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Volume 8 Number 25 © 2011 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Church celebrates 217th anniversary ssalmons@nky.com
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PETERSBURG - Today, Bullittsburg Baptist Church sits close enough to Interstate 275 that you can easily hear the cars zooming by. But when it was first founded in June 1794, the area was still wilderness. According to church historian Norma Hennigen, early accounts claim there was “not a family free
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A “Tweetup” for Twitter users in Boone County is planned for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Main Branch of the Boone County Public Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington. It will be in Meeting Room A. A tweetup is a get-together of Twitter members who are interested in a common topic. Twitter is an online communication service that lets users send 140-character “Tweets” to followers and to the general public. It will be hosted by Nancy Daly, senior editor of the Boone Community Recorder, Twitter members are invited to join a discussion on how the Recorder uses Twitter and how public engagement on Twitter can be increased in Boone County. Please RSVP by sending a tweet to @Nancy_Daly, emailing ndaly@nky.com or calling 578-1059. Reservations are requested but not required. While this Tweetup is for current Twitter users, let us know if you’d like a future meeting on how to get started on Twitter.
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Bullittsburg Baptist: Boone’s oldest By Stephanie Salmons
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of (American) Indian attacks” as they traveled to church. “It makes you appreciate their dedication to the Lord,” she said. Members recently observed the church’s 217th anniversary. “A group of people came from central Kentucky,” Hennigen said. “Seven charter members and pastors assisted in the organization of the church.” The first church building was made of log and constructed in 1797. The current building was built in 1819 and has been expanded over the years, Hennigen said. Hennigen said the church has minutes dating back to 1795. Minutes from the first year have been lost and there are some “gaps along the way,” but they are “pretty complete,” she said. Church pastor, the Rev. Bob Boster, who has been with the church for seven months, said church attendance averages around 50 people. He attributes the church’s continued success to God. “I say this building is here by the grace of God,” Hennigen said.
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Bullittsburg Baptist Church continues to use an outdoor baptismal pool that was built in 1873.
Survivors ‘Relay’ for cancer society By Stephanie Salmons ssalmons@nky.com
Billy Hancock of Florence was shocked when he was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 26. He worked out five times a week and ate well, he said. Hancock began getting dizzy spells and Hancock headaches. One night, he ended up in the emergency room because he was so sick. That’s when the cancer was found. The brain tumor, an aggressive cancer known as medulloblastoma, was the size of a tennis ball by the time it was discovered, he said. Doctors told Hancock that found any later, he would have only had weeks left. Before surgery, the prognosis wasn’t great. The tumor was near the area of the brain responsible for balance. His doctor said along with the potential of paralysis, total memory loss and having to re-learn basic tasks like walking and talking, there was the possibility that he would not wake up. “I knew about cancer, but I didn’t really understand it,” Hancock, now 33, said. “Now, it really opened my eyes.” He has participated in the Boone County Relay for Life for four years.
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Cancer survivors line up to walk the first lap of the 2009 Relay for Life at Cooper High School. The 2011 Boone County Relay for Life begins at 7 p.m. Friday, June 17, and will end at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 18. It will take place at Cooper High School. Relay for Life is an annual event that aims to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for cancer research and the American Cancer Society, according to the ACS website. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. “I walk all night,” he said. “I think it’s a great event.” Relay is important even if someone hasn’t experienced can-
cer themselves, he said, because cancer can happen to anyone at any time. “A snap of the finger, it can change your life,” he said. LaVerne Lawson, 73, of Florence has also been participating in Relay since she was first diagnosed with colon cancer nine years ago. She was diagnosed with cancer again, this time skin cancer, a year ago. “Everybody should know can-
cer is a bad thing,” she said. People never know when it could happen to them, Lawson said. Anyone who can go to Relay and donate to the cancer society should, Lawson said. “Everything helps,” she said. Boone County’s Relay for Life celebration begins at 7 p.m. Friday, June 17, and will end at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 18. It will take place at Cooper High School.
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