CHRISTMAS PARADE

Christmas in Stanford

The “Christmas in Kentucky” parade in Stanford on Dec. 3 was a huge success, with over 100 float entries and the largest number of Snow Queen candidates to date. The parade, which lasted over two hours, was filmed for a Great American Family Media film called “Christmas in Kentucky.” The event drew thousands to Main Street in Stanford.

Christmas in Crab Orchard

Granger Tate Adams, 5 months old, poses for a picture with Mr and Mrs Santa Claus Granger’s mother is Brandy Shaffer, of Crab Orchard

Santa and Mrs Claus, along with their helpers, made a stop in Crab Orchard to hand out presents and candy

Rake left-over leaves from lawn and garden

Plant summer flowering bulbs

Wash off outdoor patios and furniture

Clean Grill and fill propane tanks

Replace storm windows with screens

Clean Windows and doors

Clean gutters

Powerwash house siding

Till your garden spot

Buy new lawn mower

Make your own To-Do-List

McKinney—One of Kentucky’s Oldest Towns

McKinney, Kentucky is an unincorporated census-designated place in the heart of Lincoln County. Centrally located about seven and one-half miles southwest of the county court house, it has an estimated population of 98 people. McKinney became something of a boom town when the Cincinnati Southern Railroad came through in 1877, as hotels and other businesses sprang up around the depot.

Originally known as McKinney’s Station, it was founded by Archibald McKinney prior to 1792 on land that eventually became part of a 4,000 acre tract. McKinney descendants also settled McKinney, Texas. A much larger town than its Kentucky namesake, with a population of over 200,000.

These girls finished with a 26-10 record, winning the 45th District tournament and the 12th Region, before advancing all the way to the semi-finals of the state tournament

Their head coach, Cassandra Peek McWhorter, was a key player on the 2001 LCHS team that made the school’s first girls state tournament appearance The girls opened with an overtime win over Clay County (56-50), then beat Magoffin County (72-59), before falling to a very talented Marion County team (61-40).

In the state tournament, the individual scoring per game for Lincoln County was: Emily Fox, 19 points per game; Sydney Harris 11 6; Kourtney Belcher, 7 6;

Both Sydney Harris and Emily Fox were named to the All-Tournament team, the first Lincoln County players, boys or girls, to receive that honor The core of this team would repeat as 12th Region champs the following year, but they suffered a first-round loss in the state tournament Congratulations to this great group of young women on this well-deserved honor.

Note: As of our printing deadline for this issue, the 2022-23 Lincoln County High School girls team had finished their season with a semi-final district tournament loss and a final record of eleven wins against eighteen losses. We will have an update on the LCHS boys season in our next issue, but they were moving on to the Regional tournament

Local Sports Coverage

WPBK provides consistent, professional coverage of the athletes and games in Lincoln County

Daily Sports Reports with Tim Estes

Live Radio play-by-play coverage by Brad Smith and Dustin Oney

Free, Live video streams of select events

Our first staff consists of Lincoln County natives who have played and coached sports in Lincoln County. They walk the fine line of being supportive of the teams they cover, without being biased homers. We're proud to be the media partner of Lincoln County Schools and we work hard to provide this valuable service to our community!

The Nov. 2022 election brought many changes to Lincoln County leadership. The county elected a new JudgeExecutive, Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Jailer and Property Valuation Administrator. Each new leader was asked to share their main goals that they hope to accomplish during their term:

Judge-Executive James Woods Adams III

Expand out high speed broadband internet services throughout Lincoln County – Quality internet access provides opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, along with improving the value of real property values

Upkeep of County Roads – Open ways of safe travel protects our citizens of Lincoln County

Expand Economic Development - More employment opportunities for Lincoln Countians to provide for their families – With more jobs, comes demand for housing, restaurants, services, etc

Create and promote positive atmosphere - Encourage local agencies to work together for a common goal of making Lincoln County a better place in which to live Each agency alone is not as strong as multiple agencies working in unison to bring a more efficient product/service to the citizens of Lincoln County

Property Valuation Administrator Mary Adams

“My main goal as Lincoln County’s PVA is to serve honestly and faithfully, and to keep my promise to work hard for my county every day Another goal I have is to develop better working relationships with other county offices, and officials, so we can share resources and work more effectively for the citizens of Lincoln County

I’ll continue to improve access to the PVA office by updating our website and offering different subscription levels to that website (check out the new daily rate!) I’ll keep property owners informed by using social media, as well as traditional media, like local radio, magazines and newspapers My team and I have already seen results from our push to get the word out about the homestead exemption If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me

Harness said his goals for his term are: to set the bar statewide for Jailers without Jails on job duties and responsibility; to create an efficient work detail program to benefit the county providing but not limited to litter/ roadside clean up, and inmate work release program; to work with Local Law Enforcement to create an efficient transport procedure; and to educate the public on what all a Jailer with no jail is responsible for and duties that they perform

After winning the primary election in May, Hines said he began meeting with surrounding sheriff’s offices similar in size to start a game plan Hines said his goals for his term include:

• pay increase for deputies, additional manpower

• equipment upgrades

• maintain a newer fleet of cruisers

• see deputies become great investigators & create a desired work environment Hines said the Sheriff’s Office has already been able to accomplish some of his goals including pay increase for deputies from $16 50 an hour to $19 50 and additional manpower with two new positions, bringing the total to 10 deputies

I would like to thank council members, guests, family members and employees. This group of employees and the legislative body has made the job of mayor easier than one would think. Through your hard work and deduction the city looks better and better, and is on target to continue growing and moving forward

Over the last two years, it has been my goal to get the city out of debt. I would like to formally announce as of Jan. 5, 2023, the city is debt free! This was accomplished by the hard work of each city department creating realistic budgets and understanding the difference between needs and wants

The city has purchased the Street Department its own building and we are currently looking at purchasing new equipment to enable them to provide more service to our citizens. The Fire Department is currently staffed the majority of the time which allows for quicker response to all calls in the city The Police Department has an updated fleet and is currently fully staffed with 15 full-time and two part-time employees

With all the great things that are going on, we are still facing some major challenges in the city. A large percentage of our citizens are traveling out of the city and county daily for work. The Industrial Authority is addressing this issue but it is hard to attract larger business to our job market in a town with no rail service the city’s top prior of life for all citizen

The City Council passed an Economic Incentive package that has helped get Pitman Creek Wholesale, Cumberland Family Physicians and Volunteers of America in Stanford.

I need everyone to understand that there are some things that cannot be discussed at any time with job recruitment until they are building the building Remember, when talking about our city, be positive! You never know who is listening.

I am fully aware of the current decline in population and lack of available housing in the city This is currently being addressed by working with developers and possible annexations

With all of this being said, it has truly been a great year for our city. We hosted the Jeep Siege and the Fort Siege, entertained celebrities, filmed a Christmas Special and celebrated the 40th anniversary of our Christmas Parade that brought widespread attention to our beautiful town, now have increased interest from the film industry, and the 250th anniversary Celebration is just around the corner

I am looking forward to helping Stanford continue to grow with the help of everyone. The future is ours. There are tremendous opportunities on the horizon. Are you going to kill it or are we going to help it grow?

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Leadership Continued From Page 18

The first goal I have for the Circuit Clerk’s office, and for which I have already taken steps to implement changes to address, has to do with the cross-training of the deputy clerks In particular, I have implemented the cross-training of an assistant bookkeeper When I was elected to this office one of the first things I discovered was that the primary bookkeeper was the only deputy clerk who performed the daily accounting activites of the office In theory, when only one person is overly depended on for this function and that person had an unforeseen but serious medical episode it would put a strain on the daily functioning of the office

In areas of the office besides bookkeeping I have also implemented the cross-training of several other deputy clerks This additional cross-training allows my deputy clerks to have a better grasp of sectors of the office besides the one where their primary focus has historically been I think this is a big plus for the taxpayers of our county

Another goal I have is to utilize emerging technologies to better serve Lincoln Countians When I assumed my duties as your Circuit Court Clerk, I discovered that even something as basic as our office phone system was terribly antiquated. We also had folks serving on jury duty who were not receiving text alerts informing them when they needed to report Some jurors never received any texts, some received them for a while but stopped receiving them through no fault of their own On one occasion the Chief Deputy and myself literally made individual phone calls to each juror informing them whether to report for jury duty We have received a new phone system in the last couple of weeks that will hopefully help address this issue

In partnership with the Lincoln County Fiscal Court, LCSO has purchased new Panasonic Toughbooks and printers

Historically, the LCSO has only been able to purchase used vehicles to maintain the fleet Hines said he would like to see the office purchase new cruisers and maintain a newer fleet “There will be an upfront cost but I foresee a reduction in vehicle repair and maintenance with a newer, reliable fleet of cruisers,” he said Hines said he wants deputies to have the time and skills to devote to solving their cases, following an arrest through with a solid conviction

“Lastly, myself and Chief Deputy Brandon Curlis want to create an environment that will result in the deputies being proud of where they work, citizens will be confident their issues will be addressed, and an environment that creates a family atmosphere in the Office that benefits not only the Deputies, Court Security Officers, and Clerks but the citizens we serve.”

Clarification

In the election results article in the previous edition I wrote that both Denny Lair and David Gambrel had each served six terms as the Property Valuation Administrator for a combined total of forty-eight years

To clarify Denny Lair had a five year term from 19931998 due to the 1992 Constitutional Amendment that changed the election cycle and had longer office terms for that first term afterwards So Denny Lair actually served twenty-five years

Did you know

The office that is now the Property Valuation Administrator has gone through several name changes, having the current name since 1969 From 1918 to 1969, it was called the Tax Commissioner, and prior to that was the Tax Assessor Since the current designation of the office, only four people have occupied it in Lincoln County: Minor Teague (19691973), Denny Lair (1973-1998), David Gambrel (19982022), and Mary Adams (2022-Present)

Jonathan L Smith, Lincoln County Historian

Events Calendar Provided by The City of Stanford

March 16th - Homemaking on the Frontier Lincoln County Public Library Program at 6:00pm.

March 14 & 24 - City of Stanford-Spring Clean Up Days

April 1st - Easter Egg Hunt at Logan’s Fort from 12 Noon - 1:30.

April 8th - Wildflower Walk at Logan-Hubble Park at 9:00 am. Meet in front of Shelter 4 parking lot.

April 15th - Bluegrass Greensource Mainstreet Cleansweep / East Kentucky PRIDE from 9:00 am - 12 noon Meet in front of the Chamber of Commerce Office at 201 East Main Street in Stanford We will also be having a Prescription Drug Take Back Event on that same morning

April 27th - William Whitley House opens for the season Our hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm

Thursday - Saturday till October 28th

April 28th - Wilderness Trail Jeep Club at the William Whitley House Historic Site

April 29th - Wilderness Trail Jeep Siege of Logan’s Fort.

May 6 - William Whitley House Endowment Fundraiser-Kentucky Derby Brunch at the Ballroom from 11am - 1:00pm

May 11 - Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce at Englewood Estates 5:30pm

May 19 - 21, Siege of 1777 at Logan’s Fort 6th Annual Event

June 3rd - Community Shredding Event from 9:00am - 12 noon in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse at 102 East Main Street in Stanford

June 6th - Kick off for the Summer Reading Program with inflatables at the Lincoln County Public Library

June 10th - Logan-Hubble Memorial Park Youth Fishing Derby Open to youth under 16 and prizes will be given out

July 4th - Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the front steps of the courthouse Tentative date set for the dedication of the new Habitat Humanity House on Martin Luther King Street.

July 25th - End of Summer Reading Program Event with inflatables at the Lincoln County Public Library.

August 18th - PBK Bank & WPBK Death Valley Bowl

(Garrard vs Green County) & (Lincoln County vs Casey County)

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