Lincoln County Living Summer 2023

Lincoln County Living

GRADUATE EDITION

EASY SUMMER RECIPES

DENTAL MONTH

HEALTHY CHOICES

2023 LCHS GRADUATES

NANCY JACKSON

VOTENOV7TH

29 + YEARS WORKING IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE

"EXCELLENCE THROUGH EXPERIENCE"

ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM, WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY.

EVERY DAY WE ARE AMAZED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO USE INNOVATION, IDEAS, AND SERVICES TO MAKE OUR JOBS SO MUCH EASIER. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION US!

EACH TIME WE PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER ISSUE OF LINCOLN COUNTY LIVING MAGAZINE, WE'RE OVERJOYED BY THE FACT THAT WE GET TO FULFILL OUR MISSION BY DELIVERING A QUALITY MAGAZINE THAT IS FILLED WITH LOCAL CONTENT THAT WE HOPE MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND CREATES A SMALL PIECE OF HISTORY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY.

WE SEEK TO TELL STORIES THAT UPLIFT THE GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND TODAY WE GET TO DO JUST THAT WITH YOUR HELP, AND WE ARE SO GREATLY THANKFUL.

WE DEPEND ON ADVERTISING SALES TO PRINT THIS MAGAZINE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR ADVERTISERS, CONTRIBUTORS AND SUPPORTERS

IF YOU HAVE STORIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE MAGAZINE, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT:

KAREN@SIMPUBLICATIONS.COM OR KAREN@SIMCORPCONSULTING.COM

SINCERELY,

KAREN MOSES, PUBLISHER & EIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

THE LINCOLN COUNTY LIVING MAGAZINE HAS BEEN TRADEMARKED AND COPYRIGHTED ALL MATERIALS USED IN THIS MAGAZINE IS THE PROPERTY OF LINCOLN COUNTY LIVING MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ARE CREDITED TO THE SUBMITTERS WE BASE OUR INFORMATION ON FACTS NOT OPINIONS NO PART OF THIS MAGAZINE MAY BE USED OR REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER, KAREN MOSES WE ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED

QUINOA AVOCADO SALAD

WATERMELON, CUCUMBER & FETA SALAD

INGREDIENTS

2 TABLESPOONS LIME JUICE OR AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE

2 ½ TABLESPOONS AVOCADO OIL

¾ TEASPOON GARLIC POWDER

½ TEASPOON SALT

¼ TEASPOON GROUND PEPPER

3 ½ CUPS COOKED QUINOA ANY COLOR, COOLED

2 MEDIUM RIPE, BUT NOT TOO SOFT, AVOCADOS, CUBBED

1 ½ CUP GRAPE TOMATOES, HALVED OR ANY FRESH TOMATOES

1 CUP DICED CUCUMBER OR AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE

½ CUP CHOPPED FRESH CILANTRO

2 SCALLIONS, SLICED

DIRECTIONS

WHISK LIME JUICE, OIL, GARLIC POWDER, SALT AND PEPPER IN A MEDIUM BOWL ADD QUINOA, AVOCADOS, TOMATOES, CUCUMBER, CILANTRO AND SCALLION; STIR GENTLY UNTIL COMBINED

INGREDIENTS

½ CUP RED-WINE VINEGAR

2 TEASPOONS HONEY

¼ TEASPOON SALT

¼ TEASPOON GROUND PEPPER

¼ CUP EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

5 CUPS CUBED SEEDLESS WATERMELON

1 ENGLISH CUCUMBER, CHOPPED

6 OUNCES CRUMBLED FETA CHEESE

½ CUP THINLY SLICED RED ONION

DIRECTIONS

STEP ONE:

WHISK VINEGAR, HONEY, SALT AND PEPPER IN A SMALL BOWL; GRADUALLY WHISK IN OIL UNTIL COMPLETELY INCORPORATED

STEP TWO:

COMBINE WATERMELON, CUCUMBER, FETA AND ONION IN A LARGE BOWL GENTLY STIR IN 1/2 CUP OF THE VINAIGRETTE REFRIGERATE FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES OR UP TO 2 HOURS

STEP THREE: DRIZZLE WITH THE REMAINING VINAIGRETTE

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LCHS 2023 GRADUATES!

STOCKYARDS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE LCHS GRADUATES!

THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE

FRUIT SALAD IS RICH IN NUTRIENTS LIKE IRON, POTASSIUM AND VITAMIN B6 THESE NUTRIENTS ARE BENEFICIAL FOR HEALTHY BLOOD CIRCULATION, AS IT INCREASES THE FORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS. FRUITS ALSO AID THE SYNTHESIS OF HEMOGLOBIN WHICH MAKES THEM ESSENTIAL IN PREVENTING ANAEMIA

FRUIT SALAD IS VERY HEALTHY FOR THE BODY AND IT IS FAR BETTER THAN ANY JUNK FOOD TRY REPLACING YOUR DAILY JUNK FOOD SNACKS WITH FRESH FRUIT OR A FRUIT SALAD TRY TO EAT IT FRESH TO OBTAIN ALL THE ADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH FRUIT SALAD REMEMBER THAT EVERY FRUIT IN A FRUIT SALAD HAS ITS OWN BENEFITS SO, COMBINING THEM GIVES YOU A WIDER VARIETY OF BENEFITS. ADD FRUIT SALAD IN YOUR DIET AND NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR GENERAL BODY HEALTH.

Healthy Salads Heart Healthy

HOW YOUR FOOD IS GROWN OR RAISED CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT ORGANIC VEGETABLES OFTEN HAVE MORE BENEFICIAL NUTRIENTS, SUCH AS ANTIOXIDANTS, THAN THEIR CONVENTIONALLY-GROWN COUNTERPARTS AND PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES TO FOODS, CHEMICALS, OR PRESERVATIVES MAY FIND THEIR SYMPTOMS LESSEN OR GO AWAY WHEN THEY EAT ONLY ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

ORGANIC PRODUCE CONTAINS FEWER PESTICIDES CHEMICALS SUCH AS SYNTHETIC FUNGICIDES, HERBICIDES, AND INSECTICIDES ARE WIDELY USED IN CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE AND RESIDUES REMAIN ON (AND IN) THE FOOD WE EAT

ORGANIC FOOD IS OFTEN FRESHER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONTAIN PRESERVATIVES THAT MAKE IT LAST LONGER

BUY YOUR PRODUCE LOCALLY AND HELP SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMERS.

Healthy Choices

Various salad dressings can be found at your local grocery store. There are currently quite a lot of interesting and different flavors out there to choose from, but making your own dressings is the best way to know exactly what you are putting into your body and you can keep up with how many actual calories you are consuming.

Next, you can start looking for fresh, locally grown produce that you would like to make your salad with Remember, you have to think about it carefully because after all, it will all go into your stomach

To start living a healthy lifestyle, making health choices may be difficult to do -- so it is necessary to do it slowly, little by little. It's okay if you have to eat other types of food, just try to always take the time to accompany it with fresh, organic fruits and vegetables from your local farmers.

Maybe for fruit salads, it won't be so difficult to make a healthy choice, because fresh fruit has natural sugars that may be helpful in curbing your appetite for processed sugars.

healthy life!

Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

DIJON MUSTURD

CRUSHED OR MINCED GARLIC

SEA SALT

BLACK PEPPER

DIRECTIONS:

IT'S BEST TO TASTE AS YOU GO YOU HAVE TO SUIT YOUR OWN TASTE ADD A LITTLE AT A TIME UNTIL IT'S YOUR FAVORITE DRESSING

Simple Everyday Salad Dressing

A FAVORITE EVERYDAY SALAD DRESSING RECIPE THAT GOES WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING! FEEL FREE TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE BATCH! YOU CAN ALSO ALTER THE INGREDIENTS TO YOUR LIKING

INGREDIENTS

3 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL

1 SMALL MINCED GARLIC CLOVE

1 AND ONE HALF TABLESPOON FRESHLYSQUEEZED LEMON JUICE OR YOU CAN USE RED WINE VINEGAR OR A LITTLE OF BOTH

½ TEASPOON DIJON MUSTAR

½ HALF TEASPOON FINE SEA SALT

1/4 QUARTER TEASPOON FRESHLY-CRACKED BLACK PEPPER

INSTRUCTIONS

COMBINE INGREDIENTS, WHISK TOGETHER IN A SMALL BOWL UNTIL COMPLETELY COMBINED.

SERVE IMMEDIATELY OR STORE IN THE REFRIGERATOR UP TO 7 DAYS IF YOU CHOOSE TO REFRIGERATE THE DRESSING, IT WILL NEED TO BE SHAKEN AGAIN BEFORE SERVING.

Photos submitted by: Robert Meadors | High Top Road | Corbin KY "THANK A FARMER"

LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Congratulations Class of 2023

ADAMS, SIERRA ADKINS, TYLER ALLEN, MADISON

ANDRUS, DELANIE

BACK, MICHAEL

BACK, PRESTON BAKER, ISAIAH

BALLARD, ELIZABETH BANKS, DUSTIN BARNES, JUSTICE BARRETT, KATIE

BEDWELL, TIFFANY BEGLEY, LEXANDRA BENNETT, BAYLEIGH

BENNETT, TREVOR BERRY, CONNOR BLANTON, LILLY BOOZE, JOE BOURNE, MALANEY BOYD, HUNTER BRANHAM, JOSEPH

BROCK, PAYTON BROWN, HADDEN BROWN, TATUM BRUMETT PLEASANTS, MATTHEW

CALDWELL, NOAH CALFEE, HANSON BYRD, PAYTON

CARMAN, ERIN CHAVEZ, CASSIUS CLARK, KAYSEA COFFEY, STEPHEN COFFMAN, JADYN COFFMAN, KATELYNN COLE, CHARLES

COLEMAN, CAMERUN

COYNE, BRIANNA

COLEY, ALLAYNA CONLEY, CHEYENNE COOK, HANNA COOK, MARISSA COOK, MYAN CORNETT, JESSICA

CRISWELL, JAMES CROWE, AIDAN CURLIS, TATE DAGLEY, DAKOTA DAILEY, JAMES DAUGHERTY, ASHTON

DAWSON, MALAYSIA

DOUGLAS, ACIE

DEATHERAGE, JIMMY DEES, DESARAY DENNEY, SUMMER

DENNY, OLIVIA DESHON, ALYSSA DOSS, HUNTER

DOWNS, LANDYN DUNCAN, ZACHARY DURHAM, ISAIAH ELKINS, DANIEL ELKINS, RILEE ELLISON, NATHANIEL

ESTES, EMILY

GRAY, BRIAN

FLETCHER, MADISON FORD, RYAN GIBSON, ROSS GONZALEZ, TRINITI GOOCH, REAGAN GOODIN, MICHAEL

GRIFFIN, BAILEY GRIFFIN, MICHAEL GRIFFIN, REAGAN GRIFFIN, RILEY HAFLEY, LINDA HALCOMB, ELIJAH

HAMILTON, LILLIAN HANLEY, HUNTER HARRINGTOM, EMILY HARRIS, COLTON

HARRIS, SOPHIA HAYES, NATALIE HAYNES, ALYSSA

HAZLETT, EMMA HENSLEY, MERCEDES HERRING, DUSTIN HODGE, AUSTIN

HODGE, JOSEPH HODGE, KELSIE HOLTZCLAW, DAKOTA

HUMPHERY, DEVIN

KIDD, KACI

HUMPHREY, CHRISTIAN ISON, TABIHA JOHNSON, ETHAN JONES, JACKSON JONES, JAYLIN KEATON, JACOB

KIDD, JADYN KING, JADEM KING, MAELYNN KIRK, RICHARD LAKE, JOHNATHON LANHAM, CASANDRA

LARK, LAYNE

MARTIN, LOGAN

LEAR, DAKOTA LEWIS, JACOB LOWE, ANDREA

LYNN, DAVID MAREK, COLTON MARTIN, KELSEY

MCANINCH, JANSEN MCCANEY, MADISON MCCONNELL, ZACHARY MCMILLION, DAMON MILLER, ANALYIA MOORE, JORDAN

MULLINS, RAVEN

PADGETT, KILEY

MULLINS, ZANE NAPIER, SHELBY OAKES, JON OAKS, AIDEN OSBOURN, GENTRY OWENS, JIMMY

PARRETT, NATHAN PATEL, DIYA

PEMBERTON, JAMES PERKINS, CHLOE PERRY, FATE PEYTON, MATTESON

PHILLIPS, MICAH PITTMAN, CHLOE PITTMAN, JESSICA POTTS, JENSEN

PREWITT, STEPHANIE PRIETO, KENNETH RALSTON, CHLOE

RALSTON, COLTON RAMIREZ-MARTINEZ ESTRELLA RAMIREZ, ALICIA RAMSEY, PEYTON

RAMSEY, TANNER RANDOLPH, MIGUEL RELEFORD, EMMIE

REYNOLDS, SETH ROACH, ISABELLE ROBERTS, KAYLEE ROBERTSON, KAEGAN ROGERS, BLAKE RUIZ, CRISTIAN SAYLOR, JEFFREY

SEBASTIAN, BRITTANY

SHELLY, DEVON SHERON, TESLA SILER, KAIDEN

SMITH, KATHERINE

SMITH, LANDON SNEED, COLE SNEED, KAYLEE SNOW, ALEXIS SPARR, CONNOR STAMPER, KENNEDY

STATON, TESSA

STULL, DESIRE TAYOR, ALYVIA TILLEY, ANTHONY

TROYER, SAMUEL

TURPIN,BRANSEN UNERWOOD, MADDISON

WALLIN, MICHAEL

WARREN, LEEVI WEBSTER, MEGAN WEST DURBIN, BRAYDEN WHEELER, RAYNA WHITAKER, JOSHUA WHITING, DARTANIAN

WILSON, BENJAMIN WILSON, JAMES WILSON, SHELBY YODER, LUCUS

NOT PICTURED GRADUATES

ABNER, JEANA

ALCORN KELVIN

ANDERSON CHRISTOPHER

BAILEY BRYON

BULLOCK DUSTIN

CARRETERO, EMILY

COLEMAN, MADISON

CRAWLEY, JORDAN

DAVIS, JACOB

GALLAHER, ASHLEY

HIPPS TIFFANY

JUDY GRACIE

LAND KRISTINA

MATTHEWS MARISSA

MITCHELL CHRISTIAN

PERRY TANNER

PRICE LOGAN

RICHARDSON FAHAD

VICE SAMUEL

WALTERS BRADLEY

YORK, ALLISON YORK LAKYN

SIMS, JACKSON SLONE, ALEXIS SMITH, JALEN

EDITOR’S NOTE: IN THE LAST ISSUE, WE PRESENTED A WORK OF HISTORICAL FICTION BY LOCAL HISTORIAN JONATHAN SMITH, BASED ON A TRUE STORY FROM AUGUST 1890 WE CONTINUE WITH OUR MADE-UP REPORTER, JOHN ROBERT RAMSEY, NICKNAMED “REX”, BECAUSE HIS FIRST STORIES FOR THE PAPER WERE TRAIN WRECKS THE DETAILS OF THE PEOPLE AND FACTS ARE REAL, AS THEY WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME THE REPORTER’S CONVERSATIONS AND, IN THIS CASE, THE COURTROOM ARGUMENTS, ARE FICTITIOUS BUT ARE BASED ON TRUE FACTS. ANY NAMED PERSON OTHER THAN THE REPORTER IS AN ACTUAL PERSON WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER

A JUSTIFIED KILLING (A REX RAMSEY REPORT)

IT WAS A LATE AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER 1890 I WAS SITTING AT MY WRITING DESK IN THE MAIN STREET NEWSPAPER OFFICE WHEN J B PAXTON, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.

HE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MY BOSS, THE PAPER’S EDITOR, WHO THEN CALLED FOR ME TO COME UP FRONT I AM NOT INTIMIDATED BY LAWYERS BUT NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM TALKING TO ONE.

“REX,” PAXTON STARTED OUT IN A FRIENDLY WAY, “I READ YOUR ARTICLE ON TOM MARTIN’S KILLING OF AL CAMDEN ARE YOU COVERING TOM’S PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION HEARING TOMORROW?”

By Claudia Alves Photographer

“YES SIR, I AM. THAT’S THE BIGGEST NEWS IN TOWN RIGHT NOW AND I’M MR WALTON’S BEST REPORTER ”

WHEN I SAID THAT, I GLANCED AT MY EDITOR WHO NODDED SLIGHTLY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE WHILE LISTENING.

“GOOD,” SAID THE ATTORNEY AS HE HANDED ME A PIECE OF PAPER “THAT’S A SUBPOENA I’M PLANNING ON CALLING YOU AS A WITNESS TO TESTIFY ABOUT WHAT TOM MARTIN SAID TO YOU ”

MR. WALTON SPOKE UP THEN, “LOOK HERE, J.B., I’LL NOT HAVE YOU CREATE A CHILLING EFFECT ON OUR ACCLAIMED REPORTING BY CALLING MY REPORTERS AS WITNESSES YOU’RE GOING TO IMPACT THE GOOD SERVICE WE PROVIDE THE COUNTY WE OPERATE UNDER THE RIGHTS GUARANTEED IN UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND YOU WON’T TRAMPLE ON THEM!”

“CALM DOWN IT’S A SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT TOM MARTIN SAID TO REX WHEN ASKED FOR A COMMENT I WON’T BE INFRINGING ON YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ”

PAXTON LOOKED AT ME IN A SERIOUS WAY AND SAID, “I’LL SEE YOU AT NINE-THIRTY TOMORROW, REX DON’T MAKE ME SEND THE SHERIFF AFTER YOU ”

HE TURNED AND WALKED OUT AS I LOOKED OVER AT MR WALTON HE MERELY WINKED AT ME CONFUSED, I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THIS

“NOT AT ALL, REX. I HAVE TO TAKE A HARD POSITION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS OR WE WILL GET PUSHED AROUND, BUT THIS IS NO BIG DEAL JUST GO TELL THE TRUTH AND JUDGE VARNON WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FROM THERE HE’S A GOOD MAN AND A FINE JURIST ”

THIS ALL STARTED SATURDAY NIGHT IN ROWLAND. IT WAS THE THIRD KILLING IN AS MANY MONTHS THIS TIME TOM MARTIN, THE TOWN MARSHAL, WAS THE KILLER ALBERT CAMDEN, AN L&N EMPLOYEE, WAS THE DECEASED

I ALMOST SAID HE WAS THE VICTIM, BUT CLEARLY HE WAS NOT.

PAT RILEY, ONE OF THE ROWLAND ROWDIES, HAD GOTTEN DRUNK AND DISORDERLY IN MRS DAN COLLIER’S HOUSE SHE SWORE OUT A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST, BUT WHEN MARSHAL TOM MARTIN WENT TO ARREST RILEY, AL CAMDEN INTERCEDED AND LEVELED A SHOTGUN AT THE MARSHAL, WHO TURNED ON HIS HEELS AND RETURNED TO THE COURT HOUSE TO OBTAIN A WARRANT FOR AL CAMDEN

WHEN MARSHAL MARTIN RETURNED TO ROWLAND, HE FOUND AL CAMDEN IN DALE WOLFORD’S STORE AND ATTEMPTED TO ARREST HIM

CAMDEN DREW HIS WEAPON FASTER BUT THE MARSHAL GOT OFF HIS SHOT FIRST THE BALL WENT RIGHT THROUGH AL CAMDEN’S HEART, KILLING HIM ALMOST INSTANTLY.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL FROM A WELL-KNOWN CAST OF CHARACTERS. MRS. COLLIER, GEORGIA ANN JENNINGS COLLIER, WHO SWORE OUT THE WARRANT ON PAT RILEY, IS THE STEP-DAUGHTER OF AL CAMDEN

AL WAS MARRIED TO ELIZABETH JENNINGS, KNOWN AS THE WIDOW JENNINGS SHE WAS ALSO THE MOTHER OF MISSOURI JENNINGS, NOW THE WIDOW OF BOSS HAMILTON.

YOU’LL REMEMBER THAT BOSS HAMILTON AND BOB FERGUSON KILLED EACH OTHER IN A POINT-BLANK DUEL BACK IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR TROUBLE AND KILLING SEEMED TO ORBIT AROUND THESE PEOPLE.

I HAD FOUND OUT ALL THE FACTS AND WRITTEN A STORY ABOUT THE KILLING CAMDEN WAS A CLEVER, GOOD-HEARTED MAN AND WELL BEHAVED CITIZEN, EXCEPT WHEN HE WAS DRINKING

WHEN INTOXICATED, HE WAS BOISTEROUS AND QUARRELSOME AND HAD GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO MUCH TROUBLE IN THAT CONDITION THIS TIME, IT GOT HIM KILLED

I WENT TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT AFTER GETTING THE SUBPOENA, AND WOKE UP THINKING ABOUT BEING CALLED AS A WITNESS IN BETWEEN THAT, I SLEPT PEACEFULLY AND GOT UP RESTED AND READY

I WAS IN THE COURT HOUSE WELL BEFORE THE HEARING STARTED AND SAW ALL THE PLAYERS WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE COURTROOM DRAMA. COUNTY ATTORNEY J.B. PAXTON, WHO HAD SERVED THE WARRANT, ACKNOWLEDGED MY PRESENCE WITH A COURTEOUS HEAD NOD

AT THE OTHER TABLE TO HIS RIGHT, WAS THE ACCUSED, MARSHAL TOM MARTIN, AND HIS ATTORNEY W.E. VERNON, A GIFTED AND SUCCESSFUL YOUNG ATTORNEY.

AT THE APPOINTED HOUR, JUDGE THOMAS W VARNON, ENTERED THE COURTROOM AND THE PROCEEDINGS CAME TO ORDER THE CLERK CALLED

THERE WAS NO JURY OF PEERS. JUDGE VARNON WOULD MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER TOM MARTIN WOULD STAND TRIAL

VARNON WAS ORIGINALLY FROM BOURBON COUNTY AND HAD STUDIED LAW AT TRANSYLVANIA IN LEXINGTON HE CAME TO STANFORD ABOUT TWENTY YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR AND HAD SERVED FIVE TERMS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COUNTY JUDGESHIP AFTER THE PRIOR OFFICE HOLDER DIED

HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT INTELLIGENCE AND WAS WELL-REGARDED BY ALL WHO CAME BEFORE HIM HIS COURTROOM WAS OPERATED WITH DECORUM AND ALL LAWYERS AND LITIGANTS WERE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY

“HONORABLE MR PAXTON, IT IS YOUR CASE AND YOU SHALL BEGIN”, THE JUDGE DECLARED

“MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT, YOUR HONOR WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE TOM MARTIN, A SWORN OFFICER OF THE LAW, TOOK ACTIONS THAT HE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WOULD INCITE THE VICTIM TO RESPOND IN SUCH A MANNER THAT MR. MARTIN WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN USING DEADLY FORCE I PROFFER, YOUR HONOR, THAT TOM MARTIN WITH PREMEDITATION PLANNED TO KILL ALBERT CAMDEN AND THEN THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, CARRIED OUT A PREMEDIATED MURDER ”

JUDGE VARNON INTERJECTED, “DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS OR JUST YOUR OPINION?”

“I DO,” RESPONDED PAXTON I CALL JOHN ROBERT RAMSEY TO THE STAND

JUDGE VARNON LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, “YOU MEAN REX, THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER?"

“I DO YOUR HONOR, HIS GIVEN NAME IS JOHN ROBERT RAMSEY REX IS HIS NICKNAME ”

W E VERNON, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY WAS ON HIS FEET “OBBBB-JECTION, YER HONNOR ” THE WORDS CAME FAST AND FORCEFUL

I’LL CONSIDER THE OBJECTION, MR VERNON, AND WILL MAKE A DECISION ON MR RAMSEY TAKING THE STAND AFTER MR. PAXTON

FORBEGINNERS Gardening Tips

CHOOSETHERIGHTCONTAINERS

Lookforonesthatareatleast12inchesdeepandhave gooddrainage Youcanuseclaypots,plasticpots,orboxes madeofwood Don'tusecontainersthataretoosmall becausetheymightdryouttoofast

USEGOODPOTTINGSOIL

Pottingsoilismadetobeusedincontainers,soitismuch lighterandhasmoreholesthanregulargardensoil This keepswaterfromgettingstuckandhelpsthelanddrain well

CHOOSETHERIGHTPLANTS

Chooseplantsthatcangrowwellincontainers Herbs, tomatoes,lettuce,andothersmallvegetablesareall goodchoices Don'tplantbig,sprawlingplants becausetheymightoutgrowtheirpots

WATERYOURPLANTSOFTEN

Plantsinpotshavesmallerrootsystemsthanplantsinthe ground,sotheycandryoutmorequickly.Makesureto wateryourcontainergardenoften,butdon'twaterittoo muchbecausethatcancauserootrot.

FERTILIZEYOURPLANTSOFTEN

Plantsincontainerstendtouseupnutrientsfasterthan plantsintheground,sotheyneedmorefertilizer Usea balancedfertilizer,likeonewiththeformula20-20-20,and followthedirectionsonthelabel

COMMON CONCERNS & QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERED

Can you have a service or visitation with cremation?

Absolutely. While several folks choose a simple cremation with no services based on either financial burdens, distance of family members, privacy , or just simply their beliefs, many families in our area are still very traditional and feel the need for a final goodbye and ceremony. While many packages are available to suit everyone ’ s needs, the full service ceremony is done in a manner which is just like a normal funeral, with the exception of going to the cemetery It can quickly reduce the cost of traditional services by almost half.

Do most people take the ashes, or are they buried or what happens after?

The laws do not recognize cremated remains as a human body after cremation has taken place, therefore there are no restrictions on what you may do Some choose burial of cremains, scattering , splitting the cremains amongst several family members or simply keeping them home in an urn. Though there are no state or federal laws banning these practices, certain public areas or cemeteries may have restrictions and its always best to check with those facilities before scattering

Do you provide the urn or is the family responsible?

All cremated remains will be put into a temporary urn container but many families choose an urn from here We offer a wide variety of urns, smaller keepsake urns and even personalized cremation jewelry that can hold cremated remains

After 35 years in the funeral home business, Shane Young and his wife Sherry, have brought a first to this area with the building of Central Kentucky Cremation, located in Lancaster, Ky They are extremely proud of being one of the first stand alone crematories in this region and proudly serve all surrounding counties Their experience in caring for families in an understanding and empathetic way, helps ensure the families that they are getting the best attention to detail and professionalism possible When your loved one is brought into their facility, you can be rest assured that they are involved in every process and detail from start to finish, ensuring that you get the services you are expecting. Call them today at 859-792-2621 or go to their website at www ckccrematory com for any inquiries you may have

KEEPING YOUR LOVED ONES

Why are cremation trends rising?

While cost is on everyone ’ s mind in today’s world, finances are not the driving force of why cremation rates are rising With society being more transient, and family members are spread greater distances from one another, its getting harder to get everyone together for a traditional services People’s changing mindsets on the environment also plays a large role, not wanting to utilize grave space for an infinite number of years, cemeteries requires a lot of area on the planet and some believe the less of a carbon footprint they leave the better

Can you pre plan or pre pay cremation services ?

Yes you can By prepaying for services , it saves you money by locking in the current price You can prepay in full during the arrangement conference or even set up on monthly payments. Preplanning is important because new cremation laws are in effect that makes the process easier There is now a pre-need cremation authorization form expressing your wishes and a funeral declarant form where you can designate one individual to be in charge of your wishes, and no one can go back and change it ensuring you are having the type of service you want Cremation paperwork regarding next of kin is very strict, and this form prevents a tremendous mount of problems when death occurs.

WHAT CLIE BOUT US

“WE WERE SO PLEASED THAT EVERYTHING WAS KEPT WITHIN OUR WISHES: SIMPLICITY AND GENUINE COMPASSION IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE COST GIVEN TO US AT OUR PRE-PLANNING MEETING WAS THE SAME THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL I WILL CERTAINLY RECOMMEND YOU TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR YEARS TO COME ” SUSAN B

SOME GAVE ALL

Memorial Day, sometimes called “Decoration Day”, is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday in May, set aside to honor those who have died while serving our country

In reality, we get a holiday that was paid for by others, at a cost that is incalculable, and those who paid for it are mostly forgotten over time. Let’s take a moment to recall the deaths of two men fighting for our young country in its infancy. It happened at Logan’s Fort in 1777. The Native Americans who attacked the fort were paid mercenaries of the British, making them enemy combatants of the Americans.

Two Logan’s Fort men died during that battle. First, William Hudson died immediately when he was shot while guarding Mrs. Ben Logan, Mrs. William Whitley, and another woman, all of whom had ventured out of the fort to milk some cows.

Burr Harrison, who was wounded but retrieved and brought into the fort by the heroic efforts of Ben Logan, subsequently died from those wounds 7 days later.

We honor those two early soldiers of our country, as well as the hundreds of thousands of others who perished and made the ultimate sacrifice, while fighting for our rights and freedoms.

Remember, all gave some, but some gave all. William Hudson and Burr Harrison gave all the ultimate sacrifice of their lives right here in Lincoln County.

LOGAN'S FORT REPLICA, AT THE END OF DR M L KING STREET IN STANFORD

- Jonathan L Smith, Historian

HONORING

GEORGE O. “SONNY” SPOONAMORE, IV (1959 - 2023)

LINCOLN COUNTY COURT CLERK SONNY SPOONAMORE PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 27, 2023 AT AGE 63.

SONNY WAS APPOINTED TO THE OFFICE IN 2005 BY R.W. “BUCKWHEAT” GILBERT, WHO WAS THE COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE AT THAT TIME, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF SONNY’S FATHER GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE III, WHO ALSO PASSED AWAY WHILE IN OFFICE. GEORGE O. WAS 70 YEARS OLD AND WAS IN HIS THIRD TERM WHEN HE PASSED.

SONNY SERVED THE LAST TWENTY-ONE MONTHS OF HIS DAD’S THIRD TERM, WAS ELECTED IN HIS OWN RIGHT IN 2006, AND THEN RE-ELECTED IN 2010, 2014, 2018, AND 2022. TOGETHER, GEORGE O. AND SONNY SERVED 29 YEARS IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE. PRIOR TO THAT, BILL FOLGER HAD SERVED FOR 24 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING.

ON MARCH 6, 2023, LINCOLN COUNTY JUDGE-EXECUTIVE WOODS ADAMS APPOINTED SONNY’S SON, STREET, TO SERVE UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. STREET, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME IS GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE V, IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT GEORGE O. SPOONAMORE TO HOLD THE CLERK’S OFFICE.

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

SPRING SPORTS BRIEFS FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL…

THE TRACK & FIELD TEAM, UNDER COACH JOSE POPE, SAW FOUR PLAYERS QUALIFY FOR THE STATE MEET: GERMANI CROSBY (SHOT PUT), ZYANYA CROSBY (DISCUS), PAYTON BYRD (200 METER DASH), AND KEATON PENDLETON (LONG JUMP).

BASKETBALL RECAP

LINCOLN COUNTY’S TREMANE ALCORN EYES THE BASKET FOR A FREE THROW DURING THE PATRIOTS’ 57-50 LOSS TO PULASKI COUNTY IN THE 12TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BOYS FINISHED WITH A 24-10 RECORD AND ALMOST REPEATED LAST SEASON’S REGIONAL TITLE. ALCORN WILL CONTINUE HIS CAREER AT BEREA COLLEGE, WHILE HIS TEAMMATE, COLTON RALSTON, WILL PLAY AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY. THEIR LEGENDARY COACH JEFF JACKSON RECORDED HIS 400TH COACHING VICTORY AT LCHS DURING THE SEASON.

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, COACH JAMES JACKSON RESIGNED AFTER HIS SECOND SEASON AS THE LADY PATRIOTS COACH. CAITLIN PARSON (NEE HALL), A 2016 GRADUATE OF LCHS WAS HIRED ON MAY 18TH TO LEAD HER ALMA MATER AS THE PROGRAM’S EIGHTH HEAD COACH. FANS WILL REMEMBER HER PLAYING FROM 2012-2016 WITH HER TWIN SISTER CRISTIN, WHO WILL JOIN HER AS AN ASSISTANT COACH

THE 2023 PBK-BANK & WPBK-FM DEATH VALLEY BOWL XXVI

GAME 1: GARRARD COUNTY VS GREEN COUNTY

GAME 2: LINCOLN COUNTY VS CASEY COUNTY

AUGUST 18TH, 2023

GERMANI CROSBY, ONLY A FRESHMAN, BROUGHT HOME HER SECOND STRAIGHT AA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE GIRL’S SHOT PUT

THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM COACHED BY BRANDI BAKER FINISHED WITH A 12-13 RECORD AND A FIRST ROUND LOSS IN THE 45TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. THE TOP HITTERS WERE SOPHOMORE EMILY JEFFRIES ( 468) AND FRESHMAN MCKENZIE SHELTON ( 444) THEY WERE ALSO THE TOP PITCHERS ON THE TEAM, WITH SHELTON PICKING UP SIX WINS IN SIXTEEN STARTS

THE BOYS BASEBALL TEAM COACHED BY BRYAN MOBERLY POSTED A 16-17 RECORD AND ALSO SUFFERED A FIRST ROUND LOSS IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT JUNIOR TWINS SAWYER ( 360) AND SETH ( 326) HORTON WERE THE TOP HITTERS ON THE TEAM A ROSTER FULL OF PITCHERS ALLOWED THEIR SKIPPER TO SEND TWELVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS OUT TO TAKE A TURN ON THE MOUND.

IN TENNIS, COLTON RALSTON BECAME THE FIRST LCHS SINGLES PLAYER TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT SINCE HIS COACH COLIN HART DID IT IN 2014.

LCHS FRESHMAN GERMAN CROSBY WON HER SECOND STRAIGHT AA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPINTHESHOTPUTEVENT

BOYLE COUNTYFAIR

SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH

ALL PAGEANTS WILL BE HELD AT BOYLE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ADMISSION $10

IT'S TIME FOR FUN!

AT THE WHITAKER BANK BOYLE COUNTY FAIR

June 13th - 17th, 2023

THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH – GATES OPEN AT 6:00 P M , ADMISSION $15

6:00 P.M. SHEEP SHOW SPONSORED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY

STOCKYARDS

6:00 P M CARNIVAL OPENS

7:00 P.M. TNT TRUCK/TRACTOR PULL POINTS PULL SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY TRUST BANK

7:00 P M KIDS PEDAL TRACTOR PULL REGISTRATION OPEN

7:30 P M KIDS PEDAL TRACTOR PULL

AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAGICIAN MARK COMLEY SHOWS NIGHTLY DOC COMLEY’S MEDICINE SHOW “MAGICAL ELIXIR” SHOWS

NIGHTLY JURASSIC DINOSAUR ENCOUNTER

PETTING ZOO

HELICOPTER RIDES

FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH-GATES OPEN AT 6:00 P.M., ADMISSION $15 NO REENTRY

9-10:00 A M RABBIT SHOW SPONSORED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY

1:00 TEEN INTERVIEWS BEGIN

2:00-2:45 PRETEEN REGISTRATION 3:00 TEEN PAGEANT BEGINS 3:00 PRETEEN INTERVIEWS BEGIN

STOCKYARDS

10:00 A.M. POULTRY SHOW SPONSORED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY

STOCKYARDS

6:00 P M BEEF SHOW SPONSORED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY

STOCKYARDS

6:00 P M – CLOSE CARNIVAL OPENS

MONDAY, JUNE 12TH–GATES OPEN AT 6:00 P M (NO CARNIVAL)

PRETEEN PAGEANT BEGINS 6:30 P.M. FUN DOG SHOW REGISTRATION 7:00 P M FUN DOG SHOW BEGINS

TUESDAY, JUNE 13TH -GATES OPEN AT 6:00 P M , ADMISSION $15

6:00 P.M. CARNIVAL OPENS

7:00 P M CHAMPIONSHIP KITPA TRUCK & TRACTOR PULL

SPONSORED BY APEX PLUMBING

8:00 P.M. CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAGICIAN MARK COMLEY SHOWS NIGHTLY

DOC COMLEY’S MEDICINE SHOW “MAGICAL ELIXIR”

JURASSIC DINOSAUR ENCOUNTER

PETTING ZOO

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH-GATES OPEN AT 6:00 P M , ADMISSION $15

6:00 P.M. GOAT SHOW SPONSORED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY STOCKYARDS

6:00 P M CARNIVAL OPENS

7:00 P.M. CHAMPIONSHIP GARDEN TRACTOR PULL

8:00 P.M. CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAGICIAN MARK COMLEY SHOWS NIGHTLY

DOC COMLEY’S MEDICINE SHOW “MAGICAL ELIXIR” SHOWS

NIGHTLY

JURASSIC DINOSAUR ENCOUNTER

PETTING ZOO

HELICOPTER RIDES

SPONSORED BY

7:00 P M YOUNG N WRECKLESS DEMO DERBY SPONSORED BY BOB ALLEN

7:30 P M MULLET CONTEST AND BEARD CONTEST REGISTRATION

8:00 P M MULLET CONTEST AND BEARD CONTEST BEGINS

8:00 P M FAMILY NIGHT GAMES

PIZZA EATING CONTEST (SPONSORED BY LITTLE CAESARS)

MOON PIE EATING CONTEST FOLLOWING PIZZA EATING CONTEST

AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAGICIAN MARK COMLEY SHOWS NIGHTLY DOC COMLEY’S MEDICINE SHOW “MAGICAL ELIXIR” SHOWS

NIGHTLY

JURASSIC DINOSAUR ENCOUNTER

PETTING ZOO

MOBILE DAIRY CLASSROOM

HELICOPTER RIDES

SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH-GATES OPEN AT 6:00PM, ADMISSION $15 NO RE-ENTRY

6:00 P M – CLOSE CARNIVAL OPENS

6:30 P.M. CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION

7:00 P.M. CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT

7:00 P M YOUNG N WRECKLESS DEMO DERBY SPONSORED BY BOB

ALLEN

7:30 P.M. MULLET CONTEST AND BEARD CONTEST REGISTRATION

8:00 P M MULLET CONTEST AND BEARD CONTEST BEGINS

AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAGICIAN MARK COMLEY SHOWS NIGHTLY DOC COMLEY’S MEDICINE SHOW “MAGICAL ELIXIR”

JURASSIC DINOSAUR ENCOUNTER

PETTING ZOO

HELICOPTER RIDES

10:00 A M – 3:00 P M ENTER NON-PERISHABLE AND PERISHABLE ITEMS (CHECK WEBSITE FOR DETAILS)

What's happenin' in Crab Orchard?

IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL CRAB ORCHARD IS FILLED WITH SPECTATORS TO CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING GOING ON IN CRAB ORCHARD THESE DAYS!

ACCORDING TO CITY CLERK NANCY BAKER AND MAYOR JESSE HARRIS, CRAB ORCHARD IS MOVING FORWARD ON SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING BUILDING A STAGE IN THE VETERAN'S PARK IN ORDER TO HOST BANDS, THE JULY 4 MISS CRAB ORCHARD PAGEANTS, A FARMER'S MARKET AND LIVE MUSIC ON A REGULAR BASIS

THE CITY HAS STARTED THE DEMOLITION OF TWO ABANDONED AND BLIGHTED HOMES IN TOWN AND HAS CLEANED UP AN AREA OF OLD TREES BEHIND THE PAST TIME CAFE

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FAMILY DOLLAR TREE HAS BEGUN

THE CITY OF CRAB ORCHARD ALSO RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW FIRE AND RESCUE TRUCK. THE NEW TRUCK REPLACES THE OLD ONE THAT WAS TOTALED IN 2021

IN ADDITION, THE CITY HAS PERFORMED $59,000 WORTH OF MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS TO WATER TOWERS AND HAS INSTALLED NEW SECURITY CAMERAS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED THROUGHOUT TOWN FOR THE SAFETY OF LOCAL RESIDENTS

THERE’S LOTS HAPPENIN’ IN CRAB ORCHARD THESE DAYS! YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE BY FOLLOWING THE CITY OF CRAB ORCHARD FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY VISITING THE CITY’S WEBSITE ATWWW.CRABORCHARD.KY.GOV.

CRAB ORCHARD - HOME TO ONE OF STATE’S LONGEST RUNNING JULY 4 CELEBRATIONS

BY ABIGAIL ROBERTS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

WHEN IT COMES TO PARADES – NO ONE DOES IT QUITE LIKE CRAB ORCHARD AND NOT MANY HAVE DONE IT QUITE AS LONG AS CRAB ORCHARD, ESPECIALLY THE JULY 4 PARADE

MARTHA BASTIN CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN CRAB ORCHARD BACK IN 1974 SHE WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND ALBERT BASTIN WAS HER TEACHER “THAT YEAR WE LEARNED TO SQUARE DANCE,” SHE SAID BASTIN AND HER CLASSMATES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED SQUARE DANCING DURING THE PARADE MARTHA SCOTT AND HER HUSBAND NEWLAND WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CELEBRATIONS, SHE SAID “SHE MADE PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE FLOATS TO GO IN THE PARADE, IF NOT MORE,” BASTIN SAID

AMONG THE NUMEROUS FLOATS IN THE PARADE WAS A LARGE LOG CABIN, A REPLICA OF A GAZEBO THAT WAS AT THE SPRINGS HOTEL AND A REPLICA OF THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE

THE DETAILS ON THE FLOATS WERE INTRICATE AND HIGHLIGHTED VARIOUS HISTORICAL SCENES AND SITES OF THE CITY OF CRAB ORCHARD ANOTHER LARGE PART OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS WAS AN ANNUAL HORSE RACE AT SPORTSMAN’S HILL AT THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE

SPORTSMAN’S HILL IS TOUTED AS THE PLACE WHERE HORSE RACING IN AMERICA WAS BORN THE OVAL COURSE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY WILLIAM WHITLEY WHO SNUBBED THE ENGLISH WAYS AND RAN HIS RACES COUNTERCLOCKWISE

BASTIN SAID THE RACES WERE ALWAYS FUN “IT WAS PRETTY FUN I RAN IN IT ONE YEAR BUT IT WAS IN THE ‘80’S,” SHE SAID “BECAUSE MRS SCOTT OWNED THAT PROPERTY OUT THERE WHERE THE RACE TRACK IS, I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND PRACTICE SO COME THE DAY FOR THE RACE, AND I TAKE OFF AND I’M FLYING AROUND THROUGH THERE AND I THINK I’M IN THE LEAD AND I GET OVER TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE RACETRACK AND HE CUTS ACROSS THE TOP HE JUST TURNED AND WENT ACROSS THE TOP EVERYBODY ELSE WENT ON,” BASTIN SAID LAUGHING MARTHA SCOTT WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE THE PARADES A SPECTACULAR EVENT, BASTIN SAID "SHE ORDERED ALL OF THIS MEMORABILIA,” SHE SAID, POINTING TO VARIOUS PIECES FROM PAST PARADES INCLUDING BICENTENNIAL PIPES, GLASSES, ASHTRAYS AND PENDANTS “EVERYBODY GOT INTO IT THERE WERE BABY CONTESTS THEY HAD ARM-WRESTLING CONTESTS THEY HAD HORSE PULLS” SHE SAID “THEY HAD THE MISS CRAB ORCHARD PAGEANT ”

IN PHOTOS OF PAST PARADES, THE STREETS OF CRAB ORCHARD ARE PACKED WITH SPECTATORS, MEN IN SUSPENDERS WATCHING THE HORSE-PULLING CONTESTS WHILE WOMEN IN BONNETS CARRYING PARASOLS WAVED FROM THEIR FLOATS

ACCORDING TO NEWS ARCHIVES, THE CRAB ORCHARD BICENTENNIAL, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 1975, BROUGHT NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE TO THE SMALL TOWN THE TOWN ENJOYED A BURGOO DINNER WITH BEANS AND COLESLAW BEFORE ENJOYING THE LARGEST PARADE IN THE CITY’S HISTORY THAT YEAR TOMMY HODGE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE BEARD CONTEST AND DOLLY MIRACLE BEAT KAY SHELTON FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE “HUSBAND-CALLING” CONTEST DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM WHITLEY WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED AND MRS VIRGINIA SHAW GAVE THE HISTORY OF CRAB ORCHARD “THERE WAS STUFF GOING ON ALL OVER TOWN LIKE I SAID THEY HAD ARMWRESTLING, ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD THINK OF WE HAD SQUARE DANCING, OF COURSE THE HORSE RACES,” BASTIN SAID “MARTHA SCOTT TRIED TO MAKE IT PERFECT ”

DURING ONE OF THE EARLY CELEBRATIONS, SCOTT EVEN WROTE AND DIRECTED A PLAY, WHICH WAS ACTED OUT AT THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE “ONE YEAR SHE SAT AS ESTHER WHITLEY AND TOLD ESTHER WHITLEY’S STORY,” BASTIN SAID “LATER ON DURING THAT WEEKEND THEY HAD WILLIAM WHITLEY DAY - I THINK THAT WAS IN 1980, WHEN THEY INVITED ALL OF THE WILLIAM WHITLEY DESCENDANTS IN ” BASTIN SAID SHE PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE PARADES IN THE EARLY DAYS, WHETHER IT WAS ON A FLOAT OR ON THE BACK OF A HORSE

THE PARADE HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF THE CRAB ORCHARD COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS AND CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN EVENT FOR THE TOWN EACH YEAR

BYABIGAILROBERTS CONTRIBUTINGWRITER

SUMMER FLOWERS AT THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE IN CRAB ORCHARD

SUBMITTED BY ABIGAIL ROBERTS

What's happenin' in Hustonville?

THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN HUSTONVILLE, ACCORDING TO MAYOR TIM SMITH! HUSTONVILLE IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF RENEWING ITS MORELAND WATER TANK, WHICH IS PHASE 1 OF A LONGTERM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SMITH SAID THIS WILL HELP MAINTAIN CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR THE HUSTONVILLE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

HUSTONVILLE CITY HALL HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH SEVERAL CHANGES INCLUDING A SMALL REMODEL –THE CITY BUILT A MEETING ROOM FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OTHER SMALL EVENTS THIS HAS HELPED CREATE A MORE INVITING ATMOSPHERE WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE CITIZENS TO ATTEND MEETINGS," SMITH SAID

THE CITY OF HUSTONVILLE HAS REALIGNED EMPLOYEES TO BETTER FIT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE PROMOTION OF ROBIN SULLIVAN TO CITY CLERK SHE AND THE REST OF THE STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB," SMITH SAID "THE WHOLE TEAM HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES TO GIVE THE CITY A NEW LOOK AND NEW ATTITUDE "

AS YOU STROLL THROUGH HUSTONVILLE IN THE COMING DAYS YOU WILL SEE LARGE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY PARK "THIS WILL BE JUST IN TIME FOR HUSTONVILLE HERITAGE DAYS FESTIVAL ON JUNE 23 AND 24," SMITH SAID "THE FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE GAMES, FOOD TRUCKS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND BEST OF ALL, A TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND INTERACT WITHIN OUR GREAT CITY "

DOWNTOWN HUSTONVILLE HAS SEEN RAY'S PIZZA PLACE ADD A NEW PULSE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WELCOMES A NEWLY OPENING BUSINESS BEYOND RUBIES, WHICH WILL HOLD SMALL EVENTS AND CONDUCT WEEKLY ART CLASSES

HUSTONVILLE WATER WORKS HAS ALSO CREATED A FACEBOOK PAGE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH WATER CUSTOMERS ABOUT CHANGES IN THE WATER SYSTEM AND ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE. WE WILL ALSO CREATE A HUSTONVILLE CITY FACEBOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED OF CITY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS HUSTONVILLE WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO BE THIS SUMMER!

What's happenin' in Stanford?

IF YOU’VE DRIVEN THROUGH STANFORD LATELY, YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED LOTS OF ONGOING PROJECTS IN THE WORKS!

STANFORD MAYOR DALTON MILLER SAID THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN THE CITY INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CLINIC OF CUMBERLAND FAMILY PHYSICIANS NEAR WALMART

SINCE SOME OF THE CITY’S GAS LINES ARE OVER 70 YEARS OLD, ATMOS ENERGY HAS BEEN MAKING NECESSARY UPGRADES THAT MILLER SAID WILL MAKE EVERYTHING SAFER IN THE CITY.

THERE IS CONTINUED ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON U S 27 NORTH WHICH AIMS TO FIX TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHILE ALLOWING THE GROWTH OF STANFORD.

MILLER SAID STANFORD WATER WORKS HAS ALSO RECEIVED A $1 MILLION GRANT FOR NEEDED SEWER UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE CITY

THE CITY RECENTLY HOSTED THE 6TH ANNUAL SIEGE OF 1777 AT LOGAN’S FORT. THE WEEKEND WAS FILLED WITH LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATIONS, NATIVE AMERICAN ENCAMPMENTS, SETTLER’S ENCAMPMENTS AND SUTLER’S VILLAGE. THERE WERE SPECIAL HISTORICAL PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AS WELL AS THE 6TH ANNUAL REENACTMENT OF THE SIEGE OF 1777, WHICH BROUGHT RE-ENACTORS TO STANFORD FROM SIX DIFFERENT STATES THE GROUP HAS COMMITTED TO RETURN NEXT YEAR FOR ANOTHER GRAND EVENT

MILLER SAID HE WANTS TO THANK THE GREAT CITIZENS OF STANFORD FOR BEING SO UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENT DURING ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

FOR ONGOING UPDATES AND NEWS, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE STANFORD CITY HALL FACEBOOK PAGE.

THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF COLEMAN'S DRUGSTORE AND DELI COLEMAN'S DRUGSTORE AND DELI

EARL COLEMAN (BORN 1887, DIED 1964) IS THE NAMESAKE OF STANFORD’S LEGENDARY COLEMAN’S DRUG STORE HE BECAME A PHARMACIST IN 1912 AND PURCHASED THE BUSINESS IN 1916 AS THE OWNER OF THE DRUG STORE FOR FORTY-EIGHT YEARS, HE NEVER REFUSED TO FILL A PRESCRIPTION DUE TO A CUSTOMER’S LACK OF MONEY

EARL WAS A SON OF CURTIN AND EMMA COLEMAN, WHO CAME FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO KENTUCKY HIS FATHER CURTIN OWNED COAL COMPANIES IN BELL COUNTY, BUT EMMA AND THE FAMILY LIVED IN STANFORD MORE OR LESS THE CLOSEST CIVILIZED TOWN ALONG THE RAIL LINE OUT OF THE COALFIELDS AND THE CHILDREN WERE EDUCATED IN LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS THREE OF EARL’S YOUNGER BROTHERS GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, BUT EARL ATTENDED PHARMACIST’S SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE

EARL STARTED WORKING FOR GEORGE PENNY (1867-1932), MANAGER OF PENNY’S DRUG STORE, WHILE HE WAS STILL A YOUNG SCHOOLBOY. GEORGE’S MOTHER, MARY BOONE PENNY (1842-1930), HAD INHERITED THE STORE WHEN HER HUSBAND, ALBERT DIED (1841-1894)

THE BUSINESS DATES BACK TO AT LEAST 1872 WHEN AUGUSTINE “GUS” DUNN (1838-1928) AND STEPHEN E. OWSLEY (1847-1914) OPERATED A DRUG STORE IN STANFORD THEY SOLD IT THAT YEAR TO EDWIN R CHENAULT (1845-1931), WHO SECURED ALBERT PENNY’S SERVICES AS A PHARMACIST AT THAT POINT, PENNY HAD FIFTEEN YEAR’S EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS, WHICH MEANS HE STARTED AT ABOUT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD

BY 1879, EDWIN CHENAULT AND ALBERT PENNY WERE PARTNERS IN THE DRUG STORE IN 1881, CHENAULT SOLD HIS INTEREST TO GEORGE MCALISTER (1860-1888)

ALBERT PENNY AND GEORGE MCALISTER WOULD REMAIN PARTNERS FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, DISSOLVING THE FIRM IN 1887 THAT SAME YEAR, ALBERT PENNY MOVED INTO THE CURRENT LOCATION AT 105 WEST MAIN STREET, AND CONTINUED THE BUSINESS AS A.R. PENNY’S DRUG STORE. WHEN ALBERT PENNY DIED IN 1894, HIS WIDOW CONTINUED AS THE OWNER WITH THEIR SON, GEORGE, AS THE MANAGER

IN 1911, TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD EARL COLEMAN WAS WORKING IN PENNY’S DRUG STORE WITH GEORGE PENNY AND BOB COFFEY EARL AND BOB LEFT THE DRUG STORE, BECAME BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND OPERATED A SMALL GROCERY STORE FOR ABOUT A YEAR THEY SOLD THE STORE AND EARL TOOK THE TEST TO BE A PHARMACIST

AFTER EARL COLEMAN BECAME A PHARMACIST IN 1912, HE WORKED BRIEFLY FOR A DRUG STORE IN MIDDLESBORO BEFORE RETURNING TO PENNY’S IN STANFORD BY 1916, HE BOUGHT THAT BUSINESS

EARL WAS A BACHELOR WHEN HE BECAME THE OWNER OF PENNY’S DRUG STORE, AND WOULD REMAIN THAT WAY FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, UNTIL HE MARRIED SUE TAYLOR ENGLEMAN (1886-1966) IN 1921

HAVING NO CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN, EARL AND SUE COLEMAN WERE VERY FOND OF THEIR NEPHEWS AND NIECES, INCLUDING ALFRED HARRIS PENCE, THE SON OF SUE’S SISTER NANNIE MUCH LIKE EARL DID WITH THE PENNY FAMILY, ALFRED STARTED WORKING IN THE STORE AS A YOUNG MAN FOR EARL COLEMAN AND THEN BECAME A PHARMACIST

WHEN EARL DIED IN 1964, ALFRED HARRIS PENCE, SR AND HIS WIFE BETTIE BRYAN PENCE BECAME THE OWNERS THEIR SON, ALFRED HARRIS PENCE, JR JOINED THEM IN 1969 AFTER OBTAINING HIS PHARMACIST’S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY TODAY, HE AND HIS WIFE JACKIE, AND SON BRYAN, OPERATE THE BUSINESS IN TWICE THE SPACE THEY ONCE HAD, AFTER EXPANDING NEXT DOOR INTO 103 WEST MAIN STREET IN 2000

WE’RE PROUD TO KNOW ALFRED, JACKIE, BRYAN, AND THEIR STAFF THEY’RE KEEPING ALIVE A 150+ YEAR BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET IN STANFORD THEY’VE NOT ONLY KEPT IT GOING AND PROVIDED A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY’VE IMPROVED IT AND MADE IT BETTER!

WRITTEN BY: JONATHAN SMITH, HISTORIAN

I COULD SEE THAT MY BOSS HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS WITH JUDGE VARNON. I WAS NOW VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS WOULD PLAY OUT

PAXTON ARGUED THAT IN THE STORY ABOUT THE KILLING, I HAD WRITTEN THAT, “WHEN ASKED BY A REPORTER TO GIVE HIS VERSION OF THE KILLING, HE REPLIED VERY CURTLY THAT HE WOULD DO SO ONLY ON THE WITNESS STAND ”

PAXTON ARGUED THAT PRIOR TO THE KILLING, THAT THE MARSHAL HAD ALREADY SOUGHT LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND SAY AFTER HE KILLED CAMDEN PAXTON WANTED TO USE MY TESTIMONY TO ESTABLISH THAT THE COMMENT WAS MADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE KILLING, BEFORE THE MARSHAL HAD TIME TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL

THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY FIRED BACK, “IF WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT RIGHTS, LET’S CONSIDER MY CLIENT’S FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO NOT INCRIMINATE HIMSELF THIS IS A REACH BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND I KNOW YOUR HONOR WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LET SOMEONE’S SILENCE BE USED AGAINST HIM.”

JUDGE VARNON WAVED HIS HAND DISMISSIVELY AT BOTH LAWYERS “YES, YES, OF COURSE MR PAXTON, IF THAT IS THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MR, RAMSEY’S TESTIMONY, I AM GOING TO SUSTAIN THE OBJECTION AND BAR HIS TESTIMONY AS IRRELEVANT ”

FROM THERE, PAXTON PUT ON HIS CASE AND CALLED WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED THAT AL CAMDEN WAS BRAGGING ABOUT THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH TOM MARTIN WHEN HE HAD AIMED THE SHOTGUN AT HIM WHEN MARTIN WALKED IN WITH THE WARRANT FOR CAMDEN’S ARREST, CAMDEN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF

TELLING THE EMBELLISHED VERSION THAT INCLUDED SLAPPING THE MARSHAL.

PAXTON MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE MARSHAL SHOULD HAVE PLACED THE WARRANT WITH ANOTHER OFFICER TO BE SERVED, AND THAT HE KNEW WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE

IN MY MIND, AND JUDGE VARNON’S TOO, APPARENTLY, BECAUSE HE THREW OUT THE CHARGES AND COMPLETELY CLEARED TOM MARTIN, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE JUST HAVE EASILY BEEN TOM MARTIN’S DEATH

TOM WAS HOLDING THE BARREL OF AL CAMDEN’S GUN WHEN HE FIRED HIS OWN GUN KILLING CAMDEN IT WAS CLEARLY SELF-DEFENSE AND IT WAS RULED A JUSTIFIED KILLING

ROWLAND MAY BE EAST OF HERE, BUT IT’S THE WILD, WILD WEST FOR US.

WRITTEN BY: JONATHAN SMITH, AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN

LINCOLN LIQUORS

WITH PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM, LINCOLN LIQUORS STRIVE TO NOT ONLY CREATE AN EXCELLENT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, BUT CREATE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL KEEP YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE! DON'T FORGET TO ASK YOUR CASHIER ABOUT A 10% DISCOUNT!

MARK ADAMS MANAGER

Local Happenings

JUNE

JUNE 10, 2023- LOGAN-HUBBLE MEMORIAL PARK YOUTH FISHING DERBY OPEN TO YOUTH UNDER 16 AND PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN OUT

9:00 SUMMER MARKET AT THE HISTORIC L & N DEPOT FROM 9:003:00

10:00 CAR SHOW AT THE VETERAN’S PARK “CRUZIN FOR A CLAUS” TO BENEFIT THE SHOP WITH THE COP PROGRAM

JUNE 16- FRIDAY NIGHT CAR CRUISE IN ON MAIN DOWNTOWN STANFORD

JUNE 23-24 HUSTONVILLE HERITAGE DAYS

JUNE 30TH- CRAB ORCHARD 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION BEGINS

JULY

JULY 1ST- COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST, 10:00-CAR SHOW, 1:00 PARADE *AFTERNOON CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA WITH INFLATABLES, GROUP SINGING, FIREWORKS

JULY 4TH- 9:00 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 11-15- LINCOLN COUNTY FAIR

JULY 21ST- YAK-COE EVENT AT CEDAR CREEK LAKE

JULY 21ST- FRIDAY NIGHT CAR CRUISE IN ON MAIN DOWNTOWN SANFORD

JULY 25TH- END OF SUMMER READING PROGRAM EVENT WITH INFLATABLES AT THE LINCOLN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM 12:00-2:00

AUGUST

AUGUST 18TH- FRIDAY NIGHT CAR CRUISE IN ON MAIN DOWNTOWN STANFORD

AUGUST 18TH - THE PBK BANK & WPBK DEATH VALLEY BOWL

OCTOBER

OCTOBER 6-7- BOURBON CHASE (?)

OCTOBER 16 – 27- CITY OF STANFORD FALL CLEAN UP DAYS

OCTOBER 20- FRIDAY NIGHT CAR CRUISE IN ON MAIN DOWNTOWN SANFORD

OCTOBER 28TH- LAST DAY FOR TOURS AT THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE GROUNDS ARE OPEN YEAR AROUND

OCTOBER 31ST- CITY OF STANFORD TRICK OR TREAT 6:008:00 PM

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

NOVEMBER 10TH- VETERANS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 11TH- PATRIOT DAY PARADE AT 6:00 PM

SEPTEMBER 15TH FRIDAY NIGHT CAR CRUISE IN ON MAIN

DOWNTOWN SANFORD

SEPTEMBER 23RD -LINCOLN COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE TRACTOR

DECEMBER 2ND LOGAN’S FORT/MUSEUM CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE FROM 1:00-3:00/ PARADE AT 6:00

-L & N DEPOT CHRISTMAS WITH CHOO CHOO SANTA AND JINGLES, THE ELF

DECEMBER 10TH- OTTENHEIM IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH OPEN HOUSE AT 2:00 PM

DECEMBER- 16TH& 17TH- CHRISTMAS ON THE WILDERNESS ROAD -18TH CENTURY CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE AT THE WILLIAM WHITLEY HOUSE FROM 1:00-4:00