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Monarch waystations: nature’s beauty stop

By Hank Bond The Greenup Beacon

Butterflies bring an exceptional amount of beauty to the world. Monarch butterflies are a source of beauty and great interest to Nannette Stevens.

“Butterflies go where they Courtesy of please – and please where they John David Preston go.” - unknown On Feb. 22,a habitat the First Stevens offers for United Methodist Church of butterflies as they migrate to Paintsville will celebrate not the south each year. one but two mileNanette is significant the daughter of stones in the history of the the late William and Thelma church. She Thewas firstborn celebration Stevens. at Bainwill for theStation 150thMaryland anniverbridge Naval saryhas of lived the founding of theand in the Russell church, which took place Flatwoods area since 1960. in 1865.

The second She attended the celebraRussell tion will be in and commemoraSchool system graduated tion of the anniversary in 1972.

She100th then attended the of the use of the church’s King’s Daughters’ School of sanctuary Nursing andfor thenreligious earned anseradvices. Records of the church ditional degree from Bellarmshow the sanctuary was first ine College School of Nursing. used for worship on February “I began my nursing career 7, 1915. at Kings Daughters HospiThe First United Methodist Church of Paintsville was founded by a group of Methodists who broke away from the existing Methodist church as the result of Civil War divisions. In 1864, a group of Paintsville Methodists became dissatisfied with their affiliation with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and met at the home of Nathan Brown to organize.

The new congregation was organized in 1865.

The church first met at the courthouse, but purchased a lot on the present site in 1867. A frame structure was built there and was called Vaughan’s Chapel in honor of the Vaughan brothers, car-

tal then spent 32 years at the Greenup County Health Department as a staff nurse then nursing administrator prior to my retirement.

“I do some part time nursing back at the health department when needed. I have been a Master Gardener since 2006 and currently the secretary for our organization. I serve on the County Extension Council at the Greenup County Cooperative Extension. I am a member of the hand bell choir at Advance for many years.

“I also am a board member of the Remote Area Medical Kentucky affiliate. I also take water color classes from Janice LeBrun. I think that’s about it,” she said in accessing how her life has been.

Her life also includes the love of nature and specifically this time of year, butterflies.

“I have been a Master Gardener the course penterssince whotaking did most of the in 2006. construction.

A parsonage was built next to the church.

During January and February, 1904, a revival broke out in the church, and eighty souls were converted. Following the revival, the bishop made Paintsville a station, which meant that the pastor served only that church.

Prior to that time, the pastor served a circuit of a number of churches. Thereafter, the church was no longer called Vaughan’s Chapel, but became known as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Paintsville, Kentucky.

A third momentous occasion in the life of Methodism in Paintsville occurred in 1914 with the construction of the present sanctuary. The congregation was of the opin-

“I started gardening by trial and error. I would watch the Victory Garden on PBS every Sunday afternoon and actually take notes.

“This was early on before Greenup County had a Master Gardener program. I would also pick up garden books and started my own reference library. Once the program was started in Greenup I signed up and learned so much more.

“I developed my love of gardening as a child following my grandfather Raymond Stevens of Russell around his garden.

He was an avid rose grower.

“As a child I have a very tiny veggie garden next to our garage in Russell. I helped my grandfather deadhead his roses and generally got in his way,” she explained with a laugh.

“I continue to read books and magazines on gardening and pick the brain of other gardeners.

Linda Hieneman ion that the old church buildour has been a great ingAg. wasAgent not large enough to accommodate the size of the membership. On February 15, 1914, members of the church met at the church and decided to build a new structure. Over $7,000.00 of the expected $15,000.00 construction cost was subscribed that afternoon. During construction, the congregation met at the courthouse.

Church services were first held in the new building on February 7, 1915, although the building was not completed.

That Sunday was billed as a homecoming, and 172 persons were in Sunday school, which was held in the basement, because the sanctuary was not completed.

The second parsonage was built in 1913 on the site of

source of information as well at the memorial in front of the teacher. old Russell Depot.

“By reading and also pick“We are trying to get a Moning up on shows like the Vic- arch Waystation garden started tory Garden is how I came to on the Extension property but learn about the plight of the have had some problems getMonarch butterflies, their loss ting it going due to water isof habitat, etc and the Mon- sues and such. arch Watch organization.

“When available I will go See Monarch to seminars etc. I did so last On Page 11 spring and learned more about the Monarchs.”

This ties into her interest and activities with the Master Gardeners group.

“The Master Gardeners are a small group but we are involved in some community projects.

“We developed and maintain the flower garden at the Greenup County War Memorial. We received tulip bulbs from around the state capitol buildings through Tanya Pulare courtesy of Pastor Ken Spurrier. lin and planted themPhotos at the War Memorial, the old one.the Veterans Cem- ery, pastor’s and secretary’s etery, office and Nannette Stevens By thetheExtension mid-1950’s, the offices, assembly room and church had grown to the point rest rooms on the first floor. that an additional building The contractor was Lewis was needed. On August 4, Prichard, and the architect 1956, the church purchased was William Bryant, of Lexfrom the Jones family the ington. The total cost of conproperty where the present struction was $168,067. The educational building is lo- opening service was held on cated for a purchase price Easter Sunday, 1970, with was $20,500. The building Bishop Roy H. Short presidlocated on the property had ing. The debt on the building been the home of the Jones was paid in July, 1981. On Funeral Home, and was used December 13, 1981, Bishop as an educational building Paul A. Duffey was present for next several years. Sun- for a note-burning. day school classes moved in In 1983, the church began on January 20, 1957. the first major renovation of A project to replace the the sanctuary since the buildold educational building with ing was constructed in 1914. the current building began The stained glass windows in the spring of 1969. The were cleaned, reinforced plan called for a building of and covered with protective as many as ten classrooms on the second floor, and nurs- Church cont. on page 2

Paintsville native working for YouTube Honoring those who have served a screen printing shop, de-

and a DJ room, just to name The transition for him has signing and printing shirts a few. They even have nap its challenges, though. His for the university and those at Campbell Elem School. Ms. June Whitt’s 3rd pods grade where Curt can catchlisten a wife, is a high school Veterans Day assembly students towho Medal of Honor affiliated with it. From there few winks during the day if French teacher, will be finrecipient Ernie West as he answers their questions. Emily Fredrick and Chaise members of theoutRaceland he went on working for Bullthe need Conley, should arise.

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“But there are so many roadto.nku.edu/. trip Ashland washisthefamily. sixth company in Northern essence Kenwhat bachelor’s in. sane.” willto lead him and cipient of the “I was really excited to exciting possibilities, I can’t The a of eight stops through Dec. 4. was toUniversity be a virtual facelift, Only #RoadToNKU recently havingisbeThe opportunities that have tucky Trailblazer from their Award for iconography, Leadership inwebLi- learn that NKU offered the make up my mind at the mo- gun work there, Curt is a come his way to this point site, and app to improving Visual Designer and works in his career have all been brary Informatics Nov. 6 at library informatics program. ment,” she said.

Sara will join four area alongside a team of User very fluid, he says, and there theirAshland social media branding. the Plaza Hotel and It’s a wonderful opportunity To be sure, Curt gotina lot of to acquire the technical skills mathematics teachers who Experience Designers, User is no long-term plan for him Convention Center Ashneeded and really familiarize will also be honored with the Interface Designers, Engi- reaching out through a single experience in a hurry. land.

The presentation change to going to myself with the field before NKU Trailblazer Award for neers, and Researchers. His year, much less five or ten.

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continued from front glass. A new altar was built by local cabinet maker Gaston P. Roy. The theater type wooden seats, complete with a gentleman’s hat rack under each seat, were replaced with Appalachian red oak pews.

New lighting and carpet were installed, the interior was painted, and the platform was altered to place the pulpit in the center of the church. The total cost of the renovation was $125,000. On December 13, 1987, a dedication of the renovated sanctuary and note burning ceremony were held. Bishop Paul A. Duffey was present for the occasion.

The most ambitious building project of the church was the construction of the family life center in 2003 and 2004.

The project began in August, 1997, when the trustees contracted with Bocook Engineering to prepare a survey of the church property, and architect Terry Simmons to prepare drawings of a proposed building. A special session of Church Conference was held on October 26, 2003, to consider authorizing the construction of the family life center. After much discussion, the Conference approved the recommendations.

The church entered into a construction contract with

Goggans Construction Company, Inc. on November 6, 2003. The church held a ground-breaking ceremony on November 23, 2003.

Construction was completed

by September, 2004, and the church occupied the facility shortly thereafter. The total cost of construction was $1,087,643.58. The Family Life Center added 7,660 square feet to the structure of the church. The inclusion of an elevator allowed those with physical limitations to reach virtually any part of the entire building. As part of the construction, the handicapped ramp leading to the sanctuary was removed, since it was no longer necessary.

In the year 2015, the church celebrates the 10th anniversary of the use of the sanctuary for worship and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the church.

Lindsey Davis, bishop of the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church, will be in Paintsville to celebrate with the First United Methodist Church of Paintsville. Bishop Davis is no stranger to Paintsville.

He previously served as pastor of the Mayo Memorial United Methodist Church.

The commemorative service will be held at 10:45 AM on February 22. The community is invited to attend.

Visit aroundpaintsville.com for live streaming of the service.

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Eastern Kentucky’s very own Kelsie May auditioned for NBC’s “The Voice”.

Tune in on Monday, February 23 to see if she made the cut.

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Mountain Manor held a special Valentine’s dinner Friday, Feb. 13 with festivities and a Runway Pageant to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Members of the Mountain Manor Runway Court pictured above are, front row, Arnold Blair; second row, Linda Runyon, Paul Wallace, Jerry Chenault and Joann VanHoose; third row, Anne Lyons and Minnie Arnett.

Family Feud bringing a family together

By Lisa Trusty-Roberts Around Paintsville Auditions for the popular Family Feud game show were held in Louisville on February 7th and 8th. One local family took a chance and made the trek to tryout for the game show on the 7th.

Toni Kincheloe saw an advertisement on the Internet and applied. One month later she found out that her family had been chosen to audition.

She says, “I figured it would be a great way to bond with my new family. My husband and I were married on Dec 17th. I also thought it would be a great way to earn bonus points with my in-laws.”

Toni chose to take her husband, PD Kincheloe, mother-in-law Kathy Kincheloe, sister-in-law Amy Halbert, and her husband (brother-inlaw) Nick Halbert.

She described the energetic atmosphere that filled the conference room as they waited their turn. She says, “Each person was clapping, cheering, and thrilled to be there.”

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Each captain introduced their team members to the audience. There were two questions. The first question was for the captains to go head to head. And then question two was for player two to go head to head with one another. Each team had the chance to play one of the questions.

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turn they stole the first question and swept the board with question two proving they had what it takes to be viable contestants on the show. Way to go Kincheloes!

So what does the future hold for this bright and exuberant family? They are waiting for a postcard to see if they have been chosen. If so, they will then be flown to

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Atlanta for an actual taping of the Family Feud. Taping is scheduled to take place from May to August of this year. Says Toni, “Cross your fingers that this family can get the opportunity to make Paintsville proud.”

Around Paintsville wishes them best of luck and looks forward to covering their appearance on the show.

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OBITUARIES Brenda J. Tackett, 67 Brenda J. Tackett, 67, of Orleans, Neb., died Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society Colonial Villa in Alma, Neb. Bornn July 25, 1947, in Paintsville, one of eight children born to Frank Edward and Nancy (Volderg) Tackett.

She attended and graduated from high school at Paintsville. She also enjoyed attending the White House Baptist Church in Paintsville.

Later, she opened Tackett Exterminating in Denver, Colo., where she enjoyed owning and operating her own business.

On July 12, 2012, she was united in marriage to Jerry Vance her long-time companion for twenty years. The couple had made their home in Orleans since 2003 where they enjoyed trips to Colorado, and just being together as a couple.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Vance of Orleans; four children, Teresa Szabo and her husband, Allan of Huntington, W.Va., Derek Welch of Orleans, Roger Thomas and his wife, Tammy of Huntington and Rebecca Thomas of Hays, Kansas; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Sue Starner of Columbus, Ohio; two broth-

Barbara Fern May, 74 Barbara Fern May, 74 of Denver, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at her home.

Born Sept. 28, 1940, in Johnson County, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Ella Louise Horn Blair.

She is survived by her husband, Hobert E. (Gene) May; one daughter, Cheryl Legena Ratliff of Hagerhill; nine brothers, Francis Blair of Staffordsville, Gerald Blair of Celveland, Ohio, Phillip Blair, Eldon Blair, John Blair and Rick Blair all of Staffordsville, Robie Blair of Denver, Carl Blair Jr. of Asa Creek and Neal Blair of Wittensville; four sisters, Kathy Meade of Flat Gap, Cheryl Johnson of Staffordsville, Jean Dawson of Hagerhill, and Polly Adams of West Van Lear; two grandchildren, Angie and Megan; and five great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by one daughter, Cherish La-

ers, Wendell Tackett and his wife, Peggy of Paintsville and Jeffrey Tackett and his wife, Tina of Springfield, Ohio; one sister-in-law, Marlene Tackett of Springfield; one brother-in-law, Linvale Welch of Paintsville; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald Ray Tackett and Leslie Tackett; and two sisters, Dorothy Price and her husband, Don and Janice Welch.

Private family memorial services will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation as the family is honoring her wish for cremation. Exby Lisa Trusty-Roberts pressions of caring and kindAround Paintsville ness can be sent to the family The Dept. of Recreation at www.nelsonbauerfh.com and Park Administration at The Bauer-Torrey and Mach Eastern Kentucky UniverFuneral Home in Alma is in sity, in cooperation with charge of the arrangements.

Paintsville Main Street and Paintsville Tourism, will be leading a one day hospitality brothers, Larry Lemaster workshop at the US 23 Counof Wilmore, John Lemas- try Music Highway Museum. ter of Paintsville and David The goal of the meeting is to Lemaster of Martin; seven help local leaders understand grandchildren; and eight how to take advantage of the recent increase in outdoor great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held recreation to benefit their Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Pres- businesses and agencies.

Tourism Director Tia ton Funeral Home Chapel Campbell says, “Tourism is with Doris Blevins officiating. Burial followed in the Kentucky’s 3rd largest indusHighland Memorial Cem- try and with the approaching travel season we really wantetery at Staffordsville. ed to offer our businesses the chance to join us in brushing up and furthering our hospiGlenda VanHoose and Joyce tality skills. Michael BradHarp of Paintsville; and one ley & EKU students who will be conducting this workshop, grandson.

Funeral services were held have worked very closely Monday, Feb, 16, at the Re- with Mayor Porter, Main becca Old Regular Baptist Street director Bonnie Porter Church with Old Regular & Paintsville Tourism to ofBaptist Ministers officiating. fer this free workshop, so we Burial followed in the Eck want to see a big turnout & Ratliff Cemetery at Elkhorn hope that all businesses will be able to send a representaCity. tive to attend.”

Topics to be discussed include Public Relations, Customer Service, Catering to Outdoor Recreation Visitors, ville; one brother, Claudus Use of Social Media in InforEarl Tackett of Ohio; twentymation Distribution, Diversione grandchildren and sevfication of Offerings for Visieral great-grandchildren. tors, Business Development In addition to his parents, Strategy, Successful Outdoor he is preceded in death by Recreation Ideas in Other his wife, Wanda Lee Conley Communities, Creating and Tackett; one daughter, Rhonda Renee’ Tackett Gratz; and one sister, Gerry Mae Tackett.

Funeral services were held on Friday, Feb. 13, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Chapel with Harry Neal Frisby Baby Boomers make officiating. Burial followed in the Family Cemetery, East up the largest generation of Americans born Point. in United States history. Boomers include anyone born between the years 1946 and 1964, as the number of births began to rise as World War II veterans returned home from battle. The greatest number of Baby Boomers were born in 1957, when numbers peaked at 4,300,00.

That equates to roughly 8 children born per minute throughout the year. By 2019, the last of the Baby Boomers, or those born in 1964, Hill and Kathy Ward. will be eligible for many Funeral services were held senior benefits offered Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the to people age 55 and chapel of the Phelps & Son up. Ten years later, Funeral Home with Roger most will be eligible for Hill officiating. Burial fol- retirement lowed in the Keel Family Cemetery at Van Lear.

Angie Ellen Keel, 72, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

Born May 10, 1942, to the late Hubert and Goldia Fitch Rowland.

She was a nurse with Highlands Regional Medical Center.

She is survived by three daughters, Teresa Stambaugh of Lake City, Fla, Tommigene of Paintsville and Kelly Carter of Prestonsburg; three

Billie Jo May, 40

Billie Jo May, 40, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Paintsville.

She was born Sept. 14, 1974, to Billy and Rebecca Cavins Harp.

Along with her parents she is survived one son, David May of Regina; two daughters, Rebecca Gable of Paintsville and Samantha May of Regina; two sisters,

Wade Douglas Tackett, 71

Wade Douglas Tackett, 71, of Bear Hollow, East Point, passed away died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at his home.

Born Jan. 31, 1944, in Johnson County, son of the late Earl Franklin and Bessie Mae Hammonds Tackett.

He is survived by three sons, Wade Douglas Tackett Jr. of Arizona, Brian Douglas Tackett and wife Barbara of East Point and David Anthony Tackett of Inez; two daughters, Pamela Lynn Tackett of East Pointand Tessie Mae Tackett of Paints-

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Betty Keel, 66

Betty Keel, age 66 of Paintsville, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at her residence.

Born March 5, 1948, in Johnson County, she was the daughter of the late Florine Daniels.

She is survived by one daughter, Tammy Keel of Van Lear; one son, Timothy Keel of Eddyville; two sisters, Deidra Hughes of and Patricia Gaye Justice, both of Paintsville; and six grandchildren.

In addition to her mother, she is preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Keel (April 30, 2005); four brothers, Doug Daniels, Wayne Hughes, John Michael Hughes and Rick Hughes; and two sisters, Izora Ruth

Obituaries are updated daily on www.aroundpaintsville.com

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vana Barrows.

Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 14, in the chapel of the Phelps & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Cecil Adams, Bro. Gerald Preston, Elder Gene Burnett and Elder David Baldwin officiating. Burial followed in the Blair Family Cemetery at Staffordsville.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Old Hood United Baptist Church by contacting the Phelps & Son Funeral Home, 606-789-8989.

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Sustaining Partnerships, Special Events for Trail Towns, Marketing of Natural Resources, Importance of Healthy Lifestyles, and Marketing directly to Potential Outdoor Recreation Visitors.

Taking advantage of the natural resources in the local area to increase local tourism has been effective in other communities and can be in ours as well. The goal of the workshop is to begin conversations so that various businesses, services, and individuals can begin to position themselves to take advantage of an outdoor recreation influx.

The free workshop will be held at the Country Music Highway Museum from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on February 18, 2015. A light breakfast and lunch will be served courtesy of Paintsville Tourism and Paintsville Main Street.

Main Street Director Bonnie Porter says, “This is just one component of the City of Paintsville becoming a certified Trail Town. We need to be more vigilant in the way we extend hospitality to our guests in our beautiful City.

We welcome all Paintsville businesses and agencies to attend this valuable workshop.”

For more information or to reserve a spot for the workshop, please contact Bonnie Porter, Paintsville Main Street Director at (606) 7892600.

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The event, which will be held on the streets of downtown Russell, will line up between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Clinton Street directed by the Russell Police Department.

Highlands Health System The parade kickabout off invites you towill learn at 7 p.m.heart health and the women’s The featured floatdisease will prevention of heart be Mr. and Mrs. Santa by attending a FREE Ladies as picturesonwill be inClaus, Red luncheon Friday, allowed 20 after the11:30 parade February from a.m. fireHighlands station. toin1front p.m.ofatthethe Organizers as that there Medical Office Building. be no other Santas in the a Heart disease is not just parade. man’s disease. 1 in 3 womA chili/cookie dinner en die of heart disease and will be served at the stroke. But it can beRuspresell FireYou Station immedivented. can lower your ately following parade chance of heart the disease and withattack musical entertainheart by taking simple ment provided. steps.

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Around Paintsville

Opinion

Musings I was a paperboy for the Paintsville Herald when I was 11 years old, which would have been in 1964.

The paper was delivered only once a week then and cost 10 cents. I received 3 cents for each paper I sold.

The thought of all those pennies jingling in my pocket was almost mind boggling.

Just think, selling one paper was 3/5 of a 5 cent candy bar, 3/10 of a 10 cent bag of potato chips, and 3/10 of a 10 cent bottle of pop. That means I only had to sell 9 papers for the whole nutritious meal, and have 2 cents left over.

It hit me I could even buy all the vienna sausage I wanted. Horse meat and cow entrails are just as good as beef steak if you don’t think about it.

The paperboy had some customers who paid monthly and you punched a card when his or her paper was delivered. You were given

as many extra papers as you thought you could sell and had to return papers you didn’t sell to the Paintsville Herald or you would be charged for them. There were 55 regular customers when I took over the route.

I worked very hard and diligently to build a delivery empire in West Van Lear, Beartown, Burglar Hollow, and Dawkins Heights such that the number of regular customers had grown to 59 when I gave up the route.

I was the traditional paperboy with the rolled up papers in a bicycle basket and throwing them on the porches of the regular customers.

Well, I hit the porches most of the time. I almost got fired the first week for hitting a cat on a porch when I thought I should have been commended for my marksmanship.

Besides, I think the cat intentionally threw itself in front of the paper in an attempt to commit suicide. I also hit this

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to the porch and I thought I might be able to make it in, get the paper to the porch and get back out.

However, I lifted the gate latch and made it about three steps in before three Rottweilers and a Pit Bull came running around the house. I scampered back through the gate. An elderly lady came to the door and said, “Aren’t they such sweet dogs!” I thought to myself, it was more likely they thought I was sweet meat and ready to take a bite out of me. I told her where the paper was and moved on.

There was one man who lived in a very nice house.

He was not a regular customer but I knocked on his door and he bought off of me for the first time. However, he told me he did not have a dime handy and he would pay me next week. I went back the next week and he bought another paper but said again he did not have

any money handy.

I returned a third week and he agreed to take another paper. He reached out his hand but even a dullard like me can learn a lesson. I told him I would need the money for all three papers first. He told me it was only thirty cents and he would get around to paying. I still refused telling him I had to pay for any papers I did not return to the Herald.

He got upset and said “How do I know my money is going to the publisher and you are not just keeping it?”

I replied quietly and respectfully “How do I know you can even read?” That stirred him and he went in his house, brought me my 20 cents for the previous two weeks, and told me never to come back.

It made me think of what my Dad once told me, “It is not the dead you have to worry about, but rather the living.” He was so right.

Tube? people watching videos in model.

YouTube is a middleman. that specified region. The It’s easy for your organiThe system is genius because video host will receive a cut zation to create a YouTube channel. Simply visit YouTube and sign up or sign in with your existing Google account. You can begin uploading videos within minutes.

While it may be simple to create a channel, gaining viewers takes a bit more effort. You need to create a catchy thumbnail, the image you see on a video before you click play, for your video. You should also tag every keyword that YouTube doesn’t have to be of the advertisement money is relevant to the video when creative to bring in revenue. every time it is played on their uploading. This will ensure The channel owner creates video; this is how PewDiePie that those searching for your videos and uploads them for rakes in millions of dollars. type of video will find it. Althe public to view. YouTube PewDiePie has figured out though professional video edreceives money from organi- what mega corporations have iting is not required, you must zations looking to advertise, failed to do. Everyday people be sure to have good content. which explains the pesky ads want everyday videos; fancy The most popular video on YouTube videos. You- editing is not required and camera on the planet is the Tube will overlay the adver- simplicity is key. The more one you always have with tisements on the video based popular your videos are, the you. When shooting video on the specifics asked by the more you make from adver- with your smartphone, take advertiser. If the organization tising money. If you have the pledge to not shoot with seeks to target only people in the creativity to make videos the phone in portrait mode Eastern Kentucky, YouTube everyone wants to see, then (straight up). Your TV does will only overlay the ad on this is an excellent business not sit straight up, so be sure

to shoot video in landscape mode (sideways). Shooting in landscape mode will ensure that the infamous black bars are not on your video.

You can simply edit your video right on your smartphone as well. You can choose to do more extensive editing, though. My favorite editing software is iMovie, which is free to download on any iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer. Take a lesson from PewDiePie, though, and remember that viewers want simple and real videos without many frills and fake special effects.

Next week, we will discuss the success of the popular messaging platform Snapchat. If you would like assistance with starting your own YouTube Channel, advertising on YouTube, or any small business concerns, the Kentucky Innovation Network in Pikeville is here to help you.

You can contact us at justinprater@upike.edu or call 606.218.5053.

By George Keith Wells gkwells1@gmail.com poor elderly lady. It would have missed her as she was bent over but she raised up just at the last minute so that it hit her in the head.

I jumped off the bike and ran over to her. She seemed a little wobbly and kept calling me Bobby. A man came to the door asking what happened here in a very rough voice that struck fear in me.

I told gently tossed the paper to her but she fell trying to catch it. He did thank me for my help and I replied “Think nothing of it”

Well, I survived the first week, got the papers to the regular customers and even sold a few extra, gorging myself with junk food on the profit.

I recall one house that I was familiar with in West Van Lear that had signs everywhere that said “Beware of Dogs”. The house was a regular customer and I threw a paper but it fell in the bushes beside the porch.

The owner would never find it there. It was only about twenty feet from the gate

Business Innovations Last week, we discussed Twitter as part of the social media series in this column.

As mentioned over the past few weeks, knowing your customer is essential before you begin creating your marketing mix. At the end of the column last week, I mentioned the fastest growing (and my personal favorite) social media platform. Did you figure it out? You may not think of this platform as social media, but YouTube is an extremely powerful and important tool that can boost sales for you and potentially turn small-time video producers into millionaires.

YouTube has over 100 million social interactions per week. The most popular age category is ages 18-29.

For the third year in a row, YouTube is receiving the most money from companies looking to utilize social media. After Google purchased YouTube, the explosion of growth has been continuous.

YouTube accounts for twenty

percent of the entire North American internet traffic, compared to a little over one percent for Facebook. As the millennial generation continues to cut the cord and look for free sources of entertainment, YouTube is poised for more growth.

Just how popular is YouTube?

HBO’s Game of Thrones had seven million viewers during their best episode. AMC’s Breaking Bad had a few million viewers. YouTube’s most popular channel, PewDiePie? Thirtyfour million people watch his channel for new uploads everyday. His videos have received over seven billion views to date. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known by his online alias PewDiePie, is a Swedish video game commentator. How much money does this guy make? Ten million dollars annually! Just one of his videos can bring in thousands of dollars within just a few hours. But how do you make money on You-

By Justin Prater

Here and There, Then and Now It is 28 degrees out, a little before 8 a.m. and I am on the family cemetery making sure all is well. I spend a moment paying silent respect to bygone kin and I stand at my Dad’s grave thinking how much I miss my parents being here. Most folks my age are only now losing the guidance, reassurance and comfort of having their parents around while I have spent a half lifetime without mine.

The hurt does not go away after all these years gone by; it just stings a little less.

I come off of the hill and look over my grandparent’s house on the farm where my Dad, his brothers and sisters were raised. It was a different world for them. Wide

open bottom land along the river, my Grandfather worked in the coal mines for ten dollars a month in wages while the boys hunted, fished and helped maintain a garden, orchard, a couple of dozen chickens, a cow and there were always a couple of hogs to slaughter and smoke. Their sister helped their mother with canning and household chores.

They sold many canned goods and fresh produce at My Great Uncle’s store across the bottom and made as much or more from the farm as my Grandfather made in the mines. I recall Dad remarking how The Great Depression was something they heard about on the radio and how well they lived throughout the 1930s. They all went

Generations By Joe Weddington

to school in the schoolhouse next door that the County leased from my Grandfather. How cool is that?

They called them “The Greatest Generation” and I got a lesson as to the why of that as I came off of the hill. Yes, they all went to war and beat the crap out of both the Germans and the Japanese

and later the Koreans, but the most notable characteristic that marked this generation was their work ethic. They were not afraid to work.

As I rolled by the old home place I noticed my 82 year old Uncle Bill’s truck had the front end up on jack stands and some young fellow was underneath the front end

working on it. I pulled into the drive. Imagine my surprise when the fellow rolled out from under the truck and spryly jumped to his feet and greeted me with a hearty “Hey boy! How are ya doing?” ... It was my Uncle Bill, 82 years old and thinking nothing of changing his oil in the freezing temperatures.

Now Bill is retired from Ford and has plenty of money set aside from his 30 years of labor there, this man who carries a homemade wallet made of duct tape and cardboard could easily afford a nice new truck but prefers to keep the one he bought 20 years ago in tip top shape and although he could hire the maintenance done, here he is in the freezing

cold, enjoying work for work’s sake.

How shameful the current generation of do nothings that go on the draw at age 18 and live their lives working the system. Bill told me he was going to take his morning walk, watch some television and play cards with friends later. The best thing was him telling about the “young” girls in their 50s that constantly flirted with him. You go Uncle Bill.

I left with a smile on my face shaking my head as I remembered a fellow who worked for my Dad and the vanity tag on his 1947 International truck which read: “I fight Poverty - I work!”

The greatest generation? I think so.

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Leadership Unplugged By Bob Gound The Absolute Leader

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The Leadership Engine Growing up in Southern California during the golden age of the American muscle car was nothing less than incredible! Every time you turned your head, you would find hot rods rumbling down the road with names like: Pontiac GTO, Plymouth Barracuda, Shelby Cobra, Chevy Chevelle SS, and of course, the Ford Mustang and Plymouth Charger. These were amazing vehicles with fantastic engines under the hood.

My friends would spend endless hours under the hood or on the floor, wrenching through an engine, transmission or exhaust system, trying to increase its capacity. Developing their horsepower in every way, so that they could to make it bigger, stronger and faster. Stock off the showroom floor, these vehicles were pretty cool.

After a little help from my friends, these vehicles were transformed into an amazing work of art that were hitting on all cylinders.

Stock off the showroom floor, we can be pretty cool too. We have a little something under the hood (our thought process), but with a little work and modification, we too can be hitting on all cylinders. I guess you can consider us the bare-bones model with no extras. So… Let’s take a look at a few things we can modify that will add horsepower to our leadership engine.

Desire is the fuel of success in your leadership engine. I am speaking of a true burning desire for success.

Love is a great example. It is one of the strongest desires that any human being has within. When you think back to when you first fell in love, you can remember how that person was constantly on your mind. You continually thought about ways that you can interact with them, make them smile, laugh or please them in some way shape or form. In hopes that they would reciprocate the action and feeling. It is a feeling like no other and it totally engulfs your thought life. If you can transmute this kind of desire into the one of a desire to succeed, it is only a matter of time before you meet the riches of your destiny.

Emotion is the throttle of action. If you want to act or to get someone else to act, you must create an emotional response in some way shape or form. You must dig into your own mind or into the mind of others to find out what motivates them. When you do, you would find that it is based on an emotion.

Whether it be happy, sad, angry, or lust, you will always find that it is emotion that made you take action.

You can compare it to going down to the car dealership just to look around. Once you sit down in that brand-new

car, smell that new car smell, and the salesperson tells you how terrific you look in that vehicle and how all of your friends, neighbors and coworkers also think you look so cool. Your emotions start to take over. So much that if you don’t let off the throttle and put on the brakes, thirty days later you will end up getting that payment email in your inbox that you may not be able to afford. You have to know when to step on the throttle and when to back off.

Decision is the engine of achievement. This is when you get into the real fine tuning of the success engine.

Many people spend too much time trying to gather every possible piece of information before they make a decision.

This is also known as Analysis Paralysis. Retired Gen. Colin Powell has his 40/70 rule. It goes like this… You never make a decision with less than 40% of the required information or data for review. You’ll just be guessing at it or you will just be shooting from the hip. The other side of the rule is the 70%.

Many leaders believe that they need to acquire more than 80%, 90% or 100% of the facts or material before they decide. This is where you get brain freeze from evaluating too much data and you miss the deadline or someone else beats you to the finish line. In other words, gather the needed information and decide. Take action!

If you fuel your desire with emotion and decision you will live a life of success and achievement. I challenge all of you to build your hot rod of success and tune up your leadership engine. I promise you will live a life that you only had in your wildest dreams.

To get more information on how to tune up your leadership engine feel free to contact me at BobGound@ theabsoluteleader.com.

Our opinions matter Student Essays By: Sydney Becknell Around Paintsville In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I will be addressing the emotion commonly referred to as love. Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal attraction (“I love my mother”) to pleasure (“I loved that meal”).

It can refer to an emotion of strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a representation of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love may also describe the compassionate and affectionate actions towards others.

Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love; kinship, friendship, romantic desire, and divine. This diversity of uses and meanings of love combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes the feeling unusually difficult to define compared to other emotional states.

Impersonal love is classified under the terms of a person loving an object, principle, or goal to which they deeply committed to and value greatly. For example, compassionate outreach of a volunteer’s “love” to their cause may be born of not in-

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Our local Camera Club, (Johnson County Camera Club) will hold their next meeting March 12 (2nd Thursday) at 6 p.m. at the Paintsville Recreation Center. Everyone is welcome regardless of your skill level or where you are from, you do not have to be from Johnson County to become a member.

JC Camera Club’s “Study Topic” for this coming month is: Shooting in Aperture Priority. This is a good opportunity to get off of the presets on your camera and enjoy all of the benefits that come with knowing how to use the manual settings on your camera. So, set your camera on A or AV and start shooting, if you wish you can bring up to two samples of the photos that you shot and share them with the group.

Informative links below: http://thephotographerblog.com/ and https://photographylife.com/ For more information on becoming a member please contact: Anna Wilson 606-264-5199.

Intermediate Level: 1st Place Winner: Blanche Pelphrey Title: “Pretty Woman” Ready to parade the hat along with thousands of other pretty women, at the 140th Kentucky Derby, 2014.

Advanced Level: 1st Place Winner: Tracey DeAltey Title: “Thank God I Am A Country Boy”

Love terpersonal love, but impersonal. People can also “love” material objects, animals, or activities if they invest themselves in bonding or otherwise identifying those things.

Interpersonal love refers to love between human beings.

It is a much more sentimental thing than a simple liking for each other. Such love may exist between family members, friends, and couples.

Throughout history, philosophy and religion have done the most speculation on the phenomenon of love.

Recent studies in neuroscience have indicated that as people fall in love, the brain consistently releases a certain set of chemicals including the neurotransmitter hormones, dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin- the same compounds released by amphetamine, stimulating the brain’s pleasure center. Side effects of these compounds being released are increased heart rate, loss of appetite and sleep, and an intense feeling of excitement. Research has indicated that this stage lasts generally around one and a half to three years.

Psychology depicts love as a cognitive and social

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Two best friends since Kindergarten. True Kentucky country boys to the core.” They were walking to the creek to play a little music but couldn’t wait and played all the way there. phenomenon. Psychologists have formulated a triangular theory of love and have argued that love have three different components: intimacy, commitment, and passion. Intimacy is a form in which two people share various details of their personal lives, and is usually shown in friendships and romantic love affairs. Commitment, on the other hand, is the expectation that the relationship is permanent. Passionate love is shown in infatuation as well as romantic love.

Love is something that is found in the mind that may grow and develop as people grow older and meet new people and possibly lovers.

I (being only thirteen) have never been in love, but if you have experienced any of the previous facts that were stated; you may be in love.

Hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day.

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Stated below is a correction of the winner of last week’s Tyro Level.

EKCC mistakenly submitted the wrong name of the winner. The correct winner’s name is below, we are so sorry for the mistake.

Tyro Level Weekly Theme Challenge (Not of This World) 1st Place Winner: Lorie Conley Title: Super Moon The photo was taken August 2014 in Elliott County. The moon was extra large that night and with the massive array of clouds I thought it added a hint of mystery.

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Lifestyles The Cooker Woman Eloise Reynolds Delzer A few years back a family friend visited New Orleans during a basketball tournament and brought me two cookbooks with Louisiana favorite recipes. One was an entire book on gumbo and seafood recipes. It was a beautifully illustrated book with a deep red hard cover. The other was full of New Orleans and Louisiana classics in a hard back Confederate Grey. This one

had everything from Mardi Gras King Cake to Crab Boil.

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Getting children to try new foods is not always easy.

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Ballard canned biscuits, deep fried and shaken in a brown paper bag with granulated sugar and a dash or two of nutmeg.

The recipe I am offering is a little more sophisticated, deep fried and rolled in confectionery sugar. I recommend having a hot cup of Café au lait and a teaspoon of condensed milk with your Beignet. People in the south and especially in coastal areas have used condensed milk for just this purpose mainly because it keeps well and covers the sugar and cream requirement in just one spoonful. Adults and children love Beignets.

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Aqua Eagles finish strong in Regional Competition

By John Rowland Around Paintsville Barboursville - The Johnson Central Aqua Eagles finished up their season last weekend at the Stiver’s Aquatic and Wellness Center last weekend.

Everyone who swam set new personal bests in their events and several relays and individuals made it to the second day of Regional competition. The results below are the results from the Championship Finals held on Saturday the 14th.

The Girls 200 yard medley finished 15th with a time of 2:25.68. On this relay was Kaitlin Wells, Meagan Walker, Shandra Burchett and Maisie Taylor.

Representing the girls in the 100 yard freestyle was Shandra Burchett.

She placed 15th with a time of 1:01.12. The other girls relay to make 2nd day

was the 400 yard freestyle relay. Finishing 12th was: Kaitlin Wells, Joleen Blackburn, Sera McCloud, and Shandra Burchett swimming a time of 4:46.75.

The 200 free relay team finished 12th with a time of 2:02.73. On this relay was Kaitlin Wells, Meagan Walker, Maisie Taylor, and Shandra Burchett.

“I’m really proud of our efforts of both teams,” commented Head Coach Dwight Chafins. “We’ve made great strides this year to cut down on time and I’m very pleased with our accomplishments this year.”

Coach Chafins certainly has something to be proud of. The boys 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay made the cuts for State.

In the Regional competition, the Boys 200 freestyle relay finished 6th overall with a time of 1:37.32. On this relay was Michael Castle, Bryce Rice, Zac Slone, and

Several relays make state cuts Mitchell Johnson.

The boys 400 freestyle relay finsihed with a time of 3:37.94 and took home 6th place. On this relay was Michael Castle, Bryce Rice, Mitchell Castle, and Mitchell Johnson. These two relays will be the teams represented at the State Competition.

The Boys 200 medley took home honors of 8th place. Swimming a time of 1:53.25 was: Mitchell Johnson, Zac Slone, Mitchell Castle, and Bryce Rice.

The 200 yard IM was swam

by Michael Castle. He finished 15th with a time of 2:27.54. Bryce Rice took home 10th place honors in the 50 free by finishing with a time of 23.67.

Mitchell Johnson also finished 10th in the 100 yard freestyle finishing with a time of 52.50. Rounding out the Aqua Eagles was Dylan Balch who finished 16th in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.99.

Lady Eagles roll over Greenup County, 66-46

By John Rowland Around Paintsville Paintsville - The Johnson Central Lady Eagles (15-11) notched a win last Tuesday over the Greenup County Musketeers (10-16).

The Lady Eagles hopped out to an early lead on an 11-0 run. Following that run, the Musketeers put up an 8-2 run to close the first. By the end of the first half, the Lady Eagles made it 27-17 advantage.

Once the Lady Eagles had this advantage, they did not look back. The most the Lady Musketeers could cut the lead to was 7 in the second half.

The Lady Eagles were lead in scoring by Allie May. Allie added 14 points for the Lady Eagles. She was followed by Lauryn Salyer who

chipped in 12.

Right behind Salyer was Jayla Spurlock who added 11 points.

There was a tie for the leading scorer from Greenup County. Senior Kate Campbell added 14 points and accompanying her on top of the scoring scoring column for Greenup County was Micah Leslie who added in 14 points as well.

Despite being out-rebounded in the first quarter and early in the second quarter, the Lady Eagles held on to the ball well and were able to make the best of their chances offensively. They were able to force Greenup into quite a few turnovers which allowed them to attack in transition.

The Lady Eagles district play has also been set. They

will play Magoffin County on February 23rd. The two teams split their regular season series together.

Johnson Central - 66 A. Castle 0 0-2 0; B. Daniel 3 3-3 9; L. DeLong 1 0-0 2; A. May 0 (3) 5-6 14; P. McPeek 0 0-2 0; M. Pierce 1 (1) 5-6 10; H. Poe 0 (1) 0-0 3; L. Preston 1 1-2 3; C. Ross 1 0-1 2; L. Salyer 5 2-11 12; D. Spriggs 0 0-2 0; J. Spurlock 3 5-8 11 Total: 15 (5) 21-43 66 Greenup County - 46 H. Adams 0 1-2 1; K. Campbell 1 (3) 3-6 14; G. Haywood 1 (2) 2-3 10; M. Leslie 4 (1) 3-4 14; J. Moore 0 3-4 3; H. Valandingham 1 2-4 4 Total: 6 (6) 14-23 46

Boys finished ninth out of 23 teams and the girls finished 17th out of 22.

These results are based on the second day of Regional competition.

Combined, the Aqua Eagles amassed 17 points and finished 12th.

The boys 200 free and 400 free relay will be participating in the State

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Johnson County Buddy Basketball

Mavs Senior Team-20 Bryston Conley; 23 Brennan Hansen; 3 Jamie Blanton; 24 Lakyn Daniels; 15 Ryleh Mckenzie; 55 Weston Goble; 35 Caiden Yates; 2 Zack Russell; 4 Grant Bingham (Not pictured); 12 Ryder Perkins; 44 Jake Rice and 41 Maddi Russell.

Blazers Senior Team-35 Jacob Butcher; 0 Dalton Browning; 34 Dustin Estep; 4 Jacob Mollette; 5 Gabriel Johnson; 33 Lucas Ward; 31 Chase Price; 22 Isaiah Rowland; 32 Josh Slone; 3 Kiara Spriggs; and 40 Andrew Mollette.

Celtics Senior Team-3 Mac Daniels; 13 Braden Branham’; 15 Sawyer Crum; 22 Madelige Davis; 12 Brooklynne Arms; 40 Jacob Smith; 3 Sklyer Smith; 30 Mason Smith; 14 Gary Cole; and 5 Nate Castle.

Pistons Senior Team-31 Hunter Scott; 32 Kyle Burns; 2 Matt Crum; 11 Braxton Spence; 5 Dustin Todd; 3 Seth Murray; 35 Luke Murray; 1 Tyler Conley; 33 Mason Kestner; 40 Dillon Burkett; and 34 Kaleigh Welch.

Thunder Senior Team-11 Annie Stroud; 25 Lauren Smith; 15 Peyton Sergent; 4 J.D. Brooks; 40 Dustyn Cunnigan; 20 Zack Pucket; 14 Savanna Holbrook; 30 Milleah Limle; 00 Anakin Slone; 34 Bram Clevinger (Not Pictured) 40 Heath Bulls Senior Team-21 John King; 22 Joe King (Not Pictured); 33 Jayden SpicStalker; 32 Andrew Adams; 23 Danta Rose; and 35 Kennedy Little. er; 5 John David Daniels; 20 Brandon Spencer; 34 Matt Ferguson; 3 Derrick Daniels (Not Pictured); 40 Morgan Meade; 2 Brandon Laney; and 30 Hunter Wilder.

Raptors Senior Team-2 Conner Mckenzie; 23 Taylor Adams; 11 Caleb Slone; 13 Tyler Holbrook; 22 Hollie Stumbo; 10 Grace Jude; 3 Dominick Auxier; 15 Jacob Wells; and 5 Devery Collins.

Cavs Senior Team-30 Gary Cole (Not pictured); 32 Justin Copley (Not pictured); 3 Ethan Hill; 1 Landon Daniels; 12 Lindsay Cochran; 14 Chris Hayden; 24 Brandon Caudill; 22 Gauge Gannon; 4 Joseph Burchett; 25 Amidy Bentley; and 40 Willie Castle.

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The American philosopher John Dewey claimed that habits always involve an interaction between the moral agent and the environment. Moral exhortation is likely to be ineffective, he argued, in the absence of an environment which makes the desired actions possible, or even desirable. Telling poor people to get a good education and find a job is useless in the absence of effective and affordable schools. When a decision is made to make some moral improvement, the most effective way to set about bringing about that improvement is often to change the environment. If you're going to quit smoking, it helps to get rid of the cigarettes, ashtrays, and other smoking paraphernalia. Likewise, if we are going to attempt any kind of moral improvement, we should consider the environment within which that improvement is supposed to take place. An alcoholic who works in a bar is likely to have a tough time staying on the wagon, and perhaps there is something to be said for the benefit of a change of scenery and a change of companions, especially if your companions are part of the problematic environment.

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Entertainment

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Carleton Carpenter: Actor, Author and Lion Tamer What were the chances that a 6’ 3” spaghetti-thin, 18-year-old blonde actor from Bennington, Vt., could break into Broadway after his first job interview in the 1940s?

For Carleton Carpenter, after arriving in New York City in the winter of 1944, they were clearly quite good.

“Within 24 hours I had my first Broadway role in a play called ‘Bright Boy,’” said Carpenter from his home in Warwick, NY. “The character was written as a tall, lanky blonde who wanted to be an actor. Talk about perfect casting!”

Although towering over most other actors, Carpenter’s fresh, youthful appearance appealed to casting directors. And while theater was always his great love— appearing in ten Broadway productions—some 50 television and film roles helped pay the bills.

Largely a supporting actor in movies, Carpenter left his mark on two musicals released in 1950.

In ‘Three Little Words,’ he appears in a memorable musical number with Debbie Reynolds—“I Wanna be Loved by You”—never speaking or singing a word.

It was an odd coupling, with

Reynolds more than a foot shorter than Carpenter.

“I guess they just liked the look of the two of us together,” he said.

The same year, Reynolds and Carpenter appeared in “Two Weeks with Love,” although Jane Powell and Ricardo Montalban were the leads.

Nevertheless, the vertically mismatched couple again stole the show with their musical highlight “Aba Daba Honeymoon,” a catchy novelty song about a monkey and a chimp.

“We were rehearsing and I spotted the song in a pile of old sheet music on the piano,” recalled Carpenter. “I played it for Debbie and we liked it. When I saw Jack Cummings, the producer, walking towards the rehearsal hall, I told Debbie to sing the lyrics very fast.

He agreed it would be a good number for the two of us.”

Carpenter’s first leading role was in MGM’s “Fearless Fagan” in 1952.

“It was loosely based on a true story about a guy who was drafted into the army and tried to take his pet lion named Fagan with him,” explained Carpenter. “I had a lion for a co-star, but it was my first star billing—you just

go with it!”

While publicity posters promoted “Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn and introducing Fearless Fagan (himself),” Carpenter says the real Fagan made only one appearance early in the film.

“He had a double!” laughed Carpenter. “Fagan and I worked on the MGM lot for a month getting used to each other, but he was old.

By the time we started filming, his trainer was worried he might hurt someone. The studio brought in a young lion and he was like a pussy cat. I crawled into bed with him, we wrestled, and I did every scene with him. I had padding under my uniform and around my arms, but occasionally he would nip my rump.”

Janet Leigh, however, wasn’t impressed with her four-legged co-star.

“Poor Janet was just terrified,” said Carpenter. “But she was well protected.

Off camera, the crew were watching with loaded guns just in case.”

Aside from acting, Carpenter is a songwriter and author. His mystery novels have just been reissued in paperback, and signed copies are available directly from

Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter performing I Wanna be Loved by You from Three Little Words - color screen shot. the author ($10 each from PO Box 844, Warwick, NY 10990).

And, at 88, Carpenter will be heading to the Cocoa Village Playhouse, Cocoa, Fla., later this month to appear in “C’mon Get Happy” (see www.cocoavillageplayhouse.com[1]).

“It’s a revue celebrating the movie musicals from the ‘50s,” said Carpenter. “There are three shows on Feb 27 and 28 and I’ll even be doing a few numbers!”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and haswritten features, columns, and interviews for over 500 magazines and newspapers. Follow him on Twitter @TinseltownTalks (note to editors: the link to embed online is: https://twitter.com/TinseltownTalks) Links: -----[1] http://www.cocoavil- Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter reunite at Cinecon 48 in 2012. Permission to use from Matlageplayhouse.com/ thew Rettenmund (boyculture.com)

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