March 2016 by All Things Country

FREE! March 2016 Volume Ten

Number Eight

What’s Inside? Bill Gordon’s Snow IrvineRavenna Kiwanis Club History

? h a urr H t s a L s ’ er t Win

Visit Online www.ATCKY.com

Phillip Lanter Receives Life Saver Award at Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester – In January, Cherie Sibley, CEO of Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) announced with great pleasure that Phillip Lanter received the hospital’s 2015 fourth quarter Life Saver Award. The Life Saver Award was created at CRMC in order to identify ancillary staff that put patient safety and quality first. The award recognizes outstanding individuals for demonstrating CRMC’s core values: honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, compassion and legal/ethical compliance. Staff members who receive this award have gone above and beyond their role and committed a monumental act that has impacted a patient’s life with a more positive outcome. Patients, visitors, nurses, physicians or employees may nominate a deserving staff member. “Phillip Lanter received the 2015 4th Quarter Life Saver Award in recognition of

the numerous lives he has saved through blood donation. To date he has donated over 14 gallons of blood,” stated Cherie Sibley, CEO of Clark Regional Medical Center, “Phillip continues to be an inspiration and advocate for blood donation which saves lives.” Lanter is the Diagnostic Coordinator in the Radiology Department at Clark Regional Medical Center and has been at the hospital since 1978. He has over 35 years of experience in Radiology and is described by his coworkers as dependable, a team player and quick to lend a helping hand. Every quarter, CRMC selects another Life Saver Award winner. Nominees are celebrated at the Lifesaver Award Winner reception at the hospital. Phillip Lanter is the third employee to receive this award. He joins Penny O’Brian and Melissa Jenkins who were recognized earlier this year. The process of selecting one winner

Notes From the Editor

•••••• Well, I hate the mention the word. So I won’t. However, I feel terrible for all those that are suffering sickness right now. I learned a long, long time ago that the risk of food poisoning is possible anytime you don’t prepare your own food. It’s jus a risk taken when eating out. And from watching the news, there is some type of outbreak in the Cincinnati area as well as a major outbreak of sickness in Indiana. So, we’re not alone. Just remember, wash your hands and be diligent with food handling. And for those of you sick, I pray you get to feeling better soon. •••••• Next month brings the Mountain Mushroom Festival to downtown Irvine, Kentucky. It will be our 13th one since moving to Kentucky. It’s always so much fun to catch up with people you hardly ever see.That’s the whole concept of a community celebration. Dave and I won’t be having a separate booth this year, we’re saving our time to work at the various booths of organizations we belong to. But, we’ll be there. Probably most of the weekend. And we hope you are marking the last weekend

What’s Inside?

Well, my dad took a fall on the ice last month. Thankfully, he’s a tough ole’ fart (sorry Dad) and nothing was broken. I’d like to thank the crew in the Emergency Department at Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital that took such good care of us when I brought him in for x-rays. He’s healing up pretty well, and even the gash on his elbow seems to be going away. I’m thankful it wasn’t any worse. •••••• March 30th brings a big event to Central Kentucky. Plexus is bringing their Opportunity of a Lifetime Tour to Lexington for the first time. Although at press time we don’t know the exact location, we are excited for the Plexus executives to realize that Kentucky is a growing market in this phenomenal business and they are coming to share Plexus with all those that attend. You’ll find an ad elsewhere in this magazine. If you are interested in what Plexus might do for you - both health wise and financial wise - give one of the Ambassadors on that ad a call and get the lowdown on our speakers and the location of the meeting. We hope to see you there. •••••• Remember our deadline have moved up, so to be included in the April magazine, we need your ads by the middle of March, not towards the end as in previous printings. We are excited for our new print schedule and will continue to bring you the best magazine that we can, each and every month. Blessings to you

Camargo PharmaCy 3404 Camargo rd.

Bill Gordon’s Snow IrvineRavenna Kiwanis Club History

••••••

Most Insurance Accepted • Drive Thru Window

mt. Sterling, Ky

(859)497-0009

Hours: M-F, 8:30-5:30 • Saturdays, 9:00-1:00

Joanna Conner, R. Ph. • Donna Patton, CPht. Chris Ann Patton & Crystal Mills, Techs March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Volume Ten

Number Eight

in April on your calendar so maybe we can see you too!

PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED WHILE YOU WAIT

2016

March is Welcomed!

As this magazine prints, the weather man is forcasting yet another big storm later in the week. And they say it will cover everything ... rain, wind, snow, flooding.Yikes. I’m ready for tulips and daffodils. But, I’ll take whatever the Good Lord throws my way and I guess the rest of us will as well.

from so many outstanding nominees is not an easy task. Every Life Saver Award nominee deserves special recognition.

March

From the keyboard of Pam Hedge

March has arrived and I couldn’t be more pleased. I’m tired of winter. And what a winter it has been. I guess it’s true, blink your eyes and the weather changes in Kentucky. I have a sneaking hunch that it’s that way all over the United States anymore. Weird, weird, weird. 70’s one day, snow the next.

Phillip Lanter

FREE!

-- The Pam Person

Visit Online www.ATCKY.com

Our Cover

Our March front cover was taken by Dave Severson yet again. He is tired of running outside and taking snow pictures for me. But, he sure takes nice ones....

LISTEN TO THE DAVE PERSON Monday-Friday 5am to 8am

WSKV 104.9FM Make-Up For Women

- SKIN CARE 35 Years of Make-Up Artistry

Let Sharon customize your skin care and cosmetic routine for Summer!

Sharon’s

718 Main St. • Ravenna 606-643-5128

Little Ones’ SPRING/SUMMER CONSIGNMENT SALE Friday, March 4, 7am to 6pm Saturday, March 5, 8am to 2pm First United Methodist Church 401 W. Main Street in Richmond

Selected items are 50% off on Saturday.

Volunteer workers are needed, and they get to shop early on Thursday evening, March 3. Interested persons can register to work by e-mailing workers@locsofrichmond.com.

For more info about the sale, visit our website: www.locsofrichmond.com

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Faqs...

Promoting Small & Locally-owned Businesses in Central & Eastern Kentucky Since 2006!

• 12,000 copies of All Things Country Magazine are printed and distributed each month to motels, libraries and businesses in 20 Kentucky counties. With an average of 2.4 readers per hard copy, readership totals 28,800. • Publication is FREE to the public, potential customers are not required to purchase anything to see your ad. • All Things Country Magazine is uploaded to our website each month, plus we’re on www.Issuu.com. • Content in All Things Country Magazine is useful and informative. Monthly contests keep reader’s engaged and looking for the the next issue. Recipes, short stories and poetry included from our readers as well. • Magazine advertising is image enhancing, not point-of-purchase advertising. • Readers who see your ad in All Things Country assume that you subscribe to the same philosophy as the magazine represents, and readers will be more likely to patronize your business because they assume that you appreciate the publication as much as they do. • Magazine ads last - Consumers refer to magazines multiple times—and they hold on to copies, giving advertisers added exposure. Newspapers go into the trash after a few days or a week. ATC readers save copies of the magazine for months or even longer. • Magazines are compelling. Unlike newspaper readers, 90% of readers pay full and complete attention when reading magazines. Magazine advertising addresses readers when they are sitting down and receptive rather than when they are simply catching up on current news in the local newspaper, or listening to ads on radio while concentrating on their driving.

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Rowan County Regional Quilt Show

Everyone is invited to attend the Rowan County Regional Quilt Show Saturday, March 19, 9 AM to 4 PM, Morehead Conference Center, 111 East First Street, Morehead, KY 40351; there is no admission charge. To enter quilts and quilted items (no entry fee), bring them to the Center Friday, March 18, noon to 6 PM. The show will feature viewers’ choice awards, show and tell time, quilt raffle, door prizes, displays and vendors, and live traditional music. A variety of quilting classes will be taught on March 10, 17, 18, and 19. For more information contact Avanelle Eldridge, (606)784-7677 or Ruby Belcher (606)784-9936.

Here we go again on a outing and sharing the magazine!! We toured the Old Kentucky Chocolates in Lexington, Kentucky. The Band Box Red Hat Club consists of (left to right) Dixie Gould, Linda Bowles, Christine Flynn, Loretta Crowe and Rhonda Gould.

The name March comes from the Roman God of War, Mars. For many years, March, being the start of spring, was also the start of the New Year. Much of Europe used March as the start of the year. Britain used March 25th as the beginning of the New Year until 1752.

MEMBERS OF:

Estill County

April Edition Prints March 14 -- Deadline March 11 (Mushroom Festival Edition)

Business Spotlight

May Edition Prints April 18 -- Deadline April 15

Sponsored by the Estill County Chamber of Commerce

2009-2010 Estill County Chamber of Commerce

June Edition Prints May 16 -- Deadline May 13

SILO MILL Published Monthly at the AlpacaBerry Farm in Palmer, KY.

Subscriptions are available. Send $15.00 for six months of home delivery to address listed below. For Advertising Information, please contact Pam Hedge at 606-895-4018 or by emailing pam@atcky.com.

Pam S. Hedge & Clayton C. Hedge • Owners • 60 Thornburg Bend, Irvine, KY 40336

Central Kentucky Advertising Dave Severson - 606-643-5048 Eastern Kentucky Advertising Michelle Wallace - 606-207-1011

251 Broadway, Irvine KY 606-723-4240 or 606-723-3668

We hope Everyone has a Wonderful and Blessed Easter

AUGUST EDITION Prints July 18 -- Deadline July 15

All Things Country Magazine 60 Thornburg Bend Irvine, KY 40336

Irvine Community Television

Business of the Year

JULY EDITION Prints June 13 -- Deadline June 10

All Things Country is a specialty magazine published monthly and is registered as a business trade name in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This magazine is furnished FREE to customers at businesses in over twenty Kentucky counties. Articles published in this magazine which are contributed from an outside source express the opinions of their authors only and may not express the viewpoint(s) of the management or staff of All Things Country. Such articles that are accepted for publication herein may be edited at the sole discretion of the publisher. Responsibility for products advertised in this magazine lies with the advertisers themselves. Though All Things Country will not knowingly publish fraudulent materials or fraudulently obtained materials, we are not liable for any damages arising from the purchase or use of products advertised herein.

On the Road Again ....

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

606.895-4018 | office Email: pam@atcky.com On the web: www.atcky.com

Little Caesar’s of Irvine

1561 Richmond Rd., Irvine, KY 606-723-6600

Twin Cedars Custom Embroidery & Screen Printing 75 Maggie Lane., Irvine, KY 606-723-7344

Gift Shop

325 Richmond Rd. • Irvine • 723-7456

silomillgiftshop.com

177 Broadway, Irvine, KY 606-723-2450

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

The Estill County Chamber of Commerce is an operating division of Estill Development Alliance, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Irvine’s 26th Mountain Mushroom Festival The 26th annual Mountain Mushroom Festival will reflect the theme of “Pride in Community”, during the weekend of April 23-24 in Irvine. Mushroom activities will include a mushroom market, cookoff, cake decorating contest, educational panels on local mushroom hunting, interviews with hunters on the narrative stage, natural habitat terrarium for displaying the native morel, morel/shiitake/oyster cooking demonstrations, prizes for most and largest mushroom, fungus 5K & 2K run/walk, parade, window decorating contest, and sale of festival t-shirts. Agate activities highlight the world renown Kentucky Agate only found in the local area in the world. Pre-festival activities include agate hunts in the creeks of Estill County. An Agate, Rock, Gem, and Mineral Show will feature agates, gems, mineral, fossils, rock displays, and educational panels on KY agates. Local school children will attend the show as an educational activity. Arts and crafts are promoted through vendor booths, craft demonstrations and display, Estill County quilt trail display, and Irvine-Ravenna Woman’s club middle school/high school arts show. The local heritage is highlighted through forestry and Fitchburg Furnace displays, and Estill County Historical & Genealogical Society’s museum. A new event is the Speedy Spore River Run canoe/kayak paddle event on the KY River. Entertainment on the grandstand will include a variety of groups performing different genres of music, jump rope team, cloggers, and gymnastic team. Other entertainment will include children’s games, rock climbing wall, exotic animal display, Shriners Train and inflatables. A new activity for the children will be a Kids Zone organized through Estill Development Alliance. Other activities will be the Masonic Lodge Pancake Breakfast, Car Show, Antique Gas Engine & Tractor show, Miss Mushroom

Pageant, Marcum & Wallace Hospital health screenings, Lions Club Vision Screening, Photography Contest, and food court. Admission to the festival is free. All events are handicapped accessible and open to the public. Contact information: E-mail: mushroomfestival@irvineonline.net Website: www.mountainmushroomfestival.org Facebook: Like us on Facebook Telephone: 606 723-1233 or 723-2554

Estill County .... Estill Arts Council to Meet

Photographer Linda Durham is the featured speaker at Estill Arts Council’s March 15th program meeting. Linda will share the (her) journey that began in 1995 when she opened Creekside Treasurers studio, until her retirement this year. The meeting will be in the Estill County Public Library community room at 6:30 pm. There will be a Q & A sessions following Linda’s presentation. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone welcome to attend.

River City Players continues to work on the Heritage Tourism: Telling Estill County’s Story project

Playwright, Donna Crow, wrote a series of short stories based on history gathered from members of the McClanahan family and folks in Estill County. These stories are being adapted into a “Memories of the Mack” play that is scheduled to be performed in the ECHS Auditorium April 15th and 17th. Updates will be posted on the RCP FB page and at rivercityplayers.net.

MARK yOuR cALENDARS!

26th Annual “Mountain MushroomuniFetyst” ival: Mountain Mushroom Pride in Comm FestivAl

April 23 & 24, 2016

irvine, Kentucky • Mushroom Market • A rts & Crafts Booths • Live Music • Big Satu rday Parade • Canoe/Kayak Paddle • Car Show • Fungus 5K Run & 2K Run/Walk • Pancake Breakfast • G em & Mineral Show • Antique Gas Engine & Tractor Show

Kids Zone AND LOTS M

2016 Festival Shirts

ORE..... www.mountainmushr oomfestival.org Call for Information: 606-723-1233

Available Now at City Hall!

Find Us On Facebook

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Good News ....

Citizens Guaranty Bank employees recently donated money to the Estill Co Lions Club for their fundraiser of purchasing a spot vision screener camera to provide eye screenings at schools, health fairs and community events. The bank matched the employee’s donations and presented a check to the Lions Club for $800.

SPRING PHOTO CONTEST In Conjunction with the 26th Annual Mountain Mushroom Festival

Winning Photo to be featured on the front cover of All Things Country Magazine.

Central Kentucky Show Stopping Images The 2016 Festival Theme is ....

“Mountain Mushroom Festival: Pride in Community” We’re looking for magnificent imagery, beautiful images showing ‘that second’ in time - a time that cannot be captured again. Skies, natural occurrences that happen that make everyone wish they were there to capture it! Extra consideration to photos taken in Estill County.

Gladie Visitor Center to Re-Open

WINCHESTER – The Gladie Visitor Center in the Red River Gorge will reopen on Monday, March 7. The center was closed to visitation during the winter season. Gladie provides visitor information and hosts educational interpretive programs for thousands of tourists each year. Displays at the center feature the area’s unique geology, cultural history, and diverse plant and animal life. Maps, trail information, and recreational fee passes are available at the center during business hours from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Special events and activities are planned for public participation throughout the summer. The first event is scheduled for March 19 to celebrate “World Water Day.” The next event, Building for Bluebirds, is on March 26. Participants of all ages can build a bluebird nesting box to take home. Gladie will host scheduled events through October. All events are free. For more information, contact the Stanton office of the Cumberland Ranger District at (606) 663-0576 or Gladie at (606) 663-8100.

CALLING ALL SINGERS IN ESTILL COUNTY For More Information: Robin (606)-723-4678 Debbie (606)-531-0465

Contest Rules: 1] Photos submitted via mail must be at least 8x10’s. Photos submitted electronically through email must be at least 600 DPI and in jpg or tif format. 2] Only two entries per person accepted. 3] All entries, either through the mail or email, must include your name, address, telephone number and where you took the picture. 4] Photos must have been taken in 2016. 5] Helpful hint .... our cover is vertical, so the winning photo must be oriented vertically to be used on the cover. Cover size is 9.25 inches wide by 11.75 inches deep. All entries must be received by April 15, 2016. Email to pam@atcky.com or send to “Photo Contest” 60 Thornburg Bend, Irvine, KY 40336. You may also drop photos off at Irvine City Hall.

TWO DIVISIONS: Under 18 & Over 18 Top 10 photos to be displayedwww.atcky.com at the -- March 2016 2016 Mountain Mushroom Festival, held in

The Estill County Community Chorus will be starting back up on Thursday evening, March 3, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. We are SO EXCITED!!!! When we think about reconvening, we think about SPRING, warmer weather, longer days, more daylight, Daylight Savings Time, nature blooming and bursting into an array of beautifully colored flowers, green grass and trees, but MOSTLY seeing each other again to sing and fellowship, and prepare for another wonderful and challenging Concert. It stretches us to learn more, do more – our minds and voices! We are encouraging ALL SINGERS - ALL AGES – Middle School, High School and Up, to join us. We welcome you to come and be a part, no matter whether you are a soprano, alto, tenor or bass. We are asking previous members to come back, and we need new, additional members to be the BEST EVER!!! NO AUDITIONS! Just bring your VOICES!!! Come and give us a try! We have FUN singing familiar songs and learning new songs. If you love to sing, that’s all you need, SO give us a little of your time, and inspire the Community with your vocal talent. Let us hear you! You don’t have to have any formal training. We do practice though, to make our Community proud of us, when we perform at our concerts. The Chorus is a form of the Estill Arts in Irvine, to represent our Community and the Arts. We meet every Thursday night, and rehearse – from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., (except for Maundy Thursday - which is March 24th,) at Irvine United Methodist Church-243 Main St., Irvine, KY. Our Theme for the Spring Session and Concert is “I Love America.” We will be performing our Spring Concert on Sunday, June 5th at 3:00 p.m. Our Director is Carol Anne Wilson. Our Accompanist will be Nancy Farmer, and our Assistant Accompanist is Ann Siudmak.

Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Machinery Consignment Auction Benefits Youth

Send us your Short Stories, Poetry & Recipes! Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Jackson, Kentucky

The Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Machinery Consignment Auction will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. at the Kentucky Horse Park. The event is open to the public and will display all types of farm equipment as well as lawn and garden equipment and a few unique items. Food Trucks will be on site and food will be available for purchase.

JACKSON 606-666-7575

BEATTyvIllE 606-464-9200

WWW.CITIZENSBANKJACKSON.COM

Always Searching for Ways to Serve You Better!

The auction draws a crowd of over 4,000 potential buyers with an average of 1,700 pieces of equipment being consigned to the sale. This sale is the largest of its kind in Kentucky. All of the proceeds from the sale go towards the Fayette County Farm Bureau Education Foundation helping provide scholarships to Fayette County high school students. To date the auction has helped 35 students and provided over $680,000 in scholarship monies.

BLUEGRASS CRAFT AND ANTIQUE MALL

125 E. Elkins St. Stanton, KY

Live Healthy

10 Discount to Cabin Rentals

Lee, Wolfe & Powell County Residents - Show ID for 20% Off!

FuLL BReakFaSt On WeekenDS! www.mkt.com/thegorgecafe -- View menu, order & pay online!

! e r o l a G s e u q Anti open 7 days a week!!

STOP IN DURING YOUR TRAVELS! Longaberger Baskets Handmade Soaps - Cast Iron Quilts - Collectible Glass Jewelry - Tools - Coins - Candles Avon Products - Jams & Jellies

MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

Seeking VendorS with interesting collectibles & kentucky-made products.

from!

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Be Plexus

Love Life

www.Shirley-Lowe.com Member

Call In Orders Welcome %

606-663-2337

Independent Ambassador

HealtH 94 Oak Drive, Clay City, KY

Why store it when you can sell it? BooTHS For renT

606-663-8155

WE PAY CASH FOR SCRAP WE BuY All MEtAlS

606-668-3349

www.bluegrasscraftandantiquemall.com

Shirley Lowe’s CELEBRATING

Open 7 Days A Week

Located at Exit 22 off the Mtn. Parkway

On the Road Again

Meetings Beginning in March!

Monday–Thursday, 11am-5pm Friday & Saturday, 9am-8pm Sunday, 9am-5pm

The auction is put on by volunteers giving of their time for the benefit of Fayette County youth. It is also a great opportunity for them to connect with fellow farmers from other parts of the state. The sale provides an avenue for farmers to buy and sell used equipment making it more affordable for their farming practices. For more information on the Farm Machinery Consignment Auction, or if you would be interested in volunteering, contact Carrie McIntosh at (859) 253-0023 or carrie.mcintosh@kyfb.com.

An old proverb says, “March comes in a like a lion, and goes out like a lamb,” which is reference to winter ending and spring beginning. Another popular saying is “March is mad as a hare,” which is a reference to the animals fighting each other.

Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Saturday 8am-12Noon

Nonferrous Buyer: Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Batteries, Lead, Stainless Steel, Converters, Etc... Ferrous Buyer: Steel, Car Bodies, Appliances, Stoves, Cast Motors, Farm Equipment, Computer Scrap Etc...

StuFF RECYCling

6169 Lexington Rd. Winchester, KY

859-745-7882

www.stuffrecycling.com

Deli Smoothies Groceries Coffee Shop Supplies We are a convenience store and gift shop with full service coffee shop, breakfast & lunch sandwiches & wraps for lunch, groceries & camping supplies.

EBT Accepted • New Inventory Our grocery store offers restaurant quality frozen steaks, marinated chicken and marinated salmon. 769 Natural Bridge Rd. • Slade, KY 40376 606-663-2549 WE ARE OPEN DAILY 9am to 9pm!

Carol Ann Haller and Carol Jean Osborne, both of Irvine, traveled to New England this past October and took All Things Country Magazine with them. These photos were taken in Providence, Rhode Island.

Looking Fancy

We have Gift Certificates & Beauty Supplies!!

Hair & Nails

stylists: Judy Wolfinbarger • Kristi Crowe Sheila Estes, Barber

369 Richmond Road • Irvine• 606-723-4222

PRICE LESS Foods

1012 WINCHESTER RD. • IRVINE, KY We Gladly Accept W.I.C. Vouchers & Food Stamps

open 7 Days A Week - 8:00 am to 9:00 pm

" CLIP THIS COUPON " 10-Piece chicken BOX includes Four Biscuits

Expires 3/31/16. With Coupon Only. Limit One Per Customer.

ChiCken To Go Fruit & Veggie Trays • Meat & Cheese Trays

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Wilderness Wanderings . . .

By Bill Gordon Stanton, KY

Snow

Snow. Some of us love it, some hate it. We look forward to seeing the beauty of the first snowfall, but dread the inconvenience in driving. It’s a joy to play in and bothersome to work in. Years ago I had a farm in way northeast Ohio, and we would get the “lake effect” blizzards like the one that recently dumped four feet of snow on the Buffalo, New York area. It was awesome. We would always have to be prepared for winter with lots of firewood, pantry and freezers full of home-grown vegetables and fruit; our own butchered, cured and smoked meats; and a barn full of animal feed and good timothy/clover hay. When the big snows came we would hunker down, stay warm and well-fed, and enjoy playing in the deep drifts, sledding, and taking winter walks in the woods. Here in Kentucky a few inches of snow is a big event; there schools wouldn’t consider closing for less than eight inches or so. It seems nowadays snow is mostly… just tolerated. Some people live in snow most of or all the time, like the Inuit people in the Arctic. Their whole lives and livelihood are shaped by the ever-present white stuff. They are true “nature detectives” when it comes to understanding the world of snow, and have many different words to identify snow. “MANGOKPOK” is watery snow, “PIEGNARTOQ” for “the snow that is good for driving a sled, and “KRIPLYANA” is snow that looks blue in the morning. “KATAKARTANAQ” is crusty snow that can be broken by footsteps, and “PUKAK” is snow composed of dry snow crystals like powdered sugar. And this is cool: “DINLILTNA” is the snow that balls-up on Husky fur, “MENTLANA” is pink snow, and “QUINAYA” is snow mixed with Husky poop. Interesting. . . But, hey! We have our own terms, some familiar and some not quite so…unless you spend some time enjoying winter outdoors. We all know “SLUSH” as that watery, heavy snow; and all skiers are familiar with “POWDER” and “SUGAR” snow. How about “GRAUPEL”, granular-type flakes sometimes called snow pellets, somewhat like hail but crumbly. Then there is “HOARFROST”, ice crystals that stick and form on surface objects when they are below freezing temperatures and colder than the air. How many of you “nature detectives” have ever seen “THUNDERSNOW”, when atmospheric conditions are just right to have a thunderstorm going on while it is snowing? Being raised in the northeast, I grew up sledding, skating, and just generally spending a lot of time playing outdoors in the snow. Ice hockey was the king of sports in the winter, and we were eager for the local ponds to freeze over each fall to begin the ice skating season. When the snows came we would sled on the notoriously dangerous and exciting “Devil’s Hill”, where we would often break the wood slats and bend the runners of our Flexible Flyer sleds, bloody our noses with crashes, and somehow manage to tear up our jeans and jackets on a fairly frequent basis. Houses would get huge icicles hanging from the ice-clogged rain gutters, sometimes hanging from roof to ground as thick as your arm. We’d break them off amid a shower of “ice rocks”, and would use the right-sized ones as swords for Prince Valiant sword fights, until one good whack would send us scurrying for another sword. Now all I see are the zig-zag strands of fake icicles adorning gutters, hanging year-round and lit up during the months of December and January. Contrary to what many people believe, snow is not frozen rain. That is sleet. Snow is made in a much different manner. When warmer, moist air is pushed up into the cold upper atmosphere, water droplets are formed in the air as moisture sticks to minute particles like dust and pollen in the air. This warmer air can be pushed up by colliding with masses of cold air, by air currents hitting mountain

slopes, and “lakeeffect” patterns of colder air passing over warmer, moisture-rich lake surfaces. As the air travels ever-higher, the water droplets freeze into tiny ice crystals. The tiny crystals form six-sided shapes and are bounced around in the air as they collide with others, sometimes sticking together, Snowflakes are like forming snowflakes. fingerprints, no two are exactly alike, but all have six sides Snowflakes fall to earth at about 3 miles per hour, often continuing to grow in size as they are swirled around in the higher altitudes. As more ice crystals stick together the snowflake will grow in size. They will constantly change shape and pattern…like a kaleidoscope does as you turn it… but they always retain a six-sided pattern with all arms alike. The Guinness Book of World Records states the largest snowflakes on record fell in Montana in 1887, and they were reported to be 15” across and 8” thick. Since there were no photographs taken it is somewhat speculative, but one thing for sure. . . they were big! Personally, the biggest I’ve ever seen have been about 2” across. Generally when temperatures are close to the freezing mark the biggest snowflakes are formed, I guess they stick together easier. I always enjoy seeing the big, fluffy flakes falling in the nearly white-out snows that sometimes occur. In calm conditions, the snow falls with a soft, muted sound, gently settling to earth covering everything in a thick soft blanket so descriptive of the traditional white Christmas. Speaking of sound…or lack of…here is some new research that is pretty cool. When snow settles to earth on water surfaces, it makes some startling sounds; sounds that we cannot hear. It was first uncovered by researchers studying salmon migration in Alaska. They were using very sensitive sound equipment to track the movements of salmon as they swam upriver to their spawning grounds. When it snowed, there was so much interference noise they had to stop the research. What they discovered was that when a snowflake hit the surface of the water some peculiar things happen before dissolving. You see, a snowflake is actually mostly air…about 90% air and 10% water. It seems that when the flake hits the water and begins to melt, the surface tension of the water traps the air in a tiny bubble. As the bubble attempts to escape the surface film it jiggles or vibrates, causing a sound. Some say it is a pulsing, vibrating sound and others liken it to a coyote howling, a wailing noise building up to a peak, and then tapering off as the bubble bursts. All this happens in a tiny fraction of a second, in sound waves too high-pitched for the human ear to hear. But it is heard by fish, and other marine animals. At what point it becomes harmful or disruptive we don’t know for sure yet. We do know it plays havoc with military sonar operators, and may also contribute to dolphins and whales sometimes losing their sense of navigation. All very interesting stuff. I like to look at ways that plants and animals adapt to the

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

cold, snowy conditions they have to face each year. Most plants do not have much movement, and they must make do where they are planted. I notice some differences in various places I go, like canoe-tripping in northern Ontario. Up there most trees are tall and thin, with downward reaching branches. This shape allows the tree to shed off the heavy snows during the long winter months. Here in Kentucky, the rare heavy snows cause major tree damage as branches collapse and whole trees are uprooted with the weight of the snow. In winter, moisture is often harder to come by, when the ground freezes and life-giving precipitation comes as snow. Plants cannot absorb ice, so many just go dormant through the winter season. When the leaves fall off a tree, it helps preserve moisture in the plant, as leaves give off moisture (called transpiration) during the summer. The fallen leaves now act as an insulator for the roots as well as tiny sponges to hold moisture in the soil. Leaves that don’t fall off, like the pines and holly, tend to have a waxy coating that traps in the plant’s moisture reserves. Animals are a bit more creative in adapting to winter and snow. Some plan ahead like so many doomsday-preppers, and stockpile food supplies or eat themselves fat enough to spend the whole winter digesting excess body fat. Some rodents will cut and roll up small bundles of grass and dry them in the sun. Then they take these small “hay bales” underground for storage in their snug winter burrows. The grey squirrels at my place glean thousands of Black Walnuts from my yard each fall, and chipmunks scavenge every

Grayson Area Chamber of Commerce presents

bit of birdseed and every molted bird feather they can find. A lot of mammals here just don’t bother to fight the snow for access to food, they just stay in bed most of the winter, sleeping away the cold days and nights in hibernation. Others animals have body temperatures that lower with the surrounding air, and their systems shut down in varying stages to preserve body moisture and nutrients. The Wood Frog even produces a type of glycogen anti-freeze, and it As a wee kid I loved the deep is content to push into the snow… way over my head. pond mud or forest soil and That’s me on the right with older lay dormant, often having its brother Bob. body frozen in ice without harm. Many of our birds grow a drab winter set of feathers, helping them to blend in better with the leafless surroundings as they forage. In snowier areas many birds and animals actually grow all white hair or feathers during the long white winters. Small birds like Chickadees spend the night shivering, which helps them maintain their warm 106 degree body temperature. And some (perhaps ones I identify with most) just choose to eave. AAAAHHH, to spend the winter months in some warm tropical location amid the lush flowers, Howler monkeys, Toucans, and swaying palm trees, sipping on a cool tropical drink with slices of pineapple or mango festively added to the glass. Geeezzz. I guess I’ll just mix up another mug of hot cocoa and hunker down by the wood stove for a bit… See you in the woods, sometime soon,

Wild Bill

LOVE what you see? Get it for

FREE!*

1:30 TO 4:00PM KYOVA MALL 1069 Us rt. 60, Ashland, KY Free AdMissiOn Come and Delight all your senses for your big day! See the Style Show, Taste the Samples, Enjoy the Scents of the Bouquets & Hear the Sounds of Music. All For Free!

Like us on Facebook: Grayson Bridal Expo

Questions? Call 606-474-4401 or email graysonchamber41143@windstream.net

see you there!

Do you love having fun? When you host a Mary Kay® party with me, I can give you customized product recommendations and FREE* products for playing hostess! Contact me to get started.

*Available through participating independent Beauty Consultants only and with $200 in retail sales.

JUNE C. MUNCIE

Independent Beauty Consultant Shop 24/7 at www.marykay.com/jmuncie

Call or Text 606-975-6655 www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Some famous people born in March are “James Bond” actor Daniel Craig, celebrated children’s author Dr. Seuss, actress Jessica Biel, teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber, actress Eva Mendes, basketball star Shaquille O’Neal, “Orange is the New Black” actress Lauren Prepon, tattoo artist Kat Von D, theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, reality star Rob Kardashian, “Maroon 5” front man Adam Levine, “Die Hard” star Bruce Willis, Oscarnominee Reese Witherspoon, Lady Gaga and Grammy winner Elton John.

All Brands SPECIAL ON BRAKES & ALIGNMENT

Visit Us Online!

104 River Drive Irvine, Kentucky

606-723-8421 Terry Barnes

JUST ARRIVED!

606-663-9411

May God Bless You

Saltbox Houses

ShaBBy ChiC

RAVENNA

6020 Winchester Rd. Clay City, Kentucky

Country Mall

Large & Small Several Styles to Choose From

Girl Scout cookieS Are Here! NEW ITEMS FOR SPRING

Hours: Mon-Sat, 10-6

BOOTH SPACE AVAILABLE 1011 W. Lexington Ave. • Winchester

859-744-5694

Valerie Penney of Irvine took her copy of All Things Country on a recent trip to Las Vegas.

Tire & Lube Center, Inc. HUGE TIRE SALE

www.jimmystireandlube.com

Lighted Primitive

Francie Snowden of Irvine took this beautiful, peaceful picture of an early morning February snowfall in downtown Irvine. As beautiful as this is, I think most of us are ready for spring blooms, not snowy branches.

February’s Winner!

Jimmy’s

Steam Engine Pizza Pub Is Estill County’s Home For Handmade Pizza

The Little Store that’s Big on Charm! Open MOn. - Sat., 10-5 • Sun., 1-5

Open Seven Days A Week!

354 W. College Ave. Stanton • 663-0084

606-723-6333

Monday-Friday, 6am-10pm Sat. & Sun., 7am-10pm

314 Main St., Ravenna

ower Extravaganz l F k a! Sil

Check out our huge new inventory of high quality silk flowers!!!

BEST QUALITY - GREAT PRICES!

1309 W. Lexington Ave., Winchester - 859-901-1001

206 Main Street

DELIVERY NOW AVAILABLE

Downtown Irvine

1-606-723-9787

Steam Engine is a sister restaurant to Apollo Pizza of Richmond.

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Place your custom orders for Spring & Easter Wreaths on Grapevine, Burlap or Mesh. It’s also never too early to choose your Memorial Flowers while selection is best!!

Ravenna FloRist & GReenhouse

408 Main St. Ravenna, Kentucky

Monthly Abby Tracks Contest

FOOD MART

Happy Easter Lots of Furniture

JEWELRY & GIFT IDEAS!

The February 2016 winner of our Abby Track contests are: 1st place goes to Terry Williams of Irvine, who wins a pair of ziplining tickets to Red River Gorge Zipline Tours. Second place goes to Rhonda Harvey of McKee, who wins a $25.00 gift certificate to the LOCS Sale in Richmond on March 4 & 5. These ladies found the Abby Track on the Bubba’s Towing ad on Page 28. Thanks so much for entering the contest each month and for reading All Things Country Magazine. Enjoy your prize.

606-723-2175 or 1-866-408-3559

www.Ravennakyflowers.com

Can You Find Abby’s paw print?

Somewhere in this edition of All Things Country Magazine is a paw print left behind by our dog Abby. Once you find it, send your name, address and phone number, (PLUS YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER PICNIC RECIPE) to the following address: ATC Abby Tracks, 60 Thornburg Bend, Irvine, KY 40336

THIS MONTH’S PRIZES: $100.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO RED RIVER GORGE CABIN RENTALS, LOCATED IN THE RED RIVER GORGE. Entries must be received by March 15th to get in the drawing.

Enjoy A Few Reader Rewards!

Famous March Birthdays

1000 Off Any Service Total Image & Beyond $

Excludes Waxing & Shampoo & Set

155 Richmond Rd. • Irvine • 606-723-8646

Expires March 31, 2016

15% Off

CAB LOT

606-668-3272 www.redrivergorgecabinrentals.com

Cabin Rentals During the Month of March FOR Expires 3/31/16

Tropical Tans 19 Washington St., Stanton, Kentucky

606-663-9902

5.00 Off Monthly Unlimited Tanning

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Valid thru 3/31/16

Eric Baker

Estill County Extension Office

Select Disease Resistant Varieties For The Garden To pass the time in cold, snowy weather, I like to think about gardening. Seed and nursery catalogues help bring visions of the next garden and the delicious produce it yields. These catalogues offer so many choices it is hard to pick the best varieties. The same catalogues that bring dreams of the perfect garden contain a wealth of information about varieties that will help prevent garden plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Most catalogues will state what to expect in disease resistance for each variety. Letters often are used as abbreviations in the fine print. An example is tomato disease resistance where F is for Fusarium wilt, V for Verticillium wilt, and N for root knot nematode. Using disease-resistant plants is the safest, most reliable way to control garden diseases. It doesn’t matter if pathogen populations are abundant, or conditions are ripe for disease development, because resistant varieties provide strong biological protection from disease. In addition, resistant varieties generate good yields without having to resort to costly chemical or laborious cultural controls. By selecting varieties that resist disease, you are investing in the safe, biological way to control devastating diseases in the garden. A publication lists disease resistant vegetables recommended for Kentucky is UK Extension Publication ID-133, entitled Vegetable Cultivars for Kentucky Gardens. For a copy, stop by your local Extension office or go to the internet website http://www. ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id133/ id133.pdf . For more information on growing plants and managing

plant diseases, contact the Estill County Cooperative Extension Service at 723-4557.

Growing Peas

Peas (Pisum sativum) are a

cool-season vegetable that must be planted in early spring (late February or early March) to ensure good yields in Kentucky. Types include the English pea (shelled for the fresh green seeds within non-edible pods), sugar snap types (round, fleshy edible pods), and Asian pod types (thin, flat edible pods; also called snow peas). Peas can be grown on almost any soil and will tolerate a wide pH range (6.0 to 7.5). However, lighter sandy loam soils are preferred since they warm up sooner in the spring which yields an earlier harvest.

Although peas do benefit from supplemental irrigation, they are very sensitive to excessive moisture. Select a well-drained site to reduce the potential of root and stem rots that often plague peas in wet soils. Peas should not follow other legumes, such as beans or southern peas. Peas grow best between 55 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit (F). Seeds should be planted as soon as the soil can be worked and when soil temperatures reach 45 degrees F. At soil temperatures above 75 Continued on Page 15

Eric Baker,

Continued from Page 14

degrees F, germination is greatly reduced and plant growth slows dramatically above 85 degrees F. High temperatures also lead to poor flower development and fruit set. Stagger plantings for a continuous harvest of peas throughout the spring. English peas mature rapidly in the pod, while snow peas and sugar snap peas mature at a much slower rate. Peas should be monitored closely during pod-fill to ensure that quality is maintained. After harvest, peas must be promptly cooled to maintain freshness and to preserve sugar content. Much like sweet corn, the sugars in peas can quickly turn to starch if they are not stored at cool (32 to 34 degrees F) temperatures immediately after harvest. Peas stored in plastic bags will keep for 10 days under refrigeration without loss of quality. English peas are picked as soon as the pods are well-filled, but before they harden and fade in color. A single planting may yield two to three harvests. Edible Asian pod peas are harvested while the peas are immature and pods are flat. Pods should be harvested every other day to prevent development of large seeds and tough pods. Edible pod snap peas can be harvested when peas begin to form, continuing up until pods are

Full Service Salon for the Whole Family

• COLOR • CUTS • PERMS • HIGHLIGHTS • LOW-LIGHTS • PEDICURE SUITE • WAXING

• Acrylic Nails • Manicures • Pedicures • Variety of Hair Care Products

When It’s Time For A Break From The Ordinary! Gift Certificates for Mother’s Day

well filled.

Seeding Lawns Although fall is considered the best time to seed cool-season grasses in lawns, February through March is usually the second most successful time of year to seed. Springtime soil moisture is often good but because soil temperature is usually low, germination is very slow. After germination, however, seedling growth is usually very fast. Under optimum conditions the germination time for cool season grasses is generally listed as 15 to 21 days for Kentucky bluegrass, 7-10 days for tall fescue, and 5 -7 days for perennial ryegrass. However this time can be greatly extended when surface soil moisture is very lacking, when there are periods of wet/dry conditions, when the surface soil temperature remains cold, or when old seed or poor quality seed is used. Turf-type tall fescue is recommended for most KY lawns and the top varieties include Regenerate, Grade 3, Hemi, Bizem, Fesnova, Catalyst, Bullseye, Falcon IV, Falcon V, Terrano, and Firebird 2. Select the best variety and purchase certified seed when possible. Such seed is generally pure and true to type for the characteristics developed by the plant breeder. Certified seed will contain fewer weed and other crop seed contaminants and will be free of inert filler. If you are unable to buy certified seed, it is still very important to buy seed by variety name. Seeding rate for turf-type tall fescue is 6 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Make sure you get the seed in contact with the soil for success. Mow as frequently as needed to keep the old grass or weeds from shading the new seedlings. As the new seedlings develop, continue mowing at the height intended for the entire turf area. Do not let the seedlings grow tall before mowing. Weed control can usually begin, if needed, after the new seedlings have grown enough to have been mowed one or two times. For more detailed information, contact your local Extension office or me at 723-4557. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

Host a Bra Party!

Seamless bras. One size fits most. You may never wear a regular structured bra again. Looks like a camisole without the layers. Ultra comfortable. 4 sizes S M L and XL. 50 colors and patterns.

All Bras $20-$22

Also perfect for mastectomy survivors.

Sell six bras and get your bra free.

Call Devona Couch-Silvers 606 305 6934 All profits go to Comfort Givers Faith Based Cancer Support Group

Beth Abshear

Brenda Adams

HealtHy Foods and local Goods!

Total Image

Large Selection of Supplements

Nutritional Needs - Essential Oils - Local Honey Unique Sugars - Bulk Teas & Spices BULk GraiNS & BEaNS

and Beyond

155 Richmond Road. • Irvine

606-723-8646

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

NOw SErviNG FrESH GrEEN SaLaDS aND HOMEMaDE CHiCkEN SaLaD

Mon-Fri: 10am-7pm Saturday: 10am-5pm

www.fullcirclemarket.com

240 Redwing Drive Winchester, Kentucky

859-744-3008

LOCAL CONFECTIONS, GOURMET TOFFEES & SALTED CHOCOLATES Farm Fresh Eggs. Local Beef, Poultry and Pork

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

chick DAYS

At Both LocAtions!

IN E M I T T S FIR N!

LEXINGTO

These events are designed for prospective Ambassadors and customers to learn more about Plexus products and the compensation plan. Attendees will hear health and business testimonials from current Ambassadors. Plus, there will be a special appearance from a Plexus executive! FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Arriving March 15

Pullets -

March 30, 2016 - 7 to 9pm

Lexington, Kentucky

These Kentucky Plexus Ambassadors invite you to attend this amazing opportunity. Call any of them for more information on venue and speakers ....

Special Orders Welcome

Five Varieties of Ducks Also!

We Also Carry ..... Medicated & Non-Medicated Chick Starter Layer Crumbles & Pellets • Chicken Scratch

Stanton 16 alSo

321 East College Avenue Stanton, Kentucky

Are You Tired of Being Tired?

Mon.–Sat. - 8-7 SundayS - 10-6

606-663-6042

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com viSit our caMpton acE HardWarE

BOBBIE PLAYFORTH 606-386-1569 Somerset, Kentucky www.bobbieplexus.info

CLAYTON HEDGE 606-359-3260 Irvine, Kentucky www.captainclayshealthhighway.com

PHYLLIS HOLCOMB 606-386-1694 Brodhead, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/phyllisholcomb

MALISSA WORRELL 859-626-2728 Irvine, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/malissaspinkdrink

ROBIN MURRAY, RN 959-707-6380 Winchester, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/Livinslim

JEANETTE SMITH 859-644-7149 Berea, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/plexuskentucky

DAVID WORRELL 859-200-5308 Irvine, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/davidworrell

CHERILYN MORGAN 859-433-7175 Lexington, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/cherilynm

JEFF SEWELL 606-465-4807 Lexington, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/jeffsewell

SHIRLEY LOWE 606-663-8155 Clay City, Kentucky www.shirley-lowe.com

MATTHEW VIEIRA 850-291-8801 Lexington, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/coachmattv

CAROL HALLER 606-723-7895 Irvine, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/carolahaller

BRENDA NOBLE 606-424-8238 or 606-666-9659 Lost Creek, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/brendanoble

DAVE SEVERSON 606-643-5048 Irvine, Kentucky www.theplexusperson.com

PAM HEDGE 606-895-4018 Irvine, Kentucky www.theplexuspeople.com

THERESA DELAWARE 606-723-8646 or 803-292-9382 Irvine, Kentucky www.shopmyplexus.com/tdelaware

GINNY GOSSETT 606-875-0843 Somerset, Kentucky www.ginnyspinkdrink.myplexusproducts.com

What If thIs Could Change everythIng? www.atcky.com -- March 2016 17

Red River Gorge Cabin Rentals We have many new cabins at Red River Gorge Cabin Rentals - from one bedroom to eight bedrooms. Most with hot tubs, many with games rooms too!

Grand Yurt

Tequila Sunrise

Inspiration Point

Living on the Edge

BIG SKY ALMOST HEAVEN HIDEAWAY RIDGE HIDDEN JEWEL HONEY BEAR LOVE GRANDVIEW SUGAR SHACK MAKINGMEMORIES AMAZING GRACE MTN. BLESSINGS THE QUIET PLACE TEQUILA SUNRISE SHOOTING STAR CLIFFSIDE CABIN PARADISE COVE HIGH FALLS YURT GRAND YURT CLIFFSIDE YURT SUNRISE TURKEY TRACK WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE INSPIRATION POINT

606-668-3272 www.redrivergorgecabinrentals.com

ABOVE THE CLOUDS IT’S 5:00 SOMEWHERE TOP OF THE WORLD GREAT OUTDOORS LAKESIDE DREAMZ HORSING AROUND PINE COVE LAZY DAYS BEAR NECESSITIES HIKERS RETREAT LIVING ON THE EDGE CLIFFHANGER LAKE LODGE MTN. MEMORIES HIDDEN FALLS TWIN ARCH SANDSTONE MAMMOTH ARCH WILDCAT HIGH ROCK WILDWOOD TALL TIMBER OUT ON THE LIMB

Book Your Cabin Stay Today!!

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

The Kiwanis Club of Irvine-Ravenna

Area Church

DIRECTORY Wisemantown United Methodist Church Greg McClellan, Pastor Sunday Service - 11am

Our Door is Open to You 1358 Wisemantown Road • Irvine, Kentucky

aldersgatecamp.org Power Up at Summer Camp! Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center 125 Aldersgate Camp Road Ravenna, KY 40472 (606)723-5078 office@aldersgatecamp.org

TOday!

True Vine MINISTRIES

Sunday School 10am Sunday Worship, 11am Sunday Evening, 6pm

Children Welcome!

Terry Barnes, Pastor 859-200-4232

262 Broadway, Irvine, KY

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

DURA-BUILT PORTABLE BUILDINGS other sty le availab s Metal barle ns too!

FREE DElivERy Within 50 milEs

H.D. and Faye Prewitt

RENT TO OwN

NO CREDIT CHECK!

859-582-5511 • 859-624-2255 1845 Irvine Rd. - Richmond, KY 859-893-1148 1845 Irvine Rd., Richmond, KY

Complete Dentistry of Stanton

Adam D. Stowe D.M.D. 606-663-6021 210 N. Main Street Stanton, KY 40380

completedentistryofstanton @outlook.com

To many people in Estill County, KIWANIS is only the name of a group of people who meet somewhere and have a park named for their organization. It is unfortunate that this is the extent of their knowledge. As a club, the members feel that it is important for the people of Estill County to understand who we are, why we exist, and what we do. Therefore, our desire is that the following information will describe this outstanding organization. KIWANIS is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. Its purpose is to improve lives through fellowship in service throughout the world. It is dedicated to serving children, families and our community. Its name is taken from “Nun Keewanis”, an Indian term which roughly means “self-expression”, “we share talents”, or “we build”, depending on which native American group from where it really originated. A KIWANIAN adheres to the belief of giving primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than the material values of life. He/she believes in treating other human beings as he/she would be treated in all human relationships. KIWANIS was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1915. The KIWANIS Club of Irvine-Ravenna was founded in 1922 by a group of 52 local businessmen who wanted to provide service to Estill County and as a forum to present the many good things that were happening in the community. Down through the years, the KIWANIS Club of Irvine-Ravenna has been responsible for many projects in our community. Charles Vanhuss wrote in his history of Irvine-Ravenna Kiwanis, “agriculture is a prime economic resource for our county and it has frequently been the focus of the Irvine-Ravenna Kiwanis Club programs down through the years. In the early years, the club championed and fought for the issuance of county roads. Those bonds were sorely needed on order to help get farmers out of the mud, …and into cities where they could market their produce. The club also sponsored corn shows and it spearheaded the movement to bring the first county agent to the county in 1924. The club also helped and became the primary factor in introducing the first pure-bred bull into the Estill County stock line. It helped establish a local dairy in order to market the milk that local farmers produced. The club still sponsors a farm-city banquet to honor our farmers and agriculture related businesses and their contribution to the economy of our county.” In his book, A History of the Achievements of the Irvine-Ravenna KIWANIS Club, Robert Barker states: “On Monday evening, February 7, 1949, the club endorsed the horse show project and held the first horse show Thursday, June 9, 1949, on the grounds of the Irvine school plat near Estill Springs. The shows were continued through 1954, and then dropped for fear of financial losses in case of rain or other difficulties in management. Later, the horse shows were taken up by the Estill County Fair Board.” Mr. Barker also recounts how the idea for the Estill County (Marcum-Wallace Memorial) Hospital, “originated in the Irvine-Ravenna KIWANIS Club and was sponsored and carried to completion by this club.” The primary focus of the local KIWANIS Club since 1958 has been the summer baseball and softball program. Untold funds have been raised through the support of the citizens of Estill County. Those funds have been used build and maintain ball fields, purchase equipment, pay personnel to operate the summer program and any other needs that would provide summer activities for children and young people. Other projects that the KIWANIS Club of Irvine-Ravenna have and in most instances are still sponsoring include: the sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop 144; eyeglasses for needy school children; the KIWANIS Christmas Parade; Christmas baskets of food, clothing, and toys to needy families; support of the Ministerial SHARE program; reading to preschool children in our elementary schools; Adopt a Highway program; maintenance of the historical Irvine Cemetery; sponsorship of the Estill County High School KEY CLUB which is a KIWANIS family sponsored program; the Estill County Public Library summer reading program; Mrs. Witt’s Christmas party; Salvation Army bell ringing; Relay for Life; and other projects too numerous to count. Until 1985, KIWANIS International was a men only organization. However, at the International convention in Huston, Texas, women were approved for membership and KIWANIS has been an even stronger organization ever since. The KIWANIS Club of Irvine-Ravenna has had nine Lieutenant Governors for the Kentucky-Tennessee District of Kiwanis International. They include: A. W. Benning, R. Fred Flege, Robert Barker, Shelby Burnett, Tom Bonny, Jr., Danny Long, Rebecca Werner, Myra Finney and Vicky Adams. The local club currently meets at 5:30 p.m. on each Thursday evening at Michael’s Restaurant on U.S. 52 in Ravenna. Membership in the club is open to all citizens who would like to dedicate their lives to changing the world, one child and one community (Estill County) at a time.

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Body Shops

Animal Clinic of Estill Co. PLLC

Linda K. Grimes, DVM

Science Diet & Eukanuba Pet Foods • Health Certificates • Medicine & Surgery

LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS

1995 Richmond Road Irvine, Kentucky 40336

606-723-4159

Pickers Paradise ANTIQUE & VENDORS MALL

Buy - Sell - Trade OVER 40 BOOTHS TO CHOOSE FROM 723-3310 Irvine, Kentucky

Attorney AT LAW

DAVIS Law P.S.C.

Rodney G. davis Attorney At LAw

200 Main Street, Irvine

606-726-9991

226 N. Second St., Richmond

859-624-3380

Uniquely Kentucky

STANTON 606-663-2283

CLAY CITY 606-663-2276

CAMPTON 606-668-9911

508 Frames Branch Rd. Clay City, KY 40312

People Serving People Since 1912

606-663-9500 www.pebank.com

524 Broadway, Irvine

606-723-4391

24 Hour Wrecker Service!

BUILDING SUPPLIES

SurpluS WholeSale Building MaterialS

•Doors•Windows•House Wrap•Laminate Flooring •Vinyl Floor Covering•Kitchen Cabinets•Trim•Much More! SPECIALIZING IN TRAILER DOORS Poplar & Pine Trim Corner of Mt. Sterling By-Pass & Rt. 11 Henderson Branch TWO HANDY Olive Mt. Sterling, Kentucky Hill, Kentucky LOCATIONS 606-316-6091 • 859-576-5849 606-286-4182

the offices of Glenda Gay Oliver Certified Public Accountant

SILO MILL GIFT SHOP 325 Richmond Road • Irvine

606-723-7456

Individual Income Tax • Business Income Tax Payroll Service • Financial Statements • Tax Planning Estate Taxes • New Business Organization

Barbers

606-723-1935

Clothing For Men

DB Barber Shop Vada Barnes, Owner Drop-Ins Welcome!

Tuesday - Friday, 10am til last haircut is done!

Food Mart 82 DAILY Lunch Specials Open 7 Days A Week!

134 SPOUT SPRINGS RD. IRVINE, KY 40336

606-723-7664

Funeral Homes

HoncHell’s, Inc. Clothing For Men & Boys Larry & Barsha Honchell, Owners

1266 Richmond Road • Irvine, KY 2596 Dry Branch Road - Irvine 606-723-7316 606-723-4019 March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Red River Realty & Auction Ovie & Josie Hollon, Broker and Agents

See us for all your real estate and insurance needs

Medical Clinics

Estill Medical Clinic Most Major Insurance Accepted ~ Walk Ins Welcome ~

Donna Isfort, APRN 275 North Court Street Irvine, KY 40336 606-723-2167

Pre-Planning Makes Sense.....

606-723-2183 Obituary Line: 606-723-4242

www.tolerfuneralhome.com

Davis and Davis Funeral Home, LLC David and Megan Davis, Owners

Office: 606-663-9480 Obituary Line: 606-663-9580 Online: www.ddfh.net

Locally Owned by Paul & Jodee King

Coldest Beverages in the Gorge! Ice • PoP • SnackS • SmokeS

606-668-9055

CLOSED SUNDAYS

Monday - Thursday, 8-10 Friday & Saturday, 8-11

C & S Carryout

The Beer Trailer!

Wide Selection of Domestic & Imported Beers Snacks - Cigarettes - Camping Supplies Monday-Thursday, 8am-10pm • Friday-Saturday, 8am-11pm • Closed Sundays

1163 N. Kentucky 11 Torrent, Kentucky

Hardy GaS COMPaNy, INC. 141 Richmond Rd • Irvine, Kentucky • 723-2496

PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS APPLIANCE SALES AND SERVICE Now serving all of Powell, Lee, Estill counties and most of Madison, Jackson and Clark. Large assortment of pilot assemblies, thermo couples, switches and gas valves. Gas tanks for sale too!

Remember what Pepper says, “Always heat and cook on a fire, not on a wire.”

REMODELING

Call Us For All of Your Building & Remodeling Needs!

GORGE BEVERAGES & ICE

123 KY 1036 Zachariah, Kentucky

Propane

Buck Gas Logs, Radient Heaters, Gas Ranges, Gas Water Heaters

Traditional funerals and graveside services • Celebration of Life ceremonies with video Prearrangement services with free consultation 777 West College Avenue P.O. Box 212 Stanton, KY 40380

606-663-0186

www.rrrealtyandauction.com

Warren F. Toler Funeral Home

99 Cedar Grove Drive Irvine, KY

Cindy Stevenson

Elkins insurancE Group

Food Marts

Tamara L. rice, cPa

2214 Richmond Road • Irvine, KY 40336 MEMBER

Richard Snowden

COLLISION SPECIALISTS

Rick Arthur - 859-353-1334 Bill Arthur - 606-723-3305

Irvine, KY 40336

606-723-2135 • 800-303-2135 606-723-4400 (Fax) BigEInsurance.com

606-663-2547

MEMBER

www.whitakerbank.com

114 River Drive

Bobby Patrick, Owner

Certified Accountants

Whitaker Bank

Big “E” Insurance Service, Inc.

COLLISION CENTER

www.davislawky.com

Banking

Insurance Services

PATRICK’S

Arthur’s Body Shop, Inc.

AnTIQUE MALL

105 Richmond Rd.

Energy Cooperatives

Houses • Garages • Pole Barns • Decks Shingle & Metal Roofing • New Windows

(606) 336-6373

Leave Message for Samuel

Amish Family Crew Tack & Saddle Repair

HILLSIDE TACK SADDLE REpAIR nEw & uSED TACK Buy • Sell • Trade

6701 Wagersville Rd. Irvine, Ky. 40336 Turquoise and agate jewelry, belt buckles, knives, hats, belts and many more novelty items for the horse Lover. Open Saturday and Sunday Daylight till 7:00 p.m. and many additional hours through the week, just give us a call!

606-723-0071 606-668-7566 www.atcky.com -- March 2016

We Encourage You To Shop Local!

Business & Service Directory

Animal Care

Business & Service Directory

TAX PREPARATION

of Irvine

Electronic Tax Preparation Year Round Full Service Accounting

Pamela Crouch Bradley - Office Manager, Tax Professional 209 River Drive, Suite A Irvine, Kentucky

606-726-0453 (Fax) 606-726-0471

TOWING & RECOVERY

BUBBA'S TOWING

& Recovery

606.316.9161

bubbastowingrecovery.com

Olive Hill, Kentucky

TRUCKING

Cox Trucking Ltd. Co. Jason Cox

Irvine, Kentucky

606-723-5394 606-643-5019 VARIETY STORE

KVS - Kantuckee Variety Store A Private Membership Association

M-T-Th: 8am to 5pm • Fri: 8am to 6pm • Sat: 8am to 4pm Closed Wednesdays & Sundays BULK FOODS SHOES AND BOOTS SALVAGE GROCERIES

473 Old State Road • Owingsville, KY

WOODWORKING

Blue Banks Woodworking

By The Moons March 2016

1st ��Start seedbeds. Good day for transplanting. 1st-2nd Barren days, do no planting. 3rd-4th ��Any root crops that can be planted now will do well. 5th-6th ��A barren period, best suited for killing plant pests. Do plowing and cultivating. 7th-8th ��Good for planting cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and other vine crops. Set strawberry plants. First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also a favorable day for planting beets, carrots, radishes, salsify, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops. Second day is a good day for planting aboveground crops. 9th-10th ��Cultivate and spray, do general farm work, but no planting. 11th-12th ��Favorable for planting crops bearing yield above the ground. 13th-14th ��Seeds planted now tend to rot in ground. 15th-17th ��Excellent for sowing seedbeds and flower gardens. Best planting days for aboveground crops, especially peas, beans, cucumbers, and squash where climate permits. 18th-22nd ��A most barren period, best for killing plant pests or doing chores around the farm. 23rd-24th ��Fine for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops. 25th-27th ��Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Excellent time for planting root crops that can be planted now. Also good for Leafy vegetables. 28th-29th ��Barren days, do no planting. 30th-31st ��Any root crops that can be planted now will do well.

You can find out more about planting by the moons by visiting www.farmersalmanac.com or you can pick up a copy of the Farmer’s Almanac at most farm or book stores.

custom cooPs by cAPt. cLAy

• FOR SALE •

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Stop by Sticks, Stones & Stitches in Stanton and see the exciting new items available to visitors in Powell County. Great gift ideas for gifts too. 91 S. Main Street, Stanton. ----------------------------------------------------------------Alpaca Fleece for Sale. Quality blankets, straight off the animal. We can tumble it for you to eliminate most debris. Give us a call. 606-8954018. AlpacaBerry Farm. ----------------------------------------------------------------Come to Raggedy Ann’s for some good deals. M-S, 10-5. 606-481-1738. Sofa, $145.00; Bassett Love Seat, 2 outdoor benches, antique bed with tall headboard, Jenny Lynn full bed, small air conditioner, $50; Bunk bed - full on bottom, twin on top; old open sign - cheap. Shoes, clothing, home decor, coffee/end tables. Primitive stand with marble top, hand painted gourds. Antique drop leaf table, 4 chairs and small cabinet to match. -----------------------------------------------------------------

• NEED A JOB? •

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

PLEXUS offers a generous compensation plan. Get healthy, feel better and make a second income. Call 606-895-4018 or visit theplexuspeople.com. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

• NOTICES • -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Rock Castles Landscaping Why not let us quote your waterfall or pond project before you sign on the dotted line with anyone else? (606) 416-3911. http://www.rockcastles. net -----------------------------------------------------------------

• PETS FOR SALE •

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

For Sale By Owner Located Near Beattyville 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, basement. Hardwood floors in large living room and hall. Large kitchen. Located on 9.9 acres with three outbuildings and barn. Fenced acreage. Two ponds. Small covered deck off side of house. Located on Highway 52 near Beattyville. Call 606-464-3333 or 606-464-8421. -----------------------------------------------------------------

Advertise in 20 Counties 1-606-895-4018

Sticks, Stones & Stitches: An AppAlAchiAn crAftS Store

Quilts • Handmade Soaps Wood Crafts • Paintings Alpaca Products • Stitch Work Kentucky Agates • Jewelry

LONG HAIR CHIHAUHAU PUPPIES Two females, 8 weeks old. Call 606-723-7895.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

• REAL ESTATE FOR SALE •

Lawn Furniture & Crafts 606-674-2358 Leave Message

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Shop with Joyce Marcum Realty. Our office has more lists and sells in Estill County than anyone-ever!!

THIS SPOT RESERVED FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Call us Today Call for More Information 606-895-4018 March 2016 -- www.atcky.com

Classifieds

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Call or text James Woolery 859-358-0691 Call or text Joyce at 859-624-0088 www.joycemarcumrealty.com

- 606-359-3260

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

91 South Main, Stanton 606-359-0719

www.atcky.com -- March 2016

Monday-Saturday – 10 am - 4 pm Closed On Sundays

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Mercy Surgery Center Richard Stone, MD (606)726-2151 Call today to schedule your colonoscopy.

60 Mercy Court in Irvine marcumandwallace.org (606)723-2115 24

March 2016 -- www.atcky.com