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September 2014 Volume Nine, Number Three

What’s Inside?

Returning Home to Make a Difference A Royal First Day Hillside Tack Wilderness Wanderings Yards to Paradise Uncle Bob’s Poetry

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A Vacation, Really?

September has arrived. It’s actually about seven days into the month as I type this up and put the magazine together. The Labor Day weekend always throws a wrench into our print date, so we’ll be printing on the 8th this month. We try our very best each month to have all copies delivered by the 10th or 11th of the month. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to get it done and this month will be one of those rush, rush, rush delivery cycles. But, we want to get it out to you just as soon as it arrives back from Dayton each month.

•••••• August was a busy month. But, it always is for some reason. I guess with Back to School and the end of summer, things are just much more active. Of course, these busy times also make it harder to catch up with our advertisers. If, at any time, we miss seeing you, please contact us and let us know if you want an ad. We never want to leave anyone out, but sometimes trying to cover so many counties, we can’t get back to them all more than once a month.

•••••• August was also the wedding of our kidlet Jennifer. Although we didn’t get to attend the wedding, they were in our thoughts. They had a nice trip to Glacier National Park in Montana for a shortened honeymoon. Since she’s a school teacher, her August time is at a premium too. Congratulations Jen and Nolan.

•••••• And my dear dad, Clayton Clay Hedge, turns 80 in a few days. Gosh, 80 years old sure looks good on him. But, he’s never really looked his Congratulations to Seth Bryan of Campton, Kentucky age anyway. A few of you that who correctly guessed that Abby left her paw print on know him would probably Page 12 in the Revive River Drive ad. Seth wins two say he doesn’t act his age Friday tickets to Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival in either. Love ya Dad! Morehead, Kentucky.

•••••• And I’ll leave you with good thoughts for the coming month. It’s our annual ‘vacation’ to Poppy Mountain.

Timberlee Coffey We look forward to it each of Irvine took this year and this year is no awesome picture different. My goal is to see recently and sent it to how many autographs I can us on the chance that get on a copy of All Things maybe, just maybe, we might find her photos Country. Of course, I’ll also nice enough to print. see how many copies of ATC Surprise Timberlee!

I can get in their hands too.

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September Song

By Jenny Ison

Yep, it’s September again. Already.

We’ve just let another summer slip by without visiting the Grand Canyon. Without getting the yard in shape or spending that weekend at the beach. Lots of folks think of September in just that way; the month when we realize summer is over.

Not me! I like to think of September as sort of a pre-game show. The lead in to Autumn.

Sure, there are still some days to come when the temperature and humidity will be high enough to keep us indoors with the AC on full-tilt. The saving factor will be the nights with their end-of-summer “freezing” temperatures of 45-50 degrees.

These are the days of feasting on fresh, home grown tomatoes and green beans.

Cantaloupes, bell peppers and corn on the cob. Those poor souls in the produce section this time of year are the unfortunate ones.

Those without the means for a garden or unlucky enough to be without friends who garden.

Now is the time for getting the gear ready for the hunting season to start.

Time for planning the tailgate parties; opening day kick-off is imminent. County fair time. Back to school and year-end closeout sales time.

There is still time for that last-one-of-the summer visit to the Lake. For deciding if you are going to split firewood this year or buy it. And choosing new sweaters for that sprint across the mall parking lot in late November with those Christmas packages.

There’s enough coolness in the late evening breeze to make you want to get out those fall tour brochures and a map of the Blue Ridge Parkway. But still not enough to cause worry about the coolant level in the family car.

Here in Eastern Kentucky, we have the great fortune to experience this wonderful, slow transition period. A time for readjustment without the sudden change from warm to cold less fortunate areas must suffer.

We get to appreciate the alternating warm days and cool nights all the way through October.

Oh, we’ll have a real live, gen-u-wine, painted on the trees, leaf-droppin’ autumn, but that’s still down the road a ways.

There’s still plenty of time left for us to take advantage of one of those sales. Time enough to get the best deal on a bright plaid flannel shirt to wear on the Halloween hayride.

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On the Road Again!

Boy, do we ever travel!

We have the best readers, we really do. To think that they take us along on their vacations is sure an awesome thought and we sure do appreciate them thinking of us.

Above, left: Lavotus and Wayne Johnson took us along to Hawaii. Top: Melvin and Terry Williams took us to Alaska with them. Here they are getting ready for dog sledding, along with their dog “Callie.� Next is Seth Masters, who took his copy along to the 43rd National Street Rod Association Show in Louisville. And bottom two pictures, well we went to the Grand Canyon! Staci Owens and husband Billy Owens are pictured here on the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. All are Irvine residents.

Thank you all!

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Returning Home to Make a Difference

By Dave Severson

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eattyville, Kentucky is an Eastern Kentucky icon and also known as the “Heart of the Kentucky River” since all the forks of the Kentucky River come together here. This is a small, but tough, community proudly sitting in a valley in Lee County. You come down into town from all directions and I have traveled most of them. It always reminds me of home, as I grew up in a ‘valley’ town. But this story is not about me, it about the great medical services that exist in a community that has seen its ups and downs.

Dr. Noble was born and raised in Lee County. He came back to his home to provide folks with the best care that he can give them.

I was able to steal away a few minutes of Dr. Noble’s precious time and have a talk with him and his Nurse Practioner Heather Price.

It was a pleasure to meet two people that care about and for the community.

After graduation, Dr. Noble joined the Navy. After spending four years on an aircraft carrier, he decided that college wouldn’t be so bad and off he went after his tour with the Navy ended. That was 26 years ago and he loves his job carrying for so many.

I asked him if any moments stand out from his 26 years and he sat silent for a minute before telling me of the time in 1992 when a patient came to see him and was in cardiac arrest. While transferring him to a local hospital, Dr. Noble had to shock the patient 19 times. Now, I thought two or three times and you were done for, but Dr. Noble chuckled a little and said, no - that patient is still alive today. Now, that’s dedication.

When asked about his connection to Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital, I kind of knew the answer he was going to give me. With all the government policies and regulations, a medical professional is almost forced to run an office with an affiliation to a larger medical facility. Dr. Noble has worked with Marcum and Wallace for a long time and he knew he needed the strength of a great partner. Marcum & Wallace was it.

After a few minutes talking about the practice there, we got to talking hobbies. He joked, “NordicTrack, lots of Nordic.” He pointed out the black powder rifle on the wall and said he enjoyed shooting guns - pistols and long range rifles. He also has raised three children, two daughters and a son.

Heather Price is Dr. Noble’s Nurse Practioner, and also hails from Lee County. She also came back home to better serve the folks of her hometown. She also joked that “Dr. Noble was my doctor growing up.” Price studied nursing at the University of Kentucky and received her Master’s Degree in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University. She was a nurse for six years and then spent five years as an emergency room nurse. She saw a need for her hometown to have a place for fast and accurate treatment, so she joined Dr. Noble’s office in 2012. Heather’s hobbies all surround her children

James B. Noble, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. and Heather Price, APRN and their activities. She has three girls - age 4, 5 and 7. They keep her pretty busy with cheerleading and gymnastics, just to name a couple of their activities.

Mercy Clinic of Lee County provides care for patients from infants up to the elderly. They perform physicals for school and employment and also do CDL exams. They also offer wellness exams and try to treat anything that might walk through their doors.

I asked them what the funniest thing that has happened at the clinic and, almost in unison, they said “lots of funny things happen - or could happen - at any time, but we had better not talk about them.”

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Photos by Dave Severson

Labor Day Weekend brought out many, many cars to cruise the streets of Irvine. Friday night, Citizens Guaranty Bank’s River Drive location was the place to be for the Mike Horn Benefit.

There were cars parked from River Drive up to Broadway and people everywhere (photos on right). A great showing for a great cause. Saturday night was Revive River Drive, a great event that Nivra Lainhart and Staci York work very hard on each year, along with Joe Crawford of the Estill Development Alliance. We think it was the biggest one yet!

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If you would like to attend, please pre-register by calling 723-4557 before September 26th. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

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“ A Rose That Grew From Concrete” I heard it once upon a time.

How weak the flower seemed to be Was tangled in the rhyme.

But strong it was, or strong it grew As time and weather wore.

Its thorns were sharp, it’s stalk so thick It’s velvet petals tore.

But strong it was despite it all The city did not win, For come the spring, I saw it there The rose did bloom again.

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Uncle Bob’s Poetry

By Bobby Hedge of Olive Hill, Kentucky

Happy Birthday Bro

There is a place in good old Carter County.

Just three miles from the town of Olive Hill, Where we would meet to play and sing And make that five string banjo ring, When Steve Collins sang of Homer Lawson’s field.

In September of Nineteen Thirty Four He was born to Ruby and Bob, Went to Cincinnati at seventeen And got a factory job.

But that kind of work was not for him So the gave that door a slam, Then for twenty years he traveled the world As he worked for Uncle Sam.

I miss those weekends here at Hickory corner I use to dream about it all week long, When we all would get together After we’d worked hard all week, Sometimes we’d write a brand new bluegrass song.

Those good old days are now a piece of history When the neighbors came to hear us play and sing, I’ll cherish all the times we played And all the memories we made, A friendship is a great and priceless thing.

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Larry Fraley sang a song called some Dark Hollow.

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I have great respect for this fellow As a brother he’s pretty cool, A pilot..a skipper…an archery pro And a whiz at playing pool.

He now is a farmer near Irvine, Kentucky And he loves to watch things grow, He was born in a town called Olive Hill Some eighty years ago.

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It’s Fair Time Again?

By Mike Reed of Stanton

Who can believe its’ fair time again? Didn’t we just do this a few weeks ago? It seems the older I get the faster these “FAIRS” roll around again.

As a child, I remember participating in the Fair Exhibit Hall. Our fair in Lincoln County was held in the middle of the summer, usually in July, when garden vegetables were at their peak. I enjoyed entering vegetables like potatoes, peppers and especially the garden display. My dad always helped me pick one of the best bales of alfalfa hay to take to the fair. This actually became a game that made working out in a hot hay field not so bad after all. My first and only experience at showing cattle happened there at the County fair. I showed two Guernsey dairy calves in the summers of my 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The Fair was a family event. We prepared for the fair several days prior to the event. For a country boy, it was something you looked forward to all summer. My 4-H participation in the fair developed responsibility and kept me busy. The chores of feeding, grooming and taking care of my animals were my responsibility all year long. I helped plant and dig the potatoes. We planted beans and corn and helped bale the hay. Participation in the fair taught me that you had to work hard to get the prize. Not everyone won a ribbon for simply bringing something in. You had to work and have quality in order to win a ribbon.

Some of those entries that I worked for yielded blue, red or white ribbons. I still have them today in a box in my old bedroom at my parent’s home. I proudly displayed them on my bedroom wall. Those ribbons gave this chubby, country kid from Greasy Ridge, Kentucky great pride and encouragement. Now, over 40 years later, I still enjoy the fair, although I see it from a totally different point of view. Now, I’m the one who helps place the ribbons on the hay bales and plates of potatoes. It’s my responsibility now to encourage our county’s kids, their parents and grandparents for their accomplishments. In this day and time, encouragement is sometimes hard to find. I am glad that I can be part of that process.

Enjoy the Fair!

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A September Factoid The month gets its name

from its position on the old Roman calendar. Before July and August were added in honor of two of Rome’s Caesars, Julius and Augustus, September was the seventh month.

The Latin word for seven is septem, thus September.

Enjoy the 2014 Powell County Fair!

There’s far more to the Powell County Fair than the Demolition Derby, although that big event does wind up the Fair on Saturday night at 7:00.

Tuesday night, September 9, there will be a Beef cattle and goat show and even a hog show starting at 6:30 p.m. in what was the horse show ring and Kiddie Car races in front of the Exhibit Hall. The Declamation contest will be held at the Powell County High School cafeteria, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday night is the Baby Show and the Father/son and Mother/ daughter look a like contest after the baby show. Now is the time to really prove that you look like your mom or dad! Sorry dad, even if your daughter looks like you, the beard and mustache mess up the deal! Admissions on Tuesday and Wednesday nights are $5.00 per carload. Load all you can up in the car, van or pickup truck and bring them to the fair either of these nights-What a deal!!! Carnival arm bands are $12.00 per person.

Thursday night features the Poultry show beginning at 6:30 p. m. and the Greasy Pig Contest beginning at 8:00 p.m. Remember if your kids are in the greasy pig event to be there a few minutes early with clothes and shoes on-no flip flops-no bare feet!

Friday is Fair Day in Powell County and nobody does it like Powell County folks. The Powell County fair parade begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.

Any and all float entries in the parade will be judged by out-of-town judges beginning at 9:20 a.m. Any float which is to be judged should be in line with kids waving and music playing no later than 9:15 a.m.

Please remember our “No candy in the Road” rule again this year. If you hand out candy, let your people throw candy into the crowd only-not on the road. No candy should be thrown from any vehicle or rider on a vehicle or wagon. We do this to protect our county’s children. If you have ever been to a parade at the stoplight, you will know why we have this rule.

This year’s grand marshal of the parade is Mrs. Mildred Estes. How many thousands of us have not eaten Ms. Mildred’s food over the years? Mildred now works at Bruen’s Restaurant in Stanton. She and her staff have cooked for the Lions Club meetings for well over 30 years. She is indeed a special lady and is well deserving of such an award! This year’s theme for the fair is “ A Storybook Fair”. With this theme you can let your imagination be your only limiting factor as you show the crowd what was your favorite story book of all times. It will be fun, I am sure.

Check out all the exhibits at the Exhibit Hall from 2:00-until 5:00 p.m.

All exhibits leave the fairgrounds between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. Please make every effort to come back and get your things from the Exhibit hall. Items left after 5:00 p.m. will be left inside the exhibit hall building with no supervision from the Extension Office staff or Lions Club members.

The fair activity for Friday night is the Truck and Tractor Pull Contest!

This event starts at 7:00 p.m. Admission on Friday night is $5.00 per adult and $3.00 for students. Children under 5 are free.

Saturday night wraps up the Fair with the Demolition Derby beginning at 7:00 p.m. Admission for the final night at the Powell County Fair is again, $5.00 per adult and $3.00 per student. Kids under 5 are free.

Once again, the Powell County Fair wraps up our summer with a blast! For more information concerning the Fair, call the County Extension Office at 606-663-6405 or stop by the Powell County Extension Office at 169 Maple Street for your free Fair Book.

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Enjoy the

Ravenna Railroad Festival!

Welcome to the Railroad Festival!

PumPkin Decorating entries on DisPlay

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Pam and the Dave Person The prize for the September Abby Tracks contest ... an Eastern Bluebird nest box, a Woodpecker box and a Great Crested Flycatcher box. All three species of birds are wonderful birds to have in yard and garden. They are attractive, fun to watch, and eat thousands of insects. The boxes come from High Adventure Wilderness School.

We have made over 8,000 nesting boxes. All our boxes are made from recycled wood products.

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The Fine Print...

• Digital pictures need to be at least 200 dpi and emailed to pam@atcky.com.

• Printed pictures need to be 3x5. They can be mailed to 60 Thornburg Bend, or left at Ravenna City Hall.

• Please include your name, address and where you took the picture.

• Deadline for printed pictures is Friday, September 12 at 3pm.

• Deadline for digital pictures submitted to email is Saturday, September 13.

• We will print as many of the entries as space allows in the October 2014 edition of All Things Country Magazine.

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Arts & Crafts Vendors Free Hay Rides & Kiddie Train Rides Pumpkin Decorating Contest Corn Hole Tournament Kiddie Parade at 10am Scarecrow Contest Car Show Cruise-In Friday Night - Pageant For A Cause

RAilRoAdeRs Reunion All day in the Park!

All past and present railroaders are invited

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March for Drug Recovery

On September 14, 2014 Estill County is hosting the Ninth Annual One Day at a Time March for Drug Recovery.

We will begin gathering at the Estill County Fair Grounds beginning at 1:00 for food and fellowship. At 2:00 we will be led by the Estill County High School Marching Band across the bridge and to the Estill County Courthouse. We will then proceed to march around the courthouse seven (7) times and hear from our featured guest speakers.

September is Fall Wreath Month Choose a wreath from our wide selection or send us a picture of a wreath you would like us to make for you!

Look at our wreaths on www.facebook.com/ RavennaFloristGH

We hope that you can join us for this event. If you require any further information about the day’s events, please do not hesitate to contact County Judge Executive Wallace Taylor’s office at 606-723-7524.

Re-elect Estine Tipton

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Remember to Watch Out for School Kids and Busses. And, NEVER pass a school bus!

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.

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Fall Open House in conjunction with the Ravenna Railroad Festival

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Longaberger Factory and MaLL Shopping!

october 11 and 12, 2014 travel to dresden, ohio with us to tour the Longaberger Factory and you’ll see the big basket on the way!

Everyone will receive a free basket, plus will have the chance to purchase more if they like.

We will stay overnight in the area before traveling back to TangerOutlets in Jeffersonville, Ohio on Sunday. Here you will have plenty of time to shop (maybe start early on those Christmas gifts!!) After everyone has shopped until they are ready to drop, we will load up and head home. $200.00 per person

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A Royal First Day

By Robin Goodwin of Powell County

Patiently, at the edge of our family’s estate, I waited. The sun had only risen a short while ago but, my family and I had been bustling about for hours in preparation. This land, my home it was my safe haven. I have had many an adventure here within the boundaries of our property. Safe, it was always safe.

Echoing through the ravines and the hills I heard a sound that made me shudder. The roar was not unfamiliar to me. On the contrary, for many years I heard the beast approach and then pass by. Always it passed by. Never before had I seen it up close. With a strenuous squeal and a hiss the monster paused farther down the road still out of sight. I shuffled my feet uneasily.

Earlier that morning after adorning myself in my finest formal attire including satin ribbons in my hair and lavishly jeweled slippers, I had confronted myself in the mirror. Yes I looked like the princess my father and mother had always told me I was but did I posses the courage and integrity that was expected? Shoulders back, chin up, stand up tall; yes I would face this day and the challenges ahead with the confidence and dignity befitting royalty.

For this day my family had lovingly tutored and meticulously groomed me. The day I would have to venture out on my own. Out into the community with other young people from our providence, scholars, advisors, law givers and keepers, bakers, physicians and of course all the hustle and bustle of the market place bartering.

There are sure to be young men and women from all walks of life and I must remember to always rely on the trusted teachings of my family.

The growling and rumbling of the mechanized beast drew a bit nearer and again squealed, hissed and paused. It would not be long now, just a few more moments. I was relieved to have father and mother standing beside me. Secretly I wished they could accompany me on my quest. Father so strong and wise, he could conquer any situation. Mother confident and kind, she sewn love like wildflowers. Though they were always in my heart, today’s task was for me alone to tackle. I know most everything to expect from all the colorful tales I have been told, about new people, making friends, exploring new ideas and creating new things. Why then was I still feeling these flutters inside?

And suddenly there it was with fierce eyes beaming through the morning fog rumbling around the corner soon to stop in front of my home. I turned to peer up at my father, tall and confident.

He smiled down at me squeezing my hand in his. My courage mustered a bit. Turning my head I gazed up at mother. She to smiled lovingly and squeezed my hand. Her eyes sparkled with the rise of tears. The lights were blinding now and the roar deafening.

The monster I had heard so often pass was now approaching.

With a squeal and hiss it stopped. My eyes adjusted just in time to see a portal magically open. A ruckus of pleasant sounds escaped. I peered anxiously inside, still grasping firmly the hands that protected me. A beaming woman with pleasant eyes and an encouraging smile greeted me. “Good morning young lady.

Don’t you look like a princess? Are you ready for your first day of school?” Sheepishly a smile spread across my face. My confidence bolstered as I peered at the other children already aboard. Could I release those hands? Yes I decided, yes I was ready. After parting hugs and kisses from father and mother as well as final words of advice to be safe, be polite, and have fun I climbed aboard.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

~ Francis Bacon

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Kindred Records signs deal with Tackett for solo project

Scott Tackett

Irvine, KY – Kindred Records has signed a record deal with Olive Hill, KY artist Scott Tackett.

Kindred is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Scott Tackett’s solo project “Lookin’ Back” recorded in 2011 at Jack’s Tracks in Paintsville, Ky. Produced by Scott Tackett and Dave Carroll, and mixed/mastered by Ron Stewart, this is the milestone project that brought together the now popular and award winning bluegrass group Hammertowne, and has already had good radio and fan response from his early demo’s.

Over half of the 12 tracks are written by Scott or co-written with Dave Carroll, and features soulful ballads, a touch of gospel, tight harmonies, and hard driving bluegrass that get’s you over the speed limit if you’re not careful.

A native of Carter County in eastern Kentucky, Scott has been in numerous bands including Kentucky Sunrise, Dave Evans and Riverbend, and The Bluegrass Strangers.

Kindred is pleased to add Scott Tackett to its catalog of artists.

For more information visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ scott.tackett.549

Poppy Mountain Time

By Bobby Hedge Olive Hill, Kentucky

I’m so happy it’s that September Has finally rolled around, Like all the years before I’ll soon Be Poppy Mountain bound.

Where they have a thousand acres To camp beneath the stars, And I love to drive around and look At Marty’s vintage cars.

There you can ride a mule drawn wagon Or the Poppy Mountain train, And see a hot rod parked there That’s a bright red wingless plane.

I’ll see some friends I haven’t seen Since we were there last year, And roast wieners on the camp fire And enjoy the atmosphere.

I extend this invitation And encourage one and all, To come up to Poppy Mountain For I’m you’re sure you’ll have a ball.

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Showcase Barn....

Poaceous Stone Cold Grass My Brothers Keeper Moonshine Crossing Clarence Gillum and New Ground New Kentucky Colonels The Repeating Arms Country Drive The Jenkins Twins First Time Around Pack, Combs and Smith Bluegrass Parkway (from the Land Down Under) Hollow Bodies Cornfields and Crossroads Cane Run Sharkey Farmers Kathy Gooding Whiskey Bent Valley Boys Knockin Spirits Dustin Burchett Plan B McCoy Grass Beau Lambert and the Mountain Poppers Weary Jammers Mark Whitt and Tipp City Ramblers

Hillside Tack

By Pam Hedge

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ave and I took a drive out to Hillside Tack in Estill County over Labor Day weekend and were both quite surprised by everything that is offered in the shop, owned by Tammy Cox. Help in the shop is provided by Kenney, Tammy’s husband and riding partner, I might add. He was leaving later that Saturday for a ride with a group of other riders, while Tammy was manning the shop.

Tammy told me she fell in love with horses as a little girl and has been in the saddle restoration business for about 20 years.

She had bought a saddle and wanted it fixed, but really wasn’t too impressed with the quotes she had received so decided to do it herself. Yes, she is self-taught. A girl after my own heart. Someone who is doing what they love and making a go of it.

The shop offers just about everything a horse person might need. Now, I’m not a rider myself, but it sure looked like you could walk out of there with all you would need to go for a ride. And it’s beautiful stuff too. You can really tell that Tammy cares about animals, and she will make sure you have the right equipment.

She showed me her ‘workshop’, which is just a step down from their living area. She, like me, works early in the mornings and working from your home affords you that opportunity. You can tell that love is put into everything she does. She wants it to look as good as new, or at least as close as she can get it.

You will find halters, silk scarves, rain gear, rifle scabbords, grooming supplies, spurs, girths, saddle bags, leads and so much more at Hillside Tack. There are homemade coon dog leashes and even a few dog leashes and blankets too.

And of course, you don’t have to worry about your bling while on the trail either. She has beautiful pieces of Sterling Silver and Turquoise jewelry ... earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets and belt buckles. She has a nice selection of Hats, made from both straw and Palm leaves. She has Horse Hair Hat Bands too and wants to learn to make them herself someday.

We walked around the shop and I noticed that she had other artists’ works on the walls. I saw art by Elizabeth Couch, Debbie Powell and Robbin Fassas, all local artists. She also carries buckles made with Kentucky Agates, designed by Laymon Flynn.

The official hours for the shop are daylight to 7pm every Saturday and Sunday. Since she runs the shop out of her home though, she is usually there, or close by. Give her a call to see if she’ll be around and you’ll be welcomed most any day!

Tanmy Cox, above, shows off an English saddle she has been working on at Hillside Tack in Estill County.

The middle photo shows a saddle for sale at her shop and the bottom photo shows some of the beautiful ‘bling’ available.

You can also find a Hillside Tack booth at the Real McCoy Antique and Vendor Mall on the Richmond Road.

Photos by Dave Severson

We couldn’t leave without meeting the horses, which were beautiful. You could tell just how well they are cared for. And, of course, being the dog people we are, we had to meet all the dogs.

You can tell she loves all animals, just by chatting with her.

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Fisheries project promising for anglers at Cave Run Lake

WINCHESTER – A habitat improvement project has anglers hoping for their next big catch at Cave Run Lake.

Over the next three years, natural and man-made structures will be sunk at several lake locations. These structures will provide safe cover for small fish and foraging habitat for larger fish.

Fisheries biologists from state and federal agencies are coordinating with sport fishers and volunteers to implement the project.

“The primary goal of the project, which anglers will see, is increased opportunities and places to catch fish,” said Tom Timmermann, assistant district biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in the Northeastern Fishery District.

“The structures will promote algae and periphyton growth on submerged surfaces, which will provide a food supply and refuge for small fish and aquatic insects.

“Larger fish will be attracted to the structures as feeding zones, which should be a great area to catch all the sport fish of the lake - bass, muskie and crappie,” added Timmermann.

The habitat improvement structures vary in shape, size and material but simple in design.

Wooden pallets, cable spools, concrete blocks, tree stumps and recycled Christmas trees are some of the materials

being used to develop these sunken fish attractors. Local businesses and individuals have donated much of the materials being used for the project.

“The pallets are used to create an open cage-like structure with trees strapped inside for added cover,” said Pam Martin, fisheries biologist with the U.S. Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest.

“Concrete blocks are attached to the cage to keep the structure under water, but the blocks also provide good hiding places for small fish.”

Bass, muskellunge and crappie are just a few of the sport fish expected to benefit from the improved habitat at Cave Run. The sunken brush and other material will quickly attract fish to the habitat improvement areas.

Following the recommendations of several anglers, the structures are being placed perpendicular to the shoreline with shorter parallel reefs that create a T shape.

The structures will alternate from shallow to deep, with a maximum depth of 20 feet at summer pool level.

“The perpendicular lines will allow fish usage during all stages of lake temperature changes,” said Anthony Orr with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“The shallow parallel lines will allow for small fish usage as cover, and the deeper parallel lines will allow for some warmer water cover in the

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The targeted areas for habitat improvement are Clay Lick, Stoney Cove/Adams Point, Scott’s Creek, Ramey’s Creek, Warix Run, Zilpo Flats, Cassidy’s, and Poppin Rock.

The Clay Lick and Stony Cove/Adams Point sites will be completed this year.

“Anglers should expect to see fish in these areas anytime.

They should be ready hotspots this coming fall and winter on the lake,” said Timmerman.

Anyone interested in donating material or serving as a volunteer for the fisheries project should contact Tom Timmerman at 606-783-8650 or by email at tom.timmermann@ ky.gov.

Volunteers currently participating in the project include the Friends of Cave Run, Kentucky Chapter 52 of Muskies Inc., the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, local bass fishers, and private businesses and individuals.

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Eric Baker

Estill County Extension Office

Wasps, Hornets, And Yellowjackets

Paper wasps, hornets and yellowjackets are a potential health threat to Kentuckians, especially this time of the year. Hundreds (perhaps thousands) of people in the United States die each year from allergic reactions to the venom of these insects. Wasps, hornets and yellowjackets are more dangerous and unpredictable than honey bees and should be treated with respect; nests should be eliminated with great care and in a specific manner.

Paper wasps, hornets and yellowjackets construct nests of a paper-like material which is a mixture of finely chewed wood fragments and salivary secretions of the wasps. Paper wasps typically build their umbrella-shaped nests under eaves and ledges.

These wasps are not as aggressive as yellowjackets or hornets, and can be eliminated rather easily with a wasp and hornet spray sold at most grocery and hardware stores. These formulations have an added advantage in that they often spray as far as 20 feet.

Treatment of wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets is best performed at night; paper wasps can be eliminated during the daytime provided you do not stand directly below the nest during treatment. Most wasp and hornet sprays cause insects to drop instantly when contacted by the insecticide. Standing directly below a nest increases one’s risk of being stung. Following treatment, wait a day to ensure that the colony is destroyed, then scrape or knock down the nest. This will prevent secondary problems from carpet beetles, ants and other scavenging insects.

Hornets are far more difficult and dangerous to control than paper wasps. The nests resemble a large, inverted tear-drop shaped ball which typically is attached to a tree, bush or side of a building. Hornet nests may contain thousands of wasps which are extremely aggressive when disturbed. The nests are often located out of reach and removal is best accomplished by a professional pest control firm. A full wasp suit sealed at the wrists, ankles and collar is recommended when disposing of a hornet nest. Treatment can be accomplished by applying a wasp freeze-type, aerosol insecticide or dust formulation (Sevin, or Ficam,) directly into the nest opening. Hornet nests have a single opening, usually toward the bottom, where the wasps enter and exit. It is essential that the paper envelope of the nest not be broken open during treatment or the irritated wasps will scatter in all directions, causing even greater problems. Following treatment, wait at least a day before removing the nest to ensure that all of the wasps are killed. If hornets continue to be observed, the application may need to be repeated.

Experienced pest control operators will sometimes remove a hornet nest which is attached to a branch by slipping a plastic garbage bag over the intact nest and clipping it at the point of attachment. This technique should not be attempted by anyone else and should only be done at night with a wasp suit.

Yellowjackets are another dangerous wasp encountered around homes and buildings. Nests are often located underground in an old rodent burrow, beneath a landscape timber, or in a rock wall or wall of a building. If the nest can be located, it can usually be eliminated by carefully applying a wasp spray insecticide into the nest opening. Sevin (tm), or Ficam (tm), dust is also very effective provided a handduster or similar type applicator is used to dispense

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several puffs of the insecticide dust in to the nest opening (an empty, dry liquid detergent bottle, filled no more than halfway with dust and shaken before dispensing works well). Treatment should be performed late at night after all yellowjackets are in the nest and less active. It’s best to pinpoint the nest opening during the daytime so you will remember where to direct your treatment after dark. Approach the nest slowly and do not shine the beam of the flashlight directly into the nest entrance as this may startle the wasps; instead, cast the beam to the side to illuminate the nest indirectly and place the light on the ground rather than in your hand. Similar to hornets, yellowjackets are extremely aggressive when the nest is disturbed. It may be prudent to call a professional pest control company, particularly when access to the nest is difficult.

If the nest is located away from high traffic areas, another option is to wait and do nothing. In Kentucky, wasp, hornet and yellowjacket colonies die off naturally after the weather turns cold, and the paper carton disintegrates over the winter months.

For more information, contact the Estill County Extension Service at 723-4557 or your local UK Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

Mike Reed

Powell County Extension Office

Improve your pasture this month!

With all the rain we’ve had in the past few weeks, it seems the grass and hay are finally starting to grow again. While this is not a good thing for those of us who hate to mow the yard, it is great for our pasture fields. This year with high cattle prices, and with a low amount of hay looking into the second cutting, stockpiling pastures may actually pay off for beef producers this year.

Stockpiling is simply fertilizing a pasture field, then setting it aside for a few weeks to save for a later date. Cattle will always choose to graze pasture rather than eat hay, so why not let them eat grass this fall, rather than that expensive hay? The cost of stockpiling grass is about a third of the cost of having to feed hay.

Fescue is the primary grass in most all our Powell County pasture fields. It makes a much better feed in the fall than it actually does in the summer. It is important to graze down fescue now, then apply nitrogen at the rate of 150-200 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre to stimulate lush vegetative growth this fall. Put up the fence and lock the gate and do not let cattle in these fields until Thanksgiving. They will be extremely thankful that you did.

This extra grass will give your cattle something to chew on for at least an additional month. While nitrogen prices are much higher than we would like, anything you can do to feed grass instead of hay is an economical alternative to the beef cattle producer. You can get 25 pounds of dry mater of grass for every pound of actual nitrogen you apply this month, and as Martha Stewart always says “It’s a good thing”.

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While we’re talking about hay and pasture, now is a good time to look over your pastures and take measure to improve them next month. If the weather permits, Fair Week is a good time to get grasses started. It is also the best time of year to seed alfalfa. Make sure to get soil fertility levels and your pH up to where it should be for good grass growth. A quick soil sample taken this month will take only a few days to get back to you, and then you can apply lime and fertilizer accordingly. Lime is always best applied in the fall, as it may take six months in order to be fully activated within the soil.

Kentucky Master Logger Program CE Course For those Master Loggers needing continuing education hours the next KY master Logger course will be held in September. This class will be titled: Harvest Planning & Cost - The course details harvest planning using maps and other methods to maximize efficiency on a logging job. Cost estimators will be used to determine logging rates and assistance with calculating profits. Logging systems will be compared along with a review on safety and close out the program with an introduction into the Certified Master Logger Program. Chris Will is the presenter of this program which will be held at Robinson Center, Jackson, KY, on Saturday, September 27, 2014, the training will be begin at 9 am and last until approximately 4 pm. It is a 6 CE credit course. This is also the Appalachia Proud Field Day, Celebrating 100 Years of the UK Cooperative Extension Service and participants are invited to bring their family and friends to attend the other Field Day activities. To register, call the Master Logger Office at 859.257.6230.

Green Tobacco Sickness

While we no longer have very many tobacco farmers in our area, we still will have a few who will be making their way to the tobacco patch for the last time soon. Labor day weekend was always the time we “labored” in the tobacco patch. It was no holiday, that was certain.

One of the worst Labor Day Weekends that I remember happened back in 2009, when I worked in the tobacco patch most of the day for my brother. The weather was hot and the tobacco was huge. Not only that, but the tobacco had been rained on the previous day, so every stalk was wet. I was primarily the guy on the ground lifting up the sticks to the guy on the wagon. I worked all day, then made my way back to Powell County about 6:00 p.m. that afternoon.

By the time I drove home, I was so ill, I could not hold my head up. I was dizzy and nothing would stay on my stomach. I was severely dehydrated. I can honestly say that was one of sickest days of my life. It was simply an acute reaction to the nicotine in the tobacco. Doctors, since then have diagnosed hundreds of cases of this problem in Kentucky. You probably have heard of “green tobacco sickness”. It is certainly a problem for those of us who do not use nicotine, especially those who may be working in wet tobacco this season.

Basically, the best way to avoid green tobacco sickness is to avoid working in wet tobacco. Protective clothing may also reduce the chances of reducing the absorption of nicotine in the bloodstream. Plastic, or chemical resistant gloves, aprons or boots may help. If a worker’s clothing becomes saturated with moisture from the green tobacco leaf, then workers should change into clean dry clothing.

If a worker becomes ill while working in tobacco and requires medical attention, notify doctors and nurses that the worker has been in the tobacco patch or barn. We normally see more green tobacco sickness during wet growing seasons, so this may be more

of a problem in 2014. I tend to think that people who do not use tobacco products, or those of us who only get in the tobacco patch a few days in the summer now, may also be more prone to get this problem. Whatever the conditions, or the weather, green tobacco sickness can be a real problem. Those of us who have had the condition can serve as a testimonial to that fact.

Garden Tips

We don’t want to think about it, but in the next few days, Old Jack Frost may take any or all of our flowers and vegetables. Powell County can have a frost just any time now, but there is still yard work that can be done any time in the month of October. When the frost has burnt down the tops of your cannas, dahlias and elephant ears, go ahead and dig up these bulbs, store in dry peat moss, straw or sand and put them to bed for the winter in a dry cool area where the bulbs won’t freeze during the winter such as a basement or under the house.

If you want to divide and share some of your spring flowering perennial plants such as irises, peonies and daylilies, now is the time to dig, divide and re-plant. If you don’t need all the plants you dig up, share them with your family, friends or friendly County Agent.

If tulips are what you want around the house and garden next spring, now is the time to purchase these bulbs at local nurseries and garden centers, while supplies last. Try to get them planted 6-8” in the ground before Thanksgiving. Spring bulbs planted now should bloom next March and April. If you want spring flowers blooming around Christmas, bulbs such as tulips and paper-white narcissus can be forced inside next month to be enjoyed during the holidays. While you’re shopping for bulbs at your local garden centers, go ahead and purchase an amaryllis. Planting one now will allow you to enjoy its’ pretty blooms during the holidays.

The last tomatoes and peppers of the season may still be on the vine out in the garden. Bring all the last green tomatoes in and either store them in the crisper of your refrigerator, or wrap them in newspaper and store them in the basement, cellar (does anyone have one of these anymore?), or under the house. Doing this now should guarantee a few fresh tomatoes up until the holidays.

Don’t forget about the plants out on the front porch. Whenever the weather man predicts forty degree temperatures, or less, it’s time to bring those plants in. Check plants individually-are they really worth saving first of all? Ferns, for example, are beautiful now, but once brought indoors will start to shed leaves everywhere and eventually be thrown out along with the poinsettias in January, if you keep them that long! Ferns are usually not worth the effort, unless you have a garage or heated porch to keep them alive. It’s hard to imagine but when the Powell County Fair rolls around then FALL is officially here!

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5th Quarter Returns Fifth Quarter is a time for fun, food and fellowship and will follow the Estill County High School home football games on September 12th and again on September 26th. The activities happen at the First Baptist Church in Irvine. Brother Keith Williams is Pastor.

The Estill County Quilt Trail is a project of the Estill Arts Council that soon became a true community wide project. Citizens from all walks of life, both women and men, young and old came together to help in the selection of quilt patterns and barn sites.

Monday’s soon became known as the “quilting bee” night as volunteers showed up to draw and paint for close to two years in order to complete and install over 50 quilt squares. Through this project many new friendships were made and a sense of community pride in the rich cultural heritage of the communities historic, agricultural and folk art roots was realized.

The Quilt Trail began in 2001 in Adams County, Ohio by Donna Sue Groves to honor her mother, Nina Maxine Groves a lifelong quilter. The Quilt Trail soon spread to Kentucky, Tennessee and many other states and became a destination for tourist wanting to travel the rural highways and scenic back roads in search of local cultural heritage of the communities. The project celebrates women, Appalachian heritage and honors quilters and the historic agricultural (tobacco) barns.

The Estill County Quilt Trail has been sponsored by the Estill Arts Council, Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Folklife Program, Cumberland Valley Resource Conservation & Development Council (RC&D), Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association (SEKTDA), Estill County Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club of Irvine/Ravenna, Citizens Guaranty Bank and many private individuals.

Thanks go to the Wisemantown United Methodist Church for the use of the basement to paint the quilt blocks.

Safety & Respecting Private Property

When viewing the Quilt Trail, use caution when slowing or stopping near a site. Many sites are on private property and should be viewed from the public roads, unless otherwise indicated or a business open to the public. We are indebted to our barn hosts for their generosity.

Community Chorus Update ...

Carol Anne Wilson has been named Director of the Estill County Community Chorus. Lynne Parks, founder, is not able to continue as director.

The Estill Arts Council has once again partnered with the Chorus for this endeavor and we thank them for their support.

Rehearsals for the Christmas Concert begin Thursday September 18th at 7pm at First Christian Church, Main Street, Irvine. Everyone is welcome! Auditions are not required.

Rehearsals will be every Thursday night, except Thanksgiving.

Nancy Farmer will be the accompanist with Ann Siudmak assisting with rehearsals as needed.

We are asking all former members to come back and sing with us for this very special Christmas Concert.

Music has been selected and your folders will be available Thursday night the 18th. If you have folders from the spring rehearsals please bring them with you.

Scholarships will be available if needed. Please see Carol Anne Thursday night or call her at 859-556-0163 for more information.

The Christmas Concerts will be held Friday evening December 5th and Sunday afternoon December 7th.

Hope to see you Thursday September 18th at 7pm.

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The West Irvine School monarch butterfly garden has been certified and registered by Monarch Watch as an official Monarch Waystation. The site provides milkweeds, nectar sources, and shelter needed to sustain monarch butterflies as they migrate through North America. The Four Seasons Garden club will be maintaining the garden. You can go to the www.monarchwatch.org website to find out more information.

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Here is a before and after collage picture Paula White created for the Monarch Waystation dedication held last month at West Irvine Elementary School. The before picture shows three generations working on the way station and the weedy mess that was the "garden" at West Irvine school, pictured are Barbara Welch, her daughter, Susan and granddaughter, Elizabeth. The genesis of the way station began with them. The after shot was taken a week before the dedication ceremony.

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Wilderness Wanderings . . .

By Bill Gordon Stanton, KY

What Can We Learn From A Pigeon?

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here is no doubt about it. We have a huge impact on the world around us, and an almost unthinkable capability for destruction in the pursuit of wealth, power, or conquest.

Perhaps the most disturbing example to me is the destruction of the Passenger Pigeon. This once-common bird was thought to be the most numerous bird species in America, as well as the most numerous in the whole world. In 1800 there were still 5 billion of them; by 1914 they were extinct. Gone forever from the face of the earth. All that is left are some moldering remains tucked away in glass museum cases, artist renderings, old photos, and written accounts from back in the day. Let’s take a nature detective look at what history tells us about this fascinating bird, and what we can learn from the past.

Reading descriptions of flight observation is almost unbelievable. John James Audubon wrote of a flock he observed while traveling to Louisville from Hardinsburg, KY. He said the air was so full of pigeons that the noonday sun was obscured, as if there was an eclipse of the sun. He estimated the flock to be a mile wide, and it took three days for the long meandering flight to pass over. He observed the flock for three hours, and attempted to count them. He figured there were two birds per square yard, and they were flying a mile a minute. He observed one billion, one hundred fifty million, one hundred thirty six thousand Passenger Pigeons, and that was only a small part of the total three day long flock.

He noted that the air was heavy with the odor of the birds, bird droppings fell like snow, and everywhere men and boys crowded with shotguns shooting at the low-flying birds. What a spectacle to see, and that was right here in Kentucky.

one can find “cities” recorded that covered 120 acres to many thousands of acres in size. The largest “city” recorded was in Wisconsin in 1871, that covered 850 square miles, and contained some 136 million nests. Breeding sites were recorded in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, all the New England States, and Ontario. The birds favored the vast hardwood and coniferous forests as nesting areas, which also provided ample food supplies of oak acorns, beech nuts, and maple seeds.

While nesting, often hundreds of nests would be built in one tree, and large branches up to two feet thick would break just from the weight of roosting birds and nests. One Hemlock tree counted had 317 nests in it. The ground under nesting trees would often be covered in bird droppings sometimes a foot deep. After breeding season forests would be littered with broken branches, eggs, nest materials, thick layers of droppings, and dead birds. These birds were free-roaming and the large flocks would look for suitable habitat each season to nest and raise the young. They did not return to the same nest “cities” every year.

I find their breeding habits fascinating. They were colony birds; communal nesters. That means they stayed in these large flocks, were very social birds, and helped each other raise the young birds.

The female would locate a suitable nest sight on a branch and sit there. The male would bring her small sticks and pass them to her from behind, and she would weave them into a rough twig nest.

Then he would bring finer twigs for an interior liner, the building process taking about four days. The female would lay one egg in the nest, and both parents would take turns incubating the egg while the other was off foraging. They would sometimes fly as far as fifty miles to find food, and some reports even said a hundred miles was common. Remember all this time there were many other nesting birds all around them in the tree branches.

When the baby was born the parents fed it “crop milk” for the first few days (liquefied digested food in the parent’s system), then partially digested seeds and acorns. This high concentration of pigeons attracted a wide assortment of predators: mink, fox, snakes, raccoons, opossums, bobcats; and flying predators like owls and hawks (the Cooper’s Hawk was once called the Pigeon Hawk).

They all feasted on birds foraging on the ground, fallen nestlings, and dropped eggs. They climbed the forest trees to raid nests and roosting adults. But this is all part of the natural cycle of keeping things in nature in balance and healthy. If a parent was killed the orphaned baby was fed by another adult. Sometimes a non-nesting female would lay an egg in another’s nest, allowing two babies to be born. Like schools of fish, their sheer numbers offered protection and safety. The most ruthless predator of all was man, and the westward march of European civilization quickly upset the balance and forever changed the world of the Passenger Pigeon.

Artist painting of a male Passenger Pigeon, highlighting the beautiful coloration, long pointed wings and tail.

The range of the Passenger Pigeon included most of the states east of the Rockies, typically breeding in the northern areas and wintering in the south. Breeding colonies were called “cities” and must have been incredible. Searching through historical records

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Native Americans ate pigeons, and the various tribal cultures are rich with reference to this bird in religion, art, carvings, dances, and song. It is believed that like the nomadic western tribes following the Buffalo migrations, some eastern tribes relocated near seasonal roosting and nesting sites of the Passenger Pigeon.

The first real decline of the Passenger Pigeon was caused by the destruction of the great Beech and Oak forests of the east. Habitat loss meant less area for nesting, roosting, and foraging. Colonists soon adopted the pigeon as a cheap, readily available food source.

became a free-for-the-taking food source for slaves and the poor.

In just decades, pigeon hunting became vastly improved. A hunter could easily bring down fifty to a hundred birds with one shot aimed into a flock. But lead and powder were expensive, and other methods were soon employed.

J J Audubon painting of an adult pair “billing”, part of the courtship ritual prior to mating. His paintings often showed birds in unnatural positions because he commonly shot the birds he wanted to paint.

Settlement also brought domesticated animals, particularly pigs; that competed for available beech and oak mast. Passenger Pigeon feathers became popular for feather beds and pillows, and farmers killed thousands at a time solely for their feathers. A diary account of a family in 1822 Chautauqua, NY describes killing 4,000 in one day just for the feathers. As farms and plantations grew, pigeons

Netting became the preferred method. Large tunnel nets could capture several thousand birds at a time. Millions were slaughtered and salted, then shipped to market in barrels (a huge percentage spoiling en route). More were sold live in eastern cities just for sport target practice…hence the modern trap shooting term “clay pigeons”. Farmers erected nets on their farms to capture birds for pig feed. Farmers would drive their pig herds to roosting and nesting areas, and would simply cut down the trees so the pigs could feast on the fallen nestlings. Hunters employed other means of cheap capture. Many would cut trees down; others would set trees on fire. Sulfur fires were started in nesting “cities”, and the birds poisoned with the sulfur fumes would fall to the ground from nests and perches. Others would capture live pigeons and poke out their eyes, blinding them and making them incapable of flying.

They would be placed out in fields as attractors for flocks searching for food. These were called “stool pigeons”, and became the predecessors of modern decoys. Incoming birds were then caught in large nets near bait piles of grain or salt.

In 1881 there were about 1,200 contracted professional market hunters following the flocks year round. By this time railroads crisscrossed the east, and telegraph made it possible for market hunters to stay with the flock’s every migration movement. The railroad also increased the shipping demand for cheap meat to east coast cities. There is no way to even estimate the incredible slaughter of these birds, but the records of one New York City market show they sold 100 barrels of pigeons a day, with about 30 dozen pigeons per barrel. Hunting pressure became so great that remaining flocks were widely dispersed into small flocks. The last really great “city” was reported in 1878 near Petoskey, Michigan, covering an area of about 100,000 acres. The pigeons in this nesting site were slaughtered by the market hunters. Perhaps we could have still had live Passenger Pigeons today if it weren’t for their communal breeding habits. As the large flocks disappeared, the birds weren’t able to reproduce enough to sustain themselves. Some conservationists of the day and zoos tried to breed them in captivity, but the remaining birds couldn’t or wouldn’t reproduce. It seems they lost the will or ability to survive.

Some foresaw the demise of this bird as early as 1850, and they encouraged legislation to regulate hunting. By 1880 states began enacting regulatory laws, but none were taken seriously and the pressure continued. Regulations were poorly enforced or completely ignored. Pennsylvania, one state enacting protection laws, has not one single record of an arrest made protecting nesting areas. Relentless hunting continued until the last known wild Passenger Pigeon was shot near Sargents, Ohio by a boy named Press Southworth in March, 1900 with a BB gun. The last surviving captive bird was named Martha, and she died in the Cincinnati Zoo early in the afternoon on September 1, 1914. Her body was frozen in a block of ice and sent to the Smithsonian Institution. There she was skinned, dissected, photographed, and stuffed. She is currently in the archived collection and not on display. There is a stuffed specimen on display at the Chicago Natural History Museum.

As I write this final addendum today, July 23, 2014 there are about 10,000 known species of birds in the world. About 1,200 of them are listed as being threatened for extinction. Since European colonization of North America started, another 190 species have already quietly passed into extinction, most you’ve never even heard of. Many species are teetering on the brink of extinction with less than a hundred living birds left. Of the remaining species, many are in rapid severe decline, up to 90% in the last 30 years. www.atcky.com

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September 27 - October 4 In Support of Powell County Cancer Survivors and in Memory of Lost Loved Ones

Decorate your home or business during this week and show your support.

Purple is the color of HOPE, the color the Survivors wear as they walk the track. Show the Survivors that the people of Powell County are behind them 100% and that you stand together to FIGHT BACK against cancer.

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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT, LEXINGTON, KY 40546

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Tuesday, October 7th, 2014

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Open to the Public at No Charge!

Free Lunch & Door Prizes!

Come join us for a resource fair to provide senior citizens, as well as caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren, information regarding the services available to them.

There will be numerous booths set up with free information and materials covering topics, such as Healthcare, Insurance, End of Life, Mental Health, Physical Health, Rehabilitation, Transportation, Housing, Recreation, and more.

Pre-registration is preferred. People who pre-register by September 26th will be provided a free lunch and be eligible for door prizes. registration is free by calling 606-723-4557.

For more information, call Chelsea Bicknell Estill County Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at 606-723-4557 www.atcky.com

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Yards to Paradise

Trees Bloom in Fall?

By Max Phelps

Trees blooming in late summer and fall are indeed pretty scarce, and this is what induces you to stop in your tracks and look closer when you see a lovely tree in bloom from the Fourth until frost.

I am going to begin with a favorite of mine, the franklinia alatamaha or “Ben Franklin Tree”. This rare (extinct in the wild) tree blooms in September and October about the time the leaves color up. Hardy from Pennsylvania to north Florida, this Georgia native is related to the gordonia and the sweet bay magnolia (even been crossed to create a new tree, the gordlinia). The deciduous tree is about the size of a dogwood, or the sweetbay magnolia.

The white small magnolia-like flower is particularly lovely when the backdrop is red or burgundy leaves in October. In the summer, it resembles the sweetbay. The Franklinia is a tough one to grow.

This is what makes it so rare. I’ve purchased a potted tree a couple times and a balled and burlapped one once--but I suppose all are dead, although I’ve not been back to look about one I planted in Brodhead, Kentucky in 2000. Very rarely will you see a franklinia tree for sale, anywhere.

Another marvelous looking surprise is the pinkish blooming chitalpa, and it’s parent the desert willow or chiliopsis. Tolerates zone 6, and poor soils. Blooms in August, with flowers in clustes that show well. (The chiliopsis is hardy to zone 7, and is crossed with zone-5-hardy catalpa to create chitalpa.)

The ‘beebee tree’ or tetradium daniellii (formerly euodia daniellii or evodia huphensis) has large compound leaves sort of resembling Kentucky coffee tree or perhaps an ash tree. It’s claim to fame is blooming vigorously in the August time frame (and attracting lots of honeybees--if there are any left to attract after all the mites and ‘colony collapse’--that we still don’t know whether to blame on Monsanto or cell phone towers).

Crepe myrtle trees are probably on about everyone’s list of summer flowering trees. They come in white, pink, red, and lilac or purple. Many new varieties and also several dwarf sizes are available for use in about any spot in the landscape, or as a street tree. Colorful peeling bark, especially on the white Nachetz cultivar, is a big additional plus to the crepe myrtles. Bad winters can make them freeze back to the ground in Kentucky, but they will re-grow from the stump if that happens.

Prunus autunmalis, or the fall-and-spring blooming higan cherry, is a low-mess flowering cherry and should be obtainable from a few select garden centers.

The sophora, commonly called the pagoda tree, is a white or pink blossoming tree of summer. This Chinese and Korean native will do quite well in our area, and should be planted more often.

About the size of a dogwood, franklinia or chitalpa, so is suitable for small yards and even under tall power lines.

“Summer Snowflake”, viburnum plicatum tomentosum, blooms from spring to late in the year. This white doublefile viburnum, also call Japanese snowball bush, can self-seed, but the Summer Snowflake variety from Monrovia is sterile.

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shrub or small tree. I’ve seen them big as a white crepe myrtle almost, and at a distance can be confused with the same. The wood will stand colder winters than crepe myrtles, but may still freeze back in zones 4 and 5.

Maackia amurensis, or Amur maackia is a cold hardy tree with upright green to white flower clusters in mid summer. This tree would be large as a red maple eventually.

Smoke bush, mimosa, rose of sharon and golden rain trees are additional options I will mention for summer blooming, and let the reader research and decide if these might be for him or her. All of them can become a bit weedy or invasive, but are much liked by hummingbirds and other wildlife.

Calycanthus floridus, or Carolina allspice, is a native with burgundy to pink to greenish blooms that are fragrant, especially if picked or bruised. Not real showy, but up close in a mostly to partly sunny spot, this shrub can be a treat in the backyard hideaway and retreat.

Butterfly bush, and also vitex negundo or vitex agnes castus, make lovely butterfly-attracting shrubs. (Possibly small tree if bottom limbs all removed.) Vitex is shaped like a seven sons or crepe myrtle with blue and purple blooms, and butterfly bush (buddleia davidii) ranges from white to pink to dark blue/purple.

Bees, butterflies, and birds will appreciate these in the yard.

Caryopteris or bluebeard is a deciduous shrub with blue blooms in August or September. Should be used more often in landscapes, especially the less formal looking ones. (Does not shear well if you like everything trimmed with hedge trimmers and all squared up!)

Only gets about four feet tall.

Oleander is a popular option in tropical areas and as far north as Myrtle Beach. This highly poisonous tree has pink blooms on it all summer and fall--you’ve seen them if you’ve stayed at a motel near a beach somewhere.

Let’s conclude with a white hydrangea that is not particular and blooms much of the year, hydrangea paniculata or peegee hydrangea.

When you see a tree blooming in summer or fall, will it be one of these you’ve discovered or learned more about here today? And when you want some landscaping at your place, or possibly when moving to that dream home of the future, will you choose one of these uncharacteristic bloomers or will you go with the Bradford pear, redbud, dogwood and forsythias that are so plentiful? I enjoy trying something new, and perhaps I have inspired or bugged the reader today to also think outside the proverbial box when looking for some new plants and trees for their place.

The author is a landscaper. Visit www.rockcastles.net or email Max: pondbuilder@hushmail.com

“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

•Mother Teresa

COLOR OF HOPE Hospice 5K Color Run

Saturday, October 11, 2014 • Irvine, Kentucky On-Site Registration & Check-In: 8 AM - 8:45 AM • Race Begins: 9:00 AM It’s not timed because, well, it’s all about FUN. Prepare for a party of color at the finish line. Wear white and bring a camera: you’ll want to share pics of yourself doused in a rainbow of color. Oh, and the best part? You get to have a great time, get a little excercise, AND you’re doing GOOD: all proceeds go to Hospice Care Plus! Win-win!

Register now for the event known as the happiest run/walk in the world: the COLOR RUN! Early Registration Fee: $20 Deadline September 19th, 2014 by 5:00 pm.

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About Hospice Care Plus All proceeds from the Color of Hope 5K for Hospice will go to Hospice Care Plus, a non-profit organization serving Estill, Jackson, Lee, Madison, Owsley and Rockcastle counties.

Hospice Care Plus and the Hospice Care Plus Compassionate Care Center provide hospice, palliative, and grief support care to patients, families, and the community, regardless of ability to pay.

We have proudly served the area since 1981.

So, what IS a Color Run? It’s a run or walk, but it feels much more like a party. There’s usually live music and other perks at the finish line. Then, of course, what makes it distinctive is the color. At intervals along the course, you’ll be dusted with a brightly colored powder. Then, at the end, the REAL color-fun begins: several volunteers with several bright colors will make a rainbow out of you! The powder, by the way, is cornstarchbased, non-toxic, and non-permanent.

Handy Tips!

Wear white or light-colored clothes. You’ll want the color to show!

Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes. No one will be tossing the colorful powders at your face (well, unless you WANT them to!), but it’s a good idea to cover them up, just in case.

Don’t forget the camera! Or, at least have someone at the finish line ready to take your pic. Sharing your rainbow-colored self on Facebook or other places is a HUGE part of the color-run fun!

Bring a towel. You might want to dust some of your rainbow off before you get into your car.

But, I’ve never done a 5K! This is an untimed race. That doesn’t mean you can’t use it as a way to set a goal for yourself, though. If you’ve never done a 5K, this is the PERFECT place to start: non-threatening, enjoyable, and fun! Set a goal. It may be that you simply want to finish a 5K, regardless of whether you walk or run--or both. It may be that your goal is to run or jog the entire 3.1 miles. There are many resources online to help you prepare for a 5K, especially if you hope to jog or run the entire distance. Google “couch-to-5K” for great resources. If it isn’t your first 5K, you can still set a time goal and keep time yourself. www.atcky.com September 2014 35

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PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS APPLIANCE SALES AND SERVICE Buck Gas Logs, Radient Heaters, Gas Ranges, Gas Water Heaters

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Large assortment of pilot assemblies, thermo couples, switches and gas valves. Gas tanks for sale too!

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Tack & Saddle Repair

HILLSIDE TACK SADDLE REpAIR

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!

nEw & uSED TACK Buy • Sell • Trade

606-723-0071

USED AUTOS

Marcum’s Auto Sales

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Saturday, 8am to Noon Closed Sunday

Douglas & Debra Dooley Owner/Managers

339 Dry Branch Road - Irvine

606-723-2858

THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR BUSINESS! CALL 606-723-0478 FOR MORE INFORMATION

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By The Moons September 2014 10th-11th ���������Seeds planted now will tend to grow poorly and yield little.

12th-13th ���������Good for planting root crops. Good days for transplanting.

14th-16th ���������Seeds planted now tend to rot in the ground. Last two days good for killing plant pests and cultivating.

17th-18th ���������Fine for potatoes, turnips, onions, carrots, beets and other root crops. Plant seedbeds and flower gardens now. Good days for transplanting.

19th-23rd ���������A most barren period, best for killing plant pests, or doing other chores.

24th-26th ���������Good days for planting peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, Texas, and California. Excellent for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers.

27th-28th ���������Excellent time for planting aboveground crops that can be planted now, including leafy vegetables, which will do well.

Start seedbeds.

29th-30th ���������Clear fencerows, woodlots and fields, but do no planting.

OCTOber 2014

1st-2nd ������������Plant tomatoes, peas, beans, and other aboveground crops, indoors in the North and outdoors in lower South.

3rd-4th �������������Poor planting days. Do general farm work and clear land, but do no planting.

5th-6th �������������Good days for planting aboveground crops, extra good for vine crops, where climate is suitable.

7th-8th �������������A barren period.

9th-11th �����������Good days for planting beets, carrots, onions, turnips, and other hardy root crops where climate is suitable. Good days for transplanting.

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.

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All Things Country will be on Poppy Mountain and invite you to stop by and say hello! We’ll be set up on the Bass Fiddle Campground, almost to the turn up the hill!

Stop and sign our guest book, too! We’d love to meet you. September 2014 www.atcky.com

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Mercy Medical Clinic of lee County A Service of Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital Personal, primary care in your community.

Our clinic has extended hours and same-day appointments are available

James B. noble, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.

Heather Price, APrn

www.marcumandwallace.org

Mercy Medical Clinic of Lee County 1025 Grand Avenue Beattyville, Kentucky

To schedule an appointment:

(606) 464-8806 Mercy Irvine, September 2014 Court, www.atcky.com 4060

KY 40336

ClInIC Hours: Monday-Wednesday - 8:30 am – 5 pm Thursday - 8:30 am – 6:30 pm *Late-night clinic Friday - 8:30 am – 12 Noon