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Schools to discuss his district. We’ll also include The 21st segment Annual Mara cooking with tin County Harvestand FesBrittnany Hoback see tivalwhat will she be held Sept. just has cooked 16-17 downtown up for thisinweek.

Join host Inez. ThisHoback year’s and theme Brittnany cois “Honoring Heroes.” host Hank Bond at 1 p.m., ALL greenupbeacon.com Martin County on: veterans and active duty or greenupbeacon2.com service men and women Wednesdays.

Shows are are invited to be webthis also archived on the year’s Grand Marshalls sites. and ride on a special float that will lead the parade at 2 p.m. Those interested may call Melissa Phelps at 606-534-7118.

The 2016 Martin County Harvest Festival Pageant will be held Russell Parade Dec. 4 Thursday, Sept.Christmas 15, at The Russell 6:30 p.m., in thebyRoy Parade, hosted the F. Collier Community Downtown Russell BusiCenter, Inez. For will morebe ness Association, info.,oncall 606-298-4850 held Dec. 4, beginning or7606-298-2588.

Sponat p.m. sored by the Inez The event, whichFire will Department. be held on the streets of downtown Russell, will Annual 6MarlineTheup21st between and tin County 6:30 p.m. on Harvest Clinton Festivaldirected will takebyplace Street the Sept. 16-17, downRussell Policein Departtown Inez. Opening cerment. emonies will will be held The parade kickon off Friday, at 7 p.m.Sept. 16, at 4:30 onThe Court Street. float Also will on featured Friday, music by Black be Mr. and Mrs. Santa Powderas Express, Ham-be Claus, pictures will mertowneafterand allowed the more, parade with theofMartin in front the fireCounty station.

Line Dancersasalso Organizers that perthere forming.

On Saturday, be no other Santas in the Sept. 17, a full day of fun parade.

A chili/cookie dinner News, cont. on page 8 will be served at the Russell Fire Station immediately following the parade with musical entertainment provided.

The parade committee welcomes all participants: floats, walkers, bands, fire trucks and others.

The grand marshals of the parade this year will be Bucky Jones and Mark

By Ryan PackRussell Ballard, longtime Aroundand Paintsville residents volunteers.

For additional information please call Cheryl From July 5th until July Jones, 502-314-4662.

15th of this year, my father Paul Pack and lovely stepMeeting scheduled mother Lara went on a wee The Flatwoods Lions adventure. Deciding that Club will meet Thursday, it was well overdue, they November 13 at 7 p.m. planned a trip to Scotland, The meeting will be Northern Ireland, and the held at Giovanni’s on ArRepublic of Ireland. The gillite Road. trip was two-fold: one, to Non-members welenjoy a stunning vacation come. and two, to trace our ancestors back across the pond, Newsin both miles and a See journey On Page years.

For 2both of them, it was an event that has left an indelible mark on them,

November 11, 2014

Russell/Flatwoods/Greenup, KY

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By Hank Bond TheKaye Greenup Beacon By Burke Willis

tal then spent 32 years at the “I started gardening by trial source of information as well at the memorial in front of the Greenup County Health De- and error. I would watch the teacher. old Russell Depot. partment as a staff nurse then Victory Garden on PBS every “By reading and also pick“We are trying to get a MonAround Paintsville Butterflies bring an excep- nursing administrator prior to Sunday afternoon and actually ing up on shows like the Vic- arch Waystation garden started Aprilamount 11, 2002: Seven tional of beauty to the my retirement. take notes. tory Garden is how I came to on the Extension property but months after that cloud-are world. Monarch butterflies “I do some part time nursing “This was early on before learn about the plight of the have had some problems getless bright blue and skygreat dayin- back at the health department Greenup County had a Master Monarch butterflies, their loss ting it going due to water isa source of beauty in September the terest to Nannettewhen Stevens. when needed. I have been a Gardener program. I would of habitat, etc and the Mon- sues and such. planes rained down, I had “Butterflies go where they Master Gardener since 2006 also pick up garden books and arch Watch organization. the opportunity travel please – and pleasetowhere they and currently the secretary for started my own reference li“When available I will go See Monarch to New York City with my go.”

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Combs Airport boat ramp dedicated

By Kathy J. Prater Around Paintsville What appears to have began about a year and a half ago but has actually been in the making “since about 2009,” according to Paintsville Mayor Bob Porter, came to fruition last week when a ribbon cutting was Photos by Anne Stephens held dedicating a new boat ramp on the Johnson-Floyd county line near Combs Airport.

Veterans Day assembly at Campbell Elem School. Ms. June Whitt’s 3rd grade students listen to Medal of Honor With the introduction of local “Paddlefests” into recipient Ernie West as he answers their questions. Emily Fredrick and Chaise Conley, members of the Raceland High the area that allow canoers A formal ribbon cutting and dedication was held last week marking the opening of a new boat ramp School Band, play Taps at the Campbell Elementary School Veterans Day Assembly. and kayakers to travel from located near Combs Airport.

Prestonsburg to Paintsville on the Big Sandy River, group, or disembarking vide easier access to those Porter was joined at nity members, including the boat ramp will provide from the trip rather than who wish to launch small the dedication ceremony Prestonsburg Mayor Les a half-way point for ei- going the distance into watercraft for fishing, Por- last week by several lother joining the Paddlefest Paintsville. It will also pro- ter also pointed out. cal gree officials andwith commuon page 8engagebrary Science to advance in at the Rock and Roll Hall of to meet universityCombs tour cont. of community Special to the field, but I had no clue Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, in admissions representatives. ment activities throughout The Greenup Beacon RSVPs can be made at http:// the Commonwealth. This Sara Crawford was a re- what I wanted to receive my some capacity.

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Sept. 13, 2016

Entertainment

Tinseltown Talks

By Nick Thomas

Burt Ward’s life with dogs There was a time when Burt Ward would leap dramatically across our TV screens weekly in green shorts, beige tights, and a gold cape masquerading as Robin, the Boy Wonder.

He was one-half of the crime fighting Dynamic Duo in the popular television series “Batman,” which first aired 50 years ago this year.

Today, you’ll find Burt more comfortable at home in jeans, rescuing dogs, although he hasn’t abandoned the citizens of Gotham City entirely.

“I was the Caped Crusader, but now I’m the Canine Crusader,” laughed Burt from his 5-acre property in Norco, California. “Since my wife Tracy and I began running Gentle Giants 22 years ago, we have rescued over 15,500 dogs and found safe, loving homes for them.” (See gentlegiantsrescue.com).

If that figure isn’t staggering enough, consider the following: at any given time, the Wards share their home – inside and out – with up to 50 dogs, mostly large breeds like Great Danes, Greyhounds and St. Bernards; the dogs consume 600 lbs. of food each day costing around $14,000 a month; and their annual veterinary expense runs around $50,000.

Adoption fees and donations make little dent in the bills, and the money received from selling their own brand of dog food, also called Gentle Giants,

Burt, with wife, Tracy, founded Gentle Giants Rescue and formulated a science-based nutritional food for dogs.

Burt Ward, now 71, shot to fame in the late ‘60s playing Robin, the Boy Wonder in the Batman television series. goes directly to support the animals.

“We pay for everything and take no salary,” explained Burt.

“This is our charity.”

But fear not citizens, Burt and Tracy aren’t reduced to living on bread and water themselves.

“After ‘Batman,’ I made personal appearances for 25 years and still travel to giant comic conventions for fans to purchase autographs. All that money goes to caring for our rescue dogs. I’m also a business person and have run companies, including a publicly traded company. In 1989, when I met my future wife, Tracy, she and her father owned and operated about 3,600 companies with annual sales of $26 billion dollars. So our family has been financially very fortunate. We could

be off relaxing in Bora Bora, but we choose to use our resources to care for the dogs seven days a week. I couldn’t tell you the last time we took a vacation!”

In addition to saving the lives of “Man’s Best Friend,” the couple claim to have also extended those lives by creating their unique, healthy dog food.

“If you consider all dogs in the U.S., pets as well as abandoned animals, and all the causes of death such as disease and accidents, the average dog lives seven to eight years. But ours are living healthy, active lives two or even three times as long.

Right now, we have 24 dogs between 15 to 26 years old!” said Burt proudly. “But there’s nothing magical, it’s all based on quality and science.

The Wards hired a

team of nutritionists from across the country to develop their special formula, refined it, and tested it on their dogs for two years before making it commercially available in 2008. It’s now sold in 1,200 stores in California, Arizona, and Florida, and available nationally online from Walmart.com and Amazon.com.

“Most dog food contains 12-22 percent fat, but ours has a hearthealthy nine percent,” said Burt. “You only have to put your hand in a bag of dog food to feel all the grease, but not Gentle Giants.”

The dogs are also fed a minimum of five times a day, but Burt says they actually eat less because the food is designed for greater absorption in a dog’s system.

“And our dogs are not in cages or locked in yards, but live communally together in our home with us in a very nurturing environment, so they are not stressed,” notes Burt with a level of enthusiasm reminiscent of the youthful exuberance he brought to his Robin role.

In fact, it was his high-energy personality that landed him the part over the other 1,100 actors who auditioned for Robin, the Boy Wonder.

“That was 100 percent me in the character – pounding my fist in my hand and leaping over the door in and out of the Batmobile.”

The original series lasted for three seasons and led to a 1966 feature film and animated series in the 70s, all starring Burt and Adam West as Batman.

Fans of the franchise will be delighted to learn that Burt hasn’t entirely retired from crime fighting. Together with West and the original Catwoman, Julie Newmar, the trio have reunited to provide voices for a new animated feature called “Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders” due for release in October on Digital HD. “This is a Warner Bros. project that I’ve been aware of for about 18 months,” explained Burt. “It’s a full-length feature that I was told early on would be about 93 minutes. We recorded separately but on

the same days, which allowed the studio to work closely with each of us to get exactly what they wanted. It incorporates all of the great things that made Batman wonderful then – including the humor – and combines that with some of the style in the recent, edgier Batman features.”

While the reunion was enjoyable, Burt recalls the original series as being especially fun, “except for the explosions, third-degree burns, and broken bones!”

He cites the very first episode where the Riddler ties Robin to a table in the subway, requiring a Bat-explosive to break through the wall and undertake a rescue.

“It was supposed to be a breakaway wall, but it wasn’t,” recalled Burt. “When the first attempt using a magnesium charge failed, they used two half-sticks of dynamite and nearly blew the entire sound stage down! A 2-by-4 came down on my face and broke my nose, so I spent four of the first Ward cont. on page 12

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Obituaries Jerry Randall Hamilton Jerry Randall Hamilton, 70, of Wellington, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Danville.

Born Dec. 7, 1945, in Floyd County, he was the son of the late Keenis and Frankie Mullins Hamilton.

He was a disabled factory worker, and was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by his daughters, Glenda (Don) Obermayer of Danville, and Trena (Jeff) Beardsley of Berlin, Germany; the Mother of his Children, Wilma Jones; grandchildren, Nathaniel Beardsley, Sarah Beardsley, Amanda (Michael) Hammond and Kimberly Michelle Obermayer; Sons at Heart, Joey (Lisa) Adams and Jamie Tackett; Grandsons at Heart, Ean Tackett and Barrett Tackett; Granddaughter at Heart, Kelsey Adams; siblings, Ishmael (Penny) Hamilton of Brooklyn, Michigan, Ival (Bobby) Newsome of Ashtabula, Ohio, Genene (Oberene)

Slone of Tipp City, Ohio and Flossie (Randall) Hall of Ashtabula, Ohio Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Paige Hamilton; and siblings, Orda Hamilton, Claude Hamilton, Tolby Hamilton, Jean Vance, Avonel Ray and Ethel Hamilton.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 4, at Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin. Ted Shannon officiated.

Burial was in Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel.

Barbara Sue Bentley Barbara Sue Turner Bentley, 73, of Rogersville, Tennessee, formerly of Knott and Pike counties, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at her residence.

Born May 12, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Carl Anderson Turner and Sylvia Perry Turner.

Survivors include three sons, Michael (Christine) Bentley, James Matthew (Amanda) Bentley, and John (Kristina) Bentley; a daughter, Sheila Bentley; brothers, Raymond Turner, Gary Turner, and Doug Turner; sisters, Linda Larkey, Betty Dicker, and Lilly Isaacs; 25 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.

Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by three sons, Anthony Glen Bentley, Ronnie Sexton, and William Henry Bentley; and three

brothers, William Henry Turner, Carl Jr. Turner, and Paul Turner.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Hollybush Old Regular Baptist Church, Pippa Passes. Ministers of the church officiated.

Burial was in PerryTurner Cemetery, Kite.

Arrangements under the direction of Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Hindman.

Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wives, June Slone and Thelma Slone; a son, Donnie Slone; a sisterin-law, Lisa Slone; sonsin-law, Robert and Fred; brothers, Amos Slone and Vernon Slone; and sisters, Marie Slone and Dixie Harris.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Hollybush Old Regular Baptist Church in Pippa Passes. Old Regular Baptist ministers officiated.

Burial was in Benton Slone Cemetery, Pippa Passes.

Arrangements under the direction of Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Hindman.

Eddie Webb Eddie Webb, 50, of Prestonsburg, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at Highlands Regional Medical Center.

Born October 26, 1965, in Warsaw, Indiana, he was the son of Dianna Fitzpatrick Webb, of Prestonsburg, and the late Charles Delno Webb.

He was a disabled truck driver for the Wells Group.

He is survived by his Continuing Legacy wife, Marythe Ditton Webb; hisofchildren, (Misty) nearlyEddie 70 years Webb Jr. of Prestonsburg, Billy Webb (Shasta Gearheart) of Langley, and Kristy (Justin) Sullivan Sincesiblings, 1947 ofexcellence Prestonsburg; Elmer Webb of Johnson

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Micky Lee Stapleton, 55, of Harold, died Monday Sept. 5, 2016 at Pikeville Medical Center.

Born Feb. 12, 1961 in Pikeville, he was a son to Ollene Anderson Stapleton of Pikeville and the late Willard Stapleton.

He was a retired coal miner.

He is survived by three brothers, Lanny Stapleton of Tennessee, Randy Stapleton of Banner and Bruce Stapleton of Harold; and two sisters, Genda Tackett of Louisa and San-

dra Bentley of Stanville.

Along with his father, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Buddy Stapleton and Nicky Todd Stapleton.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Little Rock Old Regular Baptist Church, Bevinsville. Old Regular Baptist ministers officiated.

Burial was in the Anderson Family Cemetery, Jacks Creek, Bevinsville.

Arrangements under the direction of Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin.

Glen Morris Copley Glen Morris “Shorty” Copley, 77, of East Point, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at Highlands Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 3, 1939, in Martin, he was a son to the late Raymond and Stella Copley.

He was retired from Bell South, was a United States Air Force veteran, and was an avid bass fisherman.

He is survived by his wife, Ezelle Pennington

Copley; one daughter, Tracey Ellen (John) Walser of Germany; one son, Raymond Morris (Jeri Lynn) Copley of Paintsville; one brother, Forrest Copley of Texas; one sister, Margaret Sue Blair of Glascow; and two grandchildren, Bayley Noelle Copley and Noah Kinzer Copley.

Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 9, at Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin. Entombment was in Gethsemane Gardens, Prestonsburg.

Marie Shepherd Conley

Glen Slone Glen Slone, 86, of Pippa Passes, died Sunday, Sept.

4, 2016, at Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 7, 1930, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Bertha Slone.

Survivors include five sons, Jackie (Linda) Slone, Dale (Mandy) Slone, Gary (Melinda) Slone, Michael (Janelle) Slone, and Shane (Tammi) Franklin; four daughters, Vonda Merriell, Linda (Roger) Conley, Peggy (Paul) Brown, and Recilla Shepherd.; brothers, Arthur Slone and Charles Slone; a sister, Betty Slone; 16 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

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County, Bobby Webb of Prestonsburg, Mary Jan Mitchell of Harold, Tonya Webb, Terina Hicks and Shonda Morrison all of Prestonsburg, Sonya Webb of Charleston, W.Va. and Johann Bowens of Johnson County; and five grandchildren, Savannah, Selena, Siera, Haylee and Jacob.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday, Sept.

8, at the House of Prayer, Prestonsburg. Doug Mitchell officiated.

Burial was in Webb Cemetery, Van Lear.

Arrangements under the direction of Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin.

Marie Shepherd Conley, 91, of Prestonsburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, at Highlands Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 29, 1925, in Magoffin County, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Martha Howard Shepherd.

She was a homemaker, and a member of the Brushy Fork Baptist Church.

She is survived by one son, Marvin Conley of Prestonsburg; one daughter, Brenda Salyer of Magoffin County; and two grandchildren, Jeremy Salyer and Jason Salyer.

Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Clark Conley; and siblings, Effie Crager, Ellis Shepherd, Willis Shepherd,

John Estill Shepherd, Silas “Scott” Shepherd, Ruby Gayheart, Minnie Johnson and Sally Salisbury.

Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 9, at Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin. Ollie Watts officiated.

Burial was in Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Paintsville.

Valerie Jane Dye Page Valerie Jane Dye Page, 39, of Martin, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, at Pikeville Medical Center.

Born Sept. 7, 1976, in McDowell, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow Jr. and Rebecca Justice Dye. She was a churchgoer, and worked as a legal secretary for Pillersdorf, Derossett and Lane Law Firm.

She is survived by her husband, Wilburn Page Jr..; one daughter, Kaylee Brooke Page; four brothers, Tim (Donna) Dye of McDowell, Kennel Joe Dye of McDowell, Benny Dye of Spewing Camp and Jeff (Teresa) Dye of Martin; three sisters, Rita (Kent) Dye of Spewing Camp, Nedra (Todd) Ward of Martin and Mary Tackett of Weeksbury; one brotherin-law, Michael Page; and

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Bluford “Buddy” Smith, 93, of Hi Hat, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at McDowell ARH. Born Dec. 19, 1922, at Big Creek, West Virginia, he was a son to the late George P. and Martha Washington McGuire Smith.

He was a World War II veteran, a retired coal miner, a retired self-employed cable operator, a member of the Church of God of Prophecy, Ligon, a Past Master Masonic Blue Lodge, Wheelwright, KY #889, an Olekia Shriner, a 32nd and 33rd Degree Mason, a Chaplin at the 106 Calvary Reunion, a former Floyd County Deputy Coroner, and a member of the Left Beaver Rescue Squad.

He is survived by one son, Dana Paul Smith of Hi Hat; one daughter, Deanna Nanny of Prospect; brothers, Delman Smith, Frank Smith and Robert “Bob” Smith all of Michigan; grandchildren, Dawn Charise Frazier, Eliza-

beth Joyelle Woodworth, Amanda Charlee Smith, and Samuel Woodworth.

Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen Stewart Smith; siblings, Henry J. Smith, Bert Smith, Earl Smith, Hanna Calhoun, Nell Rose Caudill, Dorothy Mare Newman, Elizabeth Smith and six other brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 11, at Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, Martin. Ralph Hall officiated.

Burial was in Newman Cemetery, Hi Hat.

Thelma Montgomery Pruitt Thelma Montgomery Pruitt, 90, of Prestonsburg, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at her residence.

Born July 23, 1926, in Prestonsburg, she was the daughter of the late Dayrus and Lula Hale Montgomery.

She was a retired school teacher, having taught in the Floyd County School System for 32 years; a member of the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association; and a member of the Prestonsburg First Church of God. She is survived by two daughters, Rose (Clarence) Risner and Pat (Roy) Hackworth both of Prestonsburg; three grandchildren, Roy Michael (Susannah) Hackworth, Clarissa Renee (Amado) Cano and Travis Richmond (Diana) Risner; and four great=grandchildren, Mariah Hackworth, Kelsie Hackworth, Carrdell Cano and Cami Cano.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Billy Richmond Pruitt;

eight brothers, Burt, L.P., Bun, Forest, Bill, Henry, Roy and Thomas Montgomery; and one sister, Darcus Music.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Sept.

6 in the Prestonsburg First Church of God, with Travis Risner and Garland Lacy officiating.

Pallbearers were Raymond Hayden, Bill Fraley, Hershel Akers, John “Wimpy” Clark, Ben Hale, George Maines, Bud Montgomery, Michael Hackworth and Andrew Slone.

Burial followed in the Gethsemane Gardens, Prestonsburg.

Arrangements under the care of Hall Funeral Home, Martin.

Delmon Williams Delmon Williams, 93, of Flat Gap, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016.

He is survived by his daughter, Jerrilyn Auxier.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Paintsville Funeral several other family members.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Sept.

10, in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel with Brent Tackett and J.M. Sloce officiating.

Burial followed in the Greenbury Hall Cemetery, McDowell.

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Obituaries Oakie Shepherd Oakie Shepherd, 86, of Langley, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at Highlands Regional Medical Center.

Born May 9, 1930, in David, he was a son of the late Lewis and Susanne Watson Shepherd.

He was a member of the Pentecostal Church, a U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran, a disabled coal miner, and a member of the UMWA. He is survived by his wife, Cassie M. Ousley Shepherd; three daughters, Deborah Lynn (Doug) Bailey of Langley, Carol Jean (Rick) Prater of Hueysville, and Kimberly Ann Shepherd of Frankfort; one sister, Bertha Prater of Inez; four grandchildren, Kendra Marie (Kyle) Burgess, Kalyn Rachelle (Evan) Farmer, Joshua Perry Prater and Jacob Landon (Brittany Copher) Prater; four greatgrandchildren, Landon

Cory Prater, Adelyn Olivia Burgess, Kaylee Marie Burgess and Conner Jared Burgess; and best friend; Amy Warford.

Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by six brothers, Mortie, Columbus, Richard, Nero, Gordon and Robert “Bob” Shepherd; and four sisters, Mae Meese, June Shepherd, Rose Ann Williams and Orphie Shepherd.

Funeral serviced were conducted Thursday, Sept.

8, in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel with Phillip Meade and Earl Miller officiating.

Burial followed in the Gethsemane Gardens, Prestonsbrug.

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Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Sept.

10, at the Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church, McDowell, with Clinton Deaner Moore and Jimmy Hall officiating.

Burial followed in the Davidson Memorial Gardens, Ivel.

Arrangements under the care of Hall Funeral Home, Martin.

Mark Stephen Galovics Mark Stephen Galovics, 59, of Stewart Road, Paintsville, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at Pikeville Medical Center.

Born Dec. 7, 1956 in Montgomery County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Joseph Stephen Galovics and Octavia Blair Galovics.

He is survived by his loving wife, Debra Fairchild Galovics of Paintsville; one son, Ryan Stephen (Lisa) Galovics of Clarksville, Tenn.; two daughters, Amber (Ryan) Brown of Lexington, and Ashley

(Stephen) Oaks of Clarksville, Tenn.; three sisters, Kris Stoddard and Carol Dean both of Dayton, Ohio and Susie Galovics of Florida; and two grandchildren, Kiersten Galovics and Adalynn Brown.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by one brother, Joseph Stephen Galovics; one sister, Sharon Stone; and a very special grandson, John Parker Brown.

A memorial service will be conducted at a later date.

Steven Chase Winn Steven Chase Winn, 23, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in Lexington.

Born March 4, 1993, in Louisa, he was the son of Michelle Tharpe, of Louisa, and Jimmie Winn, of Prestonsburg.

He was a 2011 graduate of Lawrence County High School, and was pursuing a degree in Psychology from the University of Kentucky where he was enrolled as a senior. He worked as a supervisor at UPS. He enjoyed cycling, hiking, traveling, water sports and helping others. He loved being the life of the party and knew no strangers.

Along with his parents, he is also survived by a brother, Josh Winn; two sisters, Kayla Lakes and Natalie Napier; his grandmother, Gloria Johnson; Uncle Jim and Aunt Cherith Johnson; Aunt Leslie Wellman; Aunt Susan Wilson; cousins, Asia and Josh

Patricia Ann “Trish” Davidson Stedtefeld, 56, of Walnut Avenue, Paintsville, died Saturday, Sept.

3, 2016 at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

Born Jan. 26, 1960 in Franklin County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Luther Davidson and Helen Payne Davidson.

She is survived by her husband, Wesley D. Stedtefeld of Paintsville; six daughters, Sarah Stedtefeld of Orient, Ohio, Kelly Zelnik of Columbus, Ohio, Kari Kennedy of Ashland, and Kyra Cottrill, Kendra Skibinski, and Krissa Conley all of Grove City, Ohio; two sons, Doug Stedtefeld of Sterling Heights, Michigan and Dana Stedtefeld of Grove City, Ohio; three brothers, Patrick Davidson, Bradley Davidson, and Brian Davidson, all of Ohio;

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Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the First Christian Church, Paintsville.

Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville.

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Barbara Ann Mitchell Barbara Ann Mitchell, 61, of McDowell, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at her residence.

Born March 4, 1955, in Martin, she was the daughter of the late Harmon and Frankie Elliott Mitchell.

She was a homemaker.

She is survived by six brothers, Thurman, William, Foster, Lark, Phillip and Harmon Mitchell Jr.; three sisters, Elise Hamilton, Loretta Sue Newman and Brenda Paige; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by five brothers, John William, Arthur, Earnest, Lawrence and Larry Douglas Mitchell, 10 sisters, Betty Jean Mitchell, Magalene Horn, Stella Parks, Mary Francis Stone, Elva Elliott, Goldie Tackett, Judy Barton, Delpha Elliott, Alpha Hamilton

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Tiffany Lynn Terry, 27, of Ulysses, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa.

Born Aug. 10, 1989, in Floyd County, she was the daughter of Kenneth Terry of Red Bush, and Pauline Music Terry of Paintsville.

Along with her parents, she is also survived by one son, Colton Price of Ulysses; one daughter, Halie Reneé Terry of Staffordsville; one sister, Melissa (Jerry) McCloud of Red Bush; and her maternal grandmother, Elsie Music of Louisa.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Clay Terry.

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Funeral services were conducted Thursday, Sept.

8, in the Jones-Preston Funeral Chapel with Darrin Rice officiating.

Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville.

Homer Keaton he was also preceded in death by one daughter, Eloise Keaton.

Funeral services were held Thursday at his residence with Tim Salyer and Talmadge Cantrell officiating.

Burial followed in the Keaton Family Cemetery at Keaton.

Arrangements under the care of Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville.

Margaret Mary Mahoney Margaret Mary Mahoney, 72, of Louisa, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at the Three Rivers Medical Center.

Born Feb. 24, 1944, at New Foundland Canada, she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Mary Quirk Tilley.

She was a homemaker, and a member of the Garden of Hope Church.

Survivors include her husband, Michael Mahoney; a son, Matthew Riess; a brother, Gerald Tilley; and two grandchildren.

Hatfield of Louisa and Tori and Josh Ratliff of Georgetown; and his father’s companion, Angelene Boyd.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Jimmy Ed Johnson; his paternal grandfather, Poppy Winn; “special” grandfather, Dave “Poppy” McGraw; Uncle David “Butchie” Wellman; and a special friend, Shawn McGraw.

A Memorial Celebration was held Saturday, Sept.

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Editorial The Common Tater By John Sparks

Pulpit Politics, part two William Faulkner remarked in a novel that the past is never dead; it’s not even past.

For some reason that quote’s stuck with me through several years, juxtaposed oddly in my mind with a statement from one of the old preachers who ordained me: once he observed to me that he had never, ever known how mean folks could really be until after he joined the church. I thought he was teasing me, in the rough manner older men used to rib young ones and maybe still do, but when I looked

into his eyes I realized he was completely serious—and I couldn’t think of a single reply.

The past isn’t even past, and how mean folks can be: all of it comes together for me in the tale of my single foray into mixing religion and politics as a pastor, and I still kick myself over the fool I was.

For years, the ratio of Republicans to Democrats in Johnson County was almost identical to the proportion of men who fought for the Union in the Civil War (Republicans, the majority) versus those who

Decoding Redneck DNA F o r Christmas last year, my sisteri n - l a w bought me a DNA kit AnBy Ryan from cestry.Com. Pack It seemed like a neat idea, to see what my DNA might show. I also think she may have gotten it in the hopes that I wasn’t Scottish or Irish, and thus out of the running for wearing a kilt. No dice there, I am a kilt man and always will be. Sorry, folks, but my pale white kneecaps will be on display until I can no longer walk.

What can I say, it takes a real man to wear a kilt.

Recently, my father bought the same kit, and we were both rather taken aback by the vast differences his results and mine showed. And before any of you smart-mouths out there even start to draw a breath, you just have to stand us side by side. I know who my Daddy is, thank you very much. And to his chagrin at times, I’m sure, he knows who his son is.

Now, I’m going to hit you with some boring numbers, but bear them in mind, as they

Here and There, Then and Now

By Joe Weddington

America’s Playboy Gangster Some may have heard of the television show “History’s Mysteries” in which little known facts relevant to better known events are thoroughly explored and explained. I like to think of myself as one who delves into the PG13 and (gasp) even the R rated facts surrounding such events.

A little known urban legend that even the moguls of televi-

sion docudrama and reality TV won’t touch surrounds the death of an infamous American gangster, a legendary figure who was not only a well known playboy and lady’s man but declared by none other than J. Edgar Hoover to be “Public Enemy Number One” and the man for whose capture or killing brought about the birth of today’s FBI. I am speaking of course

joined the Confederates (Democrats, the minority). And so, more than a century and a quarter after Appomattox, I found myself pastoring a church just across Levisa Fork from one of the few Democrat precincts in heavily Republican Johnson County: Greasy Creek, which also included Banjo Creek a little further downriver and which had once even been known as the Little Confederacy. It didn’t matter much that the Democrats and Republicans had almost completely switched political philosophies over the years, either. Several of my older members who lived nearest the church were as hardcore Democrat as you could get, their opinions solidified all the more by the Great Depression. Now, if you remember the 1980s and 1990s you know that several prominent televangelists had by then largely succeeded in branding one politi-

cal party good and the other evil in the South’s public consciousness, but that didn’t matter to these folks. They felt like they knew right from wrong, and nobody would change their minds. And in any case, you didn’t talk about stuff like that in church. It was bad manners.

Just my luck, I had a visiting preacher that tried it. He was another out-of-stater like Brother Foale, though not from the same state, but evidently it was a place where that kind of pulpit talk was becoming accepted even within a traditionalist rural sect like ours. But when he started lambasting the President, my old members, especially the sisters in the left-hand corner right below the pulpit, suddenly went white around the mouth with indignation and started glaring daggers at him. They may not have paid any attention to Brother Foale’s Palm Sunday text but

they sure picked up on this other fellow’s comments quickly enough, and I don’t recall ever seeing a bunch of sweet old ladies giving a preacher more baleful looks during a worship service in my life. My mind raced. What to do, grab the man’s coattail and seat him and shut him up? Sing him down, maybe? Both were historically valid options in our sect’s practice and I’d even done the latter once, but either could still cause a scandal and so in the interests of what I thought at the time was peace I waited on him to finish as patiently as I could, followed his sermon up with one of my own, and soon made my old sisters happy once again by criticizing the wife of a former President, of the other political party of course, for consulting astrologers. One thing must have canceled out the other in my members’ sensibilities, and most were once again willing to shake the

visitor’s hand when the service was over. And for whatever it was worth to either of us, the Presidential critic was willing to shake the pastor’s hand, too.

So who was the better man, him or me? Looking back, we both appear pretty sleazy in my estimation, and I’m still every bit as ashamed of and disgusted by the incident and my response as I was the day it happened. Hindsight’s twenty-twenty but now I wish I’d simply grabbed that man’s coattail and seated and silenced him, especially since he later did more to prove to me how right my older colleague was than any other man I ever worked with. Live and learn, I guess. This November if I see anybody in the blind man’s ditch from a similar blunder you can bet I’ll be offering a sympathetic hand up rather than a self-righteous foot down.

will become important later on in this narrative. Here goes: I am 46 percent Western European, 34 percent Irish, 8 percent Iberian Peninsular, 5 percent Great British, 3 percent Eastern European, 2 percent Scandinavian, 1 percent South-Central African, and less than 1 percent South Asian. So, for those of you keeping score, I am 98 percent European (no surprise there) and a little less than 2 percent other nationalities. Now, here’s where it gets interesting: My father’s DNA showed that he was about 3 percent away from being as English as the English themselves. That’s not a joke, his DNA and the DNA of a modern-day

Englishman are only 3 percentage points apart. If my father were any more English, he could run for Parliament. Which is, when you consider it, pretty staggering compared to my DNA. I’m all over the place, whereas my father’s DNA is pretty localized to England.

He had some Irish and Iberian Peninsula, as well, but he was by far and away English. So, how did my Sassenach father beget a son with such wildly different DNA characteristics?

Well, enter the other side of that equation, my mother. Her DNA is quite obviously very different from my father’s.

Which is fine with me, since the term “Kissing Cousins” gives me the willies right down

to my coccyx. (Medical terminology…I’m just showing off at this point.)

Obviously, the Murray part of my DNA got around the block back in the day. With results that cover three continents, I can only assume that they did, at any rate. The Southeast Asian bit sort of threw me until I realized it was referring to the Indian subcontinent in particular. Since many of my Murray ancestors wound up on the wrong end of the last Jacobite rebellion in Great Britain back in 1746, many of them took the King’s schilling and joined the army, where they were sent to India back when it was part of the British Empire. There’s one mystery solved. One of

my Murray ancestors took an Indian wife at some point. The rest… who knows? Although I’ve got to admit, it is cool to be 1 percent African. I know I look like the poster child for the Waffen SS back in 1939, but imagine old Adolph’s face if he had found out one of his Praetorian Guard was 1 percent Black? That tickles me right down to my coccyx. (Okay, last time I’m using that word, Scout’s Honor.)

So, since I know my father’s DNA, and can eliminate a great deal from that to extrapolate my mother’s DNA, it seems like it would be a cinch to pretty closely guess my children’s DNA, right? Nope, not

of John Dillinger.

Dillinger and his gang were accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations, among other activities. Dillinger escaped from jail twice. He was also charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana, police officer who shot Dillinger in his bullet-proof vest during a shootout, prompting him to return fire. It was Dillinger’s only homicide charge The legend, born of a bit of fact, came to be immediately following the young outlaws death in a shootout with federal authorities outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater led by a lawman of equal fame, Federal Special Agent Melvin Purvis.

Dillinger and two local prostitutes, one

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Historical photo of the deceased body of gangster John Dillinger. on each arm had been to see a Clark Gable gangster movie. One of Dillinger’s escorts, Ana Cumpanas, “the lady in red,” a Romanian born immigrant who became an enduring pop culture reference on her own had sold him out for a guarantee of not being deported. She told Purvis she would

be wearing a white blouse over an orange skirt and that the elusive outlaw would be with her although he had changed his appearance somewhat.

Dillinger saw the trap closing on him and in the crowded throng of moviegoers exiting the Biograph, he drew his pistol. He was imme-

diately shot four times, once through the head.

He died moments later.

The medical examiner, giving into riotous demands from the press to see the body of the seemingly immortal gangster, covered the body with a sheet Gangster cont. on pg. 7

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six days of filming in and out of emergency hospitals with broken bones and burns. I wasn’t sure I was going to survive the first episode!�

Despite other injuries throughout the series, Burt says the cast were a joy to work with. “Adam and I have been great friends for 50 years. Neil Hamilton (Commissioner Gordon) was a man of amazing integrity. And he had to get his five minutes of sun on his face every day and never needed any makeup unlike the rest of us who were coated with it. Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet) was so sweet, but you had to watch out for her! She would get very nervous during a shot and if you got too close,

she would grab hold of you and wouldn’t let go. So I would always stand a little out of her reach. And Alan Napier (Alfred) was the sweetest man in the world and so cultured.

He carried around this tiny dog which would fit in the palm of his hand and only put it down while doing his scenes.�

Today, the Wards have no such luxury in dog transportation with their giant breeds that can weigh up to 300 pounds. Now 71, Burt says they do hire helpers to assist with the dog feeding and other heavy duties. But every other aspect of the rescue is essentially a twoperson operation between Burt and Tracy, but mainly Tracy who illustrated their goal with a story. “A little boy finds millions of dying starfish washed up on a beach,

and tries to save them by throwing them back one by one,� said Tracy. “An old man comes along and tells the boy he can’t make a difference because there are too many to save. But the boy, with a starfish in hand, just smiles and says ‘It makes a difference to this one!’ We should all do what we can to help animals and people because it can make a difference.� “In our hearts, we know it’s really important what we’re doing,� adds Burt. “We’re involved in other charitable work, but this is our daily hands-on cause.�

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even close. As demonstrated by the huge differences between mine and my father’s DNA, just one generation apart, it stands to reason that no matter what my DNA shows, my children’s DNA may show something wildly different because of their mother’s DNA. Like I said, we went from my father being almost a pureblooded Englishman to me being a Heinz 57 bottle on speed in just one generation, due to my mother’s DNA.

The differences just one generation can make is astounding, and I couldn’t tell you what you would find in my children’s DNA. I can tell you some of what you will find there, but nowhere near enough to tell you the whole story. The mixing of my DNA and their mother’s DNA has produced offspring that have a completely different story to tell, from a DNA standpoint. And my grandchildren – whenever I get some – well, the world is their oyster, quite literally. They may end up with less than one percent Great

British DNA and 71 percent Siberian DNA. It all lays with the DNA of my children’s husbands or wives.

So while the DNA kit showed me where my blood comes from, it doesn’t change who I am one iota. I am still just Ryan Pack, simple redneck with a slight overabundance of vocabulary. Although I am pleased to note that the whole kilt thing is officially kosher, since in my DNA profile both Ireland and Scotland overlap in three distinct areas.

With that, I say to you all, “Alba gu bragh!�

(Scotland forever!)

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Patriot Day observed on Mayo campus Patriot Day cerremonies were observed on the Big Sandy Community and Technical College Mayo campus on Thursday, Sept.

9. Area firefighters, law enforcement officers, veterans and active service men and women, EMT’s and other emergency responders were honored by the community and college staff and personnel.

The presentation of colors, patriotic music and inspiring speeches were enjoyed with refreshments being served afterwards.

Gangster continued from front

and allowed the photo shown herein to be taken, which either illustrated historical fact or served to give birth to the urban legend I referenced earlier.

Well known to appreciate the company of beautiful women one could not help but notice a protrusion under the sheet just below Dillinger’s abdomen.

Although it was later explained to have been the unfortunate post-mortem position of Dillinger’s arm, the American people had their own ideas and explanation regarding the protrusion and, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, a legend died and a legend was born.

Although known to love the ladies there is no known evidence to support the notion that Dillinger was a particularly gifted or talented lover. Neither is there evidence, medical or otherwise, that suggests that he was particularly well endowed ... other than the photo, that is.

Stories of Dillinger’s manhood appear to have started, in the gangster’s home state of Indiana, where the word on the street was that the famed escape artist would lose consciousness when aroused because of the massive blood flow required to support his amorous encounters.

By the 1960s, these and other rumors held that the outlaw’s epic manhood had been severed, preserved in a jar of formaldehyde and stored at the Smithson-

Then United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson arrive at Combs Airport, on the JohnsonFloyd County line in 1964 for a visit to Eastern Kentucky. Photo courtesy of Johnny Spurlock.

Elk tours offered at two Kentucky State Parks

ian National Museum of Natural History or atop J. Edgar Hoover’s desk at the FBI. Whether fact or fiction, belief in Dillinger’s mythic member was so common among the American public, however, that both the FBI and the Smithsonian have been forced to address it. “It’s one of those urban legends that’s been around for a long time,” the FBI’s official historian, John Fox, once told The Washington Post. “But there’s no evidence that the corpse was mutilated in any way — except for the bullets he was shot with.”

For its part, the Smithsonian even developed a form letter to respond to queries about the matter, stating, “We can assure you that anatomical specimens of John Dillinger are not, and never have been, in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.”

America has always loved its outlaws and renegades, especially those who thumb their nose at authority and tip their hat to the ladies, (Hey just look at Bill Clinton! Sorry ...

I couldn’t resist.) and the Dillinger legend certainly touched all of those pulse points. Or, as the book, Hoosier Folk Legends, puts it more directly, “in the oral tradition heroes display manliness not only through courageous deeds but also through sexual prowess.”

Of course, many a folk hero has paid the ultimate price — castration — for being an outlaw, and the Dillinger saga similarly re-

stores this sense of social order: The outlaw’s manhood, safely sealed and suspended in formaldehyde and stashed away in the coffers of federal bureaucracy is an ominous reminder that the government is in control and something to be feared.

There’s just one more thing.

It really is a thing actually, according to a discovery in 2006 made

by The Washington Post’s Peter Carlson, that is stashed away in the bowels of the Smithsonian in a jar labeled “J. Dillinger. FBI Transfer. SI Mammals Div.” It’s a “legendary item that’s been the subject of fevered rumors for decades,” Carlson notes, describing it as “a long, narrow pale white object about 16 inches long.”

It’s been there as long as anyone can remember, but has never officially been recorded in the collection. It’s also made of a synthetic material like latex and is presumed by those who work at the museum to either be the result of a long-ago practical joke or some sort of cast made of the real deal, much like Dillinger’s “Death Mask” a cast of the outlaw’s face which was long on display at the Ripley’s Believe it or not museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Why the Smithsonian still holds on to the pseudo phallus is worthy of ponder, argument and conjecture, perhaps the explanation is as simple as this: Some urban legends, just happen to die hard. (Sorry ... couldn’t resist that one either!)

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Two state parks in eastern Kentucky will offer guests unique elk viewing tours this fall and winter.

Participants are encouraged to bring cameras. The largest elk herds are located on privately owned lands that are normally closed to the public.

This is one of the few opportunities available for the public to see the greatest number of elk.

The return of elk to the region is considered to be one of Kentucky’s biggest wildlife management success stories. The animals, after being gone from the state for 150 years, were returned in 1997.

They now number around 10,000.

Visitors to Jenny Wiley and Buckhorn Lake State Resort Parks can stay at a state park lodge or cottage to enjoy one of these unique tours.

Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg Fall 2016 dates: Sept.

17, 18, 24, 25; Oct. 15, 16, 29; Nov. 5, 26; Dec. 3.

Winter 2017 dates: Jan. 21; Feb. 4, 18, 25; March 4, 11.

Jenny Wiley State Resort Park is sponsoring Elk Viewing Tours at a cost of $30 per adult and $15 per child ages 12 and under. The fee includes transportation to the viewing sites and a continental breakfast. The park also offers packages for $160 for two people and includes lodging and breakfast. Call 1-800325-0142 for information and reservations.

Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park, Buckhorn Fall 2016 dates: Sept.

10, 17 Oct. 29; Nov. 5, 19 Winter 2017 dates: March 4, 11, 18, 25 Buckhorn Lake State

Resort Park will host elk viewing tours this fall and winter at a cost of $120 per couple ($90 per single). The fee includes one night’s lodging, continental breakfast and transportation to and from the elk preserve the following morning. Guests may also stay the night before or after with package for an extra $50.

A tour without lodging can also be arranged.

Participants must register by calling Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park at 800-325-0058.

Participation in the natural history program the evening prior to the trip at 7 p.m. is strongly recommended.

Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars, camera, water and snacks.

For more information about Kentucky State Parks, visit www. parks.ky.gov

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News To Use beginning withVideo a 5K Run Beacon at 9 a.m. (at Martin County News Magazine swimming pool), a parade This week’s Gree(2 duckVideo race,News wresnupp.m.), Beacon tling, and more music by Magazine will stream Savannah Young, The Tyler live from the new official Stephens and more. home of Band the magazine: Hayrides, food,House bungee the McConnell in jumping, inflatables, petting Wurtland with special zoo andPam more!Wright, who guest is principal at Russell The Story Patch will presPrimary School.

A secent its 2016 performances ond guest will be Sean Sept.

16 at 7 p.m., Sept.

Horne, Supt. of and Russell 18 at 3 p.m., at the OSCAR, Schools to discuss his dislocated in Oilalso Springs.

Adtrict. We’ll include ditionally, special culinary a cooking segment with delights be available Brittnanywill Hoback and see Sept.

11 at 3 p.m. just what she has (Appalacooked chian and Sept.

17 up forDesserts) this week.

Join host at 5:30 p.m.

(Dinner TheBrittnany Hoback and coatre).

Tickets areatavailable host Hank Bond 1 p.m., by calling 606-789-8108. on: greenupbeacon.com or greenupbeacon2.com Etsy Craft EntrepreneurWednesdays.

Shows are ship program on willthebewebprealso archived sented at the Johnson Counsites. ty Library on the following Saturdays: Sept. 17 and 24, as well as Oct. 22. Classes will meet from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a break for lunch.

This series of free classes is for individuals who wish to market handmade or vintage itemsParade using the online Russell Dec. 4 marketplace “Etsy.”

Only The Russell Christmas 12 spots hosted are available.

To Parade, by the reserve your spot, call 606Downtown Russell Busi789-4355 and be prepared ness Association, will be to give your name, phone held on Dec. 4, beginning number, physical address, at 7 p.m.

The event, which will be held on the streets of downtown Russell, will 911 6 and line up between 6:30 p.m. from on front Clinton continued Street directed by the RussellwasPolice Departtraffic at a stand still, ment. but that wasn’t the most The parade will off disconcerting fact.kick It soon at 7 p.m.obvious that New became TheCity featured float will York was still a city in be Mr. and Mrs. Santa turmoil seven months after Claus,Throughout as pictures the willtunbe 9-11. allowed after theequipped parade nel were soldiers in front of the firegear. station. in full combat My Organizers as that mind reeled back tothere the be no day, to other 9-11. Santas in the parade.

We arrived at our hotel chili/cookie on AWest Broadwaydinner and I will be served at the soon realized that we Ruswere sell Fire Station immedijust a few blocks from ately following the parade Ground Zero and we all with musical agreed we shouldentertaingo there ment provided. first. I prepared my camcommittee eraThe withparade film but I didn’t welcomes participants: prepare myallheart for what floats, walkers, bands, we would see. Some offire the trucks and others. stores close by had just reThe grand marshalsand of opened for business the parade this year many had photos on will disbe Bucky and Mark play of theJones damages they Ballard, longtime had overcome. TheRussell words residents and volunteers. were flowing from shopFor additional informakeepers, where they had tion please call Cheryl hidden and how they gotJones, ten out 502-314-4662. of there and back to their homes. The tears were Meeting scheduled flowing, as well.

We then The Flatwoods Lions walked closer to Ground Club will meet Thursday, Zero and were drawn to St. November 13 atof7 p.m.

Paul’s Chapel Trinity. meeting will be TheThe church, which is the held at Giovanni’s on Aroldest in New York City, gillite Road. was built in 1766 on land Non-members weldonated

by Anne, Queen of come. Britain. The church Great served as a respite area for rescuers See Newsand family members for eight On Page 2 months. Volunteers worked in 12 hour shifts serving meals, mak-

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Monarch waystations: nature’s beauty stop and email address.

S.N.O.O.P. meeting to beByheld Sunday, Hank Bond Sept. 18, atThe 2:30Greenup p.m., atBeacon St. Martha Catholic Church, Prestonsburg.

S.N.O.O.P. orButterflies bring isananexcepganization with mission tional amount of abeauty to to the raise funds to help provide world.

Monarch butterflies are surgeries aspay/neuter source of beauty and greatfor inanimals belonging to modterest to Nannette Stevens. erate to low income families “Butterflies go where they in the local area.

Open to they all please – and please where interested parties. go.” - unknown Stevens offers a habitat for Crafters as in the eventto butterflies theyPark migrate to take place Saturday, Sept. the south each year.

24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nanette is the daughter atof Yatesville State Park the late William and campThelma ground. She Open toborn the public.

Stevens. was at BainCrafters interested setting bridge Naval StationinMaryland up a booth may call Missy and has lived in the Russell at 606-673-1492 email Flatwoods area sinceor1960. to:She missy.kennedy@ky.gov. attended the Russell School system and graduated Dental Clinic in BSCTC 1972. She then attended the offers Daughters’ low-cost School servicesof King’s including Nursing andcleanings, then earned sealan adants, bleaching and Bellarmmouth ditional degree from protectors.

Prices for cleanine College School of Nursing. ings rangemy from $20career for “I began nursing children seniors toHospi$30 at Kingsand Daughters for adults. To schedule an appointment, call Linda Daniel at 606-886-7352 or email: ldaniel0010@kctcs. edu. Clinic hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays.

Yoga classes with certified yoga instructor Julie Lumberg are held each Saturday, from 9-10:15 a.m., at the Lawrence County Community Center. Class is for any/all levels of practice and incorporates breath work, meditation and physical practice. More info: jmlumberg@hotmail.com, or call 602-330-1589. Fee is $10 per person.

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tal then spent 32 years at the “I started gardening by trial source of information as well at the memorial in front of the Stapleton, Floyd Health County Greenup County De- and error. I would watch the teacher. old Russell Depot.

Judge Executive Ben Hale, partment as a staff nurse then Victory Garden on PBS every “By reading and also pick“We are trying to get a MonFish andadministrator Wildlife Commisnursing prior to Sunday afternoon and actually ing up on shows like the Vic- arch Waystation garden started sioner Greg Johnson, Sen. my retirement. take notes. tory Garden is how I came to on the Extension property but Johnny Ray part Turner, Re“I do some time nursing “This was early on before learn about the plight of the have had some problems getgina anddepartment Denise back McClure at the health Greenup County had a Master Monarch butterflies, their loss ting it going due to water isThomas, from I Big when needed. haveSandy been a Gardener program. I would of habitat, etc and the Mon- sues and such.

ADD, Masterrepresentatives Gardener sincefrom 2006 also pick up garden books and arch Watch organization.

Mountain Enterprises, fit-for started my own reference liand currently the secretary “When available I will go See Monarch ness advocate Don Fields our organization.

I serve on the brary. Once the program was to seminars etc. I did so last On Page 11 and others associated with at started in Greenup I signed up spring and learned more about County Extension Council the the project.

Greenup County Coopera- and learned so much more. the Monarchs.”

The land forI am thea member ramp tive Extension.

“I developed my love of garThis ties into her interest and is Mountain of leased the handfrom bell choir at Ad- dening as a child following my activities with the Master GarEnterprises andyears. its convance for many grandfather Raymond Stevens deners group. struction has abeen “I also am boardjointly member of Russell around his garden.

“The Master Gardeners are funded by the cities Preof the Remote AreaofMedical He was an avid rose grower. a small group but we are instonsburg and Paintsville, Kentucky affiliate.

I also take “As a child I have a very volved in some community as well as classes Kentucky water color fromFish Janice Fish tiny veggie garden next to our projects.Greg Johnson preented a posthumous and Wildlife Commissioner and Wildlife.

LeBrun.

I think that’s about it,” certificate garage in Russell.

I helped my to“We developed and mainof appreciation Edward “Parrot” Wells prior to the ribbon Stapleton remarkedhow thather cutting. she said in accessing grandfather deadhead hisaccepted roses tainthe the certificate flower garden thebrother.

Brian Wells forathis “public, private, state and life has been. and generally got in his way,” Greenup County War Memolocal” came togeth-the life Big Sandy D.A.V. Chapter Commissioner Greg ation Her entities life also includes she explained with a laugh. rial.opportunity.”

We received tulip bulbs er toofsee the and boatspecifically ramp’s Johnson the formal ribbon 18, passed away earlier this noted that in the love nature “I continue to read books Prior from to around the state capitol completion.

“The people state Johnson year. A certificate of appreof Kentucky, “the cutting, this time of year, butterflies. and magazines on gardening buildings throughposthuTanya Pulthat“I had come together local ciation was presented to tourism industry havetobeen a Master Gar- whole and pick the brain of is othermously lin andrecognized planted thema at the War to get since this intaking placethe —course it’s around and avid fishermanCemhis family and accepted by 12 to 15 billion dol- veteran dener gardeners.

Linda Hieneman Memorial, the Veterans been family says office had and his brother, Brian Wells. worth of enterprise in 2006.phenomenal,” he lars’ our Ag. Agent has been a… greatwhose etery, the Extension Nannette Stevens said, adding, “That’s pretty that’s pretty big business been anxiously awaiting The next Paddlefest impressive, and it’s really for Kentucky. Kentucky the boat dock’s opening event is scheduled to be impressive that the people Fish and Wildlife contrib- – Edward “Parrot” Wells. held on Saturday, Sept. of Eastern Kentucky are utes about 5 to 6 million Wells served in the U.S. 24. The group will meet at starting to get out and do of that through fishing and Army 101st Airborne in Billy Ray’s Restaurant at 8 what needs to be done, to hunting and outdoor rec- Vietnam, earning numer- a.m., leaving from the city bring things together, to reation. To me, this boat ous commendations for his boat ramp located behind make things happen.” the eatery. ramp represents just a part service to his country.

Kentucky Fish and Wild- of that tourism and recreWells, a member of the

time in millennia instead of self. This may centuries. seem odd to many, Upon boarding the ferry but a few hundred continued from front for Northern Ireland, they years ago, you ent some of us (and here I found themselves sur- had to be somemean this writer, of course) rounded by about twenty one rather imporwould gladly chew a leg sober Scots. By the time tant to be buried the ferry landed, they found inside the chapel off to have.

They were both set upon themselves surrounded by instead of in the by all the locals about the about twenty very inebri- graveyard on the upcoming election here in ated Scots. Drunk or so- chapel grounds. the U.S., a rather hot topic ber, they all maintained There is an exing beds, counseling and of conversation in all three the very essence of hospi- cellent picture of praying with fire fighters, countries they visited. tality and good-will that my father taken construction workers and To many in at least Great so impressed my parents as he stands and police officers. Massage Briton and the Republic throughout their entire trip. looks at the names Photos by Anne Stephens therapists, chiropractors, of Ireland, our Presiden- In both Northern Ireland of our ancestors podiatrist and even musi- tial election seems to have and the Republic of Ireland carved into a stone Paul and Lara Pack at Castle cians gave their talents to become the result of the (and one would be amazed wall far higher Ross on the banks of Lough help. The fence around the country losing a bet. In at how many people don’t than his head. It’s Leane at Killarney, Ireland. church became theassembly gather- Scotland, realize there twoWhitt’s dis- nice know we the localsElem com- School.

Veterans Day at Campbell Ms. are June 3rdtograde students listen to Medal of Honor whipped the pint away and ing spot for family mem- plained to my father about tinct countries named were sort of a big recipient Ernie West as he answers their questions.

Emily Fredrick and Chaise Conley, members of the Raceland High bers to place impromptu how hot and humid it was. Ireland), they found the deal at one point. (For all drew him another, with a memorials of their loved School Band, play TapsHe at laughingly the Campbell Day history Assembly. be just asVeterans friendly you buffs reading friendly admonishment to told meElementary that people toSchool ones. Officials at the at the time, it was around and out-going as the Scots. this, we backed Cromwell, “do it properly.” They take church decided to place 70 degrees with a relative As long as they weren’t which isn’t exactly a popu- their Guinness very seripanels along the fences to humidity of about 30 per- behind the wheel of a car, lar thing, even to this day.) ously in Ireland.

By the time their ten-day help folks with their me- cent. He also advised the that is. Apparently, roads Another rather neat thing morials. They figured they Scots that if they thought laid out several hundred about Ireland is how big trip was over, Dad and Lara leftoffeeling as if they would brary Science to may advance at theago Rockfor andhorseback Roll Hall ofBluegrass gree to meet tour community engageSpecialneed to ten; they even- that musicwith is university there. were was hot, they find in years just might have scratched tually needed 400 panels. I Kentucky the field, but I had no clue Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, in admissions representatives. ment activities throughout The Greenup Beacon and cart are not very ameOf course, Bluegrass music in July utterly surface of the nations This shot many photographs what I wanted to receive my nable sometocapacity. made at of http://the the Commonwealth.

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“But there are so many roadto.nku.edu/. trip to Ashland was Irethe sixth cipient of theposters, Northern Ken- bachelor’s Before leaving for North- The roads are extremely Celtic music here in Appaland, and the Republic of teddy bears and Trailblazer candles. ern“IIreland was really excited to exciting possibilities, I can’t The #RoadToNKU is a of eight stops through Dec. 4. tucky University on a ferry, my narrow, and the inhabitants lachia, so it is poetic justice Ireland.

To see them comThere displays from learn that NKU offered the make up my mind at the moAward were for Leadership in Li- parents of all three countries, while that it has returned fullvisited Cuil Lodair, the library program. incredibly ment,” shelaid said. braryLouisville InformaticsFire Nov.De6 at or back at all circle to the place it was pletely would have taken as it isinformatics known in English, partment andPlaza a memorial It’sBattlefield a wonderful opportunity Sara will join the Ashland Hotel and the feel asareaborn. There is even a res- much, much longer, with of Culloden. other times, seem to four around a bicycle thatin was the technical skills mathematics teachers Convention Center Ash- Ittoisacquire a place of great per- if they are in the Indy 500whotaurant called “Hillbillies” Lara stating that if they still needed and really familiarize will also be honored with thein Ballynanoma, Fermoy. were to see everything they land.chained to a post. A sonal behind the wheel. significance for me, when bicycle messengerwashad myself with the field before NKU Trailblazer Award forI had to see the pictures wanted to, they would be The presentation part as But even then, the worst I have ancestors burnever to his ride. ied starting on a graduate depersistence in making a difof thereturned 2014 #RoadToNKU under the Clan Stones that can be said of Celtic of it myself before I be- there still to this day. In all, ICommonwealth noticed a quietness gree. For instance, themoor library road-rage ference is in that the itmathematics Tour. even there. involves lieved it, but sure enough, I was both delighted that On that dismal in Sara the middle of the largest I work in is a federal deposiskills of our children. is a resident of Rus- on a great deal of honking the there it was. My parents they were able to see these April 16th, 1746, the city the Unitedand States. tory,land so the government doc“The Trailblazer Award isenjoyed the food of their wonderful countries and sell, in Kentucky, is a stu- last horn and little else. battle ever fought Weinlingered for a long class I plan on taking recognition of those citizens dent NKU’s library infor- inuments It was in Ireland that my journey, remarking that a experience the sights and Great Britain was fought time thatShefence; in the spring will serve me throughout state who maticsaround program. works between a church that are“fish and chips” came in sounds they had to offer, as the Jacobite Army father locatedthe 9-11 wasn’t assistant something I under well.”Bonnie Prince Char- hechanging as a library at the had beenlives toldthrough held thenewa box big enough to fit a well as sincerely jealous to could hide Community from any more Saratroops has re- graves and of innovative education Ashland and lie The many Packs.

And pizza in, and that haggis my core that I wasn’t there and support government –Technical Andy Griffith ceived at NKU has already programs,” NKU President College.couldn’t Sara was of King George II. And it indeed it did, as he found was nothing like what ev- to see them myself. I am so wash it away.

It at became served Geoffrey S. Mearns said.eryone imagines it to be, happy for them both, but a student worker the li- was upon asking the little alsoher onwell. that moor that out real me that day as Ian Lara “I didn’t know what to ex“With improved math skills brarytobefore completing old lady caretaker, who but actually rather bland. let’s be fair, I am the only described a sense of photographed the degree pleas of pect during my first semester and added library capacity, associate of arts last deep upon hearing his request A funny story about Guin- person in my family that sorrow and helplessmany at NKU as an online transKentucky’s children will be May. for help in finding ness that can still be felt in said, “Ooh, we’ve a Pack ness, the drink of the entire wears a kilt on a regular their missing fer air, student, but Iafter havethehad here!”, better and prepared to father meet theCeltic nations, my father basis and speaks Scottish “Books andlove. the Since written the led my 270 years then, suchcannon a pleasant experience demands of this century.” word I’ve have watched always every been a last not to the worn gravestones had a fresh-drawn pint of Gaelic. But my time will fired. It is one year the history that librarday, of so several far,” Sara said.

“EveryThe event is open to the passion of mineofand outside that he expected to the lovely stuff taken away come, and when it does, I’ll places that my I’ve immersedmemyself one hasfelt been so supportive public and will include an ies brought hoursinof parents history press- find, but to an entire wall from him by an elderly bar- have stories to compare to it’s tragedy. don’t wantI to throughout the schoolmaid who informed him he theirs, and we can all look comfort andI joy when was ing the chapel for that high was dein all around journey them, andand ofopportunity forget; I don’t of made my teachers are wonderful.” students and adults inter-had taken a drink of it too back on a Celtic adventure younger,” Sarawant said. any “I knew voted entirely to the Packs them acutely aware with the greatest of satisus to forget. can’t of for-Li- of Sara’s dream job is to work ested in completing their de-soon, not having Sara I needed myWe Master that were buried not outgiven it Crawford what time really means get. in a place that marks its side, but in the chapel it- time to properly settle. She faction.

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Blackcat duo run all over Bobcats in rout

Prestonsburg has 508 rushing yards Prestonsburg quarterback Wesley Hager had himself a heck of a game last Friday in Jackson.

The senior racked up 262 rushing yards on 17 carries and scored three touchdowns as he helped the Black Cats win 53-13 over host Breathitt County.

The win improved Pburg to 2-1 on the season.

Ethan Varney wasn’t tom shabby either. The sophomore ran for three touchdowns as well- gobbling up 152 yards on 7 attempts.

Hager already approaching 500 yards on the season. Through three games

he has 474 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns.

Hager had 191 yards at halftime against Breathitt County and two scores as the Blackcats led 20-7. All the scoring came in the second period as the game was scoreless after one quarter.

Ryne Slone had two caries for 68 yards and a touchdown.

The Blackcats ran for 508 yards on 34 carries against the Bobcats- who fall to 0-3.

Bailey McCoy, who had two conversion runs, had 26 yards on 8 carries.

Slone and Hager each had a two points conversion.

Varney also recorded a fumble recovery and Cody Raines had an interception for Prestonsburg.

McCoy led the Pburg defense with 8 tackles- 6 solo takedowns.

The Bobcats bright spot came on 146 yards through the air. Ethan Little had 7 catches for 72 yards.

Prestonsburg will travel to Hazard to take on the 3-1 Bulldogs which are ranked No. 4 in Class A. The Blackcats will be on the road the next four weeks. After Hazard they play a district game at Shelby valley on Sept 23.

Golden Eagles defense stops Black Eagles, 30-6 Despite fumbles Central dominates Johnson Central head coach JIm Matney said he needed another stellar performance from his defense as they welcomed in South Charleston- West Virginialast Friday night.

Well, the coach got his wish cause the JC defense showed up big.

The Golden Eagles improved to 3-0 as they turned back the Black Eagles 30-6 in front of 3,300 in attendance at Eagle Field.

Despite eight fumbles and losing three Johnson Central lived up to their new No. 1 ranking in Class 4A. In the beginning, South Charleston came out strong and used one of those turnovers and turned it into points. Running back Lawrence Cunningham broke free up the middle for a 38 yard TD run for a 6-0 lead.

The PAT was no good.

From that point on Johnson Central dominated especially in the second half.

The JC defense spent a great deal of the night eyeing wide receiver Derrek Pitts for South Charleston.

The 6-3 wideout was held

in check by a variety of the Golden Eagle secondary holding Pitts to just 4 catches for 20 yards. He has signed with Penn State.

Freshman Cody Rice slipped away from the Black Eagle defense for a 68 yard TD with just 30 seconds left in the first half as JC took a 7-6 lead into halftime after a Jake Headley PAT. “The momentum switched totally after Cody’s run,” Matney said.

“We stuck with the game plan and had patience and that was the difference.”

Rice had 88 yards rushing.

Joe Jackson had another great performance.

The sophomore back ran for 184 yards and a score on 18 carries. His 29 yard score made the final tally with 3:44 left to play.

Blake Gamble ran in a score from 4 yards away for a 23-6 lead with 10:20 to play in the game.. He also ran in the conversion and finished with 52 yards on 11 attempts..

Gunner Slone’s 5 yard TD run in the third period gave JC a 15-6 lead. Geordon Blanton hit tight end

Noah Frisby for the 2 point conversion. Slone had 52 yards as well.

The defense was the story. The Black Eagles had 148 total yards in the first half but the Golden Eagles gave up just 46 yards to their opponent in the second half.

Senior Josh Erwin made three great plays on defense in the second half and Linzie Goble was a busy defender in the JC secondary.

The only downfall was the fumbles but Matney said Geordon Blanton’s hand injury had a lot to do with it.

“Geordon said he was fine but obviously there had to be something there because he will not lose the football,” Matney admitted.

Blanton had 66 yards on 10 carries.

Johnson Central rushed all over the Black Eagles446 yards on 60 plays.

The Golden Eagles will play their first road game this Friday when they travel to Harlan County. The Black Bears are 1-3 on the season.

Young Tiger baseball player gives verbal commitment to U of L Paintsville baseball player Seth Williams has given his verbal commitment to the University of Louisville.

And he is only a freshman.

Williams, the son of Matt and Amy Williams, plays infield and bats left handed for the Tigers.

He hit .416 and had 18 doubles as an 8th grader in the 2016 season.

He also hit three triples and drove in 39 runs.

Williams also had an onbase percentage of .519 and a .608 slugging percentage.

Williams also played for the 15 and under Kentucky team this summer and hit above .400.

The verbal commitment came last Wednesday as Williams visited the U of L campus and head coach Dan McDonell. Williams had visited Louisville on Thursday, September 1 and attended the Cardinals’ football opener against Charlotte. He also got to watch the current base- Paintsville freshman baseball player committed ball Cards take infield and to the University of Louisville last week. workout.

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Avery Bowman wears #45 for LC for his late friend Blake Ramey.

Lawrence County upends host Powell County Written by Bo Brumfield Stanton, Ky. -- Lawrence Co. evened their record at 2-2 with a convincing 4421 road victory over Powell Co. on Friday night.

LC jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and looked like they may duplicate the 37-0 thrashing of Powell Co. in Louisa last year, but the Pirates had other ideas and stormed back with two touchdowns to make it 14-13 right before half. The Dawgs got a big defensive stand with under three minutes to go in the 2nd quarter and Noah West found Jordan Johnson all alone in the end zone for a 21 yard pitch and catch to regain the momentum and take a 20-13 lead into the half.

In the 3rd quarter the Dawgs got two touchdowns in a span of two minutes to gain full control of the game at 36-13. After a Powell Co. touchdown to start the 4th quarter, Hunter Crum recovered the ensuing onside kick and on the first play of the drive Avery Bowman busted up the middle and went 59 yards untouched to seal the Bulldog victory.

No. 45 Avery Bowman pointing toward the sky on one of his three touchdown runs vs Powell Co. Senior Avery Bowman wearing #45 in honor of Blake Ramey had three rushing touchdowns on the night he scored on runs of 31, 7 and 59 yards respectively.

“Wearing Blake’s number just out here playing football and trying to honor a friend, just having fun just like he would want, Bowman said. “ Powell Co. runs a similar defense that we run and we are used to going against that in practice. If any team can overcome adversity it’s the Lawrence Co. Bulldogs and I’m proud to be on this team.”

Senior Jordan Johnson also scored three touchdowns, one on the ground from 16 yards out, he caught two touchdown passes as well including one from 21 yards and one from 48 yards, Johnson also had a two point conversion run and picked off

Avery Bowman pointed toward the sky on one of his three scores in honor of his late friend Blake Ramey. Photo by Bo Brumfield

In honor of Blake Ramey the Lawrence County football team wears this decal with number 45. a pass on defense for good measure. Sophomore QB Noah West had two touchdown passes and tacked on three two point conversion runs in the victory.

QB Noah West scoring on one of his three conversion runs vs Powell Co. He also threw for two touchdown passes.

“Absolute great road win, so proud of these guys with a long bus ride and come up here and take care of business, LC head coach Alan Short said. “I felt like we improved this week, how about Avery Bowman and Jordan Johnson both were outstanding tonight making plays all over the

field. Bowman had a monster game and we felt coming in that he do that against the Powell Co. front, we added a few things that fit his skill set this week. We thought Johnson could do some things if they covered him one on one and he did, we will continue to work on that its a one man route and he is tough to cover.”

Glad to be back at home next week vs Greenup Co. it will be another challenge for us.”

This Friday night will be Homecoming for Lawrence Co. as they play host to Greenup. Co. ( 2-2 ) at Luke Varney Jr. Memorial Stadium game time is 7:30.

15th Region All A CHAMPS..The Prestonsburg girls’ soccer team remained undefeated as they won the All A over Paintsville 6-0 last Thursday. The team will play Bath County Sept. 17 for the right to play in Frankfort Sept. 24-25.

Allen Central tops Paintsville in All A volleyball final Paintsville’s bid to end Allen Central’s 51-match winning streak against 15th Region competition fell flat last week on Thursday at Betsy Layne. Seeking their first All A Classic region title in school history, the Lady Tigers lost 2-0 by scores of 25-17 and 25-11. The Lady Rebels collected their sixth consecutive small school title. The last time the Lady rebels lost to a 15th Region team was in 203 to Paintsville.

The Lady Tigers dropped to 10-3.

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Ankur Gopal, founder of Interapt, addresses participants during the launch of the TechHire Eastern Kentucky initiative on the Mayo campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College.

Interapt TechHire launches on Mayo campus Interapt, a Louisvillebased technology firm, in collaboration with the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) and SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region), launched the TechHire Eastern Kentucky program on Tuesday, September 6 on the Mayo campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College.

A ribbon cutting is open to the public and will be held at 3 p.m., Monday,

Sept. 19, at the Mayo Park.

Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of BSCTC, called the launch of the initiative a “monumental step in the transformation of eastern Kentucky … This is a taste of what is possible when you work together towards one common goal – transforming lives,” he said.

“This is moving mountains and training a workforce that can be globally competitive.”

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Golden Eagles, Tigers ranked both ranked No. 1 in football It’s not every day that one town has two teams ranked No. 1 in the state.

Paintsville is now coming to grips with that distinction.

The Johnson Central Golden Eagles are ranked in the top spot for the first time ever as they took over the ranking last week in Class 4A. South Warren lost to Greenwood which opened the door for Central who was ranked No. 2 in the preseason. South Warren slipped to 4th but still got 2 first place votes by AP voters. Central got 12

first place votes. FranklinSimpson is ranked second.

Paintsville was fifth when the season started but after knocking off defending Class A champ Pikeville, the Tigers are now No. 1 with a 4-0 record. The Tigers got 8 first place votes one less than Beechwood but had five more total votes in the voting. Pikeville is 4th and Raceland is 6th.

Both head coaches are not putting too much stock into the rankings.

Paintsville coach Joe Chirico claims it means

nothing. “I don’t put a lot into that,” he said. “Our kids have earned what they have and they will keep working until the final game of the year wherever that may be.”

Coach Jim Matney said the team tries to avoid to talk about the rankings.

“It’s nice but again we are fortunate to be where we are with the schedule we had,” Matney said. “The kids know what they want to get out of the season and that’s more important.”

No. 1 Tigers dominate Wolfpack For the second season in a row the Paintsville Tigers showed the Ridgeview (Virginia) Wolf Pack who is king of the gridiron.

The Tigers forced another running clock after leading by 35 points at halftime and went on to win 38-0 to push their record to 4-0 on the season.

The Tigers scored five times in the first half. Kent Phelps found the end zone twice in the second period.

He had a 7 yard TD run and later scored on a fourth down play on a 42 yard run. Phelps now has 9 TD runs on the season leading Class A scoring..

Quarterback Darrin Morris hit James Allen twice on touchdown passes in the opening period. The first was a 30 yard catch and run and the second one on a 33 yard pass caught in stride.

Alex Spencer scored the first Paintsville touchdown on a 9 yard run with 9:35

to go in the first period.

Spencer had 72 yards on 9 carries.

The Tigers forced an early fumble on the Wolfpack’s first play from scrimmage.Paintsville best Ridgeview 40-3 last season at Memorial Field.

Phelps led the Tigers’ rushing attack with 93 yards on 11 attempts. Morris added 45 yards on 6 carries.

Morris also passed for 80 yards completing 6 of 8 attempts.

James Allen caught three passes for 68 yards including the pair of scores.

The second half went very quick with the running clock. The only score was a 25 yard field goal

by Paintsville senior kicker Brett Bartley. He also made five point after kicks.

It was the second shut out by the Tiger defense this season. Chris Allen had the game’s only interception.

They beat Sheldon Clark 42-0 in the opener.

This was the second of four straight road games for Paintsville.

They will travel even longer this Friday as they go to Williamsburg. The Yellow Jackets (1-3) won their first game of the season last week beating Frankfort 34-33. Paintsville beat Frankfort 42-6 earlier this season.

Paintsville will end the road trips at Bourbon County September 23.

They will return to Memorial Field September 29 for the Apple Bowl game with Pike County Central.

District games begin October 7 as the No. 1 Tigers face No. 10 Fairview. The real test may come October 14 when Paintsville visits No. 6 Raceland. Both teams very could be 8-0.

Paintsville will host Shelby Valley October 28 to end the regular season.

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At Home Discover the Wonder of Mermaids at Newport Aquarium

The Coal Minerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bride By Nikki Bradley

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Pie in my eye and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yummy I remember spending the night with my Nana on some Saturday nights when I was a little girl, awakened by the smell of pie on Sunday mornings.

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Obituaries Bill Ray Crabtree Bill Ray Crabtree, 85, of Louisa, died Sunday, Sept.

4, 2016 at his residence.

Born Feb. 7, 1931, in Fort Gay, West Virginia, he was a son to the late James and Cella Heck-Crabtree.

He was a U.. Army veteran, having served honorably during the Korean War. He worked in law enforcement for both the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the Fort Gay Police Department.

He was also self-employed business owner for several years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Fort Gay for over 50 years.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Phyllis “Poochie” Ailiff-Crabtree of Lousia; one daughter, Sandy (Joe) Hammond of Louisa; one grandson, Andy; one brother, Dick Crabtree; and one sister,

Nell Dalbear.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Lake and J.D. Crabtreee; and one sister, June Dean.

Funeral services were held at the Tabors Creek Baptist Church in Fort Gay on Wednesday, Sept. 7, with Pastor Denny Brown officiating.

Burial followed at the Ferguson Cemetery in Fort Gay. Arrangements under the care of Young Funeral Home, Louisa.

Charles Ray Sammons Charles Ray Sammons, 66, of Clifford, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at Kings Daughters Medical Center, Ashland.

Born Sept. 29,1949 at Louisa, he was a son to the late Frank and Delphia Sammons.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Peggy MuncySammons of Clifford; one son, Charles (Heather Carroll) Sammons Jr.; and two grandchildren, Norah Christine and Susannah Hope Sammons all of Salisbury, North Carolina.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Franklin Ray Sammons; and his stepfather, William H. Dillon.

Although being disabled for several years, Charles Ray loved life and being

with his family and many friends. He recently was saved and accepted Jesus Christ as his lord and savior.

Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 9, at the Young Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Phillip Kirk officiating, Burial followed at the Martin-Sammons Cemetery at Clifford.

Robert Lester Robert Lester, 82, of Fort Gay, West Virginia, passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at his home.

Born Jan. 19, 1934 in Garten, W.Va.. he was a son to the late John C and Opal (Newcomb) Lester.

He is survived by his wife, Kay Frances (Dean) Lester; two daughters; Donna Fannin of Louisa, and Kim (Wayne) Northrup of Fort Gay; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by two daughters, Angela Doxtator and Teresa Kay Lester; and one step-sister, Jewell Williamson.

He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, having served during the Korean

War. He was also a plant manager for several envelope companies.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Denny Brown and Rev. Mack Ray Cyrus officiating.

Burial followed in Dean Cemetery on Tabors Creek in Fort Gay

Malen Johnson Malen Johnson, 64, of Fort Gay, West Virginia, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.

Born April 16, 1952, at Nolan, W. Va., he was the son of the late Lewis and Sylvia Stafford Johnson.

He was a retired electronic technician, and a member of the Church of God in Christ Jesus.

Survivors include his loving wife, Linda Adkins Johnson; a son, Malen Johnson Jr.; two grandchildren, Elizabeth Nicole Johnson and Camron Taylor Johnson; a sister, Hope Adams; three brothers, Joseph Johnson, Ishmael Johnson, and Homer Johnson; and several nieces and

nephews.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Wilson Funeral Home with Pastor Joseph Johnson officiating.

Burial followed at the Church of God in Christ Jesus Cemetery at Fort Gay.

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Davis named new director Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Carl D. Perkins Job Corps is pleased to announce that Paula Davis, former finance and administration director at the center, has been named the new center director. She assumed her CD duties on Aug, 5. Davis succeeds Thomas Rainey, who resigned to take a new positon as director of technical support and training with Odle Management Group.

“It is an honor to have been selected as the new center director of Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center,” Davis said. “I look forward to working with staff and students to continue to keep Perkins a top performing center”.

Davis, a resident of Prestonsburg, received her master’s degree in business administration from Sullivan College. She is married to Carmel “Rowdy” Davis,

and they have five children.

Ms. Davis began her employment with the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center in June, 2000, as the Finance Manager and was promoted to Student Records Manager in 2007. In 2008, Paula was promoted to Finance and Administration Director and on August 5, 2016, Ms. Davis was named the Center Director of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center.

During her time at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, Ms. Davis has been a member of the Floyd County Chamber of Commerce for several years and she is a 2011 graduate of the Chamber’s Leadership Floyd County. She has served on the Floyd County Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors for the past three years.

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Turner wins Paintsville Big Sandy Idol competition Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) held its Big Sandy Idol competition at Paintsville High School on Friday, September 2. Big Sandy Idol is sponsored

by Gearheart Communications.

Ten students participated for coveted spots for the annual Big Sandy Idol regional competition, which will be held in March at the Mountain Arts Center. Celeste Turner was crowned the winner, and Aliyah Allen finished as runnerup. Both will advance to the regional competition and have a chance to earn a spot on the Big Sandy Singers, an album recording and other prizes.

“The talent at Paintsville High School was absolutely amazing,” said Clayton Case, director of fine arts at BSCTC. “Every year, these students raise the bar, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”

Students at Paintsville High School were also treated to a concert by the Big Sandy Singers and Band, an elite group of vocalists and musicians com-

Ten contestants from Paintsville High School participated in the Big Sandy Idol competition. Shown are: (back row) Nathaniel Bailey, Seth Ousley, Grace Hicks, Grace Maynard, Celeste Turner, Katelyn Fitch and Aliyah Allen. (Front row) Brent Bartley, Andre Faria and Brett Bartley. prised of BSCTC students.

For more information about Big Sandy Idol or the Big Sandy Singers and Band, contact Clayton Case at (606) 886-7388 or email ccase0005@kctcs. edu or Chesi Spriggs at (606) 886-7382 or email cspriggs0007@kctcs.edu.

Johnson County Library to begin Fall Story Hour ‘Kentucky Critters’ to begin Oct. 11 The Johnson County Public Library’s 7-week Fall Story Hour, “Kentucky Critters.” will begin Tuesday, Oct. 11. Each weekly session includes reading of quality children’s literature related to the theme “Kentucky Critters,” social interaction with peers, open-ended art activities, and a take-home newsletter with parenting tips and book suggestions. Day and evening sessions are available. Lapsit for babies meets at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. Toddler Time meets at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays. Story Hour for all ages meets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and 11 a.m. on Wednesdays. Preregistration is requested so that staff can prepare enough materials for all participants. For more information, or to register, call the library at 789-4355.

Celeste Turner, left, was named the winner of Big Sandy Idol at Paintsville High School. Aliyah Allen was runner-up. Both will advance to the Big Sandy Idol Regional Competition in March at the Mountain Arts Center.

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