and in the spirit of this occasion, the
catching up to states that have done a EIEA nomination committee is tak
better job of encouraging entrepre- ing the opportunity to announce its
neurial growth. However, there is official "call for entries" for the 2007
considerable evidence of what the' program and request your help in
Kentucky
Long-Term
Policy identifying successful entrepreneurResearch Center calls "latent entre- ial businesses in a 55-county region
preneurial energy" in the people of of eastern and southern Kentucky.
For more information on the EIEA
our Commonwealth - an untapped
energy that could help fuel program and to download a copy of
Kentucky's economic engine.
the 2007 nomination form, please
us
on
the
Web
at
The responsibility of achieving visit
this reality lies with each of us as www.eiea.eku.edu. Nominations may
Kentuckians, including our govern- be submitted by any individual or
ment leaders who need to ensure a business and must be received by the
business-friendly environment for EIEA nomination committee on or
the entrepreneurs of today - and before the June 5 deadline. Interested
tomorrow. It lies with business lead- patties can also e-mail the committee
ers in our communities who need to at cbt.eiea@eku.edu, or call the EKrM
recognize and encourage entrepre- College of Business and Technology
neurial efforts at every opportunity. at (859) 622 1412. More detailed
And it lies with all hourly and information on the EIEA, Collegiate
salaried employees who find pride Business Concept Challenge, and the
and self-worth in doing the best job youth-focused
Entrepreneurial
they can, no matter the task, day-in Leadership Institute programs, can be
found on the Web site as well.
and day-out.
In an effort to lift up and applaud
The economic success of
the many entrepreneurial success sto- Kentucky is a tme entrepreneurial
ries in our region, Eastern Kentucky effort in and of itself, with each of us
University's College of Business and earning a share of the reward that will
Technology, Kentucky Highlands come with a successful venture. So.
Investment Corporation and The with that philosophy in mind, and as
Center for Rural Development have we celebrate "EntrepreneurshipWeek
partnered to sponsor the annual USA," we urge you to reflect on the
Excellence In Entrepreneurship tremendous impact Kentucky's entreAwards (EIEA) program. Each year preneurs have had on our past, an ~
nominations are accepted in four cat- will continue to have in the years
egories: business, small business, ahead.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007 • A5
P'burg Foodland has new owner • STRAND TWIN
by JESSICA HALE
STAFF WRITER
PRESTONSBURG
With competition rising all
., around it, one new owner of a
-;local grocery store is confident
that loyalty and quality will
allow his store to flourish by
showing that it greatly values
its customers and the surrounding community.
Arvin Thompson purchased
the Prestonsburg Foodland
store and began his ownership
position Feb. 12. When asked
why he decided to purchase
Foodland, Thompson said he
had always had an interest in
owning his own store, but the
people in the area were what
pushed him to want to be a
part of this community.
"As soon as I met tht: people and became familiar with
the city, 1 was sold." said
Thomp~on.
A graduate of Vinson' High
School in Huntington, W.Va.,
Thomp!'>on has owned several
businesses throughout his
career, Today, he holds a real
estate license in West Virginia
and also operates an recreational vehicle and carpet
cleaning busmcss. He is also
in the process of turning one of
his farms into a retreat that
will be available to surrounding church groups and other
organizations.
According to Thompson, he
is trying hard to keep the good
thi?gs going that Foodland
already had before his arrival.
For quite some time, Foodland
has been delivering groceries
to local elderly residents in
Prestonsburg who were unable
to get out and do their own
shopping.
"This was already in place
when I arrived and I think it is
good
thing,"'
a
really
Thompson said.
Foodland's customer base
mo~tly consists of people over
the age of 55, but Thompson
said he wants to try to target
the 20-to-30-year-old crowd.
Resetting the store shelves,
new lighting and additional
merchandise are
already
putting Foodland on the right
track towards bringing in more
business.
Poll: 52 percent favor casino gambling at racetracks
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE - A majority of Kentuckrans favor allowing casino gambling at the
state's racetracks. according to
a Bluegrass Poll released
Wednesday.
The poll conducted by The
Courier-Journal of Louisville
found that 52 percent of
Kentuckians favor casinos at
the tracks, while 38 percent
oppose them and another J 0
percent were undecided.
The poll was encouraging
for members of the thoroughbred racing industry who support putting the gambling
questions to a statewide vote
as a constitutional amendment.
The phone survey has a margin of error of plus or minus
3.5 percentage points.
"To me it just reaffirms the
people's support that they'd
like to vote on gaming," said
Steve Sexton, a Churchill
Downs Inc. executive vice
The poll was conducted
between Feb. 8 and 14, and
surveyed 801 adults m
Kentucky.
In the General Assembly
this year, bills to allow casinos
at racetracks and other sites
are pending, but they aren't
expected to advance during the
30-day session.
On
Tuesday,
House
Speaker Pro Tern Larry Clark
filed bills to allow up to nine
Programs aimed to benefit
local school organinttions arc
one of Thompson\ new ideas
which he feels will add to the
involvement his store has in
the community. "Bagging for
Tips" is a program dt:signed to
help school organiz.ations raise
money by allowing kids to
come into the store to bag and
carry out groceries for customers in exchange for tips.
Thompson says customers are
not required to tip, but they
should know that the money
will go to a good cause, often
times providing funds for uniforms and other needed supplies. Bake sales and other
fundraisers will also be a part
of Foodland's contributions to
the community.
"We want to to make this
store as nice as any other,"
said Thompson. "We're here
to stay."
Absher
Enterprises
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A batch of Oscar courting
films hit the racks this week
which gave viewers an opportunity to see some of these
~ films which didn't play in area
theaters.
• "Babel'' - Brad Pitt and
Cate Blanchett star in this
drama which echoes last
year's CRASH as it focuses on
the ripple effect of one incident on several diverse groups.
Th1s one begins m Morocco
where a stray bullet strikes a
tourist in the shoulder while
riding on a bus through a
remote region. The story then
stretches out to effect characters in Japan,Mexico,and
· California. Worth your time.
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•
"For
Your
Consideration" - The latest
ensemble
comedy
from
1
Christopher Guest ("'Best in
Show") rounds up his favorite
actors in a story that examines
the power of Oscar buu.
When word gets out that an
actress, whose star has faded,
is doing her best work in a new
movie, the publicity sends the
production into a tizzy as the
'producers of the film try to
make it more mainstream and
insure Oscar consideration.
This is character-based comedy and it's well handled by
such veterans as Eugene Levy,
Catherine O'Hara and Fred
Willard (all of whom got their
start with the Second City theater group).
• "The Prestige" - Hugh
Jackman and Christian Bale
'J
(Wolverine and Batman) star
as rival magicians in this story
of illusionists practicing their
craft in turn-of-the-century
London. The pair begin as
friends but their relationship
crumbles after an onstage
mishap. Good supporting turns
by an eclectic cast (Michal
Caine, David Bowie) and a
smart script by Christopher
Nolan ("Memento").
"Flushed Away·· -•
Hugh Jackman is back in this
animated effort and provides
the voice of an uptown rat who
gets banished to the sewers
after a rat bully tosses him in
the commode and pulls the
chain. Plenty of opportunities
for class commentary are
wasted as he hooks up with a
female rat to get back home
while trying to outwit a pair of
rat mobsters who work for a
mobbed up toad. Truly awful,
though the cast is interesting
with turns by Ian McKellan
and Jean Reno.
• "Open Water 2" - A
bigger budgeted sequel to the
art house hit prove~ that more
isn't necessarily better as a
group of friends find them-
selves stuck in the ocean after
jumping overboard for a swim.
Nobody thinks to put down the
convenient rope ladder before
diving in and it is soon time
for a study in group dynamics
as everyone's priorities switch
from assigning blame to surviving the night. Said to also
have been based on a true
story.
• "Man of the Year" Director Barry Levinson
("Diner") reteams with comedian Robin Williams for this
comedy which takes aim at
presidential politics. William.c;
is a John Stewart-type talking
head who jokingly throws his
hat in the ring during a presidential race. The joke turns out
to be on him when he wins and
must get down to the business
of running the government.
Despite some good jabs at the
two-party system, this one
can't manage to stay afloat
despite a solid cast that
includes Jeff Goldblum and
Christopher Walken.
Next week look for things
to lighten up with screen
comedies from Jack Black and
Will Ferrell.
The children of LIZZIE SPEARS
would like to invite family, friends,
and neighbors to celebrate her 80th
birthday with a
SURPRISE PARTY,
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007,
from 2:00 p.m.-5 p.m.,
at the Little Salem Regular Baptist
Church lunchroom, on Prater Creek.
For directions or info, call Teresa,
874-0348, or Lana, 478-5859.
will be working
EVERY TUESDAY
THRU APRIL lOth
9 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
at the
FLOYD COUNTY
LIBRARY
Prestonsburg
Bring your 2005 income
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tax information for 2006.
A Free Service for
Senior Citizens and
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lunch provided
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Reduction in automobile insurance premiums
Offers defensive driving skills
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This devotional and directory is made possible by these
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
First Assembly of God, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Lorie Vannucci, Min1ster.
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) Sm1th,
Minister.
Praise Assembly, 1 mileS. of Prestonsburg, intersection of At.
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.; JM. 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 ~ervice, 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.rn.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Roger
Music, Minister
Calvary Southern Baptist, Betsy Layne; Sunday School,
9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Doug Lewis, Minister.
Community Freewill Baptist, Goble· Roberts Addition;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Paul D. Coleman, 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.
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.
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. evemng Bible
St~dy & Prayer Meeting, 7:00p.m.; Third Sun. evening Service,
6 p.m.; First Sat. evening Service, 7 p.m. Hobert Meek, Pastor,
welcomes everyone.
Faith Bible Church, an independent Baptist Church, located
on 1428, between Allen & Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening, 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer, 6 p rr ; Pastor, Rev. Stuart
E Swanberg.
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.
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, Mart1n; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
7 p.m.; Greydon Howard, Minister.
First Baptist, Prestonsburg, 157 South Front Street;
Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m.; Wed., 6:30p.m.; Jerry C. Workman, minister.
Fitzpatrick First Baptist, 1063 Big Branch, P.O. Box 410,
Prestonsburg, KY 41653: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor
Tommy Reed.
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busine~ses
who encourage all of us to to attend worship
Lower Toler Church of Christ,
Free United Baptist, West
Harold; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Prestonsburg; Sunday School, 10
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. &
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. ; Lonie
6:30 p.m ; Wednesday, 7: p.m.
Meade, Minister.
Free United Baptist, West
Mare Creek Church of Christ,
Prestonsburg, Sunday School, 10
Stanville; Sunday School, 10 a.m.,
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. & 6:30
Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
p.m.; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 6:30p.m.
Grethel Baptist, State Rt. 3379,
Martin Church of Christ, Martin;
(Branham's Creek Rd.); Sunday
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11
Serv1ce, 11 a.m . and 7 p.m.;
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Gary Mitchell,
6:30p.m.
Minister.
Garrett Regular Baptist, Route
Maytown
Church of Christ, 66
550, Garrett; Worship Service, 10:30
Turkey Creek Rd., Langley. Sunday
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Bible Study 10:00 a.m. , Sunday morn6:30 p.m ; Willie Crace, pastor;
ing worship 11:00 a.m., Evening
Assist. Larry Patton. Phone 358·
Worship 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Bible
4275.
Study 6:00 p.m.
Highland Avenue Freewill Baptist;
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Upper Toler Church of Christ, 3.5
Sunday School, 9:50 a.m.; Worship
miles up Toler Creek on right; Sunday
Service. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Dav1d Garrett,
a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Minister.
Tommy Dale Bush, Minister.
Jacks Creek Baptist, Bevinsville;
Weeksbury Church of Christ;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Sunday School, 10 a.mm.; Worship
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Pastor Roger
Service, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mike
Trusty.
Hall, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
Katy Friend Freewill Baptist, 2
miles up Abbott; Sunday School, 10
Betsy Layne Church of God, Old
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
U.S. 23; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jim Price,
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Minister
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Judith Caudill,
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Lackey Freewill Baptist, Lackey;
Mimster.
World rights reserved.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Community Church of God,
Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Arkansas Creek, Martin; Worship
Johnny J. Collins, Minister.
Serv1ce, 11 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Bud Crum, Minister.
Lancer Baptist Church, 71 Cooley St., Prestonsburg, First Church of God; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worsh1p
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, 11 :00 a.m .. Serv1ce, 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Steven
Evening Woship, 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting and V. Williams, Pastor.
Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.; Pastor Bobby Carpenter
Garrett Church of God, Garrett;
nday School, 10 a.m.;
Liberty Baptist, Denver; Sunday Service, 10 a.m.; Worship Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wedpesday, 6 p.m.; Merle Little, Donald Bragg, Minister.
Minister.
Landmark Church of God, Goble Roberts Addition; Sunday
Ligon Community Freewill Baptist, Ligon Worship Service, School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11:10 a.m. and 7 p.m.;
Sunday, 11 :DO a.m. Thursday, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth E. Prater, Jr., Minister.
Martin Branch Freewill Baptist, Estill; Sunday Service, 10 Little Paint First Church of God, 671 Little Paint Road, East
a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 :15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday. 7 Point; Sunday School, 9:45a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
p.m.; James (Red) Morris, Minister.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.. ; Charles Heater Jr., Minister.
Martin Freewill Baptist, Martin; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; The Ligon Church of God of Prophecy, Saturday Services,
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; 7:00p.m.: Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
John L. Blair, Minister.
Ralph Hall, Pastor.
Maytown First Baptist, Ma1n St., Maytown; Sunday School,
EPISCOPAL
10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m .; Wednesday, 6
St.
James
Episcopal;
Sunday Service, 9:45 a.m.: Holy
p.m.; Bob Varney, Minister.
Eucharist 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Study Group 6:00p.m., Holy
McDowell First Baptist, McDowell; Sunday School, 9:45 Eucharist & Healing 7:30 p.m . Father Johnnie E. Ross,
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 Rector.
p.m.; Gene Bracken, Minister.
LUTHERAN
Middle Creek Baptist, Blue River; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Weanesday, 7 p.m., Our Savior Lutheran, Sipp Bayes Room Carriage House
Motel. Paintsville; Sunday Service, 11 a.m.; WKLW (600 am)
EugeQ!! Cook Minister
12:05 p.m .; Rolland Bentrup Minister
Lighthouse Baptist, 2194 KY Rt. 1428, Prestonsburg;
METHODIST
Sunday Service, 10 a.m. Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6
Auxier United Methodist, Auxier; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Donald Crisp, Minister.
Worship Service, 11 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Garfield Potter,
home phone 285-3385
Minister.
Pleasant Home Baptist, Water Gap Road, Lancer; Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.: Betsy Layne United Methodist, next to B.L. Gymnasium;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Mark Tackett, Pastor.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Randy Blackburn, Minister.
Pleasant Valley Old Regular Baptist Church, Tinker Fork;
Meeting time 1st Saturday & Sunday of each month, 3rd Allen Christ United Methodist, Allen; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Evening at 6:00 p.m.; Moderator, Gary Compton; Worship Service. 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Kenneth
Lemaster, Minister.
Assist. Moderator, Jimmy Conley.
Prater Creek Baptist, Banner: Sunday School, 10 a.m; Community United Methodist, 141 Burke Avenue (off
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; J.B. University Drive and Neeley St.); Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.;
Hall, Pastor. Phone: (606) 874-3222.
Steve Pescosolido, Minister.
Rock Fork Freewill Baptist; Garrett Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Elliott's
Chapel Free Methodist, Rt. 979, Beaver; senday
Worship Service, 11 a.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Wendell
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Philip
Crager, Minister.
T Smith, Minister.
Rock Fork Regular Baptist, Garrett; Worship Service, 9:30
Emma United Methodist, Emma: Sunday School 10 a.m.,
a.m.; Jerry Manns, Pastor; Willie Crace Jr., Assistant Pastor.
Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Pastor David Profitt.
Salt Lick United Baptist, Salt Lick, Hueysville: Worship
First
United Methodist, 256 South Arnold Avenue: 9 a.m.
Service, 2nd & 4th Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Pastor, Allen
Contempory Service; Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.: Worship
Chaffins, phone 946-2123.
Service, 10:55 a.m. and 5 p.m. UMYS Service; Wednesday, 7
Sammy Clark Branch Freewill Baptist, Dana; Sunday p.m.; Mark D. Walz, Pastor.
School, 10 a.m.: Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.:
Horn Chapel Methodist, Auxier Road, Auxier; Sunday
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
School, 10 a.m.; Sunday Morning Service, 11 a.m.; Mid-week
Stephens Branch Missionary Baptist, Stephens Branch: Service, 7 p.m.; Sunday Evening Service held on the 1st and
Sunday Service, 10 a.m; Worship Se ice, 11 a.m.; 3rd Sundays of each month at 6 p.m.; Larry J. Penix, Minister.
Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Graceway United Methodist, Rt. 80, Sunday School, 9:45
The Third Avenue Freewill Baptist; Sunday School. 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Night, 7 p.m. ;
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 Roy Harlow, Minister.
p.m. Phillip Ramey, Pastor.
Salisbury United Methodist, Printer; Sunday School, 10
Tom's Creek Freewill Baptist, U.S. 23 (north of Layne a.m.. Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Brothers); Sunday School. 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Bible Study, 6 p.m. Bobby G. Lawson, Minister.
and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Chuck Ferguson, Minister.
Wayland United Methodist, Rt. 7, Wayland; Sunday School,
Tom Moore Memorial Freewill Baptist; Cliff Road; Sunday 10 a.m.: Worship Service, 11 a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Jack
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m.; Youth Service, 5:00 Howard, Pastor.
p.m.; Evening Service. 6:00p.m.; No Service the 1st Sunday
Wheelwright United Methodist, Wheelwright; Sunday
of each month; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Jody Spencer, Minister.
School, 10 a.m.: Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Trimble Chapel Freewill Baptist; Intersection of U S. 23 and Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Bobby Isaac, Mimster.
KY 80, Water Gap; Sunday School, 10 a.m.: Morning Worship
Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and Evening Worship Service 6 p.m.; Vogle Day United Methodist Church, Harold; Sunday
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m., Youth Services 7 p.m.; School, 10:00 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.;
Wed. Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.; Denn1s C. Love, Pastor.
Everyone Welcome.
United Community Baptist, HWy. 7, Hueysville; Worship Drift Pentecostal, Drift; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship
Service, Saturday/Sunday, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Ted
Service, 2 p.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Carlos Beverly, Min1ster.
Shannon, Minister.
Wheelwright Freewill Baptist, Wheelwright Junction;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Free Pentecostal Church of God, Rt 1428, East Point;
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 6:30
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Louis Ferrari, Minister.
p.m.; Thurs., 6:30p.m.: Buster Hay1on, Mimster.
CATHOLIC
Free Pentecostal Church of God, Weeksbury; Sunday
St. Martha, Water Gap: Mass: Sunday, 11 :15 a.m., Saturday, School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; Wednes5 p.m.; Sunday.; Father Robert Damron, pastor.
day/Saturday, 7 p.m.; John "Jay" Patton, Minister.
CHRISTIAN
Free Pentecostal Deliverance, Ext. 46 off Mt.. ParKway at
First Christian, 560 North Arnold Avenue; Sunday School, 10 Campton; Worship Service, Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m.;
a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m.; Jim Sherman, Minister.
Patricia Crider, Minister.
.
Victory Christian Ministries, 1428 E.; Sunday School, 11 :30 Free Pentecostal Holiness, Rt 122, Upper Burton; Sunday
a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m: Sherm School, 11 a.m.; Worship Service, 6 p.m; Friday, 7 p.m.; Louis
Williams, Minister.
Sanlan, Minister; David Pike, Associate Minister.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Goodloe Pentecostal, Rt. 850, David; Worship Service, 6
Betsy Layne Church of Christ, Betsy Layne; Sunday p.m.; Malcom Slone, Minister.
School, 10 a.m.; Worship Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.: Parkway First Calvary Pentecostal, Floyd and Magoffin
Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Tommy J. Spears, .M1nister.
County Line; ; Worship Service, 6 30 p.m.; Mike D. Caldwell,
Prestonsburg Church of Christ, 88 Hwy. 1428; Worship Minister. 297-6262
Service, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Richard Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Holiness, Main St., Martin;
Kelly and Nelson Kidder, Ministers.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Worship Service, 7 p.m.; 2nd Sat., 7
Harold Church of Christ, Harold; Sunday School, 10 a.m.: p.m .; Thurs., 7 p.m.; Elllis J. Stevens, Minister.
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. ; Free Pentecostal Church, Dwale; Services Saturday, 6 p.m.;
James H. Harmon, M1n1ster.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.: Services, 11 a.m. : No Sunday Night
Highland Church of Christ, Rt. 23, Hager H1ll; Sunday Service.
School, 10 a.m.; Worsh1p Serv1ce, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
PRESBYTERIAN
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Drift Presbyterian, Route 1101, Drift; Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Hueysville Church of Christ; Sunday School, 10 a.m.; First Presbyterian, North Lake Drive; Sunday School, 9:30
Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; a.m .; Worship Service, 11 a.m. Rev. Vicki Poole, pastor.
Chester Varney, Minister.
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Church Service, 9:15; Sabbath School, 10:45; John Baker,
Pastor, 358-9263; ChurcQ. 886-3459, leave message
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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATIER DAY SAINTS
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
Carriere, Bishop.
OTHER
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at the CHURCH of GOD of PROPHECY TRAM KENTUCKY.
Sunday school10 a.m., Worship service 11 a.m.
pt.
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., 6:30pm.; Lavonne Laffer!}
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 Serv1ce. 11
a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; J1m 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 nigh
services on fi rst 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 Plantat1on 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; Monda~Tt~esday, 6
p.l)l. Thursd!iY 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, 6:30p.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, Semor 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.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007 • A7
State considers lifting Election Day liquor ban
by ROGER ALFORD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - A generations-old Kentucky law that
ban<; the sale of liquor on
Election Day would be lifted
under proposed legislation.
That law, which dates back
to the aays of prohibition
when temperance leagues vilified alcohol in all forms. is
. antiquated and needs to be
changed, said state Rep.
~ Arnold
Simpson,
0, Covington.
"1 mean, we' re in the 21st
Century," Simpson
said.
"Liquor sales are a very
important component of our
business community and having a prohibition on any day
~ for any period without a legitimate state interest 1 think IS
reprehensible."
The House Licensing and
Occupations Committee unan-
imously approved Simpson's
bill on Wednesday and 'ient it
to the full House for consideration. Simpson said the measure, which would allow bars
and liquor stores to open at
noon on Election Day, is likely
to spark debate as it moves
through
the
legislative
process.
"Now I'm very much aware
of the propensity and the
alleged practice in some counties of individuals offering
liquor to influence votes, but,
by golly, this is the 21st
Century," Simpson said. "If
someone wants to commit a
fraud, they don't need liquor to
do that. They can do it with
currency. It's still against the
Jaw."
State Sen. Vemie McGaha,
R-Russell Springs. a stalwart
opponent of liquor sales, said
he opposes the measure working its way through the legisla-
tive process.
"That would be a bad thing
to do," McGaha said. "People
need to be quite sober when
they cast an important vote for
people to represent them in
government."
Kentucky is among si)\
states that still ban alcohol
sales during elections, according to the Distilled Spirits
Council in Washington. Under
the Kentucky law, bars, restaurants and liquor stores can't
sell alcohol while polls are
open.
"This is part of a growing
trend of states that are modernizing their liquor laws to bring
consumers greater convenience," said Lisa Hawkins,
spokeswoman for the Distilled
Spirits Council. "And we fully
support this measure."
Oklahoma became the latest state to drop its ban on
sales, having done so last
November, Hawkins said.
Gene McLean, a lobbyist
for the Kentucky Beer
Wholesalers Association, said
the existing law puts legitimate Kentucky businesses at
an economic disadvantage to
bootleggers.
"You start taking business
days away from people who
operate on small margins, it
becomes a competitive disadvantage," McLean said.
McGaha said he isn't
swayed by that argument.
"You don't make a wrong
right by allowing those who
are operating under the law to
become like those who operate
out<;ide the law," he said.
Donald Cole, head of the
Kentucky League on Alcohol
and Gambling Problems, said
lifting the ban could resurrect
old problems, like drunken
voters showing up at the polls.
"I don't know that it would
happen very often. but I guarantee it would happen," he
said.
Kendra Stewart, a political
scientist at Eastern Kentucky
University, said the current
law doesn't serve any real purpose. If someone wanted to
trade liquor for votes, Stewart
said, they could simply stock
up before Election Day.
"Legislation like that was
pa~sed to deter corruption in
elections," she said. "It certamly hasn't curtailed corruption. It really hasn't had any
major impact on cleaning up
elections in Kentucky."
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Widows attend rally for tougher mine safety laws
by JOE BIESK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRANKFORT - Widows
of dead coal miners rallied
Wednesday at the Capitol
alongside miners and labor
supporters to push legislation
• they claim would strengthen
' safety laws for those working
underground.
Proponents urged House
lawmakers to have a swift
~ committee vote that would get
the mine safety legislation to
the House floor. They say the
legislation would save lives by
imposing more stringent safety
requirements on coal mme
operators.
6&
"We need this bill passed,"
7 said Melissa Lee, whose husband Jimmy Lee was killed in
, the Kentucky Darby Mine
explosion last year. "This has
to be something that protects
the other men who are providing for their families."
With the 2007 General
Assembly session half over,
the legislation has not yet
come up for a committee vote.
It would, among other things.
require more frequent mine
inspections and require coal
companies to supply miners
with methane detectors.
•,
The proposal would also
allow people to attend investigation interviews on behalf of
any miners killed in on-the-job
accidents.
But Bill Londrigan, head of
the Kentucky AFL-CIO, said
he doubted whether the proposal would get a fair hearing
before the House Natural
Resources and Environment
Committee, which is chaired
by Rep. Jim Gooch. Landrigan
claimed
Gooch,
DProvidence, has so far not
1 allowed the panel to vote on
~the bill because of his ties to
I
l
the coal industry.
"He is the coal industry,"
Londrigan satd of Gooch.
But Gooch called the proposal a "work in progress" and
said it could possibly get
called for a vote.
He denied stalling the bill
because of any coal industry
ties.
"I resent any kind of implication that because of some
business ties that I may have
that I will vote a certain way
that's not the way I'm
going to do it," Gooch said.
''I'm going to do my job."
Gooch's committee was
scheduled
to
meet
on
Thursday, and the bill was listed as one the panel might consider.
The legislation 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.
Five of the deaths were from a
single Harlan County underground mine explosion in
May.
State law now requires
more oxygen supplies to be
stored along underground
escape 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.
Rep. Brent Yonts. DGreenville, said he wanted
lawmakers to vote on the bill.
"By not giving them a hearing on the issue, I do not think
they arc being treated fairly,"
Yonts said. "This is too important an issue when we have 16
people killed in this state over
the last year."
Nevertheless, Bill Caylor,
president of the Kentucky
Coal A~sociation, said it was
uncertain whether the miners
who died last year would have
survived had the current proposal been on the books.
Recent safety enhancements
that have become law need
time to show whether additional action is needed, Caylor
Satd .
"I don ' t see anything in this
that would have saved those
lives," Caylor said. "And I'm
not trying to be cold or callous.
It's just, I don't see what was
in that that would have saved a
life."
The legislation is House
Bill 207.
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• Continued from p5
casinos at tracks and other
location~. But Clark said he
offered them as a starting point
for discussions in 2008, when
• the legislature meets for 60
days.
The Rev. Nancy Jo Kemper,
executive director of the
Kentucky
Council
of
Churches, said she believes
gubernatorial
candidates
would be foolish to embrace
• an issue opposed by 38 percent
r· of Kentuckians.
1 She said she believes the
opposition would grow if a
•
campaign showed gambling
hurt the quality of life in communities that have casinos.
"Tt's no way to fund government," Kemper said.
Kentucky tracks have complained for years that their
business is hurt by competition
from states that have expanded
gambling. Indiana is considering expanded gambling at its
racetracks, and West Virginia.
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OES spelling bee classroom winners.
Spelling Bee Champs
The overall winner of Osborne Elementary's Spelling Bee is Toni Keens. Osborne Elementary is also proud of all their classroom winners, pictured, from left to right: (front) Kasey
Smallwood, Byron Caudill and 1.: tisha Moore; (back) Leann Moore, Joshua Clemons, Jeremy Varney and Toni Keens. (Not pictured: Jonathon Newsome.)
National School Counseling Week
2007
2007 National Reading Recovery & K-6
Classroom Literacy Conference
National School Counseling Week 2007, "School
Counselors: Helping Students Reach New Heights," was
celebrated from Feb. 5-9, 2007, to focus public attention on
the unique contribution of professional school counselors
within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling
Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous
impact counselors can have in helping students achieve
school success and plan for a career.
D' Anna Houston, Reading Recovery Teacher at John M.
Stumbo Elementary, attended the 2007 National Reading
Recovery Conference. This 22nd annual conference was
held in Columbus, Ohio on Feb. 3-6th. The conference was
sponsored by the Reading Recovery Council of North
America and had over 3400 teachers and administrators
from around the world in attendance. The key note speakers at the conference included authors and educators such
as Bruce McMilan and Richard Allington. Mrs. Houston
gained professional knowledge about teaching Reading
Recovery and literacy in general. She will pass on the information to fellow teachers at Stumbo Elementary during the
next Literacy Committee meeting late~ this month.
The professional school counselor is a certified/licensed
educator trained in school counseling with unique qualifications and skills to address all students' academic, personal/social and career development needs. Professional school
counselors implement a comprehensive school counseling
program that promotes and enhances student achievement.
Professio~l schoolaattnselp{s.are employed in elementary,
miJN;liEt(il,l,nior hig~ _an~Mligh, )Ochools and in district superviso~11c;9unselor ~ducatioq and post-secondary settings.
Their work is differentiated by attention to developmental
stages of student growth, including the needs, tasks and student interests related to those stages.
Professional school counselors serve a vital role in maximizing student achievement. Incorporating leadership, advocacy and collaboration, professional school counselors promote equity and access to opportunities and rigorous educational experiences for all students. Professional school
counselors support a safe learning environment and work to
safeguard the human rights of all members of the school
community. Collaborating with other stakeholders to promote student achievement, professional school counselors
address the needs of all students through prevention and
intervention programs that are a part of a comprehensive
school counseling program.
Professional school counselors have a master's degree or
higher in school counseling or the substantial equivalent,
meet the state certification/licensure standards and abide by
the laws of the states in which they are employed. They
uphold the ethical and professional standards of professional counseling associations and promote the development of
the school counseling program based on the following areas
of the ASCA National Model: foundation, delivery, management and accountability
Counselors in Floyd County Schools are:
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS -2006-2007
ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Debbie Paige, Guidance Counselor
ALLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Laura Kidd, Guidance Counselor
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Belinda Martin, Guidance Counselor
BETSY LAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Teresa F.razier, Guidance Counselor
BETSY LAYNE HIGH SCHOOL
Vickie Ratliff, Guidance Counselor
McDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Janet Pack, Guidance Counselor
OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
Christina Blair, Guidance Counselor
OSBORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Linda Holbrook, Guidance Counselor
PRESTONSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Leslie Ous ley, Guidance Counselor
PRESTONSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Karen Derossett, Guidance Counselor
Amy Trustee, Guidance Counselor
SOUTH FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL
Susan Damron, Guidance Counselor
SOUTH FLOYD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Donnie Daniels, Part-time Guidance Counselor
Super Bowl Attendance Champions
announced:
Floyd County students demonstrate
attendance counts
Three schools were declared winners of the Floyd County
January Attendance Super Bowl by Kristina Springer,
Director of Pupil Personnel. The attendance champions
were:
High School Winner - Allen Central High School
Middle School- Allen Elementary School (Middle School
Students)
Elementary School-Osborne Elementary
A school could earn a touchdown (point) if they had the best
attendance for that day. If they reached their goal for the day
an extra point was earned. Winners were determined for the
elementary, middle and high school areas. Celebration
events to recognize schools are planned. Winning schools
earned a performance by The Big Sandy Singers as well as a
winner's plaque for display at their school.
The Super Bowl Attendance competition is one component
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 provide opportunities to recognize students for
their attendance. Our thanks to Wai-Mart, BeiiSouth,
Highlands Regional Hospital, Pepsi, Citizens National Bank,
Community Trust B nk, Coalfields, Western Construction
and Nortel, for contributions last year. We thank Big Sandy
Community and Technical College for their support.
Contributions and services by community sponsors have
made this and other attendance recognitions events possible.
The Mountain Arts Center presents
"Beyond Jack & the Beanstalk:
Teaching Across the Curriculum with
the Jack Tales"
Professional Development for Educators
With Octavia Sexton, Instructor
BA, English and History Education, Berea College
Kentucky Arts Council Roster Artist on Literary Art &
Storytelling
National Storytelling Representative for Kentucky
NEW DATE- Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
5:30-8:30pm
$15 per participant
The Jack Tales have been around for over 800 years and
probably longer. Jack knows everything! Through fun storytelling, drama and writing activities teachers will learn how
to. support exploration in many curriculum areas using the
Jack Tales. It is an appealing way to transmit information
because it promotes creativity. Learn how to let Jack bring
subject areas to life!
Participants will learn how to incorporate storytelling into
their content areas using a functional approach applicable
across all content areas and featuring multiple learning
methods. Storytelling, writing, imagination and drama activities will be used along with hands on activities.
Through this workshop, participants will see the value of taking an ancient art form: storytelling, and using it to prepare
students for the future. Participants will also be able to use
storytelling to support exploration into their curriculum area,
realize that multiple intelligences are utilized in storytelling
activities, provide successful learning for all students, and
be able to use storytelling in a variety of settings and contexts. Those participating will also learn how they can get
their students involved in the State Youth Storytelling
Showcase hosted by the Mountain Arts Center In October
2007.
The Presenter, Octavia Sexton, grew up in eastern Kentucky
hearing, telling, and writing stories. Her teachers of stories
were Master Storytellers from Appalachia. Her formal training in literary art was acquired at Berea College where she
received her BA in English and History Education. She has
taught History, English, and Hearth Education in Kentucky
public schools for over 20 years and has been self-employed
since 2000 as an arts educator and performing artist. Octavia
is a published writer and performer. She is a Kentucky Arts
Council roster artist on Literary Art and Storytelling and a
Southern Arts Federation artist. She is also a performing
artist listed in the Kentucky Performing Artist Directory.
Octavia is the National Youth Storytelling Showcase representative for Kentucky. She has worded in the Youth Arts
Program with adjudicated and psychiatric institutionalized
youth and has presented storytelling to numerous schools,
colleges and other educational settings. Her stories have
been broadcast nationally and internationally.
Registration form available via email upon request or on the
website at www.macarts.com
John M. Stumbo teachers to attend
2007 Kentucky Teaching and Learning
Conference
Six teachers from Stumbo Elementary are scheduled to
attend the 2007 KTLC conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
The annual conference in scheduled for March 7·9, 2007.
The theme for KTLC 2007 is Rigor, Relevance and
Relationships: Three A's of a 21st Century Education. The
focus will be to help schools and districts address rigor, relevance and relationships as they plan learning opportunities
for all students. The teachers and administrators are excited to have the opportunity to attend this conference and
bring back to Stumbo new and up to date information to
make the school excel in the challenges ahead.
Amanda Newsome and Brittany Gibson competed in English
Composition.
Kelsey Akers competed in Social Studies and Arts
Humanities. Amanda Newsome competed in math.
Governor's Cup Competition
John M. Stumbo Elementary students represent their school in the Region 22 Governor's Cup Competition at Warfield Middle
School. Amanda Newsome, Brittany Gibson, and Kelsey Akers competed in the Governor's Cup competition held on
February 16 and 17, 2007. Mr. Ord , who c oac h es the middle grades academic team at Stumbo Elementary is very proud of
these three students. A special thank you also goes out to Rhonda Blanton, a teacher at Stumbo Elementary that graded
English Composition papers for u s.
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.,Woods named Kentucky Football All-Star
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
*
Recent
PRESTONSBURG
Eastern Kentucky University signee
Wes Woods has been named a
Kentucky Football All-Star. Woods
and his Kentucky teammates will
play the Tennessee Football All-Stars
in the annual border game on Friday,
June 16.
Woods, an offensive/defensive
lineman, is the fifth John DeRossettcoached football player to be selected
for the game.
Pick of litter
these Wildcats
Nicholas
and
'This is a big honor for Wes and (Prestonsburg)
he's well deserving of it," DeRossett Jamerson (Prestonsburg).
lfnder former head coach
commented. "We'll be
Bill
Letton, Prestonsburg
going to the KentuckyBlackcats Kyle Fitzpatrick,
Tennessee All-Star Game
Seth Hyden and Larry
and cheering on Wes and
Morris were all named
his Kentucky teammates."
Kentucky Football All-Stars.
Other
DeRossettBlackcat Gordie Ratliff. who
coached players to be
played
under
Chuke
named Kentucky Footba11
Williams. also claimed the
All-Stars include Brandon
Wes Woods
Kentucky Football AU-Star
Combs (Betsy Layne),
honor.
Adam
Bailey
A breakdown of the Kentucky All(Prestonsburg), Jeremy Caudill
Stars, including players and coaches
follows.
Kentucky Football All-Stars:
Kaelin Ammon, Franklin County; Vic
Anderson, St. Xavier; Ryan Beard,
Bowling Green; Nikko Beason,
Warren Central: Douglas Beaumont,
Male; Wes Caldwell, Lexington
Catholic; Trent Calhoun, Lincoln
County; Joe Castaneda, Covington
Catholic; Kasey Clark, Russell;
Chase Dumphord, Paris; Brad
Durham, Rockcastle County; Ben
Duvall, Apollo; Wenquel Graves,
Bardstown; Phillip Hibbard, South
Laurel; Avery Hibbitt, Bowling
Green; Stuart Hines, Bowling Green;
Tim Huguley, Central; Duran
Jefferson, Holmes; Wes Jeffries,
Warren Central; Clark Jeter, Henry
Clay; Tristan Jones, Clark County;
Zack Kiernan, Newport Central
Catholic; Dee Lett, Christian County;
Antoinne Lightfoot, Henderson
County; Paul Millay, Owensboro
Catholic; Josh Miller, Boyle County;
Braxton Miller, Lincoln County;
Chase Minnifield, Henry Clay; Billy
Joe Murphy, Monroe County; Vince
Murray, Ryle; Marcus Patterson,
HORNETS STUNG
Lady Raiders end
regular-season on
are not
(See BENTLEY, page ten)
winning note
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
by RICK BENTLEY
TIMES COLUMNIST
The final home game on the
2006-07 Kentucky basketball
~ schedule is slated for next
Wednesday •when the Cats host
Georgia.
This, of course, will be the
school's annual Senior Night,
where those playing in their final
game in Rupp Arena will be
paraded out to run through those
old-~chool paper hoops that not
even any high
schools
use
these days for
a rousing ovation, delivered
primarily from
the students
because
the
old-timers who
have all the
Rick Bentley
good
seats
either
don't
care enough to cheer or are too
old to stay awake this late midweek.
This year's ceremony promises to be the drabbest one in years,
maybe decades. Two of the most
underachieving players in recent
memory will play their final game
in Bobby Perry and Sheray
Thomas, and will do so alongside
Lukasz Obrzut, a project who
even the most ardent supporter of
~ Kentucky basketball has to admit
never panned out.
Perry and Thomas are simply
flops . From the outside looking
in, it appeared they could develop
along the lines ofTayshaun Prince
and Antione Walker, or at least
poor-men's versions of the former
Kentucky stars.
The only thing they've come
to be is poor-mouthed. By
Kentucky standards, they have
been less than stellar. Let's just
leave it at that.
Except for this sidebar. One of
the most scary sites in recent
memory came to me during
1
Tuesday's, uh, win over LSU
when it dawned on me that Razor
Ramon Harris bares an all-toostriking resemblance to Thomas.
Running the same lane on the
(See WOODS, page ten)
H1 HAT - Teammates helped to
send South Floyd senior Heather
Dean out on a winning note
Wednesday night. Dean, South
Floyd's lone senior, took the spotlight on Wednesday evening when
the South Floyd girls' basketball program held its annual Senior Night. •
The Lady Raiders went out and
defeated visiting June Buchanan 5445. With the win, South Floyd
snapped a four-game losing streak.
Kayla Hall led South Floyd with
a game-high 20 points. Hall hit nineof-11 foul shots. As a team, South
Floyd hit 22-of-27 attempts from the
free throw line.
"It was a good win for us," said
South Floyd Coach Tony Isaac.
"We'll back to work at practice anJ
get ready for the district tournament
photo by Steve LeMaster
Jordan Hall (left) scored a game-high 17 points as Prestonsburg defeated Magoffin County 63-60.
Blackcats upend host Magoffin on Senior Night
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
SALYERSVILLE
- Magoffin
County honored four final-year basketon
Senior
Night
ballplayers
Wednesday night, but couldn' t put
together a win over the Prestonsburg
Blackcats. Prestonsburg fought back
from more than one hefty deficit and
defeated the homestanding Hornets 6360.
Each team had its share of adversi
ty. P~estonsburg lost junior guard
Bobby Hughes after he fouled out early
in the third quarter. Magoffin County
lost senior Devin R1ce when he injured
his ankle later in the same quarter.
Jordan Hall had a game-high 17
points for the Blackcats. Trevor Patton
scored 15 points and Chayse Martin
added 10, giving Prestonsburg three
players in double figures . Mason
Vance was Prestonsburg's next leading
scorer with eight points.
Prestonsburg won, despite struggling mightily from the free throw line.
The Blackcats were 20-for-40 from the
charity stripe.
"There were some good things from
us," commented Prestonsburg Coach
Jackie Day Crisp. "Mason and Taylor
stepped up and played well in off of the
bench. Trevor posted up better and
played stronger and Jordan penetrated
better than he did the last time out."
Prestonsburg jumped out to a 10-2
lead and led throughout the first half.
Not wanting to lose on Senior Night,
Magoffin County managed to tie the
game at 37-37 on an Eric Arnett threepointer at the buaer signaling the end
of the first half.
After fouling out, Hughes finished
with six points. Nathaniel Stephens,
one night after scoring 24 points
against Paintsville, also had six points
for Prestonsburg. Taylor Clark rounded
out the Prestonsburg scoring with four
points.
Magoffin County carried a 52-49
lead out of the third quarter. Down the
stretch, both teams struggled from the
free throw line. Prestomburg outscoring Magot1in County 17- II in the final
quarter gave the Blackcats the win.
With the win, Prestonsburg improved
to 11 - 14.
Arnett and Phillip Francis each had
14 points for Magoffin County. Zach
Sparks followed with I I points for the
Hornets. Rice extted the game with
nine points. After suffering the setback,
Magoffin County fell to 13- 14.
Prestonsburg 66 Magoffin County 63
PRESTONSBURG (11 -14) - Halll7,
Hughes 6, Patton 15 Stephens 6,
Martin I 0, Vance 8, Clark 4.
MAGOFFIN COUNTY (13-14)- E.
Arnett 14, Rice 9, N. Arnett 5, Francis
14, Minix 2, Lemaster 8, Sparks 11.
Prestonsburg............. l9 18 12 17-66
Magoftin County...... l4 23 15 11-63
photo by Jamie Howell
Nathaniel Stephens had a gamehigh 24 points for Prestonsburg in
Tuesday's loss to Paintsville. More
on the game appears inside today's
edition.
(See RAIDERS, page ten)
Pikeville deals
AC second
straight setback
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PIKEVILLE - For the second
time in as many games Tuesday
night, a Pike County squad
defeated the Allen Central boys'
basketball team. After falling to
Belfry on Friday night, Allen
Central failed to get back in the
win column on Tuesday. Host
Pikeville outscored Allen Central
20-12 in the third quarter and
held on to a lead late in the fourth
on its way to a 69-64 win over
the Rebels.
Matt Clevenger led Pikeville
with 16 points. Bart Williams,
now in his second season as
Pikeville head coach, enjoyed
balanced scoring from his team.
Daniel Harmon pushed in 15
points and Tim Honaker had 12
for the Panthers. Sophomore
(See LOSS, page ten)
Moore signs with Pikeville College
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
photo by Steve LeMaster
Prestonsburg High School senior Seth Moore signed on Wednesday to
play football at nearby Pikeville College. Moore ranked as one of the
state's top kickers during the 2006 season.
John DeRossett. "He probably holds every kicking record
we have here. We are proud of him and wish him the very
best as he moves on to Pikeville College. Seth joins
PRES fONSRURG - Pre~ tonsburg Hi gh School Nichola), Jamerson and Tyler Layne, one of his fellow
senior Seth Moore isn't done playing football. Moore, the seniors as members of the Pikeville College football famtop kicker in PHS htstory, signed to play footily. We look forward to going up on Saturdays
ball at nearby Pikeville Collegt.: on Wednesday
and watching them and the rest of the Pikeville
morning during a ceremony witnessed by famCollege Bears."
ily, friends, teammates and coaches.
Moore made eight-of-nine field goal attempts
Last week, Tyler Layne.
another
during his senior season at Prestonsburg.
Prestonsburg ~en ior. signed w1th Ptkeville
"It means a lot to be able to go to Pikeville
College. Nicholas Jamerson has also returned
College," said Moore. "I'm looking forward to
to the Bear football program. Jamer~on had 15
playing football in college."
catches for 259 yards (17.3 yards pe1 catch)
Moore helped the Blackeats to a 7-5 record in
and five touchdowns for the Bears, helping the
2006.
Prestonsburg finished runner-up to Belfry
Seth Moore
team to a 7-3 record and the school's first playin Class 2A, District 8.
off berth in 2Q05.
Pikeville ended the 2006 season - its first
"Seth made some special kicks during his time here at under Mac Bryan - with a record of 4-6 overall and 2-3
Prestonsburg High School." said Prestonsburg Coach in the Mid-South Conference's East Division.
�A1 0 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY T1MES
Raiders
Bentley
break (and qil\ not filling it), it
looked as if Thomas was carrying a miiTOr. Morris Day sty lc.
For the love of God. I've
endured four years of this. No
way I can do three more.
That brings U<; to Obrzut,
who came in the smne season
as
the
recently-departed
Shagari Alleyne. forming more
than 14 feet of center who
couldn't get the job done at any
of the Mid-South Conference
schools.
Obrzut i:> quite a story.
Coming here from Poland for a
year of schooling before coming to Kentucky, he went home
for the Christmas of 2005 for
the first time in about five
years. He's stuck it out. got his
education paid for and that
counts for something.
Unfortunately. nobody in
the Commonwealth tunes m
religiously to watch him do
homework. On the tloor, he's
just never developed. It's too
bad, because he could have
really helped this program, particularly the last couple of
years.
So with that said and
nobody much interested (I'd
doubting many are still reading,
0 F
THE
Nathaniel Stephens,
Prestonsburg
Basketball
A'
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to tell the truth), I hav..: an idea
of my own for Wednesday
night.
With nobody much interested in senior night, I say it's time
for the University of Kentucky
to hold the very first Junior
Night.
That's right, Junior Night.
Same idea, same concept, same
cheesy paper hoops.
But instead of saying goodbye to the seniors, Jet's bid a
long-overdue farewell to one of
the great flops in Kentucky
history, the vaunted freshman
class of 2004-05.
.
I think this could work.
Think about this:
• Nobody wants to celebrate Ramel Bradley more
than, well, Ramel Bradley. The
self-professed best shooter m
the Southeastern Conference
has decided he's the only player worthy of touching the basketball in anything resembling
a clutch situation, a brain
cramp that coincided with the
Cats' recent three-game losing
streak m SEC play.
I knew Bradley loved the
ball, but even I was stunned to
read that in the Florida loss two
weeks ago, he was the only
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Kentucky player to touch the
hall on the otfens1ve end of the
floor in the final 1:47 of the
game
Nobody, not even the great
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, should
be able to make that claim.
• It's just flat high-time to
put Joe Crawford out of his
misery I've been a Kentucky
fan for longer than I want to
admit being alive, and in that
long period of time, I've never
ever seen a player wearing blue
and white who looked so miserable. I mean seriously, this
guy hasn't smiled since he went
back home in the middle of his
freshman season.
The sad thing is I think he's
pretty popular amongst the
ever-negative fan base. He
seems to be a likeable guy who
can play a little bit. Clearly he
doesn't get enough shots, and
it's up to you to decide if he's to
blame or if it's the game plan
(or, just as likely, Bradley's
ever-increasing aversion to
passing the basketbali).
I've thought since early last
season he'd wind up the go-to
guy on this team, but with precious few exceptions, it just
hasn't happened.
• If we have Junior Night,
maybe Randolph Morris could
be cleared for the long-overdue nap. Seriously, have you
ever seen a person who looked
less interested in, oh, I don't
know, breathing 'than him?
This guy looks like it's always
a chore just to keep his eyes
open.
And before you say he's
playing well, know this: His
20 point, 10-board effort
against LSU without Big
Baby was his first 20-point
game since the Cats played
Houston on Jan. 3.
That makes it the first one
during league play.
And he's ready for the
NBA? Probably not nearly as
ready as most Kentuckians are
for him to be in the league.
So
there
you
go.
Wednesday night, Kentucky
needs to show it's still on the
cutting edge of the basketball
world and host the first ever
Junior Night. It's never been
done. but long overdue.
And for the first time in a
while, it could generate some
honest-to-God enthus1ac;m in
Rupp Arena.
So whadaya say ... who's
with me?
Everybody? That's what I
thought.
next week.
I !all was the only Lady Raider
to reach double figures in the scoring column. Lindsey Dye scored
eight points, Andrea Conn netted
seven and Ashley Castle contributed six as South Floyd prevailed. Addmg to a balanced
South Floyd scoring effort,
Chelsie Tuttle tossed in five points
in the late regular-season contest.
Dean, Faith Little, Danielle
Tackett and Gabrielle Bailey each
had two points for the Lady
Raiders.
Dean pulled down 12 rebounds
and blocked six shots for South
Floyd.
June Buchanan led 10-9 at the
end of the opening quarter. South
Floyd battled back to hold a double-digit lead at the end of the next
two quarters. The Lady Raiders
led 20-17 at halftime.
Maris
Hovee
led June
Buchanan with 13 points, Cody
Centers followed with 11 points
for the Lady Crusaders.
South Floyd was out in front of
June Buchanan 42-30 at the conclusion of the third quarter. The
Lady Raiders concluded the regular-season 8-13.
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Woods
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Casey County; Nick Petrino,
Trinity;
Ben
Revere,
Lexington Catholic; Joe Scott,
Central; James Shepherd,
Christian
County;
Dane
Spoelker, Trinity; Pete Sutton,
Covington Catholic; Keit
Tandy, Christian County;
Casey Tinius, Bowling Green;
Ryan Tydlacka, Trinity; Sam
Webb, Male; Josh Williams,
Male; Scott Wise, Highlands;
Wes Woods, Prestonsburg.
Head coach: Joey Downs,
Bardstown. Assistant Head
Coach:
Kevin
Wallace,
Bowling
Green.
Game
Director:
Jimmie
Reed.
Assistant Game Director: Rick
Wood, Edmonson County.
Coaching Staff: Ron Koontz,
Bardstown; Jerry Eubank,
Glasgow; Chip Carpenter,
Apollo; Jeff Griffith, Bowling
Green,
Brent
Holsclaw,
Bardstown; Chris Pardue,
Boyle County; Kyle Pierce,
Edmonson County; Kenny
Turner, Madison Central;
Chris Mason, Boyle County.
Loss
• Continued from p9
Devon Adams, a Floyd County
native, added 11.
Free throw shooting woes
didn't help Allen Central's
chances. The Rebels were
eight-for-17 from the free
throw line.
"We didn't shoot free
throws well and that obviously
didn't help us," said Allen
Central Coach Johnny Martin.
"It's not that we played that
bad- because we didn't.
Allen Central led Pikeville
16-15 at the end of the first
quarter. The two teams were
knotted at 32-32 when the
game went into halftime.
Josh Martin led Allen
Central with a game-high 21
points. Ryan Collins and Alex
Hammonds each had 13 points
for the Rebels. Josh Prater
barely missed double figures
for Rebels, adding nine points.
Tyler Slone pushed in six
points and Farley Joseph had
two for Allen Central.
Pikeville endured its own
free throw shooting hardships, rf
hitting
just
nine-of-18 J
attempts.
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6, Hammonds 13, Prater 9,
11
Joseph 2.
PIKEVILLE (13-10)Harmon 15, Honaker 12, Bell 2
8, Sword 5, Clevenger 16,
Adams 11, Boyd 2.
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MSU baseball team drops
opener to Georget own
TIMES STAFF REPORT
MOREHEAD - Shortstop
Bryan Bonner knocked in
three
runs
and
three
Georgetown pitchers limited
Morehead State to five hits as
the Tigers spoiled MSU's season opener by posting a 10-2
win Wednesday afternoon at
Allen Field.
Georgetown jumped on
Eagle starter Henry Mabee for
two runs in the first inningon
Bonner's two-run double. The
Tigers extended the lead to 7-0
with three runs in the third and
two runs in the fourth before
the Eagles finally plated their
only two runs on a Nick
Bobrowski double in the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Tigers tacked on two
insurance runs in the fifth
inning and one in the eighth.
Georgetown starter Brandon
Slusher picked up his second
win in as many games in 2007,
allowing four hits and two
runs in four innings pitched.
Nick Roberts pitched four hitless inn'ings, and Anthony
Williams pitched a scoreless
ninth.
Among four Eagle hurlers,
Josh Barnes, who allowed one
hit in two shutout innings and
Tyler Bess, who allowed a single run in three innings of
work, were most effective.
Georgetown remained perfect on the season, now at 4-0.
The Eagles will play host to
Butler for a three-game series
this weekend. A doubleheader
on Saturday (Feb. 24) will
begin at 1 p.m. EST. Sunday's
single-game wrap-up is scheduled for noon.
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Eventful Speedweeks shows NASCAR
needs new rule book
by JENNA FRYER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.It was a split-second decision
that NASCAR could get neither right nor wrong.
As the cars tumbled across
the track in the Daytona 500's
closing moments, series officials had to make a tough
choice.
They could throw a caution
flag immediately, giving Mark
Martin a sentimental victory
while denying Kevin Harvick
a chance to race to the finish.
Or they could let them race on
- even as a seven-car demolition derby exploded behind
them - in a frenzied final
stretch that will be remembered as one of the best in
NASCAR history.
NASCAR went for the
drama.
When the cars crossed the
finish line, the cheating scandal that ensnared five teams
and tainted preparations for
the Great American Race was
forgotten - at least for a while.
By allowing Harvick and
Martin to race to the checkered
flag, giving Harvick his first
Daytona 500 victory and dropping Martin to 0-for-23,
NASCAR created a whole
new controversy.
"We get criticized for
everything we do, and this is
no exception," competition
director Robin Pemberton said
Monday. "If we throw the flag
too early, people are mad that
we kept Harvick from winning. If we throw it too late,
people are mad that Mark
Martin didn't win.
"It's hard. It's always hard.
All we can do is make the best
decisions that we can in that
moment."
But in that moment
NASCAR slightly changed its
own rules.
ln the old days, drivers
raced to the flag when the cau-
tion came out. That practice
was stopped in 2003, when
NASCAR determined it was
too dangerous to allow speeding cars to zip past an accident
scene.
Now, the field is frozen and
all cars must slow down when
a caution comes out. Multi-car
mayhem generally warrants a
caution. But as Kyle Busch,
Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon
bumped and banged across the
track just a few hundred yards
from the finish, NASCAR let
the racing go on.
It wasn't until Clint Bowyer
flipped, crossing the finish line
on his roof as flames ripped
through his car, that NASCAR
finally waved the yellow flag.
By then, it was too late for
Martin. Harvick already had
nosed ahead, beating him
across the finish line by the
length of his car hood. The
.020 margin of victory was the
closest in the history of electronic scoring at Daytona.
Martin initially was irate
over his radio, criticizing
NASCAR for not throwing the
caution.
"I can't believe they waited!" he wailed.
Still, he refused to blast
NASCAR for its decision which might have cost Martin
is last shot at a Daytona 500
victory. He's easing into retirement and is racing a partial
schedule this season, with no
firm plans for his future.
"No one wants to hear a
grown man cry," the 48-yearold Martin said. ''I'm not
going to. cry about it. This is
the end. They ade the decision. That's what we're going
to live with."
That's just how it goes in
NASCAR, where the rules can
be a moving target and
enforcement is almost always
arbitrary.
On any other lap at any
other race, it's likely the caution would have come out the
J
moment Busch and Kenseth
made contact.
...
Arguing that it was OK
because it was the last lap isn't
right,
either.
In
2005,
NASCAR froze the field on
the final lap at Talladega ~
Superspeedway because of a I
spinning car way behind the l
leaders. Tony Stewart crossed
the finish line first, but Dale
Jarrett got the win because he )
was ahead when the field was
frozen.
>
Different circumstances )
lead to different interpreta- ~
tions.
It's why Johnny Benson
wasn't flagged for driving below the yellow line in
Friday night's Truck Series 1
race, even though NASCAR
has made that part of the track
a strict no-no. But NASCAR
deemed Benson's move legal.
It's why in a week that saw
six people thrown out of the
garage for cheating, Jeff 1
Gordon received only a slap
on the wrist when his car 1
failed an inspection.
It's why Elliott Sadler and
Scott Riggs were penalized for
infractions that car owner Ray
Evemham insisted are not
even addressed in the rule '
book.
And it's why Michael •
Waltrip wasn't kicked out of
the Daytona 500 after
NASCAR found a fuel addi- tive in his new Toyota Camry.
The transgression was so blatant Pemberton said he was
personally insulted. NASCAR
cracked down on Walttip with
stiff penalties, but his presence [
in the race infuriated rival drivers.
The one constant of
Speedweeks? Every incident
proved it's past time for
NASCAR to have a very clear
rule book. Otherwise, everything will always be arbitrary
- even fantastic finishes like i
Sundays.
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�FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
23, 2007 • A11
BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN: Kentucky 70, LSU 63
by JEFFREY McMURRAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Kentucky's fans
have been concerned by their
earn's flirtation with some dubious
history Tuesday night. Kentucky's
{:Oach insists he was not.
Even when the Wildcats were
down 16 to Louisiana State, the lastplace team in the Southeastern
C nference's Western Division,
Tubby Smith says he was confident
hi· team would pull through. His
reasoning: While the shots were
ugly, the looks were relatively good.
"l thought we played hard,"
Smith said. "When you're not making the shots, it looks like you're
playmg lethargic."
~ay
~cademic·
Kentucky certainly woke up
when it counted- the final five minutes
to snap a three-game losing
streak with a 70-63 victory.
The Wildcats ( 19-8, 8-5 SEC)
hadn't lost four straight since the
1990 season when they dropped five
in a row. The players had no interest
in making that kind of history, even
though some said they didn't know
about it.
"I probably couldn't take that
either - four losses," guard Ramel
Bradley said.
Terry Martin's jumper tied the
game at 58 with five minutes left,
but Bradley followed with an underhanded layup to put Kentucky in
front for good and start a 10-0
Kentucky run.
Randolph Morris had 20 points
and 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. He also
became the 53rd Wildcat to surpass
1,000 points in his career. Jodie
Meeks matched a career high with
18 points, and Bradley added 16.
LSU (14-13, 3-10) dropped its
ll th straight at Rupp Arena and
almost certainly must win the SEC
tournament to advance to the NCAA
tourney a year after making the Final
Four.
However, LSU certainly gave the
Wildcats a scare, even without its
leading scorer. Glen Davis didn't
make the trip to Lexington because
of a muscle strain in his right leg that
he suffered last week against
Arkansas.
Tasmin Mitchell
filled
in
admirably in Davis' absence, leading
the Tigers with 19 points. Martin
added 16, but LSU couldn't generate
much additional offense.
The Wildcats scored from the
field only once in the opening eight
minutes, missing II of their first 12
shots before Morris banked in a second-chance layup.
LSU wasn' t much better but used
a 10-0 run to build an early 13-4
lead. The Tigers stretched the lead to
16 points with just over seven minutes left, but the Wildcats chipped
away - and got a big boost from a
technical foul on LSU coach John
Brady.
Brady's technical, assessed for
arguing a five-second call, resulted
in five quick points for Meeks, who
made both free thrOV(.'> and hit a 3pointer on Kentucky's extra possession.
"I'm 52 years old," Brady said. "I
started coaching when I'm 21. It's
the first time in the history of my
coaching career I've gotten a technical foul sitting on the bench."
Morris hit one of two free throws
with I 0 seconds to go in the half to
cut LSU's lead to 31-30 at the break.
Bobby Perry opened the second half
with a 3 to give Kentucky its first
lead.
"I didn't really notice we were
down 16," Morris said. "That's pretty much how we think. No matter
how much we're down, we don't let
it affect how we think."
incentives vary at Kentucky's two ·largest universities
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEXINGTON - Academic incenttves are a big part of athletic contracts and they vary from school to
school. Most of the head coaches at
the University of Kentucky, however,
don't have them.
For coaches at UK, academic
incentives are the exception, not the
rule. They are included in contracts
of the basketball and football coach~s. yet 73 percent of UK's head
coaches don't have them, the
Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
UK Athletic Director Mitch
Barnhart's academic incentive are
not laid out specifically, but are graded through a general performance
bonus given directly by President Lee
T. Todd Jr.
At the University of Louisville,
however, Athletic Director Tom
Jurich's contract lists seven different
incentives for GPA and graduation
rate improvements.
UK football coach Rich Brooks'
original contract had no specific
incentives about keeping athletes'
grades up. His new one does provide
incentives for academic progress and
graduation rate, including $25,000 if
the football team gets a GPA of 2.75
or better.
Barnhart said he added those
incentives because of new requirements from the NCAA over academic progress. Schools that do not make
sufficient academic progress under
the NCAA rules could lose athletic
scholarships.
"There was no penalty before,"
Barnhart said.
That's true across the country, says
Tennessee's Debby Jennings, associate athletic director for media rela-
tions.
"Losing scholarships can really do
some damage, so they've got to put a
little of the onus on the coach," she
said. "It's very public, and the coach
is more under fire than they used to
be."
Jurich's contract reflects the priorities of UofL, said President Jim
Ramsey.
"We as an athletic program must
be committed to the overall success
of student athletes, most of whom
will not play professionally," Ramsey
said. "We could do better with our
commttment to the academic performance of our students."
Ramsey said he bases his oversight of athletics from what he
learned working at the University of
North Carolina. He looks at academics, fiscal management, integrity,
gender equity and competitiveness.
"None of these is more important
than the academic success of our athletes."
That's why Jurich's contract is so
detailed about improving graduation
rates for athletes. He gets a sliding
scale of incentives for improving
graduation rates, then also can be
rewarded for improvement in overall
GPAs of student athletes.
At UK, volleyball Coach Craig
Skinner would get an extra month's
salary if his team has a 3.0 or better
GPA and 90 percent of the team
meets annual NCAA satisfactory
progress requirements toward getting
a degree.
For meeting both of those academic standards, Tubby Smith, who will
make close to $2 million i.t base pay
this year, could earn another $50,000.
Women's basketball coach Mickie
DeMoss would get $10,000 for the
same thing.
On the other hand, UK baseball
coach John Cohen's contract doesn't
have any academic or performance
bonuses. Instead , he will be awarded
I 0 percent of the increase in ticket
revenue for growth beyond the 2005
level.
"John's teams have always performed well academically, and his
area that he wants to grow the most is
the resources to help the program
succeed," Barnhart said.
Men's soccer coach Ian Collins,
hired by Barnhart in 2005, gets incentives for championships and ticket
sales, but has no academic incentives,
according to his contract. That's in
line with most other sports, which
feature a performance bonus for
championships, but no incentive for
better academics.
Pikeville, Rio Grande split diamond doubleheader
~
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - The Pikeville
College baseball team handed Don
Ashby his first win as its coach on
Monday, winning the first game of a
doubleheader over Rio Grande 8-5.
But the Bears could not pull off the
sweep, drp,.pping the ,nightcap at 1u
Davis Pai-k by a 5-1 margin.
Lefty Matt DeBlauw (Broadview
Heights, Ohio) looked sharp early on,
but got into some trouble in the top of
the third. With the game scoreless,
Rio shortstop Kenta Sato sent an
inside fastball soaring over the fence
~n left field for a two-run homer, giving his club a 2-0 lead.
But the Bears answered, picking
up a run in their half of the third.
Back-to-back doubles to start the
fourth tied the score at 2. With senior
Donald Tardy (Ellenwood, Ga.) on
third following a steal, freshman
Kevin Fleming (Logan, W.Va.) executed a perfect squeeze play, scoring
Tardy with the tying run.
With two men down, the Bears
prq~credesf to pound qut _four straight
singles, capped off by a two-run single from sophomore Ryan Bartolon
(Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), which made
it a 5-1 Bears advantage.
The Bears would add three more
in the bottom of fifth on two-run
triple· from sophomore Obed Quiles
(Narajito, Puerto Rico), who trotted
home when an errant throw from Sato
went into the Bears' dugout.
The 8- 1 lead was more than
enough for DeBiauw ( 1-0), who managed to hold the Redrnen to two runs
over five innings, giving up four hits
and striking out five. Sophomore
right-hander Pete Kefalos (Barberton,
Ohio) finished the final two innings,
striking out two and surrendering
three runs on three hits.
''I'm especially proud of our guys
after that effort," Ashby said. ''This
was pretty special."
Quiles led the way for the Bears,
going 3-3 with three runs scored,
while Bartolon led the club with two
RBI. Adam Collins (Paintsville) and
catcher Josh Adams (Pikeville) also
had a pair of hits in the win.
But the Bears could not ride that
momentum into the nightcap, as an
infield error led to an unearned run
.
Allender, Campbellsville too much for Bears
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - Junior forward
Zach Allender scored 20 of his gamehigh 32 points in the first half as No.
10 Campbellsville knocked off
ljikeville 76-59 Saturday afternoon.
;; The
win,
combined
with
Cumberlands falling to Georgetown
69-60
this
afternoon,
put
Campbellsville - under the direction
of of head coach Keith Adkins, a
Paintsville native - in second-place
in the Mid-South Conference stand-
ings alone with two games remaining.
Allender also had seven rebounds
and a pair of assists in the win, and
got 18 points and eight rebounds
from teammate Jason Moore.
Pikeville (12-16, 3-5) got three
made free throws with 9:32left in the
first half from freshman Brandon
May to take a 19- 18 lead. But from
there, the Tigers outscored the Bears
21-7, with Moore and Allender scoring seven apiece, to take a comfortable 39-26 lead at the break.
A 9-0 run that ended with a layup
by senior Will Holloman got the
Bears within 10 at 59-49 with 6:56
left as senior J arrod Adkins came off
the bench to hit back-to-back threes,
but it would get no closer, as the
Tigers hit 8-of-11 from the line the
rest of the way to secure the win.
Sophomore Bo Harris tossed in 14
and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the
Bears. Senior Will Holloman had 11
to go with a team-high four assists,
while senior Donald Thomas had 10
points.
off senior southpaw Tony Preston
(Louisville) in the bottom of the first,
giving Rio an early 1-0 lead.
The Bears would answer, however, when senior Collins led off the
second inning with a triple, then
scored on a single by Kevin Fleming,
tying the score at 1- 1.
But Preston would run into trouble
in the top of the third. Leadoff hitter
Brad Konrad struck out, but the ball
skipped past Adams. Two batters
later, Konrad was home with the goahead run, courtesy of an RBI-single
by Kyle Moore. The Redmen would
add another run to make it 3- I, but
the damage was severe.
The lead proved plenty for Rio
lefty Chris Stewart, who baffled
Pikeville hitters with an assortment
of offspeed pitches, inducing seven
groundball outs and picking off three
runners. The Bears would not manage to get a runner in scoring position
after the second inning.
Preston (0-l) was solid in the loss
for Pikeville, going the distance, giving up only two earned runs on six
hits, while striking out 10 and walking seven, while tossing an impressive 146 pitches.
Quiles again led the Bears'
offense, picking up a pair of hits.
"We made typical mistakes for a
young team," said Ashby. "We simply got too anxious and stopped taking pitches and working counts,
which is what we did in the other two
games in this series. But we're still
learning."
SOUTH FLOYD
GIRLS
Scott County's Hatton signs with Pikeville
TIMES STAFF REPORT
PIKEVILLE - The Pikeville
.t;:ollege volleyball team will be gettmg stronger next season as Scott
County High School standout Kayla
Hatton will join Coach Robert
Staggs' crew.
Hatton officially signed with
Pikeville on Thursday.
The 5-8 defensive specialist was a
valuable asset for the Cardinals her
senior year and brings an impress1ve
resume to Pikeville. She was a cocaptain, team MVP, MVP of her dis-
Kinzer race
liteam competes
in Raceweeks
2007
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ALLEN
- The
Kinzer
Motorsports team and Allen driver
Brandon Kinzer recently returned
trict championship, and a member of
the All-Region team.
During her final prep season she
had 22 kills, 17 aces and 15 assists.
"We're very excited to welcome
Kayla to the Bear volleyball family,"
said an enthusiastic Staggs. "She
comes from a winning tradition at
Scott County and I'm hopeful that
she'll be able to carry that experience
over into the college game and be a
huge boost to our program."Still,
there is something else about Hatton
that has Staggs impressed.
"She's the first player from her
high school to sign a volleyball scholarship," Staggs noted. "So, that tells
you what kind of talent she has."
The Lady Bears, which struggled
as a young team this past season, will
return all of its starters. The addition
of Hatton, according to Staggs, seems
like it can only make the team
stronger.
"We didn't Jose any seniors or any
our starters," Staggs added. "With
Kayla coming in, and with our young
players gaining some valuable experience last season, I think our future
is pretty bright."
home from a weeklong stay in
Florida as they competed in
Raceweeks· 2007 at the Volusia
Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.,
Feb. 12- 17. Against some of the
stiffest Dirt Late Model competition
in the country, Kinzer performed
admirably behind the wheel of his
No. 18 GRT machine. After narrowly
missing the A-Main on three different
occasions and waiting through a pair
of rain-outs, Kinzer finally broke
through during the $10,000-to-win
finale at the Daytona Beach venue
Saturday evening.
Kinzer timed in a disappointing
fifty-fifth fastest in qualifying for the
360 OTC World of Outlaws Late
Model Series show on Saturday
night, but rallied his machine to a
sixth-place finish in the heat race and
a second place effort in the B-Main.
His runner-up performance to Dirt
Late Model Hall of Farner Billy
Moyer in the consolation event
earned him the right to compete in the
50-lap feature race. After rolling off
22nd on the starting grid for the AMain, Kinzer completed 49 green
flag laps and was credited with a 24th
place finish in the final rundown.
HEADED INTO
TOURNAMENT PLAY:
The Tony Isaac-coached
South Floyd Lady Raiders
will host No. 1 seed Betsy
Layne Tuesday in the opening round of the 58th District
Tournament. Losing out on a
coin flip, South Floyd was
awarded the tournament's
No. 4 seed after ending the
season in a three-way tie for
second-place with Allen
Central and Prestonsburg.
�A 12 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Coaches to receive caution for improperly equipped players in high school soccer
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
INDIANAPOLIS - Beginning
with the 2007-08 soccer season, if a
player enters the game improperly
equipped, and it is discovered by an
official, the coach will be cautioned
(yellow card).
This addition to Rule 4 3 was one
of four major rules changes approved
by the National Federation of State
High School Associations (NFHS)
Soccer Rules Committee at its
January
28-29
meeting
in
Indianapolis. The rules changes were
subsequently approved by the NFHS
Board of Directors.
"Rule 4-3 previously placed
responsibility on the coach to ensure
that each of his or her players is properly equipped," said Tim Flannery,
NFHS assistant director and liaison to
the committee. "This change will now
provide a consequence for coaches
who fail to comply_ with the rule."
As a result of this addition to Rule
4-3, a portion of Rule 5-2-2-d-3 was
deleted that required the official to
examine the uniform and equipment
of each player to ensure compliance
with the rules. While the legality of
player equipment is determined by the
referee, the head coach has the
responsibility to ensure that players
are properly equipped.
A change in shinguard requirements approved last year aimed at
reducing the risk of injury has been
delayed one year. Instead of 2007-08,
shinguards must meet the National
Operating Committee on Standards
for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE)
standard effective with the 2008-09
season.
"Not all manufacturers could guarantee that shinguards would be avail-
able prior to the start of the fall (2007)
season in all areas of the country,"
Flannery said. "This will give manufacturers more time to adequately
supply these types of shinguards to
local equipment suppliers."
Bob Lombardi, chair of the NFHS
Soccer Rules Committee and associate executive director of the
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
Association, ~aid although the
requirement has been delayed one
year, the eventual implementation
will be a positive step for high school
soccer.
"Players no longer will be able to
wear inappropriate, undersized shinguards,"
Lombardi
said.
"Manufacturers are required to produce shinguards that will minimize
risk to players. Correctly sized and
safety-regulated shinguards should
greatly assist in the reduction of leg
injuries in high school soccer."
The new NOCSAE shinguards
will be <;tamped or labeled with the
NOCSAE logo. They will specify
which size is correct for a particular
sized player, making it ea~y for players, coaches and officials to differentiate which shinguards arc to be worn.
The final major rules change
involves placement of the team
benches on opposite sides of the field.
Although team benches are on the
same side of the field in most cases,
Rule 1-5 doe!> allow an exception for
teams to be placed on opposite sides
of the field. Beginning next year,
when teams are placed on opposite
sides of the field, they shall be placed
diagonally across from each other.
"With this change, substitutes will
be able to be seen easier since they
should no longer be standing in front
of the team benches," Flannery said.
Several editorial changes were
made, with the most sighificant ones
in Rules 1-4-1 and 5-3-1. The rules
committee clarified in Rule 1-4-1 that
portable goals should be anchored at
least two yards in front of the bac;e of
the existing football goal posts, not
two yards in front of the uprights.
Rule 5-3-1 clarifies the mechanic that
is to be used by officials when coaches or bench personnel receive a subsequent caution for misconduct. The
correct mechanic calls for showing a
yellow card first, followed by a red
card, as opposed to showing the yellow and red cards together.
Soccer is the fifth-most popular
sport for boys and girls at the high
school leveL According to the 200506
High
School
Athletics
Participation Survey, 358,935 boys
are involved in soccer and 321,555
girls participate in the sport.
HS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Bobcats shuffle past Sheldon Clark
TIMES STAFF REPORT
INEZ - Visiting Betsy Layne
outscored Sheldon Clark 23-13 in the
third quarter and defeated the
Cardinals 82-69 on Tuesday night in
a late regular-season matchup.
The Bobcats took a 34-37 lead
into halftime.
Justin Collins scored 20 points and
Brennan Case added 19 as Betsy
Layne prevailed.
Brady Hom paced Sheldon Clark
with a.game-high 26 points.
More on some of the other area
games from Tuesday night follows.
Betsy Layne 82, Sheldon Clark 69
BETSY LAYNE (10-15)- Kidd 4,
Case 19, Collins 20, Tibbs 9, Lafferty
7, Keathley 3, Blair 3, Newman 2,
Witt 5.
SHELDON CLARK (5-19) Stroud 9, Mollett 6 , Horn 26, Porter
14, Hensley 2, Hicks 4, Workman 8.
Betsy Layne.. .. ..... .21 20 23 18-82
Sheldon Clark...... 17 20 13 19-69
Pike County Central 71, South
Floyd 69: At Hi Hat, David Hess hit a
shot with 3.3 seconds remaining to
lift Pikeville County Central to a win
over South Floyd.
Colby Slone paced Pike County
Central with 24 points. Hess scored
14 and Tyler Hamilton added 13 for
the Hawks.
Lyle Johnson led South Floyd with
a game-high 30 points. Wes Akers
scored 16 points and Ethan Johnson
contributed 15 for the Raiders. Ethan
Johnson pulled down a team-high
seven rebounds for South Floyd,
which led 54-50 at the end of the
third uarter.
Pike Central 71, South Floyd 69
PIKE CENTRAL (14-13)- Hess
14, Varney 1, Hamilton 13, Nichols
10, Slone 24, Thompson 4, Adkins 5 .
SOUTH FLOYD (4-21) - E.
Johnson 15, L. Johnson 30,Akers 16,
Brown 8.
Pike Central... .... 19 17 14 21-71
South Floyd ....... 15 11 28 15-69
Girls-Perry County Central 93,
South Floyd 53: Host Perry County
Central didn't have any trouble getting past South Floyd. Kristen
Madden tossed in a game-high 24
points and led Perry County Central.
Heather Sturdivant followed with 17
points for the r .ady C.ommodores.
. Perry County Central controlled
the game throughout.
Heather Dean had a team-best 15
points for South Floyd. Chelsie Tuttle
followed with 12 points for the Lady
Raiders. Danielle Tackett dumped in
l 0 points for South Floyd.
Perry Central 93, South Floyd 53
SOUTH FLOYD (7 13) - Ka.
Hall 3, Ki. Hall4, Dean 15, Tuttle 12,
Tackett 10, Bailey 5, Castle 1, Dye 3. rtf!
PERRY CENTRAL (21 -4) Sturdivant 17, Kilburn 4, Feltner 14.
Madden 24, Combs 3, Eversole 7,
Strong 7, Fugate 3, Long 3, Neace 3,
Campbell 4, Eldridge 4.
South Floyd ....... .. .4 18 10 21-53
Perry Central .... .. 29 22 26 16-93
:KHSAA News: Board approves state track & field sites
TIMES STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON - The Kentucky
High School Athletic Association
(KHSAA)
Board
of Control
approved sites for the 2007 and 2008
State Track & Field Meet at its meeting Monday. The Board reviewed
presentations from representatives
from the University of Louisville and
Paul Dunbar High School.
The Board voted to hold the 2007
event at Jon Akers Stadium on the
Paul Dunbar High School campus 111
Lexington and is contingent on
school not being in session. If school
is in session, the 2007 meet will be
held at the University of Louisville.
The meet is scheduled for June 1-2.
The 2008 State Track & Field
Meet was awarded to the University
of Louisville and will be held at
Owsley B. Frazier Stadium in
Cardinal Park. The 2008 State Meet
is scheduled for May 30-31.
n Tickets to the 2007 National
City/KHSAA
Boys '
and
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball Tournaments continue to
be on sale through the KHSAA oftice
and online at khsaa.org. Through the
KHSAA Office, 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. Single session tickets for the National
City/KHSAA Boys' Tournament are
now
available
through
ticketmaster.com.
n Following are the dates for the
.Valley outlasts Lady Blackcats
TIMES STAFF REPORT
ROBINSON CREEK - The
Shelby Valley Lady Cats posted their
1Oth straight win on Tuesday night
and in the process, improved to 22-2
overall. Shelby Valley broke open a
26-26 halftime tie and defeated visiting Prestonsburg 59-46.
The Lady
Cats
outscored
Prestonsburg 19-12 in the third quarter.
Esther Fleming paced Shelby
Valley with a game-high 24 points.
Sally Roberts joined Fleming in double figures for the Lady Cats, adding
18 points.
Paintsville
beats
Blackcats
on Senior
Night
by STEVE LeMASTER
SPORTS EDITOR
PAINTSVILLE - Paintsville
played host to Prestonsburg for
Senior Night Tuesday and didn't
disappoint its home fans. After
trailing at the end of the opening
quarter,
Paintsville outscored
Prestonsburg the rest of the way en
route to an 82-68 win.
Landon Slone led Paintsville
with a game-high 26 points. Van
Ferguson followed with 22 points
for the Tigers. JD VanHoose scored
14 points and Shane Grimm contributed 10 for the Tigers.
Prestonsburg jumped out in front
and led Paintsville 23- 16 at the end
of the first quarter. The Tigers, after
Shelby Valley featured seven different scorers. Courtney Smallwood
added six points and Laura Perkins
scored five for the Lady Cats. Kayla
Smallwood, Brook Coleman and
Lynn Tackett each had two points for
host Shelby Valley.
The Lady Cats own the 15th
Region 's
second-best
record.
Magoffin County's 24-3 mark is the
only record better than the Shelby
Valley girls' team's mark.
Amber Whitaker led Prestonsburg
with a team-high 20 points. Linsey
Fields
added
10 points
as
Prestonsburg suffered its second
straight loss. Julianne Frye scored six
points, Rikk.i Hughes had three and
Hannah Fitzpatrick netted two for the
Lady Blackcats.
2007 National City/KHSAA Boys' &
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball Tournaments: Draws for
the two events were conducted last
week and links to the tournament
bracket follow
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16,
March 14-17, WKU E.A. Diddle
Arena, Bowling Green:
http://www.khsaa.org/bpsketball/girls
/sweet16/2007/girlstatcbracket2007.pdf
National City/KHSAA Boys' Sweet
16, March 21-24, Rupp Arena,
Lexington:
http://www.khsaa. orglbasketball/boy
s/sweet 16/2007/boystatebracket2007.pdf
UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb. 26-March 3
District Boys' and Girls' Basketball
Tournaments
March 5-March 13
Regional Boys' and Girls' Basketball
Tournaments
March 14-17
Houchens/KHSAA Girls' State
Basketball Tournament
March 21-24
National City/KHSAA Boys' State
Basketball Tournament
BIG SCORER:
Senior Lyle
Johnson
scored a
game-high 30
points for
South Floyd in
Tuesday's loss
to Pike
Central.
Shelby Valley 59, Prestonsburg 46
Prestonsburg ...... l8 8 12 8-46
Shelby Valley....... l7 9 19 14-59
PRESTONSBURG (9-16) Whitaker 20, Fields 10, Frye 6,
Hughes 3, Fitzpatrick 2.
SHELBY VALLEY (22-2) Fleming 24, S. Roberts 18, C.
Smallwood 6, Perkins 5, K.
Smallwood 2, Brook Coleman 2,
Tackett Q.
struggling early in the first quarter,
took a lead in the second quarter.
Paintsville led 42-38 at halftime.
Blake Bundy and Daniel Meade
rounded out the Paintsville scoring
with seven and three points, respectively.
Paintsville, thanks to the win,
improved to J8-8.
Prestonsburg didn't get any
points out of its bench. Paintsville
outscored Prestonsburg 19-10 in the
third quarter.
"Getting no points out of our
bench hurt us," said Prestonsburg
Coach Jackie Crisp. "The third
quarter hurt us as well."
Junior
forward
Nathaniel
Stephens led Prestonsburg with 24
points. Bobby Hughes and Chayse
Martin each had 14 points for the
Blackcats. Jordan Hall added ll
points and Trevor Patton pushed in
five.
Following the loss, Prestonsburg
dropped to 10-14.
Paintsville 82, Prestonsburg 68
PRESTONSBURG (10- 14) - Hall
11 , Hughes 14, Patton 5, Stephens
24, Martin 14.
PAINTSVILLE ( 18-8) - Ferguson
22, Slone 26, VanHoose J4, Grim
10, Bundy 7, Meade 3.
Prestonsburg ...... 23 15 10 20-68
Paintsville............ 16 26 19
21-82
Martin "Christian" Crider (left) recently completed his third Toyota ArenaCross event in Nashville, Tenn. He finished third overall in points standings among a group of 27 riders representing the South Region and will
receive an invitation to compete in the national event finals held in Las Vegas this October at the US Open. The
group will contain 40 riders (ages 4-6) representing every region of the United States. Mason "Cameron" Crider
(right) also finished his third event, placing sixth overall. The brothers are the sons of Ricky W. and Rachel
Crider of Prestonsburg. They are the grandsons of Denzil B. and Beverly Martin of Wayland and Charles and
Jewell Crider of Middle Creek.
~
�Friday, February 23, 2007
A13
FLOYD COUNTY
Featun'S Editor
Kathy Prmer
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MEDICINE
Asperger's Syndrome- 'Little Professors'
Betsy L. Elem. • page A14 .
Wedding • page A15
Clark Elementary • page A14!
Birthdays • page A15
Duff Elementary • page A14 I • Birth • page A15
lackjng social skills- Page A14
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THROUGH MY EYES
I know I promised last week to
' catch )'OU all up on the latest happen
ings in my busy family :S· life, but I
guess I lied. This week has turned out
to be just as busy, if not busier, than
the last one.' Yikes! And it 'I still ~~in
tertime out there. I can only imagine
how busy things are going to get
when
spring
rolls
around
and everyone
gets back out
busy as new little bumblebees
Oh,
well,
what can I say?
Until next week,
when
things
(fingers
crossed) slow
down a bit, I'll
Kathy Prater
have to pass
Lifestyles editor along another
email offering.
This one came to me via Angie
Carriere. l liked it and I hop£ you
will, too.' (Thanks, Angie you' saved
me in a pinclz.')
Did God
create evil?
Students from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps helped package the trees for the give-away to area residents.
A University professor at a
well known institution of higher
learning once challenged his students with the foJlowing question:
"Did God create everything that
exists?"
One student bravely replied,
2007 FCCD annual
Tree give-away
(See EYES, page fifteen)
t
DINNER DIVA
Gold stars for
everyone!
by Leanne Ely
•
Have you noticed how much
easier it is to get something done
when there is
t,angible
a
reward
attached?
Everyone
likes to be
acknowledged
for his or her
efforts, don't
they?
r sure do'
When I make
Lenne Ely
dinner, one of
the
favorite
parts is hearing my family respond
positively. You sort of burst with
pride when you hear your husband
proclaim, "Wow, this is delicious!" or your children say,
"Make this again, Mom!" Those
are great rewards for those of us
who work in our kitchens everyday to feed our families.
Rewards
are
great-they
inspire us to do more and keep trying. Children especially are propelled toward greatness when
offered a reward! They love being
rewarded for doing the right thing.
When I was in 5th grade taking
piano lessons, my piano teacher
would put a gold star on each page
of music I mastered. I lived for
Gerald Jones, of Prestonsburg, was caught on his way out
with a variety of tree seedlings that he plans to plant and
make good use of.
by Marla Cilley
Today has had me thinking about
the memories we will leave with our
families.
Though we may not aspire to
beheads of state, we can still take
babysteps to help make a difference in
our world. We are the shining example in our homes. Our per<;onality,
whether it is positive or negative, tlows
through our family. It is up to us to set
the tone in our home. If we are
,_
Whije
state
and national leaders discuss ~
!!lobal
warrnin~·
and other environmental
issues,
v
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Floyd Countians recently pul 1ed together to make a dir: erence wnen me Floyq ~....-q~~~Yl
Conservation District held its Annual Tree Give-Away in early February. Around 8,000
tree seedlings were distnbuted this year. With the help of the Carl D. Perkms Job Corps
Center, the District was able to prepare the trees for give-away. Residents from all over
the county showed up to get the free trees that will help to combat soil erosion, provide
refuge for wildlife, and beautify our natural environment.
James Staggs, along with students from South Floyd High SchooL dtstributed trees to
'
that area of the county.
The Floyd County Conservation District would like to thank the organizations that
helped prepare the trees for the give-away, as well as all the residents of Floyd County
who participated in this year's event!
Winchester native with Floyd County ties stars in newly released 'Ghost Rider'
by Kathy J. Prater
FEATURES EDITOR
"It's all pretty exciting," said Joan
Chaffin, of McDowell. in reference to
the fact that her son-in-law, Matthew
Long, a native of Winchester, i~ now
starring in one of the hottest movies to
be released thus far this year. Long,
who is married to Chaffin's daughter,
Lora, a 1997 graduate of South Floyd
High School, is starring in the just
released blockbuster,"Ghost Rider."
"Matt actually gets to play a young
Nicolas Cage in the film," said local
minister Arnold Turner, Lora's uncle.
"He has about the fu·st entire twenty
minutes or so of the movie," Turner
said.
"At one point, they show Matt on a
motorcycle, wearing a helmet, speeding down the road," said his mother-inlaw. "Then, and it's pretty cool they
way they do it, his face sort of moxphs
into Nicolas Cage's face and then he
(Cage) takes over the character as an
older person," she said.
Though that scene is Matthew's la'it
in the film. Joan shares that talks are
already underway for a Ghost Rider
sequel and that Matthew's contract
calls for him to be in that film, as well.
"Right now. he's on location filming a
vie with Amanda Bynes," Joan said.
"It's pretty exciting the way things are
taking off for him."
Long, a 1998 graduate of George
Rogers Clark High School, in
Winchester, displayed a natural talent
for acting at a young age and was
encouraged by his teachers there to
study theater and to pursue a career in
acting. He studied theater arts at
Western Kentucky University, graduating in 2002. It was at WKU th&t he met
his future wife, Lora. Lora also graduated from WKU and went on to pursue
a career in newscasting in Michigan.
"She enjoyed that," said her mother,
"but now she's at home. Matt's career
is keeping them both busy at this
Lora Chaffin
Long, with
husband,
Matthew, at
the premiere of
"Ghost
Rider," held
last week in
New York
City.
Matthew
stars, along
with Nicolas
Cage, Eva
Mendes and
Peter
Fonda, in
the film,
based on a
Marvel
comics
book character, as a
young
Johnny
Blaze.
(See GHOST, page fourteen)
.(See DIVA, page fifteen
The power to
change our world
Tiny two and half year old Reece
Hamilton, of Martin, was ready to plant
some Bald Cypress trees with the help
of a family member or two!
grouchy, then our babies will be
grouchy, our critters will be fussy and
our
spouses
will
go
hide.
Isn't it better to have our babies
remember us for the twinkle in our
eyes when we say "Yes!" when asked if
we will come and play? And all
because our homes arc not weighing
heav ily on our hearts! Now I have
huge puddles rolling down my face.
Life is too short to not live it to the
fullest! When we are dead and gone
our babies are not going to remember
how clean our homes were, 'but they
will remember that their mother or
father was happy and that they filled
their homes with love.
I just heard the music "Going
Home'' from Antonio Dvorak's New
World Symphony on TV. I turned off
the TV and put on my favotite radio
station to hear mine and Robert's
favonte symphony by Camille SaintSaens~ The Organ Symphony. That
beautiful music brought back a touching memory of our first kiss. 1 guess it
is those little mcmoncs that stay with
us all of our lives. My sweetie choreographed our first kiss to the 4th movement when the organist pulls out all the
~top~ on the organ and fills the air with
the most wonderful sounds.
We
don't listen to it often but when we do
we are touched by its beauty and
power. 1 feel that this was a God Breet.c
to affirm this message to you!
'We all have the power to change the
world even if it is just our own little
neck of the woods. Our attitude is
everything. I want for you what I have
- Peace' Peace in knowing that I will be
remembered for my smile and my positiYe, contagwus sptrit' I live by these
three
rules:
Don' t sweat the sma-ll stuff; what doesn't
matter
doesn't
matter.
Laugh every day even if it is at yourself.
And love like there is no tomorrow!
We all have the power to change the
world in our o\\-n little neck of the
woods; it doe!-.n't matter if you arc
(See FLY LADY, page fourteen)
~ 2001
FlvLady All R1ahts Reserved
�A 14 •
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
I
amily 2~ Asperger's, Syn~rome -. 'Lit~e
edidiii Professors lacking soctal skills
spectrum of disorders. In general,
these conditions arc characterized by
impairment in language and communication skills plus repetitive patterns
of thought and behavior. Asperger's,
however, is kind of an uneasy fit into
this classification. While children
with AS show marked deficiencies in
social and communication skills as
well as exhibiting autistic-like behaviors, they pave normal to superior
intelligence and language skills. This
sounds like your description of your
grandson. By contrast, children with
true autism usually lose any language
that develops before the onset of
autism.
In addition to their excellent Ian-
guage skills, these children usually
have formal speech patternc;.
Children with AS also exhibit behavioral rituals and poor interaction with
peers as well as socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior. They
tend to have poor motor skills and
muscular coordination.
The primary presenting symptom
of AS is an obsessive interest in an
obje.ct or topic to the exclusion of
almost everything else. For example,
some children with AS have become
experts on railroad engines, the passenger list of the Titanic, clocks, the
philosophical nature of time, deep-fat
fryers, the makes and models of cars,
and fast-food restaurants.
Children with AS have an insatiable desire to know everything
about their topic of interest. They
will talk about little else. They will
lecture their family and schoolmates
on that topic. In fact, Hans Asperger,
the Austrian physician who first
Betsy Layne Elementary
school. Contact persons are Judy
Handshoe, coordinator.
~A. Simpson, D.O, MBA
A.s:rociat:e Professtw
ifF•mily Medk~ne
Q
uestion: My young grandson has recently been
diagnosed with Asperger's
Syn o
Could you explain to me
exactly what Asperger's is? His
usage of words and the way he
relates to us shows that he is highly
intelligent. He loves numbers, and he
does follow instructions. However,
it is hard sometimes to get him to do
his homework because he loses interest. Will he get over this as he gets
older? Any help you could give so
that we would understand this better
would be appreciated.
nswer:
Asperger's
Syndrome (AS) is officially part of the autism
A
Adams Middle School
Youth Services Center
**AMS is collecting Food City
receipts! Receipts may be given to
arzy 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. 27- Magic Me, 3:30-4:30.
• Sign-ups for spring semester of
Respect Society for 6th grade girls
now going on. Those interested ma'y
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
more 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
• Feb. 23 - Boys basketball vs.
Magoffin County (Senior Night), at
home.
• Feb. 26 - Book Fair in library.
• 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!**
• Feb. 27 - Respect class, 7th
grade girls.
• Feb. 26, 28 - Bullying and
Conflict Resolution presentation, 7th
& 8th grades.
• 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 Elementarr and
Family Resource Youth
Service Center
• Call Allen Elementary Youth
Service Center at 874-062 L to schedule your child's Hepatitis B vaccination, immunizations, and WJC
appointments.
• 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 ~ervice
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 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, PO. Box 129, Eastern, KY
41622.
• Yearbooks on sale - $22.
• FRC is also in need of clothing,
sizes 3T thm 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
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
:tylay 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 the first three Mondays
each month to admimster immunizations, T.B. skin tests, well-child
exams, WIC, prenatal and post-partum services, and school physicals.
Call 377-2678 for an appointment.
• Parent lending library available
to all parents for video/book checkouts. A variety of topics are available.
• Family Resource Center is open
weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Center
is located upstairs in the old high
school building, on the McDowell
Elementary School campus. For further information, call Clara Johnson,
director, at 377-2678. The McDowell
FRC provides services to all MES
students and their families, regardless
of income.
Mountain Christian
Academy
• Call 285-5141, Mon. thru Fri.,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• MCA is an accredited nondenominational Christian school.
Piarist School
• The Piarist School is participating in the Food City "Apples for the
Students" program, a school/community partnership that awards educational equipment in exchange for
store register receipt tapes. More
than $250 million in needed classroom learning tools have been awarded to participating schools for FREE
in recent years. The Piarist School
urges all parents and community
members to support this valuable
program by sending their Food City
register tapes to school with their
children or by dropping them off at
the school office. Receipts will be
collected until March 10, 2007. For
more information, contact Audrey
Collins at 285-3950.
wrote about this syndrome that now
bears his name, called these children
his "little professors."
The diagnosis of AS can be difficult because there is no one standardized test for AS. Also, AS can be
hard to differentiate from other
behavioral or developmental disorders like hyperactivity(ADD) and
high-functioning autism. The core
group of symptoms that the doctor
uses to diagnose AS are abnormal eye
contact, aloofness, failure to turn
when called by name, failure to use
gestures to point or show something,
lack of interactive play and la~k of
interest in peers. At least one of these
behaviors plus repetitive or restrictive behavior must be present before
the age of 3 to make this diagnosis.
Treatment of AS is geared toward
the presenting symptoms. A good
program is individualized for the
child and his or her interests. There
are no medications for AS, but coex-
Prestonsburg
Eleme tary 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
• 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, c hild'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 tum 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
Elernentau/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
isting problems may need to be treated. Speech therapy can be very helpful for these kids. They are taught
such things as how to react to social
cues and the kinds of responses that
are appropriate to use in various
social situations.
AS is a lifelong disorder, so your
grandson
won't
outgrow
it.
However, afflicted adults can lead
productive lives, but they may need
continuing counseling. There is
research going on to find the cause of
AS and to develop new treatments.
Medicine® is a weekly column. To
submit questions, write to Martha i.
Simpson, D.O., M.B.A., Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine, P.O.
Box 110, Athens, Ohio 45701 , or via email to readerquestions@familymedicinenews.org. Medical information in
this column is provided as an education
at service only. It does not replace the
judgment ofyour personal physician, who
should be relied on to diagnose and recommerzd treatment for any medical conditions. Past columns are available
online at www.familymedicinenews.org.
all families, regardless of income. For
more information, call Anita Tackett,
center coordinator at 587-2233.
W.D. Osborne
"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 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:
7:30 a.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; 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).
Ghost
• Continued from p13
1
from a big city or a small town!
For more help getting rid of your
CHAOS; check out Flylady's ~~ebsite and
join her free mentoring group at
www. rtyLady.net or her book. Sink
Reflections published by Bantam and her
New York Times BeJ"f Selling book, Body
Clutter, published by Fireside. Copyright
2007 Marla Cilley. Used by permi.u ion in
th~s publication.
• Continued from p13
point," she said.
Long was quoted as saying, "I'm
glad I grew up where I did, it's a great
place .. .it gave me a moral grounding
you can't get in lots of places" in an
article that ran in the September I 0,
2004 edition of The Courier-Journal,
when he had just landed his first starring role, in a WB network series
entitled "Jack and Bobby." Though
the series was fairly short-lived, running for only one c;eason, it gave
Long the national exposure he needed to j umpstart his career.
Joan recently joined her daughter
and son-in-law for the New York City
premiere of Ghost Rider just last
week. "It was exciting," she said.
"Very exciting. To see all those people, such good actors. And to see
how exciting it was for Matt and
Lora. They were as nervous and
excited about it all as I was, I think,"
she said.
"The movie IS doing really great,
from what I'm told." she said. "And
I hope everyone gets the chance to
get out and see it."
"Matt's a good boy," she said.
"He's not a run-around, he's very
grounded with very good morals. Just
the kind of son-in-law you would
want for your daughter."
The Ghost Rider is currently playing at movie theaters in Prestonsburg,
Paintsville and Pikeville.
�THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
'Birthdays
rBirth
New Arrival
Look who's 1!
•
Brock Horne, the son of Greg and Robin Horne, of
Prestonsburg, celebrated his first birthday on Thursday,
February 22, 2007, with his family. Brock is the grandson of
Roger and Brenda Horne, of Wayland. He is the great-grandson of Woodrow and Clarice Horne and Bea Combs. His
cousins Dawson and Tanner Stephens, of Wayland, Kolby
Newsome, of Pikeville, and Austin and BreAnn Horne, of
Nicholasville, are happy to wish him a very happy day and
wonderlulyearahead!
Craig and' Greta Blackburn, of Prestonsburg, are happy to
announce the birth of their son, Gabriel Wayne Blackburn,
born November 22, 2006, at 8:40 p.m., at Pikeville Medical
Center. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 20 and one-half
inches long.
Gabriel is the grandson of Gregory and Janie Ousley, of
Martin, Vonda Blackburn, of Cow Creek, and Nickey and
Norcie Blackburn, of Prestonsburg. He is the great-grandson of Dennis and Juanita Ousley, of Martin, Laura Crider, of
Cow Creek, and Rita Blackburn, of Prestonsburg.
'Birth
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
23, 2007 • A15
Diva
• Continued from p t3
those gold stars!
grams by using skim)
Remember
this
when • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
you're trying to get your chil- cheese (can use less)
dren to eat their vegetables. · • Salt and pepper to taste
They aren't going to be telling • 1 cup low-fat cheddar
you how much they love their cheese, shredded (can use
green beans! Perhaps a little less)
reward is in order, like a
choosing a toy at the dollar
Melt butter in a 4-6-quan
store at the end of the week for soup pot. Saute onion untrl
eating as many bites of their softened, about three minute<;
vegetable that was on their Cut broccoli into flowerets ar
plate each night as their age. In thinly slice tender upper po
other words, if your child is 3, tion of stems. Add to pot al01
having him eat 3 bites will with potatoes and chick'
earn him a gold star. Put a gold stock. Cover and simmer un
star on the calendar and at the potatoes and broccoli are te,
end of the week, ta da! He gets der, about 20 minutes.
a reward!
This isn't bribing! This is
Puree mixture in ::.ever
rewarding excellent behavior.
batches
in food processor
You are teaching your child
blender.
Return puree to so1 1
life skills when they learn to
eat their vegetables. And veg- pot and stir in milk, Parmes<
cheese, salt and pepper )
etable eating is very important
taste. Gently heat (a hard boil
for understanding the signifi·
cance of nutrition and how that will cause the soup to bre.tk
and the milk to tum to curds ' 1
will impact him. or her for the
rest of their lives.
To serve, ladle 8-oun e
This week, sit down with
your children and give them servings into broiler-safe dishthe opportunity to earn a es. Sprinkle each bowl with
reward! Teach them that veg- little bit of shredded chedd
etables build muscles (ask to cheese, put it on the broiler f
feel your child's muscles a second and serve, all hot a
before they eat their veggies bubbly. Your family is going
and after-let them know you love it!
think you felt them grow!) and
make sure you're setting a
Nutritional Data: Per serv
good example, too! Your child ing: 234 calories; 15g fat; lOg
won't eat his vegetables if you protein; 15g carbohydrate; ~g
don't.
dietary fiber; 21 mg chok <;
Remember-gold stars are terol;
1728mg
sodiu n
for everyone, young and old!
Exchanges: 112 grain (starcl );
1 lean meat; 1 vegetable; 0
Here's my recipe for Gold non-fat milk; 2 1/2 fat.
Star Cheesy broccoli Soup-a
For more help putting dim
great warmer upper, chock full
on your table check out Leann
of phytonutrients. Enjoy!
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 large bunch broccoli
• 3 medium potatoes, peeled
and diced
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1 1/4 cups milk (lower fat
website,. www.SavingDinner.cc
or her Saving Dinner Book ser
published by Ballantine and I
New York Times Best Selling bo
Body Clutier, published
Fireside..
Copyright 20C
Leanne El. Used by permission
this publication.
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Eyes
• Continued from p1.3
Happy 1st Birthday, Tylera!
Tylera Nicole Howell will celebrate her first birthday on
February 26, 2007 with family and friends and a "Dora the
Explorer" theme party, to be held at Grethel. Tylera is the
daughter of Virginia A. Evans and Dexter Dewayne Howell,
both of Grethel.
Photogenic baby
Regan Kinley Bryant, the nine-month-old daughter of Kevin
and Amanda Bryant, of Weeksbury, was named "Most
Photogenic" in the Wee Baby Miss Sweetheart Pageant, held
Sunday, February 18,2007, at South Floyd High School. Her
family sends her a big " Congratulations!"
Weddina
Look who's 2!
Christopher Hughes, the son of Randall and Chayla Hughes,
of Prestonsburg, celebrated his second birthday on
Valentine's Day, February 14, 2007. Christopher's daddy is
currently stationed in Iraq.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Sherry Collins, of Prestonsburg, are
pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Ashley Nicole Collins, to Joshua Prater, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Sheila Prater, o~ Prestonsburg.
The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Prestonsburg High
School. She will graduate this coming spring from the
National College of Pikeville as a pharmacist technician. She
is currently employed with Man Power, of Prestonsburg.
The prospective groom is also a 2005 graduate of
Prestonsburg High School. He is employed by Star
Construction Company.
The wedding ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 3,
2007, at 12 p.m., at the Fitzpatrick First Baptist Church, in
Prestonsburg.
The gracious custom of an open church wedding will be
observed.
"Yes he did! "
color. But you cannot measue
"Gpd created everything," darkness. A sifi'\ple ray of light
can break into a world of dar k
the professor queried.
"Yes sir, he certainly did," ness and illuminate it. He
can you know how dark a CL
the student replied.
The
professor
then tain space is? You measure t
answered, "Well then, if God amount of light present. lsi
created everything, then God this correct? Darkness, the
created evil. And since evil is a term used by man
does exist and, according to describe what happens wh
the principle that our works there is no light present."
defme who we are, then we
Then, the young man ask
can only assume that God is the professor,"Sir, does e
evil."
exist?"
Now uncertain, the proft
This quieted the student and
he did not respond to the pro- sor responded, "Of course, a ~
fessor's hypothetical summa- have already said. We see 1
tion. The professor, now quite everyday. It is in the da
pleased with himself, boasted examples of man's inhuman
to his class that he had proven to man. It is in the multitu
once more that "religious of crime and violence eve1
faith" was a myth.
where in the world. The e
Another student then raised manifestations are nothing eJ c;e
his hand and said, "May I ask but
you a question, professor?"
evil."
"Of course," the professor
To this the student replit ,
"Evil does not exist, sir, or t
replied.
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and asked, "Professor, does itself.
Evil is simply t
cold exist?"
absence of God. It is just li
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this? Of course it exists," the man has created to descri
professor replied. "Have you the absence of God. God d
never
not create evil. Evil is t
been cold?"
result of what
The other students in the
happens when man does r 0t
classroom snickered at the have God's love present in lns
young man's question.
·heart. It's like the cold tl.at
The young man, however, comes when there is no heat.
persisted, replying, "In fact sir, or the darkness that comes
cold does not exist. According when there is no light."
to the laws of physics, what we
The student then sat dm
consider cold is, in reality, the and the professor said
absence of heat. Everybody more.
and every object is susceptible
The young man's name!
to study when it has or trans- Albert Einstein (Reputed to be
mits energy, and heat is what a true story.)
makes a body or matter have
or transmit energy. Absolute
zero ( -460F) is the total
absence of heat. And all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold, therefore, does
not exist. We have merely created this word to describe how
we feel if we
have no heat."
The student then continued,
"Professor, does darkness
exist?''
The profes~or responded,
"Yes. of course it does."
The stu ent replied, "Once
again you are wrong, sir.
Darkness does not
exist.
either. Darkness is, in reality,
the absence of light. Light we
can study, but not darkness. In
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23, 2007
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2667,
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$5,495, Moonroof.
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scheduling, com- Mechanic, Welder
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Both
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and positions are for
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conducting inter- 9644 behNeen the
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views in your area hours of 8:30am to
on
Monday, 4:00pm.
FOR SALE
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must be available JOB OPENING
$3,800. New tires,
for
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Tuesday, February Health Care is cur886-6061
rently has the fol27th through Friday,
March 2nd in the lowing
positions
daytime
hours. open LPN, CNA,
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please indicate CCS
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the outside of EOE.
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f Reference numJOB OPENING
PO
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help us direct construction-Labors
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evenings 606-3776042
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Hammond Rd
Prestonsburg 4
BR 3 full bath,
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security system,
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All new paint. 1 car
garage, large deck
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23, 5 min to downtown
Prestonsburg.
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acres more or less,
rt. 11 00 off us 23
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$250
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1
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water
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Hollow,
Hudson
KY
Frankfort,
40601' by April 9,
2007.
(6)
A
public
Hearing · on the
application
has
been scheduled for
April 10, 2007, at
9:00 a.m., at the
Department
for
Natural Resources'
Prestonsburg
Regional
Office,
3140 South Lake
Drive, Suite No. 6,
Prestonsburg , KY
41653. The hearing
will be cancelled if
no request for a
hearing or informal
conference
is
received by April 9,
2007.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO
MINE
Pursuant to
Application No.
898-0779
Amendment 2
Road,
Pikeville,
Kentucky
41502.
Written comments,
objections,
or
requests for a permit conference must
be filed with the
Director, Division of
Permits,
No.
2
Hudson
Hollow,
U.S. 127 South,
Frankfort, Kentucky
40601.
NOTICE OF
INTENTION
TO MINE
Pursuant to
Application
No. 877-0165
Operator Change
In accordance with
405 KAR 8:010,
notice is hereby
given that DFM,
Inc., P.O. Box 367,
Old U.S. 23, Allen,
Kentucky
41601,
intends to revise
permit number 8770165 to change the
operator. The operator
presently
approved in the permit is Appalachian
Fuels, LLC, 1500
North
Big
Run
Road,
Ashland,
Kentucky
411 02.
The new operator
will
be
Frasure
Creek Mining, LLC,
1051 Main Street,
Suite 100, Milton,
West
Virginia
25541.
The operation is
located
app oximately 1 .5 mile
north of Gunlock, in
Magoffin/Fioyd
Counties. The operation is approximately 0.7 mile
north
from
Big
Branch of Licking
River junction with
KY 7, and located
.79 mile northwest
of Big Branch. The
operation is located
on
the
David
U.S.G.S.
7
1/2
minute quadrangle
map.
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.
In accordance with
KRS
350.070,
notice is hereby
given that CAM
TRAILER
FOR Mining, LLC, P.O.
RENT 2 BR 2 BATH Box 1169, Pikeville,
41501
recently renovated, Kentucky
central heat and air, has applied for an
public water, sewer, amendment to an
surface
and trash. $375 existing
plus utilities. 285- coal mining and
reclamation opera1888
tion located 1 mile
northwest
of
FOR RENT
MH for rent, 2 BR McCombs in Pike
2 bath 16ft. x 72 ft. County, Kentucky.
Like new partially The amendment will
furnis ed on large add 73.28 acres of
private lot. 4 miles surface disturbance
from M.A.C. on Rt. making a total area
of 301 .54 acres
114. 886-2896.
within the amended
permit boundary.
The
proposed
amendment area is
approximately 0.5
miles west of the
NOTICE OF
Bevins
Branch
BOND
Road junction with
KY 194 and located
RELEASE
(1) In accordance 0.2 miles west of
with
405
KAR John's Creek. The
350.093, notice is latitude is 37-39-59.
hereby given that The longitude is 82The Elk Horn Coal 35-48.
Company, LLC, 544
The
proposed
South Lake Drive, amendment is locatPrestonsburg, KY ed on the Thomas
41653, has applied USGS 7 ? minute
for Phase II bond quadrangle
map.
release,
permit The surface area to
number 836-5450, be disturbed by the
which
was
last amendment
is
issued on 6/03103. owned
by
Cliff
The permit covers Blackburn.
The
an area of 26.45 operation will use
acres, located 2.0 the combination of
miles southeast of surface and auger
Drift,
in
Floyd mining.
County.
The amendment
(2) The permit application
has
area is approxi- been filed for public
mately 1 .25 mile inspection at the
southeast from KY KYEPPC's Division
122's junction with of Field Services
Simpson
Martin Pikeville Regional
Branch Road, and Office located at
located 2.0 miles 121 Mays Branch
east of
Beaver
Creek. The latitude
Pursuant to KRS 353.630 and
is 37 2 28'37". The
KRS 353.640
longitude
is
An application for Pooling Order to
2
82 43'07".
drill and operate Equitable Production
(3) The bond now
Company Well No. 566661, is being
in effect for the perfiled with the Kentucky Department of
mit is a Surety Bond
Oil and Gas. The subject property is
for
$20,500.
located in Prestonsburg Quadrangle,
Approximately 15%
between Bays Branch and Jane Brown
of the original bond
Branch, of Floyd County, State of
amount of $107,400
is included in the
Kentucky. Said property being an undiapplication
for
vided interest in the William B. Harmon
release.
Tract. Any party claiming an interest in
(4) Reclamation
the proposed pooled tract should conwork
performed
tact the Kentucky Department of Mines
includes backfilling,
and Minerals C/0 the Director of the
grading and seedDivision of Oil and Gas, and Equitable
ing,
completed
Production Company (606-433-1240)
11/18/04.
within twel')ty (20) days from the date of
(5) Written comthis publication.
ments, objections,
The following list comprises all known
and requests for a
or last known owners of the subject
public hearing or
in·formal conference
property, including address if known or
must be filed with
last known address.
the
Director,
Bruce Hall or Bruce Hall heirs (Bruce is
Division of Field
an heir of Lee Hall and Josie Hall)
Services, No. 2
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23, 2007
THE FLOYD COUNTY TIMES
Sentence
• Continued from p1
During the sentencing phase, the
jury learned that at the time of
Combs' arrest, he was on supervised
probation for a drug trafficking conviction he had received just two
months before. An additional 10-year
sentence was recommended in light
of this, which the jury again recommended run consecutively with his
other two convictions.
Formal sentencing for Burns and
Combs is set for April 6.
Floyd
County
Assistant
Commonwealth's Attorney Wayne
;I;'aylor said the convictions were a
compliment to the jury's determinaJion to carefully look at the evidence
provided following a thorough investigation by the state police and
Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement officers.
"This is a sentence that is consistent with a lot of drug trafficking
convictions that we obtain, so we're
obviously very pleased," Taylor said.
The case resulted from several
complaints of drug activity at Burns'
residence registered by neighbors on
Aug. 18, 2005. When responding to
the complaints, four state police and
vehicle enforcement officers testified
that two state police officers went to
the back door to request permission
to search the home after two other
'KASPER
f
of the Drug Enforcement and
Professional Practice<; Branch
within the Kentucky Cabinet
for Health and Family Services
in Frankfort, will be on hand to
explain how KASPER works,
why it is an important and necessary tool, and to discuss some
of the success stories the program had produced in the Fifth
Congressional District.
"It is working, and working
:very well," said Attorney
General Greg Stumbo, "We.
have slowed them (drug dealers) down greatly."
The KASPER system tracks
all controlled substance prescriptions dispensed within the
state. A KASPER report lists all
~cheduled prescriptions pre-
scribed to an individual over a
specified time period, usually a
couple of months, as well as
who prescribed the medication
and where it was dispensed.
The system is not meant to
prevent people from obtaining
their prescriptions; it is used as
a source of information for
doctors and pharmacists as well
as an investigative tool for law
enforcement officials to track
potential drug dealers.
To make the reports more
accessible, Kentucky became
the first state in the country to
initiate an on-line version of the
system in March 2005 known
as eKASPER
(Enhanced
entucky
All
Schedule
Prescription
Electronic
-
officers had witnes~ed Combs snoJ1ing a white powdery substance off of
a table for more than a minute while
looking through a front window.
Burns answered the door and gave
them permission to enter and search.
When the officers entered the
home, Burns' young daughter yelled,
"It's the police," and three of the
officers testified they saw Combs
throw a small bag of cocaine into the
trash and wipe the powder off the
table in an effort to conceal evidence.
Another man was present at the time
of the arrests, but officers testified
there was no doubt it was Combs
they saw through the window
because he was not wearing a shirt
and had white powder on his pants
when they arrested him
Burns, who was the only witness
called by the defense, was forced to
admit she was in possession of
methadone illegally after admitting
the methadone found in a drawer was
hers and she had no prescription for
it. She also admitted that she had lied
during prior questioning about a
scale that was found in her closet.
Three scales were found in her bedroom, two m a drawer hy her hed
which she testified were hers, but she
denied owning the scale found in her
closet. She later recanted that the
scale was not hers after she admitted
that a small blue box, which was
filled with over $2,000 she testified
was hers, was found to be the box in
which the scale had originally been
sold in.
Taylor <;aid his office is very
pleased with the outcome of the trial
and said it will send a message to the
community that drugs are not welcome in the county.
"I think the verdict against both of
these defendants continues to send a
good message out that we are against
drugs, and with sentences like these
it will make people think twice,"
Taylor said.
---------------------------------
Reporting). The on-line system
allows authorized user'> to track
prescriptions 24 hours a day
and receive requested information within 15 minutes
The Kentucky State Senate
passed a resolution on Tuesday
to further expand the KASPER
program hy calling for
• Continued from p1
Kentucky to enter into agreements with state's around the
country to share drug monitoring information with one
another if each state's programs
are compatible with one another. The resolution would pro~
hibit any person from obtaining
a prescription for a controlled
substance without having
formed a valid doctor-patient
relationship. at which time the
patient would be physically
examined and a medical history
of the patient obtained. Sen.
Ray Jones, D-Pikeville, introduced the legislation and said
expanding the program will
prevent drug abusers from
crossing state lines to doctor
shop for prescription drugs.
"The KASPER program is
proving to be an increasingly
effective tool in combating the
problem of prescription drug
abuse in the Commonwealth,"
Jones said.
Choice
• Continued from p1
tern. Brown has another child
currently attending Johnson
County schools.
Brown said that he feels
Floyd County schools were
not making the "adequate
. yearly progress" that he felt
necessary to compete with the
Johnson County school district
at this time.
Brown also reminded the
board that "three or four years
ago, when this thing came up,
you promised us that we
would have that choice of
where to send our children."
Though board· member
Carol Stumbo said that she felt
that Prestonsburg High School
"will meet those goals" of
which Brown spoke when this
year's scores are gathered and
released, she, along with the
rest of the board, agreed that
Floyd County parents, for now
at least, should continue to
have the choice of where they
want to send their children to
school.
"I think you will have to
come back later," she said,
"but for now, you will have
that choice."
The board agreed unanimously to allow the reciprocal
agreement between Floyd
County and Johnson County
schools to remain in effect.
Coaching
• Continued from p1
the decision. "Anyone can go to
a teacher and ask them to 'help' a
child to continue to play on a
team, not just principals, but
other teachers and parents, as
well," she said, in response to
some board members' concerns
in regard to teachers possibly
feeling pressured to give a student passing grades to allow
them to remain in active play on
a team when their "boss" would
perhaps need them to make up a
winning team.
"I feel, with this decision,"
said board chair Jeff Stl,lmbo,
"that we are simply asking our
principals to focus on our schools
... in academics, with drug problems and with disciphne problems."
In other discussion, Greg
Adams, maintenance director of
Floyd County Schools, reported
to the board that the school system is currently spending "about
$79,000" to allow coffee pots,
microwaves, portable fans, personal refrigerators and other such
convenience appliances to be
used in individual classrooms.
"And about another $15,000
by failing to turn light switches
off," he added.
Adams made the commentc;
in regard to a utilities report that
he presented to the board members during the meeting. The
board agreed to gather more
information in regard to the matter before making any fmal determination on the issue, wruch will
likely be discussed in future
meetings.
The Floyd County Board of
Education will meet in regular
session at 6:30 p.m. Monday at
Betsy Layne Elementary School.
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Bill
• Continued from p1
would have required companies to provide methane detectors to each miner was deleted.
"There are still some good
provisions in the bill, but most
of them have been removed,"
r.aid Tony Oppegard, an attorney who represents coal miners and widows of miners.
"The bill was basically
hijacked," said Rep. Brent
Yonts, D-Greenville, sponsor
of the original proposal. He
said he was not sure whether
he will support the new version, which was offered by
Rep. Robin Webb, D-Grayson.
Under Webb's modified
version, the additional inspections wouldn't be mandatory
until 2009, after the Office of
Mine Safety and Licensing has
added the personnel necessary
to carry them out.
State Rep. Jim Gooch, DProvidence, had said previously that he didn't expect to call
the legislation up for a vote in
the Natural Resources and
Environment
Committee,
which he chairs. He changed
that stand on Thursday when
Webb, a former coal miner,
offered a revised bill.
"It sounds like a much
improved version," said Bill
Caylor, president of the
Kentucky Coal Association.
"It has some important safety
provisions. But the devil's in
the details."
Melissa Lee, whose husband Jimmy Lee was killed in
an underground explosion in
Harlan County last year, was
among a group of widows who
visited
the Capitol
on
Wednesday to urge passage of
the mine-safety bill. She said
the state needs a stronger mine
safety law that "protects the
other men who are providing
for their families."
The proposed mining legislation 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. Five of the
deaths were from a single
Harlan County underground
mine explosion in May.
The legislation is House
Bill207.
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